The grete herball Imprentyd at London in Southwarke by Peter Treueris

The grete herball whiche geueth parfyt knowlege and vnd••¦standyng of all maner of herbes & there gracyous vertues whiche god ha•• ordeyned for our prosperous welfare and helth / for they hele & cure all man•• of dyseases and sekenesses that fall or mysfortune to all maner of creatour•• of god created / practysed by many expert and wyse maysters / as Auicenna • other. &c. Also it geueth full parfyte vnderstandynge of the booke lately pr••¦tyd by me (Peter treueris) named the noble experiens of the vertuous ha••¦warke of surgery.

COnsyderynge the grete goodnesse of almyghty god creatour of heuē and erthe / and al thynge therin cō¦prehended to whom be eternall laude and prays. &c. Consyderynge the cours and na¦ture of the foure elementes and qualytees where to y^e nature of man is inclyned / out of the whiche elemētes issueth dyuers qua¦lytees infyrmytees and dyseases in the cor¦porate body of man / but god of his good∣nesse that is creatour of all thynges hath ordeyned for mankynde (whiche he hath created to his owne lykenesse) for the grete and tender loue / whiche he hath vnto hym to whom all thinges erthely he hath ordey¦ned to be obeysant / for the sustentacyon & helthe of his louynge creature mankynde whiche is onely made egally of the foure elementes and qualitees of the same / and whan any of these foure haboūde or hath more domynacyon the one than the other than it cōstrayneth y^e body of man to grete infyrmytees or dyseases / for the whiche y^e eternall god hath gyuen of his haboun∣dante grace / vertues in all maner of her∣bes to cure and heale all maner of sekenes∣ses or īfyrmytes to hym befallyng thrugh the influent course of the foure elementes beforesayd / and of the corrupcyons and y^e venymous ayres cōtrarye y^e helthe of man Also of onholsam meates or drynkes / or holsam meates or drynkes taken ontempe¦ratly whiche be called surfetes that bren∣geth a man sone to grete dyseases or seke∣nesse / whiche dyseases ben of nombre and ompossyble to be rehersed / and fortune as well in vilages where as nother surgeons nor phisicians be dwellyng nygh by many a myle / as it dooth in good townes where they be redy at hande. Wherfore brotherly loue compelleth me to wryte thrugh y^e gyftes of the holy gost shewynge and enfor∣mynge how man may be holpen w^t grene herbes of the gardyn and wedys of y^e fel∣dys as well as by costly receptes of the potycarys prepayred. Also it is to be vnder∣stande that all maner of medycyns that be contrary to sekenesses is for the grete super¦fluyte of the humours or the dymynucyon of them / or for to restrayne y^e cours where it is agaynst the feblenesse of the vertues for the alteracyon or solucyon of contynu∣etes or woūdes or other begynnynges. &c. It is also to be vnderstande that we fynde medycynes symple / laxatyfe / appetisant / & mynysshynge the superhabundance of hu∣mours / and also symple medycynes currās and also medycynes alteratytes and conso¦lydatyfes. &c. This noble worke is compy¦led / composed and auctorysed by dyuers & many noble doctours and expert maysters in medycynes / as Auicenna. Pandecta. Constantinus. Wilhelmus. Platearius. Rabbi moyses. Iohannes mesue. Haly. Albertus. Bartholome{us}. & more other. &c,

¶ THE REGISTRE OF THE CHAPTREES IN LATYN AND IN ENGLYSSGE.

ALoe / a iuce so named ca. i.
Aloes / a wood so named ca. ii.
Aurum / golde ca. iii.
Argentum viuū / quycke syluer ca. iiii.
Asa fetida ca. v.
Agnus castus / tutson ca. vi.
Alumem / alome ca. vii.
Apiū / smalache or stāmarche ca. viii.
Apium ramiū / wylde smalache ca. ix.
Apium risus / crowfote or ache ca. x.
Apium emorroidarum ca. xi.
Amidum ca. xii.
Anthimonium / antymony ca. xiii.
Achasia / iuce of floes / or bolays ca. xiiii.
Agaricus / agaryke ca. xv.
Anetum / dylle ca. xvi.
Affodillus / affodyly ca. xvii.
Alium / garlyke ca. xviii.
Acorus / gladon ca. xix.
Armoniacum / a gomme ca. xx.
Amsum / anys ca. xxi.
Abscinthium / wormwoode. ca. xxii.
Anacardus ca. xxiii.
Amigdala / swete almondes ca. xxiiii.
Amigdala amara / bitter almōdes. ca. xxv
Aristologia rotunda / smerewort or meke •atingale. ca. xxvi.
Aristologia longa / reed mader ca. xxvii
Ambra / ambre ca. xxviii.
Arthemisia / mugwort or moderwort Ca. xxix.
Arthemisia minor / the mydle mugwoort Ca. xxx.
Arthemisia minima / the lesse mugwort Ca. xxxi.
Acetum / vyneygre ca. xxxii.
Acomia / alcamet ca. xxxiii.
Auripigmentum / auripygment. ca. xxxiiij
Aspaltum vel bitumē Iudaicū. ca. xxxvi.
Acantum ca. xxxvi.
Adianthos / mayden wede ca. xxxvii.
Agrimonia / egrymony ca. xxxviii
Appollinaria / appollynayre ca. xxxix.
Altea / hye malowe ca. xl.
Astula regia / woodrone ca. xli.
Ambrosiana / hyndhele ca. xlii.
Asara ca. xliii.
Atriplex / arache ca. xliiii.
Anthera ca. lxv.
Anchora / actoyre ca. xlvi.
Auena / ote ca. xlvii.
Ameos / woodnep or penywort. ca. xlviii.
Semen amomy ca. xliiii.
Alleluya / wood sokell or cocowes meate Ca. l.
Acetos• / sorell ca. li.
Auelana / fylberdes ca. lii.
Albarra / tormentylle ca. liii.
Aqua / water ca. liiii.

BAlsamus / bawme tre ca. lv.
Bolus armenus ca. lvi.
Bombax / cotton Idem.
Balaustia / floures of pomgarnates Ca. lxvii.
Borago / borage ca. lviii.
Baucia / skyrwyt ca. lix.
Borax / boras ca. lx.
Betonica / betony ca. lxi.
Lingua anceris / goos byll or stychewort Ca. lxii.
Bernix / a gomme ca. lxiii.
Branca vrsina / bearefote ca. lxiiii.
Berberis / berberyes ca. lxv.
Belliculi marini ca. lxvi.
Bistorta ca. lxvii.
Buglossa / ortongue ca. lxviii.

Butirum. butter. ca. lxix.
Berbena. Vernay. ca. lxx.
Britanica. ca. lxxi.
Bursa pastoris. cassewede ca. lxxii.
Brionia. wylde neppe. ca. lxxiii.
Bedager. Eglentyne ca. lxxiiii.
Bdellium. a gomme. ca. lxxv.
Bardana. a clote that bereth burres. Ca. lxxvi.
Buxus. a box tre. ca. lxxvii.
Bruscus. ca. lxxviii
Bleta. betes. ca. lxxix.
Blacte bisantie. some snales. ca. lxxx.
Behem. ca. lxxxi.

CAmphora. camfer. ca. lxxxii.
Coloquintida. wylde gowrde. Ca. lxxxiii.
Cassia fistula. ca. lxxxiiii.
Cuscuta. dodyr. ca. lxxxv.
Cardamomum. ca. lxxxvi.
Cerusa. ceruse. ca. lxxxvii.
Capparus. ca. lxxxviii.
Calamentum. calamynt. ca. xc.
Centaurea. centory. ca. xci.
Cassea lignea. ca. xcii.
Castoreum. beuer ballockes. ca. xciii.
Cucube. ca. xciiij.
Capillus veneris. maydē here. ca. xcv.
Cypressus. cypresse ca. xcvi.
Cynamomum. ca. xcvii.
Camedrios. garmaundre ca. xcviii
Camephiteos. mederacle. xcix.
Carui. ca. c.
Ciminum. comym ca. ci.
Cicuta hemlocke ca. cii.
Crocus saffron ca. ciii.
Ciperus wylde galyngale ca. ciiii.
Calamus aromaticus ca. cv.
Corallus corall ca. cvi.
Cepe. onyon ca. cvii.
Cretanus. croyt maryne ca. cviii.
Costus. cost mary ca. cix.
Caprago. galligaria Idem.
Cantabrum. branne ca. cx.
Colophonia. pytche of grece ca. xci.
Cucurbita. a gourde ca. cxii
Cucumer. cowcommers ca. cxiii.
Citrullus. citrons ca. cxiiii.
Celidonia. celendyne ca. cxv.
Coriandrum. coryandre ca. cxvi.
Caules. caule wortes ca. cxvii.
Calx. lyme ca. xviii.
Cerifolium. cheruell ca. •
Canapus. hempe ca. cxi
Cameleonta. wolfe thystle. ca. cxxi.
Camomilla. camomyll ca. cxxii.
Cicer. achery ca. cxxiii.
Castanea. a chestnutte ca. cxxiiii.
Cotula. ca. cxxxv.
Cotilidion ca. cxxxi
Cathapucia. spurge ca. cxxxvi.
Culcasia ca. cxxviii.
Canna. a rede ca. cxxix
Canna mellis. a sugre rede ca. cxxx.
Calēdula, mary goules or ruddes. ca cxxxi
Ceterach ca. cxxxii.
Candelaria ca. cxxxiii.
Carabe. ambre Idem.
Consolida maior. comfrey ca. cxxxiiii.
Consolida media. maythen ca. cxxxv.
Consolida minor. dyasy or brusewort Ca. cxxxvi.
Coronaria. honysocle ca. cxxxvii.
Cenurugio ca. cxxxviii.
Cerasa. cheryes ca. cxxxix.
Caprifolium. woodbynde ca. cxl.

DIagridium. a iuce of a tre. ca. cxli
Dragagantum a gomme. ca. cxlii.
Daucus ca. cxliii.
Dragantum. coperose ca. cxliiii
Dyptanus ca. cxlv
Deronici ca. cxlvi
Dactili ca. cxlvii

ENdiuia / endyue ca. cxlviii.
Epithimum ca. cxlix.
Enula campana / elfe docke / scab woort or horshele ca. cl:
Euforbium / a gomme ca. cli.
Eupatorium / wylde sawge ca. clii.
Emblici ca. cliii.
Epatica / leuerwort ca. cliiii.
Es vstum / brent brasse ca. clv.
Electerium / a iuce. ca. clvi.
•lleborus albus / lyngwort or peleter of •payne ca. clvii.
Elleborus niger / pedelion or lyons fote Ca. clviii.
Esula ca. clix.
Eruca skyrwyt or wylde cawles that be∣•eth mustardesede ca. clx.
•mathites is a stone ca. clxi.
Ebulus walworde ca. clxii.
Edera magna / yuy ca. clxiii.
Spatula fetida / yelowe flagge. ca. clxiiii
Elitropium / cycory ca. clxv.
Eufragia / eufrase ca. cxlvi.

FLammula / sereworte ca. clxvii
Ferrugo ca. clxviii.
Fumus terre / fumyterry ca. clxix.
Filipendula / dropwort ca. clxx.
Fraxinus / asshe•re ca. clxxi.
Feniculus / fenell ca. clxxii
Fenugcecum / fenegreke / or setwall. Ca. clxxiii.
Filex / ferne ca. clxxiiii
Fragraria / strawberies c•. clxxv.
Fistularia ca. clxxvi
Faceoli ca. clxxvii.
Faba inuersa ca. clxxviii.
Faba cōmunis / beanes ca. clxxix.
Fungi / mussherons ca. clxxx
Ferula ca. clxxxi.
Filex dictus os munda / heferne. ca. clxxxii
Fuligo / soote ca. clxxxiii
Ficus / a fygge ca. clxxxiiii.

GAriofili / clowes ca. clxxxv.
Genciana / felwort or baldymony Ca. clxxxvi.
Galanga / galyngale ca. clxxxvii.
Galbanum ca. clxxxviii
Gūmus arabicus / gomme of arabyke. Ca. clxxxix.
Gariofilata / anens ca. cxc.
Gith / herba indica / cokyll ca. cxci.
Gromyli milium solis / lychworte. Ca. cxcii.
Gallitricum / clarey ca. cxciii
Galla / galles nuttes ca. cxciiii.
Genestula / woodyp ca. cxcv.
Genesta / brome ca. cxcvi.
Gramen / quekes ca. xcxvii.
Gallia muscata a confeccyon ca. cxcviii
Grias ca. cc.
Gomma elempici ca. cc.
Granum fractum / broken grayne. ca. ccii.
Grisomuli ca. cciii.
Gracia dei ca. cciiii.
Golgemma ca. ccv.
Gelasia. ca. ccvi.

HErmodactilus ca. ccvii.
Herba sqinancia. ca. ccviii.
Herucaria herba rabiosa / wart wort ca. ccix.
Herpillus ca. ccx.
Herba incensaria. ca. ccxi.
Herba paralius / crowslyp or pagle: Ca. ca. ccxii.

IVsquiamus. henbane ca. ccxiii
Isopus. ysope ca. ccxiiii.
Iarus. cuckowe pyntyll. ca. ccxv.
Iris. bleweflouredelyce ca. ccxvi.
Ipoquistidos. tode stoles ca. ccxv.
Iuniperus. ienepre ca. ccxvi.
Ipericon. saynt Iohannes wort. ca. ccxix.
Iparis vel cauda equina ca. ccxx.
Inantes vel lambrusca. wylde wyne. Ca: ccxxi.

Iuiubes ca. ccxxii.
Indacus vel herba fulionum ca. ccxxiii
Ina ca. ccxxiiii.
Incensaria ca. ccxxv.
Ierubuli ca. ccxxvi.
Immolum album ca. ccxxvii.

LApdanum ca. ccxxviii.
Liquiricia. lycoryce ca. ccxxix
Lapus lazalus. asure ca. ccxxx.
Lilium. lylly ca. ccxxxii.
Lingua auis. asshe sede ca. ccxxxiii.
Linotis vel mercuryalis. mercury Ca. ccxxxv.
Lapacium. reed docke ca. ccxxxvi.
Litargirum. lytargye ca. ccxxxvii
Lactuca. letuse ca. ccxxxviii.
Lactuca siluestris. wylde letuse. Ca. ccxxxix.
Lupini ca. ccxl.
Laurus. laurell or bayes ca. ccxli.
Lentiscus ca. ccxlii.
Lentes ca. ccxliii.
Laurela / mustylago. rybwort. ca. ccxliiii
Leuystycum. louage ca. ccxlv:
Lolium. cokyll Idem.
Lupulus. hoppe Idem
Lapis magnes. adamant stone. ca. ccxlvi.
Lapis agapis ca. ccxlvii.
Lapis lincis ca. cc. xlviii.
Lapis armenicus ca. ccxlix.
Lapis emathites. the blode stone. ca. ccl.
Lapis lychodemonis ca. ccli.
Lapis spongie ca. cclii.
Lentopedon. pedelion ca. ccliii.
Lactuca agrestis. wylde letuse. ca. ccliiii
Linosa. lyne sede ca. cclvi.
Lignaria ca. cclvii.
Lenticula aque. duckes meate. ca. cclviii.
Lyngua canis / chynoglossa. hondestōgue Ca. cclix.
Lingua hircina. buckesshorne. ca. cclx.
Lacca. a gomme ca. cclxi.
Lanceolata. longe plantayne. ca. cclxii.
Lactuca leporis. hares letuse. ca. cclxiii.
Lapaceola. lytell burre or clyuer. Ca. cclxiiii
Lymaces rubee. reed snayles. ca. cclxv.

MIrtus. a lytell tre ca. cclxvi.
Manna. is a dewe ca. cclxvii.
Mellilotū. is an herbe so named Ca. cclxviii.
Malua. maloues ca. cclxix.
Maluiscus. wylde malowes. ca. cclxx.
Malua ortulana. holy hocke ca cclxxi.
Mastix. mastyke. ca. cclxxii.
Menta. myntes ca. cclxxiii.
Menta romana. whyte mynte. ca. cclxxiiii
Mentastrum. horse mynte. ca. cclxxv.
Margarite. perles ca. cclxxvi.
Mommia. mommye ca. cclxxvii.
Mandragora. mandrake ca. cclxxviii.
Meu. ca. cclxxix.
Mala citonica / quynce / apples ca. cclxxx.
Mala granata / pomgarnades. ca. cclxxxi.
Mala maciana / wood crabbes or wyldin¦ges. ca. cclxxxii
Marubium / hore hounde ca. cclxxxiii
Mel / hony ca. cclxxxiiii
Muscus / muske ca. cclxxxv.
Mirabolani ca. cclxxxvi.
Maces ca. cclxxxvii.
Mhirra / myrre ca. cclxxxviii
Millium / mylle ca. cclxxxix.
Maiorana / gentyll margetyn. ca. ccxc.
Melissa / bawme ca. ccxci.
Mora celsi / molberyes ca. ccxcii.
Matrisilua woodbynde ca. ccxciii.
Macedonicum / stammarche or alysander Ca. ccxciiii.
Morsus diaboli / remcop or deuylles bytte Ca. ccxcv.
Ima muscata ca. ccxcvi.
Millefolium / yarowe ca. ccxcvii.
Muse ca. ccxcviii.

Melonges ca. ccxcix.
Mora bacci. blacke beryes ca. ccci.
Melones. melons ca. cccii.

NArsturcium tame cresse ca. ccciii.
Narsturcium agreste wylde cresse Ca. ccciiii.
Nitrum vel sal nitri ca. cccv:
Nenufar ca. cccvi.
Nux muscata nutmygge ca. cccvii
Nux indica nuttes of Inde ca. cccviij.
Nux styatica ca. cccix.
Nux communis wall nuttes ca. cccx:
Nux vomica spwynge nuttes. ca. cccxi.
Nigella cokyll ca. cccxii.
Nespiius mydlers or nefles ca. cccxiii

OXimū vel basilicon basyll. ca. cccxiiii
Oppoponacum a iuce ca. cccxv.
Opium a iuce ca. cccxvi.
Origanum brotherworte ca. cccxvii.
Oxifenix vel tamarindus ca. cccxviii
Ordeum barly ca. cccxix.
Os de corde cerui the bone in the herte of an hurte. ca. cccxix.
Os sepie the bone of a fysshe ca. cccxxi.
Olibanum ca. cccxxii
Oliue / olyues ca. cccxxiii
Oliū oliuarū / oyle of olyues ca. cccxxiiii
Oliandrum / oliandre ca. cccxxv.

PIretrum / walworte ca. cccxxvi
Piper / peper ca. cccxxvii
Peonia / pyony ca. cccxxviii.
Papauer / popy ca. cccxxix
Pencedanum / dogfenell ca. cccxxx
Petrosilium / percely ca. cccxxxi.
Policaria / polycary ca. cccxxxii.
Pinea / pyne tre or apples ca. cccxxxiii
Pruni / plommes •a. cccxxiiii
Penicle or penette ca. cccxxxv
Psilium / a sede ca. cccxxxvi.
Polipodium / oke ferne ca: cccxxxvi
Petrolium ca. cccxxxvii
Piscates ca: cccxxxix
Portulaca / porcelyne ca. cccxl.
Plombum / leade ca. cccxli.
Polium montanū wylde tyme. ca. cccxlii.
Pix / pytche ca. cccxliii
Plantago / plantayne ca, cccxliiii
Lanceolata / longe plantayne. ca. cccxlv
Panicus / panycle ca. cccxlvi
Pentaphilon / vyfleued grasse. ca. cccxlvii
Passerina lingua vel centynode / swynes grasse / knotgrasse / or sparowe tongue Ca. cccxlviii
Politricum / walfarne ca. cccxlix
Premula veris / prymerolles ca. cccl
Pallacium leporis hares palays. ca. cccli
Pulmonaria / crayfery or lungwort Ca. ccclii
Percicaria / arssmert or culrage. ca. cccliij
Paracella ca. cccliiij
Pimpinella / selfe heale or pympernell Ca. ccclv
Pilocella / mows eare ca: ccclvi
Prouinca / perwynke ca: ccclvii
Palma cristi. ca. ccclviii.
Persici / peches ca. ccclix
Olium persicorū / oyle of peches kernelles Ca: ccclx
Pes columbinus / doues fote ca: ccclxi

RVta / rue ca: ccclxii
Rosa / rose ca. ccclxiii
Rafanus / rape rote. ca: ccclxiiii
Radix / a radysshe ca: ccclxv
Reubarbarum / reubarbe ca: ccclxvi
Rubea / madder ca: ccclxvii
Porrum / a leke ca: ccclxviii
Piganium / wylde rue ca. ccclxix
Ros marinus: rosmary ca: ccclxx
Rubus / a brere or brāble ca. ccclxxi
Rdoalia ca. ccclxxii
Risum. rys ca. ccclxxiii.

Robellis ca. ccclxxiiii.
Rapistrum / wylde rapes ca. ccclxxv.
Rapa / rapes ca. ccclxxvi.

SPica nardus / spyke ca. ccclxxvii.
Solatrum / petymorell or nyght∣shade ca. ccclxxviii.
Serapinum / serapin ca. ccclxxx.
Semper vina / howsleke or selfegrene Ca. ccclxxxi.
Sulphur / brymstone ca. ccclxxxii.
Sileos ca. ccclxxxiii.
Saponaria / crowsoppe ca. ccclxxxiiii.
Sanguis draconis / dragons blode Ca. ccclxxxv.
Squinātū / camelles strawe. ca. ccclxxxvi
Semen napij / musterde sede. ca. ccclxxxvii
Sarcocolla / a gomme ca. ccclxxxviii.
Sticados citrinum ca. ccclxxxix.
Sticados arabicum ca. cccxc.
Satyrion / gangelon or hare ballockes Ca cccxci.
Sponsa solis / cycorea / chicory. ca. cccxcii.
Strafularia ca. cccxciii.
Spodium / yuery ca. cccxciiii
Strucium ca. cccxcv.
Stinces ca. cccxcvi.
Scordeon. wylde garlyke ca. cccxcvii
Sapo / sope ca. cccxcviii.
Sperago / sperage ca. cccxcix.
Sauina / sauyn ca. CCCC.
Saxifraga / saxyfrage ca. cccci
Sal / salt ca. ccccii.
Sal armeniacum / salt armenyake Ca. cccciii.
Sisunbrum ca. cccciiii.
Sal gemma / salt gemme ca. ccccv.
Saluia / sawge ca. ccccvi.
Scabiosa / scabyous ca. ccccvii.
Senacio. Narsturcium / cresses. Ca. ccccviii.
Senethon / grownswell ca. ccccix.
Serpentina / dragons or snakesgrasse Ca. ccccx.
Salix / a wyllowe tre ca. ccccxi.
Sambucus / eldre ca. ccccxii.
Squilla / a squyll / or see onyon Ca. ccccxiii.
Storax ca. ccccixiii.
Sumac ca. ccccxv.
Staphisagria ca. ccccxvi.
Sandale / sandres ca. ccccxvii.
Sene ca. ccccxviii.
Serpillum / pellyter ca. ccccxix.
Satureia / sauerey ca. ccccxx.
Sanguinaria / blodworte or yarowe Ca. ccccxxi.
Stolopendria / hartes tongue. ca. ccccxxii
Soldanea ca. ccccxxiii.
Spynachia / spynache ca. ccccxxiiii.
Sicla / bleta / betes ca. ccccxxv.
Stologium / cynes ca ccccxxvi.
Spergula / clyuers ca. ccccxxvii.
Silfu / wylde valeryane ca. ccccxxviii.
Sambacus. ca. ccccxxix.
Spina benedicta ca. ccccxxx.
Scalcu ca. ccccxxxi.
Sebasten ca. ccccxxxii.
Sistra / dylle ca. ccccxxxiii.
Salunica. caltrappe ca. ccccxxxiiii.
Spuma maris. a pounce ca. ccccxxx.
Spongia marina. a sponge ca. ccccxxxvi.
Sigillum sancte marie. our ladyes seale. Ca. ccccxxxvii.
Saxifraga minor. the lesse sarifrage. Ca. ccccxxxviii.
Sorbes ca. ccccxxxix
Synomum. wylde percely ca. ccccxl.
Orant. ca. ccccxii.
Sizania. ray or cockyll ca. cccc.xlii.

TAmariscus. ca. cccc.xliij.
Tarra sigillata. ca. cccc.xliiii.
Tetrahit. ca. cccc.xlv.
Tintimallus. ca. cccc.xlvi.
Turbith. ca. cccc.xlvii.
Tapsia. ca. cccc.xlviii.
Tela aranea. Spider wekbe. ca. cccc.xlix
Tapsus barbat{us}. Hareberde or hyghtap∣per. ca. cccc.l.
Terbentina. Terpentyne. ca. cccc.li.
Tribul{us} marinus. reed brere. ca. cccc.lii.
Tormentilla. Tormentyll. ca. cccc.liii.
Trifolium. Trefle or thre leued grasse. Ca. cccc.liiii.
Tartarus. wyne lyes or wyne stone. Ca. cccc.lv.
Thucia. a stoue so called. ca. cccc.lvi.
Terediabin. ca. cccc.lvii.
Triticum. Whete. ca. cccc.lviii.

VIole. Vyolettes. ca. cccc.lix.
Valeriana. Valeryan. ca. cccc.lx.
Vitrum. Glasse ca. cccc.lxi.
Virga pastoris. wylde tasyl. ca. cccc.lxii.
Titicella. ca. cccc.lxiii.
Viperina / vrtica mortua. Deed nettell or archaungell. ca. cccc.lxiiii.
Vrtica. Nettle. ca. cccc.lxv.
Vermicularis. ca. cccc.lxvi.
Volubilis. Wood bynde. ca. cccc.lxvii.
Vicetorium. ca. cccc.lxviii.
Vua. A grape ca. cccc.lxix.
Vitis alba. ca. cccc.lxx.
Vulfago. ca. cccc.lxxii.
Verbena vel sacra herba. ca. cccc.lxxiii.
Vngula caballina ca. cccc.lxxiiii.
Vua versa ca. cccc.lxxv.

Zilocrates. ca. cccc.lxxvi.
Zynziber. Gynger. ca. cccc.lxxvii.
Zedoare. Setwale. ca. cccc.lxxviii.
Zisania. ca. cccc.lxxix.
zypulis. Frytures. ca. cccc.lxxx.
zuccarū. Sugre. ca. cccc.lxxxi.
¶ Abrotanum. ca. cccc.lxxxii.
Arbor glandis. an okē tre. ca. cccc.lxxxiii.
¶ Bos. an oxe. ca. cccc.lxxxiiii.
¶ Cantarides ca. cccc.lxxxv.
Capra. agote. ca. cccc.lxxxvi.
Cancer. a creuysshe. ca. cccc.lxxxvii.
Columba. a doue. ca. cccc.lxxxviii.
Caseus. Chese. ca. cccc.lxxxix.
Siligo. Rye. Idem.
Edus. ca. cccc.xc.
Lepus. An hare. ca. cccc.xci.
Pira. ca. cccc.xcii.
Poma. Apples ca. cccc.xciii.
Pyrola. ca. cccc.xciiii.
Ribes. ca. cccc.xcv
Vsnea. Mosse. ca. cccc.xcvi.
Cardo benedicta. sowthistle. ca. cccc. xcvii
Vulpis. a fox. ca. cccc.xcviii
Citrum. ca. cccc.xcix.
Vua passe. Rasyns of corans. ca. ccccc.
Vibex. ca. ccccc.i.
Ydropiper. ca. ccccc.ii.
Ynguirialis. ca. ccccc.iii.
Yacea. mare•olon. ca. ccccc.iiii.
Scamonea. ca. ccccc.v.

¶ Finis huius tabu

Os laude.

Os parietale

Os petrosum

Os paxillare.

Os forcule

Os spatule

Os adiutorij

¶ Coste.

Os hāche

Os rasceti

Os pectinis

Ossa digitorum

Os Core.

Ratula genu

Minor cann

Os cahab

Os ••uiculare

Oss• ca•ceti

Ossa digitorū

Os femoris

Os ilijet Pix is sub Anchis

¶ Item tria ossa caude∴

Maior canna.

Os calcanei.

Ossa pect iuis.

Os parietale∴

Os coronale

Os pectinis

Ossa paris

Ossa nast.

Spondiles.

Os furcule.

Os spatule.

Os adiutorij.

Coste.

Os focile.

Ossa rasceti.

Ossa pertinis

Ossa digitorū

Os scie.

Os coxe.

Spatulageū.

Minor canna.

Os cahab

Os nauiculare.

Ossa rasceti

Ossa digitorum.

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¶ De Aloe. Ca. I.

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ALoe is hote & drie of complexion in the .ii. degre Aloe is made of the in∣ce of an herbe na∣med Aloen. But we call it Cym∣bre ¶ This herbe groweth in Inde Perse / and Poole / And there ben iii. ma∣ners of Aloen / Cycotryn / Epatyc and Ca¦balyn / And it is made in this maner. The herbe is powned and y^e Iuce wronge out / and set on the fyre / and whan it boyleth it is taken from the fyre and sete in the sonne to waxe thycke / and that is takē vpperest is the moost pure / and that is Cycotryne / That in the myddes is Eparyc / And that in the botom is Cabalyn / whiche is cours and erthy / a•• •hat opynion is fals / But we say that they ben made of .iii. dyffe∣rent herbes / not of kynde but in goodnesse as of dyuers good grapes ben made dyffe¦rent wynes. The best Aloe is the Cycotry¦ne / and it is knowen by the colour that is yelowe / drawynge to browne / and specy∣ally whan it is broken the powdre of it is lyke powdre of saffron / and also the sub∣staūce of it whan it is broken in small py∣ces is clere and subtyle / & breketh lyghtly And also is it knowen whan it stynketh not nor is to bytter / and somtyme is gom¦my / and somtyme bryttyll. The colour of Aloe epatyc is lyke y^e colour of lyuer / dra¦wyng to blacke / and hath holes here and there lyke the endes of vaynes and the sub¦staūce therof is deed and vnclere and hath the sygnes of the Cycotryne / saufe that it is weyker of colour. Aloe Cabalyn is blacke and dymme / the substaunce therof is erthy & very bytter with horryble styn∣kynge sauour. This Aloe cabalin is som∣tyme made so craftely that it semeth Epa¦tyc or Cycotryne And though in this boke we put the craftynesse or deceyt of medycy¦nes / It is not bycause we wolde not that it sholde be made / but to eschew y^e frawde of them that selleth it / and thus it is made deceytful. It is put in vyneygre w^t Ory∣ent saffron with a lytell of a nutmygge or other swete smellynge spyce / and than bro¦ken in peyces very small. And bounde with thredes / and it is put often in vyney¦gre and than dryed / and so is done x. or .xii tymes tyll it chaungeth colour and smell & it is styreth so longe that it semeth Epa∣tyc or Cycotryne / so y^t scantly is ony dyffe∣rēce to be seen / but it is knowen in the bre¦kynge / for than it stynkyth / and so dooth not the other two. And it is to be knowen that all thynge of his nature ought to be Aromatyke and of swete smell / for y^e swe¦ter it smelleth the better it is. And so all thynges that in theyr kyne ought to haue ony sauour y^e moost comyn is best / except Aloe / for how be it that it ought to be byt¦ter of his nature / yet the lesse it is by the better it is.

¶ To purge flewmes. A

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¶ Aloe hath vertue to purge & clense flew¦mes / and humours of melancoly. Also it hath vertue to confort the senewy mem∣bres / & auayleth agaynst colde humours conteyned in the stomake / and easeth the payne of the heed caused of fumes rysynge fro the stomake.

¶ To clere the syght and scabbeys. B

¶ It clereth the syght and vnstoppeth the opylacyons of the lyuer / and the mylt / it prouoketh the floures to women / and clen¦seth the superfluytees that ben out of the pudens or preuy membres / yf it be caused of colde. ¶ It healeth the scabbeys / and yeldeth good colour to them that haue no∣ne comynge by sekenesse.

¶ To stoppe the blood of a woūde. C

¶ It stoppeth the blood of a wounde / and closeth it / yf playsters be made with why¦te of an egge / and oyle / layde to the woū∣de often. And is good agaynst fallynge of the hrare?

¶ Agaynst flewmatike humours. D

¶ Yf Flawmatyke or Melancolyke hu∣mours habounde in the stomake / and by indygestyon / with .ii. drammes of Ma∣styke / yf it be colde it chausseth / and yf it be feble it conforteth.

¶ For the stomake. E

¶ For the same a grayne of aloe gyuen w^t hony clenseth the stomake / and procureth dygestyon. Pewdre of Mastyke and aloe medled togyder / and soden in white wyne ought to be gyuen for the same. Or elles drawe the tongue out of the mouthe as fer¦re as ye may / and lay .ii. graynes of Aloe depe theron that it may be swalowed / and though Aloe be bytter in the mouthe / yet it is swete and good in the stomake. And therfore it is called Glistonia / that is to say bytter. Epiglistonia is that it is swe∣te for the stomake.

¶ For payne of the heed. F

¶ Also the Ieraxigra wherin is put good Aloe auayleth to the payne in the heed and clereth the syght.

¶ For the syght G

¶ Also Iera cōstrātyne medled with good Aloe is profytable for the syght. Also to claryfye the syght. Aloe takē onely / or w^t Mirabolanum confect and dronke. Take two drāmes of Aloe / and one of Mastyke or of dragagantum with Syrope and lu∣ke warme water for that is proued to cla¦ryfy the syght.

¶ For the lyuer and for the mylte. H

¶ Agaynst opylacyon of the lyuer or of y^e mylte / take Aloe w^t iuce of smalache war¦me / or make decoccyō of y^e rotes of smala¦che / percely / fenell / benworte / & sparge w^t two drammes of mastyke / and vse ix ii. or iii. tymes in the weke. This decoccyō pro∣uoketh the floures to women a supposyto∣ry made of tryfera magna with powdre of Aloe Epatyc vpon it.

¶ For yll colour. I

¶ Agaynst yll colour caused of the colde∣nesse of the stomake or sekenesse precedent specyally yf it come by opylacyon of the ly¦uer. Take a dramme of Aloe / and halfe a drāme of mastyke with an vnce of worm wood .ii. tymes in the weke / and it wyll preserue from fallynge in to the dropsy in the begynnynge as we haue proued it.

¶ For wormes in the bely and eares K

¶ The powdre of Aloe taken with hony sleeth wormes in the bely / and with the herbe Percicarya called Arssmert / it sleth wormes and beestes / that is entred in to the eares yf it be dropped in them.

¶ For fallynge of the heare. L

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¶ Agaynst fallynge of the heare / boyle the rote of an olde olyue tre in vyneygre / and streyne it and in the strenynge put the two partes of Lupynus amarus / and the thyrde of Aloe medled togyder / & put ther to powdre of Stafisager / and anoynt the heed therwith.

¶ Agaynst gout. M

¶ Agaynst gout artetyke / take Aloe with iuce of Arbana.

¶ Agaynst rednesse. N

¶ Agaynst reednesse / and agaynst rottyn∣ge of the pryue membres. Medle Aloe w^t vyneygre / and it wyll helpe. Aloe broken in rose water it good agaynst ytche of the eyes. Agaynst swellyng of the eares / cle∣ue the herbe and put therin comyn & roste them a lytell vpon the fyre and lay them hote on the sore and it wyll helpe gretely.

¶ De ligno Aloes Cap. ii.

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ALoes is a wood and is hote and drye in the .ii. degre. This wood is founde in a flode of hye Baby¦lone nygh wherby renneth a ryuer of Pa∣radyse terrestre / and s•me saye that by the swyftnesse of the same ryuer that wood is brought thyder. Other saye y^t it groweth on the hylles and desertes afore sayd / and by force of the wynde / and by aege of the trees it falleth in that ryuer / and y^e dwel∣lers by y^e sayd ryuer ferre fro the sayd hyl∣les do cast nettes in that water and take vp this wood. There ben .iii. maners of this wood / one is founde in an ylond cal∣led Cume / and that is y^e best of all. There is in another yle called Tamear / and is not so good: The other is in an yle called Exanne / and that is the worst. The fyrst is knowen bycause it is heuy full of knot∣tes / and smelleth swete / and hath a bytter sauour / and the colour is blacke or lyke russet. The seconde kynde of Aloes is not so heuy / nor so bytter / nor so well smellyn∣ge / and is lesse in vertue. The .iii. is some what whyte and is not bytter / and hath no sauour but yf it be made by crafte / and it is called seruleū. The tre Aloes is coū∣terfayte in the mountaynes of a countre called Almaphea with a wood or tre na∣med Camelia / lyke vnto lignum Aloes / for it is heuy / knotty / and of swete smell and some call it wylde Aloes. This wood is rubbet w^t tynne or leed to make it chaū¦ge colour / & eare waxe is put on it to make it bytted / and that it loke russet. Than it is boyled in wyne / wherin is powdre of good Aloes with muske to make it smell swet / & thus it is so tourned that scantly it is knowē from the good Aloes. But there is dyfferēce / for it is harde vnder the tethe and whā it is chewed that that is within hath no bytternesse.

¶ To confort the stomacke: A

¶ The wood or lignum Aloes conforteth the stomacke and maketh good dygestyon It is good agaynst the feblenesse or y^e hert and of the brayne. Agaynst the cordya• passyon and two wnynge / and agaynst the floures retentyfe in women / and agaynst all the passyons of the hert comynge of col¦de.

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The drynke that lignū aloes is soden in conforteth the colde stomake and war∣meth it / And yf the decoccyon be to bytter lay the wood aloes in wyne al nyght / and in the mornynge drynke the wyne / also y^e decoccyon therof with auens / and mastic procureth dygestyon / & conforteth the sto∣make and brayne. For them that ben to de¦lycate. Take .ii. drāmes of lygnū aloes & clowes / & lay them in wyne one nyght / & drynke the wyne in the mornynge w^t rose water. Suche wyne may be kept longe in vertue by reason of the Aloes.

¶ For the brayne. B

¶ Agaynst swownynge and feblenes of y^e brayne. Take Sirope with powdre of lignum Aloes / the bone in a hertes herte / clowes / and roses / and sethe them all to∣gyder with suger. Fumygacyon made of lignum Aloes and gyuen to a woman be∣nethe prouoketh the floures / and helpeth the suffocacyon of the matryce / and it be∣houeth the woman to be wrapped with clothes that the same come not in her nose. Inlykewyse Tryfera magna is a confec∣cyon / whiche taken with wyne / that hath be soden with lignum Aloes prouoketh y^e floures. Or elles take Trifera magna fyrst / and than the sayd wyne. The smoke of lignum Aloes conforteth and heteth y^e colde brayne and all the weyke membres of the body.

¶ De Auro. Golde. Ca. iii.

AVrum. Golde is the moost at∣tempeted of all metalles. How¦beit it is hote / but y^e heet is mea¦ne without excesse / therfore it is put in no degre. Golde is made of a vayne of y^e erthe 〈◊〉 decoccion or meltynge / and by the same decoccyon the superflue is deuyded and is called Cucuma auxi / the scūme of golde.

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¶ We wyll not as now determyn howe many maners of Golde there be / nor how they be knowen.

¶ Agaynst elefance. A

¶ Golde hath vertue to conforte & to clen∣se / and therfore it is good agaynst elefan¦ce / that is a spece of lepery. Agaynst the cordyake passyon / the mylt / and colde of the stomake.

¶ Agaynst the fallyng euyll: B

¶ The fylynge of golde is good agaynst epylence y^e fallynge euyll. Take in meate or drynke / & it clenseth the superfluytees of corrupt humours. & agaynst the same sekenesse it may be taken with a confeccyō called Gerologodion / or with Theodori∣con / anacardinch / or .ii. tymes in drynke and it profyteth to preserue fro dertres & serpigo.

¶ Agaynst syncopis•m. C

¶ The fylynge of golde with the iuce of borage and powdre of y^e bone of a hartes hert / and suger / helpeth to syncopisans.

¶ Agaynst swownynge D

¶ To them that ben dysposed to swowne be gyuen Syrope made of iuce of borage and suger with powdre of y^e bone of a har¦tes hert / and fylynge of golde.

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¶ For the mylte. E

¶ The drynke that hath had reed hote pe∣ces of golde quēched therin helpeth to sple¦netykes that ben seke in the mylte / and he that hath no golde take gaddes of stēle.

¶ For the colde stomake. F

¶ Agaynst colde in the stomake. Take the fylynge of golde in meate or drynke. Cau¦teres made with instrumētes of golde hel¦peth more than ony other metall.

¶ Agaynst spottys in the eyen. G

¶ The powdre of the scōme of golde ta∣ken by it selfe taketh away the spottes in the eyen / and the fretynge.

¶ Agaynst skall of the heed. H

¶ An oyntment made with the powdre of scōme of golde and oyle taketh away the skall fro the heed and the face. ¶ It may be demaunded how golde dooth confort / syth it is not dygested / and entreth not in to the substaūce of the body & nouryssheth not ¶ For solucyon herof. It is to wyte that of thynges that confort / some cōfort onely / by cause they repayre the spyrytes as thynges that smell swetely / other con∣forteth by cause they restore the membres as meate and drynke. Other restrayne the loose membres / as playsters of Mastyke Other take away the yll qualytees / and febleth the lymmes as the oyntement and playster Dyaterciscos that coforteth the stomake febled by colde. The othe by ex∣pulsynge the superfluytes that causeth fe∣blenesse / as medycyns laxatyues / and ma¦ny other thynges auoydynge superfluytes & of that maner is gold / for by his spyryte it withdraweth the superflue moystnesse.

¶ De Argento vino. Quycke syluer. Ca. iiii.

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ARgentum vīuum / whiche is cal¦led Quycke syluer and is hote and moyst in the .iiii. degre. It is hoot / approued by effect / for it is dysso∣lutyfe / incysife / and penetratyfe / but by cause it is founde actually colde / therfore some auctours sayth that it is colde / and some say that it is made of a vayne of the erthe by decoccyō / but that is fals / for as sone as it feleth the fyre it gooth away / & tourneth to smoke It is engendred in the erthe as it is / and cometh out of the erthe as rennynge water. Who that wyll kepe it longe must kepe it in a vessell in a colde place. It hath vertue to dysolue / and to waste.

¶ To sle lyes. A

¶ For to sle lyes take meale of a bytter grayne or sede called Lupinus or beanes of Egypt / and sethe them in vyneygre tyll it be thicke / than put therto halfe an vnce of quycke syluer slecked or quēced & there with anoynte the lowly heed. It ought to be quenched with spotell or rubbed w••• asshes and spotell / or with a dryed bone• spotyll / and that is best / for yf it were not quenched so it coude not be medled with

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other thynge. It ought not to be put in ony thynge that is actually hote / for it wolde consume to smoke and the smoke noyth thē that ben nyght it / for it causeth palsy and softnynge of synewes. ¶ Quycke syluer taken in y^e mouth or eeres sleeth in destroy¦enge the membres. And he that hath takē it by y^e mouthe vse grete quātite of gootes mylke / and be cōtynually styrynge / or let hym take drynke that ysope hath ben sodē in / and those ben the remedyes

¶ Agaynst scabbes. B

¶ Agaynst scabbes / take oyle of nuttes / & heet it a lytell without medlynge of vy∣neygre / than take lytargy that is scōme of syluer / and put to it powdre of seruse and sethe them tyll they be thycke as hony and whā it is colde put quicke syluer to it and so occupy it.

¶ To sle lyes. C

¶ Quicke syluer confect with hennes gre¦ce / and ceruse clereth the face anoynted therwith / or elles take belliculis marinis with oyle of roses / ceruse / & hennes gree molten on the fyre put therto / and after∣warde quicke syluer quēched with asshes and spottyll put therto & kept to that vse.

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¶ Assa fetyda. Ca: v.

ASsa fetyda / that is stynkynge is hote and drye in the iiii. degre It is gomme of a tre that gro∣weth beyonde the see / and is gadred in the somer. It may be kept longe without cor∣rupcyon. It ought to be kept in a metely drye place. The more it stynketh the bet∣ter it is. It hath vertue to cōsume / to drye dyssolue / and to sprede.

¶ For asmatycke. A

¶ Fyne pylles made of assa taken onely w^t a rere egge at nyght profyteth moche to asmatykes caused of moysture / or elles taken with syrope of vyolettes.

¶ Agaynst feuer quartayne. B

¶ Agaynst the feuer quartayne or cotydy¦an / for purgacyon take .v. drāmes of assa soden with wyne in a holowed rote called Malū terre / thā streyne it and put therto hony or sugre / and afore the houre of the feuer make a supposytory onely of assa fe∣tida anoynted with oyle / butter / or hony for hurtyng. It prouoketh meruaylously the floures to women and causeth them to delyuer chylde lyghtly yf it abyde.

¶ For the mylte. C

¶ Oyntement made of assa of armonyake and waxe softneth y^e harde mylt / and dys∣solueth the mylke crudded in the pappes.

¶ For tothe ache. D

¶ Assa put in a holowe akynge tothe ap∣peaseth the ache.

¶ Agaynst the belly. E

A gargarysme made of vyneygre and wa¦ter where as assa and roses hath ben soden delayeth the belly that is swollen.

¶ For the palsy. F

¶ Agaynst palsy / podagre / gout artetyke epylence / and agaynst all vyces caused of colde humours / take assa / patraclum and oyle of a spyc molten on y^e fyre / than medle

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powdre of a brokes stones / castorium / & quycke brymstone / and put therto suffycy∣ently of wax / and lay it to the seke place / or elles anoynte it therwith / and yf it be of the stomake / anoynte y^e place therwith or yf it be ony place inwarde or outwarde anoynt it with the same.

¶ De Agno casto. Tutson. Ca. vi.

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AGnus castus. Tutson is hote & drye in the thyrde degre. Tutsō is a tre whose leues and floures ben put to medicyne and not the rotes / but the floures ben better than the leues. It is founde grene at all seasons / and groweth more in wete and watry places than elles where. The floures ben gadred in heruest and may be kept in vertue grene and drye It is called Agnus castus / chaste lambe / for it kepeth a man chast as a lambe / and withdraweth lechery / yf a bathe be made of it / and wasshe the genytoryes / and ste¦pe them in the warme water of the same and the iuce therof dronken.

¶ Agaynst shedyng of nature. A

¶ Agaynst sekenesse named gomorrea y^t is whā y^e nature of a man yssueth agaynst his wyll. Take Agnus castus / and casto¦rium / and sethe them togyder and let them be dronken / and sethe the floures in vyney¦gre / and lappe or playster the genitours therin / and put castoreū therto / yf ye wyl And it is to wyte that dyuers thynges de∣layeth lechery bycause they thycken the na¦ture of man / as Letuce / Psillium / Cy∣trulle. Gourdes seed. Poppy / vyneygre / Vertynce camphore / and suche other.

¶ Some other mynysshe lechery bycause they resolue / and wast the spyrytes of the body / and the nature / as Rue. Commyn Calament. Annes / for they ben hote and grete appertynes / & destroyeth vento•yte.

¶ Agaynst dropsy. B

¶ Tow drāmes of Esula and fenell sede in good quantyte / soden with Agnus ca•¦stus / and strayned / is good gyuen to hym that hath dropsy called Leucoflumance / & the drynke wherin it is soden helpeth hym also Lay Agnus castus in lyes of oyle tyl it be rotten / than sethe it in stronge w•ne and streyne it with oyle and wax / and m•¦ke an oyntement and that helpeth aga•n•t hardnesse of the mylt.

¶ For the matryce C

¶ Fomentacyon made of the water wher¦in it is soden dryeth the superfluytes of y^e matryce and clenseth the enterynge.

¶ To prouoke floures to women. D

¶ To prouoke the floures in women ma∣ke fomentacyon of the decoccyon of this herbe and of centurum galli an herbe.

¶ For Lytargy or for¦getfulnesse. E

¶ Agaynst lytargy make decoccyō of tut∣son / of smalache / and of sawge / in salt wa¦ter / and wasshe the hynder parte of y^e hee• therwith.

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¶ Alom: Ca. vii.

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ALome is colde and drye in the thyrde degre. Some say y^t alom is a certayne erth that groweth in Cycill / other say that it is a vayne of y^e erthe that by grete decoccyon of heet is chaunged in to whyte colour and so is ma∣de alome / and it is made in hote regyons specyally in places of sulphur and fyre / & it is of sharpe sauour yf it be medled with spottyll. That whiche is erthy and foule is nought. It may be kept longe in good∣nesse / it hath vertue to wast to consume & to drye.

¶ For a canker. A

¶ Agaynst canker / powdre of Alome and vnsleked lyme confect w^t fat erthe is good or elles wasshe it fyrst with vyneygre / & put therin a tent anoynted with y^e sayd cō∣feccyō / or a tent of powdre of alome layd on it.

¶ For the gomes B

¶ Agaynst swellynge of the gomes was∣she them fyrst with vyneygre and alome confect togyder / but fyrst set ventoses w^t •raryfycacyon on the necke and sholders / or sete the ventoses in the hynder parte of the heed / and skaryfye it .iii. dayes / than lay bloodsowkers called horsleches to the gomes / and wasshe the gomes with vyney¦gre / wherin alome / nutgalles / and roses hath ben soden / and with the same vyney∣gre wasshe the mouth thre or foure dayes twyse or thryse a day / and it wyll do ease.

¶ For scabbes. C

¶ For scabbes take quycke brymstone / ly¦targy / and alome / and sethe them in vy∣neygre and nut oyle / wasshe the sore place with warme water / and anoynt it.

¶ For the dropsy. D

¶ For them that haue the dropsy or slepyn¦ge lymmes / or artetyk / or scabbes. Boyle Alome in water / and take reed hote sto∣nes out of the fyre and put them in a tub∣be / and powre the sayd water vpon them and lete the pacyent be in the smoke therof and wasshe hym with that water tyll he swete.

¶ For a canker E

¶ For a canker in what parte it be take y^e bygnesse of a nut of Alome / halfe a glasse full of hony / and a pynte of reed wyne / & medle them togyder / and sethe them to the iii. parte / & strayne them through a clothe and wasshe the sore often: Probatum est.

¶ De Apio. Smalache or stammarche. Cap. viii:

THere be dyuers maners of Apium or Smalache / as shall be shewed here after / but we speake of the co¦mune. Fyrst it is hote in the begynnynge of the thyrde degre / and drye in the myd∣des of the same. It is a comune herbe / the sede therof is moost of vertue / the rote is nexte / and than the leues. And therfore whan it is founde in receptes. Recipi apij that is take smalache without addycyon

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the sede is to be taken. It hath dyuers na∣mes / as Apium sillinū Albal Carasis / or Sa•carpsi.

¶ For strangory. A

¶ The iuce of smalache soden with Saxi¦frage is good for them that haue the strā∣gory / and pysse drope by drope / & for them that haue dyssury and may not pysse / take y^e same drynke in the mornynge with Mel Solaris. Phylipendula / and sethe them togyder and strayne them / than put therto suger and make a Syrope / and drynke it.

¶ For stoppy•ge of the lyuer. B

¶ Iuce of Smalach• soden with Tama∣ryke vnstoppeth the o•pylacyons of the ly¦uer / and of the mylt. Or elles sethe rotes of smalache / parcyly• fenell & drynke it.

¶ For Ianu••s. C

¶ For Ianudys / ca•• of opylacyō do ma¦ke a Sirope of the iuce of Smalache and fenell soden with iuce of Fumoterre / and suger / and that destroyeth the flewme. For them that haue the dropsy called Len¦coflemence or Yposarea. Take a pounde of the iuce Smalache and an vnce of Ma¦styke / sethe them togyder / and strayne thē and put therto sugre / and make therof a Syrope / and in the ende of the decoccyon put therto two vnces of Esula / and halfe an vnce of Ruberbe / and in the mornynge drynke it with warme water.

For frenasy. D

¶ Agaynst frenasy / the iuce of Smala∣che / vertince / or vyneygre / oyle of vyolet∣tys / or roses / put togyder in a vessell of glasse ouer the fyre / and hote laye it to the pacyentys heed / but fyrst shaue it.

¶ For feuer quotidian. E

¶ For feuer quotidian or dayly agew / make a purgacyon / than sethe Agaryc w^t the iuce of Smalache in the apple of col∣loquintida called a gourde of Alexandre / or in a rote called malū terre / or swynes brede / and with the water and decoccyon gyue it to the pacyent: ¶ It is to be noted that Smalache is not good for women with chylde / for by the myght of it / it bre¦keth the strynges that the chylde is boūde within the matryce. It noyeth the Epylē∣tykes that fall / for it moueth the maters and humours / and causeth them to moūt in to the vpper partyes. There is another maner of Smalache called Apium rami¦um / wylde smalache. Also there is Apiū risus / and Apium Emorroidarium / and all ben smalaches.

¶ For the backe. F

¶ Apiū ramium soden in wyne and oyle / layde to the reynes / and bely appeaseth y^e ache / and the strangury / and it is called Apium / by cause it is good for the reynes and by cause it groweth there as ranes be that is froggys. ¶ The sayde playster is good for ache of the guttes.

¶ For costyfnesse. G

¶ Agaynst costyfnesse / the floure of this herbe sodē in water with grayn of Corne mynystre with glyster.

¶ For the mylte. H

¶ Agaynst payne of the mylte / make Sy¦royne with the iuce herof / of waxe & oyle.

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¶ Smalache called Apiū risus / or crow∣fote layde in wyne and oyle to rotte / and than strayned medled with waxe maketh an oyntement

¶ For melancoly. I

¶ This oyntement dooth grete ease to se∣kenesse of the splene caused of melācoli and therfore it is called Apiū risus / for it wa¦steth the melancolyke humours cōmynge of habundaunce / wherof foloweth heuy∣nesse / and his absence lessed foloweth y^e cō∣trary / that myrth / and by consequence ri∣sus that is laughter / & therfore it is sayde Splen ridere facit. The mylte causeth to laugh / for it clenseth the blode of humour melancolyke.

¶ Agaynst strāgury & dyssury. K

¶ Apium risus soden in water or in wyne is good agaynst strāgury / dissury & esurie Also the decoccyon therof alone auayleth chyefly agaynst the stone. The lactuary called Litiontipon gyuen with decoccyon of apium risus / prouoketh the floures in women. And lete fume be made vnder or elles the iuce put warme in to the matry∣ce. Some say that yf it be takē at y^e mouth it sleeth a man in laughyng / and it is foun¦de in certayne bokes that yf it be taken in¦warde it sleeth a man. And I platayre ha¦ue seen by experyence some that hath taken it / and it hath done them grete lesion:

¶ For Emorroides or pyles. L

¶ Apium emorroidorū. This herbe soden in wyne layde to the place dryeth the emor¦roydes or pyles that benswollen. But it must not be done whan they blede or ren¦ne. The powdre therof also is good for y^e same.

¶ De Apio ramio / wylde smalache: Cap. ix.

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APium ramium groweth in wa¦ter / some cal it wylde smalache Of his vertue is wryten afore in the comune smalache.

¶ De Apio risus / Crowfote or ache. Cap. x.

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APium risus groweth in sandy places & grauelly groūde / some call it botracium / other corar / other Iuliē / other statice / other articoris other cloropis / other rasselmo / other effi∣stiō / other litopō / other belliuagero other

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buccō / other herba scelerata / & other apiū risus ¶ This herbe brayed in a morter w^t swynes dyrt made in playster layde vpon bocce closed and anone it wyll breke / it may be gadred at all tymes:

¶ De Apio Emorroidario. Ca. xi.

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APium Emorroidariū / is other wyse called botracium staticere some call it vran / & other call it cutrada. It groweth in sandy places in y^e feldes / the rotys is lyke vermelond. Of his propryete & vertue is spoken in y^e cha∣pytre of comune smalache.

¶ For lunatyke people. A

¶ This herbe is good for lunatyke folke yf it be boūde to the pacyētis heed w^t a lyn¦nen clothe dyed reed the moone beynge in cresaūt in the sygne of Taurus or Scor∣pion in y^e fyrst parte of the sygne / & he shal be hole anone. ¶ Agaynst Cycatryces that ben spottes or semes / that ben after woundes remayny blacke / take & stampe this herbe with the rotes and stronge vy∣neygre / and lay it on the spottes or semes / and it wyll clense them / and take away y^e yll flesshe / and hele them.

¶ De Amido. Ca. xii.

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AMidum is attemprement hote & moyst / and is made in this ma∣ner / put wheet to stepe in colde water nyght and day / and styre it euery daye tyll it seme all rottē / than take i• out of the water / and bray it well and small / & put therto colde water as ye dyd before Than strayne it and set it in the sonne tyll the water be out / and that it be very dry / than renew it with water many tymes y^t it may be whyte. Than lete the water be pured / and the thyckenesse in the botom layde to drye and harden / & that is amidū Also it is called Amilū / bycause it is ma∣de without a myll / and it may be also ma∣de with clene barly.

¶ Agaynst apostume. A

¶ This Amidum is good agaynst y^e apo∣stumes of the membres of lyfe as the hert and the longes that ben they that be closed vnder the rybbes within.

¶ Agaynst the cough. •

¶ Also it is good agaynst the cough yf 〈◊〉 be soden in water of barley with Almond mylke / and penycles put therto.

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¶ De Antimonio: Ca. xii.

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ANtimonium is hote and drye in the fourth degre. It is a vayne of the erthe moche lyke to metal and specyally to tynne / but it is knowen fro metall bycause it brenneth / and is easy¦ly brused / and so is not metall. Antimoni¦um brēneth in the fyre and metal melteth The clerer that Antimonium is the better it is The powder therof cōfect w^t frensshe sope / and enoynted therwith is good in y^e hole of a fystula.

¶ Agaynst canker. A

¶ The powdre therof layde on a canker wasteth the deed flesshe / and is a good re∣medy.

¶ Agaynst polipe. B

¶ Agaynst polipe that is flesshe ouergro∣wē in the nosethrylles / make a magdaliō that is a thyng rounde and longe / & make it of apostolicō / that is a plaster so named and lay powdre of antimonium theron / & put it in the nose.

¶ For the spot in the eye C

¶ Agaynst the spot in y^e eye make a colire that is a clere thynge y^t is set in the sonne. It is made with antimonium and kyrnel¦les of mirabolani alyke moche with rose water / and thutye amonge with powdre of antimonium vpon it.

¶ Agaynst bledynge of y^e nose. D

¶ Agaynst bledyng of the nose / wete cottō in y^e iuce of bursa pastoris / and cast pow∣dre of antimoniū vpon it / and put it in the nose thrylles.

¶ For emorroides. E

¶ This powdre confect with taxsus bar∣batus / and cotten were therin layde on y^e emorroides dryeth them. Or ellys put the iuce of pancedanū that is dogfenell with a clystre inwarde. Yf the emorroides be w^t out lay y^e powdre on them / yf they be with in lay y^e powdre with a spone / and a blad∣der full of wynde. The powdre of elebore that is pedellion is as good for this medy¦cyne as powdre of antimonium.

¶ De Achasio / iuce of Sloes or bolays. Cap. xiiii.

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AChasia is colde and drye in the seconde degre. It is the iuce of sloes vnrype and wylde / and is made thus. The sloes ben gadred or they be rype / and the iuce taken pressed away / and dryed in the sonne. This iuce so dryed is called achasia. It may be kept a yere /

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and it hath vertue to restrayne & to cōfort

¶ For vomyt: A

¶ Agaynst vomyte / colike / and feblenesse of vertue retentyfe ete / ache / mōmye / dra¦gantum / and gomme arabyke / tempered with whyte of an egge and fryed in a pan of yren / or elles make a playster therof and lay it to the bought of y^e brest / or elles make crespes with rayne water / or of ro∣se water.

¶ Agaynst flyx of the bely B

¶ Agaynst flyxe of the bely / tempre it w^t wyne and gyue it to drynke / the same may be made agaynst the flux of women. Or take achasia / the stone emachites / & ypo∣quistides / and let thē be confect with ray∣ne water / or water of roses and so gyuen.

¶ For bledynge at the nose C

¶ Agaynst bledynge of the nose / or flux in women / make a supposytory or tent of achasia / and iuce of bursa pastoris. And for the floures in women clay or armoyst be put to the sayd thynges / or elles medle tansey / achasia / and iuce of plantayne / & make a suposytory / as it is sayd.

¶ For vomyte. D

¶ For vomyte and flux of the bely / make a playster of achasia / dragons blood / ma¦styke / oyle of roses / and whyte of an egge

¶ Agaynst hote apostome. E

¶ Agaynst hote apostome / take Achasia tempred in iuce of plantayne or ony other colde herbe & layd to it at y^e begynnynge.

¶ De Agarico. Ca. xv.

AGaricus is hote and drye in the seconde degre. Agaryk is an ex∣crecens that groweth nygh to y^e rote of a sapyn tre / in maner of a mussherō and specyally it groweth in Lombardy / and there ben two kyndes of them / the ma¦le and the female / but the female is best /

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and hath a rounde shape & is veray whyte The male hath longe shape / and is not so whyte. The female is bytter and holow• within as pyeces deuyded / the male is not so / and is heuyer / but somtyme his lyght∣nesse cometh of rottēnesse / and that is sene for it powdreth in brekynge. It may be kept .iiii. yeres. It purgeth flewme and melancoly.

¶ For feuer cotidian. A

¶ Agaynst cotidian of flewme naturall sethe agaryc w^t other spyces as squinant and vse the decoccyon. Another remedy is after that the pacyent is purged yf the fe∣uer cease not / medle an vnce of Agaryc 〈◊〉 as moche iuce of fume terri / and vse it iii. or .iiii. houres afore the axces / many haue ben healed by this onely medycyne.

¶ Agaynst yliake passyon. B

¶ Agaynst ylyake passyon / the same me∣dycyne is good / or make it thus / let the pa¦cyent haue a clystre mollyfycatyfe / than take an vnce of Agaryk with hony & oyle and some water mytygatyfe and make a clystre.

¶ For strey•nesse of pyssynge. •

¶ Agaynst dyssury / take saxifrage & sethe it in wyne / and strayne it / and in sethynge

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put therto halfe an vnce of Agarycke and vse it.

¶ Agaynst fystula. D

¶ Agaynst fystule take salt / cost / grauell of wyne / and agaryke / and make therof a small powdre cōfect with hony / & wete a tente therin / and put it in the sore. This draweth out broken bonys it wasteth the yll flesshe and heleth the fystula:

¶ Agaynst emorroydes. E

¶ Agaynst emorroydes / take powdre of agaryke very small medled with iuce of Cyclamen warmed by the fyre / wete cot∣ton the rin and lay to the sore place.

¶ Agaynst morphew. F

¶ Agaynst morphew take the sayd pow∣dre with bay salt / and lay on y^e place / but fyrst wasshe it with decoccyon of agaryk castoreum / and squynant / with this the heed ache is apeased caused of haboūdaun¦ce of flewme / and conforteth the stomake Or make pylles with iuce of fenell or al∣leluya / that is sorell de boys or cukowes mete.

¶ De Aneto. Dyll. Ca. xvi.

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ANet is hote and drye in the secō∣de degre / the sede therof is best in medycyne and therfore whan Anet is founden wrytē onely / it is to wy∣te y^e sede / y^e rote is lytell worth: It ought to be gadred in ver / and may be kept iii. yere / but it is better renewed euery yere. The decoccyon therof is good for thē that may not pysse / and for them that ben deyn∣ty gyue lycotupon in syrope with suger / & for chyldren make a playster vpon the ne∣ther parte of the bely.

¶ For the matryce. A

¶ For dolour of the matryce / boyle two fayssiaus of anet in stronge wine / & layde on the lowe parte of the bely / or with the leues boyled in stronge wyne / be made a supposytory / and that withdraweth the superfluytes of the matryce / and causeth the floures to voyde.

¶ For emorroydes: B

¶ Agaynst emorroydes / take powdre of nettles / and powdre of anet medled with hony / and sayde it therto / and anoynt it / or elles anet and powdre of nettles sede / and lay them on playsterwyse / and yf they renne lay the powdre theronf / or it stoppeth / and yf the vaynes be swollen medle the powdre with hony / and whyte of an egge and lay it to / decoccyon of anet and mastyke helpeth agaynst vomyt caused to colde / and agaynst bledynge of the nose yf it be put in the nosethrylles. It conforteth the stomake in what maner so euer it is taken / chawed alone / soden in potage / or w^t flesshe / or in drynke / and lykewyse it con∣forteth the brayne.

Adapted recipe - For hemorrhoids:

Against hemorrhoids, take powder of nettles and powder of dill mixed with honey, and apply it to the affected area. Anoint the area with it. Alternatively, use dill and powdered nettle seeds, and apply them as a plaster. If the hemorrhoids are bleeding, apply the powder directly to stop the bleeding. If the veins are swollen, mix the powder with honey and the white of an egg and apply it to the area. A decoction of dill and mastic helps against vomiting caused by cold and against nosebleeds if put in the nostrils. It comforts the stomach in whatever manner it is taken—chewed alone, boiled in porridge, with meat, or in drink. It also comforts the brain in the same way.

¶ De Affodillio / Affodylly. Ca. xvii.

AFfodylle is an herbe that hath thre maners. It is called affo∣dyllus / centum capita / and al∣bucium/ and some call it portus cerinus / The grekes do call it aspilidos / y^e moores call it poliortis / other call it buburicus / other rabdion / other asucus / & other am∣pularia. This herbe is hote and drye in y^e seconde degre. It hath leues lyke leke bla¦des / the rote is better in medycyne than y^e leues / and is better grene than drye / in y^e rote is as it were a donnes heed / diurety∣ke / and hath all the vertues that is spoken afore of Anet / except y^t it is good agaynst y^e euyl called tettres alopyce ī this maner

¶ For tettres alopyce. A

¶ Take hony bees brēt and made in pow¦dre / and medle it with iuce of the sayd rote & it wyll be an oyntmēt cōuenable for it.

¶ For strangury. B

¶ Agaynst strangury / dyssury / take .iii. vnces of affodylles with a drāma of saxi∣frage / and a drāme of millefolis / or ya∣row / powdred and soden eyl the iii. partes be wasted / than lete the pacyent drynke it with sugre.

¶ For dropsy. C

¶ Agaynst dropsy / the myddle backe of eldre / and philipendula or dropwort / of eche .iii. drāmes soden in .iii. vnces of iuce of affodyll / and gyue to hym y^t is seke spe¦cyally yf it be dropsy called leucoflemāce.

¶ For the eyen D

¶ Agaynst the sekenesse of the eyes / take halfe an vnce of saffron / & an vnce of mi∣erte / and sethe them in halfe a pounde of good reed wyne / tyll halfe be wasted in a brasen vessell / and it profyteth meruay∣lously / and is also good agaynst tettres and alopyce.

¶ Allium latine. Scordon vel scorded grece. Thaū Arabice. Gorlyke. Ca. xviii.

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ALlium is garlyke. It is hote & drye in the myddle of the .iiii. de¦gre. Some say that ther be two maners of garlyke / one tame and commu¦ne / the other is wylde / and is called stor∣dyon or rampsons / and is hote and drye / but lesse thā the tame / and it is not dyscus∣sed of doctours the excesse of the one and other. The wylde worketh meanely / and ought to be put in receptes and not the ta∣me / for the tame worketh impetiously we vse the floures of the wylde / & the ought to be gadred in the ende of prymtyme / ••d be hanged to drey in the shadowe. It m•• be kept .iii. yere in goodnesse / but it is bet∣ter

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to haue newe euery yere. Of tame gar¦lyke the heed is occupyed / it hath vertue to withstande / and put out venym.

¶ For bytynge of venymous beestes. A

¶ Agaynst bytynge of venymous beestes take garlyke / and bray it and lay to the place / also yf it be eaten it putteth venym out of the body / and therfore it is called churles tryacle. B

¶ Agaynst wormes in the bely / take gar∣lyke / peper / a lytell percely / and iuce of myntes / make of them sawce / and wets your brede therin. For to open the vaynes of the lyuer / and the condyte of the vryne make sauce of garlyke tempred with wy∣ne / and herbes dyuretykes and vse it.

¶ Agaynst strangury / and dyssury / and payne of the guttes sethe garlyke and ma∣ke a playster therof and lay it on the bely nygh the yerde. Garlyke noyeth the syght for it dryeth / and it greueth all the mem∣bres of the body yf it be vsed out of measu∣re for it engendreth lepery The floures of wylde garlyke ben dyuretykes and losyn∣ge / and who vseth them in wyne or other drynke they ben good agaynst the stran∣gury / and dyssury. In the antydotary is lytell or nothynge founde of tame garlike in receptes / but of the wylde / for it is mo¦re temperate.

¶ Acorus. Gladon. Ca. xix.

ACor{us} is y^e rote of a water flagge how be it / it groweth not onely in water / but it is also foūde in hygh groundes. It is hote and drye in the seconde degre. Some call it affrodisius or veneramy / or sigenciana / or mutica. It ought to begadred in y^e begynnynge of so∣mer & the huskes w^tout plucked away and thā clouen in .iiii. partes & hanged in y^e sō∣ne to drye y^t it rotte not for the moystnesse therof. It may be kept thre yere in vertue It hath vertue apperatyfe to dyuyde and

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dyssolue. For the hardnesse of y^e mylte and of y^e lyuer take a .li. of corus sōwhat bru∣sed and lay it iii. dayes & iii. hyghtes in vy¦neygre / thā sethe it tyl y^e vyneygre be half wasted / than put therto hony and sethe it agayne tyll y^e vyneygre be all dryed / and thā take oxmell w^t the decoccyō of acorus & take a li. of the iuce of y^e powdre & of the sede / and half a li. of vyneygre & of oyle / and halfe a li. of armoniake an vnce / of a gōme called serapelinx. ii. vnces / and lay them all nyght in vyneygre & on the mor∣nyng sethe it to half / & thā put therto pow¦dre of acorus / and w^t this oyntemēt with thy handes anoynt y^e / the lyuer & the mylt y^t is to harde / & yf thou wylt make a ciro∣nie lay it to in maner of a playster / & the drynke y^t it is sodē in is good for y^e same se∣kenesse / but it ought not to be gyuen to thē y^t haue y^e axcesse. ¶ Agaynst y^e Iaundysse sethe y^e rote of acor{us} in water & strayne it & in the streynynge put therto sodē chiches & gyue to y^e pacyent / & that is a souerayne remede yf y^e pacyent be w^tout ague / yf he haue the ague / make a bathe with the ro∣te therof yf ye can fynde ynough / and yf ye haue not plente / thā put the powder of it in a bagge / and put it in the bathe.

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Or elles sethe moche of acorus in water / and set the pacyent ouer it well couered with clothe tyll he swete / that swete pur¦geth well the harde flewme.

¶ For the webbe in the eye:

¶ Agaynst a thycke spot or webbe in the eye called pannus. Iuce of acorus and fe¦nell egally put in a vessell and set in the sō¦ne / tyll the moystnesse waste than put ther¦to powdre of aloe and sethe it a lytell / and strayne it / and put it in a vessell of brasse / and whan nede is put it to the eye with a fether / and that coleth the eye and so dooth the leues yf they be layde therto. And it is sayd yf acorus is bounde to a be hyue the hony bees wyll not fleaway but encrease and cause other to come therto.

¶ Armoniacum latine: A•o• grece. Fasaac Arabice. Ca. xx.

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ARmoniacum is hote and drye in the seconde degre / it is the gom∣me of a tre that is so named also the bowes ben hewed with small cuttes vndernether in somer dayes / and out ther¦of cometh a licour that hardeneth against the bowes / & is called armonyake. That is to be chosen that is moost clere and why test / and is not medled with erthe. Good armonyake is lyke the whyte of an egge but it is not so whyte. It hath vertue to loose / to dyssolue / and to sprede.

¶ Agaynst the olde coughe. A

¶ Agaynst the olde cough and moyst / and agaynst asma that is a combraunce of the brethe caused of thycke gleymy flewmes Take two or thre droppes of armonyake with hony / or make pylles with hony and vse them. But fyrst lete the breste be mol∣lyfyed with butter / or lyne sede or with an herbe called brauch a vrtina or heres∣fote / powned.

¶ For the mylte B

¶ Agaynst the sekenesse of the mylte / take armoniake / and galbanum / alyke moche and soften them in vyneygre with waxe / and put therto powdre of cost / & of worm wood / and make a cyroyne or oyntement and anoynt the mylte.

¶ For wormes in the bely C

¶ For wormes in the bely / take armony∣ake with iuce of wormwood / or parsica∣ria. Arssmert. And for chyldren that can take nothonge by the mouthe / take armo∣nyake and iuce of wormwood or arssmert with vyneygre and make a playster / and lay it to the nauyll.

¶ Anisum latine & grece. Aneisum Arabicer: Anys. Ca. xxi.

ANisum is hote and drye in y^e .iii. degre. It is also called swete cō¦myn / and it is the s•de of an her∣be so called. It may be kept in goodnesse iii. yeres. It hath vertue to waste / consu∣me / and vndo.

¶ For wynde in the body A

¶ Agaynst wynde / & indygestyon / wryn∣gynge of the guttes / or crowlynge / t•a•

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drynke that anys / fenell / and mastyke / hath ben soden in / or elles the powdre of them with a lytel synamum / and mastyke vnsoden. Anys is good agaynst payne of the eares and the wynde yf the decoccyon therof be layde to it with perytory.

¶ For the eares. B

¶ For the payne of the eare yf it be caused of moystnesse / put anys in the iuce of lekes and a warme onyon with oyle / and put it to the eare.

¶ Agaynst the matryce. C

¶ Agaynst the vyce of the matryce / trife∣ra magna / with decoccyon of anys / and other dyuretyke herbes vnstoppe the opy∣lacyons of the lyuer / and of the mylte.

¶ For hurte in the face: D

¶ Agaynst blackenesse or brusinge comyn¦ge of strypes / specyally yf they be in the face / bray anys with comyn and medle y^e powdre with waxe / and lay to the place To make mylke encreace in a woman or sede to a man / vse powdre of anys in mea∣tes or drynkes / for anys openeth the vay∣nes by his heate.

¶ Absinthium latine. Grece absinthion. Saricon Arabice. Wormwood, Ca. xxii.

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ABsinthiū / wormwood / is hote and drye in y^e secōde degre / some say that it is hote in the fyrste de¦gre / and drye in the seconde There be two maners of wormwood / one is called pon∣tyke / bycause it groweth in an yle called Pontum / for it hath a sauour pontyke or ranke / and is grene of colour / and bytter or sowre smel. The other maner of worm¦wood / is somwhat more whytysshe / and not so bytter / and is not of so grete vertue as the other. It ought to be gadred in the ende of vere / and dryed in shadowe & may be kept a yere. Wormwood hath two cō∣traryes. It hath vertue laxatyfe tomyng of hete and bytternesse / and it hath vertue constiparyfe or stoppynge by hete pōticite It is sayd to be of tours or thycke substaū¦ce for sauour pontyke and bytter / that is therin / for bytter and pontyke thynges ha¦ue grosse substaunce. Therfore who so ta∣keth it inward yf it fynde grosse or thycke mater it hardeneth and tycketh it more / & by the bete of it / it looseth / spredeth / and wasteth y^e other humours that ben thinne and that it hath contrary operacyōs / and therfore it ought not to be taken but yf the mater be dygested / that it may dyssol•e

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it by his hete / and whan it is dyssolued y^t it may haue it / by his pontyfyce:

¶ For wormes. A

¶ Agaynst wormes of y^e nauyl whā they ben in the bowelles / take iuce of worm∣wood with powdre of betony / or centory or percicaria / or kyrnelles of peche:

¶ For the lyuer. B

¶ Agaynst opylacyon of the lyuer & Iaū∣dys / take the iuce of wormwood and sca∣ryole / or elles make them in syrope / and vse it with warme water. ¶ Agaynst opy¦laciō of the mylt take iuce of wormwood and powdre of costi / and it is also good agaynst opilaciō of y^e lyuer caused of colde ¶ For to prouoke the floures in women / make a supposytory of wormwood in oyle of comyn or in oyle mustelyn / & y^t is better

¶ For heed ache. C

¶ Agaynst payne in the heed caused of va¦pours comynge fro the stomake / take iuce of wormwood with warme water.

¶ For dronkennesse. D

¶ Agaynst dronkennesse / take y^e same iuce with hony and warme water.

¶ Agaynst hardnesse of the mylte E

worm∣wood soden in oyle choped / and layde ther¦to / or make an oyntment with the iuce w^t vyneygre & armonyake with waxe & oyle & anoint the place by the fyre or in the sōne ¶ Agaynst suffocacyon comynge of colde / take it w^t vyneygre & warme water. Yf thou haue doubt of appoplexi to lose y^e spe¦che it is a souerayne remedy. ¶ Agaynst palenesse / or ly•idyte comyng of the body make a playster with iuce of wormwood powdre of comyn and hony. ¶ Agaynst wormes in the eare / droppe of y^e iuce ther¦in. The iuce dronken clereth the syght. Yf it be put in the eye it taketh away the red∣nesse of the webbe called pānus. It kepeth gownes and bokes fromyce and wormes ••nde Diascorides. For to haue the iuce gadre it in the ende of maye / for to kepe y^e herbe gadre it whan the floures sprynge / lay it in shadowe / it wyll kepe two yere.

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¶ Anacardus latine & grece. Ca. xxiii.

ANacardus is the frutes of a tre y^t groweth in inde / some say that they ben whelpes of elyphantes but y^t is not true / they bē hote & drye in the thyrde degre / some say in y^e fourth. The he¦uyest & ful of humours is best. They may be kept xxx. yere / & they ought to be kept in a place not to hote nor to moyst / yf they be taken alone dethe foloweth or lepre.

¶ For forgetynge. A

¶ Agaynst forgettyng sethe castorium in stronge vineygre / put therto of y^e humour of anacarde & anoynt y^e hynder part of the heed.

¶ Agaynst tettres: B

¶ Agaynst spredynge tettres take orpy∣mēt cōfyct with y^e iuce of anacardes fyrst wasshe y^e place & than anoynte it / but lete it not lye to longe for it wyll do grete pay¦ne & make it holow but y^e place oftē w^t ho¦te water & anoynt it often.

¶ Agaynst morfewe C

take sauge worm∣wood / And that is within colloquntid• or wylde gourdes put in powdre & cōfyct

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with the iuce of anacordus. Or these thyn¦ges confycte in wyne / and soden and ma∣de in playster be layde therto.

¶ Agaynst forgetfulnesse. D

¶ A confeccyon that is called Theodori∣con anacardium where ben the pryncypal medicins is good agaynst forgetfulnesse & heleth the lepry.

Amigdala latine. Lanet Arabice & grece. Almondes. Ca. xxiiii.

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AMigdala dulcis bē swete Almō¦des. They be hote and moyste in the fyrst degre. Galienus sayth that these almondes haue some bytternesse but it is perceyued whan they begyn to waxe olde / and they ben of the same accy∣on for nourysshynge of the body as nuttes be / and ben stronge and yll to dygest / by¦cause of theyr vnctunsyte / and they tourne in to coleryke humours / but they be not so noysome to the stomake as nuttes bē. And therfore almondes taken betwene newe & olde / be meanes betwene the veray swe∣te and bytter. They clense the fylthe of the body of the lunges / and of the reynes / and prouoketh vryn / and vnstoppeth the opy∣lacyons of the lyuer / and therfore the byt∣ter ben gyuen in medycyns / and the swete for nourysshynge. The oyle of y^e swete al∣mondes is the best. The harder and why∣ter that they be / whan they sholde be eatē lete them be blaunched / and dressed with suger or hony. Grene almondes be more tendre and softe by the moysture that they haue / and be more worthy than the olde & drye / but yf the olde were blanched / and layde a nyght in warme water they wol∣de be felawes to the grene in goodnesse / & yf the grene be eaten or they haue huskes they confort gretely the gommes and sw•¦geth the heate of the stomake▪

¶ Of bytter Almondes. Ca. xxv

BYtter almondes as Isaac sayth / ben drye in the ende of the seconde degre. They mollyfye thycke and grosse humours / and therfore they clense y^e lyuer and the longes of flewmatyke hu∣mours and also open the opylacyons of the lyuer / and wasteth the hardnesse of y^e mylt and breketh the grete wyndes sprede in y^e bowelles named colon / & prouoketh vryn and clenseth the fylthe of the reynes / and of the matryce / and putteth out the opyla∣cyons. Yf they ben blaunched and brayde and made a pessayre they cause y^e flours in women to renne. ¶ Also they put the rottē humours out of the body and appease the paynes in the bely / and engendreth slepe / and yf they ben giuen to drynke with ami¦dum / and myntes / they helpe lyghtly the vryn and destroyeth the stone And yf they be tempred with vyneigre they take away the sekenesse fro the face / yf they be taken to drynke with good wyne they ease grete¦ly agaynst the longe ague.

¶ Agaynst encombraunce of the brethe. A

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¶ Agaynst encombraunce of the brethe that is called asma / and agaynst cough caused of colde / bray bytter almōdes / and make brothe or potage of them and put suger to them to take away the bytternesse.

¶ Agaynst defnesse of the eeres B

bruse almondes / and betwene two leues lay them vnder hote emers / or asshes / and than presse out the oyle / and droppe it in to the eares yf the herynge be stopped or yf ony mater come out.

¶ Agaynst wormes in the bely C

put of the sayd oyle on the meate with floure of byt∣ter lupyns / or make a playster therof and lay it to the nauyll. The floures reteyned shall be prouoked yf pessayre be made of this oyle and put within / or make a sup∣posytory of tryfera magna w^t y^e same oyle

De Aristologia rotūda vel accaung vel carabuth latine. Ariston vel fe∣talogos arabice. Apiston vel pauo∣dricia Grece. Smerewort or meke galyngale. Ca. xxvi

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ARistologia / hath two kyndes / the one rounde & the other longe Eche of them is hote and drye in the seconde degre. Some say that y^e dryeth is in the thyrde degre / the rounde is best for vse of physyke / and the rote better than the leues. The rote is gadred or the herbe bere floures. The leues and the floures to gyder haue vertue to dyssolue / vnknyt / & waste / & to put our venym. It is kept .ii. yeres.

¶ Agaynst venym and bytynge of veny∣mous bestes A

take the powdre therof with iuce of myntes the powdre therof wasteth deed flesshe anone / yf a tent be made and wet in hony powdre herof cast theron and put in a fistula destroye the deed flesshe.

¶ For a deed chylde. B

¶ To delyuer a deed chylde / sethe this ro¦te in wyne and oyle & make a fomētacyon ¶ Agaynst trouble of the brethe caused of moyst humour make a confeccyon / y^e two partes of rotes of aristologia put to pow∣dre / and the thyrde of gencyan with hony ¶ Agaynst the fallyng euyll take rounde aristologia / euforbium / castoreum quick brymstone and make a decoccyon in oyle petrolium / or in oyle mustelyn or at lest in comyn oyle / & therwith anoynt y^e eydge of the backe fro the necke downwarde. The powdre therof with vyneygre heleth the smert of scabbes.

Aristologia longa latine. Reed mader. Ca. xxvii.

ARistologia longa is so named by¦cause the rote is longe / & sklēder: Some cal it arratica / other mel •arpon / other ephesta / other clesticis. The romayns call it petritomis / longe aristo∣logia hath the vertue of the rounde. Ma∣ter sayth that it hath many good vertues ¶ Gadre grete quantite therof and drye 〈◊〉 and whan nede is make smoke therwith vnder the beddes where seke chyldren lye. At maketh the pacyēt mery meruaylously

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and bryngeth hym to helth. Also this smo∣ke dryueth all deuyllysshnesse and all trou¦ble out of y^e house. Also this herbe grene stāped & layde to where ony thorne or yren is draweth it out.

¶ Agaynst the cankre. A

¶ For cankre in the gōmes / take this her∣be / peper / the rote of gladon and myrre / and make powdre of them and rubbe the gōmes / and it taketh away rottennesse.

¶ Agaynst payne of the mylt and colyke. B

¶ Agaynst payne of the mylte and colyke passyon / the iuce therof streyned with wa¦ter and gyuen to drynke. It openeth gre∣tely the mylte / and wasteth the payne of colyke. It helpeth paralytykes / and vn∣dooth the ache of the wombe.

¶ Ambra latine et grece. Nambac Arabice: Amber Ca. xxviii.

AMbre is hote and drye in the se∣conde degre. Some say that it is the spame of a whale. Other say that it is the secondyue y^t she causeth whan she hath spawned / but that is not true / for it is an vnpure thynge / & hath a sanguyne

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colour / and y^e good ambre is whyte / but who can fynde ony that is gray it is y^e bes• the blacke is nought for it is counterfeyte in this maner. A lytel ambre is medled w^t lignum aloes / storax / calamita / laudane tempred with muske and rose water / but the counterfeyt is knowen from the good by cause it may be chaussed in y^e hande as waxe / but the good can not. It hath ver∣tue to conforte and may be kept longe.

¶ Agaynst fayntynge of y^e hert. A

¶ Agaynst fayntynge of the herte called symcopis / make pylles with a dragme of ambre / and an vnce of lignum aloes / and two dragmes of the bone in a hartes herte put in powdre and bette in rose water and gyue .ii. or .iii. of the sayd pylles to the pa¦cyent whan he gooth to beed or to slepe.

¶ Agaynst the fallynge euyll. B

¶ Agaynst epylent fallynge / put ambre and of the bone of an hartes herte in a ves∣sell of glasse in the fyre on the coles / & lete the pacyent take the smoke at his mouthe and nosethrylles:

¶ Agaynst the matryce. C

¶ Agaynst suffoca•yon of y^e matryce whā it presseth the spūall membres / take am∣bre in a vessell of glasse with other swete.

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smellynge thynges / or it onely / and let y^e smoke be receyued by the natural cōduyte of the woman / and that same tyme let the woman haue stynkynge thynges at her no¦se / as it were a metche kyndled in oyle / & thā put out: The mayster sayth that with the sayd smoke he healed a noble lady of y^e same dysease. And it is to wyte y^t agaynst the fallynge of the matrice stynkyng thyn¦ges ought to be vsed beneth / and swete a¦boue / and in the suffocacyon the contrary is to be had.

¶ De Arthemesia. Mugwort or moderwort. Ca. xxix.

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ARthemesia. Mugwort / is ī thre kyndes. That is to wyte the gre¦te / the myddle and the smal / but now we wyll speke of the grete. It is hote and drye in the thyrde degre / and it is cal¦led the moder of herbes The Romayns do cal it Regina / other call it Texator / other Ephesia / other patermon / other Apolyses other Arthemesia / other Succosa / other Lyopas / other Vtropium / other Cereste other Encacista / other tronissis / other bu∣bastes / ohert Obstancepon / other emoro¦my / other gomosestus / other Phylateryō other Ferula. The Egypcyens call it Sa¦basar / other Texobolus / and other Cana¦pacia. It groweth in sandy places on hyl∣les / and in gardyns. It hath leues towar¦de whyte as an oke. Of this mugwort y^e leues and the floures behoueth in medicyn more than the rote / and is better grene than drye. It may be kept a yere in bounte It is good agaynst styrylyte or barayn∣nesse in a woman caused of drythe / and it may be knowen well ynough whan it is caused of one or other by the complexyō of the woman / and yf she be fatte or leane / And it ought to be gyuen in this maner. Take powdre of mugwort with the rote of an herbe called bystorte / and nutmyg / of eche alyke moche / than let it be confyct with hony in the maner of a lectuary / and let it be vsed at morowe / and euen / with the decoccyō of mugwort / but it is better to make a bathe in water soden with mug¦wort and laurell / or elles make fomenta¦cyon vpon the party of the matryce with y^e same decoccyon / and for the same is good decoccyon of mugwort sodē in comyn oyle or in nut oyle

¶ Agaynst the floutes. A

¶ Agaynst the floures w^tholden in womē Make a pessayre of iuce of mugwort / or water y^t it is soden in and layde to it.

¶ For costyfnesse. B

¶ Agaynst ten asmon or costyfnesse caused of colde / let the pacyēt receyue at his foū¦dament smoke of colophenia layde on hote coles / than hete mugwort on a tyle / and let y^e pacyent syt theron. Probatum est.

¶ For pylles C

¶ Agaynst pyles that growe nygh y^e foū∣dement called glandes or atryces let them be opened / and powdre of mugwort / and horehounde lay on them.

¶ For mygrym. D

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¶ Agaynst payne of the heed called my∣greyne or cephale gyue some hote opiate / & the decoccyon of mugwort Macer sayth he that bereth it on hym in walkynge we∣ryeth not. It is also good agaynst yll thoughtes / and stopeth the eyes from har¦mes / and all deuyllysshenesse fleeth fro the place where it is.

¶ For payne in the bely. E

¶ Agaynst ache of the bely. Mugwort powned / and laye therto / helpeth meruay¦lously.

¶ Agaynst ache in the guttes: F

¶ Agaynst ache of the bowelles / powdre of mugwort dronkē with hony easeth gre¦tely / and is good agaynst many other seke¦nesses as Macer sayth. ¶ To opē the flou∣res in a woman / gyue her to drynke mug∣wort sodē in water. Also y^e smoke of mug∣worte prouoketh the floures yf it be taken benethe. Also the drynke that it is soden in often dronken leteth not women be delyue¦red afore theyr tyme / and so dooth the her¦be yf it be layde to the nauyll. Also yf it be brused and layde to the matrice it breketh and softeneth the hardnesse or inflacyon of it / and hath many other vertues / and is called arthemesia monodos.

¶ De Arthemesia minor. Of the myddle mugwort. Ca. xxx.

ARthemesia minor. The myddle mugworte is called tagantes in Grece / the domyens call it gry∣fauterius / y^e Romayns tānium / y^e Egyp∣cyens Rym / other cal it tamaryta & other canacipa.

¶ For the bladder: A

¶ Agaynst ache of the bladder / agaynst strangury / and dyssury take mugwort ta¦gātes one dragme / and gyue it with halfe a pynte of wyne / and gyue it to them that

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haue no feuer with warme water / and y• shall se good profe.

¶ For the brest. B

¶ Agaynst payne of the breste / and y^e ryb¦bes bruse it with vyneygre and lay to it / and he shall be hole the thyrde day.

¶ For the synewes C

¶ For the payne of the synewes / sethe this herbe in comyn oyle / and lay therto / it hea¦leth and helpeth meruaylously.

¶ For the fete: D

¶ Agaynst payne of the fete / yf ony hath ben brused or crusshed / ete the rote of this mugwort with hony and it easeth gretely

¶ To make a chylde mery. E

¶ To make a chylde mery / hange a bon∣dell of mugwort / tagant or make smoke therof vnder the chyldes bedde / for it ta∣keth away anoy for them.

¶ De Arthemesia minima called Leptyfilos / the lesse mugwort. Ca. xxxi

ARthemesia minima / leptyfilos is the lesse mugwort / that other wyse is called matrycary / and hath a fauour lyke clere whā it is rubbed or brused.

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¶ Agaynst the stomake. A

¶ Agaynst the payne of the stomake yf it be caused of colde bray this mugwort gre¦ne with oyle of almōdes warme in maner of a playster / lay it to the stomake and the pacyent shall be hole in .v. dayes. Also yf it be layde vnder the dore of a hous / man nor womann can not anoy in that hous.

¶ Agaynst the synewes. B

¶ Agaynst ache of the synewes / and sha∣kynge of the lymmes / anoynte y^e lymmes with iuce of this herbe medled with oyle of roses warmed. It taketh away all pay¦nes of shakynge / and all vyces caused of cenmatyke humours that come to the syne¦wes. ¶ It is to wyte that Dyana founde these thre mugwortes / and theyr vertues and she gaue this same herbe to Centau∣rus / whiche proued the vertues therof ma¦ny tymes / and therfore Dyana named it atthemesia. It ought to be gadred ī maye o• Iuly.

¶ Acetum latine Oxi veloxios grete. Vyneyger. Ca. xxxii.

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ACetum vyneygre is colde & dry• in the seconde degre. It hath ver¦tue penetratyfe to perce / thryll / and dyuyde. And it hath vertue construc∣tyue that cometh by his qualites that ben colde & drye / vyneygre may be made thus Put wyne in a vessell half: full / and vnco¦uered / and it wyll become vyneygre. Or elles here stele or a stone / and put it to the wyne in an vncouered vessell and set it .ii. or .iii. dayes in y^e sonne with salte or elles a vessell ful of wyne vnstoped be well boy¦led in water. And yf thou wylt knowe yf the vyneygre be good or badde / shede some on the drye erthe or vpon yren & yf it boyle or frothe it is good / or elles not.

¶ Agaynst vomyt. A

¶ Agaynst vomyte or fluxe of the wombe •e•he roses / tamaryns / and nuttes of gal¦les in vyneygre / and therin were wolle or a sponge and yf it be vomyt lay it to the sto¦make / and yf it be fluxe lay it on y^e reynes or on the nauyll. Also the syrope called si∣ropus acetosus helpeth the syngle / do••le carcyan / and cotydyan / salt flewme / and to all maner of agues / yf it be taken in the mornynge with warme water. The syro∣pe eyg•e denyshed and quickeneth y^e mater

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and it is made thus / melte sugre in vyney∣gre / and sethe it tyll it be mete for the case that ye wyll put it in / and yf ye wyll haue it dyuretyke sethe it more / the syrope of vy¦neygre is good agaynst hote mater / and vyneygre is good agaynst colde / for of vy¦neygre and hony is made oxymell / somty∣me symple / and somtyme compounde The symple is made the .ii. partes of vyneygre and the thyrde of hony / and it ought to be soden tyll it be as tycke as hony. The com¦pounde is made thus. Take the rotes of percely / of fenell / and smalache / and bru∣ste them a lytel / and lay them in vyneygre a day and a nyght / and on the seconde day sethe them togyder / and streyne them / and in y^e vyneygre also streyned put to the thyr¦de parte of hony / and than sethe it as the symple. Oximell squilliticum is made in this wyse Take an herbe called asquyll or water onyon / & lay it in water all a nyght and day / than sethe / and streyne it / than put therto the thyrde parte of hony / but y^e insyde and outsyde of the asquyll must be taken away and the myddle parte vsed / & yf ye haue no asquyll take a rape rote / and do withall as it is afore sayde. Oximell symple or cōpost ought to be gyuē agaynst colde mater for it rypeth and dygesteth it.

¶ For the appetyte. C

¶ Vyneyger conforteth y^e appetyte in this maner. Take sauge / percely / peper / and myntes / and stampe them and tempre thē with vyneygre / & make sauce for fysshe. It wyll cause appetyte / & also flesshe eatē with vyneygre conforteth / and gyueth ap¦petyte. Yf vyneygre be vsed with a full stomake it vnbyndeth / the wombe / and w^t an empty stomake it byndeth it It is good for thē that ben weyke of sekenesse in this maner. Toste brede and wete it in vyney∣gre / and with the toste / rubbe the mouth the nose thrylles / and bynde it on the pul∣sable vaynes / for it conforteth the pacyēt and the appetyte. For the appetyte it were better wet in the iuce of mynt.

¶ Agaynst lytarg. C

¶ Vyneygre is good agaynst lyterg / and fransy / yf it be rubbed to the fete and han∣des with salte / and for y^e same yf the bred shauen be wasshen with the decocyon of vyneygre and castoreum.

¶ De alcamia. Alcamet Ca. xxxiii.

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ALcamia is an herbe that is colde in the fyrst degre and drye in the begynnynge of the seconde This herbe is founde in places beyonde the see / and specyally in Cyryll: And bycause it is not foūde in all countrees / they that haue it make powdre therof and bere it in to dy¦uers regyons. It hath vertue to clense and to make abs•ercyō to conforte and to ease It is good for to clēse the herte in this ma¦ner. ¶ Who that wyll clense or vnbynde the herte / the armes / or other parte of the body / fyrst go to y^e bathe and wasshe that parte with warme water. Than take al∣camia tempered with a whyte of an egge

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and vyneygre / and anoynte it / & a whyle after the anoyntynge wasshe it agayne w^t warme water & wasshe you so .iii. dayes after. And it is to whyte that the places so anoynted y^e fyrst day wyll appere foule the seconde day lasse / y^e thyrde day yet lasse and on the fourth day fayre and clere. In this maner is healed the morphew yf it be curable. For to ease and helpe woundes it is good yf it be put a lonely as in the eare / the nose / or in other places catilaginous or grystilles / & yf ye haue no alcania pow¦dre of synamon dooth the same.

¶ To stayne or dye heere. A

¶ Yf ye wyll stayne or dye your nayles / or heere / or ony other parte in reed colour tempre alcania in vineygre or water / yf ye wyll haue blacke colour / tempre it w^t oyle and anoynte the place / and than lete it drye / scarcely gooth y^e staynynge away but by iuce of orenges or by the wasshyng of the decoccyon of his owne iuce and vy∣neygre yf ye wyll steyne it with yelowe colour tempre it with spattyll.

¶ Auripigmentum vel arsenicum latine / Harneth Arabice. Pyment Ca. xxxiiii.

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AVripigmentum is hootē & drye in the fourthe degre. It is made of a vayne of the erthe / it vnbyn¦deth / departeth / byndeth / and clēseth. Of anripigment or arcenicum is two maners reed and gelowe. The yelow is put in vse of medycyns.

¶ For the brethe. A

¶ Agaynst lettynge of the brethe causeth of moystnes / lay orpyment vpon hote emers & lete the pacyēt stoupe downe & receyue the smoke therof through a pype or fenell. And for the same take .iii. drag∣mes of orpymēt with a rere egges or with wyne or womans mylke / ones or twyse in a weke.

¶ For cough. B

¶ For the cough take one dragme with y^e afore sayd thynges with quicke vnsleked lyme and orpyment is made psilocrū that is a medycyne to take heare fro ony place and is made thus. Take .iiii. dragmes of vnsleked lyme / and quenche it in water / & put therto two dragmes of orpiment / and sethe them / they ben soden ynough whan a vngh skyn put to them may lyghtly be scalded or pylled with y^e hande. Yf ye wyl take the heere away of ony parte of your body be in a warme place and anoynte y^e parte with the sayd medycyne / for elles it wolde fley yf it were wasshed with colde water or hoter than mylke warme Some put therto cōmyn and Aloe bycause it shol¦de not fley / other to the thyrde pate of or∣pyment / and .ii. partes of commyne / that it may take away the heere more easely.

¶ For tettres C

¶ Agaynst tettres spredynge or not spre∣dynge / take two partes of whyte sope or frensshe sope / and the thyrde parte of orpy¦ment / and make an oyntement therof and anoynte the place / but wasshe the tettre fyrst & after with warme water / or elles

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it wolde frete the good flesshe as well as y^e badde / and thus wasshe .iii. or .iiii. tymes and this is good also for the whyte mor∣phew and the blacke. Yf ye wyll haue no here growe in certayne partes of the body Fyrst pull them outh that growe there & anointe the place with oyle of Iusquiame or henbane / and orpimet confyct togyder. Oyle of Iusquiame is made thus. Braye the sede of henbane and in the leues roste it vnder hote asshes / and than wronge out and this oyle is good to be vsed. Or elles sethe this sede with comyn oyle / and stray¦ne it. To make y^e nayles clere / take gōme called serapinum / and medle it with pow¦dre of orpunēt / & therwith anoynte them.

¶ Aspaltum grece. Bitumē Iudaicum latine. Ca. xxxv.

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ASpaltum id est bitumen Iudat cum. It is a maner of erthe that cometh fro partyes of beyonde y^e se• and Inde / and is heuy and blacke in co¦lour Some say that Aspaltum is made of the scōme of a lake hardened with chalke in the whiche lake Sodome and Gomour perysshed. It hath vertue to ease / to walte and to drawe / and it may be kept longe. It is good for woundes yf it the powdre be layde to a wounde drye / be the wounde large or longe.

¶ For the matryx. A

¶ It is good also for the passyons of the matryx taken downwardes or vpwardes in this maner yf the matryx presse the brest or spyrytuall membres / lete the woman receyue the smoke therof at her mouth / & yf it be downwardes or fallen lete her ta∣ke the fume at the oryfyce with a quyll or fenell. It hath an abhominable smoke / & therfore it is good for this mater / as it is sayde.

¶ For the heed. B

¶ It is good to purge the flewme of the heed / and for them that ben slepy / and for them y^t haue lytargy or slomerynge euyll in this maner / make powdre of aspaltum and castoreum / & make pylles with iuce of rue and sawge / and yf nede be dyssolue one or two in iuce of rue or in wyne / and be put in the nosethrylles the pacyēt lyeng vpryght with an instrument propre there¦fore called nastale.

¶ For ylyake passyon. C

¶ Agaynst ylyake passyon take an vnce of aspaltum powdred and put a nyght in oxi¦mell squilliticum / and in the mornynge strayne it and make a clyster.

¶ Acantum. Ca. xxxvi.

ACantum is an herbe that some call pederon. It groweth in wa¦try playces and dyches. The le∣ues ben lesse thā letuse leues and ben hag∣ged as ferne / and be very grene drawyng to browne. And the braunche therof is .ii. cubytes longe / and is bygge as a fynger.

¶ For brennynge D

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This hath some vertue agaynst brenyng or scaldyng or fleynge / yf it be brused and layde to the place. ¶ For to loose the w••• be and to prouoke vryne / put the rote of this herbe in powdre / and drynketh it w^t warme water and that helpeth meruay∣lously. It is good for them that haue the tysyke / or the crampe / or shrynkynge of the synewes / or oth•• membres

¶ Agaynst flux of bloode B

¶ Agaynst flux of blode of the nose comyn¦ge of some corrupt vaynes / this herbe eatē heleth the corrupcyon of the vayne / and gyueth helpe.

¶ Adianthos. Maydenwede. Ca. xxxvii

ADianthos is an herbe / some call it gallitricū but the herbe hyght politticū is an other herbe / this herbe adianthos hath leues lyke to cory∣andre / and hath a stalke somwhat blacke and groweth in he••es / and we vse the le∣ues in medycyne 〈◊〉 not the row for it is good for nothyng •••t hath vertue hote & moyst in the fyrst ••gre.

¶ For the •ethe. A

¶ For thē that can•ot drawe theyr brethe

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but as it were by syghes / and for the iaū∣dys / and for strangury / dysfury / & to bre∣ke the stone in the bladder. Sethe adian∣thos in water / and make syrope of the de∣coccyon with sugre / and gyue it erly at y^e sprynge of the day & lete the pacyent dryn∣ke halfe a pynt of the decoccyon warme / & this ought to be gyuen to them that hath y^e ague with the sayde dyseases / & for thē that haue not the feuer / lete the syrope be made with hony and be giue wit• the fore¦sayd decoccyon / but in sethynge put therto the rotes of fenell / smalache / and sparge of brust or bonewort / & gyue it with my∣ne / and thou shalt se meruayles. Also it is good agaynst oppyilacyon of the lyuer / & mylte caused of colde. It prouoketh flou∣res to womē & stoppeth flux of the wombe ¶ This herbe adianthos brused and layd playster wyse to the stomake ceaseth the payne forth with Yf it be brused and sayd to the bytynge of a dog heleth it shortly / & of this herbe the greue is better than the dryed.

¶ De agrimonia. Egrymony. Ca. xxxviii.

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AStula regia is a herbe so called It is good agaynst euylles of y^e mouthe / and agaynst rottynge / Yf it be boyled in wyne / and the mouthe wasshed therwith / forth with the pacyēt shall fele hym eased of his payne.

De Ambrosiana: Hyndhele. Ca. xlii.

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AMbrosiana is an herbe lyke to eupatorium / or wylde sawge / but it is not so longe.

¶ For the mylte. A

¶ Agaynst opylacyon of the mylt or drop∣sy / at the begynnynge of the sekenesse / or agaynst wormes in the wombe the wyne water that it is soden in often tymes dron¦ken heleth that dysease yf it come of engen¦drynge of colde humours.

¶ De Asara. Ca. xliii.

ASara or Asarisi id est Brathea Some call it vulgago that is asarabacara / it is hote and drye in the thyrde degre: The wyne or water

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that it is soden in prouoketh vryne / and y^e floures in womē myghtely / and therwith it is good agaynst the oppylacyon of the lyuer caused of colde mater.

¶ For the mylte & dropsy. A

¶ It is good for the mylte and dropsy / & for the scyatyke passyon it prolifyteth gre∣tely. Yf it be taken in drynke it auayleth to the paynes of the mattyre. It yeldeth good colour to them that haue icteris or iaundys. Also it purgeth the wombe / and specyally flewme at the mouth / and cau∣seth vomyte / and is all moost as vyolent to prouoke vomyte as whyte elebore or pe¦leter / but it is not so stronge. And therfore the nature of the pacyent that it shall be gyuen to ought to be consydered / yf he be stronge / his aege / yf he be fat or leane / & in what regyon he dwelleth. For it is mo∣re surely gyuen to a fat man thā to a leane and in a colde regyon than in a hote. And it ought to be gyuē thus. Take xxx leues of a sarabacara / and lay them in wyne all a nyght / & on the morowe beate them well and gyue them to drynke with the same wyne or sethe them with fat porke / and gyue it hym to eate / and drynke stronge wyne after it yf he wyll.

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This nombre of .xxx. leue• ought to be gy¦uen to y^e strongest / and to •her after theyr aege / and strength. And i• •s to wyte that whan it is wryten in receptes asarabaca∣ra / it is ment the rotes and not the leues / but yf the leues be named ••pressely.

¶ De Atriplice. Arache. Ca. xliiii.

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Atriplex is an h••e named ara∣che. It is colde 〈◊〉 the fyrste de∣gre / and moy• 〈◊〉 the seconde / Some call it Attrafax 〈◊〉 Atrapastis / other crysolocāna. It is v• •n the kechyn to make potage. It hath ••ue to loose y^e wombe / and mollyfyeth 〈◊〉 hardnesse and healeth all opylacyons call•d of the sayde hardnesse

¶ For the perle in the eye. A

¶ This herbe put in playster healed the perle in the eye / & causeth it to fall. Isaac sayth that this herbe nourissheth but lytel and the fedyng therof is watry and moyst and is sone put out of the b•ot neuertheles it is good in medycyne fo•• viscosyte ther¦of / and therfore yf it be c•••ed and layde an appostumes it coolet• 〈◊〉 refressheth them. The sede therof 〈◊〉 ••orate / and byndynge / and it is good for them that ha¦ue the iaundys by oppylacyō or stoppynge of the lyuer.

¶ For vomyte. B

¶ Two dragmes of this sede with hony & warme water prouoketh vomyte in cole∣ryke persones.

¶ Agaynst sacer inguis. C

¶ Agaynst a sekenesse called sacer ignis / or holy fyre / stampe this herbe & lay ther¦to / And agaynst podagie or swellynge se∣kenesse akynge of the fete / braye the herbe with holly & vyneygre / it helpeth gretely.

¶ Agaynst iaundys. D

¶ For iaundys as Galiē sayth the drynke that it is soden in is very good.

¶ Also the water that the sede of arache is soden in with the rotes of rapes / and a ly∣tell vyneygre dronken in grete quantyte purgeth the stomake of flowme and coier at the moche.

¶ De anthera. Ca. xlv.

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ANthera hath a yelowe floure. It is specially good agaynst flix of y^e wombe / and ouermoche vo¦myte / also it is good agaynst the moystnes

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of the luette that descendeth fro the heed / yf it be layde therto with powdre of canel

¶ For the foundement A

¶ For the small cleftes that bledeth in the foundement / lay therto powdre of anthe∣ra / or anoynte them with water that dra∣gagnat hath ben chauffed in. Whā a tothe is drawē / and blede to moche make a gar¦garysme or water of lycour that anthera hath ben soden in with vyneygre & wasshe your mouth therwith.

¶ De Anchora. Ca. xlvi.

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ANchora is an herbe called ac∣toire / It hath a lytell rote lyke y^e stone of a cocke / and is blacke without / and hath a bytter smell / and is beray pantyke as calamus aromaticus / It groweth on hylles / and desertes.

¶ For the matryce.

¶ For the payne of the matryx / and of the stomake comynge of colde cause Take the drynke that it hath be soden in / or make powdre of the rote and make electuary w^t hony / and it wyll take away the payne / & it sleeth y^e wormes in y^e wōbe and is good agaynst bytynge of a venymous beest.

De Auena: Otes. Ca. xlvii.

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AVena is an herbe / the sede of it is called otes it is colde & moyst in the thyrse degre. It hath lyke vertue of barly meale or the grayne therof Take otemele grotes clene tryed / & bete them in a morter / and put warme water by lytell and lytell therto / and streyne it through a fyne stamyn / and sethe it tyll it be tycke. Than put therto almōdes mylke and suger a good quantyte / and it is good for them that hath hote and sore ague

¶ For apostume. A

¶ This meate is good for them that hath appostumes in the inwarde membres / & nourysshynge it rypeth appostumes / and dryeth the humours that harmeth.

¶ Ameos. Woodnep / or peny wort. Capitulum. .xlviii.

AMeos: Pipe••ul• / ca••• •g••∣stis / •ur•umela / all is one This herbe is in two maners. •eche of them hath one selfe vertue. The one is called the more bycause it hath gre•er le•∣•es / but not that it hath more vertue / the

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lesse hath smaller leues / and groweth not very hye and hath a better smell than the more / for the more smelleth as peper / and that that groweth on y^e hylles hath better smell than the other. It is hote and drye in the thyrde degre. It prouoketh vryne that is with holden by grosse humours. Yf it be dronken with hony it fleeth wormes in y^e bely called cucubutyns. It looseth grete wyndes / and breketh the stone of the blad¦der / and warmeth the stomake / and clen∣seth the myseryke vaynes that gooth with the foode to the lyuer / and purgeth the raynes / and the matryce. Yf it be taken w^t hony / it is good for y^e flewmatyke feuers and agaynst bytynge of venymous bestes but it maketh the colour yelowe / yf it be ouermoche taken at the mouthe or play∣sterwyse.

¶ De semine Amomi. Ca. xliiii.

AMomum is hote and drye in the thyrde degre It is the sede of ••s herbe that hyght amomum.

¶ For the matryce. A

¶ Yf a woman hauynge payne in the ma¦tryce

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syt ouer water that amomum hath be soden it peaseth the payne / yf pessayre be made of the sayde decoccyon / it is good for the same / and prouoketh the floures y^t ben reteyned. The decoccyō where it hath be soden / is good for them that haue epy∣lence / fransy / and podagre.

¶ De Alleluya: Wood sorell or cukowes meate. Ca. l.

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ALleluya is an herbe called cuc∣kowes brede. This herbe gro∣weth in thre places / and specy∣ally in hedges / woodes / & vnder walles sydes and hath leues lyke .iii. leued grasse and hath a soure smell as sorell / and hath a yelowe floure / & is put in an oyntement marcyaton or marabraton bycause it con∣forteth the membres & loseth the humours and wasteth the payne of the synewes.

¶ Acetosum latine. Huma Arabice. Oxi∣olapatium Grece. Sorell. Ca. li.

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ACetosa siue acedula / that is So¦rell / this is an herbe and hath le¦ues lyke to spynache but it is mo¦re lyke to a docke leues / and hath sedes ly∣ke to it. It hath vertue colde and drye.

¶ For ytche. A

¶ Acetosum is good for scabbes and ytche yf the iuce of it be put in syrope of oximell made with iuce of fume terri yf it be eaten alone it dystroyeth al scabbes specyally y^t that cometh of coleryke / and rotten blode Also the sede is good agaynst longe feuer tercyan and for many other thynges.

¶ Auelana Fylberdes. Ca: lii.

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AVelane ben fylberdes / and ben colder than hasyll pottes / theyr fauour is more pontyke / and •e∣uy / & more ••cker than the small nottes bē and ben of slower dygestyon and ben later or the yssue out of the body. They engen∣der swellyng of the bely / specyally yf they be eaten with the ryndes outwarde / but yf they be pylled they ben of better dyge∣styon / they be profytable for them that hath the olde cough / yf they be bett with hony and eaten / yf they be rosted and eatē with a lytel peper they be good agaynst y^e rewme / but yf it be rosted & taken fastyng it is good agaynst venym. And yf they be stamped with the outwarde huskes and olde grece of a sowe or a beare they bē mer¦uaylous good for them that haue apolyce and y^t theyr heeres fast for this wyll cause y^t heere to come vp in the basde places.

¶ To make a man leane. A

¶ An anctour sayth that he that is to fa•e and wolde be layne fyl a panne full of fyl berdes floures and sethe them nyght and day / and alway put wyne to thē that they drye not / that lete the wyne be strayned / and lete the pacyent drynke it .v. dayes in the moneth of february.

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¶ De Albatra. Tormentyll. Ca. liii.

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ALbatra is an herbe and hath be∣ryes lyke cheryes antifermacū / and vicetoxium. This herbe gro¦weth a cubyte hygh. It is put in the recept of metrydall / and agyynst the paynes of y^e matryce.

¶ Agaynst venym. A

¶ It is good agaynst all venym and by∣tynge of venymous beestes / we shal speke here after whan we speke of vicetoxium.

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¶ Aqua. Water. Ca. liiii

AQua water / the grekes call it ydro• / the arabytes call it squī∣gihill. Mayster ypocras in his •oke named de aexe / and aqua sayth that a man ought to haue grete concyderacyon of waters that ben vsed in meates & dryn∣kes / suche waters ought to be of good sa∣uour lyght in weyght / and clere in colour For he that drynketh troubled and heuy water com••ly all his body swelleth fr• the heed to the fete / and specyally it corrup¦teth the mylte / and maketh yl humours in the body / and therfore whan water must he vsed in ony medycyne / grete consydera∣cyon is to be had yf the water be good o• badde. The maysters say that water is not good to be dronken / and specyally to them that ben of colde nature / for water bredeth in them many accydentall sekenes¦ses and flux in the body / as feuers and ma¦ny other procedynge of moystenesse. Also women that ben with chylde and drynke water ben delyuered w^t grete payne. Wo¦men that drynke moche water ben many tymes letted of theyr floures in theyr ty∣me / & somtyme causeth them to renne ouer moche / wherfore theyr bodyes ben wey∣ked and theyr heedes shake / for drynkyng of water cooleth the brayne. And therfore mayster Isaac sayth that it is vnpossyble for them that drynketh ouermoche water in theyr youth to come to y^e aege that god hath or d•y•ed them. Also Ipocras sayth that rayne water rotteth lyghtly / and ge∣teth & noughty sent / bycause many waters ben medled togider aboue in the ayre / also the water that cometh of yse or snowe is nought / for if water beenes frosē / or tour¦ned to snowe / it wyll neuer retourne into the fyrst nature or kynde nor be so clere as 〈◊〉 was afore. Au•••n in his fourth 〈◊〉

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cura febrium fayth that water may be gy¦uen to drynke to them that haue the colde f•uers. ¶ Yf the feuer come of the gallē / it behoueth to gyue hym one onely water in due tyme whan y^e feuers hath left hym that he neyther feleth colde nor hete that is whan he tested. Yf he be hote or colde gyue hym neyther water nor wyne for y^e feuer sholde be nourysshed therwith. Aui¦•en sayth in y^e same boke that hote water freseth sooner than colde / Also he sayth y^t colde water cōsumeth an humour comyn¦ge fro the galle named humour coleryke And he sayth that water nouryssheth not and that colde water ought not to be gy∣uen to a seke persone / whan the humours cesteth and ben grosse & vndygested. Also he sayth y^t mānes foode can not be arayed and dressed without water / and he sayth that water of sprynges / and rennynge ry¦uers bē best / & the ferder from the spryng the better / and he sayth that the waters that ben hoote in wynter and colde in so∣mer be the best of all & soden water sonest entreth in to the body. And he sayth in his Fyrst boke, feu. in the fyrst doctryne of the xiii. chapytre y^t water may well be dron∣ken whan the mater is dygested and the nature stronge. And he sayth in the same boke that warme water is good to be vsed for colyke passyon and for swellynge of y^e mylte / and warme water letteth the dys∣gestyon and swageth not the thyrst. And he sayth that stādynge water and not cur∣rant noyreth the stomake. Also he sayth y^e rayne water that is gadred in somer whā it thōdreth and is boystous wether is best to be vsed in medycyne / and rayne water gadred and kept in other seasons letteth y^e •oyce / and stoppeth the brest. Galien sayth in the seuenth boke called Terapentyke in the secōde chapytre sayth that colde water Dronken noyeth the body / and prouoketh inwarde sekenesse / & therfore it is good to be eschewed & also he sayth ī y^e fyrst bock & fyrst chapytre named. De morte. y^t many folke that hath bathed them in colde was haue dyed or they came home Diascorides sayth that water sodē with barly or malt is profytable to mānes body / and at some tyme is good in medycyne / and therfore in all sekenesses that cometh of hete sodē wa∣ter is good / & agaynst feuer tercyen. And he fayth that amonge all waters / rayne water is best bycause it is lyghtly dyge∣sted of his kynde / and is soone hote & soone colde of his nature. And of all rennynge sprynges / those that sprynge agaynst eest and south ben best / but those that sprynge agaynst the west ben the worst / & in lyke∣wyse is many occydentall sekenesses / and he sayth in his boke / de aqua / that all wa¦ters in theyr kynde ben colde and moyst.

¶ Tus endeth the chapitres of herbes begynnynge with. A.

¶ AND HERE BE∣GYNNETH THE CHAPYTRE NAMED WITH. B. (BOOK B)

¶ De Balfamo. Bawme tre. Ca. l.

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BAlsam{us} is an her∣be as some say but other saye that it is a maner of a ly¦tell tree / and that is true as Dyas∣corydes saith and other y^t haue sene it It groweth not past the heyght of two cubytes / and it is foūde towarde Babylō / in a felde where as .vii. welles or foūtaynes be / and is ca∣ryed from thens / It bereth neyther leues nor floures / and it is of trouth that they do cut or slytte the tree and rote a lytell & hange vyoles of glas at them and therin droppeth the iuce of the sayd clyftes / and so it is gadred / and so is gadred euery yere well .xl. pounde of that iuce / the whiche is called opobalsamum / the tre is called bal¦samus / the boughes felled and dryed ben called xilobalsamum. And this fruyte can not be kept but iii. yeres for than it rotteth And the newe & good is called carpobal∣samum / and that whiche is full of holes is all wasted by aege. The xilobalsamum is kept .ii. yeres and than rotteth. And y^t whiche hath ony gominynesse or slymy w^t¦in whan it is broken or brused / but yf it be longe kept though it powdre not yet it is a token y^t it is lost with oldenesse. These two xilobalsamus / and carpobalsamus haue vertue to chaufe and to confort / bist¦opobalsamus hath a myghty vertue / and is hote and drye in the seconde degre / but bycause it is veray dere it is coūterfayted and fycte in dyuers maners. Some sell terbentyne for opobalme / other terbenty∣ne medled with a lytell balsame to cause it haue the same smel and lykenesse / and so sell it. Other take the iuce of the leues of lymons / and of cytrons / and mengle thē with terbentyne and saffron. Other men∣gle oyle of Nardyn or Spycke with ter∣bentyne. Some auctours say that y^e true is knowen fro the countrefayt in this ma¦ner. Diascorides sayth yf ye put a droppe of veray opobalme in mylke it wyll tour∣ne it to cruddes. But there be many other thynges that wyll do so. Other say yf a cīene thynne lynnē clothe be wet in veray opobalme / and lets y^e clothe be clene was∣shed / and yf there be not spot nor foulnesse in the clothe it is veray good opobalsame Yf it be pure it is cytryne or yelowe and it is knowen fro the countrefayte in this wyse / put water in to a vessel and put opo¦balsamum in to it and styre y^e water with a stycke or other thynge / and yf the water trouble not it is veray opobalme / and yf it trouble it is countrefayte. Or elles put pure water in a clene vessell of syluer or other / and put a certayne weyght of opo∣balme in a veray fyne clene thynne lynen clothe / and wasshe the clothe in the water and yf it be countrefayte / the good wyll go to one syde as quickesyluer / and the gō¦me that it is medled with / wyll go to an othersyde / and yf it be not countrefayte y^e clothe wyll not soyle / and it wyl not wast but kepe weight as it was put in / or elles not Another probacyon is this. Put opo∣balsame to the rofe of your mouthe it wyl chaufe y^e brayne in suche wyse that it shal seme as it wolde brenne. Some say yf it be put in y^e palme of the hande that it wyl thryll through / but that is not so. It hath vertue to consume / to dyssolue / & to attray

¶ For strangury. A

¶ Agaynst dyssury / and strangury / the stone in the bladder / and agaynst opylacy¦ons of those partyes caused of colde hu∣mours / gyue a clystre at the pype of the •eche with opobalsame / and oyle muste∣ly•• / but fyrst lete the yerde be swollen & ••y•fe / and wasshed without with warme

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water / and anoynted with opobalsame or oyle of spyknarde.

¶ For ylyake passyon B

¶ Agaynst ylyake passyon / and payne of the stomake of coldenesse / take a quantyte of opobalsame with warme wyne.

¶ For seames after woundes. C

¶ For cycatryces or seme after woundes medle opobalsame with waxe / and lay to it .x. dayes.

¶ For dayly ague. D

¶ For dayly ague / fyrst make a conuena¦ble purgacyon / and thā take opobalsame with wyne. ¶ Agaynst payne of the eares droppe of it in to them

¶ Agaynst to the ache: E

¶ Agaynst the to the ache / put a lytel in to the eare in y^t the same syde the payne is. It kepeth the deed body fro corrupcyon / for as sone as it is dissolued as moche it dooth consume.

¶ De bolo armenico. Ca. lvi.

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BOlus amenus is colde and drye in the seconde degre. It is a vayne of the erthe that is founde in the londe of Armeny more than in ony other plate / and therfore it is called bol arme∣nye / or of armeny. It is not contrefayt by¦cause it is in grete quantyte. It may be kept. C. yeres. It hath vertue to witholde That is to be chosen that is cede all about without ony other colour / and is easy to breke.

¶ Agaynst passyō emoptoyke. A

¶ Agaynst passyon emoptoyke / y^t is whan ony spytteth blode at the mouthe / yf it be by vyce of the spyrytuall membres that lyeth in the holownesse of the rybbes of y^e brest / make pylles of the powdre of bol / with gomme arabyc / and penycles / and lete thē be mengled with tysan that gōme dragagant is tempred in good quantyte a day and a nyght / so moche that it be tycke in maner of agely / and therwith confect the pylles whiche the pacyent shall holde vpon his tongue / to cause them to melte & go to the sayd membres aforesayd. But yf the blode yssue by faute of y^e nourysshynge membres that is the stomake / the lyuer / y^e mylte / and the bowelles / lete the powdre of bol / and gomme arabyc be medled togy¦der in the iuce of plantayne / and gyuen to¦gyder.

¶ For the flux. B

¶ Agaynst the blody flux of the bely cal∣led dyssenterie / confect the powdre of bol with the whyte of an egge / or with the hole egge / and make crespes therof / and gyue hym .ii. or .iii. in the mornynge. Or elles confyct the powdre of bol with iuce of plantayne / and yf the sekenesse be aboue in the guttes gyue it at the mouthe. Yf it holde more in the nether parte of the gut∣tes than in the vpper / make fyrst a purga¦cyon. and gyue it hym with a clystre. Thā make a playster thus. Take the powdre of Bolus armenus / and confyct it with whyte of an egge / and a lytell vyney∣gre / and yf the dysease be more vpward•

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than downwarde lay the playster vpon y^e nauyll / yf it be more benethe thā aboue lay y^e playster vnto the reynes / and aboue the yerde. ¶ Agaynst superfluyte of flou∣res in women confyct bol with iuce plan¦tayne / and wete cotten therin / and make a tent or playster and layde to the oryfyce

¶ For nose bledynge. C

¶ Agaynst flux of blode of the nose medle •ol with iuce of sanguynary that is bur∣sa pastoris / or cassewede / and put it in to the nose with a quyll / or droppe therin / or that the powdre of bol be put in to the nose with cotton / or take powdre of bol & powdre of bursa pastoris smal beten & let y^e pacyēt drawe it in to his nose. A playster made with iuce of bursa pastoris / whyte of an egge and powdre of bol / layde to y^e temple restrayneth the bledynge.

¶ De bombace Cotton. A

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BOmbax is cotton and is an herbe that groweth beionde the see / and in Cycyll is grete quantyte. The floure is cotton / but we fynde in receptes or a sede that is put in medycyne / and is vsed in electuaryes restoracyues. & knowe y• that in the sayde electuary seminis bō∣bacis / the sede ought to be taken well clē∣sed without huskes. This sede is good for asmatykes / and haue theyr brethe with payne / and for tysykes / and for them that be cōsumed or wasted by sekenesse or other¦wyse.

¶ De balaustia / floures of pomga•∣natis. Ca.lvii.

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BAlaustia is the floure of the tree that bereth pomgamatys. As this tree sholde bere fruyte / the floure semeth a lytell bunche or knop whiche sō¦tyme falleth or is taken from the tree / & is called balaustia. It is colde and drye in the seconde degre. It may be kept two yeres in bounte. Psidia is the barke of the pomegarnat / and this barke must be ta∣ken whan the apple is rype / and the kyr∣nelles win it. It hath vertue to restrayne and hath all the vertue that bol armenye hath / and helpeth the vomyte coleryke / & flux of the bely caused of defaut of vertue contentyue.

¶ Agaynst vomyt. A

¶ Agaynst vomyt coleryke / breke balau¦stie

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and p•ydes / and sethe them in vyney∣gre / and wete a sponge in the sayde decoc∣cyon / and lay it to the pytte of the stomake

¶ Agaynst flux. B

¶ Agaynst flux of the bely caused of wey∣kenesse make a decoccyon of balaustie / & psides with rayne water / and with this decoccyon make fomentacyon / that is to say lete the bely be longe chauffed therw^t The powdre of balaustie reioyneth woū∣des / & in stede of bol armenye is put pow∣dre of balaustie / but take for a generall rule whan thou fyndest ony medycyne in a recept put none other in y^e place of other so that thou may gete ony of that whiche is expressely named.

¶ De Boragine. Borage. Ca. lviii.

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¶ Nota y^e pictour of bōbar & borago y^e one is put for y^e other

BOrage is an herbe y^t hath rugh le¦ues and is named bourage. It is hote and moyst in the fyrst degre the leues be good in medycyne whyle they ben grene / but not dry / and next the leues take the sede. It engendreth good blode and therfore it is good for them that haue be seke of late.

¶ Agaynst cordyake passyon. A

¶ For them that ben dysposed to fall in swowne / or ben faynt at the herte / and ha¦ue cordyake passyon / that is payne at the herte / and for them that haue melancoly∣ke humours in theyr body / lete them ete borage w^t theyr flesshe or in theyr potage

¶ Agaynst swownynge B

¶ Agaynst swowninge make syrope with iuce of borage and sugre.

¶ Agayng possyon of y^e hert C

¶ Agaynst passyon of y^e herte make syrope with this iuce / and put therto powdre of the bone in the herte of a harte.

¶ Agaynst melancolyke. D

¶ Agaynst melancolyke passyons / and agaynst epylence or fallynge euyll / sethe sewet in iuce of borage and make a syrope therof / and yf ye haue no leues sethe the sedes therof in water / and strayne them & make a syrope. The sedes may be kept .ii. yere in vertue. The rote is not vsed in me∣dycyns / yf the herbe be eaten rawe it bre∣deth good blood.

¶ Agaynst Iaundys. E

¶ Agaynst Iaundys ete this herbe often soden with flesshe / and lete the pacyent vse the iuce therof with iuce of scaryole that is wylde leuise.

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¶ De baucia. Skyrwyt. Ca. lix.

BAucia is an herbe called skyr wyt It is hote in the mydle of the secō¦de degre / and moyst in the begyn∣nynge of the same degre. It is all called pastinaca. There ben two maners. The wylde and the tame. It is better for mete than for medycyne. It is good for them that haue be lately seke / and for melanco∣lyke persones yf they eate it rawe or soden and the grene is better than the drye / and there is a maner of gynger made confycte with this herbe that moeueth to lecery / & conforteth the dygestyon / and it is made thus. The rote of this herbe is well soden in water / and after cut in small pyces / & strayne the water and facyon them round •ndlonge / and set them to sethe with hony tyll they be tycke as y^e hony / but they must be alway styred that they cleue not to the panne / and in the myddes of the sethynge put in almondes / & at the last sede or gray¦nes of pyne apples blaun••ed / than put to spyces as gynger / synam••n / galyngale / peper / and of nutmyggy• •r other spyces.

De Borace. Boras Ca. lx.

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BOrax is hote and drye in the four¦the degre. It is the gomme of a t•• that groweth beyonde these Cut of this tre droppeth a pure lycour / & tycke that hardeneth by the heet of the sonne / & there droppeth an other lycour that is vn∣pure softe and erthe. Borax y^e clere / whyte shynynge / and harde is to be chosen / and yf there be ony superfluyte theron it ought to be takē away. It hath vertue to drawe to obsterge / and clense the face. It taketh away the infeccyon named pannus / that cometh after that a woman hath chylded and also of the hete of the ayre. yf ye medle the powdre of Borax with rose water and anoynte the face.

¶ To clense the face. A

¶ For to clense y^e vysage women do medle powdre of borax with whyte hony / or w^t a yelowe oyntemēt / or with grece of a hē∣ne / & anoynte theyr face / and ye may put two dragmes of powdre of borax in two vnces of rose water / and in a pounde of ho¦ny an vnce of borax. ¶ To prouoke the floures withholden / and to cause the deed chylde to come out / make a supposytory or tent with borax / and the iuce of an herbe called centrum gally.

Do Bethonica. Bethony. Ca. lxi.

BEthonica is bethony. It is hote & drye in the thyrde degre / y^e leues be good in medycyne bothe grene & drye. And whan bethony is foūde in re∣ciptes y^e leues is to be taken / y^e herbe gro∣weth on hylles / woodes / & shadowes / & about trees. It hath vertue agaynst man• euylles It hath vertue to heale brusynges & woūdes in y^e heed yf it be stāped in a mor¦ter & layd to y^e sore / but it must be renewed euery thyrde day tyll it be hole / & it is sayd that it draweth out broken bones.

¶ For heed ache. A

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¶ Agaynst ache of the heed comyng of col¦de / make a gargarysme or water of betho¦ny and stafysagre soden in vyneygre / yf y^e ache come of humours ascendynge fro y^e stomake take wyne that bethony is soden in. Also it is good whā the cause of y^e ache is in the heed.

¶ For the stomake. B

¶ Agaynst dolour of y^e stomake make de∣coccyon of bethony in water with iuce of wormwood / yf the wombe be sorebounde take this also / but fyrst take a clyster.

¶ For to clense the matryce. G

¶ And for to clense the matryce / & to helpe concepcyon make a warme fomentacyon of water that it hath be soden in / and also make a supposytory / and gyue an electu∣ary confyct with powdre of bethony and hony.

¶ For the eyes. D

¶ For payne of the eyes wasshe them eue∣ry thyrde day with the decoccyon of betho¦ny. Also the leues brused and layde play∣sterwyse to y^e browes and forheed helpeth moche.

¶ For the eeres E

¶ Agaynst payne of the eeres mengle the iuce of bethoni with oyle of roses / and put it warme in to the eeres with a tente and stoppe them with wolle.

¶ For the eyes. F

¶ Agaynst dymnesse of the eyes a dragme of the powdre of bethony taken in the mor¦nynge fastynge w^t water profyteth moche and take away maruaylously y^e dymnes•• of the eyen and scoureth the neyther partes fro whens suche dymnesse cometh.

¶ For bledynge at the nose G

¶ Agaynst flux of blode at the nose medle powdre of bethony with as moche salte / & put as moche as ye can take betwene two fyngers and a thombe in to y^e nosethrylles and the blode wyll staunche.

¶ For tothe ache. H

¶ Agaynst payne of the tothe / sethe betho¦ny in wyne or vyneygre / and holde it hote a good whyle in your mouthe / and it wyl take away the payne.

¶ For vomyte. I

¶ For them that haue vomyte and for thē that haue not theyr brethe at wyll / & hath stoppynge in theyr brest take a dragme & a halfe of powdre of bethony w^t .v. mea∣sures of water that is about a gobelet ful and drynke it fastynge.

¶ For the tysyke. K

¶ To them that hath the tysyke and that spytte fylthynesse as it were of an appostu¦me be gyuē .iii. dragmes of powdre of be∣thony with an vnce of hony fastynge.

¶ For the stomake. L

¶ For the payne of the stomake take thre dragmes of the same powdre with colde water .iii. dayes and ye shall be hole.

¶ Agaynst the mylte. M

¶ Agaynst the ache of the mylte / wyne or drynke that bethony is soden in profyteth meruaylously.

¶ For payne of the reynes. N

¶ For the payne of the raynes drinke two dragmes of this powdre with water or

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wyne and it wyll cause helth.

¶ For the colyke passyon. O

¶ Agaynst colyke passyon take fastynge two dragmes of this powdre with thre or foure peper cornes w^t olde wyne warmed

¶ For ache of the wombe. P

¶ For ache of the wombe take a dragme of this powdre as it is sayd.

¶ For payne of the necke Q

¶ For payne of the necke take wyne that hath be soden with bethony.

¶ Agaynst a grete cough. R

¶ Agaynst a grete cough / electuary med∣led with this powdre / and hony maketh grete effect.

¶ For feuer. S

¶ For dayly feuer or cotydyan / two drag¦mes of bethoni and one of plantayne with warme water taken at the houre of y^e ax∣ces / profyteth gretely.

¶ Agaynst feuer tercyan T

¶ For feuer tercyan gyue at the houre of the axces powdre of bethony / and poulyot of eche a dragme with warme water to y^e pacyent and he shall be hole.

¶ Agaynst feuer quartayn V

¶ For feuer quartayn / thre dragmes of this powdre / and an vnce of baccatū lau∣ry or bay beryes with thre cyates of war∣me water gyuen to the pacyent before the houre of his axces heleth hym w^tout grefe

¶ For payne in the bladder. X

¶ Agaynst payne of y^e bladder foure drag¦mes of bethony / and foure rotes of sma∣lache soden in water / but fyrst sethe the ro¦tes tyll the water be halfe wasted / than sethe the bethony therin / and lete the pacy∣ent drynke it and he shall be hole for euer

¶ Agaynst the stone. Y

¶ Agaynst the stone in the bladder / two dragmes of this powdre with vyneygre squyllityke / and hony of eche an vnce and & halfe / and gyue .viii. cyates / to the pacy¦ent of tymes and it wyll dryue y^e stone out

¶ For a woman that haue grete payne in theyr trauayle. Z

¶ To women that haue ouer grete payne in theyr trauayle / and that fal in an ague be gyuen two dragmes of powdre of be∣thony with water warmed. And yf they haue none ague gyue it with myrabolany and ye shall se good profe.

¶ For the palsey. &

¶ For the palsey / bray grene bethony and lay to it. Yf it be layde to cut synewes it wyll knyt them:

¶ For them that be ferfull a

¶ For them that ben to ferfull / gyue two dragmes of powdre herof w^t warme wa∣ter and as moche wyne / at the tyme that the fere cometh. ¶ To women that hath lost al play by coldnesse gyue here ii. drag¦mes of this powdre with warme water thre cyates y^e space of thre dayes fastinge.

¶ For spettynge of blode. b

¶ To them that spyt blode or rottenesse at the mouthe gyue two dragmes of powdre of bethony with two cyates of olde wyne thre dayes / and it wyll hele them.

¶ For dronkenesse. c

¶ And yf thou wylt neuer be dronken ete bethony or thou drynke and thou shalt not be dronken of all the day.

¶ For Iaundys. d

¶ To them that haue ieterye or Iaundys called y^e golden sekenesse because they seme to be gylted powdre of bethony taken oftē with wyne is a remedy proued.

¶ For them y^t haue carbōcles. e

¶ To them that haue carbōcles one drag¦ma of this powdre w^t two cyates is good Also the herbe confyct with grece and lay on them heleth gretely.

¶ For them that ben greued. f

¶ To them that ben greued / a dragme of powdre of bethony & thre cyates of veray

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good wyne takē thre dayes maketh them hole.

¶ For werynesse. g

¶ To them that be wery of goynge gyue to drynke a dragme of this powdre with warme water and an vnce of oximell.

¶ For them that haue lost theyr appetyt h

¶ To them that haue lost theyr appetyte by sekenesse gyue .ii. dragmes of this pow¦dre with .iiii. cyotes of drynke / it taketh away the lothsomnesse and euyll taste of meates:

¶ For vomyte. i

¶ Agaynst vomyt take powdre of betho∣ny .iiii. dragmes / an vnce of hony soden / and make lytell pellets of the bygnesse of a nut / and ete them thre dayes fastynge / or wete them in warme water and drynke them.

¶ Agaynst payne of the yerde. k

¶ Agaynst payne & swellynge of the yerde or pyntell / sethe bethony in wyne & stam∣pe it and playster wyse lay to it.

¶ For venyme l

¶ For venym thre dragmes of this pow∣dre taken with foure cyates of wyne put∣teth out the venym / and is good agaynst bytynge of venymous beestes.

¶ For bytīge of a mad dogge. m

¶ For bytynge of a mad dogge this herbe grene / beaten and layde to it heleth.

¶ Agaynst fystula. n

¶ Agaynst fystula bete grene bethony w^t salt and make a tent / and put in to it / and a playster of the same layde vpon it wyll make it hole.

¶ Agaynst payne of y^e rybbes. o

¶ Agaynst payne of the rybbes or sydes / take two dragmes of this powdre with ydromel yf there be no feuer / and yf there take it with warme water.

¶ Agaynst podagre. p

¶ Against podagre take water that betho¦ny is soden in and drynke it often / and lay the herbe playsterwyse vpon the fete / it ap¦peaseth y^e payne meruaylously as they say that haue proued it.

¶ Delingua anseris. Goos byll / or styc•• wort. Ca. lxii

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GOos byll or becdoye is an herbe co∣myn ynough. The rote of it is lyke a goos byll / and the leues ben lyke the le∣ues of ferne. This herbe is hote and drye in the fourthe degre / and moyst in the secō¦de. The rote is good in medycyne and so is not the herbe.

¶ Agaynst brostennesse. A

¶ Agaynst all maner of brekynge & bru∣sure as well to grete as small. Lete the pa¦cyent be bathed foure dayes / and the fyrst day gyue hym to drynke this rote tempred in whyte wyne or in water and contynue ix. dayes euery mornynge / and at nyght let hym haue a restrayntyfe of y^e oldest be∣nes that can be foūde. Sethe thē in vyney¦gre in maner of pappe / and drye them by y^e fyre to make powdre of them in a morter.

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Powdre of sanguis draconis / a nutshale full / and as moche of bol armenyke / and y^e double of powdre of benes / & the whyte of two egges all bet togyder & a playster made on clothe and layde vpō the sore day and nyght before the sayd .ix. dayes / and gyue hym to drynke the moost erly that ye can / and renew the restrayntyfe nyght and marowe For the same take this herbe & take out the hert that is within it which is whyte / and cut it in small roundelles and lay them in fountayne water .xxxvi. houres / that is two dayes and a nyght / thā poure the water in to a glasse or vyole and gyue a lytell glasse full of it to the pa∣cyent to drynke an houre or he eate in the mornynge / & than lete hym reste an houre after vpon his backe / than take hym vp & gyue hym laxatyfe meates to his breke faste / a lytell and oft / & as moche at nyght after his super / and than lye an houre on his backe / and stretche not his legges to moche / and contynue hym thus tyll he be hole.

¶ De Berneryce. Ca. lxiii.

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BErnix is the gomme of a tre that groweth beyonde the see. For this tre droppeth a gommy thickenesse that hardeneth by heet of the sonne. It is called Bernix and is in thre maners. One is a colour lyke the russet. The other lyke to yelowe. And the thyrde lyke to whyte. Of what colour it be so that it be clere it is good. It is colde and drye in the secōde degre / and hath vertue to conioyne to fasten / to enlarge / and to conserue / the whiche may appere / for paynters lay it vpon other colours to cause them to shyne and that y^e last or kepe the better. It may be kept longe without enpayrynge.

¶ For bledynge of the nose A

¶ Agaynst flux of blood of the nose / medle powdre of Bernix with glayre of an egge and lay to the forheed and temples / and with that and other byndynge or cleuyng thynges make powdre and put in to the nose.

¶ For vomyte. B

¶ Agaynst coleryke vomyt make a play∣ster with this powdre and olibanum / w^t whyte of an egge / and be layde vpon the forke of the brest.

¶ Agaynst flux of the bely. C

¶ Agaynst flux of the vombe called dyssen¦terie. Yf it be blody flux it is also good / so that a lytell vyneygre be put therto and be layde betwene the bely and the yerde.

¶ Agaynst vomyt. D

¶ The powdre therof agaynst vomyte may be gyuen to eate with a reare egge. It is good agaynst flux of y^e wombe with in and without.

¶ For to make a clere face. E

¶ Women of some coūtrees lay it on theyr faces to make them clere. And wyte ye y^t Bernix / Cacabre / and veronyce is all one thynge.

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¶ Brancha vrsina. Bearefote. Ca. lxiiii.

BRancha vrsina is an herbe called beares twygge or bough It is ho¦te and moyst in the fyrst degre. It hath vertue to soften and to rype

¶ For colde opostumes. A

¶ Agaynst colde apostumes sethe y^e leues w^t bores grece / and lay therto.

¶ Agaynst apostumes of y^e membres. B

¶ Agaynst the apostumes of the membres within the brest sethe this herbe in water and stampe them and lay to it.

¶ For the mylt. C

¶ Agaynst the payne of y^e mylte & agaynst drynesse of the synewes. Make oyntment of this herbe betten / and than lay it longe in oyle strayned in oyle / & with wax make an oyntment. In these oyntementes the le∣ues ought to be vsed whyle they be grene.

¶ De Berberis. Berberies Ca. lxv.

BErberyes ben fruytes so named / they ben colde & drye in the secōds degre. They ben fruyte of a sclen∣dre / or lytell tree / the fruyte is somwhat lōge drawinge somwhat to blacke colour

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and they ought to be chosen that be sounde and not them that be full of holes. They be good agaynst euyll qualitees / or fury∣ous heate / yf they be soden in water & su∣gre put to y^e decoccyon it is made a syrope.

¶ For the lyuer. A

¶ Agaynst heete or chaustynge of the ly∣uer / take powdre of berberyes medled w^t iuce of morell and lay to it.

¶ For the heed ache. B

¶ Agaynst the payne of the heed caused of heet lay berberyes in water all a nyght / and gyue the same water in the morowe to drīke. It may be kept a yere in goodnesse.

¶ De Belliculis marinis. Ca. lxvi.

BEllieull maxini ben also a maner of beryes that be founde about y^e see syde they ben colde and drye / but auctours determint not ī what degre They be put in oyntment to claryfye and clense the face / as in yelowe oyntement / I is vsed thus.

¶ To clense the face. A

¶ To make y^e face clere / make smal pow∣der of them medled with grece of a henne lyquyfyed or molten / and make therof 〈◊〉

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oyntment. It may be kept .vi. yeres.

De bystorta Ca. lxvii.

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BIstorta is colde and drye / but it is not determined of maysters in what degre / but by the rākenesse therof it is foūde drye in the thyrde degre It hath vertue to restrayne / to conforte / to cause / to retayne & cōceyue. And bistor∣ta semed the herbe that is called Penta∣philon / but pentaphilon hath .v. leues / and bistorta .vii. at one braunche.

¶ For vomyt. A

¶ Agaynst vomyt caused of weykenesse / hete or odour of coleryke / medle the pow∣dre of bistorte with whyte of an egge / & taste them on a tyle & gyue it to y^e pacyent.

¶ Agaynst flux of y^e bely. B

¶ Agaynst dysintery that is flux of y^e wō∣be with blode / gyue this powdre w^t iuce of plantayn.

¶ For the floures G

¶ To stoppe the floures that renne to ha∣boundauntly / make fomentacyon with rayne water y^t this powdre was soden in.

¶ For concepcyon. D

¶ To helpe to conceyue make electuary of powdre of bistorte in quantyte of halfe a pounde / and swete smellynge spyces of the same weyght / and make a fomentacyon. This powdre resowdreth woundes / and heleth them. Bystorte is an herbe / the rote therof is so named / and is wrythen / and croked as galyngale.

¶ De buglossa. Oxtongue / or langdebefe Ca. lxviii.

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BVglossa is an herbe that the gre∣kes call it Buglose / y^e latyns call it lange de beufe / y^e romayns lin∣gua bubela / some call it wylde bourache It groweth in very sandy places / & ought to be gadred in the month of Iuly or Iune It hath vertue hote and moyst in the fyrst degre as borache. This herbe hath thre stalkes beryngasede. Th••te of this her∣be soden in water is m••••ylous good for them that haue the feuer quartayne.

¶ For feuer •uartayne. A

¶ Agaynst feuer quartayne take brig•os•• that hath .iiii. stalkes with sed•s it 〈◊〉 rote therof and gyue it to drynke 〈◊〉

¶ Agaynst apost•me. B

¶ Agaynst apostume take this herbe and

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stampe it with hony and crommes of bred and make a playster / and lay to it / it bre∣keth it anone and purgeth:

¶ For feblenesse of the hert. C

¶ For them that haue weykenesse of herte and take theyr brethe in maner of syghes / gyue them the iuce with hony / and it wyll heale it as Macer sayth

¶ For colere D

¶ Agaynst to grete haboundaunce of reed colere / drynke that buglose hath be soden in oftymes taken helpeth gretely reed co∣ler and dry coler.

¶ For the herte. E

¶ Agaynst passyon of the hert caused of blacke colere / and lyke wyse for the lygh∣tes / buglosse often eten rawe or soden put∣teth out the noysom humours. For y^e dry goute y^e iuce therof dronkē {pro}fyteth moche

¶ To preserue the mynde F

¶ This herbe often eaten confermeth and conserueth the mynde as many wyse may∣sters sayth. It profyteth agaynst lechery. Yf it be eaten with letuse it maketh good artempraūce / for it engendred good blode and the colenesse of the letuse tempereth y^e grete heetes.

¶ To make folke mery. G

¶ Take the water that buglose hath be so¦den in / and sprynkle it about the hous or chambre / and all they that be therin shall be mery. And it is to wyte that of this her∣be ben thre kyndes and maners. The fyrst bereth a floure lyke colour of the skye / as bourache. Th• •ther bereth a whyte flou¦re and the rote blacke without and whyte within / and hath grete stalkes lyke cattes tayles. The other hath a yelowe floure & small leues / and is veray sharpe / and ther¦fore many call it aspargo / or asperelle / but that that hath colour of the skye is the best / and is that whiche ought to be vsed in medycyne.

De butiro. Butter. Ca. lxix.

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BVtirum is butter. In the fyrst de¦gre it is hote / and colde in the secō¦de. The best butter is it y^t is made of cowes mylke or shepe / and the newer it is the better.

¶ For dry cough A

¶ Agaynst dry cough short wynde / & for¦tysyke / and them that be wasted and dry / fresshe butter put in all theyr meates and potage / and eaten with hote tostes it resto¦reth moystnesse / and wasteth the cough.

¶ For the synewes B

¶ Agaynst payne of the synewes & shryn∣kynge / anoynte them often in y^e bath or by the fyre & it wyll appease the payne & con∣forte or souple the synewes.

¶ For hote apostume C

¶ Against hote apostume sethe y^e herbe cal¦led brancha vrsina / y^t is herefore or bioles leues & medle it w^t olde or new butter / & make a playster vpon y^e seke place it wyll rype it meruailously & abate y^e ache. Isaac sayth y^t butter is behouefull for woundes of y^e lightes & of the mydryfe / & of y^e bulke for it clēseth / sowpelth / softeneth & rypeth the woundes. Also it easeth the payne of chyldrens gommes in brekynge of teth.

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And yf it be dronke with hony / it helpeth agaynst venym. But to moche vsynge of it noyeth the stomake. It looseth the stryn¦ges / and synewes of the stomake and ma∣keth smothe the voughnesse therof merue∣lously.

¶ De Berbena. Vernayne. Ca. lxx.

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BErbena / vernayne. It is otherwy∣se called columbrina It is colde & drye / but the auctours tell not in what degre / it groweth in moyst places ¶ To all swellynges of y^e necke / be it apo¦stume or other thynge called perotides / y^t be thynges that letteth a man to swalowe his meate / the rote of this herbe hanged about his necke profyteth moche / or elles medle it with fresshe sewet or grece / and yf it be harde lay it to. And yf he can not swalowe his meate take iuce of vernayn with hony & sethe it a walme and drynke a cyate therof / and he shall be hole anone. ¶ For the payne of thorax that is y^e brest / take y^e powdre of this herbe that was ga∣dred whan the sonne was at the hyest and yf the pacyent can go gyue hym .v. spones full w^t thre cyates of warme wyne. And to thē be weyke gyue after as theyr stren∣gthe and aege may suffre / & as the season of the tyme requyreth.

¶ For the stone A

¶ For to breke the stone in y^e bladder dryn¦ke of the rote of vernayne with ydromell and ye shall lyghtely perceyue ease for it wyll prouoke vryne.

¶ For the heed. B

¶ For payne of the heed were a garlande therof for it taketh y^e heate away meruay¦lously.

¶ For bytynge of serpentes. C

¶ Agaynst bytynge of serpentes 〈…〉 venimous bestes / who so bereth ••te her∣be in his hāde or hath it gyrde about hym shall be sure of all serpentes.

¶ For bytynge of a spyder. D

¶ Agaynst bytynge or styngyns of a spy∣der take drynke that vernayne hath be so∣den in / or bruse the leues and lay it to the place and it wyll be lyghtly hole.

¶ For bytynge of a madde dogge. E

¶ Agaynst bytynge of a madde dogge / & agaynst dropsy y^e leues of this herbe stā∣ped is good. And yf ye wyll knowe yf the pacyent shall dye or not / take .xv. cor••s of wheet / and put them in the woundes & lete them lye there tyll they be bygge swol¦len as they wolde sprowt / & than cast thē to •hekyns amonge other corne / & yf they ete them he shall lyue / & yf not he shal dye.

¶ For bytynge of a serpent F

¶ Agaynst bytynge of a serpent sethe two or thre handfull of this herbe and wasshe the place therwith / & stampe the leues and lay therto / and it wyll abate the swelling there• / than bray the herbe with hony / & lay it often therto and it wyll resowere & heale it.

¶ For Iaundys. G

¶ Agaynst Iaūdys take a dragme of •er rayne of spynarde the weght of th••• &

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a lytell myrte and gyue the pacyent for to drynke with thre cyates of water / and yf y^e vernayne be gadred in august it is a cer¦tayne remedy.

¶ For stenche of the mouth H

¶ For stenche of the mouthe / kepe the iuce therof longe in the mouth. Also y^e iuce ther¦of voydeth al venym. ¶ For feuer tercyan or quartayn tempre thre rotes and thre le¦ues of vernayn in water and lete the pacy¦ent drynke it before his axcesse and he shal be hole.

¶ To make folke mery at y^e table. I

¶ To make all them in a hous to be mery take foure leues & foure rotes of vernayn in wyne / than spryncle the wyne all about the hous where the earynge is & they shall be all mery.

¶ De brytanica Ca. lxxi.

BRitanica herba is herbe britanike other wyse called ameos. The ptalyens call it beare piaca nia∣ca. It is good agaynst euylles and rotten∣nesse. This herbe eaten rawe as letuse is / healeth the stenche of the mouth.

¶ For tothe ache. A

¶ For the tothe ache / and for waggynge tethe this herbe hath greate vertue. It ought to be gadred in somer and dryed / & made in powdre / and put in a fayre bage or in a syluer vessell / and whan nede is to be dronken w^t warme wyne. Yf it be hol∣den lōge in y^e mouthe it putteth tothe ache away / and fasteneth them.

¶ For palsey B

¶ For the palsey bray the rote and herbe togyder and drynke it with thre cyates of wyne / and it wyll do grete ease.

¶ To lose the bely. C

¶ Take the iuce of this herbe after the myght of the pacyent and it wyll loose the wombe without peryll.

¶ For the mylt D

¶ For the payne of the mylt / stampe this herbe with the rote in thre cyates of wyne helpeth moche ¶ Agaynst the quinsey / ga∣dre this herbe or thou here the thōdre that yere / and eate euery day ones of the rote therof & thou shalt not fele that sekenesse.

¶ De bursa pastoris. Cassewed. Ca. lxxii

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BVria pastoris is shepeherd{is} pur• some call it sanguynary bycause it stauncheth bledynge of the nose It hath leues lyke to eruca or skyrwit the lesse / the sede of it is lyke a purs. It hath vnknowen and secrete vertues / and gro∣weth by pathes and hye wayes. It ought to be gadred in Iune / in the waynynge of the mone.

¶ For bledynge of the nose. A

¶ This herbe is good for flux of blode at the nose yf the pacyent bere it in his ryght hande grene or drye so it be dowbled one ouer an other it stoppeth or stauncheth meruaylously.

¶ For them that he brusen. B

¶ For them that be brusen or haue y^e laste

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the powdre therof taken with good wyne oftentymes gyueth them helth.

¶ De brionia. Wylde neppe or bryony Ca. lxxiii.

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BRionia is also called / cucurbyta agrestis / that is wylde gourdes. Some call it vitis alba. It gro∣weth in moyst sandy groūdes / and in hed∣ges and it hath a grete rote. There be two kyndes of it that is the whyte & the blacke That that bereth a reed sede is called the blacke / the other hath a whyte sede. The blacke is the best and hath moost myght as Ipocras sayth It is pryncypally good agaynst spasma that some gout or crampe yf the rote be hanged about the pacyentys necke it wyll do hym ease.

¶ For spettynge of blode: A

¶ For dyssyntery / and for thē that spette blode / a cyates of the iuce therof helpeth gretely yf it be taken thre or foure tymes

¶ For dronkēnesse. B

¶ To eschewe dronkennesse drynke y^e iuce of bryony with as moche vyneygre and he shall not be dronke of all that weke.

¶ Agaynst colyke passyon and ylica pas∣syon drinke the brothe that the leues with hony is sodē in & it wyl take away y^e paine

¶ For kynges euyll C

¶ Agaynst estroilles or kynges euyl / can¦ker / or other sores take the rote of bryony & of aristologia or smerwort alyke moche and bete them with hony and grece / and lay to it ¶ Agaynst dyssyntery / and payne of the foundemēt / and for them that haue bones broken in theyr handes or other pla¦ces take .xl. croppes of bryony / and .iii. vn¦ces of gles brokē and boyled togyder in iii cyates of wyne tyll two partes be wasted than strayne it and gyue to the pacyent. Ipocras sayth that a man had all the fyn∣gers of his handes eten and gnawen with sekenesse / but he vsed this medycyne / and was made hole.

¶ For wertes: D

¶ For to take away wertes take the sede of briony with the leues / brenne them and make asshes of them / and medle the asshes with iuce of the same herbe lyke an oynte∣ment / and anoynte them often / & they wyl fall of. The douge of an eygle dooth the sa¦me / as Ipocras sayth: The iuce of bryoni holden lōge in the mouth healeth the can∣kerdes gommes: To clense the matryce / and to prouoke the floures / make a vomē¦tacion of water that bryony was soden in and receyued by the oryfyce.

¶ For womens brestes. E

¶ Agaynst payne of y^e pappes of cruddyd or corrupt mylke / wasshe them with y^e de¦coccyon afore sayde warme / & it wyll •••¦ge them merueylously: Also it looseth the wombe.

¶ For feuer quattayne F

¶ Agaynst feuer quactayne take the sedes of bryony that ye fynde foure togyder / & lete the pacyent drynke them afore his ac∣cesse ¶ To prouoke or cause vryne drynke the water that the buddes were soden i•

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¶ For womē that can haue no mylke sethe the buddes of bryony in potage or sewe & ete thē & y^e mylke wyl come ī grete quātite

¶ De bedegar. Eglentyne. Ca. lxxiiii

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BEdegart is a thorne or brere. It is colde in the fyrst degre / but it is meane betwene most and drye / some say that bedegart is a superfluyte y^t groweth on rose trees or rosyers / but that is not so / for bedegart is an herbe that gro¦weth in playnes and harde grounde / and hath a fatte lefe iagged & clouen lyke eru∣ca or skyrwyt / and spredeth on the erthe whyle it is yonge and hath a white thorne very sharpe in y^e myddes / and after it gro∣weth to the heyght of a cubyte and no mo∣re. It hath many lytel pryckes / and a reed floure. It conforteth the stomake / and cea¦seth longe feuers. It is good agaynst euyl of the membres comynge of the stomakes infeccyon. Yf it be chewed and layde vpon bytyng of venymous beestes / it appeaseth the payne It is good agaynst flux of blode and agaynst flux of the wombe. And whā it is warmed and layde to the sayde mem∣bres it conforteth them and driueth away the humours rennfuge to them. It waste 〈◊〉 humours and breketh moyst apostumes. Yf y^e mouthe be wasshed with water that it is soden in it teaseth the payne of ••e the Yf the vtter harke be dronken with wyne or water / it purgeth the fleumatyke hu∣mours.

¶ For morfewe A

¶ gaynst nor few medle it with vineygre and anoynte the place / and it wyll make it cleue / and take away the swellynge. The barke and braunches of this herbe be col∣de and drye:

¶ Be hedello. Ca. lxxv.

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BEdellum is a gomme so called It is hote in the secōde degre / & moyst in the fyrst. It groweth on trees beyonde the see: It hath a gleyme substaū∣ce / it hath vertue to restreyne. It is good agaynst flux of y^e wombe caused of to mo∣che medycyne. It heleth apostumes co∣mynge outwarde / and breketh the stone / and appeaseth the cough. It heleth bytyn¦ge of venymous beestes yf it be wel tempe¦red in vyneygre.

¶ For brustynge. A

¶ Yf it be soden in wyne with ceruse it is very good for them that be broken yf the

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place be anoynted therwith. And the saide is good agaynst swellyng and apostum•s of the genytours:

¶ De bardana. A clote that bereth burres Ca. lxxvi.

BArdana is an herbe y^t other wyse is called lappa inuersa or lappa maior. It groweth in fast places humerous and fat / and prīcypally about dyches. It hath grete leues and reed flou¦res lyke small apples / and a longe sede.

¶ For bytīge of a wood dogge. A

¶ For bytynge of a wood dogge lay there on the rote brused with a lytell salte / and it wyll heale.

¶ For the hote ange B

¶ Yf it be layde to the pacyent hauynge y^e hote ague it wyll appease it.

¶ For stynkynge woundes C

¶ For stynkynge woundes / wasshe them in water that it is soden in and make an oyntmēt of the same medled with a lytell saluystre and grese picule with vyneygre and say therto.

¶ For payns in the guttes D

¶ For the payne of the intrayles take a cy¦ate of the iuce of the leues and it wyll be grete ease.

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〈…〉 to Box tre. Ca. lxxvii.

BVxus is a lytel tre wherof is ma¦de many edyfyces / the leues of •e¦de lyke the leues of myrre / & hath a rounde reed sede. It is called box / yf the leues and scrapynge of the wood be put in lye if appeaseth the feuer.

¶ For stynkynge woundes. A

¶ Agaynst stynkynge woundes lete them be wasshed in water of the sayd tree. To make the heere yelowe wasshe the heed v•¦lye that lelies of box hath be soden in.

¶ De brusco: Ca. lxxviiii

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BRuscus is hote and dry in y^e thyr∣de degre / it is a comyn tre growī∣ge in woodes. It hath vertue d••¦retyke / and to dyssolutyfe:

¶ For dropsy: B

¶ Agaynst dropsy make decocyō of y^e rote of brust / of sperache / of fenell / percely / & hony suffycyently and gyue it to drynke. It is good also agaynst the hardnesse of y^e mylte / and agaynst dyssury & strangury / y^t ben lettynges of the vryne / & agaynst yly∣ake

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passyon / yf powdre be made of y^e sede of brusce of anys sede / and fenell sede w^t as moche sugre / and take a sponefull of it with wyte wyne fastynge / and yf the pa∣cyent haue an ague gyue hym those sedes with water.

¶ For the genytoryes B

¶ For the payne & swellynge of the geny∣tours / sethe well y^e rote of brusce / and ma¦ke a playster therof / and put suet to it and bynde it faste with a bende / & it wyll ease the swellynge:

¶ De bleta: Betes Ca. lxxix.

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BLeta is a comyn herbe called be∣tes. The greke call it syda. It is good for to eate. It is hote in the fyrst degre & moyst in the seconde It hath vertue to nourysshe wel and to brede good blode. Yf it be soden with fat flesshe it loo¦seth the wombe. ¶ Agaynst stypulacyō of y^e wombe caused of drythe / & of heet / ma¦ke a clystre of iuce of betes w^t salt or oyle.

¶ Blacta bisantia Ca. lxxx.

BLacte bisātie bē hote & drye in y^e se¦conde degre. It is y^e eye of a fysshe moche lyke to snayles / & bē foūd

[illustration] two fish in shells like snails

in y^e see & bē of a bony sustaūce: They haue grete vertue to cōforte & clense y^e mēbres y^t be intrinsekes / whā they be drōken w^t vy∣neygre they moeue & loose y^e bely / they ben aromatyke & of good sauour / y^e suffumiga¦tiō of thē heleth y^e suffocaciō of y^e matryce.

¶ De behem: Ca. lxxxi.

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BEhyn is a sharpe or rugh excres∣cente that cometh on knobby rotes with drawē or shrōken of dryeth There bē two maners / the whyte / & reed It is hote and drye in the seconde degre / it is nouryssynge impugnatyfe confortynge the lyghtes / and the brest / and encreaseth

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the mater of generacyon.

¶ Thus endeth y^e chapytres of herbes begynnynge with. B.

AND FOLOWETH Y^E CHAPYTRES OF HERBES NAMED WITH. C. (BOOK C)

¶ De Camphora. Camphere. Ca. lxxxii.

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CAmphora is chāphere / it is colde & drye in the thyrde degre. Some saith that it is a gome but it is not so / for it is the iuce of an herbe as Dyasco rydes sayth and dyuers other / & the herbes name is camphora. It is gadred in y^e ende of prymtyme / and is powned / and the iuce pressed out and put in a vessel / and the sub¦staunce that is heuy and tycke gooth to the botoms / and is cast away / but the clere & thynne swymmeth aboue and is kept / and is set in the sonne where it wexeth thycke / and whan it is drye it is the substaunce of camphora. It is often countrefayted / and mystempered bycause it is dere / & is med∣led with other powdre and other iuce and so is encreased to y^e thyrde parte or y^e halfe That whiche is clere and shynynge is the best / and the derke and troublous is not so good. It is countrefayt by medlynge of ca¦cabte that is bernyx / for bernyx is lyke to it in substaūce / and is moche lyke of smell but it is knowen in brekynge / for bernyx is harde and breketh with payne / and the cāphere breketh easely. And yf it be hand∣led in y^e handes it breketh lyghtly in pow∣dre. Yf cāphere were not kept by artyfyce or crast it wolde be soone lost for it is aro∣matyke and vaporous / it resolueth in to smoke and is soone goone. It may be kept in a vessell of glasse / but better in a vessell of alebastre / in lyne sede / or percely sede / & may be kept in grete vertue .xl. yere:

¶ For gomorre. A

¶ Agaynst gomorre that the sede of a mā¦goyth frohym agaynst his wyll. Tempre powdre of camphere w^t mustylage of sili• or vertynce / or iuce of morell and therw^t anoynte clothes & lay to the reynes / aboue the yerde and other places of generacyon:

¶ For dyaletyke B

¶ Agaynst dyaletyke passyon that is whā a man pysseth to moche put the same vpō y^e reynes & there may be layd a pyece of leed. ¶ Agaynst the heet of the lyuer / medle cā∣phere with iuce of morel / and therin were bendes and lay them often vpon the lyuer

¶ For bledynge at the nose. E

¶ Agaynst flux of blode at the nose make rounde longe fygures of the powdre of cā¦phere and of nettle sede and medle them w^t iuce of bursa pastoris / and put them in the nose. And yf this flux come by ebolucyon of blode or chaffynge of the lyuer tempre camphere with colde water / & wete ben∣belles therin & lay them often to the tem∣ples and to the necke.

¶ For the eyes. D

¶ Agaynst the spotte in y^e eye lete the pow¦dre of camphere be confyct with rose wa∣ter and iuce of fenell and put in a vessell of brasse and anoynte the eye therwith.

¶ For the face E

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¶ Agaynst infeccyon of the face called pā¦nus & for to make it clere / cōfect this pow¦dre w^t rose water & very clene whyte hony

¶ For lechery. F

¶ Agaynst lechery take the odour of cam∣phere at the nosethrylles / for by his colde vertue is ceaseth it and tycketh the sede / & in the tyckynge it reteyneth it in the body it taketh lechery away as this comyn ver¦se sayd. Camphora per nares / castrat odo∣re nares. It repayreth also by coldenesse therof the spyrytes vnbounde and louseth the grete heet / & it is put in syrope agaynst the sharp and hote maladyes / and it is to wyte that in frenasy nesynge may be con∣uenably prouoke yf it be medled with oyle of roses / and with a fether be put into the nosethrylles or anoynte them therwith / & it may be done so agaynst feuers / for it en∣creaseth not the heed / as dooth elebore / pe¦per / or peleter y^t prouoketh nesynge by thē selfe / & it is good agaynst rednsse of y^e eyes

¶ Colloquītida. wilde gowrde. ca. lxxxiii

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COlloquintida is hote & drye in y^e .iii degre. Colloquītida is y^e apple of a lytel tre y^t groweth towarde Ihrlm̄ / and is other wyse called gebella or gowrde of Alexandry. And it is to wyte that yf suche an apple is founde alone on y^e tre that be∣reth it / that it mortyfyeth and fleeth as y^e herbe asquill dooth that is founde alone / as Dyascorides and Cōstātyne say. This fruyte hath pyth / sede / & backe or pylle / y^e pyth is most cōuenable in medycyne and secondly y^e sede. The pyll is of lytel myght And colloquintide is founde in receptes / it is y^e sede with y^e pyth / That is to be cho∣sen that contynueth whyte & hath the sedes steedfast in the pythe. And it is nought that rattleth whan it is remewed: And yf they wey lyght w^t sedes in thē they ought to be cast away. It may be kept .vi. yeres and better in the apple than otherwyse It hath vertue to vnbinde and cōsume by his bytternesse and hath myght dyurytyke / & purgeth fleumes pryncypally / and melan¦colyke humours.

¶ For feuer quotydyan A

¶ For feuer quotydyan / sethe an vnce of the inwarde partes of coloquyntyde and two or thre dragmes of the iuce of wal∣wortidest ebulus / in the apple of coloquī¦tide / and than strayne it and in the strey∣nynge put sugre to it and gyue it to the pa¦cyent at nyght before his acces / but the dy¦gestes and other lyght purgacyons must fyrst be had / and after the purgacyōs this must be gyuen yf the acces abyde styll.

¶ For feuer quartayne B

¶ Agaynst feuer quartayne / sethe sene in water / and put the brothe in the apple of colloquintide & sethe it therin / thā streyne it / put sugre in the detoccyon and gyue it to the pacyēt before the tyme of his accesse but as it is sayde the dygestes and purga∣cyons ought to be gyuen afore / and yf the acces remayne this to be gyuē. It is good also for olde scabbes.

¶ For to the ache. C

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¶ Agaynst payne of the tethe / colloquity∣de in vyneygre & wasshe thy mouth therw^t ¶ For wormes in the bely medle the pow¦dre therof with hony and gyue to y^e pacyēt And for chyldren put worwood therto & lay it playster wyse nygh to the nauyll.

¶ For wormes in the eeres D

¶ Agaynst wormes in the eeres put in thē the powdre herof iuce of arssmert.

¶ For the mylt. E

¶ Against hardnesse of the mylt and of the lyuer take the iuce of fenell soden in y^e ap∣ple herof / or take the powdre therof with the sayde iuce.

¶ For to clense the matryce. F

¶ For to clense y^e matryce / and to prouoke floures reteyned make fomentacyon with water that colloquintida is soden in. The powdre of it soden in the apple with ony oyle and cotton wete therin is good for y^e same:

¶ For emorroydes. G

¶ For emorroydes sethe oyle in the apple and lay to them with coton wete therin.

¶ De casia fistula. Ca. lxxxiiii.

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CAsia fystula is hote & moyst aboue all degrees / for is arres is lytell. It is the fruyte of a tree that bereth longe se∣des / whiche by space of tyme wereth byge and longe / and the partye without by the decoccyon of the sonne hardeneth the pyth that is within / & there is foūde .xx. or .xxx. of them clenynge togyder. The byggest ought to be chosen for it is a token that it ought to haue moost pyth and moystnesse Yf it be very blacke it is a token that it is rype / and that that ratteleth not whan it is shaken is best / for yf it ratyll it is of ly¦tell vertue and moystnesse / and the sede is deuyded fro the pyth. Casia may be kept two yeres / and yf ye fynde casia fistula in receptes with ony weyght / as an vnce .ii. or .iii. dragmes y^e pyth ought to be weyed without sedes / but bycause Apotycarydes wyll not suffre it / there ought to be put w^t the weight as moche of the sede as there is of that whiche is weyed. And whan it co∣meth to be cōfyct / boyle not the case with y^e syrope / but breke it w^t the syrope whyle it is boylynge & hote / & strayne it through a holowe case ful of holes to cause the se∣des to remayne / whan ye fynde vnces in decoccyō ye ought to weye it with the bar¦kes and sedes / and than drawe out y^e pyth onely in hote water and cast y^e sedes away than medle it with powdre of reubarbe & yelowe myrabolā. And it is to wyte that casia fistula is not boyled in ony medycīs but it be in oximell and in tryfera sarace∣nica / and also it is in grete quantyte. It hath vertue to louse and slake the bely and to clense the hete of the blode It appeaseth meruaylously the blode and purgeth coler and is good agaynst sharpe feuers. Casia fistula taken by it selfe or with water be∣fore the purgacyon playneth the bely and is conuenable to purgacyon.

¶ De cuscuta / Dodyr. Ca. lxxxv.

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CVscuta is hote in the fyrst degre and dry in y^e seconde. It is an her¦be y^t wyndeth about flax or lyne growynge. And it ought to be gadred w^t the floures. It may be kept two yeres. It hath pryncypally vertue to purge melan∣colyke humours / and flewmes. And there¦fore it is conuenably put in decoccions or∣deyned for to purge the same.

¶ Agaynst strangury. A

¶ The water y^t it is sodē ī is good agaynst strangury and dyssury. And yf moche ther¦of may be had sethe it with wyne and oyle and make a playster therof to the raynes / to the bely / and to other sore / or greuous places.

¶ De cardamomo. Ca. lxxxvi.

CArdamomum is hote and drye in the seconde degre. It is the fruyte or sede of an herbe. This herbe bryngynge forth floures in vere maketh a hepe knop or clustre as dooth lede of rue or lyke to grapes / and therin is the sedes and ben in two maners. But the gretest is the best for it is of sweter smell / and there¦fore the gretest is to be chosē so that it haue

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a lytell sharpnesse with the swete smell / & drawe sōwhat to gray colour The whyte is to be refused: Whan cardamomū is put in medycynes / the lytell flores must be ta¦ken away / & they must be wyped with a clothe to take away the dust or powdre / & the stalkes cast away. It may be kept .x. yeres. It hath vertue to cōfort by the swe¦tenesse therof / and hath vertue to departe and dyssolue / and to consume by the qua∣lytees of it.

¶ For swowynge. A

¶ Agaynst swowynge / and passyon of the herte caused of colde sethe it in swete smel∣lynge wyne with a lytell cose water and vse it.

¶ For the stomake B

¶ For weykenesse of the stomake and to conforte dygestyon. Take with meares y^e powdre of cardamomū / with annys sede

¶ For appetyte. C

¶ To prouoke appetyte lost / and agaynst vomyte of colde cause. Confect cardamo∣mum with iuce of myntys and wete your meet therin. ¶ For the same take the sayd powdre with dry myntes or grene / & sethe them in vyneygre with salted water / and wete a sponge therin / and lay it a lytell

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aboue the stomake.

¶ For the brayne. D

¶ Agaynst feblenesse of the brayne / put it in the pacyentys nose yf ye haue the reume or pose put the powdre and oyle of muske in to an egge shelles tyl the oyle sethe / and therwith anoynte the heed.

¶ De cerusa. Ceruse. Ca. lxxxvii.

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CEruse is y^e floure of leed / or gersa It is colde and drye in the secōde degre. It is made thus. Take ves¦selles as pottes of erthe of a fote longe / & somwhat strayt aboue and fyl them halfe full of stronge vyneygre / and lay staues or styckes ouer thwart the brymmes of them. Then take about a pounde of leed made in square pyeces and hange them w^t in the pottes vpō the styckes with thredes foure ynche fro the vyneygre / and couer y^e vesselles well / and set thē in a derke place & lete them stande so the space of .iiii. mo∣nethes. And at the ende of foure monethes set open the dore that they were shette in y^t the strengeth of the vyneygre may go out Than open the pottes and ye shall fynde a tyckenesse or hoornesse about the leed / and so the leed is wasted thā shrape that hoor∣nesse away / and put it in a grete vessell w^t water / and set it in the sōne / and styre fast with your handes / than poure out the wa¦ter / and put the mater that is at y^e botom in another vessell somwhat holowe with water / and set it agayne in the sonne / and do thus tyll it be veray whyte and 〈◊〉 And knowe ye that they that make 〈◊〉 fall often in palsy / and epylence / artetyke by y^e coldenesse of the vyneygre that dyssol¦ueth and sleeth. Ceruse hath vertue to clēse and dry superfluytees and some womē do vse it / or they wasshe theyr face / they lye this powdre theron with rose water very thynne and thendrely. Some do better for bycause ceruse stynketh sōwhat the medle ceruse with rose water and set it in the sōne specyally in somer / and whā it is dry they put more rose water therto / and so conty∣nue it / and than they make pylles and lay it on theyr faces / some other put therto bo∣rax / or camphere / and of belliculi maxine or of the one and other / but they that occu¦py ceruse muche happeneth to tothe ache & rottennesse and stenche of the mouthe.

¶ De Capparis. Ca. lxxxviii.

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CApparus is hote and dry in the se∣conde degre. Some say that it is an herbe / other say that it is a ly∣tell tree. It is founde beyonde the see The barke / the rote / the floures / and the leues ben all good in medycyns / and specyally y^e barkes in the begynnynge of vere / yf they be haunged & dryed in the sonne they may be kept .v. yeres in good vertue. And that barke is best that powdreth not whan it is broken / and that is somwhat russet in colour / and somdele bytter / and the flou∣res ought to be gadred whyle they be bud¦ded / or they spredde to moche. For whan they be ouer moche spredde they be nought they be taken and confyct to be kept in vy∣neygre / they haue vertue to incyte & cause appetyte and to clense and put out the hu∣mours at the mouthe of the stomake. It conforteth the stomake that is colde / and is meet and medycyne for it.

¶ Agaynst the mylte. A

¶ Agaynst y^e payne of the mylt / and hard∣nesse of the lyuer take wyne that capparis hath be soden in. Yf oyntmēt be made this wyse i• •s ryght myghty / and is not lesse worth than grippa. Seth y^e poudre of cap¦paris in grete quantyte with the iuce of fe¦nell / than put therto wyne and oyle / and sethe it tyll it be thycke & put a lytell waxe therto. And also for the same an electuary that is called dyaceparus is very good / y^e whiche electuary is this Take two vnces of the powdre of the rote of capparis / and an vnce of the rote of tamaryst / & confyct them togyder with hony: The decoccyon of the rote of tamaryst / and the iuce of the Ieues of capparis put into the exes with a lytell towe / sleeth the wormes. And yf the rote and powdre be soden in oyle and stra•ned and dropped in to y^e eeres it sleeth not onely the wormes / but also y^e fystules

¶ For wormes in the wombe B

¶ Agaynst wormes in the wombe medle this powdre with hony and gyue it to the pacyent:

¶ For the kynges euyll. C

¶ For new escrocles called y^e kynges euyl Take the decoccyon of the barkes or pyl∣les of capparis of brust / and sperage / also anoynte them w^t these oyntementes. Take a gray serpent / and cut of the heed and the tayle the mountenaunce of .iiii. ynches / & put it in to a pot with many small holes in the botom / and set that pot ouer an other pot without holes / and than set the nether pot in a vessell with water ouer the fyre & make it to sethe tyll the serpent be soden / & wasted / than take the fat that is dropped in to the nether pot / and powdre of blacke elebore or peleter and powdre of the rotes of capparis / and medle them in maner of oyntemēt and anoynte the sore place / and lete the pacyent drynke y^e decoccyon afore sayde.

¶ For ylyake passyon: D

¶ Agaynst ylyake passyon / and agaynst gout artetyke take a pounde of the pow∣dre of barkes of capparis / and the iuce of the rote of yeble / and put sugre therto and therof make a syrope and gyue it to the pa¦cyent twyse in the weke at morow and at euen / with warmed water. Yf ye fynde capparis ī receptes / it is y^e barke of y^e rote.

¶ De calamento. Calamynt. Ca. xc.

CAlamynt is hote and drye in the thyrde degre. This herbe is cal∣led Nespyte. Calamynt of y^e moū¦tayne is the best / bycause it is the dryest / and it ought to be gadred whan it bereth floures. It may be kept a yere in a shado∣wed place yf it be hanged to drye. It hath vertue to dyssolue / to vnbynde & to waste.

¶ For cough. A

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¶ Agaynst cough and scarcenesse of breth caused of colde take the drinke that it hath be soden in with lycoryce / or that the pow¦dre hath be soden in with drye fygges / for the same the electuary called dyacalamen tum is good / and it is made thus. Take a grete dele of calamynt and powdre of gē∣cyan & lycoryce the thyrde or fourth parte and confyct it with hony. It is very excel∣lent for the sayde dyseases. Take also the powdre therof with a rere egge and make fryters of y^e sayde powdre w^t barly meale

¶ For the stomake B

¶ Agaynst payne of the stomake and cold¦nesse of the guttes lete the pacyent vse pow¦dre of calamynt in his meates / & also vse the drynke that it is soden in:

¶ For colde reume: C

¶ Agaynst colde reume anoynte the nalpe of the necke with the powdre therof and hony chauffed in a newe pot / or elles the herbe for it is good. ¶ Agaynst the relaxa¦cyon of moystnesse / make a gargarysme to wasshe the mouthe of vyneygre that pow¦dre of it hath be soden in or water therof is very good.

¶ For costyfnesse. D

¶ Agaynst costyfnesse yf it be caused of cō¦gyled flewme / or other colde moysture / anoynte the reynes with hony onely that powdre of calomynt hath be soden in and cast powdre of colofyne theron boūde w^t a clothe whan the pacyent gooth to the stole lay the powdre therof with a lytell cottō to the foundement. So was the moder of platayre made hole / which platayre was a mayster at Salerne. To clense the super fluyte of the matryce / make fomentacyon of water that it hath be soden in / and that is veray good / as y^e women of salerne saye that hath proued it.

¶ De centaurea. Centory Ca: xci.

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CEntaurea is centory: It is hote & drye in y^e thyrde degre. It is a ve∣ray bytter herbe / and therfore it is called erthe galle. The grete centory i• of moost myght. And Constantyn sayth y^t the rote of byggest is drye in the secōde de∣gre / & is bytter with a swetenesse / it hath a raukenesse as eldre / & is glewy or gley∣my and hath vertue to comoyne & sowdre by the bytternesse therof. It hath vertue dyuretyke / to consume and drawe / y^e most vertue is in the floures & leues. It ought to be gadred whan it bereth floures and than be hanged to dry in a shadowy place Whan centory is founde in receptes / it is to wyte the gretest. The drynke that it is sodē in with sugre to delay the bytternesse is good agaynst opylacyon or stoppynge of the lyuer of the mylt / of the reynes / and of bladder.

For strangury. A

¶ For strangury and dyssury / sethe this herbe in wyne and oyle / and lay it a grete whyle to the membres afore named. Oyn¦temēt made with iuce therof or with pow¦dre of the herbe with waxe & oyle is good also. ¶ For the mylt or the lyuer make sy∣rope in this maner / sethe the rotes of sma∣lache

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of percely / and fenell in iuce of cen¦tory and whan they be well soden strayne them / and in the straynynge put therto su∣gre: This syrope is good for lōge ycteryce or Iaundys. And yf ye haue no iuce / sethe the rotes of smalache / percely / and fenell in water / and in the same water put pow∣dre of centory / and make a syrope w^t sugre

¶ For ylyake passyon B

¶ Agaynst ylyake passyon make a clystre with powdre of centory and salt water / but fyrst make a clystre mollyfycatyfe. Take also at y^e mouth .v. dragmes of this powdre with a confeccyon called benedic¦ta with warme water / and in this maner it is good agaynst the palsy.

¶ For wormes in the eeres: C

¶ For wormes in the eeres / put the iuce of centory / and lekes in to the eeres. And for wormes in the bely / take the iuce or pow∣dre therof with hony.

¶ For the syght. D

¶ For to clere the syght. Take the iuce of the rote of the byggest centory / and medle it with rose water / and anoynte the eyes therwith / for to close and resowdre woun¦des / and cuttes / stampe the rote therof / & lay to the wounde and it wyll resowdre it •f it be layde to with flesshe it reioyneth as Constantyne sayth.

¶ For the webbe in the eye F

¶ For the webbe in the eye make a colyce of the powdre of centory with rose water and it is good yf the webbe be grete / but yf it be lytell put it not therto / for it wyll gnawe / and frete the substaunce of the eye

¶ For emoroydes: G

¶ Agaynst y^e emoroides put cotton in oyle of muscat with powdre of centory and lay to them.

¶ To prouoke floures H

¶ To prouoke floures restreyned / take a gomme named serapini and medle it with powdre of centory / and ordre it benethe. Or make a suppository with powdre of it confyct with lyes of oyle. Also yf a passay¦re be made with galle of a bulle and iuce of cētory meddled togyder / prouoketh thē and causeth a deed chylde to yssue. For the same dooth water that centory hath be so∣den in. Cōstantine sayth yf this water be soden in a gōme called serapyn that it re∣sowdred woundes / a dragme and a halfe of centory mynystred with wyne easeth y^e ache of y^e wombe caused of grose humours and wyndes. The iuce therof medle with hony clereth the derkenesse of the eyes:

¶ De Cassea lignea. Ca. xcii.

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CAssea lignea. vel xilocassia is hote and drye in the thyrde degre It is the barke of a lytell tree that gro¦weth towarde the ende of babylon / there be two maners of casse: One is casia fistu¦la / the other is cassia lignea / but it is not founde that casia fistula is taken for cas∣sie onely / but cassia lignea is / and there be two maners of cassia lignea. One is lyke cynamum / drawynge to colour of russet

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and hath a sharpe sauour / or taste medled with swetnesse of smel and that is the best but it is not vsed in medycyne. The other kinde draweth also toward russet or gray and hath in partes dyuers coloures That is to be chosē that boweth and breketh not lyghtly / & whā it is broken it hath whyte speckles within but it hath mo of gray. It is sharpe of sauour and veray swete smel¦lynge. It may be kept .x. yeres / it is som∣tyme contrefayt by medlynge of rotes of capparis that hath a bytter smell. It hath vertue dyurytyke / by subtylnesse of sub∣staunce and it hath vertue to consume hu∣mours by complexyon and qualyte / and it hath vertue to confort by good odour and smell.

¶ For colde reume A

¶ Agaynst colde reume and other passyōs of the heed as swemynge and suche other qualytees: Take .iii. pylles of cassie ligne of laudane / and storax confyet with iuce of wormwood whan the cause cometh of the heed selfe / this conforteth the brayne gretely. Make suffumygacyon in this ma¦ner Cast cassia ligne on hote cooles & spryn¦cle rose water theron / & receyue the smoke at the mouth:

¶ For strangury B

¶ For strangury and dyssury / and payne in the reynes and also of the bladder / the wyne that it is soden in gyuen with y^e sede of basylycon & sethe the powdre with oyle of muske or w^t oyle olyue with the whiche oyle anoynte the yerde / and the gryndes / and the other sore or akynge places.

¶ For the lyuer. C

¶ Agaynst opylacyon of the lyuer of the mylt / of the reynes / and of the bladder vse the decoccyon therof / or the syrope that is made with it.

¶ For the stomake D

¶ Agaynst coldenesse of the stomake / and agaynst the dyseases afore named / take drynke that cassea ligne / mastyke / and fe¦nell sede hath be soden in fastynge. Pymēt or clarey made of hony with wyne that it was soden in warmeth the stomake / and helpeth to make dygestyon:

¶ For stenche of the mouthe E

¶ Agaynst stenche of y^e mouthe / make py∣les of cassia ligne / these pylles be good a∣gaynst all paynes of the intrayles caused of colde.

¶ For stenche of the armeholes. F

¶ Agaynst stynkynge of the armeholes / & corrupcyon / and for to scoure the gōmes Fyrst plucke away the heres of the arme holes / and than wasshe them with whyte wine and rose water that cassia ligne was soden in / and for the gommes make a gar¦garysme. ¶ For to preuoke floures retey∣ned and to conforte the matryce / make sup¦posytory of cotton wet in oyle of muske or olyue / that powdre of cassia ligne was so¦den in the barke therof also all hole soden in newe oyle of muske and thā mynystred belowe prouoketh merueylously.

For the hert. G

¶ Agaynst passyō of the hert and agaynst swownynge / take the syrope made with cassia ligne / and roses / and the bone of a• hertes hert.

¶ For the mylt. H

¶ Agaynst payne of the mylt / and of the lyuer / it is also good yf it be layde to whā it is soden. It is also good agaynst costyf¦nesse.

¶ De castoreo. Beuer ballockes. Ca. xciii

CAstoreum is hote and drye in the seconde degre. It is y^e genytours or stones of a beest called castor / beuer / or a brocke. some say that whan he smelleth y^e hunters that chace hym to haue

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his genytours / that he byteth them of and letteth them fall / but that is not so / for y^t beest is not of suche dyscrecyon / and also y^e hūters chace hym more to haue his skynne than his stones / & whan they be cut of they ought to be put in a close place / & lete them drye. Those of the yonge castors be not so good as the olde nor of so grete effect / and this castoreum is soft / and whyte / whan the castor is of {per}fyte aege / or a lytell ouer myddle aege / it is of grete vertue / nor the castor y^t is of to grete aege is not of so good affect / some do coūtrefayt it in this maner. They take the skynne of castoreū / and a fresshe or newe genytoure & fyl it w^t blode and synewes / other put blode erthe & chal¦ke / & other do thus / they put in to y^e skynne blode & serapinū / synewes & peper y^t it may haue a sharpe sauour. Castoreum is to be chosen that hath a meane sauour or taste & is gleymy / and hath a merueylous horry∣ble smel / & ought to haue medled synewes throughout / & cleuyng to the skynne on al sydes. It may be kept .vi. yeres ī grete ver¦tue / but it is better to haue alwayes newe yf it may be. Whan it is put in medycyne the vtter skynne ought to be taken away / and to take that within / & wey it & put it in medycyne / it hath vertue to deuyde and waste humours / and pryncypally it hath vertue to conforte synewy mēbres.

¶ Agaynst epylence. A

¶ Agaynst epylence & other coldes causes of y^e heed / put halfe a dragme in to the no∣sethrylles / & also drynke two or thre drag¦mes w^t the iuce of rue / or w^t wyne that it was soden in.

¶ For palsy of tongue. B

¶ Agaynst palsy of the tongue / holde the powdre of castoreū vnder y^e tongue tyll it be molten dyssolueth & wasted by it selfe.

¶ For palsy of all the body C

¶ Agaynst palsy of al the body sethe casto¦reū / rue & sawge & drynke y^e brothe therof

¶ For palsy of membres. D

¶ Agaynst palsy of mēbres or līme / sethe castoreū & make fomētaciō of tymes about y^e skynne / & lay is therto.

¶ For gomorre: E

¶ Agaynst gomorre sethe castoreū in iuce of agnus castus or outsey w^t a lytel vyney¦gre / & lay it oftē to lowe parte of the bely to the reynes & to the yerde.

¶ For forgetfulnesse. F

¶ Agaynst lytargye or forgetfulnesse pro¦uoke snesynge w^t castoreū / for it moeueth and cōforteth y^e brayne. Or make cōfeccy¦on of castoreū of myntes / & iuce of rew w^t vyneygre / & shaue y^e heed / & rubbe y^e hyn∣dre parte of the heed therw^t & lay it therto put y^e powdre therof in to the nose w^t iuce of rew / or elles receyue y^e smoke at y^e nose.

¶ De cubebe. Ca. xciiii.

CVbebe is hote & drye tēperatly / it is the fruyte of a yonge tre y^t gro∣weth beyōde y^e see in y^e wilde ynde & it may be kept x. yeres or there about in grete vertue / that is best y^t hath a meane sharpe sauour or taste / & hath a swete fla∣uour or sent

¶ For fayntnesse. A

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¶ It is good agaynst feblenesse of y^e hert fayntnesse or swownynge in this maner / take the quantyte of .iiii. dragmes of cube¦bes w^t iuce of the rote or leues of panay / it is veray good therfore. ¶ Agaynst reu∣me of the heed / & to conforte the brayne / lete it be oftentymes smelled to & put in to the nose ¶ For coldnesse of y^e stomake take y^e powdre therof in meate. ¶ Agaynst yll colour of the face caused of colde do make pyment of wyne with hony and other spy¦ces with the most parte of cubebes.

¶ Capilli veneris. Maydi here. Ca. xcv

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¶ CApille veneris is an herbe so na∣med. It is hote & drye temperatly but by the subtylyte therof it hath vertue dyuretike. That that is newe hath good vertue / and it may not be kept longe / the leues be good in medycyne and not the rote. ¶ Agaynst chanffynge or heet of the lyuer. Take y^e brethe that it is sodē in with sugre and make a syrope therof.

¶ For chanffynge. A

¶ Agaynst chanffynge lay it to w^t bendes or rolles wet in the iuce therof or w^t y^e her be stamped. This herbe soden in wyne or in y^e selfe iuce dronken with wyne is good agaynst venym / and gyueth remedy to yll humours rennynge to y^e stomake.

¶ For the heeres. B

¶ Agaynst alopyce / that is whan y^e heere falleth / yf it be soden in water & the heed wasshed therwith it clēseth the scurfe and fylthynesse. It is good for thē that hath a grete cough & voydeth mater as it were an impostume / and that haue the longes hurt or wasted / and agaynst al greues of the longes / and in the brest yf it be soden grene / and vsed hote or warme.

¶ De Cipresso. Cypresse. Ca. xcvi.

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CIpresse is hote in the fyrst degre & dry in the seconde. It is a tre / the leues / the fruyte / the floures / and the wood is good in vse of medycyne. The apples therof ben styptyke / byndyng / and strengtynge. The leues and the wood are dyuretyke ¶ Agaynst flux of the body cau¦sed of weykenes of the vertue retentyue / lete y^e pacyent ete of these aples newly ga∣dred / or put the powdre of thē that be dry in his meates / and drynke the water that they be soden in / & make decoccyon of thē and put the water therof in his wyne.

¶ Agaynst dyssury or payne of pyssynge / lethe these apples in rayne water and lay them to the stomake / reynes / and aboue y^e yerde.

¶ For strangury. A

¶ Agaynst strangury and dysfury take the powdre of the wood or leues of cypresse.

¶ For ylyake passyon. B

¶ Agaynst ylyake passyō / put the powdre of this wood or y^e leues in the vessel with wyne whan the wyne is made / and this wyne wyll preserue for that sekenesse gre∣tely. The wyne that y^e powdre of y^e wood or of y^e leues is soden in durynge the acces of the ylyake payne is good agaynst emor¦roydes / yf they renne to moche / make fo∣mentacyon of the fruyte and leues of cy∣presse soden in rayne water / and in y^e same water warme / lete the pacyent lye / & than gyue hym of the powdre. These thynges in his meates / and water of the decoccyō in his drynke is veray good.

¶ De cinamomo. Cynamome / or canell. Ca. xcvii.

CYnamome is canell. It is hote and in the thyrde degre and it is drye in the seconde. There be two m•ners of it. The one is thycke and is sō∣what

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holowe and grosse or cours / and is y^e barke of a tre The other is fyner and is al holowe / and not so thycke / and some say y^t it is the barke of a lytel tree. They be foū¦de bothe in Inde / & in europe. y^t which is cours ought to be put in medycynes vomy¦tyues / and the fyner in other medycyns. That is to be chosen that is fyne and smal with a sharpe taste swete smell / and gray of colour. This canell is called Cynamo∣mum alichimos and alichimum. That whiche is whytysshe or blacke is nought yf ye wyll chuse it or knowe by the mouth or taste whiche is good clense your mouth fro water / or spattyll / or of slyme that is therin. for by suche moystnesse some a thyn¦ge is Iuged to be good that is nought. It is kept .x. yeres / and hath vertue to cōfort the brayne by good odoure / by the gluty∣nesyte therof it reioyneth and dyssolueth / and conforteth dygestyon It is put in saw¦ces to cause appetyte this wise / medle pow¦dre of canell with percely sawge and vy∣neygre and make sawce therof.

For the brethe. A

¶ To haue a swete brethe chawe canoll / for it maketh a good odour in the mouthe.

For the gommes. B

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¶ Agaynst corrupcyon and rottennesse of the goumes / fyrst wasshe them with salt water / and rubbe them tyll they blede / & tyll the rotten moystures come out / & than wasshe them with wyne that canell was soden in / and that done lay on them two partes of powdre of the grete consolyda / that is camfery / and y^e thyrde parte of ca∣nell / and it wyll helpe / and ease meruey∣lously.

¶ For chyppynge C

¶ For newe clyftes or chyppynge of the lyppes / and to other sores and woundes / lay the powdre of canell in the clyftes and than bynde them wel togyder or sowe thē ¶ Agaynst passyon of y^e hert / and swow¦nynge / take powdre of canell with y^e pow¦dre of the leues of gylofres. The cours ca¦nell is put in medycynes of vomyte bycau¦se it reprymeth / abateth and demynysshed the vyolence of other medycyns / as of tap¦sus and suche other / also cōforteth the sto∣make and thus it dooth two profytes in y^e sayde medycyns.

¶ De camedrios. Germaūdre. Ca. xcviii

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CAmedryos is hote and drye in the thyrde degre / it is an herbe called Germaūdrea or quercula minor y^e lesse quercle the grete quercle is called ca¦mephiteos that is mederacle / Camedrios is the lesse quercle and germaūdre / and by¦cause that camedrios and camephiteos ha¦ue vertue by themselfe / therfore shall be spokē of them bothe in one chapytre. They ought to be gadred at the ende of prymty¦me or vere whan they bere floures theyr rotes must to be cut & hanged in shadowe they haue vertue dyurytyke & temperatte

¶ For strangury A

¶ Agaynst strāgury / dyssury / ylyake pas∣syon / and opylacyon of the lyuer and mylt sethe these sayde herbes or one of them in wyne or oyle / or salt water / and layde to the reynes to the neyther parte of the bely and membres therabout. ¶ Agaynst yly∣ca passyon / take the powdre of camedryos with salt water / hony / and oyle / and my∣nystre them with a clystre.

¶ For y^e liuer mylt reynes & bladder. B

¶ Agaynst opylacyō of y^e mylt / of y^e lyuer of y^e reynes / & of y^e wayes of vryne / sethe these herbes in oyle & lay thē to y^e greuous places. Take also electuary confyct w^t ho¦ny and of two partes of the sayd two her∣bes / or of one of them / & one parte of cuscu¦ta or dodyr / & saxyfrage / & who hath this electuary he nedeth not to seke litrotipon / nor pulner ducis / for this breketh y^e stone merueylously / & helpeth agaynst all stop∣pynge of vryne:

¶ For y^e mylt: C

¶ For hardnesse of y^e mylte & lyuer / make decocciō in oyle of theyr powdre or w^t one of thē & lay it vpon y^e lyuer or mylt. Yf ye haue the herbes grene lay them to stepe in wyne .ix. dayes tyll they be rotten therin & thā sethe them tyl y^e wyne be halfe wasted than let y^e resydue be harde wrōge y^t al the humour may come out / of y^e which water make an oyntement with wax and oyle / and that is good for the mylte:

¶ Agaynst vomyte. D

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¶ Agaynst vomyte caused of colde or of boystous wyndes in the brest reysynge or lyftynge vp y^e meate to vomyte / sethe these herbes or powdre of them a grete whyle in salted water / or in kyndly salt water / than put therto oyle with a lytell vyney / gre / and make therof a playster and lay it to the stomake or brest. This is a grete remedy for vomyte of what cause so euer come.

¶ For wormes in the wombe. B

¶ For wormes in the wombe the powdre of one of these herbes with hony sleeth thē ¶ Agaynst reume or pose / put the powdre of these two herbes in a lytell bagge and lay them hote to the heed:

For fystules in the heed. C

¶ Agaynst fystules of the heed or of the berde / sethe bytter lupyns in salt water / & put vyneygre to them / and than strayne it and in the straynynge put of the powdre of these two herbes or of one of them / and wasshe the heed wel therwith. ¶ Agaynst palsy / sethe these herbes in wyne and lay therto. The powdre herof reioyneth and sowdreth woundes / yf it be layde theron: ¶ To clense the matryce and to prouoke y^e floures reteyned and to chauffe or warme the matryce that is colde of flewmatyke humours / sethe these herbe a longe tyme in good wyne / and as longe lete y^e womā wasshe her with the hote lycour / and lay the herbes vpon conduyt and there about Also the powdre of them soden in oyle / & cottō wete in y^e sayd oyle & put in the oryfy¦ce / or the same powdre cōfyct with cycla∣men / or malumterre / and layde vpon it.

¶ De camephitheos. Mederacle: Ca xcix.

CAmephiteos is hote and drye in y^e thyrde degre. It dyssolueth & wa∣steth all wyndynesse and swelling caused therof. It is laratyfe and of cours

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humours / and it conforteth / the inward• membres / and is aperatyfe of the lyuers of the mylte and vnstopeth them meruey∣lously / it prouoketh vryne / and reteyned floures / and heleth the Iaundys. Thre dragmes taken of it with of dry fygges tosted or soden / it dystroyeth all the payne of the reynes / yf a dragme and a halfe be taken it purgeth the bely of all colde hu∣mours / & wyndes / yf it be sodē with hony it heleth the hanches or flankes / & to sow∣dred woundes in rotten places & taketh away the ache of womens brestes:

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¶ De Caruo Ca. C.

CArui is hote and dry in the thyrde degre. Carui is an herbe / the sede therof is also named carui. There is grete quantyte of it founde in Cycyll & other places beyonde y^e see. It may be kept good .v. yere and more. It hath vertue dy¦uretyke / and to prouoke vryne / and ther∣fore the decoccyon therof is good agaynst strangury and dissury. It putteth out and wasteth humours.

¶ For dygestyon. A

¶ The powdre therof taken with meates conforteth dygestion / and exyleth wyndes in the stomake.

¶ De Cimino. Comyn. sede. Ca. C.i.

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CIminum Comyn is hote and drye in the seconde degre. It is the sede of an herbe growynge ī grete quā¦lyte and bycause ynough is founde therof it is not coūtrefayt nor mengled. It may be kept .x. yeres It hath vertue dyuretyke to put out and voyde wyndes. Yf it be put in meates / sawces / or potage it cōforteth the dygestyon.

¶ For the stomake. A

¶ The wyne that comyn and fenel sede is soden in ceaseth the payne of the stomake and of the bowelles caused of wynde.

¶ For cough. B

¶ Agaynst cough comynge of colde dryn∣ke wyne that comyn is soden in with drye fygges. Electuary also confyct with co∣myn and fenell sede / and brust or hony is good agaynst the colde cough / and in this electuary nedeth not to haue dyarris nor dyaciminum ¶ Agaynst swellynge of the chekes & partyes about the necke medle co¦myn & drye fygges togyder / and sethe thē in wyne and make a playster and lay to y^e sore place.

¶ For the pose. C

¶ Against reume or pose medle powdre of comyn and bayes beryes / and put thē hote in a bagge / & lay them so hote to y^e heed.

¶ For strangury D

¶ Agaynst strangury & dyssury & agaynst other paynes caused of colde sethe comyn in wyne and lay therto.

¶ For blode in the eyes E

¶ Agaynst blode apperynge in the eyen / medle powdre of comyn with white of an egge but fyrst bake the whyte of the egge vpon a hote tyle stone and cut it in two / & lay it warme vpon the eye whan it is new hurt / and or the humours be comen in to it Other chawe comyn in theyr mouthe & kepe it there a good whyle / and than bre∣the or blowe in the eye onely without put∣tynge of any substaunce of comyn.

¶ For blacknesse of a stroke F

¶ Agaynst blacknesse or blewnesse of stro¦ke or fall whyle it is new / delay powdre of comyn w^t waxe by y^e fyre / & layd to it is a souerayne remedy. ¶ For payne of y^e sto∣make cōfyet y^e sede of comyn in sugre & ta∣ke a sponeful of it halfe an houre or ye go to bedde / & drynke not after it / and it wyl confort the stomake gretely.

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¶ De cicuta. Hemlocke Ca. C.ii.

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CIcuta is hote and drye in the thyr¦de degre as Macer sayth. It hath vertue to drawe and consume / or put out / to dyssolue and vnbinde. It is not vsed in inwarde medycyns / bycause it is venymous in his substaūce / and qualytes and spredeth and vnbyndeth the spyrites of y^e body in suche wyse that they fayle vt∣terly / & by defaute of them the body mor∣tyfyeth and dyeth. The auncyēt men dyde put it in theyr medycyns bycause they we∣re more boystous and strōger people. The moost vertue of it is in the rote / and secōd¦ly in the leues / and be lesse hote and drye / and it is more colde and drye in the sede / & therfore the sede is somtyme put in medy∣cyns for the mylt in this wyse.

¶ For the mylt. A

¶ Put of this herbe with halfe a pounde of armenyac. ix. dayes in vyneygre / and y^e x. day sethe thē tyll the armenyake be mol¦ten / and setled. Than strayne it through a stronge clothe / and boyle it well agayne vpon the fyre / and put therto waxe & oyle and make an oyntement for the mylte that is veray harde / and agaynst harde impo∣stumes / and agaynst artetyke goutes / & agaynst epylence as Constantin sayth.

¶ For apostumes B

¶ Agaynst apostumes sethe it in wyne / & than stampe it with grece / & lay it to them

¶ For the payne of the brethe C

¶ Agaynst payne of the brethe sethe this herbe in water / and therwith wasshe and rubbe the pacyent before and behynde fro myddle to the necke.

¶ For goutes. D

¶ Agaynst gout artetyke & podagre bake the rotes therof in paste / and cleue them in the myddes and lay them to the place. It is a souerayne remedy.

¶ For Ilyake passyon. E

¶ Agaynst ylyake passyon / strangury and dyssury. Sethe the rotes in stronge wyne with oyle / than sethe the herbe and lay it to the grefe.

¶ For to clense the matryce. F

¶ For to clense the matryce of cours and gleumy humours / & to prouoke reteyned floures / make fomentacyon of wyne and salt water that hemlokes hath be soden in

¶ For kyrnelles. G

¶ For dry kyrnelles in y^e necke after that ye haue vsed diuretike herbes make a play¦ster of the two partes of hemlokes / and y^e thyrde parte of scabyous. And knowe ye y^t they that vse hemlokes in meate and dryn¦kes shall be ī peryl of dethe for it is deedly Yf a mayde anoynte her brestes often w^t iuce of hemlokes / they wyll not wexe byg¦ge nor growe. It dryeth the mylke in wo∣mens brestes yf it be layde on them. Yf a playster be layde to the lowe parte of the bely it wasted the appetyte of lechery.

¶ For swellynge of the fete. H

¶ Agaynst podagre medle the iuce of hem¦lokes with lytargy / and scomine of syluer and anoynte it therwith. Also by it selfe it is good for all swellynge caused of heet.

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¶ De Croco. Saffron. Ca. C.iii.

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CRocus is saffrō / and there be two kyndes / one is named crocus ortē¦sis that is gardyn saffron that is set or sowen. The other is called orienta∣lis saffron of orient / bycause it groweth in the eest / without ony preparacyon or la∣bour. This orient saffron is put in vomite medycyns. Whan saffron floureth in the myddes of the floures sprynge thre chyues or small floures that be reed which is saf¦fron. It may be kept .x. yeres in bounte w^t in a close bagge of lether. Saffrō that stey¦neth y^e handes that toucheth it is mengled and dysceyted / and is a tokē that it is olde but it is wet for to cause it seme newe / and because it hath be wet it steyneth lyghtly / and so dooth not the good. It hath vertue to conforte it is of temperate qualytees / & of good odoure.

¶ For the stomake A

¶ For feblenesse of the stomake of the hert and dysposycyō of swownynge and faynt∣nesse vse it this wyse. Take oryent saffron and drye it on a hote tyle / and rubbe it to powdre / and tempre it with wyne or vy∣neygre / & put it to the meate whan it sethe For one dragme dressed in this maner stey¦neth more than two otherwyse. And yf it be tomoche vsed it bredeth lothelynesse to the stomake & leseth the appetyte It ought not to be gyuen to a coleryke persone / for prouoketh vomyte.

¶ For the eyes. A

¶ For rednesse and webbe in the eye. Ma∣ke powdre of oryent saffron medled with gleyre of an egge / and w^t cotton wet ther¦in lay it to the eye.

¶ De Cypero. Ca. C.iiii.

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CIperus is hote and drye in the se∣conde degre. Ciperus is a wydred substaunce holowe and lyght and is the rote of the thre cornerde rysshe / that groweth beyonde the see / and that y^t gro∣weth there is the best / and euer the bygger the better. It may be kept .ii. yeres. The Ciperus that groueth in other regyons is lesse / and is not so good / and may not be kept but a yere Ciperus is to be chosē that is very rugged and full of twygges / and hath a cytryne or yelowe colour whan it is broken / and that is not easy to be pow∣dred It hath dyuretyke vertue comynge

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of his substaunce. It is founde & gadred at all tymes / but y^t is best that is gadred at the ende of prymtyme or vere. Whan it is gadred lay it thre dayes in the sōne that it rote not by his moystnesse / & after hange it in a close place.

¶ For vryne. A

¶ Agaynst payne of the vryne as strangu¦ry and dyssury. Take grete quantyte of ro¦tes of Ciperus broken and soden in oyle & lay them betwene bothe the thyghes / and for certayne it wyll prouoke & cause vry∣ne / and voyde the humours that causeth y^e lettinge. For the same bete rote of Ciperus and sethe them with a lytell oyle of muske and streyne them. The same brothe put in to the yerde with a clystre wyll breke the stone.

¶ For the stomake. B

¶ For payne of the stomake and of the bo∣welles caused of colde and wynde / lay to the sayde playster as is wryten afore for strangury and dyssury. Or lete the pacy∣ent put the brothe or wyne that ciperus & mastyc is soden in / in to his drynke / for it conforteth the dygestyon. The iuce of Ci∣perus taken with wine voydeth the payne of the stomake and of the bowelles caused of colde and wynde.

¶ For lytargy C

¶ Agaynst lytargy stampe or choppe the rotes of Ciperus veray smal / & sethe them in oyle tyl the oyle be nygh wasted. Than lay the resydue that is lefte on the hote co¦les / & lete the pacyent take the smoke ther¦of at his mouthe and nose / and it wyll do hym ease. The powdre of ciperus put in to woundes draweth the rottynge out. But whan it is out lay no more for it wyll fre¦te y^e good flesshe. It ought to be put in me∣dycyns that bynde and resowdre woundes Ciper{us} that hath a whytysshe pale colour or erthy is to be refused.

¶ De Calamo aromatico. Ca. C.v.

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CAlamus aromaticus is hote and drye in the seconde degre. It is the rote of a lytell tre that is lyke to a rede or rysshe and hath a veray swete smel It is concaued and holowe. For whan it is gadred there is a lytell stycke or harde pyth taken out of it / and somtyme it is let therin styll to cause it wey the more / and there be two maners of it. One is founde in Perce hauynge a cytryne or yelowe co∣lour. The other is founde in Inde and is wytysshe and powdreth not lyghtly whā it is cracked or brokē. It may be kept .vii yeres good. It hath vertue to conforte a∣gaynst payne of the stomake caused of col¦de and wynde. Yf thre dragmos therof in powdre medled w^t iuce of wormwood in warme wyne and dronken

¶ For dygestyon A

¶ To conforte dygestyon take y^e powdre of it with powdre of cynamome.

¶ Agaynst cordyake passyon or fayntnesse of the hert / sethe calomus hole in water / & tempre the pacyentis drynke w^t the sayd lycour.

¶ For costyfnesse. B

¶ Agaynst costyfnesse or tonasmon / lay y^e powdre vpon the foundement that is stra¦neth out.

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¶ De Corallo. Corall. Ca. C.vi.

[illustration] coral (?)

COrallus is corall. It is colde & drye in the seconde degre. It is a maner of stony substaunce that is founde in partyes of the see / and specyally in holowe / and cauy hylles that ben in y^e see / and groweth as a maner of a glewy humour / and cleueth to the stones. The whiche by the propre heet of the see is dry∣ed and conuerted in to substaunce lyke to a stone and that whiche haboundeth most of the partyes of the elemēt of fyre is reed And that whiche haboundeth most of par¦tyes of water is whyte coral. The whyte is colder and not so drye as the reed. They be bothe good in medycyne / how be it the whyte corall ought not to be taken but it be expressed in y^e recept. That is to be cho∣sen that is smothe / reed and clere / and the reder that it is the better it is. And that y^e is so reed is to be had in medycyn to make the face clere / but to put in medycyne to be taken at the mouthe it nedeth not to haue so veray clere. It may be kept as longe as a man wyl without eupayrynge. It hath vertue to cōforte / dystreyne / and to clense the spyrytes / and hath secrete propryete agaynst the fallynge euyll. And some say that the reed corall kepeth the hous that it is in fro lyghtnynge / thondre / and tem¦pest. It is good agaynst the payne & dym∣nesse of the eyen / and wasteth the webbe called pannus / and other rottennesse / and clenseth them / yf corall be veray small be∣ten to powdre and medled with other ly∣cour appropryed for the foresayd thynges & put in the eyes. Corall clenseth the tethe yf they be robbed therwith / and heleth the gommes fro all corrupcyons And Galyen sayth yf coral be brent / & gyuen to drynke with colde water it stauncheth blode.

¶ For bledynge at the nose A

¶ Agaynst flux of blode at y^e nose put pow¦dre of coral on cotton that is confyct with iuce of bursa pastoris or cassewede / and make pylles of them and put in to y^e nose.

¶ For bledynge at the mouth. C

¶ Agaynst emoptyke passyō / that is whā blode cometh out at the mouth. and yf this blode come fro the partyes of the brest or the membres within / it called spyrytuall membres make confeccyon with the two partes of fyne powdre of corall with wa¦ter of barly or with water that dragagāt hath ben sodē in and make pyrles / and lete the pacyent holde them longe vpon his ton¦gue one after an other / and than swalowe them by lytell and lytell as they waste / & it is a generall rule that all medycyns gy¦uen against the sekenesses of the membres of the brest ought to be holden longe in y^e mouth that they may mengle with the sp•¦tyll / and made moyst & soft by themselfe / and so lytell / and lytell passe in to the sayd membres. And yf the blode at the mouth come fro the murytyfe membres / as the stomake / the lyuer / and the mylte / gyue the powdre with iuce of plantayne. And in this maner it is good also for flux of the bely or blod caused of the vpper bowelles

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And for the same this powdre taken with a rere egge is good. But yf the flux of the bely be grete by vyce of the nether bowel∣les / mynyster the sayde powdre and iuce of plantayne with a clystre.

¶ For the matryce D

¶ Agaynst flux of blode that cometh of y^e matryce / lete the powdre of coral be con∣fyct with an other confeccyon called atha¦nasull / or onely with iuce of plantayne / and make therof a supposytory and put in to the cōduyt / or the powdre onely laide to the place.

¶ For the mouthe. E

¶ Agaynst corrysyon / gnawynge / or fre∣tynge of the mouthe and of the gommes / fyrst wasshe them w^t salt water or w^t wa¦ter & gleyre of an egge bete togyder / than make powdre the two partes of corall / & y^e thyrde of roses / and lay to the gommes.

¶ For the gommes. F

¶ Agaynst bledynge of the gommes / put powdre of corall / and of anthera that is the yelowe in the myddes of the rose vpon the gommes or confyct with hony / and y^e gommes anoynted therwith The powdre of corall put in to woundes closeth and re¦•owdreth them.

¶ De Cepe. Onyon. Ca. C.vii

CEpe domestica / is the cōmune or tame onion. It is hote and drye in y^e thyrde degre / but Auicen sayth that it is hote in the thyrde degre & moyst in the seconde / and the substaūce is glewy styptyke and venymous / and these condy¦cyons hath the longe onyon more than the rounde. And lyke wyse the reed onyon is more styptyke than y^e whyte and y^e whyte hath more vyscosyte than the reed / & hath more rawe than soden or rosted. And he sayth y^t yf onyons be often eaten they cause

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payne and swellyng of the heed. But Di∣ascorides & many other auctours of phy∣syke sayth y^t it hath not so yll propryetees and be not all of accorde in that he sayth. Onyon eaten causeth grete thurst / taketh away the yll smake of the mouthe / it ten∣dreth the bely and loseth it. The foūdemēt anoynted with iuce of y^e blades of onyons dryeth emeroydes. Also the iuce of onyon medled with oyle loseth the wombe yf the foundemēt be anoynted therwith. A may¦ster named Esculapius sayth that y^e ony∣on conforteth the stomake / causeth good appetyte / and bredeth good colour.

¶ For bytynge of a madde dogge. A

¶ Agaynst bytynge of a dogge / bete the onyon with hony and vyneygre / or be sodē with hony and wyne and layde playster wyse helpeth moche. Diascorides sayth yf an onyon be brayed with salte and rue / & made a playster on the tongue thre dayes or on the bely it looseth the bely meruay∣lously Also the iuce put in the nosethrylles pourgeth the yll humours that noyeth the heed. Also this iuce dronken and ordred beneth in cotton causeth the floures retay∣ned to renne:

¶ For swollen fete. B

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¶ Also onyon beten and layde on fete swol¦len & harde gyueth grete remedy. Or lete the iuce be medled with grece of a henne in ma••er of an oyntement / & anoynte it often

¶ For the tethe. C

¶ Also who so rubbeth theyr tethe with an onyon euery mornynge / or holdeth the iuc• in his mouthe shal neuer fele y^e payne of t•the ache. Also yf it be eatē with brede it healeth the sores / and woundes in the mouthe. Also moche eatynge of onyōs cau¦seth appetyte of slepe. Galyen sayth that onyons noyeth coleryke persones / and hel¦peth flow matykes. Isaac sayth y^t an onyon is hote in the fourthe degre / and moyst in y^e thyrde. It hath a tarte moystnesse wher¦by 〈◊〉 ingendreth euyll humours in y^e sto∣make / and causeth thyrst / & bredeth wyn¦de and payne in the heed / and dysposeth to madnesse for the euyll famysshenesse that moūteth to the brayne. And therfore they that vseth it to moche comynly fall in the manyake passyon and in the nyghtes so fer¦full thynges in theyr slepe and haue melā¦colyke dremes / and specyally it cometh to them that haue ben lately seke and eate or vse onyons to moche. But yf they be vsed for medicyns reasonably as they ought to be the cause heet in the body / and maketh it sklendre / lanke / and lene / and dyspar∣seth the glewy humours. They haue ver¦tue to open the endes and extremytees of vaynes / they prouoke vryne and the flou¦res. The appeaseth thyrst and cause appe∣tyte. Also they rarefye / and open the out∣warde partyes of the skynne and therby cause sweate. They loose y^e wombe bycau¦se theyr tarte heet / and drynesse constray∣neth and prycketh nature. They encrease the sede of generacyon by theyr moystnesse how be it they nourysshynge is yll who so wyll that they gyue good nourysshynge / must fethe them fyrst in one water than in another / and specyally yf they be soden w^t fatte flesshe in potage with good & swete smellynge thynges. Garlyke nouryssheth lytell and noyeth coleryke persones / and them that be naturally hote of complexcy¦on. But yf they that be of colde and moyst complexyon do eate them the do prouoke vryne and tempereth the wombe. And be clene contrary for them of hote complexy∣on. But who so wyl that they do no harme to ony that eateth them / sethe them fyrst in water and than confyct them with vy∣neygre / and brothe of fatte flesshe / for gar∣lyke is good in medycyns and prouffyta∣ble. For it is good agaynst bytynge of a woode dogge. And who so eateth them & drynketh good wyne / gyueth remede a¦gaynst bytynge of serpent / and for them that haue colde sekenesse it is as good as tryacle.

¶ De cretano. Ca. C.viii.

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CRetanus is an herbe called Croyt marine. It is hote and drye in the thyrde degre / and it groweth co∣mynly in watery places or by the see / and is seldon founde in other places / and ther∣fore

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it hath vertue dyurytyke and prouo∣catyue of vryn.

¶ For the vryne. A

¶ It is good and profytable agaynst let∣tynge of vryne as strangury and dyssury as Galyen sayth.

¶ For the stone. B

¶ It is also good agaynst the stone in the bladder in this maner Take y^e sede of this herbe cretane with the leues / and about as moche of dragagant / and bete them in a morter. And strayne the iuce and put it & a fyole of glasse / or in an erthen pot close stopped / and gyue the pacyent .ii. or .iii. dragmes at goynge to bedde / and in the mornynge a lytell after his fyrst vryne / or he eate or drynke ony thynge / for it bre¦keth the stone.

¶ For ylyake passyon C

¶ Aaynst ylyake passyon / sethe this herbe in grete quantyte with salt water and w^t wyne and oyle and lete the pacyent bathe therin to the nauyl. And yf it cā not be had in grete quantyte / sethe this herbe and lay it playsterwyse to the paynefull place / vse this herbe or the water that it was soden in / and it prouoketh vryne

¶ For the bely. D

¶ Agaynst gnawynge of the bely / make a •lyster with this herbe soden in salt water with oyle and hony / but fyrst take a cly∣stre mollyfycatyfe.

¶ De Costo. Cost mary Ca. C.ix.

COstus is hote & drye in the thyrde degre It is a rote that groweth in Iude and is called cost / and the be two maners. The one groweth in Inde & hath a duskysshe colour / and is the stron∣gest in operacyon / and moost vyolent The other groweth in araby and hath a whyte colour / & is more tempered than y^e other /

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Cost is to be takē that powdreth not whā it is broken and hath no lytell holes / and hath a bytter smell with some sournesse. It may be kept .x. yeres. It hath vertue to conforte by the sauour that draweth to eygrenesse. And it hath vertue dyurytyke by the qualytees / and bytternesse. It deui¦deth / and putteth out humours by heuy∣nesse therof.

¶ For the mylt. A

¶ Against hardnesse of the mylt and lyuer caused of colde y^e wyne that the electuary called dyacostum hath be soden in profy∣teth gretely to the mylt. It is to had of ap∣poticaryes. We vse cost also outwarde for the sekenesse of the mylt in this maner / ma¦ke an oyntement conuenable of wax and oyle with powdre of cost. Or elles take marrubium that is horehonde and lay it a fourtenyght in wyne and oyle and than sethe it to halfe / and streyne it / and in the streynynge put therto wax and powdre of cost and make an oyntement therof.

¶ For concepcyon. B

¶ To helpe a woman to conceyue yf the lettynge be of coldenesse / lete the powdre of cost be confyct with oyle of muske / or at leest with oyle olyue. In the whiche wete

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coton and lay to the place of generacyon. Or lete y^e woman receyue it with a tonell It clenseth and chauffeth the matryce.

¶ For the stomake. C

¶ Agaynst payne of the stomake caused of colde / make a playster of powdre of ma∣styke / and olybane / and powdre of Cost of a lyke moche / and confyct them with wax and oyle of roses / and of muske yf it may be had / and lay it playsterwyse on y^e stomake / yf there be thre vnces of wax & oyle somtyme it put to spyknade / nutmyg¦ges or clawes and suche other spyces

¶ For the heed D

¶ Agaynst payne of y^e heed caused of colde be take the brothe that it is soden in.

¶ For wormes in the bely E

¶ Agaynst wormes in the bely / medle the powdre with hony and vse it.

¶ De galligaria.

CAprague that some call galliga∣ria groweth in laboured & moyst places. It hath vertue colde and drye.

¶ For flux of the wombe. A

¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe sethe this herbe in raine water and wasshe your fete therwith and it wyll bynde and restrayne the flyx.

¶ For ytche in the legges. B

¶ Agaynst ytche caused of salt flewme in the legges. Sethe this herbe and put the brothe in a sponge and lay it to the place & it wyll destroy it.

¶ Cantabrum. Branne Ca. C.x.

CAntabrum is the huske of wheete and is named branne / it is hote & drye tēperatly. It is dyaforityke that is to say it hath vertue resolutyue in

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wastynge / & deuydynge humours & wyn¦des bycause y^e it lesseth thē & tourneth thē in to subtyle vapours & so putteth thē one Whan it is steped in warme water it ap∣peaseth and saugeth aches / & causeth them to become moyst and souple by the moyst∣nesse therof.

¶ For yliake passyon. A

¶ Agaynst ylyake passyon / and agaynst payne of the reynes / and lettynge of vryne lete branne confyct with hony subtyll and whyte / & that it be not to softe nor to harde or styfe and put therto wyne so that it be not to thynne nor to tycke / & whan it hath soden a grete whyle sprede it on a clothe / and lay it to the akynge place / and lay it to often and newe so that it waxe not colde and it wyll gyue parfyte helth.

¶ For the stomake B

¶ The same is good for the payne of the stomake comē of colde. Mayster platayre proued this remedy in one that had suche payne in his pappe that he coude not stan∣de vpryght. It was cause of colde / for the pulce was temperate ynough.

¶ For ylyake passyon. C

¶ Agaynst ylyake passyō the water y^e it is sodē in after y^t it is streyned to be mynystre in clyster / for it softeneth suffysauntly.

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And it is vsed for to soften whan there is none other mollyfycatyues.

¶ For drye cough. D

¶ Agaynst the drye cough / and agaynst cough caused of colde / & agaynst plemesy that is an impostume of the rybbes / and agaynst the impostume in the longes and agaynst suche lyke sekenesses do as it folo¦weth Sethe barly in water a good whyle and whan it is streyned put branne in to it and sethe and streyne it agayne / and vse it warme.

¶ De Colophonia. Ca. C.xi

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COlophonia is the gomme of a tre that groweth in grete quantyte in grece & therfore it is called pytche of grece / and it is also founde in other pla¦ces. It is hote in the seconde degre / & drye in the fyrst. That is to be chosen that is blacke and shyneth within. There is som∣time erthe medled w^t it but that is nought It hath vertue to chauffe and to fasten by his gommosyte and cleuynge.

¶ Agaynst costyfnesse. A

¶ Agaynst costyfnesse and byndynge of y^e brest caused of colde medle egally powdre of colophony and powdre of cresses & lay it to the reynes and anoyted with warme hony and than be bounde to with a bende and a fume of colophony be taken benethe

¶ To take here fro the face. B

¶ For to take heere fro the face / & to why∣te it / take .iii. vnces of colophony / & two of mastyke / and a lytell of armonyake / & iii. of orpyment / and bete them eche by thē selfe and than melte them in a grete clene vessell. But melte the colophony fyrst and than the mastyke / and at last put y^e droppe of pure armoniake / and the opyment / and streyned ouer colde water / & lete the sayde streynynge be gadred & chauffed betwene the handes. This oyntement in the begyn∣nynge is blacke / but at last whā it is wel handled it whyteth. And therfore whan ye wyll taken away ony heere take aly∣tel of this oyntement and melt it at y^e fyre and whan it is warme lay it on the face or other place that ye wolde haue away the heere / and lete it lye there an houre or ther about / and it wyll take away the heere / & clense the face / but lete the place be drye whan ye lay it on & presse it with your fyn¦ger wette that it may stycke the faster and it wyll brynge the here away. A playster layde to ones wyll serue .ix. or .x. tymes / and that playster may be kept harde two yeres.

¶ For the stoppynge of the brethe. C

¶ Agaynst lettīge of y^e brethe called asma caused of colde after that the mater is dy∣gested / dyspersed / and deuyded / make a fume of colophony / and lete the pacyent receyue it at the mouthe and holde doune his heed / & he shall voyde moche flewme.

¶ De cornucuma.

COrnucuma is an herbe otherwyse called storna and farraria. It gro∣weth

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on stones and spredeth and stretcheth It is lyke gardyn crosses / and hath a sede lyke plantayne. It hath vertue to w^tdra∣we / consume / put out / & sprede humours. ¶ Agaynst strangury and dyssury / and a∣gaynst the stone in y^e reynes or in the blad∣der / and agaynst opylacyon of the reynes of the mylt and lyuer / drynke often y^e iuce of this herbe / for it helpeth moche.

¶ De Cucurbyta. A gourde. Ca. C.xii.

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CVcurbita is a gourde / and cytrul is an herbe of y^e nature of y^e gour∣de. They ben colde and moyst and ben founde moost comynly in hote regyōs The sedes of thē ought to be sowē in prym¦tyme / and they engendre an herbe that bereth fruite that is good for meet and me¦dycyns. The gourde and the cytrulles ben gadred or they be perfytely rype. The Cy¦trulles may be eaten rawe or they be rype but so may not the gourdes / for they must be soden in water or fryed. The sedes ben dyuretykes bycause they be of a subtyle & swyft substaunce / and be better in medy∣cyns than the other partes of the herbes.

¶ For the lyuer. A

¶ Agaynst opylacyon or stoppynge of the lyuer / reynes / or bladder / and agaynst appostume of the pis pyl away the huskes of the sedes cleue and stampe them & sethe them alytell in water of barly / and make it lyke almōde mylke / and whā it is strey∣ned gyue it to the pacyent. And yf ye can not take it so make a syrope & gyue it hym. And it is to be knowen that these sedes ha¦ue more vertue whan they be made so in mylke / than whan they be soden. Whan they ben put in medycyne they ought to be clensed fro the huskes / and whan the quan¦tyte is wryten put to the double.

¶ For feuers. B

¶ In veray sharpe agues vse this water / or the syrope made therof.

¶ For colerykes C

¶ The gourde soden in somer with flesshe in potage prouffyte moche to coleryke peo∣ple.

¶ For the auge. D

¶ Gourdes also soden in water onely / or rosted eaten with vertynce / is meate and medycyne for them that haue the feruent ague. And yf they be soden in water so y^t they be as soft as they cā be & syrope made therwith with sugre is good for the same And it is good for them that spette / as it were fylthe of an impostume.

¶ For ethykes. E

¶ It is also good for thē y^t haue a spece of the ague called ethyca. Yf it be taken at y^e begynnynge of the feuer / for it dygesteth and purgeth the mater / by the conduytes of vryne and is somwhat laxatyfe.

¶ For chauffynge of the lyuer. F

¶ Agaynst chauffynge of the lyuer / scra∣pe the vpperest of the gourde / and stampe the sayde scrapynge and wrynge out the iuce & put vyneygre therto and were a clo¦the therin / & laye it to the lyuer. And whā the gourde is rype it ought to be taken in

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to a shadowed place that the sedes within may drye. And whan they be drye wasshe the sedes in water to take away a gley∣mynesse that is about them. And than lete them be perfitely dryed in the sonne and kept in a drye place that they corrupt not nor rotte by ouermoche moysture / and they may be kept thre yeres. And yf ye can gete none of these sedes / take the se∣des of swete apples for they haue almoost one vertue & make egall operacyon.

Isaac sayth that the gourde is colde and moyst in the secōde degre / and ingendreth flumatyke humours / and profyteth to co∣leryke persones / and noyeth them that be flowmatyke. It moysteth the stomake & quencheth y^e thryst caused of coleryke heet For to gyue it to colerykes it ought to be soden with iuce of pomegarnettes or oren¦ges / or of fygues / or vyneygre with oyle of almondes or of olyues / and yf it be gy∣uen to flewmatykes / sethe it with ysope / sma•ache / or myntes / for to attempre the coldenesse. Also sethe it with sewet / and y^e aboue sayd thynges for to attempre / and correct if that it may conforte the stomake yf it be bake• in paste and the water that cometh out of it in to the pasty be dronken 〈◊〉 •rayneth the heet of the feuer / & voy∣•• the col•r and for the same / it is also 〈◊〉 yf it be soden in water. The iuce of y^e 〈◊〉 medled with oile of roses appeaseth 〈◊〉 payne of •heed caused of coleryke hu∣mour.

¶ Agaynst hote impostume. G

¶ Also this iuce medled / is good agaynst hote apostume of the eare / yf it be dropped therin warme. It noyneth to thē that ben dysposed to colyke passyon / and haue the dropsy.

¶ De Cucumero Coucōmers. Ca. C.xiii.

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CVcumerus Cowcōmers ben fruy¦te of an herbe to the gourde / but it bereth not so grete fruyte These cowcommers as Isaac sayth that they bē colde and moyst in the seconde degre / and be harde to dygest and abyde longe in the stomake / and specyally in the senewy part of the stomake and yf they fynde ony meet in the stomake / they lete it to dygest by they coldnesse and suffreth not the stomake to make perfyte / dygestyon. But yet they be not so noyfull to the stomake as pom∣pons and melons. For pompons ben often conuerted in venymous humours. They make better nourysshynge than the cow∣gourdes For the nourysshyng that cometh of cowgourdes is very flewmatyke / and cometh to flewne frosen and vycyous. And of them Ipocras sayth. Cowgourdes be harde to dygest than the melons or pom∣pous they prouoke vrine gretely and moy∣steth the wombe.

¶ De Cytullo. Cytrons or cytrulles: Ca. C.xiiii.

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CItrons ben more colder thā cow∣gourdes / and theyr coldnesse is in the ende of the seconde degre and more / they engendre grosse flewnees and noyeth the synewes of the stomake more than the cowgourdes by theyr hardnesse / and colde. The whiche is proued by longe abydynge in the stomake and moost often do chaunge in to euyll humours and veny¦mous. And neuerthelesse though they noy¦the stomake yet is theyr pyth whan it is dygested is tourned in to more perfyte hu∣mours / and better blode.

¶ De Celydonia. Celendyne. Ca. C.xv.

CElidonia is a comyn herbe called Celendyne / some call it bryght / it is hote and drye in the fourthe de∣gre / and there be two maners of it. That is to wyte that of Inde y^t hath a yelowe co¦lour / and is of greter vertue. How be it they ben put somtyme one for another as Constantyne sayth. Whan it is founde in receptes celendyne onely / it is the rote and

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not the herbe. This rote may be kept thre yeres in grete vertue. It hath vertue by his qualyte and substaunce to withdra∣we / departe / and deuyde humours.

¶ For the tethe. A

¶ Agaynst payne of the tethe caused of col¦de. Bruse the rote alytell and lete the pa∣cyent holde it betwene his tethe

¶ For the heed B

¶ To purge the heed and the pose / bete the rotes and sethe them in wyne / and lete the pacyent receyue the fume / and make a gar¦garysme / for it dryeth y^e pose and purgeth the heed.

¶ For colyke C

¶ Agaynst colyke passyon. Bruse this her be and sethe it in wyne and lay it therto / Or wete a sponge in the sayd decoccyon / or lay therto many tymes the powdre of the rote.

¶ For the matryce. a

¶ For to clense the matryce / and to prouo∣ke the floures that ben stopped / make a fo¦mentacyon / or take the brothe that it was soden in at the neyther partyes

¶ For canker. D

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¶ For the canker in y^e mouthe or other out¦warde partes / or by fretynge whan there is a wounde that alway spredeth / medle powdre of the rote of celendyne / and pow¦dre of roses with vyneygre and sethe them tyll they be as thycke as mustarde / & ther¦with anoynte the canker and fretynge / for it is good therfore.

¶ For fystula E

¶ Agaynst fystula. The powdre confyct with capitellium / and a stronge lye made with dyuers asshes / so stronge that yf an egge be put therin whan it is colde it wyl wax somwhat harde / and with a quyl put it in to the fystula.

¶ For the eyes. F

¶ Agaynst derkenesse or dymnesse of the eyes or reed apostume in the eyes / make a colyre of iuce of celendyne with fyne hony and wyne and whyte peper. It is an ex∣periment proued by dyuers Some put in to the •y•• that whiche cometh out of the ••te whan it is broken. For the same the iu•• of the leues and floures of celendyne with fyne hony put in a vessell of brasse in 〈◊〉 asshes and kept is good for to clere the syght.

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¶ De coryandro. Coryandre. Ca. C.xvi.

COriandrum is the herbe that be∣reth a sede named coryandre / and is hote and dry in y^e seconde degre and is a comyn herbe whan coryandre is founde in receptes it is ment the sedes. It may be kept two yeres Coriādre hath ver¦tue to conforte as well for the qualytees as for the aromatyke and swete sauour.

¶ For dygestyon A

¶ To cōforte dygestyon / and agaynst pay¦ne of the stomake caused of wyndes. Take this sede with meates and the wyne that it is sodē in. The powdre of this sede spred vpon flesshe that is to be eatē causeth it to haue a good sauour. Isaac sayth that cory¦andre is of dyuers natures and vertues / the whiche is proued bycause it hath dy∣uers bytter sauours / wherby as ypocras sayth it hath heet / and hath also a rauke sa¦uour vpon eygre or sournesse and therfore it is sayde to be colde. And Ipocras sayth that grene coryandre is hote / and harde∣neth the wombe / and yf it be taken after meate it causeth slepe. Dyascorides sayth that it is colde / and that it deuydeth / and wasteth the kyrnelles called the kyngys euyll. The whiche Galyen reproueth in this maner It is impossible that suche kyr¦nelles sholde be wasted by thīges that coo¦leth / for they ben of grosse and harde ma∣ters. And therfore he holdeth that coryan¦dre is hote / for it is veray bytter / & ought to be medled with vineygre or iuce of pom¦garnettes / and so it is good in vse of medy¦cyne. The iuce of coryandre medled with cerufe / vyneygre / lytargy and oyle of ro∣ses is good agaynst hote impostumes and coleryke blysters or pymples / yf it be med¦led with crommes of breede / and mele of lentyles. It is good agaynst herysypyle caused of grosse humour. But Galiē sayth

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that these playsters ought not to be layde on suche impostumes at the begynnynge / for there behoueth colde thynges to appea¦se the payne / and not dyssoluynge and spre¦dynge.

¶ De Caules. Caule wortes. Ca. C.xvii

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CAules ben colde and drye in the fyrst degre / they engendre melan¦colyke and thycke blode that gy∣ueth to the body horryble ayre and smell / and there be two maners. One is lyke to betes / and is called caraby / and is of the same operacyon. But the veray caules bē yet of two maners / for there ben wynter caules / and somer caules. Those that be somer caules engēdre blode more parthed and brent lyke to blacke colere caused by way of adustyon / and that is knowen by sharpnesse that they haue / and ben mondy∣fycatyues / and lowse the wombe. They y^t ben caules of wynter be not so sharpe / & the iuce of these caules lowseth the bely & prouoketh vryne. The stocke of these cau¦les ben drye / constypatyse and stoppynge Whan the iuce therof is dronken it vnbyn¦deth y^e wombe but whan it is eaten w^tout the iuce it byndeth. And therfore by cause the noyaunce therof be moderated / sethe them fyrst in water and cast that water away / and sethe them agayne in other wa¦ter with veray fatte flesshe of moten or porke / and confyct them with coryandre peper / and comyn / and so lete them be eatē The caule called carambia is of the same accyon with other caules / but it is harder to dygest / and is yll for the eyen and for the terhe and the partyes of the throte and bycause of the noyenge sharpnesse it is not good for medycyne.

¶ De Calce. Brent. Chalke or lyme. Ca. C.xviii

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CAlx is lyme / whan it is vnsleked it is hote and drye in the thyrde de¦gre yf it be put to sewet of oyle it healeth the pymples and rotten appostu∣mes and resowdred and ioyned all incysy∣ons and woundes yf it be steped in water ix. or .x. tymes renewynge the water it le∣seth the bytynge / sharpenesse that it hath.

¶ For shaldynge A

¶ For shaldynge / take a pounde of vnsle∣ked lyme / and put it in a panne & put wa∣ter therto / and chaunge it. ix. tymes and

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lete it lye at euery tyme a quarter of an houre than medle it with oyle olyue / and bete it togyder with oyle olyue to anoynte¦ment / and lay it vpon the scaldynge with a feder / and it wyll heale.

¶ De cerifolio / Cheruell. Ca. C.xix.

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CErifolium is cheruell. It is hote and drye in the seconde degre / and is a cōuenable herbe for the kechin 〈…〉 and hath leues lyke percely.

¶ For the stomake. A

¶ It is pryncypally good agaynst payne of the stomake in this maner. Take thre handfull of grene cheruell / and a lytell of pou••ot and bere them in a morter of wood and put therto a sponefull of hony / & sethe them togyder and make a playster to the stomake.

¶ For a canker. B

¶ Of it be stamped and layde to a canker it ••le that meruaylously.

¶ For the syde. C

¶ Agaynst payne in the syde and agaynst colyke passyon and ylyake.

¶ For strangury. D

¶ Agaynst strangury and dyssury cheruel dronken with wyne helpeth gretely.

¶ For a feuer. E

¶ Also anoynte hym that hath a feuer w^t water that cheruell is soden in whan the accesse begynneth / and it wyll take away the coldenesse therof.

¶ For swellynge of the necke. F

¶ And also take away the swellynge that may come with a feuer about the necke or other parte. For the swellinge of the necke called porotides medle cheruell with vy∣neygre wax and olde grece / and it wyll ta¦ke the swellynge away lyghtly.

¶ Agaynste vomyte. G

¶ Agaynst vomyte / eate cheruel with vy¦neygre / and it wyll soone take the vomyte away and confort the stomake & vnbynde the bely.

¶ For vryne. H

¶ To prouoke vryne / lete the iuce be drō∣ken and the herbe be eatē and laide beneth y^e nauy•l / and it wyll prouoke vryne gre∣tely

¶ For the lyuer.

¶ Also who so eateth it often / it easeth the stoppynge of the lyuer and of the mylte / & yf the herbe can not be geten take y^e sedes & lete the pacyent eate or drynke it in pow¦dre and it easeth moche.

¶ De Canapis. Hempe Ca. C.xx.

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CAnapis is hempe This herbe is in two maners that is to wyte the cō¦mune & the wylde wherof we wyl shewe the vertue. Wylde hempe is hote & drye in the seconde degre. It is other wyse called Agryon canabyn.

¶ For brestes A

¶ For payne and swellynge of the brestes medle the herbe of hempe with greas / and lay it playsterwyse on the place / and with out doubt it wyll cease the ache and swel∣lynge. Also this same rypeth appostumes and breketh them / specyally suche as come of colde humours. Yf it be medled with nettle sede / it wasteth colde appostumes.

¶ For pose or gout B

¶ Agaynst pose or stytche or gout caused of colde in what parte of the body so euer it be take the iuce of the rote of hempe and as moche of greas or swet and a lytell vy¦neygre / and anoyte the place and it wyll ceale the payne.

¶ De cameleonta. Wolfe thystle. Ca. C.xxi.

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CAmeleōta is an herbe called bla•k cameleōte. Some cal it cameleon other cocodyllus / other dyspata / other anacardion / the egypcyens semerir / other astradace locer / other amelita other labrum veneris / and hath dyuers names after dyuers contrees. It groweth about hedges / and in diches / and may be gadred at all tymes.

¶ For the lyuer. A

¶ It is chyefly good agaynst payne of the lyuer yf the iuce be dronken / but yf y^e pa∣cyent haue the feuer take it with water / and yf he haue no feuer lete hym take it w^t wyne / and it wyll ceas the payne.

¶ Agaynst venym. B

¶ For venym / drynke the powdre w^t .vi. vnces of wyne and it wyll put out the ve∣nym.

¶ For dropsy. C

¶ Agaynst dropsy medle it with powdre of camedreos that is germandre / and ca∣mephiteos that is mederacle of eche alyke moche and gyue thre dragmes with wyne yf it be a man / yf it be a woman two drag¦mes / and to a chylde one dragme for it ex∣pulleth the flewmatyke humours not of y^e body / and the moystnesse of dropsy / and al¦venym / and prouoketh vryne.

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¶ De camomylla camomylle. Ca. C.xxii

CAmomilla is camomyll / some cal it charmiere pertenicō / other dya¦colefac / other trystycos elyatos / other aperytos / after dyuers countrees it is called by some of the names nipeos iero matenus / alion patres / olerasa / superba / puxetos / eliatos / vulenta / sapera / soli fa∣cium obloadia / obulacia / amula / abiana amulusta / alba bona. It groweth in vn∣laboured places as in playnes / & somtyme in wheet or lyne.

¶ To knowe yf a seke persone shal dye. A

¶ Yf ye wyll knowe the vertue therof ga∣dre it standynge with the floures the mo∣ne beynge in the sygne of Aries / and sethe it in oyle olyue / and anoynte the pacyent & couer hym well / & gyue hym good quan∣tyte of warme water to drynke / and yf he swete it is a good sygne of helthe / and yf not it is an yll sygne & a token that he shal dye. Macer wytnesseth it.

¶ For strangury B

¶ Agaynst strangury and dyssury and to breke the stone / wyne or water that camo¦myll is sodē in oftentymes dronken easeth gretely. It prouffyteth gretely for stop∣pynge of the mylt and of the lyuer yf it be dronken in lyke wyse.

¶ For the stomake. C

¶ For the payne and swellynge of the sto∣make / and agaynst ache of y^e wombe cau∣sed of colde humours or wyndes / wyne y^e camomyll is soden in easeth the payne.

¶ For the floures. D

¶ To prouoke floures in womē bathe thē in water that camomyll is soden in.

¶ For chyldynge. E

¶ To kepe that a woman trauayle not a fore her tyme lete her drynke wyne that ca¦momyll is soden in.

¶ For feuer. F

¶ Agaynst feuer cotydyan onoynt the pa∣cyent with oyle of camomyll / and it wyll chauffe hym and cease the feuer.

¶ For scrufe & kyrnelles in the face. G

¶ To take away scrufe & kyrnelles that come in the face / sethe grene camomyll w^t hony and anoynte the face therwith.

¶ For bytynge of venymous beestes. H

¶ For bytīge of venymous beestes a drag¦me of camomyl dronken with two cyates of wyne kepeth the body that no venym cā come therin

¶ For the mylt. I

¶ Agaynst sekenesses of the mylt as Pli∣nius sayth. Take y^e space of .xl. dayes eue∣ry day in the mornynge a dragme of camo¦myll in powdre with wyne & it wyll ease and hole the mylt.

¶ For the browes. K

¶ Agaynst swellinge of the browes camo¦myl chawed & layd to them helpeth moche ¶ Agaynst ache of the heed caused of colde anoynte the forheed with oyle of camomyl and the payne wyll cease anone.

¶ For scalles. L

¶ Agaynst scalles of the heed y^t the grekes call exantimates / bruse grene camomyll in vyneygre / and with the same vyneygre wasshe y^e heed often & it wyll heale it with out ony other medycyn. Also camomyl so∣den & brayde & layd vpon sores spredeth y^e humours yf they be not to moche gadred & therfore it is good at y^e begīnynge. And knowe ye y^t whan camomyl is foūde in re∣ceptes is the floures / & yf ye haue none gre¦ne take the drye.

¶ For the flux. M

¶ Agaynst flux of y^e wombe yf there be no feuer take camomyll / roses / fygge leues / poligonia y^t is swines grasse of eche a hād full & sethe thē in rayne water or in rēning water & lete y^e pacyēt receyue y^e fume ther¦of at y^e foundemēt & wasshe his fete & thy∣ghes w^t y^e water & it wyl restrayne y^e flux & w^t drawe y^e payne of y^e legges & swellīge

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¶ Cicer. Achery Ca. C.xxiii.

CIcer is y^e herbe that bereth a sede that called chyches. The sede is to be noted but not the other parte of the herbe. Chiches nouryssheth gretely & moysteth y^e wombe / prouoketh vryne pur¦geth the floures in women / but neuerthe∣lesse they brede moche wynde / & that cau∣seth swellynge / and it encreaseth the sede of generacyon / & causeth to habounde and styre to lecheri. There ben two maners of chyches one maner is grene and hath not theyr full growth. And there ben chyches that haue theyr full growth. And they ha¦ue comparyson as drye benes and grene. For the grene chyches ben lyke in vertue and operacyon to grene benes and the dry to the dry / but not in al. The drye chyches ben of two maners / that is to wyte whyte and blacke. The whyte ben hote in y^e fyrst degre / and moyst in the myddes of the sa∣me. And howbeit that theyr fedinge is mo¦re than the benes / yet it is not so good / for they be harde to dygest and brede wyndes in suche maner that they swelle & puffe y^e flesshe of the body & make an operacyon as leuayn dooth whan it is cast on y^e groūde or whan it is in paste. And therfore they make the flesshe of them fayre that vse thē for the flesshe stretche the skynne and ma∣keth it smothe & clere. The helpe that they make to the dede of generacyon is for two causes one is for they gyue grete quantyte of nourys•hynge and so cause the mater to habounde. The other is for the vētolytees and inflacyons that they cause. Of them sayth ypocras. There is in chyches two dyuers and contrary vertues. For whan they be sodē in water they haue a swetnesse in taste / and a maner of faitnesse. By that swetnesse they do clense / nourysshe / and en¦crease mylke in the brestes / & is good for them that haue ycteryce and dropsy / and sprede and deuyde the impostumes of the genytoryes / and of the erres behynde or vnder. For the parte that they haue salte sauour they vnbynde and sprede grosse hu¦mours & y^e floures in women / and is good for them that haue the Iaūdis and dropsy & for ytche of the heed / and of all the body yf one be wasshed in water that they be so¦den in

¶ For tetters A

¶ This is good also for to destroy tettres and ryngwormes / and clenseth the skynne Galyen sayth that they ben operatyues & prouoke cours of restreyned floures and helpeth the chylde to come soner out of the moders wombe and putteth our wormes of the bely called cucurbytias that be lyke barly cornes. It is good also agaynst opy¦lacyon or stoppynge of the lyuer and of y^e galle and breketh the stones in the reyns & in the bladder. And is very noyfull to so∣res and flaynges that be in the reynes and bladder. The black chyches ben hoter and not so drye as the whyte / and therfore is theyr bitternesse knowē that passhed theyr swetnesse / and they ben better to the seke∣nesse aboue sayd / and specyally yf they be soden with rape rotes and drynke the bro∣the that they be soden in / but the whyte be better for to brede mylke in the brestes / & to encrease the sede of generacyon & to pro∣uoke vryne bycause of the swetenesse.

¶ De Castaneis. chestnuttes. Ca. c.xxiiii.

CAstanee ben Chestnuttes / they be hote in the fyrst degre and drye in the seconde. That they be hote is shewed by theyr good odour. And y^t they be dry is shewed by theyr ranke heet shar¦pe with eygtenesse. But how be it they ben good to dygest as to the regarde of oke rot¦nes / and not with standynge that they be

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styptykes yet be they but lytell noysym to them that haue not the cough. For they be but lytell dyurytyke / and yf they be eaten often they make inflacyon and payne in y^e heed / and engendre a close fume in the sto∣make / and to the ende that these anoyaun∣ces that they make may be put away and that they may be styptykes they must be rosted that theyr substaunce may be rate∣fyed / and yf they be steped in water they attempre the drythe of the brest / and the membres within / & deuyded the humours that letteth the vryne by the souplenesse & moystnesse of the water that they be steped in / and more ouer they engendre in y^e body good and attemperate humours / but it is good that coleryke persones ete them with sugre / and the flewmatykes w^t hony / they haue also conuenable vertues and propry¦etees for medycynes / for y^e put out yf dys∣posycyons of the stomake that is called ab¦homynacyon that is whā one may not fele the taste of ony meet and y^e stynte vomyte / and conforte the bowelles called ieiuniū.

¶ For bytynge of a wood dogge. A

¶ Yf they be stamped with a lytell salte & confyct with hony they helpe the bytynge of a madde dogge. Also yf they be steped in soden wyne or vnsoden & make a round fygure and put it in the naturall conduyt of a woman it stynceth the blode y^t yssueth

¶ For the brestes. B

¶ Also yf a playster be made of them with barly meale and vyneygre or wyne / and layde to the pappes it wasteth y^e swellyng

¶ For to haue heere C

¶ Also brent chestnuttes with huskes and all made to powdre and confyct with wy∣ne and layde playsterwyse to the heed wyl make the heere growe / and kepe them fro fallynge / and heale the sekenesse alopyce that causeth them to fall.

¶ De Cotula. Ca. C.xxxv.

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COtula fetida is an herbe moche lyke to camomyll / but it hath an yll and stynkynge odour / and ca∣momyll hath a good smell. This herbe is hoter and dryer than camomyll / and there be two maners of it / the grete and y^e smal and haue lyke vertue. They be best agaīst strangury and dyssury and to breke the sto¦ne in the bladder. The drynke that y^e flou∣res be soden in is good for the sayde mala∣dyes.

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¶ For floures. A

¶ For to cause the floures that be stopped to renne / and to clense the superflue moy∣stures and to make them drye wasshe the place oftē with the lycour that this herbe was soden in / or sethe it in oyle and make a supposytory of cotton and lay to y^e place.

¶ De Cotilidion. Ca. C.xxxvi.

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COtilidion is an herbe / otherwyse called faler and is called timba∣laria / and vmbelicus veneris. It hath roūde leues & thycke / and groweth on couerīges of olde buyldynges. It hath vertue colde and moyst in the thyrde degre

¶ For botches. A

¶ Agaynst botches medle this herbe with shepes donge without salt and lay it play¦ster wyse therto and ye shall se good effect.

¶ For podagre. B

¶ Agaynst ache of the fete called podagre sethe this herbe with oyle & a lytell whyte waxe / and make an oyntement. It must be gadred in vexe and in somer.

¶ De catapucia. Spourge. Ca. C.xxxvii.

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CAtapucia is spourge / it is hote & drye in the thyrde degre / & moyst in the fyrst It is the fruite or sede of a tre that is called catapucia / and whā catapucia is founde in receptes / it is ment the fruite and not the herbe / and the barke or huske must be taken away and the that is within must be taken in requysyte quā∣tyte. It may be kept a yere in grete vertue It is to be chosen whan it is grene / & not ful of holes within / & that it be not blacke but haue a whyte colour. It hath vertue to purge flewmes pryncypally & secondly the melancolyke / and coleryke humours. It hath myght to purge aboue bycause it causeth wynde that reysteth the humours vpwarde. It is gyuen to hole folke to pre¦serue theyr helth / and to seke folke to put away theyr dyseases.

¶ For feuer cotidyan. A

¶ Agaynst feuer cotydyan caused of salte flewme & agaynst scabbes / lete grete qua∣lyte of the sedes be stamped and wrapped in coolewort leues / and layde vnder the hote emers a good whyle / than lete them be well wronge or pressed / and kepe the oyle that cometh therof / and whan nede is gyue some to the pacyent in his mean.

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And by this meanes many may be detey∣ned For the same make clarey in this wyse Stāpt y^e graynes of catapuce very smal and sethe them with hony / and with that hony make clarey. And it is to wyte that a pounde of this sede is suffycyent for .xx. pounde of wyne / & so may be made of half a dragme of this sede a lytell clarey. This sede may also be soden in brothe of flesshe / of fysshe / of egges and of other meates / and yf it be thus taken it is as good for thē that be hole as for them y^t be seke. Agaynst cotidyan of salt flewme wasshe the sedes of arache / and of rais in sethynge water w^t the thyrde parte of an vnce of cathapuce / & than gyue them with a syrope calle sirop{us} acetosus.

¶ For flewme. B

Agaynst cotydyan of flewme congyled or harde after that ye haue vsed incysyne me∣dycyns of flewme / sethe two or thre drag¦mes of castoreum in wyne / and put therto the thyrde parte of this sede pyked out of the codde or huske and then streyne it and gyue it with oximell.

¶ For ylyake passyon. C

¶ Agaynst ylyake passyon / that is payne of the bely about the nauyll / sethe the rote of fenell and cassia ligne in water / & put in to the sayd water the thyrde parte of an vnce of catapucya / and so gyuen in clystre but fyrst make it mollyfycatyfe.

¶ For goute. D

¶ Agaynst goute aretyk and palsey / take a syngle rose of the confeccyon called bene¦dicta in latin / & put it in wyne that hermo¦dates hath be soden in with the thyrde par¦te of an vnce of catapuce.

¶ To preserue helth. E

¶ For to preserue helth take the fruyte of grene catapuce / and pycke it clene fro the huske and stampe it and medle it with the whyte of an egge / and than put it in to bro¦the or potage / & so it purgeth the vyolence of heuynesse / or elles clense it as it is sayd and stamped and put in wyne and medled with esula & put therto cynamom or other spyces of good sauour / & gyue it w^t wyne.

¶ For vomyte. F

¶ To prouoke vomyte of colde causes in y^e vpperest mouth of the stomake as well to them that be hole as to them that ben seke bray y^e sedes therof in a morter and medle them with an herbe called wylde gourde bycause it is made of the iuce of gourdes y^t is called succydys / some call it oleumsuc∣cidium / that is to say of the sayd oyle / and lay the sayd oyle on y^e vppermoost mouthe of the stomake. And the sayde oyle that is made of cathapuce may be kept the space of a hole yere or there about ī grete vertue and strength without corruptyon and is as good to the yeres ende as at the begyn∣nynge. But who so vsed this herbe catha∣puce often it bredeth moche wynde & ther∣fore whan it is takē in medycyns it ought to be medled with other thynges that wa∣steth & putteth away parte of the strenght therof.

¶ De culcasia Ca. C.xxviii.

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CVlcasia is an herbe that groweth moost in Egypte It hath a sharpe sauour somwhat tarte wherby ap¦pereth that it is hote and drye / and whan it is soden in water it leseth all the sharpe∣nesse and vyscosite that was in it and beco¦meth glewy / and therfore it is of grosse & harde fedynge. How be it by y^e sayd rauke sauour it conforteth the stomake and faste¦neth the wombe / but yf it be eaten mode∣ratly it bredeth good fedynge. It is good agaynst flux of the bely called dyssyntere / by the vyscosyte & rauke sauour y^t it hath.

¶ De canna. A rede. Ca. C.xxix.

CAnna is a rede / and is a cōmune thynge. It hath temperate vertue betwene hote & colde / & therfore it is in no degre It is good against al feuer. ¶ For to encrease heere breke y^e rote therof & sethe it in lee & wasshe y^e heed therw^t / & it wyl make y^e heere to growe & encrease it ¶ To drawe a thorne & arowe / or a spere out of the bely / lay the rote theron / and it wyll come out without payne

¶ De canna mellis. A sugre rede Ca. C.xxx.

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CAnna mellis is the plante that be¦reth the sugre. It shall be spoken therof in chapytre of sugre hereaf¦ter. This plante is lyke to a rede / and is hote in the myddes of the fyrst degre and moyst in the ende of the same / and is good for the body of mankynde for y^e grete swe¦tenesse that is in it. And also it prouoketh vryne and clenseth the reynes and the blad¦der. It softeneth & vnbyndeth y^e wombe & appeaseth y^e sharpnesse of it & leseth y^e thyc∣ke humours y^t is therin / but yet it cause in∣flacyō therof & specyally yf it be takē after meet / & yf it be eatē rosted it is more prouf¦fytable against sharpenes of y^e brest & of y^e loūges. Yf it be eaten in grete quantyte / & warme water w^t salte drōke after it pro∣uoketh vomyte strōgly and therfore it is prouffytable to heale feuers caused of col∣de humours & rotten yf they be takē in ma¦ner aforesayde.

¶ Calendula. Mary gowles / or ruddes. Ca. Cxxxi.

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CAlendula is an herbe called rud∣des It is veray cōmune. It is cal¦led incuba / solsequiū spōsa solis / Eulitropiū / solmaria And groweth most in gardyns & humours places. Maydens make garlād of it whā they go to feestes and brydeales bycause it hath fayre yelo∣we floures and ruddy.

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And is called calendula bycause it bereth floures all the kalendes of euery month of the yere.

¶ For the floures. A

¶ To prouoke floures in women that be staunched The iuce of this herbe dronken or eaten with a rereegge and meale made in frytours putteth them forth meruay∣lously / and conforteth the stomake.

¶ For the ache. B

¶ For the payne of the tethe put the iuce in the nosethrylles / & it wyll cease the ache.

¶ De ceterach. Ca. C.xxxii.

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CEterach is an herbe so named. It groweth agaynst olde walles / & vpon stones and vpon olde edyfy∣ces of stones. Ceterach is moyst and colde in the fyrst degre / and therfore it is put in colde syropes. It is good agaynst longe accesse / and agaynst feuer tereyan / and a∣gaynst feuer synoche / that is caused of in∣flacyon of blode and is good agaynst other sharpe agues / and for the ague called par¦gyte that leseth at y^e moost but .vii. dayes. ¶ Powdre of Ceterach put vpon newe woundes cooleth them meruaylously.

¶ De candelaria Ca. C.xxxiii.

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CAndelaria is an herbe that is so named bycause it is like a tapre of waxe. It groweth in shadowed & humours places. This herbe is resolutyfe and of swyt substaunce and therfore it is pryncypally good agaynst artetyke & cre∣tyke gutes / and palsey / & agaynst al colde gutes of ony parte of y^e body in this wyse Take al the herbe as it groweth with the rotes / and bete it with grece of serpentes / of beares and of marmosettes / and sethe them all togyder / and than strayne them / and make an oyntement and anoynte the pacyent often therwith.

¶ De carabe. Ambre

CArabe or cacabre is a gomme cal¦led ambre / and is yelowe thynge that bedes be made of It hath ver¦tue colde and drye in the fyrst degre / halfe a dragme of this gōme dronkē staūceth y^e blode that renneth fro broken vaynes in y^e brest or lūges / this blode staūchet y^e blode of y^e nose or fro what place that it cometh. Yf it be dronken it prouffyteth to thē that

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haue ouer grete haboundaunce of hote co∣leryke humours in the stomake.

¶ For payne of the hert. A

¶ It is also good for payne of the herte y^t reboundeth fro the stomake / for the nere space that is betwene them. ¶ Also it is good for to stoppe the cours of humours y^t descende fro the heed in to y^e stomake / som maysters say that it is good for them that haue the strangury.

¶ De Consolida maiori. Comfrey. Cap C.xxxiiii.

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COnsolida maior / is the more con¦soulde. And is other wyse called Anagolycon and symphytū. This herbe hath a blacke rote outwarde / and whyte within and hath a stronge sent.

¶ For vaynes broken in the brest. A

¶ The rote is soden & slytte with a knyfe / & hangeth in the sonne to drye / and may be kept .iiii. yeres in goodnesse and vertue / & yf a vayne be broken in the brest or guttes it wyll resowdre or knytte it / and reioyne it meruaylously / so that the powdre of it be takē grene with wyne or water or frye the rote grene as a fryture with egges or meale / and so eaten.

¶ Cōsolida media. Maythen. Ca. C.xxxv

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COnsolida media is the myddle cō¦soulde / some call it consonaloa / it hath leues lyke to borage / but they be not so sharpe the floure is meane betwene yelo¦we and whyte. The rote is full of knottes in maner of cockes ballockes and cleue to∣gyder And there be many togyder. It gro¦weth in laboured & moyst places. It hath vertue to reioyne and knytte as the more consoulde hath.

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¶ De consolida minori. Dyasyor bruse∣wort. Ca. C.xxxvi.

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COnsolida minor / the daysy is the lesse cōsoulde some cal it cytasales and some vine• toxicū. The leues therof be lyke to mynte. The colour of the floure draweth somwhat towarde reed / and ben lyke to floures of styrados saraby¦•e It groweth in diches and in moyst and watery places. ¶ For frytures made of this herbe with egges and eaten is good agaynst venym And is also good to knytte all incysyō or cuttes and clenseth all fylth from the wounde.

¶ For bytīge of venymous beestes. A

¶ It helpeth agaynst bytynge of veny∣mous beestes / yf it be brused & layd therto

¶ Coronaria. Honysocle. Ca. C.xxxvii.

COronaria is an herbe lyke to an¦other herbe called paligonia that is knotwort / or swynesgrasse that shall be spoken of here after. There ben two kyndes therof. The more and the lesse the more groweth in places nygh to the see vpon grete hylles / and is rough & whyte

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The vertue of this herbe called coronaria maior is to knytte woundes in this wyse let the powdre therof be layde often vpon the woundes.

¶ For apostume in the eye. A

¶ Coronaria the lesse groweth in stedfast groundes and playnes / and hath a yelo∣wysshe colour moche vpon whyte. This herbe groweth the heyght of a spanne / & the more groweth the heyght of a cubyte This lesse coronary hath vertue to knytte to clense / and to conforte.

¶ Agaynst the apostume of y^e eye & webbe of the same. Put the iuce therof often ther¦in / or medle with pured hony / and stray∣ned / & it wasteth the webbe meruaylously & it was proued thus. One toke a whelpe and a cocke and prycked theyr eyes with a croked yron or nedle / so that they semed y^t theyr eyen were out and thā he brused this herbe and put it in theyr eyen and they be came as faire and clere as they were afore wherof he had meruayle / and proued it many tymes on dyuers persones. ¶ It is good also to knytte and ioyne woundes yf the powdre therof be layde of them.

¶ For the mylt: B

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and lyuer / drynke the brothe that it was soden in.

¶ De cennerugione. Ca. C.xxxviii.

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CEnnerugione is an herbe moche lyke to Celendyne. For the leues and floures ben moche lyke to it. The rote therof is somwhat blacke w^out and whyte within This herbe growed in derke dyches and watery places / the stal∣ke therof is of two cubytes It bereth flou¦res in Apryll & Maye. It is chefely good agaynst stoppynge of the lyuer / the mylt / and rayns and agaynst stoppynge of the vryne / strangury / dyssury / and to breke the stone / yf the brothe that it is soden in be dronken It is also good agaynst payne of the matryce / and agaynst the kynges euyll / and causeth to haue good colour.

¶ De cerasis. Cheryes. Ca. C.xxxix.

CErasa Cheryes. The tre that they growe on is commune There ben two maners of cheryes that dyf∣fer in vertue & sauour. For some ben soure and haue a bytter smake. Those with that

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bytternesse ben called damacenes / and the other agryotes. Cheryes ben good to re•e for coleryke and yonge persones 〈◊〉 they be colde and drye in the seconde degre. The moeue and cause / appetyte / and conforts the stomake / and wasteth the payne cau∣sed of heet and moystnesse. There bē other cheries that haue a swete taste / and of thē ben many dyfferent maners in taste and goodnesse / as there be of peares and other fruyte. These cheryes the sweter they be in taste the better they be / and be colde and moyst in the fyrst degre. They haue ver∣tue to conforte and to brede good blode / & to quenche y^e dyrthe of y^e body / they loose the wombe and prouoke vryne / and cause good colour / and ben good for the lyuer.

¶ For strangury. A

¶ The cherystones blanched ben good a∣gaynst strangury and dyssury / and to bre∣ke the stone / yf the powdre of them be ta∣ken with wyne.

¶ For tetters. B

¶ The gomme of y^e tre is good to dystroye tetters yf it be medled with vyneygre and the place rubbed therwith. Probatū est.

¶ De caprifolio. Woodbynde. Ca. C.xl

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CAprifolium siue daprific{us} that is cheruell or gotes leues / some call it matrisilua / or orialam. But y^t is not so / for it is hygher / and matrisilua hath a reed sede / and cheruell blacke sede and grene leues and caprifoliū wytyishe. This herbe groweth in vales and dyches the hyght of two cubytes / and hath styffe twygges in maner of stompes as a tre and hath a yelowe floure. The sede is grene whan it is rype / and waxed reed / & whan it is ful rype it is blacke as sedes of pyony

¶ For the webbe in the eye. A

¶ The iuce therof is good agaynst obtaly¦ne yf it be put in y^e eyes it healeth y^e webbe

¶ For all woundes. B

¶ To heale all sores or woundes / lay the leues of this herbe theron hole at morowe and euen / and it heleth without ony other oyntement. It hath ben often proued.

¶ Thus endeth the chapytres of herbes begynnynge with. C.

¶ HERE BEGYNNED THE CHAPITRES BEGYNNYNGE WITH. D. (BOOK D)

¶ De dyagredium. Ca. C.xli.

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DYagrediū is ho∣te and drye in the fourth degre. It is y^e iuce of a tre that groweth be¦yonde the see and is a spece or kyn∣de of tytimaluna It is made thus in the canyculer dayes. The toppe of this herbe is brokē / and therout cometh mylke the which is gadred and put in small ves∣selles / and set in the sonne to drye / & whan it is drye it is called dyagredium. Some say that it is made by decoccyon. It is coū¦trefayt somtyme by medlynge of an other kynde of tytimall / wherby it is of more myghty and excessyfe operacyon / and that whiche is not countrefayt and is of more safe and lyght operacyon. Somtyme it is countrefayt in makynge by medlynge of y^e powdre of colofoni. And somtyme among powdre of dyagredium is solde pyeces of colofony in stede of dyagredium.

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Dyagrediū ought to be chosen y^t is whyte or blacke / or somwhat blacke in colour / hauynge a clere or bryght substance / and bryttle / & though y^e Colofony be bryttle / it is not so bryttle as dyagrediū Good dya¦grediū ought to haue a bytter sauour not to horryble & abhominable for thā it is cō¦trefayt / by puttynge to mylke of an other spece or kynde of tytymall / and that that hath no sauour is countrefayt medled w^t colofoni / that which hath one part bryght and the other dymme is to be refused as nought / & it is good that becometh whyte as mylke as soone as it is medled w^t spat∣tyll. That is to be chosen that is in rounde wrethes or in small loues and harde. For that that is in powdre may be countrefayt lyghtly with powdre of colofony / and it lasteth not so longe in powdre as in wre∣thes. It may be kept .x. or .xx. yeres. It is put in compost medicyns to loose to sharpe and to force in small quantyte well and cō¦uenably / bycause it is not of to grete vyo∣lent sauour / or taste / how be it it is not gyuen alone but y^e vyolence therof is swa¦ged as shall be sayde after. ¶ For to shar∣pen medicynes / take two or thre dragmes of Squamony or dyagredium all is one / saufe as maysters sayth whan squamony is preparate it is called dyagredium / and afore it is squamony. Take two or thre dragmes and put it to powdre / but not so fyne and small as other spyces ought to be. For yf it were powdred so small it wol¦de cleue to the guttes / by y^e vyscosyte there¦of and may be cause of flyxe of the wombe Than put these two or thre dragmes soo powdred so that there be put therto as mo¦che powdre of Mastyke / and put it in to y^e electuary that thou wylt sharpen and put it whyle the electuary is hote by lytel and lytell. For yf it were put all at ones the one wolde cleue to the other / and wolde not be wel medled with y^e electuari Than put it in hote oyle. For by heet therof the vyolence wyll abate and waste. And yet it may not be gyuen sharped with dyagre¦dium to .xv. or .xx. dayes. Or be it made thus. Take two or thre dragmes of squa∣mony / and stepe it a nyght in water that barly was soden in and with y^e sayde wa∣ter lete the medycyne be sharped and forty¦fyed without streynynge / yf the pacyent be stronge / yf he be weyke streyne it and in this maner may be put more squamony than otherwyse / & this electuary ought to be gyue .ix. or .x. dayes. But bycause y^e me¦dicyns behoueth to be sharped & strēgthed for day to day do in this wyse Put two or thre dragmes of squamony in powdre but not to small for the cause afore sayde / and medle mastyke with the sayd powdre and than prepare thy medycyne. Another ma∣ner to sharpen thy medycyn and to gyue it y^e same day. Take squamony vnpowdred and close it past or in a pomme garnet and lete it be well baken that the malyod may waste / and than take it out and powdre it and put mastyke therto and so sharpen the medycyn. For mastyke is most propre to medle therwith for to abate the vyolen¦ce / and bedellium is moost next / and than gomme arabyke. And it is to wyte that I haue sayd here afore that it behoueth to ta¦ke two or thre dragmes of diagrediū or squamony / for after dyuers regyons and dyuers tymes or wether / it must be taken more or lesse / for one dragme dooth more in a hote regyon thā two in a colde regyō & one in hote wether than two in colde we∣ther.

¶ To purge flewme. A

¶ Diagrediū purgeth coleryke humours flewme / and humour melācolyke. ¶ The

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medycyne that squamony or dyagredium is in ought not to be gyuen with colde wa¦ter / for by coldenesse of the water it wolde cleue to the sydes of the stomake / and of it may be made brede or meate laxatyfe.

¶ To make pyment laxatyfe.. A

¶ Yf thou wyl make clarey or pymēt laxa¦tyfe with the other spyces that gooth to y^e sayde recept in clarey of dyagredium / put powdre of mastyke therto and put it in the panne and sethe it / and it wyll be laxatyfe breed. And how be it y^t dyagredium squa∣monate purgeth pryncypally coleryke hu¦mours howbeit / it is as it is put in diuers composycyons. For whan it is put in a me¦dycyne called oxemell laxatyfe or that is called colde electuary / or in that called tryfera sarasenica it purgeth coleryke hu∣mours. But yf it be put in a medycyne called blanca / or in benedycta it purgeth flewme. And yf it be put in y^t called Theo¦doricon anacardium / or dyasene / it pur∣geth melancoly. And the vertue therof la∣steth moste in electuari conficte with hony For it dureth two yeres / whiche it dooth not yf it be confycte with sugre. Yf squa∣mony be well medled with oyle of vyolet¦tes it may be vsed the same daye without daunger.

¶ De Dragaganto Ca. C.xlii.

DRagagantum is dragagant Of the whiche is made the electuary that is called dra∣gagant. It is colde in the se∣conde degre and moyst in the fyrst. It is y^e gōme of a tre growynge be∣yonde the see. Out the whiche tre woseth

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a moysture that by the heet of the sonne is thycked / and dryed and torned to a gōmy substaunce. There ben .iii. maners of it. For there is whyte / and it is best yf it be clere. There is also that is browned / and some yelowisshe but they be not so good as the whyte. It is to be chosen that is not dymme / but clere and none erthe medled therwith / whyte dragagant ought to be put in colde medycyns / and the browne / or yelowe in hote. It may be kept .xl. ye∣res. By the coldnesse therof it hath vertue to kole and to clense / and by the glewy gō∣mosyte to knytte and sowdre.

¶ For drynesse in the brest A

¶ Agaynst drythe in the brest / gyue the pacyent brothe that dragagant / gomme arabyke / and barly hath be soden in.

¶ For the cough B

¶ Agaynst hote and dyre cough / gyue the the pacyent lycoryce with dragagāt strey¦ned Than put therto powdre of dragagāt and make pilles / and lete hym holde them vnder his tongue tyll they be molten and than swalowe them. The electuary also confycte of two partes of dragagāt with

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symple syrope / and the thyrde parte of ly∣coryce is good for the same coughe.

¶ For thryst C

¶ Agaynst thryst / gyue ptysan that dra∣gagant is dyssolued in a nyght. Or make syrope with water that barly and draga∣gant is soden in / and it is good gyuen con∣uenably in feuer agewes. Or yf draga∣gant onely be holden vnder the tongue.

¶ For sores in the mouth D

¶ Agaynst clyftes and sores in the mouth stepe dragagant in rose water / and wryn¦ge it through a clothe and with the glewy substaunce that cometh out confyct y^e pow¦dre of amidum & with a fether wete therin anoynte the soores often therwith / and it wyll heale anone.

¶ To clense the face. E

¶ To take away blackenesse of the face & to make it whyte women put dragagant a nyght in rose water / and in y^e mornynge put therto borax and camfre in small quā¦tyte and anoynte theyr faces.

¶ For hote apostumes. F

¶ Agaynst hote apostumes wrynge the iuce of an herbe called vermycularis / and put dragagant a nyght therin / and wete clothes therin / and lay to the apostume at the begynnynge the same is good agaynst gowte artetyke caused of hote maters And is lyke wyse good agaynst brenninge yf it be layde to the seconde day and not the fyrst. For the fyrst day ought to be layde to brennynges thynges that ben actually hote to put out the heet of the fyre and lay sope to the fyrst day.

¶ For flyx of blode. G

¶ Agaynst blode flyx of the wombe / stepe dragagant in raine water / and put therto powdre of the same and gyue it to the pa∣cyent to drynke. Or with the same water warme mynystre a clystre yf the cause of the flyx be in the nether guttes / and yf it be in the vpper guttes gyue iuce of plantayn that dragagāt hath soked in a nyght / and whan dragagant ought to be put in medy¦cyne it must fyrst be beaten to powdre by it selfe / for it is harde to beate / and in lyke¦wyse other medycyns that ben put in elec∣tuary of dragagant.

¶ De Dauco. Dawke. Ca. C.xliii.

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DAucus Dawke is hote and drye in the thyrde degre / it is a comyn herbe / and hath a large floure & in the myd¦dle therof a lytel red pricke It groweth in drye places agaynst dyches and pyttes / and hath two sortes one is called daucus creticus bycau¦se it groweth in Crete. The other is called daucus asininus / bycause asses and other beestes ette it. Daucus creticus is best but bycause it is not moche founde here / the other is vsed in stede of it. The moost

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vertue is in the floure and the herbe / for y^e rote is nought / it ought to be gadred whā it bereth floures. The rote must be cast a∣way / and the herbe hanged in a shadowed place to drye. It kepeth good one yere. It hath vertue to sprede / to waste and to dy∣mysshe humours by the qualytees / & hath vertue dyurytyke by the subtylyte of the substaunce.

¶ For the brethe. A

¶ Agaynst lettynge of the brethe caused of colde humours / and colde cough take drynke that this herbe & drye fygges is so dē in Agaynst poose or colde rewme bynde powdre of this herbe to y^e heed ī a bagge.

¶ For the stomake B

¶ Agaynst paine of the stomake caused of wynde. ¶ Agaynst stoppynge of vryne as strangury and dyssury / and agaynst ache of the wombe. Gyue the drynke that it is soden in. And also sethe it in wyne and oyle and lay it to the paynfull places / and for the same take the drynke that the sedes of daucus and saxifrage is soden in:

¶ For the lyuer. C

¶ Agaynst stoppynge of y^e lyuer and mylt caused of colde / and agaynst dropsy / ma∣ke syrope with the iuce of fenell / and the decoccyon of this herbe / for the same put this herbe in wyne and oyle the space of .x. dayes and than sethe it with the oyle onely and wrynge the herbe and streyne it with oyle and put waxe therto and make a play¦ster or cyroyne. It is also good for harde apostumes.

¶ De Draganto. Coperose Ca. C.xliiii.

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DRagantum id est vitriolum That is coperose or vytryole It is hote and drye in y^e four¦the degre It is a vayne of y^e erthe and is in foure maners One is called indyke bycau∣se it groweth in Inde / and in none other regyon and is whyte. The other Arabyke bycause it groweth in araby / & is yelowe The other Cipryke that groweth in y^e yle of Cypres / and is grene. The other is an erthe that groweth in fraunce / and is cal∣led atramentum. The grene is best in vse of medycyne / whan it must be occupied it must be broken small / and the grene vay∣ne that is founde therin ought to be vsed It may be kept .x. yeres / and hath vertue to consume and freate.

¶ For the fystula. A

¶ Agaynst fystula take of y^e powdre ther¦of with two partes of beane meale / & con∣fyct them with capytellum or with fren∣che sope / and shape a tente therof and put it in the hole of the fystula. It wyll clense it ī suche maner that yf there be ony bones corrupt or broken they may be taken out.

¶ For polypody of the nose. B

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¶ Agaynst the polypody of the nose / make a suposytory or tent of a plaster called apo¦stolycon & put powdre of coporose theron and put it in the nose. Or make that tent of cotton and wete it in salt water / & laye of the sayde powdre theron and put it in y^e nose. The sayde powdre is also good to fre¦te the prowde flesshe of superflue blode of the nose. Fyrst brenne it and put in pow¦dre of olde wryten parchement brent and powdre of mastyke / and than make a tent with iuce of sanguinari or bursa pastoris with parte of a stone called emachitas / & put it in the nose.

¶ For the floures. C

¶ Agaynst flux of floures aboue measure in women put all these thynges bylowe in lyke maner saufe in stede of sanguinari ta¦ke iuce of plātayne that y^e stone emachiras is also rubbed in with the sayde thynges bē also made supposytory for emorroydes for it staūcheth / breketh / dryeth & closeth the swellynges.

¶ For emorroydes. D

¶ And for y^e emorroides cōfyct these pow∣dres with iuce of tapsus barbatus. This semeth agaynst reason that it sholde staun¦che blode / for it freteth and wasted which is a thynge cōtrary as to staunche, we say that the vertue to staunche cometh by ar∣tyfyce and craft / bycause it is brent / for by brennynge the hote substaunce therof is quenched / and so remayned colde and drye / and by the drynesse it stauncheth. And it ought to be brent tyl it be as pow∣dre in this wyse. It is put in a newe pot of erthe without ony lycour vpon hote •rē¦nynge coles / & lete it stāde tyll it be blacke whan it is medled with other thynges it becometh blacke.

¶ De Diptano / Dytany. Ca. C.xlv.

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DIptanus is dytany. It is hote and drye in the seconde degre. It is an herbe y^e rote wherof is named dyptany. Some call this herbe gar∣dyn gynger. It groweth hygh and hath leues moche lyke to straw∣beryes. It groweth in stony places bothe hote and colde. Yf the rote be dryed as it is gadred it may be kept two yeres in vertue Dyptan that is harde & styffe in substaūce and not full of holes is to be chosen / yf it powdre not whan it is broken. Dyptan hath strenght to put out and waste venym

¶ For bytynge of venymous beestes. A

¶ Agaynst bytynge of venymous beestes and all other venym / stampe this herbe w^t wyne & yf the powdre therof be layde vpō the sore with iuce of mynte is veray good And of the powdre of dyptan & some other thynges medled with an opyate as with metridatum may be made a confeccyō ha∣uynge y^e vertue of tryacle. Therfore take y^e powdre of dyptan of gēcyan / of coste / of arystologie & put therto powdre of veray good coperose & make it a colour lyke trya¦cle & medle thē all w^t metridatū & it wyl

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haue vertue of tryacle but it wyl last but two yeres.

¶ For the brethe B

¶ Agaynst payne and lettynge of brethe caused of colde. Boyle drye fygges / and caysyne in stronge wyne / and streyne thē and in streynynge put therto halfe an vn∣ce of powdre of dryptan / and gyue it to drynke.

¶ For to delyuer a deed chylde. C

¶ To delyuer a deed chylde out of the mo¦ders wombe / and the webbe that it is in the woman. Make an inieccyō or pessayre of the iuce of this herbe and medle y^e pow∣dre of the rote therwith.

¶ For the fallynge euyll. D

¶ Agaynst the fallynge euyll. Take the powdre of dyptan / and of castoreum con∣fyct with iuce of rue and streyne it / & put of the same lycour in to the pacyentes nose and anoynte hym therwith warmed.

¶ De deronici. Ca. C.xlvi.

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DEronici ben lytel rotes of an herbe so named / and ben hote and drye in the thyrde degre. These rotes ben whyte & small full of knottes as the rotes of poli∣podion. They be good agaynst paynes cau¦sed of wyndes and chefely of the matryce & bytynge of venymous bestes. Therfore they be medled •ith these medycyns / and grete confecciōs ordeyned agaynst venim and in the lyke wyse is galyngale.

¶ De Dactilis. Dates: Ca. C.xlvii

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DActilis be dates / they be hote and moyst in the seconde degre. They engendre grosse or cours blode / & be harde of dygestyon / but they be better of digesty¦on than drye fygges / and prouoketh bet∣ter vryne. But who so vsed thē moche fal∣leth in opylacyon of the mylt and lyuer w^t hardnesse and swellynge. They be noyons to the gommes and tethe / and be of diuers accyons after dyuersyte of regyons where they growe. For some growe in hote regy∣ons / some in colde / & some in meane. They that growe in hote regyons ben swete and gleymy / & gyueth but lytell nourysshynge and be soone dygested & looseth y^e wombe;

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¶ But they that growe in colde regyons abyde in theyr raukenesse / and rawnesse / bycause they be lesse nourysshynge of all y^e other / and ben harde to dygest. How be it they conforth the stomake more than ony of the other. They that growe in meane regyons ben not so hote / but they may be kept longe yf they be not gadred or they be rype. They haue superflue lycoure by the whiche they fyll the body and cause grosse humours to haboūde which often be cau¦se of longe agues and accesse bycause they be yll to spred and deuyde.

¶ Thus endeth the chapytres begynnynge with. D.

¶ AND BEGYNNETH Y^E CHAPYTRES BEGYNNYNGE WITH. E. (BOOK E)

¶ De endiuia. Endyue. Ca. C.xlviii.

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ENdiuia is endy∣ue. It is colde & drye in the fyrste degre It is other wyse called scary ole. The sedes & y^e leues ben good in medycynes / and the rotes haue no vertue / the grene leues haue vertue & not the brye. The leues haue a lytell bytter∣nesse bycause they be dyuretykes / and ha∣ue pontycyte or rankenesse wherby they •ē confortatyues / and by theyr coldnes they haue vertue to withdrawe and to coole / & al these thinges conioynte togider be good agaynst opylacyon of the lyuer and of the mylte caused of heete.

¶ For the Iaundis. A

¶ Agaynst all maner of Iaundys & chauf¦fynge of the lyuer & hote apostumes. The leues eatē tawe or soden in water helpeth moche / & for the same y^e iuce medled with trifera sarasenica is good / but it behoueth y^t the mater of y^e sekenesse be fyrst dygr•ted

¶ For vnsauery mouthes. B

¶ For them that sauour not theyr meates make syrope of the iuce of endyue with su∣gre / & yf the iuce bethycke or troubled c•a¦ryfye it / & so may al other iuces be / in this wyse. Sethe the iuce of endyue a lytel A•d lete it stāde / & that y^t is thycke wyll go to the botom / than take the thynne lycous / & streyne it often through a clothe but wryn¦ge it not & with y^e iuce clere as water ma∣ke syrope with sugre / yf ye wyll make it thynner put y^e whyte or gleyre of an egge therto. This syrope is good agaynst the iaūdys. Yf ye wyll make a laxatyfe syro∣pe whan it is almost sodē put therto pow∣dre of reubarbe wel betē & streyne it yf ye wyl not haue it bytt / but yf it be streined it is not of so good vertue as it is vnstreined

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This syrope laxatyse is to be gyuen in fe∣uers of humours coleryke / the fourth or fyfth day / but lete the mater be fyrst dy∣gested. And for the same the iuce of endiue gyuen with reubarbe and warme water.

¶ For feuers. D

¶ Agaynst feuers caused of hote apostu∣mes / the sayde syrope and iuce is good as it is sayde with iuce of eupatory or wylde sawge And for the same may be taken tri∣fera saricenica.

¶ For the lyuer. E

¶ Agaynst chauffynge of the lyuer / & hote apostume / the sayde herbe is good layde therto / and yf ye can gete no leues of this herbe / bruse the sedes therof in water and vse the sayde brothe.

¶ De Epithimium Ca. C.xlix.

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EPithimium is an herbe hote and drye in the thyrde degre. It is an herbe that groweth in places that be hote or warme. This herbe is somtyme founde about an herbe called thimus and his floure / and therfore it is called epithi∣mie bycause it groweth about this herbe thimus. The floure is put in medycyne / & not the herbe. It hath vertue pryncypally to purge melancolyke humours / and secō∣dely flewme / and is not put by it selfe but it is conuenably put in medycyns that pur¦geth melancolyke humours. Somtyme an herbe called cuscuta or dodyr is taken for it It is good for feuer quartaine ī this maner: Sethe a dragme therof in water tyll there be but a lytell lefte / and in the same brothe put two dragmes of azure or stone armenyke and gyue to the pacyent. But lete the mater or the sekenesse be fyrst dygested / and it is good agaynst emorroi∣des caused of melancolyke blode.

¶ For cardyake passyon. A

¶ Agaynst cardyake passyon and epylence choppe epithyme / and lay on the mylt and it wyll soften it. And yf it be soden in wy∣ne and oyle and layde to the reynes & blad∣der it wasteth the lettynge of vryne.

¶ De Enula cāpana. Elfe docke: Scab∣woort or horshele Ca. C.l.

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ENula is an herbe called canne. It is hote in the ende of the thyrde de¦gre / and moyst in the fyrst / & there be .ii. maners of it One is called ortulana & groweth in gardyns The other is enula campana and groweth in the feldes / and is the best / and specyally the rote. The ro∣te ought to be gadered in the begynnynge of somer and dryed in the sonne bycause y^e it corrupt ne rotte bycause of the moyst∣nesse / & it may be kept two yeres. It hath vertue to sowple to soften and to clense / & therfore it is good for synewes shronken with colde.

¶ For payne of the stomake. A

¶ Agaynst payne of the stomake caused of colde or wynde / drynke the wyne that the rote therof is soden in / or take powdre of the sayde rote. B

¶ Agaynst payne of the brest and y^e mure membres therof called the spyrytuall mē∣bres. Yf the payne be caused of colde or of ventosytees. Take the lycour that it is so∣den in for it helpeth moche / and therfore this verse was made Enula campana red¦dit precordia sana. That is to say enula of the felde yeldeth the entrayles helth.

¶ Agaynst colde cough. C

¶ Agaynst colde cough the saide lycour is good. The powdre of this rote / and of cy∣namome is good for them that haue no de¦lyte of theyr meate. It looseth the wombe and dystroyeth the paynes of the membres in the brest. This herbe soden with leues in wyne and oyle / and layde on the wōbe appeaseth y^e payne of y^e ylyake and colyke passyon / and wasted the lettynge of vryne ¶ Agaynst lettynge of the breth called as∣ma yf it be caused of colde. Sethe barly in water with lycoryce as a ptysane tyl it be somwhat thycke / & than sethe the rote of enula in the same water and made in pow¦dre and gyuen to the pacyent.

¶ De euforbio. Ca. C.li.

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EVforbium is hote and drye in the fourthe degre It is the gomme of a tre that groweth in ynde that in somer tyme causeth a gommynesse that cle¦ueth to the tre and hardeneth therto / som∣tyme it falleth on the grounde and medled with erthe and than it is nought nor that y^t is small. ¶ Euforbu•m is to be chosen that is thycke and brygh• in substaunce / and is somwhat browne or yelowe but the whyte is nought. It may be kept .xl. yeres. It hath vertue to dyssol¦ue / to sprede / withdrawe / loose / & waste humours and pryncypally to purge flew∣me / and melancolyke humours and pur∣geth the heed and ioyntes.

¶ Agaynst gowt. A

¶ Agaynst all maner of gowt be it arte∣ryke / scyatyke / or podagre / and agaynst ylyake passyon medle the medycyne called benedicta / with two or thre other drag∣mes of euforbiū / and of bedelium or ma∣stike / and gyue it suffycyently with decoc¦cyon of fenell / or fenell alone / or the rot• therof.

¶ Agaynst ylyake passyon. B

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¶ Agaynst ylyake passyon the same myny¦stred in clystere helpeth gretely / & agaynst all suche sekenesses / yf they be caused of flewme.

¶ For the fystula C

¶ For the fystula / take euforbium with mastyeke and medle them well togyder / and than sethe them well with frensshe so∣pe and make a tente / & put it in the fystula and it wyll consume the euyll moysture.

¶ For the heed D

¶ Agaynst payne in the heed and flewma¦tyke epylence. Sharpen and enforce or strength. Gerologodion or y^e medycyne cal¦led Blanca / in lyke wyse as it is sayde of benedicta afore / and gyue it to the pacient that he fall not in these maladyes / or yf he haue them to heale hym.

¶ For lytargye. E

¶ Agaynst lytargye. Bynde the powdre of euforbium in a fyne cloth and holde it so to the nose that the powdre may ascende in to the nose that he be constreynde to nese or elles confyct euforbium in this maner with oyle of roses / and in that oyle wete a fether and put it forre in to the nose / & con∣streyne or prouoke snesynge to them that ben in appoplexi / and in accesse of epylēce

¶ For lytargy and epylence. F

¶ Agaynst lytargy and epylence make an oyntement of euforbium / of peper / and of castoreum with oyle of muske or comune oyle / or confyct these powdre with iuce of wylde gourdes / and anoynte and rubbe y^e hynder parte of the pacyentys heed.

¶ To recouer the mynde G

¶ To recouer the mynde make electuary of two partes of lignum aloes and of cas∣sia ligna / and the thyrde parte of euforbi¦um / and anacardy / and confyct it with ho¦ny / and gyue a dragme of it to the pacyent Or elles do thus / shawe or clyppe y^e hyn∣der parte of the heed / and wasshe it well with warme wyne / & than lete it be iacted or boxed / and rubbed with iuce of wylde rue that euforbium is / and the substaunce with in the anacardes

¶ For forgetfulnesse. H

¶ For them that ben forgetfull / and for thē that lose theyr speche in feuers bycause of the mater in the hynder parte of the heed make an oyntement of opponac / lodane / & euforbium medle togyder and rubbe the same place so shauen therwith.

¶ For the brethe. I

¶ Agaynst payne of y^e brethe called asma yf it be caused of colde. Take the powdre of euforbium with a lytell mastyke / and a rere egge.

¶ For the mylt. K

¶ Agaynst payne of the mylte / sharpen y^e electuary called dyasene with euforbium myxt with mastyke / and make dyuers dy¦gestyons. The powdre of euforbium fre∣teth and eateth y^e superflue flesshe in what place so euer it be layde to.

¶ De eupatorio. Wylde sawge. Ca. C.lii.

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EVpatoriū is an herbe otherwyse called Saluia agrestis. It is ho∣te in the fyrst degre / and drye in y^e seconde. It hath more vertue grene than drye.

¶ For palsey A

¶ It is good agaynst y^e palsey that holeth ouerall in this wyse. Boyle castoreum in the iuce of wylde sawge or of flag & make pylles therof with sugre / and lay vnder y^e tongue. Also make a gargarysme with y^e decoccyon of the foresayde thynges. But fyrst it behoueth to lete blode on the two vaynes vnder the tongue / and this same is also good for them that haue loste theyr speche by feuers.

¶ For dropsy. B

¶ Agaynst dropsy / ycteryce / or Iaundys caused by stoppynge of the lyuer or of the mylte. Sethe a dragme of wylde sawge in halfe an vnce of iuce of smalache / and drynke the brothe therof.

¶ For wormes in the bely C

¶ Agaynst wormes in the bely the nuttes of presses w^t iuce of wylde sawge is good yf it be dronken.

¶ De emblicis. Ca. C.liii.

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EMblici ben fruytes that growe beyonde the see. They purge the flewmes of melancolyke / and ben good agaynst sekenesses comynge of the sa¦me as feuer quartayne / yf an vnce or half vnce put in decoccyon with Tapsebarbe.

¶ For heeres A

¶ To kepe heere fro fallynge. Tempre powdre of them with powdre of lignum aloes in oyle and anoynt the heed. Yf the heere fall bycause the poores be to open or by to grete heet it is good / for the oyle clo∣seth the poores.

¶ De epatica. Lyuerwort. Ca. C.liiii.

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EPatica is colde and dry in y^e fyrst degre. It groweth in watery pla¦ces and specyally yf it be stony / & the bygger that the leues be the better it is It is called epatyke bycause it conforteth the lyuer. It hath vertue to kele / and is dyuretyke and aperytyue by the swyftnes of the substaunce therof / and therfore it is good agaynst opylacyon of the mylte and lyuer / caused of heet or of hote humour / & it ought to be put in all waters and syro∣pes made agaynst y^e heet of the lyuer. For

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it helpeth gretely.

¶ For hote apostumes. A

¶ Against hote apostumes this herbe bru¦sed layde theron putteth the mater out and suffreth not the impostume to growe. The syrope of the water that lyuerwort is so∣den in / yf reubarbe be put therto in y^e ende of the decoccyon is good agaynst iaundys

¶ Dees vsto. Brent brasse. Ca. C.lv.

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ES vstū is brent brasse. It is ho∣te and drye in the fourth degre It is called calcecumenō. This bras is made by crafte and so moche brent that it may be put to powdre in this maner. This brass• is takē reed hote as it cometh out of the forge and is put in a newe pot of erthe / and is put in to a furneys where as is a grete fyre contynually the space of .xv dayes / and than is put to powdre. By this brenuynge their thy parties groweth and the grosse or cours dymynyssheth. This •rent brasse hath vertue to dyssolue / consu¦me and waste and also to purge humours of melancoly / and to deuyde and vnbynde as apostolycon dooth / and in playster for the mylt it freteth the prowde flesshe.

¶ For fistula. A

¶ Agaynst fystule the powdre therof con¦fyct with spatarent sope or frensshe sope & made as tentes or put in w^t a fether dooth open the entrynge of the sore.

¶ Agaynst polipe. B

¶ Agaynst polype / make a tente of aposto¦lycon and strewe of this powdre theron / & put in to the nose.

¶ For yll colour. C

¶ For them that haue yll colour causen of melancolyke humours in the mylt / or by cause of rawe humours in the stomake of longe season made thus Take the powdre of brēt brasse and wasshe it .ix. or .x. tymes in water as the asure stone is wasshed and vse it in suffycyent quantyte with iuce of fenell or oximel and warme water. And it wyll purge the melancolyke humours downewarde. But it wyll be with grete vyolence.

¶ De Electerio. Ca. C.lvi.

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ELecteriū is y^e iuce of wylde cow∣comers called asinines. And there is dyfference betwene electerides and electerium / for electerydes is y^e sedes of cathapucia / spurge / but electerium is y^e iuce of wylde cowcomers. It is hote and drye in the fourth degre / and is made in y^e caniculer dayes Sethe wilde cowcomers and stampe them and wrynge out the iuce and set it in the sonne to drye.

¶ Purgacyon. A

¶ Some sethe the iuce on the fyre with ho¦ny tyll the iuce be almost wasted & gyueth this hony in maner of electuary it lowseth vpwarde and downewarde. Electerium may be kept .ii. yeres in good melancolyke humours.

¶ For goutes. B

¶ Agaynst goute artetyke / podagre / cira¦gre / and ylyake passyon. Electerium / and mirre put in powdre of eche two dragmes and be well chaufed and handled in oyle of roses be gyuen with iuce of fenell war∣med. How be it agaynst ylyake passyon ought fyrst to be gyuen a clystre mollyfy∣catyfe / and than one made of malowe wa¦ter / oyle / and hony with .v. or .vi. drag∣mes of electerium / and mastyke and war¦me water put therto.

¶ For floures. C

¶ To prouoke floures in women / confyet the powdre of electerium w^t oyle of muske or olyue and with cotton make a tent.

¶ To rype botches D

¶ To rype colde apostumes confyet .v. or vi. dragmes of electeriū with barli meale and whyte of an egge and lay it therto. It is also good agaynst hoote apostumes / & there ought no remedy to be gyuen at the begynnynge of an impostume for to breke it. Also electeriū with terbyntyne is good

¶ For wormes in the eares E

¶ Agaynst wormes of the eares / confycte two graynes weyght of electery with vy∣neygre and put it warme in to the eares.

¶ For the stomake F

¶ Agaynst all paynes of the stomake cau¦sed of colde / anoynte y^e stomake with elec∣terium and vyneygre.

¶ For pymples G

¶ Agaynst pymples of the face and other thynges that dyscolour it / take seruse and camfer / and put as moche as of thē bothe of electerium / and confyet them with vy∣neygre in a morter of leed and beate them with a pestell of leed in maner of an oynte¦ment / and put thē in a glasse .xv. dayes / & than put it in to the sayde morter agayne & beate it with vyneygre yf it be hardened and anoynte the face / for it taketh away all infeccyons.

¶ De eleboro albo. Lyngwort / or peleter of Spayne. Ca. C.lvii.

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ELeborus is hote and drye in the thyrde degre. There be two ma∣ners of it / one is called whyte ele∣bore bycause the rote is whyte / and bycau¦se it purgeth white humours / as flewmes The other is called blacke elebore that is

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pedelion / bycause it purgeth the coleryke blacke humours. Whan elebore is founde in receptes it is to wyte the rote. In olde tyme it was commely vsed in medycyns as we vse squamony. For the body of man was stronger than it is now / and myght better endure the vyolence of elebore / for man is weyker at this tyme of nature / & therfore y^e medycyne that elebore is put in ought to be gyuen by grete discrecyon and sleythgt. Whan elebore onely is foūden in receptes it is the whyte. And it ought not to be gyuen to hym that hath a streyt brest and is leane / for it purgeth vpwarde by vomyte / but to hym that is fatte & stronge and dysposed to vomyte.

¶ For feuers. A

¶ Agaynst feuer cotydyan or dayly / cau∣sed of naturall flewme / or of cours / and grosse flewme congeled as artetyke / pod a¦gre or cyragre it is good with oximel this wyse. Take the rotes of fenell / and of ra∣pes and perce them through with and alle or bodkyn / and put therin rotes of whyte elebore and let them lye .xxx. or .xl. dayes that the vertue of the elebore may be incor¦porate and holden in the sayde rotes. And this may be done with other rotes / but be∣ware that ye breke them not in takynge y^e erthe fro them / and couer them agayne w^t the same erthe whan they be so dressed / thā pylle these rotes and put them in vyneygre iii. or .iiii. dayes / and than sethe them in vyneygre and hony & make oximell therof for the goutes afore sayde.

¶ De elleboro nigro. Pedelyon / or lyons fote. Ca. C.lviii.

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ANd in lykewyse may oximell be with the rote of blacke elebore in fourme afore sayde. The which is good agaynst feuer quartayne / and hu∣mours of melancoly. But it ought not to be vsed tyll the mater be dygested. And it is to wyte that whyte elebore is more vyo¦lent than the blacke.

¶ For gout: A

¶ Agaynst goute artetyke / cyragre / and podagre. Sethe this herbe in salt water / and make fomentacyon or bathe vpon the place / and lay the herbe so soden and stam∣ped therto.

¶ For wormes in the eares. B

¶ Agaynst wormes in the eares. Confyet a lytell powdre of elebore with the iuce of an herbe called quisicaria / and put it in y^e eare / and anone they wyll come out. The powdre of elebore layde vpon deed flesshe freteth deed flesshe.

¶ For scruffe of the heed C

¶ Agaynst the scruffe of the heed and ha∣bundaunce of lyes. Sethe the rotes of byt¦ter lupinis in vyneygre & put therto pow∣dre of elebore & make a confeccyon thycke as mustarde and anoynte the heed therw^t and wasshe it with warme vater.

¶ Agaynst scabbes. D

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¶ Agaīst scabbes make powdre of whyte elebore beaten by it selfe / and one or two vnces of lytergy or scomme of syluer also beaten alone with nut oyle / and confyet y^e lytargy in vyneygre and than boyle it in oyle and at the last put to it powdre of ele¦bore / and therwith anoynte the pacyent in the bathe.

¶ For lytargye E

¶ Agaynst lytargye or epilēce. Cōstreyne the pacient to nese with powdre of elebore put in his nose. ¶ Dyascorydes sayth yf a cake be made with meale and water / and powdre of elebore put therin it wyll sle al the myce that eate of it.

¶ De Esula. Ca. C.lix.

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ESula is hote and drye in the .iii: degre It is an herbe / the rote of it is good in medycyne. It must be gadred in vere / and may be kept two ye∣res in vertue / but it is better euery yere newe. It hath vertue to purge flewme / & therfore it is good for dyseases caused of flewme. Esula is best next squamony of all thynges that purgeth by theyr sharp¦nesse and may be best vsed for y^e tast is not to abhomynable.

¶ For feuers and goutes. A

¶ Agaynst feuer cotydyā of natural flew¦me / and agaynst goute artetyke / cyragre / palsy / ylyake passyon / and dropsy / called leucoflemance. Make a powdre that was ordeyned by one named Petrus as it folo¦weth. Take .iii. dragmes of esula / and a quantyte of synamum / fenell sede / anye sede / and mastyke. This powdre is good with warme wine or water or with a rere egge / or ī tynne potage or brothe of flesshe Yf the medycyne named benet or benedic∣ta be sharpened or fortyfyed with esula / it easeth the sayd dyseasons / and specyally ylyake passyon / so it be mynystred in cly∣ster with salt water / or oyle / and hony / and helpeth specyally agaynst dropsy cau∣sed of colde / or yf all the body be swoller do thus. Sethe the iuce of fenell a lytell and than lete it settyll and take the clerest aboue and put therto powdre of esula and sugre / and so vse it. And for them that be to deynty make a syrope. And for them y^• wyll take no medycyne sethe the powdre of esula or y^e barke therof vnpowdred w^t flesshe / and eate the flesshe and suppe y^e b•e¦the and it is good also for the abouesayde deseases / or make clarey with powdred of esula / and lyne / or hony with other spyces Also the medycyns called theodolicū / ana¦cardium. And that named geralogodium may be confyet and shaped with powdre of esula.

¶ De Eruca. Skyrwyt. Or wylde caw∣les that bered mustarde sede. Ca. C.lx.

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ERuca is hote and drye in y^e thyrde degre. There is .ii. maners y^e wyl¦de and the tame. For vse of medy¦cyne the sedes be chyef and the leues next It hath vertue to consume and moeue le∣chery.

¶ For lechery. A

¶ To moeue lechery agaynst strangury / and dyss•ty / and palsy / it is good yf it be soden with flesshe. The powdre of y^e sedes soden with onyons also for the same. The herbe sodē in wyne and layd on the reynes moeueth lechery The powdre of the sedes with wyne and hony confyct in maner of a playster layde to y^e reynes dooth y^e same.

¶ De Emachte. Ca. C.lxi.

EMachite is a lytell stone that is founde in orient and occident. It is colde and drye of complexyon / and hath vertue to restrayne y^e blody flux and therfore it is called Emachyte. For emach in ebrew is blod in englysshe / and chytes is flux. It may be kept longe.

¶ For flux of the nose. A

¶ Against flux of blode at the nose Rubbe this stone vpon an other stone or marble / with iuce of sanguynary called bursa pa∣storis.

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And that that droppeth fro the sayd rubbynge be myxt with coton and put in y^e nose.

¶ For spettynge of blod. B

¶ Agaynst emoptoike passyō that is whā ony spytteth blode by brusynge of y^e mem∣bres of y^e brest. Rubbe the sayd stone vpon marble with rose water medled with dra¦gagantum / in the sayde fretynge / and cō∣fyct with powdre of gomme arabyke and make pylles / and lay them vnder the pacy¦entys tongue & swalowe them whan they be molten. But yf he spytte blode by vyce of the nourysshynge membres. Rubbe the stone with iuce of plantayne & put to pow¦dre of consolida maior that is confrey and gyue it the pacyent.

¶ For blody flux. C

¶ Agaynst flux of blode of the wombe do the same. And it were good to make a cly∣ster and a playster layde to the reynes and benethe the bely made with gleyre of an egge / oyle of roses vyneygre / and powdre of the same stone.

¶ For excessyfe flux of blode in womē rub∣be the sayd stone with iuce of plantayne / & put therto powdre of bistorta. ¶ This stone clenseth the eyen gretely yf it be med¦led with hony. It wasteth the pryckynge

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and ache of the eye lyddes and fasteneth y^e heere of them. Yf it be tempered with wo∣mans mylke it helpeth the appostome in y^e eye and wasteth it. And yf it be tempered with whyte of an egge it is good agaynst hote apostumes.

¶ De Ebulo. Walworde. Ca. C.lxii.

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EBulus is an herbe hote and drye. Some call it cameatus. The rote the barke / and the buddes ben chefely good in medycyns / the rote & barkes ought to be gadred in vere and dryed in y^e sonne. It may be kept a yere in bounte and hath vertue to consume / and to waste / to sprede / to dyssolue and to purge flewme.

¶ For feuer cotydyan. A

¶ Agaynst feuer cotydyan caused of flew¦me naturall / and also agaynst gout arte∣tyke / podagre or cyragre / take y^e iuce her∣of with powdre of esula with sugre or at leest y^e iuce of the buddes or croppes with sugre / or the powdre of the rote with iuce of fenell / and in this wyse it is pryncypal good against dropsy called leucoflemaūce

¶ For swellynge. B

¶ Agaynst ache and swellyng of the extre¦me mēbres / as the handes and fete & other outwarde partes / make fomentacyō with salt water that y^e rote and all the herbe is soden in.

¶ For gout. C

¶ Yf a bathe be made with salt water and this herbe soden therin it helpeth agaynst gout artetyke / dropsy & leucoflewmaūce.

¶ De edera magna. Yuy. Ca. C.lxiii.

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EDera magna / is blacke yuy that the grekes call cissomelle / the Ita¦liens edera magna / other arbores and groweth agaynst trees.

¶ For the stone. A

¶ To breke the stone in y^e bladder / take y^e sedes of yuy / viii. or .ix. tymes / & bethe thē with warme water and drynke them it is meruaylous good.

¶ For heed ache. B

¶ For the heed ache / medle yuy sede with lytell vyneygre / and oyle of roses & anoyn¦te the heed / and it wyll waste the payne.

¶ For the mylt. C

¶ For payne of the mylt / the iuce of yuy or wyne that it is sodē in helpeth gretely also the leues soden in wyne and the syde was∣shed often therw^t is good.

¶ Agaynst payne of y^e eares D

/ streyne the iuce through a clothe & put it in y^e eares.

¶ For polype of the nose. E.

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¶ Agaynst polype the iuce put in the nose thrylles is good. The gomme of yuy made in oyntemēt is called dyalthera / and hath power to chauffe and to consume.

¶ De spatula fetida. Yelowe flagge. Ca. C.lxiiii.

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EXiofiō is a herbe y^t some call glais satygall. It is comynly called spa¦tula fetida / and growed in shado¦wed places and is lyke to yuy leues. It is good agaynst fystula in ony parte of the body. Take the rote therof .vii. vnces of vyneygre / and thre of fox grece and medle them togyder and make a playster & byn∣de it on with a clothe mornynge and eue∣nynge.

¶ For a broken heed A

¶ For a broken heed. Take the powdre of croppes of this herbe and put it in wyne / and lay it on playsterwyse / & it wyll heale it. And yf there be ony bone broken it wyl drawe it out / and put out ony fylthynesse of it and in suche maner it is good for ony wounde in all partes of the body. Also the sede therof dronken breketh the stone in y^e bladder.

¶ For flewme. B

¶ Also iuce of the rote dronken in quanty¦te purgeth the flewmatyke humours of y^e stomake.

¶ De Elitropio. Chycory. Ca. C.lxv.

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ELitropium is an herbe called spō¦sa solis. And hath many maners after dyuers countrees / as euidia rostions / vrastropium / viscene and many other. It groweth in faste groundes and medes / and is a dyuyne herbe of the body of the sonne / and hath croked braunches / and the floure is coloured as the skye and is colde in the seconde degre This herbe is good agaynst venym of bytinge / yf y^e iuce be put therto. It is also good for the stop∣pynge of the mylte cause of colde / and a∣gaynst opylacyon of the reynes.

¶ For venym. A

¶ Agaynst venym the iuce made w^t pow∣dre and dronken put out venym lyghtly.

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¶ For lechery B

¶ Agaynst brēnynge of lechery bruse this herbe and lay it to the coddes and it wyll quenche the heet.

¶ De eufragia eufrace. Ca. C.lxvi.

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EVfragia is an herbe y^t some call luminelle. It hath fyue vertue. The fyrst for the rednesse & dym∣nesse of the eyen / and for these thynges it must be gadred of hym that is dyseased & than put to drye / and the reednesse and pay¦ne wyll go away.

¶ For the syght. A

¶ The seconde yf the rote & leues be steped or soked in wyne and the pacyent drynke the wyne / it wyll clere the syght.

¶ For the stone. B

¶ The thyrde it wyll breke the stone yf y^e rotes and the iuce be medled with an her∣be called Gramen yf it be dronken.

¶ For cardyake passyon C

¶ The fourthe yf eufragye and buglosse be egally medled in oyle olyue it helpeth the cardyake passyon. ¶ The .v. Take water of eufragye stylled and put therto the thyrde parte of vygne water / so that there be an vnce of bothe and a dragme of thutic of alexandry well quenched / and of these togider a droppe put in to the eyes helpeth the syght.

¶ Agaynst the fallynge euyll. C

¶ And yf in the sayde water composed of the sayde two waters be soden a dragme of castoreum. It wolde be a meruaylous thynge agaynst the fallynge euyl and is a specyally proprete. ¶ These thynge sayth Arystotle in y^e quātyte of vertues of thyn∣ges. Mayster Peter of Spayne that was a solempnell clerke sayth that yf eufragye be medled with fenell / rue / veruayne / re∣lydony / bethony / and capilli veneris / and all togyder it helpeth meruaylously to pre¦serue and conforte the syght / and wasteth the reednesse and payne of the eyen.

¶ Thus endeth the names of herbes begynnynge in. E.

¶ AND BEGYNNETH THE NA∣MES OF HERBES THAT DO BEGYN WITH. F. (BOOK F)

¶ De flamula. Sereworde. Ca. C.lxvii.

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FLammula is an herbe so named bi¦cause it is hote & brēneth as flāme It is hote & drye in the fourthe de∣gre whā it is gre¦ne / but whā it is drye it is nought

¶ To perce the skyn without blode. A

¶ To make a cautere w^tout blode stampe this herbe / and lay it to the parte y^t ye wyl haue it and leue it there a day and a nyght and ye shal fynde the skynne brent & frette a souder.

¶ To breke apostume. B

¶ To breke an apostume full of fylthe y^t hath a harde skynne ouer it / bruse this her¦be with oyle / and lay it therto. This oyle is medled therwith to moyst it bycause y^e herbe shall not moyst the place to moche.

¶ For feuer quartayne C

¶ Agaynst feuer quartayne and gout ar∣teryke some worke inwarde / and agaynst ylyake passyon do in this maner / set it in y^e sonne .xxx. or .xl. dayes. This must be vsed in meates or other wyse to the quantyte of thre dragmes / and this oyle is good out∣warde agaynst gout artetyke / ylyake pas¦syon and stranguri and dissury / & agaynst the stone yf it be mynystred with clyster.

¶ De ferrugine. Ca. C.lxviii.

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FErrugo is the scomme of yren / & the scales / and ben of one vertue This scomme of yren is hote and drye in the seconde degre. the scales of yren is called squama ferri in latyn: It is that that fleeth of the yren whan it is forged: But the scomme of yren called ferrugo is that y^t abydeth and cleueth in the furneyse where yren is hette and forged. It hath vertue to soften and to drye

¶ For to soften the mylte A

¶ To soften and vnbynde the mylte / dryn¦ke the wyne that hote yren is quenched in whan it is reede.

¶ For opylacyon of the mylte. B

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¶ Agaynst opylacyon of the mylt of longe contynuaūce / take two dragmes of very smal powdre of scomme of yren with war¦me wyne & it wyll prouoke vryne in grete quantyte and vomyte so moche that deeth foloweth. And to delay this strength wa∣ter that dyamāt hath ben tempred a nyght abateth and restreyned the vomyte. This wytnesseth dyascorydes but this maner of vomyte is to peryllous.

¶ For emorroydes. C

¶ Agaynst emorroydes confyet very fyne powdre of scōme of yren with iuce of tap∣sebarbe / and lete the pacyent take coton & wete it therin and lay it to the sore. It is a good remedy.

¶ For costyfnesse. D

¶ Agaynst tenasmon that is costyfnesse / & agaynst blody flux of the wombe hete the scomme of yren veray hote and droppe vy¦neygre theron / and lete the pacyēt receyue the fume or smoke at the foundement Dy∣ascorydes sayth that hote brennynge yren quenched in water or wyne / the sayde wa¦ter or wyne ben good for longe flux of the wombe / and for sores of the bowelles / & apostume of the longes and remolycyon of the stomake Galyen sayth that it helpeth gretely. The scomme stoppeth the exces∣syfe floures in womē. But it caused payne of the stomake.

¶ For to growe heere. E

¶ Yf oyntement of it be made vpon the pla¦ce that the heere falleth it causeth them to growe agayne.

¶ De fumo terre. Fumyterry. Ca. C.lxix.

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FVmus terre is hote in the fyrst degre / and drye in the seconde It it called Fumus terre. Fume or smoke of the erthe bycause it is engendred of a cours fumosyte risynge from the erthe & bycause it cometh out of the erthe in gre∣te quātyte lyke smoke. this grosse or co•ts fumosyte of the erthe / wyndeth and wry∣eth out / and by workynge of the ayre and sonne it tourned into this herbe The more it is grene the better it is / and whan it is dry it hath no vertu. It purgeth humours of melancoly salte flewme / and coler / and is dyntytyke.

¶ For scabbes. A

¶ For scabbes. Take oyle of nuttes and powdre of sene and put therto a good quā∣tyte of iuce of fumyterre and anoynte the scabbes therwith. And yf the iuce be dron¦ken with sugre and warme water / or iuce of fenell twyse or thryse in the weke it pur¦geth the humours that causeth scabbes.

¶ For dropsy B

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dronken with warme water / or a syrope made of the iuce of fenell or the iuce of esu¦la soden with sugre is very good.

¶ For goute. C

¶ For gout artetyke. Take two vnces of hermodates with iuce of fumeterre. And this herbe soden & layde on the fete is good

¶ For the stomake. D

¶ For humours of melancoly in the sto∣make. And for opylacyon of the mylt and lyuer caused of colde Take this iuce with sugre and drynke it with warme water / and it is to wete that some take this iuce at euen and some in the mornynge / & some take it alone without ony thynge medled therwith / and some put some thyng therto But it ought to be taken at nyght / & some what put to it that wasteth wynde / as fe∣nell sede or mastyke. Fumiterre wasteth & dyssolueth wyndy humours. It conforteh the stomake and caused appetyte and vn∣stoppeth the opylacyon of the lyuer & mylt and prouoketh floures reteyned in women The iuce therof clenseth the blode and spe∣cyally yf it be medled with mirabolani. Diascorides sayth that fumiterre healeth the body of all rottennesse by the propryete therof.

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¶ De Filipendula. Dropwort. Ca. C.lxx.

FIlipedula is an herbe otherwyse called fisalides. It is hote & drye in the thyrde degre. The rote is chefely good in medicyne / and ought to be gadred in heruest tyme / and may be kept x. yere in strength. It hath dyuretyke ver¦tue by the qualytees and substance.

¶ For payne in the bladder A

¶ Agaynst payne in the bladder / and lete of vryne / for strangury / dyssury / and yly¦ake passyon / drinke wyne that the powdre therof is soden / or electuary of two par∣tes of it and the thyrde of Saxifrage.

¶ For the stomake & fallinge euyll. B

¶ Agaynst payne of the stomake caused of colde / take the powdre therof in meates & the same is good agaynst fallynge euyll.

¶ For payne of the brethe. C

¶ Agaynst payne of y^e brethe called asma caused of colde / take the poudre therof w^t powdre of gencyan in meates and drynkes And for the same take the powdre of fili∣pendula and powdre of orpyment on the coles / and lete the pacyent take the smoke at the mouthe. It is very good.

¶ For ylyake passyon. D

¶ For ylyake passyon make a clyster with salt water that the powdre therof is soden in with oyle and hony.

¶ De Fraxino. Asshe tre. Ca. C.lxxi.

FRaxinus is an asshe tre. It is col¦de and drye in the seconde degre. The barke and the sedes / and a glewy thynge y^t groweth out of it in ma∣ner of a mussheron is good for medycyne.

¶ For flux: A

¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe after that

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ye haue taken purgacyon / make fomenta¦cyon with rayne water that the barke and this glewy thynge is soden in

¶ For vomyte. A

¶ Agaynst vomyte caused of weykenesse of the vertue reteyne / take y^e powdre ther¦of with rayne water / yf it be by sharpenes¦se of humours Take the barke of the mus∣sheron of it soden in vyneygre and were a sponge therin and lay it vnder y^e stomake.

¶ For the mylte. B

¶ For payne of hardnesse of y^e mylte lete the pacyent vse the wyne or water that the barke of asshe is soden in & without doubt it wyll heale hym.

¶ For lechery: C

¶ To styre lecheri the sedes of asshe put in electuaryes / and y^e same sedes pylled put in dyasatiriō for the same cause / or yf they be eaten by themselfe / it helpeth and con∣forteth Yf braunches of asshe be brused & layde vpon longe sores and pymples hea∣leth them / yf a dragme and a halfe of the barke be brused in wyne it purgeth flew∣matyke humours. And yf it be layde on broken bones it reioyned & knytteth them.

¶ Feniculus. latine. Hazienis vel Hakas∣mech Arabice. Fenell. Ca. C.lxxii.

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FEnell is hote and drye in the se∣conde degre. It hath dyurytyke vertue by the swyftnesse of sub∣staunce and qualytees. The leues the ryn¦des and the rote is good in medycyne / but whan maratrum is founde in receptes it is the sedes of fenell. In coleres and medy¦cyns for the eyen / the iuce of the rote ryn∣des is best. The rotes be nor put but yf the be sayde expressely. The ryndes of the ro∣tes ben gadred in the begynnynge of vere and ben kept halfe a yere. The sedes be gadred in the begynnynge of haruestand may be kept thre yeres.

¶ For the mylte. A

¶ Agaynst stoppynge of the milte and lete of vryne and the stone caused of hote hu∣mours. Take the water that the rynd• •f fenell rotes is soden in and yf the dyseases be of colde cause / sethe the sayde ryndes in wyne and drynke it. Fenel in all maner is good for y^e sayde dyseases soden or rawe layde to in maner of a playster.

¶ For the stomake. B

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¶ The same water or wyne easeth y^e pay∣ne of the stomake caused of colde or wyn∣des / and conforteth dygestyon / and lyke∣wyse dooth the powdre of the sede.

¶ For dropsy. C

¶ Agaynst leucoflewmaunce dropsy take in. dragmes of hermodates and as moche esula soden in the iuce of fenell rotes / and streyne it and vse it at euen or the stomake be fylled / or fastynge in the mornynge.

¶ For the webbe in the eye. D

¶ Agaynst the webbe in the eye or ytche of it. Set the iuce of fenell a fourtenyght in the sonne in a vessell of brasse / and than be made in maner of colire / & for y^e ytche make this certayne experymēt Take good aloen and confyct it with iuce of fenell / 〈◊〉 vse it in the eyen.

¶ De fenegreco. Fenegreke or setwall. Ca. C.lxxiii.

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FEnegreke is hote and drye / but it is lesse drye than hote and hath vertue to rype and lose.

¶ To rype apostumes. A

¶ To rype apostumes / take the meale of fenegreke confyct with whyte of an egge and lay therto. For to rype and breke it / take the meale therof with terbentyne. the herbe also soden in oyle layde theron ry∣peth it.

¶ For the mylte. B

¶ Agaynst hardnesse of the mylte / lay the herbe .xv. dayes in oyle / and than sethe it & streyne it / and put waxe and meale therof to the sayde streynynge and make an oynte¦ment. And y^e same is good to rype botches.

¶ For the brest. C

¶ For apostumes in the brest / fyl a bagge with meale of fenegreke & sethe it in wa∣ter that bysmachie / holyhocke was soden in and lay it often on the place.

¶ For the stomake. D

¶ Agaynst apostume of the stomake / and of y^e bowelles. Sethe meale of fenegreke with water that malowes was soden in and lay to it. This is not good for apostu∣mes of the brest bycause it is to hote.

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¶ De filice. Ferue Ca. C.lxxiiii.

FIlex is ferue. It is a commune herbe. The grekes call it pyter∣rigum.

¶ For stynkyn in the body. A

¶ Agaynst all rottynnesse or stynkynge in the body. Sethe rotes of ferne / and egry¦mony in wyne of eche two dragmes and it wyll hepe meruaylously.

¶ For dysease of chylderen. B

¶ For a sekenesse that chylderen haue that is whan they be laxe / and that somwhat fall to theyr foundement / bruse the rotes of ferue with grece / and lay it to playster wyse on a lynnen clothe / and he shall be ho¦le in .v. dayes.

¶ For the mylt. C

¶ For hardnesse of the mylt / the drynke y^t the rote of ferue is soden in often takē sof∣tened the mylte and swageth the payne.

¶ For synewes. D

¶ Agaynst ache of y^e synewes and ioyntes medled the rote of ferue with grese & layd playsterwyse theron.

¶ For stytches. E

¶ For tena•mon / costyfnesse / or stytche. Sethe the rotes of ferue / of tapsebarbe / & malowes soden togyder in wyne or in wa¦ter / & lete the pacyent take the smoke ther∣of at the foundement or in ony other payn¦full place / & wasshe it w^t the same lycour.

¶ For the flux F

¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe / take the ro¦tes of ferue / roses / wylde cresses fygge tre leues / and floures of camomylle / of eche alyke moche / and beten togyder / and sethe them in reyne water tyll y^e water be halfe wasted / and than receyue the smoke / and wasshe the fete in the sayde water.

¶ To drawe out yren or thorne. G

¶ To drawe out yrē / thorne or other thyn¦ge prycked in the flesshe. Take the rote of ferue and the cynde of a fenell rote medled with hony and soden in a panne tyll it be thicke / and lay it therto and it wyl drawe it out.

¶ De Fragraria. S•awbetyes. Ca. C.lxxv.

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FRagraria is an herbe called stra¦bery. It groweth in woodes and grenes / and shadowy places / & is pryncypally good agaynst all euylles of the mylt. The iuce therof dronken with hony profyteth meruaylously.

¶ For the brethe. A

¶ For them that take brethe with payne as it were syghynge. The iuce therof take in drinke w^t white peper heleth it Straw¦beryes eatē helpeth coleryke persones / cō∣forteth the stomake / and quencheth thyrst

¶ De Fystularia. Ca. C.lxxvi

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FIstularia is an herbe / some call it taglossana. This herbe is lyke mariorayne / but it is grener / & hath a yelowe sede as .v. leued grasse The rote therof is smal & browne. It is pryncy¦pally good to heale fystulaes. Yf the her¦be he brused and layde therto / or the iuce put in the hole of the sore. The powdre of this herbe layde vpon woundes byndeth and resowdreth myghtely.

¶ De faseolis Ca. C.lxxvii.

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FAseoli ben graynes so called and be hote in the mydle of the secon∣de degre and moyst in the ende of the same. They be knowen to be moyst by∣cause they drye not as other graynes / and though they drye yet they may not be kept longe. & therfore they brede cours & grosse humours / and swellynge wyndes and en¦gendre horryble dremes / and troublous. There be of them whyte and browne. and the whyte ben moyster and lesse hote / and therfore they be of grosse nourysshynge / & of harde dygestyon and engendre cours hu¦mours of flewme. And to make them softe they must be sodē in water and braunched out of the huskes / and than soden in water and oyle / and comyn / and peper put therto and so be eaten. Whan the whyte faceoles bē grene they ought to be purgeth fro their huskes / and eaten with salt sone / orygan / calament / comyn / and peper / & pure stron¦ge wyne dronken therto. The browne fa∣seoles be of lesse moystnesse than the why∣te / and therfore they do grete operacyon.

¶ De faba inuersa. Ca. C.lxxviii

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FAba inuersa is an herbe y^t hath thycke and bygge leues & fatte & a whyte rote. It is hote & drye.

¶ For apostumes A

¶ For hote apostumes stampe these leues with fresshe porkes grese / & make a play∣ster and lay to it. It easeth the payne / ry∣peth it / and wasteth the heet.

¶ For brennynge. B

¶ To heele a brennynge / medle the iuce of this herbe medled with oyle of roses and anoynte the place.

¶ De faba cōmuni. Beanes Ca. C.lxxix.

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FAba be cōmune beanes. There be dyuers maner in kynde of col∣de and heate. For some be eaten grene / and other drye whan they be olde & wydred. The grene be colde and moyst in the fyrst degre they brede nourysshynge of veray grosse and rawe humours / and cau¦se wyndes in the vpper partes of the wom¦be / and therfore they grene the stomake. Drye beanes ben colde and drye in y^e fyrst degre. They engendre blode not so yll and nourysshe better thā barly for two causes One cause is / for they be of grosse & thyc∣ke substaunce / and abydeth longer in y^e mē¦bres. And barly hath a swyfte substaunce and lyght / and deperted anone fro the mē¦bres / and therfore it nourysshe but lytell The seconde cause is bycause the beanes cause many grete wyndes the swelle the flesshe as leneyn dooth the paste. And ther¦fore bredeth fume in the wombe that moū¦teth in to the heed and brayne and greueth them / and causeth many straunge dremes And for bycause that beanes of theyr na∣ture do brede wyndes. It can not be takē away by artyfyce or craft of sethynge nor otherwyse. Galyen sayth that beanes vsed in meates cause swellynge / and be harde to dygest / but by medycyne they helpe to spette out the humours of the brest & lon∣ges for they haue vertue to rēne. And ther¦fore they abyde not so longe in the stomake as other cours meates do. They haue all vertue to clense and to scoure / for they es•∣se y^e skynne outwarde yf it be wasshed oftē with beane meale.

¶ For apostumes. A

¶ Yf they be layde to apostume of the bre∣stes / or genytorys in maner of a playster they wyll sprede and dyssolue the mater. And all this that we haue of theyr vertue is in theyr pyth for the rynde is styptyke & hath no rennynge vertue. And therfore we sethe y^e leues with the ryndes in vyne•gre & gyue them to suche as haue symple flux of the wombe by defaute of vertue conten¦tyue of the bowelles. The beanes that be whyte and thycke and not to olde ought to be taken and be dressed in dyuers maners / for they be of dyuers accyons. They may be soden or rosted / they that be sodē in wa¦ter be best / for the water bereueth them moche wynde and boystousnesse specyally yf the water be chaunged in sethynge / and this maner of sethynge may be done in the

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huskes or coddes / and w^tout them. They that be soden or dressed with the huskes or coddes swelleth and be harde to digest for the styptycyte and dryenesse of the huskes letteth them to auoyde lyghtly out of the bely / & the longe abydynge there necessary¦ly bredeth windes. ¶ They that be dressed without the huskes swelleth not so moche and be soone dygested / and yf they be dres∣sed with hote thynges as peper / gynger / or oyle of almondes it is a parfyte medy∣cyne to prouoke the worke of lechery. And yf they be put in potage with mynte / cala¦ment / or comyn theyr wentosyte is lessed. ¶ They that be rosted be lesse wyndy / but they be harde to dygest. But yf they be put in water after that they be rosted / & eaten with myntes / orygan / and commyn / they lesse parte of theyr ventosytees. Dyascory¦des sayth yonge beanes noye the stomake more than the olde.

¶ For apostume B

¶ Yf beanes be medled with meale of fene¦greke it helpeth the apostume that cometh behynde y^e eares yf it be layde therto play∣sterwyse.

¶ For the eyen C

¶ Yf they be brused or chawed and layde to the temples they lete y^e humours to fall in to y^e eyes ¶ Yf a beane be parted in two and lay one halfe of it to the place that a horsleche hath souked it wyll staunche the blade. They soften the brestes that be to harde by mylke that is crudded in they.

¶ For kyrnelles. D

¶ Yf the be medled with glayre of an egge and olde oyle they dyssolue / and waste ker¦nelles.

¶ For the foundement. E

¶ For the foundement that cometh out a souerayne remedy. Take al blacke beanes and grynde them very small and sarce thē well and powdre it on the foundement & than put it in agayne. Than sethe the sayd meale in a panne and medle it with whyte wyne / and lete it sethe tyll it be thycke / & thā sprede it on a lynen clothe plaisterwyse & lay it as hote on the foundement as may be suffred / and remeue it twyse or thryse a daye / and renewe it alway / and ye shall be hole.

¶ De fungis. Mussherons. Ca. C.lxxx.

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FVngi ben mussherons. They be colde and moyst in the thyrde de∣gre and that is shewed by theyr vyolent moysture. There be two maners of them / one maner is deedly & fleeth them that eateth of them and be called todesto∣les / and the other dooth not. They that be not deedly haue a grosse gleymy moysture that is dysobedyent to nature and dygesty¦on / and be peryllous and dredfull to eate & therfore it is good to eschew them / suche as eate them and feare not to fall inconue¦nience sethe them in water and medle them with gynger / peper / caruy / calauant / or orygan and suche other / and than drynke olde wyne / pure / and stronge. And they y^t be of colde cōplecyon / after them take gre¦ne

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gynger / dyateryon / pyperyon / socergen¦ne / and reyacle. The deedly mussherons bē of dyuers accyons after theyr dyuersyte / and sleeth by theyr excedinge grete colde & moysture that is in the fourth degre / some slee for by theyr gleymynesse cause opyla∣cyon and stoppynge in the vaynes and po∣res / & brede boystous humours that renne from one membre to an other / some slee by the euyl qualyte of the place y^t they growe in / as by rusti yren / rotten clothe or wood or nygh the hole that serpentes brede in or they that growe by grete trees that haue glewmy humours / & frothe. The sygnes of them that be deedly is a slymy softenesse as they were puffed and be of thycke sub∣staunce / and yf they lye a whyle broken they wyll rotte. Yf ony eate them vnwe∣tynge / the best remedy is to eate peper / or drynke nytre with oyle / or asshes with vy¦neygre / or cockes dyrte or hennes dyrte w^t dyneygre and hony. The decoccyon of ca∣lament / of orygan of ysope and other lyke is good and lykewise cappres / rue / cōmyn psylle / peper / carui / oyle camamyll / and mastyke / for they helpe gretely.

¶ De ferula. Ca. C.lxxxi.

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FErula is an herbe moche lyke fe∣nell but it is hygher & groweth in grete quantyte in a lōde called Calabre.

¶ De felice dicto os munda. Heferue. Ca. C.lxxxii.

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FIlex masculus is heferue / it gro¦weth not so hye as the other. The rote therof is forked in dyuers twygges & braūches & spredeth on y^e erthe ¶ For fallynge of the heare stampe y^e rote & sethe it in water tyll y^e thrde {per}te of y^e wa¦ter be wasted & make lye therw^t & wasshe y^e heed oftē & it wyl cause y^e heare to growe

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¶ De fulygo. Soote. Ca. C.lxxxiii

FVligo is the soote that cleueth & fasteneth to the chymney of the smoke of woode. Yf this soote be put in and powdre and crybled or sarced & confyct with oyle of nuttes / and quicke syluer put therto quenched with mannes spattle and an oyntement made therwith it healeth salt flewme and spredynge tet∣ters / probatum est.

¶ De Fycu. Fygges Ca. C.lxxxiiii.

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FIcus ben fygges / some cal them coryces. Ther be whyte & blacke yasar sayth that the fygge is the best fruyt of all fruytes and that nourys∣sheth best / neuerthelesse by theyr moystnes they ingendre grosse humours. The fygge is hote & drye of nature. But there is grete diuersyte in y^e heet & drythe of fygges after theyr dyuers natures / for some be wylde and some tame. The tame is in two ma∣ners / bothe grene and drye. Also grene fyg¦ges be in two maners.

¶ Some be perfitely rype and some not: That whiche is rawe and not parfytely rype is lesse hote and more drye bycause y^e erthy partes hath moost myght / & yet they haue hydde humours the gyueth them a sharpenesse and drythe in the seconde degre And Ipocras sayth that y^e longer y^e fygge is or it be rype the bygger it is and lesse ho¦te. Yf they be soden and layde vpon kyrnel¦les and harde knoppes they dyssolue and sprede them. Yf they be medled with nitre and vineygre they be good for fystula and blaynes in the heed / yf they be medled w^t hony they wyll heale the bytynge of a dog¦ge and slimy sores / yf they be medled with braunches of wylde popy they drawe bro¦kē bones out of woundes / yf they be med¦led with wax they sprede and waste apo∣stumes. ¶ The fygge parfytely rype that is yet grene and not drye is hote in the mid¦des of the fyrst degre. It is composed of thre thynges. The rynde or skynne / the se∣de and the pyth or meates. The sede is of no more nourysshynge than grauell or sto¦nes. The rynde veray drye / and is harde to dygest. The pyth called the meate of y^e fygge / is the nourysshynge parte. And Dy¦ascorydes sayth that they quenche superflu¦ous heat and thyrst and prouoketh sweate ¶ Drye fygges is hote in the begynnynge of the seconde degre and drye in the mydle of the fyrst and therfore the chauffe / and cause thyrst and tourne in to coleryke hu∣mours. And neuertheles they be moost nourysshynge of all other fruytes / & swel∣leth lest. But yf they fynde humours in y^e stomake they dygest it lyghtly / and tour∣neth it to good humours.

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and clenseth the body of all yll humours They prouoke vryne / and clense the brest and the longues / the reynes and the blad∣der of grosse humours / yet neuertheles they be not exempt fro inflacyō and vento∣sytees / but they bredde some or lytel. And who so wyll eschewe that they do no impe¦dement eate them fastynge and after them eate calament / ameos / or genger / or ysope and suche other yf ye be of moyst complex∣cyon. But yf ye be coleryke eate after them oxizacra. And yf ye haue them better nou∣rysshynge / & brede clener blode / eate fyg∣ges with small nuttes or wall nuttes.

¶ For the lungues. A

¶ Yf they be soden with ysope they clense y^e longes / and heale the olde cough.

¶ For apostumes. B

¶ Gargarysme made with the decoccyon of fygges spredeth & wasteth apostumes in the pypes of the lunges and in the sydes of the tongue / yf they be soden in wyne and taken in a clyster they appease ache of the wombe caused of grosse humours.

Yf they be soden with gourdes and feny∣greke and layde to apostume they loose & waste it.

¶ Thus endeth the herbes begynnynge with. F.

¶ AND BEGYNNETH THE HERBES BEGYNNYNGE WITH. G. (BOOK G)

¶ De gariofilis. Clowes. Ca. C.lxxxv.

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GAriofilis or clawes be hote & drye in the thyrde degre som• sayth in the secōde degre 〈◊〉 to agre in one we say 〈◊〉 be clowes that in swetnesse• nature / and growth be parfyte & of shar•• sauour / and they be hote and drye in the thyrde degre. But there be some that 〈◊〉 weyker in theyr qualytees & may be •ay•• hote in the seconde degre. Clowes is the fruyte of a tre that groweth in ynde. 〈◊〉 they be rype they may be kept .v. yeres 〈◊〉 grete vertue And .x. yeres w^tout corrupciō & they must be kept in places / not to moyst nor to drye. For in to moyst places they wyll rotte / & in to drye places they shr••∣ke and wydre. They ought to be chosē that haue flat sydes / for it is sygne that they haue some substaūcyall and naturall moy¦sture. They y^t be somwhat smothe & holo∣we of theyr nature & that puttgeth out ony moisture whā they be pressed w^t the nayles

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of the fyngers be crasted and countrefayt in this maner. They be put in a moyst ves¦sell / or in a were clothe / and than dryed in the ayre bycause that moystnesse shall not appere / but thei be knowē by theyr sauour and by that they put out more lycour than the good / and be not smothe nor flatte also they be countrefayt thus small powdre of good clowes is confyct with vyneygre & swete wyne / and than bynde noughty clo∣wes in a clothe / and put them in the sayde confeccyō all nyght / & they take humour of the wyne and sharpe sauour of the good clowes / and they can be scantly knowen / but at the begynnynge. For the sharpe sa¦uour is more without than within / for yf ye fele the inner parte with your tongue ye shall fele but lytell or none of sharpnesse / & also the can not laste passynge .xx. dayes Clowes haue vertue to conforte by theyr good odour / and haue vertue to deuyde & waste humours by theyr qualytees.

¶ For dygestyon. A

¶ To conforte dygestyon take the wyne that clowes / and fenell sede is soden in.

¶ For the brethe. B

¶ Agaynst lettynge of the brethe caused of colde / lay dragagant a nyght in barly wa¦ter tyll the water become gleymy / than cō¦fyct powdre of clowes & gomme arabyke in the same water / and make pylles and holde them a good while vnder the tongue and than swalowe them.

¶ For the brayne. C

¶ To conforte the brayne / vse the brothe that they be soden in and put in to the nose.

¶ For flux D

¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe caused by sharpnesse of medycyns / and whan squa∣mony cleueth to the sydes and synewes of the stomake / and against coleryke vomyte put .ix. or .x. clowes in a fyolle of glasse w^t rose water and mastycke / and lete the pa∣cyent vse it blode warme /

¶ For the herte. E

¶ Agaynst payne of the herte and swo•∣nynge vse the powdre of clowes with iuce of borage. The leues of y^e tre that clowes growe on / and the woode therof and ga∣lyngale haue the vertue of clowes / bu• y^• clowes be stronger / and the leues next / & than galyngale / and than the wood of clo¦wes.

¶ De genciane. Felwort or baldymony Ca. C.lxxxvi.

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GEncyan is hote and drye in the .iii degre. It is an herbe so named / y^e rote therof is good in medycyns / and not the herbe. It is gadred in the ende of vere and dryed in the sonne / and may be kept good thre yeres. That is to be chosen that is styffe and smothe and hath a yelow colour / and that powdreth not whan it is broken / and is not full of small holes. It hath vertue to withdrawe cōsume & waste humours / and to open the vaynes / for it is dyuretyke.

¶ For the brethe. A

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¶ Agaynst the payne of the brethe called •ima yf it be of longe contynaunce. Take the poudre therof with wyne & varly wa∣ter / or elles vse it with meates or with ne∣we breed.

¶ For fallynge euyll B

¶ Agaynst epylence / take the powdre ther¦of with iuce of wylde sawge.

¶ Agaynst bytynge of venimous beestes C

sprede powdre of gencyan vpon the sore & drynke the same with iuce of mynte.

¶ Dr galāga. Galyngale. Ca. C.lxxxvii

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GAlyngale is hote and drie in the se¦conde degre. Some say that it is a tre & some say that it is a busshe or a shrubbe. Dyascorydes sayth it is a ro¦te that is founde besyde a tre in inde and in Perce that hath in it a maner of rote ladē with erthe. It may be kept .v. yeres with∣out corrupcyon. Galyngale is to be taken that hath a browne colour / and heny after the mater therof and hath a sharpe sauour That that is whyte and lyght is to be re∣fused. It hath vertue to conforte by y^e softe sauour therof / and hath myght to sprede / consume / and waste humours by the qua¦lytees therof. It is countrefayt by med∣lynge of the rotes of bystorte / and redes / but they be sonne knowen / for the rote of redes is werysshe of sauour / and the rote of bystorte is ranke / but galingale is shar¦pe and of softe sauour.

¶ For the stomake A

¶ To conforte dygestyon and agaynst pay¦ne of y^e stomake caused of colde or wynde drynke the wyne that it is soden in.

¶ For the brayne. B

¶ To conforte the brayne / put it in to the nosethrylles.

¶ For the herte C

¶ For passyon of the herte and swownyn∣ge / take powdre of galyngale with iuce of borage. It is veray good.

¶ De Galbano. Ca. C.lxxxviii

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GAlbanū is hote and drye in y^e thyr¦de degre / & moyst in y^e fyrst / some sayth y^t it is a gōme / but as Dyas¦corydes sayth it is the teeres of a tre called ferulla. In somer there dropeth a lycour out of the plantes that hardeneth agaynst them / & some cleue the twygge bycause it shall droppe y^e more / some medle it thus / they put lytell styckes amonge it. Some medle good galbanū w^t moche powdre of colofony and w^t blāched beanes stamped.

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Galbanum that is whyte pure as armony¦ake is best & it may be kept longe. It hath vertue to drawe and waste humours / and to swage / soften / rype / and vnbynde.

¶ For the brethe A

¶ Agaynst lettynge of the brethe called as¦matyke. Take two dragmes of galbanū with a rere egge or with barly water.

¶ For lytargy. B

¶ Agaynst litargy put galbanum on hote coles and lete the pacyent take the smoke at his nether ende with a fonnell.

¶ For the mylte. C

¶ Against hardnesse of the mylt lay it .iii. nyghtes in vyneygre / and make a decoccy¦on and streyne it / and put the sayde strey∣nynge in a clene vessell with waxe & oyle / and make a playster that galbanum sur∣mounteth / or make a syronie that wax sur¦mounteth in quantyte of galbanum. But y^e best is to make an oyntement meane be∣twene soronie and playster.

¶ To breke apostume. D

¶ To breke and rype apostumes lay it on them.

¶ For to the ache. E

¶ For the tothe ache wrappe galbanum in waxe and lay it about the tethe / but lete the waxe be outwarde bycause of the taste of galbanū But or it be put to vse it ought to be clensed in this maner. Fyrst cleue it and scrape it within and take away y^e bar¦kes / & to make it clener streyne it through a lynnen clothe. Dyascorydes sayth that it ought to be soden in warme water / & y^t that fleteth aboue be cast away. Or other¦wyse put galbanum in a linnen clothe and sethe it in water / and that y^t is good wyll come out and the badde abyde in y^e clothe.

¶ For wormes in y^e wombe. F

¶ For wormes in wombe make pylles of galbanum and anoynte them and hony / & vse them. Ye may vse .iii. or .iiii.

¶ De gummo arabico. Gomme arabyke. Ca. C.lxxxix.

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GOmme arabyke / is hote & moyst in the fyrst degre / and hath the cō¦plexyon and nature of dragagant This is a comin gomme called arabyke bycause grete quantyte therof is founde in araby. And there be thre maners of it / one is whyte and clere and that is the best and ought to be put in colde medycyns / & specy¦ally in an electuari called colde dragagāt The other two maners of gōme arabyke is / one is yeloue and the other browne / and the clerest is best. These two maners of gomme is to be vsed in hote medycyns that gomme arabyke is wrytē in or gōme sarasyne. It may be kept longe. Yf it be founde in receptes that ye take gomme w^t out other thynge put therto / it is to wyte gomme arabyke. It hath vertue to release to moyste / to sawge / and to Ioyne.

¶ For the tongue A

¶ Agaynst sharpnesse / and drythe of y^e ton¦gue / put this gomme in water tyll the wa¦ter be slymy / and with that slyme moyste & rubbe the tongue / or bynde the gomme in a thynne lynen clothe / and put it in water

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tyll it begynne to melte and with the same clothe rubbe the tongue it wyl take away the vyce therof.

¶ For vomyte B

¶ For vomyte caused of retentyue weyke¦nesse / take the powdre of gomme and pow¦dre of canell.

¶ For spettynge of blode. C

¶ For them that spet blode yf it come of y^e membres in the bulke / sethe veray small powdre of this gōme in iuce of plantayne and with all togyder make pylles and lete the pacyent holde them vnder his tongue tyll they be releuted and softe / and than swalowe them / and lete these pylles be cō¦fycte in water that dragagant hath lyen in / in suche quantyte that the water beco∣me glewy and thycke / and put therto pow¦dre of amidō or penettes But yf this blode come of y^e nourysshynge mēbres / as y^e sto∣make / the lyuer / the mylte / and the bowel¦les / this powdre ought to be taken with iuce of plantayne or with water that dra∣gagant hath soked in

¶ For blody flux. D

¶ Agaynst blody fluxe of the wombe sethe this powdre in rose water / or rayne water and drynke it. Or gyue this powdre in meates with powdre of mommye. Mom∣mye is the powdre that abydeth in the se∣pultures of cropses that haue ben confycte with spyces after the custome of y^e Iewes and as we kepe the bodyes of grete lordes fro rottynge. For the same flux put of this gomme with a turtyll or a pygeon in pow¦dre / and gyue the same powdre to the pacy cut in meates. And yf the flux be caused of the nether bowelles / take this powdre in clyster.

¶ For bledynge at the nose. E

¶ For bledinge at the nose medle this pow¦dre & powdre of bole armenyke with rose water / and make a plaister to the temples And it is also good for flux of y^e nose med∣dle powdre of this gomme with powdre of mommye and put it in to the nose.

¶ For the brest. F

¶ Agaynst all colde & drynesse of the brest the water that the powdre of gomme ara∣byke is soden in is good.

¶ De Gariofilata. Anens. Ca. C.xC.

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GAriofilata is an herbe that is hote and drye in the seconde deg••

¶ There is dyfference betwene gariofilatum / and gariofilata / for gariofilatum is a confeccyon that clo∣wes is put in / but gariofilata is an herbe comyn ynough / and is called geloffre or sanemonde. The rote therof hath sent of clowes / howbeit it hath more vertue in y^e leues than in the rote / and the leues ought to be put in medycyns but not the rote. It hath more vertue grene than drye / & may be kept but one yere / and it hath strength to sprede / waste / and release humours / & also to open the veynes of the body.

¶ For colyke. A

¶ Agaynst cylyke passyon sethe it in salte

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water and lay it playsterwyse to the bely behynde and before.

¶ For the floures. B

¶ To cause menstrue to slowe wasshe the naturall partes with wyne that this her∣be is soden in. And with the same herbe so∣den in oyle of muscat make a supposytory.

¶ For dygestyon. C

¶ To conforte dygestyon / and for payne in the stomake and bowelles caused of col¦de humours or wyndes / drynke the wyne that it is soden in.

¶ De herba Indica. Gith. Cokyll. Ca. C.xci.

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GYth is an herbe hote and drye in y^e seconde degre. It groweth in the wheet and hath blacke sedes try∣angled or syded / and is called herba Indi¦ca / but the maysters calle it Nigella / as is shewed here after in. N. This sede hath vertue to prouoke vryne bycause it is som¦what bytter / & it hath vertue to dysparce / and waste humours.

¶ For the vaynes A

¶ For stoppynge of the vaynes of y^e mylte and lyuer / and lettynge of vryne as stran¦gury and dyssury / and for ylyake passyon / or gnawynge of the bely / & agaynst payne of the stomake caused of wynde. For all these thynges take the wyne that it is sodē in / and also of the powdre in meates.

¶ For emorroydes. B

¶ For swollen emorroydes. Sethe y^e pow¦dre therof in iuce of tapsebarbe and wete coton therin and lay it on them.

¶ For wormes in the wombe. C

¶ For wormes in y^e wōbe / take this pow∣dre withe hony and of the same powdre w^t iuce of wormewoodd make a playster / & lay it about the nauyll.

¶ For wormes in the eares. D

¶ For wormes in the eares / confycte it w^t iuce of arssmert or persicaria / and put it in the eares.

¶ De Milio solis. Gromyll / or lychwale. Ca. C.xcii.

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GRanum solis is an herbe so called and so is the sede / and is also cal∣led miliū solis that is all one mi∣lium solis and granum solis. This sede is called gramyll in frensshe and gromyll in englysshe & it is clere and whyte shynynge

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and therfore it is called grayne of y^e sonne and it may be kept .x. yeres. And hath ver¦tue to cause vryne / and to vnstoppe y^e con∣duytes of it. The wyne that it is soden in healeth strangury and dyssury / and lyke∣wyse dooth the powdre therof onely put in meates / and helpeth agaynst ylyake pas∣syon / and it is a sede gretely vsed.

¶ De gallitrico. Clarey. Ca. C.xciii.

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GAllitricū is a herbe that groweth in sandy and drye places & is also named centrum gally. It is good to mundyfy and clense the matryce / yf the woman make a bathe oftē with it or was∣she her often with the water that it is sodē in & is good for to cause menstrue to renne that be reteyned.

¶ For the stone. A

¶ For the stone the iuce of this herbe gyuē to drynke breketh it meruaylously. The sede therof confyct with iuce of fenell clen∣seth the eyen that be full of fylthe.

¶ For the fete. B

¶ For the payne of the fete and the legges and for shronken synewes lete the pacyent be often anoynted with iuce of this herbe for it helpeth moche.

¶ De galla. Galles nuttes. Ca. C.xciiii.

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GAlle nuttes be colde and drye in y^e seconde degre / they be the fruite of okes There be some that be bygge and smothe without and full of •••es and they be nought. But there be other found• in the regyon of Asye that be smal and 〈◊〉 full of hooles / and of them the byggest be best / they haue vertue to restrayne & close.

¶ For the flux. A

¶ For the flux of the wombe / make a play¦ster of the powdre of galles with y^e gleyre of an egge and vyneygre and lay to y^e rey∣nes and to the nether parte of y^e bely. Also galle nuttes soden in rayne water and the pacyentes bely bathe therwith / is veray good / and yf the flux were blody yf yt came by vyce of the nether bowelles y^e wa¦ter of barly that powdre of galles is soden in & mynystred w^t a clyster helpeth moche ¶ For vomyte caused by weykenesse of ver¦tue retentyue or by haboundaunce of cole∣ryke humours. Sethe galle nuttes in vy∣neygre and wete a sponge in the same and lay it to the stomake. To cease menstrue y^e rēneth to moche. Bathe y^e persone in rayn-water that galles be soden in / or medle the

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powdre with iuce of plantayne / and put it in the conduyte with an instrumēt propre therfore or make a suposytory of styffe sub¦staunce and put it in / or wete cotton in the sayde iuce and put it to the place.

¶ For bledynge at the nose. B

¶ For bledynge at the nose / confycte this powdre with iuce of bursa pastoris / and make a tente therof and put in to the nose and lay a playster to the temples made of galles with whyte of an egge. Powdre of galles layde vpon woundes closeth and resowdreth them.

¶ For dye heare blacke C

¶ To dye heare in blacke that is whyte or gray Take heuy galles & not ful of holes & sethe thē in oyle and wrynge them well betwene two clothes tyl they be well swol¦len / and that they steyne blacke than take them out of the oyle and lete them drye / & make fyne powdre of them. Than take y^e barke of the blacke rotes and stampe them well and put it in rayne water / and set it to sethe and put therto y^e powdre that was made of the galles / and with the same de∣coccyon anoynte the berde or heare / and let them drye alone / and than wasshe them w^t warme water that the skynne be not stey∣ned nor thy handes.

¶ De genestula woodyp. Ca. C.xcv

GEnestula is an herbe lyke to bro∣me / but it is lesse and hath smaller braunches and twygges and hath a whyte floure / and a reed sede as brust or fragon / or kneholme whiche be all one but genesta hath a yelowe floure. It is colde and drye / and hath myght to restrayne & close.

¶ For menstrues. A

¶ To restrayne excessyfe menstrues. The woman must be bathe with water that this herbe is soden in Or medle genestula with iuce of plantayne and make a suppo∣sytory. Or make a pessayre of y^e sayd pow¦dre and iuce.

¶ For blody flux. B

¶ Agaynst blody flux the forsayde bathe is good. And y^e rendes ought also to be put in medycyns.

¶ De genesta. Brome Ca. C.xcvi.

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GEnesta is comyn herbe. The leue• the floures and the sedes ben good in medycyne. It is hote and drye in the se∣conde degre and hath dyurytyke vertue. This herbe prouoketh vryne openeth the conduytes of the same / bycause it is bytter and by the qualytees of complexyon.

¶ For the stone. A

¶ Agnynst the stone and other lettynge of vryne as strangury / and ylyake passy∣on or gnawynge in the bely.

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Take two dragmes of powdre of brome soden in olde whyte wyne fastynge / and it breketh the stone and purgeth the grauell of the reynes / and swageth lette of vryne and ache of the wombe.

¶ For kyrnelles or kynges euyll B

¶ Agaynst kyrnelles / gyue the pacyent in the mornynge fastynge to drynke two vn∣ces of water of brome floures stylled / and it wyll purge the humours dounwarde / & wasteth & healeth them without brekyng outwarde / & also small kernelles in what place they be / or take floures of brome gre¦ne or drye / and medle them with meale / & make cakes in a fryenge panne & eate them Or sethe the floures of brome in water / & put the sayde water in the pacientes wyne and it wyll do hym grete ease.

¶ De gramine. Quekes. Ca. C.xcvii.

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GRamē is a comyn herbe / and hath leues lyke grasse of the felde / but it is somwhat sharper / and hath a rote that spredeth ferre on the erthe / and hath dyuers names It hath vertue agaīst the payne of the mylte / yf it be stamped w^t the floures / and a playster made / and layd to the mylt it wyll heale it.

¶ For wormes in the bely. A

¶ For wormes in the bely / sethe this her∣be with the rote in water or styll it & dryn¦ke it / & it is good for lytell chyldren that may take no bytter thinges Also auctours say that it vncloseth the conduytes of the mylte / of the lyuer / and of the reynes / and specyally y^e rote. And it is not gretely hote nor colde.

¶ De galia muscata Ca. C.xcviii.

GAlia muscata is of hote and drye complexiō / some say y^t it is a fruyte but it is a confeccyon made of swete smel∣lynge thynges with muske. And is contre∣fayt now in many maners.

¶ For the stomake. A

¶ To conforte the stomake and to voyde y^e payne caused of wyndes / drynk the wyne that it is soden in and it wyll heale. Pro∣batum est.

¶ De grias. Ca. CC.

GRias is an herbe that groweth in a countre called Lucane & it hath a marbre colour / and .iiii. reed le∣ues.

¶ For the goute A

¶ It is good for thē that haue goute scy∣atyke. Yf this herbe be soden with beares grece / and layde therto he shall be hole in thre dayes.

¶ De gummi elempni. Ca. CC.

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GOmme elempni is the gomme of a tre that y^e zarasyns call elempni They call it also gomme dolore / or of lymons / some say that it is a gomme of fenell / but that is not trewe. For it is y^e gōme of a tre that bereth lymons beyonde the see. In somer season there droppeth a substaūce out of these trees / as rosyn drop¦peth out of Pyne trees / but these droppe but lytell / and therfore it is skant. And therfore y^e zarasyns countrefayt it by med¦lynge of other gōmes / & make it in rounde fygures. This gomme elempni hath grete vertue and good odoure / whan it is brokē or cracked it is clere and bryght within & is lyke male frankencense. It hath vertue to reioyne / resowdre / and kepe membres fro rottynge.

¶ For sores olde or newe A

¶ To heale sores olde or newe / and to re∣ioyne them make this oyntement. Take gomme elempni / bores grese / and turben¦tyne / and waxe and medle them and vse it

¶ For newe woundes. B

¶ And for newe woundes medle this gom¦me turbentyne oyle of roses / and fyrst put them in vyneygre / and chauffe and handle them well thre houres / and than put it in to the mylke of a reed cowe and than han∣dle and chauffe it agayne an houre / and clense it fro the mylke / and put it in a ves∣sel of glasse to kepe / & vse it whan nede is.

¶ De grano fracto. Broken grayne. Ca. CC.ii.

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GRaine that is broken or brused as wheate or other that is not put in breed or paste Suche graynes so∣den in mylke as frumēty is made of whea¦te / engendre good blood. But yf they be vsed to moche they brede opylacyon / and stoppynge in the vaynes of the lyuer / and the mylte / and causeth stone in the reynes and bladder / and specially in them that ha¦ue theyr reines hote of nature / or otherwy¦se as by alteracyon. And all graynes that be so eaten / the bygger they be broken or grounde the more stoppynge they be / and therfore it is good to eschewe ouermoche contynuynge of them.

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¶ De grysomulis. Ca. CC.iii.

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GRysomules bē fruytes lyke peches and be colde and moyst in the secon∣de degre They tourne in to cours & glewy flewme that cleueth and fasteneth in the holownesse of the vaynes and in the lyuer and therfore cometh often longe feuers. They be yll in all maners. And yf they be vsed they ought to be taken afore all other meates / and whan the stomake is empty. For yf they be taken after meates whan y^e stomake is full they wyll noye it / & forth with be conuerted in to sowre humours / & rottennesse. And therfore they that wyll eate them / to eschewe all inconuenyentes take them fastynge / and vse mastyke / and anys sede / and stronge olde wyne after thē

¶ For emorroydes. A

¶ Oyle that is made of theyr kyrnelles. It proued agaynst emorroydes / and hea∣leth them.

¶ De gracia dei: Ca. CC.iiii.

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GRacia dei / that is the grace of good is an herbe that groweth in medo∣wes and moyst places. And hath stalkes lyke thre square and bereth a whyte floure and groweth vpryght as a braunche. It hath vertue hote and drye in the thyrde de¦gre / and hath pryncypally myght to pur∣ge flewme / and next coleryke humours & melancolyke / yf two vnces of the powdre of the leues be taken with warme water And it causeth blody flux of the bely by the vyolence therof. The remedy is / y^t as soone as he that hath taken it hath ben suffycyēt∣ly at the chambre to wasshe his face with colde water and anone it wyll stynte / and he shall be hole. And therfore it is called the grace of good for the benefyce therof But he that mynystreth it ought to kno∣we the strength of hym that taketh it / his aege regyon / and tyme. This herbe is •••e the medycyne centory.

¶ De Golgemma. Ca. CC.v.

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GOlgemma is an herbe that is hote and drye / the leues & stalke is lyke stycados cytryne but y^e floure is lyke flou∣res of rosmary. The floure and the sedes be good in medycyne. It hath dyurytyke vertue.

¶ For lettynge of vryne. A

¶ For lettynge of vryne / be it dyssury or strangury / and agaynst ylyake passyon / the wyne that the sedes or the leues that it is soden in prouffyteth moche.

¶ For the mylte. B

¶ Agaynst payne of the matryce caused of colde / and agaynst opylacyon of the mylte and lyuer Take the wyne that the sedes is soden in.

¶ For the heed. C

¶ For colde in the heed comyng of aege as by to grete quantyte of humours. Sethe all this herbe in water / and make lye of y^e same and wasshe the heed therwith. It is, meruayle that it hath that propryete. It groweth on hylles and specyally in Pro∣naunce / and about montpellier.

¶ De gelasia: Ca.CC.vi.

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GElasia is an herbe lyke to betes but the leues be of .iii. colours / reed / grene / and yelowe. Some women gadred it and set it in gardyns.

¶ For lunatyke persones It is good for thē that haue the fallynge euyll / & for lu∣natykes. Take thre handful of the ryndes of gelasia rotes / of origan / and of centory of eche a handfull and bruse them togyder and put therto .xxx. graynes of peper and drynke it thre dayes and he shall be hole.

¶ Thus endeth the names of her¦bes begynnynge with. G.

¶ AND HERE BEGYNNETH THE NAMES OF HERBES BEGYNNYNGE WITH. H. (BOOK H)

¶ Hermodactilus latyne. Athymeron vel Colinticon grece. Sturagen vel surumen Arabice. Ca. CC.vii.

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HErmodates ben hote and drye in the thyrde degre Hermodates is an herbe about y^e rotes of it gro∣weth a maner of rounde thynges the which be pro¦perly called hermodates / & be vsed in me∣dycyns. They be gadred in somer / and be renewed euery yere. They be good that be whyte and styffe. They haue vertue to wa¦ste humours / to deuyde and sprede them / & haue power to withdrawe & purge flew∣me.

¶ For all aches. A

¶ Agaynst goute artetyke / podagre / and ylyake passyon or wryngynge of the wōbe and agaynst all euylles caused of flewme so that there be no feuerague the medycyn called benet / sharped or strengthed with hermodates / and so dooth geralodion and theodoricon anacardium.

¶ For all goutes. B

¶ Agaynst al goutes sethe the iuce of fenel with hony / and with the sayde hony take two dragmes of hermodates.

¶ For the bely. C

¶ Agaynst payne of the bely called ylyake passyon. Sethe hony and put water therto that it do not cleue / or go out of the vessell and of the hony with two vnces of hermo∣dates / and an vnce of fenell sede make an electuary / and vse it in stede of the medycy¦ne benet. And it is to wyte that two or .iii. dragmes of hermodates laide at ones vpō sores freteth the deed flesshe.

¶ Agaynst fystula. D

¶ Agaynst fystula confyct the powdre of hermodates with sope / and make a tente therof and put it in the flystule or anoynte a tent therwith and put it in.

¶ De herba squinancia. Ca. CC.viii.

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HErbe or grasse of vine is otherwy¦se called herbe squynantyke. It groweth on hylles and chyefly on the see syde: And is small as grasse for hey

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It bereth floures at all tymes. The floure therof is small and of colour as the rose∣mary floure / but it is lesse. It ought to be gadred in the begynnynge of heruest and hangeth in the shadowe to dry. It may be kept a yere in strength but the newer it is the better it is It hath power to smothe to sowple and to soften / to withdrawe / to waste and consume humours.

¶ For quynsy. A

¶ Agaynst apostume or swellynge in the throte called squinancy / and also agaynst al sekenesses caused of ouer grete quantyte of moysture. Sethe this herbe ī good olde whyte wyne in a newe pot tyll it be halfe wasted / and let the pot be couered & make a gargarysme therof / that is to say to hol∣de it in the mouthe & bobble it vp & downe without swalowynge. This gargarysme vsed dyuers tymes draweth vp a gleymy flewme lyke the gloyre of an egge It hath ben proued by dyuers persones.

¶ De herucaria. Wartwort. Ca. CC.ix

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HErbe rabious that some cal wart¦wort / bycause it is good for war¦tes or ryngwormes is called of some faceolare bycause it hath leues lyke faceoles but the leues be more whytyssher It groweth in gardyns & cominly among lekes and hath a lytell whyte flowre.

¶ For the bely. A

¶ Agaynst wryngynge of the bely / be it ylyake or colyke drynke a cyate that is an vnce and a halfe with as moche wyne and it wyll swage the payne anone.

¶ For wartes. B

¶ Anoynte wartes or ryngwormes with iuce of this herbe and they wyll go away.

¶ For canker or fistula. C

¶ Agaynst canker or fystule lay it theron and cast powdre of this herbe on the can∣ker and it wyll heale it wonderously / and also the iuce put in to the fystula clenseth and healeth it meruaylously.

¶ De Herpillo. Ca. CC.x.

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HErpillus is an herbe lyke to pe••¦ter / but the rote dyggeth in the groūde and is longe. This herbe is resolutyue / and spredeth / and wasteth humours. There ben two sortes of it / one groweth in gardyns / and the other on hyl¦les and stony places / and it hath grete ver¦tue whan it is drye and gyuen to drynke it causeth menstrue stopped to flowe as yf it had commaundemēt so to do. It causeth to pysse well and swageth the wrenchynge of the bely / and healeth swellynge of the entrayles / & appeaseth y^e ache of y^e lyuer / y^e powdre therof ī drynke is for al y^e forsayd thynges and the iuce dronken also.

¶ For bytyng of venymous beestes. A

¶ For bytynge of venymous beestes it is good / not onely in powdre or in iuce / but also the herbe soden and layde therto.

¶ For heed ache B

¶ For heed ache anoynte it with vineygre that this herbe is soden in and oyle of roses put therto.

¶ For frenesy. E

¶ Against lytargy or frenesy it is good in the same maner. For vomyte of blode the quantyte of .iiii. dragmes taken with wy¦ne prouffyteth moche.

¶ De herba Incensarya. Ca. CC.xi.

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HErba incensaria hath a blacke ro¦te outwarde and within whyte & gommy / and odour of encense. It groweth on hygh mountaynes The wyne that it is soden in is good agaynst lette of vryne / as strangury & dyffury. And also proprely agaynst the payne of the matryce and of the stomake yf the causes come of colde.

¶ De herba paralisi. Cowslyp or pagle. Ca. CC.xii.

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HErbe paralysy that some call ar∣tetyke growe that y^e fete or sydes of hylles in watery places: The leues therof be lyke leues of rew / and gro¦weth in maner of a tre.

¶ For gowtes. A

¶ It is pryncypally good for palsy / arte∣tyke / and gowty folke. And for them that fall of the hye euyll / called epylence yf it be eaten or the iuce with hony made in sy∣rope / or syrope made and dronken with y^e decoccyon of an herbe called yue.

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¶ Thus endeth the names of her∣bes begynnynge with. H.

¶ HERE FOLOWETH Y^E NAMES OF HER∣BES THAT BEGYN WITH. I. (BOOK I)

¶ De Iusquiamo. Henbane. C. CC.xiii.

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IVsquiame that is henebane is of colde complexyō in the thyrde de∣gre / and drye in the seconde It is also called cassy¦lago / & sympho∣niaca The sedes therof is called Iusquiamo / hembane / or cassilago & be in thre maners / whyte / reed and blacke. The blacke mortyfyeth. The whyte and y^e reed (reasonably) may be put in medycyns. Yf Iusquiame is founde in medycyns. It is be knowen whyther it shall be vsed inwarde or without. For yf it be inwarde the sedes is to be had / & ont∣warde y^e herbe. It hath vertu to restreyne to close / to mortyfye / and to cause slepe. The sede may be kept .x. yeres.

¶ To cause slepe. A

¶ To cause slepe / sethe this herbe in water and with the same water hathe the fete y^e browes and the temples / and lay the her∣be to them playsterwyse. Take small pow¦dre of the sede / and confycte it with whyte of an egge / womans mylke and vyneygre and make a playster and lay to y^e forheed and temples.

¶ For apostumes B

¶ For hote apostumes / make a playster of this herbe and at the begynnynge lay it to them / or lete the sede be confyct with hony and a playster made therof.

¶ For blody flux. C

¶ For blody flux of the wombe. Make a playster of y^e sedes with whyte of an egge and vyneygre and lay to the nether parte of the bely / and to the reynes.

¶ For hote causes D

¶ Agaynst dolour caused of heate / bruse this herbe and lay it to y^e place and it wyl ease it.

¶ For tothe ache. E

¶ This herbe brused and holden betwene the tethe / and than layde on the tothe that aketh swageth the payne anone.

¶ For tothe ache. F

¶ Agaynst the tothe ache put y^e sedes vpō hote coles / and lete the pacyent receyue the smoke at his mouthe / and holde his mou∣the ouer water / and ye shall se as it were small wormes on the water. Also put this sede in a lytell holowe waxe / and lay it on so that the powdre lyeto the tothe / and it wyll slee the ache.

¶ For the eares G

¶ Yf iuce of this herbe be put in to the ea∣res it swageth the ache of them / and sleeth the wormes in them.

¶ For swellynges. H

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¶ Al playster made of this herbe with she∣pes dongue / & a lytell vyneygre / abateth all maner of swellynges.

¶ For tothe ache. A

¶ Yf the rote be soden with vyneygre to y^e thyrde dele / and the vyneygre holden hote in the mouthe it taketh away y^e tothe ache anone. ¶ Bynde the rote of henbame to the tongue or holde it theron and it wyll ease the payne.

¶ For podagre goute. B

¶ For podagre goute in the fete / this her∣be greene bounde to y^e fete swage the payne shortly / and prouffyteth meruaylously.

¶ De ysopo. Ysope Ca. CC.xiiii.

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ISope is hote and dry in the thyrde degre / and is of .ii. sortes / y^e grete and the lesse / but they haue one effect. Ysope is also called a soe oneal This herbe is comune / & hath vertue in the flou∣re / leues / and rotes / & ought to be gadred whan it bereth floures / and dryed in the shade y^t no smoke come to it Whā it sholde be vsed take the floures and leues and cast the stalkes awye and it may be kept a yere It hath myght to dysperse and waste hu∣mours / and hath dyurytyke vertue to vn∣stoppe the conduytes of vryne / & hath at∣tractyue power.

¶ For colde cough. A

¶ For colde cough take y^e wyne that ysope and drye fygges is soden in. For the same electuary of this herbe called dyasopus is good. The wyne that ysope and fenell sede is soden in swageth payne in the bowelles Bathe made of water that Isope is soden in clenseth the matryce of superflue colde humours. Or for the same a suposytory / or a tent made of powdre of ysope and oyle of muscates.

¶ For colde rewme. B

¶ Agaynst colde rewme or pose. Take of the powdre and all the herbe warmed on a tyle and lay it playsterwyse to the heed. Yf ye vse powdre vse it in a lytell bagge / and yf ye vse the herbe vse it in a lynen clothe.

¶ For dygge C

¶ For the dygge or dewlappe in the throte yf it be fallen. Sethe ysope in vyneygre & bobble it in y^e throte without swalowyng Also lyfte the dygge vp with your fynger & than put powdre of ysope floures the co•• Of this herbe is made these versus. Ysop{us} est herba / purgans de pectore fluma. A•d pulmonis opus prestat medycamē ysopus The fyrst verse sayth that ysope purgeth y^e membres of the bulke. The seconde sayth that ysope gyueth remedy to the longes.

¶ De Iaro. Cuckowe pyntyll. Ca. CC.xv.

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IArus is an herbe so named. It is hote and drye in the thyrde degre It is also named aaron / & calues fote. Some call it prestes hode / for it hath as it were a cape & a tongue in it lyke ser∣pentyne of dragons / but serpentyne is lon¦ger. It groweth in moyst places and drye and on hylles and vnder hedges / and may be gadred in wynter and somer. It hath grete vertue in the leues / but more in the rote but yet it hath moste vertue in y^e knot as that be about the rote. It is gadred & •lowen in the myddes & dryed. And it hath power to loose and purge to waste & sprede humours.

¶ For the eares. A

¶ For swellynge of the eares. Sethe this herbe with the knottes of the rote and put it in wyne and oyle with comyn and play∣sterwyse lay to the eares.

¶ For colde apostumes. B

¶ For colde apostume lay this herbe with the rote and knottes stamped w^t olde grese warme to the place / yf the apostumes be newe it wyll heale them.

¶ For kyrnelles. C

¶ For grete kyrnelles called kynges euyl whyle the be newe / stampe this her•ie w^t olde grease or beares grease & lay to them.

¶ For emorroydes. D

¶ For emorroydes or pyles / and agaynst all euyll of the foundement. Sethe this herbe and tapse barbe / and bathe y^e pacyent in the same to y^e nauyll. Or bynde y^e herbes hote in a clothe and lete hym syt theron.

¶ To cause menstrues to flowe put y^e iuce of this herbe in to the conduyte with an in∣strument propre for it / or medle it with y^e medycyne called benet / and than vsed / or with coton wette therin and so mynystred.

¶ To clense the face. E

¶ To clense and scoure the face & to smothe the skynne. Make fyne powdre of y^e knot∣tes that growe about y^e rote of this herbe and confyct it with rose water all wasted in the sonne .iiii. or .v. tymes & than medle it with rose water / and anoynte the face therwith. The powdre of this herbe or of the knotrys about the rote layde vpō sores frereth the deed flesshe.

¶ De Ire. Bleweflourdelyce. Ca. CC.xvi.

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IRis or ireos is hote and drie in the seconde degre. Iris and ireos be lyke of vertue / of leues / and facy¦on of floures / but Iris hath a blewysshe reed floure / and ireos a whyte. But gla∣dyolus & spatula be also lyke thē / but gla¦diol{us} hath a yelowe floure / & spatula hath none. Whyte ireos hath many names / as gladiolus / sifo sifus / iris affryke / craticō and matriocilon. The rote of Iris is vsed and ought to be gadred in the ende of vere and may be kept two yeres in bounte. The rotes of Iris and ireos be put one for an other in medycyns for they be lyke in strē∣gth & proprete. This rote hath diuretyke vertue & vnstoppeth the cōduites of vryne and deuydeth and spredeth humours ther of / and also of the lyuer and mylte.

¶ For the bulke. A

¶ Agaynst payne of the mēbres in y^e bulke as the longes / and other that serue to the brethe and agaynst opylacyon of the lyuer and mylte / of the bladder / and payne of y^e stomake. Drynke the wyne that this rote is soden in. The rote of ireos drye and put to powdre freteth deed flesshe of woundes yf it be layde theron

¶ For webbe in the eyes B

¶ For the grete webbe of the eye called pā¦nus. Make a colyre that is a thynne thyng to droppe in the eyes

¶ For payne of the herte. C

¶ For payne of the herte. Take the sedes of ireos with mylke of an asse or of a gote and drynke it warme / and it wyll swage the payne.

¶ De Ipoquistidis. Tode stoles. Ca. CC.xv.

IPoquistidos is colde and drye of complexyon in the seconde degre. It is a maner of mussheron that groweth at

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trées rotes / and is called rose canine / th•e is dogges rose. They be gadred 〈◊〉 / & the gleymy iuce is wronge out and 〈◊〉 sonne to drye / and is styred tw••e o• •h••• euery day. It ought to be kept in a place not ouer moyst nor drye for fere of corrup∣tynge It may be kept two yeres in strēg•h and hath vertue to restrayne / and fasten.

¶ For flux. A

¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe caused of co¦leryke humour or feblenesse of ret••n •e vertue. Confyct and medle •poqui•il 〈◊〉 with rose water and gyue it to the pacy•nt to drynke. Or make a playster of •••••¦stidos and iuce of plantayne and gle•• of an egge and lay it to the reynes and ••ther parte of the bely.

¶ For vomyte. B

¶ To restreyne vomyte / lay the same to y^• stomake.

¶ To restreyne ouerflowynge of mē•••e Make a supposytory of the iuce of ••••¦tayne medled with Ipoquistidos.

¶ De Iunipero. Ienepre. Ca. CC.xvi.

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IEenepre is hote and drye in y^e. iii. degre. It is also called annifrout¦tes or arteotides. Yf Ienepre be¦•oūde in receptes it is the sedes. This sede ought to be gadred in heruest and may be kept two yeres. It hath vertue to deuyde sprede / and dyssolue humours / & to waste and consume them.

¶ For flux. A

¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe caused by∣cause that squamony vsed cleueth to the sy¦newes and sydes of y^e stomake and bowel∣les. Sethe Ienepre sedes in water & bathe the pacyent to the nauyll / and rubbe the greued partes therin.

¶ For strangury. B

¶ For lettynge of vryne as strangury dys¦sury / and wryngyng of the wombe called ylyake passyon. Take the wyne that these sedes be soden in. Of this herbe is made oyle in this maner. Set a pot in the erthe & fasten a quyll of brasse or yren in the mou∣the of it / & stoppe it so close that there may nothynge come out but through the quyll than ••ke another pot and fasten the quyll close with clay in the botom therof surely & fyll this vpper pot with Ienepre woode & couer and stoppe it so close that nothynge may passe but through y^e quyll that is in y^e botome. Than make fyre about the potte so fylleth w^t woode & it wyll droppe oyle in to the nether potte. But though there be but lytell yet it is of grete vertue. This oyle prouffyteth moche agaist feuer quar∣tayne in this maner. Gyue it to the pacyēt with his meates / or otherwyse whan the mater of the feuer is fyrst dygested / and caseth of grosse humour And also the feuer must be caused of melancolyke humour na¦turall and not by adustion / or brennynge of other humours.

¶ For ylyake passyon. C

¶ Agaynst yliake passyō gyue of this oyle to the pacient with wyne / and anoynte the place agaynst the payne.

¶ For fallynge euyll. D

¶ Agaynst the fallynge euyll anoynte the thyne of y^e pacyentes backe with this oyle

¶ To breke the stone. E

¶ To breke the stone / put this oyle in to y^e towell of the yerde with an instrumēt cal∣led syrynge.

¶ For the brethe. F

¶ Agaynst lettynge of brethe of longe ty∣me caused of colde / put this oyle in to the pacyentes meates or other wyse / or gyue hym wyne that the sedes is soden in with fygges.

¶ De Iperyco. Herbe Iohn̄ / or saynt Io∣hannis worte. Ca. CC.xix.

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playne feldes and busshes / and hath many small holes in the leues / and bereth a ye∣lowe floure. It ought to be gadred in Iu∣ne or Iuly whā it floureth and hanged in a shade to drye. Yf it be founde in receptes to take yperycon to be vsed at the mouthe the floure is to be had And yf it be to make a playster or oyntement / all the herbe is to be hadde without the rotes / for they be nought.

¶ For the lyuer. A

¶ To vnstoppe all the conduytes of the ly¦uer and the mylte & to take away lettynge of vryne as strāgury or dyssury / gyue the pacyent wyne that it is soden in.

¶ For Iaundys. B

¶ For Iaundyse or payne of the stomake caused of lōge sekenesse the wyne that it is soden in. Or medle this herbe grene with meale and lete the pacyent eate it. Or eate the herbe with an egge and lete y^e pacyent contynue it .xl. dayes.

¶ De Iparis vel cauda equina Ca. CC.xx.

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IPerium is an herbe that is called mares tayle. Some call it trica∣mathio / other anabisit / other equi¦lis exium / other equicialis / and other •pe¦rium. This herbe is hote and drye / and is restrayntyue / and fastnynge.

¶ For flux. A

¶ Agaynst blody flux of the wombe / dryn¦ke y^e iuce of this herbe and it wyll staūche it anone.

¶ For spettynge of blode. B

¶ For them that spette blode the iuce dron¦ken is good / but it is better to chawe the herbe and to swalowe it by lytell & lytell.

¶ De Lambrusca. Wylde wyne. Ca. CC.xxi.

INantes and lambruske is al one whā Inantes or Inanti is foūde in receptes it is y^e floure. It ought to be gadred in the begynnynge of somer / and dryed in the sonne and this herbe may be kept two yeres in a drye place.

¶ For cough.

¶ For grete cough / sethe the floure therof

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in water or wyne / & lete the pacyent dryn∣ke the sayde brothe. Or make powdre of the floures and drynke it with wyne.

¶ For cough. B

¶ For stronge cough of the stomake sethe the floures of Inantes or the rotes in wy∣ne & lete it be dronken fastynge to the quan¦tyte of thre vnces.

¶ De Iuiubes. Ca. CC.xxii.

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IViubes be fruytes that be hote & dry in y^e fyrst degre they nourysshe but lytell / & be of harde dygestyon they noye the stomake and brede flewme. But neuerthelesse whan they be grene they quench and put out heet of the blode / and they that ben ripe take away y^e sharpenesse and dryeth of the bulke / and conforteth it and the lunges / and Galyen sayth that Iu¦iubes to helpe maladyes than to preserue helthe

¶ De herba fullonum. Ca. CC.xxiii.

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INdacus is an herbe y^t hath flou∣res lyke cooles wortes / and is the same that men with dye in blewe colour. There is founde moche of it in dy∣uers places / This herbe layde grene vpon woundes reioyneth sowdreth clenseth thē

¶ To staūce blode at the nose. A

¶ To staunche flux of blode at the nose. Stampe this herbe and lay it to the tem∣ples / and it wyll cease the blode.

¶ De Ina. Ca. CC.xxiiii.

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INa is an herbe that hath rough & small leues nere togyder almoost without space / and spredeth on the erthe & hath a yelowe floure and groweth on hylly and sandy dry places / and bereth alway floures. It is hote and drye in the thyrde degre / and hath aperatiue and dyu¦rytyke vertue by a bytter substaunce that it hath.

¶ For dropsy. A

¶ Agaynst dropsy at the fyrst / & agaynst opylacyon of the lyuer caused of colde ma¦ke powdre of this herbe and gyue the pacy¦ent two dragmes fastynge with warme wyne.

¶ For many dyseases. B

¶ For Artetyke goute / and agaynst palsy and the fallynge euyll called epylence and agaynst lettynge of vryne / and ylyake pas¦syon / lete the pacyent drynke the powdre fastynge with warme wyne / or drynke y^e iuce of the herbe and that is better.

¶ For feuer quartayne. C

¶ Agaynst feuer quartayne. And for the fallynge euyll called the malady ryall. Make syrope of y^e iuce of this herbe with as moche whyte hony / and let the pacyent take it with water that the herbe is soden in. This syrope also is good agaynst all rewme caused of colde.

¶ De Incensaria. Ca. CC.xxv.

INcensarya is an herbe so called bycause it smelleth lyke franken∣cens. It hath leues lyke the herbe amarusca / or borage. It sprede thou the grounde and bereth the nombre of .vi. flou¦res in the myddes / and they be yelowe w^t a specke of whyte in the myddle / and the floure growe not passynge a fynger length in heyght / and haue a swete taste as hony

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and it groweth in clene places and couer∣tes.

¶ For the stomake. A

¶ For payne of the matryce and the stoma¦ke / and agaynst stoppynge of the vaynes of the lyuer and the mylte / bruse the flou∣res and leues of this herbe / and medled w^t meale or confyct with iuce of the same her¦be / and make therof frytures or cakes / & so be vsed. Yf y^e iuce be dronken or the her∣be eaten it helpest agaynst strangury.

¶ De Ierubulis. Ca. CC.xxvi.

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IErubule is an herbe lyke to oyny∣ons / and groweth in wylde places and hedges.

¶ For the ioyntes. A

¶ For paine of the ioyntes sethe this herbe and the onyon of the rote in gotes talowe with oyle / & beate them togyder & anoynte the place of the ache and ye shall se the expe¦ryence. It is good agaynst tetters and fre¦kens in the face / yf the rote be stāped and medled with flour or meale of the graynes called lupyns / hereafter rehersed and ther¦with anoynte the face.

¶ De Immolo albo. Ca. CC.xxvii.

IMmolum album is an herbe so na∣med. It is clerer than Ieruble as Omer a certayne mayster sayth that a mā named Mercury foūde this herbe It hath a rote blacke and rounde / and tycke in ma¦ner of an onyon.

¶ For the matrice. A

¶ The herbe and rotes therof stamped & layde to the matryce taketh away the pay∣ne meruaylously.

¶ Thus endeth the names of her¦bes that begyn with. I.

¶ AND HERE BEGYNNETH THE NAMES OF HERBES BEGYNNYNGE WITH. L. (BOOK L)

¶ De Lapdano. Ca. CC.xxviii.

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LAudane is hote and drye in y^e .iii degre / some say that it is the gō∣me of a tre / but it is not so. But it is a partye of fatnesse that fal¦leth in maner of a dewe vpon the trees and cleueth to them and waxeth thycke as lyme. They that of the countre bete it downe with thouges or cordes and take it of and wryngeth or pres¦seth it & put in the sonne to drye. It is often medled with gotes tryttles or tordes / and other blacke powders. And it is cōtrefayt in so many maners that scantly in a poūde is cōmenly founde two vnces of true lau∣dane. That is to be chosen that is heui and blacke and stycketh to the handes as wax Laudane that is to blacke and powdreth whan it is handled is corrupt for oldnesse or there be to many thynges medled there with. It hath vertue to restrayne / to con∣forte / & to chauffe by the gleymynesse there of / and hath vertu to conforte by the softe odour of it.

¶ For rewme. A

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¶ For rewme or pose caused of colde that descendeth to the nose. Make a tente of lau¦dane and put it in the nose. For the same / sethe laudane and roses togyder in rayne water / and stoppe the mouthe of the vessel and whan it is colde ynoughe lete the pa∣cyent receyue the fume of the water at his mouthe / and with the same water wasshe his fete / for it conforteth gretely all the sy¦newes.

¶ For the tethe B

¶ For payne of the tethe whan they be lose or wagge in the Iawe bone / confyct lau∣dane and mastycke togyder and anoynte y^e gomes without / and it cōforteth and swa¦geth the payne.

¶ For the matryce. C

¶ For coldnesse of y^e matryce / and for suf∣focacyon of the same / that is whan the wo¦men semeth as deed & in swowne / for cau∣se of fume of the matryce that mounteth to the herte / lete her receyue the smoke of lau¦dane benethe / and than put it to the place. It conforteth moche / & helpeth concepcyon ¶ To reyse the matryce that is auayled. Lete the woman receyue the smoke of lau¦dane at her mouthe or nose.

¶ For the stomake. D

¶ For payne of y^e stomake caused of colde take at euen .v. pylles of laudane & a play∣ster of powdre of cost.

¶ De Liquiricia. Lycoryce. Ca. CC.xxix

LIcoryce is hote and moyst tempe∣rately. It is the rote of a lytell tre That is to be chose that is not to bygge nor to sklender and is yelowe & that powdreth not whan it is broken / and that hath grene vaynes. The iuce of lycoryce hath a felfe vertu yf it be made thus. whā the rote is grene / bete it well & sethe it in water tyll the water be wasted / thā quese or presse out the iuce of the soden rotes and •et the lace to drye in the sonne / and make

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roūde balles or pelletes / some coūtrefayt y^e iuce in this maner / they make very fyne powdre of licoryce / and put powdre of the iuce aforesayd therto & sethe thē in water and hony / and than drye it in y^e sonne / but this maner of doynge is not so delycyous in taste nor so blacke.

¶ For the brest. A

¶ Water that lycoryce or the iuce is soden in is good agaīst all sekenesses of y^e brest & for y^e apostume of y^e ribbes called pleuresy

¶ For the cough. B

¶ The wyne y^t it is soden in is good agaīst all coughes / & for the same electuary con∣fyct of iuce of lycoryce w^t hony. Licoryce chawed & holden in the mouth on the con / gue / taketh away y^e roughnesse of y^e throte and stomake / and apeaseth thryst.

¶ De lapide lazaro. Asure. Ca. CC.xxx.

THe stone of asure is of dry cōplexiō & so is the stone armenyake but it is not determined in what degre / y^e asure sto¦ne is a vayne of y^e erthe y^e asure is made of & so is y^e armonyake stone. Bycause moche is founde in Armeny it is not countrefayt /

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The asure stone is to be chosen that hath co¦lour of the skye / and hath some colours of golde within it. And that whiche hath a paler colour thā y^e skye is erthy. The stone of armeny is more erthy / lyght / and more whytysshe. They may be kept longe with out corrupcyon. These two stones purge & waste melancolyke humours.

¶ For melancoly. A

¶ For melancoly gyue these two stones suffycyently to drynke with water y^e Sene is soden in.

¶ For feuer quartayne. B

¶ For feuer quartayne take them w^t same decoccyon that purgeth melancolyke hu∣mours.

¶ For emorroydes. C

¶ Agaynst payne of the mylte and emorro¦ydes / take them with that / that fenel sede is soden in.

¶ For the herte.

¶ For payne of the herte called cardyake passyon / gyue them with iuce of borage & of the bone in y^e harte of a harte. These sto∣nes ben good agaynst al paynes and dysea¦ses of melancolyke humours. And y^e pow∣dre of the sayde stones ought to be medled in medycyns after that the decoccyons be made / but not in the decoccyons. And these stones must be wasshed or they be put in medycyns in this maner. Put two drag∣mes of powdre of one of these stones in a styffe vessell / as a pyece of syluer / and put water therto and styre the sayd powdre in the water tyll the water be troubled / and than cast the water out / and put clene wa¦ter to it / and styre it agayne in the water / and chaunge the water so .x. or .xii. tymes tyll the water chaunge colour lytel or no∣thyng for the powdre / and this ought not to be gyuen in decoccyon / for it wyll synke to the botome / nor before the decoccyō but it may be medled with that ye wyll gyue in a spone with syrope or other drynke or decoccyō. It may be gyuen by an other ma¦ner that is better and specyally whan it is gyuen to purge or voyde melancolyke hu∣mours.

¶ To purge melācolyke humours. D

¶ Gyue the decoccyon ordeyned to purge or voyde humours. And whan the pacyēt hath ben at the stole two or thre tymes ta∣ke the powdre of one of these stones as the case requyreth in suffycyence. And in this maner the asure stone purgeth melācolyke humours meruaylously.

¶ De lilio. Lylly. Ca. CC.xxxii.

LIllies be hote and moyst / there be two maners / the wilde & the tame There be lyllyes that haue reed floures / & that is best and hath moost vertue. Other haue yelowe floures. And the tame haue whyte floures.

¶ To rype apostumes. A

¶ Yf they be medled with grese and oyle / and layde on colde apostumes / they wyll rype them.

¶ For hardnesse. B

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¶ Agaynst the hardnesse / take grete quan¦tyte of a lylly rote w^t an herbe called bran¦cha vrsina / spoken of afore / and with the rote of malowes or holy hocke / and tēpre them all in wyne and oyle .xii. dayes / and than streyned and wax and oyle put to the streynynge and an oyntement made therof

¶ For colour in the face. C

¶ To make good colour in the face / take the knottes that growe about the rote of wylde lyllyes and drye them / and make powdre of them / and tempre the powdre in rose water / and than dryed / and serue it so thre or .iiii. tymes. And than with the same powdre in rose water anoynte y^e face.

¶ For reednesse. D

¶ To take away ouermoche reednesse take the knottes about the wylde lylly rote / yf ye may lete them be grene / and stampe thē and medle therwith chachume that is scō¦me of golde / and put powdre of camfre in oyle / and at the last put quenched quycke syluer and make an oyntement / & anoynte the pacyent therwith.

¶ De licio. Ca. CC.xxxiii.

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LIcium is hote and drye in the secō∣de degre. Some sayth that it is a gomme / but it is the iuce of an herbe cal∣led also licium that is woodbynde. This herbe is gadred in y^e begynnynge of somer and is beaten and the iuce wronge out and dryed in the sonne / and than it is called li∣cium. Licium is to be chosen that is pure / clere / and shynynge within & that whiche is softe and dymme is nothynge worth It may be kept .v. yeres. It is also called ocu¦lus lucidus. Bycause it clereth the eyes.

¶ For webbe in the eye. A

¶ For the webbe in y^e eye whyle it is newe & agaynst canker of y^e eye caused of thycke flewme in the eye. Make licium in small powdre and confyct it with rose water / & lete it stande tyll the water be wasted and dryed vp / & thā put it in rose water agayn tyll it be drye as it was afore / and do so iiii. or .v. tymes / and than confyct y^e sayde powdre in rose water and put into the eye or the powdre onely. And yf the webbe be olde / put with the sayde powdre a gomme called sarcocole.

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Also confyct licium with iuce of fenell & put in a brassen vessell It wyll clere y^e eyes and is specyally good yf the dymnesse come within forth.

¶ For chyppynge of y^e lyppes. B

¶ For chyppynge / or clyftes of the tonge or lyppes / and for the woundes or hurtes in the mouthe confyct licium / penettes / & amidum in rose water and anoynte y^e pla∣ces therwith. It is a thynge often proued by women of Salerne. A supository made of licium in a feuer agew softeneth and de¦parted it fro the feuer of the wombbe yf it be to ha•de.

¶ For the gommes. C

¶ Agaynst swellynge of y^e gommes was∣she and rubbe them often w^t lycour that licium is medled with.

¶ For frekens. D

¶ Agaynst frekens in the face / medle lici∣um and ceruse in egall quantyte togyder & anoynte the face therwith.

¶ Agaynst maladye of the matryce cau∣sed of colde. Make supposytory or tente of a medycyne called trifera mangna & vpon the supposytory or tente put the powdre of licium / and lay it to the place whan super¦fluytees of humours habounde in the ma∣tryce / for it purgeth and dryeth it.

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¶ De lingua auis. Asshe sede. Ca. CC.xxxiiii.

LIngua auis is y^e sede of asshe trees that hath leues in maner of byr∣des tonges / and some call them keyes. It is hote and moyst in the fyrst degre / and whyle it is grene it hath grete vertue / and whan it is drye it hath none. This herbe hath vertue to moyst or quenche and remo¦ue lechery yf it be soden with flesshe and eaten. For the same make electuary that y^e rote of satyrion / dates / and fruyte called fisticis is put in / and confyct it with hony and the iuce of asshe sedes. This herbe so∣den in barly water / and a ptysane made therof is good for etyke / or cōsumed / and leane persones / and for the same / water y^t they be sodē in is good / and yf sugre be put therto it is good for them that be drye in y^e brest / and is good to clense woundes and to resowdre and fyll the flesshe / and some say that it is an herbe that hath leues lyke byrdes tongue but in stede of it asshe sedes is vsed.

¶ De mercuriali. Mercury. Ca. CC.xxxv

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LInotis is an herbe called mercu∣ryall / and hath many names after dyuers countrees. It is called al∣guras / pastemon / agiliotes / altancus. It is hote and moyst / and is comynly soden with flesshe / and soupe the brothe. To re∣lease the wombe clyster made with iuce of it or the water that it is soden in with oyle salt / and hony.

¶ For webbe in the eye. A

¶ Agaynst the webbe medle iuce of mercu¦ryall with gleyre of an egge and whyte wyne / and wete cotton in it and lay therto and wasshe it often therwith.

¶ For the eares. B

¶ The iuce droppeth in the eares swageth the payne therof.

¶ De Lapacio. Reed docke. Ca. CC.xxxvi

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LApacium is an herbe called docke and hath many names Some call the sede ematiphonos / it is hote & drye / and is in thre maners. For there is lapacium docke that hath rough leues & is of moost vertue. There is another that hath rounde leues & is of lesse vertue. And there is another that is tame y^t hath blacke speckeled leues / and that is best for medy∣cyns that is taken within it. This herbe hath power to sprede humours / and to opē vaynes.

¶ For scabbes. A

¶ For the scabbe make this oyntemēt sethe the iuce of this herbe with nutte oyle and clere or lyquyde pytche. and whan they be soden streyne them and in the streynynge y^e powdres of grauel of wyne & of chymney soote / and it is competēt for scabbes or tet¦ters.

¶ For ryngwormes. B

¶ For ryngwormes / and tetters / anointe them with powdre of orpyment and iuce of the docke.

¶ To rype apostumes. C

¶ To rype apostumes / stampe the rounde docke and put it in oyle / or in grese and lay to them.

¶ For the mylte. D

¶ For hardnesse of y^e mylte / medle iuce of the docke with storax liquide or clere and with gomme armonyake and vyneygre / & lete them lye togyder .iii. dayes and than sethe them and streyne it / and in the strey∣nynge put therto waxe and oyle and make an oyntement and vse it.

¶ For the vryne. E

¶ For cōbre of vryne as strangury & dys∣sury / sethe the docke in wyne and oyle and lay it to the nether parte of the bely / and it wyll prouoke vryne plenteously. The wy¦ne or water that it is soden in vnstoppeth the conduytes of the mylte and lyuer.

¶ For dropsy. F

¶ Agaynst dropsy called leucoflemance / make confeccyons of two vnces of the iuce of dockes with .ii. dragmes of esula / and sethe them togyder with hony and gyue it to the pacyent.

¶ For the kyngis euyll. G

¶ For newe grete kernelles make a play¦ster of sharpe docke stampe with grese.

¶ For wormes. H

¶ For wormes in the bely drynke the iuce

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with hony.

¶ For flewme in the brayne. I

¶ For flewme that floweth in the brayne medle the iuce of docke with iuce of rue & put a lytel in the nosethrylles / and do this in a stewe or a veary warme place.

¶ For the brethe. K

¶ Pancakes made of dockes with meale or egges is good for lettynge of the brethe called asma / it is good yf the be eaten / and this herbe eaten rawe or soden is good a∣gaynst all scabbes.

¶ De Litargie. Ca. CC.xxxvii.

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LItargiū is lytargie. There be dy∣uers lytargyes. For there is lytar¦gie of golde / and whan it is brokē there is colour of golde in it. Also there is that of syluer / and there is lytarge that is comme¦ly vsed and that is of tynne / whiche whan tynne is pured / it is made of the same vay¦ne that tynne is. Some say that there is ly¦targe of leed / but that that we do ocupy is of tynne. Lytarge is of temperate coldnes as some say / and as other say it is colde & drye in the seconde degre. But by the wor∣des of Dyascorydes it sholde be temperate in colde & drynesse / & sayth also lytargie is colde & styptyke. And y^t it is styptyke it ap¦pereth in that it is drye / & neuertheles it is tēperate & moderate in his qualytees. And for as moche as the auctores haue not de∣termyned what excesse there is bycause it is so lytell that it is not apperceyuable the lytargye of golde is moost colde & moyst. Lytargy hath vertue to staunce to clense woundes / and resoudre. The powdre of li¦targye layde vpon byles or sores that hath matter clenseth thē & closeth / & healeth thē

¶ For the scabbe. A

¶ Agaynst scabbes & specyally for y^t that is of last flewme / and coleryke humours Set nutte oyle ouer y^e fyre & sethe it & put therto powdre of lytargye confyct w^t vy∣neygre / & than medle them all togyder in maner of an oyntement. B

¶ For flux of the bely caused of the nether bowelles / lay litargy all hole vpon y^e hote coles / & sprynge vyneygre often theron / & take powdre of it very small y^e which shal be vsed in clyster w^t oyle of roses or water y^t barly is sodē in.

¶ For the yerde. C

¶ For y^e fleyeng of the yerde tēpre lytarge w^t oyle of roses & anoynte y^e place & it wyll clense y^e fylthynesse / & close the woūdes or sore therof.

¶ For heate apostumes. D

¶ To abate y^e excessife heate of apostumes as of the apostume called erisipile lete the powdres of litarge & ceruse be cōfict with rose water & anoynte al about y^e apostume The lytarge of golde y^t is called tachume is good for dyseases of the eyen in this ma¦ner. Make fyne powdre therof & wasshe it v. or .vi. tymes in rose water tyl it trouble not the water / & vse the sayde powdre in y^e eyes with rose water onely.

¶ For the visage. E

¶ To clense y^e vysage / & to voyde y^e dīnesse & euyll colour called pānus y^e womē haue after theyr chyldynge. Take hēnes sewte or of a goos & melte it at y^e fyre & put pow∣dre of litarge of golde and make an oynte∣ment and vse it.

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¶ De Lactuca. Letuse. Ca. CC.xxxviii.

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LEtuse is colde & moist īmoderately and the sede is colder than y^e herbe, but the auctours tell not in what excesse it is. This herbe is good to eate and the sede for medycynes. Letuse is reputed of au∣ctours the moost temperate herbe that is / and that bredeth best blode and moost cau¦seth haboūdaunce of mylke. It is a cōue∣nable meate for coleryke persones yf they eate it sodē or otherwise. Yt is good ī feuer eyther rawe or sodē. Yf it be soden in vyney¦gre and saffron put therto & eaten it vnstop¦peth the cōduytes of y^e lyuer and y^e mylte.

¶ To cause slepe. A

¶ To cause slepe / bruse the sede smal with womans mylke and whyte of an egge and lay it to the temples. ¶ The powdre also of y^e sede taken w^t mylke caused a body to slepe / and for them that haue the feuer do the same.

¶ For hote apostumes. B

¶ Agaynst hote apostumes at the begyn∣nynge. Confycte the sede with oyle of Ro∣ses and layde to the sores.

¶ De Lactuca siluestri. Wylde letuse. Ca. CC.xxxix.

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LEectuca siluestris is wylde letuse and is moche lyke the tame in fy∣gure of leues / but yet the stalkes or twyg¦ges of wylde letuse is longer and sklēdrer and sharper / and be not so grene as y^e tame bycause they haue lesse of moysture. And y^t appereth in that the wylde letuse is bytter and it is more rauke of humours than the tame / and therfore it is not so colde.

¶ Dyascorides sayth that a dragme of y^e mylke of wylde letuse medled with iuce of the tame and vynegre bryngeth out rawe humours.

¶ To cause slepe. A

¶ The mylke therof alone causeth slepe / some say y^t they haue vertue to cause flou∣res in women to flowe. Yf they be staun∣ched by theyr bytternesse. And though that the tame be colde and moyste / neuertheles it is not excedynge. For yf the qualytees had maystry ouer al / it sholde haue no na¦ture no propryete to dye as it hath. But by the coldnesse that is attrybued to it that it is good in medycyne / and in it selfe by la¦stynge longe tyme / than it is not good for

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meate. And auncyent men compared it to the water of a standynge lake or ponde / y^t whiche water is hoter than water of ren∣nynge ryuers bycause of the stone that shy¦neth on them / and gooth to the botome and causeth the mudde to medle with the wa∣ter. Bycause letuse is colde and moyst mo∣derately it is the best of all herbes / and en¦gendreth good blod and in grete quantyte and yf it be eaten vnwasshed it is better. For water encreaseth the colde and moy∣sture therof. Letuse is of good dygestyon and prouoketh vryne / and ceaseth y^e payne of the stomake / of the heed / and the cough caused of coleryke humours / and coleth y^e opylacyon of the blode. It causeth slepe & rest yf it be layde to the temples for all the sayde dyseases. Neuerthelesse to eate it is more prouffytable soden than rawe. But to encrease mylke in the brestes and sede of man / it is best at y^e begynnynge or it haue moche mylke in it. For whan it hardeneth and hath plente of mylke / the moystnesse lesseth / and waxeth bytter and of lesse nou¦rysshynge and geteth aperatyue vertue / & than engendreth noughty blode & noyeth them that contynually vseth them. It cau¦seth dymnesse of the eyen and wasteth / and corrupteth the naturall sede / that causeth syght / and is cause to mortyfy and sle the spyrytes that be the cause of the propryte of syght and stauncheth the naturall heete and thyckeneth y^e sede of nature. And ther∣fore it is a good remedy for them that oftē make polucyon.

¶ For hote apostumes. B

¶ A playster made of al this herbe rubbed and layde to hote apostumes / ceaseth the heate.

¶ De lupinis. Ca. CC.xl.

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LVpyns ben graynes so called / and be in two maners / for there be byt¦ter lupyns pryncypally moost conuenable in medycyns. Also there be lupyns that by lōge beyng ī water become swete Lupyns haue dyurytyke vertue / and vnstoppeth y^e reynes and the bladder / & causeth to pysse well.

¶ For wormes. A

¶ For wormes in y^e wombe. Take meale of bytter lupyns and confyct them with ho¦ny and so vse it. ¶ For the same take brede made of the meale of lupyns knoden with iuce of wormwoode / and lay it to the na∣uyll / and yf a lytell aloen be put therto it wyl be better. The same cōfeccyon w^tout aloen vnstoppeth the conduytes of the ly∣uer & mylte. It is also good agaynst drop¦sy. The meale of lupyns medled with iuce of the herbe persicaria / that is ars smert or culrage / and put in to the eares sleeth the wormes. This meale confyct with hony rypeth colde apostumes and breketh them Isaac sayth that lupyns be hote and drye in the seconde degre / yf this meale be dron¦ken with rue and peper it is good for them that haue dysease in the mylte.

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¶ For blaynes. B

¶ Water y^e lupyns be soden in heleth pym∣ples pusshes or blaines yf they be wasshed therin. Lupyns that be made swete in wa∣ter make cours nourysshinge and be harde to dygest and engendre grosse humours. Some say yf meale of lupyns be layde on a heiry place it causeth the heare to fall / & kepeth that none growe.

¶ De lauro. Laurel or bayes. Ca. CC.xli

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LAurell is hote and drye / the fruyte and the leues be good in medycyns But the leues haue gretest vertue to con∣forte by cause of they good odour. But the fruyte haue more vertue to deuyde to spre¦de and to consume humours. Yf the leues be gadred and put in a drye place without smoke they may be kept good a yere / but y^e fruyte may be kept two yeres. A lytel bay∣ne that bay leues is soden in is good to clē∣se the matryce / and helpeth to conceyue yf the lettynge come of colde.

¶ For colyke passyon. A

¶ For colyke passyon a bathe made of bay leues soden is good.

¶ For the pose. B

¶ Agaynst colde pose of the heed / sethe bay leues in water and lete the pacyent recey∣ue the smoke at his mouthe / and with the same water wasshe the temples and y^e for∣heed. For the same put the powdre of bay beryes in a bagge / and whan it warmed lay the bagge with powdre hete vpon the heed.

¶ For yll colour in the face. C

¶ Agaynst the euyll colour of the face cal∣led pannus / and agaynst a maner of reed thynges that come in yong folkes faces / and specyally to them that be sanguyne. Take newe bay beryes / and put out the huskes and make fyne powdre and put it in hony and anoynte or bathe the face.

For the face. D

¶ For euyll colour that come to women after theyr chyldynge. Confyct the sayde powdre with some gall / and yf the gall be harde / tempre it with hony / and with the sayde hony tempre the powdre afore sayde Of bay beryes is made an oyle y^t is good for payne of the stomake caused of colde & agaynst the ache of the haunches / and the oyle of bayes is made in this maner. Stā∣pe bay beryes and sethe thē longe in comyn oyle / and that that cometh out whan they be pressed is oyle of bayes. And whan ye fynde leues of laurell in receptes. It is ment the leues with the beryes.

¶ De Lentisco. Ca. CC.xli•

LEntisce is a lytell tre that is hote and drye but moore drye than hote Whan lentylles is founde in receptes it is to wyte the leues / and somtyme all y^e tree is put. It hath vertue to restrayne / to re∣soudre / and ioyne woundes.

¶ For menstrue. A

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¶ Agaynst flowynge of menstrue excesse / and agaynst blody flux of the wombe / and agaynst vomyte caused of weykenesse of vertue retentyfe / or by grete sharpnesse of humours. Sethe the leues of this tre in wyne and lay them to the nether partes of the bely / and on the reynes in maner of a playster. But yf the flux be caused of the vpper bowelles lay it to the stomake / and to staunche vomyte lay it to the forke of y^e brest.

¶ For the yerde. A

¶ For hurtynge of the yerde. Make pow∣dre of the leues of this tre vpon a tyle / and lay vpon it. This powdre draweth out y^e fylthe / and closeth and fasteneth woūdes. But it ought not to be vsed but yf there be fylthy matter.

¶ For blysters in the mouth. B

¶ Agaynst blystres in the mouthe & swel∣lynge of the lyppes. Sethe y^e leues of this tre in vyneygre / and with the same make a gargarysme often tymes▪

¶ De lentibus. Ca. CC.xliii▪

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LEntilles be colde sedes and drye / & be better for vsage of medicine thā for to eate and haue vertue to staunche.

¶ For blody flux. A

¶ For blody flux of the wombe. Sethe lē¦tylles in water tyll they become blacke / & gyue them to the pacyent fastynge. Isaac sayth that they be colde in the fyrst degre & drye in the secōde. And who that wyll ser∣che ferther of theyr nature shal fynde that they be composed of two contrary vertues One in the rynde / and the other in the pyth For the rynde hath a sharpnesse wherby it looseth the bely / and the pyth is colde and drye and closeth and conforteth the stoma∣ke and the bowelles.

¶ For flux. B

¶ And agaynst flux of the wombe. Sethe lentylles in warer with theyr ryndes / and whan the sayd water is strayned / put ther¦to a lytell salte and oyle. This water is good to loose / yf the fyrst water be taken away and sethe thē in another water they wyll take the vertue to loose.

¶ For coleryke flux. C

¶ And moreouer yf the ryndes be taken away and sethe them in two waters they

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wyll be better to dygest / and to restrayne coleryke flux of the wombe. Howbeit ge∣nerally in what maner so euer they be dres¦sed they make grosse or cours nourysshyng and be harde to dygest and engendre me / lancolyke blode. But yet they be eaten w^t the ryndes they fyll the brayne full of me∣lācolyk smoke wherbi they be cause moche payne in the heed / and cause many fals & ferfull dremes / and fyll the stomake and bowelles with wynde / and closeth them & anoyeth them more than ony other grayne And in lyke wyse they greue the longues / the mydryfe / and the brayne / and specyal∣ly the eyen / for they drye y^e naturall moyst¦nesse of them / and be euyll and vnnaturall By theyr grete dryeth they restrayne the cours of y^e wombe and of flewmes bycau∣se they thycke the humours so y^t they may not passe through the vaynes. Also lentyl∣les soden with theyr ryndes or huskes be contrary to them that be of drye complec∣cyon / for they engendre in them sekenesses caused of melācolike humours as y^e black morfewe / tetters / canker / or lepre called leonine or elefume. But nethelesse they may profyte to them that be of moyst con∣pleccyon / and therfore yf they be eaten w^t out theyr huskes they be good for thē that haue the dropsy / but they be noysom with theyr huskes bycause they brede wyndes & cause the wombe to swell. Lentylles that be gretest be best in medycyns / to conforte the vertue retentyfe and to warme the sto∣make / and to slake and put out the heate of cours humours that causeth flux of the wombe. But who that wyll vse them to conforte the vertue retentyfe / or to eschew flux of the wombe caused by sharpnesse of coleryke humours / must take away the huskes and sethe them in water / and cast away the fyrst water and sethe them in an other water / and whan they be soden put threto good vyneygre / plantayn / and the leues and sede of quynces / and of medlers and other lyke thynges. But for to confor¦te and warme the stomake / instede of vy∣neygre take good strōge wyne & for slacke the bely sethe them with a rache / betes / or gourdes or other thynges that be laxatyfe Also lentylles taken in meates as with powdred befe ben of euyll nourysshynge & euyll meate. For y^e drye flesshe y^t is cour• of his nature / whan it is myxt with lentyl¦les doubleth the euyll of it / and is cause to enflambe and brenne / and to brede melan¦colyke humours. And therfore they be yll in this maner / specyally with the huskes But who so wyll take the vyce for them sethe them in two waters / and in the secō∣de medled vyneygre with mynte / orygan / comyn / oyle of almondes or of lisanie. Dyascorydes sayth that a playster made of melylot / and celendyne / with oyle of roses and lentylles / wasteth the hote apo∣stumes of the eye.

¶ For pymples in the face. D

¶ Also yf the be medled with pomegarner lyke a playster it healeth the bygge pym∣ples or pusshes in y^e face / and they be goo• for colde chyppynge of the fete.

¶ For crudded mylke in the brestes. E

¶ Also yf they be medled with water of y^e see they be good for mylke that is crudded in womens brestes.

¶ De laureola. Rybbwort. Ca. CC.xliiii

LAureole is an herbe that h••h ly∣uers names. It is called m•sseron laurell terrestre / mustilage / vsilien / and •lipiados / after dyuers coūtrees / laureo¦le

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bereth fruyte or sede that may be kept ii. yeres in strength. Laureole hath chyefe vertue to purge flewme and coler / & may be vsed of seke and hole / and to them that be lykely to fall seke / so that they that wyl vse it haue no strōge feuer / who that wyll purge flewme may sharpen or strength y^e medycyn called benet or gerologodium w^t laureole. But to purge coleryke humours may be sharpened or strengthed the medy∣cyne called oximell / or tryfera sarasenyca & at moost put not but .v. dragmes & myxe mastycke / or gomme called bedelium / or gōme arabyke. Yf the sharpenesse be away it purgeth aboue and beneth. Smal pow¦dre of the sede soden in oyle and the nether parte of y^e bely rubbed and anoynted ther∣with is good agaynst strangury / and dys¦sury / and in lyke wyse anoynte the reynes of them that ben costyfe caused of colde / and glemy humours. Or make a supposy¦tory or tente of coton wete in the sayd oyle and put in the foundement.

¶ For the hearynge. A

¶ For thē y^t heare not well. Put in theyr eares and yf there be ony rotten humours it wyll drye them.

¶ For cours humours. B

¶ Yf there be ony cours humours in y^e out¦warde partyes make an oyntement in this maner. Stampe laureole well and put it in comyn oyle or in ony other hote oyle .x. or .xv. dayes / and put what wyne ye wyll and sethe it tyll the wyne be all wasted / & than strayne it and anoynte y^e greuous pla¦ces. ¶ This oyle is called catholycon.

¶ De leuistico. Louage. Ca. CC.xlv.

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LOuage is an herbe that is hote & drye in the thyrde degre. The sede therof is called leuysticus as the herbe is. And it is called kefni. Yf ye fynde leuisti∣•on or louage in receptes▪ It is the sede & not the herbe nor the rote. It may be kept iiii. yeres / and hath power to prouoke and vnstoppe the conduytes of vryne / & is dyu¦rytyke / and hath vertue to soften & delay cours humours.

¶ For the lyuer. A

¶ Water that it is sodē in is good agaynst opylacyon of the lyuer and mylte.

¶ For the stomake. B

¶ For payne of the stomake or bowelles caused of wynde / make powdre therof & take it with powdre of cynamon vse it.

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¶ De lolio. Cokyll.

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LOlium is cockle. It is hote & drye in the thyrde degre / and groweth omonge wheet. It hath vertue to departe humours / and therfore it is good for thē that be gowty / and for them that haue the dropsy or Iaundys caused of opylacyon of the lyuer / mylte / or bowelles.

¶ For wormes in the wombe. A

¶ Water that it is soden in fleeth all ma∣ner wormes of the wombe / smoke made of cokyll dryueth venimous beestes out of y^e hous. It causeth ache in the heed & noyeth the stomake / as Macer sayth.

¶ For the canker. B

¶ The powdre of the sedes medled with rapes / and a lytell salte beten all togyder is good for the canker layde therto. Also it is good for knottes & sores that cometh in lepre yf quycksyluer be put therto. Yf it be soden in wyne and layde on apostumes it breketh them & spredeth kyrnelles & sof∣teneth all hardnesse where so euer it be.

¶ For goutes. C

¶ Also agaynst all goute scyatyke or pay∣ne in the ioyntes. Make a playster of this herbe with frankensence and saffron & lay to it. Also women make smoke therof to be the sooner delyuered.

¶ De lupulo. Hoppes.

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LVpulus is an herbe that groweth on hedges and tāpeth in maner of an herbe called bryony or whyte vrne and is called hoppes / y^e leues therof be lyke net¦les / & hath sharpe sauour & tarte. And they be put in a drynke called dowble beare / hoppes purgeth reed & adust coleryke hu∣mours and be good for dysease of the lyuer & spredeth & wasteth apostumes & looseth the wombe. And healeth the dropsy / y^e iuce of hoppes rawe is more laxatyfe thā sodē but it stoppeth lesse / who so medled y^e iuce of y^e herbe w^t the iuce of morell is good for apostumes in the lyuer and mylte / and for Iaundys / and kepeth the wombe moyst / and wasteth the heet of the body.

¶ For the mylte. A

¶ To take away payne of the mylte / lay a playster theron with water and vyneygre The iuce of this herbe droppeth in y^e eares voydeth all fylthe. And put in y^e nosethryl∣les with oyle of roses healeth the sorenesse meruaylously.

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¶ De Lapide magnetis. Ca. CC.xlvi.

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LApis magnetis is the adamant sto¦ne that draweth yren. It is hote & drye in the thyrde degre / and hath myght to drawe yren as Arystotle sayth. And is founde in the brymmes of the occyan see. And there be hylles of it / and these hylles drawe y^e shyppes that haue nayles of yren to them / & breke the shyppes by drawynge of the nayles out. This stone is pryncy∣pally good for them that be wounded / in this maner.

¶ For woundes. A

¶ Take the powdre of magnete confycte with the apostolycon playster / and forme a tente and put it in y^e wounde / and it wyll drawe out y^e yren / and drynke the powdre therof or take it with meate. And specialli it ought to be taken with the iuce of con∣frey. ¶ The powdre therwith iuce of fe∣nell in quantyte of two dragmes is good agaynst dropsey / and dysease of the mylte and agaynst fallynge of y^e here / and it w^t draweth flewme & melancolyke humours That is to be chosen that draweth the gre¦test pyece of yren / and that that draweth not is nought. It is otherwyse caled cala∣minta.

¶ De Lapide agapide. Ca. CC.xlvii▪

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LApis agapis is the stone of Inde that is lyke the genitory of a cocke and is sperkled within and without / and is harde & clere as glasse. Agaynst lettyng of the vryne / and to breke the stone in the bladder it is good.

¶ To breke the stone. A

¶ Yf powdre be made thus / take very fy∣ne powdre of this stone agapide in certay∣ne quantyte and put ther to sedes of melōs cytrulles / cowcomets / and gowdes clen∣seth fro the ryndes / & the halfe lesse of saxi∣frage / gromell / fenel sede & y^e fourth parte of sugre / and in the mornynge take a spone¦full of this powdre w^t whyte wyne war∣me. This powdre is prouffytable for thē that haue colyke passyon and stone in the reynes.

¶ De Lapide lyncis Ca. CC.xlviii.

LApis lincis is made of y^e vryne of the he wolfe / y^t whiche vryne thyc¦keth togyder in maner of a stone / & is foun¦de on mountayns. It is hote & drye of cō∣plexyon / and is good for dyseases in the cō¦duytes

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of the vryne as the stone agapide. It wasteth & breketh y^e stone in y^e reynes.

¶ De lapide armenyco. Ca. CC:xlix

LApis armenicus is the stone of ar¦meny. It is spoken ynough of in y^e chapytre of Asure afore.

¶ De lapide emathyte. Ca. CC.l.

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LApis emathytes is a lytell stone y^t hath vertue to staunche blode. As is aforsayd in litera. E. Ca. Clxi.

¶ De lapide lychodemonis. Ca. CC.li.

LApis demonis or lychodemonis is a stone that draueth a strawe as y^e ambre dooth yf it be rubbe. It is good for y^e dyseases of the longes & clenseth it of all cours humours of flewme / and helpeth ly¦targy yf the smoke be taken at the nose.

¶ For grauell. A

¶ Also the powdre therof causeth to pysse / and clenseth the grauel yf it be taken with whyte wyne.

¶ De lapide spongie. C. CC.lii.

LApis spongie is a stone y^t is foūde ī y^e spōges of the see. It hath vertue to vnstoppe y^e conduytes of vryne & is dyu¦rytyke.

¶ De pede leonis. Pedelion. Ca. CC.liii

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LEntopedon Is an herbe called pe∣delion or lyons fote & hath dyuers names / as oculis cōsulus / & pes leonis It groweth in playne feldes by dyches sydes

¶ De lactuca agresti. Wylde letuse. Ca. CC.liiii.

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WIlde letuse hath dyuers na¦mes / whiche I leue / & gro∣weth in sandy places.

¶ For the eyen A

¶ For dymnesse of the eyen medle the iuce of this herbe with wyne or hony w^t gall of an Austour or other foule of pray / and put it all med∣led in a glasse / and put it in the eyen thre ty¦me in a day or more. It is a souerayne me¦dycyne. And bycause this herbe is good for to clere the syght / some say that the egle eateth this herbe whan he wyll flee hye.

¶ De semine lini. Lyne sede: Ca. CC.lvi.

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LInosa / lyne sede is hote and moist It hath vertue to rype / to sprede humours / to soften / to lose / and to brede gleymynesse:

¶ To rype apostumes. A

¶ To rype and breke the apostumes that be outwarde. Make a playster of meale / of lyne sede / of the malowe rote / and of y^e lylly rote soden in water and porkes grese put to them & layde to the sore. Isaac sayth that lyne sede is hote in the fyrst degre / & moyst in the myddes of the same. It nou∣rysshed lytell / and is harde and stronge to dygest / and causeth swellynge / & be noy∣some to y^e stomake. Whan they be roysted they haue vertue dyuretyke / & aperatyue Yf they be taken with hony they be good agaynst cough caused of colde / and clen∣seth the brest of flewme there gadred.

¶ For costyfnesse B

¶ Yf they be eaten with hony & peper they encrease lechery. ¶ Yf they be soden in wa¦ter / and oyle of roses / put in the same and gyuen in clystre they be good agaynst co∣styfnesse / and payne of the bely caused of sharpnesse of humours.

¶ Yf a woman haue apostume in the ma∣tryce or the oryfyce / bathe her in water y^t it is soden in / & it wyl sprede the apostume and rype it.

¶ De Lignaria. Ca. CC.lvii

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LIgnaria is an herbe lyke lyne or fluxe. But it hath a yeloue floure & is whytysshe within & hath wyder leues than lyne. It all togyder lyke esula / but it hath no milke as esula. It is chyefly good agaynst lettynge of the conduytes of the lyuer that cometh of colde / or of colde hu∣mours / and for the same sethe lignaria or saynt Iohīs worte in water / and lete the pacyent drynke it that hath Iaundis / and it wyl recouer his colour / yf he haue none excesse / but it is better soden in wyne.

¶ For the stomake. A

¶ The wyne that lignaria is soden in is good for payne of the stomake and harde∣nesse of the mylte.

¶ De lentycula aque. Grenes / or ducke meate. Ca. CC.lviii.

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LEntylles of the water ben called frogges fote. It is a lytell rounde wede that groweth swymmynge on y^e wa¦ter in pondes / and styll waters.

¶ For canker. A

¶ It hath vertue agaynst canker yf it be stamped the iuce and all medled with por¦kes grese and layde playsterwyse on y^e can¦ker it sleeth and healeth it.

¶ De cynoglossa. Hondestōge. Ca. CC.lix

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LIngua canis is an herbe called ci∣noglossa It hath hote vertue in the seconde degre / and moyst in the fyrst.

¶ For bytynge of venimous beestes. A

¶ For bytynge of a venimous beest y^e iuce of it prouffyteth moche.

¶ For the eyen. B

¶ Agaynst reednesse / swellynge / and dym¦nesse of the eyes / put the iuce in the eyen / & the herbe stamped on them.

¶ To rype apostumes. C

¶ To rype or breke an apostume. This herbe soden and medled with swines grese breketh and purgeth it.

¶ To drawe out thornes. D

¶ Yf it be bruseth and layde on the p•yk∣kynge of a thorne it wyll drawe it out.

¶ For fystula. E

¶ For fystule / this herbe layde playster wyse theron wydeth the hole & healeth it.

¶ For shakynge of the heed. F

¶ This herbe eaten is good for shakynge of the heed / and maketh the throte and the brethe smothe and sowple.

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¶ For the flux G

¶ This herbe is good for flux of the wōbe yf the fete be wasshed in the water that it is soden in.

¶ De lingua hircina. Buckesshorne Ca. CC.lx.

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LIngua hircina is an herbe y^e hath leues lyke langdebefe / but it is ly¦tell & of a fynger length / & hath a browne floure / or of vyolet colour.

¶ For the stomake. A

¶ It clenseth the stomake and refreyneth the grete heate / and healeth brennynge of fyre yf it be soden and layde therto.

¶ De gommi lacca. Ca. CC.lxi.

LAcca is a gomme hote and drye in the seconde degre It is the gomme of a tre that groweth beyonde the see and it vnstoppeth the opylacyon of the lyuer / and conforteth it.

¶ For Iaundys.

¶ It is good agaynst Iaundys and drop∣sy.

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But it must be dyscretely taken yf it be wasshed it is better / and therfore it is had in electuary called dyalthea / ordeyned for those dyseases.

¶ Lāceolata. Lōge plātayn. Ca. CC.lxii.

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LAnceolata is called lytell plātayn It is good for bytynge of veny∣mous beestes / the iuce dronken and y^e her∣be layde on the sore.

¶ To close woundes. A

¶ To reioyne and close woundes. Make

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oyntement of the iuce therof with porkes grese / shepes talowe / terbentyne / franken¦sence and waxe all molten togyder.

¶ De lactuca leporina. Hares letuse. Ca. CC.lxiii

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HAres letuse hath leues lyke cicore and groweth in sandy places and spredeth on the grounde / and in y^e myddes therof spryngeth a floure.

¶ For venym. A

¶ This herbe taken and dronken is good agaynst bytynge of venymous beestes / & for thē y^t haue taken ony venymous thīge.

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¶ De lapaceola. Lytell burre or clyuer. Ca. CC.lxiiii.

Lapaceola is the lesse burre / and it bereth no floures but it bereth a se∣de that cleueth lyghtly as the grete burre called bardane. It groweth in moyst pla∣ces and dyches. It stauncheth the wombe yf the fete be bathed long therin.

¶ For grauell and stone. A

¶ It is also good agaynst grauel / the wa¦ter stylled is good to breke the stone in the bladder.

¶ De limacis rubeis. Reed snayles. Ca. CC.lxv.

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LImace or reed snayle / is a slymy kynde of vermyn of the erthe so cal¦led bycause it is of slyme / or byc•use it bre¦de and abydeth in slymy places It is colde and moyst of complexyon / and is good in vse of medycynes.

¶ For brustennesse. A

¶ For all brustēnesse in olde folke or yong whither it be olde or newe. Take .ix. reed snayles betwene two tyles of clay / so that

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they crepe nor slyde away / and bake them so in the hote emers / or in an ouen tyll they be powdre Thā take the powdre of one of the snayles / and put in whyte wyne & lete the pacyent drynke it in the mornynge at his rysynge / and faste two houres after / and drynke these .ix. snailes in .xviii. dayes that is to wyte euery other day. And yf y^e sekenesse be so olde that it wyll not heale in xviii. dayes / begyn agayne / & drinke other ix. snayles as it is sayde & he shall be hole. It is a thynge proued. Probatumest.

¶ Thus endeth the names of her¦bes begynnynge with. L.

¶ AND HERE BEGYNNETH THE NAMES BEGYNNYNGE WITH. M. (BOOK M)

¶ De Mirto. Ca. CC.lxvi.

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MIrte is a lytell tre so called / y^t which tre bereth a fruite that is named Myrtylles. The which fruyt is cōuenable for medycyns and than the leues / and floures Myrte is colde in the fyrst degre / & moyst in the seconde / and the newer that the le∣ues and floures be the better they are. The fruyte ought to be gadred whan they be ry¦pe / and may be kept two yeres.

¶ For vomyte and dyuers fluxes. A

¶ Agaynst vomyte and flux of the wombe and agaynst excedynge flux of menstrue. Eate the fruyte called Myrtylles or ma∣ke syrope with the iuce of them and sugre or with hony competently for brennynge / for that syrope made with hony is not so good as it that is made with sugre / but it kepeth lōger. Also playsters may be made of the newe fruyt / or yf they be drye make powdre of them and confict it with white of an egge / and layde the sayde playster to the mouthe of the stomake ryght agaynst the bought of the brest.

¶ To staunce flux. B

¶ And to staunce flux of the wombe lay it to the reynes benethe the bely / and to the nauyll / and to staunce menstrue lay it to y^e raynes / and vnder the bely. Also sethe the leues of this herbe in rayne water / & ba∣the the lower partyes therin. Yf ye wyll staunche the flux of the wombe or mēstrue with the same water bathe the temples / the foreheed and the fete.

¶ For the pose. C

¶ For pose caused of heate. Receyue y^e fu∣me at the mouthe / and bathe the temples & the forheed. And yf they be layde to the rey¦nes in feuer ague they appease the payne of the sharpnesse and heate therof.

¶ For stenche of the mouthe. D

¶ Yf powdre of the fruyte and leues be taken in the mornyng it put away stenche of the mouthe that cometh of the stomake

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¶ De manna. Ca. CC.lxvii.

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MAnna is hote and moyst modera∣tely. It is a dewe that falleth on herbes (that be dyuretyke) in a partye of grece. And by day this dewe cle∣ueth about the herbes & is gadred as hony Yf it be pure it is of grete efficace and ver¦tue. But bycause there is but lytell it is cō¦trefayt. Some put rawe hony therto as it cometh fro the hyue. Other contrefayt it without hony. For with iuce of lycoryce & waxe they make a harde thynge y^t is lyke to manna. But there is dyfference / for mā¦na is whytysshe / & hath a holownesse lyke a hony combe / and is purely swete / & that whiche is contrefayt with lycoryce hath a sauour somdele abhominable and therfore it is good in feuer agues caused of colery∣ke humours / & ought to be dressed as cas∣sia fistula. It may not be sodē with medy¦cyns / but whan it is put in confeccyons it ought to be alayde in warme water / and yf it be put in decoccyon it wyll noye more than prouffyte. And therfore bycause there founde none pure without medlynge it is peryllous to sethe it in feuer.

¶ De Melliloto. Ca. CC.lxviii

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MEllilot is an herbe so named / and y^e sede is called mellylot also. It is ho¦te and drye in the fyrst degre & it softeneth the wombe / and rypeth it more than malo¦wes / and the rote more. If it be medled w^t grese & layde hote to apostumes it rypeth them It bereth a floure lyke halfe a cercle and therfore it is called kynges crowne. Ye must take the sede & the huskes for they be so togyder that they can not be departed It hath vertu to cōforte for y^e good odou• that it hath / and hath vertue aperaty•e & dyurytike by y^e swyftnesse of the substaūce

¶ For dygestyon. A

¶ The wyne that it is soden in conforteth gretely dygestyon / and putteth wyndes out of the wombe / and openeth the condu∣ytes of the reynes / of the lyuer / and of the bladder. The sedes put in potages or mea¦tes gyueth them good sauour.

¶ De malua. Malowes. Ca. CC.lxxix.

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MAlowe is an herbe that is colde and moyst in the fyrst degre / & is in two maners that is to say the tame y^t groweth in all places and is moost colde and moost moyst / and hath more swyfter substaunce than the other. The other is the wylde ma¦lowe called bysmalua / and groweth hyer with larger leues and is lyke a lytell tre and is lesse colde and moyst / & hath a more glewy substaunce.

¶ For hote apostumes. A

¶ Agaynst hote apostumes / at the begyn∣nynge bruse malowes and lay to them.

¶ To rype apostumes. B

¶ To rype apostumes / bruse malowes w^t fresshe porkes grese and hete it on a tyle & lay it to hote.

¶ For the mylte and lyuer. C

¶ The same is good for hardnes of y^e mylt and lyuer.

¶ To cause slepe. D

¶ Bathe made and the fete wasshed therin causeth slepe in feuer agues.

¶ To loose the wombe. E

¶ Malawes sodē and potage made of thē looseth y^e wombe. ¶ To cause reteyned mē¦strue to slue / take a malowe rote as bygge as a fynger and scrape it a lytel w^tout and anoynte it with hony and cast powdre of squamony theron / and put it in the oryfyce It is an experiment approued.

¶ De maluauisco. Wylde malowes. Ca. CC.lxx.

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MIluauiscus is the wylde malowe. It is hote and moyst in the seconde degre. It laxeth the wombe / and rypeth it more than the other malowes / and the ro¦tes and leues more.

¶ For apostumes. A

¶ Yf it be brused with grese & layde vpon apostumes it rypeth them / and looseth / & softeneth all harde thynges. Otherwyse sethe this herbe in water tyll the water be all moost as wasted / & vpon it wyll flete a slymynesse that rypeth apostumes yf it be layde to them. And a holsome oyntement may be made of it for y^e same yf it be med∣led with oyle and waxe.

¶ For drynesse. B

¶ The water that the sedes of the wylde malowe is soden in is good for them that haue the feuer ethyke / & agaynst drynesse.

¶ De malua ortulana. Holyhocke. Ca. CC.lxxi.

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MAlua ortensis gardyn malowes It is a grete malowe in maner of a tre with grete leues.

¶ For the bladder. A

¶ For payne of the bladder / and for them that pysse blode / sethe the rote of this malo¦we w^t a .lī. of the leues soden in water / & streyned / and dronken thre dayes whan y^e pacyent is a thyrst / & it wyll ceas y^e payne

¶ For the synewes. B

¶ For the payne of the synewes / sethe this herbe with the rote and put olde grese ther¦to and lay to the place playsterwyse.

¶ For payne of the wombe. C

¶ Agaynst passyō of the wōbe be it ylyake or colyke / & agaynst payne in y^e syde lay y^e leues of this herbe hote vpon the paynfull places.

¶ To rype apostumes D

¶ To rype apostumes / sethe y^e leues and y^e rotes / & lay them playsterwyse to them. This herbe is good for payne of the blad∣der yf it be sodē & eatē as Diascorides saith

¶ For venym. E

¶ Agaynst all venym take these leues and wylowe leues & bethe thē togyd & eate thē & it wyl put out al venym as Diascorides & Macer sayth.

¶ For tethe ache. F

¶ For payne of the tethe holde y^e tote of ho¦lyhoke vpon the sore tethe.

¶ For deed chylderen. G

¶ To put the deed chylde out of the mode• make a playster of holyhokes with a lytel salt / & goos grese & lay it to y^e matryce w^t a bende.

¶ For the eyen. H

¶ The iuce of this herbe often put in to y^e eyen freteth y^e flesshe that is superflue.

¶ For styngynge of hony bees. I

¶ To cause that hony bees shall not greue the / make an oyntement of hockes & oyle olyue & anoynte the therwith / and y^e same wyll swage the payne of theyr styngynge.

¶ For scurfe. K

¶ Agaynst scursse of the heed / wasshe the heed w^t water that leues of holyhokes is soden in & than bethe them and lay them to the heed.

¶ For brennynge. L

¶ For all brēnynge eyther w^t fyre or other hote humour sethe hocke leues in oyle oly∣ue & with the oyle anoynte the place & lay y^e leues vpon it.

¶ For y^e foūdemēt. M

¶ Agaynst payne of the foūdemēt or of y^e matryce / and of the bowelles / sethe the ••¦nes ī water and make a stewe of the same water / or wasshe the often therwith.

¶ De Mastice. Ca. CC.lxxii.

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MAstyke is hote and drye in the secon¦de degre. It is the gomme of a lytel tre that is lyke the tre called lentiste / and groweth in a partye of Grece. And in that countree the people make scotches or clyf∣tes in the barke of this tre / and make the grounde clene about it / and lye clothes or couerynge made of rysshes bycause the ly∣cour that woseth out shall not fall on the erthe. Mastyke that is clere and whyte is to be chosen / and that that is dymme and medled w^t erthe is to be refused. Mastyke hath vertue to restrayne / to conforte / to reioyne and sowdre.

¶ For humours that come fro the heed. A

¶ For the humours that descende fro the heed in to the eyen and tethe / and agaynst payne of the temples caused of fumes that mounteth fro the stomake to the heed con∣fycte the powdre of mastyke with whyte wyne and whyte of an egge / & yf ye wyll put powdre of olybane therto and lay this playsterwyse to the tēples. A playster ma∣de of mastyke & laudane layde vpon wag∣gynge tethe reioyneth and fasteneth them and abateth swollē gommes and wasteth the superflue and cours humours. Masty¦ke oftentymes chewed whyteth / and stedy¦eth the tethe. It wasteth also the superflue humours that descende to the dygge of the tongue / and purgeth the humours of the brayne / and causeth to spette moche.

¶ To staunce vomyte B

¶ Yf mastyke be hote or molten in a vessel and dryuē vpon a clothe or lether / & layde to the bought of the brest it stauncheth vo∣myte caused of humour or of feblenesse of vertue retentyfe. And the same conforteth dygestyon in them that be weyked by seke∣nesse / and lay it to the herte whan the heare is takē away / and yf it wyll not cleue lay a warme tyle therto and a clothe betwene and whan it cleweth take the tyle away. The water that mastyke is soden in dron∣ken luke warme conforteth dygestyon / & stayeth the stomake that is lose / and yf fe∣nell sede be put therto it wasteth the wyn∣des therof. ¶ A playster made of mastyke bole armenyke and whyte of an egge with vyneygre / and layde to the bowght of the brest stauncheth vomyte caused of colery∣ke humour. Rayne water that mastyke is soden in dooth the same / and also it restray¦neth the flux of the wombe caused of sharp¦nesse of medycins Rayne water or rose wa¦ter that it is soden in with .iiii. or .v. clo∣wes and dronken warme is good for the same. And knowe ye that mastyke ought not to be moche soden / for lesynge of his strength in sethynge / and the water that it is soden in must be taken mylke warme / & is better so than hote as Cōstantyne sayth.

¶ De menta myntes. Ca. CC.lxxiii.

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MInte is hote and drye in the secon¦de degre. There be thre maners of it. One is tame / and is propre¦ly called gardyne mynte / and it chauffeth or heateth meanely / and conforteth. Ther is an other mynte and it is wylde and is called mentastre or horsmynte / and it hea∣teth more strongly. There is yet an other mynte / and it is called mynte romayne / or sarazyns mynt / and it is moost aperatyue dyurytyke / and vnstoppynge than y^e other bycause it is more bytter. The tame myn∣te is best in medycyns / & is of ryght grete vertue grene and drye. It ought to be dry¦ed in the shade / and may be kept good one yere. It hath vertue to departe and waste humours / by the qualytees and to confor¦te by the good odour and sauour.

¶ For stenche of the mouthe. A

¶ For stenche of the mouth caused of rottē¦nesse of the gommes and tethe / wasshe the mouthe with water that gardyn myntes is soden in / and rubbe the tethe with the myntes / or the powdre therof.

¶ For the appetyte. B

¶ To renewe the appetyte that is lost cau¦sed of colde humours in the mouthe of the stomake / make sawce of mynte / vyneygre cynamome / or peper.

¶ For vomyte. C

¶ Agaynst vomyte caused of weykenesse retentyfe or by colde. Sethe minte in salte water / or in vyneygre / and wete a sponge therin / and lay it to the mouthe of the sto∣make in the bought of the brest / or lay the mynte soden therto / or lete the pacyent eate mynte.

¶ For swownynge. D

¶ For swownynge or weykenesse of the herte / be it in feuers or other sekenesse / or yf it come of other cause. Stampe myntes with vyneygre / and a lytell wyne / yf the pacyent haue no feuer. And roste a shyuer of breed tyll it be almoost brent / and put it therin tyll it be well steped / and thā put of it in to his nose / & rubbe his lyppes / his tongue / gommes / tethe / and the temples / and lete hym chawe it and souke the moyst¦nesse therof / and swalowe it.

¶ For the matryce. E

¶ To clense the matryce. Sethe the tendre croppes of mynte in wyne and make a sup¦posytory.

¶ For ylyake passyon. F

¶ For the ylyake passyon. Sethe mynte in wyne and lay it to the reynes / and nether parte of the bely.

¶ For crudded mylke in the brestes. G

¶ For crudded mylke in the brestes / sethe mynte in wyne and lay to them Also yf ony medycyne be taken for venym it ought to be takē with iuce of mynte. For the mynte hath some vertu to drawe out venym. Or take the wyne that minte is soden in / or w^t water of myntes.

¶ De menta romana. Wytmynt. Ca. CC.lxxiiii.

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MYnte romayne or sarazyne is hote & drye in the seconde degre. The leues be longer / larger / & sharper than the other mynte / and hath vertue to vnstoppe the cō¦duytes of vryne more thā ony other mynte And that is seen in that it is more bytter / hath a sharper sauour.

¶ For the lyuer. A

¶ The iuce of this herbe onely w^t hony / or y^e wyne y^t it is sodē in / it is good to vnstop∣pe the conduytes of y^e mylt and lyuer / and way of vryne / yf the lettynge come of col∣de or hote humour so that there be no feuer

¶ For wormes in the wombe. B

¶ The iuce of this mynte dronken sleeth y^e wormes of the wombe / and yf it be drop∣ped in y^e erres it kylleth the wormes there.

¶ For apostumes. C

¶ This herbe soden in wyne and oyle / and layde to harde apostumes / destroyeth spre¦deth / and wasteth them. It may be put in¦stede of the tame.

¶ De mētastro. Horsmynt. Ca. CC.lxxv.

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MEntastre is hote and drye in the secō¦de degre / and is called wylde mynte

¶ For colde cough. A

¶ Agaynst colde cough bethe dry fygges with horsmynt in wyne / and vse it.

¶ For dygestyon. B

¶ The wyne that it is soden in conforteth dygestyon. Bayne or hathe made of y^e wa∣ter that it is soden in chauffeth the coldnesse of the matris.

¶ For the heed or pose. C

¶ Yf the powdre of this mynte be put in a bagge / & layde hote to the heed / it is good agaynst colde reume of the heed / and wa∣steth / and healeth it.

De margaritis siue perlis. Perles Ca. CC.lxxvi.

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MArgarites that is called perles ben colde & drye. They be small bryght stones that be founde in certayne fysshes. There be two maners. There be y^t are naturall without artyfyce or craft & they be y^e best & whā ye fynde per¦les ī receptes it is thē y^t be naturall perles.

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Other there be that be no perles and be sto¦nes that the apotycaryes put often in vse. But neuertheles it may be that some that be no perles / be better than some perles / yf they haue ony good propryetees. Perles y^t be bryght and clere are to be chosen. They that be dymme & whyte be nought. They haue vertue to conforte / and encreas the spyrites of the herte. Some say that it is bycause they clense and purge y^e membres fro superfluytees / & stayeth and closeth y^e membres and conforteth them.

¶ For weykenesse of y^e hert. A

¶ Agaynst feblenesse of the herte & swow∣nynge caused of flux of the wombe or me∣dycyne / or of to moche bledyng / & agaynst trēblynge of the hert that cometh in feuer Take the powdre of perles with sugre of roses. The perles that be perced thorowe by craft be neyther better not wors. But y^e best be perced by nature.

¶ De Mommia. Mōmye. Ca. CC.lxxvii

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MOmmye is hote and drye i• the thyrde degre. Some say that it is colde bycause it hath vertue re¦strayntyfe. But it is not so. For many thynges that be hote and drye to staunche. Mommye is a maner of spyces or confec∣cyons that is founde in the sepulchres or tombles of deed bodyes that haue be con∣fyct with spyces. And it is to wyte that in olde tyme men were wont to confyct the deed corpses and anoynte them with baw∣me and myrre smellynge swete. And yet y^e paynyms about babylon kepe that custo∣me / for there is grete quantyte of bawme. And this Mommye is specyally founde about the brayne / and about the matonge in the rydge bone. For the blode by reason of the bawme draweth to the brayne / and thereabout is chauffed. And lyke wyse is the brayne brent / and parched / and is the quantyte of Mommye / and so the blode is moeued in the rydge of the backe. That Mommye is to be chosen that is bryght / blacke / stynkynge / and styffe. And that y^t is whyte / and draweth to a dymme colour and that is not stynkynge nor styffe / and that powdreth lyghtly is nought. It hath vertue to restrayne or staunche.

¶ For bledynge of the nose. A

¶ The powdre of Mommye onely put in to the nose stauncheth the blode / or make therwith a tente with iuce of sanguynary and put it in to the nose. Also make a play∣ster of the powdre with the gleyre of an egge / and lay it to the browes and tēples.

¶ For spettynge. of blode. B

¶ For them that spette blode by reason of hurte or dysease of the mēbres of y^e bulke▪

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Take pylles confyct with powdre of mō∣neye with a lytell mastyke and confyct th• in water that gōme Arabyke hath be mol¦ten or alayed in. And helde these pylles in the mouthe tyll they melte and departe / & than swalowe them. And yf the blode co∣me to the mouthe bycause of the nutrytyfe membres as the stomake the lyuer and the mylte / eate this powdre with a rere egge or drynke it with iuce of plantayne.

¶ For blody flux of the wombe. C

¶ For blody flux of the wombe take this powdre gomme arabyke and brent brasse with rose water & iuce of plantayne. And it is pryncypally good yf the dysease come of the vpper bowelles. And yf the vyce co∣me of the nether bowelles / mynystre the sayde powdre in clystre with water that barly is soden in with dragagant. Make also a playster of mommye and of tan that is a powdre made of oken barkes with vy¦neygre and gleyre of an egge. Yf the cause be of the lowe bowelles lay the playster to the nether ende of the bely / and to the ray∣nes. And yf it be of the hye bowelles lay it to the nauyll. ¶ To steynt the excedynge flux of the menstrue / take athanasia and powdre of mommye in suposytory.

¶ To ioyne woundes. D

¶ Powdre of mommye layde on woūdes ioyneth and resoudreth them.

¶ De Mandragora. Mandrake. Ca. CC.lxxviii.

MAndrake is colde and drye / but the auctours determyne not in what de¦gre. There be two maners the male / and the female / & the female hath sharpe leues Some say that it is better for medycyne than the male / but we vse of bothe.

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¶ Mandrake the female.

¶ Some say that the male hath fygure or shape of a man. And the female of a wo∣man / but that is fals. For nature neuer gaue forme or shape of mākynde to an her¦be. But it is of troughe that some hath sha∣ped suche fygures by craft / as we haue sō∣tyme herde say of loboures in the feldes. The rynde of y^e rote of Mandrake is pryn¦cypally good for vse in medycyne. The

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fruyte next. And thyrdly y^e leues. The ryn¦de of the rote of mandragora may be kept two yeres in vertue / and so lōge it may be vsed in medycyns. It hath myght to kele / to staunche / and somwhat to mortyfye / & to cause slepe.

¶ To cause slepe A

¶ To cause one to slepe in a feuer ague con¦fyct the rynde of mandrake with womans mylke and whyte of an egge / and lay it to the foreheed and temples.

¶ For heedache. B

¶ For the payne of the heed caused of heet. Stampe the leues and lay them on the tē∣ples / and anoynte the heed with oyle that is made in this maner. Bruse the apples of this herbe mandragora / and lay it a grete whyle in oyle / and than sethe it a lytell / & whan it is streyned it is called oyle of mā∣drake. It is meruaylous good to cause sle∣pe / and helpeth agaynst payne of the heed yf it be caused of heate anoynted therwith about the temples and foreheed / and also yf y^e pulces be anoynted therwith it coleth meruaylously the heate of feuer ague.

¶ For apostumes. C

¶ Agaynst apostumes the places anoyn∣ted with this oyle at the begynnynge put∣teth the matter out yf the fruite or leues of mandrake be brused and layde therto / or at the leest the powdre of the leues with y^e iuce of some colde herbe.

¶ For the flux. D

¶ For flux of the wombe caused by sharpe¦nesse of coleryke humours / anoynte y^e wō∣be and all the rydge bone with the oyle of it / and mynystre a clyster therwith also. This herbe of some is called Antimon or Androporeos / and the sede abbaloros.

¶ De Meu. Ca. CC.lxxix.

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MEu is an herbe y^e rote therof also hyght meu. Some call it sistra / that is dyll but sistra is another herbe. The rote of meu ought ch•fely to be put in medycyns / and may be kept two ye∣res / and is hote and drye in the s•conde de∣gre. It hath vertue to vnstoppe the wayes of y^e conduytes of vryne / and is dyuretyks by the subtylnesse therof / and hath vertue to withdrawe / and waste humours by the cōplexyon and qualyte. The wyne or wa∣ter y^t meu is soden in is good agaynst opy∣lacyō of the lyuer and the mylte caused of colde. And also agaynst straytnesse of vry¦ne called dyssury and strāgury / and is best in somer / and to yong folkes gyue y^e water that it is soden in. And in wynter & to olde folkes gyue the wyne. Powdre of meu ta¦ken in meates or drynkes w^t fenel sede wa¦steth and putteth out the wyndes of y^e sto∣make / and of the guttes / and conforteth dygestyon.

¶ For Costyfnesse. A

¶ Agaynst costyfnesse caused of colde sethe this herbe in wyne / and lete y^e pacyent syt therin in maner of a lytell bath / and than lay the herbe on the foundement. The pow¦dre therof cōfyct w^t hony and layde theron is a conuenable solue.

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¶ De citonijs. Quynces. Ca. CC.lxxx.

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MAla citonia bē quynce apples. yf they be gadred with a lytell of the stalke / & hanged therby they may be kept a yere in a colde place or regiō and halfe a yere in a warme. They haue myght to restrayne and to conforte / and be of more vertue grene than drye.

¶ For vomyte. A

¶ Agaynst vomyte and flux of the wombe caused of heet and of retentyfe weykenesse Eate quynce apples rosted or tawe. But yf it be for vomyte take them after meate

¶ For flux of the wombe. B

¶ For flux of the wombe. Sethe quynce apples in rayne water and bruse them and lay them warme to the skare of the bely / & to the raynes. And yf the flux is caused by the vyce of y^e bowelles benethe / lay y^e play¦stecwyse about the nauyll. And yf it be by vyce of y^e bowelles aboue / lay it to the sto∣make in the forke of the brest and it wyll staunche it. Another maner is thus Bruse grene quynces / and streyne the iuce / & con¦fyct it with theyr powdre / and put therto a grayne or fruyte called Sumac. The powdre of them eaten cōforteth the stoma¦ke and prouoketh it and stauncheth. Of these apples is an electuary made called dyacytonyten in this maner. Sethe quyn∣ces in water and than take the owtwarde partes that ben blacke and vnclene away and kepe that whiche is of good and swete smell and with the sedes or kernelles and the substaunce therof do in this wyse. Take a colender or a pāne w^t holes wyde ynough and therin lete the sayde quynces be well handled tyll they be thynne and so softe that they passe thorowe / & that that is harde bete agayne and passe it through the colēder / and put therto hony of egall quan¦tyte / and sethe it / and whan it is well sodē put therto powdres of spyces that belonge to the recept of dyacytonytē whiche is wry¦ten in y^e boke called Antidotary / but whā they be put in it must be alwaye styred / & than taken from y^e fyre and be powred on a fayre borde and there to be made thynne and slyced. And this diacitoniten is called dyacitoniten exiporium. Dyacitoniten cō∣forteth dygestyon / and is good for them y^t come out of sekenesse. The kyrnelles in the quynces haue vertue to moyste / to smothe and soften / and therfore brothe that they be soden in is good for them that ben drye as of ptysyke or ethyke / and the sayde bro∣the is cōuenable in syropes for them.

¶ For the tongue. C

¶ For roughnesse of the tongue / put these sedes or kernelles in a fyne clothe wette in water and wasshe the tongue therwith / & an herbe called psilium or the sede therof.

¶ De granatis. Pomgarnades. Ca. CC.lxxxi.

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MAla garnata. Pomgarnades ben apples so named some be swete / and be hote and moyste temperatly. Other be tarte and sowre / and ben colde / and may be kept a yere yf they be hanged in the ayre Swete pōgarnades ben most conuenable in meates of medycyns. They be most be∣houefully gyuen to thē that haue coleryke feuers / for the moistnesse of thē hath more myght to dystroy y^e sharpenesse of y^e heate thā y^e heate hath to growe. sowre pōgarna¦des bē better for medycyn thā for meate. y^e iuce of these sowre garnades may be gyuē in coleryke feuers / be they tercyā or ague by the selfe or with iuce of the swete. And it ought to be vsed in the mornynge with warme water.

¶ To dygest mater of feuer. A

¶ To dygest the mater of the feuer / take syrope made of iuce of the sowre pomgar∣nades / for this syrope loke in the boke cal∣led Anthidotary. The leues of the tre that bereth this fruyte is called balausteis as is aforesayd / and the rynde or barke of the apples ben called psidie / and ought to be gadred whan the apples ben rype. These leues and ryndes may be kept two yeres. And haue vertue to staunche

¶ For vomite. B

¶ For vomite caused of colerike humours and for the blody flux / the powdre of them soden in vyneygre or a sponge wet therin & layde to the stomake / for vomyte. And for the flux lay the sponge to the reynes and to the lowe parte of the bely or share. And ta¦ke this powdre with a rere egge.

¶ To staunche blode C

¶ To staunche blode at the nose. Take the powdre of the floures and ryndes alone or with iuce of bursa pastoris. ¶ To staun∣che menstruall blode / lay the powdre to y^e place with iuce of plantayne

¶ De macianis pomis. Wood crabbes or wyldynges. Ca. CC.lxxxij.

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mAla maciana ben wylde apples and be colde and drye / and haue power to staunche. And therfore they be good a∣gainst flux of the wombe in maner as it is sayd of quynces and for the same dyseases swete apples haue most vertue / and brede wynde. Those that be somwhat colde of sa¦uour ben best to eate. And they that haue feuers ought to eate them rawe and rested

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after meate. But the rosted be best:

¶ For dygestyon: A

¶ For them that haue had sekenesse lately and haue yll dygestyon / caused of colde in the stomake / vse them thus. Cleue them in two & take out the kyrnelles / and y^e harde skynnes that they lye in / & fylle the holow¦nisse with powdre of nutmygges / clowes and cocle sede / and somtyme is onely put powdre of cynamome / gynger / and peper and so rosted in the fyre / and it wyll con∣forte gretely.

¶ De Marrubium. Horehounde: Ca. CC.lxxxiij:

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MArrubium is an herbe called hore∣hounde. It is hote & drye in the thyr¦de degre / some call it prassyon. The leues is better in medycyn than ony parte of the herbe / y^e rynde next / and the floures / and than the rote. The leues may be kept good one yere / yf they be hanged in shadowe. It hath vertue to deuyde & sprede humours / and to soften and waste them. It hath dy∣urytyke vertue / & to w^tdrawe humours.

¶ For the brethe A

¶ For lettynge of the brethe called asma yf it be caused of colde humour and slymy as flewme. Take an electuary called dya¦prassyō that hath moost myght of this her¦be. Or make electuary of the iuce in one parte therof and the fyfth parte of scōmed hony / and sethe them togyder tyll they be thycke / and than put powdre of dragagāt therto and lycoryce / and vse it / and yf ther be no iuce take powdre of the leues with scōmed hony and lycoryce.

¶ For the cough. B

¶ And for cough take the leues therof so∣den with drye fygges.

¶ For the vryne. C

¶ For lettynge of the vryne as dyssury or strangury / gyue the pacyēt the wyne that it is soden in. Also the herbe soden in wy∣ne and oyle lay it to the share and raynes. And for thē y^t haue colyke of colde cause.

¶ For emorroydes D

¶ For emorroydes swollen & not rennyng make a lytell bathe in salte water / and in wyne that this herbe is sodē in / and make a supposytory of the powdre confyct with hony / or the powdre or iuce therof sodē w^t oyle of muske / and cottō wette therin and put in to the foundement / or vpon it.

¶ For wormes in the wombe. E

¶ For wormes in the bely / take powdre of the leues soden with hony

¶ For wormes in y^e eares. F

¶ For wormes in y^e eares droppe the iuce of it therin.

¶ For the mylte. G

¶ For hardnesse of the mylte / the iuce of y^e rynde of y^e rote steped a fourtenyght in wy¦ne and oyle / and than soden and streyned and in the streynynge put therto waxe and oyle / and make an oyntement for y^e same.

¶ De Melle. Hony. Ca. CC.lxxxiiii.

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MEl is hony and is hote in y^e fyrst degre / & drye in the secōde / hony is made by artyfyce / and craft of bees. The whyche bees draweth the thyn∣nest parte of the floures / and partely of the thickest & moost grosse / and therof maketh hony and waxe / and also they make a sub∣staunce that is called the hony combe.

The tame hony is that that is made in the hous or hyues that labourers ordeyneth for the sayd bees to lodge and worke in. Hony is whyte in colde places / & browne in warme places. And hony ought to be put in medicyns and may be kept .C. yeres There is an other that is called wylde ho¦ny and is founde in woodes / and is not so good as the other and is more bytter / and therfore it is put in medycyns to vnstoppe the cōduytes of vryne / & is better therfore than the other. Also there is a hony called castanea bycause it is made of chestayne floures that the bees sucketh / and is byt∣ter and dyurytyke as the other Hony hath vertue to consume / to clēse / and kepe thyn¦ges fro rotynge. And is put in medycyns to delay and hyde the bytternesse of medy∣cyns / and that the medycyns go to the bo∣tom of membres bycause of the swetnesse therof / that is medled with them. Pow∣dre of medycyns is medled with hony to kepe the vertue therof.

¶ For the stomake. A

¶ Agaynst colde humours in the stomake Take a drynke called mulsa that is of ho∣ny and warme water.

¶ For the herte. B

¶ For weykenesse of the herte and swow∣nynge. Take y^e brothe made of hony with some water that conforteth.

¶ To clense the stomake. C

¶ To clense dyrte or fylthe in the stomake and to vnbynde the bely. Take nytre with hony and it clenseth.

¶ For euyll colour in the face. D

¶ For euyll colour in the face called pan∣nus that cometh to womē after theyr chy•¦dynge. Confyct two or thre dragme of •y¦tre with hony / and lete it lye the space of thre dayes / and therwith anoynte the face And for the same hony with bulles galle is good.

¶ For to vnbynde the bely. E

¶ In a feuer or other dysease whā the ho•y is bounde / a supposytory is made in th••¦mtner. Hony is sodē in a vessel tyll it waxe blacke / and powdre of salte is put therto / and whan they be medled the hony is pow¦red on a stone or an other eu•••••ge / and than be anoynted as a supposytory ought to be / and put it in the foundement / and it wyll cause you to shyte a pace.

¶ De Musco. Muske. Ca. CC.lxxxv

MVske is hote and drye in the seconde degre. It is a moyst thynge that is founde in certayne apostumes in a ma∣ner

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kīde of beestes in Inde. These beestes be lyke kyddes & in theyr greynes is a cer∣tayne holownesse / in the whiche humours gadre in maner of impostumes the which whan they ben rype by the moeuynge of y^e beest the fall downe with the skynne the whiche hath whyte heeres / and therin is the muske There be thre maners of muske One is all blacke and is nought. Another is somwhat browne / and is better than y^e fyrst. The thyrde is all browne with co∣lour lyke spykanardy / and is the best and hath a sauour somwhat bytter / and may stantly be countrefayted. Yf it be put in y^e mouthe to assay y^e taste it fylleth y^e brayne with sauour. Good muske ought not to be to styffe nor melte lyghtly in the mouthe & ought not to be clere within. Muske may be kept longe in a vessell of glasse or other but the best is to put it in close leed. Nor it may not be put with swete smellynge thyn¦ges / for than it leseth the smell. And yf it chaunce so to do / put it in a vessell vnstop∣ped and hange it in a pryue / and it wyl re∣couer vertue and smell. It conforteth with good smell / and wasted / and spredeth hu∣mours by complexion and qualyte therof.

¶ For the herte A

¶ Agaynst weykenesse of herte and swow¦nynge / or feblenesse of the body / yf it come from the brayne or lyuer / or payne of the stomake caused of colde. Take muske alo∣ne with wyne or with diamargariton / or with pliris areotycen whiche be at the ap∣potycaries / and take but two weyght of two wheate cornes at ones.

¶ For the brayne B

¶ Agaynst weykenesse of the brayne smel to muske / and defaute of the matryce and stopping therof whan it wryngeth y^e herte and the vpper lymmes / and causeth in ma¦ner to swowne / take the fume of muske be¦nethe.

¶ For menstrue. C

¶ To cause harde menstrue to renne / and to helpe to conceyue yf the cause be of colde Mynyster muske benethe with a medycyn called tryfera. Supposytory with oyle & cotton made of storax / calamyte / ambre / and muske / is good / put in the oryfyce.

¶ For stenche of the mouthe. D

¶ For stenche of the mouthe chawe muske / and it wyll do it away. Whā mar¦chaūtes wyll bye muske they stoppe theyr nosethrylles / and than cause to open the muske / and than they go a stone cast from it / and vnstoppe theyr noses / and yf they smell it so ferre of they bye it / for it is good

¶ De Mirabolanis. Ca. CC.lxxxvi.

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MIrabolanes ben of dyuers maners and be colde and drye. They that be yelowe be colde and drye in the seconde de∣gre. Mirabolans ben the fruyte of trees in Inde / also of one shape / but they haue dyuers kyndes and vertues. Of myrabo∣lans ben good kyndes / the citryne yelowe cebules / bellerykes / emblikes / and yndes Cytrines or yelowe mirabolans that be bygge and heuy / and haue a gommosyte within ben best and may be kept .v. yeres and the Cebules / and belerykes ought to haue the same condycyon / and the cebules may be kept but .v. yeres / but the bellery¦kes / and emblykes may be kept dyuers ye¦res. Auctours say that they purge colery∣ke humours / but some more and some lesse Yelowe or cytryne mirabolās chyefly pur¦ge coleryke humours and secondely flew∣mes. Cebules chyefly flewmes and secon∣dely colere: The yndes chyefly melācolyke and secondely coleryke The emblykes and the bellerykes purgeth flewme and cole∣ryke humours. Whan mirabolans is founde in compost medycynes / the huskes onely is to be weyed without the kyrnel∣les / but whan they must be confycte / they must be well soden and beaten & all weyed togyder / and the kyrnelles taken away / and the huskes of other mirabolans put therto / and it nedeth not to take the kernel¦les away / for they be smal & may easely be taken fro the huskes. It ought to be kno∣wen in what quantyte they ought to be ta¦ken / and howe they must be dressed. For whan mirabolās citrynes is put in medy¦cyns at the moost is two vnces and a halfe yf they be put alone. Put mirabolans in powdre / and stepe it in hote water not se∣thynge / for yf sethe it wyll take away all the gommy substaunce / and the vertue lax¦atyfe sholde be loste / and whan they haue lyen a nyght in the sayd water rubbed thē with your handes / and strayne the water in the mornynge / and mynystre it.

¶ For feuer ague. A

¶ Agaynst feuer ague conuenably taken in decoccyon it cauffeth not but purgeth & vnbindeth cōpetently. And is pryncypally good agaynst the blody flux of the wombe Mirabolans cytrynes ben taken somtyme with casia fistula / and tamaryns to pury¦fye and clense the blode / but the casia must fyrst be delayed in warme water & stray∣ned / and in that brothe stepe the myrabo∣lans all nyght / and on the morowe stray∣ne them and gyue to the pacyent. An• ye ought to knowe that all colyces that mi∣rabolans citrynes myxed with ought to be takē at morowe erly & y^e decoctiō of y^e cebu¦les may be takē at euē / & they y^t haue colde stomakes ought to take y^e decoccyō of thē with warme water / for yf it be taken w^t colde water it wolde perbrake vp agayne This decoccyō ought be warmed ī a vessel of syluer or erthe put ī an other full of wa¦ter to sethe & after y^t decoccyō of mirabolās cytrīs ye ought to vse some syrope actuelly

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colde to drinke with colde water / or at the leest colde water yf it be somer / & in wyn∣ter warme. The other mirabolans may not be giuen in grete quātyte by themselfe as the cytrines for they be medled w^t other laxatyues. Powdre is made of theyr ker∣nelles to take away dymnesse of the webbe in the eye. Some put the same powdre in rose water / and lete them drye two or thre tymes / and than put the powdre alone in the eye with rose water. Of myrabolans cebules is a syrope made in this wyse. Take cassia fistula / tamarins / and māna and soke them in water and strayne them & in y^e colyce therof put sugre / and put ther¦in mirabolans cebules / that swelleth / and this syrope may be kept .v. yeres. Yf it be vsed it openeth the vayne that is febled by melancolyke humour / that is moūted ī to the eyen / and is good for them that be dy∣sposed to feblenesse of herte / yf it be taken in the mornynge / and than drynke warme water that syrope therof is put to / and it looseth the bely.

¶ De Mace. Maces. Ca. CC.lxxxvij.

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MAces is hote and drye in the seconde degre. Some say that they be flou∣res of the nutmigge / whiche semeth not to be true / for the floures fall / and of them co¦meth fruyte. But maces is a rynde that is founde about the nutmygge lyke a pyll or huske as is about a wall nutte / and it mai be kept .x. yeres. Maces hath vertue to con¦forte y^e by good odour of it / and wasteth & spredeth humours / by the complxeion and qualyte therof. The best colour therof is browne with sharpe sauour and somwhat bytter.

¶ For dygestyon. A

¶ Agaynst yll dygestyon / and colde of the stomake / take wyne that maces is soden in and make a plaister therof and lay it to the stomake / and for feblenesse of them that hath ben seke. Make a playster of powdre of maces and mastyke with oyle of roses and waxe.

¶ For the brayne B

¶ To purge the brayne of superflue hu∣mours / chawe maces and holde it longe in the mouth

¶ For the stomake. C

¶ For weykenesse of the stomake and the lyuer caused of colde / and agaynst dropsy & wryngynge or wambelynge of the bely and for the payne of the brethe / and other sekenesse of the bulke caused of cours hu∣mours / sethe maces in iuce of fenell / and whan it is soden put a lytell wyne therto / & than strayne thē / & lete the pacyent vse it.

¶ De Myrra. Myrre. Ca. CC.lxxxviij.

mYrre is hote and drye in the secōde degre. It is the gōme of a tre that groweth in Inde whiche in somer tyme cleueth to the tre. Myrre that is ye∣lowe or somwhat browne is best. There be two maners of it. One is meane / and the other course. Some call it Trocliten for the place that it groweth in.

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It hath vertue to conforte / and ioyne lym¦mes togyder. To waste & sprede humours by y^e cōplexion & qualite therof. It kepeth fro rottyng / and therof in olde tyme folke anointed deed bodyes therwith to kepe thē longe. It may be kept a .C. yeres.

¶ For the pose. A

¶ For rewme that falleth fro the heed to y^e breste called catarrus or pose / make pyl∣les of myrre / storax / and calamynt / & vse it. The same is good to conforte dygestyō & cours humours or flewme of y^e stomake.

¶ For the brest. B

¶ For payne of the brest called asma / and agaynst ache of the bulke. Take the wyne that gōme arabyke and myrre is soden in or fygges and myrre Wyne that myrre is soden in conforteth dygestyō / and agaynst stenche of the mouthe caused of yll ayre co¦mynge fro the stomake / and also for them that haue dyrte or fylth in theyr stomake or bowelles.

¶ For the gōmes. C

¶ Agaynst rottynge of the gōmes / rubbe them with myrre / and it wyll do it away and fasten / and reioyne the woūdes. The fume of myrre receyued at the mouthe cō∣forteth and purgeth the brayne. And yf it be receyued with a fonell it conforteth / clē¦seth / and chauffeth the matryce / and wa∣steth the superfluytees / and helpeth to con¦ceyue. And yf the fume be receyued at the foūdement it helpeth agaynst constyfnesse yf it be caused of colde.

¶ De. Milio. Mylle: Ca. CC.lxxxix.

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MYlle is a sede / that is colde in y^e fyrst degre / and drye in the seconde a••• that proueth the lyght holownesse therof / and that it hath no moysture nor fatnesse It nouryssheth leest of ony grayne y^t brede is made of / and bredeth leest blode / and y^e blode that it bredeth is nought / but yet it conforteth the stomake / and other mem∣bres by the drynesse therof / and byndeth y^e wombe. Diascorides sayth that it is a pe∣rytyfe and dyurytyke / yf it be baken in a panne It is veray good agaynst wrentche of the bely / yf it be layde hote therto. It coleth the stomake and wasteth the super∣flue humours therof.

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¶ De maiorana. Macgetym gentyll. Ca. CC.xc.

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MArgerym is an herbe y^t is hote and drye in the seconde degre / it is also called sausucus. The le∣ues & the floures be good in medycyne. It ought to be gadred whan it bereth floures and dryed in a shadowe / and may be kept a yere. It hath vertue to waste and sprede humours by the qualyte / and to conforte with good sauour. The powdre therof ta¦ken in meates and the wyne that it is soden in warmeth the colde stomake / and confor¦teth dygestyon. The smell of it conforteth the brayne. Yf the leues & floures be layde in a bagge to the stomake or to the heed / it taketh away the wynde and pose caused of colde and wynde. Yf bathe be made of it in water it clēseth and wasteth humours of the matryce.

¶ De melissa. Bawme. Ca. CC.xci.

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MElisse is an herbe hote and drye in y^e seconde degre. It hath grete vertue grene and drye / & ought to be dryed fyrste in the sonne and thā in the shade / and may be kept a yere. It hath vertu as magerym to conforte / to waste / and sprede humours but it prouoketh and causeth retentyfe mē¦strues to flowe more than margerym and clenseth the matryce / and helpeth concepti¦on more.

¶ For hote apostumes. A

¶ Also it is good agaynst hote and veny∣mous apostumes / medled with grece and layde to them / and agaynst all aches yf it be layde to the sore places .ix. dayes. The wyne that melisse is sodē in is good to kepe one fro swownynge yf y^e cause be colde. Yf it be soden in wyne and oyle and layde to to apostumes it rypeth and softeneth them and spredeth the hardenesse of the lyuer & mylte.

¶ De mora celsi. Molberyes. Ca. CC.xcij

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MOlberyes be of two kyndes. The tame that be hote and moyst and ben fruyte of a hye tree / and ben called mora celsi / and they ought to be put in medicins There be other that be wylde & is a fruyte that groweth in busshes on breres / & we call them blacke beryes. And these wylde beryes ben hote and drye / and ought to be gadred whan they be blacke they haue ver¦tue to deuyde humours / to sprede / and to clense humours.

¶ For the quynsy. A

¶ Agaynst apostumes of the throte called Squynancy / and for the dygge of the ton¦gue rotes / and agaynst swellynge of the chekes caused of colde rewme of the heed take the electuary called dyamoron wher¦in molberyes hath chyefe vertue and for y^e same take this gargarisme wrīge out the iuce of molberies & sethe it a lytell in oyle and wyne / and put vyneygre thereto / and so vse it. Also electuary made of the iuce of these beryes with scommed hony is good for the same. And it may be kept .x. yeres in stede of dyamoron. The iuce of molbe∣ryes warmed a lytell vnbyndeth the wom¦be yf it be bounde by reason of colde. The iuce of the barke of a molberyes tre or the powdre therof takē with hony sleeth wor∣mes in the wombe. The wyne that y^e sayd barke is soden in clenseth the guttes / for it hath vertue to dyuyde and to waste hu∣mours.

¶ To pull out a tothe easyly. B

TYf a lytell case of gōme of a molberyes tre is made about a rotten tothe & causeth it fall out / and to be drawen with payne. The wylde blacke beryes haue some ver∣tue to restrayne by theyr qualyte / & vertue to sprede & diuyde humours by theyr eygre sourenesse. Ysaac sayth that the tame mol∣beryes be of two maners for some of them be vnrype and be soure and sharpe / & they that be rype be swete. The vnrype beryes ben colde and drye / and haue styptyke ver¦tue and sharpe and cōforteth the stomake and the guttes / and byndeth the wombe & therfore whan they be drye they ben good for the blody flux of y^e wombe 〈◊〉 cau¦sed of coler. And the iuce is good for euyl∣les of the throte / of the chekes / and of the dygge and is better yf it be soden in wyne with a lytell sugre. They that be rype be hote and moyst / and more moyst than hote and therfore they passe lyghtly through y^e stomake / and looseth the wombe and pro∣uoketh vryne they dygest well / but they nourysshe lytell. Yf they be taken fastynge wasshed in colde water y^t quenche the thyr¦ste and heate.

¶ For the wombe. C

¶ Yf the rote of molbery be soden in water and dronken looseth the wombe and put∣teth out wormes that be rough and ••orte called cubytyns.

¶ For the tethe. D

¶ Water that the twygges / and rotes of molberyes is soden in is good for the tothe ache yf it be kept longe in the mouthe. And stoppeth the thycke humours that falleth fro the heed to the tethe / and to the dygge

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Take the rote of molbery and bete it with vyneygre / and lay it in vyneygre a forte∣nyght in the sonne / and thā dryed and put to powdre & layde on rotten tethe looseth and causeth them to fall.

¶ De matrissilua. Wood bynde. Ca. CC.xciii.

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MAtryssylue is an herbe called pericli¦meon. It groweth on hylles and sto¦ny places / & hath boughes harde as wood and spredeth on the grounde and rampeth on hedges and hath a whytysshe floure in a maner rounde / and halowe as the nauel of the wombe / and hath a reed sede comyn¦ge within forth of the leues in the croppes or the toppe and bereth .v. or. seuen.

¶ For the feuer quartayne. A

¶ Agaynst feuer quartayne this is a cer∣tayn experyment. Gadre this herbe in the wane of the mone and stampe it and medle it with meale and hony / and make balles or cakes fryed to y^e nombre of .xlv. which shall be taken the fyrst day .ix. the seconde viii. the thyrde day .vii. and so euery day one lesse tyll it come to one.

¶ De Petrocilio macedonico. Stammar∣che or Alysamder. Ca. CC.xciiii.

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MAcedony is a countre / and this her∣be strammarche is called percely of Macedony / or Alexandre / of a certayne kynge of the same londe so named. It gro∣weth in gardyns and other places / and is lyke to smalache but it hath bytter leues / and bereth a blacke sede. It hath hote ver∣tue and bytter.

¶ For the stone. A

¶ Agaynst payne of pyssynge of the stone The rote of alexandre fryed and eaten is good / and agaynst the vyce of the matryce yf it come of colde or moyst humours / and therfore y^e sede therof is put in a medycyn called trifera magna. And whā macedone or alexandrium is founde in receptes it is to wyte the sede of stammarche. And yf it be the rote it is sayd expressely.

¶ For payne of pyssynge B

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¶ For them that pysse with payne / lay the leues therof on a hote tyle / and lay them warme to the share.

¶ Morsus diaboli. Remcope or deuylles bytte. Ca. CC.xcv.

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MOrsus diaboli / is y^e deuylles bytte and is so called bycause the rote is blacke and semeth that it is iagged with bytynge / and some say that the deuyll had enuy at the vertue therof and bete the rote so for to haue destroyed it. It groweth in moyst and shadowy places / and is leued lyke borage / but they be not so rough and be styffer and hewen / and groweth an ar∣mefull hygh and hath a ruddy floure.

¶ For an apostume. A

¶ Agaynst a venymous apostume y^t some men call entrax or saynt chrystofers euyll bruse the herbe and lay it therto & renewe it often / & without doubt it wyll heale it. It is good agaynst payne of the matryce yf it be eaten or the decoccyon therof dron∣ken,

¶ De Ima muscata. Ca. CC.xcvi.

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MVscate is called herbe of muske / & is so called bycause y^t it hath odour or smell as muske. And is of thre maners the grete / the meane / and y^e lesse / and ha•• lyke vertue / and groweth in sandy places The grete hath leues of a spanne longe• and it bereth a lytel floure lyke to an herbe called doues fote / and the sedes hath pry•∣kes lyke nedles. The lesse muscate hath small leues lyke pympernell.

¶ For the synewes. A

¶ This herbe in all thynges hath vertue agaynst payne of the synewes / & all gou∣tes / and therfore it is put in a salue or oyn∣tement called merciaten for the sayde cau∣ses. The grete muscate soden in wyne / or a playster therof made w^t greas of feare laide to the sore places helpeth & sowpleth.

¶ De millefolio. Yarowe / myllefoyle. Ca. CC.xcvij

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MIllefoly or yarowe in some places is called carpēters grasse / it is good to reioyne / & sewdre woundes. Yf the iuce he medled with terbētyne / waxe and oyle

¶ For emorroydes. A

¶ Agaynst emorroydes and strynges in y^e foundement that appere not but ben hydde take and drynke the iuce of this herbe in y^e mornynge / and also it kylleth wormes in the bely / yf it be to bytter / take the brothe that is made therof.

¶ De Musis. Ca. CC.xcviii.

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MVses ben drye in the myddle of the fyrste degre / and moyst in the ende of y^e same. It is a fruytelyke to cytrulles And some call thē apples of paradys / they growe beyonde the see and haue leues lyke to enulacampana / and in many wyse they moyste the wombe / and the sharpnesse and drythe of the breste / and of the longues / & therwith nourysshe well / but it is grossely and therfore who so vseth them moche ha∣ue payne and heuynesse of the stomake and stoppe the wayes of the mylte and lyuer / & therfore gynger / & otmell ought to be eatē after thē yf the persone be colde of nature. And yf he be hote of nature eate oxizacre after them.

¶ De Melangis. Ca. CC.xcix.

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mElonges ben fruytes of an herbe so called y^e bereth beryes as grete as peares / and y^e leues be brown and haue a bytter sauour and ben not alo∣wed of maysters for they haue foure euyl qualytees. Isaac sayth that they be hote &

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dry in the secōde degre / and sayth that they haue sauour bytter & sharpe / that byteth the tongue / and therfore they be soone tour¦ned in to melancolyke humours or adust coler of theyr kyndde / and therfore they because of frekens / blaynes tetters / can∣ker / and lepre / and brede hote and harde apostume / and stoppeth vaynes of y^e body But who wyll mynysshe theyr anoyaunce must cleue them and fyll them full of salte and so stepe them in warme water / thre or foure tymes tyll the water be not blacke / and than soden / and the water cast away and than soden in potage with fatte flesshe of befe / moton / or porke & who that wyll eate the brothe without flesshe put vyney∣gre with a lytell oyle therto.

¶ De Mora bacci. Ca. CCC.i.

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MOra bacci is a wylde fruyte that groweth in busshes and breres and they be called blacke beryes / and ben hote and moyste in the fyrst degre as Plinius sayth / of this blacke beryes is rehersed in the .CC.xcii. chapytre of mora celsi afore¦sayde.

¶ For the grauell. A

¶ Blacke beryes be good for them that haue the grauell / for they cause them well to pysse / and that causeth them to voyde the stone that haue ben longe in the bladder.

¶ For the lepre. B

¶ The iuce of it gadered and tempered w^t y^e syrope made of wylde sauge is good for them that ben leprose / and they that fereth the comynge of it shall vse euery mornyng to drynke therof halfe and vnce.

¶ Cassius felix sayth he that is ful of ytche he shall anoynte hymselfe in a bathe with the iuce of blacke beryes / than shall his skynne be fayre and smote

¶ De Melonibus Melons. Ca. CCC.ii.

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MElons that we call pompous be of two maners. There be some lon∣ge and some rounde. But the rounde be of courser substaunce and more gleymy / and that is sene by theyr fygure / for it sygnyfy¦eth

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that humour that they be bredde of by¦cause it was gleymy y^t it is egally spredde roūde about to growe. But the longe ben of more nymble substaunce / and thynner / bycause it is put in a longe fygure in gro∣wynge / and that is proued by reason / for y^e sauour of y^e roūde is thoucheth somwhat to swetenesse. But the sauour of the longe is werysshe as water / with a swetenesse / which betokeneth that the substaunce is cones or grosse / and therfore y^e longe Pom¦pons / be not so noyfull as the rounde. But they haue lytell vertue to clense / to wasste & purge. The rounde be more noyfull but they haue more vertue to clense / to wasste and to vnstoppe / for yf the body is rubbed with them it is clensed of all fylthe. They ben bothe redy to tourne to rottenesse / and lyghtly they chaūge to the qualyte of hu∣mours y^t they fynde in the stomake / what¦soeuer they be / flumatyke or coleryke / and therfore they greue the stomake / & soften y^e synewes of the body / & maketh them lethy and make the stomake slyder / & take away the sharpnesse therof. And whan they be eaten after other meate by theyr sokynge in the stomake / anone and before it be dy∣gested they cause wynde and wryngyng in the wombe & bowelles / and somtyme pro∣uoketh vomyte and wambelyng & causeth yll appetyte. And therfore who that wyll vse them eate them fastyng / and take none other meates tyll ye thynke them dygested And in this maner they dygest wel & cause good humours though they be flumatyke. And other wyse they brede yll humours & cause strong feuers / and specyally to them that be drye & hote of kynde / that bycause the tēdernesse of theyr substaūce y^t chaūge lyght to coleryke humours. The rote of y^e herbe and also y^e melons be not so colde as the pyth of y^e frute And whā they be dryed they become drye to the ende of the seconde degre / and therfore they be more slypper / & vnstoppyng the vaines and conduytes thā the fruyte. The sedes prouoketh vryne & causeth to pysse / and clenseth y^e reynes and the bladder of grauell and stones. But the vertue is more in werke of the reynes thā of the bladder / bycause the grauel & stones of the reynes be softe / & of the bladder har∣de / & therfore behoueth harder medycyns to the bladder than to the reynes.

¶ To prouoke vomyte. A

¶ Two dragmes of the powdre of y^e rote prouoketh vomyte.

¶ For heate in the stomake. B

¶ Melons Pal•stynes that we call sara∣zyns Melons / haue lesse moysture than y^e other / & resysteth more to tourne in to cor∣rupcyons / and therfore they be better for them that haue grete heate in the stomake and that haue feuer / for theyr coursnesse & colde abateth heate of the feuer.

¶ Thus endeth the names of herbes begynnynge with. M.

& BEGYNNETH THE NAMES BEGYNNYNGE WITH. N.
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¶ De Narsturcio. Tame cresses Ca. CCC.iii.

NArsturciū is Cresses. It is a comyn herbe / neuerthelesse there be two sortes. For there be water cresses / and gardyne cresses. And whan cresses is onely spoken of without ony addycyon it is gar¦dyn cresses. It is hote & drye in the fourthe degre. Some call them gusium / and other anthonaes. The sede hath more vertue thā ony parte of the herbe. And whan cresse is founde in receptes it is the sede and not the herbe. The sede may be kept .v. yeres good The herbe hath grete vertue grene / & drye but lytell.

¶ For palsy of the tongue. A

¶ Agaynst palsy of the tongue / y^t is whan the tongue is full of holes / and the pacy∣ent can not speke bycause the sinewes of y^e tongue is full of humours at it happeneth often in feuers ague. Therfore do chawe the sede of cresses / and holde it longe vnder the tongue.

¶ For palsey. B

¶ Agaynst palsey or persecucyon of other membres / put this sede in a lytell bagge & sethe bagge and all in wyne / and lay it to the seke membre. The herbe eaten or soden with flesshe is good therfore.

¶ For humours in the brayne. C

¶ Agaynst haboundaunce of ouermoche humours of y^e brayne as of lytargye / blo∣we the powdre of y^e sede in to his nose and cause hym snese.

¶ For the dygge. D

¶ Agaynst payne of the dygge whan it is loose or fallen. Sethe this sede in vyney∣gre with drye fygges and make a garga∣rysme therof.

¶ For ylyake or colyke passyō. E

¶ Agaynst grawynge of the wombe yf it be aboue called ysyake or bene the called colyke / yf it be caused of colde / put this se∣de in a bagge & lay it to the paynfull place

¶ For the vryne. F

¶ The same is good agaynst lettynge of vryne / and that the herbe be soden in wyne and oyle / and layde to the reynes / and the share.

¶ For costyfnesse G

¶ Agaynst costyfnesse wherby the founde∣ment cometh out / yf it be caused of glewy humours / lay the powdre of this sede to y^e foundement with powdre of comyn / and colofonie / that is terre or softe pytche.

¶ De Narsturcio agresti. Wylde cresses. Ca. CCC.iiii▪

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NAsturcium agreste is wylde cres∣ses and groweth about hye wayes. It is pryncypally good agaynst the kyn∣ges euyll and kyrnelles caused in ioyntes by superflue humours / & therfore the iuce therof must be dronken fastinge .xv. dayes and the herbe soden and layde to is good.

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¶ De Sale nitri. Ca. CCC.v.

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NYtre is hote and drye in the secō∣de degre. It is a vayne of erthe that is founde in many places / & is of two maners. For there is whyte that is lyke glasse / and that is to be chosen for the best / and there is yelowe and is not so good. It may be kept euer without appay¦rynge It hath vertue to deuyde and sprede humours / and also the clense / and to hyn∣der by the drynesse.

¶ For the colyke A

¶ Agaynst colyke passyon. A conuenable clystre is made with powdre of nitre and salt water / or with oyle and hony.

¶ To clense the face. B

¶ To clense the face confycte the powdre with hony and anoynte the face.

¶ For the stomake C

¶ For the fylthe and dryte of the stomake by reason of an īpostume that hath ben in it or in the bowelles / take this powdre w^t warme water or better with hony.

¶ For scurffe or skalle. D

¶ Agaynst scurffe or skalle in the heed. Make an oyntemēt of nytre / of hony / and oyle. But wasshe the heed fyrst with salte water & vyneygre that sede of stafesagre hath be soden in and after that it is was∣shed with warme water foure or .v• ••yes or more.

¶ For the eres E

¶ The iuce with powdre of wormwoode yf it be put in the eares sleeth the wormes and clenseth the fylthenesse.

¶ De Nenufare. Ca. CCC.vi.

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NEnufar is an herbe that groweth in water / and hath large leues & hath a floure in maner of a rose / the rote therof is called treumyan & is very bygge. It is of two maners. One is whyte / & another yelowe. For the best bereth a whyte floure and the other yelowe. They be founde in all regyons hote and colde / but the best is in a hote regyō. The floures be good in me¦dycyn and may be kept two yeres / & must be gadred in Septēbre. Syropes & dryn∣kes is made against hote axces and for the lyuer in this maner. The floures be soden in water and suger put therto / and therof is the syrope made.

¶ For heed ache A

¶ For payne of the heed caused of heet / the

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sarazyns put these floures all a nyght in water / and drynke the water in the mor∣nyng• / & put the floures in to theyr noses.

¶ De nuce muscate. The Nutmygge. Ca. CCC.vii.

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NVtmygges ben of hote and drye cō¦plexion in the seconde degre. It is y^e fruyte of a tre that groweth in Inde. And is gadred whan it is rype and may be kept vij. yeres. The nutmygge that is smothe and heuy amōge other is to be chosen / nor powdreth not whan it is broken / & hath a sharpe & pryckynge sauour. And yf ony of y^e propryetees fayleth it is not good in me¦dycyns. It hath vertue to conforte by the swete sauour therof / & by the qualytees & cōplexions.

¶ For y^e stomake. A

¶ Agaynst coldenesse of y^e stomake & euyll dygestyon / & to amende the yll colour of y^e face. Yf these be caused of colde / take in the mornynge halfe a nutmygge / or a hole one yf it be small / & it wyll ease gretely. The auctour hath seen the experyence.

¶ For dygestyon B

¶ Agaynst yll dygestyon of the stomake / of the entrayles & lyuer take y^e brothe that nutmygge is soden in. And for y^e same wy¦ne with mastyke. The wyne y^t it is sodē in with annyce / & comyn / dryueth away pay¦ne of the stomake caused of wynde.

¶ To recouer strenght. C

¶ The wyne that nutmygges is soden in as aleberyes & suche other is good to reco∣uer the spyrytes of them that haue ben la∣tely seke. The nutmygge holden to y^e nose cōforteth y^e brayne & membres of y^e balke.

¶ De nuce Indica. Nuttes of Inde. Ca. CCC.viii.

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NVttes of Inde ben hote and dry•. But some say they be moyst bycause they moeue lechery and cause good blod• But the auctour saith y^t cough / encresynge & haboundaūce of lecery cometh by moyst∣nesse yet it may come by heet & drynesse / for by the drynesse y^e blode is made subtyle / & sharpe / & by y^e heet it is made warme / ther¦fore it is not to be denyed that y^e sayde nut¦tes be hote & drye. But whā they bē put in medycyns the shales must be caste away & the kernelles put in. & they may be kept .x. yeres. ¶ Agaynst lettynge of brethe caused of colde / sethe fatte fygges in wyne and bete thē / and wrynge out the brothe & strayne it / & with the iuce take y^e powdre of nuttes of Inde.

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¶ De nuce stiatyca. Ca. CCC.ix.

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NVttes stiatikes be hote and dyre in y^e seconde degre. They be a maner of nuttes that groweth beyonde the see / and be of the bygnesse of a comune nutte / and haue reed graynes or sedes in them y^t haue a sharpe sauour as peper. They haue ver∣tue to chaufe / to drye / and to conforte.

¶ To conforte dygestyon: A

¶ To conforte dygestyon make powdre of these nuttes with gynger / and rynamum / and put it in your meates.

¶ For rewme. B

¶ Agaynst rewme or humours y^t falleth in to the gummes caused of colde. Beate the graynes of these nuttes with mastyke and holde it in the mouthe and it wyll cau¦se to auoyde moche humours.

¶ De nuce cōmuni. Wall nuttes Ca. CCC.x.

THe wal nuttes ben of two maners for some be drye and some be grene The grene be not so hote as the drye / and haue a certayne moysture bycause they be

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not perfytely rype / and therfore they be but of a smal drythe / and be somwhat gre¦uous to the stomake. Yf they be eaten gre∣ne with wynegre / and a confeccyon made of breed & salt fysshe called obsomogarus they kepe the wombe moyst▪

¶ For venym. A

¶ They ought to be eaten agaynst venym with rue. The drye nuttes be of .iii. ma∣ners or sortes. For some there be newly gadred / and some olde gadred / and some meane betwene bothe. The newe gadred be moyst in cōparyson of y^e other / and haue a lytell gleyuynesse / and be wyndy and be somwhat styptyke. But the older they be y^e more they lese the moystnesse that they had and habounde in fatnesse of oyle / and ther¦fore yf they be eaten they ben sone torned in to coleryke humours. But they that be veray olde haue so moche of that fatnesse y^t theyr sauour is lyke olde oyle / & therfore they be not good in meates. They that be meane be greuous also to the body and sto¦make / & be harde to dygest / & specyally of thē y^t be hote & drye & coleryke & be cōtrary to thē y^t haue y^e cough caused of heate. And yf we cōpare hasyll nuttes to wall nuttes we shall fynde the wall nuttes of better fe¦dynge

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/ bycause they haue a stedfast sub∣staunce and be not so fatte and oyly / and y^e nuttes be agaynwarde / and therfore they nourysshe lesse and be alwayes greuous / & contrary to the synewes of the stomake / yf they fynde not the stomake well tempered or that it haue suche coldenesse as may aba¦te the heate of the nuttes / and in suche a sto¦make they be of good fodynge and dygesty¦on / and in a hote stomake they brenne / par¦che / and tourne the humours in to coleryke and cause fume that ascēdeth in to the heed and eyes and troubleth the brayne & syght But to delay theyr malyce they must be powned in a morter and layde all nyght in warme water y^t they may haue moysture therof / and so they do become lyke to y^e gre¦ne nuttes. They be good in medycyns / for yf they be eaten afore other meates with fygges they kepe the body fro all veny∣mous thynges.

¶ For bytynge of a wood dogge. B

And yf they be stamped with salte & an ony on they be good for bytīg of a wood dogge yf it be layde therto.

¶ For apostumes. C

¶ Also yf the be medled with rue and hony they be good agaynst apostumes of melan¦colyke humours / and they sprede and wa∣ste flewme layde to the places and yf they be stamped with the ryndes and layde to y^e nauyll they destroye apostumes within y^e body. A dragme and a halfe eaten is good remedy agaynst lettynge of vryne. and yf it be taken w^t vyneygre it is good agaynst feuers.

¶ For tetters. D

¶ Agaynst tetters spredynge and not spre∣dynge. Spette it in your hande / & put salte therto and medle them togyder and rubbe the tetter and scrape it with a knyfe / & thā anoynte it with iuce of a nutte and it shall be hole.

¶ De Nute vomyca. Spewynge nuttes. Ca. CCC.xi

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SPewynge nuttes be hote and drye The inner partes is vsed and not the ryndes. They haue power to cause vo∣myte and purge flewme and coleryke hu∣mour in this maner. Yf flewme or coler ha¦bounde in the mouthe of the stomake / sethe the powdre therof with fenell sede / and yf there be flewme take y^e water with o• ••¦mell / and yf there be coler take it with ••∣egre syrope.

¶ De Nigella: Cokyll. Ca. CCC.xii.

NIgella Cokyll is hote and drye in y^e thyrde degre. It is y^e sede of a wede that growed in wheete in watery places / and this sede may be kept .x. yeres. It hath a tryangle fygure / and hath thre sydes or corners / and a blacke colour / and hath a byter sauour / and for the substaūce of byt¦ternesse it hath aparatyue and dyurytyke vertu / and deuydeth and spredeth flewme and wasteth wyndes by the qualyte.

¶ For wormes in the wombe. A

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¶ A playster made of the meale of cokyll with iuce of wormewood / and layde to y^e nauyll sleeth wormes in the wombe / and specyally in chylderen / and for them that be grete / confycte this meale with hony / & eate it. The sayde meale of cokyll moysted in vyneygre and dropped warme in to the eares sleeth the wormes there.

¶ For vryne. B

¶ Agaynst lettynge of vryne / be it stran∣gury or dyssury. Agaynst gnawynge of y^e •ulke called ysyake passyon. Take the wy¦•• that this sede is steped all a nyght / and •ot sodē for it wolde do to moche wyolēte ••lke Constantyne sayth that whan it is taken in to grete quantyte it sleeth. But who so hath grete quantyte put it in a bag¦ge and sethe it in wyne and oyle / and than lay the bagge therwith hote to the raynes and share for the sayde dyseases.

¶ For scabbes. C

¶ Also sethe the powdre of cokyll in grete quantyte in stronge vyneygre / and l•te it sethe tyll it be somwhat thycke / and than put nutte oyle therto / and make an oynte∣ment therof that is good for the scabbe / & taketh away tetters / & ferkles of y^e face▪

¶ De Nespilis. Medlers or open arses. Ca. CCC.xiii.

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NEspile be medlers or nelles. Theyr propryete is to conforte the stomake and to staunche blody flux of the wombe caused of coleryke humours / and to staun¦che vomyte caused of the same / & they pro∣uoke vryne / and be more behouefull for medycyns than for meate. For they nou∣rysshe but lytell / and be better afore meate than after / and be not greuous to the sub∣staunce of the stomake and senewy sydes therof.

¶ Thus endeth y^e herbes begyn¦nynge with. N.

¶ AND HERE BEGYNNETH Y^E NAMES BEGYNNYNGE WITH. O. (BOOK O)

¶ De basilicone. Basyll. Ca. CCC.xiiii.

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OXinium / y^t is a comyn herbe cal¦led basyl / and is of .ii. kyndes or sortes. One is called basill gen¦tyll / or fyne ba∣syll / a hath smal leues / and the o∣ther hath longe leues. The basyll gentyll is of more vertue thā y^e other & hath a smel lyke clowes. And Constantyne sayth that this Basyll is hote in y^e fyrst degre & drye in the seconde. But the other is hote & drye in the fyrst degre. The sedes and the herbe be good for medycyns / and whan basyly∣cone is founde in receptes / it is the herbe / and specyally in oyntementes. The sedes haue vertue to staunche by the glemynesse that they haue and that is sene anone whā the be put in water they swelle & be thycke and of them cometh a glemynesse. These sedes conforte by theyr good odour / & ha∣ue vertue to departe and sprede humours and may be kept .iij. yeres.

¶ For swownynge.

¶ Agaynst swownynge and fayntnesse of of y^e herte. Take rose water that this her∣be is soden in. For the same take wyne that the herbe hath lyen in all a nyght.

¶ For the stomake. B

¶ For coldnesse of the stomake. Sethe a grete dele of it in wyne / but it is better in must / and whan it is soden put whyte wy¦ne therto in good quantyte. It is conforta¦ble and smelleth swetely / and is good for the dyseases aboue sayde / and agaynst vn∣dygestyon of the stomake caused of colde. The sede of basyll with a lytel of cadacace that is iuce of sloes thyckened soden in ray¦ne water and gyuen to the pacyent.

¶ For the matryce. C

¶ For to clense the matryce / & for the styn∣ted menstrue. Sethe this herbe in water & make a lytell bathe about the orifyce / and make a supposytory of the tender croppes of this herbe and lay to the place Constan¦tyne sayth that the iuce of this herbe put in to the matryce with an instrument for the same clenseth the matryce / and maketh it redy to conceyue / and cause the mēstrue to renne. This herbe soden in wyne and oyle layde to y^e hyppes and the bely is good for the ache of the wombe. And yf it be layde to the reynes it helpeth agaynst costyfnesse that is called tenasmon.

¶ De Opoponaco. Ca. CCC.xv.

OPoponaco is hote & drye in the fyrst degre. Opos in greke language is as moche to say as iuce. And opoponac is an herbe so called It is y^e iuce of vax. Vax is an herbe lyke to ferula to foresayd. Opo¦ponac is made ī this maner a pitte is made

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rounde about the rote of this herbe / and the rote is clouen / and therout cometh a lycour that hardenet therto by the heate of the sonne / and than it is scraped away fro the barke of the rote. Opoponac is to be chosen that is of clerest and bryght sub∣staunce / and a browne colour. And whan it shall be put in medycyne it must be clen∣sed in this maner. It is put in a small ves∣sell and that vessell is put in to an other so that no water come to it / and by heate of the water the purest dooth melte / and the couesest and erthy gooth asyde. Than the purest is put in medycyns after the quan∣tyte of the recept. Smoke or fume made of opoponac is good agaynst lytargy the sle∣pynge euyll. For it lesseth and spredeth the mater that is cause therof / and purgeth it gretely vndernethe.

¶ For hoorsnesse. A

¶ Pylles made of rounde droppes that is founde in opoponac is good agaynst hoors¦nesse caused of colde. And they may be takē alone with a rere egge. For the same / put opoponac all a nyght in y^e iuce of an herbe called horehounde / and in the mornynge hete y^e iuce and put hony therto and make a confeccyon in maner of an electuary.

¶ For colyke passyon. B

¶ For the colyke or ylyake passyō put opo∣ponac in iuce of fenell / and in the morning bete them togyder and suger therto / and gyue it to the pacyent / but fyrst take a cly∣ster. The moost that may be gyuen of opo∣ponac is .iii. dragmes.

¶ For the moder C

¶ To cause the moder to flowe / and to cau¦se the deed chylde to yssue out of y^e wombe and the skynne that it lyeth in. Make a sup¦posytory of Opoponac medled in oyle of muske / and iuce of wormwood and put in to the conduyte. Opoponac taken w^t iuce of wormwood & hony sleeth worme in the wōbe / a playster of opoponac healeth bro∣ken and slayne synewes.

¶ De Opio. Ca. CCC.xvi.

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OPium is colde and drye in y^e fourthe degre. And is of two maners. One is called opiū the bayke / by cause it is ma∣de in the countre of Thedes. It is the iuce of popy / as shall be shewed afterwarde. The other is called opium tranensiū / that is assa fetida / spokē of afore. But we wyll

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speke nowe of Opium made of popy / and is made thus. A carfe or clyfte is about y^e heed of popye or in y^e leues and the mylke that cometh out cleueth to the knoppe / and than it is gadred and is called opimum / & cometh out of Thebes and is the best / and hath an horryble taste & is neyther harde nor softe / and hath a browne colour / and is kept .ix. yeres. It is put in medycyns to delay the heate of them / and the compost medycyns that they be put in be called opi¦ates. It hath vertue to staūche and to slee. But in hote medycyns it hath not that ef∣fecte bycause heete of spyce letteth it.

¶ To cause slepe. A

¶ To cause a seke persone to slepe. Medle opium in womans mylke / and put pow∣dre of mandragora therto / and to anoynte the apostumes / as the apostume called eri¦sipile that is caused of coleryke humours And as herpes / that is an īpostume that is reed and eaten rounde about. Confyet opium with iuce of an herbe called knot∣grasse or corrigiole / or with iuce of henba¦ne / and make a playster therto.

¶ To cause slepe. B

¶ The quantyte of a grayne or sede of a fyche of opiū taken in the body astonyeth and mortyfyeth all the wyttes of man in suche maner that he feleth no payne & cau¦seth hym to slepe.

¶ To delay ache. C

¶ To take away ouer grete payne / cōfyct opium with womans mylke & oyle of ro∣ses and make a playster / and though it hel¦peth to mortyfye for y^e tyme / yet it noyeth afterwarde / bycause it kepeth the mater in the place fro spredynge.

¶ De Origano. Brotherworte. Ca. CCC.xvii▪

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ORiganum is hote and drye in the .iii. degre. And of it is two maners One is wylde that hath broder leues / and is of stronger operacyon than the other. The other is tame and groweth in gardyns / & hath lesse leues and is of softer operacyon & it ought to be put in medicyns. It ought to be gadred whan it bereth floures / and dryed in a shadowy place. But in medycis the stalkes must be casten away / & it may be kept a yere. It hath vertue to drawe & sprede humours / & to lose & waste wyndes

¶ For the pose. A

¶ Agaynst colde pose / put the leues & flou¦res in a bagge / and lay it veray warme to the heed / and couer it well tyll ye sweate. The brothe that it is soden in bobled in y^e mouthe wasteth the humours in the gom∣mes and throte. The powdre therof layde on the dygge of the tongue wasteth and de¦layeth the moystnesse therof.

¶ For the brethe. B

¶ Against paine of the brethe called asma yf it be caused of colde / take the wyne that it is soden in with fygges / and the powdre therof confyct with hony / and taken with warme water. The wyne that it is soden in conforteth dygestyon / and ceaseth payne

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of the stomake and bowelles / small fasi∣olles of this herbe soden in wyne and layd to y^e reynes is good agaynst lette of vryne and to them that pysse dropmeale.

¶ For costyfnesse. C

¶ For costyfnesse wherby the foundement cometh out / yf it come of colde / put y^e pow¦dre of orygan on towe and lay it to y^e foū∣dement whyles it is out. This herbe well soden in wyne and oyle layde to y^e matryce mollyfyeth it.

¶ For the matryce D

¶ Bathe made with water that it is soden in clenseth the matryce and cause the flou∣res to renne. But a supposytory is better of the tendre croppes of this herbe put in the conduyte.

¶ De Tamarinde. Ca: CCC.xviii.

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OXifinice that is called finiton / or da¦tes of ynde be Tamaryns & is a fruy¦te that groweth on a tre in ynde / & be lyke dates. They be drye & colde in y^e secōde de∣gre. They must be chosen y^t be nether to har¦de nor to softe / elles they be corrupt and nought. They ought to haue an eygre smel & must be gadred whā they be rype. They be brought in to these coūtrees w^t theyr se¦des. They haue vertue to purge coleryke humours & to clense the blode & abate the heate therof. Whā they be put in decoccyō they ought not to be boyled. But whan y^e other medycins be soden or otherwyse they must be strewed w^t the hande in to y^e sayde decoccyon / somtyme it is brused w^t cassia fi¦stula in some lycour / & is streyned / & myra¦bolans is tempred therwith and streyned agayne / & taken in y^e mornynge. Water y^t they be sodē ī digesteth feuerous humours They haue a harde barke & sede. And they must be clensed whan they shall be vsed / & they may be kept .v. yeres.

¶ De Ordeo. Barly. Ca. CCC.xix.

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BArly is hote and drye. Many thyn¦ges in barly behoueth in physyke. The meale / the grayne broken / & also all hole. How be it the meale soden in water longe is good for them that haue a feuer or impostume in the membres of the bulke / and ought to be take blode warme The water that barly is soden ī out of the huskes tyl it ware thyck & brown is good▪

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¶ For an impostume A

¶ To cease growynge of an impostume at the begynnynge / make a playster of barly meale / egges / & vyneygre / for with that it putteth agayne it appeaseth gretely. & to rype apostumes / cōfyct the sayde meale with yolkes of egges.

¶ To rype an apostume. B

¶ To rype apostumes. Make a playster of barly meale / of tarre or pytche lyquyde or with terbētyne or hony / eyther is good Of barly is made a prouffytable confeccy¦on in this wyse / barly is soden in water & than is tosted / and meale is made therof / and is confyct with sugre & that is good in somer to coole y^e stomake / and the lyuer / & to quenche the thyrst. In what maner that it is taken it must be soden in water.

¶ To make a ptysan. C

¶ Also a ptysā is made of barly in this ma¦ner / stampe barly that the huskes may be taken away / and of the clenest take a cer∣tayne measur / and .v. tymes as moche wa¦ter and sethe it tyll it come to one measure and streyne it & dryncke it. It is good to ke¦pe helthe and to moyste the body / and yf y^e pacyent wyll be more cooled put therto a lytel vyneygre / and yf he be of hote nature put therto a lytell poppy. This ptysan bre¦deth good blode in them that be hole / & fe∣deth not lesse than breed / and maketh them good and clere syght that haue a hole bray¦ne. This ptysan ought to be gyuen to them that be hole / and to thē that he seke it must be gyuen as the dysease of euery one requy¦reth / and it quencheth thyrste / and who y^t wyll haue a ptysan laxatyue and clensyng sethe barly in the huskes / and put manna & oyle of vyolettes therto. To vnstoppe the conduytes of the lyuer / sethe fenell & sma∣lache in this ptysan and take it with oxia∣cre.

¶ Of the bone in the herte of a harte. Ca. CCC.xix.

[illustration] hart (deer) with long, pronged antlers

THe bone of a hartes herte is of col∣de and drye complexiō. In the lyfte syde of the herte of this beest is foūde a bo¦ne / wherin is a holownesse that the mylte taketh respyracyon / and sendeth a grosse superfluyte that torneth to a bone / & this bone is tendre & hath a parte of y^e flesshe of the herte styckynge therto. This bone is of browne colour by the blode of the herte / & it is to wyte that there is a tendre bone in a gotes brest whiche the apoticaryes do in maner as with the bone of the hartes herte & sell it in stede therof. But the dyfference is knowen by that the gotes bone hath no flesshe styckynge on it / & is not browne of coloure / but is whyte & softer. The bone of y^e hartes herte may be kept .xxx. yeres good. It hath vertue to clense the blode / & to purge melancolyke humours / & grosse blacke fumes amonge the blode.

¶ For the herte. A

¶ For the fayntnesse or swownynge of the herte / take the powdre of this bone with

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iuce of borage. or sethe it in wyne / & with that wyne take the electuary called dya∣margaryton / y^t is good for the dysease of y^e herte.

¶ For melancolyke. B

¶ For all dyseases that come of melanco∣lyke humours / & agaynst bledyng of emor¦roydes. Take this powdre w^t swete wyne that beanes hath be soden in. Or medle y^e powdre with an electuary called dyasene Powdre of this bone & of blatabisancie gyuen w^t warme wyne wasteth the cold∣nesse that cometh of feuer quartayne at y^e begynnynge of the axcesse.

¶ Of the bone of Sepia. Ca. CCC.xxi.

[illustration] person bending down to pick something up out of a stream (?)

THis bone bredeth in the body of y^e fysshe so named / and is of drye and colde complexyon.

¶ To whyte the tethe. A

¶ To whyte the thete make it in very fyne powdre / & put it in a thynne lynnen clothe & rubbe your tethe therwith

¶ To whyte the face. B

¶ To whyte the face / put this powdre in oyntemēt cytryne & anoynte y^e face / or ma∣ke powdre of the rote of serpentyne / and of this bone & medle it with rose water & lete it drye / & than put to y^e same water agayne & lete it drye / & do thus .iiii. or .v. tymes & anoynte the face / as with ceruse.

¶ De Olibano. Ca. CCC.xxij.

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OLibane is hote & drye in the fourthe degre / & is a maner ofences y^t is the gōme of a tree y^t groweth in Alexandrye & is y^e best. There is that is cours & is called meale encens or olibane. And this ought to be put in medycyne / & that is to be chosē y^t is whyte / clere / & pure / & the dymme is to be refused. It hath vertue to cōforte by y^e good ayre therof / & to restrayne & knytte by the glewynesse therof.

¶ For teares in y^e eyen. A

¶ For the teares y^t renne out of the eyes / & for y^e tothe ache / whā they be caused of hu¦mours y^t fall by vaynes out of y^e heed / lay a playster to the tēples of powdre of oliba¦ne w^t whyte wyne or gleyre of an egge

¶ For the nosethrylles. B

¶ For the bygnesse of the nosethrylles and reednesse caused of flux of humours. Take y^e brothe y^t olibane is soden in / & in fyrst in the mornyng pylles of olibane / & at nyght to bedward y^e sayd brothe. These pylles cō¦forteth dygestyon / & purgeth y^e stomake.

¶ For the matryce. C

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¶ To cōforte the matryce / & to clense it / & make it redy to cōceyue. Take the smoke of Olybane benethe / or make a supposyto¦ry of the powdre w^t oyle of muske / or tri∣fera magna with oyle. Also chawe olyba¦ne with orygan or stafesagre / and it wyll cause flewme to come downe fro the heed and easeth the tongue that is heuy. Take the powdre of olybane confyct with wyne and wete a clothe therin & lay it to y^e share often & it wyll conforte the matryce so the wyne be warme

¶ For womans brestes. D

¶ To cause brestes or pappes of women to be small & sklender. Cōfyct the powdre of olybane with vyneygre and wete clothes therin & lay them on the brestes. Yf olyba∣ne be medled with shepe sewet in maner of an oyntement / it is good to drye y^e nature of a woman / & to restraine y^e body of blode in y^e same place. Olibane resowdreth ne∣we woundes yf it be medled with mylke and layde to them.

¶ De Oliua. Olyues. Ca. CCC.xxiij.

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OLyues ben of two sortes / y^e wylde & the tame. The tame be of .iiij. sortes Some be grene & be somwhat eygre of sa∣uour / & some be partely rype / & be blacke / and there be betwene grene & rype / and be reed. Diascorides calleth y^e grene olyues Iacinctures / whiche some aquatyke or watry bycause they haue but lytell oyle / & be of two maners. For one is called propre¦ly aquatike / & the other vnproprely. They that be proprely called aquatike or watry ben erthy & haue in maner none oyle / but a clere iuce as water / and be colde and drye and more confortable to the stomake than ony of the other. They bynde the wombe and nourysshe lesse than ony of the other / & be of harde dygestyon. The other be kept w^t vyneygre / & gete a sharpenesse & drythe and therfore they cause the blode to flam∣be and greue the synewes of the stomake / and be harde to dygest / & be more subtyle & thynner of melancolyke humours / & con∣forteth the appetyte yf they be taken in the myddle of dyner. They that ben proprely called aquatyke ben they that though they grene yet of thē cometh an oyle y^t is called oliū omphaciū / and they be more nourys∣shynge thā y^e other aforesayd / & also they cōforte the stomake lesse bycause of theyr oyle. They that be blacke & rype cōpetētly be hote / but they be meane betwene moyst & drye / and Diascorides sayth that they ha¦ue some drynesse / & Galien sayth y^t they be moyst & nouryssheth well & soften y^e stoma¦ke and dygest & come lyghtly out of y^e body for theyr fatnesse causeth them to sw•mme in y^e stomake / but by theyr oyle they loose / souple / & anoynte y^e stomake or they be dy∣gested / & therefore they be not so holsome as y^e grene. For they brede yll blode They that be meane be lesse greuous thā y^e black bycause they haue lesse oyle / and somwhat conforte the stomake. But all the olyues after the colour that they haue brede hu∣mours of lyke colour. Galyen sayth that

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reed olyues that be not rype ben sone moe∣ued in to corrupcyon / & soften the stomake & moyst the wombe. Rype olyues be good for medycyns. For yf they be broken and layde to brent or scalded places they delay the bladders / and blysters of the same.

¶ De olio oliuarum. Oyle of olyues. Ca. CCC.xxiiij.

[illustration] three barrels lying on their sides; two cauldrons in background

OYle of olyues is of dyuers maners. For one is newly pressed out / and y^e •ther olde. That y^t is newly pressed out is of ••rype olyues / & is called oyle ompha∣cium how be it good oyle knowen by the good sauour / and oyle omphacium ought to be sharpe poynaūt & eygre in the mouth And the grene that the olyues be that it is made of / the colder and dryer is the oyle and conforteth the stomake. Olde men cō∣pared this oyle to oyle of roses Newe oyle of blacke olyues perfytely rype is hote & moyst temperately / and softened the sto∣make and moysteth the wombe / and tour¦neth lyghtly to coleryke humours. But oyle that of longe tyme is pressed of olyues yf it be made of vnrype olyues hath none ylnesse but it be somwhat eygre. But yf it haue none / it is yll / and tourne anone to euyll humours and softeneth the stomake But yet it letteth not dygestyon. And yf it be olde and the sauour therof is sharpe it is not good to eate.

¶ For bytynge of a wood dogge. A

¶ Agaynst bytynge of a madde dogge. As sone as ye be byten go to the chyrche / and make thy offrynge to our lady / and pray here to helpe and heale the. Than rubbe y^e sore with a newe clothe tyll it blede / and take thre egges and bete them / Then take a cruse and fyll it full of oyly olyue / & put the thre beten egges therin and bete them all togyder without salte / and than take whyte cassie well clēsed / and sethe y^e egges therin without ony oyle or grease / & styre it alway a pace tyll they be well soden / & whan all is well soden togyder eate y^e bet∣ter halfe / and lay the other halfe on y^e woū¦de as hote as may be suffred / and ye shall be hole / & ye must fast .iij. or .iiij. houres after / and lete the playster lye .iij. or .iiij. dayes after.

¶ De Oleandro. Ca. CCC.xxv.

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OLeandre or olipantrū is an herbe the leues therof is lyke to laurell but they be longer. It growed in maner of a tre about flodes / and hath a ve¦nymous vertue. Therfore lete euery one beware fro ratynge therof. some noughty persones make broches or spetes therof & roste meate on them / and so venymeth the meate and causeth them to dye that eate therof / and therfore it is nede bewarde & vtterly eschewe it.

¶ For skalled legges. A

¶ This herbe hath vertue agaynst salte flewme that causeth scabbed legge / yf it be sodē in water & the legges wasshed therw^t mornynge and euenynge.

¶ For the backe & tallockes: B

¶ It is good for payne of y^e backe & swel∣lynge of the coddes yf it be layde playster wyse to them.

¶ Thus endeth the herbes begynnyng w^t O.

AND BEGYNNE THE NAMES THAT BEGYNNE WITH. P. (BOOK P)

¶ De piretro. Walworte. Ca. CCC.xxvi

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PIreter is hote and dry in y^e thyrde de¦gre. it is a comyn herbe / y^e rote ther¦of is put in medy∣cyne. The rote ought to be gad∣dred in wynter & it may be kept .v. yeres. The best is styffe and hole / and not worme eaten / & crōmeth not whā it is bro¦ken / & hath a sharpenesse that is not soone felte / but it be chawed in y^e mouth It hath vertue to withdrawe / deuyde / and waste humours. Gargarysme made of vyneygre that pyreter is sodē in w^t fygues / or made in swete wyne purgeth y^e heed of flewma∣tyke humours / and wasteth the moistnesse of the dygge / and yf it be chawed betwene the tethe it swageth the ache. Yf it be stam∣ped and medled with wyne and oyle / and layde to a gowte playsterwyse / or on ony paralytyke it is good membre. Grene pyre¦ter beten and layde afortenyght in wyne / and than sodē and streined / and with oyle and wax an oyntement made is good for y^e aboue sayde thynges.

¶ De pipere. Peper. Ca. CCC.xxvii.

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PEper is hote in the begynnynge of the fourthe degre / & drye in y^e myd∣des of the same. There is thre sortes of it For there is longe peper / y^t is called macro pyper And there is whyte peper y^t is called malano piper. Some say that they be fru∣yte of dyuers trees. But Constantyne and Dyascorides say that they be all thre of a tre growynge in ynde / and some say that peper is made so blacke by brennynge. For whan it sholde be gadred for y^e grete mul¦tytude of serpētes thereabout / they set fyre about the trees y^t the vermyn may be brent and go away. But yf that were trewe the trees sholde be brēt. And therfore this auc¦tour sayth y^t they ben fruyte all of one tree but whan it bereth floures / those floures gadre on a hepe & stretcheth alonge as the floure of hasyll & that is longe peper / and than it bereth an other maner of lytell fru∣yte y^t is called whyte peper & therof haue we none. But in stede of it is put catapuce or spourge of beyonde the see / whiche is no peper / for it is bygger and is not sharpe as peper. And yf it be put in medycyne the substaūce w^tin must be takē and not the huskes Blacke peper is gadred whan it is rype / and the sarazyns bake it in an ouen for two causes. The fyrste to kepe it longe / & the seconde that it bere no fruyte nor growe in other coūtrees / & the blacke peper is of more vertu thā y^e whyte or longe peper / & it may be kept .xl. yeres. The whyte y^t we haue not may be kept lō∣ge ynough / and the longe peper .xx. yeres Blacke peper hath vertue to sprede / & de∣uyde humours. Powdre therof put in the nose causeth to snese and to clense y^e brayne of flewmatyke humours / as snyuell / and rewme. Yf it be medled with oyle / & ony pacyent hauynge a feuer be anoynted ther¦with at the begynnynge of the axcesse / w^t out doubt it wyll take the coldenesse and shakynge away that cometh at the begyn¦nynge therof

¶ To clense the bulke. A

¶ The wyne that peper is soden in with fygges clenseth the bulke and y^e membres of cours gleymy and glewy flewmes and is good agaynst the dygestyon. Cleue an apple and pyke out the core & kyrnelles / & fyl it with powdre of longe peper / & wyne & roste it in the fyre & it conforteh dygestyō Powdre of the inner parte of peper often wette in rose water & dried is good to take away the webbe of the eye. And it may be put alone or put in rose water in maner of a colyre. Whyte peper may be put for the blacke / but longe peper conforteth better Peper noyeth sanguyne & coleryke perso∣nes. For it heateth ouermoche / & spredeth the subtyll humours / & somtyme causeth meselry.

¶ For deed flesshe B

¶ The powdre of peper gnaweth the deed flesshe of soores.

¶ De peonia. Pyony. Ca. CCC.xxviij.

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PEonie is hote & drye in the secōde de¦gre. It is an herbe the rote wherof is so called / & the rote is to be put in medy∣cyne.

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yf peonie is founde in receptes. It ought to be gadred in wynter / and may be kept .x. yeres. And it is to be chosen that is blacke and not perced. It hath vertue to de¦uyde and sprede humours. ¶ Agaynst the fallynge euyll it hath a specyally hydde or s•crete vertue. as Galyē sheweth of a chyl¦de that fel not as longe as it was hanged about his necke. But nowe we fynde not y^t it hath suche vertue. And therfore some say that it is but one spece or kynde of peonie onely called peonie Romayne. For y^e same dysease y^e powdre therof with iuce of mug worte or with pigamū that is wylde rue.

¶ For the palsey. A

¶ Agaynst palsey take this powdre with wyne that castoreum is soden in.

¶ For the vryne. B

¶ Agaynst lette of vryne take y^e wine that it is soden in.

For the matryce. C

¶ To clense the matryce / make a smoke be¦nethe or make a bathe to the sayd partes with brothe that it is soden in.

¶ Agaynst costyfnesse caused of colde put the powdre therof with cotton in to y^e foū∣dement. And knowe ye that peonie is also called penthoron / aglosotos / & aliofotes.

¶ De Papauere. Poppy. Ca. CCC.xxix.

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POppy is colde & daye / & is in thre maners. For there is whyte that is colde & moyste / & the blacke is colde & drye and the reed is more mortyfycatyfe / & is called wylde poppy. white poppy is called codion / or codias / and oxibonon / & blacke poppy is called mycon / & melon agryos. Poppy sede may be kept .x. yeres / poppy is expressely named / whyte / blacke or reed. Poppy hath vertue to mortyfye and cause slepe. ¶ To cause one to slepe / make a play¦ster of thē all or of one alone with womās mylke & whyte of an egge & lay to the tem¦ples. The womē of Salerne gyue whyte poppy w^t theyr owne mylke to theyr chyl¦dren to cause them slepe. The blacke & the reed ought not to be taken for they morty∣fye y^e spyrytes by theyr coldnesse. A ¶ Agaynst hote apostumes at y^e fyrst or they be formed / & also agaynst chauffynge or heate of y^e lyuer / stampe the sede of pop¦py & the herbe togyder & confyct with oyle of roses / and layde therto. ¶ For thē that haue ouer drye membres / & for thē that be ethykes or other drye feuer take oyle of vy¦olettes chauffed and put powdre of whyte poppy sede therto & therw^t anoynte y^e ry•ge of y^e backe.

¶ For the bulke. B

¶ Agaynst drynesse of mēbres in y^e brest / & for them y^e be veray lene / & the electuary called dyapapauer y^t poppy is pryncypall in. For y^e same / make electuary of iuce of lycoryce / of gōme arabyke / & dragagāt of lyke quātyte / & put powdre of poppy there to of lyke moche / & confycte y^e sayd electua¦ry w^t syrope of poppy / & where ye fynde to take poppy onely / it is the whyte. Whyte poppy medled w^t barkes of nuttes dyeth heare blacke. The floure of wylde poppy clenseth y^e spottes in y^e eyes where as bly∣sters haue bē. The whyte is good agaynst cough caused of hote rewme y^t falleth fro y^e heed The blacke is perillous & caused to falle in lytargye & may mortyfye or slee.

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¶ De pencedano. Dogfenell. The mydde confolde. Ca. CCC.xxx.

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PEncedane is an herbe or wode cal∣led dogfenell or swynefenel and is hote & drye. Yf ye fynde pencedanū in re∣••ptes it is the rote / for it hath more vertu than ony parte of the herbe / & may be kept 〈◊〉 yere. It hath vertue to vnstoppe y^e vay¦••s of the reynes / and therfore it is dyury∣t•ke.

¶ For strangury. A

¶ Agaynst strāgury & dyssury / & agaynst stoppynge of the lyuer / and y^e mylte / take the brothe that it is soden in. And make a playster to y^e share of the herbe sodē in oyle & wyne.

¶ For colde humours. B

¶ Agaynst colde humours in y^e mēbres of the bulke as about the longes. Take wa∣ter of bacly that this herbe hath be soden in with iuce of lyroryce / & yf ther be grete quātyte of humours sethe it in wyne with iuce of lycoryce. A smal bathe or wasshīge made of water y^t this herbe is soden in is good to cause menstrue to flowe.

¶ De petrocilio. Percely. Ca. CCC.xxxi.

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PEercely is hote & drye in y^e seconde degre / & is in two maners / that is wylde & tame. The wylde is called syno∣mū. Theyr sedes is cheyfly in medycynes yf percely or synomum is foūde in recep∣tes. These sedes may be kept .x. yeres & ha¦ue vertue to open the conduytes of vryne but y^e wylde is stronger thā y^e tame. They be good for the dyseases y^t pencedane afore¦sayd is. Sawce is made of tame percely.

¶ To conforte dygestyon A

¶ The herbe soden w^t meates cōforteth dy¦gestyon / & looseth the wyndes of y^e wōbe.

¶ De policaria Ca. CCC.xxxii.

POlicary is hote in y^e thyrde degre / & drye in the secōde degre. It is an herbe of thre kyndes / the more / y^e meane / & the lesse / the meane is moost behouefull in medycyns. Whan it is gadred y^e leaues w^t the ryndes or stalkes ought to be baken & so dryed but in medycyn ought nothyng to be put but the leaues. And it hath vertu• to dyssolue or sprede humours / to waste & deuyde them.

¶ For y^e brethe. A

¶ Wyne that it is soden in with fygges is good agaynst lette of the brethe / & agaynst colde rewme of humour in the breste.

¶ For the matryce B

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¶ Bathe or wasshyng made of water that it is soden in clenseth the matryce and en∣tre therof.

¶ For costyfnesse. C

¶ Thynne powdre therof layde to the foū¦dement is good agaynst costyfnesse caused of colde.

¶ To breke wyndes. D

¶ The leues in small boundelles soden in wyne and layde to the place greued with wyndes wasteth them and ceaseth y^e payne

¶ For the pose. E

¶ And yf these bondelles be hette on a tyle without ony lycour / and layde hote to the heed is good agaynst colde pose.

¶ De pineis Pyne trees or apples Ca. CCC.xxxiii.

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PYnes be the kernelles w^tin the pyne apples. They be hote and moyst / & yf ye wyll put them in medycyn / lay y^e ap∣ples on the fyre tyll they bē a lytell brent than take of the ryndes within and w^tout & put y^e kernelles there as it nedeth. They haue vertue to sowple & to moyste / & to vn¦stoppe. It is meate for them y^t haue apostu¦mes in the membres of the bulke / and for them y^t haue lette of brethe caused of colde humour / & them that haue a drye coughe / & for them y^t haue yll cōplexyō in the lyuer that dryeth thē / or be drye of other thynge for they nourysshe & encrease blode / & moe∣ue lechery / & they may be gyuē to them w^t syrope / or with meates or electuaryes.

¶ Agaynst blody flux. A

¶ Agaynst blody flux of the wombe / the thycke cynde of the pyne apples is good in this wyse / whan it is newe gadred of the tree sethe it in water / and lay it on the co∣les and lete the pacyent take y^e smoke.

¶ De prunis. Plōmes. Ca. CCC.xxxiiij.

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PLōmes be colde & moyst / there be two sortes of them / black and reed The blacke be somwhat harde & be y^e best & amonge them the best be those y^e be called damaske plommes or damassous. They ought to be gadred whan they be rype / & they y^t wyll kepe them must cleue thē and dewe thē with vyneygre / & so they may be kept in a vessell of wood. But whan they be clouen they must be dryed .xv. dayes in the sonne / and than put in syrope. They ha¦ue vertue to smothe & polysshe y^e bowelles.

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And therfore in ague feuers they be good for them that be bounde in the wombe by¦cause of drythe / or coleryke humours that dryeth the wombe / and therfore the grene be good to eate.

¶ Of penicles or penettes. Ca. CCC.xxxv

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PEnettes be hote & drye / and be ma∣de in this wyse. Sugre is soden in water so longe that whan a droppe therof is droppeth on a stone it waxeth harde and vrytyll and breketh. Than this sugre so soden is layde on a stone to coole / and than is hanged on a nayle and handled & chauf∣fed with handes tyll it waxe whyte / and than is cut in small pyeces and powdre of amidon cast theron to whyte them y^e more and thā they be penettes. It is good meate for thē that haue feuers caused of apostu∣mes in the membres of the breste / and for them y^e haue grete drought in y^e brest & for them that be veray leane by sekenesse.

¶ For the breste. A

¶ Agaynst the dyseases of the breste they must be vsed with ptysan / and for leanesse of the body they may be taken alone or in meates. For the same thynge an electuary called diapenidiō made of penettes is good in feuer ague / or in the apostumes of the rybbes or of the longues. Penettes be bo∣the good meate and medycyne.

¶ For the lyppes. B

¶ For cheppynge of the lyppes / delay thē in water with dragagant and anoynte the lyppes.

¶ For the mouthe. C

¶ Agaynst fleyenge or rawnesse of y^e mou¦the comynge of feuers / and agaynst small blysters / and swellyng there / sethe yolkes of egges in water / and than frye them tyl oyle come of thē / and with that oyle cōfyct the powdre of penettes of dragagant / and amidon / & anoynte y^e grefe. This powdre confycte with syrope of roses or vyolettes is good for the aforesayde thynges.

¶ De Psilio. Ca. CCC.xxxvi.

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PSiliumis colde and moyste in the seconde degre. It is the sede of a cer¦tayne herbe / the whiche sede is to be had in

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ryne. It must be gadred in somer and may be kept .x. yeres. And hath vertue to moyste and refresshe or coole.

¶ For drynesse. A

¶ Agaynst drynesse of y^e tongue in a feuer ague. Put this sede and bynde it in a fyne lynnen clothe / and than put it in colde wa∣ter / and therwith wasshe and rubbe y^e ton∣gue and scrappe it with a knyfe.

¶ For thyrste. B

¶ For thyrste put this sede in a bagge and lay it on the tongue.

¶ For the breste. C

¶ For drought of the breste and the mem∣bres in it / and for them that be costyffe / so that the brest be not stopped not the brethe shorte. Take psilium in water a certayne space / and than powre out the water and take y^e same sede with other clene colde wa¦ter. Psilium is cōuenably put in syropes ordeyned for sharpe feuers & therof must a grete dele be made / for yf there were but a lytel by the glewynesse of y^e sede it wolde stycke to y^e vessel or spone y^t it is styred w^t.

¶ For the blody flux. D

¶ For blody fluxe of the wombe. Brenne psilium in an erthen vessel / and put y^e pow¦dre in a rere egge or in rose water and that is best.

¶ For bledynge at y^e nose. E

¶ For bledynge at the nose the sayde play∣ster layde to the forheed or tēples / or make a tente of the sayde powdre with bursa pa¦storis and put it in to the nose.

¶ For hote apostumes. F

¶ Agaynst hote apostumes put psilium in a bagge / and moyste it ī some colde herbes and renewe the psilium.

¶ For the heare. G

¶ Agaynst sharpenesse of the heare wasshe the heed with water that psilium is soden in. Psilium kepeth the camfere by y^e colde moystnesse therof / for it is of so subtyll sub¦staunce that it wolde waste yf it were not put in to colde thynges.

¶ De polipodio. Oke le•ue. Ca. CCC.xxxvii.

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POlipodi is hote & dry in the thyrde degre. It is a wede moche lyke to ferne / and groweth on wall•s / stones / & vpon okes / and that on the okes is best. Gadre the rote & clense it and drye it a daye in the sonne / and it may be kept good two yeres / and that rote is to be chosen that is somwhat grene / but that y^t is all wyd••d is nought. It hath vertue to loose and de∣uyde / and to drawe / purge / and put out flewme / and melancolyke humours / and therfore it is put in decoccyons ordeyned for flewmatyke and melancolyke {per}sones that be hole to preserue them fro sekenesses & it is to wyte y^t in all places that polypo∣dy is put in some other thynges y^t wasteth windes must be put therto as anys / comyn fenell or suche other.

¶ For ache of the wombe. A

¶ Agaynst wrenchynge or crowlynge of the wombe be it hye or lowe / and for them that theyr heare falleth / and for them that

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be gowty / & to preserue thē to fall agayne in to those dyseases. Take halfe an vnce of polypody or an vnce yf nede be / and that it be not in a hote grounde and stampe it and sethe it with prunes / vyolettes and squy∣nant / yf there be ony / & put therto a grete dele of comyn sede and anys sede / & streyne them / and gyue it to the pacyent. Another maner is / stampe it as it is sayd / and sethe it with comyn sede and anys sede / and vse that brothe. Or sethe the powdre w^t swete smellynge spyces / and therwith many ben deceyued that whan they take medycyne they wene not that it is polypody & so they take it and dooth them prouffyte. Pyment and clarey is made therwith yf it be stam∣ped and soden in wyne w^t spyces. Folke of y^e countre take grene polypody & confycte it with meale and egges and make therof pancakes and frytures that looseth suffy∣cyently and somwhat to moche agaynst y^e foresayd sekenesse it may be taken or the de¦coccyon of polypody that is made in water or in the iuce or sede of fenell / and thereto put two dragmes of hermodates.

¶ De palea.

¶ Palea is an herbe moche lyke to wheate but it hath thycker leues & whyter / & gro∣weth in pyttes & by hygh wayes. The le∣ues dryed / & y^e powdre made of them and layde on newe woūdes staūcheth y^e blode and resowdreth the woūde & healeth it.

¶ De Petroleo. Ca. CCC.xxxviij.

PEtroleum / is oyle of stone. It is hote and drye in the thyrde degre & is founde in sulfery places of brymstone And is made of the fatnesse of the erthe and water that by heate of the place is tourned in to substaunce that hath a party hote and fyry of fyre / and is founde vpon stones in

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maner of sweate. There is ynough founde vpon the see that is blacke / but by conty∣nuance it whyteth. Somtyme is founde yelowe. It is also made by crafte in Grece and other partes beyonde y^e see and it may be lōge kept in a vessel of glasse or of tynne well stopped. Petroleum is to be chosen y^t is yelowe or whyte / and clere of substaūce and stynkynge. It may be lyghtly countre∣fayt with other oyle. For a lytell of it ma∣keth a grete deale of other oyle to stynke. This oyle hath a stronge vertue as fyre / and hath vertue to sprede / waste / and w^t∣drawe humours.

¶ For all goutes. A

¶ Agaynst all maner of goute / be it in the handes or hyppes. And agaynst wryngyn¦ge of the bely / anoynte the akynge places therwith. ¶ For ache of the wombe. B ¶ Agaynst goute and ache of the wombe Some take it in quantyte of a dragme or two with drynke. And the auctour sayth that he hath seen some heale and some dye. And therfore it ought not to be gyuen to a weyke persone in somer / nor to coleryke folke. Nor it ought not to be gyuen but yf the mater that causeth the dysease be colde and at the moost but two dragmes.

¶ For swellynge of the fete. C

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¶ Agaynst stronge podagre that is ache in the fete / sethe petroleum in iuce of yebles and streyne it and gyue it to the pacyent.

¶ For the stone. D

¶ Agaynst the stone it is a souereyne reme¦dy yf the powdre of the stone called linx be veray small and soden in petroleum / and y^e sayd oyle put in to the yerde w^t a cyryngne it wyll breke the stone that is hardened. But the yerde must be often bathed with water that mulberies is sodē in with oyle to open the conduytes therof.

¶ Agaynst lette of the brethe. E

¶ Agaynst lette of the brethe called asma yf it be caused of colde / and agaynst olde cough / anoynte the breste w^tout fyrst ther¦with that the mater may dygested the bet∣ter / thā take a dragme or two at y^e mouthe

¶ For the matryce. F

¶ Agaynst dysease of the matrice yf it ryse vpwarde. Put petroleum on hote coles & lete the waman receyue the fume at the mouthe or nose / or make a suposytory of cotton wete in petroleū. And whan petro∣leū is vsed fyrst some colde & moyst thynge ought to be taken. For petroleum fleyeth / and the colde thynge fresshed and saueth the skynne.

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¶ De Fistucis. Ca. CCC.xxxix.

PIscates bē called fistuces / festnesse or strawes and is a fruyte ther gro¦weth beyonde the see / and be ly•e pynes / & be hote and moyst / the inwarde substaūce is to be put in medycyne. They haue vertu to heate / to smothe / and to soften.

¶ For the brest. A

¶ Agaynst coldenesse of the brest they be good to be eatē as almōdes. They encreas the naturall sede of man in this maner. Stampe them & confycte them with hony and put therto powdre of nuttes / and of these lytell beestes called stynces in lytell quantyte And yf they be taken with wyne that they be soden in they helpe agaynst ve¦nim / & be good for thē that haue a noughty lyuer. Oyle is made of them that is good agaynst payne of the heed. Diascorides sayth that they be good for the stomake. But Galiē sayth that they do neyther good nor harme.

¶ De portulace. Porcelayne / Ca. CCC.xl.

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POrtulax is a vertuous herbe. It coldeth in y^e thyrde degre and moy∣steth in the secōde / and hath vertu to softē and to kele. It is good meate for coleryke folkes that be dyseased with feuers caused of coler. And also for them that be hole / yf it be eaten rawe it is profytable. The wa¦ter of the decoccyon is good to conserue the heate of the inwarde membres. It coleth the heet of feuers / it prouoketh vryne and vnbyndeth y^e bely. It prouffyteth agaynst clyftes of the lyppes and fleyenges of the mouthe. Brenne the rote therof in a bras∣sen vessell and make powdre confyct with hony / and anoynte the lyppes therwith / & also it paleth the synsures of lazers anoyn∣ted therwith.

¶ For hote apostumes: A

¶ And yf it be brayed with vyneygre it is good agaynst hote apostumes. The iuce therof with all the herbe is prouffytable agaynst the hurtes of the bowelles / for it soupleth them. And is good to moderate y^e vnmoderate flux of the matryce. Howbeit yf it be vsed to moche it marreth the syght and coleth the body / & letteth the coleryke vomyte / and habytacyon of woman. The sayd herbe chawed with a lytell vyneygre stoppeth the bledynge at the nose / and swa¦geth the brennynge of the stomake caused of coler. It is good agaynst feuers yf a playster therof be layde to the stomake w^t a lytell vyneygre. It healeth y^e tothe ache yf it be chawed / and healeth blaynes yf it be brused and layde theron.

¶ For payne of the reynes. B

¶ The iuce therof is good agaynst payne of the reynes and of the bladder / & restray¦neth the floures or menstrues in women. Water therof is good for bledynge emor∣roydes.

¶ De plumbo. Leade. Ca. CCC.xli.

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HEade is tolde in the seconde degre make a morter & a pestell of leade and put oyle of roses or vyolettes in y^e said morter / and stampe them w^t the sayd lea∣den pestell tyll they become sōwhat thycke and than set it .xi. dayes in the sonne / and moyste it often with oyle of roses or vyolet¦tes and put it in a vessell / and it is good a∣gaynst brennynge or scaldynge of fyre or water.

¶ For hote apostumes. A

¶ Agaynst hote apostumes and fleyenges caused of heate / and agaynst brennynge & corosyfe sores. A medycyne or salue called ploucras is made in this maner. Put mol∣ten leade in a certayne vessell / & bruse stal∣kes of cheruell or hasell or an herbe called spurge / and styre the sayd leade tyl it seme small lompes as it were cēdres. The whi∣che afterwarde may be put in powdre.

¶ De polio montano. Wylde tyme. Ca. CCC.xlii.

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POlium is of dyuers kyndes but y^e best groweth on hylles and ought to be put in medycyne. It ought to be ga∣dred whan it floureth / and may be kept a yere. And it hath vertue to deuyde and wa¦ste humours / and to vnstoppe the conduy∣tes of vryne. The brothe that it is soden in with reysyns is good agaynst colde of the breste and longes.

¶ For the stomake. A

¶ Agaynst payne of the stomake and of y^e bowelles / take the brothe that it is onely soden in / yf it come of colde or wynde.

¶ For the lyuer. B

¶ To vnstoppe the lyuer / the mylte / and y^e reynes / and lettynge of vryne / the wyne that it is soden in is good.

¶ For payne of the bely. C

¶ And yf it be soden with wyne and oyle it is good agaynst payne of the bely / and lette of the vryne yf it be layde therto.

¶ De pice. Pytche. Ca. CCC.xliij.

PYtche is of dyuers sortes for there is shyppe pitche and pytche liquide or thynne / or tarre. The shyppe pytche is

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the lesse hote and drye. Some say that the liquide pytche is the draftes of the shyppe pytche. But that is not so. For they be ma∣de of dyuers trees in this maner. The bo∣wes or twygges of y^e trees be but in a ves∣sell / and fyre is made vnderneth / and an∣other vessell aboue that y^e lycour droppeth in out of the boughes. The pytche liquyde hath vertue to sprede and vaste humours.

¶ For scabbes. A

¶ For scabbes make an oyntemēt of liqui¦de / pytche called tarre with vyneygre and nutte oyle mengled togyder. Or stepe ly∣targe a nyght in vyneygre / and in the mor¦nynge medle the tarre with oyle and make an oyntement.

¶ For tetters. B

¶ Agaynst tetters / medle or pyment with liquide pytche / and put frenche sope therto and with that anoynte the tettre.

¶ For the scalle C

¶ For the scalle on the heed. Take whyte pytche & blacke / of eche alyke moche. Thā take lonie / & longe plantayne alyke moche and make halfe a sponefull of theyr iuce / and take as moche gromell as of bothe the other / and halfe a sponefull of stronge vy∣neygre

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/ and medle all togyder & than take halfe an egge shalle ful of meale dust and as moche dragons blode and put a lytell salte therto / & sethe all togyder tyll it thyc∣ken as an oyntement / and than shaue the heed / and wasshe it with whyte wyne and vpon euery scalle lay a playster / and lete it lye a naturall daye / and than plucke it of agaynst the heare / and shaue the pacyent euery eyght day / and wasshe it sharpely w^t whyte wyne / and the better to purge the rotes of the scalles cause hym to make all the excesse that he may by y^e mouthe. That is to say eate onyons / garlyke / and suche other meates / and lay on playsters styl tyl the heed pyll and lay thē so hote as he may abyde them / & he shall be hole in a monthe Probatumest.

¶ De plantagine. Plātayne or weybrede Ca. CCC.xliiij.

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PLantayne is an herbe that y^e greke call arroglosse. It is called also quin{que} nerua / and grete plantayne / and groweth in moyst places & playne feldes.

¶ For tothe ache. A

¶ For the tothe ache put the iuce and leues in the mouthe / and it wyll rease the payne anone / and yf the cheke be swollen make a plaister of the leues & lay them hote theron and it wyll swage the swellynge meruay∣lously.

¶ For payne in the body. B

¶ Agaynst payne within y^e body. The iuce of plantayne dronken ceaseth the payne & purgeth the brest.

¶ For spettynge of blode. C

¶ And for them that spette blode / drynke the iuce fastynge.

¶ For all foule woundes. D

¶ And to heale all foule woundes lay the powdre of plantayne on them. Also this herbe is good agaynst all gadrynge of hu∣mours.

¶ For bytynge of a serpēt. E

¶ Agaynst bytynge of a serpent / eate the herbe and drynke the iuce / and it putteth out all venym.

¶ For styngynge of a scorpyon. F

¶ It is good also for styngynge of a scor∣pyon / and bytynge of a spyder yf the rote be brused and layde theron.

¶ For wormes in the bely: G

¶ To slee or voyde wormes out of y^e body drynke the iuce and lay a playster of the le¦ues to the nauyll.

¶ For feuer quartayne. H

¶ For feuer quartayne drynke y^e iuce med¦led with water afore the accesse / & it wyll do good effect.

¶ For swellynge of the fete. I

¶ And agaynst swellyng aches of the fete bruse the floures of plātayne with a lytel salte and lay therto.

¶ For feuertercian. K

¶ For feuer tercyan / bruse thre leues of plantayne with wyne or water / & drynke it at the tyme of the axcesse / and it helpeth gretely.

¶ To brynge out a chyldes bedde. L

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ledes therof with water.

¶ For swellynge of the fete. M

¶ For swellynge of the fete with goynge / stampe the leues and lay on them.

¶ For the mouthe. N

¶ For pymples in y^e mouthe the leues eatē and holden longe in the mouthe is good.

¶ For the throte. O

¶ For swellynge of the throte / bruse the herbe with sewet and lay it therto.

¶ De lanceolata. Longe plantayne. Ca. CCC.xlv.

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LOnge plantayne is good agaynst fystales / yf the iuce be put in them dyuers dayes / it healeth and sleeth them.

¶ For bytyng of madde dogges. A

¶ For bytynge of a wood dogge / stampe this herbe and lay therto.

¶ For the bladder. B

¶ For payne of the bladder / bruse y^e herbe with the rotes / and wrynge out the iuce & drynke it / & it is good agaynst venymous bestes.

¶ De panico. Panyke. Ca. CCC.xlvi.

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PAnyke is a sede lyke Gromell in na¦ture and shape. But it fedeth lesse than gromell / & byndeth more the wombe It may be taken dyuers wayes and dooth dyuers operacyons. But in what maner so euer it is taken gromell is better. Panyke is soden with fatte flesshe / with oyle / or almonde mylke. That that is soden with fatte flesshe or oyle is conuenable ynough for it lese a grete parte of drinesse / & therw^t geteth good smake and fedynge / & leseth the myght of byndynge of the wom•• by the fatnesse of the greace and oyle. There is two maner to sethe it ī water. for it may be soden groūden or hole. And for one mea¦sure of panyke or gromell take .xv. measu¦res of water. In this maner sodē it is har¦de to dygest / & byndeth not the wombe but it greueth the stomake and gooth out ther∣of hole / and greueth the guttes / & therfore they put it soone out / and so it byndeth not That that is grounden must be soden thus Syft y^e meale from y^e brāne / and put ther¦to .x. tymes as moche water & whā it is so∣den two or .iii. tymes streyne it / & sethe the streynynge agayne tyll it be thycke / and this maner of sethynge is best & maketh it lyght & is y^e best maner to cause it bynde y^e wombe.

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¶ De Prnthafilone. Synkefoyle / or .v. leued grasse. Ca. CCC.xlvii.

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PEenthafilō is an herbe called fyne leued. For pentha ī greke is .v. and filo is leef. And so penthafilō is to say her∣be with .v. leues. It groweth in sandy pla¦ces and medowes. It bereth fyue leues on a stalke and hath yelowe floures / & stret∣cheth on the grounde.

¶ For the ioyntes. A

¶ For payne of the ioyntes that cometh of strokes or trauayle Bruse this herbe with olde lewed and lay therto.

¶ For the wombe. B

¶ For ache of y^e wombe caused of coleryke humours / drynke the iuce therof & it wyll cease the ache.

¶ For the gommes. C

¶ Agaynst rottennesse of the gōmes. The cheke rubbed therw^t taketh away the rot∣tynge.

¶ For the heed. D

¶ For the payne of the heed bruse the her∣be and rubbe the forheed and heed therw^t.

¶ For bledynge of the nose. E

¶ Agaynst blody flux of the nose / drynke the iuce or anoynte y^e forheed or elles drin¦ke the wyne that y^e rote is soden in.

¶ Agaynst bytynge of serpentes. The iuce therof dronke putteth out all venym and therfore it is put in tryacle.

¶ For cankers. F

¶ Agaynst kanker / bruse the leues with sewes greace / and put olde whyte wyne therto / and it is a good remedy.

¶ De lingua passerina. Sentynode. swy∣nes grasse knotgrasse / or sparow tongue. Ca. CCC.xlviij.

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POligonia is an herbe called spa∣row tōgue. It is called proserpina some cal it corrigiole It groweth ī wayes & feldes / it is a litel wede w^t many knottes

¶ For spettynge of blode. A

¶ For thē that spette blode & that vomyte. The iuce therof w^t swete wyne or other as good.

¶ For the sydes. B

¶ For ache in y^e sydes or rybbes / medle the iuce w^t oyle of roses & anoynte the sydes.

¶ For the brestes. C

¶ For swelling of brestes make a playster of this herbe w^t butter / & lay to them.

¶ For ytche of y^e legges caused of salt flew me / wasshe them w^t water y^t this herbe is soden in.

¶ For the flux. D

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¶ For flux of the wombe. Take the iuce of this herbe alone / or with sugre or wyne & the same is good for superfluyte of floures in women.

¶ De polytryco. Walfarne. Ca. CCC.xlix.

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POlitryke / some call adyanthos / & some calle it erth thought. It gro∣weth agaynst walles / and in humorous places.

¶ For payne of the necke. A

¶ For payne of the necke whan it may not be styred / take this herbe with the stalkes and leues and leke blades with .viij. cor∣nes of peper / and .viij. of coryandre stam∣ped togyder with stronge wyne / & drynke it / but fyrst be bathed.

¶ For newe sores: B

¶ The powdre of this herbe layde vpon newe sores healeth them.

¶ For feuer auge C

¶ The water that this herbe is soden in & suger put therto / is good agaynst feuer ague / and it is put in syrope to coole.

¶ De primula veris Prymerolles. Ca. CCC.l.

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PRimula veris is called prymerol∣les. Some call it saynt peterwor•e Other paralisie. It is called prymerolle or primula / of pryme tyme / bycause it be∣reth the fyrst floure in pryme tyme. It gro¦weth in woodes and by dyches.

¶ For brekynge of the heed. A

¶ Agaynst brekynge of the heed or other membre / or to kepe ony wounde fro stroke or smytynge / or for ony bledynge vayne. Take an vnce and a halfe of y^e iuce of this herbe / and drynke at mornynge and at e∣uenynge.

¶ For the vryne. B

¶ Also water y^t the rote is soden in is good to vnstoppe the conduytes of vryne.

¶ De palacio leporis. Hares palays Ca. CCC.li.

PAlacium leporis / hares palays / is an herbe lyke Spurge / but it hath longer and ryper leues / and is leued lyke

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fenell and the rote lyke kneholme / and it bereth no floure / but a reed bery lyke fra∣gon but it is ronder. It is called hares palays. For yf the hare come vnder it / he is sure that no best can touche hym. Some call it artelyke. It is good agaynst goute artelyke yf the rote be soden in water / or in wyne / & so takē. It is also good against lette of vryne / as strangury / and dyssury And it groweth in derke places / in feldes and woodes.

¶ De pulmonaria. Crayfery or lūgwort. Ca. CCC.lii.

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PVlmonaria is an herbe that hath leues lyke bo•age but they be bro∣der and longer & of stranger and werysshe sauour / & hath whyte speckes here & there as the lunges. This herbe ofte eaten & put in syrope and comyn drynkes is good for them y^t hath theyr longes intamed or sore.

¶ De Persicaria. Arssmert or culrage. Ca. CCC.liij.

PErsicaria is an herbe that hath le∣ues lyke a peche tre / and is called arssmert & groweth in moyst places. The leues therof be good in medycyne. Some call it sanguinary or blodeworte bycause it draweth blode ī places that it is rubbed on. It hath a brennynge vertue.

¶ For wormes in the eares. A

¶ The iuce therof dropped in the eeres sle∣eth the wormes in them.

¶ De paracella. Ca. CCC.liiij.

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PAracella is an herbe y^e leues therof is lyke the lycoryce tre leues / and hath a rounde reed sede in maner as the co∣kyll. The rote therof is rounde and thycke with yelowe colour. It is called herbe ba¦sylyke bycause it hath a venymous myght and some say that venym is made therof.

¶ For fystula. A

¶ Agaynst fystula / make a tente therof & put it in the hole of the fystule / and it wyl clense and heale it. It groweth in sandy places.

¶ De pimpinella. Selfe heale or pymper∣nell. Ca. CCC.lv.

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PIm{per}nell is an herbe that groweth in sandy places / at y^e fote of hylles It is good to resowdre woundes / yf the powdre therof be often layde therto.

¶ For fystula and canker. A

¶ Agaynst fystula and canker it is good yf it be layde theron.

¶ For the eyes. B

¶ It proustyteth agaynst dymnesse of the eyes yf they be wasshed with water that it is soden in at mornynge and euennynge.

¶ To put out venym. C

¶ The iuce therof dronken expulseth all venym fro the body.

¶ De pilocella. Mows eare. Ca. CCC.lvi.

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PIlocella or mows eare is an herbe y^t groweth on hylles & hath rough leues w^t longe heares in them lyke a mous eare / and therfore it is so named / & it spre∣deth and stretcheth on the erthe. It hath vertue to restrayne / to clense / and to resow¦dre woundes.

¶ To sowdre woundes. A

¶ To reioyne and sowdre wounde. Mak• an oyntemēt of the iuce therof and ware / oyle / & terbētyne. Or put y^e iuce therof in newe woundes

¶ For feuer quartayne. B

¶ For feuer quartayne drynke the iuce of mows eare at y^e tyme of the accesse.

¶ To knowe yf a seke parsone shall lyue or dye. C

¶ Gyue them the iuce therof to drynke / & yf he caste it out he shall dye / and agayn• warde. And yf the edge of a knyfe or other toole be steped in the iuce therof / it shall cutte and hewe all other edges.

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¶ Deprostinea. Perwynke. Ca. CCC.lvii.

PErwynke is good agaynst flux of blode at the nose or other parte of y^e heed.

¶ For bledynge at the nose. A

¶ And to staunche the sayde blode y^e leues therof must be holden longe in y^e mouthe.

¶ De palma cristi. Ca. CCC.lviij.

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PAlma christi is an herbe lyke saty∣rion / the leues be specled with co∣lour lyke the skye / and groweth in derke and moyst places / and chyefly in groues / and hath vertue to moyst / & to make colde and is perylous to be vsed / and is not put in vse of medycyne by cause of the mortifi∣cation that it gyueth.

¶ De persicis. Peches. Ca. CCC.lix.

PEches is a fruyte colde and moyst in y^e thyrde degre. The leues of the tre is lyke to leues of an almōdes tre / but they be somwhat longer. This fruyte is pryncypally good yf they be eatē fastynge The coole y^e brēning of coleryke humours

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& conforteth y^e stomake y^t hath loost appe∣tite / & hath abhominaciō of meate bycause of coleryke humours. They be noyons to flewmatyke & coleryke persones. ¶ Yf .v. or .vi. peche leues be stāped & medled with meale / & be fryed and eaten fastyng it wyl cause you to be laxe & go to the stole / & wyl purge flewme chyefly / & than coler & melā¦coly / & in lykewyse dothe y^e kyrnelles in y^e peche stones yf y^t be stāped w^t warme wa∣ter and drōken / & they wyll purge aboue & benethe. And .xxx. or .xl. may be takē after the strength of them that wyll vse it.

¶ De oleo persicorum. Oyle of peches ker¦nelles. Ca. CCC.lx.

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OYle made of kyrnelles of peches is good agaynst payne of the eares cau¦sed of colde yf it be dropped therin & layde hote to them with cotton.

¶ For wormes of the wombe A

¶ Agaynst wormes of the wombe / shorte or longe in chyldren. Make a playster of peche leues with a lytell vyneygre / myn∣tes / and wormwood / and lay it to the na∣uyll. But fyrst anoynte the wombe with y^e sayd oyle. Isaac sayth y^e peches be colde and moyst in the seconde degre / & be veray lyke to a fruyte called crisomiles / but they be more sauery / and more behouefull to y^e stomake / but they torne not in to so cours flewme as the crysomyles do / how be it they must be pared / bycause they torne to flewme. Peches ought to be eatē fastynge and wyne of good taste dronkē with them There be two maner of peches / for some be bygge and rough and be somwhat reed and some be small and lyght & be browne or yelowe. The byggest be swete with a lytell eygrenesse / and be moost moyst / and gleymy / and therfore they torne to cours flewme and rottennesse / the whiche is sene yf cleue suche a peche and lete lye a whyle in the ayre and than smell to it ye shall fele as it were a rotten sauour. The iuce of the bowes of peches sleeth the wormes in the bely yf it be dronken / & for the same a play¦ster therof layde to the nauyll / and yf the iuce be dropped in the eares it sleeth y^e wor¦mes in them.

¶ De pede columbino. Doues fote. Ca. CCC.lxi.

PEs columbinus / doues fote is an herbe that is otherwyse called flec∣tir. It hath rounde iagged leues & is lyke a doues fote / and the stalkes and leues be

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reedysshe / and the floure browne / and it stretcheth on the erthe. It groweth in san∣dy places / and ought to be gadred in maye or in Iune with the leues & dryed in sha••¦we / and may be kept good one yere. Whan it is founde to be put in medycyns as tro∣cis / called trocis dyacoralis y^e leues must be taken with the floures.

¶ For swollen ballokes. A

¶ For them that haue swollē ballokes 〈◊〉 flewme so that they shyne / stampe dou•• fote with small grene letuse / & lay it play∣sterwyse therto.

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¶ De ruta. Rue. Ca. CCC.lxij.

RVe is hote and drye in the seconde degre / and is in two maners.

That is tame & wylde / y^e wylde is called pyganium. The leues and sedes of rue is good in medycyns / but yf ye fyn∣de rue in receptes it is vnderstande y^e leues and not the sedes / but yf they be expressed / and lyke wyse of piganiū wylde rue. The sede of rue may be kept .v. yeres / and the leues one yere.

¶ For heed ache. A

¶ For ache of the heed caused of flewme / and for the fallynge euyll. Put the pacyēt in a vayne / and than put hote rue in his no¦sethrylles & it wyl cause hym voyde moche flewme at the nose / and wyll clense y^e bray¦ne / and conforte it. The wyne that rue is soden in is good for the same.

¶ For the fallynge euyll. B

¶ For the fallynge euyl. Sethe thre drag¦••• of iuce of rue with a lytell wyne and g•ue to the pacyent.

¶ For the syght. C

¶ For defaute of syght caused of a fume y^t ••m•th to the eyes. Put •ue in the vessell t••t wyne is in and lete the pacyēt drynke the wyne.

¶ For tothe ache. D

¶ For tothe ache. Sethe rue in wyne and lay it to the tothe. Or elles take a stalke of rue & put it in the fyre / and al hote thyrst it in to the tothe.

¶ For coldenesse of y^e stomake. E

¶ Agaynst coldenesse of the stomake / and agaynst palsey and wrencynge of the same or of the other lymmes. Take wyne that rue and castoreum is soden in.

¶ For ache of the wombe. F

¶ For ache of y^e wombe. Sethe thre drag¦mes in hony / and at the last put therto iuce of rue and vse it.

¶ For the mylte. G

¶ For opylacyon of the mylte / and of the lyuer / and agaynst lette of vryne. Take y^e wyne that rue is soden in w^t fenell rotes.

¶ For strangury & dyssury. H

¶ Agaynst strangury and dyssury. Sethe rue and lay it to the share.

¶ For costyfnesse. I

¶ Agaynst costyfnesse caused of colde / ma¦ke a lytell bathe in wyne that rue is soden in. And yf the dysease come of heate. Hete vyneygre and powre it on rue and lay it to the share.

¶ For floures in women. K

¶ For the floures that be stopped / and to cause y^e bedde that the chylde lay in to yssue Take trifera magna with iuce of rue at y^e mouthe. Or make a passaire benethe / that is to put it in the womans pryuyte.

¶ For ache outwarde. of y^e lymmes. L

¶ Agaynst ache of the outwarde lymmes caused of betynge / or fallynge lay sawge and rue vpon a hote tyle / and so hote lay it to the place without ony lycoure.

¶ For the eyen. M

¶ For the webbe in the eyen and reednesse of them Confycte the powdre of rue with powdre of comyn and lay on the eyen.

¶ For venym. N

¶ For hym that hath dronken venym / lete hym drynke the iuce of rue. And agaynst bytynge of venymous beestes lay rue to y^e sores.

¶ Thus endeth the herbes begyn¦nynge with. P.

¶ AND FOLOWETH THE NAME BEGYN¦NYNGE WITH. R. (BOOK R)

¶ De Rosa. Rose. Ca. CCC.lxiij.

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Osa / the rose is colde in the fyrst degre / and drye in the seconde. As wel the drye rose as the grene is good in medy¦cyns. Some gadre the roses whan they be rype / but they kepe not so well. They ought to be gadred whan they be somwhat blowen / and that they be somwhat reed within. They that haue a pale / wāne / whytysshe or blacke co¦lour ought not to be put in medycyne. whā they be so gadred thei ought to be somwhat dryed in the sonne / and may be kept thre yeres. Many thynges is made of grene ro¦ses. Yf it is founde in receptes to take roses it is to wyte drye roses / bycause they pow¦dre soonest. Of grene roses is made hony of roses / sugre of roses / syrope of roses / & water of roses. Hony of roses is made in this wyse. Take hony and sethe it wel and scomme it clene / and put clene pyked roses therin small chopped without barbes or knoppes / and lethe them a lytell togyder: The token y^t they be soden ynough is whā the hony is of browne colour / & sauoureth of the roses / and is thycke. It may be kept v. yeres. This hony of roses is of confor∣table vertue by the good odoure of the flou¦res / and hath vertu of to clense of the hony And it may be gyuen to flewmatyke and melancolyke persones / and to them that be weyked by sekenesse.

¶ To clense the stomake. A

¶ To clense the stomake of colde humours Take hony of roses that Sene is soden in and put therin two or thre cornes of salte & it may be vsed for y^e aboue sayd dyseases.

¶ Sugre of roses is made thus. Take the leues of rose floures and shrede them small and medle them with sugre / and bete them well togyder / and put them in a vess•ll of glasse / and set it a moneth in the sonne / and styre them euery day. It may be kept .iij. yeres / and ye must take one poūde of roses to .iiij. poūde of sugre. This sugre of roses hath vertue to restrayne and consorte.

¶ For the blody flux. B

¶ Agaynst the blody flux of the wombe. Medle of this sugre / and a dragme of ma¦styke at the moost / and gyue to the pacyent and after that gyue hym rose water or wy¦ne to drynke / or mastyke that clowes hath be soden with.

¶ For blody flux. C

¶ Against other blody flux yf it be by we¦kenesse of the herte / & dysposycyō to swow¦ne / by heate that is in the membres of th• bulke. Take sugre of roses w^t rose water

¶ Syrope of roses is made in this maner. The roses be stamped / & the iuce wronge out / and in this iuce is good syrope made And it is to wyte that sirope of rose looseth at the begynnynge that it is made / but at the laste it byndeth yf it be made of grene roses. But that that is made of drye roses. looseth at y^e last. This syrope of roses hath vertue to conforte / and to staunche.

¶ For flux of the wombe. D

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¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe and vomyte Take this syrope with rayne water / or w^t rose water.

¶ Oyle of roses is made ī dyuers maners Some sethe the roses in oyle olyue / & strey¦ne them and kepe them. Some fyll a vessel of glasse with roses and oyle / and sete the sayde vessell in a panne full of boylyng wa¦ter / and so causeth the roses to boyle / and that maner is good. The other oyle of gre¦ne roses is made thus. Take grene roses / and put them in a vessell of glasse and sette it in the sonne .xli. dayes. And this oyle is good.

¶ For chauffynge of the lyuer. E

¶ Agaynst chauffyng of the lyuer / anoyn¦te the lyuer therwith.

¶ For payne of the heed. F

¶ Agaynst the payne of the heed caused of heate / anoynte the foreheed and the tēples And do thus to the fayntnes that weyketh the body and that cometh of weykenesse of the herte. But it is better to medle y^e sayde •yle w^t powdre of reed sandalles or whyte or at the leest powdre of roses. Also for y^e abouesayd dyseases. Put oyle of roses in the pacyentes meate in stede of comyn oyle and chyefly agaynst chauffyng of y^e lyuer. ¶ The maner to make rose water can not be exprysed yf it hath not be sene made. Some make it thus. They put roses with water in a fyole of glasse / and put the sayd fyole in a vessell full of sethynge water / & so sethe the roses with the water / and it be cometh reed / and than they set the fyole in the sonne. And a fewe roses be put w^t mo∣che water it is not good. Some gadre the roses with the dewe on them / and put thē in y^e fyole as it is sayd w^tout ony other wa¦ter / and that rose water is good. Rose wa¦ter hath vertue to staunche & conforte.

¶ For flux of the wombe. G

¶ Agayn flux of the wombe and vomyte. Take rose water alone / or sethe mastyke• clowes therin. And it is specyally good a∣gaynst flux of the wombe caused of reten∣tyfy vertue / or by takynge of some medy∣cyne of to sharpe a laxe.

¶ For the gommes. H

¶ For the gōmes that ben gnawen & frette with euyll humours. Sethe clowes in ro¦se water / and than drye them & make ther∣of powdre. Than tempre that powdre w^t rose water / or with roses / and that is best and than drye ti agayne in the sonne / and do so thre or foure ytmes / and than tempre the powdre agayne with rose water or w^t iuce of roses / and anoynt the gommes ther¦with / or lay the powdre on them.

¶ For fayntnesse of y^e herte. I

¶ For them that be faynt at y^e herte / or be lyke to swowne. Gyue them rose water to drynke / and bedewe theyr face therwith. Rose water conuenably put in coleres / or medycyns made for the eyes / and in oynte¦mētes made for y^e face / for it taketh away the spottes / & smotheth the skynne / drye ro∣ses smelled at the nose conforteth gretely y^e brayne & y^e herte & quyckeneth y^e spyrytes.

¶ For flux of the wombe. K

¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe caused of co¦leryke humour. Take rayne water y^e roses is soden in. And for the same is a playster good made of roses whyte of an egge and vyneygre / yf it be layde on the share and to the reynes.

¶ To staūche vomyte. L

¶ To staūche vomyte sethe roses in vyney¦gre & weate a sponge therin & lay it to the stomake.

¶ For swownynge. M

¶ For swownynge take the water that ro¦ses is soden in & the powdre of the same w^t a rere egge.

¶ For the eyes. N

¶ Agaynst reednesse of the eyes that pryc∣keth or brenneth. Take grene roses soden in water / and wete them therwith.

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¶ De raffana. Rape rote. Ca. CCC.lxiiij.

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RApe is a herbe that is hote & drye in the thyrde degre and the rote is na∣med as y^e herbe. And the rote grene or drye is better thā ony parte of the herbe for me∣dycyne. There must a harde pyth be taken out of this rote lyke a stycke and than the rote dryed on a borde: and it may so be kepe And yf ye fynde in the Anthidotari that is the boke that all the receptes of the grete & anucyent cōposycyons be wryten in / that yf the rote shall be taken without saynge ony other thynge it is to wyte y^e rape / but it is not to vnderstande so in other bokes. It hath vertue to departe / denyed and spre¦de humours. Of rape rotes oxymell is ma¦de in this maner. Take rape rotes and py∣ke out the harde pyth and put them in vy∣neygre two or thre dayes / and put y^e thyr∣de parte of hony to the sayd vyneygre / & le¦te it sethe. This oxymell is good for thē y^t haue the dropsy caused of colde And for thē that haue the quartayne or quotidiā feuer

¶ For feuers. A

After that the rote is so soden & well strey∣ned and sugre put therto it maketh a good syrope for them that haue cotidian feuer caused of salt flewme. And agaynst feuer tercian that is not veray terciā / but in ma¦ner cotidian take this syrope in y^e morning with warme water / yf there be ony colde humours and yll dygested in the stomake lete the pacyent ete the barkes or ryndes of these rotes steped in vyneygre and hony tyl he be full and drynke warme water / and put his fynger or a fether in to his mouthe wetre in oyle to cause hym vomyte.

¶ For the mylte. B

¶ For hardnesse of the mylte & lyuer / sethe this herbe in wyne and oyle and lay to the place. Yf it to soden be layde vpon the share it heleth the lettynge of vryne and spredeth the humours that cause strangury and dys¦sury.

¶ De opstriagone.

OBstriago that men of Affryke call Saranniris is an herbe y^t groweth about tombles and graues of deed folke or on walles there about.

¶ To clense woundes. A

¶ For sores full of matter and fylthe / the rote of this herbe put in them resowdreth and heleth them without leuynge ony wē∣me or foule marke / and it must be gadred in maye.

¶ De radice. A radysshe. Ca. CCC.lxv.

RAdysshe is an herbe that is hote & drye in the seconde degre. The rote therof is called Radix. And radix is foūde in the boke called Passionari / it is the rote This rote is hygge / and hath vertue as y^e

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rape / and the one may be taken for y^e other but this is weykest in strength and vertue Isaac sayth that radix is hote in the thyrde degre / and drye in the seconde / and nourys¦sheth lesse than the rape / & the nourysshyng therof is cours and yll to dygest / and gre∣weth the stomake / the eyen / the tethe / the throte / and all the partes of the matryce. But it is good for medicyne / for it clenseth the matryce of the bladder / and prouoketh vryne / and breketh the stone.

¶ For the cough. A

Yf it be soden and eaten it is good agynst cough caused of thycke humours / and yf it be eaten rawe it bredeth swellyng & crow¦lynge in the stomake and is vncōuenyent for it. The whiche is seen by the rotten bol¦kynges and reysynge of wyndes that they make y^t eateth thē before metes for yf they be eaten afore meates bycause of wynde y^t they brede / they lyft vp y^e meate on hye / & than lete it fall in to y^e botō of the stomake there as dygestyon sholde be made / and so they lette y^e meate that it may not be easyly dygested. But yf they be taken after meate the wynde that they brede gooth vpwarde & by weyght of theyr substaūce they weye vpon y^e meate / and causeth it to go downe to y^e place of dygestyon. And by this mean• they conforte dygestyon in them that kyn∣dely haue wyndes in the stomake / and let∣teth the meate to the defencyon in to y^e botō therof But it noieth thē that haue no such• wyndes.

¶ De Reubarbaro. Rewbarbe. Ca. CCC.lxvi.

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REwbarbe is hote and drye in the se¦conde degre. And there be two ma∣ners therof. One is called Reubarbarū / bycause it groweth in straunge countrees And barbarū latyne is straunge in englys¦she / and it groweth in Inde or barbary / & therfore it is called rewbarbe. The other is rewponticum / bycause it groweth in an yle called ponticum. Or bycause it hath a pontyke sauour or a taste somwhat sharpe or eygre / and that is called rewpontyke. Some say that rewbarbe is the rote of a tre / and is founde of a lyght substaūce in maner of a tode stole that groweth on trees and dryeth as deed woode / and they say trouth / rewbarbe is to be chosen that is in

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a maner heuy and not full of holes / & whā it is broken there is in it as it were veynes dyuyded in dyuers partes and colours as whyte / browne / and yelowe / and contra∣rywyse / that that is lyght and full of ho∣les and harde as wood. &c. & steyneth not as saffron whan it is chawed. It may be kept good .iij. yeres and no more / & it hath myght to purge coleryke humours and to vnstoppe the conduytes of vryne.

¶ Agaynst feuers composed of two feuers. A

¶ Agaynst feuers composed of two feuers togyder / wherof one hath the accesse / and the other is contynued specyally agaynst two maners. Of the whiche one is whan it is contynued bycause of flewme / and a tercyan caused of coleryke humour. The other maner to the contrary whan one is contynued caused of coleryke humour / & a quotidian of flewme therwith. For these two maners. Take the sedes of melons / cytrulles / gourdes / cowgourdes / or cow¦comers and sethe them in water and in the same brothe put cassia fistula / and tama∣ryns / and streyne it all / & in the streynyng stepe two dragmes of rewbarbe a nyght / and in the mornynge streyne it and vse it / ¶ To womē with chylde / and olde womē stepe .vi. dragmes of rewbarbe one nyght in vyolet syrope / and gyue the streynynge therof to the pacyent in the mornynge. It is also conuenably put in syrope for feuer agues. And put it at the begynnynge that the syropes is soden in / but they fayle the more / for the syrope is not of so grete ver∣tue as whan it is put in at the ende of the sethynge / and than streyned. And an vnce of rewbarbe suffyseth for a .li. of syrope.

¶ For chauffynge of the lyuer. B

¶ For the chauffyng of the lyuer / and opy¦lacyon of the mylte caused of humour take rewbarbe with warme water. But it is better to meddle it with a medycyne called trifera sarazenica / and vsed with iuce of endyue.

¶ De Rubea. Madder. Ca. CCC.lxvij.

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RVbea is an herbe hote and drye in the seconde degre. The is the more and the lesse. Rubea the more hath greter leues and is of grete vertue / and is the her¦be that warence or Madder is made of & therfore it is called the dyers rubea. The lesse rubea hath smaller leues / and smaller vertue and sharpe / and is lyke the less• con¦solida and is not sharpe. Rubea hath ver∣tue to conforte bycause it hath somdele of substaunce styptyke / bytter / and byndyng and also openeth the conduytes of vryne by the substaunce therof.

¶ For weykenesse of the stomake. A

¶ Agaynst feblenesse of the stomake / & ly∣uer / and whan the stomake is to be loosed drynke the vyne that the rote of rubea and mastyke is soden in. For the same Make a playster of the powdre of the rote therof dryed with mastyke / waxe / and oyle.

¶ For the floures. B

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¶ For to cause the floures flowe in womē and to cause the deed chylde / or the bedde that a chylde lay in to come out. Take the fattest rote of this herbe that ye can fynde and scrape it clene without / & take a pyece therof of the length of a fynger / & anoynte it with hony / and strewe powdre of squa∣mony theron / & tye a threde at the one ende and put it in to the conduyte / and at tyme conuenyent drawe it out / & she shall fynde ease. The water that it is soden in steyneth the heares browne or reed.

¶ De Porro. A leke. Ca. CCC.lxviij▪

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POrrum a leke is hote in y^e myddle of the thyrde degre / and dry in the ende of the same. That it is drye is knowē by the vertue styptyke therof / for it staun¦cheth the blode of the nose. And it is not good in meate / for it noyeth the stomake & causeth swellyng & wynde / and prycketh & gnaweth the synewes of the stomake by y^e sharpnesse. It hath {pro}prete to cause blacke fume / that causeth melancoly. The whi∣che fume whan it mounteth dymmeth the syght / & therfore they that vse lekes must vse purcelane / or endyue / or other colde thynge after them / to delay the heates of them / or sethe them in water and chaunge the water in sethynge two or thre tymes and be eaten in the foresayd maner. And though it be not good in meate it is good in medycyns. For yf it be eaten it clenseth the conduytes of the lunges and grosse hu¦mours / and openeth the opylacyon of the lyuer.

¶ For bledynge at the nose. A

¶ The iuce of lekes medled with oyle of roses and vyneygre and put in to the nose∣thrylles / stauncheth y^e bledyng of the nose yf he that bledeth be of colde cōpleccyon • nature.

¶ For the eeres. B

¶ The iuce dropped in the eares appeseth the payne comen of colde cause.

¶ For emorroydes. C

¶ Lekes sodē in water and stamped layde to emorroydes abateth the swellynge / and yf they be caused of moysture it spredeth them.

¶ For the wombe. D

¶ The heedes of leekes sodē in oyle of swe¦te almondes / or oyle of cokyll called ziza∣nim / loseth the wombe and kepeth it moist And it is also good agaynst ache of y^e bely called colyke caused of humours. Sede of lekes is of stronger accyon and vertue thā the heedes.

¶ For bloode of the brest. E

¶ Two dragmes of lekes sede and myrte stauncheth the blode that cometh out of y^e breste by spettynge / howbeit it is greuous to the tethe and throte.

¶ For emorroydes. F

¶ Yf the sedes be brent and medled with cresse sede it is good for thē that haue emor¦roydes / and wasteth the wynde in the bo∣welles or guttes but it byndeth y^e wombe ¶ The wylde leke is hote in the fourthe degre / & drye in the thyrde. It dyssolueth

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and spredeth cours and tycke humours / & vnstoppeth the opylacyon of the conduites of the body / and causeth the floures in wo¦men to flowe.

¶ For flux. G

¶ The rotes or berdes of leke dryed on a hote tyle / and the smoke taken benethe is good for to close the flux of the bely. Pro∣batum est. And the sayd fume causeth the floures to flowe in woman.

¶ For synewes. H

¶ The berdes or rotes is good for ache of the synewes yf they be rubbed therwith.

¶ For bytynge of a scorpyon. I

¶ And whan it is chopped or stamped. It is good agaynst bytynge of a scorpyon / yf it be layde therto.

¶ De piganio. Wylde rue. Ca. CCC.lxix▪

RVe of the felde or wylde rue is cal∣led Piganium / and it groweth in rudges stony places. It is good agaynst dymnesse of the eyen / soden in olde whyte wyne. And for the same y^e iuce therof med∣led with iuce of fenell and whyte hony / & a colery made therof.

¶ To cause vryne. A

¶ To cause vryne and to pysse well. Take ix. heedes of this rue stamped and gyuen to drynke with thre vnces and a halfe of water .ix. dayes.

De rore marino. Rosmary. Ca. CCC.lxx.

ROsmary is hote and drye. But the auctours tel not in what degre. It is a herbe that groweth in maner of a tree

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And it is not proprely called rosmary. but ros marinus as it were dewe of the see for comynly it groweth in places by y^e see syde The floures and the leues be good it me∣dycyne. And the floures ought to be dryed a lytell in the sonne whan they be gadred and they may be kept a yere and the leu•s lyke wyse. The floure of rosmary is called anthos / & of it an electuary is named dy••¦thos. The herbe therof is called libramō∣dos / or dendrolibanas. Some call it ••••¦tis / other ycterycon / and other lu•m. Whā anthos or rosmary is founde in receptes / it is the floure / and yf ye fynde libraman∣dos / or dendrolybanos it is the leues. Ros∣mary hath vertue to conforte by the good odoure. And to waste and clense humours and to put them out by subtyll vapour.

¶ For the herte. A

¶ Agaynst dysease of the herte and dyspo∣sycyon to fall in swowne. Take the electu¦ary dyanthos with wyne. Or elles sethe the floures of Rosmary in wyne or rose water / and gyue it to the pacyent.

¶ Another remedy is. Make iuce of ros∣mary leues medled with rose water with

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a lytell iuce of panaie / and make a syrope therof whiche shall be good yf some of the bone in the herte of an harte be put therto.

¶ For weykenesse of y^e brayne. E

¶ Agaynst weykenesse of the brayne and coldenesse therof. Sethe rosmarin in wyne and lete the pacyent receyue the smoke at his nose and kepe his heed warme.

¶ For the throte. F

¶ The wyne that rosmary is soden in dry∣eth the moystnesse of the throte yf garga∣rysme be made therof.

¶ For the stomake. G

¶ Agaynst coldnesse of the stomake and to conforte dygestyon. Take dyanthes or the wyne that rosmary or mastyke is soden in

¶ For the wombe. H

¶ Agaynst ache of the wombe causeth of wynde. Take the wyne that rosmary and comyn is soden in.

¶ For the vryne. I

¶ Agaynst lette of the vryne. Sethe the le¦ues and floures in wyne & lay to the share.

¶ For the matryce. K

¶ To clense the matryce / and to helpe con¦cepcyon / make bathes in the nether partes with water y^t rosmary is soden in. Some women sethe the floures in oyle / and vse it benethe.

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De rubo. a brece or brāble. Ca. CCC.lxxi

RVbus is a bramble / it is hote and drye. But Constātine sayth that y^e croppes ben styptyke and be good agaynst brennynge and hote apostumes / & therfore he semeth that it is colde and drye.

¶ For the eyen. A

¶ Agaynst reednesse of the eyen. Stampe the buddes or croppes with whyte of an egge & saffron to the eyen.

¶ For all reednesse. B

¶ Agaynst all reednesse melte waxe & oyle of roses w^t y^e croppes of breres & make an oyntemēt w^t oyle of yalkes of egges whi∣che is made thus: Sethe egges in water tyll they be harde / & take the yolkes onely & sette them ouer the fyre in a panne & styre them tyll oyle come out / but ye must haue mani yalkes for ther cometh but lytel oile.

¶ For hote apostumes. C

¶ Agaynst hote apostumes stampe y^e crop¦pes of breres with rose water & lay to thē.

¶ For blody flux. D

¶ Agaynst blody flux of the wombe / my∣nystre the iuce of the croppes of breres w^t a prysyn in a clystre.

¶ De rodalia. Ca. CCC.lxxij.

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ROdale is an herbe that is lyke rape in leues / and hath lyke sauour. but the leues be more whytysshe / and it hath a lesse rote. It is hote and dry / and groweth in waies and harde places and not watery yf a knyfe or other edge toole be steped in the iuce of this herbe it wyll cut all other edges.

¶ For wormes in y^e bely of chyldrē. A

¶ For wormes in y^e bely of chyldren / ma∣ke a playster of y^e leues of this herbe stam¦ped and layde to the bely.

¶ De Riso. Rys. Ca. CCC.lxxiij.

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RYse is colde and drye. It is a grain lyke wheet / and therfore some saye that it is a kynde of wheet. whan it is ga∣dred it must be stamped and bette and a ly¦tell water put therto and so the huske wyl fall of and the grayne be whyte.

¶ For flux of the wombe. A

¶ It is good agaynst flux of the wombe in what maner so euer it be / & agaynst wren¦chynge and ache therof. And it must be so∣den in almōde mylke with good quantyte of suger / & so it fedeth well and byndeth.

¶ For flux of the wombe. B

¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe caused of co¦leryke humours and agaynst blody flux make a clyster. Take two vnces of rys / of dragagant / of gomme arabyke / bole ar∣menyke of eche halfe an vnce / and thā mi∣nistred. But it is better to haue a laxynge clystre afore / made of barly and oyle. Ga∣lien sayth that the nature of rys is hote in the fyrst degre and drye in the seconde / and it is takē in dyuers maners / and dyuersly chaunged in operacyons. Some grynde it and make meale therof / & sethe it as wheet and make potage. In that maner is good for them that haue payne in the stomake and bowelles. Other sethe it with mylke or oyle of almondes and in that maner it leseth y^e vertue to bynde. But it is of good nourysshyng and bredeth good blode / and encreaseth naturall sede.

¶ To clense the face. C

¶ Yf the face be rubbed w^t ryse or the wa∣ter that it is soden it taketh the pymples away and clenseth the skynne of spottes.

¶ De robellijs. Ca. CCC.lxxiiij.

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RObelles is certayne sedes that be colde in the fyrst degre / and meane betwene drye and moyst. Theyr huskes is harde to dygest and styptyke / and therfore yf they be husked they brede good blode & cause no wyndes as beanes do.

¶ For them that spette blode. A

¶ They be good for them that spette blode out of the brest / yf they be soden and steped in wyne / and steye broken membres and swageth the ache yf they be layde playster wyse on them.

¶ For feuers: B

¶ Yf they be soden with barly and arache or betes they be good agaynst feuer caused of blode of coleryke humour.

¶ For the flux. C

¶ And who so wyll staunche flux must se∣the them in water w^t brancha / porcelayne pomegarnettes and oyle / and so eate them

¶ De Rapiastro. Wylde rapes. Ca. CCC.lxxv.

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RApistre is an herbe colde and drye and is called wylde rapes bycause the leues and sedes be lyke rape leues and sedes. But the rote is not lyke it.

¶ For the lunges. A

¶ The rote therof is good to clense the lun¦ges. Yf it be soden with lycoryce / and the water dronken that it is soden in.

¶ For brekynge of synewes. B

¶ Yf it be layde on brusures or concussyon of synewes it healeth them easely.

¶ De rapa. Rapes. Ca. CCC.lxxvi.

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RApa rapes is hote in the seconde de∣gre / and moyst in the fyrst. It nou∣ryssheth more habundantly than ony other rote / but it is harde to dygest / and bredeth tendre flesshe by the wynde that it causeth.

¶ To moeue lechery. A

¶ Also it moeueth lechery / yf it be fyrst so∣den in one water and than in an other / the harde substaunce therof is made tendre / & the nourysshynge therof is betwene good and euyll. And yf it be yll soden it is harde to dygest / and bredeth wynde / & stoppeth the vaynes and other conduytes. therfore whan they be soden so in two waters they be soden agayne with fatte flesshe.

¶ For podagre. B

¶ Yf they that he podagres wasshe theyr

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fete in water that it is soden in it apealeth the ache. And is good agaynst venym.

¶ Thus endeth the herbes that begyn with. R.

¶ AND BEGYNNETH OF THĒ BEGYN∣NYNGE WITH. S. (BOOK S)

¶ De spicnardo. Spyknarde or spyke. Ca. CCC.lxxvij.

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SPyke is hote in the fyrste degre and drie in the secōde There be two maners of spyke / one is spyknarde / & y^e other spyke celtyk Some say y^e spyknarde is the floure of a tre / but it is not so. It is founde about the rote of a tre. And it ought to be chosen that hath a softe sharpe sauour and somwhat eygre and a browne colour. Or it be put in me∣dycyne there there must be a whyte parte taken out therof / and that y^t is blacke without nygh to the rote. It may be kept .x. yeres in a drye place. Spyke celtyke is lyke to spyknarde and groweth towarde septen∣trion & is whyte / but saluinca .i. caltrappe is put in stede therof. Blacke spyke with colour as erthe ought not to be put in me∣dycyne. It hath vertue to conforte for the good odour therof to vnstoppe and is dyu∣rytyke.

¶ For the herte. A

¶ Agaynst dysease of the herte or swow∣nynge. Tempre the pacyentes wyne with water that spyknarde is soden in / and of y^e same water with sugre make syrope / and lete the pacyent vse it. And for weykenesse of the brayne / put it in the nose to smell.

¶ For colde rewme. B

¶ Agaynst colde rewme. Sethe powdre of spyknarde in oyle of muske or comyne oyle / and put it in the nosethrylles with y^e fyngers ende.

¶ For the herynge. C

¶ This oyle is good agaynst thyckenesse of herynge or deefnesse caused of colde or fylthe of the eares that remayneth after a∣postumes.

¶ For the gomes. D

¶ For rottennesse of the gomes lay y^e pow¦dre therof on them.

¶ For the matryce. E

¶ To clense the matryce and to cause me•¦strue to flowe / and to helpe concepcyon. Make a lytell bagge of a fynger length & fyll it with powdre of spyknarde / and lete it boyle longe in oyle of muske or comyn oyle / and lete the woman put it in her na∣turall concauyte.

¶ For costyfnesse. F

¶ Agaynst costyfnesse caused of colde hu∣mour / lay the powdre of spyknarde vpon cotton / and lay it to the foundemēt whyle it is out.

¶ De solatro. Petymorel. or nyght shade Ca. CCC.lxxviij.

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SOlatro is the lesse Morell. It is colde and drye in the seconde degre and it openeth partely the conduytes of the body / and is dyurytyke whyle it is grene bothe in the leues and fruyte. And whan it is drye it hath no vertue.

¶ For the lyuer. A

¶ Agaynst opylacyon of the lyuer / and of the mylte / and agaynst Iaundys that co∣meth bycause the wayes of the lyuer and galle is stopped / y^e iuce of nyghtshade drō¦ken is good / and the iuce made in sirope w^t sugre. Or better take two vnces of y^e iuce with .v. dragmes of rewbarbe.

¶ For the stomake: B

¶ For apostumes in the stomake / in the ly¦uer or bowelles. Take the iuce of morell with ptyfame or barly.

¶ For the lyuer. C

¶ Agaynst chauffynge or heate of the ly∣uer. Wete a clothe many tymes dowble in the iuce and lay it to the lyuer. And suche a clothe so wete is good to lay on a podagr•s hote fote. Or bruse y^e herbe and lay it often therto.

¶ For hote apostumes. D

¶ Agaynst hote apostumes at the begyn∣nynge. And withdrawe y^e mater bruse this herbe and lay on them.

¶ De solatro rustice. Dwale or more mo∣rell. Ca. CCC.lxxix

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SOlatrum rusticum is the more mo¦rell. The ryght name is alcate▪ the fruyte therof is lyke a chery and is closed in a reed webbe or skynne.

¶ For the bladder. A

¶ The sede therof is pryncypally good a∣gaynst lettynge of vryne / and is also good agaynst the stone in the bladder / yf the wy¦ne that the sedes therof be soden in is dron∣ken fastynge.

¶ For wheales. B

¶ For chyldrē that haue wheales or pym∣ples about theyr bodyes. Bathe or wasshe them .ix. dayes w^t water that it is sodē in.

¶ De serapino. Serapyn. Ca. CCC.lxxx.

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SErapyn is hote & drye in y^e thyrde degre It is the gomme of a tre that groweth beyonde the see and in Grece / out of the whiche cometh an humour that har¦deneth to the tre in suche maner y^t somtyme it holdeth with the barke. It may be kept longe in a drye place. It hath vertue to de¦uyde and sprede humours. The smoke of Serapin w^t a gotes horne is good against the s•omerynge euyll and causeth to snele / and clenseth the stomake of flewmatyke moystnesse.

¶ For the brethe. A

¶ Thre dragmes takē agaynst lette of the brethe caused of moystnesse is good / but or it be taken it beheueth to prepare the ma∣tryce. Another remedy is. Take gencyan soden in a ptysame of barly / and streyned and in the streynyng put serapyn and gyue it to the pacyent.

¶ For the matryce. B

¶ A supposytory made of serapyn and put in the naturall place of a woman causeth the stopped floures to flowe / and causeth y^e deed chylde to come out of the moder with the bedde yf it be abyden within after the chyldynge as Dyascorydes sayth. The smoke of serapyn taken at the mouthe and nosethrylles is good agaynst suffocacyon or chokynge of the matryce that is whan y^e matryce haleth the vppe• mēbres in suche wyse that she is as deed.

¶ For the mylte. C

¶ Agaynst hardnesse of the mylte. Make a ciroine / or playster of serapyn wete all nyght in vyneygre / and in the mornynge streyne it and put therto oyle and waxe / & it is meruaylous good.

¶ De semper viua Howsleke or selfegrene Ca. CCC.lxxxi.

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SEm{per} viua alway quycke / bycause it is euer grene. It is an herbe that is called also Iōbarde. Some call it abzo The grekes call it centros / & other engini It groweth vpon houses. It is colde in y^e thyrde degre and drye in the fyrst. Whyle it is grene / it hath grete vertue / and none whan it is drye. It hath vertue to coole. This herbe stamped and layde to hote apo¦stumes or they be formed is good but whā they be formed it noyeth.

¶ For scaldynge. A

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¶ Agaynst scaldyng of fyre or water ma∣ke an oyntement of the iuce therof w^t oyle rolate and wax. But this oyntemēt ought not to be layde to the thre fyrst dayes / but hote thynges that the heare may departe. At the begynnynge anoynt it with sope / & than w^t this oyntement to delay the payne

¶ For bledynge at the nose. B

¶ Agaynst bleding of the nose that cometh by ebulision or boylynge of the blode in y^e lyuer and vaynes. In somer make bendes wete in the iuce with rose water / and lay them to the foreheed / temples / and to the lyuer. And this auctor sayth that he hath seen the experyence that it is very prouffy∣table to wete it in water onely.

¶ For the eyes. C

¶ Agaynst the heate & reednesse of the eyes and agaynst fyry apostum•s / and against hote podagre / this herbe is good stamped & layde to alone / or a playster made therof with meale.

¶ For the heedache. D

¶ For the heedache. A noynte the heed and foreheed with the iuce therof medled with oyle rosate. The iuce therof is good for thē that haue the iaundys caused of heate of y^e l•uer. And sleeth wormes of the wombe. And stauncheth floures in women yf they flowe to moche.

¶ De Sulphure. Brymstone. Ca. CCC.lxxxij.

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SVlphre is hote and drye. It is a maner of erthe that by the accyon & werkynge of strength of heate is tourned to the nature of Brymstone. And the par∣tyes of the water and erthe be chaunged in to smokes. There is quycke brymstone y^t is suche as it cometh out of the erthe. The other is deed brymstone or quenched that is arayed by crafte in this maner. It is so∣den in a quyll of yren. The brymstone is to be chosen that is grene or brownysshe / drawynge to grene. For y^e whyte or brow¦ne / or that that hath a deedly pale colour ought not to be put in medycyne. It may be kept .iiij. yeres / and than it waxeth nought by the strength of the heate therof and tourneth to whyte asshes. It hath ver¦tue to sprede course humours and to waste them.

¶ For the brethe. A

¶ Agaynst lettyng of the brethe that hath holde longe space caused of humours / take thre dragme of the powdre therof with a rere egge. But fyrst it behoueth to prepare & make redy the mater to come out by sou∣plynge and degestynge oyntementes layde to the share.

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Or elles lay brymstone on hote coles / and lete the pacyent receyue the smoke through a quyl in to his mouthe and holde his heed downwarde / bycause it shall not descende in to the breste / for it may blemysshe the dysease.

¶ For the palsey B

¶ Agaynst palsey / or percussyon / podagre or other goute / and the fallynge euyll and for scabbes. Take oyle sicionū y^t is made of iuce of cucumers medled with waxe & powdre of brymstone / and whyte peleter and make an oyntement / and as sone as y^e powdres be in take it fro the fyre / and so vse it. But for the fallynge euyll anoynte the rydge of the pacyentes backe all alōge

¶ For scabbes. C

¶ Agaynst the scabbe. Soke lytargye in vyneygre / and put brymstone therto with nutte oyle and make therof an oyntement.

¶ De Sileos. Ca. CCC.lxxxiij.

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SIleos or siler montanū. It is hote and drye in the thyrde degre. It is a sede y^t may be kept .iij. yeres. It hath ver¦tue to open y^e cōduytes & to sprede humors.

¶ For the brethe. A

¶ For lette of y^e brethe caused of colde hu∣mours. Take the iuce that sileos is soden in with drye fygues.

¶ For the lyuer. B

¶ Agaynst stoppynge of the lyuer & mylte and of the reynes, and agaynst lette of vry¦ne. Take the wyne that it is soden in.

¶ For the floures. C

¶ To cause menstrue to flowe / lete y^e wo∣man wasshe her with wyne that it is sodē in. The powdre therof dronkē with why∣te wyne and sugre clereth the syght.

¶ De Saponarya Crowsoppe. Ca. CCC.lxxxiiij.

SAponaria / burit / herba fullonum herbe phylyp / all is one. It hath many names. it is called saponary fullers grasse / buryt / and crowsope. This boke speketh not of y^e vertue / howbeit it is good for venym.

¶ De Sanguine draconis. Dragōs blode Ca. CCC.lxxxv▪

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SAnguis draconis is dry in y^e thyrde degre. Some say that it is the iuce of an herbe / but it is not so. It is the iuce of a tre that groweth in Inde. And is cal∣led dragons blode bycause it is lyke suche blode. That is to be chosen that is bryght within and shynynge as vermyllon or a thycke iuce. It may be kept .xx. yeres / and hath vertue to restrayne.

¶ For bledynge at the nose. A

¶ Agaynst bledyng of the nose / put y^e pow¦dre therof in the nose and wrynge the nose thrylles that the powdre may cleue to the vayne that is open / & lay a playster therof to the forheed / and on the temples / with glayre of an egge and rose water.

¶ For spettynge of blode. B

¶ For them that spette blode caused in the bulke. Make pylles of the powdre therof and of gomme arabyke / and ptysame that dragagant hath be molten in and lete the pacyent holde it on the tongue / and whan it is all relented swalowe them.

¶ For the floures. C

¶ Supposytory made of dragons blode with iuce of sanguynary / restreyneth the floures that ben to superflue yf it be put in the preuyte.

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¶ Squinanto. Camelles strawe. Ca. CCC.lxxxvi.

SQuinant is an herbe that is called camelles strawe. bycause camelles do eate it. It is hote and drye in the thyrde degre / and is founde in araby and astryke and it may be kept .x. yeres. Suinant is to be chose that hath whyte or yelowe colou• and that that is harde as wood is nought It hath myght to purge flewmes / and is not put alone in medycyns but is medled with other thynges purgynge flewme as polipody / and coloquintida.

¶ For the floures. A

¶ Dyascorides sayth that yf squinant be soden in wyne / and is layde to y^e membres genytalles / it causeth the floures in womē that is stopped to flowe and clenseth y^e ma∣tryce and openeth the lette of vryne.

¶ De semine napei. Musterde sede. Ca. CCC.lxxxvii.

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SEneuey is hote and drye in the myd¦dle of the fourthe degre. The herbe is not put in medycyne but the sede / & may

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be kept .v. yeres. Whan napei is founde in receptes it is the seedes of seueuey. It hath vertue to sprede humours.

¶ For the tongue. A

¶ Agaynst percussion of y^e tongue. Chawe this sede & holde it longe vnder y^e tongue.

¶ For the membres. B

¶ For percussyon of all other membres. Put this sede in a lytell bagge and sethe bagge and all in wyne and lay it to the sore place.

¶ For apostumes. C

¶ For apostumes stampe the herbe with porkes grece and lay to them.

¶ For the feuers. D

¶ A bath made to the nether partes with water that these sedes is soden in causeth y^e floures to flowe / and openeth strangury and dyssury.

¶ For the palsey. E

¶ The herbe soden in wyne & olye is good agaynst palsey / and lette of the vryne.

¶ For the anela. F

¶ The wyne that the sede is soden in with dragagāt is good to drye the humydytees of the anela or briyne and about the throte yf a gargarysme therof be made.

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¶ De Sarcocolla. Ca. CCC.lxxxviij.

SArcocolle is hote and drye in the thyrde degre. It is the gomme of a tre that groweth beyonde the see. Sarco∣colle is to be chosen that is whyte and gom¦my and is in grete lompes. That that is in powdre is nought / for it is countrefayt / & falsed with medlynge of other powdres.

¶ For bledynge at the nose. A

¶ A playster made of sarcocolle w^t whyte of an egge and layd to the temples is good for bledynge at the nose and agaynst hu∣mours that fall in to the eyes.

¶ For the webbe in the eye. B

¶ The powdre of sarcocolle confyct with rose water and dryed in the sonne wasteth the webbe in the eye and clereth the syght

¶ For costyfnesse. C

¶ The powdre of sarcocolle layde on hote coles and the smoke taken benethe is good for costyfnesse.

¶ De stycados cytryne Ca. CCC.lxxxix.

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STicados citrine is called barba io∣uis or arbidos / or aragijs / and her¦cules grasse / and is hote and drye in the se∣conde degre. It bereth a floure in prymty∣me / and than sholde be gadred. and it may be kept a yere. It spredeth and wasteth hu¦mours and hath dyurytyke vertue / that is it openeth the cōduytes of lyuer & of vryne

¶ For the bulke and y^e stomake. A

¶ The wyne that it is soden in with dra∣gagant warmeth the partyes of the bulke and clenseth them. Also it warmeth the sto¦make and y^e bowelles. And it is also good for the colyke / and to open the mylte. And agaynst lette of vryne / be it strangury or dyssury. There be two kyndes of stycados that is to wyte arabyke and cytryne / and bothe of them be appropryed to y^e synewes and the brayne.

¶ De stycados Arabyke. Ca. CCC.xc.

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STicads arabyke is an herbe that groweth in sharpe places & hylles and hath leues lyke rosmary / but they be whyter / & hath a floure lyke a tuste whi∣che hath good a odour w^t a lytell bytter∣nesse therwith. The floure is better in me∣dycyns than the leues / and so it ought to be taken in receptes / and the floure ought to dryed and may be kepte a yere. It is ho¦te and drye in the seconde degre / & bycause it hath bytternesse & also pontycite & is ey∣gre it is cōfortable / & resolutif & openeth y^e conduytes of the body / and putteth out rot¦tennesse and conforteth the herte and mem¦bres of y^e bulke. but it greueth the stomake that hath moche coleryke humour / & ther∣fore the stomake must be purgeth or it be vsed.

¶ For the synewes & ioyntes. A

¶ The oyle that is made of the floures▪ is of the vertue of camomyll to all aches of the synewes & Ioyntes caused of moyst∣nesse and colde.

¶ For the brayne. B

¶ It is good also for them that be dyssy or amased or that fall and taketh away all dyseases caused of stoppyng and heuynesse of the brayne. And openeth the opylacyon of the mylte and lyuer caused of colde hu∣mours. And is good agaynst feuer quar∣tayne and longe dyseases.

¶ De satirione. Gāgelō or hare ballockes. ¶ Ca. CCC.xci.

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SAtirion is an herbe otherwyse cal∣led priapismus / guyos / eucarion / sarapias / orris / testiculis leporis / neme / and baram It groweth on hylles & playne feldes / and is hote and drye in the thyrde degre / and it hath vertue to drawe ferre thynges / and therfore it helpeth lechery / and them that be goutty / & satirine ought to be put in medycyne. At the rote be two thynges as ballokes that be good in medy¦cyns / whan they be grene they be confyct with hony / and aydeth lechery / but better it is confict them with dates / pignons and hony.

¶ For the webbe in the eye: A

¶ For the webbe in the eye. Make a colyre and put it in the eye & it wyll take it away And also the spottes that abyde after sores yf the rote be stamped and layde to it.

¶ De Cichorea. Chycory. Ca. CCC.xcii.

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SPonsa solis is chycory. It is colde and moyste in the seconde degre. It is called incuba / solsequium / elitropium / emachates / and vertonon. It groweth in vnlabored places and feldes / & it semeth y^t it hath as it were a diuyne vertue / and fo∣loweth the sonne. It hath croked and wry¦then stalkes / and the floure is of y^e colour of the skye. Whā the sonne ryseth this flou∣re openeth / and it closeth whan the sonne gooth downe.

¶ For venym. A

¶ This herbe eatē is good agaynst venim and so is the iuce yf it be dronken / and also agaynst bytynge of venymous be stamped and layde theron.

¶ For the lyuer. B

¶ The iuce openeth the opylacyon of the lyuer / and mylte caused of heate.

¶ De strofularia. Ca. CCC.xciij.

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STrofulary is an herbe y^e groweth in stedfast places and spryngeth in somer and prymetyme / and spredeth and stretcheth on the erthe. ¶ The rote of this herbe dryed and put to powdre with hony maketh an electuary that is good to eate agaynst kernelles & the kynges euyll takē fastynge in the mornynge and euenynge / & lete the pacient fast tylk ix. of y^e clocke or make small wrethes or frytures & drynke halfe a pynte of good whyte wyne after it

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¶ De spodio. Yuery. Ca. CCC.xciiij.

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SPodium is the bone of an olyphāt brent. It is hote in the seconde de¦gre and drye in the thyrde. The olyphaunt hath bones that be as harde and styffe as tethe / & they be not brent but many thynge he made of them as combes and tablets. & there be other bones full of marough that he brent and is called spodium. It is coun¦trefayt with dogges bones / and somtyme with brent marble / but that is to h•uy. Spodium is chosen that is not to lyght & is whyte. It is not veray dere / and yet it hath grete vertue. It is put in syrope to refresse.

¶ For blody flux. A

¶ The powdre therof dronken with iuce of plantayne is good agaynst blody flux of the wombe / and for them that spette blode ¶ Powdre therof put in the nosethrylles stauncheth bledyng. And it quencheth and delayeth thyrst.

¶ De strucio. Ca. CCC.xcv.

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STruciū is an herbe that groweth in rudges and stony places nygh to the see. And hath whyte leaues in maner of cotton or wolle and is better grene thā dry and yf the stalke therof be wette in oyle it brenneth lyke a candel: It is called wylde cowles in frenche / and some call it bratica This herbe is hote and drye in the seconde degre. Yf semine caliculi is foūde in recep¦tes / it is the sede of this herbe.

¶ To sprede humours. A

¶ The iuce of this herbe is called Maba∣thematycon / and hath vertue to sprede •u∣mouts and to deuyde / and the leues ought to be put in salues and oyntementes.

¶ For the palsey. B

¶ Agaynst palsey or lamenesse yf it be in y^e tongue or other partes lay the leues soden theron.

¶ For lytargy. C

¶ Agaynst lytargye blowe the powdre of the sede in to the nose / or elles sethe the sede therof and iuce of rue in stronge vyneygre and rubbe the hynder parte of y^e heed ther∣with.

¶ For the vryne. D

¶ A lytell bathe made of the leues in wyne soden vnstoppeth the conduytes of vryne / and causeth menstrue to renne.

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¶ A playster of the leues soden in wyne & wyle prouoketh vryne yf it be layde about the yerde / and the yerde put in oyle of stru¦cium. And in that wy•e the auctour of this boke / healed the stoppynge of vryne. The iuce of this herbe ought be wrongen out & dryed in the sonne / and so hardened may be kept two yeres.

¶ De caude stinceris. Ca. CCC. xcvi.

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STinces be small fysshes y^t be foūde in fresshe waters lyke to lyzardes and be foūde in the loude of poole / but thei that come from beyonde the see be better / they be hote and drye. And they greue the body sore for they be of to grete vyolence. It the moost take but .v. dragmes .iij. is suffycyēt ynough. And take them with dy¦amargariton / or dyapenidon / or vse them with hony. They be put in dyaratiriō that is ordeyned therfore.

¶ Scordeon. Wylde garlyke. Ca. CCC.xcvij.

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SCordeon is wylde garlyke. It is hote and drye in the thyrde degre. It ought to be gadred whan it bereth flou¦res. The wyne that it is soden in clenseth the bulke of flewme.

¶ For the stomake. A

¶ Agaynst payne of the stomake and en∣trayles caused of wynde / and to open the pypes of y^e lyuer and mylte caused of colde and agaynst lettynge of vryne the sayde de¦coccyon is good.

¶ For olde sores. B

¶ To resowdre an olde sore / lay it theron and vpon the brekynge of the muscules.

¶ De sapone. Sope. Ca. CCC.xcviij.

sOpe is hote and drye / and it is of thre sortes. One is called Sara∣zyns sope. The other is called Ie∣wes sope or spartaryne bycause the Iewes wasshe thē therwith. And the other is cal∣led frensshe sope. Sarazyns sope is made of a lye called capitellium and oyle olyue soden togyder tyll it be thycke.

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The frensshe sope is made of the same capi¦tellium and with shepes sewet & is whyte And the Spartarent or Iewes sope is ma¦de of Sarazyns with many other thynges Capytell that these sopes be made of a lye made of asshes that vnslecked or quycke lyme is steped in thre dayes and than str•y¦ned. And that that cometh fyrst out is ca∣pitelliū. Salte of turky is good agaynst skaldynge of fyre or water yf it be layde anone vpon y^e place / and yf lye thre houres theron to put out the vapours / and heate from the skaldynge. And ye ought wyte y^e hote thynges ought to be layde on brennyn¦ges. For colde thynges wolde restrayne y^e heate / and so the brennynge sholde be gre∣ter. & whan the sope hath lyen so on wasshe the place with warme water / and lay to thynges that appeaseth the smert and hea∣leth the sore. This sarazyns salte is good for them that hath theyr heares vnstopped at the ende yf they be anoynted therwith. Also it smotheth and soupleth the skynne / and maketh apostumes redy to rype and to breke. y^e frensshe sope is good also agaynst skaldynge and agaynst the scabbe / but not so good as the other / and it whyteth more y^e face thā y^e other / yf it be wasshed therw^t.

¶ For tetters •

¶ The Iewes sope or spartarent is good agaynst tetters yf y^e place is anoynted the• with / & it may be put alone or with pow∣dre of orpyment / but y^e place must be fyrst wasshed with warme water.

¶ De sperago. Sperage. Ca. CCC.xcix.

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SPerage is hote & drye in the thyrde degre / & is called anasperage. Spe¦rage hath small tendre thynges the which is a delycate meate. And yf they be anoyn∣ted with water alone it is good agaynst stoppynge of the lyuer and mylte / and yly∣ake passyon. Also the wyne or water that the sede is soden in is good for y^e same thyn∣ges / and the sede may be kept one yere. and yf sperage be wryten in receptes it is the sedes.

¶ For tothe ache. A

¶ For the tothe ache holde the rote of spe∣rage a grete whyle in thy mouthe. And for them that haue swollē fete / the wyne that powdre therof is dronken w^t healeth thē.

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¶ De Sauina. Sauyn. Ca. CCCC.

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SAuyne is an herbe in maner of a tre & is comynly had in religious cloy¦sters / and hath leues lyke ewe / it is hote and drye in the thyrde degre. Some call it blancheos / vilopapilion / papicion / chata∣cieron / and herbe sabyne. The leues ben good in medycyne / and may be kept two yeres.

¶ For the stomake A

¶ The decoccyon is good for payne of the stomake. It is good against lette of vryne and ache of the bely called colyke. For it is dyurityke / and spredeth cours humours & wyndes. It is good to cause a chylde come out of his moders wombe.

¶ For costyfnesse. B

¶ Agaynst costyfnesse. Sethe it in wyne and vyneygre and take the fume at y^e foun¦dement. And a lytell bathe is good for the same layde to the reynes and share.

¶ De Sarifraga. Sarifrage. Ca. CCCC.i.

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SArifrage is so called bycause it bra¦keth the stone / it is hote and drye in the thyrde degre. Some call it a maucus / other aprogio / & other aspiron. The wyne that y^e rote is sodē in is good agaynst lette of vryne and the stone / & agaynst all pay∣ne of y^e wombe called ylyake passyon. The drye powdre therof is good agaynst the sayd dyseases / and it may be taken with a rere egge or otherwyse. And yf ye fynde saxifrage in receptes it is y^e rote. But whā ye fynde lytospermatis it is the sede. The sede and the rote may be kept two yeres in vertue.

¶ De Sale. Salte. Ca. CCCC.ii.

SAlte is hote and drye in the seconde degre. It is good for vomyte / and it ought to be broken and soden in vyney∣gre to drynke / and vyneygre and oyle put therto. And whan it is dronken put your fynger or a fether in your mouthe.

¶ For wyndes. A

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¶ For all payne caused of wynde. Roste salte and put it in a bagge and lay it to the p•ace. Of salte and hony is made a suppo∣sytory or pylles to cause laxes. And the ho∣ny must be soden tyll it be all blacke / and than put powdre of salte in to it.

¶ Confyete salte with hony / and in the sa¦me water put golde that is to whyte / an it wyll recouer colour.

¶ De sale Armeniaco. Salt armeniake Ca. CCCC.iij.

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SAlt armenyake is hote and drye in the fourde degre. It is called arme¦nyake bycause it is foūde in armeny. And some say that it is made of an herbe / and it may well be / as nytre is made. It ought to be chosen that is whyte / and that hath a sharpe sauour more than saltnesse. And it ought not to be put alone in medycyns but alway with other thynges.

¶ To clense the face. A

¶ It is good to take spottes of womens fa¦ces in this wyse. Take two partes of salt and one of camfere medled and confyet to∣gyder with rose water / and set it dyuers tymes to drye in y^e sonne / & put rose water therto / & do so two or thre dayes & anoynte the face.

¶ For tetters. B

Medle y^e powdre of salt armonyake with sope and therwith rubbe tetters.

¶ De Sisimbro: Ca. CCCC.iiij.

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SIsimbrum is hote and drye in the thyrde degre / and is of two sortes One is wylde / and another tame. Whan wylde sisimbrum is founde in receptes it

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is to wyte calamynt. It hath vertue to vn¦stoppe the conduytes of vryne / and to de∣parte and sprede humours.

¶ For payne of the bulke. A

¶ Agaynst the payne of the bulke. Make a maner of potage of barly with water / & put powdre of this herbe therto and gyue it to the pacyent.

¶ For rewme. B

¶ Agaynst rewme chauffe the leues in a vessell without ony lycour / and put them in a bagge and lay to the heed.

¶ For the stomake. C

¶ The wyne that this herbe is soden in is good agaynst payne of the stomake / and costyfnesse. And causeth the floures to rēne and helpe to conceyue / & clense the matryce And so dooth the water that it is soden in.

De sale gēma. Salt gēme. Ca. CCCC. v.

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SAlt gēme is so called bycause it is bryght as a gemme or a precyous stone. It is hote and drye. It is a vayne of erthe that groweth so It hath the vertues of salt armonyake / but they be not so stron¦ge. Of this salt may a supposytory be ma∣de to be laxatyfe.

¶ De Saluia. Sawge. Ca. CCCC. vi.

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SAwge is hote in the fyrst degre / & drye in the seconde. The leues and floures be good in medycyne. There be .ij. maners of it. The tame / and the wylde / y^t is called eupatory. Sawge is good in me¦dycyns grene & drye / but the grene is best It may be kept one yere. whan ye fynde in receptes to take sawge it is the comune or tame sawge. But whan ye fynde eupato∣rium or lilifagus it is wylde sawge. The tame conforteth more than the wylde / but the wylde vnstoppeth the pypes more than the tame / and hath nerest vertue to casto∣reum in confortynge synewes. The wyne that sawge is soden in is good for them y^e haue the fallynge euyll. Bathe made of water that it is soden in is good to helpe lette of vryne / and to cause floures to rēne and to clense the matryce The sawce made of sawge / percely / and vyneygre with a lytell peper is good to conforte the appety∣te that is febled by colde humours in the stomake.

De scabiosa. Scabyous. Ca. CCCC.vij.

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SCabyous is hote & drye in the secon¦de degre. Some call it Gallinari / and is of two maners. But the roughest that groweth in drye places / in medowes or on hylles is of moost vertue.

¶ For scabbes. A

¶ For the scabbe. Sethe the iuce of scaby∣ous in oyle & vyneygre tyll it be somwhat thycke & anoynte the scabbed place therw.

¶ For alopyce. B

¶ Bathe made ī water that it and another herbe called tapsebarbe or moleyne is sodē in is good for them that haue a spece o• le∣••• called alopice in the whiche the heares •••le. Tapsebarbe is a maner of herbe cal¦•ed moleyne / wherof is made a maner of to•ches whan it is greased / and is called wolues tayles in frensshe.

¶ For the wormes in y^e wombe. C

¶ The iuce of scabyous is good for y^e same and also sleeth wormes in the wombe / and yf the iuce with oyle be dropped in y^e eares it clenseth them of fylthe.

¶ For emorroydes. D

¶ Agaynst emorroydes. Sethe scabyous with wyne in a potte and lete the pacyent receyue the fume or smoke.

¶ For the foundement. E

¶ Agaynst other apostumes of the found•¦ment called condinolata / or pyles / or atri¦cos that be swellynges of the foundement in other places than the veynes without ony bledynge. Make a playster of this her¦be / and lay theron / but the pacyent must fyrst haue the smoke therof.

¶ For the stomake. F

¶ Agaynst apostumes in the stomake or in the bulke. The iuce of scabyous purgeth vpwarde and dounwarde / and many be made hole therby.

¶ For y^e webbe in the eye. G

¶ Water of scabyous made in a styll is good to clense the webbe in the eye.

De narsturcio. Cresses. Ca. CCCC.viij.

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SEnacions is cresses / whan receptes expresseth senacions in the plurell nombre / it is to wyte cresses. But yf senacēon be wryten in the synguler nombre / it is an other herbe that shall be spoken of after¦warde. There be .ij. maner of cresses / gar¦dyn cresses and water cresses. and bothe be called narsturcion / but whan ye fynde nar¦sturcion or cresses without ony other addy¦cyon / it is water cresses / and is also called

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dramatis or alison.

¶ For the stomake. A

¶ Water cresses in water alone / or with flesshe clenseth the bulke of grosse & cours humours.

¶ For the wombe. B

¶ Bathe made of salt water and oyle that it is soden in is good agaynst payne of the wombe called ylyake passyon. And y^e same is good against lette of vryne And so doth the herbe soden & layde to it playsterwyse.

¶ De senacionibus. Grownswell Ca. CCCC.ix.

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SEnechon is an herbe called sellechō It groweth on couerynges of hou¦ses and walles. This herbe soden in wyne is good for the ache of lymmes that be bea¦ten or brused. For it taketh away the swel¦lynge forthw^t & abateth the payne or ache Oyntement made of this herbe is good to close and bynde woundes. And is good to rype botches.

¶ De serpentina. Dragōs / or snakesgrasse Ca. CCCC.x.

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SErpentina is otherwyse called dra¦gons / or snakesgrasse bycause the stalke is spekled lyke a snake. It is hote & drye. The rote cut in small pyeces & dryed in the sonne / and than made in powdre and syfted through a fyne clothe / and confyct with rose water & set thre or foure dayes in the sonne / & rose water alway put therto and whan the fyrst water is wasted by y^e sonne / and ceruse put the thyrde parte of y^e powdre / and the face wasshed with y^e sayd confyture / taketh away and clenseth the spottes in the face. The powdre of serpen∣tyne medled with frensshe sope put in a fy∣stule openeth the entrynge in suche wyse y^t yf there be ony rotten bone it may be taken out. This powdre medled y^e thyrde parte with lyme and vyneygre is good to flee a canker.

¶ For the eyes. A

¶ Powdre of serpentyne put alone in to y^e eye is good to clense the eye of the pynne & webbe. Also the iuce of the sedes causeth y^e floures to renne. And so dooth the bathe of that water that this herbe is soden in. The herbe soden and layde on the emorroydes dryeth them. The iuce is cōtrary to womē with chylde yf the body is anoynted with

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iuce therof no serpentes wyll come nere it.

¶ For the brethe B

¶ Agaynst lettynge of the brethe caused of flewme the powdre of serpentyne medled with hony ī maner of electuary / dygesteth flewme and purgeth it.

¶ De salicibus. A wyloue tree. Ca CCCC.xi.

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SAlix the wylowe is a camyn tre / it is colde in the seconde degre & drye in the fyrst. The barke & the leues be good in medycyne. It hath aperatyue vertue in the partyes of vryne / and also hath vertue to restreyne / and bynde.

¶ For feuer. A

¶ The iuce of the leues of wilowe is good to delay the heate in feuers yf it be dronkē the powdre therof resowdreth sores where ony fleynge is. Diascorides sayth / medled with vyneygre it wasteth wormes / and wartes in the handes. Galien sayth / y^e iuce of the barke conforteth the eyes. The iuce of the twygges dronken stoppeth y^e wōbe The bowghes / and leues in a chambre re∣fressheth y^e ayre about feuerons persones.

¶ De sambuco. Eldre. Ca. CCCC.xij.

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Ambucus is hote in the seconde de∣gre and drye in the fyrst. The myd¦dle barke is good for medycyne / and the le¦ues next / and than the floures. It hath ver¦tue to drawe & to purge and loose flewmes

¶ For feuers. A

¶ In feuer cotydyan after that the pacyēt is purged take the wyne that the myddle-barke was soden in. Or elles sethe the sede and rotes in water a grete whyle / & stam∣pe them and put therto a handfull of esula and take it before the accesse.

¶ For wormes in the wombe. B

The iuce of this myddle barke with hony sleeth the wormes in the wombe.

¶ For the lyuer. C

¶ To vnstoppe the pypes of the lyuer and of the mylte / sethe smalache with eldre & drynke the brothe.

¶ For the eares. D

¶ The iuce dropped in the eare clenseth y^e mater and fylthe.

¶ For the fete. E

¶ To swage y^e swellyng of the fete •othe thē to water that eldre leues was sodē in.

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¶ For lepry. F

¶ A bathe made of stronge wyne that the leues & floures is sodē in prouffyteth thē y^t be lyke to fall in lepry bycause of flewme.

¶ For vomyte. G

¶ And ye wyll that y^e barke cause vomyte vpwarde / it must be shauen vpwarde / & ye wyll haue voydaunce benethe / it must be shauen dounwarde.

¶ De squilla. A squyll or see onyon. Ca. CCCC.xiij.

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SQuille is hote & drye in the seconde degre. y^e grekes call it bulbe / some call it stilla / & albison / pātaerō / & cifanos Some call it cepa marina / y^t is onyon or chyboll of the see. That y^t is founde alone is deedly. Squilla hath vertue to deuyde and sprede humours / & hath vertue to vn∣stoppe y^e pypes of the vryne. Whā it is put in medycine the outwarde partes ought to be pylled of & the inner / & take the myddle parte & bake them in paste & put thē in me∣dycins. For the outwarde partes for theyr grete heare / & the inwarde partes for their grete colde ben peryllous. The rote is bet∣ter than the leues in medycyne The meane partis thus baken put in oxymell shall be called oxyme sqylatyke. And who so wyll not haue the oxymel stronger sethe the as∣quill in vyneygre and not in wyne.

¶ For the mylte. A

¶ For the hardnesse of the myltt and lyuer sethe it in wyne & oyle & lay it on. Or roste it in hote asshes & put therto powdre of co∣myne & vse it. For the same / & for the goue and palsey / & for ache of the wombe / and sorenesse comen of colde / put asquill in oyle and wyne .ix. dayes tyl it rotte / & thā sethe it / and in y^e brothe put iuce therof / and w^t waxe make an oyntemēt. Agaynst dropsy drynke oxymel sqyllatyke for it causeth to pysse a pace. For tetters sethe quilla & lay theron. For a whyte flawe by the nayles lay asquill theron with breed & vyneygre

¶ For the dropsey. B

¶ To delay y^e thyrste of them that haue y^e dropsey holde y^e leues longe on y^e tongue.

¶ De storace. Storax. Ca. CCCC.xiiij.

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STorax is hote in the fyrst degre / & drye in the seconde. It is the gōme of a tree that hath a gleimy and glewy sub¦staūce

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/ and is of dynrytyke vertue. There be thre maners of it The fyrst droppe that is the purest and clenest is called storax ca¦lamyte. The seconde is not so clere. The thirde is pure and is called sigia. The best is browne of colour / and hath a good and swete sauour / somwhat bytynge as eygre with a bytternesse and may be chausted w^t the handes as wax. That that is swete is countrefayt with flagge rotes. But it is knowen by the werysshnesse. Bryght sto∣rax is not countrefayt. Reed storax and ca¦lamyte is of lyke vertue / but calamyte is the best.

¶ For rewme. A

¶ Agaynst rewme comynge frō y^e brayne Make a longe rounde forme of storax / & put it in the nose / and yf the rewme come from breste. Make pylles of storax / and lete y^e pacyent holde it longe in his mouthe without swalowynge.

¶ For the anela. B

¶ For rewme that falleth in to the anela. Take the decoccyon of storax calamyte so∣den in wyne.

¶ For the stomake. C

¶ Agaynst colde and hardenesse of the sto¦make. Put storax calamyte with waxe & mastyke & incorporate it in a felte or war∣me clothe / and lay it to the stomake.

¶ For the floures. D

¶ For to prouoke floures make a fume or smoke of storax vpon coles and lete the wo¦man receyue the smoke with a fonell. Ma∣ke also a tente of the bygnesse of a fyuger and put it in the conduyte. Yf the matryce be fallen lete her receyue the smoke at the nose.

¶ For costyfnesse. E

¶ Agaynst costyfnesse that a man may not shyte. Make smoke therof benethe. And it is good agaynst scabbe and scall.

¶ De Sumac. Ca. CCCC.xv.

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SVmac is colde in the seconde degre and drye in the thyrde. It is y^e sede of a lytell tree called Anagoda. Sumac hath vertue to restrayne.

¶ For bledynge of the nose A

¶ Against bledyng of y^e nose / wete a pythe of eldre in iuce of bursa pastoris / and cast powdre of Sumac theron and put it in y^e nose. For them that spette blode bycause of dysease in the bulke. Take pylles made of the powdre of sumac and gōme arabyke cō¦fycte in rose water.

¶ For flux of the wombe. B

¶ Against bledy flux of the wombe caused of y^e vpper bowelles take athanasta. And yf be in y^e nether bowelles. Take this pow¦dre with barly floure in a clyster.

¶ For the floures. C

¶ Agaynst excessyfe floures in women ma¦ke a supposytory of powdre of boll armeni¦ake & powdre of sumac / of mastyke & iuce of plantayne & put it in the conduyte.

¶ For bledyng of the outwarde membres brenne Sumac in a newe pot and put the powdre theron.

¶ For ytche of the eyes. D

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¶ For ytchynge of the eyen caused of hote humours wasshe them with water that sumac is soden in.

¶ De staphisagria. Ca. CCCC.xvi.

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STaphisagria is hote and drye in y^e thyrde degre. It is y^e sede of an her b• called pyllulary or lyle grasse / bycause it sleeth them. yf ye fynde to take staphisa∣gre / it is the sede / It purgeth the heed and brayne / and dryeth the euela / and preser∣ueth rewme from the breste and stomake. And for these thynges sethe staphisagre in swete wyne with roses / and than gargle the sayde wyne warwe. The powdre lay∣de with hony / sleeth the wormes of the wombe.

¶ For to slee lyes. A

¶ For to slee lyes. Make an oyntement of the sedes with vyneygre. This is good a∣gaynst palsey and percucyon of membres.

De sandalis. Sandres. Ca. CCCC.xvii.

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SAndalles is a wood called San∣dres / and is colde and drye in the se¦conde degre. There be two maners of it / for there is reed / whyte / and yelowe. Con¦stantyne calleth y^e reed blacke. This wood sandres is not lyghtly countrefayt. How be it the reed is somtyme countrefayt with bresyll. But it is knowen bycause that bre¦syll hath no swete odour. Amonge the san∣dres the yelow smelleth moost / but y^e reed hath most vertue. These sandres ben good against chauffynge of the lyuer / yf y^e pow¦dre be medled with oyle of roses and a ly∣tell vyneygre / and lay a playster to the ly∣uer called epichymie that is a clothe folded in thre or foure dowbles and wet in this confeccyon / or that the same be made of y^e powdre of sandres medled w^t iuce of mo∣rell and vyneygre. And the same is good for payne of the forheed caused of heate. ¶ To cause one to slepe. Make a playster of reed sandres with oyle of mandrake & lay it to the browes Or take the sayd pow¦dre / letuse / and mandrake / and medle thē with glayre of an egge and lay it playster wyse to the necke / and on the lyuer yf flux of blode procede therof.

¶ For hote apostumes. A

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¶ Agaynst hote apostumes. Medle y^e pow¦dre of sandres with iuce of morell and vse it on them. To quenche thyrst in a feuer. Put dragagam a nyght in water / & strey¦ne it and in the streynynge put powdre of sandres / and sugre / & make a drynke whi∣che wyll delay the heate of the blode and the thyrste.

¶ For appetyte. B

¶ To prouoke appetyte. Take powdre of sandales reed / whyte / and yelowe of all thre vnces / and powdre of elebore a drag∣me / fylynge of stele an vnce / of brent bea∣nes thre dragmes / of sugre a pounde / and make in maner of powdre called powdre of duke / and lete the fylynge lay a stepe a day and a nyght in vyneygre.

¶ De Sene. Ca. CCCC.xviij.

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SEne is an herbe hote and drye / and groweth beyonde y^e see. It is good agaynst all sekenesse caused of humours / as epylence / swownynge / and dyseases of the mylte / and a brothe ought to be made of the leues soden in water and sugre. For the same dyseases the iuce of borage that sene and sugre haue ben soden in is good / and agaynst melancoly of the heed / and a¦gaynst swownynge and fayntnesse of the herte / and agaynst the fallynge euyll. For the same the water that sene and fenell ro∣tes is soden in with sugre. The leues ben good in medycyn and may be kept .x. yeres Dyascorydes sayth that the brothe of sene with hony & vyneygre is good for y^e aboue sayde dyseases. The quantyte therof whā it sholde be put in alone in decoccyon is an vnce. And yf it be put with other laxaty∣ues it is but halfe an vnce.

¶ De serpyllo. Pellyter. Ca. CCCC.xix.

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SErpillum is an herbe so called by∣causeth it grypeth and spredeth on the erthe. The latyns call it cicer erriticū Some call it Gypos / other Merules / or Agriomena / it is lyke Origanum but the

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leues be whyter and smaller and smelleth lyke margarym. Therof is bothe wylde and tame. The tame spredeth the spryg∣ges on the erthe • •nd the wylbe on heyght The leues and th• floures be good in me∣dycyne.

¶ For the rewme. A

¶ Agaynst colde rewme. Roste the floures and leues on a tyle stone / and lay it betwe∣ne two clothes to the heed. The wyne that serpyllum is soden in with iuce of lycory∣ce is good agaynst the cough. The wyne y^t it is soden in w^t anys is good agaynst payn of the stomake that be caused of wyndes.

¶ For the vryne. B

¶ A bathe made of water that it is soden in easeth all lette of vryne / be it strangury or dyssury / and it warmeth / conforteth / & clenseth the matryce. The wyne that it is soden in warmeth the stomake / and confor¦teth the lyuer / and the mylte. Diascorydes sayth that it hath vertue to dryue away ve¦nymous beestes / therfore it is gyuen to la¦bourers in heruest with theyr meate / that yf so be that they slepe in the felde to be su∣rer. The brothe therof helpeth agaynst by¦tynge of venymous beestes / and agaynst wryngynge of the bely.

¶ For spettynge of blode. C

¶ Yf it be taken with hony and vyneygre it is good for them that spette blode. And also it causeth the floures to renne.

¶ For the heed ache. D

¶ Also it is good for the heed ache yf the temples and the forheed be anoynted with oyle of roses and vyneygre.

¶ De satureia. Sauerey. Ca. CCCC.xx.

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SAuerey is a comyn herbe w^t swete smell. It is hote and drye in y^e thyr¦de degre. It ought to be gadred whan it floureth / and dryed in y^e shadowe. It clen∣seth the longes of cours humours / and wa¦steth wyndes / & caused vryne and the flou∣res to renne. Brothe made of meale & wa∣ter and powdre of sauerey clenseth y^e bulke and so dooth the powdre therof alone. Diascorides sayth that it styreth lechery / and therfore a woman with chylde ought not to vse it. It is good for them y^t be in ly∣targy and euer slepy / and it wakeneth thē yf it be layde to the heed.

¶ For vomyte. A

¶ The powdre therof taken with a rere egge is good agaynst vomyte / and veny∣mous woundes.

¶ De sanguina ia. Blodworte / or yarow Ca. CCCC.xxi.

SAnguinari is of tw• maners. One is so called / bycause it causeth to blede. The other bycause it chauffeth and

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staunchet it. We speke as now of the fyrst and is otherwyse called galligris or goos fote bycause the sede spredeth forkewyse as a goos fote.

¶ To cause blode. A

¶ A twygge of this herbe with a fewe of his pryckes put in to the nose cause anone to blede. And therfore it is good for heuy∣nesse of the heed caused of to moche blode.

¶ For bytynge of a madde dogge. B

¶ It is good also agaynst bytynge of a madde dogge / yf it be tempred with breed and layde to. The other sanguynary staun¦cheth blode is bursa pastoris / it is spoken of afore / yf ony blede and put it in to the cō¦trary nosethryll.

¶ For burstenesse. C

¶ Also y^e powdre of this herbe put in mea¦tes is good for them that be bursten / and resowdreth meruaylously.

¶ For bledynge at the nose. D

¶ Also cotton wette in the iuce therof and put in to the nose stauncheth the blode:

¶ De stolopendria. Hertes tongue ¶ Ca. CCCC.xxii.

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STolopendria is a comyn herbe cal¦led cerue lingue The grekes call it spenidion / bycause it is good for the mylte Other call it erimon / other locitas / other figicis / other herbe panaye. It hath a lon∣gue narowe left lyke a hertes tongue mar¦ked aboue with reed strypes and groweth in welles and dyches.

¶ For the lyuer. A

¶ Agaynst payne and stoppynge of the ly∣uer and mylte. Sethe it in water or wyne and drynke it or yf the herbe be eaten it is good for the same. Also yf it be founde in a place that y^e sonne shyneth theron playnly stampe it with meale / and make pylles or cakes fryed and eate them .ix. dayes for 〈◊〉 sayde dyseases▪

¶ De Soldanea. Ca. CCCC.xxiij.

Oldanea is hote and drye and gro¦weth in sandy groundes and on the see brymmes / and hath small roūde leues and a lytell rote whyte & longe. The flou∣re is lyke the floure of azarabachara. It

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purgeth the wombe vyolently / & therfore but one dragme ought to be taken with y^e powdre of the rote. And yf to mooche be taken it causeth bledynge. But yf it styre to moche / and that ye wyll stoppe the flux wasshe the pacyent in colde water. An auc¦tour named Gentyll made mooche of this herbe for y^e dropsey / and sayth that it pur∣geth the water of the wombe. And the ara¦byes call it catole / & groweth in Lombar¦dye / and the iuce is to be taken or elles the powdre of the rote. The leues appere on y^e erthe and is lyke cuscuta / that is dodyr.

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De spinachia. spynache. Ca. CCCC.xxiiij

SPynache is a veray comyn herbe and is colde and moyst in the ende of the fyrst degre It purgeth flowme / and cooleth the stomake and the wombe / and loseth the bely / and bredeth good blode / & helpeth agaynst drythe of the bulke and lōges. Isaac sayth that it moysteth the wōbe and is good agaynst payne of the throte / caused to moche blode or hote flewme And he sayth that spynaches be better than ara¦ches for the stomake. An auctour called Tacuit sayth that spynache is hote / but they all accorde that it is moyste.

¶ De sicla / alias bleta. Betes. Ca. CCCC.xxv.

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SIcla is a comyn herbe called betes It is hote and drye in the fyrst de∣gre. It gyueth euyll nourysshynge to the stomake bycause of the sharpenesse / and by¦cause it hath superflue moystnesse. And yf it be soden in water / and confyet with salt water / and vyneygre / & a sede called carui and oyle olyue / or oyle of almondes it is

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of better dygestyon / and yet in this maner it nouryssheth but lytell / but it nessheth y^e wombe / and vnstoppeth the opylacyons of the lyuer / & specyally yf these opylacyons be caused of grosse humours And whyther it be soden with water or without water it is styptyke and byndynge. And Ipocras sayth that the water that it is soden in is styptyke / but the body of it is byndynge.

¶ De stalogia. Cynes. Ca. CCCC.xxvi.

STalogium is of the nature of the onyon or therabout / and is hote & drye / but not so moche as the onyon. It cō forteth and warmeth the colde stomake & causeth appetyte.

¶ For venym. A

¶ Also it correcteth venym and venimous meates / but it greueth the syght / and ma∣keth the mouthe to stynke / and ony of hote and drye complexion ought not to vse it. But yf it be soden w^t fatte it taketh away the euyll.

De spergula. Clyuers. Ca. CCCC.xxvij

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SPargula is a comyn herbe / and is lyke to warence in leues / but it is lesse. And as warence is called rubea ma∣ior / so is this called rubea minor / it spre∣deth on the erthe and gr•weth all about / & bereth a lytell yelowe floure in maner of a grape. It hath vertue hote & drye / and is good agaynst payne of the throte caused of colde / yf it be layde on a hote tyle and wyne spronge theron and layde to y^e throte and therfore it is put in an oyntement cal∣led marciation.

¶ De silfu. wylde valeryā. Ca. cccc.viij.

Ilfu is an herbe called feu or vale¦rian bycause it is veray lyke vale∣rian / and is also lyke saynt Iohn̄s worte but the leues be not perced but iagged and clouen / and bereth many floures that be yelowe or of colour of brymstone / and it stynketh. It groweth about grete dyches and pyttes. It is put in the recepte of the grete metryball / and the rote the floure & the sedes may be put in medycyns. It is good for the payne of the matryce / yf fry∣tures or pancakes be made of it and meale and so eaten / or soden in wyne and droken It is good also to vnstoppe the lyuer / and mylte caused of colde / and for lettynge of vryne.

¶ De sambaco. Ca. CCCC.xxix.

SAmbac{us} is an herbe otherwyse cal¦led gessemium the leues therof ha∣ue a swete odour / & therfore they be good agaynst the fayntnesse of the herte & swow¦nynge / and conforte the membres of the brest. There is an oyle made therof called oleum sambacum / with oyle olyue / and y^e leues soden therin as oyle of roses is made

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This herbe is put in a recept of a medycyn called galla muscata / & this herbe is good for the foresayd dyseases vsed inwardly / & also without.

¶ De spina benedicta. Ca. CCCC.xxx.

SPina benedicta is a maner of thor¦ne wherof grete haboundance gro∣weth in Tustan and in other countrees / & hedges is made of it. The leues therof be not very streyght but bossed and be thycke and of a fynger lenght and not very grene but whytysshe.

¶ For mylke in women. A

¶ The leues sodē and eaten causeth mylke to flowe in womē meruailously but moche more yf they be soden with lentylles.

¶ De radice yringorū. Ca. CCCC.xxxi.

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SCacull is a maner of thystie with brode leues called yringe. It is ve¦ry profytable to many passyons and dysea¦ses. The rote ought to be put in medycyns and prouoketh vryne / and conforteth the reynes / and is good to the mater of genera¦cyon / and vnstoppeth y^e lyuer and y^e mylte and causeth appetyte. And the sayde rote must be soden in water and confyet with gynger / sugre / and clene hony one nyght / and it may be eaten at euen for y^e stuffyng of the breste / the stomake / & the reynes / & for colde people of nature weyke and olde it is moche behouefull.

¶ De sebasten. Ca. CCCC.xxxij.

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SEbasten ben fruites of beyonde the see lyke smal plommes they be hote in the seconde degre / and moyst in the fyrst whan they be rype they be gadred & dryed in the sonne / & may be kept thre yeres in a drye place and not in a moyste. They haue vertue to chauffe / to open the membres of the bulke and to moyste.

¶ For the brethe. A

¶ Agaynste lettyng of y^e brethe / by drythe or by colde / and for the ptysyke / and per∣cynge of the longues / & for feuers. Sethe these fruytes in water with fygues / lyco∣ryce / and an herbe called capillum veneris This decoccyon dronken is veray good.

¶ For feuers ague B

¶ This fruyte is put ī drynkes or syropes ordeyned for sharpe feuers / & for apostu∣mes

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of the sydes called pleresy.

¶ De sistra. Dyll. Ca. CCCC.xxxiij.

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SIstra or syster is dyll / some call it men but that is not so. How be it they be veray lyke in propryetees and ver∣tue / and be put eche for other / but sistra is of more vertue than meu / and the leues be lyke an herbe called valde bona / & bereth small sprygges as spyknarde. It groweth on hye hylles and hath synguler vertue a∣gaynst vomyte / and hath no cōplexyonall qualyte but diuine. It consumeth wyndes agaynst dygestyon / openeth the conduytes of vryne / of the lyuer and mylte.

¶ For the syght A

¶ It profyteth to the syght and sleeth the wormes in the bely / but the rote more thā ony parte of y^e herbe / howbeit all is good.

¶ De Salunica. Caltrappe. Ca. CCCC.xxxiiij.

SAlunica is an herbe thaome call spyke celtyke / but that is not true. But bycause they be of lyke myght y^e spyke celtyke is put for salunica. It groweth at the fote of a tree / and bereth small sprayes

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that be of a browne colour / & haue a byt∣ter sauour. And Dyascorides sayth that whan it is plucked out of the erthe it ga∣dreth on a heep.

¶ Agaynst colde of the stomake caused of colde or wynde / and also against stoppyng of the mylte and lyuer. Sethe it in wyne & drynke it thre dayes. It is good agaynst lettynge of vryne / be it strangury or dys∣sury / and agaynst payne of the reynes and the bladder and prouoke vryne / and cau∣seth the floures to slowe in women.

¶ De Spuma maris. A pounce. Ca. CCCC.xxxv.

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SPuma maris is a pounce that per∣chemēt is poūched with it is colde and drye in the thyrde degre. It hath ver∣tue to waste y^e webbe in the eye in this ma∣ner. Take veray small powdre therof and passe it through a sarcenet and medle as moche gomme sarcocolle / and of these two make a clere substaunce and confeccyō cal∣led collere / and with water of celydone & scabyous put a droppe in the eye. Also it whyteth the tethe yf they be rubbed with powdre therof.

¶ De spongia marina. A sponge Ca. CCCC.xxxvi.

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SPongia is a sponge / it is hote and drye / and bredeth in the botom of y^e see / and is of two maners / one is russet of colour and is the moost hote. The other is whyte and lesse hote / and is called vergy∣lyne. It hath vertue resolutyfe steped in wyne or water. Or sethe the leues of ca∣momyll / and fenell sede or anes sede / and it wyll waste the payne caused of wynde / and conforteth the weyke membres / and easeth passyon of colyke / or pleuresy engen¦dred of wynde.

¶ De Sigillo sancte marie. Or ladyes saele. Ca. CCCC.xxxvij.

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SIgillum sancte marye / or sigillū Salamonis is al one herbe that is called Salamons seale or our ladies seale It groweth in derke shadowy places and in forestes and hath leues lyke arsmerre & lytell smal whyte floures / and bereth r••d sedes on a rowe two & two one as an other in ordre and hath a whyte knotty rote as kneholme or fragon. This rote hath ver∣tue to chauffe & swage aches and to cōfort

¶ For the synewes A

¶ Agaynst payne of the synewes and of y^e mylte. Make an oyntement of this rote w^t beares greas and oyle / & anoynte the place Or sethe the rote in water and bathe the place therwith and lay it vpon it

¶ For to clense the face. B

¶ For tetters and to clense the face. Make an oyntement of the iuce with oyle of len∣tylles and whyte waxe & anoynte it therw^t

¶ De Saxifraga / minori. The lesse saxi∣frage. Ca. CCCC.xxxviij

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SOrba stella is hote and drye / and is lyke pympernell. Saufe y^e pym{per}¦nell hath lytell balles or pellers and sorba hath none. It is called the lesse saxifrage & groweth a the fote of moūtaynes in canes and pyttes. It is good agaynst derkenesse of eyes and for the webbe in this maner. Make a confeccyō with iuce of this herbe with whyte hony and put it in the eyen.

¶ Agaynst venym. A

¶ Agaynst venym and bytynge of veny∣mous bestes. Drynke the iuce alone / or w^t 〈◊〉 and wyll do ease.

¶ For woundes. B

¶ Powder of this herbe put on woundes 〈◊〉 •••h moche to te•owdre them.

¶ De Sorbis. Ca. CCCC.xxxix.

SOrbes is the fruyte of a tree that is good to eate. They be colde and drye in the thyrde degre. It ought to be ga∣dred in ver and in heru•st or they be rype / Some cleue them and drye them to kepe them a hole yete. This fruyte hath vertue

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to refresshe / restrayne / and to conforte.

¶ For flux of the wombe. A

¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe caused of coleryke humours / and agaynst dissynterē or flux of blode / make this electuary / take them vnrype and sethe them in water tyll they be softe and that they may be streyned through a colender so that all the sedes be taken away. And with a pounde of fyne scommed hony sethe thē tyll they be thycke & than put therto dragons blode / mastyke bole armonyake / dragagant / gomme ara¦byke / of eche two dragmes / of sumac and achace / of eche halfe an vnce / of folium / cloues maces / synamome / and gynger / of eche halfe a dragme / and put therin all sar¦ced powdre & medled it with the sayd hony and gyue it to the sayde pacyent at all ty∣mes and specyall at an empty stomake.

¶ For costyfnesse. B

¶ Agaynst costyfnesse caused of colde / re∣ceyue the smoke therof at the foundement and stewe it therwith a grete whyle / and eate of these forbes rype or drye.

¶ For vomyte. C

¶ Agaynst vomyte causeth of coleryke hu¦mours / make a playster of forbes scantly

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rype and lay it to the stomake.

¶ De Sinomo. Wylde percely. Ca. CCCC.xl.

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SInomum is wylde percely. It is hote. The sede gadred and dryed may be kept .v. yeres. It is good to y^e same that pencedanum / dogge fenel is good for It is spoken of in the chapytre of percely afore.

¶ De Orant. Ca. CCCC.xli.

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THe maysters sayde that this herbe hath grete and many vertu•s. The mydwyfes haue comēly this herbe aboute them whan they ben occupyed by women laborynge of shylde / for it causeth a lyght departynge from the shylde.

¶ De Sizania. Ca. CCCC.xlij.

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SIzania is ray or cockyll. It is a se∣de called gyguilena and is hote & moyst in the fyrst degre and groweth ha∣boūdantly in cycyll and in partes beyonde the see / and it is so wen as myllet. Of this sede is an oyle made called sizanie. And is made as oyle of almondes. This oyle is good for to eate / and is good for them that hath payne of the brethe and swellynge of the synewes / and for thē that be consumed and dryed by sekenesse / but it noyeth y^e sto∣make bycause it causeth vomyte. Yf it be eaten temperatly with lyne sede and poppy it creaseth lechery. Isaac sayth that of it∣zanie the huskes is taken away somtyme & somtyme not. The sizanie without huske is more vnctuous and stronger to dygest / And therfore sizanie noyeth the stomake /

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and specyally to synewes and olde folkes. For by the grete viscosyte and gleymynesse therof it softeneth and causeth defeccyon / and laxatyfe. And it dystroyeth the vertue dygestyue / and conuerteth cours coleryke humours in to fumolitees & bredeth thyrst and wasteth appetyte to eare / and chaun∣geth the good odour of the mouthe in to stē¦che / and specyally yf it be holden or abyde in the tethe. But it is not so greuous yf it be taken with hony / and specyally rosted. That in the huskes greueth lesse in what maner so euer it be taken. The water that the stalkes of sizanye is soden in clenseth y^e heares of the heed and causeth them / and wasteth the scurfe or dedskynne that cau∣seth the heare to fall. Yf it be soden in wa∣ter and dronken it causeth floures to flowe in women. Some anucyent auctours say that Sizanie is good agaynst venym / for by the vyscosyte therof it stoppeth all the conduytes or pores of the body. And also the venym can not come nygh the herte. Diascorydes maketh no dyfference betwe∣ne Sizanie and nucleon / but the one may be put for the other.

¶ Thus endeth the names of her∣bes begynnynge with. S.

¶ AND BEGYNNETH Y^E NAMES OF HER¦BES BEGYNNYNGE WITH. T. (BOOK T)

¶ De tamaristo. Ca. CCCC.xliij.

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TAmaryte is a lytell tree hote and drye in the seconde degre The barke is better for me∣dycyns than the leues. It is dyurytyke / and vnstoppeth y^e lyuer and the mylte yf the rote be soden in wyne and the wyne dronken The powdre with meate is good for the same. ¶ Wyne dronken in a vessell of the wood therof is good for the sayd dyseases.

¶ De terra sigillata. Seale erthe. Ca. CCCC.xliiij.

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TErra sigillata is otherwyse called sarazyns erthe or syluered clay. By¦cause of the worthynesse therof it is sealed on bothe sydes. It is swete smellynge and is whytysshe ••d bryght That y^e is blacke or al whyte & that stretcheth not is nought Sealederthe is of grete vertue to staūche A playster made of y^e powdre with whyte of an egge layde on the temples and fore∣heed stauncheth the flux of blode at y^e nose and agaynst flux of blode of the wombe. A playster of the powdre therof and of ro∣ses with vyneygre stauncheth vomyre ma¦de by coleryke humours / yf it be layde to the stomake.

¶ For the gowte. A

¶ Agaynst swellynge of the fete or gowte Make a playster of the powdre with vy∣neygre / oyle of roses / & gleyre of an egge. This powdre with powdre of sanguyna¦ry is good for the fame.

¶ De Tetrahit. Ca. CCCC.xlv.

TEtrahit is an herbe called herbe of ynde. It is hote and drye in the se∣conde degre. The wyne that it is soden in cōforteth dygestyon / and taketh away the payne of the stomake and bowelles caused of wynde. Cakes made of this herbe with meale and water conforteth dygestyon & the naturall heet and causeth to pysse.

¶ For lette of vryne. A

¶ A playster made of this herbe soden in water easeth the lette of vryne.

¶ For the matryce B

¶ Small bathe made of the water that it is soden in chauffeth the matryce and clen∣seth it. A tente or supposytory made of the burgens soden in oyle of muske is good for the same whan it is drye it hath no vertue.

¶ De Tyntymallo. Ca. CCCC.xlvi.

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TIntymall is hote and drye in the thyrde degre / there be two speces spoken of afore that is of esula / and of la••¦reole. Now wyll we speke of anabule.

¶ Anabule that groweth beyonde the set is the herbe that squamony is made of and is called tyntymall of babylon. Anabule of this cofitre yeldeth mylke and ought to gadred in prymetyme or at the beginnyng of somer / and ought to be kepte in a vessell of glasse. It may onely be kepte two mo∣neth. It must be gadred thus. In the same tyme anabule is broken at the tappe / and the mylke y^e cometh out is warely gadred For yf the mylke toucheth the handes it wyll fleye them. This mylke is to vyolent to be vsed alone / but ought to be delayed with some medycyn as golden pylles.

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Some auctours vse of this mylke to shar∣pen theyr medycyns bycause it laxeth sore To take away y^e malyce therof / sethe this mylke with gomme arabyke or with dra∣gagant in an egge shell tyll it sethe a lytell and put the quantyte of thre dragmes or foure at the moost in medycyne.

¶ De Turbith. Ca. CCCC.xlvij

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TVrbith is the rote of a tre y^e is drye in the thyrde degre. That is to be •hosen that is holowe within. The wood is nothyng worthe in medycyn. It is kno¦wen in the brekynge whyter it be good / or not. For yf it powdre or be full of holes it is to olde. It may be kept two yeres. Tur¦bith hath vertue to dyssolue / to moyst / and to withdrawe and specyally flewme. And Arystotle sayth in the boke of the regymēt of prynces that it purgeth flewme and the mouth of the stomake. It is not comynly gyuen by it selfe / for it wolde be to vyolēt but some medycyns be sharped therwith as the medycyne called benet or gerologā∣dion.

¶ Agaynst ylyake passyon. A

¶ It is also good agaynst ylyake passyon and agaynst podagre gowt bycause it pur¦geth flewme that causeth these dyseases. ¶ A confeccyon made of turbyth with a confeccyon of oyle of roses for to correct y^e malyce / and gomme arabyke put and scō∣med hony is good for the sayde sekenesses. Turbith freteth the deed flesshe of woun∣des yf it be layde on them.

¶ De Tapsia. Ca. CCCC.xlviii

TApsia or Tapse is an herbe hote & drye in the thyrde degre. That that groweth in hote regyons is the best.

The rote and the barke is good in vomyte medycynes. It hath vertue to purge flew∣me and coleryke humours vpwarde / and therfore it is put in suche medycyns. But he that beteth it must stoppe his nose well and his eyes / or elles it wolde cause his eiē to swelle. And yf it be medled with other medycyns it breketh apostumes.

¶ De Tela aranea. A spyder webbe. Ca. CCCC.xlix.

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TEla aranea is a cobwebbe / and is colde and drye / and hath vertue to staunche blode / and to resolue and reioyne newe woundes. It is put about tentes ma¦de to clense woundes / and is good for bre¦kynge of the heed and swageth the ache / & letteth no rottēnesse to gadre / yf it be layde to it with oyle and vyneygre.

¶ For feuers. A

¶ Yf it be bounde to y^e temples it healeth feuer tercyan / and stauncheth bledynge at y^e nose yf it be put in oyle. And yf it be laid to the eares it swageth y^e payne. The web¦bes of tree spyders bounden in lether and hanged about the necke is good agaynst feuer quartayne.

¶ De tapso barbato. Hareberde / or hygta¦per. Ca. CCCC.l.

TApsus barbatus is a comyn herbe with rough leues and bereth a lōge stalke wherof is made a maner of taper or lynke yf it be talowed. Some calle it mo∣leyne / some hareberde / some hyg taper. Other call it flosmon / blandone and argy¦mon. It is colde and drye. There is male and female. The femell is greter and hath broder leues / and is the better of bothe.

¶ For emorroydes. A

¶ A bathe made of wyne and this herbe is good agaynst emorroydes and to wype the foundement with the leues whan it is stewed or bathed outwarde. A lytel bathe made of water that it is soden in is good a¦gaynst wryngynge and fluxe of the bely. Powdre of the leues is good agaynst can∣kers.

¶ To dryue fysshes out of a place. Put y^e leues in the water / and for the bytternesse therof they wyll swymme away. That w^t small leues is good also.

¶ For wormes in the bely. B

¶ For small wormes of the bely. Make pancakes or frytures of meale with leues of small Tapsebarbe and eate them.

¶ De terbentine. Terpentyne ¶ Ca. CCCC.li.

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TErbentyne is hote and drye. It is the gomme of a tree called sapyn or fyrre. It hath aperatyue vertue / and wa∣steth wyndes / and clenseth the matryce & conforteth it / as well in vsynge it in mea∣tes or cakes made therof and of meale / as in makynge supposytory or fumygacyon.

¶ For costyfnesse. A

¶ For costyfnesse make fume benethe on co¦les & lete the pacyent receyue it in a fonell.

¶ For the matryce. B

¶ For the matryce that is fallen. Make a tente or supposytory and anoynte it. For y^e same lete the woman receyue the same be∣nethe with a fonell / or at the rysynge of it receyue it so aboue.

¶ For apostumes. A

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¶ To breke apostumes medle it with bar¦ly meale and lay theron. It is put in oynte¦mentes to ioyne woundes & resowdre thē. Oyle that is made & stylled therof is cal∣led oyle of terbentyne / and it is very good and excellent for palsey gowtes and swel∣lynge / or shrynkynge and ache of the syne∣wes yf it be caused of colde yf the place be anoynted therwith.

¶ De tribulo marino. Reed brere. Ca. CCCC.lij.

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TRibulus marinus is a thystle / a brere or a tasyll. It groweth in san¦dy groundes and by the see syde and spre∣deth and rampeth on the grounde. It is founde in somer. And bereth a pryckynge sede / and therfore it is called thystle of the see. It hath dyurytyke vertue. And ther∣fore it is good agaynst strangury or dyssu¦ry and agaynst the stone / and the decoccyō ought to be dronken. Or powdre of y^e sede dronken with wyne is veray good. It is put in an oyntement called agripa. And it is good agaynst dropsey / and other swel∣lynges where so euer they be. And causeth to pysse well yf the reynes & share is anoyn¦ted therwith. And yf the bely is anoynted therwith it laxeth it.

¶ De tormentilla. Ca. CCCC.liij.

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TOrmentyll is an herbe that is cal∣led fystularia / or taglafayre / and is lyke Sinkfoyle and groweth on hylles and moyst places.

¶ For fystula. A

¶ For fystule in what place that it be / the iuce of it is good dropped in the hole. And so dooth a tente dypped in the sayde iuce & layde to the fystule.

¶ For the eyes. B

¶ For the webbe in the eye Medle the iuce with whyte wyne and droppe it therin.

¶ For venym. C

¶ For all venym y^e powdre therof is good with water of remort. And agaynst swel∣lynge of the legge / bathe the legge in the water therof.

¶ For pestylence. D

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water is good agaynst the pestylence / yf it be taken at the begynnynge of the sekenesse

¶ For the flux E

¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe. The pow∣dre of the rote therof is good with warme water of plantayne.

¶ De trifolio. Trefle or thre leued grasse Ca. CCCC.liiij.

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TRefle as Dyascorydes sayth is of iiij. sortes. One is called trefle w^t thre cantes that some call Polifilon / and there is a trefle called trefliagri or trifoli∣um soffolidum and in latyn Exifilon. The fourth is trefle lageteron / and the latyns calle it hare trefle with a reed floure and a sharpe sede. The rote therof vnstoppeth y^e conduytes of vryne.

¶ For apostumes A

¶ Yf the floures and sedes be soden in wa∣ter it is good for thē that haue apostumes in theyr sides called plenresy and for them that may not pysse and for y^e fallynge euyl and for dropsey at the fyrst of it / and for stopped menstrue. The leues taken with oximell is good agaynst venym / & so dooth all the stalke or plante sodē in water / and y^e venymed place wasshed therwith / And it is good for woundes. Thre leues or .iij. sedes gyueth remedy to feuer tercyan.

¶ De tartaro wyne lyes. Ca. CCCC.lv.

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TArtyr lyes of wyne is hote & drye in the thyrde degre. That of the pu¦rest wyne is y^e best. For all maner of gow¦tes tetters. Make an oyntement in this wyse. Put lyes of wyne in vyneygre all • nyght / and in the mornynge make an oyn∣tement agaynst y^e sayd thynges. Also sethe the sedes of stafisagre in water of the whi∣che with powdre of tartre make a myrtiō and it wyll dystroye the scruffe of the heed yf it be anoynted therwith two or thre ty∣mes. The powdre of wyne lyes takē with meates or otherwyse causeth the greas of a man or woman / and the sarazyns vse it to kepe them lowe and leane. For this cau∣se take halfe an vnce or thre dragmes w^t some electuary of good taste as dyapedyō dragagāt dyamargaryton / or clarey. But

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neuerthelesse the vse therof causeth excora∣cyon or fleyenge of the bowelles / and whā it is vsed mastyke ought to be put therto.

¶ De Thucia. Ca. CCCC.lvj.

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THucia is a stone comynge from the erthe and somtyme cometh from the ••enes. Thucia is of many colours / some is whyte / some grene / some cytryne. The whyte is to be chosen for the best / and his nature is to be colde. Some say that thu∣cia is of all maner of meteles / of gold / of syluer / and of lede. And they that cometh from the lede is the best next the fyrst / and it shall be vsed in medycyne. It is pryncy¦pally good for the eyes. Some sayth that thucia is made of herbes / as of fygge tree leues / and leues of mora celsi. This thu∣cia made by crafte of herbes and dryeth in an ouen is not of so grete vertue as y^e other on the meteles. How thucia is made and where of / ye shall fynde in Pandecta in his .ccccc. and .lxxxvi. chapytre.

¶ De Terediabinti. Ca. CCCC.lvij.

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TErediabin (as Serapio sayth in his boke aggregato. in y^e chapytre Terediabin .i. mel roris) is a dewe descen¦dynge from the heuen and lyketh moche y^e hony that is greyned / and falleth often on the trees in the londe Corasteni before the rysynge of the sōne in y^e mornynge. Those trees hath geete leues / and thornes / & reed floures / but of y^e floures growen not fruy¦tes. This hony dewe hath vertue to laxe / & mollyfye the wombe / & moysteth the brest And is specyally good for them that hath moche vntempered hotenesses within. And it is to be chosen that is whyte and newe.

¶ For swellynge. A

¶ It vsed with fenel sedes swageth y^e swel¦lynge within the body / and also the swel∣lynge comyng of hote feuers / & abbateth y^e thyrst as Plinius sayth.

¶ For the hete B

¶ It taken with endyue water abateth y^e excessyfe hete comynge of feuers. Or takē with passule / raysyns of corans ceaseth it also / and taketh away the thyrst.

¶ De frumēto. wheate. Ca. CCCC.lviij

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TRiticum is wheate it is hote in the fyrst degre and is meane betwene hote and moist / and the breed that is made therof is more hote than moist / for y^e heate mounteth to the seconde degre by heate of the fyre that it is baken with / and bycause that elementes chaunge the degre of thyn∣ges. And that is seen by the accyon that ele¦mentes do in many thynges. Example / me¦lons ben colde and moyst in the seconde de∣gre / and neuerthelesse theyr sedes become drye in the sonne. Barly & beanes ben drye of theyr nature / but in the sethynge in wa∣ter they become moyst. Than syth it is so y^e drye thynges receyue moysture by water and moyst thynges drythe by the sonne / it may be sayd that hote thinges ben coled by snewe / and colde thynges hette by fyre. Amonge all graynes & sedes wheate hath the propryete to nourisshe best by lykenesse that it hath to the complexyō of mankynde and therwith it hath other propryetees for medycynes / for it is rēnynge and clensyng The iuce therof confyet with the meale purgeth the breste and the longues and de¦layeth the sharpenesse therof / and ptysame of wheate is better than of barly.

¶ For toughe. A

¶ Agaynst cough and flux of blode of the breste soden with oyle and layde on harde apostumes it softeneth them and spredeth the mater. Yf the meale of wheate be med∣led with vyneygre and hony and layde •n pymples of the face it clenseth them.

¶ For brestes B

¶ Yf it be medled with rue and soden in water and layde to harde brestes that be crudded with mylke it wyll soften them.

¶ For broken synewes. C

¶ Yf it be medled with iuce of hanebane and layde playsterwyse to broken synewes it wyll kepe them y^t no greuous humours come to thē. ¶ Grayne of wheate chawed is good for the impostume that cometh of bytynge of a madde dogge. Oyle made of the grayne of wheate is good for tetters / and ryngwormes / but the place must be fyrst well rubbed with a coure lynnen clo¦the. Iuce or brothe made of y^e wheate mea¦le or dust that fleeth about y^e myll is good for thē that spette blode called emoptoyke passyon. The branne of wheate is hoter & dryer of kynde than the meale / and is of ly¦tell nourysshyng but it is clensynge. Yf it be steped in water / and rubbed betwene y^e handes and than streyned and meate lyke pappe made therof it wyl clense y^e longues and y^e brest of cours humours / & yf mylke be put in the sayde meate it is more nourys¦shynge / and sooner auoyeth the stomake. Yf it be soden in wyne and layde playster∣wyse to brestes that be hardened w^t 〈◊〉 it will mollyfy them and the same is good agaynst bytyng of a serpent. Newe whea¦te is of lytell nourysshynge and tourneth anone to rottēnesse and to rawe flumatyke humours / and bredeth wormes in the beli But yf it be baken it nourissheth more and causeth lesse wynde / and yf it be soden in water it is harde to dygest / and swelleth

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specyally yf there be moche meale and litel branne. But whan it may be well dyge∣sted it nouryssheth gretely and conforteth and ysueth late of the bely / and it ought to be gyuen to labourers.

¶ Thus endeth the names of her∣bes begynnyng with. T.

¶ AND BEGYNNETH Y^E NAMES OF HER∣BES BEGYNNYNG WITH. V. (BOOK V)

¶ De violis. Vyolettes. Ca. CCCC.lix.

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VYolettes be colde in the fyrst degre and moyst in the ende of the secōde If they be dryed as they ought to be They may be kepte two yeres. But it is best to haue newe euery yere. Whyle they be fres∣she sugre of vyolettes is made of thē / hony of vyolettes / and oyle of vyolettes. And syrope may be made of vyolettes bothe gre¦ne & drye / but it is not of so grete vertu dry as fresshe. sugre of thē is made as sugre of roses. And y^e syrope of vyolettes is made ī this maner. Sethe vyolettes in water / & lete it lye all nyght in y^e same water. Than poure and streyne out the water and in the same put sugre and make your syrope. But the iuce of vyolettes with sugre is bet¦ter. Oyle of vyolettes is made thus. sethe vyolettes in oyle and streyne it / & it wyll be oyle of vyolettes / or sethe the vyolettes in dowble vesselles / that is to put y^e vessell that the vessell y^t the vyolettes be in to put in to an other full of sethynge water / that y^e vyolettes may sethe by heet of the water Or the best is to sethe them in oyle & strey∣ne them / and ī the streynynge other fresshe vyolettes / and let them lye .xx. dayes / and than streyne y^e oyle agayne / and put other newe vyolettes to it / & this wyll be good oyle. Eche of these confeccyons be good a∣gaynst all euyll heates of the body▪

¶ For the lyuer. A

¶ This oyle of vyolettes taken outwarde is good agaynst chauffynge of the lyuer. And yf the temples and forheed be anoyn∣ted therwith it swageth the heed ache of heet. Vyolettes haue vertue to moyste / to smothe / to coole / and to vnbynde. This vy¦olettes or the herbes that that they growe on stamped is good agaynst hote apostu∣mes at the begynnynge Bathe made of the water that the leues is soden in and y^e fete or the foreheed bathed therwith causeth to slepe in feuer ague. And the syrope of vyo∣lettes must be more soden than the syrope of roses or it wolde putrifye or rotte anone

¶ De valeriana. Valerian. Ca. CCCC.lx.

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VAleryan is called fu. It is hote & drye in the seconde degre The rotes be gadred in somer / and dryed in the sonne and may be kept thre yeres in goodnesse. The rote is put in medycyne / and that is to be chosen that is massyfe and not preced full of holes / and that powdred not whan it is broken / and it hath dyuretyke vertue

¶ For the vryne A

¶ Agaynst strangury and dyssury take the wyne that valeryan is soden in with fenel sede or mastyke / and with the same wyne Iuce of some dyuretyke herbe were good. Agaynst y^e dysease take iuce or wyne that this herbe is soden in with bran of wheate or barly or other lenytyke thynge.

¶ For the matryce. B

¶ To clense the superflucees of the matry∣ce. Make fomentacyon of water that it is soden in / or make a supposytory of cotten wette in the confeccyon of the powdre of valeryan and oyle of muske or comynoyle

¶ For the lyuer. C

¶ Agaynst the opylacyon of the lyuer and the mylke caused of colde take the water that it is soden in.

¶ De vitro. Glasse. Ca. CCCC.lxi.

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VItrū is glasse it is colde in y^e fyrst degre and drye in the seconde. And it is made of glasse and of sande by myght of fyre in y^e forneys / and by grete artyfyce and sleyght.

¶ For scabbes A

¶ Agaynst scabbes take rosyn molten and streyned in water & put therto nutte oyle lyes of wyne / powdre of glasse and make anoyntement and anoynte the scabbes.

¶ For tetters. B

¶ For tetters / medle powdre of glasse w^t terbentyne / and make an oyntemēt / or put plomme tre waxe in warme water & strey¦ne it and put powdre of glasse therto and make an oyntement.

¶ For the morfewe C

¶ For the morfewe confyct this powdre with floures of mulberyes and oyle of to∣ses and anoyte the place / but fyrst •i•• be it that the blode come out.

¶ For the eyen. D

¶ Agaynst the webbe in the eye cōlyct the powdre with iuce of plantayne and put it in the eyen.

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¶ De virga pastoris. Wylde tasyll. Ca. CCCC.lxij.

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Irga pastoris is a wede so called. It bereth a tasyl on the stalke lyke the tasyll of clothyers but it is not •oked / and therfore some call it a tasyll This h•r be is colde and drye in the begynnynge of the thyrde degre. The leues onely be good in medycyne / and may be kepte a yere / but the dry ones be of gretest vertue. They ha¦ue vertue to coole / to restrayne & put backe maters that flowe in ony place / as in apo∣stumes.

¶ For the flux. A

¶ Agaynst flux of the body make a play∣ster of the powdre of this herbe with vy∣neygre / and glayre of an egge and lay it to the share. The powdre therof taken with a rer• egge is good for the same / and to the excess•fe cours of floures in women / yf a lytell bathe be vsed made of the water that it is soden in. The grene brused is good for hote apostumes / & also for frautyke folke yf theyr heedes be shauen & it layde therto A playster of this herbe is good for bren∣nynge of the stomake and of the heed. The iuce of this herbe medled w^t camfere staū∣cheth bledynge at the nose. The iuce o•ely put in the nosethrilles healeth the nymples and staūcheth the bledyng. This iuce also stoppeth y^e excessyse cours of floures in wo∣men yf supposytory be layde to the place. And also coleth hote apostumes. This iu∣ce ministred in clyster is good for flux of blode at the nose and healeth the fleynges of the gurtes.

¶ For cankers. B

¶ For cankers brenne the heedes of & cast the powdre theron. To take away wartes or ryngwormes wasshe the handes with water of the leues Some say that it is the water that lyeth in the holownesse of the leues / and that is true.

¶ De Vitecella. Ca. CCCC.lxiij.

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VItecella is a wede that is lyke a wylde vyne or gourde and rāpeth and crepeth on hedges / and bereth a reed bery or sede. It is also called tamium / and aliepias.

¶ For the mylte. A

¶ The rote therof stamped with porkes grease / and moltē at the fyre and streyned and meale of lyne sede and oyle put therto and an oyntement made therof is good for

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hardenesse of the mylte and lyuer / and to ripe apostumes. Supposytory or tente ma¦de of the rote causeth the floures in womē to flowe / and causeth a deed chylde come out of the moders wombe. This rote ma∣keth good colour to them that be pale or wanne in this maner. Braye this rote and take the iuce therof & anoyte y^e face where ye wyll haue colour and it wyll be reed.

¶ For colour in the face. B

¶ Yf there be fylthe in an apostume for to breke it make a playster of the iuce of this herbe & lay it to The powdre of a medycyn called a darcis is veray good to breke it.

De viperina / alias vrtica mortua. Deed nettel or archaungell. Ca. CCCC.lxiiij.

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VIperina is wede called deed nettel or bynde nettell and groweth by dyches and waters in yses / and hath good leues & a bytter sauour / it is good agaynst bytynge of a serpent called vipera / & pur∣geth out all venym yf it be brused & dron∣ken with wyne.

¶ For fystules. A

¶ It is good astaynst fystules yf it be bru¦sed and layd therto twyse or thrise in a day and it ought to be gadred in Apryll.

¶ De vrtica. Nettle. Ca. CCCC.lxv.

VRtica the nettell is called a palife of the grekes / other achantis vrgī¦da orminon. It is of hote vertue / for it brē¦neth and prycketh them that thouche it. It is good agaynst saundys yf it be dronken in wyne soden therwith / and clenseth the colour meruaylously.

Adapted: Of Nettle. Chapter 465.

Nettle, known as "palife" by the Greeks or otherwise "achantis vrgida" or "orminon," has a hot virtue because it burns and pricks those who touch it. It is good against sand (possibly referring to kidney stones or gravel) if it is drunk in wine boiled with it, and it cleanses the complexion marvelously.

¶ For olde cough. A

¶ Agaynst olde cough sethe y^e sedes in wa∣ter & put hony therto / & drynke it & it wyll heale y^e coughe / & taketh away the colde of the longues / & swellynge of the bely.

¶ For woundes. B

¶ Also the leues stamped with salt / & layd on woūdes or fores full of matter healeth them. And y^e same is good agaynst bytyng of a dogge / & canker / & byndeth and faste∣neth flesshe loosed fro y^e bone / & dryeth the noyfull humours. C

¶ For the fete and y^e mylte D

¶ Agaynst podagre and swellynge of the fete / and payne of the mylte. Make a play¦ster of nettell rotes well stamped with by neygre and lay to them. This wyll swage all swellynge and payne of the fete & han∣des without swellynges

¶ For bledynge at the nose. E

¶ To cause the nose blede. Put the iuce of nettles in it. And to staunce the bledynge anoynte the forheed with the iuce / or lay y^e herbe brayed to the place that bledeth.

¶ Ffor the floures. E

¶ To cause the floures to flowe in women Take the iuce of nettles and vryne / & put it in the matryce. ¶ To encreas the appe∣tyte of lechery drynke nettle sede often w^t wyne. Or confycte the sayde sede in electu¦ary with hony and peper / and vse it. Also y^e water that it is sodē in with hony is good for them that haue theyr mylte intamed / & apostume in y^e longues / often vse of swete wyne and hony clenseth the longues.

¶ To nesshe the wombe. F

¶ Also vse the potage made of nettles nes∣sheth the wombe / & is good for many thyn¦ges. Anenzoar sayth yf it be often vsed it kept fro grauell. Also this herbe soden in oyle and the chyne of the backe anoynted therwith / anone prouoketh sweate / as Ga¦lyen sayth. Also the heed anoynted with iuce of nettles kepeth the heare from fal∣lynge.

¶ For the suffocacyon of the matryce. G

¶ For a dysease in women called suffocacy¦on of the matryce that they fall of & semeth deed / lay a playster of brused nettles to the nature of her / and she shall fele grete ease.

¶ For scurfe of the heed. H

Vyneygre that the sede of nettles is soden in is good agaynst scrufe of the heed / yf y^e heed be wasshed therwith twyse or thryse and than rynsed with water. This vyney∣gre is good for the brekynge of the heed & swageth the payne.

¶ De Vermiculari. Ca. CCCC.lxvi

VErmiculayre is a lytell herbe that groweth on walles & eues of how¦ses. It hath small leues in maner of small wormes set thycke togyder. It hath vertu of howsleke / and is put in the oyntement called populeon. Therfore it serueth in fe∣uer agues engendre of coleryke humours It is prouffytable to put to the liuer / with stāped nettles. And agaynst feuer tercyan and excessyfe heate yf it be vsed it proufy∣teth moche.

¶ De Volubilis. Woodbynde. Ca. CCCC.lxvij.

VOlubilis is an herbe so named / & is in .iiij. maners. That is to wyte the more / the lesse / the meane / and the ye∣lowe. The more volubilis is also called finiculus arbatus / and hath a whyte flou¦re and is better for medicyn than the other For y^e othe ben to vyolent and sharpe. And that whiche hath leues lyke smalache and whan it is broken mylke cometh out that is veray venymous and yf it be vsed it bre∣deth blody flux in the wōbe. The rote ther∣of ought to be taken primtyme / and dryed in the sonne / and whan nede is take a drag me or twayne. This powdre ought not to be vsed alone / but with other medycynes that delayeth and swageth the malyce. Thus taken it purgeth iaundys.

¶ For coleryke humours. A

¶ Drynke made of whey of mylke with iuce of smalache and endyue purgeth cole¦ryke humours / and clenseth the blode and agaynst iaundys caused of colde sethe this rote in water with anys and mastyke and the gōme called dragagant & spyknarde.

¶ De Vicetorium. Ca. CCCC.lxviij.

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Icetorium or antifermacū is all one. It groweth on hylles and •to∣ny places / & hath thycke blacke leues and whyte floures / and a blacke sede in maner of a fytche but it is sharper The leues and the sedes ought to be put in medycyn.

¶ For bytynge of a serpent. A

¶ Agaynst bytynge of a serpent / spider / o• venymous beest. Medle the sayde herbe w^t salte and lay it to the place. The powdre therof with powdre of turmentyll / tuntet and of an vnycorne healeth all venym of venymous bestes taken with Scabyous water.

¶ De Vua. A. grape. Ca. CCCC.lxix.

VVa a grape / or a raysyn is in two maners / that is the grene or eygre and y^e rype full of swetenesse / & that ought to be called the grape. That that is eygre is colde in the thyrde degre / and drye in y^e seconde. It hath thre dyuers substaunce. That is to wyte the huske / the kyrnelles / and the humour within. The kernelles be so harde and drye that nothynge of them conuerteth to the substaunce of man / and come all hole out of the dygestyon.

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But yf they be broken or made in powdre and eaten they conforte the stomake / and restreyneth the body of colyke / and specy∣ally yf they be rosted. The huske is harde also and tough▪ and can not torne to the na¦ture of y^e body / and therfore it nouryssheth not. The humour for the sharpe sourenesse is yll to dygest / but yet it cōforteth the sto∣make / and quencheth the heet of the lyuer and swage thyrste / and refreyneth and les∣seth the brennynge of coleryke humours & stauncheth coleryke vomyte / caused of de∣faute that cometh of the vertue retentyfe of the stomake or lyuer. And yf it be put in the eyen it softeneth and tendreth y^e cours humours of the stones and mores / and is good agaynst ytchynge and pryckynge of them. Dyascorides ordeyned to put gra¦pes in the sonne to waxe eygre afore the ca¦nyculer dayes / so longe that they waxed thycke as hony. And this iuce so thycked is good for the humours y^t fall in to y^e throte and gomes / and to the eares. Yf clyster be done with it / it is good against blody flux of the wombe / and agaynst humours that fall in to the matryce. ¶ Vua matura / the rype grape engendreth good blode as the fygge dooth that is one of the best fruytes that is. But the fygge nouryssheth more. The rype grape is cōposed of .iiij. dyuers substaunces. The kernell is colde and dry and is of styptyke vertue as the kernell of the vnrype grape. but it hath a maner of sharpenesse that causeth it to yssue anone out of the stomake or it be soone dygested. Also the huske is colde and drye and tough to dygest. And Galyen sayth that the hus∣kes of y^e grape and of y^e fygge be lyke in dy¦gestyon. And therfore yf the grape be eatē with the huske and kernelles it hardeneth the wombe and causeth wyndes / and swel lynges. For they brede humours ferre frō nature and blode. Also Galyen sayth that fygges and grapes ben the best of all fru¦ytes / for they be not of harde dygestyon / & specyally yf they be lefte to rype perfytely on the tre / and that is proued bycause the labourers in theyr seasons almoost vse thē a louely for theyr meates / and were fatte cryspe / and clene of theyr flesshe. And whā fygges and grapes be out of season & fayle them anone they were lene / and lese theyr fatnesse that they had goten afore. And by¦cause that the flesshe caused of fygges and grapes is more foggy than faste and sted∣fast / some eate grapes in one maner / and some in another. Some eate them as soone as they come from the vyne / and some do hange them in the ayre tyll they haue loste some of theyr moystnesse. Other whā they be gadred put them in muste or sodē wyne They that be eaten as sone as they be takē from the vyne / yf they fynde the stomake empty as wel of humours as of other mea¦te. Yf the stomake be stronge in dygestyon the conuerte in to good blode / and helpeth to vnbynde the wombe / and to purge the body of euyll humours. And yf they fynde the stomake full of humours or other mea¦tes / or feble of dygestion they abyde longe and cause swellyng and wynde / and torne in to noughty humours / and brede grete quantyte of fumes / and flux of the wombe They that be hanged in the ayre tyll they be purged of superflue humours / amonge grapes ben the best / and be of most subtyl nourysshynge / and neyther cause wyndes nor fumes. They that be kepte in must or soden wyne be thoughe to dygest / and be leste behouefull to the stomake / and torne to cours humours / and cause inflacyō and fumes bycause of strounge humours that they take in the muste and soden wyne. There be grapes that haue no thycke sub∣staunce of meet in them / but onely clere & thynne lycoure. Other haue moche sub∣staunce

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& meate. They that haue no thycke substaunce brede more kyndly humours than they that haue. But they nourysshe lesse. And therfore the grapes that haue moost thycke substaūce nouryssheth moost but they be harder to dygest. The dyuersy¦te of grapes is yet better praysed in other maners / by theyr sauours / theyr bygnesse and theyr colour. The sauour of grapes may be watery / or lyke smell of eldres as grosse swete weryssheuesse / or sauored ly∣ke hony / or meane as taste of wyne onely The grape that hath a grosse swete sauour is of grosse / and werysshe nourysshynge & hote / and causeth thyrste / and is harde to dygest / and caused wynde and hurlynge in the bely / and stoppeth the lyuer and the mylte. The grape that hath a subtyle wa∣tery sauour is colder / and of lyghter dyge¦styon / and conforteth the stomake / and clē¦seth coleryke humours / & swageth thyrst. And the moost tēperate grapes to the body is they that haue a meane sauour. For as they haue a meane sauour / so they haue meane operacyons.

¶ The dyuersytees of colours in grapes is .iiij. for some be whyte and clere / & wa∣try with small substaunce of thyckenesse thynne huskes / and smal kernelles. There be that haue blacke colour and thycke sub¦staunce / and bygge kernelles. Some be of a dymme browne colour / meane betwene whyte and blacke. The whyte be of lyght nourysshynge / and lyght dygestyon / and thyrleth all the veynes / and prouoketh vryne. They that be blacke be harde to dy¦gest but they conforte y^e stomake / and pro¦uoke none vryne / and yf they be well dyge¦sted they nourysshe well and moche. They that be browne meane betwene white and blacke / and be meane also in operacyon be¦twene thē bothe. And Arystotle sayth that the whyte and subtyle grape nouryssheth leest. But it is soonest dygested by dronkē∣nesse that it causeth / & so is not the blacke bycause it is thycker. The dronkēnesse of the browne and cytryne be meane / and it is a generall rule that of all wynes that dronkennesse cometh lyghtly / in lyke wyse it gooth lyghtly. And yf dronkennesse be longe in comynge it is longe in goyuge.

¶ De vite allba. Ca. CCCC.lxx.

VItis alba is a wede y^t spredeth on hedges in heyght & qualyte. Here shall no more be spoken of it for there is ynough spoken of it in the chapytre of vite cella / that is all one.

¶ De Vulfago. Ca. CCCC.lxxij.

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VVlfago is hote & dry in the thyrde degre. Some call it hogges meate and mollum terre. It groweth in vnlabo∣red places and in hylles / and is in maner of a tuberosyte or exerescence / as it were hethe or shrubbes the whiche the bygger they be the better they are. The rote therof hath grete vertue drye and grene / but the grene is y^e best. And it ought to be gadred in the ende of septembre / and clouē in quar¦ters / and hanged on thredes / in shadowe places / or a lytell in the sonne. It may be kept thre yeres. It hath vertue to louse or vnbynde.

¶ For emorroydes. A

¶ For emorroydes swollen & not rennyng apperynge out lay the powdre therof on them the powdre of blacke elebore / & drye roses. Or elles make a clystre or supposy∣tory with the sayde powdres / or blowe it theron in this maner / put the powdre at y^e ende of a quyll or rede / & bynde a bladder at the other ende full of wynd / and blowe it in so vpon the sores. A certayne woman of Salerne proued that it is good for the byte of the foūdemēt called ficus or emor¦roydes.

¶ For the floures. B

¶ To prouoke floures / and to clense the matryce. Tempre trifera magna in oyle of vyolettes or of olyues & sethe it on the fyre with vulfago and wete cotton therin and make a supposytory

¶ For costyfnesse. C

¶ For costyfnesse or straytnesse caused of colde flewme. Put y^e iuce of y^e rote in oyle and sethe it therin and lay it playsterwyse therto.

¶ For feuer quartayne. D

¶ For feuer quartayne / take this rote and bete it with sede of arache / than sethe it in wyne to the halfe / and gyue it to the pacy∣ent before the houre of his accesse / and lete hym absteyne drynke y^e moost that he may But after gyue hym a lytell wyne & cause hym to slepe.

¶ For the mylte. E

¶ Agaynst the payne of the mylte / clense the rote therof / and bete it / put it in wyne and oyle .xv. dayes / than strayne it & sethe it with waxe / and a lytell vyneygre tyll it waxe thycke as an oyntemēt / it is of grete effycace / but the mollyfycatyues ought to be before / and than anoint it with this / or do it with the iuce / or with the powdre w^t wax and oyle. This hath ben proued of ty∣mes. The woman of salerne gadre vulfa∣go the last thursday of y^e wane of y^e moone and lay it to the mylte / and they cleue it in thre partes with an axe vpon y^e thressholde of the pacyentes doore / demaundyng hym what sekest thou / the pacyent answereth / my mylte / & than they hange it in y^e smoke saynge this wyse. As the partyes of vul∣fago dryeth so dryeth y^e mylte of this man Thā they anoynte the mylte with the oyn∣tement aforesayde.

¶ For apostume. F

¶ Agaynst apostume of colde mater / that can not breke for y^e thyckenesse of y^e skynne Stampe vulfago and sethe it in oyle and laye it hoote theron and it wyll purge it in¦warde or outwarde.

¶ For fystula. G

¶ Agaynst fystula make a tente of this ro¦te and put into it and it make the entrynge wyder. And yf there be ony venym it wyll drawe it / or at leest dyspose the place that it may be broken with instrumentes. The powdre herof corrodeth and wasteth ouer growen flesshe.

¶ For polype H

¶ Agaynst polype that is in the nose / prit this powdre in a quyll / and blowe it in to the nose.

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¶ De Verbena v• sacra herba. Ca. CCCC.lxxiij.

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VErbena is an herbe of .ij. maners. The one groweth croked / & is na∣med centrum galli / the other ryght vp and is named gallanatica vel verbena / & they bothe haue longe sedes and a longe and a thynne rote / and is very drye of complexyō and shall be vsed to flowynge and moysty woundes and to olde vlcerarye and sores.

¶ Agaynst the chynke cough and the yelowe iaundys. A

¶ This rote dronken with wyne is good agaynst the iaundys / and helpeth moche agaynst chinke cough: ¶ Verbena stam∣ped & layde on the woundes playsterwyse heleth and dryeth the woundes anone.

¶ The iuce dronken with wyne dryueth away all the imposenynge from the body. ¶ The leues and the rote soden in wyne & dronken is good agaynst the feuer tercyan ¶ A dragme of those leues layde in wyne the tyme of .iiij. dayes and than holden in the mouthe heleth the apostumacyons in y^e mouthe.

¶ Agaynst tercyan & qurtayne feuers. B

Take .iij. leues & .iij. rotes steped in wyne a hole nyght and dronken therof whan the feuers begynneth to come / the feuers shall cease. And for the feuer quartayne take iiij. leues and .iiij. rotes lyke afore sayde.

¶ For the matryce. C

¶ Water dronken where as it is soden in clenseth the matryce / and doothe come the floures / as Paulus sayd.

¶ For the eyes. D

¶ The iuce of it medled with iuce of fenel and put in the eyen / clenseth them and cau∣seth a clere syghte.

¶ For the stone. E

¶ This herbe with the rote stampeth and dronken dryueth out the stone. prbatūest.

¶ De vngula caballyna lytell clote. Ca. CCCC.lxxiiij.

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VNgula caballina / is an herbe and hath brode leues lyke nenufar but his leues ben grene within & whyte w^tout

¶ For ronnynge sores. A

¶ The leues layde on ronnynge sores or vlceracions healeth them. And also it is good for chyldrē that haue ronnynge eyes

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or sore heedes.

¶ For brennynge. B

¶ The leues layde on it that is brēneth w^t fyre or with other thynges it pulleth the brennynge out / & causeth to hele. The iuce therof hath the same vertue lyke y^e herbe.

¶ Agaynst spottes brenneth of the sōne. C

The iuce medled with iuce of fumeterre & the place anoynted therwith. It causeth also y^e skynne y^t is scabby to be fayre & clene

¶ De Vua versa. Ca. CCCC.lxxv.

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VVa versa is colde and moynst in y^e seconde degre / and y^e herbe and the rote may be vsed in medicyns. And is good for th•m that hath grete hete without and within the body / but it causeth melancoly and therfore the melancolyce and other per¦sones that ben colde and moysty of cōplex∣yon must take hede for to vse the herbe or rote. Women that eate or drynke of this herbe getteth the sekeness• named manya y^t is a maner of a frenesy. Therfore women that hath a colde and moysty brayne must pryncypally take hede for it / for it causeth more coldenesse and moystenesse.

¶ De xilocratbius. Ca. CCCC.lxxvi.

XIlocrates be small fruytes y^t gro∣weth nowhere but sury and haue a swetenesse medled with stypticite. And theyr substaūce is harde in maner of wood and of euyll dygestyon. But whan they be grene they be laxatyfe and greue the sto∣make but the drye ones do lesse grefe. And the cause that y^e grene be laxatyfe and not the drye / is bycause the moystnesse of them is sharpe / the whiche moystnesse dryeth & theyr substaunce waxeth erthy in maner of wood / and causeth the body to bynde and to prouoke vryne. But they haue a grete malyce / for they abyde to longe in the sto∣make / wherfore yf they be custumably eaten they engendre colyke passyon. And Galyen sayth. I wolde y^e xilocrates sholde neuer come out of sury. For in the countree that the growe they be laxatyfe / and whā they come here they bynde and greue the body. Probatumest.

¶ De zinzibre. Gynger. Ca. CCCC.lxxvij

ZInziber is gynger. It is hote in the thyrde degre / and moyst in y^e fyrst. Some say that it is y^e rote of a tre / and some say that it is wood / but the trouth is that it is a rote of a tre gro∣wynge in Slauony. The wyne that it is soden in with fygues and grete reysyns is good agaynst cough causeth of colde / and agaynst coldnesse of the brest. Powdre of gynger put in fygges is good for the same

¶ For the stomake. A

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¶ Wyne that gynger is soden in with co∣myn is good for the stomake payned with colde and wynde / & causeth good dygestyō

¶ For costyfnesse. B

¶ Agaynst costyfnesse lay the powdre of gynger on the foundement with cotton.

¶ For the herte. C

¶ The sayde powdres put in meates is good agaynst weykenesse of the herte and swownynge. It may be kept two yeres. And it kepeth better with peper thā other wyse. There be two maners of gynger. One is wylde & another tame. The wylde is browne and hath a ryght sharpe taste & is veray styffe and harde. The tame is whyte and is not so sharpe and pryckynge and is not so harde. And whan it is broken y^e partes medle togyder / by smal strynges or thredes / and so dooth not the wylde but veray lytell or nothynge.

¶ De Zedoare. Setwale. Ca. CCCC.lxxviij.

ZEdoare is the rote of an herbe and is hote in the thyrde degre and drye in the fyrst. The tame is to be chosē that is yelowe / and steyneth

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the handes as saffron / and ought to haue a sharpe taste / and not to be full of holes It may be kepte .x. yeres

¶ For the cough. A

¶ The wyne that Setwale is soden in is good agaynst the cough causeth of colde and agaynst payne of the stomake caused of wynde or colde.

¶ For the matryce. B

¶ A tente or supposytory made of the pow∣dre of setwale / with a confeccyon called trifera magna chauffeth the matryce and clenseth it.

¶ For appetyte. C

¶ Sawce made of setwale with rosm•ry tosted bred and vyneygre causeth appetyte and putteth the smell of garlyke out of the mouth / and the smacke of wyne. It is also good agaynst venym and bytynge of ve∣nymous beestes.

¶ For the herte. D

¶ The powdre put in meates conforteth the herte. And therfore it is good for them that haue weyke hertes / and be dysposed to swownyng / and also it is good agaynst wormes in the wombe.

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¶ Zizania. Ray / drawke / darnell. Ca. CCCC.lxxix.

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ZIzania is an euyll wede y^t gro∣weth in the wheate / and corrup¦teth whan the weder is drye. It hath stronge vertue and a sharpe sauour / and is somwhat venymous / & trowbleth the heed and the brayne / and somtyme bre¦deth dronkennesse.

¶ For concepcyon. A

¶ Yf it be medled w^t meale of barly / myr∣re•encens / and saffron / and make a smoke of it and lete women receyue it beneth at y^e pryu•te it ableth them to conceyue.

¶ For tetters. B

¶ Yf it be medled with rawe saffron and vyneygre / it is good agaynst tetters and rynge wormes.

¶ For kernelles. C

¶ Yf it be soden in wyne with dong of an asse and lyne sede it helpeth to sprede harde apostumes and kernelle in the necke yf it be layde playsterwyse therto.

¶ For rotten woundes. D

¶ The rote and the huskes soden togyder is good to clense woundes full of fylthe.

¶ De Zipulis. Frytures. Ca. CCCC.lxxx.

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ZIpules be fryters made of meale and oyle. It is a cours meate for owo causes. One for the moyst∣nesse of the oyle / and the other for heuynes of the meale / and therfore they be greuous to the lyuer / mylte / & reynes bycause they brede thycke flewmes that stoppeth y^e vey¦nes of the lyuer / and who that wyll eate them without malyce & inconuences afore¦sayde must eate them with hony. But yet they that haue ony dysease in the lyuer or mylte / lete them eate none for y^e be noyfull as is aforesoyde.

¶ For tothe ache. A

Stampe mustar sede with hony and vy∣neygre holden in the mouthe. And also it is good for all payne and dyseases of the sto∣make and longues.

¶ For memory. B

¶ The iuce dronken fastynge causeth a good memory.

¶ De Succaro. Sugre Ca. CCCC.lxxxi

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ZVccarus is sugre. It is hote & moyst temperatly. And Isaac sayth that it is hote in the begyn¦nynge of the fyrst degre and moyst in the myddes. And sayth y^t it wasteth coleryke humours bycause it vnbyndeth the wōbe And the laxyng that it maketh is without rottennesse / or brennynge / bycause it moy∣steth the wombe. How be it yf it be gyuen to them that be of coleryke complexyon / it chaungeth in them to hote coleryke hu∣mours for the swetenesse therof. For as soure thynges delayeth the sharpenesse of coleryke humours / so swete thynges that haue contrary sauour and eygre nourys∣sheth and encreaseth colere. These be the saynges of Isaac of sugre. The sayde auc∣tour sayth that sugre is hote and moyst tē∣peratly in the fyrst degre. It hath vertue to coole / to moyst / to nourysshe / and to sof∣ten. Yf two pounde of sugre be put in syro∣pes or drynkes there must be a pounde of water / and yf more be put it forceth not but that it muste sethe the longer to waste the water. The sugre is made of cannes in maner of boll rysshes / whiche is full of swete pyth / and it is called the hony cāne It groweth in spayne and cycylle. And su¦gre is made at mydsomer in this maner. The people of that countre take these can∣nes or boll rysshes / whithe be lyke redes / but that redes is holowe within / and these cannes be styffe and full of swete pyth. They cut them in small pyeces / and stam∣pe them and sethe them with a sokyn fyre in a cowdron tyll it wexeth thycke / and is clene scōmed. & of y^e saide scōme y^e noughty conutrefayte sugre is made / for it is lygh¦ter than the good / and is full of holes and pyttes within. And therfore whe so wyll chuse a sugre lofe / cleue it in the myddes / and yf ye fynde it full of hooles / and pyt∣tes within and that the taste be not veray swete / and that it crasshe not betwene the tethe it is not ryght sugre / but is countre∣fayte. Of the groundes of the cowdron / & that is thycke whan the water is soden the whyche whan it is almoost colde is put in rounde vesselles and set in the sonne / with the heate of the sonne / and of the sethynge it wexeth whyte and harde and that is the best. Sugre may be kept .v. yeres ī a place not to drye nor to moyst. Sugre is put in many medycyns and confyetures / and spe¦cyally in them that be made for sharpe dy¦seases / and cheyfly that whice is whytest / is the coldest. There is reed sugre and it is veray hote / and is called sugre mellum / and it is so reed for faute of perfyte / and good sethynge / and is made by water that is cast theron / and is put in pottes whan it is of the fyre. This reed sugre ought not to be put in medycyns for feuers ague. But yf it be soden with vyneygre tyll it be par∣ched and put in supposytory of feuer ague. Sugre is good for them that be drye by y^e waye. ¶ It is good for them that be leued with sekenesse / and that be shorte brethed by drythe of the brest / and it ought for to

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be put in theyr drynkes nor meates for it wyll cause them to gadre flesshe and kepe them moyste.

¶ HERE AFTER FOLOWETH A REHERSALL OF DY∣UERS CHAPTERS WHICHE BEFORE HATH NOT BEN SPECYFYED CONCERNYNG DYUERS CAUSES OF MEDYCYNS NEDEFULL TO THE BEHOFE OF MAN.

¶ Abrotanum latine / grece / Hesum Ara∣bice. Ca. CCCC.lxxxij.

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ABrotanum is of two kyndes as Serapius sayth. The male and female & is bothe one in fourme and verrtue / but the female hath yelowe floures lyke the saffrone. And is hote in the fyrst degre / & drye in the seconde as Aui∣cenna sayth. Plinius sayth. It hath good smellynge floures / and many stalkes and lytell leues.

¶ For a balde heed A

¶ Powdre brenned of the herbe / mydled with oyle of Rafanus / & therwith anoyn∣ted the heed caused the heares to growe.

For paralysye▪ B

¶ Wyne dronken with the powdre preser∣ueth a body for the dysease na••d pa••i•¦sye / or the gowre.

¶ Agaynst colde in the heed. C

¶ Platearius sayth. The heed anoynted with oyle where it is sodē in / taketh away the colde / and warmedie.

¶ Agaynst the stomake. D

¶ Wyne medled with sugre where it is so∣den in / warmeth the stomake / & purgeth the flewme.

¶ For the matryce. E

¶ Wyne dronken where it is soden in clen∣seth the matryce in women.

¶ Agaynst the stone F

¶ The herbe soden with apium and sugre and so vsed / breketh the stone in y^e bladder and reynes. And is good for all dysseases comynge of colde.

¶ For to pysse: G

¶ The bely anoynted vndernethe y^e nauyl with oyle of it openeth the conduytes and causeth well to pysse.

¶ Agaynst venym. H

¶ The herbe dronken with wyne is good for impoysonyng. The fume of it expelleth all serpentes out of the howses and what¦soeuer there abydeth dyeth.

¶ For menstrue I

¶ Wyne medled with this powdre / and with myrra / dronken causeth the floure in women / and openeth the conduytes of the matryce.

¶ Agaynst colyke passyon. K

¶ It vsed / wasteth the moysty humours in the bowelles called colyke passyon.

¶ Agaynst the eyen. L

¶ Whyte brede and the herbe soden in wa¦ter / and therwith bathed the eyes w^tdra∣weth the hete and swellynge of them.

¶ For the longue. M

¶ The herbe medled with lycoryce / ysope / and soden in wyne or water / make it swete with sugre / and so dronken / is very good for all dysseases of the longue and breste /

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••an the sekenesse commeth of colde / the brest shall be anoynted without / w^t a salue named Vnguentum dyalthea / and than shall be taken pylles of agarycus / & after is good to vse a confeccyon of dyapenidion or dyiairi salamonis.

¶ For feuer. N

¶ The herbe stamped with oyle / and layd on fete and handes is good for them.

¶ Arbor glandis latine. Hullus Arabice Anoken tree. Ca. CCCC.lxxxiij.

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ARbor glandis / an oke tree. Sera∣pius (libro aggregatoris capitulo hullus .i. arbor glandis) sayth / all that co¦meth of the tree is stoppynge of his nature and pryncypally the inner rynde betwene the tree & vtermoost rynde. How y^e shelles of okers be vsed / of his nature stoppeth & cooleth.

¶ ¶ For flux of menstrue. A

¶ The okers eaten stoppeth the longue & excessyfe flux in women / and chyefly water dronken there the myddell rynde is soden in / or therwith bathed / and the fume of it helpeth moche▪

¶ For fresshe woundes. B

¶ The leues stamped & layde on a fresshe wounde reyoyneth thē so that it nedeth not to be sowen. And also putteth out the hete of hote apostumes or blaynes.

¶ For rennynge sores. C

¶ Water where wood of the tre is sodē in and dronken with wyne is good for ron∣nynge sores / & chyefly for thē that speteth blode.

¶ For menstrue. D

¶ Fumyged the oryfyce of women w^t wa¦ter where the leues is soden in / helpeth & stoppeth the longe excessyfe flux in women

¶ For paralysye. E

¶ Wyne dronken w^t powdre of okers cea∣seth the gowt paralysy / and dryueth •t out through the vryne.

For impostumes. F

¶ The leues layde on impostume taketh away the hotenesse and heleth them.

¶ For impoysonynge. G

¶ The rote soden with cowes mylke & drō¦ken is good for impoysonynge medycynes.

¶ Gallitricum agreste

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¶ Gallitricū agreste is an herbe to be vsed to y^e eyes & hath y^e vertue lyke the very gal∣litricū / but it serueth not ta y^e feuers. And the maysters sayth y^e same vertue as dothe verbena.

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¶ Bos. An oxe. Ca. CCCC.lxxxiiij.

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BOs is an oxe and a beest well kno¦wen to euery man. The brothe of oxes flesshe conforteth and strēght more a body / thā flesshe of ony other bestes hauyng .iiij. fetes. And therfore it is very profytable for seke persones. ¶ Plinius. There is nothyng on the oxe but it is very profytable for the vse of mankynde.

¶ For payne of the yoyntes. A

¶ The dounge of an oxe medled with vy∣neygre layde on y^e greuous place swageth the swellynge and ceaseth the payne easely

¶ For apostumes B

¶ That aforesayd also sucketh and pulleth out the mater lyke a drawynge playster / whan it is layde theron / and healeth them without hurtynge and taketh out the hete of the membre that shal be fyry and moche greueth.

¶ For hete. C

¶ For hete swellynge the water distilled of an oxe donge is very good. And cheyfly for the eyen anoynted therwith. The hor∣nes and skynne is also profitable in vsyng of a man.

¶ Cantarydes latine & grece Terarie vel¦trane Arabyce. Ca. CCCC.lxxxv.

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CAntarides bē wormes somwhat lon¦ghe / grene of colour / and ben hote & drye in the thyrde degre / & they be founde of the fyldes amonge the frumentes and other graynes / as whete / ryge / whan it groweth and floureth / and is profytable to many thynges / & be kylled with fumy∣gacyon comynge of vyneygre.

¶ For byles in the body. A

¶ This stamped & layde on the greuous place maketh them plaine / and causeth thē to fall of.

¶ For vryne. B

¶ Cātarydes dronken with wyne causeth well to pysse. Cantarides shall be chosen y^t is founde in the wheate.

¶ For impostumes. C

¶ Cantarides be vsed for to make an apo∣stume / and to opene it / and to cause holes therin that it nedeth not to be cutt open nor to be brēned open with cauteries / or other instrumentes of yron.

¶ For swellynge. D

¶ Halfe a dragme of cantarides powdred mydled with bokes blode / & mastyke / and

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¶ Capra a gote. Ca. CCCC.lxxxvj.

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CApra is a beest lyght of mynde / spryngynge and ronnynge quycly sharpe of lyght and smellynge and dylygēt for to geate his meate. And seketh his meate after with sygt / smellynge and sauour. They gette the aege of .xii. yeres & no more and ben lecherye at his vttermost aege.

¶ For the stone. A

¶ The vryne dronken dryueth out y^e stone

¶ For the pypynge in the eare. B

¶ Vryne warme putted in the eares wa∣steth the pypynge of them but the vryne of bockes is better.

¶ For the stone. C

¶ The bockes blode dryed and powdred medled with other medycynes is cheyfly good for the stone. The flesshe of a yonge bocke is veray good meate / and lyghtly to dygest.

¶ Cancer. A creuys. Ca. CCCC.lxxxvij.

CAncer is good for seke persones & pryncypally for them that be sore greued with hete.

¶ The skynne to clense. A

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¶ Powdre of the eyen of creuys myxted with vyneygre & put therin salt water tyll it be lyke mylke / and it lyketh vnguento albo / that is whyte salue / and is foūde at the potecaryse / whyche dryeth and healeth all sores anone.

¶ For the longues. B

¶ The brothe is good for payne in the lon∣gues named perypleumonia or cōsumyng of man called ptilis bycause whā a persone hath a swellynge about the longues than he becometh to dryenesse and consumyng of the naturall moysture tyll he dyeth.

¶ Columba a doue. Ca. cccc.lxxxviij.

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COlūba is a byrde dwellyng amōge mankynde but the turtyll doue dwel¦leth leuer in the feldes and dry trees onely The flesshe of turtyll doues is yll meate for a man / bycause they haue often the fal∣lynge sekenesse named epilencia / wherby a persone myght gette any dysease causyng grete herme to hymselfe. But the other dowes ben not all holsome nouther. And a seke persone shall not eate of them. The blode vnder his ryght wynge / is good in medycynes

¶ For the eyes A

¶ The same blode dropped warme in the eyen wasteth the webbe therin.

¶ For impostumes. B

¶ The blode putt in open blaynes or inpo¦stumes heleth them.

¶ Caseus. Chese. Ca. CCCC.lxxxix.

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CHese is a meate not well dygestyfe and dooth grete harme to them that hath a harde lyuer and mylte. Chese moch eate• dooth encrease the stone in the blad∣der / therfore sayth the excellent mayster Constantyn. The chese is not good eaten for relygyous persones dwellynge in mo∣nasteryes / but the chese whiche is fresshe & mylky is better to eate.

¶ For purgacyon: A

¶ The wey of chese is good for seke perso∣nes it conforteth & laxeth without harme and causeth temperatly purgacyon. The wey shall be made of the best shepe chese y^t may be. Chese moche salted causeth many sekenes and yll accidentes in a man. Fyrst it engendreth the stone in the bladder / and letteth to pysse / & causeth y^e stomake slymy and without appetyte / and soupleth y^e heed with yll humours and accydentes. Ther∣fore euery persone shall take hede for to moche vsynge of chese / for to restreyne se∣kenes / and preserue hymselfe in helthe.

¶ De Siligo. Rye

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¶ Siligo Rye nouryssheth more than the barly And y^e brede bakē of rye nourissheth lesse thā wheate brede. y^e brede of rye is bet¦ter for them y^t is in good helthe thā for seke folke / for it causeth strength in a holsam body / & dyseaseth ī a seke body. The whete brede is onely good for seke bodyes. Brede of rye is not good for them y^t hath a colde stomake for they may not dygest it. Take hede of eaten al maner of brede y^t is not ba¦ken wel for it causeth many dyseases in the body.

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EDus is a beest / and his flesshe is of goog nourysshynge / bredynge good blode / & is good to dygest. Isidor{us} sayth This beest is well tempered in the foure qualytees / as in heate / colde / moystenesse & drynesse.

¶ For bytynge of a mad dogge. A

¶ The skynne layd warme on the bytyng of a mad dogge ceaseth thē. ¶ The smoke cōmyng whā the heres be brent dryueth a¦way all wenymos bestes & serpentes.

¶ Lepus an hare Ca. CCCC.xci.

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LEpus is a beest. And of all bestes is none flesshe which causeth so he∣uy blode and melancolye as dooth the fles∣she of the hare

¶ For trembly of the body. A

¶ The brayne rosted and eaten is good for the same passyon / and happeth often after a sekenesse.

¶ For impoysonynge. B

¶ The gall dronken w^t vyneygre is good for impoysonynge and venym.

¶ For the stone. C

¶ The powdre brenned of a quycke ha•e and dronken with wyne is very good for y^e stone ¶ For to do growe the tethe in yonge chyldrene. The brayne of it anoynted on y^e chyke of a yonge chylde causeth the tethes to come out without payne. Of this beest sayth Pandecta moche in his .lvi. chaptre

¶ Pira. Peres. Ca. CCCC.xcij.

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PIra peres ben fruytes of two kyn∣des. The tame & the wylde. y^e tame or comen peres causeth moystnes / & whan they be eaten rosted or sodē they conforthe y^e stomake. The wylde peres stoppeth and noyeth y^e stomake. y^e grete tame peres ben better vsed in meates than y^e lytell / but the lytell peres nouryssheth more whan they be eaten rawe than the greate.

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Platearius sayth Peres moche eaten cau¦seth payne in the bowelles and noyeth thē Auicenna. It is good to drynke stronge wyne / and vse some spyce as peper cynamō after eatynge of peres / for peres causeth payne in the bowelles / whiche is named colyke passyon.

¶ For the wombe A

¶ Dyascorides sayth Peres dressed ī mete and so eaten conforteth and weykeneth the wombe. ¶ Auicenna. The wylde peres ben colder of nature than the tame. And y^e iuce of bothe vsed befor dynner stoppeth the bely / and vsed after dynner laxeth the bely. Versus. Ante cibum stipant / post ci∣bum corpora laxant.

¶ For vomyte B

¶ Peres stamped and soden in water / & layd without on the stomake / restreyneth the vomyte comynge of the reed colera.

¶ Agaynst payne in the bely. C

¶ Ipocras sayth / after the eatynge of pe∣res shall be dronken good stronge wyne agaynst the payne in the bely.

¶ Poma. Apples Ca. CCCC.xciij.

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POma apples ben of dyuers kindes Rabby moyses. The apples specy∣ally / the tame conforteth the herte with his swete odour. And they be good for thē that hath the passy ptysy• that is to vnder¦stande that a man cōsumed and dryeth out and is pryncypally good for melancolyke persones. ¶ Apples eaten raw doothe mo∣re dysseases thā ony other fruytes / for they causeth yll humours through all the mem¦bres. There ben swete apples and they ben warme and dry of nature. Some ben wa¦tery / sowre / and eygre of taste / and colde of complexyon. ¶ The iuce of those dyuers apples may not be kept / but alone the iuce of quynces / and it confyct with hony and sugre / and with other good spyces it endu∣reth the longer.

¶ Pirola. Ca. CCCC.xciiij.

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PIrola is a herbe hote and drye in y^e thyrde degre / and shall be vsed on the body without. ¶ A very good and pro∣fitable salue / whiche mayster Bartholo∣me{us} vsed to all maners of olde sores. This herbe taken with his xote & stamped / than

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put therto the iuce of Dyapensyn / the iuce of alchimilla / & oyle olyue soden togyder / and therof make a salue. This salue shall be deuyded in .iij. partes / and euery parte shalbe gyuen his colour. ¶ Put in y^e fyrst spenysshe grene / Aristologia rotūda / or lō¦ga / and that become grene / and it clenseth y^e woūde / & taketh out the yll flesshe from the groūde on the wounde / and is named a pullynge salue. Put to the other salue Ce∣ruse / the eyes of kreeffysshe powdred / and they shalbe come whyte / & this softeneth & heleth all vlceracyons / & is called a mol∣lyfycatyfe / and a softyng salue. Put to the thyrde salue bolus armenus / sanguis dra¦conis / and they becometh reed / & this salue preserueth the woūdes fro yll hote / and y^t to the woūde may not come yll accedentes whan y^e wounde is anoynted roūde about therwith. And this salue is called a defen∣syue salue.

¶ Rybes. ca. cccc.xcv.

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RIbes ben reed beryes / growyng in a lytell smal tre / of hyght of .ii. ger¦des. Those beryes ben colde and drye in y^e thyrde degre This beryes quenchyth very well the thyrst caused of hete of the gall / & stoppeth the flux in the wōbe.

¶ For appetyte. A

¶ The beryes cause appetyt to eate & dryn¦ke The iuce of it is good vsed for scakinge of the herte / and restrayneth the vomyte.

¶ For hete. B

¶ To eate y^e beryes / and to drynke y^e iuce therof is very good to them that hath ouer moche hete / for it cooleth moche. An electu¦ary made of this is very good to them that to greueth with hete.

¶ For the lytell Pockes. C

¶ The iuce of it with water of endyuye is good for the chyldren pockes and m•ss•les varioli and morbilli.

¶ For thyrst. D

¶ The beryes soden with water of sugre / is good for thyrst / & agaynst y^e pestylence.

¶ For dronkenesse. E

¶ This aforsayd drynke {pre}serueth for drō¦kenesse / & also agaynst y^e flux called flu••s emo•roydalis.

¶ Vsnea. vel muscus arborum. Mosse• ca. cccc.xcvi.

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VSnea is of dyuers maners / some groweth on trees of good odour / as garnates / and otherlyke / and it is by hym selfe of good odour / and it is to be cho¦sen for the beste / it is hote in y^e fyrst degre and drye in the seconde / and conforteth the stomake. Some mosse groweth on the okē trees / and on other trees. Some groweth on stones.

¶ For slepe. A

¶ Wyne dronken where as it is soden in causeth well to slepe. It stoppeth all ma∣ners of flux of blode.

For the matryce. B

¶ A bathe where it is sodē in taketh away all paynes of the matrice / whan a woman bathe therin from vnder vpwarde / & stop¦peth in women the whyte flux / whan they bathe them benethe therwith.

¶ For payne in the matryce. C

¶ Drynke / or water that mosse and arthe¦misia is soden in clenseth the matryce of all payne and disseases / and y^e fume of it taken benethe to the oryfyce / is very good for y^e same.

¶ De Cardone benedicto. Sowthistle. Ca. CCCC.xcvij.

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CArdo benedictus is an herbe lyke Camelionte. It is called the holy thystle / wherof is spoken of afore But the leues be whyter / & thendrer / pryc¦kynge / and in the toppe is two stalkes w^t two lytell sharpe heedes and the sede gro∣weth in them. The whiche sede is rounde and the floure is on the toppe of the sayde heedes / and is somwhat reed.

¶ For spettynge of blood. A

¶ For them that spette blode at the mouth out of the bely and stomake / and agaynst the payne therof. Bete y^e rote to small pow¦dre and drynke it with wyne.

¶ For the vryne. B

¶ Agaynst lette of vryne as strangury & dyssury / drynke the wyne or water that it is soden in / and it wyll do grete ease. Also the leues chopped and soden in wyne and layde to the share is good for the same.

¶ For blewnesse of strokes. C

¶ Agaynst blewnesse y^t cometh of betynge or otherwyse. This herbe soden and layde to it taketh it away. ¶ For tothe ache kepe y^e wyne y^t the rote is soden in a grete whyle in your mouthe.

¶ Vulpis is a fox. Ca. CCCC.xcviij.

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VVlpis is a subtyll beest / for whan he is hounted / than he kepeth his tayle betwene his legges / that he sholde not lete hym in his ronnyng / and whan he seethe that the dogges ben more hym / thā he pysseth in his tayle / and stryketh in the eyen of the dogges / whiche stynche and smarte they may not suffre / and than they let hym alone / and ronne no more after.

¶ For the crampe. A

¶ Membres y^t hath the crampe and anoyn¦ted with fox grese helpeth them.

¶ For the stone. B

¶ The blode of the fox dryed and powdred and so dronken is good for the stone in the reynes and bladder.

¶ For the gowte: C

¶ The fox eaten or dystylled is very good for them that hath the artetyke and gowte in the membres.

¶ Citrum. A tre so named. Ca. cccc.xcix.

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CItrum is colde & drye in the secōde degre / y^e sedes ben bytter of sauour & is also called citrum / and is of thre maners. The fyrst is the pryncypall sedes within / and is eygre of taste lyke vy∣neygre. The seconde is in the myddest be∣twene the sede and the shelle or barke / and is moyst of nature. The thyrde is y^e shelle and is warme & drye of nature / & is to be vsed in medycynes.

¶ For good brethe. A

¶ Wasshe the mouthe w^t the water where the shelles hath ben soden in / and thā shalt haue a good brethe.

¶ For mottes magottis or wormes. B

¶ The shelles layde amonge clothes of ly¦nen or wollen / it preserueth for y^e same.

¶ For stynkynge. C

¶ The shelles layde on a place or in a chā∣bre preserueth them for stynkynge / and yl ayre as Auicenna sayth.

¶ For the stomake: D

¶ The wyne dronkē with the powdre hel¦peth y^e stomake and lyuer.

¶ For fleynge of the skynne. E

¶ For fleynge of the skynne comynge of la¦bourynge / goynge / rubbyng / or shabbes / anoynted the greuous place with vngu••¦tum citrinum heleth them proprely / and serueth also to all hote apostumes / in lyke¦wyse dooth the whyte salue.

¶ Vua passe. Rasyns of carans. ca. ccccc.

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VVa passe is hote and moyste of cō∣plexyon. The people of Salerne ordre them in this maner. They take the grapes / and let them drye in the sōne / and than they put them in an ouen / and than they gadreth y^e best and wasshe them with swete wyne / and strawe theron powdre of Cynamon / and other spyces / and let them drye agayne.

¶ For the cough. A

¶ Wyne dronken where it is soden in wa∣steth y^e olde cough comynge of colde. And it so vsed / is good also for apostumes in∣wardly in the breste and longue.

¶ For flux of the wombe. B

¶ It vsed in meate taketh away the bel∣gynge of the stomake / and stoppeth y^e flux in the bely. In what maner they be vsed it bredeth good blood / and vsed in meates re¦streyneth the vomyte.

¶ For the stomake. C

¶ They y^t ben very swete ceaseth y^e payne in the stomake. Therfore it vsed profyteth more to the stomake than the fyggues. It dooth also good effecte to the lyuer.

¶ For olde and fresshe woundes a very good experyment. D

¶ Mayster Wylhelmus wryteth in his surgery to make a salue for olde & fresshe woūdes. Take yaron or millefoliū / car∣thaphilago / dyapensia / and sethe them to∣gyder in water tyll it is softe / and the wa∣ter moost wasted / than strayne it through a lynnen clothe / and put therin fenugreke meale / and make it thycke lyke past. Thā medle it with talowe of a bok / and clene grese of a gylted bore / of eche lyke moche and oyle olyue halfe so mooche / sethe this togyder a lytell by the fyre than put therto some wax and make a salue. ¶ This salue is good for fresshe & olde vnclene woūdes:

¶ Vibex a byrten tre. Ca. CCCCC.i.

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VIbex is a byrthen tre his braūches ben hote and drye in the thyrde de∣gre. ¶ For ronnynge sores and vlceracyōs wasshe with the water where the leues is soden in / it wyll / clense and helpe them.

¶ The rynde brenneth and fumed therw^t a sore on legge dryeth and heleth them.

¶ For yll flesshe. A

¶ The rynde powdred and strawed on an vnclene wounde clenseth them / and taketh away the yll flesshe.

¶ For yll ayre B

¶ The rynde brenned in a howse that the fume come through all the howse / y^e fume wasteth and consumeth all yll ayre / as it often happeth in tyme of the pestelence.

¶ Ydropiper. Ca. CCCCC: ii.

YDropiper lyketh mentastro but it hath tendre and broder leues This leues and rote takē in the mouthe hath odour and taste lyke y^e peper and the sedes of it lyketh the vnrype wyne beryes / and the herbe is better than y^e rote.

For the eyen. A

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¶ The herbe and rote soden in water and layd on y^e eye taketh away y^e yll humours from them / whiche is called lyppotomia. The herbe is all moost lyke peper in his nature / the herbe and sedes fresshe & gre∣ne ben better in medycynes than drye.

¶ For pympels & spyttes. B

¶ With iuce anoyted y^e pympels & spyttes on the body in y^e mornynge & euenynge va¦steth them in thre dayes.

¶ For the eyen. C

¶ The herbe stamped in a morter & layd on the eye is very profytable for to clense the fyltnesse of the eyen.

¶ For y^e worme in y^e fynger. D

¶ The herbe w^t the skīne of an herde egge whiche is betwene y^e vtermoost shelle and y^e egge wyll kylle surely y^e worme in thē.

¶ Ynguirialis. Ca. CCCCC.iij.

YNguirialis is an herbe y^t gro∣weth in stony rotches and harde erthe / and hath starres whiche shyne so bryght / that many {per}sones thynke that it were of the deuylles workes. Ga∣lien sayth Some call it herbe of todes / or

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herbe of rattes / for it is a grete medycyne for the todes and wylde rattes / and is cal¦led in latyn Bubonium. And some ro•es & wylde rattes ben dwellynge on the stony rotches and other places where this herbe groweth / bycause whan a tode is hurte of a spyner than she swelleth so thycke / that she dooth thynke to barste and dye / thā she fetcheth of this herbe and healeth agayne And whan a wylde ratte is hurte so sory that she may not gette y^e herbe by hymselfe than another ratte fetcheth it / and bryn∣geth to the seke ratte / and she taketh in his mouthe and is hole therof. And more other venymous bestes ben preserued and hole by this herbe.

¶ Yacea. Herba clauellata. Torqea. Ma¦refolon. Ca. CCCCC.iiij.

YAcea is an herbe hauynge stal∣kes lyke the lauendre / & moche sharpe leues / berynge floures of thre maners / yelowe / blewe / & whyte It is profytable to many thynges / and y^e herbe be vsed in medycyns / & y^e rote seldom

¶ For yll humours. A

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y^e yll humours in a body / and taketh away the scabbes and all maners of vlce∣racyons.

¶ For herispilla. B

¶ Whan the chylderne haue the scabbes herispillam / or other scabbes / take a lytel of this herbe and cut it and put in her meat or pappe. Or gyue them to drynke the wa¦ter stylled of the herbe / the chylde wyll be hole w^tout faute. ¶ Agaynst yll humours whiche abydeth longe betwene y^e skynne & the flesshe. The herbe with floures of ca∣momyll & alchymylla of eche lyke moche.

¶ Scamonea. Ca. CCCCC.v.

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SCamonea latine and arabic• •ya∣gridion grece. Serapio sayth it is a tree with many braunches growynge of one rote / and on the braūches is hangyng a slymy water lyke gomme. The leues of it is thre square / and bereth white rounde floures / holowe lyke pypes / hauyng a strō¦ge odour. This tree hath a whyte rote / bygge as a thombe / and hath also a strōge odour. The rote is full of mylke / & mylke is gadred thus. The rynde of the rote is cut or wounded w^t sharpe knyues or other instrumentes / and rounde about is made a holl in the erthe and there be set dyuers vesseles / wherin the mylke dystylleth or droppeth / and than it is taken and kepe / & this lyquour is dryed / and it is named sca¦monea. The best scamonea is clere & softe slybbery lyke the mater that is pured of an oxces skynne. It is lyke a spounge / and is gadred in Inde and Asye in an yle of Inde named Musie / there groweth it in grete quantyte. Scamony is often contrefayted with mylke of y^e herbe of catapucie it vsed kylleth a man or woman. ¶ Some taketh the milke of the herbe of catapucie medled with barly meale and make it lyke scamo¦nea / but that is not good and shall not be vsed in medycynes. Some maysters sayth scamonea comynge out of Senisz or Pa∣lestyna is not good / for that is made and myxted of barly meale / and mylke of tin∣tinall. Galienus & mayster Paulus sayth Scamonea is hote and drye almoost in y^e thyrde degre. Scamonea shall be prepa∣reth fyrst or it be vsed ī medycyns bycause scamonea of his nature is peryllous to vse and doth grete hurte to the stomake and ly¦uer / and taketh from a man his appetyte to eate / causynge greate harme in the body And therfore scamonea must be rertyfyeth in the maner folowynge. The maysters sayth / scamonea reteyneth his yll qualites

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the tyme of .xxx. or .xl. yeres or more / but whan it is rectyfyed it leseth the euylnesse causynge not so grete harme. Therfore it shal be rectyfyed or it be vsed in medycyns and not with his propre qualytees / for it causeth and brengeth many dyseases / as colde sweate / swymelyng / fayntnesses / or other fluxus in the body / & at y^e last to dye.

¶ For rectefye the scamonea.

¶ Take a quynce apple and cut of the vp∣per parynge / and than make therin a hole and put therin scamonea / than lay the cut∣tyng parte or coueryng agayne on y^e apple and close them in dought and put it so in an ouen / whiche is temperatly hote / and lett it than abyde therin halfe a day / & the sca∣monea shall be prepared in the apple / and his ylnesse takē away / and it shall do after that no harme.

¶ For to knowe scamonea.

¶ The best scamonea is to be knowen by y^e propretees folowyng. The fyrst that clere is of colour. The seconde whan it is myd∣led with spettell and become lyke mylke / than it is good / yf it be not so it is falsed & cōtrefayted. The thyrde whan it lyghtly breketh and powdreth. The fourthe whā it is lyght of weyght. The .v. whā it smel¦leth wel. The scamonea hauyng not these propryetees is not good / & it may be kepte xx. yeres vnconsumed in his vertue & ope∣racyons. ¶ Mayster Paulus sayth scamo¦nea is stronge and sharpe of operacyon / cō¦sumynge the colour / and hath vertue at∣tractyfe. Scamonea is cōtrarye to y^e herte takynge all his strengthe / and causeth co∣menly the feuers to them that is hote and drye of nature. The maysters forbede thē that wyl vse scamonea / for geete hote / and grete colde.

¶ For purgacyon. A

¶ Scamonea vsed with the iuce of quynce apples & iuce of plantago purgeth softely / purgynge therwith y^e yll humours. Sea∣monea shall neuer be vsed alone / but ma∣styke therwith / and than taketh the body no harme.

¶ For payne in the heed. B

¶ The heed anoynted with scamonea med¦led with vyneygre / & oyle of roses / taketh away the payne in the heed.

¶ For yll scabbes. C

¶ The yll scabbes anoynted with scamo∣nea medled with vyneygre cureth / healeth and dryeth it maruaylously.

¶ HERE AFTER FOLOWETH THE KNOWLEGE OF Y^E DYUERSYTEES & COLOURS OF ALL MANER OF VRYNES THROUGH THE WHICHE THE PHYCYSYENS MYNYSTRE OR CAUSE TO BE MYNYSTRED ALL MANER OF MEDYCYNES TO THE VTYLL & PROFYTABLE HELTHE OF MAN.
[ILLUSTRATION] TWO STANDING FIGURES, ONE HOLDING A FLASK CONTAINING LIQUID AND POINTING AT IT

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AVicēna recordeth in the fyrst parte of his .iiij. boke / where as he wry∣teth that it is not possible for to ease nor helpe no ma∣ner of person with out natural knou¦lege of the dysease or infyrmyte of man / whiche as many noble doctours dooth vs infourme that it is perfectely knowen by the syght of vryne and by the foure com∣plexyon of man as here after foloweth. ¶ Whan y^e vryne is reed and thycke / that sygnyfyeth on to vs that the seke body or pacyent is hote and full of blode / & of his complexyōs is named sanguyne.

¶ Whan ehe vryne is reed and thynne thā is the seke body hote and drye / and of his cōyleryon named coleryke / and comynly his dys•ases cometh out of the galle / and this persone is sone vexed vnto angre / and begetteth comenly the yelowe Iaundys. ¶ Whan the vryne is whyte and thycke y^e betokeneth on to vs that the seke body is •olde and moyst of nature / and is named flewmatyke and his dysease cometh of dy¦uers watery humours / and this man is comenly and often gladly alone.

¶ Whan the vryne is whyte and thynne that betokeneth on to vs that y^e body shall be colde and drye of nature / and is named melancolyke / and he is alway heuy / and hath in hym heuy blode of the nature of erthe / and is comynly pale of colour.

NOta The vrynes is deuyded in .iiij partes The fyrst parte is the cercle vpon the vppermoost rynge of the vryne whyche sygnyfyed grete payne in the heed The seconde parte of the vryne is the next parte vnder this cercle / and that sygnyfy∣eth the dysease in the breste and longues. The thyrde parte of the vryne is in y^e myd¦dest / and betokeneth dysease in the stoma∣ke / lyuer / and mylte. The fourthe parte is the bothom of the vryne / betokenynge to vs the disease in the kydnes / in y^e guttes bladder / and matryce or moder. Whan ye fynde ony of these foure vrynes myxted w^t ony other maters accordynge to the same ye shall knowe the dysease of the persone / thrugh the whiche ye shall iuge y^e vrynes whyche vryne ought to be sene in the mor¦nynge whan it is fresshe or warme. And these vrynes shall be put in an vrynall & well stopped bycause it sholde not deuyde or wax thycke / for than it ouhgt agayne to be warmed to haue his naturall syght accordynge to the fornamed colours.

THe vrynes be deuyded in .xx. {per}tes or more The fyrst colour is whyte & clere subtyll as water. Another is why¦te & thycke as thicke mylke. Another lyke mylke newe molkē. Another lyke colour of gynger or a camels hyde this colour is named caropos. & these four coloures beto¦keneth a neuyll stomake w^tout dysgeystō ¶ The vryne y^t is pale of y^e colour of flessh halfe sodē / & y^e vryne y^t is pale lyke flesshe y^t is hole sodē betokeneth a good beghyn∣nyng of dysgestyon not fulbrought.

¶ The vryne that is yelow lyke an onry∣pe apple betokenth y^e begynnyng of dysge¦styon fulbrought.

¶ The vryne y^t is hole yelowe lyke a rype apple betokeneth a parfecte dysgestyon & also sygnyfyeth y^e reed vryne lyke on pure golde & also lyke pure golde a {per}fecte and good dysgestyon ¶ y^e vryne y^t is of colour lyke watery blode or saffran or lyke a flā¦me of fyre. These four vrynes betokeneth excesse of dysgestyō in y^e stomake in a hote body & in a seke body it betokeneth feners or axces & hete of y^e lyuer ¶ The vryne y^t is lyke thycke reed wyne or reed erthe in∣clyned

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to heuynesse betokeneth a bourned moysture. ¶ The vryne of y^e colour of leed or asshes betokeneth a deedly moysture or sekenesse. ¶ The vryne that is grene or of the colour of colewort betokeneth a deedly sekenesse and moysture. ¶ The vryne that is blacke lyke a moryan betokeneth also a deedly moysture. ¶ The vryne y^t is hole blacke as cole betokeneth a deedli bourned moysture. The grete lerned mayster Aui∣cenna wryteth in the seconde parte of his fyrste boke that the blacke vryne cometh somtyme of colde whan the naturall hete of man is spent / or somtyme of a bornynge hete whiche spendeth the naturall hete.

¶ The blacke vryne betokeneth also that the mylte is stopped wherof cometh often¦tymes the yelowe Iaundys / and the reasō wherof is this / y^e blacke matery moysture may not come to the mylte / and therfore it draweth to the kydnes or bladder and is not deedly / but whan it is blacke / made of small quantyte hauyng a stynkynge fume betokeneth grete hete in the longues and is also deedly. ¶ The blacke vryne betoke¦neth also a bourned moysture in tempore crisis / whan the nature of man showeth the substaunce of his dysease / and it is not deedly. ¶ The blacke vryne of an vnclene woman betokeneth that here moysture na¦med menstruū is currant / and that is not deedly. ¶ The blacke vryne betokeneth moost parte feuers quartayne / & it is also not deedly and specyally whan he maketh moche at ones. ¶ The blacke vryne betoke¦neth oftentymes dysease in the kydnes and in the bladder / and is also not deedly.

¶ The vryne of the colour of lede that be∣cometh afterwarde blacke / betokeneth vn¦derstādynge of y^e forenamed deedly blacke vryne. ¶ The blacke vryne myxted with lede colour / and almoost pure blacke / beto¦keneth y^e losse of natural hete & the strēg•h of man. ¶ The vryne holy of lede colour aboue and benethe / & is moche wors than y^e vrine that is pale or onely yelowe aboue or that is benethe blacke / or of the colour of lede. ¶ The blacke or ledy colour / whi∣che hath bē grene before / is deedly as may¦ster Ysaac wryteth and testyfyeth. ¶ Whā the cercle of the vryne is pale / that betoke∣neth grete dyseases in the braynes / and be∣tokeneth the tocommynge fallynge seke∣nesse named Epylencia. ¶ The vryne that is of lede colour betokeneth for the moost parte the waterysekesse named the dropsy. ¶ The vryne 〈◊〉 kubbled lede colour beto∣keneth the colde pysse named dyssurya.

¶ The vryne that is blacke whiche hath ben before whyte and whan the seke body feleth payne in his lefte syde betokeneth stoppynge in the mylte. ¶ The reed vryne that after becometh to lede colour / & whan there hange small graynes about the cercle sygnyfyeth dyseases in the longues named peripleumonia / & also an īpostume named pleuresis. ¶ The whyte or lede coloured vryne hauyng whyte shelles therin swym¦mynge / sygnyfyeth the cours or fluxū men¦strualem of women. The vryne of ledy co¦lour cominge of ony persone hauyng a d••• cōsumpciō whiche sekenes is named p••• is also deedly. ¶ The vryne of ledy colour comynge of ony parsone hauynge the ••¦nesy in the heed is also deedly. ¶ The vry∣ne of a yonge chylde beyng of grene colour sygnyfyeth the crampe comynge of colde as Auycenna testyfyeth in the seconde par¦te of his fyrst boke. ¶ The vryne that is grene of a stronge feuers or axces / is also deedly / by the reason of y^e deedly hete w^tin the body. ¶ The vryne that is grene of one that hath payne in the stomake / and whan ye se a substaunce lyke yest laynge in the bothom of this vryne / sygnyfyeth that the persone is impoysoned.

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¶ The grene vryne after grete labour & trauell sygnyfyeth dysease of the crampe. ¶ The vryne that is clere and thynne beto¦keneth y^t the mylte is stoppeth w^tin y^e body ¶ Whyte vryne w^t a lede coloured cercle sygnyfyeth payne in the heed / or elles the fallyng sekenesse ¶ The whyte vryne med¦led with vater on the bothom betokeneth hurtyng in the kydnes. And whan y^e vryne is sharpe and bytynge in the yssuwynge / it betokeneth dyseases in the bladder / or the bladder hath taken colde. ¶ The whyte or pale vryne where as whyte sande rōneth in / sygnyfyeth the stone in y^e bladder. And whā the sande is reed it sygnyfyeth y^e stone in the kydnes / and pryncypally whan the vryne is thycke & fatte / but whan y^e vryne is onely fatte aboue it betokeneth the hete of y^e kydnes whiche hete consumeth y^e fat∣nesse of the kydnes. ¶ Whyte or pale vryne whyche is very stynkyng / and lytel therof made / is dedly. ¶ Whyte or pale vryne wherō moche scōme or fome hāgeth about the cercle / betokeneth a moyst hede & many wyn•es in tke bely. And whan there han∣geth many lytell pybles or belles about y^e ••••le it betokeneth a slymy brest. ¶ White •••••led vryne / lyke the vryne of an asse longe tyme contynuyng / sygnyfyeth grete 〈◊〉 in y^e heed. ¶ Vryne wherof lytell is made / and that lyke mylke / betokeneth y^e go•te / pale vryne with a sad substaunce and a substaunce laynge on the bothom na¦med ypostasis that gooth not sharpe ouer the vryne betokeneth the same body to be dyseased with many moysty sekenesses and specyally in the lymmes vnder the nauyll as the kydnes and the bladder. In what vryne that the substaunce of it laynge on the grounde is whyte / goynge sharpely ouer it betokeneth helthe. ¶ Whyte vryne whiche is subtyll and thynne lyke water / betokeneth comonly (as Egidius wryteth in his boke of y^e vryne) the watery sekenes named dropsye / and payne in the mylte / & in the kydnes or the gowte in the membres or the fallynge sekenesse / or that the lyuer hath taken colde / or the matryce hath takē colde / or the dayly feuers / or quartayne. ¶ The pale vryne whiche is thynne and clere betokeneth the same as doth y^e whyte vryne aforesayde. ¶ Whyte vryne lyke mylke & lytell made betokeneth the gowt in the membres / or the fallynge of the pal∣sey named Apoplexia. And this vryne beto¦keneth often the gowte in the bowelles & specyally whan he feleth payne about the nauyll. ¶ The vryne lytell made at one tyme betokeneth purgacyon / or the consu∣mynge sekenesse called ptisis / or stoppynge of the lyuer and mylte / or elles an vndys∣gestyfe moystoure (as Egidius wryteth) And whā this is moche of the vryne made betokeneth incontrary of the forsayd / lyke stoppynge of purgacyon openynge of the lyuer and mylte. ¶ Pale vryne whiche is also yelowe and thycke. And whan this synketh done on the grounde on an howre lyke a fatnesse / betokeneth stoppynge in y^e mylte and kydnesse. ¶ The yelowe vryne wherin dryueth a substaūce lyke here betokeneth dyseases in y^e kydnes ¶ The vryne whyche is reed and subtyll with pybles or belles hangynge on the vp¦permoost cercle betokeneth an impostume on the brest named pleuresys / or the seke∣nesse in the longue named peripleumonia And in those dyseases happeth some acce∣dentes / as the feuers / shorte of brethe w^t cowghynge / and therby ye may knowe the forenamed dyseases.

¶ The vryne which is reed and thynne as before and after the feuer betokeneth the hete in the lyuer and kydnes. And specy∣ally whan a man feleth hete without on the lyuer and kydnes.

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¶ Reed vryne and thycke betokeneth an apostume on the lyuer & longues / and also the feuers. ¶ Reed vryne & thycke betoke∣neth oftē y^e watery sekenes / named dropsy comynge of colde and stoppyng of y^e lyuer. ¶ Here foloweth y^e sygnyfycacyons of the vryne / wherin dyuers maters he medled as in the cercle.

THe cercle of the vryne / whiche is y^e thycke in the substaunce / & watery of coloure / sygnyfyeth payne in the hynder parte of the heed. ¶ The cercle of y^e vryne whiche is thycke of substaunce & pure of colour sygnyfyeth payne in y^e fyrste {per}te of the foreheed. ¶ The cercle which is yelow or reed and thynne / sygnyfyeth payne in y^e ryght syde of the heed. ¶ The cercle which is thycke in y^e substaūce / & of ledy colour / sygnyfyeth y^e palsey / named appoplexia or the fallynge sekenesse / named epylencia. ¶ A subtyll cercle / & grene of colour syg∣nyfyeth y^e frenesy in the heed / as Auicenna sayth in y^e fyrst of his boke. ¶ A blacke cer¦cle / whiche before was pale is deedly.

¶ The vryne w^t moche scume & lytell pyb∣les / betokeneth hete / wyndes / and fumes mountyng from the stomake in y^e brayne / which causeth y^e murre. The vryne where in dryueth a substaunce lyke clowdes / syg¦nyfyeth y^e dysseases of y^e lyuer. The vryne where in y^e bothom matter is & styncketh / sygnyfyeth payne in y^e kydnes & bladder. ¶ Whan in the vryne is blode / it cometh from the lyuer / or kydnesse / or bladder / or from the matryce.

¶ Of the matter named sanies y^t layth on the bothom of y^e vryne. And of the reed and whyte sande y^t layde on y^e groūde or bothō is ynough afore sayde.

¶ Whan in the vryne apereth a substaūce or matter lyke brāne / or shelles / w^tout ha¦uyng y^e feuers / betokeneth a sory & scabby bladder / or dyseases in y^e bladder / & whan this vryne apereth thus w^t the axcesse syg∣nyfyeth y^e cōsumyng sekenes named ptisis ¶ Whā in y^e vryne rōneth a substaūce lyke here / and the persone hath not the axcesse / it betokeneth payne in y^e kydnes. And whā the persone is greued with the axcesse and y^e vryne is medled w^t here & oyle / sygnyfyeth also y^e cōsumynge sekenes named ptisis.

¶ The vryne of a womā with sande in the grounde betokeneth y^t the floure of her is stoppeth named mēstruū. ¶ Whan y^e sande in y^e vryne of a womā is medled w^t blacke¦nesse & thycknesse / not abydyng on y^e groūd or bothom / sygnyfyeth y^t the floure or men¦struū rōneth in tyme present. ¶ Whā suche a sand• is on the groūde in a mānys water betokeneth dysease in the mylte. ¶ Lytell shelles apperynge on y^e groūde of y^e vryne And whan about y^e vryne pybles or belles hangeth sygnyfyeth y^e gowte in the fete na¦med podagra. ¶ Whan in the vryne of a womā swymmeth a clowde medled with shelles dryuyng vp & done betokeneth that the woman bereth a chylde. ¶ Whan on y^e groūde or bothō of y^e vryne layth a whyte clowde / whiche is sharpe aboue / & on the grounde thycke of his substaunce / sygny∣fyeth a parfyt healte of a man. ¶ Whan on the grounde of the vryne layth a whyte or blacke vryne whiche is not sharp aboue sygnyfyeth dysease in the lymmes benethe the nauyll / as in the kydnes or bladder.

¶ All this fornamed iudycyalles of vry∣nes / is onely the vnderstandynge and opy¦nyons of y^e wordy and experte medycynes and maysters / as Auicenna. Isaac. Egidius dooth testyfye w^t many other dyuers noble actours whi¦che haue gretly practised for the prosperyte / helth / and welfare of man where to they haue done grete dylygens.

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¶ THE EXPOSICYŌ OF THE WORDES OBSCURE AND EUYLL KNOWEN.

ALlopice is y^e fallyng of here whiche maketh blade pla∣ces or pylled cleue without here on y^e heed. Also allopice is a maner of lepry through the whiche the here of the browes and of y^e brede dooth fall. ¶ Asma or asmatyke is whā any parson draweth his brethe with payne or is shorte vpon the breste or as we say in englysshe short brethed / and it is na¦med asma that causeth the dyseas.

¶ Artetyke is a gowte that rōneth or hath cowrse ouer all the places or membres of the body / but whan it is in one place alone or feuerall than it is otherwyse named / as ciragre or citagre / whiche is the gowte in the fete / sciatica or sciatike is the gowte in the hanches.

¶ Appoplexie is a maner of a palsye / and that cometh in dyuers parsones so sodenly and so feruently that they lest therby theyr wytte / theyr vnderstandynge / theyr me∣mory or remembraunche and speche / and can not remene / & whan he is called vpon he can not answere / neuertheles there is dyfference betwene appoplexie and lytar∣gye / for though in litargye there be no hye speche / yet there is answere.

¶ Antrax is an impostume full of fyre / lyke vnto y^e fyre of saynt Anthony. Trices be swellynges of the foundement / and not of the vaynes therof / but onely about the foundement / and of that place be thre dy∣uers dyseases / as ficus / fiatrices / & emor∣roydes / but there is dyfference / for emor∣roydes or pyles be in the vaynes about the border of the foundamēt / and somtyme it dothe swell and nothynge issueth out of it somtyme it bledeth to moche / and somtyme it is full of dolorous payne. Atri•es be en∣flures or swellynges very softe about the foūdamēt. But fire or fy is a grete thynge about the foundament whiche is within full of gros graynes lyke vnto the gray∣nes of fyggues / and therefore it is called fycus.

¶ Apperitiue is an openynge of veynes or other conduytes of the body / and also of y^e lytel holes of the skynne thrugh the which the swete dothe issew / and all stoppynges of veynes / conduytes / or smal swete holes be named oppilacyons / oppilacyon & stop∣pynge is all one thynge.

¶ Astercyon is whan a medycyne whiche hath vertue to extracte or take humours out of certayne membres clensynge them of theyr superfluytes / in suche medycyne it is sayd substertyue / and abstercyō / which is the same doynge.

¶ Apostolycon is a playster or salue so na∣med / and is to be had at the poticaries and is specyally ordeyned for woundes in the hede.

Benedict• is a medicyne / and is to be had at y^e potycaryes in euery place / and is also named benet or benedict.

¶ Bolet is a maner of dede wode and gro∣weth agaynst the trees & is very lyght. Cordiaca is whā any parson hath dyseas at the herte whiche hath cōtynued of longe tyme / and that the herte doth trymble and quake / than it is sayd he hath the cordia•• passyon.

¶ Condilomata / they be dolours of y^e foū¦dament / as clestys or crestys without yel¦dynge or voydynge ony blode / but whan they rendre blode they be named ragadie. ¶ Consume / it is sayd that a medycyne cō¦sumed humours or other thynges as wyn∣des whan it resolueth all or nere hande all except it voyde by sensyble apparence. And is all one consumynge / or resoluynge / or departynge or puttynge furth out of the

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body in maner of thynne vapours whiche be in the incensible body.

¶ Conglutinatiue / a medycyne conglury natyue is whan it ioyneth the rybbes or ioyntes togyder.

¶ Colire is a medicyne that is clere of sub¦staunce and is good for the eyen / and that is named colire / and therfore yf we fynde in the bookes of any phisiciās y^t we sholde make colire / yf his medycynes be harde it must be puluerysed & myxted with wyne or in water of herbes / or ellys as y^e booke dothe deuyse and that is named colire and this medycyne of hymselfe is clere & may be made by hymselfe / and yf it be softe let it be made with clere substaunces / and it shall be also colyre.

¶ Cantere is whā one hath a place where the cancre is in / or other dyseas that requi¦re that sures to be made which is fyrye he¦te / cantere is in two maners / the one by yron or other metall made rede hote in y^e fyre / the other maner by medycynes that be so hote that whan they be layde to any membre they brenne it lyke fyre. The cā∣tere that is made of fyrye metal is named cantere actuall. The other that is made by medycyne is named cantere potencyall ¶ Corrosiue is whan a medycyne byteth in dede flesshe or other thynges / than it is named corrosiue / and therfore these medy¦cynes that be to stronge corrosiues be na∣med canteres potencyall / as realgar or orpyment.

¶ Ciate that is a mesure conteynynge of lycour the quantyte in weyght of an ounce and an halfe.

Dyssentere is the body flyx.

¶ Diamargariton that is a confeccyō in the apoticarie whiche is so named.

¶ Dyalthea is a salue and it is wel bekno¦wen / and comonly at the apotycaryes is ynough in the recept of dyalthe in y^e booke of the anthidota rie it is gretely notyfyed ¶ Dissolue and dissolutyue is whan any medycyne mynyssheth grosse and slyme hu¦mours / and maketh them subtyll thynne and clere / some shewe whiche do dyssolue and whiche be dyssolutyfe / as the fyre cau¦seth the yce to become water / also whan grosse humours be dyssolued or meued to waxe clere / dyssolue / liquefy / and remyt is all one thynge.

¶ Dyaforetyke is whan a medycyne spre¦deth humours & vapours insencyble whi∣che be mynysshed in suche maner / meued & made in so subtyll vapour that it voydeth without noyaunce / it is sayde that this is dyaforetike / also whan one sweteth often whiche maketh hym faynt and lene euyn as his body sholde consume or be dede / y^t is named yforetyke.

¶ Dyafragma is the flece within y^e body aboue the lyghtes and the hart of the one parte / the lyuer / the stomake / the mylte / and the bowelles of the other partye / and this flece is bent ouertwarte the body frō the one syde of the rybbes to the other.

The impostume that formeth hym in dy•¦fragum is named pleuresys.

¶ Dragma is the .viii. parte of an vnce.

¶ Degre is the quantyte in the which the pacient or seke body is hote / colde / drye or moyst / and there be .iiii. degrees in medy∣cynes / the fourth degre is whan the medy¦cyne is so hote that it may no more except dethe / yet it wolde slee any parsone that vseth therof in grete quātyte. The thyrde degre is whan it hath lesse hete / & yet it is so grece y^t he y^t vseth oftē of it shal lyghtly be seke. The .ii. degre is whā it hath yet lesse hete and is yet so grete that it may be

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manyfestly knowen through the perceue∣raunce of the grete hete that it hath in. The fyrst degre is whan there is but lytel hete aboue the complexyon of the parsone and so lytell hete that for ones occopyenge it is not perceyued that it warmeth y^e body but by longe contynuaunce it wyll be per∣ceyued / & whan the medycyne dothe nou∣ther mene nor chaunge the body / than it is temperate / and thus is to be vnderstande the degrees before named.

¶ Dissurie is a dyseas whan one can not pysse without payne / and of suche be two maners / the one is whan y^e seke bodi dothe pysse drope after drope / or that he can not kepe his water / or that the bladder hath lost his retentyfe vertue / or bycause that y^e vryne is so heuely aggrauat that no man may endure nor suffre it within y^e bladder but yssueth contynually bycause the blad∣der or necke therof is perced or perysshed. And as sone as there cometh any drope of vryne it smarteth and brēneth in suche ma¦ner that it must nedys yssue / & this dyseas is named strangury / or strangulyon. The other dyseas is whan any one pysses with grete payne or by grosse humours y^t stoppeth the conduytes / or for the stone or grete grayuell / or for feblenesse of y^e blad∣ders necke that can not put forthe the vryn this dyseas is named dyssurye.

¶ Dyuretyke / is whan a medycyne of his proper nature is good to pysse / or openeth the inwarde vaynes / that is named dyure¦tyke / & this dyuretyke openeth or vnstop∣peth the conduytes of the vryne & voydeth the grosse humours / and he that sholde oc∣cupye it to moche it wolde be for hym to quycke / and therfore it ware not good in strangury bycause of the grete hete of the vryne / thus in vsynge of thynges is nede∣full to be well loked on and regarded.

¶ Dyaletyke passyon is whan one pysseth oftē and of grete quantyte / and as sone as one hath dronke he pysseth in contynent after / and that cometh of the hete of y^e ray∣nes.

Elephans is of two maners / the one is a spece of myfelery or lepry / whereof all the membres of the body leseth theyr fygures with grete rystes and clestes / & is the most horryble dyseas that is / ye shall vnderstā∣de that of these be .iiii. maners. The fyrst is Alopyce wherof before is rehersed / cau¦sed of the corrupcyō of hote brēnyng blode The seconde is named Leomine / and that is whan the myfelde hath a face very hor∣ryble to beholde / and is fyers and crewell as a lyon bycause of his coleryke hote and brēnynge humours. The thyrde is named ptylys / he that hath this dyseas pylleth & leseth his skynne and is slayne lyke a ser∣pent that ronneth or glydeth by constraynt through an ouer strayte passage. The .iiii. is named Elephans / the whiche is caused of melancolike humours and is the worste and lyke a cancre ouer all the body. Ele∣phans is also of an other maner whiche is whan one hath an arme of a legge thre or foure tymes greter than it ought for to be and yet the fete and handes be nat swollen ¶ Epilence is a wonderfull horryble seke∣nesse wherof the pacyentys fall with grete vyolence vnto the grounde / and than they some at the mouth and spartyll with theyr helys / and some call it the fallynge euyll / or the fowle euyll.

¶ Erispyle is an impostume the moost ho∣test that can be except it were a brennynge •ole.

¶ Emoptoyca / that is the dyseas that one hath that spytteth cōmonly blode.

¶ Epithime is a clothe that is foldeth ma¦nyfolde thycke and is wete in waters and iuce of herbes / the whiche is comonly layd vnto the lyuer and somtyme it is made of

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a lytell pylowe of cotton:

Fomenter is bathynge of a membre in sethynges of herbes / but in y^e hetyng there is lettyn fall of the same hote lycour vpon another hother thynge / therto moost neces¦sarie and all by dropes / whiche is than na¦med Embracium.

¶ Furfures be small whyte shellys softe∣ned to the skynne of the heed and to y^e hete of the heed and is name dede skynne.

Gomorrea or polluciō is a dyseas where through the sede of man yssueth from hym agaynst his wyll and without hauynge any plesure / & feblenesshyt the body ryght sore.

Herpes estyomenus is a maner of a can∣cer that eateth rownde about it / & is other wyse named noli me tangere / specyally yf it be in the face bycause that it taketh har¦me through handelynge.

Ierapigra is a medycyne composed at y^e potycaryes the whiche conforteth y^e bray¦nes. ¶ Ieraloganduim is also a medycyn at the potycaryes and is very laxatyue.

¶ Incifyne is a medycyne whiche by sub∣tilyte perseth and dyuyseth in dyuers ma∣ners grosse humours / and suche persynge medycynes be good to open the conduytes of grosse humours that be stopped.

¶ Iposarca is yposacre / it is a maner of swellynge or dropsy. There be .iii. maner of specys of dropsy. The fyrst is where as all the body is swollen and softe / & whan ye thrust vpō it with your fynger thā there bydeth a pytte / and it is also named leuco¦fleumancia. The seconde is named timpa¦num / bycause that the bely is swollē hard bent and full of wynde / by reason wherof it is lyght. The thyrde is where as y^e bely also swollen very grete & it wayeth ryght sore / and whan y^e seke body remeueth frō one syde to another / then it gyueth a sown¦de lyke a baryll that is halfe ful of lycour and is named alchites.

Litargie or lytarge is a maner of y^e scom¦me of metalles.

¶ Litargie is a dyseas also wherof is she¦wed in Apoplexie.

¶ Leucofleumācie is spokē of in iposarca Malum terre is the rote of ciclamen.

¶ Melancoly is a maner of foly as whan one wyll be alone musynge & fantasienge euer on y^e worst and nat on the best in ma∣kynge of one sorowe / sorowes twayne whiche purpose no man can put hym fro through the which many one regarde him for a fole and all by the reason of his me∣lancolyousnes and folysshe fantasyes.

¶ Mania is a madnesse / as whan it beho∣ueth that y^e pacient be boūde / or ellys he wolde bete euery body and breke al thyn¦ges a sonder:

¶ Mitygatyfe is whan a medicyne aswa¦geth dolours / and paynes.

¶ Morfew is a dyseas wherof the body leseth in many places his naturall colour and hath straūge colours / and there be .ii. maners of morfewes / the one is whyte & the other is blacke.

Nefresy is a grete payne in the raynes.

¶ Narcotycke is whan a medycyne is so colde of nature y^t through her grete colde∣nesse it maketh one to swelle and taketh or enslepeth dyuers membres of a mannys body & also the taste and sauour or a grete parte therof / and he y^t is thus is nacotysed Opilacyō is a stoppyng as before is sayd in apperetyue:

¶ Obcalime is a hote impostume that cō∣meth in the eyen whiche is reed within.

¶ Oxizacre / it is a brynke to be had at the potycaryes / ye shall fynde more therof in the chaptre of Acetum.

Pores be the small swete holes / where through the swete dooth yssewe.

¶ Paralisis is in maner the same dyseas

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as before is spoken of in y^e chapiter of apo¦plexi.

¶ Podagre is spokē of before in artetyke Polope is a flesshe as yf it were cleft in y^e nose and it stoppesh the nose / it is comonly fowle flesshe and stynkynge and maketh the nose for to stynke.

¶ Penetratyue is whan a medycyne is of suche vertue and strength that it perceth lyghtly vnto the perfoūdnes of the body. Vyneygre is very penetratyfe wherfore it is oftentymes myxted and put in many medycynes bycause it sholde y^e soner entre in to the body of the parsone as before is sayd in ptysys. It is all one thynge whan ye fynde in medycynes penetratyfe or per¦cant.

¶ Pessarya is whan a woman is seke of y^e moder / than is put in to the matryx a me∣dycyne of clere substaunce / the name of y^e instrument and of the medycyne bothe be named pessayre or pessaria.

Picula is clere pitche as before is spoken of in the chapter of piche.

¶ Pilitis Artitico / is an electuary to be had in the apotycaryes.

Pleuresis is spoken of in apostumacyon engendred in y^e skynne or flece that is vpō y^e rybbes as is before sayde in dyafragma ¶ Ponticite or pontyke is a sowre sauour ponticite and stipticite or pontyke or styp∣tyke is all one / sauynge that pontyke hath a sharpe sauour in sournesse / yet styptyke hath more sournesse / all thynges what ma¦ner of sauour it hath that reioyneth or clo¦seth membes enlarged or ratefyed is na∣med styptyke.

Resouder / or consolyder is all one / for it is a reioynynge of woundes as before is sayde in Conglutynacyon.

¶ Resoluer is a sperplynge of humours or ventosytes & putteth them out of the body insencybly of subtyll vapour.

¶ Reprimed is a rebateyng of the force or sharpnesse of a medycyne that is to vyolēt. ¶ Relaxyng is a mollyfyeng or softenyng of a membre so longe tyll it leseth his clo∣synge or temperate hardnesse that it ought to haue / and therfore vhā the skynne that encloseth the bowellys whiche is molyfy¦ed or onbent so moche that it descendyth in to the haunches that is a partie of the bely than it is sayd that the same parsone is re∣laxed / and whan the stomake is remolyfy¦ed than it is sayd that it is relaxed.

Squinancie is an impostume in y^e throte ¶ Sirop is a maner of a drynke and is a remedy for sekenesses and it is clere / but it is nat an ordynate drynke / for ptysane is no syrope / for in syrope is alway sugre or hony.

¶ Sincope is a swownynge / and sincopy∣sant is the same / whiche cometh thrugh dyseas and fayntnesse of the herte.

¶ Serpio is a tetter whiche crepeth and breketh alway / a tetter that dooth nat cre¦pe is named impetigo.

¶ Sapone or sope serueth for the same / loke the sayde chaptre.

¶ Splenetike is one y^t hath an euyl mylte Sirynge is an instrument or spowte with the whiche medycynes be put in to the cō∣duyte of the yarde.

¶ Supposytory / is a longe thinge & roūd whiche it put in the foundament for to set a clystery.

¶ Suffocacyon of the matryce or moder / is whan a woman through euyll dysposy¦cyon of the matryce leseth her colour / ad∣uyce and remembraunce / and it is grete payne. This dyseas is named suffocacyon as dyuers doctours sayth bycause the ma∣tryce lyfteth hymselfe vp so sore y^t it dooth perce the herte and dyafragma. But it is better to beleue that it cometh of some ve∣nimous substaunce in the matryce whiche

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causeth it to mounte alway towarde the herte and from thens it falleth a longe by the rybbes or downe ryght by the cōduyt. ¶ Scinoche is a feruēt hote agne caused of hote and rotyn blode.

Thenasmon / is whan one goth alwaye to the draught and can do no thynge.

¶ Tutie is a thynge y^t dooth arte agaynst a forneys wherin metall hath ben foun∣ded or molten / there is ynough at the poty¦caryes & is good for sore eyen / but it must be restreined .ix. tyme in a certayne water Tisis is a percing of the lightes / for whā they be perced or greued than the pacyent spytteth blode day by day / and that is na∣med tisis.

¶ Tintimalos / or tyntymans is an herbe that hath a corosyue mylke.

¶ Trosys be fygures all rounde and a ly∣tell flate.

Vanite of y^e eer is a thyng as yf it were a sowne contynuynge in the eer.

¶ Ver that is pryme tyme.

Yliaca is dolour and anguysshe in y^e bely aboue the nōbryles / and whan it is vnder the nombryles / than is the colyke.

¶ Yposacre is spokē of in leucofleumācie.

OYe worthy reders or practicyens to whome this noble volume is presēt I beseche yow take intellygence and be∣holde y^e workes & operacyōs of almyghty god which hath endewed his symple crea¦ture mankynde with the graces of y^e holy goost to haue parfyte knowlege and vn∣derstandynge of the vertue of all maner of herbes and trees in this booke compre∣hendyd / and eueryche of them chaptred by hymselfe / & in euery chaptre dyuers clau¦ses wherin is shewed dyuers maner of me¦dycynes in one herbe comprehended whi∣che ought to be notyfyed and marked for the helth of man in whome is repended y^e heuenly gyftes by the eternall kynge / to whom be laude and prayse euerlastynge. AMEN

[illustration] two people standing around a table with objects on it

¶ HERE AFTER FOLOWETH A TABLE VERY VTYLL AND PROFYTABLE FOR THEM THAT DESYRE TO FYNDE QUYCKELY A REMEDY AGAYNST ALL MANER OF DYSEASES / & THEY BE MARKED BY THE LETTERS OF THE. A. B. C. IN EUERY CHAPTRE.

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AGaynst ache of the heed.

Ca. i. F
Ca. xxii. C
Ca. xxxv. B
Ca. lxx. B
Ca. cxxii. K
Ca. cxv. B
Ca. cli. D
Ca. lxi. A
Ca. clxiii. B
Ca. cix. D
Ca. ccv. C
Ca. cclxxviii. B
Ca. cccvi. A
Ca. ccclxii. A
Ca. ccclxxxi. D
Ca. ccccxix. D
Ca. cccc.lxxxii. C
Ca. cccccv. B

¶ For fystule in the heed.

Ca. xcviii. C

For a broken heed.

Ca. clxiiii. A
Ca. cccl. A

Agaynst payne of the forheed.

Ca. cccxlvii. A

Agaynst humour des¦cendynge fro the heed.

Ca. cclxxii. A

Agaynst scurffe of the heed.

Ca. clviii. C
Ca. ccli. K
Ca. cccclxvi H

To slee lyes on the heed.

Ca. iiii. A
Ca. iiii. C
Ca. ccccxvi. A

¶ For scalles on the heed.

Ca. cxxii. L
Ca. cccxliii. C

Agaynst skall of the heed.

Ca. iiii H
Ca. cccv. D

Agaynst a balde heed

Ca. cccclxxxii. A

¶ For frenesys in the heed.

Ca. viii. D
Ca. ccx. C

For litargye or forget¦fulnesse.

Ca. vi. E
Ca. xxiii. A
Ca. xxiii. D
Ca. xxxii. C
Ca. xciii. F
Ca. ciiii. C
Ca. cli. D. E. H
Ca. clviii. E
Ca. cccxcv. C

¶ For memory.

Ca. cccclxxx. B

¶ To preserue the mynde.

Ca. lxviii. F

Agaynst brenning in the heed and stomake.

Ca. cccclxii. A

For lunatyke people.

Ca. xi. A

Agaynst shakyng of the heed.

Ca. cclix. •

To do growe heare

Ca. cxxiiii. C
Ca. clxviii. E

To dye heare blacke.

Ca. cxciiii. C

To dye the heare or other thynges reed

Ca. xxxiiii. A

To recoure the minde

Ca. cli. G

Agaynst alopicia / or fallynge of the heares

Ca. xcv. B
Ca. cliiii. A
Ca. cccxxxvi. G

Agaynst rewme or pose

Ca. ix. C
Ca. xcii. I
Ca. xciiii. •
Ca. ci. C
Ca. ccxiiii. B
Ca. ccxxvii. A
Ca. ccxli. B
Ca. cclxxv. C
Ca. cclxxxviii. A
Ca. cccix. B
Ca. cccxvii. A
Ca. cccxxxii. E
Ca. cccixxvii. B
Ca. cccciiii. B
Ca. ccccxiiii. A
Ca. ccccxix. A

For tetters.

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Ca. xvii. A
Ca. xxiii. B
Ca. xxxiiii. C
Ca. cxxiii. A
Ca. cxxxix. B
Ca. cccx. D
Ca. cccxliii. B
Ca. cccxcviii. A
Ca. cccciii. B
Ca. ccccxxxvii. B
Ca. cccclxi. B
Ca. cccc.lxxix. B

Agaynst humours in the brayne.

Ca. iii. C
Ca. lxx. E
Ca. xc. B

For the brayne.

Ca. ii. B
Ca. viii. D
Ca. clxxxv. C
Ca. clxxxvii. B

For the necke.

Ca. cxix. F
Ca. cccxlix. A

For the browes.

Ca. cxxii. K

Agaynst the eyen.

Ca. i. B
Ca. i. G
Ca. xvii. D
Ca. xxxviii. A
Ca. lxi. D
Ca. clxvi. A
Ca. clxvi. C
Ca. clxxix. C
Ca. cclxxi. H
Ca. ccclv. B
Ca. ccclxxi. A
Ca. ccccxxxiii. A
Ca. ccccc.ii. A
Ca. cccccii. C

Agaynst the heate in the eyen.

Ca. cccclxxxii

¶ For the blode in the eyes.

Ca. c. E

Agaynst dymnesse of the eyen.

Ca. lxi. F
Ca. cxv. F
Ca. ccxxxvii.
Ca. cclxvi. C
Ca. ccc.lxii. C
Ca. cccclxxiii. D

Agaynst tetters in the eyen.

Ca. cccxxii. A

¶ Agaynst spottes in the eyen.

Ca. iii. E
Ca. xii.C. in anthimoni.
Ca. lxxxii.

¶ Agaynst ronnynge eyes in chylderne.

Ca. cccclxxiiii.

For the webbe in the eyen.

Ca. xix.
Ca. xxiiii. A
Ca. xci. F
Ca. cxl. A
Ca. clxxii. D
Ca. ccxvi. B
Ca. ccxxiiii. A
Ca. ccxxxiii. A
Ca. ccxxxv. A
Ca. cclix. B
Ca. ccclxii. M
Ca. ccclxxxviii. B
Ca. cccxci. A
Ca. ccccvii. G
Ca. ccccx. A
Ca. ccccliii. B
Ca. ccccli. D
Ca. ccccxxxviii. A
Ca. ccccxcix. A

Agaynst the perle in the eyen.

Ca. cccxcv. B

Agaynst reednesse in the eyen.

Ca. xxii.
Ca. ciii. in the seconde. A
Ca. clxvi. A
Ca. cclix. B
Ca. ccclxiii. N
Ca. ccclxxxi. C

Agaynst alreednesses

Ca. ccxxii. D
Ca. ccxxxii. D
Ca. ccclxxi. B
Ca. ccccxv. D

For impostume in the eyen.

Ca. cxxxiii. A

For to clere the syght

Ca. xci. D

Agaynst the eares.

Ca. xxi. B
Ca. lxi. E
Ca. ccxv. A
Ca. ccclxviii. B

Agaynst defnesse.

Ca. xxv. B
Ca. ccxliiii. A
Ca. ccclxxvii. C

Agaynst matter in the eares.

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Ca. ccccxii. D

¶ For wormes in the eares.

Ca. i. K
Ca. xxii.
Ca. lxxxiii. D
Ca. xci. C
Ca. clviii. B
Ca. cxci. D
Ca. ccxxxvi. B
Ca. cclxxxiii. F
Ca. ccciii. E
Ca. cccliii. A

Agaynst payne of the chekens.

Ca. ci. B

For the nosethrylles.

Ca. cccxxiii. B

For the flesshe in the nose called polippe.

Ca. xii. B. in anthimoni.
Ca. lxxii. H
Ca. cxliiii. B
Ca. clv. B
Ca. clxiii. E

Agaynst cheppyng of the lyppes

Ca. cccxxxv. B

¶ For the mouthe.

Ca. cvi. E
Ca. cccxxxv.

Agaynst sores in the mouthe

Ca. xlii. D
Ca. cccxliiii: N

For the blysters in the mouthe.

Ca. ccxlii. B

Agaynst stēche of the mouthe.

Ca. xcii. E
Ca. cclxvi. D
Ca. cclxxiii. A
Ca. cclxxxv. D

¶ Agaynst vnsauery mouthes.

Ca. cxlviii. B

For the tothes.

Ca. ccxcii. D

¶ To pull out a tothe easely.

Ca. ccxcii. B

For tothe ache.

Ca. v. D
Ca. l. E. in balsamus.
Ca. lx. H
Ca. lxxi. A
Ca. lxxxiii. C
Ca. cvii. C
Ca. cxv. A
Ca. clxxxviii. E
Ca. ccxiii. E
Ca. ccxiii. F
Ca. ccxiii. in the second. A
Ca. ccxxviii. B
Ca. cclxxi. F
Ca. cccxliiii. A
Ca. ccclxii. D
Ca. cccxcix. A
Ca. cccclxxx. A

To whyte the tethe.

Ca. cccxxi. A

To growe tethes in yonge chyldren.

Ca. ccccxci.

¶ For gomes.

Ca. vii. B
Ca. xcvii. B
Ca. cvi. F
Ca. ccxxxiii. C
Ca. cclxxxviii. C
Ca. cccxlvii. C
Ca. ccclxiii. H
Ca. ccclxxvii. D

Agaynst the tongue.

Ca. clxxxix. A
Ca. cclxxx. C

Agaynst dryenesse in the tongue in feuer ague.

Ca. cccxxxvi.

For palsey / or percuciō of the tongue.

Ca. ccciii. A
Ca. ccclxxxvii. A

To whyte the face.

Ca. cccxxi. E

To clense or to make clere the face.

Ca. vi. A
Ca. lxiii. C
Ca. lxvi. A
Ca. cxlii. E
Ca. ccxv. E
Ca. ccxxii. C
Ca. cccv. B
Ca. ccclxxiii. C
Ca. cccciii. A
Ca. ccccxxxv. B

For scurfe and kyrnel¦les in the face.

Ca. cxxii. C

Agaynst pymples in the face.

Ca. clvi. G
Ca. ccxliii. D

For yll colours in the face.

Ca. i. I
Ca. xxii. E

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Ca. xciiii. A
Ca. clv. C
Ca. ccxxxii. C
Ca. cclxxxiiii. D
Ca. cccclxiii. A

For hurte or blacknes in the face.

Ca.xxi. D

For blewnesse of stro∣kes.

Ca. ccccxcvii. C

¶ For spettys in the fa¦ce of women after chyldyng named pannus

Ca lxxxii. C
Ca. ccxli. C
Ca. ccxli. D

¶ For frekens.

Ca. xxiii.

To clense the skynne.

Ca. cccclxxxvii. A

For fleynge of the skyn

Ca. ccccxcix E

For payne in the necke

Ca. lxi. Q

¶ For swellyng in the throte.

Ca. cccxliiii. O
Ca. ccclxx. F

For the dygge or dew¦lappe in the throte.

Ca. ccxxiiii. C
Ca. ccciii. D

Agaynst anela or bri∣yne about the throte

Ca. ccclxxxvii. F
Ca. cccc.xiiii. B

Agaynst squynsy or squynansy.

Ca. ccviii. A
Ca. ccxci. A

Agaynst palsy.

Ca. lxi. •
Ca. lxxi. B
Ca. xciii. B
Ca. xcviii. C
Ca. clii. A
Ca. ccxii. A
Ca. ccciii. B
Ca. cccxxviii.
Ca. ccclxxxii. B
Ca. ccclxxxvii. E
Ca. cccxcv. B
Ca. ccccli. in the seconde. A

For percucyon of the membres.

Ca. ccclxxxvii. B

Agaynst sheppynge.

Ca. xcvii. C
Ca. ccxxxiiii. B

Agaynst stēche of the arme holes.

Ca. xcii. F

Agaynst stēche in the body.

Ca. clxxiiii.

For horsnesse.

Ca. cccxvii.

A good purgacyon.

Ca. clvi. A

Agaynst payne in the brest.

Ca. xxx. B
Ca. cl. B
Ca. clxxiii. C
Ca. clxxxix. F
Ca. ccxxix. A
Ca. cclxxxviii. B
Ca. cccxxxv. A
Ca. cccxxxvi• •
Ca. cccxxxix. •
Ca. cccxlviii. C

For broken vaynes in the breste.

Ca. cxxxiiii. A
Ca. cccxlviii. C

For shorte brethe na∣med asma.

Ca. v. A
Ca. xxv. A
Ca. xxvi. B
Ca. xxxiiii. A
Ca. xxxv. A
Ca. xcvii. A
Ca. cii. C
Ca. cxi. C
Ca. cxliii. A
Ca. cxlv. D
Ca. cl. C
Ca. clxi. I
Ca. clxx. C
Ca. clxxv. A
Ca. clxxxv. B
Ca. clxxxvi. A
Ca. cxxxviii. A
Ca. cc.xvi. F
Ca. ccxxxvi. K
Ca. cclxxxiii. A
Ca. cccxvii. B
Ca. cccxxxii. A
Ca. cccxxxviii. E
Ca. ccclxxx. A
Ca. ccclxxxii. A
Ca. ccclxxxiii. A
Ca. ccccx. B
Ca. ccccxxxii. A

For drynesse named ptysys.

Ca. lxi. K

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Ca. cxlii. A

¶ For the longues.

Ca. clxxxiiii: A
Ca. ccclxxv. A
Ca. cccclxxxii. M
Ca. cccclxxxvii. B

¶ Agaynst cowgh.

Ca. xii. B
Ca. xxxiiii. B
Ca. xl. D
Ca. xli. K
Ca. xc. A
Ca. xcv. B
Ca. ci. B
Ca. cclii. B
Ca. cl. C
Ca. ccxxi. B
Ca. ccxxix: B
Ca. cclxxxiii. B
Ca. ccclxv. A
Ca. ccccc. A

¶ For drye cowgh.

Ca. lxix. A
Ca. cx. D

¶ Agaynst chynke cowgh / and the yelowe yaū∣dys.

Ca. cccclxxiii. A

Agaynst olde cowgh

Ca. xx. A
Ca. cccclxv. A

¶ Agaynst cowgh & flux of blode of the brest.

Ca. cccclviii. A

Agaynst colde cowgh

Ca. ccxiiii. A
Ca. cclxxv. A
Ca. cccclxxviii. A

¶ For the lyuer.

Ca. xxii. B
Ca. lxv. A
Ca. xci. A
Ca. cxix. in the ende.
Ca. cxxi. A
Ca. ccxix. A
Ca. cclxxiiii. A
Ca. ccclxxxiii. B

Agaynst chauffynge of the lyuer.

Ca. cxii. F
Ca. cxlviii. E
Ca. ccclxiii. E
Ca. ccclxvi. B
Ca. ccclxxviii. C
Ca. cccc.lix. A

Agaynst stoppyng or opylacyon of the lyuer.

Ca. i. H
Ca. viii. B
Ca. lxxxii. C
Ca. cxliii. C
Ca. ccxlv. A
Ca. ccc.xlii. B
Ca. ccclxxviii. A
Ca. cccxcii. B
Ca. ccccxxii. A
Ca. cccclx. C

¶ Agaynst payne of the herte.

Ca. lviii. C
Ca. lxviii. E
Ca. xcii. G
Ca. xcvii. C
In carabe. A
Ca. clxxxv. E
Ca. clxxxvii. C
Ca. ccxvi. C
Ca. ccxxx. C
Ca. cclxxxliii. D
Ca. ccclxx. A
Ca. ccclxxvii. A
Ca. cccclxxviii. D

Agaynst fayntnesse of the herte named Syncopys.

Ca. iii. D
Ca. xxxviii. A
Ca. xlviii. C
Ca. xciiii. A
Ca. cclxxvi. A
Ca. ccclxiii. I
Ca. cccclxxvii. C

Agaynst swownyng of the herte.

Ca. iii. D
Ca. lviii. B
Ca. lxxxvi. A
Ca. xcii. G
Ca. cclxxiii. D
Ca. cclxxxv. A
Ca. cccxiii. A
Ca. cccxix. A. of the bone.
Ca. ccclxiii. M

¶ Agaynst cordyake passyon.

Ca. lviii. A
Ca. cxlix. A
Ca. clxvi. C

¶ For the mylte.

Ca. iii. E
Ca. v: C
Ca. viii. H
Ca. xx.
Ca. xxii. E
Ca. xxvii. B
Ca. xxxviii. E
Ca. xliiii. A
Ca. lxi. M
Ca. lxiiii. C
Ca. lxxi. D

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Ca. lxxxiii. C
Ca. lxxxix. A
Ca. xcii. H
Ca. xcviii. C
Ca. cii. A
Ca. cix A
Ca. cxii. I
Ca. cxxxvii. B
Ca. cli. K
Ca. clxiii. C
Ca. clxxi. B
Ca. clxxii. A
Ca. clxxiii. B
Ca. clxxiiii. C
Ca. lxxxviii. C
Ca. ccv. B
Ca. ccxxxvi. D
Lupulus A
Ca. cclxxxiii. G
Ca. ccclxiiii. B
Ca. ccclxxx. C
Ca. cccclxiii. A
Ca. cccclxxii. E

¶ For to soften the mylte.

Ca. clxviii. A

¶ For opilacion of the mylte.

Ca. clxviii. B

¶ For the stomake.

Ca. i. E
Ca. lxi. B
Ca. i. A
Ca. clxxiii. D
Ca. ccc.ii. A
Ca. ccc.lxvii. A
Ca. ccclxxiii. D

¶ For the colde sto∣make.

Ca. iii. F
Ca. xxxi. A
Ca. xxii. D
Ca. xciiii. A
Ca. ciiii. B
Ca. cix. C
Ca. lvi. F
Ca. clxix. D
Ca. cclxxxiiii. A
Ca. cclxxxvii. C
Ca. cccvii. A
Ca. cccxiiii. B
Ca. ccccxiiii. C
Ca. ccccxxxiiii.
Ca. lxxvii. A

¶ To clense the sto∣make.

Ca. cclxxxiiii. C
Ca. cccxiiii. B
Ca. ccclxii. E
Ca. ccclxiii. A
Ca. ccccviii. A

¶ To conforte the sto∣make.

Ca. ii. A
Ca. lxxxvi. B
Ca. ciii. A
Ca. cclxxiii. B

¶ To conforte dyge∣styon.

Ca. c. A
Ca. cv. A
Ca. cxvi. A
Ca. cix. C
Ca. lxxxv. A
Ca. xcviii. A
Ca. cclxviii. A
Ca. cclxxxvii. A
Ca. cclxxv. B
Ca. cclxxxii. A
Ca. cccvii. A
Ca. cccix. A
Ca. cccxxxi. A

¶ Against apostumes in the stomake.

Ca. ccccvii. F

¶ For swellyng of the stomake.

Ca. cxxii. C

¶ For payne of the sto¦make.

Ca. lx. L
Ca. xc. B
Ca. cix. A
Ca. cxliii B
Ca. cl. A
Ca. clxx. B
Ca. ccxxv. A
Ca. ccxxviii. B
Ca. ccxlv. B
Ca. cclvii. A
Ca. cclx. A
Ca. cccxlii. A
Ca. ccclxx. G
Ca. ccclxxviii. B
Ca. ccclxxxix. A
Ca. cccxcvii. A
Ca. cccc. A
Ca. cccciiii. C
Ca. cccclxxxii. D
Ca. ccccxcix. D
Ca. ccccc. C

¶ For the lyuer / mylte reynes and bladder.

Ca. xcviii. B

¶ For the lyuer and mylte.

Ca. cclxxix. in malua. C

¶ For the reynes.

Ca. lxi. N
Ca. ccc.xl. B

¶ For the vaynes.

Ca. cxci. A

¶ Agaynst dropsy co∣mynge of colde.

Ca. vii. D

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Ca. xvii. C
Ca. xxiiii. A
Ca. lxxviii. B
Ca. cxxi. C
Ca. clii. B
Ca. ccxxiiii. A
Ca. ccccxiii. B

Agaynst dropsy leuco¦flewmance.

Ca. vi. B
Ca. clxix. B
Ca. clxii. C
Ca. cclvi. F
Ca. ccxlvi. A

For a whyte flawe by the nayles.

Ca. ccccxiii. B

For yaundys.

Ca. viii. C
Ca. xix.
Ca. xxxvii. A
Ca. xliiii. D
Ca. lviii. D
Ca. lxi. d
Ca. lxx. G
Ca. cxlviii. A
Ca. ccxix. B
Ca. cclxi. in ca. lacca.

¶ Agaynst the grete wormes in the wombe.

Ca. ccxcii. E

Agaynst ache in the guttes.

Ca. xxix. F
Ca. lxxvi. D

Agaynst colyke pas∣syon.

Ca. xxvii. B
Ca. lxi. O
Ca. cxv. C
Ca. cxc A
Ca. ccxli. A
Ca. ccxl•ii. A
Ca. ccciii. E
Ca. cccxv. B
Ca. cccclxxxii. K

Agaynst payne in the bely.

Ca. v. E
Ca. xxix. E
Ca. lxi. P
Ca. cviii. D
Ca. cclxxi. C
Ca. cccxxxvii. A
Ca. cccxxxviii. B
Ca. cccxlii. B
Ca. cccxlvii. B
Ca. ccclxii. F
Ca. ccclxviii. D
Ca. ccclxx. H
Ca. ccccviii. B
Ca. ccccxcii. C

For wormes in the bely of chyldren.

Ca. ccclxxii. A

To lose the bely.

Ca. xxi. A
Ca. lxxi. C
Ca. cclxxix. in malua: E
Ca. cclxxxiiii. E
Ca. cccxxxii. D
Ca. ccccii. A
Ca. cccclxxxii. A

Agaynst wormes in the bely.

Ca. i. A
Ca. xviii. B
Ca. xx. C
Ca. xxii. A
Ca. xxv. C
Ca. lxxxix. B
Ca. xcviii. B
Ca. cix. E
Ca. lii. C
Ca. clxxxviii. F
Ca. cxci. C
Ca. cxcvii. A
Ca. ccxxxvi. H
Ca. ccxl. A
In ca. lolium. A
Ca. cclxxiiii. B
Ca. cclxxxiii. E
Ca. cccxi. A
Ca. cccxii. A
Ca. cccxliiii. G
Ca. ccclx. A
Ca. ccccvii. C
Ca. ccccxii. B

Agaynst flux in the bely.

Ca. xiiii. B
Ca. xiiii. D
Ca. lvii. B
Ca. lxiii. C
Ca. lxvii. A
In gallinaria. B
Ca. cxxii. M
Ca. clxxi. A
Ca. clxxiiii. F
Ca. clxxxv. A
Ca. cxciiii. A
Ca. cc.xv. in the seconde. A
Ca. ccxvi. in the seconde. A
Ca. xxxvii. B
Ca. ccxliii. B
Ca. cclix. E
Ca. cclxvi. B

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Ca. cclxxviii. D
Ca. cclxxx. B
Ca. cccxlviii: D
Ca. ccclxiii. D
Ca. ccclxiii. G
Ca. ccclxiii. K
Ca. ccclxviii. G
Ca. ccclxxiii: A
Ca. ccclxxiii. B
Ca. ccclxxiiii. C
Ca. ccccxxxix. A
Ca. ccccliii. E
Ca. cccclxii. A
Ca. ccccc. B

¶ To preserue helthe.

Ca. cxxxvii. in cathapucia.
Ca. cccccv. A

¶ A purgacyon.

Ca. cccclxxxix. A

Agaynst payne in the body.

Ca. cccxliii. B

Agaynst vomyte and dyuers fluxes.

For vomyte.

Ca. xiiii. A
Ca. xiiii. D
Ca. xxxii. A
Ca. xliiii. B
Ca. lvii. A
Ca. lxi. I
Ca. lxi. i
Ca. lxiii. B
Ca. lxiii. D
Ca. lxvii. A
Ca. xcviii. D
Ca. xix. G
Ca. cxxvii. F. in cathapucia.
Ca. clxxi. A
Ca. clxxix. B
Ca. ccxv. B
Ca. cclxxiii. C
Ca. cc.lxxxi. B
Ca. ccccxx. A
Ca. ccccxxxix. C

To prouoke vomyte.

Ca. cccii. A
Ca. ccccxii. G

To staunche vomyte

Ca. cclxxii. B
Ca. ccclxiii. L
Ca. cccxcii. B

For dyssentery and payne in the foundement.

Ca. lxxiii. C

Agaynst coleryke flux

Ca. cccxliii. C

Agaynst ylyake pas∣syon.

Ca. xxxv. C
Ca. xv. B
Ca. l. in balsamo.
Ca. lxxxix. D
Ca. xci. B
Ca. xcvi. B
Ca. xcviii. A
Ca. cii. E
Ca. cviii. C
Ca. cx. A
Ca. cx. C
Ca. cxxxix. A
Ca. cli. B
Ca. clxx. D
Ca. ccxvi: C
Ca. cclxxii. F
Ca. ccciii. E
Ca. ccccxlvii. A

For the vryne.

Ca. cccl. B
Ca. cccclxxxv. B

To cause vryne.

Ca. ccclxix. A
Ca. cccxcv. D
Ca. ccccxxxiiii.

Agaynst the bulke.

Ca. ccxvii A
Ca. cccxxvii. A
Ca. cccxxix. B
Ca. cccciiii. A

Agaynst colde hu∣mours in the bulke.

Ca. cccxxx. B
Ca. ccclxxxix A

¶ Agaynst payne in the bladder.

Ca. vi. Y
Ca. clxx. A
Ca. cclxi. A
Ca cccxlv. B
Ca. ccclxxix A

Agaynst payne of the vryne.

Ca. iiii. A
Ca. cviii. A
Ca. cxix. H
Ca. cclxxxiii. C
Ca. cccxxviii. B
Ca. ccclxx. I
Ca. cccclxxxii. G

For strangury and dyssury.

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Ca. viii. A
Ca. viii. K
Ca. xvii. B
Ca. xviii. C
Ca. xxx. A
Ca. xxxix. A
Ca. l. A. in balsamo.
Ca. lxxxv. A
Ca. xci. A
Ca. xcii. B
Ca. xcvi. A
Ca. xcviii. A
Ca. ci. D
Ca. cxix. D
Ca. cxxii. B
Ca. cxxxix. A
Ca. clxx. A
Ca. ccv. A
Ca. ccxvi. B
Ca. ccxxxvi. E
Ca. ccxciiii. B
Ca. ccciii. F
Ca. cccxii. B
Ca. cccxxx. A
Ca. ccclxii. H
Ca. ccccv. A
Ca. ccccxix B
Ca. cccclx. A
Ca. cccc.xcvii. B

¶ For grauell.

Ca. ccli. A
Ca. ccci. A

Agaynst the stone in the bladder.

Ca. xxxvii. A
Ca. lxi. Y
Ca. lxx. A
Ca. cviii. B
Ca. clxiii. A
Ca. clxvi. B
Ca. cxciii. A
Ca. cxcvi. A
Ca. cclxiiii. A
Ca. ccxciiii. A
Ca. cccxxxviii. D
Ca. cccclxxiii.
Ca. cccclxxxii. F
Ca. cccclxxxvi. A
Ca. cccclxxxvi. C
Ca. ccccxci. C
Ca. ccccxcviii. B

To breke the stone.

Ca. ccxvi. E
Ca. ccxlvii. A

For payne of the ma∣tryce.

Ca. xvi. A
Ca. xxi. C
Ca. xxxv. A
Ca. ccxxv. A
Ca. ccxxxiii. D
Ca. ccccxcvi. B
Ca. cccc.xcvi. C

Agaynst apostumes in the matryce.

Ca. cclvi. B

Agaynst suffocacyon of the matryce.

Ca. xxii. E
Ca. xxviii. C
Ca. cccxxxviii. C
Ca. ccclxxxv. B
Ca. cccclxv. E

To clense the matryce

Ca. lxxxiii. F
Ca. xcviii. C
Ca. cii. F
Ca. cxv. A
Ca. cclxxiii E
Ca. cccxiiii. C
Ca. cccxvii. D
Ca. cccxxviii. C
Ca. cccxxxii. B
Ca. ccclxx. K
Ca. ccclxxvii. E
Ca. ccccxix. B
Ca. ccccxlv. B
Ca. ccccli. B
Ca. cccclxxii. B
Ca. cccclviii. B
Ca. cccclxxxii. E

For the excessyue flux of menstrue.

Ca. vi. C
Ca. xxix. F
Ca. xxiiii. in semine amoni.
Ca. lxvii. C
Ca. cxliiii. C
Ca. clxi. in the ende.
Ca. lxviii. D
Ca. cxcv. A
Ca. cclxxvii. C
Ca. ccxv. B
Ca. ccxlii. in the fyrst. A
Ca. ccclxxxv. C
Ca. ccccxv. C
Ca. cccclxii. A
Ca. cccclxxxiii. A
Ca. cccclxxxiii. D

To prouoke floures in women.

Ca. vi. D
Ca. xxv. in the ende.
Ca. xxix. A
Ca. xxix. F
Ca. ix. A
Ca. xci. H

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Ca. xxii. D
Ca. cxxxv. in cotula.
Ca. lvi. C
Ca. cxc. B
Ca. ccxv. D
Ca. cclxxxix. C
Ca. ccclxii. K
Ca. ccclxvii. B
Ca. ccclxxx. B
Ca. ccclxxxiii. C
Ca. ccclxxxvi. A
Ca. cccxcv. D
Ca. ccccxiiii. D
Ca. ccccxix. C
Ca. cccclx. A
Ca. cccclxvi. C
Ca. cccclxxiii.
Ca. cccclxxxii. I

¶ For chyldynge.

Ca. cxxii. E

For wheales of chyl∣dren.

Ca. ccclxxix. B

A contrary to woman with chylde.

Ca. cccc•. A

For concepcyon.

Ca. lxviii. D
Ca. cix. B
Ca. cccxxii C
Ca. ccclxxvii. E
Ca. cccciiii. C
Ca. cccclxxix. A

For a woman that ha¦ue grete payne in theyr tra∣uayle.

Ca. lxi. •

For to brenge out the chyldes bedde named secu∣dina.

Ca. cccxliiii. L
Ca. ccclxvii. B

¶ For to delyuer of a deed chylde.

Ca. cxlv. C
Ca. cccxv. C
Ca. ccclxvii. B
Ca. cccclxiii. A

For to come mylke in women.

Ca. cccc.xxx. A

For crudded mylke in the brestes of women

Ca. cclxiii. E
Ca. cclxxiii. G
Ca. cccclviii. B

For womans brestes.

Ca. lxxiii. E
Ca. cxx. A
Ca. cxxiiii. B

¶ To cause womans brestes be small.

Ca. cccxxii. D

For tours humours.

Ca. cccccv. C
Ca. ccxliiii. B
Ca. ccccciiii. A

¶ For melancoly.

Ca. viii. I
Ca. lviii. D
Ca. ccxxx. A
Ca. ccxxx. D
Ca. cccxix.

For colerike humours

Ca. lxviii. D
Ca. cxii. C
Ca. cccclxvii. A

For hote causes.

Ca. ccxiii. D

For botches.

Ca. cxxxvi. A

For bledynge at the mouthe.

Ca. cvi. B

¶ For bledynge of the outwarde membres

Ca. ccccx. A

For bledyng of the no∣se.

Ca. xii. D
Ca. xiiii. C
Ca. xxxvi. B
Ca. lvi. C
Ca. lxi. G
Ca. lxiii. A
Ca. lxxii. A
Ca. lxxxii. E
Ca. cvi. A
Ca. clxi. A
Ca. clxxxix. E
Ca. cxciiii. B
Ca. cclxxvii. C
Ca. cccxxxvi. E
Ca. cccxlvii.
Ca. ccclvii. A
Ca. ccclxviii. A
Ca. ccclxxxi. B
Ca. ccclxxxv. A
Ca. ccclxxxviii. N

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Ca. ccccxv. A
Ca. ccccxxi. D
Ca. cccclxii. A
Ca. cccclxv. E

For spyttyng of blode named passio emoptoica.

Ca. lvi. A
Ca. lxi. b
Ca. lxxiii. A
Ca. clxi. B
Ca. clxxxix. C
Ca. ccxx. B
Ca. cclxxvii. C
Ca. cccxliiii. b
Ca. cccxlviii. A
Ca. ccclxxiiii. A
Ca. ccclxxxv. b
Ca. ccccxix. C
Ca. ccccxcvii. A

To staunche blode at the nose.

Ca. ccxxiii. A
Ca. cclxxxi. C
Ca. cccclxii. A

To stoppe blode of a wounde.

Ca. i. C

For blody flux.

Ca. cxlii. G
Ca. clxi. C
Ca. clxxxix. D
Ca. cxcv. b
Ca. ccxiii. C

To cause blode at the nose.

Ca. ccccxxi. A

For emorroydes or pyles.

Ca. viii. L
Ca. xii. E
Ca. xv. E
Ca. xvi. B
Ca. xxix. C
Ca. xci. G
Ca. cxliiii. D
Ca. clviii. C
Ca. cxci. B
Ca. cciii. A
Ca. ccxxx. C
Ca. ccclxxxiii. D
Ca. ccxcvii. A
Ca. ccclxviii. C
Ca. ccccl. A
Ca. ccxv. D
Ca. ccccvii. D
Ca. cccclxxii. A
Ca. ccclxviii. F

For costyfnesse.

Ca. xxix. B
Ca. xc. D
Ca. cv. B
Ca. cxi. A
Ca. clxviii. D
Ca. clxxiiii. E
Ca. cclvi. D
Ca. cclxxix. A
Ca. ccciii. G
Ca. cccxvii. C
Ca. cccxxviii. C
Ca. cccxxxii. C
Ca. ccclxii. I
Ca. ccc.xxvii. F
Ca. ccclxxxviii. C
Ca. cccc. B
Ca. ccccxxxix. B
Ca. cccc.i. A
Ca. cccclxxii. C
Ca. cccclxxvii. B

For colde apostumes.

Ca. xii. A
Ca. lxiiii. A
Ca. cxx. A
Ca. clxxxiiii. B
Ca. ccxv. B
Ca. cccclxxii. F

For hote apostumes.

Ca. xiiii. E
Ca. lxix. C
Ca. cxii. G
Ca. clxi. in the ende.
Ca. clxxviii. A
Ca. cciii. D
Ca. ccxxxviii. B
Ca. ccxxxix. B
Ca. cclxxix. A
Ca. ccxci. A
Ca. cccxxix. A
Ca. cccxxxvi. F
Ca. cccxl. A
Ca. cccxli. A
Ca. ccclxxi. C
Ca. ccclxxviii.
Ca. ccccxvii. A

For to rype colde apo∣stumes.

Ca. clvi. B
Ca. clxxiii. A
Ca. ccxxxii. A
Ca. ccxxxvi. C
Ca. cclix. C
Ca. cclxxix. B
Ca. cclxxi. D
Ca. cccxix. B

To breke apostumes.

Ca. clxvii. B
Ca. clxxxviii. D
Ca. cclvi. A
Ca. ccccli. in the seconde. A
Ca. cccclxiii. B
Ca. cccclxxxv. C

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¶ To pullout the mat¦ter of the impostumes.

Ca. cccclxxxiiii. B
Ca. cccclxxxviii. B

¶ For the impostume pleuresis.

Ca. ccccliii. A

¶ For the impostume Antrax.

Ca. ccxcv. A

¶ For impostumes on the membres.

Ca. xxxviii. F
Ca. xl. B
Ca. xlviii. A
Ca. lxiiii. B
Ca. lxviii. B
Ca. lxxix. A
Ca. cclxx. A
Ca. cclxxiiii. C
Ca. cclxxviii. C
Ca. ccc•. C
Ca. cccxix. A
Ca. ccclxxxvii. C

For swellynges.

Ca. ccxiii. H
Ca. cccclvii. A

For hote swellynges.

Ca. cccclxxxiiii. C

For swellynges in the extreme membres.

Ca. clxii. B

Agaynst byles in the body.

Ca. cccclxxxv. A
Ca. ccccc. A

Agaynst hardnesse

Ca. ccxxxii. B

To perce the skyn without blode.

Ca. clxvii. A

Agaynst the pestylēce

Ca. ccccliii. D

Agaynst the canker.

Ca. vii. A
Ca. vii. E
Ca. xxvii. A
Ca. cxv. D
Ca. cxix. B
Ca. ccix. C
In B. ca. loliū.
Ca. cccxlvii. F
Ca. cccclxii. B

Agaynst fistule.

Ca. xv. D
Ca. xxxviii. G
Ca. lxi. o
Ca. xcv. E
Ca. cxliiii. A
Ca. xlii. C
Ca. ccix. E
Ca. cccliiii. A
Ca. ccclv. A
Ca. ccccliii. A
Ca. cccclxiiii. A
Ca. cccclxxii.

For a wounde

Ca. xxxviii. D
Ca. cccclxiiii. B
Ca. ccclxiii. A

For fresse woundes.

Ca. cci.
Ca. ccccclxxxiii. B

For all foule woūdes

Ca. lxxvi. C
Ca. lxxvii. A
Ca. cccxliiii. D
Ca. cccclxxix. D

For venymous woū∣des.

Ca. ccccxx. A

For the deed flesshe in sores & woundes.

Ca. cccxxvii. B
Ca. ccccci. A

For all woundes.

Ca. cxl. B
Ca. ccxlvi. A

To close woundes.

Ca. ccxlii. A
Ca. cclxxvii. D
Ca. lvi. A
Ca. ccccxxxviii. B

For to nesshe a woū∣de.

Ca. cccclxv. F

Agaynst pymples.

Ca. cccccii. B

Agaynst ytche.

Ca. xli. A

¶ For ytche & scabbes

Ca. li. A
Ca. ccci. B

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Agaynst lepre.

Ca. ccci. B
Ca. ccccxii. F

Agaynst lepre alopice

Ca. ccccvii: B

Agaynst lepre elephā∣te.

Ca. iii. A

Agaynst scabbes.

Ca. iiii. B
Ca. vii. C
Ca. vii. D
Ca. xxvi. in the ende.
Ca. clviii. D
Ca. clxix. A
Ca. ccxxxvi. A
Ca. ccxxxvii. A
Ca. cccxii. C
Ca. cccxliii. A
Ca. ccclxxxii. C
Ca. ccccvii. A
Ca. cccclxi. A
Ca cccccv. C

Agaynst morphew.

Ca. xv. F
Ca. xxiii. C
Ca. lxxiiii. A
Ca. cccclxi. C

Agaynst sores olde & newe.

Ca. ccx. A

Agaynst olde sores.

Ca. cccxcvii. B

Agaynst newe sores.

Ca. cccxlix. B

¶ Agaynst rōnynge sores.

Ca. cccclxxiiii. A
Ca. cccclxxxiii. C

For them that ben greued.

Ca. lxi. f

Agaynst wartes.

Ca. lxxiii. D
Ca. ccix. B

Agaynst ryng wor∣mes.

Ca. ccxxxvi. B

¶ For sacer ignis.

Ca. xliiii. C

Agaynst scaldynge.

Ca. cxviii. A
Ca. ccclxxxi. A

Agaynst spottes bren∣neth in the sonne.

Ca. cccclxxiiii. C

Agaynst brennynge.

Ca. cccc.lxxiiii. B
Ca. clxxviii. B
Ca. cclxxi. L

Agaynst hete.

Ca. ccccxcv. B

Agaynst blaynes.

Ca. ccxl. B

For the lytell pockes.

Ca. ccccxcv. C

A good salue for all olde sores.

Ca. ccccxciii.

A very good expery∣ment for olde & newe sores.

Ca. ccccc. D

To drawe out yron

Ca. clxxiiii. G
Ca. cclix. D

Agaynst lechery.

Ca. clx. A
Ca. clxxi. C
Ca. lxxxii. F
Ca. cccclxv. E

To encrease lechery.

Ca. cclv. B
Ca. ccc.lxxvi. •

Agaynst gomorrea.

Ca. vi. A
Ca. lxxxii. A
Ca. xciii. E

¶ For the genytours.

Ca. lxxviii.

¶ For swollen ballockes.

Ca. ccclxi. A

¶ For payne in y^e yerde.

Ca. lxi. K
Ca. ccxxxvii. C
Ca. ccxlii. in y^e seconde A

¶ For reednesse and rottyng of the pryue membres.

Ca. i. N

¶ For herispylla.

Ca. ccccciiii. B

¶ For payne in the rybbes.

Ca. lxi. o

¶ For brusyng & brestenesse

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Ca. xxxviii. B
Ca. lxii. A
Ca. lxxii. B
Ca. lxxv. A
Ca. ccclxxv. B
Ca. ccccxxi. C

For brustenesse in ol∣de or ionge folke whyter it be olde or newe.

Ca. cclxv. A

For al maner of gowt

Ca. cxx. B
Ca. cli. A
Ca. clvi. B
Ca. clviii. A
Ca. clix. A
Ca. ccvii. B
Ca. ccxii. A

¶ For all aches caused of flewme.

Ca. xxvii. A

Agaynst many dyssea¦ses as artyke / palsey / epy∣••nce / ylyake / strangury dys¦su•y.

Ca. cccxxxviii. A

Agaynst gowte arty∣ke.

Ca. i. M
Ca. v. F
Ca. cxxxvii. D
Ca. clxii. C
Ca. lxix. C
Ca. cccclxxxii. B
Ca. cccclxxxiii. E
Ca. cccxcviii. C

Agaynst gowte poda¦gre.

Ca. v. F
Ca. lx. A
Ca. lxi. p
Ca. cii. D
Ca. xxxvi. B
Ca. ccxiii. B
Ca. ccclxxvi. B
Ca. ccccxliiii. A
Ca. cccclxv. D

For payne in the fete.

Ca. xxx. D
Ca. cxciii. B
Ea. ccccxii. E

¶ For swellyng of the fete.

Ca. cii. H
Ca. cvii. B
Ca. cccxxxviii. E
Ca. cccxliiii. M
Ca. cccxliiii. F

For gowte scyatyke.

Ca. cc. A
In lolio. C

For the crampe

Ca. ccccxcviii. A

For feuer ague.

Ca. cxix. E
Ca. cxxii. F
Ca. cxlviii. D
Ca. cclxxxvi. A
Ca. cccxlix. C
Ca. ccclxiiii. A
Ca. ccclxxiiii. B
Ca. ccclxxxvii. D
Ca. ccccxi. A
Ca. ccccxii. A
Ca. ccccxxxii B
Ca. ccccxlix. A
Ca. cccclxxxii. N

Agaynst feuer quoty∣dran.

Ca. viii. E
Ca. xv. A
Ca. l. in balsamo. E
Ca. xli. S
Ca. lxxxiii. A
Ca. cxii. B
Ca. cxxxvii. A
Ca. clvii. A
Ca. clix A
Ca. clxii. A

Agaynst feuer terrian

Ca. lxi. C
Ca. cccxliiii. K
Ca. cccclxxiii. B

Agaynst feuer quar¦tayne.

Ca. v. B
Ca. lxi. V
Ca. lxxiii. F
Ca. lxxxiii. B
Ca. clxvii. C
Ca. ccxxiiii. C
Ca. ccxxx. b
Ca. ccxciii. A
Ca. ccclvi. S
Ca. cccclxxii. D
Ca. cccclxxiii. b

For ethyke ague.

Ca. cxii. E
Ca. cclxx. b

To dygeste mater of feuer.

Ca. cclxxxi. A

For the feruent ague

Ca. cxii. D
Ca. cccclvii. b

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To delay ache.

Ca. cccxvi. C

To quenche thyrst in a feuer.

Ca. ccccxvii. A

Agaynst thyrst.

Ca. cxlii. C
Ca. cccxxxvi. B
Ca. ccccxcv. D

Agaynst appetyte

Ca. xxxii. C
Ca. lxi. h
Ca. lxxxvi. E
Ca cccc.xvii. B
Ca. cccclxxviii. C
Ca. ccccxcv. A
Ca. cclxxiii. B

Agaynst the fallynge sekenesse named epilencia:

Ca. v. F
Ca. xxvi. in the ende.
Ca. xxviii. B
Ca. xciii. A
Ca. clxvi. C
Ca. clxx. A
Ca. clxxxvi. B
Ca. ccxvi. D
Ca. ccclxii. B

To cause slepe.

Ca ccxiii. A
Ca. ccxxxviii. A
Ca. cclxxix. in malua. D
Ca. cccxvi. A
Ca. cccxvi. B
Ca. cclxxviii. A
Ca. ccccxcvi. A

To cause slepe in feuer ague.

Ca. cccclvi.

Agaynst venym.

Ca. cxxi. B
Ca. clxv. A
Ca. cclxiii. A
Ca. cclxxi. E
Ca. cccx. A
Ca. ccclxii. N
Ca. cccxcii. A
Ca. ccccxxvi. A
Ca. ccccxxxviii. A
Ca. ccccl. C
Ca. cccclxxiii. A
Ca. cccclxxxii. H
Ca. ccccxci. B

¶ For bytyng of veny¦mous bestes.

Ca. xviii. A
Ca. xxvi. A
Ca. xliii. A
Ca. lxi. l
Ca. cxxii. H
Ca. cxxxvi. A
Ca. cxlv. A
Ca. clxxxvi. C
Ca. ccx. A
Ca. cclix. A

For to put out venym

Ca. ccclv. C
Ca. cccclxxxiii. F

Agaynst bytynge of a serpent.

Ca. xxxviii. C
Ca. lxx. C
Ca. cccxliiii. E
Ca. cccclxviii. A

Agaynst styngyng of a scorpion.

Ca. cccxliiii. F
Ca. ccclxviii. I

Agaynst bytynge of a madde dogge.

Ca. lxi. m
Ca. lxx. E
Ca. lxxvi. A
Ca. cvii. A
Ca. cxxiii. A
Ca. cccx. B
Ca. cccxxiiii. A
Ca. cccxlv. A
Ca. ccccxxi. B
Ca. cccclxv. B
In ca. edus.

Agaynst the yche of the legges.

Ca. gallinaria. B

¶ Agaynst skalled leg¦ges.

Ca. cccxxv. A

Agaynst blackenesse of a stroke.

Ca: ci. F

Agaynst bytyng of a spyder.

Ca. lxx. D

Agaynst styngyng of hony bees.

Ca. cclxxi. I

Agaynst the backe & tallockes

Ca. cccxxv. B

Agaynst tremble of the body.

Ca. ccccxci: A

Agaynst werynesse

Ca. lxi. gPETRVS TREVERIS

¶ Imprentyd at London in South∣warke by me Peter Treueris dwel∣lynge in the sygne of the wodows. In the yere of our lorde god. M.D.xxvi. the xxvii. day of Iuly.

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