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skilful_a physician_n and_o be_v in_o use_n pessary_a a_o pessary_a also_o we_o shall_v use_v this_o pessary_a which_o you_o shall_v make_v the_o length_n and_o breadth_n of_o a_o finger_n of_o pure_a wool_n and_o shall_v cover_v it_o over_o with_o silk_n which_o you_o shall_v orderly_o use_v dip_v in_o the_o juice_n of_o rue_n or_o herb_n grace_n in_o which_o scamonie_n be_v dissolve_v there_o be_v some_o which_o hang_v the_o jasper-stone_n or_o the_o stone_n call_v lapis_fw-la aquilinus_n on_o the_o left_a hip_n if_o these_o thing_n after_o trial_n take_v no_o effect_n let_v the_o child_n bear_v woman_n exercise_v herself_o by_o go_v a_o little_a afterward_o let_v she_o use_v this_o bath_n or_o fomentation_n bath_n a_o bath_n the_o bath_n i_o say_v reach_v up_o so_o high_a that_o it_o may_v come_v over_o her_o belly_n take_v marish-mallowe_n the_o herb_n and_o root_n six_o handful_n of_o other_o mallow_n camomile_n melilot_n parsley_n of_o each_o four_o handful_n lineseed_n 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it_o happen_v that_o the_o infant_n hasten_v to_o the_o birth_n the_o foot_n and_o arm_n wide_a abroad_o let_v not_o the_o midwife_n procure_v the_o labour_n of_o the_o woman_n but_o let_v she_o be_v bring_v from_o the_o stool_n to_o the_o bed_n where_o let_v she_o repress_v backward_o her_o womb_n lie_v after_o the_o manner_n and_o fashion_n oftentimes_o before_o mention_v or_o let_v she_o bid_v she_o sometime_o turn_v and_o move_v her_o self_n to_o and_o fro_o until_o the_o child_n shall_v be_v turn_v to_o a_o more_o apt_a and_o convenient_a form_n if_o this_o shall_v seem_v to_o profit_v nothing_o at_o all_o let_v the_o midwife_n join_v both_o the_o foot_n together_o and_o reduce_v and_o bring_v down_o the_o hand_n about_o the_o side_n if_o she_o may_v by_o any_o mean_n and_o let_v she_o direct_v and_o conduct_v he_o to_o the_o birth_n in_o the_o safe_a manner_n she_o can_v notwithstanding_o it_o shall_v be_v the_o sure_a way_n and_o least_o dangerous_a that_o the_o infant_n shall_v 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