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A20618 The signes that doe declare a person to be infected with the pestilence Donne, George. 1625 (1625) STC 7021.3; ESTC S3336 1,623 1

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The signes that doe declare a person to be infected with the PESTILENCE 1 GReat paine and heauinesse in the head 2 Great heat within the body and the outward parts cold and ready to shake being thirsty and dry 3 Some paine and difficultie in breathing 4 Great desire to sleepe and yet cannot and sometime is vexed for want of sleepe 5 Swelling in the stomacke with much paine 6 Diuers and heauie lookes of the eyes seeing all things of one colour as greene or yellow and the eyes changed in their colours 7 Losse of appetite vnsauorie taste bitternesse of the mouth sowre and stinking 8 Wambling of the stomacke and a desire to vomit and sometime vomiting humors bitter and of diuers colours 9 Heauinesse and dulnesse in all the body and a faintnesse and weakenesse in all the limbs 10 Risings in the necke vnder the arme or in the flanke or in some other part of the body Preseruatiues against this Disease EAte euery morning as much as the kernell of a Nut of this Electuarie which I shall keepe alwaies ready for you or of Treacle mixed with Conserues of Roses or Dioscordium the quantity of two white Peason Likewise eate something euery morning before you goe abroad as Butter Walnuts Rue a Potcht-egge with vinegar or the like Let your chambers be ayred morning euening with good fires wherein put luniper Frankencense Storax Bay-leaues Vinegar rose-Rose-water Rosin Turpentine Pitch Tarre or Brimstone When you goe abroad chew in your mouth the roote of Angelica Gentian ●…edoarie Turmentill or the like Also I haue prepared Tablets to weare about your necke of which I did see great experience the last great Sickenesse As also Pomanders to smell too Remedies after a person is infected 1 FIrst be carefull with all speed to vse remedyes betimes for delay in this sickenesse is dangerous 2 Secondly if the sickenesse begin hot with paine in the head and the party be of a full body let him be let bloud in the Liuer vaine in the right arme except he feele any sorenesse then let him bleed in that arme on the side grieued 3 Thirdly foure houres after if he be not let bloud let him take tenne graines if it be a Childe vnder 7. yeares old then take but 5. graines of this red powder in a little Methridatam or in the pappe of an Apple and one houre after drinke some possit-Ale made with Medesweet and Marigold flowers keepe the bed and sweat two or three houres according to strength but refraine from sleepe next day let him take white powder one dramme in the possit drinke and sweat as before doe this three foure and fiue dayes But be sure he goe to stoole once a day In the steed of the powders you may take Methridatum one dramme and a halfe of the best London Treacle one dramme mixe them with Carduus Benedictus or Angelica or Scabious waters or the possit-drinke before mentioned and sweat well as before The Methridatam or London Treacle you may haue the best that I know at the signe of the Angell ouer against the great Conduit in Cheape-side lames Rand. 4 Fourthly once in foure or fiue houres take Broth or Mase-Ale in possit-drinke wherein boyle as before If he be very dry let him take of Syrupe of Endiue and Sorrell of each three ounces water of Roses and Buglosse of each one ounce Syrupe of Lymons two ounces mixe them and let him take as often as he is dry one spoonefull 5 Fiftly if any sore or botch appeare vse meanes with speed to draw it forth as this is very good Take a great Onion and cut off the head and make a hollow place in the middle fill that full of good Treacle put on the head againe and rost it in the embers when it is soft rosted peele it and stampe it in a morter lay it hot vnto the sore and renew it fresh once in sixe houres Or take this Poultes two Lilly-rootes Mallowes two handfuls cut and bruise them Linseed foure spoonfuls beaten boyle these in water till they be soft thicke then put to them 12. Figs Raysins sliced and stoned one handfull mixe work these with the other in a morter put to them oyle of Camomile three spoonefuls warme it with a cloth binde it on the sore shift this twice a day When the sore is broken vse this Turpentine one ounce the yolke of an egge oyle of S. Iohn Wort Methridatam of each half a dram mixe al these together lay it on the soare this wil heale it 6 Sixtly when they are well before they goe abroad take a purge FINIS