The book of quinte essence or the fifth being, that is to say, man's heaven : a tretice in englisch breuely drawe out of þe book of quintis essencijs in latyn, þat hermys þe prophete and kyng of Egipt, after þe flood of Noe, fadir of philosophris, hadde by reuelacioun of an aungil of god to him sende / edited from the Sloane MS. 73, about 1460-70 A.D. by Frederick J. Furnivall.

Hermes Trismegistus

Date:: 1866

Credit: The book of quinte essence or the fifth being, that is to say, man's heaven : a tretice in englisch breuely drawe out of þe book of quintis essencijs in latyn, þat hermys þe prophete and kyng of Egipt, after þe flood of Noe, fadir of philosophris, hadde by reuelacioun of an aungil of god to him sende / edited from the Sloane MS. 73, about 1460-70 A.D. by Frederick J. Furnivall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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$MOW TO CURE I-EPUOSY AND PAI.SY. [Book II. :)'». Me. To cure the LcprD/ i/ lhal is causal by rollcn hu- mours. Use our Quiiite E.-i- sen'cii, with those of Ciold and Pearl; (or Burning Water, if you have no Quinte Es- sence.) Wash the leper with strawlierry or mulberry water; this [* Fol. 20.] is of great virtue, but is much eiicrea.sed by our Quinte Essence. 4<». Me. To cure Pal- sy, which comes from viscous hu- mours closing the passages of motive power. Blessed be God, our Uuiute Es- sence will restore the paralitic. Fix in it the Quinte Es- sence of eu- pliorbium and the like; and, if God will, the palsied man shall be whole, if you make hiui a stew of ivy 'and sage. Failing Quinte Es- sence, let him drink Burn- ing Water The })ri(ldc niedicyn is to cure ))e lei)rc jmt is causid of corrupcioun and putrifaccioun of ony of })e principal humouris of man, but not ]>e lepre j)at comej? to man of kyudc of \)e fadir and of \>e modir leprous, for it is callid morbus liereditM^. ne ))e lepre jjat is sent af god by his ]>\a<re. but jjat \>at is causid oonly of rotun humowris / take oure 5 essence aforesaid. \y'\]> J)e qmnte essence of goold and pecrl, a litil quantite at oonys, and vse it in maner as I seide afore / and wij)i;me a fewe dales he schal be partily hool Jjerof. and if 30 haue non prepowate redy oure 5 essence, jjanne take in )>e stide )>erof fyn bre?iny«ge watir. but |)at ojjer is bettere. Also, drawe a water of ]>e fruy3t of strawbery or mulbery tree, whanne it is ripe, and waische })e lepre |)envij). J)is watir is of so greet vertu. for a souereyn maistir took it a leprous *womman. Jjat wij) \>e waischinge oonly of J)is watir, wit/iyune schort tyme was maad al hool / but sikirly })e vertu J>erof is myche worth if it be meyngid -with oure 5 essence, or ellis brennynge watir. and jjanne it schal be no nede to vse in })is perilous cure venemys, as su?n,me lechis doon. The 4 medicyn is to cure palsie vniueisel. ForsoJ)e alle philosophoris seyn Jjat \>e palesye vniuei-sel come]) of ha- bouwdamice of viscows humouris closynge \>e metis of vertu awimale, sensityue, and motyue. And ]>erfore it is necessarie \>at })0 ))ingis ))at schal cure ])is sijknes be temperate, hoot, and moist, and a litil att»'actyue, and to j^e synoMS confortatyue / Therfore, blessid be god, makere of kynde, jjat ordeynede for ))e man powalitike oure 5 essence aforseid, jjat souereynly to liiy)i com- fortynge. restorynge. and temperatly worchynge / jjerfore fixe yennne \>e 5 essence of \>o laxatyues ]>at purgen flewme and viscous humouris. as a litil of euforbie, or turbit, or sambucy. a/rtd jjanne Avi))Oute doute, if god wole, \>e paralitik man schal be hool wij) comfoi-tynge and restorynge of kynde. if 5e make him a stewe hoot and moist with herbis. ]>at is to seye. eerbe yuc. and sauge, \>a,t haue an heuenly strenkjjc to coraforte ]>e joynctis. and ))e senewis, and J)e vertu motyue. and if 3e haue not recli p?-epcwate oure 5 essence, jjannc talce fyn brennynge watir til it$

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