II

dovitely rycht nozt: dołollte þe conseil
off an expte man in þe kúmyng off sterf
of E Knoll yf forffor certeyn yf for
us itod made rycht nozt in wemn nor
ydil to nairst but alle we made off a
casse puilul z off are son most certeyn
ffor ke yb wey z maisteyn plato olle
most excellent docto knelle yf partis off yng
compobmys z off cōtrary qebalhyres z
off colonyes in hertendys in cōnyson to
ymgis compoimpd and be yf he had y
kúmyng off sterf fformys to deme by
Zroft neú in onlbyse menys seyng as
yei yf seyne yf kúmyng off sterf is hard
to be knolbyn z als oycours off planets
z yf sey no man may eú yf by: but sibby
che pepyl yf knollbe nozt albat yei sey
ffor to yf polber off manys andyr stodyng
vis no thynge hard: ffor alle ymgis be
knollabyl in wey off resú and odre sfolys
yf be als oycours off pnydid z oیدrymys
ffro yf beginning eulafying alber fforjer
sey yf it pffrith nozt to knoll be ffor albat

off qwyche be gensrys stoppyngis mine
off llynde z many odyr hmytys: Fhan
be llbar y y flepe nozt be fforn mete
ffor y lbnl dyre y z make y body z y
fface leene z olbte off lykyng. And afft
mete it dothe eny y coton makynge y str
onge z mnychych y z makych ym lykyng
ffor jebyll y a man flepyth y naturalle
hete dyffuse ly vennyth ffro alle partys
to y stomak to y mer part off y sto
mak: z yan is y stomak made stronge
to seeth y mete y is ak't mine. ffor yan y
verti racional selyth reste z alle y spperit
be m qlybyete: q lbeow ffou s'n ffylisoffris
sey y y sop pffytith mor y it etyn at eny
ay y mele y etyn at myd zay: ffor y myd
zay mele receymyth y hete off y zay and
yan y clytte off amay is m laborpnyg m
ymagmyng z frecho z y spperite is nev
is bothe be heryng z be speche z may
osyr thymingis y be labom' z be hete and
meming z bysynes y at myd zay y natu
ral hete is dyffnysd z spres a broode be

F6

cyne ſalbete grappys: Absteyne ſfro
alle metis þ gensyr maleucoly as beſſ
porpeys grappes ſel ſſſtys elys ſe
ſalbche odyr: pitt yan in enceyſe ye
memyng off ye body moveth rather
yan in som: bathys yis tyme iff nede
be z lavatyſſis vse And iff amannede
to hane a vonyte leze yt be done but
a lytil z in þ bettest hom off y day ſfor
in ſalbche homis ſnyſſimyteis be gad
vnd in a man: y apnitation off ye llom be
is god to behad y tyme: be pyletyb de
pyd auree: 4 lectnacum vofarum: lapis laz
nuliz armeu: z ſalbche odyr y drabyn
blal cofler z iepwesyn hnmors y liffione
caporne e to cœtymeth threstor zayn
z myretene z ſonrtene homys that
is to ſey ſſro y threesthyna day off ze
cembyn to ye one z tibeynti day off
marche in y tyme y zays be ſhortyn

habens ambs off metus so þe dygestion be ffe
byllis Anopnte þe body as þe p[er]eyl ez hote
vmentis ez yse tempate batht is: myche
menung nov sedis off veng nor sadde
etyng noyith nozt yanne so myche as
odre tymis: f[or] y trme off f[ern]ent cold
y natural hete is gesvyns to g[ud]u z ent
with y mner parte off y body as y f[or]im
doytir is best dygestyon: f[or] m ver z m
f[or]myr y þe dynde is colde f[or] m yse
tymis y poris be opymysd z y natural
hete is dysteind m to alle y partis off
y body: and f[or] s[an]tne[is] off hete y[ande]
fyom off y stomaf is letysd z lymnoris
be menyd to y extrementeis: f[an]tak[e]
hede z enobbe wlysely thys dotryne z be
pe tt z othe lond lepe y: y seytene capi capi et
alysamisne y p[er]ey dyete p[er]fyn
as to y: lobe y lepe: c[er]emyng
y natural hete off y bod is: f[or] as long
as natural hete na tempat m aman helth
m[en]wyth ez aman is longe lymysd z lept

Gvete a ché z balbomte z off y se votys
Z pnte y chelbys z y rote to qneur
m sqbete byne y is sqbyte off colom
Z tempreyd as what z hom z a bsteny
ffro myche etnyg z he y is neelyget
to do yb may lyghly ffalle into y
apposteme off y codd sekenes off y

congiz z pyl off y strangmyn y sethenti
t is red in y story off olde
ffylfsoffus y y lles ampighti


bunge y dyd qnadyv y best lechys off
inde: off medys z off greles and


yis kvis comandyd to yche off hem
fruglerby to stody to make sqlbyche a
medpyne y it lber snffyent to al
man to vse y medpyne alone sapens
alle sekenes the leche off medys
seys y it pffytis to an heyl man most


qelyll y he is ffafyng to ete off y diuie
off rige sabet epiis: lnt Jev y he y sfepyth


so myche y he ffeoth in lys stomak-
none hennes nev fondnenes nev

capitulum

ij

cycteys: And qalbom y' y' erth is p'mo z est
olote rochys or voltye: y' habomdyth nozt
off ff'mnosprcib: y' cbatyr off lqelbyche a sp'rypue
is best z most to be p'ysid ez lyght: cbatyr
y' comyth effvo a stonp y'roblonde y' habomdyth
off ff'mnosfiteib is ffebyl ez nopabyl: ez y'm
fpecyal y'ffrofthys to dys or snakys lyane
selyte to abyde m in ab y'se poll'ng ez alstondyg
cbatrys: The tolymnys off ipode cbatrys
be y'se y' is lyght d'ev' z drallnyng to fbytenes
sqcbete taftys 'qelbany' cbln be lyghftly h'ote
ez lyghftly colze: An sqclbyche natne selytyth
And note y' y' salt cbatrys ez byttrv or masy
batrys be ctepyn ff'mios: ff'or y'se dry the
bbombe ez dyffolne tt: poole cbatrys ez alle
stondyng cbatrys y' be h'ote hem ez grolb
ff'or y' stonde ez lyane none m'emyng ez ff'or
y' s'onne abyndyth oppoy hem lond'ge ez many
dayis: q'elver ff'or y' ei gen'dy' colev' ez m'ake
y' f'ulene to grolle ez y' long' to qvot lyne
cbatryb y' comy m to one vyu ff'ro to f'od
wy sp'rynyis off to fons'ny foyl y' be h'ote ez
ff'ebyl ff'or y' lyane m'ne hem off erchly p'trya

m

metus acordung to y coplexion: et y sive
tyng off sqaebete llyne y is talyn mite
one qebay natu nedytif. And y thynge
y make y body moyst be yse vest off y
body gladnes off hert et mervyffelpyst
yyt metys y be hote et moyst as belee.
sqlebyste odye: and y de mibying off sqlebte
llyne et y receyving off hom y qlebyst
is made m bodys mrotys or holle treys
fchadoobynd ifro yf sonne And mespecual
fepring aftire mete rippon a soft bedde
m acold plate z to be bathed m hote
bathys z to fonde Bnt hialqble m
hem y morsom off y body be nozt
syffolms m togeet qubantne: ifor y baut
is y bettyr y it hathe suqlebatt off moyst
et betenes off y bath yan y cotrary
And alfo to hane y cest off sqaebete thynge
y make y spperette myne: bnt eny thynge
swyth to be done m tyne conement
And m sonne to hane y cest off vesib z
wyolettys z in comitodyr conement
And m sonne to excompre vomptis qubys

or thynis m amothes ffor a vome re cesthre
y stomak ffo embl compt hymnorys z
qhan y compt hymnorys be enpnlfsd
y natural hete is ammentyd z sufforid
to sygeste y almentys: bonne wele
yan y body iff tholb llblt ytt be m hele
z obfne my confel: ffor y is to y cheff
solas: And venwens comrth llb ryches
And byctory off y emmyrty: z to lyue m
lybng And to evelnyt 'alle hennes
z fto dy: vse amonje mſtment mnsitul
to hev myer ſouqis z to vse alle odye
plesamſis z as 9 hane hev beſſor u m
thys bole tanght y And y lene y
body be thynemyche abſtynens ffro
mete z dpynte: y vſe off daph labo
z evocſe m ony lberl c gtyrnams
m hote plaCyb z m y ſonne: longe lberl
chyng ſlempng be fſo n mete vpon
hevd beddyb: ffor so y hete is lettys
ffor gcrete habndams off moſtou
qelbche is m y body to be bathyn m
bruston chaterb z salt: z to on hote llbats

off gold y as smokys as y tee off aloes
ette it viij days vndre a voffe qveer
pint eyer is y speciall veet myk may ent
into it et lete it stonde y none myght
qwan y mone is inffrolbaed dysposition
et faylith y oni colles or ett lyb benys
and qwan it is complete vndry yis seys
fforme it schal be to y as one off y arete
teesomis off yis iewould take yan yoff
be ffore mete et afftyr mete one dyame
ffor yis is y sinne off alle medycynys ans
heff ende off alle mysicynal entencion
to flemme, fflorbme, coler malentolye,
peyne in y remys to pinte a lbeey emroel
lys et alle bolmyng to dysest y mete
et to temp y complexion to cleer y syte
to sefe cberlyng off y templyes et kresst
to cœlinde it helpyth alle man off seke
nes bothe infforth et wolke bitt it haith
one special thynge y it causith amay
to hane acleer lynte et a goode brayne
qveerffor o alysamndyr iff y vse this
tholl schalt vse none o dyr for y suffysith

m

nor y schalt neí bleðe nor be boyfus brt
be y consel oft aman y is expte m aftno
mye z ffor y canse y pffitabylnes off
medycnal býmnq is evaluq m y z y
natural llylle is enclynes z clacyffys
m y

capitulum

B

The flyffienie capitul. capitul

e ebar alysamsye y y opyn nowoy
be y man off bledyng nor takeno
medycne but be y lycens off an aftno
mer. An5 tholl schuldyst alq atis attempt
be y olone eese: So it nozt tylle y tyme
y y ulbe moone be groblyn so myche y
th it be pasyd ffro y sonne And be ebar
y y mone be nozt in panceo nor m pffalz
An5 be ebar off y beholdyng or respecte
off y sonne astendyng toy mone: An5
also qeban y moone is in comcon cly
sonne in aq watter fygne ac spysteov
capwene or sflbyche anasye: De ebar
leb y at meny be m costell aton astending
and also off satwne An5 y most
pffytabyl oft olbryb in opynnyug off
veypmb w m y myddycb off y moth lmae

m

y' boke qllbyche lke qpylys off stonys: lke
hane ffully tretyd z schellus y' ppyrteis
z vertuys off hem And nolb ffyrst z
fformest seyth y' stylisophyse o alysam
syr M wol nolb take y' or lerne y' off
alle pnyteis y' most pnyte z secrete
consel: And godys consel schal bely
y' to pfforme y' consel z pmpos z to
hpye or compre y' pny pmpos. Once
yue y' nolb y' ffylisofffyr msntyth y' bly
nde mateyd y' J spake off: qllbyche begy
myth y' Take y' bestly stone: Netgetab
yl z mynial y' qllbyche is no stone nor
hath y' h natuund off a stone And yb stone
is lykynnd in some mani to y' stonys
off molbmyts myneral or myms z pl
ammyts z bestys z it is ffomdyn meny
place z m einy tyme z m einy man z
it is coneitpyl into ein colour z it
coteynnth in it alle ston elementis
z it is cleppys y' lesse llworld an isthal
depe it y' name y' qllbych y' conni pepyl
name it: y' is to sey y' terme off an egge
y' is to sey y' egge off stylisophyris

omnibus

m

If be many ffygnris: so it ffallyth in plas
netys" alle ffignys be ffonndyn in plane
tis Sythyn yan y lbatyr is oucoming in
plabitys z it is nozt eyrendys bint be
dyffusion z Sythyn y' werber off dyffol
non off lbatys is eulasting: verlyng
ebt obbte se synt to hys gennyn yis to so
mewy9: sfor it is vynisally tilbe y euy
planete gonneth z dyffostich z acorsyf
z is affinmysd to his natu As he eva-
mpyl: sat m'ne kopyth y ertis ajomys
lbatye anbyt y aer y sonne: spre and
yis couenpens is nozt ffonndyn in the
werlys off planetys: bint in y' werkyng
off planetys qwyche y' haue cotyntbally
z ppetnyally be y oure vynusal verti
y qwyche is a bouny y verhungs off alle
yse bertuys. Ont here is no place to sche
we yse haw materys bint sfor yis j
haue made to y' menton sfor it is greth
necessary z pffytabyl to y sfor y' ffolol
yng tretyse in qwyche we schal detim
ne off synguleris z ymgis mdytyf byl

off sondry vegetabyl e also off planet
The knobbyng off yis longith to ffl
lysophrys e þe knobleche off natual
werbyngs longith to le chis e eonl
nozt yt schal be hys ffro þe lond am
þe schalt vndrestonde þe eury thynge
Wantyng lyft off þe nombye off ve
getabyll is attribyte to satine and
goumd off satine: And qebat yng
off vegetablys is ffloysthynge liing
is is yonyn to satine e goumd be
m currency Æ planete And qebat su eú off ve
getablys is ffloysthynge z beryth no
ffrelte is attribyte to marð e goumd be
marð e eury vegetabyl ffloysthynge
berynge ffrelte or seede is goumd be
yf sonne z to yf sonne attribyte Ælan
copobne e coroyne yf se dyysnomys e
fey þe eury vegetabyl berynge ffrelte e nozt
ffloabeyng as is an appyl is attribyte to
satine e to yf sonne And eury ffloysth
ynge thynge berynge noffrelte is caufid off
m currency e marð also su vegetable qeb

be novablær Suiенее їт се їт се
anSfumеуенеер мръет ё ёнее ё ёу
cause love с fumеу cause hatres and su
у to ye їbere et yeууthe venirens з lymch
УУЕ ѕumе alneion з cōtemyt з ѕui у matnch
a man to see ffals zvenmys з ѕui у cause
a tilbe vysnon: fumе aensyr manfnlues
z strenght з fumе falbost з ffebylnes
fumе bepe у hody ffio deely venymys е
fumе compt у hody з bryng m detf And
1 pthal make у a mencon off alle yise fes
At artinnitis з opny pinnys е that kons
off vegetablye qlyche yendenty venirens
ans wnenchylam is acerteyn tree qlyche
hath consolute leuys у schap у off is volbз
е also у fficete у bralbuchys off у tve
be tendrе з moyst з off qubete taft
he у pluckith mр у kerbe m hys name
z berpith it louth hym ffou certeyn lhe
a dairith ov getyith venerens з lymch
УУЕ бo у And їs a nosyr tree у
fprynqith vpe on heveth у length
off a manmys arme qlyche hath
longe moyst leuys qlyche leuys

mí

us mori & moriri yan y' compositus off or
igni al l' is to sey off y' speris f'or y' lyff
mecesymis in hem. The composition off best
is mori & moriri yan y' composition off vege
tablys f'or y' haue bothe lyffe z also ffe
lyng bit is y' most nobil is man in ap
posicon pasring albestis y' albyche lymrth
ffelych undrystondryth e hath abilte off
gonnamo z in man ffyemes hath most
lordchip e And in hym e his opposicion av
makyng alle elementis be concuereat
ffor man is off athylk body gnesmat e
off a soule albyche is simpil off subst
amis spietnal. It behometh yan the
ff y' be alnelyng abom' senciò z telb
this off beyng e albysmg.' y' y' begynne
sye st at y' alnelyng off yme olne soule
albyche is mori ner to y' yan ony odyw
thynge e affirw y' to haue Rúmynge z
alnelymg off odyw.' f'or alnwe y' y' na
tural sonle is y' spietnal strenght spu
ongm off intelligens be y' wylle off
god e it hath tibeyn strenglyb concure

ent in bozys: als y lyht off y sonne
mpactis off y aev one off y qlyþe y
vek off strenght is. Anosyr y is werþing
y qlyþe qlyþe god hæth mælþys eðan.
strengthis y is to sey strenght retractyf
et attractyf dygestif et expnlifft mitritif
et mfformatyf et vegetatiff. And y strenght
m werþing off yis strenght vegetatiff in y
maling off manmys body iþe reccymyn
off manmys seede in y wemanmys wombe
et my dysposicion y off qlyþe endlþyth
m mynthis et aftyr et aftir y it hæth al
yðm y tyme in bæming y god hæth orð
nys yan he misfyth y bestly sonle
sensibyl tylle y pasyns olbte or y depar
ting et it getyth a nosyr gøðnamm to y
ffylling off tyme off mj. yer et yan he
yeldyth hyn to vesinabyl mæyston
dyng y qlyþe is depps vertu reson
nabyl y qlyþe chongith y name off
sensibyl et yan he gete a nosyr gøðn
amm tyl y complement off er yer et yan
entwyth y strenght intellectiffe qlyþe

Art odyr part tylle it come hole to y
last strenght or to y here's vn spysto
syng and yan be lym it is born to y
vertu ymagmatyff than y llytt alby
che long to y tongue is made be y llyey
off taft e sanow? ez y to longyn uz spyt
or kendys y is to ley. San sqaebetnes. Bytt
yenes. Saltenes. Ffattnes. Somnes. Wberysth
nes or onsanynes. Samyrnes or sqaebetnes
scharpnes. Or drysthnes ez y llytt albych
is m y e hande is m y strenght off tolt
dying or thraping ez y comes y off is m
hete ov cold. Scharp e softt e it is y fre
nght coteynd be the ne theyn stynnys
albyche on e is m y vtyrpa vt off y bod
ez y to dyr m y albych long to y ffleþh
qnanne y ffor ony off m se llytt be ao
tym albyche aod hath yonny to yis sen
erakis midyr stondying y spyrnyse olbte
ffro y wote off y brayn sotel stynnys
lyht as y lve bbe off an arene e tho
be as conryng or corte yms to yis hyle
alan y ffow is presentus y eny llytt

trlbth make lhe fese: lbtt ſui chors ez telle no
ne off hem alle nov ſchell be nochell that
thollt lbellt do afftyr omy off hem: tylle
ydeſe 1 be puut m euyyens And cōſid
lbyſele qibyche off hem dvalbyth to te-
ſeth z vyaſht off cōuſel cōſid also y loue
† he hath a yens the z y de ſu off thyme
lbelſaue z y rzele y he hath to y p[ra]ſepte
off y gounaimb: take ıſſ y p[ra]ſinde ſalby
che one hys cōuſel: but lote off alle
tho v. y y p[ra]ſſeru none be fforn o[du]r but
make hem lyle m yſſtis z m alle thy
liverlys: ffor y off deſtroyme or hynsv
ams off a lyng ſeberk m many dayis is
y he llweth ypyrth ſu z p[ra]ſferryth be ſſon
ſu And it is nozt meconement to alvay
as ffor y age off aman tholl he be yong
and he be lbyſe: ffor y dome is chon
ayd afftyr y body: ffor allan y dome
w p[ra]ſabl y body is p[ra]ſabl And the
natu: or complexon is to be cōſiduſd
ſor he y is genat or born offtyn is dyſp
ofid affiyr natu: off p[lan]etis y qibyche.

y en ffleyth vif z is trilbe in lborz
ez Deede is to be chyristhid lone his
ffalythyrp:ffor falbyche aman louyth
y qlyche könenpent to a lyngie
mageste:putte neui a matyr y may
abayde be fforn a matie qlyche is
necessary to be fped: ner in cotrary
so neui vyzht nobzht is obte y consel
off a phili sephui:ffor flyse mē sey y
consel it is y eye off ying y sthal
come E And it is librytyn in y boke
off pſis holb alynge and onys counsel
off hys reportis et counsel off a qvet
pny mater qlyche ll as told to a
qebene belouzd off yib lynge:y fford
one off his counsel seyd: it behouyth
nozt a lynge y he schuld are ony
conſel off vs off ony pny DeDe: but
ſepat ly off one in apny place:ffor
in pny platis falbyche thynge ſthul
be seyd: but y sey vollage it be y in one
case in alle it may nozt be so: acōſid
acōn miſt be had affiprym mater be

M3

iii

but it a cored þyth lbele þy þy conse lour
be gaispyd m emy mate þy long to.
charge off bymeyng or on bymeyng
as I hane seyd be fforn: ffor else ffl
lyfsoffis seyn y llysam off a kynge
is aumentys be y conse l off hie conse
lour or masynge: as y see is anmeu
tyd be ffolbnyng off fflo dys in tout
ffor a kynge may get mor be pulldens
llysam evestid be goode conse l
yan do an ofte off armys menj. And
it is llbrytyn y alorde off y region off
meesys wrote to hie fone seyn fone
conse l is to y necessary: ffor one is
in alle menj: Conse l y fforibt lym y
hie llysam is s gilbche it may de h
n y ffro a myhti manj: es spav neu
thyn emmy but qhan tholb may st
pma yle myhtili take y anamitaye
but yit be libar off y potber off y
enmy le nev y habuZams off thyn
bryt in y cribelnes or y hythe off
y state off y ollne psone lette but

compleycyon: tret abyl et mele et sofft
And y he be notyd et no lyppse off glo
temp et in special y he be nozt drouze
le lbe et y he be nozt lecheret et y lhe
sout a syde pleyis et delectacon et y he
be myahtia hartis in lyb purpos et lo
myng konchyy et y gold et sehyv et odw
accidentalt off yb chowld be to hym m
no repntacon et y lyb purpos et entete
be bnt in y y acou to konchyy et y
he lone lyb ney abo et all so alle vertuy
ffoll yow y be absent et also y he lone alle
yo y lone wyalftffulnes: hatyng alle libraie
yelldyg to euy man y is hib: helyng yre
y be oppreffid devongffully: exceptyng
neu manys psone in omy jugement fy
thyng y aod hath stormys alle men eggle
Also y he be myahtia et pseudivant i tho
thyng y he se seyth olbe to be done: hardi
et obte ffer or distomffortabylles et that
he kue lbe y vitrest off y ne expensib et y
no pffitabyl ymge be onl'nolliyn to ly
qlyche long to y goounamis off y lyngda'i

m

y y sogettis on no clyse copleyne: but
in sylbyche casis as he may pffyghit also
y he be nozt ffnille off ebordis or to myde
lallyng: ffor tempamts myche plesith
men z y he be gentil z comtely al so y
he be ffamos in leppny holbsold to com
is m resomabyl tyme z y he tendant
to englbyn z seke novelteis: cffortyng
hys sogettis: covectyng y eberlys off he
z cffortyng yem in asnyteis: beving
futyme z soffeyng her sympilnes w
Knolbe yan y y God made neul amor llyse
creatin yan man z he gadvyd neul mony
best y he gadvid in lym: ffor y schalt
nozt ffyn de o tony best man ov custi
qillyche y schalt nozt ffyn de m man
ffor he is hardy as alyon fui ffeffnil as
an har? in laregenes as a lot: anygard
as a dogge: hard z scharp as an harte: aus
mely as a turtyl: malycal as alenez
homely z socyal as a solbe: sotel z segeti
as a wnlffe: sympil z meke as a lombe
lyghit z sallyffi as a lydde: roll z slogy

as a beer? Derelbard et p'cy9 as an eleffat
Sille et ffoltysth as an asse, rebelle
as a lyng, obeyning as mele as a pelot-
ffoltysth as an ofstrych: proffytabyl as
a bee! Wantom et vay abride as a bov on
tame as a bole! Some as a ffysthe reson
nabyl as an auugelle le cker9 as a falle
yne malcy9 as an olble: ffytabyl
as an hors: noyabyl as a mouse and
vminisaly y is fomdyn ony best ov
vegetabl or original or impnal nor
hemyn or planete nec tol yn nor no
thynf y is off alle thynf beyng
hamyn ony apprte bnt y apprte is
ffomdyn m may: et ffov y is he cle
pyd y cesse wood antrost neu m mad
y belynyth nozth y labe et be lbar y
t be tyde y nozt y betidyd to tlybym
mey y lber ffelychyynd to chidom
a iorney off qlyche one lbas a llys
may or a llysche off y est: et y to dyv
bas a jibe y is or yental llysche or lly
se may rode mpon a mlble qlyche

Caxm
vm

m

bar hys vitayl z alle thynge necessar
to hym: y' ilbe yede on hys affect han
ying nobdyr mete nor odyr necessar
And allhyll y' other talle y' wyse man
off y' est seyd to y' jibe: qubat is thy
lalbe: y' jibe anqubard: A be leue that
in heuyn ib o god: allbyche j. librdip
z albye or troyst to rellbar d my soule
elle z alle y' lyne as i do in y same
lalbe z ffeyth z my beleue is all so y
he y dyfferenitith ffro my lalb it is
lefful to me to take iff I may highlyff
z hys god: hys llyff z his childe
z all so i am a curfid iff I kepe myffse
to ony sallbyche or help hym or iff I
scheibe ony mep to hym: nobl seyd
y ilbe j. hane teld y' my lalbe: tel me
nobl thyn. z yis wyse man anqubard
my ffeyth z beleue is this: ffwst j. libl
elle to my selff z to alle my kynne
z j. libul to no creatur off god ony harm
nerv y'ffololl my lalbe: nor tho that
be ayens my lalbe: z I beleue y' este

on y breest z y wombe betokyn hovyb
ybilnes z synynlerte off natur z dynty
micon off mdyr stondyng. z lomng off
on eyghytis ared colom z atolbyn off
on llysdam. z off myche librath z off
batyn z dyssleinabylnes z off aſſayer
z blac hec betolymmyth eyghytne z loue
off trolθth z justase bnt amene be tylene
thothe colonis signyffith a lon off yes
le y hæth gret yne is miny onstith
amffaſt. Row z moſtedyent z moſt mi
ſteyal iff y colour turne to blones and
off hōme y eyn turne to blones or to bl
acnes z be off amene gretenes. is off
ſchaep wyne courtely z trible. z qewan
y eyn bolne ebte as abolmyg fface y
betokyn malicomes z bylbidnes. z he
y hæth eyn lyle y eyn off an asse is
ſolryst z off heis natue. z he hys
ſyghyt is schaep z hys eyn meue fſast
ſquelche one is a dysteuy attheſe ontrible
z iff y eyn be redyſth tt betolymmyth

L. cæp. xii. 42.

Secunda

The cheff iberke or opation off alle
clerge y may be brought be may
in erth ab in metell is derimund in
y boke: y qlyche linolbyn off alle filysoffr
is: llas neu opynly expressyd: but be ill
syonmys z fyrzur atyff spechye tytillys on
s qlyche man y men schuls on no llyse hane
y syens in to y tyne y a nobyl clerk a crysty
man y pitt y craft in opyens: wrote it
in latyne y derl myght undyestond it
y qlyche craft iff y bryng to y twel we cedn
syon it is imposybil to y to be por but alle
metell y schalt turne in to gold or sylu
afftyr y y pondyr be made. (The qlyche
gold z sylu is bettyr in eim affay or pfe
bothe in ffyr z on y stynh yan y qlyche
is tryns olbte off y nyne: but be lwas sfor
hepe dos opoynt y qlyche is cheff off y
craft: but to hym y is cause off y transporyng
be molbeht telle ly: y hole craft and thyn
brefly 1 begynne pnyng ower lord god off help
z spede in yis stodyns iberke (The keynnig

TheOPP wouk

G

The net clerk copier off yis bolte seyth
y allaymstrys may neui chonge y kisse
dys off metell tubbly: but iff y natur be bro
ught to y fferst mater: And allan y be
brobblight to y fferst mat be crafft yan
may thei be chongd or transmitt in to a
mor clene kent yan y eber fferst: And ffor
yis y compcon off one is y genacon off a
nodn as yis is a wele in arty official thynis
as in natural: crafft sfolollythkende: and
in sin thynis it corecthy amendyth oucomi
natn: as be empyens y selfe or ffebyllys
natm off y selfeman or liboman is holpyn
be y crafft off y leche: fratin also makyth
nozt an hons: nor naun makyth nozt a letu
ary: ffor off it selff it hathst nozt y meuyng
to do yt as obte mannys help: on y same
blyse olb stone y lbe loul speke off: yolbe
it hane in it & côtey mth tyctur & knytyng
in y: y he is pffight by creat in y ert hyt
it hath nozt off hym selff meuyng to be op
lete e lywie: but it be meynd be crafft (as
erffor nai crafft makyth pffyghit natn)

eyr benozt sene nor her bertuys knolbryn
est thyse ffyrst elementis! qliber ffors y` be
rar on alle byse rar ez so symppyl y` no mânys
fyte may see hem as bodyl eym Qlberffo
w'tholb y` see hem nozt; noffors ffor it is to
y` mnolbe to reduce olbe stone to symppnl
purenes The elementis be fford ez y` mauns
be fford as hotenes coldenes moystenes ez
drynes: And y` elementis be thyse! ffire
watyr y` aer ez erthe And tlbeyn off thyse
be actyff ez tlbeyn paſſyff: The ffyr ez y`
aer be actyff: y` watyr ez y` erth be paſſyff
(Tlbeyn astende ez tlbeyn) destens! one is in
y` myſſys anonyr vndyr anonyr and ſfor
yis cause qban o contrary is affer ſſo anonyr
cotrary y` may nozt be gioymyd but be a me
ne or a myſſis? Hete is gtravig to coldnes
ez moyst to drye Qlberffor it is oppyn in
nolbgh y nolbſyr off yse be catioymyd to
osyr but be amene or a myſſ/ans cœcy
ne y` y` qlebychc is nozt gtrary is knytt to
hſyr be hyn ſelff ez is hot ez drye be knytt
togysyr ſfor yel be nozt gtrary qliberffon

off yem is coasimat y element off y ffyv
And on y same lbyse colds e moyst be uost
cotravy q lberffov off hem is y element off
y aer fior yei cotravy nozt to izdyv colds
e drye off qlyche y element off y erth
gendryd flor cold e moyst cotravy nozt off
qlyche y lbatyr is consregat and knolbe
wlele y hete e cold be nozt fnytt to gydr
but be amene y is to sen be drynes: ffor y
may nozt y fonde to gydr but iche off he
ffyghst abt odyr ffor y elementhes off her
kendis: but yit moyst e drye may a cold ffor
y tone fustenyth y todr: but coeyne wlele
y hete e drye gadyr z dysplblyth y thymys
y acorde in kends z be acordysm in lber
lyng e alle so y y defferent in kends
cogelyng z dysfolnyng yem e moyst and
drye be aggregat z dysgregat in gstreyn
z makin moyst than y sympil genac
z y natural pimitac is off y lberlyng off
elementis than it is opyn in uolh y alle
varyabl thynis: be hete e cold may be
gendryd z naturally pimitys of chongid

ffor hete z colde bryng fforth y' oucomyng
off y' matei' and qubau y' matei' is oucomyn
it cbarith sofft z ondygestyon or vaines is
made y' by And yit off hem odyr is nozt
made odyr but y' detimynd is made off y'
detimynd ffor a cogruent gen'ac Hon is neil
made but off y' y' acord in lende: Bnt lyi
is it dobblys qubat thyng it is y' y'ke ffiliso
phris speke off or lbeyte off syn it is so y'
none off hem expressith it: conceyue y'
sondry men haue tallys c told s'ndry thyngr
And yit y' tillth it is but one thynge l qubey
ffor seribarly the take hed to refer'ne y'
Pleynd techyng to schone alle y' holysth
seyngf z oppymomps And certeyn it is opy
in nolbsh be ffili saphris wrytyng y't is
but one thyngr: z holl none odyr thyngr
schuld be mesyllis y' ll't ther is no thyngr
but y' bryug fforth lyke to hys lende: amia
brynguth fforth a man z a lpon alpony
Qiber ffor it behou y' elementis be off one
lende ffor eft her sedis z lber k' yngf schuld
syuse ffor none off hem schuld tolche odyr

qwyche þe lwench most: þe hath left off sulffor in
hym eu abyzing ffeyn z god: qeberffor p[re]cydsto
mys be most lwenth as þe vuby z þe saffyr yâ
osyr ffor y[le] begenrys in an hett place mer
þe sonne z l[et] gret hete: And so m metellys
ffor zold is mor off való þe is fylu ffor it is
mor decoete: z fylu is bet yan copyr or osyr
metell And as þe vuby hath in hym þe effecte
off alle p[re]cyd stonys: so hath zold in hym þe
vertu off alle suctryl stonys: ffor he coton
myth in hym eu[n] metelle z he colonyth hem
z q[le]belyth hem: but trulye þe vuby is lesse
pporçonal is copleconat off elementys syn
yt it is on eu[n] part off a cle[ve] sub[st]aine
as is cle[ve] w[at]yn z it is coagulat wt seyns
z gret heete nor as to þe vertu it maynezt be
betteys: but zold fythym it is off an erthly
sub[st]ains medyllys wt w[at]yn and off ffyr
watin z afftyr þe action off hete it is coagulat
l[et] zold q[le]berffor it may end in þe hamyr and
is nozt destroye be þe ffyr but betteys
and Eno the ebele þe no metel but if it be
fylu befforn may be made zold: z f[or] yis

tofye se is qlybys fylu ez on y to dy. y pon dyr
qlyche is clepyd elypir com plete ez y mzyd
or y mene off alle yice be y bodyis qlyb
che be malleabl off qlyche su be mo
sycest ez sepiwet yan su: poke yan y tholl
erre nozt: but knoll e y alle gold is ves ful
ffuw: But alle ves fulffur is nozt.
gold ffor y is nozt in gold off y body off
fulffur: but in yis empyment qhan it is
ffrest llavyn qlybight y elypir beguine
it apperith as qlybight fulffur dyryng
y micury in to ffyre fylu end iff be leg
ffyr yis elypir be sycest or decoxe in
turmyth in to fulffur qlyche is vesse off
colou chongyng y micury in to pun gold
And ffyre her yme ankyr ffor iff y se ke
a no dyr ebey or a no dyr crafft y lesyft
y money ez y labo And be nozt chongeabil
in y conceytis y nob y affay yis ez nob y
ffor in militytude off thyng thyb crafft
is nozt made: ffor oblie stone is one oblie
medycine is one to y qlyche eke put no
strangeth thyng nor eke take no thypuy

hetter yan y'sûne is in y'môrthe off wile
ffor y'is no genacón off man nor off best nor
ppyrly off none odyr but iff y'hete be tepat
z y'aev vityrly excludys yt is y'ffor most
necessary to còtune y lberlyng to mesur
y'ffir to exclude y'aev: z knolbe lbe le y'
yis subftauns as it re solit so it aftendith
ffor hete lberlyng in moystur zens dryth
ffyest blakne z in qibysh at zens with
yeloll q lberffor in a sofft ffyr gournet
htymially z sese neu off y'ffire nor y'
attend anns tyl y'medyne qibysh
haft in lberlyng be turmys m to fotel
poudyr z yis is complete in an e-z. l'say
is z hapyli y' medycne schal be turmys
qibysh in threscor z days z tenne: but
y'ffyest is bett ffor it beto lymith y y'
ffir as temp at z y y' pîpaco'n ebac
goode: And qibau y' seyst alle y lberke
turmys holy m to bla' colou'r lyke to bl
af ebatyr yau hane joye in y'crasft ffor
it ebac atolyn y y'bodvis be putresfurd

y'p[ylche putreff action llbul betyde in y'
space off xl. days: But on alle wyse be
wer off brelyng off y'vesel esthete off
y'fryr ffor tt llbul do tilbeyn h[urtys] le se
y'cost z y'labo' ffor iff y'ffyr be to h[ote
y' mesyeme schal astende z hang stylle
in y'hes off y'vesel z so y'natural
werlyng is lettys ffor y'fryr must-
be made so y'be y'hete y' tt may hole
astens z destende: ffor as y'ffilysoffir
w[eytith] to alys am dyv in secytis
secr etorui yis werke meuyth cerculi
affyr y'meuung off y'g[ete] l[bor]d
pever al[so] he ch[ep]th it y'hygh til ch[]
l[bor]d ffor it c[ote]nymth y'ffour elem
entis q[over]ke he ch[ep]th it y'egge
off p[hy]sophris z y'meuung off y'
q[ave]le is vobnde as atrendyl on an
anl[ce]: An]d y'ffilysoffir seyth al[so] y'
y'ffas[yr] y'off is y'sonne z y'mone is
y' m[odyr] y' el[yn]de bar it in y' l[om]be
y' erth l[as] p[ny]d y'ffro yn so myche y'
w[at]yr off y'aer a[er] off y'ffyr stur off

y̅erthe in dyfullyng y̅hast receynd ez alle
yis y̅emenyng zwerbyng off y̅ffw cauſwyth
And eyn as a man hath m hym a ſpunte
z a ſoule z hath a body cōtumnis thyn ſo
ollw medycne: ffor y̅ſpunte y̅off 16 y̅
bb atyr y̅off y̅ ſoule 16 is y̅ tynctuńow
y̅ dyning z y̅ body y̅off 16 y̅ evithe be ſfor
y̅ transposing it behouyth yan y̅to put
ddnte ſfro y̅ y̅ ll atyr y̅ ſme be ſfro y̅ ſouk
blaſnes z ſfro y̅ body deth be off tym
Dyſſoluyng Donn yan yi z medycne lit
loſſt ſfyr cōtymially z ſe ſe nozt ſfro y̅ lbert
nor off y̅ ſfyr: ffor 1ſſ heterogeneous 1noſt
cōtymially in m y̅ n1od1y8 1lombe opp
y̅ ſede off man y̅ chy1d ſchuld ne11 be
born a lyne1no mo11 ſchuld y̅ medycne
Ther be ſkom1 coloun1s y̅ must apper
in y̅ crafft y̅ ſforſt 1s blaſt y̅ ſeaide u
q1by1ht y̅ thyr16 1b yel11b y̅ ſfour1th 1b
rede: ffor lyete z 1berk y11s in mo1ſt
jen1d1yth ſforſt bla1ne1s z q1ban it tur11th
in to d1re it 1bar1th q1by1ht 1b evy1eny
ſchelby1h in a ſtyl: ſforſt q1ban 1a ſtyl 16

brent y comyth y off a blak cole z biene
y cole z in turmyth to qlyight aschis
but or eu't come to y qlyightnes it
schal apper iff y cosid eele alle y colour
y eu y seyst in y world: ffor it men ffro
colour to a nosye: ffor it wul be vede
it wul be alman off zene it wul be
purpil it wul be yeloll bothe depez
lyht on y same lbyse it wul be b
libe z affiye y it hat schelbyd alle
yse colourys z adyr many mo it chou
ath in to qlyight and affiyr it chong
nozt tyl it turne in to y colour off gold
and iff y be necchygent m y lbeik y sth
alt se vyight nozt off alle thyse colour
ylbythe on alle byse be necessary to
hym y schal eberko yis crafft: ffor be
y colourys he may vsyr stonde qban
hys ffri is aode z qban nozt y at nede
y mayst amende it ffor iff it turne qlyight
or it turne blak y sev is to llarme qbl
erffor on alle lbyse be twar y att a poynt
y mayst help yme envolb in aoinyag

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made hote et it schal turne it to hys orne
Lende off qibyche compygtion throlle opart
Vpon an hundred off hote fylle or mery
Et it schal be as gode gold or bett yan it
trysd obte off y myne Take off pury
ti
ffyis mercury 20 ptis et off gols tryn
d or fylle affiyr y llult haue y stone qub
yast or red et destroy hem be y same
coulnion as gold snythys do qibar y
llul gyld et make it lyke butt me wfte
ryng ye ou y ffu et y ando as i write be
ffor et tost in obi lors iesu to fpede y
werk to home alle reuirens et ppyfing
nolb et euil ame