LEECH BOOK. I. 113 



same worts, and then take agrimony, form a ring ai-ound Book T. 

 the incision on the outside, (lie mischief will proceed no *"'' '''^" 

 further, and bind the wort also over the sore. For 

 stroke of viper, remove from thine ears the wax and 

 smear around therewith, and say thrice the prayer 

 of Saint John. 



4. Dominus mens et pater et fdius et spiritus sanctus ; 

 cui omnia subiecta sunt ; cui omnis creatmu deservit 

 et omnis potestas subiecta est et metuit et expavescit; 

 et draco fugit, et silet vipera, et rubeta ilia qu?e dicitur 

 rana quieta torpescit, et scorpius extinguitur et regulus 



tho. hcLfiU he \mc\iviY et o-TrijAajoj^ nihil noxium opera- ^ The tarantula 



tur, et omnia venenata et adhuc ferociora, repentia et i^*^,^ ^'"^ '" '? 



. ^ hole watching 



anmialia noxia, te verentur ; et omnes adversse saluti for prey. 



human?e radices arescunt ; tu, domine, extingue hoc ve- 



nenatum virus, extingue operationes eius mortifera,s, et 



vires, quas in se habet, evacua, et da in conspectu tuo 



omnibus quos tu creasti, oculos ut videant, aures ut au- 



diant, cor ut magnitudinem tuam intelligant. Et cum 



hoc dixisset, totum semet ipsum signo crucis armavit, 



et bibit totum quod erat in calice : per signum sancttc 



crucis, et per te Christe lesu, qui cum, domino summo 



patre vivis, salvator mundi, in unitate Spiritus Sancti, 



per omnia secula seculorum. Amen. 



5. For flying venom and every venomous swelling, 

 on a Friday churn butter, which has been milked from 

 a neat or hind all of one colour ; and let it not be 

 mingled Avith water, sing over it nine times a litany, 

 and nine times the Pater noster, and nine times this 

 incantation. The charm is said in the tahle of contents 

 to be Scottish, that is Gaelic,^ but the ivord.s themselves 

 seem to belong to no known language. That is valid 



' Or Gadhelic, or Irish. An early I as not Scotland, occurs in TIClfrics 

 instance of the mention of Ireland, 1 Homilies, vol. ii. p. .T JG. 



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