Part 33 (2/2)

A basyn full in your{e} hand of herbis hote & fresch{e}, & with a soft sponge in hand, his body {a}t ye wasch{e}; 984 Rynse hym with rose watur warme & feir{e} vppon hym flasch{e}, en lett hym go to bed / but looke it be soote & nesch{e};

[Sidenote: Put his socks and slippers on, stand him on his footsheet, wipe him dry, take him to bed to cure his troubles.]

but furst sett on his sokkis, his slyppers on his feete, at he may go feyr{e} to e fyr{e}, er{e} to take his fote shete, 988 an with{e} a clene cloth{e} / to wype awey all wete; than bryng{e} hym to his bed, his bales ther{e} to bete.”

[Headnote: THE MAKYNG OF A BATHE MEDICINABLE.]

[Sidenote: _To make a Medicinal Bath._]

The makyng of a bathe medicinable.[252]

[Sidenote: Boil together hollyhock centaury, herb-benet, scabious,]

++”Holy hokke / & yardehok[253] / p{er}itory[254] / and e brown fenell{e},[255] [Fol. 186.]

walle wort[256] / herbe Iohn[257] / Sentory[258] / rybbewort[259] / & camamell{e}, 992

hey hove[260] / heyriff[261] / herbe benet[262] / bresewort[263] / & smallache,[264]

broke lempk[265] / Scabiose[266] / Bilgres[267] / wildflax / is good for ache;

[Sidenote: withy leaves; throw them hot into a vessel, set your lord on it; let him bear it as hot as he can, and whatever disease he has will certainly be cured, as men say.]

wethy leves / grene otes / boyled in fer{e} fulle soft, Cast em hote in to a vessell{e} / & sett your{e} soverayn alloft, 996

and suffir{e} at hete a while as hoot as he may a-bide; se {a}t place be cou{er}ed well{e} ou{er} / & close on eu{er}y side;

and what dissese ye be vexed w{i}t{h}, grevaunce ou{er} peyn, is medicyne shall{e} make yow hoole surely, as men seyn.” 1000

[Headnote: USHER AND MARSHAL: THE ORDER OF PRECEDENCE OF PERSONS.]

[Sidenote: _The Duties of an Usher and Marshal._]

The office of ussher & marshalle.[268]

[A]my lorde, my master, of lilleshull{e} abbot[A]

[Text note: This line is in a later hand.]

[Sidenote: He must know the rank and precedence of all people.]

++”The office of a co{n}nyng{e} vscher{e} or marshall{e} w{i}t{h}-owt fable must know all{e} estat{es} of the church goodly & greable, and e excellent estate of a kyng{e} w{i}t{h} his blode honorable: 1004 hit is a notable nurtur{e} / co{n}nyng{e}, curyouse, and commendable.

[Sidenote: I. 1. The Pope. 2. Emperor. 3. King. 4. Cardinal.

5. Prince. 6. Archbishop. 7. Royal Duke.]

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