Medicina de cervo.
[Cock. p. 334]Wẏþ *nædran[1] slite hortes horn hæfeð mæȝen eac[2] ælcne wætan to adriȝenne: for þan man hys bruced on eah-sẏlfe. [3]Wið heafod-sare heortes hornes axan fif peniȝe ȝewæȝe drinc mid ane sester wines ⁊ tweȝen wæteres; nim ðæs *æȝwẏlce dæȝ[4] scenc fulne ⁊ drince.[5] Þes drenc eac wambe sar ȝehaþeraþ. Wið toþa waȝunga hortes horn ȝebarned ⁊ ȝecnucad þa teþ ȝetrymeð ȝif his man wislice brucad. Wið wifes *flewsan[6] heortes horn to duste ȝebeaten ⁊ ȝedrucan on wine: sona hẏm bẏð sel. Wið wẏrmas to acwellen hortes horn ȝebernede drinc on haten watere: þa wurmas he acwellaþ ⁊ ut awyrfþ. Nædran eac to acwellanne nim þas hornes axan ⁊ stred þar hi sinde: hẏ fleoþ sona aweȝ. Wid miltan sare hortes horn ȝebærnede[7] þicȝe on swete drence: he þa miltan adriȝed ⁊ þat sar [Cock. p. 336]onweȝ afyrred. Wið teter hortes horn ȝebærned meng wið ecede, smure mid þan; hrædlice hẏm cẏmed bot. Eft wið teter of anwlitan to do, heortes horn ȝebærnedne meng wið ele ⁊ smire; þanne ꝥ bedruwod[8] si, eft[9] þu hẏt ȝenywa. Ad libidinem ex-
citan dam
item ad jdemDo þis ar sunnan upgange: hradlice nẏt hæled. *Wif-ȝemanan[10] to aweccenne nim heortes sceallen, driȝ, wẏrc to duste, do his dæl on[11] wines drinc: ꝥ awecceð[12] wif-ȝemanon[13] lust. Wið ꝥ ẏlce nim heortes scẏtel ⁊ cnuca to duste, do on wines drinc: hit hæleð þat ylce.
Medicina de vulpe.
[Cock. p. 338]Wið wifa earfodnẏssa þe on hure inwerdlicum stowum earfeðu[14] þrowiaþ, foxes liþu ⁊ his smeru mid ealden ele ⁊
- ↑ ms. nædran.
- ↑ ms. ⁊ eac.
- ↑ A large portion of the ms. here torn off. The ruling of this page stops a little higher that that of the others. The following words, only partly intelligible, are here written by the scribe in the lower margin:
contra omnem ȝ ȝpentes ⁊ hu
contra morem awtitum. Valet. - ↑ ms. æȝhylce dæȝ.
- ↑ Thus also in V; probably an error for drinc in both cases.
- ↑ ms. flesan.
- ↑ ms. ȝe brand br. bærnede.
- ↑ ms. be drupod druwod.
- ↑ ms. esl eft.
- ↑ ms. Wið.
- ↑ ms. on on.
- ↑ ms. a wecceð s.
- ↑ ms. ȝemanen?
- ↑ ms. earfoðu.