A collection of seven and fifty approved receipts good against the plague Taken out of the five books of that renowned Dr. Don Alexes secrets, for the benefit of the poorer sort of people of these nations. By W. J. gent.

CHAP. 35. Antidotes or Medicines, and comfortable preservative of small cost easie to find that poor people may prepare for themselves.

1. Take Garlick and drink a little wine after it, or a Fig with a Walnut and Rue and a little salt specially in winter. 2. Take twenty leaves of Rue with two Walnuts and as many Figs and a grain of Salt all being mixt together receive it in the morn∣ing. 3. Take six leaves of Rue with Vineger. 4. Take the Root of the herb called in Latine Imperatora, of sum Lascopi∣tium, Gallicum. 5. Take the Root of Angelica. 6. The Roots of Gentian. 7. The Root of Zedarie. 8. Of Cardus Benedi∣ctus. 9. Of Garlina. 10. Take the herb called Scordium in small powder the quantity of a dram, either in a soft mass made with sodden honey and vineger, or with some surrup as of Le∣mons

or in Opiat the bigness of a Chesnut, or of a small Pease with wine in winter, in summer with Rose water, or with the juce of Sorrell. 11. Sorrell alone or with Pimpernell in Vine∣ger and drink of it in the morning. 12. Or the juce of them wherewith you may make a taste in summer. 13. Or Juniper berries, the leaves of green Pimpernell of Bittany of Pulegion of Sorrell of each a like quantity brayed together and sodden in honey, put thereto a little Vineger like a conserve.