Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	duke_n	lord_n	treasurer_n	3,010	5	11.1150	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14052	The names of herbes in Greke, Latin, Englishe, Duche [and] Frenche with the commune names that herbaries and apotecaries vse. Gathered by William Turner.	Turner, William, d. 1568.	1548 (1548)	STC 24359; ESTC S104970	42,493	124

The names of herbes in Greke Latin Englishe Duche Frenche wyth the commune names that Herbaries and Apotecaries vse Gathered by William Turner To the mooste noble mighty Prince Edward by the grace of God Duke of Summerset Erle of Hertforde vicount beuchamp lord Semour vnele vnto the Kynges highnesse of Englande gouernour of his moste royall person and Protectour of al his realmes dominions and subiectes lieuetenaunt generall of al his maiesties armies boeth by lande and sea Treasurer and Erlmarfhal of England Gouernoure of the Iles of Gerneley and Iersey Knyght of the garter William Turner his seruaunte wisheth prosperitie boeth of bodie and soule IN a certain litle boke whiche I set furth .iiii. yeres ago and somthynge more which I dedicated vnto the Kynges Grace that nowe is I promised that if I perceyued that he woulde take in good worth that litle treaties to set furth an herbal an other boke also of fishes Partly to fulfyl this my promise streight way after I began to labour to make vp a latin herbal whiche thynge I haue finished .ii. yeres ago but when I had intēded this yere to haue set it furth axed the aduise of Phisicianes in thys matter their aduise was that I shoulde cease from settynge out of this boke in latin tyll I had sene those places of Englande wherein is moste plentie of herbes that I might in my herbal declare to the greate honoure of our countre what numbre of souereine strang herbes were in Englande that were not in other nations whose counsell I haue folowed deferryng to setout my herbal in latin tyl that I haue sene the west coūtrey which I neuer sawe yet in al my lyfe which countrey of al places of England as I heare say is moste richely replenished wyth al kindes of straunge and wōderfull workes giftes of nature as are stones herbes fishes and metalles when as they that moued me to the settyng furth of my latin herbal hearde this so reasonable an excuse they moued me to set out an herbal in Englishe as Fuchsius dyd in latine wyth the discriptions figures and properties of as many herbes as I had sene and knewe to whom I could make no other answere but that I had no such leasure in this vocation and place that I am nowe in as is necessary for a mā that shoulde take in hande suche an interprise But thys excuse coulde not be admitted for both certeine scholars poticaries and also surgeans required of me if that I woulde not set furth my latin herbal before I haue sene the west partes and haue no leasure in thys place and vocation to write so great a worke at the least to set furth my iudgemēt of the names of so many herbes as I knew whose request I haue accōplished and haue made a little boke which is no morebut a table or regestre of suche bokes as I intende by the grace of God to set furth here after if that I may obteine by your graces healp such libertie leasure with a cōueniēt place as shall be necessary for suche a purpose Thys litle boke cōteineth the names of the moste parte of herbes that all auncient authours write of both in Greke Lattin Englishe Duche and Frenche I haue set to also the names whiche be cōmonly vsed of the poticaries and cōmon herbaries I haue tolde also the degrees of so many herbes as Galene the chiefe Doctour of al phisicians hath written of and because men should not thynke that I write of it that I neuer sawe and that Poticaries shoulde be excuselesse when as the ryghte herbes are required of thē I haue shewed in what places of Englande Germany Italy the herbes growe and maye be had for laboure and money whereof I declare and teache the names in thys present treates Whiche howe profitable it shall be vnto al the sicke folke of thys Realme I referre the matter vnto all them whiche are of a ryght iudgemēt in phisicke Thys small boke of myne I dedicate vnto your grace signifiyng therby onely what mynde I beare vnto your grace desirynge you to take thys in good worth tyll that I maye haue leasure and occasion to write some greater more worthy worke to your highnesse whō almightie God long continue in all vertue and honoure to his pleasure Amen From your graces house at Syon Anno Dom. M. CCCCCxlviij Martii .xv. Abies ABies is called in greke Elate in english a firre tree in duch Ein dannen in french Sapin it groweth in the alpes naturally and in certeyne gardines plāted and set by mannes hande boeth in Englande and in Germanie Abrotunum Abrotonū is called in greke Abrotonon in englishe Sothernwod in duche Alfrush in frenche Auronne There are two kyndes of Sothernwod the male and the female The male groweth plentuously in gardines in Englande but the female dyd I neuer see growing in Englande it is founde in Italy in plentie inough Sothernwod is hote and dry in the thirde degree Absinthium Absinthium is called in greke Apsinthion in englishe wormwod in Duche wermout in french Absince or Aluyne There are three kyndes of wormwod beside the commune wormwod wormwod pontike called in latin Abunthium ponticum in englishe maye be also called wormwod gentle it is called of Mesue and of the Potecaries of Germany Absinthium romanum the Coloners call it graue crut the Freses call it wylde rosmary The beste bynde of thys wormwode gentle or pontike that I haue sene came from Rome an other kynde of the same is to be had in Anwerp and thorowe al Germany in plentie The seconde kynde is called in latin Absinthium marinum and Seryphum it groweth cōmonly in diches whereinto the salte water vseth at certeyne tymes to come it is plentuous in Northumberlande by holy Ilande and in Northfolke beside Lin at Barrowe in Brabant and at Norden in est freslande Some take thys herbe agaynst the trueth for pontike wormwod The thirde kynde is called in latin Absinthium santonicum I neuer se the herbe but ones it maye be called in englishe frenche wormwod Oure commune wormwod is called in latine Absinthium rusticum And here is to be marked that they are farre deceiued that vse this for pōtike wormwod I report me to Galene xi Methodi medendi whether it be so or no. Pontike wormwod is hote in the fyrste degree and dry in the thirde Sea wormwod is hote in the seconde degree and dry in the fyrste frenche wormwod is weaker then Sea wormwod is Acanthium Acanthium is called in greke Acanthion it is named of some herbaries carduus asininus I haue not hearde the name of it in englishe but I thynke it maye be called in englishe otethistle because the seedes are like vnto rough otes or gum thistle or coiten thistle because it is gummy and the leaues haue in thē a thynge lyke cotten which appeareth when they are brokē It groweth in gardines in Bonony I haue also sene it in