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 foreign ale; let them stand for three nights, wrapped up; give the man a cup full to drink an hour before other meat.

41. Against "dry" rot, and against a shooting wen, take rosemary and yarrow, and woodwaxen and ravens foot, put into good ale, administer three draughts a day.

42. If the dry rot be lodged in one place, work thus a good fomentation; take ivy which waxeth on a stone on the earth, yarrow, and leaves of woodbine, and cowslip and oxlip, pound them all very well together, lay on a hot stone in a trough, put a little water in, make them reek upon the body as need may be, till the water is cool, put another hot stone in, beathe frequently, soon it will be all right with the man.

43. Against the " dry " disease; lupins, wallwort, woodwaxen, ash rind in the earth, butchersbroom, the hoary wormwood, radish, green hellebore, a little savine.

44. If the " fig " swelling become lodged on a mans rump, then take thou three or four of the great roots of clote, and smoke them on the hot embers, and then draw the one from the hearth and pound it, and work it up like a little cake, and lay it to the rump as hot as thou may endure it; when the cake cools, then work more, and apply, and be in quiet for a day or two; when thou doest this (it is a proved leechcraft), let no man delve up the roots with iron, and wash not with water, but wipe them clean with a cloth; put a very thin cloth between the rump and the cake.

Have a mind, mugwort,

What thou mentionedst

What thou preparedst

At the prime telling.

Una thou hightest

Eldest of worts:

Thou hast might for three

And against thirty;