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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¶Littera .T. (Book T)

Et primo de Tapsu babasto.

THys is called Molen, it is colde and dry. It is good for the Eme∣rawdes & it be sodden in wyne and scommed clene. Also it is good to wasshe the

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greuaunce therwith, it is good Al¦so for the flux in the belly.

Towne cresses.

Thys herbe is hote and drye in the .iii. degre, the sede wyll endure good fyue yere. It is good to staū¦che the flux & the mencyon, yf thou take the sede and bruse it in a mor∣ter of brase & giue the sike to drink therof thre dayes euerye daye pe∣ny weyght at ons wyth reed wyne warmed and ī those thre dayes he shalbe staūched, or els he shal dye, of that euyl, it is good for the palsi and for the male flanke, take ye sede and sethe it wyth wyne & do it in a poket & bynde it to the side ther as y greuaunce is. Also it is good for hī yt maye nat well pisse, take yt sede & seth it ī wyne & oyle olyue & bind it to thi share. It is good for a mā¦nes fundamēt y goeth out, yf it be take of cold, thā it must be put in a¦gayne and strawe ye pouder on the

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fundament thy rayne wyth Honye and than strowe the pouder aboue with the powder of Comē or pow∣der of Calafyne, for al these be kīd¦ly for it. Also take the stalkes of to¦wne Cresses, and brenne them and there shall no venemous beaste ne worme abyde the sauour nor smell therof but he shall dye or fly awai

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