_15th century._ Part of the poem De virtutibus Herbarum. The
English names of plants are occasionally given in the
margin. In the volume containing Froucestre's History of the
Monastery.
Library of Gloucester Cathedral.
_15th century._ A treatise of the medical properties of
herbs and other simples; arranged alphabetically, being a
translation from the treatise of Johannes Platearius, _De
medicinis simplicibus_.
Sloane 706 (IV). British Museum.
_15th century._ English Herbal, Secundum magistrum Gilbertum
Kemor, arranged alphabetically.
Sloane 770. British Museum.
_15th century._ Of the virtues of Rosmaryne.
_Inc._ "Rosmaryne is both tre and erbe."
Sloane 7 (VI). British Museum.
_15th century._ The virtues of Rosmaryn.
_Inc._ "Rosmaryn is bothe tre and herbe."
Sloan 962 (VI). British Museum.
_15th century._ These ben sum of þe vertues of Rosemary, as
the Clerke of Sallerne seyde and wrote tho the Cowntes of
Hynde, and sche sende hem tho here dowȝtur Phylype þ{t}
was weddyde tho þe Kyng of Engelond.
_Inc._ "Rosmary ys bothe tre and herbe."
Ashmole 1438 (II-XX).
_15th (?) century._ This is ye lityl boke of ye vertuys of
rosmaryn yt y{e} scole of Salerne gaderyd & compiled at
instance of ye Cowntese of Henowde.... I danyel bain
translatyd into vulgar ynglysch worde for werde as fonde in
latyn. (The translator adds that before 1432 Rosemary was
unknown in England and that it was first sent from the
Countess of Hainault to her daughter Queen Philippa.)
1037 (1) (XIV). Trinity College, Cambridge.
_15th or early 16th century._ The medical virtues of
Rosemary in prose. Begins, "Rosus marinus is called rose
mary, the virtue of this herbe is goode." Ends, "ne brennyng
of unkynd hete be at þi stomake ne at þ{e} hert." (At the
foot of page 3 is written "Robert Hychys is the ower of thys
boke.")
Ashmole 1379 (I).
_15th century._ Here is vertues and seltyng of Rosmary by
the ij doctours of fysyk followyng. per Galyen and Platery,
and a poem beginning "As in a booke wretyne y fownd Of wise
doctours in dyvers lond."
Ashmole 1379 (II).
_15th century._ Here follwyth y{e} wertues off ye rosses
mare.
_Inc._ "Take rosmare and bynd hem ynne a lynnene clothe."
_Exp._ "Allsso make a bathe off ye floure and y{t} wyll make
ye yonglyche."
Ashmole 1432 (V. iii).
_15th century._ The vertu of rose mary. Tak þe flower of þe
rose mary and bynd hem.
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