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Hii. Book n. 



Ch. liii. 

 For a light drink, iwe elfthon, githrife, betony, the 



cloved wen wort, everthroat, liorse heal, lupins, two pro- 

 portions of heleniiim, clote, waybroad, ontre, cropleek, 

 for liquid let half bo holy water, half clear ale. For 

 a light drink ; bishopwort, lupin, wormwood, wolfs- 

 comb, boil thoroughly in milk, then wring through a 

 cloth, drop ale or wine upon it, give it the onan to 

 sip. A light drink ; bishopwort, ontre, helenium, mar- 

 rubium, dwarf dwostle, marche, ashthroat, betony, horse 

 heal, hind heal, gagel or sweet gale, mint, dill, fennel, 

 chervil, let the Tnan drink them wrought up in ale. A 

 not emetic drink; bishopwort, wormwood, attorlothe, 

 spriugwort, githrife, pennyroyal, fennel, beaten peppei-, 

 put all the worts into one vessel, then put clear old 

 wine into the drink or very good mead, then let the 

 man drink the draught after his nights fast, and it is 

 the better for him according as he oftener drinketh, and 

 let him eat the brewit which is here written ; borough- 

 helenium, ompre 07' sorrel, ontre, goutweed, ramgall, 

 the nether part of oxeye, pound the worts, add salt, 

 boil in butter. Again, a not emetic drink ; bishopwort, 

 githrife, springwort ; let the man drink for five da5^s 

 together, always in the morjiing, let him leave it alone 

 for other five, and drink for five mo^^e. A light drink; 

 take wormwood, and betony, and horse heal, the least 

 of this, and hind heal, put them into ale. A quieting 

 drink ; betony, helenium, wormwood, ontre, horehound, 

 lupin, wenwort, yarrow, dwarf dowstie, attorlothe, field- 

 more or carrot. 



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For an inward stitch ; take abrotanon and attorlothe, 

 the southern bishopwort, that is, arami, let the man 

 heat them in beer and sip. If there be a stitch, but 



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