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many herbes, as I had sene and knewe, to whom 1 could 

 make no other answere but that I had no such leasure in 

 this vocation and place that I am nowe in, as is necessary 

 for a ma that shoulde take in hande suche an interprise. 



^ But thys excuse coulde not be admitted for both certeine 

 scholars, poticaries, and also surgeans, required of me if that 

 I woulde not set furth my latin herbal, before I haue sene the 

 west partes, and haue no leasure in thys place and vocation 

 to write so great a worke, at the least to set furth my iudge- 

 met of the names of so many herbes as I knew whose 

 request I haue accoplished, and haue made a litle boke, 

 which is no more but a table or regestre of suche bokes as I 

 intende by the grace of God to set furth here after, if that I 

 may obteine by your graces healp such libertie & leasure 

 with a cdueniet place, as shall be necessary for suche a 

 purpose. 



Thys litle boke coteineth the names of the moste parte 

 of herbes, that all auncient authours write of both in Greke, 

 Lattin, Englishe, Duche and Frenche, I haue set to also 

 the names whiche be comonly vsed of the poticaries and 

 comon herbaries. I haue tolde also the degrees of so many 

 herbes as Galene the chiefe Doctour of al phisicians hath 

 written of, and because men should not thynke that I write 

 of it that I never sawe, and that Poticaries shoulde be 

 excuselesse when as the ryghte herbes are required of the, I 

 haue shewed in what places of Englande, Germany, & Italy 

 the herbes growe, ^and maye be had for laboure and money, 

 whereof I declare and teache the names in thys present 

 treates. Whiche howe profitable it shall be vnto al the sicke 



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