l.EEUll J.OOK. III. OlS 



liv. Book III. 



. Ch. liv. 



Work Ji salve against nocturnal goblin visitors ; boil 

 in butter lupins, hedgeriie, bishop wort, led may the, 

 cropleek, salt; smear the rami therev/ith, it will soon 

 be well with him. 



Iv. 



If a mans head-pan, or skull, be seemingly iron- 

 bound lay the man with face upward, drive two 

 stakes into the groimcl at the armpits, then lay a plank 

 across over his feet, then strike on it thrice with a 

 sledge beetle, the skull will come right soon. 



Ivi. 



If a mans meat will not digest, boil in ale the 

 nether ward part of clote, and marche, and leaves of 

 saxifrage, give Idm that to drink. 



Ivii, 



Against a womans chatter ; taste at night fasting 

 a root of radish, that day the chatter cannot harm 

 thee. 



Iviii. 



Against temptation of the fiend, a wort hight red 

 niolin, red stalk, it waxeth by running water : if thou 

 hast it on thee, and imder thy head bolster, and over 

 thy house doors, the devil may not scathe thee, within 

 nor without. 



lix. 



For a " dry " wen ; if it be on a man's knee, or on 

 another limb, work a paste of sour rye groats or dough, 

 add the Avliite of an egg and brook cresses, lay on the 

 limb till the paste gets hot, remove it then and lay 

 another on. 



