euery morning some good preseruatiue And aboue all let them take héede of the aire or breath of the sore when it is opened alway holding some roote of Angelica stieped in vinegar in their mouth or some other strong and good preseruatiue and let them eate sometimes a little good mithridatum or anie one of the confections preseruatiue set downe in this booke against the pestilence and also let the kéeper take héede how to bestowe the plaisters that come from the sore Well now remember what I haue said ought to be done in this cure of the pestilence First that with all spéede you vse remedy without delaying the time for therein chiefly consisteth the danger Secondly that you bléed if no cause forbid it as afore is taught Thirdly that you take one of the medicines before set downe in this booke and sweate therewithall and refraine from sléepe Fourthly that you vse the cordials to comfort the heart set downe and that you eat of them oftentimes in the day Fiftly that if the patient be faint you must vse the Epithymum and cpithymate the heart therewith Sixtly that if the sore or botch appeare and rise néere vnto the heart that then you vse vpon the heart a defensitiue and with spéede drawe the botch further off The seuenth obseruation is that with spéede you apply medicines to suppurate the sore and drawe it forth The eight is that the chamber be oftentimes perfumed that the aire thereof may be purged and made holsome and that the patient change his chamber oftentimes The ninth is that he vse the diet before taught eating a little at a time and the oftner And to vse the sirrups and consections to coole and comfort The tenth which should haue béene the first is that the patient in anie case be kept from sléepe from his first sickening vntill he haue taken his medicine and sweat and sire or eight houres after and then to sléepe but one houre and the next day let him sléepe thrée houres at times but not aboue one houre at a time and after the third day you may giue him more sléepe But in the beginning of his sicknes it is most dangerous for by sléepe the spirits are drawne inward and therewithall the venome is attracted vnto the heart and also the feuer made more vehement and sharpe And this is the cause that many die that might liue if they were kept from sléepe and therewithall take some good medicine The eleuenth is that the patient kéepe his chamber during the time of his sicknes and refraine all companie that he hurt not others The twelfth is that being well he giue humble thanks to God and then let him change his apparell being well perfumed and in the name of God goe abroade And if the botch arise néere vnto the heart then before you sweate it were good to apply this defensitiue vnto the heart being thinne spread vpon a fine cloth as broad as wil couer the heart R. Good Mithridatum one dram Andromachus treacle halfe a dram red saunders terra lemna halfe a scruple with water of Roses and vinegar as much as will suffice make it in forme of an vnguent in a morter A good Cordial comforting the heart and cooling to be vsed after the patient hath sweat or purged and oftentimes in the day to take of it as much as a good hazell nut at a time R. Conserues of Roses Borage and Buglosse of each one ounce Diamargariton frigidum Diarrhodon abbatis of each halfe an ounce seedes of Citrons two scruples or a dram Manus christi three drams fol. auri number 6. bolearmoniack prepared two scruples Mixe them and let the sicke eate hereof many times in the day A good potion giuing fiue or sixe stooles gently which purgeth venemous filthy humours from the bodie to be taken the third day after sweat if no sore or botch appeare or when a sore or botch hath runne and is growing well then is it good to vse this R. Flo. fol. Card. benedict one handfull fol. Scabi Betonicae one handful root of Gentian one dram good Rubarb one dram water of Buglosse Scabious Borage of ech an ounce let there be made an infusion therof Then adde vnto it Diacatholicō halfe an ounce Cassia with Manna halfe an ounce sirrupe of Roses solutiue one ounce misce This ought to be taken in the morning and neither eate drinke nor sléepe vntill it hath wrought his effect in giuing fiue sixe or seuen stooles and vse your selfe as is before taught in purging Another good Cordiall greatly comforting the patient after his sweate to be eaten oftentimes a little at a time and to continue the vse thereof three or foure dayes vntill he be strong and all danger past or in his sweate a little if he be weake faint and apt to swoune R. Conserues of Roses Borage and Buglosse of each half an ounce spe Diagem cal frig of each one scrup bolearmoniack prepared two scruples spe diamargarit cal frig of each one scruple diarrhodon abba halfe an ounce sirrupe of limons and sorrell of ech halfe an ounce misce Within two howers after the patient hath sweat giue him a little good broth made of a chicken or capon and let him eate a little at a time and the oftner according vnto his strength and stomacke and let him be of good comfort and eschew all feare doubt fixing his hope aboue in the Almightie from whom commeth all helpe and comfort Let his meat be chickens or some light and good nourishing meate as young pullets capons partridge rabbets or such like but for want of these young mutton or veale and let it be giuen him with sauce made with an orenge a limon and a little good vinegre with mace and Saffron and make vnto all his meate these coole and sharpe sauces and vse no hote spices neither strong wines in anie wise Let his drinke be middle ale cleane brewed and well boyled with maces and sugar also you ought to keepe him from sléepe the first day vntill it be toward night then let him rest in Gods name one houre And if the patient be verie drie and thirsty as most commonly they are then giue him of this Iulep thrée or foure spoonefuls at a time to drinke R. Water of Roses Endiue and Buglosse of each three ounces sorrell water foure ounces good vinegar foure ounces iuice of limons foure ounces sugar one pound boyle them a little ouer a soft fire which done and cooled againe giue him a little thereof to drinke the quantity of two or three spoonefuls at a time Also a ptisan made with barley liquorice and coole hearbes is good to asswage his thirst But vse this which I do most commend for the asswaging of thirst and drinesse R. Sirrupe of Endiue comp sir of sorrell of ech three ounces Water of Roses and Buglosse of ech one ounce sirrup of limons two
ounces mixe them Let the patient haue sometimes or as often as hée is drie one spoonefull of this sirrupe which is verie good and this shall suffice for the amending of his heate and drinesse Giue him to eate sometimes of a limon with sugar or of a Pomgranate which are both verie good Or this asswageth and taketh away all thirst and drinesse in this case R. Water of Roses and buglosse of ech three ounces sirrupe of Endiue and limons of each two ounces oile of Vitrioll one scruple Mixc them The taking of this one spoonefull at a time taketh away drinesse and thirst And if the patient be verie faint and weake after his sweating or before his sweating then apply this quilt vpon the region of the heart and let him weare it continually for a while A Quilt for comforting and strengthening the heart when the patient is weake to be worne after his sweating R. Flowers of water lillies borage and buglosse of each halfe a dramme red Rose leaues one dram flowers of balme rosemaric of each two drams maces one dram ofred and yellowe saunders of each one dramme wood of aloes cloues of each one dram seeds of citrons iuniper berries of each one dram saffron sixe graines of the bone of the Deeres heart one scruple Let them bee made in grosse powder quilt it in crimson or scarlet coloured taffeta or fine cloth This quilt being made by the Apothecarie vse it ouer or vpon the heart of the sicke in such manner as it may avide without falling away An Epithymum that doth much comfort the heart when a person is weake R. Water of Roses borage and buglosse of either three ounces vinegar one ounce forrell water two ounces wood of aloes red saunders barkes of citrons of euery one of them two drams saffron sixe graines Electuarium de gemmis one dram Diamargariton two scruples Mixe them together and make an Epithymum A little of this must bee made warme in some pewter dish and then take little clothes of fine linnen which fold vp two or thrée double Then moisten one of your clothes and wring it forth lightly apply it vnto the heart kéeping it there a while vntill it begin to be cold then take another and so a quarter of an houre together and this you may doe two or thrée times in the day applying afterward the quilt aforetaught This is to be done when a person is weake and faint A Potion purging gently all venemous and corrupt humours from the body R. Scabi Card. benedict Mors diaboli ana pu i. betonicae pu i. trifolii pu i. rad gentianae scrup i. flo boraginis buglossae ana pu i. sem citrini scru i. rhubarb clectae ʒ j. Sene ʒ iij. aqua scab endiniae buglossae ana vnc j. semis fiat infusio Deinde adde Diacatholicon vnc j. manna calab vnc semis sir Rosarum solutiu vnc i. misce fiat potio Take this potion the second or third day after your sweating so it be not on the changing or full of the moone and the sooner the better no botch or sore appearing This will worke gently in all bodies and purge strongly and effectually and cleanseth and purgeth the bodie of the remnant of the venemous infection and corrupt humours Take the other part the second day after early in the morning you must neither eate drinke nor sléepe vntill it hath wrought his effect which is in giuing you seuen or eight stooles Within an houre after the taking of it or thereabout it will worke Haue therefore in readines your stoole with warme water If after the taking of it you feare casting it vp then vse abrowne toste and vinegar to your nose and smell thereto oftentimes Within foure or fiue houres you may take a little good broth made with a chicken veale or mutton with hearbes as afore taught And when it hath wrought his effect which will be within fiue houres or thereabout then may you eate some of your meat and take your rest a while after if you haue any disposition to sléep Make a light supper and kéepe and obserue a good diet kéeping your selfe within your chamber or house ten or twelue dayes They that would haue it lesse purging may take the third part before set downe And although it work strongly yet is it gentle easie and hurtlesse It purgeth choler flegme and all corrupt and superfluous humours I could set downe many for the purging of the bodie but none better or to be preferred before it in this case and this will suffice At other times we commonly giue sirrupes bnfore opening extenuating and preparing the bodie but in this case where the matter aboundeth and requireth spéedie euacuation we stand not vpon it Oftentimes and most commonly in this contagious sicknes the patient is troubled with lightnesse in his head and cannot sléepe the reason hereof is Note the braine is distempered by heate Hote vapours ascending and flying vp from the stomacke And this is the reason they sléepe not and the cause of their raging is want of sléepe and a distemperature of the braine When a person is so troubled then vse this vnderwritten An vnguent to annoint the temples and browes of him that cannot sleepe through heat and distemperature of the braine R. Vnguentum popillion vnc semiss vnguentum rosarum vnc semiss Vnguentum alabastra vnc anaʒ ij opium scrup j. or scrup ij in aqua rosarum dissol misce With this annoint his temples and the for part of his head sometimes when you would haue him to sléepe And giue him to eat this which is excéeding good to cause sléepe and stay raging R. Conserue of Roses halfe an ounce Diascordium two drams sirrupe of popie halfe an ounce sirrupe of limons two drams mixe them Giue him the halfe of this to eate which will greatly further and prouoke sléepe Or this will also greatly prouoke sléepe R. Sirrupe of violets sirrupe of limons sirrupe of poppie of each one ounce diascordium three drams mixe them Giue the patient sometime of this in a spoone to drink for it is good to prouoke sléepe and stay raging A Frontall to be applyed vnto the fore part of the head to cause sleep R. Flowers of Roses violets and water Lillies of each a little handfull of the seeds and heads of poppie one dram of the three kinds of Saunders of each one dram Flowers of Camomill betonie melilote ana pu ss beate them into grosse powder and let a frontall be made thereof Apply this frontall vnto his head as afore taught I haue set downe these meanes to cause and prouoke sléepe and stay the raging that is oftentimes in this sicknesse But you must note that this is not to be vsed in the beginning of his sicknesse For in the beginning of the sicknesse the person ought in anie wise to be kept from sléepe For as through sléepe the
spirits are drawne inward and the venome therewith attracted vnto the heart so the heat is also excéedingly increased through sléepe Therefore this meanes that I haue set downe for causing of sléepe or anie other to sléepe may not bée vsed vntill the Patient hath sweat and two or thrée dayes after his sickening And the sore forth then may you safely vse them to his great comfort ease Through the great interior heat the patient his tongue throte and mouth will be sore as I haue often séene then make this gargarisme A Gargarisme to heale the mouth throat tongue in this sicknesse if it be sore through the heat of the stomacke R. Barley excoricated or common barley a handfull Plantain leaues strawberry leaues violet leaues sinckfoile leaues of either of these a handful bryer tops halfe a handfull woodbine leaues and collumbine leaues halfe a handfull shred and bruise these hearbes a little and then boyle them in a quarte of faire water which beeing well boyled straine it forth and put thereto Diamoron two ounces sirrupe of Roses two ounces mel Rosarum or honey of Roses two ounces mixe these and let the patient vse it often to wash and gargarize his mouth The vse of a little white wine sometimes is good with rose-Rose-water and a little vinegar to wash his moth withal To vomit at the beginning of the sicknesse is good for if a person fall sicke at his meate or within a while after his meate then ought hee to prouoke vomite and when he hath vomited then to take a medicine set downe for the cure of the pestilence and sweat therewithall and do as I haue taught in this booke before but if he bée much troubled with vomiting in his sicknesse then let him vse this that I shall teach him gariphilarumʒ ij syr limonum vnc semis diamargariton frid ʒ ij misc And if his vomiting should not stay then were it good for him to take some gentle purging potion to expulse these corrupt humours that sucketh vp that disposition to vomite I doubt not but what I haue written is sufficient for the interiour part Now will I come to the externall and outward application and shew what is to bee done in suppurating and opening the sore Hauing taken one of the medicines afore taught and sweat vsing the cordiall appointed apply vnto the sore this vnderwritten which will drawe it forth and ripen it and you must haue special care that with spéede you draw forth the sore apostume or carbuncle least it returne againe into the bodie A plaister to suppurate drawe forth and ripen the sore or botch although common yet very good and commended of al that vse it Take a great white Onion cut off the head of it with your knife picke out the coare or middle part and fill that hollow place full of good treacle not common treacle but Theriaca Andromachi which you shall haue at the Apothecaries Put on the head of the Onion and paast it with a little dow or leuen and set it to roste in the imbers and being soft rosted take it forth and pill it and stampe it in a morter and lay it hote vnto the sore vpon some double cloth and rowle it softly that it fal not off renew it and lay on fresh euery sixe houres And here I must néeds commend the vse of a yong cocke to be vsed in this maner vnto the sore Pull away the feathers from about the fundament of the cocke and place the fundament vpon the sore and hold his bill sometime to kéepe in his breath he shall the better draw the venome if he die then take another and do so againe Then lay on this Cataplasma which I haue often vsed and approued to bee verie good to draw forth and suppurate the sore R. One Lilly roote young mallowes one handful let them be bruised in a morter Lineseede two or three sponefuls beaten grossely boyle them together in sufficient water or as much as will couer them boyle them vntill they be very soft and thick then put thereunto Figges six or seuen halfe a good handfull of raisins stoned mix these together and put vnto it oyle of Camomil two spoonefuls and being very warme lay it to the sore and binde it softly that it may abide on change it euery twenhoures Another that ripeneth the botch and bringeth it speedely vnto suppuration R. Onions and Garlicke heads of each of them in number foure rost them in the imbers then stampe them in a morter and put thereto of fenegreeck and line seede of each a good spoonefull snayles with their shelles foure or fiue figs in number foure leauen as much as a Walnut barrowes liquor as much as two walnuts mix them in a morter and warme it apply it vnto the sore An Implaister that ripeneth the sore or botch R. Galbanum Ammoniacum Bedelium ana j ounce dissolue them in vinegar at the fire and strain them and put thereto diachilon magnum ij ounces mix them and spread it vpon a thick cloth and lay it to the sore and change it euery xvi houres Another plaister that draweth forth the sore and ripeneth it speedily Take a white Lillie roote yong mallowes two handfull scabious one handfull shred them and bruse them and boile them in a sufficient quantitie of ale grounds and put thereto of line-séede two or thrée spoonefuls beaten and as much fenegréek beaten likewise sower leauen as much as two walenuts mixe them and lay it warme vnto the sore changing it euery sixtéene houres two or thrée times vsing it ripens the botch By vsing any of these pultesses or cataplasmes you may spéedilie ripen the botch or sore and béeing ripe it ought to bée opened by the Chirurgion in the lower part thereof that the matter may be the better auoided And remēber this note that whatsoeuer you apply or lay vnto the botch must not be cold I meane cold in qualitie and operation For cold medicines would driue backe againe that venemous matter true hath expelled to the great daunger of the that napatient And if you feare the opening of it which is indéeds nothing to suffer then let the Chirurgion vse a potentiall instrument I meane a causticke and béeing done vse this digestion R. Cleare Turpentine washed one ounce a yolke of a newe laide egge as much oyle of Saint Iohns worte halfe a dram of good Mithridatum halfe a dram Mixe all these together and vse it vnto the wounde vntill it be wel digested which you may know by the whitenesse thicknesse and great quantity of the matter And notwithstanding it is now running yet shall it bée good for you to vse one of the pultise afore taught it will ripen and bring forth the rest This is dangerous for those that are about you therefore bée carefull to kéepe your chamber and also how you bestow the plasters that you vse vnto your sore that others be not infected
néede to be taught my self then able to instruct others The cure of the soule belongeth vnto them and thē cure of the body vnto me I will now hasten vnto the second cause which is the corruption of the aire I haue shewed before all the causes that may corrupt the aire it followeth now that I teach the correction purging and altring of the aire corrupted which is the second cause of the pestilence And first I would counsel you that al the stréetes lanes and allies be kept cleane and swéete as possible may bée not suffering the filth and swéepings to lie on heapes as it dooth especiallie in the suburbes but to be caried awaie more spéedily for the uncleane kéeping of the stréetes yéelding as it dooth noisome and vnsauory smelles is a meanes to increase the corruption of the aire and giueth great strength vnto the pestilence Also that al the pondes pooles ditches about the City if they yéeld any stinking and noisom smels that they be scoured and clensed for there ariseth from them an euill and vnholesome aire which furthereth the corruption of the aire and worse will do in hotter weather Also that you suffer no mixsons to be made so néere vnto the Citie as they are but to be caried far off neither any dead carion to lie vnburied as I haue séene but to be caried forth and buried déepe Also that euerie Euening you make small and light fiers with Oken wood in those stréets where the infection is either two or thrée fiers according vnto the length of the stréete or place infected the wood being consumed cast in some stickes of Iuniper and therewithall two thrée or foure rowles of perfume that I haue here set downe in my booke which I would wish were vsed through the whole Citie in your chambers and houses cast in vpon some coles in a chafingdish or fuming pot in the Morning and Euening This fumigation hath a most excellent and singular propertie to purge and alter a corrupt and vnholsome aire But peraduenture some men for want of Iudgement wil think this my direction ouer curious of small validity but I do and will affirme that the vse thereof is very requisite and of great force vtility and the best meanes for the purging and altering the euill qualitie of the aire that is knowne vnto man This fumigatiō is to be vsed where the infection is in the euening and also in the morning is of great force for the purging of the aire and altering the euill qualitie thereof which I wish were dayly vsed through the Citie in their houses and chambers for the excellent vertue thereof R. Storax Calamint Labdanum Cypresse-wood Myrrhe Beniamin Yellow Sanders Ireos red Roseleaues Flowers of Nenuphar of each one ounce liquid Storax one ounce Cloues one ounce Turpentine one ounce Withy cole fiue ounces rose-Rose-water as much as wil be sufficient to make them vp in trochis let them be two drams in weight The wood béeing consumed cast in some stickes of Iuniper and after it cast in two or thrée of these trochis which will yéelde a comfortable smell and purge the aire Another more swéete and delectable for the better sort to vse in their houses and chambers dailie R. Storax Calamint Labdanum Cypresse-wood Frankēcense Beniamin of each of thē half an ounce red Roseleaues dried yellow Sanders of each two drams Cinamon Cloues wood of Aloes of each of them one dramme flowers of Nenuphar one dram liquid Storax halfe an ounce gum Dragagant two drams and muske six graines Withy cole three ounces Rose Water as much as will suffice to make it vp in Trochis This I would counsell Gentlemen and Citizens to vse dayly in their houses and chambers for the excellent operation it hath Also it is good for want of these to burn in your houses and chambers Iuniper Frankincense Storax Baylaues Marierom Rose marie Lauender and such like Now hauing shewed the remedies for the two first causes it followeth that I teach the cure of the third and last cause which is the euill disposition of the body through superfluous corrupt and euill humors abounding Here is the cause and these corrupt and superfluous humors must be taken away before the body can bée in any good estate of health And this is the reason that diuers persons liuing together in one aire that one is infected and not another namely the disposition of the body for those naughtie corrupt superfluous humors are of themselues apt and disposed vnto putrefaction and if it so chance that they do putrefie of themselues then there arise dangerous feuers according vnto the nature of the humor that corrupteth As for example If choler do putrifie within the vesselles it ingendreth febris ardens or febris causon a hot and a dangerous feuer working his malice in the concauitie of the liuer and lunges and about the heart except remedy be administred the person dieth And so when any of the other humors doe putrefie there springe feuers according vnto their nature as the learned knowe Now such bodies I say wherein there is such superfluous humors abounding in the time of any infection receiuing into their bodies the corrupt and venemous aire are thereby infected And these humors turned not only into putrefaction but into a venemous qualitie by the operation of the infectious aire Whereas in bodies voide and frée from such superfluous humors there the infectious aire hath not such matter to worke vpon and againe nature is more strong and forcible to resist and expell a corrupt and infectious aire although receiued Here the reason is apparant why one person is infected and not another And very niedfull it is especiallie in this time of sicknesse that this euill disposition of the body be taken away and amended by purging and euacuating of the perccant humors For which purpose I wil set down a very excellent and approued potion which purgeth the blood and disburdeneth the body of superfluous humors both choler flegme and melancholie opening attracting and euacuating the corrupt and vitious humors of the body to the great comfort helpe and ease of those that vse it with discretion as I shall direct them the making or composition whereof I haue here set downe But first taking this sirrup thrée morninges before you purge two spoonefuls euerie morning fasting after it two or thrée houres and vse your accustomed diet as before R. Oximell two ounces sir de quinque radicibus two ounces misce R. Good Rubarbe two drammes spicknarde six graines Sene halfe an ounce Fenill seede and annisseede of each halfe a dramme flowers of Borage and buglosse of each halfe a little handfull Water of Endiue and fumitarie of each of them fiue ounces and so make your infusion Let this infusion be made in some earthen stupot close couered and paasted that no breath or vapor goe forth and let it stand seuen or eight howers vpon some imbers
most conuenient when the first and second digestion is complete as well in the stomacke as in the vaines But in such a time of infection as this is I cannot commend exercise because it will too much open the pores and the pores being opened the bodie is apt to receiue the infectious aire Much more would I say of the benefit of exercise and the inconuenience of idlenesse but that I should be ouer-tedious in this place Of fulnesse and emptinesse All fulnesse and superfluitie of meates are to be eschued for as much as they make repletion And all bodies in whom there is repletion are apt to bee infected And such bodies must endeuour to kéepe themselues soluble All euacuations are good for them as purging and bléeding except some speciall cause doth forbid it And let them vse a sparing and frugall diet And they may safely and with great profit vse the pill I haue set downe before in my booke And as I haue said repletion is an enemie vnto health bringing and begetting sicknesse and sometime sodaine death so is too much fasting and emptinesse no lesse hurtfull it weakeneth the braine and drieth the whole bodie consuming the radicall moisture in man and shorteneth life And as repletion is to be abhorred and auoided so is too much emptinesse to be eschewed and as I haue said we must vse a mediocritie in all things Of affections of the mind Affections of the mind are called by M. Cicero Perturbations Galen calleth them Pathemata vel affectus anims and nothing is more hurtfull in this time of sicknesse nor greater enemie vnto life then feare sorrow anger heauinesse and griefe of mind Anger is a dangerous passion it chafeth the bloud and disquieteth the heart it inflameth the spirits which ascending vp into the head annoieth the animall powers or faculties This passion cholericke persons tyrants and fooles are much troubled withall and oftentimes in their wrath perform wicked and vnlawfull actions Feare sorrow and griefe of mind are no lesse hurtfull vnto the body for they waste the naturall heat and moisture wherein life consisteth making the bodie leane and drie whereupon consumption followesh it dulleth the wit and vnderstanding and draweth the spirits and bloud inward to the heart and withall attracteth the venemous and infectious aire if we liue within the compasse thereof If I should here stand to write of all the perturbations for the mind defining and distinguishing them one from another shewing the wonderfull effects of them and the inconuenience therof I should be ouer tedious in this short Treatise and it might seeme impertinent in this worke onely this I wish thée to remember Sub te erit appetitus tuus tudominaberis illi Vnder thée shall be thine appetite and thou shalt beare rule ouer it saith the Lord. We must therefore maister our affections for if they be not ouer-ruled and gouerned by wisedome they will excéede and proue daungerous enimies both vnto soule and bodie And in this time of sicknes we ought specially to auoid these perturbations of the mind and to vse all vertuous and commendable mirth swéete musicke good companie and all laudable recreation that may delight you and vse the perfumes in your chambers and in other roomes of your houses that I haue set downe being cast into a fuming pot or chafing dish vpon a few coales Do this euening and morning the charge thereof is small but the vtilitie is great It purgeth the aire and taketh away the euill qualitie thereof Now hauing shewed what ought to be auoided it followeth that I set downe preseruatiues that may resist all infection which God assisting me I will do First of all I counsell all men in whom bloud doth abound the which they may easily know themselues by the heate of their bodies colour largenesse and fulnesse of their vaines that they be let bloud in the liuer vaine in the right arme and let the quantitie be according vnto the strength of the person Also that all men in generall auoid all bathes and hote-houses and all vehement exercise that may ouerheate the body and inflame the bloud Also the companie of women this hote and contagious time is verie hurtfull and therefore ought to be vsed with great moderation Also walking verie early in a morning and verie late in the euening is hurtfull and dangerous Also auoide all prease and throng of people where a multitude are assembled al noisome vnsauourie places Now hauing shewed all the causes of the pestilence and set downe the cure and remedie for euerie cause I will by Gods assistance for the care I haue of the preseruation of the inhabitants of this honorable citie and for the loue I beare vnto them and my countrie communicate vnto them most excellent and approued preseruatiues and of singular vertue which whose vseth them shall not néed to feare the infection of this contagious sicknes First with an humble and contrite heart desire mercie of the Lord and then commend thy selfe vnto his protection which being done vse the good meanes he hath ordained for thy health Pilles of especiall vertue in preseruing all that vse them R. Good Aloes half an ounce washed in rose-rosewater of good myrrhe of saffron of each two drams bolearmoniac praep one scruple seed pearle one scruple sir of limons as much as wil suffice to make them in pilles or in a masse Take halfe a dramme hereof made in pilles euerie second or third day in the morning faste after it thrée or foure houres but it shall be good for you to take a little thinne broth or a little alebrue or sixe or eight spoonefuls of wine within an houre after and vse your accustomed diet as before Another pill that doth more moue the bodie and giueth two stooles or three in some bodies and this is good for such as are costiue and in whom humours abound R. Good Rubarbe chosen myrrhe of each one dram chosen aloes two drams zedoarie roote one scruple saffron one scruple sirrup of Roses solutiue as much as will suffice to make the masse This pill purgeth gently and preserueth the bodie from all infection Such bodies in whom humours doe abound and are most commonly costiue may vse these pilles taking half a dram euerie morning for thrée foure fiue or sixe dayes together as they please Take after it either a little thin broth or of an alebrue or a draught of wine if it bée not too hote for your complexion and vse your ordinarie diet as accustomed if it be good Another very good Preseruatiue and worthy of much commendations R. Of good Mithridatum halfe an ounce Angelica root in powder two drams of Theriaca andro half an ounce Bolearmoniac praep two drams conserues of Roses and Borage halfe an ounce seede of Citrons two scruples sirup of Limons one ounce mix them make halfe this receite Or this which is very good R. Good Mithridatum halfe an ounce Conserues of Roses halfe an ounce
these swéet mints time penerial carnatiōs roseleaues and let your chamber bee strued with gréene rushes Vine leaues Oken leaues and Willow leaues Mintes If you haue any windowes towards the North or northeast kéep them open in cléere daies your chamber ought also to bee persumed oftentimes with the perfumes taught in this book you may vse Iuniper Beniamin Storax and wood of Aloes For your diet Yong Mutton Veale Kid Capors Hennes Chickens Rabbets Partridge Fesant Quaile Plouers small birdes of the fields Pigeons swéete butter potched egges with vinegar but not in hot complexions Water-fowles are not good neither is Porke or olde powdred Béefe But Fishes from fresh riuers is very good eaten with vinegar and good sauce they coole the bloud well Let your drinke bée small béere and well brued and sometimes a cup of white wine mixed with water for hot complexions with Borrage and Buglosse but eschew all hot and swéet wines Herbes that be good to bée vsed Sorrel Endiue Succorie Borage Buglosse Parsely Marigoldes Time Marierom Betonie Scabious Isope Mints Purslane Pimpernell Rue Angelica Cardus Benedictus Lettuce Make your sauce with Cytrin Limons Oreng Sorrell Vinegar Maces Saffron Barberies and such like Raw yong fruit is hurtful so is Garlick Onions Léekes Radish Rocket Mustarde Pepper and hot spices and al hot wines and all these are hurtfull so are al swéet meates let your diet be cooling drying Preseruatiues for the Commons and Contrymen who haue not an Apothecarie at hand Take of Rue or Herbe grace two ounces of the yong buds of Angelica two ounces or for want therof of the roote or séede one ounce Bolearmoniacke prepared one ounce of Iuniper berries one ounce of walnuts cleane picked from their skins two ounces Good figges in number sixe or seuen of Saffron sixe peniworth of good wine vinegar that is sharpe foure ounces Let these be well beaten together in a morter the space of one houre and then put in your vinegar and incorporate them together Which being done put it into some swéete gallie pot or glasse and couer it close and take thereof daily in the morning the quantitie of a nutineg Or you may eate thereof at anie time going néere or in any infectious place Another good preseruatiue of no lesse vertue in resisting all infection R. Of holy Thistle or for want thereof our Ladies Thistle so called Betonie Angelica Scabious Sorrell Pimpernell Turmentill of either of these a handfull Gentian roots also if they may be had Bruise all these in a stone morter a little and put thereto a pinte of good vinegar and halfe a pinte of white wine and put them into a still and draw forth the water and take two or thrée spoonfuls thereof euerie morning fasting and be frée from all infection The roote of Angelica laid or stieped in good vinegar all night and a little thereof taken in the morning is a good preseruatiue The séedes are of the like vertue Another good preseruatiue that defendeth all from infection Take of the kernels of walnuts three ounces rue one ounce and a halfe fine bole armoniack one ounce root of Angelica Turmentill of either an ounce good figs three ounces Myrrhe three drams Saffron foure peniworth Let these be beaten a good space in a morter then put thereto two or thrée spoonefuls of good vnegar and as much rose-Rosewater and incorporate them well together eate hereof as much as a hazell nut in the morning and at anie other time of the day going where the infection is and bee frée from all infection Now such as desire to liue in safety and yet would bestow no cost for their preseruatiō let them vse this R. Figges seuen or eight in number Rue one handfull the kernels of ten or twelue walnuts cleane picked from their skinnes foure or sixe spoonfuls of good vinegar beat these together in a morter and keepe it close in a boxe and eate thereof euery morning and it is good to defend thee from the infection Galen commendeth Garlicke calling it the poore mans treacle but vndoubtedly it is too hote to be eaten of cholericke persons or sanguine or in a hote season and therefore I cannot commend it except in cold moist and rheumaticke bodies for whom it may be good I haue set downe curteous Reader diuers and sundry preseruatiues that you may take your choise vse them in the name of God And this I dare boldly affirme there are in my book as good as are known and sufficient for thy preseruation by Gods grace Now it followeth that I write of confections electuaries and potions required in the cure of the pestilence An Electuarie of great and singular vertue in curing of the pestilence being taken in time before it be setled at the heart and nature vtterly ouer come R. Bolearmoniack prepared two ounces terra sigillata one ounce Myrrhe sixe drams rootes of Gentian Zedoary Angelica and Dictamni of each three drams red corrall red saunders of each a dram and a half saffron one dram a half yellow saunders one dram turmētil scabious leaues of Cardus benedictus or holy thistle of each a dram a halfe flowers of marigolds one dramme the bones of a Harts heart halfe a dramme or two scruples Basill seede halfe a dram good seed pearle two scruples vnicornes horne two scruples leafe gold two scruples harts horne one dram Let all these be made in fine powder euery one by itself Thē take sirrup of Limons and sorrell as much as will be sufficient to make it in an electuarie Adde hereunto good Mithridatum one ounce He that is infected with the pestilence let him take one dram or one dram and a halfe of this medicine according to his strength with water of Scabious Angelica or Cardus benedictus the quantitie of nine or ten spoonefuls it must be taken warme and procure the patient to sweate after two thrée or foure houres which if he cannot easily doe then vse the meanes as I haue taught in this booke by putting in of bottles fild with hot water if it should so chance the patient should vomit then giue him as much more and if he vomit againe let him wash his mouth with Rose water and vinegar and receiue his medicine againe the quantitie before taught and vndoubtedly by this meanes the venemous infection shal be expulsed the heart comforted and the life preserued through Gods mercie and goodnes Another Electuary curing the pestilence being taken within twelue sixteene or eighteene houres after the person is infected Electuarium de ouo R. Ouum gallinae recens educto per apicem albumine id quod vacuum est croco orientali imple vitellum non auferendo postea cum alio putamine iterum occlude ne quid transpiret lento igne tamdiu assa in ollula donec tota oui testa ad nigredinem deueniat exempta è testa materia exsiccetur vt in mortario exquitissimè contundi in
puluerem redigi queat addendo pulueris sinapis albi quantum praedicta omnia ponderant postea anaÊ’ ij anaÊ’ iij. anaÊ’ j. anaÊ’ myrrhaeÊ’ ij ossis de corde cerui scrup ij MargaritarumÊ’ i. camphuraeÊ’ ij anaÊ’ i. puluerizeÌ„tur omnia sing per se misc omnia simul in mortario tandem appone Theriaca Andromachi ad pondus omnium iterum pistillo fortiter contunde commisce per tres quasi integras horas agitando fiat electuarium When any person is infected let him take a dram or somewhat more according vnto his strength mixe and dissolue it in water of Scabious Roses or Endiue as you can haue or in them altogether the quaÌ„titie or measure of eight spoonefuls make it warme and drinke it in Gods name sweate well thereupon and thou shalt be deliuered from danger of the sicknesse and is a most approued medicine and spéedie remedie if it be taken in time for herein censisteth the danger namely delay in which time the venome pierceth vnto the heart and there setleth and vanquisheth the vitall spirits For this is most certaine as I haue often séene and approoued that those that take and vse in the very beginning of their sicknesse some good meanes scarce two in tenne die but very spéedily recouer their former health And truly I cannot but lament the folly of many people who féeling themselues sicke driue forth and delay the time some trusting to their strength and youth other some take some light and trifling medicine to no purpose and manie other blinded with a foolish opinion that physicke can doe them no good and this is the cause whie so manie die of this sicknes as they now do Note this that if a person doe vomite vp his medicine that then you cause him to wash his mouth with rosewater and vinegar and giue him as much more if he cast it vp againe do as before vntill he kéepe it A singular confection for the cure of the Pestilence R. Rad. Angelicae rad Gentianae rad Zedoariae rad Turmentillae rad Dictamni rad Valerianae rad anaÊ’ ij anaÊ’â—j Cinamomi myrrhae boli armeni praeparati terrae anaÊ’ iiij anaÊ’j succi scordii succi calendulae ana vnc 1. CommisceaÌ„tur omnia cum syrupo acctositatis citri q. s incorporentur ad formam opitatae adde mithridatum Andromachi vnc iii. theriacae opti vnc i. semis aqua angelicae vnc ii misc Take one dram and a halfe or two drammes of this confection or two drammes and a half according to the age and strength of the patient with water of Scabious Cardus benedictus or Angelica nine or ten spoonefuls made warme and mixed wel together let him drinke it and sweate well thereupon Another that cureth the Pestilence and expulseth al venemous infection R. Bolearmoniack prepared halfe an ounce Cinamon two drams roote of gentian angelica Zedoarie turmentil ana two drams seed of citrons red rose leaues harts horne rased of the three kinds of Saunders of each one dram iuniper berries halfe a dram nutmegge the bone of the deares heart ii scrup seede pearle and orient one dramme saffron one dram red corall two scruples rinds of citrons two scruples fragments or peeces of the fiue precious stones Saphiri Hyacinthi Smaragdi Rubini granati praep ana one scruple leafe gold one scruple bezoar stone one scruple Make these into most fine powder seuerally which being done put thereto as much sirrup of limons as will make it in forme of an electuarie making it somthing thick putting thereto of good Mithridatum thrée ounces mixe them This being taken the weight of one dram or a dram and a halfe or two drams for a stroÌ„g person in water of Scabious Angelica or Cardus benedictus sweating therwithal cureth the person spéedily of the pestilence expulsing it by sweat vrine Another for the commons and countrimen where these aforesaid set downe cannot be had R. Good Mithridatum Andromachus a dram a half good Treacle I meane not the coÌ„mon treacle sold at the Mercers but at the Apothecaries called theriaca Andromach one dram Mixe these together and take it in a little posset drink made with white wine and sweate well therewith and this cureth the pestilence If any sore doe arise then vse the meanes as I haue taught in this booke to ripen or suppurate the sore which being done let it be opened and drawne forth Another medicine or remedie for the Commons and Contriemen very good and effectuall Take a great white Onion cut off the top and with your knife pike forth the core and make a wide hollownesse in the middle which you must fill vp with good treacle from the Apothecaries called Theriaca Andromachi or Andromachs treacle let it bée in weight one dram and a halfe this béeing put into the Onion couer it with that you cut off before and paaste it ouer and rost it in the imbers and béeing soft stampe it in a morter and straine it through a cloth and with two or thrée spoonfuls of posset drinke mixed with it take it and sweate thereupon as long as you can and this wil expulse it from the hart Or this which is very good R. Mithridatum two drams Venice treacle one dram mix them with water of Angelica Cardus Benedictus or Scabious or for want therof posset drink made with white wine and sweate well These thrée last medicines I haue set downe for them that cannot haue spéedily the other aforesaid and although they séeme meane yet are they of great vertue in this sicknesse and cure them that take it in time in the beginning of their sicknesse obseruing the order of this book therewithall The signes that signifie and declare a person to be infected with the pestilence The first is a great paine and heauinesse in the head The second is hée féeleth great heat within his bodie and the outward partes cold and readie to shake and is thirstie and drie therewithal The third signe is he cannot draw his breath easily but with some paine and difficultie The fourth signe is he hath a great desire to sléepe and can very hardly refraine from sléeping but beware hée sléepe not And sometimes watching dooth vex and trouble him as much and cannot sléepe The fift signe is swelling in the stomacke with much paine breaking forth with stinking sweat The sixt signe is diuers heauie lookes of the eies séeing all things of one colour as gréene or yellow and the eies are changed in their colour The seuenth signe is losse of appetite vnsauourie taste bitternesse of the mouth sowre and stinking The eight signe is wambling of the stomacke and a desire to vomite and sometime vomiting humors bitter and of diuers colours The ninth signe is the pulse beateth swift and déepe The tenth signe is a heauinesse and dulnesse in all the body and a faintnes and a weakenesse of the limmes The eleuenth
with paine in his head if he be of a sanguine or cholericke complexion or hath a plethoricke bodie that is a bodie full of humors large veines and full let euery such person in anie wife be let bloud in the liuer vaine right arme And if there should be felt anie forenesse in any side of the body more then the other then let him bléede in that arme on the side grieued which being done let the chirurgion decently bind vp his arme and if the person be weake then let this be done in his bed and with spéede let him take one of the foure medicines set downe before in this booke for the cure of the pestilencé the quantitie and the maner is there set downe Let him receiue his medicine warme and procure him to sweat which if he cannot easily doe then must you fill some bottles with hot water and set them in the bed about him by which meanes you shall cause him to sweate spéedily Let him continue sweating thrée foure or 5. houres or according to his strength as he can endure it giuing him if he be verie drie in his sweate a little of one of the cordiall confections set downe in this booke to be vsed to a person after his sweat And the kéeper must take great héede that the sicke person sléepe not For whosoeuer is infected with the sicknes must carefully be kept from sléepe vntill they haue bled if they may bleede and taken their medicine and sweate fiue or sixe houres after and in so doing all for the most part shall bee spéedily cured of this sicknes The patient hauing sweat well drie his bodie with warme and soft clothes and if the shéetes be wet with sweat then pul them away and let him rest in Gods name so hee sléepe not And giue him to eate sometimes of one of the confections that comforteth the heart that giueth great comfort and strength vnto the body and principall members thereof and therefore not to be omitted Two houres after his sweate giue him to eate some broth made with a chicken or a capon In which broth boile Endiue Borage Buglosse and a little parsly raisins of the sunne and two or thrée dates and a little whole mace Let his drinke be good stale and middle ale wherein you must boile whole mace and some sugar And if he be very drie as commonly in this sicknesse they are then giue him a spoonefull of one of the sirrups set downe in this booke for that purpose which doth both assooage thirst and drinesse and comforts the heart withall he may vse to take a spoonefull when he is drie His diet must be chickens capon rabbet partridge or such like but for want thereof young mutton or veale and let him vse with his meate limons orenges pomegranats good vinegar graines of paradise mace a little saffron Let his chamber be perfumed with the balles or trochises set downe in this booke before for the purging and amending of the aire Vse them thrée or foure times in the day and for want thereof take Beniamin Storax calamita liquid wood of Aloes and burne it in some chafingdish or fuming pot for the purging of the aire in the chamber And diuers times sprinkle his chamber with vinegar or water and vinegar together Now within fiue or sixe houres after his sweate or if it be longer it is the better let him sléepe in Gods name and remember that you giue the patient oftentimes in the day one of the confections set downe in this booke to comfort the heart giue him his broth and meat a little at a time and the oftener and giue him sometimes a cake of Manus Christito cate And aboue all things let him be of good comfort fixing his hope aboue in the Almightie from whom commeth all help health and comfort for obseruing what I haue taught there is no danger of death and for the most part all they that vse this order and direction recouer and be frée from all danger within two or thrée dayes except some verie few that haue vnsound and very corrupt bodies before the infection And this will I vndertake by Gods leaue and his holy assistance to performe and that not one in sixe persons shall die that taketh a good medicine and that vseth this order and followeth my direction for by this meanes of taking away of bloud euacuation by sweate and purging the bodie the infection and poisoned matter is expelled insomuch that seldome riseth anie botch or sore because the matter whereof the botch ariseth is otherwise cast forth And if any doe arise as sometimes there doth by diligent foresight and good application it may spéedily be brought to suppuration and drawne forth But if no botch do arise within two dayes after his sweate then doth none arise at all doing as I shall shew you The third or rather the second day if he be any thing strong and no botch appearing giue the patient this potion vnderwritten which will purge forth the rest or remnant of the venemous infection A purging potion of great vertue that expulseth all venemous and corrupt humours from the body Here I warne all men that they meddle with no purging medicine when the botch or carbuncle appeareth and groweth towards ripenesse for so shall they draw the venome in againe which nature hath put forth before R. Leaues and flowers of holy Thistle Scabious Turmentill three leaued grasse of each a little handful Gentian Tamarims of each two scruples good Rubarbe one dram water of Bugloffe and endiue of each an ounce and a halfe Sene three drams water of Scabious one ounce flowers of Borage a little handfull make your infusion which being done put thereto diacatholicon halfe an ounce Manna halfe an ounce sir Ros solutiue one ounce This potion hath a most excellent propertie in purging the bodie from venemous and corrupt humours as the learned may iudge at the sight thereof This potion must be taken of the patient the secōd or third day at the furthest after his sweating when no botch appeareth And let him forbeare to eate drink or sléep vntil it hath wrought his effect which is in giuing fiue sixe or seuen stooles Afterward let him receiue some broth and vse a good diet and also vse his cordiall confection for thrée foure or fiue dayes and rest in health in Gods name for he shall néede no further physicke if he be disposed he may take the potion aboue written another day for the thorow-purging of his body and it shall be good so to do This is the true and perfect cure of the pestilence being vsed in time I meane in the beginning of the sickenes within foure or six or in some within twelue houres the sooner the better for in a little time this venemous infection gathereth strength by the euill humours which it turneth into putrifaction and swiftly assaulteth the heart and without spéedy and