A newe herball of Macer, translated out of Laten in to Englysshe.

¶Plantago.

PLantago, this is called Playntayne, it is colde and drye in the seconde degre. ¶ The vertue is this, for hedache take Plantayne and bynde it aboute thy necke,* 1.1 & the ache shall go out of y^e heed. Also for dysea∣ses in the body,* 1.2 seth this herbe in good lycoure in what ye wyll, and vse to drynke it, & it shall clense the mawe, and y^e other inwardes. Also for hym that bledeth at the nose,* 1.3 gyue hym to drynke the ioyce of it, & it shall sease lyghtly. Also yf that the body of any man be wexen harde,* 1.4 stampe this herbe with grece and make a playster of it and lay it on the hardnes, and lyghtly it shall be softe and make it hole. Also for bytynge of a serpente,* 1.5 take this herbe and drynke it with wyne. Also for the dysease in the mouth,* 1.6 take the ioyce of this herbe, & holde

it longe in thy mouth, & eate the leues of this herbe. For hym that may not well pysse,* 1.7 sethe this herbe and drynke it. Also for a rotten hu∣mour in the brest,* 1.8 and aboute the herte take the ioyce of this herbe y^e wayght of .x. d. and med¦le it with hōny, and gyue hym to ete a spone∣ful at one tyme, and that shal spurge the brest For ache ī fete, take this herbe with vynegre,* 1.9 and drynke it. Also it healeth woundes, and clenseth the fylthe out of woundes. Also it swageth rankelynge, and stauncheth the men¦cions both with drynke & with playsters ma∣de with powdre of Armonyake, & of sankdra¦gone, & barly mele, with the white of egges, made in a playster, and layde to the sore. For the canker and the payne in the gūmes, take,* 1.10 the ioyce therof and medle it with hōny and vynegre, and powdre of Alume, and that shal slee the Canker in the mouthe. Also for the fe∣uers stamp thre rotes of Plantayne and tem¦pre it with water,* 1.11 and gyue it hym to drynke that hath the Feuers, and he shal be hole. For the Iaundes stampe Plantayne and Letuse togyther, and tempre them with vynegre,* 1.12 & make a playster therof and lay it to the ryght syde, and vse it tyll thou be hole,* 1.13 & it is good for the bytynge of an adder, drynke the ioyce

of it, and lay the substaūce of the herbe to the sore. For the same hange the rote of plantay∣ne aboute the necke of the pacyent, and mer∣uaylously it helpeth.* 1.14 For the potagre, and for the dysease in the synowes, stampe the leues of it with a lytel salt, & playster it well therto, and meruaylously it helpeth.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Heade
• * 1.2

  Body
• * 1.3

  bledīg.
• * 1.4

  Body.
• * 1.5

  biting.
• * 1.6

  mouth
• * 1.7

  water.
• * 1.8

  rotten humor
• * 1.9

  Ache.
• * 1.10

  Cāker.
• * 1.11

  Feuer.
• * 1.12

  Iaū∣des.
• * 1.13

  biting.
• * 1.14

  Pota∣gre.