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side pain coinetii thence, then is tliat very dangerous ; Hook II, 

 if it lias been ere that on the milt, then it is the easier ^ '' 



to cure. Further, if the man have been before wounded 

 in the lung, and thence eometli the side pain, then is 

 that very dangerous. If it liave been formerly in the 

 spleen, then the sore cometli on the left side, yea, those 

 tokens have heavy mischief; ask him whetlier the milt 

 be sore, or whether he hath neck disease. So tliou 

 mayest understand that sore of the side cometh from 

 evil humour and is very mischievous. If his anal dis- 

 charge be stopped, or if he may not mie, the wamb 

 must be cleansed by an always easy application of a 

 wort drink, hh this case a, clyster, through a hoin or 

 })ipe. There is danger also when the sick mans cxijec- 

 tovation or break is of many a hue and complexion.' 

 2. By these tokens thou mayest understand in what 

 case the man is curable, in what case he is not. In 

 case one treateth a man unsoftly in the early stage 

 of the disease, then the sore first mounteth into the 

 shoulders and into the breast. Soon must one let lilood 

 from a vein, if the sore continue on the breast alone, 

 or in the upper belly, or in the midriff; then must 

 one cfive the tnu/ii a wort drink, and take sweet water 

 with oil put into a swiues bladder, and warm the sore 

 therewith. 



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Leechdoms wliich have the power of thinning and of 

 makintr small, for the bodies which suffer the heat, 

 either moderate or strong, and how one must apply a 

 swines bladder to then). Take /ioyehound, and wax, 

 and oil, mingle or rub together equal quantities of all, 

 that it, the mixture, may be one ; smear therewith, and 

 put also on a cloth and apply. For sore of side, again ; 



' TlavTo. ovo.-miiTo.i KiXP'^'^l-'-^'"'- Alex. Trail. 



