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TAke of the said Egle stone, called in latine La∣pis Aquilinus, and binde it vpon the lefte thigh of the woman, then giue her to drinke three vnces of white Lilies, and she shall be deliue∣red incontinent in adding to it a little Safran and sugar, and make her to vomite and neese. And if she
be not deliuered for all this, or if the childe be dead in her body long afore, you must make this composition followyng, which is a thing experimēted. Take three handefuls of greene Maioram, and asmuche of greene ysope, and stampe them togither, and presse them vn∣till you gette out three vnces of iuice, the whiche you shall straine, and giue it her warme to drinke fasting, and let her eate nothing in fiue houres after, & she shal be deliuered of her Childe without doubt, and if she be not she shall die, bicause she is to weake, or els you must cut the Child out, bicause it may lie ouerthwart, and except these two cases, she shal not faile but be de∣liuered.