A boke of the propreties of herbes called an herball wherunto is added the time [the] herbes, floures and sedes shold be gathered to be kept the whole yere, wyth the vertue of [the] herbes when they are stilled. Also a generall rule of all maner of herbes drawen out of an auncyent booke of phisyck by W.C.

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A boke of the propreties of herbes called an herball wherunto is added the time [the] herbes, floures and sedes shold be gathered to be kept the whole yere, wyth the vertue of [the] herbes when they are stilled. Also a generall rule of all maner of herbes drawen out of an auncyent booke of phisyck by W.C.
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[Imprynted at London :: In the Fletestrete at the sygne of the Rose Garland by me Wyllyam Copland for Iohn wyght,
[1552?]]
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Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800.
Herbs -- Early works to 1800.
Materia medica -- Early works to 1800.
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"A boke of the propreties of herbes called an herball wherunto is added the time [the] herbes, floures and sedes shold be gathered to be kept the whole yere, wyth the vertue of [the] herbes when they are stilled. Also a generall rule of all maner of herbes drawen out of an auncyent booke of phisyck by W.C." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03040.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.

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Millefolium maior, or yarowe.

☞Kynge Achilles foūd thys her be, & wyth it he heled his men that were woūded wyth yron, for woū∣des stampe thys herb with swines grece, and playster it to the woūde and it shall hele it, and the same is good for an ache in ye breste or side it ys good for them that maye not pysse, take the ioyce of thys herbe and vyneger & drynke it, and mer∣uelously it helpeth a wounde that hath tokē colde. Stamp thys her∣be in butter and lay it to the woūd

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and it wyll heale it well. Also to de¦gest the stomake or that lyeth there in, take the ioyce of it and medle it with water and honye and drynke it warme. Also for deseases in the body take the pouder and medle it wyth wyne or wyth good ale and drynk it and it helpeth much. Also it is good for hart breimyng. Also for the head ache stampe thys her∣be and playster it to the head. Also for bytyng of a wood dogge, stam¦pe this herbe wyth the graynes of where au it heleth it. Also for him that may not holde his meat, stāpe thys herbe wyth wyne and drynke it warme.

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