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

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LEECH BOOK. I. 95
blackthorn, shave off the outermost "paH of the rind Book L
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and ponnd it very small, sift it small through a small
sieve, put togettver equal quantities of both, the meal is
good to shed on a vjound. K thou wilt quickly cure
a little wound, bruise or seethe in butter water cress,
work it into a salve, smear therewitL A salve for
wounds : pound very well with butter, yarrow, cockle,
singreen, or hjou^leek, of goutweed the least, lay them
by for a night so bruised, then put them into a pan, boU
thoroughly, remove the foam clean off. strain through
a cloth, add white salt,' shake it well up till it
be got firm. A wound salve; work up in the same
wise marsh hove, stichwort, and cockle, and singreen.
A wound salve ; take heads of woad and of nettle,
also pound them well, boil in butter, strain through a
cloth, add white salt, shake thoroughly.
6. A wound salve : oak rind, '' aeferthe, ' meadowwort
dry all these and pound them small, sift the diud
through a sieve, mingle with honey and the white of
an egg. A wound salve, if a man be wounded with
iron: woodroffe, singreen, silverweed, springwort,* gith- ^ Evforbia
rife, groundsel, maythe, the lower part of wormwort, ^"'
pound them all well together, mingle with butter, boil
the worts in the butter thoroughly, skim the foam
off clean, strain through a doth, put U on a saucer;
shake it till it be concrete.
7. If a man be .smitten with wood or with stone,
or if a boU bursteth on a man, for this a wound salve
cockle, "ontre,'' silverweed, turnsole, pound the worts
thoroughly, mingle weU with butter, and prepare in
the same wise which before I quoth.
8. If a limb be smitten off a man, a finger, or a foot,
or a hand, if the marrow be out, take sodden sheeps
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drag,