ABSTRACT
The date of the Pepys manuscript is fixed as 1471 by a recipe on f. 17v, in the same hand, for
The most souereyn medycyn for the pes tilence Concludyd be docturs of fesycke both be yonde the se and yn ynglond. Also a bowte the kyng in late days yn the Reyngne of kyng Edward the .iiij. ye x yere.