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
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
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
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
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
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
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
/ 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
/ that is therin / for bytter and pontyke thynges haue grosse substaunce Therfore who so taketh it inward yf it fynde grosse or thycke mater it hardeneth and tycketh it more / by the bete of it / it looseth / spredeth / and wasteth the other humours that ben thinne and that it hath contrary operacyoÌ„s / and therfore it ought not to be taken but yf the mater be dygested / that it may dyssolâ—e it by his hete / and whan it is dyssolued that it may haue it / by his pontyfyce ¶ For wormes A ¶ Agaynst wormes of the nauyl whaÌ„ they ben in the bowelles / take iuce of wormwood with powdre of betony / or centory or percicaria / or kyrnelles of peche ¶ For the lyuer B ¶ Agaynst opylacyon of the lyuer IauÌ„dys / take the iuce of wormwood and scaryole / or elles make them in syrope / and vse it with warme water ¶ Agaynst opylacioÌ„ of the mylt take iuce of wormwood and powdre of costi / and it is also good agaynst opilacioÌ„ of the lyuer caused of colde ¶ For to prouoke the floures in women / make a supposytory of wormwood in oyle of comyn or in oyle mustelyn / that is better ¶ For heed ache C ¶ Agaynst payne in the heed caused of vapours comynge fro the stomake / take iuce of wormwood with warme water ¶ For dronkennesse D ¶ Agaynst dronkennesse / take the same iuce with hony and warme water ¶ Agaynst hardnesse of the mylte E wormwood soden in oyle choped / and layde therto / or make an oyntment with the iuce with vyneygre armonyake with waxe oyle anoint the place by the fyre or in the soÌ„ne ¶ Agaynst suffocacyon comynge of colde / take it with vyneygre warme water Yf thou haue doubt of appoplexi to lose the speche it is a souerayne remedy ¶ Agaynst palenesse / or lyâ—idyte comyng of the body make a playster with iuce of wormwood powdre of comyn and hony ¶ Agaynst wormes in the eare / droppe of the iuce therin The iuce dronken clereth the syght Yf it be put in the eye it taketh away the rednesse of the webbe called paÌ„nus It kepeth gownes and bokes fromyce and wormes â—â—nde Diascorides For to haue the iuce gadre it in the ende of maye / for to kepe the herbe gadre it whan the floures sprynge / lay it in shadowe / it wyll kepe two yere ¶ Anacardus latine grece Ca. xxiii ANacardus is the frutes of a tre that groweth in inde / some say that they ben whelpes of elyphantes but that is not true / they beÌ„ hote drye in the thyrde degre / some say in the fourth The heuyest ful of humours is best They may be kept xxx yere / they ought to be kept in a place not to hote nor to moyst / yf they be taken alone dethe foloweth or lepre ¶ For forgetynge A ¶ Agaynst forgettyng sethe castorium in stronge vineygre / put therto of the humour of anacarde anoynt the hynder part of the heed ¶ Agaynst tettres B ¶ Agaynst spredynge tettres take orpymeÌ„t coÌ„fyct with the iuce of anacardes fyrst wasshe the place than anoynte it / but lete it not lye to longe for it wyll do grete payne make it holow but the place ofteÌ„ with hote water anoynt it often ¶ Agaynst morfewe C take sauge wormwood / And that is within colloquntidâ— or wylde gourdes put in powdre coÌ„fyct with the iuce of anacordus Or these thynges confycte in wyne / and soden and made in playster be layde therto ¶ Agaynst forgetfulnesse D ¶ A confeccyon that is called Theodoricon anacardium where ben the pryncypal medicins is good agaynst forgetfulnesse heleth the lepry Amigdala latine Lanet Arabice grece Almondes Ca. xxiiii AMigdala dulcis beÌ„ swete AlmoÌ„des They be hote and moyste in the fyrst degre Galienus sayth that these almondes haue some bytternesse but it is perceyued whan they begyn to waxe olde / and they ben of the same accyon for nourysshynge of the body as nuttes be / and ben stronge and yll to dygest / bycause of theyr vnctunsyte / and they tourne in to coleryke humours / but they be not so noysome to the stomake as nuttes beÌ„ And therfore almondes taken betwene newe olde / be meanes betwene the veray swete and bytter They clense the fylthe of the body of the lunges / and of the reynes / and prouoketh vryn / and vnstoppeth the opylacyons of the lyuer / and therfore the bytter ben gyuen in medycyns / and the swete for nourysshynge The oyle of the swete almondes is the best The harder and whyter that they be / whan they sholde be eateÌ„ lete them be blaunched / and dressed with suger or hony Grene almondes be more tendre and softe by the moysture that they haue / and be more worthy than the olde drye / but yf the olde were blanched / and layde a nyght in warme water they wolde be felawes to the grene in goodnesse / yf the grene be eaten or they haue huskes they confort gretely the gommes and swâ—geth the heate of the stomake â–ª ¶ Of bytter Almondes Ca. xxv BYtter almondes as Isaac sayth / ben drye in the ende of the seconde degre They mollyfye thycke and grosse humours / and therfore they clense the lyuer and the longes of flewmatyke humours and also open the opylacyons of the lyuer / and wasteth the hardnesse of the mylt and breketh the grete wyndes sprede in the bowelles named colon / prouoketh vryn and clenseth the fylthe of the reynes / and of the matryce / and putteth out the opylacyons Yf they ben blaunched and brayde and made a pessayre they cause the flours in women to renne ¶ Also they put the rotteÌ„ humours out of the body and appease the paynes in the bely / and engendreth slepe / and yf they ben giuen to drynke with amidum / and myntes / they helpe lyghtly the vryn and destroyeth the stone And yf they be tempred with vyneigre they take away the sekenesse fro the face / yf they be taken to drynke with good wyne they ease gretely agaynst the longe ague ¶ Agaynst encombraunce of the brethe A ¶ Agaynst encombraunce of the brethe that is called asma / and agaynst cough caused of colde / bray bytter almoÌ„des / and make brothe or potage of them and put suger to them to take away the bytternesse ¶ Agaynst defnesse of the eeres B bruse almondes / and betwene two leues lay them vnder hote emers / or asshes / and than presse out the oyle / and droppe it in to the eares yf the herynge be stopped or yf ony mater come out ¶ Agaynst wormes in the bely C put of the sayd oyle on the meate with floure of bytter lupyns / or make a playster therof and lay it to the nauyll The floures reteyned shall be prouoked yf pessayre be made of this oyle and put
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
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
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 /
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
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
medled with ¶ For frekens D ¶ Agaynst frekens in the face / medle licium and ceruse in egall quantyte togyder anoynte the face therwith ¶ Agaynst maladye of the matryce caused of colde Make supposytory or tente of a medycyne called trifera mangna vpon the supposytory or tente put the powdre of licium / and lay it to the place whan superfluytees of humours habounde in the matryce / for it purgeth and dryeth it ¶ De lingua auis Asshe sede Ca. CC.xxxiiii LIngua auis is the sede of asshe trees that hath leues in maner of byrdes tonges / and some call them keyes It is hote and moyst in the fyrst degre / and whyle it is grene it hath grete vertue / and whan it is drye it hath none This herbe hath vertue to moyst or quenche and remoue lechery yf it be soden with flesshe and eaten For the same make electuary that the rote of satyrion / dates / and fruyte called fisticis is put in / and confyct it with hony and the iuce of asshe sedes This herbe soden in barly water / and a ptysane made therof is good for etyke / or cōsumed / and leane persones / and for the same / water that they be sodē in is good / and yf sugre be put therto it is good for them that be drye in the brest / and is good to clense woundes and to resowdre and fyll the flesshe / and some say that it is an herbe that hath leues lyke byrdes tongue but in stede of it asshe sedes is vsed ¶ De mercuriali Mercury Ca. CC.xxxv LInotis is an herbe called mercuryall / and hath many names after dyuers countrees It is called alguras / pastemon / agiliotes / altancus It is hote and moyst / and is comynly soden with flesshe / and soupe the brothe To release the wombe clyster made with iuce of it or the water that it is soden in with oyle salt / and hony ¶ For webbe in the eye A ¶ Agaynst the webbe medle iuce of mercuryall with gleyre of an egge and whyte wyne / and wete cotton in it and lay therto and wasshe it often therwith ¶ For the eares B ¶ The iuce droppeth in the eares swageth the payne therof ¶ De Lapacio Reed docke Ca. CC.xxxvi LApacium is an herbe called docke and hath many names Some call the sede ematiphonos / it is hote drye / and is in thre maners For there is lapacium docke that hath rough leues is of moost vertue There is another that hath rounde leues is of lesse vertue And there is another that is tame that hath blacke speckeled leues / and that is best for medycyns that is taken within it This herbe hath power to sprede humours / and to opē vaynes ¶ For scabbes A ¶ For the scabbe make this oyntemēt sethe the iuce of this herbe with nutte oyle and clere or lyquyde pytche and whan they be soden streyne them and in the streynynge the powdres of grauel of wyne of chymney soote / and it is competēt for scabbes or tetters ¶ For ryngwormes B ¶ For ryngwormes / and tetters / anointe them with powdre of orpyment and iuce of the docke ¶ To rype apostumes C ¶ To rype apostumes / stampe the rounde docke and put it in oyle / or in grese and lay to them ¶ For the mylte D ¶ For hardnesse of the mylte / medle iuce of the docke with storax liquide or clere and with gomme armonyake and vyneygre / lete them lye togyder .iii. dayes and than sethe them and streyne it / and in the streynynge put therto waxe and oyle and make an oyntement and vse it ¶ For the vryne E ¶ For cōbre of vryne as strangury dyssury / sethe the docke in wyne and oyle and lay it to the nether parte of the bely / and it wyll prouoke vryne plenteously The wyne or water that it is soden in vnstoppeth the conduytes of the mylte and lyuer ¶ For dropsy F ¶ Agaynst dropsy called leucoflemance / make confeccyons of two vnces of the iuce of dockes with .ii. dragmes of esula / and sethe them togyder with hony and gyue it to the pacyent ¶ For the kyngis euyll G ¶ For newe grete kernelles make a playster of sharpe docke stampe with grese ¶ For wormes H ¶ For wormes in the bely drynke the iuce with hony ¶ For flewme in the brayne I ¶ For flewme that floweth in the brayne medle the iuce of docke with iuce of rue put a lytel in the nosethrylles / and do this in a stewe or a veary warme place ¶ For the brethe K ¶ Pancakes made of dockes with meale or egges is good for lettynge of the brethe called asma / it is good yf the be eaten / and this herbe eaten rawe or soden is good agaynst all scabbes ¶ De Litargie Ca. CC.xxxvii LItargiū is lytargie There be dyuers lytargyes For there is lytargie of golde / and whan it is brokē there is colour of golde in it Also there is that of syluer / and there is lytarge that is commely vsed and that is of tynne / whiche whan tynne is pured / it is made of the same vayne that tynne is Some say that there is lytarge of leed / but that that we do ocupy is of tynne Lytarge is of temperate coldnes as some say / and as other say it is colde drye in the seconde degre But by the wordes of Dyascorydes it sholde be temperate in colde drynesse / sayth also lytargie is colde styptyke And that it is styptyke it appereth in that it is drye / neuertheles it is tēperate moderate in his qualytees And for as moche as the auctores haue not determyned what excesse there is bycause it is so lytell that it is not apperceyuable the lytargye of golde is moost colde moyst Lytargy hath vertue to staunce to clense woundes / and resoudre The powdre of litargye layde vpon byles or sores that hath matter clenseth thē closeth / healeth thē ¶ For the scabbe A ¶ Agaynst scabbes specyally for that that is of last flewme / and coleryke humours Set nutte oyle ouer the fyre sethe it put therto powdre of lytargye confyct with vyneygre / than medle them all togyder in maner of an oyntement B ¶ For flux of the bely caused of the nether bowelles / lay litargy all hole vpon the hote coles / sprynge vyneygre often theron / take powdre of it very small the which shal be vsed in clyster with oyle of roses or water that barly is sodē in ¶ For the yerde C ¶ For the fleyeng of the yerde tēpre lytarge with oyle of roses anoynte the place it wyll clense the fylthynesse / close the woūdes or sore therof ¶ For heate apostumes D ¶ To abate the excessife heate of apostumes as of the apostume called erisipile lete the powdres of
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
called psilium or the sede therof ¶ De granatis Pomgarnades Ca. CC.lxxxi MAla garnata Pomgarnades ben apples so named some be swete / and be hote and moyste temperatly Other be tarte and sowre / and ben colde / and may be kept a yere yf they be hanged in the ayre Swete pōgarnades ben most conuenable in meates of medycyns They be most behouefully gyuen to thē that haue coleryke feuers / for the moistnesse of thē hath more myght to dystroy the sharpenesse of the heate thā the heate hath to growe sowre pōgarnades bē better for medycyn thā for meate the iuce of these sowre garnades may be gyuē in coleryke feuers / be they tercyā or ague by the selfe or with iuce of the swete And it ought to be vsed in the mornynge with warme water ¶ To dygest mater of feuer A ¶ To dygest the mater of the feuer / take syrope made of iuce of the sowre pomgarnades / for this syrope loke in the boke called Anthidotary The leues of the tre that bereth this fruyte is called balausteis as is aforesayd / and the rynde or barke of the apples ben called psidie / and ought to be gadred whan the apples ben rype These leues and ryndes may be kept two yeres And haue vertue to staunche ¶ For vomite B ¶ For vomite caused of colerike humours and for the blody flux / the powdre of them soden in vyneygre or a sponge wet therin layde to the stomake / for vomyte And for the flux lay the sponge to the reynes and to the lowe parte of the bely or share And take this powdre with a rere egge ¶ To staunche blode C ¶ To staunche blode at the nose Take the powdre of the floures and ryndes alone or with iuce of bursa pastoris ¶ To staunche menstruall blode / lay the powdre to the place with iuce of plantayne ¶ De macianis pomis Wood crabbes or wyldynges Ca. CC.lxxxij mAla maciana ben wylde apples and be colde and drye / and haue power to staunche And therfore they be good against flux of the wombe in maner as it is sayd of quynces and for the same dyseases swete apples haue most vertue / and brede wynde Those that be somwhat colde of sauour ben best to eate And they that haue feuers ought to eate them rawe and rested after meate But the rosted be best ¶ For dygestyon A ¶ For them that haue had sekenesse lately and haue yll dygestyon / caused of colde in the stomake / vse them thus Cleue them in two take out the kyrnelles / and the harde skynnes that they lye in / fylle the holownisse with powdre of nutmygges / clowes and cocle sede / and somtyme is onely put powdre of cynamome / gynger / and peper and so rosted in the fyre / and it wyll conforte gretely ¶ De Marrubium Horehounde Ca. CC.lxxxiij MArrubium is an herbe called horehounde It is hote drye in the thyrde degre / some call it prassyon The leues is better in medycyn than ony parte of the herbe / the rynde next / and the floures / and than the rote The leues may be kept good one yere / yf they be hanged in shadowe It hath vertue to deuyde sprede humours / and to soften and waste them It hath dyurytyke vertue / to wtdrawe humours ¶ For the brethe A ¶ For lettynge of the brethe called asma yf it be caused of colde humour and slymy as flewme Take an electuary called dyaprassyō that hath moost myght of this herbe Or make electuary of the iuce in one parte therof and the fyfth parte of scōmed hony / and sethe them togyder tyll they be thycke / and than put powdre of dragagāt therto and lycoryce / and vse it / and yf ther be no iuce take powdre of the leues with scōmed hony and lycoryce ¶ For the cough B ¶ And for cough take the leues therof soden with drye fygges ¶ For the vryne C ¶ For lettynge of the vryne as dyssury or strangury / gyue the pacyēt the wyne that it is soden in Also the herbe soden in wyne and oyle lay it to the share and raynes And for thē that haue colyke of colde cause ¶ For emorroydes D ¶ For emorroydes swollen not rennyng make a lytell bathe in salte water / and in wyne that this herbe is sodē in / and make a supposytory of the powdre confyct with hony / or the powdre or iuce therof sodē with oyle of muske / and cottō wette therin and put in to the foundement / or vpon it ¶ For wormes in the wombe E ¶ For wormes in the bely / take powdre of the leues soden with hony ¶ For wormes in the eares F ¶ For wormes in the eares droppe the iuce of it therin ¶ For the mylte G ¶ For hardnesse of the mylte / the iuce of the rynde of the rote steped a fourtenyght in wyne and oyle / and than soden and streyned and in the streynynge put therto waxe and oyle / and make an oyntement for the same ¶ De Melle Hony Ca. CC.lxxxiiii MEl is hony and is hote in the fyrst degre / drye in the secōde / hony is made by artyfyce / and craft of bees The whyche bees draweth the thynnest parte of the floures / and partely of the thickest moost grosse / and therof maketh hony and waxe / and also they make a substaunce that is called the hony combe The tame hony is that that is made in the hous or hyues that labourers ordeyneth for the sayd bees to lodge and worke in Hony is whyte in colde places / browne in warme places And hony ought to be put in medicyns and may be kept C. yeres There is an other that is called wylde hony and is founde in woodes / and is not so good as the other and is more bytter / and therfore it is put in medycyns to vnstoppe the cōduytes of vryne / is better therfore than the other Also there is a hony called castanea bycause it is made of chestayne floures that the bees sucketh / and is bytter and dyurytyke as the other Hony hath vertue to consume / to clēse / and kepe thynges fro rotynge And is put in medycyns to delay and hyde the bytternesse of medycyns / and that the medycyns go to the botom of membres bycause of the swetnesse therof / that is medled with them Powdre of medycyns is medled with hony to kepe the vertue therof ¶ For the stomake A ¶ Agaynst colde humours in the stomake Take a drynke called mulsa that is of hony and warme water ¶ For the herte B ¶ For weykenesse of the herte and swownynge Take the brothe made of hony with some water that conforteth ¶ To clense the stomake C ¶ To clense dyrte or fylthe in the stomake and to vnbynde the bely Take nytre with hony and it clenseth ¶ For euyll colour in the face D ¶ For
fro the heed The blacke is perillous caused to falle in lytargye may mortyfye or slee ¶ De pencedano Dogfenell The mydde confolde Ca. CCC.xxx PEncedane is an herbe or wode called dogfenell or swynefenel and is hote drye Yf ye fynde pencedanuÌ„ in reâ—â—ptes it is the rote / for it hath more vertu than ony parte of the herbe / may be kept 〈◊〉 yere It hath vertue to vnstoppe the vayâ—â—s of the reynes / and therfore it is dyurytâ—ke ¶ For strangury A ¶ Agaynst straÌ„gury dyssury / agaynst stoppynge of the lyuer / and the mylte / take the brothe that it is soden in And make a playster to the share of the herbe sodeÌ„ in oyle wyne ¶ For colde humours B ¶ Agaynst colde humours in the meÌ„bres of the bulke as about the longes Take water of bacly that this herbe hath be soden in with iuce of lyroryce / yf ther be grete quaÌ„tyte of humours sethe it in wyne with iuce of lycoryce A smal bathe or wasshiÌ„ge made of water that this herbe is soden in is good to cause menstrue to flowe ¶ De petrocilio Percely Ca. CCC.xxxi PEercely is hote drye in the seconde degre / is in two maners / that is wylde tame The wylde is called synomuÌ„ Theyr sedes is cheyfly in medycynes yf percely or synomum is fouÌ„de in receptes These sedes may be kept .x. yeres haue vertue to open the conduytes of vryne but the wylde is stronger thaÌ„ the tame They be good for the dyseases that pencedane aforesayd is Sawce is made of tame percely ¶ To conforte dygestyon A ¶ The herbe soden with meates coÌ„forteth dygestyon / looseth the wyndes of the woÌ„be ¶ De policaria Ca. CCC.xxxii POlicary is hote in the thyrde degre / drye in the secoÌ„de degre It is an herbe of thre kyndes / the more / the meane / the lesse / the meane is moost behouefull in medycyns Whan it is gadred the leaues with the ryndes or stalkes ought to be baken so dryed but in medycyn ought nothyng to be put but the leaues And it hath vertuâ— to dyssolue or sprede humours / to waste deuyde them ¶ For the brethe A ¶ Wyne that it is soden in with fygges is good agaynst lette of the brethe / agaynst colde rewme of humour in the breste ¶ For the matryce B ¶ Bathe or wasshyng made of water that it is soden in clenseth the matryce and entre therof ¶ For costyfnesse C ¶ Thynne powdre therof layde to the fouÌ„dement is good agaynst costyfnesse caused of colde ¶ To breke wyndes D ¶ The leues in small boundelles soden in wyne and layde to the place greued with wyndes wasteth them and ceaseth the payne ¶ For the pose E ¶ And yf these bondelles be hette on a tyle without ony lycour / and layde hote to the heed is good agaynst colde pose ¶ De pineis Pyne trees or apples Ca. CCC.xxxiii PYnes be the kernelles wtin the pyne apples They be hote and moyst / yf ye wyll put them in medycyn / lay the apples on the fyre tyll they beÌ„ a lytell brent than take of the ryndes within and wtout put the kernelles there as it nedeth They haue vertue to sowple to moyste / to vnstoppe It is meate for them that haue apostumes in the membres of the bulke / and for them that haue lette of brethe caused of colde humour / them that haue a drye coughe / for them that haue yll coÌ„plexyoÌ„ in the lyuer that dryeth theÌ„ / or be drye of other thynge for they nourysshe encrease blode / moeue lechery / they may be gyueÌ„ to them with syrope / or with meates or electuaryes ¶ Agaynst blody flux A ¶ Agaynst blody flux of the wombe / the thycke cynde of the pyne apples is good in this wyse / whan it is newe gadred of the tree sethe it in water / and lay it on the coles and lete the pacyent take the smoke ¶ De prunis PloÌ„mes Ca. CCC.xxxiiij PLoÌ„mes be colde moyst / there be two sortes of them / black and reed The blacke be somwhat harde be the best amonge them the best be those the be called damaske plommes or damassous They ought to be gadred whan they be rype / they that wyll kepe them must cleue theÌ„ and dewe theÌ„ with vyneygre / so they may be kept in a vessell of wood But whan they be clouen they must be dryed .xv. dayes in the sonne / and than put in syrope They haue vertue to smothe polysshe the bowelles And therfore in ague feuers they be good for them that be bounde in the wombe bycause of drythe / or coleryke humours that dryeth the wombe / and therfore the grene be good to eate ¶ Of penicles or penettes Ca. CCC.xxxv PEnettes be hote drye / and be made in this wyse Sugre is soden in water so longe that whan a droppe therof is droppeth on a stone it waxeth harde and vrytyll and breketh Than this sugre so soden is layde on a stone to coole / and than is hanged on a nayle and handled chauffed with handes tyll it waxe whyte / and than is cut in small pyeces and powdre of amidon cast theron to whyte them the more and thaÌ„ they be penettes It is good meate for theÌ„ that haue feuers caused of apostumes in the membres of the breste / and for them the haue grete drought in the brest for them that be veray leane by sekenesse ¶ For the breste A ¶ Agaynst the dyseases of the breste they must be vsed with ptysan / and for leanesse of the body they may be taken alone or in meates For the same thynge an electuary called diapenidioÌ„ made of penettes is good in feuer ague / or in the apostumes of the rybbes or of the longues Penettes be bothe good meate and medycyne ¶ For the lyppes B ¶ For cheppynge of the lyppes / delay theÌ„ in water with dragagant and anoynte the lyppes ¶ For the mouthe C ¶ Agaynst fleyenge or rawnesse of the mouthe comynge of feuers / and agaynst small blysters / and swellyng there / sethe yolkes of egges in water / and than frye them tyl oyle come of theÌ„ / and with that oyle coÌ„fyct the powdre of penettes of dragagant / and amidon / anoynte the grefe This powdre confycte with syrope of roses or vyolettes is good for the aforesayde thynges ¶ De Psilio Ca. CCC.xxxvi PSiliumis colde and moyste in the seconde degre It is the sede of a certayne herbe / the whiche sede is to be had in ryne It must be gadred in somer and may be kept .x. yeres And hath vertue to moyste and refresshe or coole ¶ For drynesse A ¶ Agaynst drynesse of the tongue in a feuer ague Put this sede and bynde it in a fyne lynnen clothe / and than put it in colde water / and
/ 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
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
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
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
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
suche wyse that it shal seme as it wolde brenne Some say yf it be put in the palme of the hande that it wyl thryll through / but that is not so It hath vertue to consume / to dyssolue / to attray ¶ For strangury A ¶ Agaynst dyssury / and strangury / the stone in the bladder / and agaynst opylacyons of those partyes caused of colde humours / gyue a clystre at the pype of the â—eche with opobalsame / and oyle mustelyâ—â— / but fyrst lete the yerde be swollen â—â—yâ—fe / and wasshed without with warme water / and anoynted with opobalsame or oyle of spyknarde ¶ For ylyake passyon B ¶ Agaynst ylyake passyon / and payne of the stomake of coldenesse / take a quantyte of opobalsame with warme wyne ¶ For seames after woundes C ¶ For cycatryces or seme after woundes medle opobalsame with waxe / and lay to it .x. dayes ¶ For dayly ague D ¶ For dayly ague / fyrst make a conuenable purgacyon / and thaÌ„ take opobalsame with wyne ¶ Agaynst payne of the eares droppe of it in to them ¶ Agaynst to the ache E ¶ Agaynst the to the ache / put a lytel in to the eare in that the same syde the payne is It kepeth the deed body fro corrupcyon / for as sone as it is dissolued as moche it dooth consume ¶ De bolo armenico Ca. lvi BOlus amenus is colde and drye in the seconde degre It is a vayne of the erthe that is founde in the londe of Armeny more than in ony other plate / and therfore it is called bol armenye / or of armeny It is not contrefayt bycause it is in grete quantyte It may be kept C. yeres It hath vertue to witholde That is to be chosen that is cede all about without ony other colour / and is easy to breke ¶ Agaynst passyoÌ„ emoptoyke A ¶ Agaynst passyon emoptoyke / that is whan ony spytteth blode at the mouthe / yf it be by vyce of the spyrytuall membres that lyeth in the holownesse of the rybbes of the brest / make pylles of the powdre of bol / with gomme arabyc / and penycles / and lete theÌ„ be mengled with tysan that goÌ„me dragagant is tempred in good quantyte a day and a nyght / so moche that it be tycke in maner of agely / and therwith confect the pylles whiche the pacyent shall holde vpon his tongue / to cause them to melte go to the sayd membres aforesayd But yf the blode yssue by faute of the nourysshynge membres that is the stomake / the lyuer / the mylte / and the bowelles / lete the powdre of bol / and gomme arabyc be medled togyder in the iuce of plantayne / and gyuen togyder ¶ For the flux B ¶ Agaynst the blody flux of the bely called dyssenterie / confect the powdre of bol with the whyte of an egge / or with the hole egge / and make crespes therof / and gyue hym .ii. or .iii. in the mornynge Or elles confyct the powdre of bol with iuce of plantayne / and yf the sekenesse be aboue in the guttes gyue it at the mouthe Yf it holde more in the nether parte of the guttes than in the vpper / make fyrst a purgacyon and gyue it hym with a clystre ThaÌ„ make a playster thus Take the powdre of Bolus armenus / and confyct it with whyte of an egge / and a lytell vyneygre / and yf the dysease be more vpwardâ— than downwarde lay the playster vpon the nauyll / yf it be more benethe thaÌ„ aboue lay the playster vnto the reynes / and aboue the yerde ¶ Agaynst superfluyte of floures in women confyct bol with iuce plantayne / and wete cotten therin / and make a tent or playster and layde to the oryfyce ¶ For nose bledynge C ¶ Agaynst flux of blode of the nose medle â—ol with iuce of sanguynary that is bursa pastoris / or cassewede / and put it in to the nose with a quyll / or droppe therin / or that the powdre of bol be put in to the nose with cotton / or take powdre of bol powdre of bursa pastoris smal beten let the pacyeÌ„t drawe it in to his nose A playster made with iuce of bursa pastoris / whyte of an egge and powdre of bol / layde to the temple restrayneth the bledynge ¶ De bombace Cotton A BOmbax is cotton and is an herbe that groweth beionde the see / and in Cycyll is grete quantyte The floure is cotton / but we fynde in receptes or a sede that is put in medycyne / and is vsed in electuaryes restoracyues knowe yâ— that in the sayde electuary seminis boÌ„bacis / the sede ought to be taken well cleÌ„sed without huskes This sede is good for asmatykes / and haue theyr brethe with payne / and for tysykes / and for them that be coÌ„sumed or wasted by sekenesse or otherwyse ¶ De balaustia / floures of pomgaâ—natis Ca. lvii BAlaustia is the floure of the tree that bereth pomgamatys As this tree sholde bere fruyte / the floure semeth a lytell bunche or knop whiche soÌ„tyme falleth or is taken from the tree / is called balaustia It is colde and drye in the seconde degre It may be kept two yeres in bounte Psidia is the barke of the pomegarnat / and this barke must be taken whan the apple is rype / and the kyrnelles win it It hath vertue to restrayne and hath all the vertue that bol armenye hath / and helpeth the vomyte coleryke / flux of the bely caused of defaut of vertue contentyue ¶ Agaynst vomyt A ¶ Agaynst vomyt coleryke / breke balaustie and pâ—ydes / and sethe them in vyneygre / and wete a sponge in the sayde decoccyon / and lay it to the pytte of the stomake ¶ Agaynst flux B ¶ Agaynst flux of the bely caused of weykenesse make a decoccyon of balaustie / psides with rayne water / and with this decoccyon make fomentacyon / that is to say lete the bely be longe chauffed therw t The powdre of balaustie reioyneth wouÌ„des / in stede of bol armenye is put powdre of balaustie / but take for a generall rule whan thou fyndest ony medycyne in a recept put none other in the place of other so that thou may gete ony of that whiche is expressely named ¶ De Boragine Borage Ca. lviii ¶ Nota the pictour of boÌ„bar borago the one is put for the other BOrage is an herbe that hath rugh leues and is named bourage It is hote and moyst in the fyrst degre the leues be good in medycyne whyle they ben grene / but not dry / and next the leues take the sede It engendreth good blode and therfore it is good for them that haue be seke of late ¶ Agaynst cordyake passyon A ¶ For them that ben dysposed to fall in swowne / or ben faynt at the herte / and haue cordyake passyon / that is payne at
the herbe asquill dooth that is founde alone / as Dyascorides and Cōstātyne say This fruyte hath pyth / sede / backe or pylle / the pyth is most cōuenable in medycyne and secondly the sede The pyll is of lytel myght And colloquintide is founde in receptes / it is the sede with the pyth / That is to be chosen that contynueth whyte hath the sedes steedfast in the pythe And it is nought that rattleth whan it is remewed And yf they wey lyght with sedes in thē they ought to be cast away It may be kept .vi. yeres and better in the apple than otherwyse It hath vertue to vnbinde and cōsume by his bytternesse and hath myght dyurytyke / purgeth fleumes pryncypally / and melancolyke humours ¶ For feuer quotydyan A ¶ For feuer quotydyan / sethe an vnce of the inwarde partes of coloquyntyde and two or thre dragmes of the iuce of walwortidest ebulus / in the apple of coloquītide / and than strayne it and in the streynynge put sugre to it and gyue it to the pacyent at nyght before his acces / but the dygestes and other lyght purgacyons must fyrst be had / and after the purgacyōs this must be gyuen yf the acces abyde styll ¶ For feuer quartayne B ¶ Agaynst feuer quartayne / sethe sene in water / and put the brothe in the apple of colloquintide sethe it therin / thā streyne it / put sugre in the detoccyon and gyue it to the pacyēt before the tyme of his accesse but as it is sayde the dygestes and purgacyons ought to be gyuen afore / and yf the acces remayne this to be gyuē It is good also for olde scabbes ¶ For to the ache C ¶ Agaynst payne of the tethe / colloquityde in vyneygre wasshe thy mouth therw t ¶ For wormes in the bely medle the powdre therof with hony and gyue to the pacyēt And for chyldren put worwood therto lay it playster wyse nygh to the nauyll ¶ For wormes in the eeres D ¶ Agaynst wormes in the eeres put in thē the powdre herof iuce of arssmert ¶ For the mylt E ¶ Against hardnesse of the mylt and of the lyuer take the iuce of fenell soden in the apple herof / or take the powdre therof with the sayde iuce ¶ For to clense the matryce F ¶ For to clense the matryce / and to prouoke floures reteyned make fomentacyon with water that colloquintida is soden in The powdre of it soden in the apple with ony oyle and cotton wete therin is good for the same ¶ For emorroydes G ¶ For emorroydes sethe oyle in the apple and lay to them with coton wete therin ¶ De casia fistula Ca. lxxxiiii CAsia fystula is hote moyst aboue all degrees / for is arres is lytell It is the fruyte of a tree that bereth longe sedes / whiche by space of tyme wereth byge and longe / and the partye without by the decoccyon of the sonne hardeneth the pyth that is within / there is foūde .xx. or .xxx. of them clenynge togyder The byggest ought to be chosen for it is a token that it ought to haue moost pyth and moystnesse Yf it be very blacke it is a token that it is rype / and that that ratteleth not whan it is shaken is best / for yf it ratyll it is of lytell vertue and moystnesse / and the sede is deuyded fro the pyth Casia may be kept two yeres / and yf ye fynde casia fistula in receptes with ony weyght / as an vnce .ii. or .iii. dragmes the pyth ought to be weyed without sedes / but bycause Apotycarydes wyll not suffre it / there ought to be put with the weight as moche of the sede as there is of that whiche is weyed And whan it cometh to be cōfyct / boyle not the case with the syrope / but breke it with the syrope whyle it is boylynge hote / strayne it through a holowe case ful of holes to cause the sedes to remayne / whan ye fynde vnces in decoccyō ye ought to weye it with the barkes and sedes / and than drawe out the pyth onely in hote water and cast the sedes away than medle it with powdre of reubarbe yelowe myrabolā And it is to wyte that casia fistula is not boyled in ony medycīs but it be in oximell and in tryfera saracenica / and also it is in grete quantyte It hath vertue to louse and slake the bely and to clense the hete of the blode It appeaseth meruaylously the blode and purgeth coler and is good agaynst sharpe feuers Casia fistula taken by it selfe or with water before the purgacyon playneth the bely and is conuenable to purgacyon ¶ De cuscuta / Dodyr Ca. lxxxv CVscuta is hote in the fyrst degre and dry in the seconde It is an herbe that wyndeth about flax or lyne growynge And it ought to be gadred with the floures It may be kept two yeres It hath pryncypally vertue to purge melancolyke humours / and flewmes And therefore it is conuenably put in decoccions ordeyned for to purge the same ¶ Agaynst strangury A ¶ The water that it is sodē ī is good agaynst strangury and dyssury And yf moche therof may be had sethe it with wyne and oyle and make a playster therof to the raynes / to the bely / and to other sore / or greuous places ¶ De cardamomo Ca. lxxxvi CArdamomum is hote and drye in the seconde degre It is the fruyte or sede of an herbe This herbe bryngynge forth floures in vere maketh a hepe knop or clustre as dooth lede of rue or lyke to grapes / and therin is the sedes and ben in two maners But the gretest is the best for it is of sweter smell / and therefore the gretest is to be chosē so that it haue a lytell sharpnesse with the swete smell / drawe sōwhat to gray colour The whyte is to be refused Whan cardamomū is put in medycynes / the lytell flores must be taken away / they must be wyped with a clothe to take away the dust or powdre / the stalkes cast away It may be kept .x. yeres It hath vertue to cōfort by the swetenesse therof / and hath vertue to departe and dyssolue / and to consume by the qualytees of it ¶ For swowynge A ¶ Agaynst swowynge / and passyon of the herte caused of colde sethe it in swete smellynge wyne with a lytell cose water and vse it ¶ For the stomake B ¶ For weykenesse of the stomake and to conforte dygestyon Take with meares the powdre of cardamomū / with annys sede ¶ For appetyte C ¶ To prouoke appetyte lost / and agaynst vomyte of colde cause Confect cardamomum with iuce of myntys and wete your meet therin ¶ For the same take the sayd powdre with dry myntes or grene / sethe them in vyneygre with salted water / and wete a sponge therin / and lay
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
madde dogge Also yf they be steped in soden wyne or vnsoden make a round fygure and put it in the naturall conduyt of a woman it stynceth the blode that yssueth ¶ For the brestes B ¶ Also yf a playster be made of them with barly meale and vyneygre or wyne / and layde to the pappes it wasteth the swellyng ¶ For to haue heere C ¶ Also brent chestnuttes with huskes and all made to powdre and confyct with wyne and layde playsterwyse to the heed wyl make the heere growe / and kepe them fro fallynge / and heale the sekenesse alopyce that causeth them to fall ¶ De Cotula Ca. C.xxxv. COtula fetida is an herbe moche lyke to camomyll / but it hath an yll and stynkynge odour / and camomyll hath a good smell This herbe is hoter and dryer than camomyll / and there be two maners of it / the grete and the smal and haue lyke vertue They be best agaiÌ„st strangury and dyssury and to breke the stone in the bladder The drynke that the floures be soden in is good for the sayde maladyes ¶ For floures A ¶ For to cause the floures that be stopped to renne / and to clense the superflue moystures and to make them drye wasshe the place ofteÌ„ with the lycour that this herbe was soden in / or sethe it in oyle and make a supposytory of cotton and lay to the place ¶ De Cotilidion Ca. C.xxxvi COtilidion is an herbe / otherwyse called faler and is called timbalaria / and vmbelicus veneris It hath rouÌ„de leues thycke / and groweth on coueriÌ„ges of olde buyldynges It hath vertue colde and moyst in the thyrde degre ¶ For botches A ¶ Agaynst botches medle this herbe with shepes donge without salt and lay it playster wyse therto and ye shall se good effect ¶ For podagre B ¶ Agaynst ache of the fete called podagre sethe this herbe with oyle a lytell whyte waxe / and make an oyntement It must be gadred in vexe and in somer ¶ De catapucia Spourge Ca. C.xxxvii CAtapucia is spourge / it is hote drye in the thyrde degre / moyst in the fyrst It is the fruite or sede of a tre that is called catapucia / and whaÌ„ catapucia is founde in receptes / it is ment the fruite and not the herbe / and the barke or huske must be taken away and the that is within must be taken in requysyte quaÌ„tyte It may be kept a yere in grete vertue It is to be chosen whan it is grene / not ful of holes within / that it be not blacke but haue a whyte colour It hath vertue to purge flewmes pryncypally secondly the melancolyke / and coleryke humours It hath myght to purge aboue bycause it causeth wynde that reysteth the humours vpwarde It is gyuen to hole folke to preserue theyr helth / and to seke folke to put away theyr dyseases ¶ For feuer cotidyan A ¶ Agaynst feuer cotydyan caused of salte flewme agaynst scabbes / lete grete qualyte of the sedes be stamped and wrapped in coolewort leues / and layde vnder the hote emers a good whyle / than lete them be well wronge or pressed / and kepe the oyle that cometh therof / and whan nede is gyue some to the pacyent in his mean And by this meanes many may be deteyned For the same make clarey in this wyse StaÌ„pt the graynes of catapuce very smal and sethe them with hony / and with that hony make clarey And it is to wyte that a pounde of this sede is suffycyent for .xx. pounde of wyne / so may be made of half a dragme of this sede a lytell clarey This sede may also be soden in brothe of flesshe / of fysshe / of egges and of other meates / and yf it be thus taken it is as good for theÌ„ that be hole as for them that be seke Agaynst cotidyan of salt flewme wasshe the sedes of arache / and of rais in sethynge water with the thyrde parte of an vnce of cathapuce / than gyue them with a syrope calle siropê° acetosus ¶ For flewme B Agaynst cotydyan of flewme congyled or harde after that ye haue vsed incysyne medycyns of flewme / sethe two or thre dragmes of castoreum in wyne / and put therto the thyrde parte of this sede pyked out of the codde or huske and then streyne it and gyue it with oximell ¶ For ylyake passyon C ¶ Agaynst ylyake passyon / that is payne of the bely about the nauyll / sethe the rote of fenell and cassia ligne in water / put in to the sayd water the thyrde parte of an vnce of catapucya / and so gyuen in clystre but fyrst make it mollyfycatyfe ¶ For goute D ¶ Agaynst goute aretyk and palsey / take a syngle rose of the confeccyon called benedicta in latin / put it in wyne that hermodates hath be soden in with the thyrde parte of an vnce of catapuce ¶ To preserue helth E ¶ For to preserue helth take the fruyte of grene catapuce / and pycke it clene fro the huske and stampe it and medle it with the whyte of an egge / and than put it in to brothe or potage / so it purgeth the vyolence of heuynesse / or elles clense it as it is sayd and stamped and put in wyne and medled with esula put therto cynamom or other spyces of good sauour / gyue it with wyne ¶ For vomyte F ¶ To prouoke vomyte of colde causes in the vpperest mouth of the stomake as well to them that be hole as to them that ben seke bray the sedes therof in a morter and medle them with an herbe called wylde gourde bycause it is made of the iuce of gourdes that is called succydys / some call it oleumsuccidium / that is to say of the sayd oyle / and lay the sayd oyle on the vppermoost mouthe of the stomake And the sayde oyle that is made of cathapuce may be kept the space of a hole yere or there about iÌ„ grete vertue and strength without corruptyon and is as good to the yeres ende as at the begynnynge But who so vsed this herbe cathapuce often it bredeth moche wynde therfore whan it is takeÌ„ in medycyns it ought to be medled with other thynges that wasteth putteth away parte of the strenght therof ¶ De culcasia Ca. C.xxviii CVlcasia is an herbe that groweth moost in Egypte It hath a sharpe sauour somwhat tarte wherby appereth that it is hote and drye / and whan it is soden in water it leseth all the sharpenesse and vyscosite that was in it and becometh glewy / and therfore it is of grosse harde fedynge How be it by the sayd rauke sauour it conforteth the stomake and fasteneth the wombe / but yf it be eaten moderatly it bredeth good fedynge It is good agaynst flux of the bely called dyssyntere / by the vyscosyte
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
fetida / and growed in shadowed places and is lyke to yuy leues It is good agaynst fystula in ony parte of the body Take the rote therof .vii. vnces of vyneygre / and thre of fox grece and medle them togyder and make a playster bynde it on with a clothe mornynge and euenynge ¶ For a broken heed A ¶ For a broken heed Take the powdre of croppes of this herbe and put it in wyne / and lay it on playsterwyse / it wyll heale it And yf there be ony bone broken it wyl drawe it out / and put out ony fylthynesse of it and in suche maner it is good for ony wounde in all partes of the body Also the sede therof dronken breketh the stone in the bladder ¶ For flewme B ¶ Also iuce of the rote dronken in quantyte purgeth the flewmatyke humours of the stomake ¶ De Elitropio Chycory Ca. C.lxv. ELitropium is an herbe called spōsa solis And hath many maners after dyuers countrees / as euidia rostions / vrastropium / viscene and many other It groweth in faste groundes and medes / and is a dyuyne herbe of the body of the sonne / and hath croked braunches / and the floure is coloured as the skye and is colde in the seconde degre This herbe is good agaynst venym of bytinge / yf the iuce be put therto It is also good for the stoppynge of the mylte cause of colde / and agaynst opylacyon of the reynes ¶ For venym A ¶ Agaynst venym the iuce made with powdre and dronken put out venym lyghtly ¶ For lechery B ¶ Agaynst brēnynge of lechery bruse this herbe and lay it to the coddes and it wyll quenche the heet ¶ De eufragia eufrace Ca. C.lxvi EVfragia is an herbe that some call luminelle It hath fyue vertue The fyrst for the rednesse dymnesse of the eyen / and for these thynges it must be gadred of hym that is dyseased than put to drye / and the reednesse and payne wyll go away ¶ For the syght A ¶ The seconde yf the rote leues be steped or soked in wyne and the pacyent drynke the wyne / it wyll clere the syght ¶ For the stone B ¶ The thyrde it wyll breke the stone yf the rotes and the iuce be medled with an herbe called Gramen yf it be dronken ¶ For cardyake passyon C ¶ The fourthe yf eufragye and buglosse be egally medled in oyle olyue it helpeth the cardyake passyon ¶ The .v. Take water of eufragye stylled and put therto the thyrde parte of vygne water / so that there be an vnce of bothe and a dragme of thutic of alexandry well quenched / and of these togider a droppe put in to the eyes helpeth the syght ¶ Agaynst the fallynge euyll C ¶ And yf in the sayde water composed of the sayde two waters be soden a dragme of castoreum It wolde be a meruaylous thynge agaynst the fallynge euyl and is a specyally proprete ¶ These thynge sayth Arystotle in the quātyte of vertues of thynges Mayster Peter of Spayne that was a solempnell clerke sayth that yf eufragye be medled with fenell / rue / veruayne / relydony / bethony / and capilli veneris / and all togyder it helpeth meruaylously to preserue and conforte the syght / and wasteth the reednesse and payne of the eyen ¶ Thus endeth the names of herbes begynnynge in E. ¶ And begynneth the names of herbes that do begyn with F. ¶ De flamula Sereworde Ca. C.lxvii FLammula is an herbe so named bicause it is hote brēneth as flāme It is hote drye in the fourthe degre whā it is grene / but whā it is drye it is nought ¶ To perce the skyn without blode A ¶ To make a cautere wtout blode stampe this herbe / and lay it to the parte that ye wyl haue it and leue it there a day and a nyght and ye shal fynde the skynne brent frette a souder ¶ To breke apostume B ¶ To breke an apostume full of fylthe that hath a harde skynne ouer it / bruse this herbe with oyle / and lay it therto This oyle is medled therwith to moyst it bycause the herbe shall not moyst the place to moche ¶ For feuer quartayne C ¶ Agaynst feuer quartayne and gout arteryke some worke inwarde / and agaynst ylyake passyon do in this maner / set it in the sonne .xxx. or .xl. dayes This must be vsed in meates or other wyse to the quantyte of thre dragmes / and this oyle is good outwarde agaynst gout artetyke / ylyake passyon and stranguri and dissury / agaynst the stone yf it be mynystred with clyster ¶ De ferrugine Ca. C.lxviii FErrugo is the scomme of yren / the scales / and ben of one vertue This scomme of yren is hote and drye in the seconde degre the scales of yren is called squama ferri in latyn It is that that fleeth of the yren whan it is forged But the scomme of yren called ferrugo is that that abydeth and cleueth in the furneyse where yren is hette and forged It hath vertue to soften and to drye ¶ For to soften the mylte A ¶ To soften and vnbynde the mylte / drynke the wyne that hote yren is quenched in whan it is reede ¶ For opylacyon of the mylte B ¶ Agaynst opylacyon of the mylt of longe contynuaūce / take two dragmes of very smal powdre of scomme of yren with warme wyne it wyll prouoke vryne in grete quantyte and vomyte so moche that deeth foloweth And to delay this strength water that dyamāt hath ben tempred a nyght abateth and restreyned the vomyte This wytnesseth dyascorydes but this maner of vomyte is to peryllous ¶ For emorroydes C ¶ Agaynst emorroydes confyet very fyne powdre of scōme of yren with iuce of tapsebarbe / and lete the pacyent take coton wete it therin and lay it to the sore It is a good remedy ¶ For costyfnesse D ¶ Agaynst tenasmon that is costyfnesse / agaynst blody flux of the wombe hete the scomme of yren veray hote and droppe vyneygre theron / and lete the pacyēt receyue the fume or smoke at the foundement Dyascorydes sayth that hote brennynge yren quenched in water or wyne / the sayde water or wyne ben good for longe flux of the wombe / and for sores of the bowelles / apostume of the longes and remolycyon of the stomake Galyen sayth that it helpeth gretely The scomme stoppeth the excessyfe floures in womē But it caused payne of the stomake ¶ For to growe heere E ¶ Yf oyntement of it be made vpon the place that the heere falleth it causeth them to growe agayne ¶ De fumo terre Fumyterry Ca. C.lxix FVmus terre is hote in the fyrst degre / and drye in the seconde It it called Fumus terre Fume or smoke of the erthe bycause it is engendred of a cours fumosyte risynge from the erthe bycause it cometh out of the erthe in grete
oyle / and than sethe it streyne it / and put waxe and meale therof to the sayde streynynge and make an oyntement And the same is good to rype botches ¶ For the brest C ¶ For apostumes in the brest / fyl a bagge with meale of fenegreke sethe it in water that bysmachie / holyhocke was soden in and lay it often on the place ¶ For the stomake D ¶ Agaynst apostume of the stomake / and of the bowelles Sethe meale of fenegreke with water that malowes was soden in and lay to it This is not good for apostumes of the brest bycause it is to hote ¶ De filice Ferue Ca. C.lxxiiii FIlex is ferue It is a commune herbe The grekes call it pyterrigum ¶ For stynkyn in the body A ¶ Agaynst all rottynnesse or stynkynge in the body Sethe rotes of ferne / and egrymony in wyne of eche two dragmes and it wyll hepe meruaylously ¶ For dysease of chylderen B ¶ For a sekenesse that chylderen haue that is whan they be laxe / and that somwhat fall to theyr foundement / bruse the rotes of ferue with grece / and lay it to playster wyse on a lynnen clothe / and he shall be hole in .v. dayes ¶ For the mylt C ¶ For hardnesse of the mylt / the drynke that the rote of ferue is soden in often takeÌ„ softened the mylte and swageth the payne ¶ For synewes D ¶ Agaynst ache of the synewes and ioyntes medled the rote of ferue with grese layd playsterwyse theron ¶ For stytches E ¶ For tenaâ—mon / costyfnesse / or stytche Sethe the rotes of ferue / of tapsebarbe / malowes soden togyder in wyne or in water / lete the pacyent take the smoke therof at the foundement or in ony other paynfull place / wasshe it with the same lycour ¶ For the flux F ¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe / take the rotes of ferue / roses / wylde cresses fygge tre leues / and floures of camomylle / of eche alyke moche / and beten togyder / and sethe them in reyne water tyll the water be halfe wasted / and than receyue the smoke / and wasshe the fete in the sayde water ¶ To drawe out yren or thorne G ¶ To drawe out yreÌ„ / thorne or other thynge prycked in the flesshe Take the rote of ferue and the cynde of a fenell rote medled with hony and soden in a panne tyll it be thicke / and lay it therto and it wyl drawe it out ¶ De Fragraria Sâ—awbetyes Ca. C.lxxv FRagraria is an herbe called strabery It groweth in woodes and grenes / and shadowy places / is pryncypally good agaynst all euylles of the mylt The iuce therof dronken with hony profyteth meruaylously ¶ For the brethe A ¶ For them that take brethe with payne as it were syghynge The iuce therof take in drinke with white peper heleth it Strawberyes eateÌ„ helpeth coleryke persones / coÌ„forteth the stomake / and quencheth thyrst ¶ De Fystularia Ca. C.lxxvi FIstularia is an herbe / some call it taglossana This herbe is lyke mariorayne / but it is grener / hath a yelowe sede as .v. leued grasse The rote therof is smal browne It is pryncypally good to heale fystulaes Yf the herbe he brused and layde therto / or the iuce put in the hole of the sore The powdre of this herbe layde vpon woundes byndeth and resowdreth myghtely ¶ De faseolis Ca. C.lxxvii FAseoli ben graynes so called and be hote in the mydle of the seconde degre and moyst in the ende of the same They be knowen to be moyst bycause they drye not as other graynes / and though they drye yet they may not be kept longe therfore they brede cours grosse humours / and swellynge wyndes and engendre horryble dremes / and troublous There be of them whyte and browne and the whyte ben moyster and lesse hote / and therfore they be of grosse nourysshynge / of harde dygestyon and engendre cours humours of flewme And to make them softe they must be sodeÌ„ in water and braunched out of the huskes / and than soden in water and oyle / and comyn / and peper put therto and so be eaten Whan the whyte faceoles beÌ„ grene they ought to be purgeth fro their huskes / and eaten with salt sone / orygan / calament / comyn / and peper / pure stronge wyne dronken therto The browne faseoles be of lesse moystnesse than the whyte / and therfore they do grete operacyon ¶ De faba inuersa Ca. C.lxxviii FAba inuersa is an herbe that hath thycke and bygge leues fatte a whyte rote It is hote drye ¶ For apostumes A ¶ For hote apostumes stampe these leues with fresshe porkes grese / make a playster and lay to it It easeth the payne / rypeth it / and wasteth the heet ¶ For brennynge B ¶ To heele a brennynge / medle the iuce of this herbe medled with oyle of roses and anoynte the place ¶ De faba coÌ„muni Beanes Ca. C.lxxix FAba be coÌ„mune beanes There be dyuers maner in kynde of colde and heate For some be eaten grene / and other drye whan they be olde wydred The grene be colde and moyst in the fyrst degre they brede nourysshynge of veray grosse and rawe humours / and cause wyndes in the vpper partes of the wombe / and therfore they grene the stomake Drye beanes ben colde and drye in the fyrst degre They engendre blode not so yll and nourysshe better thaÌ„ barly for two causes One cause is / for they be of grosse thycke substaunce / and abydeth longer in the meÌ„bres And barly hath a swyfte substaunce and lyght / and deperted anone fro the meÌ„bres / and therfore it nourysshe but lytell The seconde cause is bycause the beanes cause many grete wyndes the swelle the flesshe as leneyn dooth the paste And therfore bredeth fume in the wombe that mouÌ„teth in to the heed and brayne and greueth them / and causeth many straunge dremes And for bycause that beanes of theyr nature do brede wyndes It can not be takeÌ„ away by artyfyce or craft of sethynge nor otherwyse Galyen sayth that beanes vsed in meates cause swellynge / and be harde to dygest / but by medycyne they helpe to spette out the humours of the brest longes for they haue vertue to reÌ„ne And therfore they abyde not so longe in the stomake as other cours meates do They haue all vertue to clense and to scoure / for they esâ—se the skynne outwarde yf it be wasshed ofteÌ„ with beane meale ¶ For apostumes A ¶ Yf they be layde to apostume of the brestes / or genytorys in maner of a playster they wyll sprede and dyssolue the mater And all this that we haue of theyr vertue is in theyr pyth for the rynde is styptyke hath no rennynge vertue And therfore we sethe the leues with the ryndes in vyneâ—gre gyue them to suche as haue symple
flux of the wombe by defaute of vertue contentyue of the bowelles The beanes that be whyte and thycke and not to olde ought to be taken and be dressed in dyuers maners / for they be of dyuers accyons They may be soden or rosted / they that be sodeÌ„ in water be best / for the water bereueth them moche wynde and boystousnesse specyally yf the water be chaunged in sethynge / and this maner of sethynge may be done in the huskes or coddes / and wtout them They that be soden or dressed with the huskes or coddes swelleth and be harde to digest for the styptycyte and dryenesse of the huskes letteth them to auoyde lyghtly out of the bely / the longe abydynge there necessaryly bredeth windes ¶ They that be dressed without the huskes swelleth not so moche and be soone dygested / and yf they be dressed with hote thynges as peper / gynger / or oyle of almondes it is a parfyte medycyne to prouoke the worke of lechery And yf they be put in potage with mynte / calament / or comyn theyr wentosyte is lessed ¶ They that be rosted be lesse wyndy / but they be harde to dygest But yf they be put in water after that they be rosted / eaten with myntes / orygan / and commyn / they lesse parte of theyr ventosytees Dyascorydes sayth yonge beanes noye the stomake more than the olde ¶ For apostume B ¶ Yf beanes be medled with meale of fenegreke it helpeth the apostume that cometh behynde the eares yf it be layde therto playsterwyse ¶ For the eyen C ¶ Yf they be brused or chawed and layde to the temples they lete the humours to fall in to the eyes ¶ Yf a beane be parted in two and lay one halfe of it to the place that a horsleche hath souked it wyll staunche the blade They soften the brestes that be to harde by mylke that is crudded in they ¶ For kyrnelles D ¶ Yf the be medled with glayre of an egge and olde oyle they dyssolue / and waste kernelles ¶ For the foundement E ¶ For the foundement that cometh out a souerayne remedy Take al blacke beanes and grynde them very small and sarce theÌ„ well and powdre it on the foundement than put it in agayne Than sethe the sayd meale in a panne and medle it with whyte wyne / and lete it sethe tyll it be thycke / thaÌ„ sprede it on a lynen clothe plaisterwyse lay it as hote on the foundement as may be suffred / and remeue it twyse or thryse a daye / and renewe it alway / and ye shall be hole ¶ De fungis Mussherons Ca. C.lxxx FVngi ben mussherons They be colde and moyst in the thyrde degre and that is shewed by theyr vyolent moysture There be two maners of them / one maner is deedly fleeth them that eateth of them and be called todestoles / and the other dooth not They that be not deedly haue a grosse gleymy moysture that is dysobedyent to nature and dygestyon / and be peryllous and dredfull to eate therfore it is good to eschew them / suche as eate them and feare not to fall inconuenience sethe them in water and medle them with gynger / peper / caruy / calauant / or orygan and suche other / and than drynke olde wyne / pure / and stronge And they that be of colde coÌ„plecyon / after them take grene gynger / dyateryon / pyperyon / socergenne / and reyacle The deedly mussherons beÌ„ of dyuers accyons after theyr dyuersyte / and sleeth by theyr excedinge grete colde moysture that is in the fourth degre / some slee for by theyr gleymynesse cause opylacyon and stoppynge in the vaynes and pores / brede boystous humours that renne from one membre to an other / some slee by the euyl qualyte of the place that they growe in / as by rusti yren / rotten clothe or wood or nygh the hole that serpentes brede in or they that growe by grete trees that haue glewmy humours / frothe The sygnes of them that be deedly is a slymy softenesse as they were puffed and be of thycke substaunce / and yf they lye a whyle broken they wyll rotte Yf ony eate them vnwetynge / the best remedy is to eate peper / or drynke nytre with oyle / or asshes with vyneygre / or cockes dyrte or hennes dyrte with dyneygre and hony The decoccyon of calament / of orygan of ysope and other lyke is good and lykewise cappres / rue / coÌ„myn psylle / peper / carui / oyle camamyll / and mastyke / for they helpe gretely ¶ De ferula Ca. C.lxxxi FErula is an herbe moche lyke fenell but it is hygher groweth in grete quantyte in a loÌ„de called Calabre ¶ De felice dicto os munda Heferue Ca. C.lxxxii FIlex masculus is heferue / it groweth not so hye as the other The rote therof is forked in dyuers twygges brauÌ„ches spredeth on the erthe ¶ For fallynge of the heare stampe the rote sethe it in water tyll the thrde ê‘te of the water be wasted make lye therw t wasshe the heed ofteÌ„ it wyl cause the heare to growe ¶ De fulygo Soote Ca. C.lxxxiii FVligo is the soote that cleueth fasteneth to the chymney of the smoke of woode Yf this soote be put in and powdre and crybled or sarced confyct with oyle of nuttes / and quicke syluer put therto quenched with mannes spattle and an oyntement made therwith it healeth salt flewme and spredynge tetters / probatum est ¶ De Fycu Fygges Ca. C.lxxxiiii FIcus ben fygges / some cal them coryces Ther be whyte blacke yasar sayth that the fygge is the best fruyt of all fruytes and that nouryssheth best / neuerthelesse by theyr moystnes they ingendre grosse humours The fygge is hote drye of nature But there is grete diuersyte in the heet drythe of fygges after theyr dyuers natures / for some be wylde and some tame The tame is in two maners / bothe grene and drye Also grene fygges be in two maners ¶ Some be perfitely rype and some not That whiche is rawe and not parfytely rype is lesse hote and more drye bycause the erthy partes hath moost myght / yet they haue hydde humours the gyueth them a sharpenesse and drythe in the seconde degre And Ipocras sayth that the longer the fygge is or it be rype the bygger it is and lesse hote Yf they be soden and layde vpon kyrnelles and harde knoppes they dyssolue and sprede them Yf they be medled with nitre and vineygre they be good for fystula and blaynes in the heed / yf they be medled with hony they wyll heale the bytynge of a dogge and slimy sores / yf they be medled with braunches of wylde popy they drawe brokeÌ„ bones out of woundes / yf they be medled with wax they sprede and waste apostumes ¶ The fygge parfytely rype that is yet grene and not drye is hote
colyke A ¶ Agaynst cylyke passyon sethe it in salte water and lay it playsterwyse to the bely behynde and before ¶ For the floures B ¶ To cause menstrue to slowe wasshe the naturall partes with wyne that this herbe is soden in And with the same herbe soden in oyle of muscat make a supposytory ¶ For dygestyon C ¶ To conforte dygestyon / and for payne in the stomake and bowelles caused of colde humours or wyndes / drynke the wyne that it is soden in ¶ De herba Indica Gith Cokyll Ca. C.xci. GYth is an herbe hote and drye in the seconde degre It groweth in the wheet and hath blacke sedes tryangled or syded / and is called herba Indica / but the maysters calle it Nigella / as is shewed here after in N. This sede hath vertue to prouoke vryne bycause it is somwhat bytter / it hath vertue to dysparce / and waste humours ¶ For the vaynes A ¶ For stoppynge of the vaynes of the mylte and lyuer / and lettynge of vryne as strangury and dyssury / and for ylyake passyon / or gnawynge of the bely / agaynst payne of the stomake caused of wynde For all these thynges take the wyne that it is sodeÌ„ in / and also of the powdre in meates ¶ For emorroydes B ¶ For swollen emorroydes Sethe the powdre therof in iuce of tapsebarbe and wete coton therin and lay it on them ¶ For wormes in the wombe C ¶ For wormes in the woÌ„be / take this powdre withe hony and of the same powdre with iuce of wormewoodd make a playster / lay it about the nauyll ¶ For wormes in the eares D ¶ For wormes in the eares / confycte it with iuce of arssmert or persicaria / and put it in the eares ¶ De Milio solis Gromyll / or lychwale Ca. C.xcii GRanum solis is an herbe so called and so is the sede / and is also called miliuÌ„ solis that is all one milium solis and granum solis This sede is called gramyll in frensshe and gromyll in englysshe it is clere and whyte shynynge and therfore it is called grayne of the sonne and it may be kept .x. yeres And hath vertue to cause vryne / and to vnstoppe the conduytes of it The wyne that it is soden in healeth strangury and dyssury / and lykewyse dooth the powdre therof onely put in meates / and helpeth agaynst ylyake passyon / and it is a sede gretely vsed ¶ De gallitrico Clarey Ca. C.xciii GAllitricuÌ„ is a herbe that groweth in sandy and drye places is also named centrum gally It is good to mundyfy and clense the matryce / yf the woman make a bathe ofteÌ„ with it or wasshe her often with the water that it is sodeÌ„ in is good for to cause menstrue to renne that be reteyned ¶ For the stone A ¶ For the stone the iuce of this herbe gyueÌ„ to drynke breketh it meruaylously The sede therof confyct with iuce of fenell clenseth the eyen that be full of fylthe ¶ For the fete B ¶ For the payne of the fete and the legges and for shronken synewes lete the pacyent be often anoynted with iuce of this herbe for it helpeth moche ¶ De galla Galles nuttes Ca. C.xciiii GAlle nuttes be colde and drye in the seconde degre / they be the fruite of okes There be some that be bygge and smothe without and full of â—â—â—es and they be nought But there be other foundâ— in the regyon of Asye that be smal and 〈◊〉 full of hooles / and of them the byggest be best / they haue vertue to restrayne close ¶ For the flux A ¶ For the flux of the wombe / make a playster of the powdre of galles with the gleyre of an egge and vyneygre and lay to the reynes and to the nether parte of the bely Also galle nuttes soden in rayne water and the pacyentes bely bathe therwith / is veray good / and yf the flux were blody yf yt came by vyce of the nether bowelles the water of barly that powdre of galles is soden in mynystred with a clyster helpeth moche ¶ For vomyte caused by weykenesse of vertue retentyue or by haboundaunce of coleryke humours Sethe galle nuttes in vyneygre and wete a sponge in the same and lay it to the stomake To cease menstrue the reÌ„neth to moche Bathe the persone in rayn-water that galles be soden in / or medle the powdre with iuce of plantayne / and put it in the conduyte with an instrumeÌ„t propre therfore or make a suposytory of styffe substaunce and put it in / or wete cotton in the sayde iuce and put it to the place ¶ For bledynge at the nose B ¶ For bledynge at the nose / confycte this powdre with iuce of bursa pastoris / and make a tente therof and put in to the nose and lay a playster to the temples made of galles with whyte of an egge Powdre of galles layde vpon woundes closeth and resowdreth them ¶ For dye heare blacke C ¶ To dye heare in blacke that is whyte or gray Take heuy galles not ful of holes sethe theÌ„ in oyle and wrynge them well betwene two clothes tyl they be well swollen / and that they steyne blacke than take them out of the oyle and lete them drye / make fyne powdre of them Than take the barke of the blacke rotes and stampe them well and put it in rayne water / and set it to sethe and put therto the powdre that was made of the galles / and with the same decoccyon anoynte the berde or heare / and let them drye alone / and than wasshe them with warme water that the skynne be not steyned nor thy handes ¶ De genestula woodyp Ca. C.xcv GEnestula is an herbe lyke to brome / but it is lesse and hath smaller braunches and twygges and hath a whyte floure / and a reed sede as brust or fragon / or kneholme whiche be all one but genesta hath a yelowe floure It is colde and drye / and hath myght to restrayne close ¶ For menstrues A ¶ To restrayne excessyfe menstrues The woman must be bathe with water that this herbe is soden in Or medle genestula with iuce of plantayne and make a supposytory Or make a pessayre of the sayd powdre and iuce ¶ For blody flux B ¶ Agaynst blody flux the forsayde bathe is good And the rendes ought also to be put in medycyns ¶ De genesta Brome Ca. C.xcvi GEnesta is comyn herbe The leueâ— the floures and the sedes ben good in medycyne It is hote and drye in the seconde degre and hath dyurytyke vertue This herbe prouoketh vryne openeth the conduytes of the same / bycause it is bytter and by the qualytees of complexyon ¶ For the stone A ¶ Agnynst the stone and other lettynge of vryne as strangury / and ylyake passyon or gnawynge in the bely Take two dragmes of powdre of brome soden in
be also lyke theÌ„ / but gladiolê° hath a yelowe floure / spatula hath none Whyte ireos hath many names / as gladiolus / sifo sifus / iris affryke / craticoÌ„ and matriocilon The rote of Iris is vsed and ought to be gadred in the ende of vere and may be kept two yeres in bounte The rotes of Iris and ireos be put one for an other in medycyns for they be lyke in streÌ„gth proprete This rote hath diuretyke vertue vnstoppeth the coÌ„duites of vryne and deuydeth and spredeth humours ther of / and also of the lyuer and mylte ¶ For the bulke A ¶ Agaynst payne of the meÌ„bres in the bulke as the longes / and other that serue to the brethe and agaynst opylacyon of the lyuer and mylte / of the bladder / and payne of the stomake Drynke the wyne that this rote is soden in The rote of ireos drye and put to powdre freteth deed flesshe of woundes yf it be layde theron ¶ For webbe in the eyes B ¶ For the grete webbe of the eye called paÌ„nus Make a colyre that is a thynne thyng to droppe in the eyes ¶ For payne of the herte C ¶ For payne of the herte Take the sedes of ireos with mylke of an asse or of a gote and drynke it warme / and it wyll swage the payne ¶ De Ipoquistidis Tode stoles Ca. CC.xv IPoquistidos is colde and drye of complexyon in the seconde degre It is a maner of mussheron that groweth at trées rotes / and is called rose canine / thâ—e is dogges rose They be gadred 〈◊〉 / the gleymy iuce is wronge out and 〈◊〉 sonne to drye / and is styred twâ—â—e oâ—â—hâ—â—â— euery day It ought to be kept in a place not ouer moyst nor drye for fere of corruptynge It may be kept two yeres in streÌ„gâ—h and hath vertue to restrayne / and fasten ¶ For flux A ¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe caused of coleryke humour or feblenesse of retâ—â—n â—e vertue Confyct and medle â—poquiâ—il 〈◊〉 with rose water and gyue it to the pacyâ—nt to drynke Or make a playster of â—â—â—â—â—stidos and iuce of plantayne and gleâ—â— of an egge and lay it to the reynes and â—â—ther parte of the bely ¶ For vomyte B ¶ To restreyne vomyte / lay the same to yâ— stomake ¶ To restreyne ouerflowynge of meÌ„â—â—â—e Make a supposytory of the iuce of â—â—â—â—tayne medled with Ipoquistidos ¶ De Iunipero Ienepre Ca. CC.xvi. IEenepre is hote and drye in ye. iii. degre It is also called annifrouttes or arteotides Yf Ienepre beâ—ouÌ„de in receptes it is the sedes This sede ought to be gadred in heruest and may be kept two yeres It hath vertue to deuyde sprede / and dyssolue humours / to waste and consume them ¶ For flux A ¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe caused bycause that squamony vsed cleueth to the synewes and sydes of the stomake and bowelles Sethe Ienepre sedes in water bathe the pacyent to the nauyll / and rubbe the greued partes therin ¶ For strangury B ¶ For lettynge of vryne as strangury dyssury / and wryngyng of the wombe called ylyake passyon Take the wyne that these sedes be soden in Of this herbe is made oyle in this maner Set a pot in the erthe fasten a quyll of brasse or yren in the mouthe of it / stoppe it so close that there may nothynge come out but through the quyll than â—â—ke another pot and fasten the quyll close with clay in the botom therof surely fyll this vpper pot with Ienepre woode couer and stoppe it so close that nothynge may passe but through the quyll that is in the botome Than make fyre about the potte so fylleth with woode it wyll droppe oyle in to the nether potte But though there be but lytell yet it is of grete vertue This oyle prouffyteth moche agaist feuer quartayne in this maner Gyue it to the pacyeÌ„t with his meates / or otherwyse whan the mater of the feuer is fyrst dygested / and caseth of grosse humour And also the feuer must be caused of melancolyke humour naturall and not by adustion / or brennynge of other humours ¶ For ylyake passyon C ¶ Agaynst yliake passyoÌ„ gyue of this oyle to the pacient with wyne / and anoynte the place agaynst the payne ¶ For fallynge euyll D ¶ Agaynst the fallynge euyll anoynte the thyne of the pacyentes backe with this oyle ¶ To breke the stone E ¶ To breke the stone / put this oyle in to the towell of the yerde with an instrumeÌ„t called syrynge ¶ For the brethe F ¶ Agaynst lettynge of brethe of longe tyme caused of colde / put this oyle in to the pacyentes meates or other wyse / or gyue hym wyne that the sedes is soden in with fygges ¶ De Iperyco Herbe IohnÌ„ / or saynt Iohannis worte Ca. CC.xix IPericoÌ„ is called saint IohnÌ„s wort this herbe is comune and groweth iÌ„ playne feldes and busshes / and hath many small holes in the leues / and bereth a yelowe floure It ought to be gadred in Iune or Iuly whaÌ„ it floureth and hanged in a shade to drye Yf it be founde in receptes to take yperycon to be vsed at the mouthe the floure is to be had And yf it be to make a playster or oyntement / all the herbe is to be hadde without the rotes / for they be nought ¶ For the lyuer A ¶ To vnstoppe all the conduytes of the lyuer and the mylte to take away lettynge of vryne as straÌ„gury or dyssury / gyue the pacyent wyne that it is soden in ¶ For Iaundys B ¶ For Iaundyse or payne of the stomake caused of loÌ„ge sekenesse the wyne that it is soden in Or medle this herbe grene with meale and lete the pacyent eate it Or eate the herbe with an egge and lete the pacyent contynue it .xl. dayes ¶ De Iparis vel cauda equina Ca. CC.xx. IPerium is an herbe that is called mares tayle Some call it tricamathio / other anabisit / other equilis exium / other equicialis / and other â—perium This herbe is hote and drye / and is restrayntyue / and fastnynge ¶ For flux A ¶ Agaynst blody flux of the wombe / drynke the iuce of this herbe and it wyll stauÌ„che it anone ¶ For spettynge of blode B ¶ For them that spette blode the iuce dronken is good / but it is better to chawe the herbe and to swalowe it by lytell lytell ¶ De Lambrusca Wylde wyne Ca. CC.xxi INantes and lambruske is al one whaÌ„ Inantes or Inanti is fouÌ„de in receptes it is the floure It ought to be gadred in the begynnynge of somer / and dryed in the sonne and this herbe may be kept two yeres in a drye place ¶ For cough ¶ For grete cough / sethe the floure therof in water or wyne / lete the pacyent drynke the sayde brothe Or make powdre of the floures and drynke it with
beryes in a bagge / and whan it warmed lay the bagge with powdre hete vpon the heed ¶ For yll colour in the face C ¶ Agaynst the euyll colour of the face called pannus / and agaynst a maner of reed thynges that come in yong folkes faces / and specyally to them that be sanguyne Take newe bay beryes / and put out the huskes and make fyne powdre and put it in hony and anoynte or bathe the face For the face D ¶ For euyll colour that come to women after theyr chyldynge Confyct the sayde powdre with some gall / and yf the gall be harde / tempre it with hony / and with the sayde hony tempre the powdre afore sayde Of bay beryes is made an oyle that is good for payne of the stomake caused of colde agaynst the ache of the haunches / and the oyle of bayes is made in this maner StaÌ„pe bay beryes and sethe theÌ„ longe in comyn oyle / and that that cometh out whan they be pressed is oyle of bayes And whan ye fynde leues of laurell in receptes It is ment the leues with the beryes ¶ De Lentisco Ca. CC. xliâ— LEntisce is a lytell tre that is hote and drye but moore drye than hote Whan lentylles is founde in receptes it is to wyte the leues / and somtyme all the tree is put It hath vertue to restrayne / to resoudre / and ioyne woundes ¶ For menstrue A ¶ Agaynst flowynge of menstrue excesse / and agaynst blody flux of the wombe / and agaynst vomyte caused of weykenesse of vertue retentyfe / or by grete sharpnesse of humours Sethe the leues of this tre in wyne and lay them to the nether partes of the bely / and on the reynes in maner of a playster But yf the flux be caused of the vpper bowelles lay it to the stomake / and to staunche vomyte lay it to the forke of the brest ¶ For the yerde A ¶ For hurtynge of the yerde Make powdre of the leues of this tre vpon a tyle / and lay vpon it This powdre draweth out the fylthe / and closeth and fasteneth wouÌ„des But it ought not to be vsed but yf there be fylthy matter ¶ For blysters in the mouth B ¶ Agaynst blystres in the mouthe swellynge of the lyppes Sethe the leues of this tre in vyneygre / and with the same make a gargarysme often tymes â–ª ¶ De lentibus Ca. CC.xliii â–ª LEntilles be colde sedes and drye / be better for vsage of medicine thaÌ„ for to eate and haue vertue to staunche ¶ For blody flux A ¶ For blody flux of the wombe Sethe leÌ„tylles in water tyll they become blacke / gyue them to the pacyent fastynge Isaac sayth that they be colde in the fyrst degre drye in the secoÌ„de And who that wyll serche ferther of theyr nature shal fynde that they be composed of two contrary vertues One in the rynde / and the other in the pyth For the rynde hath a sharpnesse wherby it looseth the bely / and the pyth is colde and drye and closeth and conforteth the stomake and the bowelles ¶ For flux B ¶ And agaynst flux of the wombe Sethe lentylles in warer with theyr ryndes / and whan the sayd water is strayned / put therto a lytell salte and oyle This water is good to loose / yf the fyrst water be taken away and sethe theÌ„ in another water they wyll take the vertue to loose ¶ For coleryke flux C ¶ And moreouer yf the ryndes be taken away and sethe them in two waters they wyll be better to dygest / and to restrayne coleryke flux of the wombe Howbeit generally in what maner so euer they be dressed they make grosse or cours nourysshyng and be harde to dygest and engendre me / lancolyke blode But yet they be eaten with the ryndes they fyll the brayne full of melaÌ„colyk smoke wherbi they be cause moche payne in the heed / and cause many fals ferfull dremes / and fyll the stomake and bowelles with wynde / and closeth them anoyeth them more than ony other grayne And in lyke wyse they greue the longues / the mydryfe / and the brayne / and specyally the eyen / for they drye the naturall moystnesse of them / and be euyll and vnnaturall By theyr grete dryeth they restrayne the cours of the wombe and of flewmes bycause they thycke the humours so that they may not passe through the vaynes Also lentylles soden with theyr ryndes or huskes be contrary to them that be of drye compleccyon / for they engendre in them sekenesses caused of melaÌ„colike humours as the black morfewe / tetters / canker / or lepre called leonine or elefume But nethelesse they may profyte to them that be of moyst conpleccyon / and therfore yf they be eaten with out theyr huskes they be good for theÌ„ that haue the dropsy / but they be noysom with theyr huskes bycause they brede wyndes cause the wombe to swell Lentylles that be gretest be best in medycyns / to conforte the vertue retentyfe and to warme the stomake / and to slake and put out the heate of cours humours that causeth flux of the wombe But who that wyll vse them to conforte the vertue retentyfe / or to eschew flux of the wombe caused by sharpnesse of coleryke humours / must take away the huskes and sethe them in water / and cast away the fyrst water and sethe them in an other water / and whan they be soden put threto good vyneygre / plantayn / and the leues and sede of quynces / and of medlers and other lyke thynges But for to conforte and warme the stomake / instede of vyneygre take good stroÌ„ge wyne for slacke the bely sethe them with a rache / betes / or gourdes or other thynges that be laxatyfe Also lentylles taken in meates as with powdred befe ben of euyll nourysshynge euyll meate For the drye flesshe that is courâ— of his nature / whan it is myxt with lentylles doubleth the euyll of it / and is cause to enflambe and brenne / and to brede melancolyke humours And therfore they be yll in this maner / specyally with the huskes But who so wyll take the vyce for them sethe them in two waters / and in the secoÌ„de medled vyneygre with mynte / orygan / comyn / oyle of almondes or of lisanie Dyascorydes sayth that a playster made of melylot / and celendyne / with oyle of roses and lentylles / wasteth the hote apostumes of the eye ¶ For pymples in the face D ¶ Also yf the be medled with pomegarner lyke a playster it healeth the bygge pymples or pusshes in the face / and they be gooâ— for colde chyppynge of the fete ¶ For crudded mylke in the brestes E ¶ Also yf they be medled with water of the see they be good for mylke that is crudded in womens brestes ¶ De laureola Rybbwort Ca. CC.xliiii LAureole is an herbe that hâ—â—h
De lapide armenyco Ca. CC xlix LApis armenicus is the stone of armeny It is spoken ynough of in the chapytre of Asure afore ¶ De lapide emathyte Ca. CC.l. LApis emathytes is a lytell stone that hath vertue to staunche blode As is aforsayd in litera E. Ca. Clxi. ¶ De lapide lychodemonis Ca. CC.li. LApis demonis or lychodemonis is a stone that draueth a strawe as the ambre dooth yf it be rubbe It is good for the dyseases of the longes clenseth it of all cours humours of flewme / and helpeth lytargy yf the smoke be taken at the nose ¶ For grauell A ¶ Also the powdre therof causeth to pysse / and clenseth the grauel yf it be taken with whyte wyne ¶ De lapide spongie C. CC.lii. LApis spongie is a stone that is fouÌ„de iÌ„ the spoÌ„ges of the see It hath vertue to vnstoppe the conduytes of vryne is dyurytyke ¶ De pede leonis Pedelion Ca. CC.liii LEntopedon Is an herbe called pedelion or lyons fote hath dyuers names / as oculis coÌ„sulus / pes leonis It groweth in playne feldes by dyches sydes ¶ De lactuca agresti Wylde letuse Ca. CC.liiii WIlde letuse hath dyuers names / whiche I leue / groweth in sandy places ¶ For the eyen A ¶ For dymnesse of the eyen medle the iuce of this herbe with wyne or hony with gall of an Austour or other foule of pray / and put it all medled in a glasse / and put it in the eyen thre tyme in a day or more It is a souerayne medycyne And bycause this herbe is good for to clere the syght / some say that the egle eateth this herbe whan he wyll flee hye ¶ De semine lini Lyne sede Ca. CC.lvi LInosa / lyne sede is hote and moist It hath vertue to rype / to sprede humours / to soften / to lose / and to brede gleymynesse ¶ To rype apostumes A ¶ To rype and breke the apostumes that be outwarde Make a playster of meale / of lyne sede / of the malowe rote / and of the lylly rote soden in water and porkes grese put to them layde to the sore Isaac sayth that lyne sede is hote in the fyrst degre / moyst in the myddes of the same It nourysshed lytell / and is harde and stronge to dygest / and causeth swellynge / be noysome to the stomake Whan they be roysted they haue vertue dyuretyke / aperatyue Yf they be taken with hony they be good agaynst cough caused of colde / and clenseth the brest of flewme there gadred ¶ For costyfnesse B ¶ Yf they be eaten with hony peper they encrease lechery ¶ Yf they be soden in water / and oyle of roses / put in the same and gyuen in clystre they be good agaynst costyfnesse / and payne of the bely caused of sharpnesse of humours ¶ Yf a woman haue apostume in the matryce or the oryfyce / bathe her in water that it is soden in / it wyl sprede the apostume and rype it ¶ De Lignaria Ca. CC.lvii LIgnaria is an herbe lyke lyne or fluxe But it hath a yeloue floure is whytysshe within hath wyder leues than lyne It all togyder lyke esula / but it hath no milke as esula It is chyefly good agaynst lettynge of the conduytes of the lyuer that cometh of colde / or of colde humours / and for the same sethe lignaria or saynt IohiÌ„s worte in water / and lete the pacyent drynke it that hath Iaundis / and it wyl recouer his colour / yf he haue none excesse / but it is better soden in wyne ¶ For the stomake A ¶ The wyne that lignaria is soden in is good for payne of the stomake and hardenesse of the mylte ¶ De lentycula aque Grenes / or ducke meate Ca. CC.lviii LEntylles of the water ben called frogges fote It is a lytell rounde wede that groweth swymmynge on the water in pondes / and styll waters ¶ For canker A ¶ It hath vertue agaynst canker yf it be stamped the iuce and all medled with porkes grese and layde playsterwyse on the canker it sleeth and healeth it ¶ De cynoglossa HondestoÌ„ge Ca. CC.lix LIngua canis is an herbe called cinoglossa It hath hote vertue in the seconde degre / and moyst in the fyrst ¶ For bytynge of venimous beestes A ¶ For bytynge of a venimous beest the iuce of it prouffyteth moche ¶ For the eyen B ¶ Agaynst reednesse / swellynge / and dymnesse of the eyes / put the iuce in the eyen / the herbe stamped on them ¶ To rype apostumes C ¶ To rype or breke an apostume This herbe soden and medled with swines grese breketh and purgeth it ¶ To drawe out thornes D ¶ Yf it be bruseth and layde on the pâ—ykkynge of a thorne it wyll drawe it out ¶ For fystula E ¶ For fystule / this herbe layde playster wyse theron wydeth the hole healeth it ¶ For shakynge of the heed F ¶ This herbe eaten is good for shakynge of the heed / and maketh the throte and the brethe smothe and sowple ¶ For the flux G ¶ This herbe is good for flux of the woÌ„be yf the fete be wasshed in the water that it is soden in ¶ De lingua hircina Buckesshorne Ca. CC.lx. LIngua hircina is an herbe the hath leues lyke langdebefe / but it is lytell of a fynger length / hath a browne floure / or of vyolet colour ¶ For the stomake A ¶ It clenseth the stomake and refreyneth the grete heate / and healeth brennynge of fyre yf it be soden and layde therto ¶ De gommi lacca Ca. CC.lxi LAcca is a gomme hote and drye in the seconde degre It is the gomme of a tre that groweth beyonde the see and it vnstoppeth the opylacyon of the lyuer / and conforteth it ¶ For Iaundys ¶ It is good agaynst Iaundys and dropsy But it must be dyscretely taken yf it be wasshed it is better / and therfore it is had in electuary called dyalthea / ordeyned for those dyseases ¶ LaÌ„ceolata LoÌ„ge plaÌ„tayn Ca. CC.lxii LAnceolata is called lytell plaÌ„tayn It is good for bytynge of venymous beestes / the iuce dronken and the herbe layde on the sore ¶ To close woundes A ¶ To reioyne and close woundes Make oyntement of the iuce therof with porkes grese / shepes talowe / terbentyne / frankensence and waxe all molten togyder ¶ De lactuca leporina Hares letuse Ca. CC.lxiii HAres letuse hath leues lyke cicore and groweth in sandy places and spredeth on the grounde / and in the myddes therof spryngeth a floure ¶ For venym A ¶ This herbe taken and dronken is good agaynst bytynge of venymous beestes / for theÌ„ that haue taken ony venymous thiÌ„ge ¶ De lapaceola Lytell burre or clyuer Ca. CC.lxiiii Lapaceola is the lesse burre / and it bereth no floures but it bereth a sede that cleueth lyghtly as the
dragagant Make also a playster of mommye and of tan that is a powdre made of oken barkes with vyneygre and gleyre of an egge Yf the cause be of the lowe bowelles lay the playster to the nether ende of the bely / and to the raynes And yf it be of the hye bowelles lay it to the nauyll ¶ To steynt the excedynge flux of the menstrue / take athanasia and powdre of mommye in suposytory ¶ To ioyne woundes D ¶ Powdre of mommye layde on wouÌ„des ioyneth and resoudreth them ¶ De Mandragora Mandrake Ca. CC.lxxviii MAndrake is colde and drye / but the auctours determyne not in what degre There be two maners the male / and the female / the female hath sharpe leues Some say that it is better for medycyne than the male / but we vse of bothe ¶ Mandrake the male ¶ Mandrake the female ¶ Some say that the male hath fygure or shape of a man And the female of a woman / but that is fals For nature neuer gaue forme or shape of maÌ„kynde to an herbe But it is of troughe that some hath shaped suche fygures by craft / as we haue soÌ„tyme herde say of loboures in the feldes The rynde of the rote of Mandrake is pryncypally good for vse in medycyne The fruyte next And thyrdly the leues The rynde of the rote of mandragora may be kept two yeres in vertue / and so loÌ„ge it may be vsed in medycyns It hath myght to kele / to staunche / and somwhat to mortyfye / to cause slepe ¶ To cause slepe A ¶ To cause one to slepe in a feuer ague confyct the rynde of mandrake with womans mylke and whyte of an egge / and lay it to the foreheed and temples ¶ For heedache B ¶ For the payne of the heed caused of heet Stampe the leues and lay them on the teÌ„ples / and anoynte the heed with oyle that is made in this maner Bruse the apples of this herbe mandragora / and lay it a grete whyle in oyle / and than sethe it a lytell / whan it is streyned it is called oyle of maÌ„drake It is meruaylous good to cause slepe / and helpeth agaynst payne of the heed yf it be caused of heate anoynted therwith about the temples and foreheed / and also yf the pulces be anoynted therwith it coleth meruaylously the heate of feuer ague ¶ For apostumes C ¶ Agaynst apostumes the places anoynted with this oyle at the begynnynge putteth the matter out yf the fruite or leues of mandrake be brused and layde therto / or at the leest the powdre of the leues with the iuce of some colde herbe ¶ For the flux D ¶ For flux of the wombe caused by sharpenesse of coleryke humours / anoynte the woÌ„be and all the rydge bone with the oyle of it / and mynystre a clyster therwith also This herbe of some is called Antimon or Androporeos / and the sede abbaloros ¶ De Meu Ca. CC.lxxix MEu is an herbe the rote therof also hyght meu Some call it sistra / that is dyll but sistra is another herbe The rote of meu ought châ—fely to be put in medycyns / and may be kept two yeres / and is hote and drye in the sâ—conde degre It hath vertue to vnstoppe the wayes of the conduytes of vryne / and is dyuretyks by the subtylnesse therof / and hath vertue to withdrawe / and waste humours by the coÌ„plexyon and qualyte The wyne or water that meu is soden in is good agaynst opylacyoÌ„ of the lyuer and the mylte caused of colde And also agaynst straytnesse of vryne called dyssury and straÌ„gury / and is best in somer / and to yong folkes gyue the water that it is soden in And in wynter to olde folkes gyue the wyne Powdre of meu taken in meates or drynkes with fenel sede wasteth and putteth out the wyndes of the stomake / and of the guttes / and conforteth dygestyon ¶ For Costyfnesse A ¶ Agaynst costyfnesse caused of colde sethe this herbe in wyne / and lete the pacyent syt therin in maner of a lytell bath / and than lay the herbe on the foundement The powdre therof coÌ„fyct with hony and layde theron is a conuenable solue ¶ De citonijs Quynces Ca. CC.lxxx MAla citonia beÌ„ quynce apples yf they be gadred with a lytell of the stalke / hanged therby they may be kept a yere in a colde place or regioÌ„ and halfe a yere in a warme They haue myght to restrayne and to conforte / and be of more vertue grene than drye ¶ For vomyte A ¶ Agaynst vomyte and flux of the wombe caused of heet and of retentyfe weykenesse Eate quynce apples rosted or tawe But yf it be for vomyte take them after meate ¶ For flux of the wombe B ¶ For flux of the wombe Sethe quynce apples in rayne water and bruse them and lay them warme to the skare of the bely / to the raynes And yf the flux is caused by the vyce of the bowelles benethe / lay the playstecwyse about the nauyll And yf it be by vyce of the bowelles aboue / lay it to the stomake in the forke of the brest and it wyll staunche it Another maner is thus Bruse grene quynces / and streyne the iuce / confyct it with theyr powdre / and put therto a grayne or fruyte called Sumac The powdre of them eaten coÌ„forteth the stomake and prouoketh it and stauncheth Of these apples is an electuary made called dyacytonyten in this maner Sethe quynces in water and than take the owtwarde partes that ben blacke and vnclene away and kepe that whiche is of good and swete smell and with the sedes or kernelles and the substaunce therof do in this wyse Take a colender or a paÌ„ne with holes wyde ynough and therin lete the sayde quynces be well handled tyll they be thynne and so softe that they passe thorowe / that that is harde bete agayne and passe it through the coleÌ„der / and put therto hony of egall quantyte / and sethe it / and whan it is well sodeÌ„ put therto powdres of spyces that belonge to the recept of dyacytonyteÌ„ whiche is wryten in the boke called Antidotary / but whaÌ„ they be put in it must be alwaye styred / than taken from the fyre and be powred on a fayre borde and there to be made thynne and slyced And this diacitoniten is called dyacitoniten exiporium Dyacitoniten coÌ„forteth dygestyon / and is good for them that come out of sekenesse The kyrnelles in the quynces haue vertue to moyste / to smothe and soften / and therfore brothe that they be soden in is good for them that ben drye as of ptysyke or ethyke / and the sayde brothe is coÌ„uenable in syropes for them ¶ For the tongue C ¶ For roughnesse of the tongue / put these sedes or kernelles in a fyne clothe wette in water and wasshe the tongue therwith / an herbe
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
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
¶ For venym A ¶ They ought to be eaten agaynst venym with rue The drye nuttes be of .iii. maners or sortes For some there be newly gadred / and some olde gadred / and some meane betwene bothe The newe gadred be moyst in coÌ„paryson of the other / and haue a lytell gleyuynesse / and be wyndy and be somwhat styptyke But the older they be the more they lese the moystnesse that they had and habounde in fatnesse of oyle / and therfore yf they be eaten they ben sone torned in to coleryke humours But they that be veray olde haue so moche of that fatnesse that theyr sauour is lyke olde oyle / therfore they be not good in meates They that be meane be greuous also to the body and stomake / be harde to dygest / specyally of theÌ„ that be hote drye coleryke be coÌ„trary to theÌ„ that haue the cough caused of heate And yf we coÌ„pare hasyll nuttes to wall nuttes we shall fynde the wall nuttes of better fedynge / bycause they haue a stedfast substaunce and be not so fatte and oyly / and the nuttes be agaynwarde / and therfore they nourysshe lesse and be alwayes greuous / contrary to the synewes of the stomake / yf they fynde not the stomake well tempered or that it haue suche coldenesse as may abate the heate of the nuttes / and in suche a stomake they be of good fodynge and dygestyon / and in a hote stomake they brenne / parche / and tourne the humours in to coleryke and cause fume that asceÌ„deth in to the heed and eyes and troubleth the brayne syght But to delay theyr malyce they must be powned in a morter and layde all nyght in warme water that they may haue moysture therof / and so they do become lyke to the grene nuttes They be good in medycyns / for yf they be eaten afore other meates with fygges they kepe the body fro all venymous thynges ¶ For bytynge of a wood dogge B And yf they be stamped with salte an ony on they be good for bytiÌ„g of a wood dogge yf it be layde therto ¶ For apostumes C ¶ Also yf the be medled with rue and hony they be good agaynst apostumes of melancolyke humours / and they sprede and waste flewme layde to the places and yf they be stamped with the ryndes and layde to the nauyll they destroye apostumes within the body A dragme and a halfe eaten is good remedy agaynst lettynge of vryne and yf it be taken with vyneygre it is good agaynst feuers ¶ For tetters D ¶ Agaynst tetters spredynge and not spredynge Spette it in your hande / put salte therto and medle them togyder and rubbe the tetter and scrape it with a knyfe / thaÌ„ anoynte it with iuce of a nutte and it shall be hole ¶ De Nute vomyca Spewynge nuttes Ca. CCC.xi SPewynge nuttes be hote and drye The inner partes is vsed and not the ryndes They haue power to cause vomyte and purge flewme and coleryke humour in this maner Yf flewme or coler habounde in the mouthe of the stomake / sethe the powdre therof with fenell sede / and yf there be flewme take the water with oâ—â—â—mell / and yf there be coler take it with â—â—egre syrope ¶ De Nigella Cokyll Ca. CCC.xii NIgella Cokyll is hote and drye in the thyrde degre It is the sede of a wede that growed in wheete in watery places / and this sede may be kept .x. yeres It hath a tryangle fygure / and hath thre sydes or corners / and a blacke colour / and hath a byter sauour / and for the substauÌ„ce of bytternesse it hath aparatyue and dyurytyke vertu / and deuydeth and spredeth flewme and wasteth wyndes by the qualyte ¶ For wormes in the wombe A ¶ A playster made of the meale of cokyll with iuce of wormewood / and layde to the nauyll sleeth wormes in the wombe / and specyally in chylderen / and for them that be grete / confycte this meale with hony / eate it The sayde meale of cokyll moysted in vyneygre and dropped warme in to the eares sleeth the wormes there ¶ For vryne B ¶ Agaynst lettynge of vryne / be it strangury or dyssury Agaynst gnawynge of yeâ—ulke called ysyake passyon Take the wyâ—â— that this sede is steped all a nyght / and â—ot sodeÌ„ for it wolde do to moche wyoleÌ„te â—â—lke Constantyne sayth that whan it is taken in to grete quantyte it sleeth But who so hath grete quantyte put it in a bagge and sethe it in wyne and oyle / and than lay the bagge therwith hote to the raynes and share for the sayde dyseases ¶ For scabbes C ¶ Also sethe the powdre of cokyll in grete quantyte in stronge vyneygre / and lâ—te it sethe tyll it be somwhat thycke / and than put nutte oyle therto / and make an oyntement therof that is good for the scabbe / taketh away tetters / ferkles of the face â–ª ¶ De Nespilis Medlers or open arses Ca. CCC.xiii NEspile be medlers or nelles Theyr propryete is to conforte the stomake and to staunche blody flux of the wombe caused of coleryke humours / and to staunche vomyte caused of the same / they prouoke vryne / and be more behouefull for medycyns than for meate For they nourysshe but lytell / and be better afore meate than after / and be not greuous to the substaunce of the stomake and senewy sydes therof ¶ Thus endeth the herbes begynnynge with N. ¶ And here begynneth the names begynnynge with O. ¶ De basilicone Basyll Ca. CCC.xiiii OXinium / that is a comyn herbe called basyl / and is of .ii. kyndes or sortes One is called basill gentyll / or fyne basyll / a hath smal leues / and the other hath longe leues The basyll gentyll is of more vertue thaÌ„ the other hath a smel lyke clowes And Constantyne sayth that this Basyll is hote in the fyrst degre drye in the seconde But the other is hote drye in the fyrst degre The sedes and the herbe be good for medycyns / and whan basylycone is founde in receptes / it is the herbe / and specyally in oyntementes The sedes haue vertue to staunche by the glemynesse that they haue and that is sene anone whaÌ„ the be put in water they swelle be thycke and of them cometh a glemynesse These sedes conforte by theyr good odour / haue vertue to departe and sprede humours and may be kept .iij. yeres ¶ For swownynge ¶ Agaynst swownynge and fayntnesse of of the herte Take rose water that this herbe is soden in For the same take wyne that the herbe hath lyen in all a nyght ¶ For the stomake B ¶ For coldnesse of the stomake Sethe a grete dele of it in wyne / but it is better in must / and whan it is soden put whyte wyne therto in good quantyte It is confortable and smelleth swetely / and is good
for the dyseases aboue sayde / and agaynst vndygestyon of the stomake caused of colde The sede of basyll with a lytel of cadacace that is iuce of sloes thyckened soden in rayne water and gyuen to the pacyent ¶ For the matryce C ¶ For to clense the matryce / for the stynted menstrue Sethe this herbe in water make a lytell bathe about the orifyce / and make a supposytory of the tender croppes of this herbe and lay to the place Constantyne sayth that the iuce of this herbe put in to the matryce with an instrument for the same clenseth the matryce / and maketh it redy to conceyue / and cause the mēstrue to renne This herbe soden in wyne and oyle layde to the hyppes and the bely is good for the ache of the wombe And yf it be layde to the reynes it helpeth agaynst costyfnesse that is called tenasmon ¶ De Opoponaco Ca. CCC.xv. OPoponaco is hote drye in the fyrst degre Opos in greke language is as moche to say as iuce And opoponac is an herbe so called It is the iuce of vax Vax is an herbe lyke to ferula to foresayd Opoponac is made ī this maner a pitte is made rounde about the rote of this herbe / and the rote is clouen / and therout cometh a lycour that hardenet therto by the heate of the sonne / and than it is scraped away fro the barke of the rote Opoponac is to be chosen that is of clerest and bryght substaunce / and a browne colour And whan it shall be put in medycyne it must be clensed in this maner It is put in a small vessell and that vessell is put in to an other so that no water come to it / and by heate of the water the purest dooth melte / and the couesest and erthy gooth asyde Than the purest is put in medycyns after the quantyte of the recept Smoke or fume made of opoponac is good agaynst lytargy the slepynge euyll For it lesseth and spredeth the mater that is cause therof / and purgeth it gretely vndernethe ¶ For hoorsnesse A ¶ Pylles made of rounde droppes that is founde in opoponac is good agaynst hoorsnesse caused of colde And they may be takē alone with a rere egge For the same / put opoponac all a nyght in the iuce of an herbe called horehounde / and in the mornynge hete the iuce and put hony therto and make a confeccyon in maner of an electuary ¶ For colyke passyon B ¶ For the colyke or ylyake passyō put opoponac in iuce of fenell / and in the morning bete them togyder and suger therto / and gyue it to the pacyent / but fyrst take a clyster The moost that may be gyuen of opoponac is .iii. dragmes ¶ For the moder C ¶ To cause the moder to flowe / and to cause the deed chylde to yssue out of the wombe and the skynne that it lyeth in Make a supposytory of Opoponac medled in oyle of muske / and iuce of wormwood and put in to the conduyte Opoponac taken with iuce of wormwood hony sleeth worme in the wōbe / a playster of opoponac healeth broken and slayne synewes ¶ De Opio Ca. CCC.xvi OPium is colde and drye in the fourthe degre And is of two maners One is called opiū the bayke / by cause it is made in the countre of Thedes It is the iuce of popy / as shall be shewed afterwarde The other is called opium tranensiū / that is assa fetida / spokē of afore But we wyll speke nowe of Opium made of popy / and is made thus A carfe or clyfte is about the heed of popye or in the leues and the mylke that cometh out cleueth to the knoppe / and than it is gadred and is called opimum / cometh out of Thebes and is the best / and hath an horryble taste is neyther harde nor softe / and hath a browne colour / and is kept .ix. yeres It is put in medycyns to delay the heate of them / and the compost medycyns that they be put in be called opiates It hath vertue to staūche and to slee But in hote medycyns it hath not that effecte bycause heete of spyce letteth it ¶ To cause slepe A ¶ To cause a seke persone to slepe Medle opium in womans mylke / and put powdre of mandragora therto / and to anoynte the apostumes / as the apostume called erisipile that is caused of coleryke humours And as herpes / that is an īpostume that is reed and eaten rounde about Confyet opium with iuce of an herbe called knotgrasse or corrigiole / or with iuce of henbane / and make a playster therto ¶ To cause slepe B ¶ The quantyte of a grayne or sede of a fyche of opiū taken in the body astonyeth and mortyfyeth all the wyttes of man in suche maner that he feleth no payne causeth hym to slepe ¶ To delay ache C ¶ To take away ouer grete payne / cōfyct opium with womans mylke oyle of roses and make a playster / and though it helpeth to mortyfye for the tyme / yet it noyeth afterwarde / bycause it kepeth the mater in the place fro spredynge ¶ De Origano Brotherworte Ca. CCC.xvii ▪ ORiganum is hote and drye in the .iii. degre And of it is two maners One is wylde that hath broder leues / and is of stronger operacyon than the other The other is tame and groweth in gardyns / hath lesse leues and is of softer operacyon it ought to be put in medicyns It ought to be gadred whan it bereth floures / and dryed in a shadowy place But in medycis the stalkes must be casten away / it may be kept a yere It hath vertue to drawe sprede humours / to lose waste wyndes ¶ For the pose A ¶ Agaynst colde pose / put the leues floures in a bagge / and lay it veray warme to the heed / and couer it well tyll ye sweate The brothe that it is soden in bobled in the mouthe wasteth the humours in the gommes and throte The powdre therof layde on the dygge of the tongue wasteth and delayeth the moystnesse therof ¶ For the brethe B ¶ Against paine of the brethe called asma yf it be caused of colde / take the wyne that it is soden in with fygges / and the powdre therof confyct with hony / and taken with warme water The wyne that it is soden in conforteth dygestyon / and ceaseth payne of the stomake and bowelles / small fasiolles of this herbe soden in wyne and layd to the reynes is good agaynst lette of vryne and to them that pysse dropmeale ¶ For costyfnesse C ¶ For costyfnesse wherby the foundement cometh out / yf it come of colde / put the powdre of orygan on towe and lay it to the foūdement whyles it is out This herbe well soden in wyne and oyle layde to the matryce mollyfyeth it ¶ For the matryce D ¶ Bathe made with
as vermyllon or a thycke iuce It may be kept .xx. yeres / and hath vertue to restrayne ¶ For bledynge at the nose A ¶ Agaynst bledyng of the nose / put the powdre therof in the nose and wrynge the nose thrylles that the powdre may cleue to the vayne that is open / lay a playster therof to the forheed / and on the temples / with glayre of an egge and rose water ¶ For spettynge of blode B ¶ For them that spette blode caused in the bulke Make pylles of the powdre therof and of gomme arabyke / and ptysame that dragagant hath be molten in and lete the pacyent holde it on the tongue / and whan it is all relented swalowe them ¶ For the floures C ¶ Supposytory made of dragons blode with iuce of sanguynary / restreyneth the floures that ben to superflue yf it be put in the preuyte ¶ Squinanto Camelles strawe Ca. CCC.lxxxvi SQuinant is an herbe that is called camelles strawe bycause camelles do eate it It is hote and drye in the thyrde degre / and is founde in araby and astryke and it may be kept .x. yeres Suinant is to be chose that hath whyte or yelowe colou◠and that that is harde as wood is nought It hath myght to purge flewmes / and is not put alone in medycyns but is medled with other thynges purgynge flewme as polipody / and coloquintida ¶ For the floures A ¶ Dyascorides sayth that yf squinant be soden in wyne / and is layde to the membres genytalles / it causeth the floures in womē that is stopped to flowe and clenseth the matryce and openeth the lette of vryne ¶ De semine napei Musterde sede Ca. CCC.lxxxvii SEneuey is hote and drye in the myddle of the fourthe degre The herbe is not put in medycyne but the sede / may be kept .v. yeres Whan napei is founde in receptes it is the seedes of seueuey It hath vertue to sprede humours ¶ For the tongue A ¶ Agaynst percussion of the tongue Chawe this sede holde it longe vnder the tongue ¶ For the membres B ¶ For percussyon of all other membres Put this sede in a lytell bagge and sethe bagge and all in wyne and lay it to the sore place ¶ For apostumes C ¶ For apostumes stampe the herbe with porkes grece and lay to them ¶ For the feuers D ¶ A bath made to the nether partes with water that these sedes is soden in causeth the floures to flowe / and openeth strangury and dyssury ¶ For the palsey E ¶ The herbe soden in wyne olye is good agaynst palsey / and lette of the vryne ¶ For the anela F ¶ The wyne that the sede is soden in with dragagāt is good to drye the humydytees of the anela or briyne and about the throte yf a gargarysme therof be made ¶ De Sarcocolla Ca. CCC.lxxxviij SArcocolle is hote and drye in the thyrde degre It is the gomme of a tre that groweth beyonde the see Sarcocolle is to be chosen that is whyte and gommy and is in grete lompes That that is in powdre is nought / for it is countrefayt / falsed with medlynge of other powdres ¶ For bledynge at the nose A ¶ A playster made of sarcocolle with whyte of an egge and layd to the temples is good for bledynge at the nose and agaynst humours that fall in to the eyes ¶ For the webbe in the eye B ¶ The powdre of sarcocolle confyct with rose water and dryed in the sonne wasteth the webbe in the eye and clereth the syght ¶ For costyfnesse C ¶ The powdre of sarcocolle layde on hote coles and the smoke taken benethe is good for costyfnesse ¶ De stycados cytryne Ca. CCC.lxxxix STicados citrine is called barba iouis or arbidos / or aragijs / and hercules grasse / and is hote and drye in the seconde degre It bereth a floure in prymtyme / and than sholde be gadred and it may be kept a yere It spredeth and wasteth humours and hath dyurytyke vertue / that is it openeth the cōduytes of lyuer of vryne ¶ For the bulke and the stomake A ¶ The wyne that it is soden in with dragagant warmeth the partyes of the bulke and clenseth them Also it warmeth the stomake and the bowelles And it is also good for the colyke / and to open the mylte And agaynst lette of vryne / be it strangury or dyssury There be two kyndes of stycados that is to wyte arabyke and cytryne / and bothe of them be appropryed to the synewes and the brayne ¶ De stycados Arabyke Ca. CCC.xc STicads arabyke is an herbe that groweth in sharpe places hylles and hath leues lyke rosmary / but they be whyter / hath a floure lyke a tuste whiche hath good a odour with a lytell bytternesse therwith The floure is better in medycyns than the leues / and so it ought to be taken in receptes / and the floure ought to dryed and may be kepte a yere It is hote and drye in the seconde degre / bycause it hath bytternesse also pontycite is eygre it is cōfortable / resolutif openeth the conduytes of the body / and putteth out rottennesse and conforteth the herte and membres of the bulke but it greueth the stomake that hath moche coleryke humour / therfore the stomake must be purgeth or it be vsed ¶ For the synewes ioyntes A ¶ The oyle that is made of the floures ▪ is of the vertue of camomyll to all aches of the synewes Ioyntes caused of moystnesse and colde ¶ For the brayne B ¶ It is good also for them that be dyssy or amased or that fall and taketh away all dyseases caused of stoppyng and heuynesse of the brayne And openeth the opylacyon of the mylte and lyuer caused of colde humours And is good agaynst feuer quartayne and longe dyseases ¶ De satirione Gāgelō or hare ballockes ¶ Ca. CCC.xci SAtirion is an herbe otherwyse called priapismus / guyos / eucarion / sarapias / orris / testiculis leporis / neme / and baram It groweth on hylles playne feldes / and is hote and drye in the thyrde degre / and it hath vertue to drawe ferre thynges / and therfore it helpeth lechery / and them that be goutty / satirine ought to be put in medycyne At the rote be two thynges as ballokes that be good in medycyns / whan they be grene they be confyct with hony / and aydeth lechery / but better it is confict them with dates / pignons and hony ¶ For the webbe in the eye A ¶ For the webbe in the eye Make a colyre and put it in the eye it wyll take it away And also the spottes that abyde after sores yf the rote be stamped and layde to it ¶ De Cichorea Chycory Ca. CCC.xcii SPonsa solis is chycory It is colde and moyste in the seconde degre It is called incuba / solsequium / elitropium /
emachates / and vertonon It groweth in vnlabored places and feldes / it semeth that it hath as it were a diuyne vertue / and foloweth the sonne It hath croked and wrythen stalkes / and the floure is of the colour of the skye WhaÌ„ the sonne ryseth this floure openeth / and it closeth whan the sonne gooth downe ¶ For venym A ¶ This herbe eateÌ„ is good agaynst venim and so is the iuce yf it be dronken / and also agaynst bytynge of venymous be stamped and layde theron ¶ For the lyuer B ¶ The iuce openeth the opylacyon of the lyuer / and mylte caused of heate ¶ De strofularia Ca. CCC.xciij STrofulary is an herbe the groweth in stedfast places and spryngeth in somer and prymetyme / and spredeth and stretcheth on the erthe ¶ The rote of this herbe dryed and put to powdre with hony maketh an electuary that is good to eate agaynst kernelles the kynges euyll takeÌ„ fastynge in the mornynge and euenynge / lete the pacient fast tylk ix of the clocke or make small wrethes or frytures drynke halfe a pynte of good whyte wyne after it ¶ De spodio Yuery Ca. CCC.xciiij SPodium is the bone of an olyphaÌ„t brent It is hote in the seconde degre and drye in the thyrde The olyphaunt hath bones that be as harde and styffe as tethe / they be not brent but many thynge he made of them as combes and tablets there be other bones full of marough that he brent and is called spodium It is countrefayt with dogges bones / and somtyme with brent marble / but that is to hâ—uy Spodium is chosen that is not to lyght is whyte It is not veray dere / and yet it hath grete vertue It is put in syrope to refresse ¶ For blody flux A ¶ The powdre therof dronken with iuce of plantayne is good agaynst blody flux of the wombe / and for them that spette blode ¶ Powdre therof put in the nosethrylles stauncheth bledyng And it quencheth and delayeth thyrst ¶ De strucio Ca. CCC.xcv STruciuÌ„ is an herbe that groweth in rudges and stony places nygh to the see And hath whyte leaues in maner of cotton or wolle and is better grene thaÌ„ dry and yf the stalke therof be wette in oyle it brenneth lyke a candel It is called wylde cowles in frenche / and some call it bratica This herbe is hote and drye in the seconde degre Yf semine caliculi is fouÌ„de in receptes / it is the sede of this herbe ¶ To sprede humours A ¶ The iuce of this herbe is called Mabathematycon / and hath vertue to sprede â—umouts and to deuyde / and the leues ought to be put in salues and oyntementes ¶ For the palsey B ¶ Agaynst palsey or lamenesse yf it be in the tongue or other partes lay the leues soden theron ¶ For lytargy C ¶ Agaynst lytargye blowe the powdre of the sede in to the nose / or elles sethe the sede therof and iuce of rue in stronge vyneygre and rubbe the hynder parte of the heed therwith ¶ For the vryne D ¶ A lytell bathe made of the leues in wyne soden vnstoppeth the conduytes of vryne / and causeth menstrue to renne ¶ A playster of the leues soden in wyne wyle prouoketh vryne yf it be layde about the yerde / and the yerde put in oyle of strucium And in that wyâ—e the auctour of this boke / healed the stoppynge of vryne The iuce of this herbe ought be wrongen out dryed in the sonne / and so hardened may be kept two yeres ¶ De caude stinceris Ca. CCC xcvi STinces be small fysshes that be fouÌ„de in fresshe waters lyke to lyzardes and be fouÌ„de in the loude of poole / but thei that come from beyonde the see be better / they be hote and drye And they greue the body sore for they be of to grete vyolence It the moost take but .v. dragmes .iij. is suffycyeÌ„t ynough And take them with dyamargariton / or dyapenidon / or vse them with hony They be put in dyaratirioÌ„ that is ordeyned therfore ¶ Scordeon Wylde garlyke Ca. CCC.xcvij SCordeon is wylde garlyke It is hote and drye in the thyrde degre It ought to be gadred whan it bereth floures The wyne that it is soden in clenseth the bulke of flewme ¶ For the stomake A ¶ Agaynst payne of the stomake and entrayles caused of wynde / and to open the pypes of the lyuer and mylte caused of colde and agaynst lettynge of vryne the sayde decoccyon is good ¶ For olde sores B ¶ To resowdre an olde sore / lay it theron and vpon the brekynge of the muscules ¶ De sapone Sope. Ca. CCC.xcviij sOpe is hote and drye / and it is of thre sortes One is called Sarazyns sope The other is called Iewes sope or spartaryne bycause the Iewes wasshe theÌ„ therwith And the other is called frensshe sope Sarazyns sope is made of a lye called capitellium and oyle olyue soden togyder tyll it be thycke The frensshe sope is made of the same capitellium and with shepes sewet is whyte And the Spartarent or Iewes sope is made of Sarazyns with many other thynges Capytell that these sopes be made of a lye made of asshes that vnslecked or quycke lyme is steped in thre dayes and than strâ—yned And that that cometh fyrst out is capitelliuÌ„ Salte of turky is good agaynst skaldynge of fyre or water yf it be layde anone vpon the place / and yf lye thre houres theron to put out the vapours / and heate from the skaldynge And ye ought wyte the hote thynges ought to be layde on brennynges For colde thynges wolde restrayne the heate / and so the brennynge sholde be greter whan the sope hath lyen so on wasshe the place with warme water / and lay to thynges that appeaseth the smert and healeth the sore This sarazyns salte is good for them that hath theyr heares vnstopped at the ende yf they be anoynted therwith Also it smotheth and soupleth the skynne / and maketh apostumes redy to rype and to breke the frensshe sope is good also agaynst skaldynge and agaynst the scabbe / but not so good as the other / and it whyteth more the face thaÌ„ the other / yf it be wasshed therwt. ¶ For tetters ◠¶ The Iewes sope or spartarent is good agaynst tetters yf the place is anoynted theâ— with / it may be put alone or with powdre of orpyment / but the place must be fyrst wasshed with warme water ¶ De sperago Sperage Ca. CCC.xcix SPerage is hote drye in the thyrde degre / is called anasperage Sperage hath small tendre thynges the which is a delycate meate And yf they be anoynted with water alone it is good agaynst stoppynge of the lyuer and mylte / and ylyake passyon Also the wyne or water that the sede is soden in is good for the same thynges / and the sede may be kept one yere and yf sperage
be wryten in receptes it is the sedes ¶ For tothe ache A ¶ For the tothe ache holde the rote of sperage a grete whyle in thy mouthe And for them that haue swolleÌ„ fete / the wyne that powdre therof is dronken with healeth theÌ„ ¶ De Sauina Sauyn Ca. CCCC SAuyne is an herbe in maner of a tre is comynly had in religious cloysters / and hath leues lyke ewe / it is hote and drye in the thyrde degre Some call it blancheos / vilopapilion / papicion / chatacieron / and herbe sabyne The leues ben good in medycyne / and may be kept two yeres ¶ For the stomake A ¶ The decoccyon is good for payne of the stomake It is good against lette of vryne and ache of the bely called colyke For it is dyurityke / and spredeth cours humours wyndes It is good to cause a chylde come out of his moders wombe ¶ For costyfnesse B ¶ Agaynst costyfnesse Sethe it in wyne and vyneygre and take the fume at the foundement And a lytell bathe is good for the same layde to the reynes and share ¶ De Sarifraga Sarifrage Ca. CCCC i SArifrage is so called bycause it braketh the stone / it is hote and drye in the thyrde degre Some call it a maucus / other aprogio / other aspiron The wyne that the rote is sodeÌ„ in is good agaynst lette of vryne and the stone / agaynst all payne of the wombe called ylyake passyon The drye powdre therof is good agaynst the sayd dyseases / and it may be taken with a rere egge or otherwyse And yf ye fynde saxifrage in receptes it is the rote But whaÌ„ ye fynde lytospermatis it is the sede The sede and the rote may be kept two yeres in vertue ¶ De Sale Salte Ca. CCCC ii SAlte is hote and drye in the seconde degre It is good for vomyte / and it ought to be broken and soden in vyneygre to drynke / and vyneygre and oyle put therto And whan it is dronken put your fynger or a fether in your mouthe ¶ For wyndes A ¶ For all payne caused of wynde Roste salte and put it in a bagge and lay it to the pâ—ace Of salte and hony is made a supposytory or pylles to cause laxes And the hony must be soden tyll it be all blacke / and than put powdre of salte in to it ¶ Confyete salte with hony / and in the same water put golde that is to whyte / an it wyll recouer colour ¶ De sale Armeniaco Salt armeniake Ca. CCCC iij SAlt armenyake is hote and drye in the fourde degre It is called armenyake bycause it is fouÌ„de in armeny And some say that it is made of an herbe / and it may well be / as nytre is made It ought to be chosen that is whyte / and that hath a sharpe sauour more than saltnesse And it ought not to be put alone in medycyns but alway with other thynges ¶ To clense the face A ¶ It is good to take spottes of womens faces in this wyse Take two partes of salt and one of camfere medled and confyet togyder with rose water / and set it dyuers tymes to drye in the sonne / put rose water therto / do so two or thre dayes anoynte the face ¶ For tetters B Medle the powdre of salt armonyake with sope and therwith rubbe tetters ¶ De Sisimbro Ca. CCCC iiij SIsimbrum is hote and drye in the thyrde degre / and is of two sortes One is wylde / and another tame Whan wylde sisimbrum is founde in receptes it is to wyte calamynt It hath vertue to vnstoppe the conduytes of vryne / and to departe and sprede humours ¶ For payne of the bulke A ¶ Agaynst the payne of the bulke Make a maner of potage of barly with water / put powdre of this herbe therto and gyue it to the pacyent ¶ For rewme B ¶ Agaynst rewme chauffe the leues in a vessell without ony lycour / and put them in a bagge and lay to the heed ¶ For the stomake C ¶ The wyne that this herbe is soden in is good agaynst payne of the stomake / and costyfnesse And causeth the floures to reÌ„ne and helpe to conceyue / clense the matryce And so dooth the water that it is soden in De sale geÌ„ma Salt geÌ„me Ca. CCCC v. SAlt geÌ„me is so called bycause it is bryght as a gemme or a precyous stone It is hote and drye It is a vayne of erthe that groweth so It hath the vertues of salt armonyake / but they be not so stronge Of this salt may a supposytory be made to be laxatyfe ¶ De Saluia Sawge Ca. CCCC vi SAwge is hote in the fyrst degre / drye in the seconde The leues and floures be good in medycyne There be .ij. maners of it The tame / and the wylde / that is called eupatory Sawge is good in medycyns grene drye / but the grene is best It may be kept one yere whan ye fynde in receptes to take sawge it is the comune or tame sawge But whan ye fynde eupatorium or lilifagus it is wylde sawge The tame conforteth more than the wylde / but the wylde vnstoppeth the pypes more than the tame / and hath nerest vertue to castoreum in confortynge synewes The wyne that sawge is soden in is good for them the haue the fallynge euyll Bathe made of water that it is soden in is good to helpe lette of vryne / and to cause floures to reÌ„ne and to clense the matryce The sawce made of sawge / percely / and vyneygre with a lytell peper is good to conforte the appetyte that is febled by colde humours in the stomake De scabiosa Scabyous Ca. CCCC vij SCabyous is hote drye in the seconde degre Some call it Gallinari / and is of two maners But the roughest that groweth in drye places / in medowes or on hylles is of moost vertue ¶ For scabbes A ¶ For the scabbe Sethe the iuce of scabyous in oyle vyneygre tyll it be somwhat thycke anoynte the scabbed place therw ¶ For alopyce B ¶ Bathe made iÌ„ water that it and another herbe called tapsebarbe or moleyne is sodeÌ„ in is good for them that haue a spece oâ— leâ—â—â— called alopice in the whiche the heares â—â—â—le Tapsebarbe is a maner of herbe calâ—ed moleyne / wherof is made a maner of toâ—ches whan it is greased / and is called wolues tayles in frensshe ¶ For the wormes in the wombe C ¶ The iuce of scabyous is good for the same and also sleeth wormes in the wombe / and yf the iuce with oyle be dropped in the eares it clenseth them of fylthe ¶ For emorroydes D ¶ Agaynst emorroydes Sethe scabyous with wyne in a potte and lete the pacyent receyue the fume or smoke ¶ For the foundement E ¶ Agaynst other apostumes of the foundâ—ment called condinolata / or pyles / or atricos that be swellynges
The latyns call it cicer erriticuÌ„ Some call it Gypos / other Merules / or Agriomena / it is lyke Origanum but the leues be whyter and smaller and smelleth lyke margarym Therof is bothe wylde and tame The tame spredeth the sprygges on the erthe â—â—nd the wylbe on heyght The leues and thâ— floures be good in medycyne ¶ For the rewme A ¶ Agaynst colde rewme Roste the floures and leues on a tyle stone / and lay it betwene two clothes to the heed The wyne that serpyllum is soden in with iuce of lycoryce is good agaynst the cough The wyne that it is soden in with anys is good agaynst payn of the stomake that be caused of wyndes ¶ For the vryne B ¶ A bathe made of water that it is soden in easeth all lette of vryne / be it strangury or dyssury / and it warmeth / conforteth / clenseth the matryce The wyne that it is soden in warmeth the stomake / and conforteth the lyuer / and the mylte Diascorydes sayth that it hath vertue to dryue away venymous beestes / therfore it is gyuen to labourers in heruest with theyr meate / that yf so be that they slepe in the felde to be surer The brothe therof helpeth agaynst bytynge of venymous beestes / and agaynst wryngynge of the bely ¶ For spettynge of blode C ¶ Yf it be taken with hony and vyneygre it is good for them that spette blode And also it causeth the floures to renne ¶ For the heed ache D ¶ Also it is good for the heed ache yf the temples and the forheed be anoynted with oyle of roses and vyneygre ¶ De satureia Sauerey Ca. CCCC xx SAuerey is a comyn herbe with swete smell It is hote and drye in the thyrde degre It ought to be gadred whan it floureth / and dryed in the shadowe It clenseth the longes of cours humours / and wasteth wyndes / caused vryne and the floures to renne Brothe made of meale water and powdre of sauerey clenseth the bulke and so dooth the powdre therof alone Diascorides sayth that it styreth lechery / and therfore a woman with chylde ought not to vse it It is good for them that be in lytargy and euer slepy / and it wakeneth theÌ„ yf it be layde to the heed ¶ For vomyte A ¶ The powdre therof taken with a rere egge is good agaynst vomyte / and venymous woundes ¶ De sanguina ia Blodworte / or yarow Ca. CCCC xxi SAnguinari is of twâ— maners One is so called / bycause it causeth to blede The other bycause it chauffeth and staunchet it We speke as now of the fyrst and is otherwyse called galligris or goos fote bycause the sede spredeth forkewyse as a goos fote ¶ To cause blode A ¶ A twygge of this herbe with a fewe of his pryckes put in to the nose cause anone to blede And therfore it is good for heuynesse of the heed caused of to moche blode ¶ For bytynge of a madde dogge B ¶ It is good also agaynst bytynge of a madde dogge / yf it be tempred with breed and layde to The other sanguynary stauncheth blode is bursa pastoris / it is spoken of afore / yf ony blede and put it in to the coÌ„trary nosethryll ¶ For burstenesse C ¶ Also the powdre of this herbe put in meates is good for them that be bursten / and resowdreth meruaylously ¶ For bledynge at the nose D ¶ Also cotton wette in the iuce therof and put in to the nose stauncheth the blode ¶ De stolopendria Hertes tongue ¶ Ca. CCCC xxii STolopendria is a comyn herbe called cerue lingue The grekes call it spenidion / bycause it is good for the mylte Other call it erimon / other locitas / other figicis / other herbe panaye It hath a longue narowe left lyke a hertes tongue marked aboue with reed strypes and groweth in welles and dyches ¶ For the lyuer A ¶ Agaynst payne and stoppynge of the lyuer and mylte Sethe it in water or wyne and drynke it or yf the herbe be eaten it is good for the same Also yf it be founde in a place that the sonne shyneth theron playnly stampe it with meale / and make pylles or cakes fryed and eate them .ix. dayes for 〈◊〉 sayde dyseases â–ª ¶ De Soldanea Ca. CCCC xxiij Oldanea is hote and drye and groweth in sandy groundes and on the see brymmes / and hath small rouÌ„de leues and a lytell rote whyte longe The floure is lyke the floure of azarabachara It purgeth the wombe vyolently / therfore but one dragme ought to be taken with the powdre of the rote And yf to mooche be taken it causeth bledynge But yf it styre to moche / and that ye wyll stoppe the flux wasshe the pacyent in colde water An auctour named Gentyll made mooche of this herbe for the dropsey / and sayth that it purgeth the water of the wombe And the arabyes call it catole / groweth in Lombardye / and the iuce is to be taken or elles the powdre of the rote The leues appere on the erthe and is lyke cuscuta / that is dodyr De spinachia spynache Ca. CCCC xxiiij SPynache is a veray comyn herbe and is colde and moyst in the ende of the fyrst degre It purgeth flowme / and cooleth the stomake and the wombe / and loseth the bely / and bredeth good blode / helpeth agaynst drythe of the bulke and loÌ„ges Isaac sayth that it moysteth the woÌ„be and is good agaynst payne of the throte / caused to moche blode or hote flewme And he sayth that spynaches be better than araches for the stomake An auctour called Tacuit sayth that spynache is hote / but they all accorde that it is moyste ¶ De sicla / alias bleta Betes Ca. CCCC xxv SIcla is a comyn herbe called betes It is hote and drye in the fyrst degre It gyueth euyll nourysshynge to the stomake bycause of the sharpenesse / and bycause it hath superflue moystnesse And yf it be soden in water / and confyet with salt water / and vyneygre / a sede called carui and oyle olyue / or oyle of almondes it is of better dygestyon / and yet in this maner it nouryssheth but lytell / but it nessheth the wombe / and vnstoppeth the opylacyons of the lyuer / specyally yf these opylacyons be caused of grosse humours And whyther it be soden with water or without water it is styptyke and byndynge And Ipocras sayth that the water that it is soden in is styptyke / but the body of it is byndynge ¶ De stalogia Cynes Ca. CCCC xxvi STalogium is of the nature of the onyon or therabout / and is hote drye / but not so moche as the onyon It coÌ„ forteth and warmeth the colde stomake causeth appetyte ¶ For venym A ¶ Also it correcteth venym and venimous meates / but it greueth the syght / and maketh the mouthe to stynke / and ony of hote
anoynted therwith it laxeth it ¶ De tormentilla Ca. CCCC liij TOrmentyll is an herbe that is called fystularia / or taglafayre / and is lyke Sinkfoyle and groweth on hylles and moyst places ¶ For fystula A ¶ For fystule in what place that it be / the iuce of it is good dropped in the hole And so dooth a tente dypped in the sayde iuce layde to the fystule ¶ For the eyes B ¶ For the webbe in the eye Medle the iuce with whyte wyne and droppe it therin ¶ For venym C ¶ For all venym the powdre therof is good with water of remort And agaynst swellynge of the legge / bathe the legge in the water therof ¶ For pestylence D ¶ The powdre therof takeÌ„ with scabyous water is good agaynst the pestylence / yf it be taken at the begynnynge of the sekenesse ¶ For the flux E ¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe The powdre of the rote therof is good with warme water of plantayne ¶ De trifolio Trefle or thre leued grasse Ca. CCCC liiij TRefle as Dyascorydes sayth is of iiij sortes One is called trefle with thre cantes that some call Polifilon / and there is a trefle called trefliagri or trifolium soffolidum and in latyn Exifilon The fourth is trefle lageteron / and the latyns calle it hare trefle with a reed floure and a sharpe sede The rote therof vnstoppeth the conduytes of vryne ¶ For apostumes A ¶ Yf the floures and sedes be soden in water it is good for theÌ„ that haue apostumes in theyr sides called plenresy and for them that may not pysse and for the fallynge euyl and for dropsey at the fyrst of it / and for stopped menstrue The leues taken with oximell is good agaynst venym / so dooth all the stalke or plante sodeÌ„ in water / and the venymed place wasshed therwith / And it is good for woundes Thre leues or .iij. sedes gyueth remedy to feuer tercyan ¶ De tartaro wyne lyes Ca. CCCC lv TArtyr lyes of wyne is hote drye in the thyrde degre That of the purest wyne is the best For all maner of gowtes tetters Make an oyntement in this wyse Put lyes of wyne in vyneygre all â— nyght / and in the mornynge make an oyntement agaynst the sayd thynges Also sethe the sedes of stafisagre in water of the whiche with powdre of tartre make a myrtioÌ„ and it wyll dystroye the scruffe of the heed yf it be anoynted therwith two or thre tymes The powdre of wyne lyes takeÌ„ with meates or otherwyse causeth the greas of a man or woman / and the sarazyns vse it to kepe them lowe and leane For this cause take halfe an vnce or thre dragmes with some electuary of good taste as dyapedyoÌ„ dragagaÌ„t dyamargaryton / or clarey But neuerthelesse the vse therof causeth excoracyon or fleyenge of the bowelles / and whaÌ„ it is vsed mastyke ought to be put therto ¶ De Thucia Ca. CCCC lvj THucia is a stone comynge from the erthe and somtyme cometh from the â—â—enes Thucia is of many colours / some is whyte / some grene / some cytryne The whyte is to be chosen for the best / and his nature is to be colde Some say that thucia is of all maner of meteles / of gold / of syluer / and of lede And they that cometh from the lede is the best next the fyrst / and it shall be vsed in medycyne It is pryncypally good for the eyes Some sayth that thucia is made of herbes / as of fygge tree leues / and leues of mora celsi This thucia made by crafte of herbes and dryeth in an ouen is not of so grete vertue as the other on the meteles How thucia is made and where of / ye shall fynde in Pandecta in his ccccc and .lxxxvi. chapytre ¶ De Terediabinti Ca. CCCC lvij TErediabin as Serapio sayth in his boke aggregato in the chapytre Terediabin .i. mel roris is a dewe descendynge from the heuen and lyketh moche the hony that is greyned / and falleth often on the trees in the londe Corasteni before the rysynge of the soÌ„ne in the mornynge Those trees hath geete leues / and thornes / reed floures / but of the floures growen not fruytes This hony dewe hath vertue to laxe / mollyfye the wombe / moysteth the brest And is specyally good for them that hath moche vntempered hotenesses within And it is to be chosen that is whyte and newe ¶ For swellynge A ¶ It vsed with fenel sedes swageth the swellynge within the body / and also the swellynge comyng of hote feuers / abbateth the thyrst as Plinius sayth ¶ For the hete B ¶ It taken with endyue water abateth the excessyfe hete comynge of feuers Or takeÌ„ with passule / raysyns of corans ceaseth it also / and taketh away the thyrst ¶ De frumeÌ„to wheate Ca. CCCC lviij TRiticum is wheate it is hote in the fyrst degre and is meane betwene hote and moist / and the breed that is made therof is more hote than moist / for the heate mounteth to the seconde degre by heate of the fyre that it is baken with / and bycause that elementes chaunge the degre of thynges And that is seen by the accyon that elementes do in many thynges Example / melons ben colde and moyst in the seconde degre / and neuerthelesse theyr sedes become drye in the sonne Barly beanes ben drye of theyr nature / but in the sethynge in water they become moyst Than syth it is so the drye thynges receyue moysture by water and moyst thynges drythe by the sonne / it may be sayd that hote thinges ben coled by snewe / and colde thynges hette by fyre Amonge all graynes sedes wheate hath the propryete to nourisshe best by lykenesse that it hath to the complexyoÌ„ of mankynde and therwith it hath other propryetees for medycynes / for it is reÌ„nynge and clensyng The iuce therof confyet with the meale purgeth the breste and the longues and delayeth the sharpenesse therof / and ptysame of wheate is better than of barly ¶ For toughe A ¶ Agaynst cough and flux of blode of the breste soden with oyle and layde on harde apostumes it softeneth them and spredeth the mater Yf the meale of wheate be medled with vyneygre and hony and layde â—n pymples of the face it clenseth them ¶ For brestes B ¶ Yf it be medled with rue and soden in water and layde to harde brestes that be crudded with mylke it wyll soften them ¶ For broken synewes C ¶ Yf it be medled with iuce of hanebane and layde playsterwyse to broken synewes it wyll kepe them that no greuous humours come to theÌ„ ¶ Grayne of wheate chawed is good for the impostume that cometh of bytynge of a madde dogge Oyle made of the grayne of wheate is good for tetters / and ryngwormes / but the place must be fyrst well rubbed with a coure lynnen clothe Iuce or brothe made
of the wheate meale or dust that fleeth about the myll is good for theÌ„ that spette blode called emoptoyke passyon The branne of wheate is hoter dryer of kynde than the meale / and is of lytell nourysshyng but it is clensynge Yf it be steped in water / and rubbed betwene the handes and than streyned and meate lyke pappe made therof it wyl clense the longues and the brest of cours humours / yf mylke be put in the sayde meate it is more nourysshynge / and sooner auoyeth the stomake Yf it be soden in wyne and layde playsterwyse to brestes that be hardened with 〈◊〉 it will mollyfy them and the same is good agaynst bytyng of a serpent Newe wheate is of lytell nourysshynge and tourneth anone to rotteÌ„nesse and to rawe flumatyke humours / and bredeth wormes in the beli But yf it be baken it nourissheth more and causeth lesse wynde / and yf it be soden in water it is harde to dygest / and swelleth specyally yf there be moche meale and litel branne But whan it may be well dygested it nouryssheth gretely and conforteth and ysueth late of the bely / and it ought to be gyuen to labourers ¶ Thus endeth the names of herbes begynnyng with T. ¶ And begynneth the names of herbes begynnyng with V. ¶ De violis Vyolettes Ca. CCCC lix VYolettes be colde in the fyrst degre and moyst in the ende of the secoÌ„de If they be dryed as they ought to be They may be kepte two yeres But it is best to haue newe euery yere Whyle they be fresshe sugre of vyolettes is made of theÌ„ / hony of vyolettes / and oyle of vyolettes And syrope may be made of vyolettes bothe grene drye / but it is not of so grete vertu dry as fresshe sugre of theÌ„ is made as sugre of roses And the syrope of vyolettes is made iÌ„ this maner Sethe vyolettes in water / lete it lye all nyght in the same water Than poure and streyne out the water and in the same put sugre and make your syrope But the iuce of vyolettes with sugre is better Oyle of vyolettes is made thus sethe vyolettes in oyle and streyne it / it wyll be oyle of vyolettes / or sethe the vyolettes in dowble vesselles / that is to put the vessell that the vessell that the vyolettes be in to put in to an other full of sethynge water / that the vyolettes may sethe by heet of the water Or the best is to sethe them in oyle streyne them / and iÌ„ the streynynge other fresshe vyolettes / and let them lye .xx. dayes / and than streyne the oyle agayne / and put other newe vyolettes to it / this wyll be good oyle Eche of these confeccyons be good agaynst all euyll heates of the body â–ª ¶ For the lyuer A ¶ This oyle of vyolettes taken outwarde is good agaynst chauffynge of the lyuer And yf the temples and forheed be anoynted therwith it swageth the heed ache of heet Vyolettes haue vertue to moyste / to smothe / to coole / and to vnbynde This vyolettes or the herbes that that they growe on stamped is good agaynst hote apostumes at the begynnynge Bathe made of the water that the leues is soden in and the fete or the foreheed bathed therwith causeth to slepe in feuer ague And the syrope of vyolettes must be more soden than the syrope of roses or it wolde putrifye or rotte anone ¶ De valeriana Valerian Ca. CCCC lx VAleryan is called fu It is hote drye in the seconde degre The rotes be gadred in somer / and dryed in the sonne and may be kept thre yeres in goodnesse The rote is put in medycyne / and that is to be chosen that is massyfe and not preced full of holes / and that powdred not whan it is broken / and it hath dyuretyke vertue ¶ For the vryne A ¶ Agaynst strangury and dyssury take the wyne that valeryan is soden in with fenel sede or mastyke / and with the same wyne Iuce of some dyuretyke herbe were good Agaynst the dysease take iuce or wyne that this herbe is soden in with bran of wheate or barly or other lenytyke thynge ¶ For the matryce B ¶ To clense the superflucees of the matryce Make fomentacyon of water that it is soden in / or make a supposytory of cotten wette in the confeccyon of the powdre of valeryan and oyle of muske or comynoyle ¶ For the lyuer C ¶ Agaynst the opylacyon of the lyuer and the mylke caused of colde take the water that it is soden in ¶ De vitro Glasse Ca. CCCC lxi VItruÌ„ is glasse it is colde in the fyrst degre and drye in the seconde And it is made of glasse and of sande by myght of fyre in the forneys / and by grete artyfyce and sleyght ¶ For scabbes A ¶ Agaynst scabbes take rosyn molten and streyned in water put therto nutte oyle lyes of wyne / powdre of glasse and make anoyntement and anoynte the scabbes ¶ For tetters B ¶ For tetters / medle powdre of glasse with terbentyne / and make an oyntemeÌ„t / or put plomme tre waxe in warme water streyne it and put powdre of glasse therto and make an oyntement ¶ For the morfewe C ¶ For the morfewe confyct this powdre with floures of mulberyes and oyle of toses and anoyte the place / but fyrst â—iâ—â— be it that the blode come out ¶ For the eyen D ¶ Agaynst the webbe in the eye coÌ„lyct the powdre with iuce of plantayne and put it in the eyen ¶ De virga pastoris Wylde tasyll Ca. CCCC lxij Irga pastoris is a wede so called It bereth a tasyl on the stalke lyke the tasyll of clothyers but it is not â—oked / and therfore some call it a tasyll This hâ—r be is colde and drye in the begynnynge of the thyrde degre The leues onely be good in medycyne / and may be kepte a yere / but the dry ones be of gretest vertue They haue vertue to coole / to restrayne put backe maters that flowe in ony place / as in apostumes ¶ For the flux A ¶ Agaynst flux of the body make a playster of the powdre of this herbe with vyneygre / and glayre of an egge and lay it to the share The powdre therof taken with a rerâ— egge is good for the same / and to the excessâ—fe cours of floures in women / yf a lytell bathe be vsed made of the water that it is soden in The grene brused is good for hote apostumes / also for frautyke folke yf theyr heedes be shauen it layde therto A playster of this herbe is good for brennynge of the stomake and of the heed The iuce of this herbe medled with camfere stauÌ„cheth bledynge at the nose The iuce oâ—ely put in the nosethrilles healeth the nymples and stauÌ„cheth the bledyng This iuce also stoppeth the excessyse cours of floures in women yf supposytory be layde to the place
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
the cowdron / that is thycke whan the water is soden the whyche whan it is almoost colde is put in rounde vesselles and set in the sonne / with the heate of the sonne / and of the sethynge it wexeth whyte and harde and that is the best Sugre may be kept .v. yeres iÌ„ a place not to drye nor to moyst Sugre is put in many medycyns and confyetures / and specyally in them that be made for sharpe dyseases / and cheyfly that whice is whytest / is the coldest There is reed sugre and it is veray hote / and is called sugre mellum / and it is so reed for faute of perfyte / and good sethynge / and is made by water that is cast theron / and is put in pottes whan it is of the fyre This reed sugre ought not to be put in medycyns for feuers ague But yf it be soden with vyneygre tyll it be parched and put in supposytory of feuer ague Sugre is good for them that be drye by the waye ¶ It is good for them that be leued with sekenesse / and that be shorte brethed by drythe of the brest / and it ought for to be put in theyr drynkes nor meates for it wyll cause them to gadre flesshe and kepe them moyste ¶ Here after foloweth a rehersall of dyuers chapters whiche before hath not ben specyfyed concernyng dyuers causes of medycyns nedefull to the behofe of man ¶ Abrotanum latine / grece / Hesum Arabice Ca. CCCC lxxxij ABrotanum is of two kyndes as Serapius sayth The male and female is bothe one in fourme and verrtue / but the female hath yelowe floures lyke the saffrone And is hote in the fyrst degre / drye in the seconde as Auicenna sayth Plinius sayth It hath good smellynge floures / and many stalkes and lytell leues ¶ For a balde heed A ¶ Powdre brenned of the herbe / mydled with oyle of Rafanus / therwith anoynted the heed caused the heares to growe For paralysye â–ª B ¶ Wyne dronken with the powdre preserueth a body for the dysease naâ—â—d paâ—â—iâ—sye / or the gowre ¶ Agaynst colde in the heed C ¶ Platearius sayth The heed anoynted with oyle where it is sodeÌ„ in / taketh away the colde / and warmedie ¶ Agaynst the stomake D ¶ Wyne medled with sugre where it is soden in / warmeth the stomake / purgeth the flewme ¶ For the matryce E ¶ Wyne dronken where it is soden in clenseth the matryce in women ¶ Agaynst the stone F ¶ The herbe soden with apium and sugre and so vsed / breketh the stone in the bladder and reynes And is good for all dysseases comynge of colde ¶ For to pysse G ¶ The bely anoynted vndernethe the nauyl with oyle of it openeth the conduytes and causeth well to pysse ¶ Agaynst venym H ¶ The herbe dronken with wyne is good for impoysonyng The fume of it expelleth all serpentes out of the howses and whatsoeuer there abydeth dyeth ¶ For menstrue I ¶ Wyne medled with this powdre / and with myrra / dronken causeth the floure in women / and openeth the conduytes of the matryce ¶ Agaynst colyke passyon K ¶ It vsed / wasteth the moysty humours in the bowelles called colyke passyon ¶ Agaynst the eyen L ¶ Whyte brede and the herbe soden in water / and therwith bathed the eyes wtdraweth the hete and swellynge of them ¶ For the longue M ¶ The herbe medled with lycoryce / ysope / and soden in wyne or water / make it swete with sugre / and so dronken / is very good for all dysseases of the longue and breste / â—â—an the sekenesse commeth of colde / the brest shall be anoynted without / with a salue named Vnguentum dyalthea / and than shall be taken pylles of agarycus / after is good to vse a confeccyon of dyapenidion or dyiairi salamonis ¶ For feuer N ¶ The herbe stamped with oyle / and layd on fete and handes is good for them ¶ Arbor glandis latine Hullus Arabice Anoken tree Ca. CCCC lxxxiij ARbor glandis / an oke tree Serapius libro aggregatoris capitulo hullus .i. arbor glandis sayth / all that cometh of the tree is stoppynge of his nature and pryncypally the inner rynde betwene the tree vtermoost rynde How the shelles of okers be vsed / of his nature stoppeth cooleth ¶ ¶ For flux of menstrue A ¶ The okers eaten stoppeth the longue excessyfe flux in women / and chyefly water dronken there the myddell rynde is soden in / or therwith bathed / and the fume of it helpeth moche â–ª ¶ For fresshe woundes B ¶ The leues stamped layde on a fresshe wounde reyoyneth theÌ„ so that it nedeth not to be sowen And also putteth out the hete of hote apostumes or blaynes ¶ For rennynge sores C ¶ Water where wood of the tre is sodeÌ„ in and dronken with wyne is good for ronnynge sores / chyefly for theÌ„ that speteth blode ¶ For menstrue D ¶ Fumyged the oryfyce of women with water where the leues is soden in / helpeth stoppeth the longe excessyfe flux in women ¶ For paralysye E ¶ Wyne dronken with powdre of okers ceaseth the gowt paralysy / and dryueth â—t out through the vryne For impostumes F ¶ The leues layde on impostume taketh away the hotenesse and heleth them ¶ For impoysonynge G ¶ The rote soden with cowes mylke droÌ„ken is good for impoysonynge medycynes ¶ Gallitricum agreste ¶ GallitricuÌ„ agreste is an herbe to be vsed to the eyes hath the vertue lyke the very gallitricuÌ„ / but it serueth not ta the feuers And the maysters sayth the same vertue as dothe verbena ¶ Bos. An oxe Ca. CCCC lxxxiiij BOs is an oxe and a beest well knowen to euery man The brothe of oxes flesshe conforteth and streÌ„ght more a body / thaÌ„ flesshe of ony other bestes hauyng .iiij. fetes And therfore it is very profytable for seke persones ¶ Plinius There is nothyng on the oxe but it is very profytable for the vse of mankynde ¶ For payne of the yoyntes A ¶ The dounge of an oxe medled with vyneygre layde on the greuous place swageth the swellynge and ceaseth the payne easely ¶ For apostumes B ¶ That aforesayd also sucketh and pulleth out the mater lyke a drawynge playster / whan it is layde theron / and healeth them without hurtynge and taketh out the hete of the membre that shal be fyry and moche greueth ¶ For hete C ¶ For hete swellynge the water distilled of an oxe donge is very good And cheyfly for the eyen anoynted therwith The hornes and skynne is also profitable in vsyng of a man ¶ Cantarydes latine grece Terarie veltrane Arabyce Ca. CCCC lxxxv CAntarides beÌ„ wormes somwhat longhe / grene of colour / and ben hote drye in the thyrde degre / they be founde of the fyldes amonge the frumentes and other graynes / as whete / ryge / whan it groweth and
floureth / and is profytable to many thynges / be kylled with fumygacyon comynge of vyneygre ¶ For byles in the body A ¶ This stamped layde on the greuous place maketh them plaine / and causeth theÌ„ to fall of ¶ For vryne B ¶ CaÌ„tarydes dronken with wyne causeth well to pysse Cantarides shall be chosen that is founde in the wheate ¶ For impostumes C ¶ Cantarides be vsed for to make an apostume / and to opene it / and to cause holes therin that it nedeth not to be cutt open nor to be breÌ„ned open with cauteries / or other instrumentes of yron ¶ For swellynge D ¶ Halfe a dragme of cantarides powdred mydled with bokes blode / mastyke / and ¶ Capra a gote Ca. CCCC lxxxvj CApra is a beest lyght of mynde / spryngynge and ronnynge quycly sharpe of lyght and smellynge and dylygeÌ„t for to geate his meate And seketh his meate after with sygt / smellynge and sauour They gette the aege of .xii. yeres no more and ben lecherye at his vttermost aege ¶ For the stone A ¶ The vryne dronken dryueth out the stone ¶ For the pypynge in the eare B ¶ Vryne warme putted in the eares wasteth the pypynge of them but the vryne of bockes is better ¶ For the stone C ¶ The bockes blode dryed and powdred medled with other medycynes is cheyfly good for the stone The flesshe of a yonge bocke is veray good meate / and lyghtly to dygest ¶ Cancer A creuys Ca. CCCC lxxxvij CAncer is good for seke persones pryncypally for them that be sore greued with hete ¶ The skynne to clense A ¶ Powdre of the eyen of creuys myxted with vyneygre put therin salt water tyll it be lyke mylke / and it lyketh vnguento albo / that is whyte salue / and is fouÌ„de at the potecaryse / whyche dryeth and healeth all sores anone ¶ For the longues B ¶ The brothe is good for payne in the longues named perypleumonia or coÌ„sumyng of man called ptilis bycause whaÌ„ a persone hath a swellynge about the longues than he becometh to dryenesse and consumyng of the naturall moysture tyll he dyeth ¶ Columba a doue Ca. cccc lxxxviij COluÌ„ba is a byrde dwellyng amoÌ„ge mankynde but the turtyll doue dwelleth leuer in the feldes and dry trees onely The flesshe of turtyll doues is yll meate for a man / bycause they haue often the fallynge sekenesse named epilencia / wherby a persone myght gette any dysease causyng grete herme to hymselfe But the other dowes ben not all holsome nouther And a seke persone shall not eate of them The blode vnder his ryght wynge / is good in medycynes ¶ For the eyes A ¶ The same blode dropped warme in the eyen wasteth the webbe therin ¶ For impostumes B ¶ The blode putt in open blaynes or inpostumes heleth them ¶ Caseus Chese Ca. CCCC lxxxix CHese is a meate not well dygestyfe and dooth grete harme to them that hath a harde lyuer and mylte Chese moch eateâ— dooth encrease the stone in the bladder / therfore sayth the excellent mayster Constantyn The chese is not good eaten for relygyous persones dwellynge in monasteryes / but the chese whiche is fresshe mylky is better to eate ¶ For purgacyon A ¶ The wey of chese is good for seke persones it conforteth laxeth without harme and causeth temperatly purgacyon The wey shall be made of the best shepe chese that may be Chese moche salted causeth many sekenes and yll accidentes in a man Fyrst it engendreth the stone in the bladder / and letteth to pysse / causeth the stomake slymy and without appetyte / and soupleth the heed with yll humours and accydentes Therfore euery persone shall take hede for to moche vsynge of chese / for to restreyne sekenes / and preserue hymselfe in helthe ¶ De Siligo Rye ¶ Siligo Rye nouryssheth more than the barly And the brede bakeÌ„ of rye nourissheth lesse thaÌ„ wheate brede the brede of rye is better for them that is in good helthe thaÌ„ for seke folke / for it causeth strength in a holsam body / dyseaseth iÌ„ a seke body The whete brede is onely good for seke bodyes Brede of rye is not good for them that hath a colde stomake for they may not dygest it Take hede of eaten al maner of brede that is not baken wel for it causeth many dyseases in the body EDus is a beest / and his flesshe is of goog nourysshynge / bredynge good blode / is good to dygest Isidorê° sayth This beest is well tempered in the foure qualytees / as in heate / colde / moystenesse drynesse ¶ For bytynge of a mad dogge A ¶ The skynne layd warme on the bytyng of a mad dogge ceaseth theÌ„ ¶ The smoke coÌ„myng whaÌ„ the heres be brent dryueth away all wenymos bestes serpentes ¶ Lepus an hare Ca. CCCC xci LEpus is a beest And of all bestes is none flesshe which causeth so heuy blode and melancolye as dooth the flesshe of the hare ¶ For trembly of the body A ¶ The brayne rosted and eaten is good for the same passyon / and happeth often after a sekenesse ¶ For impoysonynge B ¶ The gall dronken with vyneygre is good for impoysonynge and venym ¶ For the stone C ¶ The powdre brenned of a quycke haâ—e and dronken with wyne is very good for the stone ¶ For to do growe the tethe in yonge chyldrene The brayne of it anoynted on the chyke of a yonge chylde causeth the tethes to come out without payne Of this beest sayth Pandecta moche in his .lvi. chaptre ¶ Pira Peres Ca. CCCC xcij PIra peres ben fruytes of two kyndes The tame the wylde the tame or comen peres causeth moystnes / whan they be eaten rosted or sodeÌ„ they conforthe the stomake The wylde peres stoppeth and noyeth the stomake the grete tame peres ben better vsed in meates than the lytell / but the lytell peres nouryssheth more whan they be eaten rawe than the greate Platearius sayth Peres moche eaten causeth payne in the bowelles and noyeth theÌ„ Auicenna It is good to drynke stronge wyne / and vse some spyce as peper cynamoÌ„ after eatynge of peres / for peres causeth payne in the bowelles / whiche is named colyke passyon ¶ For the wombe A ¶ Dyascorides sayth Peres dressed iÌ„ mete and so eaten conforteth and weykeneth the wombe ¶ Auicenna The wylde peres ben colder of nature than the tame And the iuce of bothe vsed befor dynner stoppeth the bely / and vsed after dynner laxeth the bely Versus Ante cibum stipant / post cibum corpora laxant ¶ For vomyte B ¶ Peres stamped and soden in water / layd without on the stomake / restreyneth the vomyte comynge of the reed colera ¶ Agaynst payne in the bely C ¶ Ipocras sayth / after the eatynge of peres shall be dronken good stronge wyne agaynst the payne in the bely ¶ Poma Apples Ca. CCCC xciij POma apples
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
chyldynge E ¶ To kepe that a woman trauayle not a fore her tyme lete her drynke wyne that camomyll is soden in ¶ For feuer F ¶ Agaynst feuer cotydyan onoynt the pacyent with oyle of camomyll / and it wyll chauffe hym and cease the feuer ¶ For scrufe kyrnelles in the face G ¶ To take away scrufe kyrnelles that come in the face / sethe grene camomyll with hony and anoynte the face therwith ¶ For bytynge of venymous beestes H ¶ For bytiÌ„ge of venymous beestes a dragme of camomyl dronken with two cyates of wyne kepeth the body that no venym caÌ„ come therin ¶ For the mylt I ¶ Agaynst sekenesses of the mylt as Plinius sayth Take the space of .xl. dayes euery day in the mornynge a dragme of camomyll in powdre with wyne it wyll ease and hole the mylt ¶ For the browes K ¶ Agaynst swellinge of the browes camomyl chawed layd to them helpeth moche ¶ Agaynst ache of the heed caused of colde anoynte the forheed with oyle of camomyl and the payne wyll cease anone ¶ For scalles L ¶ Agaynst scalles of the heed that the grekes call exantimates / bruse grene camomyll in vyneygre / and with the same vyneygre wasshe the heed often it wyll heale it with out ony other medycyn Also camomyl soden brayde layd vpon sores spredeth the humours yf they be not to moche gadred therfore it is good at the begiÌ„nynge And knowe ye that whan camomyl is fouÌ„de in receptes is the floures / yf ye haue none grene take the drye ¶ For the flux M ¶ Agaynst flux of the wombe yf there be no feuer take camomyll / roses / fygge leues / poligonia that is swines grasse of eche a haÌ„d full sethe theÌ„ in rayne water or in reÌ„ning water lete the pacyeÌ„t receyue the fume therof at the foundemeÌ„t wasshe his fete thyghes with the water it wyl restrayne the flux with drawe the payne of the legges swelliÌ„ge ¶ Cicer. Achery Ca. C.xxiii CIcer is the herbe that bereth a sede that called chyches The sede is to be noted but not the other parte of the herbe Chiches nouryssheth gretely moysteth the wombe / prouoketh vryne purgeth the floures in women / but neuerthelesse they brede moche wynde / that causeth swellynge / and it encreaseth the sede of generacyon / causeth to habounde and styre to lecheri There ben two maners of chyches one maner is grene and hath not theyr full growth And there ben chyches that haue theyr full growth And they haue comparyson as drye benes and grene For the grene chyches ben lyke in vertue and operacyon to grene benes and the dry to the dry / but not in al. The drye chyches ben of two maners / that is to wyte whyte and blacke The whyte ben hote in the fyrst degre / and moyst in the myddes of the same And howbeit that theyr fedinge is more than the benes / yet it is not so good / for they be harde to dygest and brede wyndes in suche maner that they swelle puffe the flesshe of the body make an operacyon as leuayn dooth whan it is cast on the grouÌ„de or whan it is in paste And therfore they make the flesshe of them fayre that vse theÌ„ for the flesshe stretche the skynne and maketh it smothe clere The helpe that they make to the dede of generacyon is for two causes one is for they gyue grete quantyte of nourysâ—hynge and so cause the mater to habounde The other is for the veÌ„tolytees and inflacyons that they cause Of them sayth ypocras There is in chyches two dyuers and contrary vertues For whan they be sodeÌ„ in water they haue a swetnesse in taste / and a maner of faitnesse By that swetnesse they do clense / nourysshe / and encrease mylke in the brestes / is good for them that haue ycteryce and dropsy / and sprede and deuyde the impostumes of the genytoryes / and of the erres behynde or vnder For the parte that they haue salte sauour they vnbynde and sprede grosse humours the floures in women / and is good for them that haue the IauÌ„dis and dropsy for ytche of the heed / and of all the body yf one be wasshed in water that they be soden in ¶ For tetters A ¶ This is good also for to destroy tettres and ryngwormes / and clenseth the skynne Galyen sayth that they ben operatyues prouoke cours of restreyned floures and helpeth the chylde to come soner out of the moders wombe and putteth our wormes of the bely called cucurbytias that be lyke barly cornes It is good also agaynst opylacyon or stoppynge of the lyuer and of the galle and breketh the stones in the reyns in the bladder And is very noyfull to sores and flaynges that be in the reynes and bladder The black chyches ben hoter and not so drye as the whyte / and therfore is theyr bitternesse knoweÌ„ that passhed theyr swetnesse / and they ben better to the sekenesse aboue sayd / and specyally yf they be soden with rape rotes and drynke the brothe that they be soden in / but the whyte be better for to brede mylke in the brestes / to encrease the sede of generacyon to prouoke vryne bycause of the swetenesse ¶ De Castaneis chestnuttes Ca. c.xxiiii CAstanee ben Chestnuttes / they be hote in the fyrst degre and drye in the seconde That they be hote is shewed by theyr good odour And that they be dry is shewed by theyr ranke heet sharpe with eygtenesse But how be it they ben good to dygest as to the regarde of oke rotnes / and not with standynge that they be styptykes yet be they but lytell noysym to them that haue not the cough For they be but lytell dyurytyke / and yf they be eaten often they make inflacyon and payne in the heed / and engendre a close fume in the stomake / and to the ende that these anoyaunces that they make may be put away and that they may be styptykes they must be rosted that theyr substaunce may be ratefyed / and yf they be steped in water they attempre the drythe of the brest / and the membres within / deuyded the humours that letteth the vryne by the souplenesse moystnesse of the water that they be steped in / and more ouer they engendre in the body good and attemperate humours / but it is good that coleryke persones ete them with sugre / and the flewmatykes with hony / they haue also conuenable vertues and propryetees for medycynes / for the put out yf dysposycyons of the stomake that is called abhomynacyon that is whaÌ„ one may not fele the taste of ony meet and the stynte vomyte / and conforte the bowelles called ieiuniuÌ„ ¶ For bytynge of a wood dogge A ¶ Yf they be stamped with a lytell salte confyct with hony they helpe the bytynge of a