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A17931	Here begynneth a treatyse aeynst [sic] pestyle[n]ce [et] of ye infirmities; Here begynneth a litil boke the whiche traytied many gode thinges for the pestilence.	Joannes Jacobi, d. 1384. Régime de l'épidémie.; Knutsson, Bengt, d. 1462, attributed name.; Mikkelsen, Knud, attributed name.	1511 (1511)	STC 4592.5; ESTC S104892	7,089	14

thynfect places but some may not prouffytably chaūge their places / ther fore as moche as to them is possible it is to eschewe euery cause of putryfaccion / namely euery flesshely luste with women is to be eschewed Also the sothern wynde whyche is naturally enfecteth therfore spere the wyndowes ayenst the south as it is sayd before vn to the fyrste houre after the myddes of the daye Then open the wyndowes ayenst the north Of the same cause euery foule stynche is to be eschewed / of stabyll stynkynge feldes wayes or stretes / namely of stynkȳge dede carayne moost of stynkȳge watres where in many places water is kepte by .vij. dayes or .ij. nyghtes / or elles there be gutters of water casten vnder the erthe whiche causeth grete stynke corrupcyon of this cause some deye in that house where suche thȳ ges happen / in a nother house dye none as it is said before lyke wise ī that place where be wurtes coles putrefyed it maketh a noyfull sauoure stynkynge for as by the swete odoure of bawme that herte the spyrytes haue recreacion / so of euyll sauours they be made feble wherfore kepe youre house that an infect ayer enter not in / for an Infect ayer moost causeth putry faccyon in places and houses where folke slepe / ther fore lette youre house be clene and make clere fyre of wood flāmynge / let your house be made with fumygacyon of herbes / that is to saye with leues of baye tre Ieneper vberyorgany it is in thappotycary shoppes / wormwode rewe mugworte of the tre of aloes whiche is best but it is dere Suche a fumy taken by the mouche ere 's openeth thynwarde partes of the body Also it is teschewe all grete repleccyons by cause full bodyes by lyghtly infect / as Auicēne sayth in the fourth canon / they that chargen theyr bodyes with respeccion / shorten theyr lyfe Also comyn bathes are to be eschewed / for alytell crust corrupteth all the body Thefrore the people as moche as is possyble is to be eschewed / leest of infect brethes some mā be infect / but whan the multytude of people may not be eschewed then vse the remedyes folowynge In the mornynge whan ye ryse / wasshe a lytell rewe one or two fylberde nottes clene with salte ete them / yf that can not be had than ete brede or a toste sopped in veneger namely in troublous and cloudy weder Also ī the tyme of pestylence it is better to abyde win the house / for it is not holsome to go in to cyte or towne / also let your house be sprynkled specyally in somer with vyneger and roses with leues of vyne tree Also it is good to wasshe your handes ofte tymes in the day with water veneger / wype your face with your handes smell to them Also it is good alwaye to sauoure ayger thynges In the moūt of pessane I myght not eschewe the company of people for I wente for hous to house bycause of my pouerte to cure seke folkes / therfore brede or a sponge sopped in vyneger I toke with the holdynge it to my mouth and nose bycause all egre thynges stoppen the wayes of humours and suffreth no venymous thynges to entre in to a mannes body so Iescaped the pestylens my felowes supposȳge that I sholde not lyue / these thynges I haue proued by my selfe ¶ Here foloweth the cōfortes of the herte of the pryncypall membres The cōfortes of the her te be these / saffron auisex plantayn with other herbes they open the inwarde spyryte / these be good amonge the comyn people where lyghtly it happeneth that on is inefete of another therfore be ware the brethe of a nother Also of an Infect ayer a mans eyen be made dymme yf he bere not the forsayd thȳges in his hande Also it is holsome that ye wasshe your mouth face eien handes oftentymes in the day with rose water medeled with veneger / yf ye haue no rose water take veneger and so these thynges vsed ye may go surely amonge the people Also a naturall lax of the bely is a grete remedy elles prouoke a lax be a supposory craftly / vse pypylle pestilēciales for they be good / they be in thappotycarye shoppes Also kepe fyre alway in your house for it letteth moche the Impressyons of the bodyes aboue clarefyeth the ayer Also it is profytable as well for hole seke folkes to drynke tryarle therfore take it .ij. rymes a day with clene wyne limphat or with clere rose water or with clere ale / take a quantyte of tryacle two sponefull of clere wyne or rose water or ale dyssoiue the tryacle in the cup drȳke it dyne not tyll the myddes of the day the the tryacle may haue his operacyon / then chese a good dysshe with mete / drȳke clere wyne often tymes drynke in the day but not moche togyder / for moche hadoundaunce of drynke putryfyeth the humours Also beware hote thynges in metes as peper garlyke / though peper purgeth the brayne from the flewme specyally the membres from vycyous humours / yet it maketh moche hete / hete falleth in to putryfaccion / bytternes onely is more please than hote odoure or sauoure Also garlyke though it purgeth flewine put out all humours prouoketh an appetyte to ete suffreth no drye ayer to entre yet it troubleth the eyen maketh the hede hote therfore it is not good to ete garlyk The pestylence groweth often tymes of an hote cause therfore all metes the more they be lyght dygestion so moche they be the better / In the mornynge ete boyled mete at euyn rosted / forbere brothe potage with out they be eyger / in the tyme of this sekenes eyger meters be better thā other Also for bere all fruytes but yf they beeyger / as cheryes or pome garnates or a lytell of a pere or apple by the way of medycyne / bycause all fruyte enduceth putryfacryon / ete conuenyent spyces as gȳger synamum comyn macys saffrō / these be the best sauce may be made for ryche people / for poore take rewe sage fyllberde nottes percely with veneger mȳste togyder these be good letteth putryfaccyon To be mery in his herte is a grete remedy for helth of his body Therfore in tyme of this grete Infyrmyte he ware ye drede notdeth but lyue merely hope to lyue longe ¶ For the lettynge of blode ¶ Lettynge of blode ones in the moneth may be made / but age or other thynges forbede it as pylgryms or feble ꝑfones the haue the flyxe / suffre to be let blode in the vayne called basilica on the ryght or lyft syde before etȳge / after incision of the basilisca be mery drynke wyne or ale temperatly / slepe not that day whā basilica is but / yf ye sele you

¶ Here begynneth a treatyse agynst pestylēce of the infirmites Ptholomeus Astronomye AT the reuerence and worshyp of the blessed trynyte of the gloryous virgyn saynt mary / the conseruacyon of the comyn wele of crysten people as well for them that be hole as for remedy of them that ben seke I the bysshop of Arusiens in the royalme of denmark doctour of physycke wyll wryte by the moost expecte and famous doctours auctorysed in physyque some thynges of the Infyrmyte of the pestylence whiche dayly enfecteth soone suffreth vs to departe out of this lyfe ¶ Fyrst I wyll wryte the tokenes of this infyrmyte / ¶ The secōde / the causes wherof it cometh ¶ The thyrde remedyes for the same ¶ The .uij. comforte for the herte the pryncypall membres of the body ¶ The .v. whan it shal be season to be let blode Fyrst I sayd the tokens of this infyrmyte .vij. thȳges ought to be noted in the same the fyrst is whan in a sommers day the weder oftentymes chaūgeth as in the mornynge the weder appereth to rayne / afterwarde it appereth cloudy at the last wynde in the south The seconde token is whan in somer the dayes appereth alder ke lyke to rayne yet it rayneth not / and yf many dayes so cōtynue it is to drede grete pestylence The thyrde token is whan grete multytude of flyes ben vpon the erthe then it is sygne / that the ayer is venymous and infecte The .iiij. token is whan the sterres semen oftentymes to fal / than it is token the the ayer is infect with moche venemous vapours The .v. token is whan a blasynge sterre is sene in the element aboue / then it sholde fortune sone after to be grete manslaughter in batayll The .vi. token is whā there is grete lyghtnynge thundre namely out of the south The .vij. token is whan grete wyndes passen oute of the south / they be foule vnclene / therfore whan these tokens appere it is do drede grete pestylence but god of his mercy wyll remeue it These thȳges folowynge ben the causes of pestylence Thepestylēce cometh of .iiij. thynges / sōtyme it cometh fro the rote byneth other whyle fro the rote aboue to that we may fele sensibly how the chaūge of the ayer appereth vnto vs / sōtyme it cometh of both togyder as well fro the rote aboue as fro the rote byneth / as we see a sege or a preuy nexte to a chamber or of ony other pertyculer thynge whyche corrupteth the ayer in his substaūce qualyte whiche is a thȳge may happe euery day / therof cometh the ague of pestylence / aboute the same many physycyons be deceyued / not supposynge this axes to be a pestylence / somtyme it cometh of dede careyn or corrupcion of standynge water in dyches or sloughes other corrupt places / and these thynges somtyme be vnyuersall sōtyme perticuler ¶ Fro the rote aboue it fortuneth the causes of the bodyes aboue the ayer by whome the spyryte of lyfe is corrupt in man or beest as Auicēce sayth in his .iiij. boke / by the forme of thayr aboue the bodyes byneth lyghtly be infect / for thynpressyons aboue corrupteth the ayer so the spirytes of man be corrupt / this infyrmyte cometh from the rote aboue / bynethe whan of thynpressyons aboue the ayer is corrupte / and of the putryfaccyon or roten carcyne / or of vyle places byneth an infyrmyte is called in a man / or such an Infyrmyte somtyme is an axes / somtyme a postome or a swellȳge and that is in many thynges Also the ayer inspyred sōtyme is venymous and corrupt / hurtynge the herte / that nature many wayes is greued soo / that he perceyueth not his harme for the vyrgyn appereth fayre sheweth good dygestyon yet neuerthelesse the pacyent is lyke to dye / wherfore many physycyens seynge the vryn of theyr pacyentes that speke superfycyally be deceyued Therfore it is nede that euery pacyent proue to hym selfe a good experte physycyen These thynges wryten be fore are the causes of pestylence But aboute these thȳges two questyons be moeued The fyrst is wherfore one dyeth a nother dyeth not in a towne where mē be dede in one house / in a nother house there dyeth none The seconde questyon is whether pestylence sores be cōtagyous To the fyrst questyon I saye it may happe to be of tho causes / that is to saye of the thynge that doth of the thȳge that suffreth / an example of the thynge that doth / the Influence of the bodyes aboue beholdeth that place or that place more than this place or this place / the pacyent is more disposed to dye thā another therfore it is to be noted that the bodyes be more hote dysposed of open pore than bodyes Infect hauynge the poores stopped with many humoures where bodyes be of resolucyō or openynge / as men whiche abusen them selfe with women or vse often tymes bathes / or men that be hote with laboure or grete anger they haue theyr bodyes more disposed to this grete sekenes To the secōde questyon I say that pestylence sores be cōtagyous by cause of infect humoures of bodyes and thereke or smoke of suche soores is venymous and corrupteth the ayer therfore it is to flee for suche persones that be infect / in pestylence tyme no dody sholde stande in grete prece of people by cause some man of them may be infect Therfore wyse physycyens in vysytȳge seke folke stāde ferre fro the paciente holdynge their face towarde the dore or wȳdowe And so shol de the seruaūtes of seke folke stāde And it is good to a pacyent euery daye for to chaunge his chamber / to haue the wyndowe open ayenst the northe eest / to spere the wyndowes ayenst the south / for the south wynde hath two causes of putryfycacyon The fyrst is it maketh a man beynde hole or seke feble in theyr bodyes The secōde cause is as wryten in the thyrde of Amphyrosmis the south wynde greueth the heerynge hurteth the herte bycause it openeth the poores of man and entreth in to the herte / wherfore it is good to an hole man in tyme of pestylence whan the winde is in the south to be within the house all day yf it shal be nede a man to go out / yet let hym abyde in the house tyll the sonne be vp in the eest passynge southe warde ¶ The remedyes of pestylence here after foloweth Now it is to wete by what remedyes a man may preserue hym selfe fro pestylence / fyrst so the wrytynge of Ieremye the prophete that a man ought to forsake euyll thynges do good dedes mekely to cōfesse his synnes / for why it is the hyest remedy in tyme of pestylēce / penaūce confessyon to be preferred of other medycynes Neuerthelesse I promytte you verely it is a good remedy to voyde chaūge