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prosecute_v in_o 36_o book_n together_o with_o the_o summarie_n of_o every_o chapter_n and_o begin_v the_o book_n etc._n etc._n the_o second_o treat_v of_o the_o world_n element_n and_o star_n and_o begin_v thus_o the_o world_n etc._n etc._n the_o three_o describe_v the_o first_o and_o second_o gulf_n which_o the_o mediterranean_a sea_n make_v in_o europe_n and_o begin_v in_o this_o manner_n hitherto_o etc._n etc._n the_o four_o comprise_v the_o three_o gulf_n of_o europe_n beginning_n the_o three_o etc._n etc._n the_o five_o contain_v the_o description_n of_o africa_n and_o begin_v thus_o africa_n etc._n etc._n the_o six_o handle_v the_o cosmographie_n of_o asia_n begin_v thus_o the_o sea_n call_v etc._n etc._n the_o seven_o treat_v of_o man_n and_o his_o invention_n beginning_n thus_o as_o you_o see_v etc._n etc._n the_o eight_o show_v unto_o we_o land_n creature_n and_o their_o kind_n and_o begin_v after_o this_o manner_n pass_v we_o now_o etc._n etc._n the_o nine_o lay_v before_o we_o all_o fish_n and_o creature_n of_o the_o water_n begin_v in_o this_o wise_a i_o have_v thus_o show_v etc._n etc._n the_o ten_o speak_v of_o fly_a fowl_n and_o bird_n and_o begin_v thus_o it_o follow_v etc._n etc._n the_o eleven_o tell_v we_o of_o infect_v and_o begin_v thus_o it_o remain_v now_o etc._n etc._n the_o twelve_o treat_v of_o drug_n and_o odoriferous_a plant_n beginning_n thus_o you_o &c._n &c._n the_o thirteen_o describe_v strange_a and_o foreign_a tree_n beginning_n with_o these_o word_n thus_o far_o forth_o etc._n etc._n the_o fourteen_o show_v of_o vine-plant_n etc._n etc._n beginning_n thus_o thus_o far_o forth_o etc._n etc._n the_o fifteen_o comprehend_v all_o fruitful_a tree_n thus_o beginning_n there_o be_v etc._n etc._n the_o sixteen_o describe_v unto_o we_o all_o wild_a tree_n begin_v with_o hitherto_o etc._n etc._n the_o seventeen_o contain_v tame_a tree_n within_o hortyard_n and_o begin_v with_o these_o word_n be_v as_o touch_v the_o nature_n etc._n etc._n the_o eighteen_o book_n treat_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o corn_n and_o all_o sort_n thereof_o together_o with_o the_o profession_n of_o husbandman_n and_o agriculture_n begin_v after_o this_o manner_n now_o follow_v etc._n etc._n the_o nineteen_o discourse_v of_o flax_n sparta_n and_o gardenage_n begin_v after_o this_o manner_n in_o the_o former_a book_n etc._n etc._n the_o twenty_o show_v of_o garden_n herb_n good_a to_o serve_v both_o the_o kitchen_n for_o meat_n and_o the_o apothecary_n shop_n for_o medicine_n &_o begin_v thus_o now_o will_v we_o etc._n etc._n the_o one_o and_o twenty_o treat_v of_o flour_n and_o garland_n &_o begin_v in_o cato_n etc._n etc._n the_o two_o and_o twenty_o contain_v the_o chaplet_n and_o medicine_n make_v of_o herb_n with_o this_o beginning_n such_o be_v the_o perfection_n etc._n etc._n the_o three_o and_o twenty_o show_v the_o medicinable_a virtue_n of_o wine_n and_o tame_a tree_n grow_v in_o hortyard_n begin_v thus_o thus_o have_v we_o etc._n etc._n the_o four_o and_o twenty_o declare_v the_o property_n of_o wild_a tree_n serve_v in_o physic_n begin_v thus_o nature_n etc._n etc._n the_o five_o and_o twenty_o treat_v of_o the_o herb_n in_o the_o field_n come_v up_o of_o their_o own_o accord_n and_o thus_o begin_v the_o excellency_n etc._n etc._n the_o six_o and_o twenty_o show_v of_o many_o new_a and_o strange_a malady_n the_o medicinable_a virtue_n also_o of_o certain_a herb_n according_a to_o sundry_a disease_n begin_v thus_o the_o very_a face_n etc._n etc._n the_o seven_o and_o twenty_o go_v forward_o to_o certain_a other_o herb_n and_o their_o medicine_n and_o thus_o begin_v certes_o etc._n etc._n the_o eight_o and_o twenty_o set_v down_o certain_a receipt_n of_o remedy_n in_o physic_n draw_v from_o out_o of_o man_n and_o other_o big_a creature_n and_o it_o begin_v in_o this_o manner_n heretofore_o etc._n etc._n the_o nine_o and_o twenty_o treat_v of_o the_o first_o author_n and_o inventor_n of_o physic_n also_o of_o medicine_n take_v from_o other_o creature_n and_o begin_v the_o nature_n etc._n etc._n the_o thirty_o book_n speak_v of_o magic_n and_o certain_a medicine_n appropriate_a to_o the_o part_n and_o member_n of_o man_n body_n begin_v thus_o the_o vanity_n etc._n etc._n the_o one_o and_o thirty_o contain_v the_o medicinable_a virtue_n of_o fish_n and_o water_n creature_n with_o this_o beginning_n now_o follow_v etc._n etc._n the_o two_o and_o thirty_o show_v other_o property_n of_o fish_n etc._n etc._n and_o begin_v in_o this_o manner_n now_o be_v we_o come_v etc._n etc._n the_o three_o and_o thirty_o treat_v of_o gold_n and_o silver_n mine_n and_o have_v this_o beginning_n time_n it_o be_v etc._n etc._n the_o four_o and_o thirty_o speak_v of_o copper_n and_o brass_n mine_n also_o of_o lead_n also_o of_o excellent_a brasse-founder_n and_o workman_n in_o copper_n begin_v after_o this_o manner_n in_o the_o next_o place_n etc._n etc._n the_o five_o and_o thirty_o discourse_v of_o paint_v colour_n and_o painter_n begin_v in_o this_o sort_n the_o discourse_n etc._n etc._n the_o six_o and_o thirty_o treat_v of_o marble_n and_o stone_n for_o building_n and_o have_v this_o beginginning_n it_o remain_v etc._n etc._n the_o seven_o and_o thirty_o conclude_v with_o precious_a stone_n and_o begin_v at_o these_o word_n to_o the_o end_n that_o etc._n etc._n ¶_o in_o the_o second_o book_n be_v contain_v the_o discourse_n of_o the_o world_n of_o celestial_a impression_n and_o meteor_n as_o also_o of_o they_o that_o appear_v in_o the_o air_n and_o upon_o earth_n chap._n 1._o whether_o the_o world_n be_v finite_a and_o limit_v within_o certain_a dimension_n or_o no_o whether_o there_o be_v many_o or_o but_o one_o 2._o the_o form_n and_o figure_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o world_n 3._o the_o motion_n of_o heaven_n 4._o why_o the_o world_n be_v call_v mundus_n 5._o of_o
the_o body_n and_o what_o thing_n with_o taste_n only_o will_v allay_v hunger_n and_o quench_v thirst_n in_o sum_n this_o book_n containerh_n notable_a thing_n story_n and_o observation_n 2270._o latin_a author_n cite_v m._n varro_n hyginus_n scropha_n sarcena_n celsus_n cornelius_n aemilius_z macer_n virgil_n columella_n julius_n aquila_n who_o write_v of_o the_o tuscan_a discipline_n tarquilius_fw-la who_o likewise_o write_v of_o the_o same_o and_o vmbritius_n that_o travel_v in_o that_o argument_n cato_n censorius_n domitius_n calvinus_n trogus_n melissus_n favonius_n fabianus_n mutianus_n nigidius_n manilius_n and_o opius_n foreign_a writer_n aristotle_n democritus_n neoptolemus_n who_o write_v bee_n militurgia_n aristomachus_n who_o likewise_o make_v a_o treatise_n of_o the_o same_o and_o philistus_n also_o that_o do_v the_o like_a nicander_n menecrâ—…tes_n dionysius_n that_o translate_v mago_n empedocles_n callimachus_n k._n attalus_n apollodorus_n who_o write_v of_o venomous_a beast_n hypocrates_n eriphilus_n erasistratus_n asclepius_n themiso_n posidonius_n the_o stoic_a the_o two_o menander_n one_o of_o priene_n and_o the_o other_o of_o heraclea_n euphronius_n of_o athens_n theophrastus_n hesiodus_n and_o k._n philometor_n ¶_o in_o the_o twelve_o book_n be_v contain_v discourse_n of_o tree_n chap._n 1._o the_o honour_n do_v to_o tree_n of_o the_o planetree_n when_o they_o be_v first_o bring_v into_o italy_n and_o of_o their_o nature_n 2._o of_o the_o dwarf_n planes_n grow_v low_a and_o who_o be_v the_o first_o that_o cut_v and_o shred_v tree_n into_o arbour_n 3._o of_o strange_a tree_n and_o principal_o of_o the_o citron_n tree_n in_o assyria_n 4._o of_o india_n tree_n and_o when_o ebon_n be_v first_o see_v at_o rome_n 5._o of_o a_o certain_a thorn_n and_o figtree_n of_o india_n 6._o of_o a_o tree_n name_v pala_n also_o of_o other_o indian_a tree_n that_o be_v nameless_a and_o of_o those_o that_o bear_v wool_n and_o cotton_n 7._o of_o pepper_n tree_n and_o clove_n tree_n and_o many_o other_o 8._o of_o macir_n or_o sugar_n and_o the_o tree_n grow_v in_o the_o region_n ariana_n 9_o of_o bdellium_n and_o of_o tree_n along_o the_o persian_a gulf_n 10._o of_o tree_n grow_v in_o the_o island_n within_o the_o persian_a gulf_n and_o those_o that_o bear_v cotton_n 11._o of_o gossampine_v tree_n and_o those_o which_o serve_v to_o make_v cloth_n and_o wherein_o consist_v the_o fruit_n of_o certain_a tree_n 12._o of_o costus_n spiknard_n &_o diverse_a sort_n of_o nard_n 13._o of_o asarabacca_n amomum_fw-la amonius_n and_o cardamomum_fw-la 14._o of_o frankincense_n &_o tree_n that_o yield_v incense_v 15._o of_o myrrh_n and_o myrrh_n tree_n 16._o of_o sundry_a sort_n of_o myrrh_n the_o nature_n thereof_o and_o the_o price_n 17._o of_o mastic_n laudanum_n and_o bruta_n of_o enhaemum_fw-la strobus_n and_o styrax_n 18._o of_o the_o felicity_n and_o happiness_n of_o arabia_n 19_o of_o cinnamon_n and_o the_o wood_n thereof_o call_v xylocinnamum_fw-la and_o of_o casia_n 20._o of_o isocinnamon_n or_o canel_n of_o caucamum_fw-la and_o tarum_fw-la 21._o of_o serichatum_fw-la gabalium_fw-la and_o ben_n otherwise_o call_v myrobalanus_fw-la 22._o of_o date_n call_v phoenicobalanus_fw-la &_o sweet_a calamus_fw-la 23._o of_o ammoniacum_n and_o the_o sweet_a moss_n call_v sphagdus_fw-la or_o vsnea_n 24._o of_o cyprus_n aspalathus_n and_o marum_n 25._o of_o balm_n as_o well_o the_o liquor_n call_v opobalsamum_n as_o the_o wood_n xylobalsamum_n of_o storax_n and_o galbanum_fw-la 26._o of_o panace_n spondylium_fw-la and_o malobathrum_n or_o folium_fw-la indicum_fw-la 27._o of_o the_o oil_n of_o green_a olive_n call_v omphacium_fw-la and_o of_o verjuice_n 28._o of_o bryon_n and_o the_o wild_a vine_n oenanthe_n of_o the_o fir_n elate_a of_o cinnamon_n and_o the_o oil_n of_o nut_n call_v caryopus_fw-la in_o sum_n this_o book_n contain_v in_o it_o of_o notable_a matter_n history_n and_o observation_n 974._o latin_a author_n allege_v m._n varro_n mutianus_n virgil_n fabian_n sebosus_n pomponius_n mela_n flavius_n proculus_n trogus_n hyginus_n claudius_n caesar_n cornelius_n nepos_n sextius_n niger_n who_o write_v in_o greek_a of_o physic_n cassius_n hemina_n l._n piso_n tuditanus_n and_o antias_n foreign_a writer_n theophrastus_n herodotus_n callisthenes_n isidorus_n clitarchus_n anaximenes_n dioris_fw-la nearchus_n onesicratus_n polycritus_n olympiodorus_n diognetus_n nicobulus_n anticlides_n charax_n of_o mitylene_n menechmus_n dorotheus_n xenias_n the_o athenian_a lycus_n antaeus_n ephippus_n chaereas_n democles_n ptolomaeus_n lagus_n marsyas_n the_o macedonian_a zoilus_n likewise_o of_o macedon_n democritus_n amphilocus_n aristomachus_n alexander_n polyhistor_n king_n juba_n apollodorus_n the_o author_n of_o the_o treatise_n concern_v sweet_a odour_n heraclides_fw-la the_o physician_n archidemus_n likewise_o the_o physician_n dionysius_n democlides_n euphron_n obsenides_n diagoras_n jolla_o all_o six_o physician_n heraclides_fw-la of_o tarentum_n xenocritus_n of_o ephesus_n and_o eratosthenes_n ¶_o in_o the_o thirteen_o book_n be_v contain_v treatise_n of_o ointment_n and_o of_o tree_n by_o the_o sea_n side_n chap._n 1._o of_o sweet_a ointment_n &_o perfume_n when_o they_o come_v to_o be_v first_o know_v at_o rome_n and_o of_o their_o composition_n 2._o what_o ointment_n be_v that_o which_o they_o call_v royal_a which_o be_v diapasmate_n or_o dry_a perfume_n and_o how_o they_o be_v keep_v 3._o the_o riotous_a and_o superfluous_a expense_n that_o the_o roman_n be_v at_o for_o such_o ointment_n and_o when_o they_o be_v first_o take_v up_o and_o use_v in_o rome_n 4._o of_o palm_n or_o date_n tree_n their_o nature_n and_o sundry_a sort_n 5._o the_o tree_n of_o syria_n 6._o of_o the_o terebinth_n tree_n 7._o of_o the_o egyptian_a figtree_n or_o sycomore_n and_o that_o of_o cypress_n 8._o of_o the_o fruit_n which_o be_v call_v ceraunia_n siliqua_fw-la 9_o of_o the_o peach-tree_n or_o persica_fw-la of_o egypt_n and_o the_o egyptian_a thorn_n whereof_o come_v acacia_n 10._o of_o the_o plum_n tree_n and_o other_o about_o memphis_n 11._o sundry_a sort_n of_o gum_n and_o of_o the_o papyr_n reed_n 12._o diverse_a kind_n of_o paper_n how_o paper_n be_v make_v the_o trial_n of_o good_a paper_n the_o fault_n of_o paper_n and_o the_o paste_n that_o go_v to_o the_o make_n of_o paper_n 13._o the_o book_n of_o king_n numa_n 14._o the_o tree_n of_o aethyopia_n 15._o the_o tree_n of_o atlas_n citron_n tree_n what_o point_n be_v commendable_a or_o otherwise_o faulty_a therein_o 16._o of_o the_o tree_n thya_n 17._o of_o the_o tree_n lotus_fw-la 18._o of_o the_o body_n and_o root_n of_o lotus_fw-la 19_o of_o patyurus_fw-la of_o the_o pomegranate_n and_o the_o flower_n of_o the_o pomegranate_n 20._o of_o plant_n and_o shrub_n in_o asia_n and_o greece_n 21._o of_o thymelaea_n chamelaea_n tragacanthe_n tragium_n or_o scorpio_n of_o tamariske_n brya_fw-la and_o galla._n 22._o of_o euonymus_n or_o spyndle_n tree_n of_o adrachne_n congygria_n and_o thapsia_n 23._o of_o capparis_fw-la or_o cynosbatos_n or_o opheostaphyle_n and_o of_o sari_n 24._o of_o the_o royal_a thorn_n of_o babylon_n and_o cytisus_n or_o tree_n trifolie_n 25._o of_o shrub_n and_o tree_n grow_v upon_o our_o mediterranean_a sea_n the_o red_a sea_n and_o the_o indian_a sea_n in_o sum_n there_o be_v comprise_v in_o this_o book_n of_o notable_a thing_n story_n and_o observation_n four_o hundred_o fifty_o and_o eight_o latin_a author_n cite_v marcus_z varro_z mutianus_n virgil_n fabianus_n sebosus_n pomponius_n mela_n flavius_n proculus_n trogus_n hyginus_n claudius_n caesar_n cornelius_n nepos_n sextius_n niger_n who_o write_v in_o greek_a of_o physic_n cassius_n hemina_n l._n piso_n tuditanus_n and_o antias_n foreign_a writer_n theophrastus_n herodotus_n callisthenes_n isidorus_n clitarchus_n anaximenes_n duris_n nearchus_n onesicritus_n policritus_fw-la olympiodorus_n diognetus_n cleobulus_n anticlides_n charax_n the_o mitylenaean_a menaechmus_n dorothâ—…us_n xenias_n the_o athenian_a lycus_n antaeus_n ephippus_n dio_n adimanthus_fw-la ptolomaeus_n lagus_n marsyas_n and_o zoilus_n both_o macedonian_n democritus_n amphilochus_n alexander_n polyhistor_n aristomachus_n king_n juba_n apollodorus_n who_o write_v of_o odour_n heraclides_fw-la the_o physician_n botrys_n archidemus_n dionysius_n democlides_n euphron_n mnesicles_n diagoras_n and_o jolla_n physician_n all_o heraclides_fw-la of_o tarentum_n and_o xenocritus_n the_o ephesian_a ¶_o in_o the_o fourteenth_n book_n be_v contain_v treatise_n of_o vine-tree_n and_o vine-yard_n chap._n 1._o of_o vine_n and_o their_o nature_n the_o manner_n how_o they_o bear_v grape_n 2._o sundry_a kind_n of_o vine_n in_o general_n 3._o more_o kind_n of_o vine_n according_a to_o the_o property_n of_o country_n where_o they_o grow_v 4._o notable_a consideration_n as_o touch_v the_o plant_n and_o order_v of_o vine_n 5._o the_o nature_n of_o wine_n 6._o the_o best_a and_o most_o kindly_a wine_n 7._o wine_n outlandish_a and_o beyond_o sea_n 8._o of_o the_o wine_n call_v biaeon_n seven_o kind_n thereof_o 9_o of_o sweet_a wine_n fourteen_o sort_n 10._o of_o second_o wine_n or_o household_n wine_n 11._o what_o good_a wine_n begin_v of_o late_a to_o
be_v in_o request_n at_o rome_n 12._o observation_n of_o wine_n set_v down_o by_o king_n romulus_n 13._o the_o ancient_a usage_n of_o wine_n and_o the_o wine_n of_o old_a time_n 14._o of_o cellar_n for_o wine_n and_o the_o wine_n opiminianum_fw-la 15._o caesar_n liberality_n in_o wine_n and_o when_o first_o there_o be_v four_o sort_n of_o wine_n set_v down_o 16._o of_o artificial_a or_o set_v wine_n 17._o of_o hydromell_n and_o oxymell_n 18._o prodigious_a and_o strange_a kind_n of_o wine_n 19_o what_o wine_n may_v not_o be_v use_v in_o sacrifice_n and_o with_o what_o sort_v new_a wine_n be_v sophisticated_a 20._o sundry_a sort_n of_o pitch_n and_o rosin_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o sophisticate_a new_a wine_n of_o vinegar_n and_o winelee_n 21._o of_o wine_n cellar_n 22._o of_o avoid_v drunkenness_n in_o sum_n it_o contain_v notable_a matter_n history_n and_o observation_n 510_o gather_v out_o of_o latin_a author_n cornelius_n valerius_n virgil_n celsus_n cato_n censorius_n sarsennaes_n both_o father_n and_o son_n scropha_n varro_n decimus_n syllanus_n fabius_n pictor_n trogus_n hyginus_n flaccus_n verrius_n graecinus_n julius_n accius_n columella_n massurius_n sabinus_n fenestella_n tergilla_n m._n actius_n plautus_n fabius_n dorsennus_fw-la scaevola_n aelius_n atteius_n capito_n cotta_n messalinus_n l._n piso_n pompeius_n lenaeus_n fabianus_n sextius_n niger_n and_o vibius_n rufus_n foreign_a author_n hesiodus_n theophrastus_n aristotle_n democritus_n king_n attalus_n k._n philometer_n architas_n xenophon_n amphilochus_n the_o athenian_a anaxipolis_n the_o thasian_a apollodorus_n the_o lemnian_a aristophanes_n the_o milesian_n antigonus_n the_o cymaean_a agathocles_n the_o chian_a apollonius_n of_o pergamus_n aristander_n of_o athâ—…_n and_o likewise_o batrys_n the_o athenian_a bacchius_fw-la the_o milesian_n bion_n of_o soli_n chereas_fw-la the_o athenian_a aâ—…_n cheristus_fw-la likewise_o of_o athens_n diodorus_n of_o priene_n dio_n the_o colophonian_n epigenes_n the_o rhodian_a evagoras_n the_o thasian_a euphron_n of_o athens_n androtion_n aescrion_n and_o lysimachus_n who_o write_v all_o three_o of_o agriculture_n dionysius_n who_o translate_a mago_n diophanes_n who_o bring_v dionysius_n into_o a_o epitome_n asclepiades_n the_o physician_n onesicritus_n and_o king_n juba_n ¶_o the_o fifteen_o book_n treat_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o tree_n fruitful_a and_o plant_v in_o hort-yard_n chap._n 1._o the_o nature_n of_o fruitful_a tree_n 2._o of_o the_o oil_n of_o olive_n 3._o the_o nature_n of_o the_o olive_n &_o young_a olive_n tree_n 4._o the_o nature_n of_o the_o oil_n olive_n 5._o the_o manner_n of_o husband_v olive_n row_n 6._o how_o to_o keep_v olive_n and_o make_v oil_n thereof_o 7._o of_o artificial_a oil_n 8._o of_o the_o dregs_n or_o olive_n cake_n be_v press_v 9_o of_o fruit_n of_o tree_n good_a to_o eat_v their_o several_a kind_n and_o nature_n 10._o of_o pine_n nut_n four_o kind_n 11._o of_o the_o quince_n 12._o of_o peach_n four_o sort_n 13._o of_o plum_n eleven_o kind_n 14._o sundry_a kind_n of_o apple_n and_o namely_o nine_o and_o twenty_o sort_n 15._o of_o pear_n and_o warden_n of_o sundry_a strange_a device_n to_o graft_v tree_n 16._o of_o preserve_v and_o keep_v apple_n &_o such_o like_a fruit_n 17._o the_o manner_n how_o to_o keep_v quince_n pomgranat_n pear_n warden_n soruise_n and_o grape_n 18._o of_o fig_n nine_o and_o twenty_o sort_n 19_o of_o the_o wild_a figtree_n of_o caprification_n or_o the_o manner_n how_o to_o bring_v figgs_n to_o maturity_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o certain_a fly_n 20._o of_o medlar_n and_o three_o sort_n of_o they_o 21._o four_o kind_n of_o soruoise_n 22._o of_o the_o walnut_n 23._o of_o chestnut_n eight_o kind_n 24._o of_o charob_n call_v siliquae_fw-la of_o apple_n of_o mulberry_n of_o grain_n pippin_n and_o kernils_n within_o the_o fruit_n also_o of_o berry_n 25._o of_o cherry_n eight_o sort_n 26._o of_o the_o corneill_n fruit_n and_o lentisk_n 27._o sundry_a sort_n of_o juice_n and_o odour_n 28._o of_o the_o juice_n in_o fruit_n and_o tree_n of_o colour_n smell_n and_o the_o nature_n of_o diverse_a fruit_n also_o the_o singularity_n and_o commendation_n of_o they_o 29._o of_o the_o myrtle_n eleven_o kind_n thereof_o 30._o of_o the_o laurel_n or_o bay-tree_n thirteen_o sort_n of_o it_o in_o sum_n there_o be_v comprise_v in_o this_o book_n of_o notable_a matter_n story_n and_o observation_n 520_o collect_v out_o of_o latin_a author_n fenestella_n fabianus_n virgil_n cornelius_n valerianus_n celsus_n cato_n censorius_n sarsennae_n both_o father_n and_o son_n scropha_n mar._n varro_n d._n syllanus_n fabius_n pictor_n trogus_n hyginus_n flaccus_n verrius_n graecinus_n atticus_n julius_n sabinus_n tergilla_n cotta_n messalinus_n columella_n l._n piso_n pompeius_n lenaeus_n m._n accius_n plautius_n fabius_n dorsenus_n scaevola_n aelius_n atteius_n capito_n sextus_n niger_n and_o vibius_n rufus_n foreign_a writer_n hesiodus_n aristotle_n democritus_n king_n hiero_n architas_n king_n philometor_n king_n attalus_n xenophon_n amphilochus_n the_o athenian_a anaxipolis_n the_o thasian_a apollodorus_n of_o lemnos_n aristophanes_n the_o milesian_n antigonus_n the_o cymaean_a agathocles_n of_o chios_n apollodorus_n of_o pergamus_n aristander_n the_o athenian_a bacchus_n the_o milesian_n bion_n of_o soli_n chaereas_n of_o athens_n and_o charistus_n likewise_o the_o athenian_a diodorus_n of_o priene_n dion_n the_o colophonian_n epigenes_n the_o rhodian_a evagoras_n the_o thasian_a euphronius_n the_o athenian_a androtion_n and_o aeschrion_n who_o write_v both_o of_o husbandry_n dionysius_n that_o translate_v the_o book_n of_o mago_n and_o dionysius_n the_o epitomist_n who_o bring_v they_o all_o into_o a_o breviarie_n asclepiades_n and_o erasistratus_n both_o physician_n comiades_n who_o write_v as_o touch_v the_o confecture_n of_o wine_n aristomachus_n hicesius_n who_o both_o treat_v of_o the_o same_o matter_n themison_n the_o physician_n onesicritus_n and_o king_n juba_n ¶_o in_o the_o sixteen_o book_n be_v contain_v the_o nature_n of_o wild_a tree_n chap._n 1._o country_n wherein_o no_o tree_n do_v grow_v miraculous_a wonder_n of_o tree_n in_o the_o north_n country_n 2._o of_o the_o great_a forest_n hircynia_n 3._o tree_n that_o bear_v mast_n 4._o of_o the_o civic_a guirland_n and_o who_o in_o old_a time_n be_v adorn_v and_o honour_v with_o chaplet_n of_o tree_n leave_v 5._o of_o mast_n thirteen_o kind_n 6._o of_o beech_n mast_n and_o other_o sort_n of_o mast_n of_o coal_n and_o the_o feed_n of_o hog_n 7._o of_o gall_n and_o how_o many_o thing_n beside_o mast_n and_o acorn_n mast_n tree_n do_v bear_v 8._o of_o cachrys_n and_o of_o the_o scarlet_n grain_n also_o of_o agaricke_n and_o cork_n 9_o of_o what_o tree_n the_o bark_n be_v in_o usage_n 10._o of_o shindle_n to_o cover_v house_n of_o the_o pinetree_n and_o the_o wild_a pine_n of_o the_o fir_n &_o pitch-tree_n of_o the_o larch-tree_n of_o the_o torch-tree_n toeda_n and_o the_o yew-tree_n 11._o the_o manner_n of_o make_v sundry_a sort_n of_o pitch_n and_o taâ—…_n how_o the_o virgin_n pitch_v call_v cedrium_fw-la be_v make_v of_o the_o thick_a stone_n pitch_n how_o it_o be_v make_v and_o the_o way_n to_o boil_v rosin_n 12._o of_o the_o ship_n pitch_v call_v zopissa_n of_o sapium_n and_o those_o tree_n that_o yield_v timber_n good_a for_o building_n 13_o of_o the_o ash_n tree_n four_o kind_n 14._o of_o the_o teil_n or_o linden_n tree_n two_o several_a sort_n thereof_o 15._o ten_o diverse_a sort_n of_o maples_n 16._o of_o the_o knot_n in_o maple_n call_v bruscus_n and_o molluscum_n of_o a_o kind_n of_o fistic_a tree_n call_v staphylodendron_n of_o box_n tree_n three_o sort_n 17._o of_o the_o elm_n four_o kind_n 18._o the_o nature_n of_o tree_n according_a to_o their_o situation_n and_o place_n where_o they_o grow_v 19_o a_o general_a division_n of_o tree_n 20._o what_o tree_n never_o shed_v their_o leaf_n quite_o of_o the_o oleander_n tree_n call_v rhododendron_n 21._o again_o what_o tree_n lose_v not_o their_o leaf_n but_o show_v always_o green_a which_o be_v they_o that_o shed_v their_o leaf_n in_o part_n in_o what_o country_v no_o tree_n at_o all_o do_v lose_v their_o leaf_n 22._o the_o nature_n of_o those_o tree_n which_o let_v fall_v their_o leaf_n and_o which_o have_v leaf_n of_o sundry_a colour_n 23._o three_o sort_n of_o asp_n or_o popler_n &_o of_o what_o tree_n the_o leaf_n do_v alter_v their_o for_o i_o and_o fashion_n 24._o what_o leave_v use_v to_o turn_v every_o year_n the_o manner_n how_o to_o order_v the_o leaf_n of_o date_n tree_n and_o to_o use_v they_o also_o strange_a and_o admirable_a thing_n as_o touch_v leaf_n 25._o the_o order_n and_o course_n that_o nature_n hold_v in_o plant_n the_o blossom_n of_o tree_n their_o manner_n of_o conception_n bloum_v bud_a and_o bear_v fruit_n and_o in_o what_o order_n they_o put_v out_o flower_n 26._o of_o the_o corneil_n tree_n the_o right_a season_n wherein_o every_o tree_n bear_v fruit_n what_o tree_n be_v fruitless_a and_o therefore_o
leaven_n also_o of_o make_v past_a &_o bread_n and_o when_o baker_n be_v first_o know_v at_o rome_n of_o sieve_n serce_n and_o bulter_n and_o of_o sodden_a wheat_n or_o frumentie_n 12._o of_o pulse_n 13._o of_o rape_n and_o navewe_v in_o the_o amiternine_a tract_n 14._o of_o lupin_n 15._o of_o vetch_n and_o ervile_a 16._o of_o fenigreeke_n of_o messelline_n or_o dredgecorne_n of_o mung-corne_n or_o bollimong_n for_o provander_n of_o claver_n or_o three-leafed_a grass_n call_v medica_fw-la and_o of_o another_o trefoil_n name_v cytisus_n 17._o the_o fault_n and_o disease_n in_o corn_n grain_n and_o pulse_n and_o their_o remedy_n what_o corn_n or_o pulse_n ought_v to_o be_v sow_v with_o respect_n to_o the_o ground_n 18._o of_o prodigious_a token_n observe_v in_o corn_n the_o skill_n of_o plough_v the_o ground_n the_o divers_a sort_n of_o culter_n &_o share_n in_o the_o plough_n 19_o the_o season_n of_o the_o year_n fit_a to_o till_o &_o plough_v the_o ground_n the_o manner_n of_o put_v ox_n in_o the_o yoke_n for_o the_o plough_n 20._o of_o break_v clod_n or_o harrow_n of_o another_o kind_n of_o till_v the_o ear_n or_o second_a tilth_n or_o stir_v the_o ground_n and_o cut_v the_o corn_n 21._o the_o manner_n of_o till_v and_o husband_v land_n 22._o example_n of_o diverse_a ground_n of_o such_o as_o be_v wondrous_a fertile_a of_o a_o vine_n that_o bear_v grape_n twice_o in_o the_o year_n the_o difference_n of_o water_n 23._o the_o quality_n of_o the_o ground_n or_o soil_n of_o compost_n or_o dung_v land_n 24._o the_o goodness_n of_o choice_n seed_n the_o manner_n of_o good_a sow_v how_o much_o seed_n of_o any_o corn_n a_o acre_n will_v take_v to_o be_v well_o sow_v the_o season_n of_o seednesse_n 25._o the_o observation_n of_o the_o star_n for_o their_o apparition_n or_o occultation_n their_o rise_n and_o set_v as_o well_o for_o day_n as_o night_n 26._o a_o recapitulation_n and_o brief_a summarie_n of_o all_o thing_n belong_v to_o husbandry_n what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v in_o the_o field_n every_o month_n of_o the_o year_n 27._o that_o husbandman_n shall_v not_o so_o much_o regard_v the_o sign_n or_o the_o star_n as_o the_o fit_a season_n of_o the_o time_n for_o seednes_n the_o rise_n or_o fall_n the_o apparition_n or_o occultation_n of_o planet_n observe_v in_o some_o herb_n of_o the_o rise_n and_o set_v of_o star_n 28._o of_o meadow_n how_o they_o be_v to_o be_v repair_v and_o bring_v into_o hart_n of_o sith-stone_n hook_n sickle_n and_o scythe_n the_o time_n of_o sow_a corn_n and_o what_o fix_a star_n be_v of_o power_n about_o that_o time_n 29._o of_o the_o season_n and_o time_n to_o be_v mark_v as_o well_o in_o summer_n as_o winter_n what_o remedy_n for_o barren_a and_o lean_a ground_n 30._o of_o the_o harvest_n of_o wheat_n of_o chaff_n how_o to_o keep_v corn_n 31._o of_o vintage_n and_o autumn_n and_o the_o constitution_n thereof_o 32._o what_o regard_n be_v to_o be_v have_v in_o the_o moon_n and_o her_o age_n in_o husbandry_n ture_n 33._o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o wind_n for_o agricul_n 34._o the_o bound_n limit_n bawk_n and_o way_n to_o be_v observe_v in_o cornefield_n 35._o sign_n whereby_o a_o man_n may_v prognosticat_fw-la the_o disposition_n of_o the_o weather_n in_o sum_n there_o be_v contain_v in_o this_o book_n of_o notable_a matter_n story_n and_o observation_n two_o thousand_o and_o six_o hundred_o latin_a author_n allege_v in_o this_o book_n massurius_n sabinus_n cassius_n hemina_n verrius_n flaccus_n l._n piso_n cornelius_n celsus_n turannius_n graccula_n d._n syllanus_n m._n varro_n cato_n censorius_n scrofa_n sarsennae_n both_o father_n and_o son_n domitius_n calvinus_n hyginus_n virgil_n trogus_n ovid_n graecinus_n columella_n tubero_n l._n aruntius_n who_o write_v in_o greek_a of_o astronomy_n and_o caesar_n dictator_n who_o likewise_o write_v of_o the_o same_o argument_n sergius_n paulus_n sabinus_n fabianus_n m._n cicero_n calphurnius_fw-la bassus_n atteius_n capito_n manlius_n sura_n and_o actius_n who_o compile_v a_o book_n call_v praxidica_fw-la foreign_a author_n hesiodus_n theophrastus_n aristotle_n democritus_n k._n hiero_n k._n philometor_n k._n attalus_n k._n archelaus_n archytas_n xenophon_n amphilochus_n of_o athens_n anaxipolis_n of_o thasus_n aristophanes_n the_o milesian_n apollodorus_n the_o lemnian_a antigonus_n the_o cymaean_a agathocles_n of_o chios_n apollonius_n of_o pergamus_n aristander_n the_o athenian_a bacchius_fw-la the_o milesian_n bion_n of_o soli_n chaerea_n of_o athens_n chaeristus_fw-la likewise_o the_o athenian_a diodorus_n of_o priene_n dion_n of_o colophon_n epigenes_n of_o rhodes_n evagoras_n the_o thasian_a euphronius_n the_o athenian_a andration_n aeschrio_n and_o lysimachus_n who_o write_v all_o three_o of_o husbandry_n dionysius_n that_o translate_v the_o work_n of_o mago_n and_o diophanes_n who_o draw_v the_o same_o into_o a_o epitome_n thales_n eudoxus_n philippus_n callippus_n dositheus_n permeniscus_fw-la meliton_n criton_n oenopides_n zeno_n euctemon_n harpalus_n hecataeus_n anaximander_n sosigenes_n hipparchus_n aratus_n zoroastres_n and_o archibius_n ¶_o the_o nineteen_o book_n contain_v a_o discourse_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o flax_n and_o other_o wonderful_a matter_n chap._n 1._o the_o sow_v of_o line_n seed_n diverse_a kind_n of_o flax_n how_o it_o be_v dress_v of_o naperie_n &_o napkin_n of_o linen_n that_o will_v not_o burn_v nor_o consume_v with_o fire_n and_o when_o curtain_n be_v devise_v at_o rome_n about_o the_o theater_n 2._o the_o nature_n of_o a_o kind_n of_o broom_n call_v sparta_n when_o it_o come_v to_o be_v use_v first_o how_o it_o be_v to_o be_v order_v &_o dress_v what_o plant_v both_o spring_n and_o also_o live_v without_o root_n 3._o of_o mysy_n and_o of_o mushroom_n of_o tadstole_n or_o mushroom_n that_o be_v broad_a and_o without_o a_o tail_n call_v pezici_n of_o laserpitium_n and_o magydaris_n of_o maddir_n and_o the_o fuller_n root_n radicula_n i._n sopeweed_n 4._o the_o manner_n of_o dress_v and_o trim_v garden_n also_o the_o order_n and_o due_a place_n of_o other_o plant_n good_a for_o to_o be_v eat_v over_o and_o beside_o corn_n and_o the_o fruit_n of_o tree_n &_o shrub_n 5._o the_o nature_n the_o sundry_a sort_n and_o the_o story_n of_o many_o plant_n that_o grow_v in_o garden_n 6._o of_o the_o root_n leaf_n flower_n and_o colour_n of_o garden_n herb_n 7._o how_o many_o day_n it_o will_v be_v after_o the_o seed_n of_o herb_n be_v sow_v or_o their_o slip_n set_v ere_o they_o come_v up_o the_o nature_n of_o seed_n how_o herb_n be_v to_o be_v sow_v or_o set_v and_o in_o what_o course_n and_o rank_n which_o herb_n be_v but_o one_o of_o a_o kind_n and_o which_o they_o be_v that_o have_v many_o kind_n 8._o the_o nature_n of_o such_o garden_n herb_n as_o be_v good_a for_o the_o pot_n or_o to_o make_v salad_n and_o to_o season_v meat_n withal_o their_o kind_n to_o the_o number_n of_o 46_o with_o their_o story_n &_o description_n 9_o of_o fennell_n and_o hemp_n 10._o the_o disease_n and_o malady_n that_o annoy_v garden_n the_o remedy_n against_o the_o same_o as_o also_o how_o to_o kill_v ant_n caterpillar_n and_o gnat_n 21._o what_o seed_n be_v more_o or_o less_o able_a to_o endure_v any_o hardness_n or_o injury_n and_o which_o they_o be_v that_o salt_n water_n be_v good_a for_o 22._o the_o manner_n of_o water_v garden_n what_o herb_n they_o be_v which_o be_v transplant_v and_o remove_v prove_v the_o better_a and_o final_o the_o juice_n the_o sweet_a savour_n and_o relishnes_n of_o garden-herbe_n in_o sum_n here_o be_v comprise_v memorable_a thing_n story_n and_o observation_n a_o thousand_o one_o hundred_o forty_o and_o three_o latin_a author_n cite_v m._n actius_n plautus_n m._n varro_n d._n syllanus_n cato_n censorius_n hyginus_n virgil_n mutianus_n celsus_n columella_n calphurnius_fw-la bassus_n manlius_n sura_n sabinus_n tyro_n licinius_n macer_n q._n hirtius_n vibius_n rufus_n cesennius_n who_o write_v sepurica_fw-la i._o a_o treatise_n of_o garden_v castritius_n likewise_o and_o firmius_n who_o both_o twain_o make_v a_o work_n of_o the_o same_o matter_n and_o last_v of_o all_o petreius_n foreign_a writer_n herodotus_n theophrastus_n democritus_n aristomachus_n menander_n who_o write_v a_o book_n entitle_v brochresta_n i._o of_o thing_n profitable_a for_o our_o life_n and_o diet_n and_o anaxilaus_n ¶_o the_o twenty_o book_n comprise_v medicine_n out_o of_o those_o simple_n which_o be_v set_v and_o sow_v in_o garden_n chap._n 1._o of_o the_o wild_a cucumber_n and_o the_o juice_n thereof_o elaterium_fw-la 2._o of_o the_o cucumber_n as_o well_o that_o which_o wand_n r_v &_o grow_v abroad_o call_v anguinum_n as_o that_o of_o the_o garden_n also_o of_o the_o pompion_n 3._o of_o the_o wild_a gourd_n and_o the_o rape_n or_o nave_n 4._o diverse_a sort_n of_o navewe_v of_o the_o wild_a radish_n of_o the_o garden_n radish_n and_o the_o parsnep_n or_o carot_n 5._o of_o staphylinum_fw-la
or_o the_o tame_a parsnip_n the_o herb_n gingidium_n or_o chervill_a of_o seselis_fw-la or_o siler-mountaine_n of_o elecampane_n and_o of_o onion_n 6._o of_o porret_fw-la or_o leek_n use_v to_o be_v cut_v and_o of_o cabbage_n leek_n or_o head_a also_o of_o garlic_n 7._o of_o wild_a lettuce_n or_o hawkeweed_n call_v also_o lactuca_n caprina_fw-la of_o another_o kind_n name_v esopus_n of_o woad_n &_o tame_a garden_n lettuce_n 8._o diverse_a kind_n of_o beet_n of_o endive_n and_o cichorie_n of_o garden_n endive_n 9_o of_o cawl_n or_o colewort_n of_o the_o wild_a colewort_n lapsana_n of_o soldanella_n of_o squilla_n or_o the_o sea-onion_n of_o scallion_n or_o chibbol_n and_o of_o dog-leek_n 10._o of_o sparage_v both_o tame_a and_o wild_a of_o libycum_n and_o clarie_n 11._o of_o parsley_n of_o balm_n smallage_n &_o mountain_n parsley_n 12._o of_o alisanders_n and_o garden_n basill_n 13._o of_o wild_a basill_n of_o rocket_n of_o cress_n and_o rue_v 14._o of_o wild_a mint_n of_o garden_n mint_n of_o peniroyall_n of_o nep_n and_o cumin_n 15._o of_o aethiopian_a cumin_n which_o stay_v urine_n of_o caper_n of_o lovach_n of_o panace_n of_o wild_a origan_n or_o majoram_n savage_a 16._o more_o of_o wild_a oragan_n and_o heracleotica_n call_v also_o gallinacea_n cunila_n i_o small_a majoram_n savoury_a or_o orgament_n rosemary_n sweet_a majoram_n of_o the_o garden_n and_o of_o the_o mountain_n 17._o of_o cockweed_n pepperwort_n or_o dittander_n of_o garden_n origan_n of_o a_o kind_n of_o orgament_n call_v onitis_n of_o prason_n of_o tragoriganum_fw-la or_o wild_a peniroyall_n the_o water_n lillie_n or_o nenuphar_n of_o lepidium_n of_o gith_n or_o nigella_n romana_n and_o of_o anise_v 18._o of_o dill_n of_o sacopaenium_fw-la of_o sagapen_a of_o poppy_n both_o white_a and_o black_a the_o manner_n how_o to_o draw_v the_o juice_n of_o herb_n and_o of_o opium_n 19_o of_o the_o wild_a poppy_n of_o horn_a poppy_n of_o glaucium_fw-la or_o paralium_n of_o heraclium_n or_o aphrum_fw-la of_o the_o confection_n diacodium_fw-la make_v of_o poppy_n head_n of_o tythimall_n 20._o of_o purcellane_n or_o peplium_n of_o coriander_n and_o orach_n 21._o of_o mallow_n and_o malope_n of_o althaea_n or_o marshmallow_n of_o docke_n sour_a dock_n or_o sorrel_n the_o water_n dock_n the_o herb_n patience_n or_o bulapathum_n 22._o three_o kind_n of_o senvie_n of_o horehound_n of_o run_a thyme_n of_o water_n mint_n or_o savoury_a of_o lineseed_n and_o bleet_n 23._o of_o meu_fw-la of_o garden_n fennell_n of_o wild_a fennel_n or_o myrsineum_n of_o hemp_n of_o fennel-geant_a of_o thistle_n and_o artichoke_n 24._o the_o confection_n call_v triacle_n the_o composition_n of_o antiochus_n in_o sum_n there_o be_v be_v comprise_v in_o this_o book_n of_o medicine_n story_n and_o observation_n one_o hundred_o sixty_o and_o seven_o out_o of_o latin_a author_n cato_n censorius_n mar._n varro_n pompeius_n lenaeus_n gallio_n hyginus_n sextius_n niger_n who_o write_v in_o greek_a and_o julius_n bassus_n likewise_o who_o write_v in_o the_o same_o language_n celsus_n and_o antonius_n caesar._n foreign_a author_n democritus_n theophrastus_n orpheus_n menander_n who_o make_v the_o book_n biochresta_n pythagoras_n and_o nicander_n out_o of_o physician_n nicander_n hypocrates_n chrysippus_n diocles_n ophion_n heraclides_fw-la hicesius_n dionysius_n apollodorus_n of_o tarentum_n apollodorus_n the_o citien_n praxogoras_n philistonicus_fw-la medius_n dienche_n cleophantus_n philistio_n asclepiades_n cratevas_n petronius_n diodorus_n jolla_o erasistratus_n diagoras_n andreas_n mnesicles_n epicharmus_n damion_n dalion_n sosimenes_n theopolemus_n metrodorus_n solon_n lycus_n midwife_n olympiades_n of_o thebes_n phyllinus_n petreius_n miction_n glaucia_n and_o xenocrates_n ¶_o in_o the_o xxi_o book_n be_v contain_v the_o nature_n of_o flower_n and_o herb_n to_o make_v guirland_n of_o chap._n 1._o the_o nature_n of_o flower_n and_o herb_n that_o serve_v for_o chaplet_n the_o wonderful_a variety_n of_o flower_n 2._o of_o chaplet_n and_o nosegay_n of_o flower_n who_o first_o devise_v to_o set_v flower_n in_o order_n one_o with_o another_o when_o coronet_n or_o guirland_n of_o flower_n be_v invent_v and_o take_v their_o name_n and_o upon_o what_o occasion_n 3._o who_o first_o give_v a_o present_a of_o a_o chaplet_n garnish_v with_o silver_n and_o gold_n foil_n in_o what_o honour_n and_o estimation_n such_o guirland_n be_v in_o old_a time_n the_o honour_n do_v of_o old_a to_o scipio_n of_o coronet_n or_o chaplet_n plait_v wrythed_a and_o braid_v also_o of_o a_o notable_a act_n of_o queen_n cleopatra_n in_o make_v of_o chaplet_n 4._o of_o rose_n set_v in_o guirland_n diverse_a sort_n of_o rose_n and_o where_o they_o be_v set_v and_o do_v grow_v 5._o three_o kind_n of_o lily_n the_o strange_a manner_n of_o set_v they_o 6._o of_o violet_n marigold_n of_o baccharis_n combretum_fw-la asarabacca_n or_o folefoot_n and_o saffron_n 7._o of_o the_o flower_n use_v in_o ancient_a time_n in_o guirland_n &_o chaplet_n the_o great_a diversity_n that_o be_v in_o aromatical_a and_o odoriferous_a simple_n of_o lavender_n spike_n and_o polium_fw-la 8._o the_o colour_n of_o cloth_n resemble_v flower_n of_o floure-gentle_a or_o passee-velours_a of_o chrysocome_n or_o chrysites_n 9_o the_o honour_n do_v by_o guirland_n and_o their_o excellency_n of_o cyclaminum_fw-la of_o melilot_n of_o claver_fw-la or_o trefoil_n whereof_o there_o be_v three_o sort_n 10._o of_o origan_n thyme_n honey_n of_o athens_n of_o doniza_n or_o fleabane_n of_o jupiters_n flower_n of_o helenium_fw-la or_o elecampane_n of_o sothernwood_n and_o camomile_n 11._o of_o majoran_n of_o nyctigretum_fw-la and_o melilote_n the_o white_a violet_n or_o stock_n gillofre_n of_o codiaminum_fw-la also_o of_o wild_a bulb_n or_o rampion_n of_o heliochrysum_n &_o lychnis_n or_o rose_n campion_n and_o many_o other_o herb_n grow_v on_o this_o side_n the_o sea_n 12._o the_o manner_n how_o to_o nourish_v and_o keep_v bee_n of_o their_o malady_n and_o remedy_n thereto_o 13._o of_o honey_n that_o be_v venomous_a remedy_n against_o such_o venomous_a honey_n as_o also_o against_o another_o kind_n thereof_o which_o make_v folk_n to_o be_v mad_a that_o taste_n thereof_o 14._o of_o a_o certain_a honey_n that_o fly_v will_v not_o touch_v nor_o come_v near_o to_o of_o bee-hive_n the_o way_n how_o to_o keep_v the_o bee_n when_o they_o be_v at_o a_o fault_n for_o meat_n and_o how_o their_o wax_n be_v make_v 15._o of_o herb_n good_a to_o eat_v which_o come_v up_o of_o their_o own_o accord_n and_o namely_o those_o that_o be_v pricky_a 16._o of_o thistle_n of_o parietarie_n of_o the_o wall_n of_o bramble_n and_o orchanet_n 17._o the_o difference_n of_o many_o sort_n of_o herb_n in_o their_o leaf_n which_o they_o be_v that_o do_v flower_n all_o the_o year_n long_o of_o the_o daffodil_n of_o â—…stana_n and_o of_o the_o gladen_n or_o swordgrasse_n 18._o of_o diverse_a sort_n of_o reed_n and_o of_o cyperus_n of_o the_o medicinable_a virtue_n which_o they_o have_v of_o cypirus_n and_o squinanth_n 19_o the_o medicinable_a virtue_n of_o rose_n of_o the_o lily_n of_o narcissus_n of_o the_o violet_n and_o of_o baccharis_n or_o lady_n glove_n of_o combretum_fw-la and_o asarabacca_n 20._o of_o nard_n celticke_a and_o saffron_n the_o virtue_n thereof_o and_o use_v in_o physic_n of_o the_o sweet_a ointment_n crocomagma_n make_v of_o saffron_n of_o spike_n or_o lavender_n of_o polium_fw-la and_o flour_n de_fw-fr lis_fw-fr of_o heliochrysum_n chrysocome_n and_o melilot_n 21._o of_o sweet_a trifolie_n of_o thyme_n the_o wild_a yellow_a lily_n hemerocallis_n or_o the_o day_n flower_n of_o elecampane_n and_o sothernwood_n 22._o the_o medicinable_a virtue_n of_o camomile_n and_o marjoram_n 23._o the_o virtue_n of_o corn_n rose_n or_o passe-flours_a anemone_n 24._o the_o property_n medicinable_a of_o filipendula_fw-la 25._o the_o virtue_n of_o heliochrysum_n 26._o the_o medicine_n of_o crowtoe_n 27._o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o perywinckle_n butcher_n broom_n of_o sampire_n and_o wild_a basill_n 28._o the_o medicinable_a virtue_n of_o colocasia_fw-la or_o the_o egyptian_a bean_n 29._o the_o property_n of_o anthalium_n 30._o the_o virtue_n of_o fewerfue_n 31._o the_o virtue_n of_o nightshade_n or_o petty_a morrell_n and_o alkakengi_n 32._o of_o corchorus_n i._n chickeweed_n and_o of_o cnicus_n i._o carthanus_fw-la or_o bastard_n saffron_n 33._o of_o the_o herb_n persoluta_fw-la 34._o of_o the_o weight_n and_o measure_v use_v in_o old_a time_n in_o sum_n there_o be_v in_o this_o book_n to_o be_v find_v medicine_n story_n and_o worthy_a observation_n seven_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o latin_a author_n allege_v cato_n censorius_n m._n varro_n massurius_n antias_n c._n helius_n vestimus_fw-la vibius_n ruffinus_n hyginus_n pomponius_n mela_n pompeius_n lenaeus_n cornelius_n celsus_n calphurnius_fw-la bassus_n p._n largius_n licinius_n macer_n sextius_n and_o julius_n bassus_n who_o both_o write_v in_o greek_a and_o antonius_n castor_n foreign_a writer_n theophrastus_n democritus_n orpheus_n pythagoras_n mago_n menander_n who_o write_v the_o treatise_n biochresta_n
nicander_n homer_n hesiodus_n musaeus_n sophocles_n and_o anaxilaus_n physician_n mnestheus_n and_o callimachus_n who_o write_v both_o of_o guirland_n make_v of_o flower_n phanias_n the_o natural_a philosopher_n or_o physician_n simus_n timaristus_n hypocrates_n chrysippus_n diocles_n ophion_n heraclides_fw-la hicesias_n dionysius_n apollodorus_n of_o citia_n apollodorus_n of_o tarentum_n praxagoras_n plistonicus_n the_o physician_n dieuches_n cleophantus_n philistio_n asclepiades_n cratevas_n pâ—…tronius_n diodotus_n jolla_o erasistratus_n diagoras_n andreas_n mnesicles_n epicharmus_n damion_n dalion_n â—…osimenes_n theopolemus_n metrodorus_n solon_n lycus_n olympias_n the_o midwife_n of_o thebes_n phillinus_fw-la petreius_n miction_n glaucias_n and_o xenocrates_n ¶_o in_o the_o xxii_o book_n be_v contain_v discourse_n as_o touch_v the_o estimation_n of_o herb_n chap._n 1._o of_o certain_a nation_n that_o use_v herb_n to_o beautify_v their_o body_n 2._o of_o clothes_n die_v with_o the_o juice_n of_o herb_n 3._o of_o the_o chaplet_n make_v of_o the_o common_a meadow_n grass_n 4._o how_o rare_a these_o guirland_n of_o grass_n be_v 5._o which_o be_v the_o only_a man_n that_o have_v the_o honour_n to_o be_v crown_v with_o the_o sad_a chaplet_n 6._o the_o only_a centurion_n allow_v to_o wear_v the_o say_a guirland_n 7._o medicinable_a virtue_n observe_v in_o the_o rest_n of_o herb_n and_o flower_n that_o serve_v for_o guirland_n and_o first_o of_o eringe_v or_o sea_n holly_n 8._o of_o the_o thystle_n or_o herb_n which_o they_o call_v centumcapita_a 9_o of_o acanus_n and_o liquerice_n 10._o of_o bramble_n or_o thistle_n call_v tribuli_fw-la their_o kind_n and_o virtue_n 11._o the_o virtue_n and_o property_n of_o the_o herb_n stoebe_n 12._o of_o hippophye_n and_o of_o hippope_n i._n the_o tazill_n and_o their_o property_n 13._o of_o the_o nettle_n and_o the_o medicinable_a virtue_n of_o it_o 14._o of_o the_o white_a dead_a nettle_n or_o archangel_n lamium_fw-la and_o the_o virtue_n of_o it_o 15._o of_o the_o herb_n scorpius_n or_o caterpillar_n the_o kind_n and_o virtue_n thereof_o 16._o of_o leucacantha_n or_o our_o lady_n thystle_n and_o the_o virtue_n of_o it_o 17._o of_o parietarie_n of_o the_o wall_n call_v helxine_a or_o perdicum_fw-la of_o feverfew_n or_o motherwort_n parthenium_n of_o sideritis_fw-la i._o wall_n sauge_n or_o stone_n sauge_n and_o the_o virtue_n thereof_o good_a for_o physic_n 18_o of_o chamaeleon_n the_o sundry_a sort_n and_o property_n that_o it_o have_v 19_o of_o coronopus_n i._o crowfoot_n plantain_n or_o buckhorn_n plantain_n and_o the_o virtue_n thereof_o 20._o of_o orchanet_n as_o well_o the_o right_a as_o the_o bastard_n and_o the_o virtue_n of_o they_o both_o 21._o another_o kind_n of_o orchanet_n call_v onochelis_n of_o camomile_n of_o the_o herb_n lotus_fw-la or_o common_a melilot_n of_o lotometra_n which_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o garden_n lotus_fw-la or_o salad_n claver_n of_o heliotropia_n i._n turnsoll_n or_o solcium_fw-la and_o tricoccum_fw-la a_o kind_a thereof_o of_o maiden_n hair_n call_v adiantum_fw-la and_o callitricum_n 22._o of_o bitter_a lectuce_n or_o wild_a cichorie_n of_o thesium_fw-la of_o daffodil_n of_o halimus_n of_o brankursine_n of_o buprestis_fw-la of_o elaphoboscum_n or_o gratia_n dei_fw-la of_o scandix_n i_o wild_a cheruill_a or_o shepherd_n needle_n of_o the_o wild_a wort_fw-mi jasione_n of_o bastard_n persly_n caucalis_n of_o laver_n or_o sillybum_fw-la of_o scolimus_fw-la i._o the_o artichoke_n or_o limonia_fw-la of_o sowthystle_n of_o chondrilla_o and_o of_o mushroom_n 23_o of_o toadstool_n of_o silphium_n &_o of_o laserjuice_n 24._o the_o nature_n of_o honey_n of_o mead_n or_o hydromel_n how_o it_o come_v that_o the_o fashion_n be_v change_v in_o certain_a kind_n of_o meat_n of_o honey_a wine_n of_o wax_n a_o discourse_n against_o the_o composition_n of_o many_o simple_n 25._o the_o medicinable_a virtue_n of_o corn_n in_o sum_n here_o you_o shall_v find_v of_o medicine_n story_n and_o observation_n 906_o gather_v out_o of_o the_o same_o author_n which_o be_v name_v in_o this_o book_n before_o and_o beside_o out_o of_o chrysermus_n eratosthenes_n and_o alcaeus_n ¶_o in_o the_o xxiii_o book_n be_v contain_v a_o treatise_n of_o hort-yard_n tree_n chap._n 1._o the_o medicinable_a quality_n of_o grape_n fresh_a and_o new_o gather_v of_o vine_n cut_n and_o of_o grape_n kernil_n of_o the_o grape_n theriace_n or_o treacle_n grape_n of_o dry_a grape_n or_o raisin_n of_o astaphus_fw-la of_o stavesacre_n call_v also_o pituitaria_fw-la of_o the_o wild_a vine_n of_o the_o white_a vine_n which_o be_v call_v bryonie_n of_o the_o black_a vine_n of_o new_a wine_n of_o diverse_a and_o sundry_a sort_n of_o wine_n and_o also_o of_o vinegar_n 2._o of_o the_o medicinable_a virtue_n of_o vinegar_n sqilliticke_a of_o oxymell_n or_o honey_a vinegar_n of_o cuit_n of_o the_o dregs_n or_o lees_n of_o wine_n vinegar_n and_o cuit_n 3._o the_o virtue_n of_o olive_n of_o the_o leaf_n of_o the_o olive_n of_o the_o flower_n and_o ash_n of_o the_o olive_n of_o the_o white_a and_o black_a fruit_n of_o the_o olive_n also_o of_o the_o dregs_n or_o ground_n of_o oil_n 4._o medicinable_a property_n observe_v in_o the_o leaf_n of_o the_o wild_a olive_n of_o the_o oil_n make_v of_o the_o wild_a vine_n flower_n of_o the_o oil_n cicinum_n the_o oil_n of_o almond_n bays_n and_o myrtle_n the_o oil_n of_o chamamyrsine_n or_o grand_a myrtle_n also_o of_o cypress_n of_o citron_n &_o walnut_n etc._n etc._n 5._o the_o egyptian_a palmtree_n that_o bear_v ben_n also_o of_o the_o date_n tree_n call_v elate_a and_o the_o virtue_n of_o they_o 6._o the_o medicinable_a virtue_n of_o sundry_a plant_n namely_o in_o their_o flower_n leaf_n fruit_n bough_n bark_n wood_n juice_n root_n and_o ash_n 7._o of_o pear_n and_o the_o observation_n to_o they_o belong_v of_o fig_n both_o wild_a and_o savage_a of_o erineum_n and_o other_o sort_n of_o plant_n with_o their_o virtue_n 8._o of_o pine-nut_n and_o almond_n of_o the_o filbard_n and_o walnut_n of_o fisticke_n and_o chestnut_n of_o charob_n corneile_n strawberrie_n tree_n and_o bays_n 9_o of_o the_o myrtle_n gentle_a of_o myrtidanum_n and_o the_o wild_a myrtle_n in_o sum_n there_o be_v note_v in_o this_o book_n medicine_n story_n and_o observation_n a_o thousand_o four_o hundred_o and_o nineteen_o latin_a author_n cite_v c._n volgius_n pompeius_n lenaeus_n sextius_n niger_n and_o julius_n bassus_n who_o write_v both_o in_o greek_a antonius_n castor_n m._n varro_n cornelius_n celsus_n and_o fabianus_n foreign_a writer_n theophrastus_n democritus_n orpheus_n pythagoras_n mago_n menander_n the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n biochresta_n nicander_n homer_n hesiodus_n musaeus_n and_o anaxilaus_n physician_n mnestheus_n callimachus_n phanias_n the_o natural_a philosopher_n simus_n tamaristus_fw-la hypocrates_n chrysippus_n diocles_n ophion_n heraclides_fw-la hicesius_n dionysius_n apollodorus_n of_o cittia_n apollodorus_n the_o tarentine_n praxagoras_n plistonicus_n medius_n dieuches_n cleophantus_n philistio_n asclepiades_n cratevas_n petronius_n diodotus_n jolla_o erasistratus_n diagoras_n andreas_n mnesicles_n epicharmus_n damion_n dalion_n sosimenes_n theopolemus_n metrodorus_n solon_n lycus_n olympias_n the_o midwife_n of_o thebes_n phyllinus_n petreius_n miction_n glaucia_n and_o xenocrates_n the_o xxiiii_o book_n treat_v of_o tree_n grow_v wild_a chap._n 1._o medicinable_a virtue_n observe_v in_o wild_a tree_n 2._o the_o egyptian_a bean_n tree_n lotus_fw-la 3._o mast_n and_o acorn_n 4._o the_o grain_n or_o berry_n of_o the_o tree_n ilex_fw-la of_o gall_n of_o misselto_n of_o little_a ball_n and_o mast_n of_o tree_n the_o root_n of_o cirrus_n and_o of_o cork_n 5._o of_o the_o beech_n the_o cypress_n tree_n the_o tall_a cedar_n the_o fruit_n or_o berry_n thereof_o and_o of_o galbanum_fw-la 6._o of_o ammoniacum_n storax_n spondylium_fw-la spagnus_fw-la the_o terebinth_n tree_n of_o chamaepitys_n or_o iva_n muscata_n of_o esula_n or_o pityusa_n of_o rosins_n of_o the_o pitch-tree_n and_o the_o lentisk_n 7._o of_o stiff_a pitch_n of_o tar_n of_o pitch_n twice_o boil_a of_o pissasphalt_n of_o sopissa_n of_o the_o torch_n tree_n and_o lentisk_n 8._o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o plane_n tree_n the_o ash_n the_o maple_n the_o asp_n the_o elm_n the_o linden_n tree_n or_o teil_n the_o elder_a and_o juniper_n 9_o of_o the_o willow_n the_o sallow_a amerina_n and_o such_o like_a good_a for_o wind_n and_o band_n also_o of_o heath_n or_o ling._n 10._o of_o virga_fw-la sanguinea_fw-la of_o the_o oisier_n of_o the_o privet_fw-la the_o aller_n of_o yvie_n of_o cistus_n or_o cifsus_fw-la of_o erythranum_fw-la of_o ground_n yvie_n or_o alehoufe_v of_o withwind_n of_o perwinke_n or_o lesseron_n 11._o of_o reed_n of_o paper_n cane_n of_o ebon_n of_o oleander_n of_o rhus_n or_o sumach_n of_o mad_a of_o alysium_fw-la of_o sopeweed_n of_o apaynum_fw-la of_o rosemary_n and_o the_o seed_n thereof_o of_o selago_n of_o samulus_fw-la of_o gum_n and_o the_o medicinable_a virtue_n of_o they_o all_o 12._o of_o the_o arabian_a thorn_n or_o thistle_n of_o bedegnar_n of_o acanthium_n
and_o acacia_n 13._o of_o the_o common_a and_o wild_a thistle_n of_o ery_z sisceptrum_fw-la of_o the_o thorn_n or_o thystle_n appendix_n of_o pyxacanthum_fw-la or_o the_o barbary_n tree_n of_o paliurus_n of_o the_o holly_n of_o the_o yew_n tree_n and_o other_o bush_n with_o their_o virtue_n in_o physic_n 14._o of_o the_o sweet_a brier_n or_o eglantine_n of_o the_o respâ—…ce_n bush_n of_o the_o white_a bramble_n rhamnus_n of_o lycium_n of_o sarcocolla_n of_o the_o composition_n name_v oporice_n and_o all_o their_o medicine_n 15._o of_o germander_n of_o perwinke_n or_o lowrie_n of_o 〈◊〉_d or_o olivell_n of_o chamaesyce_n of_o ground_n yvie_n of_o lavender_n cotton_n of_o ampeloprasos_n or_o vine_n porret_fw-la of_o stachys_n or_o wild_a sauge_n of_o clinopodium_fw-la or_o horse-time_n of_o cudweed_n of_o perwinke_n of_o egypt_n and_o their_o property_n 16._o of_o wake-robin_n of_o dragonwort_n or_o serpentine_a of_o the_o garden_n the_o great_a dragon-wort_n of_o arisaron_n of_o yarrow_n and_o millefoile_n of_o bastard_n navew_v of_o myrrhis_fw-la and_o onobrychis_n with_o their_o virtue_n 17._o of_o coriacesia_n callicia_n and_o menais_n with_o three_o and_o twenty_o other_o herb_n and_o their_o property_n which_o be_v hold_v by_o some_o to_o serve_v in_o magic_n of_o considia_n and_o aproxis_fw-la with_o other_o that_o reduce_v and_o revive_v love_n again_o 18._o of_o eriphia_n lanaria_n and_o water_n yarrow_n with_o their_o virtue_n 19_o of_o the_o herb_n that_o grow_v upon_o the_o head_n of_o statue_n and_o image_n of_o the_o herb_n that_o come_v out_o of_o river_n of_o the_o herb_n call_v lingua_n simple_o i._n the_o tongue_n of_o herb_n grow_v within_o sieve_n and_o upon_o dnnghil_n of_o rhodora_n of_o the_o herb_n impia_fw-la i._o the_o child_n before_o the_o parent_n of_o the_o herb_n pecten_fw-mi veneris_fw-la of_o nodia_n of_o cleiver_n or_o goose_n erith_n of_o burr_n of_o tordile_n of_o dent_n de_fw-fr chien_fw-fr or_o quiche_n of_o dactylus_fw-la and_o fenigreek_n with_o their_o virtue_n in_o sum_n herein_o be_v comprise_v medicine_n story_n and_o observation_n a_o thousand_o four_o hundred_o and_o eighteen_o collect_v out_o of_o latin_a author_n c._n volgius_n pompeius_n lenaeus_n sextius_n niger_n and_o julius_n bassus_n who_o write_v both_o in_o greek_a antonius_n castor_n m._n varro_n cornelius_n celsus_n and_o fabius_n foreign_a writer_n theophrastus_n apollodorus_n democritus_n orpheus_n pythagoras_n mago_n menander_n the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n biochresta_n nicander_n homer_n hesiodus_n museus_fw-la sophocles_n and_o anaxilaus_n physician_n mnestheus_n callimachus_n phanias_n the_o natural_a philosopher_n simo_n timaristus_n hypocrates_n chrysippus_n diocles_n ophion_n heraclides_fw-la hicesius_n dionysius_n apollodorus_n of_o cittia_n apollodorus_n the_o tarentine_n praxagoras_n plistonicus_n medius_n dieuchus_fw-la cleophantus_n philistio_n asclepiades_n cratevas_n petronius_n diodotus_n jolla_o erasistratus_n diagoras_n andreas_n mnesicles_n epicharmus_n damion_n sosimenes_n theopolemus_n solon_n lycus_n metrodorus_n olympias_n the_o midwife_n of_o thebes_n phyllinus_n petreius_n miction_n glaucia_n and_o xenocrates_n ¶_o in_o the_o xxv_o book_n be_v contain_v the_o nature_n of_o herb_n and_o weed_n that_o come_v up_o of_o themselves_o the_o reputation_n that_o herb_n have_v be_v of_o when_o they_o begin_v first_o to_o be_v use_v chap._n 1._o the_o property_n and_o nature_n of_o wild_a herb_n grow_v of_o their_o own_o accord_n 2._o what_o author_n have_v write_v in_o latin_a of_o the_o nature_n and_o use_n of_o herb_n when_o the_o knowledge_n of_o simple_n begin_v first_o to_o be_v practise_v at_o rome_n what_o greek_a author_n first_o write_v of_o herb_n the_o invention_n and_o find_v out_o of_o sundry_a herb_n the_o physic_n of_o old_a time_n what_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o simple_n be_v not_o so_o much_o in_o request_n and_o use_v for_o physic_n as_o in_o old_a time_n the_o medicinable_a virtue_n of_o the_o eglantine_n and_o serpentary_n or_o dragon_n 3._o of_o a_o certain_a venomous_a fountain_n in_o almain_n the_o virtue_n and_o property_n of_o the_o herb_n britannica_fw-la what_o disease_n cause_v the_o great_a pain_n 4._o of_o moly_n of_o dodecatheos_n of_o paeonium_fw-la name_v otherwise_o pentorobus_fw-la and_o glycyside_n of_o panace_n or_o asclepios_n of_o heraclium_n of_o panace_n chironeum_fw-la of_o panace_n centaureum_fw-la or_o pharnaceum_n of_o heraclium_fw-la siderium_fw-la of_o henbane_n 5._o of_o the_o herb_n mercury_n female_a of_o parthenium_n of_o hermu-poea_a or_o rather_o mercury_n of_o yarow_n of_o panace_n heracleum_n of_o sideritis_fw-la of_o millefoile_n of_o scopa_n regio_fw-la of_o hemionium_n teucrium_fw-la splenium_fw-la melampodium_fw-la or_o black_a ellebore_n and_o how_o many_o kind_n there_o be_v of_o they_o the_o medicinable_a virtue_n of_o black_a and_o white_a ellebore_n when_o ellebore_n be_v to_o be_v give_v how_o it_o be_v to_o be_v take_v to_o who_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v give_v also_o that_o it_o kill_v mouse_n and_o rat_n 6._o of_o mithridatium_n of_o scordotis_fw-la or_o scordium_fw-la of_o polemonia_n otherwise_o call_v philetaeria_n or_o chiliodynama_n of_o eupatorie_n or_o agrimonie_n of_o great_a centaurie_n otherwise_o call_v chironium_n of_o the_o less_o centaurie_n or_o libadium_fw-la call_v fel_n terrae_fw-la i._o the_o gall_n of_o the_o earth_n of_o triorche_n and_o their_o virtue_n 7._o of_o clymenus_n gentian_n lysimachia_n and_o parthenius_n or_o motherwort_n mugwort_n ambrose_n nenuphar_n heraclium_n and_o euphorbia_n with_o all_o their_o virtue_n medicinable_a 8._o of_o plantain_n buglosse_n hound_n tongue_n oxe-eye_n or_o may_v weed_v of_o scythica_n hippice_n and_o ischaemon_n of_o betonie_a cantabrica_n settarwort_n of_o dittander_n or_o hiberis_n of_o celendine_n the_o great_a celendine_n the_o less_o or_o pilewort_n of_o canaria_n of_o elaphoboscos_n of_o dictamnum_n of_o aristolochia_n or_o hartwort_n how_o fish_n will_v come_v to_o it_o for_o love_n of_o bait_n and_o so_o be_v soon_o catch_v the_o counterpoyson_v against_o sting_v of_o serpent_n by_o these_o herb_n abovenamed_a 9_o of_o argemonia_n of_o agaricke_n echium_fw-la henbane_n vervaine_z blattaria_n lemonia_n cinquefoil_n carot_n persalata_n the_o clot_n burr_n swine_n bread_n or_o cyclaminus_n harstrang_n all_o very_a good_a for_o the_o sting_n of_o serpent_n 10._o of_o danewort_n or_o walwort_n of_o mullin_n of_o thelyphonon_n remedy_n against_o the_o sting_n of_o scorpion_n the_o bite_n of_o toad_n and_o mad_a dog_n and_o general_o against_o all_o poison_n 11._o receipt_n and_o remedy_n against_o headache_n and_o disease_n of_o the_o head_n 12._o of_o centaurie_n celendine_n panace_n and_o henbane_n and_o euphorbium_n all_o sovereign_a medicine_n for_o the_o eye_n 13._o of_o pimpernell_n or_o corchorus_n of_o mandragora_n or_o circeium_n of_o henbane_n of_o crethmoagrion_n of_o molybdaena_fw-la of_o fumiterre_fw-fr of_o galengale_n of_o flower_n de_fw-fr lis_fw-fr of_o cotyledon_n or_o vmbilicus_fw-la veneris_fw-la of_o houseleek_n or_o sengreene_n of_o pourcellane_n of_o groundswell_o of_o ephemerum_n of_o great_a tazill_n of_o crowfoot_n which_o afford_v medicine_n against_o the_o infirmity_n and_o disease_n of_o the_o eye_n ear_n nostril_n tooth_n and_o mouth_n in_o sum_n this_o book_n do_v yield_v of_o medicine_n story_n and_o observation_n a_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o ninety_o and_o two_o latin_a author_n cite_v m._n varro_n c._n volgius_n pompeius_n lenaeus_n sextius_n niger_n and_o julius_n bassus_n who_o both_o write_v in_o greek_a antonius_n castor_n and_o cornelius_n celsus_n foreign_a writer_n theophrastus_n apollodorus_n democritus_n king_n juba_n orpheus_n pythagoras_n mago_n menander_n who_o write_v biochresta_n nicander_n homer_n hesiodus_n musaeus_n sophocles_n xanthus_n and_o anaxilaus_n physician_n mnestheus_n callimachus_n phanias_n the_o natural_a philosopher_n timaristus_n simus_n hypocrates_n chrysippus_n diocles_n ophion_n heraclides_fw-la hicesius_n dionysius_n apollodorus_n the_o tarentine_n praxagoras_n plistonicus_n medius_n dieuches_n cleophantus_n philistio_n asclepiades_n cratevas_n jolla_o erasistratus_n diagoras_n andreas_n mnesicles_n epicharmus_n damion_n theopolemus_n metrodorus_n solon_n lycus_n olympias_n the_o midwife_n of_o thebes_n phyllinus_n petreius_n miction_n glaucias_n and_o xenocrates_n ¶_o in_o the_o xxvi_o book_n be_v contain_v the_o medicine_n for_o the_o part_n of_o man_n body_n chap._n 1._o of_o new_a malady_n and_o namely_o of_o lichenes_n what_o they_o be_v and_o when_o they_o begin_v to_o reign_v in_o italy_n first_o of_o the_o carbuncle_n of_o the_o white_a morphew_n or_o leprosy_n call_v elephantiasis_n and_o of_o the_o colic_n 2._o the_o praise_n of_o hypocrates_n 3._o of_o the_o new_a practice_n in_o physic_n of_o the_o physician_n asclepiades_n and_o by_o what_o mean_v he_o abolish_v the_o old_a manner_n of_o practice_n and_o set_v up_o a_o new_a 4._o the_o superstitious_a folly_n of_o magic_n be_v deride_v also_o a_o discourse_n touch_v the_o foul_a tettar_n call_v lichenes_n the_o remedy_n thereof_o and_o also_o the_o infirmity_n of_o the_o throat_n and_o chaw_v 5._o receipt_n and_o remedy_n against_o the_o king_n evil_a also_o for_o
the_o disease_n of_o the_o finger_n and_o the_o breast_n and_o against_o the_o cough_n 6._o of_o mullin_n of_o cacalia_n tussilage_n or_o folefoot_n of_o bechium_n and_o sauge_v all_o herb_n for_o to_o cure_v the_o cough_n 7._o for_o the_o pain_n of_o the_o side_n and_o chest_n for_o the_o difficulty_n of_o breath_n and_o those_o that_o can_v take_v wind_n but_o sit_v or_o stand_v upright_o for_o the_o pain_n of_o the_o liver_n and_o the_o heart-ach_n medicine_n appropriate_a to_o the_o lung_n difficulty_n of_o urine_n and_o the_o cough_n for_o the_o breast_n for_o inward_a ulcer_n for_o the_o kidney_n and_o imbecility_n of_o the_o liver_n to_o stay_v vomit_n and_o yex_v also_o for_o the_o pleurisy_n and_o disease_n of_o the_o side_n and_o flank_n 8._o of_o all_o disease_n of_o the_o belly_n and_o the_o part_n either_o within_o it_o or_o near_o unto_o it_o how_o to_o stay_v the_o flux_n thereof_o or_o to_o make_v it_o loose_a and_o soluble_a 9_o of_o peniroiall_n and_o argemone_n 10._o of_o water_n lillie_n or_o nenuphar_n of_o abstinence_n from_o venus_n of_o provocation_n to_o fleshly_a lust_n of_o ragwort_n or_o satyrium_n call_v erythraicum_fw-la of_o crategis_n and_o syderitis_fw-la 11._o general_n remedy_n for_o infirmity_n of_o the_o foot_n ankle_n joint_n and_o sinew_n remedy_n against_o disease_n that_o hold_v and_o possess_v the_o whole_a body_n of_o mirthryda_fw-mi medicine_n and_o mean_n to_o procure_v sleep_n against_o the_o palsy_n ague_n with_o cold_a fit_n fever_n or_o ague_n incident_a unto_o labour_a horse_n ass_n and_o mule_n against_o frantic_a person_n of_o the_o herb_n chamaeacta_n of_o houseleek_n or_o stone-crop_n and_o pricke-madame_n of_o s._n antony_n fire_n 12._o remedy_n against_o dislocation_n in_o the_o joint_n against_o the_o yellow_a jaundice_n felon_n fistula_n swell_v of_o ventosity_n burn_v scald_v and_o other_o disease_n for_o sinew_n and_o to_o staunch_v blood_n 13._o of_o the_o herb_n call_v horse-tail_n nenuphar_n harstrange_n syderitis_n of_o many_o other_o remedy_n good_a to_o restrain_v the_o flux_n of_o blood_n of_o stephanomelis_n and_o erisithale_n remedy_n against_o the_o worm_n 14._o for_o ulcer_n old_a sore_n and_o green_a wound_n to_o take_v away_o wert_n and_o of_o the_o herb_n polycnemon_n 15._o many_o good_a experiment_n either_o for_o to_o provoke_v or_o to_o stay_v the_o flux_n of_o woman_n month_n sovereign_a remedy_n for_o the_o disease_n of_o the_o matrice_n also_o to_o cast_v forth_o the_o fruit_n within_o the_o womb_n or_o to_o contain_v it_o the_o full_a time_n for_o to_o take_v away_o the_o blemish_n and_o spot_n in_o the_o skin_n and_o namely_o of_o the_o face_n to_o colour_v the_o hair_n to_o cause_v the_o hair_n to_o fall_v also_o against_o the_o scab_n or_o mange_n of_o fourfooted_a beast_n in_o sum_n this_o book_n lead_v you_o to_o medicine_n story_n and_o observation_n a_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o ninety_o and_o two_o collect_v out_o of_o latin_a author_n m._n varro_n c._n volgius_n pompeius_n lenaeus_n sextius_n niger_n and_o julius_n bassus_n who_o write_v both_o in_o greek_a antonius_n castor_n and_o cornelius_n celsus_n foreign_a writer_n theophrastus_n apollodorus_n democritus_n juba_n orpheus_n pythagoras_n mago_n menander_n the_o author_n of_o biochresta_n nicander_n homer_n hesiodus_n musaeus_n sophocles_n xanthus_n and_o anaxilaus_n physician_n mnestheus_n callimachus_n the_o professor_n of_o physic_n timaristus_n simus_n hypocrates_n chrysippus_n diocles_n ophion_n heraclides_fw-la aicesius_fw-la dionysius_n apollodorus_n the_o tarentine_n praxagoras_n plistonicus_n medius_n dieuchus_fw-la cleophantus_n philistio_n asclepiades_n crâ—…tenas_n jolla_o erasistratus_n diagoras_n andreas_n mnesicles_n epicharmus_n damion_n theopolemus_n metrodorus_n solon_n lycus_n olympias_n the_o midwife_n of_o thebes_n phyllinus_n petreius_n miction_n glaucias_n and_o xenocrates_n ¶_o the_o xxvii_o book_n comprehend_v all_o other_o sort_n of_o herb_n chap._n 1._o the_o rest_n of_o herb_n 2._o of_o aconitum_n and_o how_o this_o herb_n kill_v leopard_n or_o panther_n 3._o that_o god_n be_v the_o creator_n of_o all_o thing_n 4._o of_o the_o herb_n aethiopis_n ageratum_fw-la aloe_n alcea_n alypum_fw-la alsine_n androsacum_fw-la androcaemon_n ambrocia_n restharrow_n anagyron_fw-la and_o anonymon_n 5._o of_o the_o great_a burr_n of_o cliver_n or_o goose_n grass_n asplenum_n asclepias_n or_o swallow-wort_n aster_n or_o bubonium_n ascyrum_n or_o ascyroeides_n aphace_n alcibium_fw-la and_o cock_n comb_n 6._o of_o alus_fw-la 7._o of_o sea_n weed_n or_o reit_n of_o elder_a wild_a vine_n and_o wormwood_n 8._o of_o ballote_n or_o stink_a horehound_n of_o botrys_n or_o oak_n of_o jerusalem_n of_o brabyla_n of_o bryon_n or_o corallina_n of_o bupleuron_fw-la and_o catanance_fw-la of_o calla_fw-la cerceia_n cirsium_fw-la and_o crataegonum_fw-la thelygonum_fw-la crocodilium_fw-la dog_n stone_n chrysolachanum_fw-la cucubalum_fw-la and_o conferua_n or_o the_o river_n sponge_n 9_o of_o the_o grain_n call_v coccos_fw-la gnidia_n of_o tazill_n of_o oak_n fearne_a of_o dryophonum_fw-la of_o elatine_n of_o empetrum_n or_o perce-pierre_n of_o epipactus_fw-la or_o elleborius_fw-la of_o epimedum_fw-la enneaphyllon_n i._n the_o nine_o leave_a herb_n of_o osmund_n or_o fearne_a of_o fenmur_fw-la bubulum_fw-la i._o ox_n thigh_n of_o galeopsis_n or_o galeobdolon_n of_o glaux_fw-fr or_o eugalactum_fw-la 10._o of_o glaucium_fw-la of_o paeonie_n cudweed_n or_o chamaezelum_fw-la of_o galedragum_fw-la holcos_n hyosiris_n holosteum_n and_o hypophaestum_fw-la 11._o of_o hypoglossa_n and_o hypecoon_n idaea_n isopyron_n spurge_n pat-delion_a lycopsis_n greimile_n etc._n etc._n 12._o of_o medium_fw-la mouse-eare_n myagros_n a_o herb_n call_v natrix_n othone_n onosma_n onopordos_n toad_n flax_n woodsoure_n or_o alleluiah_n crowfoot_n knotgrass_n camomile_n phyteuma_n phyllon_n phellandrion_fw-mi phalaris_n polyrrhizon_n proserpinaca_n or_o knotgrass_n rhacoma_n reseda_n and_o stoechas_n 13._o of_o nightshade_n and_o dwale_n of_o smyrnium_n orpinum_fw-la trichomanes_n thalietrum_n thlaspi_n tragonias_n tragonis_n and_o tragopogos_n the_o serpent_n spondylis_n to_o conclude_v that_o some_o disease_n and_o venomous_a thing_n be_v not_o in_o all_o country_n in_o sum_n herein_o be_v comprehend_v medicine_n story_n and_o notable_a observation_n 702._o latin_a author_n cite_v pompeius_n lenaeus_n sextius_n niger_n and_o julius_n bassus_n who_o write_v both_o in_o greek_a antonius_n castor_n and_o cornelius_n celsus_n greek_n writer_n theophrastus_n apollodorus_n cittiensis_fw-la democritus_n aristogiton_n orpheus_n pythagoras_n mago_n menander_n that_o write_v the_o treatise_n biochresta_n and_o nicander_n physician_n mnestheus_n and_o his_o fellow_n as_o they_o go_v in_o the_o former_a book_n ¶_o in_o the_o xxviii_o book_n be_v comprehend_v the_o medicinable_a virtue_n from_o live_a creature_n chap._n 1._o the_o medicine_n and_o virtue_n observe_v in_o live_a creature_n 2._o whether_o charm_n and_o bare_a word_n or_o character_n avail_v aught_o in_o physic_n the_o prodigious_a token_n and_o presage_n may_v take_v effect_n in_o some_o and_o may_v be_v avert_v and_o make_v frustrate_a by_o other_o 3._o remedy_n even_o in_o the_o body_n of_o man_n against_o enchantment_n and_o magic_a 4._o of_o certain_a sorcery_n also_o the_o virtue_n of_o a_o man_n spittle_n 5._o the_o regard_n of_o diet_n for_o a_o man_n health_n 6._o of_o sneese_v the_o moderation_n to_o be_v use_v in_o the_o act_n of_o venus_n or_o company_n with_o a_o woman_n of_o other_o preseruative_n of_o health_n 7._o what_o remedy_n and_o medicine_n a_o woman_n man_n body_n do_v afford_v 8._o the_o medicinable_a property_n in_o certain_a strange_a beast_n namely_o the_o elephant_n lion_n cammell_n hyaena_fw-la crocodile_n chamaeleon_n skink_v river-horse_n and_o once_o 9_o the_o medicine_n which_o we_o have_v from_o the_o body_n of_o wild_a beast_n and_o tame_a of_o the_o same_o kind_n the_o virtue_n of_o milk_n butter_n and_o cheese_n the_o observation_n thereto_o belong_v also_o of_o fat_a or_o grease_n 10._o remedy_n receive_v from_o boar_n and_o swine_n from_o goat_n and_o wild_a horse_n also_o from_o other_o beast_n serve_v to_o cure_v all_o manner_n of_o disease_n 11._o other_o remedy_n for_o many_o kind_n of_o malady_n take_v from_o live_a creature_n 12._o for_o the_o spot_n and_o wem_v in_o the_o visage_n for_o the_o infirmity_n of_o the_o neck_n and_o of_o the_o breast_n 13._o against_o the_o disease_n of_o the_o stomach_n loin_n and_o reins_n 14._o to_o stay_v a_o lask_z against_o the_o looseness_n of_o the_o stomach_n to_o cure_v the_o bloody_a flix_fw-la the_o inflation_n of_o the_o belly_n rupture_n the_o provocation_n to_o the_o siege_n without_o effect_n the_o broad_a flat_a long_a worm_n in_o the_o belly_n and_o the_o colic_n 15._o against_o the_o torment_n and_o pain_n in_o the_o bladder_n against_o the_o stone_n the_o infirmity_n in_o the_o privy_a part_n of_o man_n or_o woman_n as_o also_o in_o the_o fundament_n and_o the_o twist_n or_o groin_n and_o the_o cure_n thereof_o 16._o for_o the_o gout_n the_o fall_a evil_n for_o those_o that_o be_v blast_v or_o strike_v with_o
a_o planet_n and_o bone_n break_v 17._o against_o melancholic_a and_o those_o who_o brain_n be_v trouble_v with_o fancy_n the_o lethargy_n dropsy_n wild_a fire_n or_o tetter_n and_o the_o pain_n or_o ache_n of_o the_o sinew_n apt_a remedy_n 18._o to_o staunch_v blood_n to_o cure_v ulcer_n or_o old_a sore_n canker_n and_o scab_n 19_o medicine_n appropriate_a to_o woman_n disease_n 20._o strange_a and_o wondrous_a thing_n observe_v in_o sundry_a beast_n in_o sum_n here_o be_v report_v medicine_n story_n and_o observation_n to_o the_o number_n of_o a_o hundred_o eighty_o and_o five_o latin_a author_n allege_v m._n varro_n l._n piso_n fabianus_n verres_n antias_n verrius_n flaccus_n cato_n censorius_n servius_n sulpitius_n licinius_n macer_n celsus_n massurius_n sextius_n niger_n who_o write_v in_o greek_a bythus_n the_o dyrrhachian_n ophilius_n the_o physician_n and_o granius_n the_o physician_n foreign_a writer_n democritus_n apollodorus_n who_o write_v a_o book_n entitle_v myrsis_n miletus_n artemon_n sextilius_n antaeus_n homer_n thcophrastus_fw-la lysimachus_n attalus_n xenocrates_n who_o write_v a_o book_n call_v diophros_n and_o archelaus_n likewise_o that_o write_v such_o another_o demetrius_z sotira_n elephantis_n salpe_n and_o olympias_n of_o thebes_n five_o woman_n and_o midwine_n diotimus_n jolla_o miction_n of_o smyrna_n aeschines_n the_o physician_n hypocrates_n aristotle_n metrodorus_n icacidas_n the_o physician_n hesiodus_n dialcon_n caecilius_n bion_n the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n peri_n dynamaean_a anaxilaus_n and_o king_n juba_n ¶_o in_o the_o xxix_o book_n be_v contain_v medicine_n from_o other_o live_a creature_n chap._n 1._o the_o first_o beginning_n and_o original_n of_o the_o art_n of_o physic_n when_o physician_n begin_v first_o to_o visit_v patient_n lie_v sick_a in_o their_o bed_n the_o first_o physician_n that_o practise_v the_o cure_n of_o sick_a person_n by_o friction_n ointment_n bath_n hothouse_n etc._n etc._n of_o chrysippus_n and_o erasi_fw-la stratus_fw-la their_o course_n and_o manner_n of_o practice_n of_o empiricke_a physic_n of_o herophilus_n and_o other_o famous_a physician_n how_o often_o the_o art_n and_o state_n of_o physic_n have_v alter_v the_o first_o profess_v physician_n at_o rome_n when_o it_o be_v that_o he_o practise_v what_o opinion_n the_o ancient_a roman_n have_v of_o physician_n final_o the_o imperfection_n and_o fault_n in_o that_o art_n 2._o the_o medicinable_a virtue_n and_o property_n observe_v in_o wool_n 3._o the_o nature_n of_o egg_n and_o the_o virtue_n thereof_o good_a in_o physic_n 4._o remedy_n in_o physic_n receive_v from_o dog_n and_o other_o creature_n that_o be_v not_o tame_v but_o wild_a also_o from_o fowl_n and_o namely_o against_o the_o sting_n of_o the_o venomous_a spider_n phalangia_fw-la 5._o of_o the_o ostrich_n grease_n and_o the_o virtue_n thereof_o of_o a_o mad_a dog_n also_o remedy_n have_v from_o he_o a_o lizard_n goose_n dove_n and_o weasil_n 6._o medicine_n against_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o hair_n and_o to_o make_v it_o grow_v again_o to_o kill_v nit_v to_o recover_v the_o hair_n of_o the_o eyelid_n to_o cure_v the_o dimness_n and_o redness_n and_o general_o all_o disease_n and_o accident_n of_o the_o eye_n as_o also_o the_o swell_n and_o inflammation_n in_o the_o kernil_n under_o the_o ear_n in_o sum_n there_o be_v medicine_n and_o other_o thing_n worth_a observation_n in_o this_o book_n to_o the_o number_n of_o five_o hundred_o twenty_o and_o one_o latin_a author_n allege_v m._n varro_n l._n piso_n verrius_n flaccus_n antias_n nigidius_n cassius_n hemina_n cicero_n plautus_n celsus_n sextius_n niger_n who_o write_v in_o greek_a caecilius_n the_o physician_n metellus_n scipio_n ovid_n the_o poet_n and_o licinius_n macer_n forteine_a author_n philopater_n homerus_n aristotle_n orpheus_n democritus_n anaxilaus_n physician_n botrys_n apollodorus_n archidemus_n anaxilaus_n ariston_n xenocrates_n diodorus_n chrysippus_n the_o philosopher_n horus_n nicander_n apollonius_n of_o pytane_n ¶_o in_o the_o xxx_o book_n be_v contain_v medicine_n for_o live_a creature_n such_o as_o be_v not_o observe_v in_o the_o former_a book_n chap._n 1._o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o black_a science_n &_o art_n magic_a when_o it_o begin_v who_o practise_v it_o first_o and_o who_o be_v they_o that_o bring_v it_o into_o request_n and_o reputation_n also_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o medicine_n take_v from_o beast_n 2._o sundry_a kind_n of_o magic_n the_o execrable_a and_o curse_a part_n play_v by_o nero_n and_o of_o magician_n 3._o of_o want_v or_o mouldwarp_n of_o live_a creature_n as_o well_o tame_a as_o savage_a which_o afford_v remedy_n and_o those_o be_v digest_v in_o order_n according_a to_o the_o disease_n 4._o how_o to_o make_v the_o breath_n sweet_a against_o moll_n and_o spot_n disfigure_v the_o face_n remedy_n for_o to_o cure_v the_o disease_n of_o the_o throat_n and_o chaw_v 5._o against_o the_o king_n evil_a and_o namely_o when_o the_o swell_a be_v break_v and_o do_v run_v to_o ease_v the_o pain_n of_o the_o shoulder_n the_o heart_n and_o the_o part_n about_o it_o 6._o for_o the_o disease_n of_o the_o lung_n and_o liver_n also_o to_o cure_v the_o cast_n and_o rejection_n of_o blood_n upward_o 7._o remedy_n for_o the_o bloody_a flix_fw-la and_o general_o for_o all_o disease_n of_o the_o belly_n and_o the_o gut_n 8._o for_o the_o gravel_n and_o stone_n for_o pain_n of_o the_o bladder_n for_o swell_v of_o the_o stone_n and_o the_o groin_n of_o apostem_n or_o swell_n in_o the_o kirnel_n and_o emunctory_n 9_o against_o the_o gout_n of_o the_o foot_n and_o pain_n of_o other_o joint_n 10._o remedy_n against_o many_o disease_n that_o hold_v the_o whole_a body_n 11._o against_o the_o jaundice_n the_o frenzy_n fever_n and_o dropsy_n 12._o against_o the_o wild_a fire_n carbuncle_n felon_n or_o uncom_n burn_v scalding_n and_o shrink_v of_o the_o sinew_n 13._o to_o staunch_v blood_n to_o allay_v swell_n in_o wound_n also_o to_o cure_v ulcer_n green_a wound_n and_o other_o malady_n diverse_a remedy_n all_o take_v from_o live_a creature_n 14._o to_o cure_v woman_n secret_a malady_n and_o to_o help_v conception_n 15._o many_o receipt_n and_o remedy_n huddle_v together_o one_o with_o another_o 16._o certain_a miraculous_a thing_n observe_v in_o beast_n in_o sum_n this_o book_n show_v unto_o we_o medicine_n and_o memorable_a observation_n 54._o latin_a author_n cite_v m._n varro_n nigidius_n m._n cicero_n sextius_n niger_n who_o write_v in_o greek_a and_o licinius_n macer_n foreign_a writer_n eudoxus_n aristotle_n hermippus_n homer_n apion_n orphan_n democritus_n and_o anaxilaus_n physician_n botrys_n horus_n apollidorus_n menander_n archimedes_n ariston_n xenocrates_n diodorus_n chrysippus_n nicander_n apollonius_n pitanaeus_fw-la ¶_o the_o xxxi_o book_n show_v medicine_n gather_v from_o fish_n and_o water_n creature_n also_o it_o deliver_v unto_o we_o strange_a and_o wonderful_a thing_n as_o touch_v the_o water_n chap._n 1._o admirable_a matter_n observe_v in_o the_o water_n 2._o the_o difference_n of_o water_n 3._o the_o nature_n and_o quality_n of_o water_n how_o to_o know_v good_a and_o wholesome_a water_n from_o they_o that_o be_v naught_o 4._o the_o reason_n of_o some_o water_n that_o spring_n on_o a_o sudden_a &_o so_o likewise_o cease_v and_o give_v over_o 5._o many_o historical_a observation_n of_o water_n 6._o the_o manner_n of_o water_n conduit_n and_o how_o to_o draw_v they_o from_o their_o head_n when_o and_o how_o water_n be_v to_o be_v use_v which_o natural_o be_v medicinable_a how_o far_o forth_o navigation_n or_o sail_v upon_o the_o salt_n water_n be_v good_a for_o the_o health_n medicine_n make_v of_o sea_n water_n 7._o divers_a kind_n of_o salt_n the_o prepare_v and_o make_v thereof_o together_o with_o the_o virtue_n medicinable_a of_o salt_n and_o other_o consideration_n thereto_o belong_v 8._o of_o the_o fish_n scamber_n or_o the_o mackerel_n of_o fish_n pickle_n of_o alex_n a_o kind_n of_o brine_n or_o fish_n sauce_n 9_o the_o nature_n of_o salt_n and_o the_o medicine_n make_v of_o it_o 10._o sundry_a sort_n of_o nitre_n the_o handle_n and_o preparation_n thereof_o the_o medicine_n and_o observation_n to_o it_o pertain_v 11._o the_o nature_n of_o sponge_n this_o book_n comprehend_v medicine_n and_o notable_a observation_n 266._o latin_a author_n allege_v m_o varro_n cassius_n of_o parma_n cicero_n mutius_n cor._n celsus_n trogus_n ovid_n polybius_n and_o sornatius_n foreign_a writer_n callimachus_n ctesias_n eudicus_n theophrastus_n eudoxus_n theopompus_n polyclitus_n juba_n lycus_n apion_n epigenes_n pelops_n apelles_n democritus_n thrasillus_n nicander_n memander_n the_o comical_a poet_n attalus_n sallustius_n dionysius_n andreas_n nicreatus_fw-la hypocrates_n anaxilaus_n ¶_o in_o the_o xxxii_o book_n be_v contain_v other_o medicine_n behind_o from_o fish_n and_o water_n creature_n chap._n 1._o of_o the_o fish_n echeneis_fw-la his_o wonderful_a property_n of_o the_o torpedo_n and_o the_o sea-hare_n marvelous_a thing_n report_v of_o the_o red_a sea_n 2._o the_o natural_a industry_n
docilitie_n and_o gentleness_n of_o some_o fish_n where_o they_o will_v come_v to_o hand_n and_o take_v meat_n at_o a_o man_n hand_n in_o what_o country_n fish_n serve_v in_o stead_n of_o oracle_n 3._o of_o those_o fish_n that_o live_v both_o on_o land_n and_o water_n the_o medicine_n and_o observation_n as_o touch_v castoreum_n 4._o of_o the_o sea_n tortoise_n many_o virtue_n medicinable_a observe_v in_o sundry_a fish_n 5._o receipt_n of_o medicine_n take_v from_o water_n creature_n digest_v and_o set_v in_o order_n according_a to_o sundry_a disease_n &_o first_o against_o poison_n and_o venomous_a beast_n 6._o of_o oyster_n purple_a shell-fish_n &_o seaweed_n call_v reit_n their_o virtue_n medicinable_a 7._o medicine_n against_o the_o shed_n of_o the_o hair_n how_o to_o fetch_v hair_n again_o also_o against_o the_o infirmity_n of_o eye_n ear_n tooth_n and_o to_o amend_v the_o useemely_a spot_n in_o the_o face_n lie_v 8._o many_o medicine_n set_v down_o together_o unorder_n 9_o remedy_n for_o the_o disease_n of_o the_o liver_n and_o side_n stomach_n and_o belly_n other_o also_o disorderly_o put_v down_o 10._o against_o fever_n and_o ague_n of_o all_o sort_n and_o many_o other_o infirmity_n 11._o a_o rehearsal_n of_o all_o creature_n live_v in_o the_o sea_n to_o the_o number_n of_o 122._o in_o sum_n you_o havehere_o medicine_n story_n and_o observation_n 928._o latin_a author_n licinius_n macer_n trebius_n niger_n sexitius_fw-la niger_n who_o write_v in_o greek_a ovid_n the_o poet_n cassius_n hemina_n mecanas_n and_o l._n atteius_n foreign_a writer_n k._n juba_n andreas_n womaâ—…_n salpe_n pelops_n apelles_n of_o thasos_n thrasillus_n and_o nicander_n ¶_o the_o xxxiii_o book_n declare_v the_o nature_n of_o metal_n chap._n 1._o in_o what_o estimation_n be_v the_o mine_n of_o gold_n at_o the_o first_o in_o the_o old_a world_n the_o beginning_n of_o gold_n ring_v the_o proportion_n of_o gold_n that_o our_o ancestor_n have_v in_o their_o treasure_n the_o degree_n of_o knight_n or_o gentleman_n at_o rome_n the_o privilege_n to_o wear_v gold_n ring_n and_o who_o only_o may_v so_o do_v 2._o the_o court_n and_o chamber_n of_o judge_n or_o justice_n at_o rome_n how_o often_o the_o gentleman_n of_o rome_n and_o man_n of_o arm_n change_v their_o title_n the_o present_v give_v to_o valiant_a soldier_n for_o their_o brave_a service_n in_o the_o war_n the_o first_o crown_n of_o gold_n that_o be_v see_v 3._o the_o ancient_a use_n of_o gold_n beside_o both_o in_o man_n &_o woman_n of_o the_o golden_a coin_n when_o copper_n and_o brass_n money_n be_v first_o stamp_v when_o gold_n and_o silver_n be_v put_v into_o coin_n before_o money_n be_v coin_v how_o they_o use_v brass_n for_o exchange_n in_o old_a time_n at_o the_o first_o taxation_n and_o levy_v make_v of_o tribute_n what_o be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o great_a wealth_n and_o at_o what_o rate_n be_v the_o best_a man_n sess_v how_o often_o and_o at_o what_o time_n gold_n grow_v into_o credit_n and_o estimation_n 4._o the_o mine_n of_o gold_n and_o how_o natural_o it_o be_v find_v when_o the_o statue_n or_o image_n of_o gold_n be_v first_o see_v medicinable_a virtue_n in_o gold_n 5._o of_o borras_n and_o six_o property_n of_o borras_n in_o matter_n of_o physic_n the_o wonderful_a nature_n that_o it_o have_v to_o solder_v all_o metal_n and_o give_v they_o their_o perfection_n 6._o of_o silver_n quicksilver_n antimony_n or_o alabaster_n the_o dross_n or_o refuse_v of_o silver_n also_o the_o scum_n or_o some_o of_o silver_n call_v litharge_n 7._o or_o vermilion_a in_o what_o account_n it_o be_v in_o old_a time_n among_o the_o roman_n the_o invention_n thereof_o of_o cinnabaris_fw-la or_o sangdragon_n use_v in_o paint_v and_o physic_n diverse_a sort_n of_o vermillion_a and_o how_o painter_n use_v it_o 8._o of_o quicksilver_n artificial_a the_o manner_n of_o gilding_n silver_n of_o touchstone_n diverse_a experiment_n to_o try_v silver_n the_o sundry_a kind_n thereof_o 9_o of_o mirroirs_fw-fr or_o looking-glass_n of_o the_o silver_n in_o egypt_n 10._o of_o the_o excessive_a wealth_n of_o some_o man_n in_o money_n who_o be_v repute_v for_o the_o rich_a man_n when_o it_o be_v that_o at_o rome_n they_o begin_v to_o make_v largesse_n and_o scatter_v money_n abroad_o to_o the_o commons_o 11._o of_o the_o superfluity_n of_o coin_n and_o the_o frugality_n of_o other_o as_o touch_v silver_n plate_n bed_n and_o table_n of_o silver_n when_o begin_n fit_v the_o make_n of_o excessive_a great_a and_o massive_a platter_n and_o charger_n of_o silver_n 12._o of_o silver_n statue_n the_o grave_v and_o chase_v in_o silver_n &_o other_o workmanship_n in_o that_o mettle_n 13._o of_o silius_n of_o azure_a of_o superfice_n azure_a name_v nestorianum_n also_o of_o the_o azure_a call_v coelum_fw-la that_o every_o year_n these_o kind_n be_v not_o sell_v at_o one_o price_n this_o book_n have_v in_o it_o of_o medicine_n story_n and_o observation_n 1215._o latin_a author_n allege_v l._n piso_n antius_n verrius_n m._n varro_n cor._n nepos_n messula_n rufus_n marsus_n the_o poet_n buthus_n julius_n bassus_n and_o sextius_n niger_n who_o write_v both_o of_o physic_n in_o greek_a and_o fabius_n vestalis_fw-la foreign_a writer_n democritus_n metrodorus_n sceptius_n menaechmus_n xenocrates_n and_o antigonus_n who_o write_v all_o three_o of_o the_o feat_n and_o skill_n of_o grave_v chase_v and_o emboss_v in_o mettle_n heliodorus_n who_o write_v a_o book_n of_o the_o rich_a ornament_n and_o oblation_n of_o the_o athenian_n pasiteles_n who_o write_v of_o wonderful_a piece_n of_o work_n nymphodorus_n timaeus_n who_o write_v of_o alchemy_n or_o mineral_n physic_n jolla_o apollodorus_n andreas_n heraclyde_v diagoras_n botryensus_fw-la archimedes_n dionysius_n aristogenes_n democritus_n mnesicles_n attalus_n the_o physician_n xenocrates_n the_o son_n of_o zeno_n and_o theomnestes_n ¶_o the_o xxxiiii_o book_n treat_v of_o other_o metal_n chap._n 1._o mine_n of_o brass_n copper_n iron_n lead_v &_o tin_n 2._o sundry_a kind_n of_o brass_n namely_o corinthian_n deliacke_a and_o aegineticke_a 3._o of_o goodly_a candlestick_n &_o other_o ornament_n of_o temple_n 4._o the_o first_o image_n make_v at_o rome_n the_o original_a of_o statue_n the_o honour_n do_v to_o man_n by_o statue_n sundry_a sort_n and_o diverse_a form_n of_o they_o 5._o of_o statue_n portray_v in_o long_a robe_n and_o of_o many_o other_o who_o first_o erect_v image_n upon_o column_n and_o pillar_n at_o rome_n when_o they_o be_v allow_v first_o at_o the_o city_n charge_n also_o what_o manner_n of_o statue_n the_o first_o be_v at_o rome_n 6._o of_o statue_n without_o gown_n or_o cassock_n and_o some_o other_o the_o first_o statue_n portray_v on_o horseback_n at_o rome_n when_o the_o time_n be_v that_o all_o image_n as_o well_o in_o public_a place_n as_o private_a house_n be_v abolish_v at_o rome_n and_o put_v down_o what_o woman_n at_o rome_n be_v allow_v to_o have_v their_o statue_n and_o which_o be_v the_o first_o erect_v in_o public_a place_n by_o foreign_a nation_n 7._o the_o famous_a workman_n in_o make_v &_o cast_v image_n the_o excessive_a price_n of_o image_n of_o the_o most_o famous_a and_o notable_a coloss_n or_o giantlike_a image_n in_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n 8._o three_o hundred_o sixty_o and_o six_o piece_n of_o work_n wrought_v in_o brass_n by_o most_o curious_a and_o excellent_a artificer_n 9_o what_o difference_n there_o be_v in_o brass_n the_o diverse_a mixture_n with_o other_o metal_n how_o to_o keep_v brass_n 10._o of_o brass_n over_o call_v cadmia_n and_o for_o what_o it_o be_v good_a in_o physic_n 11._o the_o refuse_n or_o scum_n of_o brass_n verdegris_n the_o scale_n of_o brass_n and_o copper_n steel_n copper_n rust_n or_o spanish_a green_a of_o the_o collyrie_a or_o eye-salue_n call_v hieracium_n 12._o of_o a_o kind_n of_o verdegris_n name_v scolecia_n of_o chalcitis_n i_o red_a vitriol_n mysy_n sorry_a and_o copporose_n or_o vitriol_n i_o black_a nile_n 13._o of_o the_o foil_n of_o brass_n name_v white_a nile_n or_o tutia_n of_o spodium_n antispodium_n of_o diphryge_n and_o the_o trient_a of_o servilius_n 14._o of_o iron_n and_o mine_n of_o iron_n the_o difference_n also_o of_o iron_n 15._o of_o the_o temperature_n of_o iron_n the_o medicinable_a virtue_n of_o iron_n and_o the_o rust_n of_o brass_n and_o iron_n the_o scale_n of_o iron_n and_o the_o liquid_a plastre_n name_v of_o the_o greek_n hygemplastrum_fw-la 16._o the_o mine_n of_o lead_n of_o white_a and_o black_a lead_n 17._o of_o tin_n of_o argentine_n tin_n and_o some_o other_o mineral_n 18._o medicine_n make_v of_o lead_n &_o refuse_v of_o lead_n of_o lead_n over_o of_o ceruse_n or_o spanish_a white_a of_o sandaricha_n of_o red_a orpiment_n in_o sum_n here_o be_v contain_v natable_a matter_n story_n and_o observation_n 815._o latin_a author_n cite_v l._n piso_n antias_n verrius_n m._n varro_n messala_z rufus_n marsus_n the_o
poet_n buthus_n julius_n bassus_n and_o sextius_n niger_n who_o write_v both_o in_o greek_a of_o physic_n and_o fabius_n vestalis_fw-la foreign_a writer_n democritus_n metrodorus_n scepsius_n menechmus_n xenocrates_n antigonus_n and_o duris_n who_o all_o four_o write_v of_o grave_v chase_v and_o emboss_v metal_n a_o work_n entitle_v toreutice_n heliodorus_n who_o describe_v the_o ornament_n and_o oblation_n hang_v up_o in_o athens_n nymphodorus_n andreas_n heraclide_n diagoras_n botryensis_fw-la jolla_o apollodorus_n archimedes_n dionysius_n aristogenes_n diomedes_n mnesicles_n xenocrates_n the_o son_n of_o zeno_n and_o theomnestus_n ¶_o in_o the_o xxxv_o book_n be_v show_v in_o what_o account_n paint_v be_v in_o old_a time_n chap._n 1._o the_o honour_n and_o regard_n of_o picture_n in_o time_n past_a 2._o in_o what_o price_n image_n be_v of_o old_a 3._o when_o image_n be_v first_o erect_v and_o set_v up_o in_o public_a place_n as_o also_o in_o private_a house_n with_o their_o scutcheon_n and_o arm_n the_o beginning_n of_o picture_n the_o first_o draught_n of_o picture_n in_o one_o simple_a colour_n the_o first_o painter_n and_o how_o ancient_a they_o be_v in_o italy_n 4._o of_o roman_a painter_n the_o first_o time_n that_o paint_v and_o picture_n grow_v into_o credit_n who_o they_o be_v that_o draw_v their_o victory_n in_o colour_n upon_o table_n and_o set_v they_o forth_o to_o be_v see_v and_o when_o foreign_a picture_n begin_v to_o be_v of_o some_o good_a reckon_n at_o rome_n 5._o the_o art_n and_o cunning_a of_o draw_v picture_n the_o colour_n that_o painter_n use_v 6._o of_o colour_n natural_a and_o artificial_a 7._o what_o colour_n will_v not_o abide_v to_o be_v lay_v wet_a what_o colour_n they_o paint_v withal_o in_o old_a time_n at_o what_o time_n first_o the_o combat_n of_o sword-fencer_n at_o utterance_n be_v set_v forth_o in_o paint_a table_n to_o be_v see_v 8._o how_o ancient_a the_o art_n of_o paint_v be_v when_o it_o begin_v a_o catalogue_n of_o the_o excellent_a workman_n in_o that_o kind_n and_o how_o their_o workmanship_n be_v prise_v and_o esteem_v 9_o the_o first_o that_o contend_v &_o strive_v who_o can_v paint_v best_o also_o who_o first_o use_v the_o pencil_n 10._o of_o picture_n so_o lively_o draw_v that_o bird_n be_v deceive_v therewith_o what_o be_v the_o hard_a point_n in_o paint_v 11._o the_o way_n to_o still_o bird_n that_o they_o sing_v and_o chatter_v not_o who_o be_v the_o first_o that_o devise_v to_o enamel_n or_o to_o set_v colour_n with_o fire_n and_o with_o the_o pencil_n paint_a arch_a rouf_n and_o vault_n and_o among_o the_o wonderful_a prize_n that_o picture_n be_v set_v at_o in_o old_a time_n 12._o the_o first_o inventor_n of_o potterie_n of_o image_n make_v of_o clay_n and_o cast_v in_o mould_n also_o of_o vessel_n make_v of_o earth_n and_o their_o price_n 13._o sundry_a sort_n of_o earth_n for_o potter_n of_o the_o dust_n or_o sand_n of_o puteoli_n of_o other_o kind_n of_o earth_n which_o turn_n to_o be_v hard_a stone_n 14._o of_o wall_n make_v by_o cast_v in_o mould_n also_o of_o brick_n wall_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o make_v they_o 15._o of_o brimstone_n &_o alum_n their_o diverse_a kind_n and_o use_n in_o physic_n 16._o of_o sundry_a sort_n of_o earth_n &_o namely_o samia_n eretria_n chia_n selenusia_n pingitis_fw-la and_o ampelitis_n and_o the_o use_n they_o have_v in_o physic_n 17._o sundry_a sort_n of_o chalk_n for_o fuller_n to_o scour_v clothes_n to_o wit_n cimolia_n sarda_n vmbrica_n of_o a_o kind_n of_o earth_n call_v saxum_fw-la as_o also_o that_o give_v a_o silver_n colour_n &_o be_v call_v agentaria_n 18._o who_o be_v they_o that_o enrich_v their_o slave_n after_o they_o be_v enfranchise_v and_o who_o they_o be_v of_o slave_n come_v up_o and_o grow_v to_o great_a wealth_n and_o power_n 19_o of_o the_o earth_n that_o come_v out_o of_o the_o island_n galeta_n of_o the_o earth_n clupea_n also_o of_o that_o which_o come_v from_o the_o balear_n island_n and_o the_o isle_n ebusa_n in_o sum_n the_o medicine_n history_n and_o observation_n in_o this_o book_n amount_v to_o 956._o latin_a author_n allege_v messala_z the_o orator_n messala_n the_o elder_a fenestella_n atticus_n verrius_n m._n varro_n cor._n nepos_n decius_n eculeo_fw-la mutianus_n melissus_n vitruvius_n cassius_n severus_n longulanus_fw-la fabius_n vastalis_fw-la who_o also_o write_v of_o paint_v foreign_a writer_n pasiteles_n apelles_n melanthius_n asclepiodorus_n euphranor_n parasius_n heliodorus_n who_o write_v of_o the_o picture_n and_o other_o ornament_n set_v up_o at_o athens_n metrodorus_n who_o likewise_o write_v of_o architecture_n to_o wit_n masonry_n and_o carpentry_n democritus_n theophrastus_n apion_n the_o grammarian_n who_o also_o make_v a_o book_n of_o mineral_n or_o chemic_a physic_n nymphodorus_n andreas_n heraclide_n jolla_o apollodorus_n diagor_n as_o botryensis_fw-la archidemus_fw-la dionysius_n aristogenes_n demanes_fw-la mnesicles_n xenocratos_n the_o scholar_n of_o zeno_n and_o theomnestus_n ¶_o the_o xxxvi_o book_n treat_v of_o stone_n chap._n 1._o the_o nature_n and_o property_n of_o stone_n the_o superfluity_n and_o expense_n about_o building_n of_o marble_n 2._o who_o first_o show_v at_o rome_n column_n of_o marble_n in_o public_a place_n 3._o the_o first_o that_o bring_v column_n of_o marble_n to_o rome_n out_o of_o foreign_a country_n 4._o the_o first_o workman_n that_o be_v commend_v for_o cut_v in_o marble_n and_o at_o what_o time_n that_o invention_n begin_v 5._o excellent_a piece_n of_o work_n in_o marble_n to_o the_o the_o number_n of_o 126._o the_o cunning_a and_o curious_a workman_n themselves_o of_o the_o white_a marble_n of_o the_o island_n paros_n the_o stately_a and_o admirable_a sepulchre_n mausoleum_n 6._o when_o they_o begin_v at_o rome_n to_o build_v with_o marble_n who_o be_v the_o first_o that_o overcast_v the_o outside_n of_o wall_n with_o marble_n at_o what_o time_n this_o or_o that_o kind_n of_o marble_n be_v take_v up_o in_o building_n at_o rome_n who_o cut_v marble_n first_o and_o bring_v it_o into_o leaf_n or_o thin_a plate_n by_o cut_v the_o manner_n thereof_o also_o of_o sand_n 7._o of_o the_o hard_a stone_n of_o naxos_n and_o armenia_n sundry_a kind_n of_o marble_n 8._o of_o the_o alabastre_n marble_n of_o lygdinum_fw-la and_o alabandicum_fw-la 9_o of_o the_o great_a obeliske_n at_o thebes_n in_o egypt_n and_o at_o alexandria_n of_o that_o also_o which_o be_v in_o the_o great_a cirque_fw-la or_o shewplace_n at_o rome_n 10._o of_o that_o obeliske_n which_o stand_v in_o mars_n field_n at_o rome_n and_o serve_v for_o a_o gnomon_n or_o stile_n in_o a_o quadrant_a or_o dial_n 11._o of_o a_o three_o obeliske_n at_o rome_n in_o the_o vatican_n 12._o of_o the_o pyramid_n in_o egypt_n and_o a_o monstrous_a sphynx_n of_o a_o wonderful_a height_n 13._o of_o the_o maze_n or_o labyrinth_n in_o egypt_n the_o isle_n lemnos_n and_o in_o italy_n 14._o of_o hang_v garden_n make_v upon_o terrace_n of_o a_o great_a town_n where_o all_o the_o house_n be_v build_v upon_o vault_n and_o arch_n seem_v to_o hang_v in_o the_o air_n also_o of_o the_o temple_n of_o diana_n in_o ephesus_n 15._o of_o the_o stately_a temple_n of_o cyzicum_n of_o a_o certain_a rock_n of_o stone_n call_v fugitive_n of_o a_o echo_n that_o render_v the_o voice_n seven_o fold_n of_o a_o house_n build_v without_o nail_n or_o pin_n of_o the_o sumptuous_a and_o wonderful_a building_n at_o rome_n 16._o sundry_a kind_n of_o the_o loadstone_n the_o medicinable_a virtue_n and_o property_n thereof_o 17._o of_o certain_a stone_n which_o soon_o eat_v &_o consume_v dead_a body_n that_o be_v lay_v therein_o of_o other_o again_o that_o preserve_v they_o long_o of_o the_o stone_n asius_n and_o the_o virtue_n of_o it_o 18._o of_o ivory_n dig_v out_o of_o the_o earth_n of_o stone_n convert_v into_o bone_n of_o stone_n that_o represent_v palm_n imprint_v in_o they_o and_o of_o other_o kind_n 19_o of_o curalius_n or_o a_o kind_n of_o marquesite_a call_v pyrite_n and_o the_o virtue_n thereof_o of_o the_o stone_n ostracite_n and_o amiantus_n &_o the_o property_n of_o it_o of_o the_o stone_n melitite_n and_o the_o power_n thereof_o of_o the_o gait_n and_o his_o medicinable_a property_n of_o sponge_n stone_n of_o the_o stone_n phrygius_n and_o his_o nature_n 20._o of_o the_o bloodstone_n and_o five_o sort_n of_o it_o and_o of_o schistus_n 21._o four_o kind_n of_o the_o eagle_n stone_n of_o the_o stone_n within_o the_o belly_n of_o they_o call_v callimus_n of_o the_o stone_n samius_n and_o arabus_n also_o of_o pumish_a stone_n 22._o of_o stone_n meet_v for_o to_o make_v apothecary_n mortar_n of_o soft_a stone_n of_o the_o stone_n specularis_fw-la &_o of_o flint_n of_o the_o shine_a stone_n phengites_n of_o whetstone_n and_o other_o stone_n meet_v for_o building_n of_o stone_n that_o will_v resist_v the_o fire_n and_o abide_v all_o weather_n and_o tempest_n
23._o of_o cestern_n of_o limestone_n sundry_a sort_n of_o sand_n the_o temper_v of_o sand_n and_o lime_n for_o mortar_n the_o ill_a build_n of_o some_o wall_n of_o parget_n and_o rough-cast_n also_o column_n and_o buttress_n in_o building_n 24._o the_o medicinable_a virtue_n of_o quickelime_n of_o maltha_n and_o plaster_n 25._o of_o pavement_n when_o they_o be_v first_o use_v at_o rome_n of_o terrace_n and_o pave_a floor_n lie_v open_a to_o the_o air_n above_o of_o certain_a pavement_n call_v graecanica_n and_o when_o arch_a and_o embow_v work_n first_o begin_v 26._o the_o first_o invention_n of_o glass_n the_o manner_n of_o make_v it_o of_o a_o kind_n of_o glass_n call_v obsidianum_fw-la sundry_a sort_n of_o glass_n in_o great_a variety_n 27._o wonderful_a operation_n of_o fire_n the_o virtue_n thereof_o medicinable_a and_o the_o prodigious_a signification_n and_o presage_n by_o fire_n in_o sum_n here_o you_o may_v find_v medicine_n story_n and_o observation_n in_o all_o 523._o latin_a author_n m._n varro_n caelius_n galba_n c._n ictius_fw-la mutianus_n cor._n nepos_n l._n piso_n tubero_n seneca_n fabius_n vastalis_fw-la annius_n faecialis_n fabius_n cato_n censorius_n and_o vitruvius_n foreign_a writer_n theophrastus_n praxitiles_n k._n jubn_n nicander_n sotacus_n sudines_fw-la alexender_n polyhistor_n apion_n plistonicus_n duris_n herodotus_n euemerus_n aristagoras_n dionysius_n artemidorus_n butoridas_n antisthenes_n democritus_n demoteles_n and_o lyceas_n ¶_o in_o the_o xxxvii_o book_n be_v declare_v the_o original_n of_o precious_a stone_n chap._n 1._o the_o precious_a stone_n of_o polycrates_n the_o tyrant_n also_o of_o k._n pyrrhus_n who_o be_v the_o best_a lapidary_n &_o can_v cut_v excellent_o well_o in_o stone_n the_o first_o man_n that_o at_o rome_n wear_v a_o precious_a stone_n upon_o his_o finger_n 2._o the_o rich_a stone_n that_o be_v show_v in_o the_o triumph_n of_o pompey_n the_o great_a the_o nature_n and_o virtue_n of_o the_o crystal_n stone_n the_o costly_a vessel_n make_v thereof_o and_o the_o superfluous_a expense_n that_o way_n when_o the_o vessel_n of_o cassidoine_n call_v myrhhina_fw-la be_v first_o invent_v the_o wasteful_a expense_n in_o they_o the_o nature_n and_o property_n of_o they_o what_o lie_v the_o greek_n have_v tell_v as_o touch_v amber_n 3._o the_o true_a original_n and_o beginning_n of_o amber_n the_o medicinable_a virtue_n thereof_o the_o sundry_a kind_n and_o the_o excessive_a cost_n that_o folk_n be_v at_o to_o get_v they_o of_o lincurium_fw-la and_o the_o preperty_n of_o it_o 4._o of_o diamond_n and_o their_o kind_n their_o virtue_n also_o of_o pearl_n 5._o of_o the_o hemerauld_n and_o diverse_a sort_n of_o it_o of_o other_o green_a precious_a stone_n clear_a and_o transparent_a 6._o of_o the_o true_a opal_n stone_n their_o diverse_a kind_n and_o which_o be_v counterfeit_v the_o mean_n how_o to_o try_v they_o also_o of_o diverse_a other_o rich_a stone_n 7._o of_o ruby_n and_o carbuncle_n which_o be_v counterfeit_v the_o way_n to_o prove_v whether_o they_o be_v good_a or_o no._n also_o of_o other_o ardent_a stone_n like_o fire_n 8._o of_o the_o topaz_n and_o all_o the_o kind_n of_o the_o turquois_n of_o other_o green_a stone_n that_o be_v not_o clear_a through_o 9_o sundry_a sort_n of_o the_o jasper_n stone_n 10._o of_o cerraine_a precious_a stone_n set_v down_o in_o order_n according_a to_o the_o alphabet_n 11._o of_o some_o precious_a stone_n which_o take_v their_o denomination_n of_o the_o part_n of_o man_n body_n also_o from_o other_o live_a creature_n &_o of_o those_o which_o have_v the_o name_n from_o other_o thing_n 12._o of_o other_o new_a stone_n grow_v natural_o of_o counterfeit_a and_o artificial_a stone_n of_o their_o sundry_a form_n and_o fashion_n 13._o the_o manner_n and_o way_n how_o to_o prove_v fine_a stone_n from_o other_o in_o sum_n here_o be_v to_o be_v read_v of_o notable_a matter_n worthy_a history_n and_o special_a observation_n to_o the_o 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this_o world_n upright_o and_o in_o even_a balance_n without_o incline_v more_o to_o one_o side_n than_o unto_o another_o chap._n viii_o ¶_o of_o those_o that_o be_v call_v agrippae_fw-la to_o be_v bear_v with_o the_o foot_n forward_o be_v unnatural_a and_o unkind_a and_o such_o as_o come_v in_o that_o order_n into_o the_o world_n the_o latin_n be_v wont_n to_o name_n agrippae_fw-la as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v say_v bear_v hardly_o and_o with_o much_o ado_n and_o in_o this_o manner_n m._n agrippa_n as_o they_o say_v come_v forth_o of_o his_o mother_n womb_n the_o only_a man_n almost_o know_v to_o have_v bring_v any_o good_a fortune_n with_o he_o and_o prosper_v in_o the_o world_n of_o all_o that_o ever_o be_v in_o that_o sort_n bear_v and_o yet_o as_o happy_a as_o he_o be_v and_o how_o well_o soever_o he_o chieve_v in_o some_o respect_n he_o be_v much_o pain_v with_o the_o gout_n and_o pass_v all_o his_o youth_n and_o many_o a_o day_n after_o in_o bloody_a war_n and_o in_o danger_n of_o a_o thousand_o death_n and_o have_v escape_v all_o these_o harmful_a peril_n unfortunate_a he_o be_v in_o all_o his_o child_n and_o especial_o in_o his_o two_o daughter_n the_o agrippinae_n both_o who_o bring_v forth_o those_o wicked_a imp_n so_o pernicious_a to_o the_o whole_a earth_n namely_o c._n caligula_n and_o domitius_n nero_n two_o emperor_n but_o two_o fiery_a flame_n to_o consume_v and_o waste_v all_o mankind_n moreover_o his_o infelicity_n herein_o appear_v that_o he_o live_v so_o short_a a_o time_n die_v as_o he_o do_v a_o strong_a and_o lusty_a man_n in_o the_o 51_o year_n of_o his_o age_n torment_v and_o vex_v with_o the_o adultery_n of_o his_o own_o wife_n oppress_v with_o the_o heavy_a and_o intolerable_a servitude_n that_o he_o be_v in_o under_o his_o wife_n father_n in_o which_o regard_v it_o seem_v he_o pay_v full_a dear_a for_o the_o presage_n of_o his_o untoward_a birth_n and_o nativity_n moreover_o agrippina_n have_v leave_v in_o writing_n that_o her_o son_n 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wont_a to_o call_v he_o vopiscus_n or_o rather_o opiscus_fw-la who_o be_v one_o of_o two_o twin_n happen_v to_o stay_v behind_o in_o the_o womb_n the_o full_a term_n when_o as_o the_o other_o miscarry_v by_o abortive_a and_o untimely_a birth_n and_o in_o this_o case_n there_o chance_v right_o strange_a accident_n although_o they_o fall_v out_o very_o seldom_o chap._n xi_o ¶_o example_n of_o many_o infant_n at_o one_o birth_n few_o creature_n there_o be_v beside_o woman_n that_o seek_v after_o the_o male_a and_o can_v skill_n of_o their_o company_n after_o they_o be_v once_o conceive_v with_o young_a one_o kind_n very_o or_o two_o at_o the_o most_o there_o be_v know_v to_o conceive_v double_a one_o upon_o the_o other_o we_o find_v in_o book_n write_v by_o physician_n and_o in_o their_o record_n who_o have_v study_v such_o matter_n and_o gather_v observation_n that_o there_o have_v pass_v or_o be_v cast_v away_o from_o a_o woman_n at_o one_o only_a slip_n 12_o distinct_a child_n but_o 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one_o level_a 337._o a_o horse_n tooth_n wax_v white_a by_o age_n 338._o h._n their_o age_n know_v by_o their_o tooth_n ibid._n a_o horse_n where_o he_o be_v worth_a a_o talon_n of_o gold_n 148._o h_o horse_n where_o they_o be_v think_v to_o have_v no_o gall_n 341._o d_o horde_n arij_fw-la who_o they_o be_v 561._o c_o horminum_n a_o kind_n of_o grain_n 565._o b_o hortensius_n weep_v for_o the_o death_n of_o a_o lamprey_n 261._o d_o hornet_n be_v not_o uniform_a 322._o h._n they_o die_v when_o winter_n be_v come_v ibid._n c_o horn_n of_o a_o hart_n keep_v as_o monument_n in_o india_n 324._o a_o horn_n of_o actâ—…on_n and_o cippas_n fabulous_a thing_n 331._o b_o hound_n see_v dog_n houndfish_n their_o nature_n 263._o c_o a_o house_n in_o the_o country_n how_o to_o be_v seat_v 554_o house_n leek_n medicinable_a for_o all_o malady_n incident_a to_o corn_n 565._o e._n houfe_n of_o what_o beast_n will_v heal_v be_v cut_v 351._o 〈◊〉_d of_o houfe_n a_o discourse_n ibid._n h_o five_o hubole_n or_o houp_n go_v so_o soon_o as_o they_o have_v hatch_v 284._o i_o a_o filthy_a bird_n 287._o a_o ill_a husbandry_n censure_v by_o the_o censor_n 550._o i_o to_o be_v a_o good_a husbandman_n a_o credit_n ibid._n husbandry_n in_o old_a time_n by_o who_o it_o be_v perform_v 551._o f_o by_o who_o in_o late_a day_n 552._o h_o husbandry_n a_o princelike_a profession_n and_o study_n ibid._n ay_o husbandry_n study_v by_o what_o king_n 552._o i_o husbandry_n profess_v of_o what_o warrior_n ibid._n book_n of_o husbandry_n write_v by_o mago_n save_v by_o the_o senate_n of_o rome_n and_o translate_v into_o latin_a by_o d._n syllenus_fw-la 552._o k_o husbandman_n outwork_n after_o the_o fall_n of_o the_o leaf_n 589._o e_fw-la the_o husbandry_n in_o egypt_n about_o sow_v and_o reap_v of_o corn_n 577._o d._n 〈◊〉_d husbandman_n work_n in_o winter_n interuali_fw-la what_o they_o be_v 590._o g._n h._n their_o work_n in_o the_o interuall_a of_o the_o spring_n what_o they_o be_v 591._o e._n their_o work_n in_o the_o spring_n according_a to_o cato_n ibid._n m._n uarro_n a_o writer_n of_o husbandry_n 553._o b_o husbandry_n work_v present_o upon_o the_o spring_n aequinox_n 593._o b._n husbandry_n work_v in_o the_o summer_n solstice_n 594_o husking_a of_o corn_n 565._o c_o husbandry_n after_o the_o summer_n solstice_n 594._o i_o husbandry_n at_o the_o enter_v of_o autumn_n 605._o d_o h_o y_fw-fr hyades_n what_o star_n and_o why_o so_o call_v 562._o l_o hyaene_n change_v their_o sect_n 212._o i_o hyades_n star_n call_v otherwise_o suculae_fw-la 19_o e_o hybandia_n island_n 40._o k_o hybridae_fw-la what_o they_o be_v 232._o c_o hylas_n a_o great_a writer_n of_o augury_n by_o the_o nature_n of_o bird_n 277._o e._n hypelate_v 496._o c_o hyphear_n what_o it_o be_v 476._o g_o hyphear_n 496._o c._n the_o property_n it_o have_v ibid._n hyperborei_n people_n so_o call_v bless_a live_v long_o 84._o ay_o strange_a report_n of_o they_o ibid._n i_o a_o iacke_n daw._n see_v chough_n i_o b_o ibis_n invent_v the_o clyster_n 210._o k_o ibes_n destroy_v serpent_n 284._o m._n where_o they_o be_v black_a where_o white_a 287._o b_o i_o c_o ichneumones_n a_o kind_n of_o wasp_n 322._o h_o ichneumon_n the_o nature_n of_o it_o 208._o k._n his_o combat_n with_o aspis_n ibid._n he_o kill_v the_o crocodile_n 209._o a_o ichthyophagi_n people_n that_o feed_v of_o fish_n and_o swim_v natural_o in_o the_o sea_n 145._o a_o i_o d_o ides_n of_o march_n fatal_a to_o caesar._n 591._o b_o idol_n of_o the_o meremaid_n where_o honour_v 103._o b._n the_o name_n thereof_o ibid._n i_o l_o ilex_fw-la see_v more_o in_o holme_n the_o mast_n of_o ilax_n 458._o m._n 100_o i_o ilium_n and_o all_o the_o tract_n thereabouts_o sometime_o main_a sea_n 39_o e_o i_o m_o imaus_n a_o mountain_n 154._o h_o imageures_fw-fr famous_a 175._o d_o imperfection_n incident_a to_o corn_n sow_v 574._o g._n h._n i_o i_o n_o incendiaria_fw-la a_o bird_n unlucky_a 277._o b._n the_o reason_n of_o the_o name_n ibid._n incense_n see_v 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i_o r_o ireland_n the_o description_n thereof_o 86._o k_o irio_n what_o kind_n of_o grain_n 565._o b_o i_o s_o isidorus_n a_o writer_n 48._o ay_o isidos-plocamos_a 402._o i_o isis_n the_o planet_n venus_n 6._o i_o isocinnamum_fw-la 374._o g_o island_n that_o new_o appear_v out_o of_o the_o sea_n and_o the_o reason_n thereof_o 39_o f_o when_o island_n have_v spring_v up_o 40._o g_o what_o island_n have_v join_v to_o the_o main_a 40._o k_o island_n in_o the_o gaul_n ocean_n 86._o i_o island_n in_o the_o ocean_n 88_o k_o i_o t_o in_o italy_n lightning_n be_v common_a and_o why_o 25._o d_o i_o v_o juba_n a_o king_n memorable_a for_o learning_n 92._o i_o jugerum_fw-la see_v acre_n judicial_a court_n of_o capitol_n matter_n who_o first_o invent_v 189._o a_o in_o iubes_fw-la what_o fruit_n 437._o f_o juncus_n odoratus_fw-la see_v squinanth_n juniper_n 489._o a_o juno_n the_o planet_n venus_n 6._o i_o juno_n lacinia_n 48_o g_o jupiter_n planet_n his_o colour_n 13._o c._n to_o he_o lightning_n 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when_o we_o be_v set_v at_o table_n to_o drink_v liberal_o and_o to_o make_v merry_a while_o the_o subtle_a odour_n of_o flour_n pierce_v to_o the_o brain_n secret_o ere_o we_o be_v aware_a where_o by_o the_o way_n i_o can_v choose_v but_o remember_v the_o devise_n of_o queen_n cleopatra_n full_a of_o fine_a wit_n and_o as_o wicked_a and_o mischievous_a withal_o for_o at_o what_o time_n as_o antony_n prepare_v the_o expidition_n and_o journey_n of_o actium_n against_o augustus_n and_o stand_v in_o some_o doubt_n of_o jealousy_n of_o the_o say_a queen_n for_o all_o the_o fair_a show_n that_o she_o make_v of_o gratify_v he_o and_o do_v he_o all_o pleasure_n he_o be_v at_o his_o taster_n &_o will_v neither_o eat_v nor_o drink_v at_o her_o table_n without_o assay_n make_v cleopatra_z seeing_z how_o timorous_a he_o be_v and_o mind_v yet_o to_o make_v good_a sport_n and_o game_n at_o his_o needless_a fear_n and_o foolish_a curiosity_n cause_v a_o chaplet_n to_o be_v make_v for_o m._n antonius_n have_v before_o dip_v all_o the_o tip_n and_o edge_n of_o the_o flower_n that_o go_v to_o it_o in_o a_o strong_a and_o rank_a poison_n and_o be_v thus_o prepare_v set_v it_o upon_o the_o head_n of_o the_o say_v antony_n now_o when_o they_o have_v sit_v at_o meat_n a_o good_a while_n and_o drink_v themselves_o merry_a the_o queen_n begin_v to_o make_v a_o motion_n and_o challenge_n to_o antony_n for_o to_o drink_v each_o of_o they_o their_o chaplet_n and_o withal_o begin_v unto_o he_o in_o a_o cup_n of_o wine_n season_v and_o spice_a as_o it_o be_v with_o those_o flower_n which_o she_o wear_v she_o own_o self_n oh_o the_o shrewd_a &_o unhappy_a wit_n of_o a_o woman_n when_o she_o be_v so_o dispose_v who_o will_v ever_o have_v misdoubt_v any_o danger_n of_o hide_a mischief_n herein_o well_o m._n antony_n yield_v to_o pledge_v she_o off_o go_v his_o own_o guirland_n and_o with_o the_o flower_n mince_v small_a dress_v his_o own_o cup._n now_o when_o he_o be_v about_o to_o set_v it_o to_o his_o head_n cleopatra_z present_o put_v her_o hand_n between_o and_o stay_v he_o from_o drink_v and_o withal_o utter_v these_o word_n my_o dear_a heart_n and_o best_a belove_a antony_n now_o see_v what_o she_o be_v who_o so_o much_o thou_o do_v dread_a and_o stand_v in_o fear_n of_o that_o for_o thy_o security_n there_o must_v wait_v at_o thy_o cup_n and_o trencher_n extraordinary_a taster_n a_o strange_a and_o new_a fashion_n iwis_o and_o a_o curiosity_n more_o nice_a than_o needful_a lo_o how_o i_o be_o not_o to_o seek_v of_o mean_n and_o opportunity_n to_o compass_v thy_o death_n if_o i_o can_v find_v in_o my_o heart_n to_o live_v without_o thou_o which_o say_v she_o call_v for_o a_o prisoner_n immediate_o out_o of_o the_o goal_n who_o she_o cause_v to_o drink_v off_o the_o wine_n which_o antony_n have_v prepare_v for_o himself_o no_o soon_o be_v the_o goblet_n from_o his_o lip_n again_o but_o the_o poor_a wretch_n die_v present_o in_o the_o place_n but_o to_o come_v again_o to_o the_o physician_n who_o have_v write_v of_o flower_n beside_o those_o abovenamed_a theophrastus_n among_o the_o greek_n have_v take_v this_o argument_n in_o hand_n as_o for_o our_o countryman_n some_o have_v entitle_v their_o book_n gatheâ—…ing_v anthologicon_fw-la but_o none_o of_o they_o all_o so_o far_o as_o ever_o i_o can_v find_v write_v any_o treatise_n concern_v flower_n neither_o be_v it_o any_o part_n of_o my_o meaning_n at_o this_o present_a to_o make_v nosegay_n or_o plat_v any_o chaplet_n for_o that_o be_v a_o frivolous_a and_o vain_a piece_n of_o work_n but_o as_o touch_v flower_n themselves_o i_o purpose_v to_o discourse_v so_o much_o as_o i_o think_v and_o find_v to_o be_v memorable_a and_o worth_a the_o pen_n but_o before_o i_o enter_v into_o this_o treatise_n i_o be_o to_o advertise_v the_o
place_n but_o other_o writer_n who_o have_v not_o seek_v so_o far_o into_o the_o matter_n nor_o advise_o consider_v of_o it_o give_v it_o the_o name_n of_o manicon_n but_o those_o that_o of_o a_o naughty_a mind_n care_v not_o secret_o to_o impoison_v the_o whole_a world_n have_v hide_v the_o danger_n thereof_o and_o term_v it_o by_o a_o name_n pretend_v no_o harm_n some_o call_n it_o neuris_n other_o perisson_n but_o as_o i_o protest_v before_o i_o think_v it_o not_o good_a to_o be_v too_o curious_a and_o busy_a about_o the_o description_n of_o this_o herb_n notwithstanding_o i_o may_v seem_v to_o give_v a_o good_a caveat_n of_o it_o by_o further_a particularise_v thereof_o well_o the_o very_a second_o kind_n which_o they_o call_v halicacabus_n be_v bad_a enough_o for_o it_o be_v more_o soporiferous_a than_o opium_n and_o soon_o cast_v a_o man_n into_o a_o dead_a sleep_n that_o he_o shall_v never_o rise_v again_o some_o name_n it_o morion_n other_o moly_n and_o yet_o it_o have_v not_o want_v those_o that_o have_v think_v it_o praiseworthy_a for_o diocles_n and_o euenor_n have_v high_o commend_v it_o and_o tamaristus_fw-la very_o have_v not_o stick_v to_o write_v verse_n in_o the_o commendation_n of_o it_o a_o wonderful_a thing_n that_o man_n shall_v so_o far_o overpasse_v themselves_o and_o forget_v all_o honesty_n and_o plain_a deal_n for_o they_o say_v forsooth_o that_o a_o collusion_n make_v of_o this_o herb_n confirm_v the_o tooth_n that_o be_v loose_a in_o the_o head_n if_o the_o mouth_n be_v wash_v therewith_o and_o one_o only_a fault_n they_o find_v in_o halicacabus_n otherwise_o it_o may_v be_v praise_v without_o exception_n that_o if_o the_o say_a collution_n be_v long_o continue_v it_o will_v trouble_v the_o brain_n &_o bring_v they_o that_o use_v it_o to_o foolery_n &_o idleness_n of_o head_n but_o for_o my_o own_o part_n my_o meaning_n be_v not_o to_o set_v down_o any_o such_o receipt_n and_o remedy_n which_o may_v bring_v a_o further_a danger_n with_o they_o than_o the_o very_o discase_v itself_o for_o which_o they_o be_v devise_v the_o three_o kind_n also_o be_v commend_v for_o to_o be_v eat_v as_o meat_n although_o the_o garden_n morell_n be_v prefer_v before_o it_o in_o pleasantness_n of_o 〈◊〉_d moreover_o xenocrates_n avouch_v that_o there_o be_v no_o malady_n incident_a to_o our_o bodâ—…_n but_o the_o â—…id_n morâ—…_n be_v good_a for_o it_o howbeit_o i_o make_v not_o so_o great_a reckon_n and_o account_n of_o all_o the_o helâ—…_n that_o these_o and_o such_o like_a herb_n may_v afford_v as_o i_o do_v make_v conscience_n to_o deliver_v they_o in_o writing_n especial_o see_v we_o have_v so_o great_a store_n of_o safe_a and_o harmless_a medicine_n which_o we_o may_v be_v sure_o can_v do_v no_o hurt_n indeed_o the_o root_n of_o halicacabus_n they_o use_v to_o drink_v and_o make_v no_o bone_n at_o it_o who_o will_v be_v know_v for_o great_a prophet_n to_o foretell_v future_a thing_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v alone_o for_o they_o to_o be_v see_v furious_a and_o rage_a the_o better_a to_o colour_v their_o knavery_n and_o lead_v the_o world_n by_o the_o nose_n in_o a_o superstitious_a conceit_n and_o persuasion_n of_o their_o divine_a gift_n of_o pprophecy_n and_o so_o to_o feed_v man_n still_o in_o their_o folly_n but_o what_o be_v the_o remedy_n when_o a_o man_n be_v thus_o overtake_v for_o sure_o i_o be_o better_a content_n to_o deliver_v that_o even_o to_o give_v the_o party_n thus_o intoxicate_a a_o great_a quantity_n of_o mede_n or_o honey_a water_n and_o to_o cause_v he_o to_o drink_v it_o off_o as_o hot_a as_o he_o can_v neither_o will_v i_o overpasse_v this_o one_o thing_n beside_o that_o halicacabus_n be_v so_o adverse_a unto_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o aspis_n that_o if_o the_o root_n thereof_o be_v hold_v any_o thing_n near_o unto_o the_o say_a serpent_n it_o will_v bring_v asleep_a and_o mortify_v that_o venomous_a creature_n which_o by_o a_o soporiferòus_a power_n that_o it_o have_v also_o of_o the_o own_o cast_v a_o man_n into_o a_o deadly_a sleep_n and_o kill_v he_o therewith_o and_o therefore_o to_o conclude_v hereupon_o it_o come_v that_o the_o same_o root_n bruise_v and_o apply_v with_o oil_n be_v a_o sovereign_a and_o present_a remedy_n to_o they_o who_o be_v sting_v by_o the_o foresay_a aspis_n chap._n xxxii_o ¶_o of_o corchorum_n and_o cnicus_n they_o of_o alexandria_n in_o egypt_n use_v to_o eat_v ordinary_o of_o corchorum_n this_o herb_n have_v leaf_n enwrap_v and_o enfold_v one_o within_o another_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o mulberry_n good_a it_o be_v as_o they_o say_v for_o the_o midriff_n and_o the_o part_n about_o the_o heart_n also_o to_o recover_v hair_n that_o be_v fall_v away_o by_o some_o infirmity_n and_o likewise_o for_o the_o red_a pimple_n or_o fauce-flegme_n in_o the_o face_n i_o read_v moreover_o that_o the_o scab_n or_o mange_n in_o cow_n and_o ox_n be_v most_o speedy_o cure_v thereby_o and_o nicander_n very_o do_v report_n that_o it_o help_v the_o sting_a of_o serpent_n if_o it_o be_v use_v before_o it_o be_v in_o the_o flower_n as_o touch_v cnicus_n otherwise_o call_v atractylis_fw-la a_o herb_n appropriate_a to_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n i_o will_v think_v it_o meet_v not_o to_o use_v many_o word_n about_o it_o but_o that_o it_o yield_v a_o sovereign_a remedy_n against_o the_o poison_n of_o venomous_a beast_n yea_o and_o the_o dangerous_a mushroom_n if_o a_o man_n have_v eat_v they_o this_o be_v certain_a and_o a_o approve_a experiment_n that_o whosoever_o be_v wound_v by_o the_o sting_n of_o scorpion_n shall_v never_o feel_v smart_n or_o pain_n so_o long_o as_o they_o hold_v that_o herb_n in_o their_o hand_n chap._n xxxiii_o ¶_o of_o persoluta_fw-la the_o chaplet-maker_n in_o egypt_n set_v great_a store_n by_o persoluta_fw-la also_o which_o they_o sow_v and_o plant_v in_o their_o garden_n only_o for_o to_o make_v coronet_n and_o guirland_n two_o kind_n there_o be_v of_o it_o the_o male_a and_o the_o female_a it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o one_o as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o if_o it_o be_v put_v under_o man_n or_o woman_n in_o bed_n they_o shall_v have_v no_o mind_n nor_o power_n at_o all_o to_o play_v at_o venus_n game_n and_o special_o the_o man_n chap._n xxxiv_o ¶_o of_o measure_n and_o weight_n and_o forasmuch_o as_o we_o shall_v have_v occasion_n oftentimes_o in_o set_v down_o weight_n and_o measure_n to_o use_v greek_a vocables_n i_o care_v not_o much_o even_o in_o this_o place_n to_o interpret_v those_o word_n once_o for_o all_o first_o and_o foremost_a the_o attic_a drachma_n for_o all_o physician_n in_o manner_n go_v by_o the_o poise_n of_o athens_n do_v poise_n just_a a_o roman_a silver_n denier_n and_o the_o same_o weigh_v also_o six_o oboli_fw-la now_o one_o obulus_fw-la be_v as_o much_o in_o weight_n as_o ten_o chalci_fw-la a_o cyathus_n of_o itself_o alone_o come_v to_o ten_o dram_n in_o weight_n when_o you_o shall_v read_v the_o measure_n of_o acetabulum_n take_v it_o for_o the_o four_o part_n of_o hemina_n that_o be_v to_o say_v fifteen_o dram_n to_o conclude_v mna_n which_o we_o in_o latin_a call_n mina_n amount_v just_a to_o a_o hundred_o dram_n attic_a the_o twenty_o second_o book_n of_o the_o history_n of_o nature_n write_v by_o c._n plinius_n secundus_fw-la the_o proem_n a_o man_n will_v think_v who_o do_v but_o read_v the_o former_a book_n that_o dame_n nature_n and_o the_o earth_n both_o have_v do_v their_o part_n and_o show_v their_o wonderful_a perfection_n sufficient_o if_o he_o consider_v withal_o the_o admirable_a virtue_n of_o so_o many_o herb_n which_o they_o have_v bring_v forth_o and_o bestow_v upon_o mankind_n as_o well_o for_o pleasure_n as_o profit_v but_o see_v what_o a_o deal_n of_o riches_n more_o be_v yet_o behind_o and_o how_o the_o same_o as_o it_o be_v hard_a to_o be_v find_v so_o it_o be_v in_o effect_n more_o miraculous_a as_o for_o those_o simple_n whereof_o we_o have_v already_o write_v for_o the_o most_o part_n they_o be_v such_o as_o 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foment_n gangrene_n small_a pock_n &_o run_v ulcer_n a_o drink_n make_v thereof_o be_v singular_a for_o the_o spleen_n and_o if_o honey_n be_v put_v thereto_o it_o provoke_v woman_n fleurs_fw-fr which_o make_v no_o haste_n downward_o take_v raw_a lupin_n stamp_v they_o with_o dry_a fig_n and_o vinegar_n into_o a_o cataplasm_n and_o apply_v they_o to_o the_o spleen_n it_o be_v a_o excellent_a remedy_n the_o root_n also_o sodden_a in_o water_n provoke_v urine_n forcible_o lupin_n boil_v in_o water_n with_o the_o herb_n chamaeleon_n do_v cure_v the_o disease_n incident_a to_o sheep_n and_o other_o such_o small_a cattle_n if_o they_o do_v but_o think_v of_o this_o decoction_n let_v they_o be_v sodden_a in_o the_o mother_n or_o lees_n of_o wine_n or_o mingle_v both_o their_o decoction_n therewith_o they_o do_v heal_v the_o farsin_n scab_n and_o mange_n of_o all_o other_o fourfooted_a beast_n what_o soever_o the_o fume_n of_o they_o as_o they_o burn_v kill_v gnat_n concern_v irio_n i_o say_v 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lassitude_n moreover_o the_o long_o and_o far_o off_o that_o a_o man_n look_v upon_o emeraud_n the_o fair_a and_o big_a they_o seem_v to_o the_o eye_n by_o reason_n that_o they_o cause_v the_o reverberation_n of_o the_o air_n about_o they_o for_o to_o seem_v green_a for_o neither_o sun_n nor_o shade_n ne_o yet_o the_o light_n of_o candle_n cause_v they_o to_o change_v and_o lose_v their_o lustre_n but_o contrariwise_o as_o they_o ever_o send_v out_o their_o own_o ray_n by_o little_a &_o little_a so_o they_o entertain_v reciprocal_o the_o visual_a beam_n of_o our_o eye_n and_o for_o all_o the_o spissitude_n and_o thickness_n that_o they_o seem_v to_o have_v they_o admit_v gentle_o our_o sight_n to_o pierce_v into_o their_o bottom_n a_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o ordinary_a in_o water_n the_o same_o be_v shape_v many_o time_n hollow_a thereby_o to_o gather_v unite_v and_o fortify_v the_o spirit_n that_o maintain_v our_o eyesight_n in_o regard_n of_o these_o manifold_a pleasure_n that_o they_o show_v to_o our_o eye_n by_o general_a consent_n of_o all_o man_n spare_v they_o be_v and_o lappidary_n be_v forbid_v express_o to_o cut_v and_o engrave_v they_o and_o yet_o the_o emeraud_n of_o scythia_n and_o egypt_n be_v so_o hard_a as_o they_o can_v be_v pierce_v or_o wound_v by_o any_o instrument_n moreover_o when_o you_o meet_v with_o a_o table-emerauld_n hold_v the_o flat_a face_n thereof_o against_o any_o thing_n it_o will_v represent_v the_o say_a object_n to_o the_o eye_n as_o well_o as_o a_o mirroir_n or_o look_v glass_n and_o very_o nero_n the_o emperor_n be_v wont_a to_o behold_v the_o combat_n of_o fencer_n and_o swordplaier_n in_o a_o fair_a emeraud_n now_o this_o first_o &_o foremost_a be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o of_o emeraud_n there_o be_v 12_o kind_n the_o fair_a and_o rich_a of_o all_o other_o be_v those_o of_o tartary_n and_o call_v they_o be_v scythick_n of_o the_o nation_n scythia_n from_o whence_o they_o come_v and_o in_o truth_n there_o be_v none_o full_a and_o high_a in_o colour_n or_o have_v few_o blemish_n and_o look_v how_o far_o emeraud_n go_v beyond_o other_o precious_a stone_n so_o far_o do_v the_o scythian_a emeraud_n surpass_v all_o other_o the_o bactrian_a emeraud_n as_o they_o be_v the_o next_o neighbour_n so_o they_o come_v near_o in_o goodness_n to_o the_o scythic_a find_v these_o be_v in_o chink_n and_o joint_n as_o it_o be_v of_o rock_n in_o the_o sea_n and_o gather_v by_o report_n about_o the_o dog_n day_n when_o the_o north-east_n etesian_a wind_n do_v blow_v for_o than_o they_o glitter_v and_o shine_v within_o the_o earth_n that_o be_v grow_v about_o they_o by_o reason_n that_o the_o say_v wind_n which_o in_o those_o part_n be_v strong_a remove_v the_o sand_n away_o from_o
herberie_n in_o old_a time_n yield_v a_o revenue_n to_o the_o state_n of_o rome_n 12._o g._n how_o we_o come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o herb_n 211._o e_fw-la herbarist_n their_o maliciousness_n 105._o e._n f_o herb_n write_v of_o after_o diverse_a sort_n 210._o h_o herb_n be_v of_o mighty_a operation_n and_o yet_o the_o opinion_n of_o they_o be_v great_a 211._o c_o pythagoras_n write_v of_o herb_n and_o attribute_v their_o invention_n to_o the_o god_n 211._o a_o herb_n grow_v upon_o statue_n 205._o b._n of_o what_o effect_n such_o be_v ibid._n herb_n some_o will_v continue_v long_o than_o other_o 291._o e_fw-la herb_n have_v eternize_v the_o name_n of_o the_o inventor_n 208._o m_o 213._o a._n m_o cato_n the_o first_o roman_n who_o write_v of_o herb_n 209._o b_o c._n valgius_n write_v of_o herb_n and_o dedicate_v his_o book_n to_o augustus_n caesar._n 209_o c_o pompeius_n lenaeus_n write_v of_o herb_n ibid._n herb_n portray_v in_o colour_n give_v no_o great_a light_n to_o the_o reader_n 210._o g._n h_o herculaneae_n certain_a pismire_n medicinable_a to_o scour_v the_o skin_n 377._o d_o herculaneus_n a_o riveret_fw-la about_o rome_n 408._o h_o hercules_n the_o patron_n of_o the_o carthaginian_n why_o his_o image_n stand_v at_o rome_n upon_o the_o bare_a ground_n without_o a_o piedstail_n 570._o g_o hercules_n triumphalis_fw-la a_o image_n at_o rome_n why_o so_o call_v 493._o f._n hercules_n oeteus_fw-la of_o brass_n in_o what_o habit_n and_o countenance_n pourtiay_v 504._o m._n 505._o a_o three_o title_n thereupon_o 505._o a._n unknown_a who_o be_v the_o workman_n thereof_o 504._o m_o hercules_n his_o statue_n of_o iron_n and_o steel_n wherefore_o 414._o g_o hermerotes_n what_o image_n 569._o b_o hermesias_n what_o composition_n 204._o h_o the_o wonderful_a operation_n thereof_o ibid._n hermippus_n a_o writer_n 372._o h._n he_o comment_v upon_o the_o poem_n of_o zoroastres_n concern_v magic_a 372._o l_o hermodorus_n honour_v with_o a_o statue_n erect_v upon_o a_o column_n at_o rome_n for_o translate_n the_o law_n of_o the_o twelve_o table_n 491._o c._n herophilus_n a_o singular_a physician_n he_o cure_v altogether_o with_o simple_n 242._o k._n he_o first_o search_v into_o the_o cause_n of_o disease_n 243._o b._n his_o apothegme_n as_o touch_v the_o operation_n of_o white_a ellebore_n 219._o b._n he_o alter_v the_o course_n of_o the_o fosm_a physic_n 344._o i._n he_o observe_v the_o pulse_n ibid._n herpe_n a_o run_v cancerous_a sore_n call_v if_o some_o a_o wolf_n 394_o h._n herpe_n a_o worm_n sovereign_a for_o the_o sore_a of_o that_o name_n 394._o g_o heart_n faint_v how_o to_o be_v relieve_v 37._o d._n 60._o h._n 238._o m_o hertlesse_a how_o to_o berecover_v 136._o g_o heart_n tremble_v and_o beat_v how_o cure_v 312._o i_o see_v more_o in_o tremble_v hesperis_n the_o herb_n why_o so_o call_v 87._o c_o h_o i_o hiberis_n a_o herb_n and_o devise_v name_n by_o servilius_n danocrates_n 224._o k._n the_o description_n ibid._n the_o virtue_n in_o physic_n ib._n how_o to_o be_v use_v ibid._n l_o hibiscum_fw-la or_o hibiscus_fw-la what_o herb_n it_o be_v 40._o h._n the_o medicine_n that_o it_o do_v afford_v ibid._n hicesius_n a_o physician_n and_o writer_n 41._o b._n 123._o a_o hieracia_n what_o herb_n 45._o d._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n hieracite_n a_o precious_a stone_n 627._o d._n the_o description_n ibid._n hieracium_n a_o collyrie_a or_o composition_n 508._o m._n the_o virtue_n medicinable_a thereof_o 509._o a_o hierobotane_n a_o herb_n see_v vervain_n high-taper_n see_v lungwort_n hicket_n or_o hocquet_n see_v yex_z hickway_n a_o bird_n envious_a to_o the_o gather_n of_o paeonie_n 214._o i_o 282._o l._n hill_n some_o admit_v rain_n and_o be_v green_a with_o wood_n on_o the_o north_n side_n some_o one_o the_o south_n side_n only_o and_o other_o all_o over_o 408._o k_o hind_n not_o envious_a to_o mankind_n but_o do_v show_v we_o medicinable_a herb_n 255._o c_o they_o have_v a_o stone_n in_o their_o excrement_n or_o womb_n that_o be_v medicinable_a 339._o c_o bone_n found_v in_o the_o heart_n and_o womb_n of_o a_o hind_n medicinable_a ibid._n hippace_o what_o it_o be_v 318._o l_o hippace_o another_o thing_n 331._o c_o hippiades_n certain_a image_n resemble_v woman_n 569._o c_o hippice_n what_o herb_n 223._o f_o hypocrates_n the_o physician_n 71._o b._n when_o and_o where_o he_o flourish_v 343._o f._n the_o first_o clinicke_n physician_n 344_o g_o he_o first_o reduce_v physic_n into_o a_o art_n 242._o i._n he_o deal_v only_o with_o simple_n 242._o i_o hippocus_n a_o magician_n 372._o i_o hippolytus_n raise_v from_o death_n by_o aesculapius_n 343._o e_o hippomanes_n a_o venomous_a thing_n 326._o l_o hippomarathrum_n what_o kind_n of_o fennell_n 77._o c_o hipponax_n the_o poet_n how_o he_o be_v abuse_v by_o anthermus_n and_o bupalus_n 564._o m._n how_o he_o be_v revenge_v of_o they_o ibid._n hippope_v a_o herb_n describe_v 121._o a._n the_o reason_n of_o the_o name_n ibid._n hippophaeon_n see_v epithymum_n hippophaston_n 283._o e._n the_o description_n ibid._n hippophye_n a_o herb_n describe_v 120._o m._n the_o reason_n of_o the_o name_n 121._o a_o hippuris_n see_v equisetum_n the_o greek_a writer_n vary_v much_o about_o the_o name_n of_o this_o herb_n 263._o c._n why_o it_o be_v call_v anabasis_fw-la ibid._n h_o o_o hog_n grease_n how_o to_o be_v prepare_v and_o try_v 320._o i_o see_v grease_n holcus_n a_o herb_n 283._o d_o the_o description_n ib._n the_o virtue_n ib._n why_o it_o be_v call_v aristida_n ibid._n holland_n fine_a linen_n make_v in_o old_a time_n 2._o l_o holme_n oak_n what_o virtue_n it_o affourd_v in_o physic_n 177._o d_o the_o grain_n of_o holme_n oak_n medicinable_a ibid._n e_o holcchrysos_n a_o herb_n the_o virtue_n 106._o i_o holoscâ—…os_n a_o kind_n of_o rush_n 100_o k_o holosphyratun_n what_o kind_n of_o image_n 470._o g_o holosteon_n a_o herb_n 283._o d._n why_o so_o call_v ibid._n the_o description_n ibid._n homer_n the_o poet_n prince_n of_o learning_n and_o father_n of_o antiquity_n 210._o l_o honey_n commend_v and_o compare_v with_o laser_n 135._o c_o honey_n when_o and_o where_o it_o be_v venomous_a 94._o g_o how_o to_o be_v discern_v from_o that_o which_o be_v wholesome_a 94._o h_o what_o symptom_n happen_v to_o they_o that_o eat_v of_o this_o honey_n 94._o i_o the_o present_a remedy_n of_o this_o kind_n of_o poisonous_a honey_n 94._o i_o 362._o k._n 433._o d._n the_o singular_a property_n that_o honey_n have_v 135._o d._n the_o discommodity_n of_o honey_n 135._o e_o honey_n call_v maenomenon_n and_o why_o 94._o k_o honey_n of_o carina_n medicinable_a 95._o b_o honeycomb_n their_o virtue_n 137._o b_o honey-comb_n wholesome_a and_o hurtful_a in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o hive_n 94._o l_o a_o glut_n or_o surfeit_v of_o honey_n how_o to_o be_v help_v 433._o e_o honey_n wherein_o bee_n have_v be_v extinct_a be_v stifle_v medicinable_a 362._o k_o hoplitides_n what_o picture_n 536._o g_o horatius_n cocles_n his_o statue_n erect_v upon_o a_o column_n at_o rome_n for_o make_v good_a the_o bridge_n against_o king_n porsena_n 491._o c_o horehound_n a_o herb_n 74._o m._n the_o sundry_a name_n that_o it_o have_v ibid._n the_o juice_n of_o horehound_n of_o what_o virtue_n it_o be_v and_o how_o to_o be_v use_v 75._o a_o horehound_n to_o be_v take_v wary_o for_o danger_n of_o exulceration_n of_o reins_n or_o bladder_n 75._o c_o horehound_n of_o two_o sort_n ibid._n stink_v horehound_n 272._o g._n the_o sundry_a name_n description_n and_o virtue_n 278._o h_o hormesion_n a_o lovely_a precious_a stone_n 627._o e._n the_o description_n ib._n horminodes_n a_o precious_a stone_n 627._o d._n the_o reason_n of_o the_o name_n ibid._n the_o description_n ibid._n horminum_n a_o kind_n of_o grain_n or_o corn_n describe_v 144._o k._n the_o virtue_n that_o it_o have_v ibid._n hornet_n sting_n what_o remedy_n therefore_o 40._o h._n 56_o m._n 75._o f_o 110._o l._n 153_o b._n 166._o l._n 173._o a._n 361._o d._n 418._o m._n horsetaile_v a_o herb_n 263._o b._n the_o virtue_n that_o it_o have_v in_o waste_v the_o swell_a spleen_n ibid._n horse_n have_v ague_n and_o how_o to_o be_v cure_v 260._o k_o horse_n dung_n green_a &_o burn_v into_o ash_n medicinable_a 325._o e_o horseflesh_n and_o horse-dung_n adverse_a to_o serpent_n 322_o k_o horse_n how_o they_o shall_v never_o tire_v 341._o c_o wild_a horse_n be_v medicinable_a and_o more_o than_o tame_a 323._o b_o horses_n load_v with_o fruit_n be_v soon_o weary_a 176._o h._n what_o remedy_n ibid._n river-horse_n teach_v we_o the_o feat_n of_o phlebotomy_n or_o blood-letting_a 316._o k._n he_o yield_v many_o medicine_n ibid._n his_o blood_n painter_n use_v 316._o l_o sea_n horse_n hippocampe_n medicinable_a 436._o h._n 437._o f._n 440._o l_o haw_o in_o horse_n eye_n how_o to_o be_v cure_v 438._o l._n see_v eye_n horse_n and_o mare_n pain_v
l_o against_o the_o abuse_n in_o physic_n and_o of_o physician_n a_o invectine_n 347._o a._n c._n 348._o h._n i_o 349_o a_o physic_n note_v for_o much_o incertitude_n and_o no_o solidity_n 343._o d_o againfull_a art_n ibid._n many_o time_n change_v 345._o d_o physic_n father_v upon_o canonize_a god_n 343._o d_o physic_n when_o it_o be_v regard_v at_o rome_n 346._o k._n l_o physic_n and_o physician_n the_o occasion_n of_o many_o enormity_n and_o misdemeanour_n 347._o e_fw-la physician_n in_o rome_n of_o great_a name_n and_o revenue_n by_o yearly_a fee_n 344._o k_o physician_n be_v not_o choose_v and_o call_v as_o judge_n mintmaster_n and_o other_o 347._o b._n c_o physician_n argue_v about_o their_o patient_n hinder_v the_o cure_n 345._o c._n many_o nation_n live_v without_o physician_n but_o not_o without_o physic_n 345._o d_o physic_n long_o ere_o it_o be_v entertain_v at_o rome_n 345._o e_o soon_o reject_v ibid._n 349._o b_o m._n cato_n a_o enemy_n to_o the_o greek_a physician_n 346_o g._n h_o he_o condemn_v not_o physic_n 346._o i_o he_o live_v according_a to_o physic_n of_o simple_n and_o so_o maintain_v himself_o and_o family_n in_o good_a health_n 346._o i_o k_o physiognomist_n who_o they_o be_v 539._o d._n see_v metoposcopi_n phyteuma_n a_o herb_n 288._o l_o p_o i_o pibble_n stone_n not_o good_a for_o build_v unless_o they_o be_v bind_v with_o strong_a mortar_n 593._o c_o piconia_n a_o spring_n 408._o g_o picris_n a_o kind_n of_o lectuce_n or_o cichorie_n 241._o why_o so_o call_v 99_o d._n 127._o e._n pictores_fw-la a_o surname_n to_o the_o house_n of_o the_o fabius_n wherefore_o 525._o f._n the_o answer_n of_o a_o dutch_a ambassador_n as_o touch_v a_o picture_n 527._o b._n picture_n lively_a for_o the_o memorial_n of_o man_n 522._o k._n much_o esteem_v in_o old_a time_n 524._o g_o picture_n insert_v within_o book_n by_o m._n varro_n 524._o g_o atticus_n write_v a_o treatise_n of_o picture_n ibid._n m._n agrippa_n his_o oration_n as_o touch_v remove_v of_o picture_n out_o of_o private_a house_n and_o set_v they_o up_o in_o public_a place_n 527._o c_o picture_n of_o nero_n colosse-like_a in_o cloth_n 120_o foot_n high_a 531._o h_o burn_v with_o lightning_n ibid._n picture_n of_o sword_n fencer_n and_o their_o fight_n who_o devise_v 532._o i._n picture_n unfinished_a more_o admire_v than_o the_o perfect_a 550._o k._n l_o proudly_n picture_n when_o they_o be_v first_o entertain_v at_o rome_n 482._o l._n pignitis_n a_o kind_n of_o earth_n 559._o f._n the_o operation_n 560._o g_o the_o sea-pike_n lupus_n how_o witty_a he_o be_v to_o avoid_v net_n 427._o e_o how_o he_o and_o the_o hook_n part_n after_o he_o be_v catch_v therewith_o 428._o g._n pillar_n in_o building_n of_o four_o sort_n 594._o a._n doric_a what_o they_o be_v ib._n jonicke_a ib._n tuscanicke_n ibid._n corinthian_n ibid._n attic_a 595._o b_o proportion_n of_o pillar_n of_o their_o length_n to_o the_o building_n of_o height_n to_o their_o thickness_n 595._o b_o piles_n and_o painful_a swell_a big_n in_o the_o fundament_n how_o to_o be_v cure_v 105_o c._n 106._o l._n 120._o i._n 134._o g._n 139._o c._n 158._o l_o 160._o h._n 161._o c._n d_o f._n 194._o g._n 169._o e._n 172._o g._n 174_o l._n 193._o b_o 196._o h._n 255._o f._n 256._o g._n 272._o i._n 278._o h._n 393._o a._n 306._o i._n 333._o d_o 351._o a._n e._n 352._o k._n see_v more_o in_o fundament_n pilewort_n see_v celendine_n pill_n purgative_a 252._o h_o pill_n of_o goat_n dung_n oodg_v for_o the_o eyesight_n 325._o a_o pimper_n nell_n the_o herb_n 234._o i_o the_o diverse_a kind_n and_o their_o description_n ibid._n pimple_n rise_v upon_o sweat_n how_o to_o be_v repress_v 161._o e_fw-la pimple_n red_a in_o the_o face_n or_o skin_n by_o what_o remedy_n cure_v 37._o a._n 44._o i._n 47._o c._n 52._o i._n 55._o e._n 65._o e._n 70._o k._n 76._o g._n 173._o c_o 184._o k._n 187._o e._n 320._o h._n 327_o d._n 328._o h._n 377._o d._n 421._o e._n 443._o c_o 516._o h._n pin_n and_o web_n what_o medicine_n do_v take_v away_o 100_o l._n 119._o d_o 144._o i._n see_v more_o in_o eye_n pine-nut_n or_o apple_n their_o virtue_n in_o physic_n 171._o c_o pionie_n or_o poeonie_n the_o herb_n most_o ancient_a 214._o why_o so_o call_v ib._n the_o description_n ib._n 282._o k._n two_o kind_n the_o male_a and_o female_a 282._o l._n the_o virtue_n in_o physic_n 214._o i_o danger_n in_o dig_v up_o the_o root_n 282._o l._n m_o pip_n in_o pullen_n how_o to_o be_v help_v 44._o m._n 189._o c._n 193._o d_o pipe_n for_o water_n conduit_n of_o clay_n bake_v 411._o d_o pipe_n of_o lead_n 411._o e_fw-la pipe_n of_o sundry_a size_n ibid._n pipe_n denariae_fw-la quinariae_fw-la ibid._n piperitis_fw-la the_o herb_n why_o so_o call_v 34._o g._n it_o be_v name_v siliquastrum_n 64._o g._n the_o description_n ib._n the_o virtue_n ibid._n pismire_n in_o a_o garden_n how_o to_o be_v kill_v 32._o k._n they_o be_v medicinable_a and_o their_o egg_n likewise_o use_v in_o medicine_n for_o the_o ear_n 369._o b_o pismire_n cure_n bear_v when_o they_o be_v sick_a ibid._n pissasphaltum_fw-la what_o it_o be_v 183._o f._n 557._o b._n natural_a and_o artificial_a 183._o f_o pissaeleon_n what_o kind_a os_fw-la pitch_n 179._o e_o piss_a blood_n how_o to_o be_v cure_v 111._o a._n 180._o k._n 195._o c._n 199._o b_o 205._o a._n 254._o m._n piss_a with_o difficulty_n how_o help_v 124._o g._n 171._o c_o see_n urine_n pistana_n what_o herb_n 100_o h_o pit-water_n when_o cold_a 410._o g._n when_o they_o decrease_v and_o rise_v 410._o h_o pitch_n of_o diverse_a kind_n 183._o b._n what_o pitch_n be_v best_a 183._o h_o the_o several_a use_n of_o all_o the_o kind_n of_o pitch_n ibid._n pitch_n agree_v well_o with_o oil_n 176._o i_o stone_n pitch_n 183._o b_o pitch_n tree_n what_o virtue_n it_o yield_v medicinable_a 181._o c_o pituitaria_fw-la what_o herb_n 149._o a_o pityocampae_n what_o worm_n 362._o h._n the_o remedy_n against_o it_o 157._o c._n 160._o k._n 318._o h._n where_o it_o breed_v 362._o h._n how_o to_o be_v prepare_v for_o use_v in_o physic_n 362._o i_o pityusa_n what_o herb_n 182._o g._n the_o description_n and_o medicinable_a virtue_n thereof_o ibid._n p_o l_o for_o the_o plague_n a_o remedy_n 155._o d_o player_n and_o comedian_n what_o imageur_n delight_v to_o portray_v in_o brass_n 503._o f_o plane_n tree_n the_o medicinable_a virtue_n that_o it_o have_v 184._o k_o plantain_n the_o herb_n 223_o b._n two_o kind_n of_o it_o ib._n the_o description_n 223._o c_o plaster_n both_o natural_a and_o artificial_a 595._o d._n e._n how_o to_o be_v make_v and_o wrought_v 595._o e._n the_o use_n thereof_o in_o building_n 395._o e._n f._n c._n proculeins_n in_o a_o fit_a of_o the_o stomacke-paine_n drink_v plastre_n and_o willing_o kill_v himself_o 595._o f_o plaster_n take_v inward_o hâ—…w_v the_o danger_n may_v be_v avoid_v 160._o k._n 318._o h._n place_v who_o they_o be_v 552._o h_o plastice_n what_o art_n 494._o h._n 552._o h._n see_v potterie_n plate_n of_o diverse_a fashion_n 480._o k_o inconstancy_n of_o man_n in_o the_o variety_n thereof_o ibid._n plate_n vessel_n of_o silver_n and_o gold_n and_o the_o abuse_n thereof_o in_o rome_n 463._o f_o a_o captain_n displace_v for_o have_v fine_a pound_n weight_n in_o silver_n plate_n 481._o b_o pompeius_n paulinus_n banish_v for_o have_v 12_o pound_n weight_n of_o silver_n plate_n in_o the_o camp_n 481._o c_o superfluity_n in_o plate_n bring_v upon_o rome_n the_o plague_n of_o civil_a war_n between_o sylla_n and_o marius_n 481._o d._n e_o plate_n costly_a for_o workmanship_n 482._o h_o c._n gracchus_n his_o costly_a silver_n plate_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o curious_a engrave_v 482._o h_o excess_n in_o plate_n when_o it_o come_v general_o into_o rome_n 482._o i_o a_o merry_a speech_n of_o carthaginian_a ambassador_n as_o touch_v the_o plate_n of_o the_o old_a roman_n 481._o c_o platter_n called_z patinarum_n paludes_n 554._o b_o platyopththalmon_n why_o stimmi_n or_o antimony_n be_v so_o call_v 473._o e._n platys_n abroad_o tendon_n 255._o c_o a_o plethoricall_a body_n or_o rankness_n of_o blood_n how_o to_o be_v take_v down_o 443_o a_o pliniana_n what_o cherry_n 12._o m_o plistonicus_n a_o greek_a writer_n in_o physic_n 35._o c_o plumtree_n and_o the_o medicinable_a virtue_n thereof_o 169._o c_o plumbago_n a_o herb_n 361._o k._n 359._o c_o plumbago_n a_o fault_n or_o blemish_n in_o the_o emeraud_n 612._o k_o plumbum_fw-la a_o disease_n in_o the_o eye_n how_o to_o be_v cure_v 236._o k_o pleurisy_n or_o pleuresie_n with_o what_o medicine_n it_o be_v cure_v 40._o k_o 57_o d._n 63._o c._n 65._o a._n 67._o d._n 75._o a._n 104._o h._n l._n 105._o a._n 107._o e._n 128._o i_o 129._o f._n 134._o l._n 135._o d._n 144._o i._n 150._o g._n 167._o d._n