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           A
           MITE
           Cast
           into
           the
           TREASURY
           Of
           the
           Famous
           City
           of
           London
           ;
           BEING
           A
           Brief
           and
           Methodical
           DISCOURSE
           of
           the
           Nature
           ,
           Causes
           ,
           Symptomes
           ,
           Remedies
           and
           Preservation
           from
           the
           PLAGUE
           ,
           in
           this
           Calamitous
           Year
           ,
           1665.
           
        
         
           Digested
           into
           Aphorismes
           ,
           by
           
             THEOPHILVS
             GARENCIERES
          
           Doctor
           in
           Physick
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           Printed
           by
           
             Thomas
             Ratcliffe
          
           ,
           1665.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           Sir
           
             JOHN
             LAWRENCE
          
           Knight
           ,
           Lord
           Maior
           of
           the
           City
           of
           LONDON
           :
           With
           the
           Right
           Worshipfull
           the
           ALDERMEN
           his
           Brethren
           .
        
         
           
             MY
             LORD
             ,
          
        
         
           It
           shall
           not
           be
           said
           of
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           worship
           the
           Rising
           Sunne
           ,
           for
           this
           sheet
           of
           Paper
           cometh
           to
           kisse
           your
           hands
           upon
           your
           declination
           .
           And
           as
           for
           ye
           ,
           Right
           Worshipfull
           ,
           my
           respect
           hath
           been
           alwayes
           such
           to
           your
           Honourable
           Court
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           the
           Worthy
           Members
           of
           it
           in
           particular
           ,
           that
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           I
           would
           have
           done
           it
           sooner
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           expected
           God
           Almighty
           would
           have
           been
           pleased
           to
           remember
           his
           mercy
           ,
           and
           to
           stay
           
           his
           avenging
           hand
           ,
           and
           that
           people
           would
           have
           been
           more
           carefull
           of
           their
           own
           preservation
           ;
           but
           seeing
           the
           calamity
           to
           continue
           ,
           and
           the
           infatuation
           of
           the
           Vulgar
           to
           be
           such
           still
           ,
           as
           to
           suffer
           themselves
           to
           be
           deluded
           by
           every
           frivolous
           praescriptions
           of
           Physick
           ,
           and
           perswasion
           of
           ignorant
           men
           ,
           I
           have
           here
           undertaken
           to
           rectifie
           their
           understanding
           ,
           and
           to
           shem
           them
           ,
           there
           is
           means
           in
           Nature
           both
           for
           the
           Cure
           ,
           and
           praeservation
           from
           this
           Disease
           ;
           and
           to
           this
           purpose
           I
           have
           forced
           my self
           to
           appear
           upon
           the
           Stage
           ,
           and
           to
           do
           that
           ,
           which
           no
           body
           hath
           yet
           attempted
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           to
           give
           some
           fea
           ,
           short
           and
           perspicuous
           rules
           ,
           whereby
           every
           one
           may
           know
           how
           to
           cure
           himself
           ,
           and
           his
           family
           with
           a
           small
           charge
           .
           My
           Lord
           ,
           and
           Right
           Worshipfull
           ,
           You
           shall
           find
           nothing
           but
           Truth
           in
           this
           Paper
           ,
           neither
           would
           I
           have
           been
           so
           impudent
           ,
           as
           to
           praefixe
           so
           many
           Honourable
           Names
           to
           a
           Thing
           that
           were
           illusory
           ,
           and
           of
           this
           consequence
           :
           The
           only
           aim
           I
           have
           in
           it
           ,
           is
           the
           Publick
           good
           ,
           and
           that
           ye
           may
           know
           I
           am
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             humble
             ,
             and
             affectionate
             Servant
             ,
             GARENCIERES
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Mite
           cast
           into
           the
           Treasury
           of
           the
           famous
           City
           of
           LONDON
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Aphorisme
             I.
             
          
           
             THE
             Plague
             is
             an
             acute
             ,
             contagious
             ,
             epidemical
             and
             poisonous
             Feaver
             ,
             accompanied
             with
             either
             a
             Botch
             ,
             a
             Carbuncle
             ,
             or
             Red-spotts
             ,
             like
             Flea-bites
             ,
             vulgarly
             called
             the
             Tokens
             .
          
        
         
           
             II.
             
          
           
             That
             it
             is
             Acute
             ,
             is
             seen
             by
             the
             effects
             ;
             for
             it
             killeth
             within
             foure
             or
             five
             days
             ,
             at
             the
             most
             ;
             it
             is
             Contagious
             ,
             because
             its
             poison
             is
             easily
             imparted
             ,
             and
             communicated
             from
             one
             to
             another
             ;
             it
             is
             Epidemical
             ,
             because
             it
             seazeth
             upon
             all
             kind
             of
             people
             indifferently
             ;
             it
             is
             Poisonous
             ,
             because
             it
             slighteth
             all
             remedies
             by
             which
             other
             diseases
             are
             cured
             ,
             that
             proceed
             either
             from
             intempery
             obstruction
             ,
             or
             putrefaction
             .
          
        
         
           
             III.
             
          
           
             Thoughthe
             Plague
             cometh
             unawares
             ,
             and
             seaseth
             upon
             a
             man
             on
             a
             sudden
             ,
             yet
             such
             is
             the
             infinite
             mercy
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             providence
             of
             Nature
             ,
             that
             it
             giveth
             alwayes
             warning
             enough
             to
             any
             one
             that
             will
             be
             curious
             to
             observe
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             IV.
             
          
           
             The
             warnings
             are
             either
             a
             sudden
             Head-ache
             ,
             or
             a
             Vomiting
             ,
             or
             a
             Faintnesse
             ,
             with
             a
             chilnesse
             ,
             or
             a
             loosenesse
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             V.
             
          
           
             Each
             of
             these
             Symptomes
             sheweth
             ,
             what
             part
             of
             the
             body
             hath
             been
             first
             infected
             ;
             the
             Head-ache
             indicates
             the
             Braines
             ;
             the
             Vomiting
             the
             Liver
             ,
             because
             of
             its
             proximity
             to
             the
             Stomach
             ;
             the
             Faintnesse
             ,
             the
             Heart
             ;
             and
             the
             Loosenesse
             ,
             the
             Stomach
             and
             the
             Gutts
             .
          
        
         
           
             VI.
             
          
           
             When
             therefore
             any
             one
             upon
             a
             sudden
             ,
             and
             without
             evident
             cause
             ,
             findeth
             himself
             seised
             with
             either
             of
             these
             foure
             Symptomes
             ,
             let
             him
             conclude
             he
             is
             in
             infected
             ,
             and
             fly
             to
             remedies
             without
             the
             losse
             of
             a
             moment
             of
             time
             ,
             
               Nèserò
               sapiant
               Phryges
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             VII
             .
          
           
             The
             Plague
             is
             one
             of
             the
             easiest
             diseases
             in
             the
             world
             to
             be
             cured
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             taken
             within
             four
             hours
             after
             the
             first
             invasion
             ,
             otherwayes
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             most
             part
             mortal
             .
             This
             is
             the
             chief
             ,
             and
             principal
             cause
             of
             so
             many
             mens
             losse
             .
             If
             people
             would
             observe
             this
             rule
             ,
             I
             would
             undertake
             by
             the
             grace
             of
             the
             Almighty
             ,
             and
             without
             bragging
             (
             I
             believe
             most
             men
             that
             know
             me
             ,
             will
             believe
             me
             )
             to
             cure
             nineteen
             of
             twenty
             ;
             and
             therefore
             I
             say
             ,
             that
             people
             perish
             not
             so
             much
             by
             the
             difficulty
             of
             the
             cure
             ,
             as
             because
             God
             Almighty
             hath
             taken
             away
             their
             judgment
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             not
             see
             ,
             nor
             believe
             the
             means
             he
             hath
             appointed
             for
             them
             :
             
               Quos
               perdere
               vult
               Jupiter
               ,
               priùs
               dementat
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             VIII
             .
          
           
             The
             causes
             why
             so
             few
             escape
             are
             these
             .
             The
             scarcity
             of
             able
             Physitians
             willing
             to
             attend
             that
             disease
             ,
             the
             Inefficacy
             of
             common
             remedies
             ,
             the
             want
             of
             accommodation
             ,
             as
             cloaths
             ,
             fire
             ,
             room
             ,
             dyet
             ,
             attendants
             ,
             the
             wilfullnesse
             of
             the
             patient
             ,
             his
             poverty
             ,
             his
             neglecting
             the
             first
             invasion
             ,
             and
             trifling
             away
             the
             time
             till
             it
             be
             too
             late
             ;
             A
             vapouring
             Chymist
             with
             his
             drops
             ,
             an
             ignorant
             Apothecary
             with
             his
             blistering
             plasters
             ,
             a
             wilfull
             Surgeon
             ,
             an
             impudent
             
             Mountebanke
             ,
             an
             intruding
             Gossip
             ,
             and
             a
             carelesse
             Nurse
             .
          
        
         
           
             IX
             .
          
           
             Is
             it
             not
             a
             strange
             infatuation
             for
             people
             so
             to
             flight
             their
             lives
             ,
             as
             to
             cast
             them
             credulously
             upon
             the
             trial
             of
             a
             drop
             of
             I
             know
             not
             what
             ;
             of
             a
             water
             of
             I
             know
             not
             whom
             ,
             and
             to
             neglect
             those
             remedies
             ,
             which
             for
             the
             space
             of
             1600
             or
             1700
             years
             ,
             have
             been
             found
             grounded
             upon
             reason
             ,
             authorised
             by
             the
             best
             Physitians
             in
             all
             ages
             ,
             and
             approved
             certain
             by
             a
             constant
             experience
             ?
          
        
         
           
             X.
             
          
           
             Let
             every
             one
             beware
             of
             those
             that
             set
             up
             bills
             for
             the
             curing
             of
             this
             and
             other
             diseases
             ;
             
               Good
               wine
               needs
               no
               bush
            
             ;
             the
             wonders
             they
             promise
             ,
             lay
             an
             ambush
             to
             your
             purses
             ,
             and
             their
             care
             of
             your
             health
             ,
             is
             lesse
             then
             that
             of
             your
             wealth
             .
          
        
         
           
             XI
             .
          
           
             Let
             no
             body
             think
             that
             the
             causes
             of
             the
             Plague
             proceed
             from
             any
             Intempery
             in
             the
             elementary
             qualities
             of
             humane
             bodies
             ,
             or
             from
             any
             ordinary
             putrefaction
             :
             It
             is
             either
             the
             immediate
             will
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             sendeth
             us
             that
             scourge
             for
             the
             punishment
             of
             our
             sins
             ,
             as
             appeareth
             in
             the
             holy
             Scripture
             ,
             by
             the
             Aegyptians
             and
             the
             Jews
             ;
             or
             from
             a
             peculiar
             and
             mediate
             disposition
             ,
             and
             configuration
             of
             the
             Starrs
             and
             Planets
             .
          
        
         
           
             XII
             .
          
           
             He
             that
             shall
             consider
             that
             the
             seasons
             of
             the
             year
             are
             not
             always
             equal
             ,
             but
             some
             summers
             are
             cool
             ,
             others
             hot
             ,
             others
             moist
             ,
             and
             so
             of
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             seasons
             ;
             That
             some
             years
             bring
             forth
             one
             kind
             of
             vermine
             ,
             others
             another
             ;
             Some
             a
             peculiar
             murrain
             to
             horses
             ,
             others
             to
             sheep
             ,
             which
             will
             not
             hurt
             mankind
             ;
             will
             not
             deny
             but
             that
             also
             some
             diseases
             may
             happen
             to
             mankind
             ,
             which
             will
             not
             be
             hurtful
             to
             beasts
             ;
             and
             that
             some
             position
             of
             Planets
             and
             Starrs
             ,
             may
             bring
             Warrs
             ,
             others
             inundations
             ,
             others
             pestilences
             ,
             &c.
             which
             changes
             are
             most
             commonly
             preceded
             and
             forewarned
             by
             
             some
             extraordinary
             Meteor
             ,
             as
             this
             sad
             Plague
             hath
             been
             by
             the
             last
             unhappy
             Comet
             .
          
        
         
           
             XIII
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             Starres
             and
             Planets
             being
             in
             a
             benigne
             position
             do
             cheer
             up
             and
             preserve
             the
             life
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             why
             then
             being
             in
             a
             malignant
             aspect
             ,
             shall
             they
             not
             produce
             and
             send
             forth
             things
             that
             are
             enemies
             to
             our
             lifes
             ?
             Therefore
             let
             it
             be
             concluded
             ,
             that
             from
             whence
             comes
             first
             the
             safety
             and
             preservation
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             from
             thence
             also
             proceeds
             their
             death
             and
             destruction
             .
          
        
         
           
             XIV
             .
          
           
             As
             there
             is
             a
             peculiar
             disposition
             in
             the
             heavens
             ,
             which
             causeth
             ,
             and
             sendeth
             forth
             the
             seeds
             of
             Pestilence
             ;
             so
             there
             must
             also
             be
             a
             special
             preparation
             in
             Countries
             ,
             and
             bodies
             to
             receive
             it
             .
             Hence
             it
             is
             that
             some
             are
             more
             apt
             to
             receive
             the
             infection
             then
             others
             .
             The
             causes
             of
             both
             these
             dispositions
             ,
             are
             above
             the
             knowledge
             of
             humane
             understanding
             .
          
        
         
           
             XV.
             
          
           
             This
             malignant
             and
             occult
             quality
             of
             the
             Plague
             ,
             lieth
             chiefly
             in
             the
             spirits
             ,
             or
             spiritual
             parts
             of
             the
             blood
             ;
             hence
             it
             is
             that
             the
             patients
             are
             neither
             thirsty
             ,
             nor
             their
             urine
             altered
             ,
             unlesse
             there
             be
             some
             other
             distempers
             joined
             with
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             XVI
             .
          
           
             In
             a
             pestilential
             constitution
             of
             the
             air
             ,
             there
             is
             scarce
             any
             other
             disease
             raigneth
             ,
             but
             the
             Plague
             ,
             or
             some
             few
             others
             that
             will
             turn
             into
             it
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             contagion
             and
             infection
             :
             therefore
             most
             part
             of
             the
             diseases
             mentioned
             in
             the
             bills
             of
             Mortality
             ,
             as
             Feavers
             either
             simple
             or
             spotted
             ,
             griping
             of
             the
             Gutts
             ,
             Surfeits
             ,
             Toothaches
             ,
             and
             Wormes
             in
             Children
             ,
             Loosenesse
             ,
             bloody
             Fluxes
             ,
             &c.
             let
             them
             be
             accounted
             pestilential
             ,
             and
             so
             be
             proceeded
             against
             accordingly
             .
          
        
         
           
             XVII
             .
          
           
             This
             pestilential
             Feaver
             being
             of
             different
             nature
             from
             all
             others
             ,
             and
             killing
             only
             by
             its
             malignity
             ,
             and
             poisonous
             quality
             ,
             
             and
             not
             by
             any
             preternatural
             heat
             ,
             or
             Intempery
             ;
             requireth
             also
             a
             peculiar
             way
             of
             cure
             ,
             which
             is
             by
             cordials
             ,
             sudorifick
             Antidotes
             ,
             all
             other
             evacuations
             ,
             as
             purging
             ,
             bleeding
             ,
             vomiting
             ,
             clystering
             ,
             &c.
             either
             procured
             by
             art
             ,
             or
             accidentally
             happening
             being
             mortal
             .
             The
             reason
             of
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             intention
             of
             Nature
             for
             the
             cure
             of
             this
             disease
             (
             as
             of
             all
             others
             ,
             which
             proceed
             from
             poisonous
             qualities
             )
             is
             to
             thrust
             ,
             and
             expell
             the
             disease
             from
             the
             center
             to
             the
             circumference
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             preserve
             the
             heart
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             fountain
             of
             life
             .
             What
             can
             therefore
             a
             Physitian
             (
             who
             is
             but
             a
             minister
             ,
             and
             servant
             of
             Nature
             )
             answer
             for
             himself
             ,
             if
             while
             she
             is
             busied
             about
             her
             work
             ,
             he
             goeth
             by
             his
             revulsions
             of
             purging
             ,
             bleeding
             ,
             clystering
             ,
             &c.
             to
             disturb
             her
             ,
             and
             take
             her
             away
             from
             her
             intention
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             compell
             her
             in
             a
             manner
             ,
             to
             bring
             the
             disease
             back
             again
             from
             the
             circumference
             to
             the
             center
             ?
             Doth
             not
             even
             common
             experience
             teach
             us
             ,
             that
             if
             you
             broach
             a
             barrel
             of
             Beer
             whilest
             it
             is
             working
             ,
             you
             destroy
             the
             intention
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             the
             Beer
             will
             never
             be
             good
             for
             any
             thing
             ?
             What
             I
             say
             of
             the
             Plague
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             said
             also
             of
             the
             small
             pox
             .
          
        
         
           
             XVIII
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             assoon
             as
             any
             one
             findeth
             himself
             stricken
             with
             any
             one
             of
             the
             foresaid
             symptomes
             ,
             viz.
             a
             Head-ake
             ,
             Vomiting
             ,
             Faintnesse
             ,
             or
             loosenesse
             ,
             (
             now
             that
             the
             times
             are
             contagious
             )
             let
             him
             presently
             repair
             to
             a
             clean
             and
             warm
             roome
             ,
             and
             let
             a
             light
             fire
             of
             wood
             be
             kindled
             in
             the
             chimney
             ,
             to
             consume
             and
             destroy
             all
             the
             infectious
             vapours
             ,
             that
             proceed
             both
             from
             the
             air
             ,
             and
             the
             infected
             party
             .
             Let
             the
             patient
             be
             presently
             put
             into
             a
             warm
             bed
             ,
             himself
             wrapped
             in
             a
             sheet
             and
             blanket
             ,
             having
             first
             put
             off
             his
             shirt
             ;
             that
             when
             he
             cometh
             to
             be
             dried
             ,
             you
             may
             not
             be
             put
             to
             the
             trouble
             of
             pulling
             of
             his
             we
             t
             shirt
             ,
             then
             give
             him
             one
             dragme
             of
             our
             Antidote
             dissolved
             in
             four
             ounces
             of
             Carduus
             posset
             ,
             and
             covering
             him
             with
             cloaths
             very
             warme
             all
             over
             ,
             
             leaving
             only
             his
             respiration
             free
             ,
             and
             putting
             a
             warm
             brick
             to
             the
             soles
             of
             his
             feet
             ,
             and
             another
             to
             his
             knees
             ,
             let
             him
             sweat
             as
             long
             as
             he
             is
             able
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             for
             the
             space
             of
             three
             or
             four
             houres
             ,
             and
             be
             not
             afraid
             he
             should
             faint
             ,
             if
             he
             hath
             breath
             enough
             .
          
        
         
           
             XIX
             .
          
           
             If
             it
             should
             happen
             ,
             as
             it
             doth
             commonly
             to
             those
             that
             are
             first
             taken
             by
             a
             vomiting
             ,
             that
             the
             patient
             should
             cast
             up
             the
             Antidote
             ,
             you
             must
             give
             him
             another
             dose
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             should
             cast
             this
             also
             ,
             give
             him
             a
             third
             ,
             and
             so
             continue
             still
             ,
             till
             he
             keepeth
             it
             once
             ;
             for
             he
             will
             never
             cast
             it
             up
             afterwards
             ,
             and
             though
             he
             should
             ,
             yet
             by
             having
             taken
             it
             so
             often
             ,
             some
             of
             the
             qualities
             of
             it
             will
             remain
             behind
             ,
             that
             will
             work
             their
             effect
             .
          
        
         
           
             XX.
             
          
           
             Children
             ,
             that
             cannot
             ,
             or
             will
             not
             take
             the
             remedy
             ,
             must
             be
             compelled
             to
             it
             by
             powring
             it
             into
             their
             throat
             ,
             with
             an
             instrument
             called
             by
             the
             Greeks
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             kind
             of
             a
             spoon
             with
             a
             cover
             having
             a
             spout
             to
             put
             into
             the
             mouth
             ,
             and
             powre
             it
             down
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXI
             .
          
           
             The
             patient
             having
             sweated
             three
             or
             four
             hours
             ,
             (
             the
             more
             the
             better
             )
             you
             must
             give
             him
             a
             little
             more
             breath
             ,
             and
             begin
             to
             take
             off
             the
             cloaths
             by
             degrees
             ,
             and
             when
             you
             have
             dried
             him
             very
             well
             with
             warme
             cloths
             (
             which
             all
             this
             while
             must
             hang
             by
             the
             fire
             with
             his
             shirt
             )
             then
             pull
             away
             the
             wet
             sheet
             and
             blanket
             from
             under
             him
             ,
             then
             give
             him
             his
             shirt
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             drie
             his
             head
             ,
             and
             take
             heed
             by
             all
             means
             ,
             that
             any
             cold
             air
             should
             come
             into
             the
             room
             .
             After
             you
             have
             dried
             his
             head
             sufficiently
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             party
             begins
             to
             cool
             ,
             give
             him
             to
             drink
             leasurely
             two
             ounces
             of
             our
             Cordial
             water
             ,
             which
             is
             of
             an
             admirable
             vertue
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             and
             also
             in
             all
             faintnesses
             ,
             surfettings
             and
             poisons
             .
             This
             will
             refresh
             him
             so
             speedily
             and
             wonderfully
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             presently
             
             forget
             the
             tiresomnesse
             of
             his
             sweating
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXII
             .
          
           
             When
             he
             is
             quite
             cold
             ,
             give
             him
             to
             eat
             any
             thing
             he
             hath
             a
             mind
             too
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             be
             of
             good
             juice
             ,
             and
             easie
             digestion
             .
             Let
             his
             drink
             be
             strong
             Beer
             lukewarm
             ,
             or
             some
             generous
             Claret-Wine
             ;
             for
             as
             we
             have
             said
             before
             ,
             this
             Feaver
             differeth
             from
             all
             others
             ,
             and
             whereas
             in
             others
             we
             substract
             meat
             ,
             and
             strong
             drink
             as
             much
             as
             we
             can
             ,
             we
             must
             in
             this
             allow
             them
             ,
             it
             being
             only
             a
             malignant
             quality
             ,
             in
             which
             good
             meat
             and
             drink
             cannot
             hurt
             ,
             but
             rather
             allay
             it
             ;
             as
             also
             because
             the
             patient
             would
             not
             be
             able
             to
             sweat
             twice
             a
             day
             in
             this
             manner
             (
             which
             of
             necessiry
             he
             must
             do
             if
             he
             will
             save
             his
             life
             )
             unlesse
             his
             strength
             be
             repaired
             with
             good
             nutriment
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXIII
             .
          
           
             This
             course
             of
             sweating
             twice
             a
             day
             ,
             must
             be
             continued
             for
             four
             days
             together
             ,
             or
             five
             at
             the
             most
             ,
             in
             which
             space
             of
             times
             all
             the
             pestilential
             poison
             will
             expire
             ,
             and
             if
             this
             be
             carefully
             done
             ,
             and
             attended
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             Plague
             so
             stubborn
             of
             any
             kind
             whatsoever
             ,
             but
             must
             yeild
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXIV
             .
          
           
             Seeing
             therefore
             that
             this
             way
             of
             cure
             is
             so
             easy
             ,
             so
             cheap
             ,
             and
             so
             quick
             :
             I
             cannot
             but
             wonder
             at
             the
             impudence
             of
             many
             ,
             
               qui
               impune
               ladentes
               de
               corio
               humano
               ,
            
             promise
             the
             cure
             with
             a
             few
             Chymical
             drops
             ,
             Mineral
             Bezoart
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             trumperies
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             credulity
             of
             those
             that
             believe
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXV
             .
          
           
             But
             because
             in
             reprehending
             others
             we
             our selves
             should
             not
             be
             found
             faulty
             ,
             and
             thought
             in
             this
             publick
             calamity
             to
             seek
             our
             own
             interrest
             ,
             by
             concealing
             what
             our
             Antidote
             is
             ,
             we
             do
             ingeniously
             and
             publickly
             declare
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             nothing
             but
             the
             Treacle
             of
             Andromachus
             ,
             vulgarly
             called
             
               Venice
               Treacle
            
             ,
             so
             much
             celebrated
             by
             Galen
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             authorised
             
             by
             the
             constant
             experience
             of
             all
             subsequent
             ages
             ,
             to
             which
             we
             have
             added
             a
             little
             of
             the
             tincture
             of
             Saffron
             ,
             for
             their
             sakes
             chiefly
             that
             have
             contracted
             the
             Plague
             by
             a
             fright
             ,
             and
             whom
             we
             have
             alwayes
             found
             the
             hardest
             to
             be
             cured
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             sudden
             and
             deep
             impression
             it
             maketh
             upon
             the
             vitals
             .
             Saffron
             being
             one
             of
             the
             most
             noble
             Cordials
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             most
             quick
             and
             sudden
             dilatation
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXVI
             .
          
           
             This
             noble
             remedy
             ,
             called
             Venice-Treacle
             ,
             being
             taken
             in
             time
             ,
             is
             the
             only
             Antidote
             against
             all
             Plagues
             ,
             Poisons
             ,
             bitings
             ,
             and
             stingings
             of
             venemous
             Beasts
             ,
             a
             present
             help
             to
             the
             Falling-Sicknesse
             ,
             and
             Apoplectical
             fits
             ,
             to
             the
             Palsy
             ,
             Tissick
             ,
             spitting
             of
             Blood
             ,
             Jaundies
             ,
             Dropsy
             ,
             Colick
             ,
             and
             all
             kind
             of
             Melancholy
             ,
             the
             Gout
             ,
             Madnesse
             ,
             &c.
             
             It
             procureth
             the
             natural
             courses
             in
             Women
             ,
             openeth
             obstructions
             ,
             expelleth
             dead
             children
             out
             of
             the
             Womb
             ,
             strengthneth
             the
             Braines
             ,
             the
             Liver
             ,
             the
             Stomack
             ,
             the
             Heart
             ,
             and
             (
             in
             a
             word
             )
             the
             whole
             body
             ,
             and
             preserveth
             it
             from
             all
             contagion
             and
             putrefaction
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXVII
             .
          
           
             Our
             Cordial
             and
             miraculous
             water
             is
             thus
             made
             .
             Take
             of
             Venice-Treacle
             one
             pound
             ,
             of
             the
             roots
             of
             
               Cypress
               ,
               Tormentill
               ,
               Enula
               Campana
               ,
               Dictamnum
               ,
            
             of
             each
             one
             ounce
             ,
             Angelica
             ,
             and
             Carduus-Benedictus
             ,
             leaves
             of
             each
             one
             handfull
             ,
             of
             the
             four
             Cordial-Flowers
             ,
             of
             each
             a
             quarter
             of
             an
             ounce
             ,
             of
             Saffron
             a
             quarter
             of
             an
             ounce
             ,
             cut
             the
             roots
             and
             leaves
             small
             ,
             and
             dissolve
             your
             Treacle
             in
             a
             pint
             of
             Rose-water
             ,
             then
             add
             to
             all
             that
             four
             quarts
             and
             a
             pint
             of
             the
             best
             and
             strongest
             Claret-Wine
             you
             can
             get
             .
             steepall
             in
             a
             vessel
             close
             stopped
             a
             whole
             night
             ,
             in
             the
             morning
             still
             it
             in
             Balneo
             ,
             and
             draw
             two
             quarts
             of
             the
             first
             water
             and
             keep
             it
             for
             your
             use
             ;
             you
             may
             draw
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             liquour
             too
             if
             you
             will
             ,
             but
             keep
             it
             by
             it self
             ,
             and
             sweeten
             the
             first
             pottle
             of
             water
             with
             half
             a
             pound
             of
             loaf
             Sugar
             ,
             and
             keep
             it
             in
             a
             glass
             well
             stopped
             for
             your
             use
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             XXVIII
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             we
             have
             said
             before
             that
             the
             pestilential
             Feaver
             was
             alwaies
             ,
             or
             most
             commonly
             accompanied
             with
             either
             of
             these
             three
             Symptomes
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             a
             Botch
             ,
             a
             Carbuncle
             ,
             or
             the
             Tokens
             :
             We
             say
             now
             ,
             that
             for
             the
             Tokens
             ,
             they
             require
             no
             particular
             cure
             ,
             but
             only
             the
             general
             one
             of
             sweating
             ;
             but
             the
             other
             two
             must
             have
             a
             peculiar
             one
             for
             themselves
             ,
             besides
             that
             of
             sweating
             ;
             and
             therefore
             first
             concerning
             the
             Botch
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXIX
             .
          
           
             A
             pestilent
             Botch
             ,
             is
             a
             swelling
             or
             tumour
             growing
             most
             commonly
             in
             the
             Emunctories
             of
             the
             bodie
             ,
             as
             behind
             the
             ears
             ,
             in
             the
             arm-pits
             ,
             but
             most
             frequently
             in
             the
             groin
             .
             It
             s
             figure
             in
             the
             beginning
             is
             oblong
             ,
             with
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             a
             string
             or
             a
             sinew
             along
             in
             the
             middle
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             by
             degrees
             it
             groweth
             round
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             breadth
             of
             some
             times
             2.
             or
             3.
             or
             4.
             fingers
             .
             The
             cure
             of
             it
             is
             first
             with
             a
             Cupping-glass
             to
             draw
             it
             forth
             as
             much
             as
             you
             can
             ,
             and
             then
             bring
             it
             to
             maturitie
             and
             suppuration
             ,
             with
             either
             a
             drawing
             pultis
             or
             plaster
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXX
             .
          
           
             The
             pultis
             is
             thus
             made
             .
             Take
             of
             roots
             of
             Cumfrey
             and
             Lilies
             ,
             and
             of
             Onions
             ,
             of
             each
             one
             ounce
             ,
             of
             the
             leaves
             of
             sorrell
             one
             handfull
             ,
             fry
             them
             tender
             with
             sweet
             butter
             ,
             then
             stamp
             them
             altogether
             ,
             and
             add
             some
             oil
             of
             Lilies
             ,
             Hoggs
             grease
             ,
             Mithridate
             ,
             and
             Yest
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             pultis
             to
             be
             applied
             warm
             upon
             the
             Botch
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             renewed
             once
             every
             twelve
             hours
             .
             It
             will
             speedily
             draw
             forth
             ,
             maturate
             ,
             and
             break
             the
             Botch
             .
             As
             for
             a
             plaster
             ,
             you
             shall
             find
             none
             better
             then
             that
             which
             is
             made
             of
             equal
             portions
             ,
             of
             Pitch
             ,
             Galbanum
             ,
             and
             Diachylon
             cum
             gummi
             ,
             melted
             together
             upon
             a
             soft
             fire
             .
             The
             Botch
             being
             broken
             ,
             the
             common
             ointment
             called
             Basilicon
             will
             suffice
             for
             the
             cure
             and
             cicatrization
             of
             it
             ,
             dressing
             it
             twice
             a
             day
             ,
             till
             it
             be
             quite
             whole
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXXI
             .
          
           
             A
             pestilential
             Carbuncle
             appeareth
             at
             first
             like
             a
             tumour
             
             or
             pustule
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             flesh
             had
             been
             burnt
             in
             that
             place
             ,
             and
             is
             at
             first
             about
             the
             bignesse
             of
             a
             pins
             head
             ,
             or
             a
             little
             pease
             ,
             but
             sometimes
             groweth
             to
             a
             fearfull
             bignesse
             ;
             it
             is
             of
             a
             round
             and
             sharp-pointed
             figure
             ,
             and
             sticketh
             so
             fast
             to
             the
             part
             ,
             where
             it
             groweth
             ,
             that
             the
             skin
             cannot
             be
             loosened
             from
             the
             flesh
             .
             There
             is
             a
             great
             heat
             ,
             burning
             and
             pain
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             part
             was
             pricked
             with
             needles
             ,
             with
             an
             unsufferable
             itching
             .
             When
             the
             tumour
             groweth
             bigger
             ,
             there
             appeareth
             in
             the
             middle
             of
             it
             a
             pustule
             ,
             like
             those
             that
             appear
             where
             the
             flesh
             hath
             been
             burnt
             ;
             Any
             body
             would
             think
             there
             is
             some
             matter
             in
             it
             ,
             but
             when
             it
             is
             open
             no
             matter
             cometh
             out
             ,
             but
             the
             flesh
             under
             looketh
             black
             and
             crustie
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             had
             been
             burnt
             with
             a
             hot
             Iron
             .
             Round
             about
             it
             the
             flesh
             is
             of
             several
             colours
             ,
             as
             the
             rain-bow
             ,
             red
             ,
             purple
             ,
             black
             ,
             and
             alwaies
             shining
             as
             pitch
             or
             seacoles
             In
             every
             Carbuncle
             there
             is
             a
             feeling
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             of
             a
             great
             weight
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             part
             was
             crushed
             with
             a
             heavie
             lump
             of
             lead
             ,
             and
             tied
             too
             hard
             with
             a
             string
             .
             Those
             that
             go
             back
             again
             into
             the
             bodie
             after
             they
             have
             appeared
             ,
             or
             being
             brought
             to
             suppuration
             do
             grow
             drie
             on
             a
             sudden
             ,
             are
             mortal
             .
             These
             Carbuncles
             proceed
             from
             an
             adust
             ▪
             cholerick
             and
             melancholick
             blood
             ,
             and
             are
             more
             frequent
             in
             hot
             Countries
             ,
             as
             the
             botches
             are
             in
             the
             cold
             ones
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXXII
             .
          
           
             The
             cure
             of
             a
             Carbuncle
             is
             to
             bring
             it
             to
             a
             softnesse
             and
             suppur●tion
             :
             therefore
             first
             take
             Mallowes
             and
             Violet
             leafs
             ,
             the
             roots
             of
             Lilies
             ,
             Linseed
             in
             powder
             ,
             Figgs
             sliced
             ,
             Plantain
             ,
             Hemlock
             and
             Housleeke
             ,
             boil
             all
             in
             a
             sufficient
             quantity
             of
             running
             water
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             fomentation
             to
             be
             used
             four
             or
             five
             times
             a
             day
             ,
             and
             after
             the
             fomentation
             apply
             this
             pultis
             lukewarm
             ;
             Take
             of
             Mallowes
             and
             Violet
             leafs
             ,
             Sorrell
             ,
             Housleeke
             ,
             of
             each
             two
             handfulls
             ,
             fry
             them
             in
             sweet
             butter
             ,
             and
             stamp
             them
             afterwards
             with
             the
             yolks
             of
             Five
             Eggs
             and
             and
             four
             ounces
             of
             honie
             of
             Roses
             and
             make
             a
             pultis
             to
             be
             renewed
             every
             12.
             hours
             .
             Pultises
             in
             this
             case
             are
             alwayes
             
             to
             be
             preferred
             before
             plaisters
             ;
             because
             plaisters
             stop
             the
             pores
             of
             the
             bodie
             ,
             and
             hinder
             the
             expiration
             of
             the
             pestilential
             venome
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXXIII
             .
          
           
             Let
             it
             be
             observed
             for
             a
             most
             material
             thing
             ,
             that
             the
             pulse
             in
             the
             Plague
             is
             always
             Quick
             ,
             Small
             ,
             Obscure
             and
             Intermittent
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXXIV
             .
          
           
             Having
             now
             in
             a
             few
             lines
             expressed
             the
             nature
             and
             cure
             of
             the
             Plague
             ,
             and
             its
             symptomes
             ,
             it
             remaineth
             also
             we
             should
             give
             some
             praeservative
             against
             it
             .
             Therefore
             take
             of
             Sage
             ,
             Rue
             ,
             Angelica
             ,
             and
             Carduus
             Benedictus
             ,
             of
             each
             one
             good
             handfull
             ,
             stamp
             all
             ,
             and
             boil
             them
             gently
             in
             a
             close
             pipkin
             with
             three
             quarts
             of
             very
             good
             Claret
             ,
             till
             it
             cometh
             to
             two
             ,
             adding
             to
             it
             three
             penny
             waight
             of
             long
             pepper
             ,
             three
             quarters
             of
             an
             ounce
             of
             ginger
             ,
             half
             an
             ounce
             of
             nutmeggs
             beaten
             in
             powder
             ;
             when
             the
             liquour
             is
             boiled
             ,
             strain
             it
             ,
             and
             dissolve
             in
             it
             half
             an
             ounce
             of
             Mithridate
             ,
             and
             as
             much
             of
             Venice
             treacle
             ,
             and
             one
             dragme
             of
             good
             Saffron
             ,
             and
             keep
             it
             all
             in
             a
             close
             Glasse
             for
             your
             use
             .
             The
             dose
             is
             two
             spoonfulls
             in
             a
             morning
             ,
             fasting
             one
             hour
             after
             ,
             and
             then
             go
             to
             breakfast
             ,
             which
             is
             never
             to
             be
             omitted
             in
             infectious
             times
             .
          
        
         
           
             XXXV
             .
          
           
             The
             short
             compasse
             of
             two
             Sheets
             of
             Paper
             admitting
             no
             more
             ,
             I
             shall
             conclude
             ,
             assuring
             all
             the
             Readers
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             said
             nothing
             here
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             most
             true
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             able
             to
             justifie
             by
             Reason
             and
             Experience
             ,
             as
             those
             will
             find
             ,
             who
             shall
             be
             pleased
             to
             employ
             me
             .
          
           
             
               From
               my
               House
               in
               Clerkenwell
               Close
               ,
               near
               the
               Church
               ,
               
                 the
                 14.
                 
                   day
                   of
                
                 Septemb.
                 1665.
                 
              
            
             
               GAKENCIERES
               .
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .