The Book Of Quinte Essence Or The Fifth Being (1889) - Edited from British Museum MS. Sloane 73 about 1460-70 A.D. by Unknown
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[âfor y^e frenesye & wodnesse.â] For to cure þe frenesye and woodnes, or ellis at þe leeste 24 to swage it / take a greet quantite of popilion, and þe beste [--To cure or assuage Frenzy and Madness.--] vynegre þat Èe may haue, and a good q{ua}ntite of rewe domestik, weel brayed, and meyngid wiþ þese forseid þi{n}gis; and biclippe [Wrap the head and feet in, and smell at, Popilion (with Vinegar mixed), and Rue.] þe heed and þe feet of þe pacient w{i}t{h} þis medicyn; and sum 28 þerof putte to his nose-þrillis. þis medicyn anoon puttiþ awey þe frenesye & þe schewy{n}ge of fantasies / it curiþ also wode me{n} & lunatike me{n}. and it restoriþ aÈen witt and discrecioun, & makiþ al hool and weel at eese. 32 [â13^a. M^e.â] [--To cure Cramp.--] The .13. medicy{n} is to put a-wey þe craumpe fro a man. for as myche as wise me{n} seyn þ{a}t þe craumpe cometh of þe [Use our Quinte Essence or Burning Water.] |
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