¶ A new Herbal of Macer.  
Translated out of Latin in to english.   



AGnus castus, is an herb called Tutsayne or park levys, and the levys be some deal red, like to the levys of orage, & he hath a yellow flower asmuch as a penny, & beareth in the top black betye when they be ripe, and if they been not type, they be yellow as the flower of the herb, this herb groweth moche in woods & dry places. ¶ The virtue of this herb is to keep men & women chaste. 
Chaste  And therefore as Diascoridon and Placent saith it is cold, and called Agnus castus. Also this herb openeth the poors, & letteth out wicked humours and spirits of a man's body. 
Body Man's seed.  This herb destroyeth the moister of a man's seed. Also the same auctors saith if this herb be sudden with Fenell sede and with a little aisel, 
dropsy.  it will destroy the cold dropsy. Also if it be sudden with Smalache and Sawge in salt water, and then wash the hinder part of a man's head, it healeth & unbindeth an evil that is called lytarge. 
Lytarge. Lechery.  Also this herb destroyeth the fowl lust of lechery if it be drunken, and men use to lie upon him or sleep upon him, and therefore sometime men eat this herb roasted, for if men eat it raw, he will lightly engender hedach. 
hedach milt.  This herb is good to destroy hardness and stopping of the liver & the milt. Also a plaster made of this herb is good to do away the head ache, 
Head humours.  that is gendered of wicked humours, this herb is cold and dry, and there be iii spices of her.   

¶ smallage, or March.  
APium is an herb cleped smallage or March, This herb hath levys like to lovage, but the levys been not so long and it is not so strong of savour as lovage is, & his seed is like persely seed. ¶ The virtue of this herb is to cause a man to make water. 
make water. liver.  And he openeth the stopping of the liver, Also the seed hardnethe a man's womb and draweth away wicked humours of a man's body to the head and the stomach & the womb, 
womb falling evil.  and noyeth him much that hath the falling evil, and women with child, and other sucking children, should not eat of this herb for taking of the falling evil This herb is hot and dry, and hath .v. spices of her.   

¶ Anetum.  
ANetum is called Anyce, This herb hath levys like to Fenyll other dill, and the same savour, she beareth sede somdele as the seed of orage. ¶ The virtue of this herb is to make a man to pass, 
Rumbling The yoske. wound yard.  also this her be suageth the rumbling of a man's womb. Also he destroyeth the yoske. And the seed of this herb brent and strawed on a wound will hele it soon, and namely if a man be scalded on his membres, or on his yard, straw the powder thereon, & it will he'll soon Or what other manner evil ariseth in a man's yard. Also a plaster of the seed brent and laid to the emeralds hot healeth them soon. 
Emerawdes'  This herb is hot and dry. etc.   

¶ Cherfoyle, Cheruyle.  
APetium is an herb cleped Cherfoyle, or Cheruyle. This herb hath small levys like hemloke, but this herb is sweet in savour, and he hath a white flower & a long sede like oats. ¶ The virtue of this herb is if he be drunken he maketh a man to piss well. 
Ache. reins winds.  Also he delivereth the ache in a man's reins & of the bladder. Also if he be drunk with wine, he letteth out wicked winds from the sides, and stopping of the womb and of the liver & all manner winds. Also this herb witholdeth casting. 
Casting  Also a plaster made of this herb and tempered with easel destroyeth wild fire, and healeth the canker, 
Canker wounds.  and other wounds, and putteth away the chylle from all wounds. This herb is one of the spices of smallage, & he hot & dry.   

¶ wormwood.  
ABsynthium is an herb called wormwood, and his levys been somedeal white, and he hath a great moor, & out of that moor come many branches, and he flowreth as doth Mugwort. ¶ The virtue of this herb is to comfort the stomach & cleanse the heart. 
Stomach heart.  Galyen saith that this herb hath two virtues, one is laxative, the other costy patyfe. And therefore he saith that if this herb be given for an evil of the which the matter is not fully defied, it shall hard the stomach and let digestion. 
Digestion. Lax.  And if the matter of the evil be riped, than this herb will make a man laxative, and easily put away drunkenness. And if this herb be drunk with spykenarde it assuageth the aching of the stomach and the womb, that is gathered of wicked winds. 
wides.  Also if this herb be tempered with honey, and drunken it healeth the swelling in a man's mouth, 
Swelling. jyen.  and putteth away the blackness of a man's iyens & cleryth them moche. Also if this herb be stamped with the gall of a bull, and after that put in to a man's iyens, it doth away all manner of shemering and dimness of a man's iyens. 
jyen. moister.  Also the juice of this herb stilled in to a man's nose thryle drieth up the moyture that runneth out of them. Also Diasco rides saith if this herb be put in to a press among clothes it saveth them from motthes Also if it be laid among books written with ink, 
Motthes. books  the worms shall not eat them.   

¶ Mugwort.  
ARtemesia is an herb called mugwort This herb is like to the levys of wormode, but they been not allthing so round, and this herb hath a long stalk, & many stalks comen out of the rote, and flowreth as doth wormwood. ¶ The virtue of this herb is if a man travayling bear this herb about him, he should not be weary for his travail nor in his way. 
Travail. spirit. Ache.  Also where this herb is in any house, there shall no wicked spirit abide. Also this herb stamped with tallow helyth the soreness and ache of men's feet. Also this herb made in powder & drunk with blood warm water healeth the ache of a man's guts and many other, 
guts  and it is hot and dry. etc.   

¶ Affodylle.  
AFfodillus is an herb called Affodyll This herb hath levys like to leekies and a yellow flower at the top, he hath round cods, in the which is seed like onion sede. ¶ The virtue of this herb is the branches been good to hele the dropsy. 
dropsy. Denon.  Also the levys & the flowers drunken with wine healeth the biting of venomous beasts. Also the juice of this herb and the rote with a little Myrrh & a little saffron sudden in old sweet wine, & than strained, is good to hele ronning iyen. 
ronning iyen. Here grow  Also the rote of this herb brent in powder and put in to iyen that have lost their here shall make here to grow. Also & a hard sharp cloth be wet in the juice of this herb and therewith anoint with the cloth in the son the Morfue and the bow shall fall away, this herb is hot and dry. 
morfu.    

¶ Red Mader.  
AStrologia longa, is called red Mader This herb hath levys like to mader, and he hath a branch the length of a cubit, and many branches cometh out of one rote, and the branches have many knots right as mader, and hath a white flower. ¶ The virtue of this herb is, that it will unbind the stopping of the liver, 
liver. wides. wounds.  and let out all wicked winds that been stopping in a man's body. Also this herb cleanseth wounds that been rotten. This herb must be gathered in harvest and is hot and dry.   

¶ Galyngale.  
AStrologia rotunda, is called galingale, This herb hath levys like to Burrs, and hath but one branch & green levys above & under been white, and it flowreth as it were betake save the flowers been white. ¶ The virtue as hippocras saith if he be drunk with hot water it is medicinable for men that been stopped in the breast and for falling evil, 
Breast Evil Cramp  and for the podagre and the cramp, and he must be gathered in Harvest he is a spice of Mader, and he be hot and dry. etc.   

¶ Sothernwode.  
ABrotanum is an herb named Sothernwode, This herb hath a stalk like to Rue but he hath straighter levys than Rue. ¶ The virtue of this herb is if the feed be broken & drunken with water it helyth men that have been bitten with venomous beasts. 
Venon.  Also it destroyeth worms in a man's womb. 
womb  Also the powder thereof meddled with old oil and put to the place there lacketh here it shall grow again. 
Heer  Also the powder of this herb breaketh the hard passion, 
passion  this herb is hot and dre.   

¶ Ameos.  
AMeos is an herb called Amee, this hath leaves leek to Eldern, but they been less and a long branch and flowreth and seedeth as it were persely, and the sedeis like to the seed of Persely. ¶ The virtue of this herb is if it be drunk with honey it sleeth worms in a man's womb, 
worms.  and unbindeth great stopping of wicked winds in a man's womb, he breaketh the stone, he healeth a man's stomach if it be cold, 
Stomach.  he cleanseth the liver and the reins and wounds, he helpeth the biting of venomous beasts, and it is hot and dry.   

¶ Allaluya.  
ALleluya is a herb called woodsore or stubworte, this herb hath iii leaves of the which ii been round and a little departed above and it hath a white flower, but no long stalk. ¶ The virtue of this herb is if it be roasted upon the coals in leaves of the red dock, than he shall frete away deed flesh, 
dead flesh.  and it is hot and dry.   

¶ Agrimonia.  
AGrimonia is an herb called Egrimonye, and the leaves be like to Tansey, but the leaves of this been greater, and he hath a clue flower, and when the flower is fall he hath feed that will hang in a man's clothes, this groweth by dyches, or hedges, and woods. ¶ The virtue is if he be eaten green with the rote he healeth the aching of the womb. 
aching womb A sore hurt milt.  Also this herb tempered with eyfell will heal a sore hurted with iron. Also if it be used in meats it will hele the soreness of the milt, and it is hot and dry.   

¶ Auancia.  
AVancia is an herb called Auendre, it hath leaves like to an hare foot, this herb is called harefote, and he hath a yellow flower as it were Turmentyll. ¶ The virtue is if he be dried & made in powder, and put in a little wine or hot water and given to a man that hath the Fevers to drink, 
the fevers the canker,  it shall help him soon. Also it helpeth much wounds, and the canker if it be drunk.   

¶ Altea.  
ALtea is an herb called the hollyhock or wild mallow, it hath leaves as it were mallow and hath a long branch, he seedeth as doth mallow. ¶ The virtue is if it be shredded with tallow, 
Potagre.  and taken to a man that hath the potagre, he shall be hole within three day. Also if this herb be sudden with vinegar and with linseed, and laid unto a man's sides it departeth wecked gathering that been gendered together in a man's body it groweth in fields and hot places. 
wicked gathering.    

¶ Amarista.  
AMarista is an herb called Mawthen or docterfenel, this herb is much like to Camamyll, and flowreth as Camamyll, for it hath white flowers, & this herb stinketh as it groweth in the field, and in corn. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that the juice thereof drunk is good for the canker. 
the canker. Emerawdes'  Also to hele the pipes of the emeralds and there be two spices of this herb, one hath a white flower, the other a yellow flower.   

¶ Anisum  
Anisun is an herb called Annies, it hath leaves as Comen or Fenel, but the seed is more than Fenell sede. 
wicked wides.  ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he unbindeth wicked winds and great humours, and he openeth the stopping of the liver. 
liver.  Also he maketh womanes milk to wax. Also he stirreth man and woman to works of kind. 
works  Also it maketh a man to make water & to sweet. Also it maketh the womb hard if it be lax, this herb or else the seed should be take moist, 
womb  and roasted or perched in manner of medicines this herb is hot and dry.   

¶ Alleum  
Alleun is an herb called Garlic, this herb is comen. ¶ The virtue of him is that he will unbind all great stoppings and wicked winds in a man's body. 
wicked winds.  Also he helpeth a man to make water, but nevertheless he grieveth amamnes iyen for the great unbynding and drawing that he virtuously draweth the sight. Also he destroyeth a venom within a man. Also he healeth cold sores as it were treacle. 
venom within a man.  Also he doth away the morfewe of bladders in what place that they been of the body if it be well rubbed therewith, and it is hot and dry.   

¶ Astraton.  
AStarton is an herb called Lunarye, this herb groweth among stones or high places, this herb shineth by night, this herb hath his moisture yfound by shepherds in the field, and it hath yellow flowers hole and round as cokobell, or flowers of Fogxlove, the leaves of this herb been zende blue, & they have the mark of the Moon in the mids as it were iii leaved grass, and the leaves been more than iii leaved grass, and been round as a penny, it hath a stalk & that is red, it smelleth as it were Musk, and the juice is yellow, this groweth in the new Moon without leaves, & every day waxeth a new life xu days, and after xu days he loseth a leaf as the Moon waxeth and waineth, and where soever this herb be he groweth in great quantity. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that who so eateth his bayns or else of the herb in the waning of the Moon when he is in signo verginis, 
falling evil.  if he have the falling evil he shall be hole. Also who so hath the falling evil bear this herb about his neck and he shallbe hole. And it hath many more virtues than I can tell at this time.    

¶ The ii letter beginneth with. B.  

¶ Betonia.  
BEtonia is an herb called betake or byschoppes' wort, this herd hath hole leaves, but they be indented by the sides without, & it hath a red flower in the crop of the stalk. ¶ The virtue of this herb is if he be pune and put to the wound in the head that is smitten with a stroke, 
wound in the heed  he shall hele the wound fair and well, and the better if it be fresh. Also this herb will draw out broken bones of wounds as some auctors say. Also take the water of betake, or else break the leaves and take the juice and put it in to thine eyes, than shall you find that it is good for aching or soreness of the iyen. Also take of Betayn a●ragma and pune it and meddle it with water that is warm, 
broken bonesin the heed.  and drink it four times fasting and it will break the web about the iyens, and cleanse them well & fair. Also if thou have watering iyens eat every day a little betake and it cleanseth them. 
sore iyen  Also if thou have aching iyen, take the leaves of betake fresh by themself, or else with a little water, and then wring out the juice & put thereto a little rose water, warm them well together, and still it in to thine iyens, and afterward put above wool, and so thou shalt be hole. Also if thou bleed moche at the nose take betake and pune it with a little salt, 
Nose bleed.  and do it to thine nose thyrlles, as much as thou mayest with thy thumb and thy meddle finger, 
blood.  and than hold thy nosethyrlle with the same fingers, and the blood shall stance. Also if thou have sore tethe, 
sore teeth.  take betake and seth it in old wine, or in easel till it be sodde to the third part, and hold it in thy mouth, and thou shalt amend. 
The cough.  Also if thou have the cough take two ounces of the powder of betake and a little honey, and seth it with esy fire, and use it ix days. 
man's yard be swollen  Also if a man's yard be swollen or else sore, take betake & pune it with little wine, and after lay to the yard and he shallbe hole. Also if a man may not hold his meet within him, take four drams of the powder of betake and meddle it with honey that is sodde, 
vomiting.  & make pellettes as great as a walsche nute, & give him four days each day a pellet, and do him to drink ii spoonful of that water, & than he shall be hole. Also if a man be potagre, take betake and pune it & lay it to his feet, 
potagre.  and he shallbe amended. Also take a little betake or the powder and eat it early, and it shall help the fro drunkenness that day, 
Drunkenness.  these medicines been proved, and hath many more virtues. This herb groweth in woods and holly places among bushes in dark places, this herb is hot and dry.   

¶ Balsaminta.  
BAlsaminta is an herb that men call horsemynt, this herb hath leaves like unto other mints, and some men calleth it water mint, it groweth moche by the water, but it hath a stronger saver than hath another mint. ¶ The virtue is that he will comfort the stomach, 
Purge man's stomach  & make a man well to defy his meat Also this herb purgeth a man within the body, and maketh him well to speak. Also the juice of this herb meddled with honey and a little wine doth away the schylke of amans stomach, and other wicked winds of him. Also the juice of this herb drunk with wine ysode maketh a woman with child easily to bear her child, 
women with child.  & soon to be delivered, this is hot and dry, and hath two spices.   

¶ Beta.  
BEta is an herb called beat, this herb is comen, and groweth in gardens, and there be two spices thereof, and Diacolides sayeth, one is white another black,  
¶ The virtue of this herb is that the juice of this herb put it in to the nosethyrlles, 
Heed ache.  it cleanseth a man's heed. Also this herb suageth the aching of a man's heed. Also it cleanseth the heed from nyttes, 
nyttes  and from other vermin. Also it repaireth & keepeth the here of a man's heed. 
Heer.  Also this herb destroyeth botches and biles. Also Diacolides sayeth, 
Botches.  that upon the rote of this herb may be planted a graff that will afterward bear fruit, as upon the coal rote.   

¶ Borago Domestices.  
BOrago Domestices is an herb called Borage, this groweth in gardens, and he hath short leaves and a blue flower. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he will cleanse the red colour of man. 
colour Mery.  Also this herb meddled with wine maketh a man glade and merry, & it is hot and dry.   

¶ Bigula.  
BIgula is an herb called Brome Bugle this hath leaves somewhat round, and somewhat turning to black, and he hath a blue flower and somewhat boisterous. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he will hele wounds in a man's heed. 
wounds in the heed  Also it breaketh and destroyeth the rheum in amans head and the aching, he groweth in woods, and he is hot and dry, and there been ii spices of him. 
rheum.    

¶ Burneta.  
BVrneta is an herb called Burnet, & it hath ablewe flower as hath Hayhove, and leaves like to Tansy, but they be not so great. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he will destroy the great humours and the laxative within a man. 
laxative.  Also he healeth and openeth the stopping of the liver, and maketh a man to piss. Also he healeth a man of the yellow evil. 
liver.  Also the juice meddled with honey and drunk, unbindeth & healeth the sore of the rib and paps, and there be ii spices of this herb one groweth in hard land and hath little leaves, 
Sore rib.  another groweth in meadows and have more leaves.   

¶ Bursa pastoris.  
BVrsa pastoris is an herb called shepherds purse or tocheworte, this hath leaves departed somedeal as Burnete, & hath a white flower, and when he hath lost his flower, he hath the manner of a purse, in the which is seed ¶ THE virtue of this herb is he will soon staunch blood if he be drunk, 
Forbleding.  it groweth in fields and gardens well nigh all about, and he is hot and dry.    

¶ The iii letter beginneth with. C.  

Camamilla.  
CAmamilla is an herb called Camamyll, this herb hath leaves like to the mauth & white flowers but he smelleth sote, and the mawth stinketh. 
For the stone  ¶ The virtue is if he be drunk with wine he breaketh the stone. Also he stroyeth the yellow evil. Also be healeth the aching of the liver. 
Evil. liver.  Also if he be chowed he healeth the sore of the mouth, this is hot & dry, and groweth most in gardens.   

¶ Calamintum.  
CAlamintum is an herb that is called Calamynt. this herb hath leaves like unto Mint, but the leaves been whiter and rounder than the leaves of Mint, and more stronger of savour, and it hath a white stalk.  
¶ The virtue of this herb is that he will destroy a manes talon as hippocras saith, and there be three spices of this herb, one that is stony, another that is hery, another that is watery, and they be hot & dry, and he that is hery maketh a man moist, he that is stony if he be drunk he maketh a man that hath drunk venom hole. 
for venom  Also this herb made in plaster and laid to any venomous sore, it draweth the venom from within outward. Also who so drinketh this herb iii days, it healeth the yellow evil, 
Evil.  he that is herye it helpeth from the sepour, the juice of this herb put in to a man's ears, it killeth the worms therein, 
ears. stomac  it comforteth the stomach and helpeth to defy and it withdraweth casting.   

¶ Crassula mayor.  
CRassula maior, is an herb called Orpyn or Ormale, this herb hath somewhat thick leaves as it were Peny wort. ¶ The virtue of this herb is if it be laid to a wound he shall hele it without any help, 
Sore wounds  this herb groweth in gardens.   

¶ Crassula minor.  
CRassula minor is an herb called Stonor or Stonecrope, it hath little leaves like to Orpyn, and it groweth upon houses and walls and groweth somewhat hanging. ¶ The virtue of this herb is, 
For the ague.  he will make a man to live chaste, & is drunk for the ague.   

¶ Cituca.  
CItuca is an herb called Hembloke or herb Benet, it hath leaves like to Persely, and so he flowreth & seedeth as doth Persely, but this herb stinketh. ¶ The virtue is he keepeth maidens paps from great waxing. 
Lechery. The potagre.  Also if the juice of this herb be drunk he destroyeth the great appetite of lechery. Also the juice of this with the spume of silver and swines grease destroyeth the hot potagre, and suageth the swelling, this herb is cold and dry.   

¶ Centuaria mayor.  
CEntuaria mayor is an herb that men calleth the more centaury or earth gell, this hath leaves like to the less centaury, but they be more whiter, and hath a stalk and yellow flowers, and flowreth not but in the tope. The virtue of this herb is if it be sodden with good wine & given a man to drink, 
For the liver  it healeth the sickness of the liver. Also this herb sodden in wine and drunk, drieth up wild humours of a man's milt, 
milt.  this hath been often proved. Also the juice of this herb sodden in water is good to heal a wound of another place that is smitten with a canker if he be anointed therewith, it is hot and dry, 
Cankers.  & groweth in dry ground.   

¶ Centuaria minor.  
CEntuaria minor is an herb called the less Centory or christus lader, this hath leaves like to the more Centory, but the leaves been more green, and he hath three branches coming out of the more, & the flower somewhat red. ¶ The virtue is if the powder or the juice be meddled with old wine & drunk is good to hele the stinging of an adder, 
venom  or any other venomous be'st. Also if you have sore iyen, 
iyen.  take the juice & anoint your iyens and thou shalt be hole. Also if thou have any venom within thee, 
venom  take and pune this herb & temper it with aisel and drink it and you shall cast up all the venom, and it groweth in dry places.   

¶ Carin.  
CArin is an herb called caraway, it hath leaves like somewhat to Fenell, & a long stalk and round seed, more than the seed of persely. ¶ The virtue of him is that he destroyeth wicked winds, 
For the cough  and the cough, and healeth men that hath the frenzy, and biting with venomous beasts. Also this herb meddled with aisel healeth scabs & tetters, 
scabes  and restoreth here where it falleth away, this herb is hot & dry, 
Heer.  & groweth in gardayns.   

¶ Celodonia.  
CElodonia is an herb called Celondin or Detenwort, this hath leaves that been green and yellow flowers, & when he is broke he droppeth milk, and the leaves be somewhat like to columbine. ¶ The virtue of this her be as Plinius saith, if a swallows bird be hurt the dam fetcheth of this herb & healeth him again. 
tooth ache  Also it healeth the ache of the tethe. Also it clnseth a man's heed. Also it healeth the canker & other sores in the mouth, 
canker.  this is hot and dry.  
Cidamun is an herb called Herinote, or Dylnote, or Flete, or Haleworte, this hath leaves like to Fenell, and white flowers and small stalks, & groweth in woods and meadows. 
Dead flesh.  ¶ The virtue is that he will fetch away dead flesh. Also this herb put on a sore, or on a place that lacked here, it healeth it and restoreth here, this is hot and dry. 
Heer.    

¶ Caulis.  
CAulis is an herb called colewort, this herb is comen to you. ¶ The virtue of him is that he will cleanse fresh wounds, and the canker, 
For sore iyen  & he'll sore iyen that have almost lost their sight. Also it maketh woman's milk to wax, and he comforteth the stomach. 
stomac Lepre.  Also the juice of this herb tempered with alym & easel suageth the leper. Also it is good for drunkenness, & groweth in gardayns   

¶ Coriandrum.  
COriandrum is an herb called Cetriander, he hath leaves like to erthenote somedeal, & hath a little white flower & round sede somwhate white, and he is stronger in savour. 
worms in the body  ¶ The virtue is if the juice be drunk with honey, it sleeth all the worms in a man's body, & also hardeth a man's womb. Also if the seed of this herb be eat it driveth away the Fevers that come the third day, 
fevers.  this herb is hot and dry.   

¶ Capillus veneris.  
CApillus veneris is called maiden here or water wortes, this hath leaves like to fern, but the leaves hen small, & groweth upon stones and walls, & in the middle of the leaves is as it were a black here.  

For the stone venom.  ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he will break the stone. Also if it be drunk with wine it destroyeth the venom, he is cold and dry.   

¶ Crocus.  
CRocus is an herb called Saffron, this hath little leaves as it were grass, and blue flowers. 
stomac  ¶ The virtue of him is that he will destroy all manner of abomination of the stomach. 
To make a man sleep  Also he maketh a man to sleep. Also the flower is good for many medicines, and namely for cooks to colour their pottage and it is hot and dry.   

¶ Centinodium.  
CEntinodium is an herb called Centinodi or swyngrasse, this herb groweth well-nigh over all. 
For the stone  ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he will break the stone, this herb is hot & dry, & may be gathered at all times.   

¶ Caprifolium.  
CAprifolium is an herb called woodbine or withwind, this groweth in hedges or in woods, and it will beclype a tree in her growing, as doth ynye, and hath white flowers. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he will hele cankers and wounds, 
canker. Teth.  and bladders, and aching of the teeth, and sores in a man's toes. Also it is good to he'll swelling that is smitten or stonge with been, 
sweling.  this is hot and dry.   

¶ Canabaria.  
CAnabaria is an herb called wild hemp, and this hath leaves like to hemp. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he is good for the Fever, and groweth moche by water: 
Fever.  or moist ground.   

¶ Costus.  
GOstus is an herb called cost, or less dytayn, this hath leaves as dytayn, but they be not so moche, and the leaves be more whiter than the leaves of dytayn. Also it is sote in savour. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he healeth the sickness of the breast & of the long and also he will break the Postym. 
the breast. longs  Also he draweth the humours of man's eyen. Also he is good for the stomach & it is hot & dry. 
postim    

¶ Cepe.  
CEpe is an herb called an Onion this is common enough. ¶ The virtue thereof is that he will greatly comfort the stomach. 
stomac  Also he nesshyth the womb. Also this herb with honey and easel & drunk is good to hele the biting of a hound. 
hound.  Also this herb meddled with woman's milk healeth the aching of earyn. 
earyn.  Also the juice of this drunk with any lycure is good for a man that hath lost suddenly his speech. 
Speech. rheum.  Also the juse put to a man's nostril breaketh out the rheum or any other wicked stopping this herb is hot and dry.   

¶ Columbina.  
COlumbina is an herb called Columbyne or culuerfote, this herb is somedelle like Celydoyne, but he droppeth no milk. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he is good for a man that hath the Quincy and he should be gathered in August. 
Quincy.    

¶ Comminum.  
COminum is an herb called common, this hath leaves like to Coriander & he hath many branches coming out of the stoke and hath strong savour. 
wicked wind.  ¶ The virtue is that he destroyeth wicked winds & other evil of the stomach. Also he helpeth a man to make water this herb is hot and dry. 
water.    

¶ Cardiaca.  
CArdiaca is an herb called Cardiake or cylsper, this herb hath leaves somedeal like to blind nettle and he is pricked some deal upon the tongue, and he hath little cods and therein his seed is. 
Falling evil.  ¶ The virtue is that he is good for men that have the falling evil. Also he is good for sauces.   

¶ Cicera.  
CIcera is an herb called frenshe Pesche hath leaves like another Peses and also cods, he hath not so great leaves neither so long cods as hath the other peses, and there be ii spices of her white & red, & he groweth in gardayns & her seed in shape as other peses.   

¶ chameleon.  
Chameleon is an herb called woluesciftyl or a white thystyll this herb hath white leaves great and broad keen and red flower & groweth in ways. ¶ The virtue of this herb is great that if thou take this herb while the son is in capricorn with the new moan if thou bear it with the or upon thee, 
good.  there shall no mischief come on the.   

¶ Consolida maior.  
COnsolida maior is an herb called confery this hath leaves like to horshele, but they be not so white & groweth in watery places and there be ii spies of her the one hath a white flower, the other a reed and like they be of one virtue. ¶ The virtue is, if a man been bursyd within him or broke take the rote of this herb and roast him well among askyn and take him to the seek fasting with honey & let him eat it, 
For bruised.  and he shall be hole. Also this herb hath broken leaves and he is hot & moist and he beareth black seed.   

¶ Consolida minor.  
COnsolida minor is called Daysye or bruseworte and he hath leaves like to the less Centory and a white flower. ¶ The virtue is that he is good to break botches if he be punyd and laid thereto, 
Botches.  this is a spice of confery and he groweth well nigh over all about in many divers places.   

¶ Consolida media.  
COnsolida media is called white Gothon or white guldes this herb hath leaves somedeal enlouge & they be indented a little without and hath a white flower that is somedeal like to days and it groweth in meadows and lees, and hath divers virtues.    

¶ The four letter beginneth with. D.  

¶ Dragancia.  
DRagancia is an herb called Dragance, or Elderworte or cerpentyne, this herb hath iii leaves in each branch & they be somedeal sharp as a neddyr. ¶ The virtue is & he be punyd with wine he putteth away all venom. 
venom  Also he healeth aching of ears and they be anointed therewith. Also if the powder of this herb be blown in a man's nose it clensyth the nose from cunning. 
ears.  Also it is good to destroy the Gout and the canker & the festering of wounds. 
Gout  This herb groweth in woods & hills, 
canker.  and he is hot & moist in the month of june and july he must be gathered.   

¶ Diptanum.  
DIptanum is called Dyteyne, or ditander this herb hath leaves like to Cooste but they be green then the leaves of cooste & it hath a little white flower. 
women with a deed child.  ¶ The virtue is if a woman be with a deed body it will deliver her thereof, this herb will draw out a thorn or iron out of a man's foot or other place and it is hot and dry.   

¶ Dancus asinius.  
DAncus asinius is an herb called brydnest or Dank this herb hath leaves like to hemloke and a white flower. ¶ The virtue is that he is good to hele the dropcy and ●y●īg of venomous beasts. 
dropcy  Also he openeth the stopping of the liver and of the milt. 
milt.  Also he unbyndyth a man's womb and maketh him laxative, 
Laxatife  this herb groweth in fields and beareth his flower like to a birds nest and he is hot and dry.   

¶ Dancus cleticus.  
DAncus cleticus is an herb called The lass Tanke this hath leaves like to wild popy but the leaves be more white and he hath a flower that is purple colour this groweth in weet and is hot and dry.   

¶ Dens leonis.  
DEns leonis is an herb called Daundelyon, or lions tooth this hath leaves like to hounds tooth and he hath a yellow flower & he hath no branches but as each flower stretcheth out of the more with a little branch & it droppyth milk when it is broke. ¶ The virtue is that the more of it is good to hele the Fever cotidian and it be drunk with wine it groweth all about. 
Fever.    

¶ Dragancia feminea.  
DRagancia feminea is an herb called, dragons female it hath leaves like to yve but they have white spectes & it hath a yellow stalk the length of ii cubyttes other while as it were a crooked n1 and like to a snake & she beareth her seed as it were a cluster of grapes, and when the seed is ripe it is yellow this her be groweth in dark places. ¶ The virtue thereof is that if the seed be punyd with oil & put to a man's eron it healeth the aching of eron. 
ears.  Also the juice of this herb with a little will put in to the nostryll cleanseth the nose from all filth. 
Nose.  Also the more of this herb punyd with white wine & honey, 
wound  healeth all wounds & the canker therein. Also he frotyth his hand well with the rote of this herb he may take eddyrs without any peril. 
For sore iyen  Also the juice of this rote destroyeth the darkness of the eyen if they be anointed therewith Also this herb drunk with wine stirreth a man to lechery.    

¶ The .v. letter beginneth with. E.  

¶ Elena campana.  
ELena campana, is an herb called Elen campaign or horshelme & this herb hath leaves as it were Comfery, but they be more whitter than the leaves of comfery and he hath along stalk and a yellow flower. ¶ The virtue is if a man have wagging teth and eat thereof fasting it will fasten his teeth. 
Teth.  Also if a man drink this herb it healeth him from the stone & helpeth him to make water. 
stone.  Also if it be drunk, it delivereth a woman of a dead child. 
laxatyf For the cough  Also it hardyth a man's womb if it be laxative this herb healeth a man of the cough this herb is hot and moist it groweth in woods and fields.   

¶ Endiva.  
Endiva is an herb called endive or horse thilstyl, this herb hath leaves like to sow thy still, this hath pricks in the ridge & a yellow flower. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that the juice thereof meddled with hot water and drunk healeth the stopping of the mill and of the liver. 
For the milt. Fever.  Also it is good to hole the yellow evil & the fever tercian and the hot postym. Also this herb swagyth the great heat of the liver & of the stomach & it is cold & moist.   

¶ Eruca.  
ERuca is an herb called Skyrwhy●● this hath leaves like to bylle, but they be not so long & it hath a great more. ¶ The virtue is that the juice of the leaves wrong o●● hold in a man's mouth healeth all the fore of the mouth. 
Stone  Also it breaketh the stone. Also the juice of this herb fodde & drunk destroyeth black colour. 
Colour  Also it stirreth a man moche 〈◊〉 ●heep and he use it. Also it helpeth a man to make water. 
water. The cough.  Also the juice of this herb cleanseth a man if he be avoynted therewith. Also the juice of this herb delivereth men & children from the cough, this is hot and dry.   

¶ Eufragia.  
EVfragia is an herb called eufrasse, this herb hath little leaves like to here coloured but they be moche like here, 
Sore eyen.  & he hath a white flower. ¶ The virtue is that he is good to he'll sore eyen, this herb groweth in medes.   

¶ Ebulus.  
EBulus is an herb called walwort, it hath leaves somedeal like Erderen and he hath a long stalk and groweth in fields. 
Dropsy. For scabes.   
¶ The virtue is that he is good to destroy the dropsy, and scabs, or tetters. Also this herb draweth wicked humours out of a man this herb is hot and dry.   

¶ Edera.  
EDera is an herb called yve, this is common it doth cover houses, & towers, & hath leaves like to an herb called bryan, and it beareth fruit as it were bays. ¶ The virtue thereof is if it be sod and laid on a botch it healeth it soon. 
For the botch  Also if thy head ache take the juice of this herb with oil of roses, and seth them together in wine, and anoint the heed therewith, 
For the head ache.  and thou shalt be hole. Also if thou will keep thy head from aching in the son, take the leaves of this herb, and pune them small, and then temper them with easel and the oil of Roses, and then anoint thy forehead therewith.   

¶ Edera terrestris.  
EDera terrestris is an herb called orpyn, or heyhove, this hath leaves like to Carmynt, 
For to make flesh tender.  but they be not so moche, and hath in the crop a red flower. ¶ The virtue is if it be put in pottage among flesh, he will make the flesh tendre and nesshe.   

¶ Eborus.  
EBorus is an herb called long wort, or Pelyter of spain, this is like to Pedelion, but the leaves of this herb be not so much slit without, and he hath a flower as it were a pasnepe. 
Tetters. Scabs.  ¶ The virtue is that he will hele scabs, the morfewe, and tetters. Also he healeth the emeralds, if it be laid to the place there it bleedeth. Also he purgeth the colour of the phlegm. Also he helpeth the from the toothache if it be sod with easel, 
Toth' ache. stomac worms. Fleece  and hold a quantity in your mouth. Also this herb purgeth well the stomach and the womb. Also the powder of this herb meddled with a little growell shall slay worms. Also the juice of this herb meddled with milk shall slay flees, this herb is hot and dry.   

¶ Elabrus.  
ELabrus is an herb called Cloventonge, or Pedelyon, this herb is moche like to longeworte, but not so flat as be the leaves of this herb, & he hath somedeal a broad flower, more than a penny, he hath a black rote and he is horrible in sight. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that if the powder thereof be meddled with growel or with meele it will slay rats and if a be'st piss blood, 
Rats.  give him this herb and he is hole   

¶ Epatica.  
EPatica is an herb called liverwort, this herb groweth in brims of waters, and in wells, and it will join to stones, and he groweth moche in walls of stone, & it hath neither stalk, neither flower but small townde leaves, & the more the leaves be the better to medicines. ¶ The virtue is that he will destroy and cleanse the hardness of the liver. 
Lyverwoundes. Fever  Also the leaves thereof medeled with swines grease will hele wounds. Also it is good to hele the Fever quartain.    

¶ The vi letter beginneth with. F.  

Famula.  
FAmula is an herb called sperwrot, or launsecle, this hath leaves like to a sper head, it hath a stalk, and in the top cometh out many small stalks, & it hath a white flower, and it groweth in waters. ¶ The virtue thereof is that he is good to hele the fevers, 
Fever boils  and also for to break botches and biles, and it is hot and dry.   

Fumus terre.  
FVmus terre is an herb called fumetetry this herb hath leaves that been somewhat white under, and they been small, and it hath a flower of purpul colour, and this herb groweth in stalks, but not full long. ¶ The virtue is that he comforteth the stomach. 
Stomach. water liver Blood ytching  Also he maketh a man to have appetite to meet, it helpeth a man to make water, and it openeth the stopping of the liver, & cleareth a man's blood. Also if the juice thereof be drunk it destroyeth scabs and itching, and bladders that been gendered of wicked humours, and it is hot and dry.   

¶ Fragra.  
FRagra is an herb called strawberry, and this herb is common. ¶ The virtue thereof is that he is good to destroy a web in the iyen. Also it is good to hele wounds. 
wounds. eyen. milt  Also the juice medeled with honey, and drunk healeth the aching of a man's milt, this groweth in clean and dark places.   

¶ Fabaria mayor.  
FAbaria mayor is an herb called brokeleves, this herb hath round leaves & moche like to mints. ¶ The virtue thereof is, if he be puned with sheeps tallow, and made hot in manner of a plaster, 
swelling.  and laid to any swelling it will hele it, this herb groweth in small brokee, & most among belton.   

¶ Filex.  
FIlex is an herb called fern, this herb is common, and there be iii spices thereof, one is called fern, 
Laxe.  and another is called polipode, another called Osmonde, and that is the ii spices, another is called verrew & that is the iii spice, 
Broken bones.  polipode is good to make a man laxative, and groweth in trees, Osmonde is good to hele broken bones, and it groweth in dyches and woods, the iii that men call ever verrew groweth on walls, and is good to hele the potagre, 
Potagre.  & he maketh strong a man's sinews, & he groweth in woods, dyches, and fields.   

¶ Filipendula.  
FIlipendula is an herb that men calleth Filipendull or dropworte, this is like to yaron, and he groweth next the ground, the leaves be more than the leaves of yaron, it hath a small stalk, and a flower somdele white, and in the more small pelettes like yshape as it were small pelettes round. ¶ The virtue is that he will destroy wicked winds about the liver and the milt. 
liver  Also he helpeth to destroy the stone, 
stone.  it groweth in hollow places, and dry, and it is hot and dry.   

¶ Feniculum.  
FEniculum is an heebe that men calleth Fenell, this herb is common enough.  
¶ The virtue is, the seed when it is dry, it destroyeth wind in the stomach. 
Stomach.  Also it comforteth a man's stomach. Also he openeth the stopping of the reins & of the bladder. Also the juice of this herb stilled in to a man's eye doth away the web. 
venom  Also if if be drunk with wine, 
worms.  it destroyeth all manner of venom. Also the juice dropped in to the ears sleeth worms, that been within. Also if it be drunk with wine, it healeth the dropsy. 
Dropsy.  Also it healeth all manner of swellings. Also if he be drunk with wine or water, it maketh a woman's milk to wax. Also if he be drunk with wine it keepeth from casting. Also if he be meddled with oil it will hele the swelling of a man's yard. 
swelling.  Also if thou will be steryed to lechery, take and drink the seed thereof with good wine.   

¶ Faxmus.  
FAxmus is an herb called hertwort or odobrame, this hath leaves yshape as a heart and hath a flower as were bugle, and a short stalk. ¶ The virtue is if he be broke and laid to a sore it healeth anon, 
A sore  this groweth in fields and meadows.   

¶ Finiculus porcinus.  
FIniculus porcinus is an herb called swines fenel or worm seed, this herb hath small leaves like to yaron, and of a stalk coming many branches it groweth upon walls, & hath small cods and small red seed. ¶ The virtue of this herb is, 
worms.  if a man eat the seed thereof, it destroyeth and slayeth the worms within the womb, and it is hot and dry.   

Febrifuga.  
FEbrifuga is called fetherfoy or vethurfoye, this herb hath many stalks coming out of one stalk, and it hath a white flower as it were Mayes. ¶ The virtue is that he will comfort the stomach. 
stomac  Also it suageth the fever quotidian. Also it is good to heal the cramp that cometh of a cold stomach. 
Fever. Cramp  Also if this herb be puned and laid to a sore that is bitten with a venomous worm or be'st it shall be hole. Also this herb tempered with easel doth away the morfew. 
Morfewe.  Also if this be puned and laid to a wound, in the which is broken bones, it shall hele the bones. 
wounds.  Also the rote of this her be is good to staunch the bloody menson, this is hot and dry.   

¶ Filago.  
FIlago is an herb called field wort, this herb hath leaves a little enlong, and it is like to horehounde, it is a little herb and it groweth in weet. 
Eyen.  His water is good for eyes   

¶ Flamula minor.  
Flammula minor is an herb called the less sperwort, it hath leaves as it were grass, but it is sharp as it were a spear. 
For bityuge.  ¶ The virtue of this herb is if it be puned and laid to a hand that is bite, it shall be hole anon.    

¶ The vii letter beginneth with. G.  

¶ Granum.  
GRanum is an herb called Gromell, or little wale, this hath leaves that been part enlonge, and hath a little white seed shape as a stone that men call mariery pearl. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he is good to hele the stone, 
stone.  and the evil of the bladder, this herb maketh a man to make water, and this is hot & dry. 
water.    

¶ Genescula.  
GEnescula is an herb called Genestre, or broom, this hath leaves like to Spygurnell, and they been a little longer, and it hath a yellow flower. ¶ The virtue is that he is good to knit bones & sinews together. 
bones.    

¶ Genciana.  
GEnciana is an herb called bladmoyne or field wort. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he cleanseth the stopping of the stomach, the liver and the milt, 
Stomach.  & it be drunk with honey and water. 
liver For biting.  Also it healeth the biting of venomous beasts. Also it delivereth a woman of a dead child, and this herb is hot and dry.   

¶ Galanga.  
GAlanga is an herb that men call galingale. 
stomac  ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he comforteth the stomach, & it maketh a man to defy his meat. 
wicked wind For the mouth Reynes.  Also it unbindeth and letteth out wicked winds out of a man's body. Also it maketh a man's mouth sweet. Also it healeth the reins. Also it maketh a man to have appetite to a woman, & it is hot and dry.   

¶ Granum solis.  
GRanum solis is an herb called wild Gromell, this hath leaves somedeal like to Gromell, and his seed is like somedeal to that other grommel sede. Also he hath somedeal such a flower, nevertheless they differeth in the stalk, for the stalk of this herb is sharp and it groweth moche in weet.   

¶ Gladiolus.  
GLadiolus is an herb called Gladyoll, or Gladur, this herb hath leaves like to an herb called Getus, but it is not so green, it hath a yellow flower & a long stalk, 
Laxe.  and it groweth in water.   

¶ Graciadei.  
GRaciadei is an herb called graciadei, this hath leaves somedeal like to dens de lion, but the leaves of this be somewhat sharp, and it hath yellow flowers, and it groweth in dry land.   

¶ Graciadei maior.  
GRaciadei maior is an herb called graciadei the more, this hath leaves like to cockle, & it hath a white flower, it groweth in dry ground, and when that it is broke it droppeth milk.    

¶ The viii letter beginneth with. H.  

¶ Hastula regia.  
HAstula regia is an herb called wodrofe, it hath leaves like to croyes' wort, and this herb is sote in savour, and a woman smell moche thereto it maketh her head to ache. 
mouth  ¶ The virtue thereof is if the more of it be puned with wine it shall hele sores of the mouth. 
For the womb  Also take the seed of this herb and pune it and temper it with the sourest easel that ye can find and, drink it, and it shall staunch the flix and, hard the womb.   

¶ Herba crucita.  
HErba crucita is an herb called Eroys' wort or Exean, this hath little leaves and a small stalk, 
wounds.  and also a white flower. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he will he'll well wounds.   

¶ Herba christofori.  
HErba christofori masculus is an herb called herb christofer male, this herb hath leaves much like to less crowesape, but they been more white and not fully so long, and it groweth in dry ground, and also in watery places, 
Pestilence.  and it hath a yellow flower ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he is good to hele the pestilence.   

¶ Herba walteri.  
HErba walteri is an herb called herb water, this hath leaves like to the leaves of Persely, and the leaves be thick, fat, and tender. 
wounds.  ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he will cleanse wounds and hele them.   

¶ Herba Roberti.  
HErba Roberti is an herb called herb Robert, this hath leaves like to herb Benet, 
wounds. Kanker  it hath a small flower that is somdelered, it groweth in feledes and in hedges, and in walls. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he will hele wounds, and also the powder will slay the Canker.   

¶ Herba martis.  
HErba martis is an herb called mortagon, this herb hath leaves like to a letter. M. when he is a capital letter, & in some branch he hath ix leaves, and some more, and some fewer, and bringeth forth her leaves and seed together, this herb hath many wonderful virtues.   

¶ Herba johannis.  
HErba Johannes is an herb called saint johanes wort, it hath leaves like to the less Centory, it hath a yellow flower and a long stalk, and many stalks coming of one. ¶ The virtue is if he be in a house, 
wicked spirits  he suffereth no wicked sprite dwell therein.   

¶ Herba petri.  
HErba petri is an herb called cowslope, this herb hath leaves like to herb xmpofor female, but they be more whiter, and it groweth in meadows.    

¶ The ix letter beginneth with. I.  

¶ jusquiamus.  
IVsquiamus is an herb called henbane or Hennebel, this herb hath leaves somewhat white under and the leaves be flat a little without as it were sowthistell, it hath a flower somewhat white, and it hath a great stalk & many branches coming out of one more, & it groweth in high ways. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that the oil made thereof is good to destroy all manner of gouts, 
gout.  and namely that, that cometh of melancholy. Also the seed of this herb laid on a slayte stone and heat with the fire, 
worms. cough.  and let it smoke in the man's mouth, it sleeth worms in the teeth. Also he suageth the cough and hot postume & hot potagre. 
Potagre. toothache. wounds.  Also the more is good for the to thach and the juice of this is good for all manner of wounds, and the seed thereof should be gathered in August. Also if thou cast the seed thereof in the fire, all the hens that been over the fire shall fall in to the fire, and it is cold & dry.   

¶ Isopus.  
ISopus is an herb called Isope, it hath leaves like to savoury, but they be not so broad, and he flowreth as doth savoury. ¶ The virtue thereof is that the juice thereof meddled with easel, 
A sore mouth worms.  and put in a sore mouth healeth it. Also it sleeth worms in the womb and maketh the womb nesshe. Also if it be drunk green or else the powder, it maketh a man well colowred, it is hot and dry.   

¶ Ireose.  
IReose is an herb called Save, and his leaves be like to flowerdelyce, and it hath a white flower, and groweth in water. 
sinews. The couhe. venom The cramp. A dead child.  ¶ The virtue thereof is that he will hele the aching of the sinews. Also it destroyeth the cough. Also if it be drunk with wine it destroyeth the wicked humours of the breast. Also it helpeth the biting of venomous beasts or worms. Also it dystroieth the cramp Also it delivereth a woman of a dead child this herb is hot and dry.   

¶ Iris.  
IRis is an herb called flowerdelyse, and it is like to Save almost in all manner features, but this herb hath a flower almost of purple colour, this groweth in waters and gardens, and he hath the same virtues that Save hath.   

¶ jua.  
IVa is an herb called ivy, this herb hath a rote even down to the ground growing, 
swelling.  & it hath small leaves growing even by the ground. ¶ The virtue is if a man have a sore swelling about his ears, take this herb cumbonfitatibus of her in wine & oil and common, 
Ears.  and than make a plaster thereof and lay to the ears and it shall hele them. Also so take the knobs of the rote and dry them and cleanse them, & they have virtue to make the laxative, 
Laxe.  and it is hot and dry.   

¶ jasia alba.  
IAsia alba is an herb called wild Tansey or goose grass, but they be more whiter, & it hath a yellow flower, & it groweth down by the ground, as doth the strawberries.  
¶ The virtue of this herb is good for the cleansing of a man's limbs, 
Clensing.  it groweth in meadows, lees, woods, and ways.   

¶ jasia nigra.  
IAsia nigra is an herb that men call matfelon, or bulwede, or yrenharde, or knopwede, this hath leaves like to scabyous, & it hath a purple colour.   

¶ Ippia mayor.  
IPpia mayor is an herb called pympernel, or self he'll, or wayworte, or more crop, this hath leaves like to chick weed, but the leaves of this been less, and it hath a flower of purple colour, 
wounds. venom Postume.  & it groweth in weet. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he is good to hele wounds, and to destroy venom, & is good for the Postume, and to hele the fore iyen.   

¶ Ippia minor.  
IPpia minor is an herb that men call chykwed this herb hath leaves like to pympernel, & it hath a white flower, and it groweth in gardens and in fields. ¶ The virtue of this herb is, 
Scabs.  seth it in running water and wash your scabby hands therein often times, and they shall be hole.    

¶ The ten letter beginneth with. L.  

¶ Lanisticum.  
LAnisticum is an herb called lonage, this her be hath leaves like to Lovage, but they be somedeal more, & it hath a long stalk, and it is strong in savour. ¶ The virtue is in the sede of her. Also the moors thereof drunk with wine, is good for the stomach, 
Stomach.  and for good digesting, this is hot and dry.   

¶ Lingua ceruina.  
LIngua ceruina is an herb called hearts tongue, this hath leaves like to the tongue of a heart, and it groweth in walls and dry places, & hath no seed, nor flower, nor stalk. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he will ripe the postume and break it, 
Postume.  if it be sod with oil of Roses. Also if it be drunk with old wine, 
womb cough.  it hardeneth the womb. Also it healeth a man of the cough, this is hot and dry.   

¶ Lilium.  
LIlium is an herb that men call lily. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that if thou pune it with tallow, and seeth it with oil, & lay it to the place there as the cold postume is, 
Postume.  it shall ripe him and break him. Also take the roots of lily, & the roots of the red dock and the more of lovage, and put all these in wine and oil, the space of ii days & afterward let it seth and cleanse it, & do thereto wax and oil, & make anointment & that is good to hele the sores and hardness of a man's milt. 
milt  Also take the knobs of the roots of the lily and roast them among the coals, and take oil olive & anoint there as the sore is.   

¶ Ligustrum.  
LIgustrum is an herb called primrose. ¶ The virtue of this herb is good for to make pottage. Also the juice put in a man's nose will destroy the Megrym. 
Megri  Also the water that the rote is sudden in is good to unstop the conduits of urine. 
urine.    

¶ Lingua bovis.  
LIngua bovis is an herb called Langdebefe. ¶ The virtue of this herb is good to do away the red colour of a man. 
Color.  Also if it be drunken it doth away the cardiacle and other wicked humours in a man's lungs. 
lungs.  ¶ Also the juice of this herb drunk with hot water, 
wit.  maketh a man to have a good mind & good wit, this must be gathered in june or in july, and this is hot and dry.   

¶ Lingua serpentis maior.  
LIngua serpentis maior is an herb called Adder tongue, this herb hath leaves like to Affodyll, but they be more green, & also more sharp in the end, this must be gathered in the month of Apryll.   

¶ Lyngua serpentis minor.  
LIngua serpentis minor is an herb called the less Adder tongue, this herb hath leaves somewhat like to Pygyll, and it hath a yellow flower, and out of the stalk cometh many branches, and it groweth in woods  
¶ The virtue of this herb is good to lay to a cut, if it be bruised and laid thereto. 
A cut.    

¶ Lingua canis.  
LIngua canis is an herb called hounds tongue. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he is good to destroy the cough and apostume, and it will ripe a botch. 
cough. Botches.  Also this herb eaten is good for shaking of the heed, & maketh the throat and the breath smooth & supple. 
flux of the womb.  Also it is good for the flux of the womb if thy feet bewasshed in the water that it is foden in.   

¶ Lingua hircina.  
LIngua hircina is an herb called Buck shorn, or swyneskerce this herb hath leaves flattered as it were an hearts horn, and it groweth creeping by the ground, & it hath a little white flower, it groweth in watery places. 
stomac  ¶ The virtue is that it cleanseth the stomach and refraineth the great heat and healeth the brenning of fire, 
burning of fire  if that it be sudden and laid thereto.   

¶ Lupinus.  
LVpinus is an herb called Lupyne, this herb hath leaves like to five leaved grass, the Lupyne hath vi leaves and it hath a white flower, and a white seed that is somewhat brother, & it beareth cods somewhat like to been cods. ¶ The virtue of this herb is, if a man have worms in his womb, take the seed and make meele thereof, & the juice of wormwood and honey, & make a cake thereof and eat it, 
liver.  and it unbindeth the stopping of the liver and of the milt. Also it is good to destroy the dropsy. 
Dropsy.  Also take the same meele and the juice of arsmerte, and make thereof passed & lay it to thy ears, 
worms.  & it shall kill the worms within them or if thou make a cake thereof and heat it, it will do the same. Also if thou wilt take the juice of Lekes, 
Ears  and temper it with the meal and put it in thy ears, it shall cleanse them from all wicked humours and stinking. Also take the same meele and temper it with oil, 
postume.  and it will break & ripe all manner of postumes. And this herb is hot and dry.   

¶ Labrum veneris.  
LAbrum veneris is an herb that men calleth Sowthy still. ¶ The virtue of this herb is this, if a man have a hot fever, 
Fever  take the juice thereof & temper it with hot water, and let him drink it and he shall be hole. Also if a man have venom within him, 
venom  take this herb and dry it & make powder thereof, and do the powder in good wine, and let him drink it, & it will cast up all the venom, this herb is hot and dry.   

¶ Lavendula.  
LAuendula is an herb called Lavamder, if this be sudden in water, 
Palsy  & given to a man that hath the palsy, it will hele him, and this herb is hot and dry.   

¶ Lactuca.  
LActuca is an herb that is called lettuce, or stoup wort. ¶ The virtue of this herb is this, if it be eaten raw or sudden it engendereth good blood. 
blood  Also this herb sudden with a little easel and Saffron & than drunken, it helpeth a man that is stopped in the liver and in the milt. 
liver. milt.  Also if a man may not sleep, take the seed of this herb and stamp it to powder and temper it with woman's milk & make a plaster thereof on lint, 
sleep  & lay it to the temples of thy head, and thou shalt sleep well, or else drink the powder thereof with milk. Also take the seed and temper it with oil of roses, and make a plaster & lay it to thy stomach, 
Postume. Flyx.  & it is good to destroy the hot postume. Also drink the juice of this herb, or powder the seed for it is good to hele the flix, but who that useth this herb overmuch, it will destroy their sight, this herb is cold & some moist.   

¶ Lactuca siluatica.  
LActuca syluatica is an herb called wild lettuce, this herb hath leaves like to the thistle, and they be sharp & kent, & it hath a flower of purple colour, and it groweth in fields and in wheat, this herb is hot and dry. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that it taketh away the dimness of the eyes, 
Eyes.  meddle the juice of this herb with wine or honey and the gall of an Austour, or other foul of prey, & put it all meddled in a glass, and put it in thy eyes iii times in a day or more, and in short space thy eyes shall be clear, 
Eyes.  for it is a sovereign medicine. And because this herb is good for to clear the sight, some say that the Eagle eateth this herb when that he will flee high.   

¶ Lactuca leporica.  
LActuca leporica is an herb called Hare thistle, this herb hath leaves like unto Sowthystell, but the leaves be not so indented, it droppeth milk. 
Madness.  ¶ The virtue of this herb is thus, if a hare eat of this herb in summer when he is mad, he shall be hole. Also take this herb & lay it to a man's side when he sleepeth, 
Fever  or else that he know not thereof, and it will hele him of the fevers.   

¶ lolium.  
lolium is an herb that men call Cokle. ¶ The virtue of this herb is thus, if it be drunken with Radysshe, & a little salt, 
Canker wounds. stomac water. Eyes.  it is good to hele the Canker, or other wounds in peril. Also it is good to comfort the stomach and the liver. Also it will unbind the worms in a man's stomach. Also it helpeth a man to make water, and it is good for sore eyes. Also subfumigation thereof will make a woman to bear her child without any peril or harm. 
child  Also it will assuage the great pains of aching of the lypur, 
lypur.  it is hot & dry.   

¶ Laparium rubeum.  
LAparium rubeum is an herb called red dock, 
Tothche. The kings evil.  if that a man take the juice thereof & hold it in his mouth, it will assuage the toothache. Also if a man have the kings evil take this herb and seth it in wine, and strain it and give it him to drink, and he shall be hole if he use it oft. Also if that a man rub him with the juice, 
ytching.  it doth away evil ytchynges. Also this herb is good to deliver winds that be stopped in a man's stomach by balking. 
stomac Scabs. botch. womb.  Also this herb is good to make scabs and botches ripe. Also it is good to make a man to have a hard womb, & this herb is hot and dry.   

¶ Linum.  
LInum is an herb that men call Flex, & it is good if a man take the seed thereof, & seth it in water, it maketh a man laxative, & it is good to make a plaster thereof for aching sores. Also there is another spice thereof that is called Custula, and it is named in english Dodure, 
to purge.  & it groweth among flex. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he good to purge a man of the colour. Also if a great quantity thereof be taken, and sudden in Myrrh and oil together, & a plaster made thereof, 
Raynes.  it is good for the reins and for the breast, & for other aching limbs.   

¶ Lauriola▪  
LAuriola is an herb that men call laurel ¶ The virtue of this herb is that it will make a man laxative, 
laxative. to purge.  & it is good to purge a man of phlegm and of colour, it is good for a man that may not eat, for if the juice thereof be put in his ears, or if the said herb be stamped, and a suppository be made thereof & laid on cotton, it will hele it. 
ears. Humores.  Also for them that here not well put the juice in to his ears, & if there be any rotten humours it will dry them, and it is hot and dry.   

¶ Licorisa.  
LIcorisa is an herb that men call Lycoryse, the rote of this herb is sweet, and it moisteth the kindly heat of a man & it is good for the cough. Also if it be sudden in water, 
Hete. cough. thirst  it will destroy a man's thirst. Also it maketh a man's breast, his throat, & his lungs moist and in good temper. 
breast Postume.  Also the water the lycoryse is sudden in, is good against all sickness of the breast and for the postume of the rib called Pleveresy, it is cold and moist.    

¶ The xi letter beginneth with. M.  

¶ Millefolio minor.  
MIllefolio minor is an herb that is called the less millfoil, there is no difference of kind nor virtue between mylfoyle the less, and millfoil the more, save the more groweth in gardens, and the less in wild places they be both of one strength. ¶ The virtue of this herb shall be declared in millfoil the more following by letter.   

¶ Mercurialis.  
MErcurialis is an herb the men call Mercury. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that he is good if a man have aching in his womb give him to drink the juice and he shall be hole, 
womb.  it will cleanse the stomach, and the seed will do the same. 
stomac  Also the juice tempered with white wine is good to he'll sore eyes, and if a worm or other vermyn have bitten a man, 
Eyes. Biting  take the juice and warm it, & wash it. Also if there be any worms cropen in to a man's ears, take the juice and warm it & put it in to his ears, 
Ears  & he shall be hole, this is hot & dry.   

¶ Menta.  
MEnta to an herb that men call mint ¶ The virtue of this herb is that if it be oft eaten, 
worms. botch. swelling  it will slay the worms in a man's womb. Also if a man have botches or other rennynges or swellings in his head, take this herb and stamp it, & lay it to the sore, and it will hele it. Also if a man's tooth or the flesh of the tooth ache or stink: 
toothache.  take this herb and seth it in white wine & in easel and take that liquor & wash his mouth therewith, than take the powder of the herb & rub well his teeth therewith, 
mouth Talent.  and he shall have a sweet smelling mouth. Also take thou this herb & easel & make sauce, & it will make the to have a talon to thy meet. Also when there shall be given any medicine to destroy venom, it will be good to be given with the juice of this herb, for it hath many virtues, 
venom  and namely for venom, there be many spices thereof, & it is hot and dry.   

¶ Menta romana.  
MEnta romana is an herb the men call white mint. ¶ The virtue of this herb is that the juice thereof will slay worms in a man's womb. 
womb.  Also the juice will slay worms in the nose thyrlles of a man. 
Nose.  Also the powder thereof cast in a man's meat, shall make him well to defy his meat. Also the juice drunk sleeth the worms of the womb if it be dropped in the ears, 
worms.  it sleeth the worms   

¶ Malua.  
MAlua is an herb that men call Mallow. ¶ The virtue of this herb is good if the leaves be stamped and laid to a man's stomach, 
postume.  it will break a hot postume in the beginning, or else meddle this herb with fresh swines grease, and lay it on a hot tile, & lay it all hot to the postume, and it shall ripe it, and break it. Also it is good to destroy the hardness of a man's liver and milt. 
liver  Also it will make a man laxative, and it is good for plasters, it is cold and moist.   

¶ morel or nyghtshadowe.  
morel is an herb that men call nyghtshadowe, this herb is cold & dry in the ii degree, the leaves, the branches, and the fruits thereof be right good & best when they be green. ¶ The virtue is they be good for stopping of the splen and the liver, 
Splen liver. Postume.  and best for the jaundese to drink the juice of it with a little rhubarb. Also it is good for a postume in the stomach, in the bowels, or in the liver, seethe the juice thereof with barley water & drink it.   

¶ mastic.  
mastic is an herb that men call gum and it is hot & dry in the ii degree, & it is a gum of a tree growing in a part of the country of Grece, in the latter end of Dear the men of that country slit the trees, & than make the ground clean all about & lay clothes round about the trees, or some other cunning to keep the gum from the ground in closing of it, to know which is best, to take the best is white and clear, the white colour is next the best, and that is meddled with earth and somewhat dark, 
Clensing.  the best mastic hath virtue of constraining, comforting, cleansing, and losing of humours dyscending from the head above to the eyes and to the teeth, & for the disease of the temples made of an ascending wind from the stomach to the heed. Take powder of mastic with white sweet wine, & the white of an egg, and meddle them well together, & ye will ye may put in frankincense, and plaster it to the temples. Also seth mastic in water and drink it & it will comfort well the stomach and make good digestion, 
stomac  & it comforteth and relaxeth the stomach, and put to it fenel seed, and it putteth out wind out of the stomach. Also a plaster made of mastic and bull armoniac, & the white of an egg and vinegar, & lay it on the fork of the stomach or breast, 
choleric.  it will constrain well the choleric vanity. Also seth mastic in rain water & drink it warm, & this medicine is very good for the flux of the womb that cometh of a sharp lax that was taken before to stop him. 
Flux.  Also boil mastic in rain water or Rose water, with two or three cloves, and drink it warm, and that comforteth the vomit and the flux of the womb that cometh of sharpness and violence of the medicine. Also mastic must have but little boiling for hurting of his virtue, and it should be given warm, for it constraineth the more when that it is given warm, than when it is over moche hot.   

¶ Magerum.  
MAgerum is an herb that is hot & dry in the second degree, the flowers and leaves be used in medicines, & it should be gathered in summer when it flowreth, and dry it in the shadow, and it may be kept a year. ¶ The virtue of this herb is good in comforting, losing, consuming, & of cleansing if the powder of it be drunken in wine, or else boil the powder of it in wine, 
stomac  and it will heat well the stomach. Also it comforteth the digestion. Also take the leaves and flowers of Magerum, and pune them a little & make them hot in a pan, 
stomac  and lay it to the grievance & it taketh away the disease in the stomach that cometh of wind. 
rheum  Also for the rheum in the head, take this herb & bind it warm about thy head. 
mother  Also it drieth the mother and consumeth the superfluity of it.   

¶ Myllefolium mayor.  
MIllefolium mayor or yarrow is an herb that king Achilles did find, & therewith healed his men that were wounded with iron. ¶ The virtue of this herb is good for wounds, 
wounds.  stamp this herb with swines grease, and plaster it to the wound, & it shall hele it, & the same is good for an ache in the breast or side, it is good for him that may not piss take the juice of this herb and vinegar and drink it, & marvelously it helpeth a wound that hath taken cold, stamp this herb in butter, and lay it to the wound, 
Stomach.  & it will hele it well. Also to digest the stomach or that lieth therein, take the juice of it, and meddle it with water and honey, and drink it warm. Also it is good for diseases in the body, 
Body:  take the powder and meddle it with wine or with good ale, 
Harte. Head. For biting of wood doggis. for womyting  and drink it & it helpeth moche. Also it is good for the heart brenning. Also for the head ache stamp this herb, and plaster it to the head. Also for biting of a wood dog stamp this herb with the grains of wheat, and it healeth it. Also for him that may not hold his meat, take & stamp this herb with wine, and drink it warm.   

¶ Mother wort.  
MOther wort or mogworte, this herb is called in latin Artemesia, and it is hot and dry in the third degree, this herb helpeth a woman to conceive a child, cleanseth the mother, 
child.  and maketh a woman to have her flowers, and it destroyeth the emeralds on this manner. first it must be gathered, than take the powder of motherwort, 
Paps. a dead child.  and of horehound together, and straw it on the paps Also if a child be dead in the mother's womb, take motherwort, and stamp it small, and make a plaster thereof and lay it to her womb all cold, and with the grace of God she shall have deliverance without peril, it is good for the stone and the gravel in the reins of a man or of a woman, 
stone.  if a man bear this herb upon him, there shall no venomous be'st grieve him. It is good for the yellow jaundice & it be drunken with wine, 
stomac  for it comforteth the stomach, & maketh a man or woman to have a good colour. 
colour. bowels  Against ache of the bowels powdre of mugwort drunken with honey easeth greatly, and is good for divers sicknesses.   

¶ Maces.  
MAces is a spice that is called Mace, this spice is hot and dry in the soconde degree, maces is the rind or husk that groweth about the Nutmege, as the rind groweth about the hazel nut, it may be kept. ● x. year in his virtue, it is comforting, dyssoluing, & consuming, the knowledge of fine maces is thus, it should be in colour like to fine gold, or else like to gold that silver is gilt with, the which hath a sharp tallage with a bitterness, and it looketh like to earth, it is to be refused, for it hath no sharp savour, for a cold stomach that may not defy nor degeste well, 
stomac  take maces & boil them in wine and drink it. Also a good plaster the which is best for a feeble stomach, and make powder of mastic and of maces, & meddle them with oil of Roses and wax, and make a plaster thereof and lay it on the stomach of the sick person. Also to cleanse the brain of superfluous humours, take a quantity of Maces, 
brain.  & chew them well in thy mouth, and hold them there a while, and that shall lose the feumosyte of humours that rise up to the brain, 
brain  and purge the superfluity of it. Also for feebleness of the stomach and the liver of a cold cause, 
stomac liver  and for the colic, and for the diseases of the spiritual membres, or phlegm, boil maces in the juice of fennel, & in the end of the boiling put in a little wine, than strain it and drink it for it is the best remedy for the foresaid diseases. Also for the ache of the heart, use powder of maces in thy meats and drinks. 
the heart.    

¶ Menta.  
MEnta is an herb that is called red mint it is hot & dry in the second degree, & there be ii other mints, but I mean house mints the which properly is said gardaine mints, for that most commonly is in medicines both green & dry, for great wholesomeness it should be dried in a shadow place, and so it will be kept a year in great virtue, to dissolve or lose, to consume of his proper quality, & to comfort of his sweet savour. ¶ The virtue is this, 
mouth  for the stinking of the mouth & filth of the gums & of the teeth, wash thy mouth and gums with vinegar that mints be sodden in, and after rub him with the powder of mints, or with dry mints to provoke the appetite when an impediment of the stomach cometh of cold humours being in the mouth of the stomach, make a salve of mints and vinegar with a little synamum and pepper, & use it well against vomits that cometh of feebleness of the stomach or of cold causes, 
Stomach.  seethe mints in sauge water and vinegar, & deep it in and lay it on the mouth of the stomach with the mints that be sudden therein. Also give to the patient to eat of the same mints for the syncopyne, and feebleness in fevers, and without fevers, or of medicine, or of what cause it be, stamp mints with vinegar, and a little wine if the patient be without fever, and if he be with fever, stamp mints with vinegar alone, than make a toast of sour breed, & toast it well till it be almost brent, then put it in that liquor, and let it lie therein till it be well soaked, than put it in to his nose & rub his lips, and gums, teeth, & temples, therewith, and bind it to the poulse veins of his arms, and let the patient eat the moistness that is left and swallow it in. For to cleanse the mother, take the tender crops of mints, 
to cleanse  & seethe them in water or wine, and plaster it to the share, & to the reins. Against the congyling in a woman's breast, take the small stalks of mints and seth them in wine & oil, and plaster it about the tears. Also be it known that when any medicine should be given against venom, it should be given with the juice of mints, for mints have a manner of strength of drawing out venom, 
venom  or else it should be given with wine that mints have be sudden in. 
Splen liver  For stopping of the splen & the liver, and of the ways of the urine of a cold humour & a hot without fever, take the juice of mints alone, or mints sudden in wine, or the juice of mints meddled with honey, and give it to the patient. 
worms.  To slay worms in the belly, take the juice of mints and drink it, and thou shalt be hole. Also the juice of mints sleeth worms in the ears. 
A tetter.  For a tetter take the juice of mints, & put thereto brimstone & vinegar, and meddle them well together, and anoint the tetter therewith and thou shalt be hole. 
wounds.  For a wound in the head, stamp mints and lay on the wound. etc. For pain in the side, 
side.  take mints and seth them in old wine or ale, & with it stamp xviii grains of pepper, and drink it in the night, & it will ease the of thy pain.    

¶ The xii letter beginneth with. N.  

¶ Nux muscata.  
NVx muscata is a herb the which is called a Nutmeg, it is hot and dry in the second degree, the best groweth in ynde, & in the time of his riping it is gathered and seven year it may be kept, they that be plain and heavy after their kind, be best to be choose. And when they be broken they fall not to powder, but they have a sweet and sharp savour, if they lack any of these aforesaid, they be not good for medicine. 
Comforting.  ¶ The virtue is of comforting by his sweet savour. For coldness & feebleness of digestion of the stomach, take in the morning half a nutmeg or a hole nutmeg, & eat it. 
stomac liver.  Also for a cold stomach that is feeble of digestion, and for the liver, give him wine that nutmeg is boiled in. Also for the same boil nutmegis & mastic in wine and drink it, this is good for the diseases in the stomach, & in the bowels to break wind. 
bowels  Also in the recouring of a sickness to comfort the spiritual membres, boil Nutmegis and mastic in wine, & drink it. Also take Nutmeg and smell to it, & it will comfort the spiritual membres.   

¶ Napo.  
NApo this is named Navew, it desireth ground that is fatty, and sandy, it groweth best in such ground, the property of the navew is, he changeth & turneth in to rape and after that it turneth in to Navewe, the best doth grow in ground well dunged and turned. Also it proveth well in places that stubble of corn hath been in that same year, if they grow to thick pluck some up here and there, so that the other may prove the better, & those that ye pluck up, set them in void places. They should be sown in the end of july, and in August, the best savoured navews be they that be long and straight, & not over great, nor branches in the roots, but a straight rote. Also of navews may be made a passing good meet with a little salt & vinegar, honey and mustard, & with sweet spices, and it may be made without spices, navews be hot in the second degree, and they no rysshe moche, but they be hard of digestion, they make the flesh soft & windy, but less wind than rapes. Therefore when ye seth them in water, cast that water away, and seth them in another water, and so his hard substance is tempered by that, & so menely between good and evil they gendre nourishing, for they that be thus well sudden be not hard of digestion, they make one windy, & they make stopping of veins and of poors, but yet they be profitable if they be sudden twice, and both the waters to be cast away, and they to be sudden in the third water with fat flesh.    

¶ The xiii letter beginneth with. O.  

¶ Olibanum.  
OLibanum is called Frankincense, this is hot and dry in the third degree, it is a gum of a tree in ynde, the cleanest is the best. Also there be trees of that kind growing in Damask, but not so clear nor good for it is darker of colour, therefore it is to be refused in medicine. ¶ The virtue is of comforting by his sweet savour. Also of closing and constraining, 
toothache.  for the toothache that cometh of superfluity of humours of the heed, and specially by the veins, make a plaster of the powder of Frankincense with wine, & the white of an egg, and meddle them together and plaster them about the temples. Also to stop the ways of the veins above, take Frankincense, and chew it well in thy mouth, and that shall stop and let the flux of humours coming down to the nostryles, 
to stop flux.  take pylles of Frankincense, and swallow them down in the morning, than boil Frankincense in wine, & at even drink that when thou goest to bed. 
stomac  Also these pylles be good to help the degestyon of the stomach, and good against sore balkynges. Also to the comforting and cleansing of the matrice, and helping of conception in the receiving the fume of Frankincense bindeth. Also boil powder of it in wine, & when it is meetly warm dip a cloth in it, and lay it so warm to the share of the patient, & greatly it comforteth the matrice.    

¶ The xiiii letter beginneth with. P.  

¶ Plumeus.  
Plums be cold & moist some be white, and some be black, & some be red. They that be black and somewhat hard be the best, they be called Damsons, & when they be ripe gather them, and slit them, & springe vinegar upon them, and so they may be kept in a vessel of wood a year and first when they be cut they must be laid in the son xv days to dry. ¶ The virtue of these Damsons have coldness & cleansing of the inward parts, 
Fever.  wherefore they be good in fevers that be sharp, & for costyfnes of the belly that cometh of dryness, or of choleric humours drying, if it be new give it him to eat, if it be dry boil it in water, and give it the patient to drink thereof, 
liver  this is good for the fever tercian, for stopping of the liver, for the jaundice and sharp fevers, it softeth the belly, 
jaundice.  it is good for default of appetite, and also for many other diseases.   

¶ Pyper.  
PIper this is called Pepper, it is hot and dry in the fourth degree. There be three manner of peppers, black, white, and long Pepper. Diascorides and Constantyne say, that they be fruits of trees growing in ynde, and some say that Pepper is made black with brenning in the fire, for when it is gathered there be great multitude of serpents about it, and therefore they put it in the fire, to burn the serpents that be about it, the saracens dry it in an oven, because it shall not increase in another land, but of all the peppers the black is best, and the most wholesome. ¶ The virtue is, take Pepper and put it in to thy nose thrills, 
to sneeze  and it will make the to sneeze and seth Pepper & figs in wine, & drink it, 
Cleansing  and it will cleanse the spiritual membres of though humours, & it is good for the pose that is taken of cold. 
Pose.  Also for the same eat powder of Pepper with Figs. Also powder of Pepper put in a man's meat comforteth the digestion of the stomach. 
stomac  Also put long Pepper in a roasted apple, and eat it, & it shall comfort the degestion. Also powder of Pepper will frete away deed flesh, 
digestion.  or proud flesh, and long Pepper comforteth more than black. Also black Pepper hath virtue of losing, comforting, and of drawing, it cleanseth the spiritual membres of cold phlegm, 
phlegm  and vicious humours, and best when the powder of it is eaten with figs, for he hath great strength of heting & comforting the stomach, 
stomac  provoking appetite, but to sanguine and choleric persons it is not good to use Pepper, for it drieth and brenneth blood, & it engendereth leper, and other evil sickness. Pluto sayeth, that Pepper is fowl to see in sight without black, & within white, a sharp savour and a sweet odour, little in quantity, & much in virtue.   

¶ Pympernell.  
PImpernel is an herb that groweth in sandy places at the foot of the hills. ¶ The virtue is he is good for the fistula & Canker, 
Kanker.  and he be puned and laid thereon. Also it is good for dimness of iyens, if that they be washed with the water that it is sudden in. 
venom wounds.  Also the juice of this herb drunken will put away all venom from the body. Also this herb is good to hele wounds.   

¶ Pulegium.  
POlegium is an herb called Puliol royal it is hot and dry in the third degree, in the time of flowering it should be gathered, and it may be kept in his virtue a year, when it shall be used in medicines, take the leaves with the flowers and stripe them from the stalks. ¶ The virtue is of losing & consuming. For a cold humour in the head, 
Head  take powder of it and heat it well in a skyllet, and all hot bind it to the grievance without any liquor. Also for a great cold taken in the head, and for a tough humour or a watery humour, 
Humours.  make a gargarism, seth Pulyoll royal, and dry figs in tart vinegar, & take a good spoonful thereof as hot as ye may suffer it, & hold it in thy mouth till it be almost cold, than put it out and take as much more, and do so three or four times, 
For the head.  & that shall spurge thy heed well of phlegm. Also seth it in wine and drink it, & it is good for the diseases in the stomach in guts, 
stomac  and for cold causes, or for wind in the stomach. Also it is good for tough phlegm in the breast, if thou take powder of it, 
phlegm  and meddle it with claryfyde honey, and make a lectuary thereof, & use to eat thereof, or take the herb thereof & boil it with wine, honey, or water, & use to drink thereof. Also for the black colour drink the juice of it, 
colour  but boil it with wine, and thou shalt be hole. 
bile. ytching.  Also for an itching bile, lay this herb in water, and use to wash the itching therein warm, & thou shalt be hole. Also for ache take this herb all green, 
Ache.  and stamp it & plaster it to the ache, & it will ease it. Also against the cough boil this herb in wine, 
cough  & drink it lukewarm, & this will make one piss well. For the disease in the belly, 
belly.  stamp this herb with common and water, & lay it hot to the navel, 
liver  & lightly it shall be hole. For the disease in the liver, stamp this herb and temper it with water and vinegar and drink the juice thereof and thou shalt be hole. For an ache in the legs or arms, take the leaves of elder & Pulyall royal of everich alike moche, & stamp them together well and plaster it to the grievance, and it is good for the fever tertian, if thou take the branches of this herb, & wrap it in a good lock of will, and give it to the patient, & let him smell thereto before the fever come on him, and that shall do him great ease. For the heedache, 
headache  take this herb & bind it fast round about thy head, and anon it seizeth the ache. Also if a woman have a deed child in her womb, stamp this herb, 
a deed child  and give it her to drink with old wine, and she shall be delivered of it thy the grace of god. For the cramp drink the juice with vinegar fasting, and it will put it away. 
Cramp    

¶ Pencedanum vel Feniculus Porcinus.  
PEncedanum, this herb is called mayth hogs fenel, or maiden weed, this herb is hot and dry in the third degree, when this herb is gathered for medicines, the rote is better than the herb, when the roots be gathered they may be kept all a year. 
strangulion. flyx. liver.  ¶ The virtue is he purgeth, it is good for the strangulyon or the flyx, and good for stopping of the splen and the liver, boil this herb in wine, or water, and give it to the patient to drink. Also seth it in oil and wine, & plaster it to the share, & it will help the Strangulion or the flix. Also the same plaster is good for hardness of the splen, 
Splen Humours.  it molyfyeth that. Also against the cold humours of the spiritual membres, give him to drink water with barley, and this herb sudden together, and if it be a fervent cold humour, then seth the barley and the herb in wine, and give it to the patient to drink with liquorice.   

¶ Petrocilium.  
PEtrocilium, this is called Persley, this is hot & moist in the third degree. ¶ The virtue is it multiplieth greatly man's blood and doth away the tysyke. 
blood Tisike Fever. Harte. stomac  It helpeth well to destroy the Fever tertyan. It is good for the side and the dropsy. It comforteth the heart and the stomach. And it is good in pottage, and to stop chekyns.   

¶ Peritorium.  
PEritorium, this herb is called Peritory and it is hot and dry. ¶ The virtue of this herb is thus, if a man have an evil stomach or else aching within him, 
stomac  take this herb and seth it in thy pottage, and eat thereof and thou shalt do well. 
stone.  Also this herb is good to hele one of the stone, if he be bathed with it.   

¶ Plastinaca.  
PLastinaca, this is called a Pesnep, it is hot & moist in the second degree, there be two manner of Pasneppes, the one is the Pasnep of the garden, and the other is the wild Pasneppe, they be more used to meat than to medicine. ¶ The virtue is to gendre thick blood & moche, 
blood  wherefore it stirreth the lust of the body if it be much used, therefore it is good for a man that is newly recovered out of his great sickness to use to eat of it a while. Also they be good to be eaten raw or sudden for the melancholy humours green and not dry. 
Humours.  To make a syrup to stir the lust of the body, and for to comfort the degestion take roots of Pasneppes, 
digestion.  and seth them well in water, than take them out and cast away the water, and the roots that be in gobbets boil them again in water, than put thereto honey well clarified, and let them boil unto the thickness of honey, and continually stir it that it cleave not to the vessel and in the middle of the boiling, put in almonds if ye have them, & in the end of the boiling put in Gynger, galingale, and a little Pepper, Nutmege, and other sweet savoured spices. Also Pasneppes may be sown in decembre, january, and March, in fat ground & deep dolven, and lose ground, and best digged, and they be somewhat windy, boil them in two waters, but cast away the first water. Also there is a Pasnep that is somewhat red, the which may be eaten both raw and sudden, and with them & navews together ye may make a very good meat, and fair & red in colour, the which be sudden as Pasneppes be.   

¶ Plantago.  
PLantago, this is called plantain, it is cold and dry in the second degree. ¶ The virtue is this, for headache take plantain and bind it about thy neck, 
Head  & the ache shall go out of the heed. Also for diseases in the body, 
Body  seth this herb in good liquor in what ye will, and use to drink it, & it shall cleanse the maw, and the other inwards. Also for him that bleedeth at the nose, 
bleeding.  give him to drink the juice of it, & it shall seize lightly. Also if that the body of any man be wexen hard, 
Body.  stamp this herb with grease and make a plaster of it and lay it on the hardness, and lightly it shall be soft and make it hole. Also for biting of a serpent, 
biting.  take this herb and drink it with wine. Also for the disease in the mouth, 
mouth  take the juice of this herb, & hold it long in thy mouth, & eat the leaves of this herb. For him that may not well piss, 
water.  seethe this herb and drink it. Also for a rotten humour in the breast, 
rotten humour  and about the heart take the juice of this herb the weight of ten d. and meddle it with honey, and give him to eat a spoonful at one time, and that shall spurge the breast For ache in feet, take this herb with vinegar, 
Ache.  and drink it. Also it healeth wounds, and cleanseth the filth out of wounds. Also it suageth rankeling, and stauncheth the mentions both with drink & with plasters made with powder of Armonyake, & of sankdragone, & barley meal, with the white of eggs, made in a plaster, and laid to the sore. For the canker and the pain in the gums, take, 
Canker.  the juice thereof and meddle it with honey and vinegar, and powder of Alum, and that shall slay the Canker in the mouth. Also for the fevers stamp three roots of plantain and temper it with water, 
Fever.  and give it him to drink that hath the Fevers, and he shall be hole. For the jaundice stamp plantain and lettuce together, and temper them with vinegar, 
jaundice.  & make a plaster thereof and lay it to the right side, and use it till thou be hole, 
biting.  & it is good for the biting of an adder, drink the juice of it, and lay the substance of the herb to the sore. For the same hang the rote of plantain about the neck of the patient, and marvelously it helpeth. 
Potagre.  For the potagre, and for the disease in the sinews, stamp the leaves of it with a little salt, & plaster it well thereto, and marvelously it helpeth.   

¶ Porrum.  
POrrum, this is called a leek, it is hot & dry in the third degree, it desireth lose ground & fat, & well donged, in that they shall best profit in hot places and temperate, they may be sown in Decembre in temperate places, and cold. They may be sown in january. ¶ The virtue is for a wound, take Lekes and stamp them well with honey, 
wounds.  and lay it to the wound, and it will hele it. For the cough take the juice of lekes and use to drink it. 
cough  For the same, take the juice of lekes, and meddle it with woman's milk, & use to drink it, & it will cleanse the longs of all vice. ¶ Fracturas solidat, duritasque relaxat Vulnusque appositum: cito cum sale claudit.   

¶ Piretrum.  
PIretrum, this is called Pelleter, it is hot and dry in the third degree, the rote is used in medicines, five year he may be kept in his virtue, and know ye well that his sharpness is not known anon, it should be puned and holden in the mouth. ¶ The virtue is of losing, & drawing, & of consuming. To make a gargarism, take Pelleter & figs, & boil them in vinegar or in sweet wine, and it will cleanse the brain of superfluity of phlegm. Also if it be chewed in the mouth, 
phlegm  it helpeth the Palsy in the tongue. 
Palsy. Potagre.  Also for the palsy and the Potagre, stamp it & seethe it in wine and oil, & plaster it to the grievance this plaster helpeth moche therefore, if thou may have green pelyter stamp it, and lay it soaking in wine xu days, and after boil it well and put thereto wax and oil, for this is the best ointment for all the foresaid diseases.   

¶ Papaver.  
Papaver, this is called Popy, it is cold and dry. There is two manners of them, the white Popy is cold and moist, & it is good to cause one to sleep, the seed thereof well gathered may be kept ten year. ¶ The virtue is of cleansing, it is put in medicines with a determination as the seed may be received of white Popy or black. For to provoke a sleep, make a plaster of each of them, 
sleep.  or one of them with woman's milk, and the white of an egg, and lay it to the temples. The women of Salerne gave to young children the Popy, but they would give them no black Popy, for it made them much heavy. Also for a hot Postume in the beginning, 
Postume. liver  and for chafing of the liver, take the seed of white Popy, or else the herb of it, and stamp it and meddle it with oil of Roses, and plaster it to the grievance. 
Fever.  Also for dryness in fever ethic and in other fevers, take & heat oil of violet meddled with powder of Popy seed, & anoint the small of the back therewith.   

¶ Polipodium.  
POlipodium, this is called polypody, it is hot in the third degree, and dry in the second degree. This polypody is a fern that grow the upon oaks, or in walls, or stones, but the polypody that groweth on Okes is the best, gather the roots of it and lay it a day in the son, chose that is green, & that which appeareth dry, when it is broken it is to be refused. ¶ The virtue is of dyssoluing, of drawing, 
phlegm  of purging phlegm, & specially of melancholy, wherefore commonly he is put in boiling, & to phlegmatic, & melancholious old men, he is given to preserve their health, and know well that in the boiling of Polypody should be put in some thing to exclude & put out ventuosyte as Anise seed, Fenell sede, for they exclude out moche wind, 
Humours.  & unbindeth humours. Also for the quotidian, and for Illica passio, & to keep a man's health, do thus stamp half an ounce of polypody or an ounce, if ye will have it much laxative, than boil it with prunes and vyolettes in fenel water or anise, in a great quantity, than strain it and give it the patient at evening and at morning. Also stamp it and seth it in water with fenel seed, and make a good broth thereof with a chicken therein, with sweet savoured spices, & give the patient to eat. Also make a drink thereof after this manner, stamp it & boil it in wine & after put more wine thereto, and so make up your drink with sweet savoured spices.   

¶ Pienium.  
PIenium, this is called Pieny, it is hot and dry in the second degree, so sayeth hippocras and Galen the good Philosophers say that the rote thereof goth to divers medicines, and it will last ten year, and it is cold. ¶ The virtue is good for the Palsy, 
Palsy.  dry the rote and drink powder with Caster sudden in wine. Also the same is good for the stone. 
stone.  Also if a man be costive & may not go to draft take and straw the powder thereof on cotton, 
costive  and put in to his fundament, and drink the powder in white wine. Also for a man or woman that hath the falling evil, 
Falinge evil.  eat it & drink it in wine. Also hang the rote about his neck, & it will save him without doubt within xu days. Also it helpeth the sores in the mouth. 
mouth  Also if thou seth it in wine it helpeth the splen. Also drink Pyeny with water and honey, and do thereto powder of Colyandre, & this is good for the stomach, 
stomac milt.  for the milt, & for gravel in the reins. Also it is good for women for divers diseases, & seth it in white wine, and give a woman to drink thereof, & it will hele her bladder, 
stone.  and make her to piss the stone, and it will hele her of the matries. Also Pyeny seed when it is black, it maketh deliverance of the bed of the child in her womb, and at every time when she shall use to drink it, she must drink xu sedes at one time.    

¶ The xu letter beginneth with. Q.  

¶ Quinquefolio.  
QVinquefolio, this is called Quinckefoyle, it is cold & dry in the second degree, this herb is good for ache in a man's limbs & for ache of the heed, mouth, tongue, 
Limbs. Head  and throat that is sore, take & seethe this herb in wine, and give the patient to drink there of three days first and last, & he shall be hole. Also stamp it & drink the juice of it in ale, and it will seize the aching & gnawing of a man or woman. 
Gnawing bleeding.  Also if a man bleed sore at the nose give him to drink the juice of it with wine, & anoint his head well with the juice of this herb, & anon the blood shall stance. For to slay a canker, 
Canker.  seethe it in wine with the grease of a swine, and make a plaster thereof, and lay it on the Canker, & it shall slay it. Also take powder of Quynquefoyle, and meddle it with honey, and therewith rub thy mouth, tongue, throat, and the cheeks within, & it will spurge it well. 
Poison  Also for poison or biting of a serpent, take the juice of quynckefoyle, and drink it with wine, and marvelously it resisteth venom.    

¶ The xvi letter beginneth with. R.  

¶ Rybbeworte.  
RYbbeworte is an herb that groweth in gardens. ¶ The virtue is good for the fever quartain, 
Fever.  take the juice of this herb, and drink it two hours before that ye think the disease shall come to you, and by the grace of god it shall go fro you. 
ears.  For then that here not well, put in to their ears the juice, and if there be any rotten humours it will dry them.   

¶ Rednetle.  
REdnetle is called a palyfe of the greeks it is hot of virtue, for it burneth them that touch it. ¶ The virtue is good for the jaundice if it be sudden in wine and drunk, 
jaundice. cough.  it cleanseth the colour marvelously. For the old cough seth the sedes in water, and put honey thereto, and drink it, and it will hele the cough, and take away the coldness of the lungs, and swelling of the belly. Also vinegar that the seed of netels is sudden in is good against scurf in the head, 
Head.  if the head be washed therewith ii or iii times, and then rynsed with fair water.   

¶ Rosa.  
ROsa, this is called red Rose, it is cold in the first degree, and dry in the second degree, dry Roses and green roses be used in medicines, & of green Roses be made many confectyons. Also dry roses be put in medicines, when a receit of Roses is made, for they be soon made in powder, of roses is made mell roset, sugar roset, syrup of roses, alectuary of Roses, water of roses, & oil of Roses. Melroset is made thus, take fair purified honey, and new red roses, the white ends of them clyped away, then chop them small, and put them in to the honey, and boil them menely together, to know when it is boiled enough ye shall know it by the sweet odour and the colour rufe, five year he may be kept in his virtue. ¶ The virtue of the roses be of comforting, and by the honey he hath virtue of cleansing. 
Clensing.  In winter and in summer it may be given competently to feeble, sick, phlegmatic, melancholy, & choleric people. Also Mulsa is made of water and meal roset, & it may be given after the third day that it cometh out of the bathe. 
stomac  For to cleanse the stomach of cold humour, give him melroset with water that fenel sede is boiled in putting therein iii grains of salt, if the sick may take it, this should be the quantity of Roses and honey. In vii pound of honey put a pound of roses. Sugar roset is made thus, take new gathered roses, and stamp them right small with sugar, than put it in a glass & xxx days let it stand in the son, and stir it well & meddle it well together, & so it may be kept three year in his virtue. The quantity of sugar & roses should be thus in four pound of Sugar a pound of Roses, 
Flux.  he hath virtue of constraining, and comforting of the flux in the womb, take sugar roset & powder of mastic, of every one a dragma, and meddle them well together and give it to the sick, after that give him rose water that mastic and cloves be sudden in. Syrup of Roses is made thus, some do take Roses dight as it is beforesaid, and boil them in water, and in that water strained they put sugar and make a syrup thereof, and some do make it better, for they put Roses in a vessel having a straight mouth, and they put to the roses hot water, and they let it stand a day and a night, & of that water putting to it sugar they make Syrup, and some do put more of Roses in the foresaid vessel, and more of hot water, and let it stand as is beforsayde, and so they make a red water, and make thereof a syrup, & some do stamp new Roses, and they strain out the juice of it, & sugar therewith they make syrup, and this is the best making of Syrup, and know well that syrup made of fresh and new Roses, somewhat menely they be lax, in the end they bind, but syrup made of dry roses, first and last they bind. Syrup of Roses hath virtue of comforting, and constraining against the Flux of the womb, 
Flux.  & he vomit give it him with rain water, or with Rose water in a fever. After letting of blood, 
Blood  give it to him with cold water. Also the same for the syncopyne. 
syncopyne.  Oil of Roses is made this, some boil roses in oil & keep it. Some do fill a glass with Roses and oil, and they boil it in a cauldron full of water, & this oil is good. Some stamp fresh roses with oil and they put it in a vessel of glass, and set it in the son l days, and this oil is good against chafing of the liver, 
liver  if it be anointed therewith. Also it is good for the disease in the head that cometh of heat, 
Head  anoint the forehead, and the temples with oil of Roses, the water of roses hath virtue of comforting, and constraining against the flux of the womb, and vomit. 
Flux.  Also give him rose water to drink, or else rose water boiled with Mastycke and cloves, it is best against the flux & feebleness of virtue if it come of a flux by a sharp medicine. Also rose water is good for the syncopyne, and the cardiacle, 
cardiacle.  give it him to drink, and sprinkle the water on his face, and the water is good for eyes, and in ointments for the face, for it taketh away the wembes and the superfluity and straineth the skin. Also dry roses put to the nose to smell, 
Harte.  do comfort the brain, and heart, and quencheth the spirit. Also against the flux of the womb, 
Flux.  & colour, give him roses boiled in rain water. Also a plaster made of roses, and the white of eggs and vinegar, and dip a sponge in it, and lay it on the mouth of thy stomach, 
Sincopyne.  against the Syncopyne, give him to drink water that Roses have be boiled in, and give him powder of roses in a rear egg, to make oil of roses, take ii pound of oil, and a pound and an half of roses, and put all in a glass, and put the glass in a cawderon full of water, and hang it therein, and boil it till the third part be wasted, & after strain it through a linen cloth, and keep it for your use, for this oil is losing, and serveth for many things. Some do put Rose water in a glass, & they put roses with their dew thereto, and they make it to boil in water then they set it in the son till it be red, and this water is best, this hath virtue of comforting, and constraining, and for the flux of the womb, and against vomit.   

¶ rosemary.  
rosemary is an herb that is hot and dry. ¶ The virtue is good against all evils in the body, take the flowers and put them in a linen cloth, 
Body.  and so boil them in fair clean water to the half, and cool it and drink it. Take the flowers and make powder thereof, & bind it to the right arm in a linen cloth, and it shall make the light and merry. Also eat the flowers with honey fasting with sour bread, and there shall rise in the none evil swellings. 
swelling.  Also take the flowers and put them in a chest among your clothes or among books, and moths shall not hurt them, boil the flowers in goats milk, and than let them stand all a night under the air fair covered, & after that give him to drink thereof that hath the Tysyke, and it shall deliver him. Boil the leaves in white wine, & wash thy face therewith, thy herd, and thy brows, and there shall no corns grow out, but thou shalt have a fair face, put the leaves under thy beds heed, and thou shalt be delivered of all evil dreams. Break the leaves small to powder, and lay them on a Canker, 
dreams. Canker.  and it shall slay it. Take the leaves and put them in to a vessel of wine, and it shall preserve it from tartness and evil savour, and if thou sell that wine, thou shall have good luck in the sale. If thou be feeble with unkindly sweet, take & boil the leaves in clean water, 
Swet.  and when the water is cold, do thereto as much of white wine, and then make therein sops, and eat well thereof, and thou shalt recover appetite. If thou have the flux, boil the leaves in strong aisel, and bind them in a linen cloth, and than bind it to thy womb, 
Flux.  and anon the flux shall withdraw. If thy legs be blown with the gout, 
gout.  boil the leaves in water, and then take the leaves and bind them in a linen cloth about thy legs, and it shall do the good. Take the leaves and boil them in strong aisel, and bind them in a cloth to thy stomach, and it shall deliver the of all evils. 
stomac cough.  If thou have the cough, drink the water of the leaves boiled in white wine, and it will hele the. Take the rind of Rosemary, and make powder thereof, 
Pose.  & drink it for the Pose and it shall help the. Take the timber thereof, and burn it to cools, and make powder thereof, and then put it in a linen cloth and rub thy teeth therewith, and if there be any worms therein it shall slay them, 
Teth.  and keep thy teeth from all evils. Also make the a box of the wood & smell to it, and it shall preserve thy youth. Also put thereof in thy doors, or in thy house, & thou shalt be without danger of adders and other venomous serpents, make the a barrel thereof, 
serpentꝭ  and drink thou of the drink that standeth therein, 
Poison  and thou needs to fere no poison that shall hurt the. And if thou set it in thy garden, keep it honestly, for it is much profitable. Also if a man have lost his smelling of the air, or else he may not draw his breath, 
smelling.  make a fire of the wood, & take his breath therewith, and give it him to eat, & he shall be hole.   

¶ Ruta.  
RVta, this is called rue, this is hot & dry in the second degree, the leaves and the sedes be used in medicines, the sedes may be kept ten year, and the leaves a year. ¶ The virtue is of purging, dyssoluing, 
Head.  and consuming. For the headache, take the juice of rue, and heat it & put it in to his nose thyrlles, for it spurgeth out phlegm and cleanseth the brain, the juice sudden with wine is good for the same. For feebleness of sight, put rue in a pot with ale, and let the patient use to drink of it. For stoping of the splen and liver, 
Eyes.  the strangury and the flux, seethe rue in wine with roots of Fenell, or powder of rue with the juice of Fenel and drink it warm. Also for an ache or freting, 
Ache.  stamp rue with powder of common, and plaster it to the grievance. Also against venom, drink the juice of rue. For biting of a venomous best or worm, 
Bytig  plaster rue to the biting. For feeble eye sight, still water of rue and roses together, & put thereof in your eyes. 
Eyes.  Also an ointment for sore eyes, stamp rue and fennel together of each like moche by weight, and meddle them with honey and Eufrose, and it is a good ointment for sore eyes. Take rue, cumin, & Pepper, of each a like moche by weight, and grind them small together, and meddle them with honey and vinegar, 
Breast.  and it is good for the ache in the breast, and in the taynes.    

¶ The xvii letter beginneth with. S.  

¶ Sinapium.  
SInapium, it is called Mustard, it is hot and dry in the middle of the four degree, & not the herb but the seed is put in medicines. five year he may be kept in his virtue. ¶ The virtue is of losing, of drawing, of making thine, and of consuming. For the palsy of the tongue, 
Palsy.  take and chew the seed in your mouth, and hold it under the tongue and it shall do you good. Also for the palsy in other membres, seth the seed in wine, 
members  and lay it to the sore place, and it is best in the beginning of the disease. Also take the powder of it, and put it in to your nose thyrlles, and it will make you to sneeze, and it cleanseth the brain, and superfluity of flume. 
Brain  Also seth it in wine and figs, and hold it warm in your mouth till it be almost cold, then take as much more, & do so .v. or vi times a day, and as much another day, & this is good for an old pose of tough and flumy humour in the heed. 
Pose.  Also for stopping of the splen and the liver, 
Head liver  seth the seed in water with roots of fennel, then strain it and put thereto honey, and give it to the sick to drink. For hardness of the splen, seth the herb of it in wine, 
Splen  and plaster it to the grievance. For to ripe and break a Postume, 
Postume.  stamp this herb well with hogs grease and lay it to the postume. Also for the strangury, take this herb, and seth it in oil and wine, 
strangury. Cyatica.  and plaster it to the grievance, and it will lose it. Also for the Ciatyca, and for old sores, take mustard seed, and the third part of crumbs of white bread and figs, honey, and vinegar, after as the ache of the sore requireth, the more of the figs and honey, that is there the more sharper is the strength of the seed, and the more bread and vinegar that is in it, the more weaker is the sede, but I say not that ye shall put this confection to all sores, but to great and old sores his virtue is if he be eaten, it sharpeth a man's wit, 
belly. stone. stomac  it cleanseth the belly, it breaketh the stone it purgeth the urine, menstruosity, and comforteth the stomach.   

¶ smallage.  
smallage is an herb that groweth in gardens, it is hot and dry in the beginning of the third degree, & dry in the mids of the same. ¶ The virtue is good for cold and wicked humours in the stomach, and comforteth the stomach, 
stomac  the liver, and the lungs, and it is good for wounds, take Smallage seed, 
wounds.  rue sede, Pepper, and salt, & grind them well together, and temper them with wine and drink it. For ranklynges and to cease the brenning and aching, & to bring them to their kind again. 
ranklingꝭ Fever.  Also it is good to drink for the Fever tertian.   

¶ Saluia.  
SAluia is called Sage, & it is hot in the first degree, and dry in the second degree the leaves only be taken in medicines, both green & dry, he may be kept a year. There be two manner of Sages, the garden and the wild Sage, if thou wilt have sage for medicines, take the leaves of garden Sage. ¶ The virtue is it consumeth more, and comforteth more than the other doth. 
Palsy.  For the Palsy seth the leaves of Sage in wine, and use to drink it, for the same seth the leaves in wine, & plaster it to the grievance. Also it is good to put in sauce, for the strangury, the flux, 
Flux. Clensing.  & the matrice it cleanseth, seth the leaves in water and let the patient sit over it, and receive the hot fume of it, & it shall do him much good. Also it is good for venom or poison, 
venom Poison  seth Sage in ale or wine, & use to drink it iii days, and thou shall be hole by the grace of god. For the stomach drink the juice of Sage with water and honey, & it is good to cleanse a man's body to use it both ripe & green, it will make a man's body clean, 
Body.  therefore who that useth to eat of this herb or drink it, it is marvel that any inconvenience should grieve them that use it. 
ychinge.  If ye have an itching on you wash it well with the juice of this herb, and it shall slay the itching. Also drink Sage with wine, & a little wormwood, and it shall cease the ache under the sides, 
stomac Palsy. dropsy  the womb, & the stomach, it is good for the palsy & dropsy.   

¶ Satureia.  
SAtureia is called savoury, it is hot and dry in the four degree. ¶ The virtue of this is, 
Body. reins  it purgeth the body, seth it in wine or water & drink it, and it purgeth the reins, the bladder, the menstruosity in the bowels, it purgeth the lungs & loseth great humours, 
Lungꝭ  and conpelleth and putteth him out by the mouth by spitting, therefore he is brenning and stirreth him that useth lechery, therefore it is forbid to use it moche in meats. Soak it in vinegar or wine, and drink it, & it shall make the have a meek stomach. 
stomac  Also when it flowreth, it should be gathered and dried, and powder made thereof. Also take the powder of savoury, and boil it with claryfyed honey, and use to eat thereof, or boil it in wine, and drink it, 
phlegm fretting.  and it will lose tough phlegm in the breast. Also for fretting in the belly drink powder of it in warm wine, and thou shall be hole. Also if ye take the less savoury, it hath the same virtue and strength that the other savoury hath. Also make grewel with water and flower, 
members  and powder of savoury, and eat thereof and that shall cleanse all the spiritual membres of a man.   

¶ Saxfrage.  
SAxfrage is hot and dry in the third degree. ¶ The virtue is good for the stone, 
stone.  seth the ro●e of it in wine, and drink it. Also it is good for the disease of colic and the strangury, and the powder of it be eaten with an egg, it is good for the same. 
Colike  It may be kept in his virtue iii year.   

¶ Scabiosa.  
SCabiosa is called Scabias', it is hot & dry in the third degree, to dry it there is no profit in it. ¶ The virtue is good for the scabs, take the juice of it, vinegar, & oil, 
scabs.  and boil them together till they wax thick and keep it, for it is good for scabs. For the emeralds seth them in water, 
Emeralds  then sit over it, and take the fume of it and use it, and thou shall be hole. Stamp it and seth it in wine, and the drink is good to destroy humours in the stomach, and drink it every day fasting with Eurose, and thou shall be hole, and thou shalt never have the Pestilence breeding within the while thou do use it. 
Pestilence.  For the liver stamp it and seth it in wine, & drink it   

¶ Sothernwood.  
SOthernwode is an herb that groweth in the field. ¶ The virtue of it is good for the cough, 
cough. belly. Breast.  and for binding in the belly, and in the breast, and for disease in the bones, & good for them that may not well piss, take the seed of this herb and stamp it, and drink it with water, and it is good for all the aforesaid. Also for the diseases in the side, stamp this herb with byttayne and drink it, 
side. Biting  and it helpeth well. Also for the biting of a serpent, & for venom, stamp this herb and drink it with wine, and it is good. Also for the cold fever, 
Fever.  stamp this herb with wine, & drink it, and thou shall be hole.   

¶ sengreen.  
SIngrene. is cold and moist in the iii degree. ¶ The virtue of this herb, & also the juice of the same herb is necessary for many diseases, stamp this herb with grease and plaster it to the disease and marvelously it helpeth. For diseases & darkness of the eyes, stamp this herb and put of the juice in the sore eyes. 
Eyes. liver  For chafing of the liver, take the juice of it and vinegar, and dip a cloth therein and plaster it to the grievance. For biting or scalding, 
Biting  make an ointment of the juice of this herb, and oil of roses & wax, but lay it not to till after the three first days, but first anoint it with grease & such other. Also for a disease of a hot cause, this is good to be laid thereto.   

¶ Stytcheworte.  
STytchewort or byrdestonge, 
stitch wounds. Eyes.  this is hot and moist in the first degree. ¶ The virtue of this herb is this, it is good to hele stitches, wounds, and also sore eyes.   

¶ Scamony.  
SCamony is hot and dry in the iii degree, the leaves only be best in medicines, it may be kept a year in his virtue or two for need. ¶ The virtue is good for the disease in the stomach, 
stomac  boil the leaves of it in wine, and drink it. Also the aforesaid drink is good for the belly. 
strangury. Flux.  For the strangury and flux, also a stew made with boiling of it in water or wine, is good for the foresaid if it be boiled in oil, and plaster it to the same aforesaid, it is better.   

¶ Sene.  
Seen is hot and dry in the four degree it groweth on the other side the see, & most about Babylon, the best be the flowers and the branches of it. 
Falling evil. splen.  ¶ The virtue is good for many diseases, as the falling evil, for the syncop, for the splen, for the emeralds, 
quartain.  and for the quartain, syrup made of it boiled in water, and sugar is good for all the aforesaid, syrup made with the juice of Borage is good for the aforesaid. Also Dy●scorydes commandeth to make Exmell of the aforesaid with boiling of vinegar & honey, and it will be good for the aforesaid. And this herb may be kept ten year in his strength and virtue.   

¶ Selondyne.  
SElondyne is hot and dry in the four degree, and Galyen saith that it is good for sore eyes. ¶ The virtue is good for sore eyes, take the juice of selondyne, and the rote boil it well together in a pan, 
Eyes.  and when it is cold anoint thy eyes therewith. Take selondyne and wring out the juice, 
Frakles in the visage  and meddle it with white wine, and anoint thy visage therewith, and it shall do away frakles of the visage. The juice of selondyne and goats dung meddled together small in a mortar, 
Canker.  then if thou lay it to a Canker in a woman's pap, it shall slay the canker. Also take the juice of Selondyne, 
Morfewe.  & powder of brimstone, and meddle them well together, & it will help to do away the morfewe, and seethe the rote in wine, and when the pot is taken down let him hold his mouth open over it, that the breath may go in to his body, and that shall slay the Canker in the mouth, 
Canker. venom  it is good for him that hath drunken venom with his own stolen, and that will save him.   

¶ savin.  
SAuayne is hot and dry in the second degree. 
worms.  ¶ The virtue is good to slay worms in the womb, and to bring them out if it be sudden in wine, and given to the patient to drink. It is good with butter or grease to make an ointment for the scab that runneth to hele it and dry it up, 
Scab. Head ache.  and it is good for the headache, if it be stamped and ten. pered with vinegar, and make a plaster thereof, and lay it to thy temples and upon the mould of thy head.   

¶ Scabiose.  
SCabiose is cold and moist in the ii degree. 
liver.  ¶ The virtue of this herb is good for the liver, stamp it and seth it in wine. 
stomac  And it will destroy wicked humours in the stomach, & drink it every day fasting with Eurose, 
Postume.  and thou shall never have postume breeding within thee, as long as thou dost use this medicine.    

¶ The xviii letter beginneth with. T.  

¶ Townecresses.  
TOwnecresses, is hot and dry in the third degree, the seed will endure good .v. year. ¶ The virtue is good to staunch the flux and the mention, 
Flux. Mension  if thou take the seed and broyse it in a mortar of brass, and give the sick to drink thereof three days every day a penny weight at ones with red wine warmed, and in these iii days he shall be staunched, or else he shall die of that evil, 
Palsy. Malefranke.  it is good for the palsy, and for the maleflanke, take the seed and seth it with wine & do it in a pocket, & bind it to the side there as the grievance is. Also it is good for him that may not piss, 
water.  take the seed and seth it in wine and oil olive, & bind it to thy share. 
Fundament.  It is good for a man's fundament that goeth out, if it be taken of cold, than it must be put in again, & straw the powder on the fundament, thy reins with honey, & then straw the powder above with the powder of Comen, or powder of Calafyne, for all these be kindly for it. Also take the stalks of Townecresses, & bren them, & there shall no venomous be'st, ne worm abide the savour nor smell thereof, but he shall die or else fly away.   

¶ Tapsuberbesto.  
TApsuberbesto is called Melon, it is cold and dry. ¶ The virtue of it is good for the emeralds, 
Emerawdꝭ.  and it be sudden in wine and scummed clean. Also it is good to wash the grievance therewith. It is good also for the flux in the belie. To provoke vomit, take two drams of the powder of the rote of Melon, and drink it in wine, 
Flux.  and it will provoke vomit. 
vomit water. stone.  Also the sedes provoketh urine and causeth the to piss, and cleanseth, the reins & the bladder of gravel & stones.    

¶ The xix letter beginneth with. V  

¶ Vyolet.  
VYolet is cold in the first degree, and moist in the second. ¶ The virtue of it is good for a blast in the eyes take the roots of vyolettes, 
Eyes.  and stamp them with myrrh and saffron, & at night lay it to the sore eyes Also for a wound in the head, 
woundꝭ.  stamp the leaves of vyolettes with honey and vinegar, & plaster it to the wound, & it shall hele it. Also for them that may not sleep for sickness seethe this herb in water, 
sleep  and at even let him soak well his feet in the water to the ankles, when he goth to bed, bind of this herb to his temples, 
sleep  and he shall sleep well by the grace of God. Take Vyolettes Myrrh, and Saffron and make a plaster, 
Eyes.  & lay it to the sore eyes that be swollen, & it shall cease aching, & bate the swelling   

¶ Vua suavis.  
Wa suavis, this is called the sweet raysyn, it is hot and moist. ¶ The virtue is of cleansing, scouring, or smothing Raysynges eaten or boiled in wine is good for the cold cough. 
cough. Postume. stomac  Also seth them in wine and they be good to plaster on the cold postume, & also good for the cold stomach.   

¶ vervain.  
VEruayne, this is hot and dry in the second degree. ¶ The virtue is good for all manner of evils of venom, 
venom  if the patient drink it tempered with wine, and stamp the herb, 
Biting  & lay it on every manner of biting of venomous be'st, & it will draw out the venom & save the sore, who that useth it, it will make good breath, 
Breath  & do away the stink of the mouth Also who that hath the Fever tertian, take iii roots and iii crops of the same herb and, 
Fever  stamp them and temper them with fair clean water, and give it to the patient to drink. Also who that hath the fever quartan, 
Fever  let him take the same drink. Also it is good for the stomach, the liver, and the lungs. 
stomac liver  Also take Veruayne, Betayne, and Saxfrage, of every of them a like much, and stamp them with white wine tempered, 
stone.  & this is good for them that hath the stone. Also they that bear Veruayne upon them, 
love.  they shall have love & grace of great masters, & they shall also grant him his asking, if that his asking be good and rightful, this herb is hot & dry.    

¶ The twenty letter beginneth with. w.  

¶ watercresses  
WAtercresses be hot and dry in the second degree. ¶ The virtue of this herb is good if ye seethe them in water by themself, 
Membres. strangulion. Flux.  and drink it, or seth it in flesh and sup of the broth, and it will cleanse well the inward members. Also it is good against the strangulyon and the flux.   

¶ wild neppe or wodbind.  
wild neppe or woodbine, this herb beareth a flower like to the hop, & after the flower he beareth a green berry, & it hath a great root. ¶ The virtue of this herb is most in the rote, it is good for sinews that be shrunken, 
sinews.  or cut to make them souple, and to have their own course in their proper kind. Go to the rote of wild Neppe, that is like woodbine, & make a hole in the mids of the rote, then cover it well again that no air, go out nor that no rain go in nor water, powder, nor the son come not to much to it, let it stand so all a night and a day, then after that go to it, and thou shalt find therein a certain liquor, take out the liquor with a spoon, and put it in to a clean glass, & do so every day as long as thou findest aught in the hole and this must be done in the month of Apryl, or May, them anoint the sore with it against the fire, then wet a linen cloth in the same liquor, and lap it about the sores and it shall be hole in short space on warantyse, by the grace of god. 
gout.  For the gout a sovereign medicine, take the rote of wild Nep, & the rot of the wild dock sudden by itself, & cut them in thine pieces, and pair away the utter rind and cut them in quarters, then boil them in clean water ii or iii hours, then stamp them in a mortar as small as can be, than put thereto a quantity of sote of a chymny, & temper them with the milk of a kowe that the here is of one colour, then take the piss of a man that is fasting, & make a plaster thereof, and boil it together, and as hot as ye may suffer it, lay it to the grievance a day & a night & so do ix times & it shall hele the on warantyse by the grace of God.   

¶ wormwood.  
WOrmwood is hot and dry in the second degree. ¶ The virtue is good for worms in the womb, 
worms.  if it be stamped and the juice wrong out, and mingled with sweet milk, and give to the patient to drink, and seth this berbe in wine, and make a plaster to the womb, make powder of wormwood, Centory betake, of each a like much by weight, and meddle all well together, and the powder will slay worms in the womb both when it is eaten in pottage and drunken. 
womb.  Also for the milt that is swollen of a cold matter seth it in wine and let the sick drink thereof and that shall hele him, 
milt.  and make a plaster of the substance of the herb, and lay it all hot to thy womb against the grievance. Also stamp, wormwood & temper it with vinegar, and with toasted sour bread grounden therewith & the juice of mints, and the juice of plantain of each a like moche, and fry them well together, then make a plaster and lay it to the mouth of the stomach, 
stomac  & this shall staunch, breaking or casting, For worms in a man's ears be it serpent or erewygge, 
worms. Dropsy.  take the juice of wormwood, and put it in the ere. Also for the dropsy seth it in wine, & give the sick to drink at morning and at evening, and it shall help him.   
FINIS.   

¶ Hereafter followeth the virtue of the Oaken tree.  
IN the Oak be four things beside the leaf the which be right profitable to thee, health of a man, that is to wit the acorn, and the cup that it groweth in, the galls and the lime. The carnels in powder be profitable against the feebleness of vertiver of the retentive, that is to say against feebleness of brain, and against the passion called diabetican, 
Brain strangury. stone.  and against the strangury, and against the sickness called dissenturian, and against the stone in the reins, and the bladder, and it is good for them that may not hold their water. 
water. vomit  The cup of the A corns is good against vomits of colour, and against sneezing, and it drieth, 
Nesing. stomac  & consumeth phlegm in the mouth of the stomach. The gall after the opinion of Albert, so that they be not greatly hollow be good against the flux, and against sliding and slypernes of guts, 
Flux.  & against the flowers of women, and that powder helpeth them of many infirmities. etc. ¶ Also by experience of Gardyners, and planters, the powder of the gall minged with honey, pierce a hole in a tree, & put it therein, & the fruit shall be black. Now with the lime of the Oak, physicans, and Surgyans do many cures therewith, and of it is made an ointment for the palsy, and of a man's yard, 
Palsy.  and against an infirmity called Deabetan. Also thereof is made sayrope for the Dropsy that cometh of cold called yposarco, and it consumeth watery humours. 
Debetan.  And also men be cured by the fruit of ears quartain, tercian, and quotidian. 
Tercian. Cotidian.  Also in the tree is a thing growing, which women know by experience it maketh them hastily to be delivered of child, which dowche men call it Archemsel, and thereof is made beads. ¶ The last conclusion of this Oaken leaves, of this leaves is distilled a water, 
Flux. women. Emeralds bleeding. liver. Splen Nesing. cough. Head ache. stomac  which healeth all the Flux of the womb called Dyssentuaryan, Lavaryan, and Dyaryan. Also it is good for the flowers of women, and for the emeralds. Also this lief in powder put in the nose, stauncheth the bleeding thereof, and spitting of blood. Also this lief is wholesome against the ache of the heart, against the epilation of the liver, and of the splen, & against the sneezing, and against the cough, and the head ache, and against the ache of the stomach, & the wind of the stomach, & against the colic, and the ache of the womb, and the flanks, 
stone.  and it breaketh the stone of the reins, & the bladder, and also women that be cold, it disposeth them to be able to conceive, it is wholesome to all manner of creatures of all manner ages, and for all diseases to be taken at all times of the year. etc. ¶ wherefore Surgyans knowing the troth layeth Oaken leaves upon wounds, and that done they need none other ointment, 
wounds. Canker. Dropsy.  it healeth all manner of wounds, the Canker, the fistula, & saint Anthony's fire a vain made in the water of the Oak healeth the Dropsy, and all lepournesse. Also who so ever once in the week eateth one of the leaves, he shall never have stinking breath, nor the tooth ache, nor putrefaction in his gums. 
Toth' ache. Ears.  etc. nor of his ears.   

¶ This is the making of Aqua vite perfectissima.  
TAke the rote of Saxfrage, & Parsley, Alyssaundre, Fenel, Time, Ysope, Pynyryall, Rosemary Lavender, primrose, Mint Origan, Sauge, Calamynt, avence, Byttayn Saveyn, of each half a quartron, Galyngale, black Pepper, white Pepper, long Pepper, Cloves, Nutmegs, of each an ounce, Canell, Maces, Quybybes, of each two ounces, Setwale, Pelettre of spain, tree of Aloes, of each an ounce and an half, and stamp thine herbs, and powder thy spices, & put them together in the wine, & let them stand all night and on the morrow distill them through a serpentory, this water hath many virtues, & it is better at the first distillation of the Canon, then at the third distillation of the Serpentorye.   

¶ To graff and plant.  
TO graff fruit that they shall have no core. Take a graff and bow it in both ends combing, and cut both ends graftwyse, and so fasten them in to the stock. And if it grow so with the tree cut away the great end, and let the smaller end grow and his fruit shall have no core.   
¶ Thus endeth this Herbal.   

¶ Here beginneth the table of this present book.  

A  
¶ Agnus castus.  
Apium.  
Anetum.  
Apium risus.  
Absynthium.  
Artemesia.  
Affodyllus.  
Astrologia longa.  
Astrologia rotunda.  
Abrotanum.  
Ameos.  
Alleluya.  
Agrimonia.  
Auancia.  
Altea.  
Amarista.  
Anisum.  
Alleum.  
Astarton.   

B  
¶ Betonia.  
Balsaminta.  
Beta.  
Borago domestices.  
Bigula.  
Burneta.  
Bursa pastoris.   

¶ Camamilla.  
Callamyntum.  
Crassula maior.  
Crassula minor.  
Cituca.  
Centuaria maior.  
Centuaria minor.  
Carin.  
Celodonia.  
Cidamum.  
Canlis.  
Coriandrum.  
Capillus veneris.  
Crocus.  
Centinodium.  
Caprifolium.  
Canabaria.  
Costus.  
Cepe.  
Columbina.  
Cominum.  
Cardiaca.  
Cisera.  
chameleon.  
Consolida maior.  
Consolida minor.  
Consolida media.   

D  
Dragancia.  
Diptanum.  
Daucus asinius.  
Dancus creticus.  
Dens leonis.  
Dragancia feminea.   

E  
¶ Elena campana.  
Endiva.  
Eruca.  
Eufragia.  
Ebulus.  
Edera.  
Edera terestris.  
Eborus.  
Elabrus.  
Epatica.   

F  
¶ Famula.  
Fumus terre.  
Fragra.  
Fabaria maior.  
Filex.  
Filipendula.  
Feniculum.  
Faxmus.  
Finiculus porcinus.  
Febrifuga.  
Filago.  
Flamula minor.   

G  
¶ Granum.  
Genescula.  
Genciana.  
Galanga.  
Granum solis.  
Gladiolus.  
Gracia dei.  
Gracia dei maior.   

H  
¶ Hastula regia.  
Herba cruciata.  
Herba christfori.  
Herba walteri.  
Herba Roberti.  
Herba martis.  
Herba johannis.  
Herba Petri.   

I  
¶ jusquiamus.  
Isopus.  
Ireose.  
Iris.  
jua.  
jacia alba.  
jacia nigra.  
Ippia maior.  
Ippia minor.   

L  
¶ Lanisticum.  
Lingua ceruina.  
Lilium.  
Ligustrum.  
Lingua bovis.  
Lingua serpentisma.  
Lingua Serpentismi.  
Lingua canis.  
Lingua hircina.  
Lupinus.  
Labrum veneris  
Lavendula.  
Lactuca.  
Lactuca siluatica.  
Lactuca leporica.  
lolium.  
Laparium rubeum.  
Linum.  
Lauriola.  
Licorisa.   

M  
¶ Millefolio minor.  
Mercurialis.  
Menta.  
Menta romana.  
Malua.  
morel or night shadow.  
mastic.  
Magerum.  
Millefolium maior.  
Motherwort, or  
Mugwort.  
Maces.  
Menta.   

N  
¶ Nux muscata.  
Napo.   

O  
¶ Olibanun.   

P  
¶ Plumeus.  
Piper.  
Pympernell.  
Pulegium.  
Pencedamum vel Feniculus porcinus.  
Petrocilium.  
Peritorium.  
Plastinaca.  
Plantago.  
Porrum.  
Piretrum  
Papaver.  
Polipodium.  
Pienium.   

Q  
¶ Quinquefolio.   

R  
¶ Rybbeworte.  
Rednetell.  
Rosa.  
Rosemary.  
Ruta.   

S  
¶ Sinapium.  
Smalege.  
Saluia.  
Satureia.  
Saxfrage.  
Scabiosa.  
Sothernwood.  
sengreen.  
Stytcheworte.  
Scamony.  
Sene.  
Selondyne.  
savin.  
Scabiose.   

¶ Towncresses.  
Tapsubarbesto.   

V  
¶ Vyolet.  
Vua suavis.  
vervain.   

W  
¶ watercresses wild  
Neppe or wodbind.  
Wormwoode.   

¶ The virtue of the Oaken tree.  
¶ The Oaken leaf.  
¶ The making of Aqua vite perfectissima.  
¶ Graffing and planting.   
Finis Tabule.   

¶ Imprinted by me Robert wire, dwelling in saint martyn's parish, at the sign of saint Iohn evangelist, beside Charing Cross.