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.

A powder of great vertue against the Plague, which was sent by Philip King of Spaine, to Charles the ninth King of France, in the yeare 1564. when as almost the whole kingdome of France was infected with the Plague.

TAke chosen and perfect Mirrhe, the wood of Aloes, Ter∣ra Sigillata, of Bole of Armenia prepared, of Mace, Cloues, and Saffron, of each an ounce, beat them to a fine powder, of which you may take a dramme in Rose wa∣ter, or the iuice of Limons in sommer, and in winter with good wine. This powder was sent to the King and Quéenes Ma∣iestie for a soueraine remedy. Valleriola in his third booke of his Phisicall obseruations the first Enarration, setteth downe a composition to this effect, taken out of the best Authors in Phisicke, especially out of Galen, Paulus, Aegineta, Diasco∣rides, and Auicen, according to this forme following.

Take of the best Bole of Armenia one ounce, of perfect Ci∣namom halfe an ounce, of the rootes of the hearbe called in La∣tin and Gréeke Pentaphillon, or else Tormentil, of each halfe an ounce, of the roote of Gentian thrée drammes, of the rootes of both the sorts of Aristolochia the round and long, of the rootes of Florentine Lillies, of each two drammes, of the rootes of Enula, Campana, thrée drammes, of the dried rinde of O∣ranges or Pomecytrons (which is farre better and more ef∣fectual)

thrée drammes, of Pomecytron séeds, or in stead therof Orange or Limon, of Tornep séede, and Sorrel séede, of each two drammes. Of Iuniper berries, Cloues, Mace, Nutmegs, Zedoary and Angelica, of each two drammes, of the leaues of Rosemary, Sage, Rew, Bittony, and Chama Pilis, of each a dramme, of Bay-berries, Saffron, Masticke, Frankinsence, the shauings of Iuory, orient Pearles, white, red, and yealow, Saunders, of each a dramme, of the flowers of red Roses, of Uiolets, of water Lillies and Buglosse, of each two drammes: let all these be beaten to a fine powder and with clarified Ho∣ny, or the iuice of Limons, make an Opiate thereof. The dose of the powder to those that are in health is a dramme for pre∣seruation: and in those that are sick two drammes, with Sca∣bious or Rose water in sommer, and with good wine in win∣ter, and if a man desire to haue it in an Opiate, he may well take halfe an ounce.