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.

☞Hic incepit liriera. S. (Book S)

Et primo de Sinapio.

SImapum is called mustar¦de, it is hote and drie, in the medle of the .iii. degre, and nat the herbe, but the sede, is put in mede∣cynes. Fyue yeare he maye be kepte in hys vertue. He hath ver∣tue losynge, of drawynge, of ma∣kynge thyne, and of consumynge. For the palsy of the tōge take and chewe the sede in your mouth, and holde it vnder the tōge and it shall do you good. Also for the Palsye in other membres sethe the sede in wyne and laye it to the sore place

and is beste in the begynnynge of the dysease. Also take the pouder of it, and put it into your nosethrilles and it will make you to nese and it clenseth the brayne and superfluite flume. Also sethe it in wine and fig¦ges & holde it warme in your mou¦the tyll it be al most colde thā take as much and do so .v. or .vi. times a day asmuche another day & this is good for an olde pose of chough and flumy humour in the the head Also for stopping of the splen and the lyuer sethe the sede in water w^t rotes of Fenel, than strayne it and put therto hony and gyue it to the sicke to drinke. For hardnes of the splē sethe the herbe of it in wyne & playster it to the greuaunce for to rype and breke a postume, stampe thys herbe well with hogges grece and laye it to the postume. Also for Strangury take the herbe of thys

and sethe it in oyle and wyne and playster it to the greuance, and it wyll louse it. Also for the Ciatica∣and for other olde sores take mu∣starde sede and the thyrde parte of crōmes of white brede, and figges, hony, and vineger, after as the ach of the sore requyreth the more of y^e fygges and the hony that is there the more sharper is the strength of the sede, and the more bread and vi¦neger that is in it, the more weker is the sede, but I say nat y^t ye shall put thys confection to al sores but to great and olde sores. Hys vertu if yf he be eaten it sharpeth a man∣nes wyt, it clenseth the bely, it bre∣keth the stone it purgeth the vryne menstrosite, and comforteth the sto¦make.

¶Smalage.

Take Smalage sede Rewe sede, Peper and salte and grynde them wel togyther and tempre thē with

wyne and drynke it, for it is good for colde and wycked humours in the stomake and comforteth the sto¦make the lyuer and the longes, it is good for woundes. For ranke∣lynge and to cease the brennynge and akinge, and to bringe them to theyr kynd againe. Also it is good to drynke for the feuer tercian.

Saluia.

Sage is hote in the fyrste de∣gre and drye in the seconde degre the leues onely be taken in medecy¦nes both grene and dry, he may be kepte a yere, there be two manners of Sages, the garden and y^e wilde Sage, yf thou wilt haue Sage in for medecynes take y^e leues of gar∣den Sage, for that cōsumeth more and comforteth more thā the other dothe. For the palsy, sethe the leues of sage ī wine & vse to drīke it. For the same sethe y^e leues ī wine & plai¦ster it to y^e greuaūce, also it is good

to put in sauce, for the strangury, y^e flux, & the matrice it clenseth, sethe the leues in water & let the pacient set ouer it & receyue y^e hote fume of it and it shall do hym much good. Also it is good for venym or poy∣son, sethe Sage in ale or wine and vse to drinke it .iii. dayes and thou shalt be hole, bi y^e grace of god. for the stomake drynke y^e ioyce of sage with water and honye, & it is good to clense a mannes bodye to vse it bothe rype and grene, it wyll make a mānes bodye clene, therfore who that vseth to eate of thys herbe, or drynke it, it is meruayle that anye inconuenyence shulde greue them that vse it, If ye haue an ytchinge on you, wasshe it wel wyth y^e ioyce of this herbe & it shal slee ytchyng. Also drinke sage with wyne & a li∣tell worme wode and it shall cease the ache vnder the sydes, the wōbe and the stomake, it is good for the

palsy and dropsy.

☞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, y^e 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 y^e pou∣der of sauery & boile it w^t clarified honi & vse to eate therof, or boile it in wyne, & drinke it, and it wyl lose coughe flum in y^e 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 y^e spiri¦tuall membres of a man.

Saxfrage.

☞Thys is hote and dry in the .iii degre, for the stone, sethe the rote of it in wyne and drynke it. Also it is good for the desease of the colyke & the strangury, and the pouder of it be eatē with an egge, it is good for the same. It maye be kepe in hys vertue .iii. yere.

Scabiosa.

Thys is called Scabias, it is hote and dry in the .iii. degre, to dri it ther is no profyte in it, for scab∣bes take ioyce of it, Uyneger and oyle, and boyle them to gyther tyll they we••e thycke, and kepe it for it

is good for scabbes. For the Eme∣rawdes sethe them in water, than set ouer it and take the flume of it and vse it & thou shalbe hole, stāpe it and sethe it wyne & that drynke, is good to dystroy humours in the stomake, and drynke it euery daye fastyng wyth Eurose & thou shal•• be hole, and thou shall neuer haue the pestelence bredynge wythin the whyle thou do vse it. For the leuer stampe it and sethe it in wyne and drynke it.

¶Sothernwode.

Thys herbe is good for the cou¦ghe and for byting in the bely and in the breste, and for disease in the bones, and good for thē that maye nat well pysse take the sede of thys herbe and stampe it and drynke it wyth water, & it is good for all the aforesayde. Also for the desseases ī the syde, stampe thys herbe wyth Betayne and drynke it and it hel∣peth

well. Also for the bytyng of a serpēt and for venym, stāpe thys herb and drinke it with wyne, and it is good. Also for the colde feuer stampe thys herbe wyth wyne and drnycke it and thou shalte be hole.

Syngrene.

Thys is colde and moyste in the thyrde degre y^e ioyce of thys herbe and also the same herbe is ryghte necessary for many deseases, stam∣pe thys herbe wyth grece and play¦ster it to the desease & maruelously it helpeth. For desease and darke∣nes of eyes, stampe this herbe and put of the ioyce in y^e sore eyes For chafyng of the lyuer take the ioyce of it and vyneger & dyppe a cloth therin, and playster it to the gre∣uaunce. For bytynge or scalding make an oyntment of the ioyce of thys herbe and oyle of Roses, and waxe, but laye it nat to tyl after the thre fyrst dayes, but fyrste anoynt

it with grece and such other. Also for a disease of a hote cause thys herbe is good to be layde therto.

Stycheworte.

❧ Thys is called Stycheworte or birollōg this is hote & moyst ī y^e fyrst degre, y^e vertu of this herb is, it is good to hele woūdes & sore eis

Scamony.

Scamony is hote and drye in the .iii. degre y^e leues onely be beste in medecenes it may be kept a yere in hys vertue or two for nede. For the disease in the stomake boyle le∣ues of it in wyne, & drynke it. Also the aforesayd drynke is good for y^e bely, & for the strangury, and flux. Also astewe made with boyling of it ī water, or wine is good for y^• for sayd, if it be boyled in oyle & play∣ster it to y^e aforsayd, for it is better.

Sene.

❧ Sene is hote & drye in the .iiii. degre, it groweth in y^• other syde y^•

see and most aboute Babylon: the best be the floures and the braun∣ches of it, It is good for many de∣seases as the fallynge euell: for y^e Sinacop, for y^e splen, for the Eme¦rawdes, and for the quartayne, sy∣rop made of it boiled in water and suger, is good for al the aforesayd. Syrop made with the ioyce of Bo¦rage is good for the forsayd. Also D••ascorides cōmaundeth to make Exmel of the aforesayd with boy∣lyng of vyneger and honye and it wyl be good for the aforsayd, And thys herbe may be kept ten yere.

❧ Selondyne.

Thys is hote and dry in the .iiii. degre, & Galen saythe y^t it is good for sore eyes, take y^e 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

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

❧ Sauayne.

¶Thys is hote and dry in the se∣conde degre, it is good to slee wor∣mes in the wombe and to brīge thē out yf it be soden in wyne & gyuen to the pacyēt to drynke. It is good wyth butter or greace to make an oyntment for y^e scabbe that rēneth

to hele it & dry it vp, and it is good for the head ache, yf it be stamped and tempered wyth Uyneger and make a playster therof and laye it in the temples and vpon the molde of thy hende.

❧ Scabiose.

Thys is colde and moyste in the ii. degre, stampe it and sethe it in wyne and that drynke is good for the lyuer. And it will destroy wyc∣ked humours in the stomake, and drynke it euery day fastyng wyth Eurose & thou shalt neuer haue po¦stume bredinge within the as lōge as thou doste vse thys medecyne.