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LEECH EOOK. T. 17
The Romans and all the people of the south Contents.
wrought for themselves houses of earth against the ill
air ; and how a man shall forego bloodletting on each
of the six fives ^ of the moons age in the thirty nights,
and when best to let blood, and if the incision for
bloodletting take an ill turn, and if thou will let
blood on an incision or on a vein, or if thou may not
staunch the bleeding incision, or
if thou may not bind
up the flowing vein, or if one, in bloodletting, cut
down on a sinew.
Ixxiii. A leechdom if any limb of a man be chapped.
Ixxiv. A leechdom against warts and callosities on a
limb.
Ixxv. A leechdom for a scurfy nail.
Ixxvi. A leechdom for itch.
Ixxvii. A leechdom if thou will that an ill swelling
and the venomous humour should burst
out.
Ixxviii. A leechdom if loss of appetite befall a man.
Ixxix. A leechdom if a man tire on a long journey.
Ixxx. A leechdom in case a man overdrink himself.
Ixxxi. A leechdom against much cold.
Ixxxii. A leechdom if suddenly too much watching
befall
a man.
Ixxxiii. A leechdom for a mans voice.
Ixxxiv. A leechdom in case a man eat somethingpoisonous.
his
Ixxxv. A leechdom in case a man try to fight with
enemy.
Ixxxvi. A leechdom for much travel over land lest
he tire.
Ixxxvii. A leechdom if a mans hair fall oft', a salve
for that, and if a man be bald.
Ixxxviii. Leechdom for swelled legs in a horse, and
if a horse be galled, and if a horse or other neat
cattle
be elf shot.
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Though a sidereal revolution of I
the moon be but 27*321 days, yet |
day
VOL. II.
moon often attains the thirtieth
of her age.
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