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[Koen G]

Anton, I read your post and what I don't quite understand is how the -en form of the verb fits into your particular proposal? "Probieren" is infinitive, could be imperative (although I cannot say off the top of my head whether this form of imperative existed already in the 15th century. As an aside: in modern linguistics the infinitive form of the imperative is described as the most direct/impolite one since the addressed person is negated existence and reduced to the action to be taken). In your interpretation you need it to be something like a past participle? Something like probiert?

About the "try, attempt" in general, I wonder whether this is used in medieval prescriptions? It almost smells like empiricism. I'm used to reading more authoritative statements like "to cure a headache, take this plant". But I might be wrong about this?