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.

❧ Papauer.

Thys is called Popy, it is cold and drye, There is two maners of them. The whyte Popye is colde and moyste and it is good to cause one to slepe. The sede therof well gathered maye be kept ten yeare, it hath vertue of clensyng. It is put in medecynes wyth a determyna∣cyon as the sede maye be receyued of white popy or black. For to pro¦uoke a slepe•• make ye a playster of eche of them or one of them wyth womans mylke and the whyte of an egge and laye it to the temples. The woman of Salerne gaue to yonge chyldred the popye but they wolde gyue them no blacke popye for it made them to much heuy. Also for a hote postume in the be∣gynnynge and for chafynge of the lyuer take the sede of whyte popye or els the herbe of it and stampe it and medle it wyth oyle of Roses

and playster it to y^e greuaūce. Also for drynes in feuer e••yke, and in o∣ther feuers take & hete oyle of vyo¦let medled wyth powder of poppye sede, and annoynte the small of the backe therwyth.