A most excellent and perfecte homish apothecarye or homely physik booke, for all the grefes and diseases of the bodye. Translated out the Almaine speche into English by Ihon Hollybush

¶Of the hote and feruent ague / called Causon.

FEbris caustica is / when the Colera perisheth in the veines that are neare the harte / and them that are aboue in the stomake / liuer and lightes or poulmon. It is caused of a feruent heate / and the pacient hath exceding heate and thyrste. This disease is of two sortes: y^e one is of a single Colera / the other ouertaketh moste chefelye ionge folke / when their body is drye. When their vrine is scommy / then be sure / that they are costiffe and bounde about the hart / and get a great disease and payne in the head. The vrine of them both is reed / and they waxe feble. Ye muste purge and clense them with pilles or laxatine / but they must be mollified before w^t syropes of Violettes / or syropus acetosus / and with Electuariū de succo Ro¦sarum / or Diaprunis laxatinus / so y^t they be strong inough / or y^t y^e age do not hinder thē / if he hath much vnclene matter in him. If he be greatly thyrsty / thē geue him otherwhyles Pōgranates or sorel to suck / & to bedward geue him to drinke syropes of Violettes or Roses / with as much cold water: like wise do at none & in y^e morning / & he must beware of such thinges as chafe him: he must also be let bloud in y^e liuer veyne. Let him drinke wine / & alaye it well wyth water. His meate muste be meates of good digestion and coo∣ling / nother eate more then nede requireth.

If his belly is bounde / then lose it with Cassia fistula / syropes of Violet∣tes / & Endiue water: make him a clister with y^e iuice of Branke vrsine / Tri∣fle / herbe of Violettes & Malowes / without the age / the time / the strength or the region or countrey do hinder the.

If he hath payn in y^e head / thē make him this sointment / & anoint his tē¦ples & forhead therewith: take oyle of roses / the iuice of Porcelain / vinegre / of eche an vnce / beat thē well together / & when ye will vse it / beat it agayn / and make him a plaister therof vpon the forhead and temples.

Take read Saunders / Roses / Barly meel of lyke quantitie: put thereto as much Rose water / that ye may mixe the other thinges therwith / & make a past thereof / & put the iuyce of Gourd therto if ye can get it: This alayeth the payne sone and well. Or els take Poppye sede / and beate it verye well / temper it wyth water / and geue hym alwaye a litle thereof to drinke / and specially in the night: and wett a linnen cloth therin / and binde it vpon hys forheade.

But if he can not slepe / thē take Lettice sede beatē / Almondes beaten / y^e iuice of Lettice / of ech an vnce / water of Roses / oyle of Roses / of eche halfe

an vnce / mixe these very well together like a playster / & binde it aboute hys head: and when it is drye / then wett it agayne / and he shall fal to slepe. And if the payne go away / then geue him to eat Gourdes & Porceleyne / & when he will go to bed / then let him washe his fete in warme water / and rub hys legges well beneth dounwarde / and afterward renche them in cold water. After that let him lye doune / and leaue his fete vncouered / and so draweth the heat out dounwarde: Let him do to his handes lykewise.

If he waxeth faynt in the night for heat / then take water of Roses / and halfe so much vinegre / in thesame wet two clothes / eche so muche as a fyst / and geue him thē in his hande / tyll they waxe hote: thesame draweth out al the heate. Rub the soles of his fete therwith also & his wrestes / for it geueth him good strength. Geue him confecte of suger in his mouth / or els confecte of Cheris / or of soure Plummes / thesame slake his thyrst.

If a woman were diseased hereof / & were bigge wyth chyld / the forsaid medecine might be geuen her wel inough without danger. But if one were thus diseased / and a yexing toke him / or a goute / and it lasted foure & twen∣ty houres or more / that is a sure token of death.