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soats milk; it will bo well with liim. For jowl pain; l'-',j'l^ !"• 



delve up waybruad before tlie rising ot the ,sini, bind 



upon the mans neck. Again, burn a swallow to dust, 



and mingle lum with field bees honey ; give the man Api» iulvurum. 



that to eat frequently. 



vii. 



For neck pain ; boil the nether ward part of nettle 

 in fat of ox and in butter, then for the hals wark, 

 smear the thighs ; if the thighs be in pain, smear the 

 neck with the salve. Again, boil the netherward part 

 of nettle in vinegar, add ox gall to the vinegar and 

 remove the wort ; smear the neck therewith. 



viu. 



For cancer, work a salve ; take these worts, savine, 

 and marsh mallow, and attorlothe, and withywind, 

 and cucumber, and clovewort, or ranwiicidas, and 

 turnsol, hindhcal, mugwort, wild chervil, agrimou}^, 

 crosswort, lovage, maythe, githcorn, woad, fennel, tufty 

 thorn, wildoat, everthroat, chickenmeat, pellitory, carot, 

 leaves of the nut tree, nepeta cattaria, yarrow, hove, 

 hollyhock, alexanders, vinca pervinca, or 'perivjlnkle, 

 the foul wormwood, the great bonewort, oak leaves, 

 waybroad, groundsel, red clover, lettuce, tufty thistle, 

 tar, hedge clivers, cloiiing, wild parsnip, * * * * 



IX. 



For host or coufjh ; boil inarrubium in water, a good 

 deal of it, sweeten a little, give the mail to drink a 

 cup full. Again, boil marrubium strongly in honey, 

 add a little butter, give three or four bits for tJic man 

 to eat ; at night fasting let him sup up a cup full of 

 the former drink warm therewith. 



