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

[22.] Scharp brure.

¶ Scharp brure who so take, þer-wyth he may maystres make; He growyth hey in euery sel, Ȝoung [and] elde knowyn hym wel. [ 925] [ 1385] þer-wyth þou myth knowyn and se, [926 mayth Hs.] Ȝif womman clene mayden be, As þe bok in latyn tellyth And þe same in sawe spellyth. Take his sed and cast in fyre, [ 930] [ 1390] Whann it brennyth bryth and schire:

And wommen alle þat syttyn þer-by, As seyth þe bok sertaynly, þat heldyn hem maydenys and be non, Schull latyn here vrin fro hem gon; [ 935] [ 1395] And þo þat ben maydenys clene, Schull no-thyng felyn of þat tene.