LEECH BOOK. I. 149 



nights old moon .sliouKl let blood, but betwixt eacli nl" ijook I. 



the six fives: and there is no time for bloodletting so ^'^- ^■"^^"" 



good as in early lent, when the evil luimom-s arc 



gathered which be drunken in during winter, and 



on the kalends of April best of all, when trees and 



worts first up sprout, when the evil ratten waxeth, 



and the evil blood, in the liulks or holloiv /ntme- 



vjorks of tlie body. If a lancet wound grow corrupt 



in a man, then take mallow leaves, boil them in water, 



and bathe therewith, and pound the netherward part 



of the wort ; lay on. If thou wilt stop blood running 



in an incision, take kettle soot, rub it to dust, shed it 



on tlie wound. Again, take rj'e and barley halm, burn 



it to dust; if thou may not stanch a lAooMeiting wound, 



take a new horses toi'd, dry it in tlie sun, or by the 



fire, rub it to dust thoroughly well, lay the dust very 



thick on a linen cloth, tie up for a night the blood- 



letting wound with that. If thou may not stanch a 



gushing vein, take that same blood which runneth out, 



dry it on a hot stone and rub it to dust, lay the dust 



on the vein, and tie up strong. If in bloodletting a 



man cut upon a sinew, mingle together wax, and 



])itch, and sheeps grease, lay on a cloth, and on the 



cut. 



Ixxiii. 



If for a man any limb of his become chinked or 

 chopped, take rye meal, apply it to the limb and no 

 wet ; if thou puttest wet to it, or a grease salve, thou 

 mayest not cure it, and the man sliall be very still, in 

 that way thou shalt make him h.ole. 



Ixxiv. 



Against warts and callosities on a limb ; take sin- 

 green, and juice of honey, mingle together, apply to the 



