LEECH i;0OK. (. 117 



xlvii. 



1. Leechdoms for '"dry" diseases;'^ ash rind, aspen 



sary 



Book I. 

 Oil. xlvii. 



rind, elm rind, (piickbeaui rind, the netherwai'd i>art ' ^^ °^" 



of the niickle highway nettle, wormwood, hindheal, 

 that is, luater agrimony, empurple all the rinds on the 

 outside, and pound them thoroughly, boil them togetlun-, 

 apply equal quantities of all, souse them with elear ale, 

 then let the drink stand for the space of a night in a 

 vessel, before a man shall choose to drink it. Let him 

 in the morning drink a cup full of this drink ; in the 

 middle of the morning hours,' let him stand towards 

 the east, let him address himself to God earnestly, and 

 let him sign himself with the sign of the cross, let 

 him also turn himself about as the sun goeth fivrii 

 east to south and west ; after the drink let him next 

 go and stand some while ere he repose himself; let 

 him pour as much liqmd into the vessel as he removes 

 from it : let him drink this potion for nine nights and 

 eat what meat he will. A drink for the "dry" disease ; 

 delve about sour ompre, that is, sorrel dock, sing 

 thrice the Pater noster, jerk it up, then while thou 

 sayest sed libera nos a malo, take five slices of it 

 and seven pepper corns, bray them together, and while 

 thou be working it, sing twelve times the psalm 

 Miserere mei, deus, and Gloria in excelsis deo, and 

 the Pater noster, then pour the stuff all over with 

 wine, when day and night divide, then drink the dose 

 and wrap thyself up warm. Then take hindheal alone, 

 souse it with water, drink the next morning a cu}) 

 full, then the next time seven slices and nine pepper 

 corns, the third time nine slices and eleven pepper 

 corns ; afterwards drink a strong potion which will 

 run up and adown ; ^ then let blood below the ancle. 



1 This .should be read as be- o'clock. The middle will be about 

 ginuing the morning at dawn, and seven on the average, 

 ending it at unbejm, our nine I ■ Purgative and emetic. 



