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 16, 2024.
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☞Sytureia.
Thys is called Sauery, it is hote and dry in the .iiii. degre, sethe it in wyne or water, and dryncke it and it purgeth the raynes, ye blad∣der, the menstruosyte in the bowel∣les, it purgeth the longes, and lo∣seth great humoures and compel∣lethe and putteth hym out by the mouth by spytynge, therfore he is brennynge and styrrethe hym that vseth lechery, therfore it is forbyde to vse it muche in meates. Soke it in vyneger or wyne and drynke it and it shall make the haue a meke stomake. Also whan it flowereth it shuld be gathered and dried & pou¦der made therof. Also take ye pou∣der of sauery & boile it wt clarified honi & vse to eate therof, or boile it in wyne, & drinke it, and it wyl lose coughe flum in ye brest. Also for fre¦tynge in thy bely drynke pouder of
it in warme wyne and thou shalbe hole. Also if ye take the lesse sauery it hath the same vertue & strengthe that the other Sauery hath. Also make grewell with water and flu∣wer, and pouder of Sauery & eate therof & that shall clense all ye spiri¦tuall membres of a man.
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