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.

Rosemary.

¶Thys herbe is hote and drye, take the flowers and put them in a linen clothe and so boyle them in fayre clene water to the halfe and coole it, & drynke it for it is mouch worthe agaynste all euylles in the body. Take the flowers and make powder therof and bynde it to the ryght arme in a lynen cloth and it shal make y^• linght and mery Also eate y^e flowers with hony fastynge with sower breade & ther shall ryse in the none euyll swellynges. Also take the flouers and put them in a cheste amonge your clothes, or a∣monge bokes and moughtes shal not hurt thē, boyle y^e flowers in go¦tes mylke and thā let thē stande al a nyght vnder the ayre fayre coue¦red after y^• gyue him to drinke ther¦of that hath the tysyke & it shall de¦lyuer hī, boyle the leues in whyte

wine and wassh thy face therwith thy bearde and thy browes & there shall honorne grow out, and thou shall haue a fayre face. Put the le¦ues vnder thy beddes head & thou shalbe deliuered of al euel dremes, Breke the leaues small to pouder and lay them on a cāker and it shal sle it. Take the leues and put them into a vessel of wyne and it shall preserue it fro tartnes and euel sa∣uoure, and yf thou sell that wyne thou shalte haue good lucke in the sale. If thou be feble with vnkyne¦ly swete, take and boyle the leaues in clene water and whan the water is colde, do thereto as muche of whyte wyne, and thā make therein soppes & eate wel therof, and thou shall recouer appetyde. If thou haue the fluxe byole the leaues in stronge Aysell and bynde them in a lynen clothe and bynde it to the wombe and anone y^e flu••e shal

withdrawe. If thy legges be blo∣wen with the gout, boyle the leues in water, and than take the leaues and bynde them in a lynnen clothe about thy legges and it shall do the good. Take the leues and boy¦le thē ••n stronge Aysel and bynde them in a clothe to thy stomake, & it shall delyuer the of all euylles, If thou haue the coughe, drynke the water of the leaues boyled in whyte wyne, and it wyll heale the Take the rynde of Rosemary and make powder therof and drinke it for the pose and it shal helpe the, Take the tember therof and brēne it to coles and make pouder therof and than put it in a lynen clothe, & rubbe thy tethe therewith, and yf her be any wormes therin it shall sle thē & kepe thy tethe frō euylles. Also make the a boxe of the wod & smell to it and it shall preserue thy youthe. Also pu•• therof in thy do∣res

or in thy house and thou shalte be withoute danger of adoers and other venemous serpentes. Make the a barell therof and drinke thou of the drynke that standeth therin and thou nede not to feare no poy∣son that shal hurt the and yf thou set it in thy gardyn kepe it honestli for it is much profytable. Also if a man haue lost his smellyng of the ayre, or els he maye nat drawe hys breth make fier of the wood & take hys breth therwyth and geue it hī to ease and he shalbe hole.