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liands, it will soon be well with the man ; for twelve ^^^ m- 



months after the beetle thou slialt have power so to 



do. 



xix. 



For bladder pain ; wood marche and sauce alone ; 

 boil them strongly in ale ; administer to drink, and to 

 eat a roasted starling. 



XX. 



If a man cannot mie, and stones wax in the bladder ; 

 boil sundcorns ^ in ale, and parsley ; give hirti this to 

 drink. 



xxi. 



If a mans excrement be lodged ; boil wormwood 

 in sour ale, and add butter thereto; it will soon be 

 well with him, if he drinketh it. 



xxii. 



For diarrhoea ; cinqfoil, brooklime, churmel, lupin ; 

 pound the worts, and boil them in milk ; give this to 

 the man to drink warm in the morning and in the 

 evening. Work thus a brewit for the same : wild 

 cunila, brooklime ; boil in milk to a third part, remove 

 the worts from the milk, shed wheaten meal thereon, 

 and let him eat the brewit cold, and let him sip the 

 milk, it will soon be well with him. If the brewit 

 and the drink remain within him, thou mayst cure the 

 man ; if they flow away, it will be better for him, that 

 thou should not meddle with him, his death sickness 

 is upon him. 



xxiii, 



1. If worms be in a mans inwards ; boil green rue 

 in butter, let the man drink at night fasting a cup 



' Saxifragia yranulata. Prescribed because saxa fraiigit. 

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