LEECH BOOK. III. Sol 



" cerebro, defronte, de lingua, de sublingua, de gutture, de Book III. 

 " faucibus, de dentibus, de oculis, de naribus, de auribus, '^'"- 



' ' de manibus, de collo, de bracliiis, de corde, de anima, 

 • de genibus, de coxis, de pedibus, de compaginibus 

 " omnium membromm intus et foris. Amen." Then 

 work up a drink thus ; font Avater, rue, sage, cassuck, 

 dragons, the netherward part of the smooth waybroad, 

 feverfue, a head of dill, tliree cloves of garlic, fennel, 

 wormwood, lovage, lupin, of all equal quantities ; write 

 a cross three times with the oil of unction, and say, 

 "Pax tibi." Then take the writing, describe a cross 

 with it over the drink, and sing this over it, •' Dominus 

 " omnipotens, pater domini nostri lesu Christi, per im- 

 " positionem huius scripturse et per gustum huius expelle 

 " diabolum a famulo tuo;" here insert the name, and the 

 Credo, and Paternoster. Wet the wi'iting in the drink, 

 and AVi'ite a cross with it on every limb, and say, 

 " Signum crucis Christi conservet te in vitam feter- 

 '• nam. Amen." If it listeth thee not to take this 

 trouble, bid the man himself, or whomsoever he rany 

 have nearest sib to him, to do it, and let him cross 

 him as well as he can. This craft is powerful against 

 every temptation of the fiend. 



Ixiii. 



If a man is in the water elf disease, then are 

 the nails of his hand livid, and the eyes tearful, and 

 he will look downwards. Give him this for a leech - 

 dom ; everthroat, cassuck, the netherward part of fane, 

 a yew berry, lupin, helenium, a head of marsh mallow, 

 fen mint, dill, lily, attorlothe, pulegium, marrubium, 

 dock, elder, fel terrse, or lesser centaury, wormwood, 

 strawberry leaves, consolida ; pour them over with ale, 

 add holy water, sing this charm over them thrice : — 



I have wi^eathed round the wonnds 

 the best of healing wreaths, 



