cannadan
Well-Known Member
I had a quick read of this document.....and loved it....
This is exactly the type of thing....we need to be upheld.....for modern day use.
What are your thoughts?
http://www.herbmuseum.ca/content/herbalists-charter-1512
Notes
(1) Be it ordained, established, and enacted by Authority of this present Parliament, That at all Time from henceforth it shall be lawful to every Personbeing the King's subject. Having Knowledge and Experience of the Nature of Herbs, Roots, and Waters, or of the Operation of the same, by Speculation or Practice, within any part of the Realm of England, or within any other the King's Dominions, to practice, use, and minister in and to any outward Sore, Uncome Wound, Apostemations, outward Swelling or Disease, any Herb or Herbs, Ointments, Baths, Pultess, and Emplaisters, according to their Cunning, Experience, and Knowledge in any of the Diseases, Sores, and Maladies beforesaid, and all other like to the same, or Drinks for the Stone, Strangury, or Agues, without suit, vexation, trouble, penalty, or loss of their goods...
- Herbalists Charter of Henry the VIII, 1512, (author's emphasis)
http://www.herbmuseum.ca/content/herbalists-charter-1512
This is exactly the type of thing....we need to be upheld.....for modern day use.
What are your thoughts?
http://www.herbmuseum.ca/content/herbalists-charter-1512
Notes
(1) Be it ordained, established, and enacted by Authority of this present Parliament, That at all Time from henceforth it shall be lawful to every Personbeing the King's subject. Having Knowledge and Experience of the Nature of Herbs, Roots, and Waters, or of the Operation of the same, by Speculation or Practice, within any part of the Realm of England, or within any other the King's Dominions, to practice, use, and minister in and to any outward Sore, Uncome Wound, Apostemations, outward Swelling or Disease, any Herb or Herbs, Ointments, Baths, Pultess, and Emplaisters, according to their Cunning, Experience, and Knowledge in any of the Diseases, Sores, and Maladies beforesaid, and all other like to the same, or Drinks for the Stone, Strangury, or Agues, without suit, vexation, trouble, penalty, or loss of their goods...
- Herbalists Charter of Henry the VIII, 1512, (author's emphasis)
http://www.herbmuseum.ca/content/herbalists-charter-1512
