P. 26. Here by-gynyth þe maner of steynyng of lynne cloþ.—Furst take a porcioun of lynne cloþ, and 3 ellyn, or as moche as þou wolt, and euer more to viii ellyn of cloþ take a pound of alyme; and ȝyf þou wolt bote But, only. 4 ellyn of cloþ, take half a pound of alyme. For to alyme þy cloþ, furst take þyn alyme and make hit smale, and þanne do hit in water and sette hit ouer þe fure and mult þyn alyme; and þenne nym A.S. niman; take. þy cloþ and wet hit in a-noþer water and putte hit in þe water þat þe alym was melttyd in; and þenne set hit vppon þe fure and let hit ligge fort I.e., until. þe water be somdel Somewhat. cold in þe same water and þenne take hit out þer-of and dryȝe in the sonne; and loke þat hit be riȝt drie and þenne whenne þou alemyst þy cloþ, take a lite lynnyn clout and alyme hit with þy clout for whenne þou makyst þy coloures þou maist a-sayȝe Assay. bi þy clout, ȝif hit be goud or no; and þenne streyne þy cloþ vppon a bed of hey as strayt as þou mist; Not an uncommon A.F. spelling for 'might' (i.e., mightest). and þenne cast þy bordel Border, edging; not recorded elsewhere. wiþ a lyne and þenne portrayȝe þy cloþ with wethi-col Charcoal, made of burnt withes or rods. and þenne wype a-wey þe ore ef þy cloþ þat þe portrayng may be sene and þonne make þy wateres.

To MS. Ho, with red capital H; an error for T. make steynyng wateres.—Þou schalt furst dyȝt Prepare. þy cloþ, take a panne wyþ clene water, and ȝyf þou haue viii ȝerdys of cloþ take a pound of aleme and putte hit wiþ þe cloþ in-to þe water and keuer hit and set hit ouer þe fure and lete hit seþe þe spase of a mile While you walk a mile; it always means 20 minutes. and more; þan take þe cloþ and put hit in cold water þat þe superfleuyte of alym falle a-wey.

P. 27. To make red water.—Take goud brasel See List of Plants, s.v. and schaue hit smale and take a pound of slekyd lyme and a galoun of clene water and stere hym to-gader tylle þe water be whit, and let hit stonde al aday and þou schalt se þe lyme at þe botme and þe water a-boue. Þenne take a galyn of þe water and a pynte of oþer water clene and do hem in a pot to-geder ouer þe fure, and whanne hit ys lewe-hot put hit in an vnc Error for vnce. of brasel. And þou wilt make lesse wateres take of hem and let seþe to þe þrydde part be sodyn a-wey and take fro þe fuyre and warch I.e. 'work,' do or put. The 'h' is crossed like a 't.' 'Ch' denotes a simple sound. There is no en in the imperative; but it may mean worche, and no doubt some scribes implied a final e by that stroke. hit vppon a cloþ and seþe vnder a panne wiþ coles to drowy þe cloþ, for ellys þe water of lyme wollit Error for woll. schend Spoil. þe coloures.

To make scarlet water.—Take vreyne Urine. watere þat neuer was cold, and set hit ouer þe fuyre and whanne hit ys lewe-hot put in a poudre of brasel, and let it seþe tylle half be soden a-wey; and þenne put in a poudre of alyme and stere hit wel tylle hit be take awey fro þe fuyre, and put in gom of arabyȝe and resolue hit in-to a pot of erþe wiþ alle þe dragges, and keuer hit so þat non eyre Air. com þer-to, þat water moste be a vii nyȝt oþer a fourtenyȝt old or þou vse hit and hit may be kept þe space of a ȝer in gud stat; for þe elder þat hit ys þe beter ys þe porcion of þe water. Take a quart vrine two Error for 'to.' þe vnce of brasel and schaue and a quarterne of au vnce of alyme and a sauser ful of water of arabie and resolue hit in-to þe þyknisse of gom oþer oyle.

P. 28. To make ȝelewe watere.—Take goud englis woldes For 'weldes;' see List of Plants, s.v. and take a-wey þe route For 'rote,' root. and putte hym in a panne ful of water, and ley a ston vppon hem to holde hem a-doun and let stonde al nyȝt and þenne let caste a-wey þe water, and putte in a pot ful of clene water and keuer þe pot and þenne let hyt seþe the space of a mile or more and take hym fro þe fuyre and wryng hit þorwe a clene clout, and þrow awey þe stalkys and take þonne a lityl alyme in poudre and putte þat in and stere hyt to-geder and let hit stond in þe licour al a day and þenne þou schalt a-se I.e., 'see;' A.S. gesēon. a gebot For gobet, a lump. of ȝelewe at þe botme and eleyr aboue; þanne do a-wey sum of þe water and stere þe remenaunt to-geder; ȝyf hit ys to þycke, put in sum of þe same water and worch In MS. the 'h' is stroked like a 't.' See previous note 6, p. 2. hit on þe cloþ oþer whote as þou wolt. Or whatsoever thou wilt.

To make bleu water.—Take clene floreye; A blue dye. See Cunningham's Revels Accounts, pp. 39, 57, flurry. [From Halliwell's Dict. &c.] þe watere þat þou schalt tempere hit wyth, of a welle is best; I.e., well-water is best. hit most be soden to the wast of half.

To make grene watere.—Take floreye and ȝelew and meng hit to-geder by euyn porcioun Even portion. oþer ellys more of þe blew as of þe ȝelewe as þou wolt; and þou schalt haue a leyȝt Light. greyne oþer a sad, Dull. as þou wilt; oþer elles No other spelling occurs except 'ellis' or 'ellys.' 'Else' is quite modern. ley furst ȝelewe and whenne hit is dryȝe ley on blew, and þenne schalt þou haue a gud water.

P. 29. To make purpur 'Purpur,' 'purper' 'purpre,' M.E. for 'purple.' water.—Take red water and a lityl blac water and tempere hit wiþ clene water ouer þe fuyre.

To make soursikele A better spelling is soussicle; see Solsequium, List of Plants, watere.—Take a tre A kind of wood, þat is y-lyche brasel, bote hit ys more ȝelewer in colour. Take hit as þou dost brasel, and ley þat on þy cloþ and drye hit in alle maner as þou doust brasel.

To make taney I.e. 'tenney,' tan-colour; a colour in heraldry; 'tawny.' water.—Take blew and ley on þy cloþ and whenne hit is driȝe ley þer-on red, oþer put a litel red to þy blew.

To make blac colour.—Take dragges of enke and put alyme þer-to and seþe hem to-geder; þenne clense hym þorwe a clene cloth.

To make colour for an hert. Heart.—Take ȝelew water, and do to hit a litel mader.

To make a water for gold oþer seluer.—Take cockel Ergot. See List of Plants, s.v. þat growyþ on ryȝe Rye. and grind hit in a morter and putte hit in a panne of erþe and do alym þer-to and seþe hym to-geder a lang whyle: after ley hit on þe cloþ and whanne hit is drie rubbe hit wiþ gold and hyt schal be gold; rube hit wiþ siluer and hit schal be siluer.

P. 30. To ley gold in stayning.—Take hede fusst Error for 'furst.' where þy gold schal lyȝe and rube hit with a bores touth 'h' stroked like a 't.' and take cole Charcoal. that penturys vseþ and melt and ley þer-on, and take after whane hit is drie a sauser wiþ clene water and þe white of an eye Egg. and menge hit wel to-geder and ley on þe cloþ and þanne ley þer-vppon gold and whenne hit is dryȝe rubbe hit wiþ a borys toþ.

To make broun water.—Take blew and ȝelew and menge hym to-geder oþer elles more blew and ȝelw as þou likyst þe colour best. Ȝif þou wilt haue a litel grennere, take lasse of þe ȝelew; and þou wilt haue a sadder grene take þe lasse of þe blew.

To make anoþer red water.—Take brasel and schaue hit smale ant tempere hit wit goud leyȝe Lye, soap-lye. and put hit in a pot of erþe and let hit seþe to-gadur a gud long while and put alym þer-to, and þanne a-say on þy nayl and þer hit wole schewe wheþer hit be goud oþer nouȝt; after, wodascoun Written 'wodascoun' for 'wodascen;' 'wood-ashes;' cf. 'lye,' above. put þer-to, and euery colour out-take blew oþer blak.

To make blak water.—Take dragges of vinegre and put alym þer-to and seþe hym to-geder and afterward wryng hym þorwe a clout.

An-nother ȝelew water.—Take an ounce of coperose Copperas. and an vnce of alem plum Soft, in powder. and an vnce of salpetur and de Error for 'do.' hym in a stillatory and stille hym half a day and þat schal be ȝelew water.

Red water.—Take a newe pot of erþe and do þer-to clene water and þer-to a gret porcioun of brasel, and seþe hym ryȝt wel and þenne do þer-to alem glas, and to hym a lityl gom of arabik and wryng hit out and hit schal be goud red water.

P. 31. To make grene water.—Take an vnce of whit verde-grice and an vnce of salpetur, an vnce of þe galle of a bole oþer elles of an hox, and let hym stonde to-geder al a woke and þenne seþ hym and do þer-to alem and sed hym a lityl and lete hym stonde and gom hit wel and þou schalt haue a gud grene.

To stayne wollyn cloþ.—Take hit and seþe hit as þou doust þe lynnyn and while hit is a seþyng put in an hanful of clene flour; þy blac moste be mad þys maner, schaue . . . . doust, An omission after 'schaue,' perhaps ending, 'and add dust.' and seþ hym to-gedre and stepe hit in a pot of erþe, put þer-to lemayby Error for 'lemayle;' i.e., 'limaile,' iron filings. Chaucer has 'lymaille:' he says it was used by alchemists. of . . . A blank occurs in MS. and vse hit cold. Red is mad as y told, bote wiþ no lyme put þer-to wod-askes; þe soursikle is y-mad as þe red, and ȝelew is y-mad as y-seyde by-fore.

To make whit water.—Take alum plum and felyng Filing. of seluer and luyȝt and gary for lithargyry, i.e., litharge. and half a galoun of white vinegre and friȝe hem in a panne and after seþ seþ 'Seþ,' accidentally repeated. hym in a pot and þat schal be goud.

To make grene water.—Take hynde For 'ynde,' indigo; Old Fr. 'inde.' and grynde hit smal and tempere hit vp wiþ ȝelew water, so þat hit be þynne and able of delyuerance.

P. 159. Si quis habet anelitum uel nasum fetentem. Take blac mynte and wos Juice; M.E., for ooze. of the rewe, of boþe y-lych This 'h' is stroked like a 't.' moche and do hit in þe nostrell.

Si vermes corrodunt dentes.—Take þe sed of henne-bane and þe sed of lekys and recheles From 'A.S. recels, incense [apparently for disinfecting]. and do þes iii þyngys vp-on an hot glowying tilstoun; and make a pipe þat haþ a wyd hende and hold hit ouer þe smoke þat hit may rounse Probably for 'rense,' rinse. þorwe þe pipe into þy teyth This 'h' is stroked like a 't.' and hit schal sle þe wormes and do a-wey þe ache.

Pro vermibus in dentibus.—Take þe sed of hennebane and red purmele of þe heþ and virgine wex and recheles and make a candel þer-of, and hold þy mouþe ouer þe candel þat hete and þe smoke may come to þy teþ, and do so ofte: et videbis vermes cadere de dentibus tuis. See s. "Henbane," List of Plants.

Alia.—Take and a-noynte þy teþ with horsgrese: et probatum est.

Potionte. Potionte = Potionce; error for Potiouns = Potions, i.e., Poisons. A remedy for poisons.—Take þe route of loueache and stampe hit and tempere hit wyþ wyn or wyþ water and dry[n]ke In MS. 'dryke.' hit iii nyȝt whenne þou gost to bedde: et auferret statim a te.

Electuarium pro illis qui non possunt comedere.—Take þe wos of þe fynel þe two parti and of þe hony þe þrydde parti and seþ hym to-gedre in a panne to þe þyknysse of hony and do piper þer-to and et þer-of iii sponne ful eche day.

Alia.—Nym piper and sent-ryȝe Centaury; see List of Plants. and weybrede and seþ hit in wyn and drynke hit whenne þou gost to bedde.

P. 160. For stretnisse Straitness. of þyn herte.—Take violet and aehe and sentorie and licoris and seþ hym alle to-gedre in water and drynk hit at euyn hot and at morwe cold.

Medicina pro tussi.—Take sauge and comyn and rewe and peper and seþ hym to-gedre in a panne with hony, and ete þer-of a sponne ful a-morwe and at eue a-nouþer.

For the dryȝe couȝ.—Take hors-houue Horse-hoof; Colts-foot, Tussilago Farfara. and consilie and ete hit 3 dayes or more wiþ hony.

A goud letuarie a-ȝen alle yuellis; for þe rotelyng in þe þrote, for boillis, for sorys in þe side, for þe mylte, Spleen. for þe stomake.—Nyme horshouue, groundesueli, ysope, sentorye, ache, vinel, South dialect for fennel. rewe, solsequie, piliole Fr. puliole (real); pennyroyal. and nepte, of alle y-liche moche, and do pepur þer-to and hony and sed For 'sethe.' hit to-gedre and drynke þer-of at morwe and at eue.

Item.—Take sauge and stampe hit and drynke hit wiþ-oute water.

Alia.—Nyme piliole and make þer-of poudre and et hit with au ey iii dayes, and hit schal with-holde þe spewyng.

Who þat spewiþ bloud.—Take ache and mynte and rewe and betoyne, of alle y-lyche moche This 'h' is stroked liked a 't.' and boyle hit wiþ gotys melke and drynke hit iii dayes.

Si quis habeat malum in corde et amisit voluntatem come∣dendi.—Take centorie and seþ hit wol Well. in stale ale and whanne hit ys wol y-sode take hit and stampe hit wel: and clense hit þorwe a clout and take þe two party of þe ius and þe þridde party of hony and do hit to-gedre and put hit in a box; and þou be seke, ete þer-of fastyng iii sponne ful tille þou be hol, and hit schal do a-wey þe glet Gleet, stickiness. aboute þyn herte and hit schal ȝyue Give. þe goud appetyt to ete.

P. Alia, pro omnibus malis stomachi.—Take ache-sed and lynne-sed and comyn and stamp hit to-gedre and ȝyue þe sike to drynke iii dayes with hot water.

Alia pro stomaco.—Take þe route of fynel and þe route of persile and þe route of horshouue and þe route of radiche and þe leuys of serlange Old Fr. Cerflange; Hartstongue: Ser = Cer cerf = Hart. Lange = langue = Tongue. and lyuerwort and weybrede, centorie, moder-wort, puliole, nepte, viflef I.e., five-leaf; Cinquefoil. and centorie, of eueriche an hanful and do þer-to a lytel sauge and a lytel wermod and þe flouris of violet and þe flouris of þe rose and an vnce of licoris and ȝyf If. hit be a strong man or womman, do þer-to þe lasse licoris and ȝef If. he be a fibel man or womman do þer-to þe more, for hit wol be þe suettur Sweeter. þat he may þe better drynke hit. Þanne take alle þes þynges and seþ hym in a pot with water tille þe þrydde party be sodyn a-wey; and þanne let hit stonde in þat pot, or clense hit in-to a-nouþer, for to haue hit þe fairrour; and ȝyf þe man or þe womman do Error for 'to'. drynke þer-of euerche day by a by 'By and by;' immediately in the morning, or regularly. a mesour at morwe cold and at eue hot; to þus many gracis For 'grases;' grasses; i.e., herbs. þou moust do iii galons of water.

Alia.—Who-so haue suellyng in his stomake, take þe route of fynel and þe route of arache and stampe hit wiþ wyn and hit schal helpe and hele hit.

P. 162. Ad purgandum hominem de malis humoribus.—Take betoyne and sauge and synsiburium I.e., Ginger. and sed of . . . A blank occurs in the MS. of eche y-liche moehe, and do þer-to piper and hony and stampe hym and tempere hym wyþ wyn and ȝef Give. the seke to drynke.

Ad purgandum pectus.—Take rewe and ambrosy of eueryche y-liche moche and stampe hym wel and tempere hym wyþ wyn and ȝef þe sike to drynke iii dayes fastyng.

Si venter sit durus atque flatus.—Take viflyf and stampe hit and take a sponne ful of the wos and drynke hit and hit schal hele þe. Thee.

Alia.—Take xii cornys of piper and xii leuys of rewe and also moche sed of dyle as þou myȝt take with þy iii vyngres Sth. dialect for 'Fingers.' and stampe hit and tempere hit with hot water and drynke.

Alia.—Ȝyf þou be costyf and wolt make nesche I.e., soft. þy wombe, Stomach. take maþnes Error for mathernes; pl. of mathern; stinking May-weed, Anthemis Cotula. and seþ hem and cast þat in a coppe ful of new ale and et þer-of: et sanaberis et venter demollitur.

Alia.—Take þe galle of a bole and breke hit in wolle and bynd hit to þyn ancle: et sanaberis.

Pro fluxu.—Take red wyn and þe sed of persile and stampe hit and tempere hit and drynke hit ofte: et restringit ventrem.

Alia.—Take þe melke of a cow þat ys noȝt ryȝt melche and þat hauyþ no calf of xii monþe and take al-so moche of goud red wyn and meldle hem to-gadre and drynke hit ofte: et restringit ventrem. Prima est bona medicina pro fluxu sanguinis.

Item.—Take an old cok þat ys xii monthe old oþer more and drawe hym fayre and fille hym ful of virgine wex and do hym vp-on a splyte; Error for 'spyte;' 'spit." and turne hym by þe fure tille þe wex be al y-mult a-wey and tille he be bren Error for 'brend;' burnt. alnydrie I.e., 'all nigh dry.' and cast þer-on salt and ete hit: et multum adiuvabit te pro quolibet morbo: pro illa medicina parum bibas.

P. 163. Alia.—Ȝef a man be y-smyte with his owyn bloud þat hit be y-sprad ouer al his body so þat hit by-comyþ oþer-while pikelyd and oþer-whyle hit brekyþ out on hym verilyche, take selydonye and mogwort and stampe hit and tempere hit with water and drynke hit.

Who þat hauy May have. ache in hys tetys.—Takc weybrede and leuys of sanycle and old smere of a borwȝ, Error for berwȝ, a barrow-pig. and stampe hit and bynd hit þer-to.

Pro malo in dorso.—Take egrimoy[n]e 'n' omitted in MS. and mogwort boþe þe leuys and þe route and stampe hit with old suynys grece and eysyl Vinegar. and ley it to þy bak.

Who þat hauyþ yuel or ache on his loyndys. Error for leyndys, loins.—Take a schille ful of wos of betoyne and a schille ful of wyn and a sponne ful of hony and xii cornys of pepur and stampe hem to-gedre and ȝef hem to drynke iii dayes: et sufficit.

Alia pro dorso.—Take a goud del of pyliole and stampe hit and do eysyl þer-to and ley hit in a clout and bynd hit to þy bak.

For castyng of þy lyuere.—Take pileole and stampe hit and a-noynte hym þer-wiþ and let hym blede in þe veyne of þe lyuere.

Pro malo in vesica.—Take ache and persile and fenel, of eche y-lyche moche and stampe hym and tempere hym wiþ water and drynke hit and hit schal be þyn hele, and do þe wol to poysyn and hit schal caste þe stone and hele þy stomake.

P. 164. Who-so haþ þe stone.—Take gromeyle Gromwell. and persile and þe ryde netyle Red nettle. and violet and rechelys and kyrnells of chireston Cherry-stone. and stampe hym and tempere hym wyþ stale ale and drynke hit.

Ad frangend[am] MS. has 'frangend.' petram.—Take a cok þat be xii monnþe old and kepe hym, and þou schalt fynd in þe mauwe white stonys. Take hym and stampe hym in a mortare with a pistel of yren, and tempere hit wiþ wyn and drynke it.

Who-so pisse bloud.—Take ambrosie an handful and sanguin∣arie an handful and percile sede half an handful and stampe ham and tempere hym wiþ gotys melke and drynke hit.

Alia.—Take rewe and gromyle and percile and stampe hym and tempere hym wiþ wyn and drynke hit: et faciet te bene myngere.

Pro illo qui non potest retinere vrinam.—Take gotes clauwys and bren hem in a newe pot al to poudre and ete þat poudre in potage. Et sine dubio habebit sanitatem.

Si quis habet dolorem uel inflacionem in testiculis.—Take bene-mele and seþ hit in hony and take comyn and stampe hit and meng hit þer-wyth, and do hit in a cloute and leyȝe hit to þy sore: et sanus eris.

Alia.—Take þe wos of wollewort and eysil, of boþe y-lyche moche and do ryȝe-mele þer-to and seþe hit tille hit be þykke as a plaisture and ley hit in a clout and bynd hit to þe sore.

Who-so his scoldyd Scalded. on þe pyntal, Membrum virile. þat me Me is perfectly common, the usual spelling of man, when un∣emphatic. It is singular, not plural, and means 'one,' like the Fr. 'on.' clepyt þe þe ape. Evidently a slang name for the disease, and called "Apys galle," in Harl. 2378 (B); Apegalle (E 76¹⁰). 'þe' repeated in error,—Take sum cloþ and brend Error for 'bren,' hit and take þe askes and ley hym in-to a lynne clothe and bynde hit to the sore: et est optima medicina.

Pro inflatura super genua.—Take rewe and loueache and stampe hem to-gedre and do þer-to hony and ley hit to þe sore: et sanabitur.

P. 165. Pro prurigine et inflatura super tubias.—Take the route of walle-worte and seþ hit in water and do a-way þe ouþer rynde and take hit and stampe hit wiþ borys grece and do hit in a cloute and ley hit þer-to.

For brestyng ouȝt of leggesse.—Take þys white malwe and bren hit and take þe askes and horsegrece and tempere hit to-gedre and smere þy legese þer-wiþ.

Pro prurigine in pedibus.—Take mogwort and old smere: et appone pedibus.

Pro wrangnoylis Another name for 'angnails.' in pedibus.—Take gandres dryt and eysil and het it to-gedre and ley hit þer-to.

Who-so haþ ache vnder hys foute for trauayle. I.e., travail, travel.—Take comyn and stampe hit and meng hit with oyle and anoynte þy feyte vnder-nyþe and bynd a coule lyf þer-to and hit schal do awey þe ache.

Who-so wol suete.—Take a nounce comyn and stampe hit al to poudre and meng hit wiþ oyle and a-noynte þy feyte vnder-nyþe and þyn hondys with-Inne whenne þou goste to bedde and take a lyte of alteluda and ley þer-on and hele For 'hill,' cover up. þyn armes and hit to-swete. I.e., if it sweat extremely.

Alia.—Take lomke Error for Lemke, i.e., Brooklime. and a-noynte þy feite vnder-nyþe in þy bed and hele þe wel and thou schalt suete.

Who þat swat o moche and wol do hit away.—Take lynne-sede and lotuse For 'letuse;' lettuce. and stampe hym to-gedre and bynd hit to þy stomake.

Alia.—Take piliole and salt and stampe hym to-gedre and drynke hit and hit schal do away þy swat.

For þe Iambes. Jambes; the sense is either 'legs' or some disease of the legs [called 'Gubbis' in another MS.]—Take wermod and sethe hit wel in water and washche þe sike man þer-wiþ þryes and ȝef hym to drynke euerey smal schauen in wyn.

P. 166. Who-so hauyþ y-dronke poyson oþer venym.—Take dragannce oþer gladyne and mynte, of alle y-lyche moche and stampe hym and tempere hym wiþ wyn and drynke hit.

Si quis sit morsus a serpente.—Take centorie and stampe hit and tempere hit with wyn and water and drynke hit: et ita bonum est animalibus sicud hominibus.

Alia.—Take þyn ouwyn pisse and drynke hit, and þou schalt drynke þy venym.

Ȝyf an addere oþer eny ouþer evel worme be y-cropyn in-to a manys body, oþer to breyde þer-in.—Take rewe and stampe hit and tempere hit with manys fastyng pisse and ȝyf hym to drynke.

Alia.—Take arnenent For 'arnement,' ink: from atramentum. Several examples are given in the New Eng. Dict. and tempere hit wiþ þyn vreyne or wiþ wyn and let hit be þykke: et bibe et eiciet Eiciet is the true latin MS. spelling of the word which editors have turned into ejiciet; there being no j in latin. It means 'it shall be cast out.' vermem cum toto veneno.

Ȝyf any worme haþ y-mad eny hole.—Take at þe by-gynnynge and smere þe hole with hony and take a poudre of a grace Grass, i.e., a herb. þat men clopyt Error for 'clepyþ.' þe woderouue and seþ hit and do hit þer-to and hit schal sle þe wormys and hele þe wonde.

Ȝyf a woud Mad dog. hund hat y-bite a man.—Take þe sed of flex and stampe hit and tempere hit with holy water and ȝif hym hit to drynke.

Alia.—Take tonkarsyn Error for tounkarsyn, i.e., 'town cress.' The spelling 'ton' for 'town' is bad, but intentional; 'toū' is regular. and pulyole and seþ hit in water and ȝef hym to drynke and hit schal caste out þe venym, and ȝif þou miste A very common error for 'might,' meaning 'mightest.' It means 'if you can only get.' haue of þe hundys here I.e., 'some of the dog's hair,' or 'some hair of the dog.' ley hit þer-to and hit schal hele hit.

For schabbe.—Take þe route of horshouue and seþ longe in watere and take þe nesche Soft. e[n]de þer 'Ende þer-of:' MS. has 'eddeþer of': a not uncommon sort of mis∣take. One of the Chaucer MSS. has several of the very same kind.-of and stampe hit wiþ old smere and do hit in a lynne cloute and hete hit ofte at þe fure and smere þe þer-wiþ and þat schal do hit a-way.

Alia.—Take þe route of þe docke and stampe hit and boyle hit in mayes boture Butter made in May. and strayne hit þorwe a cloute in-to a basyn ful of water, and let hit harden in þe water, and þenne do hit in a box and smere hym by the fuyre.

P. 167. Alia.—Nym brynston and quicseluer and verdegrys and meng hit to-gedre and a-noynte þe þer-with.

A goud oynement for þe goute.—Take an owle and pulle þe feþeris and opene hit and do out al þat ys þer-Inne, as þou woldyst hete Error for 'ete,' eat. hit and stylle hit and do hit in a newe pot and hele hit with a ston and do hit in a hot ouen tylle hit be y-bake and most alle y-brend; þenne take and stampe hit wel with horse∣grece and þer-with a-noynte þe goute by þe fure.

Aliud vnguentum pro eodem.—Take þe grece of a bor and þe grece of a ratoun Rat. and cattysgrece and voxis South dialect for fox's. grece and hors∣grece and þe grece of a brok, and take feþeruoye One of the numerous corruptions of feverfew. Halliwell gives even 'feather-fowl' in the same sense. and eysyl and stampe hym to-gedre, and take a litel lynnesed and stampe hit wel and do hit þer-to and meng al to-gedre and het hit in a scherd and þer-with a-noynte þe goute by the fuyre. Do so ofte and hit schal be hol.

Item aliud vnguentum pro eodem.—Take goud brynston and make poudre þer-of and grynd hit wiþ oyle of eyryn Meaning obscure. vppon a ston as men grindet vermelon and þe oynement ys goud for alle goutys.

Hic incipiunt medicine pro goute festre.—Forst Error for 'ferst,' first. þe by-houuyþ Behoveth. to knowe þe goute-festur from þe cankere. A festur ys þat hat a narwe hol with-oute and al-so a festur ys seylde y-seyȝe Seldom seen. þat hit ne hat mo holys þan on, Has not more holes than one. and a cankere ys euermore with-oute an hole.

A plastur for þe festur.—Ys weybrede and wilde tansi and nose∣blede, white maþerne and ache and auenee Error for 'auence,' avens. and stampe eueryche grace by hem-selue and wryng out þe wos and louke þat þou haue of eueryche grace y-lyche moche wos and þat hit be þykke; þenne take virgine wex and ferches schepys A fresh sheep's fat (tallow). talew and hony and mays botere and sueynys, saym of eche y-liche moche, and louke þat alle þese þynges þat beþ last nemmyd were al-so moche as þe wos of al þe ouþer graces; and take al-so moch This 'h' is stroked like a 't.' of walwort wos and do alle þese þynges in-to a panne and boyle hem to-gedre; bote þe white malew þou schalt boyle þer-with al hol, for þou myȝt noȝt wryng the wos out þer-of as þou doust of þe ouþer grase, for hit ys so fat; and whenne þat ys al y-boylyd wryng þorw a cloute and do hit in a box, and þenne take white floure and do a party of þe oynement þer-to and boyle hit to-gedre tille hit be þycke as gruel and wasche hit at morwe and at euyn wiþ wyn and ley þenne þe playsterys þer-to and do so eche day tille hit be hol and eche day ȝef hym to drynke fastyng wermod and auence.

P. 168. A goud poudre for to sle þe festour.—Take benys and ryȝe and drauk and arnement and salt, of alle y-lyche moche and do þat in a newe pot, and brend hit tille þou myȝt grinde al to poudre and boute Boult it through a boulter; boult, bolt, to sift. hit þouȝt Error for þoruȝ, through. a boutere and take a stalke of malwe and wete hit in hony þat hit be a party wete and þenne walewe Waggle or stir it about. þe style in þe poudre þat hit cleue þer-to alle aboute, and pult Old spelling for 'put.' hit in the hole alle adoun to þe gronde Ground; i.e., bottom. and ley þe plastre þer-on as hit seþ by-fore and þis poudre wol close þe festur and do þe style þer-in with þe poudre, 5 dayes oþer A I.e., 7. niȝt and afterward þou myȝt do in a tent A plug. of linne and euer Ever, i.e., all the while. as hit bygynnyth to hele, make þe tent schortere and euer wasche þe wonde with wyn euerychday þryce.

Alia.—Take louerele and dryȝe hit and stampe hit al to poudre and þenne take of þat poudre and seþe hit in hony so þykke tille þou myȝt make þer-of a tent, and do hit eche day in þe hole a tent and bynd hit so þat hit go noȝt a-way tille þou vndo hit; and whanne þou openest hit wasche þe hol with hot wyn and do so eche day tille þou se þe red bloud come out after and afterward þou myȝt hele it with poudre of recheles Apparently a disinfecting powder, a sort of incense. and with þe wos of weybrede.

Nota.—Tow maneres of festur þer beþ; þat on ys hot þat oþer ys cold; for þe cold festur ys with smale holys medicine þer-for take þe wos of auence and þe wos of leuerole and þe whit of a ney, Egg. of eche y-lyche moche and take þe flour of rye and kned hit þer-with and ley hit to þe holys in manere of plaisteres and bynd hit with a clout and let hit ligge þer-to tille hit falle a-wey by hym-selue.

P. 169. Medicine for þe hot festur.—Take flour of ryȝe and clene hony and tere Tar. and make dow þer-of and make al-so meny litel cakes as þer beþ holys and ley to eueriche hole a kake and whenne þay ben wete, do hem a-way and do þer-to ouþer kakys as hit ys y-sayd ere byfore.

For þe canker.—Take þe leuys of flame and morelle and pimpernele and do þer-to hony þat ys noȝt boylid and make þer-of a plaistere and do hit to þe cankere; and whenne þe ache ys a-way þonne take þe poudre of morelle þat ys brend and do þer-on and hit schal sle þe cankere and drawe þe foule eyȝe Air [or, for egge, i.e., edges?] to-gedre.

Alia.—Take arnement and brynston and brend lud, Seems to be an unrecorded spelling of 'lead;' 'brend lud' might mean 'melted lead.' of eche y-lyche moche and brend hym alle to-gedre and make poudre þer-of and cast of þe poudre in þe kankre and wache the cankere with þe pisse of a knaue Boy. child þat ys a clene mayde Still a pure maid. and þenne strewe þer-on poudre tille þe kankere be ded; and whenne hit ys y-wasche make hit dryȝe with herdes Hards or refuse of flax. ar Ere, þou do þe poudre þer-on, for þe cankere wol be dyd with-Inne 4 dayes oþer 5; and whenne þe cankere ys ded, þenne schalt þou do þys, take the wos of ache and a lytel of hony and boile hym in a panne to-gedre with slouwe fuyre and þenne a lite whete-mele do þer-to tille hit be þykke as grewel, þenne do hit fro þe fuyre and ȝyf þer be any lompe of mele þer-Inne vndo I.e., take it away. hit with þyn hondes; and meng wel, þenne take herdes þat beþ with-oute seyn Skin. and hewe hym smal and strowe on þe cankre and ley þer-on þe playstere and do so eche day tille hit be hol.

P. 170. Alia.—Take and wasche þe cankere with wyn and hot water and take morelle and stampe hit and wryng þe wos in-to þe canker and ley drof Dregs. þer-to with-oute and ȝyf þer ys eny did fleche þer-Inne take bene-straw or þe bowis of asche treys and take þe askes and meng with olde suynes smere and ley hit þer-to tille þe ded fleche ben a-ryse; and whanne hit ys a-ryse ȝif þou se þer-Inne any þredys als As. hit were smale veynys, do hym a-wey on þe beste maner þat þou may and do þer-to morles Morels, i.e., morel. for to clense hit and þenne do poudre of glas to eche day tille þe þredys ben a-wey; and ȝyf þe syke man may noȝt soffre for sore do þenne at euen whanne he wol reste ȝyf hym þe morelle and a-morwe do þe poudre of glas þer-to tylle þou se þe þredys ben a-weyȝe; and whanne þou syxte Syxte and syxth are bad spellings of syxt; M.E. for 'seest;' 2nd per. sing. pr. tense of 'see;' various spellings are sixt, sext, sixst, sighst, sist and sest. þe fleche red and clene take poudre of alym and recheles and of rys and do þer-to tille hit be hol and ȝyf thou syxtþet Error for "syxþ," seest. hit ys hol and clene of euel and þe heuyd uol noȝt wex to-gedre I.e., 'the head will not grow together.' þenne take 2 vnces of brend lud and an vnce of þe wos of morelle and do al þes þynges to-gedre and meng hym as hit were oynement and þer-with smere þe stede þer non heued ys, I.e., 'the place where no head is.' and þer schal wex an heuyd on hast. I.e., 'and there shall grow a head in haste.'

Hic pro vulneribus, si velis scire vtrum vulnerati possent viuere uel non.—Take pimpernole and stampe hit and tempere hit with water and ȝif Give. hym to drynke, and ȝif If. hit go out at þe wonde he schal liue.

P. 171. Alia.—Ȝyf hym to drynke letuse with water and ȝyf he spewe he schal be dyd.

Alia.—Ȝif hym to drynke cristal, Ice; probably 'iced water.' and ȝif he spewe hit he schal be dyde.

Alia.—Ȝyf hym to drynke mensore with ale and ȝef he holde hit tille þat oþer day þat same tyme he schal leve.

Hic incipiunt medicine pro vulneribus qui possunt curare.—At þe by-gynnyng of brennyng or of bresyng or what wondere Error for wonde, 'wound.' so hit be, take leyckys hedis Leeks' heads. with alle þe vudde 'Vudde' or 'vndde.' It ought to mean 'wood,' but I do not know the sense. and stampe hym and do þe wos into þe wonde; and take herd and make a tente and wet hit in þe wose and putte þer-Inne; and þe substance þat ys the draf þat ys y-stampyd ley hit aboute þe wonde and bynd hit þer-to doyng emplaystere 3 dayes þer-to, bote remeue The old spelling of 'move' is commonly 'meue' or 'meve.' hit eche day onys: after þe þrydde day take white mele and goud wyn and suynys smere and boile hit al to-gedre and take a lynne cloþ and do hit to fold oþer with leþer and ley hit to þyn emplaster and do so eche day tille hit be hol, and eche day ȝif hym to drynke þes 3 grases, pigle, bugle and sanygle and whanne he haþ y-dronke hit þer wol come out at þe wonde and so hit schal clense þe wonde with-Inne and hele hit with-oute.

Alia.—Take wos of ache and þe white of an ey and þe flour of whete and poudre of recheles, of each y-liche moche and tempere hit to-gedre þat hit be þykke and ley hit to þe wonde tille hit be hol and remeue hit eche day onys.

Alia.—Take poudre of centorie and strawe hit vppon þe wounde and hit schal hele hit.

P. 172. Ȝyf a wounde akyþ.—Take nepte and stampe hit and tempere hit wiþ wyn and ete hit and drynke hit and hit schal do away þe ache.

Ȝyf a wounde be lokyn or hit be hol.—Take brione þat ys þe wylde nepte and make poudre þer-of and do hit into þe wounde and hit schal opyne aȝey. Probably an error for aȝeyn, 'again'; but perhaps some people dropped the n.

For to hele þe wonde.—Take þe poudre of centorie and strowe on þe wonde and þat schal hele hit.

A goud oynement for woundes and eueryche sor þat þou smerist þer-with, hit schal be þe beter.—Take pigle, bugle, and sanigle and ache and erbe roberd, herbe water 'Water' means 'Walter'; mentioned in "The Feate of Gardeninge by "Mayster" Ion Gardener, 15th century. [See Woderouue.] and herb Ion, weybrede and ribwort and a litel consoud The form consound (with inserted n) was unknown till the 16th century. The old name was 'consoud' from lat. consolidare. The Eliza∣bethan writers did not know the etymology and turned it into 'consound. See the New Eng. Dict. s.v. 'consound.' þat men clepit bonwort and þe leuys of þe rede cole and þe croppis of þe holybrere and holy-hocke and walwort and stampe eche gras by hem-selue and þat þou haue of eche y-liche moche wos and do hit in-to a panne; and for þ[e] holy-hocke is so fat þat þou myst haue no wos þer-of do þe leuys þer-to and þenne take virgine wex and ferche schepis talwȝ and hony and mayes botere and old suynes grece and wyn of eche y-liche moche and loke þat al þese þynges be al-so moche as þe wos of þe grases; and þenne do al þes þynges in a panne and seþ hym wel and þou myȝt y-wyte by þe leuys þat þe holy-hocke whanne hit is sodyn y-now Enough. for whanne hit ys sodyn y-now hit wol wex nesche do vppon þy nayl a drope of selue Salve. with þe sclise A spatula; cf. modern "fish slice." and let hit keyle þer-on and ȝyf hit be ryȝt grene þenne hit ys y-now; do þenne recheles þer-to and stere hit wel þer-with and do hit fro þe fuyre and wrynge þorwe a clout in a basyn and whenne hit ys keylyd do hit on a box.

Alia.—Take þe brere crope and redewort and þe crop of dayseyȝe ache and red venel or pygle, bugle and sanigle and stampe hym to-gedre and dyȝt hym with botere or g[r]ese in þe maner of oynement.

P. 173. Alia.—Take grece of a suyn and ryȝe mele and seþ hym to-geder and do hym in a cloþ and ley þer-to and hit schal clense þe wounde and helpe hit; ȝif þe wounde go to-gedre take þe wyld nepte and make a playster þer-of and do on þe wounde and hit schal hopene hit and helpe þe wounde; make pouder of centorie and strowe on the wounde.

Alia.—Ȝif þou wolt hele wondys leyȝth Bad spelling of 'leyȝt,' i.e. (that are) light or not serious. with-oute brekyng of bones, take þe route of maþern and tansy þe crop in somer and þe route in wynter, and þe crop of þe rede coulwort; loke þou haue as moche of maþern ius as of alle ouþer; stampe hem and do hem to-gedre and distempere hym with old ale or wyn and ȝef þe - man to drynke and ley a red coullyf to þe wounde tille hit be hol.

To do way þe dyde flesche.—Take bronwort and hony, and rye mele and make a plaster and ley to þe sore.

Ȝyf a man-ys bon ys broke.—Take violet and stampe hit with water and drynke hit and hit schal caste out þe brokyn bon.

P. 174. A goud plaistre for broken bonys or for sodyng Error for sodayn; sudden. goute, for stulches Tumours, or something of that kind. The East Friesic 'stölke' means 'a little heap' (see Koolman's East Friesic Dict.). and sodayn bollyng Swelling: cf. 'The flax was bolled,' i.e. in flower (Exod. ix. 31). vn-cemes Error for vncomes, 'ulcerous swellings' (Hall. Dict.). and festrys and many ouþer euelles.—Take broklemke, chykyn mete, smal∣ache, grond-suyle, stampe al þese to-gedre with schepistalwȝ and suynes grese and multe and put herbe þer-to and stayn þe comyn þer-to; and whanne þay be wel sode put þer-to wyn∣drastes and after-ward put þer-to whete-bran and stere hit wel to-gedre and whanne þou schalt ley hit vppon þe sore hete hit wel.

Ȝif a manys nase ys broke or corue þat þe bloud wol noȝt stanche.—Take brend lyme and make poudre þer-of and take hony and þe white of a ney and stampe hit to-gedre þat hit be wel y-menged and vpon an hertyng ley flex wel þyne Thin, fine. and ley þer-on of þe plaister and vndo hit noȝt with-Inne þre dayes and whanne þou vndost hit wete hit with fastyng pisse to vnhele þy playstre for whanne þou drawyst hit a-wey hit wol blede sonne.

For stanchyng of bloud of veynys or of any hurtyng.—Take brom and schaue of þe rynde with a knyf and make balles þer-of and do hit on þe wonde.

Item.—Take salt and bren it and take þe poudre þer-of and do hit on þe wonde.

Alia.—Take netelys and brend hym in ey-schelles and do þe poudre in þe nostrelles or take þe erþe þat walkerys walkyþ wyþ and tempere hit with aysel and bynd hit to þy forhed.

Alia.—Take verueyne and poune hit smale and huld hit on þy muþ and hit wol stanche þow alle þe vaynys were broke.

For to kasten out and for to purge a man of bloud þat ys left with-Inne hym of dynt or of wonde, or of eny ouþer hurtyng.—Take þe wos of nepte and drynke hit and hit schal cast out þe bloud with-oute duellyng.

Alia.—Take þe white malowe and make poudre þer-of and drynke hit wyþ wyn and hit schal caste out þe bloud.

P. 175. A goud plaister for biles.—Take fengrek and melli∣lutum and line-sed and mente and sed I.e., seþ; seethe. hym to-gedre in water and make emplaister and ley to þy suellyng and schal roten Make it decay. hit.

Alia.—Take loylkys Error for yolkys; yolks of eggs. of eyryn and meng hem to-gedre and make emplastere of flex and do hit in-to þe sore.

Here ys a goud en-tret for to do ache a-wey and brosyn Error for 'brostyn'; i.e., 'bursten'; that (blood) which has burst out. It cannot be 'bruised,' because 'bruise' makes the pp. in -ed, not in -yn (-en). Elsewhere the scribe writes s for st at the end of a syllable. bloud of wondys or of biles or of brusyng.—Take þe fat bacon of an old barwe and mult hit in a panne and let hit stonde a stounde Hour. tille þe salt be falle to þe botme, þenne take half so moche virgine wex as þer ys of grece and do recheles þer-to and boile hym to-gedre, bote make þe recheles al to poudre and whanne hit ys sethyng take poudre of mastyk as moche as of recheles, and do hit þer-to and alwey stere hit with þe sclyse ; and whenne þou hast y-keylyd hit so þat on may holde hys fynger þer-Inne þenne do al-so moch The 'h' is stroked like a 't.' of brenston as þou hast of recheles and of mastik and stere hit wel with þe sclise tille hit be þycke as hony and do hit in boxis; and ȝif þou hast nede do þer-of in a clout oþer an leþer and ley hit to þe wonde and hit schal drawe out þe ache, and what maner sor a man hat For 'hath.' and he a-noynte hym tuyes on þe day þer-with hit schal helpe hym.

Who so haþ ache oþer suellyng on hys armes oþer on any ouþer stede on hys body and he doute þat hit wol be a byle.— Take lynne sed and wet hit wel and take holy-hocke and stampe hit and do hit in-to a panne and go feche schepis taluȝ þer-to and go make hit hot and do hit in a clout and bynd hit to þy fore and þat schal do hit a-way and gadre hit to a bolle.

P. 176. For to breke a byle.—Take an oynyn and roste hit and presse ou[t] 'Ou,' error for 'out.' þe wos and bynd hyt þer-to al a nyȝt and ȝif he ys rype he schal breke softe.

Item.—Berme Barm, yeast. and wommanys melk do þer-to and he schal breke leyȝtley.

Alia.—Take snaylis þat crepit in houslese I think 'crepit' (crepith) goes with 'in,' and that 'houslese' is an adj., i.e., 'houseless': 'snails that creep in, being houseless.' Houseless snails are slugs. and bren hym and ley þer-to.

A charme for a womman þat trauelyt on childe.—Arcus orcior super nos sedebit semper maria lux et hora sedule sedebit nator natoribus saxo silet memor esto et sic puer uel puella exiit foras quum Christus MS. has 'Xt.' natus natus est nullum dolorem passus est venit homo fugit dolor Christus MS. has 'Xt.' exquisitor adiuro te virgam [Error for 'Virginem'?] per patrem et filium et spiritum sanctum vt habeas potestatem commingendi: and say þis charme þryes and he 'He' for 'she' is a mark of southern dialect. schal haue child sonne ȝif hit be hyre tyme. This charm is all nonsense.

Alia.—Sey quicunque vult 3 al þe salme ouer hyre and he 'He' for 'she' is a mark of southern dialect. schal haue child ȝif hit be hyre tyme.

Alia.—Take þys charme. Occitanum agre surge et rumpe et expericat moras: and bynd þys charme to hyr ryȝt kne with-Inne, and as sonne as hit ys deliuered do hit a-way fro hyre.

Alia.—Beata anna genuit mariam matrem domini nostri ihu Xristi et sancta maria genuit filium die annunciante gabrieli archangelo per istam natiuitatem, credo illud quod omnis Xristianus a morte et ab omni periculo potest esse liberatus sancta dei genitrix et omnes sancti confessores et omnes sancte virgines intersedant For 'intercedant.' pro famulo, N. Nomen. Amen.

To delyuere a womman of þat dide child.—Take lekys bladys and scalle hym in hot water and bynd hit to hyre wombe aboute hyre nauyl; and hit schal caste out þe dide child; and as soune as he ys delyueryd do a-way þe lekys blades or hit schal caste out al þat is in hire body.

Alia.—þer ys a charme whanne þou comyst to þe hous þer þe womman ys Inne; syte a-ryȝt vpon þe þroschfolde and make a sygne of þe croyse and sey In nomine patris, et cetera.

P. 177. Ȝif þou wolt y-wite whaþer goute festur be hot oþer cold.—Take þe tender schale of þe rede docke and feld Southern dialect for 'fold.' hit in on of þe smale leuys and ley hit on þe hote askys tille hit be bren y-nowȝ, and ley hit to þe holys 2 dayes and nyȝt; and ȝif hit falle noȝt a-way hit ys no goute festur; hote Error for 'bote,' but. þe same þyng wol hele aboute.

A goud medicine for þe rankelyng in þe foute and for þe could festur and akyn.—Take the Ius of suete hony tre or an-ouþer suet tre and ley hit in stale ale to þe haluyndel, I.e., half deal, half. take þennys Thence. þe more partyȝe and ley vpon þe sore.

For þe canker on a manys mouþe.—Take the Ius M.E. had the sound for j, but no symbol, except i and I; I is usual [as in this MS.] of wodbynd and the Ius of rede wortus and honi and half a pound of kanele and caperose Error for 'coperase'; copperas. and a pound of wilde sauge y-brend.

Alia.—Take ȝolkys of eyryn and arnament and meng hit to-gedre and ley vpon þe sore.

Alia.—Take white leþer and feteȝ This is probably Anglo-French, and very likely the scribe's native language. I suspect it to be all right, but cannot make it out. 'Feteȝ' is correct; mod. Fr. 'faites.' 'Cera' is 'sera.' [He (?) represents an unrecognizable symbol.] poudre et uncteȝ Uncteȝ, anoint; imp. pl.—The rest I cannot make out. soule male conseyl ceracheche [?] il ne sa grache permerson.

Alia.—Take clene eyryn Eyryn, 'eggs'; but yren, 'iron,' is meant. The idea is to put a hot iron in milk and then drink it. Eyryn always means 'eggs' and nothing else. Eyryn or Eyren (pronounced as Aaron) is a most interesting word. It is the real, true native word for 'eggs': whereas 'eggs' is not English at all, but borrowed from Scandinavian. and hete hit þat hit be glewyng hot and put it in suete melke and ȝif þe sike to drynke.

A goud playstre for þe canker and helpyng.—Take þe white White of an egg. and bren hyt and make poudre þer-of and put hit in þe hole al-so I.e. 'as.' depe as þou may and ley a-boue an ox-tord in þe maner of a playstre; hit lyþe For lyþeþ, i.e., relieves. wonder-follyche.

For blaynnes in a manys face.—Take þe route of weybrede and salt and þe route of vorsis [Unrecognizable plant.] and stampe hym to-gedre with aysille and þer-with wasche þy face.

A goud water for to breke þe reme Error for re[u]me. 'rheum,' cold or catarrh. in a manys heuyd and al-so þe pose. A cold in the head (Chaucer).—Take a red oynyn and kerue hym smal and seþ hit in a lytel aysyl; and seþ hit wol Error for 'wel.' and put þer-to a lytel hony; and whanne þay be wel sodyn feche þer-to a sponne-ful of mostard and lete hym seþe long; ley þe man vp-ryȝt I.e., on his back. and put a lite on his nose and let hym stonde vp and fnese; Sneeze: the word sneeze is comparatively modern; before 1400 it was fnese. See Chaucer, s.v. 'fnese.' do þys iii dayes eche day twyes and he schal be hol.

P. 178. For ȝelw and stynkyng teþe.—Take sauge and stampe a lytel and put þer-to so moche of salt; and put in a pastey and bake hit tille hit be brend, þenne take and make þer-of poudre and rense þyn teyþ þer-wiþ a-morwe and hit schal make hym white and suete-breþyde.

A playstre for to breke a boche or apostym Imposthume: 'a postym' also occurs, short for 'an apostym.' or a felon.—Make forst Error for 'ferst,' first. a possot to gedre þe matere; and whanne hit ys nesche take lym þat ys noȝt y-sleyȝt Slaked. and ley þer-vpon a litel watere, and meng hit with blac swope so þat þe more party be swope and ley þer-to a peyse and stere hit bet as þou wolt haue þe hol; and ȝif hit breke noȝt, take and kerue Carve; never spelt 'karve' in XIV. Cent. hit with a raser and put in a poudre of sandisuer Error for 'sandeuer' (?); see List of Plants. and ley a playstre þer-on of drawyng selue. Salve.

Alia.—Take an oynyn and roste hym and presse out þe wose and bynd hit þer-to al a nyȝt; and he be rype he schal breke; and whanne he ys to-broke þou schalt wache al aboute þat hol klene with þe ius of weybrede, eche day by day; þenne take oyle de bay and a-noynte þe boche al a-boute and ley weybrede þer∣vpon þat ys noȝt y-bite.

For nayles þat ben clouen or smyten.—Take mygel worte þat ys þe lesse violet and stampe hit and fryȝe hit with virgine wex and frank-ensense and make a plaistere and do þer-to hot and hit knyttyt For 'knyttyþ'; pres. for fut.; 'shall unite.' to-gedre.

For þe flyx.—Take þe ius of myllefoyle and tempere hit with flour and make a kake and ete hit hote.

Pro eodem.—Take a ȝonge chyke and dyȝt him and take out þe gottus and put hym and meng hym with wex; roste hym and ȝef þe sike to ete.

For to make a man laxatyue.—Take borage, mercury, 2 leuys or 3 of lorel-tre and make hym into potage and ȝef hym to ete.

P. 179. Who so haþ y-lost his speche.—Take ius of souþerne∣wode or of primelrore [For 'primerol,' i.e., primrose.] and he schal speke a-non.

Alia.—Nyme wos of sauge or þe wos of primelrore and do hit in hys moþ and he schal speke anon.

A-nouþer oynement for þe heuyd.—Take þe ius of walwort and wed-wex and stere and stere 'Stir and stir,' i.e., go on stirring. and seþ hit to-gedre ouer þe fuyre and a-noynte þyn heuyd þer-wiþ.

For wrykkyng 'Wrick' is to sprain one's ankle; to wriggle, twist. It must mean 'twisting of hairs'; i.e., when they will not lie straight and get wrinkled up. of herys.—Take mostard-sed and rewe and stampe hym to-gedre and tempere hit wiþ water þat hit be þykke and do hit to þyn heuyd.

Ȝyf þou wolt y-wyte whare þe man þat haþ þe bloudy menson Flux, lat. manationem; Old Fr., 'menisou.' schal leue or dayȝe. Live or die.—Take a peny-wyȝt of ton-karses Better spelling, 'toun-karses,' town-cress. and seþ hym and ȝif hym to ete and ȝef hym to drynke red wyn oþer water and do so 3 dayes and ȝif hit stanche he schal lyue and ȝif hit ne do, he schal dayȝe.

Medicyn for þe feuer cotidian.—Take the sed of ache and stampe hit wel and distempere þer-with 3 sponne-fol [For 'ful.'] of cold water and ȝif þe sike to drynke whanne þou feylyst I.e., when thou feelest (perceivest) him (to be) well taken with the malady. hym wel take with þe euel.

Medicine for þe feyuer tertian þat nymyt a man nyȝt or day.—Whanne þou trowyst þat hit schal take hym, let make a kake of barlyche-mele and let hym ete þer-of as hote as he may soffre; afterward ȝef hym to drynke goud wyn goud plente or ['Ere.'] þe ache come to hym; þenne take 4 plontis [For 'plantis.'] of weybrede with þe route and al to kerue hym and stampe hym and distempere þe ius with wyn with a sponne-ful foure sponne-ful of water, lete hym drynke or þe ache come and hele hym wel and lete hym slepe and he schal fare wel.

A medicine for þe feuere quartan.—Take hefdys For heuedys, heads. of gerloc and þe route of radiche and ccc I.e., 300, probably error for 30. of piper-cornis and stampe hym wel and distempere hym with wyn, and ȝef hym to drynke and let hym bloud in þe veyne of þe multe. Mylte, milt.

P. 180. For alle feuerys a medicin.—Take bitoyne and ambro∣sie and hors-houue and solsequie and tanesy and mogwort and wermod and rewe and sauyn, of alle þese grases y-lyche moche and seþ hym in water tille þe þrydde part be soden in, bote do in þe wyn þe to party The to party, for 'thet o party,' i.e., 'for the one part' (one ingre∣dient). and þe þrydde of water here-of ȝif þe sike to drynke a litel cop-fol [Cup-ful.] ar [Ere.] þe euyl nyme hym.

For þe brennyng feuer.—Take bysmale Error for bysmalue [see List of Plants]. .i. [.i. for id est.] hockys and hors∣houue and seþe hym wel and afterward fryȝe hym wel in schepys taluȝ and ley hit vnder þy myl[t]e ['t' omitted in MS.] al nyȝt; do þus þre nyȝt and he schal be hol.

For bollyng of tetys for ouer moche melke.—Take draggys of eysyl and virgine wex and make a plaster and ley þer-to.

For a brokyn heuyd.—Stampe clene leyke and do hit in þe wounde and hit schal drowe þe brokyn bonys out of þe heuyd ȝyf þer be any þer-Inne.

For quike þynges þat rennit in a manys ere. For live things that run in a man's ear.—Take ius of sinchon Fr. seneçon, groundsel; called 'simpson' in Cambs. Sinþon (p. 40) is the same thing. The scribe has there misread ch as th and then written þ for th. and menge hit with grece of elys and with ius of rewe and do hit in þe ere, or take þe ius of wylde tansi and put hit in þe ere.

P. 181. For nase-bledyng.—Take aysil-sedys or eysil boþe and brend hym and blow þe poudre in his nose with a penne: or bren eyryn-schillis þat bryddes haue be in and make poudre þer-of and blou þe poudre in hys nose with a penne.

For hym þat may noȝt wel pisse.—Take synþon See note to 'sinchon;' p. 39. and shepis∣taluȝ and put in a pot and seþ hym to-gedre and al-so hote as þou myȝt suffre ley to þy membre.

A goud oynement for þe schabbe.—Take brynston and quike∣seluer and verdegrece and menge hit to-gedre and a-noynte þe þer-with and þat ys al-so goud for wertys. Wert, a wart; the usual spelling.

For eyen þat ben sore—Take a goud party of rose-flourys and al-so fenel and a litel rewe and a litel comyn and seþ hym alle to-gedre and clene water; and afterward wryng hym þorwe a clout and do hit in a vessel of led or of glas and do hit on þyn eyen whanne þou gost to bedde; wache þe eyen al-so a morwe.

For sauce-fleume visage. I.e., a visage marred with 'salt phlegm'; Lat. salsa phlegma, in Chaucer's Prol. to Cant. Tales, l. 625.—Take þe route of horshel Horse-heal, Inula Helenium. and seþ hit on a pot with vynegre tille hit be al-most dryȝe, þenne grind hit on a mortere and put þer-to quike-seluer and brynston and suynys smere and þer-wiþ a-noynte þy face.

Alia.—Take þe route of þe docke and poune hit wel in barweys smere ȝif hit ys a man; ȝif hit ys a womman take sowe grece and fryȝe in a panne and smere þer-with ofte þy face.

Alia.—Take þy owyn pisse þat is 4 dayes or 5 dayes old and hete hit at þe fuyre and þer-with wache þy face.

For þe face þat semyþ leperous.—Take quikeseluer and þe grece of a bor and blac piper and stoure A.S. stōr, incense [see List of Plants, s.v.]. þat ys y-clypid recheles A.S. rēcels, incense.; and stampe hym alle to-gedre and þer-with smere þy face and kepe þy face from þe wynd iii dayes and so þou schalt be hol.

P. 182. For to do a-way þe morsowe.—Take flouris of kockyl and loue-ache and wylde nepte and stylle þe water þer-of and wache þe euilles.

For þe bloudy menson.—Take þe kromys of whit bred and do hym al dryȝe in a panne and scherche I.e. Sift; see SEARCER (Hal. Dict.) hym wel; an[d] þenne do hym in red wyn and roste and huld Pour. in wyn þer-to and fryȝe hit wyþ schepistaluȝ, and ȝef hym to ete and he schal be hol.

For þe bloudy menson.—Ȝif þou wolt y-wyte whare Usually 'where,' 'wher'; whether. he shal lyue or deyȝe, take a peny-wyȝt of tonkarses and seþ hym and ȝef hym to ete and ȝef hym to drynke red wyn oþer water. Do þys iii dayes and ȝef he stanche he shal lyue and ȝif hit do noȝt he schal dayȝe.

For wryckyng of lendes. Spraining of the loins.—Drynke vif-leuyd grase and hit schal a-way.

Pro lapide.—[A receipt of the powdered root of saxifrage, in latin.]

Alia.—Take piony and gromel and cherestonus '-us,' a dialect test. and make a poudre and ȝif hym to ete or to drynke, and take molyue hockys and sexfrage and make a lauoyre and do hit in a vessel þat he may sitte Inne a-non to þe breste or to þe gurdel and baþe hym þer-Inne and lete hym bloud in the grete to, ȝif þou myȝt vynde any veyne þer-Inne; and ȝif þou myȝt fynde non, lete hym bloud in þe arme.

P. 183. For to breke þe ston þat ys in a man.—Take a quike hare in marche and sle hym and take al þe bloud and put þe hare in þe bloud, guttys, scyn, heuyd and feyte and a lytel melke and put al þese into a pot so þat þe pot be ful; and take elysaundre For Alisaundre.-sed and þe route of saxfragie and þe route of filipen∣dula and þe route of turmentylle and þe curnellys of chyrystones and gromel-sed and þe pise Not recognizable. þat ys in a mawe and of dow-bred; take al þese to-gedre and put hym in water or in ale at nyȝt and ȝif hit þe man þat haþ þe stone and he schal keuery. Recover.

Alia.—Take þe ius of ache and kele hit and drynke hit and fryȝe þe herbe with grece or with botere, and ley hit to þe sore on þe raynys or on þe pyntel. Membrum virile.

P. 184. For to do a-way þe moud 'Moud' is perhaps a French word; 'pocke,' a small ulcer. pocke þat ys mal 'Mal' is a disease. in hys eyȝe.—Take gronde-suylie and groundyuy and weybrede and stampe hym to-gedre, and take þe ius þer-of and put in þe eyȝe with a feþer. et sine dubio sanabitur.

P. 184. Goud poudre for alle maner sickenisse in a manys body or in þe wombe: or ȝif a man be ouer-come by þe way and hit schal destriȝe An old spelling of 'distroy.' alle maner poison and venym and droposy and þe gussort Apparently altered to 'gulsort,' the name of a disease of Fr. origin. and walwyng 'Wallowying,' literally; but it means 'queasiness' or discomfort in the stomach. at a mannus harte. Take þe sed of smal-ache and the bonys of a mows and þe route of turmentile and þe rote quinfoile and þe route of vilupendula and þe sed of gromel and þe sed of sexfrage and þe sed of stannerrich And 'stannerch,' colloquial for stanmerch [see List of Plants.] and þe sede of a þystel and poudre of licorys to suete with þe flour of gallyngale and of canel and gingeuere: bray al þese in a morter and put hym alle to-gedre.

For þe palsy.—Take barly-bred and non ouþer and ete potage þat ys made of seneueye, þat ys an herbe þat men makeþ mostard þer-of, and ete sauge eche day fastyng and vyse Vyse=nyse, i.e., 'use,' to drink, to consume. þat in drynke with ones grinde mustard and drynke al-way in þy potage and he schal hele with-oute drede and vse þys þyng.

Goud þynge for a man þat ys glaymyd. A note in the Promptorium Parvulovum gives "for a gleymede stomack, that may noȝt kepe mete." Properly, 'cloyed,' hence 'nauseated.'—Take elycampane, detayne leuys and saueyne and of the route of piliole anys, figus, licoris and a lytel hony and þe sede of stannerch; kerue þese herbys smal and poune þe figus tile a potel [Two quarts.] drynke take half a peny-worth of anys and as moche of licoris and as moche of fyges and a ferþyng worþ of hony; take iii quartus -us, southern dialect. of wille-water, put alle þese þer-to and seþe hym to a potel. Take þenne and drynke a-morwe fastyng and ete noȝt a grete while after and at euen whanne þou gost to bedde.

P. 185. For þe could goute and þe hot.—Take the ius of tansy and hony y-puyryd of ayþer y-lyche moche and meld hym to-gedre and smere þe plase of þe could goute; and ȝif þe goute ys hot, fry hym in a panne to-gedre and kepe hit; þys y-preuyd in a womman þat 4 ȝer lay in þe goute, þer-with þe womma[n]s s, error for 'n,' omitted in MS. wos y-helyd with-Inne a mounþe.

For to knowe waþer a man schal lyue or dayȝe.—Take þe sike manys pisse and let a womman melke þer-on and ȝif þe melke falyþ a-doun he schal dayȝe and ȝif he fleten a-boue he schal lyue.

Alia.—Take pympernele with water and ȝif hym þes to drynke and ȝif he spewe he schal dayȝe.

Take hede þat þou lete to moche bloud, for þes euellis þer-of comyþ þe inward hit makyth cold and makyþ þe herte fayle, and þe ȝelwe euyl comyþ þer-of and hit febleth moche þe brayn and makyþ hondyn craky Prone to chap.; and goutes in meny manere comeþ þer-of and þer-of comeþ narwe Pinching, spasms. at þe herte and euel in þe heuyd and many ouþer euellis mo.

P. 186. A medicin for wertys.—Take salt and solsequie and stampe to-gedre and ley to þe wertys.

Alia.—Take douwys fen .i. stercus columbae, and do in eysyl and smere þy wertus þer-with.

For þe felon.—Take matfelon and flouris of gold-wort and merche and lyly-routys, and stampe euerych on by hym-selue; and whethe I.e., 'whatever' [?] WHETHEN. 'Whence' (Hal. Dic.). ys left of ius meng hit with water and ȝif hym to drynke.

For þe touþ-ache.—Bynd to þyn foure fyngres by-tuyne þe iunte Joint; a better spelling is 'iointe.' and the nayl a wort þat me clepyþ liones, for noȝt on þat half þat ys þe sore, ac Very common in sense of 'but.' on that ouþer half; and let hit be þer-to al a nyȝt and þer wol ryse a bladdere an[d] 'd' omitted in MS. breke the bladdere and [þou] 'þou' omitted in MS. schalt be hol. Or take þe ius of hemelok and do hit on þe nostrellis of þe syke.

P. 187. For bollyng of touþ-ache.—Take ius of red netylle and þe whyte of an ey and recheles and ote-mele and make a pl[a]ystere 'a' omitted in MS. and ley to þe sore.

Ȝyf a woman haþ lost hyre melke; he I.e., she; sth. dial. schal drynke þe ius of verueyne and he schal haue melke y-now.

For suelling of a stroke.—Take wermod, comyn and hony, or wermod and malwe y-sode in water and ley þer-to tille hit be hol.

Alia.—Take an handful of sauge and stanmerche The correct spelling; 'stannerch' is colloquial. and stampe hym wel and cast hym in a potel of pisse, and cast þer-on a goud quantite of comyn and seþe hym wol to-gedre tille hit be come to a quart; and wryng out þe water and wasche þe lege þer with þer þe sore ys as hot as he may suffre and let hym noȝt walke tylle hit be hol.

For þe quinsie.—Take colymbyn and feþeruoyȝe and leuys of confery and stampe hem to-gedre and drynke þe ius with stale ale.

A good medicyne for þe felon or for þe postom.—Take wermod, smal-ache, merche, euene and suynes grece as moche as of erbys bray hym alle to-gedre and do hit in a cloþ; and ley hit to þe felon or to þe postom and hele hit softe with-oute eny tret; ley hit þer-to at euen and at morwe.

Ȝef þou comyst to a wounde þat ys al-most y-helyd a-boue and rotyt with-Inne, so þat hit be noȝt al y-closid; take glyre of an ey and sueng Mod. Eng. 'Swinge,' to beat up. hit wel in a diche and do a-way þe vobbe Sth. dial. for 'Fob,' froth. and take as moche of oyle and do þer-to and as moche of the ius of merche as þou hast of hem and gley and sueng al to-gedre a goud while. Take whyt flour and do hit þer-Inne and stere hit wel to-gedre a goud while tille hit be al-most as þykke as pap and ley hit to þe wounde al-so soune as þou myȝt, for þys playster schal opene þe wonde and sesse þe suellyng, and þer be any þer-Inne whaune þat ys openyd and þou fynde þer-Inne any did fleche þenne moste þou haue oynement coresyl Perhaps for 'coresyf'; corrosive.; and ȝif þou hast hit noȝt, take sponne of glas þat ys clipid saundefer and scherpe Scrape. hit in þe wounde; or take salt bef þat ys of martynes masse and bren hit to poudre and caste out þe dyde fleche and clense þe wounde; and whenne hit ys clene, with and helyng oynement hele þe wounde wel and fayre.

P. 188. For stretnisse of þy brest and ouþer euellis.—Take hertestong and violette, centorie, endive, peletre, peritorie, fenel, of eche y-lyche moche and þe route of persingale and foure sedes of durityke and ysope and a party of figes a quartun and seþ al þese to-gedre in a galun of wylle-water to a potel; þenne take and poure out þe ius in a panne and do hit a lytel ouer þe fuyre and seþ hit wel and afterward wryng hit þorw a clout and afterwarde let hit stonde; and whenne hit ys could poure in a newe pot and keuer hit with parchemyn-lef or leþer and let hit stonde al nyȝt and ȝef hym drynke þer-of tille hit be hol and ȝef he haue mochel Old form of 'moche,' much. euel in hys body seþ barlyche in water and ȝyf hym to drynke and kepe þe fram From. all ouþer þynges and doutous metes and he schal be hol.

Goud tret y-preuyd Preue and preuyd are old spellings of 'prove' and 'proved.' wel helyng euerych wonde; and ȝyf þou wylt preue hit, take a koc and smite hym in the brayn and hold þe fro tylle he be almost ded, and þenne kerue of þe trete and ley hit to hys heuyd and soune after he schal stonde vp and krowe lou[d?]ely; hit fallit so ouþer-whyle; bote hou so hit be, þys he schal haue; take a goud hand-ful of verveyne and a-noþer of pimpernole and a-nouþer of bytayne and grynd hym wel to-gedre in a mortere and seþ hym wel in a galon of white wyn tylle þe haluyndel be sode a-wey; þenne wryng þorw a cloþ and caste a-wey þe herbys and do þe licour in-to a pot for to seþe and caste þer-to a pound of rosyn or of clene coperose lue Perhaps for l[e]ue, leve, i.e., leave. hit a lytel of þe smale licour caste þer-to and do hit boyle to-gedre, þenne take 4 pound of virgine wex and resolue hit in woman[s] m[e]lke þat beryþ a knaue-chyld and do þer-to afterward an vnce of mastike and an vnce of franke-ensens and let hym boylle well to-gedre tille hit be wel y-mellyd; and þenne do hit of þe fuyre and in þe doyng a-doun loke þou haue y-broke half a pound of tormeltille wel y-poudred al a-redy and caste þer-Inne and stere al a-way with-oute bullyng tille hit be cold and þenne take vp þat fletyþ a-boue and smere þyn hond with oyle or with freche boter and bere hyt a-ȝen to þe fuyre as þou wolt bere wex tille hit be wel y-mellyd and do þer-with as þou wylt.

P. 189. A playstre þer ys y-callyd godisgrace; and haþ þe 2 I.e., Sometimes. name of þe offyd Error for 'office' (?) i.e., 'and gets its name from the office (opera∣tion) of its goodness.' of hys goudnysse for he beter vnder-standyþ of goudnysse a-non he helyþ alle woundus old and newe; for of alle playsterys he ys most helyng and most closiþ and hasteloker The comparative of 'hastely'; i.e., 'more hastily.' makeþ goud fleche wex, for he closiþ more in a woke þan anoþer in a mounþe; he ne suffreþ no ded fleche ne no corupcion of wounde be engendred; he helyþ þe synes Sinews. and þe mouþ, brayn Error for 'brawn,' calf. of þe leg and of armes whenne þey ben coruen and alle ouþer þynges he het Error for he[le]t, 'healeth.' violens in a manys body þat ben possible to drawe; al-so he drawyþ out venym þat ys in a manys body þorwe styllyng I.e., 'distilling'; but here 'instilling'; poison. of best þat beret Beareth, i.e, carries. venym and he be leyde to þe wombe also he helyt postomus [-us, Sth. dialect.] cankres, festres and þat heleuer Heleuer or 'helener': I do not know it. scrofelis; he brekyþ and heliþ a postom þat ys in þe mydref in lyvere and in þe mylte; ȝif in þe by-gynnyng be þer-on eny plaster þorwe hys vertu he rankleþ out and helyþ hit with-oute tent, Plug. ac But. a man þat hauiþ hys hed to-swolle Past part., 'much swollen gretly and wos emplastered with þys emplaster and soune he heliþ; souþ for to say hit ys more virtu þan eny man may telle; þys ys þe tret. Take litarge alym and þe wyȝt of a peny and ferþyng of galbanum and an vnce of þe wyȝt of two and halpeny worþ of murre and an vnce of verdegrece and an vnce and þe worþ two and an halpeny bedelium and an vnce worþe two and an halpeny worþ of franke ensense and an vnce and þe wyȝt of a peny of poponak and and a[n] vnce of astrologi[a] 'a' omitted. þe longe and an vnce of oyle of olyf and a pond and an half of gommes þat mosten ben y-brayed smal be fryed in þe oyle and y-sode vp-on softe fuyre and þe fym Doubtful words. of þe cocomm Cucumber. schal be cast in frank-ensens murre and bedilium and by schullen Doubtful words. [?] seþe to-gedre tille þay be comyn blak; and þanne kepe hit tylle men haue nede and hit ys noȝt ȝit for y spake of an vnce of astrologi hit schal be þe route and noȝt þe grace, wiche route schal be ▪drowyd wel a-ren Meant for 'ayen,' against, or over against—dried well opposite (in) the sun. þe sonne and stillelych y-poudred; and so y-do to þe tretys and wiþ þys emplastere myȝt þou hele soune and wel a sore þat ys y-clepyd mormal "A cook . . that on his schyne a mormal haddë he." (Chaucer, Prologue, 386.) þat ys in þe legge or in þe longe. 'Loin.'

P. 191. For woundus in þe heuyd or in any ouþer stede of a man þat hit festur.—Furst make an yryng Sense doubtful. of pigle, sanygle, herbe roberd, an vnce of þe crop of þe rede netil and the crop of þe rede brere, tansy, route of maþer, epantoris, burnet, crispinal, of eche y-lyche moche, bote of madir as moche as of alle þouþer and ȝif þou der noȝt a-serche þe wonde take þe rede coulwort tansi, hemp, hors-mynte, crop of þe rede netil, þe crop of þe rede brere as moche of madir as of alle þat ouþer; stampe hym to-gedre and make of hem round ballys as hit were a note and let hym drynke hym or ete hem or d[r]ynke þe ius with stale ale; and ȝif hit come out at þe wounde hit ys sygne of lif; and he caste out of hys mouþe hit is sygne of deþ; and ȝif hyt comyt out at þe wounde and saue þe brokyn quatliche This must be all wrong: there is no syntax. Probably something is omitted. Quatliche may be for 'quaintliche,' i.e., curiously, carefully, neatly. hit [loke þat] Probably omitted.þou touche noȝt þe tay For 'taye'; Fr., 'taie'; Lat. theca; envelope or covering of the brain. of þe brayn; and ȝif hit blede faste wype hit with a lynne clout and þenne take a lynne clout þat ys werid Lit. 'wear-ed.' The verb 'to wear' once made the past tense and p.p. 'weared'; worn, soft with use. and softe ley on þe wounde and whete-mele þat ys wel y-boutyd, and strowe vppon þe clout fayre and sotele; and þenne let a womman þat fedyþ a knaue child ȝif hit be a man lete his heite melke þer-on on þe flour and after ley an ouþer cloþ þer-vpon and flour and melle Meal. þer-vpon with-oute by-fore þe wounde by-hynde þe flech and hele hys henyd soft-ly and ȝif þou se þer abou[e] as hit were a borbel Bubble. þat stondiþ on þe water whanne hit ys y-remeuyd þanne ys signe of deþ; and ȝif þou se by-fore hys teyþ as hit were a blod spume web þat ys tokenyg þat þe veyne of his arme ys brokyn and þat ys signe of hastely deþ; and ȝef þer be non of þese sygnes ȝef hym cche day ones at morwe and ones at eue þys drynke to make þe brokyn bones come out; and clense þe rewme of þe bran of þe bloud þat helyþ þe webbe; and ȝef þyn heuyd be brokyn to-fore þanne þat man by-houuyþ do þer-on maser A bowl; 'put a bowl on his head'? lete hym remuy Remuy; 'remue,' remove, with the southern suffix -y of the infinitive. But remeuy would be far better. It means—' Let him remove well the broken' (part), &c. wel þe broken of þe wounde as he by-fore sayd and set þer-in maser with þys oynement. Take piliole-rial, Penny-royal. bonwort, piliole montayne, ambros[ie], rybbe grace, bugle, ceat[er] and and cereat, Undeterminable plants. and selidonie, crepoly, red netele, leke, ache, weybrede, tansy morel, matfelon, bytayne, of eche y-liche moche, stampe hem to-gedre with suynes grece and a litel hony and virgine wex and rosyn; and whanne al þese ben stampe put hym in-to a pot and put þer-to white wyn and let hym stonde so al nyȝt and a-morwe seþ hym ouer þe fuyre; and whenne hit ys wel sodyn wryng þorwe a clout whyle þat hit ys hot and a-noynte þy sor þer-wiþ and hit schal be hole.

P. 192. For to make an oynement þat hatte Is called or named. popilion.—Gedre leuys of pypelere, sinchon and rebgrese Ribgrass; 'grass' is often spelt 'gres.' and plantayne and herbe penigres, morel, boþe more and lasse brok-leuys, grynd-[s]wolie Error for grond[s]welie; groundsel. smale-ache and whit papy and ouþer herbys þat beþ cold, stampe with schepis taluȝ and suynes grece and boter, and let hym stonde so foure dayes or 5; and þenne take þe ius of reb-gras and more[l?] and do þer-to þe herbys and seþ hym wel to-gedre and do þer-to botur; and whanne þys haþ longe y-soden clense hyt þorwe a clout into a vesel and let kele Cool. hit and clense hit efte∣soune Eft-soon, again. and kepe hit for hit ys goud for al maner sore.

For to make greyne-tret I.e., grain-salve. þat ys y-callyd gratia dei.—Take pigle, bugle, sanigle, dytayne, scabiose, rewe-wort, siner-were, For 'sinewey'; mustard seed. morsus deaboli, and an herbe þat y-clipyd gratia dei, cixi, Cixi, kixi or kex; hemlock. ribgres, petyngale, herbe water, Walter. crousope, brombugle egremoyne, pympernele violet empatorie, herbe wort, angus For 'agnus.' castus and ouþer herbys þat beþ sanatyf, as many as þo wolt; þe most of sanigle, pympernele and bron buygle and of al þat of eche on liche moche. Wasche þes herbys and stampe with schepis taluȝ and suynes grece and botur and let hym stonde in þys maner 8 dayes or more ȝif þou wolt, þanne take schepis taluȝ and suynes grece and mult hym and gadre vp þe crokys Vp þe crokys; obscure; may be 'upon the crocks,' or pot-sherds? þe for-sayye grose Error for for-sayde grese, 'aforesaid grasses.' and herbys in-to a pot of erþe; ȝif þou wolt put boter þer-to; set þe pot ouer þe fuyre and let hym seþ wel to-gedre long tyme to þe grece and whenne þe herbys beþ wel soden to-gedre take a clene bason and ley þer-on a clene cloþ and purfyȝe Purify. þoruȝ þe cloþ in-to þe basyn and let hit stonde tille hit be cold; take þenne and gadre vp þe oynement and put hit in-to þe pot a-ȝen and mult hit and ȝef hit be to þykke put þer-to more boter and clense hit a-ȝen þorw þe cloþ as þou dost by-fore and wenne hit ys cold put hit in a vessel: þys oynement ys good for alle maner sorys, and kepe þat water þat ys in þe oynement in þe botme of þe basun, þat ys goud to wasche with þe wounde and euery sor whanne þou wolt.

P. 193. Ȝyf þou wolt make tret of pris of 8 pond proporcion þese þynges; take a pound and an half of schepis grece and take a pound of suynes grece and suet of a dere ȝif þou haue þat, mult hit to-gedre and gadre vp þe crokys for þe clene grece and take an vnce of alibanne and as moche of verdegrece or more and stampe hym to-gedre and put to þe grace, þenne take 2 pound of rosyn an[d] stampe and put þer-to a quartron or more of payn Bread; Fr., 'pain.' and an vnce of turmentyne and a quartron of med-way and a quartron of piche and a lytel mastyk; meng þese to-gedre wel and take þenne a pound of þe forsayd oynement and put þer-to more, and ȝif þou haue hit ryȝt sanatyf and put to more, and ȝif þou wilt haue drawyng moche put þer-to more of gommes and stampe al þese to-gedres wel and clense þorw a clout in-to a vessel of þat brede þat þou wilt haue þy cake and put in water by-fore þat hit cleue noȝt to and whenne hit ys cold sauy Sth. form of 'save,' keep. wel þat ys goud en-tret Same as 'tret;' i.e., selue,' salve. and in þys maner schalt þou make all maner grene selue.

P. 194. Hic incipit medicina quae vocatur saue.

[In The Knightes Tale (Chaucer). This word occurs (ll. 1853-56):

The Editor, Rev. Rd. Morris, in his Ed. says of 'save,' "the herb sage or salvia; Fr. saulge." This contemporary MS., however, explains the word; 'sage' being always spelt 'sauge.']

P. 5. The pages refer to the original numbers on the folios of the MS. itself.—Thys his þe booke of Ypocras. I.e., Hippocrates. In þis book he techyt for to knowe be 'Be'; i.e., by, concerning, or all about. planete, seknesse, lyf and deth, and þe times þer-of. First seyth ypocras þat a leche xal Xal for 'shall' is not uncommon; but occurs generally in Warwick∣shire. take kep of þe mone, wanne he is atte þe full; þan waxith blod and marwe and brayne and hoþer humours; þe wych be moyst and colde, moyst and hote. Þilke sikenesse þat be cold and drye or hot and drye, schewe also þe cowrse of þe mone; werefore wan þou takest a cure be it of hy Hy; l suppose 'hy' = high, severe. syknesse or ellis of surgery, ta Ta; i.e., 'take' (Northern dialect). keep of þe mone and of þe time wan þe seknesse took and in wat sygne it be-gan. [Then follow twelve continuous paragraphs with as many diagrams, consisting of circles with radii indicating the position of the moon, sign of zodiac and corresponding conditions of the patient.]

[Various entries by different hands occur up to page 25, which commences as follows.]

P. 25. For to make pelotus of antioche; For wounds [later hand].—Take croppes of the rede coole, of the rede netle, tansey, hemp and of sparge, of iche Ilyche Alike. mychil; and do ther-to as mychyl of mader as of alle othere herbes, and bray hem wel in a morter alle to-gedyr and aftirwared put ther-to the poudere of mader wel I-sarced For y-sarced, i.e., searced, strained through a sarce or strainer. and of alle to-gedere make smale pelotus and dry hem with-outen fyer, sonne or wynd, and vse hem in this maner; tempre half on with wyn or stale ale and drynk by the morwen fastyng, and at euen; last, and in all this tyme hele the wounde with a red coole-lef and abstine hym from alle qweysy metis Queasy, squeamish, nice (Hal. Dict.). and wymmen.

P. 25. The drynk of Auntioch.—Take I handful of daysye and I handful of bugle and I handful of red coole and I handful of strebery-wyses Wise, the stalk (Hal. Dict.). and I handful of fenule and half an handful of hemp and as mych of auence, as myche of tansey as mych of herbe Robert as mych of mader as mych of comfiry, iiii branche of orpyn, vi croppes of brere, vi croppis of red netle, and thyse herbes ben sothen in I galoun of whyt wyn In-to a potell, and afterward put ther-to as mych of hony clarifyed, and after the medlyng set it ouer the fyr and thanne steme hit a litil, and this drynk schal ben vsed in this manere; ȝif Give. to hym that is wounded or brysed by þe morwen I.e., in the (early) morning. of this drynk iii sponful and vi sponful of water, and loke that the seke be wel kept fro gotouse metes and drynkys and from wymmen, and loke also that the maladye be heled with brere-leues or with leues of the rede coole.

P. 26. For to maken baume.—Take herbe Ion to-forn the fest of seynt Iohn Baptist, and grynd it in a morter al so smal as thou myght resonably and so lat it stonden iii or iiii dayes, and thanne take a peyre irrens Irons; technically called 'gaufring-irons,' for preparing gaufres or wafers. as men schul baken with wafres, Baken with wafres, i.e., bake wafers with. but loke they ben pleyn grounden Plain ground, i.e., ground flat, without any impression. Wafer-irons were generally made with depressions and raised lines on them, to orna∣ment the wafers at the edges. with-outen any prent and ley hem In the fyer and make hem as hot as any smyth wold make his iren whanne he wolde werke it, and thanne make of thyn herbes smale balles and put of hem be-twen the hote yrens and presse hem to-gedere and hold hem ouer a clene bacyn, For to receyvett the baume, and do so with alle thy balles and thanne put it in a clene glas vessell; and wete wel that it hath the same vertu that the other baume hath, but it ne dureth in þe vertu but iii ȝeer.

P. 26. For to make vnguentum album.—Take halfe an vnce of mastik, of litarge, and scome of siluer, and of gold iiii peny wyghte, of blank plum Blank plum, i.e., white lead. ii vnces, of ceruse half an vnce, and grynd alle thyse to-gedere on a peynteres ston with a moline Mill, O. Fr.; Fr. moulin. In-to smale poudere, and thanne take whyt vynegre or ellis red and do into the poudre on the ston, and make thikke must. In grynding al wele to-gedere, and put in a litil oyle of [o]lyf and grynd alle wele to-gedere and thanne droppe In whytes of egges Egges is not a southern form. wel beten and clere scomed as any water and alwey grynde fore to-gedere as peynteres grynde here coloures, and do so ofte tymes as ȝe deden by-fore with the vynnegre and with oyle and with whitis of the eggis, til it be as thynnc as chyldes pap and put it in boxis and kep it to ȝoure vs. Vs for 'use.'

This oynement must be mad in an hot sonne and is good for saucefleume, and for scaldyng and for brennyng and for alle vnkynde hetis wher-so it be on a man, and for scaldyng of mannes ȝerde ȝerde, membrum virile. of vnkynde I.e., due to unnatural use. of hymself or womman oþer hetis.

P. 27. For man þat may nouȝt, for castynge, holde his mete.—Take hulewort and horhoune and peper and seeth hem wel in water and gyf hym ofte to drynke, and he shal sone hele.

P. 28. Ȝif man for-letes his speche for seknesse.—Take worm∣ode and tempre it with water and do it in his mowþe, and so shal he speke. Oþer, take sauyne and þe leues of þe þorne and take pyonyse and peper and stampe al to-geder and ȝyf hym so to drynke.

P. 28. Ȝif þer is yren or tre or þorne y-lope Lopen, 'Leapt' (Hal. Dict.). into any stede of mannys body.—Take dytayn and ley it on þi wounde. Oþer, take þe rote of þe rosell and put it well with hony and do it on a cloþe of flex and ley it on þe sore and so it shal drawen oute alle þe akynge.

P. 29. For man or woman þat is frakeled.—Take peletre and sethe in wyn and ley on þi face.

P. 29. For rede eyen.—Take þe rede mochel sneyle and do hym in a bacyn and þerle Thirle, to pierce through (Hal. Dict.). all þe rygge Rig, the back (Hal. Dict.). ful of smale holes and eche hole put ful of salt and sette a lome Sette a lome; i.e., place a vessel (see Hal. Dict. (3). vnder þe bacyn þat it mowe kepe þe water, and do it in þine eyen, and it schal wel helen.

P. 29. For þe nebbe Neb, nib; i.e., nose. þat semeth leprous.—Take quyke-seluere and þe grese of þe bore and blake pepir and a core Core; for 'stor,' a powder. þat is cleped recheles and stampe hem al to-geder ryȝt well and þer-with smere þe nebbe; and kepe þe nebbe from þe wynde iii dayes and he shale be hole.

P. 29. For þe cancre in þe teth.—Take oke-appul and drye it well and make pouder þer-of; and take þat pouder and medled with vynegre and make a plastre and leye vp[on] þe sore and it shal [be] hole.

P. 29. For þe demye-greyne. Demye-greyne. This is an absurd travesty of hemy-greyne, i.e., 'megrim,' or neuralgia.—Take I. lī I.e., libra, a pound. of seyngrene Singreen, or houseleek. and I quatron of mary-goulden, and of violettes a gret hanful, and take a pynte mylke of a woman þat beryþe a knaue childe, þat is a mayde y-wedded, and late hem be stamped in a faire morter al to-geder ryȝt smale, and þan with þe same mylke tempre it vp and make a plastre on a fayre lynen clowte, and þan ley it on þe hole side of þe hede; and lat þe hede be holde to a gode hote fyre with þe plastre þer-on into þe tyme þe plastre be þurwe hote on his hede, and þan with þe hete ly doun and reste hym well, and he shale be hole.

P. 30. For ame[n]dyng of þe stomake, and to distroye euele blode.—Take fumytere iii handfull and of borage ii handfull and cute hem smale and seeth hem in iii quartes of white wyne þe space of iii pater-nosteres and iii aves, and late it coleun and þan clense it and kepe it in a fayre vessell; and drynke þer-of euen and morwe xii sponfull y-warmed.

P. 30. Item. For þe lyuer.—Drynke þe Iuys of letuse and endyue y-warmed.

P. 30. Item. A potage for þe same greuance.—Take longde∣befe, water cresses, leues of primerole, leues of violet and auence, of eche y-lyche moche, and vse þer-of a potage.

P. 31. An oynement for þe crampe.—Take in þe laste ende of may þe Iuys of camamylle and cattes grece, of eche lyche moche, and fry it to-geder and kepe it in a box; and as þe crampe þe greueth enoynte þe same place þer-with.

P. 32. Potatus.—Accipe polipodium a-rete [? et rete] a-ranee vrticam rubeam et sal et erbam Walteri equales proporciones.

P. 32. A plastyr for a sor hede.—Yf þou wil make, þou muste take herbys þer-to. Þe fyrst herb a clet A clet, i.e., a 'cleat,' a lump or portion. or to or iii, also mykyl of hemp, als mykel veruene, als mykyl selfol, 'Self-heal.' halfe als mekyl of sely leuys, waybred als mekyl, Borrys als mekel, and stampe hem to-geder in a morter, and þan take þe Iues of hem as clene als þou may; now hodyr thyngis most þou haue þer-to. Þou most haue new was and kod methole, fres talow of Line 15 is obscure. a shep, may-botyr or hellys May-butter or else (i.e., otherwise). odyr botyr if þou wilt, clerifyd galt gresse, Galt-gresse; i.e., grease of a boar pig (see Hall. Dict.). in al þeis alyke mykyl and wellam For 'wel hem,' i.e., boil them; as in l. 19. in a pane al to-gedyr; and wan þei are multyn take þe Iuys of þe herbys and put þer-to, and wel hem wylle in a panne to-geder; and when þou haue so don it and whan it is cold, make þi plaster.

P. 33. To wyte whethere a man schale lyue or deye on the meny∣soun. I.e., bloody flux.—Take a penywyght of tuncarse-sede and ete it iii dayes fastyng and drynke after a draught of vyne or of blache water, and it shall staunche; or it shal torne into anothere colour, and than he shal deye.

P. 34. For eche manere euel of a mannes hede.—Take rue and leye it in eysell and smere with thyne hede al aboute. Or take rue and fenel and sethe in water and washe þyn heued and take þe Iuys of the blake bete and smere þi forhede and þi temples.

For eche mane[r] venym and poysunn.—Take þe mylke of a goote and sethe it with þe seede of chaune to þe þrid dendell and drynke it þre dayes and vnder heuen is none betere medecyne ne none so goodee.

For poysonn and venym also.—Take þe Iuys of morell and herhoune For horhoune; horehound. and drynke it with olde vyne; so he shal caste oute þat venym and fro þe þoysunn be saued.

P. 35. For ache of heued that longe halt. Holds or lasts.—Nyme an handfull of rue, anoþer of herhoune For horhoune; horehound. and the thirde handfull of leues of lorell; and nyme ix bayes, that is the frute of the lorere and sethe hem alle to-geder in water or in wyne, and that plastre leye on þin heued.

P. 36. For the bolnyng Bolnyng; i.e., swelling. goute and for othere swellyng on the legges or where-so it be on the body.—Take broklemke, Brooklime. hors∣mynt, auence, coweslopp, daysyes, plaunteyn, Anglo-Fr. aun.' rede bremble croppes, ribbewort, senchun, Prov. English 'simpson,' from senecio, groundsell. ground-yvi; of ich an handefull, saue ȝe schal haue as muchil of lemke and horsmynt as ȝe haue of alle the othere herbes: and þanne braye hem smal in a morter, and þanne take water that be right hote and wasch wel þe place ther the playstre schal be medlid [wi]the hote watere and fres chepes talw; and in that tyme þat it be in þe washyngis sette the herbes ouer the fyer and frye hem wel with fresch multen Melted. schepes talw; and whanne it is wel fryed, do þer-to an handful of bren of clene whete, and menge it wel to-geder, and thanne ley it on a clothe abrod and as hot as thou myght suffre with thy bac of thyn hond; ley on the playstre on the sor and do so euery ones til he be hool.

P. 37. For the fyere of helle.—Take plaunteyn, letuȝes and make watere ther-of, or the Ius and vinegre and medle it to∣gedere and anoynte þer-with, and he shall be hool.

P. 38. Here is the makyng of a goode water for olde sores, for festeres, for cancres and for mormal.—Take welle-water the mountance of a galounn or more or lesse, and alom-roche that was neuere broken iiii vnces, brent salt in the fyer, coperose and crop mader, of ich iii vnces and make hem on smal poudere in a brassen morter, and boyle hem alle to gedere in-til a quarter be so-then in wax, Perhaps boiled into a wax; i.e., to the consistency of wax. and thanne clense it thurgh a cloth; and ȝif thou wilt, do ther-to half a dragme of kaunfre, it schal ben meche the bettre: and thanne take karpy Fr. 'charpie,' lint. 'Karpie' is Picard dialect. of lynnen cloth and dip it in the forseid water and ley it to the forseyde sores and wasch thanne al abouten and lat it drinke in, and thanne take a lynnen cloth and trusse it wele fro the kne doun to the ancle; and moiste þe trussyng iii on the day with the forseyd water, and euery day at morwe vndo the trussyng and ley new the karpy, and di[?gh]t it aȝen as thou dedist it before, til it be hole; for this is a good medicyne and trwe and proued.

P. 39. For to helen al manere sores.—Take planteyn, ache, laurele, litel consoude and rubarbe, evene porcioun of alle herbes, and frankencens, vertgrece, euene porcioun, and virgine wax euene as muchul as the ii laste, and take fresch gres of an hog, as miche as the iii laste, and fry hem wel alle to-gedere in a panne and after clense hem thurgh a cloth and ley þer-of to what sor so thou wilt; but abyde til it blynne Blinne, i.e., cease (Hall. Dict.). of bledyng.

P. 40. For to make a goode oynement for alle woundes and ouþere lyng.—Take egremoyne, primerole, saxifrage, pigle, fraser, violet, mylfoil, troifoill, quyntefoil, matfeloun, scabioise, the lesse consound, the more I.e., the greater consound. consoud, herbe-yue, plauntein, laurele, hare∣foot, water-cresses, madir, orpyn, persyl, sauge and fenkel, Fennel. of iche an handfull, and a handfull of hempe-seed, and a partye of buke-gres, [Buck's fat.] and medle hem wel to-gedere with half a galoun of fresch buttyr of may, and after do it boylen in a galoun of eysel wel, and after clense it thurgh a clothe, and thanne take the grees of al whan it is cold and melte it and put it in bostes. For boistes, i.e., boxes. And it is good Inow.

P. 41. A good entret that that [sic] is callide gracia dei.—Take thyse herbes, verueyne, pympernole, herbe walter, egry∣moyne, betoyne, of iche I. handfull and well wasched. Stampe hem in a morter and after sethe hem in a galoun of whith wyn til the iii parties ben wasched, and thanne clense hem thurgh a cloth and thanne put the wyn aȝen to sethen, and thanne take of vergine wax iii vnces, resine de coffyn depurata i pound, mastice pulueriȝata ℥ I and stere euere with a slyce; Slyce; i.e., a spatula. and after a good sethyng and medlyng tak it fro the fyr, and take half a pond of turbentyne; and whanne this is al medlid lat it kelen, euere steryng with thy slyce, til hit be al cold so that ne satle nout to the grond, and after the kelyng, take and do a-wey that fleteth abouen with a feþer, and þis This, i.e., 'This is' (not an uncommon contraction). gratia dei; and kepe it tyl it nedith; and it hath this virtues, it is goode for euery wounde olde or newe and it is more clensyng and norichyng of flesch, and it is more consolidatif in a wikke thanne alle othere emplays∣tres in a moneth and neuere no corrupcion in þe wound.

P. 42. For to maken entret.—Take plauntein, laurele, litil consounde, ditayne, water-cresses, orpyn, herbe water, herbe Robert, nosebledt, betoyne, ache, croppe of yvi, bugle, pigle and sanicle, of euery herbe I pound, &c. and iche wel stampped by hym-self and after put in a vessel to-gedres, and take I pound of newe wax, I pound of pich, half a pound resine, halfe a pound of hertes gres or of buk, I quartroun of olde bores gres and a quartroun of franke-encens and alle these brese hem smal cut wit the wax, and grynde it with the herbes beten. After put ther∣to whit wyn til they ben couered and hele wele the wessell; and lat it stonden al a nyght and on the morue sethe it withe a lityl fyer, and at gret leyser, and stere it wel in the panne with slyce; and whanne the slyce bicomes al grene thanne do hem take and wring in-to a vessel wit wax and lat it stand in the vessel refeter Refeter in O. F. means 'to remake'; perhaps it means 'to settle down.' and thanne lift op the cappe aboue and the wyn and the filthe from the cappe doun-ward, and thanne put hem aȝen in a panne for to melte aȝen and put [in] boistes or in sikir vessels; and after, take fresche may buttire and caste it with the drafe, and fry it til it be wel grene and after streyne it thurgth a cloth and put it in boystes til the nedis Thee needs (to use) it; you want it. it and thus it is mad.

P. 43.—Vnguentum viride; A goud oynement grene, whiche clenseth wondes and norischith good flesche in wondes olde and freteth Iuel flesche with-out violence and is best.—Take celydoyne-rotes, walnote-leues, centrum galli, i. oculus Xi [Christi,] leuistici agrestis .i. loueache, scabious, euene iliche michil, an hanful; this herbes schul ben wele stampede with a pound of schepes talwe, and a pounde of oyle dolyue wel medled, and lat hem stonden x dayes for to moysten and thanne do boylen hem to-gedre at an esy fyer til the herbes go to the ground of the vessel, and thanne clense hem and do ther-to wax and tereben∣tyne ana Ana; i.e., 'apiece' or 'equally'; from Grk. ava. See ana in Ducange, Dict. of Med. Latin. ii. ℥ colophome .I. vnce masticis albi viridis eris ana ℥ þer-whith schul ben put in last of alle, smal made, and stere hem fast, vt fiat vnguentum [viride].

P. 45. A good medicine for the cancre.—Take an henne ege and put out al that is ther-in and take rye-cornes and salt and hony and of whyte of the same ey euene I-liche porciond, and put aȝen to the skelle; and þis poudre do to the sor. Or, take salt-petre and wurtis-stokkis and fine senchoun, wilde cardamum to a feloun, sauyne, peper, olde netisflesch, of ich of hem .ii. ℥ and put in a newe pot and bren hem to poudre; and after bulte hem thurgh a dase Unrecognizable word. and put þer-to .iiii. ℥ of whyt glas smale poudred, and iiii ℥ of arrement and iiii of alom and I ℥ and dī ℥ of vertiegrece, and alle thise medlid togedre with the brent poudre, and put it to þe sor. But first a man schuld kerue the dede flesche with a scharpe rasur ȝif any be ther, and wasche the wounde with pis of the seke man and lat it a-whyle dryen, and so schald it be don euery day ii tymes. Or, take rye-flour and poudre of glas and clene hony and make a playstre and bynd it on the sor til he be hoole. Or, take 5 eg-schellis of an henne and euery by hym-self wel fillede. In the I^e. arrement, In the .II^e. salt as mychil. In the iii^e simphame, In the iiii^e. hemp or of the seede, In the v^e fille saunȝ dotaunce, and alle in pot bren to poudre and strewe it smal on the cancre and ofte tymes by-hold it.

P. 46. For man or womman that is blisted with wikkede spiritis to do away the ache and abate the swellyng.—Take an henne ey Ey; i.e., egg (southern form). On p. 45 of the MS. it is spelt 'ege.' and roste it hard and do away the ȝelke Yolk. and take the whyte and do it in-to a brasyn morter, and do þer-to a quartron of an vnce of ceperose For 'coperose.' and grynd hem wel to-gedere, that it be as smal as an oynement and anoynte ther-with the seke the face or wher it be, and that schal cessen the ache and don awey the swellyng. For it is kynde ther-for, and whanne it is ner hool, anoynte the seke with a litil popilion and that schal supple the skyne and make it esy.

P. 47. For the elf cake. Perhaps 'elf take;' meaning obscure.—Take þe rote of gladene and make poudre ther-of and ȝif the seke ther-of bothen in his metis and in his drynkis halfe a sponful at-tones and he schal ben hol wit-Inne .ix. dayes and ix nightis, ȝif he schal lyue.

P. 48. For the coghe.—Take elena campana, radich, serlange, pigle, lycorys, and sethe hem in iii quartis of water til I quarter and after put ther-to poudre of gingere and licoris and whyt ȝueith Perhaps for zucir (sugar?). and drynke ther-of fastande. Fastande, a northern suffix of pres. pt.

P. 53. A god poudre for to slen festres and for to frete awey Iuel flesche in wondis and cancres.—Take Ius of affodill iii ℥, of qwyke-lyme iii ℥, of orpiment I ℥, and take and boyle the Ius in a pot and put ther-to the lyme smal poudred and thanne set it doun; and qwanne it is a litil dried, make there-of smole pelotis and the may ben kept .iii. ȝer.

P. 55. For to maken a drynke that men calle dwale, Dwale, the night-shade. This sleeping-potion is alluded to by Chaucer (Hal. Dict. s.v.). to make a man slep-en whyles men kerue hym.—Take the galle of a borw∣swyne and for a womman of a gilte, Gilt, a spayed sow (Hal. Dict.). and iii sponful of the Ius of humloke and iii sponful of the wylde nep and iii sponful of letuz Lettuce. and iii sponful of pope and iii sponful of henbane and iii sponful of eysylle; and medle hem alle to-gedere and boille hem a litil and do hem in a glasen vessel wel stoppede and do ther-of iii sponful into a potell of good wyne or good ale and medle hem wel togedere, til it schal ben noted; and thanne lat hym that schal ben curuen sitte ageyne a good fyre, and make hym to drinke ther-of till he falle on slepe. And thanne men may safly keruen hym, and whanne he hathe ben serued fully and wilt haue hym to wake, take vynegre and salt and wasche wel his temples and the thonewonges Thone-wonges, A. S. þun-wang, the temple; but literally 'the pro∣minent cheek,' and here, probably, used in the literal sense; from þunian, 'to be prominent,' and wang, 'cheek.' and he schal wake anon-ryght.

P. 58. For schakyng of hede and of handes.—Take primerole with alle the rotes, lange with alle the rotes, mustard-seed and lorer-leues, and of alle the herbes liche miche, and lat hem ben wel grounden in a morter and wel medlit with may buttyre or other fresche buttyr that neuere com in water, and lat it stande so iiii. dayes or v. and after frye it in a panne, and clense it thurgh a cloth; and with that oynement anoynte the nekke and the synwes and the veynes and the Ioyntes of the handes.

P. 59. For the feueres iii^e day or iiii^e day proued certeinly.—Take dayesheye, plaunteyne, dent-de-lyoun, Dandelion. of iche Iliche mychil, on handful and the Ius, and wringe it out whanne they ben stamped alle to-gedere and put ther-to I ℥ de regrie Regrie; the sense is obscure. and ȝif it him by-forn his accesse Accesse, i.e., attack; see 'access' in New Eng. Dict.; axes is a phonetic spelling. [Troyl. and Crys., l. 1315, Chauc.] and on the iiii^e day lat him blod, but∣ȝif But-ȝif; i.e., unless. he be ouer michil wasted.

P. 60. For to helen man or womman of the dropesey be it hot or cold, ȝif euere they schul ben hool.—Take wyrmod, petimorel, fetherfoy, spurge, wolwurt rote, of iche on half a pond, fenel, persyle, ysope, sauge, smalhage, auence, mentes, welle-cresses, heyhoue, endyue, lyuerwurt, the middle barke of the eller, Correct form of 'elder,' to which form it is now corrupted. of ich a quartron; and wasche clene thy rotis and thyne herbes and grinde hem wel in a morter, and put hem into an erthen pot that was neuere noted, Note, to use or enjoy (Hal. Dict.). and do that to ii galons of whyt wyn or of good wurt that is nought turned, and seth it til I galoun and take it doun and lat it renne thurgh an hersyue Hair-sieve. into a fayr panne, and wasche clene thy pot and do in that licour and kouere it fayre; and let the seke vsen ther-of half a pynt at ones, and euere hot at morwe, and cold at euen and lat him iii dayes eten no mete but bred and potage made of well-ecresses, and of whyt wyne and otemele, and lat him take ii pond of fayre sauge and wasch it clene, and do it in a cophyn Coffin, the raised crust of a pie (Hal. Dict.); here, 'a crust.' of whete dogh as thou schuldist do ther-in a capoun and sette it into an ouene whan men setten in here houenes to baken; and whane they drawe forth, take thy coffyn and breke it In a brasyn morter, and do it into a fayre clout a pece of half a pound weyghte and hange it in a ii galoun vessel and fill it ful of good whyt wyne or of stale ale, and kouere wel the pot that ther may non eyer Air. out ner In; and lat the seke drynke no drinkis but ther-of ay∣whyles it lastes; and ageyn it be spendid ordeyne another the he ne drinke non other drinkis til he be hool saue even and morwen as it is by-forn seyde; and after iii dayes be goon of etyng of his potage lat hym eten what mete his herte stant to, saue qweysy Queasy; squeamish, nice, delicate (Hal. Dict.). metes, but lat him drinke non ale ne wyn, but of the vessel, til he be hool; for he schal ben hool with-Inne xv dayes or xvi at the ferrest, Far-est = Farthest. and also lat him blod on the veyne i or ii; for this is proued sykirly. Sikerlye; certainly, surely (Hal. Dict.).

P. 62. For bytyng of a tode.—Stampe ruwe and drinke it, and ley it to þe bytyng and he schal ben hool.

P. 62. For to assayen ȝif a worme be in a sor or none.—Take softe chese that is newe and fresche, and anoynte it with hony and bynd it to the sor al a nyght; I.e., 'all one night.' and in the morwen take it a-wey, and ȝif it be tamed Tamed; i.e., 'cut into'; short for 'entamed' (see New Eng. Dict.); but here it means 'opened,' or 'pierced.' thanne is a worm ther-In and ellis non.

P. 63. A medicine for to slen hym.—Take leues of violet and leues of southirnewode and leues of wirmod and the ȝelke of an ey and a gode porcioun of salt, and make a plaistre and ley it þer-to.

P. 63. For to slen þe worm in the ere.—Take loueache and stamp it and put þe Ius in the ere, and lat it ben so a myle-wey and it schal sle the wurme and make him com out, qwyke or ded, certeynly.

P. 66. A medicine to make a precious water to clarifyen eyne and done a-wey the perle Pearl; an eye-disease. on the hawe Haw; an excresence in the eye (Hal. Dict.). For on, read or. whethir so it be.—Take rede roses, smalache, rue, verueyne, mayden-here, eufras, endyue, sengrene, From sin, 'ever' and 'grene.' The houseleek. Prior's Pop. Names, p. 212. hil-wurt, Wild thyme. red-fenel, celidoyne, of iche I-liche mychel, þat is for to sey half a quartrun and wasche clene and ley hem in good whyt wyn a day and a nyght, and after stille hem in a stillatorie; and firste water will be lich gold, the ii^e as siluer and the iii^e as baume for any maner maladye of sore eyne.

P. 67. For to sen passandely. I.e., passingly, or extremely well.—Take the galle of a goot and hennes gres and medle it to-gedere and anoynte thyne eyne.

P. 69. For a man that hath lost his syght alto-gedere.—Take aloe and opium, of eyther I-liche myche, and stampe hem and medle it with wommannes mylke that norischit a knaue chyld; anoynte ther-with his eyne and he schal seen.

For all Iuellis of eyne.—Take þis xii herbes, merch, fenoil, rue, verueyne, egrimonie, Not 'oine,' for the 'i' is marked with a dash in each word. betonie, Not 'oine,' for the 'i' is marked with a dash in each word. celidonie, Not 'oine,' for the 'i' is marked with a dash in each word. troifoil, samedreos, eufras, pimpernole, sauge, euene porciouns of ich an handful and stamp hem smal and clense it thurgh a clothe and after put þer-to vrine [of] a child Innocent and mayden and a litil of poudre of peper and v sponful of hony or more and kep it in vessel of gold or siluer; and ȝif it dry, moyst it aȝen with vrine of a mayde, for thus warischid Warist, cured (Hal. Dict.); Warischid is a more correct form. maistre Morice alle sore eyne In Sicilie.

P. 68. Here is a good medicine for tothe-ache.—Take pelethre of spayne, bothe of the rote and of the crope and wasch it and stampe it, and make ther-of iii smale ballis in thyn hand; Iche bal as gret as a comoun ploumbe, and ley the firste bal be-twix the cheke and the tothe that aketh, the space of a myle weye, and euere as the water gedereth in-to the mouth, spit it out, and after that space take out the bal hool, and put there-In an other fresche and al thou dedest with the firste do with bothen the tothre, and spit out the water euere as it comes; and loke ȝif thou myght take a sleepe after and hele the warme, and thou schalt ben hool by that thou haue slept, by the grace of god.

P. 69. For toth-ache of wurmes.—Take hennebane-seede and leke-seed and poudre of encens, of iche Ilike mychil, and ley hem on a tyl-ston hot glowyng and make a pipe of latoun Latten; not 'plate-tin' (Hal. Dict.); but a metal like pinchbeck. that the nether ende be wyde that it may ouer-closen the sedes and the poudre and hald his mouth there ouer the ouerende that the eyre may in-to the sore tothe and that wil slen the wurmes and do away the ache.

P. 69. For goute of tethe.—Anoynte the chekes on þe sore syde with plaunteyne and schepes talgh boylede to-gedere, and þe worme schal fallen in thyne hand, for this is proued.

P. 71. For stynche that comes out the nose-thirles.—Take rue and myntis, of eythere Iliche mychil Ius, but stamp eythere by hym-selfe and do the Ius to-gedre, and ley the man vp-ryght I.e., on his back. and poure the Ius in his nose-thirles, that it mawe drawe towarde the brayne for out of the brayne it commes.

P. 73. For to maken a bile to gadere and breke.—Take sour dokkes and whith White. malwes and broklemke and stampe hem and fry hem with scheppis talgh and ley the playstre to the sor. Also, the croppes of the rede cole wele sothen and leyd to schal swage it and hele it.

P. 74. For the feloun that ma[k]s a mannes hed to swellen.—Take betoyne, camamille and heyhoue and egrimoyne, of iche an handful and wasche hem and stampe hem and take hertis gres and lyf hony of eyther a quartroun and do ther-to and barly me[le] half a quartroun and lat fryen hem wel to-gedere; and lat schaue the hede first and ley the playstre abouen as hot as the seke may suffre it.

P. 74. For the dropsey in the wombe and in the fete; and for costifnesse and glet aboute þe stomake and for wurmes in the wombe and for badde stomake.—Take iii penywyghte of scamonye and ii penywyght of rubarbe and vi penywyght of sene and iii penywyght of poudre water and obolus Obolus; i.e., half-penny; half a penny-weight. weyght ȝedewale Zedoary; ȝ = z. and a penywyght of spikenard and Id. wyghte of poudre of canele, and dī vnce of zucre of cipre; and do hem alle to-gedere and bray hem wele In a brasyne morter al to poudere; and lat the seke vse thys medicyne fastyng iche a day a good sponful iii dayes and he schal ben hool [as] a-fore-sed.

P. 75. For to maken a drynke for the pestilence.—Take fetherfeu, matfeloun and mugwurt, solsicle and scabiouse and maythe, of iche one I-like myche, and wasche hem and stamp hem and tempere hem with stale ale and ȝif the seke drynke vi sponful at ones, and ȝif he haue it by tymes it schal distroye the corupcioun and sauen the man or wumman whethir it be.

P. 76. For the ston, a god medicyne.—Take gromele, madere, burnet, percil, mugwort, detayne, lemke, fenele-seed, saxifrage, careway, smalache, and culrage; of iche an herbe Iliche mychil, wasche hem and braye hem and sethe hem In stale ale til the half be wasted and thanne streyne hem; and take pouder of an hare and a lettuarye Electuary. that is called benedicta, of eythere a quarteroun, and do to þat licour, and sethe it ryght wele; and do it In a clene vessele wele couerede, and ȝif the seke drynke there-of first and last, at heuen hoot, at morwe cold.

P. 77. An-othere.—Take smalache-seed, percile-sed, louache∣sed, fenele-sed, saxifrage-seed, careawey-seed, rotes of philipen∣dula, gromyl-seed, chirestoun-kirnelis, of ichon yliche michil, and bet hem to poudere, and ȝif the seeke to drynke I sponful at ones, in wyne newe warmede, first and last til he be hool; for this is proued sekyrly.

P. 77. An-othere for the same.—Take an hee whyt goot, and fed hym iii dayes with Iuy, and lat hym drynke no drinke but whyt wyn wele salted tho Those. thre dayes; and at the iii day ende, let him blod by-twen the clees of his fet; and ley the blode whanne it is colde on an hot tilston, and so lat it dry, and make poudre there-os; and ȝif the seke to drinken in hot wyn til he be hool; for this proued.

P. 80. For to knowen whanne a man is smytten with a staf on the hede, ȝif the panne be broken or non, and the flesche hool abouen and nought broken.—Take a rasure and schaue the heed ther the sor is, and take a lynnen cloth and ley it duble, and take the whyte of a ney A ney; a common spelling for 'an ey,' i.e. 'an egg.' and sprede it on the clothe and ley it to the sore at heuen, whanne he schal reste hym; and bynde it til on the morwen, and thanne take it awey; and ȝif the panne be broken, it will be moist there a-nemptis, For anentis; with respect to, concerning (Hal. Dict.). See also New Eng. Dict. Here, it apparently means 'near.' and ouer-ale ellis drye; and thenne must on kerue the flesche anemptis For anentis; with respect to, concerning (Hal. Dict.). See also New Eng. Dict. Here, it apparently means 'near.' the brech, and leten out the brised blod, and don In oynement that is kynde there-fore; and so may man saue and helen hym, and ellis he were ded.

P. 84. Ȝif a man lye seeke, to wete whethire he schal lyuen or dye.—Take verueyne in thy ryght hand, and take his ryht hand in thyn, and lat the herbe ben betwen, that he ne wete it nought; and aske hym hou he fareth and hou he hopeth of hymself; and ȝif he seye he schale lyue and fare wele, for certeyne that Error for 'than' = then. he schal lyue and fare wele; ȝif he seye he hopeth of no lyfe, wete wele for certen he schal dyen of that Iuel.

P. 85. For the mormal.—Take grene walnotis with alle þe huskes, and bray hem smal in a morter, and put ther-to a litil blake pyke, Pitch. and medle hem well to-gedere, and after put therto a litil quyke-siluere, and bray hem wele to-gedere and tempere it vp with oyle dolyue; and thanne frye hem well to-gedere and make an oynement ther-of; and put it in a box, and anoynte the sore there-withe and ley a weybrede-lef there-on the bak-syde to-ward the soor; and iche a morwen wasche the sor with madere-water.

P. 86. An oynement cold for schaldyng or brennynng.—Take plaunteyn, gosgres, an hous-leke, but as michil of plaunteyn as bothe the tothere, and substaunce of may-butture, and frye it in a panne and streynne it; and thanne lat it stande al a nyght, and thanne take out the water in the botume and purifiet Purify it. out ageyne and thanne put it in a box.

P. 87. For to make fyne bawme.—Take I quarter fyne mete hole, I vnce of galbanum and litil of castor uel beuersyn, I.e. castor or beaver-sinew (?); (syne is sinew). and dī pounde of fraunke-ensense, I vnce of libanum and I vnce of mastyke, I vnce of myre and I vnce of fyne werdcresse.

P. 91. For the dry coughe.—Take halȝ a pounde of licoris, and scrape awey the barke and bryse it in a morter, and do it in a newe erthe potte; and do þere-to a galoun of goode swet worte, and an vnce of sucre poset wele poudred, and quartrun of an vnce of poudre of gingire, and a quartrun of clarifiede hony; and sethe þem tille halfen-dele be wastede, and þanne lat streyne it thurgh a lynnen clothe, and do it into a clene vesselle, and lat þe seke vsen there-of, first at morwe coolde, and lat at euen hote; and he schal bene hole.

P. 94. For to make grene entrette.—Take bugle, pigle, tanseye, ver-ueyne, herbe water, virgine wax and frankencens, schepes talughe and perosyne; and grynde þem smalle to-gedere, and maket I.e. make it. soo, and put in boxis.

P. 94. For to maken a dry steuwe.—Take a fatte I.e. 'vat;' fatte, fat, the usual spelling. and couer it o-bouen with clothis and take iii or iiii grete stones in the fyre; and whanne þei ben hote I-nowe, ley oþer colde stones in þe fattes botume, and the hote abouen and sette a stole besyden, and go into þe fatte, and sette þe on þe stole; and take a lauour fulle of colde water in thyn hande, and ay as þou wilt haue it hattare poure a litill of þe watere þere-on; and þus is made, or elles ley vm Vm; A.S. ymb; i.e. 'about,' 'around;' still spelt um in Mod. Germ. þe hote stones herbes þat are beste for bathes.

P. 94. An-othere maner for þe same.—Make a dep hole in þe erthe in a chaumbure, and ley þer-in stones as fele as resonn is, and make a gode fyre þer on þem; and when þe fyere is brent, take hopes or longe roddes and couer þem with clothes, and take an hirdill and ley ouere þe hole and ley þe herbes on þe hirdill; and set þe þer-on; for þus it [is] made.

P. 95. For man or wommane þat hath þe perliouse coughe.— Take sauge and rue and comyne, and poudre of pepire, of iche iliche miche; and seth þem to-gedere in hony and make a letwarye ye; Accidental repetition of the two last letters of 'letwarye.' and use þer-of a sponfull at morughe and an∣oþere at euene.

P. 95. For þe coughe þat is called þe kynke. I.e. chincough; the whooping-cough (Hal. Dict.).—Take þe rote of elena campana, and þe rote of confirye, of eþere iliche miche; and grynde þem wele in a morter and sethe þem in fayre watere till þe halfdele be wastede, and take þe ii partes þerof, and þe thirde of hony þat is boylled and scommede, and do þem to-gedere, and make þere-of a letwarye and do it in boystes, and lat þe seke vse þer-of v dayes or vi a gode quantite at ones, at morughe and at euen; and he schale ben hole.

P. 95. An-othere for þe same.—Take þe Ius of heyhoue, and with White. flour of whete and medle þem to-gedere, and make ix smale tourtellis, Little twists or rolls. and bake þem and ete euery day on tille alle ix be spent; and he schal be hole.

P. 97. A medicyne for þe sore throte or mouthe.—Take quin∣foyle a gode quantite, and stampe it and boyle it in fayre water wele in a possenet Possenet, posnet; i.e. 'little pot.' and when it is boyled I-nough, holde hopenn þi mouthe þere-ouere, and lat þe ayere in-to þi throte as hote as þou myghte suffure, and so stewe þe righte wele; and aftyre as þou may suffur, soupe þer-of; and as it keleth In þi mouthe, spit it oute and take a-fresche, and do so iii tymes or iiii tymes, and do so iii dayes; and þou salt ben hole sikerlich.

P. 97. For man or womman þat lesethe his speche for seknes.—Take þe Ius of sauge or ley a lef vndyr his tonge, or of primerole, and do it in his mouth, and he schale speke.

P. 97. Anothere for the same.—Take a cristal bede and grynde it smal on a marbul-stone, and tempere it wit wommannes mylke of a knaue childe; and ȝef hym drynke and he schale speke.

P. 98. For alle goutes a gode oynement. Compare MS. [A], fo. 167; p. 19 supra.—Take an oule and pull hym, and open hym as þou woldeste ete hem, and salt hym wele, and do hym in an erthe potte, and lay a lytille stone þer-on and set it in ane hote ouene, whanne men sette in þe doughe; and when men drawe forth the brede, loke if it be Inoughe for to makyne poudre, and if it be nought, lat it stande til it be; and be[t] it to poudre and tempre it with bores gres, and anoynte þe sore be þe fyre.

P. 98. For alle swellyng.—[Take] groundsuille, .i.cenchon .I. cenchon, meaning 'id est, senecio'; groundsel. and lemke and chiken-mete and daiessie and rubarde and litelle morell and herbe Benette, and stampe þem and do þem ouere þe fyre, and boyle þem wele; and as hote as þe seke may suffure, lay on þe playstre; and he schalle be hole.

P. 98. For to drawe oute a thorne of any place of a mane.—Take þe rote of þe Rose and stampe it with hony, and ley it on a lynnen clothe and bynde it þere-on; and it salle drawe oute withe-outyne any diseyse.

P. 99. For þe goute-cayne. No such word is known: probably for 'sayne,' a healing, cure; from Latin sanare. Cp. tutsain, toutsain, all-heal.—Take þe rote of ache and writte þer-on iii wordes + ihs Ihs; i.e. Jesus. + xt Christus. + dominus + and as longe as he be rith Rith; i.e. 'right,' 'exactly fixed.' on hym a-boute his nekke, if he haue gode beleue on god, he salle neuere have it more in alle his lyue.

P. 100. For þe goute in þe bone.—Take sufre and wax and boyle þem in a panne and ley a lynne clothe þere-ine til it be ful drunken þere-of, and bynd it there-on.

P. 100. For a brynnyng festre.—Take clere hony and rye∣flour and medle it wele to-gedere and bake þere a koket Cocket; i.e. a small loaf; see New Eng. Dict. as harde as þou may, and ley it to þe hole; and when it is moiste, do it awey and ley on an-othere to.

P. 101. For a feloun.—Take doughe of whete and medle it with wommannes mylke þat hathe a sone, and ley it on þe felounn and he salle be hole.

P. 103. For þe bolnyng of a mannys ȝerde.—Take porrettes PORET. A young onion (Hal. Dict.). and kerue þem smalle, and frye it with fresche gres, and bynd it alle abouten þe ȝerde, and it salle suage.

P. 104. For to do awey þe blode in þe eye of an hurt.—Take þe blode of þe pynoun of a swalugh, and drope in þe eye and it schalle gon awey.

P. 104. An-oþere.—Take þe blode of þe veyne under a dowes wenge, and do þe same maner, and it schalle be hole.

P. 104. For a wommane þat may not bere no chyld for colde blode.—Take and let hire blode, and take trisandali [Unknown word.] and diapendion, DIAPENIDION. An electuary (Hal. Dict.); see New Eng. Dict. and take and ley þem to-gedere with hony, and ete iche day þer-of, and haue blode bothe hote and gode.

P. 106. For þe stone.—Take ix Iuy-beries, persile, and alisandre, cerfoile and sauge; stampe þem in newe ale and drynke þere-of ix daies; and when þou pyssys, clense his vryne thurgh a clothe; and þou schalt fynde þer-Ine smale stonnes.

P. 107. Anoþere for the same.—Take bardona, Bardane, Fr., i.e. burdock. Elsewhere, it occurs among a list of plants, 'Bardana .i. brembel.' polipodie of hoke, bayes bayes. Cf. p. 83, line 17; 'bayes' = berries. of iuy þat growes in þe wode, saponarie, archangele, saxifrage, of ich eliche miche, and alf a pounde of sucre or licoris or hony, and þan medeled and wele stamped, and aftyre sothen In gode wyne or in gode clere ale, til þe hawndele Short for halvendele, half. be wastede; and lat hym drynken at morne colde, and at euen leuke; Luke-warm. and þe man salle ben hole and waste awey þe stone.

P. 111. For þe wulfe From Lat. lupus, a kind of ulcer. or þe worme on any membre of man.—Take þe eggis þat ben rotyne vndre an henne whanne sche sittes to bryng forth bryddes, and breke þem and ley þem on þe sore and it salle slene þe worme for þe stynche; and wo-so hathe none eggis take þerof þe Ius of mynte and it wille do þe same.

[From 112th to 207th page are medical and other receipts in Latin and arranged alphabetically.]

P. 227. For to make oyle de baye.—Take þe tendir leues of lorer-tre as many as þou wilt haue, and of þe bayes of þe same tre, as many as þou wil, and stampe þem in a morter as smal as þou mayht, and also many pound as þou hast of leuis and of bayes. Whan þei be in þe pound, puttis þer-to half so many poundes of oyle, and so many half-vnces of wex, and lete hem stonde so to-gidere ix dayes; and at þe ix days ende, fry hem alle to-gidere in a panne, and after streyne þem thorow a stren∣youre; and so schal þou make oyle de baye.

P. 229-296.—Here be-gynnyth medicynis þat good lechis haue made and drawyn out of hir bokys, Galien, Aselipius, and Ipocras. Galen, Esculapius and Hippocrates. Þes were the beste lechis of the world, of al maner sorys and woundys, cancrys, gowtys, festrys, felons, and for sodeyn sorys, and al maner Iuelys in the body, with-In and with-oute.

[Then follow 169 headings of Recipes, on pp. 229-236.]

P. 237. For þe heuyd.—Mak lye of verueyne, of betayne and of werwod; Old form 'wermod'; then, 'wermwood,' shortened to 'werwod.' and wassh þi hed thries in þe woke.

A-nother.—Tak betayne and verueyne, worwood Old form 'wermod'; then, 'wermwood,' shortened to 'werwod.' and selidoyne, rue, wallworth and sawge, and ix cornys of pepyr; and stampe hem and sethe hem to-gedyr in water; and drink þer-of fastyng.

P. 237. A-nothir oynement for þe heuyd.—Take walewort and virgyn wax, and boyle hem to-gyder ouer þe fyre, and anoynte þin hed þer-with.

Another.—Tak camamille and beteyne, and temper hem to∣gedir with red wyn, and gif it him to drink.

P. 237. For scallyd hedis.—Tak pyk and wex, and melt hem to-gedyr, and shafe þe hed clene, and make a plaster þer-of and ley it to þin hed; and do it not a-wey in-to þe ix day; or stamp garlyk with hony and ley to þin hede.

A-nother.—Shafe þe hed clene with þe her, 'With the hair;' 'in the direction of the hair;' and then again 'against the hair;' i.e., the other way. and sithen ageyn þe her, and anoynt it with hony; and loke þat it be shafed ilka wyke onys, and ilka day twyes anoyntyd; and it shal be hool with-outyn fayle.

P. 237. For þe pose Pose, a cold, a rheum in the head (Hal. Dict.). in þe hed.—Sethe pympernol in wyn and drynk it at euen hoot and at morwe cold.

A-nother.—Tak red onyouns and sethe hem in water, and hille Hile, to cover over (Hal. Dict.). hem wel; and whan þei ar wol Wol; i.e., well. sodyn, vnhille hem and hold þi nose ouer þe breth, For 'broth.' and lat it gon in-to þin heuyd.

P. 238. For eyen þat er sore.—Sethe the rede snayl in water, and geder of þe grese and anoynt þin eyen þer-with.

A-nother.—Tak and brenne sneylis on a sklat-ston, Slate-stone. and tak powder and ley to þyn eyen whan þou gost to bedde.

P. 238. For eyen þat er rede.—Take þe rede mykil sneyl, and do him in a basyn and prik his bak ful of smale holys, and put euery hole ful of salt, and kepe þe water þat comyth þer-of; and do it in-to þin eyen and it shal wel hele hem.

P. 238. For to haue good syght and cler.—Tak rue, ilka day a porcioun, and ete it fastyng; and it shal wel clere þi syght.

For wateryng eyen.—Vse often beteyne in mete, and drynk it and it shal make þin eyen clere and fayre.

P. 238. For to do awey a web. Pin-and-web, a kind of excrescence in the ball of the eye (Hal. Dict.).—Take þe ieus of eufras, and swynes-gres and hen-gres and capoun-gres, and mynge hem to∣gider in a panne, and kepe þat in boystis; and anoynte þin eyen þer-with whan þou gost to bedde.

P. 238. For bolnyng of eyen.—Tak may-butter and comyn and stamp hem to-gyder, and ley it on a lyn cloth and ley it to þin eyen, and ofte tyme new it; and whan þe bolnyng is a-swagyd, tak safroun and wommannys mylk, þat fedyth a knaue-child, and grind hem to-gider, and drop in þin eye.

P. 239. For eyen þat ar rennyng.—Take millefoyle and rubbe it be-twix þi handys, and eftyrward Afterwards. put it in-to a basyn with a a lytil wyn and a lytil frankensens; and lat it stonde vii dayes or more, and þan klense it þorw a cloth, and kepe it and drop it, to dropys in þin eyen at onys.

P. 239. For þe pyn in þe eye.—Tak hony and sethe it and spoo[r]ge 'Sporge' = Old Fr. 'esporger;' Lat. expurgare. Here, to 'strain' or 'clear' it. it and put þer-to als mykil of whit wyn, and sum of þe pome-garnet; Pomegranate. and let it al sethe to-gidir til half be sodyn In; and anoynte þin eyen þer-with.

P. 239. For him þat may not wel se.—Tak whit gynger and stamp it in-to pouder, and myse Myse; probably signifies 'crumble;' cf. O. Fr. miche, a crumb; mod. Fr. mie. crummys of a wastel þer-to, and put þer-to als mykil salt as þou hast powder, and temper hem with wyn; and þan put hem al to-gider and in a clene basyn; and lat it stande so a day and a nyȝt, and þan take þe clere þat stondyth a-bofe and do it in a vyol of glas; and smere þin eyen withal, whan þou gost to þi bed with a fedre, til þei ben hole.

P. 239. For to sle wormys þat etyn eye-liddys.—Take salt and brenne it, and do hony þer-to, and temper hem to-gider, and do þin eyen.

P. 239. A good medecyne for eyen.—Tak an eg and rost it hard and pul it clene and clefe it in to, and tak out þe ȝolk; and put in þe hole þer þe ȝolke was, a pors[i]oun of coprose, þat is a maner of salt. Þan, tak and ley þe eg to-gider, and put it in a cloth, and bruse it with þi fyngers til þe coprose cum þorwe þe cloth. Kepe þat water and anoynte þi eyen þer-with.

P. 240. For defnes.—Take grene bowes of an hesil, Hazel-tree. and ley it on þe fire, and kepe þe watir þat comyth out at þe endys a shelleful, and þe Ius of senigrene ii shoellefullis, Error for shelle-fullis. and of hony a shelfull, and of lekys hedys with al þe faȝis [Unknown word.] a shelful; and menge al these to-gider; and þan put þer-of in þe hole ere, and ly on þe sore ere.

A-nothir.—Tak þe gres of a clene ele and þe Ius of senigrene, of bothe a-lyk mykil; and put þer-of in the hole ere and ly vpon þat othir.

And also an-other.—Take an onyon and fry it in oyle, and put of þe oyle in his ere, and vse it; and do ventuse Ventouse, to cup (Hal. Dict.). him be∣twene his shuldres.

P. 240. For qweke þingis þat gon in-to a mannis ere.—Take þe Ius of sentory and menge it with þe gres of a clene ele, and with þe Ius of rue and do in þin ere.

Anothir.—Take we[r]wod, For werwod; as at p. 106, l. 5, 6. saueyn, rue and soþerynwode; and stampe hem and put þe Ius in þin ere.

P. 241. For akyng of erys.—Take mustard-sed and rue and stamp hem to-gider, and tempyr it with water þat it be thikke, and ley to þin erys.

P. 241. For bledyng of the nose.—Tak þe bark of hesil and brenne it and blow þe powder in thi nose.

Anothir.—Tak and brenne eg-shellys, þat bryddys haf ben in; and when þei are brent, blow þe powder in thi nose.

P. 241. If a veyne be brokyn in thi nose.—Take confery and drinke þe Ius with stale ale, and it shal hele the.

P. 241. For stynk of þe nose or of þe onde. Onde; for ande; i.e., 'breath.'—Tak blak mynte and þe Ius of rue, of ilk a lyke mekil, and put in his nose∣thirlis.

P. 241. For him þat may not wel speke.—Ȝif him to drynke houndestunge.

Anoþer.—Take saueyn and stampe it with leuys of whit-þorn and temper it with ale and gif it him to drynke.

Anoþer.—Take þe Ius of primerole or of sawge and put it in his mowth.

P. 241. For gomys þat smellyn or akyn.—Stamp plantayne and ley þer-to.

P. 241. For blisterid mowthis.—Tak an herbe þat hight Ilhouue, and brenne it to powdir, and blow þe powder in his mowth with a penne, and rub it þer-with til it be hool.

P. 242. For þe toth-ake.—Take houndistunge and wash it clene, and stamp it and fry it wel in oyle or in may-butter, and make a plaster þer-of and ley it to þi syde.

Anoþer.—Take þe lefys of gladyn, and stamp hem with hony, and make a plaster þer-of, and ley to þi sore cheke.

Anothir.—Take þe rote of pellettre of spayne, and chew it with þi sore toth.

P. 242. Anoþer.—Take þe sede of pellettre, and also mekil of pepir, and to so mykil I.e., two (times) so mickle; twice as much. of henbane, and make powdir þer-of; and put it in-to a lynen bagge, and hete it ageyn þe fyre, and al hoot ley it to þi teth.

P. 243. For wormys þat eten teth. Comp. MS. [A], fo. 159, p. 8.—Take henbane-sede and leke-sede and stare, For 'stor.' and ley þese on a red glowing tile-ston; and make a pipe with a wyde ende, and hold þi mouth ouyr þe ston, þat þe breth may come þorw þe pipe to þi teth; and it shal sle þe wormys and don awey þe akyng.

P. 243. Anoþer for wormys.—Take henbane and pimpernol and ache and virgyn wax and stare, and make a candil þer-of, and lught it and hold þi teth ouer þe candel þat þe hete may come to þi teth; and vse it often, and wormys shal falle out.

P. 244. For waggyng of teth.—Tak rede hertis hornys Harts' horns. and pimpernol red and [illegible] and do a-wey þe askys in a cloth, and ley to þi teth, and it wil feste he[m]. Feste hem; i.e., 'fasten them.'

P. 244. For bolnyng of teth.—Take þe Ius of þe red nettyl, and the Ius of an egge, and frank-ensens and whete mele; and make a plaster þer-of, and ley to þi sore; or anoynt þi cheke with oyle de bay.

Anoþer.—If þi teth rotyn, take horn and bren it, and do it in a lytil cloth; þat is to sey, þe askis þer-of; and ley it to þi teth.

P. 244. For to make a face whit.—Take benys and ley hem in aysel, and in wyn, a nyȝt and a day; and do a-wey þe hoolys, 'Hoolys,' i.e., hulls, husks. and dry þe white agayn þe sunne, and make powder þer-of, and stampe þe rote of lely, and put al to-geder in hoot water; and wesh þi face þer-with when þou gost to slepe; and þat wil make it whit and do a-way þe spottys.

P. 244. Anoþer for to don a-wey frekenys. Freckles.—Take þe galle or þe blood of a bole, and anoynt þi face þer-with.

P. 244. For to make þi face rody.—Tak to vncys of þe rote of senuey, and I vnce of þe rote of briony, and stampe hem with hony, and sethe al to-gedir in wyn, and anoynt þi face þer-with.

P. 245. Anoþer, for to don awey frekenys.—Tak galle of a cok and cokkil-mele, Cocille mele, i.e., meal from Darnel, Lolium temulentum. It is mentioned in an old medical receipt in MS. Lincoln A. i. 17, f. 304 (Hal. Dict. s. COCKEL-BREAD;) see New Eng. Dict. of ilk a lyk mykil, and menge hem to∣gidir, and bynd it to þi face and þei shul gon a-wey.

P. 245. Anoþer.—To make þe face whit and soft.—Take fressh gres of a swyn, and hen gres and þe whit of an egge rostyd, and do þer-to a litil cokkyl-mele, and gres of a swyn and henne gres, and þe whyte of a egge haf rostid, and do þer-to a lyttyl cockyl-mele and gres þi face þer-wyth.

P. 246. For þe quinsy.—Take sede of columbyn and þe sede of febrifu and þe leuys of conferi, and dryng For 'drynk' (Anglo-French spelling). it with stale ale and þou sal be be ['Be' repeated in MS.]. hole.

P. 246. For swellyng of nekke or of þe vesage.—Make a vow to seynt blase, and mark þi neke or þi hede with a thred, and make a sandyl French error for 'candyl.' so long, and offir yt to a ymage of hym.

P. 247. For the quincy.—Take speneche and make powder þer-of, and dring þe Ius in somer; and kepe þe powder tyl wynter. Speneche [The spinachia of herbalists appears to have been usually one or more species of Atriplex or Chenopodium. The present plant is unrecognizable.] ys a herbe with a blw floure.

P. 247. For al maner bolnyngys, brosyngys, and brokyn bonys.—Take broke-lemke, chekyn-methe and malwes, small∣ache, grounswely; and stampe al to-gydyr with chepis Chepis, for 'shepis;' French spelling. talu and sweynnys gres, and do þe herbys þer-to; and lat hem sethe long, and put þer-to wyn-dreggys and wete brenn, and stere al to-gyder and ley þer-to es hot as þou may sofyr.

P. 247. For bolnyng of armys and of leggys.—Take þe holi∣malue, Holyhock. gronswel, sinchon, egreymonye, lely, waybrede, and stamp al to-gydir, and tak þe Ius of hem and crummys of wete brede and þe white of an egge, and knede al to-gedir, and ley to þe sor.

P. 248. For the voys.—Take þe Ius of horhowne and the Ius of water-cressis and Ius of fenugrek, of ilk a-lyk mekel; and sethe hem with [s]uger and hony, til it be þekke Thick; Keutish dialect. and ete it as it wer letwari.

P. 251. Who-so haue þe perlus cohw.—Take sauge, rue, comyn, and pepyr, and sethe hem to-geder with hony; and þer∣of ete ilk a morwu, a sponful, and at euen a sponful; and þou chalt Chalt; 'shalt;' (French). be delyveryd.

P. 252. Anoþer.—Take letwary; for it is good for al yuel of þe cohw, For 'cowh;' cough. and for þe brest, and for raskelyng Hoarseness. in þe throte, and for sorys in þe seyde, and þe hede.

P. 252. For the drye cohw. Compare recipe on p. 9.—Take [h]orshouue and confery, and ete it with hony iii dayes, and þou chal be hole in haste.

P. 252. Anoþer.—Take iii penyweyte of elena campana wel dryel, Error for 'dryed.' and alf a nonce of gynger, and mykyl licorys, and make þer-of pouder, and vs it in þi potage.

P. 265. For þe morphu. Morphew, a leprous eruption on the face (Hal. Dict.).—Take brinston and grynd it smal and put it in a lynyn clowth, and wech it in aysel Ayselle, vinegar (Hal. Dict.); but distinguished in the text. or in venegre; and rub þe oft þer-with.

P. 255. Anoþer.—Take fumiter and stamp it, and gyf it hym [to] drynk with stale ale.

P. 267. For þe menyson.—Take nese-blede and stamp it and medelet For 'medel it.' with a kake of wete mele, and ete it wel hot; and yf þou wylte wete Know. weþer he schal leue or deye þat hath þe menyson; take a penywyȝt of towncresse-sed and seþe it and gyf it hym to drynke; and ete wel and a drynke after a drauȝt of good wyn and anoþer of water; and do so iii dayes; and yf he staunche, he may leue with help; and yf he do noȝt, he schal dye.

P. 267. For þe flyx.—Take the rust of þe belle-claper and temper it with water and drynke it.

P. 267. Anoþer.—Take melyfoly; id est yarwe; temper þe Ius with floure and yelkys of heggys, and make a kake þer-of; and ete þer-of and ete it al hot.

P. 268. For bytyng of a wodhound.—Lat hym drynke betayne with fenel-sed, or sunne go to reste.

Anoþer.—Take towncresses and puliol, and sethe hem in water and gyf hym to drynke; and he schal caste out þe venoum; and ley on þe bytyng of þe hondys here, if þou may haue it.

P. 269. Another—Take milke and clene lekis and salt and temper hem al to-gedere and stamp hem, and ley to þi wonde til it be hol.

P. 272. For wondys þat stynkyne for myskepyng.—Take mastyke and pouder þer-of and cast it þer-in and it schal do a-way þe stynke.

P. 274. For rankelyng of a wonde.—Take rede nettel and salt and stamp to-gedir, and drynke the Ius fastyng.

P. 284. For to sle þe canker.—Take a rokys egge and put it in a new pot of erþe, and brenne it al to powder, and do it in∣to þe hole, and it schal sle it.

P. 287. Medicyne for þe podagre.—Take þe rote of homloke and kerue it smale, and sette it in oyle of rose and ley þer-to.

P. 287. A precious water to clere a mannys syȝt and distroy þe pyn in a mannys eye.—Take þe rede rose and ambrose, þat men callyn capillus veneris, and fenel, iue, verueyne, eufras, endiue and beteyne; of ilk alyk mekyl, so þat þou haue vndur alle vi hanful; and lat hem reste in whit wyn a day and a nyȝt; and þe secunde day stille hem in a stillatory; þe fyrst water þat þou stillist schal seme colour of gold, and þe toþer of siluer, and þe iii of baume; þis precious water may serue to ladys insted of baume. This receipt, with some additional ingredients, is the first paragraph in Latin in the book from which the first transcript is made [A].

P. 288. Aqua aromatica sic fit.—Take notmige and holow gelofere, canel, and a litil quantite of caumfere, and muste For 'musce,' musk? þat be good; and þan of alle þes make pouder, and do it in water of rose a day and a nyȝt; and after pure it and clense it, and do it in a viol of glase.

[Pp. 288, 289, contain receipts for various waters made from different herbs.]

P. 289. Here begynnes makyng of salues, tretys, oynementys good and trewe, without fayle; or to make salue.—Take þe rote of madir, auence, bugle, cinigle, mousere, wodsour, tansey, gronde-yuy, wodbynd, crop of the red nettel, crop of the red brere, crop of þe rede cole, crop of hemp, solsicle, herbe Iohan, herbe Roberd, herb wauter, wild sauge, crasop, milkwort, ribbe, pimpernol, broun bugle, agrimoyne, plaunteyne, ox-eye daysey, confery, osmunde, mugword, herbe que [vocatur?] gratia dei, wermode, soþernewode, endiue, eufras, beteyne, violet, herwort, scabius, matfelown, morsus diaboli, agnus castus, oculus Christi, mewlote, [Probably 'melilot.' See s.v. in List of Plants.] siniewo[r]t, [Error for 'sineue,' mustard.] camamylle, funil, puliol real, puliol moun∣teyne, mayde[n]here, astrologia longa and rotunda, primerole, strawberis, smallache, feþerfwe. Tak as mekyl of madir as of þat oþer, and of halfdel þat oþer, halfdel auence and of þe toþer euer alik mekyl, and stamp þem, wan þei are wel wasche with may-butter, and let hem ly so vii daies. Take þanne butter and melt it and scome Skim. it clene þat þ[er] be no filþe þer-Ine, and put þe herbes þer-to, and lat hem seþe longe; and after streyne hem þorwe a cloþe and lat it stonde al day; and þanne hete it ageyne; and if it be ouer þekke, purysy more butter and put þer-to, and streyne it oft; and if it be not clene anow, do so oft; kepe þat and gyf it þe wonded for to drynke onys on þe day with warme ale as mekyl as a pese at onys and ley a wort-lef to þe wounde.

P. 291. For to make a oynement þat is callid popiliol.—Take þe leuys of popil-tre Poplar-tree. and schinchon, ribe-planteyn, Iusquiamus, peny-gres, morell, boþe more and lesse, smallache, broklembin and oþer erbys þat ben cold; stamp hem and let stonn so iiii or v dayes, and þan take schepys talowe, swynys gres, and may-butter, and melt hem to-geder, and do to þe herbys, and seþe hem wele al to-geder; and wanne þei haue long soden, clense it þorw a cloþe in-to anoþer vessel, and lat it kele; and þanne melt it ageyn and clense it eft-sonys; and kep þat wele; for þat is gode for al maner of hot sorys.

P. 292. For to make grene tret, þat ys callid gratia dei. Comp. MS. [A], p. 53.—Take bugle, pigle, cinigle, beteyne, scabious, ribe, siniwort, morsus diaboli, gratia dei, planteyn, oxie, The 'Ox-eye' daisy. petingale, herbe water, crowfoot, egrimoyne, pimpernole, violet, euperatoir, agnus castus and oþer herbis þat are Indicative of Nth. dialect. sanatif, as many as þou wilt; and take most of bugle, cinigle, pimpernole, and of þe toþer euer alike mekyl; wasche þes herbis and stamp hem with schepis talow and swyn grese and may-butter, and lat hem stond on þat maner of fustynge Becoming fusty or mouldy. viii dayes and viii nyȝtys in a pot of erþe; and þanne set ouer þe fere, and lat hem sethe to-gedir long tyme, til þe gres and þe herbis ben wele sodyn; þanne take a clene baceyn and ley a cloth þer-ouer, and purify þorwe a clothe in-to a baceyn, and lat it stond til it be cold. Take þanne and gaþer vp þe oynement and put it into þe pot ageyn, and melt it; and grynd vertegres smal and put þer-to; if it þekke, put þer-to more butter, and clense it eft þorwe a cloth; and wan it is cold put it in bostys; and if þou wilt haue it red, take a vnce of sanink dragun, Sanguis draconis. and grynd as mekyl of armenyke, Ammoniac. and do þer-to bitt I.e., do thereto neither a bit [of anything] nor verdigris. ne vertegrese. Þis oynement ys gode for alle manere of sorys; and kepe þe water þat is under þe oynement in þe bacyn, for it is gode for to wasche wondys and alle sorys.

[Then follow various receipts, such as To clarifie suger, To mak aneys in confyte, To make kanelle in confyte frised, &c.]

P. 301. To make suger plate. This receipt occurs in MS. [A], but in Latin.—Take a lb of fayr clarefyde suger and put it in a panne and sette it on a furure Er. for 'fure,' Sth. dial. and gar Gar; i.e., make; so Scotch, 'gar.' it sethe; and a-say þi suger be-twene þi fyngers and þi thombe; and if it parte fro þi fynger and þi thombe, þan it is I-now sothen, if it be potte suger; and if it be fyner suger, it will haue a litell lower decoccion; and sete it þan fro þe fyre on a stole, and þan stere it euermore with a spature Spatula. til it tourne owte of hys browne colour in-to a ȝelow colour; and þan sette it on þe fyre a-geyn þe mountynance of a ave maria whist euermore steryng with þe spatur, and sette it of ageyne; but lat it noght wax ouer styfe, for cause of powrynge; and loke þou haue redy be-forne a fauer Fair. litel marbill-stone and a litell flour of ryse in a bagge shakyng ouer þe marbill-stone till it be ouer-hilled; and þan powre þi suger þer-on as þin as it may renne, for þe þinner þe platen þe fauier it is. If þou wilt put þer-in any diverse flours, þat is to say, Roses-leues, Violet-leues, Gilofuer-leues or any oþer flour-leues; kut þem small and put þem in whan þe suger comes firste fro þe fyre. And if þou wilt mak fine suger plate, put þer-to all þe first sethyng ii vnce of Rose-water; and if ȝe will make rede plate, put þer-to I vnce of fyne tournsole clene waschen at þe fyrst sethynge.

To mak penydes. Penydes; French penide (Cotgrave); Latin, Penidion; barley-sugar sticks.—Tak a I lb suger þat is noght clarefyed but euen colde with water, with-owten þe white of a egge; for if it were clarefyed with þe white of a egge, it wold be clammy; and þan put it in a panne and sette it on þe fyre, and gar it boyle and whan it is sothen I-now a-say be-twyx þi fyngers and þi thombe; and if it wax styfe and parte ligh[t]ly fro þi fynger, þan it is I-now; but loke þou stere it but lityl with þi spatur in hys decoccion, for it will be-nyme Take away. his drawyng; and whan it is so sothen, loke þou haue redy a marbyll-stone; anoynte it with swete mete oyle as thyne as it may be anoynted, and þan pour þi suger þer-on; euen as it comes fro þe fyre sethyng, cast it on þe stone with-outen any sterynge; and whan it is a litel colde, medel hem to-gedyr with bothe ȝoure handes and draw it on a hoke of eren til it be fair and white; and þan haue redy a fair clothe on a borde and cast on þe clothe a litell floure of ryse, and þan throw 'Throw' here means 'twist.' It refers to the twisting so familiar in barley-sugar. oute þi penedes in þe thyknes of a thombe with þi handes as longe as þei wilt reche and þan kut þem with a peyre scherys on þe clothe, ilk a pese as mychest as a smale ynche, and þan put þem in a cofyn, and put þem in a warme place; and þan þe warmenesse schal put a-way þe towghnesse; but loke ȝe make þem noȝt in no moyste weder nor in no reyne.

P. 5. Here may þou lere to make aurum musicum. Probably gold for mosaic work; see Skeat's Etym. Dict.—Take a viole of glas and lute it wele, or a longe erþen pot, and take I pounde of salt armonyac, and I lī of sulfure and I lī of mercurie cru. and I lī of tyn.; melte þi tyn and caste þi mercurie þer-in, and þen alle þat oþer; and grynde alle þese þinges to-gidere vp-on a ston; and þen put alle in a fiole or in an erþen pot, and stoppe al þe mo[u]þe, saue al-so mochel als a paper lefe or a spoute of parchemyn may stonde in; and þen set it on þe fyre in a forneie, and make furste esy fiere; afturwarde goode fire þe mountance of ii oures til þat þou se no breþ[e] Vapour or gas. come oute of þe glas; and þen take it of þe fire and breke þe glas.

P. 6. For to make letters of golde.—Make clere gle[i]re White of egg. and afturwarde take white chalke þat is drie, and of þe ryngynge of þinne ere, and grinde alle vpon a ston þe space of iii oures; and put þer-to a litel saffroun; and loke þi coloure be noȝt to ȝalow of þe saffroun; but lete it be a donne Dun or dull yellow. ȝalowe, and loke þat þer come non water þer-to, but glare, boþe in gryndinge and in temper∣ynge; and þen lete it stonde iii daies or iiii, saue ȝif þou haue tempred it with olde gleire, þou maiste wirche þer-with anone; and ȝif þou tempre it with newe glaire, let it stonde iii daies or 4 and þen make þi letters þer-with, and lete it stonde to drie alle a day: and be warre þat þou handel it noȝt with þine honde when it is drie; for if þou do, it welle take no golde; and when þi letter is well drie, take þe toþe of a bore or of an hogge, and take vp þi golde with a penselle in þi lyft honde and ley it on þi letter; and late þi left honde go bi-fore and with þi. toþe of þe boor, and þen þou schalt se feire letters of golde; and ȝif þou wilte make letters on abortiue or bortiue, lai þi oile also þynne þer-on als þou may, and þen do al þe remenaunt as hit seide bifore.

P. 25. A preface of this booke.

P. 25. For to make saue Saue is also described in MS. [A]; see above p. 55. In hys kynde.—Take burnet, dauc, Dauc; Lat. Daucus. turmentylle, maiden-heer, bugle, pigle, sanycle, herbe Ion, herbe Roberd, herbe water, þe grete consaund, Consaund; i.c., consoude (Consolidum; i.e., Comfrey). þat is comferi, þe mene conssaunde, þat is daisie, þe grete hempe-croppes, þe reed-cool croope, For croppe, the end or sprout of a shoot (as in Chaucer). þe reed-brere crooppe, mader, coluerfoot, sowþistyl, groundeswillye, violet, þe wyld tesel, moderwort, egremoyne, wodebynd, rybwort, mouseir, monsþers [?], floure of brome, beteyne, Ueruayne, croppe of þe white þorn, sowþerynwode, sauge, the crope of þe rede nettel, osmound, fyue-leued gras, scabiose, strauberie-wise, Wise; i.e., 'stalk.' mylfoyle, pympernel, schichele, Probably for 'solsicle.' auans; and as moche of auans as of alle þe oþer herbis be euen porcioun; and þei schulen be gadered in may be-fore seynt Iohnes daie; and brayze hem in a morter and medle hem with may-botere, friche and clene, made as þe melke comeþ fro the cowȝe. Ȝif þou have no may-butter, take eþur For oþer. botter, and purge it clene and lat it kele and medlet in a uessel and couere it 6 daies or 7, til it be-gynne to hure. Hure; grow mouldy (?); cf. M. E. kori, 'dirty.' After, frie it in a panne and clense it þorw a cloth in a vessel til it be colde; and seþen chaunge it and do a-way þe grounde and seþen do it ouer þe feer and clere it and lat it kele and do it in boxis; and þe wounded man schal drynke þer-of with ale oþer with w[yn], as moche at ones as a barly∣corne, or as a whete, furst and laste eche daye til he be hool, and couere þe wounde with þe leef of a calsfolȝ, Probably error for 'calstok,' cabbage-stalk; or 'colesfolȝe,' cabbage-leaf. and ȝif þou ne myȝht noȝt fynde alle þese herbes, take 32 of þe furst, and of auans as moche as of alle þe oþere, with mader, for it nedeþ noon oþer saue ne treyte. Treyte; i.e., entreyt; O. Fr. entrait, a 'bandage,' also 'ointment.'

P. 13b. Bewe Bewe. A drink; liquor (Hal. Dic.). de Antioche.—A drynke of antioche. Take bugle, sanycle, pympernel, betayne, auans, coluerfoot, spu[r]ge, consounde, plantayne, rybworte, scabiose, mousere, turmentille, pigle, herbe Ion, herbe Roberd, fyueleued gras, violet, mylfoyle, egremoyne, tansy, orpyn, fresyr, strauberywise, reed-brere croppe, reed-nettyl croppe, the rote of þe grete consounde and 3 partiis of mader, where-of men may make balles of Antioche. To make drynke, take þe erbis and frye hem in fresche botter, and wryng hem þorw a cloþ.

P. 14. Item, bewe de Antioche.—For to make drynke of Antioche, take more More; i.e., 'root.' of Auans, straubery-wise, bugle, pigle, litil daysi, þe reed-worte croppe, 5 croppes of orpyn and 5 of hempe and 5 of þe reed nettil, 5 of þe brembel and 5 of hemelokes, þe whiche is cleped fox Error for Kex. and a porcioun of þe rote of þe more consaunde and brosewort Bruisewort. and of grene mader, as moche as of alle þe oþere erbes in quantite. Afturward take 2 galouns of whiȝte wyne and alle þe forsaide erbes put to-gedere in a pott; boile hem into I.e., 'until.' þe half lecor be soden, and afturiward take þe erbes and wryng hem þorw a clene cloþ and aftur take as moche of hony as þou hast licour; and do it in a glas or in a-noþer uessel, and þis forsaide lycour, and 5 sponful of warme water, medled to-gedeir 9 daies and 9 nyȝtes; and þis water schal be made betiwene þe firste of philyp and Jacob, St. Philip and St. James (May 1st). and þe natiuite of seynt Ion Baptyst and use it afturwarde.

P. 27. Here bygynneth medycyns for hurtes of woundes and broke bones, for feueres hurte. [Numerous recipes follow similar to those in MS. [A]; such as To make gratia dei (p. 54); some being in Latin.

On p. 70 are the following instructions for taking a journey on particular days:]—

Sol in Aquario.—In þis signe, take þi iorney and it schal turne þe to prosperite. Sol in piscibus.—In þis signe goo not, for þou schalt pore goo and pore turn. Sol in ariete.—In þis signe goo þi iorney. Sol in tauro.—In þis signe abide, for ȝif þou goo it schal harme þe. Sol in gemminis.—In þis [signe] goo þi iorney, for þou schalt fynde a frende. Sol in cancro.—In þis signe, doute þe not to take þi iorney. Sol in leone.—Þou schalt not myche be gladid, ne miche be greuyed. Sol in uirgine.—A-bide, for ȝif þou goo by hap þou mayste be greuyd. Sol in libra.—Ȝif þou goo, þou schalt fynd þin enmy. Sol in scorpione.—Ȝif þou goo, þou schalt gete þi-selfe harme. Sol in sagittario.—goo forthe, for þat þou couetest þou schalt fynde. Sol in capri∣cornio. —Goo not, for it schal turne þe to no prosperyte.

P. 72. [Then follows an account of events which shall happen, according to the weather on the successive days after the birth of our Lord.

Then come other medical receipts, as e.g., the following:]—

P. 89. For þe mygrenen. Mygrenen; i.e. Megrim, neuralgia.—Take peletir of spane and stafs∣acre in a litil poke, and hold it longe bitwene þe teeþ on þe sore side, and chew it; and it wel renne on water and it schal be hole.

P. 90. For to make ȝelow here.—Take mystyldene Error for Mystyldone; another form of mystyltone, the correct M. E. form for mistletoe. of þe oke, and mystyldene of þe quyns-tre; and mystyldene of þe appil-tre; and take as myche of quyns-tre as of þe oþer 2; and make lye of the asches and wasche his hed þer-with.

P. 161. A good medicyn for þe ston.—Tak saxefrage þe lasse, þat growiþ of þe hillis among stonys; and þanne take an erbe þat men callen penyword; and nyme þe seed bitwen þe seynt marie daies and heruest; and take gromoile seed and kernellis of christonys Chirs; i.e., cherise, cherry. and anys and galyngale and gyngere, greynes de paris, fenel-seed and turmentille and schere among, and date∣stonys; take and poune it among and alle þese þinges do to∣gederis, and ete first and laste.

P. 174. Medicynes ben don, sum bi leues, sum bi seed, summe by rootis, summe bi ȝerdes, summe by flouris, and summe bi fruytus.

[Then follow the times when herbs should be collected, e.g.]— Ȝerdis schullen be gaderid whanne þei been fulle of moistnesse or þei begynne to schrynke. Rootis schullen be taken whanne þe leues fallen . . . þo erbis þat growen in the feeld ben bettere þan þo þat growen in þe toun and in gardynes and of þo þat growen in þe feelde and þo þat growen on hillis ben þe beste . . .

[Then follow the times when each herb named should be collected, e.g.]

P. 178. Baldemoyne þat summe men callen genciane, schulde be gederid in þe laste ende of þe ȝeer and iiii ȝer it mai be kept.

[This transcript shall conclude with the list of symbols used in pharmacy.]

P. 180. A pound is written þus, .lī. Lī; i.e., libra, a pound. Half a pound, þus, .lī.h, H; i.e., half. oþer þus, .lī.dī. Dī. i.e., dimidium. A quartroun, þus, q^art^o.I.; half a quar∣troun, þus, q^art^o.h., oþer þus, q^art^o.dī. An ounce, þus, ℥I. Half an ounce, ℥h., oþer þus, ℥dī. A dragme, þus, .ʒ.1. Half a dragme, .ʒ.h., or þus, .ʒ.dī. A scrupul, þus, .℈.1. Half a scrupil .℈.h., or .℈.dī. A scrupil weieþ a þeny: iii scrupilis maken a dragme: viii dragmes maken an ounce, and xvi ounces maken a pound. An handful is writen þus, m̄.1. I.e., manipulus. Half an handful, þus m̄.h., or þus, m.dī. Take xx wheete cornes and þei weien a scrupil.

P. 200a. Ad confortandum lumen oculorum.—Take rue and betanye, of eche a porcion; bray hem wel to-geder in a morter, aftyr temperid vp with old ale; aftyr streyn yt wel þrow þre lynnyn clowtis, and drynke yt a lytyl hoot, euery day, a spone∣fulle at morow and at eue.

P. 200a. Also for to haue a-way þe vnkynde hete fro þe hede.—Take camamile and howsleke, of eche a porcion, and bray hem to-geder in a morter; afftyr mak there-of a playster, and ley yt vp-on þyn heed.

P. 200a. For to dryue a-weye þe wynde in þe herys.—Tak a grene aschyn bowh and bren yt in þe feere, and take watyr þat comythe out of þe endys and put yt in þyn erye euery nyȝt and þat schall destroye ye wynde in þe erys and eryng al-so.

P. 202a. For to slepyn.—Tak popy-seed and letuse-seede, and make pouder þere-of to-geder; and drynke yt with ale at euyn and at mete, wan þou schal Anglo-French for 'schalt.' slepe; and þes sc[h]al make þe slepe.

P. 200b. To make þy stomak hot and to comfortin it.—Take note-migys, clowys, commyn, sourmonteyn, of eche a quartroun of an vnce; aftyr, put a lityl porcioun þere-of in olde ale with crommys of soure brede, and menge hem wel to-gedyr, and ete hem fastyng.

P. 201b. For þe leuer.—Take leuerewort and betanye and seþe hem with clene barly-wort; and skome it wel, and drynke it at morewyn and euyne.

P. 202b. For brennyng at þe herte.—Take a cruste of a whyte lofe þat ys ryȝt browne and ete it wan thou gost to bed; but drynke noȝt afftyr, and so lye and slepe al nyȝt and þat schal do it a-way.

204b. For þe cardiacle.—Tak clowys and macys and gallin∣gale and anys, and sed of stanmarche and sucre, as moche as of al oþyre; put hem to-geder, and use þere-of oftyn; and take ious Ious; i.e., juice. of persyl and boyl yt with mylke, and do þer-to pouder of gyngyr; and drynke þat fastant, Fastant; a French form of the pres. pt. and at euyn; and þou schal ben hole.

P. 204b. For þe hefd-ache.—Take and seþe verueyn and betany and wormod; and þere-with wasche þe seke-ys hefd; and þan make a playstere a-boue on þe molde A suture of the skull (Hall. Dict.). on þes manere; tak þe same herbys wan þey bene sodyn, and wryng hem and grynd hem smale in a morter; and tempre hem with þe same licoure a-ȝen; and do þere-to wete-bren for to holdyn in þe lycour; and mak a garlond of a kerche, and bynde þe sek hefd and ley þe playster on þe molde with þe garlond, as hoot as þe sek may sufre it; and bynd þe hefd with a voliper, Voliper, volupere, lit. 'enveloper.' and set a kap a-boue and do þes but þre tymys, and þe seke schal bene hool; on warantyse.

P. 207a. For a man þat ys costyff.—Take malowys and mercurye, and seþe bennith a gobet of porke; and make þere-of potage, and þe seke schal etyn þere-of, and drynke whyte wyn or whey; and he schal be solible. Soluble; uncostive.

P. 207a. For þe flix.—Take hencressyn and þe croppys of wodebynd þat berith hony-sokles; stamp and tempre hem with warme reed wyn and gyf þe seke to drynke; and let hym ete þre dayes, fyrst fyne lekys with ȝerfbred, For þerfbred; i.e., unleavened bread. þat ys hoot, and drynke but reed wyn warme; and let þe seke sitte on a stole with a lege, and let mak þere-vndyr a feer of charecole; and heng it about with cloþys, þat no hete mow passe out but in hys funde∣ment; and let hym vse þis tyl he be hole; for it ys a medecyn prouyd vp[on] warantere.

P. 211a. For þe feuer cotidian.—Tak feþerfoye and smalage, of euere-eyþer Either of the two. y-lyke meche, and stamp hem and tempre hem with watyr, and streyn hem, with watyr, and streyn hem, and ȝyffe þe seke to drynke a good quantite whan þe accesse Attack. commyþe on hym, and he schal ben hole with-in þre drynkyngis.

P. 211a. For þe bytyng of an adder.—Take centory and stamp it and tempre it with þe own vryne, and ȝyf þe seke to drynke, and it [ys] þe good for best and man.

P. 211b. For eyen þat byn goundy. I.e., afflicted with the gound; Mod. E. 'redgum.'—Take arnement Ink. and hony and þe whyte of an eye, and stamp hem to-geder; and an∣oynt þere-with þe sor eyen, whan þow gost to bedde.

P. 211b. For al swellyng.—Take growndy-swelow Groundsel; late A.S. grundeswelge, lit. 'ground-swallower,' as being an abundant weed (a popular etymology). and lemk and kykyn-seed and daysye and [erbe] Robert and pety-morel and erbe benet; and stampe hem and do hem ouere þe feer; and let hem boyle wel, and al so hoot as þe seke may suffre it, ley it to þe sorre.

P. 212a. For a slowerm þat ys cropyn in a man.—Take rew and stamp it and tempre it with wyn; and ȝyf þe seke to drynke and yt schal bryng hym owt.

P. 212b. For to make a beel gadere, and breke.—Take galbanum and clense it fayre and make þer-of a playster, and ley þere-to ii dayes er it be remeuyd.

Also.—Take a rostyd onyon and lylly rotys and sowredok, and stamp hem and fry hem to-geder in barow-grece and oyle dolyue, and mak þere-of a playster and ley to þe sore as hoot as he may suffre it; and it wyl ripe and breke it; and yf þe holys of þe byle be lytyl, tak tentys off a lynyn cloþe and lap [Wrap up (Hal. Dict.); still used in Warwickshire.] hem in an onyment men callyn vnguentum viridum, and put it vn-to þe hoolye, and ley a playstere þere a-boue of diaclounn or of good entret.

Also.—Take heyhoue and walwort and whyt malowys and broklympe; Brooklime. and seþe hem welle in watyr and wasche þere-in þe soore.

P. 213a. For ache in a womannys lendys.—Take þe rote of smale clote and wasche it and stamp it and tempre it with stale ale, and boyle it wel to-geder and streyn it; and ȝeue þe seke to drynke.

P. 215b. For to make a purgaciounn.—Take iiii peny-wyȝt of pouder of walche-note Walnut. barke, and vi peny-weyȝt of kater∣puse, Spurge. and iii peny-wyȝt of iows of walwort-rote; and tempre hem with wort; and ȝeue þe seke to drynke.

P. 216a. For þe ȝeloswot I.e., 'yellow-sweat' (jaundice). þan men clepyþe þe iaunes.— Take hard spaynys sope, and a lytyl stale ale in a cuppe, and rub þe sope aȝense þe cuppys botme, tyl þyn ale be whyte; and schaue þere-in iuori; and let þe seke drynke it, fyrst and last; and he schal ben hole.

P. 216a. For to mak drynk for þe gout festryd.—Take auence and heyhoue, and archangyl, beteyne and verveyne, of eche y-lyk meche, I.e., 'much' (Kentish dialect). saue tak þe most of heyhoue, and boyle hem in wyn and let þe sek drynk þese fyrste and laste, tyl he be hole.

P. 218b. For þe mormal.—Take grene walnottys with alle þe huskys, and bray hem in a morter, and do þere-to a lytyl blake pyche, and bray hem wel to-geder, and tempre hem vp with oyle de olyue; and let fry hem wel to-geder; and mak an oynement þere-of, and an-oynt þe soore, and eche morn wasche þe sore with mader-watre.

P. 226b. For to defend þat no wykkyd mater draw to no wound.—Tak a vnce off bool armoniak and an vnce of gumme þat ys terra sigillata, and make pouder of bool and off þe gumme, and tempre hem with oyle [of?] violet [?] [Word uncertain from illegibility; it might be 'roset.'] and half as meche of vinegre as of oyle, and put hem in a morter, and grynd hem to-geder; but poure out þe oyle and þe vinegre in-to þe mater a lytyl at onys; and stere it to-geder, and so do lytyl and lytyl tyl it be standyng þykke as an oynement; and sprede it on a cloþe and ley it on, an handbrede a-boue þe wound, ouere þe sore, tyl it be hoole.

P. 226b. For a drynk þat ys y-clepyd dwale; Dwale was a soporific drink; see New. Eng. Dict. and wol mak a man slepe wyle he ys koruyn.

[It is the same receipt as transcribed from MS. [B], see above, p. 90.]

P. 232a. Hic incipiunt bonas medicinas.—Here begynne medicinys þat good leehys haue made and drawyn out of here auctourys, as out Galion, Acclepias, and ypocras, qheche wore þe beste lechys of þe world in here dayis; for al maneer of sorys, woundys, postemys Imposthumes. cancris, goutys, feestris, feouye, Unrecognizable complaint; [fever?] wormys, freclys, rede bleynys, causflem Error for ' sausflem'; i.e., sauce fleume in Chaucer, Prol., 625. and generali for al maledys of þe body wytin and wytout.

P. 235b. For wormys þat ete þi teth.

Another, for þe same.

[These two receipts are almost identical with those transcribed from MS. [A]; see above, p. 8; and INDEX, s. v. Teeth, worms in.]

P. 236b. For reed pympyl þat warit Warit, werret (?); annoy (?). on þe face.—Take coriandyr, rosyn and a lytel quyk-syluyr, and fresch grece, and tempyr to-gedyr with þe ius of homlok; and þere-with a-noynt þi face and it schal be hool.

P. 237b. For þe brest and to clere a mannys voys.—Take centory, ysope, piliol, acle, Error for 'ache' (?) rwe, rede morel; sethe hem in stale ale and qwan þ[e]i arn sothe, put þer-to licorys, canel, golofer; sethe hem wel a-ȝen and drynke þe licour ix dayis; at euyn hot, at þe morn, cold.

P. 237b. Anoþir.—Take þe ius of semy-grek, Error for fenugrek. of ilke alyke mekel; sethe hem with sugyr in hony tyl þei ben thykke, and ete it as it were a letewary.

P. 237b. Anothyr good drynk for þe same.—Take enula cam∣pana, ditan-leuys and sum of þe rote, ysope-leuys and sum of þe rote, piliole ryal, aneys, figgys, licorys, seed of alizawndyr; brose hem al to-gedyr, and myis Myis, mix (?) þe fyggys, and put to a litel hony; and do þus; take an halporth of anneys, as mekel of figgys and as mekyl of licorys; þanne proporcyon þin erbys þer-after and put alle in iii quartys of welle-watyr, and sethe hem in-to a potel, and clarify it in-to a fayr uessel and vse it at morn cold and at euyn hot.

P. 244a. For þe iaundys.—Make a cake of rye-mele and lay it to þe fyir and holde þi face þer-ouer and stewe þe wel with þe hete.

P. 247a. For þe wyilde fyir Erysipelas; Chauc. Cant. Tales, A 4172. See note in Skeat's Ed. v. 125. þat men calle þe fyir of helle.— Take rede wormes of þe erþe and þe rote of ualeryon; stampe hem to-gedyr and ley þer-to.

P. 249a. Anoþer.—Take reed wormes i-callyd maddokkys, M.E. Mathek, 'maggot.' and þe rote of valeryan; stampe hem to-gedyr and ley þer-to; and a-mong take þe rote of valeryan and stampe it and with watyr and drynke it.

P. 250a. For bytyngge of a woodhownd. Mad dog.—Take þe seed of box, and stampe it with holy watyr, and gif it hym to drynke.

P. 253a. For nedder or snake þat is crope into a mannys body.—Take a fatte loyne of ueel and rost it, and take a panne-ful of swete mylke sumdel warm, and set it to feet þe fro; þanne hang þe man be þe feet, so þat hys mouthe be but litel fro þe flesch; and late hym opyn hys mouthe þat þe sauour may go up to hys body; and loke þer be no-body in þe hous but hydde be∣hyinde sum-qwat; and late iche of hem haue in hys hond a besom, and þei schul se þe uermynn come out and bityn of þe flech, and aftyr go to þe mylke and drynke, and þanne late hem be redy and sle it; do so tille alle be out; and aftyr gif hym good drynke til he be hool.

P. 254a. For woodnesse. Madness.—Take geneyan and þe seed of rwe, sethe hem wel to-gedyr and strong red venegyr, after whane þe heed, sle a blak kok and byind it al abowte þe heed, and late hym lye so al day and all nyth; and on þe thrydde day late hym blood on þe forheed, and he schal fare wel.

P. 255a. For senwys þat arn schronke.—Take pik and wax and swyne-grees, and meng to-gedyr, and lay þer-to.

P. 255a. For synwys þat arn neer on ladry Probably 'leprosy,' from Fr. ladre; i.e., 'near upon leprosy.' and broken.—Take wyrmes þat arn callyd maddokkys, qwan þei comen in mornes a-boue þe erthe, and loke þei part not as ny as þou mast; and stampe hem and ley hem þer-to.

P. 255a. For to soudyn For souden; O.F. souder; Lat. solidare, to strengthen; see 'Souded,' Hall. Dict. aȝen þe senwys.—Take occicroceun, and playstyr it up-on ledyr and hete it weel aȝeen þe feer, and ley it up-on þe hurt place.

P. 236b. For to make occicrucyon þat is a maner of qwyt trete.—Take oyle of olyf, oyle of rose, oyle of lyin-seed, oyle of egge-ȝelkys, of ilke o-lyke mekyl, and take safron-dortys; stamp it smal with egge-ȝelkys and put to þe oyle. Take þanne schep∣talow or suwet of a der, and melt it in a panne of erthe, and take a lytel porsyn and do þer-to, and mastyk a good quantyte, olibanum a good quantite, litarge, of gold and of syluyr and virgine wax; late hem sethe wel to-gedyr. Take þanne þe vessel fro þe feer, and late it keel a lytel, and þanne put þer-to þe safron with þe ȝelkys and þe oyle and stere al to-gedyr. Þis is a pasyng entret bothe for helyng and drawyng.

P. 265b. A nobyl watyr for alle seknesse in mannys body, and for al þe membrys of mannys body.—Take borage, langdebef, lyuerwort, hertystunge, sowthystel, planteyne; of ych iiii hand∣ful; beteyne, wyrmode, tenderons of hoppys, herbe yue, cleuer, watyrcressys, cowsloppe, þe leuys of segge, elena campana, horound, of ech half an handful. Schrede al theys to-gedyr smal, and medyl hem wel to-gedyr and stylle hem alle, and gadyr þe watyr in-to a glas and sette þe glas aȝen þe sunne vi or vii dayis; and if a man haue nede, late hym take þer-of morn and euyn iiii sponful at onys.

P. 266a. For to make gratia dei. This receipt differs considerably from that in MS. [A]; see above, pp. 53, 86, 119.—Take sarcocolle, colofonye, ana ℥ iiii, mastik, galbanum, armoniak, frankencens, bdellium, ana ℥ iii, scrapyng of bellys, verdegres, opoponak, ana ℥ ii, pik greeke, pic naual, ana ℥ 5, and al þo þat be abyl to be pouderyd must be mad as smal as it may be. Thanne, take þeis herbys þat folwyn; of betayne ℥ iiii, pimpernol, uerueyn, con∣sold, þe more and þe lesse, mousere, planteyne, ribbe, lauriol, ȝarow, centory, þe rede and þe qwyte, if it mowe be get, auence, sauge, ana ℥ ii; stampe al þeis herbys to-gedyr in a morteer, and sethe hem in a galon of qwyt wyn, til hauyndel or more be sothyn in; and late stande to kele iii hourys at þe lest; þanne streyn hem and set þe lecour a-ȝen on þe feer, and qwan it begynnyth to boyle al þeis forseyd pouderys put þer-to, and boyl hem wel to-gedyr, and in þe ende of þe boylyng put þer-to a quarteer or half a pound of oyl of rose, and aftyr, take it from þe feer, and stere it stylle o þes tyl it be cold and put it in boystes or in boxis.

267b. The doctryne of galien þe leche of mete and drynk and of blood last be þe tymes of þe ȝeer most profitabyl. [Then follow the directions as in MS. [A], p. 63. The book concludes with another version of Gratia Dei and the following charm.]

P. 272a. This charme brouth aungyl gabriel to sanctus William, for to charme cristen men fro worm, fro uenom, fro goute, fro festyr, or fro rankyl.—Furst do sey a messe of þe holy gost; thanne sey þus, ✚ In nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti, as ueryly as ihu crist was god, is and schal be, and as uerily þat he dede was wel do, and as uerily as he took flesch and blood of þe uirgine mary, and as uerily as he sufferyd 5 woundys in hys body to bye alle synnes, and as uerily as he sufferyd for to be don on þe holy croos, and on euerysyde was hanged a thef; and hys ryth syde smetyn wit a spere, and hys handys and hys feet were perschyd with naylys, and hys hed crownyd with a crowne of thornys; and as uerily as hys holy body restyd in holy sepuleyr; and as uerily as he brast helle ȝatys, and his holy sowleys þene he leed to ioye; and as uerily as he roos þe thrydde day fro ded, to lyue and sethyn stey up to heuen, and syttyth on hys Faderys ryȝth hond; and as uerily as he on domysday schal come, and reyse euery man and woman in flesch and blood, in þe age of thetty wyntyr; and as uerily as þat is owre lord schal deme all at hys plezaunce; and as uerily as alle þis þat i haue seyd is trewe and leue it trewe, and is trewe and schal be trewe. Ryth so as uerily þis man or þis woman, now be hool of þe gout or of þe sciatyk, or of þe gout erraunt, or of þe gout ardaunt, or of þe gout festred, or of al maneer of gout, or of worm or of cankyr. Ded is þe gout; ded is þe sciatyk; ded is þe festyr; ded is þe worm; ded is þe cankyr; ded it is, and ded it now be, if it be goddis plesyng of þis man or of þis woman.

Neme þe sekys name; þanne say þou and þe seke also a pater noster and aue. Say þis charm thryes on thre sundry dayis ouyr hym and here þat sufferyth ony of þeise ma[la]dies; and ley þi ryth hond upon þe seke place, qwyl þou seyst þis charm; and defende hym þat he use noon oþer medicyne, and þat he forsake no maner of mete for hys sekenesse. And for certeyn he schal be heyl with-inne ix dayes.