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
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„¥
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
porc ana â„¥ j. Fermenti acris Ê’ vj. Mitridatij Ê’ j. Mixe them altogether in forme of a Pultisse and so applie it warme and renue it twise a day An other â„ž Galbani Apopanacis Ammoniaci ana Ê’ iiij Dissolue these in Uinegar if the botch be whote and inflamde but if it be not then dissolue them in Aqua vite and being dissolued then strayne it from the dregges and adde thereto Vnguent basilici Mitridat Fermenti acris ana Ê’ iiij Mixe all these together and applie it An other which is soner made Take a great Onyon make a hole in the myddle of him then â—ill the place with Mitridat or Triacle and some leaues of Rue then roast him in the whote embers and when it is soft then pound it with some Barrowes grease and applie it to the sore and that will rypen it in short time then open and â—ure it as in the Chapter before But if the paine inflammation in the place be so great that the partie cannot endure cupping glasses to be vsed thâ— must you applie a Uessicatorie to the place in the lowest parte of the griefe A Vessicatorie Take Cantarrides brused in grosse pouder halfe a dramme sowre Leauen two drammes mixe them together in a morter with a little Uinegar and applie it which within twelue houres will rayse a blister which you must open and then lay an Iuie or coleleafe to the place and vpon all applie any of the Cattaplasmes aforesaide and dresse it twise a day and once a day at least giue the patient some Cordiall and when it is come to a softnes and that you perceiue it is impostimated then open it and so proceéde to the cure as before is shewed When the botch will not come to Maturâ—tion but continueth alwaies hard Somtime it is seéne that the botch although it appeare outwardly yet will it not come to maturation which commonly is accomplished with in threé or foure dayes but will resist whatsoeuer you applie to it and remaine and continue alwaies hard now here you must presently open it either with a Causticke or by insition for feare least it strike in againe or at least growe to gangrena but before you open it you must Epithemat the griefe with this Epithemation following and euery morning and euening giue the sicke some Cordiall and betwixt the sore and the harte annoynt it with the defensiue before in the second chapter An Epithemation Take Leaues of Mallowes Violets Chammomell of either one handfull Floures of Dill Mellilot of either one ounce Hollehock roots foure ounces Linseede two ounces Boyle all these in a sufficient quantitie of water vntill halfe the water be consumed and then wet some wooll or flaxe therein being first well beaten and pickt cleane and warme laye it vpon the sore and as it cooleth do you take it away lay on another warme stewse so continue it halfe an houre together and then open it as before saide and immediatly applie to the wound Chickens or Hens as before in the first chapter hath bene shewed you And if you cannot get Chickens nor Hens then a Whelpe or a Pigeon clouen a sunder by the backe and so applyed warme wil suffice which must be renued so ofteÌ„ times as cause requireth and when that is done then applie vnto the wound a digestiue made as followeth A digestiue Take Terpentine halfe an ounce Take Honny two drammes Take Mitridat or Triacle halfe a dramme Take The yolcke of a new layde Egge Mixe all these together and vse it in the wound and vpon all lay the digestiue cattaplasme beforesaid which is made of Figges or a playster of Kellebackeron or of Diaculum magnum and dresse it twise a day and euery dressing Epithemat the griefe as before saide when it is digested then mundyfie encarne and sigillate it as in the chapter before is shewed you Cap. 6. Sheweth what is to be done when the botch strikes in againe SOmetimes you shall see the sore will appeare outwardly and sodenly vanish away againe which is a very dangerous and deadly signe now when this doth chaunce then presently giue some good Cordiall that hath power to expell the venem as in the first chapter of this treatise you maye finde choyse of and immediatly applie this pultis to both the soales of his feéte which must be made with Culuer doong and Uinegar mixt togeather and spread on a cole leaâ—e and so applied you must giue the Cordiall euery third houre and immediatly after the first giuing of the Cordiall you must Epithemat the hart with the Epithemation before expressed in the second chapter of this treatise and when that is done then cause the sicke to sweat if you may and after his sweate and the body well dried then giue him an easie Glister the neâ—t day purge him with some gentle purgation as before is shewed you And if by these meanes you preuaile not then small hope of life is to be expected yet Petruâ— Forestus willeth you first to giue a Glister and then within two houres after it to draw some bloud in the same side where the griefe is and to annoynt the place grieued with Unguentum resumptâ—â—um mixt with some Oyle of chammomell and then two houres after it to giue a Cordiall and procure sweate vpon it and so following the rest of the orders aforesaide did recouer dyuers Cap. 7. Sheweth how to drawe a botch from one place to another and so to discusse him without breaking FIrst you must applie a cupping glasse next adioyning to the lower parte of the sore on that side where you would haue him to be brought and next vnto that glasse applie another so nere the first as you can and if that be not so farre as you would haue the sore to be brought then applie the third glasse and let them all remaine a quarter of an houre then take away the last glasse but suffer the first to remaine then presently applie him againe and let it remaine a quarter of an houre more and doe so threé or foure times together but alwaies suffer the first glasse next the sore for to remaine now when you haue thus donne then take all the glasses away and presently applie â— vessicatory to the place where the last and vttermost glasse did stand suffring it to remaine there twelue houres then open the blister and lay an Iuie or cole leafe to the place and vpon all lay a playster of Kellebackeron or Diacculum magnum and dresse it twise a day the longer you keépe it running the better it will be and at length heale it vp as other vlcers are cured Now so soone as you haue applied the Uessicatorie you must presently epithemat the botch with this epithemation Epithemation Take Mallowes Violets Chammomill Dill and Mellilot of either one handfull Hollehocke rootes three ounces Linseede one ounce and halfe Boyle all these in a sufficient quantitie of water vntill halfe the water be consumed
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