QUALITIES AND VIRTUES OF FISH. 87 



A CURE FOR COLIC, 



For wynd and ventosite, that men callis Collica passio, 

 and this es proved ; tak and make the a girdle of eels 

 skyn, and while the weras hit aboute thi body, thu sal 

 noght have Collicam passionem. MS. of the \^th century, 

 in the British Museum. 



COSMETIC FOR A LADY'S NECK. 



To make a woman's neke white and softe, tak fresch oyl 

 of code, and hennes grees, and the white of egges half- 

 roasted, and do thereto a lytel popylmele, and enoynt hir 

 therwith ofte. MS. of the \^th Century > British Museum. 



FOR JAUNDICE. 



Take the half of a shirk's head, the liver of the devil- 

 fish, and three ounces of fine Florense oil ; mix them well 

 together, after an hour's boiling. Take three wine-glasses 

 of the syrup daily, they will effectually cure the patient in 

 a short time. Medical Recipes, by Dr. Munzel, of Berlin, 

 Translated into English in 1756. 



A CURE FOR THE ITCH. 



" Tweed salmon bright, 

 Sufficient weight, 

 With butter' d crumbs and spice ; 



Some sparrow legs, 



The yokes of eggs, 

 All boil'd and crusted nice. 



