The Book of Quinte Essence or The Fifth Being
The Book of Quinte Essence or The Fifth Being
Edited from British Museum MS. Sloane 73 about 1460-70 A.D.
Edited by Frederick James Furnivall
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for [th]is planete [gh]eue[th] to gold his influence,
[Our Quinte Essence is the colour of heaven; gold makes it fair; and the two work in us (so far as is possible) renewal of youth, and give health plenteously.]
[[* Fol. 11b.]]
nature, colo{ur}, & a substaunce i{n}corruptible. And oure q{ui}nta e{ss}encia, mannys heuene, is of [th]e nature [*]& [th]e colour of heuene / 20
And oure sol, [th]{a}t is, fyn gold of [th]e myne, schal make it fair, ri[gh]t as sol [th]e planete maki[th] heuene fair / and so [th]ese two togidere ioyned schal [gh]eue influence in us, and [th]e condiciou{n}s of heuene and of heuenly so{n}ne / in as miche as it is possible in deedly 24 nature, conseruac{i}ou{n} and restorynge of nature lost, & renewynge
[As Aries, Taurus, and Gemini draw humours from the head and breast, and not the limbs beneath, so those spices that do draw from these limbs get their power from Capricorn, &
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