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P. 31, 1. 15. Pissli, reosan. That is resin or rosin. 

 In the Synonyms of Bartholomaaus we find ' Fix 

 liquida i. terpiche,' by which is meant tar -pitch. So 

 Pissli would seem = Pix li[quida]. 



1. 21. Obtalmon, niageSe. This is the same as 

 Camemeleon, p. 2 ; the herb was prescribed for sore 

 eyes, and Obtalmon is o^OaXpjuv. Anthemis nobilis. 

 Saxon Apuleius xxiv. 



P. 32, 1. 6. Pollegia, broker wyrt. ' Pulegium mon- 

 tanum, brother wort.' Bart. 



1. 12. Pilogonus et sanguinaria, Sset is unfortredde. 

 After Pliny xxvii. 12:' Polygonon Grseci vocant quam 

 nos sanguinariam ; non attollitur a terra.' 



P. 33, 1. 14. Lapadium, lelo]>re. The Glos. Epinal 

 has 'Lapatium, lelodrae'; and again ' Radinape, 

 leloj?rae.' 



P. 34, 1. 4. sambucus, ellen. This word ellen, which 

 occurs also pp. 9, 23, 29, is still alive in Yorkshire, 

 where they commonly call the Elder the Ellen tree. 



P. 36, 1. 18. Citeawa,fana. Cfttoftana, fanu.' Durh. 

 ' Gitsana, faearn.' Wright, Vocabularies, p. 91. ' Git- 

 sana, faearn.' Fragment of Glossary printed by Sir T. 

 Phillipps. 



P. 37, 1. 24. crawan leac. ' A Ilium agreste, craw 

 garleke.' Bart. 



P. 38, 1. 25. Virgultum, telgra. 'Virgultum, telgan.' 

 Wright, p. 39. 



P. 42, 1. i. merherbarum. That is partial French 

 = mater herbarum. Cf. p. 13. 



P. 44, 1. 20. Fungus, wulfes fist. The latter word 

 is flatus ventris; German fifi, feiftett. See Bremisch 

 Worterb. v. Fiest; Prompt. Parv. 163. This fungus 

 (Lycoperdon Bovista) is also called Fuss-ball, Puck- 

 fist, Devil's Snuffbox. See Jackson, Shropshire Word- 

 Book, v. Fuzz-Ball. The Greek Lycoperdon seems to 

 be a modern invention, like Chenopodion. 



