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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18935	The trumpet of Apollo sounding out the sweete blast of recouerie, in diuers dangerous and desperate diseases.	Clarke, John, apothecary.	1602 (1602)	STC 5353; ESTC S118589	16,609	62

and easie purge being wrought vp with many cordials and antidotes If these cakes be kept betweene papers in a close box and neere some fire they will last good for seuen or eight moneths Two drammes is a good dose or proportion for all such persons as are sixteene yeeres of age and vpward to fiftie or sixtie so as they bee strong of body but weake men of fiftie fiue or sixtie or children betweene eight and sixteene must take only the halfe proportion The cake may be eaten and a cup of burnt wine drunke after it or els dissolued in white wine The said Romero hath also giuen the same with good successe in many burning feauers The practise of the aforesaid defensatiue in the latter end of the Plague An. 1593. in London THere were dispersed abroade within London and Middlesex great numbers of these defensatiue cakes vnto persons whose names are not here remembred It pleased the right Honourable Lords and others of her Maiesties priuie counsell to haue fiue and fortie of these cakes Doctor Fletcher that learned Prelate then Byshop of Worcester bought to the number of fiftie of these cakes and dispersed them in the then visited houses of the said Citie and it pleased God to preserue all the inhabitants of them from the infection as he himselfe reported at the counsell table The right honourable Sir Iohn Puckering knight then L. Keeper of the great seale of England appointed certaine of these cakes to be conueyed to the towne of S. Albons by Ma. Belfield for the clecring of the infected houses against the terme which was then kept there Mast Richard young Iustice of peace in Middlesex and one of her Maiesties customers deliuered abroad many hundreths of them and made one especiall triall in the parish of S. Marie Abchurch where he himselfe dwelled vpon nine visited houses in which there aboade three and thirty persons which trial gaue great contentment vnto the Lords of the counsell who sent for the true note vnto him to be fully informed thereof And therupon S r Romero should haue proceeded to a general triall in one of the greatest Wardes in London by her Maiesties pleasure signified in the letters of the right honorable the LL. of her Maiesties priuy Counsell and directed to the chiefe Magistrate of this honorable Citie in whose hands vpon what reason the stay was made I doe heere forbeare to vtter because I would haue the dead to rest in peace only it shall suffice that himselfe by the opinion of diuers scorning and disgracing the medicine died within three weekes after either of the plague it selfe or of a burning feauer his Cousin German as I haue been credibly enformed Thomas Bland of the patish of Alhallowes-barking had defensatiues for himselfe his wife and one seruant 10. Smith of the parish of Creechurch had for himselfe his wife and foure seruants Frauncis Bradborne of Saint Swithins parish had for himselfe his wife and two seruants Mast Merick preacher in crooked lane had for himselfe his wife and two children The daughter of goodman Hawes being infected and taking it escaped Mast Iarfield preacher at Saint Marie Abchurch going vsually amongst the infected of his parish and others and hauing taken this medicine togither with his wife and maide were all thanks be to God preserued The maide seruaunt of one Mopsey Flax-wife hauing the plague vpon her was cured by one of these defensatiues Iohn Webster a Purse-maker dwelling at the entrance into Gutterlane he and his man both tooke the same Mister Eare a maker of gold lace in Gutterlane he and his wife had each of them a defensatiue Mistris Hunt a victualer in Gutterlane she and both her maides tooke of this defensatiue A Seruaunt of Master Deacons the Queenes Sergeant Plummer hauing an extreame burning feauer was cured with this medicine A dutch Goldsmith dwelling amongst the feather dressers in the Black-friers took one of these defensatiues A Ruby-cutter lying at the Dolphin in Gutterlane hauing the plague vpon him tooke one of these and was cured Goodwife Russell an hearbe-wife in Cheapside hauing buried her husband of the plague she her maid were both preserued by taking this defensatiue Mast Heywood a Copper-smith tooke one of these cakes The wife of Rowland that excellent Artisan dwelling in Southworke tooke one of these defensatiues A French gentleman being Cousin to Monsieur de la Now lying neere the Exchange tooke one of them S r Romero that brought the receipt from Millain being then bedfellow with Doct. Siring tooke the same twise himselfe Mast Crauen a Draper in Watlingstreete and now a graue and well reputed Alderman of this Citie bought one of these cakes A seruant of Mast Cordals in Milkestreete tooke one of these defensatiues Mistris Bradshaw an auncient gentlewoman and a Cousin of hers then dwelling with her tooke of these cakes shee beeing then at her house at Stebon●eath Mast Gamedge a man much troubled with the gowte and dwelling in Saint Tantlins parish tooke one of these cakes to cleare his body of bad humors and commended the working thereof greatlie Mast Colfe th'apothecarie dwelling at the Artichoke in Cornhill solde diuers of these cakes so likewise did one other of the same facultie being a man of speciall note amongst them whom I forbeare to name at this time Mast Moulton secondarie of the counter in Woodstreet bought two of these defensatiues Mast Shepham of the parish of Saint Thomas th'aposte bought two cakes Mast Richard Wilbraham Esquire and late common Serieant of this honourable Citie though preserued by this defensatiue Ann. 93. from the contagion yet by a violent feauer this last yeere to the vnspeakeable losse of this Citie to the incredible griefe of his friend and louing spouse though to his owne immortall glorie and comfort was in the flower of his age and in the highest hope of his aduancement taken from vs to his euerlasting peace and rest Mast Chambers a merchant of good account bought two of these cakes Mast Swaynes man bought one of them Mast William Nichols a draper in Watling streete bought two of these defensatiues Mast Culuerwel citizen and mercer of London had 30. of these cakes for himselfe and his friends Mast Linford a draper in Walting-streete a man greatly beloued whilest he liued and as greatly lamented now he is dead had one of these defensatiues Mast T. G. had foure of these defensatiues A seruant of Mast Archers had one of these defensatiues Ma. Paumer of Woodstreet had three of them Mast Dauenant in Bowlane had foure of these cakes Henry Ienkes a seruant at Bishops hall tooke one of these cakes Mast Susans the Barbarie merchant had one of these defensatiues Mast Scales dwelling at Dowgate had one of these cakes Mistris Duttons man of Woodford had one of them Mast Albanie a Draper in Watling streete had one of these cakes The Author heereof and his men tooke of these cakes and were all preserued Iohn Ailswoorth of Redding Clothier tooke one