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<P>&para; Hereafter folo+weth the know|ledge, proper+ties, and the vertues of Herbes.</P>
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<DIV1 N="1" TYPE="part">
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<HEAD>&para; Of the knowledge &amp; vertues of herbes, and the fyr&s;te letter begyn~eth with .A.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Agnus ca&s;tus.</HEAD>
<P>_AGnus ca&s;tus is a herbe that men call Tut&s;ayne or Parke leues, &amp; it hath leues &s;omdele red: lyke to the leues of Orage, &amp; it hath &s;ygnes in his leues, as it were leues of Plantayne, and he hath yelow flowers as great as a pe|ny, and this herbe beryth aboue at the crope blacke beryes when they ben rype, &amp; yf they be not rype they ben yelowe as the flower of it is. And this herbe groweth moche in woo|des &amp; in drye grounde. &para; The vertue of this herbe is, that he wyll kepe man and woman cha&s;te, for as Dracolidon and Placius &s;ayth that this herbe is called Agn&abus; ca&s;tus for this &s;kyl, for the v&s;e and the &s;auour therof maketh men cha&s;te. Al&s;o he wyl open the poores, and let out wycked humours, &amp; &s;pyces of the bo|dy. This herbe di&s;troyeth y^e moy&s;ture of ma~|nes &s;ede. Al&s;o Authours &s;eyne, let this herbe be well &s;od with fenell &s;ede, and a lytel ey&s;ell is good to dy&s;troy colde drop&s;y. Al&s;o let hym be &s;od with Smalledge and Sauge in &s;alte water, and than wa&s;&s;he the hynder partye of a ma~nes heade, he helpeth an euyll that men
<PB REF="3"> calle Litargia. Al&s;o this di&s;troyeth y^e fowle lu&s;t of lecherye and it be dronke, but men v&s;e to lay it on them &s;lepyng. And therfore &s;ome men eate this herbe ro&s;ted, for yf men eate it rawe he wyl lyghtly ge~dre heade ache. This herbe is good to dy&s;troy the hardnes and the &s;toppyng of the lyuer, and of the mylt. Al&s;o a play&s;ter of this herbe is good to do awaye the ache of a ma~nes heade that is gendred of wicked humours, this herbe is hote and drye and there be thre &s;pyces of her. &amp;c.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Apium.</HEAD>
<P>APium is an herbe men call Smaledge or Marche, this herbe hath leues lyke to Louage: but the leues be not &s;o longe, al&s;o it is not &s;o &s;tronge of &s;auour as Louage, and it hath &s;ede as it were Percely, and it is lyke to Percely &s;ede. &para; The vertue of hym is that he wyl make a man to make water, and this herbe openeth the &s;toppynge of the lyuer. Al|&s;o the &s;ede therof hardeth a mannes wombe. Al&s;o the propertye of hym is to drawe all the wycked humours of the body vnto the heade and to the &s;tomacke, &amp; the wombe, and ther|fore it is forbode to women that be with chyl+de, or that kepeth &s;uckynge chyldren to eate of this herbe le&s;te they be mad, and take ther|of the fallynge euyll. This herbe is hote and
<PB REF="4"> drye, and hath fyue &s;pyces of her. &amp;c.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Auetum.</HEAD>
<P>AVetu~ is an herbe that is called Auete otherwy&s;e Dyll, this hath leues lyke to Fenel, and the &s;ame &s;auour and bereth her &s;ede as Fenell, but y^e &s;ede of this is &s;omwhat brode as the &s;ede of Orage. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that he wyl make a ma~ to py&s;&s;e. Al&s;o he &s;wageth the ro~bulling &amp; the wycked wynde in a mans wombe. Al&s;o it di&s;troyeth the poxe, &amp; yf the &s;ede of this herbe be brende and &s;trawed vpon a wounde it heleth &s;oone that wou~de, and namely yf a man be &s;calded on his me~bres, or on his yerde, it &s;hall be hole in the &s;ame maner. Al&s;o a play&s;ter made of this herbe, and layde to the Emerawdes he|leth them &s;oone, this herbe is hote and drye.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Apumeri&s;us.</HEAD>
<P>APumeri&s;us is an herbe called Cerfoy|le or Cheruyle, this herbe hath &s;male leues lyke to the leues of Hemeloke, but this herbe is good in &s;auoure, and hath a whyte flower &amp; longe &s;ede lyke to otes. &para; The ver|tue is yf that he be dronke with wyne it &s;hall make a man well to make water. Al&s;o he de|lyuereth of the reynes &amp; of the bladder, and yf he be dronke with wyne, he letteth out and vnbyndeth the wycked wynde fro the &s;ydes
<PB REF="4"> and the &s;toppynge of the wombe, and of the lyuer, and of all other woundes, &amp; this herbe withholdeth ca&s;tynge. Al&s;o a play&s;ter made of the herbe &amp; tempered with ey&s;ell di&s;troyeth wylde fyre, and heleth the canker, this herbe is one of the &s;pyces of Smaledge, it is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Ab&s;inthium.</HEAD>
<P>AB&s;inthium is an herbe that men call worm woode, this herbe hath leues as Mugworte, and the leues be &s;omdele whyte vnder, and he hath a great more, and of the more co~meth out many brau~ches, and bereth flowers as Mugworte. &para; The vertue therof is to comforte the &s;tomacke and clen&s;eth the herte. Galien &s;ayeth that yf this herbe be gy|uen to an euyl, of the whiche euyl the matter is not fully defyed it &s;hal harde the &s;tomacke and let the dige&s;tyo~, and yf the matter of the euyl be ryped, the herbe &s;hal make a ma~ laxa|tyfe. This herbe is to put away dronke~nes, al&s;o yf this herbe be dronke with &s;piconarde, it &s;wageth the ache of the &s;tomacke &amp; of the wombe. Al&s;o yf this herbe be tempred with ho~ny and dronke, it heleth the &s;wellyng of a mans mouth, &amp; putteth away the blackenes by a ma~nes iye, and clereth the iyen. Al&s;o yf the ioyce of this herbe be &s;tylled in to a mans
<PB REF="5"> no&s;trylles, it dryeth vp the moy&s;ture that ren+neth out of hym. Al&s;o it kepeth clothes from mothes and thou put it in thy pre&s;&s;e, al&s;o it kepeth bokes from eatynge of wormes, this herbe is drye and hote &amp; hath two &s;pyces.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Archeme&s;ia.</HEAD>
<P>ARcheme&s;ia is an herbe that men call Mugworte, it is lyke to wormewood in leues, but they be not fully &s;o rounde, and it hath a longer &s;talke, and many co~mynge out of one, &amp; it bereth flowers as doth worm+wood. &para; The vertue of this herbe is yf a ma~ take a Iourney, and beareth this herbe with hym, he &s;hal not be wery ne haue no trauayle in his waye, al&s;o yf this herbe be in a hou&s;e, there &s;hall no wycked &s;pyryte dwell there, Al&s;o this herbe puned with talowe helpeth the akynge and &s;orenes of a ma~nes fete, al&s;o the powder of this herbe dronke with luke warme water helpeth the akynge of a mans guttes, it is hote and drye.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Affodillus.</HEAD>
<P>AFfodillus is an herbe that men calleth Affadyll lyke to leke, and he hath ye|lowe flowers, and at the top he hath rounde coddes, when the flowers be fallynge they hath &s;ede lyke to an oynyon. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that y^e braunches of this herbe
<PB REF="5"> is good to hele the drop&s;y. Al&s;o the flowers therof dronke with wyne, it heleth the bytyn+ge of venymous wormes. Al&s;o y^e ioyce with the more with a lytell myrre, and a lytell &s;a|pheron &s;odde and medled with &s;wete wyne and &s;trayned, it heleth re~nynge iyen, al&s;o the moore therof burned in to powder put in to iyen that haue lo&s;t her heer &s;hall make heer to growe, &amp; al&s;o a harde &s;harpe clothe be wette in the ioyce of this herbe, and therwith the morfewe or a place that moche bowe is, be anoynted with the cloth in the &s;o~ne, the mor|fewe and the bowe &s;hal fal away, this herbe is hote and drye.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; A&s;trologia longa.</HEAD>
<P>AStrologia longa is an herbe called Mader, it hath leues lyke to Mader, &amp; hath a braunche the lengthe of a cubyte, and many braunches co~mynge out of the more, the braunches of this herbe hath many knot|tes ryght as hath Mader, &amp; &s;om what whyte flowers. &para; The vertue is it wyll vnbynde the &s;toppyng of the lyuer, &amp; let pa&s;&s;e wycked wyndes. Al&s;o yf this herbe be dronke with wyne he purgeth venym in a mans body, or without in the veynes, wou~des, that be tou|chynge. This herbe is hote and drye, and &s;hal be gathered in harue&s;t.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Abrotanum.</HEAD>
<P>ABrotanu~ is an herbe that men calleth Sothernwoode, and this herbe hath a &s;talke as it were rewe, and &s;o he is brau~ched, &s;aue this herbe hath &s;trayter leues then hath Rewe. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that yf the &s;ede therof be broken and dronken with water it helpeth the men that hath the &s;tone, and the pal&s;ey, &amp; yf the herbe be dronke with wyne it helpeth hym that is bitten with any venymous wormes. Al&s;o the powder of this herbe breaketh harde po&s;tumes. Al&s;o yf this herbe be brent, and the a&s;&s;hes be medled with olde Oyle, and put to the place where lacked heer, and it &s;hall growe agayne, this herbe is hote and drye.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Ari&s;tologia rotunda.</HEAD>
<P>ARi&s;tologia rotu~da is an herbe that is called A&s;trologe or Galyngale, this herbe hath leues lyke to a pur&s;e, and hath but one branche and grene leues aboue, &amp; vnder ben whyte, and it flowreth as it were betayn &s;aue the flowers ben whyte. &para; The vertue as ypocras &s;ayeth is, yf that he be dronken with hote water, it is medycynable for men that ben &s;topped in the bre&s;t, &amp; for the fallyn|ge euyll, and for the potagre, this herbe is hote &amp; drye, and &s;hall be gathered in harue&s;t,
<PB REF="6"> and this is a &s;pyce of red mader.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Ameos.</HEAD>
<P>AMeos is an herbe called Amee, this hath leues lyke to Elderne, but they ben le&s;&s;e and a longe braunche and flowreth, and &s;edeth as it were per&s;ely, and the &s;ede is lyke to the &s;ede of Per&s;ely. &para; The vertue of this herbe is yf it be dronke with ho~ny it &s;le|eth wormes in a ma~nes wombe, and vnbyn|deth great &s;toppynge of wycked wyndes in a ma~nes wombe, he breketh the &s;tone, he hea|leth a ma~nes &s;tomacke yf it be colde, he clen|&s;eth the lyuer and the reynes and wou~des, he helpeth the bytynge of venymous bee&s;tes, and it is hote and drye.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Alleluya.</HEAD>
<P>ALleluya is a herbe called wood&s;ore or &s;tubworte, this herbe hath .iii. leues of the whiche .ii. ben rownde and a lytell depar|ted aboue and it hath a whyte flower, but no longe &s;talke. &para; The vertue of this herbe is yf it be ro&s;ted vpon the coles in leues of the red docke, then he &s;hall frete away deade fle&s;&s;he, and it is hote and drye.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Agrimonia.</HEAD>
<P>AGrimonia is an herbe called Egrimo+nye, and the leues be lyke to Tan&s;ey, but the leues of this ben greatter, and he hath
<PB REF="7"> a blewe flower, and when the flower is fall he hath &s;ede that wyll hange in a ma~nes clo|thes, this groweth by dyches, or hedges, and woodes. &para; The vertue is yf he be eten grene with the rote he heleth y^e akynge of the wom+be. Al&s;o this herbe tempered with ey&s;yl wyll heale a &s;ore hurted with yron. Al&s;o yf it be v&s;ed in meates it wyll hele the &s;orenes of the mylte, and it is hote and drye.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Auancia.</HEAD>
<P>AVancia is an herbe called Auendre, it hath leues lyke to an hare foote, this herbe is called harefote, and he hath a yelowe flower as it were Turmentyll. &para; The ver|tue is yf he be dryed &amp; made in powder, and put in a lytel wyne or hote water and gyuen to a man that hath the Feuers to drynke, it &s;hall helpe hym &s;oone. Al&s;o it helpeth moche woundes, and the canker yf it be dronke.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Altea.</HEAD>
<P>ALtea is an herbe called the Holyhocke or wylde malowe, it hath leues as it were malowe and hath a longe braunche, he &s;edeth as doth malowe. &para; The vertue is yf it be &s;hreded with telow, and taken to a man that hath the potagre, he &s;hall be hole within thre dayes. Al&s;o yf this herbe be &s;oden with vynegre and with lyn&s;ede, and layde vnto a
<PB REF="7"> mans &s;ydes it departeth wycked gatheryng that ben gendred togyther in a mans body it groweth in feldes and hote places.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Amari&s;ta.</HEAD>
<P>AMari&s;ta is an herbe called Mawthen or docter fenel, this herbe is moch lyke to Camamyll, and flowreth as Camamyll, for it hath whyte flowers, &amp; this herbe &s;tyn|keth as it groweth in the felde, and in corne. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that the ioyce therof dronke is good for the canker. Al&s;o to hele the pypes of the Emerawdes and there be two &s;pyces of the herbe, one hath a whyte flower, the other a yelowe flower.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Ani&s;um.</HEAD>
<P>ANi&s;u~ is an herbe called Annies, it hath leues as Comen or Fenel, but the &s;ede is more than Fenell &s;ede. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that he vnbyndeth wicked wyn+des and great humours, and he openeth the &s;toppynge of the lyuer. Al&s;o he maketh wo|ma~nes mylke to wax. Al&s;o he &s;tyrreth man and woman to workes of kynde. Al&s;o it ma+keth a man to make water &amp; to &s;wete. Al&s;o it maketh the wombe harde yf it be laxe, this herbe or elles the &s;ede &s;hulde be take moy&s;te, and ro&s;ted or perched in maner of medycyne this herbe is hote and drye.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Alleum.</HEAD>
<P>ALleu~ is an herbe called Garlyke, this herbe is co~men. &para; The vertue of hym is that he wyll vnbynde all great &s;toppyn|ges and wycked wyndes in a ma~nes bodye. Al&s;o he helpeth a man to make water, but neuerthele&s;&s;e he greueth a ma~nes iyen for the great vnbyndyng and drawyng that he ver|iuou&s;ly draweth the &s;yght. Al&s;o he dy&s;troy|eth a venym within a man. Al&s;o he healeth colde &s;ores as it were Tryacle. Al&s;o he doth a way the morfewe of bladders in what pla|ce that they ben of the bodye yf it be well rub|bed therwith, and it is hote and drye.</P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; A&s;tarton.</HEAD>
<P>AStarton is an herbe called Lunarye, this herbe groweth amonge &s;tones or hye places, this herbe &s;hyneth by nyght, this herbe hath his moy&s;ture yfounde by &s;hepher|des in the felde, and it hath yelowe flowers hole and rownde as cokobell, or flowers of Floxgloue, the leues of this herbe ben zende blewe, &amp; they haue the marcke of the Moone in the myddes as it were .iii. leued gra&s;&s;e, and the leues ben more then .iii. leued gra&s;&s;e, and ben rownde as a peny, it hath a &s;talke &amp; that is red, it &s;melleth as it were Mu&s;ke, and the ioyce is yelowe, this groweth in the newe with
<PB REF="8"> Moone without leues, &amp; euery day waxeth a newe lefe .xv. dayes, and after .xv. dayes he le&s;eth a lefe as the Moone wexeth and way|neth, and where &s;oeuer this herbe be he gro|weth in great qua~tyte. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that who &s;o eteth his bayns or els of the herbe in y^e waynynge of the Moone whe~ he is in &s;igno virginis, yf he haue the fallyn|ge euyll he &s;hallbe hole. Al&s;o who &s;o hath the fallyng euyll bere this herbe aboute his necke and he &s;halbe hole. And it hath many mo ver+tues than I can tell at this tyme.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; The .ii. letter begynneth with .B.</HEAD>
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<HEAD>&para; Betonia.</HEAD>
<P>_BEtonia is an herbe cal|led Betayne or by&s;chope py&s;+worte, this herbe hath hole leues, but they be ende~ted by the &s;ydes without, &amp; it hath a red flower in the croppe of the &s;talke. &para; The vertue of this herbe is yf he be pune and put to the wounde in the heade that is &s;mytten with a &s;troke, he &s;hall hele the wounde fayre and well, and the better yf it be fre&s;&s;he. Al&s;o this herbe wyll drawe out broken bones of wou~des as &s;ome Auctours &s;ayen. Al&s;o take the water of Betayne, or els breke the leues
<PB REF="9"> and take the ioyce and put it in to thyne iyes, than &s;hall you fynde y^t it is is good for akyn|ge or &s;orenes of y^e iyen. Al&s;o take of Betayn a dragma and pune it and medle it with wa|ter that is warme, and drynke it .iiii. tymes fa&s;tynge and it wyll breke the webbe aboute the iyen, and clen&s;e theym well &amp; fayre. Al&s;o yf thou haue waterynge iyen eate euery day a lytel Betayne and it clen&s;eth them. Al&s;o yf thou haue akynge iyen, take the leues of Be+tayne fre&s;&s;he by them &s;elfe, or els with a lytel water, and then wrynge out the ioyce, &amp; put therto a lytell ro&s;e water, warme them well to gyther, and &s;tyl it in to thyne iyen, and af+terwarde put aboue wolle, and &s;o thou &s;halt be hole. Al&s;o yf thou blede moche at the no&s;e take Betayne and pune it with a lytell &s;alte, and do it to thyne no&s;ethyrlles, as moche as thou maye&s;t with thy thombe and thy medle fynger, and than holde thy no&s;ethyrlle with the &s;ame fyngers, and the b&s;ode &s;hall &s;tau~che. Al&s;o yf thou haue &s;ore tethe, take Betayne and &s;eth it in olde wyne, or in eyfyll tyl it be &s;odde to the thyrde parte, and holde it in thy mouth, and thou &s;halt amende. Al&s;o yf thou haue the cowghe take two ou~ces of the pow+der of Betayne and a lytell ho~ny, and &s;eth it with e&s;y fyre, and v&s;e it .ix. dayes. Al&s;o yf a
<PB REF="9"> ma~nes yarde be &s;wollen or els &s;ore, take Be|tayne &amp; pune it with lytell wyne, and after laye to the yarde and he &s;hallbe hole. Al&s;o yf a man may not holde his mete within hym, take .iiii. dragmes of the powder of Betayn and medle it with ho~ny that is &s;odde, &amp; make pellettes as great as a wal&s;che note, &amp; gyue hym .iiii. dayes eche day a pellet, and do hym to drynke .ii. &s;ponefull of that water, &amp; than he &s;hall be hole. Al&s;o yf a man be potagre, ta|ke Betayne and pune it &amp; lay it to his feete, and he &s;hall be ame~ded. Al&s;o take a lytel Be|tayne or the powder and eate it erely, and it &s;hall helpe the fro dronke~nes that day, the&s;e medycynes ben proued. This herbe groweth in woodes and holly places amonge bu&s;&s;hes in derke places, this herbe is hote and drye.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Bal&s;aminta.</HEAD>
<P>BAl&s;aminta is an herbe that men cal hor|&s;emynt, this herbe hath leues lyke vnto other myntes, and &s;ome men calleth it water mynt, it groweth moche by the water, but it hath a &s;tro~ger &s;auer then hath another mynt. &para; The vertue is that he wyll co~forte the &s;to|macke, &amp; make a man wel to defy his meate. Al&s;o this herbe purgeth a man within the bo+dye, and maketh hym well to &s;peke. Al&s;o the ioyce of this herbe medled with ho~ny and a
<PB REF="10"> lytel wyne doth away the &s;chylke of a mans &s;tomacke, and other wicked wyndes of hym. Al&s;o y^e ioyce of this herbe dronke with wyne y&s;ode maketh a woman with chylde e&s;ely to bere her chylde, &amp; &s;oone to be delyuered, this is hote and drye, and hath two &s;pyces.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; Beta.</HEAD>
<P>BEta is an herbe called Bete, this herbe is co~men, and groweth in Gardaynes, and there be two &s;pyces therof, and Diacoli|des &s;ayeth, one is whyte another blacke.</P>
<P>&para; The vertue of this herbe is that the ioyce of this herbe putte it in to the no&s;ethyrlles, it clen&s;eth a mans heed. Al&s;o this herbe &s;wa|geth the akynge of a mans heed. Al&s;o it clen|&s;eth the heed from nyttes, and from other ver+myn. Al&s;o it repayreth &amp; kepeth the heer of a ma~nes heed. Al&s;o this herbe dy&s;troyeth bot|ches and byles. Al&s;o Diacolides &s;ayeth, that vpon the rote of this herbe maye be planted a graffe that wyll afterwarde beare fruyte, as vpon the cole rote.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Borago dome&s;tices.</HEAD>
<P>BOrago Dome&s;tices is an herbe called Borage, this groweth in Gardaynes, and he hath &s;horte leues and a blewe flower. &para; The vertue of this herbe is y^t he wil clen&s;e the red colour of ma~. Al&s;o this herbe medled
<PB REF="10"> with wyne maketh a man glade and mery, and it is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Bigula.</HEAD>
<P>BIgula is an herbe called Brome Bugle this hath leues &s;om what rounde, and &s;om what tournynge to blacke, and he hath a blew flower and &s;omwhat boy&s;tous. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that he wyl hele woun+des in a mans heade. Al&s;o it breketh and dy|&s;troyeth the rewme in a mans heade and the akynge, he groweth in woodes, and he is ho|te and drye, and there ben .ii. &s;pyces of hym.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Burneta.</HEAD>
<P>BVrneta is an herbe called Burnet, &amp; it hath a blewe flower as hath Hayhoue, and leues lyke to Tan&s;ey, but they be not &s;o great. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that he wyll di&s;troy the great humours and the laxa tyue within a man. Al&s;o he healeth and ope|neth the &s;toppynge of the lyuer, and maketh a man to py&s;&s;e. Al&s;o he healeth a man of the yelow euyll. Al&s;o the ioyce medled with ho~|ny and dronke, vnbyndeth &amp; healeth the &s;ore of the rybbes and pappes, and there be .ii. &s;py+ces of this herbe one groweth in harde lande and hath lytell leues, another groweth in me+dowes and haue more leues.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Bur&s;a pa&s;toris.</HEAD>
<PB REF="11">
<P>BUr&s;a pa&s;toris is an herbe called &s;hepar|des purs or tocheworte, this hath leues departed &s;omdele as Burnet, &amp; hath a why|te flower, and when he hath lo&s;t his flower, he hath the maner of a purs, in the whiche is &s;ede. &para; The vertue of this herbe is he wyll &s;oone &s;taunche blode yf he be dronke, it gro|weth in feldes and gardaynes wel nyghe al aboute, and he is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>&para; The .iii. letter begynneth with .C.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Camamilla.</HEAD>
<P>_CAmamilla is an herbe cal+led Camamyl, this herbe hath leues lyke to the mauthe and white flowers but he &s;melleth &s;ote, &amp; the maw the &s;tynketh.</P>
<P>&para; The vertue is yf he be dronke with wyne he breketh the &s;tone. Al&s;o he &s;troyeth the ye|lowe euyll. Al&s;o he healeth the akynge of the lyuer. Al&s;o yf he be chewed he heleth the &s;ore of the mouth, this is hote and drye, and gro|weth mo&s;te in gardaynes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Calamintum.</HEAD>
<P>CAlamintum is an herbe y^t is called Ca|lamynt, this herbe hath leues lyke vnto Mynt, but the leues ben whyter and rou~der then the leues of Mynt, and more &s;tronger of
<PB REF="11"> &s;auour, &amp; it hath a whyte &s;talke. &para; The ver|tue of this herbe is that he wyl di&s;troy a ma~|nes talent as ypocras &s;ayth, and there be thre &s;pices of this herbe, one that is &s;tony, another that is hery, another that is waterye, &amp; they be hote and drye, and he that is hery maketh a man moy&s;te, he that is &s;tony yf he be dron|ke he maketh a man that hath dronke venym hole. Al&s;o this herbe made in play&s;ter &amp; layde to any venymous &s;ore, it draweth the venym fro~ within outwarde. Al&s;o who &s;o drynketh this herbe .iii. dayes, it heleth the yelow euyl, he that is herye it helpeth from the lepour, the ioyce of this herbe put in to a ma~nes eares, it kylleth the wormes therin, it comforteth the &s;tomacke and helpeth to defye, and it with|draweth ca&s;tynge.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Cra&s;&s;ula maior.</HEAD>
<P>CRa&s;&s;ula maior, is an herbe called Or|pyn or Ormale, this herbe hath &s;om|what thycke leues as it were Peny worte.</P>
<P>&para; The vertue of this herbe is yf it be layde to a wou~de, he &s;hal hele it without any helpe, this herbe groweth in gardaynes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Cra&s;&s;ula minor.</HEAD>
<P>CRa&s;&s;ula minor is an herbe called Sto|nor or Stonecrope, it hath lytell leues lyke to Orpin, and it groweth vpon how&s;es
<PB REF="12"> and walles &amp; groweth &s;omwhat hangynge. &para; The vertue of this herbe is, he wyll make a man to lyue cha&s;te, &amp; is dro~ke for the ague.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Cituca.</HEAD>
<P>CItuca is an herbe called Hembloke or herbe Benet, it hath leues lyke to Per|&s;ely, and &s;o he flowreth &amp; &s;edeth as doth Per|&s;ely, but this herbe &s;tynketh. &para; The vertue is he kepeth may dens pappes from great wax|ynge. Al&s;o yf the ioyce of this herbe be dron|ke he di&s;troyeth the great appetite of lechery. Al&s;o the ioyce of this with the &s;pume of &s;yl|uer and &s;wynes grece di&s;troyeth the hote po|tagre, and &s;wageth the &s;wellyng, this herbe is colde and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Centuaria maior.</HEAD>
<P>CEntuaria maior is an herbe that me~ cal+leth the more centory or earth gell, this hath leues lyke to the le&s;&s;e ce~tory, but they be more whyter, and hath a &s;talke and yelowe flowers, and flowreth not but in the topps. &para; The vertue of this herbe is yf it be &s;odden with good wyne &amp; gyuen a man to drynke, it healeth the &s;yckenes of the lyuer. Al&s;o this herbe &s;odden in wyne and dronke, dryeth vp wylde humours of a ma~nes mylt, this hath ben often proued. Al&s;o the ioyce of this herbe &s;odden in water is good to hele a wounde of
<PB REF="12"> another place that is &s;mytten with a canker yf he be anoynted therwith, it is hote &amp; drye, and groweth in drye grounde.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Centuaria minor.</HEAD>
<P>CEntuaria minor is an herbe called the le&s;&s;e Centory or cri&s;tus lader, this hath leues lyke to the more Centory, but the leues ben more grener, and he hath thre braunches co~mynge out of the more, &amp; the flower &s;om|what red. &para; The vertue is yf the powder or the ioyce be medled with olde wyne &amp; drynke is good to hele the &s;tyngynge of an adder, or any other venymous bee&s;t. Al&s;o yf you haue &s;ore iyen, take the ioyce &amp; anoynte your iyen &amp; thou &s;halte be hole. Al&s;o yf thou haue any venym within the, take and pune this herbe and tempre it with Ay&s;ell and drynke it and you &s;hall ca&s;t vp all the venym, &amp; it groweth in drye places.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Carin.</HEAD>
<P>CArin is a herbe called caraway, it hath leues lyke &s;omwhat to Fenell, &amp; a lon|ge &s;talke and rounde &s;ede, more then the &s;ede of Per&s;ely. &para; The vertue of hym is that he dy&s;troyeth wycked wyndes and the coughe, and heleth men that hath the fren&s;y, and by|tyng with venymous bee&s;tes. Al&s;o this her|be medled with ay&s;elheleth &s;cabbes &amp; tetters,
<PB REF="13"> and re&s;toreth heer there it falleth away, this herbe is hote &amp; dry, &amp; groweth in gardaynes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Celodonia.</HEAD>
<P>CElodonia is an herbe called Celondyn or Deten wort, this hath leues that ben grene and yelowe flowers, and when he is broke he droppeth mylke, &amp; the leues be &s;om|what lyke to Columbyne. &para; The vertue of this herbe as Plinius &s;ayeth, yf a &s;walowes byrde be hurte the da~m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> fetcheth of this herbe and healeth hym agayne. Al&s;o it healeth the ache of y^e tethe. Al&s;o it elen&s;eth a mans heed. Al&s;o it healeth the canker and other &s;ores in the month, this is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Cidamu~.</HEAD>
<P>CIdamu~ is an herbe called Hertnote, or Dylnote, or Flete, or Haleworte, this hath leues lyke to Fenel, and whyte flowers and &s;mall &s;talkes, &amp; groweth in woodes and medowes. &para; The vertue is y^t he wyll fetche awaye deade fle&s;&s;he. Al&s;o this herbe put on a fore, or on a place that lacked heer, it heleth it and re&s;toreth heer, this is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Caulis.</HEAD>
<P>CAulis is an herbe called Coleworte, this herbe is co~men to you. &para; The ver+tue of hym is that he wyl clen&s;e fre&s;&s;he wou~|des, and the canker, &amp; hele &s;ore iyen that haue
<PB REF="13"> almo&s;te lo&s;t theyr &s;yghte. Al&s;o it maketh wo+mans mylke to waxe, and he comforteth the &s;tomacke. Al&s;o y^e ioyce of this herbe tempred with alym &amp; ey&s;ell &s;wageth y^e lepre. Al&s;o it is good for dro~kenes, &amp; groweth in gardaynes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Coriandrum.</HEAD>
<P>COriandrum is an herbe called Cetrian+der, he hath leues lyke to erthenote &s;om|dele, &amp; hath a lytel whyte flower &amp; rou~+de &s;ede &s;omwhat whyte, &amp; he is &s;tronger in &s;auour. &para; The vertue is yf the ioyce be dron|ke with honnye, it &s;leeth all the wormes in a ma~nes body, &amp; al&s;o hardeth a ma~nes wombe. Al&s;o yf the &s;ede of this herbe be ete it driueth away the Feuers that come the thyrde daye, this herbe is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Capillus veneris.</HEAD>
<P>CApillus veneris is called mayden heer or water wortes, this hath leues like to Ferne, but the leues ben &s;mall, and groweth vpon &s;tones and walles, and in the myddle of the leues is as it were a blacke heer. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that he wyll breke the &s;tone. Al&s;o yf it be dronke with wyne it dy|&s;troyeth the venym, he is colde and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Crocus.</HEAD>
<P>CRocus is an herbe called Saffron, this hath lytell leues as it were gra&s;&s;e, and
<PB REF="14"> blewe flowers. &para; The vertue of hym is that he wyl dy&s;troy all maner of abhomynacyon of y^e &s;tomacke. Al&s;o he maketh a ma~ to &s;lepe. Al&s;o y^e flower is good for many medicyns, and namely for cokes co colour theyr potage and it is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Centinodium.</HEAD>
<P>CEntinodium is an herbe called Centi|nodi or &s;wyngra&s;&s;e, this herbe groweth welnye ouer all. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that he wyll breke y^e &s;tone, this herbe is hote &amp; dry, &amp; may be gathered at all tymes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Caprifolium.</HEAD>
<P>CAprifoliu~ is an herbe called woodbyn|de or withwynde, this groweth in hed|ges or in woodes, and it wyll beclyp a tre in her growynge, as doth yuye, and hath white flowers. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that he wyl hele cankers, and woundes, and blanders, and akynge of the teth, and &s;ores in a mans toen. Al&s;o it is good to hele &s;wellyn+ge y^t is &s;myt with venym, this is hote &amp; drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Canabaria.</HEAD>
<P>CAnabaria is an herbe called wylde hem+pe, this hath leues lyke to hempe.</P>
<P>&para; The vertue of this herbe is that he is good for the Feuer, and groweth moche by water.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<PB REF="14">
<HEAD>&para; Co&s;tus.</HEAD>
<P>CO&s;tus is an herbe called Co&s;te or le&s;&s;e Detayne, this hath leues as Detayne, but they be not &s;o moche, and the leues be more whyter then the leues of Detayne. Al&s;o it is &s;ote in &s;o~mer. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that he heleth the &s;yckenes of y^e bre&s;t and of the longes, &amp; al&s;o he wyll breke the po|&s;tume. Al&s;o he draweth y^e humours of mans iyen. Al&s;o he is good for the &s;tomacke, and this herbe is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Cepe.</HEAD>
<P>CEpe is an herbe called a Onyon, this is co~men ynowe. &para; The vertue of this is that he wyll greatly comforte the &s;to+macke. Al&s;o he ne&s;&s;heth y^e wombe. Al&s;o this herbe with ho~ny and ey&s;ell, &amp; dronke is good to hell the bytyng of a mad dogge. Al&s;o this herbe medled with womans mylke heleth the akyng of eeren. Al&s;o the ioyce of this dronke with any lycour, is good for a man that hath &s;oft &s;odeynly his &s;peche. Al&s;o the ioyce put to a ma~nes no&s;ethyrl&s;es breketh out the rewme or any other wycked &s;toppynge, this herbe is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Columbina.</HEAD>
<P>COlumbina is an herbe called Colum|bayne or Tockefote, or Coluerfote, or
<PB REF="15"> Sawnardes, this herbe hath leues &s;omwhat lyke to Ce&s;idony, but he droppeth no mylke. &para; The vertue is y^t he is good for a man that hath y^e quin&s;y, &amp; &s;huld be gathered in augu&s;t.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Cominum.</HEAD>
<P>COminum is an herbe Called Co~myn, this hath leues lyke to Coryandre, and he hath many braunches co~mynge out of the &s;talke, and he hath a &s;tronge &s;auoure. &para; The vertue is that he dy&s;troyeth wycked wyndes and other euylles of the &s;tomacke. Al&s;o he helpeth a man to make water, this herbe is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Cardiaca.</HEAD>
<P>CArdiaca is an herbe called Cardyake, or A&s;&s;per, this herbe hath leues &s;om|what lyke to blynde nettell, &amp; he pryc|keth &s;omwhat vpon the tongue, and he hath lytell coddes &amp; therin his &s;ede is. &para; The ver|tue is that he is good for men that hath the fallynge euyll. Al&s;o he is good for &s;auces.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Ci&s;era.</HEAD>
<P>CI&s;era is an herbe called Frenche pey&s;e he hath leues lyke a more pay&s;e, &amp; al&s;o coddes, he hath not &s;o great leues, nor &s;o lon+ge coddes as hath y^e other pey&s;e, &amp; he hath &s;pi+ces of her whyte &amp; red, &amp; he groweth in gar|dynes, &amp; her &s;ede in &s;chaps as it were a pey&s;e.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<PB REF="15">
<HEAD>&para; Camelion.</HEAD>
<P>CAmelion is an herbe called wo&s;ue&s;the&s;|tell or a whyte the &s;tell, this herbe hath whyte leues great and brode, and hath a red flower and groweth in wayes. &para; The ver|tue of this herbe is great, that yf ye take this herbe when the &s;onne is in Caprycorne with the new moone, yf ye bere it with the, or vpo~ the there &s;hall no my&s;chefe fall on the.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Con&s;olida maior.</HEAD>
<P>COn&s;olida maior is an herbe called con|fery, this hath leues lyke to hor&s;helme but they be not &s;o whyte, &amp; groweth in wa|tery places, and hath two &s;pyces on her, the one hath a whyte flower, the other a red, and lyke they ben of one vertue. &para; The vertue is yf a man be bro&s;ed within hym or broke, take the rote of this herbe, &amp; ro&s;t hym well amon|ge a&s;&s;hes, and take hym to the &s;icke fa&s;tynge with ho~ny, and let hym eate it and he &s;hal be hole. Al&s;o this herbe hath broken &s;eues, and he is hote &amp; moy&s;te, and bereth blacke &s;ede.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Con&s;olida minor.</HEAD>
<P>COn&s;olida minor is called Day&s;ye or Brow&s;wort, and he hath leues lyke to the le&s;&s;e centory and a whyte flower. &para; The vertue is that he is good to breke botches, yf he be puned and layde therto, this is a &s;pyce
<PB REF="16"> of Confery, and he groweth welny ouer all.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Con&s;olida media.</HEAD>
<P>COn&s;olida media is called whyte Bo|thyn or whyte Goldes, this herbe hath leues &s;omwhat longe, and they ben entended a lytell without, &amp; hath a whyte flower that is &s;om what lyke to day&s;e, and it groweth in medowes and lees.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>&para; The .iiii. letter begynneth with .D.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Dragancia.</HEAD>
<P>_DRaga~tia is an herbe called Dragance or El|derwort or Cerpentyne, this herbe hath .iii. leues in eche brau~che, and they be &s;om what &s;harp as an nedder. &para; The vertue is and he be puned with wyne he putteth away all maner of venym. Al&s;o he healeth akynge of earen, and they be anoynted therwith. Al|&s;o yf the powder of this herbe be blowne in a mans no&s;e, it clen&s;eth y^e no&s;e from re~nyng. Al&s;o it is good to di&s;troy the gowte, and the canker, and the fe&s;terynge of woundes, this herbe groweth in woodes and hylles, and he is hote and moy&s;te, and mu&s;t be gathered in the moneth of Iune and Iuly.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<PB REF="16">
<HEAD>&para; Diptanum.</HEAD>
<P>DIptanum is called Detayne or detan|dre, this herbe hath leues lyke to Co&s;te but they be grener than y^e leues of Co&s;te, and it hath a lytel whyte flower. &para; The vertue is yf a woman be with a deed body it wyl dely|uer her therof, this herbe wyll drawe out an thorne, or yron out of a mans foote, or other places, and it is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Daucus a&s;inius.</HEAD>
<P>DAucus a&s;inius is an herbe called birde&s;+ne&s;t or Tanke, this herbe hath leues ly+ke to Hemlocke, and hath a whyte flower. &para; The vertue is that he is good to hele the drop&s;ey and bytynge of venymous bee&s;tes. Al&s;o he openeth the &s;toppynge of the leuer, and of the mylt. Al&s;o he vubyndeth a ma~nes wombe, and maketh hym laxatyue, this her|be groweth in feldes, and beareth his flower lyke to a byrdesne&s;te, and this herbe is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Daucus creticus.</HEAD>
<P>DAucus creticus is an herbe called the le&s;&s;e tanke, this hath leues lyke to wyl|de Popy, but the leues ben more whyter, and he hath a flower that is purpull coloure, this groweth in wete, and it is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Dens leonis.</HEAD>
<PB REF="17">
<P>DEns leonis is an herbe called daunde|lyon or lyons toth, this hath leues lyke to hounde&s;toth, and he hath a yelow flower, and he hath no braunche but as eche flower &s;pryngeth out of the more with a lytell brau~|che, and it droppeth mylke whan it is broke. &para; The vertue is that the moore of it is good to hele the Feuer cotydyan, and it be dronke with wyne, it groweth all aboute.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Dragancia faminea.</HEAD>
<P>DRagancia feminea is an herbe called Dragaunce female, it hath leues lyke to yuy, but they haue whyte &s;peckes, and it hath a yelow &s;talke the length of two cubytz, other whyle as it were a croked &s;taf, and lyke to a &s;nake, and &s;he beareth her &s;ede as it were a clu&s;ter of grapes, and when the &s;ede is ripe it is yelowe, this herbe groweth in darke pla+ces. &para; The vertue of this is that yf the &s;ede therof be puned with oyle and put to a mans iyen, it healeth the akynge of iyen. Al&s;o the ioyce of this herbe with a lytell wolle put to the no&s;ethyrle, clen&s;eth y^e no&s;e from all fylth. Al&s;o the rote of this herbe puned with white wyne and ho~ny heleth all woundes, and the canker ary&s;ed in. Al&s;o he y^t froteth his hande well with the rote of this herbe, he may take edders without any parell. Al&s;o the ioyce of
<PB REF="17"> this rote dy&s;troyeth the darkenes of the iyen, yf they be anoynted therwith. Al&s;o yf this herbe be dronke with wyne, he &s;terith a man vnto lechery.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="5" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>&para; The .v. letter begynneth with .E.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Elena campana.</HEAD>
<P>_ELena ca~pana is an herbe called Enule ca~payne or hor&s;|eldron, this herbe hath leues as it were Comfery, but they be more whyter then the leues of Comfery, and he hath a longe &s;talke and a yelow flower. &para; The vertue is yf a man ha|ue waggynge teth and ete therof fa&s;tynge, it wyll fa&s;tyn his tethe. Al&s;o yf a man drynke this herbe it healeth hym from the &s;tone, and helpeth hym to make water. Al&s;o yf it be dro~+ke, it delyuereth a woman of a deade chylde. Al&s;o it hardyneth a mannes wombe yf it be laxatyue, this herbe heleth a man of the cou|ghe this herbe is hote and moy&s;te, it groweth in woodes and feldes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Endiua.</HEAD>
<P>ENdiua is an herbe called endyfe or hor&s;e the&s;tyll, this herbe hath leues lyke &s;ow|thy&s;tel, this hath pykes in the rygge and a ye+lowe flower. &para; The vertue of this herbe is
<PB REF="18"> thet the ioyce therof medled with hote water, and dronke heleth the &s;toppynge of the mylt and of the lyuer. Al&s;o it is good to hele the ye+lowe euyll, and the feuer tercyan, and the ho|te po&s;tume. Al&s;o this herbe &s;wageth y^e great hete of the lyuer, and of the &s;tomacke, and it is colde and moy&s;te.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Eruca.</HEAD>
<P>ERuca is an herbe called &s;kyrwhyte, this hath leues lyke to bylre, but they be not &s;o longe, and it hath a great rote. &para; The ver|tue is that the ioyce of the leues wronge out, holde in a mans mouth heleth all the &s;orenes of the mouth. Al&s;o it breketh the &s;tone. Al&s;o the ioyce of this herbe &s;odde and dronke dy|&s;troyeth blacke coloure. Al&s;o it &s;tereth a man moch to lechery, and he v&s;e it. Al&s;o it helpeth a man to make water. Al&s;o the ioyce of this herbe clen&s;eth a man yf he be anoynted ther|with. Al&s;o the ioyce of this herbe delyuereth men and chyldren from the cowghe, this her|be is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Eufragia.</HEAD>
<P>EVfragia is an herbe called Eufra&s;&s;e: this herbe hath lytell leues lyke to her colour but they be not &s;omoch as he, &amp; he hath a why+te flower. &para; The vertue is y^t he is good to he+le &s;ore iyen, he groweth i~ medowes &amp; hylles.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<PB REF="18">
<HEAD>&para; Ebulus.</HEAD>
<P>EBulus is an herbe called walworte, it hath leues &s;omdele lyke Erderen and he hath a longe &s;talke and groweth in feldes.</P>
<P>&para; The vertue is that he is good to dy&s;troye the drop&s;y, and &s;cabbes, or tetters. Al&s;o this herbe draweth wicked humours out of a ma~ this herbe is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Edera.</HEAD>
<P>EDera is an herbe called yue, this is co~|mon it is called how&s;ys, &amp; towrys, and hath leues lyke to an herbe called bryan, and it bereth fruyte as it were bayes. &para; The ver|tue therof is yf it be &s;od and layde on a botche it healeth it &s;oone. Al&s;o yf thy heade ake take the ioyce of this herbe with oyle of ro&s;es, and &s;eth them togyther in wyne, and anoynt thy hede therwith, and thou &s;halt be hole. Al&s;o yf thou wyl kepe thy heade from akynge in the &s;onne, take the leues of this herbe, and pune them &s;mall, and then tempre them with cy&s;ell and the oyle of Ro&s;es, and then anoynte thy forheade therwith.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Edera terre&s;tris.</HEAD>
<P>EDera terre&s;tris is an herbe called orpyn, or heyhoue, this hath leues lyke to Car|mynt, but they be not &s;o moche, and hath in the croppe a red flower. &para; The vertue is yf
<PB REF="19"> it be put in potage amonge fle&s;&s;he, he wyll make the fle&s;&s;he tendre and ne&s;&s;he.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Eborus.</HEAD>
<P>EBorus is an herbe called longe wort, or Pelyder of &s;payne, this is lyke to Pede+lion, but the leues of this herbe be not &s;o mo|che &s;lytte without, and he hath a flower as it were a pa&s;nepe. &para; The vertue is that he wyl hele &s;cabbes, the morfewe, and tetters. Al&s;o he heleth the emerawdes, yf it be layde to the place there it bledeth. Al&s;o he purgeth the co|lour of the fleume. Al&s;o he helpeth the from the tothache yf it be &s;od with ey&s;ell, and hol|de a quantyte in your mouth. Al&s;o this herbe purgeth well the &s;tomacke and the wombe. Al&s;o the powder of this herbe medled with a lytel growell &s;hall &s;lee wormes. Al&s;o the ioy|ce of this herbe medled with mylke &s;hall &s;lee flee&s;e, this herbe is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Elabrus.</HEAD>
<P>ELabrus is an herbe called Clouentonge, or Pedelyon, this herbe is moche lyke to longe worte, but not &s;o flat as be the leues of this herbe, &amp; he hath &s;omdele a brode flower, more than a peny, he hath a blacke rote and he is horryble in &s;yght. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that yf the powder therof be medled with growel or with meele it wyl &s;lee rattes
<PB REF="19"> and yf a bee&s;t py&s;&s;e blode, gyue hym this her|be and he is hole.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Epatica.</HEAD>
<P>EPatica is an herbe called liuerwort, this herbe groweth in brymmes of waters, and in welles, and it wyll ioyne to &s;tones, and he groweth moche in walles of &s;tone, &amp; it hath nother &s;talke, not her flower but &s;mall to wnde leues, and the more the leues be bet|ter to medycynes. &para; The vertue is y^t he wyll dy&s;troy and clen&s;e the hardenes of the lyuer. Al&s;o the leues therof medeled with &s;wynes grece wyll hele woundes. Al&s;o it is good to hele the Feuer quartayne.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="6" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>&para; The .vi. letter begynneth with .F.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Famula.</HEAD>
<P>_FAmula is an herbe called &s;perworte, or la<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">|&s;ecle, this hath leues ly|ke to a &s;pere hed, it hath a &s;talke, and in the top co~myng out many &s;mal &s;talkes, &amp; it hath a why|te flower, and it groweth in waters. &para; The vertue therof is that he is good to hele the fe|uers, and al&s;o for to breke botches and byles, and it is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<PB REF="20">
<HEAD>&para; Fumus terre.</HEAD>
<P>FUmus terre is an herbe called fumeterry this herbe hath leues that ben &s;omwhat whyte vnder, and they ben &s;mal, and it hath a flower of purpul colour, and this herbe gro+weth in &s;talkes, but not fullonge. &para; The ver+tue is that he comforteth the &s;tomacke. Al&s;o he maketh a man to haue appetyde to mete, it helpeth a man to make water, and it openeth the &s;toppynge of the lyuer, &amp; clereth a ma~nes blode. Al&s;o yf the ioyce therof be dronke it di|&s;troyeth &s;cabbes and ytchynge, and bladders that ben gendred of wycked humours, and it is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Fragra.</HEAD>
<P>FRagra is an herbe called &s;trawbery, and this herbe is co~mon. &para; The vertue therof is that he is good to dy&s;troye a webbe in the lyen. Al&s;o it is good to hele woundes. Al&s;o the ioyce medeled with ho~ny, and dronke he|leth the akynge of a mannes mylte, this gro|weth in clene and darke places.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Fabaria maior.</HEAD>
<P>FAbaria maior is an herbe called brokele|ues, this herbe hath rownde leues &amp; mo|che lyke to myntes. &para; The vertue therof is, yf he be puned with &s;hepes talowe, and ma|de hote in maner of a play&s;ter, and layde to
<PB REF="20"> any &s;wellynge it wyll hele it, this herbe gro|weth in &s;mal brokes, &amp; mo&s;te amonge belton.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Filex.</HEAD>
<P>FIlex is an herbe called Ferne, this herbe is co~mon, and there be .iii. &s;pyces therof, one is called Ferne, and another is called po|lipode, another called O&s;monde, and that is the .ii. &s;pyces, another is called verrew &amp; that is the .iii. &s;pyce, polipode is good to make a man laxatyue, and he groweth in trees, O&s;|monde is good to hele broken bones, and it groweth in dyches and woodes, the .iii. that me~ cal euer verrew groweth on walles, and is good to hele the potagre, &amp; he maketh &s;tro~|ge a ma~nes &s;enewes, &amp; he groweth in woo|des, dyches, and feldes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Filipendula.</HEAD>
<P>FIlipendula is an herbe that men calleth Filipendull or dropworte, this is lyke to yaron, and he groweth next the grou~de, the leues be more than the leues of yaron, it hath a &s;mall &s;talke, and a flower &s;omdele whyte, and in the more &s;mall pelettes lyke y&s;hape as it were &s;mal pelettes rownde. &para; The vertue is y^t he wyll dy&s;troy wycked wyndes aboute the lyuer and the mylte. Al&s;o he helpeth to di|&s;troy the &s;tone, it groweth in holowe places, and drye, and it is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<PB REF="21">
<HEAD>&para; Feniculum.</HEAD>
<P>FEnicnlum is an herbe that men calleth Fenell, this herbe is co~mon ynoughe.</P>
<P>&para; The vertue is, the &s;ede when it is drye, it di&s;troyeth wynde in the &s;tomacke. Al&s;o it co~|forteth a mannes &s;tomacke. Al&s;o he openeth the &s;toppynge of the reynes &amp; of the bladder. Al&s;o y^e ioyce of this herbe &s;tilled in to a mans iye doth away the webbe. Al&s;o yf it be dron|ke with wyne, it dy&s;troyeth all maner of ve|nym. Al&s;o the ioyce dropped in to the eres &s;le|eth wormes, that ben within. Al&s;o yf it be dronke with wyne it heleth the drop&s;y. Al&s;o it heleth all maner of &s;wellynges. Al&s;o yf he be dronke with wyne or water, it maketh a womans mylke to wax. Al&s;o yf he be dron|ke with wyne, it kepeth from ca&s;tyng. Al&s;o yf he be medled with oyle it wyll hele y^e &s;wel|lynge of a mans yerde. Al&s;o yf thou wyll be &s;teryed to lecherye, take and drynke the &s;ede therof with good wyne.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Faxmus.</HEAD>
<P>FAxmus is an herbe called hertwort or odobrame, this hath leues y&s;hape as a hert and hath a flower as were bugle, and a &s;horte &s;talke. &para; The vertue is yf he be broke and layde to a &s;ore it heleth anone, this groweth in feldes and medowes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<PB REF="21">
<HEAD>&para; Finiculus porcinus.</HEAD>
<P>FIniculus porcinus is an herbe called &s;wynes fenel or worme &s;ede, this her|be hath &s;mall leues lyke to yaron, and of a &s;talke co~mynge many braunches it gro|weth vpon walles, &amp; hath &s;mall coddes and &s;mall red &s;ede. &para; The vertue of this herbe is, yf a man ete the &s;ede therof, it di&s;troyeth and &s;leyeth the wormes within the wombe, and it is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Febrifuga.</HEAD>
<P>FEbrifuga is called fetherfoy or vethut foye, this herbe hath many &s;talkes co~|mynge out of one &s;talke, and it hath a whyte flower as it were Mayes. &para; The vertue is that he wyl comforte the &s;tomacke. Al&s;o it &s;wageth the feuer cotydyan. Al&s;o it is good to hele the crampe that co~meth of a colde &s;tomacke. Al&s;o yf this herbe be puned and layde to a &s;ore that is bytten with a ve|nymous worme or bee&s;t it &s;hall be hole. Al&s;o this herbe tempered with ey&s;ell doth awaye the morfew. Al&s;o yf this be puned and layde to a wounde, in the whiche is broken bones, it &s;hal hele the bones. Al&s;o the rote of this her+be is good to &s;taunche the blodymen&s;on, this is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Filago.</HEAD>
<PB REF="22">
<P>FIlago is an herbe called feldewort, this herbe hath leues a lytell enlong, and it is lyke to hore hounde, it is a lytell herbe and it groweth in wete.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Fla~mula minor.</HEAD>
<P>FLa~mula minor is an herbe called the le&s;&s;e &s;perwort, it hath leues as it were gra&s;&s;e, but it is &s;harpe as it were a &s;pere. &para; The ver+tue of this herbe is yf it be puned and layde to a hande that is byte, it &s;hallbe hole anone.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="7" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>&para; The .vii. letter begynneth with .G.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Granum.</HEAD>
<P>_GRanum is an herbe cal|led Gromell, or lytelwale, this hath leues that ben par|te enlonge, and hath a lytell whyte &s;ede &s;hape as a &s;tone that men call mariery perle. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that he is good to hele the &s;tone, and the euyl of the bledder, this herbe maketh a man to make water, and this is hote &amp; dry.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Gene&s;cula.</HEAD>
<P>GEne&s;cula is an herbe called Gene&s;tre, or brome, this hath leues lyke to Spy|gurnell, and they ben a lytell longer, and it hath a yelowe flower. &para; The vertue is y^t he is good to knyt bones &amp; &s;ynewes togyther.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<PB REF="22">
<HEAD>&para; Genciana.</HEAD>
<P>GEnciana is an herbe called bladmoyne or felde wort. &para; The vertue of this her|be is that he clen&s;eth the &s;toppynge of the &s;to|macke, the lyuer and the mylte, &amp; it be dronke with ho~ny and water. Al&s;o it healeth the by|tynge of venymous bee&s;tes. Alfs;o it delyue|reth a woman of a deade chylde, and this herbe is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Galanga.</HEAD>
<P>GAlanga is an herbe that men call Ga|lyngale. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that he comforteth the &s;tomacke, &amp; it maketh a man to defye his meate. Al&s;o it vnbyndeth and letteth out wycked wyndes out of a ma~|nes body. Al&s;o it maketh a mannes mouthe &s;wete. Al&s;o it healeth the reynes. Al&s;o it ma|keth a man to haue appetyte to a woman, &amp; it is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Granum &s;olis.</HEAD>
<P>GRanum &s;olis is an herbe called wylde Gromell, this hath leues &s;omdele lyke to Gromell, and his &s;ede is lyke &s;omdele to that other gromell &s;ede. Al&s;o he hath &s;omdele &s;uche a flower, neuertheles they dyffereth in the &s;talke, for the &s;talke of this herbe is &s;harp and it groweth moche in wete.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Gladiolus.</HEAD>
<PB REF="23">
<P>GLadiolus is an herbe called Gladyoll, or Gladur, this herbe hath leues like to an herbe called Getus, but it is not &s;o grene, it hath a yelow flower &amp; a longe &s;talke, and it groweth in water.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Graciadei.</HEAD>
<P>GRaciadei is an herbe called graciadei, this hath leues &s;omdele lyke to dens de+lion, but the leues of this be &s;omwhat &s;harp, and it hath yelowe flowers, and it groweth in drye lande.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Graciadei maior.</HEAD>
<P>GRaciadei maior is an herbe called gra|ciadei the more, this hath leues lyke to cokyll, &amp; it hath a whyte flower, it groweth in drye grounde, and whan that it is broke it droppeth mylke.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="8" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>&para; The .viii. letter begynneth with .H.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Ha&s;tula regia.</HEAD>
<P>_HA&s;tula regia is an herbe called wodrofe, it hath leues lyke to croyes wort, and this herbe is &s;ote in &s;auour, and a woman &s;mel moche therto it maketh her heade to ake. &para; The vertue ther|of is yf the more of it be puned with wyne it &s;hall hele &s;ores of the mouthe. Al&s;o take the
<PB REF="23"> &s;ede of this herbe and pune it and tempre it with the &s;owre&s;t ey&s;el that ye can fynde and drynke it, and it &s;hall &s;taunche the flyxe and harde the wombe.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Herba crucita.</HEAD>
<P>HErba crucita is an herbe called Croys worte or Exean, this hath lytell leues and a &s;mall &s;talke, and al&s;o a whyte flower. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that he wyll hele well woundes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Herba chri&s;tofori.</HEAD>
<P>HErba chri&s;tofori ma&s;culus is an herbe called herbe chri&s;tofer male, this herbe hath leues moche lyke to le&s;&s;e crowe&s;ape, but they ben more whyte and not fully &s;o longe, and it groweth in drye grounde, and al&s;o in watery places, and it hath a yelowe flower. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that he is good to hele the pe&s;tylence.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Herba walteri.</HEAD>
<P>HErba walteri is an herbe called herbe water, this hath leues lyke to the leues of Per&s;ely, and the leues be thycke, fat, and tender. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that he wyll clen&s;e woundes and hele them.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Herba Roberti.</HEAD>
<P>HErba Roberti is an herbe called herbe Robert, this hath leues lyke to herbe
<PB REF="24"> Genet, it hath a &s;mall flower that is &s;omdel+red, it groweth in feldes and in hedges, and in walles. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that he wyll hele woundes, and al&s;o the powder wyll &s;lee the Canker.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Herba martis.</HEAD>
<P>HErba martis is an herbe called morta|gon, this herbe hath leues lyke to a let|ter. M. when he is a capytall letter, &amp; in &s;ome brau~che ht hath .ix. leues, and &s;ome more, and &s;ome fewer, and bringeth forth her leues and &s;ede togyther, this herbe hath many wonder|full vertues.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Herba Iohannis.</HEAD>
<P>HErba Ioha~nis is an herbe called &s;aynt Iohanes worte, it hath leues lyke to the le&s;&s;e Centory, it hath a yelow flower and a longe &s;talke, and many &s;talkes co~myng of one. &para; The vertue is yf he be in a how&s;e, he &s;uffreth no wycked &s;pryte dwell therin.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Herba Petri.</HEAD>
<P>HErba Petri is an herbe called cow&s;lop this herbe hath leues lyke to herbe <ABBR>xp~o</ABBR> for femall, but they be more whyter, and it groweth in medowes.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="9" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>&para; The .ix. letter begynneth with .I.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Iu&s;quiamus.</HEAD>
<PB REF="24">
<P>_IV&s;quianus is an herbe called Henbane or He~nebel, this herbe hath leues &s;ome|what whyte vnder, and the leues be flat a lytel without as it were &s;owthi&s;tel, it hath a flower &s;omwhat white, and it hath a great &s;talke, and many braunches co~mynge out of one more, &amp; it groweth in hye wayes. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that the oyle made ther+of is good to dy&s;troye all maner of gowtes, and namely that that co~meth of melancolye. Al&s;o the &s;ede of this herbe layde on a &s;layte &s;tone and hete with the fyre, and let it &s;mo|ke in the mans mouthe, it &s;leeth wormes of the teth. Al&s;o he &s;wageth the cough and hote po&s;tume and hote potegre. Al&s;o the more is good for the tothache, and the ioyce of this is good for all maner of woundes, and the &s;ede therof &s;hulde be gathered in Augu&s;t. Al&s;o yf thou ca&s;t the &s;ede therof in the fyre, all the he~|nes that ben ouer the fyre &s;hall fall in to the fyre, and it is colde and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; I&s;opus.</HEAD>
<P>ISopus is an herbe called I&s;ope, it hath leues lyke to Sauery, but they be not &s;o brode, &amp; he flowreth as doth &s;auery. &para; The vertue therof is that the ioyce therof
<PB REF="25"> medled with ey&s;ell, and put in a &s;ore mouth heleth it. Al&s;o it &s;leeth wormes in the wombe and maketh the wombe ne&s;&s;he. Al&s;o yf it be dronke grene or els the powder, it maketh a man wel colowred, it is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Ireo&s;e.</HEAD>
<P>IReo&s;e is an herbe called Saue, and his leues be lyke to flowerdelyce, &amp; it hath a whyte flower, and groweth in water.</P>
<P>&para; The vertue therof is that he wyll hele the akynge of the &s;enewes. Al&s;o it di&s;troyeth the coughe. Al&s;o yf it be dronke with wyne it dy+&s;troyeth the wycked humoures of the bree&s;t. Al&s;o it helpeth the bytyng of venymous bee|&s;tes or wormes. Al&s;o it di&s;troyeth the crampe Al&s;o it delyuereth a woman of a deade chyl|de, this herbe is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Iris.</HEAD>
<P>IRis is an herbe called flowerdely&s;e and it is lyke to Saue almo&s;te in all maner fetures, but this herbe hath a flower al|mo&s;te of purpull colour, this groweth in wa|ters and gardaynes, and he hath the &s;ame ver+tues that Saue hath.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Iua.</HEAD>
<P>IUa is an herbe called Iue, this herbe hath a rote euen downe to the grou~de growyn|ge, and it hath &s;mall leues growyng euen by
<PB REF="25"> the grounde. &para; The vertue is yf a man haue a &s;ore &s;wellyng aboute his eres, take this her be cumbonfitatibus of her in wyne and oyle and co~myn, and than make a play&s;ter therof, and laye to the eares and it &s;hall hele theym. Al&s;o take the knobbes of the rote &amp; dry them and clen&s;e them, and they haue vertue to ma|&s;te the laxatyue, and it is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Ia&s;ia alba.</HEAD>
<P>IA&s;ia alba is an herbe called wylde Tan &s;ey or go&s;e gra&s;&s;e, but they be more why|ter, and it hath a ye&s;owe flower, and it groweth downe by the grownde, as doth the &s;trawberyes. &para; The vertue of this herbe is good for the clen&s;yng of a mans lymmes, it groweth in medowes, &s;ees, wodes, &amp; wayes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Ia&s;ia nigra.</HEAD>
<P>IA&s;ia nigra is an herbe y^t men call matfe+&s;on, or bulwede, or yrenhard, or knoppe wede, this hath leues lyke to &s;cabyous, and it hath a purpull colour.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Ippia maior.</HEAD>
<P>IPpia maior is an herbe called pympernel, or &s;efehele, or wayworte, or more croppe, this hath leues lyke to chyckewede, but the &s;e+ues of this ben le&s;&s;e, and it hath a flower of purpull colour, &amp; it groweth in wete. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that he is good to hele
<PB REF="26"> wou~des, and &s;o dy&s;troy venym, and is good for the po&s;tume, and to hele the &s;ore iyen.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Ipia minor.</HEAD>
<P>IPia minor is an herbe that men call cheke wede, this herbe hath leues like to pymper nell, and it hath a whyte flower, and it gro|weth in gardaynes and in feldes. &para; The ver+tue of this herbe is, &s;ethe it in ro~nynge water and wa&s;&s;he your &s;cabey handes therin often tymes, and they &s;hall be hole.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="10" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>&para; The .x. letter begynneth with .L.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Lani&s;ticum.</HEAD>
<P>_LAni&s;ticum is an her|be called louage, this her|be hath leues lyke to Lo|uage, but they be &s;omde|le more, &amp; it hath a longe &s;talke, and it is &s;tronge in &s;auour. &para; The vertue is in the &s;ede of her. Al&s;o y^e morys therof dro~|ke with wyne, is good for the &s;tomacke, and for good dyge&s;tyng, this is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Lingua ceruina.</HEAD>
<P>LIngua ceruina is an herbe called hertes tongue, this hath leues lyke to the tonge of a harte, and it groweth in walles and drye places, &amp; hath no &s;ede, nor flower, nor &s;talke.</P>
<PB REF="26">
<P>&para; The vertue of this herbe is that he wyl ty|pe y^e po&s;tume and breke it, yf it be &s;ode with oyle of Ro&s;es. Al&s;o yf it be dronke with olde wyne, it hardyneth the wombe. Al&s;o it hea|leth a man of the coughe, this is hote &amp; drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Lilium.</HEAD>
<P>LIlium is an herbe that men call Lylye. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that yf thou pune it with talowe, and &s;ethe it with oyle, and laye it to the place there as the colde po&s;tume is, it &s;hall rype hym and breke hym. Al&s;o take the rotes of lylye, and the rotes of the red docke, and the more of louage, &amp; put all the&s;e in wyne &amp; oyle, the &s;pace of .ii. dayes and afterward let it &s;eth and clen&s;e it, and do therto waxe and oyle, and make anoyntme~t and that is good to hele the &s;ores &amp; hardenes of a ma~nes mylte. Al&s;o take the knobbes of the rotes of the Lylye and ro&s;t them amonge the coles, and take oyle Olyue and anoynte there as the &s;ore is.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Ligu&s;trum.</HEAD>
<P>LIgu&s;trum is an herbe called prymero&s;e. &para; The vertue of this herbe is good for to make potage. Al&s;o the ioyce put in a man|nes no&s;e wyll dy&s;troy the Megrym. Al&s;o the water that the rote is &s;oden in is good to vn|&s;top the conduytes of vryne.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<PB REF="27">
<HEAD>&para; Lingua bouis.</HEAD>
<P>LIngua bouis is an herbe called Langde<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> befe. &para; The vertue of this herbe is good to do awaye the red colour of a man. Al&s;o yf it be dronken it doth away the cardyacle and other wycked humours in a ma~nes lunges. Al&s;o the ioyce of this herbe dronke with hote water, maketh a man to haue a good mynde and good wyt, this mu&s;t be gathered in Iu|ne or in Iuly, and this is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Lingua &s;erpentis maior.</HEAD>
<P>LIngua &s;erpe~ris maior is an herbe called Adder tongue, this herbe hath leues ly|ke to Affodyll, but they be more grene, and al+&s;o more &s;harp in the ende, this mu&s;t be gathe|red in the moneth of Apryll.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Lingua &s;erpentis minor.</HEAD>
<P>LIngua &s;erpe~tis minor is an herbe called the le&s;&s;e Adder tongue, this herbe hath leues &s;omwhat lyke to Pygyll, and it hath a yelowe flower, and out of the &s;talke co~meth many brau~ches, and it groweth in woodes.</P>
<P>&para; The vertue of this herbe is good to lay to a cut, yf it be bru&s;ed and layde therto.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Lingua canis.</HEAD>
<P>LIngua canis is an herbe called houndes tongue. &para; The vertue of this herbe is good to dy&s;troy the coughe and the po&s;tume,
<PB REF="27"> and it wyll rype a botche. Al&s;o this herbe ea|ten is good for &s;hakynge of the heed, and ma+keth the throte and the breth &s;mothe &amp; &s;ouple. Al&s;o for the flux of the wombe yf thy fete be wa&s;&s;hed in the water that it is &s;oden in.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Lingua hircina.</HEAD>
<P>LIngua hircina is an herbe called Bucke &s;horne, or &s;wyne&s;kerce, this herbe hath le+ues flatred as it were an hertes horne, and it groweth crepynge by the grownde, &amp; it hath a lytell whyte flower, it groweth in watery places. &para; The vertue is that is clen&s;eth y^e &s;to|macke and refreyneth the great hete, and hea+leth the brennynge of fyre, yf that it be &s;oden and layde therto.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Lupinus.</HEAD>
<P>LUpinus is an herbe called Lupyne, this herbe hath leues lyke to fyue leued gras, the Lupyne hath .vi. leues, and it hath a why+te flower, and a whyte &s;ede that is &s;omwhat broder, and it bereth coddes &s;omwhat lyke to benecoddes. &para; The vertue of this herbe is, yf a man haue wormes in his wombe, take the &s;ede and make meele therof, and the ioyce of worm wode and ho~ny, and make a cake ther|of and ete it, and it vnbyndeth the &s;toppynge of the lyuer &amp; of the mylte. Al&s;o it is good to dy&s;troy the drop&s;y. Al&s;o take the &s;ame meele
<PB REF="28"> and the ioyce of ar&s;mert, &amp; make therof pa&s;te and lay it to thy eres, and it &s;hal kyl the wor|mes within them or yf thou make a cake ther+of &amp; hete it, it wyll do the &s;ame. Al&s;o yf thou wyll take the ioyce of Lekes, and tempre it with the meele, and put it in thy eres, it &s;hall clen&s;e theym from all wycked humours and &s;tynkyng. Al&s;o take the &s;ame meele and tem|pre it with oyle, and it wyl breke and rype all maner of po&s;tumes. And this herbe is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Labrum veneris.</HEAD>
<P>LAbrum veneris is an herbe that men cal+leth Sowthy&s;tell. &para; The vertue of this herbe is this, yf a ma~ haue a hote feuer, take the ioyce therof and tempre it with hote wa|ter, and let hym drynke it and he &s;hall be hole. Al&s;o yf a ma~ haue venym within hym, take this herbe and drye it and make powder ther+of, and do the powder in good wyne, and let hym drynke it, and it wyll ca&s;t vp all the ve|nym, this herbe is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Lauendula.</HEAD>
<P>LAuendula is an herbe called lauander, yf this be &s;oden in water, and gyuen to a man that hath the pal&s;ye, it wyll hele hym, and this herbe is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Lactuca.</HEAD>
<PB REF="28">
<P>LActuca is a herbe that is called Letty&s;e or &s;lope worte. &para; The vertue of this herbe is this, yf it be eten rawe or &s;oden it engendreth good blode. Al&s;o this herbe &s;o|den with a lytel ey&s;el and Saffron and than dronken, it helpeth a man that is &s;topped in the lyuer and in the mylt. Al&s;o yf a man may not &s;lepe, take the &s;ede of this herbe &amp; &s;tampe it to powder, &amp; tempre it with womans myl|ke and make a play&s;ter therof on lynt, &amp; lay it to the temples of thy heade, &amp; thou &s;halt &s;lepe well, or elles drynke the powder therof with mylke. Al&s;o take the &s;ede and tempre it with oyle of ro&s;es, and make a play&s;ter and lay it to thy &s;tomacke, and it is good to di&s;troy the hote po&s;tume. Al&s;o drynke the ioyce of this herbe, or powder the &s;ede for it is good to he|le y^e flyx, but who that v&s;eth this herbe ouer|moche, it wyll dy&s;troy theyr &s;yght, this herbe is colde and &s;omwhat moy&s;te.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Lactuca &s;iluatica.</HEAD>
<P>LActuca &s;iluatica is an herbe called wyl|de Letty&s;e, this herbe hath leues lyke to the thi&s;tel, and they be &s;harpe and kene, and it hath a flower of purpull colour, and it groweth in feldes and in whete, this herbe is hote and drye. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that it taketh away the dymnes of the iyes,
<PB REF="29"> medle y^e ioyce of this herbe with wyne or ho~|ny, and the gall of an Au&s;tour, or other foule of pray, and put it all medled in a gla&s;&s;e, and put it in thy iyes .iii. tymes in a day or more, and in &s;horte &s;pace thy iyes &s;hallbe clere, for it is a &s;ouerayne medicyne. And bycau&s;e this herbe is good for to clere the &s;yght, &s;ome &s;ay that the Egle cateth this herbe when that he wyll flee hye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Lactuca leporica.</HEAD>
<P>LActuca leporica is an herbe called Hate thy&s;tel, this herbe hath leues lyke vnto Sowthy&s;tel, but the leues be not &s;o en|dented, it droppeth mylke. &para; The vertue of this herbe is thus yf a hare cate of this herbe in &s;o~mer whan he is mad, he &s;hallbe hole.</P>
<P>Al&s;o take this herbe &amp; lay it to a ma~nes &s;yde when he &s;lepeth, or elles that he knowe not therof, and it wyll hele hym of the feuers.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Lollium.</HEAD>
<P>LOllium is an herbe that men call cokle. &para; The vertue of this herbe is thus, yf it be dronken with Rady&s;&s;he, and a lytel &s;alt, it is good to hele the Canker, or other wou~des in peryll. Al&s;o it is good to comforte the &s;to|macke and y^e lyuer. Al&s;o it wyll vnbynde the wormes in a mans &s;tomacke. Al&s;o it helpeth a man to make water, and it is good for &s;ore
<PB REF="29"> iyes. Al&s;o &s;ubfumygacyon therof wyl make a woman to bere her chylde without any pe|ryll or harme. Al&s;o it wyll a&s;&s;wage the great paynes of akynge of y^e lypur, it is hote &amp; dry.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Laparium rubeum.</HEAD>
<P>LAparium rubeum is an herbe called red docke, yf that a man take the ioyce ther|of and holde it in his mouth, it wyll a&s;&s;wage the tothache. Al&s;o yf a man haue the kynges euyl take this herbe and &s;eth it in wyne, and &s;trayne it and gyue it hym to drynke, and he &s;hallbe hole yf he v&s;e it oft. Al&s;o yf y^t a man rubbe hym with the ioyce, it doth away euyll ytchynges. Al&s;o this herbe is good to deliuer wyndes that be &s;topped in a mans &s;tomacke by balkyng. Al&s;o this herbe is good to make &s;cabbes and botches rype. Al&s;o it is good to make a man to haue a harde wombe, &amp; this herbe is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Linum.</HEAD>
<P>LInum is an herbe that men cal flex, and it is good yf a man take the &s;ede therof, and &s;ethe it in water, it maketh a man laxa|tyue, and it is good to make a play&s;ter therof for akynge &s;ores. Al&s;o there is another &s;pyce therof that is called Cu&s;tula, and it is named in engly&s;&s;he Dodure, &amp; it groweth amonge flex. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that he is
<PB REF="30"> good to purge a man of the colour. Al&s;o yf a great quantyte therof be taken, and &s;oden in Myrre and oyle togyther, and a play&s;ter ma|de therof, it is good for y^e raynes and for the bree&s;t, and for other akynge lymbes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>Lauriola.</HEAD>
<P>LAuriola is a herbe called lawrell. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that it wyll make a man laxatyue, &amp; it is good to purge a man of flewme and of colour, it is good for a ma~ that may not cate, for yf the ioyce therof be put in his eres, or yf the &s;ayde herbe be &s;tam|ped, &amp; a &s;uppo&s;itory be made therof and &s;ayde on cotton, it wyll hele it. Al&s;o for them that here not wel, put the ioyce in to his eres, and yf there be any rotten humours it wyll drye them, and it is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Licori&s;a.</HEAD>
<P>LIcori&s;a is an herbe that men cal lycory&s;e the rote of this herbe is &s;wete, &amp; it moy|&s;teth the kyndly hete of a man, and it is good for the coughe. Al&s;o yf it be &s;oden in water, it wyll dy&s;troy a ma~nes thur&s;te. Al&s;o it ma|keth a ma~nes bre&s;t, his throte, and his lunges moy&s;te, and in good tempre. Al&s;o the water that lycory&s;e is &s;oden in is good agayn&s;t all &s;yckenes of y^e bree&s;t, &amp; for y^<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> a po&s;tume of the rybbes called pleure&s;y, it is colde &amp; moy&s;te.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="11" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="30">
<HEAD>&para; The .xi. letter begynneth with .M.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Millefolio minor.</HEAD>
<P>_MIllefolio minor is an her|be that is called the le&s;&s;e Myl|foyle, there is no dyfference of kynde nor vertue betwene myl+foyle the le&s;&s;e, and Mylfoyle the more, &s;aue the more groweth in gardaynes, and the le&s;&s;e in wylde places, they be both of one &s;tre~gth.</P>
<P>&para; The vertue of this herbe &s;hallbe declared in Mylfoyle the more folowynge by lettre.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Mercurialis.</HEAD>
<P>MErcurialis is an herbe y^t men cal Mer|curye. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that he is good yf a man haue akynge in his wombe, gyue hym to drynke y^e ioyce and he &s;hallbe hole, it wyll clen&s;e the &s;tomacke, and the &s;ede wyll do the &s;ame. Al&s;o the ioyce tem|pred with whyte wyne is good to hele &s;ore iyes, and yf a worme or other vermyn haue bytten a man, take the ioyce &amp; warme it, and wa&s;&s;he it. Al&s;o yf there be any wormes crope~ in to a mans eres, take the ioyce and warme it and put it in to his eares, &amp; he &s;hallbe hole, this is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Menta.</HEAD>
<P>MEnta is an herbe that men cal mynte. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that yf
<PB REF="31"> it be ofte eaten, it wyll &s;lee the wormes in a mans wombe. Al&s;o yf a man haue botches or other rennynges or &s;wellynges in his heade, take this herbe and &s;tamp it, and lay it to the &s;ore, and it wyll hele it. Al&s;o yf a ma~nes toth or the fle&s;&s;he of y^e toth ake or &s;tynke: take this herbe and &s;eth it in whyte wyne and in ey&s;el, and take that lycour and wa&s;&s;he his mouthe therwith, than take the powder of the herbe and rubbe well his teth therwith, and he &s;hal haue a &s;wete &s;mellynge mouthe. Al&s;o take thou this herbe and ey&s;ell &amp; make &s;auce, and it wyl make the to haue a talent to thy mete. Al&s;o when there &s;hal be gyuen any medicyne to di&s;troy venym, it wylbe good to be gyuen with the ioyce of this herbe, for it hath many vertues, and namely for venym, there be ma|ny &s;pyces therof, and it is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Menta romana.</HEAD>
<P>MEnta romana is an herbe that me~ call whyte mynte. &para; The vertue of this herbe is that the ioyce therof wyl &s;le wormes in a mannes wombe. Al&s;o the ioyce wyll &s;le wormes in the no&s;e thyr&s;&s;es of a man. Al&s;o the powder therof ca&s;te in a mans mete, &s;hall make hym well to defye his meate. Al&s;o the ioyce dronke &s;leeth the wormes of y^e wombe, yf it be dropped in y^e eres, it &s;leeth y^e wormes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<PB REF="31">
<HEAD>&para; Malua.</HEAD>
<P>MAlua is an herbe that me~ cal malowe. &para; The vertue of this herbe is good yf the leues be &s;tamped and layde to a mans &s;to|macke, it wyll breke a hote po&s;tume in the be+gyn~ynge, or els medle this herbe with fre&s;&s;he &s;wynes grece, and laye it on a hote tyle, &amp; lay it all hote to the po&s;tume, and it &s;hal rype it, and breke it. Al&s;o it is good to di&s;troy y^e hard+nes of a mans lyuer and mylte. Al&s;o it wyll make a man laxatyue, &amp; it is good for play|&s;ters, it is colde and moy&s;te.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Morell or nyght&s;hadowe.</HEAD>
<P>MOrell is an herbe that men call nyght &s;hadowe, this herbe is colde and drye in the .ii. degre, the leues, the braunches, and the fruytes therof be ryght good &amp; be&s;t when they be grene. &para; The vertue is they be good for &s;toppynge of the &s;plen and the lyuer, and be&s;t for the Iaunde&s;&s;e to drynke the ioyce of it with a lytell Ruberbe. Al&s;o it is good for a po&s;tume in the &s;tomacke, in the bowels, or in the lyuer, &s;eth the ioyce therof with barly wa+ter and drynke it.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Ma&s;tyke.</HEAD>
<P>MA&s;tyke is an herbe that me~ cal gu~me, and it is hote and drye in the .ii. degre, and it is a gu~me of a tre growynge in a parte
<PB REF="32"> of the countre of Grece, in the latter ende of Vcre the men of that countre &s;lytte the trees, and than make the grownde clene all abouts and laye clothes rounde aboute the trees, or &s;ome other co~nynge to kepe y^e gu~me from the grounde in cho&s;ynge of it, to knowe whiche is be&s;t, to take the be&s;t is whyte and clere, the whyte colour is next y^e be&s;t, and y^t is medled with carth and &s;omwhat darke, the be&s;t ma|&s;tyke hath vertue of con&s;traynynge, comfor|tynge, clen&s;yng, and lo&s;ynge of humours di&s;+cendyng from the hede aboue to the iyes and to the teth, and for the dy&s;ea&s;e of the temp&s;es made of an a&s;cendynge wynde from the &s;to|macke to the heed. Take powder of ma&s;tyke with whyte &s;wete wyne, and the whyte of an egge, and medle them well togyther, and ye wyll ye may put in franken&s;ence, &amp; play|&s;ter it to the temples. Al&s;o &s;ethe Ma&s;tyke in water and drynke it, and it wyl comfort wel the &s;tomacke and make good dege&s;tyon, and it comforteth and relaxeth the &s;tomacke, and put to it fene&s; &s;ede, and it putteth out wynde out of the &s;tomacke. Al&s;o a play&s;ter made of Ma&s;tyke and bole armonyake, and the why|te of an egge and vynegre, and laye it on the forke of y^e &s;tomacke or bre&s;t, it wyll con&s;tray|ne wel the coloryke vanyte. Al&s;o &s;eth ma&s;ty|ke
<PB REF="32"> in rayne water and drynke it warme, and this medycyne is very good for y^e flux of the wombe that co~meth of a &s;harp lax that was taken before to &s;top hym. Al&s;o boyle ma&s;tyke in rayne water, or Ro&s;e water, with two or thre cloues, and drynke it warme, &amp; that com+forteth the vomyte, and y^e flux of the wombe that co~meth of &s;harpnes and vyolence of the medycyne. Al&s;o ma&s;tyke mu&s;t haue but lytell boylynge for hurtynge of his vertue, and it &s;hulde be gyuen warme, for it con&s;trayneth the more whan that it is gyuen warme, than whan it is ouer moche hote.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Magerum.</HEAD>
<P>MAgerum is an herbe that is hote &amp; dry in the &s;econde degre, the flowers and leues be v&s;ed in medycynes, and it &s;hulde be gathered in &s;o~mer whan it flowreth, and dry it in the &s;hadowe, and it may be kepte a yere. &para; The vertue of this herbe is good in comfor+tynge, lo&s;ynge, con&s;umynge, and of clen&s;yn|ge, yf the powder of it be dronken in wyne, or els boyle the powder of it in wyne, and it wyll hete wel a &s;tomacke. Al&s;o it comforteth the dege&s;tyon. Al&s;o take the leues &amp; flowers of magerum, and pune them a lytell, &amp; make them hote in a pa~ne, and lay it to the greuau~|ce, and it taketh awaye the dy&s;ea&s;e in the &s;to|macke
<PB REF="33"> y^t co~meth of wynde. Al&s;o for the re<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">+me in the heade, take this herbe and bynde it warme aboute thy heade. Al&s;o it dryeth the mother and con&s;umeth the &s;uperfluyte of it.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Millefolium maior.</HEAD>
<P>MIllefolium maior or yarow is an her|be y^t kynge Achylles dyd fynde, and therwith heled his men y^t were woun+ded with yron. &para; The vertue of this herbe is good for woundes, &s;tampe this herbe with &s;wynes grece, and play&s;ter it to the wounde, and it &s;hal hele it, and the &s;ame is good for an ache in the bre&s;te or &s;yde, it is good for hym that may not py&s;&s;e, take the ioyce of this her|be and vinegre &amp; drynke it, and merueylou&s;ly it helpeth a wounde that hath taken colde, &s;tampe this herbe in butter, and laye it to the wounde, and it wyll hele it well. Al&s;o to de|ge&s;t y^e &s;tomacke or that lyeth therin, take the ioyce of it, &amp; medle it with water and ho~nye, and drynke it warme. Al&s;o it is good for dy|&s;ea&s;es in the body, take the powder and medle it with wyne or with good ale, and drynke it and it helpeth moche. Al&s;o it is good for the herte brennynge. Al&s;o for y^e heedache &s;tampe this herbe, and play&s;ter it to y^e heade. Al&s;o for bytynge of a wood dogge, &s;tampe this herbe with the graynes of wete, and it healeth it.
<PB REF="33"> Al&s;o for hym that may not holde his meate, take and &s;tampe this herbe with wyne, and drynke it warme.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Motherworte.</HEAD>
<P>MOtherworte or mogwort, this herbe is called in latyn Arteme&s;ia, and it is hote and drye in the thyrde degre, this herbe helpeth a woman to conceyue a chylde, clen&s;eth the mother, and maketh a woman to haue her flowers, and it dy&s;troyeth the eme|rawdes on this maner. Fyr&s;te it mu&s;t be ga|thered, than take the powder of motherwort, and of Horehounde togyther, and &s;trawe it on the pappes. Al&s;o yf a chylde be deed in the mothers wombe, take motherwort, &amp; &s;tampe it &s;mall, and make a play&s;ter therof and lay it to her wombe all colde, and with the grace of God &s;he &s;hall haue delyuetaunce without parell, it is good for the &s;tone and the grauell in the raynes of a man or of a woman, yf a man bere this herbe vpon hym, there &s;hall no venymous bee&s;t greue hym. It is good for the yelowe Iaundes and it be dronken with wyne, for it conforteth the &s;tomacke, and ma+keth a man or woman to haue a good colour. Agayn&s;t ache of y^e bowels, powdre of mug|wort dronken with ho~ny ea&s;eth greatly, and is good agayn&s;t many other &s;yckene&s;&s;es.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<PB REF="34">
<HEAD>&para; Maces.</HEAD>
<P>MAces is a &s;pyce that is called Mace, this &s;pyce is hote &amp; drye in the &s;econ|de degre, maces is the tynde or hu&s;ke that groweth aboute the Nutmege, as y^e ryn|de groweth aboute the ha&s;ell nutte, it may be kepte .x, yere in his vertue, it is comfortyng, dy&s;&s;o&s;uyng, and con&s;umyng, the knowledge of fyne maces is thus, it &s;hulde be in coloure lyke to fyne golde, or elles lyke to golde that &s;yluer is gyft with, the whiche hath a &s;harpe <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">alage with a bytternes, and it &s;oketh lyke to earth, &amp; it is to be refu&s;ed, for it hath no &s;har|pe &s;auour, for a colde &s;tomacke that may not defye nor dege&s;te well, take maces and boyle them in wyne &amp; drynke it. Al&s;o a good play|&s;ter the whiche is be&s;t for a feble &s;tomacke, and make powdre of ma&s;tyke and of maces, and medle them with oyle of Ro&s;es &amp; wexe, and make a play&s;ter therof and &s;ay it on the &s;tomacke of the &s;ycke par&s;on. Al&s;o to clen&s;e the brayne of &s;uperfluous humoures, take a quantyte of maces, and chewe them well in thy mouthe, &amp; holde them there a whyle, and that &s;hall lo&s;e the feumo&s;yte of humours that ry&s;e vp to the brayne, &amp; purge the &s;uperfluite of it. Al&s;o for feblene&s;&s;e of the &s;tomacke and the lyuer of a colde cau&s;e, and for the colyke,
<PB REF="34"> and for the dy&s;ea&s;es of the &s;pyrytuall mem|bres, or flewme, boyle maces in the ioyce of fenell, and in the ende of the boyfynge put in a lytell wyne, than &s;trayne it and drynke it, for it is the be&s;t remedye for the fore&s;ayd dy|&s;ea&s;es. Al&s;o for the ache of the hert, v&s;e pow|dre of maces in thy meates and drynkes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Menta.</HEAD>
<P>MEnta is an herbe y^t is called red mynt, it is hote and dry in the &s;econde degre, and there be two other myntes, but I meane how&s;e myntes, the whiche properly is &s;ayde gardayne myntes, for that mo&s;te co~menly is in medycynes both grene and drye, for great hol&s;u~nes it &s;huld be dried in a &s;hadowe place, and &s;o it wyll be kept a yere in great vertue, to dy&s;&s;olue or lo&s;e, to con&s;ume, of his proper qualyte, &amp; to comforte of his &s;wete &s;auoure. &para; The vertue is this, for the &s;tynkyng of the mouth and fylthe of the gu~mes &amp; of the teth, wa&s;&s;he thy mouth and gu~mes with vynegre that myntes be &s;odden in, and after rub hym with y^e powder of myntes, or with dry myn|tes to prouoke the appetyte when a impedy|me~t of y^e &s;tomacke co~meth of colde humours beyng in the mouth of the &s;tomacke, make a &s;alue of myntes and vynegre with a lytel &s;y|namum and peper, and v&s;e it wel agayn&s;t vo
<PB REF="35"> mytes that co~meth of feblenes of y^e &s;tomacke or of colde cau&s;es, &s;ethe myntes in &s;auge wa|ter and vynegre, and depe it in and laye it on the mouthe of the &s;tomacke with the myntes that be &s;oden therin. Al&s;o gyue to the pacient to eate of the &s;ame myntes for the &s;incopyne, and feblene&s;&s;e in feuers, and without feuers, or of medycyne, or of what cau&s;e it be, &s;tamp myntes with vynegre, and a lytell wyne yf the pacyent be without feuer, &amp; yf he be with feuer, &s;tampe myntes with vynegre alone, than make a to&s;te of &s;owre brede, and to&s;te it well tyl it be almo&s;te brent, then put it in that licour, and let it lye therin tyl it be wel &s;oked, than put it in to his no&s;e and rub his lyppes, and gu~mes, tethe, and temples therwith, and bynde it to the poul&s;e vaynes of his armes, &amp; let the pacyent eate the moy&s;tnes that is left and &s;walowe it in. For to clen&s;e the mother, take the tender croppes of myntes, and &s;ethe them in water or wyne, and play&s;ter it to the &s;hare, and to the raynes. Agayn&s;t the congy|lynge in a womans bre&s;te, take the &s;mall &s;tal|kes of myntes and &s;eth them in wyne &amp; oyle, and play&s;ter it aboute the teates. Al&s;o be it knowen that whan any medycyne &s;hulde be gyuen agayn&s;t venym, it &s;huld be gyue~ with the ioyce of myntes, for myntes haue a ma|ner
<PB REF="35"> of &s;trengthe of drawynge out venym, or els it &s;huld be gyuen with wyne that myntes haue be &s;oden in. For &s;toppynge of the &s;plen and the lyuer, and of the wayes of the vryne of a colde humour and a hote without feuer, take the ioyce of myntes alone, or myntes &s;o den in wyne, or the ioyce of myntes medled with ho~ny, &amp; gyue it to the pacyent. To &s;lee wormes in the bely, take the ioyce of myntes and drynke it, &amp; thou &s;halte be hole. Al&s;o the ioyce of myntes &s;leeth wormes in the eares. For a tetter take the ioyce of myntes, and put therto brym&s;tone and vynegre, &amp; medle them wel togyther, and anoynt the tetter therwith and thou &s;halte be hole. For a wounde in the heade, &s;tamp myntes &amp; lay on the wou~de. &amp;c. For payne in the &s;yde, take myntes and &s;eth them in olde wyne or ale, and with it &s;tamp. xviii. graynes of peper, and drynke it in the nyght, and it wyll ea&s;e the of thy payne.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="12" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>&para; The .xii. letter begynneth with .N.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Nux mu&s;cata.</HEAD>
<P>_NVx mu&s;cata is a herbe the whiche is called a nutmeg, it is hote and drye in the &s;econde de|gre, the be&s;t groweth in ynde, &amp; in the tyme of his rypynge it is gathered, and
<PB REF="36"> &s;euen yere it may be kept, they that be playne and heuy after theyr kynde, be be&s;t to be cho|&s;en. And when they be broken they fal not to powder, but they haue a &s;wete and &s;harpe &s;a|uour, yf they lacke any of the&s;e afore&s;ayde, they be not good for medycyne. &para; The ver|tue is of comfortynge by his &s;wete &s;auoure. For coldnes and feblenes of dege&s;tion of the &s;tomacke, take in the mornynge halfe a nut|meg or a hole nutmeg, and eate it. Al&s;o for a colde &s;tomacke that is feble of dege&s;tion, and for the lyuer, gyue hym wyne that nutmeg&abis; is boyled in. Al&s;o for y^e &s;ame boyle nutmeg&abis; and ma&s;tyke in wyne and drynke it, this is good for the dy&s;ea&s;es in the &s;tomacke, and in the bowels to breke wynde. Al&s;o in the reco|uerynge of a &s;yckenes to comforte the &s;pyry|tuall membres, boyle nutmeg&abis; and ma&s;tyke in wyne, and drynke it. Al&s;o take a nutmeg and &s;mell to it, and it wyl comforte the &s;pyry+tuall membres.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Napo.</HEAD>
<P>NApo this is named Nauew, it de&s;yreth grou~de that is fatty, and &s;andy, it gro|weth be&s;t in &s;uch grounde, the properte of the Nauewe is, he chaungeth and tourneth in to rape, and after that it tourneth in to nauew, the be&s;t doth growe in grounde well dunged
<PB REF="36"> and tourned. Al&s;o it proueth well in places that &s;tubble of corne hath ben in y^e &s;ame yere, yf they growe to thycke, plucke &s;ome vp here and there, &s;o that the other may proue the bet+ter, and tho&s;e that ye plucke vp, &s;et them in voyde places. They &s;huld be &s;owen in y^e ende of Iuly, &amp; in Augu&s;t, the be&s;t &s;auoured Na|uewes be they that be longe &amp; &s;trayghte, and not ouer great, nor brau~ches in the rotes, but a &s;trayghte rote. Al&s;o of Nauewes maye be made a pa&s;&s;ynge good mete with a lytel &s;alt and vynegre, honny and mu&s;tarde, and with &s;wete &s;pyces, and it maye be made without &s;pices, Nauewes be hote in the &s;eco~de degre, and they nory&s;&s;he moche, but they be harde of dege&s;tyon, they make the fle&s;&s;he &s;ofte &amp; wyn|dy, but le&s;&s;e wynde the~ rapes. Therfore whe~ ye &s;eth them in water, ca&s;t that water away, and &s;ethe theym in another water, and &s;o his harde &s;ub&s;taunce is tempred by that, and &s;o menely bytwene good and euyll they gendre nory&s;&s;hyng, for they that be thus well &s;oden be not harde of dege&s;tio~, they make one wyn|dy, and they make &s;toppynge of vaynes and of poores, but yet they be profytable yf they be &s;oden twy&s;e, &amp; both the waters to be ca&s;te away, and they to be &s;oden in the thyrde wa|ter with fatte fle&s;&s;he.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="13" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="37">
<HEAD>&para; The .xiii. letter begynneth with .O.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Olibanum.</HEAD>
<P>_OLibanum is called Franken&s;ence, this is hote and dry in the thyr+de degre, it is a gu~me of a tre in ynde, the clene&s;t is the be&s;t. Al&s;o there be trees of that kynde gro|wyng in Dama&s;ke, but not &s;o clere nor good for it is darker of coloure, therfore it is to be refu&s;ed in medycyne. &para; The vertue is of com+fortynge by his &s;wete &s;auour. Al&s;o of clo&s;yn+ge and con&s;traynynge, for the tothache that co~meth of &s;uperfluyte of humours of y^e heed, and &s;pecyally by the vaynes, make a play&s;ter of the powder of Franken&s;ence with wyne, and the whyte of an egge, and medle them to gyther, and play&s;ter&punc; them aboute the te~ples. Al&s;o to &s;top the wayes of the vaynes aboue, take Franken&s;ence, and chewe it well in thy mouth, and that &s;hal &s;top and let the fluxe of humours co~mynge downe to the no&s;thyrles, take pylles of Franken&s;ence, and &s;walowe them downe in y^e mornynge, than boyle fran|ken&s;ence in wyne, and at euen drynke that whan thou goe&s;t to bed. Al&s;o the&s;e pylles be good to helpe the dege&s;tyon of the &s;tomacke,
<PB REF="37"> and good agayn&s;t &s;ore balkyng&abis;. Al&s;o to the comfortynge and clen&s;ynge of the matryce, and helpynge of concepcyon in the receyuyn|ge the fume of Franken&s;ence byndeth. Al&s;o boyle powder of it in wyne, and whan it is metely warme dyp a cloth in it, and laye it &s;o warme to the &s;hare of the pacyent, and great+ly it comforteth the matryce.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="14" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>&para; The .xiiii. lettre begynneth with .P.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Plumeus.</HEAD>
<P>_PLu~mes be colde &amp; moy&s;t &s;ome be whyte, and &s;ome be blacke, &amp; &s;ome be red. They that be blacke and &s;omwhat harde be the be&s;t, they be cal|led Dam&s;ons, &amp; wlan they be rype gather them, and &s;lyt them, &amp; &s;prynge vynegre vpon them, and &s;o they may be kept in a ve&s;&s;el of woode a yeare, and fyr&s;te whan they be cut they mu&s;t be layde in the &s;o~ne .xv. dayes to drye. &para; The vertue of the&s;e Dam|&s;ons haue coldnes &amp; clen&s;yng of the inwarde partes, wherfore they be good in feuers that be &s;harpe, and for co&s;tyfnes of bely&punc; that com|meth of drynes, or of coloryke humours dry|ynge, yf it be newe gyue it hym to eate, yf it be drye boyle it in water, and gyue it the pa|cyent
<PB REF="38"> to drynke therof, this is good for the fe|uer tercian, for &s;toppyng of the lyuer, for the Iau~des and &s;harp feuers, it &s;ofteth the bely, it is good for defaute of appetyte, and al&s;o for many other dy&s;ea&s;es.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Piper.</HEAD>
<P>PIper this is called Peper, it is hote and drye in the fourthe degre. There be thre maner of Pepers, blacke, whyte, and longe Peper. Dia&s;corides and Con&s;tantyne &s;aye, that they be fruytes of trees growyng in yn|de, and &s;ome &s;aye that Peper is made blacke with brennyng in the fyre, for whan it is ga|thered there be great multytude of &s;erpentes aboute it, and therfore they put it in the fyre to brenne the &s;erpentes that be a boute it, the Sara&s;yns dry it in an ouen, bycau&s;e it &s;hall not encrea&s;e in an other lande, but of all the Pepers the blacke is be&s;t, and the mo&s;te hol|&s;ome. &para; The vertue is, take Peper and put it in to thy no&s;e thyrlles, and it wyll make the to ne&s;e, and &s;eth Peper and fygges in wyne, and drynke it, &amp; it wyll clen&s;e the &s;pyrytuall membres of toughe humours, and it is good for the po&s;e that is take~ of colde. Al&s;o for the &s;ame cate powder of Peper with Fygges. Al&s;o powder of Peper put in a mans meate comforteth the dege&s;tion of y^e &s;tomacke. Al&s;o
<PB REF="38"> put longe Peper in a ro&s;ted apple, and ete it, and it &s;hall comforte the dege&s;tyo~. Al&s;o pow|dre of Peper wyll frete away deed fle&s;&s;he or prowde fle&s;&s;he, and longe Peper comforteth more the~ blacke. Al&s;o blacke Peper hath ver|tue of lo&s;yng, comfortynge, and of drawyn|ge, it clen&s;eth the &s;pyrytual membres of colde flewme, and vycyous humours, &amp; be&s;t when the powder of it is eaten with fygges, for he hath great &s;trength of hetyng &amp; comfortyng the &s;tomacke, prouokynge appetyte, but to &s;anguyne &amp; coloryke per&s;ones it is not good to v&s;e Peper, for it dryeth and bre~neth blode, and it engendreth lepre, and other euyl &s;ycke|nes. Pluto &s;ayeth, that Peper is fowle to &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> in&s;yght without blacke, and within whyte, a &s;harpe &s;auoure and a &s;wete odour, lytell in quantyte, and moche in vertue.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Pympernell.</HEAD>
<P>PYmpernell is an herbe that groweth in &s;andy places at the foote of the hylles.</P>
<P>&para; The vertue is he is good for y^e fy&s;tula and canker, &amp; he be puned and layde theron. Al&s;o it is good for dymnes of iyen, yf that they be wa&s;&s;hed with the water that it is &s;odden in. Al&s;o the ioyce of this herbe dronken wyl put away all venym from the body. Al&s;o this her|be is good to hele woundes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<PB REF="39">
<HEAD>&para; Pulegium.</HEAD>
<P>PUlegium is a herbe called Pulyol royall it is hote and drye in the thyrde degre, in the tyme of flowerynge it &s;huld be gathered, and it may be kept in his vertue a yere, when it &s;hall be v&s;ed in medycynes, take the leues with the flowers and &s;trype them fro the &s;tal|kes. &para; The vertue is of lo&s;ynge and con&s;u|mynge. For a colde humour in the heed, take powder of it and hete it well in a &s;kyllet, and all hote bynde it to the greuaunce without any lycoure. Al&s;o for a great colde taken in the heed, and for a toughe humour or a wate|ry humour, make a gargary&s;me, &s;eth Pulyol royall, and dry fygges in tarte vynegre, and take a good &s;ponful therof as hote as ye may &s;u&s;tre it, and holde it in thy mouth tyl it be al|mo&s;te colde, than put it out &amp; take as moche more, and do &s;o thre or foure tymes, and that &s;hal &s;purge thy heed wel of flew me Al&s;o &s;eth it in wyne and drynke it, and it is good for the dy&s;ea&s;es in the &s;tomacke in guttes, &amp; for colde cau&s;es, or for wynde in the &s;tomacke. Al&s;o it is good for toughe flewme in y^e bre&s;t, yf thou take powdre of it, and medle it with claryfyde ho~ny, and make a lectuary therof, and v&s;e to ete therof, or take the herbe therof and boyle it with wyne, ho~ny, or water, and
<PB REF="39"> v&s;e to drynke therof. Al&s;o for y^e blacke colour drynke y^e ioyce of it, but boyle it with wyne, and thou &s;halte be hole. Al&s;o for a ytchynge byle, lay this herbe in water, &amp; v&s;e to wa&s;&s;he the ytchyng therin warme, and thou &s;halt be hole. Al&s;o for ache take this herbe all grene, and &s;tampe it and play&s;ter it to the ache, and it wyll ea&s;e it. Al&s;o agayn&s;t the coughe boyle this herbe in wyne, &amp; drynke it luke warme, and this wyll make one py&s;&s;e well. For the dy&s;ea&s;e in the bely, &s;tampe this herbe with co~+myn and water, and lay it hote to the nauel, and lyghtly it &s;hallbe hole. For the di&s;ea&s;e in the lyuer, &s;tampe this herbe &amp; tempre it with water and vynegre, &amp; drynke the ioyce therof and thou &s;halt be hole. For an ache in the leg|ges or armes, take the leues of elder and Pu|lyall royal of eueryche alyke moche, &amp; &s;tamp them togyther wel, and play&s;ter it to the gre|uaunce, and it is good for the feuer tercyan, yf thou take the braunches of this herbe, and wrappe it in a good locke of woll, and gyue it to the pacyent, and lethym &s;mell therto be|fore the fyuer come on hym, and that &s;hal do hym great ea&s;e. For the heedache, take this herbe and bynde it fa&s;t rou~de about thy heed, and anone it &s;ea&s;eth the ache. Al&s;o yf a wo|man haue a deed chylde in her wombe, &s;tamp
<PB REF="40"> this herbe, &amp; gyue it her to drynke with olde wyne, and &s;he &s;hallbe delyuered of it by the grace of god. For the crampe drynke the ioy|ce with vynegre fa&s;tynge, and it wyll put it awaye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Pencedanum vel Feniculus Porcinus.</HEAD>
<P>PEncedanum, this herbe is called mayth hogges fenell, or mayden wede, this her+be is hote and drye in the thyrde degre, when this herbe is gathered for medicynes, the rote is better then the herbe, when the rotes be ga|thered they maye be kepte all a yeare. &para; The vertue is he purgeth, it is good for the &s;tran|gulyon or the flyxe, and good for &s;toppynge of the &s;plen and the lyuer, Boyle this herbe in wyne or water, and gyue it to the pacyent to drynke. Al&s;o &s;eth it in oyle &amp; wyne, and play|&s;ter it to the &s;hare, and it wyll helpe the &s;tran|gulion or the flyxe. Al&s;o the &s;ame play&s;ter is good for hardenes of the &s;plen, it molyfyeth that. Al&s;o agayn&s;t the colde humours of the &s;pyrytuall membres, gyue hym to drynke wa+ter with barly, and this herbe &s;oden togyther, and yf it be a feruent colde humour, then &s;eth the barly and the herbe in wyne, and gyue it to the pacyent to drynke with lycoryce.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Petrocilium.</HEAD>
<PB REF="40">
<P>PEtrocilium, this is called per&s;ley, this is hote &amp; moy&s;t in the thyrde degre. &para; The vertue is it multyplyeth greatly mans blode and doth away the ty&s;yke. It helpeth wel to dy&s;troy the Feuer tertian. It is good for the &s;yde and the drop&s;ye. It comforteth the herte and the &s;tomacke. And it is good in potage, and to &s;toppe chekyns.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Peritorium.</HEAD>
<P>PEritorium, this herbe is called Peritory, and it is hote and drye. &para; The vertue of this herbe is thus, yf a man haue an euyl &s;to|macke or elles akynge within hym, take this herbe and &s;eth it in thy potage, and ete therof and thou &s;hal do wel. Al&s;o this herbe is good to hele one of y^e &s;tone, yf he be bathed with it.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Pla&s;tinaca.</HEAD>
<P>PLa&s;tinaca, this is called a Pa&s;nep, it is hote &amp; moy&s;te in the &s;econde degre, there be two maner of Pa&s;neppes, the one is the Pa&s;nep of the gardayne, and the other is the wylde Pa&s;neppe, they be more v&s;ed to meate than to medycyne. &para; The vertue is to gendre thycke blode &amp; moche, wherfore it &s;tyrreth the lu&s;t of the body yf it be moche v&s;ed, therfore it is good for a man that is newly recouered out of his great &s;yckenes to v&s;e to eate of it a whyle. Al&s;o they be good to be eten rawe, or
<PB REF="41"> &s;oden for the melancoly humours grene and not drye. To make a &s;yrope to &s;tyrre the lu&s;te of the bodye, &amp; for to comforte the dege&s;tion, take rotes of Pas;neppes, and &s;eth them well in water, than take them out and ca&s;te away the water, and the rotes that be in gobettes boyle them agayne in water, than put therto ho~ny well claryfyed, and let them boyle vnto the thyckenes of ho~ny, and co~tynually &s;tyrre it that it cleue not to the ve&s;&s;ell and in the my|dle of the boylynge, put in Almondes yf ye haue theym, and in the ende of the boylynge put in Gynger, Galyngale, and a lytel Pe|per, Nutmeg, and other &s;wete &s;auoured &s;py|ces. Al&s;o Pa&s;neppes maye be &s;owen in De|cembre, Ianuary, and Marche, in fat grou~de and depe doluen, and lo&s;e grounde, and be&s;t dygged, and they be &s;omwhat wyndy, boyle them in two waters, but ca&s;t away the fyr&s;te water. Al&s;o there is a Pa&s;ney y^t is &s;omwhat red, the whiche may be eaten both rawe and &s;oden, &amp; with them and Nauewes togyther ye maye make a very good meate, and fayre and red in colour, the which be &s;oden as Pa&s;|neppes be.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Plantago.</HEAD>
<P>PLantago, this is called Playntayne, it is colde and drye in the &s;econde degre.</P>
<PB REF="41">
<P>&para; The vertue is this, for hedache take Plan+tayne and bynde it aboute thy necke, and the ache &s;hal go out of the heed. Al&s;o for di&s;ea&s;es in the body, &s;eth this herbe in good lycoure in what ye wyl, and v&s;e to drynke it, and it &s;hal clen&s;e the mawe, &amp; the other inwardes. Al&s;o for hym that bledeth at the no&s;e, gyue hym to drynke the ioyce of it, and it &s;hall &s;ea&s;e lyght|ly. Al&s;o yf y^t the body of any man be wexen harde, &s;tamp this herbe with grece and make a play&s;ter of it, and lay it on the hardnes, and lyghtly it &s;halbe &s;ofte and make it hole. Al&s;o for bytynge of a &s;erpent, take this herbe and drynke it with wyne. Al&s;o for the dy&s;ea&s;e in the mouth, take the ioyce of this herbe, &amp; hol|de it longe in thy mouth, and ete the leues of this herbe. For hym that may not well py&s;&s;e, &s;ethe this herbe and drynke it. Al&s;o for a rot|ten humour in the bre&s;t, and aboute the herte, take the ioyce of this herbe y^e wayght of .x. d. and medle it with ho~ny, and gyue hym to ete a &s;ponefull at one tyme, and that &s;hal &s;purge the bre&s;t. For ache i~ fete, take this herbe with vynegre, and drynke it. Al&s;o it heleth woun+des, and clen&s;eth the fylthe out of woundes. Al&s;o it &s;wageth rankelynge, and &s;tauncheth the mencions both with drynke &amp; with play|&s;ters made with powdre of Armonyake, and
<PB REF="42"> of &s;ankdragone, &amp; barly mele, with the white of egges made in a play&s;ter, and layde to the &s;ore. For the canker and the payne in the gu~|mes, take the ioyce therof and medle it with ho~ny and vynegre, and powdre of Alume, and that &s;hall &s;lee the Canker in the mouthe. Al&s;o for the feuers &s;tamp thre rotes of Plan|tayne, and tempre it with water, and gyue it hym to drynke that hath the Feuers, and he &s;hal be hole. For the Iaundes &s;tampe Plan|tayne and Letu&s;e togyther, and tempre them with vynegre, &amp; make a play&s;ter therof, and lay it to the ryght &s;yde, and v&s;e it tyll thou be hole, &amp; it is good for the bytyng of an adder, drynke the ioyce of it, and lay the &s;ub&s;taunce of the herbe to the &s;ore. For the &s;ame hange the rote of plantayne aboute the necke of the pacye~t, and meruaylou&s;ly it helpeth. For the potagre, and for the dy&s;ea&s;e in the &s;ynowes, &s;tamp the leues of it with a lytel &s;alt, &amp; play|&s;ter it well therto, &amp; meruaylou&s;ly it helpeth.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Porrum.</HEAD>
<P>POrru~, this is called a leke, it is hote and drye in the thyrde degre, it de&s;yreth lo&s;e grounde and fat, &amp; well donged, in that they &s;hal be&s;t profyte in hote places and temperat, they may be &s;owen in Decembre in temperet places, and colde. They may be &s;owen in Ia+nuary,
<PB REF="42"> February &amp; Marche, whan the groun+de is well dygged and dyght, and it maye be &s;owen by it &s;elfe, or medled with other &s;edes of herbes in good fat grounde well dygged, and tourned aboue it with good donge, this &s;ede wolde be &s;owen &s;omwhat thycke, &amp; whe~ they be &s;omwhat &s;pronge, take vp the great|te&s;t lekes, &amp; plante them in forowes, but take away none of theyr rotes when ye &s;et them in the forowes, but when ye &s;et them with a dybble cut awaye the rotes almo&s;te vp to the leke heed, and cut away the vppermo&s;t of the leues, they may be planted in Iuly, Augu&s;t, Septembre, and Octobre, they be moche pro+fytable in Marche, and in Apryll next folo|wyng, but in your plantyng you &s;hall not &s;e|ke after fat &s;oft grounde, for menely grou~de that is be&s;t, and that grounde that is almo&s;te drye is be&s;t, there is two maner of &s;ettyng of Lekes, one is in forowes as is the maner in Bonony, &amp; the forowe mu&s;te be fro the other a &s;pa~ne large, and the lekes mu&s;t be &s;et in the forowe .iiii. fyngers brede eche fro other, and when ye make the next forowe ca&s;t the earth on the lekes, and trede it downe &s;oftely with thy fote. The &s;econde maner is thus, when the grounde is well dygged and raked, then make holes with a great dybble, &amp; euery hole
<PB REF="43"> fro other a large &s;panne and more, in whiche the lekes mu&s;t be &s;et in, but fyl not thy holes, nor put earth on them, but let them be voyde. iii. wekes, when wedes grow amonge them pul them vp, and kepe them clene fro wedes. Dyuers Auctours &s;aye that the lekes that be thus planted be better then any other, or they may wellbe planted amonge great onyons, and when the onyons be taken away, wede the lekes and you &s;hall fynde them fayre and good, and when ye plucke vp leue &s;ome in a place, leue &s;ome for &s;ede, the whiche &s;ede may be kept thre yeare, and it be hanged vp in the hulles, lekes be be&s;t &s;oden, or thre tymes wa&s;|&s;hed before they be eaten. &para; The vertue is for a wounde, take lekes &amp; &s;tamp them wel with ho~ny, and laye it to the wounde, and it wyll hele it. For the coughe take the ioyce of lekes and v&s;e to drynke it. For the &s;ame, take the ioyce of Lekes, and medle it with womans mylke, and v&s;e to drynke it, and it wyll clen|&s;e the longes of all vyces.</P>
<LG LANG="lat">
<L>&para; Fracturas &s;olidat: durita&s;&abque; relaxat</L>
<L>Vulnu&s;&abque; appo&s;itum: cito cum &s;ale claudit.</L>
</LG>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Piretrum.</HEAD>
<P>PIretrum, this is called Pelleter, it is ho|te and drye in the thyrde degre, the rote is v&s;ed in medycynes, fyue yeare he maye be
<PB REF="43"> kepte in his vertue, and knowe ye well that his &s;harpnes is not knowen anone, it &s;hulde be puned &amp; holden in the mouthe. &para; The ver|tue is of lo&s;yng, and drawynge, and of con|&s;umynge. To make a gargary&s;me, take pel|leter and fygges, and boyle them in vynegre or in &s;wete wyne, and it wyll clen&s;e the bray|ne of &s;uperfluyte of flewme. Al&s;o yf it be chewed in the mouthe, it helpeth the pal&s;y in the tongue. Al&s;o for the pal&s;y and y^e potagre, &s;tampe it and &s;ethe it in wyne and oyle, and play&s;ter it to the greuaunce, this play&s;ter hel+peth moche therfore, yf thou may haue grene pelyter &s;tamp it, and lay it &s;okynge in wyne xv. dayes, and after boyle it wel and put ther to wexe &amp; oyle, for this is the be&s;t oyntement for all the fore&s;ayde dy&s;ea&s;es.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Papauer.</HEAD>
<P>PApauer, this is called Popy, it is colde and dry. There is two maners of them, the wyte Popy is colde and moy&s;te, and it is good to cau&s;e one to &s;lepe, y^e &s;ede therof well gathered may be kept .x. yeare. &para; The vertue is of clen&s;yng, it is put in medycynes with a determynacyon as the &s;ede maye be receyued of whyte Popy or blacke. For to prouoke a &s;lepe, make a play&s;ter of eche of them, or one of them with womans mylke, and the whyte
<PB REF="44"> an egge, and laye it to the temples. The wo|men of Salerne gaue to yonge chyldren the Popy, but they wolde gyue theym no blacke Popy, for it made them moch heuy. Al&s;o for a hote po&s;tume in the begynnynge, &amp; for cha|fynge of the lyuer, take the &s;ede of whyte Po+py, or els the herbe of it, and &s;tamp it &amp; medle it with oyle of Ro&s;es, and play&s;ter it to the greuau~ce. Al&s;o for drynes in feuer etyke and in other feuers, take and het<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> oyle of vyolet medled with powder of Popy &s;ede, &amp; anoynt the &s;mall of the backe therwith.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Polipodium.</HEAD>
<P>POlipodium, this is called Polypodye, it is hote in the thyrde degre, and dry in the &s;eco~de degre. This Polypody is a ferne that groweth vpon okes, or on walles, or &s;tones, but the Polypody that groweth on Okes is the be&s;t, gather the rotes of it and lay it a day in the &s;o~ne, cho&s;e that is grene, and that whi|che appereth dry, whan it is broken it is to be refu&s;ed. &para; The vertue is of dy&s;&s;oluynge, of drawyng, of purgynge flewme, and &s;pecyal|ly of melancoly, wherfore co~monly he is put in boylyng, and to flewmatyk, and melanco+lyous hole men, he is gyuen to pre&s;erue theyr helth, and know well that in the boylynge of Polypody &s;huld be put in &s;ome thynge to ex+clude
<PB REF="44"> and put out ventuo&s;yte as Any&s;e &s;ede, Fenel &s;ede, for they exclude out moche wyn|de, and vnbyndeth humours. Al&s;o for the co|tydyan, and for Illica pa&s;&s;io, and to kepe a mans helth, do thus &s;tamp halfe an ounce of Polipody or an ounce, yf ye wyl haue it mo|che laxatyue, than boyle it with prunes and vyolettes in fenell water or any&s;e, in a great quantyte, than &s;trayne it and gyue it the pa|cyent at euenyng &amp; at mornyng. Al&s;o &s;tamp it &amp; &s;eth it in water with fenell &s;ede, &amp; make a good brothe therof with a Chekyn therin, with &s;wete &s;auoured &s;pyces, and gyue the pa+cyent to eate. Al&s;o make a drynke therof af|ter this maner, &s;tamp it and boyle it in wyne and after put more wyne therto, &amp; &s;o make vp your drynke with &s;wete &s;auoured &s;pyces.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Pienium.</HEAD>
<P>PIenium, this is called Pyeny, it is hote and drye in the &s;econde degre, &s;o &s;ayeth Ypocras and Galien the good phylo&s;ophers &s;ay that the rote therof goth to dyuers medy|cynes, and it wyl la&s;t .x. yere, and it is colde. &para; The vertue is good for the pal&s;y, drye the rote and drynke powdre with Ca&s;ter &s;oden in wyne. Al&s;o the &s;ame is good for the &s;tone. Al&s;o yf a man be co&s;tyue and may not go to draught, take and &s;trawe the powdre therof
<PB REF="45"> on cotton, and put in to his fundement, and drynke the powder in whyte wyne. Al&s;o for a man or woman that hath the fallyng euyll, ete it and drynke it in wyne. Al&s;o hange the rote aboute his necke, and it wyll &s;aue hym without doubt within .xv. dayes. Al&s;o it hel|peth the &s;ores in the mouth. Al&s;o yf thou &s;eth it in wyne, it helpeth the &s;plen. Al&s;o drynke Pyeny with water and ho~ny, and do therto powdre of Colyandre, and this is good for the &s;tomacke, for the mylt, &amp; for grauel in the raynes. Al&s;o it is good for wome~ for dyuers dy&s;ea&s;es, and &s;eth it in whyte wyne, and gy|ue a woman to drynke therof, &amp; it wyll hele here blader, and make here to py&s;&s;e the &s;tone, and it wyl hele her of the matry<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">. Al&s;o Pye|ny &s;ede whan it is blacke, it maketh delyue|raunce of the bed of the chylde in her wombe, and at euery tyme when &s;he &s;hall v&s;e to dryn+ke it, &s;he mu&s;t drynke .xv. &s;edes at one tyme.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="15" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>&para; The .xv. letter begynneth with .Q.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Quinquefolio.</HEAD>
<P>_QVinquefolio, this is called Quynckefoyle, it is colde &amp; drye in the &s;eco~de degre, this herbe is good for ache in a mans lymbes and for ache of the heed, mouth, tongue, and
<PB REF="45"> throte that is &s;ore, take and &s;eth this herbe in wyne, and gyue the pacient to drynke therof thre dayes fyr&s;te and la&s;t, and he &s;hal be hole. Al&s;o &s;tamp it and drynke y^e ioyce of it in ale, and it wyll &s;eace the akynge and gnawynge of a man or woman. Al&s;o yf a man blede &s;o|re at the no&s;e gyue hym to drynke the ioyce of it with wyne, and anoynt his heed well with the ioyce of this herbe, &amp; anone the blode &s;hall &s;taunche. For to &s;lee a canker, &s;eth it in wyne with the grece of a &s;wyne, and make a play|&s;ter therof, and lay it on the canker, &amp; it &s;hall &s;lee it. Al&s;o take powdre of Quynckefoyle, and medle it with ho~nyl and therwith rubbe thy mouth, tongue, throte, &amp; the chekes with in, and it wyl &s;purge it wel. Al&s;o for poy&s;on or bytyng of a &s;erpe~t, take y^e ioyce of quynck|foyle, and drynke it with wyne, and meruey|lou&s;ly it re&s;y&s;teth venym.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="16" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>&para; The .xvi. letter begynneth with .R.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Rybbeworte.</HEAD>
<P>_RYbbeworte is an herbe that groweth in gardaynes. &para; The vertue is good for y^e feuer quartayne, take the ioy+ce of this herbe, and drynke it two houres before that ye thynke y^e dy&s;ea&s;e
<PB REF="46"> &s;hal come to you, and by the grace of God it &s;hall go fro you. For them that here not well, put in to theyr eres the ioyce, and yf there be any rotten humours it wyll drye them.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Rednetle.</HEAD>
<P>REdnetle is called a palyfe of y^e grekes, it is hote of vertue, for it bre~neth them that touche it. &para; The vertue is good for the Iaundes yf it be &s;oden in wyne and dronke, it clen&s;eth the colour meruaylou&s;ly. For the olde coughe &s;eth the&s;edes in water, and put honny therto, and drynke it, and it wyll hele the coughe, and take away the coldnes of the lunges, and &s;wellyng of the bely. Al&s;o vyne|gre that the &s;ede of netels is &s;oden in is good agayn&s;t &s;curfe in the heade, yf the heade be wa&s;&s;hed therwith .ii. or .iii. tymes, and then ryn&s;ed with fayre water.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Ro&s;a.</HEAD>
<P>RO&s;a, this is called red Ro&s;e, it is colde in the fyr&s;te degre, &amp; dry in the &s;econde degre, drye Ro&s;es and grene ro&s;es be v&s;ed in medicynes, and of grene ro&s;es be made many confeccyons. Al&s;o drye ro&s;es be put in medy|cynes, when a receyte of Ro&s;es is made, for they be &s;oone made i~ powdre, of ro&s;es is ma|de mell ro&s;et, &s;ugre ro&s;et, &s;yrop of ro&s;es, a lec|tuary of ro&s;es, water of ro&s;es, and oyle of ro|&s;es.
<PB REF="46"> Melro&s;et is made thus, take fayre pury|fyed ho~ny, &amp; new red ro&s;es, the whyte endes of them clyped a way, then chop them &s;mall, and put them in to the ho~ny, and boyle them menely togither, to knowe when it is boyled ynoughe, ye &s;hal know it by the &s;wete odour and the colour rufe, fyue yere he may be kept in his vertue. &para; The vertue of the ro&s;es be of comfortynge, and by the ho~ny he hath vertue of clen&s;yng. In wynter and in &s;o~mer it may be gyuen competently to feble, &s;ycke, fluma|tyke, melancolye, and coloryke people. Al&s;o Mul&s;a is made of water and mele ro&s;et, and it may be gyuen after the thyrde daye that it co~meth out of the bathe. For to clen&s;e the &s;to|macke of colde humour, gyue hym melro&s;et with water that fenell &s;ede is boyled in put|tynge therin .iii. graynes of &s;alt, yf the &s;ycke may take it, this &s;huld be the quantyte of Ro+&s;es and honny. In .vii. pounde of ho~ny put a pounde of ro&s;es. Sugre ro&s;et is made thus, take newe gathered Ro&s;es, and &s;tampe them ryght &s;mall with &s;ugre, than put it in a gla&s;&s;e and .xxx. dayes let it &s;tande in the &s;o~ne, and &s;tyrre it well and medle it well togyther, and &s;o it may be kept thre yere in his vertue. The quantyte of &s;ugre and Ro&s;es &s;hulde be thus in .iiii. pounde of &s;ugre a pounde of Ro&s;es, he
<PB REF="47" MS="y"> hath vertue of con&s;traynynge, and comfor|tynge of the fluxe in the wombe, take &s;ugre ro&s;et and powder of ma&s;tyke, of euery one a dragma, and med&s;e them wel togyther and gyue it to the &s;ycke, after that gyue hym ro&s;e water that Ma&s;tyke and cloues be &s;oden in. Syrop of Ro&s;es is made thus, &s;ome do take ro&s;es dyght as it is before&s;ayde, &amp; boyle them in water, and i~ that water &s;trayned they put &s;ugre and make a &s;yrope therof, and &s;ome do make it better, for they put Ro&s;es in a ve&s;&s;ell hauynge a &s;trayght mouthe, and they put to the ro&s;es hote water, and they let it &s;tande a day and a nyght, and of that water puttyng to it &s;ugre they make &s;yrop, and &s;ome do put more of ro&s;es in the fore&s;ayd ve&s;&s;el, and more of hote water, &amp; let it &s;tande as is befor&s;ayd, and &s;o they make a red water, and make ther of a &s;yrope, and &s;ome do &s;tampe newe ro&s;es, and they &s;trayne out y^e ioyce of it, and &s;ugre therwith they make &s;yrope, &amp; this is the be&s;t makynge of &s;yrope, and knowe well that &s;y|rope made of fre&s;&s;he &amp; newe ro&s;es, &s;om what meanely they be laxe, in the ende they bynde, but &s;yrope made of drye ro&s;es, fyr&s;te and la&s;t they bynde. Syrope of Ro&s;es hath vertue of comfortynge, and con&s;traynyng agayn&s;t the fluxe of the wombe, and he vomyte gyue it
<PB REF="47"> hym with rayne water, or with Ro&s;e water in a feuer. After lettynge of blode, gyue it to hym with colde water. Al&s;o the &s;ame for the &s;yncopyne. Oyle of ro&s;es is made thus, &s;ome boyle ro&s;es in oyle and kepe it. Some do fyll a gla&s;&s;e with ro&s;es and oyle, and they boyle it in a cawdron ful of water, and this oyle is good. Some &s;tampe fre&s;&s;he ro&s;es with oyle, and they put it in a ve&s;&s;el of gla&s;&s;e, and &s;et it in the &s;onne .l. dayes, and this oyle is good a|gayn&s;t chafynge of the lyuer, yf it be anoyn|ted therwith. Al&s;o it is good for the dy&s;ea&s;e in the heade that co~meth of hete, anoynte the forheed, and the temples with oyle of ro&s;es, the water of ro&s;es hath vertue of comfortyn|ge, and con&s;traynynge agayn&s;t the fluxe of the wombe, and vomyte. Al&s;o gyue hym ro&s;e water to drynke, or elles Ro&s;e water boyled with Ma&s;tyke and cloues, it is be&s;t agayn&s;t the fluxe and feblenes of vertue yf it come of a fluxe by a &s;harpe medycyne. Al&s;o ro&s;e wa|ter is good for the &s;yncopyne, and the cardya+cle, gyue it hym to drynke, and &s;pryncle the water on his face, and the water is good for iyes, and in oyntementes for the face, for it taketh away the wembes and the &s;uperfluite and &s;trayneth the &s;kynne. Al&s;o dry ro&s;es put to the no&s;e to &s;mell, do comforte the brayne,
<PB REF="48"> and herte, and quencheth the &s;pyryte. Al&s;o agayn&s;t the fluxe of the wombe, and colour, gyue hym ro&s;es boyled in rayne water. Al&s;o a play&s;ter made of Ro&s;es, and the whyte of egges and vynegre, &amp; dyp a &s;ponge in it, and lay it on thy mouth of the &s;tomacke, agayn&s;t the Syncopyne, gyue hym to drynke water that Ro&s;es haue be boyled in, and gyue hym powdre of ro&s;es in a rere egge, to make oyle of ro&s;es, take .ii. pounde of oyle, and a pou~de and an halfe of ro&s;es, and put all in a gla&s;&s;e, and put the gla&s;&s;e in a cawderon full of wa|ter, and hange it therin, and boyle it tyll the thyrde parte be wa&s;ted, and after &s;trayne it throughe a lynen clothe, and kepe it for your v&s;e, for this oyle is lo&s;ynge, and &s;erueth for many thynges. Some do put Ro&s;e water in a gla&s;&s;e, and they put Ro&s;es with theyr dewe therto, and they make it to boyle in water, then they &s;et it in the &s;o~ne tyll it be red, &amp; this water is be&s;t, this hath vertue of comfortyn|ge, and con&s;traynynge, and for the fluxe of the wombe, and agayn&s;t vomyte.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Ro&s;emary.</HEAD>
<P>RO&s;emarye is an herbe that is hote and drye. &para; The vertue is good agayn&s;t al euylles in the body, take the flowers and put them in a lynnen clothe, and &s;o boyle them in
<PB REF="48"> fayre clene water to the halfe, &amp; coole it and drynke it. Take the flowers and make pow|dre therof, and bynde it to the ryght arme in a lynen cloth, and it &s;hall make the lyght and mery. Al&s;o ete the flowers with ho~ny fa&s;tyn|ge with &s;owre brede, and there &s;hal ry&s;e in the none euyll &s;wellynges. Al&s;o take y^e flowers, and put them in a che&s;t amonge your clothes or amonge bokes, and mothes &s;hall not hurte them, boyle the flowers in gotes mylke, and than lette them &s;tande all a nyghte vnder the ayre fayre couered, &amp; after that gyue hym to drynke therof that hath the ty&s;yke, &amp; it &s;hall delyuer hym. Boyle y^e leues in whyte wyne, and wa&s;&s;he thy face therwith, thy berde, and thy browes, and there &s;hall no cornes growe out, but thou &s;hall haue a fayre face, put the leues vnder thy beddes heed, and thou &s;hal be delyuered of all euyl dremes. Breke the leues &s;mall to powdre, and laye them on a canker, and it &s;hall &s;lee it. Take the leues &amp; put them in to a ve&s;&s;ell of wyne, and it &s;hall pre&s;erue it fro tartnes and euyl &s;auour, and yf thou &s;ell that wyne, thou &s;hall haue good lucke in the &s;ale. yf thou be feble with vnkyndly &s;wete, take and boyle the leues in clene water, and whan the water is colde, do therto as moche of whyte wyne, and the~ make therin &s;oppes,
<PB REF="49"> and eate well therof, and thou &s;halte recouer appetyte. Yf thou haue the fluxe, boyle the le|ues in &s;tronge ay&s;ell, and bynde them in a ly|nen clothe, and bynde it to thy wombe, and anone the fluxe &s;hall withdrawe. Yf thy leg|ges be blowen with the goute, boyle the leues in water, and then take the leues and bynde them in a lynen cloth about thy legges, and it &s;hall do the good. Take the leues and boyle them in &s;tronge Ay&s;ell, and bynde them in a cloth to thy &s;tomacke, and it &s;hall delyuer the of all euyls. Yf thou haue the coughe, drynke the water of y^e leues boyled in whyte wyne, and it wyll hele the. Take the rynde of Ro&s;e|mary, and make powdre therof, and drynke it for the po&s;e, and it &s;hal helpe the. Take the tymbre therof, and brene it to cooles, &amp; make powdre therof, and the~ put it in a lynen cloth and rubbe thy tethe therwith, and yf there be any wormes therin it &s;hal &s;lee them, and kepe thy teth from all euyls. Al&s;o make the a boxe of the woode and &s;mell to it, and it &s;hall pre|&s;erue thy youth. Al&s;o put therof in thy dores, or in thy hou&s;e, and thou &s;hal be without dau~|ger of adders and other venymous &s;erpe~tes, make the a barell therof, and drynke thou of the drynke that &s;tandeth therin, &amp; thou nedes to fere no poy&s;on that &s;hall hurte the. And yf
<PB REF="49"> thou &s;et it in thy gardayne, kepe it hone&s;tly, for it is moche profytable. Al&s;o yf a man ha|ue lo&s;t his &s;mellyng of the ayre, or els he may not drawe his breth, make a fyre of y^e wode, and take his breth therwith, and gyue it hym to eate, and he &s;hallbe hole.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Ruta.</HEAD>
<P>RVta, this is called Rewe, this is hote and dry in the &s;econde degre, the leues and the &s;edes be v&s;ed in medicynes, the &s;edes may be kepte. x. yeare, and the leues a yeare. &para; The vertue is of purgynge, dy&s;&s;oluynge, and con&s;umynge. For the heedache, take the ioyce of rewe, and hete it, and put it in to his no&s;e thyrlles, for it &s;purgeth out flewme and clen&s;eth the brayne, the ioyce &s;oden with wy|ne is good for y^e &s;ame. For feblenes of &s;yght, put rewe in a pot with ale, and let the pacy|ent v&s;e to drynke of it. For &s;toppynge of the &s;plen and lyuer, the &s;trangury and the fluxe, &s;eth Rewe in wyne with rotes of Fenell, or powdre of rewe with the ioyce of Fenel and drynke it warme. Al&s;o for an ache or fretyn|ge, &s;tamp rewe with powdre of co~myn, and play&s;ter it to the greuaunce. Al&s;o agayn&s;t ve+nym, drynke the ioyce of rewe. For bytynge of a venymous be&s;t or worme, play&s;ter rewe to the bytynge. For feble iye &s;yght, &s;tyll wa|ter
<PB REF="50"> of rewe and ro&s;es togyther, and put ther|of in your iyes. Al&s;o an oyntement for &s;ore iyes, &s;tampe rewe and fenell togyther of eche lyke moche by weyght, and medle them with ho~ny and Eufro&s;e, &amp; it is a good oyntement for &s;ore iyes. Take Rewe, Comyn, and Pe|per, of eche a lyke moche by weyght, &amp; gryn|de them &s;mal togyther, and medle them with ho~ny and vynegre, and it is good for y^e ache in the bre&s;t, and in the raynes.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="17" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>&para; The .xvii. letter begynneth with .S.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Sinapium.</HEAD>
<P>_SInapium, it is called Mu&s;tarde, it is hote and drye in the mydle of the .iiii. degre, &amp; not the herbe but the &s;ede is put in me|dycynes. Fyue yeare he may be kept i~ his vertue. &para; The vertue is of lo&s;ynge, of drawynge, of makynge thyn, and of con&s;umynge. For the pal&s;ye of the tongue, take and chewe the &s;ede in your mouth, &amp; holde it vnder the tongue, and it &s;hal do you good. Al&s;o for the pal&s;y in other me~bres, &s;eth the &s;ede in wyne, and laye it to the &s;ore place, and it is be&s;t in the begyn|nynge of the dy&s;ea&s;e. Al&s;o take the powdre
<PB REF="50"> of it, and put it in to your no&s;e thyrlles, and it wyll make you to ne&s;e, and it clen&s;eth the brayne, and &s;uperfluyte of flume. Al&s;o &s;eth it in wyne and fygges, and holde it warme in your mouth tyll it be almo&s;te colde, then take as moche more, &amp; do &s;o. v. or. vi. tymes a day, &amp; as moche another day, and this is good for an olde po&s;e of toughe and flumy humour in the heed. Al&s;o for &s;toppynge of the &s;plen and the lyuer, &s;eth the &s;ede in water with rotes of fenell, then &s;trayne it, and put therto honny, and gyue it to the &s;ycke to drynke. For hard|nes of the &s;plen, &s;eth the herbe of it in wyne, and play&s;ter it to the greuaunce. For to rype and breke a po&s;tume, &s;tampe this herbe well with hogges grece, and lay it to the po&s;tume. Al&s;o for the &s;trangury, take this herbe, and &s;ethe it in oyle and wyne, and play&s;ter it to the greuaunce, and it wyl lo&s;e it. Al&s;o for the Ciatica, and for olde &s;ores, take mu&s;tarde &s;e|de, and the thyrde parte of cro~mes of whyte breade, and fygges, ho~ny, and vynegre, after as the ache of the &s;ore requyreth, the more of the fygges and honny, that is there the more &s;harper is the &s;trength of the &s;ede, and y^e more breade and vynegre that is in it, the more we+ker is the &s;ede, but I &s;ay not that ye &s;hall put this confeccyon to all &s;ores, but to great and
<PB REF="51"> olde &s;ores, his vertue is yf he be eaten, it &s;har|peth a mans wyt, it clen&s;eth y^e bely, it breketh the &s;tone, it purgeth the vryne, men&s;truo&s;yte and comforteth the &s;tomacke.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Smalage.</HEAD>
<P>SMalage is an herbe that groweth in gar+daynes, it is hote and drye in the begyn|nynge of the thyrde degre, &amp; drye in the myd|des of y^e &s;ame. &para; The vertue is good for col|de and wicked humours in the &s;tomacke, and comforteth the &s;tomacke, the lyuer, and the lunges, &amp; it is good for woundes, take Sma|lage &s;ede, rew &s;ede, Peper, and &s;alt, &amp; grynde them well togyther, and tempre theym with wyne and drynke it. For ranklynges and to cea&s;e the brennynge and akynge, &amp; to brynge them to theyr kynde agayne. Al&s;o it is good to drynke for the feuer tercyan.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Saluia.</HEAD>
<P>SAluia is called Sage, &amp; it is hote in the fyr&s;te degre, and drye in the &s;econde de|gre, the leues onely be taken in medycynes, both grene and drye, he may be kept a yeare. There be two maner of Sages, the garday|ne and the wylde Sage, yf thou wyll haue Sage for medycynes, take the leues of gar|dayne Sage. &para; The vertue is it con&s;umeth more, &amp; comforteth more then the other doth.
<PB REF="51"> For the pal&s;y &s;eth the leues of Sage i~ wyne, and v&s;e to drynke it, for the &s;ame &s;eth y^e leues in wyne, &amp; play&s;ter it to the greuaunce. Al&s;o it is good to put in &s;auce, for the &s;trangury, the flux, and the matryce it clen&s;eth, &s;eth the leues in water, and let the pacient &s;yt ouer it, and receyue the hote fume of it, and it &s;hal do hym moche good. Al&s;o it is good for venym or poy&s;on, &s;eth Sage in ale or wyne, and v&s;e to drynke it .iii. dayes, and thou &s;hall be hole by the grace of god. For the &s;tomacke drynke the ioyce of &s;age with water and honny, and it is good to clen&s;e a mans body to v&s;e it both rype and grene, it wyll make a ma~nes body clene, therfore who that v&s;eth to eate of this herbe or drynke it, it is mernayle that any in|conuenyent &s;hulde greue them that v&s;e it. Yf ye haue an ytchynge on you, wa&s;&s;he it well with the ioyce of this herbe, and it &s;hall &s;lee the ytchyng. Al&s;o drynke Sage with wyne, and a lytell wormwode, and it &s;hall cea&s;e the ache vnder the &s;ydes, the wombe, and the &s;to|macke, it is good for the pal&s;y and drop&s;y.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Satureia.</HEAD>
<P>SAtureia is called Sauery, it is hote and drye in the .iiii. degree. &para; The vertue of this is it purgeth the body, &s;eth it in wyne or water and drynke it, &amp; it purgeth the raynes,
<PB REF="52"> the bladder, the men&s;truo&s;yte in the bowels, it purgeth the lu~ges &amp; lo&s;eth great humours, and compelleth and putteth hym our by the mouth by &s;pyttynge, therfore he is brennyn|ge &amp; &s;tyrreth hym that v&s;eth lechery, therfore it is forbyd to v&s;e it moche in meates. Soke it in vynegre or wyne, and drynke it, and it &s;hall make the haue a meke &s;tomacke. Al&s;o when it flowreth, it &s;hulde be gathered and dryed, &amp; powdre made therof. Al&s;o take the powdre of Sauery, and boyle it with clary|fyed ho~ny, and v&s;e to eate therof, or boyle it in wyne and drynke it, &amp; it wyll lo&s;e toughe flewme in the bre&s;te. Al&s;o for fretynge in the bely drynke powdre of it in warme wyne, &amp; thou &s;hal be hole. Al&s;o yf ye take the le&s;&s;e Sa+uery, it hath the &s;ame vertue &amp; &s;trengthe that the other Sauery hath. Al&s;o make grewell with water and flower, and powdre of Sa|uery, and ete therof, and that &s;hall clen&s;e all the &s;pyrytuall membres of a man.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Saxfrage.</HEAD>
<P>SAxfrage is hote and drye in the thyrde degre. &para; The vertue is good for y^e &s;tone, &s;eth the rote of it in wyne, and drynke it. Al|&s;o it is good for the dy&s;ea&s;e of colyke and the &s;trangury, &amp; the powdre of it be eaten with an egge, it is good for the &s;ame. It maye be
<PB REF="52"> kept in his vertue. iii. yeare.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Scabio&s;a.</HEAD>
<P>SCabio&s;a is called Scabias, it is hote and drye in the thyrde degre, to dry it there is no profyte in it. &para; The vertue is good for the &s;cabbes, take the ioyce of it, vynegre, &amp; oyle, and boyle them togither tyl they wax thycke and kepe it for it is good for &s;cabbes. For the Emerawdes &s;eth them in water, the~ &s;yt ouer it, and take the fume of it and v&s;e it, and thou &s;hall be hole. Stampe it and &s;eth it in wyne, and the drynke is good to dy&s;troye humours in the &s;tomacke, and drynke it euery daye fa|&s;tynge with Euro&s;e, and thou &s;hall be hole, and thou &s;hal neuer haue the Pe&s;tylence bre|dynge within y^e whyle thou do v&s;e it. For the lyuer &s;tamp it &amp; &s;eth it in wyne, &amp; drynke it.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Sothernwood.</HEAD>
<P>SOthernwood is an herbe that groweth in the felde. &para; The vertue of it is good for the coughe, and for byndynge in the bely, and in the bre&s;t, and for dy&s;ea&s;e in the bones, and good for them that maye not well py&s;&s;e, take the &s;ede of this herbe and &s;tamp it, and drynke it with water, and it is good for all the afore&s;ayd. Al&s;o for the dy&s;ea&s;es in the &s;y|de, &s;tampe this herbe with betayne &amp; drynke it, and it helpeth well. Al&s;o for the bytynge
<PB REF="53"> of a &s;erpent, and for venym, &s;tamp this herbe and drynke it with wyne, and it is good. Al|&s;o for the colde feuer, &s;tampe this herbe with wyne, and drynke it, and thou &s;hall be hole.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Syngrene.</HEAD>
<P>SYngrene is colde and moy&s;t in the .iii. degre. &para; The vertue of this herbe, &amp; al&s;o the ioyce of the &s;ame herbe is ne|ce&s;&s;ary for many dy&s;ea&s;es, &s;tampe this herbe with grece and play&s;ter it to the dy&s;ea&s;e, and meruaylou&s;ly it helpeth. For dy&s;ea&s;es &amp; dar|kenes of the iyes, &s;tampe this herbe and put of the ioyce in the &s;ore iyes. For chafynge of the lyner, take the ioyce of it &amp; vynegre, and dyp a clothe therin, and play&s;ter it to the gre|uaunce. For bytynge or &s;caldynge, make an oyntment of the ioyce of this herbe, and oyle of ro&s;es and waxe, but lay it not to tyll after the thre fyr&s;te dayes, but fyr&s;t anoynt it with grece and &s;uche other. Al&s;o for a dy&s;ea&s;e of a hote cau&s;e, this is good to be layde therto.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Stytche worte.</HEAD>
<P>STytche worte or byrde&s;tonge, this is hote and moy&s;te in the fyr&s;te degre. &para; The vertue of this herbe is this, it is good to hele &s;tytches, woundes, and al&s;o the &s;ore iyes.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Scamony.</HEAD>
<PB REF="53">
<P>SCamony is hote and drye in the .iii. de+gre, the leues onely be be&s;t in medy|cynes, it may be kept a yere in his ver+tue or two for nede. &para; The vertue is good for the di&s;ea&s;e in the &s;tomacke, boyle the leues of it in wyne, and drynke it. Al&s;o the afore&s;ayd drynke is good for the bely. For the &s;trangu|ry and flux, al&s;o a &s;tewe made with boylyn|ge of it in water or wyne, is good for the fore &s;ayd, yf it be boyled in oyle, and play&s;ter it to the &s;ame afore&s;ayd, it is better.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Sene.</HEAD>
<P>SEne is hote and drye in the .iiii. degre it groweth on the other &s;yde the &s;ee, and mo&s;te about Babilon, the be&s;t be the flowers and the braunches of it. &para; The vertue is good for many dy&s;ea&s;es, as the fal|lynge euyll, for the &s;ynecop, for the &s;plen, for the Emerawdes, &amp; for the quartayne, &s;yrope made of it boyled in water, and &s;ugre is good for all the afore&s;ayde, &s;yrope made with the ioyce of Borage is good for the afore&s;ayde. Al&s;o Dya&s;corides co~maundeth to make Ex|mell of the afore&s;ayde with boylyng of vyne|gre and ho~ny, &amp; it wyll be good for the afore|&s;ayd. And this herbe may be kept .x. yeare in his &s;trength and vertue.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Selondyne.</HEAD>
<PB REF="54">
<P>SElondyne is hote and drye in the .iiii. degre, &amp; Galyen &s;ayth that it is good for &s;ore iyes. &para; The vertue is good for &s;ore iyes, take the ioyce of &s;elondyne, &amp; y^e rote boyle it well togyther in a pa~ne, &amp; when it is colde anoynt thy iyes therwith. Take &s;e+londyne and wryng out the ioyce, and medle it with whyte wyne, and anoynt thy vy&s;age therwith, and it &s;hall do away frakles of the vy&s;age. The ioyce of &s;elondyne &amp; gotes don|ge medled togyther &s;mall in a morter, then yf thou lay it to a canker in a womans pappe, it &s;hall &s;lee the canker. Al&s;o take the ioyce of &s;elondyne, and powdre of brym &s;tone, and me+dle them well togyther, and it wyll helpe to do awaye the morfewe, &amp; &s;eth the rote in wy|ne, and when the pot is taken down, let hym holde his mouthe open ouer it, that the brethe may go in to his body, and that &s;hall &s;lee the canker in the mouthe, it is good for hym that hath dronken venym with his owne &s;tale, and that wyll &s;aue hym.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Sauayne.</HEAD>
<P>SAuayne is hote and drye in the &s;econde degre. &para; The vertue is good to &s;lee wor|mes in the wombe, and to brynge them out yf it be &s;oden in wyne, and gyue to the pacyent to drynke. It is good with butter or grece to
<PB REF="54"> make an oyntment for the &s;cabbe that re~neth to hele it and drye it vp, and it is good for the hedache, yf it be &s;tamped and tempered with vynegre, &amp; make a play&s;ter therof, and lay it to thy temples &amp; vpon the molde of thy heed.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Scabio&s;e.</HEAD>
<P>SCabio&s;e is colde and moy&s;te in the .ii. de|gre. &para; The vertue of this herbe is good for the lyuer, &s;tampe it and &s;ethe it in wyne. And it wyll dy&s;troy wycked humours in the &s;tomacke, and drynke it euery daye fa&s;tynge with Euro&s;e, and thou &s;hall&punc; neuer haue po|&s;tume bredynge within the, as longe as thou do&s;t v&s;e this medycyne.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="18" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>&para; The .xviii. lettre begynneth with .T.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Townecre&s;&s;es.</HEAD>
<P>_TOwnecre&s;&s;es, is hote and drye in the thyrde degre, the &s;e|de wyll endure good .v. yeare. &para; The vertue is good to &s;tau~|che the flux and the men&s;yon, yf thou take the &s;ede and bro&s;e it in a morter of bra&s;&s;e, and gyue the &s;ycke to drynke therof thre dayes euery day a peny wayght at ones with red wyne warmed, &amp; in the&s;e .iii. dayes he &s;hal be &s;taunched, or els he &s;hall dye of that euyll, it is good for the pal&s;y, and for the ma|leflanke,
<PB REF="55"> take the &s;ede and &s;eth it with wyne and do it in a poket, and bynde it to the &s;yde there as the greuaunce is. Al&s;o it is good for hym that maye not py&s;&s;e, take the &s;ede &amp; &s;eth it in wyne and oyle Olyue, &amp; bynde it to thy &s;hare. It is good for a mans fundament that goeth out, yf it be taken of colde, then it mu&s;t be put in agayne, and &s;trawe the powdre on the foundement, thy raynes with ho~ny, and then &s;trawe the powdre aboue with the pow|dre of Comen, or powdre of Calafine, for all the&s;e be kyndly for it. Al&s;o take the &s;talkes of Townecre&s;&s;es, and bren them, and there &s;hal no venymous bee&s;t, ne worme abyde the &s;a|uour, nor &s;mell therof, but he &s;hall dye or els flye awaye.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Tap&s;ubarbe&s;to.</HEAD>
<P>TAp&s;ubarbe&s;to is called Melon, it is col+de and drye. &para; The vertue of it is good for the Emerawdes, and it be &s;oden in wyne and &s;co~med clene. Al&s;o it is good to wa&s;&s;he the greuaunce therwith. It is good al&s;o for the fluxe in the belye. To prouoke vomyte, take two dragmes of the powdre of the rote of Melon, and drynke it in wyne, and it wyl prouoke vomyte. Al&s;o the &s;edes prouoketh vryne and cau&s;eth the to py&s;&s;e, and clen&s;eth the raynes &amp; the bladder of grauell &amp; &s;tones.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="19" TYPE="part">
<PB REF="55">
<HEAD>&para; The .xix. letter begynneth with .V.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Vyolet.</HEAD>
<P>_VYolet is colde in y^e fyr&s;te degre, and moy&s;te in the &s;e|conde. &para; The vertue of it is good for a bla&s;t in y^e iyes, take the rotes of vyolettes, and &s;tampe the~ with myrre and &s;affron, &amp; at nyght lay it to the &s;ore iyes. Al&s;o for a wounde in the heade, &s;tamp the le|ues of Vyolettes with honny and vynegre, and play&s;ter it to the wou~de, and it &s;hall hele it. Al&s;o for them that may not &s;lepe for &s;ycke|nes, &s;ethe this herbe in water, and at euen let hym &s;oke well his fete in the water to the an|cles, when he goth to bed, bynde of this herbe to his temples, and he &s;hall &s;lepe well by the grace of Gad. Take Vyolettes, Myrre, and Saffron, and make a play&s;ter, and laye it to the &s;ore iyes that be &s;wolen, and it &s;hall cea&s;e akynge, and bate the &s;wellynge.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Vua &s;uauis.</HEAD>
<P>VVa &s;uauis, this is called the &s;wete ray|&s;yn, it is hote and moy&s;te. &para; The ver|tue is of clen&s;ynge, &s;cowryng, or &s;mothynge. Ray&s;ynges eaten or boyled in wyne is good for the colde coughe. Al&s;o &s;eth them in wyne and they be good to play&s;ter on the colde po|&s;tume,
<PB REF="56"> and al&s;o good for the colde &s;tomacke.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; Veruayne.</HEAD>
<P>VEruayne, this is hote and drye in the &s;e+conde degre. &para; The vertue is good for all maner of euylles of venym, yf the pacyent drynke it tempred with wyne, and &s;tamp the herbe, and laye it on euery maner of bytynge of venymous bee&s;t, and it wyll drawout the venym and &s;aue the &s;ore, who that v&s;eth it, it wyll make good breth, &amp; do away the &s;tynke of the mouth. Al&s;o who that hath the Feuer tercyan, take .iii. rotes and .iii. croppes of the &s;ame herbe, and &s;tamp them and tempre them with fayre clene water, and gyue it to the pa+cient to drynke. Al&s;o who that hath the feuer quartayn, let hym take the &s;ame drynke. Al&s;o it is good for the &s;tomacke, the lyuer, and the lunges. Al&s;o take Veruayne, Betayne, and Saxfrage, of euery of theym a lyke moche, and &s;tamp them with whyte wyne tempred, and this is good for them that hath the &s;tone. Al&s;o they that bere Veruayne vpon theym, they &s;hall haue loue and grace of great may|&s;ters, and they &s;hall al&s;o graunte hym his a&s;|kynge, yf that his a&s;kyng be good and ryght|full, this herbe is hote and drye.</P>
</DIV2>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 N="20" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>&para; The .xx. lettre begynneth with .w.</HEAD>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<PB REF="56">
<HEAD>&para; watercre&s;&s;es.</HEAD>
<P>_WAtercre&s;&s;es be hote and drye in the &s;econde degre. &para; The vertue of this her|be is good yf ye &s;ethe them in water by them &s;elfe, and drynke it, or &s;eth it i~ fle&s;&s;he and &s;up of the brothe, and it wyll clen&s;e well the inwarde me~bres. Al&s;o it is good agayn&s;t the &s;trangulyon and the fluxe.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; wylde neppe or woodbynde.</HEAD>
<P>WYlde neppe or woodbynde, this herbe be|reth a flower lyke to the hop, &amp; after the flower he bereth a grene bery, &amp; it hath a great roote. &para; The vertue of this herbe is mo&s;te in the rote, it is good for &s;ynowes that be &s;hronken, or cut to make them &s;ouple, and to haue theyr owne cour&s;e i~ theyr propre kyn|de. Go to y^e rote of wylde Neppe, that is lyke woodbynde, &amp; make a hole in the myddes of the rote, then couer it well agayne y^t no ayer go out, nor y^t no rayne go in, nor water, pow+dre, nor the &s;o~ne come not to moche to it, let it &s;tande &s;o all a nyght and a daye, then after that go to it, and thou &s;halt fynde therin a cer+tayne lycour, take out y^t licour with a &s;pone, and put it in to a clene gla&s;&s;e, and do &s;o euery day as longe as thou fynde&s;t ought in y^e hole,
<PB REF="57"> and this mu&s;t be done in y^e moneth of Apryl, or May, the~ anoynt the &s;ore with it agayn&s;t the fyre, then wete a lynen clothe in the &s;ame lycour, and lap it aboute the &s;ore, and it &s;hal be hole in &s;horte &s;pace on waranty&s;e, by the grace of god. For the gowte a &s;ouerayne me|dycyne, take the rote of wylde Nep, and the rote of the wylde docke &s;oden by it &s;elfe, and cut them in thyn peces, and part awaye the vtter rynde, and cutte them in quarters, then boyle them in clene water. ii. or. iii. houres, then &s;tamp them in a morter as &s;mall as can be, then putte therto a quantyte of &s;ote of a chymny, and tempre them with the mylke of a kowe that the here is of one colour, then ta|ke the py&s;&s;e of a man that is fa&s;tyng, &amp; make a play&s;ter therof, and boyle it togyther, and as hote as ye maye &s;uffre it, laye it to the gre|uaunce a day and a nyght, &amp; &s;o do. ix. tymes, and it &s;hall, hele the on waranty&s;e by the gra|ce of God.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="herb">
<HEAD>&para; wormwood.</HEAD>
<P>WOrmwood is hote and drye in the &s;e|conde degre. &para; The vertue is good for wormes in the wombe, yf it be &s;tamped and the ioyce wrong out, and myngled with &s;wete mylke, and gyue to the pacye~t to dryn|ke, and &s;ethe this herbe in wyne, and make a
<PB REF="57"> play&s;ter to y^e wombe, make powdre of worm wood, Centory, betayne, of eche a lyke moch by wayght, and medle all well togyther, and the powdre wyl &s;lee wormes in the wombe, both when it is eaten in potage and dronken. Al&s;o for the mylte that is &s;wollen of a colde mater, &s;eth it in wyne and let the &s;ycke dryn|ke therof, and that &s;hal hele hym, and make a play&s;ter of the &s;ub&s;tau~ce of the herbe, and &s;ay it all hote to thy wombe agayn&s;t the greuau~|ce. Al&s;o &s;tampe wormwood &amp; tempre it with vynegre, &amp; with to&s;ted &s;owre breed grou~den therwith, &amp; the ioyce of myntes, and the ioyce of plantayne, of eche a lyke moche, and frye them wel togyther, then make a play&s;ter and lay it to the mouthe of the &s;tomacke, and this &s;hall &s;taunche brekynge or ca&s;tyng, For wor|mes in a mans eres be it &s;erpe~t or erewygge, take y^e ioyce of wormwood, and put it in the ere. Al&s;o for the drop&s;ye &s;eth it in wyne, &amp; gy|ue the &s;ycke to drynke at mornynge and at euenynge, and it &s;hall helpe hym.</P>
</DIV2>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="part">
<PB REF="58">
<HEAD>&para; Hereafter foloweth the vertue of the Oken tree.</HEAD>
<P>_IN the Oke be .iiij. thyn|ges be&s;yde the lefe the which be ryghte profytable to the helth of man, that is to wete the Acorne, and the cup that it groweth in, the galles and the lyme. The carnels in powdre be profyta|ble agayn&s;t the feblenes of the vertiuer of re|tentyfe, y^t is to &s;ay agayn&s;t feblenes of bray|ne, and agayn&s;t the pa&s;&s;yo~ called diabetican, and agayn&s;t the &s;trangurye, and agayn&s;t the &s;ickenes called di&s;&s;enturian, and agayn&s;t the &s;tone in the raynes, and the bladder, and it is good for them y^t may not holde theyr water. The cuppe of the Acornes is good agayn&s;t vomytes of colour, and agayn&s;t ne&s;yng, and it dryeth, &amp; con&s;umeth flewme in the mouth of the &s;tomacke. The gall after the opynyon of Albert, &s;o that they be not greatly holowe be good agayn&s;t the fluxe, and agayn&s;t &s;ly|dynge and &s;lypernes of guttes, and agayn&s;t the flowres of women, and that powdre hel|peth them of many infyrmytyes. &amp;c. &para; Al&s;o by experyence of Gardyners, and planters, the powdre of the gall mynged with honny, perce a hole in a tre, and put it therin, and the fruyte &s;hal be blacke. Nowe with the lyme of the Oke, Phy&s;ycyons, and Surgyans do
<PB REF="58"> many cures therwith, &amp; of it is made an oynt+ment for the pal&s;y, and of a mans yarde, and agayn&s;t an infyrmyte called deabetan~. Al&s;o therof is made a &s;yrop for the drop&s;y that co~|meth of colde called ypo&s;arco, and it con&s;u|meth watery humours. And al&s;o men be cu|red by the fruyte of axes quartayne, tercian, and cotidyan. Al&s;o in the tre is a thynge gro|wyng, which women knowe by experyence it maketh them ha&s;tely to be deliuered of chyl+de, which dowche men call it Archem&s;el, and therof is made bedes. &para; The la&s;t conclu&s;yon of this Oken leues, of this leues is di&s;tylled a water, whiche healeth all the fluxe of the wombe called dy&s;&s;entuaryan, lauaryan, and dyaryan. Al&s;o it is good for the flowers of women, and for the Emeraudes. Al&s;o this lefe in powdre put in the no&s;e, &s;tau~cheth the bledynge therof, and &s;pyttyng of blode. Al&s;o this lefe is hol&s;ome agayn&s;t the ache of the herte, agayn&s;t the epilacion of the lyuer, and of the &s;plen, &amp; agayn&s;t the ne&s;yng, &amp; agayn&s;t the coughe, and the heade ache, and agayn&s;t the ache of the &s;tomacke, &amp; the wynde of the &s;tomacke, and agayn&s;t the colyke, &amp; the ache of the wombe, and the fla~kes, and it breketh the &s;tone of the raynes, and the bladder, and al&s;o women that be colde, it dy&s;po&s;eth them
<PB REF="59"> to be able to conceyue, it is hol&s;ome to all ma+ner of creatures of all maner ages, &amp; for all dy&s;ea&s;es to be taken at all tymes of y^e yere. &amp;c. &para; wherfore &s;urgyans knowynge the trouthe leyth Oken leues vpon woundes, and that done they nede none other oyntme~t, it heleth all maner of wou~des, the canker, the fy&s;tula, and &s;aynt Anthonies fyre, a vayne made in the water of the Oke heleth the drop&s;y, and all &s;epourne&s;&s;e. Al&s;o who &s;oeuer ones in the weke eteth one of the leues, he &s;hall neuer ha|ue &s;tynkynge breth, nor the toth ache, nor pu|trefaccyon in his gu~mes. &amp;c. nor of his eres.</P>
<DIV2 TYPE="recipe">
<HEAD>&para; This is the makynge of Aqua vite perfecti&s;&s;ima.</HEAD>
<P>_TAke the rote of Saxfrage, &amp; Parcely, Aly&s;&s;au~der, Fenell, Ty|me, y&s;ope, Pynyryall, Ro&s;emary, Laueder, Prymero&s;e, Mynt, Ori+gan, Sauge, Calamynt, Auence, Bittayn, Saueyn, of eche halfe a quartron, Galynga le, blacke Peper, whyte Peper, longe Peper, Cloues, Nutmegges, of eche an ounce, Ca|mel, Maces, Quylybes, of eche two ounces, Setwale, Peletre of &s;payne, tre of Aloes, of eche an ounce and an halfe, and &s;tamp thyne herbes, and powdre thy &s;pyces, and put them
<PB REF="59"> togyther in the wyne, and let them &s;tande all nyght, &amp; on the morowe dy&s;tyl them through a &s;erpentory, this water hath many vertues, and it is better at the fyr&s;te dy&s;tyllacyon of the Canon, then at the thyrde di&s;tyllacyon of the Serpentorye. &amp;c.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="procedure">
<HEAD>&para; To graffe and plante.</HEAD>
<P>_TO graffe fruyte y^t they &s;hall haue no core. Take a graffe and bowe it in both endes combyng, and cutte both endes graftwy&s;e, and &s;o fa&s;ten them into y^e &s;tocke. And yf it growe &s;o with the tre cutte awaye the great ende, and let y^e &s;maller ende growe, and his fruyte &s;hall haue no core &punc; &para; yf thou wylt graffe dyuers fruytes vpon one &s;tocke, that hath as many braunches as thou wylte haue graffes on, and in euery braunche &s;et a graffe in maner and fourme as it is &s;ayde be|fore, &amp; euermore cho&s;e thy graffe on the &s;o~ne &s;yde of the tre that bereth it, and next the top yf you may, &amp; then may&s;t thou graffe dyuers fruytes in one clift, but none of them may be thycker the~ other as thy rea&s;on wyll tel the in that workyng. &para; It is to be noted y^e graffers &s;aye, that euery tre y^t is &s;et on &s;aynt Lambar|des day, &s;hall proue and come to profyte.</P>
</DIV2>
<TRAILER>&para; Finis.</TRAILER>
</DIV1>
</BODY>
<BACK>
<DIV1 TYPE="table of contents">
<PB REF="60">
<HEAD>&para; Here begynneth the table of this pre&s;ent boke.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<HEAD>A.</HEAD>
<ITEM>&para; Agnus ca&s;tus.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Apium.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Auctum.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Apium ri&s;us.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ab&s;inthium.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Archeme&s;ia.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Affodillus.</ITEM>
<ITEM>A&s;trologia longa.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Abrotanum.</ITEM>
<ITEM>A&s;trologia rotunda.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ameos.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Alleluya.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Agrimonia.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Auancia.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Altea.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Amari&s;ta.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ani&s;um.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Alleum.</ITEM>
<ITEM>A&s;tarton.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>B</HEAD>
<ITEM>&para; Betonia.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Bal&s;aminta.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Beta.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Borago dome&s;tices.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Bigula.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Burneta.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Bur&s;a po&s;toris.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>C</HEAD>
<ITEM>&para; Camamilla.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Calamintum.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Cra&s;&s;ula maior.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Cra&s;&s;ula minor.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Cituca.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Centuaria maior.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Centuaria minor.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Carin.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Celodonia.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Cidamum.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Cau&s;is.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Cortandrum.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Capillus veneris.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Crocus.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Centinodium.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Caprifolium.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Canabaria.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Co&s;tus.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Cepe.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Columbina.</ITEM>
<PB REF="60">
<ITEM>Cominum.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Cardiaca.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ci&s;era.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Camelion.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Con&s;olida maior.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Con&s;olida minor.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Con&s;olida media.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>D</HEAD>
<ITEM>&para; Dragancia.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Diptanum.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Daucus a&s;inius.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Daucus creticus.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Dens leonis.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Dragancia feminea.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>E</HEAD>
<ITEM>&para; Elena campana.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Endiua.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Eruca.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Eufragia.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ebulus.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Edera.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Edera tere&s;tris.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Eborus.</ITEM>
<ITEM>E&s;abrus.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Epatica.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>F</HEAD>
<ITEM>&para; Famula.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Fumus terre.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Fragra.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Fabaria maior.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Filex.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Filipendula.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Feniculum.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Faxmus.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Finiculus porcinus.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Febrifuga.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Filago.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Flammula minor.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>G</HEAD>
<ITEM>&para; Granum.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Gene&s;cula.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Genciana.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Galanga.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Granum &s;olis.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Gladiolus.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Gracia dei.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Gracia dei maior.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>H</HEAD>
<ITEM>&para; Herba cruciata.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Herba chri&s;tofori.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Herba walteri.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Herba Roberti.</ITEM>
<PB REF="61">
<ITEM>Herba martis.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ha&s;tula regia.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Herba Iohannis.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Herba Petri.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>I</HEAD>
<ITEM>&para; Iu&s;quiamus.</ITEM>
<ITEM>I&s;opus.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ireo&s;e.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Iris.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Iua.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Iacia alba.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ia&s;ia nigra.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ippia maior.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ippia minor.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>L</HEAD>
<ITEM>&para; Lane&s;ticum.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lingua ceruina.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lilium.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ligu&s;trum.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lingua bouis.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lingua Serpe~tis ma.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lingua Serpe~tis mi.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lingua canis.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lingua hircina.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lupinus.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Labrum veneris.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lauendula.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lactuca.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lactuca &s;iluatica.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lactuca leporica.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lollium.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Laparium rubeum.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Linum.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lauriola.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Licori&s;a.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>M</HEAD>
<ITEM>&para; Millefolio minor.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mercurialis.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Menta.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Menta romana.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Malua.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Morell or nyght &s;ha|dowe.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ma&s;tyke.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Magerum.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Millefolium maior.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Motherworte, or</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mugworte.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Maces.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Menta.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>N</HEAD>
<ITEM>&para; Nux mu&s;cata.</ITEM>
<PB REF="61">
<ITEM>Napo.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>O</HEAD>
<ITEM>&para; Olibanum.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>P</HEAD>
<ITEM>&para; Plumeus.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Piper.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Pympernell.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Pulegium.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Pencedamum vel Fe|niculus porcinus.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Petrocilium.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Peritorium.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Pla&s;tinaca.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Plantago.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Porrum.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Piretrum.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Papauer.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Polipodium.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Pienium.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>Q</HEAD>
<ITEM>&para; Quinquefolio.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>R</HEAD>
<ITEM>&para; Rybbeworte.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Rednetell.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ro&s;a.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ro&s;emary.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ruta.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>S</HEAD>
<ITEM>&para; Sinapium.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Smalege.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Saluia.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Satureia.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Saxfrage.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Scabio&s;a.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Sothernwood.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Syngrene.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Stytcheworte.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Scamony.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Sene.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Selyndyne.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Sauayne.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Scabio&s;e.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>T</HEAD>
<ITEM>&para; Townecre&s;&s;es.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Tap&s;ubarbe&s;to.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>V</HEAD>
<ITEM>&para; Vyolet.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Vua &s;uauis.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Veruayne.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>W</HEAD>
<ITEM>&para; watercre&s;&s;es wylde neppe or woodbynde.</ITEM>
<ITEM>wormwood.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
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<ITEM>&para; The vertue of the Oken tre.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; The Oken lefe.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; The makynge of Aqua vite perfecti&s;&s;i|ma.</ITEM>
<ITEM>&para; Graffynge &amp; plan|tynge.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<TRAILER>&para; Finis Tabule.</TRAILER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="colophon">
<P>&para; Imprynted by me Robert wyer, dwellynge in &s;aynt Martyns pa|ry&s;&s;he, at the &s;ygne of &s;aynt Iohn~ Euangely&s;t, be&s;yde Charyn+ge Cro&s;&s;e.</P>
<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>printer's device of Robert Wyer: McKerrow 69</FIGDESC>
<HEAD>ROBERT WYER.</HEAD>
</FIGURE></P>
<PB REF="62">
</DIV1>
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