into the sirupe Of this sirupe you may minister twoo or thrée sponefuls vnto children of twoo or thrée yéere olde and to them that are elder you maye geue one slice of the Rhabarb with the sirupe With this Medicine you shall not onelye preserue them from the plague but also slaie and driue foorth the Wormes that bée in the guts Or else when you haue thus sliced your Rhabarb mingle it with the sirupe of Uiolets Succorie or roses and while the substance of the Rhabarb is somwhat soft séeth the sirupe againe when it is cold put thereto Rhabarb againe with Cinamom cloues and minister foure or fiue slices with two sponfuls of sirupe And vnto those that are elder but delicate wée vse to prescribe in Winter pilles of Rhabarb Aloës Agarike Sene and Mirobalanes according to the custome of theyr lyfe diuersity of natures and in Summer we geue Potious made of the same or the lyke The maner of making whereof is this Také Rhabarb an ounce and a halfe Agarike one ounce Sene clensed foure ounces Cinamom one dram Ginger halfe a scruple Anise and Fenell seedes of eche twoo drams beate them into a grosse pouder and sprincle it with Aqua vitae afterwarde stéepe it in Borage water or fayre common water and when it is sufficientlye couloured then straine it then powre the like water vpon the dregges and let it stéepe as before then straine it and wring it and boyle the strayned lycour ouer a soft fyre vntyll it come to the consisteÌ„ce of Honie then put Sugar thereto and kéepe it to your vse geue of this three pilles for halfe a dram more or lesse according to the age strength and temperament I knewe one in England Baptista Agnelli who had spent all his life in the art of Distilling hee vsed this Opiate in the time of Pestilence with verye good successe whose description followeth Take Agrimonie Wormwood romane of eche twoo handfuls Anise halfe an ounce Sene twoo ounces boyle them in common water the space of foure houres then straine theÌ„ all stronglye and vnto the strayned licour put an ounce of Sugar of clensed Cassia twoo ounces make it after the maner of an Opiate whereof you may geue half an ounce at a time for it purgeth gentlye without troubling the humours Some put Manna to the sirupe of Roses and so make an Opiate But all wryters commende the pilles called Ruffi or Common or of Aloes Saffron and Mirrhe not onely because they purge euyll humours but because they resist putrifaction strengthning the heart Lyuer and other partes and consume superfluous moistures which brâ—â—de great occasion of this disease as Auicen wryteth But they which can not take purgations they must often haue theyr bellies mooued with a Glyster or they in whome blood alone or ioyned with other humours is found much abounding would haue some taken from them after these aboue rehearsed euacuations speciallye if they haue bene accustomed to lettyng of blood and haue large veynes and bée much geuen to drynking of Wine and eating of fleshe The â–ª 10. Chap. THus when at sundrye times the body hath bene gentlie purged let the Pacient take betimes in the morning fasting a dram of this Opiate following Lake olde Triacle one dram conserue of the flowers of Tunica and rosemaryâ— of eche thrée drams with the iuce of a Citron make them vp in the forme of an Opiate Or thus Take the rootes of Angelica Zedoarie Tormentill of eche one ounce Cinamom twoo drams the rinde of a Citron a dram bring these into pouder and boyle them in rose water an hower and a halfe then straine it hard and boyle the strayned licour with Sugar sufficient vnto the consistence of Hony and make it an Opiate or make it an Clectuarye in lozenges After the same order you maye make a very good Opiate of the iuce of gréene Juniper berries with Sugar to coale the stomacke to expell the grauell out of the reynes and to fortifye the principal partes Or thus Bruse the berryes and boyle them in common water to the thyrd part then boyle the strayned licour againe as I haue shewed before Of Bole Zedoarie Gentian and Angelica maye bée made trochiskes with the iuce of Borage Scabious Pimpernell But those that insue I vse more commonlye and they are more pleasaunt to bée taken Take ten Citrons and cut them into many péeces the tops of Borage an handfull good white wine thrée pintes styll them in an earthen vessell and there wyll drop forth very cleare water soote pleasauÌ„t to taste take of this water twoo ounces euerye morning fasting Another Take Aqua vitae thrée ounces rose-water an ounce and an halfeâ— wherein laye a stiepe of Cinamom thrée drams yealowe Saunders one dram straine it through an hairen strainer swéeten it with conserue of roses take one ounce thereof euery morning eyther in a spone or vpon a tost of bread Another Take Tormentill Bistort Zedoary EnelacaÌ„pane of eche one ounce Diuels bit Scordium Saucealone wilde Sorrell Pimpernell of eche halfe an handfull Borage and violet flowers Taxus Barbatus the tops of Rue one gripefull Citron séedes and Carduus benedictus ofech twoo drams Juniper berries thrée drams Cloues Nutmegs of eche a dram and an halfe plde Triacle an ounce and an halfe good white wine a pint and an halfe distyll them all in Balneo and minister twoo ounces of this distylled water The most wicked and desperate varlets whome the Magistrates of Lions put to death for carreing about and increasing the plague when they were led to execution confessed that they preserued themselues from the Pestilence with none other thing then a walnut which they tosted or scorched a lytle against the fyre before they eate it Leonhardus Fuchsius tolde me once in his owne house that there was nothing more holsome against the plague then an Electuarie of Egges and that it was a coÌ„mon thing among the Germanes both to preuent and to cure the plague and hee sayde as much also of Angelica The. 11. Chap. FOr as much as at the beginning of this disease there is great plentye of euyll humours gathered into the stomack and other common passedges of the bodye which may easilye bee discerned by the burning and byting of the stomacke vnquencheable thyrst lothing vomyting of fleame choler or some other humour then must the cure bee begun by clensing the bellye with a suppositour or common Olyster Afterward the pacient maye take a dram of mine Electuarye whose discription is to bee founde in the â—yght Chapter and twoo or three howers after that you must prouoke vomite with Antimonie whose preparation you shall finde discribed in the ende of this treatise But to the intent that the pacient maye vomite with more ease and lesse trouble vnto him it were good for him to sup the broath of a Chick an hower or twaine after hee haue receyued the vomite and to doo so as often as hée perceiueth him selfe mooued to
whereof I now speake which hath in it a firy quality of y thing out of which it is drawne The making of the salt is after this maner Take wormwood romane scabious burne them to ashes poure coÌ„mon fayre water vnto theÌ„ boyle theÌ„ halfe an hower more then straine the water put freshe vnto the ashes and boile it as before which you shall doo so ofteÌ„ vntil in boiling the water chauÌ„ge neither tast nor colour TheÌ„ cleÌ„se these waters which you haue kept either through a cloth or by dreaning and cause it to bée euaporated away by a soft fire and you shal haue the salt in the bottom sides of the vessell whereof you shal geue x. grains in white wine delaied with the water of Buglosse conserue of roses or the water of Citrons before discribed With this Medicine onely many were saued of the plague in the yéere of our Lord. 1567. at what time it raigned ouer all England Germani You may also after the same maner and to the same purpose draw a salt out of Angelica Zedoarie GuaicuÌ„ such like But thys much I aduertise the Readers the vnto sweating medicines they put some thing that may helpe the part affected by natural inclination as if the gréefe be in the Liuer geue the salt in the decoction of such hearbs as experieÌ„ce hath taught do comfort the Liuer the lyke discrecion is to be vsed in the other partes Ierome of FlauÌ„ders a Surgeon when he was once heartned by the plague that was at London began boldly to goe visite first his friendes afterward the common people of the Englishmen that were sick to the imitacion of them who hauing once escaped the daunger of the Sea warre goe vnto the same againe with better courage hoping the hey may escape harder perils as saufe they did before And this was a cause to make them lesse dispaire of recouerie He gaue them ten or twelue graines of salt made of the Ashe trée which he had of a friend which he ministred vnto them in the coÌ„serue of Borage Rosemary flowers Roses or in the water of Carduus benedictus or Scabious immediatly their bodies ran all on a sweat the sick were recured eyther the mallice of the disease being ouercome or dryuen forth into some voiding place as he faithfully reported the same vnto mée and other his friendes These thinges haue I not gathered out of the most vaine trifles of Paracelsus as Andernacus a man verye well learned Adamus a Bodestein can wel remember but rather out of Geber Raymundus Lullius For Geber sayth that of euery thing may be made Lime of Lime salt of salt water or oyle And indeede if you dissolue this salt in Aqua vitae let it putrifye fiue or sixe dayes in Balneo or Dungue afterward distyll it you shal haue an oyle whereof thrée drops being mi 〈…〉 some conuenient lycour prouo 〈…〉 eat plentifully as I haue oftentim 〈…〉 perimented in curing of the Qua 〈…〉 Ague by the oyles drawen foorth 〈…〉 salts of GermaÌ„der Ceterac Polipo 〈…〉 or of the Ashe trée But they that haue no leisure to prepare their salt let them vse the medicines following Take Triacle thrée ounces conserue of Buglosse of the flowers of Rosemary of eche one ounce Scabious Diuels bit Pimpernell of eche halfe an haÌ„dful GeÌ„tian Angelica Zedoarie Cinamom of ech twoo drams flowers of Chamomil Peneriall of eche twoo gripes the séedes of Caduus benedictus a dram an halfe beate the rootes leaues into pouder with equal quaÌ„tity of the water of Carduus benedictus white wine distyl theÌ„ in Balneo or ashes and giue thrée ounces thereof at a time Or boyle Milium in common fayre water vntyll it yeeld no more skum then take of this decoction thre ounces of good white wine an ounce an halfe mingle them togeather let the pacient drinke it warme it prouoketh sweat abundantlye This kinde of remedie also we vse in Feuers distillacions and other infirmities w 〈…〉 ein we think it conuenient to prouoke â—weat othersom prouoke sweat with 〈…〉 or seaueÌ„ drops of the oyle of vitrioll 〈…〉 with the oyle of Anise séede But the most surest remedy is prepared of the decoctioÌ„ of GuaicuÌ„ the rootes called Chynae Zarsa parilla adding thereto the sirupe called Acetositatis citri the Theriacal water with such like I know a surgeoÌ„ at Andwarp who to prouok sweat vsed to wrap his pacieÌ„ts in a shéete moistned with the decoctioÌ„ of Guaicum the roote of TormeÌ„till Walwort and the herbe Bardana wherein al he dissolued Sublimatum Others vse to make a Suffumigation or smoake of Cinabar FrankeÌ„sense such like which we vse ordinarely in curing the Frenche pockes but the vse of our Mercurie water is more effectual wherwith we vse to bathe al the ioynts of the body to prouoke sweat in the Plague in the French pocks of which medicines we wyl dispute more at large in another place And some againe make a SuffumigacioÌ„ of Frankensence Cinabar Antimonie Cloues and such lyke which through tynnen funnels and pipes they 〈…〉 he sicke mans bed to cause him 〈…〉 ut prouided alwaies that the 〈…〉 ot the head 〈…〉 e. 13. Chap. N 〈…〉 me vnto y which I proposed 〈…〉 he third last place wherin it is conuenient to set downe the particular cure of the PestileÌ„ce Wherefore assoone as thou cuÌ„mest to one whom thou suspectest to be sick of the plague geue him a dram of the Electuarie following Take Angelica Zedoary Tormentill Gentian of eche an ounce the séedes of Carduus benedictus of Citrons of eche two drams beate theÌ„ into pouder boile them ouer a soft fire the space of twoo or thrée howers then straine them wring them hard and boyle the strained lycour with Sugar vnto the consistence of an Opiate or make it into an Electuarie In the stede of this compositioÌ„ take twoo drams of the Opiate before described with the dystilled water of Citrons and in the meane while search diligently in what part of the bodye the infection lurketh which you may easily perceyue by the agréemeÌ„t concurse of signes wherof we haue intreated before Wherfore if the infection be in the Liuer 〈…〉 paine and pricking and sti 〈…〉 be grine immediatly let the pa 〈…〉 in the ancle veines but if the b 〈…〉 not foorth in sufficient quantitye or 〈…〉 e for some other consideration it be not good to open those veines theÌ„ were it good to set cupping glasses vnto the place with scarification and before or immediatly after opening y veine to mooue the belly with a suppositour made of Honie or the common Glyster afterward set cupping glasses to the grine where it beginneth to swel foure fingers breadth beneath the place affected applye the leaues of Elleborus niger which Plinie calleth CoÌ„siligo layd too playsterwise And to draw the corruption
in the head be raueth at the fyrst assault of the sicknes hée is troubled with a cholericke distillation out of the head into the stomacke Lungues and nether partes he is eyther verye sléepie or aboundeth in ouer watching he hath swelling in his neck and about the eares the daysling of the head hyssing in the eares with readnesse of the face and beating of the temples This plague raygned in Auernia in the yéere of our Lorde 1546. Many are of opinion that the Pestilence is a thyrde kinde of the burning Feuer and iudge that it procéedeth of Melancholicke blood eyther putryfying or boyling by reason of the putryfying which they gather to bée so by the resemblaunce which it hath to a continual quartaine and the smellings which vse to appeare in such Feuers Howbeit vnlesse all the auncient wryters and this our learned age also haue bene verye much ouerseene the Feuer is not of the verye substaunce of the sicknesse For albe it for the more part shee ioyne her selfe vnto it as a most painfull companion and a whelpe of the same hayre notwithstanding the whole order of the cure sheweth that they differ euen by whole kinde And because the place of making blood and other humours is by nature appointed vnto the Lyuer I wyl shew the signes of euery one beginning first with the signes that declare the infection to bee in the blood which are these heat not byting but gentle and milde a stiffe and strouting weerinesse of the whole body stinking sieges large and liquide lying of the pacient vpon his back heauines of the head beating of the teÌ„ples rauing and idle speech after the fourth or seauenth day smal thyrst or none at all a filthie tongue vrine at the beginning almost white afterward growing redder and confused all the bodye ouer speciallye vpon the backe breast and armes litle red whelkes rysing not vnlike to fleabites If the infection be in Choler the diseased are vexed with that vnquietnes which the Grecians terme Lismos féeling such an extreame burning within them that thèy alwaye crye to bée remoued to some colder place although theyr outwarde partes are not hote at all theyr face is sometime pale and sometime red they thyrst much theyr tongue is verye drie they neuer sléepe their breath stinketh they breath hardlye for which cause and by reason of theyr immoderate heat they desire to drawe in freshe ayre continually theyr sieges are cholericke thinne stinking and fattie and sometime they make water verye yealowe watrishe and thinne When the infection hath taken hold on the rawer part of the blood then the pacient sléepeth continuallye the body is slouthfull and the partes thereof weerie the belching sower soft and flegmaticke swellinges do aryse with other signes moe declaring the dominion of fleame And therefore tender and moist natures are sooner infected then olde men and such as are geuen to labour or that are of a colde and moist temperament and brought vp with cold meates But when this pestilent corruption of the ayre hath inuaded the dregges of the blood called Melancholie the pacient wyll bee very carefull and heauy and much more sorrowful then he was woont he becummeth distract the pulse is small and déepe the vrine lyke the wine of Pomegranates blackishe and whatsoeuer sores or botches breake out in the body they represent the coulour and complexion of their humour The. 7. Chap. HEtherto we haue intreated of the signes it followeth now that we come to the cure which coÌ„sisteth in two pointes in preuenting and dryuing away the sicknes The pestilent ayre is auoided many wayes First if wee kéepe awaye all occasions of the bringing of it to the place where wee dwell as we reade that Marcus Varro did at Corcira for when he perceyued howe that there were some sicke in euerye house round about him he shut his windowes whiche opened to the South and he opened them that were to the North and so preserued all his familie in good health howbeit that which Varro did toward the South I thinke ought to be done also when the winde is East Northeast and West also for if the wise and dilligent Phisition do well marke it he shall perceiue that the plague incrâ—aâ—eth when those windes do blowe So lykewise it is necessarie to chaunge place as from lowe places to goe vnto higher when the plague is ingendred by corruption of the ayre but if the winde bring the plague out of one cuntreye into another then were it kest to descend from a high dwelling to a lower where the ground is watrishe and the ayre thick which wyll hardlye receyue the impression of the supernall bodies And when we haue chosen an house then the pestilent ayre is to be corrected by burning of such thinges as eyther by secrete or manifest qualitie are contrarye to the infection as are the Trochisces which followe Take Styrax calamite Benioin of eche one dram red Roses Lauender Cypres of eche halfe a dram with rose-Rosewater TragagaÌ„t make Trochisces burne theÌ„ in a chafingdishe of coales or else burne with them of the composition called Gallia or Alipta moscata and such lyke It were verye good also for this purpose to burne such woods and hearbes as yéeld a sweet sauour as Rosemary Sage Lauender Baies Ciprus wood Juniper the wood the barries the wood Aloes Cinnamon Cloues Likewise the sprincling of sweete waters about the chamber amendeth the euill disposition of the ayre as the water of Lauender and Maierom but these are most to be vsed when the ayre is moist cloudye and colde For the warme ayre more spéedely and redelye perceth into our bodies and is soonest infected with the qualitye of some other thing as Auicen hath noted in his first booke in the Chapter of varietye of seasons Wherefore prouision must bee made that it waxe not verye hote by sprincling of fayre water and vineger rose-vineger by setting vp Wyllowe boughes and by strawing the Chamber with water lyllies flagges and such like The. 8. Chap. BUt nowe it is not inough in this maner to haue amended the ayre but also the principal parts must bee strengthened both with thinges receyued inward and applied outwarde to thintent they maye the more valiauntlye withstande the pestilent ayre And among those thinges to which the Grecians giue name for that they be hanged about vs I lyke especiallye of twaine the one is if a hole be made in a hasyll nut and the kernel bâ—e pulled forth with a pin and the place fylled vp againe with common quicksiluer and hanged about the neck it preserueth a man wonderfully from the pestilence This Medicine I learned aboue twelue yéeres agoe of the Phisition to the Right honourable the Lord Vidam that nowe dead is For at what time Henrie the secoÌ„d King of FrauÌ„ce lead his armie into Germanie and at the siedge of the Citie of Mentâ— hee preserued not onelye him selfe but also his Surgeon which went to them that
had the plague and dressed them Of this Medicine Marsilius Ficinus speaketh There is also another such medicine and it is Christialline and red Arsnick the effect whereof I learned at Argentine and Basil in the yeere of our Lord. 1564. at what tyme the plague raigned almost ouer all Germanie But for as much as Georgius Agricola in his thyrd booke of the nature of things digged out of the ground and after him Theodosius Montuus haue sufficiently disputed of this matter I wyll onelye set downe the receite of the Medicine which is after this maner Take Arsnick christalline and red of eche a lyke quantitie beate them into powder whereof with the white of an egge or the Mucciladge of Tragagant you shall make a lozenge a finger thicke then folde it in a double péece of silke applye it vnto the region of the hart but beware that the moyst Arsnicke exulcerate not the skin and therefore in the morning you must diligentlye wipe the place or at what tyme so euer else the pacient sweateth for which cause it were good to put a fayre linnen cloath betwéene The Arsnicke being applyed strengthneth as wel the heart as the Mylt as Trallianus writeth but it worketh not that effect of custome as Theodosius sayth Surely in this one point God wonderfullye declareth his prouidence when he teacheth vs to applye strong and deadlye poysons vnto our commoditie as Galen sheweth in the eleuenth booke of simple Medicines of the wine made of Uipers and our men of late tyme haue applyed the oyle of Scorpions in the cure of the plague with so good successe that onelye with the annointing of this oyle they dryue awaye the euyll qualitye of the pestilent ayre by example of them which haue gréeuous vlcers in theyr feete D. Ambrosius Pareus geueth this counsell that they which wyll goe visite the sicke of the plague shoulde fyrst make issues in theyr armes and legges bicause nature vseth to purge out by those places whatsoeuer venimous humour is in the whole bodye dryuing that thether whatsoeuer gathereth vnto any principall part Moreouer an oyntment made of Laserpitium the fat of venimous Serpentes and Uitrioll is much commended or if of these be made a broade cake and folded in sylke and layd vpon the heart and arteries I haue also vsed the Linament which foloweth not only in the Pestilence but also in the quiuering of the heart which is thus made Take of the iuce of Cardiaca one ounce of Camfire halfe a dram of Saffron one scruple with as muche waxe as sufficeth make thereof an oyntment and therewith anoynt the region of the heart or make an oyntment of the iuce of Buglosse Borage and Saffron There maye also be one made to the same effect of roses violets red Saunders Cinnamom Cloues Lauender Flowers Orenge pilles the wood Agallochum which is prepared in maner following Take of the three kindes of Saūders Roses Wormwood Agrimonie of eche halfe an ounce beate them into powder and boyle them ouer a softe fyre an houre an halfe then straine the liquour and wring it harde through a linnen cloth then seeth it againe ouer the fyre vntyll it come to the thicknesse of Honie then put thereto the iuce of Lettice smalledge wylde succorie of eche thrée drams Camfyre a dram and with a lytle waxe make thereof an oyntment and anoint therewith the region of the Liuer After this order the oyntments which are prepared I better lyke of not onely in the Pestilence but also in other continuall Feuers then if the pouders were put in whole for else howe could those thicke and grosse pouders mingled with the iuces and oiles doo any good vnto the place Lyke wise there maye be made semblable oyntmentes for the heart of the roote of Lormentill Zedoarie Roses such lyke It is good also to drop into the eare a twoo or thrée drops of the oyle of Sage or Cloues with a lytle Muske I prepare oyles for that purpose after this maner Take of Nutmegges one ounce Cloues and Cinamom of eche halfe an ounce drye Sage an ounce swéete Almondes twoo ounces make them all into pouder and sprincle them with Aqua vitae and presse it hard as you would do oyle of Almondes and vse it as is afore declared and with the same oyle you may anoynt your tēples and nostrels It is good also to kéepe a péece of the rinde of a Citron in the mouth or Cinamom Zedoarie Angelica or such lyke Our husbandmen in the Cuntreye smell vnto hearbe grace it were not a misse neyther to beare in a spunge to smell vnto Cinamom water rose vineger rose water or this sweet ball the discription wherof insueth Take roses Styrax calamite Cloues of eche twoo ounces Arrace rootes of Florence thrée ounces Muske twoo scruples of these make a swéete ball Some stiepe Cloues in vineger al night eate them in the morning and washe their face arme holes and priuie partes with vineger The Phisitions of Germanie shaue the roote of the great cloat leafe and stiepe it in vineger a night or more thē they roule it in Suger and geue it in the morning to preuent the plague But I vse to laye the same roote to sooke in whyte wine or wine of wormewood and in the morning geue it to drincke with Sugar The. 9. Chap. THose things which are receyued in at the mouth to preuent the sicknesse are partlye Medicines against poyson and infection and partlye purgatiue remedies for wée hope that such purgatiues are onely néedefull for this purpose as do clense the first region of the bodye without moouing the humours For we must take héede least by sharpe and strong purgations we cause a laske which were verye daungerous in this disease For in a pestilent constitucion the humors be mooued by the smallest occasion that maye bée and forciblye doo run downe into the bellie such purgatiues whereof we now speake are Rhabard Agarike made in infusion in the decoction of such hearbes as are naturall good against this infection adding thereto the Syrupe made by infusion of Damaske roses of Uiolets of Succorye compound and such other lyke as in respect of the age custome and temperament maye bée prescribed by the skilfull Phisition Howbeit for children I vse Rhabarb thus prepared Cut Rhabarb into small slices moysten them with the vapour of whyte wine then stiepe it with Cinamom a daye and a nyght in rose water in Sūmer but in Wynter in white Wine and rose water mingled togeather and when the Rhabarb hath lost his colour in the water then dreane that water awaye and put freshe too and thus shall you doo vntyll the Rhabarb coulour the water no more then take those couloured waters and boyle them to the one halfe ouer a good fire for temperate heate then put vnto this liquour Sugar or Honye and boyle it againe vnto the consistence of a Syrupe perfectly boiled and then put the slices of Rhabarb
vomite For the corrupt humours which the Antimonie hath drawne into the capacitie of the stomack wyl be without any trouble cast foorth with the breath For vomiting vpon an empty stomack is painful But they that haue not Antimonie in aredines let them take one or two of the inner kernels of the straūge Indian Nut which is as pleasaunt vnto the mouth as the Filbeard or Walnut but it prouoketh vomit very strōgly a medicine truely not to be despised for it néedeth no preparation and may alwayes be at hand in areadines The effecte of this Medicine I learned at And warpe of an Italian Surgeō whē I trauailed that waye out of England into Germanie At the last Nauigation out of Hispania noua the Admirall of the fléete brought great stoare of these into Normandy the Trée whereon they grow as he told is al the stemme ouer full of sharpe prickles lyke the hip trée and as big as our plum trées full of boughes growing streight foorth at the top whereof the fruite groweth like a Chestnut wherin are cōtayned fower or fiue nuts blackishe somewhat long round and lyke filbeards These whē the prickly huske gapeth with ripenes many times fall downe alone But because no man shal thinke that I father some glorious lye in sight of the world vpon these rare Merchaundize which are brought out of India the stéede and vertues of this Nut maye bee supplied by fine kernels or séedes of the hearbe called Palma Christi or commonly Ricinum for they purge the bellye and there withal prouoke vomite peraduēture as well as Matthiolus his Antimonie doth But good héede must be takē least being delighted with the swéetnesse of the meate there be too many eaten of them for then they wyll cause a superpurgation the profe whereof I found of late in a certaine noble man who I being not priuie thereof deuoured fiftéene kernels and with sieging vomitting had almost purged out his life I my selfe a fewe yéeres since béeing in England ministred twoo ounces of the hearb Erisinum with the waters of Buglosse Scabious Carduus benedictus to prouoke vomit with so good successe that at one time the pacientes vomited and draue out their sores Some geue the distylled water of wild Sorrell mingled with vineger and a lytle Uitrioll to prouoke vomit Take Bolearmoniack prepared Cinamom of eche a dram an halfe the roote of Dittamnie Tormentill Pimpernell Gentian of eche twoo drams the séeds of the Citron and of Sorrell of eche a dram an halfe of al kindes of Saunders Zedoarie Angelica Scordium shauinges of Iuorie of eche one dram of the horne of a young heart shaued neare vnto the head halfe a dram make thereof a pouder with thrise so muche Sugar The quantitye to be ministred is one dram or fower scruples in the water of Buglosse Scabious or in the sirupe of Limons Aboue fiftéene yéere agoe I knewe a Surgeon at the Citie of Roan an old man who was found maintayned by the common charge of the Citie to the intēt he should goe vnto all the Citizens y were sicke in time of Pestilēce He vsed at the first assault of the sicknesse to let them blood as I wyl afterward declare and afterward he gaue them prepared Calcanthum as he termed it to prouoke them to vomite with good successe The same also vsed Antimonic before that Matthiolus had set forth his commentaries vpō Dioscorides and this is the maner of preparing the Calcanthum Take vitriol romane aud drie it very diligently then dissolue it in water clense the water cléerely from the residence then Euaporate this cleered water awaye you shall haue your vitrioll in the bottome like salt which you may vse with conserue of roses of the flowers of rosemarye or Borage water twoo scruples or one dram of y salt at a time touching this matter séeke more in Guainerius Fumanellus and Amatus Lusitanus In smaller diseases I haue cōmonly vsed to geue a vomit of the séede of Arrage Radish Walwort Broome the roote of Assarabacca the diligent Readers maye seeke for the lyke receites in the bookes of practicioners alwayes remembring this that in this diseasey as strongest must bée vsed that the humorie may not be stirred only but expelled also And when the pacient hath made an ende of vomiting he must be comforted with such things as nourish much spedely as is the water of fleshe whose discription foloweth Cut a Pertridge capon or any other kind of flesh into thin broad slices seeth thē ouer the fire with the pouder of Diamargariton frigidum conserue of Marygold flowers buglosse of rosemary flowers vntyll they be resolued into lycour this water shall you dreane from the groundes geue it the pacient to drinke To the same purpose maye be made strengthning broathes suppinges of fleshe pouned and wrong in a presse called collyces and such lyke then afterwarde to amende the harme whiche the stomacke hath taken by the recourse of euyll humours vnto it it were verye wholsome to minister some of the substaunce of a Quince with a little of a Citron condite that by diligence wee maye restore as much as the vomite hath weakened The. 12. Chap. THey which haue no lyking to vomit at the beginning of the sicknes or whē they haue done vomiting let them if it be possible sweat abundantly For those medicines which prouoke sweate do not only helpe to the driuing forth of botches but also expell the verye séede ground of the pestilent putrifaction with the thinnest part of the blood through the smal passages of the skin The profe herof is cléere if we take a president from the cure of the French pocks for as no man wyl graūt that they be perfectly healed vnles the sores be cured by bringing thē vnto suppuratiō by sundry often times sweating or by any other means wherby the poisoned humour which possessed the principall part be drawen forth so likewise neyther can the pestilēt disease or plague be remedied vnlesse the néerest chéefest cause together with the bumor whereon it feedeth are by nature voided into the proper issue or some other conuenient place Now therefore must we doo our best in describing the most fit soueraine medicines to prouoke sweat And among the residue that are deuised by the expert in the secretes of Philosophy as principall are commended the salt made of wormwood of Scabious being such as being ministred in very litle quātity do not onely prouoke sweat verye abundantlye but also withstand this sicknes mightely And no maruaile since Hippocrates said that salt cureth the iaūdice For salt by cutting making thin dischargeth the stopping of the intrailes by the vertue which it hath to drie it resisteth putrifactiō which many times is ioyned with the iaundice and the pestilence If these properties be common to the salt which we eate with our meate much more is it peculiar vnto this kinde of salt