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xlviii, 

 A drink lor the "lig" disease; take bulut, and the 

 netherward part of everthroat, and wild cliervil, and 

 cuckoosoiir, and iefcrth; scrape these worts togetlier, put 

 them into a basin, let it stand for the space of a night, 

 ere thou drink it. Work a fomentation thus ; take the 

 red ryden, put it in a trough, then heat stones very hot, 

 lay them within the trough, and let tlcG man sit on 

 a stool over the fomentation, that it may reek him 

 well, then the " tig " worms will fall on the beathing, 

 and it will soon be well with him. Let him drink 

 the drink before the beathing; if then he cannot pull 

 through the beathing, let him drink the drink every 

 day till it be all right with him. 



xlix. 

 Against pain of shoulders and arms ; Ijoil l:)etouy in 

 ale, give It the man to drink frequently, and always 

 smear him at the lire with wenwort. 



1. 

 If a knee be sore, pound henbane and hemlock, 

 foment therewith and lay on. 



li. 



If the foot be sore, pound and lay on elder leaves, 

 and waybroad, and mugwort ; and bind hot upon the 

 foot 



lii. 

 If thou be not able to stanch a bloodletting incision, 

 take a new horses tord, dry it in the sun, rub it to 

 dust thoroughly well, lay the dust very thick on a 

 linen cloth ; wrap up the wound with that. 



liii. 

 If milk be spoilt ; bind together waybroad, and gitii- 

 rife, and cress, lay them on the milk pail, and set not 

 the vessel down on the earth for seven niiihts. 



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