Take the roote of great Valerian, a quarter of an ounce: of Sorrell, a handfull: an ounce of the roote of Butter-bur: boyle them in running water, from a quart to a pint, put two spoonefulls of Vineger to it, and let the patient Drinke it so hot as he may, & then sweat vpon it.
An other speciall preseruatiue.
Take an Egge, make a hole in the top of it, take out the white & the yolke, and fill the shell only with Saffron, rost the shell and Saffron together, in embers of Charcoales, vntill the shell waxe yellowe: then beat shell and all together in a Morter, with halfe a spoonefull of Mustard-seede: nowe so soone as any suspicion is had of infection, dissolue the weight of a french Crowne, in ten spoonfuls of posset-ale, drink it luke warme, & sweat vpon it in your naked bed.
An other preseruatiue to be distilled.
Take halfe a hundreth greene VValnuts, as they hange greene on the tree, & a pound of þ inner barke of Ash tree: then take Petimorrell, Housleeke, Scabias, & Veruyn, of each a handfull, Saffron halfe an ounce, and mince all these smal together: then put a pottle of the strongest Vineger on them, boyle them ouer a soft fyer in a close pot, & after distill them in a Limbecke: keepe the distilled water, & giue the patient two ounces to drink therof, 4. times in xxiiii. howers, when he is in his naked bed, & let him bee prouoked to sweat, and he shall find great ease therby.
If the patient be bound in the body.
Take a suppository made with a little boyled Hunny, and a little powder of Salt: let this be put vp at the fundament with a little butter, vntill it moue him to the stoole.
Drinke for ordenary dyet.
So neere as you can, let the Patients ordenary drinke be good small Ale, of eyght dayes olde.