The Old English Herbals

by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde

Inc. “Agnus castus ys an herbe that me clapys Tustans or Porke levys.”

329. Balliol College, Oxford.

15th (?) century. “An English Herbal.”

Begins, “Agnus Castus,” etc.

Harleian 3840 (II). British Museum.

15th century. A treatise on the virtues of herbs.

Begins, “A bed ymade of Agnus Castus.”

Sloane 297 (XVIII). British Museum.

15th century. Latin-English dictionary of herbs.

Inc. “Alleluya Wodsoure stubwort.”