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two pounds, and as much of old wine as to thee may Book i. 

 seem good, work to a salve. ^''- ^^^^' 



6. Again, rub burnt salt well in water made luke- 

 warm, till that it be as thick as a tear of honey, lay 

 on the swelling, overlay with a cloth, and with wool 

 of ewe, bind on. For sudden sore and swelling, take 

 wax and hemlock, triturate, work this so warm into a 

 salve, bind on the sore. 



7. Against a sudden swelling, take horehound, beat 

 and mingle it with lard, lay on. Again, mingle to- 

 gether the cottony potentilla, comononly called silver- 

 weed, groats of malt, smede or fine flour, cress, the 

 white of an egg, bishopwort, helenium, ontre, lupins, 



" sigsonte," comfrey, la}' on. For a dead^ swelling, take ' Without 

 groundsel, lay it on gledes and warm it, and lay it so ^'^^^^g- 

 warm on the Bevelling, and bind on with a cloth, let 

 it be on for a night, if need be for that. For a dead 

 swelling, beat agrimony, mix with wine and with salt, 

 apply it to the swelling, which soon will depart away. 

 For swelling, pound attorlothe, lay on the swelling, 

 lay least on " the wound" itself A draught for a dead 

 swelling, that it may break out, put carhna, helenimn, 

 goutweed, the two wenworts into an ale drink. For a 

 dead swelling, take " swanwort," pound it well, mingle 

 with fresh butter, lay on the swelling till that it 

 be healed. For a swelling, boil cunila, springwort,^ 

 clote, in butter and in honey, lay the worts on, mingle 

 with them the white of an egg. A swathing for a 

 swelling, pound small the upper part of bonewort, mingle 

 with the wort the white of an egg, plastei" the limb 

 on which the swelling may be, with that. 



8. Work the bath of the same worts in cold well 

 water, pound the worts very well, lay on, leave the 

 water on the swelling. 



9. For a swelling, pound the netherward part of 

 hammerwort and sedge ; bind on. 



' Euforbia lathyris. 



