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☞Thys herbe is called Worme∣wode. The vertue of this herbe is. It is good to comforte the her••e & clēseth the stomake. Balien sayeth that the herbe hath .ii. vertues one is laxatyue, and the other is cōsty∣pulatyue. Therfore Galien sayeth
that if thys Herbe be geuen to an euyl, of the which the matter is not fully defyed, it shall harde the sto∣make, and let the d••gestion, and yf the matter be ryped, it shal make a man laxayue, and esily put away the matter, if this herbe be dronke with Spyconarde, it swageth the stomake and of the wombe that is engēdred of wycked wyndes. Also if this herbe be tēpered wyth hony it wyll ease the swellyng in a man¦nes mouthe. Also it doeth awaye the blacke myste in a mann••s eyes and clereth the syghte, and yf thys herbe be powned wyth the gal of a Bull and afterwarde putte into a mannes eyes, it putteth awaye all maner impedymētes of the syghte.