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13. Take of vinegar, one part; of honey, well Book ir. 

 cleansed, two parts; of water, the fourtli iwH ; then < '■• i'^- 

 seethe clo^vn to the third or fourth part of the liquid, 



and skim the foam and the refuse off continually, till 

 the mixture be fully sodden. If thou wish to work 

 the drink stronger, then put as much of the vinegar 

 as of the honey, and use the leechdom either for this 

 disorder, or for full nigh any one. Take always of the 

 acid drink, so wrought, as much as may seem good to 

 thee. For these disorders put a radish into the liquor 

 of the drink ; let it be in it for the space of a night ; 

 then give in the morning to the sick man, after his 

 nights fast, the radish so liquored to eat, as he best 

 may; and then, when the radish is gone, pour thou 

 hot water on the remains of the liquor ; give it to the 

 sick man to drink to the full. And then, after about 

 a days space, let some one poke a feather into his 

 mouth, or a finger ; 1-et him compel him to spew. 

 Again, take of oil, one part ; of warm water, two ; of 

 salt, two spoons full ; mingle them together ; give to 

 drink a jug full, and then poke a finger into his moutli ; 

 bid him spew; let him spew into the same jug from 

 which he before di'ank ; then examine whether the 

 vomit be as much as he ere drank. If it be more, tend 

 him then ; if it be just as much as he before dranlc, 

 give him again in the same wise, till he spew more 

 than he drank before. This must be applied chiefly 

 for disease of bladder, and for the stones which are 

 in the bladder. 



14. For the half dead [disease]. Take the water on 

 which peas were sodden, and overboiled ; give it tJir 

 man to drink. That strongly waketh up and cleanseth 



