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Rh beast to drink, and then let him blood.

To make a cow take Bull, give her of the herb called cow make; which groweth like a white gilly-flower among corn, two hours before she shall take the bull, if she should refuse the bull.

Against the biting of a mad dog, take garlick and put it in a linen cloth, then chafe and rub the place therewith. Or take the root of the great ur bruised with salt, lay it to the place, it will help. man or beast.

Sheep—For sheep that hath the staggers, give them one pennyworth of treacle, one race of turmerick, and one pennyworth of English saffron, all mixed together.

For sheep that make red water, take a little piece of roche-allum and a little piece of butter, mix it together, and give them as you see occasion.

For the scab and itch, take tar and fresh grease, of each a like quantity, mix them well with the juice of chervil and a little brimstone; make a salve and anoint the sore place therewith.

Loosness of the teeth, grief of the mouth, take sage, salt and earth, of each a like quantity, beaten together, and rub the mouth and gums of the sheep until you make them bleed.

For the general rot, or water in the belly, take sage, tanfey, holy thistle, horse-mint, worm-wood-flowers, rosemary, rue, plantane, dill and lungwort, of each a like quantity, beaten in a mortar, then strain out the juice, and to five spoonfuls of it put in a pint of hopied water boiled, with two spoonfuls of the powder of, long-pepper, liquorish, and anniseeds, of each a like; then take it from the fire, put in two spoonfuls of good salt, and as much sweet-butter as a walnut, stir altogether, and give it the sheep lukewarm in a horn to