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Another

Take pigeons loungs and drinke it with the milke of a goat
it boydeth all greevance and clenseth wounds and voydeth
postumes also [airnee] drunke with wine

Another

Take egrimony 2 ounces and peper cornes and plantane and argolth
and verdegrace of each an ounce middle all together and lay
thereto and it clenseth the place.

For burning and scalding

Take the harie of an hare and shred it small upon the scalding
and it shall heale anon.

Another for the same

Take the roote of vergin burne it and middle it with the white
of an egge.

Another

Take oyle of [eyryn] and waxe of each a like quantitie and middle
them together on the fire and then annoynt thees Alsoe if it be
annoynted before at the first with the yelke of a rawe egge it
shalbe whole anon.

Another

Take lynnin cloth and burne it to powder and medle that powder
with the yelke of an egge and annoynt it a little and lett it
dry in, and alway when you would annoynt lett the ould lye still
and annoynt it a little on the ould, and for use it till it bee whole
and you shall soone see it fall of and a faire skynne waxe
under.

Another for a burne that is newe

Take a mouse skynne new flayed and lay it to the burne and take
it no away till it bee whole.

for any member that is scald or burnt

Take luke warme wine or pisse and put the member soe scald or
burnt into the same and it shall helpe another is to wash
the sore with salt and pisse, the yelkes of eggs is very good.

Another

Take seeded leekes and grinde them and lay thereto and it will helpe.

To dr draine any of iron or wood thorne or arrowe out
[of a wounde.]

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Take sothernwood ground with greace and lay it to and it will
helpe

Another

Take ganders lounge and lay to the sore and it helpeth

Another

Take the ashes of swallows and meddle therewith vinegar
and lay thereto and it draineth out the impediment.

Another

Take polipody and grinde it with greace and it helpeth likewise
betony grounded doth the same.

Another

Take garlike, seede it and grinde it with hott pitch and lay thereto

A Soveraigne drinke for woundes

Take the crops of red coleworts the crops of red nettles and the
Crops of red brambles, and the Crops of red fennell of hempe and the
crops of tansey and the roote of madder of each a like quantitie
grinde each by himselfe saucing the madder of it as much as of
the rest and medle all together and make thereof pelletts as
bigg as a nutt and drinke a pellett at morning and another at
evening with what kinde of drinke you list and of this till
hee be whole and lay on the wound a could leafe alway and
nothing els.

Another

Take redd cob seede and tanssey seede and hempe seed of each
a like quantitie and the roote of mader as much as of all the
rest and make pelletts at morning and evening and drinke
thereof untill it bee whole, this may bee made in August for
all the yeare after and in that forme drinke 7 nights before
midsomer for all the year after.

To know whether a man shall live or dye

Take motherwort and lay it under the patients head unknown
unto him if hee sleepe hee shall live or els not.

Another

Take the patients urine and cast it upon a stinging greene
nettle, and if it appeareth greene the next morning hee
shall live, and if it appeareth white or changed hee shall [not]