CHAP. 8.
Another very good Remedy againſt the Plague.
Take a quantity of the water of wilde Purſley, called in Greek Meliſſophillon, Melephilo, and Melenon, and in Latine Apiaſtrum, with Plantine water, of each of theſe a like quantity in ſeveral glaſſes, take daily of this mixing equall quantities together in a ſmall glaſs, and then you ſhall drink thereof, ſo by the bleſſing of God you ſhall be preſerved and keept ſafe from the infection of the Plague, this water is alſo good for Fiſtula's and hath been often proved true by experience.
CHAP. 9.
Another perfect Receipt againſt the Plague.
Fill a Glaſs a third part full of fine Triacle, and one third part with Aquavitæ, and fill the other third part with the Urine of a man childe that is a virgin and healthfull mixe all theſe well together, and give the patient to drink a glaſs full three mornings one after another, this was proved in Venice in the year 1504 and in London in the laſt great Plague.
CHAP. 10.
Another againſt the Plague.
As ſoon as the party feeleth himſelf infected, let him ſwallow a quantity of the beſt Triacle, then take of the ſame Triacle the bigneſs of a Cheſnut, and lay it on the ſore that beginneth to riſe, rubbing it well round about with the ſame Triacle, then immediately take a young Pegion and cut him in the midſt quick feathers and all, lay him to the ſore warm as he is in his feathers, let him lye till that part of the Pegion become green, and the Triacle red, then take it off, and you ſhall perceive, that out of the Pegion will come a green water, which is all the venome that was in the ſore, then cure the place with this following plaiſter, take two parts of freſh Barrows greaſe, and one part of Wormwood well ſtamped and lay it upon the ſore and the effect followeth.