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 þt 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 ye 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 þe hert.” (At the foot of page 3 is written “Robert Hychys is the ower of thys boke.”)