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.

Pulegium.

❧ This is named Puleol royall it is hote and drye in the .iii. degre In the tyme of flowring it shulde be gathered, and it maye be kepte in his vertue a yere, whan it shall be vsed in medecynes, take y^e leues wyth the flowers and strype them fro the stalke, and it hathe vertue of losynge and consumynge, for y^e cold humours in y^e head take pou∣der of it and hete it wel in a Skel∣let, and al hote bynde it to the gre∣uance without any lycoure. Also for a great cold taken in the head, and for a tough humor or a wate∣ry humoure make a garg••rysme, sethe ••ulyoll royal & ••rye fygges in a tarte vyneger, & take a good sponful therof as hote as ye maye suffre it, and holde it in thy mouth tyll it be almost colde, than put it

out and take asmuch more, and do so thre or .iiii. tymes and that shall purge thy head wel of flewme. also sethe it in wyne and drynke it and it is good for the desease of the sto∣make & guttes, and for colde cau∣ses, or for wynde in the stomake. Also it is good for toughe flewme in the brest, yf thou take pouder of it, and medle it with claryfied hony and make a lectuarye therof and vse to eate therof, or take the herbe therof & boyle it with wyne, honye or water and vse to drynke therof. Also for the blacke coloure drynke y^• ioyce of it, or boyle it wyth wyne & thou shalt be hole. Also for a it∣chynge byle, laye this herbe in wa¦ter, and vse to wasshe the ytchynge therin warme & thou shalt be hole. Also for ache take this herbe al gre¦ne and stampe it & plaister it to the ache and it wil ease it. Also against

the cough boyle thys herb in wine and drynke it luke warm and this wyll make one to pysse well. For the desease in the bely stampe this herbe wyth comyn and water and lay it hote to the nauel and lightly it shall be hole, for the diseases in y^e lyuer stampe thys herbe and tem∣per it with water and vineger and drynke the ioyce therof, and thou shalbe hole. For an ache in y^e legs or armes take the leues of elders & Pulioll royall of euery lyke much and stampe them togither wel and playster it to the greuannce, and it is good for y^e feuer tercian, yf thou take the braunches of thys herbe & wrappe it in a good locke of wolle and gyue it to the pacyent and let hym smell therto, before the feuer come on hym, and that shall do hī great ease. For the heade ache take thys herbe & bynde it fast round a¦bout thy hed and anone it ceasethe

the ache. Also yf a woman haue a dead chylde in her wombe stampe thys herbe and gyue her to drynke with olde wyne, and she shalbe de∣lyuered of it, by the grace of God.

For the crampe drynke the ioyce with vyneger fastynge and it wyl put it away.