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A69358	Orders, thought meete by her Maiestie, and her priuie Councell, 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 vpon her Maiesties expresse commaundement, by the best learned in physicke within this realme, contayning sundry good rules and easie medicines, without charge to the meaner sort of people, aswell for the preseruation of her good subiects from the plague before infection, as for the curing and ordering of them after they shalbe infected.	England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I); Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.; England and Wales. Privy Council.	1578 (1578)	STC 9187.9; ESTC S115132	11,035	28

round ball of Yuorie or Iuniper made ful 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 〈◊〉 of humours as other agues doe the chiefest way is to moue sweatings and to defend the heart by some cordiall thing Suppositary IF the Pacient be costiue and bound in his bodie let him take a Suppositarie made with a litle boyled Honney and a litle fine powder of Salt and so taken in at the Fundament and kept till it mooue a stoole An excellent Medicine made without charges TAke of the powder of good Bayberries the huske taken awaye from them before they be dried a spooneful Let the Patient drincke this well mingled in a draught of good stale Ale or Beere which is neither sowre nor dead or with a draught of white Wine and go to bedde and cast himselfe into a sweat and forbeare sleepe as is aforesaid An other soueraigne remedie that is a stilled water TAke the inwarde barke of the Ashe tree a pound of Walnuts with the greene outward shelles to the number of 50. cut these small of Scabious of Veruen of P●timorel of Howsleeke of euery one a handfull of Saffron halfe an ounce powre vpon these the strongest Vineger you can get foure pynts let them a litle boyle together vpon a very soft fire ▪ and then stand in a very close potte well slepe all a night vpon the embers afterward distill them with a soft fire and receyue the water close kept Giue vnto the Patient layd in bedde wel couered with clothes two ounces of this water to drink let him be prouoked to sweat euery sixe houres during the space of xxiiii houres giue him the same quantitie to drinke This Medicine for the worthines therof and because it wil stand the maker thereof in little charge it shall be very well done to distill it in the Sommer when the Walnutts hang greene on the tree that it maye bee ready against the time that occasion serueth to vse it 1. Bloud letting IF the Pacient be ful of humors which be good let him immediatly be let bloud vpon the Lyuer 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 vi d. put in the pappe of an Apple and for the richer Pilles of Rufus to be had in euery good Apothecaries shoppe After letting of bloud and purging as shall be needfull some of the forenamed Cordials are to be vsed These preparations thus vsed the first day that the Pacient shall fall sicke as cause shal be to vse the one or the other no sore appearing in which case if the sore shal appeare they are both to be forborne ▪ the next is to vse all meanes to expell 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 Marigolds in Winter and with Sorrell Buglosse and Borage in Sommer with the which in both times they must mixe the triacle of Diatessaroum the weight of ix d. so to lay them selues with all quietnes to sweat one halfe houre or an houre if they be strong For they that be neither full of humors nor corrupt in humors neede neither purging nor letting of bloud but at the first plunge maye moue themselues to sweat with Cordiall things mixt with such things as moue sweat 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 procedings be prouiding still that they continue still in the vse of the cordiall and moderate sweating now and then al the time that the sores be in healing which must by the Surgion be handled with great discretion Medicine to be vsed in ordinarie dyet IT is thought that the powder of harts horne hath a speciall prerogatiue to be vsed al the time of their sickenesse in their broths and supping which in Sommer must euer haue Sorrell Borage Buglosse and in winter Betony and Scabious or Morsus ▪ Di●bol● ▪ and if their habilities do not serue let them vse it with Aleburies made with a litle Nutmegge or one Cloue or with Cawdelles in like maner ▪ made with Cloues Maces Nutmegges Sanders or such like Both to preserue and cure the sickenesse TAke an egge make a hole in the toppe of it take out the white y●lke fil the shel with the weight of two frēch crownes of Saffron ▪ rost the said egge thus filled with Saffron vnder the embres vntill the shell begin to waxe yelow then take it from the fire and beate the shel and Saffron in a 〈◊〉 together with halfe a spoonefull of Mustard seede ▪ take of this powder a french crown weight and assoone as you suspect your self infected dissolue it into tenne spoonfulles of posset ale drinke it luke warme then go to bed and prouoke your selfe to sweating To be vsed in the first time of the Sickenesse ANother is to take fiue or sixe handefull of Sorrel that groweth in the field or a greater quantitie according as you will distill more or lesse of the water thereof and let it lye infrised or steeped in good Vineger the space of xxiiii houres then take it of 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 sickenesse drinke foure spoonfulles of the sayde water with a litle sugar and if you be hable walke vpō it vntil you do sweat if not keep your bed and being well couered prouoke your selfe to sweating and the next day to take asmuch againe of it a litle before supper Item to prouoke vomit with two ounces of rancke oyle or walnutte oyle a spoonefull of the iuyce of Celendyne halfe a spoonfull of the iuyce of radice roote 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 ▪ agitatiō of humors nor when one is infected hath no time to bleede or to purge Outward medicines for to be applyed to the sore The first TAke of Scabiouse two handefulls stampe it in a stone morter with a pestell of stone if you can get any such then put vnto it of olde swynes grease salted two ounces and the yelke of an egge stampe them well together lay parte of this warme to the sore The second TAke of the leaues of Mallowes of Camomill flowers of eyther of them an handfull of Lineseede beaten into pouder two ounces boyle the Mallowe leaues first cut and the flowers of the Camomil in faire water standing aboue a fingers breadth boyle all them together vntil all the water almost be spent then put thereunto the Lineseede of Wheate flower halfe an handful of swines grease the skins taken away iii. ounces of oyle of Roses two ounces stirre thē 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 wel encorporated together in feeling smooth not rough then make part thereof hot in a dish set vpon a chaf●ndish of coales lay it thicke vpō 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 three ounces of Leuen the weight of twelue pence of Mallowes one handfull of Scabious if it may be had one handefull of Cloues of garlicke the weight of xx d. boyle them on the fyre in sufficient water and make a pultesse of it and lay it warme to the sore Another TO the sore it selfe do thus Take two handfull of Valerian three rootes of Danewort a handefull of Smalledge or Louage yf you can get it seethe them al in butter and water a fewe ▪ crommes of bread and make a pultesse thereof lay it warme to the sore vntill it breake Another for the same IF you can not haue these herbes it is good to laye 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 medicine for all sorts of people taken with the plague to be had without cost TAke of the roote of butter burre otherwise called pestilēt wort one ounce of the root of great Valerian a quarter of an ounce of Sorrel an hādful boyle al these in a quart of water to a pint then straine it and put thereto two spoonfulles of Vineger two ounces of good Sugar boyle all these together vntill they be wel mingled let the infected drinke of this so hotte as he may suffer it a good draught and if he chaunce to cast it vp againe let him take the same quantitie straight way vpon it and prouoke himselfe to sweat and he shal finde great helpe Time of continuance apart from common assemblies SVch as haue bene infected should keepe their house without being conuersant with the whole vntill the sores shall haue left running and be perfectly whole and sound which in sanguine cholericke persons will be healed sooner then in melancholike flegmatike complexions SVch persons may not wel be conuersant with them which are not infected for the space of one moneth Infected clothes THe cōtagion suspected to remaine in clothes either wollen or linnen cannot wel be auoyded by better meanes then by fire and water by often washing airing the same in frosts and sunne shine with good discretion and burning the clothes of small value ❧ Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie ⸪ Preseruatiues Curati●es

cast the same on a Chafindish and receiue the fume or smoke therof ▪ Some aduise to be added Lauender or Sage Also to make fires rather in Pannes to remoue about the Chamber then in Chimneis shall better correct the aire of the Houses Take a quantitie of Vineger very strong and put to it some small quantitie of Rosewater tenne branches of Rosemarie put them all into a basen then take fiue or sixe Flintstones heated in the fire till they be burning hotte cast them into the same Vineger so let the fumes be receiued from place to place of your house Perfuming of Apparel SVch apparel as you shal commonly weare let it be very cleane and perfume it often eyther with some red Saūders burned or with Iuniper And if any shal happen to be with them that are visited let such persons as soone as they shal come home shift themselues aire their other 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 abroade into the open aire in the streetes to hold some things of sweete sauour in their hands or in the corner of a handkerchiefe as a sponge dipped in Vineger 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 potte of vsuall drinke close stopped let it lie so in steepe a whole night and drinke thereof in the morning fasting In all Sommer plagues it shal be good to vse Sorrel sauce to be eaten in the morning with bread And in the fall of the leafe to vse the iuice of Barberies with bread also Mens bodies are apt to take infectiō either By the constitution of the heart the vitall spirites being weake and the naturall heate feeble in which case thinges Cordiall are to be vsed By repletion the body being filled with humors either Good and then is the party to be let blood Euill and then is hee to be cured with medicine purgatiue Preseruatiues Cordialls Mithridates Medicine TAke of good Figges not wormeaten cleane wasshed of Walnuts the kernels cleane picked of either of them an hundred of the leaues of greene Rue otherwise called Herbgrace the weight of ii s. of common Salt the weight of iiii d. cut the Figges in pieces and stampe them and the Walnut kernels together in a morter of Marble or wood a good space vntil they be very smal and then put your 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 encorporated and made of one substance Of the which take the quantitie of ii or iii. Figges euery morning fasting to children the halfe wil serue and he that listeth to increase or diminish the substance of this Medicine shall easely do it by taking of a greater or lesse quantitie of the simples according to a due proportion A well approued Medicine to preserue TAke of the finest cleare Aloes you can buy in colour like to a Liuer and therefore called Hepatica of Cinamō 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 Masticke of Bole Oriental of ech of these half an ounce mingle them together and beate them into a very fine powder Of the which take euery morning fasting the weight of a grote 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 denie but that it is a medicine of great efficacie against the plague and the simples wherof it is made are easily to be had in any good Apothecaries shoppe except Bole Orientall which is vsed in the stead of true Bolus Armenus wherof we haue seene great store in the shopps of master Rich the Queenes Maiesties Apothecarie and master Morgans in Cheapsyde Take a drie Figge and open it and put the kernel of a Walnut into the same being cut very smal iii. or iiii leaues of Rue cōmonly called Herbgrace a corne of Salt then rost the Figge eate it warme fast iii. or iiii houres after it and vse this twyse in the weeke Take the powder of Turmentill the weight of vi d. with Sorrell or Scabious water in Sommer and in Winter with the water of Valerian or common drinke Or els in one day they may take a litle Wormewood and Valerian with a graine of Salt. In another day they may take vii or viii berries of Iuniper dried and put in powder and taking the same with common drinke or with drinke in which Wormwood and Rue hath bene steeped al the night Also the triakle called Diaresseroū which is made but of iiii things of light price easie to be had Also the roote of Enula Campana either taken in powder with drinke or hanged about the br●●t Likewise a piece of Arras roote kept in the mouth as men passe in the streetes is very good Cordiall Take vi leaues of Sorrell wash them with water and vineger let them lye to steepe in the said water and vineger a while then eat them fasting and keepe in your mouth and chewe nowe or then either Setwall or the roote of Angelica or a litle Cinamon Take the roote of Enula Campana being layde and steeped in vineger grosse beaten put a litle of it in a handkercheife and smel to it if you resort to any that is infected For women with childe or such as be delicate and tender and cannot away with taking of medicines MAke a tost of white or of the second bread 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 spreade on the tost a litle butter and cast thereon a litle powder of Cinamon and eate it in the morning fasting The poore which can not get vineger nor buy Cinamon maye 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 smel to the roote of Angelica Gentian or Valerian and to chewe any of these in his mouth An other preseruatiue for the poore IT shal be good to take an handfull of Rue and as much common Wormwood and bruse them a litle and put them into a potte of Earth or Tinne with so much Vineger as shall couer the herbes keepe this pot close couered or stopt and when you feare any infection dippe into this Vineger a piece of asyonge and carie it in your hand and smell to it or els put it into a