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steam of ill juices and from nausea cometli mist of r,ook l. 

 eyes, and the sharpness and corrupt lunnour causes that, 

 against which this is to be done. For mist of eyes, 

 take of celandines juice a spoon full, another of fennels, 

 a third of southernwoods juice, and two spoon measures 

 of the tear of honey (^virgin honey that drops without 

 "pressure), mingle tliem together, and then with a 

 feather put soms into the eyes in the morning and 

 when it be midday*, and again at evening after that, 

 when it is dried up and spent; for sharpness of the 

 salve, take milk of a woman who hath a child, apply 

 it to the eyes. 



2. Again, a noble craft. Take equal ({uantities of- 

 balsam and of virgin honey, mix together and smear 

 with that. 



3. Again for the same, juice of celandine and sea Cf. Nicol. 

 water ; smear and bathe the eyes therewith. It is then xx^xvni i '>'> 

 most advisable that thou take juice of the celandine from an older 

 and of mugwort^ and of rue, of all equal quantities, add ^" "''•P*''' ^^P^- 

 honey to it, and balsam, if thou have it, put it then 



into such a vessel that thou may seethe it with glue- 

 aud make use of it. It does much good. 



4. For mist of eyes, salt burnt and rubbed fine and 

 mixed with dumbledores honey f smear therewith. 



5. Again, juice of fennel and of rose and of rue, and 

 dumbledores honey,^ and kids gall, mixed together ; 

 smear the eyes with this. Again, lay upon the eyes 

 green coriander rubbed fine and mixed with womans 

 milk. 



6. Again, let him take a liares gall and smear with it. 



7. Again, live perriwinkles burnt to ashes ; and let 

 liim mix the ashes with dumbledores^ honey. 



' Artemisia vulyarlf;. 



- Or some cement ; the original 

 author perhaps meant a covered 

 vessel sealed up with cement. 



^ Doubtless from " melle Attico," 

 read as melle attaci ; the dumble- 

 dore is apis bomhinatrix. 



