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marrow, lay it on the other marrow, bind it well up for ^'(^(^^ I-... 

 a night. A wound salve : the lichen of hazel, and the 

 netherward part of holly rind and githrife, pound the 

 worts very well, mingle with butter, seethe thoroughly, 

 skim off the foam, strain through a cloth very 

 clean ; if the edges of the wound are too high,^ run 

 them round with a hot iron very lightly, so that 

 the skin may whiten. 



9. A wound salve : pound very thoroughly, gout- 

 weed, mingle with butter, seethe thoroughl}^, and boil, 

 and wring through a cloth, skim off the foam, salt it 

 very well ; if the wound get foul, chew strailwort up- 

 on it and yarrow. A wound salve: take ribwort and 

 yarrow, and the netherward part of pellitory, and dock, 

 and goose dung, and a little pitch, and honey, boil in 

 butter, apply it to the wound, then it cleanseth and 

 healeth. A wound salve : take yarrow and leechwort, 

 boil in butter. 



1 0. A salve to the end that a wound may not foul : 

 take briar, on which hips wax, that is, dog rose, chew 

 the rind and let it drop on the wound, then it Avill 

 not foul. A wound salve : the netherward part of 

 meadow wort, lustmock, hove, everfern, boil in honey, 

 add thick mashwort among them. A drink for wounds : 

 the netherward part of everthroat, that is, cavline 

 thistle, and meadow sweet, so also the nether and up- 

 ward part of agrimony, boil the worts in ale, barm 

 them with yeast, that is, introduce fermentation with 

 yeast, administer to drink. 



11. A wound drink : pound small, cuckoo sour, 

 wild cunila,^ cockle, the netherward part of carline 

 thistle, ashthroat, put them into cold water, rub be- 

 tween the hands, strain through a cloth, administer to 



' Probably, if the edges are likely to coalesce, before the parts that lie 

 deeper. 



- Plinius, XX. 63. 



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