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shall write vipoii the eucharistic paton the holy and Contunts. 

 the great name of God, and wasli it witli lioly water in 

 to the drink, and sing a holy prayer over it and the 

 Credo and the Paternoster. Ten leechdoms. 



Ixiii. Leechdoms for a fiendsick man {or demoniac), 

 drinks for that, and how a man shall sing masses and 

 prayers and psalms over the drink, and drink out of 

 church bells, and for a lunatic man, and for the wood 

 heart or frenzy, and for them all ; six receipts. 



Ixiv. Leechdoms against every pagan charm and for 

 a man with elvish tricks ; that is to say, an enchant- 

 ment for a sort of fever, and powder and drinks and 

 salve, and if the disease be on neat cattle ; and if the 

 disease harm a man, or if a mare ride him and hurt 

 him. In aU seven crafts. 



Ixv. Leechdoms again for typhus, and the names of 

 the four gospellers and writings and prayers ; and in 

 silence shall one write some writing. Five receipts. 



ixvi. Leechdoms for- the idiot and the silly. 



Ixvii. Leechdoms and drinks for meat taken, and if 

 ale be spoilt or milken food. Three receipts. 



Ixviii. Leechdoms in case a hunting spider^ bite a 

 man, that is, the stronger sort, and if another by name 

 gangweaver,^ bite Jdm. Six capital receipts. 



Ixix. Leechdoms for a rent of a mad dog and for 

 wound of hound. Seven leechdoms, 



Ixx. Leechdoms if a man be too lustful or too un- 

 lustful. 



Ixxi. Leechdoms for sore of the dorsal muscles, and 

 if the heel sinew be broken. 



Ixxii. Leechdoms declaring at what time blood is to 

 be foregone, and at what to be let ; and how the air 

 is full of venom at Lammas'^ time, and of drinks and 

 evacuations on that month, and that worts on that 

 month are to be worked. 



' Now Salticus scenicus. Aranea | - Aranea viatica. 

 venatoria is American. But here ^ August 1. 



the tarantula was meaut. 



