LEECH BOOK. I. 121 



3. Oxa taught an this lecchdoin : take wall wort, ;>nd Hook 1. 

 clofting, and kiieeholn, and everlasting, and cainniock,' '' ^ ^"' 

 and white hellebore, in the proportion of nine to one, 

 brownwort, bishopwort, and atterlotlic, and red nettle, 

 and red hove, and wormwood, and yarrow, and hore- 

 honnd, and pellitory, and pennyroyal, put all these worts 

 into foreign ale, and then let tJte rnan driidv for nine 

 days and let blood. For the "dry" pain; make into a 

 drink, alexanders, sedum, wormwood, the two kneeholns,- 

 sage, savine, carrot, lovage, feverfue, marche, costmary, 

 garlic, aslithroat, betony, bishopwort, work them up 

 into double brewed ale, sweeten with honey, drink 

 for nine mornings no other liquid ; drink afterwards a 

 strong potion, and let blood. Oxa taught this leecli- 

 dom. Against "dry" rot; put into foreign ale, the 

 netherward part of kneeholn, tow,^ matricaria (?\ and 

 brownwort, of all equal quantities; boil down to one 

 third part, and let the patient drink while lie may 

 re(piire it ; and where the disease has settled, follow 

 him up ever with the drawing horn* till the place 

 be hole. 



xlviii. 



Against tlie worms which ail men witliin ; take intestinal 

 waybroad, triturate it, and give tlie juice in a spoon worms, 

 to sup, and lay the Avort itself, so pounded, on the 

 navel. Against worms of the inwards of children ; 

 take green mint, a handful of it, put it into three 

 sextariuses of water, seethe it down to one tliird part, 

 strain, then give to drink. For inward sore of chil- 

 dren take pennyroyal and cunmiin, beat them up, 

 mingle them with water, lay them over the navel, soon 

 it will be whole. Against worms which ail a mail 



' Pcucedanuin officinale. 



■ Only Muscus aculcalus grows 

 wild in England. There are three 

 otherE. 



^ Understand as reduced to ashes. 

 See note on I. xxxiii. 1. 

 * Cupping glass. 



