Introduction - Uppsala Monitoring Centre

All hot he was, and lecherous as
a Sparow,
He was hot and lecherous as a
sparrow.
With scaled brows blacke, and
pilled berde:
With black and scabby brows
and scanty beard:
Of his visage Children were fore
afferde.
Children were afraid of his
face.
There nas quicksilver, litarge, ne
brimstone,
There was no mercury (Hg),
lead oxide (PbO), nor
sulphur (S),
Borage, Ceruse, ne oile of
Tartar none,
Borax, lead carbonate
(PbCO 3 ), nor Potassium
Carbonate,
Ne Ointment that would cleanse
or bite,
No ointment that would
cleanse or remove,
That him might helpe of his
whelks white,
That might help him with his
white pimples,
Ne of his knobbes sitting on his
Chekes:,
Nor his lumps on
his cheeks:
Well loued he Garlike, Onions,
and Lekes,
He loved garlic, onions and
leeks,
And for to drink strong wine, as
And for drink strong