LEECH BOOK. ITT. 349 



lielenium ; take in the mornino- a cun full of milk, Book III. 



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 drop thrice some holy water into it, let tJie Ttiaoi sup 



it up as hot as he can : let him eat therewith throe 



bits of enchanters nightshade, and when he hath a 



mind to rest, let him have in his chamber gledes, let 



him lay on the gledes crrupa^ and elfthone, and reek 



him therewith till he sweat, and reek the house all 



through ; eai'nestly also sign the man with the sign of 



tlie cross, and when he is going to bed, let him eat 



tln-ee bits of helenium, and three of cropleek, and three 



of salt, and let him have a cup full of ale, and thrice 



drop holy water into it; let him sup up each bit, and 



afterwards rest himself. Let him do this for nine 



mornings and nine nights, it will soon be well with 



him. If a man hath elf hicket, his eyes are yellow, 



where they should be red. If thou have a will to 



cure the man, observe his gestures, and consider of what 



sex he be ; if it be a man and looketh up, when thou 



first seest him, and the countenance be yellowish black, 



thou mayst cure the man thoroughly if he is not too 



long in the disease ; if it is a woman and looketh 



down, when thou first seest her, and her countenance 



is livid red, thou mayst also cure that ; if it has been 



upon the man longer than a twelvemonth and a day, 



and the aspect be such as this, then mayst thou amend 



it for a while, and notwithstanding mayst not entirely 



ciu-e it. Write this writing, "Scriptum est, rex regum 



" et dominus dominantium Veronica,' Veronica, , . . iao,- 



" uyto;, ocyioc, uyiog, sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, domi- 



" nus, dens sabaoth, amen, alleluicih." Sing this over 



tlie drink and the writing, "Deus omnipotens, pater 



" domini nostri lesu Christi, per impositionem huius 



" scripturse expelle a famulo tuo, here insert the name, 



" omnem impetum castalidum de capite, de capillis, de 



' The miraculous portrait on the i - nirT" 

 kerchief of St. Verouica. 



