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WODNES TO MAKE HARE LIK GOLD HERYNG DEFENES
2WORMES SCHEPELOUSE QWIK THYNG IN ÞE ERE

3
4    Tak his handis & bynde þam bi-hynde hym faste.
5Þan take flour of affadill & do it in his righte hande & his
6bandes sall bryste. Or gif it hym at drynke & he sall
7passe owte of þe euyll faire & wele.
8    Tak epworte & grynde it smalle & schafe his hede &
9laye it appon þe schedde of his hede all þe nyghte.
10    Tak aueroyne, marygolde & sawge & stamp it &
11temper it vp with wyne & drynke it fyve dayes.
12    Take þe jeuse of walworte, hony & salt & swyn grese
13and boyle þam ouer þe fire til it be thikke & do a littill
14encense þer-in and anoynte his heued þer-with ofte &
15he sal mende.
16    Tak þe grene bowes of an asche & bryne þam & kepe
17þe jeuse þat commes owte at þe endis, a negschel full,
18and þe jeuse of senegrene, twa egschelfull, of hony an
19eg-schelfull, of oyle of olyue a neg-schelfull, of þe woyse
20of þe pore leeke heued with þe faces þer-of, a neg-schelfull,
21& menge þam to-gedir & helle þer-of in þe hale
22here & lay þe on þe toþer syde at slepe & þe sall mende
23with schort tymm, & þu vse it.
24    Tak þe jeuse of rewe & þe jeuse of moure egges & do
25in þi nere.
26    Tak henne grese & þe jeuse of grene wormode with
27oyl & do in þi nere.
28    Tak þe galle of a wedir with þe vryn or þe mylke of a
29woman mengid to-gedir & do it in thi nere.
30    Secundum Magistrum William de Excestre: Tak
31lorell leues, sedes of cermoyntayne, comyn, annys and

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32caruy, of ilkan ylike porcyon, and welle þam wele in faire
33water &, when þay are wele wellide, take and do þat
34water in a clene vesselle & do of þat water in þe ere &
35he sal here wele with-in scorte tymm.
36    Take þe ȝerdis of hawthorne & kepe þe jeuse þat
37comes fro þe ȝerdis endis & menge oyle þer-with & putt
38it in þe hale ere & lay þe one þe toþer ere. Sepe
39probatum est per diuersos.
40    Take þe fattnes of a blake ele & þe jeuse of synegrene,
41elike porcyon, & putt it ofte in þe hale ere & lay þe on
42þe toþer.
43    Tak þe jeuse of mentastrum & vynacre & mak it
44lewke & do it in þi nere & it dose þe same.
45    Tak sperwort & stampe it & droppe þe jeuse lewke
46in þe ere & it sall sla it or gare it come owte qwyke.
47
48

WORMES SCHEPELOUSE QWIK THYNGE IN ÞE ERE
49KYLES IN ERES SARE EGHNE

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51    Take þe jeuse of mynt & mak it lewke & do it in þe
52eres.
53    Or take þe jeuse of fenelle lewke & do it in þe eres &
54it sall sla þam.
55    Tak of rewe a grete qwantite & sawge halfe als mekill
56& rose maryn þe same quanttitee & stamp þam & wrynge
57owte þe jeuse & poure it in þe ere thre tymes, for þis
58es oft prouede.
59    If a schepe louse or any oþer qwik thynge be cropyn
60in-to thyn ere, tak þe jeuse of rewe or of wormod or of
61horshoue & do in þe ere & it sall sla it.
62    Tak grene ȝerdis of esche & lay þam ouer a brandrethe
63& make a fire vnder þam & kepe þe woyse þat comes owt
64at þe endis in egges schelles & tak hony & do to þat
65woyse & do it in his ere & lat hym ly doun & slepe & do
66swa thre dayes, ilk a day twyse or thryse, bot do it
67firste in þe hale anes or twys, in auentour if þer be
68oughte qwike in it. & it will sone crepe owte.
69    Tak a hate hauyre cake & lay it down & lay thyn ere
70þer-on als hate als þu thole it &, if þer be schepe louse
71or any oþer qwik thynge in it, it sall sone crepe owte.

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72    Tak wormode & women mylke with þe jeuse of grene
73colyandre & do it in thyn eres.
74    Tak a childes vryn & make it lewke with wyne
75& do it in thyn eres & it dryes þe humours & fordose
76werke & heles wonderfully.
77    An oþer: Take þe galle of a schepe with womans
78mylke & do it in thyn ere.
79    Tak wormod or harofe or wodebynde & stampe it &
80wrynge owt þe jeuse & do it lewke in thyn ere.
81    Tak þe merghe of a fresche calfe & braye it & do it in
82thyn ere.
83    Tak a rede cale lefe & anoynte it with þe white of an
84egge & lay it to þe eghe, when þu gase to bedde, & late
85it lygge to þe morne & do it ofte, for it is proued for gude
86medcyn.
87    To make þe clere syghte: Ete ofte & drynke ofte
88puliolle rialle & fenkell sedis.
89    Drynke ofte ewefrase, for it helpis ofte souereynly þe
90syghte.
91    Tak white gynger & rub it on a whetstane or on a
92basyn & tak als mekill salte as þu hase powdir & stampe
93þam & grynde þam wele to-gedir & temper þam with
94white wyne & late it stande in þat bacyne a daye & a
95nyghte & do þan þat oþer þat standis abouen in a ampull
96of glase or coper & anoynte
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98

EGHNE SARE EGHNE

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100    thyn eghne þer-with a littill when þu gase to þi bedde
101with a fethir & do so ofte & dowteles þu sall be hale.
102    Take þe woyse of hondestonge or of centorye or of
103solsekill and do þe woyse in thyn eghne & it sal helpe
104þe wele.
105    Tak pympernoll & stampe it & take þe jeuse þer-of &
106do þer-to þe grese of þe allerone of þe gose wenge &
107drope it in thyn eghne.
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109& egge whitt & menge þam to-gedir & take cotom &
110wete þer-in & lay it to þe sare eghe to it be hale.
111    Late þe blode þe vij daye of Maye on þe righte arme,
112þe laste day of Aueryll on þe lefte arme.
113    Stampe þe leues of white thornes & do þe jeuse þer-of
114in thyn eghe.
115    Take Maye buttre & hony & þe white of an egge &
116menge to-gedir and anoynte thyn eghne with all.
117    Take wodbynde, rib and waybrede & stampe þam wele
118& smalle & take a gude porcyon of fresche May buttre
119& sethe þam to-gedir wele to þay be wele wellede, þan
120wrynge þam thorow a clene clathe & do it in thi boystes
121& ilk a nyghte take þe montenance of a fiche & do it in
122thyn eghne by-fore þu laye the doune & it sall mend
123the.
124    Take waybrede & bayneworte & powdir of gynger, a
125porcyon, & powdir of alom glase, als mekil porcion als
126of thise, & make water for thyn eghne of þam.
127    Tak powdir of alom glase & temper it with womans
128mylke þat hase a knaue childe & do it in thyn eghne.
129    Take rose floures and fenkell & filage, pympernolle,
130celidone, ewfrace. Stampe þam & temper þam al
131sammen with hony & þe grese of þe blake snyles & þe
132whitt of an egge & anoynte thyn eghne þer-with.
133    Tak arenement, hony and þe white of an egge, of
134ilkan elike mekill, & temper þam to-gedir & tak herdes
135& wete þam in water & wrynge it owte & do þir thynges
136one þe herdes as a playster &, if euyll blode or whettour
137be þare, it sall drawe it owte.
138    Tak calamynt & bryne it in þe fire till þat it glowe &
139sloken it in white wyne & efte bryn it & efte sloken it and
140do so ix tymes. Þan may þu halde it alle þe ȝere &,
141when
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SARE EGHNE COLORYE AN OYNEMENT

144
145    þu hase to do þer-with, tak als littill als a bene & grynde
146it wele appon a borde & temper it vpe with an egge schelle
147ful of white wyne & late it sattill and wete a fethir in
148þe clere abouuen, & þan wasche thyn eghne þer-with,
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150faile it sall slaa þe wormes & clense þe eghne of
151many euylles, what so euyll es in þam.
152    Tak salte & bryn it & do hony þer-too & temper it
153to-gedir & doo it in thyn eghne.
154    And after all medcyns for eghne, wasche thyn eghne
155with water þat fenell is sothen in.
156    Tak tormentill, rewe, celidon, fenell & ryb, & anoynte
157thyn eghne with þe jeuse a littill, when þu gase to þi
158bedde.
159    Tak þe rede snyle þat crepis houseles & sethe it in
160water & gedir þe fatt þat comes of þam & anoynte thyn
161eghne ther-with or bryn it to powdere on iren or in a pott
162scarthe & do a littill of þat powdir to thyn eghne when
163þu gase to slepe.
164    Tak a bacyn & scoure it wele & anoynte þe sydis wele
165with-in with þe larde of a galte & on þe larde anoynte
166it with hony þat it gange ouer þe larde all abowte a
167nynch. Tak þan a newe pott full of pys & whelme þe
168bacyn ouer þe pott & latte it stande thre dayes & thre
169nyghtis. Þe fourte day take þe bacyn &, what þu
170fyndis þer-in, do it of clene & gedir it in an ampull of
171glas or in a cle vrynall & tak a littill & anoynte thyn
172eghne þer-with, when þu gose to thi bedde. After this
173medcyn, ne after non oþer, wasche not thyn eghne bot
174with water þat fenell is sothen in.
175    Tak celidon & do it in hardes & sythen do it in hate
176askes & late it sethe þer-in & þan draw it owte &
177wrynge þe jeuse in a bacyn & do it in þe sonne to drye
178and, when þu hase to do þer-with, tak a littill þer-of
179& distemper it with ayselle & do a littill in thyn eghne
180þer-of.
181    Tak vetoyne & stampe it with water & drynke it ix
182dayes & it sall dryfe a-waye all þe wikkede humours of
183þe heued & of þe eghne.
184    Tak May buttre & comyn & stampe þam samen &
185laye it on lyne & þan laye it on þe eghe & ofte anewe it
186and, when þe bolnynge es swagede, þan tak safron &
187womans mylke þat fedis a knaue childe, if it be to a man,
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189    Tak þe blode of swalow birdis & anoynte thyn eghne
190þer-with & euer mare þay sall be þe bryghttere.
191    Tak strange vynegre or aysell & do it in a vessell of
192bras, & þe blak slaes of þe wode & wormode do þer-with
193& lat it stand langer couerde and, when nede es, take it
194to thyn eghne & it sall brek þe web & do a-way þe euyll.
195    Tak ewfrace, a gude porcion, & stampe it wele &
196wrynge owte þe jewse thorow a clathe. Þan tak galte
197grese & als mekill of gose grese & als mekill of henne
198grese & menge it to-gedir in a panne of bras or in a pott
199of bras & do þe jewse þer-to & boyle it wele & stir þe
200bothome with a rownde staffe & lat it kele & do it in
201boystes &, when þu hase nede, do it in thyn eghne a
202littill, when þu gase to slepe, to þu be hale.
203    Tak comyn, pepir, hempsede, of rewe sede, of fenell
204sede, of ache þat growes ouer yven, & sal maritimum,
205of ilkan ylike mekill, & stamp þam all to powdir & do
206in thyn eghne þer-of when þou gase to thi bedde.
207    Tak bawme & þe jeuse of ewe & hony, of ilkan elyke
208mekill, & coyle þam thorowe a clathe & do it in a fyall
209of glase & with a fethir do it in thyn eghne.
210    Tak þe jeuse of rede wortes & of hesill, elike mekill,
211& do in a pot of bras & couer it wele & sett it in þe erthe
212ix dayes & þan do it in thyn eghne.
213    Tak powdir of brynte pepir & do it in thyn eghne.
214    Tak þe galle of an hare & twa sa mekill hony &
215temper it to-gedir & anoynte thyn eghne.
216    Ypocras sayse þat their thynges will gare a man see
217þe sternes abowte myddaye, þat is, þe galle of a hare,
218þe galle of a coke, þe galle of an owle & a littill jewse of
219fenell & aloe cicotrine þat suffice & camfire, & mak
220colore.
221
222    Feniculus, veruena, rosa, celidonia, ruta,
223Si pimpernela ditis ewfrasia iuncta,
224Ex istis fit aqua que reddat lumina acuta.
225
226    Tak powdir of aloes & do þer-in a littill. Bot firste
227wasche it with whit wyne.
228    Tak leues of henebayne sothen in wyne & bray þam
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230    Tak mynt & grynde it & lay þer-to.
231    Tak þe galle of an ele & temper it with hony & do it
232in þin eghne.
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234

SARE EGHNE SCHEPE LOUSE

235
236    Tak þe rute of fenkell & vetoyne & sethe þam in water
237& wasche thyn eghne þer-with.
238    Tak daysies & þe whitt of an egge & braye þam & do
239it in thyn eghne.
240    Tak ewfrase & stampe it in grese of a gose or of a henne
241& frye ewfrase & do in a vessell & anoynte thyn eghne.
242    Or tak þe sede of centory & ett it fastande & þou sall
243mow at þe nonne to see þe sternes.
244    Tak ewfrase & glair ana, & wete thorgh a lyn clathe
245& lay it on thyn eghne all nyghte, for it wil draw owt
246wikkide homours.
247    Tak þe jewse of tansay or of vetoyne, & wryng thorow
248a clathe & do þer-of in thyn eghne.
249    Tak a bryghte bacyn and anoynte it with mylke
250& reme, & whelm it ouer a preue iij dayes & sythen
251clens it & anoynt thyn eghne þer-with.
252    Tak pepir and bryn it in a clout & stamp it al to
253powdir & blende it with the merghe of a gose wenge &
254do þer-of in thyn eghene.
255    Tak pure glare of an egge & hony & arnement wele
256grownden & tempered to-gedir & do to thyn eghne
257with hardes or lyne.
258    Tak þe jewse of egremon with þe whitt of an egge &
259blende to-gedir wele & laye to thyn eghne with cotome
260or clathe.
261    Tak þe rotes of fenell, vetoyne & yven terrestre, &
262sethe þam wele in water & do hony in þer-to & sythen
263coyl it thorow a clathe & anoynte thyn eghne þer-with.
264    Tak ewfrase, pympernoll, veruayne, rede fenell, euen
265porcyon, & halfe þe porcion of rew & celidon, & braye
266þam wele in a mortere & welle þam wele with May
267buttre clarifiede & do þam in an erthe pott & couer
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269do þat to þe fire & boile it wele & afterwardes drawe
270it owte thurgh a clathe clene or a canvase & þan do it to
271þe fire to it be wele claryfied & þan do it in boystes.
272When þou hase nede to do þer-with, do it in thyn eghne
273the montenance of a perle at morne & as mekill at
274euen.
275    Take þe jewse of rewe or of wormode or of horshoue
276& do in þe ere & it sall slaa it.
277    Tak þe grene ȝerdis of asche & ley þam ouer a brandreth
278& mak a fire vnder theym & kepe þe wose þat
279rynnes
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281

SCHEPE-LOUSE EVYLL IN ÞE MOUTHE HASENESSE TO
282SYNG HYE CLERE VOYCE

283
284    owte at the endes in egge schelles & tak hony & do to
285þat wose & do in his ere & late hym ly downn & slepe &
286do swa thre dayes ilk a day twyse or thrise. Bot do
287firste in þe hale here anes or twise, in awntour if þer
288be oughte qwike in it, & it wil crepe out.
289    Tak a hate hauyr cake & lay it down & lay thyn ere
290þer one als hate als þu thole it &, if þer be any schepelouse
291or any qwikke thynge, it sal sone crepe out.
292    Tak pentafoyloyn, id est quintfoyle, & welle it wele in
293water &, when it es wele welled, halde thi mouthe ouer
294þe posenett & stewe þe wele. Þan take & soupe of þat
295lewke water & halde it in thi mouthe to þat it be kelide &
296þan caste it owte & þan soupe mare & þe thirde tyme do
297righte swa & vse this thre dayes & þu sal hafe helpe
298þer-of.
299    Tak salte, comyn & pepir, of ilkan ilike mekill, & mak
300of þam a powdir & gyff hym to drynke in a sponefull
301of hate water. This medcyne is profitable, for it is ofte
302tymms prouede.
303    Tak stalworthe ayselle in a vesselle of bras & jewse of
304ake appills & do þam alle to-gedir & late þam stande
305lange wele couerde &, when sal be at nyghte, when þe
306seke sall ga to bedde, þan do it in his eghne & it sall
307for-do þe perle & breke þe strynge of þe eghn.

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308

SAUE

309
310    Here may þu lere for to make Saue, the wilk es a
311gude drynke & ane oynment for þe woundis or þe hurtes
312with-in & with-owtten of þe body of man or woman &
313it es called Saue. And þe firste by-houes þe to gedir
314theis herbis þat are here wretyn: burnette, betoyne,
315pympernolle, dauk, morsus diaboli, tormentill, crois,
316bugill, pigill, sinagle, herbe Robert, herb John, herb
317Wauter, herb yue, cosoud maior, cosoud milnen, consoud
318petit, crope de cambre, fenell with þe sede rouge, cholet,
319waranc, mader, spourge, fawethistill, samson, gronswalle,
320melice, egrymoyn, cheuerfoille, id est wodrofe, violet,
321playntayne, id est waybred, launcelle, id est ryb, peluette,
322id est moushere, vesche, floures de genest, id est brome,
323herb saunce crop, ache petit, auance, crop de rouge
324runcebrere, lange de cheyn, cynkfoil, milfoil, rouge vrtice,
325id est nettill rede, flosere, id est strabery wyes, tansay,
326id est philoga, osmonde. Of all thies herbes tak euen
327porcion out-tane of madir and of auance, for of þe mader
328tak als mekill weghte as of twa oþer bi-fore neuenned.
329& stamp þam wele &, when þay are wele stamped, late
330þam riste in a vessell of tre þe space of ten dayes and,
331after þe x daye es passed, do to thies herbis þe doubill
332weghte of fresche buttre of Maye & þan sethe þam ouer
333þe fire & late þam swa sethe to-gedir to þe buttre be halfe
334wastede. Þan all warme coille þe confeccion swa
335boillede thurgh a canvace & afterwarde late it kele &
336sithen clence it wele with calde water to it be clere
337clensede & þan afterwarde tak a galon of gude whitte
338wyn & a porcyon of gude vynagre & do þam ouer fire in
339a clene vesselle & do þer-in þe coylett wele weschyn &
340sethe þam to-gedir to þe wyn & þe vynagre be nere
341wastede & þan tak þam down of þe fire & suffre þam to
342kele & sythen gedir vp þat þat fletis a-bown & put it in
343boystes for to safe & gyfe þer-of to wonded men þat hase
344wondis depe & standyng in wondis & bolnynge in wondis
345& with þis sal þu safely hele þam. & gyff þam at drynk
346þer-of arely at þe morne & late at euen of þe grettnes of
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348    Medcyn þat is called Gratia Dei , þat is made on þis
349manere: Tak litarge iiij vnces, ceruse iij vnces, roste of a
350belle of bras ij vnces of vertgres ij vnces, of sarcocol iiij
351vnces, of mastik, galbanum, ammoniak, of ilkane iiij
352vnces, with encence iij vnces, of bedellium halfe ane
353vnce, of pik greke, pik nauill, of þam ij vnces. All this
354bi-fore be graythede & boylled in a ponde of oyle de olyue
355till þay wax blake & sythen keped wele. This emplaster
356clenses wondis and sowdis þam to-gedir & dose owte
357dede flesche & newe flesche gars grewe. It is a gud
358heler for brynnand werkes, wondis & kiles, whare so
359bee.
360    Tak wax, rosen, turbentyn, of ilkan a pounde, of
361mastik iij vnces, betoyn, of pympernolle, of veruayn, of
362ilkan a quartron. Þan stampe thies herbis wele & sethe
363þam wele in ij galouns of white wynne or rede vn-to þe
364thirde party. Afterwarde coyle þam thorow & saue wele
365þe coylett fra filthe. Þan take þi rosen & thi wax &
366resolue wele in a clene dowble vessell ouer þe fire & coyl
367þam thorow a clathe & caste þan þat coylett of gummes
368to þe coylett of wyne & of gresses & sethe þam to-gedir
369vn-to þe wastyng of þe wyne. Aftirwarde tak þat ilk
370confeccion saa sothen & do it in a doubill vessell ouer þe
371fire & do þe mastik pouder þer-in to þe mastik be resoluede
372& sythen afterwarde þi turbentyn & moue it sotely til it
373be resolued &, as swithe so it be resoluede, tak þe confeccion
374of þe fire smertly with-owtten duellynge and
375poure it thurgh a clathe & suffre it to refraide & þan
376gedir vpe with clene handis, anoynte with oyle de olyue
377& safe þi enplaster wele, for it is gude till alde wondis &
378to newe & to synows coruen and bristen and till junttours,
379to hewen flesche, to dede flesche in wondis & till apostymms,
380of alkyn maner of kankir, festre, venyme & for helle
381fire, for þe emeraudes & for brokes. Þis enplaster, it
382wirkes, it heles, it drawes and helis mare with-in woke
383þan all oþer enplasters dose with-in a monethe.
384    Tak camamyle, wormot, mellilotum.
385    Tak brance vrcyne, wilde malue.
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387    Tak wilde sauge, fymter, woraunce.
388    Tak mynt, borage, cicory, flour of oxtonge, þat is longe
389de beefe.
390    Here bygynnes þe maner to mak salues & entretis &
391drynkes & cyroyns to wondis & to all oþer hurtes of mans
392body and þe firste for wounde in þe heuede: Tak
393betoyne & stampe it with alde gres & fry þam to-gedir &
394sythen draw it thurgh a clathe & do it appon lyn & lay it
395on þe wonde & ilk a third daye lay þe white of an egge
396þer-on & he sall waresche sone.
397    Tak wormot & stayncroppe ana, & bray þam & boyl
398þam in vynagre & do þer-to whete branne & lay to þe
399sare.
400    Tak pugill, bugill, herb Robert, auance, red cale, tansay,
401hemp croppes ana, & tak of madir als mekill as of all þe
402oþer herbis, & do þer-to ambros, burnet & þe crispe
403malue &, if þer be bane broken & þu dare noghte serche it
404ȝit, gyf hym þis to drynke: Tak the wort tansay, hemp
405croppes, horse mynt, rede nettill, brere croppes & als
406mekill mader as of all þe oþer herbes. Stamp þam
407samen & sethe þam in white wyne & gyf it hym at drynk
408&, if it come owte at þe wounde & he caste nott, þan it is
409a takyn þat he sal lyfe. Þan gare serche þe wonde &
410schaue þe broken banes qwayntely þat þu tame nott þe
411tay of þe harnnes &, if it blede faste, wipe softely with
412softe lyne & syne tak softe lyne & wympill to-gedir & lay
413it ouer þe wonde & tak whete flour wele boltede & strewe
414on þe clowte þat lygges on þe wonde. & after þat late a
415woman þat fedis a knafe childe, if it be a man þat is
416woundide, mylke hir pappes softely on þe mele þat is
417strewed on þe cloute þer-on & strewe it with flour, as þu
418dide þe toþer, & of þe mylk till it be euen with þe flesche,
419& hille þe heuede & late it be stille til on þe morn. Þan
420vnhill þe hede softely &, if þu fynde þer-aboun as it were
421a burbill þat standes on þe water when it raynnes, þan is
422it a sygne of dede &, if þu see bi-fore his tay als it ware a
423spynnande webbe or rede, þat is taken þat þe ryme of þe
424hernes es broken & it is a sygne of hasty dede. &, if þer
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426anes at morne, anoþer tym at euen, þis drynk. Gars
427broken banes come owte & clenses þe ryme of þe hernes
428of blode & heles þe wonde, and, if it be swa broken þat
429men by-houes do þer-in masere, late þan wele rounge
430þe broken of þe heuede als bi-fore it is said & sett þer-in
431a pese of maser & anoynt it with þis oynement after
432wretyn.
433    Tak pulioll montane, baynwort, ambrose, rib, bubill,
434seterib, celidoun, cheuerfoill, rede nettill, lekes, ache,
435waybrede, morell, tansay, & betoyn, of ilkane ilike
436mekill, & stamp þam wele samen with swyne gres fresche
437& fre rekills, a lytill hony, vyrgyn wax, &, when all thir
438thynges ere wele stampede samen, do þam in a clene
439bacyne or in a pan & do þer-to white wyn & þan lat it
440stande all a daye & a nyghte & on þe morne do it vn-to
441þe fire & sethe it wele & gyf it gude walmes. Syne tak
442it doune and drawe it thorowe a clathe & do it vp &,
443þer-whils it is oghte sare, anoynt it þer-with & it sall hele
444full wele.
445    Tak a handfull of malues and a handfull of wormot & a
446handfull of mugwort, & stamp þam samen full small, &
447tak iiij vnces of þe flour of whete & iij vnces of hony &
448rede wyn & tak iij vnces of galte gres & do þe hony in a
449panne & scome it & do þer-in þe gres & mak it to welle
450hate & syne mak it in a playster & lay it alle warme on
451þe heuede.
452    Tak þe heuedis of lekes with alle þe fases & stampe þam
453& do þe woyse in þe wonde. & tak lyne & mak a tent &
454wete it in þe woyse & putt it þer-in. & tak þe substance
455of þe lekes at þe jus was wrongen thurgh & lay it appon
456& bynde it þer-to. Do þis plaster iij dayes to, bot
457remowe it noghte bot ilk a daye anes, &, after þe iij day,
458tak whete mele & gude wyn & do whitte sayme þer-to
459& welle wele to-gedir. Þan tak a lyn clathe & do ij
460falde or thre or a pece of white lethir & do þin enplaster
461þer-on & lay it ouer þe wonde & do so ilk a daye and
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463bugill & sanigle. &, when he hase dronken þam, þay
464will come owt at þe wonde & clence it with-in & hele it
465wele with-owtten.
466    Tak larde & mak sayme þer-of and tak hony & wyne &
467rye mele & sethe þam to-gedir & do þam on a clathe &
468lay it þer-to & it sal clence it & hele it.
469    Or tak centory & mak poudir þer-of & strewe it on þe
470wonde & it sal hele it.
471    Or take þe jus of ache & þe whitte of an egge & þe
472flour of whete & pouder of rekills ana, & menge þam
473to-gedir so þat it be thik & do it one þe wonde & remewe
474it ilk daye anes.
475    Tak betoyn a handfull, comfory a handfull, madir,
476baynwort a handfull, of hemp sede ij vnces. Stamp all
477to-gedir wele & small. Tak þan a quartron of white wyn
478& a quartron of water & do all in a pott ouer þe fire &
479sethe it into þe halfe & coyle it thrugh a clathe & drynk ilk
480a day a mese at þe morne & at þe euen & lay a brere lefe
481to þe wonde.
482    Tak comfery, marygolde, matfelon, millfoile, auance,
483þe white rute of þe walwort, baynworte, cerfoil, herb
484Robert, ambrose, maroȝl, pelwet, rede dok, polipodi &
485celidon ana, & of mader halfe þe weghte of all þir oþer
486herbis. Sethe þam in ale or in wyn & drynke þam morne
487& euen. Do as it es said by-fore.
488    Tak þe rede nettill, rede cale, pympernoll, cerfoill,
489mynt, porret, tansay, aueroyn, bugill, sanigle, waraunce.
490Now here bene þe wertus of thies herbes: Þe nettill &
491þe rede cale suffers noghte þe wonde hele. Of thies
492herbes tak a pounde. Mynt & porret, þat swages werke
493in wondes. Þer-of tak halfe a pounde. Bugill & sanegle
494haldes þe wondes fra perell. Þer-of tak a pound.
495Pympernolle, cerfoill & waraunce ledis þe drynke in-to
496þe wounde. Of þam tak halfe als mekill als of all
497þe toþer herbes. Þan stampe þam in a mortere & mak
498smalle balles of thaym, of þe mekilnes of a doufe egge,
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500    Tak auance, tansay, egrymoyn, hemp croppes, onyȝone
501sede, rede cale croppes, ambros, matfelon & als mekill
502mader as of thre of theis oþer herbes, & stamp þam to-gedir
503& drynke þam.
504    Tak auance, comfery, ȝarow, croppes of hempe,
505tansay, rede cale, aueroyn, & mader als mekill as halfe
506thies oþer herbes, and syne stamp þam & mak þam in
507balles & do þam vp to drye.
508    Tak waybrede, rib, violett, auances, cropp of þe rede
509brere, matfelon, herb Robert, tansay, betoyn, milfoille,
510comfery, baynewort, of ilkane ilike mekill, & of þe rote
511of mader agayn all thies oþer herbes. Stampe þam all
512& mak pelottes of þam & dry þam in the sonne or in þe
513wynde & drynk þam in wynnter.
514    Tak a pound of virgyn wax, a pounde of olibanum, a
515pounde of encruce of þe ere, a pound of ditayne, a pound
516of playntayn, a pound of jubarbe, a pound of littill
517consoude, a pound of milfoille & a pound of watercresses.
518Tak thies gresses & stampe þam ilkan by hym
519ane & temper þam with wyn & late þam rest a nyghte &
520on þe morn do þam in a pott ouer þe fire & late þam
521welle wele & syne tak it doun & drawe it thorow a clene
522clathe.
523    Tak herb John, herb Robert, bugill, pigill, milfoille,
524consoude, playntayne, auance, of all thies herbis tak
525þe jus, & wax & pik & a littill gres, & mak syroyn. To
526all kyles & wondis it is gude.
527    Tak þe firste iij dayes & lay þer-to noghte bot lyne
528& þe white of an egge & chaunge it morne & euen.
529& þan tak ix stalkes of gronswale with þe rotes & v of
530spourge with þe rutes & als many croppes of þe rede
531brere, & stampe all wele to-gedir with a sawcerfull of
532hony, þan wrynge owte all þe jus thurgh a clene clathe
533& do it in a clene pane ouer þe fire & boile it a whalme.
534& þan tak it doun & stop þer-in iij dices of whete brede
535& gif hym thase thre at euen, when he gase to his bedde.
536& do so with ilk a sirope & brede viij dayes or ix. And
537when þu sees þat þe wounde es wele rotyn & whelis
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539spourge & fyue of brere croppe & stamp þam & mak thi
540syrope als þu dide bi-fore & dice it with brede stoppede
541þer-in morne till þat it be hale & lay not to þe wonde
542bot firste smalle lyn þer-on & a brere leffe þer-on abouen
543or a rede cale lefe & luk ay þat he ette no gowttous
544mettes.
545    He þat will mak littill syrone, tak gud fresche schepe
546talghe, virgyn wax, pik nauale, galbanum. Gare þam
547boyle welle & styrre þam softely & do a littill wyn
548þer-in. Syne tak mirre & olibanum and powdir of
549mastike & do þe foresaid thynges þer-in & lat þam boile
550wele, bot luk þat þay be wele stirrede. Þis syroyn is
551ful gude.
552    Tak a handfull of savyn & a handfull of sauge & a
553handfull of rewe & a handfull of tansay, & stamp þam
554wele to-gedir & sethe þam wele in oyle of olyue & do
555wax & swyn grese þer-to fresche & powder of mastik
556& do all to-gedir & mak ane oynement þer-of.
557    Tak celydoyn rotes & of gouke flores with þe leues,
558centrum galli, wild louache, of ilkan a handefull, scabius,
559a handfull. Thies herbis stampe wele with a pounde of
560schepe talghe & a pounde of olyue &, when þay are wele
561stampede, do þam to-gedir & lat þam riste vij dayes or
562viij & syne sethe þam in a vesselle ouer þe fire to þe
563gresses falle to þe grounde & syne coyle þam thorow a
564clathe & do þat ilk coylett in a caldron & do þer-to iij
565vnces of wax in somer, in wynter ij vnces, &, when all
566es molten, caste in-to þam pouder of olybane, mastik &
567vertgrese & of ilkane halfe ane vnce. Bot, or þu do in
568the vertgres, proue þam halfe to-gedir & loke if þay
569change colour so þat it wax grene. Do it fra þe fire &
570caste þer-in an vnce of aloen epatik pouderd & in oyle
571resolued & menge al togedir. Þis oynement is gud for
572all wondis & to gedir new flesche, & fordose dede
573flesche.
574    Tak galt gres, hony, & oyle of nuttes, & do þer-to þe
575jus of chesseboll croppes grene with all þe sede & þe
576jus of rew & waybrede. Sethe wele þe jewses of thiese
577herbis all samen & mak thi salfe wele þer-of & syne coyle
578it & do it in boystes.