A newe herball of Macer, translated out of Laten in to Englysshe.
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A newe herball of Macer, translated out of Laten in to Englysshe.
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[London :: Imprynted by me Robert Wyer, dwellynge in Saint Martyns paryshe, at the sygne of Saynt Johån Euangelyst, besyde Charynge Crosse],
[1543?]
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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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¶Mercurialis.
MErcurialis is an herbe ye men cal Mer∣curye. ¶The vertue of this herbe is yt he is good yf a man haue akynge in his wōbe gyue hym to drynke the ioyce and he shall be hole,* 1.1 it wyll clense the stomacke, and the sede wyl do the same.* 1.2 Also the ioyce tempred with whyte wyne is good to hele sore iyes, and yf a worme or other vermyn haue bytten a man,* 1.3 take the ioyce and warme it, & wasshe it. Also yf there be any wormes cropen in to a mānes eres, take the ioyce and warme it & put it in to his eares,* 1.4 & he shall be hole, this is hote & drye.