LEECH ]]OOK. II. ],S.J 



and one shall exhort him aJ'ter lii.s iiij^-his fast, and put- I'.nok II. 

 voke him to spew ; and in the morning smear him ^''^' ^'' 

 with oil on which has been sodden rue and worm- 

 wood, and let him diet on the before named meats. 



vi. 



Against waiit of appetite and nausea which cometh 

 from tlie maw, and from the mans meat ; give him after 

 his nights fast wormwood or beebread, put into sharp 

 wine ; give it him at night fasting, and after that salt 

 meats with sweetened vinegar, and prepared mustard, 

 and radish to eat, and make him eat all the meats 

 and drinks whicli have a hot and sharp quality; and 

 beware that " they " suffer not indigestion, and let 

 them take at night fasting good wine heated and clear ; 

 and let tliem after the nights fast lap up honey ; and let 

 them seek for themselves fatigue in riding on horse- 

 back, or in a wain, or such conveyance as they may 

 ever endure. Again, for want of appetite for meat; 

 take southern or Italian cummin, moisten it with 

 vinegar, then dry it and rub it to pieces in a mortar, 

 and of fennel seed, and of dill, three spoon measures, 

 rub all together, add of pepper three spoon measures, 

 and of leaves of rue seven spoon measures, and of the 

 best strained honey one pint ; triturate all together ; 

 eke it out then with vinegar as may seem fit to 

 thee, so that it may be wrought into the form in 

 which mustard is tempered for tiavovuing ; put it then 

 into a glass vessel, and then with bread or with what- 

 ever meat thou choose, lap it up, and make use of it ; 

 even though thou shouldst sup it up with a spoon, tliat 

 will help. This use thou either at even or at nine 

 o'clock. The 'remedy is not good for want of appetite 

 of the maw only, but il is valid for all the body. 



For want of appetite for meat ; rub up Avith vinegar 

 pennyroyal moistened in water, give it to be drunk 

 against nausea. For wa.nt of a]i[>etite a/rain : give to 



