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

LEECH BOOK. II. 276
Hii. Book n.
Ch. liii.
For a light drink, iwe elfthon, githrife, betony, the
cloved wenwort, everthroat, liorse heal, lupins, two proportions
of heleniiim, clote, waybroad, ontre, cropleek,
for liquid let half bo holy water, half clear ale. For
a light drink ; bishopwort, lupin, wormwood, wolfscomb,
boil thoroughly in milk, then wring through a
cloth, drop ale or wine upon it, give it the onan to
sip. A light drink ; bishopwort, ontre, helenium, marrubium,
dwarf dwostle, marche, ashthroat, betony, horse
heal, hind heal, gagel or sweet gale, mint, dill, fennel,
chervil, let the Tnan drink them wrought up in ale. A
not emetic drink; bishopwort, wormwood, attorlothe,
spriugwort, githrife, pennyroyal, fennel, beaten peppei-,
put all the worts into one vessel, then put clear old
wine into the drink or very good mead, then let the
man drink the draught after his nights fast, and it is
the better for him according as he oftener drinketh, and
let him eat the brewit which is here written ;
boroughhelenium,
ompre 07' sorrel, ontre, goutweed, ramgall,
the nether part of oxeye, pound the worts, add salt,
boil in butter. Again, a not emetic drink ; bishopwort,
githrife, springwort ; let the man drink for five da5^s
together, always in the morjiing, let him leave it alone
for other five, and drink for five mo^^e. A light drink;
take wormwood, and betony, and horse heal, the least
of this, and hind heal, put them into ale. A quieting
drink ; betony, helenium, wormwood, ontre, horehound,
lupin, wenwort, yarrow, dwarf dowstie, attorlothe, fieldmore
or
carrot.
liv.
For an inward stitch ; take abrotanon and attorlothe,
the southern bishopwort, that is, arami, let the man
heat them in beer and sip. If there be a stitch, but
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