To restore an old evangelic man to the strength of his youth.
‘2a. Me.’
To cure a man given up by his doctors.
‘Aqua celidoyn.’
‘3a. Me.’
To cure the Leprosy that is caused by rotten humours.
To cure Palsy, which comes from viscous humours closing the passages of motive power.
‘sawe’
‘Nota / yue / sauge.’
‘5. Me.’
To fatten lean and consumptive men.
‘Celidoyne.’
‘.6. Me.’
To cure Frensy, Gout, and troubles from Devils.
‘colerike.’‘Sangueyn.’‘Fleumatyke.’‘blake coler.’‘malencoly.’
‘Nota sequentia.’
‘Saturne. γ.’
‘Jubiter and Sol | .B.’
‘fuga demonum’
To cure the Gout.
‘.7. Me.’
To cure the Itch and destroy Lice.
‘.8ua. Me.’
‘feuerquartene.’
To cure Quartan Fever.
‘ye quarten is ingendyrd of Malyncoly.’
‘Nota for yequartene.’
‘9a. Me.’
To cure continual Fever.
‘10. Me.’
‘feuertercyane.’
To cure Tertian Fever.
‘waterof endyue.’
‘.11. Me.’
‘feuercotydyan.’
To cure Daily Fever.
‘.12. Me.’
To cure Ague Fever and Lunacy.
‘lunatyke persons.’
‘Nota bene.’
‘Signa.’
‘for yefrenesye & wodnesse.’
To cure or assuage Frenzy and Madness.
‘13a. Me.’
To cure Cramp.
‘14a. Me.’
To cast poison out of a man’s body.
‘15a. Me.’
To make a Coward bold and strong.
‘16a. Me.’
To cure Pestilential Fever (when not sent as a punishment by God).
‘Nota bene.’
‘Caueas.’
Explicit librum de maximis secretis essencie quinte &c.
1.practise, MS. Harl.Printed as a sidenote in the original text.
2.? MS. meant for ‘man.’
3.MS. ‘siff.’
4.then, MS. Harl.Printed as sidenote.
5.5 forfifth, orquinte.
6.MS. Harl. reads ‘and this fifte beinge so nighe kinde it is most to haue.’
7.of vnkinde natuer. Harl. 853.
8.of glasse made. Harl. 853.
9.? ‘be so hool.’ Or ishoola verb, become whole, recover?
10.MS. homPrinted as sidenote.
11.Erf = erþe.
12.houynesse MS.
13.“A lous is a worme withmanye fete, & it commeth out of the filthi and onclene skynne, & oftentymes for faute of atendaunce they come out of the flesshe through the skynne or swet holes.To withdryue them / The best is for to wasshe the oftentimes, and to chaunge oftentymes clene lynen.”—The noble lyfe and nature of man, Of bestes, serpentys, fowles, and fisshes ytbe moste knowen. Capitulo. C. xix.