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 7, 2024.

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¶Hi ncipit littera .E. (Book E)

Et primo de Enulacampana.

ENulacāpana is called orshelme, the vertue 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his herbe is thys yf a man haue wagginge teth and he eate of thys herbe, they shall fasten agayne, it helpeth a man to make water yf it be dron∣ken

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it deliuereth a womā of a dead chylde, it is good for the chough it hardeth a mās wōbe it is hote and moyst.

Endiuia.

Thys herbe is called endiue or southystle, hys vertue is yf ye ioyce therof be medled wyth hote water & dronken it helpeth the stoppynge of the mylte and of the lyuer. It is good to heale the elowe euyll and y feuer tercian. It is good for hole postumes and for to swage greate hetes of the lyuer & of the stomake and it is colde and moyste.

¶ Erua.

¶Thys herbe is named Skyr∣wyte, This herbe hathe leues lyke to Byllerin but they be not so lōge & it hath a greatter more, hys ver∣tue is the leues be good to heale a mannes mouthe, yf it be holden longe therin. Also the ioyce of thys herbe sodden & afterwarde drōken

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it destroyeth the blacke colour. Also this herbe oft vsed styrreth a man to lechery and to make water, Also the more stamped and medled with oyle and hony clenseth aman¦es chynne yf it be anoynted ther∣with. Also the ioyce therof dronkē delyuereth men and women of the coughe, for it is hote and drye.

Eufrasia.

Thys herbe is called Eufrasy it is good for eyes and hath a lyt∣tell ragged lefe.

Ehullus.

This herbe is called walwort, it hath leaues lyke to Elder leaues it hath a longe stalke, the vertue of thys herbe is good to destroye the dropsy, scabbes and etters and it draweth waye wicked humours out of a man, thys herbe is hote and drye.

Edera.

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Thys herbe is called Iuy, thys herb is lyke to brayn, y vertue ther of is. If it be sodden in wine, tyl it be thycke, & then lay it al hote to a both and it shal breke it. Also if y haue ōny aking in the head take ye ioyce therof & oyle of roses & white wyne & medle it together & anoynt thyhead therwith and thou shalbe hole therof.

Edera terrestris.

Thys is an earth Iuy, it hathe leues lyke to Catmynt but they be not so muche, and hath a reddy flo¦wer, ye vertue of thys is yf it be so∣den in Swynes grece, it is a good oyntment for al maner aches.

Enforbium.

Thys is called lary, this her be hath leues like to Sauge but y leues be broder & ounder, his ver¦tue is if he be put in potage it wyll make the fleshe tender.

Elleboras albus.

Thys Pellyter of spayne, or

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lunge worte. Thys herbe hathe le∣ues much like to pedelion, but thei be not so much slyt without and it hathe a flower as it were a Pars∣neb, hys vertue is if he be put into the nosethrylles of a man, it wyll make hym to nese. Also it healethe scabbe, the morphewe, and tetters. Also it purgethe a man of wycked coloures of the flewme, and of the Emerodes yf he be layd to ye place that is deseased. Also for the tothe ache it is good yf it be sodden in A sell and kepe it as hote as he maye suffer in hys mouthe and it good to purge a mannes stomake and wombe. Also the powder therof putte in grewell shal slee wormes and the ioyce medled wyth mylke sleeth flyes, it is hote and drye.

¶Elleborus niger.

¶Thys is called Pedelyon hys leues be muche lyke to lunge wort but they be not so white, & it hathe

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a brode flower & a blacke rote, hys vertue is if it be made in pouder it wyl destroye and slee rattes & thys herbe is hote and drye.

☞Epatica.

¶ This herb is called lyuerwort, hys vertue is to destroye & clense ye hardnes of ye lyuer. Also if it be me¦dled wt fresh grece it wyl hele woū¦des and it is good to hele the feuer quartayne.

Erpina

Thys herbe is named Foxgloues.

❧ Ebulus minor.

☞This is the lesse Walwort. It is somwhat lyke to Walwort and the leues be a lytell redde.

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