Medicinische gedichte aus einer Stockholmer handschrift / [ed. F. Holthausen].

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Medicinische gedichte aus einer Stockholmer handschrift / [ed. F. Holthausen].
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Holthausen, Ferdinand, 1860-1956.
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Halle a. S.: Max Niemeyer
1896
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"Medicinische gedichte aus einer Stockholmer handschrift / [ed. F. Holthausen]." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/CME00098. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 9, 2025.

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[12.] Hen[n]e∣bane.
¶ Henbane, an erbe comown, [ 1015] [555 f. in einer z.] On bankis growith in euery town; It nedyth noȝt meche to mowthe, [P. 66] For to euery body weel it is kowthe. [558 For ny to Hs.] Hys jows, medelyd with rosalgere And ermodattilis of on ȝere, [ 560] [ 1020] Ȝif [it] in mete or drynk be cast, It wyll ben howndys bane in hast. Also þis same confecc[i]oun, [563 f. desgl.] Gretter wondris wyl it don: Ȝif a dysche be mad of syluer fyn [ 565] [ 1025] And þis confecc[i]oun be don þer-in, As þe bok i-wys tellyth in tale, þe dysch schall brestyn in pecys smale. Harys blod ȝif þou take [569 f. desgl.] And with jows of hennebane medele and make [ 570] [ 1030] And in an harys skyn do it bynde And lete it so lyn in feld ore lynde Or sow it on an harys skyn, [573 ith Hs.] And in what place þou lete it lyn: Alle þe haris þer abowte [ 575] [ 1035] [575 f. in einer z.] Schull gader þedir on a rowte. Take here a fayre leryng Of hennebane with-owte lesyng: þe bok tellyth þat hennebane-rote Of þe broc is mythi bote; [ 580] [ 1040] Ȝif it in hys kynde be leyd þer-on, It schal brestyn it anon And awey þe felthe don euery deel And sithen helyn it fayre and wel. [584 well Hs.] Ferþermore, as seyth þe bok, [ 585] [ 1045] Ȝif þe falle to brede a broc [586 broc] b aus einem andern buchst. corrig.] And jows of hennebane þou take And drynk it, þow þou hawe ake, Ȝif þe bok be to leuyn on, [589 f. in einer z.] Schalt þou neuer more hawe non. [ 590] [ 1050] Amongis wommen ȝif þou schuldist gon [P. 67] And hennebane hawe þe vp-on, þis ilk cas it schall be-falle, It schall hem make to lowe þe alle,

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It schall þe makyn ȝong and lyth [ 595] [ 1055] And dilitable to here syth. Ȝif vnder nethyn þer hennys sate Of hennebane a smoþer þou make, Alle þo þat þe smoþer smyt, [599 f. in einer z.] As ded þei schul fa[l]lyn doun in a fyt. [ 600] [ 1060] Of alle erbys þat growyn on grownde, To wickyd spiritis it is a wounde; Ageyns hem fel it is and fers, þat weel knowyn nygromanseris. [604 weell Hs.] Of hennebane arn spycys iij, [ 605] [ 1065] I schal ȝow telle whyche it be: There is red, ȝelw and blac, Alle wyll sauour an hidhows smak. No ferþere tellyth þe bok of here kinde, [609 here nach here getilgt; kende Hs.] No more telle I ȝow, þanne I fynde. [ 610] [ 1070]
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