take þ{er}of a litil q{ua}ntite,
and meynge wiþ oure 5 e{ss}enc{e} if ȝe 12
haue it redy, or brennynge watir in stide þ{er}of, and ȝeue it hi{m}
to dri{n}ke; and wiþi{n}ne fewe dayes he schal be wondirfully
restorid and fat.

[‘.6. M^e.’]

[--To cure Frensy, Gout, and troubles from Devils.--]

The .6. medicyn for passiou{n}s of frenesie, foly, ymagynac{i}ou{n}s 16
and noyous vexac{i}ou{n}s of deuelis, and also for þe
goute als weel hoot as coold. certeyn exp{er}ience techiþ þat

[‘colerike.’
‘Sangueyn.’
‘Fleumatyke.’
‘blake coler.’
‘malencoly.’]

[Dark melancholy men are troubled more with anxieties than any
others, being born under ‘Saturne, a wykyd planete.’]

colerik me{n} ȝeueþ to su{m}me ymagynac{i}ou{n}s; and sangueyn
me{n} be{n} ocupied aboute su{m}me oþ{er}e ymagynaciou{n}s; & ȝitt 20
flewmatik men aboute oþ{er}e / but þo me{n} þat habounde in blak
coler, þat is, malencoly, ben occupied a þ{o}usa{n}d p{ar}t wiþ mo
þouȝtis þan ben men of ony oþ{er} complexiou{n} / Forwhi. þ{a}t
humour of blak coler is so noyous, þ{a}t if it a-bounde and a-sende 24
vp to þe heed, it troubliþ alle þe myȝtis of þe brayn, engendrynge