The vertuose boke of distyllacyon of the waters of all maner of herbes with the fygures of the styllatoryes, fyrst made and compyled by the thyrte yeres study and labour of the moste co[n]nynge and famous mayster of phisyke, Master Iherom bruynswyke. And now newly translate[d] out of Duyche into Englysshe Nat only to the synguler helpe and profyte of the surgyens, phisycyens, and pothecaryes, but also of all maner of people, parfytely and in dewe tyme and ordre to lerne to dystyll all maner of herbes, to the profyte, cure, and remedy of all maner dysseases and infirmytees apparant and nat apparant. And ye shall vnderstande that the waters be better than the herbes, as Auicenna testefyeth in his fourthe conon saynge that all maner medicynes vsed with theyr substance, febleth and maketh aged, and weke. Cum gratia et preuilegio regali.
Brunschwig, Hieronymus, ca. 1450-ca. 1512., Andrew, Laurence, fl. 1510-1537.
¶Water of alnus. Cap .c.xx.iii.
ALn{is} in latyn. The beste par∣te & tyme of his dystyllacyon is / the yōge leues in the begynnynge of the maye A The same water is pryncypally good agaynst catyng sores in the mouth. in the mornynge at none / and at nyght wasshed there with. B It is also good to a mā¦nys yarde / therwith wasshed & spow¦ted therin
