that it is soden in ¶ For colde reume C ¶ Agaynst colde reume anoynte the nalpe of the necke with the powdre therof and hony chauffed in a newe pot / or elles the herbe for it is good ¶ Agaynst the relaxacyon of moystnesse / make a gargarysme to wasshe the mouthe of vyneygre that powdre of it hath be soden in or water therof is very good ¶ For costyfnesse D ¶ Agaynst costyfnesse yf it be caused of coÌ„gyled flewme / or other colde moysture / anoynte the reynes with hony onely that powdre of calomynt hath be soden in and cast powdre of colofyne theron bouÌ„de with a clothe whan the pacyent gooth to the stole lay the powdre therof with a lytell cottoÌ„ to the foundement So was the moder of platayre made hole / which platayre was a mayster at Salerne To clense the super fluyte of the matryce / make fomentacyon of water that it hath be soden in / and that is veray good / as the women of salerne saye that hath proued it ¶ De centaurea Centory Ca xci CEntaurea is centory It is hote drye in the thyrde degre It is a veray bytter herbe / and therfore it is called erthe galle The grete centory iâ— of moost myght And Constantyn sayth that the rote of byggest is drye in the secoÌ„de degre / is bytter with a swetenesse / it hath a raukenesse as eldre / is glewy or gleymy and hath vertue to comoyne sowdre by the bytternesse therof It hath vertue dyuretyke / to consume and drawe / the most vertue is in the floures leues It ought to be gadred whan it bereth floures and than be hanged to dry in a shadowy place Whan centory is founde in receptes / it is to wyte the gretest The drynke that it is sodeÌ„ in with sugre to delay the bytternesse is good agaynst opylacyon or stoppynge of the lyuer of the mylt / of the reynes / and of bladder For strangury A ¶ For strangury and dyssury / sethe this herbe in wyne and oyle / and lay it a grete whyle to the membres afore named OyntemeÌ„t made with iuce therof or with powdre of the herbe with waxe oyle is good also ¶ For the mylt or the lyuer make syrope in this maner / sethe the rotes of smalache of percely / and fenell in iuce of centory and whan they be well soden strayne them / and in the straynynge put therto sugre This syrope is good for loÌ„ge ycteryce or Iaundys And yf ye haue no iuce / sethe the rotes of smalache / percely / and fenell in water / and in the same water put powdre of centory / and make a syrope with sugre ¶ For ylyake passyon B ¶ Agaynst ylyake passyon make a clystre with powdre of centory and salt water / but fyrst make a clystre mollyfycatyfe Take also at the mouth .v. dragmes of this powdre with a confeccyon called benedicta with warme water / and in this maner it is good agaynst the palsy ¶ For wormes in the eeres C ¶ For wormes in the eeres / put the iuce of centory / and lekes in to the eeres And for wormes in the bely / take the iuce or powdre therof with hony ¶ For the syght D ¶ For to clere the syght Take the iuce of the rote of the byggest centory / and medle it with rose water / and anoynte the eyes therwith / for to close and resowdre woundes / and cuttes / stampe the rote therof / lay to the wounde and it wyll resowdre it â—f it be layde to with flesshe it reioyneth as Constantyne sayth ¶ For the webbe in the eye F ¶ For the webbe in the eye make a colyce of the powdre of centory with rose water and it is good yf the webbe be grete / but yf it be lytell put it not therto / for it wyll gnawe / and frete the substaunce of the eye ¶ For emoroydes G ¶ Agaynst the emoroides put cotton in oyle of muscat with powdre of centory and lay to them ¶ To prouoke floures H ¶ To prouoke floures restreyned / take a gomme named serapini and medle it with powdre of centory / and ordre it benethe Or make a suppository with powdre of it confyct with lyes of oyle Also yf a passayre be made with galle of a bulle and iuce of ceÌ„tory meddled togyder / prouoketh theÌ„ and causeth a deed chylde to yssue For the same dooth water that centory hath be soden in CoÌ„stantine sayth yf this water be soden in a goÌ„me called serapyn that it resowdred woundes / a dragme and a halfe of centory mynystred with wyne easeth the ache of the wombe caused of grose humours and wyndes The iuce therof medle with hony clereth the derkenesse of the eyes ¶ De Cassea lignea Ca. xcii CAssea lignea vel xilocassia is hote and drye in the thyrde degre It is the barke of a lytell tree that groweth towarde the ende of babylon / there be two maners of casse One is casia fistula / the other is cassia lignea / but it is not founde that casia fistula is taken for cassie onely / but cassia lignea is / and there be two maners of cassia lignea One is lyke cynamum / drawynge to colour of russet and hath a sharpe sauour / or taste medled with swetnesse of smel and that is the best but it is not vsed in medycyne The other kinde draweth also toward russet or gray and hath in partes dyuers coloures That is to be choseÌ„ that boweth and breketh not lyghtly / whaÌ„ it is broken it hath whyte speckles within but it hath mo of gray It is sharpe of sauour and veray swete smellynge It may be kept .x. yeres / it is somtyme contrefayt by medlynge of rotes of capparis that hath a bytter smell It hath vertue dyurytyke / by subtylnesse of substaunce and it hath vertue to consume humours by complexyon and qualyte / and it hath vertue to confort by good odour and smell ¶ For colde reume A ¶ Agaynst colde reume and other passyoÌ„s of the heed as swemynge and suche other qualytees Take .iii. pylles of cassie ligne of laudane / and storax confyet with iuce of wormwood whan the cause cometh of the heed selfe / this conforteth the brayne gretely Make suffumygacyon in this maner Cast cassia ligne on hote cooles spryncle rose water theron / receyue the smoke at the mouth ¶ For strangury B ¶ For strangury and dyssury / and payne in the reynes and also of the bladder / the wyne that it is soden in gyuen with the sede of basylycon sethe the powdre with oyle of muske or with oyle olyue with the whiche oyle anoynte the yerde / and the gryndes / and the other sore or akynge places ¶ For the lyuer C ¶ Agaynst opylacyon of the lyuer of the mylt / of the reynes / and of the bladder vse the decoccyon therof / or the syrope that is made with it
in ynde that in somer tyme causeth a gommynesse that cleueth to the tre and hardeneth therto / somtyme it falleth on the grounde and medled with erthe and than it is nought nor that that is small ¶ Euforbuâ—m is to be chosen that is thycke and bryghâ— in substaunce / and is somwhat browne or yelowe but the whyte is nought It may be kept .xl. yeres It hath vertue to dyssolue / to sprede / withdrawe / loose / waste humours and pryncypally to purge flewme / and melancolyke humours and purgeth the heed and ioyntes ¶ Agaynst gowt A ¶ Agaynst all maner of gowt be it arteryke / scyatyke / or podagre / and agaynst ylyake passyon medle the medycyne called benedicta / with two or thre other dragmes of euforbiuÌ„ / and of bedelium or mastike / and gyue it suffycyently with decoccyon of fenell / or fenell alone / or the rotâ— therof ¶ Agaynst ylyake passyon B ¶ Agaynst ylyake passyon the same mynystred in clystere helpeth gretely / agaynst all suche sekenesses / yf they be caused of flewme ¶ For the fystula C ¶ For the fystula / take euforbium with mastyeke and medle them well togyder / and than sethe them well with frensshe sope and make a tente / put it in the fystula and it wyll consume the euyll moysture ¶ For the heed D ¶ Agaynst payne in the heed and flewmatyke epylence Sharpen and enforce or strength Gerologodion or the medycyne called Blanca / in lyke wyse as it is sayde of benedicta afore / and gyue it to the pacient that he fall not in these maladyes / or yf he haue them to heale hym ¶ For lytargye E ¶ Agaynst lytargye Bynde the powdre of euforbium in a fyne cloth and holde it so to the nose that the powdre may ascende in to the nose that he be constreynde to nese or elles confyct euforbium in this maner with oyle of roses / and in that oyle wete a fether and put it forre in to the nose / constreyne or prouoke snesynge to them that ben in appoplexi / and in accesse of epyleÌ„ce ¶ For lytargy and epylence F ¶ Agaynst lytargy and epylence make an oyntement of euforbium / of peper / and of castoreum with oyle of muske or comune oyle / or confyct these powdre with iuce of wylde gourdes / and anoynte and rubbe the hynder parte of the pacyentys heed ¶ To recouer the mynde G ¶ To recouer the mynde make electuary of two partes of lignum aloes and of cassia ligna / and the thyrde parte of euforbium / and anacardy / and confyct it with hony / and gyue a dragme of it to the pacyent Or elles do thus / shawe or clyppe the hynder parte of the heed / and wasshe it well with warme wyne / than lete it be iacted or boxed / and rubbed with iuce of wylde rue that euforbium is / and the substaunce with in the anacardes ¶ For forgetfulnesse H ¶ For them that ben forgetfull / and for theÌ„ that lose theyr speche in feuers bycause of the mater in the hynder parte of the heed make an oyntement of opponac / lodane / euforbium medle togyder and rubbe the same place so shauen therwith ¶ For the brethe I ¶ Agaynst payne of the brethe called asma yf it be caused of colde Take the powdre of euforbium with a lytell mastyke / and a rere egge ¶ For the mylt K ¶ Agaynst payne of the mylte / sharpen the electuary called dyasene with euforbium myxt with mastyke / and make dyuers dygestyons The powdre of euforbium freteth and eateth the superflue flesshe in what place so euer it be layde to ¶ De eupatorio Wylde sawge Ca. C.lii EVpatoriuÌ„ is an herbe otherwyse called Saluia agrestis It is hote in the fyrst degre / and drye in the seconde It hath more vertue grene than drye ¶ For palsey A ¶ It is good agaynst the palsey that holeth ouerall in this wyse Boyle castoreum in the iuce of wylde sawge or of flag make pylles therof with sugre / and lay vnder the tongue Also make a gargarysme with the decoccyon of the foresayde thynges But fyrst it behoueth to lete blode on the two vaynes vnder the tongue / and this same is also good for them that haue loste theyr speche by feuers ¶ For dropsy B ¶ Agaynst dropsy / ycteryce / or Iaundys caused by stoppynge of the lyuer or of the mylte Sethe a dragme of wylde sawge in halfe an vnce of iuce of smalache / and drynke the brothe therof ¶ For wormes in the bely C ¶ Agaynst wormes in the bely the nuttes of presses with iuce of wylde sawge is good yf it be dronken ¶ De emblicis Ca. C.liii. EMblici ben fruytes that growe beyonde the see They purge the flewmes of melancolyke / and ben good agaynst sekenesses comynge of the same as feuer quartayne / yf an vnce or half vnce put in decoccyon with Tapsebarbe ¶ For heere 's A ¶ To kepe heere fro fallynge Tempre powdre of them with powdre of lignum aloes in oyle and anoynt the heed Yf the heere fall bycause the poores be to open or by to grete heet it is good / for the oyle closeth the poores ¶ De epatica Lyuerwort Ca. C.liiii EPatica is colde and dry in the fyrst degre It groweth in watery places and specyally yf it be stony / the bygger that the leues be the better it is It is called epatyke bycause it conforteth the lyuer It hath vertue to kele / and is dyuretyke and aperytyue by the swyftnes of the substaunce therof / and therfore it is good agaynst opylacyon of the mylte and lyuer / caused of heet or of hote humour / it ought to be put in all waters and syropes made agaynst the heet of the lyuer For it helpeth gretely ¶ For hote apostumes A ¶ Against hote apostumes this herbe brused layde theron putteth the mater out and suffreth not the impostume to growe The syrope of the water that lyuerwort is soden in / yf reubarbe be put therto in the ende of the decoccyon is good agaynst iaundys ¶ Dees vsto Brent brasse Ca. C.lv. ES vstuÌ„ is brent brasse It is hote and drye in the fourth degre It is called calcecumenoÌ„ This bras is made by crafte and so moche brent that it may be put to powdre in this maner This brassâ— is takeÌ„ reed hote as it cometh out of the forge and is put in a newe pot of erthe / and is put in to a furneys where as is a grete fyre contynually the space of .xv dayes / and than is put to powdre By this brenuynge their thy parties groweth and the grosse or cours dymynyssheth This â—rent brasse hath vertue to dyssolue / consume and waste and also to purge humours of melancoly / and to deuyde and vnbynde as apostolycon dooth / and in playster for the mylt it freteth the prowde flesshe ¶
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
and nouryssheth lesse than the rape / the nourysshyng therof is cours and yll to dygest / and greweth the stomake / the eyen / the tethe / the throte / and all the partes of the matryce But it is good for medicyne / for it clenseth the matryce of the bladder / and prouoketh vryne / and breketh the stone ¶ For the cough A Yf it be soden and eaten it is good agynst cough caused of thycke humours / and yf it be eaten rawe it bredeth swellyng crowlynge in the stomake and is vncoÌ„uenyent for it The whiche is seen by the rotten bolkynges and reysynge of wyndes that they make that eateth theÌ„ before metes for yf they be eaten afore meates bycause of wynde that they brede / they lyft vp the meate on hye / than lete it fall in to the botoÌ„ of the stomake there as dygestyon sholde be made / and so they lette the meate that it may not be easyly dygested But yf they be taken after meate the wynde that they brede gooth vpwarde by weyght of theyr substauÌ„ce they weye vpon the meate / and causeth it to go downe to the place of dygestyon And by this meanâ— they conforte dygestyon in them that kyndely haue wyndes in the stomake / and letteth the meate to the defencyon in to the botoÌ„ therof But it noieth theÌ„ that haue no suchâ— wyndes ¶ De Reubarbaro Rewbarbe Ca. CCC.lxvi REwbarbe is hote and drye in the seconde degre And there be two maners therof One is called ReubarbaruÌ„ / bycause it groweth in straunge countrees And barbaruÌ„ latyne is straunge in englysshe / and it groweth in Inde or barbary / therfore it is called rewbarbe The other is rewponticum / bycause it groweth in an yle called ponticum Or bycause it hath a pontyke sauour or a taste somwhat sharpe or eygre / and that is called rewpontyke Some say that rewbarbe is the rote of a tre / and is founde of a lyght substauÌ„ce in maner of a tode stole that groweth on trees and dryeth as deed woode / and they say trouth / rewbarbe is to be chosen that is in a maner heuy and not full of holes / whaÌ„ it is broken there is in it as it were veynes dyuyded in dyuers partes and colours as whyte / browne / and yelowe / and contrarywyse / that that is lyght and full of holes and harde as wood c. steyneth not as saffron whan it is chawed It may be kept good .iij. yeres and no more / it hath myght to purge coleryke humours and to vnstoppe the conduytes of vryne ¶ Agaynst feuers composed of two feuers A ¶ Agaynst feuers composed of two feuers togyder / wherof one hath the accesse / and the other is contynued specyally agaynst two maners Of the whiche one is whan it is contynued bycause of flewme / and a tercyan caused of coleryke humour The other maner to the contrary whan one is contynued caused of coleryke humour / a quotidian of flewme therwith For these two maners Take the sedes of melons / cytrulles / gourdes / cowgourdes / or cowcomers and sethe them in water and in the same brothe put cassia fistula / and tamaryns / and streyne it all / in the streynyng stepe two dragmes of rewbarbe a nyght / and in the mornynge streyne it and vse it / ¶ To womeÌ„ with chylde / and olde womeÌ„ stepe .vi. dragmes of rewbarbe one nyght in vyolet syrope / and gyue the streynynge therof to the pacyent in the mornynge It is also conuenably put in syrope for feuer agues And put it at the begynnynge that the syropes is soden in / but they fayle the more / for the syrope is not of so grete vertue as whan it is put in at the ende of the sethynge / and than streyned And an vnce of rewbarbe suffyseth for a .li. of syrope ¶ For chauffynge of the lyuer B ¶ For the chauffyng of the lyuer / and opylacyon of the mylte caused of humour take rewbarbe with warme water But it is better to meddle it with a medycyne called trifera sarazenica / and vsed with iuce of endyue ¶ De Rubea Madder Ca. CCC.lxvij RVbea is an herbe hote and drye in the seconde degre The is the more and the lesse Rubea the more hath greter leues and is of grete vertue / and is the herbe that warence or Madder is made of therfore it is called the dyers rubea The lesse rubea hath smaller leues / and smaller vertue and sharpe / and is lyke the lessâ— consolida and is not sharpe Rubea hath vertue to conforte bycause it hath somdele of substaunce styptyke / bytter / and byndyng and also openeth the conduytes of vryne by the substaunce therof ¶ For weykenesse of the stomake A ¶ Agaynst feblenesse of the stomake / lyuer / and whan the stomake is to be loosed drynke the vyne that the rote of rubea and mastyke is soden in For the same Make a playster of the powdre of the rote therof dryed with mastyke / waxe / and oyle ¶ For the floures B ¶ For to cause the floures flowe in womeÌ„ and to cause the deed chylde / or the bedde that a chylde lay in to come out Take the fattest rote of this herbe that ye can fynde and scrape it clene without / take a pyece therof of the length of a fynger / anoynte it with hony / and strewe powdre of squamony theron / tye a threde at the one ende and put it in to the conduyte / and at tyme conuenyent drawe it out / she shall fynde ease The water that it is soden in steyneth the heares browne or reed ¶ De Porro A leke Ca. CCC.lxviij â–ª POrrum a leke is hote in the myddle of the thyrde degre / and dry in the ende of the same That it is drye is knoweÌ„ by the vertue styptyke therof / for it stauncheth the blode of the nose And it is not good in meate / for it noyeth the stomake causeth swellyng wynde / and prycketh gnaweth the synewes of the stomake by the sharpnesse It hath ê“prete to cause blacke fume / that causeth melancoly The whiche fume whan it mounteth dymmeth the syght / therfore they that vse lekes must vse purcelane / or endyue / or other colde thynge after them / to delay the heates of them / or sethe them in water and chaunge the water in sethynge two or thre tymes and be eaten in the foresayd maner And though it be not good in meate it is good in medycyns For yf it be eaten it clenseth the conduytes of the lunges and grosse humours / and openeth the opylacyon of the lyuer ¶ For bledynge at the nose A ¶ The iuce of lekes medled with oyle of roses and vyneygre and put in to the nosethrylles / stauncheth the bledyng of the nose yf he that bledeth be of colde coÌ„pleccyon â— nature ¶ For the eeres B
the antydotary is lytell or nothynge founde of tame garlike in receptes / but of the wylde / for it is more temperate ¶ Acorus Gladon Ca. xix ACorê° is the rote of a water flagge how be it / it groweth not onely in water / but it is also fouÌ„de in hygh groundes It is hote and drye in the seconde degre Some call it affrodisius or veneramy / or sigenciana / or mutica It ought to begadred in the begynnynge of somer the huskes wtout plucked away and thaÌ„ clouen in .iiii. partes hanged in the soÌ„ne to drye that it rotte not for the moystnesse therof It may be kept thre yere in vertue It hath vertue apperatyfe to dyuyde and dyssolue For the hardnesse of the mylte and of the lyuer take a .li. of corus soÌ„what brused and lay it iii. dayes iii. hyghtes in vyneygre / thaÌ„ sethe it tyl the vyneygre be half wasted / than put therto hony and sethe it agayne tyll the vyneygre be all dryed / and thaÌ„ take oxmell with the decoccyoÌ„ of acorus take a li. of the iuce of the powdre of the sede / and half a li. of vyneygre of oyle / and halfe a li. of armoniake an vnce / of a goÌ„me called serapelinx ii vnces / and lay them all nyght in vyneygre on the mornyng sethe it to half / thaÌ„ put therto powdre of acorus / and with this oyntemeÌ„t with thy handes anoynt the / the lyuer the mylt that is to harde / yf thou wylt make a cironie lay it to in maner of a playster / the drynke that it is sodeÌ„ in is good for the same sekenesse / but it ought not to be gyuen to theÌ„ that haue the axcesse ¶ Agaynst the Iaundysse sethe the rote of acorê° in water strayne it in the streynynge put therto sodeÌ„ chiches gyue to the pacyent / that is a souerayne remede yf the pacyent be wtout ague / yf he haue the ague / make a bathe with the rote therof yf ye can fynde ynough / and yf ye haue not plente / thaÌ„ put the powder of it in a bagge / and put it in the bathe Or elles sethe moche of acorus in water / and set the pacyent ouer it well couered with clothe tyll he swete / that swete purgeth well the harde flewme ¶ For the webbe in the eye ¶ Agaynst a thycke spot or webbe in the eye called pannus Iuce of acorus and fenell egally put in a vessell and set in the soÌ„ne / tyll the moystnesse waste than put therto powdre of aloe and sethe it a lytell / and strayne it / and put it in a vessell of brasse / and whan nede is put it to the eye with a fether / and that coleth the eye and so dooth the leues yf they be layde therto And it is sayd yf acorus is bounde to a be hyue the hony bees wyll not fleaway but encrease and cause other to come therto ¶ Armoniacum latine Aâ—oâ— grece Fasaac Arabice Ca. xx ARmoniacum is hote and drye in the seconde degre / it is the gomme of a tre that is so named also the bowes ben hewed with small cuttes vndernether in somer dayes / and out therof cometh a licour that hardeneth against the bowes / is called armonyake That is to be chosen that is moost clere and why test / and is not medled with erthe Good armonyake is lyke the whyte of an egge but it is not so whyte It hath vertue to loose / to dyssolue / and to sprede ¶ Agaynst the olde coughe A ¶ Agaynst the olde cough and moyst / and agaynst asma that is a combraunce of the brethe caused of thycke gleymy flewmes Take two or thre droppes of armonyake with hony / or make pylles with hony and vse them But fyrst lete the breste be mollyfyed with butter / or lyne sede or with an herbe called brauch a vrtina or heresfote / powned ¶ For the mylte B ¶ Agaynst the sekenesse of the mylte / take armoniake / and galbanum / alyke moche and soften them in vyneygre with waxe / and put therto powdre of cost / of worm wood / and make a cyroyne or oyntement and anoynt the mylte ¶ For wormes in the bely C ¶ For wormes in the bely / take armonyake with iuce of wormwood / or parsicaria Arssmert And for chyldren that can take nothonge by the mouthe / take armonyake and iuce of wormwood or arssmert with vyneygre and make a playster / and lay it to the nauyll ¶ Anisum latine grece Aneisum Arabicer Anys Ca. xxi ANisum is hote and drye in the .iii. degre It is also called swete coÌ„myn / and it is the sâ—de of an herbe so called It may be kept in goodnesse iii. yeres It hath vertue to waste / consume / and vndo ¶ For wynde in the body A ¶ Agaynst wynde / indygestyon / wryngynge of the guttes / or crowlynge / tâ—aâ— drynke that anys / fenell / and mastyke / hath ben soden in / or elles the powdre of them with a lytel synamum / and mastyke vnsoden Anys is good agaynst payne of the eares and the wynde yf the decoccyon therof be layde to it with perytory ¶ For the eares B ¶ For the payne of the eare yf it be caused of moystnesse / put anys in the iuce of lekes and a warme onyon with oyle / and put it to the eare ¶ Agaynst the matryce C ¶ Agaynst the vyce of the matryce / trifera magna / with decoccyon of anys / and other dyuretyke herbes vnstoppe the opylacyons of the lyuer / and of the mylte ¶ For hurte in the face D ¶ Agaynst blackenesse or brusinge comynge of strypes / specyally yf they be in the face / bray anys with comyn and medle the powdre with waxe / and lay to the place To make mylke encreace in a woman or sede to a man / vse powdre of anys in meates or drynkes / for anys openeth the vaynes by his heate ¶ Absinthium latine Grece absinthion Saricon Arabice Wormwood Ca. xxii ABsinthiuÌ„ / wormwood / is hote and drye in the secoÌ„de degre / some say that it is hote in the fyrste degre / and drye in the seconde There be two maners of wormwood / one is called pontyke / bycause it groweth in an yle called Pontum / for it hath a sauour pontyke or ranke / and is grene of colour / and bytter or sowre smel The other maner of wormwood / is somwhat more whytysshe / and not so bytter / and is not of so grete vertue as the other It ought to be gadred in the ende of vere / and dryed in shadowe may be kept a yere Wormwood hath two coÌ„traryes It hath vertue laxatyfe tomyng of hete and bytternesse / and it hath vertue constiparyfe or stoppynge by hete poÌ„ticite It is sayd to be of tours or thycke substauÌ„ce for sauour pontyke and bytter
the leues and scrapynge of the wood be put in lye if appeaseth the feuer ¶ For stynkynge woundes A ¶ Agaynst stynkynge woundes lete them be wasshed in water of the sayd tree To make the heere yelowe wasshe the heed vâ—lye that lelies of box hath be soden in ¶ De brusco Ca. lxxviiii BRuscus is hote and dry in the thyrde degre / it is a comyn tre growiÌ„ge in woodes It hath vertue dâ—â—retyke / and to dyssolutyfe ¶ For dropsy B ¶ Agaynst dropsy make decocyoÌ„ of the rote of brust / of sperache / of fenell / percely / hony suffycyently and gyue it to drynke It is good also agaynst the hardnesse of the mylte / and agaynst dyssury strangury / that ben lettynges of the vryne / agaynst ylyake passyon / yf powdre be made of the sede of brusce of anys sede / and fenell sede with as moche sugre / and take a sponefull of it with wyte wyne fastynge / and yf the pacyent haue an ague gyue hym those sedes with water ¶ For the genytoryes B ¶ For the payne swellynge of the genytours / sethe well the rote of brusce / and make a playster therof / and put suet to it and bynde it faste with a bende / it wyll ease the swellynge ¶ De bleta Betes Ca. lxxix BLeta is a comyn herbe called betes The greke call it syda It is good for to eate It is hote in the fyrst degre moyst in the seconde It hath vertue to nourysshe wel and to brede good blode Yf it be soden with fat flesshe it looseth the wombe ¶ Agaynst stypulacyoÌ„ of the wombe caused of drythe / of heet / make a clystre of iuce of betes with salt or oyle ¶ Blacta bisantia Ca. lxxx BLacte bisaÌ„tie beÌ„ hote drye in the seconde degre It is the eye of a fysshe moche lyke to snayles / beÌ„ fouÌ„d in the see beÌ„ of a bony sustauÌ„ce They haue grete vertue to coÌ„forte clense the meÌ„bres that be intrinsekes / whaÌ„ they be droÌ„ken with vyneygre they moeue loose the bely / they ben aromatyke of good sauour / the suffumigatioÌ„ of theÌ„ heleth the suffocacioÌ„ of the matryce ¶ De behem Ca. lxxxi BEhyn is a sharpe or rugh excrescente that cometh on knobby rotes with draweÌ„ or shroÌ„ken of dryeth There beÌ„ two maners / the whyte / reed It is hote and drye in the seconde degre / it is nouryssynge impugnatyfe confortynge the lyghtes / and the brest / and encreaseth the mater of generacyon ¶ Thus endeth the chapytres of herbes begynnynge with B. And foloweth the chapytres of herbes named with C. ¶ De Camphora Camphere Ca. lxxxii CAmphora is chaÌ„phere / it is colde drye in the thyrde degre Some saith that it is a gome but it is not so / for it is the iuce of an herbe as Dyasco rydes sayth and dyuers other / the herbes name is camphora It is gadred in the ende of prymtyme / and is powned / and the iuce pressed out and put in a vessel / and the substaunce that is heuy and tycke gooth to the botoms / and is cast away / but the clere thynne swymmeth aboue and is kept / and is set in the sonne where it wexeth thycke / and whan it is drye it is the substaunce of camphora It is often countrefayted / and mystempered bycause it is dere / is medled with other powdre and other iuce and so is encreased to the thyrde parte or the halfe That whiche is clere and shynynge is the best / and the derke and troublous is not so good It is countrefayt by medlynge of cacabte that is bernyx / for bernyx is lyke to it in substauÌ„ce / and is moche lyke of smell but it is knowen in brekynge / for bernyx is harde and breketh with payne / and the caÌ„phere breketh easely And yf it be handled in the handes it breketh lyghtly in powdre Yf caÌ„phere were not kept by artyfyce or crast it wolde be soone lost for it is aromatyke and vaporous / it resolueth in to smoke and is soone goone It may be kept in a vessell of glasse / but better in a vessell of alebastre / in lyne sede / or percely sede / may be kept in grete vertue .xl. yere ¶ For gomorre A ¶ Agaynst gomorre that the sede of a maÌ„goyth frohym agaynst his wyll Tempre powdre of camphere with mustylage of siliâ— or vertynce / or iuce of morell and therw t anoynte clothes lay to the reynes / aboue the yerde and other places of generacyon ¶ For dyaletyke B ¶ Agaynst dyaletyke passyon that is whaÌ„ a man pysseth to moche put the same vpoÌ„ the reynes there may be layd a pyece of leed ¶ Agaynst the heet of the lyuer / medle caÌ„phere with iuce of morel / and therin were bendes and lay them often vpon the lyuer ¶ For bledynge at the nose E ¶ Agaynst flux of blode at the nose make rounde longe fygures of the powdre of caÌ„phere and of nettle sede and medle them with iuce of bursa pastoris / and put them in the nose And yf this flux come by ebolucyon of blode or chaffynge of the lyuer tempre camphere with colde water / wete benbelles therin lay them often to the temples and to the necke ¶ For the eyes D ¶ Agaynst the spotte in the eye lete the powdre of camphere be confyct with rose water and iuce of fenell and put in a vessell of brasse and anoynte the eye therwith ¶ For the face E ¶ Agaynst infeccyon of the face called paÌ„nus for to make it clere / coÌ„fect this powdre with rose water very clene whyte hony ¶ For lechery F ¶ Agaynst lechery take the odour of camphere at the nosethrylles / for by his colde vertue is ceaseth it and tycketh the sede / in the tyckynge it reteyneth it in the body it taketh lechery away as this comyn verse sayd Camphora per nares / castrat odore nares It repayreth also by coldenesse therof the spyrytes vnbounde and louseth the grete heet / it is put in syrope agaynst the sharp and hote maladyes / and it is to wyte that in frenasy nesynge may be conuenably prouoke yf it be medled with oyle of roses / and with a fether be put into the nosethrylles or anoynte them therwith / it may be done so agaynst feuers / for it encreaseth not the heed / as dooth elebore / peper / or peleter that prouoketh nesynge by theÌ„ selfe / it is good agaynst rednsse of the eyes ¶ ColloquiÌ„tida wilde gowrde ca. lxxxiii COlloquintida is hote drye in the .iii degre ColloquiÌ„tida is the apple of a lytel tre that groweth towarde IhrlmÌ„ / and is other wyse called gebella or gowrde of Alexandry And it is to wyte that yf suche an apple is founde alone on the tre that bereth it / that it mortyfyeth and fleeth as
of the chekes caused of colde rewme of the heed take the electuary called dyamoron wherin molberyes hath chyefe vertue and for the same take this gargarisme wriÌ„ge out the iuce of molberies sethe it a lytell in oyle and wyne / and put vyneygre thereto / and so vse it Also electuary made of the iuce of these beryes with scommed hony is good for the same And it may be kept .x. yeres in stede of dyamoron The iuce of molberyes warmed a lytell vnbyndeth the wombe yf it be bounde by reason of colde The iuce of the barke of a molberyes tre or the powdre therof takeÌ„ with hony sleeth wormes in the wombe The wyne that the sayd barke is soden in clenseth the guttes / for it hath vertue to dyuyde and to waste humours ¶ To pull out a tothe easyly B TYf a lytell case of goÌ„me of a molberyes tre is made about a rotten tothe causeth it fall out / and to be drawen with payne The wylde blacke beryes haue some vertue to restrayne by theyr qualyte / vertue to sprede diuyde humours by theyr eygre sourenesse Ysaac sayth that the tame molberyes be of two maners for some of them be vnrype and be soure and sharpe / they that be rype be swete The vnrype beryes ben colde and drye / and haue styptyke vertue and sharpe and coÌ„forteth the stomake and the guttes / and byndeth the wombe therfore whan they be drye they ben good for the blody flux of the wombe 〈◊〉 caused of coler And the iuce is good for euylles of the throte / of the chekes / and of the dygge and is better yf it be soden in wyne with a lytell sugre They that be rype be hote and moyst / and more moyst than hote and therfore they passe lyghtly through the stomake / and looseth the wombe and prouoketh vryne they dygest well / but they nourysshe lytell Yf they be taken fastynge wasshed in colde water that quenche the thyrste and heate ¶ For the wombe C ¶ Yf the rote of molbery be soden in water and dronken looseth the wombe and putteth out wormes that be rough and â—â—orte called cubytyns ¶ For the tethe D ¶ Water that the twygges / and rotes of molberyes is soden in is good for the tothe ache yf it be kept longe in the mouthe And stoppeth the thycke humours that falleth fro the heed to the tethe / and to the dygge Take the rote of molbery and bete it with vyneygre / and lay it in vyneygre a fortenyght in the sonne / and thaÌ„ dryed and put to powdre layde on rotten tethe looseth and causeth them to fall ¶ De matrissilua Wood bynde Ca. CC.xciii MAtryssylue is an herbe called periclimeon It groweth on hylles and stony places / hath boughes harde as wood and spredeth on the grounde and rampeth on hedges and hath a whytysshe floure in a maner rounde / and halowe as the nauel of the wombe / and hath a reed sede comynge within forth of the leues in the croppes or the toppe and bereth .v. or seuen ¶ For the feuer quartayne A ¶ Agaynst feuer quartayne this is a certayn experyment Gadre this herbe in the wane of the mone and stampe it and medle it with meale and hony / and make balles or cakes fryed to the nombre of .xlv. which shall be taken the fyrst day .ix. the seconde viii the thyrde day .vii. and so euery day one lesse tyll it come to one ¶ De Petrocilio macedonico Stammarche or Alysamder Ca. CC.xciiii MAcedony is a countre / and this herbe strammarche is called percely of Macedony / or Alexandre / of a certayne kynge of the same londe so named It groweth in gardyns and other places / and is lyke to smalache but it hath bytter leues / and bereth a blacke sede It hath hote vertue and bytter ¶ For the stone A ¶ Agaynst payne of pyssynge of the stone The rote of alexandre fryed and eaten is good / and agaynst the vyce of the matryce yf it come of colde or moyst humours / and therfore the sede therof is put in a medycyn called trifera magna And whaÌ„ macedone or alexandrium is founde in receptes it is to wyte the sede of stammarche And yf it be the rote it is sayd expressely ¶ For payne of pyssynge B ¶ For them that pysse with payne / lay the leues therof on a hote tyle / and lay them warme to the share ¶ Morsus diaboli Remcope or deuylles bytte Ca. CC.xcv MOrsus diaboli / is the deuylles bytte and is so called bycause the rote is blacke and semeth that it is iagged with bytynge / and some say that the deuyll had enuy at the vertue therof and bete the rote so for to haue destroyed it It groweth in moyst and shadowy places / and is leued lyke borage / but they be not so rough and be styffer and hewen / and groweth an armefull hygh and hath a ruddy floure ¶ For an apostume A ¶ Agaynst a venymous apostume that some men call entrax or saynt chrystofers euyll bruse the herbe and lay it therto renewe it often / without doubt it wyll heale it It is good agaynst payne of the matryce yf it be eaten or the decoccyon therof dronken ¶ De Ima muscata Ca. CC.xcvi MVscate is called herbe of muske / is so called bycause that it hath odour or smell as muske And is of thre maners the grete / the meane / and the lesse / and haâ—â— lyke vertue / and groweth in sandy places The grete hath leues of a spanne longeâ— and it bereth a lytel floure lyke to an herbe called doues fote / and the sedes hath pryâ—kes lyke nedles The lesse muscate hath small leues lyke pympernell ¶ For the synewes A ¶ This herbe in all thynges hath vertue agaynst payne of the synewes / all goutes / and therfore it is put in a salue or oyntement called merciaten for the sayde causes The grete muscate soden in wyne / or a playster therof made with greas of feare laide to the sore places helpeth sowpleth ¶ De millefolio Yarowe / myllefoyle Ca. CC.xcvij MIllefoly or yarowe in some places is called carpeÌ„ters grasse / it is good to reioyne / sewdre woundes Yf the iuce he medled with terbeÌ„tyne / waxe and oyle ¶ For emorroydes A ¶ Agaynst emorroydes and strynges in the foundement that appere not but ben hydde take and drynke the iuce of this herbe in the mornynge / and also it kylleth wormes in the bely / yf it be to bytter / take the brothe that is made therof ¶ De Musis Ca. CC.xcviii MVses ben drye in the myddle of the fyrste degre / and moyst in the ende of the same It is a fruytelyke to cytrulles And some call theÌ„ apples of paradys / they growe beyonde the see and haue leues lyke to enulacampana / and in many wyse they moyste the wombe / and the sharpnesse and drythe
rauke sauour that it hath ¶ De canna A rede Ca. C.xxix CAnna is a rede / and is a coÌ„mune thynge It hath temperate vertue betwene hote colde / therfore it is in no degre It is good against al feuer ¶ For to encrease heere breke the rote therof sethe it in lee wasshe the heed therw t / it wyl make the heere to growe encrease it ¶ To drawe a thorne arowe / or a spere out of the bely / lay the rote theron / and it wyll come out without payne ¶ De canna mellis A sugre rede Ca. C.xxx CAnna mellis is the plante that bereth the sugre It shall be spoken therof in chapytre of sugre hereafter This plante is lyke to a rede / and is hote in the myddes of the fyrst degre and moyst in the ende of the same / and is good for the body of mankynde for the grete swetenesse that is in it And also it prouoketh vryne and clenseth the reynes and the bladder It softeneth vnbyndeth the wombe appeaseth the sharpnesse of it leseth the thycke humours that is therin / but yet it cause inflacyoÌ„ therof specyally yf it be takeÌ„ after meet / yf it be eateÌ„ rosted it is more prouffytable against sharpenes of the brest of the louÌ„ges Yf it be eaten in grete quantyte / warme water with salte droÌ„ke after it prouoketh vomyte stroÌ„gly and therfore it is prouffytable to heale feuers caused of colde humours rotten yf they be takeÌ„ in maner aforesayde ¶ Calendula Mary gowles / or ruddes Ca. Cxxxi CAlendula is an herbe called ruddes It is veray coÌ„mune It is called incuba / solsequiuÌ„ spoÌ„sa solis / EulitropiuÌ„ / solmaria And groweth most in gardyns humours places Maydens make garlaÌ„d of it whaÌ„ they go to feestes and brydeales bycause it hath fayre yelowe floures and ruddy And is called calendula bycause it bereth floures all the kalendes of euery month of the yere ¶ For the floures A ¶ To prouoke floures in women that be staunched The iuce of this herbe dronken or eaten with a rereegge and meale made in frytours putteth them forth meruaylously / and conforteth the stomake ¶ For the ache B ¶ For the payne of the tethe put the iuce in the nosethrylles / it wyll cease the ache ¶ De ceterach Ca. C.xxxii CEterach is an herbe so named It groweth agaynst olde walles / vpon stones and vpon olde edyfyces of stones Ceterach is moyst and colde in the fyrst degre / and therfore it is put in colde syropes It is good agaynst longe accesse / and agaynst feuer tereyan / and agaynst feuer synoche / that is caused of inflacyon of blode and is good agaynst other sharpe agues / and for the ague called pargyte that leseth at the moost but .vii. dayes ¶ Powdre of Ceterach put vpon newe woundes cooleth them meruaylously ¶ De candelaria Ca. C.xxxiii CAndelaria is an herbe that is so named bycause it is like a tapre of waxe It groweth in shadowed humours places This herbe is resolutyfe and of swyt substaunce and therfore it is pryncypally good agaynst artetyke cretyke gutes / and palsey / agaynst al colde gutes of ony parte of the body in this wyse Take al the herbe as it groweth with the rotes / and bete it with grece of serpentes / of beares and of marmosettes / and sethe them all togyder / and than strayne them / and make an oyntement and anoynte the pacyent often therwith ¶ De carabe Ambre CArabe or cacabre is a gomme called ambre / and is yelowe thynge that bedes be made of It hath vertue colde and drye in the fyrst degre / halfe a dragme of this goÌ„me dronkeÌ„ stauÌ„ceth the blode that renneth fro broken vaynes in the brest or luÌ„ges / this blode stauÌ„chet the blode of the nose or fro what place that it cometh Yf it be dronken it prouffyteth to theÌ„ that haue ouer grete haboundaunce of hote coleryke humours in the stomake ¶ For payne of the hert A ¶ It is also good for payne of the herte that reboundeth fro the stomake / for the nere space that is betwene them ¶ Also it is good for to stoppe the cours of humours that descende fro the heed in to the stomake / som maysters say that it is good for them that haue the strangury ¶ De Consolida maiori Comfrey Cap C.xxxiiii COnsolida maior / is the more consoulde And is other wyse called Anagolycon and symphytuÌ„ This herbe hath a blacke rote outwarde / and whyte within and hath a stronge sent ¶ For vaynes broken in the brest A ¶ The rote is soden slytte with a knyfe / hangeth in the sonne to drye / and may be kept .iiii. yeres in goodnesse and vertue / yf a vayne be broken in the brest or guttes it wyll resowdre or knytte it / and reioyne it meruaylously / so that the powdre of it be takeÌ„ grene with wyne or water or frye the rote grene as a fryture with egges or meale / and so eaten ¶ CoÌ„solida media Maythen Ca. C.xxxv COnsolida media is the myddle coÌ„soulde / some call it consonaloa / it hath leues lyke to borage / but they be not so sharpe the floure is meane betwene yelowe and whyte The rote is full of knottes in maner of cockes ballockes and cleue togyder And there be many togyder It groweth in laboured moyst places It hath vertue to reioyne and knytte as the more consoulde hath ¶ De consolida minori Dyasyor brusewort Ca. C.xxxvi COnsolida minor / the daysy is the lesse coÌ„soulde some cal it cytasales and some vineâ— toxicuÌ„ The leues therof be lyke to mynte The colour of the floure draweth somwhat towarde reed / and ben lyke to floures of styrados sarabyâ—e It groweth in diches and in moyst and watery places ¶ For frytures made of this herbe with egges and eaten is good agaynst venym And is also good to knytte all incysyoÌ„ or cuttes and clenseth all fylth from the wounde ¶ For bytiÌ„ge of venymous beestes A ¶ It helpeth agaynst bytynge of venymous beestes / yf it be brused layd therto ¶ Coronaria Honysocle Ca. C.xxxvii COronaria is an herbe lyke to another herbe called paligonia that is knotwort / or swynesgrasse that shall be spoken of here after There ben two kyndes therof The more and the lesse the more groweth in places nygh to the see vpon grete hylles / and is rough whyte The vertue of this herbe called coronaria maior is to knytte woundes in this wyse let the powdre therof be layde often vpon the woundes ¶ For apostume in the eye A ¶ Coronaria the lesse groweth in stedfast groundes and playnes / and hath a yelowysshe colour moche vpon whyte This herbe groweth the heyght of a spanne / the more groweth the heyght of a cubyte This lesse coronary hath vertue to knytte to clense /
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
of the wheate meale or dust that fleeth about the myll is good for theÌ„ that spette blode called emoptoyke passyon The branne of wheate is hoter dryer of kynde than the meale / and is of lytell nourysshyng but it is clensynge Yf it be steped in water / and rubbed betwene the handes and than streyned and meate lyke pappe made therof it wyl clense the longues and the brest of cours humours / yf mylke be put in the sayde meate it is more nourysshynge / and sooner auoyeth the stomake Yf it be soden in wyne and layde playsterwyse to brestes that be hardened with 〈◊〉 it will mollyfy them and the same is good agaynst bytyng of a serpent Newe wheate is of lytell nourysshynge and tourneth anone to rotteÌ„nesse and to rawe flumatyke humours / and bredeth wormes in the beli But yf it be baken it nourissheth more and causeth lesse wynde / and yf it be soden in water it is harde to dygest / and swelleth specyally yf there be moche meale and litel branne But whan it may be well dygested it nouryssheth gretely and conforteth and ysueth late of the bely / and it ought to be gyuen to labourers ¶ Thus endeth the names of herbes begynnyng with T. ¶ And begynneth the names of herbes begynnyng with V. ¶ De violis Vyolettes Ca. CCCC lix VYolettes be colde in the fyrst degre and moyst in the ende of the secoÌ„de If they be dryed as they ought to be They may be kepte two yeres But it is best to haue newe euery yere Whyle they be fresshe sugre of vyolettes is made of theÌ„ / hony of vyolettes / and oyle of vyolettes And syrope may be made of vyolettes bothe grene drye / but it is not of so grete vertu dry as fresshe sugre of theÌ„ is made as sugre of roses And the syrope of vyolettes is made iÌ„ this maner Sethe vyolettes in water / lete it lye all nyght in the same water Than poure and streyne out the water and in the same put sugre and make your syrope But the iuce of vyolettes with sugre is better Oyle of vyolettes is made thus sethe vyolettes in oyle and streyne it / it wyll be oyle of vyolettes / or sethe the vyolettes in dowble vesselles / that is to put the vessell that the vessell that the vyolettes be in to put in to an other full of sethynge water / that the vyolettes may sethe by heet of the water Or the best is to sethe them in oyle streyne them / and iÌ„ the streynynge other fresshe vyolettes / and let them lye .xx. dayes / and than streyne the oyle agayne / and put other newe vyolettes to it / this wyll be good oyle Eche of these confeccyons be good agaynst all euyll heates of the body â–ª ¶ For the lyuer A ¶ This oyle of vyolettes taken outwarde is good agaynst chauffynge of the lyuer And yf the temples and forheed be anoynted therwith it swageth the heed ache of heet Vyolettes haue vertue to moyste / to smothe / to coole / and to vnbynde This vyolettes or the herbes that that they growe on stamped is good agaynst hote apostumes at the begynnynge Bathe made of the water that the leues is soden in and the fete or the foreheed bathed therwith causeth to slepe in feuer ague And the syrope of vyolettes must be more soden than the syrope of roses or it wolde putrifye or rotte anone ¶ De valeriana Valerian Ca. CCCC lx VAleryan is called fu It is hote drye in the seconde degre The rotes be gadred in somer / and dryed in the sonne and may be kept thre yeres in goodnesse The rote is put in medycyne / and that is to be chosen that is massyfe and not preced full of holes / and that powdred not whan it is broken / and it hath dyuretyke vertue ¶ For the vryne A ¶ Agaynst strangury and dyssury take the wyne that valeryan is soden in with fenel sede or mastyke / and with the same wyne Iuce of some dyuretyke herbe were good Agaynst the dysease take iuce or wyne that this herbe is soden in with bran of wheate or barly or other lenytyke thynge ¶ For the matryce B ¶ To clense the superflucees of the matryce Make fomentacyon of water that it is soden in / or make a supposytory of cotten wette in the confeccyon of the powdre of valeryan and oyle of muske or comynoyle ¶ For the lyuer C ¶ Agaynst the opylacyon of the lyuer and the mylke caused of colde take the water that it is soden in ¶ De vitro Glasse Ca. CCCC lxi VItruÌ„ is glasse it is colde in the fyrst degre and drye in the seconde And it is made of glasse and of sande by myght of fyre in the forneys / and by grete artyfyce and sleyght ¶ For scabbes A ¶ Agaynst scabbes take rosyn molten and streyned in water put therto nutte oyle lyes of wyne / powdre of glasse and make anoyntement and anoynte the scabbes ¶ For tetters B ¶ For tetters / medle powdre of glasse with terbentyne / and make an oyntemeÌ„t / or put plomme tre waxe in warme water streyne it and put powdre of glasse therto and make an oyntement ¶ For the morfewe C ¶ For the morfewe confyct this powdre with floures of mulberyes and oyle of toses and anoyte the place / but fyrst â—iâ—â— be it that the blode come out ¶ For the eyen D ¶ Agaynst the webbe in the eye coÌ„lyct the powdre with iuce of plantayne and put it in the eyen ¶ De virga pastoris Wylde tasyll Ca. CCCC lxij Irga pastoris is a wede so called It bereth a tasyl on the stalke lyke the tasyll of clothyers but it is not â—oked / and therfore some call it a tasyll This hâ—r be is colde and drye in the begynnynge of the thyrde degre The leues onely be good in medycyne / and may be kepte a yere / but the dry ones be of gretest vertue They haue vertue to coole / to restrayne put backe maters that flowe in ony place / as in apostumes ¶ For the flux A ¶ Agaynst flux of the body make a playster of the powdre of this herbe with vyneygre / and glayre of an egge and lay it to the share The powdre therof taken with a rerâ— egge is good for the same / and to the excessâ—fe cours of floures in women / yf a lytell bathe be vsed made of the water that it is soden in The grene brused is good for hote apostumes / also for frautyke folke yf theyr heedes be shauen it layde therto A playster of this herbe is good for brennynge of the stomake and of the heed The iuce of this herbe medled with camfere stauÌ„cheth bledynge at the nose The iuce oâ—ely put in the nosethrilles healeth the nymples and stauÌ„cheth the bledyng This iuce also stoppeth the excessyse cours of floures in women yf supposytory be layde to the place