[Distil your Burning Water ten times.]
descende doun a?en by e foot of e glas. and this instrument may ?e do make wioute greet cost / The fife maner is, at e brennynge wat{er} be .10 tymes distillid in hors dou{n}ge contynuely digest. 4
[--To make fire without fire, and Quinte Essence without cost or trouble.--]
The sci{en}ce of makynge of fier wioute fier / wherby ?e may make oure q{ui}nte e{ss}ence wioute cost or traueile, and
[Put horse-dung into a vessel or pit lined with ashes, and place your vessel in it up to the middle. The cold top part will condense the vapour caused by the heat of the dung.]
w{i}t{h}oute occupac{i}ou{n} and lesynge of tyme / Take e beste horse dou{n}ge at may be had {a}t is weel digest, and putte it wiine 8 a uessel, or ellis a pitt maad wi e ere anoy{n}tid oru?out w{i}t{h} past maad of aischin. And in is vessel or pitt, bete weel togidere e dou{n}ge; And i{n} e myddil of is dou{n}g, sette e vessel of distillac{i}ou{n} v{n}to e myddis or more / For it is nede {a}t al e 12 heed of e vessel be in e coold eir / {a}t, {a}t {in}g {a}t bi v{er}tu of e fier of e dou{n}g {a}t ascendith {er}by be turned into watir
[[* Fol. 13b.]]
[*]by v{er}tu of cooldnes of e eir and falle dou{n} a?en and ascende vp a?en. and us ?e haue fier wioute fier, and but wi litil 16 traueile.
[Or, place your vessel in the sun"s rays.]
Also ano{er} maner of fier. sette ?oure vessel forseid to e strong reuerberaciou{n} of e su{n}ne in somer tyme, and lete it stonde {er}e ny?t and day. 20
[--How poor evangelic men may get the gracious influence of gold.--]
Here I wole teche ?ou how pore eua{n}gelik me{n} may haue wioute cost, and almoost for nou?t, e g{ra}cious influence of gold, and e maner of e fixynge of it in oure heuene, at is,
[Borrow a Florence florin of a rich friend, anneal [?heat]
it on a plate of iron, and throw it into some Burning Water, taking care to quench the fire quickly to prevent the Water wasting.]
oure q{ui}nta e{ss}encia. if ?e be pore, ?e schal p{re}ie a riche man 24 at is ?o{ur}e free{n}d to leene ?ou a good floreyn of florence / and anele it vpon a plate of yren as yren is anelid. and haue biside ?ou a uessel of ere glasid, fillid ful of the beste brennynge watir at ?e may fynde. & caste into e watir e floreyn anelid. and 28 loke at ?e haue a sotilte and a slei?e to quenche sodeynly e fier, at e watir waaste not; and be weel war at no{n} yren touche
[Repeat this 50 times in fresh Water, and then mix all the Waters together.]
e watir. but af[t]er caste into e watir e floreyn, and do so .l.
tymes or more, for e oftere e bettere it is / And if ?e se {a}t e 32 watir waaste to myche, chaunge it anne, and take newe, & do so ofte tymes. and whanne ?e haue do ?oure quenchour, putte
[The Water draws out all the properties of the gold.]
all e wat{ri}s togidere / And ?e schulen vndirstonde at e v{er}tu of bre{n}nynge watir is sich at naturely it drawi out of 36
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[Mix the gilt Burning Water with Quinte Essence.]
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gold alle e v{er}tues & p{ro}pirtees of it, & it holdi incorru{m}ptibilitee & an euene heete. [*]anne meynge is brennynge watir us giltid wi oure q{ui}nte e{ss}ence, and vse it. but be war {a}t ?e quenche not e floreyn in oure q{ui}nte e{ss}ence; for anne 4
[You may subst.i.tute for Burning Water best white wine, which also retains the powers of gold.]
it were lost / And if it so be at ?e haue not is brennynge watir redy, anne que{n}che ?oure floreyn in e beste whi?t wiyn at may be had / For sikirly e philosoph.o.r.e sei, at wiyn hath also e p{ro}pirtee to restreyne in it e influence and v{er}tues of 8 gold / And whanne ?e haue do ?o{ur}e werk, ?e schal wite at e floreyn is als good, & almoost of e same wei?te, as it was afore / erfore vse wiyn or bre{n}nynge watir giltid, so {a}t ?e may
[This gilt Water will make you well and young again.
In it you have the Sun fixed in our Heaven.]
be hool, and wexe glad, and be ?ong. And us ?e haue oure 12 heuene, and e su{n}ne in him fixid, to e conseruac{i}ou{n} of mannys nature and fixaciou{n} of o{ur}e heuene, {a}t is, oure q{ui}nte e{ss}ence.
["science."]
[--How to gild Burning Water or Wine more thoroughly.--]
The sci{enc}e how ?e schule gilde more my?tily by brennynge 16 watir or wiyn an I tau?te you tofore, wherby e wat{er} or e wiyn schal take to it my?tily e influence & e v{er}tues of fyne gold.
[Heat calcined gold in a silver spoon and put it in Burning Water or wine 50 times, as with the florin before.]
Take e calx of fy{n} gold as it is declarid here-aftir in is 20 book, and putte it in a siluer spone, and anele it at e fier.
& a{n}ne caste e cals of the gold in e brennynge watir or i{n} wiyn .l. times, as I tau?te ?ou tofore wi e floreyn. and
[Your liquor will be better gilt, as the fire and Water or wine work more powerfully on the grains of gold than on a plate.]
?e schule haue ?oure lico{ur} by an hu{n}drid p{ar}t bettir gilt an ?e 24 had tofore wi e floreyn / Forwhi. fier worchi more strongly
[[* Fol. 14b.]]
and bett{er}e [*]in sotil p{ar}ties an it doi in an hool plate / And also bre{n}nynge watir or wiyn drawi out more my?tily bi a ousand p{ar}t e p{ro}pirtees of gold fro smale p{ar}ties anelid, an 28
[Wine retains the properties of all liquibles quenched in it.]
it doi fro a icke plate / And ?e schal vndirstonde {a}t wiyn not aloonly holdi in it e p{ro}pirtees of gold, but myche more e p{ro}pirtees of alle liquibles if ei be quenchid {er}i{n}ne. and at
[If Saturn (lead) liquefied be quenched in wine, and then Mars (iron) be quenched in it, Mars acquires the softness of Saturn.]
is a souereyn p{ri}uite: Forwhi, if ?e quenche saturne liquified 32 in wiyn or in comou{n} watir .7. tymes, and aftirward in at wiyn or watir ?e quenche mars manye tymes, a{n}ne mars schal take algate e neischede and e softnes of saturne / And e same schal venus do, & alle o{er}e liquibles / or ellis, And ?e 36
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[Again, if you quench Mars in wine and put in it Saturn liquefied, this will be made hard.]
quenche mars in whi?t wiyn or in comou{n} watir manye tymes, and aftirward in e same wiyn or watir ?e caste saturne liq{ui}fied ofte tymes, anne wioute doute ?e schal fynde at e saturne is m{aad} ri?t hard / Therfore e p{ro}pirtees of alle liquibles may 4 be brou?t into wiyn or watir; but myche more my?tily into brennynge watir good and p{re}cious.
[--To make fire without coals, lime, light, &c.--]
The sci{enc}e to make a fier, at is, wioute cole, w{i}t{h}oute lyme, wioute li?t, worchinge a?ens al maner scharpnes or 8 acc{i}ou{n} of visible fier, ri?t as worchi e fier of h.e.l.le / And is p{ri}uytee is so v{er}tuous, {a}t e v{er}tu {er}of may not al be declarid. And us it is maad. Take Mercurie {a}t is sublymed
[Mix equal parts of sublimated Mercury, Salt, and Sal Ammoniac, grind them small, expose them to the air, and they"ll turn into water, a drop of which will eat thro" your hand, and make Venus (copper) or Jupiter (tin) like pearl.]
[[* Fol. 15]]
w{i}t{h} vit{ri}ol, [*]& co{m}e{n} salt, & sal armoniac .7. or .10. tymes 12 sublymed / and meynge hem togidere by euene porc{i}ou{n}. and grynde it smal, and leye it abrood vpon a marbil stoon; and by ny?te sette it i{n} a soft cleer eir, or ellis in a coold seler; and {er}e it wole turne into watir / And anne gadere it togidere i{n} to 16 a strong vessel of glas, and kepe it / This wat{er} forsoe is so strong, at if a litil drope {er}of falle vpon ?oure hond, anoon it wole p{er}ce it oru?-out; and i{n} e same maner it wole do, if it falle vpon a plate of venus or Iubiter, into is watir, it turne 20