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A56009	The prophecie of one of His Maiesties chaplains, concerning the plague and black-patches with Mr. Gadburies happy and joyful predictions, for the decrease of the plague both in the city and suburbs; the time when; the manner how; by God's permission, and according to natural causes; the effects and motion of the planets, and what every week may produce for the thrice-happy and welcome abatement of this sad and dismal pestilence; and the city of London to be wholly acquit thereof about (or before) Christmas.	Gadbury, John, 1627-1704.	1665 (1665)	Wing P3680; ESTC R220559	4,110	9

THE PROPHECIE Of one of His Maiesties Chaplains Concerning the Plague and Black-patches With Mr Gadburies happy and joyful Predictions for the Decrease of the Plague both in City and Suburbs The Time when The Manner how by God's Permission and according to Natural Causes The Effects and Motion of the Planets and what every Week may produce for the thrice-happy and welcome Abatement of this sad and dismal Pestilence and the City of London to be wholly acquit thereof about or before Christmas London Printed for G. Horton 1665. The Prophecie of one of His Majesties Chaplains concerning the Plague and Black-Patches ALthough after several evil Aspects and Malevolent Conjunctions of the Planets after bad Constitutions of the Air and distemper of the Weather after dearth of Corn and scarcity of Provision whereby the humors of Mens Bodies have been corrupted and several Diseases have sprung up yet no Plague hath followed and on the contrary though after the signs of healthy Seasons plenty of good and wholesome Diet yea and after a most cold and dry Winter and in a dry and temperate Summer the Plague hath risen up and spread abroad yet most commonly there have been some Tokens Signs and Fore-runners of it which have given men an Alarm to prepare for it expect it and provide against it From whence also is observable the Causes producing it Such as are the Position of the Heavens and the Conjunction of Mars and Saturn as the Learned Mr Gadbury hath most judiciously set forth in those Memorable Predictions hereunto ●nnexed But first the Reader may be pleased to observe the Signs immanent and approaching of great Mortality Mr. Kelway in the third Chapter of his Treatise of the Plague printed at London 1593. hath these words When we see young Children flock themselves together in Companies and then will fain some o● their Company to be dead amongst them and so will solemnize the B 〈…〉 rt this is a token which hath been well observed in o●r Ag● to fore-shew great Mortality at hand And 't is worthy of serious consideration that about 20 years ago one of the Chaplains of his late Majesty King Charles the First of ever blessed memory did preach at Bristol upon this Text out of Gen 4.15 ●nd the Lord set a mark ●pon Cain And in his Sermon did speak much against black-patches and beauty-spots and among other things said that they were Fore runners of other Spots and Marks of the Plague and presently within a very little while after the Plague brake out among them and all those persons that did wear them fled the Town And when St. Andrews Church yard Wall did break or fall down this last Winter some there were that did prognosticate the coming of the Plague saying It fell in like manner the last great Sickness in 1625. but what reason they had to say so is best known to themselves Yet true it is that this black and dismal Cloud was fore-seen and predicted by that great Artist in Astrologie Mr. John Gadbury in his Ephemeris for the present year 1665. in the Moneth of April at which time the Sickness first began to shew it self visible notwithstanding it took its Rise at Christmas he himself being visited at that time And though the Plague cometh unawares and frizeth upon a man on a suddain yet such is the infinite mercy of God and the providence of Nature that it giveth alwayes warning enough to any one that will diligently observe it The warnings are either a suddain Head-ache a Vomiting or a Faintness with a Chilnesse or a Loosenesse Each of these Symptome she●●th what part of the body hath been first infected the Head-ache s●●nises the Brains the Vomiting the Liver the Faintnesse the Heart and the Loosenesse the Stomach and the Gut When therefore any one upon a sudden and without evident cause findeth him●el● seized with either of these 4 Symptomes let him fly to Remedies without the losse of a moment of time For it is one of the easiest Diseases in the World to be cured if it be taken within 4 hours after the first Invasion otherways and for the mo●● part mortal Now assoon as one findeth himself stricken with any of the foresaid Symptomes let him presently repair to a clean and warm room and kindle a wood-fire in the Chimny to consume and destroy all the infectious vapours that proceed both from the Air and the infected party Let the Patient presently be put into a warm bed wrapped in a sheet and blanket then sweat him well by giving the party some Venice-Treace and those that have contracted the Plague by a Fright put a little Saffron into it Venice-Treacle being taken in time is the onely Antidote against all Plagues and Poisons whatsoever Vinegar is a most excellent Antidote against the Plague and to drink 2 or 3 Spoonfu●s in a Morning is very good Hence 't is that Physitians to suppresse and take away the fiery Venome of Spurge Laurel Mezereon and other Plants steep them in Vinegar and so give them safely to their Patients whereas otherwise they would kill and be a worse Remedy than the Disease And Dioscorides saith that it resists all poysons both hot and cold And Christoph a Vega tells of one that was strangled with a Rope and did foam about the Mouth and yet was recovered by drinking Vinegar Coffee is commended against the Contagion and moderate exercise be sure to prevent costiveness and violent passions Sleep moderately and after you are up uncover your bed and open the Curtains to air it and have the bed well shaken when it is made for Damps are very dangerous To go forth with an empty stomach is unwholsom bread dipt in Vinegar is very good but the best Breakfast against the Contagion is Bisket and Raisins And as the great Causes of this particular Pest were the Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter Octob. 10. 1663. the Conjunction of Saturn and Mars Nov. 12 1664. so also are they chief Causes powerfully impelling that it is to be feared the Pestilence we now partake of will not be the one m●ie●y of the Effects thence to ensue or thereon depending ●y this connexion of Causes it is somewhat apparent that this Pest should have took its beginning at the latter end of 1664. and truly had not the Winter then been so extreamly sharp it having a Frost of almost ten weeks continuance together to have kept it back it had beyond all question broke forth then Nay and break forth it did then too as the Learned Artist in Astrologie Mr. Gadbury can experimentally testifie having been personally visited with it at Christmas that year And many other Patients of Mr. Josias Westwood the Chirurgeon were then also afflicted with the same Distemper and yet obtained cure against it the Air being then so friendly to Nature and an Enemy unto the Pestilence But now let us consider its progress and increase with the causes thereof and the possibility of its