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

[6.] Modirwort.

¶ Off modir-wort I wyl þe tellyn [247 -worth Hs. a. r. und im texte.] And as I fynde I schall þe spellyn. Off þat erbe arn spycys iij, I wyl þe tellyn whyche þei be: [ 250] [ 710] þ[at] on, it growyth comely hende [251 þ[at] on] þow Hs.!] Be-twyn weye, as men wende, [252 veye Hs.] þe crop wyl beter þanne þe rote To alle medycinis do bote; [254 may do Hs.] It is good to beryn day and nyth, [ 255] [ 715] It chasyth þe feueres fro his myth. [256 feuerres Hs.] þe toþer maner of modirwort, [257 -worth Hs.] As seyth þe bok, is callyd cowth-wort, [258 -word Hs.]

And mayster botanicus leryth vs bet, [259 betannicus Hs.] Ȝif it be lewkyd with oyle of roset, [ 260] [ 720] Feuerows man, onoyntyd iij dayes with-all, þe malys of feueres for-beryn he schall. þe thrydde maner of modirwort is [263 -worth þer is Hs.] [þat] ȝelwe flowres beryth i-wys. Who so in his hond it bere, [ 265] [ 725] Trawayle of weye schall hym non dere; And lete it be leyd in ony hows, As seyth mayster botanicus, [268 betanicus Hs.] It schall out caste þe deuel[is] myth And tornyn wickyd mannys syth. [ 270] [P. 57] [ 730] In cas a womman baryn be [271 f. in einer z.] And conseywe noȝt may sche, Ȝif modirwort be dryed cler [273 -worth Hs.] And sythyn take leuys of lorer And sothyn in watyr weel and fyn, [ 275] [ 735] þanne do þis dryed [all] þer-in [276 And þanne Hs.] And þer-of a bath þou here make; And with here owen hond sche take þis water, þat sche noȝt blynne To waschyn here priuyte with-owtyn and inne; [ 280] [ 740] [280 pervyte Hs.] It schall here helpyn to conseyuyng And also womman in chyldyng. But modir-wort moste gaderyd be, [283 -worth Hs.] Whyl þe sonne is in ariete. [284 Whyll Hs.] Ȝit seyth þe mayster in his [q]verye: [ 285] [ 745] þis erbe is betere grene, þan drye; Ȝif he be gaderid in hys kynde, þe wycke humores þat he may fynde þat man and womman han sum tyme take And mown hem-self non issu make, [ 290] [ 750] It schall distroyn with-owte lesyng With playster mad and it wassyng. Ȝit seyth mayster Macrobius þat olde men hadden sum tyme in vs To gadere modir-wort woll wyde [ 295] [ 755] [295 -worth Hs.] With fenel grene in somer-tyde In howse [to] hangyn at ilke entre, [þat] þe deuyl ne wyk sprit [mithe] hawe non powste [298 sprith Hs.] Hem ne here chyldir for to dere, And fro alle peryl hem to were. [ 300] [ 760] Ȝit tellyth þe mayster þat I seyde be-fore, [P. 58] þat modirwort is of vertue more: [302 -worth Hs.]

Ȝif eyther lewyd or prest Hawe gret streythed at hys brest, [304 streythed] r aus einem andern buchst. corr.] Modirwort late hym takyn all grene [ 305] [ 765] And grynde horhowne and it to-geder clene And sethin with barly-wort full cler [305 u. 307 -worth Hs.] [307 sothyn Hs.] And drynkyn it of tyn be-fore dynere; [308 drynkyn] r aus einem andern buchst. corrig.] It schall drywe þe streythed all away And makyn hym as qwart as pyk in fay. [ 310] [ 770] þis vertues and many mo Hath þis erbe, who so can þo, It is good to playster and many oþer thyng For þe moder and to drynkyng.