Three charms found in Leechbook III all against a sickness caused by elves (aelfadle). I have simply replaced certain references to former Christian inclusions, the green bits. The translated original text is included at the end for reference.
The Paganised reconstruction:
Leechbook III LXII - 1 Against aelfadle
Against aelfadle; take bishopwort, fennel, lupin,
the lower part of enchanters
nightshade, and moss or
lichen from
an earth fast stone and incense,
of each a hand full; bind all the
worts in a cloth, dip
it thrice in hallowed water, have sung
over
it three
galdors. Then
put gledes in a glede pan, and lay the
worts on: reek
the man with the worts before nine in
the morning,
and at night, and sing three galdors and write a
rune on each of
his limbs, and take a little hand full
of worts of the
same kind similarly hallowed, and boil
in milk, drop
thrice some hallowed water into it, and
let him sip of it
before his meat; it will soon be well
with him.
Leechbook III LXII – 2
For that ilk. Go on Thursday evening,
when the sun is
set, where thou knowest that helenium
stands, then
sing the " three galdors,
and stick thy knife into the wort,
make it stick
fast, and go away: go again, when day
and night just
divide (In early morning) at the same period go first to the grove and
and commend thyself to thy God; then
go in
silence, and though anything soever of
an awful sort or
man a meet thee, say not thou to him
any word, ere
thou come to the wort, which on the
evening before
thou markedst; then sing the three galdors, delve up the wort, let the knife
stick in it; go again as quick as thou
art able to
the grove, and lay it under the
altar with the knife; let
it lie till the sun be up, wash it
afterwards, and
make into a drink, and bishopwort, and
lichen off an earth fast stone;
boil in milk thrice, thrice pour holy
water
upon it, and sing over it the three galdors plus one,
and score with a sword round about it
on three
sides a rune,
and then after that let the man drink
the wort; soon will it be well with
him.
Leechbook III LXII – 3
Again for that; lay these worts under
the altar, have nine galdors
sung over them, incense, holy salt,
three heads of
cropleek, the netherward part of
enchanters nightshade,
helenium; take in the morning a cup
full of milk,
drop thrice some holy water into it, let
the man sup
it up as hot as he can: let him eat
therewith three
bits of enchanters nightshade, and
when he hath a
mind to rest, let him have in his
chamber coles, let
him lay on the στνραξ (Styrax - used as incense) and
elfthone, and reek
him therewith till he sweat, and reek
the house all
through; earnestly also sign the man a rune
and when he is going to bed, let him
eat
three bits of helenium, and three of
cropleek, and three
of salt, and let him have a cup full
of ale, and thrice
drop holy water into it; let him sup
up each bit, and
afterwards rest himself. Let him do
this for nine
mornings and nine nights, it will soon
be well with
him.
The Christianised version:
Leechbook III P345 LXII -1
Against
elf disease; take bishopwort, fennel, lupin,
the
lower part of enchanters nightshade, and moss or
lichen
from the hallowed sign of Christ, and incense,
of
each a hand full ; bind all the worts in a cloth, dip
it
thrice in hallowed font water, have sung over
it three
masses, one "Omnibus Sanctis,"
another
"Contra
tribulationem," 2 a third "Pro infirmis" Then
put coles
in a cole pan, and lay the worts on: reek
the
man with the worts before nine in the morning,
and
at night, and sing a litany, and the credo, and
the
Pater noster, and write Christs mark on each of
his
limbs, and take a little hand full of worts of the
same
kind similarly hallowed, and boil in milk, drop
thrice
some hallowed water into it, and let him sip of it
before
his meat; it will soon be well with him.
Leechbook III LXII - 2
For that
ilk. Go on Thursday evening, when the sun is
set,
where thou knowest that helenium stands, then
sing
the " Benedicite," and " Pater noster," and a litany,
and
stick thy knife into the wort, make it stick
fast,
and go away: go again, when day and night just
divide
(In early morning) at the same period
go first to church and
cross
thyself, and commend thyself to God; then go in
silence,
and though anything soever of an awful sort or
man a
meet thee, say not thou to him any word, ere
thou
come to the wort, which on the evening before
thou
markedst; then sing the Benedicite, and the Pater
noster,
and a litany, delve up the wort, let the knife
stick
in it; go again as quick as thou art able to
church,
and lay it under the altar with the knife; let
it
lie till the sun be up, wash it afterwards, and
make
into a drink, and bishopwort, and lichen off a
crucifix;
boil in milk thrice, thrice pour holy water
upon
it, and sing over it the Paternoster, the Credo,
and
the Gloria in excelsis deo; (Luke ii 14) and sing upon it a
litany,
and score with a sword round about it on three
sides
a cross, and then after that let the man drink
the
wort; soon will it be well with him.
Leechbook III LXII – 3
Again for that; lay these worts under the altar, have nine masses
sung
over them, incense, holy salt, three heads of
cropleek,
the netherward part of enchanters nightshade,
helenium;
take in the morning a cup full of milk,
drop
thrice some holy water into it, let the man sup
it up
as hot as he can: let him eat therewith three
bits
of enchanters nightshade, and when he hath a
mind
to rest, let him have in his chamber gledes, let
him lay on the coles στνραξ (Styrax - used as incense) and elfthone,
and reek
him
therewith till he sweat, and reek the house all
throug;
earnestly also sign the man with the sign of
the
cross, and when he is going to bed, let him eat
three
bits of helenium, and three of cropleek, and three
of
salt, and let him have a cup full of ale, and thrice
drop
holy water into it; let him sup up each bit, and
afterwards
rest himself. Let him do this for nine
mornings
and nine nights, it will soon be well with
him.
