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

LEKCll HOOK. II. 181
let it .stand three uigiit;s, .-ind aiTange tliat tlie worts Bonk 11.
be sodden in the oil, then })nt tluU vi\nn\ nesh wool,
^niear the rnnvv therewith. Again, for that ilk ; take
old lard, triturate it in a treen mortal', juingle therewith
the white of an egg, })iit on a cloth and lay on.
For a sore maw, agaiii ;
put the wort into warm oil.
which hight fenugreek, and hunches of laurel HoM'er.s,
and dill ; sniear the maw with that.
'1. For a sore maw
;
put on a cloth juice of waybroad
and vinegar ; lay on. Again, if the maw be
swollen or distended ;
take some of the best wine, and
of green oil half so much, seethe the heads of wormwood
tJoerein, put this on nesh wool, smear therewith.
Then give him the flesh to eat of little creatures, as
of small fowls, sodden and roasted, and manifold kinds of
apples, pears, medlars, peas moistened and sodden in
vinegar and in water, and in pretty sharp wine. For a
sore maw ; leaves of rose, five, or seven, or nine, and of
pepper corns as many, rub them small, and administer
in hot water to be drunk. Again, for that ilk ; take
twenty cleansed kernels of the nuts of the stone pine,
and of cummin so much as thou mayest take u]» with
the tips of three fingers, then triturate a bov/1 full, ]"»oil
in a mortar, add of cold water two good bowls fidl,
then give the half ihercof in the first instance to be
drunk.
j. Again, here is an onlay ' or apijlicailou to com- = ini(>^fj.s..
fort the maw, and to bind it after the diarrhcna, or
after a wort drink ; seethe clean toasted bread in old
wine, if thou have it ; if it b(^ summer, add dust of
the seed of wormwood, seethe together, put on a cloth,
smudge over with oil, lay on the maw if
;
it be winter,
thou needst not apply the wormwood.
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Of swelling and soiv of tlie maw; if the man have
Lhe strength lo hrar if, let liim blood; after that.