THE APOTICARYE.
1. Must first serve God, foresee the end, be cleanly, pity the poor.
2. Must not be suborned for money to hurt mankind.
3. His place of dwelling and shop to be cleanly, to please the senses withal.
4. His garden must be at hand, with plenty of herbs, seeds, and roots.
5. To sow, set, plant, gather, preserve, and keep them in due time.
6. To read Dioscorides; to know the nature of plants and herbs.
7. To invent medicines; to choose by colour, taste, odour, figure, etc.
8. To have his mortars, stills, pots, filters, glasses, and boxes clean and sweet.