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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$THE NAMES AND qUALITIES OF QUINTE ESSENCE. [BouK I. The^imrest^ clepeu ))e purest substaujice of manye corruptible ))iwgis elemen- comiptibie tid. qui?ita essencia. ))at is to seie, ma^inys heuene, drawe out QuinteKs- by Craft of mani. for whi. as quinta essencia superior, bat is, seiice or iiinn s ' ' ' ' heaven. lieucne of oure lord god, in reward of ]>e .iiij elementis, is [• Foi. 106.] yncoiTuptible and vnchau^igeable / rijt so * qwinta essencia su- Quinte Ks- perior inferior. \>&t is to seie, ma?inys heuene, is incorruptible. seiice KS m- comii)tibie as in reward of ))e . 4. qitrelitees of mannys body, and so it is qualities of preucd naturaly bat oure quinta essencia, bat is, niannes lieueue, man's bcdy, .... in it-silf^ is incorruptible, and so it is not hoot and drie wi{) fier / ne coold and moist m]> watir / ne hoot and moist wit/t eyr. ne coold and drie -w\]> er]>e. but oure qwinta essencia, avayli|' to but not as be contraric as heuene incorruptible / But vndirstonde brtt oure the heaven of God. qMi[n]ta essencia is noujt so incorruptible as is heuene of oure lord god. but it is incorruptible in reward of composicioun. It is called, maad of be .4. elementis. and it hath .iii. names by the philoso- 1. Burning ... ... Water; 2^.^the phoris. ])at is to scic / brcjiiiynge watir / jje soule in ]>e spirit of spiritofwine; wyn, and watir of liif / But whanne se wole concelle it. ba7me 3. \Vater of . . . Life; and if schal 26 clcne it ourc qwuta essencia. for bis name, and be you wish to ^ ' . ^ . , . conceal ^, nature ]>ero{, ri'^t fewe philosophoris wolde scliewe / but sikurly sence. jjei biriede \>e truj)e with hem. and witijj weel ]>&t it is clepid It is neither breunyuge watir. and it is no hrennyng watir. forwhi. it is not like water, moist ue coold as comouTC watir. for it bre?iuej), and so doij) not nor hot and comyn watir. ne it is nat hoot and moist as eir. for eir cor- rumpij) a ]>\ng a-noon, as it schewij) Aveel by gener&cioun of flies, and areins, and siche o^ere. but sikirly j)is is alwey incorruptible, nor cold and if it be kept cloos fro flijt / Also it is not coold and drie as erbe. drj-like earth, ^ ,. 7i . a ^ • • i nor hot and for souerevnlv it worchib a7id chaungib. And it is not hoot and dry like fire. . . pi •••iv drie as fier, as it schewij> by experience, for hoot jjingis it ken)). It gives in- and hoot siiknessis it doib awey / Also b«t it seueb incorruptibi- corruptibUity, „ [• Foi. 11.] lite, and kepi)) a ])ing fro coriniptibilite * and rotynge, it is preued d^dCf** ))MS / Forwhi. what pece of fleisch, fisch, or deed brid, be putt from rotting, ^gnnne. it schal not coiTu[m]pe ne rote whilis it is }perinne / and much miche more banne it wole kepe quyk fleisch of mannys body more the liv- ... / m, • • . ing fiesh of from al manej'e corruptibilite and rotynge / This is oure numta. man. It is . / , , i Man's Hea- esscncia. bat is to seie, mannys heuene, hat god made to he cou- von, » [MS. siff.]$

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