On husbondrie. From the unique ms. of about 1420 A. D. in Colchester Castle / edited by Barton Lodge ; with a ryme index edited by Sidney J. H. Herrtage.

  • Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius
Date:
1873-1879
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Credit: On husbondrie. From the unique ms. of about 1420 A. D. in Colchester Castle / edited by Barton Lodge ; with a ryme index edited by Sidney J. H. Herrtage. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Black hellebore, mixed with bread, cheese, or Sour, will kill them, as will wild cucumber and co- locynth bruised; other remedies against fleas. 131. Elebur blak with fatte, or brede, or chose, 912 Or fioure comyxt and offred hem wol slen; Cocumber1 wilde and coloquynt2 doo brese; The juce will sle the myse as dyvers men Have saide ; A yit an other craftc sleth fleen: 916 Watered encumber seede, or comyn grounded Lupyne, or psilotre4 kest on the grounded ApuleiuB recom- mends to steep all grains in ox- gall before sow- ing them, against field-mice, or to stop their holes with affadill. 132. And for the feld mous, Apuleius6 Saith goclde is alle his greyne in oxes galle 920 A man to stepe, and sowe hem thenne: eke thus With affadille upclose her hooles alle; Thai gnawe it oute, but dede downe shal thai falle, Eight forth withall thai shall it not eschewe, 924 The moldewarp the Grekes thus pursue : The Greeks per- forate a nut and stuff it with brimstone, chaff, and cedria, and light it, to de- stroy moles. 133. Thai thurle a nutte, and stuffe it so withinne With brymstoon, chaf, and cedria, thees three. Then alle her hooles ther the molde is ynne 928 Save oon, the moste, uppe stopped must thai be. The tyred nuttes smolder shall thorowe tie This grettest hoole, as wol the wynde him serve, And either shall thees talpes voide or sterve. 134. Oak-ashes will give mice the scab. Burnt hartshorn, or goats-claws, or lilies, or galba- num, will drive away adders and evil spirits (noxious vapours] by the smoke. 932 Yit for the mous, kest oken askes soo Aboute her hooles in it that thai may trede, The scabbe anoon will ryse and hem fordoo. Eor eddres, spirites, monstres, thyng of drede, 936 To make a smoke and stynke is goode in dede. Brent hertshorne, or gootes cleen, or rootes Of lilie brente, or galbane all this bote is. 4 psilotrum. 6 terram. 6 ille auctor. 1 cucumer. 2 coloquintidn. 3 tritum.
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