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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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[‘for y^e frenesye & wodnesse.’]

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 ȝe 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 aȝen witt and discrecioun, &
makiþ al hool and weel at eese. 32

[‘13^a. M^e.’]

[--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

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