LEECH BOOK. I. 131 



lix Book I. 



Ch. lix. 



Against palsy ; take a cup full of boiling water, 

 another of oil, and of white salt so much as one may 

 pick up with four fingers ; shake together till that it 

 be all one : drink all this by drops, rest awhile, poke 

 thy finger into the gullet, spew up again all and more 

 if thou ^ may ; then in the morning let blood from the 

 arm or from the neck, as much as he ' may bear ; and 

 scarify and let him put something on, then after all 

 smear with hot oil and let him taste a trifle of salt; 

 employ gladden and everfern picked high up on the 

 tree, and cover over with nesh wool all the scarifica- 

 tions when they have been smeared. Against "neu- 

 risn" put bone wort into sour cream, and into honey, 

 mingle together with this the yolk of an egg, smear 

 therewith. Again, pound up earthworms, apply them. 



Ix. 



1. Against a burn work a salve; take goats tord and 

 halm of wheat, burn them to dust, mingle both with 

 butter, put into a pan over the fire, boil thoroughly 

 well, strain through a cloth, smear therewith. 



2. For a burn, take some of the netherward part of 

 fennel, beat it up with old grease, and lay on. Again, 

 take lilly and yarrow, boil them in butter, smear 

 therewith. For the same, boil ribwort in butter and 

 smear therewith. 



3. For that ilk, boil yarrow in butter, smear there- 

 with. 



4. For th^t ilk, boil mallow in sheeps grease, and 

 attorlothe, and everfern, put them into honey or into 

 wax. For that same, put the white of an egg on 

 frequently. 



The careless use of pronouns belongs to the text. 



I 2 



