¶ Of the Gentylman That Taught His Cooke the Medycyne for the Tothake. XXXVIII
¶ In Essex there dwellyd a mery gentylman, whyche had a coke callyd Thomas that was greatly dysseasyd with the tothake, and complaynyd to hys mayster thereof; whych sayd he had a boke of medecins and sayd he wold loke vp hys boke to se whether he could fynd any medecyn therin for it, and so sent69 one of hys doughters to hys study for hys boke, and incontynent lokyd uppon yt a long season; and than sayd thus to hys coke: Thomas, quod he, here is a medesyn for your tothake; and yt ys a charm; but yt wyl do you no good except ye knele on your knees, and aske yt for Sent Charyte. Thys man, glad to be relesyd of hys payn, kneled and sayd: mayster, for Seint Charyte, let me haue that medecyne. Than, quod thys gentylman, knele on your knees and say after me; whyche knelyd down and sayd after hym as he bad hym. Thys gentylman began and sayd thus:—
“The son on the Sonday.”
“The son on the Sonday,” quod Thomas.
“The mone on the Monday.”
“The mone on the Monday.”
“The Trynyté on the Tewsday.”
“The Trynyté on the Tewsday.”
“The wyt on the Wednysday.”
“The wyt on the Wednysday.”
“The holy holy Thursday.”
“The holy holy Thursday.”
“And all that fast on Fryday.”
“And all that fast on Friday.”
“—— in thy mouthe on Saterday.”
Thys coke Thomas,70 heryng hys mayster thus mokkyng hym, in anger stert vp and sayd: by Goddys body! mokkyng churle, I wyll neuer do the seruyce more; and went forth to hys chamber to gete hys gere to geder to thentent to haue gon thens by and by; but what for the anger that he toke wyth his mayster for the mok that he gaue hym, and what for labor that he toke to geder hys gere so shortly togeder, the payne of the tothake went from hym incontynent, that hys mayster cam to hym and made hym to tarry styll, and tolde hym that hys charme was the cause of the ease of the payne of the tothake.
By thys tale ye may se, that anger oftymes puttyth away the bodely payne.