Robert Henryson's The minor poems of Robert Henryson

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Robert Henryson's The minor poems of Robert Henryson
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Henryson, Robert, 1430?-1506?
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Edinburgh and London: Printed for the Society by W. Blackwood and sons
1906-1914
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Sum practysis of medecyne

Guk guk gud day schir gaip quhill ze get it Line 1 Sic greting may gane weill gud laik in zour hude Line 2 Ze wald deir me i trow becaus i am dottit Line 3 To ruffill me with a ryme na schir be the rude Line 4 Zour saying i haif sene and on syd set it Line 5 As geir of all gaddering glaikit nocht gude Line 6 Als zour medicyne by mesour i haif meit met it Line 7 The quhilk i stand ford ze nocht vnderstude Line 8 Bot wrett on as ze culd to gar folk wene Line 9 For feir my longis wes flaft Line 10 Or i wes dottit or daft Line 11 Gife i can ocht of the craft Line 12 Heir be it sene Line 13
Becaus i ken zour cunnyng in to cure Line 14 Is clowtit and clampit and nocht weill cleird Line 15 My prectik in pottingary ze trow be als pure Line 16 And lyk to zour lawitnes i schrew thame that leid Line 17 Is nowdir fevir nor fell that our the feild fure Line 18 Seiknes nor sairnes in tyme gif i seid Line 19 Bot i can lib thame and leiche thame fra lame and lesure Line 20 With sawis thame sound mak on zour saule beid Line 21 That ze be sicker of this sedull i send zow Line 22 With the suthfast seggis Line 23 That glean all egeis Line 24 With dia and dreggis Line 25 Of malis to mend zow Line 26
Dia culcakit Cape cuk maid and crop the colleraige Line 27 Ane medecyne for the maw and ze cowth mak it Line 28 With sueit satlingis and sowrokis the sop of the sege Line 29 The crud of my culome with zour teith crakit Line 30 Lawrean and linget seid and the luffage Line 31 The hair of the hurcheoun nocht half deill hakkit Line 32 With the snowt of ane selch ane swelling to swage Line 33 This cure is callit in our craft dia culcakkit Line 34 Put all thir in ane pan with pepper and pik Line 35 Syne sett in to this Line 36 The count of ane cow kis Line 37 Is nocht bettir i wis Line 38 For the collik Line 39
Dia longum Recipe thre ruggis of the reid ruke Line 40 The gant of ane gray meir the claik of ane gus Line 41 The dram of ane drekters the douk of ane duke Line 42 The gaw of ane grene dow the leg of ane lows Line 43 Fyve vnce of ane fle wing the fyn of ane fluke Line 44 With ane sleiffull of slak that growis in the slus Line 45 Myng all thir in ane mas with the mone cruke Line 46 This vntment is rycht ganand for zour awin vs Line 47 With reid nettill seid in strang wesche to steip Line 48 For to bath zour ba cod Line 49 Quhen ze wald nop and nod Line 50 Is nocht bettir be god Line 51 To latt zow to sleip Line 52
Dia glaconicon This dia is rycht deir and denteit in daill Line 53 Caus it is trest and trew thairfoir that ze tak Line 54 Sevin sobbis of ane selche the quhidder of ane quhaill Line 55 The lug of ane lempet is nocht to forsaik Line 56 The harnis of ane haddok hakkit or haill Line 57 With ane bustfull of blude of the scho bak Line 58 With ane brewing caldrun full of hait caill Line 59 For it wilbe the softar and sweittar of the smak Line 60 Thair is nocht sic ane lechecraft fra lawdian to lundin Line 61 It is clippit in our cannon Line 62 Dia glecolicon Line 63 For till fle awaye fon Line 64 Quhair fulis ar fundin Line 65
Dia custrum The ferd feisik is fyne and of ane felloun pryce Line 66 Gud for haising and hosting or heit at the hairt Line 67 Recipe thre sponfull of the blak spyce Line 68 With ane grit gowpene of the gowk fart Line 69 The lug of ane lyoun the gufe of ane gryce Line 70 Ane vnce of ane oster poik at the nethir parte Line 71 Annoyntit with nurice doung for it is rycht nyce Line 72 Myngit with mysdirt and with mustart Line 73 Ze may clamp to this cure and ze will mak cost Line 74 Bayth the bellox of ane brok Line 75 With thre crawis of the cok Line 76 The schadow of ane zule stok Line 77 Is gud for the host Line 78
Gud nycht guk guk for sa i began Line 79 I haif no come at this tyme langer to tary Line 80 Bot luk on this lettir and leird gif ze can Line 81 The prectik and poyntis of this pottingary Line 82 Schir minister this medecyne at evin to sum man Line 83 And or pryme be past my powder i pary Line 84 Thay sall blis zow or ellis bittirly zow ban Line 85 For it sall fle thame in faith out of the fary Line 86 Bot luk quhen ze gadder thir gressis and gers Line 87 Outhir sawrand or sour Line 88 That it be in ane gude oure Line 89 It is ane mirk mirrour Line 90 Ane vthir manis ers Line 91
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