Mikrokosmographa. A description of the little-world, or, body of man, exactly delineating all the parts according to the best anatomists. With the severall diseases thereof. Also their particular and most approved cures. / by R.T. doctor of physick.

How a man may preserve himselfe in time of Pestilence against infectious Ayres.

BEcause the evill humors that be in mans body, make it more apt and easie to receive the cor∣ruption and infection of the Ayre; it is good to keep the stomack and the head clean purged, not to overcharge it by eating and drinking, but ab∣staine from all excesse thereof, and also from all grosse meats, and to purge himselfe often gently with some easie purgation, as of Cassia, Rhabarb, Mastick pils, Aloes, or the like: It is also good to eate in your pottage things that purge the bloud, as Burrage, Bugglas, Succory, Lettice, and such like; and above all, not to keep your stomack o∣vercharged, nor too empty, and in the morning betimes to take some of these preservative medi∣cines as Rue, Figs, & Walnuts, which is very good against all infections, or else take some Confect, as the pill of Citron Confect, and after meales to use the seeds of Citron Confect in Sugar, which is very good against all manner of venome and poyson: And likewise at your meales to eate the white and inside of a Citron with a little Sugar, and to eate it with meat as men eate Lemmons in the morning, at noon, and night. It is also very

good to bath and wash your hands, your temples, your pulses, and your nose with vineger roser, or with other vineger, whereunto you may adde a little Camphire, Rose water, Lignum Aloes, Xile∣balsamum, if you can get it, if not, use a little Cy∣nomon instead thereof: It is alwayes very good to keep such kind of vineger by you in some viol, for to use it when time shall require, for it is a ve∣ry good preservative; and if you cannot have the vinegar compound as is prescribed, then you may use vineger of compound wine; also it is very good to carry about you some good perfume, ei∣ther in your Gloves, or Handkercheife, or to hang it about your neck; your house ought to be kept as clean as possible, not savouring of pisse, or such unsavoury smels; keep it shut, and often washed, and beware ye keep no foule and stinking clothes in your house. you may also often burn in your house the wood and leaves of a Bay-tree, of Rose∣mary, Juniper, and Cyprus, use it often, likewise Pitch, Rosin, and Olibanum, burning it in the midst of the house or chamber, principally at night and in the morning: Likewise Orenge and Lem∣mon pils, Storax calamita, and Labdanum, be ve∣ry good for this purpose. As concerning the dis∣position of the mind, ye must consider, that Sor∣row, Anger, Sadness, or Melancholy, do corrupt the bloud and other humors, weaken the heart and spirits, deprave and hurt nature, therefore e∣very

man ought to avoyd them as much as is pos∣sible; also if a man be over much merry, or given to pleasure, it dilateth and enlargeth the pores and passages of the seed of man and the heart, so that he is thereby the more inclined, and more apt to receive the evill ayre and venome, penetrating in∣to his body, also a man must beware of drinking much wine; thsrefore it is good to use tempe∣rance and moderation in all things, and above all things let a man alwayes have a sure hope and confidence in God, ever be ready and disposed to dye when he shall please to call us, not so much esteeming this mundane or worldly life, or fear∣ing so much death, which is no other thing then an issue or departing out of this troublesome life full of miseries and calamities, and an entrance in∣to an ever blessed and eternall life, replenished with all joy, solace, and pleasure, which God hath prepared for all them that love him through Jesus Christ.