most conuenient when the first and second digestion is complete as well in the stomacke as in the vaines But in such a time of infection as this is I cannot commend exercise because it will too much open the pores and the pores being opened the bodie is apt to receiue the infectious aire Much more would I say of the benefit of exercise and the inconuenience of idlenesse but that I should be ouer-tedious in this place Of fulnesse and emptinesse All fulnesse and superfluitie of meates are to be eschued for as much as they make repletion And all bodies in whom there is repletion are apt to bee infected And such bodies must endeuour to kéepe themselues soluble All euacuations are good for them as purging and bléeding except some speciall cause doth forbid it And let them vse a sparing and frugall diet And they may safely and with great profit vse the pill I haue set downe before in my booke And as I haue said repletion is an enemie vnto health bringing and begetting sicknesse and sometime sodaine death so is too much fasting and emptinesse no lesse hurtfull it weakeneth the braine and drieth the whole bodie consuming the radicall moisture in man and shorteneth life And as repletion is to be abhorred and auoided so is too much emptinesse to be eschewed and as I haue said we must vse a mediocritie in all things Of affections of the mind Affections of the mind are called by M. Cicero Perturbations Galen calleth them Pathemata vel affectus anims and nothing is more hurtfull in this time of sicknesse nor greater enemie vnto life then feare sorrow anger heauinesse and griefe of mind Anger is a dangerous passion it chafeth the bloud and disquieteth the heart it inflameth the spirits which ascending vp into the head annoieth the animall powers or faculties This passion cholericke persons tyrants and fooles are much troubled withall and oftentimes in their wrath perform wicked and vnlawfull actions Feare sorrow and griefe of mind are no lesse hurtfull vnto the body for they waste the naturall heat and moisture wherein life consisteth making the bodie leane and drie whereupon consumption followesh it dulleth the wit and vnderstanding and draweth the spirits and bloud inward to the heart and withall attracteth the venemous and infectious aire if we liue within the compasse thereof If I should here stand to write of all the perturbations for the mind defining and distinguishing them one from another shewing the wonderfull effects of them and the inconuenience therof I should be ouer tedious in this short Treatise and it might seeme impertinent in this worke onely this I wish thée to remember Sub te erit appetitus tuus tudominaberis illi Vnder thée shall be thine appetite and thou shalt beare rule ouer it saith the Lord. We must therefore maister our affections for if they be not ouer-ruled and gouerned by wisedome they will excéede and proue daungerous enimies both vnto soule and bodie And in this time of sicknes we ought specially to auoid these perturbations of the mind and to vse all vertuous and commendable mirth swéete musicke good companie and all laudable recreation that may delight you and vse the perfumes in your chambers and in other roomes of your houses that I haue set downe being cast into a fuming pot or chafing dish vpon a few coales Do this euening and morning the charge thereof is small but the vtilitie is great It purgeth the aire and taketh away the euill qualitie thereof Now hauing shewed what ought to be auoided it followeth that I set downe preseruatiues that may resist all infection which God assisting me I will do First of all I counsell all men in whom bloud doth abound the which they may easily know themselues by the heate of their bodies colour largenesse and fulnesse of their vaines that they be let bloud in the liuer vaine in the right arme and let the quantitie be according vnto the strength of the person Also that all men in generall auoid all bathes and hote-houses and all vehement exercise that may ouerheate the body and inflame the bloud Also the companie of women this hote and contagious time is verie hurtfull and therefore ought to be vsed with great moderation Also walking verie early in a morning and verie late in the euening is hurtfull and dangerous Also auoide all prease and throng of people where a multitude are assembled al noisome vnsauourie places Now hauing shewed all the causes of the pestilence and set downe the cure and remedie for euerie cause I will by Gods assistance for the care I haue of the preseruation of the inhabitants of this honorable citie and for the loue I beare vnto them and my countrie communicate vnto them most excellent and approued preseruatiues and of singular vertue which whose vseth them shall not néed to feare the infection of this contagious sicknes First with an humble and contrite heart desire mercie of the Lord and then commend thy selfe vnto his protection which being done vse the good meanes he hath ordained for thy health Pilles of especiall vertue in preseruing all that vse them R. Good Aloes half an ounce washed in rosewater of good myrrhe of saffron of each two drams bolearmoniac praep one scruple seed pearle one scruple sir of limons as much as wil suffice to make them in pilles or in a masse Take halfe a dramme hereof made in pilles euerie second or third day in the morning faste after it thrée or foure houres but it shall be good for you to take a little thinne broth or a little alebrue or sixe or eight spoonefuls of wine within an houre after and vse your accustomed diet as before Another pill that doth more moue the bodie and giueth two stooles or three in some bodies and this is good for such as are costiue and in whom humours abound R. Good Rubarbe chosen myrrhe of each one dram chosen aloes two drams zedoarie roote one scruple saffron one scruple sirrup of Roses solutiue as much as will suffice to make the masse This pill purgeth gently and preserueth the bodie from all infection Such bodies in whom humours doe abound and are most commonly costiue may vse these pilles taking half a dram euerie morning for thrée foure fiue or sixe dayes together as they please Take after it either a little thin broth or of an alebrue or a draught of wine if it bée not too hote for your complexion and vse your ordinarie diet as accustomed if it be good Another very good Preseruatiue and worthy of much commendations R. Of good Mithridatum halfe an ounce Angelica root in powder two drams of Theriaca andro half an ounce Bolearmoniac praep two drams conserues of Roses and Borage halfe an ounce seede of Citrons two scruples sirup of Limons one ounce mix them make halfe this receite Or this which is very good R. Good Mithridatum halfe an ounce Conserues of Roses halfe an ounce
these swéet mints time penerial carnatiōs roseleaues and let your chamber bee strued with gréene rushes Vine leaues Oken leaues and Willow leaues Mintes If you haue any windowes towards the North or northeast kéep them open in cléere daies your chamber ought also to bee persumed oftentimes with the perfumes taught in this book you may vse Iuniper Beniamin Storax and wood of Aloes For your diet Yong Mutton Veale Kid Capors Hennes Chickens Rabbets Partridge Fesant Quaile Plouers small birdes of the fields Pigeons swéete butter potched egges with vinegar but not in hot complexions Water-fowles are not good neither is Porke or olde powdred Béefe But Fishes from fresh riuers is very good eaten with vinegar and good sauce they coole the bloud well Let your drinke bée small béere and well brued and sometimes a cup of white wine mixed with water for hot complexions with Borrage and Buglosse but eschew all hot and swéet wines Herbes that be good to bée vsed Sorrel Endiue Succorie Borage Buglosse Parsely Marigoldes Time Marierom Betonie Scabious Isope Mints Purslane Pimpernell Rue Angelica Cardus Benedictus Lettuce Make your sauce with Cytrin Limons Oreng Sorrell Vinegar Maces Saffron Barberies and such like Raw yong fruit is hurtful so is Garlick Onions Léekes Radish Rocket Mustarde Pepper and hot spices and al hot wines and all these are hurtfull so are al swéet meates let your diet be cooling drying Preseruatiues for the Commons and Contrymen who haue not an Apothecarie at hand Take of Rue or Herbe grace two ounces of the yong buds of Angelica two ounces or for want therof of the roote or séede one ounce Bolearmoniacke prepared one ounce of Iuniper berries one ounce of walnuts cleane picked from their skins two ounces Good figges in number sixe or seuen of Saffron sixe peniworth of good wine vinegar that is sharpe foure ounces Let these be well beaten together in a morter the space of one houre and then put in your vinegar and incorporate them together Which being done put it into some swéete gallie pot or glasse and couer it close and take thereof daily in the morning the quantitie of a nutineg Or you may eate thereof at anie time going néere or in any infectious place Another good preseruatiue of no lesse vertue in resisting all infection R. Of holy Thistle or for want thereof our Ladies Thistle so called Betonie Angelica Scabious Sorrell Pimpernell Turmentill of either of these a handfull Gentian roots also if they may be had Bruise all these in a stone morter a little and put thereto a pinte of good vinegar and halfe a pinte of white wine and put them into a still and draw forth the water and take two or thrée spoonfuls thereof euerie morning fasting and be frée from all infection The roote of Angelica laid or stieped in good vinegar all night and a little thereof taken in the morning is a good preseruatiue The séedes are of the like vertue Another good preseruatiue that defendeth all from infection Take of the kernels of walnuts three ounces rue one ounce and a halfe fine bole armoniack one ounce root of Angelica Turmentill of either an ounce good figs three ounces Myrrhe three drams Saffron foure peniworth Let these be beaten a good space in a morter then put thereto two or thrée spoonefuls of good vnegar and as much Rosewater and incorporate them well together eate hereof as much as a hazell nut in the morning and at anie other time of the day going where the infection is and bee frée from all infection Now such as desire to liue in safety and yet would bestow no cost for their preseruatiō let them vse this R. Figges seuen or eight in number Rue one handfull the kernels of ten or twelue walnuts cleane picked from their skinnes foure or sixe spoonfuls of good vinegar beat these together in a morter and keepe it close in a boxe and eate thereof euery morning and it is good to defend thee from the infection Galen commendeth Garlicke calling it the poore mans treacle but vndoubtedly it is too hote to be eaten of cholericke persons or sanguine or in a hote season and therefore I cannot commend it except in cold moist and rheumaticke bodies for whom it may be good I haue set downe curteous Reader diuers and sundry preseruatiues that you may take your choise vse them in the name of God And this I dare boldly affirme there are in my book as good as are known and sufficient for thy preseruation by Gods grace Now it followeth that I write of confections electuaries and potions required in the cure of the pestilence An Electuarie of great and singular vertue in curing of the pestilence being taken in time before it be setled at the heart and nature vtterly ouer come R. Bolearmoniack prepared two ounces terra sigillata one ounce Myrrhe sixe drams rootes of Gentian Zedoary Angelica and Dictamni of each three drams red corrall red saunders of each a dram and a half saffron one dram a half yellow saunders one dram turmētil scabious leaues of Cardus benedictus or holy thistle of each a dram a halfe flowers of marigolds one dramme the bones of a Harts heart halfe a dramme or two scruples Basill seede halfe a dram good seed pearle two scruples vnicornes horne two scruples leafe gold two scruples harts horne one dram Let all these be made in fine powder euery one by itself Thē take sirrup of Limons and sorrell as much as will be sufficient to make it in an electuarie Adde hereunto good Mithridatum one ounce He that is infected with the pestilence let him take one dram or one dram and a halfe of this medicine according to his strength with water of Scabious Angelica or Cardus benedictus the quantitie of nine or ten spoonefuls it must be taken warme and procure the patient to sweate after two thrée or foure houres which if he cannot easily doe then vse the meanes as I haue taught in this booke by putting in of bottles fild with hot water if it should so chance the patient should vomit then giue him as much more and if he vomit againe let him wash his mouth with Rose water and vinegar and receiue his medicine againe the quantitie before taught and vndoubtedly by this meanes the venemous infection shal be expulsed the heart comforted and the life preserued through Gods mercie and goodnes Another Electuary curing the pestilence being taken within twelue sixteene or eighteene houres after the person is infected Electuarium de ouo R. Ouum gallinae recens educto per apicem albumine id quod vacuum est croco orientali imple vitellum non auferendo postea cum alio putamine iterum occlude ne quid transpiret lento igne tamdiu assa in ollula donec tota oui testa ad nigredinem deueniat exempta è testa materia exsiccetur vt in mortario exquitissimè contundi in
Bolearmoniack praep two drams mix them Take as much of this euery morning as a nut and fast after it two or thrée howers A good pill and an assured preseruatiue R. Aloes optima foure drams lota in aqua Rosarum Myrrh elect two drams Croci two drams rad Zedoariae one scruple Boli armeni one scruple sir limonum Q. S. fiat massa Take halfe a dram of these pilles in the morning you may mix it if you wil with a little white wine this sommer and drinke it and be frée from infection Another of most excellent vertue and an assured preseruatiue R. Boli armeni praep halfe an ounce Dictamni albi two drams Cinamoni three drams Rosarum one dram rad Angelicae two drams rad Turmentillae rad Gentianae of each two drams sem Limonum one dram Santalorum omnium ana one dram Cornu cerui rasurae flo Buglossae fol. scabi rad turmentillae rad Zedoariae ana one dram oxyaloes nucis muscatae Granatum Iuniperi ossis de corde cerui ana halfe a dram Saphiri hyacinthi smaragdi rubini Granati praep ana one scruple Margaritarum two scruples foliorum Auri one scruple puluerizantar cum sir exacetosa Q. S. fiatelectuarium This is to be taken euery morning a scruple or two scruples daily and is a most excellent and an assured preseruatiue against al infection Another that defendeth all men that vse it from the infection of this contagious sicknesse R. Theriaca Andromachi mithridatum optimum ana two drams conser Rosarum three drās Boli armeni praep two scruples sem vel rad Angelicae two scruples sem citri halfe a dram sir Limonum halfe an ounce misce Take of this euery morning the quantitie of a hasel nut or any other time of the day if you goe among any throng of people or where the sicknesse is but you ought to faste after it a while The common pils against the pestilence that defend al them that vse them from infection R. Good Aloes halfe an ounce Myrrhe saffron of either of them two drams let them be beaten in a morter and put to them a little white Wine or sweet wine incorporate it together make them in pils so take them if you will half a dram in the morning and drink after them an hower a draught of white wine these although plaine are very good I would they were more vsed for their vertue But women great with child may not take of these pils neither of the other pils set down before let them content themselues to eate in a morning some conserues of sorrell roses or borrage wherewith they may mix some sirrup of Limons and let them be mery and vse a good diet and good company to passe the time away and this is the best medicine I can aduise them The vse of Orenges Limons and Pomgranats is very good so is Vinegar cloues maces saffron sorel with your meat or either of them in a morning with sugar is good Let all your meates be drest and saused with vinegar Orenges and Limons maces and saffron and a little cinamon and auoide al strong wines and hot spices Now hauing set downe most excellent preseruatiues for the Gentilite Citizens and better sorte it followeth that I likewise teach the commons how they may preserue themselues in this time of infectiō but first of the Pomanders which are apreseruatiue against this infection for the Gentlewomen and Citizens of this place A very good Pomander to be worne of all the better sort against this infection and stinking and noisome smels when they go abroade R. Labdanum of the rinds of Citrons ana one dram of the three kinds of Sanders ana half a dram wood of Aloes flowers of Buglosse and Nenuphar Rose leaues ana two scruples alipta muscatae half a scruple Cloues Marierō ana one scruple Zedoary roote one scruple Beniamin one dram Storax Calamita one dram and a half Campher half a dram Muske Amber greece ana foure graines make your simples in fine powder and mix them with Rose water wherein gum dragagant hath bin dissolued as much as will suffice to make your pomander This is a singular good pomander swéet and comfortable to be worne in this time of sicknesse against corrupt aires stinking and noisom smels An other good Pomander though not all thing so costly to be worne against the infection of the aire R. Of the rinds of Citrons one dram Storax Calamint two drams Labdanum one dramme of all three kinds of Sanders ana two scruples flowers of Roses Violets and Nenuphar ana half a dram liquid Storax Beniamin ana one dram Campher one scruple Musk and Ambergreece ana three graines with Rose water gum Dragagant a little quantitie make your Pomander But here I had almost forgotten one preseruatiue which many men commend and is good indéede but especially for fearefull persons such I mean as liue in feare of this sicknesse and although I haue placed it last yet not the least to be regarded Citò longe tarde we must flie away spéedily and we must go far off and returne againe slowly it is good for those that can cōueniently so do Let vs put our whole trust in the Lord from whom commeth all helpe and with contrite hearts for our iniquitie vse the good meanes that the Lord hath ordeined and created for vs and cast away all feare I doubt not but by Gods assistance this sicknes shall be taken away To eate euery morning as much as the kernell of a nut of Electuarium de ouo is a good preseruatiue So is treacle of Andromachus description which you shal haue at the Apothecaries mix with it as much Conserues of Roses Thrée or foure graines of Bezoar stone taken in the morning in a spoonefull of scabious or sorrell water is a good preseruatiue So is a little Diascordium taken in the morning the quantitie of two white peason Also to vse the roote of Angelica stieped in vinegar to chew in your mouth as you go in the stréet is good and to eate a little thereof Gentian Zedoarie Turmentill chewed and kept in your mouth are good Sorrell eaten in the morning with a little good Vinegar like a sallet is very good the vse of Orenges and Limons is very good Pomegranates and Vinegar It is good euery morning betime to take some good preseruatiue and before you goe abroade it shall not be amisse to eate something to your breakfast that is holesome as bred and swéet-butter a potcht egge with vinegar or some other thing as you are prouided vse alway in going into any infected place a roote of Angelica to chew vpon in your mouth a little spunge dipt in Rose-vinegar to smel vnto often times is good put into a pomander box of iuorie Also to weare a Pomander about your necke and smell to it oftentimes is very good Let your chāber be drest with swéet flowers as
néede to be taught my self then able to instruct others The cure of the soule belongeth vnto them and thē cure of the body vnto me I will now hasten vnto the second cause which is the corruption of the aire I haue shewed before all the causes that may corrupt the aire it followeth now that I teach the correction purging and altring of the aire corrupted which is the second cause of the pestilence And first I would counsel you that al the stréetes lanes and allies be kept cleane and swéete as possible may bée not suffering the filth and swéepings to lie on heapes as it dooth especiallie in the suburbes but to be caried awaie more spéedily for the uncleane kéeping of the stréetes yéelding as it dooth noisome and vnsauory smelles is a meanes to increase the corruption of the aire and giueth great strength vnto the pestilence Also that al the pondes pooles ditches about the City if they yéeld any stinking and noisom smels that they be scoured and clensed for there ariseth from them an euill and vnholesome aire which furthereth the corruption of the aire and worse will do in hotter weather Also that you suffer no mixsons to be made so néere vnto the Citie as they are but to be caried far off neither any dead carion to lie vnburied as I haue séene but to be caried forth and buried déepe Also that euerie Euening you make small and light fiers with Oken wood in those stréets where the infection is either two or thrée fiers according vnto the length of the stréete or place infected the wood being consumed cast in some stickes of Iuniper and therewithall two thrée or foure rowles of perfume that I haue here set downe in my booke which I would wish were vsed through the whole Citie in your chambers and houses cast in vpon some coles in a chafingdish or fuming pot in the Morning and Euening This fumigation hath a most excellent and singular propertie to purge and alter a corrupt and vnholsome aire But peraduenture some men for want of Iudgement wil think this my direction ouer curious of small validity but I do and will affirme that the vse thereof is very requisite and of great force vtility and the best meanes for the purging and altering the euill qualitie of the aire that is knowne vnto man This fumigatiō is to be vsed where the infection is in the euening and also in the morning is of great force for the purging of the aire and altering the euill qualitie thereof which I wish were dayly vsed through the Citie in their houses and chambers for the excellent vertue thereof R. Storax Calamint Labdanum Cypresse-wood Myrrhe Beniamin Yellow Sanders Ireos red Roseleaues Flowers of Nenuphar of each one ounce liquid Storax one ounce Cloues one ounce Turpentine one ounce Withy cole fiue ounces Rose-water as much as wil be sufficient to make them vp in trochis let them be two drams in weight The wood béeing consumed cast in some stickes of Iuniper and after it cast in two or thrée of these trochis which will yéelde a comfortable smell and purge the aire Another more swéete and delectable for the better sort to vse in their houses and chambers dailie R. Storax Calamint Labdanum Cypresse-wood Frankēcense Beniamin of each of thē half an ounce red Roseleaues dried yellow Sanders of each two drams Cinamon Cloues wood of Aloes of each of them one dramme flowers of Nenuphar one dram liquid Storax halfe an ounce gum Dragagant two drams and muske six graines Withy cole three ounces Rose Water as much as will suffice to make it vp in Trochis This I would counsell Gentlemen and Citizens to vse dayly in their houses and chambers for the excellent operation it hath Also it is good for want of these to burn in your houses and chambers Iuniper Frankincense Storax Baylaues Marierom Rose marie Lauender and such like Now hauing shewed the remedies for the two first causes it followeth that I teach the cure of the third and last cause which is the euill disposition of the body through superfluous corrupt and euill humors abounding Here is the cause and these corrupt and superfluous humors must be taken away before the body can bée in any good estate of health And this is the reason that diuers persons liuing together in one aire that one is infected and not another namely the disposition of the body for those naughtie corrupt superfluous humors are of themselues apt and disposed vnto putrefaction and if it so chance that they do putrefie of themselues then there arise dangerous feuers according vnto the nature of the humor that corrupteth As for example If choler do putrifie within the vesselles it ingendreth febris ardens or febris causon a hot and a dangerous feuer working his malice in the concauitie of the liuer and lunges and about the heart except remedy be administred the person dieth And so when any of the other humors doe putrefie there springe feuers according vnto their nature as the learned knowe Now such bodies I say wherein there is such superfluous humors abounding in the time of any infection receiuing into their bodies the corrupt and venemous aire are thereby infected And these humors turned not only into putrefaction but into a venemous qualitie by the operation of the infectious aire Whereas in bodies voide and frée from such superfluous humors there the infectious aire hath not such matter to worke vpon and againe nature is more strong and forcible to resist and expell a corrupt and infectious aire although receiued Here the reason is apparant why one person is infected and not another And very niedfull it is especiallie in this time of sicknesse that this euill disposition of the body be taken away and amended by purging and euacuating of the perccant humors For which purpose I wil set down a very excellent and approued potion which purgeth the blood and disburdeneth the body of superfluous humors both choler flegme and melancholie opening attracting and euacuating the corrupt and vitious humors of the body to the great comfort helpe and ease of those that vse it with discretion as I shall direct them the making or composition whereof I haue here set downe But first taking this sirrup thrée morninges before you purge two spoonefuls euerie morning fasting after it two or thrée houres and vse your accustomed diet as before R. Oximell two ounces sir de quinque radicibus two ounces misce R. Good Rubarbe two drammes spicknarde six graines Sene halfe an ounce Fenill seede and annisseede of each halfe a dramme flowers of Borage and buglosse of each halfe a little handfull Water of Endiue and fumitarie of each of them fiue ounces and so make your infusion Let this infusion be made in some earthen stupot close couered and paasted that no breath or vapor goe forth and let it stand seuen or eight howers vpon some imbers
puluerem redigi queat addendo pulueris sinapis albi quantum praedicta omnia ponderant postea anaÊ’ ij anaÊ’ iij. anaÊ’ j. anaÊ’ myrrhaeÊ’ ij ossis de corde cerui scrup ij MargaritarumÊ’ i. camphuraeÊ’ ij anaÊ’ i. puluerizeÌ„tur omnia sing per se misc omnia simul in mortario tandem appone Theriaca Andromachi ad pondus omnium iterum pistillo fortiter contunde commisce per tres quasi integras horas agitando fiat electuarium When any person is infected let him take a dram or somewhat more according vnto his strength mixe and dissolue it in water of Scabious Roses or Endiue as you can haue or in them altogether the quaÌ„titie or measure of eight spoonefuls make it warme and drinke it in Gods name sweate well thereupon and thou shalt be deliuered from danger of the sicknesse and is a most approued medicine and spéedie remedie if it be taken in time for herein censisteth the danger namely delay in which time the venome pierceth vnto the heart and there setleth and vanquisheth the vitall spirits For this is most certaine as I haue often séene and approoued that those that take and vse in the very beginning of their sicknesse some good meanes scarce two in tenne die but very spéedily recouer their former health And truly I cannot but lament the folly of many people who féeling themselues sicke driue forth and delay the time some trusting to their strength and youth other some take some light and trifling medicine to no purpose and manie other blinded with a foolish opinion that physicke can doe them no good and this is the cause whie so manie die of this sicknes as they now do Note this that if a person doe vomite vp his medicine that then you cause him to wash his mouth with rosewater and vinegar and giue him as much more if he cast it vp againe do as before vntill he kéepe it A singular confection for the cure of the Pestilence R. Rad. Angelicae rad Gentianae rad Zedoariae rad Turmentillae rad Dictamni rad Valerianae rad anaÊ’ ij anaÊ’â—j Cinamomi myrrhae boli armeni praeparati terrae anaÊ’ iiij anaÊ’j succi scordii succi calendulae ana vnc 1. CommisceaÌ„tur omnia cum syrupo acctositatis citri q. s incorporentur ad formam opitatae adde mithridatum Andromachi vnc iii. theriacae opti vnc i. semis aqua angelicae vnc ii misc Take one dram and a halfe or two drammes of this confection or two drammes and a half according to the age and strength of the patient with water of Scabious Cardus benedictus or Angelica nine or ten spoonefuls made warme and mixed wel together let him drinke it and sweate well thereupon Another that cureth the Pestilence and expulseth al venemous infection R. Bolearmoniack prepared halfe an ounce Cinamon two drams roote of gentian angelica Zedoarie turmentil ana two drams seed of citrons red rose leaues harts horne rased of the three kinds of Saunders of each one dram iuniper berries halfe a dram nutmegge the bone of the deares heart ii scrup seede pearle and orient one dramme saffron one dram red corall two scruples rinds of citrons two scruples fragments or peeces of the fiue precious stones Saphiri Hyacinthi Smaragdi Rubini granati praep ana one scruple leafe gold one scruple bezoar stone one scruple Make these into most fine powder seuerally which being done put thereto as much sirrup of limons as will make it in forme of an electuarie making it somthing thick putting thereto of good Mithridatum thrée ounces mixe them This being taken the weight of one dram or a dram and a halfe or two drams for a stroÌ„g person in water of Scabious Angelica or Cardus benedictus sweating therwithal cureth the person spéedily of the pestilence expulsing it by sweat vrine Another for the commons and countrimen where these aforesaid set downe cannot be had R. Good Mithridatum Andromachus a dram a half good Treacle I meane not the coÌ„mon treacle sold at the Mercers but at the Apothecaries called theriaca Andromach one dram Mixe these together and take it in a little posset drink made with white wine and sweate well therewith and this cureth the pestilence If any sore doe arise then vse the meanes as I haue taught in this booke to ripen or suppurate the sore which being done let it be opened and drawne forth Another medicine or remedie for the Commons and Contriemen very good and effectuall Take a great white Onion cut off the top and with your knife pike forth the core and make a wide hollownesse in the middle which you must fill vp with good treacle from the Apothecaries called Theriaca Andromachi or Andromachs treacle let it bée in weight one dram and a halfe this béeing put into the Onion couer it with that you cut off before and paaste it ouer and rost it in the imbers and béeing soft stampe it in a morter and straine it through a cloth and with two or thrée spoonfuls of posset drinke mixed with it take it and sweate thereupon as long as you can and this wil expulse it from the hart Or this which is very good R. Mithridatum two drams Venice treacle one dram mix them with water of Angelica Cardus Benedictus or Scabious or for want therof posset drink made with white wine and sweate well These thrée last medicines I haue set downe for them that cannot haue spéedily the other aforesaid and although they séeme meane yet are they of great vertue in this sicknesse and cure them that take it in time in the beginning of their sicknesse obseruing the order of this book therewithall The signes that signifie and declare a person to be infected with the pestilence The first is a great paine and heauinesse in the head The second is hée féeleth great heat within his bodie and the outward partes cold and readie to shake and is thirstie and drie therewithal The third signe is he cannot draw his breath easily but with some paine and difficultie The fourth signe is he hath a great desire to sléepe and can very hardly refraine from sléeping but beware hée sléepe not And sometimes watching dooth vex and trouble him as much and cannot sléepe The fift signe is swelling in the stomacke with much paine breaking forth with stinking sweat The sixt signe is diuers heauie lookes of the eies séeing all things of one colour as gréene or yellow and the eies are changed in their colour The seuenth signe is losse of appetite vnsauourie taste bitternesse of the mouth sowre and stinking The eight signe is wambling of the stomacke and a desire to vomite and sometime vomiting humors bitter and of diuers colours The ninth signe is the pulse beateth swift and déepe The tenth signe is a heauinesse and dulnesse in all the body and a faintnes and a weakenesse of the limmes The eleuenth