[th]e body. and for [th]is humour is er[th]ely,
coold, & drie,
of [th]e nature of slowe saturne, [th]erfore [th]e accesse
of [th]is sijknes ben slowe,
and it duri[th] comou{n}ly yn a man a [gh]eer
or more, and it
putti[th] fro hi{m} gladnesse, & bryngi[th] yn heuynes 12
more [th]an o[th]{er}e feueris do /
If [gh]e wole heele [th]is sijknes in schort

[[* ? our]]

tyme, lete [th]e pacient
vse to drynke oon[*] 5 e{ss}enc{e}, and he schal
be al hool hastily / forwhi; it consume[th] [th]e corrupt sup{er}flue
humouris, & reducit nature to eq{ua}lite, and bryngi[th] yn gladnesse, 16
& chasi[th] a-wey heuynes & malencolie. and if it so be
[th]{a}t [gh]e haue nou[gh]t
oure 5 e{ss}enc{e} / [th]anne take j [lb] of [th]e beste
bre{n}nynge watir, and [th]{er}i{n}ne putte medullam ebuli, and namely
[th]e white, if [gh]e may may haue it /
of [th]is watir [gh]eue to [th]e pacient, 20
morowe and eue{n}, a walnot-schelle ful at oonys. and he schal

[Or, take whatever purges black choler, put it into Burning
Water; make small pellets of it, and take one, and then two,
gradually.]

be al hool / or ellis [th]us:
take what [th]i{n}g [gh]e wole [th]{a}t purgi[th]
malencolye, and putte a litil [th]{er}of into brennynge watir, &
vse [th]{a}t laxatif
maad into smale pelotis, wijsly resceyuy{n}g ri[gh]t a 24
litil at oonys,
as oon litil pelot, and p{re}ue [th]erby how it worchi[th],
[th]a{n}ne ano[th]{er} tyme
.ij. at oonys, if it be nede / so [th]at [th]e mater
be a litil digestid and a litil egestid. for bettere it is to worche
a litil & a litil at oonys,
[th]an sodeynly greue [th]e nature. forwhi, 28

[[* Fol. 23.]]

two litil pelotis laxatif meyngid wi[th] bre{n}ny{n}ge watir [*]wole
worche more my[gh]tily [th]an .8. pelotis wole do bi hem silf /

['Nota for y^e q{ua}rtene.']

[It is said that a tooth from a live beast heals the Quartan,
and the juice of Hen-bit or Chickweed put in a man's nostrils.]

Also philosophoris seyn [th]at a too[th] drawe out from a quyk
beest, born vpon a man, delyueri[th] fro [th]e quarteyn / Also 32
[th]ei seyn [th]at if
[th]e yuis of [th]e eerbe [th]at is callid morsus galli{n}e
rub{r}i be putt in hise nose-[th]rillis whanne he bigynneth to suffre
[th]e accesse of
[th]e q