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Dictionary definition: GOLD cures sore eyes
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GOLD cures sore eyes
c.
1050
MS Cotton Vitell. C. iii ( COCKAYNE
Leechdoms
I 113)
Go to the … wort proserpinica, and scratch it round about with a golden ring, and say that thou wilt take it for leechdom of eyes, and after three days go again thereto … and take it, and hang it about the man's swere [neck]; it will profit well.
c.
1614
WEBSTER
Duchess
of Malfi I i.
One of your eyes is blood-shot, use my Ring to't, They say 'tis very soveraigne, 'twas my wedding Ring.
c.
1616
FLETCHER
Mad Lover
v iv.
FOOL
. I have a sty here, Chilax.
CHILAX
. I have no gold to cure it, not a penny.
1678
Yea and Nay Almanack
C7
v
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Rub your eyes with a hundred broad pieces of your own Gold … it ...
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