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

[1.] Betonye.

¶ At betonye I wyll be-gynne, þat many vertewys hath hym with-inne. [V. 1-8 je 2 in einer zeile.] Betonye sethyn þese lechys bedene, [9 sothyn Hs.] þat kepyth mannys body clene; [ 10] [ 470] Who so betonye on hym bere, Fro wykked sperytes it wyll hym were. In þe monyth of august on all wyse It mwste be gaderyd, or sonne ryse; Who so drynke betonye and hawe þe ston, [ 15] [ 475] Be hys vryne it schall owt gon; Betonye, boyled and dronkyn with hony, [17 bolyed Hs.] Is good ageyn þe dropesy, [18 nach good ist to dry ausge∣strichen.] And a playster of betoyne [19 f. in einer zeile.] [19 betonye Hs.] Is good to leyn to syth of eyne; [ 20] [ 480] Jows of betonye with eurose clere Counfortyth þe herynge of þe ere; [22 Coūnf. Hs.] Powdyr of betonye eke is good, Medelyd with hony, for vyolent blod; [24 wyolent Hs.] Ageyn þe host, with-owte lac, [ 25] [ 485] It counfortyth þe brest with þe stak; [26 It] þat; coūnf. Hs.] þe lewys of betonye, with salt mad nesche, Is good for woundys in þe heed fresche; [28 woūndys Hs.] Betonye also, dronkyn and etyn, Terys of eyne it wyll letyn; [ 30] [ 490] Betonye sothyn, þe soth to sayn, Is good for þe bolnynge of þe eyn In lycure þat whych wyn men callyn, [33 lycure corrig. aus lucure.] Whanne þe eyne arn blod-fallyn. Betonye, with rewe sothyn and dyth, [ 35] [ 495] [35 f. in einer z.] For-doth in-nurhed of mannys syth; And betonye dronkyn sekyrly [P. 50] Distroyeth venym in mannys body. Betonye, sothyn in reed wyn clene, Purgyth þe stomak and þe splene. [ 40] [ 500] Iiij lewys of betonye fyn [41 f. in einer z.] And iij cupful of elde wyn And greynes of pepir xx and vij, Alle to-geddere growndyn ewene And mad a drynke þer-of clenlyke, [ 45] [ 505] þat purgyth þe neris mythylyke. Betonye and plantayn to-geder þou take And with hoot water to-gedere þou make,

As seyth Macer opylyke, þat couertyth þe cotidyan mythilyke. [ 50] [ 510] [50 mythilyche Hs.] Ȝif þou of vomites wylt hawe bote, Make a powdyr of betonye-rote And drynk it with water clene, [53 f. in einer z.] It distroith þe fe[uer] all be-dene. Iiij lewis of betonye, dronken with hot wyn, [ 55] [ 515] [55 hoth Hs.] Purgyth þe rewme weel and fyn. [56 weell Hs.] þe seed of betonye in tyme Is mythy drynke ageyn all venyme. Powdyr of betonye with wyn, I wene, Purgyth þe matrice and makyth al clene. [ 60] [ 520] Who so take a bene-weyt[h]e Off powdyr of betonye, with hony weel dyth, [62 desgl.] And ete it after his sopere ryf, [63 nach ete zwei buchstaben ausgestrichen; it sone Hs.] It counfortyth þe stomak and mythys degestyf. [64 coūnf. Hs.] Who so wyll don a serpent tene, [ 65] [ 525] Take a garlond of betonye grene [66 Make Hs.] And make a cerkle hym rownd abowte, And he schall neuer on lywe gon owte, But with his tayle he schall hym schende [P. 51] Or with his mowth hym-self to-rende. [ 70] [ 530] þorow all þis woorld here on grounde Beter erbys may non be founde þanne betonye and mynte for þe stomak And eke for peyne and werke in þe bak. A playster ot betonye, I þe seye, [ 75] [ 535] Is good on þe thonwongys for to leye, [76 nach þe ein j ausgekratzt.] It abreggyth heed-werk [77 f. in einer z.] And ȝewyth brythenesse to syth derke; And ȝif it be-falle to eld or ȝing Newly to lesyn here heryng, [ 80] [ 540] Jows of betonye in his ere do leyn, And it bryngyth þe herynge ageyn. Ȝif on hawe þe toth-ake, [83 f. desgl.] Betoyn sothyn and wyn he take And kepe it in hys mowth at ewyn and morwe, [ 85] [ 545] [85 morwyn Hs.] And it schall drywyn away þe sorwe. Who so for trauayle or for swynke Vse erly or late for to drynke, Vse betoyn fastande: in fay He schall noȝt be dronkyn þat ilke day. [ 90] [ 550]

For alle sekenesse in euery stounde Betonye is good, whyl it may be founde. What maner hurt þat neddres hawe, [93 hurth Hs.] And he mowe betony crawe, He schall hym strikyn þer-on anon, [ 95] [ 555] [95 anon aus anan corr.] And all his wo schal fro hym gon. þat hawe I seyn with ye [97 eye Hs.] In gaderynge of betonye. Betoyne is þe erbis name And vetonye eke in same; [ 100] [ 560] [100 ike Hs.] At betoyne ende I And begynne at centory. [95-102 je zwei in einer z.]