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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. Ed. from the Sloane ms. 73, about 1460-70 A.D., by Frederick J. Furnivall, M.A.

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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. Ed. from the Sloane ms. 73, about 1460-70 A.D., by Frederick J. Furnivall, M.A.
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,
1866 [i.e. 1889]
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Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric -- Early works to 1800.
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"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. Ed. from the Sloane ms. 73, about 1460-70 A.D., by Frederick J. Furnivall, M.A." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/ANZ4356. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2025.

Pages

Page vii

CONTENTS.

BOOK I.
  • PROLOG: GOD'S GREATEST SECRET...[page] 1
  • QUINTE ESSENCE DEFINED: ITS QUALITIES...[page] 2
  • HOW TO MAKE QUINTE ESSENCE...[page] 4
  • 1ST WAY...[page] 4
  • 2ND WAY...[page] 5
  • 3RD WAY...[page] 5
  • 4TH WAY...[page] 5
  • 5TH WAY...[page] 6
  • HOW POOR EVANGELIC MEN MAY GET THE GRACIOUS INFLUENCE OF GOLD...[page] 6
  • HOW TO GILD BURNING WATER OR WINE MORE THOROUGHLY...[page] 7
  • HOW TO MAKE FIRE WITHOUT COALS, LIME, LIGHT, ETC....[page] 8
  • HOW TO CALCINE GOLD...[page] 8
  • HOW TO SEPARATE GOLD FROM SILVER...[page] 9
  • HOW TO GET ITS QUINTE ESSENCE OUT OF GOLD...[page] 9
  • HOW TO GET ITS QUINTE ESSENCE OUT OF ANTIMONY...[page] 10
  • HOW TO GET ITS QUINTE ESSENCE OUT OF MAN'S BLOOD...[page] 11
  • HOW TO GET ITS QUINTE ESSENCE OUT OF THE 4 ELEMENTS...[page] 12
  • HOW TO FIX ALL EARTHLY THINGS IN OUR QUINTE ESSENCE...[page] 13

    Page viii

    BOOK II.
    • HOW TO MAKE AN OLD EVANGELIC MAN YOUNG...[page] 15
    • HOW TO CURE A MAN GIVEN UP BY DOCTORS...[page] 15
    • HOW TO CURE THE LEPROSY...[page] 16
    • HOW TO CURE THE PALSY...[page] 16
    • HOW TO FATTEN LEAN AND CONSUMPTIVE MEN...[page] 17
    • HOW TO CURE FRENSY, GOUT, AND TROUBLES FROM DEVILS, WICKED THOUGHTS, ETC., p. 17; AND HOW OUR QUINTE ESSENCE IS HEAVEN...[page] 19
    • HOW TO CURE THE GOUT...[page] 19
    • HOW TO CURE THE ITCH, AND KILL LICE...[page] 19
    • HOW TO CURE QUARTAN FEVER...[page] 20
    • HOW TO CURE CONTINUAL (CHRONIC) FEVER...[page] 21
    • HOW TO CURE TERTIAN FEVER...[page] 21
    • HOW TO CURE DAILY OR QUOTIDIAN FEVER...[page] 21
    • HOW TO CURE AGUE, FEVER, AND LUNACY...[page] 22
    • HOW TO CURE FRENZY AND MADNESS...[page] 22
    • HOW TO CURE CRAMP...[page] 22
    • HOW TO CAST POISON OUT OF A MAN'S BODY...[page] 23
    • HOW TO MAKE A COWARD BOLD AND STRONG...[page] 23
    • HOW TO CURE PESTILENTIAL FEVER...[page] 23
    • HOW THIS QUINTE ESSENCE IS FOR HOLY MEN ONLY...[page] 25
    • THE SPHERES AND THE PLANETS...[page] 26
    • MR. GILL'S NOTES ON THE CHEMISTRY OF THE TEXT...[page] 27
    • GLOSSARY...[page] 29
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