A
TREATISE
OF
THE
PESTILENCE
:
Wherein
is
shewed
the
Causes
,
with
most
certaine
Preseruatiues
against
the
Infection
thereof
.
THis
contagious
Sicknesse
called
the
Pestilence
,
is
no
other
thing
then
a
pressure
,
Contagion
and
whip
,
which
GOD
out
of
his
indignation
vseth
to
chastice
men
for
their
transgressions
,
as
it
is
written
in
the
28.
of
Deut.
saying
;
If
thou
wilt
not
obey
the
voyce
of
the
Lord
thy
GOD
,
and
keepe
and
doe
his
Commandements
;
the
Lord
shall
make
the
Pestilence
to
cleane
vnto
thee
.
For
God
the
Creator
of
all
things
is
the
chiefe
and
principall
moouer
of
all
things
created
,
and
vseth
them
as
secondary
meanes
to
execute
punishment
against
the
offenders
.
So
that
the
Pestilence
is
either
Supernaturall
,
and
immediatly
commeth
from
GOD
to
Man
;
or
Naturall
,
as
when
God
punisheth
man
hée
performeth
it
by
his
creatures
.
Also
,
the
Pestilence
supernaturall
is
to
be
vnderstood
two
manner
of
wayes
,
that
is
to
say
;
either
when
God
doth
it
wholly
from
himselfe
,
or
else
permissiuely
hée
suffereth
Sathan
to
punish
Man
for
the
reasons
aforesaid
;
Hée
being
the
most
cruell
enemy
both
of
God
and
man
,
who
grieueth
and
repineth
at
mans
felicitie
,
and
enuiously
séeketh
to
extirpate
and
roote
out
all
Mankind
.
Euen
as
the
Historie
of
Iob
testifieth
.
So
that
his
power
is
also
two-fold
,
viz.
Hée
either
doth
this
office
of
himselfe
,
or
else
by
Inchanters
and
Witches
,
(
Exod.
7
,
and
8.
)
of
whom
Christ
spake
,
Act.
8.
Math.
7.
The
Pestilence
naturall
,
is
also
taken
two
manner
of
wayes
:
The
one
generated
from
an
astrall
Impression
,
the
other
from
the
microcosmus
or
little
wo●lds
Imagination
.
The
Pestilence
of
Impression
proceedeth
from
the
firmament
of
Heauen
,
when
God
punisheth
man
by
second
causes
,
hée
vseth
the
coniunction
of
Saturne
and
M●rs
,
and
other
Starres
,
Eclipses
for
correction
,
euen
as
a
Father
chastiseth
his
Child
with
the
rod
.
The
arsenicall
Sulphurious
,
Antimoniall
,
Napellosous
,
Cicutosons
beames
of
the
Starres
,
infects
the
nutriment
both
Spirituall
and
Corporall
.
This
is
the
generation
of
Pestilence
of
the
influence
Astrall
.
Lastly
,
Paracelsus
in
his
Booke
De
occulta
Philosophia
,
saith
;
that
Of
imagination
springeth
the
Pestilence
,
as
is
there
instanced
betwéene
two
Brothers
.
Also
it
is
reported
,
that
a
man
hauing
the
Hemerhodes
and
the
Pestilence
together
,
aspecting
another
being
sound
,
infecteth
him
also
;
yea
,
very
many
much
more
,
by
the
intuition
and
earnest
beholding
of
women
,
Quae
simul
menstruorum
&
Peste
laborant
.
Moreouer
by
the
breath
,
heat
,
sweat
,
smell
,
habitation
,
and
garments
from
the
steke
,
the
Pestilence
is
propagated
,
and
créepeth
from
one
house
vnto
another
and
infecteth
the
Inhabitants
thereof
,
so
that
it
procéedeth
of
an
inuisible
essence
,
Spirituell
and
Astrall
,
and
not
of
any
humour
or
liquor
onely
.
Presages
and
judgements
taken
from
the
Superiour
bodies
and
Constellations
of
the
Heauens
.
AMongst
all
other
bodyes
Celestiall
,
there
are
two
called
euill
and
malicious
,
which
are
Saturne
and
Mars
,
as
aforesaid
;
by
whose
bad
influence
manifold
infirmities
,
especially
of
the
Pestilence
ariseth
:
For
Saturne
through
Cold
,
causeth
Rheumes
,
Elephantia
,
&c.
Mars
by
reason
of
Heat
,
bringeth
forth
Feauers
pestilentiall
,
spitting
of
Blood
,
Plurifies
and
such
like
.
Consider
well
the
●●tring
of
the
Sunne
into
Aries
by
true
Equation
of
the
houses
and
Planet●
,
for
that
influence
hath
more
domination
,
then
haue
all
other
influences
of
the
whole
yéere
beside
,
(
●xcept
the
superiou●
Coniunctions
of
the
Planets
,
or
some
great
Eclipses
.
)
And
this
entring
of
the
Sunn●
into
Aries
passeth
all
entrings
of
the
●●ua
into
any
other
Signe
.
Therefore
consider
how
the
Lord
of
the
sixt
house
in
the
figur●
is
disposed
for
hée
is
the
Lord
of
the
Sicknesse
,
v
z.
You
must
consider
,
whether
hée
be
impedite
or
no.
An●●f
hée
be
impedite
there
shall
be
many
S●●knesses
according
to
his
nature
and
his
house
,
that
is
the
sixt
house
.
As
for
example
,
be
it
in
case
that
Saturne
is
Lord
of
the
sixt
house
,
and
some
earthy
signe
is
in
the
same
house
,
then
most
comonly
the
sicknesse
of
that
yéere
,
shall
be
of
like
nature
,
that
is
cold
and
dry
.
And
ouer
this
thou
must
consider
,
whether
the
Lord
of
the
sixt
house
hath
any
aspect
with
the
Lord
of
the
house
of
Death
;
to
him
,
then
most
commonly
the
end
of
those
sicknesses
that
are
cold
and
dry
,
shall
be
death
.
And
likewise
,
as
it
is
declared
of
the
entring
of
the
Sunne
into
Aries
,
So
must
it
be
said
of
the
coniunction
of
the
Sunne
and
Moone
through
all
the
yéere
,
marking
euery
nature
of
the
Planet
being
in
the
sixt
house
,
If
there
be
any
,
and
the
aspects
to
those
two
houses
aforesaid
.
Also
consider
,
whether
this
entring
of
the
Sun
into
Aries
or
any
of
the
coniunctions
of
the
Luminaries
,
be
in
the
eight
house
or
no
,
for
then
it
shall
be
much
worse
.
Note
also
,
that
if
the
Eclipse
of
the
Sun
or
Moone
be
in
any
angles
of
the
Natiuitie
of
any
person
,
or
in
any
of
the
angles
of
the
reuolusion
of
his
natiuitie
,
then
hée
shall
suffer
sicknes
according
to
the
nature
of
the
same
angles
.
And
if
the
Eclipse
be
in
Medio
Coeli
,
he
shall
suffer
hurt
in
his
honour
&
same
.
And
if
it
be
in
the
Ascendent
,
hée
shall
be
gréeued
in
his
body
,
and
so
forth
of
the
other
houses
.
But
it
shall
be
the
worser
in
case
the
Eclipse
be
in
the
ascendent
,
especially
,
if
it
be
the
Eclipse
of
the
S●n
,
for
that
is
the
more
dangerous
of
the
two
.
Forasmuch
as
the
effect
of
the
Eclipses
of
the
Moone
is
alwayes
finished
in
the
space
of
one
yéere
at
the
most
,
sometime
in
lesse
,
and
for
the
most
part
in
thrée
Moneths
.
But
the
effects
of
the
Eclipse
of
the
Sun
is
very
long
or
it
come
to
passe
.
Sometimes
twelue
yéeres
,
as
Ptolome
in
his
Centiloquio
witnesseth
.
The
Astrologians
take
the
judgement
of
the
yéere
,
by
the
entring
of
the
Sunne
into
Aries
in
the
first
minute
.
And
if
it
then
happen
,
that
all
the
ill
Planets
be
in
the
eight
house
,
which
is
the
house
of
Death
,
they
say
;
that
yéere
shall
arise
a
Pestilence
and
diuers
other
siknesses
,
according
to
the
nature
and
conditions
of
those
Planets
.
And
if
the
Moone
in
the
same
entring
bée
néere
vnto
the
coniunction
of
the
Sun
,
that
is
to
say
,
within
two
or
3.
or
4.
degrées
;
That
yéere
shall
be
a
death
of
Pestilence
vniuersall
,
and
that
shortly
after
that
Conjunction
;
especially
,
at
the
comming
of
the
Moone
and
euill
Planets
to
infortunes
:
and
as
the
infortunes
be
,
the
effects
shall
so
appeare
,
be
they
more
or
lesse
.
Furthermore
,
you
must
consider
the
great
coniunction
of
Saturne
and
Iupiter
in
the
13.
degrée
of
Scorpio
as
it
was
in
the
yéere
1625.
in
the
last
of
August
,
which
coniunction
changed
from
an
ayrie
triplicitie
into
a
waterie
,
and
it
was
in
a
waterie
Signe
,
whereof
there
chanced
very
much
raine
,
and
thereupon
followed
excessiue
humectation
and
moystening
of
Mans
body
,
which
by
and
by
turned
to
putrifaction
and
thereupon
ensued
many
perillous
and
corrupt
Feauers
,
Pestilence
and
Agues
as
Phaierus
and
many
others
haue
related
,
specially
,
because
the
coniunction
of
Saturne
was
exalted
in
the
North
aboue
Iupiter
,
which
Saturne
is
of
ill
influence
.
Furthermore
,
there
are
assigned
seauen
prognosticks
,
presages
or
signes
of
the
Pestilence
,
more
common
and
vsually
obserued
as
hereafter
follow
:
viz.
First
,
when
in
a
Summer
day
,
the
Wether
is
often
changed
,
as
in
the
morning
like
to
raine
,
and
after
standeth
still
cloudy
,
and
at
last
,
the
wind
turneth
into
the
South
.
The
second
is
,
when
often
in
the
time
of
Summer
,
the
dayes
sheweth
wholly
obscured
,
as
if
it
would
raine
and
yet
not
raine
,
and
then
if
it
doe
so
continue
long
,
it
is
to
be
feared
,
a
great
Pestilence
will
after
ensue
.
The
third
Signe
is
,
when
there
are
many
Flyes
vpon
the
Earth
,
for
this
signifieth
that
the
ayre
may
be
venemous
and
infected
.
The
fourth
signe
is
,
when
the
Stars
doe
séeme
often
to
fall
,
for
it
is
a
token
that
the
ayre
is
corrupted
by
many
venemous
vapours
which
ascendeth
.
The
fift
signe
is
when
Come
to
do
séeme
to
flye
in
the
ayre
an
it
appeareth
in
Meteors
,
and
that
those
happeneth
,
when
the
Comet
appeareth
,
it
signifieth
bloudshed
,
warres
,
&c.
Vnde
versus
.
Mors
furit
,
vrbs
rapitur
,
Seuit
mare
,
Sol
operitur
.
Regnum
mutatur
plebs
peste
faeme
cruciatur
.
The
sixt
signe
is
,
when
many
thunders
and
lightnings
happeneth
,
and
especially
from
the
South
part
.
The
seuenth
is
,
when
many
Winds
procéedeth
from
the
South
part
,
for
they
bée
foule
and
vncleane
,
when
these
signes
appeare
,
a
great
Pestilence
is
much
to
bée
feared
,
except
our
Lord
omnipotent
auere
it
.
Meanes
to
preuent
Infection
,
the
Causes
and
Prognosticks
being
already
d●clared
.
NOw
shall
it
bée
directed
by
what
meanes
euery
man
ought
to
preserue
himselfe
from
this
infection
,
And
according
to
the
spéech
of
Dauid
saying
,
that
a
man
ought
Diuertere
a
malo
,
ad
bonum
,
to
turne
from
euill
and
doe
good
,
And
most
humbly
Pecatasua
confiteri
,
to
confesse
his
sinnes
,
for
in
the
time
of
Pestilence
,
Penitencie
and
Confession
are
to
be
preferred
before
all
other
Medicaments
,
and
withall
to
change
the
place
for
a
more
pure
ayre
.
But
if
it
cannot
bée
done
conueniently
,
in
as
much
as
possible
may
be
,
let
all
causes
of
corruption
be
●uitated
and
●uoyded
,
and
consequently
Venerie
.
Also
the
Wind
procée●ing
from
the
Meridian
or
South
point
,
is
con●agious
&
infectiue
naturally
:
Therefore
in
〈◊〉
time
of
the
Pestilence
,
the
Windowes
on
●he
same
side
the
house
ought
to
bée
shut
vn●ill
one
of
the
clocke
afternoone
,
and
let
the
●indowes
be
open
towards
the
North
part
.
For
the
same
cause
,
let
there
bée
no
euill
sents
or
smels
as
from
stables
,
stréets
,
fields
where
dead
carkasses
corrupted
and
putrified
may
annoy
you
,
and
chiefly
putrified
Waters
,
as
from
sincks
and
houses
of
Office
,
for
Paracelsus
saith
;
Omne
putrifactum
m●ré
est
venenum
.
And
most
commonly
we
find
they
dye
in
greatest
number
,
where
the
ayre
is
corrupted
with
these
an●yances
;
For
,
Sicut
per
odorem
,
aromaticam
cor
&
spus
recreantur
,
ita
ex
nocino
fetore
debilitantur
.
Therefore
the
house
is
to
be
kept
,
that
no
infectiue
ayre
enter
therein
,
especially
that
which
is
humide
and
moist
,
which
naturally
causeth
putrifaction
in
the
house
and
place
where
one
sléepeth
:
For
preuention
thereof
the
same
house
or
places
ought
to
be
ayred
with
fires
of
wood
yéelding
cléere
flame
,
and
withall
to
fumigate
the
roomes
with
these
hearbes
and
séeds
subscribed
,
Bayberies
,
Iuniper
,
Vbery
,
O●gany
,
Wormswood
,
Hysop
,
Rue
,
Magw●ort
,
and
of
Lign●●●ees
,
let
these
●●me●
be
insp●red
and
●ak●n
at
the
mouth
and
nosthrils
,
so
that
it
may
pen●trate
into
the
interior
and
inward
par●s
.
Let
all
superfluity
and
ouermuch
repletions
be
refrained
,
for
Auincen
in
4.
Canonis
saith
;
that
Illi
qui
repletionem
semper
curant
periodum
&
sinem
vitae
suae
abreuiant●
Likewise
,
the
common
Bath
is
to
bée
auoyded
,
for
Modicum
fermentum
totam
mass●m
corrumpit
.
Finally
,
communities
and
concurfes
of
people
are
also
to
be
left
off
,
as
much
as
possible
may
be
,
least
the
breach
of
the
infected
be
receiued
.
But
in
case
they
cannot
be
shunned
,
let
these
remedies
bée
vsed
which
follow
.
When
one
ariseth
in
the
morning
,
by
and
by
let
him
eate
a
little
Rue
washt
in
cleane
water
,
and
sprinkled
with
salt
,
with
one
or
two
Walnuts
well
clensed
,
If
that
cannot
be
had
,
let
him
eate
some
bread
or
a
toast
intincted
with
Viniger
,
especially
in
a
turbid
or
cloudy
day
.
Also
in
the
time
of
Pestilence
,
it
is
better
to
stay
within
doores
,
then
to
goe
abroad
into
any
Towne
or
Citie
,
and
l●●
the
house
especially
in
the
Summer
be
sprinkled
with
Viniger
,
Roses
and
Vine-leaues
,
also
it
shall
be
good
oftentimes
in
the
●ay
,
to
wash
the
hands
with
water
and
vin●ger
,
and
a●terward
to
clense
the
face
,
and
to
smell
vnto
the
hands
washed
as
aforesaid
.
It
shall
be
also
a
wholsome
course
as
well
in
Summer
as
winter
to
smell
vnto
sower
things
.
And
for
those
that
are
visitors
〈◊〉
the
sicke
,
to
take
a
spunge
or
piece
of
bread
stéeped
in
viniger
,
and
to
hold
it
to
the
Nose
or
M●●th
,
for
all
acetosus
and
sower
things
●●e
so
close
the
powers
,
and
passages
of
the
humours
,
that
no
venemous
ayre
can
enter
therin
as
by
experience
I
haue
often
found
.
Also
if
you
take
Rue
,
Wormewood
,
Sage
,
Marigolds
of
each
thrée
handfuls
,
●●ruse
them
wholly
in
a
gallon
of
Ale
newly
●●nued
vp
,
and
paste
it
close
that
no
ayre
breath
out
,
and
after
that
it
is
fined
for
〈◊〉
.
houres
take
sixe
or
seuen
spoonefuls
thereof
mixed
with
the
best
Venice-triacle
in
quantity
of
a
Beane
,
and
moderately
walke
thereon
,
and
doe
thus
euery
morning
before
yonges
forth
of
your
house
,
as
long
as
the
Sicknesse
continueth
,
and
r●●ew
your
〈…〉
●s
occasion
requireth
to
preuent
the
impr●sion
of
the
contagious
ayre
.
Another
Preseruatiue
.
TAke
Aloes
cleane
washed
i●
Rose-water
halfe
an
ounce
,
of
good
Myrrhe
,
of
●●sse●●
o●●arh
two
dragmes
,
of
Bale
Ar●onie
●●epared
one
scruple
,
of
séed
Pearle
and
scruple
,
of
the
sirup
of
Lemons
as
much
as
will
make
it
in
forme
of
pa●●e
,
made
in
pills
,
and
●●●e
thereof
euery
●●●●ing
the
weight
of
a
great
,
fasting
,
and
within
one
houre
after
,
to
take
a
little
thin
broth
,
Alebery
or
white
Wine
,
and
fast
thereon
thrée
houres
after
,
and
then
to
vse
your
accustomed
dyet
.
Another
.
BVt
if
the
body
hée
very
costine
and
distempered
therewith
,
then
may
yee
vse
these
pils
in
quantity
as
aforesaid
;
Euery
morning
for
foure
or
fiue
dayes
together
if
néed
require
,
and
prepared
as
thus
:
Take
of
Rheubarb
,
Myrrhe
,
of
each
one
dragme
,
Aloes
two
dragmes
,
Z●●●orie
roo
e
,
Saffron
of
each
one
scruple
,
sirup
of
Roses
sul●tine
as
much
as
will
suffice
to
make
it
in
forme
of
pilles
,
and
to
take
them
in
manner
as
afore
directed
.
Another
Preseruative
.
TAke
of
Methridate
,
conserne
of
Roses
of
each
halfe
an
ounce
,
Bole
Armoniacke
prepared
two
dragmes
,
mixe
them
together
,
and
take
thereof
as
much
as
a
〈◊〉
at
once
,
and
fast
thereon
two
or
thrée
houres
after
.
Or
else
you
may
take
of
Triacle
of
An●ro●●chus
,
and
of
Michridate
of
either
tw●
dragmes
,
of
conserue
of
Rose
3.
dragme●
Bole
Aemoniack
prepared
two
scruple
,
of
the
séeds
or
roses
of
Angelica
two
scruples
,
of
the
seeds
of
Citrons
halfe
a
dragme
,
of
the
sirup
of
Lemons
halfe
an
ounce
,
mixe
all
together
and
take
thereof
the
quantity
of
a
hassell
n●t
,
in
the
morning
or
at
any
time
of
the
day
else
(
if
you
goe
into
any
throug
of
people
)
and
fas●
a
while
after
it
.
There
are
also
many
other
preseruatiues
more
costly
,
yet
farre
more
powerfull
in
their
effects
,
which
may
be
had
at
the
hands
of
the
Chymists
,
as
Potus
Pestilentialis
Paracelsi
,
whereof
one
dragme
being
taken
in
the
morning
fasting
,
and
to
sweat
thereon
,
is
a
preseruatiue
from
the
Pestilence
for
sixe
dayes
.
The
second
preseruatiue
is
,
Sulphur
sublimed
with
Myrrhe
and
Aloes
.
Halfe
a
dragme
with
Suger
thereof
being
taken
in
the
morning
,
preserueth
a
man
that
●ay
from
all
astra●l
impression
.
The
third
preseruatiue
is
,
Zenechthon
,
Paracelli
,
which
being
hanged
about
the
necke
,
hindereth
the
attractiue
power
of
the
Microcismus
or
little
world
,
which
is
man
.
The
fourth
,
against
the
intuition
or
venemous
aspe●●
of
women
,
and
men
as
aforesaid
.
Is
Chelidonia
gathered
in
the
full
of
the
Moone
,
and
caried
aboue
one
.
The
fift
for
them
which
are
visitors
of
the
sicke
,
let
them
hold
in
their
mouth
fra●kensence
,
and
withall
let
the
infected
a●
the
same
instant
hold
also
in
their
mouth
of
the
rootes
of
Imperitoria
.
The
sixt
,
is
the
essence
of
Harts
and
Storkes
bloud
.
The
seuenth
,
which
is
most
potent
and
powerfull
,
is
Alexipharmacum
Spagi●●●●n●
,
whereof
being
taken
in
a
morning
,
the
quantity
of
a
Beane
or
lesse
,
with
sugar
,
or
in
any
other
conuenient
liquor
,
hath
a
marueilous
effect
.
Also
for
correcting
of
the
ayre
,
R.
Sulphuris
lib.
ss.
Thuris
zij
.
Mirrhae
z●j
.
ss.
assae
setidae
z.
ss.
●ulu●riz●●tur
&
misceantur
.
To
this
powder
adde
a
double
quantiti●
of
the
●ortex
or
shells
of
Bayberies
,
of
white
Amber
halfe
a
part
.
Take
of
this
powder
two
dragmes
,
and
cast
it
vpon
coales
,
and
make
a
perfume
thereof
dayly
●wise
or
thrice
.
For
want
of
this
powder
you
may
take
the
wood
of
Iuniper
,
and
vse
it
in
like
manner
,
but
it
is
nothing
so
good
as
the
powder
.
Rules
to
bee
obserued
in
Common
communities
.
SVch
things
as
doe
rarifie
and
subtile
the
spirit
interior
,
are
Saffron
,
Cassia
,
Fistula
,
Plannton
,
with
mirth
in
measure
,
those
doe
specially
serue
in
common
communities
,
and
Companies
,
where
quickly
one
is
infected
of
another
.
The
eyes
are
obscured
and
darkned
by
an
infectiue
ayre
,
if
a
man
carry
not
the
foresaid
things
or
such
like
in
his
hand
.
Therefore
it
shall
be
a
safe
course
to
wash
the
eyes
,
mouth
and
hands
oftentimes
in
the
day
,
with
Rose-water
mixt
with
Viniger
as
aforesaid
,
but
if
both
cannot
bée
had
,
let
Viniger
alone
he
vsed
.
This
being
obserued
,
thou
mayest
with
more
securitie
enter
into
any
company
.
To
kéepe
the
body
soluble
is
thought
to
be
an
effectuall
remedie
,
if
it
bée
not
laxatiue
naturally
,
let
it
bée
prouoked
artificially
by
suppositors
,
for
which
purpose
also
serueth
the
Pillulae
Pest●lentiales
which
may
bée
had
at
the
Apothecaries
.
Let
there
bée
also
fire
made
in
the
House
,
because
it
much
hindereth
Celestiall
impression
,
and
clarifieth
the
ayre
,
To
take
Triacle
is
also
profitable
and
good
,
as
well
for
the
sicke
as
while
I
meane
the
right
Venice-triacle
,
or
Treacle
of
Andromochus
(
or
Iene-triacle
)
if
it
bee
administred
twice
in
a
day
with
pure
and
cléere
wine
,
Béere
or
Rose-water
,
in
quantity
of
a
small
Beane
or
Pease
at
each
time
,
mixt
with
two
spoonefuls
of
any
of
the
foresaid
Liquors
:
Let
Dinner
bée
deferred
,
vntill
midday
,
whereby
the
Triacle
,
may
haue
its
operation
in
the
Body
.
Then
chuse
a
good
messe
of
meate
with
pure
wine
,
Drinke
is
to
bée
taken
oft
in
the
day
,
but
not
much
at
once
,
because
,
Nimia
Superabundantia
putrifactionem
humorum
inducit
.
Beware
of
all
hot
things
in
meates
,
as
Pepper
and
Garlicke
;
for
although
Pepper
purgeth
the
braine
of
Flegme
and
likewise
the
Spirituall
members
from
viscous
and
clammy
humours
,
yee
it
heateth
ouermuch
,
and
Calefaction
and
heat
causeth
putrifaction
.
Bitternesse
is
more
wholesome
then
hot
Odours
or
Sauours
:
Garlicke
,
although
it
purgeth
also
Flegme
and
casteth
forth
euill
humours
,
prouoketh
appetite
to
Meate
,
and
permitteth
not
any
dry
ayre
to
enter
;
because
it
perturbateth
and
vexeth
the
eyes
,
and
heateth
the
head
of
euery
one
which
often
vseth
the
same
;
therefore
it
cannot
proue
agréeable
:
For
the
Pestilence
through
the
vse
of
hot
things
is
oftentimes
augmented
and
increased
.
All
kind
of
meates
by
so
much
easie
they
are
of
digestion
,
so
much
better
they
are
.
In
the
morning
boyled
meates
are
more
to
be
commended
,
but
in
the
euening
roasted
.
Brothes
and
Pulps
are
to
be
eschewed
,
except
they
haue
some
pleasant
sowernesse
;
for
sower
meats
in
time
of
Pestilence
serueth
to
all
medicines
.
In
like
manner
all
fruites
must
be
refrained
,
except
those
of
a
sower
tast
,
as
Cheries
,
Pomgranuts
,
or
a
little
quantity
of
a
Peare
or
Apple
in
place
of
medicine
,
for
most
fruits
commonly
induceth
putrifaction
.
As
for
Spices
which
are
commonly
vsed
,
and
conuenient
,
are
Ginger
,
Cinamon
,
Cumine
,
Mace
and
Saffron
,
with
these
are
made
sauces
for
the
richer
sort
.
The
poorer
folkes
may
eate
Rue
,
Sage
,
Walnuts
,
Parcely
minced
and
mixed
together
with
Vineger
.
These
doe
hinder
putrifaction
.
Likewise
,
beware
yée
dread
not
Death
ouermuch
,
but
thinke
well
to
liue
:
For
hée
that
dreads
ouermuch
,
shall
imagine
hée
féeles
pricking
and
moouing
thereof
at
the
cleansing
places
in
his
owne
conceit
,
when
hée
féeles
nothing
.
Hauing
set
downe
sundry
meanes
for
preuention
,
It
shall
be
conuenient
to
speake
of
some
signes
and
tokens
,
whereby
a
man
may
judge
whether
hée
be
insected
with
the
Pestilence
or
no
,
and
are
these
that
follow
.
The
first
is
,
great
paine
and
heauinesse
in
the
Head
.
The
second
,
when
the
body
is
inwardly
affected
with
heate
,
and
the
outward
parts
cold
and
ready
to
shake
,
and
is
thirsty
and
dry
withall
.
The
third
is
,
difficulty
of
breathing
and
that
with
paine
.
The
fourth
signe
is
,
hée
hath
a
great
desire
to
sléepe
and
can
hardly
refraine
it
,
Sometime
want
of
sléepe
and
cannot
obtaine
it
.
The
fift
is
,
paine
and
swelling
in
the
stomack
,
breaking
forthwith
stinking
sweats
.
The
sixt
signe
is
,
diuers
and
heauy
lookes
of
the
Eyes
,
séeing
all
things
of
one
colour
,
●s
gréene
or
yellow
,
and
the
colour
of
the
eyes
are
also
changed
.
The
seauenth
signe
is
,
losse
of
appetite
,
vnsauoury
●ast
,
bitternesse
of
the
mouth
sower
and
stinking
.
The
eight
is
,
wambling
of
the
stomacke
and
a
desire
to
vomit
,
and
sometime
vomiting
humours
bitter
and
of
diuers
colours
.
The
ninth
is
,
the
Pulse
beateth
swift
and
déepe
.
The
tenth
signe
is
,
heauinesse
and
dulnes
in
all
the
body
,
and
saint
,
and
weake
limbes
.
The
eleuenth
is
,
the
Vrine
most
commonly
is
troubled
,
thicke
like
beasts
water
,
and
stinketh
,
but
smell
it
not
if
you
loue
your
health
;
but
oftentimes
the
water
doth
not
shew
at
all
,
especially
in
the
beginning
of
the
Sicknesse
.
The
twelfth
and
last
signe
and
surest
of
all
other
is
.
There
ariseth
in
the
necke
,
vnder
the
arme
,
or
in
the
flanke
a
tumour
or
swelling
,
or
in
some
other
part
of
the
body
there
appeareth
a
red
,
gréenish
,
or
blackish
coloured
sore
:
this
is
an
apparent
Signe
of
infection
with
the
Pestilence
.
Assoone
as
by
the
signes
and
tokens
aforesaid
,
any
one
perceiueth
himselfe
to
bée
infected
with
the
venemous
quality
of
the
Pestilence
:
Let
him
take
of
the
foresaid
Potus
Pestilentialis
Paracelsi
,
in
quantity
agréeable
vnto
the
age
of
the
Patient
,
that
is
to
say
;
If
hée
be
aboue
Fouretéene
,
he
may
take
thereof
at
a
time
,
halfe
an
ounce
or
a
good
spoonefull
;
But
if
hée
be
of
younger
yéeres
,
two
dragmes
,
or
more
or
lesse
according
to
the
condition
and
respect
of
the
patient
,
and
let
him
bée
well
couered
in
his
bed
with
cloathes
,
and
sweat
thereon
for
foure
or
fiue
houres
after
.
Within
sixe
houres
after
that
,
let
him
take
the
like
dosse
and
againe
let
him
sweat
.
After
sixe
houres
are
past
,
let
him
take
the
third
dosse
;
especially
,
If
the
patient
féeleth
and
perceiueth
any
punctions
or
prickings
remaining
:
For
with
the
third
dosse
(
God
willing
)
all
the
venome
will
bée
expelled
and
driuen
forth
.
For
thrée
dayes
following
(
the
venome
expulsed
,
)
Euery
morning
the
Patient
shall
take
one
dosse
of
the
sayd
liquor
or
drinke
,
whereby
Nature
may
bée
corroborated
and
comforted
.
Alexipharmacum
Spagiricum
will
performe
the
same
,
of
which
you
may
giue
vnto
them
that
are
aboue
Fouretéene
yeeres
one
dragme
,
but
vnto
them
that
are
younger
halfe
a
dragme
,
and
that
thrice
in
foure
and
twenty
houres
space
.
And
for
thrée
dayes
one
dosse
euery
Morning
,
either
in
Wine
,
Rose-vineger
,
or
other
appropriate
waters
.
And
when
the
Apostumation
of
the
Pestilence
commeth
foorth
,
a
Cataplasme
of
Figges
and
of
the
fruit
of
Alkakengie
,
of
each
a
like
quantity
bruissed
together
,
shall
bée
applyed
thereon
,
and
it
will
breake
it
presently
;
For
Venenum
,
venonum
atwahit
And
this
you
must
remember
,
that
if
the
Botch
arise
néere
vnto
the
heart
before
you
sweate
,
that
then
you
apply
this
defensatiue
vnto
the
heart
vpon
a
fine
linnen
cloath
thinly
spread
,
as
broad
as
will
couer
the
heart
,
which
medicine
is
thus
prepared
.
Take
of
good
Triacle
of
Andromachus
,
halfe
a
dragme
,
of
Methridate
one
dragme
,
red
Sanders
,
of
Torralemnia
halfe
a
scruple
,
Rose-water
and
of
Vineger
,
of
each
as
much
as
will
suffice
to
make
an
Vnguent
,
and
let
it
bée
applyed
as
aboue
directed
.
When
the
Apostume
first
appeareth
,
you
may
(
if
you
please
)
take
Walnuts
,
or
Filberd
nuts
,
Figges
and
Rue
beaten
together
,
and
apply
it
thereto
.
Also
,
when
the
sayd
Apostume
breaketh
and
the
venome
penetrateth
the
heart
,
whose
signe
is
perceiued
by
the
liue
from
the
Center
or
middest
point
of
the
apostume
leading
to
the
heart
:
Bruise
then
some
of
the
gréene
plant
called
Vna
inuersa
,
or
Leopards
haue
,
and
apply
thereto
;
but
if
it
cannot
bée
gotten
gréene
but
withered
,
then
macerate
it
in
Wine
,
or
Vineger
,
and
apply
it
after
the
same
sort
,
and
let
it
bée
repeated
twice
or
thrice
ouer
:
For
this
doth
extract
and
draw
out
the
venome
mightily
,
the
Patient
being
in
an
agonie
;
and
doe
reuoke
and
call
him
backe
as
from
the
Graue
,
and
driueth
many
into
admiration
thereof
.
Against
the
Symptomes
of
the
Pestilence
.
IN
Constipations
and
Costiuenesse
of
the
belly
,
the
patient
may
vse
some
purgatiue
medicine
;
except
it
bée
at
such
time
when
the
Botch
or
Carbuncle
appeareth
,
any
other
sores
of
the
Pestilence
growing
towards
ripenesse
:
For
if
it
bée
done
then
,
it
will
contrary
to
nature
proue
her
intention
.
But
the
second
day
after
Sweating
,
If
no
Botch
or
sore
appeareth
,
then
may
hée
vse
either
Sena
or
Rhewharb
,
or
the
extract
of
either
.
They
that
haue
any
of
the
Fluxes
of
the
bowels
,
called
Diarrhea
or
Dise●teria
,
joyned
with
the
Pestilence
;
Morning
,
Noone
and
at
night
,
they
may
take
halfe
a
scruple
of
Crocus
Martis
,
in
the
extract
of
Acorus
Luteus
,
to
the
full
effecting
of
the
cure
.
They
that
are
dexed
with
burning
heates
,
let
them
dip
linnen
cloathes
in
Rose-water
vitriol
,
and
with
the
juice
of
Semper
viue
,
and
apply
to
the
pulfes
,
and
when
the
same
cloathes
are
dryed
,
let
them
bée
we●
againe
in
the
same
liquor
and
applyed
in
like
manner
.
And
if
the
Patient
be
very
dry
and
thirstie
,
giue
him
of
this
Iulip
thrée
or
foure
spoonefuls
at
once
,
viz.
Take
of
Rose-water
,
of
the
waters
of
Endiue
,
Buglasse
,
Sorrell
,
sharpe
Viniger
,
and
of
the
juice
of
Lemmons
of
each
foure
Ounces
,
of
Sugar
one
pound
,
boyle
them
a
little
with
a
gentle
fire
,
and
when
it
is
cold
,
giue
thereof
to
drinke
thrée
or
foure
spoonefuls
at
once
.
Or
else
,
take
of
the
waters
of
Roses
and
of
Buglasse
of
each
thrée
Ounces
,
of
the
Sirr●p
of
Endine
and
Lemmons
of
each
two
ounces
,
of
the
Oyle
of
Vitriol
one
scruple
,
mixe
them
,
and
take
them
as
aforesaid
.
If
the
Patient
cannot
sléepe
,
if
after
vomiting
Bezoardicks
,
and
other
meanes
fit
to
eua●●●te
grosse
humours
,
a
man
may
giue
the
Patient
Landanum
Paracelsi
,
thrée
graines
thereof
in
Carduus
benedictus
water
,
or
for
want
thereof
the
Temples
of
the
Patient
may
bée
anoynted
with
this
oyntment
.
Take
of
Vnguentum
Populionis
,
of
Vnguentum
Rosarum
,
of
Vnguentum
Alabastrinum
,
of
each
half
an
ounce
,
of
the
oyles
of
Violets
and
of
water
Lillies
,
of
eyther
two
dragmes
,
of
Opium
one
scruple
,
or
two
,
first
dissolued
in
Rose-water
,
and
then
together
mixed
;
anointing
the
Temples
therewith
,
will
both
cause
sléepe
,
and
stay
raging
.
Or
if
you
will
you
may
vse
this
.
Take
of
the
sirrup
of
Violets
,
of
the
sirrup
of
of
Lemmons
,
of
the
sirrup
of
Popple
of
each
one
ounce
,
of
Diascordium
,
thrée
dragmes
,
let
them
be
mingled
together
,
and
giue
therof
sometime
to
the
patient
to
driu●e
for
the
foresaid
purposes
.
If
through
the
heate
of
the
stomake
,
the
Mouth
,
Throate
and
Tongue
be
hot
,
dry
and
furred
.
Take
French
Barly
,
S●uckfolly
,
Violet
and
Strawbery
leaues
,
of
each
one
handfull
,
of
Woodbind
and
Col●●bind
halfe
an
handfull
,
Boile
all
these
in
a
Quart
of
faire
water
,
and
to
the
same
Liquor
strained
out
,
put
thereto
of
Diamo●um
and
of
Mel
●osarum
,
o●
eyther
two
ounces
,
of
the
oyle
of
Sulphur
as
much
as
will
a
little
sharpen
it
,
and
let
the
Patient
with
some
of
the
same
liquor
warmed
,
gargarize
and
wash
his
Mouth
,
Tongue
and
Throat
.
Of
Fleubotomie
.
FLeubotomie
may
be
vsed
once
in
a
Moneth
,
except
age
or
any
other
cause
prohibite
it
,
as
in
women
with
child
,
or
on
them
that
are
brought
low
by
sicknesse
,
or
on
them
that
are
subiect
to
any
fluxe
of
the
Belly
,
or
on
them
which
are
already
infected
with
the
Pestilence
,
and
the
Botch
or
Sore
groweth
towards
ripenesse
.
Let
bloud-letting
be
done
vpon
the
veine
Basilica
,
whether
it
be
in
the
right
or
left
arme
,
before
he
eate
or
drinke
,
and
after
the
opening
of
the
same
let
the
Patient
bée
jocund
,
merry
and
cheerefull
,
and
to
drinke
good
Wine
or
Béere
,
but
alwayes
temperately
.
Neither
is
it
lawfull
nor
conuenient
to
sléepe
the
same
day
that
the
veine
is
opened
,
if
any
féeleth
himselfe
infected
with
an
Apostume
,
then
let
him
altogether
refraine
sléepe
,
and
preuent
it
by
walking
,
for
in
sléepe
,
heate
inwardly
induceth
the
Venome
vnto
the
Heart
,
and
other
Spirituall
Members
,
in
such
sort
,
that
scarce
any
Hearbe
may
reuoke
the
same
venome
,
vnto
its
former
state
,
which
thing
happeneth
not
,
as
long
as
a
man
is
in
motion
.
But
it
may
bée
,
some
men
will
aske
,
of
whom
is
sléepe
to
be
auoyded
?
What
if
hée
should
haue
a
continuall
sléepe
?
To
this
I
briefly
answere
,
that
in
the
time
of
Pestilence
;
if
any
haue
an
appetite
to
sléepe
presently
after
he
haue
eaten
any
thing
,
thou
such
desires
ought
to
be
hindered
for
a
space
,
either
in
the
Garden
or
Fields
for
one
houre
,
&
then
with
naturall
sléep
,
the
body
may
haue
for
one
houre
its
naturall
refection
&
rest
.
Therefore
Auincen
saith
;
That
if
a
man
will
sléepe
,
he
ought
to
drinke
a
good
draught
before
his
sléeping
,
because
in
sléepe
hée
attracteth
and
draweth
many
humors
and
those
euill
humors
are
repelled
by
the
humour
of
a
good
draught
;
But
againe
,
if
a
man
shall
aske
,
when
a
man
is
infected
how
he
ought
to
know
it
.
To
this
I
say
&
answer
,
that
a
man
that
is
infected
;
the
same
day
he
shall
not
eate
much
,
because
he
is
repleate
with
euill
humours
,
and
presently
after
Dinner
he
hath
a
desire
to
sléepe
,
and
perceiueth
a
great
heat
with
coldnesse
,
hée
hath
great
paine
in
the
former
part
of
the
head
,
but
all
these
are
reuoked
and
put
away
by
mouing
hither
&
thither
,
&
for
to
walke
he
is
not
able
by
reason
of
ouermuch
vnweldines
and
sluggishnesse
of
body
,
for
a
man
infected
hath
alwayes
a
desire
to
sléepe
,
because
the
venome
iniernall
doth
perturbate
and
trouble
the
spirits
vitall
,
so
that
it
alwayes
tendeth
to
rest
,
by
these
signes
and
all
others
before
related
,
a
man
may
alwayes
perceiue
himselfe
to
bée
infected
.
If
hée
will
not
giue
credit
vnto
it
,
let
him
make
tryall
for
halfe
a
dayes
space
,
and
presently
hée
shall
féele
the
Apostume
vnder
his
Armes
,
or
about
the
groine
,
or
else
about
the
Eares
.
Therefore
the
chiefest
remedie
is
,
if
a
man
perceiue
all
these
tokens
in
time
of
the
Pestilence
,
that
he
shake
off
sléepe
as
I
haue
said
before
,
for
as
by
the
reasons
before
also
alledged
it
is
manifest
,
that
in
sléepe
the
Spirits
vitall
doth
rest
,
but
the
venome
is
scattered
,
through
the
membrands
from
one
place
vnto
another
,
as
I
haue
often
obserued
.
This
being
truely
marked
,
when
a
man
findeth
himself
infected
,
as
soone
as
possible
may
be
,
let
him
let
bloud
in
as
ample
manner
that
he
almost
saint
thereon
,
for
the
taking
of
small
quantity
of
bloud
stirreth
vp
the
venemous
quality
more
forcibly
.
If
a
man
will
not
cut
many
veines
at
once
,
then
hée
shall
suffer
to
goe
ouer
the
same
veyne
incided
as
aforesaid
,
euen
vnto
the
retardation
and
staying
of
the
Blood
.
Also
he
that
is
let
blood
,
whether
hée
be
infected
or
not
,
he
must
also
shunne
sléepe
the
whole
day
euen
to
midnight
.
And
alwayes
in
the
same
part
of
the
body
that
the
Apostume
shall
appeare
,
shall
be
made
the
incision
of
a
veyne
.
As
for
Example
.
If
the
Apostume
shall
appeare
vnder
the
right
Arme
,
Phlebotomie
shall
bée
made
in
the
middle
part
of
the
same
arms
,
from
the
veyne
Mediana
;
but
if
vnder
the
left
arme
the
apostume
sheweth
it selfe
,
then
must
you
open
the
Mediana
,
as
aforesaid
,
in
the
same
arme
,
or
the
Hepatien
,
that
is
to
say
;
in
the
veyne
about
the
middle
finger
.
If
the
apostume
be
about
the
Groyne
,
let
a
veyne
be
opened
in
the
Foote
,
about
the
héele
on
the
same
side
.
If
the
apostume
bée
in
the
Necke
,
Phlebotomize
the
Cephalica
,
about
the
Thumbe
in
the
hand
of
the
same
side
,
or
the
Mediana
of
the
same
arme
,
or
in
the
hand
on
the
same
side
about
the
lesser
finger
.
If
it
shall
appeare
about
the
Eare
,
incide
the
Cephalica
on
the
same
side
,
or
the
veyne
which
is
betweene
the
fore-finger
and
the
thumbe
,
least
many
venemous
vapours
inuade
the
braine
.
Or
the
vayne
which
is
about
the
lesse
finger
,
or
about
the
article
,
which
of
Phisitians
is
called
Basilica
.
If
the
tumour
shall
appeare
about
the
shoulder
blades
,
heart
and
throat
:
Vse
scarifications
with
application
of
Ventosis
:
And
first
let
blood
on
the
Median
.
If
the
Apostume
appeare
on
the
backe
,
open
the
veyne
called
Pedia
Magna
.
And
all
these
may
bée
let
blood
,
If
a
man
haue
not
slept
before
the
knowledge
of
the
Apostumation
:
But
if
hée
féele
such
Apostumations
after
sléeping
;
then
bléeding
ought
to
be
made
on
the
contrary
part
.
As
if
the
Apostume
appeared
in
the
right
arme
,
the
Basilica
or
Liuer
veyne
;
or
Mediana
in
the
lest
arme
,
shall
bée
opened
.
And
if
the
Apostume
sheweth
vnder
the
right
arme
,
let
it
bée
as
it
is
spoken
of
the
left
arme
;
and
so
of
other
places
in
which
the
Apostumation
appeareth
.
And
whensoeuer
Blood-letting
is
to
bée
vsed
,
let
it
bée
alwayes
done
in
opposite
manner
:
And
if
hée
that
haue
béene
let
blood
be
very
weake
,
then
may
hée
sléepe
after
the
midst
of
the
day
.
And
before
the
middest
of
the
day
hée
ought
to
be
in
continuall
motion
,
either
riding
or
moderately
walking
.
And
if
afterward
,
the
Botch
increaseth
feare
not
:
For
it
is
a
token
,
that
Nature
putteth
out
the
venemous
quality
,
and
restoreth
a
man
to
soundnesse
,
then
may
you
apply
such
remedies
thereto
as
is
aboue-mentioned
.
And
if
any
there
bée
,
that
shall
receiue
benefit
and
recouery
by
these
Directions
▪
First
,
let
him
thanke
GOD
,
that
ha●●
created
Medicine
of
the
Earth
to
heale
his
people
:
and
secondly
,
pray
for
mée
Sinner
the
writer
of
this
little
Treatise
,
for
to
that
intent
I
tooke
the
paines
.
FINIS
.