the bodie For it disolueth and scattereth abroade such humours as vseth to giue matter to the Pleurisie Moreouer it is good for the diseases of the Lunges if they come of a colde cause and for the StranguriaÌ„ of a cold cause or of a stopping It is good for a woman that is in trauell with childe It is good also to driue winde away that is in the bodye and to ease the paine that commeth of the same The roote may be sodden in water or in wine as the nature of him that is sicke doth require The iuyce of the roote put into an hollowe tooth taketh away the ache and so likewise doth the distilled water put in at the eare Moreouer the iuyce and the water also of Angelica quicken the eye sight and breake the little filmes that go ouer the eyes wherof darknesse doth rise Of the rootes of Angelica and Pitche maye be made a good Emplaster against the bytings of madde beastes The water the iuyce or the pouder of the root sprinkled vpon the diseased place is a verye good remedie against old and déep sores For they do scoure and clense them and couer the bones with fleshe The water of the same in a colde cause is good to be layd on places diseased with the Goute and Sciatica For it stancheth the pain and melteth awaye the tough humours that are gathered togither The séede is of like vertue with the root The wild Angelica that groweth here in the lowe woods and by the water sides is not of suche vertue as the other is Howbeit the Surgions vse to séeth the roote of it in Wine to heale gréene woundes These Properties I haue gathered out of the Practicioners of the Germanes I haue not as yet proued them all my selfe but diuerse of them I haue proued and haue founde them to be true Al these are D. Turners woordes sauing that instead of a costly hollowe ball of Siluer Tinne or Iuniper wood I haue set downe the péele of an Orenge or LeÌ„mon the meat whereof is also commended by Physitians to be both a preseruatiue and a medicine agaynst poyson and the infection of the Pestilence ¶ The vertues of Angelica out of an other learned man. THe late writers say that the rootes of Angelica are coÌ„trarie to al poison the Pestilence and all naughtie corruptioÌ„ or euil or infected aire If any bodie be infected with the PestileÌ„ce or Plague or els is poisoned they giue him streight way to drinke a dramme of the pouder of this roote with Wine in the winter and in Summer with the distilled water of Carduus Benedictus then they bring him to bedde and couer him vntil he haue swette well The same roote being taken fasting in the morning or but onely holden in the mouthe doeth kéepe and preserue the bodie from the infection of the Pestilence and from all euil aire and poison They say also that the leaues of Angelica yownd with the leaues of Rue and Honie are verie good to be layde vnto the bitinges of madde Dogges Serpentes and Vipers if 〈◊〉 him to bedde and couer him vntill he haue swett well The same roote being taken fasting in the morning or but onely holden in the mouthe doeth kéepe and preserue the bodie from the infection of the Pestilence and from all euill aire and poyson They say also that the leaue of Angelica pound with the leaues of Rue and Honie are verie good to be laide vnto the bitinges of madde Dogges Serpents and Vipers if incontinent after the hurte the Wine be dronk wherein the roote or leaues of Angelica haue boyled The Conclusion of the Booke THus muche I haue thought good to write of the Plague of these hearbs Carduus Benedictus Angelica whiche as some men vse to speake is called a great secret either bicause it is not knowen to many men or else bycause they would haue it kept close and knowne but to a few But I do not thinke méete that any thing should be secrete which may be profitable for man For GOD hath not made any thing for the vse of a fewe but for the commoditie of all meâ— And we that are the children of God ougâ—â— to frame our selues so that we may bâ— like affectioned vnto our father who 〈◊〉 beneficiall to all men who hath madâ— his Sunne to shine his raine to raine vpon the wicked as well as vpon thâ— good that is to saye who feedeth all meâ— both good and bad For by heat and moâ—sture which proceede from the Sunnâ— and the raine all things growe vpon thâ— earth whereby mans life is mainteined Hereof I conclude that for as much as Almightie God is good vnto all men we ought to be like minded and not to kéepe any thing secrete nor to hide any thing from man that may profite him Thus I make an end willing all men rightly to vse the good creatures of God and to giue him heartie thankes for all his benefites FINIS Deut. 28. 15. 2. Sam. 24. 15. 2. Chro. â—1 14. 1. Cor. 10. 6. Iohn 5. â—4 I speake of the ordinarie vvorking of God vvhich I vvold alvvaies haue so to be vnderstoode that it is nothing preiudiciall to his miraculous operation Eccles 38. 9. Psal. 34. â—5 â–ª 1. Pet. 3. 12. Psal. 66. 18. Esai 55. 7. Iere. 10. 1. Iosu 10. 1â— Ecclesi 46. 4. 2. King. 20. 11. Esay 38. 8. The vvonderful miracle vvroughte for a signe of helth vnto Hezechias vvas noted at the same time as may be thought of the Astronomers at BabyloÌ„ a thousand miles from Ierusalem 〈…〉 dvvelled and therfore the King of BabyloÌ„ 〈…〉 2. Chro. 32. 31. Exod. 7. 8. 9. 10. 12. and. 14. Exod. 15. 16. and 17. Iosua 3. 16. Exod. 14. 21. Iosua 10. 1â— Dan. 3. 25. Actes 19. 1â— Leuit. 20. 27. 〈◊〉 18. 20. Of this name there vvere fiue Emperours the first of them began his raigne vvithin these â–ª 430. yeares that vvas aboue â—100 yeares after the creation of the vvorlde Colicke
The Poore mans Ievvel that is to say a Treatise of the Pestilence Vnto the which is annexed a declaration of the vertues of the hearbs Carduus Benedictus and Angelica which are very medicinable both against the Plague and also against many other diseases Gathered out of the Bookes of diuers learned Physitians Imprinted at London for George Byshop ANNO. 1578. TO THE RIGHT Honorable Sir Thomas Ramsey Knight Lord Maior of the Citie of LondoÌ„ Thomas Brasbrige vvisheth continuall and godly prosperitie RIght Honorable as you being the Head and gouernour of the Cittie are careful and paineful for the preseruatioÌ„ of the helth and wealth therof so if euerie member and inhabitant be readie to do that he may and ought to do â—our care and paine maye take the betâ—â—r effecte For the heade deuiseth and prouideth for all the bodie but the haÌ„ds â—eete mouth stomacke and other partes serue it as God hath ordained by which meanes it continueth in liuely estate so long as God hath appointed So I being one of the leaste members of the Citie haue taken paines to penne a short treatise of the Pestilence wherewith it is oftentimes annoyed being persuaded that if it be generallye receyued it maye doe much good for the preseruation of the Citizens and other inhabitauntes from the daunger of this disease Therefore I haue thought good to present it to your Honor not doubting but as your office moueth you to be carefull and you are carefull according to your office so you wil haue care to publish this little Boke so farre forth as you shall vnderstand by your owne iudgemente and by the aduice of other both wise and learned that it may profite the Citie vnto the which vnto the whole Realme I wish continuall health and godly quietnesse and vnto your Honor perpetuall and true felicitie To the Reader FOr as much as the famous Cittie of London wher I am an inhabitant is eftsoones infected with the dangerous disease called the Pestilence to the hindraunce as wel of them that are cleare as also of them that haue the sicknesse in their houses I vnderstaÌ„ding that the hearbes Carduus Benedictus and Angelica are preseruatiues and medicines for this and many other diseases haue thoughte good to gather out of the writings of learned Phisicians a treatise of the Pestilence annexing thervnto the vertues of the sayde herbes to the vse and commoditie of Londoners and al men elsewhere that shal haue need of theÌ„ The vse of the hearbe and the like treatise hath bene set forth before time I graunt both 〈◊〉 Latine and English but in diuerse bookes â—â—â—arately the one from the other The one in â—â—arbals conteyning besides the properties of many other hearbes the other most commonly in bookes conteyning medicines for a greate number of diseases and therefore more costly than that euery man could buy them But I haue ioyned the vertues of these hearbes with the treatise of the Pestilence without the addition of any further matter and haue set theÌ„ foorth more perfectly than euer they were before in any one booke and that in a few leaues of Paper not heauie to be carried nor long to be read nor deare to be bought For besides the properties of many hearbes and medicines for a great number of diseases euen in this treatise of the Pestilence I leaue out many preseruatiues and medicines too costly for them that are of smal ability hauing respect to the poore who as they can not haue the counsel of the learned Phisitian at al times when they nede so are they not able to take those things which commonly are by him in wordes or writing prescribed Therefore gentle Reader whether thou be rich or poore take this my labor in good part and vse it to thy coÌ„meditie with thankesgiuing to God as the Authour of all things that are healthful both to the bodie to the soule T. B. ¶ A Treatise of the Pestilence ¶ The first Chapter sheweth the first cause of the disease INtreating of the disease called the Plague or Pestilence I minde not to be ouer long or curious as they that write exquisitely and perfectly of the matter onely I will set downe a few thinges necessary and sufficient for the commoditie profite of them which in this cause shall haue néede of helpe First therfore I wyl shew the causes of the disease secondly preseruatiues whereby a man may be kepte from the sicknesse thirdly the tokens whereby he that is diseased maye gather and vnderstande whether he be infected wyth the plague or no fourthly and last of al I wyll sette downe some remedies and medicines to cure the diseases Some Physitians recite foure principal causes of the Pestilence The first pertayneth to Diuinitie the seconde to Astronomie the third and fourth to Physick As touching that which pertaynes to diuinitie our sinne and wickednesse the principal cause of al our miserie and calamitie is one cause of this disease As may apeare by the words of Moses vnto the Israelites who among manye other curses and punishments for sinne reciteth the Pestilence as one saying If thou wilte not obey the voice of the Lord the God to kéepe and to doe all his commaundementes and his ordinaunces whiche I commaunde thée this day then all these curses shal come vppon thée ouertake thée Cursed shalt thou be in the towne cursed in the fielde c. The Lord shall make the PestileÌ„ce cleaue vnto thée vntill he haue consumed thée from the land which thou goest to possesse Moreouer we reade that seuentie thousande of the Israelites died of this disease for the sinne of Dauid their king I thinke no man wil deny but that hereby it is euident that sinne is a cause of the Pestilence euen among vs For whatsoeuer thyngs are written afore time are written for our learning and the punishment of the Israelites is an example to vs that we should auoyd sinne lest their plagues fal vpon vs For their God is our God and he hateth sinne in vs as he did in them and there fore punisheth it in vs as hée did in them Therefore I saye sinne is a principal cause of the Pestilence wherby God punisheth not so muche those whom he taketh therby out of this life as those that remaine aliue For they that liue féele the smarte of the plague when as the other manye of them dye Gods seruants and for this transitorie life enioy that which neuer shal end If oure owne experience doe not teache vs this we may perceiue it by the foresayd punishment of King Dauid to whom it had not béene so gréeuous to haue dyed himselfe as to léese his subiectes in the multitude whereof he through a worldly wisdome trusted more than in the almightye power of god Therefore God diminished the number of them by the Pestilence to teache him and all other Princes not to put their trust in the multitude of menne bicause it is his
owne worke to preserue the state of Realmes to giue victorye in battell and also to teache vs and all men that sinne is a cause of the plague aswel as of other calamities that happen vnto men Although this cause be supernaturall as some tearme it and not properly pertayning to Phisicke yet those Phisitions are not to be misliked which in reciting the causes of this sicknesse note this in the first place as the roote of the residue vppon the whiche the other do depend consequently doe followe the whiche béeing expelled the other shall not bée perceyued to our hurte but shall vanishe euen as the smoke when the fire is taken away Therfore these Phisitions are like vnto good faithfull Chirurgians whiche séeke the bottome of the wound and heale it throughly But they that prescribe preseruatiues onely againste the third and fourth cause of the plague are like vnto vnskilfull Chirurgians that heale the wounde withoute and leaue corruption in the fleshe whiche shortely after breaketh out to further incōuenience For they that are preserued from the Pestilēce or are healed of it may be sure if the corruption of sinne remaine within them that a greater plague wil folow For God sendeth this and diuers other calamities for the punishment of sinne as oure sauiour signifieth saying to the man that he hadde healed Behold thou art made whole sin no more leaste a worse thing happen vnto thée Howbeit I graunt that we may learne by the word of God that he sēdeth sicknesse trouble and miserie often tymes to good men not for sinne onely but for diuers other causes yet this that I haue saide remaineth moste true that Sinne is one and the principall cause of the Pestilence ¶ The second Chapter sheweth the second cause of the Pestilence THe second cause is giuen by Astronomers and is called an euill constellation which they know by the placing of the Sunne Moone and Starres in the firmament or circles of Heauen and by their coniunctions oppositions other aspectes of the one to the other Of this cause I do not thinke it néedfull here to speake especially in such maner as the Astronomers doe who by their Ethnicall phrases and kindes of speach in their Alminackes and Prognostications do séeme to fauor or foster the Idolatrie of the Heathen who worshipped those celestiall creatures as Gods. For they speake of them either as of Gods or at the least as of liuing Princes indued with reason and béeyng in great power and authoritie Moreouer wheras they write their Prognostications to the vse of the vnlearned I know not to what purpose they set downe the motions of the planets with their termes of Arte only known to themselues If the Art be profitable for Phisicke let them kéep it to themselues and vse it in their practises if it bée profitable for husbandrie let them write that onelye whiche is according to the capacitie of husbandmen Whiche being done I thinke husbandmen shall haue little vse of their writings For although husbandrie did perhaps first procéede of the knowledge of Astronomy as diuerse other trades necessary for the life of man haue their beginning of Geometry and natural Philosophy yet I think husbandmen and men of other faculties whiche are altogither ignorant in these Artes are more skilfull and wise through their daily practise in the vse therof than they themselues that are professors of the Artes. Thus much by the way by occasion of the seconde cause of the Pestilence ¶ The third Chapter sheweth the third cause of the Pestilence THe thirde cause whiche more properly belongeth to Phisicke is the corruption of the ayre whiche beyng corrupted is apte to infect mans body For euery man that liueth draweth the breath which we haue of the aire round about vs If it be stinking venomous and corrupt the body of man that is neare to it is in danger of corruption wherof oft times is ingendered the Pestilence The aire is corrupt either generally in diuers Cities or Countries or particularly in some one place Generally as Astronomers write by an euil constellation or by the filthy matter of a Comete caused by the constellation Particularly in a fewe houses or stréetes through the stinche of chanels of filthie dung of carion of standing pudles and stincking waters of séeges or stinking priuies of sheding of mans bloude and of deade bodies not déeply buried which happeneth among Souldiors of common pissing places and such like Finally a gret company dwelling or lying in a smal roome especially if those roomes be not very clenly kept perfumed do ingēder a corrupt aire apt to infect those that are in it whiche infected persōs and their infectious clothes may infect a whole Citie and the Citie may infect the country that resorteth vnto it or vnto the which the inhabitants thereof do resorte For a venomous aire is like vnto fire whiche burneth that is nighe vnto it if the matter be apt to take fire Wherby it commeth to passe somtimes that as a litle sparke consumeth a whole Town so one house or stréete infecteth the whole Citie and Country rounde about it the persons I meane of the Citie and Country that come within the compasse of the infectious aire if their bodies be apt to be infected I say a venemous aire infecteth not all but those only whose bodies are apte to be infected For if the ayre were of power to infect all that come wythin the compasse of it then in a generall corruption of the aire none should escape infection whiche commeth not to passe For as fire burneth but not Iron and stone as it dothe strawe cole and wood so a corrupte aire hath power to infect but those bodies onelye that are apte to receiue the venomous operation thereof Therefore vnlesse vnto this thirde cause of the Pestilēce the fourth be added it is of no force ¶ The fourth Chapter sheweth the fourth cause of the Pestilence THE fourth cause is the aptnesse of mans body through euill humors to receiue the effecte of a venomous aire putrifying and corrupting the bodie whereof the disease is ingendered The bodie is made apte to be infected by the abuse of things not naturall as Phisitions tearme them that is to saye by taking of meate and drinke out of measure specially by féeding of many dishes at one meale or by toomuch lack of good nourishing meate by too much sléepe or watching by too much laboure or ease Finally by too muche anger griefe of minde and feare of the disease As all these things are dangerous so the laste is sufficient of it selfe to infect the body and consequently to bring deathe as I haue heard it declared by dyuerse examples Hitherto I haue shewed of what things chiefly the Plague doth procéede to the end that euery man may the better escape it from the whiche there is no better preseruatiue than to auoide the causes For as it is an olde saying so euerye man maye easily perceiue
héede muste be taken of clothes and also of dogges cattes that haunt infected places Syr Thomas Eliot in his castle of healthe sayth It hath béene séene that infected stuffe lying in a coser fast shutte for the space of two yeares and then being opened hath infected those that stood nigh it who soone after died And he that willeth to kill al the dogs vnlesse they be tied vp in time of infection giueth not the worst counsel Not many yeares since I knew a Glouer in Oxforde who with his familie to the number of ten or eleuen persons died of the Plague whiche was sayde to be brought into the house by a dogge skinne that his wife bought when the disease was in the Citie It is good therefore when it is in anye house well to aire in the Sunne or at the fire the clothes that the infected persons do weare that they lye in or that are néere vnto them For the fire is a good purger of euill ayre it is of force to drawe the venome thereof vnto it and to consume it So that if the fire be betwéene a man and the infected person or place it taketh awaye the force of the euyll ayre Therefore the counsell of Physitians is to make a fire at all times especially in the morning and euening in the houses and also without in the stréetes where the disease reigneth It is writtē that the famous Phisitian Hippocrates was a meane to preserue the citie and countrie of Athens from the daunger of the Pestilence by making greate fiers in the stréetes and all aboute the towne by night at whiche time bicause of the absence of the Sunne the ayre was most contagious whereby the inhabitants were deliuered frō certain death whych they were persuaded should haue come among them I say not as some ignorantly do ▪ nor as the Atheniens whiche knewe not GOD thoughte that Hippocrates preserued the Cittie but that he was a meane to preserue it by the ordinaunce of God who as many times miraculously so for the most part worketh by ordinarie meanes who hath giuen to herbes and other his creatures vertue to expell diseases and also hathe giuen vnto men knowledge and vnderstanding thereof whyche he vseth as his instrumentes wherewith he worketh when and vppon whome it pleaseth him This I write by the way that when the vertues of hearbes and other Gods creatures are mentioned we depende chiefly vpon his prouidence alwayes with the eyes of our faith looke vppon him as the chiefe worker of al good thinges without whome nothing can take effect to our commoditie Wyth thys minde we maye be bolde to séeke to the Physitian and to vse suche things as God hath created for our health Cōtrariwise if a man refuse them in time of necessitie when the Phisitian is readye to minister them after this sort I take him to be a tempter of God or as one accessarie to his owne death After thys sort I counsell al men against the thirde cause of the pestilence to vse the fire vnto the which it is good to adde perfumes of Iuniper Intense such like as the time of the yere serueth gréen boughes swéete floures and hearbes are to be set and strewed in the houses and stréetes as well where the disease reigneth not as in places infected Finally it is good to hold in the mouth and to bite of the Orenge péele or of the roote of the herbe called Angelica Here note by the way that where I saye or signifie that persons or places infected must be auoyded I counsell not any mā whose vocation requireth or the necessity of the diseased or charitie bindeth to be present with the infected I counsell them not I saye to absent themselues from them but rather to preferre the commaundement of God before theyr owne safegarde vsing suche things as GOD hath ordeined for the preseruation of mans helth For in so doing their life shall be nothing the shorter ¶ The ninth Chapter speaketh of the preseruatiues against the fourth cause of the Plague I Sayd the fourth cause of this disease is the aptnesse of mans body to receiue the effect of a corrupt aire for preseruation wherof those things aforesaid must be auoyded which ingender euyll humours or otherwise make the bodie vnable to expel euill aire The firste of these is the taking of meate and drinke out of measure and too much lacke of it Of the former the riche are in daunger by the latter the poore are pinched But the riche can finde meanes by purgations to expel the superfluitie of euill humours whyche in time of necessitie is verye requisite Howbeit it is a cōmon saying that many purgations and other such euacuations doe weaken the body diminish the naturall moysture that prolongeth life and therfore hasten death For auoyding of the which inconuenience I would shew them a better remedie if they coulde learne it and that is this That they diminishe some parte of their excesse and giue it to their honest neyghbours that can not worke and also to them that labour whose charge is such that they are not able to maintayn their familie This is more healthfull for themselues better for a Common weale and more acceptable to god Further of this matter I néede not to write For the meaner sorte that laboure truely in that trade whiche God hath appointed them haue not muche to feare the corruption of their bodies who must eate and drinke sléepe and watche laboure and rest as they may and take such medicines as they are able I knowe that against this cause and the former the learned Physitians prescribe many preseruatiues curious and costly as choice of meates and drinkes perfumes sauours things to be eaten and dronke things to washe the téethe hands face and head letting of bloud purgations by pouders pilles and electuaries and such like They that are able and wylling to take these things if they haue not a Phisitian at hand may vnderstād them by the bookes of these learned mē that haue already written of this matter namely sir Thomas Eliot D. Faire and diuerse other Therefore commending vnto the reader for this purpose onelye the hearbe Carduus Benedictus the vertues wherof are hereafter sette downe I make an end of this part of my treatise ¶ The tenth Chapter sheweth the tokens wherby a sicke mā may vnderstād whether he be infected with the Plague or no. IN the next part is to be declared what are the tokens which shew that a mā is infected with the Plague Firste for the most part there appeareth about the eare or necke or vnder the arme holes or about the flanke of the infected person an Aposthume or swelling with a Feuer or Ague or in some other part of the body a gréene blacke or euill coloured sore This I say appeareth for the most part but not alwayes Therfore for the more certainty the other tokens folowing must be considered An other token is a greate pricking and
if you list or else it may be drunk with Ale Béere or Wine The distilled water may be drunk by it selfe alone or else with white Wine before meate or with Sack after meate specially if the stomack be weake and colde The licour or brothe in the whiche the hearb is boiled maye be made thus Take a quart of running water séeth it skim it theÌ„ put into it a good handfull of the hearbe and let it boile vntill the better parte of the licour be consumed then drinke it with wine or if you liste with Honie or Sugare to make it the more pleasaÌ„t in the tast Or else make a potion on this wise Take a good handfull of the leaues wyth an handfull of raisons of the Sun washed and stoned and some sugar Candie Licorise slyced small boyle them all togither in a quarte of water ale or wine if it be too bitter it maye be made swéete as is afore saide Moreouer it is to be noted that the pouder and water of the hearb is moste to be regarded and specially the water for they may be long preserued so that a man may haue them alwayes in a readinesse to vse as néed shall require wheÌ„ as he cannot haue the iuice nor the grene leafe And the water which only is void of bitternesse may be drunke by it selfe alone for the stomacke and taste wyll beare it and like of it aswel as of Rose-water Notwithstanding if the séede bée sowne as soone as it is ripe a man maye haue the hearb both winter and soÌ„mer froÌ„ the time that it beginneth to grow vntill the séede waxe ripe againe Therfore I councell all them that haue Gardens to nourish it that they may haue it always for their owne vse and the vse of their neighbors that lacke it ¶ The thirteenth Chapiter speaketh of the time and quantity to be obserued in taking of Carduus Benedictus HEre perhaps some man will aske a question of the time quaÌ„tity which things are to be considered in taking of medicines As touching the time if it be taken for a preseruatiue it is good to take it in the morning or in the euening before a man go to bed bicause that is a conuenient time to sweat for him that féeleth not himselfe greatly diseased But if a maÌ„ take it to expel any disease it is good to take it wheÌ„soeuer he féeleth any gréefe in his body and immediatly to go to bedde and sweate Howbeit it is not necessarie vppon euerye griefe to sweat after the taking of the medicine As touching the quanâ—â—e a man néede not be so carefull in taking this hearbe as in taking those medicines that doe purge vehemeÌ„tly by egâ—â—â—â—on as some terme it or by vomite For in taking them if great discretion be not vsed in considering the time the quantitie and the state of a maÌ„s body they may cause presente deathe or otherwise they maye muche trouble a man But in ministring this hearb it is not so in taking wherof a man may vse his owne discretion and the iudgement of his stomack This I counsell all men that minde to vse it that when they or anye of theirs are diseased they deferre not the time but take it presently as soone as it may be gotten and that they do not think it sufficient to take it once but that they take it thrée or foure times at the least ¶ The fourteenth Chapter sheweth the properties of Angelica NOw I haue written that I thinke sufficieÌ„t of Carduus Benedictus bicause perhaps ynough of it cannot bée gotten for them that haue néede I will adde vnto it an other herb of much like vertue called Angelica that if the one be lacking â–ª the other may be taken As touching the name the latest writers in my iudgemeÌ„t most to be credited in this matter find no other name for it neither in Englishe nor in Latine Howbeit I knowe that some much to be commended for their learning also for the publishing of the same to the benefite of their countrie haue giuen it other names but I thinke by errour If we English it as the Latine word soundeth we may call it Hearbe Angel or The Angelical or Angelike Hearbe Vppon what occasion this excellent name was first giuen vnto it I know not vnlesse it were for the excellent vertues thereof or for that God made it knoweÌ„ to man by the ministerie of an Angel. I suppose the former cause rather to be true Howbeit as I am not able to proue the other so I thinke no maÌ„ can giue any good reason to the contrarie For this we know that GOD hath made his Angels ministring spirites to serue vs for the safegarde of our soules and also of our bodies But vppon what occasion so euer the name was giuen it is excellent and so are the properties which be these that follow ¶ The Vertues of Angelica out of D. Turners Herball ANgelica is hote and drye at the leaste in the third degrée All the latter writers agrée vppon this and experience proueth the same that it is good against poyson pestilent aires and the Pestilence it selfe The Practicioners of Germanie write thus of it If any man be sodenly taken eyther with any Pestilence or with any sodaine pestilente Ague or with too much sodayn sweatting let him drinke of the pouder of the root halfe a dramme mingled with a dram of Triacle in thrée or foure sponefulles of the water of Angelica distilled out of the rootes and after go to bed and couer himselfe well and fast at the leaste thrée houres after which if he doe he shall beginne to sweate and by the helpe of GOD he shall be deliuered from his disease For lackeof Triacle a man may take a whole dramme of the root of Angelica in pouder with so much of the distilled water as is aforesayde it will haue the same effect The roote of Angelica wel stéeped in Vinegre and smelled vpon in time of the Pestilence and the same Vineger being sometime dronke fasting saueth a maÌ„s body from the Pestilence But in my iudgement it is better to take an Orenge or Lemmon cutte off the toppe picke out the meate pricke it fall of small holes put into it a piece of a Sponge Wool Cotten or fine linnen Cloth dipped in the foresayd Vineger and diuerse times smell vnto it For the better keping in of the sponge or cotten c. you maye fasten the toppe vnto it againe with a thréed as they do a cappe vnto a paire of kniues With this you may be bolder to venter where the Pestilence is than if you had a great sort of other medicines The water distilled out of the rootes of Angelica or the pouder of the same is good againste gnawing and paine of the bellie that commeth with colde if the bodie be not bounde withall And it is good against all inwarde diseases as the Pleurisie in the beginning before the heate of the inflamation be come into