140 Notes (56. 17—65). 



yeeres sell her off, for then is her best caluing-time past. And thus much for thy 

 Kine whose profit must goe to thy paile. 



17. I. R. adds — because he is hyde-bound, which is a foule infirmitie. 



57. I. kye\ fatte Kine. 2. fore-croppe] fore-crops. 



4. hucbone] huckle-bone. nacke\ natch. 



5. I. R. inserts a after cowe ; this is an improvement. 



58. 20. kusbandes] antient Husbandmen. That is, I. R. repudiates the notion 

 as erroneous. 



32. I. R. adds — then giue him in a home to drinke, olde Ale, Saffron, Treakle, 

 and Diascordion, boyled together. 



34. by goddes leue\ as writeth Chyron, Phillyrides, and Melampus. A singular 

 variation. 



59. II. feiiergrasse] Fetter-grasse, 



60. I. dewbolne] dew-boulne. Bolne = bollen, swollen. 



14. I. R. adds — and then with a little Tarre and fresh Butter to cure the wound. 



61. 4. ronjie on water\ runne and water. The substitution is needless ; to run 

 on water means to run tuith water. 



15. and this, &c.] to chafe him \i.e. to warm him] : and this cure is failelesse, so 

 God be pleased. 



62. Rubric. The tiirne\ Of the turne, otherwise called the sturdy. 

 3. for'\ of (this use oi for being obsolescent). 



18. for perysshynge, i.e. to avoid piercing. Perish iox pierce occurs in the various 

 readings to P. Plowman, B. xvii. 189, and Wycliffe, Job xl. 19. 



24. I. R. inserts — and anoynt it eyther with fresh butter or clarified Hoggs 

 greace. 



65. 3. Starkely\ stakely (a misprint). Starkly is stiffly. 



5. I. R. adds — yet if a poore man shall haue such a beast & cannot spare his 

 worke : if he will euery morning or euening bathe his legs with Lynseede Oyle : 

 it shall make him indure his worke, and keepe the beast from any great paine or 

 swelling. 



Here I. R. inserts two chapters, as follows. 



Chapter 31. 



IT A soueraigne vnguent to cure the scabbe, itch, botches, or any snrfeite 

 whatsoeuer that commeth of heat or pouerty ; or by mischance : taken from a 

 most authentiqne Anthoar. 



Take a good quantitie of the blacke dregges of Oyle, foure penny-worth of 

 Quicksiluer wel killed,' as much Brimstone, Pitch, Wax, and Hoggs-grease as 

 will make it thicke like an oyntment : boyle these together, and with it annoynt 

 the beast that is vnsound, and this will vndoubtedly cure him, and that in very 

 short season, if he be diligently tended. 



Chapter 32. 

 U Another most excellent receite, to cure all manner of wounds, impos- 



tumes, vlcers, or Fistulaes. 

 Take the iuyce of the Onion called Scilla, take Hellebor, and Bitumen ludai- 



1 I.e. mortified. " Mortify, to change the outward form of a mixt body, as when quick- 

 silver .... is dissolved in an acid menstruum " ; Phillips. 



