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Peter Cole - bookseller + pritned in London (1637-65)
SOme tiem in 1643 Cole himself added
printing to his bookselling business.
Printing press in Cornhill near the Royal
Exchange (1643-65)
Dec. 4 1665 "hanged himselfe in his warehouse
in Leadenfolle; reported to be diestracted."
- Culpepper incurred the wrath of the College of
Physicians for his unauthorized but accurate +
highly popular books. According to Garrison, the
1st medical book pritned in the Colonies "appears
to have been a duodecimo (1708) reprint of
N. Culpepper's English Physician."

HEHL 356672 - Culpepper. The English Physitian. London: Peter
Cole 1652.
text same as 1653 ed. p. 37 Comfry
37 Costmary, or Alecost (Jupiter)
p. 38 Cudweed, or Cottonweed (in this ed listed under Saturn)
Cowslips (Venus)
p. 39 Sciatica begins with Adders Tongue then
Water - Cresses Agrimony
Cross wort ends with Yarrow

Costmary (Chrysanthemum Balsamita, L.)
The leaves are very fragrant - Used in the Middle
Ages for strewing on floors + scenting the washing
water at meals. Was sometimes called Alecost
because of its importance in flavoring ale + beer.