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A22700	Orders, thought meete by his Maiestie, and his Priuie Counsell, to be executed throughout the counties of this realme, in such townes, villages, and other places, as are, or may be hereafter infected with the plague, for the stay of further increase of the same Also, an aduise set downe by the best learned in physicke within this realme, containing sundry good rules and easie medicines, without charge to the meaner sort of people, aswel for the preseruation of his good subiects from the plague before infection, as for the curing and ordering of them after they shalbe infected.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I); James I, King of England, 1566-1625.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I).; England and Wales. Privy Council.	1603 (1603)	STC 9209; ESTC S100731	11,439	25

Enula Campana being layde and steeped in Vineger and grosse beaten put a little of it in a handkerchiefe and smell to it if you resort to any that is infected ¶ For women with child or such as be delicate and tender and cannot away with taking of Medicines MAke a tost of white or of the second breade as you thinke good and sprinkle on it being hotte a litle good wine Vineger made with Rose leaues and for want of it any good common or vsed Vineger and spread on the tost a little butter and cast thereon a little powder of Cinamon and eate it in the morning fasting The poore which cannot get Vineger nor buy Cinamon may eate bread and butter alone for butter is not onely a preseruatiue against the Plague but against all maner of poysons When one must come into the place where infectious persons are it is good to smell to the roote of Angelica Gentian or Valerian and to chew any of these in his mouth Another preseruatiue for the poore IT shal be good to take an handfull of Rue and as much common Wormewood and bruse them a little and put them into a pot of earth or tinne with so much Vineger as shall couer the herdes keepe this pot close couered or stopt and when you feare any infection dippe into this Vineger a piece of a sponge and cary it in your hand smell to it or else put it into a round ball of Yuorie or Iuniper made full of holes of the one side carying it in your hand vse to smell thereunto renewing it once in a day ❧ To be vsed after Infection taken FOr as much as the cause of the Plague standeth rather in poyson then in any putrifaction of humours as other agues doe the chiefest way is to mooue sweatings and to defend the heart by some cordiall thing Suppositarie IF the patient bee costiue and bound in his bodie let him take a Suppositarie made with a litle boyled Honie and a little fine powder of Salt and so taken in at the Fundament and kept till it moue a stoole An excellent Medicine made without charges TAke of the powder of good Bayberies the huske taken away from them before they be dried a spoonefull Let the Patient drinke this well mingled in a draught of good stale Ale or Beere which is neither sowre nor deade or with a draught of white Wine and goe to bed and cast himselfe into a sweate and forbeare sleepe as is aforesaid An other soueraigne remedie that is a stilled water TAke the inward bark of the Ashe tree a pound of Walnuts with the greene outward shelles to the number of fiftie cut these smal of Scabious of Veruen of Petimorel of Housleeke of euery one a handfull of Saffron halfe an ounce powre vpon these the strongest Vineger you can get foure pintes let them a little boyle together vpon a very soft fire and then stand in a very close pot well stopt all a night vpon the embers afterward distill them with a soft fire and receiue the water close kept Giue vnto the Patient laide in bed and well couered with clothes two ounces of this water to drinke let him be prouoked to sweate and euery sixe houres during the space of twentie foure houres giue him the same quantitie to drinke This Medicine for the worthinesse thereof and because it will stand the maker thereof in little charge it shall be very well done to distill it in Summer when the Walnuts hang greene on the tree that it may be ready against the time that occasion serueth to vse it 1. Bloodletting IF the Patient be ful of humours which be good let him immediatly be let blood vpon the Liuer veine in the right arme or in the Median veine of the same arme if no sore appeare in the first day 2. Medicine purgatiue FOr the Poore take Aloes the weight of sixe pence put in the pappe of an Apple and for the richer Pilles of Rufus to bee had in euery good Apothecaries shop After letting of blood and purging as shall bee needfull some of the forenamed Cordials are to be vsed These preparations thus vsed the first day that the Patient shall fall sicke as cause shall be to vse the one or the other no sore appearing in which case if the sore shall appeare they are both to bee forborne the next is to vse all meanes to expel the poyson and to defend the heart by Cordials 3. Medicament expulsiue THe poyson is expelled best by sweatings prouoked by posset Ale made with Fenel and Marigolds in Winter and with Sorrel Buglosse and Borage in Summer with the which in both times they must mixe the Triacle of Diatessaroum the weight of ix d. so to lay themselues with all quietnesse to sweat one halfe houre or an houre if they he strong For they that be neither full of humours nor corrupt in humours neede neither purging nor letting of blood but at the first plunge may mooue themselues to sweate with Cordiall things mixt with such things as mooue sweate and are before declared ❧ What is to be done when there is any rising or swelling in any part THen if by these three meanes the poyson be expelled outward by botches carbuncles or markes called Gods markes according as nature doth expell so must the further proceedings be prouiding still that they continue still in the vse of the cordiall and moderate sweating now and then all the time that the sores be in healing which must by the Surgion bee handled with great discretion Medicines to be vsed in ordinary diet IT is thought that the powder of Harts horne hath a speciall prerogatiue to be vsed all the time of their sicknes in their broths and supping which in Sommer must euer haue Sorrell Borage Buglasse and in winter Betony and Scabious or Morsus Diaboli and if their habilities do not serue let them vse it with Aleburies made with a little Nutmegge or one Cloue or with Cawdels in like maner made with Cloues Maces Nutmegs Sanders or such like Both to preserue and cure the sicknesse TAke an egge and make a hole in the toppe of it take out the white and yelke fill the shell with the weight of two french crownes of Saffron rost the said egge thus filled with Saffron vnder the embres vntil the shell begin to waxe yellow then take it from the fire and beate the shell and Saffron in a morter together with halfe a spoonefull of Mustard seed take of this powder a french crown weight and as soone as you suspect your selfe infected dissolue it into ten spoonefuls of posset ale and drinke it luke warme then goe to bed and prouoke your selfe to sweating To be vsed in the first time of the sicknesse ANother is to take fiue or sixe handfull of Sorell that groweth in the field or a greater quantity according as you will distill more or lesse of the water thereof and let it lie infrised or steeped

in good Vineger the space of foure and twentie houres then take it off and drie it with a linen cloth put into a Limbecke and distill the water thereof And assoone as you finde your selfe touched with the sicknesse drinke foure spoonefuls of the said water with a little sugar and if you be able walke vpon it vntill you doe sweate if not keepe your bed and being well couered prouoke your selfe to sweating and the next day to take as much againe of it a little before supper Item to prouoke vomit with two ounces of ranke oyle or walnut oyle a spoonefull of the iuice of Celendine halfe a spoonefull of the iuice of radice root so that the party Infected do walke and not sleepe is better then any letting of blood or any purging For the disease neither can suffer agitation of humors nor when one is infected hath no time to bleede or to purge ❧ Outwrrd Medicines for to be applied to the sore The first TAke of Scabious two handfuls stampe it in a stone morter with a pestell of stone if you can get any such then put vnto it of olde swines grease salted two ounces and the yelke of an egge stampe them well together and lay part of this warme to the sore The second TAke of the leaues of Mallowes of Camomill flowers of either of them an handfull of Linseede beaten into powder two ounces boyle the Mallow leaues first cut and the flowers of the Camomill in faire water standing aboue a fingers breadth boyle all them together vntill all the water almost be spent then put thereunto the Linseede of Wheate flower halfe an handfull of swines grease the skins taken away three ounces of oyle of Roses two ounces stirre them still with a sticke and let them all boyle together on a soft fire without smoke vntill the water be vtterly spent beate them all together in a morter vntill they be well encorporated together and in feeling smooth and not rough then make part thereof hot in a dish set vpon a chafindish of coales and lay it thicke vpon a linnen cloth applying it to the sore Another excellent Medicine to ripen and bring out the sore TAke a white Onion cut in pieces of fresh butter iii. ounces of Leuen the weight of xii d. of Mallowes one handfull of Scabious if it may be had one handfull of Cloues of Garlicke the weight of xx d. boyle them on the fire in sufficient water and make a pultesse of it and lay it warme to the sore Another TO the sore it selfe doe thus Take two handfull of Valerian three rootes of Danewort a handfull of Smalledge or Louage if you can get it seethe them all in butter and water and a fewe crummes of bread and make a pultesse thereof and lay it warme to the sore vntill it breake Another for the same IF you cannot haue these herbes it is good to lay a loafe of bread to it hot as it commeth out of the ouen which afterward shal be burnt or buried in the earth or the leaues of Scabious or Sorrell rosted or two or three Lillie rootes rosted vnder embers beaten and applied A generall m●dicine for all sortes of people taken with the plague to be had without cost TAke of the roote of butter burre otherwise called p●●●●●ent wort one ounce of the roote of great Valerian a ●●arter of an ounce of Sorrell an handfull boyle all these in a quart of water to a pint then straine it and put there to two spoonefuls of Vineger two ounces of good Sugar boyle all these together vntill they be well mingled let the infected drinke of this so hotte as he may suffer it a good draught and if hee chance to cast it vp againe let him take the same quantitie straightway vpon it and prouoke himselfe to sweate and he shall find great helpe Time of continuance apart from common assemblies SUch as haue beene infected should keepe their house without being conuersant with y e whole vntill the sores 〈◊〉 haue 〈…〉 and be perfectly whole and sound which in sanguine and cholericke persons will bee healed sooner then in melancho●●ke and flegmatike complexions SUch persons may not well be conuersant with them which are not infected for the space of one mo●●th Infected clothes THe Contagion suspected to remaine in cloths either wollen or linnen cannot wel be auoided by 〈◊〉 meanes then by fire and water by often ●●●●ing and ai●ing the same in frostes and sonne shine with good discretion and b●●ning the clothes o● small val●● FINIS

better executiō hereof 16 Item if there be any person Ecclesiasticall or Laye that shall hold and publish any opinions as in some places report is made that it is a vain thing to forbeare to resort to the Infected or that it is not charitable to forbid the same pretending that no person shall die but at their time prefixed such persons shall be not onely reprehended but by order of the Bishop if they bee Ecclesiasticall shall be forbidden to preach and being Lay shall be also enioyned to forbeare to vtter such dangerous opiniōs vpon paine of imprisonment which shall be executed if they shall perseuere in that errour And yet it shall appeare manifestly by these Orders that according to Christian charity no persons of the meanest degree shal be left without succour and reliefe 17 And of these things aboue mentioned the Iustices shall take great care as of a matter specially directed and commaunded by his Maiestie vpon the princely and naturall care hee hath conceiued towards the preseruation of his subiects who by very disorder and for lacke of direction do in many parts wilfully procure the increase of this generall contagion ❧ An aduise set downe by the best learned in Physicke within this Realme Conteining sundry good Rules and easie Medicines without charge to the meaner sort of people as well for the preseruation of his good Subiects from the Plague before infection as for the curing and ordering of them after they shal be infected Preseruatiue by correcting the aire in houses TAke Rosemarie dried or Iuniper Bay-leaues or Frankincense cast the same on a Chafendish and receiue the fume or smoke therof some aduise to be added Lauander or Sage Also to make fires rather in Pannes to remooue about the Chamber then in Chimneys shall better correct the ayre of the Houses Take a quantity of Vineger very strong and put to it some small quantitie of Rosewater ten braunches of Rosemarie put them all into a Basen then take fiue or sixe Flintstones heated in the fire till they be burning hote cast them into the same Vineger and so let the fumes be receiued from place to place of your house Perfuming of Apparell SUch apparell as you shall commonly weare let it bee very cleane and perfume it ofen either with some redde Saunders burned or with Iuniper And if any shall happen to be with them that are visited let such persons as soone as they shal come home shift themselues and aire their clothes in open aire for a time Preseruation by way of defence in open aire and common assemblies to be vsed outwardly IT is good in going abroad into the open aire in the streets to hold some things of sweet sauour in their hands or in the corner of an handkerchife as a sponge dipped in Vineger and rose-Rosewater mixed or in Vineger wherein Wormewood or Rue called also Herbegrace hath bene boyled Preseruatiue by way of inward medicine TAke a quantitie of Rue or Wormewood or of both and put it into a pot of vsuall drink close stopped let it lie so in steepe a whole night and drinke thereof in the morning fasting In all Sommer plagues it shall be good to vse Sorrel sauce to be eaten in the morning with bread And in the fall of the leafe to vse the iuyce of Barberies with bread also Mens bodies are apt to take infection either By the constitution of the heart the vital spirits being weake and the naturall heate feeble in which case things Cordial are to be vsed By repletion the body being filled with humors either Good and then is the party to be let blood Euil and then is he to be cured w t medicine purgatiue Preseruatiues Cordials Mithridates Medicine TAke of good Figges not wormeaten cleane washed of Walnuts the kernels cleane picked of either of them an hundred of the leaues of green Rue otherwise called Herbegrace the weight of ii s. of common Salt the weight of iii. d. cut the Figs in pieces and stampe them the Walnut kernels together in a morter of marble or wood a good space vntill they be very small and then put the Rue leaues vnto them stampe and stirre them well together with the rest last put in the Salt and stampe and stirre these things together vntill they be incorporated and made of one substance Of the which take the quantitie of ii or iii. Figges euery morning fasting to children the halfe will serue and hee that listeth to increase or diminish the substance of this medicine shall easily doe it by taking of a greater or lesse quantity of the simples according to a due proportion A well approoued Medicine to preserue TAke of the finest cleare Aloes you can buy in colour like to a Liuer therfore called Hepatica of Cinamon of Myrrhe of ech of these the weight of iii. French crownes or of xxii d. of our money of Cloues Maces Lignum Aloes of Mastick of Bole Oriental of ech of these halfe an ounce mingle them together and beate them into a very fine powder Of the which take euery morning fasting the weight of a groate of this in white wine delayed with water and by the grace of God you shall be safe from the Plague No man which is learned if he examine the simples of this medicine whereof it consisteth and the nature and power of them can deny but that it is a medicine of great efficacy against the Plague and the simples whereof it is made are easily to be had in any good Apothecaries shop except Bole Oriental which is vsed in the stead of true Bolus Armenus Take a drie Figge and open it and put the kernell of a Walnut into the same beeing cut very small three or foure leaues of Rue commonly called Herbegrace a corne of Salt then rost the Figge and eate it warme fast iii. or iiii houres after it and vse this twise in the weeke Take the powder of Turmentil the weight of vipence with Sorrel or Scabious water in Sommer and in Winter with the water of Valerian or common drinke Or else in one day they may take a little Wormwood and Valerian with a graine of Salt In another day they may take vii or viii berries of Iuniper dryed and put in powder and taking the same with common drinke or with drinke in which Wormewood Rue hath ben steeped all the night Also the triacle called Dietessearoum which is made but of 4. things of light price easie to be had Also the roote of Enula Campana either taken in powder with drinke or hanged about the brest Likewise a piece of Arras root kept in the mouth as men passe in the streetes is very good Cordiall Take sixe leaues of Sorrell wash them with water and Vineger let them lie to steepe in the said water and Vineger a while then eate them fasting and keepe in your mouth and chewe now or then either Stewall or the roote of Angelica or a little Cinamon Take the roote of