Orders, thought meete by Her Maiestie, and her privie Councell, to be executed throughout the counties of this realme, in such townes, villages, and other places, as are, or may be hereafter infected with the plague ... Also, an advise set downe ... by the best learned in physicke ... contayning sundry good rules and easie medicines.

Date:
1592
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Credit: Orders, thought meete by Her Maiestie, and her privie Councell, to be executed throughout the counties of this realme, in such townes, villages, and other places, as are, or may be hereafter infected with the plague ... Also, an advise set downe ... by the best learned in physicke ... contayning sundry good rules and easie medicines. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    s. The aduife Tobcvfcd in the firft time of the Sicknefte. \ Another is to taftefuteoj fijee hanfiefullef&u^el! yilfni ^vwwiiy l«r the ftclo, o;t a greater quancitic accojDing as pou Ml Dittill mo;c oj lelfe of the water thereof, ano let it lie infrtfeo oj tteepeo in goon Oinegerthefpaceof foitrc ano ttoentie Ijoures, then take itoffano Djte it with a linen doty put into alimbeefee, aim Dittill ebe Water thereof 1$no as aflboue aspouttnoepour felfe touches with the fttlteneire, Djinke foure fpoonfnllesofthe fatoe water feeepe pour beo, ano being Well couereu ,pjonofee pour fetfe to.fweating,ano the iiept oap to take as mud>againe of it a litle before fupper. 3Jtem, to pjiouo&c bomit With two ounces of ranfee opfe, oj walnut te ople, a fpoontfull of the iupce of Celcndyne anohalfe a fpoonefull of the iupce of m Dice roote, fa that the part ie infeeteo do Walkc ano not flerpe, is better then anp letting ofbIooD,o) anppurging. Jfo) the oifeafe neither can fuffer agitation of humors,noj when one ts infeeteo , hath no timctobleeoeojto purge, Outward medicinesfor to be applied to the fore* ' y :/ v '' : • ' * - ■ •? r' ; • Thefirft, . ^ . * v ■ - ' . - i • ' r Take of Scabioufc tmohanoefute^ftarnpe it in a done rnojtct mhtch a ptflTel of if one if pou can getanp fuchjthenptitbntoitofolbe fmpneo gteafe laften , tmo ounce 0 5ano the pelke of an egge t ttampe them mell together ,an& lap parte of tljte marme to the fojc*. Thefecondi T9he oftke|leauc0 of Mallowes ,of Camomill flomer0,of either of them an hari&efuU ,of Lmefeede beaten into pottoer tmo ounce0,bople the Malloweleaue0firft cut, anothe ftomersof the Camomilinfairemater dam Otngabouea finger0 bjeaoth, bople all them together tmtiil all the mater ab rnoft bee fpent: then put thereunto the Linefcede, of Wheate flamer halfe an hanoefuUjOfCmpne0 greafe the fkinoe0 taken amap thiee ounceo^of ople ofEo< fes tmo ounces ftirre them ftilt rntth a fticke,ano let them all bople together on a foft fire mitnout fmoke,bmtil the mater be otter Ip fpent, beate them all toge* iher in a mooter,Ontill thep be mell cncojpojtateb together^ in feeling frncoth, anonotrough uhen make part thereof hotte in a oiftfet opon a chafinoilh of coale0,ano lap tc thicke opon a linnen cloth applping it to the foje* Another excellent medicine to ripen and' , bring out the fore . Take amhiteOnion cutinpiece03offorthbutter iitVounce05 ofLeuen the rneighs of jtibObOf Mallowes one hanofuljOf Scabious if it map bee h ao one kanofui^