Extracts in prose and verse from an old English medical manuscript, preserved in the Royal Library at Stockholm. Communicated to the Society of Antiquaries ... in a letter addressed to Sir Henry Ellis, Secretary / [George Stephens].

  • George Stephens
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 to the Society of Antiquaries ... in a letter addressed to Sir Henry Ellis, Secretary / [George Stephens]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    335 340 345 350 355 360 Extracts in Prose and Verse Here be gynnyth ye medicines for ye dropesye to knowe bothe cold T hoot— The dropesye is asekenes full mervelyous And to 3onge T elde full perlyous ; Thys maystyr tellyth to leryd T lowe How ye mowe ye dropesye knowe, And how yt he yer in ben, How he mowne it knowe T seen. Yer ben to mane?’ of dropesye. As seyth ye maystyr I his maystn, Ye ton is hot, ye toy er cold, Yei wyl bothe slen ama ful bold. But 3yf he hawe helpe redely Of medysyne yat longyth yer to rythly, Aman yat is in ye dropesye, I say, Ye more he drynkyth ye more he may : And yer by schal a leche hym knowe Qwethyr he bolne hey or lowe, 3if he bolne fryst in his feet. And ye bolnynge drawe vpward sket Ye bokys tellyn, for sothe I wys, Ye hoote dropesye yat it is; And qwane it comyth to ye herte I seye But 3if he hawe helpe sone schal he deye. And 3if he bolne fryst in his visage, As tellyth ye maystyr in hys langage, And goth downe be body T flanke Tyll it comyth to ye feet T schanke Yane it is ye cold dropesye. As tellyth vs ye maystyr wytterlye. Yese to manerys ye sothe to say Alewyd man wel knowe he may. And qwane he knowyth hym well yer inne Yane may he his medycynys be gynne.
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