A treatise of the plague containing the nature, signes, and accidents of the same, with the certaine and absolute cure of the feuers, botches and carbuncles that raigne in these times: and aboue all things most singular experiments and preseruatiues in the same, gathered by the obseruation of diuers worthy trauailers, and selected out of the writing of the best learned phisitians in this age. By Thomas Lodge, Doctor in Phisicke.

To make the Eschare or dead flesh to fall out of the carbuncle.

TAke fresh butter and capons greace, of each one ounce, and the yelke of an egge, mix them together, and mi∣nister

it: you may likewise adde an ounce of Basilicon: take also of the roots of holihockes two handfulls, of buglosse, a handfull, séethe them in water, and beat them togither, and straine them, and adde vnto them of the powlder of fenu∣gréeke and lin-séed, of each an ounce, of fresh butter wash∣ed in water, of fresh hogs-greace, of each an ounce, make an oyntment. Or take of holi-hocke roots, of beare-foote, of mallowes, and Herbe Robert, called storcks-bill▪ of each a handfull, séethe them together in water, stamp and strain them, mixe them with fresh butter and capons greace, ap∣ply them to the sore till the eschare fall. Rasis made a pla∣ster of hony and Sarcacoll of each a like, and ministred the same: After the Eschare is falne, you must mundifie the vlcer with one of those mundifiers, which are described in the twentieth chapter, and then when the carbuncle shal∣be well purged from matter and corruption and yéeldeth no more, incarnate the same with this vnguent folowing. Take of mastike full of gum, white incense, Aristoloch the round, mirrh, of the flowre of Orobus, Litharge, Ceruse, Aloes, of each a like, of déere suet as much as sufficeth, a little oyle of roses, make an oyntment of these according to art, and apply it till the sore be thorowly cicatrized: And because in carbuncles, there ordinary happeneth some de∣formed cicatrice, after they are healed, to repaire and cor∣rect the same, you may vse these remedies following: take of Borax two drachmes, of Camphire one drachme, of white corall halfe an ounce, of gumme dragacanth, starch, cristall, of the stone called Dentalis, white incense, common salt, of each thrée drachmes, of white marble twoo drachmes; Let the gumme dragant be beaten in a marble morter, and the rest be beaten and serced, afterwards adde hogges-greace clarified, goats-greace, capons-greace, of each an ounce and a halfe: melt al together in a leaden vessell, and straine it thorow a cloath, and after mixe the powlders except the Camphire and Borax, séeth all toge∣ther on a gentle fire, stirring it often with a spatula, and

when it beginneth to séethe, put to the camphire, and when they are all of them well incorporated together, kéepe this oyntment in a vessell of lead, for it hath a maruelous effect. For the poore to the saide intent you may take fresh chéese mixed with hony, and a little powlder of Ceruse: Like∣wise take hogges grease to the value of a pound, prepared after this manner, boyle it in a little white wine, and af∣terwardes straine it thorow a cloth, and incorporate the same in a marble morter with goates milke, or plantane water, then adde vnto it litharge of gold, vnmelted brim∣stone, of each three ounces, of white incense one ounce, of quicke siluer quenched and killed in the iuyce of limons halfe an ounce, of Borax two drachmes, of Camphire a drachme, make an oyntment hereof: Take likewise as much lime as you list (that is quenched and slacked in wa∣ter) wash it sixe times in plantane or raine water, vntill such time as all the sharpenesse thereof be taken away, mixe the same with oyle of roses in a leaden morter, and stirre it well, and you shall haue a good oyntment to re∣paire the deformed cicatrises which are left after carbun∣cles. This is the whole forme of the cure of a pestilent carbuncle.