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will hang their head and will not cat, and the 

 white of the eye is yellowish. 



To cure the Sore Throaf, 



Take red siiccorv, make a G:ood tea of it, and 

 drink a tea cup full of it at night, when you go to 

 bed — smoke a piece of the stalk, by setting one 

 end of it on fire, at bed time. 



Cure for Fever and Ague. 



One handful of horsemint, 4 oz. of shee or tall 

 mullen root scraped fine, 4 oz. ginson or slink 

 weed root scraped fine, 3 red pepper pods, the 

 whole to be boiled in 3 quarts of water down to 

 3 half pints ; then strained and sweetened — one 

 half to be taken at the first symptom of the shake, 

 as hot as possible, the other half to be taken in 

 half an hour. 



For the Kinsc^s EviL 



Take poke stalks and leaves, fry them in a 

 clean frying pan, or spider, and it will become 

 liquid. Rub it on the king's evil sufficiently 

 for a number of times, or bind on a cloth wet 

 with the liquor. Cork it in a bottle if you have 

 need to ktep it. 



Another for the King^s Evit. 



Take the oldest leaves under a chesnut tree; 

 and steep them in water, wash the sore with the 

 liquor, and bind the leaves on the sore ; after 

 this take some salts to physic the blood. 



A cure for the Asthma, 



Take and dissolve saltpetre in water, so strong 

 that it will stand in the bottom of a bottle — take 



