Ashmole 1391 (VIII).
15th century. “Here men may see þe vertus of dyuerse herbes, whiche ben hoot and whiche ben coold, and to how many þinges they arne goode.” (Other copies are in Sloane 393, f. 13; 1592, f. 39b; 3466, f. 78; Addit. 12056, f. 3; Lansdowne MS. 680, f. 2 and 17 B., XLVIII, f. 2, where, however, the arrangement is somewhat different. On page 2 there is the entry, “This is John Rice is boke, the which cost him xxv d.”)
15th century. “Here men may se the vertu of dyverse herbes, and what thei be, and whiche ben hoote and which ben colde. And for howgh many thynges they ben goode.”
(This MS. ends abruptly in “Calamynte.”)
Ashmole 1444 (I. iii).
15th (?) century. “The virtues of diuerse herbes which ben hoote and which ben coolde.” (With a large table of Contents prefixed.)
Sloane 393 (I). British Museum.
15th century. Treatise on the virtues of herbs. Begins, “Aristologia rotunda. The virtue of this herbe os Ypocras says.”
Sloane 962 (XII). British Museum.
15th century. An Herbary or alphabetical Materia Medica of herbs & other drugs; beginning with Aloen, Aloes, Aurum, and ending with Zelboarium.