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 15, 2024.

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❧ Selondyne.

Thys is hote and dry in the .iiii. degre, & Galen saythe yt it is good for sore eyes, take ye ioyce of selon∣dyne and boyle them wel togyther in a panne & whā it is cold anoynt the eyes therwith. Take Selōdine and wryng out the ioyce & medle it with whyte wyne and anoynte thy

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vysage therwith & it shal do away frekeles of y vysage, ye ioyce of se∣londine & gotes dōg medled to gy¦ther small in a morter, thā if yu lay it to a cāker in a womans pappe, it shal sle the cāker. Also take ye ioyce of selōdyne & pouder of brimstone and medle them well togyther & it wil helpe to do away ye Morphew And sethe the rote in wyne, & whā ye pot is takē downe let hī hold his mouth opē ouer it yt the breth mai go into his body, & that shal slee ye canker in the mouth, it is good for hym yt hath dronken venym wyth his owne stale & that wil saue him

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