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.

  • George Stephens
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[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. 70. 1120 It is lyk a dragonys mowthe. Swart reed blod *4; hoi w‘ inne, Asmall long tuge stant wf jnne, Mowthe Y tuge is on colour. To ye syth awonder flour; 1125 MacrobiuwA' tellyt vs jus Yl of trifolie 3if yu take ye jows And stampe dragance yerto And lielyd vnder ye erthe soo Nedderys schull brede yer of rede Y grene, ] 130 Off whyclie 3if yu make powder clene And caste it in alaupe lyth Yow ye sohe schyne neuer so brytli, Y1 place scball seme w1 owte dowte Yat alle ben neddem yf stondy abowte; 1 135 3it it wyll don an oyer wondyr Amanys heed 3if yu leye it vnder He schall slepyn no slep in fay Tyl it be remowude T don away ; 3 if yu wylt mo maystreys make 1140 Ye jows of serpentyn yu take And all abowty weel Y fyn Wasch yin hondyn weel yer in, Yu schalt nedderw wl owty peryle Gaderyn Y handelyn hem at yi wylle. 1145 Also tellyth vs ye bok Y* for stygvng of nedderrs dragance is good, To drynkyn for a stongyn man 3 if he wyll his curynge han Ye playster of dragance is good I wys 1150 To leyn on place yer styngyng is, It drawyth awey ye smert so stowre And alle ye weny Y ye dolowre