"All-hele, thou holy herb, Vervin, Growing on the ground; In the Mount of Calvary There wast thou found; Thou helpest many a grief, And stanchest many a wound. In the name of sweet Jesus I take thee from the ground. O Lord, effect the same That I do now go about." The following lines, according to the same authority, were to be said when pulling it:-- "In the name of God, on Mount Olivet First I thee found; In the name of Jesus I pull thee from the ground." CHARMS TO STOP BLEEDING. In an ancient 8vo. MS. volume, described by Dr. Whitaker, in his _History of Whalley_, entitled _Liber Loci Benedicti de Whalley_, commencing with the translation of the convent from Stanlaw (in 1296) and ending about the year 1346, are the following monkish charms (in Latin) for stopping hæmorrhage:-- "_For staunching bleeding from the Nostrils, or from Wounds, an approved remedy._--O God, be Thou merciful to this Thy servant N., nor allow to flow from his body more than one drop of blood. So may it please the Son of God. So his mother Mary. In the name of the Father, stop, O blood! In the name of the Son, stop, O blood! In the name of the Holy Ghost, stop, O blood! In the name of the Holy Trinity. "_To staunch Bleeding._--A soldier of old thrust a lance into the side of the Saviour: immediately there flowed thence blood and water,--the blood of Redemption, and the water of Baptism. In the name of the Father + may the blood cease. In the name of the Son + may the blood remain. In the name of the Holy Ghost + may no more blood flow from the mouth, the vein, or the nose." To particular persons was attached the virtue of stopping bleeding by a word; and a woman of Marton, near Blackpool, whose maiden name was Bamber, was so celebrated for her success, that she was sought for to stop hæmorrhage throughout a district of twenty miles around. TOUCHING FOR THE KING'S EVIL. The records of the Corporation of Preston contain two votes of money, to enable persons to go from Preston to be touched for the evil. Both are in the reign of James II. In 1682, the bailiffs were ordered to "pay unto James Harrison, bricklayer, 10_s._ towards the carrying of his son to London, in order to the procuring of his Majesty's touch." And in 1687, when James was at Chester, the council passed a vote that "the bailiffs pay unto the persons undermentioned each of them 5_s._ towards their charge in going to Chester to get his Majesty's touch: Anne, daughter of Abel Mope, ---- daughter of Richard Letmore."[57] CURES FOR WARTS.