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worts, and stir it about with a spoon till it Ije cool ; ^^ook ill. 



. , . . . . Ch xxvi. 



give the onan to eat at night lasting three bits of it ; 

 give the brewit and the drink before the bath; let it 

 strike inwards after the bath. 



xxvii. 



For the constant thirst of ailing men; take worm- 

 wood, and hind heal, and githrife, boil in ale, sweeten 

 a little, give to the man to drink, it healeth the thirst 

 wonderfully. 



XXVlll. 



For inward griping and small guts ache ; take betony, 

 and wormwood, marche, radish, fennel ; pound all and 

 put into ale, then set it down and wrap it up ; drink 

 at night fasting a cup full. 



XXIX. 



For a burn ; if a man be burnt with fire only, take 

 woodruff, and lily, and brooklime ; boil in butter, and 

 smear therewith. If a man be burnt with a liquid, 

 let him take elm rind and roots of lily; boil theui in 

 milk, smear therewith thrice a day. For sunburn ; 

 boil in butter tender ivy twigs; smear therewith. 



XXX. 



Work a good " dry " drink for the " dry " disease ; 

 wormwood, thyme, agrimony, pennyroyal, wenwort, 

 the small centaury, eyewort, inula conyza, two pro- 

 portions of black hellebore, three of helenium, eight of 

 cammock, wood wax, a good deal of it, churmel ; scrape 

 these worts into good clear ale, or foreign ale, let it 

 stand wrapt up for three nights, give the man a cup 

 full to drink an hour before other meat. Against the 

 " dry disease " and against a shooting wen ; take Ijothen, 

 and yarrow, and wood wax, and ravens foot, put into 



