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smearings smear themselves. Of tlic cold nature of tlio Book ir. 

 wamb ; he who is of a cold mxture should avail him- ^''- ^^'^"• 

 self of moderate discipline, as he who is of a dry or 

 moist nature. He who is of a hot nature, with hini 

 the luamh gathereth inflammatory humours ; these, if 

 they be low down, one must get rid of by wort drinks, 

 through purging of the wamb ; if they mount up higli 

 one must get rid of them by vomitings. 



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In case that the upper part of the bell}' is 

 filled with evil sordid humour, a thing which hap- 

 peneth to the men who in much continued drinking 

 take nutritious meats, or who spew, and chiefly after 

 meat, and who are subject to nausea, they are all 

 over blown as tvith wind, and the wamb is extended 

 and they frequently have breakings. To these men 

 one must give oxymel with radish ; that is a southern 

 leechdom : and then they soon spew up the thick cor- 

 ruption, and it is well with them. Work up the leech- 

 dom thus, from vinegar and from honey ; take the 

 best honey, put it over the hearth, seethe away the 

 wax and the scum, then add to the honey as much 

 vinegar, so as that it may not be very austere nor 

 very sweet ; mingle together, and set by the fire in a 

 crock, boil upon good gledes, clean and lively, till Lhe 

 TTiixture be mingled, so that it may be one, and have 

 the thickness of honey, and on tasting it the austere 

 sharpness of the vinegar may not be too evident. If 

 the wamb is full of wind, that cometh from luke- 

 warm humour ; the cold humour worketh sores. For 

 that shall one seethe cummin in ale, and seed of 

 march, and seed of more o?' carot, and of dill. If 

 the chill be greater, then add rue, and leaf of laurel, 

 and seed of fennel sodden in oil. Then if the disease 

 still annoy, introduce this through a pipe or a horn, as 

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