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goats gall and dumbledor(»s honey, of all equal quan- Book I. 



titles. If eyes be tearful, add to sweetened wine ashes 



of harts horn. Work an eye salve for a wen, take 



cropleek and garlic,^ of both equal quantities, pound 



them well together, take wine and bullocks gall, of 



both equal quantities, mix with the leek, put this 



then into a brazen vessel, let it stand nine days in 



the brass vessel, wring out through a cloth and clear 



it well, put it into a horn, and about night time apply 



it with a feather to the eye ; the best leechdom. 



17. For a wen^ on the eye, take hollow cress,'"' roast 

 it, apply it to the eye, as hot as possible. 



IS. For eye ache, let him work for himself ground- 

 sel and bishop wort ^ and beewort^ and fennel, boil all 

 the worts in water ; milk is better. 



19. For ache of eyes, take the red hove,^ boil it in 

 sour beer or in sour ale, and bathe the eyes in the bath, 

 the oftener the better. 



20. For eye ache, take twigs of withewind,'' pound 

 them, boil them in butter, apply them to the eyes. 



21. Work an eye salve thus; take nut kernels and 

 wheat grains, rub them together, add wine, strain 

 through a cloth, then apply to the eyes. For acute 

 pain and ache of eyes, mingle well crumbs of white 

 bread and pepper and vinegar, lay this on a cloth, 

 bind it on the eyes for a night. Thus shall a man 

 work an eye salve, take the nether part of strawberry 

 plants and pepper, pound them well, put them on a 

 cloth, bind them fast, lay them in sweetened wine, 

 make somebody drop one drop into the eyes. Work 

 an eye salve thus ; leaves of v/oodbind," woodmarche," 

 strawberry plants, southern wormwood,^** green hellebore. 



' Allium oleraceum ? 

 - Wisps or sties are called -wuns 

 ill Devon. 



^ Gentiana campestris. 



* In Herb. i. Betonica officinalis. 



^ Acorus calamus. 



'' Glechoma heeler acea. 

 ' Convolvulus sepium. 

 '^ Convolvulus. 

 ^ Apium graveolcns. 

 '" Artemisia ahiotanon. 



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