Rams little Dodeon [sic] A briefe epitome of the new herbal, or histoy of plants. Wherein is contayned the disposition and true declaration of the phisike helpes of all sortes of herbes and plants, vnder their names and operations, not onely of those which are here in this our Countrey of England growing but of all others also of other realmes, countreyes and nations vsed in phisike: Collected out of the most exquisite newe herball, or history of plants, first set forth in the Dutch or Almayne tongue, by ... D. Reinbert Dodeon, ... and lately translated into English by Henry Lyte, ... and now collected and abridged by William Ram, Gent. Pandit oliua suos Ramos.

Obseruations in Ianuarie.

With this fyre I warme my hand.

IF frost and weather be not extréeme, the wind not at West or North: set trées, of

• Apples Quinces Cheries Rosters
• Peares Plums Filbirds Raspis
• Wardens Damsons Walnuts Goseberies
• Barberies Quicksets Hawthornes Blackthorne

and generally all trées and plantes, the yonger the better.

In the wane of the Moone in the first quarter is best to set those and all others that shal beare fruit or flowres, and to prune trées, to cause them grow and beare the better.

In the wane of y^e Moone, set beanes, pease, & hastings, & sowe parceneps, carrets & onions, if the wether be mild & not too hard.

In the end of this moneth, in the new Moone it is indifferent good to graffe, fell, and crop trées.

Forget not to looke to weake cattell.

Giue drinke to sicke cattell: to Kine with Vergis, and to horse with white water made with ground Mault or Branne, or with some drinke if néed bée.

If they be poore, giue them sodden wheate.

Sow Lettice, Reddish and Spynach.

Drinch Hogges with whay, or take Ornament, alias Oxale, and Triacle of Ieane, an ounce of each: Bolearmaniak halfe an ounce in fine powder, temper it in a pottell of whay for a hog, and in a pint of vergis for a Cow, and giue it to drinke warme.

Weane Calues and Pigges for store.

Now geld or lybbe, the signe being frō the brest vpwards, and from the thighes downewards, the Moone being at land and at full: for it is ill cutting at full.

Let not your cattell take any sudden heat, before nor after cut∣ting.

Vse little Phisick but for great necessity.

Let no bloud but in case of necessitie, by skilfull aduice, and in good time.

Vse warme meates.

Drinke white wine fasting, if thy backe be not weake, or that thou bée not subiect to the gout.

Eschew all swéete meates and drinkes, and vse warme clo∣thing.

Let not such as are subiect to the Rhewme, take cold nor wet on their féete.

Such as haue aches may sweate or bathe, taking no cold.

Cold Ianuarie loueth hote clothes.

Warme meates and broths are best.

Meates that are warme conuenient be.

Bléede not, but bathes by counsaile vse.

Draw no bloud from vaine, but for necessitie.

If thou bléede beware of cold.

Walke not abroad in the night time.

Vse to eate the best confections.

Drinke white wine, for that flewme increaseth.

To fast long is hurtfull to the body.

Eate Sallets well prepared with oyle and spices.

Wash not thy head.

Bathe in safetie thy body warme.

To take a vomit is not hurtfull.

Take euerie morning during this month, a little quantitie of Rosed honey to comfort the stomacke, and to cleanse the body of choler and flewme.

• Drinke in ale or wine, Graines.
• Drinke in ale or wine, Ginger,
• Drinke in ale or wine, Nutmegs.
• Drinke in ale or wine, Cloues.