Se . ee a a ee a 
lynen clothe ſpꝛede a bꝛode / z trayled oꝛ 
dꝛa wen over the gras in a fate leſe ot 
gar dyn poker as many kayꝛe het bes and 
flout es ſtande growynge / Thelaine leſe 
oz gat dyn whete as pe do this in / ought 
nat to lande on a moꝛyſſhe oꝛ watety 
grounde / noꝛ in depe valleyes / but vpon 
bre groũdes as nye as it is pollyble /and 
than (hall thys clothe be wꝛounge out in 
a glas / and than do fo agayn as ofté tyl 
ve haue ynough This dewe mutt be thꝛy 
fe dyſtyllyd in balneo Matie / and recty⸗ 
fred as it here after (hail be declared in 
the nette chaptte folowynge. and fo kere 
that water fromm vere to pere / than yf xe 
lyſte to dyſtylle within the yete any dꝛye 
herbes / than take ſuche her bes as is diy 
ed in the ſhadowe as moch as pe wyll ha 
uynge his naturall ſente and odour / and 
caft vpon it thee tymes of the foꝛnamede 
water of dewe fo moche that at euety ty 
me the herbes be coucryd Cha put it in a 
glas and ſtoppe it well / and ſo put it in 
hoꝛſe . and nyghts. 
After that dyſtylle it i balneo matie thze 
tymes ſteped / and at cuery tyme agayne 
dyſtylled / but A lbucaſis wꝛytyth in libꝛo 
Seruitoꝛ that vpon euery poũ de of Dave 
floures oz herbes ſhall be powꝛed. x. poũ 
de of comon water and fo diſtyllyd in an 
helmet / the whyche is not ſo good as the 
the watet beloꝛe layde / For 4 haue rede 
8 expette phyloſopher a doctor ĩ 
Tate as moche of thot hetbes as re wyl 
and caſt theron thre ty mes as moche as 
the foz named mape dewe / ir. tymes dyſ⸗ 
tyliyd / dy ſtylle that thre tymes ouer/as 
before is lpeciixed / and that water is bet 
tet than the water dyſtylled of grene 
herbes / bycaule that onely the flegma 
of the Qrenc herbes is dyſtylled, And 
layd that the may dewe that hath ben. ir. 
tymes dyſtylled dꝛaweth the mrght and 
ſttengthe to hymwardys iytze wyle as 
aqua vite / or other dyſtylled wyne doth. 
Therloꝛe it ware good that enery water 
{bold be caſt von his owne feces / that is 
vpõ his owne herbes wher as it had ben 
ſtylled ol / and is putryfyed and agavne 
dyſtylled / but yet it wate moche better / 
that ye {hold powꝛe that water of ſuch Ip 
ke herbes befoze dꝛycd / and that fo diſtyl 
lyd / and than as J haue wr ten before 
it to be putrykxed in a circulatorium/oʒ 
in a blynde helmet / named in latyn alẽ⸗ 
bitus cetus / whyche is before fygured in 
the. ix. cia pytte / and fo dyſtylled / it gets: 
teth great goodnes and ſtrength. 
¶ How re ſhall tectyfre rout waters at 
ter they haue ben dyſtyllydd Ca . xxi: 
Mr after the dyſtyllynge of the 
waters it is nedefull that they be 
Stet the intente that the kyꝛe be 
dzawen oute ol them / and 
