Expl. “Quinquefolium fyveleved gras.”
Dd. XI. 45 (XII). Cambridge University Library.
15th century. A book of the medical virtues of herbs, described in alphabetical order.
Inc. “Anet ys an herbe that ys clepyt anet oþer dylle.”
Expl. “doyth a way the fowȝe or the fragelys.”
Ashmole 1447 (IV. i).
15th century. “Yes ben ye vertuse of betayn.”
Ashmole 1438 (II. vii).
15th century. A treatise of the virtues of certain herbs. Begins, “Betaigne is hot and drie in þre degrees, and so seyth Ypocras, and it is an herbe of many faire vertues.”
Ashmole 1438 (XXV).