As "Feverfue," it was ordered, by the Magi of old, "to be pulled from the ground with the left hand, and the fevered patient's name must be spoken forth, and the Herbarist must not look behind him."
"Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure"
William Thomas Fernie
In 1605 he parted with his interest in it to Robert Earl of Salisbury, and it is interesting to note that in the legal documents connected with this transaction he is described as Herbarist to James I. Of his private life we know nothing beyond that he was married and that his wife helped him in his work.
"The Old English Herbals"
Eleanour Sinclair Rohde
It is, in fact, incredible that the man whose own works are so redolent of the fields and hedgerows of his native Warwickshire, did not visit the garden of the most famous Herbarist of his day.
"The Old English Herbals"
Eleanour Sinclair Rohde