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A06182	A treatise of the plague containing the nature, signes, and accidents of the same, with the certaine and absolute cure of the feuers, botches and carbuncles that raigne in these times: and aboue all things most singular experiments and preseruatiues in the same, gathered by the obseruation of diuers worthy trauailers, and selected out of the writing of the best learned phisitians in this age. By Thomas Lodge, Doctor in Phisicke.	Lodge, Thomas, 1558?-1625.	1603 (1603)	STC 16676; ESTC S108807	56,880	92

eache halfe an ounce let all these 〈◊〉 beaten to a fine powder and searsed and then incorporate the whole with liquide Storax adding therevnto of Muske ●nd Amber of each a dramme of Ciuet two drammes make ●●aste hereof with the infection of Gumme Tragacents in ●ose water ● prettie preseruatiue to be carried in a mans mouth during the time of infection which procureth a sauoury and sweete breath TAke of fine Sugar one ounce of Orace halfe an ounce of the shell of an Egge the inward skin being taken away halfe an ounce put the shell of the Egge into Muske Rose water till it be mollified for the space of eight dayes beat 〈◊〉 these to a fine powder and with Rose water wherin Gum Tracagant hath bene infused make prettie Pellets according so what bignesse you please These are very wholesome and make the breath swéete and comfort the heart inwardly and are of a temperat qualitie which you may kéep in your mouth some thrée houres An admirable and excellent defensatiue in forme of an oyntment to defend the heart in time of infection profitable both for the healthy and diseased and of admirable effects TAke of the best Treacle you can get or in stead thereof Methridate but Treacle is the better take I say two ounces The iuice of sixe Limons mixed together and put them into a litle glassed pipkin and let them boyle therein till halfe the iuice be consumed Then suffer it to coole and afterwards take two drams of beaten Saffron of Caroline and white Diptamy of each two drammes incorporate all these things together after they are well pounded and bring them to the forme of an ointment wherwith euery day annoint the region of the heart vnder the left pappe making a circle with the same round about the pap Afterward take an ounce of Christaline pure Arsenick and wrap it in Gossapine Cotton and red Taffata after the forme of a litle bag carry the same about you being bounde vnderneath or hard vpon your left pap by this meanes each man may be assured that he shall not be infected if so be he vse those interior remedies which I shal set downe and haue heretofore declared for the good of my Country An other excellent preseruatiue against the Plague TAke of the leaues of Mary-golds which the Latines call Calendula of Uerveine Scabious and Sorrell of each a handfull of the rootes of Gentian Zedoary and white Diptamy of each two drams boyle them all together for two houres space in good and pure fountaine-water from the value of a quart to a pinte adde thervnto the iuice of sixe Limons and as much Sugar as shal be sufficient make a sirope hereof and aromatise it with Cinamom and take thereof euery morning foure or fiue spoonefulls A singular water both for the healthy and diseased in the time of the sicknesse whereof they may take an ounce euery morning with much comfort TAke Ualerian Carline Zedoary good Mirrhe Bole Armenus Gentian of round Birtwoort of Aristolochia of Calamus Aromaticus of white Diptamy Imperatoria of each one ounce and a halfe of fiue Aloes two drams of Saffron a scruple beate all these to a fine powder and afterwards stéepe them in fiue pintes of excellently wel r●ctified spirit of Wine and let them in●use therein sixe houres and sée the body wherein you put them be well luted After the sixe houres be past adde thervnto fiue pintes of good Malmessie and straine the same or rather you may leaue the simples in the bottome and dreine it clearly and gently Of this water euery morning fasting take two or thrée spoonefulls for it is an excellent and well approued remedy Excellent Pilles against the Plague TAke of Aloes one ounce of Mirrh and Saffron of each thrée drammes of Bole Armenus Terra Sigillata Zodoarie white Diptamus the rootes of Tormentil of each a dramme make Pilles of these being all of them well poudered and mixed with the iuice of Mary-goldes or redde Coleworts of which euery day take one and once euery moneth a dramme An excellent and approued remedie allowed by diuers learned mens experience TAke the rootes of Tormentil and of white Diptamus the rootes of Ualerian and white Daises and if it be possible to get them gréene it shal be the better Take these aboue named rootes as much of the one as of the other pound them and make a fine pouder of them Then take the decoction of Sorrel and let the aboue named pouder be infused in the same then let it be taken out and dried in the Sunne Afterwards beate it to pouder againe and infuse it anew and afterwards dry it in the Sunne as before which when you haue done thrée or foure times reserue the same pouder clearly in some conuenient vessell and when as any one feeleth himselfe strooken with the Plague giue him presently halfe an ounce of this pouder in Rose water or Scabious water or in nine houres after he shall séele himselfe infected This remedy in diuers persons and very oftentimes hath bene experimented and hath wrought wonderfull effects if it were giuen within the time prescribed A singular and secret Remedie the which I receiued from a worthy man of Venice admirable for his learning in all Sciences who of curtesie imparted the same vnto me with protestation that he had seene wonderfull effects of the same TAke of the Rootes of Tormentil and white Diptamy as much of the one as of the other of Bole Armenus washt in Rose water the quantitie of a great Chestnut of orientall Pearles one dramme of the sharings of Iuory one dramme and a halfe beate all these into a fine powder and incorporate them with conserue of Roses in a marble Morter reserue this confection in a vessell of glasse well couered Take hereof the quantitie of a great Nut in the Morning and drinke a spoonefull of the Iuice of Mary-golds or Lemons with Sugar after it The Gentleman that gaue me this assured mée that hée had giuen it to many in the time of the great Plague in Venice who though continually conuersant in the houses of those that were infected receiued no infection or preiudice by them A Remedie worthy the vse and noting An Opiate against the Plague extracted partly out of Galen partly out of Dioscorides and others of excellent effect TAke twentie common Nuttes of dried Figges to the number of 15. and of Rue and Scabious of each twentie leaues Of the rootes of both sorts of Aristolochia the round and long of each halfe an ounce of Tormentil white Diptamy Pimpernell Bay Berries Borage flowers the Kinde of the roote of Capres of each two drammes a halfe of Galingale Harts horne Mace and Mirrhe of eache two drammes of Bole Armenus Terra Sigillata common Salt of each two scruples beat all these to fine pouder and incorporate them with two pound of pure clarified Hony and make an Opiate therof wherof in the morning take the quantitie of a Nut

influence of the ayre if any raigne at that time Let therefore all men be curious to obserue this commendable sobriety if they be desirous to auoyd the dangers of the Plague by forbearing al diuersities of meats and surceasing to fil their stomackes with vnmeasurable repastes and let them féede soberly and no more then is néedfull to sustaine life obseruing a temperate exercise in pleasant and delightfull places Let them leade their life in peace and quiet of minde in ioy disport and honest pleasure auoyding all perturbations of the spirit and especially sadnesse melancholy wrath feare and suspect which are the most daungerous accedents that may encounter a man in such like times as Galen in his Booke Of the Art of Medecine hath written and of this kinde of temperate life I wil make a particular discourse in the Chapter ensewing to the ende that euery one may vnderstand what meanes he ought to obserue in the maintenance of his health by good diet and order CHAP. VII A briefe Methode and rule of life how to preserue the healthfull in the time of sicknesse THE Principall meanes to continue a man in health consisteth in an orderly obseruation of diet elections of meate measure and opportunitie in receiuing the same and in the quantitie and qualitie thereof which shall be the argument of this present Chapter It is therefore especially to be considered and prouided in this cause that the body abound not in superfluities and excrements which may yéelde matter and foode to putrifaction and contagion in humours which may no better wayes bée performed but by a good regiment in life Men that are curious of their health will take héede of all immoderate repletion of meates and in suspected times diuersitie of meates is to bee eschewed leaste the stomacke should bee ouercharged thereby by which meanes diuersities of humours may be ingendred but it behooueth a man to féede of one only dishe or two that in qualitie and nourishment may be conformable to his nature He ought likewise to beware in these times of such meats as may easily putrifie in the stomack such as yéeld but grosse nourishment and bréed oppilation and obstruction that heate the blood and humours and make them vicious and sharpe Of this sort are salt meates Porke Béefe Scalions Colewortes Garlike Onions Spice Mustard old Chéese such Fish as are caught in standing Pooles and Marshes strong hote hie and troubled wines Such meates as are conuenient are of delicate flesh and easily digested as Capon Chickens yong Pullets the broth whereof doth rectifie and temper the humours of the body as Mesue testifieth Also the flesh of Ueale Kid or yong Mutton are allowed and the birds of the field such as are Partridges yong Pigeons Turtells and such like are to be admitted And in the broth of such like things you ought to séeth Sorrel Purslane Borage and Marigoldes which according to Alexander Benedictus in his Treatise of the Plague is an excellent medecine The iuice of Sorrell likewise and sowre Grapes are allowed and Oranges and Limons with Sugar are not amisse in the iuice whereof you may dip your meat or bread at your meales and such like Rose vineger in this time is commended As for all bakt meats as Pasties or such like are forbidden both for the gluttonous substance that is in them as for that they engender obstructions Fresh and reare Eegges sod in water are of good nourishment Sea fish as the Soale the Mullet Gurnard and such like may be admitted yet ought they not too oftentimes bée vsed by reason they bréed humidite and waterish blood Amidst the sowrer fruite the Proyne Straberries and muscadine Peare are to be eaten so they be taken in a little quantitie as for al other fruit they may wel be omitted because they fill the vaines with watrish blood and such as easily corrupteth except the Raison which is very good In vse of wine Claret and white not fuming nor ouer hye coloured but tempered with good water are very fit to be drunke at meales and no otherwise For exercise it ought to be cōuenient and temperate accustomed in the morning in places delightfull and pleasant in the shade in Summer-time in Winter-time in the Sunne Touching apparell each one ought to vse decencie and comelinesse therein and oftentimes to shift both woollen and linnen especially in Summer in which time if those that are of ability shift once a day it is not amisse Care likewise is to be had that men heat not their blood by violent trauell but to vse a cōuenient rest after their repasts It is behooueful likewise as hath béen said to kéepe the body soluble so as once a day or twise in 21. houres either by the benefite of nature or the vse of the pilles aboue mentioned the belly may be loosned the body no wayes suffered to be bound Especially in those times al vse of women is forbidden For there is not any thing during this contagious season more forcible to enféeble nature then such vnbridled desires which stirre and distemper the humors and dispose the body to receiue infection Briefly to liue in repose of spirit in al ioy pleasure sport contentation amongst a mans friendes comforteth heart and vitall spirits and is in this time more requisite then any other things This is the order and maner which euery one ought to obserue in his manner of life in these suspected times with this finall Prouiso that the houses be kept cleane and well ayred and be perfumed with water and vinegar in Summer time and in winter time with perfumes of Iuniper Rosemarie Storax Beniamin and such like That the windowes thereof be kept open to the East towards the shining Sunne and the Northren winde shutting out all Southerly windes and such as blow from contagious places The order and policy that ought to be held in a City during the plague time and wherin the Lord Mayor and Sherifs and such as vnder them haue care of the infected ought to shew their diligence in the maintenance and order of their cittizens Chap. VIII AS order conducted by good aduice and counsaile is in all things that concerne the administration of a Commonweale most necessary so in this cause which is one of the most vrgent order policy and serious diligence is not onely profitable but also necessary because the sicknes of the plague contagion inuading a city is the totall ruine of the same by reason of the danger and spoile of the cittizens as we reade in Thucidides of the great plague in Greece which for the most part rauished the inhabitants of the same and in Titus Liuius of diuers horrible pestilences that happened in Rome which by their greatnesse and cruelty made that mother Citty almost desolate and destitute of the better part of the cittizens thereof bringing with it both famine and fatal indigence For which cause such as are in authoritie in Citties as Mayors Sherifes and those that

sicke in time of visitation This water that enseweth is likewise of great vertue and allowed by many experiences TAke two pound of the iuyce of limons of rose vineger as much of Bole Armenus prepared two ounces of the dried rinde of orenges one ounce infuse them a day naturall or xxiiii houres in the saide vineger and afterwardes distill them in Balneo Mariae giue of this water foure ounces with sirrope of limons or sirrope of sowre grapes for it is an excellent medicine as Fracastorius in his third Booke de morbis Contagiosis chap. 7. whose name I héere set downe to the end I may no waies seeme to defraude any one of the praise due vnto them or challenge to my selfe other mens inuentions Hitherto haue we sufficiently spoken of those medicines which are to bée taken inwardly it remaineth that we speake of those that are to be applied outwardly But before that I intreate of them I will describe in this place a confection or restoratiue to be ministred vnto him that is infected with the plague Take conserue of roses conserue of water lillies conserues of sowre grapes and buglosse of each an ounce of pouldered pearles one drachme of Bole Armenus prepared foure scruples of fine suger as much as sufficeth reduce all these into the forme of a Conduite with leaues of golde for the rich As for the poore it shall suffice to giue them the foresaide conserues with a little of the poulder of Bole Armenus or Triasantali or the séeds of sowre grapes or citrons or the barke thereof It is good also to giue them oft times a tablet of losenge of Diamargariton when they haue the fainting of the heart with a little buglosse water or white wine and if they fall into soundings giue them confection Alchermes after the same maner for it is a miraculous medcine in strengthening the heart and reuiuing the spirites And in this case it is good to restore them with good broaths wine caudles and egges as wée haue héeretofore aduised Manus Christi perlata also is good in this case and pleasant to the eater which you may giue in brothes in buglosse water or in the forme of a tablet To comfort the heart outwardly vse this Epitheme that followeth For the rich take rose water sorrell water buglosse and balme water of each foure ounces of good white wine or malmsey thrée ounces of the powlder of Diamargariton and de Gemmis of each one drachme of powlder of scarlet which we call vermilion of cloues of each halfe a drachme of powlder of zedoary and Bole Armenus of ech a scruple of the trochisques of camphre halfe a scruple make an Epitheme for the heart the which you shall apply with a péece of fine scarlet vppon the region of the heart morning and euening For the poore it sufficeth to make an Epitheme of sowre grape-water or sorrel water of balme-water and rose water with alittle white wine and the powlder of sanders and alittle powlder of Iuniper-berries Instéed of the said Epithemes you may make certaine bagges of silke for the hart after this fashion Take dryed red roses flowers of violets water-lilies and buglosse of each a little handful of rosemary flowers as much of the powlder of scarlet cloues sāders the powlder of Diamargariton of each a drachme of Citron séede Bole Armenus of each foure scruples of muske and amber of each fiue graines beate all these to powlder and baste them with cotton in red taffatie and make a bag thereof which you may easily besprinckle with rose water and a little white wine and apply to the hart An Epitheme for the liuer TAKE of the distilled water of endiue succory sorrel rose and wormewood water of each thrée ounces of good white rose wine vineger thrée siluer spoonfuls of the powlder of sanders one drachme of the séeds of sower grapes two scruples of spicknard a scruple make an Epitheme hereof for the poore and for the rich you may adde powlder of Diamargariton pearles corall and Zedoary of each halfe a drachme Mathiolus of Siena a notable Phision of our age principally in matter of simples in his sixt booke of his Commentaries vpon Dioscorides writing vpon the preface sets down an excellent ointment of great virtu to withstand the operation of venim in those that are sicke of the plague the description whereof is long and difficult to be made and serueth but for Princes and great Lords in that it is very chargeable Therefore to auoyde prolixitie we haue thought good to referre the Reader to that place if he thinke good to cause it to be dispensed The name thereof is the oile of scorpions which in trueth is of maruelous vertue to expel poison and venime as by the maruellous composition and art in making that oile may be séene But instead thereof we will set downe an other oyle of scorpions of a more easie composition set downe by Alexander Benedictus in the xx chapter of his booke of the plague the description whereof hereafter ensueth Take of oile oliue the oldest that may be gotten one pound then take thréescore liue scorpions and put them in a violl of glasse in the said oyle and boyle them ouer a soft fire nine houres or set the said oyle in our Ladies baine and when they haue thus boyled in the oyle thou shalt adde vnto them of treacle two ounces and let it boyle in the said oyle a quarter of an houre then straine all of it and kéepe the said oyle in a violl well closed and stopped with waxe and parchment and with it annoynt the sicke vnder the armepittes behinde the eares on the breast the pulses of the armes the temples and nosthrilles twice or thrice a day This is a most excellent remedy and of great force as the aforesaid Authors testifie who writes that if this vnction be applied sodainly to him that is sicke of the plague before 24. houres be past he shal be deliuered vsing the remedies aforesaide The same Author likewise reporteth that this oyntment is of great effect Take a glasse that containeth a pint and a halfe and more fil it with oile that is old in which oile you shal infuse of elder floures six litle handfuls of the floures of walworth two handfuls of the leaues and floures of Hipericon or S. Iohns wort a handful but let the oile couer the hearbs and be more in quantitie set this vessel closely luted in the sunne for the space of fortie dayes or a whole summer and reserue it to the abouenamed vses to annoynt the sicke as hath béen saide But after you haue annoynted him you must couer him close for the oyle procureth sweate and by such euacuation causeth the venime to vapor outwardly and if to the said oyle you shal annex twenty or thirty scorpions it wil be farre more excellent if besides you adde two or thrée ounces of good treacle and boyle them in our Ladies bayne it will haue more force Sée here the best