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A14593	A Briefe treatise of the plague vvherein is shewed, the [brace] naturall cause of the plague, preseruations from the infection, way to cure the infected.	I. W.	1603 (1603)	STC 24905.7; ESTC S123186	7,218	13

Succorie and Lettice Also hee must refraine from eating of much fruite for it doth bréede corrupt blood and if he eate any it must be 〈◊〉 Also hee must eate little garlik onions or 〈◊〉 for these cause vnkinde heate Also suffer not thirst greatly and when thou doest thirst drinke but measurably and that but smal and thinne drinke or barly water 〈…〉 with 〈…〉 Ano●●er special regard must be had in exercises vbi qu●●od● 〈◊〉 The place where must be in a 〈◊〉 and pure ayre and 〈◊〉 must ●se them temperately and moderately and 〈…〉 of violent exercises as dancing running leaping and wh●●soeuer such like kinde of exercise that causeth after breathing in of Ayre ●e must refraine in the extreame heate of the day and in places where is much con●●urse of people As for his sleepe and 〈◊〉 let them be meane and moderate onely his sleepe must be sufficient to suffice Nature and in a close Chamber 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and the windowes and doores close shut lest the ill ayre enter into it and hée must haue regard that his sheetes be cleane and swéete ●agges in chests where they kéepe linnen It is good also at night afore you goe in bed to ayre the chamber with a good fire or with a cha●●ng dish of coles wherein it were good to ●●ro some powder of Rew Sage Be●onie or of Iuniper and such like When you walke in the morning first empty the body of all super●●uities and excremen●s and take heed and beware the body be not too 〈◊〉 at any time Therefore if of thy selfe n●●●rally at any time thou canst not voyde out excrements thou shalt take ●yther a potion of pils or else a glister o● suppos●●●ry o● 〈…〉 or el●e take of Aloes epatick two parts of each one part Amon●ia●●m Mirrh With white wine or with the Water of scabious make pills of them which minister daylie if you will one scruple at a time These pils 〈◊〉 most resist putrifaction and haue a very great vertue against the infecting of the pestilent ayre Blood-letting also is very wholsome for yong folke and such as 〈◊〉 great store o● blood for it doth much coole the state of the body and bringeth it to a moderate heare and letteth out the corrupt humors which doe make the body more subi●ct to infection bloud-letting is very necessary in the time of infection and doth much profit and preserue health Also it is very 〈◊〉 to be too passionate or melancholy for the passions of sadnesse Anger hatred feare great cares and heauie thoughts and sighing do much distemper the body and make it 〈…〉 to withstand the infection but on the contrary it is very good to vse ioy and mirth with temperance Signes to know the infected HAuing before shewed the natural and original causes of the plague and pestilence with the best meanes for the preseruation of a mans selfe from it we wil proceed and shew first the ●●gnes whereby a man may best iudge of himselfe whether he be already infected or not and the meanes to cure the ●●ck As concerning the signes that declare one to be already infe●●●● they are many First when the outward members are cold and the inward parts burning hot when there is a paine and heauinesse of the head and a great inclination to ●eepe A wearines heauines and difficulty in breathing A sadnesse and carefulnesse of the minde a change of countenance with a frowning looke of the eyes losse of stomake and appetit● immoderate thirst and often vomiting a bitternesse and drienesse of the mouth The Pulse frequent smal and déepe the vrine troublous thicke and stinking like beasts vrine The surest token of al to know the infected of the plague is if there doe arise and engender botches behind the eares or vnder the armeholes or about the share or also if Carbuncles do arise in any member sodainely for when they doe appeare they betoken strength of Nature Which being strong and mighty doth labour to driue the poyson out of the body but if botches do not appeare it is more perillous and daungerous for it betokeneth that nature is weake and feeble and not able to expell and driue out the venemous humors and then you must haue respect to the signes before rehearsed Also 〈◊〉 botches which do appeare they do declare which members of the body be infected aboue any other and doe ●●rust out veni●ous humors from them The infection of the plague entereth into a man in this 〈◊〉 In a 〈◊〉 are three principall parts that i● the heart lyuer and armes and each of the●● hath his cleansing place Therefore if they do appeare in the necke they doe shew the braines to be chiefely vexed if vnder the arme-holes the heart but if they appeare in the share the lyuer is most infected For a man hauing taken same venome it is mingled with the blood and runnes to the heart which is the chiefe parte of man and the heart by kinde putteth the venome to his clensing place which is the arme-holes and it being stopt putteth to the next princip●ll part that is the Liuer and it passeth it to his cleansing place which is the Ihigh-holes or share Likewise they b●ing stopt passe it to the next principall place that is the armes and to their clensing places which are vnder the eares or vnder the throate and they being stopped suffer it not to passe out th●● it is 〈◊〉 xii houres before it rest in any place and if it be 〈◊〉 let out within the space of xxiiii houres by bléeding it castes a man into an ague and maketh a bot●● in one of the thrée places or néere them The cure of the infected of the plague The best way to cure the plague is in this when thou findest thy selfe to be infected and féelest the bloud flickering bleed in the first houre or within sixe houres after drinck not 〈◊〉 tarry not aboue twelue houres from bleeding for when thy bloud is so flickering the venome is then mouing and not yet settled and after it is to late those that are fatte may be lette bl●●d or else not If the matter be gathered vnder the armeholes it comes from the heart by the veine cardiall then bleed on the same side on the innermost veyne of the arme comonly called B●sollica but bleed not on both sides except it be in both armeholes for that is dangerous and losse of good bloud And if the boch doth appeare behind the eares or aboue the 〈◊〉 or in any other parts of the face or neck you must let blo●d out of veine Cephali●a on the same side let blood with c●pping glasse● for that is the best or a horse ●each or horse 〈◊〉 But if the botch appeare in the share you must then bleed in the ●●uckle of the same 〈◊〉 and then in any case bleed not in the Arme for it will draw vp the matter againe But if there app●●re no botch outwardly you must then draw bloud out of the same side

A Briefe Treatise of the Plague VVherein is shewed The Naturall cause of the Plague Preseruations from the infection Way to cure the infected Newly corrected with new additions and many approoued Remedies Printed at London by Valen●●●e Si●●●● 1603. To the Reader GOD most merci●●●ly chastineth his Children for their sinnes when they forget him sometime with warre sometime with famine and sometime with the pestilence and other diseases that they might forsake their sinnes and flee vnto him for help but the wicked to their vtter destruction Yet he neuer sendeth a plague or punishment but he continually preserueth some Yea and those al●o he preserueth by meanes Therefore they worthily are consumed which neglect that lawfull meanes God hath appointed euen as they were iustly drowned that would not enter Noahs ark And Lots sonnes worthily consumed because they would not forsake Sodome and they iustly partakers of the plagues of Egypt which forsooke the land of Goshen and their first borne deseruedly slaine which marked not the postes of their dores with the blood of the Lambe And were they not iustly scourged to death which would not behold the Brazen Serpent Moses set vp Doth not the whole Historie of the Bible both the old and new Testament comm●nd ●nto vs the law●ull meanes whereby we are to be preserued from dangers Therfore they are greatly too blame that contemne the good meanes which God hath appointed for their safetie and doe wilfully rashly and foolishly runne themselues into all kinde of dangers saying GOD is able to preserue them if it please him themselues neither vsing the lawfull meanes God hath appointed not yet eschewing the danger which meanes according to the iudgement of the best Writers vpon this matter thou shalt heere finde briefely which I pray God may be profitable vnto thee and that he will keepe vs from all plagues and dangers which wee haue iustly deserued Val● I. W. ¶ Of the naturall causes of the infection of the aire and of the plague OF all the diseases whereunto the body of man is subiect the Plague or Pestilence is the most terrible and fearefull and most contagious therefore we must séeke all meanes both naturall and artificiall to preserue our selues and families from it therefore first we wil speake of the naturall causes of this infection There be two especiall causes of the Pestilence The first is an infected corrupted and putrified Ayre The second is euill and corrupt hu●●●● ingendred in the ●●●y The aire is corrupted and infected diuerse wayes as Astronomers say by the influences aspects coniunctions and opposition of ill planets the Eclipse of the Sunne and Moone through the i●●oderate heate of the aire where the temperature of the aire is turned from his naturall state to excessiue heate and moisture which is the worst temperament of the aire 〈◊〉 being drawne vp by the heate of the Sunne remaining vnconsumed doe rot putrifie and corrupt and so with the veneme ●he aire beco●●eth corrupted and infected Also the ayre is often corrupted by the euaporation of dea● c●rcasses ly●●g ●●●●ried as it 〈…〉 in the ●●rres 〈◊〉 also by the euaporation of p●●les 〈◊〉 marishes stinking and noysome sinkes and kennells A man falleth into the Pestilence by disordering of himselfe 〈◊〉 in diet or wi●h other exercises Therefore during the time of 〈…〉 sickenesse 〈◊〉 must haue a speciall regard to kéep● himselfe from all 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 to wit from all excesse of meate drinke sweating bathes lechery and all other things that open the pores of the body and causeth the bad ayres to enter which entering inuenome the liuely spirits of man and infect and indanger the whole body And seeing it is euident that the plague as pestilence is not caused but through the breathing in of pestilent and corrupt ayre there cannot be a more ●a●e and present remedy to preserue one then by ●ying from that corrupt aire there is no other meanes to 〈◊〉 pestilent ayre because whether 〈…〉 we must draw in such ayre vnlesse we get vs away into some other place where the ayre is not corrupted nor infected but pure and good neither must you returne 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from that place 〈◊〉 Obseruations to be vsed preseruing from the Plague BVt if vpon ●rgent occasio● of bu●●ne●●e you may not 〈◊〉 then haue a speciall care that the hou●e in which you must tarry be kept clea●● and 〈◊〉 without 〈…〉 or ●●u●●ishnesse let the windowes be kept close and 〈◊〉 especially in clowdy and rainie wether that the pestilent ayre enter not in but if you will open them doe it obout mid-day You must come abroade as seldome as you can and not if you may except the element be cleare and bright but before you come abroade you must take 〈◊〉 ●e●icine which is able to preserue you f●om infections as the roote of Ang●●ca Pimper●ell c. chewes in the mouth chewed in the mouth Also you must make ●ires dayly in your house● 〈…〉 the corrupt ayre that is in the house may be the better purged and 〈…〉 of the ayre Also if you Iuniper Ta●●●●is●●● Bay lea●●●s Rosemary and such like are very good to purge the house of ●ll aires and to 〈…〉 and from ●pon it the p●●●er of Rosemary Sage Rew Be●on●e wormewood Mai●ram Orig●n Iuniper berries M●●h Frankensence and Ma●●●ke Cipres●e barkes Angeli●● the r●●ts or ●ea●●s Lau●nder 〈◊〉 of Aloes Gall●● Mus●h●●a C●oues any one of all these are very good to aire your house withall It is best in hote weather to corr●●● and puri●●● the aire with co●● 〈◊〉 as with ●word 〈…〉 leaues and branches of Willowes c. and to sprinckle the ●l●●re with coldwater mixt with Viniger Roses or 〈◊〉 c. It is very good when out goeth abroad to haue something in their hands to 〈◊〉 to the better to auoide those noysome 〈◊〉 and filthy 〈◊〉 which are in euery corner therefore it is very good to carry in the hand a branch of Rew Rosemary Roses or Camphir● and the smel of Viniger is very 〈…〉 something like this Take of Lapdanum three drachmes Storax calamintae two drachmes of each a drachme Cinomon Cloues Nutmegs Wood of Aloes a scruple Spiknard halfe a scruple of each halfe a drachme Mirh Mastik Frankencense of each three graines Muske Amber Make them to powder and ●earce them and take 〈◊〉 water and Rose viniger wherein 〈…〉 is dissolued and so make it vp in a Pomander Séeing also that gluttony excesse and drunkennesse is at al times to be shunned so at this time of infection is most dangerous breeding the humors and corrupting the body Therfore they y t loue their health let them vse temperance in theyr diet and choose such meats as engender good blood and bee not ready to putrifie and rot but be of easie digestion and eate with them sharpe sauces as vinigere or the iuyces of sharpe things as veri●yce iuyce of Citrons Lemonds Oringes c. Also vse for pot-herbs sage or otherwise Parcely Maioram Balme Hysops B●glose Endine