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

LEECH BOOK. I. 131
lix Book I.
Ch. lix.
Against palsy ; take a cup full of boiling water,
another of oil, and of white salt so much as one may
pick up with four fingers ; shake together till that it
be all one : drink all this by drops, rest awhile, poke
thy finger into the gullet, spew up again all and more
if thou ^ may ; then in the morning let blood from the
arm or from the neck, as much as he ' may bear ; and
scarify and let him put something on, then after all
smear with hot oil and let him taste a trifle of salt;
employ gladden and everfern picked high up on the
tree, and cover over with nesh wool all the scarifications
when they have been smeared. Against "neurisn"
put bonewort into sour cream, and into honey,
mingle together with this the yolk of an egg, smear
therewith. Again, pound up earthworms, apply them.
Ix.
1. Against a burn work a salve; take goats tord and
halm of wheat, burn them to dust, mingle both with
butter, put into a pan over the fire, boil thoroughly
well, strain through a cloth, smear therewith.
2. For a burn, take some of the netherward part of
fennel, beat it up with old grease, and lay on. Again,
take lilly and yarrow, boil them in butter, smear
therewith. For the same, boil ribwort in butter and
smear therewith.
3. For that ilk, boil yarrow in butter, smear therewith.
4. For th^t ilk, boil mallow in sheeps grease, and
attorlothe, and everfern, put them into honey or into
wax. For that same, put the white of an egg on
frequently.
The careless use of
pronouns belongs to the text.
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