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12. Again for the same, try wormwood sodden in Book I. 

 water in a new kettle, remove it from the hearth, let ^'^" '^' 

 the steam reek upon the ear, and when the a'pplication^ 

 has gone in, close up the ear with the wort. Against 

 earwigs, take the mickle great windlestraw^ witli two 

 edges, which waxeth in highways, chew it into the 

 ear, he, the insect, will soon be off. 



IV. 



Leechdoms against a purulent humour in the neck, 

 and tokens of it, whether it be such, and also for 

 wellings in the jowl and throat and weasand, and 

 against quinsy. Fourteen receipts. 



2, Against a purulence^'^ in the neck, when first the " Struma, Mar- 

 neck ratten begins to exist, smear it soon with gall of ^^''^"^• 



a beeve, or best of an ox ; it is a tried remedy ; in a 



few nights he will be whole. If thou wouldst know 



whether it be neck purulence,^ take an earthworm '' A strumou.'; 



entire, lay it on the place where the annoyance is, and 



wrap up fast above with leaves ; if it be neck ratten 



the worm tm'neth to earth, if it be not, he, the 



patient, will be whole. Again for neck ratten, take 



coriander and beans sodden together, and lay on, soon 



it removes the disease. Again, a leechdom for the 



same, take a water crab burnt and then rubbed small 



and mingled with honey and done on, or applied, 



soon he will be well. For the same again, a southern 



wort has been called galbanum, lay it on the neck 



pain, then it draweth altogether out the evil wet or 



humour and the ratten. 



3. For the same again, mingle together bere or 

 harley meal and clear pitch ^ and wax and oil, seethe " Kesin- 

 this, add a boys or a childs mie, nnake into an ex- 

 ternal application on the matter. For ratten in the 



' It ; the application, because ] - Cynosurus cristatus, some ; 

 l*ceam is masculine. | . Igrostis spica venti, some. 



