If herein there be, of iron a bit,
A witches work,
It shall melt.
If thou wert on fell shotten,
Or wert on flesh shotten,
Or wert on blood shotten,
Or wert on limb shotten,
Never let be thy life a teazed j
If it were an Æsir[1] shot,
Or if it were an elfin shot,
Or if it were a witches shot,
Now will I help thee.
Here's this to boot of Æsir shot
Here's this to boot of elfin shot
Here's this to boot of witches shot
I will help thee.
Fled Thor to the mountain.
Hallows he had two.
May the Lord help thee!
Then take the knife and put it into liquid.
77. Against lice, a salve; cammock, cloning, radish, wormwood, of all equal quantities, pound them to dust, knead up with oil, smear therewith the whole body; take also the wort melde, work it to very small dust, put it into hot water, give it to the victim to drink, soon the lice and other little worms will die. Take also wormwood and marrubium and myrtle, alike much of all, boil in wine or in sweetened water; put it thrice on the navel, then the lice shall die, and so other little insects. Take also coriander for that disease, boil in ale thoroughly, anoint the head therewith.
78. If cattle are dying, put into holy water groundsel and springwort and the netherward part of attorlothe and clivers, pour it into the mouth, soon they will be better.
- ↑ The Æsir were Woden, Thor, Freya, Tiw, and other gods.
