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.

Pionium.

Thys is called Pyony, it is hote and drye in the seconde degre, so sayth Ypocras & Galyen the good phylosophers, thei say that y^e roote therof groweth to dyuers medecy∣nes and it wyll laste ten yeres, and it is colde for the palsy, dry the rote and drinke pouder with Caster sod¦den in wine. Also the same is good for the Stone. Also yf a man be costyue and maye not goo to the draught, take and strowe the pow∣der therof on Cotten and put it in to hys foundement, and drynke y^e powder in whyte wyne. Also for a man or woman that hath the fal¦lynge euyll eate it and drynke it in wyne. Also hange the rote a∣boute hys necke and it wyll saue hym withoute doubte wythin .xv. dayes. Also it helpeth the sores in the mouth. Also yf thou sethe it in wyne, it helpeth the splene. Also

drynke Pyony with water & hony and do therto powder of Colyan∣der and thys is good for the stoma¦ke, for the mylte and for grauell in the raynes. Also it is good for wo∣men for dyuerse deseases, Also sethe it in whyte wyne and gyue a woman to drynke therof & it wyll hele her bledder & make her to pisse the stone, and it will hele her of the Marris. Also Pyony sede whan it is blacke it maketh delyueraunce of the bed of the childe in her wōbe and at euerye tyme whan he shall vse to drynke it, she muste drynke xv. sedes an tyme.