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it three masses, one " Omnibus Sanctis," ' another ^*{^^^"^' 



" Contra tribulationem," ^ a third "Pro inlirmis."^ Then 



put glecles in a glede pan, and lay the worts on : reek 



the man with the worts before nine'' in the morning, 



and at night, and sing a litany, and the credo, and 



the Pater noster, and write Christs mark on each of 



his limbs, and take a little hand full of worts of the 



same kind similarly hallowed, and boil in milk, drop 



thrice some hallowed water into it, and let him sip of it 



before his meat; it will soon be well with him. For 



that ilk. Go on Thursday evening, when the sun is 



set, where thou knowest that helenium stands, then 



sing the " Benedicite," and " Pater noster," and a litany, 



and stick thy knife into the wort, make it stick 



fast, and go away : go again, when day and night just 



divide f at the same period go first to church and 



cross thyself, and commend thyself to God ; then go in 



silence, and though anything soever of an awful sort or 



man a meet thee, say not thou to him any word, ere 



thou come to the wort, which on the evening before 



thou markedst ; then sing the Benedicite, and the Pater 



noster, and a litany, delve up the wort, let the knife 



stick in it ; go again as quick as thou art able to 



church, and lay it under the altar with the knife ; let 



it lie till the sun be up, wash it afterwards, and 



make into a drink, and bishopwort, and lichen off a 



crucifix ; boil in milk thrice, thrice pour holy water 



upon it, and sing over it the Paternoster, the Credo, 



and the Gloria in excelsis deo f and sing upon it a 



litany, and score with a sword round about it on three 



sides a cross, and then after that let the man drink 



the wort; soon will it be well with him. Again for 



that ; lay these worts under the altar, have nine masses 



sung over them, incense, holy salt, three heads ot 



cropleek, the netherward part of enchanters nightshade, 



' la the missal. [ ^ In early mominc 



- The same as " I'ro quacunque j * Luke ii. 14. 

 ueccssitate " ? 1 



