Doctors , Apothecaries and Chirurgions .

THe Church orders for praiers being first obserued as in former times , it is thought necessary that by the gouernment of the City there be appointed sixe or fowre Doctors at least , who may apply themselues to the cure of the Infected : and that these Doctors bee stipendiaries to the City for their liues : and that to each Doctor there be assigned two Apothecaries and three Chirurgions , who are also to be stipended by the City , that so due and true care may be taken in all things , that the people perish not without helpe , and that the Infection spread not , while none take particular care to resist it , as in Paris , Venice , and Padua , and many other Cities .

And if any Doctor , Apothecary or Chirurgion stipended by the City shall happen to die in the seruice of the attendance of the Plague , then their widowes suruiuing shall haue their pensions during their liues .

Men or goods from forreigne infected places .

IT is likewise necessary that there be care taken that neither men nor goods may come from any suspected places beyond the seas or in the land , without certificate of health , or else either to bee sent suddainely away , or to be put to the Pest-house or some such like place for forty daies ( according to the custome of Italy , ) till the certainty of their soundnesse may bee discouered .

Two places for entertainement are to bee prouided ; one for the sound and another for those who are infected .

That all established good orders bee reuiued .

THat the Statutes and good Orders made and formerly published against common Beggars , against all manner of Plaies , Bowling-allies , Inmates , Tipling-houses , Lestalls , against the sale of corrupt flesh or fish , may be reuiued and strictly executed , and that the Skauengers in generall , and euery particular housholder take care for the due and orderly cleansing of the streets and priuate houses , which will auaile much in this case .

That Dogges , Catts , Conies and tame Pidgeons be destroyed about the Towne , or to bee kept so sparingly that no offence may come by them , and that no Swine be permitted to range vp and down the Streets , as they frequently doe , or rather not to keepe any at all .

It were also to bee wished that the Slaughter-houses were vtterly put from out the liberties of the City , being in themselues very offensiue , And that tunnells in Church-vaults be considered of , and the depth of graues .

To be ca●tolous vpon any suspition .

IT is to be feared , because every one desireth his owne liberty , that none will giue notice of any suspition of the Plague against themselues ; wherefore that must be the Ouerseers care , vpon any notice or suspition of Infection , by the helpe of the Doctors , Chirurgions , Keepers or Searchers , to finde out the truth thereof , and so to proceed accordingly , but not to depend vpon the Testimony of women Searchers alone .

The care to be taken when a house is visited .

THat vpon the discouery of the Infection in any house , there bee present meanes vsed to preserue the whole , as well as to cure the infectted . And that no sick person be remoued out of any house , though to another of his owne , without notice thereof to be giuen to the Ouerseers and to be by them approued : or if the whole be to be remoued , that notice be giuen to the Ouerseers of their remoue , and that caution be giuen that they shall not wander about till they be sound .

The house that is known to be infected , though none be dead therein , to be shut vp , and carefully kept watched by more trusty men then ordinary warders , till a time after the partie be well recouered , and that time to be forty dayes at the least .

Caution concerning flying into the Countrey .

BEcause many masters of families , presently vpon the visiting of their houses before any be dead , fly into the countrey to their friends , by which meanes the plague is often carried into the countrey : That no man shall depart his house except it be to an house not inhabited , and that it be to an house of such distance as that he may conueniently trauell thither without lying by the way , much lesse that hee send his children or seruants and this to be done , by the approbation of the Ouerseers vnder their hands .

That such also as remooue into the Countrey before their houses bee visited , haue a certificate from the Ouerseers of their parish , vnder their hands and seales , testifying , that such persons were not visited before their remoue , that by vertue thereof they may the freeli●r trauell in the Countrey , and be more readily entertained .

That no infected person be secretly conueied out of any house : and in any such misdemeanour the master of the house , both from which the sicke party is sent , as also the master of the house into which the partie shall be receiued without the licence of the Ouerseers of both parishes respectiuely , shall be seuerally punished at the discretion of the Ouerseers .

Because it is likely that the better sort will not call to them such Doctors as are deputed to the Care of the plague , vpon the first fulling sick of any in their houses , lest thereby they might draw greater infection vpon themselues ▪ if therefore any house so bring other Doctors shall happen to be visited , that then the Doctor , who shall ordinarily take the care of that house , shall presently cause notice of the said infection to be giuen to the Ouerseers , that care may be had thereof by the Physicians deputed .

Buriall of the dead .

THat one being dead in any house of the Plague , notice be giuen to the Ouerseers , and that the dead party be buried by night in priuate manner ; yet not without the priuity of the Minister , Clerk , Bearers , and Constable or Ouerseers , and that none enter the visited house but permitted persons , vpon danger to be presently shut vp themselues , and that there be a visible marke set vpon the outside of the doore , and to stand shut vp fourty dayes , and that there be no tolling or ringing of Bells at such priuate burialls .

Caution about apparell and housholdstuffe .

THat no apparell nor housholdstuffe be remoued or sold out of the infected house , for six moneths after the infection is ceased in the house , and that all the Brokers and inferiour Criers for apparell be restrained in that behalfe .

Preseruatiues . Correction of the ayre .

FOr the correcting of the infectious aire , it were good that often Bonfires were made in the streets , and that sometime the Tower Ordnance might be shot off , as also that there be good fiers kept in & about the visited houses and their neighbours .

Take Rosemary dried , or Iuniper , Baileaues or Frankincense : cast them same vpon a Chafingdish , and receiue the fume or smoake thereof .

Also to make fiers rather in pans to remoue about the chamber , then in chimneies , shall better correct the aire of the houses , adding a piece of old iron to the fire .

Take a quantity of Vineger very strong , and put to it some small quantity of Rose-water , ten branches of Rosemary , put them all into a bason , then take fiue or six flint stones , heated in the fire till they bee burning hot , cast them into the same Vineger , and so let the fumes be receiued from place to place of your house .

That the house be often perfumed with Rue , Angelica , Gentian , Zedoary , Setwall , Iuniper wood or Berries burnt vpon imbers , either simply , or they may bee steeped in Wine vineger , and so burnt .

Perfume the house and all therein with this : Slake Lime in Vineger , and aire the house therewith , burne much Tar , Rosen , Frankinsence or Turpentine , both in the priuate houses , and in the Churches before prayers .

By perfuming of apparell .

SVch apparell as you shall commonly weare , let it be very cleane , and perfume it often , either with some Virginia Cedar burned , or with Iuniper , and if any shall happen to be with them that are visited , let such persons , as soone as they shall come home , shift themselues , and ayre their clothes in open ayre for a time .

By carrying about of perfumes .

SVch as are to go abroad shall do well to carry Rue , Angelica , or Zedoarie in their hands to smell to ; and of those they may chew a little in their mouthes as they go in the street , especially if they be afraid of any place . It is not good to be ouer-fearefull , but it cannot be but bad to be ouer-presumptuous and bold .

Take Rue one handfull , stamp it in a morter , put thereto Wine vineger enough to moisten it , mixe them well , then straine out the iuyce , wet a piece of spunge , a toast of browne bread therein , tie it in a thin cloth , beare it about to smell to .

Take the root of Angelica beaten grosly the weight of six pence , of Rue and Wormwood , of each the weight of foure pence , Setwall the weight of three pence , bruise these , then steep them in a little Wine vineger , tie them in a linen cloth ; which they may carry in their hands , or put it into a Iuniper box full of holes to smell to .

Or they may vse this Pomander .

TAke Angelica , Rue , Zedoarie , of each halfe a dram , Myrrhe two drams , Camphire six graines , Wax and Labdanum of each two drams , more or lesse as shall be thought fit to mixe with the other things , make hereof a ball to carry about you : you may easily make a hole in it , and so weare it about your neck with a string .

The richer sort may make vse of this Pomander .

TAke Citron pills , Angelica seeds , Zedoary , red Rose leaues , of each halfe a dram , yellow Sanders , Lignum Aloes , of each one scruple , Galliae Moschatae foure scruples , Storax , Calamit , Beuzoni , of each one dram , Camphire six graines , Labdanum three drams , Gum Tragaranth dissolued in Rose water enough to make it vp into a Pomander , put thereto six drops of spirit of Roses , inclose it into an Iuory box , or weare it about your neck .

By inward Medicines .

LEt none go fasting forth , euery one according to their fortunes , let them eat some such thing as may resist putrefaction .

Some may eat Garlike with Butter , a Cloue two or three , according to the ability of their bodies : some may eat fasting , some of the electuary with Figs and Rue hereafter expressed : some may vse London Treacle , the weight of eight pence in a morning , taking more or lesse , according to the age of the party ; after one houre let them eat some other breakfast , as bread and butter with some leaues of Rue or Sage , and in the heat of summer of Sorreli or Wood-sorrrell .

To steep Rue , Wormwood or Sage all night in their drink , and to drink a good draught in the morning fasting , is very wholsome , or to drink a draught of such drink after the taking of any of the preseruatiues will be very good .

In all summer Plagues it shal be good to vse Sorrell sawce to be eaten in the morning with bread , and in the fall of the leafe to vse the iuyce of Barberies with bread also .

By Cordialls . Mithridates medicine of Figs.

TAke of good Figs and Walnut kirnels of each twenty foure , Rue picked two good handfulls , of Salt halfe an ounce or somewhat better : first stamp your Figs and Walnuts well together in a stone morter , then adde your Rue , and last of all your Salt , mixe them exceedingly well : take of this mixture euery morning fasting the weight of sixteene pence , to children and weake bodies lesse .

Or this will be effectuall also .

TAke twenty Walnuts , pill them , Figs , fifteen , Rue a good handfull , Tormentill roots three drams , Iuniper berries two drams , Bole Armoniack a dram and a halfe . First stamp your roots , then your Figs and Seeds , then adde your Walnuts , then put to your Rue and Bole , and with them put thereto sixe drams of London Treacle , and two or three spoonfuls of wine vineger , mixe them well in a stone motrer , and take of this euery morning the quantitie of a good nutmegg fasting they that haue cause to goe much abroad , may take as much more in the euening two houres before supper .

For women with child , children , and such as cannot take bitter things , vse this .

TAke conserue of red Roses , conserue of Wood-sorrell of each two ounces , conserues of Borage , of Sage flowers , of each sixe drams , Bole Armoniack , shauings of Harts horne , Sorrell seeds , of each two drams , yellow or white Sanders halfe a dram , Saffron one scruple , Sirrupe of Wood-sorrell , enough to make it a moist Electuary ; mixe them well , take so much as a Chesnut at a time , once or twice a day , as you shall finde cause .

For the richer sort .

TAke the shauings of Harts horne , of Pearle , of Corall , Tormentill rootes , Zedoarie , true Terra Sigillata , of each one dram , Citron pills , yellow , white and red Sanders , of each halfe a dram , white Amber , Hyacinth-stone prepared , of each two scruples , Bezoar stone , of the East Vnicornes horne , of each 24. graines , Citron and Orange pills canded , of each three drams , Lignum Aloes one scruple , white Suger Candie , twice the weight of all the rest , mixe them well being made into a Dredge powder . Take the weight of 12. d. at a time euery morning fasting , and also in the euening about fiue a clocke or an houre before supper .

With these powders and Sugar there may be made Lozenges , or Manus Christies , and with conuenient conserues they may be made into Electuaries . All which and many more for their health they may haue by the aduice and directions of their owne Physicians : or at least Physicians will not be wanting to direct them as they may haue need to the poore for charities sake .

They may also vse Bezoar water , or Treacle water distilled , compounded by the Physicians of London , and known by the name of aqua Theriacalis stillatitia , which they may vse simply ; or they may mixe them also with all their Antidotes , as occasion shall require .

The vse of London Treacle is good both to preserue from the sicknesse , as also to cure the sicke , being taken upon the first apprehension in a greater quantitie , as to a man 2. drams , but lesse to a weake body , or a childe , in Carduus , or Dragon water .

Take of the finest cleare Aloes you can buy , in colour like to a liuer , and therefore called Hepatica , of Cinamon , of Myrrhe , of each of these the weight of three French Crownes , or of two and twentie pence of our money , of Cloues , Maces , Lignum Aloes , of Mastick , of Bole Orientall , of each of these halfe an ounce , mingle them together , and beat them into a very fine powder : of the which take every morning fasting the weight of a groat in white wine delayed with water .

Take a dry Figg and open it , and put the kernell of a Walnut into the same , being cut very small , three or fower leaues of Rue commonly called Herbgrace , a corne of Salt , then rost the Figg and eat it warme , fast three or fower houres after it , and vse this twice in the weeke .

Take the powder of Tormentill , the weight of six pence , with Sorrell or Scabious water in Summer , and in the Winter with the water of Valerian , or common drincke wherein hath bene infused the fore named herbes .

Or else , in one day they may take a little Wormewood and Valerian with a graine of Salt , in an other day they may take seuen or eight berries of Iuniper , dried and put in powder , and taking the same with common drincke , or with drincke in which Wormewood and Rue hath been steeped all night .

Also the Treacle called Diatessaroum , which is made but of foure things , of light price easie to be had .

Also the roote of Enula Campana taken in powder with drinke .

Likewise a piece of Arras roote kept in the mouth as men passe in the streets .

Take six leaues of Sorrell , wash them with water and vineger , let them lie in the said water and vineger a while : Then eats them fasting , and keepe in your mouth and Chew now and then either Setwall or the roote of Angelica or a little Cinamom , or foure graines of Myrrhe or so much of rattle Snake roote .

By Medicines Purgatiue :

IT is good for preuention to keep the bodie reasonable open , especially with such things as are easie of operation and good to resist putrefaction , such are these Pills which are vsually to be had at good Apothecaries , and are called Pestilentiall Pills .

Take Aloes two ounces , Myrrhe and Saffron , of each an ounce , Ammoniacum halfe an ounce ; make them vp into a masse with the Iuice of Limons , or white Wine vineger , to keep the bodie open , A small Pill or two will be enough taken a little before supper , or before dynner , but to purge the bodie take the weight of a dram made into fiue or six or more Pills in the morning fasting , and that day keepe your Chamber .

If the Patient be costine and bound in his body , let him take a suppositary made with a little boiled honey , and a little fine powder of salt , and so taken in at the fundament , and kept till it mooue a stoole .

For the poore take Aloes the waight of six pence , put in the pappe of an Apple : and for the Richer , Pills of Ruffus to be had in euery Apothecaries shop .

Such as are tied to necessarie attendance on the infected , as also such as liue in visited houses shall doe well to cause Issues to to be made in their left Armes or right legs , or both as the Doctor shall thinke fit .

Blood letting .

IF the Patient be ful of bloud and strong , let him be let bloud vpon the Liuer-veine in the right Arme , or in the Median veine of the same arme ( if no sore appeare . )

For bloud-letting and strong purging there must bee particular directions had from the Doctors deputed according to the constitution of the parties .

These two last remdies of blood-letting , and strong purgings , are to bee vsed the first day that the Patient shall fall sicke as cause shall be to vse the one or the other , ( no sore appearing ) In which case , if any sore or spots shall appeare , they are both to be forborne .

Vomits .

To prouoke vomit , with two ounces of Ranck Oyle , or Walnut Oyle , a spoonefull of the Iuice of Celendine , and halfe a spoonfull of the Iuice of Radish roote , or two spoonfuls of Oxymel of Squils with Posset drink and oile .

Medicines expulsiue .

THe poison is expelled best by sweating prouoked by posset ale made with Fennell and Marigolds in winter , and with Sorrell , Buglosse , and Borage in summer , with the which in both times they must mingle London Treacle , the waight of two drammes : and so to lay themselues with all quietnesse to sweat one halfe houre , or an houre if they be strong .

For the cure of the Infected vpon the first apprehension , B ur seeds , Cucheneely , powder of Harts horne , Citron seeds one , or more of them , with a few graines of Camphire , are good to bee giuen in Carduus or Dragon water , or with some Treacle water .

Take Burre seeds and Cucheneely , of each halfe a dramme , or to a weak body of each one scruple , Camphire fiue graines , mix these with two ounces of Carduus or Dragon water , halfe an ounce of Treacle water , sirrup of Wood sorrell a spoonefull , mix these , giue it the Patient warme , couer him to sweat , you may giue him a second draught after twelue houres , let him drinke no cold drinke , this posset drinke or the like will be good to giue the visited liberally .

Take Wood-Sorrell halfe a handfull , Marigold flowers halfe so much , shavings of Harts-horne three drams , a figge or two sliced , boile them well in cleare posset drink , let them drink thereof freely , you may put thereto a little suger .

Take Citron seeds six or eight , shavings of Harts-horne halfe a dramme , London Treacle one dramme , mix them with two ounces of Carduus water , or with three ounces of the prescribed posset drinke . Drinke it warme and so lie to sweat .

Take Sorrell-water fiue or sixe spoonfuls , Treacle-water one spoonefull , London-Treacle one dramme and a halfe , mix them well , giue it warme , and so lay the Patient to sweat .

Take Tormentill and Celandine roots of each foure ounces , Scabious and Rue of each one handfull and a halfe , White wine viniger three pints , boile these till one pint be wasted , straine out the liquor , which reserue for the vse of the Infected : let it be taken thus .

Take of this liquor and of Carduus water of each one ounce and an halfe , London Treacle one dramme and a halfe . Bole-Armoniak halfe a scruple , put thereto a litte sugar , mix them well , let the partie drinke it warme , and couer him to sweat .

In Summer this is good .

TAke the Iuice of Wood-sorrel two ounces , the Iuice of Lymons one ounce , Diascordium one dramme , Cinamom sixe grains , Viniger halfe an ounce , giue it warme , and lay the sicke party to sweat . Vse this in case of Fluxes of the belly or want of rest .

Take an Egge and make a hole in the top of it , Take out the white and yolke , fill the shell with the weight of two french crownes of Saffron , rost the said Egge thus filled with Saffron vnder the Embers , vntill the shell begin to wax yellow . Then take it from the fire , and beat the shell and Saffron in a morter together with halfe a spoonefull of mustard seed . Take of this powder a French crowne waight , and as soone as you suspect your selfe infected , dissolue it into ten spoonfuls of posset Ale , and drinke it luke-warme , Then go to bed and prouoke your selfe to sweating .

Or , Take one dram of the Electuarium de Ouo .

Take fiue or six handfuls of Sorrell that groweth in the field , or a greater quantity according as you wil distill more or lesse of the water thereof , and let it lie infused or steeped in good vineger the space of twenty foure houres , Then take it off and dry it with a linen cloth , and put it into a limbeck , and distill the water thereof , and as soone as you finde your selfe touched with the sicknesse , drinke foure spoonfuls of the said water with a little sugar , and if you be able walk vpon it vntill you sweat , if not , keep your bed , and being well couered prouoke your selfe to sweating .

Take of the root Butter-burre , otherwise called Pestilent ▪ wort one ounce , of the root of great Valerian a quarter of an ounce , of Sorrell an handfull , boyle all these in a quart of water to a pinte , then straine it , and put thereto two spoonefulls of Vineger , two ounces of good Sugar , boyle all these together vntill they be well mingled : let the infected drink of this so hot as he may suffer it , a good draught , and if he chance to cast it vp againe , let him take the same quantity straight way vpon it , and prouoke himselfe to sweat .

Or the Infected may take one dram of this powder following . Take Sugar of Roses foure ounces , Ginger two ounces , Camphire one ounce , make these into fine powder , keep it made vp into Balls with Wine .

Take of the powder of good Bay-berry , the huske taken away from them , before they be dried , a spoonfull ; let the Patient drinke this well mingled in a draught of good stale Ale or Beere , or with a draught of white Wine , and go to bed , and cast himselfe into a sweat , and forbeare sleep .

Take the inward Bark of the Ash-tree one pound , of Walnuts with the greene outward shels to the number of fiftie , cut these small ; of Scabious , of Veruin , of euery one a handfull , of Saffron two drams , powre vpon these the strongest Vineger you can get foure pintes , let them a little boyle together vpon a very soft fire , and then stand in a very close pot well stopt all a night vpon the embers , after distill them with a soft fire , and receiue the water close kept . Giue vnto the Patient laid in bed and well couered with clothes , two ounces of this water to drinke , and let him bee prouoked to sweat , and euery eight houres during the space of twenty foure houres giue him the same quantitie to drinke .

Care must bee taken in the vse of these sweating Cordialls , that the party infected sweat two or three houres , if hee haue strength , and sleep not till the sweat bee ouer , and that hee haue beene well wiped with warme linen , and when he hath been dried let him wash his mouth with water and vineger warme , and let his face and hands bee washed with the same : when these things are done , giue him a good draught of Broath made with Chicken or Mutton with Rosemary , Thyme , Sorrell , Succory and Marigolds ; or else Water-grewell , with Rosemary and Winter-Sauory , or Thyme Panado seasoned with veriuyce or iuyce of wood-sorrell . For their drinke let it be small Beere warmed with a toste , or water boiled with Carraway seed , Carduus seed , and a crust of bread , or such posset drinke as is mentioned before in the second medicine ; after some nutriment let them sleepe or rest often washing their mouth with water and vineger .

These Cordials must be repeated once in eight , ten or twelue houres at the furthest .

If the partie infected vomit vp his medicine , then repeat , it presently , or else giue him two or three spoonefuls of Vineger of Squills , or Oxymel of Squills with ▪ posset drink , and then after proceed .

Medicines externall .

VEsicatories applied to the armes , inside of the thighes , or about the bottome of the calfe of the leg , will draw forth the venome : but the vse of these requires the direction of the Doctors deputed .

For the swelling vnder the eares , arme-pits , or in the groines , they must bee alwayes drawen forth and ripened , and broke with all speed .

These Tumors , and much more the Carbuncles and Blaines doe require the care and skill of the expert Chirurgion : but not to leave the poorer sort destitute of good remedies , these following are very good .

Pull off the feathers from the tailes of liuing Cocks , Hennes , Pigeons , or Chickens , and holding their bills , hold them hard to the Botch or swelling , and so keepe them at that part vntill they die , and by this meanes draw out the poison . It is good to apply a cupping glasse or embers in a dish , with a handfull of Sorrell vpon the embers .

To breake the Tumor .

TAke a great Onion , hollow it , put into it a Figge , Rue cut small , and a dram of Venice Treacle , put it close stopped in a wet paper , and roste it in the embers . Apply it hot vnto the Tumor , lay three or foure one after another , let one lie three houres

Scabious and Sorrell rosted in the embers mixt with a little strong leaven , and some Barrowes grease , and a little salt , will draw it and breake it .

Take two or three rosted onions , a Lillie root or two rosted , a handfull of Scabious rosted , foure or fiue figs , a piece of leauen and a little Rue , stampe all these together , if it be too dry , put to it two ounces of oile of Lillies , or so much salt butter , make a pultesse , applie it hot , after it hath lien three or foure houres , take it off and burne it , and apply a fresh pultesse of the same , if it proue hard to breake , adde a little burnt copperasse to the pultesse .

Or this .

TAke the flowers of Elders two handfuls , Rocker seed bruised one ounce , Pigeons dung three drams : stampe these together , put to them a little oile of Lillies , make thereof a pultesse , apply it and change it as you did the former .

To draw .

WHen it is broken , to draw it & heale it take the yolke of an Egge , one ounce of honey of Roses , Turpentine halfe an ounce , wheat flowre a little , London Treacle a dram and a halfe , mixe these wel , spread it vpon leather , change it twice a day , or take Diachylon cum Gummis .

For the Carbuncle .

APplie an actuall or potentiall Cautery , saying a defensatiue of Bole ▪ Armoniack , or Terra Sigillata , mixed with Vineger and the white of an Egge , round about the tumour , but not vpon it .

Take three or foure Cloues of Garlick , Rue halfe a handfull , foure Figges , strong Leauen , and the Soote of a Chymney in which wood hath beene burnt , of each , halfe an ounce , Mustard-seed two drams , Salt a dram and a halfe , stampe these well together , and applie it hot to the sore : You may put thereto a little salt butter , if it be too dry .

Or this .

Take Leaven halfe an ounce , Radish Rootes the bigger the better , an ounce and an halfe , Mustard-Seed two drams , Onions and Garlick rosted , of each two drams and a halfe , Venice Treacle , or Mithridatum , three drams , mixe these in a morter , applie it hot thrice a day to the Sore .

But these Sores cannot be well ordered and cured , without the personall care of a discreet Surgeon .

Take of Scabious two handfuls , stamp it in a stone morter , with a pestle of stone if you can get any such , then put into it of old Swines grease salted two ounces , and the yolke of an egge , stampe them well together , and lay part of this warme to the sore .

Take of the leaues of Mallowes , of Camomyll Flowers , or either of them a handfull , of Linseed beaten into powder two ounces , boyle the Mallow leaues first cut , and the flowers of Camomyll in faire water , standing about a fingers breadth : boyle all them together , vntill all the water be almost spent , then put thereunto the Linseed , of wheat flowre halfe a handfull , of Swines grease , the skinnes taken away , three ounces , of Oyle of Lillies two ounces , stir them still with a stick , and let them all boyle together on a soft fire without smoake , vntill the water bee vtterly spent : beat them altogether in a morter vntill they be well incorporated , and in feeling , smooth and not rough . Then take part thereof hot in a dish , set vpon a Chafindish of coales , and lay it thick vpon a linen cloth , applying it to the sore .

Take a white Onion cut in pieces , of fresh butter three ounces , of leauen the weight of twelue pence , of Mallowes one handfull , of Scabious , if it may bee had , one handfull , of Cloves of Garlick the weight of twenty pence : Boyle them on the fire in sufficient water , and make a pultesse of it , and lay it warme to the sore .

Another .

Take two handfuls of Valerian , three rootes of Danewort , an handfull of Smallage or Lovage . Seeth them all in Butter and water , and a few Crums of bread , and make a pultesse thereof , and lay it warme to the sore till it breake .

Another .

If you cannot haue these hearbes , it is good to lay a loafe of bread to it hot , as it commeth out of the Oven ( which afterward shall be burnt or buried in the earth ) or the leaues of Scabious or Sorrell rosted , or two or three Lilly rootes , rosted vnder Embers , beated and applied .