LEECH BOOK. 1. 41 



earwig, and if the ears din, and ear salves. Fifteen Book i. 



• 1 Cli. iii. 



receipts. 



2. For sore and ache of ears, pound new wrought 

 betony, the leaves themselves, in warm water, add a 

 somewhat of rose oil, take that lukewarm with thick 

 wool, drip it into the ear. Again for the same, take 

 an onion, seethe it in oil, drip the oil on the ear. 

 For ear wark and for deafness, pound the herb hounds 

 tongue^ and fenmint^ and coriander in wine or in ale, 

 strain it, apply to the ear. For the same, take hen 

 grease, melt it, and then apply it lukewarm to the 

 ear, drip it on it. For tlie same, take oil, take also 

 goose grease, pour into the ear, then the sore departs. 



3. For the same, take juice of henbane, make it 

 lukewarm, and then drip it on the ear ; then the sore 

 stilleth. 



4. For the same, take garlic and onion and goose 

 fat, melt them together, squeeze them on the ear. 



5. For the same, take emmets eggs, crush thetn, 

 squeeze them on the ear. For sore of ears, take goats 

 gall, drip it on the ear ; mingle, if thou will, cows milk 

 with it. For deafness of ears, take neats gall mixed 

 with goats stale, drip it, when made lukewarm, on the 

 ear. 



6. For the same, if the ears have a tendency to 

 grow deaf, or if the hearing be ill, take boars gall, 

 bulls gall, bucks gall, mix equal quantities of all with 

 honey, drip this on the ear. 



7. For the same, if one have ill hearing, mingle juice 

 of ivy, that which runneth by the earth, the cleanest 

 juice, with wine ; drip it into the ear. 



8. Again, drip into the ear juice of ribwort and oil 

 made lukewarm, mingled together, it wonderfully 

 healeth. For the same, take rams gall, with urine of 



Cynoglossum officinale. \ - M. silvestris. 



