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OF THE BADGER, THE BENEFITS OF ITS TEETH, FOOT, FAT, BLOOD, ETC.
fefore oꝥꝥ on æniȝe adle; heo [him] fram ahyldeþ ⁊ life tyd hẏm ofer bẏð, ⁊ þeah hit micel adle sẏ, raðe heo aweȝ ȝewyteþ. Meng his blod wið litel sealte horsa ⁊ mule ⁊ alcen fuþer-fæte neate þe on wole winnon oꝥꝥ on æniȝun ẏfele, do ðurh horn on muþe æfter[1] þas deores mihte ⁊ efne embe[2] ðreo niht; hẏ beod hæle. His braȝen ȝeseoð on þrẏm sestrum eles on niwen croccen *oð[3] ðat *þrẏdda[4] dæl si bewealled; fætelsa, ⁊ heald hẏt. Gif hwa si on heafod-wræce *after[5] baðe smyre mid þam on þrẏm nẏhtum, he byð ȝehæled, eac þa fet, ⁊ þeah man sẏ on hwẏlcere *unȝewendendlicre[6] adle ⁊ *unhalwendlicre,[7] seo *wise[8] hẏne hæled ⁊ læcned. Nim hẏs lifre ⁊ todæl ⁊ bedelf æt þan ẏmbhwẏrftum *þinra[9] land-ȝemare æt ðinum burh-staþela, ⁊ þe heortan æt ðinum bur-gatun behele: þanne þu ⁊ þine beoð alisede hale to ȝefarenne ⁊ *ham[10] to cumende; [Cock. p. 330]eal wol bẏd *aweȝ[11] ⁊ astẏred, ⁊ ꝥ ær ȝedon wæs naht ne sceþþes, ⁊ bẏð litel frecne fram fẏre. Cuþ [ys] eac ꝥ his hid ys De lepore medi-
cinabrice[12] hundun ⁊ eallum fuþer-fæte nitennum wid woles ȝewinne on to donne. Hafa *þære[13] hẏde *fellsticceo[14] an þinum *sceon,[15] ne ȝefelest þu ȝewin þine fotun. Ðu halgusta casere ic wylle ꝥ þu ȝelife ꝥ þis wyldeor wel fremeð ȝif [þu] þine clænsung-dæȝes þar þu farst ȝeond eorþan embehwẏrft his flæsc ȝesoden etest ⁊ þiȝest: hẏt bẏd god þe ⁊ þine weredun till. Gif hwam hwæt hifeles ȝedon byð ꝥ he ne maȝe his wif-lusta brucan seoðe þanne his sceallan on hyrnende wille-wætera ⁊ on huniȝe ⁊ þicȝe þanne fæstende þri dæȝes;
cinabrice[12] hundun ⁊ eallum fuþer-fæte nitennum wid woles ȝewinne on to donne. Hafa *þære[13] hẏde *fellsticceo[14] an þinum *sceon,[15] ne ȝefelest þu ȝewin þine fotun. Ðu halgusta casere ic wylle ꝥ þu ȝelife ꝥ þis wyldeor wel fremeð ȝif [þu] þine clænsung-dæȝes þar þu farst ȝeond eorþan embehwẏrft his flæsc ȝesoden etest ⁊ þiȝest: hẏt bẏd god þe ⁊ þine weredun till. Gif hwam hwæt hifeles ȝedon byð ꝥ he ne maȝe his wif-lusta brucan seoðe þanne his sceallan on hyrnende wille-wætera ⁊ on huniȝe ⁊ þicȝe þanne fæstende þri dæȝes;