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and one shall exhort him aJ'ter lii.s iiij^-his fast, and put- I'.nok II.
voke him to spew ; and in the morning smear him
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with oil on which has been sodden rue and wormwood,
and let him diet on the before named meats.
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Against waiit of appetite and nausea which cometh
from tlie maw, and from the mans meat
;
give him after
his nights fast wormwood or beebread, put into sharp
wine ;
give it him at night fasting, and after that salt
meats with sweetened vinegar, and prepared mustard,
and radish to eat, and make him eat all the meats
and drinks whicli have a hot and sharp quality; and
beware that " they " suffer not indigestion, and let
them take at night fasting good wine heated and clear ;
and let tliem after the nights fast lap up honey ; and let
them seek for themselves fatigue in riding on horseback,
or in a wain, or such conveyance as they may
ever endure. Again, for want of appetite for meat;
take southern or Italian cummin, moisten it with
vinegar, then dry it and rub it to pieces in a mortar,
and of fennel seed, and of dill, three spoon measures,
rub all together, add of pepper three spoon measures,
and of leaves of rue seven spoon measures, and of the
best strained honey one pint ; triturate all together
eke it out then with vinegar as may seem fit to
thee, so that it may be wrought into the form in
which mustard is tempered for tiavovuing
;
put it then
into a glass vessel, and then with bread or with whatever
meat thou choose, lap it up, and make use of it
even though thou shouldst sup it
up with a spoon, tliat
will help. This use thou either at even or at nine
o'clock. The 'remedy is not good for want of appetite
of the maw only, but il is valid for all the body.
For want of appetite for meat ; rub up Avith vinegar
pennyroyal moistened in water, give it to be drunk
against nausea. For wa.nt of a]i[>etite a/rain : give to