Described Hardwick & Luard: iii.728–9. Foliated in two sections: part 1: 1–14 (in pencil); part 2: 1–113 (in pen).

[1]

Part 1, f. i

For woundes for mormal festre cancre worme and for synowes and al maner of oþer sores take and make lye of aschen bowes brene til asches so þat þe lye be riʒt fyne and take ij galons of þat lie and ij galons of barke wose þat barkers barken leþir inne and do þe lie and … [second recipe] for þe mormall take a beers ballok and bren it to poudre and a molle þou schall bren also al to poudre and medele þem togydir and strew of þat poudre aboue on þe sore [third recipe] for hert brynne take v pepir cornes and brys þem in þi mouþe bi twix þi teeþ and ete þem downe and it will swage þi hert bryn.

f. i v

… xx dayes or more and þan fri it and presse it and do it in glassen or leden pottes and þat is a gode oynement proued.

Collection of five medical recipes.

[2]

Part 1, f. ii

For to make blake entrete tak j poudre liturge aureum and breke it into riʒt smal poudre and ij pondes oil dolyue and iij pondes rede vynegre and medle al thre þinges togyder in a vessell and sette it on a lent fire of charcole and be war þat þe fire be not strong … … in drawynge and þe plaistres of it most be drawen on lethir for cloþ is not strong ynoʒe þerto.

Recipe for a lead oxide plaster.

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Part 1, f. ii v

For þe wilde fire and all maner hetes stille þe water of letuse and þan when þou haste þis watur wesche þe place þat is sore of þe fire þerwiþ and if it be þat maner of fire þat worchiþ wiþinne bi þe bone and scheweþ not uteward saue all onely þat þe flesch vanyschiþ …

… of þat sekenes saue all onely þis same watur and he didde on þe same maner as it is seyd bifore and it esie him gretely.

Recipe for erysipelas (inflammation).

[4]

Part 1, ff. 1–11

Kalendar which uses some English in the column headings, e.g. f. 1v ‘noumbre of day[es]’ ‘dawnyng’ ‘sun risyng’ …

[5]

Part 1, f. 12v