Extracts in prose and verse from an old English medical manuscript, preserved in the Royal Library at Stockholm / Communicated by George Stephens, through Sir Henry Ellis.

  • Stephens, George, 1813-1895.
Date:
[1844]
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Credit: Extracts in prose and verse from an old English medical manuscript, preserved in the Royal Library at Stockholm / Communicated by George Stephens, through Sir Henry Ellis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    P. 42. 265 ffor to swage arankle good medycine. 270 275 Alia medicina. 280 ffor bolnyge in ye knes medi- cine. 284 ffor bolynge i ye schankys me- dicine. 290 ffor ye boljmge of yegenytaylys medicine. Take garlek T hony T aneyis jelke And do hem to gedyr wel bete T wolke, It schal drywy owte all ye peyne W4 owte gret spetynge or oyer peyne. Take frankencens T qwete mele And jws of walwort T of morele, Ye jws of ache yer to 3et schall gon And of erbe benet T humlok yei bothe ar on. And brayis well wl swynys gres, And make aplaystyr of good reles, Do le.ye yis playstyr ye ranke vp on And al ye rancelynge schall owyr gon; And yow it drye, yese maystrys seyne, It may be chafyd T leyde ageyne. 3et take ablew cloth yl be fyne W* salt T bolye it well w* wyn And ley it to ye ranke aladay. And ye rankynge schal swage away. ^f[ 3if ye knes ben bolned grete Take ye fayre flowr of ye qwete And boyled in watir til it drye be, Yane in aclowte ley it to ye kne. f Take walwort rotys styf T starke, Sothe wel in watir, pul of ye barke, And in amorter grynd it smal, And stampe schepis talwe wl all; Do it clene alhoot i aclowth. And bynde ye bolnyg yer wt abowte. Afayre medycyne 3et telle I can For bolnynge of genytayles of ma, Bothe for elde T for jonge, For bolnynge T all maner brenynge ; Lewys of lorere T rwe yu take, And smal do hem brese T make, 295