rauke sauour that it hath ¶ De canna A rede Ca. C.xxix CAnna is a rede / and is a coÌ„mune thynge It hath temperate vertue betwene hote colde / therfore it is in no degre It is good against al feuer ¶ For to encrease heere breke the rote therof sethe it in lee wasshe the heed therw t / it wyl make the heere to growe encrease it ¶ To drawe a thorne arowe / or a spere out of the bely / lay the rote theron / and it wyll come out without payne ¶ De canna mellis A sugre rede Ca. C.xxx CAnna mellis is the plante that bereth the sugre It shall be spoken therof in chapytre of sugre hereafter This plante is lyke to a rede / and is hote in the myddes of the fyrst degre and moyst in the ende of the same / and is good for the body of mankynde for the grete swetenesse that is in it And also it prouoketh vryne and clenseth the reynes and the bladder It softeneth vnbyndeth the wombe appeaseth the sharpnesse of it leseth the thycke humours that is therin / but yet it cause inflacyoÌ„ therof specyally yf it be takeÌ„ after meet / yf it be eateÌ„ rosted it is more prouffytable against sharpenes of the brest of the louÌ„ges Yf it be eaten in grete quantyte / warme water with salte droÌ„ke after it prouoketh vomyte stroÌ„gly and therfore it is prouffytable to heale feuers caused of colde humours rotten yf they be takeÌ„ in maner aforesayde ¶ Calendula Mary gowles / or ruddes Ca. Cxxxi CAlendula is an herbe called ruddes It is veray coÌ„mune It is called incuba / solsequiuÌ„ spoÌ„sa solis / EulitropiuÌ„ / solmaria And groweth most in gardyns humours places Maydens make garlaÌ„d of it whaÌ„ they go to feestes and brydeales bycause it hath fayre yelowe floures and ruddy And is called calendula bycause it bereth floures all the kalendes of euery month of the yere ¶ For the floures A ¶ To prouoke floures in women that be staunched The iuce of this herbe dronken or eaten with a rereegge and meale made in frytours putteth them forth meruaylously / and conforteth the stomake ¶ For the ache B ¶ For the payne of the tethe put the iuce in the nosethrylles / it wyll cease the ache ¶ De ceterach Ca. C.xxxii CEterach is an herbe so named It groweth agaynst olde walles / vpon stones and vpon olde edyfyces of stones Ceterach is moyst and colde in the fyrst degre / and therfore it is put in colde syropes It is good agaynst longe accesse / and agaynst feuer tereyan / and agaynst feuer synoche / that is caused of inflacyon of blode and is good agaynst other sharpe agues / and for the ague called pargyte that leseth at the moost but .vii. dayes ¶ Powdre of Ceterach put vpon newe woundes cooleth them meruaylously ¶ De candelaria Ca. C.xxxiii CAndelaria is an herbe that is so named bycause it is like a tapre of waxe It groweth in shadowed humours places This herbe is resolutyfe and of swyt substaunce and therfore it is pryncypally good agaynst artetyke cretyke gutes / and palsey / agaynst al colde gutes of ony parte of the body in this wyse Take al the herbe as it groweth with the rotes / and bete it with grece of serpentes / of beares and of marmosettes / and sethe them all togyder / and than strayne them / and make an oyntement and anoynte the pacyent often therwith ¶ De carabe Ambre CArabe or cacabre is a gomme called ambre / and is yelowe thynge that bedes be made of It hath vertue colde and drye in the fyrst degre / halfe a dragme of this goÌ„me dronkeÌ„ stauÌ„ceth the blode that renneth fro broken vaynes in the brest or luÌ„ges / this blode stauÌ„chet the blode of the nose or fro what place that it cometh Yf it be dronken it prouffyteth to theÌ„ that haue ouer grete haboundaunce of hote coleryke humours in the stomake ¶ For payne of the hert A ¶ It is also good for payne of the herte that reboundeth fro the stomake / for the nere space that is betwene them ¶ Also it is good for to stoppe the cours of humours that descende fro the heed in to the stomake / som maysters say that it is good for them that haue the strangury ¶ De Consolida maiori Comfrey Cap C.xxxiiii COnsolida maior / is the more consoulde And is other wyse called Anagolycon and symphytuÌ„ This herbe hath a blacke rote outwarde / and whyte within and hath a stronge sent ¶ For vaynes broken in the brest A ¶ The rote is soden slytte with a knyfe / hangeth in the sonne to drye / and may be kept .iiii. yeres in goodnesse and vertue / yf a vayne be broken in the brest or guttes it wyll resowdre or knytte it / and reioyne it meruaylously / so that the powdre of it be takeÌ„ grene with wyne or water or frye the rote grene as a fryture with egges or meale / and so eaten ¶ CoÌ„solida media Maythen Ca. C.xxxv COnsolida media is the myddle coÌ„soulde / some call it consonaloa / it hath leues lyke to borage / but they be not so sharpe the floure is meane betwene yelowe and whyte The rote is full of knottes in maner of cockes ballockes and cleue togyder And there be many togyder It groweth in laboured moyst places It hath vertue to reioyne and knytte as the more consoulde hath ¶ De consolida minori Dyasyor brusewort Ca. C.xxxvi COnsolida minor / the daysy is the lesse coÌ„soulde some cal it cytasales and some vineâ— toxicuÌ„ The leues therof be lyke to mynte The colour of the floure draweth somwhat towarde reed / and ben lyke to floures of styrados sarabyâ—e It groweth in diches and in moyst and watery places ¶ For frytures made of this herbe with egges and eaten is good agaynst venym And is also good to knytte all incysyoÌ„ or cuttes and clenseth all fylth from the wounde ¶ For bytiÌ„ge of venymous beestes A ¶ It helpeth agaynst bytynge of venymous beestes / yf it be brused layd therto ¶ Coronaria Honysocle Ca. C.xxxvii COronaria is an herbe lyke to another herbe called paligonia that is knotwort / or swynesgrasse that shall be spoken of here after There ben two kyndes therof The more and the lesse the more groweth in places nygh to the see vpon grete hylles / and is rough whyte The vertue of this herbe called coronaria maior is to knytte woundes in this wyse let the powdre therof be layde often vpon the woundes ¶ For apostume in the eye A ¶ Coronaria the lesse groweth in stedfast groundes and playnes / and hath a yelowysshe colour moche vpon whyte This herbe groweth the heyght of a spanne / the more groweth the heyght of a cubyte This lesse coronary hath vertue to knytte to clense /
brought thyder Other saye that it groweth on the hylles and desertes afore sayd / and by force of the wynde / and by aege of the trees it falleth in that ryuer / and the dwellers by the sayd ryuer ferre fro the sayd hylles do cast nettes in that water and take vp this wood There ben .iii. maners of this wood / one is founde in an ylond called Cume / and that is the best of all There is in another yle called Tamear / and is not so good The other is in an yle called Exanne / and that is the worst The fyrst is knowen bycause it is heuy full of knottes / and smelleth swete / and hath a bytter sauour / and the colour is blacke or lyke russet The seconde kynde of Aloes is not so heuy / nor so bytter / nor so well smellynge / and is lesse in vertue The .iii. is some what whyte and is not bytter / and hath no sauour but yf it be made by crafte / and it is called seruleuÌ„ The tre Aloes is couÌ„terfayte in the mountaynes of a countre called Almaphea with a wood or tre named Camelia / lyke vnto lignum Aloes / for it is heuy / knotty / and of swete smell and some call it wylde Aloes This wood is rubbet with tynne or leed to make it chauÌ„ge colour / eare waxe is put on it to make it bytted / and that it loke russet Than it is boyled in wyne / wherin is powdre of good Aloes with muske to make it smell swet / thus it is so tourned that scantly it is knoweÌ„ from the good Aloes But there is dyffereÌ„ce / for it is harde vnder the tethe and whaÌ„ it is chewed that that is within hath no bytternesse ¶ To confort the stomacke A ¶ The wood or lignum Aloes conforteth the stomacke and maketh good dygestyon It is good agaynst the feblenesse or the hert and of the brayne Agaynst the cordyaâ— passyon and two wnynge / and agaynst the floures retentyfe in women / and agaynst all the passyons of the hert comynge of colde The drynke that lignuÌ„ aloes is soden in conforteth the colde stomake and warmeth it / And yf the decoccyon be to bytter lay the wood aloes in wyne al nyght / and in the mornynge drynke the wyne / also the decoccyon therof with auens / and mastic procureth dygestyon / conforteth the stomake and brayne For them that ben to delycate Take .ii. draÌ„mes of lygnuÌ„ aloes clowes / lay them in wyne one nyght / drynke the wyne in the mornynge with rose water Suche wyne may be kept longe in vertue by reason of the Aloes ¶ For the brayne B ¶ Agaynst swownynge and feblenes of the brayne Take Sirope with powdre of lignum Aloes / the bone in a hertes herte / clowes / and roses / and sethe them all togyder with suger Fumygacyon made of lignum Aloes and gyuen to a woman benethe prouoketh the floures / and helpeth the suffocacyon of the matryce / and it behoueth the woman to be wrapped with clothes that the same come not in her nose Inlykewyse Tryfera magna is a confeccyon / whiche taken with wyne / that hath be soden with lignum Aloes prouoketh the floures Or elles take Trifera magna fyrst / and than the sayd wyne The smoke of lignum Aloes conforteth and heteth the colde brayne and all the weyke membres of the body ¶ De Auro Golde Ca. iii. AVrum Golde is the moost attempeted of all metalles Howbeit it is hote / but the heet is meane without excesse / therfore it is put in no degre Golde is made of a vayne of the erthe 〈◊〉 decoccion or meltynge / and by the same decoccyon the superflue is deuyded and is called Cucuma auxi / the scuÌ„me of golde ¶ We wyll not as now determyn howe many maners of Golde there be / nor how they be knowen ¶ Agaynst elefance A ¶ Golde hath vertue to conforte to clense / and therfore it is good agaynst elefance / that is a spece of lepery Agaynst the cordyake passyon / the mylt / and colde of the stomake ¶ Agaynst the fallyng euyll B ¶ The fylynge of golde is good agaynst epylence the fallynge euyll Take in meate or drynke / it clenseth the superfluytees of corrupt humours agaynst the same sekenesse it may be taken with a confeccyoÌ„ called Gerologodion / or with Theodoricon / anacardinch / or .ii. tymes in drynke and it profyteth to preserue fro dertres serpigo ¶ Agaynst syncopisâ—m C ¶ The fylynge of golde with the iuce of borage and powdre of the bone of a hartes hert / and suger / helpeth to syncopisans ¶ Agaynst swownynge D ¶ To them that ben dysposed to swowne be gyuen Syrope made of iuce of borage and suger with powdre of the bone of a hartes hert / and fylynge of golde ¶ For the mylte E ¶ The drynke that hath had reed hote peces of golde queÌ„ched therin helpeth to splenetykes that ben seke in the mylte / and he that hath no golde take gaddes of steÌ„le ¶ For the colde stomake F ¶ Agaynst colde in the stomake Take the fylynge of golde in meate or drynke Cauteres made with instrumeÌ„tes of golde helpeth more than ony other metall ¶ Agaynst spottys in the eyen G ¶ The powdre of the scoÌ„me of golde taken by it selfe taketh away the spottes in the eyen / and the fretynge ¶ Agaynst skall of the heed H ¶ An oyntment made with the powdre of scoÌ„me of golde and oyle taketh away the skall fro the heed and the face ¶ It may be demaunded how golde dooth confort / syth it is not dygested / and entreth not in to the substauÌ„ce of the body nouryssheth not ¶ For solucyon herof It is to wyte that of thynges that confort / some coÌ„fort onely / by cause they repayre the spyrytes as thynges that smell swetely / other conforteth by cause they restore the membres as meate and drynke Other restrayne the loose membres / as playsters of Mastyke Other take away the yll qualytees / and febleth the lymmes as the oyntement and playster Dyaterciscos that coforteth the stomake febled by colde The othe by expulsynge the superfluytes that causeth feblenesse / as medycyns laxatyues / and many other thynges auoydynge superfluytes of that maner is gold / for by his spyryte it withdraweth the superflue moystnesse ¶ De Argento vino Quycke syluer Ca. iiii ARgentum viÌ„uum / whiche is called Quycke syluer and is hote and moyst in the .iiii. degre It is hoot / approued by effect / for it is dyssolutyfe / incysife / and penetratyfe / but by cause it is founde actually colde / therfore some auctours sayth that it is colde / and some say that it is made of a vayne of the erthe by decoccyoÌ„ / but that is fals / for as sone as it feleth the fyre it gooth away / tourneth to smoke It is engendred in the erthe
fro lyghtnynge / thondre / and tempest It is good agaynst the payne dymnesse of the eyen / and wasteth the webbe called pannus / and other rottennesse / and clenseth them / yf corall be veray small beten to powdre and medled with other lycour appropryed for the foresayd thynges put in the eyes Corall clenseth the tethe yf they be robbed therwith / and heleth the gommes fro all corrupcyons And Galyen sayth yf coral be brent / gyuen to drynke with colde water it stauncheth blode ¶ For bledynge at the nose A ¶ Agaynst flux of blode at the nose put powdre of coral on cotton that is confyct with iuce of bursa pastoris or cassewede / and make pylles of them and put in to the nose ¶ For bledynge at the mouth C ¶ Agaynst emoptyke passyoÌ„ / that is whaÌ„ blode cometh out at the mouth and yf this blode come fro the partyes of the brest or the membres within / it called spyrytuall membres make confeccyon with the two partes of fyne powdre of corall with water of barly or with water that dragagaÌ„t hath ben sodeÌ„ in and make pyrles / and lete the pacyent holde them longe vpon his tongue one after an other / and than swalowe them by lytell and lytell as they waste / it is a generall rule that all medycyns gyuen against the sekenesses of the membres of the brest ought to be holden longe in the mouth that they may mengle with the spâ—tyll / and made moyst soft by themselfe / and so lytell / and lytell passe in to the sayd membres And yf the blode at the mouth come fro the murytyfe membres / as the stomake / the lyuer / and the mylte / gyue the powdre with iuce of plantayne And in this maner it is good also for flux of the bely or blod caused of the vpper bowelles And for the same this powdre taken with a rere egge is good But yf the flux of the bely be grete by vyce of the nether bowelles / mynyster the sayde powdre and iuce of plantayne with a clystre ¶ For the matryce D ¶ Agaynst flux of blode that cometh of the matryce / lete the powdre of coral be confyct with an other confeccyon called athanasull / or onely with iuce of plantayne / and make therof a supposytory and put in to the coÌ„duyt / or the powdre onely laide to the place ¶ For the mouthe E ¶ Agaynst corrysyon / gnawynge / or fretynge of the mouthe and of the gommes / fyrst wasshe them with salt water or with water gleyre of an egge bete togyder / than make powdre the two partes of corall / the thyrde of roses / and lay to the gommes ¶ For the gommes F ¶ Agaynst bledynge of the gommes / put powdre of corall / and of anthera that is the yelowe in the myddes of the rose vpon the gommes or confyct with hony / and the gommes anoynted therwith The powdre of corall put in to woundes closeth and reâ—owdreth them ¶ De Cepe Onyon Ca. C.vii CEpe domestica / is the coÌ„mune or tame onion It is hote and drye in the thyrde degre / but Auicen sayth that it is hote in the thyrde degre moyst in the seconde / and the substauÌ„ce is glewy styptyke and venymous / and these condycyons hath the longe onyon more than the rounde And lyke wyse the reed onyon is more styptyke than the whyte and the whyte hath more vyscosyte than the reed / hath more rawe than soden or rosted And he sayth that yf onyons be often eaten they cause payne and swellyng of the heed But Diascorides many other auctours of physyke sayth that it hath not so yll propryetees and be not all of accorde in that he sayth Onyon eaten causeth grete thurst / taketh away the yll smake of the mouthe / it tendreth the bely and loseth it The fouÌ„demeÌ„t anoynted with iuce of the blades of onyons dryeth emeroydes Also the iuce of onyon medled with oyle loseth the wombe yf the foundemeÌ„t be anoynted therwith A mayster named Esculapius sayth that the onyon conforteth the stomake / causeth good appetyte / and bredeth good colour ¶ For bytynge of a madde dogge A ¶ Agaynst bytynge of a dogge / bete the onyon with hony and vyneygre / or be sodeÌ„ with hony and wyne and layde playster wyse helpeth moche Diascorides sayth yf an onyon be brayed with salte and rue / made a playster on the tongue thre dayes or on the bely it looseth the bely meruaylously Also the iuce put in the nosethrylles pourgeth the yll humours that noyeth the heed Also this iuce dronken and ordred beneth in cotton causeth the floures retayned to renne ¶ For swollen fete B ¶ Also onyon beten and layde on fete swollen harde gyueth grete remedy Or lete the iuce be medled with grece of a henne in maâ—â—er of an oyntement / anoynte it often ¶ For the tethe C ¶ Also who so rubbeth theyr tethe with an onyon euery mornynge / or holdeth the iucâ— in his mouthe shal neuer fele the payne of tâ—the ache Also yf it be eateÌ„ with brede it healeth the sores / and woundes in the mouthe Also moche eatynge of onyoÌ„s causeth appetyte of slepe Galyen sayth that onyons noyeth coleryke persones / and helpeth flow matykes Isaac sayth that an onyon is hote in the fourthe degre / and moyst in the thyrde It hath a tarte moystnesse wherby 〈◊〉 ingendreth euyll humours in the stomake / and causeth thyrst / bredeth wynde and payne in the heed / and dysposeth to madnesse for the euyll famysshenesse that mouÌ„teth to the brayne And therfore they that vseth it to moche comynly fall in the manyake passyon and in the nyghtes so ferfull thynges in theyr slepe and haue melaÌ„colyke dremes / and specyally it cometh to them that haue ben lately seke and eate or vse onyons to moche But yf they be vsed for medicyns reasonably as they ought to be the cause heet in the body / and maketh it sklendre / lanke / and lene / and dysparseth the glewy humours They haue vertue to open the endes and extremytees of vaynes / they prouoke vryne and the floures The appeaseth thyrst and cause appetyte Also they rarefye / and open the outwarde partyes of the skynne and therby cause sweate They loose the wombe bycause theyr tarte heet / and drynesse constrayneth and prycketh nature They encrease the sede of generacyon by theyr moystnesse how be it they nourysshynge is yll who so wyll that they gyue good nourysshynge / must fethe them fyrst in one water than in another / and specyally yf they be soden with fatte flesshe in potage with good swete smellynge thynges Garlyke nouryssheth lytell and noyeth coleryke persones / and them that be naturally hote of complexcyon But yf they that be of colde and moyst complexyon do eate them the do prouoke vryne and tempereth the wombe And be clene contrary for
and to conforte ¶ Agaynst the apostume of the eye webbe of the same Put the iuce therof often therin / or medle with pured hony / and strayned / it wasteth the webbe meruaylously it was proued thus One toke a whelpe and a cocke and prycked theyr eyes with a croked yron or nedle / so that they semed that theyr eyen were out and thaÌ„ he brused this herbe and put it in theyr eyen and they be came as faire and clere as they were afore wherof he had meruayle / and proued it many tymes on dyuers persones ¶ It is good also to knytte and ioyne woundes yf the powdre therof be layde of them ¶ For the mylt B ¶ Agaynst the vyce and sekenes of the mylt and lyuer / drynke the brothe that it was soden in ¶ De cennerugione Ca. C.xxxviii CEnnerugione is an herbe moche lyke to Celendyne For the leues and floures ben moche lyke to it The rote therof is somwhat blacke wout and whyte within This herbe growed in derke dyches and watery places / the stalke therof is of two cubytes It bereth floures in Apryll Maye It is chefely good agaynst stoppynge of the lyuer / the mylt / and rayns and agaynst stoppynge of the vryne / strangury / dyssury / and to breke the stone / yf the brothe that it is soden in be dronken It is also good agaynst payne of the matryce / and agaynst the kynges euyll / and causeth to haue good colour ¶ De cerasis Cheryes Ca. C.xxxix CErasa Cheryes The tre that they growe on is commune There ben two maners of cheryes that dyffer in vertue sauour For some ben soure and haue a bytter smake Those with that bytternesse ben called damacenes / and the other agryotes Cheryes ben good to reâ—e for coleryke and yonge persones 〈◊〉 they be colde and drye in the seconde degre The moeue and cause / appetyte / and conforts the stomake / and wasteth the payne caused of heet and moystnesse There beÌ„ other cheries that haue a swete taste / and of theÌ„ ben many dyfferent maners in taste and goodnesse / as there be of peares and other fruyte These cheryes the sweter they be in taste the better they be / and be colde and moyst in the fyrst degre They haue vertue to conforte and to brede good blode / to quenche the dyrthe of the body / they loose the wombe and prouoke vryne / and cause good colour / and ben good for the lyuer ¶ For strangury A ¶ The cherystones blanched ben good agaynst strangury and dyssury / and to breke the stone / yf the powdre of them be taken with wyne ¶ For tetters B ¶ The gomme of the tre is good to dystroye tetters yf it be medled with vyneygre and the place rubbed therwith ProbatuÌ„ est ¶ De caprifolio Woodbynde Ca. C.xl CAprifolium siue daprificê° that is cheruell or gotes leues / some call it matrisilua / or orialam But that is not so / for it is hygher / and matrisilua hath a reed sede / and cheruell blacke sede and grene leues and caprifoliuÌ„ wytyishe This herbe groweth in vales and dyches the hyght of two cubytes / and hath styffe twygges in maner of stompes as a tre and hath a yelowe floure The sede is grene whan it is rype / and waxed reed / whan it is ful rype it is blacke as sedes of pyony ¶ For the webbe in the eye A ¶ The iuce therof is good agaynst obtalyne yf it be put in the eyes it healeth the webbe ¶ For all woundes B ¶ To heale all sores or woundes / lay the leues of this herbe theron hole at morowe and euen / and it heleth without ony other oyntement It hath ben often proued ¶ Thus endeth the chapytres of herbes begynnynge with C. ¶ Here begynned the chapitres begynnynge with D. ¶ De dyagredium Ca. C.xli. DYagrediuÌ„ is hote and drye in the fourth degre It is the iuce of a tre that groweth beyonde the see and is a spece or kynde of tytimaluna It is made thus in the canyculer dayes The toppe of this herbe is brokeÌ„ / and therout cometh mylke the which is gadred and put in small vesselles / and set in the sonne to drye / whan it is drye it is called dyagredium Some say that it is made by decoccyon It is couÌ„trefayt somtyme by medlynge of an other kynde of tytimall / wherby it is of more myghty and excessyfe operacyon / and that whiche is not countrefayt and is of more safe and lyght operacyon Somtyme it is countrefayt in makynge by medlynge of the powdre of colofoni And somtyme among powdre of dyagredium is solde pyeces of colofony in stede of dyagredium DyagrediuÌ„ ought to be chosen that is whyte or blacke / or somwhat blacke in colour / hauynge a clere or bryght substance / and bryttle / though the Colofony be bryttle / it is not so bryttle as dyagrediuÌ„ Good dyagrediuÌ„ ought to haue a bytter sauour not to horryble abhominable for thaÌ„ it is coÌ„trefayt / by puttynge to mylke of an other spece or kynde of tytymall / and that that hath no sauour is countrefayt medled with colofoni / that which hath one part bryght and the other dymme is to be refused as nought / it is good that becometh whyte as mylke as soone as it is medled with spattyll That is to be chosen that is in rounde wrethes or in small loues and harde For that that is in powdre may be countrefayt lyghtly with powdre of colofony / and it lasteth not so longe in powdre as in wrethes It may be kept .x. or .xx. yeres It is put in compost medicyns to loose to sharpe and to force in small quantyte well and coÌ„uenably / bycause it is not of to grete vyolent sauour / or taste / how be it it is not gyuen alone but the vyolence therof is swaged as shall be sayde after ¶ For to sharpen medicynes / take two or thre dragmes of Squamony or dyagredium all is one / saufe as maysters sayth whan squamony is preparate it is called dyagredium / and afore it is squamony Take two or thre dragmes and put it to powdre / but not so fyne and small as other spyces ought to be For yf it were powdred so small it wolde cleue to the guttes / by the vyscosyte thereof and may be cause of flyxe of the wombe Than put these two or thre dragmes soo powdred so that there be put therto as moche powdre of Mastyke / and put it in to the electuary that thou wylt sharpen and put it whyle the electuary is hote by lytel and lytell For yf it were put all at ones the one wolde cleue to the other / and wolde not be wel medled with the electuari Than put it in hote oyle For by heet therof the vyolence wyll abate and waste And yet it may not be gyuen sharped with
dygestyon / but they be better of digestyon than drye fygges / and prouoketh better vryne But who so vsed theÌ„ moche falleth in opylacyon of the mylt and lyuer with hardnesse and swellynge They be noyons to the gommes and tethe / and be of diuers accyons after dyuersyte of regyons where they growe For some growe in hote regyons / some in colde / some in meane They that growe in hote regyons ben swete and gleymy / gyueth but lytell nourysshynge and be soone dygested looseth the wombe ¶ But they that growe in colde regyons abyde in theyr raukenesse / and rawnesse / bycause they be lesse nourysshynge of all the other / and ben harde to dygest How be it they conforth the stomake more than ony of the other They that growe in meane regyons ben not so hote / but they may be kept longe yf they be not gadred or they be rype They haue superflue lycoure by the whiche they fyll the body and cause grosse humours to habouÌ„de which often be cause of longe agues and accesse bycause they be yll to spred and deuyde ¶ Thus endeth the chapytres begynnynge with D. ¶ And begynneth the chapytres begynnynge with E. ¶ De endiuia Endyue Ca. C.xlviii ENdiuia is endyue It is colde drye in the fyrste degre It is other wyse called scary ole The sedes the leues ben good in medycynes / and the rotes haue no vertue / the grene leues haue vertue not the brye The leues haue a lytell bytternesse bycause they be dyuretykes / and haue pontycyte or rankenesse wherby they â—eÌ„ confortatyues / and by theyr coldnes they haue vertue to withdrawe and to coole / al these thinges conioynte togider be good agaynst opylacyon of the lyuer and of the mylte caused of heete ¶ For the Iaundis A ¶ Agaynst all maner of Iaundys chauffynge of the lyuer hote apostumes The leues eateÌ„ tawe or soden in water helpeth moche / for the same the iuce medled with trifera sarasenica is good / but it behoueth that the mater of the sekenesse be fyrst dygrâ—ted ¶ For vnsauery mouthes B ¶ For them that sauour not theyr meates make syrope of the iuce of endyue with sugre / yf the iuce bethycke or troubled câ—aryfye it / so may al other iuces be / in this wyse Sethe the iuce of endyue a lytel Aâ—d lete it staÌ„de / that that is thycke wyll go to the botom / than take the thynne lycous / streyne it often through a clothe but wrynge it not with the iuce clere as water make syrope with sugre / yf ye wyll make it thynner put the whyte or gleyre of an egge therto This syrope is good agaynst the iauÌ„dys Yf ye wyll make a laxatyfe syrope whan it is almost sodeÌ„ put therto powdre of reubarbe wel beteÌ„ streyne it yf ye wyl not haue it bytt / but yf it be streined it is not of so good vertue as it is vnstreined This syrope laxatyse is to be gyuen in feuers of humours coleryke / the fourth or fyfth day / but lete the mater be fyrst dygested And for the same the iuce of endiue gyuen with reubarbe and warme water ¶ For feuers D ¶ Agaynst feuers caused of hote apostumes / the sayde syrope and iuce is good as it is sayde with iuce of eupatory or wylde sawge And for the same may be taken trifera saricenica ¶ For the lyuer E ¶ Agaynst chauffynge of the lyuer / hote apostume / the sayde herbe is good layde therto / and yf ye can gete no leues of this herbe / bruse the sedes therof in water and vse the sayde brothe ¶ De Epithimium Ca. C.xlix EPithimium is an herbe hote and drye in the thyrde degre It is an herbe that groweth in places that be hote or warme This herbe is somtyme founde about an herbe called thimus and his floure / and therfore it is called epithimie bycause it groweth about this herbe thimus The floure is put in medycyne / not the herbe It hath vertue pryncypally to purge melancolyke humours / and secoÌ„dely flewme / and is not put by it selfe but it is conuenably put in medycyns that purgeth melancolyke humours Somtyme an herbe called cuscuta or dodyr is taken for it It is good for feuer quartaine iÌ„ this maner Sethe a dragme therof in water tyll there be but a lytell lefte / and in the same brothe put two dragmes of azure or stone armenyke and gyue to the pacyent But lete the mater or the sekenesse be fyrst dygested / and it is good agaynst emorroides caused of melancolyke blode ¶ For cardyake passyon A ¶ Agaynst cardyake passyon and epylence choppe epithyme / and lay on the mylt and it wyll soften it And yf it be soden in wyne and oyle and layde to the reynes bladder it wasteth the lettynge of vryne ¶ De Enula caÌ„pana Elfe docke Scabwoort or horshele Ca. C.l. ENula is an herbe called canne It is hote in the ende of the thyrde degre / and moyst in the fyrst / there be .ii. maners of it One is called ortulana groweth in gardyns The other is enula campana and groweth in the feldes / and is the best / and specyally the rote The rote ought to be gadered in the begynnynge of somer and dryed in the sonne bycause the it corrupt ne rotte bycause of the moystnesse / it may be kept two yeres It hath vertue to sowple to soften and to clense / therfore it is good for synewes shronken with colde ¶ For payne of the stomake A ¶ Agaynst payne of the stomake caused of colde or wynde / drynke the wyne that the rote therof is soden in / or take powdre of the sayde rote B ¶ Agaynst payne of the brest and the mure membres therof called the spyrytuall meÌ„bres Yf the payne be caused of colde or of ventosytees Take the lycour that it is soden in for it helpeth moche / and therfore this verse was made Enula campana reddit precordia sana That is to say enula of the felde yeldeth the entrayles helth ¶ Agaynst colde cough C ¶ Agaynst colde cough the saide lycour is good The powdre of this rote / and of cynamome is good for them that haue no delyte of theyr meate It looseth the wombe and dystroyeth the paynes of the membres in the brest This herbe soden with leues in wyne and oyle / and layde on the woÌ„be appeaseth the payne of the ylyake and colyke passyon / and wasted the lettynge of vryne ¶ Agaynst lettynge of the breth called asma yf it be caused of colde Sethe barly in water with lycoryce as a ptysane tyl it be somwhat thycke / than sethe the rote of enula in the same water and made in powdre and gyuen to the pacyent ¶ De euforbio Ca. C.li. EVforbium is hote and drye in the fourthe degre It is the gomme of a tre that groweth
For fistula A ¶ Agaynst fystule the powdre therof confyct with spatarent sope or frensshe sope made as tentes or put in with a fether dooth open the entrynge of the sore ¶ Agaynst polipe B ¶ Agaynst polype / make a tente of apostolycon and strewe of this powdre theron / put in to the nose ¶ For yll colour C ¶ For them that haue yll colour causen of melancolyke humours in the mylt / or by cause of rawe humours in the stomake of longe season made thus Take the powdre of brēt brasse and wasshe it .ix. or .x. tymes in water as the asure stone is wasshed and vse it in suffycyent quantyte with iuce of fenell or oximel and warme water And it wyll purge the melancolyke humours downewarde But it wyll be with grete vyolence ¶ De Electerio Ca. C.lvi. ELecteriū is the iuce of wylde cowcomers called asinines And there is dyfference betwene electerides and electerium / for electerydes is the sedes of cathapucia / spurge / but electerium is the iuce of wylde cowcomers It is hote and drye in the fourth degre / and is made in the caniculer dayes Sethe wilde cowcomers and stampe them and wrynge out the iuce and set it in the sonne to drye ¶ Purgacyon A ¶ Some sethe the iuce on the fyre with hony tyll the iuce be almost wasted gyueth this hony in maner of electuary it lowseth vpwarde and downewarde Electerium may be kept .ii. yeres in good melancolyke humours ¶ For goutes B ¶ Agaynst goute artetyke / podagre / ciragre / and ylyake passyon Electerium / and mirre put in powdre of eche two dragmes and be well chaufed and handled in oyle of roses be gyuen with iuce of fenell warmed How be it agaynst ylyake passyon ought fyrst to be gyuen a clystre mollyfycatyfe / and than one made of malowe water / oyle / and hony with .v. or .vi. dragmes of electerium / and mastyke and warme water put therto ¶ For floures C ¶ To prouoke floures in women / confyet the powdre of electerium with oyle of muske or olyue and with cotton make a tent ¶ To rype botches D ¶ To rype colde apostumes confyet .v. or vi dragmes of electeriū with barli meale and whyte of an egge and lay it therto It is also good agaynst hoote apostumes / there ought no remedy to be gyuen at the begynnynge of an impostume for to breke it Also electeriū with terbyntyne is good ¶ For wormes in the eares E ¶ Agaynst wormes of the eares / confycte two graynes weyght of electery with vyneygre and put it warme in to the eares ¶ For the stomake F ¶ Agaynst all paynes of the stomake caused of colde / anoynte the stomake with electerium and vyneygre ¶ For pymples G ¶ Agaynst pymples of the face and other thynges that dyscolour it / take seruse and camfer / and put as moche as of thē bothe of electerium / and confyet them with vyneygre in a morter of leed and beate them with a pestell of leed in maner of an oyntement / and put thē in a glasse .xv. dayes / than put it in to the sayde morter agayne beate it with vyneygre yf it be hardened and anoynte the face / for it taketh away all infeccyons ¶ De eleboro albo Lyngwort / or peleter of Spayne Ca. C.lvii ELeborus is hote and drye in the thyrde degre There be two maners of it / one is called whyte elebore bycause the rote is whyte / and bycause it purgeth white humours / as flewmes The other is called blacke elebore that is pedelion / bycause it purgeth the coleryke blacke humours Whan elebore is founde in receptes it is to wyte the rote In olde tyme it was commely vsed in medycyns as we vse squamony For the body of man was stronger than it is now / and myght better endure the vyolence of elebore / for man is weyker at this tyme of nature / therfore the medycyne that elebore is put in ought to be gyuen by grete discrecyon and sleythgt Whan elebore onely is foūden in receptes it is the whyte And it ought not to be gyuen to hym that hath a streyt brest and is leane / for it purgeth vpwarde by vomyte / but to hym that is fatte stronge and dysposed to vomyte ¶ For feuers A ¶ Agaynst feuer cotydyan or dayly / caused of naturall flewme / or of cours / and grosse flewme congeled as artetyke / pod agre or cyragre it is good with oximel this wyse Take the rotes of fenell / and of rapes and perce them through with and alle or bodkyn / and put therin rotes of whyte elebore and let them lye .xxx. or .xl. dayes that the vertue of the elebore may be incorporate and holden in the sayde rotes And this may be done with other rotes / but beware that ye breke them not in takynge the erthe fro them / and couer them agayne with the same erthe whan they be so dressed / thā pylle these rotes and put them in vyneygre iii. or .iiii. dayes / and than sethe them in vyneygre and hony make oximell therof for the goutes afore sayde ¶ De elleboro nigro Pedelyon / or lyons fote Ca. C.lviii ANd in lykewyse may oximell be with the rote of blacke elebore in fourme afore sayde The which is good agaynst feuer quartayne / and humours of melancoly But it ought not to be vsed tyll the mater be dygested And it is to wyte that whyte elebore is more vyolent than the blacke ¶ For gout A ¶ Agaynst goute artetyke / cyragre / and podagre Sethe this herbe in salt water / and make fomentacyon or bathe vpon the place / and lay the herbe so soden and stamped therto ¶ For wormes in the eares B ¶ Agaynst wormes in the eares Confyet a lytell powdre of elebore with the iuce of an herbe called quisicaria / and put it in the eare / and anone they wyll come out The powdre of elebore layde vpon deed flesshe freteth deed flesshe ¶ For scruffe of the heed C ¶ Agaynst the scruffe of the heed and habundaunce of lyes Sethe the rotes of bytter lupinis in vyneygre put therto powdre of elebore make a confeccyon thycke as mustarde and anoynte the heed therw t and wasshe it with warme vater ¶ Agaynst scabbes D ¶ Agaīst scabbes make powdre of whyte elebore beaten by it selfe / and one or two vnces of lytergy or scomme of syluer also beaten alone with nut oyle / and confyet the lytargy in vyneygre and than boyle it in oyle and at the last put to it powdre of elebore / and therwith anoynte the pacyent in the bathe ¶ For lytargye E ¶ Agaynst lytargye or epilēce Cōstreyne the pacient to nese with powdre of elebore put in his nose ¶ Dyascorydes sayth yf a cake be made with meale and water / and powdre of elebore put therin it wyll sle al the myce that eate
fetida / and growed in shadowed places and is lyke to yuy leues It is good agaynst fystula in ony parte of the body Take the rote therof .vii. vnces of vyneygre / and thre of fox grece and medle them togyder and make a playster bynde it on with a clothe mornynge and euenynge ¶ For a broken heed A ¶ For a broken heed Take the powdre of croppes of this herbe and put it in wyne / and lay it on playsterwyse / it wyll heale it And yf there be ony bone broken it wyl drawe it out / and put out ony fylthynesse of it and in suche maner it is good for ony wounde in all partes of the body Also the sede therof dronken breketh the stone in the bladder ¶ For flewme B ¶ Also iuce of the rote dronken in quantyte purgeth the flewmatyke humours of the stomake ¶ De Elitropio Chycory Ca. C.lxv. ELitropium is an herbe called spōsa solis And hath many maners after dyuers countrees / as euidia rostions / vrastropium / viscene and many other It groweth in faste groundes and medes / and is a dyuyne herbe of the body of the sonne / and hath croked braunches / and the floure is coloured as the skye and is colde in the seconde degre This herbe is good agaynst venym of bytinge / yf the iuce be put therto It is also good for the stoppynge of the mylte cause of colde / and agaynst opylacyon of the reynes ¶ For venym A ¶ Agaynst venym the iuce made with powdre and dronken put out venym lyghtly ¶ For lechery B ¶ Agaynst brēnynge of lechery bruse this herbe and lay it to the coddes and it wyll quenche the heet ¶ De eufragia eufrace Ca. C.lxvi EVfragia is an herbe that some call luminelle It hath fyue vertue The fyrst for the rednesse dymnesse of the eyen / and for these thynges it must be gadred of hym that is dyseased than put to drye / and the reednesse and payne wyll go away ¶ For the syght A ¶ The seconde yf the rote leues be steped or soked in wyne and the pacyent drynke the wyne / it wyll clere the syght ¶ For the stone B ¶ The thyrde it wyll breke the stone yf the rotes and the iuce be medled with an herbe called Gramen yf it be dronken ¶ For cardyake passyon C ¶ The fourthe yf eufragye and buglosse be egally medled in oyle olyue it helpeth the cardyake passyon ¶ The .v. Take water of eufragye stylled and put therto the thyrde parte of vygne water / so that there be an vnce of bothe and a dragme of thutic of alexandry well quenched / and of these togider a droppe put in to the eyes helpeth the syght ¶ Agaynst the fallynge euyll C ¶ And yf in the sayde water composed of the sayde two waters be soden a dragme of castoreum It wolde be a meruaylous thynge agaynst the fallynge euyl and is a specyally proprete ¶ These thynge sayth Arystotle in the quātyte of vertues of thynges Mayster Peter of Spayne that was a solempnell clerke sayth that yf eufragye be medled with fenell / rue / veruayne / relydony / bethony / and capilli veneris / and all togyder it helpeth meruaylously to preserue and conforte the syght / and wasteth the reednesse and payne of the eyen ¶ Thus endeth the names of herbes begynnynge in E. ¶ And begynneth the names of herbes that do begyn with F. ¶ De flamula Sereworde Ca. C.lxvii FLammula is an herbe so named bicause it is hote brēneth as flāme It is hote drye in the fourthe degre whā it is grene / but whā it is drye it is nought ¶ To perce the skyn without blode A ¶ To make a cautere wtout blode stampe this herbe / and lay it to the parte that ye wyl haue it and leue it there a day and a nyght and ye shal fynde the skynne brent frette a souder ¶ To breke apostume B ¶ To breke an apostume full of fylthe that hath a harde skynne ouer it / bruse this herbe with oyle / and lay it therto This oyle is medled therwith to moyst it bycause the herbe shall not moyst the place to moche ¶ For feuer quartayne C ¶ Agaynst feuer quartayne and gout arteryke some worke inwarde / and agaynst ylyake passyon do in this maner / set it in the sonne .xxx. or .xl. dayes This must be vsed in meates or other wyse to the quantyte of thre dragmes / and this oyle is good outwarde agaynst gout artetyke / ylyake passyon and stranguri and dissury / agaynst the stone yf it be mynystred with clyster ¶ De ferrugine Ca. C.lxviii FErrugo is the scomme of yren / the scales / and ben of one vertue This scomme of yren is hote and drye in the seconde degre the scales of yren is called squama ferri in latyn It is that that fleeth of the yren whan it is forged But the scomme of yren called ferrugo is that that abydeth and cleueth in the furneyse where yren is hette and forged It hath vertue to soften and to drye ¶ For to soften the mylte A ¶ To soften and vnbynde the mylte / drynke the wyne that hote yren is quenched in whan it is reede ¶ For opylacyon of the mylte B ¶ Agaynst opylacyon of the mylt of longe contynuaūce / take two dragmes of very smal powdre of scomme of yren with warme wyne it wyll prouoke vryne in grete quantyte and vomyte so moche that deeth foloweth And to delay this strength water that dyamāt hath ben tempred a nyght abateth and restreyned the vomyte This wytnesseth dyascorydes but this maner of vomyte is to peryllous ¶ For emorroydes C ¶ Agaynst emorroydes confyet very fyne powdre of scōme of yren with iuce of tapsebarbe / and lete the pacyent take coton wete it therin and lay it to the sore It is a good remedy ¶ For costyfnesse D ¶ Agaynst tenasmon that is costyfnesse / agaynst blody flux of the wombe hete the scomme of yren veray hote and droppe vyneygre theron / and lete the pacyēt receyue the fume or smoke at the foundement Dyascorydes sayth that hote brennynge yren quenched in water or wyne / the sayde water or wyne ben good for longe flux of the wombe / and for sores of the bowelles / apostume of the longes and remolycyon of the stomake Galyen sayth that it helpeth gretely The scomme stoppeth the excessyfe floures in womē But it caused payne of the stomake ¶ For to growe heere E ¶ Yf oyntement of it be made vpon the place that the heere falleth it causeth them to growe agayne ¶ De fumo terre Fumyterry Ca. C.lxix FVmus terre is hote in the fyrst degre / and drye in the seconde It it called Fumus terre Fume or smoke of the erthe bycause it is engendred of a cours fumosyte risynge from the erthe bycause it cometh out of the erthe in grete
of the breste / and of the longues / therwith nourysshe well / but it is grossely and therfore who so vseth them moche haue payne and heuynesse of the stomake and stoppe the wayes of the mylte and lyuer / therfore gynger / otmell ought to be eateÌ„ after theÌ„ yf the persone be colde of nature And yf he be hote of nature eate oxizacre after them ¶ De Melangis Ca. CC.xcix mElonges ben fruytes of an herbe so called the bereth beryes as grete as peares / and the leues be brown and haue a bytter sauour and ben not alowed of maysters for they haue foure euyl qualytees Isaac sayth that they be hote dry in the secoÌ„de degre / and sayth that they haue sauour bytter sharpe / that byteth the tongue / and therfore they be soone tourned in to melancolyke humours or adust coler of theyr kyndde / and therfore they because of frekens / blaynes tetters / canker / and lepre / and brede hote and harde apostume / and stoppeth vaynes of the body But who wyll mynysshe theyr anoyaunce must cleue them and fyll them full of salte and so stepe them in warme water / thre or foure tymes tyll the water be not blacke / and than soden / and the water cast away and than soden in potage with fatte flesshe of befe / moton / or porke who that wyll eate the brothe without flesshe put vyneygre with a lytell oyle therto ¶ De Mora bacci Ca. CCC.i. MOra bacci is a wylde fruyte that groweth in busshes and breres and they be called blacke beryes / and ben hote and moyste in the fyrst degre as Plinius sayth / of this blacke beryes is rehersed in the CC.xcii chapytre of mora celsi aforesayde ¶ For the grauell A ¶ Blacke beryes be good for them that haue the grauell / for they cause them well to pysse / and that causeth them to voyde the stone that haue ben longe in the bladder ¶ For the lepre B ¶ The iuce of it gadered and tempered with the syrope made of wylde sauge is good for them that ben leprose / and they that fereth the comynge of it shall vse euery mornyng to drynke therof halfe and vnce ¶ Cassius felix sayth he that is ful of ytche he shall anoynte hymselfe in a bathe with the iuce of blacke beryes / than shall his skynne be fayre and smote ¶ De Melonibus Melons Ca. CCC.ii MElons that we call pompous be of two maners There be some longe and some rounde But the rounde be of courser substaunce and more gleymy / and that is sene by theyr fygure / for it sygnyfyeth that humour that they be bredde of bycause it was gleymy that it is egally spredde rouÌ„de about to growe But the longe ben of more nymble substaunce / and thynner / bycause it is put in a longe fygure in growynge / and that is proued by reason / for the sauour of the rouÌ„de is thoucheth somwhat to swetenesse But the sauour of the longe is werysshe as water / with a swetenesse / which betokeneth that the substaunce is cones or grosse / and therfore the longe Pompons / be not so noyfull as the rounde But they haue lytell vertue to clense / to wasste purge The rounde be more noyfull but they haue more vertue to clense / to wasste and to vnstoppe / for yf the body is rubbed with them it is clensed of all fylthe They ben bothe redy to tourne to rottenesse / and lyghtly they chauÌ„ge to the qualyte of humours that they fynde in the stomake / whatsoeuer they be / flumatyke or coleryke / and therfore they greue the stomake / soften the synewes of the body / maketh them lethy and make the stomake slyder / take away the sharpnesse therof And whan they be eaten after other meate by theyr sokynge in the stomake / anone and before it be dygested they cause wynde and wryngyng in the wombe bowelles / and somtyme prouoketh vomyte and wambelyng causeth yll appetyte And therfore who that wyll vse them eate them fastyng / and take none other meates tyll ye thynke them dygested And in this maner they dygest wel cause good humours though they be flumatyke And other wyse they brede yll humours cause strong feuers / and specyally to them that be drye hote of kynde / that bycause the teÌ„dernesse of theyr substauÌ„ce that chauÌ„ge lyght to coleryke humours The rote of the herbe and also the melons be not so colde as the pyth of the frute And whaÌ„ they be dryed they become drye to the ende of the seconde degre / and therfore they be more slypper / vnstoppyng the vaines and conduytes thaÌ„ the fruyte The sedes prouoketh vryne causeth to pysse / and clenseth the reynes and the bladder of grauell and stones But the vertue is more in werke of the reynes thaÌ„ of the bladder / bycause the grauel stones of the reynes be softe / of the bladder harde / therfore behoueth harder medycyns to the bladder than to the reynes ¶ To prouoke vomyte A ¶ Two dragmes of the powdre of the rote prouoketh vomyte ¶ For heate in the stomake B ¶ Melons Palâ—stynes that we call sarazyns Melons / haue lesse moysture than the other / resysteth more to tourne in to corrupcyons / and therfore they be better for them that haue grete heate in the stomake and that haue feuer / for theyr coursnesse colde abateth heate of the feuer ¶ Thus endeth the names of herbes begynnynge with M. begynneth the names begynnynge with N. ¶ De Narsturcio Tame cresses Ca. CCC.iii NArsturciuÌ„ is Cresses It is a comyn herbe / neuerthelesse there be two sortes For there be water cresses / and gardyne cresses And whan cresses is onely spoken of without ony addycyon it is gardyn cresses It is hote drye in the fourthe degre Some call them gusium / and other anthonaes The sede hath more vertue thaÌ„ ony parte of the herbe And whan cresse is founde in receptes it is the sede and not the herbe The sede may be kept .v. yeres good The herbe hath grete vertue grene / drye but lytell ¶ For palsy of the tongue A ¶ Agaynst palsy of the tongue / that is whan the tongue is full of holes / and the pacyent can not speke bycause the sinewes of the tongue is full of humours at it happeneth often in feuers ague Therfore do chawe the sede of cresses / and holde it longe vnder the tongue ¶ For palsey B ¶ Agaynst palsey or persecucyon of other membres / put this sede in a lytell bagge sethe bagge and all in wyne / and lay it to the seke membre The herbe eaten or soden with flesshe is good therfore ¶ For humours in the brayne C ¶ Agaynst haboundaunce of ouermoche humours of the brayne as of lytargye / blowe the powdre of the sede in to his nose and cause hym snese
Ca. CCCC lxix VVa a grape / or a raysyn is in two maners / that is the grene or eygre and the rype full of swetenesse / that ought to be called the grape That that is eygre is colde in the thyrde degre / and drye in the seconde It hath thre dyuers substaunce That is to wyte the huske / the kyrnelles / and the humour within The kernelles be so harde and drye that nothynge of them conuerteth to the substaunce of man / and come all hole out of the dygestyon But yf they be broken or made in powdre and eaten they conforte the stomake / and restreyneth the body of colyke / and specyally yf they be rosted The huske is harde also and tough ▪ and can not torne to the nature of the body / and therfore it nouryssheth not The humour for the sharpe sourenesse is yll to dygest / but yet it cōforteth the stomake / and quencheth the heet of the lyuer and swage thyrste / and refreyneth and lesseth the brennynge of coleryke humours stauncheth coleryke vomyte / caused of defaute that cometh of the vertue retentyfe of the stomake or lyuer And yf it be put in the eyen it softeneth and tendreth the cours humours of the stones and more 's / and is good agaynst ytchynge and pryckynge of them Dyascorides ordeyned to put grapes in the sonne to waxe eygre afore the canyculer dayes / so longe that they waxed thycke as hony And this iuce so thycked is good for the humours that fall in to the throte and gomes / and to the eares Yf clyster be done with it / it is good against blody flux of the wombe / and agaynst humours that fall in to the matryce ¶ Vua matura / the rype grape engendreth good blode as the fygge dooth that is one of the best fruytes that is But the fygge nouryssheth more The rype grape is cōposed of .iiij. dyuers substaunces The kernell is colde and dry and is of styptyke vertue as the kernell of the vnrype grape but it hath a maner of sharpenesse that causeth it to yssue anone out of the stomake or it be soone dygested Also the huske is colde and drye and tough to dygest And Galyen sayth that the huskes of the grape and of the fygge be lyke in dygestyon And therfore yf the grape be eatē with the huske and kernelles it hardeneth the wombe and causeth wyndes / and swel lynges For they brede humours ferre frō nature and blode Also Galyen sayth that fygges and grapes ben the best of all fruytes / for they be not of harde dygestyon / specyally yf they be lefte to rype perfytely on the tre / and that is proued bycause the labourers in theyr seasons almoost vse thē a louely for theyr meates / and were fatte cryspe / and clene of theyr flesshe And whā fygges and grapes be out of season fayle them anone they were lene / and lese theyr fatnesse that they had goten afore And bycause that the flesshe caused of fygges and grapes is more foggy than faste and stedfast / some eate grapes in one maner / and some in another Some eate them as soone as they come from the vyne / and some do hange them in the ayre tyll they haue loste some of theyr moystnesse Other whā they be gadred put them in muste or sodē wyne They that be eaten as sone as they be takē from the vyne / yf they fynde the stomake empty as wel of humours as of other meate Yf the stomake be stronge in dygestyon the conuerte in to good blode / and helpeth to vnbynde the wombe / and to purge the body of euyll humours And yf they fynde the stomake full of humours or other meates / or feble of dygestion they abyde longe and cause swellyng and wynde / and torne in to noughty humours / and brede grete quantyte of fumes / and flux of the wombe They that be hanged in the ayre tyll they be purged of superflue humours / amonge grapes ben the best / and be of most subtyl nourysshynge / and neyther cause wyndes nor fumes They that be kepte in must or soden wyne be thoughe to dygest / and be leste behouefull to the stomake / and torne to cours humours / and cause inflacyō and fumes bycause of strounge humours that they take in the muste and soden wyne There be grapes that haue no thycke substaunce of meet in them / but onely clere thynne lycoure Other haue moche substaunce meate They that haue no thycke substaunce brede more kyndly humours than they that haue But they nourysshe lesse And therfore the grapes that haue moost thycke substaūce nouryssheth moost but they be harder to dygest The dyuersyte of grapes is yet better praysed in other maners / by theyr sauours / theyr bygnesse and theyr colour The sauour of grapes may be watery / or lyke smell of eldres as grosse swete weryssheuesse / or sauored lyke hony / or meane as taste of wyne onely The grape that hath a grosse swete sauour is of grosse / and werysshe nourysshynge hote / and causeth thyrste / and is harde to dygest / and caused wynde and hurlynge in the bely / and stoppeth the lyuer and the mylte The grape that hath a subtyle watery sauour is colder / and of lyghter dygestyon / and conforteth the stomake / and clēseth coleryke humours / swageth thyrst And the moost tēperate grapes to the body is they that haue a meane sauour For as they haue a meane sauour / so they haue meane operacyons ¶ The dyuersytees of colours in grapes is .iiij. for some be whyte and clere / watry with small substaunce of thyckenesse thynne huskes / and smal kernelles There be that haue blacke colour and thycke substaunce / and bygge kernelles Some be of a dymme browne colour / meane betwene whyte and blacke The whyte be of lyght nourysshynge / and lyght dygestyon / and thyrleth all the veynes / and prouoketh vryne They that be blacke be harde to dygest but they conforte the stomake / and prouoke none vryne / and yf they be well dygested they nourysshe well and moche They that be browne meane betwene white and blacke / and be meane also in operacyon betwene thē bothe And Arystotle sayth that the whyte and subtyle grape nouryssheth leest But it is soonest dygested by dronkēnesse that it causeth / so is not the blacke bycause it is thycker The dronkēnesse of the browne and cytryne be meane / and it is a generall rule that of all wynes that dronkennesse cometh lyghtly / in lyke wyse it gooth lyghtly And yf dronkennesse be longe in comynge it is longe in goyuge ¶ De vite allba Ca. CCCC lxx VItis alba is a wede that spredeth on hedges in heyght qualyte Here shall no more be spoken of it for there is ynough spoken of it in the chapytre of vite cella / that is all one ¶ De Vulfago Ca. CCCC lxxij VVlfago is hote
the qualytees therof It is countrefayt by medlynge of the rotes of bystorte / and redes / but they be sonne knowen / for the rote of redes is werysshe of sauour / and the rote of bystorte is ranke / but galingale is sharpe and of softe sauour ¶ For the stomake A ¶ To conforte dygestyon and agaynst payne of the stomake caused of colde or wynde drynke the wyne that it is soden in ¶ For the brayne B ¶ To conforte the brayne / put it in to the nosethrylles ¶ For the herte C ¶ For passyon of the herte and swownynge / take powdre of galyngale with iuce of borage It is veray good ¶ De Galbano Ca. C.lxxxviii GAlbanuÌ„ is hote and drye in the thyrde degre / moyst in the fyrst / some sayth that it is a goÌ„me / but as Dyascorydes sayth it is the teeres of a tre called ferulla In somer there dropeth a lycour out of the plantes that hardeneth agaynst them / some cleue the twygge bycause it shall droppe the more / some medle it thus / they put lytell styckes amonge it Some medle good galbanuÌ„ with moche powdre of colofony and with blaÌ„ched beanes stamped Galbanum that is whyte pure as armonyake is best it may be kept longe It hath vertue to drawe and waste humours / and to swage / soften / rype / and vnbynde ¶ For the brethe A ¶ Agaynst lettynge of the brethe called asmatyke Take two dragmes of galbanuÌ„ with a rere egge or with barly water ¶ For lytargy B ¶ Agaynst litargy put galbanum on hote coles and lete the pacyent take the smoke at his nether ende with a fonnell ¶ For the mylte C ¶ Against hardnesse of the mylt lay it .iii. nyghtes in vyneygre / and make a decoccyon and streyne it / and put the sayde streynynge in a clene vessell with waxe oyle / and make a playster that galbanum surmounteth / or make a syronie that wax surmounteth in quantyte of galbanum But the best is to make an oyntement meane betwene soronie and playster ¶ To breke apostume D ¶ To breke and rype apostumes lay it on them ¶ For to the ache E ¶ For the tothe ache wrappe galbanum in waxe and lay it about the tethe / but lete the waxe be outwarde bycause of the taste of galbanuÌ„ But or it be put to vse it ought to be clensed in this maner Fyrst cleue it and scrape it within and take away the barkes / to make it clener streyne it through a lynnen clothe Dyascorydes sayth that it ought to be soden in warme water / that that fleteth aboue be cast away Or otherwyse put galbanum in a linnen clothe and sethe it in water / and that that is good wyll come out and the badde abyde in the clothe ¶ For wormes in the wombe F ¶ For wormes in wombe make pylles of galbanum and anoynte them and hony / vse them Ye may vse .iii. or .iiii. ¶ De gummo arabico Gomme arabyke Ca. C.lxxxix GOmme arabyke / is hote moyst in the fyrst degre / and hath the coÌ„plexyon and nature of dragagant This is a comin gomme called arabyke bycause grete quantyte therof is founde in araby And there be thre maners of it / one is whyte and clere and that is the best and ought to be put in colde medycyns / specyally in an electuari called colde dragagaÌ„t The other two maners of goÌ„me arabyke is / one is yeloue and the other browne / and the clerest is best These two maners of gomme is to be vsed in hote medycyns that gomme arabyke is wryteÌ„ in or goÌ„me sarasyne It may be kept longe Yf it be founde in receptes that ye take gomme with out other thynge put therto / it is to wyte gomme arabyke It hath vertue to release to moyste / to sawge / and to Ioyne ¶ For the tongue A ¶ Agaynst sharpnesse / and drythe of the tongue / put this gomme in water tyll the water be slymy / and with that slyme moyste rubbe the tongue / or bynde the gomme in a thynne lynen clothe / and put it in water tyll it begynne to melte and with the same clothe rubbe the tongue it wyl take away the vyce therof ¶ For vomyte B ¶ For vomyte caused of retentyue weykenesse / take the powdre of gomme and powdre of canell ¶ For spettynge of blode C ¶ For them that spet blode yf it come of the membres in the bulke / sethe veray small powdre of this goÌ„me in iuce of plantayne and with all togyder make pylles and lete the pacyent holde them vnder his tongue tyll they be releuted and softe / and than swalowe them / and lete these pylles be coÌ„fycte in water that dragagant hath lyen in / in suche quantyte that the water become glewy and thycke / and put therto powdre of amidoÌ„ or penettes But yf this blode come of the nourysshynge meÌ„bres / as the stomake / the lyuer / the mylte / and the bowelles / this powdre ought to be taken with iuce of plantayne or with water that dragagant hath soked in ¶ For blody flux D ¶ Agaynst blody fluxe of the wombe sethe this powdre in rose water / or rayne water and drynke it Or gyue this powdre in meates with powdre of mommye Mommye is the powdre that abydeth in the sepultures of cropses that haue ben confycte with spyces after the custome of the Iewes and as we kepe the bodyes of grete lordes fro rottynge For the same flux put of this gomme with a turtyll or a pygeon in powdre / and gyue the same powdre to the pacy cut in meates And yf the flux be caused of the nether bowelles / take this powdre in clyster ¶ For bledynge at the nose E ¶ For bledinge at the nose medle this powdre powdre of bole armenyke with rose water / and make a plaister to the temples And it is also good for flux of the nose meddle powdre of this gomme with powdre of mommye and put it in to the nose ¶ For the brest F ¶ Agaynst all colde drynesse of the brest the water that the powdre of gomme arabyke is soden in is good ¶ De Gariofilata Anens Ca. C.xC GAriofilata is an herbe that is hote and drye in the seconde degâ—◠¶ There is dyfference betwene gariofilatum / and gariofilata / for gariofilatum is a confeccyon that clowes is put in / but gariofilata is an herbe comyn ynough / and is called geloffre or sanemonde The rote therof hath sent of clowes / howbeit it hath more vertue in the leues than in the rote / and the leues ought to be put in medycyns but not the rote It hath more vertue grene than drye / may be kept but one yere / and it hath strength to sprede / waste / and release humours / also to open the veynes of the body ¶ For
colyke A ¶ Agaynst cylyke passyon sethe it in salte water and lay it playsterwyse to the bely behynde and before ¶ For the floures B ¶ To cause menstrue to slowe wasshe the naturall partes with wyne that this herbe is soden in And with the same herbe soden in oyle of muscat make a supposytory ¶ For dygestyon C ¶ To conforte dygestyon / and for payne in the stomake and bowelles caused of colde humours or wyndes / drynke the wyne that it is soden in ¶ De herba Indica Gith Cokyll Ca. C.xci. GYth is an herbe hote and drye in the seconde degre It groweth in the wheet and hath blacke sedes tryangled or syded / and is called herba Indica / but the maysters calle it Nigella / as is shewed here after in N. This sede hath vertue to prouoke vryne bycause it is somwhat bytter / it hath vertue to dysparce / and waste humours ¶ For the vaynes A ¶ For stoppynge of the vaynes of the mylte and lyuer / and lettynge of vryne as strangury and dyssury / and for ylyake passyon / or gnawynge of the bely / agaynst payne of the stomake caused of wynde For all these thynges take the wyne that it is sodeÌ„ in / and also of the powdre in meates ¶ For emorroydes B ¶ For swollen emorroydes Sethe the powdre therof in iuce of tapsebarbe and wete coton therin and lay it on them ¶ For wormes in the wombe C ¶ For wormes in the woÌ„be / take this powdre withe hony and of the same powdre with iuce of wormewoodd make a playster / lay it about the nauyll ¶ For wormes in the eares D ¶ For wormes in the eares / confycte it with iuce of arssmert or persicaria / and put it in the eares ¶ De Milio solis Gromyll / or lychwale Ca. C.xcii GRanum solis is an herbe so called and so is the sede / and is also called miliuÌ„ solis that is all one milium solis and granum solis This sede is called gramyll in frensshe and gromyll in englysshe it is clere and whyte shynynge and therfore it is called grayne of the sonne and it may be kept .x. yeres And hath vertue to cause vryne / and to vnstoppe the conduytes of it The wyne that it is soden in healeth strangury and dyssury / and lykewyse dooth the powdre therof onely put in meates / and helpeth agaynst ylyake passyon / and it is a sede gretely vsed ¶ De gallitrico Clarey Ca. C.xciii GAllitricuÌ„ is a herbe that groweth in sandy and drye places is also named centrum gally It is good to mundyfy and clense the matryce / yf the woman make a bathe ofteÌ„ with it or wasshe her often with the water that it is sodeÌ„ in is good for to cause menstrue to renne that be reteyned ¶ For the stone A ¶ For the stone the iuce of this herbe gyueÌ„ to drynke breketh it meruaylously The sede therof confyct with iuce of fenell clenseth the eyen that be full of fylthe ¶ For the fete B ¶ For the payne of the fete and the legges and for shronken synewes lete the pacyent be often anoynted with iuce of this herbe for it helpeth moche ¶ De galla Galles nuttes Ca. C.xciiii GAlle nuttes be colde and drye in the seconde degre / they be the fruite of okes There be some that be bygge and smothe without and full of â—â—â—es and they be nought But there be other foundâ— in the regyon of Asye that be smal and 〈◊〉 full of hooles / and of them the byggest be best / they haue vertue to restrayne close ¶ For the flux A ¶ For the flux of the wombe / make a playster of the powdre of galles with the gleyre of an egge and vyneygre and lay to the reynes and to the nether parte of the bely Also galle nuttes soden in rayne water and the pacyentes bely bathe therwith / is veray good / and yf the flux were blody yf yt came by vyce of the nether bowelles the water of barly that powdre of galles is soden in mynystred with a clyster helpeth moche ¶ For vomyte caused by weykenesse of vertue retentyue or by haboundaunce of coleryke humours Sethe galle nuttes in vyneygre and wete a sponge in the same and lay it to the stomake To cease menstrue the reÌ„neth to moche Bathe the persone in rayn-water that galles be soden in / or medle the powdre with iuce of plantayne / and put it in the conduyte with an instrumeÌ„t propre therfore or make a suposytory of styffe substaunce and put it in / or wete cotton in the sayde iuce and put it to the place ¶ For bledynge at the nose B ¶ For bledynge at the nose / confycte this powdre with iuce of bursa pastoris / and make a tente therof and put in to the nose and lay a playster to the temples made of galles with whyte of an egge Powdre of galles layde vpon woundes closeth and resowdreth them ¶ For dye heare blacke C ¶ To dye heare in blacke that is whyte or gray Take heuy galles not ful of holes sethe theÌ„ in oyle and wrynge them well betwene two clothes tyl they be well swollen / and that they steyne blacke than take them out of the oyle and lete them drye / make fyne powdre of them Than take the barke of the blacke rotes and stampe them well and put it in rayne water / and set it to sethe and put therto the powdre that was made of the galles / and with the same decoccyon anoynte the berde or heare / and let them drye alone / and than wasshe them with warme water that the skynne be not steyned nor thy handes ¶ De genestula woodyp Ca. C.xcv GEnestula is an herbe lyke to brome / but it is lesse and hath smaller braunches and twygges and hath a whyte floure / and a reed sede as brust or fragon / or kneholme whiche be all one but genesta hath a yelowe floure It is colde and drye / and hath myght to restrayne close ¶ For menstrues A ¶ To restrayne excessyfe menstrues The woman must be bathe with water that this herbe is soden in Or medle genestula with iuce of plantayne and make a supposytory Or make a pessayre of the sayd powdre and iuce ¶ For blody flux B ¶ Agaynst blody flux the forsayde bathe is good And the rendes ought also to be put in medycyns ¶ De genesta Brome Ca. C.xcvi GEnesta is comyn herbe The leueâ— the floures and the sedes ben good in medycyne It is hote and drye in the seconde degre and hath dyurytyke vertue This herbe prouoketh vryne openeth the conduytes of the same / bycause it is bytter and by the qualytees of complexyon ¶ For the stone A ¶ Agnynst the stone and other lettynge of vryne as strangury / and ylyake passyon or gnawynge in the bely Take two dragmes of powdre of brome soden in