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A08913	A treatise of the plague contayning the causes, signes, symptomes, prognosticks, and cure thereof. Together with sundry other remarkable passages (for the prevention of, and preservation from the pestilence) never yet published by anie man. Collected out of the workes of the no lesse learned than experimented and renowned chirurgian Ambrose Parey.	Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. aut; Johnson, Thomas, d. 1644.	1630 (1630)	STC 19192; ESTC S103146	56,219	88

Sugar one pound and a quarter A little before the end of the making it vp add two Drammes of Confectio Alkermes and of Camphire dissolued in Rose Water one Scruple make thereof an Opiate according to Art the Dose thereof is from halfe a Dramme to halfe a Scruple Treacle and Mithridate saithfully compounded excell all other Cordiall Medicines adding for euerie halfe ounce of each of them one Ounce and a halfe of Conserues of Roses or of Buglosse or of Violets and three Drammes of Bole Armenicke prepared Of these being mixed with stirring and incorporated together make a Conserue It must be taken in the morning the quantitie of a Filberd You must choose that Treacle that is not lesse then foure yeeres old nor aboue twelue That which is some-what new is iudged to be most meet for Cholericke persons but that which is old for Flegmaticke and old Men. For at the beginning the strength of the Opium that enters into the composition thereof remaines in its full vertue for a yeere but afterwards the more yeeres old it waxeth the strength thereof is more abolished so that at length the whole composition becommeth verie hot The Confection of Alkermes is verie effectuall both for a preseruatiue against this Disease and also for the Cure The quantitie of a Filberd of Rubarbe with one Cloue chawed or rowled in the Mouth is supposed to repell the comming of the pestilent Aire As also this composition following Take of preserued Citron and Orange Pilles of each one Dramme of Conserue of Roses and of the Roots of Buglosse of each three Drammes of Citron Seeds halfe an Ounce of Annice Seeds and Fennell Seeds of each one Dramme of Angelica Roots foure Scruples Sugar of Roses as much as suffices Make a Confection and couer it with Leaues of Gold and take a little of it out of a Spoone before you goe abroad euerie morning Or take of Pine Apple Kernels and Fisticke Nuts infused for the space of sixe houres in the Water of Scabious and Roses of each two Ounces of Almonds blanched in the fore-named Waters halfe a Pound of preferued Citron and Orange Pilles of each one Dramme and a halfe of Angelica Roots foure Scruples Make them according to Art vnto the forme of March-pane or of any other such like Confection And hold a little piece thereof often in your Mouth The Tablets following are most effectuall in such a case Take of the Roots of Diptam Tormentill Valerian Elecampaine Eringoes of each halfe a Dramme of Bole Armenicke Terra Sigillata of each one Scruple of Camphire Cinnamon Sorrell Seeds and Zedoarie of each one Scruple of thē Species of the Electuarie Diamargariton Frigidum two Scruples of Conserue of Roses Buglosse preserued Citron Pilles Mithridate Treacle of each one Dramme of fine Sugar dissolued in Scabious and Carduus Water as much as shall suffice Make thereof Tablets of the weight of a Dramme or halfe a Dramme take them in the morning before you eat The Pilles of Ruffus are accounted most effectuall preseruatiues so that Ruffus himselfe saith that he neuer knew any to be infected that vsed them The composition of them is thus Take of the best Aloes halfe a Dramme of Gumme Ammoniacum two Drammes of Mirrhe two Drammes and an halfe of Masticke two Drammes of Saffron seuen Granes Put them altogether and incorporate them with the Iuice of Citrons or the Sirupe of Limons and make thereof a Masse and let it be kept in Leather Let the Patient take the weight of halfe a Dramme euery morning two or three houres before Meat and let him drinke the Water of Sorrell after it which through its tartnesse and the thinness of its parts doth infringe the force and power of the malignitie or putrefaction For experience hath taught vs that Sorrell being eaten or chawed in the Mouth doth make the pricking of Scorpions vnhurtfull And for those Ingredients which doe enter into the composition of those Pilles Aloes doth clense and purge Myrrhe resisteth putrefaction Masticke strengthens Saffron exhilarates and makes liuely the Spirits that gouerne the Body especially the Vitall and Animall Those Pilles that follow are also much approued Take of Aloes one Ounce of Myrrhe halfe an Ounce of Saffron one Scruple of Agaricke in Trochisces two Drammes of Rubarbe in powder one Dramme of Cinnamon two Scruples of Masticke one Dramme and a halfe of Citron Seeds twelue Graines Powder them all as is requisite and make thereof a Masse with the Sirupe of Maiden Haire Let it be vsed as afore-said If the Masse begin to waxe hard the Pilles that must presently be taken must be mollified with the Sirupe of Lemons Take of washed Aloes two Ounces of Saffron one Dramme of Myrrhe halfe an Ounce of Ammoniacum dissolued in White Wine one Ounce of Honey of Roses Zedoarie Red Saunders of each one Dramme of Bole Armenicke prepared two Drammes of Red Corall halfe an Ounce of Camphire halfe a Scruple Make thereof Pilles according to Art But those that are subiect or apt to the Haemorrhoides ought not at all or verie seldome to vse those kinds of Pilles that doe receiue much Aloes They say that King Mithridates affirmed by his owne writing that whosoeuer tooke the quantitie of an Hasell Nut of the preseruatine following and dranke a little Wine after it should be free from Poyson that day Take two Wall-Nuts those that be verie dry two Figges twentie Leaues of Rue and three Graines of Salt beat them and incorporate them together and let them be vsed as is afore-said This remedy is also said to be profitable for those that are bitten or stung by some venomous Beast and for this onely because it hath Rue in the composition thereof But you must forbid Women that are with Child the vse of this Medicine for Rue is hot and dry in the third degree and therefore it is said to purge the Wombe and prouoke the Flowers whereby the nourishment is drawne away from the Child Of such varietie of Medicines euerie one may make choyse of that that is most agreeable to his tast and as much thereof as shall be sufficient CHAP. VIII Of Locall Medicines to be applyed outwardly THose Medicines that haue proper and excellent vertues against the Pestilence are not to be neglected to be applyed outwardly or carried in the Hand And such are all aromaticall astringent or spirituous things which therefore are endewed with vertue to repell the venomous and pestiferous Aire from comming and entring into the Body and to strengthen the Heart and the Braine Of this kind are Rue Baulme Rosemary Scordium Sage Worme-wood Cloues Nutmegs Saffron the Roots of Angelica and Louage and such like which must be macerated one night in sharpe Vineger and Aqua Vitae and then tyed in a knot as bigge as an Egge Or rather let it be carryed in a Sponge made wet or soaked in the said Infusion For there is nothing that doth sooner and better hold the spirituous vertue and strength

Pestilence commeth of the Aire therefore so soone as one is blasted with the pestiferous Aire after he hath taken some preseruatiue against the malignitie thereof he must withdraw himselfe into some wholesome Aire that is cleane and pure from any venomous Infection or Contagion for there is great hope of health by the alteration of the Aire for we doe most frequently and aboundantly draw in the Aire of all things so that we cannot want it for a minute of time therefore of the Aire that is drawne in dependeth the correction amendment or increase of the Poyson or malignitie that is receiued as the Aire is pure sincere or corrupted There be some that doe thinke it good to shut the Patient in a cloase Chamber shutting the Windowes to prohibite the entrance of the Aire as much as they are able But I thinke it more conuenient that those Windowes should be open from whence that Wind bloweth that is directly contrarie vnto that which brought in the venomous Aire For although there be no other cause yet if the Aire be not moued or agitated but shut vp in a cloase place it will soone be corrupted Therefore in a cloase and quiet place that is not subiect to the entrance of the Aire I would wish the Patient to make Wind or to procure Aire with a thicke and great Cloath dipped or macerated in Water and Vineger mixt together and tyed to a long Staffe that by tossing it vp and downe the cloase Chamber the Wind or Aire thereof may coole and recreate the Patient The Patient must euerie day be carryed into a fresh Chamber and the Beds and the Linnen Cloathes must be changed There must alwayes be a cleere and bright Fire in the Patients Chamber and especially in the night whereby the Aire may be made more pure cleane and voyd of nightly vapours and of the filthy and pestilent breath proceeding from the Patient or his Excrements In the meane time least if it be in hot weather the Patient should be weakned or made more faint by reason that the heat of the Fire doth disperse and wast his Spirits the Floore or Ground of the Chamber must be sprinkled or watered with Vineger and Water or strowed with the branches of Vines made moyst in cold Water with the Leaues and Flowers of Water Lillyes or Poplar or such like In the feruent heat of Summer he must abstaine from strong Fumigations that do smell too strongly because that by assaulting the Head they increase the paine If the Patient could goe to that cost it were good to hang all the Chamber where he lyeth and also the Bed with thicke or coarse Linnen Cloathes moysted in Vineger and Water of Roses Those Linnen Cloathes ought not to be verie white but some-thing browne because much and great whitenesse doth disperse the sight and by wasting the Spirits doth increase the paine of the Head for which cause also the Chamber ought not to be verie lightsome Contrariwise on the night season there ought to be Fiers and Perfumes made which by their moderate light may moderately call forth the Spirits Sweet Fiers may be made of little peeces of the Wood of Iuniper Broome Ash Tamarisk of the Rind of Oranges Lemmons Cloues Benzoin Gumme Arabicke Orris Roots Myrrhe grossely beaten together and layd on the burning Coales put into a Chasing Dish Truly the breath or smoake of the Wood or Berries of Iuniper is thought to driue Serpents a great way from the place where it is burnt The vertue of the Ash Tree against venome is so great as Pliny testifieth that a Serpent will not come vnder the shaddow thereof no not in the morning nor euening when the shaddow of any thing is most great and long but she will run from it I my selfe haue proued that if a circle or compasse be made with the Boughes of an Ash Tree and a Fier made in the middest thereof and a Serpent put within the compasse of the Boughes that the Serpent will rather run into the Fier then thorow the Ashes Boughes There is also another meanes to correct the Aire You may sprinkle Vineger of the decoction of Rue Sage Rosemary Bay Berries Iuniper Berries Cyperus Nuts and such like on Stones or Brickes made red hot and put in a Pot or Pan that all the whole Chamber where the Patient lyeth may be perfumed with the vapour thereof Also Fumigations may be made of some matter that is more grosse and clammy that by the force of the Fire the sume may continue the longer as are Ladanum Myrrhe Masticke Rosine Turpentine Storax Olibanum Benzoin Bay Berries Iuniper Berries Cloues Sage Rosemary and Marioram stamped together and such like Those that are rich and wealthy may haue Candles and Fumes made of Wax or Tallow mixed with some sweet things A Spong macerated in Vinegar of Roses and Water of the same and a little of the decoction of Cloues and of Camphire added thereto ought alwayes to be ready at the Patients hand that by often smelling vnto it the Animall Spirits may be recreated and strengthened The Water following is very effectuall for this matter Take of Orris fourÄ— Ounces of Zedoarie Spikenard of each sixe Drammes of Storax Benzoin Cynamon Nutmegs Cloues of each one Ounce and a halfe of old Treacle halfe an Ounce Bruise them into a grosse Powder and macerate them for the space of twelue houres in 4 pound of white and strong Wine then distill them in a Limbecke of Glasse on hoat Ashes and in the distilled Liquor wet a Spong and then let it be tyed in a Linnen Cloath or closed in a Box and so often put vnto the Nose-thrils Or take of the Vineger and Water of Roses of each foure Ounces of Camphire six Graines of Treacle halfe a Dramme let them be dissolued together and put into a Viall of Glasse which the Patient may often put vnto his Nose This Nodula following is more meet for this matter Take of Rose Leaues two Pugils of Orris halfe an Ounce of Calamus Aromaticus Cynnamon Cloues of each two Drammes of Storax and Benzoin of each one Dramme and a halfe of Cyperus halfe a Dramme beat them into a grosse Powder make thereof a Nodula betweene two peeces of Cambricke or Lawne of the bignesse of an Hand Ball then let it be moystned in 8 Ounces of Rose Water and two Ounces of Rose Vineger and let the Patient smell vnto it often These things must be varied according to the time For in the Summer you must vse neither Muske nor Ciuet nor such like hot things and moreouer women that are subiect to fits of the Mother those that haue Feauers or the Head ach ought not to vse those things that are so strong smelling hot but you must make choise of things more gentle Therefore things that are made with a little Camphire and Cloues bruised and macerated together in Rose Water and Vineger of Roses shall be sufficient CHAP. XIII What Dyet ought to