The marrow of physicke, or, A learned discourse of the severall parts of mans body being a medicamentary, teaching the manner and way of making and compounding all such oyles, unguents ... &c. as shall be usefull and necessary in any private house ... : and also an addition of divers experimented medicines which may serve against any disease that shall happen to the body : together with some rare receipts for beauties ... / collected and experimented by the industry of T.B.

For the small Poxe.

11 When you perceive the Poxe comming out ei∣ther on the Patients Breast or Face, make this Posset: R. Of Ale or Beere, which the Patient likes best, make a Posset with new Milke, and take off the Curde, and boile in the drinke one spoonfull of raspt Harts horne, and as many Marigold flowers, sixe or eight leaves of Sorrell, a little Licoras sliced, and scraped, a few Figs cut in pieces: take this blood-warme, and drinke no other drinke for two or three daies untill they come out; then have a great care to keepe the Chamber warme, but not too hot in any case; let them eat no fresh meat (if a Feaver accompany the Poxe, untill it be past) nor any broth with Spice, but thinne thicken'd broth boiled with a white Crust; when the Feaver is past, and the Poxe begin to fall, let them eate Bread, and Butter, or a potcht Egge; in all this time let their Beere be warmed with a Toste, and sweetned with Sugar, and when they have drunke, let them eate the Toste to cleanse their mouth, and throate: if the Poxe be in the Eyes, then take red Rosewater, and womans Milke ana, and a little loafe Sugar finely beaten, everyday fresh, and with a feather dresse them often in a day; or you may tye a lit∣tle bruised Quince seed in a cloth, and soake it in white Rose water, and wash the Eyes, but not above thrice a day, lest you feed the Poxe, neither wash the Eyes ex∣cept the Poxe be in them; deny them not drinke at any time: when the Poxe begin to look black on the heads, then minge Parmacetae and Oyle of sweet Almonds together to an Ointment, and with a feather anoint the Face at night therewith being a little warmed: this will cause them to scale; then anoint the Face every night

with the Ointment of Bacon described before in the Vnguents, and in the morning wash your Face with wa∣ter of Beane flowers; when they are quite well, it is good to give them an ounce or two of Cassia newly drawne, in some Posset drinke, to purge them: if the Poxe come not out kindly at first, you shall give the Pa∣tient of Bezoar powdered small in Posset drinke, accord∣ing to the strength and age of the Patient, from three to eight graines.