' Full of (pXcynovTi. 



- The diet is drawn from a pas- 

 sage thus headed ; Qepaireia rf/s Sia 

 6efijj.riy acrOevo{ia7]s Svydfxiws. UiiSe- 

 VOL. IT. 



mec] asiT, uiij;emecj-ae)'chc are there- 

 I'ort' the opposites of KadfKTiK6s ; 

 and not what Somner supposed. 



("h xiv. 



i.EEr'if nooK. II. 198 



a pound and a half, tlion pour on of vinegar as ftiJ*^*^..'^' 



mucli as be a sextarius and a half, then let these 



stand thus together for three nights ; after that seethe 



the roots somewhat in the vinegar, and wring them 



clean from the vinegar. Then put into the vinegar 



some honey with the vinegar ; then put a good deal 



of aloes therein, so much as may weigh an ounce or 



more, and as much more of mastic and of ammi, as 



a foreign wort liight ; or asarabacca ; put in less of 



them, mingle, however, all together, and then give him 



three spoon measures. Do this against burning of the 



maw and thirst ; mingle lukewarm water with the best 



oil, give to drink, that checketh the thirst. 



XV. 



For irritation of the maw when fJ/c man through the 

 mouth has l)itter breaking or belching, or there is an 

 ill lymph in his stomach ; take of pepper as much as one 

 coin may weigh, of seed of dill as much as may weigh 

 four coin, as much besides of cummin, rub all fine and 

 administer in wine a spoon full when the man willeth 

 to go to sleep. The swelling of the maw and the heat 

 of the puffing up cometli from the black flegms ; but 

 then take sponges, put them into sharp vinegar, wet 

 it thoroughly, lay it over the maw, when it is such. 

 After that, if it feel not this, or he insensible io these 

 remedies, lay on some other applications, stronger and 

 more austere, such as is copperas mingled with honey, 

 and the like of that as leeches know. 



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XV i. 



1. These are tokens of the hot fiegmatic ' maw, irre- 

 tentive,^ and of the overcold. Of the hot or irretenti^■e 



