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let it .stand three uigiit;s, .-ind aiTange tliat tlie worts Bonk 11. 

 be sodden in the oil, then })nt tluU vi\nn\ nesh wool, ^' "' 



^niear the rnnvv therewith. Again, for that ilk ; take 

 old lard, triturate it in a treen mortal', juingle there- 

 with the white of an egg, })iit on a cloth and lay on. 

 For a sore maw, agaiii ; put the wort into warm oil. 

 which hight fenugreek, and hunches of laurel HoM'er.s, 

 and dill ; sniear the maw with that. 



'1. For a sore maw ; put on a cloth juice of way- 

 broad and vinegar ; lay on. Again, if the maw be 

 swollen or distended ; take some of the best wine, and 

 of green oil half so much, seethe the heads of worm- 

 wood tJoerein, put this on nesh wool, smear therewith. 

 Then give him the flesh to eat of little creatures, as 

 of small fowls, sodden and roasted, and manifold kinds of 

 apples, pears, medlars, peas moistened and sodden in 

 vinegar and in water, and in pretty sharp wine. For a 

 sore maw ; leaves of rose, five, or seven, or nine, and of 

 pepper corns as many, rub them small, and administer 

 in hot water to be drunk. Again, for that ilk ; take 

 twenty cleansed kernels of the nuts of the stone pine, 

 and of cummin so much as thou mayest take u]» with 

 the tips of three fingers, then triturate a bov/1 full, ]"»oil 

 in a mortar, add of cold water two good bowls fidl, 

 then give the half ihercof in the first instance to be 

 drunk. 



■j. Again, here is an onlay ■' or apijlicailou to com- = ini(>^fj.s.. 

 fort the maw, and to bind it after the diarrhcna, or 

 after a wort drink ; seethe clean toasted bread in old 

 wine, if thou have it ; if it b(^ summer, add dust of 

 the seed of wormwood, seethe together, put on a cloth, 

 smudge over with oil, lay on the maw ; if it be winter, 

 thou needst not apply the wormwood. 



Of swelling and soiv of tlie maw; if the man have 

 Lhe strength lo hrar if, let liim blood; after that. 



