LEECH BOOK. I. 107 



wort, attorlothe, spriiigwort, the nctlierward part of Book i. 

 clote, or burdock, worked up in ale. Against pocks, a ^'" 



man shall freely employ bloodletting and drink melted 

 butter, a bowl full of it : if they break out one must 

 delve away each one of tliGin with a thorn ; and then 

 let him drip wine or alder drink within them, then 

 they will not be seen, or no traces will remain. 



Against pocks : take glovewort, boil in butter, and 

 smear therewith. 



xli. 



For inward fellon, there is a southern wort hight 

 cynoglosson, which is good to eat against inward fellon, 

 at night fasting. Against inward fellon, boil heleniuni 

 and lupins in ale, drink a bowl full of the hot infusion. 

 Again, a wort drink from wormwood and betony, and 

 from the rough waybroad or 'plaintain, let him drink 

 it many nights. For the yellow disorder, or jaundice, 

 /lorehound, bishop wort, tansy, earth ivy, mingle them 

 together, of each employ a good handful, add of mash- 

 wort, for an infusion an amber full, and for a stone 

 bath use dithhomar, or "papyrus, horehound, and worm- 

 wood. A stone bath; that must he, to use ivith a stone 

 hath ; let the oimn drink a drink from ompre or sorrel, 

 from wine and from water ; sweeten thoroughly. 



xlii. 



From gall disease, that is from the yellow jaundice, 

 Cometh great evil ; it is of all diseases most powerful, 

 when there wax within a man, unmeasured humours ; 

 these are the tokens : that the patients body all be- 

 coraeth bitter and as yellow as good silk ; and under 

 the root of his tongue there be swart veins and perni- 

 cious, and his urine is yellow. Let him blood from the 

 lung vein, give him often a stirring drink, stone baths 



