THE PIMPERNEL. 3~1 



Thow qweke wurmys be in ye in any e 



[Though many living worms be in ye], 



Throw yis drynk it schwen out drywe 



[Through this drink, it shall them out drive], 



Yer [there] schal nozt [not] be lewy on on lywe [left one 



alive], 



Ewene with oyer i porsion all 

 [Even with other (herbs) in (the) portion all], 

 He goth to ye merwall 

 And on euery oyer [other] halwe 

 He is good to euery salwe [salve], 

 To euery salwe et to ye syth [sight] 

 Mekyl vertue et rneche of myth." 

 [Mickle virtue, and much of might]. 



It was also recommended, in the proportion of 

 twenty grains four times a day, for epilepsy and 

 "melancholia/' for which last Pliny and Diosco- 

 rides highly commend it. At present its only use 

 seems to be as a pot-herb, and it is also sometimes 

 more especially on the Continent eaten as a 

 salad. 



Beautiful as is this most familiar flower, the palm 

 of beauty might even be disputed with it by its 

 sister plant, the graceful and delicate bog-pimper- 

 nel (A. tenella), which, however, is of minor import- 

 ance from its occurring more rarely, and in unfre- 

 quented places ; and therefore diffusing less of that 

 real and exquisite pleasure created by every beauti- 

 ful thing which Nature has given us to look upon 

 and admire. 



