Afcham and Copland, 5 1 
preferred by EdwardYl, after a liberal edu- 
cation, which it might have been expected 
V70uld have fecured him from fuch delu- 
fion, gave himfelf up to the ftudy of aftro- 
logy, on which fubjeil he publifhed feveral 
grafts* He wrote alfo * ^ on the Leap Year 3 " 
and the following : 
A Lyttel Herbal of the proper- 
ties of Herbs, newly amended andcorredt- 
" ed, with certain additions at the end of the 
boke, declaryng what herbs hath influence 
" of certain ftarres and conftellations, where- 
by may be chofen the beft and moft lucky 
*^ times and days of their miniftration, ac- 
cording to the Moon being in the figns of 
*^ heaven, the which is daily appointed in the 
Almanack; made and gathered in the year 
M.D.L.xiiFeb.byANTHONYE AscHAM, 
Phyfician/' Lond. 1550. i2\ 
COPLAND. 
I am not able to afcertain the exadl date 
of the underwritten, publifhed by William 
Copland, a London printer. 
A Boke of the Properties of Herbs, 
called an Herball; whereunto is added the 
■ E 2 *^ tyme 
