I have found the following text in Leech
Book I, LXXXVI,
For
mickle travelling over land, lest he tire, let him
take
mugwort a to him in hand, or put it into his shoe,
lest
he should weary, and when he will pluck it, before
the
upgoing of the sun, let him say first these
words,
"I will take thee, artemisia, lest I be weary on the way," etc.
I have replaced 'etc.' with the following text from HERBARIVM, CLXXIX (Periwinkle);
"that thou cometh to me glad, blossoming
with thy usefulness; that thou outfit
me so that I be
shielded, and ever well, and
undamaged by poisons and by wrath”
Back to Leech Book I, LXXXVI,;
Sign
it with the sign of the cross,
when
thou pullest it up.
Both of these manuscripts are from the late Saxon period.
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