Frauengeheimnisse

sive aliqua infirmitate detineris bibe illam cum melle et vino calido valet.

or are held by any infirmity, drink it with honey and warm wine; it is effective.

[herba]. cion in nocte vel ut stella lucet sicut paeonia. quam qui secum habuerit.

[The herb] cion shines at night like a star, as the peony does. Whoever has it with him

ſ. nunquam in malum accidit. tolle testam decapite cornicis ac deinde

ſ. never comes to harm. Take the skull from the head of a crow, and then,

quando infans estnatus antequam ſe matris vel alicuius femine. exprime mamillas

when a child is born, before it [sucks] at its mother or any woman, squeeze from the breasts

[lac] [matris] infantis insupradictam testam cornicis. admitte extesta lac inos infantis

[the milk] [of the mother] of the infant into the aforesaid crow's skull. Let the milk from the skull into the infant's mouth,

et ita pasce tribus continuis diebus absque alio victu. audivi abbatem desuperiori

and so feed it for three days on end without other food. I heard an abbot from Upper

scocia cum magna affirmatione dicere. quot postea quando creverit infans

Scotia say with great assurance that afterwards, when the infant has grown,

possit discernere omnes voces cornicorum et significationes earum.

it can distinguish all the calls of crows and their meanings.