PLINY: NATURAL HISTORY 



obolis tribus, folia ^ quinquefolii ex aqua, arche- 

 zostis, sed anno pota. sanat et baccaris radix arida 

 in pulverem contrita cyathis tribus cum coriandri 



114 uno in aqua caUda, et centunculus trita in aceto aut 

 melle aut in aqua calida, verbenaca ex vino pota, 

 hysopi bacae ternae contritae in aqua potae diebus 

 XVI, peucedanum cum coagulo vituli marini aequis 

 portionibus potum, quinquefohi contrita foUa ex vino 

 pota diebus xxx, vettonicae farina p. X iii cum aceti 

 scilUtici 2 cyatho, melUs Attici uncia, scamonium 

 oboUs duobus cum castorei drachmis quattuor. 



115 LXXI. Febres frigidas leviores facit agaricum 

 potum in caUda aqua, tertianas sideritis cum oleo, 

 item ladanum quod in segetibus nascitur contusum, 

 plantago ex aqua mulsa duabus horis ante acces- 

 sionem pota binis drachmis vel sucus radicis made- 

 factae vel tusae, vel ipsa radix trita in aqua ferro 

 calfacta. quidam ternas radices in tribus cyathis 



116 aquae dedere. eadem in quartanis quaterna fece- 

 runt. buglosso inarescente, si quis medullam ex 



^ folia codd. : foliis Mayhoff. 



2 scillitici V^dEr vulg. : sciUitis Detlefsen : scillini Mayhoff, 

 qui scillitae coni. 



" The text here is in a very disturbed state, and the editors 

 are divided, Detlefsen adopting sanant followed by nomina- 

 tives and Mayhoif sanantur followed by ablatives. The 

 disturbance may have been caused by the accidental omission 

 of sanat et before plantago and its later re-insertion two lines 

 further on. The various readings of our MSS. were probably 

 due to conscious efforts to restore the grammar. Both Detlefsen 

 and Mayhofif adopt ozymelitis ; but both drachma and obolus 

 are weights, not measures of capacity, and the sense requires 

 that the amount of betony and agaric should be given, not 

 the amount of oxymel in which they were taken. Professor 

 Andrews would keep the order of words in the MSS., com- 



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