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Dd.11.45

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2023

Margaret Connolly
Affiliation:
University of St Andrews, Scotland
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Summary

Described Hardwick & Luard: i.445–46. See also Hunt, Plant Names, p. xxx.

[A22]

[1]

f.119

For a cold stomak tak a good quantite of sauge and comyn and iij croppys of fenel and seth in stale ale into the iiij th parte it wil dissolue glet and flewme and it is good ayens the pallesy.

Recipe for a cold stomach. Same hand as [A22].

[2]

f. 119

To make aqua tartary tak ml j of fullerserth and poudir it and ley it in vinegre in a pot of erth and hete it on the fire aftur that do it in a glas and wiþinne iiij days it wil be watur whiche is good for the eche morsu and lepre and makyth fair skyn.

Recipe for tartary water, with the marginal heading ‘aqua tartari’. Same hand as [1].

[3]

f. 119

For a man that hath lost his nature or ell is ij cold in hijs body tak fenel seed perseli seed carwi seed i cardemoyne auar lignum aloes garialoser galing canel of eche j d wite of reub- 3 ij of alu 3 ij of mastik 3 i stamp all thees in a mortur and put a good quantite of sucre in a panne and melt it than take all thi powdre and put therto and stere it til it be thik and ropand and put it in boxes and vse it morwe and even.

Recipe for a man who has lost his nature, with the marginal heading ‘natura [..]’. Same hand as [1].

[4]

f. 126v

For the mygryme in the heed a medicyn proved and for a posteme in the heed and for a dropesy and alle maner ache in the heed take iiij penywyght of the rote of pelles of spayne half a penywyght of spykenard grind hem and boyle togedir wiþ vineger and whan it is cold do þerto …

… his bed late hym was his mouth and goo to bed and he shall use this but iij days and he xal ben hoole on warantyse.

Recipe for migraine. By the same hand as [1].

[5]

f. 126v

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The Index of Middle English Prose
Handlist XIX: Manuscripts in the University Library, Cambridge (Dd-Oo)
, pp. 66 - 69
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2009

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  • Dd.11.45
  • Margaret Connolly, University of St Andrews, Scotland
  • Book: The Index of Middle English Prose
  • Online publication: 07 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781846157363.036
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  • Margaret Connolly, University of St Andrews, Scotland
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  • Dd.11.45
  • Margaret Connolly, University of St Andrews, Scotland
  • Book: The Index of Middle English Prose
  • Online publication: 07 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781846157363.036
Available formats
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