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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$TO CUlUi PESTILENTIAL I'EVEH AN'IJ l'LA(iLK.S. • [Ik.ok M. Oodsnysin aiulire noluens' voucin domiui dci tui, ut custodias el facias men wi'l'll't' ouw^ia maiidata eius, veniaut super te onuies iiialediociones ; iste lvmi^oy7iu ina-'edictus eris in ciuitate &c. et infra. ad-iimgat tibi pestilcii- m'i'.tpesti- ^^'^ tlonec consuniat te de terra, percuciat te i.\ominm egestatc, c'liMou' febre, et frigore, ardore et estu,et acre corrnpto ac rubigirae,et per- tiiem. seqMfitur donee i)e?-eas hec ibidem, et infra ])e/-euciat te dowtmus vlcere egipti et j^artem corpoj-is per quam stercora egerantwr. scabie quoque, et prm-igiue, ita ut curai-i nequeas, percuciat te These plasties doOTMius necessitate ae furore mentis // Therfore a trret fool a man would fo>l'to^r' ^^'^^ wolde presume to cure j^ese plagis of pestilence \>at sumetocure; ben vncurable, ))at ben sent of god to ponysche synne // Also je schal viidirstonde ^at men may die in .iij. maners. in oon maner by naturel dee]) in Jje teerrae \iat is sett of god / In ano))ir maner bi violent deejj. and also in Jje .iij. maner occa- sionaly \vi])i?iiie ]>e teernie \>at is sett of god. as })o men \>at to myche replecioun, or to greet abstynence or by disperacioun, or but M other ellis by necUgence, sle him silf / but sikirly alle obere maner pestileuces . . . of feueris pestilence ))at god suffri)? to come to ma?ikynde by from evil perilous influence of yuele planetis, by ]>e grace of god and good ])liiiiets may . , . , . • , he cured by gouemaunce may be cund p«9-tiaiy wi]> oure 5. essence, and our Q,uinte . t m <• i -i ? <• i •• » i- -i r [No<a bent.] Jjermue putte a litil 01 aloes epatik a»a euforbij, and a htil 01 Aw>esrEu-''' ierapigra galieni and of 5 essence, of \>e rote of lilie and also phoibmra, ^^^^ ^^^^^ peerle, capilli veneris *and ysope. for jjese l^ingis [•Foi. 256.] 1^^^^ uedeful to siche feueris and apostcmes / it is nedeful also and a laxative J)«t wi]) Jjese J)iugis jjcr be sicli a qm'uta essencia laxatyue Jmt •scnce that will wole purge ]>& superflue humouris jiat abounde. and ))at \>e tfeiit to^stooi pacient so myche resceyue in a natural day \>erof j^at he may onteaday. yyee\ oouys to scgc. and so. lete him vse ))is laxatif .3. in Jje woke; But be weel war ]>at he take wi)) oure q?<?nta essencia but rijt a litil qwantite of \>e laxatif at oouys, as I toldc 50U He must also toforc, for peril ])at mijte bifalle. and euery day take he by ))e morning'an morowc an eyc-schelle ful of good brennynge watir, and J)e cor- nnVurninK iiipt e}T schal not noye him, aTid also vse in j)e day.es. two or Water, and 2 , , . .1 • i • ' • • 1 or.i pestilence bre smale pclotis pcstileuciales m oure 5 essencia, or m l)ren- iiills in our . ,, , -iiii -i QuiuteKs- nynge watir, and al ))e hous of ]>e pacicnt sclial be cnccnsul .Hence, and smoke his i MS. voluwis.$

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