<County: Herefordshire>
<Code: L7361>
<MS reference: London, BL Sloane 5>
<Text: Herbal>


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<fol. 16ra>Crasse
Crasse and gose-gres y-mengid
woll sle þe mytis and the tikys
in þe hede þe levis j-stapid
and sodyn wiþ gotes mylke and
vsyd Rennyth þe brest and sowbliþ
and abatiþ the cough
24
COstmaryn~ his leuys ben
namely hote who so etith
ham hit makiþ him well to defye
his mete and to make vryn~ &
helpiþ to þe eyne and a-batiþ
the cogh Stampe hem wt hony
hit clensiþ þe body fro þe spotes
and þe frantykles the rote stan
sodyn and stampid will drive
oute brokyn~ bonys yf hit be
laide þere-to ¶ The sede therof
sodyn in wyne will hele venum
but hit and oxis gall mengid
to-gedir~ helpiþe þe morfue
and a-noynte the bakke þere-wt
hit shall sesse evill strokys hit
is gode in sause who so etith
hit ofte hit hausiþe lecherye
25
CEledony þis maister~ saiþe
that þere ben two maneres
of hem þe more and þe lasse
and boþe ben gode to þe eyne
¶ Plenius saiþe þt þere ben
<fol. 16rb>two maneres of hem the swalowis
byrd may nought se till þe modur
brynge of that erbe and tuche
hir~ eyne þere-wiþe and þen þei
takiþ þere sight and þere-for~ þe swalowe
is callid þe~ grewe celedonie .
þere-of þt erbe he hase his name
þe juis of þe flour~ and hony ysode
to-gedir~ in a clene brasse pann
well skemmyd till hit be þick no
oynement so gode for þe eyne
yf þei be oftyn a-noynted þerewiþ
þe Rote of hit temperid wt
wyne eiþer wiþ aisell jvsed helpiþ
for þe jandis and toþe-ache &
þt will sle þe worme in þe toþe
jf þe Rote be done in þe mouþe
be-twene þe toþe þe levis þere-of
stampe ham in wyne in maner
of a <gap> plastre hit doþe away
<gap> þe blacke spottes of
the body
26
CEntory is ij . maner the more
and þe lasse and for þe more
is not well knowen we takyn
þe lasse whiche is drye yf hit
be stampid hit makeþ wondis
to go to-gedir~ that haþe ben evill
helid yf þu lay him ther-to The
<fol. 16va>watir~ that hit is sodyn jnne
sessiþe akyng of þe sonowys
þe juis þere-of drinkyn~ in wyne
er ale spurgiþ the floures and
castiþ oute abortyve and þe juis
in wyne castid all to do vs medicynes
þrowe þe wombe Jn
hervyste gadryt and make
of pouder~ j-drowid a-yene þe
sonne and that vsid stryeth all
venyme
27
COlombyne ys hote and drye
on þe þerde degre þer ben two
maner white and blewe in flowres
and o maner in levis boþe ar gode
þe Juis y-dronkyn~ wt water castiþ
oute abortyue an a-batith þe
cogh and helpiþ all evill brusing
vse hit wiþ aysell hit dryeth
þe splene drinke <gap> hit
wiþ wyne hit clansiþ <gap> þe
floures and hit helpiþ at þe begynnyng
for þe dropsye he is
gode to hele woundis ¶ Take þe
juis and a litell hony and that
is gode to a-noynte sor e-yne stampe
hit wiþ oyle and a-noynte
þe body þeree-wiþ and hit shall put
a-way coldnes and sett the in
gode hete and gode temper~
<fol. 16vb>COryandyr is of colde nature
Galien seiþ take
coryandyr and drynk hit &
he sleythe þe wormys in þe
wombe ¶ Take him and rosyn@
aysell and hony to-geder hit
swagiþ all swellynge and namely
of þe balokkes ¶ Drynke
þe sede in water~ hit stanchiþ
the wombe that rennyth oute
¶ Take þe crommes of white
brede and þe juis þere-of hit abatith
all maner of akynge yf
hit be laide þere-to ¶ Take the
sede of hym~ to drynke that
haþe þe feuer cotidian@ and yf
he drinke hit or þe feuer come
hit helppith him ¶ Autours
saiþe that so many daies shall
woman flouris stonde as she
etiþ cornys of coryandry
Camamilla 29
CAmamyll is of iij maners
an all haþe vertue þe levis
ben dry and <1 letter>hote in þe firste
degre drinke hit in wyne hit
makiþ vryn~ and brekiþe the
stone in þe bladder~ ˆ [<addition with small hand>] and spurgiþ
þe floure of a woman@
in hir~ mater yf she be weshyn~
<fol. 17ra>ther-wiþe seþe hit and drinke
hit wt wyne hit a-batith hurlyng
in the stomake and þe
swellyng þe juis and hony
to-gedir~ doþe a-way þe schalis
of þe Adeleth þe decoccion@ þereof
helpiþ for þe jandis and
þe veccys in mannys sides þt is
callid ypocandria hit goþe
a-way wiþ þe oynement and
hit be dronke wiþ wyne .
Plenius saiþe of xl daies
take euery day v peny-wight
of camamyll and xl penywixte
of white wyne and
drinke hit and hit clensiþ þe
splene of all maner evilles
yf þu ete him he helpiþ all evill
bleynes in þe white of the
eye that is callid egill pace
jn grewe make a plaster~ of him
and [<added text above line>] hit clensiþ wondis and
that plaster~ is gode also for~
þe hede ake yf þe hede be washe
þere-wiþ þt watir~ that camamyll
was soden jnne
Calamynt <e changed to y or vice versa> 30
CAlamynte ys an herbe þt
<fol. 17rb>is of stronge sauour~ and þere
bethe iij. spec~ of þis erbe þt
one is stony þter is hery and
þe þirde watrye and al þay
as ypocras / seiþe þt þay distroy
a manys talent and all beþ
hote and dry in þe þirde degre
þe vertu of him is drinke þe
juis wiþ hote mylke and þt
will make all þe body to swete
¶ Also seþe him in oyle and
þere-wiþ a-noynte a man~ that
haþe þe feuerys . Also brayd
grene that brennyth þe skyn~
and dryuyth a-wey all leþer
humourys and þe sore and
þe menstrue hit helith y-ete
ere y-dronke and clensiþ ham
¶ Also þe lepir~ þt men calliþ
elefancia þt is þe worste lepir~
it þe begynyng drinke þe juis
wiþ wyne hit shall hele and
distroy the humourys ¶ Also
stampe hit and lay hit to an~
nadder~ stynggynge and hit
will hele hit ¶ And yf one
drinke þe juis wiþ wyne þt
heliþ all venym~ and scleith
wormes in the wombe and
<fol. 17va>heliþ the evill of þe geser~ &
and olde evill of þe sides ¶
also stampe hit and lay hit
to black wondys hit doþe away
all þe blacknesse and
bryngiþ hit to his gode colour
but myche bettir~ yf þe erbe
be sodde in wyne and layde
þer-to as a plaster~ ¶ Also y-dronke
wiþ wyne that confortiþ
þe stomake and lettiþ yoxing
and stopith þe appetide of lecherye
¶ Also stampe him and
þe sauor~ of him shall make naddris
and venym~ wormes
fle fro that house ¶ Also drinke
þe juis of þis erbe and
of mogwort . <ill><1-2 chars></ill>j . dayes and
that heliþe þe wondis wiþeoute
doute
Caruium 31
CArwey is a gentill erbe for
comyn lesiþ his streynthe
while þt carwey is þere-by for þs
erbe is hote and drye þe vertu
of him is þis stampe him and drinke
him wt stale ale and þt distroieþ
wekyd wyndis of one-is bowellys
¶ Also that drynke put<fol. 17vb>tiþ a-way the cough and heliþ
men þt ben take wiþ frenesy
er j-bitt wt venym~ wormes
er bestis ¶ Also þis erbe
j-medlid wt vynegre heliþ scabbis
and makeþ here to growe
that goþe a-way yf hit be
a-noynted ther-with ¶ Also
yf he be dronke he heliþe þe
menstrue and swelling of
þe flaunke and he causiþ digestion@
y-ete oþer j-dronke he
sleyth wormes in þe bowelis
¶ Also hit will hele castinge
that comyþ oute from flewme
¶ Also he will hele þe wynde
of þe wombe and sore byrnyng
that comt þere-of . Also he makiþ
moiste þe stomake and he makiþ
one to pisse ¶ And yf he be
ete he stroyeth scabbis and
clawynge
Caulus domesticus 32
CAule is a comyn~ erbe þe
vertu of þe erbe is that he
will hele all freshe wondys
and olde wondis ¶ Also washe
him in water~ and stampe him
rawe wiþ wyne and hit doþ
a-way þe cankyr~ but washe
<fol. 18ra>þe sore fyrste wt hote wyne .
¶ Also take barly mele and
þe juis of caule rewe and coryandyr
mell þis well to-geder
j-stampid and hit helpith for~
the potagir~ ¶ Also hit helpiþ
for~ sore tone þt ben sore þrew
clawynge ¶ Also y-leide to a
plaster~ wyse hit swagith swellynge
¶ Also þe vryn of him
þt vsiþ caule ys a nobill þinge
to ham that havyth synowis
y-dryd to washe ham hote þerewyth
and childryn~ ben washen~
in suche vryn~ hit shall kepe
ham in gode hele ¶ Also who
that vsiþe grene caule hit shall
kepe his sight fro derknes
¶ Also hit norshith mylke to
norysys ¶ Also þe mete ther~of
clensiþe menstrue and castiþ
oute dede childe of þe wombe
and hit is a grete comford to
þe stomake ¶ And yf hit be
myche soden~ þt stopiþ þe wombe
and yf hit be litell soden &
grene that neschith þe wombe
and makiþ laxatife ¶ Also Alym~
vynegir~ and caule y-brought
in-to one medlid and stampe
þt to-geder and þt helpiþe


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<fol. 33vb><line 28>Myllefoly haþe smale raggid
levis and many and for hit
ys mylfoly some men~ calliþ ht
yarowe þe vertu is suche take.
<fol. 34ra>the Juis of him and of waybred
and þe flour~ of whete and makiþ
hit forthe to ete hit stanchiþ
all maner of menysonn
put hit in the nose hit makiþ
to blede and delyuerþe the hede
stopynge ¶ The sede of mylfoly
avance and centory in wyne
y-vsid delyuereth þe childe of javndys
and makys the gall &
swagith swagith the swelling
of þe dropesy
Arthemesia 126
MOgwort ys hote and drye
in þe þirde de-gre þe vertu
of him is stampe him and late a
woman~ drinke that juis wt
wlake wyne in tyme of flourys
and that shall make hir~ conceyue
¶ Also seþe hit and hit
helpiþ for þe menstrue A plast
y-laide oþer y-dronke in wyne
¶ Also y-dronke hit delyuereth
women with childe ¶ Or else
put in hir~ priuete and that helpiþ
þe moder~ of swellynge &
hardnes and who so drinkeþ
hit with wyne hit is gode for~
<fol. 34rb>þe javndis and that same drynke
will make a man~ well ycollourid
¶ Also make poudyr
of hym~ and of horehound and
strow þer-of apon~ þe <ill><1 char></ill>ittis of emerodys
and that shall hele ham
¶ But first late the seke garse
him in þe boþe helys and after
strawe þe pouder And for~ to delyuer
a dede childe from a woman~ take
and make a plaster~ of mogwort
and lay that to þe navill all
cold ¶ Also y-dronke he helpith
one to pisse and helith grevance
of þe stone in þe raynes ¶ Also
and þu wilt go in any jornaye
ber~ sum of this erbe wiþ the &
þu shalt not be wery ¶ Also yf þs
erbe be in An~ house þer may no
wikkyd spirite to bide jnne that
house ¶ Also stampe [it] and gres
and that is gode for~ clowyng &
vchchyng of hondis and yf hit
be y-braide wt talowe that helpiþ
sore akynge of onys fete ¶ Also
poudir~ of him y-dronke wiþ luke
water helith þe akynge of onys
guttis ¶ Also who that drinkeþ
him hit savith hym fro all venym
<fol. 34va>And bytinge of lether bestis
¶ Also stampe him grene and
put þe juis ther-of a-monge
muste that is gode for many
evilles for hit helpith þe stomake
and conforte þe harte
and Jnner membris of þe body
¶ Also Anoynte the body wt
the juis of oyle olyfe iij dayes
and that doþe a-way the feuerys
¶ Also make an oynement
of him and oyle olyfe and þer-wt
a-noynte hondis that quakiþe
¶ Also put him vndir~ a seke
manys hede and yf he may
slepe he shall lyve but lat him
not be war~ of the erbe and
but he slepe econtrario
Mandragora 127
MAndrake ys an erbe of male
and femmalle þe male
haþe leuys like to bete þe female
haþe levis y-like to letuse
¶ The vertu of this erbe ysodyn~
tellyth yf the rynde of
this erbe be y-sodde in wyne
And yf to a body for to drynke
hit will make one to slepe so
<fol. 34vb>faste that þey may come to kyll
hym and vnneth he may fele
ham~ ¶ Also the juis of this
erbe J-temprid wt womanys
mylke and y-dronke makeþ one
to slepe wondyrly stronge ¶
But hit is for~-bode that men~
shall not take to myche in medicynes
for~ hit may be cause of
onys dethe ¶ This erbe hathe
grete streynthe of koldnes and distroyenge
of manys kynde ¶ And
for this erbe ys so gretly colde
the juis of hit sleyth and quenchith
wylde fyre ¶ Also ht
qwynchithe þe grete brenyng
hete of the colre ¶ Also that
same drynke will hele a man@
of the flux ¶ Plateus saiþ
that this erbe haviþ no maner
shappe of man~ ne woman~
but hit takyn in dew tyme
and du maner~ will kele a
woman~ that ys hote and
dispose hir~ well to consayve
a childe but a woman~ that is
well disposid hit will distroy
yf she vse hit ¶ Also hit will
distroy
<fol. 35ra>All maner swellyng in onys
body ¶ Also all venym~ bitynge
of wormes and bestis
this erbe helith ¶ Also for
þe hede ake bynde the levys
to þe templis of the hede
er els take oyle of mandrag
and menge hit with oyle olyue
and boyle hame to-gedyr
a litell strayne hit þan þrow
a cloþe and this callid oyle
of mandragge that is gode
to a-noynte a seke hede and
a manys pomys that haviþ
the feuerys ¶ Also hit is gode
to a-noynte at the begynneng
þt hauyth an hote postem~
¶ Also pouder y-made of þs
erbe ys gode to all medicynes
yf hit be medlid wt þe Juis
of eny colde erbe for~ þis erbe
is colde and drye
128
MOleyne oþer taperwort take
þe levys and bray ham
smale and fry ham~ shepis
talowe and þen do hit opon~
a+lyn cloþe and as hote as þe .
seke may suffyr~ lett him sit
<fol. 35rb>vpon hit that hauyth the
emorodis ¶ And when hit
is colde hete hit a-yene ¶ Also
þe levis ben gode to saluys <almost illegible>
129
MElilote oþer hony-sokyll
er þre-levid-grasse ys
iij spicis one yelowe an oþer
white and a-noþer black ¶ The
Juis of hym ys gode to hele
sore eyne and so teþe all
þe spicys of ham ¶ Also
yf the sede ther~-of
be put a-monge mete
hit shall make all þe mete
sauery and swete þs erbe is
hote and drye
Menta Romana 130
Mynte ther ys of a-noþer
kynde som~ men calliþ
him white mynte that erbe
ys stronge of sauour~ and sum
calliþ him horse-mynte for he
growiþ in bankys of watrys
¶ The vertu is to sle wormus
in the wombe yf the juis be
dronke and þe juis dropid into
þe nostryllis will sle wormes
in the nosse ¶ The pouder
<fol. 35va>Jn mete makyth one well to defye
¶ Also the juis of this
erbe with warme wyne will
sle wormes crop in-to the ere
Osmunda 131
Mjstille oþer Arbuste growt
opon okys tre and oþer treys
he beryth many branches
and bayis she is gode to distroy
the fallynge evill ¶ Also for
þe hede ake take þs juis wt
oyle of Rosis this
erbe stampe hit and
bynde hit to þe forhede ¶
drynk<ill><smudge></ill> him iij tymes fastinge
for the feuer he is gote and dry
Auricula muris 132
Mowsere growith lowe by
the grownde and berith
a yellowe floure ¶ drinke þe
juis wt wyne oþer ale and anoynte
þe reynes and the bak
wiþ the blode of a fox for~ the
stone ¶ Also stampe him and mylfoly
to-gadyr~ and drinke that
juis with white wyne and
that will make one to pisse
<fol. 35vb>¶ Also drinke the juis wt
stale ale a seke man that is
woundid and yf he holdiþe
that drinke he shall lyfe and
yf he caste hit he shall dye
¶ Also drinke the juis of
this erbe for the squynacy
vrtica 133
NEttyll is hote in þe third
de-gre þe juis y-dronkyn~
helpyn~ a-yene the colde cogh
¶ Also make poudir~ of him
and mell hit with hony and
that helpiþ þe colde of the matryce
and þe swellinge of the
wombe ¶ Also make a plaster
of the levis wt salt and that
clansith wondis olde and newe
and that is gode for a wode
houndys bytinge ¶ And the
levis soden~ er gode for~ þe cancr~
and hit will helpe to bringe
a-yene the fleshe that fleith
fro the bone ¶ Also hit drieth
al evill humouris ¶ Also bray
the rote of hit with vynegur~
and that helith swellynge of
the splene and helpith potager
<fol. 36ra>¶ Also sethe this erbe in oyle
for pire-tone yf hit be laide therto
¶ Also put the erbe to one-is
nosthrill and that will draw
blode ¶ And yf þu wilte stanche
blode of the nose stampe this
erbe and frett the forhede wel
wiþ the juis and hit shall stannche
¶ Also wt wyne J-dronke
and hony hit helpith all sore
sidis and makyth to pisse ¶
Also þe sede ther~-of y-dronke is
gode for the fallynge evill ¶
Also this erbe y-sode in wortis
that nesheith the wombe ¶ Also
þe Juis þere-of y-holde in the mouthe
will heve vp the strichell<?>