ABSTRACT

Fol. 2Sob. hath two eggs, one destroyeth I the hair, and the other maketh it grow. Take these eggs, break them, and take two cock's feathers, and thrust each in one of the eggs. The egg which destroyeth the hair throw away, but from that which maketh it grow take away the red (£.e., the yelk), and dry it, and work it up with olive oil, and smear it on the [place of] the beard of the beardless man, and a beard will grow there. But take care that the mixture doth not touch thy fingers, so that they may not become wholly covered with hair. llf it doth touch thy fingers hair will] certainly [grow on them]. Take the right side of the bird, dry it, rub it down, and mix it with