from the fyre and sete in the sonne to waxe thycke / and that is takeÌ„ vpperest is the moost pure / and that is Cycotryne / That in the myddes is Eparyc / And that in the botom is Cabalyn / whiche is cours and erthy / aâ—â—â—hat opynion is fals / But we say that they ben made of .iii. dyfferent herbes / not of kynde but in goodnesse as of dyuers good grapes ben made dyfferent wynes The best Aloe is the Cycotryne / and it is knowen by the colour that is yelowe / drawynge to browne / and specyally whan it is broken the powdre of it is lyke powdre of saffron / and also the substauÌ„ce of it whan it is broken in small pyces is clere and subtyle / breketh lyghtly And also is it knowen whan it stynketh not nor is to bytter / and somtyme is gommy / and somtyme bryttyll The colour of Aloe epatyc is lyke the colour of lyuer / drawyng to blacke / and hath holes here and there lyke the endes of vaynes and the substauÌ„ce therof is deed and vnclere and hath the sygnes of the Cycotryne / saufe that it is weyker of colour Aloe Cabalyn is blacke and dymme / the substaunce therof is erthy very bytter with horryble stynkynge sauour This Aloe cabalin is somtyme made so craftely that it semeth Epatyc or Cycotryne And though in this boke we put the craftynesse or deceyt of medycynes / It is not bycause we wolde not that it sholde be made / but to eschew the frawde of them that selleth it / and thus it is made deceytful It is put in vyneygre with Oryent saffron with a lytell of a nutmygge or other swete smellynge spyce / and than broken in peyces very small And bounde with thredes / and it is put often in vyneygre and than dryed / and so is done x. or .xii tymes tyll it chaungeth colour and smell it is styreth so longe that it semeth Epatyc or Cycotryne / so that scantly is ony dyffereÌ„ce to be seen / but it is knowen in the brekynge / for than it stynkyth / and so dooth not the other two And it is to be knowen that all thynge of his nature ought to be Aromatyke and of swete smell / for the sweter it smelleth the better it is And so all thynges that in theyr kyne ought to haue ony sauour the moost comyn is best / except Aloe / for how be it that it ought to be bytter of his nature / yet the lesse it is by the better it is ¶ To purge flewmes A ¶ Aloe hath vertue to purge clense flewmes / and humours of melancoly Also it hath vertue to confort the senewy membres / auayleth agaynst colde humours conteyned in the stomake / and easeth the payne of the heed caused of fumes rysynge fro the stomake ¶ To clere the syght and scabbeys B ¶ It clereth the syght and vnstoppeth the opylacyons of the lyuer / and the mylt / it prouoketh the floures to women / and clenseth the superfluytees that ben out of the pudens or preuy membres / yf it be caused of colde ¶ It healeth the scabbeys / and yeldeth good colour to them that haue none comynge by sekenesse ¶ To stoppe the blood of a wouÌ„de C ¶ It stoppeth the blood of a wounde / and closeth it / yf playsters be made with whyte of an egge / and oyle / layde to the wouÌ„de often And is good agaynst fallynge of the hrare ¶ Agaynst flewmatike humours D ¶ Yf Flawmatyke or Melancolyke humours habounde in the stomake / and by indygestyon / with .ii. drammes of Mastyke / yf it be colde it chausseth / and yf it be feble it conforteth ¶ For the stomake E ¶ For the same a grayne of aloe gyuen with hony clenseth the stomake / and procureth dygestyon Pewdre of Mastyke and aloe medled togyder / and soden in white wyne ought to be gyuen for the same Or elles drawe the tongue out of the mouthe as ferre as ye may / and lay .ii. graynes of Aloe depe theron that it may be swalowed / and though Aloe be bytter in the mouthe / yet it is swete and good in the stomake And therfore it is called Glistonia / that is to say bytter Epiglistonia is that it is swete for the stomake ¶ For payne of the heed F ¶ Also the Ieraxigra wherin is put good Aloe auayleth to the payne in the heed and clereth the syght ¶ For the syght G ¶ Also Iera coÌ„straÌ„tyne medled with good Aloe is profytable for the syght Also to claryfye the syght Aloe takeÌ„ onely / or with Mirabolanum confect and dronke Take two draÌ„mes of Aloe / and one of Mastyke or of dragagantum with Syrope and luke warme water for that is proued to claryfy the syght ¶ For the lyuer and for the mylte H ¶ Agaynst opylacyon of the lyuer or of the mylte / take Aloe with iuce of smalache warme / or make decoccyoÌ„ of the rotes of smalache / percely / fenell / benworte / sparge with two drammes of mastyke / and vse ix ii or iii. tymes in the weke This decoccyoÌ„ prouoketh the floures to women a supposytory made of tryfera magna with powdre of Aloe Epatyc vpon it ¶ For yll colour I ¶ Agaynst yll colour caused of the coldenesse of the stomake or sekenesse precedent specyally yf it come by opylacyon of the lyuer Take a dramme of Aloe / and halfe a draÌ„me of mastyke with an vnce of worm wood .ii. tymes in the weke / and it wyll preserue from fallynge in to the dropsy in the begynnynge as we haue proued it ¶ For wormes in the bely and eares K ¶ The powdre of Aloe taken with hony sleeth wormes in the bely / and with the herbe Percicarya called Arssmert / it sleth wormes and beestes / that is entred in to the eares yf it be dropped in them ¶ For fallynge of the heare L ¶ Agaynst fallynge of the heare / boyle the rote of an olde olyue tre in vyneygre / and streyne it and in the strenynge put the two partes of Lupynus amarus / and the thyrde of Aloe medled togyder / put ther to powdre of Stafisager / and anoynt the heed therwith ¶ Agaynst gout M ¶ Agaynst gout artetyke / take Aloe with iuce of Arbana ¶ Agaynst rednesse N ¶ Agaynst reednesse / and agaynst rottynge of the pryue membres Medle Aloe with vyneygre / and it wyll helpe Aloe broken in rose water it good agaynst ytche of the eyes Agaynst swellyng of the eares / cleue the herbe and put therin comyn roste them a lytell vpon the fyre and lay them hote on the sore and it wyll helpe gretely ¶ De ligno Aloes Cap. ii ALoes is a wood and is hote and drye in the .ii. degre This wood is founde in a flode of hye Babylone nygh wherby renneth a ryuer of Paradyse terrestre / and sâ—me saye that by the swyftnesse of the same ryuer that wood is
costyfnesse caused of colde / let the pacyeÌ„t receyue at his fouÌ„dament smoke of colophenia layde on hote coles / than hete mugwort on a tyle / and let the pacyent syt theron Probatum est ¶ For pylles C ¶ Agaynst pyles that growe nygh the fouÌ„dement called glandes or atryces let them be opened / and powdre of mugwort / and horehounde lay on them ¶ For mygrym D ¶ Agaynst payne of the heed called mygreyne or cephale gyue some hote opiate / the decoccyon of mugwort Macer sayth he that bereth it on hym in walkynge weryeth not It is also good agaynst yll thoughtes / and stopeth the eyes from harmes / and all deuyllysshenesse fleeth fro the place where it is ¶ For payne in the bely E ¶ Agaynst ache of the bely Mugwort powned / and laye therto / helpeth meruaylously ¶ Agaynst ache in the guttes F ¶ Agaynst ache of the bowelles / powdre of mugwort dronkeÌ„ with hony easeth gretely / and is good agaynst many other sekenesses as Macer sayth ¶ To opeÌ„ the floures in a woman / gyue her to drynke mugwort sodeÌ„ in water Also the smoke of mugworte prouoketh the floures yf it be taken benethe Also the drynke that it is soden in often dronken leteth not women be delyuered afore theyr tyme / and so dooth the herbe yf it be layde to the nauyll Also yf it be brused and layde to the matrice it breketh and softeneth the hardnesse or inflacyon of it / and hath many other vertues / and is called arthemesia monodos ¶ De Arthemesia minor Of the myddle mugwort Ca. xxx ARthemesia minor The myddle mugworte is called tagantes in Grece / the domyens call it gryfauterius / the Romayns taÌ„nium / the Egypcyens Rym / other cal it tamaryta other canacipa ¶ For the bladder A ¶ Agaynst ache of the bladder / agaynst strangury / and dyssury take mugwort tagaÌ„tes one dragme / and gyue it with halfe a pynte of wyne / and gyue it to them that haue no feuer with warme water / and yâ— shall se good profe ¶ For the brest B ¶ Agaynst payne of the breste / and the rybbes bruse it with vyneygre and lay to it / and he shall be hole the thyrde day ¶ For the synewes C ¶ For the payne of the synewes / sethe this herbe in comyn oyle / and lay therto / it healeth and helpeth meruaylously ¶ For the fete D ¶ Agaynst payne of the fete / yf ony hath ben brused or crusshed / ete the rote of this mugwort with hony and it easeth gretely ¶ To make a chylde mery E ¶ To make a chylde mery / hange a bondell of mugwort / tagant or make smoke therof vnder the chyldes bedde / for it taketh away anoy for them ¶ De Arthemesia minima called Leptyfilos / the lesse mugwort Ca. xxxi ARthemesia minima / leptyfilos is the lesse mugwort / that other wyse is called matrycary / and hath a fauour lyke clere whaÌ„ it is rubbed or brused ¶ Agaynst the stomake A ¶ Agaynst the payne of the stomake yf it be caused of colde bray this mugwort grene with oyle of almoÌ„des warme in maner of a playster / lay it to the stomake and the pacyent shall be hole in .v. dayes Also yf it be layde vnder the dore of a hous / man nor womann can not anoy in that hous ¶ Agaynst the synewes B ¶ Agaynst ache of the synewes / and shakynge of the lymmes / anoynte the lymmes with iuce of this herbe medled with oyle of roses warmed It taketh away all paynes of shakynge / and all vyces caused of cenmatyke humours that come to the synewes ¶ It is to wyte that Dyana founde these thre mugwortes / and theyr vertues and she gaue this same herbe to Centaurus / whiche proued the vertues therof many tymes / and therfore Dyana named it atthemesia It ought to be gadred iÌ„ maye oâ— Iuly ¶ Acetum latine Oxi veloxios grete Vyneyger Ca. xxxii ACetum vyneygre is colde dryâ— in the seconde degre It hath vertue penetratyfe to perce / thryll / and dyuyde And it hath vertue constructyue that cometh by his qualites that ben colde drye / vyneygre may be made thus Put wyne in a vessell half full / and vncouered / and it wyll become vyneygre Or elles here stele or a stone / and put it to the wyne in an vncouered vessell and set it .ii. or .iii. dayes in the sonne with salte or elles a vessell ful of wyne vnstoped be well boyled in water And yf thou wylt knowe yf the vyneygre be good or badde / shede some on the drye erthe or vpon yren yf it boyle or frothe it is good / or elles not ¶ Agaynst vomyt A ¶ Agaynst vomyte or fluxe of the wombe â—eâ—he roses / tamaryns / and nuttes of galles in vyneygre / and therin were wolle or a sponge and yf it be vomyt lay it to the stomake / and yf it be fluxe lay it on the reynes or on the nauyll Also the syrope called siropus acetosus helpeth the syngle / doâ—â—le carcyan / and cotydyan / salt flewme / and to all maner of agues / yf it be taken in the mornynge with warme water The syrope eygâ—e denyshed and quickeneth the mater and it is made thus / melte sugre in vyneygre / and sethe it tyll it be mete for the case that ye wyll put it in / and yf ye wyll haue it dyuretyke sethe it more / the syrope of vyneygre is good agaynst hote mater / and vyneygre is good agaynst colde / for of vyneygre and hony is made oxymell / somtyme symple / and somtyme compounde The symple is made the .ii. partes of vyneygre and the thyrde of hony / and it ought to be soden tyll it be as tycke as hony The compounde is made thus Take the rotes of percely / of fenell / and smalache / and bruste them a lytel / and lay them in vyneygre a day and a nyght / and on the seconde day sethe them togyder / and streyne them / and in the vyneygre also streyned put to the thyrde parte of hony / and than sethe it as the symple Oximell squilliticum is made in this wyse Take an herbe called asquyll or water onyon / lay it in water all a nyght and day / than sethe / and streyne it / than put therto the thyrde parte of hony / but the insyde and outsyde of the asquyll must be taken away and the myddle parte vsed / yf ye haue no asquyll take a rape rote / and do withall as it is afore sayde Oximell symple or coÌ„post ought to be gyueÌ„ agaynst colde mater for it rypeth and dygesteth it ¶ For the appetyte C ¶ Vyneyger conforteth the appetyte in this maner Take sauge / percely / peper / and myntes / and stampe them and tempre theÌ„ with vyneygre / make sauce for fysshe It wyll cause appetyte / also flesshe eateÌ„ with vyneygre
gargarysme or water of lycour that anthera hath ben soden in with vyneygre wasshe your mouth therwith ¶ De Anchora Ca. xlvi ANchora is an herbe called actoire / It hath a lytell rote lyke the stone of a cocke / and is blacke without / and hath a bytter smell / and is beray pantyke as calamus aromaticus / It groweth on hylles / and desertes ¶ For the matryce ¶ For the payne of the matryx / and of the stomake comynge of colde cause Take the drynke that it hath be soden in / or make powdre of the rote and make electuary with hony / and it wyll take away the payne / it sleeth the wormes in the woÌ„be and is good agaynst bytynge of a venymous beest De Auena Otes Ca. xlvii AVena is an herbe / the sede of it is called otes it is colde moyst in the thyrse degre It hath lyke vertue of barly meale or the grayne therof Take otemele grotes clene tryed / bete them in a morter / and put warme water by lytell and lytell therto / and streyne it through a fyne stamyn / and sethe it tyll it be tycke Than put therto almoÌ„des mylke and suger a good quantyte / and it is good for them that hath hote and sore ague ¶ For apostume A ¶ This meate is good for them that hath appostumes in the inwarde membres / nourysshynge it rypeth appostumes / and dryeth the humours that harmeth ¶ Ameos Woodnep / or peny wort Capitulum .xlviii. AMeos Pipeâ—â—ulâ— / caâ—â—â—â—gâ—â—stis / â—urâ—umela / all is one This herbe is in two maners â—eche of them hath one selfe vertue The one is called the more bycause it hath greâ—er leâ—â—es / but not that it hath more vertue / the lesse hath smaller leues / and groweth not very hye and hath a better smell than the more / for the more smelleth as peper / and that that groweth on the hylles hath better smell than the other It is hote and drye in the thyrde degre It prouoketh vryne that is with holden by grosse humours Yf it be dronken with hony it fleeth wormes in the bely called cucubutyns It looseth grete wyndes / and breketh the stone of the bladder / and warmeth the stomake / and clenseth the myseryke vaynes that gooth with the foode to the lyuer / and purgeth the raynes / and the matryce Yf it be taken with hony / it is good for the flewmatyke feuers and agaynst bytynge of venymous bestes but it maketh the colour yelowe / yf it be ouermoche taken at the mouthe or playsterwyse ¶ De semine Amomi Ca. xliiii AMomum is hote and drye in the thyrde degre It is the sede of â—â—s herbe that hyght amomum ¶ For the matryce A ¶ Yf a woman hauynge payne in the matryce syt ouer water that amomum hath be soden it peaseth the payne / yf pessayre be made of the sayde decoccyon / it is good for the same / and prouoketh the floures that ben reteyned The decoccyoÌ„ where it hath be soden / is good for them that haue epylence / fransy / and podagre ¶ De Alleluya Wood sorell or cukowes meate Ca. l. ALleluya is an herbe called cuckowes brede This herbe groweth in thre places / and specyally in hedges / woodes / vnder walles sydes and hath leues lyke .iii. leued grasse and hath a soure smell as sorell / and hath a yelowe floure / is put in an oyntement marcyaton or marabraton bycause it conforteth the membres loseth the humours and wasteth the payne of the synewes ¶ Acetosum latine Huma Arabice Oxiolapatium Grece Sorell Ca. li. ACetosa siue acedula / that is Sorell / this is an herbe and hath leues lyke to spynache but it is more lyke to a docke leues / and hath sedes lyke to it It hath vertue colde and drye ¶ For ytche A ¶ Acetosum is good for scabbes and ytche yf the iuce of it be put in syrope of oximell made with iuce of fume terri yf it be eaten alone it dystroyeth al scabbes specyally that that cometh of coleryke / and rotten blode Also the sede is good agaynst longe feuer tercyan and for many other thynges ¶ Auelana Fylberdes Ca lii AVelane ben fylberdes / and ben colder than hasyll pottes / theyr fauour is more pontyke / and â—euy / more â—â—cker than the small nottes beÌ„ and ben of slower dygestyon and ben later or the yssue out of the body They engender swellyng of the bely / specyally yf they be eaten with the ryndes outwarde / but yf they be pylled they ben of better dygestyon / they be profytable for them that hath the olde cough / yf they be bett with hony and eaten / yf they be rosted and eateÌ„ with a lytel peper they be good agaynst the rewme / but yf it be rosted taken fastyng it is good agaynst venym And yf they be stamped with the outwarde huskes and olde grece of a sowe or a beare they beÌ„ meruaylous good for them that haue apolyce and that theyr heere 's fast for this wyll cause that heere to come vp in the basde places ¶ To make a man leane A ¶ An anctour sayth that he that is to faâ—e and wolde be layne fyl a panne full of fyl berdes floures and sethe them nyght and day / and alway put wyne to theÌ„ that they drye not / that lete the wyne be strayned / and lete the pacyent drynke it .v. dayes in the moneth of february ¶ De Albatra Tormentyll Ca. liii ALbatra is an herbe and hath beryes lyke cheryes antifermacuÌ„ / and vicetoxium This herbe groweth a cubyte hygh It is put in the recept of metrydall / and agyynst the paynes of the matryce ¶ Agaynst venym A ¶ It is good agaynst all venym and bytynge of venymous beestes / we shal speke here after whan we speke of vicetoxium ¶ Aqua Water Ca. liiii AQua water / the grekes call it ydroâ— / the arabytes call it squiÌ„gihill Mayster ypocras in his â—oke named de aexe / and aqua sayth that a man ought to haue grete concyderacyon of waters that ben vsed in meates drynkes / suche waters ought to be of good sauour lyght in weyght / and clere in colour For he that drynketh troubled and heuy water comâ—â—ly all his body swelleth frâ— the heed to the fete / and specyally it corrupteth the mylte / and maketh yl humours in the body / and therfore whan water must he vsed in ony medycyne / grete consyderacyon is to be had yf the water be good oâ— badde The maysters say that water is not good to be dronken / and specyally to them that ben of colde nature / for water bredeth in them many accydentall sekenesses and flux in the body / as feuers and many other procedynge of moystenesse Also women that ben with chylde and drynke water ben delyuered with grete payne Women that drynke moche water ben many tymes letted of theyr floures in theyr
cornes with olde wyne warmed ¶ For ache of the wombe P ¶ For ache of the wombe take a dragme of this powdre as it is sayd ¶ For payne of the necke Q ¶ For payne of the necke take wyne that hath be soden with bethony ¶ Agaynst a grete cough R ¶ Agaynst a grete cough / electuary medled with this powdre / and hony maketh grete effect ¶ For feuer S ¶ For dayly feuer or cotydyan / two dragmes of bethoni and one of plantayne with warme water taken at the houre of the axces / profyteth gretely ¶ Agaynst feuer tercyan T ¶ For feuer tercyan gyue at the houre of the axces powdre of bethony / and poulyot of eche a dragme with warme water to the pacyent and he shall be hole ¶ Agaynst feuer quartayn V ¶ For feuer quartayn / thre dragmes of this powdre / and an vnce of baccatuÌ„ laury or bay beryes with thre cyates of warme water gyuen to the pacyent before the houre of his axces heleth hym wtout grefe ¶ For payne in the bladder X ¶ Agaynst payne of the bladder foure dragmes of bethony / and foure rotes of smalache soden in water / but fyrst sethe the rotes tyll the water be halfe wasted / than sethe the bethony therin / and lete the pacyent drynke it and he shall be hole for euer ¶ Agaynst the stone Y ¶ Agaynst the stone in the bladder / two dragmes of this powdre with vyneygre squyllityke / and hony of eche an vnce and halfe / and gyue .viii. cyates / to the pacyent of tymes and it wyll dryue the stone out ¶ For a woman that haue grete payne in theyr trauayle Z ¶ To women that haue ouer grete payne in theyr trauayle / and that fal in an ague be gyuen two dragmes of powdre of bethony with water warmed And yf they haue none ague gyue it with myrabolany and ye shall se good profe ¶ For the palsey ¶ For the palsey / bray grene bethony and lay to it Yf it be layde to cut synewes it wyll knyt them ¶ For them that be ferfull a ¶ For them that ben to ferfull / gyue two dragmes of powdre herof with warme water and as moche wyne / at the tyme that the fere cometh ¶ To women that hath lost al play by coldnesse gyue here ii dragmes of this powdre with warme water thre cyates the space of thre dayes fastinge ¶ For spettynge of blode b ¶ To them that spyt blode or rottenesse at the mouthe gyue two dragmes of powdre of bethony with two cyates of olde wyne thre dayes / and it wyll hele them ¶ For dronkenesse c ¶ And yf thou wylt neuer be dronken ete bethony or thou drynke and thou shalt not be dronken of all the day ¶ For Iaundys d ¶ To them that haue ieterye or Iaundys called the golden sekenesse because they seme to be gylted powdre of bethony taken ofteÌ„ with wyne is a remedy proued ¶ For them that haue carboÌ„cles e ¶ To them that haue carboÌ„cles one dragma of this powdre with two cyates is good Also the herbe confyct with grece and lay on them heleth gretely ¶ For them that ben greued f ¶ To them that ben greued / a dragme of powdre of bethony thre cyates of veray good wyne takeÌ„ thre dayes maketh them hole ¶ For werynesse g ¶ To them that be wery of goynge gyue to drynke a dragme of this powdre with warme water and an vnce of oximell ¶ For them that haue lost theyr appetyt h ¶ To them that haue lost theyr appetyte by sekenesse gyue .ii. dragmes of this powdre with .iiii. cyotes of drynke / it taketh away the lothsomnesse and euyll taste of meates ¶ For vomyte i ¶ Agaynst vomyt take powdre of bethony .iiii. dragmes / an vnce of hony soden / and make lytell pellets of the bygnesse of a nut / and ete them thre dayes fastynge / or wete them in warme water and drynke them ¶ Agaynst payne of the yerde k ¶ Agaynst payne swellynge of the yerde or pyntell / sethe bethony in wyne stampe it and playster wyse lay to it ¶ For venyme l ¶ For venym thre dragmes of this powdre taken with foure cyates of wyne putteth out the venym / and is good agaynst bytynge of venymous beestes ¶ For bytiÌ„ge of a mad dogge m ¶ For bytynge of a mad dogge this herbe grene / beaten and layde to it heleth ¶ Agaynst fystula n ¶ Agaynst fystula bete grene bethony with salt and make a tent / and put in to it / and a playster of the same layde vpon it wyll make it hole ¶ Agaynst payne of the rybbes o ¶ Agaynst payne of the rybbes or sydes / take two dragmes of this powdre with ydromel yf there be no feuer / and yf there take it with warme water ¶ Agaynst podagre p ¶ Against podagre take water that bethony is soden in and drynke it often / and lay the herbe playsterwyse vpon the fete / it appeaseth the payne meruaylously as they say that haue proued it ¶ Delingua anseris Goos byll / or stycâ—â— wort Ca. lxii GOos byll or becdoye is an herbe comyn ynough The rote of it is lyke a goos byll / and the leues ben lyke the leues of ferne This herbe is hote and drye in the fourthe degre / and moyst in the secoÌ„de The rote is good in medycyne and so is not the herbe ¶ Agaynst brostennesse A ¶ Agaynst all maner of brekynge brusure as well to grete as small Lete the pacyent be bathed foure dayes / and the fyrst day gyue hym to drynke this rote tempred in whyte wyne or in water and contynue ix dayes euery mornynge / and at nyght let hym haue a restrayntyfe of the oldest benes that can be fouÌ„de Sethe theÌ„ in vyneygre in maner of pappe / and drye them by the fyre to make powdre of them in a morter Powdre of sanguis draconis / a nutshale full / and as moche of bol armenyke / and the double of powdre of benes / the whyte of two egges all bet togyder a playster made on clothe and layde vpoÌ„ the sore day and nyght before the sayd .ix. dayes / and gyue hym to drynke the moost erly that ye can / and renew the restrayntyfe nyght and marowe For the same take this herbe take out the hert that is within it which is whyte / and cut it in small roundelles and lay them in fountayne water .xxxvi. houres / that is two dayes and a nyght / thaÌ„ poure the water in to a glasse or vyole and gyue a lytell glasse full of it to the pacyent to drynke an houre or he eate in the mornynge / than lete hym reste an houre after vpon his backe / than take hym vp gyue hym laxatyfe meates to his breke faste / a lytell and oft / as moche at nyght after his super / and than lye an houre on his backe / and
wombe but whan it is eaten wtout the iuce it byndeth And therfore by cause the noyaunce therof be moderated / sethe them fyrst in water and cast that water away / and sethe them agayne in other water with veray fatte flesshe of moten or porke / and confyct them with coryandre peper / and comyn / and so lete them be eateÌ„ The caule called carambia is of the same accyon with other caules / but it is harder to dygest / and is yll for the eyen and for the terhe and the partyes of the throte and bycause of the noyenge sharpnesse it is not good for medycyne ¶ De Calce Brent Chalke or lyme Ca. C.xviii CAlx is lyme / whan it is vnsleked it is hote and drye in the thyrde degre yf it be put to sewet of oyle it healeth the pymples and rotten appostumes and resowdred and ioyned all incysyons and woundes yf it be steped in water ix or .x. tymes renewynge the water it leseth the bytynge / sharpenesse that it hath ¶ For shaldynge A ¶ For shaldynge / take a pounde of vnsleked lyme / and put it in a panne put water therto / and chaunge it ix tymes and lete it lye at euery tyme a quarter of an houre than medle it with oyle olyue / and bete it togyder with oyle olyue to anoyntement / and lay it vpon the scaldynge with a feder / and it wyll heale ¶ De cerifolio / Cheruell Ca. C.xix CErifolium is cheruell It is hote and drye in the seconde degre / and is a coÌ„uenable herbe for the kechin 〈…〉 and hath leues lyke percely ¶ For the stomake A ¶ It is pryncypally good agaynst payne of the stomake in this maner Take thre handfull of grene cheruell / and a lytell of pouâ—â—ot and bere them in a morter of wood and put therto a sponefull of hony / sethe them togyder and make a playster to the stomake ¶ For a canker B ¶ Of it be stamped and layde to a canker it â—â—le that meruaylously ¶ For the syde C ¶ Agaynst payne in the syde and agaynst colyke passyon and ylyake ¶ For strangury D ¶ Agaynst strangury and dyssury cheruel dronken with wyne helpeth gretely ¶ For a feuer E ¶ Also anoynte hym that hath a feuer with water that cheruell is soden in whan the accesse begynneth / and it wyll take away the coldenesse therof ¶ For swellynge of the necke F ¶ And also take away the swellynge that may come with a feuer about the necke or other parte For the swellinge of the necke called porotides medle cheruell with vyneygre wax and olde grece / and it wyll take the swellynge away lyghtly ¶ Agaynste vomyte G ¶ Agaynst vomyte / eate cheruel with vyneygre / and it wyll soone take the vomyte away and confort the stomake vnbynde the bely ¶ For vryne H ¶ To prouoke vryne / lete the iuce be droÌ„ken and the herbe be eateÌ„ and laide beneth the nauyâ—l / and it wyll prouoke vryne gretely ¶ For the lyuer ¶ Also who so eateth it often / it easeth the stoppynge of the lyuer and of the mylte / yf the herbe can not be geten take the sedes lete the pacyent eate or drynke it in powdre and it easeth moche ¶ De Canapis Hempe Ca. C.xx CAnapis is hempe This herbe is in two maners that is to wyte the coÌ„mune the wylde wherof we wyl shewe the vertue Wylde hempe is hote drye in the seconde degre It is other wyse called Agryon canabyn ¶ For brestes A ¶ For payne and swellynge of the brestes medle the herbe of hempe with greas / and lay it playsterwyse on the place / and with out doubt it wyll cease the ache and swellynge Also this same rypeth appostumes and breketh them / specyally suche as come of colde humours Yf it be medled with nettle sede / it wasteth colde appostumes ¶ For pose or gout B ¶ Agaynst pose or stytche or gout caused of colde in what parte of the body so euer it be take the iuce of the rote of hempe and as moche of greas or swet and a lytell vyneygre / and anoyte the place and it wyll ceale the payne ¶ De cameleonta Wolfe thystle Ca. C.xxi. CAmeleoÌ„ta is an herbe called blaâ—k cameleoÌ„te Some cal it cameleon other cocodyllus / other dyspata / other anacardion / the egypcyens semerir / other astradace locer / other amelita other labrum veneris / and hath dyuers names after dyuers contrees It groweth about hedges / and in diches / and may be gadred at all tymes ¶ For the lyuer A ¶ It is chyefly good agaynst payne of the lyuer yf the iuce be dronken / but yf the pacyent haue the feuer take it with water / and yf he haue no feuer lete hym take it with wyne / and it wyll ceas the payne ¶ Agaynst venym B ¶ For venym / drynke the powdre with .vi. vnces of wyne and it wyll put out the venym ¶ For dropsy C ¶ Agaynst dropsy medle it with powdre of camedreos that is germandre / and camephiteos that is mederacle of eche alyke moche and gyue thre dragmes with wyne yf it be a man / yf it be a woman two dragmes / and to a chylde one dragme for it expulleth the flewmatyke humours not of the body / and the moystnesse of dropsy / and alvenym / and prouoketh vryne ¶ De camomylla camomylle Ca. C.xxii CAmomilla is camomyll / some cal it charmiere pertenicoÌ„ / other dyacolefac / other trystycos elyatos / other aperytos / after dyuers countrees it is called by some of the names nipeos iero matenus / alion patres / olerasa / superba / puxetos / eliatos / vulenta / sapera / soli facium obloadia / obulacia / amula / abiana amulusta / alba bona It groweth in vnlaboured places as in playnes / somtyme in wheet or lyne ¶ To knowe yf a seke persone shal dye A ¶ Yf ye wyll knowe the vertue therof gadre it standynge with the floures the mone beynge in the sygne of Aries / and sethe it in oyle olyue / and anoynte the pacyent couer hym well / gyue hym good quantyte of warme water to drynke / and yf he swete it is a good sygne of helthe / and yf not it is an yll sygne a token that he shal dye Macer wytnesseth it ¶ For strangury B ¶ Agaynst strangury and dyssury and to breke the stone / wyne or water that camomyll is sodeÌ„ in oftentymes dronken easeth gretely It prouffyteth gretely for stoppynge of the mylt and of the lyuer yf it be dronken in lyke wyse ¶ For the stomake C ¶ For the payne and swellynge of the stomake / and agaynst ache of the wombe caused of colde humours or wyndes / wyne the camomyll is soden in easeth the payne ¶ For the floures D ¶ To prouoke floures in womeÌ„ bathe theÌ„ in water that camomyll is soden in ¶ For
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
myrabolans cebules is a syrope made in this wyse Take cassia fistula / tamarins / and maÌ„na and soke them in water and strayne them in the colyce therof put sugre / and put therin mirabolans cebules / that swelleth / and this syrope may be kept .v. yeres Yf it be vsed it openeth the vayne that is febled by melancolyke humour / that is mouÌ„ted iÌ„ to the eyen / and is good for them that be dysposed to feblenesse of herte / yf it be taken in the mornynge / and than drynke warme water that syrope therof is put to / and it looseth the bely ¶ De Mace Maces Ca. CC.lxxxvij MAces is hote and drye in the seconde degre Some say that they be floures of the nutmigge / whiche semeth not to be true / for the floures fall / and of them cometh fruyte But maces is a rynde that is founde about the nutmygge lyke a pyll or huske as is about a wall nutte / and it mai be kept .x. yeres Maces hath vertue to conforte the by good odour of it / and wasteth spredeth humours / by the complxeion and qualyte therof The best colour therof is browne with sharpe sauour and somwhat bytter ¶ For dygestyon A ¶ Agaynst yll dygestyon / and colde of the stomake / take wyne that maces is soden in and make a plaister therof and lay it to the stomake / and for feblenesse of them that hath ben seke Make a playster of powdre of maces and mastyke with oyle of roses and waxe ¶ For the brayne B ¶ To purge the brayne of superflue humours / chawe maces and holde it longe in the mouth ¶ For the stomake C ¶ For weykenesse of the stomake and the lyuer caused of colde / and agaynst dropsy wryngynge or wambelynge of the bely and for the payne of the brethe / and other sekenesse of the bulke caused of cours humours / sethe maces in iuce of fenell / and whan it is soden put a lytell wyne therto / than strayne theÌ„ / lete the pacyent vse it ¶ De Myrra Myrre Ca. CC.lxxxviij mYrre is hote and drye in the secoÌ„de degre It is the goÌ„me of a tre that groweth in Inde whiche in somer tyme cleueth to the tre Myrre that is yelowe or somwhat browne is best There be two maners of it One is meane / and the other course Some call it Trocliten for the place that it groweth in It hath vertue to conforte / and ioyne lymmes togyder To waste sprede humours by the coÌ„plexion qualite therof It kepeth fro rottyng / and therof in olde tyme folke anointed deed bodyes therwith to kepe theÌ„ longe It may be kept a C. yeres ¶ For the pose A ¶ For rewme that falleth fro the heed to the breste called catarrus or pose / make pylles of myrre / storax / and calamynt / vse it The same is good to conforte dygestyoÌ„ cours humours or flewme of the stomake ¶ For the brest B ¶ For payne of the brest called asma / and agaynst ache of the bulke Take the wyne that goÌ„me arabyke and myrre is soden in or fygges and myrre Wyne that myrre is soden in conforteth dygestyoÌ„ / and agaynst stenche of the mouthe caused of yll ayre comynge fro the stomake / and also for them that haue dyrte or fylth in theyr stomake or bowelles ¶ For the goÌ„mes C ¶ Agaynst rottynge of the goÌ„mes / rubbe them with myrre / and it wyll do it away and fasten / and reioyne the wouÌ„des The fume of myrre receyued at the mouthe coÌ„forteth and purgeth the brayne And yf it be receyued with a fonell it conforteth / cleÌ„seth / and chauffeth the matryce / and wasteth the superfluytees / and helpeth to conceyue And yf the fume be receyued at the fouÌ„dement it helpeth agaynst constyfnesse yf it be caused of colde ¶ De. Milio Mylle Ca. CC.lxxxix MYlle is a sede / that is colde in the fyrst degre / and drye in the seconde aâ—â—â— that proueth the lyght holownesse therof / and that it hath no moysture nor fatnesse It nouryssheth leest of ony grayne that brede is made of / and bredeth leest blode / and the blode that it bredeth is nought / but yet it conforteth the stomake / and other membres by the drynesse therof / and byndeth the wombe Diascorides sayth that it is a perytyfe and dyurytyke / yf it be baken in a panne It is veray good agaynst wrentche of the bely / yf it be layde hote therto It coleth the stomake and wasteth the superflue humours therof ¶ De maiorana Macgetym gentyll Ca. CC.xc MArgerym is an herbe that is hote and drye in the seconde degre / it is also called sausucus The leues the floures be good in medycyne It ought to be gadred whan it bereth floures and dryed in a shadowe / and may be kept a yere It hath vertue to waste and sprede humours by the qualyte / and to conforte with good sauour The powdre therof taken in meates and the wyne that it is soden in warmeth the colde stomake / and conforteth dygestyon The smell of it conforteth the brayne Yf the leues floures be layde in a bagge to the stomake or to the heed / it taketh away the wynde and pose caused of colde and wynde Yf bathe be made of it in water it cleÌ„seth and wasteth humours of the matryce ¶ De melissa Bawme Ca. CC.xci MElisse is an herbe hote and drye in the seconde degre It hath grete vertue grene and drye / ought to be dryed fyrste in the sonne and thaÌ„ in the shade / and may be kept a yere It hath vertu as magerym to conforte / to waste / and sprede humours but it prouoketh and causeth retentyfe meÌ„strues to flowe more than margerym and clenseth the matryce / and helpeth conception more ¶ For hote apostumes A ¶ Also it is good agaynst hote and venymous apostumes / medled with grece and layde to them / and agaynst all aches yf it be layde to the sore places .ix. dayes The wyne that melisse is sodeÌ„ in is good to kepe one fro swownynge yf the cause be colde Yf it be soden in wyne and oyle and layde to to apostumes it rypeth and softeneth them and spredeth the hardenesse of the lyuer mylte ¶ De mora celsi Molberyes Ca. CC.xcij MOlberyes be of two kyndes The tame that be hote and moyst and ben fruyte of a hye tree / and ben called mora celsi / and they ought to be put in medicins There be other that be wylde is a fruyte that groweth in busshes on breres / we call them blacke beryes And these wylde beryes ben hote and drye / and ought to be gadred whan they be blacke they haue vertue to deuyde humours / to sprede / and to clense humours ¶ For the quynsy A ¶ Agaynst apostumes of the throte called Squynancy / and for the dygge of the tongue rotes / and agaynst swellynge
¶ For the dygge D ¶ Agaynst payne of the dygge whan it is loose or fallen Sethe this sede in vyneygre with drye fygges and make a gargarysme therof ¶ For ylyake or colyke passyoÌ„ E ¶ Agaynst grawynge of the wombe yf it be aboue called ysyake or bene the called colyke / yf it be caused of colde / put this sede in a bagge lay it to the paynfull place ¶ For the vryne F ¶ The same is good agaynst lettynge of vryne / and that the herbe be soden in wyne and oyle / and layde to the reynes / and the share ¶ For costyfnesse G ¶ Agaynst costyfnesse wherby the foundement cometh out / yf it be caused of glewy humours / lay the powdre of this sede to the foundement with powdre of comyn / and colofonie / that is terre or softe pytche ¶ De Narsturcio agresti Wylde cresses Ca. CCC.iiii â–ª NAsturcium agreste is wylde cresses and groweth about hye wayes It is pryncypally good agaynst the kynges euyll and kyrnelles caused in ioyntes by superflue humours / therfore the iuce therof must be dronken fastinge .xv. dayes and the herbe soden and layde to is good ¶ De Sale nitri Ca. CCC.v. NYtre is hote and drye in the secoÌ„de degre It is a vayne of erthe that is founde in many places / is of two maners For there is whyte that is lyke glasse / and that is to be chosen for the best / and there is yelowe and is not so good It may be kept euer without appayrynge It hath vertue to deuyde and sprede humours / and also the clense / and to hynder by the drynesse ¶ For the colyke A ¶ Agaynst colyke passyon A conuenable clystre is made with powdre of nitre and salt water / or with oyle and hony ¶ To clense the face B ¶ To clense the face confycte the powdre with hony and anoynte the face ¶ For the stomake C ¶ For the fylthe and dryte of the stomake by reason of an iÌ„postume that hath ben in it or in the bowelles / take this powdre with warme water or better with hony ¶ For scurffe or skalle D ¶ Agaynst scurffe or skalle in the heed Make an oyntemeÌ„t of nytre / of hony / and oyle But wasshe the heed fyrst with salte water vyneygre that sede of stafesagre hath be soden in and after that it is wasshed with warme water foure or vâ—â—â—yes or more ¶ For the ere 's E ¶ The iuce with powdre of wormwoode yf it be put in the eares sleeth the wormes and clenseth the fylthenesse ¶ De Nenufare Ca. CCC.vi. NEnufar is an herbe that groweth in water / and hath large leues hath a floure in maner of a rose / the rote therof is called treumyan is very bygge It is of two maners One is whyte / another yelowe For the best bereth a whyte floure and the other yelowe They be founde in all regyons hote and colde / but the best is in a hote regyoÌ„ The floures be good in medycyn and may be kept two yeres / must be gadred in SepteÌ„bre Syropes drynkes is made against hote axces and for the lyuer in this maner The floures be soden in water and suger put therto / and therof is the syrope made ¶ For heed ache A ¶ For payne of the heed caused of heet / the sarazyns put these floures all a nyght in water / and drynke the water in the mornyngâ— / put the floures in to theyr noses ¶ De nuce muscate The Nutmygge Ca. CCC.vii NVtmygges ben of hote and drye coÌ„plexion in the seconde degre It is the fruyte of a tre that groweth in Inde And is gadred whan it is rype and may be kept vij yeres The nutmygge that is smothe and heuy amoÌ„ge other is to be chosen / nor powdreth not whan it is broken / hath a sharpe pryckynge sauour And yf ony of the propryetees fayleth it is not good in medycyns It hath vertue to conforte by the swete sauour therof / by the qualytees coÌ„plexions ¶ For the stomake A ¶ Agaynst coldenesse of the stomake euyll dygestyon / to amende the yll colour of the face Yf these be caused of colde / take in the mornynge halfe a nutmygge / or a hole one yf it be small / it wyll ease gretely The auctour hath seen the experyence ¶ For dygestyon B ¶ Agaynst yll dygestyon of the stomake / of the entrayles lyuer take the brothe that nutmygge is soden in And for the same wyne with mastyke The wyne that it is sodeÌ„ in with annyce / comyn / dryueth away payne of the stomake caused of wynde ¶ To recouer strenght C ¶ The wyne that nutmygges is soden in as aleberyes suche other is good to recouer the spyrytes of them that haue ben lately seke The nutmygge holden to the nose coÌ„forteth the brayne membres of the balke ¶ De nuce Indica Nuttes of Inde Ca. CCC.viii NVttes of Inde ben hote and dryâ— But some say they be moyst bycause they moeue lechery and cause good blodâ— But the auctour saith that cough / encresynge haboundauÌ„ce of lecery cometh by moystnesse yet it may come by heet drynesse / for by the drynesse the blode is made subtyle / sharpe / by the heet it is made warme / therfore it is not to be denyed that the sayde nuttes be hote drye But whaÌ„ they beÌ„ put in medycyns the shales must be caste away the kernelles put in they may be kept .x. yeres ¶ Agaynst lettynge of brethe caused of colde / sethe fatte fygges in wyne and bete theÌ„ / and wrynge out the brothe strayne it / with the iuce take the powdre of nuttes of Inde ¶ De nuce stiatyca Ca. CCC.ix. NVttes stiatikes be hote and dyre in the seconde degre They be a maner of nuttes that groweth beyonde the see / and be of the bygnesse of a comune nutte / and haue reed graynes or sedes in them that haue a sharpe sauour as peper They haue vertue to chaufe / to drye / and to conforte ¶ To conforte dygestyon A ¶ To conforte dygestyon make powdre of these nuttes with gynger / and rynamum / and put it in your meates ¶ For rewme B ¶ Agaynst rewme or humours that falleth in to the gummes caused of colde Beate the graynes of these nuttes with mastyke and holde it in the mouthe and it wyll cause to auoyde moche humours ¶ De nuce coÌ„muni Wall nuttes Ca. CCC.x THe wal nuttes ben of two maners for some be drye and some be grene The grene be not so hote as the drye / and haue a certayne moysture bycause they be not perfytely rype / and therfore they be but of a smal drythe / and be somwhat greuous to the stomake Yf they be eaten grene with wynegre / and a confeccyon made of breed salt fysshe called obsomogarus they kepe the wombe moyst â–ª
/ and yf the cheke be swollen make a plaister of the leues lay them hote theron and it wyll swage the swellynge meruaylously ¶ For payne in the body B ¶ Agaynst payne within the body The iuce of plantayne dronken ceaseth the payne purgeth the brest ¶ For spettynge of blode C ¶ And for them that spette blode / drynke the iuce fastynge ¶ For all foule woundes D ¶ And to heale all foule woundes lay the powdre of plantayne on them Also this herbe is good agaynst all gadrynge of humours ¶ For bytynge of a serpeÌ„t E ¶ Agaynst bytynge of a serpent / eate the herbe and drynke the iuce / and it putteth out all venym ¶ For styngynge of a scorpyon F ¶ It is good also for styngynge of a scorpyon / and bytynge of a spyder yf the rote be brused and layde theron ¶ For wormes in the bely G ¶ To slee or voyde wormes out of the body drynke the iuce and lay a playster of the leues to the nauyll ¶ For feuer quartayne H ¶ For feuer quartayne drynke the iuce medled with water afore the accesse / it wyll do good effect ¶ For swellynge of the fete I ¶ And agaynst swellyng aches of the fete bruse the floures of plaÌ„tayne with a lytel salte and lay therto ¶ For feuertercian K ¶ For feuer tercyan / bruse thre leues of plantayne with wyne or water / drynke it at the tyme of the axcesse / and it helpeth gretely ¶ To brynge out a chyldes bedde L ¶ To cause the chyldes bedde in the moders wombe to come out / take the powdre of the ledes therof with water ¶ For swellynge of the fete M ¶ For swellynge of the fete with goynge / stampe the leues and lay on them ¶ For the mouthe N ¶ For pymples in the mouthe the leues eateÌ„ and holden longe in the mouthe is good ¶ For the throte O ¶ For swellynge of the throte / bruse the herbe with sewet and lay it therto ¶ De lanceolata Longe plantayne Ca. CCC.xlv LOnge plantayne is good agaynst fystales / yf the iuce be put in them dyuers dayes / it healeth and sleeth them ¶ For bytyng of madde dogges A ¶ For bytynge of a wood dogge / stampe this herbe and lay therto ¶ For the bladder B ¶ For payne of the bladder / bruse the herbe with the rotes / and wrynge out the iuce drynke it / it is good agaynst venymous bestes ¶ De panico Panyke Ca. CCC.xlvi PAnyke is a sede lyke Gromell in nature and shape But it fedeth lesse than gromell / byndeth more the wombe It may be taken dyuers wayes and dooth dyuers operacyons But in what maner so euer it is taken gromell is better Panyke is soden with fatte flesshe / with oyle / or almonde mylke That that is soden with fatte flesshe or oyle is conuenable ynough for it lese a grete parte of drinesse / therw t geteth good smake and fedynge / leseth the myght of byndynge of the womâ—â— by the fatnesse of the greace and oyle There is two maner to sethe it iÌ„ water for it may be soden grouÌ„den or hole And for one measure of panyke or gromell take .xv. measures of water In this maner sodeÌ„ it is harde to dygest / byndeth not the wombe but it greueth the stomake and gooth out therof hole / and greueth the guttes / therfore they put it soone out / and so it byndeth not That that is grounden must be soden thus Syft the meale from the braÌ„ne / and put therto .x. tymes as moche water whaÌ„ it is soden two or .iii. tymes streyne it / sethe the streynynge agayne tyll it be thycke / and this maner of sethynge is best maketh it lyght is the best maner to cause it bynde the wombe ¶ De Prnthafilone Synkefoyle / or .v. leued grasse Ca. CCC.xlvii PEenthafiloÌ„ is an herbe called fyne leued For pentha iÌ„ greke is .v. and filo is leef And so penthafiloÌ„ is to say herbe with .v. leues It groweth in sandy places and medowes It bereth fyue leues on a stalke and hath yelowe floures / stretcheth on the grounde ¶ For the ioyntes A ¶ For payne of the ioyntes that cometh of strokes or trauayle Bruse this herbe with olde lewed and lay therto ¶ For the wombe B ¶ For ache of the wombe caused of coleryke humours / drynke the iuce therof it wyll cease the ache ¶ For the gommes C ¶ Agaynst rottennesse of the goÌ„mes The cheke rubbed therw t taketh away the rottynge ¶ For the heed D ¶ For the payne of the heed bruse the herbe and rubbe the forheed and heed therwt. ¶ For bledynge of the nose E ¶ Agaynst blody flux of the nose / drynke the iuce or anoynte the forheed or elles drinke the wyne that the rote is soden in ¶ Agaynst bytynge of serpentes The iuce therof dronke putteth out all venym and therfore it is put in tryacle ¶ For cankers F ¶ Agaynst kanker / bruse the leues with sewes greace / and put olde whyte wyne therto / and it is a good remedy ¶ De lingua passerina Sentynode swynes grasse knotgrasse / or sparow tongue Ca. CCC.xlviij POligonia is an herbe called sparow toÌ„gue It is called proserpina some cal it corrigiole It groweth iÌ„ wayes feldes / it is a litel wede with many knottes ¶ For spettynge of blode A ¶ For theÌ„ that spette blode that vomyte The iuce therof with swete wyne or other as good ¶ For the sydes B ¶ For ache in the sydes or rybbes / medle the iuce with oyle of roses anoynte the sydes ¶ For the brestes C ¶ For swelling of brestes make a playster of this herbe with butter / lay to them ¶ For ytche of the legges caused of salt flew me / wasshe them with water that this herbe is soden in ¶ For the flux D ¶ For flux of the wombe Take the iuce of this herbe alone / or with sugre or wyne the same is good for superfluyte of floures in women ¶ De polytryco Walfarne Ca. CCC.xlix POlitryke / some call adyanthos / some calle it erth thought It groweth agaynst walles / and in humorous places ¶ For payne of the necke A ¶ For payne of the necke whan it may not be styred / take this herbe with the stalkes and leues and leke blades with .viij. cornes of peper / and .viij. of coryandre stamped togyder with stronge wyne / drynke it / but fyrst be bathed ¶ For newe sores B ¶ The powdre of this herbe layde vpon newe sores healeth them ¶ For feuer auge C ¶ The water that this herbe is soden in suger put therto / is good agaynst feuer ague / and it is put in syrope to coole ¶ De primula veris Prymerolles Ca. CCC.l. PRimula veris is called prymerolles Some call it saynt peterworâ—e Other paralisie It is called prymerolle or
ben of dyuers kindes Rabby moyses The apples specyally / the tame conforteth the herte with his swete odour And they be good for theÌ„ that hath the passy ptysyâ— that is to vnderstande that a man coÌ„sumed and dryeth out and is pryncypally good for melancolyke persones ¶ Apples eaten raw doothe more dysseases thaÌ„ ony other fruytes / for they causeth yll humours through all the membres There ben swete apples and they ben warme and dry of nature Some ben watery / sowre / and eygre of taste / and colde of complexyon ¶ The iuce of those dyuers apples may not be kept / but alone the iuce of quynces / and it confyct with hony and sugre / and with other good spyces it endureth the longer ¶ Pirola Ca. CCCC xciiij PIrola is a herbe hote and drye in the thyrde degre / and shall be vsed on the body without ¶ A very good and profitable salue / whiche mayster Bartholomeê° vsed to all maners of olde sores This herbe taken with his xote stamped / than put therto the iuce of Dyapensyn / the iuce of alchimilla / oyle olyue soden togyder / and therof make a salue This salue shall be deuyded in .iij. partes / and euery parte shal be gyuen his colour ¶ Put in the fyrst spenysshe grene / Aristologia rotuÌ„da / or loÌ„ga / and that become grene / and it clenseth the wouÌ„de / taketh out the yll flesshe from the grouÌ„de on the wounde / and is named a pullynge salue Put to the other salue Ceruse / the eyes of kreeffysshe powdred / and they shal be come whyte / this softeneth heleth all vlceracyons / is called a mollyfycatyfe / and a softyng salue Put to the thyrde salue bolus armenus / sanguis draconis / and they becometh reed / this salue preserueth the wouÌ„des fro yll hote / and that to the wouÌ„de may not come yll accedentes whan the wounde is anoynted rouÌ„de about therwith And this salue is called a defensyue salue ¶ Rybes ca. cccc xcv RIbes ben reed beryes / growyng in a lytell smal tre / of hyght of .ii. gerdes Those beryes ben colde and drye in the thyrde degre This beryes quenchyth very well the thyrst caused of hete of the gall / stoppeth the flux in the woÌ„be ¶ For appetyte A ¶ The beryes cause appetyt to eate drynke The iuce of it is good vsed for scakinge of the herte / and restrayneth the vomyte ¶ For hete B ¶ To eate the beryes / and to drynke the iuce therof is very good to them that hath ouer moche hete / for it cooleth moche An electuary made of this is very good to them that to greueth with hete ¶ For the lytell Pockes C ¶ The iuce of it with water of endyuye is good for the chyldren pockes and mâ—ssâ—les varioli and morbilli ¶ For thyrst D ¶ The beryes soden with water of sugre / is good for thyrst / agaynst the pestylence ¶ For dronkenesse E ¶ This aforsayd drynke pÌ„serueth for droÌ„kenesse / also agaynst the flux called fluâ—â—s emoâ—roydalis ¶ Vsnea vel muscus arborum Mosseâ— ca. cccc xcvi VSnea is of dyuers maners / some groweth on trees of good odour / as garnates / and otherlyke / and it is by hym selfe of good odour / and it is to be chosen for the beste / it is hote in the fyrst degre and drye in the seconde / and conforteth the stomake Some mosse groweth on the okeÌ„ trees / and on other trees Some groweth on stones ¶ For slepe A ¶ Wyne dronken where as it is soden in causeth well to slepe It stoppeth all maners of flux of blode For the matryce B ¶ A bathe where it is sodeÌ„ in taketh away all paynes of the matrice / whan a woman bathe therin from vnder vpwarde / stoppeth in women the whyte flux / whan they bathe them benethe therwith ¶ For payne in the matryce C ¶ Drynke / or water that mosse and arthemisia is soden in clenseth the matryce of all payne and disseases / and the fume of it taken benethe to the oryfyce / is very good for the same ¶ De Cardone benedicto Sowthistle Ca. CCCC xcvij CArdo benedictus is an herbe lyke Camelionte It is called the holy thystle / wherof is spoken of afore But the leues be whyter / thendrer / pryckynge / and in the toppe is two stalkes with two lytell sharpe heedes and the sede groweth in them The whiche sede is rounde and the floure is on the toppe of the sayde heedes / and is somwhat reed ¶ For spettynge of blood A ¶ For them that spette blode at the mouth out of the bely and stomake / and agaynst the payne therof Bete the rote to small powdre and drynke it with wyne ¶ For the vryne B ¶ Agaynst lette of vryne as strangury dyssury / drynke the wyne or water that it is soden in / and it wyll do grete ease Also the leues chopped and soden in wyne and layde to the share is good for the same ¶ For blewnesse of strokes C ¶ Agaynst blewnesse that cometh of betynge or otherwyse This herbe soden and layde to it taketh it away ¶ For tothe ache kepe the wyne that the rote is soden in a grete whyle in your mouthe ¶ Vulpis is a fox Ca. CCCC xcviij VVlpis is a subtyll beest / for whan he is hounted / than he kepeth his tayle betwene his legges / that he sholde not lete hym in his ronnyng / and whan he seethe that the dogges ben more hym / thaÌ„ he pysseth in his tayle / and stryketh in the eyen of the dogges / whiche stynche and smarte they may not suffre / and than they let hym alone / and ronne no more after ¶ For the crampe A ¶ Membres that hath the crampe and anoynted with fox grese helpeth them ¶ For the stone B ¶ The blode of the fox dryed and powdred and so dronken is good for the stone in the reynes and bladder ¶ For the gowte C ¶ The fox eaten or dystylled is very good for them that hath the artetyke and gowte in the membres ¶ Citrum A tre so named Ca. cccc xcix CItrum is colde drye in the secoÌ„de degre / the sedes ben bytter of sauour is also called citrum / and is of thre maners The fyrst is the pryncypall sedes within / and is eygre of taste lyke vyneygre The seconde is in the myddest betwene the sede and the shelle or barke / and is moyst of nature The thyrde is the shelle and is warme drye of nature / is to be vsed in medycynes ¶ For good brethe A ¶ Wasshe the mouthe with the water where the shelles hath ben soden in / and thaÌ„ shalt haue a good brethe ¶ For mottes magottis or wormes B ¶ The shelles layde amonge clothes of lynen or wollen / it preserueth for the same ¶ For stynkynge C ¶ The shelles
brought thyder Other saye that it groweth on the hylles and desertes afore sayd / and by force of the wynde / and by aege of the trees it falleth in that ryuer / and the dwellers by the sayd ryuer ferre fro the sayd hylles do cast nettes in that water and take vp this wood There ben .iii. maners of this wood / one is founde in an ylond called Cume / and that is the best of all There is in another yle called Tamear / and is not so good The other is in an yle called Exanne / and that is the worst The fyrst is knowen bycause it is heuy full of knottes / and smelleth swete / and hath a bytter sauour / and the colour is blacke or lyke russet The seconde kynde of Aloes is not so heuy / nor so bytter / nor so well smellynge / and is lesse in vertue The .iii. is some what whyte and is not bytter / and hath no sauour but yf it be made by crafte / and it is called seruleuÌ„ The tre Aloes is couÌ„terfayte in the mountaynes of a countre called Almaphea with a wood or tre named Camelia / lyke vnto lignum Aloes / for it is heuy / knotty / and of swete smell and some call it wylde Aloes This wood is rubbet with tynne or leed to make it chauÌ„ge colour / eare waxe is put on it to make it bytted / and that it loke russet Than it is boyled in wyne / wherin is powdre of good Aloes with muske to make it smell swet / thus it is so tourned that scantly it is knoweÌ„ from the good Aloes But there is dyffereÌ„ce / for it is harde vnder the tethe and whaÌ„ it is chewed that that is within hath no bytternesse ¶ To confort the stomacke A ¶ The wood or lignum Aloes conforteth the stomacke and maketh good dygestyon It is good agaynst the feblenesse or the hert and of the brayne Agaynst the cordyaâ— passyon and two wnynge / and agaynst the floures retentyfe in women / and agaynst all the passyons of the hert comynge of colde The drynke that lignuÌ„ aloes is soden in conforteth the colde stomake and warmeth it / And yf the decoccyon be to bytter lay the wood aloes in wyne al nyght / and in the mornynge drynke the wyne / also the decoccyon therof with auens / and mastic procureth dygestyon / conforteth the stomake and brayne For them that ben to delycate Take .ii. draÌ„mes of lygnuÌ„ aloes clowes / lay them in wyne one nyght / drynke the wyne in the mornynge with rose water Suche wyne may be kept longe in vertue by reason of the Aloes ¶ For the brayne B ¶ Agaynst swownynge and feblenes of the brayne Take Sirope with powdre of lignum Aloes / the bone in a hertes herte / clowes / and roses / and sethe them all togyder with suger Fumygacyon made of lignum Aloes and gyuen to a woman benethe prouoketh the floures / and helpeth the suffocacyon of the matryce / and it behoueth the woman to be wrapped with clothes that the same come not in her nose Inlykewyse Tryfera magna is a confeccyon / whiche taken with wyne / that hath be soden with lignum Aloes prouoketh the floures Or elles take Trifera magna fyrst / and than the sayd wyne The smoke of lignum Aloes conforteth and heteth the colde brayne and all the weyke membres of the body ¶ De Auro Golde Ca. iii. AVrum Golde is the moost attempeted of all metalles Howbeit it is hote / but the heet is meane without excesse / therfore it is put in no degre Golde is made of a vayne of the erthe 〈◊〉 decoccion or meltynge / and by the same decoccyon the superflue is deuyded and is called Cucuma auxi / the scuÌ„me of golde ¶ We wyll not as now determyn howe many maners of Golde there be / nor how they be knowen ¶ Agaynst elefance A ¶ Golde hath vertue to conforte to clense / and therfore it is good agaynst elefance / that is a spece of lepery Agaynst the cordyake passyon / the mylt / and colde of the stomake ¶ Agaynst the fallyng euyll B ¶ The fylynge of golde is good agaynst epylence the fallynge euyll Take in meate or drynke / it clenseth the superfluytees of corrupt humours agaynst the same sekenesse it may be taken with a confeccyoÌ„ called Gerologodion / or with Theodoricon / anacardinch / or .ii. tymes in drynke and it profyteth to preserue fro dertres serpigo ¶ Agaynst syncopisâ—m C ¶ The fylynge of golde with the iuce of borage and powdre of the bone of a hartes hert / and suger / helpeth to syncopisans ¶ Agaynst swownynge D ¶ To them that ben dysposed to swowne be gyuen Syrope made of iuce of borage and suger with powdre of the bone of a hartes hert / and fylynge of golde ¶ For the mylte E ¶ The drynke that hath had reed hote peces of golde queÌ„ched therin helpeth to splenetykes that ben seke in the mylte / and he that hath no golde take gaddes of steÌ„le ¶ For the colde stomake F ¶ Agaynst colde in the stomake Take the fylynge of golde in meate or drynke Cauteres made with instrumeÌ„tes of golde helpeth more than ony other metall ¶ Agaynst spottys in the eyen G ¶ The powdre of the scoÌ„me of golde taken by it selfe taketh away the spottes in the eyen / and the fretynge ¶ Agaynst skall of the heed H ¶ An oyntment made with the powdre of scoÌ„me of golde and oyle taketh away the skall fro the heed and the face ¶ It may be demaunded how golde dooth confort / syth it is not dygested / and entreth not in to the substauÌ„ce of the body nouryssheth not ¶ For solucyon herof It is to wyte that of thynges that confort / some coÌ„fort onely / by cause they repayre the spyrytes as thynges that smell swetely / other conforteth by cause they restore the membres as meate and drynke Other restrayne the loose membres / as playsters of Mastyke Other take away the yll qualytees / and febleth the lymmes as the oyntement and playster Dyaterciscos that coforteth the stomake febled by colde The othe by expulsynge the superfluytes that causeth feblenesse / as medycyns laxatyues / and many other thynges auoydynge superfluytes of that maner is gold / for by his spyryte it withdraweth the superflue moystnesse ¶ De Argento vino Quycke syluer Ca. iiii ARgentum viÌ„uum / whiche is called Quycke syluer and is hote and moyst in the .iiii. degre It is hoot / approued by effect / for it is dyssolutyfe / incysife / and penetratyfe / but by cause it is founde actually colde / therfore some auctours sayth that it is colde / and some say that it is made of a vayne of the erthe by decoccyoÌ„ / but that is fals / for as sone as it feleth the fyre it gooth away / tourneth to smoke It is engendred in the erthe
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
/ other Iuliē / other statice / other articoris other cloropis / other rasselmo / other effistiō / other litopō / other belliuagero other buccō / other herba scelerata / other apiū risus ¶ This herbe brayed in a morter with swynes dyrt made in playster layde vpon bocce closed and anone it wyll breke / it may be gadred at all tymes ¶ De Apio Emorroidario Ca. xi APium Emorroidariū / is other wyse called botracium staticere some call it vran / other call it cutrada It groweth in sandy places in the feldes / the rotys is lyke vermelond Of his propryete vertue is spoken in the chapytre of comune smalache ¶ For lunatyke people A ¶ This herbe is good for lunatyke folke yf it be boūde to the pacyētis heed with a lynnen clothe dyed reed the moone beynge in cresaūt in the sygne of Taurus or Scorpion in the fyrst parte of the sygne / he shal be hole anone ¶ Agaynst Cycatryces that ben spottes or semes / that ben after woundes remayny blacke / take stampe this herbe with the rotes and stronge vyneygre / and lay it on the spottes or semes / and it wyll clense them / and take away the yll flesshe / and he le them ¶ De Amido Ca. xii AMidum is attemprement hote moyst / and is made in this maner / put wheet to stepe in colde water nyght and day / and styre it euery daye tyll it seme all rottē / than take i◠out of the water / and bray it well and small / put therto colde water as ye dyd before Than strayne it and set it in the sonne tyll the water be out / and that it be very dry / than renew it with water many tymes that it may be whyte Than lete the water be pured / and the thyckenesse in the botom layde to drye and harden / that is amidū Also it is called Amilū / bycause it is made without a myll / and it may be also made with clene barly ¶ Agaynst apostume A ¶ This Amidum is good agaynst the apostumes of the membres of lyfe as the hert and the longes that ben they that be closed vnder the rybbes within ¶ Agaynst the cough ◠¶ Also it is good agaynst the cough yf 〈◊〉 be soden in water of barley with Almond mylke / and penycles put therto ¶ De Antimonio Ca. xii ANtimonium is hote and drye in the fourth degre It is a vayne of the erthe moche lyke to metal and specyally to tynne / but it is knowen fro metall bycause it brenneth / and is easyly brused / and so is not metall Antimonium brēneth in the fyre and metal melteth The clerer that Antimonium is the better it is The powder therof cōfect with frensshe sope / and enoynted therwith is good in the hole of a fystula ¶ Agaynst canker A ¶ The powdre therof layde on a canker wasteth the deed flesshe / and is a good remedy ¶ Agaynst polipe B ¶ Agaynst polipe that is flesshe ouergrowē in the nosethrylles / make a magdaliō that is a thyng rounde and longe / make it of apostolicō / that is a plaster so named and lay powdre of antimonium theron / put it in the nose ¶ For the spot in the eye C ¶ Agaynst the spot in the eye make a colire that is a clere thynge that is set in the sonne It is made with antimonium and kyrnelles of mirabolani alyke moche with rose water / and thutye amonge with powdre of antimonium vpon it ¶ Agaynst bledynge of the nose D ¶ Agaynst bledyng of the nose / wete cottō in the iuce of bursa pastoris / and cast powdre of antimoniū vpon it / and put it in the nose thrylles ¶ For emorroides E ¶ This powdre confect with taxsus barbatus / and cotten were therin layde on the emorroides dryeth them Or ellys put the iuce of pancedanū that is dogfenell with a clystre inwarde Yf the emorroides be with out lay the powdre on them / yf they be with in lay the powdre with a spone / and a bladder full of wynde The powdre of elebore that is pedellion is as good for this medycyne as powdre of antimonium ¶ De Achasio / iuce of Sloes or bolays Cap. xiiii AChasia is colde and drye in the seconde degre It is the iuce of sloes vnrype and wylde / and is made thus The sloes ben gadred or they be rype / and the iuce taken pressed away / and dryed in the sonne This iuce so dryed is called achasia It may be kept a yere / and it hath vertue to restrayne to cōfort ¶ For vomyt A ¶ Agaynst vomyte / colike / and feblenesse of vertue retentyfe ete / ache / mōmye / dragantum / and gomme arabyke / tempered with whyte of an egge and fryed in a pan of yren / or elles make a playster therof and lay it to the bought of the brest / or elles make crespes with rayne water / or of rose water ¶ Agaynst flyx of the bely B ¶ Agaynst flyxe of the bely / tempre it with wyne and gyue it to drynke / the same may be made agaynst the flux of women Or take achasia / the stone emachites / ypoquistides / and let thē be confect with rayne water / or water of roses and so gyuen ¶ For bledynge at the nose C ¶ Agaynst bledynge of the nose / or flux in women / make a supposytory or tent of achasia / and iuce of bursa pastoris And for the floures in women clay or armoyst be put to the sayd thynges / or elles medle tansey / achasia / and iuce of plantayne / make a suposytory / as it is sayd ¶ For vomyte D ¶ For vomyte and flux of the bely / make a playster of achasia / dragons blood / mastyke / oyle of roses / and whyte of an egge ¶ Agaynst hote apostome E ¶ Agaynst hote apostome / take Achasia tempred in iuce of plantayne or ony other colde herbe layd to it at the begynnynge ¶ De Agarico Ca. xv AGaricus is hote and drye in the seconde degre Agaryk is an excrecens that groweth nygh to the rote of a sapyn tre / in maner of a mussherō and specyally it groweth in Lombardy / and there ben two kyndes of them / the male and the female / but the female is best / and hath a rounde shape is veray whyte The male hath longe shape / and is not so whyte The female is bytter and holow◠within as pyeces deuyded / the male is not so / and is heuyer / but somtyme his lyghtnesse cometh of rottēnesse / and that is sene for it powdreth in brekynge It may be kept .iiii. yeres It purgeth flewme and melancoly ¶ For feuer cotidian A ¶ Agaynst cotidian of flewme naturall sethe agaryc with other spyces as squinant and vse the decoccyon Another remedy is after that
the pacyent is purged yf the feuer cease not / medle an vnce of Agaryc 〈◊〉 as moche iuce of fume terri / and vse it iii. or .iiii. houres afore the axces / many haue ben healed by this onely medycyne ¶ Agaynst yliake passyon B ¶ Agaynst ylyake passyon / the same medycyne is good / or make it thus / let the pacyent haue a clystre mollyfycatyfe / than take an vnce of Agaryk with hony oyle and some water mytygatyfe and make a clystre ¶ For streyâ—nesse of pyssynge ◠¶ Agaynst dyssury / take saxifrage sethe it in wyne / and strayne it / and in sethynge put therto halfe an vnce of Agarycke and vse it ¶ Agaynst fystula D ¶ Agaynst fystule take salt / cost / grauell of wyne / and agaryke / and make therof a small powdre coÌ„fect with hony / wete a tente therin / and put it in the sore This draweth out broken bonys it wasteth the yll flesshe and heleth the fystula ¶ Agaynst emorroydes E ¶ Agaynst emorroydes / take powdre of agaryke very small medled with iuce of Cyclamen warmed by the fyre / wete cotton the rin and lay to the sore place ¶ Agaynst morphew F ¶ Agaynst morphew take the sayd powdre with bay salt / and lay on the place / but fyrst wasshe it with decoccyon of agaryk castoreum / and squynant / with this the heed ache is apeased caused of habouÌ„daunce of flewme / and conforteth the stomake Or make pylles with iuce of fenell or alleluya / that is sorell de boys or cukowes mete ¶ De Aneto Dyll Ca. xvi ANet is hote and drye in the secoÌ„de degre / the sede therof is best in medycyne and therfore whan Anet is founden wryteÌ„ onely / it is to wyte the sede / the rote is lytell worth It ought to be gadred in ver / and may be kept iii. yere / but it is better renewed euery yere The decoccyon therof is good for theÌ„ that may not pysse / and for them that ben deynty gyue lycotupon in syrope with suger / for chyldren make a playster vpon the nether parte of the bely ¶ For the matryce A ¶ For dolour of the matryce / boyle two fayssiaus of anet in stronge wine / layde on the lowe parte of the bely / or with the leues boyled in stronge wyne / be made a supposytory / and that withdraweth the superfluytes of the matryce / and causeth the floures to voyde ¶ For emorroydes B ¶ Agaynst emorroydes / take powdre of nettles / and powdre of anet medled with hony / and sayde it therto / and anoynt it / or elles anet and powdre of nettles sede / and lay them on playsterwyse / and yf they renne lay the powdre theronf / or it stoppeth / and yf the vaynes be swollen medle the powdre with hony / and whyte of an egge and lay it to / decoccyon of anet and mastyke helpeth agaynst vomyt caused to colde / and agaynst bledynge of the nose yf it be put in the nosethrylles It conforteth the stomake in what maner so euer it is taken / chawed alone / soden in potage / or with flesshe / or in drynke / and lykewyse it conforteth the brayne ¶ De Affodillio / Affodylly Ca. xvii AFfodylle is an herbe that hath thre maners It is called affodyllus / centum capita / and albucium / and some call it portus cerinus / The grekes do call it aspilidos / the moores call it poliortis / other call it buburicus / other rabdion / other asucus / other ampularia This herbe is hote and drye in the seconde degre It hath leues lyke leke blades / the rote is better in medycyne than the leues / and is better grene than drye / in the rote is as it were a donnes heed / diuretyke / and hath all the vertues that is spoken afore of Anet / except that it is good agaynst the euyl called tettres alopyce iÌ„ this maner ¶ For tettres alopyce A ¶ Take hony bees breÌ„t and made in powdre / and medle it with iuce of the sayd rote it wyll be an oyntmeÌ„t coÌ„uenable for it ¶ For strangury B ¶ Agaynst strangury / dyssury / take .iii. vnces of affodylles with a draÌ„ma of saxifrage / and a draÌ„me of millefolis / or yarow / powdred and soden eyl the iii. partes be wasted / than lete the pacyent drynke it with sugre ¶ For dropsy C ¶ Agaynst dropsy / the myddle backe of eldre / and philipendula or dropwort / of eche .iii. draÌ„mes soden in .iii. vnces of iuce of affodyll / and gyue to hym that is seke specyally yf it be dropsy called leucoflemaÌ„ce ¶ For the eyen D ¶ Agaynst the sekenesse of the eyes / take halfe an vnce of saffron / an vnce of mierte / and sethe them in halfe a pounde of good reed wyne / tyll halfe be wasted in a brasen vessell / and it profyteth meruaylously / and is also good agaynst tettres and alopyce ¶ Allium latine Scordon vel scorded grece ThauÌ„ Arabice Gorlyke Ca. xviii ALlium is garlyke It is hote drye in the myddle of the .iiii. degre Some say that ther be two maners of garlyke / one tame and commune / the other is wylde / and is called stordyon or rampsons / and is hote and drye / but lesse thaÌ„ the tame / and it is not dyscussed of doctours the excesse of the one and other The wylde worketh meanely / and ought to be put in receptes and not the tame / for the tame worketh impetiously we vse the floures of the wylde / the ought to be gadred in the ende of prymtyme / â—â—d be hanged to drey in the shadowe It mâ—â— be kept .iii. yere in goodnesse / but it is better to haue newe euery yere Of tame garlyke the heed is occupyed / it hath vertue to withstande / and put out venym ¶ For bytynge of venymous beestes A ¶ Agaynst bytynge of venymous beestes take garlyke / and bray it and lay to the place / also yf it be eaten it putteth venym out of the body / and therfore it is called churles tryacle B ¶ Agaynst wormes in the bely / take garlyke / peper / a lytell percely / and iuce of myntes / make of them sawce / and wets your brede therin For to open the vaynes of the lyuer / and the condyte of the vryne make sauce of garlyke tempred with wyne / and herbes dyuretykes and vse it ¶ Agaynst strangury / and dyssury / and payne of the guttes sethe garlyke and make a playster therof and lay it on the bely nygh the yerde Garlyke noyeth the syght for it dryeth / and it greueth all the membres of the body yf it be vsed out of measure for it engendreth lepery The floures of wylde garlyke ben dyuretykes and losynge / and who vseth them in wyne or other drynke they ben good agaynst the strangury / and dyssury In
tyme / somtyme causeth them to renne ouer moche / wherfore theyr bodyes ben weyked and theyr heedes shake / for drynkyng of water cooleth the brayne And therfore mayster Isaac sayth that it is vnpossyble for them that drynketh ouermoche water in theyr youth to come to the aege that god hath or dâ—yâ—ed them Also Ipocras sayth that rayne water rotteth lyghtly / and geteth noughty sent / bycause many waters ben medled togider aboue in the ayre / also the water that cometh of yse or snowe is nought / for if water beenes froseÌ„ / or tourned to snowe / it wyll neuer retourne into the fyrst nature or kynde nor be so clere as 〈◊〉 was afore Auâ—â—â—n in his fourth 〈◊〉 cura febrium fayth that water may be gyuen to drynke to them that haue the colde fâ—uers ¶ Yf the feuer come of the galleÌ„ / it behoueth to gyue hym one onely water in due tyme whan the feuers hath left hym that he neyther feleth colde nor hete that is whan he tested Yf he be hote or colde gyue hym neyther water nor wyne for the feuer sholde be nourysshed therwith Auiâ—en sayth in the same boke that hote water freseth sooner than colde / Also he sayth that colde water coÌ„sumeth an humour comynge fro the galle named humour coleryke And he sayth that water nouryssheth not and that colde water ought not to be gyuen to a seke persone / whan the humours cesteth and ben grosse vndygested Also he sayth that maÌ„nes foode can not be arayed and dressed without water / and he sayth that water of sprynges / and rennynge ryuers beÌ„ best / the ferder from the spryng the better / and he sayth that the waters that ben hoote in wynter and colde in somer be the best of all soden water sonest entreth in to the body And he sayth in his Fyrst boke feu in the fyrst doctryne of the xiii chapytre that water may well be dronken whan the mater is dygested and the nature stronge And he sayth in the same boke that warme water is good to be vsed for colyke passyon and for swellynge of the mylte / and warme water letteth the dysgestyon and swageth not the thyrst And he sayth that staÌ„dynge water and not currant noyreth the stomake Also he sayth the rayne water that is gadred in somer whaÌ„ it thoÌ„dreth and is boystous wether is best to be vsed in medycyne / and rayne water gadred and kept in other seasons letteth yeâ—oyce / and stoppeth the brest Galien sayth in the seuenth boke called Terapentyke in the secoÌ„de chapytre sayth that colde water Dronken noyeth the body / and prouoketh inwarde sekenesse / therfore it is good to be eschewed also he sayth iÌ„ the fyrst bock fyrst chapytre named De morte that many folke that hath bathed them in colde was haue dyed or they came home Diascorides sayth that water sodeÌ„ with barly or malt is profytable to maÌ„nes body / and at some tyme is good in medycyne / and therfore in all sekenesses that cometh of hete sodeÌ„ water is good / agaynst feuer tercyen And he fayth that amonge all waters / rayne water is best bycause it is lyghtly dygested of his kynde / and is soone hote soone colde of his nature And of all rennynge sprynges / those that sprynge agaynst eest and south ben best / but those that sprynge agaynst the west ben the worst / in lykewyse is many occydentall sekenesses / and he sayth in his boke / de aqua / that all waters in theyr kynde ben colde and moyst ¶ Tus endeth the chapitres of herbes begynnynge with A. ¶ And here begynneth the chapytre named with B. ¶ De Balfamo Bawme tre Ca. l. BAlsamê° is an herbe as some say but other saye that it is a maner of a lytell tree / and that is true as Dyascorydes saith and other that haue sene it It groweth not past the heyght of two cubytes / and it is fouÌ„de towarde BabyloÌ„ / in a felde where as .vii. welles or fouÌ„taynes be / and is caryed from thens / It bereth neyther leues nor floures / and it is of trouth that they do cut or slytte the tree and rote a lytell hange vyoles of glas at them and therin droppeth the iuce of the sayd clyftes / and so it is gadred / and so is gadred euery yere well .xl. pounde of that iuce / the whiche is called opobalsamum / the tre is called balsamus / the boughes felled and dryed ben called xilobalsamum And this fruyte can not be kept but iii. yeres for than it rotteth And the newe good is called carpobalsamum / and that whiche is full of holes is all wasted by aege The xilobalsamum is kept .ii. yeres and than rotteth And that whiche hath ony gominynesse or slymy wtin whan it is broken or brused / but yf it be longe kept though it powdre not yet it is a token that it is lost with oldenesse These two xilobalsamus / and carpobalsamus haue vertue to chaufe and to confort / bistopobalsamus hath a myghty vertue / and is hote and drye in the seconde degre / but bycause it is veray dere it is couÌ„terfayted and fycte in dyuers maners Some sell terbentyne for opobalme / other terbentyne medled with a lytell balsame to cause it haue the same smel and lykenesse / and so sell it Other take the iuce of the leues of lymons / and of cytrons / and mengle theÌ„ with terbentyne and saffron Other mengle oyle of Nardyn or Spycke with terbentyne Some auctours say that the true is knowen fro the countrefayt in this maner Diascorides sayth yf ye put a droppe of veray opobalme in mylke it wyll tourne it to cruddes But there be many other thynges that wyll do so Other say yf a ciÌ„ene thynne lynneÌ„ clothe be wet in veray opobalme / and le ts the clothe be clene wasshed / and yf there be not spot nor foulnesse in the clothe it is veray good opobalsame Yf it be pure it is cytryne or yelowe and it is knowen fro the countrefayte in this wyse / put water in to a vessel and put opobalsamum in to it and styre the water with a stycke or other thynge / and yf the water trouble not it is veray opobalme / and yf it trouble it is countrefayte Or elles put pure water in a clene vessell of syluer or other / and put a certayne weyght of opobalme in a veray fyne clene thynne lynen clothe / and wasshe the clothe in the water and yf it be countrefayte / the good wyll go to one syde as quickesyluer / and the goÌ„me that it is medled with / wyll go to an othersyde / and yf it be not countrefayte the clothe wyll not soyle / and it wyl not wast but kepe weight as it was put in / or elles not Another probacyon is this Put opobalsame to the rofe of your mouthe it wyl chaufe the brayne in
the herte / and for them that haue melancolyke humours in theyr body / lete them ete borage with theyr flesshe or in theyr potage ¶ Agaynst swownynge B ¶ Agaynst swowninge make syrope with iuce of borage and sugre ¶ Agayng possyon of the hert C ¶ Agaynst passyon of the herte make syrope with this iuce / and put therto powdre of the bone in the herte of a harte ¶ Agaynst melancolyke D ¶ Agaynst melancolyke passyons / and agaynst epylence or fallynge euyll / sethe sewet in iuce of borage and make a syrope therof / and yf ye haue no leues sethe the sedes therof in water / and strayne them make a syrope The sedes may be kept .ii. yere in vertue The rote is not vsed in medycyns / yf the herbe be eaten rawe it bredeth good blood ¶ Agaynst Iaundys E ¶ Agaynst Iaundys ete this herbe often soden with flesshe / and lete the pacyent vse the iuce therof with iuce of scaryole that is wylde leuise ¶ De baucia Skyrwyt Ca. lix BAucia is an herbe called skyr wyt It is hote in the mydle of the secoÌ„de degre / and moyst in the begynnynge of the same degre It is all called pastinaca There ben two maners The wylde and the tame It is better for mete than for medycyne It is good for them that haue be lately seke / and for melancolyke persones yf they eate it rawe or soden and the grene is better than the drye / and there is a maner of gynger made confycte with this herbe that moeueth to lecery / conforteth the dygestyon / and it is made thus The rote of this herbe is well soden in water / and after cut in small pyces / strayne the water and facyon them round â—ndlonge / and set them to sethe with hony tyll they be tycke as the hony / but they must be alway styred that they cleue not to the panne / and in the myddes of the sethynge put in almondes / at the last sede or graynes of pyne apples blaunâ—â—ed / than put to spyces as gynger / synamâ—â—n / galyngale / peper / and of nutmyggyâ—â—r other spyces De Borace Boras Ca. lx BOrax is hote and drye in the fourthe degre It is the gomme of a tâ—â— that groweth beyonde these Cut of this tre droppeth a pure lycour / tycke that hardeneth by the heet of the sonne / there droppeth an other lycour that is vnpure softe and erthe Borax the clere / whyte shynynge / and harde is to be chosen / and yf there be ony superfluyte theron it ought to be takeÌ„ away It hath vertue to drawe to obsterge / and clense the face It taketh away the infeccyon named pannus / that cometh after that a woman hath chylded and also of the hete of the ayre yf ye medle the powdre of Borax with rose water and anoynte the face ¶ To clense the face A ¶ For to clense the vysage women do medle powdre of borax with whyte hony / or with a yelowe oyntemeÌ„t / or with grece of a heÌ„ne / anoynte theyr face / and ye may put two dragmes of powdre of borax in two vnces of rose water / and in a pounde of hony an vnce of borax ¶ To prouoke the floures withholden / and to cause the deed chylde to come out / make a supposytory or tent with borax / and the iuce of an herbe called centrum gally Do Bethonica Bethony Ca. lxi BEthonica is bethony It is hote drye in the thyrde degre / the leues be good in medycyne bothe grene drye And whan bethony is fouÌ„de in reciptes the leues is to be taken / the herbe groweth on hylles / woodes / shadowes / about trees It hath vertue agaynst manâ— euylles It hath vertue to heale brusynges wouÌ„des in the heed yf it be staÌ„ped in a morter layd to the sore / but it must be renewed euery thyrde day tyll it be hole / it is sayd that it draweth out broken bones ¶ For heed ache A ¶ Agaynst ache of the heed comyng of colde / make a gargarysme or water of bethony and stafysagre soden in vyneygre / yf the ache come of humours ascendynge fro the stomake take wyne that bethony is soden in Also it is good whaÌ„ the cause of the ache is in the heed ¶ For the stomake B ¶ Agaynst dolour of the stomake make decoccyon of bethony in water with iuce of wormwood / yf the wombe be sorebounde take this also / but fyrst take a clyster ¶ For to clense the matryce G ¶ And for to clense the matryce / to helpe concepcyon make a warme fomentacyon of water that it hath be soden in / and also make a supposytory / and gyue an electuary confyct with powdre of bethony and hony ¶ For the eyes D ¶ For payne of the eyes wasshe them euery thyrde day with the decoccyon of bethony Also the leues brused and layde playsterwyse to the browes and forheed helpeth moche ¶ For the eeres E ¶ Agaynst payne of the eeres mengle the iuce of bethoni with oyle of roses / and put it warme in to the eeres with a tente and stoppe them with wolle ¶ For the eyes F ¶ Agaynst dymnesse of the eyes a dragme of the powdre of bethony taken in the mornynge fastynge with water profyteth moche and take away maruaylously the dymnesâ—â— of the eyen and scoureth the neyther partes fro whens suche dymnesse cometh ¶ For bledynge at the nose G ¶ Agaynst flux of blode at the nose medle powdre of bethony with as moche salte / put as moche as ye can take betwene two fyngers and a thombe in to the nosethrylles and the blode wyll staunche ¶ For tothe ache H ¶ Agaynst payne of the tothe / sethe bethony in wyne or vyneygre / and holde it hote a good whyle in your mouthe / and it wyl take away the payne ¶ For vomyte I ¶ For them that haue vomyte and for theÌ„ that haue not theyr brethe at wyll / hath stoppynge in theyr brest take a dragme a halfe of powdre of bethony with .v. measures of water that is about a gobelet ful and drynke it fastynge ¶ For the tysyke K ¶ To them that hath the tysyke and that spytte fylthynesse as it were of an appostume be gyueÌ„ .iii. dragmes of powdre of bethony with an vnce of hony fastynge ¶ For the stomake L ¶ For the payne of the stomake take thre dragmes of the same powdre with colde water .iii. dayes and ye shall be hole ¶ Agaynst the mylte M ¶ Agaynst the ache of the mylte / wyne or drynke that bethony is soden in profyteth meruaylously ¶ For payne of the reynes N ¶ For the payne of the raynes drinke two dragmes of this powdre with water or wyne and it wyll cause helth ¶ For the colyke passyon O ¶ Agaynst colyke passyon take fastynge two dragmes of this powdre with thre or foure peper
stretche not his legges to moche / and contynue hym thus tyll he be hole ¶ De Berneryce Ca. lxiii BErnix is the gomme of a tre that groweth beyonde the see For this tre droppeth a gommy thickenesse that hardeneth by heet of the sonne It is called Bernix and is in thre maners One is a colour lyke the russet The other lyke to yelowe And the thyrde lyke to whyte Of what colour it be so that it be clere it is good It is colde and drye in the secoÌ„de degre / and hath vertue to conioyne to fasten / to enlarge / and to conserue / the whiche may appere / for paynters lay it vpon other colours to cause them to shyne and that the last or kepe the better It may be kept longe without enpayrynge ¶ For bledynge of the nose A ¶ Agaynst flux of blood of the nose / medle powdre of Bernix with glayre of an egge and lay to the forheed and temples / and with that and other byndynge or cleuyng thynges make powdre and put in to the nose ¶ For vomyte B ¶ Agaynst coleryke vomyt make a playster with this powdre and olibanum / with whyte of an egge / and be layde vpon the forke of the brest ¶ Agaynst flux of the bely C ¶ Agaynst flux of the vombe called dyssenterie Yf it be blody flux it is also good / so that a lytell vyneygre be put therto and be layde betwene the bely and the yerde ¶ Agaynst vomyt D ¶ The powdre therof agaynst vomyte may be gyuen to eate with a reare egge It is good agaynst flux of the wombe with in and without ¶ For to make a clere face E ¶ Women of some couÌ„trees lay it on theyr faces to make them clere And wyte ye that Bernix / Cacabre / and veronyce is all one thynge ¶ Brancha vrsina Bearefote Ca. lxiiii BRancha vrsina is an herbe called beares twygge or bough It is hote and moyst in the fyrst degre It hath vertue to soften and to rype ¶ For colde opostumes A ¶ Agaynst colde apostumes sethe the leues with bores grece / and lay therto ¶ Agaynst apostumes of the membres B ¶ Agaynst the apostumes of the membres within the brest sethe this herbe in water and stampe them and lay to it ¶ For the mylt C ¶ Agaynst the payne of the mylte agaynst drynesse of the synewes Make oyntment of this herbe betten / and than lay it longe in oyle strayned in oyle / with wax make an oyntment In these oyntementes the leues ought to be vsed whyle they be grene ¶ De Berberis Berberies Ca. lxv BErberyes ben fruytes so named / they ben colde drye in the secoÌ„ds degre They ben fruyte of a sclendre / or lytell tree / the fruyte is somwhat loÌ„ge drawinge somwhat to blacke colour and they ought to be chosen that be sounde and not them that be full of holes They be good agaynst euyll qualitees / or furyous heate / yf they be soden in water sugre put to the decoccyon it is made a syrope ¶ For the lyuer A ¶ Agaynst heete or chaustynge of the lyuer / take powdre of berberyes medled with iuce of morell and lay to it ¶ For the heed ache B ¶ Agaynst the payne of the heed caused of heet lay berberyes in water all a nyght / and gyue the same water in the morowe to driÌ„ke It may be kept a yere in goodnesse ¶ De Belliculis marinis Ca. lxvi BEllieull maxini ben also a maner of beryes that be founde about the see syde they ben colde and drye / but auctours determint not iÌ„ what degre They be put in oyntment to claryfye and clense the face / as in yelowe oyntement / I is vsed thus ¶ To clense the face A ¶ To make the face clere / make smal powder of them medled with grece of a henne lyquyfyed or molten / and make therof 〈◊〉 oyntment It may be kept .vi. yeres De bystorta Ca. lxvii BIstorta is colde and drye / but it is not determined of maysters in what degre / but by the raÌ„kenesse therof it is fouÌ„de drye in the thyrde degre It hath vertue to restrayne / to conforte / to cause / to retayne coÌ„ceyue And bistorta semed the herbe that is called Pentaphilon / but pentaphilon hath .v. leues / and bistorta .vii. at one braunche ¶ For vomyt A ¶ Agaynst vomyt caused of weykenesse / hete or odour of coleryke / medle the powdre of bistorte with whyte of an egge / taste them on a tyle gyue it to the pacyent ¶ Agaynst flux of the bely B ¶ Agaynst dysintery that is flux of the woÌ„be with blode / gyue this powdre with iuce of plantayn ¶ For the floures G ¶ To stoppe the floures that renne to haboundauntly / make fomentacyon with rayne water that this powdre was soden in ¶ For concepcyon D ¶ To helpe to conceyue make electuary of powdre of bistorte in quantyte of halfe a pounde / and swete smellynge spyces of the same weyght / and make a fomentacyon This powdre resowdreth woundes / and heleth them Bystorte is an herbe / the rote therof is so named / and is wrythen / and croked as galyngale ¶ De buglossa Oxtongue / or langdebefe Ca. lxviii BVglossa is an herbe that the grekes call it Buglose / the latyns call it lange de beufe / the romayns lingua bubela / some call it wylde bourache It groweth in very sandy places / ought to be gadred in the month of Iuly or Iune It hath vertue hote and moyst in the fyrst degre as borache This herbe hath thre stalkes beryngasede Thâ—â—te of this herbe soden in water is mâ—â—â—â—ylous good for them that haue the feuer quartayne ¶ For feuer â—uartayne A ¶ Agaynst feuer quartayne take brigâ—osâ—â— that hath .iiii. stalkes with sedâ—s it 〈◊〉 rote therof and gyue it to drynke 〈◊〉 ¶ Agaynst apostâ—me B ¶ Agaynst apostume take this herbe and stampe it with hony and crommes of bred and make a playster / and lay to it / it breketh it anone and purgeth ¶ For feblenesse of the hert C ¶ For them that haue weykenesse of herte and take theyr brethe in maner of syghes / gyue them the iuce with hony / and it wyll heale it as Macer sayth ¶ For colere D ¶ Agaynst to grete haboundaunce of reed colere / drynke that buglose hath be soden in oftymes taken helpeth gretely reed coler and dry coler ¶ For the herte E ¶ Agaynst passyon of the hert caused of blacke colere / and lyke wyse for the lyghtes / buglosse often eten rawe or soden putteth out the noysom humours For the dry goute the iuce therof dronkeÌ„ ê“fyteth moche ¶ To preserue the mynde F ¶ This herbe often eaten confermeth and conserueth the mynde as many wyse maysters sayth It profyteth agaynst lechery Yf it be eaten with letuse it maketh good artemprauÌ„ce / for it engendred good blode and the
colenesse of the letuse tempereth the grete heetes ¶ To make folke mery G ¶ Take the water that buglose hath be soden in / and sprynkle it about the hous or chambre / and all they that be therin shall be mery And it is to wyte that of this herbe ben thre kyndes and maners The fyrst bereth a floure lyke colour of the skye / as bourache Thâ—â—ther bereth a whyte floure and the rote blacke without and whyte within / and hath grete stalkes lyke cattes tayles The other hath a yelowe floure small leues / and is veray sharpe / and therfore many call it aspargo / or asperelle / but that that hath colour of the skye is the best / and is that whiche ought to be vsed in medycyne De butiro Butter Ca. lxix BVtirum is butter In the fyrst degre it is hote / and colde in the secoÌ„de The best butter is it that is made of cowes mylke or shepe / and the newer it is the better ¶ For dry cough A ¶ Agaynst dry cough short wynde / fortysyke / and them that be wasted and dry / fresshe butter put in all theyr meates and potage / and eaten with hote tostes it restoreth moystnesse / and wasteth the cough ¶ For the synewes B ¶ Agaynst payne of the synewes shrynkynge / anoynte them often in the bath or by the fyre it wyll appease the payne conforte or souple the synewes ¶ For hote apostume C ¶ Against hote apostume sethe the herbe called brancha vrsina / that is herefore or bioles leues medle it with olde or new butter / make a playster vpon the seke place it wyll rype it meruailously abate the ache Isaac sayth that butter is behouefull for woundes of the lightes of the mydryfe / of the bulke for it cleÌ„seth / sowpelth / softeneth rypeth the woundes Also it easeth the payne of chyldrens gommes in brekynge of teth And yf it be dronke with hony / it helpeth agaynst venym But to moche vsynge of it noyeth the stomake It looseth the strynges / and synewes of the stomake and maketh smothe the voughnesse therof meruelously ¶ De Berbena Vernayne Ca. lxx BErbena / vernayne It is otherwyse called columbrina It is colde drye / but the auctours tell not in what degre / it groweth in moyst places ¶ To all swellynges of the necke / be it apostume or other thynge called perotides / that be thynges that letteth a man to swalowe his meate / the rote of this herbe hanged about his necke profyteth moche / or elles medle it with fresshe sewet or grece / and yf it be harde lay it to And yf he can not swalowe his meate take iuce of vernayn with hony sethe it a walme and drynke a cyate therof / and he shall be hole anone ¶ For the payne of thorax that is the brest / take the powdre of this herbe that was gadred whan the sonne was at the hyest and yf the pacyent can go gyue hym .v. spones full with thre cyates of warme wyne And to theÌ„ be weyke gyue after as theyr strengthe and aege may suffre / as the season of the tyme requyreth ¶ For the stone A ¶ For to breke the stone in the bladder drynke of the rote of vernayne with ydromell and ye shall lyghtely perceyue ease for it wyll prouoke vryne ¶ For the heed B ¶ For payne of the heed were a garlande therof for it taketh the heate away meruaylously ¶ For bytynge of serpentes C ¶ Agaynst bytynge of serpentes 〈…〉 venimous bestes / who so bereth â—â—te herbe in his haÌ„de or hath it gyrde about hym shall be sure of all serpentes ¶ For bytynge of a spyder D ¶ Agaynst bytynge or styngyns of a spyder take drynke that vernayne hath be soden in / or bruse the leues and lay it to the place and it wyll be lyghtly hole ¶ For bytynge of a madde dogge E ¶ Agaynst bytynge of a madde dogge / agaynst dropsy the leues of this herbe staÌ„ped is good And yf ye wyll knowe yf the pacyent shall dye or not / take .xv. corâ—â—s of wheet / and put them in the woundes lete them lye there tyll they be bygge swollen as they wolde sprowt / than cast theÌ„ to â—hekyns amonge other corne / yf they ete them he shall lyue / yf not he shal dye ¶ For bytynge of a serpent F ¶ Agaynst bytynge of a serpent sethe two or thre handfull of this herbe and wasshe the place therwith / stampe the leues and lay therto / and it wyll abate the swelling thereâ— / than bray the herbe with hony / lay it often therto and it wyll resowere heale it ¶ For Iaundys G ¶ Agaynst IauÌ„dys take a dragme of â—er rayne of spynarde the weght of thâ—â—â— a lytell myrte and gyue the pacyent for to drynke with thre cyates of water / and yf the vernayne be gadred in august it is a certayne remedy ¶ For stenche of the mouth H ¶ For stenche of the mouthe / kepe the iuce therof longe in the mouth Also the iuce therof voydeth al venym ¶ For feuer tercyan or quartayn tempre thre rotes and thre leues of vernayn in water and lete the pacyent drynke it before his axcesse and he shal be hole ¶ To make folke mery at the table I ¶ To make all them in a hous to be mery take foure leues foure rotes of vernayn in wyne / than spryncle the wyne all about the hous where the earynge is they shall be all mery ¶ De brytanica Ca. lxxi BRitanica herba is herbe britanike other wyse called ameos The ptalyens call it beare piaca niaca It is good agaynst euylles and rottennesse This herbe eaten rawe as letuse is / healeth the stenche of the mouth ¶ For tothe ache A ¶ For the tothe ache / and for waggynge tethe this herbe hath greate vertue It ought to be gadred in somer and dryed / made in powdre / and put in a fayre bage or in a syluer vessell / and whan nede is to be dronken with warme wyne Yf it be holden loÌ„ge in the mouthe it putteth tothe ache away / and fasteneth them ¶ For palsey B ¶ For the palsey bray the rote and herbe togyder and drynke it with thre cyates of wyne / and it wyll do grete ease ¶ To lose the bely C ¶ Take the iuce of this herbe after the myght of the pacyent and it wyll loose the wombe without peryll ¶ For the mylt D ¶ For the payne of the mylt / stampe this herbe with the rote in thre cyates of wyne helpeth moche ¶ Agaynst the quinsey / gadre this herbe or thou here the thoÌ„dre that yere / and eate euery day ones of the rote therof thou shalt not fele that sekenesse ¶ De bursa pastoris Cassewed Ca. lxxii BVria pastoris is shepeherdê purâ— some call it sanguynary bycause it
stauncheth bledynge of the nose It hath leues lyke to eruca or skyrwit the lesse / the sede of it is lyke a purs It hath vnknowen and secrete vertues / and groweth by pathes and hye wayes It ought to be gadred in Iune / in the waynynge of the mone ¶ For bledynge of the nose A ¶ This herbe is good for flux of blode at the nose yf the pacyent bere it in his ryght hande grene or drye so it be dowbled one ouer an other it stoppeth or stauncheth meruaylously ¶ For them that he brusen B ¶ For them that be brusen or haue the laste the powdre therof taken with good wyne oftentymes gyueth them helth ¶ De brionia Wylde neppe or bryony Ca. lxxiii BRionia is also called / cucurbyta agrestis / that is wylde gourdes Some call it vitis alba It groweth in moyst sandy grouÌ„des / and in hedges and it hath a grete rote There be two kyndes of it that is the whyte the blacke That that bereth a reed sede is called the blacke / the other hath a whyte sede The blacke is the best and hath moost myght as Ipocras sayth It is pryncypally good agaynst spasma that some gout or crampe yf the rote be hanged about the pacyentys necke it wyll do hym ease ¶ For spettynge of blode A ¶ For dyssyntery / and for theÌ„ that spette blode / a cyates of the iuce therof helpeth gretely yf it be taken thre or foure tymes ¶ For dronkeÌ„nesse B ¶ To eschewe dronkennesse drynke the iuce of bryony with as moche vyneygre and he shall not be dronke of all that weke ¶ Agaynst colyke passyon and ylica passyon drinke the brothe that the leues with hony is sodeÌ„ in it wyl take away the paine ¶ For kynges euyll C ¶ Agaynst estroilles or kynges euyl / canker / or other sores take the rote of bryony of aristologia or smerwort alyke moche and bete them with hony and grece / and lay to it ¶ Agaynst dyssyntery / and payne of the foundemeÌ„t / and for them that haue bones broken in theyr handes or other places take .xl. croppes of bryony / and .iii. vnces of gles brokeÌ„ and boyled togyder in iii cyates of wyne tyll two partes be wasted than strayne it and gyue to the pacyent Ipocras sayth that a man had all the fyngers of his handes eten and gnawen with sekenesse / but he vsed this medycyne / and was made hole ¶ For wertes D ¶ For to take away wertes take the sede of briony with the leues / brenne them and make asshes of them / and medle the asshes with iuce of the same herbe lyke an oyntement / and anoynte them often / they wyl fall of The douge of an eygle dooth the same / as Ipocras sayth The iuce of bryoni holden loÌ„ge in the mouth healeth the cankerdes gommes To clense the matryce / and to prouoke the floures / make a vomeÌ„tacion of water that bryony was soden in and receyued by the oryfyce ¶ For womens brestes E ¶ Agaynst payne of the pappes of cruddyd or corrupt mylke / wasshe them with the decoccyon afore sayde warme / it wyll â—â—â—ge them merueylously Also it looseth the wombe ¶ For feuer quattayne F ¶ Agaynst feuer quactayne take the sedes of bryony that ye fynde foure togyder / lete the pacyent drynke them afore his accesse ¶ To prouoke or cause vryne drynke the water that the buddes were soden i◠¶ For womeÌ„ that can haue no mylke sethe the buddes of bryony in potage or sewe ete theÌ„ the mylke wyl come iÌ„ grete quaÌ„tite ¶ De bedegar Eglentyne Ca. lxxiiii BEdegart is a thorne or brere It is colde in the fyrst degre / but it is meane betwene most and drye / some say that bedegart is a superfluyte that groweth on rose trees or rosyers / but that is not so / for bedegart is an herbe that groweth in playnes and harde grounde / and hath a fatte lefe iagged clouen lyke eruca or skyrwyt / and spredeth on the erthe whyle it is yonge and hath a white thorne very sharpe in the myddes / and after it groweth to the heyght of a cubyte and no more It hath many lytel pryckes / and a reed floure It conforteth the stomake / and ceaseth longe feuers It is good agaynst euyl of the membres comynge of the stomakes infeccyon Yf it be chewed and layde vpon bytyng of venymous beestes / it appeaseth the payne It is good agaynst flux of blode and agaynst flux of the wombe And whaÌ„ it is warmed and layde to the sayde membres it conforteth them and driueth away the humours rennfuge to them It waste 〈◊〉 humours and breketh moyst apostumes Yf the mouthe be wasshed with water that it is soden in it teaseth the payne of â—â—e the Yf the vtter harke be dronken with wyne or water / it purgeth the fleumatyke humours ¶ For morfewe A ¶ gaynst nor few medle it with vineygre and anoynte the place / and it wyll make it cleue / and take away the swellynge The barke and braunches of this herbe be colde and drye ¶ Be hedello Ca. lxxv BEdellum is a gomme so called It is hote in the secoÌ„de degre / moyst in the fyrst It groweth on trees beyonde the see It hath a gleyme substauÌ„ce / it hath vertue to restreyne It is good agaynst flux of the wombe caused of to moche medycyne It heleth apostumes comynge outwarde / and breketh the stone / and appeaseth the cough It heleth bytynge of venymous beestes yf it be wel tempered in vyneygre ¶ For brustynge A ¶ Yf it be soden in wyne with ceruse it is very good for them that be broken yf the place be anoynted therwith And the saide is good agaynst swellyng and apostumâ—s of the genytours ¶ De bardana A clote that bereth burres Ca. lxxvi BArdana is an herbe that other wyse is called lappa inuersa or lappa maior It groweth in fast places humerous and fat / and priÌ„cypally about dyches It hath grete leues and reed floures lyke small apples / and a longe sede ¶ For bytiÌ„ge of a wood dogge A ¶ For bytynge of a wood dogge lay there on the rote brused with a lytell salte / and it wyll heale ¶ For the hote ange B ¶ Yf it be layde to the pacyent hauynge the hote ague it wyll appease it ¶ For stynkynge woundes C ¶ For stynkynge woundes / wasshe them in water that it is soden in and make an oyntmeÌ„t of the same medled with a lytell saluystre and grese picule with vyneygre and say therto ¶ For payns in the guttes D ¶ For the payne of the intrayles take a cyate of the iuce of the leues and it wyll be grete ease 〈…〉 to Box tre Ca. lxxvii BVxus is a lytel tre wherof is made many edyfyces / the leues of â—ede lyke the leues of myrre / hath a rounde reed sede It is called box / yf
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
wood is good in vse of medycyne The apples therof ben styptyke / byndyng / and strengtynge The leues and the wood are dyuretyke ¶ Agaynst flux of the body caused of weykenes of the vertue retentyue / lete the pacyent ete of these aples newly gadred / or put the powdre of theÌ„ that be dry in his meates / and drynke the water that they be soden in / make decoccyon of theÌ„ and put the water therof in his wyne ¶ Agaynst dyssury or payne of pyssynge / lethe these apples in rayne water and lay them to the stomake / reynes / and aboue the yerde ¶ For strangury A ¶ Agaynst strangury and dysfury take the powdre of the wood or leues of cypresse ¶ For ylyake passyon B ¶ Agaynst ylyake passyoÌ„ / put the powdre of this wood or the leues in the vessel with wyne whan the wyne is made / and this wyne wyll preserue for that sekenesse gretely The wyne that the powdre of the wood or of the leues is soden in durynge the acces of the ylyake payne is good agaynst emorroydes / yf they renne to moche / make fomentacyon of the fruyte and leues of cypresse soden in rayne water / and in the same water warme / lete the pacyent lye / than gyue hym of the powdre These thynges in his meates / and water of the decoccyoÌ„ in his drynke is veray good ¶ De cinamomo Cynamome / or canell Ca. xcvii CYnamome is canell It is hote and in the thyrde degre and it is drye in the seconde There be two mâ—ners of it The one is thycke and is soÌ„what holowe and grosse or cours / and is the barke of a tre The other is fyner and is al holowe / and not so thycke / and some say that it is the barke of a lytel tree They be fouÌ„de bothe in Inde / in europe that which is cours ought to be put in medycynes vomytyues / and the fyner in other medycyns That is to be chosen that is fyne and smal with a sharpe taste swete smell / and gray of colour This canell is called Cynamomum alichimos and alichimum That whiche is whytysshe or blacke is nought yf ye wyll chuse it or knowe by the mouth or taste whiche is good clense your mouth fro water / or spattyll / or of slyme that is therin for by suche moystnesse some a thynge is Iuged to be good that is nought It is kept .x. yeres / and hath vertue to coÌ„fort the brayne by good odoure / by the glutynesyte therof it reioyneth and dyssolueth / and conforteth dygestyon It is put in sawces to cause appetyte this wise / medle powdre of canell with percely sawge and vyneygre and make sawce therof For the brethe A ¶ To haue a swete brethe chawe canoll / for it maketh a good odour in the mouthe For the gommes B ¶ Agaynst corrupcyon and rottennesse of the goumes / fyrst wasshe them with salt water / and rubbe them tyll they blede / tyll the rotten moystures come out / than wasshe them with wyne that canell was soden in / and that done lay on them two partes of powdre of the grete consolyda / that is camfery / and the thyrde parte of canell / and it wyll helpe / and ease merueylously ¶ For chyppynge C ¶ For newe clyftes or chyppynge of the lyppes / and to other sores and woundes / lay the powdre of canell in the clyftes and than bynde them wel togyder or sowe theÌ„ ¶ Agaynst passyon of the hert / and swownynge / take powdre of canell with the powdre of the leues of gylofres The cours canell is put in medycynes of vomyte bycause it reprymeth / abateth and demynysshed the vyolence of other medycyns / as of tapsus and suche other / also coÌ„forteth the stomake and thus it dooth two profytes in the sayde medycyns ¶ De camedrios GermauÌ„dre Ca. xcviii CAmedryos is hote and drye in the thyrde degre / it is an herbe called GermauÌ„drea or quercula minor the lesse quercle the grete quercle is called camephiteos that is mederacle / Camedrios is the lesse quercle and germauÌ„dre / and bycause that camedrios and camephiteos haue vertue by themselfe / therfore shall be spokeÌ„ of them bothe in one chapytre They ought to be gadred at the ende of prymtyme or vere whan they bere floures theyr rotes must to be cut hanged in shadowe they haue vertue dyurytyke temperatte ¶ For strangury A ¶ Agaynst straÌ„gury / dyssury / ylyake passyon / and opylacyon of the lyuer and mylt sethe these sayde herbes or one of them in wyne or oyle / or salt water / and layde to the reynes to the neyther parte of the bely and membres therabout ¶ Agaynst ylyca passyon / take the powdre of camedryos with salt water / hony / and oyle / and mynystre them with a clystre ¶ For the liuer mylt reynes bladder B ¶ Agaynst opylacyoÌ„ of the mylt / of the lyuer of the reynes / of the wayes of vryne / sethe these herbes in oyle lay theÌ„ to the greuous places Take also electuary confyct with hony and of two partes of the sayd two herbes / or of one of them / one parte of cuscuta or dodyr / saxyfrage / who hath this electuary he nedeth not to seke litrotipon / nor pulner ducis / for this breketh the stone merueylously / helpeth agaynst all stoppynge of vryne ¶ For the mylt C ¶ For hardnesse of the mylte lyuer / make decoccioÌ„ in oyle of theyr powdre or with one of theÌ„ lay it vpon the lyuer or mylt Yf ye haue the herbes grene lay them to stepe in wyne .ix. dayes tyll they be rotten therin thaÌ„ sethe them tyl the wyne be halfe wasted than let the resydue be harde wroÌ„ge that al the humour may come out / of the which water make an oyntement with wax and oyle / and that is good for the mylte ¶ Agaynst vomyte D ¶ Agaynst vomyte caused of colde or of boystous wyndes in the brest reysynge or lyftynge vp the meate to vomyte / sethe these herbes or powdre of them a grete whyle in salted water / or in kyndly salt water / than put therto oyle with a lytell vyney / gre / and make therof a playster and lay it to the stomake or brest This is a grete remedy for vomyte of what cause so euer come ¶ For wormes in the wombe B ¶ For wormes in the wombe the powdre of one of these herbes with hony sleeth theÌ„ ¶ Agaynst reume or pose / put the powdre of these two herbes in a lytell bagge and lay them hote to the heed For fystules in the heed C ¶ Agaynst fystules of the heed or of the berde / sethe bytter lupyns in salt water / put vyneygre to them / and than strayne it and in the straynynge put of the powdre of these two herbes or of one of them /
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
them of hote complexyon But who so wyl that they do no harme to ony that eateth them / sethe them fyrst in water and than confyct them with vyneygre / and brothe of fatte flesshe / for garlyke is good in medycyns and prouffytable For it is good agaynst bytynge of a woode dogge And who so eateth them drynketh good wyne / gyueth remede agaynst bytynge of serpent / and for them that haue colde sekenesse it is as good as tryacle ¶ De cretano Ca. C.viii. CRetanus is an herbe called Croyt marine It is hote and drye in the thyrde degre / and it groweth comynly in watery places or by the see / and is seldon founde in other places / and therfore it hath vertue dyurytyke and prouocatyue of vryn ¶ For the vryne A ¶ It is good and profytable agaynst lettynge of vryne as strangury and dyssury as Galyen sayth ¶ For the stone B ¶ It is also good agaynst the stone in the bladder in this maner Take the sede of this herbe cretane with the leues / and about as moche of dragagant / and bete them in a morter And strayne the iuce and put it a fyole of glasse / or in an erthen pot close stopped / and gyue the pacyent .ii. or .iii. dragmes at goynge to bedde / and in the mornynge a lytell after his fyrst vryne / or he eate or drynke ony thynge / for it breketh the stone ¶ For ylyake passyon C ¶ Aaynst ylyake passyon / sethe this herbe in grete quantyte with salt water and with wyne and oyle and lete the pacyent bathe therin to the nauyl And yf it caÌ„ not be had in grete quantyte / sethe this herbe and lay it playsterwyse to the paynefull place / vse this herbe or the water that it was soden in / and it prouoketh vryne ¶ For the bely D ¶ Agaynst gnawynge of the bely / make a â—lyster with this herbe soden in salt water with oyle and hony / but fyrst take a clystre mollyfycatyfe ¶ De Costo Cost mary Ca. C.ix. COstus is hote drye in the thyrde degre It is a rote that groweth in Iude and is called cost / and the be two maners The one groweth in Inde hath a duskysshe colour / and is the strongest in operacyon / and moost vyolent The other groweth in araby and hath a whyte colour / is more tempered than the other / Cost is to be takeÌ„ that powdreth not whaÌ„ it is broken and hath no lytell holes / and hath a bytter smell with some sournesse It may be kept .x. yeres It hath vertue to conforte by the sauour that draweth to eygrenesse And it hath vertue dyurytyke by the qualytees / and bytternesse It deuideth / and putteth out humours by heuynesse therof ¶ For the mylt A ¶ Against hardnesse of the mylt and lyuer caused of colde the wyne that the electuary called dyacostum hath be soden in profyteth gretely to the mylt It is to had of appoticaryes We vse cost also outwarde for the sekenesse of the mylt in this maner / make an oyntement conuenable of wax and oyle with powdre of cost Or elles take marrubium that is horehonde and lay it a fourtenyght in wyne and oyle and than sethe it to halfe / and streyne it / and in the streynynge put therto wax and powdre of cost and make an oyntement therof ¶ For concepcyon B ¶ To helpe a woman to conceyue yf the lettynge be of coldenesse / lete the powdre of cost be confyct with oyle of muske / or at leest with oyle olyue In the whiche wete coton and lay to the place of generacyon Or lete the woman receyue it with a tonell It clenseth and chauffeth the matryce ¶ For the stomake C ¶ Agaynst payne of the stomake caused of colde / make a playster of powdre of mastyke / and olybane / and powdre of Cost of a lyke moche / and confyct them with wax and oyle of roses / and of muske yf it may be had / and lay it playsterwyse on the stomake / yf there be thre vnces of wax oyle somtyme it put to spyknade / nutmygges or clawes and suche other spyces ¶ For the heed D ¶ Agaynst payne of the heed caused of colde be take the brothe that it is soden in ¶ For wormes in the bely E ¶ Agaynst wormes in the bely / medle the powdre with hony and vse it ¶ De galligaria CAprague that some call galligaria groweth in laboured moyst places It hath vertue colde and drye ¶ For flux of the wombe A ¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe sethe this herbe in raine water and wasshe your fete therwith and it wyll bynde and restrayne the flyx ¶ For ytche in the legges B ¶ Agaynst ytche caused of salt flewme in the legges Sethe this herbe and put the brothe in a sponge and lay it to the place it wyll destroy it ¶ Cantabrum Branne Ca. C.x. CAntabrum is the huske of wheete and is named branne / it is hote drye teÌ„peratly It is dyaforityke that is to say it hath vertue resolutyue in wastynge / deuydynge humours wyndes bycause the it lesseth theÌ„ tourneth theÌ„ in to subtyle vapours so putteth theÌ„ one Whan it is steped in warme water it appeaseth and saugeth aches / causeth them to become moyst and souple by the moystnesse therof ¶ For yliake passyon A ¶ Agaynst ylyake passyon / and agaynst payne of the reynes / and lettynge of vryne lete branne confyct with hony subtyll and whyte / that it be not to softe nor to harde or styfe and put therto wyne so that it be not to thynne nor to tycke / whan it hath soden a grete whyle sprede it on a clothe / and lay it to the akynge place / and lay it to often and newe so that it waxe not colde and it wyll gyue parfyte helth ¶ For the stomake B ¶ The same is good for the payne of the stomake comeÌ„ of colde Mayster platayre proued this remedy in one that had suche payne in his pappe that he coude not stande vpryght It was cause of colde / for the pulce was temperate ynough ¶ For ylyake passyon C ¶ Agaynst ylyake passyoÌ„ the water the it is sodeÌ„ in after that it is streyned to be mynystre in clyster / for it softeneth suffysauntly And it is vsed for to soften whan there is none other mollyfycatyues ¶ For drye cough D ¶ Agaynst the drye cough / and agaynst cough caused of colde / agaynst plemesy that is an impostume of the rybbes / and agaynst the impostume in the longes and agaynst suche lyke sekenesses do as it foloweth Sethe barly in water a good whyle and whan it is streyned put branne in to it and sethe and streyne it agayne / and vse it warme ¶ De Colophonia Ca. C.xi COlophonia is the gomme of a tre that groweth in grete quantyte in grece therfore it is called pytche
dyagredium to .xv. or .xx. dayes Or be it made thus Take two or thre dragmes of squamony / and stepe it a nyght in water that barly was soden in and with the sayde water lete the medycyne be sharped and fortyfyed without streynynge / yf the pacyent be stronge / yf he be weyke streyne it and in this maner may be put more squamony than otherwyse / this electuary ought to be gyue .ix. or .x. dayes But bycause the medicyns behoueth to be sharped strēgthed for day to day do in this wyse Put two or thre dragmes of squamony in powdre but not to small for the cause afore sayde / and medle mastyke with the sayd powdre and than prepare thy medycyne Another maner to sharpen thy medycyn and to gyue it the same day Take squamony vnpowdred and close it past or in a pomme garnet and lete it be well baken that the malyod may waste / and than take it out and powdre it and put mastyke therto and so sharpen the medycyn For mastyke is most propre to medle therwith for to abate the vyolence / and bedellium is moost next / and than gomme arabyke And it is to wyte that I haue sayd here afore that it behoueth to take two or thre dragmes of diagrediū or squamony / for after dyuers regyons and dyuers tymes or wether / it must be taken more or lesse / for one dragme dooth more in a hote regyon thā two in a colde regyō one in hote wether than two in colde wether ¶ To purge flewme A ¶ Diagrediū purgeth coleryke humours flewme / and humour melācolyke ¶ The medycyne that squamony or dyagredium is in ought not to be gyuen with colde water / for by coldenesse of the water it wolde cleue to the sydes of the stomake / and of it may be made brede or meate laxatyfe ¶ To make pyment laxatyfe .. A ¶ Yf thou wyl make clarey or pymēt laxatyfe with the other spyces that gooth to the sayde recept in clarey of dyagredium / put powdre of mastyke therto and put it in the panne and sethe it / and it wyll be laxatyfe breed And how be it that dyagredium squamonate purgeth pryncypally coleryke humours howbeit / it is as it is put in diuers composycyons For whan it is put in a medycyne called oxemell laxatyfe or that is called colde electuary / or in that called tryfera sarasenica it purgeth coleryke humours But yf it be put in a medycyne called blanca / or in benedycta it purgeth flewme And yf it be put in that called Theodoricon anacardium / or dyasene / it purgeth melancoly And the vertue therof lasteth moste in electuari conficte with hony For it dureth two yeres / whiche it dooth not yf it be confycte with sugre Yf squamony be well medled with oyle of vyolettes it may be vsed the same daye without daunger ¶ De Dragaganto Ca. C.xlii. DRagagantum is dragagant Of the whiche is made the electuary that is called dragagant It is colde in the seconde degre and moyst in the fyrst It is the gōme of a tre growynge beyonde the see Out the whiche tre woseth a moysture that by the heet of the sonne is thycked / and dryed and torned to a gōmy substaunce There ben .iii. maners of it For there is whyte / and it is best yf it be clere There is also that is browned / and some yelowisshe but they be not so good as the whyte It is to be chosen that is not dymme / but clere and none erthe medled therwith / whyte dragagant ought to be put in colde medycyns / and the browne / or yelowe in hote It may be kept .xl. yeres By the coldnesse therof it hath vertue to kole and to clense / and by the glewy gōmosyte to knytte and sowdre ¶ For drynesse in the brest A ¶ Agaynst drythe in the brest / gyue the pacyent brothe that dragagant / gomme arabyke / and barly hath be soden in ¶ For the cough B ¶ Agaynst hote and dyre cough / gyue the the pacyent lycoryce with dragagāt streyned Than put therto powdre of dragagāt and make pilles / and lete hym holde them vnder his tongue tyll they be molten and than swalowe them The electuary also confycte of two partes of dragagāt with symple syrope / and the thyrde parte of lycoryce is good for the same coughe ¶ For thryst C ¶ Agaynst thryst / gyue ptysan that dragagant is dyssolued in a nyght Or make syrope with water that barly and dragagant is soden in / and it is good gyuen conuenably in feuer agewes Or yf dragagant onely be holden vnder the tongue ¶ For sores in the mouth D ¶ Agaynst clyftes and sores in the mouth stepe dragagant in rose water / and wrynge it through a clothe and with the glewy substaunce that cometh out confyct the powdre of amidum with a fether wete therin anoynte the soores often therwith / and it wyll heale anone ¶ To clense the face E ¶ To take away blackenesse of the face to make it whyte women put dragagant a nyght in rose water / and in the mornynge put therto borax and camfre in small quātyte and anoynte theyr faces ¶ For hote apostumes F ¶ Agaynst hote apostumes wrynge the iuce of an herbe called vermycularis / and put dragagant a nyght therin / and wete clothes therin / and lay to the apostume at the begynnynge the same is good agaynst gowte artetyke caused of hote maters And is lyke wyse good agaynst brenninge yf it be layde to the seconde day and not the fyrst For the fyrst day ought to be layde to brennynges thynges that ben actually hote to put out the heet of the fyre and lay sope to the fyrst day ¶ For flyx of blode G ¶ Agaynst blode flyx of the wombe / stepe dragagant in raine water / and put therto powdre of the same and gyue it to the pacyent to drynke Or with the same water warme mynystre a clystre yf the cause of the flyx be in the nether guttes / and yf it be in the vpper guttes gyue iuce of plantayn that dragagāt hath soked in a nyght / and whan dragagant ought to be put in medycyne it must fyrst be beaten to powdre by it selfe / for it is harde to beate / and in lykewyse other medycyns that ben put in electuary of dragagant ¶ De Dauco Dawke Ca. C.xliii DAucus Dawke is hote and drye in the thyrde degre / it is a comyn herbe / and hath a large floure in the myddle therof a lytel red pricke It groweth in drye places agaynst dyches and pyttes / and hath two sortes one is called daucus creticus bycause it groweth in Crete The other is called daucus asininus / bycause asses and other beestes ette it Daucus creticus is best but bycause it is not moche founde here / the other is vsed in stede of it The moost vertue is in the floure and
olde whyte wyne fastynge / and it breketh the stone and purgeth the grauell of the reynes / and swageth lette of vryne and ache of the wombe ¶ For kyrnelles or kynges euyll B ¶ Agaynst kyrnelles / gyue the pacyent in the mornynge fastynge to drynke two vnces of water of brome floures stylled / and it wyll purge the humours dounwarde / wasteth healeth them without brekyng outwarde / also small kernelles in what place they be / or take floures of brome grene or drye / and medle them with meale / make cakes in a fryenge panne eate them Or sethe the floures of brome in water / put the sayde water in the pacientes wyne and it wyll do hym grete ease ¶ De gramine Quekes Ca. C.xcvii GRameÌ„ is a comyn herbe / and hath leues lyke grasse of the felde / but it is somwhat sharper / and hath a rote that spredeth ferre on the erthe / and hath dyuers names It hath vertue agaiÌ„st the payne of the mylte / yf it be stamped with the floures / and a playster made / and layd to the mylt it wyll heale it ¶ For wormes in the bely A ¶ For wormes in the bely / sethe this herbe with the rote in water or styll it drynke it / it is good for lytell chyldren that may take no bytter thinges Also auctours say that it vncloseth the conduytes of the mylte / of the lyuer / and of the reynes / and specyally the rote And it is not gretely hote nor colde ¶ De galia muscata Ca. C.xcviii GAlia muscata is of hote and drye complexioÌ„ / some say that it is a fruyte but it is a confeccyon made of swete smellynge thynges with muske And is contrefayt now in many maners ¶ For the stomake A ¶ To conforte the stomake and to voyde the payne caused of wyndes / drynk the wyne that it is soden in and it wyll heale Probatum est ¶ De grias Ca. CC. GRias is an herbe that groweth in a countre called Lucane it hath a marbre colour / and .iiii. reed leues ¶ For the goute A ¶ It is good for theÌ„ that haue goute scyatyke Yf this herbe be soden with beares grece / and layde therto he shall be hole in thre dayes ¶ De gummi elempni Ca. CC. GOmme elempni is the gomme of a tre that the zarasyns call elempni They call it also gomme dolore / or of lymons / some say that it is a gomme of fenell / but that is not trewe For it is the goÌ„me of a tre that bereth lymons beyonde the see In somer season there droppeth a substauÌ„ce out of these trees / as rosyn droppeth out of Pyne trees / but these droppe but lytell / and therfore it is skant And therfore the zarasyns countrefayt it by medlynge of other goÌ„mes / make it in rounde fygures This gomme elempni hath grete vertue and good odoure / whan it is brokeÌ„ or cracked it is clere and bryght within is lyke male frankencense It hath vertue to reioyne / resowdre / and kepe membres fro rottynge ¶ For sores olde or newe A ¶ To heale sores olde or newe / and to reioyne them make this oyntement Take gomme elempni / bores grese / and turbentyne / and waxe and medle them and vse it ¶ For newe woundes B ¶ And for newe woundes medle this gomme turbentyne oyle of roses / and fyrst put them in vyneygre / and chauffe and handle them well thre houres / and than put it in to the mylke of a reed cowe and than handle and chauffe it agayne an houre / and clense it fro the mylke / and put it in a vessel of glasse to kepe / vse it whan nede is ¶ De grano fracto Broken grayne Ca. CC.ii. GRaine that is broken or brused as wheate or other that is not put in breed or paste Suche graynes soden in mylke as frumeÌ„ty is made of wheate / engendre good blood But yf they be vsed to moche they brede opylacyon / and stoppynge in the vaynes of the lyuer / and the mylte / and causeth stone in the reynes and bladder / and specially in them that haue theyr reines hote of nature / or otherwyse as by alteracyon And all graynes that be so eaten / the bygger they be broken or grounde the more stoppynge they be / and therfore it is good to eschewe ouermoche contynuynge of them ¶ De grysomulis Ca. CC.iii GRysomules beÌ„ fruytes lyke peches and be colde and moyst in the seconde degre They tourne in to cours glewy flewme that cleueth and fasteneth in the holownesse of the vaynes and in the lyuer and therfore cometh often longe feuers They be yll in all maners And yf they be vsed they ought to be taken afore all other meates / and whan the stomake is empty For yf they be taken after meates whan the stomake is full they wyll noye it / forth with be conuerted in to sowre humours / rottennesse And therfore they that wyll eate them / to eschewe all inconuenyentes take them fastynge / and vse mastyke / and anys sede / and stronge olde wyne after theÌ„ ¶ For emorroydes A ¶ Oyle that is made of theyr kyrnelles It proued agaynst emorroydes / and healeth them ¶ De gracia dei Ca. CC.iiii GRacia dei / that is the grace of good is an herbe that groweth in medowes and moyst places And hath stalkes lyke thre square and bereth a whyte floure and groweth vpryght as a braunche It hath vertue hote and drye in the thyrde degre / and hath pryncypally myght to purge flewme / and next coleryke humours melancolyke / yf two vnces of the powdre of the leues be taken with warme water And it causeth blody flux of the bely by the vyolence therof The remedy is / that as soone as he that hath taken it hath ben suffycyeÌ„tly at the chambre to wasshe his face with colde water and anone it wyll stynte / and he shall be hole And therfore it is called the grace of good for the benefyce therof But he that mynystreth it ought to knowe the strength of hym that taketh it / his aege regyon / and tyme. This herbe is â—â—â—e the medycyne centory ¶ De Golgemma Ca. CC.v. GOlgemma is an herbe that is hote and drye / the leues stalke is lyke stycados cytryne but the floure is lyke floures of rosmary The floure and the sedes be good in medycyne It hath dyurytyke vertue ¶ For lettynge of vryne A ¶ For lettynge of vryne / be it dyssury or strangury / and agaynst ylyake passyon / the wyne that the sedes or the leues that it is soden in prouffyteth moche ¶ For the mylte B ¶ Agaynst payne of the matryce caused of colde / and agaynst opylacyon of the mylte and lyuer Take the wyne that the sedes is soden in ¶ For the heed C ¶ For colde in the heed comyng of aege
wyne ¶ For cough B ¶ For stronge cough of the stomake sethe the floures of Inantes or the rotes in wyne lete it be dronken fastynge to the quantyte of thre vnces ¶ De Iuiubes Ca. CC.xxii IViubes be fruytes that be hote dry in the fyrst degre they nourysshe but lytell / be of harde dygestyon they noye the stomake and brede flewme But neuerthelesse whan they be grene they quench and put out heet of the blode / and they that ben ripe take away the sharpenesse and dryeth of the bulke / and conforteth it and the lunges / and Galyen sayth that Iuiubes to helpe maladyes than to preserue helthe ¶ De herba fullonum Ca. CC.xxiii INdacus is an herbe that hath floures lyke cooles wortes / and is the same that men with dye in blewe colour There is founde moche of it in dyuers places / This herbe layde grene vpon woundes reioyneth sowdreth clenseth thē ¶ To staūce blode at the nose A ¶ To staunche flux of blode at the nose Stampe this herbe and lay it to the temples / and it wyll cease the blode ¶ De Ina. Ca. CC.xxiiii INa is an herbe that hath rough small leues nere togyder almoost without space / and spredeth on the erthe hath a yelowe floure and groweth on hylly and sandy dry places / and bereth alway floures It is hote and drye in the thyrde degre / and hath aperatiue and dyurytyke vertue by a bytter substaunce that it hath ¶ For dropsy A ¶ Agaynst dropsy at the fyrst / agaynst opylacyon of the lyuer caused of colde make powdre of this herbe and gyue the pacyent two dragmes fastynge with warme wyne ¶ For many dyseases B ¶ For Artetyke goute / and agaynst palsy and the fallynge euyll called epylence and agaynst lettynge of vryne / and ylyake passyon / lete the pacyent drynke the powdre fastynge with warme wyne / or drynke the iuce of the herbe and that is better ¶ For feuer quartayne C ¶ Agaynst feuer quartayne And for the fallynge euyll called the malady ryall Make syrope of the iuce of this herbe with as moche whyte hony / and let the pacyent take it with water that the herbe is soden in This syrope also is good agaynst all rewme caused of colde ¶ De Incensaria Ca. CC.xxv INcensarya is an herbe so called bycause it smelleth lyke frankencens It hath leues lyke the herbe amarusca / or borage It sprede thou the grounde and bereth the nombre of .vi. floures in the myddes / and they be yelowe with a specke of whyte in the myddle / and the floure growe not passynge a fynger length in heyght / and haue a swete taste as hony and it groweth in clene places and couertes ¶ For the stomake A ¶ For payne of the matryce and the stomake / and agaynst stoppynge of the vaynes of the lyuer and the mylte / bruse the floures and leues of this herbe / and medled with meale or confyct with iuce of the same herbe / and make therof frytures or cakes / so be vsed Yf the iuce be dronken or the herbe eaten it helpest agaynst strangury ¶ De Ierubulis Ca. CC.xxvi IErubule is an herbe lyke to oynyons / and groweth in wylde places and hedges ¶ For the ioyntes A ¶ For paine of the ioyntes sethe this herbe and the onyon of the rote in gotes talowe with oyle / beate them togyder anoynte the place of the ache and ye shall se the experyence It is good agaynst tetters and frekens in the face / yf the rote be stāped and medled with flour or meale of the graynes called lupyns / hereafter rehersed and therwith anoynte the face ¶ De Immolo albo Ca. CC.xxvii IMmolum album is an herbe so named It is clerer than Ieruble as Omer a certayne mayster sayth that a mā named Mercury foūde this herbe It hath a rote blacke and rounde / and tycke in maner of an onyon ¶ For the matrice A ¶ The herbe and rotes therof stamped layde to the matryce taketh away the payne meruaylously ¶ Thus endeth the names of herbes that begyn with I. ¶ And here begynneth the names of herbes begynnynge with L. ¶ De Lapdano Ca. CC.xxviii LAudane is hote and drye in the .iii degre / some say that it is the gōme of a tre / but it is not so But it is a partye of fatnesse that falleth in maner of a dewe vpon the trees and cleueth to them and waxeth thycke as lyme They that of the countre bete it downe with thouges or cordes and take it of and wryngeth or presseth it put in the sonne to drye It is often medled with gotes tryttles or tordes / and other blacke powders And it is cōtrefayt in so many maners that scantly in a poūde is cōmenly founde two vnces of true laudane That is to be chosen that is heui and blacke and stycketh to the handes as wax Laudane that is to blacke and powdreth whan it is handled is corrupt for oldnesse or there be to many thynges medled there with It hath vertue to restrayne / to conforte / to chauffe by the gleymynesse there of / and hath vertu to conforte by the softe odour of it ¶ For rewme A ¶ For rewme or pose caused of colde that descendeth to the nose Make a tente of laudane and put it in the nose For the same / sethe laudane and roses togyder in rayne water / and stoppe the mouthe of the vessel and whan it is colde ynoughe lete the pacyent receyue the fume of the water at his mouthe / and with the same water wasshe his fete / for it conforteth gretely all the synewes ¶ For the tethe B ¶ For payne of the tethe whan they be lose or wagge in the Iawe bone / confyct laudane and mastycke togyder and anoynte the gomes without / and it cōforteth and swageth the payne ¶ For the matryce C ¶ For coldnesse of the matryce / and for suffocacyon of the same / that is whan the women semeth as deed in swowne / for cause of fume of the matryce that mounteth to the herte / lete her receyue the smoke of laudane benethe / and than put it to the place It conforteth moche / helpeth concepcyon ¶ To reyse the matryce that is auayled Lete the woman receyue the smoke of laudane at her mouthe or nose ¶ For the stomake D ¶ For payne of the stomake caused of colde take at euen .v. pylles of laudane a playster of powdre of cost ¶ De Liquiricia Lycoryce Ca. CC.xxix LIcoryce is hote and moyst temperately It is the rote of a lytell tre That is to be chose that is not to bygge nor to sklender and is yelowe that powdreth not whan it is broken / and that hath grene vaynes The iuce of lycoryce hath a felfe vertu yf it be made thus whā the rote is grene / bete it well sethe it in water tyll the water
be wasted / thaÌ„ quese or presse out the iuce of the soden rotes and â—et the lace to drye in the sonne / and make rouÌ„de balles or pelletes / some couÌ„trefayt the iuce in this maner / they make very fyne powdre of licoryce / and put powdre of the iuce aforesayd therto sethe theÌ„ in water and hony / and than drye it in the sonne / but this maner of doynge is not so delycyous in taste nor so blacke ¶ For the brest A ¶ Water that lycoryce or the iuce is soden in is good agaiÌ„st all sekenesses of the brest for the apostume of the ribbes called pleuresy ¶ For the cough B ¶ The wyne that it is soden in is good agaiÌ„st all coughes / for the same electuary confyct of iuce of lycoryce with hony Licoryce chawed holden in the mouth on the con / gue / taketh away the roughnesse of the throte and stomake / and apeaseth thryst ¶ De lapide lazaro Asure Ca. CC.xxx. THe stone of asure is of dry coÌ„plexioÌ„ so is the stone armenyake but it is not determined in what degre / the asure stone is a vayne of the erthe the asure is made of so is the armonyake stone Bycause moche is founde in Armeny it is not countrefayt / The asure stone is to be chosen that hath colour of the skye / and hath some colours of golde within it And that whiche hath a paler colour thaÌ„ the skye is erthy The stone of armeny is more erthy / lyght / and more whytysshe They may be kept longe with out corrupcyon These two stones purge waste melancolyke humours ¶ For melancoly A ¶ For melancoly gyue these two stones suffycyently to drynke with water the Sene is soden in ¶ For feuer quartayne B ¶ For feuer quartayne take them with same decoccyon that purgeth melancolyke humours ¶ For emorroydes C ¶ Agaynst payne of the mylte and emorroydes / take them with that / that fenel sede is soden in ¶ For the herte ¶ For payne of the herte called cardyake passyon / gyue them with iuce of borage of the bone in the harte of a harte These stones ben good agaynst al paynes and dyseases of melancolyke humours And the powdre of the sayde stones ought to be medled in medycyns after that the decoccyons be made / but not in the decoccyons And these stones must be wasshed or they be put in medycyns in this maner Put two dragmes of powdre of one of these stones in a styffe vessell / as a pyece of syluer / and put water therto and styre the sayd powdre in the water tyll the water be troubled / and than cast the water out / and put clene water to it / and styre it agayne in the water / and chaunge the water so .x. or .xii. tymes tyll the water chaunge colour lytel or nothyng for the powdre / and this ought not to be gyuen in decoccyon / for it wyll synke to the botome / nor before the decoccyoÌ„ but it may be medled with that ye wyll gyue in a spone with syrope or other drynke or decoccyoÌ„ It may be gyuen by an other maner that is better and specyally whan it is gyuen to purge or voyde melancolyke humours ¶ To purge melaÌ„colyke humours D ¶ Gyue the decoccyon ordeyned to purge or voyde humours And whan the pacyeÌ„t hath ben at the stole two or thre tymes take the powdre of one of these stones as the case requyreth in suffycyence And in this maner the asure stone purgeth melaÌ„colyke humours meruaylously ¶ De lilio Lylly Ca. CC.xxxii LIllies be hote and moyst / there be two maners / the wilde the tame There be lyllyes that haue reed floures / that is best and hath moost vertue Other haue yelowe floures And the tame haue whyte floures ¶ To rype apostumes A ¶ Yf they be medled with grese and oyle / and layde on colde apostumes / they wyll rype them ¶ For hardnesse B ¶ Agaynst the hardnesse / take grete quantyte of a lylly rote with an herbe called brancha vrsina / spoken of afore / and with the rote of malowes or holy hocke / and teÌ„pre them all in wyne and oyle .xii. dayes / and than streyned and wax and oyle put to the streynynge and an oyntement made therof ¶ For colour in the face C ¶ To make good colour in the face / take the knottes that growe about the rote of wylde lyllyes and drye them / and make powdre of them / and tempre the powdre in rose water / and than dryed / and serue it so thre or .iiii. tymes And than with the same powdre in rose water anoynte the face ¶ For reednesse D ¶ To take away ouermoche reednesse take the knottes about the wylde lylly rote / yf ye may lete them be grene / and stampe theÌ„ and medle therwith chachume that is scoÌ„me of golde / and put powdre of camfre in oyle / and at the last put quenched quycke syluer and make an oyntement / anoynte the pacyent therwith ¶ De licio Ca. CC.xxxiii LIcium is hote and drye in the secoÌ„de degre Some sayth that it is a gomme / but it is the iuce of an herbe called also licium that is woodbynde This herbe is gadred in the begynnynge of somer and is beaten and the iuce wronge out and dryed in the sonne / and than it is called licium Licium is to be chosen that is pure / clere / and shynynge within that whiche is softe and dymme is nothynge worth It may be kept .v. yeres It is also called oculus lucidus Bycause it clereth the eyes ¶ For webbe in the eye A ¶ For the webbe in the eye whyle it is newe agaynst canker of the eye caused of thycke flewme in the eye Make licium in small powdre and confyct it with rose water / lete it stande tyll the water be wasted and dryed vp / thaÌ„ put it in rose water agayn tyll it be drye as it was afore / and do so iiii or .v. tymes / and than confyct the sayde powdre in rose water and put into the eye or the powdre onely And yf the webbe be olde / put with the sayde powdre a gomme called sarcocole Also confyct licium with iuce of fenell put in a brassen vessell It wyll clere the eyes and is specyally good yf the dymnesse come within forth ¶ For chyppynge of the lyppes B ¶ For chyppynge / or clyftes of the tonge or lyppes / and for the woundes or hurtes in the mouthe confyct licium / penettes / amidum in rose water and anoynte the places therwith It is a thynge often proued by women of Salerne A supository made of licium in a feuer agew softeneth and departed it fro the feuer of the wombbe yf it be to haâ—de ¶ For the gommes C ¶ Agaynst swellynge of the gommes wasshe and rubbe them often with lycour that licium is
make sawce of mynte / vyneygre cynamome / or peper ¶ For vomyte C ¶ Agaynst vomyte caused of weykenesse retentyfe or by colde Sethe minte in salte water / or in vyneygre / and wete a sponge therin / and lay it to the mouthe of the stomake in the bought of the brest / or lay the mynte soden therto / or lete the pacyent eate mynte ¶ For swownynge D ¶ For swownynge or weykenesse of the herte / be it in feuers or other sekenesse / or yf it come of other cause Stampe myntes with vyneygre / and a lytell wyne / yf the pacyent haue no feuer And roste a shyuer of breed tyll it be almoost brent / and put it therin tyll it be well steped / and thā put of it in to his nose / rubbe his lyppes / his tongue / gommes / tethe / and the temples / and lete hym chawe it and souke the moystnesse therof / and swalowe it ¶ For the matryce E ¶ To clense the matryce Sethe the tendre croppes of mynte in wyne and make a supposytory ¶ For ylyake passyon F ¶ For the ylyake passyon Sethe mynte in wyne and lay it to the reynes / and nether parte of the bely ¶ For crudded mylke in the brestes G ¶ For crudded mylke in the brestes / sethe mynte in wyne and lay to them Also yf ony medycyne be taken for venym it ought to be takē with iuce of mynte For the mynte hath some vertu to drawe out venym Or take the wyne that minte is soden in / or with water of myntes ¶ De menta romana Wytmynt Ca. CC.lxxiiii MYnte romayne or sarazyne is hote drye in the seconde degre The leues be longer / larger / sharper than the other mynte / and hath vertue to vnstoppe the cōduytes of vryne more thā ony other mynte And that is seen in that it is more bytter / hath a sharper sauour ¶ For the lyuer A ¶ The iuce of this herbe onely with hony / or the wyne that it is sodē in / it is good to vnstoppe the conduytes of the mylt and lyuer / and way of vryne / yf the lettynge come of colde or hote humour so that there be no feuer ¶ For wormes in the wombe B ¶ The iuce of this mynte dronken sleeth the wormes of the wombe / and yf it be dropped in the erres it kylleth the wormes there ¶ For apostumes C ¶ This herbe soden in wyne and oyle / and layde to harde apostumes / destroyeth spredeth / and wasteth them It may be put instede of the tame ¶ De mētastro Horsmynt Ca. CC.lxxv MEntastre is hote and drye in the secōde degre / and is called wylde mynte ¶ For colde cough A ¶ Agaynst colde cough bethe dry fygges with horsmynt in wyne / and vse it ¶ For dygestyon B ¶ The wyne that it is soden in conforteth dygestyon Bayne or hathe made of the water that it is soden in chauffeth the coldnesse of the matris ¶ For the heed or pose C ¶ Yf the powdre of this mynte be put in a bagge / layde hote to the heed / it is good agaynst colde reume of the heed / and wasteth / and healeth it De margaritis siue perlis Perles Ca. CC.lxxvi MArgarites that is called perles ben colde drye They be small bryght stones that be founde in certayne fysshes There be two maners There be that are naturall without artyfyce or craft they be the best whā ye fynde perles ī receptes it is thē that be naturall perles Other there be that be no perles and be stones that the apotycaryes put often in vse But neuertheles it may be that some that be no perles / be better than some perles / yf they haue ony good propryetees Perles that be bryght and clere are to be chosen They that be dymme whyte be nought They haue vertue to conforte / and encreas the spyrites of the herte Some say that it is bycause they clense and purge the membres fro superfluytees / stayeth and closeth the membres and conforteth them ¶ For weykenesse of the hert A ¶ Agaynst feblenesse of the herte swownynge caused of flux of the wombe or medycyne / or of to moche bledyng / agaynst trēblynge of the hert that cometh in feuer Take the powdre of perles with sugre of roses The perles that be perced thorowe by craft be neyther better not wors But the best be perced by nature ¶ De Mommia Mōmye Ca. CC.lxxvii MOmmye is hote and drye i◠the thyrde degre Some say that it is colde bycause it hath vertue restrayntyfe But it is not so For many thynges that be hote and drye to staunche Mommye is a maner of spyces or confeccyons that is founde in the sepulchres or tombles of deed bodyes that haue be confyct with spyces And it is to wyte that in olde tyme men were wont to confyct the deed corpses and anoynte them with bawme and myrre smellynge swete And yet the paynyms about babylon kepe that custome / for there is grete quantyte of bawme And this Mommye is specyally founde about the brayne / and about the matonge in the rydge bone For the blode by reason of the bawme draweth to the brayne / and thereabout is chauffed And lyke wyse is the brayne brent / and parched / and is the quantyte of Mommye / and so the blode is moeued in the rydge of the backe That Mommye is to be chosen that is bryght / blacke / stynkynge / and styffe And that that is whyte / and draweth to a dymme colour and that is not stynkynge nor styffe / and that powdreth lyghtly is nought It hath vertue to restrayne or staunche ¶ For bledynge of the nose A ¶ The powdre of Mommye onely put in to the nose stauncheth the blode / or make therwith a tente with iuce of sanguynary and put it in to the nose Also make a playster of the powdre with the gleyre of an egge / and lay it to the browes and tēples ¶ For spettynge of blode B ¶ For them that spette blode by reason of hurte or dysease of the mēbres of the bulke ▪ Take pylles confyct with powdre of mōneye with a lytell mastyke and confyct th◠in water that gōme Arabyke hath be molten or alayed in And helde these pylles in the mouthe tyll they melte and departe / than swalowe them And yf the blode come to the mouthe bycause of the nutrytyfe membres as the stomake the lyuer and the mylte / eate this powdre with a rere egge or drynke it with iuce of plantayne ¶ For blody flux of the wombe C ¶ For blody flux of the wombe take this powdre gomme arabyke and brent brasse with rose water iuce of plantayne And it is pryncypally good yf the dysease come of the vpper bowelles And yf the vyce come of the nether bowelles / mynystre the sayde powdre in clystre with water that barly is soden in with
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
primula / of pryme tyme / bycause it bereth the fyrst floure in pryme tyme. It groweth in woodes and by dyches ¶ For brekynge of the heed A ¶ Agaynst brekynge of the heed or other membre / or to kepe ony wounde fro stroke or smytynge / or for ony bledynge vayne Take an vnce and a halfe of the iuce of this herbe / and drynke at mornynge and at euenynge ¶ For the vryne B ¶ Also water that the rote is soden in is good to vnstoppe the conduytes of vryne ¶ De palacio leporis Hares palays Ca. CCC.li PAlacium leporis / hares palays / is an herbe lyke Spurge / but it hath longer and ryper leues / and is leued lyke fenell and the rote lyke kneholme / and it bereth no floure / but a reed bery lyke fragon but it is ronder It is called hares palays For yf the hare come vnder it / he is sure that no best can touche hym Some call it artelyke It is good agaynst goute artelyke yf the rote be soden in water / or in wyne / so takeÌ„ It is also good against lette of vryne / as strangury / and dyssury And it groweth in derke places / in feldes and woodes ¶ De pulmonaria Crayfery or luÌ„gwort Ca. CCC.lii PVlmonaria is an herbe that hath leues lyke boâ—age but they be broder and longer of stranger and werysshe sauour / hath whyte speckes here there as the lunges This herbe ofte eaten put in syrope and comyn drynkes is good for them that hath theyr longes intamed or sore ¶ De Persicaria Arssmert or culrage Ca. CCC.liij PErsicaria is an herbe that hath leues lyke a peche tre / and is called arssmert groweth in moyst places The leues therof be good in medycyne Some call it sanguinary or blodeworte bycause it draweth blode iÌ„ places that it is rubbed on It hath a brennynge vertue ¶ For wormes in the eares A ¶ The iuce therof dropped in the eeres sleeth the wormes in them ¶ De paracella Ca. CCC.liiij PAracella is an herbe the leues therof is lyke the lycoryce tre leues / and hath a rounde reed sede in maner as the cokyll The rote therof is rounde and thycke with yelowe colour It is called herbe basylyke bycause it hath a venymous myght and some say that venym is made therof ¶ For fystula A ¶ Agaynst fystula / make a tente therof put it in the hole of the fystule / and it wyl clense and heale it It groweth in sandy places ¶ De pimpinella Selfe heale or pympernell Ca. CCC.lv PImê‘nell is an herbe that groweth in sandy places / at the fote of hylles It is good to resowdre woundes / yf the powdre therof be often layde therto ¶ For fystula and canker A ¶ Agaynst fystula and canker it is good yf it be layde theron ¶ For the eyes B ¶ It proustyteth agaynst dymnesse of the eyes yf they be wasshed with water that it is soden in at mornynge and euennynge ¶ To put out venym C ¶ The iuce therof dronken expulseth all venym fro the body ¶ De pilocella Mows eare Ca. CCC.lvi PIlocella or mows eare is an herbe that groweth on hylles hath rough leues with longe heares in them lyke a mous eare / and therfore it is so named / it spredeth and stretcheth on the erthe It hath vertue to restrayne / to clense / and to resowdre woundes ¶ To sowdre woundes A ¶ To reioyne and sowdre wounde Makâ— an oyntemeÌ„t of the iuce therof and ware / oyle / terbeÌ„tyne Or put the iuce therof in newe woundes ¶ For feuer quartayne B ¶ For feuer quartayne drynke the iuce of mows eare at the tyme of the accesse ¶ To knowe yf a seke parsone shall lyue or dye C ¶ Gyue them the iuce therof to drynke / yf he caste it out he shall dye / and agaynâ— warde And yf the edge of a knyfe or other toole be steped in the iuce therof / it shall cutte and hewe all other edges ¶ Deprostinea Perwynke Ca. CCC.lvii PErwynke is good agaynst flux of blode at the nose or other parte of the heed ¶ For bledynge at the nose A ¶ And to staunche the sayde blode the leues therof must be holden longe in the mouthe ¶ De palma cristi Ca. CCC.lviij PAlma christi is an herbe lyke satyrion / the leues be specled with colour lyke the skye / and groweth in derke and moyst places / and chyefly in groues / and hath vertue to moyst / to make colde and is perylous to be vsed / and is not put in vse of medycyne by cause of the mortification that it gyueth ¶ De persicis Peches Ca. CCC.lix PEches is a fruyte colde and moyst in the thyrde degre The leues of the tre is lyke to leues of an almoÌ„des tre / but they be somwhat longer This fruyte is pryncypally good yf they be eateÌ„ fastynge The coole the breÌ„ning of coleryke humours conforteth the stomake that hath loost appetite / hath abhominacioÌ„ of meate bycause of coleryke humours They be noyons to flewmatyke coleryke persones ¶ Yf .v. or .vi. peche leues be staÌ„ped medled with meale / be fryed and eaten fastyng it wyl cause you to be laxe go to the stole / wyl purge flewme chyefly / than coler melaÌ„coly / in lykewyse dothe the kyrnelles in the peche stones yf that be staÌ„ped with warme water and droÌ„ken / they wyll purge aboue benethe And .xxx. or .xl. may be takeÌ„ after the strength of them that wyll vse it ¶ De oleo persicorum Oyle of peches kernelles Ca. CCC.lx OYle made of kyrnelles of peches is good agaynst payne of the eares caused of colde yf it be dropped therin layde hote to them with cotton ¶ For wormes of the wombe A ¶ Agaynst wormes of the wombe / shorte or longe in chyldren Make a playster of peche leues with a lytell vyneygre / myntes / and wormwood / and lay it to the nauyll But fyrst anoynte the wombe with the sayd oyle Isaac sayth the peches be colde and moyst in the seconde degre / be veray lyke to a fruyte called crisomiles / but they be more sauery / and more behouefull to the stomake / but they torne not in to so cours flewme as the crysomyles do / how be it they must be pared / bycause they torne to flewme Peches ought to be eateÌ„ fastynge and wyne of good taste dronkeÌ„ with them There be two maner of peches / for some be bygge and rough and be somwhat reed and some be small and lyght be browne or yelowe The byggest be swete with a lytell eygrenesse / and be moost moyst / and gleymy / and therfore they torne to cours flewme and rottennesse / the whiche is sene yf cleue suche a peche and lete lye a whyle in the ayre and than smell to it ye shall fele as it were a rotten sauour The iuce of the bowes of
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
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 /
¶ The iuce dropped in the eares appeseth the payne comen of colde cause ¶ For emorroydes C ¶ Lekes sodeÌ„ in water and stamped layde to emorroydes abateth the swellynge / and yf they be caused of moysture it spredeth them ¶ For the wombe D ¶ The heedes of leekes sodeÌ„ in oyle of swete almondes / or oyle of cokyll called zizanim / loseth the wombe and kepeth it moist And it is also good agaynst ache of the bely called colyke caused of humours Sede of lekes is of stronger accyon and vertue thaÌ„ the heedes ¶ For bloode of the brest E ¶ Two dragmes of lekes sede and myrte stauncheth the blode that cometh out of the breste by spettynge / howbeit it is greuous to the tethe and throte ¶ For emorroydes F ¶ Yf the sedes be brent and medled with cresse sede it is good for theÌ„ that haue emorroydes / and wasteth the wynde in the bowelles or guttes but it byndeth the wombe ¶ The wylde leke is hote in the fourthe degre / drye in the thyrde It dyssolueth and spredeth cours and tycke humours / vnstoppeth the opylacyon of the conduites of the body / and causeth the floures in women to flowe ¶ For flux G ¶ The rotes or berdes of leke dryed on a hote tyle / and the smoke taken benethe is good for to close the flux of the bely Probatum est And the sayd fume causeth the floures to flowe in woman ¶ For synewes H ¶ The berdes or rotes is good for ache of the synewes yf they be rubbed therwith ¶ For bytynge of a scorpyon I ¶ And whan it is chopped or stamped It is good agaynst bytynge of a scorpyon / yf it be layde therto ¶ De piganio Wylde rue Ca. CCC.lxix â–ª RVe of the felde or wylde rue is called Piganium / and it groweth in rudges stony places It is good agaynst dymnesse of the eyen / soden in olde whyte wyne And for the same the iuce therof medled with iuce of fenell and whyte hony / a colery made therof ¶ To cause vryne A ¶ To cause vryne and to pysse well Take ix heedes of this rue stamped and gyuen to drynke with thre vnces and a halfe of water .ix. dayes De rore marino Rosmary Ca. CCC.lxx ROsmary is hote and drye But the auctours tel not in what degre It is a herbe that groweth in maner of a tree And it is not proprely called rosmary but ros marinus as it were dewe of the see for comynly it groweth in places by the see syde The floures and the leues be good it medycyne And the floures ought to be dryed a lytell in the sonne whan they be gadred and they may be kept a yere and the leuâ—s lyke wyse The floure of rosmary is called anthos / of it an electuary is named dyâ—â—thos The herbe therof is called libramoÌ„dos / or dendrolibanas Some call it â—â—â—â—tis / other ycterycon / and other luâ—m WhaÌ„ anthos or rosmary is founde in receptes / it is the floure / and yf ye fynde libramandos / or dendrolybanos it is the leues Rosmary hath vertue to conforte by the good odoure And to waste and clense humours and to put them out by subtyll vapour ¶ For the herte A ¶ Agaynst dysease of the herte and dysposycyon to fall in swowne Take the electuary dyanthos with wyne Or elles sethe the floures of Rosmary in wyne or rose water / and gyue it to the pacyent ¶ Another remedy is Make iuce of rosmary leues medled with rose water with a lytell iuce of panaie / and make a syrope therof whiche shall be good yf some of the bone in the herte of an harte be put therto ¶ For weykenesse of the brayne E ¶ Agaynst weykenesse of the brayne and coldenesse therof Sethe rosmarin in wyne and lete the pacyent receyue the smoke at his nose and kepe his heed warme ¶ For the throte F ¶ The wyne that rosmary is soden in dryeth the moystnesse of the throte yf gargarysme be made therof ¶ For the stomake G ¶ Agaynst coldnesse of the stomake and to conforte dygestyon Take dyanthes or the wyne that rosmary or mastyke is soden in ¶ For the wombe H ¶ Agaynst ache of the wombe causeth of wynde Take the wyne that rosmary and comyn is soden in ¶ For the vryne I ¶ Agaynst lette of the vryne Sethe the leues and floures in wyne lay to the share ¶ For the matryce K ¶ To clense the matryce / and to helpe concepcyon / make bathes in the nether partes with water that rosmary is soden in Some women sethe the floures in oyle / and vse it benethe De rubo a brece or braÌ„ble Ca. CCC.lxxi RVbus is a bramble / it is hote and drye But ConstaÌ„tine sayth that the croppes ben styptyke and be good agaynst brennynge and hote apostumes / therfore he semeth that it is colde and drye ¶ For the eyen A ¶ Agaynst reednesse of the eyen Stampe the buddes or croppes with whyte of an egge saffron to the eyen ¶ For all reednesse B ¶ Agaynst all reednesse melte waxe oyle of roses with the croppes of breres make an oyntemeÌ„t with oyle of yalkes of egges whiche is made thus Sethe egges in water tyll they be harde / take the yolkes onely sette them ouer the fyre in a panne styre them tyll oyle come out / but ye must haue mani yalkes for ther cometh but lytel oile ¶ For hote apostumes C ¶ Agaynst hote apostumes stampe the croppes of breres with rose water lay to theÌ„ ¶ For blody flux D ¶ Agaynst blody flux of the wombe / mynystre the iuce of the croppes of breres with a prysyn in a clystre ¶ De rodalia Ca. CCC.lxxij ROdale is an herbe that is lyke rape in leues / and hath lyke sauour but the leues be more whytysshe / and it hath a lesse rote It is hote and dry / and groweth in waies and harde places and not watery yf a knyfe or other edge toole be steped in the iuce of this herbe it wyll cut all other edges ¶ For wormes in the bely of chyldreÌ„ A ¶ For wormes in the bely of chyldren / make a playster of the leues of this herbe stamped and layde to the bely ¶ De Riso Rys Ca. CCC.lxxiij RYse is colde and drye It is a grain lyke wheet / and therfore some saye that it is a kynde of wheet whan it is gadred it must be stamped and bette and a lytell water put therto and so the huske wyl fall of and the grayne be whyte ¶ For flux of the wombe A ¶ It is good agaynst flux of the wombe in what maner so euer it be / agaynst wrenchynge and ache therof And it must be soden in almoÌ„de mylke with good quantyte of suger / so it fedeth well and byndeth ¶ For flux of the wombe B ¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe caused of coleryke humours and agaynst blody
And also coleth hote apostumes This iuce ministred in clyster is good for flux of blode at the nose and healeth the fleynges of the gurtes ¶ For cankers B ¶ For cankers brenne the heedes of cast the powdre theron To take away wartes or ryngwormes wasshe the handes with water of the leues Some say that it is the water that lyeth in the holownesse of the leues / and that is true ¶ De Vitecella Ca. CCCC lxiij VItecella is a wede that is lyke a wylde vyne or gourde and raÌ„peth and crepeth on hedges / and bereth a reed bery or sede It is also called tamium / and aliepias ¶ For the mylte A ¶ The rote therof stamped with porkes grease / and molteÌ„ at the fyre and streyned and meale of lyne sede and oyle put therto and an oyntement made therof is good for hardenesse of the mylte and lyuer / and to ripe apostumes Supposytory or tente made of the rote causeth the floures in womeÌ„ to flowe / and causeth a deed chylde come out of the moders wombe This rote maketh good colour to them that be pale or wanne in this maner Braye this rote and take the iuce therof anoyte the face where ye wyll haue colour and it wyll be reed ¶ For colour in the face B ¶ Yf there be fylthe in an apostume for to breke it make a playster of the iuce of this herbe lay it to The powdre of a medycyn called a darcis is veray good to breke it De viperina / alias vrtica mortua Deed nettel or archaungell Ca. CCCC lxiiij VIperina is wede called deed nettel or bynde nettell and groweth by dyches and waters in yses / and hath good leues a bytter sauour / it is good agaynst bytynge of a serpent called vipera / purgeth out all venym yf it be brused dronken with wyne ¶ For fystules A ¶ It is good astaynst fystules yf it be brused and layd therto twyse or thrise in a day and it ought to be gadred in Apryll ¶ De vrtica Nettle Ca. CCCC lxv VRtica the nettell is called a palife of the grekes / other achantis vrgiÌ„da orminon It is of hote vertue / for it breÌ„neth and prycketh them that thouche it It is good agaynst saundys yf it be dronken in wyne soden therwith / and clenseth the colour meruaylously ¶ For olde cough A ¶ Agaynst olde cough sethe the sedes in water put hony therto / drynke it it wyll heale the coughe / taketh away the colde of the longues / swellynge of the bely ¶ For woundes B ¶ Also the leues stamped with salt / layd on wouÌ„des or fores full of matter healeth them And the same is good agaynst bytyng of a dogge / canker / byndeth and fasteneth flesshe loosed fro the bone / dryeth the noyfull humours C ¶ For the fete and the mylte D ¶ Agaynst podagre and swellynge of the fete / and payne of the mylte Make a playster of nettell rotes well stamped with by neygre and lay to them This wyll swage all swellynge and payne of the fete handes without swellynges ¶ For bledynge at the nose E ¶ To cause the nose blede Put the iuce of nettles in it And to staunce the bledynge anoynte the forheed with the iuce / or lay the herbe brayed to the place that bledeth ¶ Ffor the floures E ¶ To cause the floures to flowe in women Take the iuce of nettles and vryne / put it in the matryce ¶ To encreas the appetyte of lechery drynke nettle sede often with wyne Or confycte the sayde sede in electuary with hony and peper / and vse it Also the water that it is sodeÌ„ in with hony is good for them that haue theyr mylte intamed / apostume in the longues / often vse of swete wyne and hony clenseth the longues ¶ To nesshe the wombe F ¶ Also vse the potage made of nettles nessheth the wombe / is good for many thynges Anenzoar sayth yf it be often vsed it kept fro grauell Also this herbe soden in oyle and the chyne of the backe anoynted therwith / anone prouoketh sweate / as Galyen sayth Also the heed anoynted with iuce of nettles kepeth the heare from fallynge ¶ For the suffocacyon of the matryce G ¶ For a dysease in women called suffocacyon of the matryce that they fall of semeth deed / lay a playster of brused nettles to the nature of her / and she shall fele grete ease ¶ For scurfe of the heed H Vyneygre that the sede of nettles is soden in is good agaynst scrufe of the heed / yf the heed be wasshed therwith twyse or thryse and than rynsed with water This vyneygre is good for the brekynge of the heed swageth the payne ¶ De Vermiculari Ca. CCCC lxvi VErmiculayre is a lytell herbe that groweth on walles eues of howses It hath small leues in maner of small wormes set thycke togyder It hath vertu of howsleke / and is put in the oyntement called populeon Therfore it serueth in feuer agues engendre of coleryke humours It is prouffytable to put to the liuer / with staÌ„ped nettles And agaynst feuer tercyan and excessyfe heate yf it be vsed it proufyteth moche ¶ De Volubilis Woodbynde Ca. CCCC lxvij VOlubilis is an herbe so named / is in .iiij. maners That is to wyte the more / the lesse / the meane / and the yelowe The more volubilis is also called finiculus arbatus / and hath a whyte floure and is better for medicyn than the other For the othe ben to vyolent and sharpe And that whiche hath leues lyke smalache and whan it is broken mylke cometh out that is veray venymous and yf it be vsed it bredeth blody flux in the woÌ„be The rote therof ought to be taken primtyme / and dryed in the sonne / and whan nede is take a drag me or twayne This powdre ought not to be vsed alone / but with other medycynes that delayeth and swageth the malyce Thus taken it purgeth iaundys ¶ For coleryke humours A ¶ Drynke made of whey of mylke with iuce of smalache and endyue purgeth coleryke humours / and clenseth the blode and agaynst iaundys caused of colde sethe this rote in water with anys and mastyke and the goÌ„me called dragagant spyknarde ¶ De Vicetorium Ca. CCCC lxviij Icetorium or antifermacuÌ„ is all one It groweth on hylles and â—tony places / hath thycke blacke leues and whyte floures / and a blacke sede in maner of a fytche but it is sharper The leues and the sedes ought to be put in medycyn ¶ For bytynge of a serpent A ¶ Agaynst bytynge of a serpent / spider / oâ— venymous beest Medle the sayde herbe with salte and lay it to the place The powdre therof with powdre of turmentyll / tuntet and of an vnycorne healeth all venym of venymous bestes taken with Scabyous water ¶ De Vua A. grape
not the drye / is bycause the moystnesse of them is sharpe / the whiche moystnesse dryeth theyr substaunce waxeth erthy in maner of wood / and causeth the body to bynde and to prouoke vryne But they haue a grete malyce / for they abyde to longe in the stomake / wherfore yf they be custumably eaten they engendre colyke passyon And Galyen sayth I wolde the xilocrates sholde neuer come out of sury For in the countree that the growe they be laxatyfe / and whaÌ„ they come here they bynde and greue the body Probatumest ¶ De zinzibre Gynger Ca. CCCC lxxvij ZInziber is gynger It is hote in the thyrde degre / and moyst in the fyrst Some say that it is the rote of a tre / and some say that it is wood / but the trouth is that it is a rote of a tre growynge in Slauony The wyne that it is soden in with fygues and grete reysyns is good agaynst cough causeth of colde / and agaynst coldnesse of the brest Powdre of gynger put in fygges is good for the same ¶ For the stomake A ¶ Wyne that gynger is soden in with comyn is good for the stomake payned with colde and wynde / causeth good dygestyoÌ„ ¶ For costyfnesse B ¶ Agaynst costyfnesse lay the powdre of gynger on the foundement with cotton ¶ For the herte C ¶ The sayde powdres put in meates is good agaynst weykenesse of the herte and swownynge It may be kept two yeres And it kepeth better with peper thaÌ„ other wyse There be two maners of gynger One is wylde another tame The wylde is browne and hath a ryght sharpe taste is veray styffe and harde The tame is whyte and is not so sharpe and pryckynge and is not so harde And whan it is broken the partes medle togyder / by smal strynges or thredes / and so dooth not the wylde but veray lytell or nothynge ¶ De Zedoare Setwale Ca. CCCC lxxviij ZEdoare is the rote of an herbe and is hote in the thyrde degre and drye in the fyrst The tame is to be choseÌ„ that is yelowe / and steyneth the handes as saffron / and ought to haue a sharpe taste / and not to be full of holes It may be kepte .x. yeres ¶ For the cough A ¶ The wyne that Setwale is soden in is good agaynst the cough causeth of colde and agaynst payne of the stomake caused of wynde or colde ¶ For the matryce B ¶ A tente or supposytory made of the powdre of setwale / with a confeccyon called trifera magna chauffeth the matryce and clenseth it ¶ For appetyte C ¶ Sawce made of setwale with rosmâ—ry tosted bred and vyneygre causeth appetyte and putteth the smell of garlyke out of the mouth / and the smacke of wyne It is also good agaynst venym and bytynge of venymous beestes ¶ For the herte D ¶ The powdre put in meates conforteth the herte And therfore it is good for them that haue weyke hertes / and be dysposed to swownyng / and also it is good agaynst wormes in the wombe ¶ Zizania Ray / drawke / darnell Ca. CCCC lxxix ZIzania is an euyll wede that groweth in the wheate / and corrupteth whan the weder is drye It hath stronge vertue and a sharpe sauour / and is somwhat venymous / trowbleth the heed and the brayne / and somtyme bredeth dronkennesse ¶ For concepcyon A ¶ Yf it be medled with meale of barly / myrreâ—encens / and saffron / and make a smoke of it and lete women receyue it beneth at the pryuâ—te it ableth them to conceyue ¶ For tetters B ¶ Yf it be medled with rawe saffron and vyneygre / it is good agaynst tetters and rynge wormes ¶ For kernelles C ¶ Yf it be soden in wyne with dong of an asse and lyne sede it helpeth to sprede harde apostumes and kernelle in the necke yf it be layde playsterwyse therto ¶ For rotten woundes D ¶ The rote and the huskes soden togyder is good to clense woundes full of fylthe ¶ De Zipulis Frytures Ca. CCCC lxxx ZIpules be fryters made of meale and oyle It is a cours meate for owo causes One for the moystnesse of the oyle / and the other for heuynes of the meale / and therfore they be greuous to the lyuer / mylte / reynes bycause they brede thycke flewmes that stoppeth the veynes of the lyuer / and who that wyll eate them without malyce inconuences aforesayde must eate them with hony But yet they that haue ony dysease in the lyuer or mylte / lete them eate none for the be noyfull as is aforesoyde ¶ For tothe ache A Stampe mustar sede with hony and vyneygre holden in the mouthe And also it is good for all payne and dyseases of the stomake and longues ¶ For memory B ¶ The iuce dronken fastynge causeth a good memory ¶ De Succaro Sugre Ca. CCCC lxxxi ZVccarus is sugre It is hote moyst temperatly And Isaac sayth that it is hote in the begynnynge of the fyrst degre and moyst in the myddes And sayth that it wasteth coleryke humours bycause it vnbyndeth the woÌ„be And the laxyng that it maketh is without rottennesse / or brennynge / bycause it moysteth the wombe How be it yf it be gyuen to them that be of coleryke complexyon / it chaungeth in them to hote coleryke humours for the swetenesse therof For as soure thynges delayeth the sharpenesse of coleryke humours / so swete thynges that haue contrary sauour and eygre nouryssheth and encreaseth colere These be the saynges of Isaac of sugre The sayde auctour sayth that sugre is hote and moyst teÌ„peratly in the fyrst degre It hath vertue to coole / to moyst / to nourysshe / and to soften Yf two pounde of sugre be put in syropes or drynkes there must be a pounde of water / and yf more be put it forceth not but that it muste sethe the longer to waste the water The sugre is made of cannes in maner of boll rysshes / whiche is full of swete pyth / and it is called the hony caÌ„ne It groweth in spayne and cycylle And sugre is made at mydsomer in this maner The people of that countre take these cannes or boll rysshes / whithe be lyke redes / but that redes is holowe within / and these cannes be styffe and full of swete pyth They cut them in small pyeces / and stampe them and sethe them with a sokyn fyre in a cowdron tyll it wexeth thycke / and is clene scoÌ„med of the saide scoÌ„me the noughty conutrefayte sugre is made / for it is lyghter than the good / and is full of holes and pyttes within And therfore whe so wyll chuse a sugre lofe / cleue it in the myddes / and yf ye fynde it full of hooles / and pyttes within and that the taste be not veray swete / and that it crasshe not betwene the tethe it is not ryght sugre / but is countrefayte Of the groundes of
layde on a place or in a chaÌ„bre preserueth them for stynkynge / and yl ayre as Auicenna sayth ¶ For the stomake D ¶ The wyne dronkeÌ„ with the powdre helpeth the stomake and lyuer ¶ For fleynge of the skynne E ¶ For fleynge of the skynne comynge of labourynge / goynge / rubbyng / or shabbes / anoynted the greuous place with vnguâ—â—tum citrinum heleth them proprely / and serueth also to all hote apostumes / in lykewyse dooth the whyte salue ¶ Vua passe Rasyns of carans ca. ccccc VVa passe is hote and moyste of coÌ„plexyon The people of Salerne ordre them in this maner They take the grapes / and let them drye in the soÌ„ne / and than they put them in an ouen / and than they gadreth the best and wasshe them with swete wyne / and strawe theron powdre of Cynamon / and other spyces / and let them drye agayne ¶ For the cough A ¶ Wyne dronken where it is soden in wasteth the olde cough comynge of colde And it so vsed / is good also for apostumes inwardly in the breste and longue ¶ For flux of the wombe B ¶ It vsed in meate taketh away the belgynge of the stomake / and stoppeth the flux in the bely In what maner they be vsed it bredeth good blood / and vsed in meates restreyneth the vomyte ¶ For the stomake C ¶ They that ben very swete ceaseth the payne in the stomake Therfore it vsed profyteth more to the stomake than the fyggues It dooth also good effecte to the lyuer ¶ For olde and fresshe woundes a very good experyment D ¶ Mayster Wylhelmus wryteth in his surgery to make a salue for olde fresshe wouÌ„des Take yaron or millefoliuÌ„ / carthaphilago / dyapensia / and sethe them togyder in water tyll it is softe / and the water moost wasted / than strayne it through a lynnen clothe / and put therin fenugreke meale / and make it thycke lyke past ThaÌ„ medle it with talowe of a bok / and clene grese of a gylted bore / of eche lyke moche and oyle olyue halfe so mooche / sethe this togyder a lytell by the fyre than put therto some wax and make a salue ¶ This salue is good for fresshe olde vnclene wouÌ„des ¶ Vibex a byrten tre Ca. CCCCC i VIbex is a byrthen tre his brauÌ„ches ben hote and drye in the thyrde degre ¶ For ronnynge sores and vlceracyoÌ„s wasshe with the water where the leues is soden in / it wyll / clense and helpe them ¶ The rynde brenneth and fumed therw t a sore on legge dryeth and heleth them ¶ For yll flesshe A ¶ The rynde powdred and strawed on an vnclene wounde clenseth them / and taketh away the yll flesshe ¶ For yll ayre B ¶ The rynde brenned in a howse that the fume come through all the howse / the fume wasteth and consumeth all yll ayre / as it often happeth in tyme of the pestelence ¶ Ydropiper Ca. CCCCC ii YDropiper lyketh mentastro but it hath tendre and broder leues This leues and rote takeÌ„ in the mouthe hath odour and taste lyke the peper and the sedes of it lyketh the vnrype wyne beryes / and the herbe is better than the rote For the eyen A ¶ The herbe and rote soden in water and layd on the eye taketh away the yll humours from them / whiche is called lyppotomia The herbe is all moost lyke peper in his nature / the herbe and sedes fresshe grene ben better in medycynes than drye ¶ For pympels spyttes B ¶ With iuce anoyted the pympels spyttes on the body in the mornynge euenynge vasteth them in thre dayes ¶ For the eyen C ¶ The herbe stamped in a morter layd on the eye is very profytable for to clense the fyltnesse of the eyen ¶ For the worme in the fynger D ¶ The herbe with the skiÌ„ne of an herde egge whiche is betwene the vtermoost shelle and the egge wyll kylle surely the worme in theÌ„ ¶ Ynguirialis Ca. CCCCC iij YNguirialis is an herbe that groweth in stony rotches and harde erthe / and hath starres whiche shyne so bryght / that many ê‘sones thynke that it were of the deuylles workes Galien sayth Some call it herbe of todes / or herbe of rattes / for it is a grete medycyne for the todes and wylde rattes / and is called in latyn Bubonium And some roâ—es wylde rattes ben dwellynge on the stony rotches and other places where this herbe groweth / bycause whan a tode is hurte of a spyner than she swelleth so thycke / that she dooth thynke to barste and dye / thaÌ„ she fetcheth of this herbe and healeth agayne And whan a wylde ratte is hurte so sory that she may not gette the herbe by hymselfe than another ratte fetcheth it / and bryngeth to the seke ratte / and she taketh in his mouthe and is hole therof And more other venymous bestes ben preserued and hole by this herbe ¶ Yacea Herba clauellata Torqea Marefolon Ca. CCCCC iiij YAcea is an herbe hauynge stalkes lyke the lauendre / moche sharpe leues / berynge floures of thre maners / yelowe / blewe / whyte It is profytable to many thynges / and the herbe be vsed in medycyns / the rote seldom ¶ For yll humours A ¶ Wyne dronken where it is soden in wasteth the yll humours in a body / and taketh away the scabbes and all maners of vlceracyons ¶ For herispilla B ¶ Whan the chylderne haue the scabbes herispillam / or other scabbes / take a lytel of this herbe and cut it and put in her meat or pappe Or gyue them to drynke the water stylled of the herbe / the chylde wyll be hole wtout faute ¶ Agaynst yll humours whiche abydeth longe betwene the skynne the flesshe The herbe with floures of camomyll alchymylla of eche lyke moche ¶ Scamonea Ca. CCCCC v. SCamonea latine and arabicâ—â—yagridion grece Serapio sayth it is a tree with many braunches growynge of one rote / and on the brauÌ„ches is hangyng a slymy water lyke gomme The leues of it is thre square / and bereth white rounde floures / holowe lyke pypes / hauyng a stroÌ„ge odour This tree hath a whyte rote / bygge as a thombe / and hath also a stroÌ„ge odour The rote is full of mylke / mylke is gadred thus The rynde of the rote is cut or wounded with sharpe knyues or other instrumentes / and rounde about is made a holl in the erthe and there be set dyuers vesseles / wherin the mylke dystylleth or droppeth / and than it is taken and kepe / this lyquour is dryed / and it is named scamonea The best scamonea is clere softe slybbery lyke the mater that is pured of an oxces skynne It is lyke a spounge / and is gadred in Inde and Asye in an yle of Inde named Musie / there groweth it in grete quantyte Scamony is often contrefayted with mylke of the herbe of catapucie it
vsed kylleth a man or woman ¶ Some taketh the milke of the herbe of catapucie medled with barly meale and make it lyke scamonea / but that is not good and shall not be vsed in medycynes Some maysters sayth scamonea comynge out of Senisz or Palestyna is not good / for that is made and myxted of barly meale / and mylke of tintinall Galienus mayster Paulus sayth Scamonea is hote and drye almoost in the thyrde degre Scamonea shall be prepareth fyrst or it be vsed iÌ„ medycyns bycause scamonea of his nature is peryllous to vse and doth grete hurte to the stomake and lyuer / and taketh from a man his appetyte to eate / causynge greate harme in the body And therfore scamonea must be rertyfyeth in the maner folowynge The maysters sayth / scamonea reteyneth his yll qualites the tyme of .xxx. or .xl. yeres or more / but whan it is rectyfyed it leseth the euylnesse causynge not so grete harme Therfore it shal be rectyfyed or it be vsed in medycyns and not with his propre qualytees / for it causeth and brengeth many dyseases / as colde sweate / swymelyng / fayntnesses / or other fluxus in the body / at the last to dye ¶ For rectefye the scamonea ¶ Take a quynce apple and cut of the vpper parynge / and than make therin a hole and put therin scamonea / than lay the cuttyng parte or coueryng agayne on the apple and close them in dought and put it so in an ouen / whiche is temperatly hote / and lett it than abyde therin halfe a day / the scamonea shall be prepared in the apple / and his ylnesse takeÌ„ away / and it shall do after that no harme ¶ For to knowe scamonea ¶ The best scamonea is to be knowen by the propretees folowyng The fyrst that clere is of colour The seconde whan it is mydled with spettell and become lyke mylke / than it is good / yf it be not so it is falsed coÌ„trefayted The thyrde whan it lyghtly breketh and powdreth The fourthe whaÌ„ it is lyght of weyght The .v. whaÌ„ it smelleth wel The scamonea hauyng not these propryetees is not good / it may be kepte xx yeres vnconsumed in his vertue operacyons ¶ Mayster Paulus sayth scamonea is stronge and sharpe of operacyon / coÌ„sumynge the colour / and hath vertue attractyfe Scamonea is coÌ„trarye to the herte takynge all his strengthe / and causeth comenly the feuers to them that is hote and drye of nature The maysters forbede theÌ„ that wyl vse scamonea / for geete hote / and grete colde ¶ For purgacyon A ¶ Scamonea vsed with the iuce of quynce apples iuce of plantago purgeth softely / purgynge therwith the yll humours Seamonea shall neuer be vsed alone / but mastyke therwith / and than taketh the body no harme ¶ For payne in the heed B ¶ The heed anoynted with scamonea medled with vyneygre / oyle of roses / taketh away the payne in the heed ¶ For yll scabbes C ¶ The yll scabbes anoynted with scamonea medled with vyneygre cureth / healeth and dryeth it maruaylously ¶ Here after foloweth the knowlege of the dyuersytees colours of all maner of vrynes through the whiche the Phycysyens mynystre or cause to be mynystred all maner of medycynes to the vtyll profytable helthe of man AViceÌ„na recordeth in the fyrst parte of his .iiij. boke / where as he wryteth that it is not possible for to ease nor helpe no maner of person with out natural knoulege of the dysease or infyrmyte of man / whiche as many noble doctours dooth vs infourme that it is perfectely knowen by the syght of vryne and by the foure complexyon of man as here after foloweth ¶ Whan the vryne is reed and thycke / that sygnyfyeth on to vs that the seke body or pacyent is hote and full of blode / of his complexyoÌ„s is named sanguyne ¶ Whan ehe vryne is reed and thynne thaÌ„ is the seke body hote and drye / and of his coÌ„yleryon named coleryke / and comynly his dysâ—ases cometh out of the galle / and this persone is sone vexed vnto angre / and begetteth comenly the yelowe Iaundys ¶ Whan the vryne is whyte and thycke the betokeneth on to vs that the seke body is â—olde and moyst of nature / and is named flewmatyke and his dysease cometh of dyuers watery humours / and this man is comenly and often gladly alone ¶ Whan the vryne is whyte and thynne that betokeneth on to vs that the body shall be colde and drye of nature / and is named melancolyke / and he is alway heuy / and hath in hym heuy blode of the nature of erthe / and is comynly pale of colour NOta The vrynes is deuyded in .iiij partes The fyrst parte is the cercle vpon the vppermoost rynge of the vryne whyche sygnyfyed grete payne in the heed The seconde parte of the vryne is the next parte vnder this cercle / and that sygnyfyeth the dysease in the breste and longues The thyrde parte of the vryne is in the myddest / and betokeneth dysease in the stomake / lyuer / and mylte The fourthe parte is the bothom of the vryne / betokenynge to vs the disease in the kydnes / in the guttes bladder / and matryce or moder Whan ye fynde ony of these foure vrynes myxted with ony other maters accordynge to the same ye shall knowe the dysease of the persone / thrugh the whiche ye shall iuge the vrynes whyche vryne ought to be sene in the mornynge whan it is fresshe or warme And these vrynes shall be put in an vrynall well stopped bycause it sholde not deuyde or wax thycke / for than it ouhgt agayne to be warmed to haue his naturall syght accordynge to the fornamed colours THe vrynes be deuyded in .xx. ê‘tes or more The fyrst colour is whyte clere subtyll as water Another is whyte thycke as thicke mylke Another lyke mylke newe molkeÌ„ Another lyke colour of gynger or a camels hyde this colour is named caropos these four coloures betokeneth a neuyll stomake wtout dysgeystoÌ„ ¶ The vryne that is pale of the colour of flessh halfe sodeÌ„ / the vryne that is pale lyke flesshe that is hole sodeÌ„ betokeneth a good beghynnyng of dysgestyon not fulbrought ¶ The vryne that is yelow lyke an onrype apple betokenth the begynnyng of dysgestyon fulbrought ¶ The vryne that is hole yelowe lyke a rype apple betokeneth a parfecte dysgestyon also sygnyfyeth the reed vryne lyke on pure golde also lyke pure golde a ê‘fecte and good dysgestyon ¶ the vryne that is of colour lyke watery blode or saffran or lyke a flaÌ„me of fyre These four vrynes betokeneth excesse of dysgestyoÌ„ in the stomake in a hote body in a seke body it betokeneth feners or axces hete of the lyuer ¶ The vryne that is lyke thycke reed wyne or reed erthe inclyned to heuynesse betokeneth a