Image 149, fifth book, folio 76a, title and receipts 1 to 7
| The fifthe booke. .fo.76 | ||||
| "Certayne medicines which were taken out | This goes to folio 84b where addita* begins | |||
| of the vicar of Warlingham’s booke, beinge | ||||
| as he sayde, taught to him by the fayries." | ||||
| "1. To staunche bloude. | ||||
| "There were three Maryes wente over the floude: the one bid stande, | ||||
| the other stente bloude: the bespake Mary that Jesus Christ bare, | ||||
| defende god forbod thou shouldeste bleede anye more."* | ||||
| 2. For heade ache, or the heade that aketh. | ||||
| Take mustard seede, and sage, and stampe them, and temper it with | ||||
| wine, & lay it on the sicke heade, & it shall put away ye akeinge thereof | ||||
| "3. To take awaye frekels. | ||||
| Take the bloude of an hare, and anoynte them with it, and it will | ||||
| doe them awaye." | ||||
| "4. For a man or woman yt hath lost theire speeche. | ||||
| Take wormewoode, and stampe* it, & temper** it with water, and strayne | ||||
| it, and with a spoone doe of it into theire mouthes." | ||||
| 5. A preservative agaynste the plague. | ||||
| Take three leaves of rue, one figge, one corne of baye salte*, one walnut, | ||||
| eate these everye morninge, and you shall be safe. | ||||
| "6. A very sure & perfect remedye to cure a man &c: | ||||
| of the pestilence: & some there hath bene that have bene | ||||
| cured in a nighte: the same remedye is allso good | ||||
| for God’s markes, boyles, carbuncles, botches, &c: & | ||||
| such like as St Anthonyes fire, &c. | ||||
| ivye | Take the seed or berries of ivye that groweth on tree or walls, & not of | |||
| that which is founde lowe by the grounde: you must gather the sayde | ||||
| berryes verye ripe, and of those that growe towardes the north if it be possible, | ||||
| if not, then take as you can get them, although they be not very ripe, dry | ||||
| them in the shadowe, & keepe them in a boxe of wood, as you doe pretious | ||||
| things, if any bee infected with the pestilence, take of ye sayde berries | ||||
| & beate them to powder in a fayre morter, and then give the sicke of the | ||||
| sayde powder in a glasse of white wine, so much as will lye on a groate | ||||
| or more:Then cover him in his bed, and make him sweate well, this done, | ||||
| chaunge his sheets, shirte, and other coverings of his bed if it may bee, | ||||
| if not, let him at the leaste chaunge his shirte and sheete. Some have | ||||
| taken of the sayde powder overnighte, & have founde themselves in the | ||||
| morninge very well, so that they rose up, & clothed themselves, and | ||||
| walked about the house, and finally were throughlye cured." | ||||
| 7. For him that has Gods markes. | ||||
| Take a | ||||
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Transcribed by JM and CW