Certain necessary directions as well for the cure of the plague as for preventing the infection with many easie medicines of small charge, very profitable to His Majesties subjects / set down by the Colledge of Physicians ...

XXIII. In Summer this is good.

TAke the Iuice of Wood-Sorrel two ounces, the Juice of Limons one ounce, Diascordium one dram, Cinamon six grains, Vineger half an ounce; give it warm, and lay the sick party to swear; use this in case of Fluxes of the Belly, or want of rest.

Take of Treacle of Andromachus or Venice-Treacle, from half a dram to a dram; or of Electuarium de Ovo, from a scruple to half a dram, in warm Pos∣set-Ale, assoon as you suspect your self infected, going to bed, and sweating up∣on it.

Take of the Roots of Butterburre, the inner Bark of Ash, of each a pound; Rue, Scordium, Angelica, Meadow-Swéet, Dragons, Carduus, of each thré handfuls, White-Wine and Vineger of each two quarts; let them infuse for a day or two, and after be distilled; adding to the rest (if to be had) six handfuls of the gréen Rinds of Walnuts: Let the Water be swéetned with Syrupe of Wood-Sorrel, adding to two quarts half a dram of Cam∣phire, and thrée drams of Spirit of

Sulphur. This Water may be given from two ounces to four.

Take of the Roots of Butterburre eight ounces, let them be infused in a gallon of Ale for four and twenty hours, and then distilled in a Limbeck, adde to the distilled Water six pints of a strong Decoction of Carduus, and in these Liquours infuse Roots of Butterburre, Masterwort, Ange∣lica, Valerian, of each six ounces, Ele∣campane-root an ounce, Leaves of Scor∣dium, Bawm, of each thrée handfuls, of Iuniper-berries half an ounce; After four and twenty hours infusing in a Bath or hot water, make a second Distillation. Of this Water may be given thrée or four ounces with warm-Posset-Ale.

Take of the Root Butterburre, other∣wise called Pestilent-wort, one ounce, of the Root of Great-Valerian a quarter of an ounce, of Sorrel an handful; boil all these in a quart of water to a pint, then strain it, and put thereto two spoonfuls of Vineger, and dissolve in it two ounces of good Sugar: Let the Infected drink of this, so hot as he may suffer it, a good draught, and if he chance to east it up again, let him take the same quantity straightway upon it, and provoke himself to sweat.

Take of the Powder of good Bay-berries, the Husk taken away from them before they be dried, or of Ivy-berries well dried, a spoon∣ful; let the Patient drink this well mingled in a draught of good stale Ale or Béer, or with a draught of White-wine, and go to bed, and cast himself into a sweat, and forbear sléep.

Take the inward Bark of the Ash-trée one pound, of Walnuts with the Gréen outward shels to the number of fifty, cut these small; of Scabious, of Verbin, of each a handful, of Saffron two drams, pour upon these the strongest Vineger you can get, four pints, let them a little boil together upon a very soft fire, and then stand in a very close Pot well stopt all a night upon the Embers, after distil them with a soft fire, and receive the water close kept. Give unto the Patient laid in bed and well covered with clothes, two ounces of this water to drink, and let him be provoked to sweat; and every eight hours during the space of four and twenty hours, give him the same quantity to drink.

Care must be taken in the use of these sweating Cordials, that the party infected sweat two or thrée hours, or rather much longer, if he have strength, and sléep not till the sweat be over, and that he have béen well wiped with warm Linen, and

when he hath been dryed, let him wash his mouth with Water and Vineger warm, and let his Fōce and Hands be washed with the same. When these things are done, give him a good draught of Broth made with Chicken, or Mutton, with Rosemary, Thyme, Sorrel, Succory, and Marygolds; or else Water-grewel, with Rosemary, and Winter-Sabory, or Thyme, Panado seasoned with Verjuyce, or juyce of Wood-Sorrel: For their Drink, let it be small Beer warmed, with a tost, or Water boyled with Carraway-seed, Car∣duus-seed, and a crust of Bread, or such Posset-drink as is mentioned before in the second Medicine; after some Qutriment let them sleep or rest, often washing their Mouth with Water and Vineger.

These Cordials must be repeated once in eight, ten, or twelve hours at the fur∣thest.

If the Party infected vomit up his Me∣dicine, then repeat it presently.