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blackthorn, shave off the outermost "paH of the rind Book L 



and ponnd it very small, sift it small through a small ^^xruu 



sieve, put togettver equal quantities of both, the meal is 



good to shed on a vjound. K thou wilt quickly cure 



a little wound, bruise or seethe in butter water cress, 



work it into a salve, smear therewitL A salve for 



wounds : pound very well with butter, yarrow, cockle, 



singreen, or hjou^leek, of goutweed the least, lay them 



by for a night so bruised, then put them into a pan, boU 



thoroughly, remove the foam clean off. strain through 



a cloth, add white salt,' shake it well up till it 



be got firm. A wound salve; work up in the same 



wise marsh hove, stichwort, and cockle, and singreen. 



A wound salve ; take heads of woad and of nettle, 



also pound them well, boil in butter, strain through a 



cloth, add white salt, shake thoroughly. 



6. A wound salve : oak rind, '' aeferthe, ' meadowwort : 

 dry all these and pound them small, sift the diud 

 through a sieve, mingle with honey and the white of 

 an egg. A wound salve, if a man be wounded with 



iron: woodroffe, singreen, silverweed, springwort,* gith- ^ Evforbia 

 rife, groundsel, maythe, the lower part of wormwort, ^"' 

 pound them all well together, mingle with butter, boil 

 the worts in the butter thoroughly, skim the foam 

 off clean, strain through a doth, put U on a saucer; 

 shake it till it be concrete. 



7. If a man be .smitten with wood or with stone, 

 or if a boU bursteth on a man, for this a wound salve : 

 cockle, "ontre,'' silverweed, turnsole, pound the worts 

 thoroughly, mingle weU with butter, and prepare in 

 the same wise which before I quoth. 



8. If a limb be smitten off a man, a finger, or a foot, 

 or a hand, if the marrow be out, take sodden sheeps 



- Sail DOT ^uitc pTire is z.'.a -a^id-i/c : the Latin and Gre^ authors ; per- 



mticli c-.ome5 rei frcrr. vn jis ; : haps tliis is an evasioo of that 



much dirty from the saiTpans. Sal | drag, 



ammoidacian is oftea pre&cnbfcd in I 



