looke þat ye haue þe basoñ for ch{a}mbur & also þe vrnall{e} redy at all{e} howres wheñ he will{e} clepe or call{e}: 972 his nede p{er}formed, þe same receue agayñ ye shall{e}, & þus may ye haue a thank / & reward wheñ þ{a}t eu{er} hit fall{e}. [Headnote: TO MAKE A BATH.] [Sidenote: _How to prepare a Bath._] A bathe or stewe so called. [Sidenote: Hang round the roof, sheets full of sweet herbs, have five or six sponges to sit or lean on,] Ȝeff your{e} sou{er}ayne will{e} to þe bath{e}, his body to wasch{e} clene, hang shetis round about þe rooff; do thus as y meene; 976 eu{er}y shete full of flowres & herbis soote & grene, and looke ye haue sponges .v. or vj. p{er}oñ to sytte or lene: [Sidenote: and one great sponge to sit on with a sheet over and a sponge under his feet. Mind the door’s shut.] looke þ{er} be a gret sponge, þ{er}-oñ your{e} sou{er}ayne to sytt; þ{er}oñ a shete, & so he may bathe hym̅ þer{e} a fytte; 980 vndir his feete also a sponge, ȝiff þ{er} be any to putt; and alwey be sur{e} of þe dur, & se þat he be shutt. [Sidenote: With a basinful of hot herbs, wash him with a soft sponge, throw rose-water on him; let him go to bed.] A basyñ full in your{e} hand of herbis hote & fresch{e}, & with a soft sponge in hand, his body þ{a}t ye wasch{e}; 984 Rynse hym̅ with rose watur warme & feir{e} vppoñ hym flasch{e}, þeñ lett hym̅ 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 oñ his sokkis, his slyppers oñ his feete, þat he may go feyr{e} to þe fyr{e}, þer{e} to take his fote shete, 988 þañ with{e} a clene cloth{e} / to wype awey all wete; thañ bryng{e} hym̅ 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 þe brown fenell{e},[255] [Fol. 186.] walle wort[256] / herbe Iohñ[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 þem̅ hote in to a vessell{e} / & sett your{e} soverayñ alloft, 996