Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England. Being a ...

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of nut tree and thorn rind, dry then in a pan, cut ' ilic
teeth on the outside, shed on frequently.
6. Work a tooth salve thus, min2:le together oversea
rind" and honey and pe})per, lay on. Work also a
salve of wenwort in the same wise.
7. For the upper tooth ache, take leaves of withewind,
Avring them on the nose. For the nether tooth
ache, slit Avith the tenaculum, till they bleed.
8. Again, take elms rind, burn to ashes, mingle the
ashes with water and strain, hold the water long in
the mouth. Again, take yarrow, chew it much.
Book I.
Ch. vi.
Vll.
1. If a man break up blood, take as much betony
as three pennies weigh, rub in goats milk, give for three
days three bowls full to drink.
viii.
1. For a blotch on the face, boil for a bath fencress^
and the netherward j;«ri of sedge,* ash rind, tares,
boil long in watei-, bathe therewith.
2. For a salve against a blotch in the face, use the
netherward part of dock, which will swim,^ add to it
salt and curds and egg. A brewit for a blotch on the
face, melt old lard, on that a brewit, add ground pepper,
and cropleek,^ two doles of wh eaten meal as well
as of the pepper, boil a little, take of it three slices,
after that go to bed and get warm. For a blotch, take
harts horn, burn to ashes, and sulfur, and burnt salt
and pitch burnt to ashes, and so oyster shells, and
beat sorrel' small, and mingle all into a brewit, smear
Sect. 7, it appeal's by te]> is
meant the gums, cohiieoman.
- Cinnamon.
^ Nasturtium officinale.
* Carex.
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This seems by Gerarde to be
duckweed, Lcmna.
" Allium sativum.
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Rumex Acetusa.