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

LEECH BOOK. III. 319
thou givest liim drink or brewit, give it him liot ; and Book III.
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make the man rest after an hour, by day, on the right
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side, and have the arm extended.
XV.
For pain in the maw ; boil pitch in cow milk, remove
the pitch, let him sip a little warm, soon the
man will be well. For distention, and if a mans
meat will not digest ; boil in water pulegium and leek
cress, ^ give this to the man to drink, soon it will be
well
with him.
xvi.
For milt pain
;
pound green sallow rind, seethe in
honey alone, give the man to eat three pieces at night
fasting.
xvii.
For loin wark ; marrubium, nepeta, thyme, of all
equal quantities, put into good ale ; work to a drink,
sweeten a little, give to the man to drink ;
let him
lie with face up afterwards for a good while.
xviii.
For wamb wark and pain in the fatty part of the
belly ; when thou seest a dung beetle - in the earth
throwing up nfiould, catch him with thy two hands
along with his casting up, wave him strongly with
thy hands, and say thrice, " Remedium facio ad ventris
" dolorem ; " then throw the beetle over thy back away ;
take care thou look not after it. When a mans wamb
or belly fat is in pain, grasp the wamb with thine
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Erysimum alliuria.
- Our Saxon must have had Talpam,
or 'Ao-7roAa/ca before him in
this sentence ; but he names tlie
Scarii/jaus .shrcorarius.