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

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two pounds, and as much of old wine as to thee may Book i.
seem good, work to a salve.
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6. Again, rub burnt salt well in water made lukewarm,
till that it be as thick as a tear of honey, lay
on the swelling, overlay with a cloth, and with wool
of ewe, bind on. For sudden sore and swelling, take
wax and hemlock, triturate, work this so warm into a
salve, bind on the sore.
7. Against a sudden swelling, take horehound, beat
and mingle it with lard, lay on. Again, mingle together
the cottony potentilla, comononly called silverweed,
groats of malt, smede or fine flour, cress, the
white of an egg, bishopwort, helenium, ontre, lupins,
" sigsonte," comfrey, la}' on. For a dead^ swelling, take ' Without
groundsel, lay it on gledes and warm it, and lay it so ^'^^^^gwarm
on the Bevelling, and bind on with a cloth, let
it be on for a night, if need be for that. For a dead
swelling, beat agrimony, mix with wine and with salt,
apply it to the swelling, which soon will depart away.
For swelling, pound attorlothe, lay on the swelling,
lay least on " the wound" itself A draught for a dead
swelling, that it may break out, put carhna, helenimn,
goutweed, the two wenworts into an ale drink. For a
dead swelling, take " swanwort," pound it well, mingle
with fresh butter, lay on the swelling till that it
be healed. For a swelling, boil cunila, springwort,^
clote, in butter and in honey, lay the worts on, mingle
with them the white of an egg. A swathing for a
swelling, pound small the upper part of bonewort, mingle
with the wort the white of an egg, plastei" the limb
on which the swelling may be, with that.
8. Work the bath of the same worts in cold well
water, pound the worts very well, lay on, leave the
water on the swelling.
9. For a swelling, pound the netherward part of
hammerwort and sedge ;
bind on.
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Euforbia lathyris.