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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¶Magerum.

MAgerum is an herbe that is hote & dry in the seconde degre, the flowers and leues be vsed in medycynes, & it shulde be ga∣thered in sōmer whan it flowreth, and drye it in the shadowe, and it may be kepte a yere. ¶The vertue of this herbe is good in cōfor∣tynge, losynge, consumynge, & of clensynge yf the powder of it be dronken in wyne, or els boyle the powder of it in wyne, and it wyll

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hete well the stomake. Also it cōforteth the de∣gestyon. Also take the leues and flowers of Magerum, and pune them a lytell & make thē hote in a panne, and lay it to the greuaūce & it taketh awaye the dysease in the stomacke that cōmeth of wynde. Also for the rewme in the heade, take this herbe & bynde it warme about thy heade. Also it dryeth the mother and con∣sumeth the superfluyte of it.

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