[‘Nota for y^e q{ua}rtene.’]

[It is said that a tooth from a live beast heals the Quartan,
and the juice of Hen-bit or Chickweed put in a man’s nostrils.]

Also philosophoris seyn þat a tooþ drawe out from a quyk
beest, born vpon a man, delyueriþ fro þe quarteyn / Also 32
þei seyn þat if þe yuis of þe eerbe þat is callid morsus galli{n}e
rub{r}i be putt in hise nose-þrillis whanne he bigynneth to suffre
þe accesse of þe q{ua}rteyn, he schal be hool, wiþ þe g{ra}ce of
god. 36


[Page 21: TO CURE CONTINUAL, TERTIAN AND DAILY FEVERS.]

[‘9^a. M^e.’]

[--To cure continual Fever.--]

[It arises from putrefaction of blood and corruptions of
humours.]

The medicyn to heele þe feu{er}e contynuel{e}. alle philosophoris
seyn þat þe feu{er}e contynuel{e} is ge{n}drid of putrifaccioun
of blood and of corrupcieu{n} of humouris in it /
þ{er}fore þe cure þ{er}of is to p{ur}ge blood, and to putte awey þe 4
corrupcioun of it, & þe humoris vneuene to make euene,
þe nature lost to restore, and so restorid to kepe / Forsoþe alle
þese þingis worcheþ o{ur}e q{ui}nte e{ss}enc{e}; and þerfore it curiþ