|b[A_Middle_English_Translation_of_Macer_Floridus_de_Viribus_Herbarum,_
|b_ed._G”sta_Frisk._The_English_Institute_in_the_University_of_Upsala,
|b_Copenhagen:_Ejnar_Munksgaard,_1949.
|b_pp._57-202.]

|b_{Note:_The_backslash_in_the_text_stands_for_the_change_of_line_in}
|b_{the_original_manuscript;_lines_not_bybed.}



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             Mogworte.

     Mogworte or moderwort is clepid arthemesia for \ čat she is modir
     of alle očer herbes or for-či čat če modir \ of herbes hauyč ¨ouyn her
     name. Diana, sikerly če \ which is clepid in greke tonge Arthemesis,
   5 fonde up first če \ vertues of this herbe, and čer-fore is čis herbe
     clepid arthemesia \ of her fynders name.
     This herbe is specially medicinal to women \ syknesses. For water



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     of her decoccon, čat is to say water čat she is \ soden in, drunkyn,
     purgič women of her floures and bringeč hem \ forč fro hem. With
  10 če same watir čat čis mogwort is soden in \ wassh and bath če
     matrice, and so shal čou clense women or her \ floures.
     Take če same herbe rawe, stampe it and drinke yt with \ wyn, and
     so ¨he wole do če same. Take čis herbe grene as \ she growič and
     stampe it and bynde here to če wombe, and she \ shal delyuere out če
     werpling čat is čer-in.
  15 - For the moder. \
     Drink moderwort or make čer-of a suffumigacon, and she dissoluič \
     če hardnesse of če moder and če bolnynge of it.
     - For to pisse. \
     Drynke čis herbe ofte with wyn, and she wole make če to pisse, \ and
     she wole destroie če ston.
     - For iawnes and boches.
     And čus \ also she helpič hem čat haven če jawnes. Stampe čis
  20 herbe, \ medle it with hennys grece and make čer-of an emplastre and
     leie \ it to če boche. Drinke čis herbe with wyn, and čus shalt čou
     hele \ čy bocche.
     - For evyl drinkys.
     If eny evil drinke as opyum de\sese yee, drinke modirworte
     stampid in wyn, and čat schal make če \ hool.
     - For bytinges of wilde bestes.
  25 Summe clerkes seyn čat ho-so \ taste, čat is to say ete or drinke
     čis herbe, non noyous medecyn shal \ mowe hurte him and čat noo
     wylde beste will blečely byte him. \



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     - For venymous frosh.
     It is seide čat if čou hange a-bowte či necke \ če rote of čis herbe
     with a red črede, noon venemous frosh shall \ greue če. Juys of moder_wort 
  30 dronkyn with wyn shal profite also \ čer-too.
     - For sikenesses seide before.
     Take čis herbe grene as she growič, \ stampe it, put it in must
     and kepe čis while it is fynyd wel, \ and čis wyn shal be medecy_nall 
     to alle če sikenesses čat ben \ seide be-fore.
     - For če stomak.
     This wyn shal be wel lykyng \ |r[f.1v] in sauour, odour, or smellyng.
     It comfortič če stomak and helič \ če entrailes čat ben a-boute
     če herte if it be drunken. And men \ sayn čat it is profitable
     to many other causes. \


             Sowthernwode

   5 Sowthernwode, as it is red, is hoote in če črid degre and \ drie in
     če same. His sede is more feruent, for it is be-twen \ če čridde and če
     fourče gree.
     - For senewys čat ben bolne. \
     Make čer-of an emplaster, and it shall hele senewys čat ben \
     bolne if it be leyde čer-to.
     - For če brist.
     Drinke če decoccon \ of čis herbe, and it dooč goode to alle čin
  10 senewys and to streitnesse \ and to alle očer causes of če brest.
     - For če cowče.
     Drinke \ it ofte rawe with wyn, and it dooč gode a-yein če cowgh



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     and če \ chynke and to če ache of čin lendys and to če greuaunces of
     če cunte. \
     - For če stoon.
     It makyč če to pisse and destroieč če ston.
     - For \ wormes.
  15 And it destroieč wormes in če bely, it clensič \ entrayles, dryvič
     out wymmen flowres. It purgič če passiones \ and diseases čat fallen
     in če whirlebon of če hippe.
     - For \ festres.
     Hit dissoluyč če festre and distroyeth it.
     - For serpentys. \
     This herbe chasič a-wey serpentis čur¨ his odour. Drinke \ sother_enwode, 
  20 and it wole destroie če venym of serpentes. \
     - For če feuer colde.
     If čou haue če colde feuere or čan če \ disease come vpon če,
     drinke če iuys of sotherenwode with \ water or welle it in comyn
     oile and with če oile enoynte \ či lemes.
     - For če eyen.
     Take sotherenwode, crummys of \ brede, and apples čat men
  25 clepe coynes, and seth čis to-gider in \ watir and ley hem čan to čin
     eyen, and it destroieč and helič \ boče če ache of če eyen and če hete.
     - For shaft or čorn čat \ stikyč in a mannes body.
     Make of sotherenwode by it-self \ an emplastre or medle it with
     grece, and it wole drawe out \ shaft or čorn stykyd in če body. Ley
  30 čis herbe only vndir \ če pilwe at čin heed, and it shal stire če hugely



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     to lecchery. \ Or drink če same herbe, and it wole aquenche či lust
     of lecherye, \ and also it helpič a¨en če gowte; čat is proue. \


             Wermode.

     Wermode ys hote in če first degree and dreye in če IIde. \ |r[f.2r]
     - For če stomak.
     This herbe comfortič and strenghič če stomak in \ what-so-euere
     wyse a man take it. But betere is it čer-to, ¨if čou \ sethe it in rayn_water 
     and lay it a-colde čer-oute and ofte drinke it in \ čis wise. It
     helpič diuerse sikenesses of če stomak.
   5 - For wor\mes and for laxatif.
     In čis wise also it destroieč worme¨ \ in če bely and makyč če
     laxatif and stanchič če gret and immode\rate ache of če wombe.
     Drinke wormode, and it makyč če to \ pisse.
     - For wymmen floures.
     Take nard of Fraunce and wermode, \ stampe hem to-gidre and
  10 resolue hem or tempere hem with mulsa; \ drinke it, and so shalt
     čou purge women of her floures souereinly. \ This doč it also if čou
     vnderputte it with nessh wolle. Stampe \ to-gidere narde and wer_mode 
     and čat tre čat is clepid siler, tempere \ it with venegre and
     drinke it, and so salt čou wipe a-wey če greuaunces \ and noyous
     diseases of wymmen floure¨.
     - For če stomak.
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     stampe \ hem and tempere it with wyn, sethe hem čan and drinke
     hem, and so shalt čou \ purge če wicked and rawe humour¨ of če
     stomak.
     - For če brest. \
     Stampe to-gidre wermode and gladeyne and drinke it, and hit \
  20 helpith če brest wondirly. Ho-so wole stampe wermode \ with
     vinegre and oynt him čer-with, him dare nat drede gnattes ne \ flen.
     Or bren wormode, and če sauour of it driuyč hem a-way. \
     - For če jawnes.
     Ete rawe wormode and smallache to-gidre, and so \ shalt čou
     destroye če iawnes.
     - For če liuere.
     Ete rawe wormode \ and frensh nard to-gidre, and it helič če
     lyuere.
     - For če milte.
  25 Drinke \ wermode with vinegre, and hit helpič če mylte.
     - For venym of \ humlok or of stol.
     Ete or drinke wermode, and it destruyeč če ve\nym of padstolis.
     Drinke wermode with wyn, and hit destroieč \ če malice or venym of
     če hymlok. Drinke wermode, and hit \ helpith a-¨ein če bytyng
     of venymous bestes.
     - For če eyen.
  30 Stampe \ wermode and medle it with hony, oynte čer-with čin
     eyen, and čis ma\kyč hem clere and destroieč če wannesse and če
     bolnyng of če eyen \ and če quitere if eny be.
     - For če eres.
     ¨if čin eres ben stopped, seth \ wermode and lete vapour goo in-to
     čin ere, and so shalt čou be hool. If \ |r[f.2v] čin eres rynne a quytture,
     stampe wermode with hony and ley to hem, \ and čat shal hele hem.



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     - For če chekis čat ben swolle.
     If čin chekys \ ben to swolle, stampe wermode with hony and ley
     it on če sore with-\inne-forth.
     - For woundes.
   5 Stampe it and ley it to fressh woundes, \ for it helič hem fere.
     - For če hede or bocchis of če hede.
     Stampe and \ sethe wormode in wyn and hony and make of it
     an emplastre and \ ley it to če woundes or bocches of če heede, and
     it wole hele hem. \ A bath of hit wol destruye ¨ekyng.
     - For brakyng.
     Drinke če \ ius of wermode with also mykill of wyn as it is, and
  10 čou shalt nat \ be trauailed with brakyng in če see.
     - For če sore grinde.
     Ley in \ a lynnyn cloth wermode and girde it a-boute či lendes,
     and čis \ wole destroie če inmoderate ache of če grynde.
     - For to slepe. \
     če smel of wermode wole make če sike to slepe and so it wol, \
     if it be leide vnder his hede him vnwittyng.
  15 - For to make \ fair her.
     če asshen of wermode blekkyč her, if it be me \delid with oile and
     wex and if čou will ofte anointe či her with čis \ oynement. Ley
     wermode in či cheste, and čer shall no motth come \ čer-in_For 
     - če tunge.
     Stampe wormode with hony, and it wole hele \ če ache and če
  20 swellyng čat fallič vnder če tunge. čis same \ medicyne wole hele



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     and destroye če wannesse and discoleryng \ čat is woned to appeire
     a-bowte če roundnesse of če eyen. \
     - For sownyng in če ere.
     če iuus of wermode with oxen galle \ helič če sownyng of če ere_For 
     - če splen.
     A plastre of \ wermode resoluič če hardnesse of če splen if čou
  25 put \ hony čer-to. Of wermode make a suffumigacon, and it wole
     drye \ vp če skyn čat če childe lieč inne in his moderis wombe and
     ma\kič če flour¨ for to rynne owt fast.
     - For the stomak. Sethe 
     \ wormode in oile grene as wermode growič and anoyn\te
  30 čere-with thi gryndes, and that shal doo mochel proffit \ to či stomak.
     Late wermode lye and soke in wyn wel \ and with that wyn tempre
     thin enke, and čere shal neither \ mows ne ratte gnawe the booke
     that is ywrete \ with čis enke. \\ |r[f.3r]


             Nettle.

     The nettle is in greek y-clepid acaliphe. ¨he is \ hugely hoote,
     and čer-fore she is clepid vrtica in latin, for-so-michel as she \ wole
     brenne his fyngers čat handelič here.
     - For jaundys.
     Drink nettles, \ and so shalt čou hele če jawnes.
     - For če collica passioun.
   5 Ete and \ drinke nettle seed with hony, and it wole destroye če
     sikenesse čat is \ clepid collica passio.
     - For če cough.
     Drinke ofte nettle sede, and hit wole \ hele če olde cough.



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     - For če lunges.
     It puttič awey če colde of če lun\ges and če ake of če wombe and
     swellinges. To alle čise afore-seid \ passiouns is če pouder of če
  10 nettle or of če nettle sede good me\deled with hony. So is also če
     self grene herbe ius ofte drunke with \ wyn.
     - For woundes and bocchis.
     Stampe nettle leuys with salt and make of hit an \ emplastre, and
     it wole clense foule woundes and do goode to bocchis.
     - For by\tyng of houndes and of cancre.
     This same emplastre is good a-¨eins houndes-byting \ and cancres
     and če sikenesse čat men clepin parotida and luxatura, and čis re_formyč 
  15 and con\seueth če flesh čat is goo fro če boon.
     - For humoure¨.
     And čis \ drieč vp wickyd humour¨.
     - For če podagre and lymes.
     če nettle roote \ stamped with wynegre slakkyč če swellyng of če
     splen, and a-¨ein \ podagre it is goode and also to alle če sikenesse
     of če toon, if it be \ made in plastre or leyde to or soden in oyle and
  20 če lymes be oynted with \ če oynement čer-of.
     - For to make a nose to blede.
     Put in či nose če iuus of če \ nettle leef, and it wole make čin
     nose for to blede. So grete hete is in \ če nettle by kynde čat if čou
     oynte či frounte of him čat bledič at če nose \ with če iuus of hit,
     it wole staunche če blode. Make of nettles and of \ myrre a suffu_mygacon, 
  25 and it wole dryve owt wymmen floures. If če \ matrice,



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     of ouermychil humour¨ grevyd and heuyed, haue sperened forne
     če \ cunte, frote it wel with nettle leuys or with če iuus of nettle.
     Drinke \ nettle or her seed with wyn, and it wole moue lecherye.
     But more \ strongly moueč hit if čou stampe it with salt and hony
     and peper, and drink \ all čis to-gidre in wyn. če fowre fotid best
  30 čat wole nat suffre his \ male shal be froted with netteles, and
     a-noon it wole stonde stille to \ his male. Thus excitič and sterič
     če nettle če naturel hete.
     - For če \ plereys.
     Drynk nettle seed medled with hony, and it wole hele če sikenes \
     čat is clepid pleuresis.
     - For brest and lunges.
     Hit helič če brest, it helpič če \ lunges. Drink it with mulsa, and
     hit wole make če to pisse.
     - For the \ |r[f.3v] laxatif.
     Seth in oile nettles and drink če decoccion, and hit wole make
     če \ laxatif. Take nettle sede and rolle it in či mouth clos, and hit
     wole \ alaye če bolnynges of čat part of če mouth čat is clepid vua.
     Frote \ wel a barein bestes cunte with nettle leuys or with če iuus of
   5 hit, and \ če beste shal conceyue.
     - For to swete.
     Oynte če wel with oyle čat \ nettlis ben soden ynne, and it wole
     make če to swete. Take če iuus \ of nettle sede and anoynte čer-with
     čin hede, and it wole lette and represse \ če fluxe of če hede. Nettle
     sede shal be gadred in August and be \ dryed, and čan shal it be
  10 holsome and proffitable to many causes. \



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             Garlik

     Garlyk is hote and drye in če fourče degre.
     - For houndes \ byting.
     Ete garlyk or oynte čer-with če sore place, and it wole hele
     bitinges \ and stynginges of snakes and neddres. Medle garlek with
     hony, and hit \ wole hele houndes bytyng ¨if čou wole oynte čer_with 
     če bityng place. \
     - For wormes.
  15 če sauour of stampid garlyk dryueč a-wey noyous \ wormes.
     Seth garlek in mulsa and put to hit a litle vynegre \ and drinke hit;
     čis wole destroye če wormes in če wombe and če trenches.
     - For \ colde čat is borst out.
     With če same cure čou my¨t hele če body \ čat is broke out for
     colde.
     - For biting of venemous bestes.
     Seth gar\lyk pelys in oile, and čat oile wole hele če bitynges of
  20 dedly and \ venemous bestis if če byting place be oyntyd with hit.
     - For če \ bladder.
     Oynte či share with garlyk soden in mulsa and vinegre, \ and
     čis wole destroie če swellyng and ache of če bladdere. če same \
     wole garlyk pelys do, if ye sethe hem in watir and ley hem in \ maner
  25 of a plastre to če share. Seth garlek in his pilys and \ čere-in bath
     wel and long a woman, and sho shal a-non be delyuered \ of her
     aftir-burthun. To čis same helpič a suffumygacon \ of garlyk.
     - For lunges čat ben disesed.
     Seth garlyk in gotes \ mylk and ete it, and hit wole helpe a-¨ein
     many diseses of the \ lunges. And so it doč also if čou ete it rawe.



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  30 - For če dropsye.
     Seth garlyk with centuary and ¨if it hem čat han če dropsie, for
     it drieč \ vp če watery humour¨.
     - For newfresis and for če ston.
     Seč garlik \ with coryndre and wyn, ete hit and drinke čis for če
     sikenesse čat is \ clepid neufresis and for če stoon in če reynes.
     - For če jaunys. \
  35 čis is gode also to če ache of če reynes or for če iaunys, and hit \
     makyč če nesshe wombed.
     - For če ache of če hede.
     Sethe \ garlyk with benys, stampe hit and make čer-of a plastre \\ |r[f.4r]
     and ley it to his hede or oynte čer-with če templis of če hede, and \
     hit wole destroie če hache of če hede.
     - For če ere.
     Stampe garlyk \ with goos grese and handle it wele at če fire,
     melte it and lewke \ put it in čin ere, and hit stauncheč če ache of
   5 če ere and souereinliche \ makeč če for to here.
     - For coughe.
     Sethe garlyk in water and ete it ofte, and \ it destroieč če cough
     and stauncheth sy¨ynges .
     - For če voys.
     Ete gar\lyk whečer čou wilt raw or soden, and it wole clarifie če
     voys, but \ better helpič če soden čer-to.
     - For tenasmon.
     Stampe garlyk and mercurial, \ seth hem and ete hem; čis wole
  10 destruye če sikenesse čat is clepid \ tenasmon.
     - For bolnynges.
     Stampe garlyk with swynesgrece and make \ čer-of a plastre, and
     it wole aswage bolnynges if čou ley ofte čis plastre \ to če boln place.



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     Ete at morn fastyng garlyk and drynk wyn \ čer-to, and čat day
     shal noon vncouth wateres doo če harm no chaun\ginge of diuerse
  15 places. \


             Planteyn.

     Planteyn če more is clepid in greke arnoglossa. She hath \ levys
     like a lombestunge. čere is II maner of planteyn: če first \ is clepid
     če more, and čat očer is clepid če lasse. And čis lesse is \ clepid
     lanceolata for her leues ben shapen sharp lyke a spere. \ Planteyne
  20 is colde and dreie in če čridde degree. The more nače\les čat is seid
     arnoglossa hauyč če grettir my¨t and vertue.
     - For \ woundes.
     Arnoglossa wole drey moist woundes and clense hem čat \ ben
     fowle, if she be medled with hony and salt and sode in vinegre \
     and leyde čer-to.
     - For the flux.
     Take čis same herbe and a-nočer čat is cle\pid lens and di¨t hem
  25 in če same wise and ete hem, and it wole staunch \ če flux of če
     wombe and of če blody meneson and če fluxe of če wom\be čat is
     with ache. čat same doč it leide in a plastre, and hit restrey\neč
     če blode.
     - For blake spottes.
     Frote with če same eny blak spotte, \ and it wole turne hit a-¨en
     to če colour čat it was of erst.
     - For the \ brennyng.
  30 Medle planteyn iuus with shepes melk, and it wole hele brenn_ynges 
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     - For houndesbyting.
     Stampe only planteyn leves, \ and hit wole hele houndesbytinges
     and abate bolnynges if it be leide \ čer-to.
     - For kernell. .
     Stampe čis herbe with salt, and hit wole destroye kernel¨ \ if
     it be leide čer-to.
     - For če dropsie and fallyng evel.
     Seth planteyn as \ wortes and ete hit for it dooč gode to če dropsie,
     and in če same \ |r[f.4v] wise it helpič hem čat hač če chinke or če fallyng
     evel.
     - For \ wondes in če mouč.
     Halde longe in či mouth če iuus of \ plantein and rolle it wele
     čer-in; hit purgič če foule wondes of če \ mouč.
     - For festris
   5 Helde če iuus of planteyn in festris or \ in siringes, and hit shal
     hele hem. če ius of planteyn is good for \ ake in če eris if it be helt
     čer-in.
     - For ignis sacer.
     With če iuus of \ planteyn oynte če place where is če maladie čat
     is clepid \ ignis sacer, and it wole make hit hole.
     - For če tysyk.
     Drinke \ ofte če iuus of planteyn, and it wole hele če tysyk and
  10 če blode spewe\rys.
     - For če blody meneson.
     Tak če iuus of planteyn by a \ clystre, and hit wole hele če blody
     meneson.
     - For če eyen.
     Oynte \ ofte če eyen with plantein iuus, and it wole hele če boln_yng 
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   - For če gomes.
     Chewe wel planteyn če more, and it wol re\presse če boln gomes
  15 ful of blode. And in če same wise it \ stancheč če toth-ache.
     - For če hed-ache.
     Hange če rote of čis \ herbe a-bowte či necke, and it wole do a-way
     če hede-ache. Wet \ wolle in lewk iuus of planteyn and vnderputte
     it, and hit \ wole restreyne če corrupcon or blode čat rennyth oute
     of \ če woman.
     - For styngynge of scorpions.
  20 Emplastre planteyn \ rote to čat place čat a scorpion hač stunge,
     and it wole make it hole. \ To alle če forseid causes is gode če decoc_cion 
     of čis herbe. But ¨it \ beter is če sede of hit soden in wyn.
     - For če bladdere.
     Drinke čis planteyn, and \ it wole destroye and hele če ache of
     če bladdere and of če reynes.
     - For če cough. \
     It is seid čat in hem čat beren čis herbe rotes hanged a-boute her
  25 nekes, čei \ shal neuer coghen if čei bere hem ay.
     - For če feuere tercian.
     Tak III rotes of čis \ herbe and stampe hem, medle hem with
     III cuppis of wyn and with also many of water \ and ¨eue čise hem
     čat han če feuere afor čat če quakyng come vpon him, and so shalt \



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     čou put a-way če feuere tercian. Tak in če same manere IV rotes
     of čis herbe \ with IV cuppes, and it wole put a-way če quartan.
  30 Here note čou čat čis cup \ is clepid in latin ciatus, and ciatus
     is as mikel as an hen ey shelle may holde. \


             Planteyn.

     Planteyn če lesse is gode to če bocches of če nosečrille, if čou
     anointe \ hem with če iuus of čis herbe or make of it a plastre.
     - For bocches of če eyen. \
     In če same wise it is goode to če bocches of eyen, if it be leid
     čer-vp-\on eche IX dayes with nessh wolle.
     - For ache of če wombe.
  35 Ley vp-\on če wombe of če leuk iuus of čis herbe and wassh hir.
     - For če wormes in če wombe. \ |r[f.5r]
     Drinke ofte če iuus of čis herbe by hit-self or \ medle it with swynes
     grece olde and ley it čer-to whan it is medled with \ če same grece,
     and čer-of is made a plastre.
     - For bolnynges, for parotida, and for wondes. \
     It is goode to staunche or abate bolnynges čat ben harde, and in
   5 če \ same wise is hit gode to čat evel čat is clepid parotida and to
     fressh and \ newe woundes.
     - For če quarteyn.
     Drinke če iuus of čis herbe II oures a-\fore če accys, and hit wole



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     hele če quartayn. Drinke če iuus of čis herbe, \ and hit wole putte
     oute če afterburthen.
     - For če ach ot feet.
     Stampe čis \ herbe with wyn or vynegre and emplastre it; so
  10 shalt čou hele and a-swa\ge če foot ache of going. So dooč če sede
     of this herbe if it be \ drunke and če iuus also medled with reysons.
     - For če bladder.
     This herbe is \ gode to diuerse sekenesse of če bladdere for čis
     herbe hauyč my¨t \ and vertue for to dreye.
     - For bocches.
  15 čer-for she is good to bocchis and to \ dislocacioun of če body. \\


             Rue.

     Rue, as lechis sein, is hoot and drye in če III:de degre.
     - For stomak. \
     She dooč mekyl goode to če stomak if she be ofte drunke. She
     openyč \ če nosethrill and drieč vp če blode. She putteč out če
     child and repressith lechery \ if she be drunke and also stauncheč
     če cowhe and purgič women flour¨. \
     - For alle če partys with-ynne a mannes body and for če plus_erys, 
  20 \ for artetica and for če feuers.
     Sethe rue in water and če ferthe part \ vynegre and drinke čat
     decoccion; hit wole destroie če freting in če \ bely; hit helpič če
     lunges and če brest and če ache and če disease \ of če rybbes čat is
     clepid pluresis; hit destroyeth čat passion čat \ fallič in če whirlebon
  25 of če či¨he, and čat disease is clepid arte\tica, and če feueres if



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     čou drinke it or if čou seth grene rewe in oyle \ and čer-with lewk
     oynte če pacient a-fore his trembling. Oynte with \ čis oyle če mouth
     of če matrice, and it shal hele here fro bolnyng. Helde \ hit in whith
     a clistre, and it wole hele če swellynges of če entrayles. \
     - For če modir.
  30 Boče to če moder and to če entrayles dooč rue good if \ she be
     drunken with wyn.
     - For wormes.
     Seth rue in oyle and ete it or \ drinke it, and so shalt čou destroie
     če wormes in če wombe.
     - For če \ dropsie.
     Sethe longe figes and rue in wyn, and če liqour of it is good \ to
     hem čat han če dropsie. And so doč če self confeccion of hit \ |r[f.5v] in čis
     wise if it be emplasterid by a ny¨t.
     - For če eyen.
     Ete \ rawe rue, and it wole clarifie če si¨t. But better helpič hit \
     if čou make an oynement of če iuus of rue and of če iuus of fenel;
     with če galle \ of a cok and with hony also mochel as is of rue and
   5 with čis čou \ anoynte čin eyen ofte.
     - For če hede-ache.
     Medle če ius of \ rue with če oile of roses and vynegre, and čis
     oynement wole cese \ če hede-ache. Thrist oute če iuus of rue and
     hilde it in-to če nosečrill \ čat bledič, and it wole staunche če blode.
     Chafe če iuus of rue \ in a pele of a pomegarnet and hilde it in če ere,
  10 and hit wole \ hele če ache of če ere.
     - For ignis sacer.
     Medle rue iuus with \ oile roset, ceruse, and wynegre, and myrre,



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     and čis confeccon by \ ofte oyntyng wole hele če siknesse čat is
     clepid ignis sacer. \
     - For bocchis in če hede.
     čis oynement wole hele če boc\ches of če hed, owt če which rynnyč
  15 a fat humour, and ek \ ča scabbe čat is clepid derte or herpeta, and
     eke če bocchis \ čat risen in če nosečrill and stinkyč hugely, whiche
     beč clepid \ osyme, if it be held in če nosečrill.
     - For venym.
     Metri\dates prouyč ofte čat rue etyn or dronkyn rawe wole \
  20 destroye venym. For he čat etič fasting rue and mynte leves \ with
     a litel salt and II figes and II akcornes and II notes, čat day ne \
     drede he no bestis venym. This also techič če wesel, \ for whan she
     shal fy¨te with če eddre, she wole ete first \ rue.
     - For če guttes.
     Seč rue in a litil boter and oile, and it wol \ destroie če bolnyng
  25 of če matrice if she be put vnder lewk. In such \ wise doč she good
     to če disese of če gutte čat is clepid colon and to all \ če maladies
     čat ben with-in če body.
     - For če ballokes.
     Stampe rue with \ lorer leves and make čer-of a plastre, and it
     wole destroye če swellyng \ of če ballokes.
     - For alle če parties in če body.
     Tak peper, comyn, \ and nitrum in even wei¨te and of rue as mokyl
  30 as of al čise III, but \ loke wel čat če comyn be wel soked in sharp



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     vynegre and eft \ dried vp-on an hote plate of iren. čan shul al
     čise be stam\ped to-gidre smalle and made vp with hony. čis wole
     hele če ache of če brest, \ of če sides, of. če mawe, of če reynes if
     it be ofte ete. čis wole anentishe \ colera and make če nesshe wombe
  35 with-oute greuaunce. It comfortič če stomake and makič \ goode
     digestioun. \ |r[f.6r]


             Violet.

     Neičer če rose colour ne če lylie may ouer-passe če violet, \ neičer
     in beaute, neičer in strenghe or vertue, neičer in odour. It is saide \
     čat violet is moist and colde in če IV:e gre. Of violet čer is III ma_ners, 
     če \ whiche ben knowen by her flour¨; čat is dyuers, for-whi
   5 če first ben \ white, če II:de blake, če III:de of purpure colour. And
     čou¨ čei ben of diuers \ colour¨, ¨it čei han alle oon vertue and
     my¨t in medicyne.
     - For vnkynde \ hete.
     Violet helpith and refreyneč če places čat ben enflamed and \
     hote, if it be stamped and leyde to hem plastre-wise.
     - For the hede.
     Violet \ destroieth če hede-ache, if it be drunken or smellyd to
  10 or če hed \ couered čer-with.
     - For če grynde.
     Water čat violet is soden in is \ goode to deseases of če grynde, if
     it be ofte wasshe and bathed čer-in. \
     - For če fallyng evel.
     It is saide čat violet of purpure colour helpič and \ destruyeč
     če fallyng evill specially in children if she be \ drunken with water.



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     - For če eye.
  15 Stampe violet with mirre and saffron and ley čis \ emplastre to
     če bolnyng of če eye, and it wole hele it.
     - For bocches \ of če hede.
     Stampe violet with hony and vynegre and čer-with oynte če \
     bocches of če hede. With če watir čat violet is soden in wassh and \
     bath ofte če moder, and it wole abate če bolnyng of her.
     - For če \ eres.
     Medle violet with wex and čerewith anointe ofte če chenes of če
  20 eres, \ če whiche the grekes clepe ragadias, or ley it to, and it wole
     make \ hem hool.
     - For welkys.
     Medle violet with hony and čer-with oynte če welkys, and \ čis
     wole destroye and hele hem or emplastre it to hem.
     - X.
     Violet \ seed drunkyn with wyn purgič women floures.
     - XI. For če splen. \
     Violet rotis stampid and medelid with vynegre drey¨ če splene,
  25 if čei \ be drunke or ley čer-to.
     - XII. For če podagre.
     It is seid čat in čis \ same wise čou my¨t cure and hele če podagre
     hoote.
     - XIII. For če \ stomak.
     Drinke grene violet or če flour or iuus of hit, and so \ shalt čou
     destroie colera rubea in če stomak.
     - XIV. For the \ sides.
  30 Drink violet medled in watir fressh, and hit wole destroie \ alle
     če siknesses that cometh of če colera rubea or of blood in če tendre



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     and \ nessh sides or in če lungus and če cough of childrin and če
     syčinge \ in če same wise.
     - XV. For erys and če hede. .
     As čou makest \ oyle of roses, so shalt čou make oile of violet,
     and čat is profitable \ |r[f.6v] to many causes as men seyn, for it wole destroye
     če ache of če \ eres and če sounyng čer-in also if it be put in hem,
     and to če hede \ it profiteč what-so-euere ache it holdič.
     - XVI. For wormes.
     Held \ in or drink čis oyle or oynte čer-with či wombe, and it
   5 wole slee \ alle če wormes čat čer-in ben.
     - XVII. For če body.
     Hit acoldyč \ esely če body and resoluyč it of slomeryng.
     - XVIII.
     Oynte with čis \ oyle čin erys of če hede, and it wole destroye
     če skaly dust of hit. \
     - XIX. For brekyng of a mannys skulle.
     If če skulle or če brayn \ panne be broke or bowed, so čat če pa_cient 
  10 mow nat speke, stampe \ čis violet and do him for to drinke
     it in wyn first. Aftirward, if če \ ri¨t side of če hede be hurte, stampe
     violet and bynde it to če \ left foote sole; ¨if it be če reuerse, do
     čou če reuerse, a-non the \ bon wole slepe a¨en, and in če same day
     shal če pacient speke as \ seič če Iust leche.
     - XX. For flux of če wombe_če 
  15 roote \\ of če white violet wole stanche če flux of če wounde, \
     be it olde, be it newe, and if čou holde it in či mouth and swolwe \



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     ofte če iuus of it and if čou take liquorice čer-with and chewe both \
     to-gyder čer-with, his vertue is če spediour. \


             Smerewort

  20 Smerewort or wodemarch hauyč III maneres. če first is \ seide
     longe for his rote is long; čat očer is seide rounde \ for his rote is
     rounde; če III:de is seide in greek clematis. čis \ is neyhonde euene
     of my¨t to če seconde, če whiche is seid \ rounde as it is radde. Alle
     III ben hote in če II:de gree and drie \ in če first gree.
     - Vis prima. For biting and for venym.
  25 Take \ and drinke čis rounde with wyn, and he wole hele alle
     bytinges \ venemous and destruye venym čat man hač ete or drunke
     and \ dryvič out če aftirburden.
     - II. For colde.
     čis herbe drunke with \ wyn and peper purgič če moder after če
     childbyrth from alle \ corrupcon and filthe, and so it wol doo if
  30 it be put only vnder-\nethe.
     - III. For sides or če rybbes.
     This herbe doč goode to hem čat \ hauyn če chinke and to če
     diseases of če sides or rybbys. She \ wole destroye če colde čat man
     hauyč take in his body, if \ it be drunke in wel sauered water or in
     očer saueryng činges čat \ |r[f.7r] ben proffitable.
     - IV. For nayl or čorn or arowe čat stykyč in a \ mannys body.
     Stampe čis herbe and ley her as an emplastre; hit \ wole bring
     oute naille or čorn or arowe čat stykyč in a mannys body.
     - V. For woundes.
   5 Medele smerewort with hony, and it wole clense \ woundes and
     hele hem.



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     - VI. For tethe.
     Medle with če forseide two \ gladens and čer-with oynte če gomes;
     it wole kepe teth fro rotyng \ and fulthe.
     - VII. For če splene.
  10 Drinke čis herbe with wynegre, and it \ wole dissolue če durenesse
     or hardnesse of če splene.
     - VIII. For \ če side.
     Drinke here with hote water or with wyn, and it wole hele \ če
     ache of če side.
     - IX. For če feueres.
     Drink here with water, \ and she wole destroie če euel feueres.
     - X. For če cramp.
     Drink here \ in če same wise, and a-boue alle-činge it wole doo
     goode a¨en \ če crampe.
     - XI. For podagre.
     In če same wise wil it destroie \ če harde podagre ¨if it be drunke
     ofte.
  15 - XII. For če fallyng evel. \
     In če same wise she wole destruye and swage če ache of \ če wombe
     and če fallyng evill and paralisie also.
     - XIII.
     The smoke \ of čis herbe wole chase a-wey alle deuels and gladeč
     čong chil\deren.
     - XIV. For festres.
     če rote of čis herbe wole hele festres \ wel, if it be wel clensid and
     put in-to če hole faste.
  20 - XV. For \ yoxynges.
     Drinke čis herbe with watir or wyn, and it wole destroie \ če yox.
     - For bathing and for če splen and for eny-čing in a \ mannys
     body.
     če longe may do alle čo čat I haue seid čat če \ rounde may doo.
     But natheles če long hač weiker strengh \ čan hač če rounde, whare_fore


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|p25 somme men, whan čei ne \ mowe nat haue če rounde, taken also
     mykil wey¨te of \ če long as čey wolde doo of če rounde, if čei had
     it, and half \ so moche. če decoccion of če long dooč good wonderlich
     in ba\thing or wasshing, and if she be drunke with water, she wole \
  30 hele če diseases of če splen, if she be stamped and leyd to. \ She
     wole drawe oute what-so-euere činge it be čat is stykyd \ in a mannes
     body. Also ¨he wole destroye če wykyd humours \ of če matrice
     and purgič here. Plinius seič čat če woman čat leič čis \ herbe to
     here cunte with beef after čat she hač conceyued, she \ |r[f.7v] shal haue
     a sone for čis herbe fourmeth males in čis wise.
     - XVI. \
     Medle če rounde with lym and stampe hem to-gidre, and čis quellič
     fisshes; \ and čerefore some men clepič her če venym of če erthe. \


             Smalache.

   5 Ache is clepid apium in latin for-či čat če cop of \ victour¨ or
     ouer-comers in olde tyme was woned to bere here whan čey \ hadde
     ouer-come her enemyes. Hit is seide čat Alcydes toke vp-on him \
     first for to were suche a corowne, and očer men afterward vsed forth
     čat \ manere.
     Sum men supposin čat čis herbe ache or smalache were seide \
     apium for-čy čat been ben ofte woned to sitte vpon čis herbe and
  10 sowke \ oute če iuus of her flours coueytously. Grekes clepin čis
     herbe selinon \ or solinum. It is hoote and drye in če III:de degre.
     - Vis prima. For če eyen \ čat ben boln and for če stomak.
     Medle če iuus of ache with whitbrede crum\mes and emplastre
     it by a ny¨t to če ey¨e čat is boln, and it wole abate \ če swellyng;



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  15 and in če same wise wole it abate če bolnyng of če tetys \ and stanche
     če feruour of če stomak and destruyeč če bolnyng and če \ ventosite
     of hit.
     - II. For to pisse.
     Ete or drynk čis herbe rawe, \ and it wole do če to pisse. But
     better doč čis decoccion of čis herbe \ rotys; also doč če seede of
     smallache if it be drunke ofte.
     - III. For \ venemous bytinges and for če cough.
  20 čis herbe wole proffite to \ venemous bytinges, but beter is če
     seed čer-too or če decoccion of it em\plastrid.
     - IV.
     In če same wise wole ¨he staunche če cough \ if she be drunke
     ofte.
     - V. For to harde če wombe.
     In če same \ wyse she wole harde če wombe and staunche če
     vomite if she \ be drunke.
     - VI. For to restore če colour of če sike.
  25 Medle ache \ with watir and vynegre a litil, and it wole restore
     to če sike če colour \ čat čey hauen forlost.
     - VII. For če feuers.
     Ete eche day fastyng \ smalache raw, and it wole destroie če
     feuere cotidian, if čou also drink \ it with water a-fore če quakyng
     of če feuere.
     - VIII. For če dropsie. \
     Drink smallache with če ius of fenel, and čat wole helpe hem čat
  30 han \\ če dropsie or disease in če spleen or če bolnyng in če mawe. \
     - IX. For freklinges in če face.
     With če iuus of ache oynte če \ freklyd face, and čis wole destroie
     če frekles alle.



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     - X. For woundes \ and bocchys.
     če iuus of smallache medled with mele or flour of \ |r[f.8r] whete and če
     white of an ey and emplastrid wole clense wondes \ and bocches
     if it be leyde ofte-tyme čer-to. \


             Saueyne.

     Saueyne is hoot and drie in če čridde degre.
     - Vis prima. For won\des or bocches.
   5 Medle saveyn with hony, and it wole dreye fast a \ wounde or
     bocche and clense hem wel.
     - II. For a felon.
     This emplastre \ wole hele a felon, če whiche če comone peple
     clepič če goode bocche. \
     - III.
     Saueyne wole delyuere wel women of her floures and do če \ dede
     childe in his modur wombe to be bore, if she be drunke ofte \ with
     wyn or stampid be leide to če matrice mouth.
  10 - IV. For \ sikenesse čat comeč of cold.
     Saueyne medled with a cerote \ wil make če skyn for to glittere
     or shine. Saueyne wole \ do gode to alle sikenesse čat ben taken
     with colde if her de\coccion be drunke with wyn or water. \


             Leeke.

  15 As it is seid, Ypocras vsede leeke in many of his medecyns. \
     - Vis prima.
     Ypocras, čat grete leche, yaf če iuus of leek for to drinke to hem \
     čat cast out bloode, če whiche men ben clepid in greek ernotoici.



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     - II. \ For hem čat speten blode.
     With ¨. II. of če dust of encense or of galle \ medled with ¨.
     I. of leke seed and a litel of myrre; whan all čise \ ben well
  20 stamped togider and sodin in wyn, it wole be a \ gode drinke for
     hem čat speten blode and to hem čat bleden at če nose. \
     - III. For to stanche blode at nose.
     The iuus of leek wole stanche \ če blode čat rennyth out at če
     nose, if če noistrell be a-noynted \ with-ynne-forth with hit.
     - če IV.
     če same is goode for rynnyng \ or flowyng or brokyn cuntes.
     - V.
  25 če woman čat ofte-tyme \ etič leek shal conseyve ly¨tly.
     - VI. For wondes or bocchys.
     Stamp \ leek with hony and ley it to če bocche or wonde, and hit
     wole \ do goode čer-to and hele it.
     - VII. For distillacon of če hede.
     Medle če iuus of \ leek with ptisane, and hit wole hele če distillacon
     of humour¨ of \ če hede and to če lunges and to če diseases of če
  30 brest; and hit makyč \ a shill vois and destruyeč če cogh čat harmeč
     če entrayles, and \ to alle causes čat ben saide afore is če iuus of
     leek a-loone goode. \
     - VIII. For to staunche če flux.
     Ete leek and drynke wyn to or \ |r[f.8v] drinke če iuus of leek medled
     with wyn, and čis wole make če \ harde wombed. Sethe če white
     of leek in wyn and aftir the \ first boylyng take it oute of če wyn
     and boile it in watir and \ ¨if it to drink; hit wole staunche če flux
   5 and make the \ harde wombe. So it doč also if it be sode in wyn
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     - For byting of venemus best.
     And čat same is goode for to \ distroie venym of naddre byting
     or of eny envenemous beest. \
     - IX. For če cough.
     Medle če iuus of leek with womans mylk, and \ hit wole destroie
  10 če olde cogh and do mochel goode to diuerse \ sikenesses of če lunges.
     - X. For če ere.
     Medle če iuus of leek with \ gotes galle or with mulsa and helde
     it leuke in-to če ere čat akeč, and it wil abate če akyng of če ere.
     - XI. \
     Leek destroyeč če venym of padstol if it be ete.
     - XII. For če \ hede.
     Medle to-gider two partyes of leek iuus and če čridde partie \
  15 of hony, helde it in at če nostrell or at če eren, and hit wole \ abate
     če hede-ache.
     - XIII. For če lendes.
     As leches seyn, čer is no-čing \ so profitable or more profitable
     to če ache of če lendys čan is če iuus of lekys \ drunkyn with wyn.
     - XIV. For bochhe¨.
     Leek or če iuus of leek is gode \ for to consowde and hele bocches
     and for to alette and mollifie \ če hardenesse of a bocche or of a
     postome.
  20 - XV. For wondes. \
     Stampe leek and salt and ley hem to a newe and fressh \ wounde;
     this wole close it a-non.
     - XVI.
     Ete rawe leek, and it wole \ putte a-wey drunkenesse and stere
     to lecherie and make če wombe \ nesshe čat is harde. \



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             Nepis.

  25 Nepys is clepid in greek calamentum, and it is drie and hot in \
     če mydle of če čridde degre.
     - Vis prima.
     Drinke čis herbe with meth, \ and it wol make al če body in-to
     a swat.
     - II. For če feuere.
     če oile of če \ decoccion of čis herbe wol destroie če feuere, if alle
     če body be \ noynted with hit afore če colde take če pacient, and
     če colde \ it wole putte a-wey also.
  30 - III. For če disease in če whirlboone. \
     Stampe čis herbe grene and ley it to če čigh of him čat hath \
     disease in his whirlebon, and čus it wole brenne če skyn as it \ |r[f.9r] is
     seide, and so dreye vp če humour¨ and so put a-wey če dissese \
     and če ache of če whirlebon.
     - IV.
     Medle če iuus of this \ herbe in drink, and hit wole purge women
     flour¨ if it be drunke.
     - V. For lepre \ a souerein medecyn.
   5 Elefancia is a maner of lepre, and it is clepid \ čis name, for ri¨t
     as an elefant is hugest of alle bestis, \ so is čis maladie grettist of alle
     maledies and lepres. Drinke \ calamynte in če bygynnyng of čis
     maledie with wyn, for hit \ wole waste and consume če humour¨
     čat čis maladye is noriss\hed by and so cure čis maladye.
     - VI. For venym.
  10 Stampe čis herbe and \ ley it to če place čat stunge is of eny
     serpent, and so shalt čou hele \ čat place.
     - VII. For sle wormes in če bely.
     Drink calamynte in \ wyn, and it wole putte a-wey venome.



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     - VIII.
     Cala\mynte drunke wole sle wormes in če bely.
     - IX.
     Medele če \ ius of calamynte with salt and hony, and it wole sle
  15 če worme¨ \ čat beth in eny place of če body.
     - X
     Yf a woman čat is \ with childe drinke calamynte, it wole delyuere
     her of her wherp\lyng; čus wole doo čis herbe, if she be grounde
     and put vunder \ če woman.
     - XI. For če jaunyse and streitnesse of če brest.
     čis \ herbe drunke with wyn wole clense and hele če jaunyse and
  20 the \ streightnesse of če brest and če chinke.
     - XII. For če mawe.
     In če same \ wise hit helpič and abatič če grevaunce of če mawe.
     - XIII. For the \ syde.
     In če same wyse wole she hele če olde ache and če greuaunce \
     of če syde.
     - XIV. For če cicatrices.
     Stampe čis herbe and ley it to blake cica\tricis, and hit wole bringe
  25 hem a-yein to če colour čat he had erst. But \ better helpič čis
     herbe her-to, if she be sode in wyn and čan em\plasteryd.
     - XV. For če stomak.
     Drynk če iuus of čis herbe with wyn, and \ it wole destroie če
     grevaunce of če stomak and če akče.
     - XVI. For \ to chace a-wey serpentis.
     če smoke of čis herbe chaceč serpentes \ out of če hous čat čis
     herbe is brent inne.
  30 - XVII. For če yox. \
     It is seid čat čis herbe drunke with wyn wole put a-wey če yox,
     and \ |r[f.9v] in če same wyse she wole make če body costyf if she be drunke
     ofte. \ čere are III manere of calamyntes: on is lyk [basil], če secunde
     \ is like puliole, čat is bročerwort, če čridde is like mynte. \



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             Fenell.

     Fenell ys clepid in greek maratrum. It is hoot and drie in če
   5 secunde \ degre.
     - Vis prima. For venemus bytyng.
     This herbe drunke with wyn wole des\troye alle manere of venyme
     and hele alle venemous bytinges.
     - II.
     In \ če same wise she wole stire and prik to lecherye.
     - III. For če eyen. \
     če nedre wole ete fenell whan her eyen dasueč, and so she getič \
     a-yein her clere si¨t, and čer-čourgh it is founde and prouyd čat
  10 fenel doč \ proffite to mannes eyen. The eyen čat ben duskned
     and dasued \ shullen be oynted with če ious of fenel rotes medled
     with hony, and \ čis oynement shall put a-wey al če dasewnesse of
     hem and make hem bri¨t.
     - IV. \
     Wring out če juus of grene fenel seed and dreye čat at če sunne,
     and čat \ is a gret and a my¨ty medycyn to če sorys of eyen of what
  15 cause \ so it come.
     - V. For če erys.
     Helde in at če ere če iuus of fenel; it \ wole sle alle če wormes of
     če eres.
     - VI. For če dropsie and če lungis. \
     Sethe fenel in wyn and drink it, for it wole abate če swellyng
     of \ če dropsye, and in če same wise it wole hele envenemed \ bytynges
     and če lunges and če mawe also.
  20 - VII. For a norise čat defauteč \ melke.
     če norissh čat defauteč mylke shal ete ofte or drynke fe\nel or
     če iuus; so shal she haue mylke y-nowe.



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|r    - VIII. For če reynes \ and če bladder.
     Sethe in wyn or water če rotes of fenel, and \ čis decoccion wole
     hele če ache of če reynes and če passions and \ če grevaunces of
     če bladder.
     - IX. For to pisse.
  25 Ete fenel or drynk \ če jus of hit; čat wole make če pisse well
     and dissolue women \ floures. Or stampe fenel and bynd it to či
     share, and hit wole do če same. \
     - X. For brakyng.
     Drink če iuus of fenel with wyn, and it wole staun\che brakyng.
     - XI. For reynes.
     če rote of fenel soden in ptisan is medicinable for če reines. \
     - XII. For če stomake.
  30 če iuus of fenel drunke \ with wyn asswageč če hete of če stomake.
     - XIII. For a mannys \ yerde.
     The rote of fenel soden in wyn and emplastrid to če \ |r[f.10r] ¨erd of a
     man helyč če ache čat fallič čer. Also doč čis de\coccion if it be
     drunke or vsid as a bath to če ¨erd. če same doč it \ if čou ioyne
     to it oyle and oynte čer-with če place.
     - The XIV.
     Stampe and medle če juys of fenel with oyle and čer-with anoynte
     če place] čat is to swolle čorowe \ a buffet or eny očer cause; čis
   5 wole staunche and abate če swellyng, and \ also wole it doo if čou
     stampe fenel with wynegre and make čer-of a \ plastre and ley it to.
     - XV.
     Fenel seed drunke with wyn stirič leche\rye and abatič če ache
     of če sydes.
     - XVI. For to kepe a man long \ yonge.
     če decoccion of fenel drunken ofte wole make olde men \ to seme
     longe yong. This proueč auctour¨ and filisofres, for serpentes, whan



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  10 they \ ben olde and wollen wexe stronge, my¨ty and yong a-¨en,
     čey goon \ and etyn ofte of fenel, and so čei becomyn ¨unglich and
     my¨ty. \


             Letuse.

     Letuse ys colde and right moist, and čer-fore čis herbe putteč
     a-wey many \ diseases, if she be ete, and also she dooč if she be
     stamped wel and \ leyde to as a plastre.
     - II. For stomak.
  15 Letuse is profitable to če stomak. \ She makyč a body to slepe
     well, and she makyč a body laxatif. To al \ čise for-seid cause¨
     čis herbe is better soden čan rawe and eten. \
     - III. For dremes and če flux.
     če sede of letuse drunkyn with wyn \ destruyeč and puttič a-wey
     veyn dremes and also stanchič če flux of \ če wombe.
     - IV. For če stomak.
  20 To če stomak is letuse best for \ to ete raw and vnwassh.
     - V. For polucion of če sperme.
     Who-so is ofte \ in slepe polute čorw his sperme shedyng, ete he
     čis herbe and drinke če \ iuus of hit, and he shal sone be staunched
     of suche polucion.
     - VI. \ For a norise.
     če noryce čat wole ofte-tyme ete letuse shal haue \ melke y-nowe,
  25 but some men seyn: who-so vse moche to ete \ čis herbe, he shal be
     blynd čer-čorow. \


             Rose.

     The rose as vs semeč may wel be clepid flour of flour¨, \ sithen
     she ouer-passič alle očer floures in sauour and in kynde or manere.
     Of \ roses čer beth dyuerse maneres, for sume-on is clepid rosa emo_rayda;



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     čis \ I trowe be če rede rose. čis is clepid also rosa canina.
  30 A-nočer is seide a \ wilde rose; at Rome she is clepid saliunca.
     - Vis prima. For če fluxe. \
     če rose stancheč če blody meneson of wymmen most.
     - II.
     Drink če \ |r[f.10v] iuus of roses, and čat wole stanche če flux čat is clepid
     dyaria.
     - III. For \ woundes.
     Emplastres of roses wole drey rotide woundes.
     - IV.
     As seič \ Constantinus, če rose is hote and drye; čis is seide of če
     wilde rose as \ I trowe. Of če očer, čat is to sey of če gardyne roses,
   5 foloweč here. \ če rose nathales may nat helpe vs only čorogh her
     sauour, neičer čorgh \ here beute, but she is goode in many diuerse
     medicyns. She is dreie \ and colde in če first gre.
     - Vis prima huius. For če holy fuyr e.
     This rose vole \ abate če holy fuyre, if she be stamped and leyd
     čer-to. And in če same \ wise, if če stomak be to hoote or če entrailes
  10 ouer-muche, whi\che beč clepid precordia, stampe če rose and em_plastre 
     her čer-to, and she wole \ abate čis hete.
     - II.
     A bath of čise roses soden in wyn or a drynke \ wole stanche če
     flux of če matrice.
     - III. For če wombe.
     The iuus \ of roses is goode for maneres of colorynus or oyne_mentes 
     of če wombe. \
     - IV.
  15 In če same wise as če rose stanchič če flux of če matrice, \ she
     wole staunche če fluxe of če wombe.



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     - V. For če mouč.
     The \ poudre of če drie rose helpič to many soris of če mouth.
     - VI. For \ the gomes. .
     če poudre of če rose flour frotid vp-on lyppes or me\deled with
     hony is gode for če brekyngis of če lyppes and of če gomes. \
     - VII. For vnkynde hete.
  20 Alle maner of vnkyndely hetes če rose wole des\stroie, if she be
     stampid al grene and plastred čer-to or if she be stam\ped and
     drunke with mulsa.
     - VIII. For če wombe and če stomake.
     Of \ če rose is made oleum rosen, če whiche is profitable to many
     causis, \ and specially if it be drunke it wole nesshe če wombe and
     aquenche če \ inmoderat hete of če stomak.
     - IX. For če hede.
  25 With čis oyle \ wasshe or bathe or oynte wel če hed; so my¨t
     čou both stanche če \ ache and če hete of če hede čat is ouermochill.
     - X. For woundys.
     čis \ oile wole also haue oute clenely če filthe of woundes and
     fulle \ with goode flesshe če depe wondes if it be medled wel with
     strong \ vynegre.
     - For brennynges.
  30 And in če same wise it is good for brenn\ynges of fyre or scaldinges
     with water.
     - XI. For toč-ache.
     čis oile holdin longe \ in če mouth wil stanche sone če tothe-ache
     as it is seid.
     - XII. \ |r[f.11r]
     čis oile wole make harde browes nessh if čei be oynted čer-with. \
     - XIII.
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     hit be vnderput, and čis oile is goode for many causis of če matrice. \
   5 Sundry men sundirliche maken čis oile, but če grete clerk Palli\dius
     writič of hit čus: take of čat čat is rede of če rose flour an \ vnce
     and čer-to a pounde of oile de oliue and putte alle čise in a glas and \
     stoppe it faste and sevene dayes allone hange it in če sunne. Some \
     bokes seyn it shulde be hangid at če fire or at če sunne XL:ti dayes, \
  10 and aftirward streyne hit čorough a clene cloč and kepe hit to diuers \
     medicyns. \


             Lilie.

     Aftir če gentil and goldene roses ri¨tfullich shal folowe next \
     če silueryn liliuus, če whiche, if čei ben likned to če roses, ne \ ¨euyč
     nat stede neičer in sauour ne fairnesse. And in many causes the \ lelie
     is also profitable to man as če rosis for medycynes.
  15 - Vis prima. \ For scaldynges.
     če lely rote rostid vndir colys and aftir braied smalle \ in comine
     oyle wole wonderly hele brennyngis or scaldynges if it \ be oynted,
     but better wole it doo if oile of rose be ioyned čer-to.
     - II. \
     Lelie rote di¨t in če same wise and vnderput makič neissh the \
     harde matrice.
     - III. For senows and lymes and venemous bitynges.
  20 A \\ plastre made of lelie levys soden helič če senows čat ben drawe \
     to-gidre and nessheč hem. And in če same wise it helpič če lemys
     čat \ ben brent. And also is helpič neddre bytynges.
     - IV. For padstol. \
     če lelye rote soden in wyn and drunken destroyeč če venome of \
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     - V. For to drawe out naill or čorn in a body.
  25 Stampe \ če lelie rotes and seth hem in wyn and make čer-of a
     plastre, and it wole drawe out \ naill, čorn, or styk, or arrowe stikyd
     in če feet or elles-where. But \ čis plastre ne shal be remeued til
     after III dayes.
     - VI.
     It is seid čat \ če lelye rote soden in swynes smere or in shepis
     talgh wyl make \ heer to growe in če lymes čat ben brent.
  30 - VII. For če splenee. \
     Men seyn čat lelye rotes soden in wyn and drunken purgeč evel
     blode \ by če wombe; and so it profitič to če splene, and so hit helpith
     če cunte \ and purgeč women floures. Al čis wole it doo if it be soden
     in olde wyn \ |r[f.11v] and leyd to as a plastre.
     - IX. For wondes.
     Lilie rotes stamped \ wel and medlid with hony is medecyn for
     brokyn or kytt or hurt \ senues.
     - X. For če face.
     čere is no-čing betere for to drey vp \ woundes čan is če iuus čurst
   5 oute of če lelie leuys medled with vyne\gre and soden in hony; of
     če iuus shal be V parties and of če vynegre and hony \ [II] partys.
     A-nočir book seič čat of hony and vynegre shulde be IV partys \
     and of če iuus če fifte part. This wole dreye vp boče olde woundes \
     and newe and close hem faire.
     - For če face.
     The lelye rotes soden and \ stamped and medlid with ceroti¨ or
  10 with wex and botere wole strecche \ oute alle če ryuelynges of če
     face and do a-wey alle če frekelys \ of če skyn if it be oynted čer_with
     .
     - XI. For če morfe.
     čis same \ oynement wole purge and destroie če meselys čat ben



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     clepid in la\tyn lichene or variole. čis oynement wole also clense
     the face of če blake morfewe.
     - XII.
  15 Stampe lelie leuys and če iuus \ čer-of vnderput to cuntes makeč
     hem nessh, and čis iuus, as it is \ seid, may make a body to swete
     čat is oynted čer-with.
     - XIII. For \ bocchys.
     This same ius is gode to mature bocchis and to clense hem. \


             Sauerey.

  20 Sauerey is seide in latin saturia and in greek tymbra.
     - Vis \ prima. For to pisse.
     Sauerey is hoot and drye in če IV gree. Drink \ čis herbe with
     wyn, and hit wole make če to pisse and also purge \ women floures.
     - II.
     In če same wise she wole putte out \ če childe of a womans wombe,
     čou¨ it be dede čer-in, and clense alle \ če guttis of a woman.
     - III. For če brest.
     The poudre of sauerey \ with soden hony vnderput or eten or
  25 drunkyn with wyn or mul\sa wole make a body to spete a-wey če
     glette a-boute his brest. \
     - IV. For fretyng in če wombe.
     čis poudre largely drunke with \ lewke wyn wole abate če fretyng
     of če wombe, and čis prouyd \ Macer ofte and fonde it soth as he
     writeč in his book.
     - V. For \ latarge.
  30 čer is a sikenesse čat is clepid latargus, če whiche, \ as leches
     seyn, is contrarie to če frenesie. če letarge is \ ay slepyng in his
     sikenesse, but če frentyk may nat slepe. To him \ čat is take with



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     so dedely a slepe medle sauerey wel in vynegre \ and čer-in wasshe
     his hede ofte-tyme, and so shal he be hole of his \ |r[f.12r] hevy slepe.
     - VI.
     Eche woman čat is with childe fle ay čis herbe čat ¨he \ ne touche
     not čis herbe, for nat only putteč sauerey oute here childe whethir \
     it be quyk or dede, if she ete sauerey, but also, if sauerey be vnder_putte 
     \ to če woman čat is with childe.
   5 - VII. For to staunche brakyng. \
     Sauerey stampyd wel and drunken in a litel wyn or etyn with an
     ey \ wole stanche brakyng, and in če same wyse she wole stere
     lecherye \ and wonderliche, if she be drunke largely grene or dreye as
     leches \ sain. Sauerey and tyme ben even of my¨t in čis, and čer-for
     čei comaunden \ for to takyn sauerey in-stede of tyme, where nys no
  10 tyme, and stampe \ hit and drinke hit with wyn, hony, and peper,
     and čis wole sture lecherie \ hougeliche as it is seide. \


             Horsehelne.

     Horsehelne is clepid henula and comenly elena, and leches \ clepin
     her elenium. Alle men knowen wel če shap of \ čis herbe.
     - Vis prima.
  15 čis herbe is most and colde in če first gree and \ hoot in če seconde
     gre. če decoccion of čis herbe drunken purgič \ women floures.
     - II. For to pisse.
     In če same wise she makič \ a man to pisse faste, and also she
     wole delyuere če childe čat is \ dede in če moders wombe, and also
     she makyč him nesh wombe \ čat is costyf.



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   - III. For the čighe.
  20 The rote of čis herbe stampid \ and emplastrid to če či¨h wole
     hele and destroie če passioun in \ če whirlebon, če whiche is seide
     sciatis.
     - IV. For the reynes. \
     če leuys of čis herbe sodyn in pyment and lapt a-boute če reynes \
     wole hele če ache and če disease of če reynes, če whiche is \ seid
     nefresis.
     - V. For the cough.
  25 Poudre of this herbes \ rote etyn with hony wole destroye če cough,
     and in če same \ wyse doče it helpe in medecyn to hem čat hauyn
     če chincost. \ Ortonoicus is he čat drawič in as mekyl of če eire as
     he put\teč out. Asmaticus is he čat puttič out more of če eire \ čan
  30 he rescewyč. Disnoicus is he čat takič in more of če eir \ čan he
     putteč out. And alle čise čre ben coughers but diuersely \ as it is
     seide now.
     - VI. For hem čat bene brokonne.
     As some \ men sein and affermyn, če iuus of čis herbe with če
     iuus of rewe \ in euene mesure soden to-gidre doč mykyll gode and \
     proffit to hem čat ben brokyn if čis decoccion be drunken. \ |r[f.12v]


             Sauge.

     Sauge is clepid in latin salgea and saluia and in greek lili \ phagus.
     - Vis prima. For če mawe.
     Sauge drunken with mulsa \ dooč goode to alle diseasis of če mawe,
     and in če same wise she \ wole deliuere a woman of če childe čat



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   5 is dede in here body and purgeč \ women flours and makyč a body
     to pisse fast.
     - II. For venemus bytingges \ and woundes.
     Sauge stampid and emplastred with salt curič venemous \
     bytinges and stancheč če blode of newe woundes.
     - III. For če cough. \
     The iuus of sauge drunkyn in wyn wol staunche an olde cough \
     and če ache of če syde.
     - IV.
  10 The wyn čat sawge is soden inne \ wole destroie če icche of če
     cunte and of a mannes yerde \ if it be ofte wassh čer-wič.
     - V.
     če iuus of sauge wole make heres \ blake if čei ben ofte oynted
     čer-with in če hete of če sunne. \


             Isope.

     Isope ys drye and hote in če čridde degre.
     - Vis prima. For če \ pose.
  15 če decoccon of isope with hony and drye figes etyn or \ drunkyn
     wole helpe hem čat hauyn če cough or če pose. \
     - II. For horsnesse.
     čis same decoccon helpič him čat is horse \ or čat hauyč disease
     in his lunges.
     - III. For wormes.
     This \ ilke decokcion destroyeč wormes in če bely.
     - IV. For če brest. \
     If čer be eny distillacon or doun-fallyng of če humour¨ fro če
  20 hed \\ to če brest, če whiche is woned to engendre če cogh and the \



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     ptysyk, čis same decoccon wole doo hele it if it be drunke \ ofte.
     To alle če diseases seid be-fore, če poudre of isope \ medled or confect
     with hony is good and medicynal.
     - V. For the \ wombe.
  25 Grene isope stamped and medled with oxymel, čat is to \ sey
     with a manere of drinke čat is made with vynegre and hony, če \
     II parties vynegre and če III:de parte hony, and drunken čus,
     wole make \ him nesshe wombe čat is costyf.
     - VI.
     In če same wise hit puttič \ a-wey če noyous wynde and če viscous
     and gletty fleume. But \ beter doč it if čou putte čer-to cardama,
  30 čat is [kerson]. \
     - VII.
     A porcon of isope grene or dreye ofte drun\kyn with wyn wole
     make a bodyes face wele coloured.
     - VIII. \ For če dropsie.
     Stampe isope with drye figes and with nitrum, and čis \
     emplastered wel to če bolned splene wole hele it; and also it is \ |r[f.13r]
     woned to destroie če dropsie in driing.
     - IX. For swellynge. \
     Isope drunkyn with wyn releteč če entrailes čat ben streit oute \
     over-mykell, and also it puttič a-way a maner of swelling with-in_forth.
     \
     - X. For toth-ache.
   5 Ofte wassh či teth čat akyn in če \ vynegre čat isope is soden
     yn, and čat wole do a-way če immo\derat ache.



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     - XI. For sownyng of če ere.
     črowe če smel of brent \ isope is destruyed če sownyng and ringing
     of če ere.
     - XII. \
     Soden isope and leide to wole make bri¨t and cler alle wannesses. \
     - XIII. For jawnyse.
     colour like če reinbowe.
  10 In če same wise, if it be cast in at če nose\trill, hit wole hele če
     jaundys.
     - XIV. For če ere.
     Hit is seid čat \ a confeccon of soden isope and oile of roses
     to-gider helt in at \ če ere wole hele če ache of če ere. \


             Gladene.

     Gladene in englissh is clepid iris in latin, for his \ floures hauyn
  15 colour like če reinbowe. She is clepid also il\lirica, for, as it is seid,
     in če cuntre čat men clepyn Illirica \ groweč gret plente of čis herbe.
     This herbe is hote and drie in če \ II:de degre, but in če rotes of čis
     herbe is her moste vertue.
     - Vis \ prima.
     Take če rotis of čis herbe and cutte hem into rounde gobettes, \
  20.ryue hem on a črede, so čat noon of hem towche očer; if čou \ wolte
     drie hem, henge hem in a drye place in če shadowe, for \ elles shalt
     čou nat drey hem vnneče in an hool yere.
     - For če mowč. \
     Drink če poudre of čis in wyn, and so shalt čou staunch če cogh \
     and gete če a wel sauered mouth. čus also my¨t čou putte a_\wey



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  25 če attir and rotnesse, if eny be with-inne lurkyng and hur\tyng and
     greuyng če entrayles.
     - II. For colera.
     čis pouder \ drunkyn with mulsa destroieč če colera. Mulsa is
     a drinke mad of \ hony and water, VIII parties water and če IX
     hony.
     - III. For veynes. \
     Medle čis pouder with wynegre and drinke it, for it wole staunch \
  30 če greuaunce of če wombe. And in če same wise, as men seyn, \
     it wole doo goode to če veynes.
     - IV. For če splene.
     čis poudre \ is medicynal to hem čat hauen disease in če splene
     and to hem \ eke čat ben drawe to-gidre and shortid or hurt with
     colde if it be \ drunke with wyn.
     - V.
     In če same wise it wole purge sone \ |r[f.13v] women floures čat tarieč
     and comyč forč sloughly.
     - VI. For če wombe. \
     A decoccion of gladen rotys wole make nessh če hardnesse of \
     če matrice, if she be fele tymes wasshe with čis decoccion, a \ litel
   5 chaufed be-fore; and yive če pacient also to drinke čis decoc\cion
     lewke.
     - VII. For siatica.
     Men seyn čat čis decoccion put in \ at če nerse with a clistre wole
     do mochel goode to če passion \ čat is clepid cyatica.
     - VIII.
     Of gladene rotes and hony medled \ to-gidre ben made colirius
     or medicinus, če whiche vnderputte \ to če cunte purgič oute če
     aftirburdon.
     - IX.
  10 In alle holwe \ places čis collirius helič če syrynges čat ben stekyd in.



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     - X. For \ wondes.
     če poudre of gladene rotes medled with hony wole \ dreye vp
     woundes and fullen hem a-yein with gode and clene flessh \ if it
     be leide čer-to; and also it wole regendre flessh vp-on če \ bon čat
     is made bare if it be leide to.
     - XI. For če face.
  15 Take II \ parties of pouder of gladene rotes and če čridde part
     of če poudre \ of ellebore čat some men clepin clofynnge, and medle
     čise bothe \ poudres to-gidre with hony; a plastre of čis wole purge
     and \ clense če face of freknesse and resolue če pockes and welkes
     of če face. \


                 Vyldemalwe.

  20 Vyldemalwe is clepid holy hocke, \ and in latin we clepen here
     altea, for she wexič in-\to hei¨te, and sum men clepyn here euysca,
     for her rote handelyd se\meč to be moist as a maner of lyme. Some
     men clepin čis \ če wilde malowe.
     - Vis prima. For woundes.
     The flour of čis herbe \ sodin in mulsa purgič wel woundes or
  25 if čou stamp čis flour \ and drinke it with wyn and make čer-of a
     plastre.
     - II.
     In če same \ wise it wole sprede or sparcle a-brode and destroie
     wenys \ and helpe če akyng erys.
     - III. For bresures.
     In če same wise, \ as it is seide, it is gode for bresures.
     - IV.
     čis rote soden \ and aftirward stampid and medled wel with
  30 swynesgrece and \ terbentyne is seide to hele če swellynges of če
     matrice and \ alle očer aches or diseases of here, and so eke she relaxeč
     če \ synues of če matrice.



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     - V. For postomes.
     In če same wise \ hit wole breke or sparcle a-brode harde apo_sitmes
     .
     - VI.
     To \ |r[f.14r] alle čise causes če decoccion of čis herbe wole helpe, if če
     place \ čat če greff is in be ofte-tyme bathed or oyntyd čer-in whan
     it is chau\fyd and made mylk warm.
     - VII. For če blody meneson.
     če decoccon \ of čis rote drunkyn with wyn wole stanche če blody
   5 meneson and \ put oute hastely če afterburdon of wymmen.
     - -VIII. For če blad\dere.
     čis same is gode to hem čat speten blode. čis wole also \ stroye
     če stone of če bladdere and do helpe to diuerse sikenesses of če \
     bladdere.
     - IX. For spottes.
     Stampe če sede of čis herbe with wine\gre and put in čer-to oile
  10 de olyue, and čis oynement wole do a-wey \ foule spottis.
     - X. For venym.
     čis herbe wole destroie eny ve\nym, if she or here decoccion be
     drunke with pusca.
     - XI. For \ woundes.
     čis herbe soden and aftirward stamped with hony wole \ hele
     holowe woundes and fulle hem with gode flessh if she be ofte leyde \
     čer-to.
     - XII. For bolnynges.
  15 A plaster made of če leuys of čis herbe soden \ in oyle wole make
     nessh alle hardenessis and aswage alle stiffenesses. \
     - XIII. For venemus bitinges.
     če asshen of čis herbe wole hele alle \ venemus bytinges if čei
     be ofte leide čer-to. \



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             Anyse.

     Anyse, as leches seyn, is hote and drye in če II:de degree. \
     - Vis prima. For hedache.
  20 če flour of anyse soden wel in oyle and boun\den to če hede wole
     stanche če hede-ache.
     - II. For če stomake. \
     če decoccon of anys drunken ofte makeč a noryce to haue mylke \
     y-nowe, and čis same wole destroie če diseases of če stomak. \ He
     čat is seek in his stomake shal take III ciatis of čis decoccon \ whan
  25 it is mylke warm and drinke hem alle of, and čis shal opin \ če stomak
     mowč as shal well shewe gret bolkyng. And so shall \ če noyous
     wynd passe oute of če stomake, and with such a drinke \ is staunched
     če gret brakynge. Ciatus is če half del of \ emyna, and emina is če
     halfdel of a sextarie.
     - III. For to pisse. \
  30 čis same drinke wole make a body to pisse faste and destruye \
     alle manere of činges čat lettič him to pisse.
     - IV.
     čis drinke \ wole helpe če matrice and also če bath or wasshing
     in čis de\coccion whan it is leuke.
     - V. For če wombe.
     Anyse stam\ped and drunken in leuk water wole hele če ache of
     čentrayles \ |r[f.14v] and of če wombe and helpič če digestion, for it makyč
     a body sone \ for to goo to sege.
     - VI.
     Anys drunken ofte noyeth če si¨t and sperič \ če wey of childe
     getyng and drieč vp če humour¨ of če sede with-inne \ in če body.
     - VII. For wondes and bocches.
   5 če asshes of anys wole \ frete awey če evil flessh čat wexič in
     woundes, and it clensič \ wel če bocches čat crepin from o place to
     a-nočer, and also it purgič \ wel foule woundes.



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     - VIII.
     If če litle gobet in če mouth čat is \ clepid vua be greued with
     ouer-mechel humour and be to swolle, \ če asshes of anys seed put
  10.in with a fyngre or hilt in by a \ clystre wole haue it vp a¨en wyl.
     It is seid čat če asshen of \ anys rotis ben more sharpe in werkyng
     čan ben če asshen \ of če silf herbe.
     - IX. For če ¨erde.
     čise asshen wole hele \ bocches and specially of mannys yerde
     if čei ben ofte hilde čer-in. \
     - X. For če yox.
  15 Anyse seed rostid and smellid to al hoot, ofte-\sithes it wole re_presse 
     če yox.
     - XI. For če eyen.
     Anyse ro\tys brayed and laide to wole take a-wey če feruent hete \
     of mannys eyen.
     - XII. For če emoraudes.
     Aneyse sede \ rosted and leide to če emoraudes wole hele hem and
     dissolue če \ kernell in če ers or elles-where.
  20 - XIII. For cold and for če \ heed.
     Seče anyse flour in oyle, and it wole be medicynall spe\cially to
     sorys čat comyn of colde, and it wole ofte-tyme \ staunche če
     hede-ache, and it wole relece če bolnynges \ of če veynes and
     destruye če colde čat hem grevyn. \


             Betoyne.

     Betoyne is clepid in greek castreon.
  25 - Vis prima. For če \ stone.
     Betoyne drunkyn makyč a body for to pisse wel \ and puttič oute
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     II.
     Betoyn drunkyn with wyn wole \ helpe hem čat speten blode.
     - III. For če dropsie.
     Betoyn drun\ken with wyn wole helpen hem čat han če dropsie.
     - IV. For \ če eyen.
  30 A plastre made of betoyne leuys wel stampid wole \ hele če eyen
     čat ben hurt čurgh a strok, ¨if če plastre \ lye stille to če eye al
     ny¨t.
     - V. For črote and nek.
     Betoyn \ stampid and leyd to in plastre-wise wole hele če ache of
     če \ črote and of če necke.
     - VI. For če erys.
     če iuus of betoiyn \ |r[f.15r] medled with oile of roses and hilt in-to če
     eres wole hele hem \ of many diuerse sores and sikenesses.
     - VII. For to staunche blod \ at če nose.
     čis herbe brosid wel and put in at če nosečrill wol \ staunche če
     blode čat rynnyth out at če nose.
   5 - VIII. For empicos. \
     če poudre of betoiyne sodyn in hony wole helpe če sike\nesses
     čat leches clepyn empicos. Hit wole stanche the \ cough and
     sighingges, and it wole also make him laxatif čat is cos\tyf. It
     wole helpe also če stomake of many diseasis.
     - IX. For \ če feuers.
  10 čis poudre drunkyn with wyn wole destroie če \ feuere čat is hoot.
     - X.
     čis powdre drunkyn wole moue če \ wombe.
     - XI. For woundes.
     če leues of betoyne stampid with \ salt and čer-of made a plastre
     wole hele al manere of newe won\des. \



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     - XII. For če hede.
  15 Betoiyne alone stamped and em\plasterid wole hele če breche
     of če hede.
     - XIII. For če eyen. \
     Betoyne leuys sodyn and emplasterid wole do huge goode to
     diuerse \ sorys of če eyen, for it destroieč če terys of če eyen whečer
     she \ be ete or drunke in.
     - XIV. For neddre bytinges.
     In če same wise hit \ wole hele naddre bytynges and smytynges.
     - XV.
  20 Betoyne etyn or \ drunkyn wole restreyne če rennyng of eyen.
     - XVI. For eyen. \
     Take betoyne and also muche of rue and ete hem and drinke hem,
     and so \ my¨t čou put a-wey če duskenesse of če eyen.
     - XVII.
     Betoyne \ iuus drunkyn in lewke water wole put out če blode
     čat noyeč če \ eyen doun be če erys. čus seyn leches, and čus she
  25 makyč če eyen \ hool and clene.
     - XVIII.
     če iuus of betoiyn drunkyn with leuke water wol \ purge and
     delyuere če grevous vomyte and colour, and with če same drinke \
     ben helyd če sorys of če brest.
     - XIX. For the splene.
     če decoccion \ of betoyne drunkyn helpič bothe če splene and
     če mawe.
     - XX. \ For če reynes.
  30 Take fowre vnces of betoyne and III ciatus of olde \ wyn, XXVII



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     of pepercornys wel brayed in a morter, cast alle čise to-\gider and
     drinke it of, and čis wole hele če raynes of alle her \ doloure¨.
     - XXI. For če wombe.
     An vnce of betoyne drunkyn with II ciatus of \ |r[f.15v] chaufed water
     or wyn wil staunche če ache of če wombe.
     - XXII. \ For tothache.
   .Betoine iuus holdyn longe in če mouth wole stanche \ če tothache.
     - XXIII. For če cough.
     Betoyne etyn with hony wolle \ destroye če cough and laxe če
     costif wombe.
   5 - XXIV. For če feuere. \
     II vnces of planteyn with I vnce of betoyne stamped to-gider and \
     drunkyn in lewke water ar čan če colde come wole delyuere če
     coti\dian feuere.
     - XXV. For če dropsye.
     An vnce of betoyne resoluyd \ in a ciat of hoot water doč gret
     profit to hem čat hauyn če dropsie \ if she be ofte drunke.
     - XXVI.
  10 če poudre of betoyne rotes drun\ kyn in mulsa purgeč sone če
     noyous humours ri¨t as doth ellebore. \
     - XXVII. For a purgacon.
     Plinius comaunded to take IV dragmes \ of betoyne rotes and
     ¨eue hem to drinke in mulsa or in vinopasso, \ for čis wole souereinly
     purge če fleume be a vomit. Vinum passum \ is čat čat is čurst out
  15 of drey grapes, čat is to say of suche gra\pes čat ben leyde out in
     če sunne for to dreye some-what \ and storcle as doth hey.
     - XXVIII.
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     čat ben broke, and hit wole also reise \ vp če moder to here place
     if she be fallen doun.
     - XXIX. \ For venym.
  20 Betoyne drunkyn in wyn and namely betoyne \ sede wole destruye
     al maner venemous.
     - XXX. For dronkelewe. \
     Who-so etič fastyng betoyne, he ne shal čat day be drunke. \
     - XXXI. For če jaundyse.
     An vnce of betoyne drunkyn in wyn \ destroyeč če jaunnyse, and
     in mulsa she dissoluyč women flour¨. \
     - XXXII. For če stomak.
  25 če poudre of betoyne a bene wey¨te \ etyn aftir soper with hony
     helpič wel hugely če stomak for to \ deffie če mete.
     - XXXIII.
     As Plinius seič, if čere be made a-boute \ serpentis a cercle of
     grene betoyne, čei ne shull dur goo over \ ne vnder čis cercle ne passe
     out of it, but čere ri¨t čey shullen be \ proses of tyme byte and bete
     with her taill hem-silf to deč.
  30 - XXXIV. \
     Menemacus seič and comaundeč to put čis herbe in alle medecyns \
     for če stomak as če most couenable and profitable herbe to če \
     stomak amonge alle herbes.
     - XXXV. For evil drinkes.
     Plinius \ |r[f.16r] seič čat who-so berith a-boute him čis herbe, čere shall
     none \ evil drinke harme him.
     - XXXVI. For goode colour.
     And he also \ seič čat čis herbe drunkyn ofte-tyme with wyn
     wole make a \ body wel colored and destroye če wan and leed
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             Coul.

     Coul in greek is clepid brassica. It is a comone herbe, but nathe\les
     he is ri¨t holsom to many causes. Caton seič čat \ sexehundred yere
     a-fore če tyme čat leches written eny medy\cynes or lechecraft at
     Rome, če romayns vsed caul for here \ medycynes and summe
  10 čat tyme čey fette bothe here mete and her \ medecyne in če gardyn
     of če coul. Coul is colde and drie in the \ first degre.
     - Vis prima. For woundes.
     As če same Caton seič, \ coul stampid and emplastrid wole hele
     woundes nat only newe \ but also olde.
     - II. For cancres.
     če same Caton seič čat coul \ wole hele cancres. But he comaundeč
  15 čat če place be first wassh \ with leuke wyn or water, and čan to
     take če rawe coul and \ stampe him and ley to eche day twyes fressh.
     - III. For podagre. \
     Caton comandeč \ to take barly mele, coul, and rue and coriandre
     with ri¨t a litel salt and \ stampe alle čise to-gidre and make of hem
  20 a plastre and čan ley it \ to če wickyd potagre.
     - IV. For artetica.
     čis same plastre \ wole doo medicynes to če sores of če toon and
     of če yontis, če \ whiche is clepid artetica.
     - V. For syringa and for soris.
     čis \ same plastre wole hele če festre čat is clepid siringa and čat \
  25 disease also čat is clepid luxatura and očer many moo sorys if it \
     be leide hem vp-on.
     - VI.
     This same Caton seič čat his pisse čat \ etič ofte coul is ri¨t good
     and medicynall to če diseases of če \ senues, if she be chaufed and
     čer-with če place wasshe.



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     - VII.
     čis \ same Caton seič čat vryne wole doo mochel goode to
     children \ hele if čey be ofte wassh čer-with.
     - VIII. For če eyen.
  30 Crisippus \ seič of če vertues of čis herbe čat alle leches confermyn
     čat coul \ clensič and makyč bri¨t her eyen čat etič it ofte al grene,
     and in če \ same wise it fillič če noryce tetis with mylk and purgič
     women \ floure¨, and it helpič če stomak for to defie.
     - IX.
     Hit is seid čat if \ |r[f.16v] če coul be soden muche and čan etyn, hit wole
     bynde and make costyf \ and coul sam soden wole make a body laxatif.
     - X. For če splene. \
     Duppe coul in vynegre and ete it so all rawe, and it wole represse
     and abate \ če swellyng of če splene.
     - XI.
  5  če seed of coul wole delyuere \ women of her deed childe in here
     wombe.
     - XII. For the \ feuere.
     Take vynegre and olde swynesgrece and coul and stampe \ hem
     wel. čan sethe alle čis to-gidere and cast čer-to oyle of rosis \ as
     mochel as čou seest goode. čis decoccion destroieč če \ grete hete
  10 of če feuere, if čou oynte čer-with či stomak and če \ očer membris
     čat ben hote.
     - XIII. For če lepre.
     Take hool \ alum and sharp vynegre and coules. čan stampe
     čise to-gidre, \ so čat čei ben all incorporat to-gidre. With čis oyne_ment 
     čou my¨t \ abate če lepre and očer many spottes, if čou oynte
  15 ofte če place \ her-with, and čis same oynement \\ wole kepe če herys
     čat čei shal nat falle a-way. \



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     - XIV. For če ballokes.
     Lechis sein čat čis oynement heleč swollen \ balloqes and očer
     diuerse sores čat fallen in če genitaylles, and better \ wole čis doo
  20 čese cures, if čou put in-to čise činges foreseid \ soden benes.
     - XV. For če podagre.
     Stamp coul with femygrek \ and vynegre and ley čise to-gidre
     vpon če toon čat aken, and it wole help \ če passion čat is clepid
     artetica passio; so shalt čou muchel also \ helpe če podagre.
     - XVI. For ache.
     če asshen of coul wel \ grownden with olde swynes grece and
  25 emplastred wole helpe \ hugely to če olde ache boče of če syde and
     of če čigh; čou¨ \ čis be a foule medecyn, ¨it it is holsomer.
     - XVII. For če \ wombe.
     če seed of coul drunken in vynegre is woned to \ destroye če noyous
     bestis of če wombe.
     - XVIII. For če mouče. \
  30 Of drey coul rotes y-brent če poudre or če asshen put vnder \
     čat part of če mouč čat is clepid vua wole dreye it vp and so \ rere
     if she be boln.
     - XIX. For horsnesse.
     Leches sein čat it is good to him čat is \ horse for to chewe wel
     coul and souke in če \ |r[f.17r] iuus.
     - XX.
     To hem čat ben malencolyke coul wole gendre grease \ and grete blode.



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     - XXI. For če heede.
     če iuus of coul helt in at če \ nose-črille purgeth well če hede.
     - XXII. For drunkenesse.
     He \ čat etič coul first at če morn, vnnethe shal he fele drunke_nesse 
   5 čat \ day.
     - XXIII. For če mouč.
     Mellicus seič čat a coul rote čat neuere \ towched če erth after
     čat she were pulled vp of če grounde, \ hanged aboute če nekke,
     shulde kepe and hele če vua of če mouč \ from alle sorys čat ben
     woned for to falle čer-inne. \


             Oynones.

  10 Oynones ben goode; but of hem semyč nat leches for to \ assent
     ne accorde to-gydere, for Diascorides seič čat čei bolne \ če heed
     and greuyč it and make him čristy čat etič hem rawe. \ Galiel seič
     čat oynones ben nat goode to malencolies folkes, \ but to fleumatik
     folkes he troweč čat čey ben ri¨t gode. Ascle \ pinus seič čat čei
  15 ben goode and namely to če stomak. Oynones \ ben goode and
     hoote in če IV gre and moist in če secunde gre.
     - Vis II. \
     čis Asclepius seič čat oynones maken hem faire colored \ čat
     lokyn vp-on hem.
     - III. For long lif.
     čis man seič also čat he \ čat wole ete oynones eche day first,
     he shal lyve long with-\oute eny sikenesse.
     - IV. For bytinges of houndes.
  20 Leches seyn \ čat oynones wole hele houndes bytinges, if čey
     ben leide čer-to, \ but first čei muste be grounde wel and smal with
     hony and vyne\gre. Some očer sethen oynones in hony and wyn,
     and so ley hem to and at če \ III:de dayes ende remoue če plastre.



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     - V. For bytinges of \ serpentes.
  25 Diascorides seič čat oynones, salt, and rue shul be leide \ to ser_pentes 
     bytinges, and so, he seič, it shal be helid.
     - VI. For če ere. \
     če iuus of oynones medled with womans mylk and helt in at če \
     ere wole destroie če ache of če ere.
     - VII. For laxatif.
     Alle \ leches affermen wel čat oynones wole yeue sauour to him
  30 čat \ etič hem and čat čei wole holsomliche make a body laxatif. \\
     - VIII. For doumbe men.
     čis iuus of oynones medled with watir and drunke \ wole helpe
     hem če whom any sodeyn sore makeč for to be doumbe. \
     - IX. For če heede.
     če iuus of oynones only črowe in at \ če nose-črill doč a-wey če
     noyous humours of če heed.
     - X. \ |r[f.17v]
     Oynones etyn and drunkyn purgič women flour¨ whan čey tarien.
     - XI. For \ če feet.
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     če whiche če hardnesse of hosyn hauyn maad, if čou wole \ medle
     čer-to hennes grece and with hem ointe faste če place.
   5 - XII. For če \ toth-ache.
     Leches seyn čat he čat eche day at morwe froteč and \ wassheč
     wel his teeč with iuus of oynones, he ne shal neuere \ fele če toth-ache.
     - XIII.
     Oynones etyn with brede wole abate če \ welkys or bochis čat
     wexin in če mouč.
     - XIV. For če blody \ meneson.
  10 Soden oynones dupt in oyle and so etyn stancheč the \ bytinges
     with-inne-forth and če grevaunce of če blody meneson. \
     - XV. For če ptisik.
     Oynones seed drunkyn helpič wonderly hem \ čat hauyn če tysyk.
     - XVI. For to restore če here of če hede. \
     With oynones grounde smalle čou my¨t restore če here of če hede, \
  15 if čou wole oynte ofte čer-with če place where če heres ben \ fallen
     a-way.
     - XVII.
     Oynones destruyeč če stynke and če heuy \ sauour of če mouč.
     - XVIII. For če emeraudes.
     Oynones grounde \ smale and emplastryd dooč good a¨en če
     emeraudes.
     - XIX. For \ če eyens.
     Oynones iuus with hony medled clensič če eyen and \ makyč
     hem bri¨t if čey be ofte wassh čer-with.
  20 - XX. For freknes. \
     Oynones iuus medled with vynegre is woned for to amende \ če
     spottes or freklys if čei be ofte leyde čer-to. \



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             Senueye.

     Amonge če herbes čat Putagoras preysede, as \ it is seid, he čaf
     če first and hougest preysing to senuey. \ Senuey is both hoot and
     drye in če ferče gre.
     - Vis prima.
  25 Senueye \ drawič out and čennyč če viscous humours and brennyč
     če skyn. So gret \ is here my¨t and hete, but in senuey sede is more
     vertue čan in če \ self herbe.
     - II. For če ston.
     Senuey seede etyn sharpič če \ witt and sterič če wombe and
     brekyč če stoon \ and makyč to pisse, and hit purgič women flour¨.
  30 - III. For če \ heed.
     Senuey sede grounden small and with leuke water holdyn \ and
     rolled a-boute če palet of če mouth a¨ein če sunne wole \ |r[f.18r] clense če
     noyous flewme of če heed.
     - IV.
     It is gode to ete or drinke \ če seed in snesinges, for with it is re_soluyd 
     eche strei¨tnesse of če \ heed.
     - V. For če stomak.
     čis sede etyn comfortič če stomak \ and stauncheč če shi¨inges.
     - VI. For neddre bytinges.
   5 This seed \ grounden small with vynegre and leyde vpon neddre
     bytinges wole \ hele hem.
     - VII.
     čis seed etyn destroieč če venym of padstoles \ and kepeč that
     the venym shall nat greue če entrayles.
     - VIII. For če heed. \
     It is seid afore čat senuey and her seed bothe for grete hete čat \



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  10 is in hem wolle brenne and breste če skyn, but with-oute eny doute \
     such an adustin is ri¨t notefull in many causis, for thorugh suche
     an \ adustion is drawe oute če noious humours of če hede and dried \
     vp and also če humour čat fallič fro če hede to če eyen \ and eke
     čat humour čat falleč doun from če hede to če lungis and \ hirteč hem.
     - IX. For če stomak.
  15 čis adustion wole also destroye \ many seeknessis of če stomak
     and če cogh and če tysik.
     - X. For \ sciasis.
     This adustion also wole drawe oute also če olde ach \ and če disease
     of če thy¨ be če bladder, če whiche gref is cle\pid in greek sciasis.
     - XI. For če splene and če mawe.
  20 This \ adustion wille also dryve a-wey če hard bolnyng of če \\
     splene and of če mawe, and to očer many olde causes is čis ad\ustion
     goode and proffitable. Sičen a plastre of čis herbe or \ of his seede
     is čus profitable, for-thy čat leches maken čis \ plastir diuersely,
     čer-fore I wole sey shortly how čat Menemacus \ comaundeč to make
  25 hit. Take senuey seed and stampe it well \ in a morter; take čer-to
     če III:de parte of crummes of white brede; \ take čan and cast čer-to
     drye figes, hony, and vinegre, after čat \ če ache askyč and če quan_tite 
     of če sore suffisith, for the \ more čou cast in drye figes and hony,
     če sharpere is če senuey, \ but če more brede čou cast in and vynegre,
  30 če more weyk and \ feble is če plastre of anyse. I amoneste and
     conceyle the \ |r[f.18v] čat čou sette nat litle by čis confeccion, for I haue
     prouyd it full \ notefull in many causes, but natheles I nyl nat čat
     čou ley \ it to alle sores, but late and selde vnto greete and olde sores.



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     - XII. For če hede.
     Plinius comaundeč for to \ take senuey sede and ley it with senuey
   5 rotes in must and to late \ hem lie and soke stille. For as he seič,
     če wyn is wel proffitable \ and holsome to many sorys, after čat
     it hauyč drawyn out če \ strengče of these, čat is to sey bothe to
     če chekes and to če stomak \ and to če eyes and to many sundry \
     diseases of če heed.
     - XIII. \ For če lendes.
  10 Som men maken oile of senuey seed čat is ferst \ a¨otion, and čis oile is
     medycinal to če lendes and to če senues čat \ ben astonyed or astoned.
     - XIV. For toč-ache.
     če iuus of senuey \ sede stok wole struye če toth-ache, if it be
     rollid wel in če \ mouth and ofte swellid in.
     - XV. For če voyes.
     Senuey sede \ etyn wole helpe če voys and amende, for it wole
  15 make li¨t \ and suple če veynes čat če woyes is gendred by.
     - XVI. For we\nnys.
     čis seed stamped and medled with olde swynes grece and \ plastred
     wole destroye wennys and dissolue hem.
     - XVII. For če fal\lyng evill.
     It is seide also čat senuey sede is goode and help\ly to hem čat
     haven če falling evell.
     - XVIII.
  20 čis seed wole \ also dreye če matrice and so helpe many causes
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     - XIX. For latarge.
     It is a greet medecyne for to take \ and stampe če seede with drey
     figes and so to leye to his hede čat \ hauyč če sikeness čat is clepid
     latargus, čat is to sey, whan his \ hede is newe shaue, or stampe
  25 and grinde čis seed with hony or \ with swynesgrece and čan oynte
     čer-with če feet of če letarge.
     - XX. \ For alopician.
     In če same grounde is čis seede helpely for to \ destroye alopicia
     if it be ofte oynted in če grynde. Alopes in \ greek is seide wlpes in
     latin, čat is a foxe in englissh, and čer-of is \ seide allopicia a maner
  30 of lepre, če whiche makeč men for to lese \ če her of čeir hede and of
     her brewes.
     - XXI. For lepres.
     čis seed \ brayed with vynegre and oynted wole destroye certein
     lepres. \ |r[f.19r]
     - XXII. For periodica.
     This seede etyn be-fore čat če accesse come \ wole cure and hele
     če feuere čat is clepid periodica, čat is če cotidyan. \


             White peper.

     White peper or white senuey is clepid in latyn eruca; \ čat is hoot
   5 and drye in če myddel gre. But she is nat so drye \ as she is hoote.
     - Vis prima.
     čis herbe etyn helpič for to deffie.
     - II. For \ to pysse.
     čis herbe etyn or dronkyn wole make če eter for \ to pisse well.
     - III.
     čis herbe etyn wol destroye children cough. \



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     - IV. For spottes and frekles.
     čis herbe grounde smale with hony \ and bounden to wole clense
  10 če skyn of spottes and če face of frecles. \
     - V. For brekyng of bones.
     če rote of čis herbe first soden \ and aftirward groundyn smalle
     and čan emplastred to če place \ wole hele če bone breche.
     - VI. For strokes.
     če sede of čis \ herbe groundyn and dronkyn with wyn wole hele
     al dedely stro\kys.
     - VII. For spottes.
  15 čis herbe grounden smalle with oxengalle and \ oynted vp-on
     če place or plastered wole destroye če blake spottes. \
     - VIII.
     This herbe grondyn smal and dronkyn with wyn in a gret \ quantite
     wole harde merveilously če felyng a¨ens betyng as \ men seyn.
     - IX.
     čis herbe or her sede put in metis makeč hem \ wel sauered, and
  20 če grekys clepin čis herbe eu¨inium for-čy čat \ his iuus is goode
     and wel sauered.
     - X.
     This sede etyn or dronkyn \ stureth hugely to lechery as leches
     confermyn and also many \ poetes.
     - XI.
     This herbe is ri¨t holsom for to ete with letuse, \ for her hete makič
     a temprenesse to letuse čat is colde. \



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             Kerson.

  25 Kerson is said nasturtium and eke an očer name cardomon. \
     This is hote and drye in če myddil of če čridde degre.
     - Vis \ prima.
     This herbe, ¨if she be ofte eten, wole destruye lecherye in \ driyng
     če seed of če eter, and so wole rue.
     - II. For a felon and \ furunclus.
     čis herbe grounden smalle and medlid well with soure dow¨ \
  30 wole destroye a felon, if čis be wel plastered to če place, and čis \
     same medecyn wole hele če sore čat is clepid furunclus, for čis \
     plastre wole make it for to rote and quitere and so passič a-wey če
     ache \ |r[f.19v] and greef of hit.
     - III. For wertes.
     čis same plastre wole do \ a-wey wertes.
     - IV.
     Wassh čin hede with če iuus of čis herbe, and \ čin here shal nat
     falle as it is seid.
     - V. For če toče-ache. \
     Helde če iuus in-to čin ere of čat side čat če toč akič, and it wole
   5 stanch \ če tothe-ache, as če seed of čis herbe is more my¨ty čan
     če herbe. \
     - VI. For venym.
     čis sede dronkyn with wyn wole deliuere a wo\man of her childe,
     if it be dede in her bely, and it sleeč če wormes \ of če wombe, and
     in čis ilke wyse, as men seyn, ¨he wole destroye \ alle venemys, and,
  10 as it is seid, če self odour of čis herbe or of če \ sede cast in če coles
     dryueč a-wey serpentes.
     - VII.
     čis sede dron\kyn ofte with vynegre wole represse če splene.



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     - VIII. For sciatica \ passio.
     This herbe or her sede grounden smal with flour and vyne\ gre
     and čan plastred to wole hele sciatica passio as leches seyn. \ čis
     medecyne is ri¨t goode and profitable.
     - IX. For mesels.
  15 če iuus \ of čis herbe oynted with hony wole hele če meseles.
     - X. For če \ hede.
     If čin hed ycche or be foull of bocchis, take kerson \ and medle
     hem with gosegrece and čer-with oynte ofte čin hede, and so shalt \
     čou destroie ey¨er vice.
     - XI. For če brest.
     čis herbe or her \ sede soden in fressh gotes mylke and drunken
  20 lewke wole destruye \ če ache and če greef of če brest.
     - XII. For če wombe.
     Kerson \ seed grounden smalle a dram wei¨t and drunkyn with
     leuke watir \ wole make če nessh wombe as many men seyn. čis
     sede etyn \ with hony wole stanche če coughe and do mochel gode
     to če streitnes of če brest. \


             Popie.

  25 Popie is cold and drie, and, as it is seid, \ čere ben III manere of
     hit, for če flour of oon is white, of a-\nočer it is reed as is če rose,
     of če čridde somedel rede and pale; \ and čis is of lesse shap čan ben
     če očer. čis is clepid continuelly \ wilde popie. But of alle, čat is
     best whos flour is white. Of če \ tender bollys of čis men maken
  30 opium čus: čei cutten a litel \ če ouerueste skyn of če popie bolle,
     and če mylk čat comeč out čer-of \ čey takyn and reseruyn hit drye.



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     And čis opium is good for many me\dicynes. Some očer men taken
     če self bolles as čey growyn with \ her mylk, and čey grynden hem
     and čursten out of hem če liquour and \ |r[f.20r] drien hit at če sunne. čis
     is nat so my¨ty as is če firste.
     če first \ is seid opium, and če II:de is seide capitellum; če white
     flour of če \ popie is clepid miconium.
     - For to slepe.
     Of če popie čat berič \ flours of če rose colour men maken oile
   5 of če sede whan it is \ stampid and grounden small. čis oyle is ri¨t
     gode in tast and wole \ make a body for to slepe wel and fast. če
     čridde manere of popie, \ čat is to sey čat berič a whit flour and
     blak seed, wole ¨eue goode \ sauour if she be drunke as če očer tweye.
     - Vis prima. For to slepe. \
  10 če decoccion of eche of čise drunkyn leuke wole ¨eue če seke \
     an esy slepe, but if he shulle deye sone, and so it wole do if če \ seke
     bodyes face be wel wassh čer-with.
     - II.
     če blak sede \ drunkyn with wyn wole make če costyf as it is seid.
     - III.
     In če \ same wyse she wole stanche če fluxe of women matrice. \
     - IV. For če cough.
  15 čis sede drunkyn makyč a body for to \ slepe, and hit stanchič
     če wickyd cogh. But loke wel čat čou \ ne drinke ne ete neuere at
     ones but a peny wei¨t of če se\des at če moste, for-whi who-so takyth
     of hem more, he shal \ ofte-tyme take čer-of his deč or at če laste
     fallyn in-to letarge. \
     - V. For chekes čat ben boln.
  20 A plastre of popie leuys \ wole abate če bolnynges of če chekes.
     - VI. For sacer ignis. \
     čis plastre wole destroie če sikenesse čat is cle\pid če holy fire
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     - VII. For če voyes.
     If če veyne \ čat če voys comeč out by be sharp or har, or be colde,
  25 or \ be singing, or be drinke, or be etyng, or be mete, ley čis \\ medy_cyne 
     čer-to, and it wole make če veyne softe and lyče. \
     - VIII.
     Hit is seide čat grekes clepin alle maner of popie mi\conium. če
     white popie is fer nobler and profitabler čan čat \ očer II. Whan
     če bolles of čis popie ben full of mylk, gadere \ hem and sethe hem
  30 in II parties of water and če čridde of hony tille \ alle čise to-gider
     ben also čik as it were fyn hony, and \ kepe čis decoccon, for it is
     gode for many causis. čis decoccion \ etyn and drunkyn wole make
     če wele to slepe.
     - IX. For \ |r[f.20v] če cough.
     This decoccion wole in če same wise destruy če cough \ and make
     a body costyf and purge wel če reumes čat fallen doun fro \ če hede
     and of če vocale veyne.
     - X. For če hede.
     As I haue \ tau¨t by-fore, če opium made of če tendre bolles of
   5 čis popie, čou \ shalt take it and medle it with če oyle of roses and
     čer-with oynte čin hede. čis oynement \ wole stanche alle če ache
     of če hede and make če to slepe easly. \
     - XI. For če ere.
     To čis oynement čou shalt cast safran chiries \ čat smellen sote.
     čis oynement, čan helde in at če ere, wole \ staunche če ache of če
     ere.
     - XII. For če podagre.
  10 Wel grinde \ čou čis oynement with womans mylke and safran,
     and čis čanne \ ofte oynted wole hele če hote podagre.



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     - XIII. For to slepe. \
     Ley čis oynement vnder čin ers, and it wole make če to slepe \
     and, as it is trowed, so wole hit do by his sauour only. \


             Coriaundre.

  15 Coriaundre ys cold. Ipocras seide čat coriandre is hote, \ for it
     is bitter in taste. Galien seič čat coriaundre hauyč some-\what of
     a stierne and a stif vertue, for it wole sle če wormes \ of če wombe
     and če trenches, if she be dronke with wyn or with \ vynegre medled
     čere-among.
     - II. For če balloqes.
     Coriandre con\fect with reysones and hony and plastrid wole
  20 abate diuerse swellyn\ges and namely of balloqes.
     - III. For če flux.
     Coriaundre sede \ drunkyn ofte with water wole stanche če flux
     and make him \ costyf čat is laxatif.
     - IV. For holy fire.
     Take seruce and če \ froč of siluer, cast hem to-gidere and grinde
     hem smal, čan cast to \ čise če iuus of coriaundre and vynegre; to
  25 čise IV medle oyle of \ roses and grinde to-gidre alle čise. čis precious
     oynement wole destroie \ če holy fire and put a-wey če hote boln_ynges, 
     and if čis confeccon \ seme če to heuy and costly, če self
     iuus of coriandre medled with \ fine vinegre is gode to čis.
     - V. For ouirmikil hete.
     če \ iuus of coriaundre medled with če crumme¨ of ri¨t whit and
  30 clene \\ brede of whete stanchič al manere of hete čat is ouirmykil. \



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     - VI.
     čis iuus medled with bene mele and plastred wole destroye \ wennes
     or kernelles and če feruent welkes.
     - VII. For če feuere. \
     Many men hauyn write čat čre cornes of coriaundre sede etyn \ |r[f.21r]
     a-fore če accesse or tremblyng of če feuere wole destroie the \ tercian.
     And če same wole če sede doo, if it be gadered at morwe \ be-fore
     če sone rist and ley vnder če pacient hede.
     - VIII.
     ¨enocates \ seide čat a woman flour¨ shulde faile here as many
   5 dayes as \ she etyč coriandre sedde cornes.
     - IX.
     Some men condempne the \ continuell or custumiable etyng of
     coriaundre, for čey holden \ čat who-so etič it custumably, he shal
     take čer-of his deth or \ some očer gret myschief and sikenesses.
     - X.
     Who-so dare nat ete \ peper for his hete in sauce, cast he to hit
  10 coriaundre, for it is colde and wole \ alaye če gret hete and violence
     of če peper. \


             Arage.

     Arage is colde in če first gre and moist in če secunde.
     - Vis prima. \ For hardnesse.
     Arache etyn wole make če laxatif. \
     - II.
     An emplastre of arage sodyn or rawe wole solue diuerse hard\nesses
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     - III.
  15 This emplastre wole drawe \ a-wey sone če nailes or spere of če
     flye čat is clepid scrabro, and \ hit also destruyeč če holy fyre.
     - IV. For če podagre.
     Arage \ grounde smale with nitrum, hony, and vynegre wole abate
     če pota\gre.
     - V. For če jaundyse.
     Arage sede, seith Galien, drunkyn ofte \ with wyn destruyeč če
  20 jaundyse. \


             Mynte.

     Mynte is hoote and drye in če II:de gre.
     - Vis prima. For če stomak \ and wormes.
     Mynte drunken helpič če digestion, comforteč \ če stomak and
     stauncheč vomite and sleeč če wormes in če bely. \
     - II.
     Wasshe či ballokes with če water čat mynte is soden in, and čat \
     wole hele many diuerse greuaunces of hem.
     - III. For če voyes.
  25 Mynte \ iuus made leuke and drunken wole clarifie wondrely če
     voyes. \
     - IV. For tetes.
     Mynte stampid and leyde to če tetes makič it \ ful of mylk.
     - V. For če ere.
     Helde in če ere če iuus of mynte \ with hony, so shalt čou abate
     če ache of če ere.
     - VI. For če tunge. \
     Frote čou če tunge ofte with myntes, and hit wole hele če
  30 roughnesse \ of če tunge. Minte iuus drunken with sapa wole
     deliuere sone a \ woman and aleye here črowes. Sapa is whit and
     smal wyn or \ het wyn medled with če iuus of some herbe.



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     - VII. For houndesbyting.
     Minte \ stampid with salt and leyde vp-on wole hele byting of
     an hounde. \
     - VIII. For hem čat speten blode.
     če iuus of myntes medled with \ |r[f.21v] vynegre helpič hem čat speten
     or spewen blode.
     - X.
     Mint iuus \ vnderput to če matrice a-fore če cunte makeč čat če
     woman shal \ nat conceyue at čat tyme.
     - XI.
     Mynte iuus drieč bocches.
     - XII. \
   5 Mynte stampid and leyde to wole hele če woundes of če hede. \
     - XIII.
     Mynte iuus medled with rynnynges wole nat suffre chese \ for to
     roote čat is made with čat rynnynges. Ley če grene mynte a-\boue
     če chese, and it wole doo če same. \


             Skyrwhit.

     Skyrwhit hauyč no vertue but only in his seed or in his \ rote.
     - Vis prima. For če splen, če mawe, and če lendes.
  10 A decoc\cion of čis rotes in mulsa wole hele če greuaunces of če
     splene \ and of če mawe and če ache of če lendes if she be drunken.
     - II. For \ če chinke.
     čise rotes soden in mylke, čeire decoccon drunken, wole \ hele
     če chinke, čou¨ she be olde, and also stanche če flux.
     - III. For \ če balloqes.
  15 čis rote, as some men seyn, hanged a-boute če neke \ wole abate
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     - IV. For serpentis.
     As \ it is seid, he čat berič aboute him skyrwhit or eteč it, no
     ser\pent shal mowe hurte him.
     - V.
     Who-so etič mykyll skerewhit, \ it wole tolle him to lecherye.
     - VI. For če toth-ache.
     Scrape \ če teth a-boute with čis rote, and it wole destroye če
  20 gret toth-\ache.
     - VII. For če scorpium.
     če seed of čis herbe dronkyn with \ wyn wole aswage če styngyng
     of če scorpium.
     - VIII.
     In če \ same wise it wole abate če swellyng of a womans wombe, \
     čorgh če whiche she weneč ofte čat she be with childe and is \ nat so.
     - IX. For cancres.
  25 čis seed grounden smal with hony \ and leyde to cancres, hit
     helič hem.
     - X.
     čis herbe is clepid pas\tinaca for-či čat she is gode to ete, čat
     is to sey her rotes, \ for-why čere is no rote better for to ete čan is
     če skirwhit rote. \


             Cerfoile.

     Cerfoile is ri¨t hoote and sharp.
     - Vis prima. For cancres.
  30 Cer\foile groundyn with hony and leide to cancres helyč hem. \\
     - II. For če side.
     Cerfoile drunkyn with wyn wole hele če ach \ of če side ¨if čou
     bynde če self herbe to če side.
     - III. For če pippe. \
     Cerfoile dronkyn with mulsa wole destruye če pippe. \



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     - IV. For colde.
     With oile čat cerfoile is sodyn in oynte če body, \ |r[f.22r] and hit puttič
     a-wey colde.
     - V. For trenches.
     Solue cerfoile with \ wyolent vynegre, and čis drunken wol sle
     če wormes of če \ bely and če trenches.
     - VI.
     Cerfoile dronkyn with wyn wole \ make a body to pisse, and it
     purgeč women floure¨.
   5 - VII. For swel\linges.
     A plastre of cerfoile and of olde swynes grece and of \ virgine
     wax to-gider wole hele and represse nat only če parotidas \ knobbes
     čat wexen in če feueres, but also al maner swellynges, \ if it be ofte
     leide to če place.
     - VIII. For spuyng.
     Cerfoile etyn \ with fyn vynegre wole stanche če flux and
  10 stanche če spuyng. \
     - IX. For če weyes of če vryne.
     Ley vp-on či shar powned \ cerfoile and drinke če iuus of cerfoile.
     čis wole opene alle če \ weyes of če vryne if čei ben spered.
     - X. For če heede. \
     Who-so hauyč če sikenesse čat is clepid vertigo, sethe he čis \
     herbe and bynde it to his temples and to his fronte, but first wassh
  15 he his hed \ in če water čat cerfoile is soden in; čus shal he destrue
     čat sykenes. \


             Dokke.

     The dokke is clepid paradilla and lapacium bothe. čere \ ben
     IV manere of dokkes, and alle čei ben almost of evene \ vertue in



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     medycine. Alle če dokkes ben feruent and hote and stiff \ and sterne
     in vertue.
     - Vis prima. For če stomake.
  20 Docke iuus drunken confortič \ če stomake and puttič out by
     bolkyng če wynde čat is closid in the \ stomak.
     - II.
     Dokke etyn as wortys byndeč če wombe.
     - III. \ For če scabbe.
     če watir čat če docke is soden in wole destroye \ če huge and
     byting icche and če scabbe eke čat rentyč če skyn \ be ofte bathinges
     or wasshinges.
     - IV.
  25 če rotes of dockes sodyn \ in wyn and leyde to če place wole abate
     če kernelles and če \ knobbys čat rysen ofte in če feueres.
     - V. For toth-ache.
     če \ decoccion of dockes rolled aboute in če mouč wole destroie
     če \ toth-ache and helič če vua if she be swolle.
     - VI.
  30 če rotes \ of dockes hanged aboute če nekke nyl suffre no kernelle \\
     ne feuere knobbe for to rise ne wexe in če body.
     - VII. For \ če blody meneson.
     čis decoccion drunken is good for hem \ čat hauyn če blody meneson
     or disease in če čy¨es.
     - VIII. \ |r[f.22v] For če ere.
     This decoccion leuke lauyd in če ere wole \ destroye če ache of
     če ere.
     - IX. For če splene.
     Docke rotes \ soden in stronge vinegre and stampid čanne and
     afterward leyde \ to če splene wole represse če swelling of hit, čough
   5 it be ri¨t \ gret, and čis wole drie vp če humours čat noyeth če
     splene.
     - X. \
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     staunche women flour¨ and put out če stoon, and čis also wole \
     hele the iaundise. \


             Kockul.

     Kockul is clepid in greek lolium and in latin nigella.
  10 - Vis prima. \ For cancres.
     Cockull grounden with rafanus, čat is with \ nepes, and a litle
     salt and čer-of made a plastre leyd to cancres wole \ clense hem and
     cure fretynges and etyng woundes and eke čat maner \ of lepre
     čat is clepid zerna.
     - II. For če scabbe or lepre.
  15 čis \ lepre is like če scabbe čat is clepid serpigo. Hit helpič also \\
     očer lepres.
     - III.
     Kokkul, brymston, and coluere drite, and lelie seed, \ and grounden
     al čise to-gidre with wyn and soden čan in wyn, \ a plastre here-of
     wole hele če forseid sekenesse, and so wole \ a noynement made of
     če same.
     - IV. For apostomes.
     čis same \ wole in če same wise sprede abrode kernelles and breke
  20 aposto\mes and boches, and it wole also make nessh očer hardenessis.
     - V. For \ sciatica passio.
     A plastre of cokkil soden in mulsa and gronden \ smale with
     ensens and safran wole hele sciatica passio.
     - VI.
     A \ suffumigacon of kockull wole do a woman for to be dely\uered
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             Hemelok.

     Hemelok is in kynde colde and dedly.
     Vis prima.
     Hemelok \ sleič him čat drinkič it in če maner of a cold venym,
     and \ who-so be envenemed with hemlok, his skyn is spotty, wher\for
     men may se be čis signe and proue če maner of venym, \ čorgh če
  30 which a body dyeč. This drink was woned some-\tyme for to be a
     comine and an opyn peyne to him čat were damp\ned to če deč
     at Athene. The greke Socrates was do to the \ deč with čis venemous
     drinke of hemlok. But how čis poyson \ shulde be maad, it fallič
     nat vs to telle, for-či čat no-\ |r[f.23r]čing here shulde be tolde out [ney¨er
     be taught], \ če whiche shulde noye, but only čat [schulde profite
     and helpe] \ man. ¨if eny-body be enpoysoned her-[with, drinke
     strong wyn] \ chawfed, and he shal escape če perel of [deth. But
   5 al¨ou¨ čis herbe] \ be perilous for to drynke, ¨it she is [good to plastris
     and to očer] \ medecyns.
     - II. For če eyen.
     Oynt [če sore e¨en with če jus of] \ hemlok al aboute, and so shalt
     čou [do away če feruent hete] \ of hem. Or stampe hemlok leuys
     gre[ne and ley hem on če front or] \ face, čei wole doo če same.
     - III. F[or če holy fire.
  10 The same cure] \ wole hele če holy fire and če s[ore čat is clepid
     herpeta.] \
     - IV. For tetes.
     Amasilaus seič čat [if a maide a-noynte hir tetis] \ with hemlok
     iuus first whan čey [begynne to waxe grete] \ and bolne, čey shulle
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     - V.
     če hemlok] \ grene stampid and bounde to če tetis [drieč vp če
     mylke.
  15 - VI.] \
     A plastre of hemlok leyd ofte to če sh[are quencheč lecherie] \
     and also če fluxe of če seed.
     - VII. For če p[otagre.
     A plastre] \ of hemlok medled with če froč of siluer and swy[nes
     grece is ri¨t] \ holsom to če hote podagre, and če selue herbe [is
     good by hir al-]\one to čis.
     - VIII. For noious hetes.
  20 Wher-to [shal I reherse] \ eche by him-self? če hemlok grounden

     and leid [to čise is holsum and good] \ for eche noyous hete. \


             Pyliole.

     Pyliole or bročerwort is hoot and drie in če [thridde degree] \
     as leches seyn.
     - Vis prima.
     If a woman čat is [with childe] \ drinke ofte čis herbe, she shal
  25 a-werpe her childe, bu[t nathe] \les čis herbe groundyn smale and
     drunkyn in mulsa w[il] \ put out a warpelyng of če wombe.
     - II.
     Puliole dro[nken] \ in leuke wyn wole bringe oute women flour¨,
     and in če s[ame] \ wyse delyuere women of čer after-burden. če
     after-burden of \ women is clepid in latin secunda or secundina.
  30 But for \\ čis name is vnkynde to many folkys as I trowe it, I wole \
     expoune and declare what it be-tokenyč by čis name. As a \ |r[f.23v] [chike
     čat is not ¨it come forth] hauyč če ey¨ shelle going a-\[boute hym,
     ri¨t so a child] in his moder wombe is keuered a-boute \ [with a
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   5 če child brekith comy]nely in his birthe ri¨t as če chike \ [brekeč 5
     če eye shelle whan i]t comeč forth. čis skyn hauyn leches \ [clepid
     secunda or secundi]na for-či čat anon aftirward čat \ [če child is
     out of če mo]dre wombe, čis skyn comyč out after \ [be right of
     kynde. And if če] skyn tarie behynde in če moder wombe \ [after
  10 če child lenger than č]ei shulde, or deč folowič in če moder, \ [or 1
     ellis sum očer grete se]kenesse.
     - III. For če lemes.
     Puliole \ [grounde smal with salt and] hony and maad an oyne_ment 
     wole \ [helpe če lymys čat ben dra]ve to-gydre and ashortyd
     if čei ben ofte \ [anoynted čer-with.
     - IV.
     Poludre of piliole etyn with hony or \ [drunken wol dissolue]
  15 and make činne če viscouse humour¨ and \ [caste hem out be spetyng.] 
     - V. For če brest.
     Puliole etyn fasting \ [or stampid and drun]kyn after-ward wole
     hele alle doloures of \ [če herte and] če brest.
     - VI. For če stomak.
     Puliole etyn \ [or drunken with] pusca or with vinegre čat be
     watery wole cure \ [and staunche] če brekyng and če kerfyng or
  20 knawyng of the \ [stomake. 2
     - VII.] For venym.
     Puliole dronkyn with wyn wole \ [destruye če] blake colore, and
     in če same wise it wole withstonde \ [venemouse] bytinges of nedders.
     - VIII.
     If a man čat is seek de \ [faile by] če violence of če feuere or čorow
     bleding or čoru¨ [eny \ očer] sodeyn cas, če whiche aray is woned



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  25 among leches \ [to be] clepid malefaccio, puliole gronden smale and
     cast in \ [stro]nge vynegre and čan put to če syk bodies nese wole
     rele\ [ue] a-noon če siyk body throwgh his sauour aloone.
     - IX. For če \ gomes.
     če poudre of drye puliole or če asshen of puliole \ wole conferme
     and fastene če gomes of če teeč.
  30 For če \ podagre.
     Grene puliole stamped and leid to če place wole \ staunche če
     podagre. And it is woned to amende alle other \ |r[f.24r] bolnynges, if she
     be ¨it medeled with flour and leide to leuke.
     - XI. \ For pockes.
     Puliole medled wel with a cerote wole put oute \ če pockes of
     če body.
     - XII. For če splene.
     Puliole ley to če \ splene with salt wole releue če deednesse or
   5 disease of hit and \ do it moche goode.
     - XIII. For če nauel.
     If če wombe or če \ nauel ake with-ynne-forč, bynde to hit puliole,
     and it wole hele \ hit.
     - XIV. For če heed.
     Puliole bonden to če hede al a\bowte wole put of če hede-ache.
     - XV. For če ycche.
  10 če \ decoccion of puliole vsid oft lewk by wasshing wole \\ destruye
     če ycche, and in če same wise it wole abate če \ swelling of če matrice.
     - XVI. For če coughe.
     Puliole dron\kyn with lewk wyn wole stanche če coughe, and so
     it wole \ make a body to pisse faste. But beter is it to be sodyn in \
  15 če same wyn and čan dronkyn. če same it wole doo, if it be \ grounden
     smalle and medled with oile and čer-of maad a plastre. \



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     - XVII. For če stoon.
     Puliole drunkyn in wyn wole helpe \ wonderly for to purge če
     stoon.
     - XVIII. For če sides.
     Puliole \ rootes grounde and medlyd with strong wynegre wole
     stanche by plaster al bolnyng \ of če sides.
     - XIX.
  20 Puliole drunkin with wyn wole destroie \ neddres venym. And
     in če same wise taken it wole prik \ and stire to lecherie as leches
     seyn.
     - XX. For če mawe. \
     In če same wyse it doč goode to če diseases of če lun\ges and of
     če mawe and ¨euyč če noryse mylke y-now.
     - XXI. \ For houndes bytyng.
  25 če grene herbe with hony cureč \ houndes bytynges, if she be
     drunke in wyn and leyde to \ in a plastre.
     - XXII. For če eyen.
     The serpentis etič puliole \ and so amende her si¨t, wher-fore
     it is prouyd čat by čat it \ wole do goode to mannes eyen, and also
     by experiens it is prouyd. \
     - XXIII. For če raynes.
  30 Take če iuus of puliole rotes and \ medle it with fressh galle and
     cast čer-to peper and grinde hem \ |r[f.24v] smalle to-gidre. čis oynement is
     gode for ache of če lendes \ and of če reynes and of če čy¨es. \


             Persile.

     Persile is clepid serpillum in latin for-či čat, as hoo seič, it crepith \
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   5 - Vis prima. For če \ hede-ache.
     Grynde persile with vynegre and oyle of roses and \ with čis oyne_ment 
     oynte če frounte of če heed čat akyč, \ and čis wole destroie
     če hede-ache.
     - II. For venemous bestes. \
     če smoke of persile dryveč a-wey alle serpentis and alle očer \
  10 bestes čat casten veneme out at her mouth, and čer-fore it is če \
     manere to rypmen for to medle persile in here metes, for-čy \ čat
     suche venemous bestis shulde fle fro hem and do hem \ no harm,
     yf it be-tyde hem for to falle on slepe whan \ čey were werye.
     - III. For bytinges.
     Persile dronkyn helič \ dedely bytinges if it be also leyde to in
     plastre.
     - IV.
  15 Persile \ prouokyč vryne and aswageč če fretyng of če bely.
     - V. For \ če splene.
     Persile dronkyn ofte with vynegre wole helpe če \ splene.
     - VI. For hem čat speten blood.
     Persile dronkyn with \ vynegre and hony wole helpe hem wonderly
     čat spetyn \ blode.
     - VII. For če mawe.
  20 Persile dronkyn with wyn wole \ stanche če ache of če mawe and
     deliuere a woman sone of her floures. \


             Centory.

     Ther ben two manere of centorie, \ če more and če lesse, as I haue
     seide be-fore of many \ herbes. But for-čy čat če more is vnknowyn
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     ouer-passe and of če lesse I wole sey če vertues. And I trowe \ čat
     alle folke kennen her, čey and če self comune lewde \ peple. This
  30 lesse centory is dreye in kynde, and she is cle\pid ofte febrifuga,
     čat is feuere chaser.
     - Vis prima. For woundes. \
     če lesse centory wole hugely wel close newe wondes, and a \ plastre
     of hit wole cicatryce, čat is to sey close with a \ seem če olde woundes
     in short tyme.
     - II. For sciatica \ |r[f.25r] passio.
     The decoccion of čis centorie vnderput, čat is to \ sey put in at
     če ers with a clystre, wole profite michel to hem \ that hauyn sciat_ica 
     passion.
     - III. For woundes.
     Centorie če lesse \ drunken with wyn helpič wonderly alle woundes.
   5 - IV. To sta\unche blode.
     This centorie staunchič če blode of a wounde \ and abatič a-noon
     če ache by bathing or beaukyng in her \ decoccioun.
     - V. For senues.
     This decoccion wole helpe in \ če same wise če sore senues.
     - VI.
     če iuus of čis centorie \ drunken wole deliuere oute women floures
  10 and purge out a \ worpelyng if čer be any.
     - VII.
     This centorie dronkyn with wyn, \ as it is seid, wole purge alle
     euelen medycynes doon be če \ wombe.
     - VIII. For venym.
     It is seide that čis centorie \ drunken in wyn wole destruye venym
     and čat it hauyč be \ proued.



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     - IX. For če eyen.
  15 This centorie medled with hony wole \ clense če dusknesse of
     če eyen.
     - X.
     Take če iuus of this centorie \ in haruyst tyme and dreye it at
     če sunne and kepe it wel, \ for it wole be so gode to alle če forseid
     causes and holsome. \


             Gamodreos.

     Gamodreos in greek is seid gamandrea in latyn, and \ hit is an
  20 hoot herbe and dreye boče in če čridde degree as \ leches seyn.
     - Vis prima.
     This herbe dronken in water wole \ deliuere a woman of če childe
     čat is dede in here bely, and \ also hit wole destruye če cough.
     - II. For bresures.
     She is \ good for brisures if she be drunkyn y-medled with wyne\gre.
     - III. For the splene and če dropsie.
  25 čis herbe \\ drunken with wyn drieč če splene and purgeth women \
     floures. In če bygynnyng she wole also hele če dropsie čat \ is colde.
     - IV. For venymous bitinges.
     In če same manere she wole \ garissh venemous bitinges and
     dedely.
     - V.
     To alle če causes \ čat ben seide a-fore wole čis herbe helpe ¨if
     she be \ |r[f.25v] pouned and leyde to.
     - VI. For voundes.
     This herbe grounde \ smalle with hony wole clense a wounde,
     čou¨ it be olde, ¨if she \ be leyde to če place.
     - VII. For the ey¨en.
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   5 make če eyen \ clere and dryue a-wey če dusknesse by ofte
     oyntyng.
     - VIII. For \ colde.
     Medle čis herbe grounden smalle with oile and \ čer-with oynte
     če body čat is colde, for it wole put it oute \ and induce heete. \


             Dragance.

     Dragaunce or neddretunge is spottyd like a snake.
  10 - Vis \ prima. For venym.
     čis may dryve a-wey če venym of \ snakes and who-so oynte him
     a-boute with če ius of dragan\ce rootes, hem shal no neddre greue.
     - II.
     Dragaunce drunkyn \ with wyn wole hele neddre bytinges.
     - III. For če ere. \
  15 The iuus of dragaunce seed medled with oile and helt into če \
     ere wole hele če ache of če ere.
     - IV. For polipus.
     Duppe in \ čis iuus wolle and ley it to če nose; hit wole stanche
     če sikenesse \ čat is clepid polipus.
     - V. For cancres.
     In če same wyse it is \ gret help to cancres.
     - VI. For če eyen.
     With če iuus of dra\gance rootes čou my¨t dryve a-wey če dusk_nesse 
  20 of če eyen \ and many očer diseases čat fallen in-to če eyen,
     if čou wole oynte \ če eyen with čis iuus alone or elles medled with
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     - VII. \
     Hit is seid čat XIII cornes of dragaunce seed drunken with pusca \
     wole put a-wey če dusknesse of če eyen.
     - IX.
     If če woman \ čat is with childe drawe in at here nose če sauour
  25 of dra\gaunce floures, whan it welkyth, it wole deliuere here of a
     werpling, \ and so it wole doo if če rote of dragaunce alone be
     vndirput to \ če matrice.
     - X. For če pose.
     The poudre of dragance \ rootes medled with hony wole destruye
     če cough and če pose \ if it be ete ofte.
     - XI. For če brest.
  30 čis same is a gret help \ to hem čat speten blode, and also it con_sumeč 
     če wyckednesse of če \ brest for euermore. \\ |r[f.26r]
     - XII.
     To alle čise dragance is good rostid and etin and also wole \ do
     če decoccion of dragance dronken.
     - XIII. For woundes.
     Dragan\ce rotes dronken with wyn stureč lecherye and prouokyč
   5 vryne \ and clensič foule woundes and cureč če festre čat is clepid \\
     siringa and helič woundes.
     - XIV. For spottis.
     Dragaunce \ with vynegre allone wole destroye spottes.
     - XV. For če kybe. \
     če water čat dragance rotes ben soden in wole hele če kybe or
     mule \ in če hele by ofte beykyng čer-inne. The kybe comeč of colde
  10 and \ in latyn it is seide pernio for-či čat it noieč and greueč če \\
     hele. And it is also cleped comunely mula. \



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             Camomille.

     Asclepius comendič hugely camomylle; \ this is clepid camomila.
     čis herbe is swete in sauour \ and short in substance. This is like
     hugely to an herbe čat is clepid a\marisca, comonly for-či čat she
  15 stynkeč and is bitter. So lyyk ben \ čise herbes čat if čei be leyde
     to-gider, vnneče they may be kennyd \ on fro a-nočer but be
     če sauour alone. Auctoures seyn čat čere ben \ III maner of
     camomylle, and by če colours of čeir flours only čey \ may be
     distingwed.
     Alle čey hauyn a ¨elowe flour in če \ myddell. But ech spice of
  20 čise III havyn by-seet čis flour \ with leues of diuerse coloures, če
     whiche ben white or blake \ or purpure colour. Properly she is seid
     anthemis, hose flour leues, \ stondyng a-boute če ¨elowe, ben pur_pure 
     colour. čis is če most \ and strengest. če seconde is clepid
     leuchantemon, and she \ hauyč white floures abowte če ¨elow. če
  25 čridde is clepid \ crisantemon and hauyč blake floures a-bowte če
     ¨elow. Alle III \ ben hoot and drye in če firste gre.
     - Vis prima. For če stoon.
     Eche \ of čis drunke ofte with wyn prouokyč vryne and brekyč
     če ston \ in če bladder and purgeč women floure¨, and so it doč
     if če \ matrice be beked in water čat čis herbe is soden in.
  30 - II. \ For če stomak.
     In če same wise hit staunchič če stiring \ and bolnyng of če stomak,
     and by čis drynke čou my¨t do \ a-wey spottys or freklis of če
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     - III.
     This also wole \ it do if it be grounden smalle with hony allone
     and bownde to. \ |r[f.26v]
     - IV. For če jaunyse.
     The decoccon of čis herbe dronkyn doč profite \ to če jaundyse
     and helpič wonderly če diseases of če mawe. \
     - V.
     Camomylle dronkyn with wyn wole delyuere a woman \ of here
     deed childe.
     - VI. For če feuere.
   5 Seč camomylle in \ oyle and čer-with oynte him čat hauyč če
     feueres. čis oynement \ wole destroye če colde of če feuere and
     ofte-tyme če self feuere. \
     - VII.
     This oynement dryueč a-wey če evyl čat bolneč če \ flankes,
     - VIII. For venemus bytinges.
     Anthemis drunken a dragme \ weyte with wyn destroyeč venem_ous 
  10 bytinges and dedly. \
     - IX. For če splene.
     Plinius confermeč čat who-so drinke \ čis camomylle two dragme
     wei¨te eche daye duryng \ XL dayes with two ciatus of ri¨t good
     and clene whit wyn, \ hit wole purge alle če splene, if he also wasshe
     wel če \ place with če same.
     - X. For če lepur.
  15 čis anthemis chewed \ and leide to wole hele če manere of lepre
     čat is clepid egi\lopa, and also it clensič foule woundes.
     - XI. For če heed. \
     čis camomylle is woned to ese če hede čat is greued \ with če hete
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     - XII.
     Ofte-tyme in če heed \ risen apostomes or bocches of če humour¨
  20 gederid to-geder, \ če whiche bocches če greek clepič exantimata.
     čan take \ grene camomylle and sethe it in oile, and if čou may
     haue \ noon grene, take dreye and uet it wel in vynegre and \ čer_with 
     oynte če hede alle a-bowte, for čer is non oynement \ čat helpič
  25 če hede more. \


             Wodebynde.

     Wodebynde is clepid caprifolium and ligusticum, and so it \ is
     clepid for-či čat in če cuntre of Ligurie growič \ most plente of čis
     herbe. This is hoot and drie boče in če \ čridde gree. če moste vertue
     of čis herbe is in če roote and seed, \ and čei ben of even my¨th in
     medicines.
  30 - Vis prima. For če stomak. \
     This drunken with wyn wole abate če bolnyng of če stomak, \
     and hit helpič also če digestion.
     - II. For entrailes.
     In če same \ wise hit helpith alle če sores of če entrailes and če
     inner \ parties. čus čey prouoken vryne and purge women floures. \\ |r[f.27r]
     - III. For venemus bityng.
     čis herbe helpič ayeins alle venemed \ bytynges, if she be solued
     and wet wel in wyn and čan \ grounden smale and drunken and
     a partie of čis herbe čus \ stamped be leyde to če place.
   5 - IV. For collica passio. \
     čis herbe etyn and dronkyn both wole do hem moche \ gode čat
     hauyn če colica passion. And nat only she \ but also če decoccion
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     - V.
     čis \ decoccion is good also to alle čoo čat ben seide a-fore if \
     she be drunken.
     - VI. Wykkyd for si¨te.
  10 The seed of \ čis herbe helpič hugely for to defie. Strabus af_fermeč 
     \ čat čis herbe is noyous to če si¨t boče in drinke and in sauour,
     and \ čer-fore he comaundeč for to vse če seed aloone of čis herbe \
     in medecynes. But I ne woot neuere whečer he seide čis \ of him_self 
  15 or he it had of očer auctour¨ bokes. This I \ wote wel čat olde
     men hauyn hugely comendid and \ preysed čis herbe. Ne I ne have
     not in mynde čat ever \ I red eny boke čat accordič to Strabus seying
     in čis. \
     Here endič če first part of Macer book \ and after seueč če secunde
  20 part. \


             Sorell.

     Sorell or souredok is clepid in latin assidula \ and in greke aizon,
     and čus it is clepid as men trowen, \ for her sauour is tart as is vynegre.
     čis herbe is founde \ comenly in grauely medes and be-sides če wateres.
  25 Many \ men etyn fast čis herbe in fer tyme, and čei seyen čat \\ čei
     havyn founden by experience čat it doč muchil good \ and destroyeč
     in hem many greuaunces. This is ri¨t cold and \ drye boče in če
     čridde degre.
     - Vis prima. For če holy fire.
     A \ plastre of čis wole destroye če holy fire and če maladie \ čat



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  30 is clepid herpeta mordax. čis is a biting scabbe \ and gnawyng,
     and also it wole hele če bolnyng of če \ |r[f.27v] eyen.
     - II. For če podagre.
     čis wole represse če bocches čat cre\pin forth, and it cureč bren_nynges
     . As men seyn, it doč muche \ gode to če hote podagre if
     če place be keuered with here \ grene leues or if čise leues be stamped
   5 and medled with \ floure and leide to.
     - III. For če heed-ache.
     Hit is seide čat \ če iuus of sorel medled with oyle of roses wole
     do goode \ to olde hede-ache, če whiche ache is seid in greek \
     cephalargia.
     - IV. For če flux.
     Sorel etyn ofte or drun\kyn with wyn wole staunche če flux of
  10 če wombe what \ manere it be, and also it stancheč hugely women
     floures \ if čei haue hem ouer-moche. If če sorel be stamped \ grene
     and leide to če matrice, it wole doo če same.
     - V. For \ wormes in če bely.
     Sorel dronkyn with wyn woole sle če \ wormes in če bely čat ben
  15 rounde, and also it wičstondič \ alle venemys.
     - VI.
     Sorel iuus anoyted makeč a body \ glad cherid.
     - VII.
     Men seyn čat who-so berič sorel a-\boute him, non scorpion wole
     hurte him.
     - VIII. For heryng. \
     Sorell iuus helt in at če ere helpič hugely če hering and \ destroyeč če
  20 ache of če ere. čis it doč by him-self or \ elles medled with oile of roses.
     - IX.
     Sorel etyn ofte \ wole don hem goode čat speten blode. \


             Iubarbe.

     Iubarbe is a maner of čis sorell, but for-či čat she \ is ay grene
     and fressh, she is clepid iubarbe and \ senegrene. čis is če lesse sorell.



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  25 Plinius seič čat čis \ is liyk čat očer sorell, and čat čis is as good
     and profitable \ to alle če causes beforeseid as is če foreseide herbe.
     - Vis \ huius prima. For če eyen.
     At morwe sume eyen-ledes be \ woned to be closed fast to-gider
     with a maner glu of \ fleune, so čat vnnethe čey mowe ben vnclosed.
  30 če \\ iuus of čis herbe oynted aboute on če eyen-leddes \ dissoluyč
     wonderly čis flewme. \ |r[f.28r]


             Purslane.

     Purslane is comenly clepyd fole-foot and in grek adrag\mis. čis
     is colde in če seconde gre and moist in če čridde \ degre.
     - Vis prima. For če feuere and če stomak.
     This is good for \ če maner of feuere čat is clepid in greek causon
   5 and to če stomake \ also if she be powned and leide to.
     - II.
     To če same is če ius \ of čis herbe goode if it be drunke, and če
     self herbe ¨if it be etyn. \
     - III. For hetes.
     Ete čis herbe as wortes; it wole put a-\wey če immoderate hete.
     - IV. For če flux.
     This herbe eyčer \ etyn or drunkyn wole stanche če flux of če
  10 bloode and of če \ wombe.
     - V.
     čis herbe wole put a-wey če eggenge of če \ teeč čat chewič here.
     - VI. For če ey¨en.
     To eyen čat ben \ swolle she dooč good if it be stampid and leid to.
     - VII. For laxatif. \
     čis herbe etyn wole nat suffre če hete of če sunne do him \ harme



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  15 čat etyč her, and she maketh če wombe laxatif if she \ be etyn with
     salt and wyn.
     - VIII. For če bladdere.
     This herbe \ etyn wole stanche če ache of če bledder, and she is
     ri¨t hol\some to hem čat speten blode if she be ofte etyn. Plinius
     seič \ čat soure docke, čat is sorel, hauyč almost če same vertue
  20 čat ha\uyth čis herbe and both in effect. \\


             Bysshoppeswort.

     Bysshoppesworth is clepid structon or ostructon. \ čis is hoot
     and drye.
     - Vis prima. For če mawe.
     če roote of čis \ herbe stampid and dronkyn with wyn wole abate
     alle sikenes\ses of če mawe and če bolnyng of če splene and če \
     jaundyse.
     - II. For če stoon.
  25 In če same wise she putteč a-\wey če hardnesse čat in greek is
     clepid schrosis and \ brekič če stoon of če bladder and puttič him
     out and purgič wo\men floures.
     - III. For the cough.
     In če same wise hit \ makyč a body to pisse faste and destroieč
     če coughe.
     - IV. \ For če blode speteres.
  30 In če same wise hit helpič hem čat \ speten blode if she be drunke
     ofte.
     - V.
     She wole deliuere a \ woman of her dede childe, if she be vnderput
     to če matrice, \ |r[f.28v] and in če same wise it wole bring out woman flour¨
     whan \ čei tarien; čus men seyn.



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     - VI. For the lepre.
     če ius of čis \ herbe medled with vynegre and flour wole clense
     lepre if it \ be oynted wel on če place.
     - VII. For welkes.
   5 A plastre of \ če ius of čis herbe medled wel with barly flour wole
     hele \ ech whelke.
     - Octaua. For the scabbe.
     čis herbe con\fecte with vynegre and flour and če iuus of scabiouse
     and oynted \ vp-on če scabbe wole hele it.
     - IX. For če heed.
  10 The \ iuus of čis herbe medled wel with hony and grounden wel \\
     to-gidre purgeč če humour¨ of če heed if it be drawe in at če \ nose.
     - X. For to snese.
     The poudre of čis herbe cast in at \ the nese with če iuus of a whit
     elebore wole make če for to \ fnese fast.
     - XI. For če jaundyse.
     This same poudre medled \ with woman mylk and drawe in at
  15 če nese wole helpe hem \\ hugely čat hauyn če jaundyse. \


             Langedboef.

     Langedeboef, čat is oxetunge, is gode for to put out \ če rede
     colere brent with huge hete, if she be ofte-tyme \ dronken with wyn.
     - Vis II. For colere.
     In če saine wise it \ wole hele him čat is cordiacus for plente of
     če blake colere.
  20 - III. For \ če lunges.
     čis herbe drunken ofte wole doo a-wey alle wicckid \ humour¨
     of če lunges.
     - IV. For sciatica passio.
     če iuus of čis herbe \ drunke ofte with leuke water helpič hem
     wondirly čat hauyn \ sciatica passion.



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     - V.
     Wise men seyn čat če wyn čat čis \ herbe haue ley and wet inne
  25 wole kepe če strengče of my\endyng if it be drunke.
     - VI.
     če decoccion of čis herbe wole \ gladen hem čat etyn or drinken
     čer-of.
     - VII. For če feuere \ quarteyne.
     čis herbe dronken with her rotes and seed čat she \ berič wole
  30 hele hem čat hauyn če quartein and eke hem čat \ hauyn če tertian. \\


             Puliole haunt.

     Puliole haunt is clepid in latin origanum. čis is hot \ and drye in
     če čridde degre.
     - Vis prima. For bytinges.
     The \\ |r[f.29r] decoccon of čis herbe drunkyn ofte in wyn cureč alle dedely \
     bitynges.
     - II. For venymes.
     čis decoccion dronkyn in mulsa \ doč him good čat hauyč dronkyn
     če venym čat is clepid \ aconitum, and in če same wise as men seyn
   5 it is god a¨ein \ many očer venemus.
     - III. For brisures.
     This herbe is gode for \ brisures if she be ofte etyn and drunkyn.
     - IV. For če dropsie. \
     čis herbe dronke repressič and drieč vp če bolnyng of the \ dropsie.
     - V. For blake coler.
     This herbe dronkyn in mulsa \ wole do a-wey če blake colere.
     - VI.
  10 A drinke of čis herbe \ or a decoccion of hit or a plastre of hit wole
     bring out wo\men floures.
     - VII. For če cough.
     če poudre of čis herbe etyn \ with hony wole destroye če coughe.



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     - VIII. For če jaunyse.
     Ofte \ bačing in če decoccion of čis herbe wole do a-wey icching \
  15 and nayles čat wexen in če heede and če spottes of če skyn and \ če
     jauneyse eke, if če decoccion be dronkyn in če self bačing. \
     - IX. For če chekes.
     The iuus of čis grene herbe dronken wole \ helpe boče če bolnyng
     of če vua and of če chekes.
     - X. For če \ mouče.
     čis same jus holden wel in če mouth and rollid ofte \ aboute čer-in
     wole hele če blesters of če mouth.
  20 - XI. For če \ heed.
     čis iuus helt in at če nose with oile of gladene wole \ make to renne
     oute če blode čat noieč če hede.
     - XII. For če \ ere.
     This iuus helt in at če ere wole hele če ache of če \ ere, if mylk
     be helt in čer-with of a woman.
     - XIII. For to sle \ noious bestes.
  25 čis iuus medled with oynones and rose, make and \ set at če sunne
     in a bras pot XL:ti dayes, whan Syrius \ brynnyč; it wole dryve
     a-wey alle noyous bestes if it be set \ vnder če bed of a body as
     men seyn.
     - XIV. For če stomak. \
     This ius drunkyn with goode whit wyn wole helpe hem čat \ hauyn
     acumbrid her stomak, so čat it may ille defie.
  30 - XV. \
     čis iuus drunken with hote water wole abate če gnawyng \ of če
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     - XVI. For če brisure, scabb, and scalding. \ |r[f.29v]
     Dreye and opene wolle, wete and drenche it at če fulle in če iuus \
     of čis herbe medled with oyle and vynegre and leide to če place
     wole \ helpe hogely boče brisures, scabbes, and scaldynges.
     - XVII. For wormes \ in če bely.
   5 čis herbe drunken prouokeč vryne and casteč out \ če wormes
     of če bely.
     - XVIII. For če teeče.
     če teeč čat cheweč ofte \ čis herbe shal nat ake.
     - XIX.
     če iuus of čis herbe drunken \ helpič alle čat is with-inne če body.
     - XX. For to swete. \
     Drinke in čis ius a fyge grounden smalle, and čis wole \ open če
  10 poores and make če swet for to renne out čer-at as it \ is seide.
     - XXI. For the thyes.
     A plastre made of čis ius with \ whete-mele and leyde to če čies
     wole ofte-tyme represse hem \ and do a-wey ache of hem. \


             Horhowne.

     Horhoune is seid in latyn marubium and in greke prassion. \
     Leches sein čat čis is hoot and drye boče in če II:de gre.
  15 - Vis \ prima. For če tysyk.
     The decoccion of čis herbe al-to-gidere or of \ her sede drunken
     helpič hem wonderly čat hauyn če tysyk. \
     - II. For če brest.
     čis drynke wole abate diuerse and many sikenes\ses of če brest,
     and beter she werkyč if gladene be ioyned to hit. \
     - III. For če chinke.
  20 čis herbe dronkyn in olde wyn wole \ destroye sone alle venym
     and helpič če chinke ofte and če comone \ cogh eke.



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     - IV. For women čat trauaillen.
     Hit wole also shorte \ a woman trauayle and abregge here črowes,
     in če same wyse drun\ken, and eke hastely bringe out če afterburden.
     - V. For če wondes. \
  25 čis herbe ioyned with hony wole clense wondes and hele bocches \
     čat freten če flessh.
     - VI. For če sydes.
     Hit is seid čat čis \ dronken wole stanche če ache of če sides.
     - VII.
     To alle čise \ is gode če iuus of čis herbe if it be dreyed and kept.
     - VIII. \ For če feuere and če pose.
     This ius dronkyn in watir wole dryue \ a-wey če feuere and če
     pose.
     - IX. For če eyen.
  30 čis iuus medled \ with wyn or with hony wole do gode to eyen
     čat are dasued. \
     - X. For če jaunyse.
     čis iuus cast in at če nose helpič hem čat \ |r[f.30r] hauyn če jaundyse.
     - XI.
     Men seyn čat čis iuus with oile of \ roses cast in at če ere helpič
     it.
     - XII. For wormes in če bely. \
     Sethe in water or wyne horhowne and wormode and bynde hem \
     to če nauyll; čis sleič če wormes in če bely.
     - XIII.
   5 Men \\ seyn it is not goode to ete ne drinke horhowne for hem čat \
     hauen disease in če bladder or in če reynes.
     - XIV.
     ¨if \ čou wole fle če malice of horhowne, ete aftir it fenel sede,
     and \ hit wole gwarise če. \



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             Softe.

  10 A softe or a moleyn is clepid in greek asarum and in la\tyn uulgago.
     čis is both hote and drie in če čridde gre. \
     - Vis prima. For če mawe.
     This herbe drunken prouokyč vryne and \ purgeč women floures
     and helpič če doloures of če mawe.
     - II. For \ če dropsie.
     čis herbe dronken ofte wole helpe če dropsie and \ sciatica passion.
     - III.
  15 če decoccion of čis herbe helpeč the \ sekenesses and sores of če
     cunte.
     - IV. For če jaunyse.
     It is \ seid čat čis decoccon dronkyn wolle destroie če jaunyse.
     - V. For \ a purgacon.
     čis decoccon purgeč če entrailes with a womute as \ doč ellebore,
     but če purgacon of čis is nat so violent as is \ of ellebore. čis
  20 purgacon is nat for to drede, if she be do in čis \ wise as I wolle telle.
     Er čan čou ¨eue čis purgacon, čou \ shalt be-holde če age and če
     strenghe of him čat čou shalt purge, \ and čan loke what tyme it
     is of če yeer and whečer če region \ čat he is ynne be wel hoot or wel
     colde or tempre y-now, \ for-why to children and to hem čat ben
  25 olde and feble čou shalt \ nat ¨eue but a litle. To hem čat ben of
     myddel age čou \ shalt ¨eue more čan to čise a-fore-seid.
     To hem čat ben \ fat and stronge čou owest to ¨eue more čan to
     hem čat ben \ lene and feble of what age so čei be. In a cold region
  30 čou \ shalt ¨eue more čan in an hoot region. To hem čat ben har\\ded
     in any manere of labour čou shalt ¨eue more čan to \ hem čat ben



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     kept in rest and in idlenesse. ¨if čou wole beholde \ čise pointes and
     trete suche mo, čou shalt be secur nat only \ |r[f.30v] to ¨eue čis herbe but
     also alle očer herbes čat purgič with vomyte or \ soluyn če stomak
     or če wombe. Now haue I seide generally \ how čou shalt ¨eue alle
     manere of herbes, but now I wole seye \ in what wyse čis herbe shal
     be proprely i-¨oue.
   5 Thou shalt take \ XXX fressh leuys of čis herbe and cast to hem
     so muche wyn \ as čei mowe be helyd in and lete hem lie and soke
     wel al a ny¨tes \ tyme in čat wyn. On če morwe take oute of če
     wyn čise \ leuys and grynde hem smalle; čan resolue hem in če same
  10 wyn \ čat čey were soked inne; čan čou shalt ¨eue če sike man \\
     wortes y-nowe čat fat porke hač be soden in and late him drinke
     al \ so mochel as he wole of good whit wyn and strong and so clense \
     čorowe a cloth če iuus of čis herbe and ¨eve him for to drinke. \ čis
     nombre of leuys is i-nowe and sufficient to fatte and \ strong. To
  15 očer čat be nat my¨ty ne strong čou shalt ¨eue lesse \ of čis mede_cyne 
     after čat my¨t and age axen and očer suche con\dicions as I
     haue spoke of by-fore. \


             Cyperus.

     Leches seyn čat če herbe čat is clepid cyperus in latyn \ is hoot
     and drie in če secunde gre.
     - Vis prima. For vryne.
     če \ drynke of čis purgeč and laxatiseč če weyes of vryne.
  20 - II. \
     če decoccon of čis herbe wole put out of a womans bely \ če dede



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     childe, as seič Appolodorus, if čat a woman wole bathe \ and wassh
     here čer-inne.
     - III. For če splene.
     This ilk clerk affer\meč čat če smoke of čis herbe wole consume
     če splene if \ it be ofte drawe in at če mowč.
     - IV.
  25 čis clerk seič čat if an \ hool man make čer-of a suffumigacon,
     hit wole sad him and \ li¨t him also.
     - V. For če arme-puttes.
     The iuus of čis herbe me\deled with oyle and enoynted helpeč če
     bues and sores of the \ arme-puttes.
     - VI.
     This iuus drunkyn often-sičes drieč vp \ ouer-mochel humour¨
     and superfluite.
  30 - VII. For bocches and woundes. \
     če poudre of čis allone or medled with hony wole purge won\derly
     bocches and roten woundes.
     - VIII. For če dropsie.
     čis \ poudre is specially good to bleynes of če mouth if it be drunke,
     \\ and so it comfortič če stomak čat is feble, and it helpič the \ |r[f.31r]
     dropsie, if it be ofte drunke, and by če vrynes hit purgeč the \
     watery humour¨.
     - IX. For bocches.
     Grynde smal čis herbe and \ put in čer-to strong vynegre, and
   5 be čis medicyne čou my¨t \\ destroie če bocches čat crepin. \



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             Pyonye.

     Pyonye is boče hoot and drye in če secunde degree.
     - Vis prima. \ For če splene, če mawe, and če reynes.
     This dronke \ with wel grounden almaundes and mulsa wole helpe
     če splene, \ če mawe, and če reynes.
     - II.
  10 In čis same wyse it purgeč wo\men floure¨ and stauncheč če flux.
     - III. For če bladder, če hede, \ and če stomak.
     The decoccion of pyonie dronken ofte with wyn \ wole stanche
     če huge ache of če bladder, and also it helpith \ če hede-ache čat
     is clepid scotosis and če ache of če stomak.
     - IV. \ For če jaundyse.
  15 čis same helpič mochel če ache of če \ sides and če jaundise also.
     - V. For dremes.
     Pyonie seed dron\ken ofte wole do a-wey brisures and očer diseases
     čat dremes doč \ men by ny¨tes tyme.
     - VI. For lunatik.
     Pionye born and \ etyn ofte wole hele him čat is lunatyk.
     - VII. For če fallyng \ evill.
  20 The rote of pyonye hangid a-boute če childys nek \ čat hauyč
     če fallyng evell doč him muche goode as seith \ Galien. Galien seith
     and tellith čat vp-on a tyme he \ sey a child čat had če fallyng evell



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     of a-bou¨te VIII ¨ere \ of age. čis childe was wont for to bere abowte
  25 his \ nekke a pyonye roote. Vp-on a tyme čis rote fel a-way. A\\non
     če childe fel in-to če erč. če rote was bounden a\¨ein to his necke,
     and a-non ri¨t če childe was hole a\¨ein.
     Galien had meruaile here-of and he dide a-way če rote \ from če
     childes nekke, and anon če childe fel doune a¨en. \ And whan če
  30 rote was hanged a-yein, anon če childe \ began hoole a¨en, and
     herby Galien kende če vertue of čis \ rote and of čis herbe.
     Diascorides seith čat čis roote is gode \ for alle hem čat hauyn
     če fallyng evyll, ¨if she be \ ofte dronken or hanged aboute če nek
     of če pacient. \ |r[f.31v]
     - IX.
     Fiftene rede cornes of pionie seed drunken in wyn wole stan\che
     če flux of če matrice.
     - X.
     če blake cornes of pyone seede \ ben woned to do a-way če diuerse
     sikenesses of če matrice, if \ če woman pacient drinke čer-of XV
   5 cornes in wyn at ny¨t last \ whan she gooč to bedde. Ther ben II
     manere of čis herbe. The \ more is clepid če male and če lesse is
     clepid če female. če \ roote of če more is two palmes long and gret
     as a fynger. \ če rote of če lesse is deuydid in-to many rootes as it
  10 is seid. \ čis drunkyn with wyn after če burdon of woman wole purge \\



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     wel če matrice. In alle očer činges boče če more and če lesse \ hauyn
     alle on vertue. \


             Honysokell.

     Honysokel is clepid in greek mellisophiles, in latyn \ she ys comenly
     clepid baracum or dorocus. Among alle \ herbes čis is most leef to
  15 been, for čey ne make of no flour so \ mukel ioye as čey doon of čis.
     - Vis II.
     ¨if če been-hyues \ be anoynted with če iuus of čis herbes leuys,
     če ben shullen \ nat goon a-wey, and better will it be ¨if čere be
     put to swete melke among it. če husbandys in tyme of  ¨eer kepyn
     hyr swarmes with \ suche enoyntyng.
     - III. For styngyng of been or waspes. \
  20 čis herbe stampid and leyde to če been styngyng anoon wole \
     hele it faire. And in če same wise it cureč hem čat a waspe \ hauyč
     stunge or a spither hauyč byten.
     - IV. For če brest.
     čis \ herbe stampid with salt is woned to abate če olde bocches
     of \ če brest and to helpe če foule vices.
     - V.
     A woman is cured with \ če ius of čis soden with salt, and by such
  25 a drynke is warised \ a¨ens a noyous bolnyng.
     - VI. For anterici.
     če decoccon of čis \ grene herbe drunken ofte wole helpe če sike
     čat beč clepid \ anterici and stanche če blody meneson and do hem
     goode čat hauyn \ disease in her flankes and eke to če coghers



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     čat bokes clepen \ asmaticos and to čilke čat ben clepid ortho_noyci
     .
     - VII.
  30 čis same de \ coccion purgeč bocches and bringeč out če sores of
     če toon.
     - VIII. For \ bytinges.
     čis herbe stamped with salt and leide to an houndes by\tynge
     wole hele it.
     - IX. For če tooč-ache.
     če decoccon of \ |r[f.32r] čis herbe wole purge women floures čorowe ofte
     bathing or \ beykyng, and hit wole stanche če tothe-ache if it be
     holde \ longe in če mouth čat akyč
     - X. For če eyen.
     Plinius seič \ čat če iuus of čis herbe with hony enoyntyd to če
   5 eyen wole \ clense her duskenesse.
     - XI. For toč-ache.
     Plinius seič čat who \ delue aboute čis herbe and take here vp
     and do a-wey če erthe \ from her with-outen yren and with če roote
     touche his tooč čat akeč \ čre tyme and after eche towche spete
     and čan sette a¨en čis herbe \ in če same place wher she grewe erst,
  10 so čat čis herbe leue \ and growe as she dide erst; čis Plinius seič
     čat če tooč čat \ is in čis wise touched čries with čis herbe shal no
     more ake. \


             Groundeswely.

     Groundeswely we clepin in latin senecion, and če greek \ clepič
     her yrigenon. She is clepid senecion for-čy čat \ her flour is like
  15 hore heres. čis herbe groweč comenly in walles \ in gardynes. čis



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     herbe is colde. Her rote shal not be put \ in vse of medecynes. This
     herbe my¨t čou take or gadre at \ morowe or at mydday.
     - Vis prima. For bolnyng of če strokys. \
     čis herbe stampid with swynesgrece and leide to če place wole \
     a-swage če bolnynges of strokes.
  20 - II. For če balloqes or če ers. \
     Grynde to-gider če leues and če flour of čis herbe, čan helde čer-to \
     a lytel swete wyn and make of alle čise a plastre and ley it \ hoote
     to če bolnyng of če ers and of če ballokes.
     - III. For \ senues or woundes.
     Put to čise franc-ensence and make \ of hem all a plastre. čis
  25 plastre wole hele li¨tly če sore senues \ and alle woundes.
     - IV. For če podagre.
     čis herbe grounden smal \ with swynesgrece and leide to če place
     wole hele a wounde, čough \ it be olde, and it wole staunche če hote
     podagre and alle očer manere \ doloure¨ hoote and greues of če leg.
     - V.
     Alle čise causes wole če \ decoccion or če capitell of čis herbe helpe
     and hele.
     - VI.
  30 Some \ men sein for-sothe čat čis shalt čou nat drinke for čat
     she wo\le strangle and a-choke him čat drinkeč her. But Plinius,
     that \ |r[f.32v] gret clerk, seič a-¨ein hem, for he seič čat sum men hauen
     ¨ouen \ her to drinke with wyn to hem čat hadde če jaundyse, and
     it dode \ hem moche gode.
     - VII. For če bladder.
     This Plinius seič čat \ čis herbe dronkyn with wyn wole do huge



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   5 goode to če sikenesses \ of če bladdere, and he seič čat many men
     hauyn proued čis.
     - VIII. \ For če herte.
     Plinius seith also čat many men hauyn ¨ouen her \ in čis forseide
     wise for če vices and sekenesses of če herte and of \ če mawe.
     - IX. For če wombe.
     Plinius seič also čat čis herbe \ drunken with vinum passum wole
  10 a-bate če fretyng of če wombe \ and also many očer sikenesses čat
     fallen in če bowels.
     - X.
     čis wole also \ doo čis grene herbe if she be dupt in vinegre and
     so etyn.
     - XI. For če \ brest.
     čis herbe also medled with salt and leyde to če place is woned
     to \ destruye če bocches and postomes in če brest.
     - For toč-ache.
     Here \ hauyn some bokes medicynes for če toč-ache čat I haue
  15 writen in \ če ende of če nexte chapitre before čis, and I wene forsothe
     čat \ it shulde be here, but it is myssette for defaute of writing. \


             Celydoine.

     Celydoyne hauyč two spices. če first is clepid of leches \ če more,
     and čat očer is clepid če lesse.
     - Vis prima. For če eyen. \
     Eyčer of hem is gode for če eyen, for-why, as Plinius seič and
  20 hauyč write, \ če swalwe makeč here briddes for to see with čis
     whan čei ben \ blynde, čou¨ čeir eien be put out of here hede.
     - II.
     Men sein \ čat čis herbe springeč whan swalwes comen, and whan
     swalwes goon awey than \ vanesheč čis herbe and dreieč vp, and



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     for-či she is clepid celido\nia, for celidon in greke betokenyč čis
     bryd.
  25 - III. For če hede-\ache.
     čis herbe grounden smalle and soden in botre is a special oynement
     \ to če hedache, if če hede and če body be wel bathed in če water
     čat \ čis herbe is soden in.
     - IV. For če eyen.
     Take če iuus of čis herbe \ whan she floureč and sethe it in a brasse
     vessell with hony and \ take of alle če skome, sethe it til it be also
  30 čicke as hony \ čat is fyne. Leches sein čat čer is noon beter medicyne
     for če eyen \ čat ben dasued and duske if čey be oynted čere-with.
     - V. For \ če jaundyse.
     Celydoine rootes grounden with anyse and drunkyn \ |r[f.33r] with white
     wyn is goode for če jaundise.
     - VI. For toče-ache.
     As \ men affermyn, čis herbe grounden smal and leyde to če place \
     wole destruye če tothe-ache.
     - VII. For freknes.
     A plastre \ of celydoine leuys grounden with wyn wole destroye
   5 and wype a-wey \\ če spottes and če frekles. \


             Gwayde.

     Gwayde is clepid in grek ysatis and in latyn she is clepid \ comenly
     gwaisdo. This herbe makyč dey¨eres for to wynne \ hugely muche.
     - Vis prima. For neddre byting.
     This herbe grounden \ smale and drunken in watir helič neddre
  10 byting, if čer be leid to če \ place a plastre of čis herbe stampid aloone.
     - II. For woundes. \
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     čou¨ \ čei ben grete, and stauncheč če blode čat rennyth out of hem
     and \ abatič al maner of bolnynges.
     - III. For freknes.
     čis herbe groun\den smale with hony wole purge foule woundes
  15 and do a-wey če \ spottes and frekles and helpič če holy fire.
     - IV. For bones broken. \
     This herbe stampid with če gleire of eiren and leide to če place \
     wole hele soone če breche of bones and če ache and driueč a-wey \
     če scabbe čat leches clepin impetigo. \


             Ellebore.

  20 Ellebore hauyč two maner of spices: oon is white and purgeč \
     aboue, čat očer is blak and purgeč be-neče. It is boč hoot and \ drie
     in če čridde gree. But če white is more violent čan the \ blake.
     čere-fore first wole I telle če vertues of če white ellebore. \
     - Vis prima.
     če white ellebore vnder-put in what maner it euer be \ wole de_liuere 
     a woman of her childe čat is dede in here body.
  25 - II. \ For če heede.
     če poudre of čis i-drawe in at če nose wole \ make for to snese
     and so do a-wey če sikenesse of če hede. Leches \ sein čat if čis
     poudre be medled in če confeccions or oynement¨ \ čat purgeč eyen,
     it doč muchel goode.
     - III.
     čis powdre medled \ with potage wole sle my¨es.
     - V.
  30 če same powdre ¨ouen with \ hony wole destroie flen.
     - VI. For purgacon.
     This poudre \ etyn or drunkyn wole purge by če vomyte many
     and diuerse wickyd \ humoure¨, and, as leches seyn, it driueč a-wey



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     olde sikenesse, and \ be suche a vomyte is done a-wey če disese čat
     is clepid vertigo. \
     - VII. For če fallyng evill.
     This čus takyn is good to wode \ |r[f.33v] men, to malencolyk, and to
     hem čat hauyn če fallyng evel, and to če \ lymphatyk. Hit doč
     huge goode to če dropsie in če bygynnyng.
     - VIII. \ For lepur.
     Hit clensič če lepre, it driueč a-wey če disease čat \ is clepid te_tanus 
     and če podagre.
     - IX. For če palasye.
   5 Hit con\\fermyth and stablyssheč hem čat quaken for če palesye \
     or paralysye. It cureth če fretyng of če wombe.
     - X. For če quarteyn.
     It doč \ gode to dyuerse sikenesse of če stomake and to sciatica
     passio and to an \ olde coughe and to če feueres it profiteč abouen
     alle-čing.
     - XI.
     čis \ is medicinal to hem čat hauyn had če quarteyn many ¨eres.
  10 Plinius amo\nisshič him čat shal take čis herbe or here poudre čat
     he ordey\ne him VII dayes a-fore warly and ete moiste metes and
     no drynke and \ čat he ne sowpe nat at even čat shal in medecyne
     take čis herbe \ or here poudre at morwe. Plinius also comaundeč
     for to espye a \ mery and hoot and clere and bri¨t day, če whiche be
  15 not wyndy. \
     Plinius seič čat who-so takyč čis herbe or here poudre or iuus
     and \ obserue nat čis teching, he shal nat askape with-oute an huge
     di\sease. Plinius comaundeč also čat čis ellebore be take ay soden \
     first in potage or in če maner of corn čat is clepid lens lentis, \ and,



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  20 as Plinius seix, who-so takič it čus, hit shal doon him none \ harme.
     Plynius seič čat čis herbe shal not be ¨oue to non \ yonge children,
     neičer to olde ne feble folkes, neičer to neisshe ne tendre \ men, ne
     to hem čat beth arwe-hertede, ne to lene men, ne to femenine men.
     Očer men comaunden for to take čis herbe \ in če iuus of tysane or
     in mulsa or bake in brede, and so it is profitable \ as men seyn.
  25 Hit is seid čat Philo wrote a boke and tau¨te \ čer-in how we
     shulde take čis ellebore. And Ypocras in his afforismus \ makyč
     mencon of čis herbe allone. And many očer men hauyn write of če \
     vertues of čis herbe and tau¨t how čis herbe shulde be take. And \
     ¨it I finde not a clerk čat comaundeč to take čis herbe be eny \ certein
  30 wei¨te, and natheles I haue rad many certayne bokes. čere-\fore I
     trowe čat hem semed čat čey seide i-nowč, where he seide, hit \
     shulde be take after če my¨t and age of če pacient and after če \
     tymes. But me semeč nat čis i-nowč, for it is nat securly doon \ to
     comand for to ¨eue a body suche a medicyne čat may bringe him \ |r[f.34r]
     in-to a sodeyn perel, but a certein wei¨te and mesure be assigned. \
     As Plinius haueč writen, čemison was woned to ¨eue čis elle\bore
     by II dragmes wey¨t, and he confermyd also čat če leches čat folo\wed
   5 after čanne yafe IV dragmes of ellebore. But ¨it natheles it \ semeč
     nat čat he ordeyned in čat by what wey¨t it shulde be \ take. But
     natheles sith he comaunded for to ¨eue a dragme or \ foure scrupulis
     of če blake ellebore at če mooste, me semyč čat \ he wolde signifie



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     čat we shulde ¨eve če half weight of če whi\te ellebore, če whiche is
  10 muche more violent čan is če blake \ ellebore.


         Of če blake ellebore.

     Now sey we če blake ellebore \ is nat so violent as is če white,
     neičer so mykel for to drede. \
     - Vis prima. For wodemen.
     Olde men comaunden to sethe čis in če \ corn čat is clepid lens
     or in čat čat is clepid iuscelly, and čus čei sein it \ is medicinal to
     hem čat ben wode if it be eten or drunken.
  15 - II. \ For če dropsie.
     In čis ilke wyse it doč gode to the podagre and to če \ dropsie
     whan če feuere is moued.
     - III. For če palsye.
     Hit helpič won\derly če palsye in čis wise and putteč a-wey diuerse
     sekenesses of \ če toon and of očer iointes if it be drunken.
     - IV. For to neissh.
     It dry\vič oute čorgh če wombe diuerse coleras and če fleume.
  20 - V. For \ eyen.
     če decoccion of čis ellebore drunken wole maken eyen cleere \
     and bri¨t.
     - VI. For hardnesse.
     A plastre of čis ellebore wole sitte to-\gidere and mature hardnesse
     and purge hem.
     - VII. For siringia.
     A synum of \ čis ellebore set in at če nek wole hele če festre čat
     is clepid sy\ringia, and after II dayes če synum shal be take a-wey.
  25 - VIII. For the \ dropsie.
     Grynde čis herbe smalle and medle čer-with barly mele, and \
     a plastre of čis wole drey vp humour¨ of če dropsye.



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     - IX.
     This \ vnderput wole clense women of here flour¨ and bring out
     če childe \ čat is dede in his moderwombe.
     - X. For deef folkes.
     čis wole \ ¨ive hering to hem čat been deef by sikenesse, if it be
  30 put in \ at če ere and after II dayes or III taken a-way.
     - XI. For lepres.
     A \ plastre of čis ellebore leide to če place wole destruye spottes \
     and clense lepres and put away alle scabbes.
     - XII. For toče-ache.
     če \ vinegre čat čis ellebore hauyč be soden in, holden in če mouthe
     \ |r[f.34v] longe tyme, wole abate če tothe-ache as men seyn.
     - XIII.
     Plinius \ comaundeč for to ¨eue a dragme of blak ellebore, and
     so it wole \ moyue če wombe li¨tly. And Plinius forbedič for to take
     or ¨eue \ more čan at če moste IV scrupulus. Obulus and scripulus
   5 ben alle on wey¨t. \


             Verveyn.

     Verveyne clepič če greek ierobatanum and periste\rion. As men
     seyn, čer is two spices of verveyn, and čoo two \ havyn almost on
     effect and vertu in werkyng.
     - Vis prima. For berkyng \ of houndes.
     Men seyn čat who-so bere verveyn in his hond, \ noon hounde
     shal berk vp-on him where so he be come.
  10 - II. For \ jaunyse.
     Verveyn dronkyn ofte in wyn wole helpe hem čat \ hauen če
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     - III. For bytyng.
     Verveyne stampid with wyn \ and leyde to če place wole hele
     dedely bytinges. čis medecyne \ shal be renewed at eche IV dayes ende.
     - IV. For če mouč.
     če iuus \ of verveyne made lewke and rolled wel in če mouč and
  15 longe wole \ purge če blestres and woundes of če mouč.
     - V.
     čis same wole do the \ fresshe and če newe decoccion of čis herbe,
     and čorw čis decoccion is \ put a-wey eche corrupcon and rotnesse
     of če mouče, if she be roll\ed fast a-boute in če mouthe, so čat če
     chekes soune aftur.
     - VI. \ For woundes.
  20 čis selue herbe stampid while she is grene and leide \ to če place
     wole close a fressh wounde.
     - VII. For venyme.
     Verv\eyn dronken with white wyn wole destroye alle venemes. \
     - VIII. For če feuere.
     Take III rotes of verveyne and as many of \ herlevys and resolue hem
     in watir and do če pacient to drinke čese a-\fore his axcesse, čat is to
  25 seyn a-fore čan he fele eny colde; čis drynke \ is gode for če tercian.
     - IX. For če quartayn.
     In čis same maner take \ and drinke IV rootes and IV levis of
     verveyn, and čis wole destroie če \ quarteyne.
     - X
     če decoccion of verveyn made in wyn and cast a\monge metis
     and drinkes wole make hem alle mery and glad čat etyn \ of čat
  30 mete and drinken of čat drinke, ri¨t as wole longe de boef, of \ če
     whiche I haue write byfore.
     - XI.
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     dost čou, or how dost čou fare, \ and if he say ay to če wel, he shal
     leue, and if he answere and \ seye to če evell or naučt, čer is non
     hope of his lyf in čis \ |r[f.35r] world.
     - XII. For če hede-ache.
     Some men hauyn comaunded to \ put a corn of verveyn a-boute
     če heed čat aake, what-so-euer were \ če cause, and čei seyde čis
     wolde a-noon abate če hede-ache.
     - XIII. \ For če bowels and če mawe.
   5 Plinius affermeč čis herbe is holsome \ to če bowels alle and to
     če sikenesse of če sides and of če mawe and \ of če čys or brest and
     namely to če causes of če lunges; and to če \ tysyk is verueyne me_dicynall 
     as affermeč Plinius.
     - XIV. For \ boches.
     Verveyn grounden smalle with olde swynesgrece and leyde \ to or
  10 anoynted wole represse hastely če bocches and če welkes \ čat comyn
     in če hede čorowe če feuere.
     - XV. For če ston.
     Take \ mylfoyle and betoyne and verveyne ilike mekyl, grinde hem
     to-gidre \ and drinke hem in water; men supposen čat čer is no better
     ne more profi\table medicyne for hem čat hauyn če stoon čan is čis.
     - XVI.
     Pli\ nius affermeč čat wychches comaunden and preysen čis herbe
  15 hugely, \ for čei seyn čat čis herbe is goode a¨ens alle sikenesses,
     and čey \ seyn also čat he čat were oynted abowte with če iuus of
     vervein \ shulde haue graunted hem alle-čing čat čey wolde asken



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     and \ čat he shulde mowe have alle grete mennes loue čat he wolde \
  20 and čat he shulde nat haue če feueres, and if če feueres were on \
     eny-body, anoon as he were oyntyd with če iuus of verveyne, če \
     feueres shulde leue him for euere. And očer suche many čey seyn,
     če \ whiche, though perauenture če my¨ti nature may graunte,
     ¨it \ vs semeč čat čey be nat but idel seyinges.


             CAm XVIIm. Morell.

  25 Morell is clepid in greke strignum and in latyn morella. \ čis is
     ri¨t colde.
     - Vis prima. For če ere.
     It is seide čat če \ iuus of čis herbe helt in-to če ere a litel and
     a litill wole stanch \ wonderly če ache of če ere.
     - II. For če lepre.
     A plastre of čis \ herbe wole do medecyne and hele če maner of
     lepre čat is clepid e\gillopa. čus men sein, and čey wenyn and trowen
  30 čat če same \ plastre wole hele če hede-ache.
     - III. For parocida.
     Grinde smal \ čis herbe and čer-with brede and salt and make of
     čise a plastre and \ ley it to; it wole represse če maledye čat is clepid
     parocida. Paro\cida is a knobbe čat riseč in če feuere.
     - IV.
     če iuus of čis herbe \ |r[f.35v] wole destroye a-noon če icche.
     - V.
     čis iuus vndirput wole stanch \ women flour¨, čat is to sey če
     inmoderat flux of her floures.
     - VI. For \ če holy fire.
     Grinde smale če leues of čis herbe with flour and make \ čer-of
   5 a plastre, and it wole hele če holy fire and če euel čat is clepid her\peta



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     mordax, and muche beter wole čis medecyne be, if čou put into \
     čis aforseid če froč of siluer, ceruse, and oile of roses. \


             CAm XVIIIm. Hennebane.

     Hennebane is clepid iusquamus in greek and in latyn caniclata. \
     čis herbe is seide for to be ri¨t colde. Of čis herbe \ ben III maneres:
  10 on hauyč a white flour, če secunde bringeč forth a \ samreed flour,
     but če čridde hauyč a blak flour. She čat berič \ če white seed is
     bettere and noblere čan če očer tweye. But if čey \ may nat be
     founde, men taken ofte here čat hauyč če samred floure \ . The
     leches čat now ben wole nat werke with her čat hauyč \ če blak flour.
     - Vis prima. For woman brest.
  15 če woman whos brestes \ akyč drinke če ius of here čat berič če
     whit flour and afterward \ oynte she her brest al aboute with če same
     iuus, and she shal be \ hool.
     - II. For če podagre.
     Gryiide smale če leues of čis herbe \ and flour to-gidre, and a
     plastre of čis wole abate al maner bolnynges and \ če hot podagre.
     - III. For eres.
  20 čis jus helt in at če ere wole \ sle če wormes čat ben in čeim and
     abate many očer doloures and diseases \ of če erys.
     - IV. For če tothe-ache.
     It is seide čat če vinegre, in \ če whiche če rotes of čis herbe hauyn
     be soden in, wole abate the \ toče-ache, čou¨ it be greet, ¨if čis vinegre
     be lewke and holde \ longe in če mouth.
     - V. For če eyen.
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     grounden smale, wole aba\te če viscus and hoot rewme, ¨if če
     paciente oynte oft his \ eyen here-wič.
     - VI.
     A scruple of čis seed and also muchel of \ myconye seed drunken
     to-gidre in mulsa wole stanche če \ flux of če matrice.
     - VII.
  30 Men seyen čis same drinke may \ helpe hem čat castyth or spewyth
     blode or to hem čat in eny other maner casten out blode at če mouth
     ¨if it be ofte \ drunke.
     - VIII. For tetes.
     če sede of hennebane grunden smal with \ wyn and čer-of made
     a plastre wole hele če tetes and če balloqes čat \ |r[f.36r] ben boln.
     - IX.
     čis herbe and here sede also doč muche gode in \ plastres and
     in medecyns. But if she be ete as wortes, she wole \ bryng here
     eterres in-to če manere of woodnesse čat is clepid \ manya. And
   5 also wole here iuus do if it be helt in-to a wounde, \ what-so-euere
     it be. \


             Cm XIXm. Hocke.

     Olde men seide čat če hocke is seide malua for-\či čat she makyč
     če wombe soluble.
     - Vis prima.
     Sextus Niger and \ Discorides also seyth and affermeč čat čis is
     yvel for če stomak. But eičer \ of hem seič čat if she be ete as wortes,
  10 she doth mikel good \ to če parties alle čat ben with-inne a mannes
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     - II. For ve\nemes.
     Thus čey seyn, it wole doo goode to če bladdere and \ destroye
     alle venemous drinkes.
     - 3. For wondes.
     Thise II \ leches seyn čat a plastre of hoc leues and whit wilowe \
  15 leves and lik many of čat on as of čat očer wole hele a ble\dyng
     wounde rather and bettere čan očere precious plastres.
     - For \ woundes.
     čei seyn also čat če malwes grounden with \ olde grece helpič
     my¨tly bresures.
     - IV. For bresures.
     če \ rote of a malwe stok put to če toče čat akič abateč his \ ache
     as it is seide.
     - V.
  20 If a woman bere an hocke roote \ lapt in blac wolle and bounde
     with flexe to here thy¨, she shal \ haue no disease in her tetys.
     - VI.
     Hit is y-writte čat čis \ herbe wole dryve oute of a woman here
     dede childe, if gose \ grese be resolued and medled with it, and čan
     čei be set vnder če \ cunte as it were a pessarie.
     - VII. For lepre.
  25 Grynde hocke \ leues with a litel salt, and čat wole destroye če
     lepre čat is \ clepid egilopa.
     - VIII.
     With hocke iuus čou may hele be styngyn\ges, and ¨if čou medle
     čis iuus with oyle, no be shal noye če if \ čou čer-wič oynte či body.
     - IX. For bernynges.
     Seth malwe \ in pisse and ley her to če heed, so shalt čou destroye
  30 če foule \ nayles čat wexen in če heed and eke če noyous scrof čat



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     is cle\pid in latyn furfur, and čis same plastre wole aqueynche če \
     holy fier and hele bernynges.
     - X
     če decoccon of malwe wole \ |r[f.36v] make nesshe če hardnesse of če mat_rice 
     and helpe če causes and \ sikenesses of če guttes and of če
     matrice of če eres wonderly \ wel ¨if she be vnderput to hem.
     - XI.
   5 This herbe exciteč and \ prikkyč lecherye. \\
     Thus is ended če seconde part of Macer book \ and now begynneč
     če črid part, če whiche tre\tyč of spices.


         CAm primum. Peper. \

     Now I have tretid and seide a-fore čis of a fewe comone \ herbes.
  10 Now after čis I wole telle of če spices čat \ ben knowe almost to alle
     folkes and če whiche spices vs of \ lechecraft hauyč made knowen;
     and first of hem alle wole I telle \ of če peper whom če kechene hauyč
     račer or more mad kende \ čan hath medicine. Hit is seid čat peper
     is hoot and drye in \ če čridde degre of boče. Of peper ben III ma_neres
  15 : whit, longe, \ and blak. But for-čy čat če two be kenned
     by vs only to \ leches, I wole telle of če blac peper a fewe vertues
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     - Vis prima. For če stomak.
     Blak peper soden or raw with \ hony medled wole helpe če my¨t
     of digestion of če stomak. \ It destroieč če greuaunces of če mawe ek.
  20 - II. For bytinges. \
     čis peper wole hele dedely bytynges and many quereles and \
     causes of če brest.
     - III. For če feuere.
     It wole do a-wey če \ colde of če feuere čat is clepid periodica
     febris, if če pacient take \ it before his tremelyng.
     - IV. For gnawyng in če bely. \
     Grynde smale lorer leues or čeir bayes and čis peper to-gyder,
  25 čan \\ drinke alle čise in lewke water; čis wole staunche če gnaw\yng
     in če bely.
     - V. For kernelles.
     Medle čis peper with picche and \ make čer-of a plastre; čat wole
     represse če kernels čat ben clepid \ scrophe.
     - VI. For če eyen.
     čis peper is goode to be medled with alle če mede\cynes čat cleren
     če eyen of her hard dusknessis.
  30 - VII. For \ spottes.
     Make of čis peper and of nitrum a plastre; čis wole doo \ a-wey
     če spottis and frekles.
     - VIII. For cancres.
     čer is no better \ |r[f.37r] nor more profitable medicine for če cancres, as
     men čat hauen \ proued bothe čis and očer telle me, čan is a poudre
     of čis peper and as \ muche of mannys drytte brent to poudre, and
     medle boče to-\gidre and čan ley it on če cancres.
     - IX.
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     for it wole be put \ in alle medecynes almost, and for-či I trowe čat
     čer be seide \ čus fewe preysynges of čis peper allone, for it is so
     comone \ to so many precious medecyns and worči lowyng in me_decynes 
  10 \ in-numerable. \\


             CAm 2m. Peletre.

     Peletre is boče hoot and drye in če ferče gre.
     - Vis prima. For \ če toče-ache.
     If a colde humour greue če teče and make hem \ for to ake, take
     and chewe wel peletre on čat toče čat akyč and \ holde it longe in
     či mowče, cast in-to it venegre and roll it well aboute če mouth, and
     čis wole helpe.
     - II. For če mouče. \
  15 In čis wyse it repressith če bolnyng of če tunge čat comeč of \
     flewme and rereč vp če vua, if she be falle doun be ouer-\muche
     humour, and to many očer vices of če mouč doč it good in \ čis
     wise.
     - III. For če falling evel.
     It doč mikel gode and \ profit to hem čat hauyn če fallyng evel,
     if it be etyn or drun\kyn with hony, and also it putteč a-wey če
     palsey.
     - IV.
  20 It is \ seid čat peletre hangid a-boute če childes nek čat haueč
     če \ fallyng evel wole hele him, and it wole helpe hem also by \ his
     odour allone.
     - V. For če feuere.
     Oynte či body alle with če oile \ čat čis peletre is soden in by-fore
     če accesse of če feuere, and so \ shalt čou menuse and destroye če
     stourdynesse of če feuere.
  25 - VI. For če reynes. \
     čis oynement wole dryue a-wey ofte če ache of če reynes.



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     - VII. \ For če reynes.
     This oynement wole wondirly helpe to če \ palesye, if če pacient
     be ofte with čis oynement frotid with \ hondes somedel harde. čis
     oynement wole make al his body su\ple and esy.
     - IX.
  30 This wole make če swot to renne owte \ largely at pores and open hem.
     - X. For če lemes.
     čis wole \ also hele če stonyng of če lemys.
     - XI.
     čis wole kepe če \ body sekerly from colde.
     - XII. For tetanus.
     čis wole dissolue \ če disease and contraccon čat is clepid tetanus.
     - XIII.
     Also \ |r[f.37v] mykel goode doč če peletre self grounden smale with oile,
     if \ čou oynte and frote wel čer-with če place čat čou wole amende \
     of disease and do medecyne to. \


 5|r             Cm 3m. Gyngeuere. \

     Gingeuere is of če vertue in medecyns čat is peper, and \ čerfore
     I speke no more of hit. \


             Cm 4m. Comyn.

     Comyn, as leches seyn, is boč hoot and drie in če črid \ gre.
     - Vis prima. For če stomak.
     Leches seyn čat comyn \ taken in any wise wole destruye če wynde
  10 čat greueč \ če bowell and če stomak.
     - II.
     čei sein also čat it exciteč hu\gely če hete of če stomake and of
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     - III.
     čei sein also čat it destroieč \ če lust of lecherye.
     - IV. For laxatif.
     It wole also byn\de če wombe čat is laxatif if it be soden in vinegre.
  15 - V. \
     Comyn dronkyn ofte with pusca wole helpe wonderly hem čat \
     ben clepid orthonoyci. Pusca is whos II partyes ben water and \
     če črydde part vynegre or strong wyn.
     - VI. For venym.
     čis drun\kyn with wyn is goode for venemous bytynges, if čis
     ilke comyn \ be grounde smale and medled with benemele.
  20 - VII. For ballo\kes.
     Comyn grounden smale and medled with hony wole a\bate
     sodeinly če bolnyng of balloqes if it be leid to hem. \
     - VIII.
     Comyn drunkyn with pusca wole staunche women \ floures.
     - IX.
     Comyn etyn a litel and a litel wole make him \ wele coloured čat
  25 etič it. \


             CAm Vm. Galingale. \

     Galingale resolueč če flewme of če stomak if it be etyn, \ and if
     he be flewmatyk čat etič it, it confermeč and \ strengthič him.
     - II. For wynde.
     Galingale etin or drunken \ dryuyč out če winde čat is closed
  30 in če bowels with-in-\forth.
     - III. For če collica passio.
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     - IV.
     Hit amendič \ če sauour and odour of če mouč if it be etin ofte.
     - V.
     It wole \ |r[f.38r] also encrese če luste of lecherie and če hete of če reynes
     if it be eten. \


             Cm VIm. Zeduale.

     Zeduale, as leches confermyn, wole do huge remedy \ a-¨ens
     venymys čat man hauyč eten or dronken.
     - II. \ For venym.
   5 Drinke zeduale, and hit wole hele če bytinges \ of creping bestis.
     - III. For če brayn.
     It confermeč če stomak, \ if it be ete ofte, and destroyeč če
     diseases of če brayn and putteč \ out če noyous wynde by bolkyng
     and werkeč man mekel \ hele.
     - IV. For če stomak.
     ¨if he čat hauyč had long disease \ in his stomak and dolour wole
  10 chewe in his mouthe, fastynge, \ zeduale and swolwe dovne a litle
     and a litle in-to his body his \ spotle and če moysture čat falleč in
     če mouth, čorwe čis hit \ wole hele him of his dolour.
     - The V.
     čis drinke wole destroye the \ wormes of če wombe, and it doč
     out of če mouč če stynk of \ garlyk and če grete sauour of wyn čat
  15 leuyč in a body whan he \\ drinketh muche wyn. \


             Cm 7m. Clowe gelofre.

     Clowe gelofre, as men sey, is drey and hote in če secunde \ gre.
     - Vis prima. For če stomak.
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     mawe, and it is goode to alle-most \ alle če entrailes with-in a mannes
     body.
     - II. For costif. .
  20 It \\ helpith wonderly če digestion and makyč če wombe costyf. \
     - III.
     A dragme wey¨t of poudre of clowes drunken wole stire \ to lecherie.
     - IV. For če brain.
     če clowes gronden smale and \ drunkyn with fressh cowe mylkw
     ofte-sithes wole comforte the \ memorye and če brain, in če whiche
  25 is če my¨t of mynde. \


             CAm 8m. Canel.

     Canel haueč III spices, but če best of hem is she čat \ is most
     soutell and če whiche biteč best če tunge \ and hauič čer-with a
     maner of swetnesse.
     - Vis prima. For če stomak.
     čis drieč vp če ille humoure¨ of če stomak, and hit comforteč \
     it and strenght it.
     - II.
  30 This wole make če stomak for to defye \ sone metes and drinkes
     čat ben in hit.
     - III. For če liuere. \
     Canell etyn or drunkyn helyč če liuere and purgeč women \ |r[f.38v] floure¨
     and makeč for to pisse faste.
     - IV. For če coughe.
     Canel \ wole stanche če moist cough and če pose.
     - V. For če dropsie.
     It \ wole represse če spice of če dropsie, če whiche is clepid tympana,
     and \ če ache of če reynes also, and hele če bytynges of bestes
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     - VI.
     If canel be ioyned to če medecyns čat helen če eyen, hit drieč \
     vp če wickyd humour¨ and watery.
     - VII. For če face.
     Canel groun\den wel smal and medled with strong vinegre and
     leyde to wole \ deliuere če face of blake spottes and frekles and
     destroye če sike\nesse and scabbe čat is clepid impetigo.
  10 - VIII. For če flux. \
     Grynde wel and smale če grettist maner of canel, and II dragmes \
     of če poudre dronken with colde water wole stanche če flux \ of če
     emeraudes if it be drunke fastynge. \


                 Cm 9m. Coste.

     Coste hauyč II maneres: on is heuy and reed and ri¨t comeč \
  15 out of Inde; the točer is li¨t and not bittir and somdel whit\in
     colour; čis comyč out of Inde. če račer is more profitable \ čan is
     čis.
     - Vis prima.
     čise boče purgen vryne and putten a-wey \ čoo čat with-stonden
     hem. čei curen če splene and če liuere and dryueč \ a-wey če ache
     of če side if če pacient drinke him in leuke \ wyn.
     - II.
  20 čis wole purgen women floures if če woman make her \ čer-of
     a suffumugacon, and in če same wise hit wole stanche če \ ache of
     če cunte if če woman put vnder her a pessarye of \ čise.
     - III. For če face.
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     and clene če face of če frekeles and put out če wor\mes of če
     bely.
     - IV.
  25 čise wole stire lecherye, if čei be drunke \ in mulsa čat is lewke.
     - V. For če feuere.
     če oyle čat coste is \ soden ynne wole destroye and putte a-wey
     če colde of če feuere, \ if če pacient be oynted čer-with afore če
     colde come vp-on him. \
     - VI. For sciatica.
     čis oynement is a souerein medecyne for sciatica \ and to če membris
     čat ben astoned.
     - VII. For woundes.
  30 če pou\\dre of čis herbe wole hele an olde wounde soone. \


             CAm 10m. Spikenard.

     Spikenard is hoot and drye as wyse men seyn.
     - Vis prima. \ For če stomak.
     če decoccion of čis dronken comforteč če \ |r[f.39r] mawe, abatič če
     doloures of če stomak and purgič če reynes. \
     - II.
     Hit helpič če bladder; hit driueč out boče če woman \ floures and
     če vryne.
     - III. For če jaundyse.
     Hit doč goode to hem \ čat hauyn če jaundys and it withstondič
   5 če ille humour¨ čat \ fallen fro če heed in-to če brest by če vua.
     - IV. For če entrayles. \
     Hit doč awey prykkyngges and bytinges or fretyng of če entrayles. \
     - V. For če stomak.
     Spikenard drunken wole dryue out the \ wynde čat is closed in
     če stomak, and if she be vnderput, she \ wole stanche če fluxe of
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     - VI. For brakyng.
  10 Spy\\kenard drunken with colde water wole abate če bolnyng \
     of če herte and stanche brakyng.
     - VII.
     Spikenard drunken \ with čat liquour čat is clepid sapa wole
     excite to lecherye \ if it be ofte drunken.
     - VIII.
     The decoccion of čis wole re\solue če hardenesse of če matrice
  15 if če matrice mouthe \ be ofte bekyd čer-with-in.
     - IX. For če eyen.
     Oynte ofte čin \ eyen with čis decoccon leuke, and it wole destroie
     če bitter ¨eke \ of če eyen, and če heres of če ey¨e-ledes ben hugely
     confortid \ čer-with. Ther is a maner of nard čat is clepid nardus
  20 celtica. \ čis growič only in če region of če peple čat is clepid celte, \\
     and čis narde may do alle čoo čat may spikenard, čou¨ men \ semen
     čat it hauyč lesse vertue in my¨t čan spikenard. \


             CAm 11m. Frankensence.

     Frankensence ys both hoot and dreie in če seconde degree.
     - Vis \ prima. For če eyen.
     Ensence clensič če si¨t if it be re\solued in če white of an eye or
  25 grounde smalle with fressh \ womans mylke.
     - II. For woundes.
     Men seyn čat ensence \ grounden smale with vynegre and medeled
     with pyk and fresh \ mylke wole hele souereinly newe woundes and
     fressh.
     - III. \ For brennynges.
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     - IV. For če nailes.
  30 Medle encence with hony, \ and it wole do a-way če disease of
     če nayles, če whiche disese \ is clepid panaricium.
     - V. For če ere.
     Men seyn čat ensence \ |r[f.39v] grounden smal and resoluyd wel in leuke
     wyn wole do moche \ goode to če ere čat akyč.
     - VI. For bolnyng of tetis.
     Encence \ grounden smale with creta cimolea and medled with
     oile of rosis \ wole hele če bolnyng of če tetis.
   5 - VII. For blode speteres. \
     Leches trowen čat čer be no-čing better for hem čat speten blode \
     čan be encence drunken in wyn or in vinegre.
     - VIII. For \ bocches.
     A plastre of ensence grounden with womans \ mylke wole hele če
  10 boches čat wexen in če ers or in eny \ očer place.
     - IX. For veynes kut.
     Take encense and aloe and če \ ter of če white of an eye, grynde
     hem so to-gidre čat it be ri¨t \ čykke and ley čis plastre to a veyne
     čat is kut and do it nat \ a-wey til čou trowe čat če kerf be closed
     to-gidre faste. And \ if it be nede, ley čis medecyne vp-on če račer
  15 til čer be a \ sad seme vp-on če place čat was sore.
     - For woundes.
     Men \ seyn čat no-čing may beter staunche blode of a wounde
     čan \ may čis for-seide medecyne.
     - X.
     Encence confortič če \ my¨t of mynde by his odour.
     - XI. For če heed.
  20 Who-\so chiewe ensence and puliole haunt to-gidre, it wole \\
     do a-wey alle wickyd humours to-gidere of če heed by spe\tyng.
     - XII.
     čis purgacon of če heede wole ali¨t če tunge \ čat is heuy.



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     - XIII. For brennynges.
     A plastre made of \ encence and of goos grece or doke grece wole
  25 hele če mem\bris čat fire hauyč brent or hurte. \\


             CAm 12m: Aloe.

     čer ben II maneres of aloe: če ton is somdel red \ with-in as če
     lyuer whan it is broke, and čis is clepid e\patice, and čis hauyč grete
     vertues and strenghes in medecyns; \ če točer is of pyk colour whan
     it is broke. čis is of lesse vertu \ in medecyne.
     - Vis prima. For če stomak.
  30 Aloe mundefieč če \ stomak of fleume and če hede also; and čis
     it doč in purging \ and dryuing out ri¨tly by če wombe če noious
     humour¨.
     - II. For \ jaundyse.
     It purgith hem čat hauyn če jaundyse, and it helpič \ |r[f.40r] če ynnere
     parties of če mawe.
     - III. For woundes.
     čis wole \ kepe eche fressh wounde from alle rotyng, if poudre
     of it \ be cast in-to če wounde, and in dreying it wole hele it vp
     safly.
     - IV. \ For bocches.
   5 čis poudre wole specially hele če bocches of \ če wombe and of
     če balloqes as leches seyn.
     - V. For če lyppus. \
     Aloe resoluyd in water and leyde vp-on če lyppes helič če aposto\_mes 
     of hem and of če nese if it be leyde vpon če nese, and of če \
     eyen it dryueč a-wey če wannesse if it be oynted a-boute \ če
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     - VI. For če heed.
  10 Aloe medled with vynegre and oyle \ of roses wole destroye če
     hede-ache if če frount be oynted \ čer-with.
     - VII. For če eyen.
     čis oynement wole stanche če ¨eke \ of če eyen.
     - VIII. For heres.
     Aloe gronden smale with wyn and \ čer-of made a plastre com.
     forteč and with-holdeč če heres čat ben fal\ling, in what place so
     čey be.
     - IX. For če mouč.
  15 Aloe groun\den smale with wyn and hony wole helpe če gomes,
     če tunge, and \ če vices of če mouč ¨if čei ben frotid wel and ofte
     čer-with.
     - X. \ For če stomak.
     Aloe taken by him one wole nat solue če wombe \ sharply, but
     Vribasius holdit it gode to če stomak sičyn alle me\decyns čat soluyn
  20 če wombe doon harm to če stomak out-nome \ aloe.
     - XI. For fleume.
     Vribasius biddič for to take II dragmes \ of aloe with mulsa, and
     it wole purge boče če colere and če fleu\me.
     - XII. For če stomak.
     Vribasius seide čat it was gode and hol\some for to take eche day
     after soper III pilulus or II formed with če \ iuus of grene caul of
  25 če gretnes of a bene. This wole put oute \ and purge če wicked
     humour¨ with če drit not corumping če stomak \ ne doynge
     violence.
     - XIII. For če hede.
     He čat is ofte purged with \ čis pilulus shal vnnethe eny tyme
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     - XIV. \ For če eyen.
     And trest to me: čer is no-čing more profitable \ to če ey¨en
     čan is čis medecyn.
     - XV. For laxatif.
  30 ¨if čou \\ wilte solue če wombe that is costyff, take tweye \ parties
     of aloe, take one parte of diagredium, and \ grinde hem well
     to-gydre, and this medecyne ys a \\ |r[f.40v] noble laxatyff. \
     Here ys ended če čridde part of če last of Macer book. \ Blessid
     be Ihu, of whom alle goode činges hauyn \ če byginnyng and ende.
     Amen.
   5 Now folowič \\ a fewe herbes of whiche Macer tretyč nat of, \
     atte leste čey ben nat founden in če cours of \ Macer book. \


             Cm primum. Sanicle.

     Sanycle hauyč her name for-či čat she helyč woundes. \
     - Vis prima. For woundes.
  10 This herbe wole seke boče bon \ and wounde, and in če wounde
     she wole shewyn her al such \ as če pacient drinkyth here. But I
     amonest če čat čou be-ware \ how čou drynke čis herbe, for if she
     come nat oute at če wo\unde, she assendič in-to če hed and in-to
     če brayn and brekeč \ če skyn of če brayn čat is clepid pia mater,
  15 and so she sleč \\ če pacient. \



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         Cm IIm. Pympernolle.

     Pympernolle growič moche vnder busshes and in the \ mery shad_owes 
     of če wodes. She hauyč a litel whit \ flour and čikke in ech
     side.
     - For woundes.
  20 Pympernolle clenseč, \ heleč, and coloureč woundes. \\


             CAm 3m. Baldemoyne.

     Baldemoyne helič če herte, releueč če brest, and no\risshče stomak.
     Baldemoyne founde in če mery and slowč doth \ in medecyns al
     čat očer boučt medecynes doč. Baldemoyne \ yeueth frely čat
     očer medicynes čeuen for gret price. \


             CAm 4m. Beta.

  25 Beta če lesse wole hastely hele če hede-ache and eny \ wounde
     in če hede, and čer-fore alle wise leches vsen \ for to put here
     pys in alle medecyns čat profiten to če hed. \


             CAm 5m. Rodewort.

     Rodewort is clepid solsequium in latyn and elitropia in \ greke.
     - Vis prima. For če feuere.
     čis flour hauyč a gret vertue, for \ what day čou seist it, in čat
  30 day shal nat če feuere take če, \ če whiche is clepid febris acuta.
     - II.
     Who čat hauyč čis \ feuere on him, čis si¨t wole nat helpe him,



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     but he shal take \ to him a lef and an half lef of čis herbe and soke
     hem in wyne \ |r[f.41r] and čan drynke čat wyn and če leues also.
     - III. For če flux. \
     če leues of čis herbe grunden smale and drunken wil stanche če \
     flux.
     - IV. For venym.
     če ius of čis herbe drunken with wyn \ at če fulle wole destroye
   5 al maner of venyme. \


             CAm 6m. Tansey.

     čou¨ it bite bitterly in če mouth, with-oute-forč it is \ a good
     medecyn for če brest and lyčt.
     - Vis prima. For parties \ in če body.
     Tansey purgeč nat only če brest but alle parties \ with-ynne a
     mannes body. In a fewe wordes and short I haue seid \ and notyd
  10 many vertues of čis herbe. This herbe hauyč ma\ny vertues, and
     ¨it I wole ouer-passe at čis tyme and holde me \ apaide with čese
     fewe. \


             CAm 7m. Laureole.

     Laureole ys lyk lorer boče in rynde and in leuys and \ in grennesse.
     čis herbe is euermore grene. She wel\kyth nat for če hete of če sunne,
  15 neičer fadeč for colde. \ Prosius cleped če seed of čis herbe coconi_dion 
     and so doon \ many očer poetes and leches also. Of čis seed is
     made a no\ble pocion, če whiche purgeč by če nečer parties of man
     all \ če ynnere parties of mannes body: what-so-euere greue če stom_ake 



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  20 \ or če bowell or če lightes, čis herbe wole helpe and hele. \\
     If eny gret or grevous cause make čat a pocion profite nat \to sike_nesse, 
     [it is] no wondre, for-why lechecraft techith no-čing \ čat is
     alwey sooč and ouer-al by-falle al maner men y-lyk. \ But natheles
     čis pocion shal neuer doo harm. \


     CAm 8m. Liquorice.

  25 Liquorice is swettest of alle herbes. This is so of \ tempre kynde
     čat she is vnnethe moist, ne vnnethe \ colde; vnneče she may be in
     če first gree of čise II. čis is \ good to alle causes and to non harm_full, 
     wher-for she \ may sey to man-kynde: I am your heltli, hastely
     come če \ to me.
     - Vis prima. For če brest.
  30 če decoccion of liquorice \ medled with penidius and etyng, če
     pacient wole purge \ and moiste če seke lunges, če wykkede cogh,
     če hard and streit \ brest, če sore črotes, če sore weyes of če voys.
     Ther is \ |r[f.41v] no-čing čat purgeč so wel če brest as doč čis medecyn.
     - II. For \ če lunges.
     Liquorice soden in watir til it be nesshe and čan pressed \ well
     and oft dryed is clepid chylum whan it is dried čus. čis \ wole helpe
     če lunges and abate če stifnessis and diseases of it.
   5 - III. \ For če stomak.
     Ther is no spice so profitable to če stomak \ whan it is brent as
     is čis.
     - IV. \
     No medecyne helpith swether če instrumentis of če lunges, \
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  10 liquorice wonderly nat in turmentyng, as doth cost, neičer \ in
     fretyng, as doč aloe, but in softe likynnge. \


             CAm 9m. Notemuge.

     Notemuge is boče hote and drye in če secunde gre.
     - Vis \ prima. For če flux.
     This curič če stinkyng mouč, stan\cheč če flux, and byndeč če
     wombe; hit strengheč boče; če \ liuere and če stomak it helpith.
     - II. For čentrailes.
  15 It put\tyth oute če wynde čat greuyč če entrayles, hit encreceč
     gode \ digestion.
     - III. For če liuere.
     Galien seič čat če notemuge \ fayreč če skyn, it cureč če splene
     and eke bolnyng of če \ lyuere.
     - IV. For če gowte.
     čis wole ouer-come če gowte \ maisterly, and, as it is seid, it wole
  20 close wondes faire. \


             CAm 10m. Mirtus.

     Mirtus is habundaunt in če fer north. She growič \ in če colde
     mery, and ¨it she is hote in kynde.
     - Vis prima. For če \ blody meneson.
     Take če decoccion of mirte with tysane \ and če iuus of planteyn,
     seče hem to-gydere in-to če črid parte; \ čis wole hele če blody
  25 meneson and če sikenesses čat ben cle\ped ciliaci. ¨if čou wilt
     perauenture take boldely a more stren\gere medecyne, cast to če
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     - II. For fre\tynges.
     This medicine wole abate če fretynges of če \ body ¨if it be nede.


             CAm 11m. Safron.

     Safron is gode to put a-wey sikenesses and to metes \ and očer
     diuerse čingis many.
     - Vis prima. For če eyen.
  30 Sa\fron floures medled with womans mylk and kepte longe wole \\ |r[f.42r]
     hele sore eyen ¨if čei be oynted čer-with, and it wole \ destroie
     venym.
     - II. For sciatis.
     Medle with safran ensence \ and cokill and seth hem to-gider
     in mulsa and čan ley hem \ alle to-gyder to če ¨ye čat is greued with
   5 sciatica passio, \\ and čis wole dryue a-wey čat disease. \


             CAm 12m. Carui.

     Carui and cerfoile ben lyk in colour, in figure, or shap, or \ vertu.
     Carui is ri¨t hote and sharp. Carui leues ben \ of cerule colour, and
     so ben če leues of cerfoile. Ceruleus is \ ¨elowe as is wex or grene
  10 and blak to-gidere as properly as \ whan ¨elwe is seye with blak as
     is če se; carui leues \ ben ragged, and so ben cerfoile leues.
     - Vis prima.
     čis meueč \ lecherye and makeč for to pisse faste.
     - II.
     čis delyuereč and \ bringeč hastely forth woman flours and hauyč
  15 a wel likyng \ sauour and taste. \\



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             CAm 21. Saxifrage.

     Saxifrage hauyč his name for-či čat it brekič če \ stoon. Some
     men clepen hit petroselinum.
     - Vis prima. For \ če stoon.
     Grynde to-gidre saxifrage and cheristones and \ ¨eue him to drinke
     in hoot water for če stoon. Men seyn \ čat čer is no medicyne more
  20 profitable for če stoon čan is čis. \ But čis takeč nat a-wey but če
     tendre stoon. And if \ če stoon be of long tyme gadred, čan it must
     be distroy\ed with a strengre medecyne.
     - II. For če feuere.
     Leches ha\uyn seyde čat saxifrage is holsome to hem čat hauen
     če feuere. \


             22. Benet.

     Benet is clepid hares ere.
  25 - Vis prima. For woundes. \
     čis wole clense a wounde and aftirward fulle it with \ good flessh
     and colour it wel, and it is gode for če goute. \


             23. Ditayne.

     Ditayne is habondant in če souč.
     - Vis eius.
     Virgilie \ hauyč wryte čat Eneas some-tyme was wonded with \
  30 an arwe. Whan he my¨t in no wyse haue her out, he \ rof in če
     wounde ditayne, and hit broučt oute če arwe. čus \ hauyč čis poete



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     left vs a teching čat dytayne wole \ |r[f.42v] bringe oute iren of a wounde
     čat may nat be pulled out with toles. \


             Cm XVIm. Fetherfoy.

     Fetherfoy is clepid febri-fuga for-či čat she wole destroye \ and
     dryve a-wey če bitter feuere, and čer-of doubtid neuer leches, and
   5 \ čis is her name set in olde bokes. \\


             CAm XVIIm. Bawme.

     Bawme is ri¨t faire, wel sauered, and swote in smellyng. čis \
     is clepid some-tyme ciralis, sometyme simbria.
     - Vis prima. \ For če feuere.
     ¨ive če pacient two scripulus of čis to drink in \ hoot water.
     - II. For če bladder.
     If čou haue ake and disease in če \ bladdere, or if čou haue čat
  10 euel čat is clepid stranguria, \ če whiche streyneč če meates and
     weyes of če vryne, \ so čat a man hauyč ofte-sithes difficulte for to
     pisse, čan drinke with \ wyn če iuus of čis, and čou shalt be al hoole. \


             CAm XVIIIm. Mille-morbia.

     Mille-morbia hauyč her name for-či čat she is medicinal \ to a
  15 čowsant sikenesses and also is clepid očer-while nym\phe and some_tyme 
     fiala.
     - Vis prima. For woundes.
     čis is as gode for \ woundes as is conferye and bettre.



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     - II. For če eyen.
     In če manere \ of rue she clarifieč and scharpith če eye-si¨t.
     - III. For če goute.
     čis is as \ goode for če wode gowte as is čis herbe čat is clepid
     auricula \ leporina.
     - IV. For venyme.
  20 če herbe čat hauyč name salisia \ dryueč nat a-wey ne destruyeč
     colde venym no better čan doč \ čis herbe. Wherto shal I telle alle
     čis herbe? Hit hač vertues \ with-oute nombre. \


             CAm XIXm. Nepe.

     Nepe is clepid in latyn raphanus.
     - For če cancre.
     This \ herbe is good for če cancre in čis wise: first bynd to če
  25 cancre \ al a froissh al a tyme of a ny¨t; čis wole so wondurly con_sume 
     \ him and drey vp če cancre čat čou shal wondre at morwe so
     drey \ če skyn shal be. čan take a-wey čis and ley to it če nepe \
     roote, cowpisse, če flour of rye, and čis wole sle al če strengh \ and
  30 my¨t of če cancre. čan hele čou čat wounde as čou woldest \ hele
     a-nočer wounde in če same wyse. \


             CAm XXm. Radissh.

     Radissh hauyč če same or like vertue to če nepe but \ čat it is
     a litel weyker.
     - Vis prima.
     čis is goode for to make če \ |r[f.43r] to pisse.



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     - II. For če brest.
     čis confortič če brest and strengheč \ alle če partis with-in a mannes
     body.
     - III.
     Who-so ete čis herbe \ roote in če tyme that Mars reyneth, it
     wole lengče his lyf. \


             CAm XXIm. Sclarye.

     Sclarye, as leches seyn, is gode for če hote gowte.
   5 - II. For \ če voys.
     Sclareye clarefieč her voys čat ben hors, and she is \ ri¨t good
     both to če lunges and to če mawe and če bowell; and ma\ny očer
     vertues she hauyč, of če whyche wise leches tretyn.


             CAm XXIIm. Femygrek.

     Femygrek wole make nessh apostemes or bocches and \ resolue
  10 če knobbes and gadering to-gidere; čis woll do čis well \ by hym_selfe
     . But it wole daunte it beter if čou ynne čer-to hockes \ and
     wylde malwe.
     - II. For encasesma.
     A plastre of fenygrek and \ lyn-seed and flour wole destruye če
     euel čat is clepid encaresma. \
     - III. For gowtes.
     A plastre of fenigre and caul grounden smale \ with vynegre wole
  15 make esy and nesshe če evell and aches čat \ ben clepid arthetici
     doloures, čat ben gowtes, and it may helpe \ to če podagre; at če
     lest čat may make če podagre lyth and souple. \



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             CAm XXIIIm. Git.

     Git hauyč foure corneres or pykes or hornes grow\yng vp even
     to hevenward; koddes it hauyč and in hem \ cornes, če whiche wole
  20 make brede hugely better sauered čan \ it shulde be if čey were
     owt čer-of, and git is gode and precius for many očer effectis and
     causes. \


             CAm XXIVm. Azara.

     Azara may be seide a tre in comparyson of očer \ smale herbes,
     and an herbe in comparison of a tre.
     - Vis prima. For \ če body.
     čis herbe wole aswage doloures and akčes čat ben in če \ body.
     - II.
  25 Grynde smale če rootes of čis herbe, drynk hem with \ wyn; čis
     wole a-noon drawe gret vomytes and put a-wey \ če sikenesses. But
     čis medecyn shalt čou nat doo but wher \ čou seist čat očer mede_cyns
     profyten nou¨t, for čis is a gret \ and a strong medicyn. \


             CAm XXVm. Valerian.

  30 Valerian is of gret vertue. She hauyč comonely \ a gret top and
     smale sedes. A porcon of valerian \ grounden smale is gode and
     profitable for many causes.
     - For \ če feuere.
     This drunkyn in wyn wole warissh če of če \ feuere. \


             CAm XXVIm. Lupinus.

     Lupinus is an herbe čat groweč a-bowte če been in \ |r[f.43v] če felde. It
     berič large and sharp prikkes; ho-so ete čis in \ potage, he shal nat
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     - For če wormes.
     Take \ čis lupine and wermode and horhowne of eche y-liche
   5 muche \ and medle hem wel to-gider, and čis pocion wole sle wormes \\
     in če bely. \ .


             CAm XXVIIm. Ambrosiana.

     - For to dryve out blood \ čat bledič inward. \
     Ambrosiana wole dryve out of če body čat bledič inward \ also
  10 mikel blode as the pacient drinkeč iuus of čis herbe. \
     Thus endith čis tretice. Blessid he be čat \ made heven and erthe.
     In medecyne čou shalt take či wei¨t be whetecornes in čis \ wyse:
     XX:ti whete cornes ben a scrapale wey¨t, III scrapulus \ maken a
     dragme. A dragme and an half is a solidus. Exagius \ and solidus
  15 ben al one, but če name is dyuerse. An vnce is \ VI solidus and
     čre dragmes. A povnde hauyč XII vnces and no \ moo. Sextarius
     is to poundes and an half.

     Now I wole sette in ordre če names of če herbes as čey \ ben
     sette in če book.

     I. Moderwort      XI. Sauyne       XXI. Isope
  20 II. Sowthernwode  XII. Lekes       XXII. Gladene
     III. Wermode      XIII. Calamynte  XXIII. Wildemalwe
     IV. Nettle        XIV. Fenel       XXIV. Anyse
     V. Garlyk         XV. Letuse       XXV. Betoyne
     VI. Weybrede      XVI. Rose        XXVI. Coul
  25 VII. Rew          XVII. Lylye      XXVII. Oynones
     VIII. Violet      XVIII. Sauerey   XXVIII. Senuey mustard
     IX. Smerewort     XIX. Sauge       XXIX. Whit pepir
     X. Smalache       XX. Horshilne    XXX. Kersone |r[f.44r]



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     XXXI. Popie                   XII. Grundeswely
     XXXII. Coriandre              XIII. Celydoyne
     XXXIII. Arage                 XIV. Gwayde
     XXXIV. Mynte                  XV. Ellebore
   5 XXXV. Skerewhit               XVI. Verveyne
     XXXVI. Cerfoile               XVII. Morelle
     XXXVII. Dokke                 XVIII. Hennebane seed
     XXXVIII. Cokkull              XIX. Malwe
     XXXIX. Hemlok                 Nowe folowe če spice-names
  10 XL. Bročerwort                in če črydde part of Macer book.
     XLI. I,ersile
     XLII. Centorye                I. Peper
     XLIII. Gamedria               II. Peleter
     XLIV. Dragance                III. Gyngeuere
  15 XLV. Camamylle                IV. Galyngale
     XLVI. Wodebynde               V. Zeduale
                                   VI. Clowes
     Now folwič če names           VII. Canell
     of če secunde part of Macer.  VIII. Coste
  20 I. Sowredocke                 IX. Spikenard
     II. Syngrene                  X. Encence
     III. Folcfoot                 XI. Aloe
     IV. Bisshopwort
     V. Langedbeef                 Lo here be če names of če herbes
  25 VI. Piliole                   haunt če whiche be nat founde in če book
     VII. Horhowne                 of Macer.
     VIII. Softe                   I. Sanicle
     IX. Ciperus                   II. Pympernolle
     X. Pyone                      III. Baldemoyne
  30 XI. Honysokell                IV. Beta
                                   V. Rodeworte |r[f.44v]
     VI. Tansey                    Matrice
     VII. Laurer                   Werplyng
     VIII. Liquorice               Suffumigacon
     IX. N otemuge                 Mulsa
   5 X. Mirte                      Woman floures
     XI. Safron                    Parotida
     XII. Carui                    Luxatura
     XIII. Saxifrage               Pluresis
     XIV. Benet                    Vua in če mouč
  10 XV. Fečeruoye                 Newfresis
     XVI. Detayne                  Tenasmon
     XVII. Bawme                   Syrmg
     XVIII. Milmorbe               Ignis sacer
     XlX. Nepe                     Dislocacion
  15 XX. Radysh                    Arthetica
     XXI. Sclareye                 Ceruce



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     XXII. Femygre                Herpeta
     XXIII. Git                   Ozime
     XXIV. Azara                  Solium
  20 XXV. Valeriane               Nitrum
     XXVI. Lupyne                 Colera
     XXVII.Ambrosiana             Ragadias
           Explicit               Ornotoysi
                                  Ptisane
  25                              Elefancia
                                  Diaria
                                  Precordia
                                  Collurinus
                                  Cerotis
  30                              Henula
                                  Elena
                                  Sciatis |r[f.45r]
     Oximell                      Impetigo
     Cardama                      Lympatyk
     Vitrum                       Cetanus
     Sciatica                     Iuscelly
   5 Syryngius                    Tympana
     Pusca                        Pessaric
     Ciatus                       Pannaricium
     Sextarie                     Crete cimolea
     Emina                        Coroiiidion
  10 Empicos                      Penidinus
     Alopicia                     Ciliaci
     Periodica                    Stringuria
     Funiclus                     Encacesma
     Scabro
  15 Sapa
     Vertigo
     Serpigo
     Polipus
     Egilopa
  20 Exantimata
     Cephalargia
     Causon
     Schreisis
     Cardiacus
  25 Aconitum
     Sirius
     Scotosis
     Lunatyk
     Antericia
  30 Asmaticos