quaÌ„tyte lyke smoke this grosse or coâ—ts fumosyte of the erthe / wyndeth and wryeth out / and by workynge of the ayre and sonne it tourned into this herbe The more it is grene the better it is / and whan it is dry it hath no vertu It purgeth humours of melancoly salte flewme / and coler / and is dyntytyke ¶ For scabbes A ¶ For scabbes Take oyle of nuttes and powdre of sene and put therto a good quaÌ„tyte of iuce of fumyterre and anoynte the scabbes therwith And yf the iuce be dronken with sugre and warme water / or iuce of fenell twyse or thryse in the weke it purgeth the humours that causeth scabbes ¶ For dropsy B ¶ Agaynst dropsy called leucoflemaunce The iuce of this herbe medled with two dragmes of powdre of Esula dronken with warme water / or a syrope made of the iuce of fenell or the iuce of esula soden with sugre is very good ¶ For goute C ¶ For gout artetyke Take two vnces of hermodates with iuce of fumeterre And this herbe soden layde on the fete is good ¶ For the stomake D ¶ For humours of melancoly in the stomake And for opylacyon of the mylt and lyuer caused of colde Take this iuce with sugre and drynke it with warme water / and it is to wete that some take this iuce at euen and some in the mornynge / some take it alone without ony thynge medled therwith / and some put some thyng therto But it ought to be taken at nyght / some what put to it that wasteth wynde / as fenell sede or mastyke Fumiterre wasteth dyssolueth wyndy humours It conforteh the stomake and caused appetyte and vnstoppeth the opylacyon of the lyuer mylt and prouoketh floures reteyned in women The iuce therof clenseth the blode and specyally yf it be medled with mirabolani Diascorides sayth that fumiterre healeth the body of all rottennesse by the propryete therof ¶ De Filipendula Dropwort Ca. C.lxx. FIlipedula is an herbe otherwyse called fisalides It is hote drye in the thyrde degre The rote is chefely good in medicyne / and ought to be gadred in heruest tyme / and may be kept x. yere in strength It hath dyuretyke vertue by the qualytees and substance ¶ For payne in the bladder A ¶ Agaynst payne in the bladder / and lete of vryne / for strangury / dyssury / and ylyake passyon / drinke wyne that the powdre therof is soden / or electuary of two partes of it and the thyrde of Saxifrage ¶ For the stomake fallinge euyll B ¶ Agaynst payne of the stomake caused of colde / take the powdre therof in meates the same is good agaynst fallynge euyll ¶ For payne of the brethe C ¶ Agaynst payne of the brethe called asma caused of colde / take the poudre therof with powdre of gencyan in meates and drynkes And for the same take the powdre of filipendula and powdre of orpyment on the coles / and lete the pacyent take the smoke at the mouthe It is very good ¶ For ylyake passyon D ¶ For ylyake passyon make a clyster with salt water that the powdre therof is soden in with oyle and hony ¶ De Fraxino Asshe tre Ca. C.lxxi FRaxinus is an asshe tre It is colde and drye in the seconde degre The barke and the sedes / and a glewy thynge that groweth out of it in maner of a mussheron is good for medycyne ¶ For flux A ¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe after that ye haue taken purgacyon / make fomentacyon with rayne water that the barke and this glewy thynge is soden in ¶ For vomyte A ¶ Agaynst vomyte caused of weykenesse of the vertue reteyne / take the powdre therof with rayne water / yf it be by sharpenesse of humours Take the barke of the mussheron of it soden in vyneygre and were a sponge therin and lay it vnder the stomake ¶ For the mylte B ¶ For payne of hardnesse of the mylte lete the pacyent vse the wyne or water that the barke of asshe is soden in without doubt it wyll heale hym ¶ For lechery C ¶ To styre lecheri the sedes of asshe put in electuaryes / and the same sedes pylled put in dyasatirioÌ„ for the same cause / or yf they be eaten by themselfe / it helpeth and conforteth Yf braunches of asshe be brused layde vpon longe sores and pymples healeth them / yf a dragme and a halfe of the barke be brused in wyne it purgeth flewmatyke humours And yf it be layde on broken bones it reioyned knytteth them ¶ Feniculus latine Hazienis vel Hakasmech Arabice Fenell Ca. C.lxxii FEnell is hote and drye in the seconde degre It hath dyurytyke vertue by the swyftnesse of substaunce and qualytees The leues the ryndes and the rote is good in medycyne / but whan maratrum is founde in receptes it is the sedes of fenell In coleres and medycyns for the eyen / the iuce of the rote ryndes is best The rotes be nor put but yf the be sayde expressely The ryndes of the rotes ben gadred in the begynnynge of vere and ben kept halfe a yere The sedes be gadred in the begynnynge of haruestand may be kept thre yeres ¶ For the mylte A ¶ Agaynst stoppynge of the milte and lete of vryne and the stone caused of hote humours Take the water that the ryndâ—â—f fenell rotes is soden in and yf the dyseases be of colde cause / sethe the sayde ryndes in wyne and drynke it Fenel in all maner is good for the sayde dyseases soden or rawe layde to in maner of a playster ¶ For the stomake B ¶ The same water or wyne easeth the payne of the stomake caused of colde or wyndes / and conforteth dygestyon / and lykewyse dooth the powdre of the sede ¶ For dropsy C ¶ Agaynst leucoflewmaunce dropsy take in dragmes of hermodates and as moche esula soden in the iuce of fenell rotes / and streyne it and vse it at euen or the stomake be fylled / or fastynge in the mornynge ¶ For the webbe in the eye D ¶ Agaynst the webbe in the eye or ytche of it Set the iuce of fenell a fourtenyght in the sonne in a vessell of brasse / and than be made in maner of colire / for the ytche make this certayne experymeÌ„t Take good aloen and confyct it with iuce of fenell / 〈◊〉 vse it in the eyen ¶ De fenegreco Fenegreke or setwall Ca. C.lxxiii FEnegreke is hote and drye / but it is lesse drye than hote and hath vertue to rype and lose ¶ To rype apostumes A ¶ To rype apostumes / take the meale of fenegreke confyct with whyte of an egge and lay therto For to rype and breke it / take the meale therof with terbentyne the herbe also soden in oyle layde theron rypeth it ¶ For the mylte B ¶ Agaynst hardnesse of the mylte / lay the herbe .xv. dayes in
oyle / and than sethe it streyne it / and put waxe and meale therof to the sayde streynynge and make an oyntement And the same is good to rype botches ¶ For the brest C ¶ For apostumes in the brest / fyl a bagge with meale of fenegreke sethe it in water that bysmachie / holyhocke was soden in and lay it often on the place ¶ For the stomake D ¶ Agaynst apostume of the stomake / and of the bowelles Sethe meale of fenegreke with water that malowes was soden in and lay to it This is not good for apostumes of the brest bycause it is to hote ¶ De filice Ferue Ca. C.lxxiiii FIlex is ferue It is a commune herbe The grekes call it pyterrigum ¶ For stynkyn in the body A ¶ Agaynst all rottynnesse or stynkynge in the body Sethe rotes of ferne / and egrymony in wyne of eche two dragmes and it wyll hepe meruaylously ¶ For dysease of chylderen B ¶ For a sekenesse that chylderen haue that is whan they be laxe / and that somwhat fall to theyr foundement / bruse the rotes of ferue with grece / and lay it to playster wyse on a lynnen clothe / and he shall be hole in .v. dayes ¶ For the mylt C ¶ For hardnesse of the mylt / the drynke that the rote of ferue is soden in often takeÌ„ softened the mylte and swageth the payne ¶ For synewes D ¶ Agaynst ache of the synewes and ioyntes medled the rote of ferue with grese layd playsterwyse theron ¶ For stytches E ¶ For tenaâ—mon / costyfnesse / or stytche Sethe the rotes of ferue / of tapsebarbe / malowes soden togyder in wyne or in water / lete the pacyent take the smoke therof at the foundement or in ony other paynfull place / wasshe it with the same lycour ¶ For the flux F ¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe / take the rotes of ferue / roses / wylde cresses fygge tre leues / and floures of camomylle / of eche alyke moche / and beten togyder / and sethe them in reyne water tyll the water be halfe wasted / and than receyue the smoke / and wasshe the fete in the sayde water ¶ To drawe out yren or thorne G ¶ To drawe out yreÌ„ / thorne or other thynge prycked in the flesshe Take the rote of ferue and the cynde of a fenell rote medled with hony and soden in a panne tyll it be thicke / and lay it therto and it wyl drawe it out ¶ De Fragraria Sâ—awbetyes Ca. C.lxxv FRagraria is an herbe called strabery It groweth in woodes and grenes / and shadowy places / is pryncypally good agaynst all euylles of the mylt The iuce therof dronken with hony profyteth meruaylously ¶ For the brethe A ¶ For them that take brethe with payne as it were syghynge The iuce therof take in drinke with white peper heleth it Strawberyes eateÌ„ helpeth coleryke persones / coÌ„forteth the stomake / and quencheth thyrst ¶ De Fystularia Ca. C.lxxvi FIstularia is an herbe / some call it taglossana This herbe is lyke mariorayne / but it is grener / hath a yelowe sede as .v. leued grasse The rote therof is smal browne It is pryncypally good to heale fystulaes Yf the herbe he brused and layde therto / or the iuce put in the hole of the sore The powdre of this herbe layde vpon woundes byndeth and resowdreth myghtely ¶ De faseolis Ca. C.lxxvii FAseoli ben graynes so called and be hote in the mydle of the seconde degre and moyst in the ende of the same They be knowen to be moyst bycause they drye not as other graynes / and though they drye yet they may not be kept longe therfore they brede cours grosse humours / and swellynge wyndes and engendre horryble dremes / and troublous There be of them whyte and browne and the whyte ben moyster and lesse hote / and therfore they be of grosse nourysshynge / of harde dygestyon and engendre cours humours of flewme And to make them softe they must be sodeÌ„ in water and braunched out of the huskes / and than soden in water and oyle / and comyn / and peper put therto and so be eaten Whan the whyte faceoles beÌ„ grene they ought to be purgeth fro their huskes / and eaten with salt sone / orygan / calament / comyn / and peper / pure stronge wyne dronken therto The browne faseoles be of lesse moystnesse than the whyte / and therfore they do grete operacyon ¶ De faba inuersa Ca. C.lxxviii FAba inuersa is an herbe that hath thycke and bygge leues fatte a whyte rote It is hote drye ¶ For apostumes A ¶ For hote apostumes stampe these leues with fresshe porkes grese / make a playster and lay to it It easeth the payne / rypeth it / and wasteth the heet ¶ For brennynge B ¶ To heele a brennynge / medle the iuce of this herbe medled with oyle of roses and anoynte the place ¶ De faba coÌ„muni Beanes Ca. C.lxxix FAba be coÌ„mune beanes There be dyuers maner in kynde of colde and heate For some be eaten grene / and other drye whan they be olde wydred The grene be colde and moyst in the fyrst degre they brede nourysshynge of veray grosse and rawe humours / and cause wyndes in the vpper partes of the wombe / and therfore they grene the stomake Drye beanes ben colde and drye in the fyrst degre They engendre blode not so yll and nourysshe better thaÌ„ barly for two causes One cause is / for they be of grosse thycke substaunce / and abydeth longer in the meÌ„bres And barly hath a swyfte substaunce and lyght / and deperted anone fro the meÌ„bres / and therfore it nourysshe but lytell The seconde cause is bycause the beanes cause many grete wyndes the swelle the flesshe as leneyn dooth the paste And therfore bredeth fume in the wombe that mouÌ„teth in to the heed and brayne and greueth them / and causeth many straunge dremes And for bycause that beanes of theyr nature do brede wyndes It can not be takeÌ„ away by artyfyce or craft of sethynge nor otherwyse Galyen sayth that beanes vsed in meates cause swellynge / and be harde to dygest / but by medycyne they helpe to spette out the humours of the brest longes for they haue vertue to reÌ„ne And therfore they abyde not so longe in the stomake as other cours meates do They haue all vertue to clense and to scoure / for they esâ—se the skynne outwarde yf it be wasshed ofteÌ„ with beane meale ¶ For apostumes A ¶ Yf they be layde to apostume of the brestes / or genytorys in maner of a playster they wyll sprede and dyssolue the mater And all this that we haue of theyr vertue is in theyr pyth for the rynde is styptyke hath no rennynge vertue And therfore we sethe the leues with the ryndes in vyneâ—gre gyue them to suche as haue symple
litarge ceruse be cōfict with rose water anoynte al about the apostume The lytarge of golde that is called tachume is good for dyseases of the eyen in this maner Make fyne powdre therof wasshe it v. or .vi. tymes in rose water tyl it trouble not the water / vse the sayde powdre in the eyes with rose water onely ¶ For the visage E ¶ To clense the vysage / to voyde the dīnesse euyll colour called pānus the womē haue after theyr chyldynge Take hēnes sewte or of a goos melte it at the fyre put powdre of litarge of golde and make an oyntement and vse it ¶ De Lactuca Letuse Ca. CC.xxxviii LEtuse is colde moist īmoderately and the sede is colder than the herbe but the auctours tell not in what excesse it is This herbe is good to eate and the sede for medycynes Letuse is reputed of auctours the moost temperate herbe that is / and that bredeth best blode and moost causeth haboūdaunce of mylke It is a cōuenable meate for coleryke persones yf they eate it sodē or otherwise Yt is good ī feuer eyther rawe or sodē Yf it be soden in vyneygre and saffron put therto eaten it vnstoppeth the cōduytes of the lyuer and the mylte ¶ To cause slepe A ¶ To cause slepe / bruse the sede smal with womans mylke and whyte of an egge and lay it to the temples ¶ The powdre also of the sede taken with mylke caused a body to slepe / and for them that haue the feuer do the same ¶ For hote apostumes B ¶ Agaynst hote apostumes at the begynnynge Confycte the sede with oyle of Roses and layde to the sores ¶ De Lactuca siluestri Wylde letuse Ca. CC.xxxix LEectuca siluestris is wylde letuse and is moche lyke the tame in fygure of leues / but yet the stalkes or twygges of wylde letuse is longer and sklēdrer and sharper / and be not so grene as the tame bycause they haue lesse of moysture And that appereth in that the wylde letuse is bytter and it is more rauke of humours than the tame / and therfore it is not so colde ¶ Dyascorides sayth that a dragme of the mylke of wylde letuse medled with iuce of the tame and vynegre bryngeth out rawe humours ¶ To cause slepe A ¶ The mylke therof alone causeth slepe / some say that they haue vertue to cause floures in women to flowe Yf they be staunched by theyr bytternesse And though that the tame be colde and moyste / neuertheles it is not excedynge For yf the qualytees had maystry ouer al / it sholde haue no nature no propryete to dye as it hath But by the coldnesse that is attrybued to it that it is good in medycyne / and in it selfe by lastynge longe tyme / than it is not good for meate And auncyent men compared it to the water of a standynge lake or ponde / that whiche water is hoter than water of rennynge ryuers bycause of the stone that shyneth on them / and gooth to the botome and causeth the mudde to medle with the water Bycause letuse is colde and moyst moderately it is the best of all herbes / and engendreth good blod and in grete quantyte and yf it be eaten vnwasshed it is better For water encreaseth the colde and moysture therof Letuse is of good dygestyon and prouoketh vryne / and ceaseth the payne of the stomake / of the heed / and the cough caused of coleryke humours / and coleth the opylacyon of the blode It causeth slepe rest yf it be layde to the temples for all the sayde dyseases Neuerthelesse to eate it is more prouffytable soden than rawe But to encrease mylke in the brestes and sede of man / it is best at the begynnynge or it haue moche mylke in it For whan it hardeneth and hath plente of mylke / the moystnesse lesseth / and waxeth bytter and of lesse nourysshynge and geteth aperatyue vertue / than engendreth noughty blode noyeth them that contynually vseth them It causeth dymnesse of the eyen and wasteth / and corrupteth the naturall sede / that causeth syght / and is cause to mortyfy and sle the spyrytes that be the cause of the propryte of syght and stauncheth the naturall heete and thyckeneth the sede of nature And therfore it is a good remedy for them that oftē make polucyon ¶ For hote apostumes B ¶ A playster made of al this herbe rubbed and layde to hote apostumes / ceaseth the heate ¶ De lupinis Ca. CC.xl. LVpyns ben graynes so called / and be in two maners / for there be bytter lupyns pryncypally moost conuenable in medycyns Also there be lupyns that by lōge beyng ī water become swete Lupyns haue dyurytyke vertue / and vnstoppeth the reynes and the bladder / causeth to pysse well ¶ For wormes A ¶ For wormes in the wombe Take meale of bytter lupyns and confyct them with hony and so vse it ¶ For the same take brede made of the meale of lupyns knoden with iuce of wormwoode / and lay it to the nauyll / and yf a lytell aloen be put therto it wyl be better The same cōfeccyon wtout aloen vnstoppeth the conduytes of the lyuer mylte It is also good agaynst dropsy The meale of lupyns medled with iuce of the herbe persicaria / that is ars smert or culrage / and put in to the eares sleeth the wormes This meale confyct with hony rypeth colde apostumes and breketh them Isaac sayth that lupyns be hote and drye in the seconde degre / yf this meale be dronken with rue and peper it is good for them that haue dysease in the mylte ¶ For blaynes B ¶ Water the lupyns be soden in heleth pymples pusshes or blaines yf they be wasshed therin Lupyns that be made swete in water make cours nourysshinge and be harde to dygest and engendre grosse humours Some say yf meale of lupyns be layde on a heiry place it causeth the heare to fall / kepeth that none growe ¶ De lauro Laurel or bayes Ca. CC.xli LAurell is hote and drye / the fruyte and the leues be good in medycyns But the leues haue gretest vertue to conforte by cause of they good odour But the fruyte haue more vertue to deuyde to sprede and to consume humours Yf the leues be gadred and put in a drye place without smoke they may be kept good a yere / but the fruyte may be kept two yeres A lytel bayne that bay leues is soden in is good to clēse the matryce / and helpeth to conceyue yf the lettynge come of colde ¶ For colyke passyon A ¶ For colyke passyon a bathe made of bay leues soden is good ¶ For the pose B ¶ Agaynst colde pose of the heed / sethe bay leues in water and lete the pacyent receyue the smoke at his mouthe / and with the same water wasshe the temples and the forheed For the same put the powdre of bay
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
for the dyseases aboue sayde / and agaynst vndygestyon of the stomake caused of colde The sede of basyll with a lytel of cadacace that is iuce of sloes thyckened soden in rayne water and gyuen to the pacyent ¶ For the matryce C ¶ For to clense the matryce / for the stynted menstrue Sethe this herbe in water make a lytell bathe about the orifyce / and make a supposytory of the tender croppes of this herbe and lay to the place Constantyne sayth that the iuce of this herbe put in to the matryce with an instrument for the same clenseth the matryce / and maketh it redy to conceyue / and cause the mēstrue to renne This herbe soden in wyne and oyle layde to the hyppes and the bely is good for the ache of the wombe And yf it be layde to the reynes it helpeth agaynst costyfnesse that is called tenasmon ¶ De Opoponaco Ca. CCC.xv. OPoponaco is hote drye in the fyrst degre Opos in greke language is as moche to say as iuce And opoponac is an herbe so called It is the iuce of vax Vax is an herbe lyke to ferula to foresayd Opoponac is made ī this maner a pitte is made rounde about the rote of this herbe / and the rote is clouen / and therout cometh a lycour that hardenet therto by the heate of the sonne / and than it is scraped away fro the barke of the rote Opoponac is to be chosen that is of clerest and bryght substaunce / and a browne colour And whan it shall be put in medycyne it must be clensed in this maner It is put in a small vessell and that vessell is put in to an other so that no water come to it / and by heate of the water the purest dooth melte / and the couesest and erthy gooth asyde Than the purest is put in medycyns after the quantyte of the recept Smoke or fume made of opoponac is good agaynst lytargy the slepynge euyll For it lesseth and spredeth the mater that is cause therof / and purgeth it gretely vndernethe ¶ For hoorsnesse A ¶ Pylles made of rounde droppes that is founde in opoponac is good agaynst hoorsnesse caused of colde And they may be takē alone with a rere egge For the same / put opoponac all a nyght in the iuce of an herbe called horehounde / and in the mornynge hete the iuce and put hony therto and make a confeccyon in maner of an electuary ¶ For colyke passyon B ¶ For the colyke or ylyake passyō put opoponac in iuce of fenell / and in the morning bete them togyder and suger therto / and gyue it to the pacyent / but fyrst take a clyster The moost that may be gyuen of opoponac is .iii. dragmes ¶ For the moder C ¶ To cause the moder to flowe / and to cause the deed chylde to yssue out of the wombe and the skynne that it lyeth in Make a supposytory of Opoponac medled in oyle of muske / and iuce of wormwood and put in to the conduyte Opoponac taken with iuce of wormwood hony sleeth worme in the wōbe / a playster of opoponac healeth broken and slayne synewes ¶ De Opio Ca. CCC.xvi OPium is colde and drye in the fourthe degre And is of two maners One is called opiū the bayke / by cause it is made in the countre of Thedes It is the iuce of popy / as shall be shewed afterwarde The other is called opium tranensiū / that is assa fetida / spokē of afore But we wyll speke nowe of Opium made of popy / and is made thus A carfe or clyfte is about the heed of popye or in the leues and the mylke that cometh out cleueth to the knoppe / and than it is gadred and is called opimum / cometh out of Thebes and is the best / and hath an horryble taste is neyther harde nor softe / and hath a browne colour / and is kept .ix. yeres It is put in medycyns to delay the heate of them / and the compost medycyns that they be put in be called opiates It hath vertue to staūche and to slee But in hote medycyns it hath not that effecte bycause heete of spyce letteth it ¶ To cause slepe A ¶ To cause a seke persone to slepe Medle opium in womans mylke / and put powdre of mandragora therto / and to anoynte the apostumes / as the apostume called erisipile that is caused of coleryke humours And as herpes / that is an īpostume that is reed and eaten rounde about Confyet opium with iuce of an herbe called knotgrasse or corrigiole / or with iuce of henbane / and make a playster therto ¶ To cause slepe B ¶ The quantyte of a grayne or sede of a fyche of opiū taken in the body astonyeth and mortyfyeth all the wyttes of man in suche maner that he feleth no payne causeth hym to slepe ¶ To delay ache C ¶ To take away ouer grete payne / cōfyct opium with womans mylke oyle of roses and make a playster / and though it helpeth to mortyfye for the tyme / yet it noyeth afterwarde / bycause it kepeth the mater in the place fro spredynge ¶ De Origano Brotherworte Ca. CCC.xvii ▪ ORiganum is hote and drye in the .iii. degre And of it is two maners One is wylde that hath broder leues / and is of stronger operacyon than the other The other is tame and groweth in gardyns / hath lesse leues and is of softer operacyon it ought to be put in medicyns It ought to be gadred whan it bereth floures / and dryed in a shadowy place But in medycis the stalkes must be casten away / it may be kept a yere It hath vertue to drawe sprede humours / to lose waste wyndes ¶ For the pose A ¶ Agaynst colde pose / put the leues floures in a bagge / and lay it veray warme to the heed / and couer it well tyll ye sweate The brothe that it is soden in bobled in the mouthe wasteth the humours in the gommes and throte The powdre therof layde on the dygge of the tongue wasteth and delayeth the moystnesse therof ¶ For the brethe B ¶ Against paine of the brethe called asma yf it be caused of colde / take the wyne that it is soden in with fygges / and the powdre therof confyct with hony / and taken with warme water The wyne that it is soden in conforteth dygestyon / and ceaseth payne of the stomake and bowelles / small fasiolles of this herbe soden in wyne and layd to the reynes is good agaynst lette of vryne and to them that pysse dropmeale ¶ For costyfnesse C ¶ For costyfnesse wherby the foundement cometh out / yf it come of colde / put the powdre of orygan on towe and lay it to the foūdement whyles it is out This herbe well soden in wyne and oyle layde to the matryce mollyfyeth it ¶ For the matryce D ¶ Bathe made with
peches sleeth the wormes in the bely yf it be dronken / for the same a playster therof layde to the nauyll / and yf the iuce be dropped in the eares it sleeth the wormes in them ¶ De pede columbino Doues fote Ca. CCC.lxi PEs columbinus / doues fote is an herbe that is otherwyse called flectir It hath rounde iagged leues is lyke a doues fote / and the stalkes and leues be reedysshe / and the floure browne / and it stretcheth on the erthe It groweth in sandy places / and ought to be gadred in maye or in Iune with the leues dryed in shaâ—â—we / and may be kept good one yere Whan it is founde to be put in medycyns as trocis / called trocis dyacoralis the leues must be taken with the floures ¶ For swollen ballokes A ¶ For them that haue swolleÌ„ ballokes 〈◊〉 flewme so that they shyne / stampe douâ—â— fote with small grene letuse / lay it playsterwyse therto ¶ De ruta Rue Ca. CCC.lxij RVe is hote and drye in the seconde degre / and is in two maners That is tame wylde / the wylde is called pyganium The leues and sedes of rue is good in medycyns / but yf ye fynde rue in receptes it is vnderstande the leues and not the sedes / but yf they be expressed / and lyke wyse of piganiuÌ„ wylde rue The sede of rue may be kept .v. yeres / and the leues one yere ¶ For heed ache A ¶ For ache of the heed caused of flewme / and for the fallynge euyll Put the pacyeÌ„t in a vayne / and than put hote rue in his nosethrylles it wyl cause hym voyde moche flewme at the nose / and wyll clense the brayne / and conforte it The wyne that rue is soden in is good for the same ¶ For the fallynge euyll B ¶ For the fallynge euyl Sethe thre dragâ—â—â— of iuce of rue with a lytell wyne and gâ—ue to the pacyent ¶ For the syght C ¶ For defaute of syght caused of a fume ytâ—â—mâ—th to the eyes Put â—ue in the vessell tâ—â—t wyne is in and lete the pacyeÌ„t drynke the wyne ¶ For tothe ache D ¶ For tothe ache Sethe rue in wyne and lay it to the tothe Or elles take a stalke of rue put it in the fyre / and al hote thyrst it in to the tothe ¶ For coldenesse of the stomake E ¶ Agaynst coldenesse of the stomake / and agaynst palsey and wrencynge of the same or of the other lymmes Take wyne that rue and castoreum is soden in ¶ For ache of the wombe F ¶ For ache of the wombe Sethe thre dragmes in hony / and at the last put therto iuce of rue and vse it ¶ For the mylte G ¶ For opylacyon of the mylte / and of the lyuer / and agaynst lette of vryne Take the wyne that rue is soden in with fenell rotes ¶ For strangury dyssury H ¶ Agaynst strangury and dyssury Sethe rue and lay it to the share ¶ For costyfnesse I ¶ Agaynst costyfnesse caused of colde / make a lytell bathe in wyne that rue is soden in And yf the dysease come of heate Hete vyneygre and powre it on rue and lay it to the share ¶ For floures in women K ¶ For the floures that be stopped / and to cause the bedde that the chylde lay in to yssue Take trifera magna with iuce of rue at the mouthe Or make a passaire benethe / that is to put it in the womans pryuyte ¶ For ache outwarde of the lymmes L ¶ Agaynst ache of the outwarde lymmes caused of betynge / or fallynge lay sawge and rue vpon a hote tyle / and so hote lay it to the place without ony lycoure ¶ For the eyen M ¶ For the webbe in the eyen and reednesse of them Confycte the powdre of rue with powdre of comyn and lay on the eyen ¶ For venym N ¶ For hym that hath dronken venym / lete hym drynke the iuce of rue And agaynst bytynge of venymous beestes lay rue to the sores ¶ Thus endeth the herbes begynnynge with P. ¶ And foloweth the name begynnynge with R. ¶ De Rosa Rose Ca. CCC.lxiij Osa / the rose is colde in the fyrst degre / and drye in the seconde As wel the drye rose as the grene is good in medycyns Some gadre the roses whan they be rype / but they kepe not so well They ought to be gadred whan they be somwhat blowen / and that they be somwhat reed within They that haue a pale / waÌ„ne / whytysshe or blacke colour ought not to be put in medycyne whaÌ„ they be so gadred thei ought to be somwhat dryed in the sonne / and may be kept thre yeres Many thynges is made of grene roses Yf it is founde in receptes to take roses it is to wyte drye roses / bycause they powdre soonest Of grene roses is made hony of roses / sugre of roses / syrope of roses / water of roses Hony of roses is made in this wyse Take hony and sethe it wel and scomme it clene / and put clene pyked roses therin small chopped without barbes or knoppes / and lethe them a lytell togyder The token that they be soden ynough is whaÌ„ the hony is of browne colour / sauoureth of the roses / and is thycke It may be kept v. yeres This hony of roses is of confortable vertue by the good odoure of the floures / and hath vertu of to clense of the hony And it may be gyuen to flewmatyke and melancolyke persones / and to them that be weyked by sekenesse ¶ To clense the stomake A ¶ To clense the stomake of colde humours Take hony of roses that Sene is soden in and put therin two or thre cornes of salte it may be vsed for the aboue sayd dyseases ¶ Sugre of roses is made thus Take the leues of rose floures and shrede them small and medle them with sugre / and bete them well togyder / and put them in a vessâ—ll of glasse / and set it a moneth in the sonne / and styre them euery day It may be kept .iij. yeres / and ye must take one pouÌ„de of roses to .iiij. pouÌ„de of sugre This sugre of roses hath vertue to restrayne and consorte ¶ For the blody flux B ¶ Agaynst the blody flux of the wombe Medle of this sugre / and a dragme of mastyke at the moost / and gyue to the pacyent and after that gyue hym rose water or wyne to drynke / or mastyke that clowes hath be soden with ¶ For blody flux C ¶ Against other blody flux yf it be by wekenesse of the herte / dysposycyoÌ„ to swowne / by heate that is in the membres of thâ— bulke Take sugre of roses with rose water ¶ Syrope of roses is made in this maner The roses be stamped / the iuce wronge out / and in this iuce is good syrope made And it is to wyte that
be wryten in receptes it is the sedes ¶ For tothe ache A ¶ For the tothe ache holde the rote of sperage a grete whyle in thy mouthe And for them that haue swolleÌ„ fete / the wyne that powdre therof is dronken with healeth theÌ„ ¶ De Sauina Sauyn Ca. CCCC SAuyne is an herbe in maner of a tre is comynly had in religious cloysters / and hath leues lyke ewe / it is hote and drye in the thyrde degre Some call it blancheos / vilopapilion / papicion / chatacieron / and herbe sabyne The leues ben good in medycyne / and may be kept two yeres ¶ For the stomake A ¶ The decoccyon is good for payne of the stomake It is good against lette of vryne and ache of the bely called colyke For it is dyurityke / and spredeth cours humours wyndes It is good to cause a chylde come out of his moders wombe ¶ For costyfnesse B ¶ Agaynst costyfnesse Sethe it in wyne and vyneygre and take the fume at the foundement And a lytell bathe is good for the same layde to the reynes and share ¶ De Sarifraga Sarifrage Ca. CCCC i SArifrage is so called bycause it braketh the stone / it is hote and drye in the thyrde degre Some call it a maucus / other aprogio / other aspiron The wyne that the rote is sodeÌ„ in is good agaynst lette of vryne and the stone / agaynst all payne of the wombe called ylyake passyon The drye powdre therof is good agaynst the sayd dyseases / and it may be taken with a rere egge or otherwyse And yf ye fynde saxifrage in receptes it is the rote But whaÌ„ ye fynde lytospermatis it is the sede The sede and the rote may be kept two yeres in vertue ¶ De Sale Salte Ca. CCCC ii SAlte is hote and drye in the seconde degre It is good for vomyte / and it ought to be broken and soden in vyneygre to drynke / and vyneygre and oyle put therto And whan it is dronken put your fynger or a fether in your mouthe ¶ For wyndes A ¶ For all payne caused of wynde Roste salte and put it in a bagge and lay it to the pâ—ace Of salte and hony is made a supposytory or pylles to cause laxes And the hony must be soden tyll it be all blacke / and than put powdre of salte in to it ¶ Confyete salte with hony / and in the same water put golde that is to whyte / an it wyll recouer colour ¶ De sale Armeniaco Salt armeniake Ca. CCCC iij SAlt armenyake is hote and drye in the fourde degre It is called armenyake bycause it is fouÌ„de in armeny And some say that it is made of an herbe / and it may well be / as nytre is made It ought to be chosen that is whyte / and that hath a sharpe sauour more than saltnesse And it ought not to be put alone in medycyns but alway with other thynges ¶ To clense the face A ¶ It is good to take spottes of womens faces in this wyse Take two partes of salt and one of camfere medled and confyet togyder with rose water / and set it dyuers tymes to drye in the sonne / put rose water therto / do so two or thre dayes anoynte the face ¶ For tetters B Medle the powdre of salt armonyake with sope and therwith rubbe tetters ¶ De Sisimbro Ca. CCCC iiij SIsimbrum is hote and drye in the thyrde degre / and is of two sortes One is wylde / and another tame Whan wylde sisimbrum is founde in receptes it is to wyte calamynt It hath vertue to vnstoppe the conduytes of vryne / and to departe and sprede humours ¶ For payne of the bulke A ¶ Agaynst the payne of the bulke Make a maner of potage of barly with water / put powdre of this herbe therto and gyue it to the pacyent ¶ For rewme B ¶ Agaynst rewme chauffe the leues in a vessell without ony lycour / and put them in a bagge and lay to the heed ¶ For the stomake C ¶ The wyne that this herbe is soden in is good agaynst payne of the stomake / and costyfnesse And causeth the floures to reÌ„ne and helpe to conceyue / clense the matryce And so dooth the water that it is soden in De sale geÌ„ma Salt geÌ„me Ca. CCCC v. SAlt geÌ„me is so called bycause it is bryght as a gemme or a precyous stone It is hote and drye It is a vayne of erthe that groweth so It hath the vertues of salt armonyake / but they be not so stronge Of this salt may a supposytory be made to be laxatyfe ¶ De Saluia Sawge Ca. CCCC vi SAwge is hote in the fyrst degre / drye in the seconde The leues and floures be good in medycyne There be .ij. maners of it The tame / and the wylde / that is called eupatory Sawge is good in medycyns grene drye / but the grene is best It may be kept one yere whan ye fynde in receptes to take sawge it is the comune or tame sawge But whan ye fynde eupatorium or lilifagus it is wylde sawge The tame conforteth more than the wylde / but the wylde vnstoppeth the pypes more than the tame / and hath nerest vertue to castoreum in confortynge synewes The wyne that sawge is soden in is good for them the haue the fallynge euyll Bathe made of water that it is soden in is good to helpe lette of vryne / and to cause floures to reÌ„ne and to clense the matryce The sawce made of sawge / percely / and vyneygre with a lytell peper is good to conforte the appetyte that is febled by colde humours in the stomake De scabiosa Scabyous Ca. CCCC vij SCabyous is hote drye in the seconde degre Some call it Gallinari / and is of two maners But the roughest that groweth in drye places / in medowes or on hylles is of moost vertue ¶ For scabbes A ¶ For the scabbe Sethe the iuce of scabyous in oyle vyneygre tyll it be somwhat thycke anoynte the scabbed place therw ¶ For alopyce B ¶ Bathe made iÌ„ water that it and another herbe called tapsebarbe or moleyne is sodeÌ„ in is good for them that haue a spece oâ— leâ—â—â— called alopice in the whiche the heares â—â—â—le Tapsebarbe is a maner of herbe calâ—ed moleyne / wherof is made a maner of toâ—ches whan it is greased / and is called wolues tayles in frensshe ¶ For the wormes in the wombe C ¶ The iuce of scabyous is good for the same and also sleeth wormes in the wombe / and yf the iuce with oyle be dropped in the eares it clenseth them of fylthe ¶ For emorroydes D ¶ Agaynst emorroydes Sethe scabyous with wyne in a potte and lete the pacyent receyue the fume or smoke ¶ For the foundement E ¶ Agaynst other apostumes of the foundâ—ment called condinolata / or pyles / or atricos that be swellynges
confect with fat erthe is good or elles wasshe it fyrst with vyneygre / put therin a tent anoynted with the sayd coÌ„feccyoÌ„ / or a tent of powdre of alome layd on it ¶ For the gomes B ¶ Agaynst swellynge of the gomes wasshe them fyrst with vyneygre and alome confect togyder / but fyrst set ventoses wtâ—raryfycacyon on the necke and sholders / or sete the ventoses in the hynder parte of the heed / and skaryfye it .iii. dayes / than lay bloodsowkers called horsleches to the gomes / and wasshe the gomes with vyneygre / wherin alome / nutgalles / and roses hath ben soden / and with the same vyneygre wasshe the mouth thre or foure dayes twyse or thryse a day / and it wyll do ease ¶ For scabbes C ¶ For scabbes take quycke brymstone / lytargy / and alome / and sethe them in vyneygre and nut oyle / wasshe the sore place with warme water / and anoynt it ¶ For the dropsy D ¶ For them that haue the dropsy or slepynge lymmes / or artetyk / or scabbes Boyle Alome in water / and take reed hote stones out of the fyre and put them in a tubbe / and powre the sayd water vpon them and lete the pacyent be in the smoke therof and wasshe hym with that water tyll he swete ¶ For a canker E ¶ For a canker in what parte it be take the bygnesse of a nut of Alome / halfe a glasse full of hony / and a pynte of reed wyne / medle them togyder / and sethe them to the iii. parte / strayne them through a clothe and wasshe the sore often Probatum est ¶ De Apio Smalache or stammarche Cap. viii THere be dyuers maners of Apium or Smalache / as shall be shewed here after / but we speake of the comune Fyrst it is hote in the begynnynge of the thyrde degre / and drye in the myddes of the same It is a comune herbe / the sede therof is moost of vertue / the rote is nexte / and than the leues And therfore whan it is founde in receptes Recipi apij that is take smalache without addycyon the sede is to be taken It hath dyuers names / as Apium sillinuÌ„ Albal Carasis / or Saâ—carpsi ¶ For strangory A ¶ The iuce of smalache soden with Saxifrage is good for them that haue the straÌ„gory / and pysse drope by drope / for them that haue dyssury and may not pysse / take the same drynke in the mornynge with Mel Solaris Phylipendula / and sethe them togyder and strayne them / than put therto suger and make a Syrope / and drynke it ¶ For stoppyâ—ge of the lyuer B ¶ Iuce of Smalachâ— soden with Tamaryke vnstoppeth the oâ—pylacyons of the lyuer / and of the mylt Or elles sethe rotes of smalache / parcylyâ— fenell drynke it ¶ For Ianuâ—â—s C ¶ For Ianudys / caâ—â— of opylacyoÌ„ do make a Sirope of the iuce of Smalache and fenell soden with iuce of Fumoterre / and suger / and that destroyeth the flewme For them that haue the dropsy called Lencoflemence or Yposarea Take a pounde of the iuce Smalache and an vnce of Mastyke / sethe them togyder / and strayne theÌ„ and put therto sugre / and make therof a Syrope / and in the ende of the decoccyon put therto two vnces of Esula / and halfe an vnce of Ruberbe / and in the mornynge drynke it with warme water For frenasy D ¶ Agaynst frenasy / the iuce of Smalache / vertince / or vyneygre / oyle of vyolettys / or roses / put togyder in a vessell of glasse ouer the fyre / and hote laye it to the pacyentys heed / but fyrst shaue it ¶ For feuer quotidian E ¶ For feuer quotidian or dayly agew / make a purgacyon / than sethe Agaryc with the iuce of Smalache in the apple of colloquintida called a gourde of Alexandre / or in a rote called maluÌ„ terre / or swynes brede / and with the water and decoccyon gyue it to the pacyent ¶ It is to be noted that Smalache is not good for women with chylde / for by the myght of it / it breketh the strynges that the chylde is bouÌ„de within the matryce It noyeth the EpyleÌ„tykes that fall / for it moueth the maters and humours / and causeth them to mouÌ„t in to the vpper partyes There is another maner of Smalache called Apium ramium / wylde smalache Also there is ApiuÌ„ risus / and Apium Emorroidarium / and all ben smalaches ¶ For the backe F ¶ ApiuÌ„ ramium soden in wyne and oyle / layde to the reynes / and bely appeaseth the ache / and the strangury / and it is called Apium / by cause it is good for the reynes and by cause it groweth there as ranes be that is froggys ¶ The sayde playster is good for ache of the guttes ¶ For costyfnesse G ¶ Agaynst costyfnesse / the floure of this herbe sodeÌ„ in water with grayn of Corne mynystre with glyster ¶ For the mylte H ¶ Agaynst payne of the mylte / make Syroyne with the iuce herof / of waxe oyle ¶ Smalache called ApiuÌ„ risus / or crowfote layde in wyne and oyle to rotte / and than strayned medled with waxe maketh an oyntement ¶ For melancoly I ¶ This oyntement dooth grete ease to sekenesse of the splene caused of melaÌ„coli and therfore it is called ApiuÌ„ risus / for it wasteth the melancolyke humours coÌ„mynge of habundaunce / wherof foloweth heuynesse / and his absence lessed foloweth the coÌ„trary / that myrth / and by consequence risus that is laughter / therfore it is sayde Splen ridere facit The mylte causeth to laugh / for it clenseth the blode of humour melancolyke ¶ Agaynst straÌ„gury dyssury K ¶ Apium risus soden in water or in wyne is good agaynst straÌ„gury / dissury esurie Also the decoccyon therof alone auayleth chyefly agaynst the stone The lactuary called Litiontipon gyuen with decoccyon of apium risus / prouoketh the floures in women And lete fume be made vnder or elles the iuce put warme in to the matryce Some say that yf it be takeÌ„ at the mouth it sleeth a man in laughyng / and it is founde in certayne bokes that yf it be taken inwarde it sleeth a man And I platayre haue seen by experyence some that hath taken it / and it hath done them grete lesion ¶ For Emorroides or pyles L ¶ Apium emorroidoruÌ„ This herbe soden in wyne layde to the place dryeth the emorroydes or pyles that benswollen But it must not be done whan they blede or renne The powdre therof also is good for the same ¶ De Apio ramio / wylde smalache Cap. ix APium ramium groweth in water / some cal it wylde smalache Of his vertue is wryten afore in the comune smalache ¶ De Apio risus / Crowfote or ache Cap. x. APium risus groweth in sandy places grauelly grouÌ„de / some call it botracium / other corar
it a lytell aboue the stomake ¶ For the brayne D ¶ Agaynst feblenesse of the brayne / put it in the pacyentys nose yf ye haue the reume or pose put the powdre and oyle of muske in to an egge shelles tyl the oyle sethe / and therwith anoynte the heed ¶ De cerusa Ceruse Ca. lxxxvii CEruse is the floure of leed / or gersa It is colde and drye in the secoÌ„de degre It is made thus Take vesselles as pottes of erthe of a fote longe / somwhat strayt aboue and fyl them halfe full of stronge vyneygre / and lay staues or styckes ouer thwart the brymmes of them Then take about a pounde of leed made in square pyeces and hange them with in the pottes vpoÌ„ the styckes with thredes foure ynche fro the vyneygre / and couer the vesselles well / and set theÌ„ in a derke place lete them stande so the space of .iiii. monethes And at the ende of foure monethes set open the dore that they were shette in that the strengeth of the vyneygre may go out Than open the pottes and ye shall fynde a tyckenesse or hoornesse about the leed / and so the leed is wasted thaÌ„ shrape that hoornesse away / and put it in a grete vessell with water / and set it in the soÌ„ne / and styre fast with your handes / than poure out the water / and put the mater that is at the botom in another vessell somwhat holowe with water / and set it agayne in the sonne / and do thus tyll it be veray whyte and 〈◊〉 And knowe ye that they that make 〈◊〉 fall often in palsy / and epylence / artetyke by the coldenesse of the vyneygre that dyssolueth and sleeth Ceruse hath vertue to cleÌ„se and dry superfluytees and some womeÌ„ do vse it / or they wasshe theyr face / they lye this powdre theron with rose water very thynne and thendrely Some do better for bycause ceruse stynketh soÌ„what the medle ceruse with rose water and set it in the soÌ„ne specyally in somer / and whaÌ„ it is dry they put more rose water therto / and so contynue it / and than they make pylles and lay it on theyr faces / some other put therto borax / or camphere / and of belliculi maxine or of the one and other / but they that occupy ceruse muche happeneth to tothe ache rottennesse and stenche of the mouthe ¶ De Capparis Ca. lxxxviii CApparus is hote and dry in the seconde degre Some say that it is an herbe / other say that it is a lytell tree It is founde beyonde the see The barke / the rote / the floures / and the leues ben all good in medycyns / and specyally the barkes in the begynnynge of vere / yf they be haunged dryed in the sonne they may be kept .v. yeres in good vertue And that barke is best that powdreth not whan it is broken / and that is somwhat russet in colour / and somdele bytter / and the floures ought to be gadred whyle they be budded / or they spredde to moche For whan they be ouer moche spredde they be nought they be taken and confyct to be kept in vyneygre / they haue vertue to incyte cause appetyte and to clense and put out the humours at the mouthe of the stomake It conforteth the stomake that is colde / and is meet and medycyne for it ¶ Agaynst the mylte A ¶ Agaynst the payne of the mylt / and hardnesse of the lyuer take wyne that capparis hath be soden in Yf oyntmeÌ„t be made this wyse iâ—â—s ryght myghty / and is not lesse worth than grippa Seth the poudre of capparis in grete quantyte with the iuce of fenell / than put therto wyne and oyle / and sethe it tyll it be thycke put a lytell waxe therto And also for the same an electuary that is called dyaceparus is very good / the whiche electuary is this Take two vnces of the powdre of the rote of capparis / and an vnce of the rote of tamaryst / confyct them togyder with hony The decoccyon of the rote of tamaryst / and the iuce of the Ieues of capparis put into the exes with a lytell towe / sleeth the wormes And yf the rote and powdre be soden in oyle and straâ—ned and dropped in to the eeres it sleeth not onely the wormes / but also the fystules ¶ For wormes in the wombe B ¶ Agaynst wormes in the wombe medle this powdre with hony and gyue it to the pacyent ¶ For the kynges euyll C ¶ For new escrocles called the kynges euyl Take the decoccyon of the barkes or pylles of capparis of brust / and sperage / also anoynte them with these oyntementes Take a gray serpent / and cut of the heed and the tayle the mountenaunce of .iiii. ynches / put it in to a pot with many small holes in the botom / and set that pot ouer an other pot without holes / and than set the nether pot in a vessell with water ouer the fyre make it to sethe tyll the serpent be soden / wasted / than take the fat that is dropped in to the nether pot / and powdre of blacke elebore or peleter and powdre of the rotes of capparis / and medle them in maner of oyntemeÌ„t and anoynte the sore place / and lete the pacyent drynke the decoccyon afore sayde ¶ For ylyake passyon D ¶ Agaynst ylyake passyon / and agaynst gout artetyke take a pounde of the powdre of barkes of capparis / and the iuce of the rote of yeble / and put sugre therto and therof make a syrope and gyue it to the pacyent twyse in the weke at morow and at euen / with warmed water Yf ye fynde capparis iÌ„ receptes / it is the barke of the rote ¶ De calamento Calamynt Ca. xc CAlamynt is hote and drye in the thyrde degre This herbe is called Nespyte Calamynt of the mouÌ„tayne is the best / bycause it is the dryest / and it ought to be gadred whan it bereth floures It may be kept a yere in a shadowed place yf it be hanged to drye It hath vertue to dyssolue / to vnbynde to waste ¶ For cough A ¶ Agaynst cough and scarcenesse of breth caused of colde take the drinke that it hath be soden in with lycoryce / or that the powdre hath be soden in with drye fygges / for the same the electuary called dyacalamen tum is good / and it is made thus Take a grete dele of calamynt and powdre of geÌ„cyan lycoryce the thyrde or fourth parte and confyct it with hony It is very excellent for the sayde dyseases Take also the powdre therof with a rere egge and make fryters of the sayde powdre with barly meale ¶ For the stomake B ¶ Agaynst payne of the stomake and coldnesse of the guttes lete the pacyent vse powdre of calamynt in his meates / also vse the drynke
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
chyldynge E ¶ To kepe that a woman trauayle not a fore her tyme lete her drynke wyne that camomyll is soden in ¶ For feuer F ¶ Agaynst feuer cotydyan onoynt the pacyent with oyle of camomyll / and it wyll chauffe hym and cease the feuer ¶ For scrufe kyrnelles in the face G ¶ To take away scrufe kyrnelles that come in the face / sethe grene camomyll with hony and anoynte the face therwith ¶ For bytynge of venymous beestes H ¶ For bytiÌ„ge of venymous beestes a dragme of camomyl dronken with two cyates of wyne kepeth the body that no venym caÌ„ come therin ¶ For the mylt I ¶ Agaynst sekenesses of the mylt as Plinius sayth Take the space of .xl. dayes euery day in the mornynge a dragme of camomyll in powdre with wyne it wyll ease and hole the mylt ¶ For the browes K ¶ Agaynst swellinge of the browes camomyl chawed layd to them helpeth moche ¶ Agaynst ache of the heed caused of colde anoynte the forheed with oyle of camomyl and the payne wyll cease anone ¶ For scalles L ¶ Agaynst scalles of the heed that the grekes call exantimates / bruse grene camomyll in vyneygre / and with the same vyneygre wasshe the heed often it wyll heale it with out ony other medycyn Also camomyl soden brayde layd vpon sores spredeth the humours yf they be not to moche gadred therfore it is good at the begiÌ„nynge And knowe ye that whan camomyl is fouÌ„de in receptes is the floures / yf ye haue none grene take the drye ¶ For the flux M ¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe yf there be no feuer take camomyll / roses / fygge leues / poligonia that is swines grasse of eche a haÌ„d full sethe theÌ„ in rayne water or in reÌ„ning water lete the pacyeÌ„t receyue the fume therof at the foundemeÌ„t wasshe his fete thyghes with the water it wyl restrayne the flux with drawe the payne of the legges swelliÌ„ge ¶ Cicer. Achery Ca. C.xxiii CIcer is the herbe that bereth a sede that called chyches The sede is to be noted but not the other parte of the herbe Chiches nouryssheth gretely moysteth the wombe / prouoketh vryne purgeth the floures in women / but neuerthelesse they brede moche wynde / that causeth swellynge / and it encreaseth the sede of generacyon / causeth to habounde and styre to lecheri There ben two maners of chyches one maner is grene and hath not theyr full growth And there ben chyches that haue theyr full growth And they haue comparyson as drye benes and grene For the grene chyches ben lyke in vertue and operacyon to grene benes and the dry to the dry / but not in al. The drye chyches ben of two maners / that is to wyte whyte and blacke The whyte ben hote in the fyrst degre / and moyst in the myddes of the same And howbeit that theyr fedinge is more than the benes / yet it is not so good / for they be harde to dygest and brede wyndes in suche maner that they swelle puffe the flesshe of the body make an operacyon as leuayn dooth whan it is cast on the grouÌ„de or whan it is in paste And therfore they make the flesshe of them fayre that vse theÌ„ for the flesshe stretche the skynne and maketh it smothe clere The helpe that they make to the dede of generacyon is for two causes one is for they gyue grete quantyte of nourysâ—hynge and so cause the mater to habounde The other is for the veÌ„tolytees and inflacyons that they cause Of them sayth ypocras There is in chyches two dyuers and contrary vertues For whan they be sodeÌ„ in water they haue a swetnesse in taste / and a maner of faitnesse By that swetnesse they do clense / nourysshe / and encrease mylke in the brestes / is good for them that haue ycteryce and dropsy / and sprede and deuyde the impostumes of the genytoryes / and of the erres behynde or vnder For the parte that they haue salte sauour they vnbynde and sprede grosse humours the floures in women / and is good for them that haue the IauÌ„dis and dropsy for ytche of the heed / and of all the body yf one be wasshed in water that they be soden in ¶ For tetters A ¶ This is good also for to destroy tettres and ryngwormes / and clenseth the skynne Galyen sayth that they ben operatyues prouoke cours of restreyned floures and helpeth the chylde to come soner out of the moders wombe and putteth our wormes of the bely called cucurbytias that be lyke barly cornes It is good also agaynst opylacyon or stoppynge of the lyuer and of the galle and breketh the stones in the reyns in the bladder And is very noyfull to sores and flaynges that be in the reynes and bladder The black chyches ben hoter and not so drye as the whyte / and therfore is theyr bitternesse knoweÌ„ that passhed theyr swetnesse / and they ben better to the sekenesse aboue sayd / and specyally yf they be soden with rape rotes and drynke the brothe that they be soden in / but the whyte be better for to brede mylke in the brestes / to encrease the sede of generacyon to prouoke vryne bycause of the swetenesse ¶ De Castaneis chestnuttes Ca. c.xxiiii CAstanee ben Chestnuttes / they be hote in the fyrst degre and drye in the seconde That they be hote is shewed by theyr good odour And that they be dry is shewed by theyr ranke heet sharpe with eygtenesse But how be it they ben good to dygest as to the regarde of oke rotnes / and not with standynge that they be styptykes yet be they but lytell noysym to them that haue not the cough For they be but lytell dyurytyke / and yf they be eaten often they make inflacyon and payne in the heed / and engendre a close fume in the stomake / and to the ende that these anoyaunces that they make may be put away and that they may be styptykes they must be rosted that theyr substaunce may be ratefyed / and yf they be steped in water they attempre the drythe of the brest / and the membres within / deuyded the humours that letteth the vryne by the souplenesse moystnesse of the water that they be steped in / and more ouer they engendre in the body good and attemperate humours / but it is good that coleryke persones ete them with sugre / and the flewmatykes with hony / they haue also conuenable vertues and propryetees for medycynes / for the put out yf dysposycyons of the stomake that is called abhomynacyon that is whaÌ„ one may not fele the taste of ony meet and the stynte vomyte / and conforte the bowelles called ieiuniuÌ„ ¶ For bytynge of a wood dogge A ¶ Yf they be stamped with a lytell salte confyct with hony they helpe the bytynge of a
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
flux of the wombe by defaute of vertue contentyue of the bowelles The beanes that be whyte and thycke and not to olde ought to be taken and be dressed in dyuers maners / for they be of dyuers accyons They may be soden or rosted / they that be sodeÌ„ in water be best / for the water bereueth them moche wynde and boystousnesse specyally yf the water be chaunged in sethynge / and this maner of sethynge may be done in the huskes or coddes / and wtout them They that be soden or dressed with the huskes or coddes swelleth and be harde to digest for the styptycyte and dryenesse of the huskes letteth them to auoyde lyghtly out of the bely / the longe abydynge there necessaryly bredeth windes ¶ They that be dressed without the huskes swelleth not so moche and be soone dygested / and yf they be dressed with hote thynges as peper / gynger / or oyle of almondes it is a parfyte medycyne to prouoke the worke of lechery And yf they be put in potage with mynte / calament / or comyn theyr wentosyte is lessed ¶ They that be rosted be lesse wyndy / but they be harde to dygest But yf they be put in water after that they be rosted / eaten with myntes / orygan / and commyn / they lesse parte of theyr ventosytees Dyascorydes sayth yonge beanes noye the stomake more than the olde ¶ For apostume B ¶ Yf beanes be medled with meale of fenegreke it helpeth the apostume that cometh behynde the eares yf it be layde therto playsterwyse ¶ For the eyen C ¶ Yf they be brused or chawed and layde to the temples they lete the humours to fall in to the eyes ¶ Yf a beane be parted in two and lay one halfe of it to the place that a horsleche hath souked it wyll staunche the blade They soften the brestes that be to harde by mylke that is crudded in they ¶ For kyrnelles D ¶ Yf the be medled with glayre of an egge and olde oyle they dyssolue / and waste kernelles ¶ For the foundement E ¶ For the foundement that cometh out a souerayne remedy Take al blacke beanes and grynde them very small and sarce theÌ„ well and powdre it on the foundement than put it in agayne Than sethe the sayd meale in a panne and medle it with whyte wyne / and lete it sethe tyll it be thycke / thaÌ„ sprede it on a lynen clothe plaisterwyse lay it as hote on the foundement as may be suffred / and remeue it twyse or thryse a daye / and renewe it alway / and ye shall be hole ¶ De fungis Mussherons Ca. C.lxxx FVngi ben mussherons They be colde and moyst in the thyrde degre and that is shewed by theyr vyolent moysture There be two maners of them / one maner is deedly fleeth them that eateth of them and be called todestoles / and the other dooth not They that be not deedly haue a grosse gleymy moysture that is dysobedyent to nature and dygestyon / and be peryllous and dredfull to eate therfore it is good to eschew them / suche as eate them and feare not to fall inconuenience sethe them in water and medle them with gynger / peper / caruy / calauant / or orygan and suche other / and than drynke olde wyne / pure / and stronge And they that be of colde coÌ„plecyon / after them take grene gynger / dyateryon / pyperyon / socergenne / and reyacle The deedly mussherons beÌ„ of dyuers accyons after theyr dyuersyte / and sleeth by theyr excedinge grete colde moysture that is in the fourth degre / some slee for by theyr gleymynesse cause opylacyon and stoppynge in the vaynes and pores / brede boystous humours that renne from one membre to an other / some slee by the euyl qualyte of the place that they growe in / as by rusti yren / rotten clothe or wood or nygh the hole that serpentes brede in or they that growe by grete trees that haue glewmy humours / frothe The sygnes of them that be deedly is a slymy softenesse as they were puffed and be of thycke substaunce / and yf they lye a whyle broken they wyll rotte Yf ony eate them vnwetynge / the best remedy is to eate peper / or drynke nytre with oyle / or asshes with vyneygre / or cockes dyrte or hennes dyrte with dyneygre and hony The decoccyon of calament / of orygan of ysope and other lyke is good and lykewise cappres / rue / coÌ„myn psylle / peper / carui / oyle camamyll / and mastyke / for they helpe gretely ¶ De ferula Ca. C.lxxxi FErula is an herbe moche lyke fenell but it is hygher groweth in grete quantyte in a loÌ„de called Calabre ¶ De felice dicto os munda Heferue Ca. C.lxxxii FIlex masculus is heferue / it groweth not so hye as the other The rote therof is forked in dyuers twygges brauÌ„ches spredeth on the erthe ¶ For fallynge of the heare stampe the rote sethe it in water tyll the thrde ê‘te of the water be wasted make lye therw t wasshe the heed ofteÌ„ it wyl cause the heare to growe ¶ De fulygo Soote Ca. C.lxxxiii FVligo is the soote that cleueth fasteneth to the chymney of the smoke of woode Yf this soote be put in and powdre and crybled or sarced confyct with oyle of nuttes / and quicke syluer put therto quenched with mannes spattle and an oyntement made therwith it healeth salt flewme and spredynge tetters / probatum est ¶ De Fycu Fygges Ca. C.lxxxiiii FIcus ben fygges / some cal them coryces Ther be whyte blacke yasar sayth that the fygge is the best fruyt of all fruytes and that nouryssheth best / neuerthelesse by theyr moystnes they ingendre grosse humours The fygge is hote drye of nature But there is grete diuersyte in the heet drythe of fygges after theyr dyuers natures / for some be wylde and some tame The tame is in two maners / bothe grene and drye Also grene fygges be in two maners ¶ Some be perfitely rype and some not That whiche is rawe and not parfytely rype is lesse hote and more drye bycause the erthy partes hath moost myght / yet they haue hydde humours the gyueth them a sharpenesse and drythe in the seconde degre And Ipocras sayth that the longer the fygge is or it be rype the bygger it is and lesse hote Yf they be soden and layde vpon kyrnelles and harde knoppes they dyssolue and sprede them Yf they be medled with nitre and vineygre they be good for fystula and blaynes in the heed / yf they be medled with hony they wyll heale the bytynge of a dogge and slimy sores / yf they be medled with braunches of wylde popy they drawe brokeÌ„ bones out of woundes / yf they be medled with wax they sprede and waste apostumes ¶ The fygge parfytely rype that is yet grene and not drye is hote
in the middes of the fyrst degre It is composed of thre thynges The rynde or skynne / the sede and the pyth or meates The sede is of no more nourysshynge than grauell or stones The rynde veray drye / and is harde to dygest The pyth called the meate of the fygge / is the nourysshynge parte And Dyascorydes sayth that they quenche superfluous heat and thyrst and prouoketh sweate ¶ Drye fygges is hote in the begynnynge of the seconde degre and drye in the mydle of the fyrst and therfore the chauffe / and cause thyrst and tourne in to coleryke humours And neuertheles they be moost nourysshynge of all other fruytes / swelleth lest But yf they fynde humours in the stomake they dygest it lyghtly / and tourneth it to good humours and clenseth the body of all yll humours They prouoke vryne / and clense the brest and the longues / the reynes and the bladder of grosse humours / yet neuertheles they be not exempt fro inflacyoÌ„ and ventosytees / but they bredde some or lytel And who so wyll eschewe that they do no impedement eate them fastynge and after them eate calament / ameos / or genger / or ysope and suche other yf ye be of moyst complexcyon But yf ye be coleryke eate after them oxizacra And yf ye haue them better nourysshynge / brede clener blode / eate fygges with small nuttes or wall nuttes ¶ For the lungues A ¶ Yf they be soden with ysope they clense the longes / and heale the olde cough ¶ For apostumes B ¶ Gargarysme made with the decoccyon of fygges spredeth wasteth apostumes in the pypes of the lunges and in the sydes of the tongue / yf they be soden in wyne and taken in a clyster they appease ache of the wombe caused of grosse humours Yf they be soden with gourdes and fenygreke and layde to apostume they loose waste it ¶ Thus endeth the herbes begynnynge with F. ¶ And begynneth the herbes begynnynge with G. ¶ De gariofilis Clowes Ca. C.lxxxv GAriofilis or clawes be hote drye in the thyrde degre somâ— sayth in the secoÌ„de degre 〈◊〉 to agre in one we say 〈◊〉 be clowes that in swetnesseâ— nature / and growth be parfyte of sharâ—â— sauour / and they be hote and drye in the thyrde degre But there be some that 〈◊〉 weyker in theyr qualytees may be â—ayâ—â— hote in the seconde degre Clowes is the fruyte of a tre that groweth in ynde 〈◊〉 they be rype they may be kept .v. yeres 〈◊〉 grete vertue And .x. yeres wtout corrupcioÌ„ they must be kept in places / not to moyst nor to drye For in to moyst places they wyll rotte / in to drye places they shrâ—â—ke and wydre They ought to be choseÌ„ that haue flat sydes / for it is sygne that they haue some substauÌ„cyall and naturall moysture They that be somwhat smothe holowe of theyr nature that puttgeth out ony moisture whaÌ„ they be pressed with the nayles of the fyngers be crasted and countrefayt in this maner They be put in a moyst vessell / or in a were clothe / and than dryed in the ayre bycause that moystnesse shall not appere / but thei be knoweÌ„ by theyr sauour and by that they put out more lycour than the good / and be not smothe nor flatte also they be countrefayt thus small powdre of good clowes is confyct with vyneygre swete wyne / and than bynde noughty clowes in a clothe / and put them in the sayde confeccyoÌ„ all nyght / they take humour of the wyne and sharpe sauour of the good clowes / and they can be scantly knowen / but at the begynnynge For the sharpe sauour is more without than within / for yf ye fele the inner parte with your tongue ye shall fele but lytell or none of sharpnesse / also the can not laste passynge .xx. dayes Clowes haue vertue to conforte by theyr good odour / and haue vertue to deuyde waste humours by theyr qualytees ¶ For dygestyon A ¶ To conforte dygestyon take the wyne that clowes / and fenell sede is soden in ¶ For the brethe B ¶ Agaynst lettynge of the brethe caused of colde / lay dragagant a nyght in barly water tyll the water become gleymy / than coÌ„fyct powdre of clowes gomme arabyke in the same water / and make pylles and holde them a good while vnder the tongue and than swalowe them ¶ For the brayne C ¶ To conforte the brayne / vse the brothe that they be soden in and put in to the nose ¶ For flux D ¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe caused by sharpnesse of medycyns / and whan squamony cleueth to the sydes and synewes of the stomake / and against coleryke vomyte put .ix. or .x. clowes in a fyolle of glasse with rose water and mastycke / and lete the pacyent vse it blode warme / ¶ For the herte E ¶ Agaynst payne of the herte and swoâ—nynge vse the powdre of clowes with iuce of borage The leues of the tre that clowes growe on / and the woode therof and galyngale haue the vertue of clowes / buâ— yâ— clowes be stronger / and the leues next / than galyngale / and than the wood of clowes ¶ De genciane Felwort or baldymony Ca. C.lxxxvi GEncyan is hote and drye in the .iii degre It is an herbe so named / the rote therof is good in medycyns / and not the herbe It is gadred in the ende of vere and dryed in the sonne / and may be kept good thre yeres That is to be chosen that is styffe and smothe and hath a yelow colour / and that powdreth not whan it is broken / and is not full of small holes It hath vertue to withdrawe coÌ„sume waste humours / and to open the vaynes / for it is dyuretyke ¶ For the brethe A ¶ Agaynst the payne of the brethe called â—ima yf it be of longe contynaunce Take the poudre therof with wyne varly water / or elles vse it with meates or with newe breed ¶ For fallynge euyll B ¶ Agaynst epylence / take the powdre therof with iuce of wylde sawge ¶ Agaynst bytynge of venimous beestes C sprede powdre of gencyan vpon the sore drynke the same with iuce of mynte ¶ Dr galaÌ„ga Galyngale Ca. C.lxxxvii GAlyngale is hote and drie in the seconde degre Some say that it is a tre some say that it is a busshe or a shrubbe Dyascorydes sayth it is a rote that is founde besyde a tre in inde and in Perce that hath in it a maner of rote ladeÌ„ with erthe It may be kept .v. yeres without corrupcyon Galyngale is to be taken that hath a browne colour / and heny after the mater therof and hath a sharpe sauour That that is whyte and lyght is to be refused It hath vertue to conforte by the softe sauour therof / and hath myght to sprede / consume / and waste humours by
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
beryes in a bagge / and whan it warmed lay the bagge with powdre hete vpon the heed ¶ For yll colour in the face C ¶ Agaynst the euyll colour of the face called pannus / and agaynst a maner of reed thynges that come in yong folkes faces / and specyally to them that be sanguyne Take newe bay beryes / and put out the huskes and make fyne powdre and put it in hony and anoynte or bathe the face For the face D ¶ For euyll colour that come to women after theyr chyldynge Confyct the sayde powdre with some gall / and yf the gall be harde / tempre it with hony / and with the sayde hony tempre the powdre afore sayde Of bay beryes is made an oyle that is good for payne of the stomake caused of colde agaynst the ache of the haunches / and the oyle of bayes is made in this maner StaÌ„pe bay beryes and sethe theÌ„ longe in comyn oyle / and that that cometh out whan they be pressed is oyle of bayes And whan ye fynde leues of laurell in receptes It is ment the leues with the beryes ¶ De Lentisco Ca. CC. xliâ— LEntisce is a lytell tre that is hote and drye but moore drye than hote Whan lentylles is founde in receptes it is to wyte the leues / and somtyme all the tree is put It hath vertue to restrayne / to resoudre / and ioyne woundes ¶ For menstrue A ¶ Agaynst flowynge of menstrue excesse / and agaynst blody flux of the wombe / and agaynst vomyte caused of weykenesse of vertue retentyfe / or by grete sharpnesse of humours Sethe the leues of this tre in wyne and lay them to the nether partes of the bely / and on the reynes in maner of a playster But yf the flux be caused of the vpper bowelles lay it to the stomake / and to staunche vomyte lay it to the forke of the brest ¶ For the yerde A ¶ For hurtynge of the yerde Make powdre of the leues of this tre vpon a tyle / and lay vpon it This powdre draweth out the fylthe / and closeth and fasteneth wouÌ„des But it ought not to be vsed but yf there be fylthy matter ¶ For blysters in the mouth B ¶ Agaynst blystres in the mouthe swellynge of the lyppes Sethe the leues of this tre in vyneygre / and with the same make a gargarysme often tymes â–ª ¶ De lentibus Ca. CC.xliii â–ª LEntilles be colde sedes and drye / be better for vsage of medicine thaÌ„ for to eate and haue vertue to staunche ¶ For blody flux A ¶ For blody flux of the wombe Sethe leÌ„tylles in water tyll they become blacke / gyue them to the pacyent fastynge Isaac sayth that they be colde in the fyrst degre drye in the secoÌ„de And who that wyll serche ferther of theyr nature shal fynde that they be composed of two contrary vertues One in the rynde / and the other in the pyth For the rynde hath a sharpnesse wherby it looseth the bely / and the pyth is colde and drye and closeth and conforteth the stomake and the bowelles ¶ For flux B ¶ And agaynst flux of the wombe Sethe lentylles in warer with theyr ryndes / and whan the sayd water is strayned / put therto a lytell salte and oyle This water is good to loose / yf the fyrst water be taken away and sethe theÌ„ in another water they wyll take the vertue to loose ¶ For coleryke flux C ¶ And moreouer yf the ryndes be taken away and sethe them in two waters they wyll be better to dygest / and to restrayne coleryke flux of the wombe Howbeit generally in what maner so euer they be dressed they make grosse or cours nourysshyng and be harde to dygest and engendre me / lancolyke blode But yet they be eaten with the ryndes they fyll the brayne full of melaÌ„colyk smoke wherbi they be cause moche payne in the heed / and cause many fals ferfull dremes / and fyll the stomake and bowelles with wynde / and closeth them anoyeth them more than ony other grayne And in lyke wyse they greue the longues / the mydryfe / and the brayne / and specyally the eyen / for they drye the naturall moystnesse of them / and be euyll and vnnaturall By theyr grete dryeth they restrayne the cours of the wombe and of flewmes bycause they thycke the humours so that they may not passe through the vaynes Also lentylles soden with theyr ryndes or huskes be contrary to them that be of drye compleccyon / for they engendre in them sekenesses caused of melaÌ„colike humours as the black morfewe / tetters / canker / or lepre called leonine or elefume But nethelesse they may profyte to them that be of moyst conpleccyon / and therfore yf they be eaten with out theyr huskes they be good for theÌ„ that haue the dropsy / but they be noysom with theyr huskes bycause they brede wyndes cause the wombe to swell Lentylles that be gretest be best in medycyns / to conforte the vertue retentyfe and to warme the stomake / and to slake and put out the heate of cours humours that causeth flux of the wombe But who that wyll vse them to conforte the vertue retentyfe / or to eschew flux of the wombe caused by sharpnesse of coleryke humours / must take away the huskes and sethe them in water / and cast away the fyrst water and sethe them in an other water / and whan they be soden put threto good vyneygre / plantayn / and the leues and sede of quynces / and of medlers and other lyke thynges But for to conforte and warme the stomake / instede of vyneygre take good stroÌ„ge wyne for slacke the bely sethe them with a rache / betes / or gourdes or other thynges that be laxatyfe Also lentylles taken in meates as with powdred befe ben of euyll nourysshynge euyll meate For the drye flesshe that is courâ— of his nature / whan it is myxt with lentylles doubleth the euyll of it / and is cause to enflambe and brenne / and to brede melancolyke humours And therfore they be yll in this maner / specyally with the huskes But who so wyll take the vyce for them sethe them in two waters / and in the secoÌ„de medled vyneygre with mynte / orygan / comyn / oyle of almondes or of lisanie Dyascorydes sayth that a playster made of melylot / and celendyne / with oyle of roses and lentylles / wasteth the hote apostumes of the eye ¶ For pymples in the face D ¶ Also yf the be medled with pomegarner lyke a playster it healeth the bygge pymples or pusshes in the face / and they be gooâ— for colde chyppynge of the fete ¶ For crudded mylke in the brestes E ¶ Also yf they be medled with water of the see they be good for mylke that is crudded in womens brestes ¶ De laureola Rybbwort Ca. CC.xliiii LAureole is an herbe that hâ—â—h
grete burre called bardane It groweth in moyst places and dyches It stauncheth the wombe yf the fete be bathed long therin ¶ For grauell and stone A ¶ It is also good agaynst grauel / the water stylled is good to breke the stone in the bladder ¶ De limacis rubeis Reed snayles Ca. CC.lxv LImace or reed snayle / is a slymy kynde of vermyn of the erthe so called bycause it is of slyme / or bycâ—use it brede and abydeth in slymy places It is colde and moyst of complexyon / and is good in vse of medycynes ¶ For brustennesse A ¶ For all brusteÌ„nesse in olde folke or yong whither it be olde or newe Take .ix. reed snayles betwene two tyles of clay / so that they crepe nor slyde away / and bake them so in the hote emers / or in an ouen tyll they be powdre ThaÌ„ take the powdre of one of the snayles / and put in whyte wyne lete the pacyent drynke it in the mornynge at his rysynge / and faste two houres after / and drynke these .ix. snailes in .xviii. dayes that is to wyte euery other day And yf the sekenesse be so olde that it wyll not heale in xviii dayes / begyn agayne / drinke other ix snayles as it is sayde he shall be hole It is a thynge proued Probatumest ¶ Thus endeth the names of herbes begynnynge with L. ¶ And here begynneth the names begynnynge with M. ¶ De Mirto Ca. CC.lxvi MIrte is a lytell tre so called / that which tre bereth a fruite that is named Myrtylles The which fruyt is coÌ„uenable for medycyns and than the leues / and floures Myrte is colde in the fyrst degre / moyst in the seconde / and the newer that the leues and floures be the better they are The fruyte ought to be gadred whan they be rype / and may be kept two yeres ¶ For vomyte and dyuers fluxes A ¶ Agaynst vomyte and flux of the wombe and agaynst excedynge flux of menstrue Eate the fruyte called Myrtylles or make syrope with the iuce of them and sugre or with hony competently for brennynge / for that syrope made with hony is not so good as it that is made with sugre / but it kepeth loÌ„ger Also playsters may be made of the newe fruyt / or yf they be drye make powdre of them and confict it with white of an egge / and layde the sayde playster to the mouthe of the stomake ryght agaynst the bought of the brest ¶ To staunce flux B ¶ And to staunce flux of the wombe lay it to the reynes benethe the bely / and to the nauyll / and to staunce menstrue lay it to the raynes / and vnder the bely Also sethe the leues of this herbe in rayne water / bathe the lower partyes therin Yf ye wyll staunche the flux of the wombe or meÌ„strue with the same water bathe the temples / the foreheed and the fete ¶ For the pose C ¶ For pose caused of heate Receyue the fume at the mouthe / and bathe the temples the forheed And yf they be layde to the reynes in feuer ague they appease the payne of the sharpnesse and heate therof ¶ For stenche of the mouthe D ¶ Yf powdre of the fruyte and leues be taken in the mornyng it put away stenche of the mouthe that cometh of the stomake ¶ De manna Ca. CC.lxvii MAnna is hote and moyst moderately It is a dewe that falleth on herbes that be dyuretyke in a partye of grece And by day this dewe cleueth about the herbes is gadred as hony Yf it be pure it is of grete efficace and vertue But bycause there is but lytell it is coÌ„trefayt Some put rawe hony therto as it cometh fro the hyue Other contrefayt it without hony For with iuce of lycoryce waxe they make a harde thynge that is lyke to manna But there is dyfference / for maÌ„na is whytysshe / hath a holownesse lyke a hony combe / and is purely swete / that whiche is contrefayt with lycoryce hath a sauour somdele abhominable and therfore it is good in feuer agues caused of coleryke humours / ought to be dressed as cassia fistula It may not be sodeÌ„ with medycyns / but whan it is put in confeccyons it ought to be alayde in warme water / and yf it be put in decoccyon it wyll noye more than prouffyte And therfore bycause there founde none pure without medlynge it is peryllous to sethe it in feuer ¶ De Melliloto Ca. CC.lxviii MEllilot is an herbe so named / and the sede is called mellylot also It is hote and drye in the fyrst degre it softeneth the wombe / and rypeth it more than malowes / and the rote more If it be medled with grese layde hote to apostumes it rypeth them It bereth a floure lyke halfe a cercle and therfore it is called kynges crowne Ye must take the sede the huskes for they be so togyder that they can not be departed It hath vertu to coÌ„forte for the good odouâ— that it hath / and hath vertue aperatyâ—e dyurytike by the swyftnesse of the substauÌ„ce ¶ For dygestyon A ¶ The wyne that it is soden in conforteth gretely dygestyon / and putteth wyndes out of the wombe / and openeth the conduytes of the reynes / of the lyuer / and of the bladder The sedes put in potages or meates gyueth them good sauour ¶ De malua Malowes Ca. CC.lxxix MAlowe is an herbe that is colde and moyst in the fyrst degre / is in two maners that is to say the tame that groweth in all places and is moost colde and moost moyst / and hath more swyfter substaunce than the other The other is the wylde malowe called bysmalua / and groweth hyer with larger leues and is lyke a lytell tre and is lesse colde and moyst / hath a more glewy substaunce ¶ For hote apostumes A ¶ Agaynst hote apostumes / at the begynnynge bruse malowes and lay to them ¶ To rype apostumes B ¶ To rype apostumes / bruse malowes with fresshe porkes grese and hete it on a tyle lay it to hote ¶ For the mylte and lyuer C ¶ The same is good for hardnes of the mylt and lyuer ¶ To cause slepe D ¶ Bathe made and the fete wasshed therin causeth slepe in feuer agues ¶ To loose the wombe E ¶ Malawes sodeÌ„ and potage made of theÌ„ looseth the wombe ¶ To cause reteyned meÌ„strue to slue / take a malowe rote as bygge as a fynger and scrape it a lytel wtout and anoynte it with hony and cast powdre of squamony theron / and put it in the oryfyce It is an experiment approued ¶ De maluauisco Wylde malowes Ca. CC.lxx MIluauiscus is the wylde malowe It is hote and moyst in the seconde degre It laxeth the wombe / and rypeth it more than the other malowes / and the rotes and leues more ¶ For apostumes A ¶ Yf it be brused
euyll colour in the face called pannus that cometh to womeÌ„ after theyr chyâ—dynge Confyct two or thre dragme of â—ytre with hony / and lete it lye the space of thre dayes / and therwith anoynte the face And for the same hony with bulles galle is good ¶ For to vnbynde the bely E ¶ In a feuer or other dysease whaÌ„ the hoâ—y is bounde / a supposytory is made in thâ—â—mtner Hony is sodeÌ„ in a vessel tyll it waxe blacke / and powdre of salte is put therto / and whan they be medled the hony is powred on a stone or an other euâ—â—â—â—â—ge / and than be anoynted as a supposytory ought to be / and put it in the foundement / and it wyll cause you to shyte a pace ¶ De Musco Muske Ca. CC.lxxxv MVske is hote and drye in the seconde degre It is a moyst thynge that is founde in certayne apostumes in a maner kiÌ„de of beestes in Inde These beestes be lyke kyddes in theyr greynes is a certayne holownesse / in the whiche humours gadre in maner of impostumes the which whan they ben rype by the moeuynge of the beest the fall downe with the skynne the whiche hath whyte heere 's / and therin is the muske There be thre maners of muske One is all blacke and is nought Another is somwhat browne / and is better than the fyrst The thyrde is all browne with colour lyke spykanardy / and is the best and hath a sauour somwhat bytter / and may stantly be countrefayted Yf it be put in the mouthe to assay the taste it fylleth the brayne with sauour Good muske ought not to be to styffe nor melte lyghtly in the mouthe ought not to be clere within Muske may be kept longe in a vessell of glasse or other but the best is to put it in close leed Nor it may not be put with swete smellynge thynges / for than it leseth the smell And yf it chaunce so to do / put it in a vessell vnstopped and hange it in a pryue / and it wyl recouer vertue and smell It conforteth with good smell / and wasted / and spredeth humours by complexion and qualyte therof ¶ For the herte A ¶ Agaynst weykenesse of herte and swownynge / or feblenesse of the body / yf it come from the brayne or lyuer / or payne of the stomake caused of colde Take muske alone with wyne or with diamargariton / or with pliris areotycen whiche be at the appotycaries / and take but two weyght of two wheate cornes at ones ¶ For the brayne B ¶ Agaynst weykenesse of the brayne smel to muske / and defaute of the matryce and stopping therof whan it wryngeth the herte and the vpper lymmes / and causeth in maner to swowne / take the fume of muske benethe ¶ For menstrue C ¶ To cause harde menstrue to renne / and to helpe to conceyue yf the cause be of colde Mynyster muske benethe with a medycyn called tryfera Supposytory with oyle cotton made of storax / calamyte / ambre / and muske / is good / put in the oryfyce ¶ For stenche of the mouthe D ¶ For stenche of the mouthe chawe muske / and it wyll do it away WhaÌ„ marchauÌ„tes wyll bye muske they stoppe theyr nosethrylles / and than cause to open the muske / and than they go a stone cast from it / and vnstoppe theyr noses / and yf they smell it so ferre of they bye it / for it is good ¶ De Mirabolanis Ca. CC.lxxxvi MIrabolanes ben of dyuers maners and be colde and drye They that be yelowe be colde and drye in the seconde degre Mirabolans ben the fruyte of trees in Inde / also of one shape / but they haue dyuers kyndes and vertues Of myrabolans ben good kyndes / the citryne yelowe cebules / bellerykes / emblikes / and yndes Cytrines or yelowe mirabolans that be bygge and heuy / and haue a gommosyte within ben best and may be kept .v. yeres and the Cebules / and belerykes ought to haue the same condycyon / and the cebules may be kept but .v. yeres / but the bellerykes / and emblykes may be kept dyuers yeres Auctours say that they purge coleryke humours / but some more and some lesse Yelowe or cytryne mirabolaÌ„s chyefly purge coleryke humours and secondely flewmes Cebules chyefly flewmes and secondely colere The yndes chyefly melaÌ„colyke and secondely coleryke The emblykes and the bellerykes purgeth flewme and coleryke humours Whan mirabolans is founde in compost medycynes / the huskes onely is to be weyed without the kyrnelles / but whan they must be confycte / they must be well soden and beaten all weyed togyder / and the kyrnelles taken away / and the huskes of other mirabolans put therto / and it nedeth not to take the kernelles away / for they be smal may easely be taken fro the huskes It ought to be knowen in what quantyte they ought to be taken / and howe they must be dressed For whan mirabolaÌ„s citrynes is put in medycyns at the moost is two vnces and a halfe yf they be put alone Put mirabolans in powdre / and stepe it in hote water not sethynge / for yf sethe it wyll take away all the gommy substaunce / and the vertue laxatyfe sholde be loste / and whan they haue lyen a nyght in the sayd water rubbed theÌ„ with your handes / and strayne the water in the mornynge / and mynystre it ¶ For feuer ague A ¶ Agaynst feuer ague conuenably taken in decoccyon it cauffeth not but purgeth vnbindeth coÌ„petently And is pryncypally good agaynst the blody flux of the wombe Mirabolans cytrynes ben taken somtyme with casia fistula / and tamaryns to puryfye and clense the blode / but the casia must fyrst be delayed in warme water strayned / and in that brothe stepe the myrabolans all nyght / and on the morowe strayne them and gyue to the pacyent Anâ— ye ought to knowe that all colyces that mirabolans citrynes myxed with ought to be takeÌ„ at morowe erly the decoctioÌ„ of the cebules may be takeÌ„ at eueÌ„ / they that haue colde stomakes ought to take the decoccyoÌ„ of theÌ„ with warme water / for yf it be taken with colde water it wolde perbrake vp agayne This decoccyoÌ„ ought be warmed iÌ„ a vessel of syluer or erthe put iÌ„ an other full of water to sethe after that decoccyoÌ„ of mirabolaÌ„s cytriÌ„s ye ought to vse some syrope actuelly colde to drinke with colde water / or at the leest colde water yf it be somer / in wynter warme The other mirabolans may not be giuen in grete quaÌ„tyte by themselfe as the cytrines for they be medled with other laxatyues Powdre is made of theyr kernelles to take away dymnesse of the webbe in the eye Some put the same powdre in rose water / and lete them drye two or thre tymes / and than put the powdre alone in the eye with rose water Of
¶ For venym A ¶ They ought to be eaten agaynst venym with rue The drye nuttes be of .iii. maners or sortes For some there be newly gadred / and some olde gadred / and some meane betwene bothe The newe gadred be moyst in coÌ„paryson of the other / and haue a lytell gleyuynesse / and be wyndy and be somwhat styptyke But the older they be the more they lese the moystnesse that they had and habounde in fatnesse of oyle / and therfore yf they be eaten they ben sone torned in to coleryke humours But they that be veray olde haue so moche of that fatnesse that theyr sauour is lyke olde oyle / therfore they be not good in meates They that be meane be greuous also to the body and stomake / be harde to dygest / specyally of theÌ„ that be hote drye coleryke be coÌ„trary to theÌ„ that haue the cough caused of heate And yf we coÌ„pare hasyll nuttes to wall nuttes we shall fynde the wall nuttes of better fedynge / bycause they haue a stedfast substaunce and be not so fatte and oyly / and the nuttes be agaynwarde / and therfore they nourysshe lesse and be alwayes greuous / contrary to the synewes of the stomake / yf they fynde not the stomake well tempered or that it haue suche coldenesse as may abate the heate of the nuttes / and in suche a stomake they be of good fodynge and dygestyon / and in a hote stomake they brenne / parche / and tourne the humours in to coleryke and cause fume that asceÌ„deth in to the heed and eyes and troubleth the brayne syght But to delay theyr malyce they must be powned in a morter and layde all nyght in warme water that they may haue moysture therof / and so they do become lyke to the grene nuttes They be good in medycyns / for yf they be eaten afore other meates with fygges they kepe the body fro all venymous thynges ¶ For bytynge of a wood dogge B And yf they be stamped with salte an ony on they be good for bytiÌ„g of a wood dogge yf it be layde therto ¶ For apostumes C ¶ Also yf the be medled with rue and hony they be good agaynst apostumes of melancolyke humours / and they sprede and waste flewme layde to the places and yf they be stamped with the ryndes and layde to the nauyll they destroye apostumes within the body A dragme and a halfe eaten is good remedy agaynst lettynge of vryne and yf it be taken with vyneygre it is good agaynst feuers ¶ For tetters D ¶ Agaynst tetters spredynge and not spredynge Spette it in your hande / put salte therto and medle them togyder and rubbe the tetter and scrape it with a knyfe / thaÌ„ anoynte it with iuce of a nutte and it shall be hole ¶ De Nute vomyca Spewynge nuttes Ca. CCC.xi SPewynge nuttes be hote and drye The inner partes is vsed and not the ryndes They haue power to cause vomyte and purge flewme and coleryke humour in this maner Yf flewme or coler habounde in the mouthe of the stomake / sethe the powdre therof with fenell sede / and yf there be flewme take the water with oâ—â—â—mell / and yf there be coler take it with â—â—egre syrope ¶ De Nigella Cokyll Ca. CCC.xii NIgella Cokyll is hote and drye in the thyrde degre It is the sede of a wede that growed in wheete in watery places / and this sede may be kept .x. yeres It hath a tryangle fygure / and hath thre sydes or corners / and a blacke colour / and hath a byter sauour / and for the substauÌ„ce of bytternesse it hath aparatyue and dyurytyke vertu / and deuydeth and spredeth flewme and wasteth wyndes by the qualyte ¶ For wormes in the wombe A ¶ A playster made of the meale of cokyll with iuce of wormewood / and layde to the nauyll sleeth wormes in the wombe / and specyally in chylderen / and for them that be grete / confycte this meale with hony / eate it The sayde meale of cokyll moysted in vyneygre and dropped warme in to the eares sleeth the wormes there ¶ For vryne B ¶ Agaynst lettynge of vryne / be it strangury or dyssury Agaynst gnawynge of yeâ—ulke called ysyake passyon Take the wyâ—â— that this sede is steped all a nyght / and â—ot sodeÌ„ for it wolde do to moche wyoleÌ„te â—â—lke Constantyne sayth that whan it is taken in to grete quantyte it sleeth But who so hath grete quantyte put it in a bagge and sethe it in wyne and oyle / and than lay the bagge therwith hote to the raynes and share for the sayde dyseases ¶ For scabbes C ¶ Also sethe the powdre of cokyll in grete quantyte in stronge vyneygre / and lâ—te it sethe tyll it be somwhat thycke / and than put nutte oyle therto / and make an oyntement therof that is good for the scabbe / taketh away tetters / ferkles of the face â–ª ¶ De Nespilis Medlers or open arses Ca. CCC.xiii NEspile be medlers or nelles Theyr propryete is to conforte the stomake and to staunche blody flux of the wombe caused of coleryke humours / and to staunche vomyte caused of the same / they prouoke vryne / and be more behouefull for medycyns than for meate For they nourysshe but lytell / and be better afore meate than after / and be not greuous to the substaunce of the stomake and senewy sydes therof ¶ Thus endeth the herbes begynnynge with N. ¶ And here begynneth the names begynnynge with O. ¶ De basilicone Basyll Ca. CCC.xiiii OXinium / that is a comyn herbe called basyl / and is of .ii. kyndes or sortes One is called basill gentyll / or fyne basyll / a hath smal leues / and the other hath longe leues The basyll gentyll is of more vertue thaÌ„ the other hath a smel lyke clowes And Constantyne sayth that this Basyll is hote in the fyrst degre drye in the seconde But the other is hote drye in the fyrst degre The sedes and the herbe be good for medycyns / and whan basylycone is founde in receptes / it is the herbe / and specyally in oyntementes The sedes haue vertue to staunche by the glemynesse that they haue and that is sene anone whaÌ„ the be put in water they swelle be thycke and of them cometh a glemynesse These sedes conforte by theyr good odour / haue vertue to departe and sprede humours and may be kept .iij. yeres ¶ For swownynge ¶ Agaynst swownynge and fayntnesse of of the herte Take rose water that this herbe is soden in For the same take wyne that the herbe hath lyen in all a nyght ¶ For the stomake B ¶ For coldnesse of the stomake Sethe a grete dele of it in wyne / but it is better in must / and whan it is soden put whyte wyne therto in good quantyte It is confortable and smelleth swetely / and is good
sirope of rose looseth at the begynnynge that it is made / but at the laste it byndeth yf it be made of grene roses But that that is made of drye roses looseth at the last This syrope of roses hath vertue to conforte / and to staunche ¶ For flux of the wombe D ¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe and vomyte Take this syrope with rayne water / or with rose water ¶ Oyle of roses is made iÌ„ dyuers maners Some sethe the roses in oyle olyue / streyne them and kepe them Some fyll a vessel of glasse with roses and oyle / and sete the sayde vessell in a panne full of boylyng water / and so causeth the roses to boyle / and that maner is good The other oyle of grene roses is made thus Take grene roses / and put them in a vessell of glasse and sette it in the sonne .xli. dayes And this oyle is good ¶ For chauffynge of the lyuer E ¶ Agaynst chauffyng of the lyuer / anoynte the lyuer therwith ¶ For payne of the heed F ¶ Agaynst the payne of the heed caused of heate / anoynte the foreheed and the teÌ„ples And do thus to the fayntnes that weyketh the body and that cometh of weykenesse of the herte But it is better to medle the sayde â—yle with powdre of reed sandalles or whyte or at the leest powdre of roses Also for the abouesayd dyseases Put oyle of roses in the pacyentes meate in stede of comyn oyle and chyefly agaynst chauffyng of the lyuer ¶ The maner to make rose water can not be exprysed yf it hath not be sene made Some make it thus They put roses with water in a fyole of glasse / and put the sayd fyole in a vessell full of sethynge water / so sethe the roses with the water / and it be cometh reed / and than they set the fyole in the sonne And a fewe roses be put with moche water it is not good Some gadre the roses with the dewe on them / and put theÌ„ in the fyole as it is sayd wtout ony other water / and that rose water is good Rose water hath vertue to staunche conforte ¶ For flux of the wombe G ¶ Agayn flux of the wombe and vomyte Take rose water alone / or sethe mastykeâ— clowes therin And it is specyally good agaynst flux of the wombe caused of retentyfy vertue / or by takynge of some medycyne of to sharpe a laxe ¶ For the gommes H ¶ For the goÌ„mes that ben gnawen frette with euyll humours Sethe clowes in rose water / and than drye them make therof powdre Than tempre that powdre with rose water / or with roses / and that is best and than drye ti agayne in the sonne / and do so thre or foure ytmes / and than tempre the powdre agayne with rose water or with iuce of roses / and anoynt the gommes therwith / or lay the powdre on them ¶ For fayntnesse of the herte I ¶ For them that be faynt at the herte / or be lyke to swowne Gyue them rose water to drynke / and bedewe theyr face therwith Rose water conuenably put in coleres / or medycyns made for the eyes / and in oyntemeÌ„tes made for the face / for it taketh away the spottes / smotheth the skynne / drye roses smelled at the nose conforteth gretely the brayne the herte quyckeneth the spyrytes ¶ For flux of the wombe K ¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe caused of coleryke humour Take rayne water the roses is soden in And for the same is a playster good made of roses whyte of an egge and vyneygre / yf it be layde on the share and to the reynes ¶ To stauÌ„che vomyte L ¶ To stauÌ„che vomyte sethe roses in vyneygre weate a sponge therin lay it to the stomake ¶ For swownynge M ¶ For swownynge take the water that roses is soden in the powdre of the same with a rere egge ¶ For the eyes N ¶ Agaynst reednesse of the eyes that prycketh or brenneth Take grene roses soden in water / and wete them therwith ¶ De raffana Rape rote Ca. CCC.lxiiij RApe is a herbe that is hote drye in the thyrde degre and the rote is named as the herbe And the rote grene or drye is better thaÌ„ ony parte of the herbe for medycyne There must a harde pyth be taken out of this rote lyke a stycke and than the rote dryed on a borde and it may so be kepe And yf ye fynde in the Anthidotari that is the boke that all the receptes of the grete anucyent coÌ„posycyons be wryten in / that yf the rote shall be taken without saynge ony other thynge it is to wyte the rape / but it is not to vnderstande so in other bokes It hath vertue to departe / denyed and sprede humours Of rape rotes oxymell is made in this maner Take rape rotes and pyke out the harde pyth and put them in vyneygre two or thre dayes / and put the thyrde parte of hony to the sayd vyneygre / lete it sethe This oxymell is good for theÌ„ that haue the dropsy caused of colde And for theÌ„ that haue the quartayne or quotidiaÌ„ feuer ¶ For feuers A After that the rote is so soden well streyned and sugre put therto it maketh a good syrope for them that haue cotidian feuer caused of salt flewme And agaynst feuer tercian that is not veray terciaÌ„ / but in maner cotidian take this syrope in the morning with warme water / yf there be ony colde humours and yll dygested in the stomake lete the pacyent ete the barkes or ryndes of these rotes steped in vyneygre and hony tyl he be full and drynke warme water / and put his fynger or a fether in to his mouthe wetre in oyle to cause hym vomyte ¶ For the mylte B ¶ For hardnesse of the mylte lyuer / sethe this herbe in wyne and oyle and lay to the place Yf it to soden be layde vpon the share it heleth the lettynge of vryne and spredeth the humours that cause strangury and dyssury ¶ De opstriagone OBstriago that men of Affryke call Saranniris is an herbe that groweth about tombles and graues of deed folke or on walles there about ¶ To clense woundes A ¶ For sores full of matter and fylthe / the rote of this herbe put in them resowdreth and heleth them without leuynge ony weÌ„me or foule marke / and it must be gadred in maye ¶ De radice A radysshe Ca. CCC.lxv RAdysshe is an herbe that is hote drye in the seconde degre The rote therof is called Radix And radix is fouÌ„de in the boke called Passionari / it is the rote This rote is hygge / and hath vertue as the rape / and the one may be taken for the other but this is weykest in strength and vertue Isaac sayth that radix is hote in the thyrde degre / and drye in the seconde /
flux make a clyster Take two vnces of rys / of dragagant / of gomme arabyke / bole armenyke of eche halfe an vnce / and thaÌ„ ministred But it is better to haue a laxynge clystre afore / made of barly and oyle Galien sayth that the nature of rys is hote in the fyrst degre and drye in the seconde / and it is takeÌ„ in dyuers maners / and dyuersly chaunged in operacyons Some grynde it and make meale therof / sethe it as wheet and make potage In that maner is good for them that haue payne in the stomake and bowelles Other sethe it with mylke or oyle of almondes and in that maner it leseth the vertue to bynde But it is of good nourysshyng and bredeth good blode / and encreaseth naturall sede ¶ To clense the face C ¶ Yf the face be rubbed with ryse or the water that it is soden it taketh the pymples away and clenseth the skynne of spottes ¶ De robellijs Ca. CCC.lxxiiij RObelles is certayne sedes that be colde in the fyrst degre / and meane betwene drye and moyst Theyr huskes is harde to dygest and styptyke / and therfore yf they be husked they brede good blode cause no wyndes as beanes do ¶ For them that spette blode A ¶ They be good for them that spette blode out of the brest / yf they be soden and steped in wyne / and steye broken membres and swageth the ache yf they be layde playster wyse on them ¶ For feuers B ¶ Yf they be soden with barly and arache or betes they be good agaynst feuer caused of blode of coleryke humour ¶ For the flux C ¶ And who so wyll staunche flux must sethe them in water with brancha / porcelayne pomegarnettes and oyle / and so eate them ¶ De Rapiastro Wylde rapes Ca. CCC.lxxv RApistre is an herbe colde and drye and is called wylde rapes bycause the leues and sedes be lyke rape leues and sedes But the rote is not lyke it ¶ For the lunges A ¶ The rote therof is good to clense the lunges Yf it be soden with lycoryce / and the water dronken that it is soden in ¶ For brekynge of synewes B ¶ Yf it be layde on brusures or concussyon of synewes it healeth them easely ¶ De rapa Rapes Ca. CCC.lxxvi RApa rapes is hote in the seconde degre / and moyst in the fyrst It nouryssheth more habundantly than ony other rote / but it is harde to dygest / and bredeth tendre flesshe by the wynde that it causeth ¶ To moeue lechery A ¶ Also it moeueth lechery / yf it be fyrst soden in one water and than in an other / the harde substaunce therof is made tendre / the nourysshynge therof is betwene good and euyll And yf it be yll soden it is harde to dygest / and bredeth wynde / stoppeth the vaynes and other conduytes therfore whan they be soden so in two waters they be soden agayne with fatte flesshe ¶ For podagre B ¶ Yf they that he podagres wasshe theyr fete in water that it is soden in it apealeth the ache And is good agaynst venym ¶ Thus endeth the herbes that begyn with R. ¶ And begynneth of theÌ„ begynnynge with S. ¶ De spicnardo Spyknarde or spyke Ca. CCC.lxxvij SPyke is hote in the fyrste degre and drie in the secoÌ„de There be two maners of spyke / one is spyknarde / the other spyke celtyk Some say the spyknarde is the floure of a tre / but it is not so It is founde about the rote of a tre And it ought to be chosen that hath a softe sharpe sauour and somwhat eygre and a browne colour Or it be put in medycyne there there must be a whyte parte taken out therof / and that that is blacke without nygh to the rote It may be kept .x. yeres in a drye place Spyke celtyke is lyke to spyknarde and groweth towarde septentrion is whyte / but saluinca .i. caltrappe is put in stede therof Blacke spyke with colour as erthe ought not to be put in medycyne It hath vertue to conforte for the good odour therof to vnstoppe and is dyurytyke ¶ For the herte A ¶ Agaynst dysease of the herte or swownynge Tempre the pacyentes wyne with water that spyknarde is soden in / and of the same water with sugre make syrope / and lete the pacyent vse it And for weykenesse of the brayne / put it in the nose to smell ¶ For colde rewme B ¶ Agaynst colde rewme Sethe powdre of spyknarde in oyle of muske or comyne oyle / and put it in the nosethrylles with the fyngers ende ¶ For the herynge C ¶ This oyle is good agaynst thyckenesse of herynge or deefnesse caused of colde or fylthe of the eares that remayneth after apostumes ¶ For the gomes D ¶ For rottennesse of the gomes lay the powdre therof on them ¶ For the matryce E ¶ To clense the matryce and to cause meâ—strue to flowe / and to helpe concepcyon Make a lytell bagge of a fynger length fyll it with powdre of spyknarde / and lete it boyle longe in oyle of muske or comyn oyle / and lete the woman put it in her naturall concauyte ¶ For costyfnesse F ¶ Agaynst costyfnesse caused of colde humour / lay the powdre of spyknarde vpon cotton / and lay it to the foundemeÌ„t whyle it is out ¶ De solatro Petymorel or nyght shade Ca. CCC.lxxviij SOlatro is the lesse Morell It is colde and drye in the seconde degre and it openeth partely the conduytes of the body / and is dyurytyke whyle it is grene bothe in the leues and fruyte And whan it is drye it hath no vertue ¶ For the lyuer A ¶ Agaynst opylacyon of the lyuer / and of the mylte / and agaynst Iaundys that cometh bycause the wayes of the lyuer and galle is stopped / the iuce of nyghtshade droÌ„ken is good / and the iuce made in sirope with sugre Or better take two vnces of the iuce with .v. dragmes of rewbarbe ¶ For the stomake B ¶ For apostumes in the stomake / in the lyuer or bowelles Take the iuce of morell with ptyfame or barly ¶ For the lyuer C ¶ Agaynst chauffynge or heate of the lyuer Wete a clothe many tymes dowble in the iuce and lay it to the lyuer And suche a clothe so wete is good to lay on a podagrâ—s hote fote Or bruse the herbe and lay it often therto ¶ For hote apostumes D ¶ Agaynst hote apostumes at the begynnynge And withdrawe the mater bruse this herbe and lay on them ¶ De solatro rustice Dwale or more morell Ca. CCC.lxxix SOlatrum rusticum is the more morell The ryght name is alcate â–ª the fruyte therof is lyke a chery and is closed in a reed webbe or skynne ¶ For the bladder A ¶ The sede therof is pryncypally good agaynst lettynge of vryne / and is also good agaynst the stone in the bladder / yf the wyne
that the sedes therof be soden in is dronken fastynge ¶ For wheales B ¶ For chyldreÌ„ that haue wheales or pymples about theyr bodyes Bathe or wasshe them .ix. dayes with water that it is sodeÌ„ in ¶ De serapino Serapyn Ca. CCC.lxxx SErapyn is hote drye in the thyrde degre It is the gomme of a tre that groweth beyonde the see and in Grece / out of the whiche cometh an humour that hardeneth to the tre in suche maner that somtyme it holdeth with the barke It may be kept longe in a drye place It hath vertue to deuyde and sprede humours The smoke of Serapin with a gotes horne is good against the sâ—omerynge euyll and causeth to snele / and clenseth the stomake of flewmatyke moystnesse ¶ For the brethe A ¶ Thre dragmes takeÌ„ agaynst lette of the brethe caused of moystnesse is good / but or it be taken it beheueth to prepare the matryce Another remedy is Take gencyan soden in a ptysame of barly / and streyned and in the streynyng put serapyn and gyue it to the pacyent ¶ For the matryce B ¶ A supposytory made of serapyn and put in the naturall place of a woman causeth the stopped floures to flowe / and causeth the deed chylde to come out of the moder with the bedde yf it be abyden within after the chyldynge as Dyascorydes sayth The smoke of serapyn taken at the mouthe and nosethrylles is good agaynst suffocacyon or chokynge of the matryce that is whan the matryce haleth the vppeâ— meÌ„bres in suche wyse that she is as deed ¶ For the mylte C ¶ Agaynst hardnesse of the mylte Make a ciroine / or playster of serapyn wete all nyght in vyneygre / and in the mornynge streyne it and put therto oyle and waxe / it is meruaylous good ¶ De semper viua Howsleke or selfegrene Ca. CCC.lxxxi SEmê‘ viua alway quycke / bycause it is euer grene It is an herbe that is called also IoÌ„barde Some call it abzo The grekes call it centros / other engini It groweth vpon houses It is colde in the thyrde degre and drye in the fyrst Whyle it is grene / it hath grete vertue / and none whan it is drye It hath vertue to coole This herbe stamped and layde to hote apostumes or they be formed is good but whaÌ„ they be formed it noyeth ¶ For scaldynge A ¶ Agaynst scaldyng of fyre or water make an oyntement of the iuce therof with oyle rolate and wax But this oyntemeÌ„t ought not to be layde to the thre fyrst dayes / but hote thynges that the heare may departe At the begynnynge anoynt it with sope / than with this oyntement to delay the payne ¶ For bledynge at the nose B ¶ Agaynst bleding of the nose that cometh by ebulision or boylynge of the blode in the lyuer and vaynes In somer make bendes wete in the iuce with rose water / and lay them to the foreheed / temples / and to the lyuer And this auctor sayth that he hath seen the experyence that it is very prouffytable to wete it in water onely ¶ For the eyes C ¶ Agaynst the heate reednesse of the eyes and agaynst fyry apostumâ—s / and against hote podagre / this herbe is good stamped layde to alone / or a playster made therof with meale ¶ For the heedache D ¶ For the heedache A noynte the heed and foreheed with the iuce therof medled with oyle rosate The iuce therof is good for theÌ„ that haue the iaundys caused of heate of the lâ—uer And sleeth wormes of the wombe And stauncheth floures in women yf they flowe to moche ¶ De Sulphure Brymstone Ca. CCC.lxxxij SVlphre is hote and drye It is a maner of erthe that by the accyon werkynge of strength of heate is tourned to the nature of Brymstone And the partyes of the water and erthe be chaunged in to smokes There is quycke brymstone that is suche as it cometh out of the erthe The other is deed brymstone or quenched that is arayed by crafte in this maner It is soden in a quyll of yren The brymstone is to be chosen that is grene or brownysshe / drawynge to grene For the whyte or browne / or that that hath a deedly pale colour ought not to be put in medycyne It may be kept .iiij. yeres / and than it waxeth nought by the strength of the heate therof and tourneth to whyte asshes It hath vertue to sprede course humours and to waste them ¶ For the brethe A ¶ Agaynst lettyng of the brethe that hath holde longe space caused of humours / take thre dragme of the powdre therof with a rere egge But fyrst it behoueth to prepare make redy the mater to come out by souplynge and degestynge oyntementes layde to the share Or elles lay brymstone on hote coles / and lete the pacyent receyue the smoke through a quyl in to his mouthe and holde his heed downwarde / bycause it shall not descende in to the breste / for it may blemysshe the dysease ¶ For the palsey B ¶ Agaynst palsey / or percussyon / podagre or other goute / and the fallynge euyll and for scabbes Take oyle sicionuÌ„ that is made of iuce of cucumers medled with waxe powdre of brymstone / and whyte peleter and make an oyntement / and as sone as the powdres be in take it fro the fyre / and so vse it But for the fallynge euyll anoynte the rydge of the pacyentes backe all aloÌ„ge ¶ For scabbes C ¶ Agaynst the scabbe Soke lytargye in vyneygre / and put brymstone therto with nutte oyle and make therof an oyntement ¶ De Sileos Ca. CCC.lxxxiij SIleos or siler montanuÌ„ It is hote and drye in the thyrde degre It is a sede that may be kept .iij. yeres It hath vertue to open the coÌ„duytes to sprede humors ¶ For the brethe A ¶ For lette of the brethe caused of colde humours Take the iuce that sileos is soden in with drye fygues ¶ For the lyuer B ¶ Agaynst stoppynge of the lyuer mylte and of the reynes and agaynst lette of vryne Take the wyne that it is soden in ¶ For the floures C ¶ To cause menstrue to flowe / lete the woman wasshe her with wyne that it is sodeÌ„ in The powdre therof dronkeÌ„ with whyte wyne and sugre clereth the syght ¶ De Saponarya Crowsoppe Ca. CCC.lxxxiiij SAponaria / burit / herba fullonum herbe phylyp / all is one It hath many names it is called saponary fullers grasse / buryt / and crowsope This boke speketh not of the vertue / howbeit it is good for venym ¶ De Sanguine draconis DragoÌ„s blode Ca. CCC.lxxxv â–ª SAnguis draconis is dry in the thyrde degre Some say that it is the iuce of an herbe / but it is not so It is the iuce of a tre that groweth in Inde And is called dragons blode bycause it is lyke suche blode That is to be chosen that is bryght within and shynynge
The latyns call it cicer erriticuÌ„ Some call it Gypos / other Merules / or Agriomena / it is lyke Origanum but the leues be whyter and smaller and smelleth lyke margarym Therof is bothe wylde and tame The tame spredeth the sprygges on the erthe â—â—nd the wylbe on heyght The leues and thâ— floures be good in medycyne ¶ For the rewme A ¶ Agaynst colde rewme Roste the floures and leues on a tyle stone / and lay it betwene two clothes to the heed The wyne that serpyllum is soden in with iuce of lycoryce is good agaynst the cough The wyne that it is soden in with anys is good agaynst payn of the stomake that be caused of wyndes ¶ For the vryne B ¶ A bathe made of water that it is soden in easeth all lette of vryne / be it strangury or dyssury / and it warmeth / conforteth / clenseth the matryce The wyne that it is soden in warmeth the stomake / and conforteth the lyuer / and the mylte Diascorydes sayth that it hath vertue to dryue away venymous beestes / therfore it is gyuen to labourers in heruest with theyr meate / that yf so be that they slepe in the felde to be surer The brothe therof helpeth agaynst bytynge of venymous beestes / and agaynst wryngynge of the bely ¶ For spettynge of blode C ¶ Yf it be taken with hony and vyneygre it is good for them that spette blode And also it causeth the floures to renne ¶ For the heed ache D ¶ Also it is good for the heed ache yf the temples and the forheed be anoynted with oyle of roses and vyneygre ¶ De satureia Sauerey Ca. CCCC xx SAuerey is a comyn herbe with swete smell It is hote and drye in the thyrde degre It ought to be gadred whan it floureth / and dryed in the shadowe It clenseth the longes of cours humours / and wasteth wyndes / caused vryne and the floures to renne Brothe made of meale water and powdre of sauerey clenseth the bulke and so dooth the powdre therof alone Diascorides sayth that it styreth lechery / and therfore a woman with chylde ought not to vse it It is good for them that be in lytargy and euer slepy / and it wakeneth theÌ„ yf it be layde to the heed ¶ For vomyte A ¶ The powdre therof taken with a rere egge is good agaynst vomyte / and venymous woundes ¶ De sanguina ia Blodworte / or yarow Ca. CCCC xxi SAnguinari is of twâ— maners One is so called / bycause it causeth to blede The other bycause it chauffeth and staunchet it We speke as now of the fyrst and is otherwyse called galligris or goos fote bycause the sede spredeth forkewyse as a goos fote ¶ To cause blode A ¶ A twygge of this herbe with a fewe of his pryckes put in to the nose cause anone to blede And therfore it is good for heuynesse of the heed caused of to moche blode ¶ For bytynge of a madde dogge B ¶ It is good also agaynst bytynge of a madde dogge / yf it be tempred with breed and layde to The other sanguynary stauncheth blode is bursa pastoris / it is spoken of afore / yf ony blede and put it in to the coÌ„trary nosethryll ¶ For burstenesse C ¶ Also the powdre of this herbe put in meates is good for them that be bursten / and resowdreth meruaylously ¶ For bledynge at the nose D ¶ Also cotton wette in the iuce therof and put in to the nose stauncheth the blode ¶ De stolopendria Hertes tongue ¶ Ca. CCCC xxii STolopendria is a comyn herbe called cerue lingue The grekes call it spenidion / bycause it is good for the mylte Other call it erimon / other locitas / other figicis / other herbe panaye It hath a longue narowe left lyke a hertes tongue marked aboue with reed strypes and groweth in welles and dyches ¶ For the lyuer A ¶ Agaynst payne and stoppynge of the lyuer and mylte Sethe it in water or wyne and drynke it or yf the herbe be eaten it is good for the same Also yf it be founde in a place that the sonne shyneth theron playnly stampe it with meale / and make pylles or cakes fryed and eate them .ix. dayes for 〈◊〉 sayde dyseases â–ª ¶ De Soldanea Ca. CCCC xxiij Oldanea is hote and drye and groweth in sandy groundes and on the see brymmes / and hath small rouÌ„de leues and a lytell rote whyte longe The floure is lyke the floure of azarabachara It purgeth the wombe vyolently / therfore but one dragme ought to be taken with the powdre of the rote And yf to mooche be taken it causeth bledynge But yf it styre to moche / and that ye wyll stoppe the flux wasshe the pacyent in colde water An auctour named Gentyll made mooche of this herbe for the dropsey / and sayth that it purgeth the water of the wombe And the arabyes call it catole / groweth in Lombardye / and the iuce is to be taken or elles the powdre of the rote The leues appere on the erthe and is lyke cuscuta / that is dodyr De spinachia spynache Ca. CCCC xxiiij SPynache is a veray comyn herbe and is colde and moyst in the ende of the fyrst degre It purgeth flowme / and cooleth the stomake and the wombe / and loseth the bely / and bredeth good blode / helpeth agaynst drythe of the bulke and loÌ„ges Isaac sayth that it moysteth the woÌ„be and is good agaynst payne of the throte / caused to moche blode or hote flewme And he sayth that spynaches be better than araches for the stomake An auctour called Tacuit sayth that spynache is hote / but they all accorde that it is moyste ¶ De sicla / alias bleta Betes Ca. CCCC xxv SIcla is a comyn herbe called betes It is hote and drye in the fyrst degre It gyueth euyll nourysshynge to the stomake bycause of the sharpenesse / and bycause it hath superflue moystnesse And yf it be soden in water / and confyet with salt water / and vyneygre / a sede called carui and oyle olyue / or oyle of almondes it is of better dygestyon / and yet in this maner it nouryssheth but lytell / but it nessheth the wombe / and vnstoppeth the opylacyons of the lyuer / specyally yf these opylacyons be caused of grosse humours And whyther it be soden with water or without water it is styptyke and byndynge And Ipocras sayth that the water that it is soden in is styptyke / but the body of it is byndynge ¶ De stalogia Cynes Ca. CCCC xxvi STalogium is of the nature of the onyon or therabout / and is hote drye / but not so moche as the onyon It coÌ„ forteth and warmeth the colde stomake causeth appetyte ¶ For venym A ¶ Also it correcteth venym and venimous meates / but it greueth the syght / and maketh the mouthe to stynke / and ony of hote
anoynted therwith it laxeth it ¶ De tormentilla Ca. CCCC liij TOrmentyll is an herbe that is called fystularia / or taglafayre / and is lyke Sinkfoyle and groweth on hylles and moyst places ¶ For fystula A ¶ For fystule in what place that it be / the iuce of it is good dropped in the hole And so dooth a tente dypped in the sayde iuce layde to the fystule ¶ For the eyes B ¶ For the webbe in the eye Medle the iuce with whyte wyne and droppe it therin ¶ For venym C ¶ For all venym the powdre therof is good with water of remort And agaynst swellynge of the legge / bathe the legge in the water therof ¶ For pestylence D ¶ The powdre therof takeÌ„ with scabyous water is good agaynst the pestylence / yf it be taken at the begynnynge of the sekenesse ¶ For the flux E ¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe The powdre of the rote therof is good with warme water of plantayne ¶ De trifolio Trefle or thre leued grasse Ca. CCCC liiij TRefle as Dyascorydes sayth is of iiij sortes One is called trefle with thre cantes that some call Polifilon / and there is a trefle called trefliagri or trifolium soffolidum and in latyn Exifilon The fourth is trefle lageteron / and the latyns calle it hare trefle with a reed floure and a sharpe sede The rote therof vnstoppeth the conduytes of vryne ¶ For apostumes A ¶ Yf the floures and sedes be soden in water it is good for theÌ„ that haue apostumes in theyr sides called plenresy and for them that may not pysse and for the fallynge euyl and for dropsey at the fyrst of it / and for stopped menstrue The leues taken with oximell is good agaynst venym / so dooth all the stalke or plante sodeÌ„ in water / and the venymed place wasshed therwith / And it is good for woundes Thre leues or .iij. sedes gyueth remedy to feuer tercyan ¶ De tartaro wyne lyes Ca. CCCC lv TArtyr lyes of wyne is hote drye in the thyrde degre That of the purest wyne is the best For all maner of gowtes tetters Make an oyntement in this wyse Put lyes of wyne in vyneygre all â— nyght / and in the mornynge make an oyntement agaynst the sayd thynges Also sethe the sedes of stafisagre in water of the whiche with powdre of tartre make a myrtioÌ„ and it wyll dystroye the scruffe of the heed yf it be anoynted therwith two or thre tymes The powdre of wyne lyes takeÌ„ with meates or otherwyse causeth the greas of a man or woman / and the sarazyns vse it to kepe them lowe and leane For this cause take halfe an vnce or thre dragmes with some electuary of good taste as dyapedyoÌ„ dragagaÌ„t dyamargaryton / or clarey But neuerthelesse the vse therof causeth excoracyon or fleyenge of the bowelles / and whaÌ„ it is vsed mastyke ought to be put therto ¶ De Thucia Ca. CCCC lvj THucia is a stone comynge from the erthe and somtyme cometh from the â—â—enes Thucia is of many colours / some is whyte / some grene / some cytryne The whyte is to be chosen for the best / and his nature is to be colde Some say that thucia is of all maner of meteles / of gold / of syluer / and of lede And they that cometh from the lede is the best next the fyrst / and it shall be vsed in medycyne It is pryncypally good for the eyes Some sayth that thucia is made of herbes / as of fygge tree leues / and leues of mora celsi This thucia made by crafte of herbes and dryeth in an ouen is not of so grete vertue as the other on the meteles How thucia is made and where of / ye shall fynde in Pandecta in his ccccc and .lxxxvi. chapytre ¶ De Terediabinti Ca. CCCC lvij TErediabin as Serapio sayth in his boke aggregato in the chapytre Terediabin .i. mel roris is a dewe descendynge from the heuen and lyketh moche the hony that is greyned / and falleth often on the trees in the londe Corasteni before the rysynge of the soÌ„ne in the mornynge Those trees hath geete leues / and thornes / reed floures / but of the floures growen not fruytes This hony dewe hath vertue to laxe / mollyfye the wombe / moysteth the brest And is specyally good for them that hath moche vntempered hotenesses within And it is to be chosen that is whyte and newe ¶ For swellynge A ¶ It vsed with fenel sedes swageth the swellynge within the body / and also the swellynge comyng of hote feuers / abbateth the thyrst as Plinius sayth ¶ For the hete B ¶ It taken with endyue water abateth the excessyfe hete comynge of feuers Or takeÌ„ with passule / raysyns of corans ceaseth it also / and taketh away the thyrst ¶ De frumeÌ„to wheate Ca. CCCC lviij TRiticum is wheate it is hote in the fyrst degre and is meane betwene hote and moist / and the breed that is made therof is more hote than moist / for the heate mounteth to the seconde degre by heate of the fyre that it is baken with / and bycause that elementes chaunge the degre of thynges And that is seen by the accyon that elementes do in many thynges Example / melons ben colde and moyst in the seconde degre / and neuerthelesse theyr sedes become drye in the sonne Barly beanes ben drye of theyr nature / but in the sethynge in water they become moyst Than syth it is so the drye thynges receyue moysture by water and moyst thynges drythe by the sonne / it may be sayd that hote thinges ben coled by snewe / and colde thynges hette by fyre Amonge all graynes sedes wheate hath the propryete to nourisshe best by lykenesse that it hath to the complexyoÌ„ of mankynde and therwith it hath other propryetees for medycynes / for it is reÌ„nynge and clensyng The iuce therof confyet with the meale purgeth the breste and the longues and delayeth the sharpenesse therof / and ptysame of wheate is better than of barly ¶ For toughe A ¶ Agaynst cough and flux of blode of the breste soden with oyle and layde on harde apostumes it softeneth them and spredeth the mater Yf the meale of wheate be medled with vyneygre and hony and layde â—n pymples of the face it clenseth them ¶ For brestes B ¶ Yf it be medled with rue and soden in water and layde to harde brestes that be crudded with mylke it wyll soften them ¶ For broken synewes C ¶ Yf it be medled with iuce of hanebane and layde playsterwyse to broken synewes it wyll kepe them that no greuous humours come to theÌ„ ¶ Grayne of wheate chawed is good for the impostume that cometh of bytynge of a madde dogge Oyle made of the grayne of wheate is good for tetters / and ryngwormes / but the place must be fyrst well rubbed with a coure lynnen clothe Iuce or brothe made
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 cowdron / that is thycke whan the water is soden the whyche whan it is almoost colde is put in rounde vesselles and set in the sonne / with the heate of the sonne / and of the sethynge it wexeth whyte and harde and that is the best Sugre may be kept .v. yeres iÌ„ a place not to drye nor to moyst Sugre is put in many medycyns and confyetures / and specyally in them that be made for sharpe dyseases / and cheyfly that whice is whytest / is the coldest There is reed sugre and it is veray hote / and is called sugre mellum / and it is so reed for faute of perfyte / and good sethynge / and is made by water that is cast theron / and is put in pottes whan it is of the fyre This reed sugre ought not to be put in medycyns for feuers ague But yf it be soden with vyneygre tyll it be parched and put in supposytory of feuer ague Sugre is good for them that be drye by the waye ¶ It is good for them that be leued with sekenesse / and that be shorte brethed by drythe of the brest / and it ought for to be put in theyr drynkes nor meates for it wyll cause them to gadre flesshe and kepe them moyste ¶ Here after foloweth a rehersall of dyuers chapters whiche before hath not ben specyfyed concernyng dyuers causes of medycyns nedefull to the behofe of man ¶ Abrotanum latine / grece / Hesum Arabice Ca. CCCC lxxxij ABrotanum is of two kyndes as Serapius sayth The male and female is bothe one in fourme and verrtue / but the female hath yelowe floures lyke the saffrone And is hote in the fyrst degre / drye in the seconde as Auicenna sayth Plinius sayth It hath good smellynge floures / and many stalkes and lytell leues ¶ For a balde heed A ¶ Powdre brenned of the herbe / mydled with oyle of Rafanus / therwith anoynted the heed caused the heares to growe For paralysye â–ª B ¶ Wyne dronken with the powdre preserueth a body for the dysease naâ—â—d paâ—â—iâ—sye / or the gowre ¶ Agaynst colde in the heed C ¶ Platearius sayth The heed anoynted with oyle where it is sodeÌ„ in / taketh away the colde / and warmedie ¶ Agaynst the stomake D ¶ Wyne medled with sugre where it is soden in / warmeth the stomake / purgeth the flewme ¶ For the matryce E ¶ Wyne dronken where it is soden in clenseth the matryce in women ¶ Agaynst the stone F ¶ The herbe soden with apium and sugre and so vsed / breketh the stone in the bladder and reynes And is good for all dysseases comynge of colde ¶ For to pysse G ¶ The bely anoynted vndernethe the nauyl with oyle of it openeth the conduytes and causeth well to pysse ¶ Agaynst venym H ¶ The herbe dronken with wyne is good for impoysonyng The fume of it expelleth all serpentes out of the howses and whatsoeuer there abydeth dyeth ¶ For menstrue I ¶ Wyne medled with this powdre / and with myrra / dronken causeth the floure in women / and openeth the conduytes of the matryce ¶ Agaynst colyke passyon K ¶ It vsed / wasteth the moysty humours in the bowelles called colyke passyon ¶ Agaynst the eyen L ¶ Whyte brede and the herbe soden in water / and therwith bathed the eyes wtdraweth the hete and swellynge of them ¶ For the longue M ¶ The herbe medled with lycoryce / ysope / and soden in wyne or water / make it swete with sugre / and so dronken / is very good for all dysseases of the longue and breste / â—â—an the sekenesse commeth of colde / the brest shall be anoynted without / with a salue named Vnguentum dyalthea / and than shall be taken pylles of agarycus / after is good to vse a confeccyon of dyapenidion or dyiairi salamonis ¶ For feuer N ¶ The herbe stamped with oyle / and layd on fete and handes is good for them ¶ Arbor glandis latine Hullus Arabice Anoken tree Ca. CCCC lxxxiij ARbor glandis / an oke tree Serapius libro aggregatoris capitulo hullus .i. arbor glandis sayth / all that cometh of the tree is stoppynge of his nature and pryncypally the inner rynde betwene the tree vtermoost rynde How the shelles of okers be vsed / of his nature stoppeth cooleth ¶ ¶ For flux of menstrue A ¶ The okers eaten stoppeth the longue excessyfe flux in women / and chyefly water dronken there the myddell rynde is soden in / or therwith bathed / and the fume of it helpeth moche â–ª ¶ For fresshe woundes B ¶ The leues stamped layde on a fresshe wounde reyoyneth theÌ„ so that it nedeth not to be sowen And also putteth out the hete of hote apostumes or blaynes ¶ For rennynge sores C ¶ Water where wood of the tre is sodeÌ„ in and dronken with wyne is good for ronnynge sores / chyefly for theÌ„ that speteth blode ¶ For menstrue D ¶ Fumyged the oryfyce of women with water where the leues is soden in / helpeth stoppeth the longe excessyfe flux in women ¶ For paralysye E ¶ Wyne dronken with powdre of okers ceaseth the gowt paralysy / and dryueth â—t out through the vryne For impostumes F ¶ The leues layde on impostume taketh away the hotenesse and heleth them ¶ For impoysonynge G ¶ The rote soden with cowes mylke droÌ„ken is good for impoysonynge medycynes ¶ Gallitricum agreste ¶ GallitricuÌ„ agreste is an herbe to be vsed to the eyes hath the vertue lyke the very gallitricuÌ„ / but it serueth not ta the feuers And the maysters sayth the same vertue as dothe verbena ¶ Bos. An oxe Ca. CCCC lxxxiiij BOs is an oxe and a beest well knowen to euery man The brothe of oxes flesshe conforteth and streÌ„ght more a body / thaÌ„ flesshe of ony other bestes hauyng .iiij. fetes And therfore it is very profytable for seke persones ¶ Plinius There is nothyng on the oxe but it is very profytable for the vse of mankynde ¶ For payne of the yoyntes A ¶ The dounge of an oxe medled with vyneygre layde on the greuous place swageth the swellynge and ceaseth the payne easely ¶ For apostumes B ¶ That aforesayd also sucketh and pulleth out the mater lyke a drawynge playster / whan it is layde theron / and healeth them without hurtynge and taketh out the hete of the membre that shal be fyry and moche greueth ¶ For hete C ¶ For hete swellynge the water distilled of an oxe donge is very good And cheyfly for the eyen anoynted therwith The hornes and skynne is also profitable in vsyng of a man ¶ Cantarydes latine grece Terarie veltrane Arabyce Ca. CCCC lxxxv CAntarides beÌ„ wormes somwhat longhe / grene of colour / and ben hote drye in the thyrde degre / they be founde of the fyldes amonge the frumentes and other graynes / as whete / ryge / whan it groweth and
floureth / and is profytable to many thynges / be kylled with fumygacyon comynge of vyneygre ¶ For byles in the body A ¶ This stamped layde on the greuous place maketh them plaine / and causeth theÌ„ to fall of ¶ For vryne B ¶ CaÌ„tarydes dronken with wyne causeth well to pysse Cantarides shall be chosen that is founde in the wheate ¶ For impostumes C ¶ Cantarides be vsed for to make an apostume / and to opene it / and to cause holes therin that it nedeth not to be cutt open nor to be breÌ„ned open with cauteries / or other instrumentes of yron ¶ For swellynge D ¶ Halfe a dragme of cantarides powdred mydled with bokes blode / mastyke / and ¶ Capra a gote Ca. CCCC lxxxvj CApra is a beest lyght of mynde / spryngynge and ronnynge quycly sharpe of lyght and smellynge and dylygeÌ„t for to geate his meate And seketh his meate after with sygt / smellynge and sauour They gette the aege of .xii. yeres no more and ben lecherye at his vttermost aege ¶ For the stone A ¶ The vryne dronken dryueth out the stone ¶ For the pypynge in the eare B ¶ Vryne warme putted in the eares wasteth the pypynge of them but the vryne of bockes is better ¶ For the stone C ¶ The bockes blode dryed and powdred medled with other medycynes is cheyfly good for the stone The flesshe of a yonge bocke is veray good meate / and lyghtly to dygest ¶ Cancer A creuys Ca. CCCC lxxxvij CAncer is good for seke persones pryncypally for them that be sore greued with hete ¶ The skynne to clense A ¶ Powdre of the eyen of creuys myxted with vyneygre put therin salt water tyll it be lyke mylke / and it lyketh vnguento albo / that is whyte salue / and is fouÌ„de at the potecaryse / whyche dryeth and healeth all sores anone ¶ For the longues B ¶ The brothe is good for payne in the longues named perypleumonia or coÌ„sumyng of man called ptilis bycause whaÌ„ a persone hath a swellynge about the longues than he becometh to dryenesse and consumyng of the naturall moysture tyll he dyeth ¶ Columba a doue Ca. cccc lxxxviij COluÌ„ba is a byrde dwellyng amoÌ„ge mankynde but the turtyll doue dwelleth leuer in the feldes and dry trees onely The flesshe of turtyll doues is yll meate for a man / bycause they haue often the fallynge sekenesse named epilencia / wherby a persone myght gette any dysease causyng grete herme to hymselfe But the other dowes ben not all holsome nouther And a seke persone shall not eate of them The blode vnder his ryght wynge / is good in medycynes ¶ For the eyes A ¶ The same blode dropped warme in the eyen wasteth the webbe therin ¶ For impostumes B ¶ The blode putt in open blaynes or inpostumes heleth them ¶ Caseus Chese Ca. CCCC lxxxix CHese is a meate not well dygestyfe and dooth grete harme to them that hath a harde lyuer and mylte Chese moch eateâ— dooth encrease the stone in the bladder / therfore sayth the excellent mayster Constantyn The chese is not good eaten for relygyous persones dwellynge in monasteryes / but the chese whiche is fresshe mylky is better to eate ¶ For purgacyon A ¶ The wey of chese is good for seke persones it conforteth laxeth without harme and causeth temperatly purgacyon The wey shall be made of the best shepe chese that may be Chese moche salted causeth many sekenes and yll accidentes in a man Fyrst it engendreth the stone in the bladder / and letteth to pysse / causeth the stomake slymy and without appetyte / and soupleth the heed with yll humours and accydentes Therfore euery persone shall take hede for to moche vsynge of chese / for to restreyne sekenes / and preserue hymselfe in helthe ¶ De Siligo Rye ¶ Siligo Rye nouryssheth more than the barly And the brede bakeÌ„ of rye nourissheth lesse thaÌ„ wheate brede the brede of rye is better for them that is in good helthe thaÌ„ for seke folke / for it causeth strength in a holsam body / dyseaseth iÌ„ a seke body The whete brede is onely good for seke bodyes Brede of rye is not good for them that hath a colde stomake for they may not dygest it Take hede of eaten al maner of brede that is not baken wel for it causeth many dyseases in the body EDus is a beest / and his flesshe is of goog nourysshynge / bredynge good blode / is good to dygest Isidorê° sayth This beest is well tempered in the foure qualytees / as in heate / colde / moystenesse drynesse ¶ For bytynge of a mad dogge A ¶ The skynne layd warme on the bytyng of a mad dogge ceaseth theÌ„ ¶ The smoke coÌ„myng whaÌ„ the heres be brent dryueth away all wenymos bestes serpentes ¶ Lepus an hare Ca. CCCC xci LEpus is a beest And of all bestes is none flesshe which causeth so heuy blode and melancolye as dooth the flesshe of the hare ¶ For trembly of the body A ¶ The brayne rosted and eaten is good for the same passyon / and happeth often after a sekenesse ¶ For impoysonynge B ¶ The gall dronken with vyneygre is good for impoysonynge and venym ¶ For the stone C ¶ The powdre brenned of a quycke haâ—e and dronken with wyne is very good for the stone ¶ For to do growe the tethe in yonge chyldrene The brayne of it anoynted on the chyke of a yonge chylde causeth the tethes to come out without payne Of this beest sayth Pandecta moche in his .lvi. chaptre ¶ Pira Peres Ca. CCCC xcij PIra peres ben fruytes of two kyndes The tame the wylde the tame or comen peres causeth moystnes / whan they be eaten rosted or sodeÌ„ they conforthe the stomake The wylde peres stoppeth and noyeth the stomake the grete tame peres ben better vsed in meates than the lytell / but the lytell peres nouryssheth more whan they be eaten rawe than the greate Platearius sayth Peres moche eaten causeth payne in the bowelles and noyeth theÌ„ Auicenna It is good to drynke stronge wyne / and vse some spyce as peper cynamoÌ„ after eatynge of peres / for peres causeth payne in the bowelles / whiche is named colyke passyon ¶ For the wombe A ¶ Dyascorides sayth Peres dressed iÌ„ mete and so eaten conforteth and weykeneth the wombe ¶ Auicenna The wylde peres ben colder of nature than the tame And the iuce of bothe vsed befor dynner stoppeth the bely / and vsed after dynner laxeth the bely Versus Ante cibum stipant / post cibum corpora laxant ¶ For vomyte B ¶ Peres stamped and soden in water / layd without on the stomake / restreyneth the vomyte comynge of the reed colera ¶ Agaynst payne in the bely C ¶ Ipocras sayth / after the eatynge of peres shall be dronken good stronge wyne agaynst the payne in the bely ¶ Poma Apples Ca. CCCC xciij POma apples
cclxxiii B ¶ To conforte dygestyon Ca. c. A Ca. cv A Ca. cxvi A Ca. cix C Ca. lxxxv A Ca. xcviii A Ca. cclxviii A Ca. cclxxxvii A Ca. cclxxv B Ca. cclxxxii A Ca. cccvii A Ca. cccix A Ca. cccxxxi A ¶ Against apostumes in the stomake Ca. ccccvii F ¶ For swellyng of the stomake Ca. cxxii C ¶ For payne of the stomake Ca. lx L Ca. xc B Ca. cix A Ca. cxliii B Ca. cl A Ca. clxx B Ca. ccxxv A Ca. ccxxviii B Ca. ccxlv B Ca. cclvii A Ca. cclx A Ca. cccxlii A Ca. ccclxx G Ca. ccclxxviii B Ca. ccclxxxix A Ca. cccxcvii A Ca. cccc A Ca. cccciiii C Ca. cccclxxxii D Ca. ccccxcix D Ca. ccccc C ¶ For the lyuer / mylte reynes and bladder Ca. xcviii B ¶ For the lyuer and mylte Ca. cclxxix in malua C ¶ For the reynes Ca. lxi N Ca. ccc.xl B ¶ For the vaynes Ca. cxci A ¶ Agaynst dropsy comynge of colde Ca. vii D Ca. xvii C Ca. xxiiii A Ca. lxxviii B Ca. cxxi C Ca. clii B Ca. ccxxiiii A Ca. ccccxiii B Agaynst dropsy leucoflewmance Ca. vi B Ca. clxix B Ca. clxii C Ca. cclvi F Ca. ccxlvi A For a whyte flawe by the nayles Ca. ccccxiii B For yaundys Ca. viii C Ca. xix Ca. xxxvii A Ca. xliiii D Ca. lviii D Ca. lxi d Ca. lxx G Ca. cxlviii A Ca. ccxix B Ca. cclxi in ca. lacca ¶ Agaynst the grete wormes in the wombe Ca. ccxcii E Agaynst ache in the guttes Ca. xxix F Ca. lxxvi D Agaynst colyke passyon Ca. xxvii B Ca. lxi O Ca. cxv C Ca. cxc A Ca. ccxli A Ca. ccxlâ—ii A Ca. ccciii E Ca. cccxv B Ca. cccclxxxii K Agaynst payne in the bely Ca. v. E Ca. xxix E Ca. lxi P Ca. cviii D Ca. cclxxi C Ca. cccxxxvii A Ca. cccxxxviii B Ca. cccxlii B Ca. cccxlvii B Ca. ccclxii F Ca. ccclxviii D Ca. ccclxx H Ca. ccccviii B Ca. ccccxcii C For wormes in the bely of chyldren Ca. ccclxxii A To lose the bely Ca. xxi A Ca. lxxi C Ca. cclxxix in malua E Ca. cclxxxiiii E Ca. cccxxxii D Ca. ccccii A Ca. cccclxxxii A Agaynst wormes in the bely Ca. i. A Ca. xviii B Ca. xx C Ca. xxii A Ca. xxv C Ca. lxxxix B Ca. xcviii B Ca. cix E Ca. lii C Ca. clxxxviii F Ca. cxci C Ca. cxcvii A Ca. ccxxxvi H Ca. ccxl A In ca. lolium A Ca. cclxxiiii B Ca. cclxxxiii E Ca. cccxi A Ca. cccxii A Ca. cccxliiii G Ca. ccclx. A Ca. ccccvii C Ca. ccccxii B Agaynst flux in the bely Ca. xiiii B Ca. xiiii D Ca. lvii B Ca. lxiii C Ca. lxvii A In gallinaria B Ca. cxxii M Ca. clxxi A Ca. clxxiiii F Ca. clxxxv A Ca. cxciiii A Ca. cc.xv. in the seconde A Ca. ccxvi in the seconde A Ca. xxxvii B Ca. ccxliii B Ca. cclix E Ca. cclxvi B Ca. cclxxviii D Ca. cclxxx B Ca. cccxlviii D Ca. ccclxiii D Ca. ccclxiii G Ca. ccclxiii K Ca. ccclxviii G Ca. ccclxxiii A Ca. ccclxxiii B Ca. ccclxxiiii C Ca. ccccxxxix A Ca. ccccliii E Ca. cccclxii A Ca. ccccc B ¶ To preserue helthe Ca. cxxxvii in cathapucia Ca. cccccv A ¶ A purgacyon Ca. cccclxxxix A Agaynst payne in the body Ca. cccxliii B Agaynst vomyte and dyuers fluxes B For vomyte Ca. xiiii A Ca. xiiii D Ca. xxxii A Ca. xliiii B Ca. lvii A Ca. lxi I Ca. lxi i Ca. lxiii B Ca. lxiii D Ca. lxvii A Ca. xcviii D Ca. xix G Ca. cxxvii F. in cathapucia Ca. clxxi A Ca. clxxix B Ca. ccxv B Ca. cclxxiii C Ca. cc.lxxxi B Ca. ccccxx A Ca. ccccxxxix C To prouoke vomyte Ca. cccii A Ca. ccccxii G To staunche vomyte Ca. cclxxii B Ca. ccclxiii L Ca. cccxcii B For dyssentery and payne in the foundement Ca. lxxiii C Agaynst coleryke flux Ca. cccxliii C Agaynst ylyake passyon Ca. xxxv C Ca. xv B Ca. l. in balsamo Ca. lxxxix D Ca. xci B Ca. xcvi B Ca. xcviii A Ca. cii E Ca. cviii C Ca. cx A Ca. cx C Ca. cxxxix A Ca. cli B Ca. clxx D Ca. ccxvi C Ca. cclxxii F Ca. ccciii E Ca. ccccxlvii A For the vryne Ca. cccl. B Ca. cccclxxxv B To cause vryne Ca. ccclxix A Ca. cccxcv D Ca. ccccxxxiiii Agaynst the bulke Ca. ccxvii A Ca. cccxxvii A Ca. cccxxix B Ca. cccciiii A Agaynst colde humours in the bulke Ca. cccxxx B Ca. ccclxxxix A ¶ Agaynst payne in the bladder Ca. vi Y Ca. clxx A Ca. cclxi A Ca cccxlv B Ca. ccclxxix A Agaynst payne of the vryne Ca. iiii A Ca. cviii A Ca. cxix H Ca. cclxxxiii C Ca. cccxxviii B Ca. ccclxx I Ca. cccclxxxii G For strangury and dyssury Ca. viii A Ca. viii K Ca. xvii B Ca. xviii C Ca. xxx A Ca. xxxix A Ca. l. A. in balsamo Ca. lxxxv A Ca. xci A Ca. xcii B Ca. xcvi A Ca. xcviii A Ca. ci D Ca. cxix D Ca. cxxii B Ca. cxxxix A Ca. clxx A Ca. ccv A Ca. ccxvi B Ca. ccxxxvi E Ca. ccxciiii B Ca. ccciii F Ca. cccxii B Ca. cccxxx A Ca. ccclxii H Ca. ccccv A Ca. ccccxix B Ca. cccclx A Ca. cccc xcvii B ¶ For grauell Ca. ccli A Ca. ccci A Agaynst the stone in the bladder Ca. xxxvii A Ca. lxi Y Ca. lxx A Ca. cviii B Ca. clxiii A Ca. clxvi B Ca. cxciii A Ca. cxcvi A Ca. cclxiiii A Ca. ccxciiii A Ca. cccxxxviii D Ca. cccclxxiii Ca. cccclxxxii F Ca. cccclxxxvi A Ca. cccclxxxvi C Ca. ccccxci C Ca. ccccxcviii B To breke the stone Ca. ccxvi E Ca. ccxlvii A For payne of the matryce Ca. xvi A Ca. xxi C Ca. xxxv A Ca. ccxxv A Ca. ccxxxiii D Ca. ccccxcvi B Ca. cccc xcvi C Agaynst apostumes in the matryce Ca. cclvi B Agaynst suffocacyon of the matryce Ca. xxii E Ca. xxviii C Ca. cccxxxviii C Ca. ccclxxxv B Ca. cccclxv E To clense the matryce Ca. lxxxiii F Ca. xcviii C Ca. cii F Ca. cxv A Ca. cclxxiii E Ca. cccxiiii C Ca. cccxvii D Ca. cccxxviii C Ca. cccxxxii B Ca. ccclxx K Ca. ccclxxvii E Ca. ccccxix B Ca. ccccxlv B Ca. ccccli B Ca. cccclxxii B Ca. cccclviii B Ca. cccclxxxii E For the excessyue flux of menstrue Ca. vi C Ca. xxix F Ca. xxiiii in semine amoni Ca. lxvii C Ca. cxliiii C Ca. clxi in the ende Ca. lxviii D Ca. cxcv A Ca. cclxxvii C Ca. ccxv B Ca. ccxlii in the fyrst A Ca. ccclxxxv C Ca. ccccxv C Ca. cccclxii A Ca. cccclxxxiii A Ca. cccclxxxiii D To prouoke floures in women Ca. vi D Ca. xxv in the ende Ca. xxix A Ca. xxix F Ca. ix A Ca. xci H Ca. xxii D Ca. cxxxv in cotula Ca. lvi C Ca. cxc B Ca. ccxv D Ca. cclxxxix C Ca. ccclxii K Ca. ccclxvii B Ca. ccclxxx B Ca. ccclxxxiii C Ca. ccclxxxvi A Ca. cccxcv D Ca. ccccxiiii D Ca. ccccxix C Ca. cccclx A Ca. cccclxvi
C Ca. cccclxxiii Ca. cccclxxxii I ¶ For chyldynge Ca. cxxii E For wheales of chyldren Ca. ccclxxix B A contrary to woman with chylde Ca. cccc◠A For concepcyon Ca. lxviii D Ca. cix B Ca. cccxxii C Ca. ccclxxvii E Ca. cccciiii C Ca. cccclxxix A For a woman that haue grete payne in theyr trauayle Ca. lxi ◠For to brenge out the chyldes bedde named secudina Ca. cccxliiii L Ca. ccclxvii B ¶ For to delyuer of a deed chylde Ca. cxlv C Ca. cccxv C Ca. ccclxvii B Ca. cccclxiii A For to come mylke in women Ca. cccc xxx A For crudded mylke in the brestes of women Ca. cclxiii E Ca. cclxxiii G Ca. cccclviii B For womans brestes Ca. lxxiii E Ca. cxx A Ca. cxxiiii B ¶ To cause womans brestes be small Ca. cccxxii D For tours humours Ca. cccccv C Ca. ccxliiii B Ca. ccccciiii A ¶ For melancoly Ca. viii I Ca. lviii D Ca. ccxxx A Ca. ccxxx D Ca. cccxix For colerike humours Ca. lxviii D Ca. cxii C Ca. cccclxvii A For hote causes Ca. ccxiii D For botches Ca. cxxxvi A For bledynge at the mouthe Ca. cvi B ¶ For bledynge of the outwarde membres Ca. ccccx A For bledyng of the nose Ca. xii D Ca. xiiii C Ca. xxxvi B Ca. lvi C Ca. lxi G Ca. lxiii A Ca. lxxii A Ca. lxxxii E Ca. cvi A Ca. clxi A Ca. clxxxix E Ca. cxciiii B Ca. cclxxvii C Ca. cccxxxvi E Ca. cccxlvii Ca. ccclvii A Ca. ccclxviii A Ca. ccclxxxi B Ca. ccclxxxv A Ca. ccclxxxviii N Ca. ccccxv A Ca. ccccxxi D Ca. cccclxii A Ca. cccclxv E For spyttyng of blode named passio emoptoica Ca. lvi A Ca. lxi b Ca. lxxiii A Ca. clxi B Ca. clxxxix C Ca. ccxx B Ca. cclxxvii C Ca. cccxliiii b Ca. cccxlviii A Ca. ccclxxiiii A Ca. ccclxxxv b Ca. ccccxix C Ca. ccccxcvii A To staunche blode at the nose Ca. ccxxiii A Ca. cclxxxi C Ca. cccclxii A To stoppe blode of a wounde Ca. i. C For blody flux Ca. cxlii G Ca. clxi C Ca. clxxxix D Ca. cxcv b Ca. ccxiii C To cause blode at the nose Ca. ccccxxi A For emorroydes or pyles Ca. viii L Ca. xii E Ca. xv E Ca. xvi B Ca. xxix C Ca. xci G Ca. cxliiii D Ca. clviii C Ca. cxci B Ca. cciii A Ca. ccxxx C Ca. ccclxxxiii D Ca. ccxcvii A Ca. ccclxviii C Ca. ccccl. A Ca. ccxv D Ca. ccccvii D Ca. cccclxxii A Ca. ccclxviii F For costyfnesse Ca. xxix B Ca. xc D Ca. cv B Ca. cxi A Ca. clxviii D Ca. clxxiiii E Ca. cclvi D Ca. cclxxix A Ca. ccciii G Ca. cccxvii C Ca. cccxxviii C Ca. cccxxxii C Ca. ccclxii I Ca. ccc.xxvii F Ca. ccclxxxviii C Ca. cccc B Ca. ccccxxxix B Ca. cccc i A Ca. cccclxxii C Ca. cccclxxvii B For colde apostumes Ca. xii A Ca. lxiiii A Ca. cxx A Ca. clxxxiiii B Ca. ccxv B Ca. cccclxxii F For hote apostumes Ca. xiiii E Ca. lxix C Ca. cxii G Ca. clxi in the ende Ca. clxxviii A Ca. cciii D Ca. ccxxxviii B Ca. ccxxxix B Ca. cclxxix A Ca. ccxci A Ca. cccxxix A Ca. cccxxxvi F Ca. cccxl A Ca. cccxli A Ca. ccclxxi C Ca. ccclxxviii Ca. ccccxvii A For to rype colde apostumes Ca. clvi B Ca. clxxiii A Ca. ccxxxii A Ca. ccxxxvi C Ca. cclix C Ca. cclxxix B Ca. cclxxi D Ca. cccxix B To breke apostumes Ca. clxvii B Ca. clxxxviii D Ca. cclvi A Ca. ccccli in the seconde A Ca. cccclxiii B Ca. cccclxxxv C ¶ To pullout the matter of the impostumes Ca. cccclxxxiiii B Ca. cccclxxxviii B ¶ For the impostume pleuresis Ca. ccccliii A ¶ For the impostume Antrax Ca. ccxcv A ¶ For impostumes on the membres Ca. xxxviii F Ca. xl B Ca. xlviii A Ca. lxiiii B Ca. lxviii B Ca. lxxix A Ca. cclxx A Ca. cclxxiiii C Ca. cclxxviii C Ca. ccc◠C Ca. cccxix A Ca. ccclxxxvii C For swellynges Ca. ccxiii H Ca. cccclvii A For hote swellynges Ca. cccclxxxiiii C For swellynges in the extreme membres Ca. clxii B Agaynst byles in the body Ca. cccclxxxv A Ca. ccccc A Agaynst hardnesse Ca. ccxxxii B To perce the skyn without blode Ca. clxvii A Agaynst the pestylēce Ca. ccccliii D Agaynst the canker Ca. vii A Ca. vii E Ca. xxvii A Ca. cxv D Ca. cxix B Ca. ccix C In B. ca. loliū Ca. cccxlvii F Ca. cccclxii B Agaynst fistule Ca. xv D Ca. xxxviii G Ca. lxi o Ca. xcv E Ca. cxliiii A Ca. xlii C Ca. ccix E Ca. cccliiii A Ca. ccclv A Ca. ccccliii A Ca. cccclxiiii A Ca. cccclxxii For a wounde Ca. xxxviii D Ca. cccclxiiii B Ca. ccclxiii A For fresse woundes Ca. cci Ca. ccccclxxxiii B For all foule woūdes Ca. lxxvi C Ca. lxxvii A Ca. cccxliiii D Ca. cccclxxix D For venymous woūdes Ca. ccccxx A For the deed flesshe in sores woundes Ca. cccxxvii B Ca. ccccci A For all woundes Ca. cxl B Ca. ccxlvi A To close woundes Ca. ccxlii A Ca. cclxxvii D Ca. lvi A Ca. ccccxxxviii B For to nesshe a woūde Ca. cccclxv F Agaynst pymples Ca. cccccii B Agaynst ytche Ca. xli A ¶ For ytche scabbes Ca. li. A Ca. ccci B Agaynst lepre Ca. ccci B Ca. ccccxii F Agaynst lepre alopice Ca. ccccvii B Agaynst lepre elephāte Ca. iii. A Agaynst scabbes Ca. iiii B Ca. vii C Ca. vii D Ca. xxvi in the ende Ca. clviii D Ca. clxix A Ca. ccxxxvi A Ca. ccxxxvii A Ca. cccxii C Ca. cccxliii A Ca. ccclxxxii C Ca. ccccvii A Ca. cccclxi A Ca cccccv C Agaynst morphew Ca. xv F Ca. xxiii C Ca. lxxiiii A Ca. cccclxi C Agaynst sores olde newe Ca. ccx A Agaynst olde sores Ca. cccxcvii B Agaynst newe sores Ca. cccxlix B ¶ Agaynst rōnynge sores Ca. cccclxxiiii A Ca. cccclxxxiii C For them that ben greued Ca. lxi f Agaynst wartes Ca. lxxiii D Ca. ccix B Agaynst ryng wormes Ca. ccxxxvi B ¶ For sacer ignis Ca. xliiii C Agaynst scaldynge Ca. cxviii A Ca. ccclxxxi A Agaynst spottes brenneth in the sonne Ca. cccclxxiiii C Agaynst brennynge Ca. cccc lxxiiii B Ca. clxxviii B Ca. cclxxi L Agaynst hete Ca. ccccxcv B Agaynst blaynes Ca. ccxl B For the lytell pockes Ca. ccccxcv C A good salue for all olde sores Ca. ccccxciii A very good experyment for olde newe sores Ca. ccccc D To drawe out yron Ca. clxxiiii G Ca. cclix D Agaynst lechery Ca. clx A Ca. clxxi C Ca. lxxxii F Ca. cccclxv E To encrease lechery Ca. cclv B Ca. ccc.lxxvi ◠Agaynst gomorrea Ca. vi A Ca. lxxxii A Ca. xciii E ¶ For the genytours Ca. lxxviii ¶ For swollen ballockes Ca. ccclxi A ¶ For payne in the yerde Ca. lxi K Ca. ccxxxvii C Ca. ccxlii in the seconde A ¶ For reednesse and rottyng of the pryue membres Ca. i. N ¶ For herispylla Ca. ccccciiii B ¶ For payne in the rybbes Ca. lxi o ¶ For brusyng