dayes wilbe enough at most for wisely sayth Rondoletius y t it is not only the veÌ„nemous and contagious ayre which we receiue that doth kill vs but it is the present communicating of that contagion with some superfluous humors in our bodies as in his treatise De peste appeareth therefore now will I shew you how to purge the body Pilles good to purge â„ž Alloes Cicatrine tenne drammes Aggaricke of the whitest foure drammes Myrre Masticke of either two drammes Saffron two scruples Make these in fine pouder then compound them together in a morter with so much Oximell simplex syrrop of Lymons or of Sticados as shalbe sufficient you may giue one dramme or a dramme and halfe of these Pilles halfe an houre before supper but for a chollericke bodie you must leaue out two drammes of the Aggaricke in making of the receipt and in place thereof adde two drammes of Rubarbe and for the melancholike two drammes of Epithimum and giue the same quantitie in waight A good purging potion â„ž Raysins the stones pickt out and washt of either one ounce Polipode of the oke Elecampane roote dried rootes of wilde small sorell Succorie rootes cleansed of either halfe an ounce Leaues of Borrage Buglos Burnet Scabios Morsus diaboli Floures of Borrage Buglos Rosmarie Violets Broome of either a little handfull Seedes of fennell sowre Citrons of either two scruples Shauing of a harts horne halfe a dramme Boyle all these in a sufficient quantity of faire water vntill halfe be consumed then straine it Take of the decoctiâ—n aforesaide threé ounces Rubarbe two drammes and halfe Cinamon halfe a dramme Slice them both and put them with the liquor in a close cup and so let it stand to infuse in a warme place twelue houres then straine it out strongly adde therto one ounce of the Syrrop of mayden heare and so drinke it warme in the morning about sixe of the clocke and refraine from meate drinke and sleépe two houres after it this is good in leane and spare bodies you may for a phlegmaticke body adde in the infusion one dramme of Aggaricke Trosciskated A purging pouder for such as cannot take Pilles â„ž Alloes cicatrine one ounce â„ž Myrre Cinamon of either two drammes â„ž Saffron one scruple Make them all in fine pouder and giue one dramme in a draft of white wine Floures stopt how to prouoke them For that weemen which haue not their naturall course on them are most proue to receiue and take the infection I haue here set downe good Pilles which I haue alwaies found excellent not onely for that purpose but will also resist the danger of infection â„ž Alloes cicatrine one ounce Rootes of Gentian Aristolochia rotunda Dittander Saffron of either halfe a dramme Rootes of garden madther Mitridat of either one dramme Cause them all to be ground in small pouder then mixe it with the Mitridate and some syrrop of Artemesia or mugworte giue one dramme of these Pilles euery morning twelue dayes together or vntill her tearmes breake Issues commended against the plague IN plethoricke and ful bodies I haue found nothing more safer in the time of the plague then to make them an artificiall issue either in the legge or arme for neuer hetherto haue I knowne any one which hath had an Issue or Ulcer running on him that hath bene infected with the plague Palmarius and Forestus doe both affirme iâ— to be true and certaine but here some ignorant people doe holde opinion that hauing once an Issue hee must be constrained to keépe it alwaies which 〈◊〉 most erronious for then those which haue had Ulcers running vpon them some sixe ten yea sixetene yeéres may not be cured without some Issue to be made in some other place but therein they deceiue theÌ„ selues for my selfe by good proofe haue often found the contrary in diuers people which I haue cured some sixe some ten yea sixtene yeéres past and yet to this day doe remaine in perfect good health without any Issues Cap 9. What diet we ought to keepe FOr our diet as Hipocrates teacheth vs weé must haue a care not to exceéde in eating and drinking but to keépe a meane therein and in any case to beware of surfeting and drunkennesse which are enimies both to the body and soule but as we may not exceéde in eating and drinking so to endure great hunger and thirst is most dangerous our meate ought to be of a facile and easie digestion partly tending to a drying qualitie as Cockes Capons Hennes Pullets Partridge Feasants Quayles Pigeons Rabbets Kydde Ueale Mutton Birdes of the mountaines and such like but Beéfe Porcke Uenison Hare and Goates fleshe is to be refused and so are all water foules as Ducke Swanne Goose Widgen Teale and such like because they are hard to digest and do encrease ill bloud and naghtie Iuyce in the body Lambs flesh because of his exceéding moysture is also to bee refused Egges in the sommer not good but in winter tollerable all fishes which are of a hard flesh whether they be of the sea or fresh ryuers are to be allowed In fresh ryuers the Perche Barble Gudgin Loche Coole Troute and Pyke are good and for sea fish the Gilthed Turbet Sole Rochet Gurnard Lapster Crabbe Praunes Shrimpes Whiting and such like eaten with vinegar There are some authors which holde opynion that fish is more better to bee eaten then flesh in the great feruent heate of the yeére because they doe make a more colde bloud in the body then flesh another reason is because they doe liue vnder the water they are not infected with any contagion of the ayre as beastes and â—yrdes may be and therfore more wholsome but in my iudgement flesh is more wholsome because it doth breéde a more pure and fine Iuyce in the body then any fish whatsoeuer your bread ought to be made of pure wheate not too new nor 〈◊〉 olde but of one dayes baking or two at most is best rye bread is to be eschewed because of his great moysture yâ—ur drinke is best beére or ale not too strong or newe but the staller and clearer it is the better at your meales a draft or two of Clarret wine is tollerable but in whoâ—e weather it were good to delay it with a little water for 〈◊〉 doth warm the stomacke helpe digestion and comforte the hart For your pottage you may take in the sommer Parsly Lettis Sorrell Endiue Succorie Sperage Hop-buds Burnet Borrage Buglos Time Myntes Ysop But in winter Balme Biâ—taine Time Marigolde Isoppe Marioram Mynts and rue are good For your sallets take Pimpernell Purslane Myntes Sorrell Horehounde Yong cole Hop-buds Sperage Time Tops of fennell Tarregon Lettis And watercresses are good Capers are greatly commended being preserued in Uinegar and eaten with a little Oyle and Uinegar and so are Oliues very good also For your sauce the Iuice of a Lymon Citron or Orrenge is best the Iuice of Sorrell and Uineger is
of either one Ê’ which is the waight of vij pence of either one Ê’ which is the waight of vij pence The herbes berries and roses being dried must beé made in grose pouder as also the gummes and so mixed together and when yeé lyst cast some parte thereof on a chafer of coles and receaue the fume thereof Cap. 5. NOw hauing receiued the fume as aforesaydeâ— before you goe foorth of your chamber eate some Cordiall electuary or preseruatiue as hereafter you shall finde choyse which I haue alwaies vsed with good and happie succes after taking of the Cordiall wash your face and handes with cleane water wherein you must put a little vineger and then if you liste you may breake your fast with some good bread and butter and in winter season a poycht Egge is good eaten with some vinegar and for plethoricke and melancholicke bodies it were good to drinke a drafte of wormewood wine in the morning fasâ—ing because it resisteth putrefaction in the plethoâ—icke and purgeth bilous matter in the melancholike An excellent good preseruatiue which I haue alwayes vsed with good successe â„ž Conserue of Roses and borrage flowres of either two ounces Minardus Mitridat Andromachus triacle of either halfe an ounce Dioscordium two drammes Dialkermes one dramme Pouder of the seede of Citrons pilled one dramme Syrop of lymons and sower Citrons of either halfe an ounce Compounde all these together in the forme of an opiat you may eate hereof euery morning the quantitie of three beanes and drinke a drafte of Rennish wine beére or ale after it but for Children and such as are of tender yeéres so much as a beane thereof is sufficient and giue them only beére or ale after it the taking hereof euery seconde or third day will suffice if you goe not into any suspected company An other excellent good preseruatiue â„ž Kernels of walenuts and figs of either foure ounces Leaues of rue one ounce and halfe Tormentill rootes iiij drammes Rinde of sowre Citrons one dramme Right Bolarmoniake vj. drammes Fine Mirre ij scruples Saffron one scruple Salte halfe a dramme Syrop of Citrons and Lymons iiij ounces The herbes rootes and rindes must be dried the nuttes must be blanched and the bolarmonyake must beé made in fine pouder and then washt in the water of scabios and dried againe you must pound the figges and walenuts in a stone morter seuerally by them selues very small all the rest must be made in fine pouder and so mixe them altogether in the morter and then adde therto Syrop by little and little and so incorporat them all together you may giue this in the same quantytie and in like sorte as the other before An other very good â„ž Of the confection a foresaid made with Nuttes iiij ounces Minardus mitridat iiij drammes Andromachus triacle ij drammes Fine terrae Sigillatae iiij scruples Syrop of Lymons one ounce Compounde all these together in the morter as the other before you may giue hereof the waight of a groate or vipence euery second or third day drinke a draft of Rennish or White wine after it in winter season but in the heate of the yeére Sorrel water is best and in the spring Scabios or Cardus benedictus water Also so much Triacle of Andromachus discription eaten euery morning as a beane with a little conserue of Roses is a very excellent good preseruatiue Valetius doth greatly commend the taking of threé or foure graines of the Bezoar stone euery morning in a sponefull of Scabios water I caÌ„not here sufficiently commend the electuary called Dioscordium which is not onely good to resist the infection but doth also expell the venimous matter of those which are infected being taken euery morning and euening the quantitie of a beane and drinke a draft of Rennish or White wine after it in winter season but in sommer a draft of beére or ale is best In strong and rusticall bodies and such as are daylie labourers Garlike onely eaten in the morning with some Butter and Salt at breakfast drinking a cup of beére or ale after it hath bene found to beé very good which is greatly commended by Gallen who calleth it the poore mans Triacle but in the sanguin daintie and idle bodies it may not be vsed because it ouer heateth the bloud causeth headach and vniuersally inflameth the whole body Cap. 6. NOw when you haue taken any of the foresaide preseruatiues it were good and necessary to weare vpon the region of the harte some sweéte bag or quilt that hath power to resist venem and also to carry in your hand some sweéte Pomander Nodule or Nosegaie that will comforte the hart resist venem and recreate the vitall spirites as here following is specified and set downe An excellent quilt or bag â„ž Arsenike cristaline one ounce Diamargaritum frigidum ij scruples Diambrae one scruple You must grinde the Arsenike in smal pouder and then with some of the infusion of Gum Draggagant in Rose water you must make a paste then spread it on a cloth which must be sixe ynches long and fiue ynches broad and spread it thicke then couer it with an other cloth and so quilt it together which being done fasten it in an other bag of Crimson taffetie or Sarsnet and so weare it against the harte al the day time but at night leaue it off and here you must take heéd that when you sweat you doe take it away for otherwise it will cause the skinne to amper a little There are some writers which doe vtterly forbid the wearing of Arsenike but thus much I can say that I haue giuen this bag vnto diuers to weare with most happie and good successe for neuer did I yet know any one that hath worne this bag and vsed any of the electuaries aforesaid that hath bene infected with the plague but for any inconuenience or accident that hath hapned thereby I neuer found any hetherto other then the ampring of the skinne as aforesayd An other bag â„ž Irâ—ios halfe an ounce Calamus aromat Ciperus of either one dramme and halfe Storax Calam roote of Angelica of either three drammes Cloues Mace of either one dramme Red roses dried iij. drammes Pellemountaine Peniriall Callamint Elder floures of either one dramme and halfe Nutmegs Cinamon Yellow sanders of either one dramme Nardi Italicae one dramme Amber greece and muske of either sixe graines You must pound all these in pouder and then quilt them in a bag of Crymson taffatie as aforesaide A Pomander good in the sommer time â„ž The rind of Citrons Red Roses Nenuphare roses Yellow sanders of either halfe a dramme â„ž Storax liquid Beniamin of either one dramme â„ž Myrre two scruples â„ž Ladanum one dramme and halfe â„ž Muske and amber of either sixe graines Pouder all that is to be poudred and then worke them together in a whote morter with a whote pestell adding vnto it in the working some of the Musselage of draggagant dissolued in sweéte rose Water or
taking great care that the sicke catch not colde in the doing thereof and then giue him some of this â—ulep following and applie the foresaide quilte or bagge to the harte A cordiall Iulep Take Waters of Endiue Purslane and Roses of either two ounces Sorrell water halfe a pinte Iuyce of Pomgarnards and for lacke thereof Vinegar foure ounces Camphire three drammes Sugar one pounde Boyle all these together in the forme of a Iulep and giue threé or foure sponefuls thereof at a time An other Iulep Take Syrrop of Ribes Sorrell Nenuphare of either one ounce Iuice of limons one ounce Sorrell water eight ounces Mixe all these together and take two or threé sponefuls thereof often times which will both comforte the hart and quench thirst And if in the time of his sweate he be very thirstie then may you giue him to drinke a Tysane made with water cleane Barly and Lycoris scrapt cleane and brused boyle them together then straine it and vnto a quarte of the licquor ad threé ounces of syrrop of Lymons and giue thereof at any time small beére or ale is also tollerable or you may giue a sponefull of this Iulep following at any time A Iulep to quench thirst Take Sorrell water foure ounces Take Borrage water Scabios water Sirrop of lymons and sowre Citrons of either one ounce Mixe all these together and so vse it as occasion requireth at any time and giue often times a cake of Manus christi made with Perles for him to eate But if in the time of his sweate you seé the sicke to fainte or sowne then apply to his temples and the region of the harte this mixture following Take Conserue of Roses Borrage Buglos Broome floures of either one ounce Take Mitridatum foure ounces Take Triacle one ounce Take Floures of violets Pellamountaine Red roses of either one dramme Take Roots of Irrios one dramme Take Muske Siuet of either eight graines Mixe all these together with a quantitie of rose Uinegar in the forme of an Opiat this must be spread on playsters and applied to the harte and temples and to the soules of the feéte applie this playster following Take of the foresaide Opiat two ounces vnto the which you must put so much more of an Onyon which must haue the middle parte thereof taken out and the hole filde with Mitridat and Aqua vite and so rosted in the ashes and then mixe it with the Opiat and applie it to both soales of the feéte Now when all this is done and that one houre is past after his sweate and body dried as aforesaide it were good you did giue the sicke some good coÌ„fortable broth although he vomit it vp againe then let him rest two houres and then offer him more which you must doe often times and but little at a time And if after all this done hee continue still weake and fainte without any amendment then giue him an other Cordiall as yeé did at the first and so cause him to sweate againe so long as his strength can well endure it and after sweate giue more of the Iulep aforesaide for by this meanes you shall often times seé the sore which did offer it selfe to come forth will be cleane discussed and consumed away but if it doe not by this meanes goe away then vse al the meanes you can to bring it vnto Suppuration and then open it with some causticke or insition as hereafter shalbe shewed you at large The next day after his sweate you may tollerate him to sleépe one houre or two in the forenoone whereby to preuent payne or lightnes of the head which may chaunce through want thereof and if after his sleépe the partie be sicke and faynte then immediatly giue him some good Cordiall according as the state of his body requireth either in temporat or extreame heate as before is shewed and in one houre after that giue some comfortable broth made with Ueale Mutton Chicken or such like wherein some borrage Buglos Pimperâ—ell and a little Isop with some Parsley rootes the inner pith taken out must be boylde whereof hee must take a little at a time threé or foure times a day and betwixt times in taking of his broth giue him threé or foure sponefuls of this Iulep following which doth resist vennenositie from the harte and also quench thirst A Iulep to quench thirst and resist vennenositie Take Water of Scabios Borrage Sorrell of either two ounces Sirrop of Limons Sowre Citrons and the Iuice of Sorrell of either one ounce Mixe all these together and giue thereof as cause requireth Then at night he may sleépe threé or foure houres more and the next day being the third or fourth day of his accubet you may purge him with one of the purgations here following but in any case you must take heéde that you do not purge with any strong or Scamniat medicine because it may bring an extreame flixe which wilbe most dangerous because it will ouermuch weaken the body and hinder concoction for most commonly in this disease the body of it self is subiecte to flixes A good Purgation in a strong bodie â„ž Rad Cichoriae Ê’ iiij Rad petasitis Ê’ ss Fol. Scabiosae Card. b. Pimpinellae Acetosae ana M. j. Florum Cord. P. j. Prunorum daÌ„mas no. x. Sem. Coriandri Ê’ ss Aqua font â„¥ ix Boyle them vntill a third parte be consumed then strayne it â„ž Decoct col â„¥ iiij Fol. Senuae Ê’ iij. Rhab. elect Ê’ iiij Spikj G. iij. Infuse them together twelue houres then straine it strongly and adde thereto these thinges Syr. de Cichoria cum Rhab. Ê’ vj Oxisacchari Simp. Ê’ ij Mixe them altogether and drinke it in the morning refraining from meate drinke and sleépe threé houres after and then eate some good broth An other in a plethoricke and full body â„ž Fol. Scabiosae Buglossae Card. b. ana M. j. Florum Cord. P. j. Rad. Tormentillae Ê’ iij. Rad. Fenic ana Ê’ iiij Cichonae ana Ê’ iiij Passularum enucleat â„¥ j. Prunorum dammas no. vj. Sem. anisi Coriandri Oxialidis ana ℈ j. Sennae Polipod q. ana â„¥ j. Boyle all these in a sufficient quantitie of water vntill halfe the water be consumed then straine it and keépe it â„ž Rhab. elect Ê’ ij Agarici tros Ê’ j. Croci ℈ ss Aquarum scabiosae Borraginis Card. b. ana Ê’ iiij Infuse these together twelue houres in a warme place then straine them strongly and adde thereto Syr. ros lax Mannae Calabriae ana â„¥ j. Decoct col â„¥ ij vel â„¥ iij. Mixe all these together and take it as the other before A good Purgation for a weake body â„ž Fol. sennae Ê’ iij. â„ž Rhab elect Ê’ j. â„ž Sem anisi Ê’ ss â„ž Schenanthi ℈ ss â„ž Aqua Acetosae â„¥ v. Boyle them a little then take it from the fire and let them stand infused together twelue houres then straine it out strongly and adde thereto Syr. ros lax â„¥
in this decoction you must wet some vnwasht wooll or flaxe made cleane and well beaten then being wrong out a little applie it warme to the place and renue it euery houre during the time that the Uessicatorie is in working and when you haue opened the blister which is made thereby then onely applie this Cataplasme to the botch it selfe Take Mallowes Take Violets and Chammomell Take floures of either one handfull Boyle them in water vntil they be tender then cut them very small with a shreading knife and adde thereto Oyle of chammomel and Lillies of either two ounces Barrowes morte two ounces Wax one ounce Melt the waxe in the Oyles and then put it to the herbes and boyle them together a little then take it from the fire and adde thereto Barly and Beane floure a handfull of either of them and so mixe them all together and applie it to the griefe renuing it twice a day which within threé or foure dayes wil resolue and discusse the botch but if it doe it not by that time then vse all the meanes you can to bring it to suppuration as before is sufficiently shewed you Cap. 8. Sheweth howe to knowe a carbunkle or blayne as also the cure of the same THe carbunkle or blaine doth first begin with a little Pustule or wheale and some times with diuers Pustules or wheales together with a great burning and pricking paine in the place which Pustules are like a scalding bladder seming to be ful of water or matter yet when you open it little or nothing will come out of it and when they are broken will growe to a hard crust or a scarre as if it had bene burnt with a whote yron or causticke with a great ponderositie or heauines in the place In some it comes in the beginning without any Pustule at all to be perceiued but with a hard blacke crust or a scarre sometimes it lieth hidden in the inwarde partes without any outward appearance at all as if it be in the lungs then there is a difficultie of breathing with a cough and foule spitting If it be in the liuer or spleéne then the partie feéleth a great paine and pricking in the same side if in the kidneyes or bladder it doth chance thē is ther suppression or stopping of the vrine or great paine in y e making of water if it be in the brayne then a delirium followeth but howsoeuer it chance to come the partie infected therewith hath a feauer with other accidents as before in the 13. chapter of the first treatise is declared if it begin with a greéne blacke or blewe colour or of dyuers colours like the raynbowe then is it a deadly signe and so is it if once it appeare and then sodenly vanish away but if it be red or yellowish so it be not in any of the principall partes or eniunctuaries of the body as y e hart stomack armpit flanck Iawes or throte thē is it laudable otherwise in any of these places very desperat and dangerous to be cured but wheresoeuer it doth chance vnlesse it may be brought to suppuration it is deadly The cure of the carbunkle First the vniuersall meanes must not be neglected as bloudletting Cordials Epithemations sweéte and gentle euacuation by purging as the time and cause requireth which before in the beginning of this treatise hath bene shewed at large and the same order which is vsed for the cure of a botch is also to be kept in the cure of a carbunkle also to rectyfie the ayre of the house by straining it with vine and willow leaues red Roses and such like as also to sprinckle the floore with Rose water and Uinegar and cause the sicke often times to smell vnto a cloth wet in rose water and Uinegar is very good these thinges being done then vse all the meanes you can to bring it to Suppuration for which purpose this Cataplasme following is very good A maturatiue Cataplasme Take Fat Figges foure ounces Musterd seede one ounce and halfe Pound the seéde small by it selfe the Figges must first be cut very small and then pounded likewise and then adde thereto so much Oyle of lyllies as will suffice to make it in the forme of a stiffe pultis and applie it warme renuing it twise a day this must be continued vntill the scarre begin to growe loose and moueable and then applie this following to remoue the scarre Take vnsalted butter the yolcke of an Egge and wheat floure mixe them together and applie it vntill the scarre doe fall away then doe you mundifie it with this mundificatiue Mundificatiue annodine Take Clere Terpentine foure ounces Syrrop of red Roses one ounce Honnie of roses foure drammes Boyle them altogether a little then take it from the fire and adde thereto Barlie and wheate floure of either sixe drammes the yolke of a new layde egge and mixe them all together and applie it threé dayes and then vse this following Another Mundificatiue Take Cleare Terpentine three ounces Honny of roses two ounces Iuice of smalege two ounces Barlie floure one ounce and halfe Boyle them all together sauing the Barley vntill the Iuice be consumed then take it from the fire and when it is almost colde adde the Barly thereto and mixe them together and vse thereof to the griefe vntill it be cleane mundified and thē incarne it with Unguentum basillicon and lastly sigilate it with Unguentum de cerusae decocted Some time you shall finde a little pustule to appeare without any elleuation of the parts adioyning or outward hardnes Now here to bring it outwardly you must applie this Cattaplasme Take Lillie rootes Onyons and sowre Leauen of either one ounce Boyle them in water vntill the water be consumed then bruse them in a morter and adde thereto Musterd seede Culuer doong White Sope of either one drāme and halfe Snayles without shelles vi in number Mitridat Triacle of either halfe a dramme Yolckes of foure Egges Mixe all these together and applie it warme to the griefe renuing it thrise a day this order must be continued vntill you seé the place elleuated tending to suppuration then applie a maturatiue and so proceéde as next before this is shewed you and during the whole time of the cure I holde it better to vse rather Pultises then playsters because they do not so much stop the pores but giue more scope for the venimous matter to breath out When the carbunkle doth come with great paine and inflammation how to helpe it You must first bath and soke the place well with this bagge following and then presently applie the Cattaplasme ensuing for by this meanes you shall not onely ease the paine and abate the inflammation and feauer but also preuent the danger of gangrena which may chance thereby The botch Take Mallowes Violets Plantine Liblong of either one handfull Fat Figges one ounce Holliehock rootes Lillie rootes of either one ounce Linne seede one ounce You must
rose Uinegar and so make your Pomander An other good one for the winter time â„ž Storax liquid Beniamin Storax calamint Ladanum and Myrre of either halfe a dramme Cloues one scruple Nutmegs Cinamon of either halfe a scruple Red roses Yellow sanders Lignum alloes and Irrios of either halfe a dramme Calamus aromaticus rind of a Citron of either foure graines Amber greece Muske and siuet of either sixe graines You may make vp this as the other before with some Musselage of the infusion of Gum draggagant infused in Rose water A good Nodule for the sommer season â„ž Floures of Violets red Roses and Nenuphare of either one dramme â„ž Red White and Yellow sanders of either halfe a dramme â„ž Camphire xij graines Cause all these to be beaten in grose pouder then knit them all together in a peéce of Taffetie and when you will vse it then wet it in rose Water and a little Uinegar and so smell to it Another Nodule for the winter season â„ž The dried leaues of Mintes Marioram Tyme Peniriall Lauender Pellemountaine and Balme of either a little handfull Nutmegs Cloues Cinamon Angelica rootes Lignum alloes of either one dramme Saffron two scruples Cause all these to â—e infused in rose Water and Uinegar one whole night then wet a spunge in the liquor thereof and knit it in a peéce of Taffatie or your handcarchiefe whereunto you must smell often times A Nosgaie for the same purpose â„ž Herbe grace three branches Rosmarie Marioram Myntes and Time of either one branch Red rose buddes and Carnations of either three or foure Make your Nosegay herewith then sprinkle him ouer with rose Water and some rose Uinegar and smell often vnto it Also when you suspecte to goe into any dangerous or infected company doe you alwaies carry in your mouth a peéce of the roote of Angelica the rinde of a Citron dried or a great Cloue which must beé first infused or â—â—eéped one whole night in rose Water and Uinegar Cap. 7. FOr that there is not a greater enimie to the health of our bodies then costiunes both in the time of the plague and otherwise I haue here set downe howe and by what meanes you may keépe your selfe solyble which you must vse once in foure and twentie houres if otherwise you haue not the bennefit of nature by custome A suppositorie Take two sponefuls of Hony and one sponefull of Baye salte small pounded boyle them together vntill it grow thicke alwaies stirring it in the boyling then take it from the fire if you liste you may ad one dramme of Ihera picra simplex vnto it and so stirre them wel together and when it is almost colde make vp your suppositories of what length and bignes you list and when you minister any you must first annoynt it with butter or Sallet oyle you may keepe these a whole yeére if you put them in Barrowes morte or grease and so couer them vp close therein A good Glister â„ž Mallowes Mercurie Beets Violets Red Fennell of either one handfull Seedes of fennel Annis Coriander of either one dramme Boyle all these in a sufficient quantitie of Water vntil halfe the water be consumed then straine it and keépe it in a glasse close stopt vntill you neede for it will keépe a whole weéke Take of the same decoction a pinte Mel rosarum or common Honie one sponefull Oyle of Violets or oyle of Oliues three ounces Sâ—lte one dramme The yolke of an Egge or two Mixe all these together in a morter and so giue it warme in the morning or two houres before supper and if yeé adde vnto this one ounce of Diacatholicon it will beé the better Raysins laxatiue how to make them â„ž White wine three pintes and halfe â„ž Senuae halfe a pound â„ž Fine white sugar one pound â„ž Currantes two poundes You must infuse the Senue in the wine in a pot close stopt and let it stand in a warme place foure and twentie houres then straine it and adde to the strayning the Currants being cleane pickt and washt and lastly the Sugar boyle all together on an easie fire vntill the wine be consumed hauing care that you doe alwaies stirre it about in the boyling for feare of burning then take them from the fire and put them vp into a cleane galley pot you may eate one sponefull or two of them a little before dinner at any time A good Oyntment to keepe on Sollible The gaule of an Oxe Oyle of violets of either one ounce Sheepes tallow sixe drammes Boyle them together on a soft fire vntill they be incorporated then take it from the fire and adde there to Alloes cicatrine one ounce Baye salt halfe an ounce The Alloes and Salte must be both made in fine pouder before you put them into the Oyle then stirre them together vntill it be colde and when you are disposed to haue a stoole then annoynt your fundment therewith both within side and without and if you annoynt your nauell therewith it will worke the better Good pils to keepe one Sollible and doe also resist the pestilence â„ž Alloes Cicatrine one ounce Chosen Myrre three drammes Saffron one dramme and halfe Amber greece sixe graines Syrop of limons or Citrons so much as shalbe sufficient to make the masse You must grinde the Alloes Myrre and Saffron into small pouder seuerally by them selues then incorporat them altogether with the syrope you may giue halfe a dramme or two scrupls therof in the euening halfe an houre before supper twise or thrise in a weéke Rases would haue you to take halfe a dramme or two scruples of these Pilles euery day without vsing any other preseruatiue at all and he hath great reason so to esteéme of them for Galen Auicen and all auncient writers in Physicke doe holde opinion that Alloes doth not only comfort but purge the stomake from all rawe and chollericke humors and doth also purge and open the vaynes calâ—ed Miserayice and resisteth putrefaction Myrre doth altogether resist neither will it suffer putrefaction in the stomacke Saffron doth comfort the hart and hath also a proprietie in it to carry any medicine that is giuen there with vnto the hart but to conclude these Pilles will purge all superfluous humors in the stomacke and principall members and preserueth the bloud from corruption Cap. 8. I Must here giue you to vnderstand that the infection doth often times lye hidden with in vs with out any manifest signe or knowledge thereof at the first and therefore were it good for sanguine bodies and such as doe abound with bloud in the sommer season to drawe sixe or eight ounces of bloud out of the basillica vaine in the right arme which is a good meanes to preuent a further danger as Auicen witnesseth but for full and plethoricke bodies it were best to purge them selues once in seuen or eight daies with some easie and gentle purgation as hereafter I will shewe you but for leane and spare bodies once in fourtene
shread the herbes grosly and cut the Figges and rootes small then bruise them in a morter and mingle them altogether then put them into two little bagges of Lincloth and boyle them in a sufficient quantitie of cleane water vntill the water be halfe consumed then take out one of the bagges and wringe out the water a little and applie it to the griefe warme and when it is colde take it away and lay on the other and doe so halfe an houre together euery dressing which must be twise a day at least The Cataplasme Take Mallowes Violets Sorrell Liblong of either two handfuls Henbane a little handful Wrap them all in a ball together and roaste them in the ashes then bruse them in a morter and adde thereto Mel rosarum foure ounces Triacle one dramme and halfe Saffron in pouder halfe a dramme Yolckes of fiue Egges Mixe them together with the rest adding some Barlye floure thereto to thicken it and applie it warme renuing it alwaies before it growe drie and stiffe and euery dressing you must Epithemat the griefe first with the bagges aforesaide and this order must be continued vntill the paine and inflammation be gone then to bring it vnto Suppuration if you adde to the foresaid Cataplasme some Oyle of lillies and sweéte butter vnsalted it will be verie good or you maye make this Cataplasme following Take Soote of the chimny three ounces Baye salte one ounce and halfe Yolckes of two or three Egges Mixe all these together in a morter and applie it to the griefe warme which must be alwaies renued and changed before it growe drie and stiffe this order must be continued vntill the sore come to suppuration theÌ„ to remoue the scarre and finish the cure doe you follow the order prescribed in the beginning of this chapter There are other dangerous accidents which doe sometimes chance in the botch or carbunkle which here to treate of woulde little preuaile the vnexpeâ—t people because they knowe not the meanes how to execute the same but if any such thing chance then doe I wish you to seéke the helpe of some learned Phisitian or expert Chirurgion whose counsell I do wish you to follow The ende of the second Treatise A Short treatise of the small pockes shewing the means how for to gouerne and cure those which are infected therewith CAP. 1. Sheweth what the small pockes and measels are and whereof it proceedeth FOR that oftentimes those that are infected with the plague are in the ende of the disease sometime troubled with the small pockes or measels as also by good obseruation it hath béene séene that they are forerunners or warnings of the plague to come as Salius and diuers other writers doe testifie I haue thought it good and as a matter pertinent to my former treatise to shew the aydes and helpes which are required for the same I néede not greatly to stande vpon the description of this disease because it is a thing well knowen vnto most people procéeding of adusted bloud miâ—e with fleagme as Auicen witnesseth which according to both antient and later writers doth alwaies beginne with a feauer then shortly after there arise small redde pustules vppon the skinne throughout all the body which doe not sodainely come forth but by intermission in some more or lesse according to the state and quality of the bodie infected therewith for in some there arise many little pustules with elleuation of the skinne which in one day doe encrease and grow bigger and after haue a thick matter growing in them which the Gréekes call exanthemata or exthymata and after the Latines variola in our English tongue the small pockes and here some writers doe make a difference betwixt variola and exanthemata for say they that is called variola when manie of those pustules doe sodainely runne into a cleare bladder as if it had bene scalled but the other doth not so yet are they both one in the cure they doe most commonly appeare the fourth day or before the eight day as Auicen witnesseth What the measels or males are Auicen saith that the measels or males is that which first commeth with a great swelling in the flesh with many little pimples which are not to be séene but onely by féeling with the hand are to be perceiued they haue little elleuation of the skinne neither doe they growe to maturation or ende with vlceration as the pocks doth doe neither doe they assault the eyes or leaue any deformity behinde them as the pockes doth doe neither are they so swift in comming forth but doe grow more slowely they require the same cure which the pockes haue they procéede of cholericke and melancholicke bloud The cause of the pockes and measels The primitiue cause as Valetius saith is by alteration of the ayre in drawing some putrified and corrupt quality vnto it which doth cause an ebulition of our bloud The cause antecedent is repleasion of meates which doe easily corrupt in the stomacke as when we eate milke and fish together at one time or by neglecting to drawe bloud in such as haâ—e accustomed â—o doe it euery yeare whereby the bloud doth abounde The coniunct cause is the menstruall bloud which from the beginning in our Mothers wombes wee receaued the which mixing it selfe with the rest of our bloud doth cause an ebulition of the whole The efficient cause is nature or naturall heate which by that menstruall matter miâ—ing it selfe with the rest of ouâ— bloud doth cause a continuall veâ—ing and disquieting thereof whereby an vnnaturall heate is encreased in all the body causing an ebulition of bloud by the which this filthy menstruall matter is separated from our naturall bloud the nature being offended and ouerwhelmed therewith doth thrust it to the outward pores of the skinne as the excrementes of bloud which matter if it be hoate and slimy then it produceth the pocks but if dry subtill then the measels or males But Mercuriales an excellent writer in Phisicke in his first booke de morbis puerorum cap. 2. agreeing with Fernelius in his 2. de abditis rerum causis cap. 12. doth holde opinion that the immediate cause of this disease doth not proceede of menstruall bloud but of some secret and vnknowen corruption or defiled quality of the ayre causing an ebulition of bloud which is also verified by Valetius and nowe dooth reckon it to be one of the heredytable diseases because fewe or none doe escape it but that either in their youth ripe age or olde age they are infected therewith The contention hereabout is great mighty reasons are oppugned on both sides therefore will I leaue the iudgement thereof vnto the better learned to define but mine opinion is that nowe it procéedeth of the excrements of all the foure humors in our bodies which striuing with the purest doth cause a supernaturall heat ebulition of our bloud alwaies beginning with a feauer in the most part and may well