and aftir sodeynly, as it were by myracle, 20
??e coward man schal lese al maner drede and feyntnes of herte,
and he schal recou{er}e strenk??e ??at ys lost by drede, and take to
him hardynesse, and he schal dispise dee??; he schal drede no
perelis, and passyngly he schal be maad hardy. ??is is trewe, for 24
it ha?? ofte tymes by oolde philosophoris [bene] p{re}ued / ??{er}fore
it were a greet wisdom ??at cristen p{ri}ncis, in bateilis a??en
he??ene me{n}, hadde wi?? hem in tonnes brennynge watir, ??{a}t
??ei my??t take to eu{er}y fi??tynge man half a ri??t litil cuppe ful 28
??{er}of to drynke in ??e bigynnynge of ??e batel. & ??is p{ri}uyte
owith to be hid from alle enemyes of ??e chirche; and also
[[* Fol. 25.]]
[*]p{ri}ncis and lordis ministri{n}ge ??ese ??ingis schulde n{o}t telle
what it is. 32
[???16^a. M^e.??™]
[--To cure Pestilential Fever (when not sent as a punishment
by God).--]
The .16. medicyn a??ens ??e feu{er}e pestile{n}cial{e}, and ??e
maistrie to cure it. forso??e holy scripture sei?? ??at su{m}me
tymes oure lord god sendi?? pestilence to sle su{m}me maner
of peple, as it is seid deutrono{miu}m 28 in ??is man{er} ???Si 36
[Page 24: TO CURE PESTILENTIAL FEVER AND PLAGUES.]
[God says in Deuteronomy xxviii. that if men will not hear His
voice and obey His commandments, pestilences shall come on
them.
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