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.