of either one Ê’ which is the waight of vij pence of either one Ê’ which is the waight of vij pence The herbes berries and roses being dried must beé made in grose pouder as also the gummes and so mixed together and when yeé lyst cast some parte thereof on a chafer of coles and receaue the fume thereof Cap. 5. NOw hauing receiued the fume as aforesaydeâ— before you goe foorth of your chamber eate some Cordiall electuary or preseruatiue as hereafter you shall finde choyse which I haue alwaies vsed with good and happie succes after taking of the Cordiall wash your face and handes with cleane water wherein you must put a little vineger and then if you liste you may breake your fast with some good bread and butter and in winter season a poycht Egge is good eaten with some vinegar and for plethoricke and melancholicke bodies it were good to drinke a drafte of wormewood wine in the morning fasâ—ing because it resisteth putrefaction in the plethoâ—icke and purgeth bilous matter in the melancholike An excellent good preseruatiue which I haue alwayes vsed with good successe â„ž Conserue of Roses and borrage flowres of either two ounces Minardus Mitridat Andromachus triacle of either halfe an ounce Dioscordium two drammes Dialkermes one dramme Pouder of the seede of Citrons pilled one dramme Syrop of lymons and sower Citrons of either halfe an ounce Compounde all these together in the forme of an opiat you may eate hereof euery morning the quantitie of three beanes and drinke a drafte of Rennish wine beére or ale after it but for Children and such as are of tender yeéres so much as a beane thereof is sufficient and giue them only beére or ale after it the taking hereof euery seconde or third day will suffice if you goe not into any suspected company An other excellent good preseruatiue â„ž Kernels of walenuts and figs of either foure ounces Leaues of rue one ounce and halfe Tormentill rootes iiij drammes Rinde of sowre Citrons one dramme Right Bolarmoniake vj. drammes Fine Mirre ij scruples Saffron one scruple Salte halfe a dramme Syrop of Citrons and Lymons iiij ounces The herbes rootes and rindes must be dried the nuttes must be blanched and the bolarmonyake must beé made in fine pouder and then washt in the water of scabios and dried againe you must pound the figges and walenuts in a stone morter seuerally by them selues very small all the rest must be made in fine pouder and so mixe them altogether in the morter and then adde therto Syrop by little and little and so incorporat them all together you may giue this in the same quantytie and in like sorte as the other before An other very good â„ž Of the confection a foresaid made with Nuttes iiij ounces Minardus mitridat iiij drammes Andromachus triacle ij drammes Fine terrae Sigillatae iiij scruples Syrop of Lymons one ounce Compounde all these together in the morter as the other before you may giue hereof the waight of a groate or vipence euery second or third day drinke a draft of Rennish or White wine after it in winter season but in the heate of the yeére Sorrel water is best and in the spring Scabios or Cardus benedictus water Also so much Triacle of Andromachus discription eaten euery morning as a beane with a little conserue of Roses is a very excellent good preseruatiue Valetius doth greatly commend the taking of threé or foure graines of the Bezoar stone euery morning in a sponefull of Scabios water I caÌ„not here sufficiently commend the electuary called Dioscordium which is not onely good to resist the infection but doth also expell the venimous matter of those which are infected being taken euery morning and euening the quantitie of a beane and drinke a draft of Rennish or White wine after it in winter season but in sommer a draft of beére or ale is best In strong and rusticall bodies and such as are daylie labourers Garlike onely eaten in the morning with some Butter and Salt at breakfast drinking a cup of beére or ale after it hath bene found to beé very good which is greatly commended by Gallen who calleth it the poore mans Triacle but in the sanguin daintie and idle bodies it may not be vsed because it ouer heateth the bloud causeth headach and vniuersally inflameth the whole body Cap. 6. NOw when you haue taken any of the foresaide preseruatiues it were good and necessary to weare vpon the region of the harte some sweéte bag or quilt that hath power to resist venem and also to carry in your hand some sweéte Pomander Nodule or Nosegaie that will comforte the hart resist venem and recreate the vitall spirites as here following is specified and set downe An excellent quilt or bag â„ž Arsenike cristaline one ounce Diamargaritum frigidum ij scruples Diambrae one scruple You must grinde the Arsenike in smal pouder and then with some of the infusion of Gum Draggagant in Rose water you must make a paste then spread it on a cloth which must be sixe ynches long and fiue ynches broad and spread it thicke then couer it with an other cloth and so quilt it together which being done fasten it in an other bag of Crimson taffetie or Sarsnet and so weare it against the harte al the day time but at night leaue it off and here you must take heéd that when you sweat you doe take it away for otherwise it will cause the skinne to amper a little There are some writers which doe vtterly forbid the wearing of Arsenike but thus much I can say that I haue giuen this bag vnto diuers to weare with most happie and good successe for neuer did I yet know any one that hath worne this bag and vsed any of the electuaries aforesaid that hath bene infected with the plague but for any inconuenience or accident that hath hapned thereby I neuer found any hetherto other then the ampring of the skinne as aforesayd An other bag â„ž Irâ—ios halfe an ounce Calamus aromat Ciperus of either one dramme and halfe Storax Calam roote of Angelica of either three drammes Cloues Mace of either one dramme Red roses dried iij. drammes Pellemountaine Peniriall Callamint Elder floures of either one dramme and halfe Nutmegs Cinamon Yellow sanders of either one dramme Nardi Italicae one dramme Amber greece and muske of either sixe graines You must pound all these in pouder and then quilt them in a bag of Crymson taffatie as aforesaide A Pomander good in the sommer time â„ž The rind of Citrons Red Roses Nenuphare roses Yellow sanders of either halfe a dramme â„ž Storax liquid Beniamin of either one dramme â„ž Myrre two scruples â„ž Ladanum one dramme and halfe â„ž Muske and amber of either sixe graines Pouder all that is to be poudred and then worke them together in a whote morter with a whote pestell adding vnto it in the working some of the Musselage of draggagant dissolued in sweéte rose Water or
or lesse as occasion requiâ—reth either in Sorrell Scabios or Cardus benedictus water two or threé ounces whereunto you must adde a little syrrop of Lymons or sowre Citrons giue it warme the Bolarmoniake must bee pounded small then washt in Scabios water and so dried An other good pouder Take Leaues of Dittander called dictami cretici Roots of Tormentil Bittaine Pimpernell Gentian Zedoair Terra lemnia Alloes Cicatrin â—ine Myrre Rindes of sowre Citrons of either one dramme Masticke Saffron of either halfe a dramme Bolarmoniacke prepared as beforesaide two drammes All these must be made in fine pouder and so mixt together you may giue two scruples or one dramme thereof with any of the foresaide waters A good Opiat to expell venem and prouoke sweat Take CoÌ„serue of the flowers of Borrage Buglos Violets Bittaine of either two ounces Vennes Triacle two ounces Red Terra sigillata Terra lemnia Mitridat of either one ounce Shauing of Eburni And hartes horne Orient Perles Roots of Tormentill of either one dramme Shauing of vnicorns horne Roote of Angelica of either halfe a dramme Syrop of the Iuice of small Sorell and Buglos of either so much as shall suffice Mixe all these together in the forme of an Opiat then take of the same Opiat one dramme and halfe Scabios water Balme water of either two ounces Dissolue the Opiat in the waters and drinke it warme then walke a little vpon it and then goe to bed and sweate An other excellent good meanes to expell the venem and procure sweate Take a great white Onion and picke out the coare or myddell of him then fill the hole with good Uennes triacle or Andromachus triacle and Aqua vite then stop or couer the hole of the Onyon againe and rost him in the whote ashes vntill he be soft then straine it strongly thorow a cloth and giue it the sicke to drinke and the rest that remaines pounde it small and applie it to the soare and sweate vpon it Now when he hath takâ—n any of the foresaid Cordials if he chaunce to vomit it vp againe then wash his mouth with Rose water and Uinegar and then giue him more of the same againe which must be proportioned according to the quantitie vomited for if all were vomited then giue so much more if lesse then according to the quantitie vomyted and if he vomit that also then giue him more and so continue it to the third or fourth time if cause so require but if at no time he doe retaine it then is there small hope of recouer I haue knowne dyuers which haue vomyted their Cordials threé or foure times and at laste giuing the Iuice of the Onyon as aforesaide hath kept that and sweate vpon it and so couer their sicknes Also Minardus triacle or Andromachus triacle being taken two scruples with one scruple of Dioscordium and dissolued in threé or two ounces of this water following or Cardus benedictus Sorrell and Scabios water hath bene found excellent good and auailable both to procure sweat and expell the venimous matter An excellent good water against the plague and diuers other diseases which is to be made in May or Iune Take Angelica Dragons Scabios of either three handfuls Wormwoode Sage Sallendine Mugworte Rue Rosmarie Varueyne Endiue Myntes of either one handfull Tormentill Pimpernell Agremonie Bittayne of either two handfuls Sen Iohns worte Fetherfewe and Pionie of either a little handfull You must mixe al these herbes together then bruse them in a stone morter grosly then put them into a cleane vessel of glase or earth and adde thereto a pottle of White wine or threé quartes a pinte of Rose water and a pinte of Uinegar then mixe them well together and presse downe the herbes close together with your handes then stop the pot close and so let it stande to infuse two dayes and two nights then distill it in a stillytorie this water hath bene found excellent good both to preserue one from the plague being dronke threé or foure sponefuls of it in the morning fasting as also to expell the disease being dronke with any of the Cordials aforesaide Cap 2. Sheweth what is to be done after taking of the Cordial NOw so soone as the partie hath taken his Cordiall if he be able cause him to walke vpon it in his chamber a pretie while then laye him into his naked bed being first warmed if it be in colde weather and so procure him to sweate but in any case haue a speciall care to keépe him from sleépe all that day because thereby the bloud and vitall spirites are drawne to the inward partes and there doth holde in the venemous matter about the harte but if the sore appeare or be perceiued to present it selfe in any place neére the harte then to defend the malignitie thereof before he sweate it were good to annoynt the place betwixt the region of the hart and the sore with triacle or with this vnguent following A good defensatiue vnguent Take Triacle halfe an ounce Take Terra lemnia Red Sanders of either one dramme Mixe them together with a little Rose water and Uinegar in a morter to the forme of an vnguent and so vse it as aforesaide And vnto the sore place applie Chickens rumpes as before hath bene tolde you and then annoynt the place grieued with Oyle of lillyes and then Epithemat the hart with any one of these Epithemations following Epithemation Take The pouder of DiamargarituÌ„Frigidum one scruple Triasandalum sixe drammes Ebeni two drammes Saffron halfe a scruple Lettis seede one dramme Waters of roses Buglos and Sorrell of either sixe ounces Vinegar two ounces Boyle them all together a little An other Take The waters of Roses Balme Buglos Cardus benedictus and White wine of either foure ounces Vinegar of roses two ounces Pouder of red roses Cinamon Triasandalum Diamargaritum Frigidum of either halfe a dramme Mitridatum one ounce Triacle halfe an ounce Boyle them together a little and being bloud warme Epithemat the hart therewith which being done then procure him to sweate and after swâ—ate and the body dried then applie this quickly to the harte A quilte for the harte Take The floures of Nenuphare Borrage Buglos of either a little handfull Flowres of Balme Rosmary of either three drammes Red sanders Red Corrall Lignum alloes Rinde of a Citron Seedes of Basil Citrons of either one dramme Leaues of dittaÌ„der Berries of Iuniper of either one scruple Bone of a stags hart halfe a scruple Saffron foure graines Make all these in grose pouder and put them in a bagge of Crimson taffatie or Lincloth and lay it to the hart and there let it remaine All these thinges being done then procure him to sweate hauing a good fire in the chamber and windowes close shut and so let him sweate threé or foure houres more or lesse or according as the strength of the sicke body can endure and then drie the body well with warme clothes
dayes wilbe enough at most for wisely sayth Rondoletius y t it is not only the veÌ„nemous and contagious ayre which we receiue that doth kill vs but it is the present communicating of that contagion with some superfluous humors in our bodies as in his treatise De peste appeareth therefore now will I shew you how to purge the body Pilles good to purge â„ž Alloes Cicatrine tenne drammes Aggaricke of the whitest foure drammes Myrre Masticke of either two drammes Saffron two scruples Make these in fine pouder then compound them together in a morter with so much Oximell simplex syrrop of Lymons or of Sticados as shalbe sufficient you may giue one dramme or a dramme and halfe of these Pilles halfe an houre before supper but for a chollericke bodie you must leaue out two drammes of the Aggaricke in making of the receipt and in place thereof adde two drammes of Rubarbe and for the melancholike two drammes of Epithimum and giue the same quantitie in waight A good purging potion â„ž Raysins the stones pickt out and washt of either one ounce Polipode of the oke Elecampane roote dried rootes of wilde small sorell Succorie rootes cleansed of either halfe an ounce Leaues of Borrage Buglos Burnet Scabios Morsus diaboli Floures of Borrage Buglos Rosmarie Violets Broome of either a little handfull Seedes of fennell sowre Citrons of either two scruples Shauing of a harts horne halfe a dramme Boyle all these in a sufficient quantity of faire water vntill halfe be consumed then straine it Take of the decoctiâ—n aforesaide threé ounces Rubarbe two drammes and halfe Cinamon halfe a dramme Slice them both and put them with the liquor in a close cup and so let it stand to infuse in a warme place twelue houres then straine it out strongly adde therto one ounce of the Syrrop of mayden heare and so drinke it warme in the morning about sixe of the clocke and refraine from meate drinke and sleépe two houres after it this is good in leane and spare bodies you may for a phlegmaticke body adde in the infusion one dramme of Aggaricke Trosciskated A purging pouder for such as cannot take Pilles â„ž Alloes cicatrine one ounce â„ž Myrre Cinamon of either two drammes â„ž Saffron one scruple Make them all in fine pouder and giue one dramme in a draft of white wine Floures stopt how to prouoke them For that weemen which haue not their naturall course on them are most proue to receiue and take the infection I haue here set downe good Pilles which I haue alwaies found excellent not onely for that purpose but will also resist the danger of infection â„ž Alloes cicatrine one ounce Rootes of Gentian Aristolochia rotunda Dittander Saffron of either halfe a dramme Rootes of garden madther Mitridat of either one dramme Cause them all to be ground in small pouder then mixe it with the Mitridate and some syrrop of Artemesia or mugworte giue one dramme of these Pilles euery morning twelue dayes together or vntill her tearmes breake Issues commended against the plague IN plethoricke and ful bodies I haue found nothing more safer in the time of the plague then to make them an artificiall issue either in the legge or arme for neuer hetherto haue I knowne any one which hath had an Issue or Ulcer running on him that hath bene infected with the plague Palmarius and Forestus doe both affirme iâ— to be true and certaine but here some ignorant people doe holde opinion that hauing once an Issue hee must be constrained to keépe it alwaies which 〈◊〉 most erronious for then those which haue had Ulcers running vpon them some sixe ten yea sixetene yeéres may not be cured without some Issue to be made in some other place but therein they deceiue theÌ„ selues for my selfe by good proofe haue often found the contrary in diuers people which I haue cured some sixe some ten yea sixtene yeéres past and yet to this day doe remaine in perfect good health without any Issues Cap 9. What diet we ought to keepe FOr our diet as Hipocrates teacheth vs weé must haue a care not to exceéde in eating and drinking but to keépe a meane therein and in any case to beware of surfeting and drunkennesse which are enimies both to the body and soule but as we may not exceéde in eating and drinking so to endure great hunger and thirst is most dangerous our meate ought to be of a facile and easie digestion partly tending to a drying qualitie as Cockes Capons Hennes Pullets Partridge Feasants Quayles Pigeons Rabbets Kydde Ueale Mutton Birdes of the mountaines and such like but Beéfe Porcke Uenison Hare and Goates fleshe is to be refused and so are all water foules as Ducke Swanne Goose Widgen Teale and such like because they are hard to digest and do encrease ill bloud and naghtie Iuyce in the body Lambs flesh because of his exceéding moysture is also to bee refused Egges in the sommer not good but in winter tollerable all fishes which are of a hard flesh whether they be of the sea or fresh ryuers are to be allowed In fresh ryuers the Perche Barble Gudgin Loche Coole Troute and Pyke are good and for sea fish the Gilthed Turbet Sole Rochet Gurnard Lapster Crabbe Praunes Shrimpes Whiting and such like eaten with vinegar There are some authors which holde opynion that fish is more better to bee eaten then flesh in the great feruent heate of the yeére because they doe make a more colde bloud in the body then flesh another reason is because they doe liue vnder the water they are not infected with any contagion of the ayre as beastes and â—yrdes may be and therfore more wholsome but in my iudgement flesh is more wholsome because it doth breéde a more pure and fine Iuyce in the body then any fish whatsoeuer your bread ought to be made of pure wheate not too new nor 〈◊〉 olde but of one dayes baking or two at most is best rye bread is to be eschewed because of his great moysture yâ—ur drinke is best beére or ale not too strong or newe but the staller and clearer it is the better at your meales a draft or two of Clarret wine is tollerable but in whoâ—e weather it were good to delay it with a little water for 〈◊〉 doth warm the stomacke helpe digestion and comforte the hart For your pottage you may take in the sommer Parsly Lettis Sorrell Endiue Succorie Sperage Hop-buds Burnet Borrage Buglos Time Myntes Ysop But in winter Balme Biâ—taine Time Marigolde Isoppe Marioram Mynts and rue are good For your sallets take Pimpernell Purslane Myntes Sorrell Horehounde Yong cole Hop-buds Sperage Time Tops of fennell Tarregon Lettis And watercresses are good Capers are greatly commended being preserued in Uinegar and eaten with a little Oyle and Uinegar and so are Oliues very good also For your sauce the Iuice of a Lymon Citron or Orrenge is best the Iuice of Sorrell and Uineger is
taking great care that the sicke catch not colde in the doing thereof and then giue him some of this â—ulep following and applie the foresaide quilte or bagge to the harte A cordiall Iulep Take Waters of Endiue Purslane and Roses of either two ounces Sorrell water halfe a pinte Iuyce of Pomgarnards and for lacke thereof Vinegar foure ounces Camphire three drammes Sugar one pounde Boyle all these together in the forme of a Iulep and giue threé or foure sponefuls thereof at a time An other Iulep Take Syrrop of Ribes Sorrell Nenuphare of either one ounce Iuice of limons one ounce Sorrell water eight ounces Mixe all these together and take two or threé sponefuls thereof often times which will both comforte the hart and quench thirst And if in the time of his sweate he be very thirstie then may you giue him to drinke a Tysane made with water cleane Barly and Lycoris scrapt cleane and brused boyle them together then straine it and vnto a quarte of the licquor ad threé ounces of syrrop of Lymons and giue thereof at any time small beére or ale is also tollerable or you may giue a sponefull of this Iulep following at any time A Iulep to quench thirst Take Sorrell water foure ounces Take Borrage water Scabios water Sirrop of lymons and sowre Citrons of either one ounce Mixe all these together and so vse it as occasion requireth at any time and giue often times a cake of Manus christi made with Perles for him to eate But if in the time of his sweate you seé the sicke to fainte or sowne then apply to his temples and the region of the harte this mixture following Take Conserue of Roses Borrage Buglos Broome floures of either one ounce Take Mitridatum foure ounces Take Triacle one ounce Take Floures of violets Pellamountaine Red roses of either one dramme Take Roots of Irrios one dramme Take Muske Siuet of either eight graines Mixe all these together with a quantitie of rose Uinegar in the forme of an Opiat this must be spread on playsters and applied to the harte and temples and to the soules of the feéte applie this playster following Take of the foresaide Opiat two ounces vnto the which you must put so much more of an Onyon which must haue the middle parte thereof taken out and the hole filde with Mitridat and Aqua vite and so rosted in the ashes and then mixe it with the Opiat and applie it to both soales of the feéte Now when all this is done and that one houre is past after his sweate and body dried as aforesaide it were good you did giue the sicke some good coÌ„fortable broth although he vomit it vp againe then let him rest two houres and then offer him more which you must doe often times and but little at a time And if after all this done hee continue still weake and fainte without any amendment then giue him an other Cordiall as yeé did at the first and so cause him to sweate againe so long as his strength can well endure it and after sweate giue more of the Iulep aforesaide for by this meanes you shall often times seé the sore which did offer it selfe to come forth will be cleane discussed and consumed away but if it doe not by this meanes goe away then vse al the meanes you can to bring it vnto Suppuration and then open it with some causticke or insition as hereafter shalbe shewed you at large The next day after his sweate you may tollerate him to sleépe one houre or two in the forenoone whereby to preuent payne or lightnes of the head which may chaunce through want thereof and if after his sleépe the partie be sicke and faynte then immediatly giue him some good Cordiall according as the state of his body requireth either in temporat or extreame heate as before is shewed and in one houre after that giue some comfortable broth made with Ueale Mutton Chicken or such like wherein some borrage Buglos Pimperâ—ell and a little Isop with some Parsley rootes the inner pith taken out must be boylde whereof hee must take a little at a time threé or foure times a day and betwixt times in taking of his broth giue him threé or foure sponefuls of this Iulep following which doth resist vennenositie from the harte and also quench thirst A Iulep to quench thirst and resist vennenositie Take Water of Scabios Borrage Sorrell of either two ounces Sirrop of Limons Sowre Citrons and the Iuice of Sorrell of either one ounce Mixe all these together and giue thereof as cause requireth Then at night he may sleépe threé or foure houres more and the next day being the third or fourth day of his accubet you may purge him with one of the purgations here following but in any case you must take heéde that you do not purge with any strong or Scamniat medicine because it may bring an extreame flixe which wilbe most dangerous because it will ouermuch weaken the body and hinder concoction for most commonly in this disease the body of it self is subiecte to flixes A good Purgation in a strong bodie â„ž Rad Cichoriae Ê’ iiij Rad petasitis Ê’ ss Fol. Scabiosae Card. b. Pimpinellae Acetosae ana M. j. Florum Cord. P. j. Prunorum daÌ„mas no. x. Sem. Coriandri Ê’ ss Aqua font â„¥ ix Boyle them vntill a third parte be consumed then strayne it â„ž Decoct col â„¥ iiij Fol. Senuae Ê’ iij. Rhab. elect Ê’ iiij Spikj G. iij. Infuse them together twelue houres then straine it strongly and adde thereto these thinges Syr. de Cichoria cum Rhab. Ê’ vj Oxisacchari Simp. Ê’ ij Mixe them altogether and drinke it in the morning refraining from meate drinke and sleépe threé houres after and then eate some good broth An other in a plethoricke and full body â„ž Fol. Scabiosae Buglossae Card. b. ana M. j. Florum Cord. P. j. Rad. Tormentillae Ê’ iij. Rad. Fenic ana Ê’ iiij Cichonae ana Ê’ iiij Passularum enucleat â„¥ j. Prunorum dammas no. vj. Sem. anisi Coriandri Oxialidis ana ℈ j. Sennae Polipod q. ana â„¥ j. Boyle all these in a sufficient quantitie of water vntill halfe the water be consumed then straine it and keépe it â„ž Rhab. elect Ê’ ij Agarici tros Ê’ j. Croci ℈ ss Aquarum scabiosae Borraginis Card. b. ana Ê’ iiij Infuse these together twelue houres in a warme place then straine them strongly and adde thereto Syr. ros lax Mannae Calabriae ana â„¥ j. Decoct col â„¥ ij vel â„¥ iij. Mixe all these together and take it as the other before A good Purgation for a weake body â„ž Fol. sennae Ê’ iij. â„ž Rhab elect Ê’ j. â„ž Sem anisi Ê’ ss â„ž Schenanthi ℈ ss â„ž Aqua Acetosae â„¥ v. Boyle them a little then take it from the fire and let them stand infused together twelue houres then straine it out strongly and adde thereto Syr. ros lax â„¥
lungs that they bée not hurt or offended therewith as hereafter shall be shewed you which you must vse before he sweate and also in the sweate if néede be Eyes how to preserue them Take Rose water Plantine water of either two ounces Sumacke two drammes Let them boyle together a little or stand infused a night then mixe therwith halfe a sponefull of the oyle made of the white of an egge then wette two clothes fiue or sixe double therein and then lay them vppon either eye one colde which must bée alwaies kept vppon the eyes vntill the pocks bée all come forth and as they growe dry wette them in the same licoure againe and apply them but if there bée greate paine and burning within the eye then must you also put a droppe of this musselage ollowing into the eye take quench séede halfe a dramme bruse it a little then let it stande infused in three ounces of Rose water a whole night then straine it and put one drop thereof into the eie thrée or foure times a day at least or take of this water Take Rose water two ounces Womans milke one ounce Myrre finely poudered vj. graynes Mixe them together and vse it into the eye as before is shewed this doth ease the paine resisteth putrification and preserueth the sight For the eares you must put a drop of oyle of Roses warm into them before he sweate For the nostrels cause him oftentimes to smell to the vapour of Rose vineger or else vineger redde roses and sanders boyled together For the throate let him alwaies holde a péece of white sugar candy in the mouth and as it melteth swallow it downe For the lunges giue the sicke oftentimes some syrrope of quinches or conserue of Roses a little at a time And for his drinke the decocted water of barley boyled with a little lâ—coures is best béeing miâ—ed with the Iuyce of a Limon citron pomâ—â—aâ—nard or rybes which the sicke best lâ—keth for either of them is veâ—y good And for his dâ—â—te he must reâ—rayâ—e from all saâ—t fat thicke and sharpe meates and from all swéete thinges eyther in meate or drinke his meate must be of a facile and easie digestion and that hath a cooling property in it as broth wherin borrage buglos sorrell and such like are boyled and for ordinary drinke small bâ—ere or ale is best Cap. 4. Teacheth what is to be done when the pocks or measels are slowe in comming forth NOw when you perceiue the pockes or measelles are slowe and slackâ—n comming forth then must you helpe nature with cordials and by sweate to thrust it out from the interior and principall parts vnto which purpose I haue alwaies founde this drink to be excellent good here following R. Hordei mund M. j. Lentium excort P. j. Ficuum No. x. Fol. capil v. Ana. M. ss Lactucae Ana. M. ss Fol. acetosae M. j. Florum cord P. j. Semen fenic Ê’ ij Semen 4. frigid ma. ana Ê’ ss Aqua font ll iiij Boile all these together vntill a third part of the water bée consumed and then strayne it â„ž Decoct col ll.j. Succus granatorum vel ribes· â„¥ iiij Myxe all these together and giue the sicke foure or sixe ounces thereof to drincke euerye Morninge and euening which will prouoke sweate and expell the disease and if you caÌ„not get the iuyce of Pomegarnards nor rybes then you maie take so much of the syrrope of either of them Another good drinke to expell the pockes or measels Take a quarte of posset-ale a handefull of sennell séede boyle them together till a thirde parte bée consumed then strayne it and adde thereto one dramme of Triacle and one scruple of Saffron in pouder mixe them together and giue two thrée or foure ounces thereof to drinke euery morning and euening as cause requireth But if it bée for a strong and elderly body you may giue anye of the expelling electuaries which are vsed to expell the plague as in the first Chapter for the curing of the plague doth appeare But if the sicke bée so weake that hée cannot expell the disease in conuenient time then were it good to epithemate the hart with this epithemation following Epjthemation for the heart â„ž Aquarum ros Melissae Card. b. Buglos Morsus diaboli Vini alb Ana. â„¥ iiij Aceti Ros. â„¥ ij ss Pul. Ros. rub Trium santal Cinamon i. Elect. diamarg. frig Ana. Ê’ ss Mitridati â„¥ j. Theriackae Ê’ iiij Mixe all these together and let them boyle a little and so warme Epithemat the harte and when you haue done it then giue some expulsiue drinke or electuary as cause requireth then cause him to sweate vpon it for by this meanes you shall obtaine your desire by Gods permission Thirste how to quench it Now if in the expelling of the poxe the sicke be very thirstie and drie then giue this Iulep to drinke morning and euening which I haue founde verie good Take Syrrop of Iuiubes Nenuphare and Borrage of either foure drammes Take Waters of borrage Cichore and Buglos of either two ounces Mixe them together and giue the sicke one halfe thereof in the morning and the rest at night and cause him often times to lick of this mixture following Take The conserues of Nenuphare Violets and Borrage of either sixe drammes Manus christi made with Perles foure drams Syrrop of Nenuphare and Ribes of either one ounce and halfe Mixe them together and with a Licores sticke cleane scrapte and a little brused in the end let the sicke licke thereof Cap. 5. Sheweth what is to bee done when the pockes are all come out in the skinne FOr that often times the face and handes which is the beautie and delight of our bodies are often times disfigured thereby I will shew you what meanes I haue vsed with good and happie successe for preuenting therof which is you may not doe any thinge vnto them vntill they growe white and that they are come to maturation which when you perceiue then with a Golden pinne or neédle or for lacke therof a Copper pinne will serue doe you open euery Pustule in the top and so thrust out the matter therein very softly and gently with a softe linnen cloth and if you perceiue the places doe fil againe then open them againe as you did first for if you doe suffer the matter which is in them to remaine ouer long then will it fret and corrode the flesh which is the cause of those pittes which remaine after the pockes are gone as Auicen witnesseth now when you haue thus done then annoynt the places with this oyntment following Take Elder leaues one handfull Maregoldes two handfuls French Mallowes one handfull Barrowes morte or grease sixe ounces First bruse the herbe in a morter and then boyle them with the grease in a pewter dish on a chafer and coles vntill the Iuice of the herbes be consumed thâ—n straine it and keépe it to your vse the best time
to make it is in the middle or later ende of May. You must with a feather annoynt the places grieued and as it drieth in annoynt it againe and so continue it often times for this will soone drie them vp and keépe the place from pitting and holes which remaine after the pockes are gone Also if you annoynt the pockes onely with Oyle of sweéte Almons newly drawen threé or foure times a day which you must begin to doe so soone as the pockes are growne white and come to maturation it will cure them without pittes or spottes and easeth the payne and burning and helpeth excoriation Some doe onely often times wet the places with the Iuice of Marigoldes in the sommer season and in winter the Iuice of the rootes will serue and by that onely haue done well Mercuriales doth greatly commend this decoction following to be vsed after the Pustules are opened Take Barley one little handfull Red roses a handfull Red sanders White sanders of either one ounce of either one ounce Saffron two scruples Salte foure drammes Cleane water three pounde Boyle all together vntill a third parte be consumed you must often times touch the sores therewith with a fine cloth wet therein and as it drieth in wet it againe this in a short time will drie them vp I haue heard of some which hauing not vsed any thinge at all but suffering them to drie vp and fall of them selues without picking or scratching haue done very well and not any pittes remayned after it When the pockes after they come out doe not growe to maturation how you shall helpe it Sometimes you shall finde that it will be a long time before those Pustules will come to maturation or grow white now here you must helpe nature to bring it to passe which you may well doe with this decoction Take Mallowes one handfull Figges twelue in number Water a quarte Cut the Figges small and boyle it altogether vntill halfe and more be consumed and then wet a fine softe linnen cloth therein and touch the place therewith often times which will soone bring them to maturation and also ease the payne if any be Vlceration to helpe it If in the declining of the pocks they chance to grow vnto Ulcerations which is often times seéne then for the curing thereof vse this order here following Take Tamarinds Leaues of lentils Mirtils Buddes of okeÌ„ leaues Red roses dried of either a little handfull Boyle all these in a pottle of cleane water vntill halfe be consumed theÌ„ straine it and with a fine cloth wet therein do you wash and soke the place well then wipe it dry with a soft and fine linnen cloth and then cast into the place some of this pouder following Take Frankencense Masticke Sarcocoll and red roses of eyther two drams Make al these in fine pouder seuerally by themselues then myxe them together and so reserue it to thy vse A very good vnguent for the same purpose Take Oyle of Roses vj. ounces White waxe one ounce Ceruse washt in rose and planten water one ounce and halfe Cleere turpentine iij. drams Camphire halfe a dram You must first melte the waxe in the oyle then put in the ceruse by little and little alwaies stirring it with one iron spalter and let it boyle in a gentle fire of charcoles vntill it grow blacke but stir it continually in the boyling for feare least it burne then take it from the fire and adde thereto the camphire and lastly the terpentine this vnguent is good both to mundifie encarne and sigillate For extreame heate and burning in the soles of the feet and palmes of the hands Petrus Forestus willeth to holde the handes and féete in warme water and that will ease the paine and burning and may boldly be vsed without any danger For to help the sorenes and vlceration of the mouth Sometime it chanceth in this â—isease that there is a great vâ—ceration or excoriation in the mouth and iaâ—â—s called Aptham which if it bée not well looked vnto in time will grow to be cankers now to cure and preuent the same this gargaris is excellent good Take Barley water a quarte Red Roses dried a little handfull Sumach and rybes of either two ounces Iuyce of pomegarnards iii. ounces Boyle theÌ„ altogether sauing the iuyce of pomegarnards vntill a thirde parte be consumed then strayne it ad therto the iuyce of pomegarnards with this you must often wash and gargarise as also hold some thereof in the mouth a prety while Also to preueÌ„t the same the kernel of a pomegarnard held in the mouth is very good and so is it excellent good to lyck oftentimes some diamoron or iuyce of a pomegarnard For inflammation and paine in the tonsiles and throate Take Planten water a pinte Syrrope of pomegarnards ij ounces Mixe them together and gargarise therewith oftentimes bâ—eing warme An other Take Nightshade water a pinte Seedes of quenches iiii scruples Boyle them together a little then strayne it and adde thereto two ounces of the syrrope of pomegarnards and gargâ—rise therewith oftentimes Howe to open the eye-lids that are fastened together with the pockes Sometime the ey-lids are so â—ast ioyned together that you cannot open them without great paine danger theÌ„ to open theÌ„ you must foment or â—ath theÌ„ wel with a decoction made of quench séed mallows water boiled together wherin wet some fine linnen clothes â—iue or sixe double apply theÌ„ warm continue it vntil you may easily open them and then if you perceiue any web or filme to be growen ouer the sight then thrise a day do you put some pouder of white sugar candy into the eie or if you list you may dissolue the sugar in rose water so vse it in the eie which wil fret it away preserue the sight A good Collery for a web or vngula in the eye Take The Iuyce of rew Fennell Salendine Mallowes of eyther two ounces Boyle them together in a vessell of glasse or pewter ouer a chafer with coales and skumme away the froth that doeth rise thereof then adde thereto the gaule of an Eyle one dram and let them boile together a little then put thereto 4. scruples of white coppres and one scruple of verdegreace in fine pouder boyle al together a little then let it runne thorough a fine linnen cloth and kéepe it in a glasse you must euerye morning and euening put one droppe thereof into the eye prouided that first due euacuation be made so wel by phlebetomy as purging Cap. 6 Teacheth how to helpe diuerse accidents which chance after the pockes are cured and gone For rednes of the face and hands after the pâ—ckeâ— are 〈◊〉 how to helpe 〈◊〉 Take Barley Beanes Lupins of eyther one handfull Bruse them all in a morter grosly and boyle them in thrée pintes of water vntill it grow thicke like a ielly then straine it and annointe the face and handes therewith thrée or foure times a
which are neere the places where we dwell or by thrusting a great companie of people into a close narrow or straight roome as most commonly we see in shippes coÌ„mon Gayles and in narrow and close lanes and streetes where many people doe dwell together and the places not orderly kept cleane and sweete But most commonly in this our time it is dispersed amongst vs by accompaning our selues with such as either haue or lately haue had the disease them selues or at least haue beene conuersant with such as haue bene infected therewith But for the most parte it doth come by receauing into â—ur custody some clothes or such like things that haue bene vsed about some infected body wherin the infection may lye hidden a long time as hath bene too too ofteÌ„ experimented with repentance too late in many places It may also come by dogs cats pigs and weasells which are prone and apt to receiue and carrie the infection from place to place But howsoeuer it doth come let vs assure our selues that it is a iust punishment of God â—ayde vpon vs for our manyfold sinnes and transgressions against his diuine Maiestie for as Seneca sayth quicquid patimur ab alto venit what crosses or afflictions soeuer wee suffer it commeth from the Lord either for a triall of our faiâ—h or a punishment for our sinnes Wherefore to distinguish any farther thereof I thinke it needlesse for my entent is in briefe sort so exactly as I can to shew the meanes how to preuent the same as also how to cure it when we are infected But before I enter to intreate thereof I thinke it not a misse to shew what forewarninges and tokens are giuen vs before hand of the comming thereof thereby the better to preuent the same by prayer and repentance Cap. 3. Warninges of the plague to come AVicen a noble Physition saith that when wee see the naturall course of the ayre and seasons of the yeere to be altered as when the springe time is colde clowdie and drie the haruest time stormie and tempestuous the morninges and euenings to be very colde and at noone extreame hote these doe foreshew the plague to come Also when wee see firie impressions in the firmament specially in the ende of sommer as commets and such like and that in the beginning of haruest we see great store of little frogs red toades and myse on the earth abounding extraordinarily or when in sommer we see great store of toades creeping on the earth hauing long tayles of an asheye colour on their backes and their bellies spotted and of diuers colours and when we see great store of gnattes to swymme on the waters or flying in great companyes together or when our trees and Herbes doe abounde with caterpillers spiders moathes and such like which deuoure the leaues on the trées and herbes on the earth it sheweth the ayre to be corrupt and the plague shortly after to follow Also by the beastes of the fielde we may perceiue it especially sheepe which will goe mourning with their heades hanging downe towarde the ground and dyuers of them dying without any manyfest cause knowne vnto vs. Also when we see yonge Children flocke them selues together in companyes and then will faine some one of their company to be dead amongst them and so will solemnize the buriall in a mournefull sorte this is a token which hath bene well obserued in our age to foreshew great mortallitie at hand Also when wee see ryuers of water to ouerflow without any manyfest cause or soddenly vanish away and become drie and when cleare wellspringes doe sodenly become foule and trobled Also when the small Poxe doth generally abounde both in yong and olde people all these doe foreshew the plague to come Cap 4. Sheweth how to preuent the plague THere are three principall meanes how to preuent this contagious disease the first and chiefest is to acknowledge our manifolde sinnes and wickednes vnto almightie God our heauenly father with a hartie repentance and amendment of our former sinnes committed against his diuine maiestie The second meanes is to flye far off from the place infected and as Rondoletius sayth not ouer hastely to returne there againe for feare of an afterclap which saying is confirmed by Valetius in these wordes non enim morietur in bello qui non est in illo and the farther from it the safer shall we be yet were it a very vncharitable course that all which are of abillytie should so doe for then howe should the poore be relieued and good orders obserued but for children it were best to send them far off from the place because their bodyes are most apt to receiue the infection as also for that they cannot so continually vse antidotes and preseruatiues which by their great heate may indanger them almost so much as the disease it selfe The third meanes consisteth chiefly in three poyntes which are these Order Diet and Physicall helpes For the first you must haue a care that your houses bee kept cleane and sweete not suffering any foule filthy clothes or stincking thinges to remaine in nor about the same and in sommer season to decke your windowes and strawe youâ— floores with sweete and holsome herbes floures and leaues as Mintes Balme Pennyriall Lauender Time Marâ—oram red Roses Carnations Gellefloures and such like for your windowes your floores to be strawed with greene Rushes and Mynts Oken and willow leaues Uine leaues and such like your windowes which stand towarde the North and Easte doe you alwaies keepe open in the daye time if the aire be cleare and that no infected and vnsauery smell be neere the same as fogs doonghils and such like and euery morning before you open either your doores or windowes as also in the euening when you goe to bed cause a good fire to be made in your chamber and burn some Odoriferous or sweete perfume in the middest thereof as hereafter I will shew you or in steéde therof some Iuniper Frankincense Baye leaues Rosmary Lauender Marioram or such like which you must alwayes haue dried in a reddynes and so in the fume or smoke thereof to breath and perfume the clothes which you are to weare A good perfume in sommer season â„ž Rose water and vineger of either sixe sponefulls Rindes of sowre Citrons lymons Baye leaues of either the waight of two pence which is j. ℈ Camphire the waight of iij. pence which is halfe Ê’ The herbes and rindes must be dried and put altogether in a perfuming panne or in steede thereof a pewter dish set on a chafer of coles will serue the turne An other good perfume in winter â„ž Red roses Marioram Myrtles of either a little handfull Callamint Iuneper berries of either one Ê’ which is the waight of vij pence Ladanum of either one Ê’ which is the waight of vij pence Beniamin of either one Ê’ which is the waight of vij pence Frankincense
rose Uinegar and so make your Pomander An other good one for the winter time â„ž Storax liquid Beniamin Storax calamint Ladanum and Myrre of either halfe a dramme Cloues one scruple Nutmegs Cinamon of either halfe a scruple Red roses Yellow sanders Lignum alloes and Irrios of either halfe a dramme Calamus aromaticus rind of a Citron of either foure graines Amber greece Muske and siuet of either sixe graines You may make vp this as the other before with some Musselage of the infusion of Gum draggagant infused in Rose water A good Nodule for the sommer season â„ž Floures of Violets red Roses and Nenuphare of either one dramme â„ž Red White and Yellow sanders of either halfe a dramme â„ž Camphire xij graines Cause all these to be beaten in grose pouder then knit them all together in a peéce of Taffetie and when you will vse it then wet it in rose Water and a little Uinegar and so smell to it Another Nodule for the winter season â„ž The dried leaues of Mintes Marioram Tyme Peniriall Lauender Pellemountaine and Balme of either a little handfull Nutmegs Cloues Cinamon Angelica rootes Lignum alloes of either one dramme Saffron two scruples Cause all these to â—e infused in rose Water and Uinegar one whole night then wet a spunge in the liquor thereof and knit it in a peéce of Taffatie or your handcarchiefe whereunto you must smell often times A Nosgaie for the same purpose â„ž Herbe grace three branches Rosmarie Marioram Myntes and Time of either one branch Red rose buddes and Carnations of either three or foure Make your Nosegay herewith then sprinkle him ouer with rose Water and some rose Uinegar and smell often vnto it Also when you suspecte to goe into any dangerous or infected company doe you alwaies carry in your mouth a peéce of the roote of Angelica the rinde of a Citron dried or a great Cloue which must beé first infused or â—â—eéped one whole night in rose Water and Uinegar Cap. 7. FOr that there is not a greater enimie to the health of our bodies then costiunes both in the time of the plague and otherwise I haue here set downe howe and by what meanes you may keépe your selfe solyble which you must vse once in foure and twentie houres if otherwise you haue not the bennefit of nature by custome A suppositorie Take two sponefuls of Hony and one sponefull of Baye salte small pounded boyle them together vntill it grow thicke alwaies stirring it in the boyling then take it from the fire if you liste you may ad one dramme of Ihera picra simplex vnto it and so stirre them wel together and when it is almost colde make vp your suppositories of what length and bignes you list and when you minister any you must first annoynt it with butter or Sallet oyle you may keepe these a whole yeére if you put them in Barrowes morte or grease and so couer them vp close therein A good Glister â„ž Mallowes Mercurie Beets Violets Red Fennell of either one handfull Seedes of fennel Annis Coriander of either one dramme Boyle all these in a sufficient quantitie of Water vntil halfe the water be consumed then straine it and keépe it in a glasse close stopt vntill you neede for it will keépe a whole weéke Take of the same decoction a pinte Mel rosarum or common Honie one sponefull Oyle of Violets or oyle of Oliues three ounces Sâ—lte one dramme The yolke of an Egge or two Mixe all these together in a morter and so giue it warme in the morning or two houres before supper and if yeé adde vnto this one ounce of Diacatholicon it will beé the better Raysins laxatiue how to make them â„ž White wine three pintes and halfe â„ž Senuae halfe a pound â„ž Fine white sugar one pound â„ž Currantes two poundes You must infuse the Senue in the wine in a pot close stopt and let it stand in a warme place foure and twentie houres then straine it and adde to the strayning the Currants being cleane pickt and washt and lastly the Sugar boyle all together on an easie fire vntill the wine be consumed hauing care that you doe alwaies stirre it about in the boyling for feare of burning then take them from the fire and put them vp into a cleane galley pot you may eate one sponefull or two of them a little before dinner at any time A good Oyntment to keepe on Sollible The gaule of an Oxe Oyle of violets of either one ounce Sheepes tallow sixe drammes Boyle them together on a soft fire vntill they be incorporated then take it from the fire and adde there to Alloes cicatrine one ounce Baye salt halfe an ounce The Alloes and Salte must be both made in fine pouder before you put them into the Oyle then stirre them together vntill it be colde and when you are disposed to haue a stoole then annoynt your fundment therewith both within side and without and if you annoynt your nauell therewith it will worke the better Good pils to keepe one Sollible and doe also resist the pestilence â„ž Alloes Cicatrine one ounce Chosen Myrre three drammes Saffron one dramme and halfe Amber greece sixe graines Syrop of limons or Citrons so much as shalbe sufficient to make the masse You must grinde the Alloes Myrre and Saffron into small pouder seuerally by them selues then incorporat them altogether with the syrope you may giue halfe a dramme or two scrupls therof in the euening halfe an houre before supper twise or thrise in a weéke Rases would haue you to take halfe a dramme or two scruples of these Pilles euery day without vsing any other preseruatiue at all and he hath great reason so to esteéme of them for Galen Auicen and all auncient writers in Physicke doe holde opinion that Alloes doth not only comfort but purge the stomake from all rawe and chollericke humors and doth also purge and open the vaynes calâ—ed Miserayice and resisteth putrefaction Myrre doth altogether resist neither will it suffer putrefaction in the stomacke Saffron doth comfort the hart and hath also a proprietie in it to carry any medicine that is giuen there with vnto the hart but to conclude these Pilles will purge all superfluous humors in the stomacke and principall members and preserueth the bloud from corruption Cap. 8. I Must here giue you to vnderstand that the infection doth often times lye hidden with in vs with out any manifest signe or knowledge thereof at the first and therefore were it good for sanguine bodies and such as doe abound with bloud in the sommer season to drawe sixe or eight ounces of bloud out of the basillica vaine in the right arme which is a good meanes to preuent a further danger as Auicen witnesseth but for full and plethoricke bodies it were best to purge them selues once in seuen or eight daies with some easie and gentle purgation as hereafter I will shewe you but for leane and spare bodies once in fourtene
j And then drinke it as the other before An other gentle Purgation â„ž Aquarum scabiosae Card. b. Aqua ad pestem ana â„¥ j. Rhab elect Ê’ ij ss Cinamomi Ê’ ss Infuse them together twelue houres and straine theâ— strongly then adde to the strayning Syr ros lax â„¥ j. Syr de limonibus Ê’ iiij Mixe them together and so drinke it as the other before you may either adde or diminish of the Rubarbe vnto any of these potions as you â—â—st Now when you seé the Purgation hath done working then giue the sicke some Cordiall thing as hereafter followeth which hee must also take the next morning following A good Cordiall to be taken after Purging â„ž Conserua Borrag Buglos Mali Citri ana Ê’ iiij Confect Alkermis Ê’ j. Boli Veri Ê’ ss SpecieruÌ„ diarhod abb ℈ ij Diamarga frigid Ê’ j. Manus châ—isti perlati â„¥ j. Syr de lymon Ê’ iiij Mixe all these together and giue the sicke thereof so much as a chestnut at a time you must often times eate thereof if the sicke be in no great heate An other good Cordiall to be giuen where great heate is â„ž Conseruae Borag Ê’ iiij â„ž Conseruae fol acetosae â„¥ j. â„ž Bolarm veri Ê’ j. â„ž Manus christi cum perlis â„¥ j â„ž Syr de limonibus q. 5. misse You must often times giue of this where great heate is so much as thâ—eé beanes at a time A good Cordiall potion â„ž Aquarum buglossae Acetosae ana â„¥ j. â„ž Pul diamarga frigi Ê’ ss Take Confectio alkermis G. ij Take Syr de aceto Citri â„¥ j. misse Take Vel de limon â„¥ j. misse All this you may take after purging as aforesaide at any time And here you must vnderstand that if it be in a plethoricke body full of ill humors it were good that you purge him againe the next day Cap 3. Sheweth what Simptoms often chaunce and how to help them FOr that in this contagious disease there are diuers daÌ„gerous simptoms which doe oftimes chance I will here shew you good meanes how to helpe the same For lightnes of the head through want of sleepe â„ž Hordei mund P. j. Amigd dul depilatum â„¥ j. ss Sem. 4. Frigid ma mund ana ℈ j. Aqua font q. 5. fiat decoctio Decoct col l. j. Syr de limombus de Papa ana â„¥ j. ss Sacchari perlati â„¥ j. Boyle them together a little and then keépe it to your vse you must often times giue two or threé sponefuls therof to drinke and annoynt his temples with this oyntment Oyntment to prouoke sleepe â„ž Vnguent popillionis Ê’ iiij Vnguent Alabastrini Ol Nenuphariae misse ana Ê’ ij This oyntment is not onely good to prouoke sleépe but will also ease the payne of the head if the place greéued beé annoynted therewith For rauing and raging Yf the partie raue then giue him one scruple of the pouder of a hartes horne burnt with halfe an ounce of the sirrop of Uiolets and Lymons and applie this sacculus following to the heade A good Sacculus for rauing and raging â„ž Florum Nenupharij P. j. Cort Pap Ê’ ij Santali Rub Citri albi ana Ê’ j. Florum ros rub P. j. Florum Viol. P. ss Florum chamomil Betonicae ana Ê’ j. Shread them all small then pounde them grosly and quilt them in a bagge and applie it to the head and it will helpe you Aphtham to helpe it In this contagious disease there doth chance an vlceration of the mouth which is called Aphtham it commeth by meanes of the great interior heate which the sicke is oppressed with in the time of his sicknes which if it bee not well looked vnto in time it will greatly endanger the body for remedy whereof vse this Gargaris A good Gargaris for the mouth Take Cleane Barley one handfull Wilde daysie leaues Planten leaues Strauberie leaues Violet leaues of either one handfull Purslan seede one scruple Quinche seede one scruple and halfe Licqueris brused foure drammes Boyle all these in a sufficient quantitie of water vntill the water be halfe consumed then straine it and take one pinte and halfe thereof and adde thereto Syrrop of roses by infusion And Syrrop of dried roses of either foure drams Diamoron two ounces Mixe these together and Gargaris and wash the mouth therewith often times being warme and it helpeth Vomitting extreamly how to helpe it If it come in the beginning of the disease as most commonly it doth ther is no better meanes to stay it then by giuing of Cordials and by sweating by which meanes that Uennemous matter which is the cause thereof is expelled and breathed out but if after Cordials giuen and sweate it doth not stay it is a very il and daugerous signe yet what meanes I haue vsed to stay the same I will here shew you A good bagge for the stomacke Take Dried leaues of Mints Elder Orgaine Wormwoode Calaminte Mugworte Time Balme Pellemountaine Toppes of Dill of either a little handfull Seeds of Cardus benedictus Fennell Annis Rootes of Ciperus Calamus aromaticus of either foure drammes Nutmegs Cloues Mace of either halfe a dramme Make all these in grose pouder then put it into a linnen bagge wich must be made so broad and long as will couer the stomacke then take Rose water and strong Uinegar of either ten sponefuls wherein doe you dissolue one ounce of Mitridat then must you first wet the saide bagge in two partes of cleane water and a third parte of White or Claret wine and let him sooke therein a little while the lyquor being first warmd on a chafer and coles and then wet him in the Rose water and Uinegar being warme and so applie it to the stomacke and when he waxeth colde warme him therein againe and let him remaine halfe an houre in all and then take him away and drie the stomacke with a warme cloth and then annoynt it with this ointment following Take Kimicall oyles of Rosmarie Take Sage Take Vinegar Take Mitridat of either one dramme Mixe all these together and so vse it and if the partie be costiue then were it good to giue him a glister wherein dissolue two drammes of Mitridat it is also good to applie Uentoses vnto the buttockes and thighes Yoxe or yexing to stay it R. Dill seede two scruples and halfe White poppie seede Purslan seede of either one scruple and halfe Bruse them a little then knit them in a fine Linnen cloth and let it sooke in the drinke which he vseth and when you giue him drinke wring out the bagge therein and let him drinke it and that will stay it also the order aforesaide to helpe vomitting is good to stay the yoxe or yexing but if nether of them preuaile then wil the sicke hardly escape death Flyxe how to stop it You must first giue the patient this purgation following which doth not onely purge away those flymie humors which is the cause thereof but doth also leaue an astringencie behinde it
day for thrée or foure daies together and then you must wet the face and hands so often times a day with this water following Take Vine leaues two handfuls Beane flowre Dragons Wilde-tansey of eyther one handfull Camphire three drams Two Calues feete The pulpe of three limons A pinte of rawe creame You must shred the hearbes small as also the limons and break cut the calues féet small then mixe them altogether and distill it in a glasse still also the water of May deawe is excellent good for any high colour or rednes of the face For spots in the face remayning when the pockes are gone Take the Iuice of Lymons and mixe it with a little bay Salte and touch the spots therewith often times in the daye for it is excellent good A good oyntment for the same purpose Take Oyle of sweete Almons Oyle of white Lillies of either one ounce Capons grease Goates tallowe of either foure drammes Sarcocoll halfe a dramme Floure of Ryce and of Lupins of either one dramme Litharge of golde one dramme and halfe Rootes of Brionie and of yrâ—ios of either one scruple Sugar candie white one dramme Make pouder of all those that may be brought in pouder and searce it through a sarge then put them all in a morter together and labour them with a pestle and in the working doe you put the waters of Roses beane floure and of white Lillies of either a great sponefull which must be put in by little and little in the working of it and so labour theÌ„ all together vntill it come to an vnguent You must euery euening annoynt the face therewith or handes and in the morning wash it away in the water wherin Barley Wheate branne and the seede of Mallowes hath béene boylde For holes remayning when the small pockes are gone For helping of this accident I haue vsed many things yet neuer coulde finde any thing that did perfectly content me but the best meanes that I haue tried is one day to wash the place with the distilled water of strong Uinegar and the next day with the water wherein Branne and Mallowes haue bene boylde and continue this order twentie dayes or a month together Running of the eares how to helpe it Somtimes the eares do runne very much in this disease which in any wise you may not go about to stop in â—he beginning but suffer it so to runne and the eares to remaine open but if there be great payne in them then wet a spunge in warme water and Oyle of roses mixte together and laye it vpon the eares For stopping of the nostrels to helpe it Sometimes the Nostrels are greatly pestred by stopping them with the pockes growing in them which doth oftentimes cause vlceration in them therefore to preuent the same take Red rose and planten of either one handfull Mirre in pouder halfe an ounce Boyle all these in a quarte of water vntill halfe be consumed and so being warme cause the sicke to drawe the fume thereof into his Nostrels often times Also if the sicke doth often times smell vnto Uinegar it is good For horsenes remayning when the pockes are gone Take Licores Sebesten Iuiubes of either two ounces Fat Figges foure ounces Cleane water foure pintes Boyle all these together vntill halfe be consumed then strayne it and giue one sponefull thereof to the sicke often times and it helpeth For filthie and moyste scabbes after the pockes are gone Take Lapis calaminaris Litharge of golde and of siluer of either two drammes Quicke brimstone and Ceruse of either two drammes Bring all these in fine pouder and then labour them in a morter with so much Barrowes mort or grease as shalbe sufficient to make vp an vnguentum and annoynt the place therewith euery morning and euening FINIS A Table or Index A. ANgelica roote to prepare it fol. 7. Aptham how to helpe it fol. 26. B. BLoud when and where it is to be drawn fol. 17 18.40 Bolarmoniake how to prepare it fol. 19. Botch in the throte to cure it fol. 17. Botch how to know where it will be although no signe appeare fol. 18. Botch the generall cure thereof fol. 30. Botch that is hard and will not come to maturation how to helpe it fol. 32 Botch how to draw it from one place to another fol. 34 Botch when hee strickes in againe how to bring him out fol. 33. Botch how to draw him froÌ„ one place to another fol. 34. C. Carbunkle or blayne how to know him as also to cure it fol. 35. Carbunkle with paine and inflammation to helpe it f. 36 Chickens how to applie them fol. 17. Cordiall preseruatiues fol. 4. Cordiall to be taken after purging fol. 26. Costiuenes how to helpe it fol. 8.9 D. Digestiue for a botch how to make it fol. 30.31.33 Dyet to be kept in time of the plague fol. 11. Dyet for them that haue the small pockes fol. 41. F. EAres how to preserue them from the pockes fol. 41 Eares running of them what you must do to it fol. 47 Epithemation to comforte the harte fol. 2.42 Epithemation for a botch fol. 34. Exercise and orders to be kept in the plague fol. 12. Eyes how to preserue them from the pockes fol 41 Eye paine and burning therein to ease it fol. 41 Eye perle or web therein to helpe it fol· 46 Eyes fastered and clong together to helpe it fol. 46. F. Faynting and pounding to helpe it fol. 23. Face how to preserue it from deformiting in the small pockes fol. 43. Face spotes therein and rednes after the pockes are gone to helpe it fol 46 Feete extreame heate in them with the smal pockes to helpe it fol. 45. Floures of wemen stopt to prouoke them fol. 10.11 Flixe how to stop it fol· 25. H. HAndes and feete extreame heate in them with the small pockes to helpe it fol. 45 Head lightnes and paine therein for want of sleepe f. 25 Holes in the face with the small pockes what is to bee done to it fol. 47 Hoarsnes remayning after the pockes are gone to helpe it fol. 48 I. Issues commended against the plague fol. 11. Iuleps Cordiall to make them fol. 22. Iulep to quench thirst fol 23.24 L. LAske or â—â—ixe how to stop it fol. 25. Longs how to preserue them from the pockes f. 41. M. MAturatiue to ripe and rot a botch fol. 31.32.35 Mouth vlceration therin called Aptham to helpe it fol. 26. Mouth sorenes and vlceration therein with the small pockes how to preuent and cure the same fol. 45. Mundificatiue for a carbunkle or blayne fol. 36. N. Nodule against the plague fol. 7. Nosgaye against the plague fol. 7. Nostrels how to preserue them from the pockes fol. 41. Nostrels stopt and vlcerated with the small pockes to helpe it foll 47. O. Opiat good to expell the plague fol. 19. Oyntment to keepe on sollible fol. 8. Oyntment to prouoke sleepe and ease paine of the head fol. 26. Oyntment to keepe the face from
dilligent helping of nature that to be effected and brought to good passe which I haue iudged most desperate There are foure intentions required for the curing thereof that is by bloud letting Cordials sweat and purging but the manner how to excecute the same great contention hath beene both amongst the olde and later writers which here to treate of were too tedious for vnto the learned it were needlesse and for the communaltie little would it preuaile them therfore in breéfe sorte will I shew you what I haue obserued touching the cure First if it be in a plethoricke sanguine and strong body and hath paine in the head great heat at the hart thirstie the pulse strong and labouring or beating strongly and hath great and large vaines appearing these ought presently to be let bloud in that side where yeé perceiue the griefe doth proffer it selfe to come forth and not visibly appearing tending to maturation For then we may not drawe bloud but vse all other meanes we can deuise in helping nature to expell it neither may you draw bloud if the partie haue a flixe or laske which is an euill signe in the beginning of the disease for by that meanes you shall hinder nature greatly but onely giue the partie Cordials neither may you stop the flixe in the beginning but if it be extreame and that it stay not the second day then must you giue some purgatioÌ„ which may leaue an asstringencie behinde it as hereafter in the cure of the flixe shalbe shewed For as Hypocrates in his first booke and one and twentie aphorisme doth admonish vs we must consider and marke how nature doth encline her selfe for that will teach vs what we are to doe Now if you perceiue the botch or carbunkle to appeare vnderneth the chinne about the throte then presently drawe bloud in both vaines vnder the tongue and immediatly after that apply a cupping glasse with scarification iâ— one side of the necke next vnto the sore thereby to draw it from the throte for feare least soddenly it chooke him vp and then apply Chickens rumps or Hens rumps to the botch the feathers being fâ—rst pluckt away from the rump and a grayne of Salte pâ—â—â—â—to the â—â—well and so hoâ—de the bare place to the greife 〈◊〉 the chicken dâ—ie which wilbe within halfe an houre and then apply another so continue in changing them so long as they do dâ—ye and lastly apply a mollificatiue cataplasme or plaster to the same place as in the fift chapter following is shewed which is made with Unguentum basillicon and to the botch apply the Epithemation and cataplasme in the seuenth chapter following But if it be in the neckâ— he doth coÌ„plaine then let him bloud in y e Cephallica vaine in the arme of the same side where he complayneth If in the greynd or fâ—ancke he doe complaine then let him bloud in the foote on the same side and open the vaine called Maleola or Saphena the quantitie must be according as the age and strength of the partie requireth but at most draw not aboue sixe or eight ounces For Auicen willeth vs to preserue bloud as the treasure of nature But in a weake spare and cachochimious body as Galen teacheth vs we may not draw bloud at all for thereby should you greatly endanger the patience but helpe such by cordials and sweate And here you shall vnderstand that vnlesse Phlebetomy be done at the first that is with in sixe or eight houres at most it wilbe too late to attempt it neither may you doe it if the sore doe appeare vp in â—ight tenâ—ing to suppuration for thâ—n shoulde you hinder naâ—â—re which like a diligent workeman haâ—h discharged and thruâ—â— forth that venimous matter which otherwise woulde haue kilde vs. And here touching Phlebetomy or bloud letting you must haue this speciall care that you drawe not bloud on the opposit side as if it bâ— on the leâ—â— side the sore appeare then draw not â—loud on the right side if it appeare in the flancke then drawe not bloud in the arme but in the foote for otherwise you shal draw tâ—at venimous matter from the ignoble vnto the noble partes and so kill the body And although the partie complaine not more in the one side then the other yet by the pulse shall you perceiue on which side the venem lyeth hidden for on that side where nature is opprest there shall you finde the pulse more weake feéble and vneuen greatly differing from the other side And here you shall vnderstand that in some it hath bene seéne that nature of it selfe at the first hath thruâ—â— out that venimous matter in some place of y e body with a botch appearing high and tending to suppuration or a carbunckle or spots called purples Now here if you draw bloud you do then greatly endanger the body but in this case you must only giue Cordials and vse all the meanes you can to bring it outwarde either by maturation or euaporation as hereafter shalbe shewed you And here you shall farther vnderstand that where the age constitution nor strength of the partie will permit that Phlebetomy be done yet for the better helpe of nature you must apply Uentoses with resonable deepe scarification vnto the next place adioyning where the partie complayneth therby the more speédily to draw the venimous matter vnto the superâ—â—ciall partes and there to applie the rumps of Chickens as before is taught you and so applie to the place some strong maturatiue and attractiue plaster or Cataplasme as hereafter shalbe shewed you If the greife be in the head or throte then applie Uentoses to the necke if it be in the emunctuaries of the harte then applie them to the shoulders if in the emunctuaries of the liuer then applie them to the buttockes or thies now when this is done either by Phlebetomy or Uentoses then within an houre or two at the most after it yoâ— must giue the sicke some good Cordiall medicine which hath power to comfort the harte resist the venimous matter and also procure sweat which here following you maye make choyse as you list An excellent good pouder to expell the plague and prouoketh sweat Take Rootes of Gentian Bittaine Petasitis of either one dramme Roots of Tormentil Dittander of either three drammes Red sanders halfe a dramme Fine Pearle and been of both sorâ—es of either one scruple Fine Bolarmoniack prepard fine Terra sigillata of either sixe drammes Rindes of Citrons Red Correll Roots of Zedoiar Shauing of Ebory bone of a Stagges harte of either sixtene graines Fragments of the 5. pretious stones of either halfe a scruple Shauing of a Vnicorns horne Succini of either halfe a scruple Leaues of Golde and Siluer of either one and halfe in number Make all these in fine pouder euery one seuerall by him selfe and then mixe them all together and giue thereof one dramme or foure scruples more