LEECH r>OOK. II. 25.'] 



spoon measures of the dust of "boiling pitch ;" ' sift <all ^^""k II. 

 this, then give a spoon full in wine to the man after his 

 nights fast to drink : if he be also in a fever, give 

 him the worts to drink in "hot" water made "luke- 

 warm," lest the pitch form a concrete with the other 

 dust. Again, for a miltsick man, and for all inward 

 disorders ; vinegar mingled with gladden ; work it thus : 

 put three pound of little bits of rind of gladden in a 

 good sized glass vessel, then add thereto of the sharpest 

 wine, five sextarii, then set this in the hot sun, in sum- 

 mer, when the hottest seasons are, and the clear white 

 days of which we have written, that it may macerate 

 and soak for four days and more ; afterwards give thou 

 to the sick man of the vinegar a spoon full, and after 

 the dose soon, give him something to drink, since that 

 is very strong for him who never before tasted it. Fur- 

 ther, this eked out with honey is of benefit, either for 

 milt disease, or for maw disease, or for rawness,^ or in 

 case a man spew blood, or for all inward diseases : it also 

 further soon doth away roughness of sJcin, and itch. 

 This leechdom is good either for roughness or itch : 

 work of vinegar a wax salve, or cerote ; take five spoon 

 measures of tlie vinegar, put it into a new crock, add 

 a bowl full of oil, seethe together, shed therein five 

 spoon measures of new brimstone, and a little wax, 

 boil it strongly "again," till the vinegar is boiled 

 off, then remove from the fire, and shake, and after- 

 wards smear therewith the roughness and the itch. 



xlii. 



If inflamed blood and evil humour be in the milt, 

 distending it, then shall the sick be thus let blood. 

 If it seem to thee, that thou dare not to do another 



* Our Saxon has made some mis- 

 take : the receipt is similar to one 

 given by Marcellus, col. 348, B., 



■where we read " ex picato moro vcl 

 " nigvo tepefacto." 



^ Probably cruilitcts, i/idiycstioH. 



