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

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dust into milk, drip thrice some lioly water upon tlnni, ijook T.
administer this to drink at tliree hours, at undern, or
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nine in the morning, at midday, at noon, hora nana,
or three in the afternoon. If the disease be on cattle,
pour that ilk dust into the mouth with holy water.
A salve ; boil lupin, hedgerife, bishopwort, tlie red
maythe, harmala,^ cropleek, salt, in butter to a salve, '
P''ium harsmear
it on the head and the breast. A drink
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put
into holy water, vipers bugloss, alexanders, rue, lupins,
hedgerife, bishopwort, maythe, cropleek, harmala, the
wenwort which hath knees.^^ If a mare ^ or hag ride
a man, take Ivipins, and garlic, and betony, and frankincense,
bind them on a fawns skin, let a man have
the worts on him, and let him go in to Ms home.
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Ixv.
1. Again, a drink against lent addle or iijplivs ;
feverfue, the herb rams gall,^ fennel, waybroad ; let a
man sing many masses over the worts, souse them
with ale, add holy water, boil very thoroughly, let tlte
man drink a great cup full, as hot as he may, before
the disorder will be on him ;
say the names of the
four gospellers, and a charm, and a prayer, etc.^ Again,
a divine prayer, etc., deeee]- hand- |IX' DEI^e]).
HAND • ]IN • thine hand vexeth, thine hand vexeth.
Again, a man shall in silence write this, and silently
pvit these words on the left breast, and let him not
go in doors with that writing, nor bear it in doors.
And also in silence put tliis on, Emmanuel, veronioa."*
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As in niglit mare.
^ Menyanthes trifoliata.
^ Leliloth is an Arabic- idol.
(Freytag.) Cf. Alilat Herod, iii.
The imaore on the kercliief.