46 The Earlier English Herbals [ch. hi 



of methods of distillation, but occasionally there is a pictur- 

 esque touch of description. For example, in speaking of 

 the Mistletoe, the author says, " This herbe hath a longe 

 slender lefe nother full grene, nor ful yelowe, and bereth a 

 small whyte berye." The book was printed "in the flete 

 strete by me Laurens Andrewe, in the sygne of the golden 

 Crosse." 



