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with lioney, tend the Avound therewith. Against hite
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of Inuititig spider, bUiek snails fried in a hot pan and
rubbed to dust, and pepper, and betony, let the man
eat the dust, and drink it, and lay it on. For l)ite of
hunting spider, take the netherward part of mallow,
lay it on the wound. Again, strike five scarifications,
one on the bite, and four lound about it, throw the
blood with a spoon silently over a wagon way.
Ixix.
For bite of mad dog; mingle with honey agrimony
and waybroad, and the white of an agg, dress the
wound with that. For wound by a hound ;
foxes
dote,-'' groundsel, boil these in butter, smear ihnve.w'iiU.'' Burdock.
Again, triturate betony, lay it on the bite. Again,
beat wayl)road, lay it on. Again, seethe two or tliroe
onions, roast them on ashes, mingle with fat and
honey, lay on. Again, burn a swines cheek or jaw to
ashes, shed this on. Again, take more or root of waybroad,
pound it, put it on the wound witli lard, then
it will scrape the venom away.
Ixx.
If a man be too salacious, boil waiter agrimony in
foreign, ale, let him drink thereof at night fasting. If
a man be too slow ad venerem, boil that ilk wort in
milk, then thou givest him corage. Boil in ewes
milk, again, hindheal, alexanders, the wort which bight
Fornets^ pahn,''^ then it will be with him as he would Uukuown.
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liefest have it be.
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For Fornet or I''ornjot, see llie index of name.'.