þat purgiþ flewme; and vse it morowe and eue, & þe pacient
schal be hool. 36


[Page 22: TO CURE AGUE FEVER, LUNACY, AND CRAMP.]

[‘.12. M^e.’]

The .12. medicyn for to cure þe feuere agu, and þe lunatik
man and womman / discreet maist{ri}s seyn, þ{a}t þe feu{er}e

[‘lunatyke p{er}sons.’]

[--To cure Ague Fever and Lunacy.--]

agu comou{n}ly is causid of a uyolent reed coler adust, and of
blood adust, and of blak coler adust; and sumtyme of oon of 4

[This fever comes of choler inflamed, and is accompanied by
lightheadedness.]

þese adust, and sumtyme of two togidere, and sumtyme of .3.
togidere / and þerfore þe feu{er}e agu is þe posityue degree, and
in þe sup{er}latyue degree, comp{ar}atif gree & sup{er}latif gree /
For þe feu{er}e agu haþ comou{n}ly alienacioun of witt, & schewynge 8

[‘No{t}a b{e}n{e}.’]

[‘Signa.’]