Here begynnyt a tretys of diverse herbis and furst of Bytayne (Old English poem of 43 couplets).
The following verse is prefixed: "This booke ys drawe be fesyke That Macer made for hem that ben seeke The vertu of herbis h[=e]t descrieth ryght wel And help of mannys helthe every del.
Bot he couth fynd no curis nor remede 15 To salf hym from the Troiane speris hed: Hys slepy charmys had no fors nor mycht, Ne herbis gadderit on Marsys montis hycht, To help thai hurtis he caucht in the melle.
A woman accused of witchcraft, in 1588, declared that she saw "the guid nychtbours makand thair sawis with pains and fyres, and gadderit thair herbis before the sone rysing as sche did.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "herbis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
