Ch. xliv, 



LEECH BOOK. I. 111 



netherward part of meadow sweet, the netherwavd part Book i. 

 of "feferthe," the netherward part of cynoglosson, em- 

 ploy of all equal quantities, pound to dust, add thereto 

 the white of a hens egg, and honey, employ equal 

 quantities of the two, mingle with the dusts, clam or 

 maJ^e it cling on the cancer, put no water to it. 



xlv. 



1. Drinks or 'potio7is and leechdoms against poison. 

 Pound in ale betony, marche, wormwood, fennel, radish ; 

 administer this to drink. Against poison ; put in hoi}' 

 water betony and the small atterlothe, drink the water 

 and eat the worts. Against any poison ; eat ere the 

 danger cometh radish and clote ; no man may then do 

 thee a mischief with poison. Against any poison ; boil 

 the netherward part of bisliopwort and lupin, and the 

 netherward part of springwort, everthroat, and clote 

 in ale ; give to drink frequently. If an adder strike 

 a man, or for whatever of that which cometh of shots, 

 wash the black snail in holy water, give to the sich 

 to drink. Again, rub waybroad thoroughly fine, drink 

 it in wine. For bite of snake, put so much of betony 

 as may weigh three pennies into three bowls full of 

 wine, give it the man to drink. 



2. For bite of snake again ; cinqfoil wrung and min- 

 gled with wine is good to drink. For bite of snake 

 again; celandine bruised, at night fasting, let the man 

 drink three bowls full. For adders wound, work eu- 

 forbia, attorlothe, stemless carline, ammi, into a drink. 



3. In case a man swallow poison, take then hore- 

 hound, work up a mickle deal of it, and adder wort, 

 pound them together and wring the juice, pour thereon 

 three measures of wine and give this to the poiso7ied 

 man to drink. For hurt from snake ; take waybroad, 

 and agrimony, and adderwort, administer them rubbed 

 up in wine to be drunk ; and work up a salve of the 



