ADDENDA 87 
not expect anything distinctive to suit his particular 
taste. . 
Having now prepared the way by a somewhat dis- 
cursive preamble, I will, without further delay, proceed 
to put down verbatim a few selections from my ‘‘ Copies 
of Ancient Cures and later Recipes.” ‘The first on my 
list is a cure entitled 
‘© A DRINK FOR A FIEND-SIcK Man. 
(To be drunk out of a church-bell. ) 
‘¢ Githrife, cynoglomuny, yarrow, lupin, betony, altor- 
loltie, carsock, flower de luce, fennel, church lichen, 
lichen of Christ’s mark or cross-lovage. Work up the 
drink off clear ale. Sing seven masses over the worts, 
add garlic and holy water, and drip the drink into every 
drink which he will subsequently drink, and let him say 
the Psalms, ‘Beati immaculati’ and ‘Excurgat,’ and 
‘Salvum me fac, Deus,’ and then let the Mass the drink 
out of a church-bell, and let the Mass priest, after 
the drink, sing over him, ‘Domine, Sancti Pater 
Omnipotens.’” 
Note-—The above is copied from an ancient black 
_ letter fifteenth-century volume in the Bodleian Library 
at Oxford. 
The second specimen from the same work is as 
follows :— 
<¢ AGAINST MENTAL VACANCY AND AGAINST FOLLY. 
‘“Put into ale Bishop’s wort, lupins, betony, the 
Southern or Italian fennel, nepti, water agrimony, 
corble-march. “Then let the man drink.” 
