LEECH BOOK. ITI. 335 



xl. Book III. 



Ch. xl. 



In case a man be lunatic ; take skin of a mereswine 

 or porpoise, work it into a whip, swinge the man 

 therewith, soon he will be well. Amen. 



xli. 



Work thus a good drink against all temptations of the 

 devil. Take betony, bishopwort, lupins, githrife, attor- 

 lothe, wolfscomb, yarrow ; lay them under the altar, 

 sing nine masses over them, scrape the worts into holy 

 water, give the man to drink at night fasting a cup 

 full, and put the holy water into all the meat which 

 the man taketh. Work thus a good salve against 

 temptations of the fiend. Bishopwort, lupin, vipers 

 bugloss, strawberry plant, the cloved wenwort, earth 

 rime, blackberry, pennyroyal, wormwood ; pound all the 

 worts, boil them in good butter, wring through a cloth, 

 set them under the altar, sing nine masses over them ; 

 smear the man therewith on the temples, and above 

 the eyes, and above the head, and the breast, and the 

 sides under the arms. This salve is good for every 

 temptation of the fiend, and for a man full of elfin 

 tricks, and for typhus fever. If- thou wilt cure a wit 

 sick man, put a pail full of cold water, drop thrice into it 

 some of the drink ; bathe the man in the water, and let 

 the man eat hallowed bread, and cheese, and garlic, and 

 cropleek, and drink a cup full of the drink ; and when 

 he hath been bathed, smear with the salve thoroughly ; 

 and when it is better with liim, then work him a 

 strong purgative drink. Work the drink thus ; take 

 leaves of libcorn, and roots of celandine, and roots of 

 gladden, and root of hollyhock, and rind of root of 

 elder; boil in ale, let it stand for the space of a night, 

 then clarify, and warm it, add butter and salt, ad- 



