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<P>SEVERAL CHOICE HISTORIES Of the MEDECINES <HI>MANNER</HI> and <HI>METHOD</HI> U&s;ed in the <HI>C&V;RE</HI> of the PLAGUE.</P>
<P>WRITTEN By that Famous (and in this DISEASE) Incomparable Phy&s;itian, <HI>ISBRAND&V;S DIEMERBROICK;</HI> A Profe&s;&s;or of Phy&s;ick.</P>
<P><HI>And now Tran&s;lated into</HI> Engli&s;h, <HI>with his own ANNOTATIONS upon every</HI> HISTORY.</P>
<P>Wherein not onely the Choi&s;e&s;t Antidotes are &s;et down in his Cures, but al&s;o &s;everal Things which prove mortal to all that u&s;e them.</P>
<P><HI>London, Printed in the Year</HI> 1666.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="treatise">
<PB REF="3">
<PB N="1" REF="3">
<HEAD>FAMOUS HISTORIES of the METHOD IN THE <HI>C&V;RING</HI> of the <HI>PLAG&V;E.</HI></HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="history">
<HEAD>The Fir&s;t Famous Hi&s;tory.</HEAD>
<P>_THe Maid of <HI>Anth<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter">ni Vos,</HI> a Wine-Merchant, (1635. <HI>Novem.</HI> 6.) fell ill: about Evening I was called to Her: finding Her &s;ick at Heart, and &s;ick of a Feavor, with great pain in Her Head; Her Puls was quick and weak, and &s;omewhat unequal, but kept her &s;trength: She had two &s;mall Pu&s;tules about the bigne&s;s of Ani&s;eed, read and painful; one <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter">n the right Dug, and the other in that part of the Brea&s;t, where the Ribbs meet and joyn together.</P>
<PB N="2" REF="4">
<P> A certain &s;igne of the Plague. I pre&s;cribed her a Sudorifical Drink, which put her into a &s;weat all that night, by which &s;he was much refre&s;hed: which Sudorifick was thus made.</P>
<P><HI>The Extract of Cardus Benedictus, and Salt of Wormwood, each one Scruple: of the Salt of Carduus half a Scruple, of Treacle Androm one Dram, of Treacle-water and Cardus Beuedictus water each one ounce: fifteen Drops of Oyl of Vitriol.</HI> Let the&s;e be made a Drink.</P>
<P>The next day the Pu&s;tules were as broad as the Nail of your Thumb, and were blacki&s;h Carbuncles, having upon the top of them a little Blather, which being cru&s;hed, there came out a black venemous Matter; and then the Carbuncle (which before lay hid) now appeared: upon which we lay'd <HI>Unguentum Apo&s;tolorum, &amp; Ba&s;ilicum, and a Play&s;ter of Diachulum cum gummis.</HI></P>
<P>And, to quench her Thir&s;t, We gave her this Juleb; <HI>Of Cardus water one pound, of Scabius and Vinegar of each half a pound, Sirrup of Citrons two ounces, and Oyl of Vitriol as much as to make it gu&s;tful:</HI> Let the&s;e be made into a Juleb.</P>
<P>In the afternoon I gave her the Sudorifical Drink again, upon which having &s;weat well, then that Carbuncle, the which was in the middle of the Ribbs, where they meet, and then the Poulte&s;s which I took care to be prepared, was lay'd to the Carbuucle, and &s;hifted thrice a day.</P>
<P>I appointed them to take the quantity of a Ha&s;le-nut three or four times a day, of this Electuary.</P>
<P><HI>Of Species Liberantis one Dram, Elecampane, of Candid Orange|piele, of Dia&s;cordium Fraca&s;torii.</HI></P>
<P>Then we gave the Juleb again (and the Boches &s;eparated from the adjoyning parts) and a Clean&s;ing Ointment, mingled with <HI>Un|guentum Apo&s;tolorum,</HI> Anointed three or four times with it, and then with the <HI>Unguentum Aureum,</HI> which brought it to a Scar, the hallow place being filled with Fle&s;h, She Recovered.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<PB N="3" REF="4">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P><HI>ANno Domini</HI> 1635, The Summer was very hot, Famous for this, That the two Potent Armies of <HI>France</HI> and <HI>Holland</HI> be|&s;ieged <HI>Lovane</HI> in <HI>Brabant:</HI> In this Summer, the Plague, which then was very Malignant and Pe&s;tilential, and begun to be bad in <HI>No|viomagen&s;is,</HI> by the coming of the two Armies: the cure of this Di&s;ea&s;e, by rea&s;on of the Newne&s;s of it, was difficult at the fir&s;t: but not long after we found, in that Plague, that let|ing of blood was very good for the Sickne&s;s. About the end of <HI>September</HI> this Feaver was much abated, &s;o that fewer then fell &s;ick of it: but, in mo&s;t of tho&s;e who were &s;ick of this Di&s;temper, had Red and Purple Spots. At the end of <HI>October</HI> many were &s;ick with|out the&s;e Spots, and died in two dayes: then letting of Blood was very hurtful: at <HI>November</HI> it began to be very bad.</P>
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<PB N="4" REF="5">
<HEAD>THE SECOND FAMOUS <HI>HISTORY.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>PEter Van Vort,</HI> who lived at the Sign of the <HI>Queens Head, Jan.</HI> 24. 1636. was taken ill of the Plague: In the begin|ing de&s;ired my a&s;si&s;tance; he Vomited, and was exceeding di&s;tempered: his Pul&s;e &s;wift, and unequal, his Head aked, and found a Swelling in one of his Groins: I pre&s;cribed a Sudori|fick, which in the Evening he took: <HI>Confection of Hiacinth, and Salt of Scordium one Scruple, the Salt of Cardus Benedictus half a Scruple, Theriace Androm, Dia&s;cordium, each two Scruple, Treacle VVater, and Cardus Benedictus one ounce, Oyl of Vitriol twelve Drops, mingled: let them be made up.</HI></P>
<P>He Sweated much all the night, but not &s;leeping; for I bid him he &s;hould not &s;leep within eight houres: After all the foremention|ed Symptomes (by this one Sweat) did vani&s;h, and his Swelling in his Groine fell, and the Sick Man the next day gathered &s;trength, and then for &s;ome dayes every day took once or twice of this Electuary.</P>
<PB N="5" REF="5">
<P> <HI>Powder</HI> of <HI>Bezoar,</HI> 1. <HI>dram,</HI> the <HI>Roots</HI> of <HI>Elecampane,</HI> the <HI>pills</HI> of <HI>Oranges</HI> each 3. <HI>drams,</HI> of <HI>Treacle</HI> 1. <HI>dram, Dia&s;cordium</HI> 2. <HI>drams, Sirrup</HI> of <HI>Scordium</HI> q. &s;.</P>
<P>When as he thought him&s;elf cured, but had not gone to &s;tool for &s;ome days, I gave him &s;ome Pe&s;tilentiall pills, half a dram, after which he went to &s;tool twice or thrice; and after that wanted no more Medicines, being fully recovered.</P>
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<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>IN this acute Di&s;ea&s;e delayes are very dangerous, and I have often ob&s;erved tho&s;e, who in the begining of the di&s;ea&s;e take Medi&s;ines, are &s;oon cured, but being neglected in the begining, the danger is very great: as <HI>Senne&s;tus</HI> &s;aith, lib. 4. <HI>de Febribus</HI> cap. 6. I think many men died becau&s;e they took Antidotes no &s;ooner, and that many might have been pre&s;erved, if taken before the poi&s;on had cor|rupted the humours: and I have ob&s;erved that tho&s;e who have taken medicines at fir&s;t have done well, but if they do not take any thing within 12. hours after they are ill, not one in a hundred e&s;capes.</P>
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<PB N="6" REF="6">
<HEAD>THE THIRD FAMOUS <HI>HISTORY.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>GErharhd Lucas,</HI> one who &s;old Cherries in the Street <HI>He&s;ia,</HI> had the Plague, with a high Feavour, he had al&s;o great pain, and head-ach, an inward burning, drine&s;s of tongue, thir&s;t, and paine under his arme, without a &s;welling, he took two Antidotes, by which he &s;weat very much; but after the &s;econd &s;weating, in &s;tead of the &s;welling under his arme, there came a great Carbuncle; from which I pre&s;aged his death; the third day he died.</P>
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<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>CArbuncles, if in the place where Swellings are u&s;ed to be, it is a pre&s;age of Death.</P>
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<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="history">
<PB N="7" REF="6">
<HEAD>THE FOURTH <HI>FAMOUS</HI> HISTORY</HEAD>
<P><HI>I Ames Vander,</HI> a valiant Captain, perceiving him&s;elfe infected, having a great pain under his arme, without a &s;welling, pre|&s;ently upon his own head &s;ent for a Chyrurgion; he let him blood under his arme, having taken &s;ome ounces of blood, he went whom; forthwith he was taken with a great trembling, he vomited exceedingly, with great paine of heart and decay of &s;trength: then they &s;ent to me, I gave him a Sudorifick Electua|ry, which he vomited up: I gave him another Antidote which he kept, but could not &s;weat: the next day the Feaver increa&s;ed much, the &s;ick man was exceeding thir&s;ty but ca&s;t up all drinks, he grew fainti&s;h untill Seven of the Clock at morning, then again coming to him&s;elfe, he complained much of weakne&s;s and pain under his arme, died at noon.</P>
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<PB N="8" REF="7">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P><HI>FOre&s;tus</HI> and <HI>Platerus</HI> being called to the Plague at <HI>Delph,</HI> pre&s;ent|ly let blood; and addeth, that all tho&s;e who were let blood 12. or 24. hours after they were &s;ick they died: We have ob&s;erved that letting of blood never &s;ucceeded well unle&s;s it were &s;ome rare example, though in the begining of the di&s;tem|per, but tho&s;e who ever, were let blod at any time (we ob&s;erve) alwayes die.</P>
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<DIV2 N="5" TYPE="history">
<PB N="9" REF="7">
<HEAD>THE FIFTH <HI>FAMOUS</HI> HISTORY</HEAD>
<P><HI>IOhn Dubbart,</HI> being taken with a Feavor, no outwasd &s;igne of the Plague, &s;o that tho&s;e of his hou&s;e did not think that he died of the Plague, but within twelve hours after that he was put in the Coffin, they &s;aw that many black &s;pots appeared in him, certain &s;ignes of the Plague.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>SOmetimes the poi&s;on is &s;o deadly, that they die before nature can &s;end forth any thing, nature being weak &s;endeth forth neither Carbuncles nor Blaines, but after they are dead there appeareth black &s;pots in his back: And therefore in the time of a great Palgue, you are not to think it is not the &s;ickne&s;s, becau&s;e no &s;igns of it ap|peare, for many times either nature is come to that weakne&s;s, that it cannot expell it.</P>
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<DIV2 N="6" TYPE="history">
<PB N="10" REF="8">
<HEAD>THE SIXTH FAMOUS <HI>HISTORY.</HI></HEAD>
<P>A Certain Laundre&s;s, by name <HI>Belia,</HI> who wa&s;hed clothes in ours and many other hou&s;es, &s;he &s;erved <HI>Gertruda,</HI> the Maid of <HI>Dimmer de Raet,</HI> who was &s;ick of the Plague, and lay down in the Garden; when as I had admini&s;tred divers Medecines unto her, and having cut off the Carbuncle, &s;he was then in good health, at which the Servants of <HI>Dimmer de Raet</HI> were very glad; yet I &s;aw this woman very &s;ad, and oftentimes fetching very great &s;ighs, and often to weep: I once between her and my &s;elf enquired the cau&s;e of her mourning, but at the fir&s;t time I could get nothing out of her, but at length by many fair words extorted from her, that &s;he would tell the cau&s;e of her grief to me, upon this account, that I would &s;wear unto her never to tell any thing of it, nor of the event thereof, which accordingly I did.; then &s;he with tears in her eyes &s;aid, I knew well enough that this Maid would not dye but live, but the wife of <HI>Dimmer. de Raet</HI> will cer|tainly dye, who loveth me very well, and therefore am I &s;o &s;ad.
<PB N="11" REF="8">I asked her how &s;he could po&s;&s;ibly know that, when as &s;he now li|veth &s;o far off? I &s;aw, &s;aid &s;he, upon the floor in his hou&s;e, at the gate of the great forward chamber, her gho&s;t without a head clo|thed, and holding the key in her hand, as if &s;he would have o|pened the door; which &s;ight was very frequently &s;een by me, and very trouble&s;ome to me. But who&s;oever's gho&s;t I &s;aw without a head, then I pre&s;aged her death, which within a few moneths after fell out in this manner: I was glad that I had an opportunity to know whether there were any thing certain in the Doctrine of Spirits, of which there was &s;o much talk. <HI>Dimmerus de Raet,</HI> together with his wife, dwelt at <HI>Utrecht,</HI> whether they fled long before for fear of the Plague; I writ to him again, not to come home before Winter; what came of it? after &s;ome weeks his wife was taken ill of the Plague, although there was no Sickne&s;s in the Hou&s;e nor Town, and very &s;hortly after died.</P>
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<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P><HI>SOcrates</HI> te&s;tifieth of him&s;elf, that at a certain time he had a <GAP DESC="foreign"> not &s;een by him now and then, but was familiar with him all his life, who dehorted him always, exhorted him never. <HI>Plato</HI> leaning upon this re&s;t, who knew that <HI>Socrates</HI> was a &s;aithful man, and would not for the &s;aving of his life lye or do any thing that was not good; he taught by his own experience that there were Gho&s;ts, he confirmed the Doctrine by many &s;uch like rea|&s;ons; after this much hath been &s;aid by many of it, &s;ome are mor|tal, &s;ome are immortal, &s;ome onely evil, &s;ome that are good, &s;ome weak, others powerful, &s;ome &s;en&s;itive, others not, &s;ome that they do couple and breed, others that they have their being out of two of the Elements, &s;ome that they are meer &s;pecies &s;eparated from the Object, others are thought to be in the air, &s;ome are intelli|gent; and they have delivered many more of the like Dreams, to|gether with whom many learned men and Philo&s;ophers have blot|ted much paper to no purpo&s;e, of which thing more may be &s;een
<PB N="12" REF="9">in <HI>Cardanus de varietate rerum, lib.</HI> 16. <HI>cap.</HI> 93. You may read al&s;o the jejune opinion of <HI>P&s;elli,</HI> who is of the &s;ame mind with <HI>Carda|nus,</HI> who may be &s;een further of this thing in him <HI>De &s;ubtilitate, lib.</HI> 18. and in <HI>Scaliger de &s;ubtilitate, Exercitation.</HI> 355. But all &s;eem to be deceived, who would under&s;tand the nature of things out of nature by their gatural ingeny; therefore in this ca&s;e let it &s;uffice in the&s;e things, of which we can have no certainty, to believe the Scripture, which as to the form, quantity, &s;ub&s;tance, actions, &amp;c. which may indeed &s;atisfie us as to the&s;e things, wholly writ for our in&s;truction. The &s;acred Writ tells us, that oftentimes Angels have appeared to holy men, that Prophets have &s;een Vi&s;ions, &s;ometimes one, &s;ometimes another, and that all the&s;e were done by Divine Power, who is there doth not believe? Is it not therefore wicked, and not &s;o much as decent, for a Chri&s;tian to enquire of the nature of the&s;e Spirits, what their longitude or weight is, how they are im|pelled to their actions, and made vi&s;ible, by what means, and which way they de&s;cend from the air? That there are certain diabolical delu&s;ions, the Scripture doth tell us; thus the Devil appeared to <HI>Eve</HI> in the form of a Serpent, and in the form of <HI>Samuel</HI> to King <HI>Saul,</HI> who told him his misforune.</P>
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<DIV2 N="7" TYPE="history">
<PB N="13" REF="9">
<HEAD>THE SEVENTH FAMOUS HISTORIE.</HEAD>
<P><HI>PEtrus De Wildt,</HI> who dwelt in <HI>Heart-Street,</HI> his Wife being taken with the Plague, and had a Swelling in her Groine (which Evil notwith&s;tanding &s;he concealed) Her Husband got the Infection of her: <HI>Egdmundus,</HI> an <HI>Engli&s;h Man,</HI> and a Chyrurgion, was &s;ent for, who gave her the Infu&s;ion of <HI>An|timony</HI> for a Vomit; She Vomited extreamly, and had many Stooles. In the Evening &s;he came to Me: I found them &s;o ill, that they could &s;carce move or &s;peak: her Puls was &s;o &s;mall, that it could &s;carce be felt; &s;he had great reachings to Vomit, but could not, which much pained her: her Stooles were watery. I told her that her Husband would die, yet ventured to give him a warm Cordial draft; <HI>viz,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle, Androm,</HI> 2 <HI>Scruples,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle-Water</HI> 1 <HI>Ounce,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Cinnamon-VVater, half an Ounce.</HI></P>
<P>Hence his Vomiting cea&s;ed: but there was oftentimes faintings; the next night they both died.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<PB N="14" REF="10">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P><HI>FOre&s;tus</HI> relateth a Story of a Woman, who was taken with a Swelling of the Plague; That, &s;he lying with her Husband, ha|ving the Sore on her, he not knowing of it, pre&s;ently got the In|fection of her, &s;o that &s;he was wholly freed from the Plague, and her Swelling went away: For her Husband did wipe her poy|&s;on (as it were) with a Spunge, and &s;eemed to have kept it for him|&s;elf. I believe this commonly comes by many Women, who, ha|ving the French Pox, give it to their Husbands: thus divers take the Infection.</P>
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<DIV2 N="8" TYPE="history">
<PB N="15" REF="10">
<HEAD>THE EIGHTH FAMOUS <HI>HISTORY.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>CApitaneus Bi&s;cot, (April</HI> 26.) In the afternoon began to be ill: about Evening he was in great angui&s;h, and was very re&s;tle&s;s all the night; the next time I &s;aw him he was pretty &s;trong, and complained of nothing but the Pain at his Heart; for, there was neither Heat, Head-ach, nor Vo|miting, nor any other evil Symptome: and his Pul&s;e, though quick and weak, yet there was no intermitting. He &s;aid, His Heart was as it were in a Pre&s;s: I gave him this Antidote.</P>
<P><HI>Theriaca, Androm, Dia&s;cordium, Confection de Hiacinthe, Salt of Scordium, of each half a Drachm.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle-VVater</HI> 2 <HI>Ounces,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Oyl of Vitriol</HI> 11 <HI>Gut.</HI></P>
<P>He Sweated violently, but without any change of the Di&s;ea&s;e: He oftentimes took a convenient quantity of this Mixture:</P>
<PB N="16" REF="11">
<P> <HI>Con&s;erve of red Ro&s;es</HI> 1 <HI>Ounce and a half,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle Andromedes,</HI> 1 <HI>Dram</HI> &s;.</P>
<P><HI>Dia&s;cordium</HI> 2 <HI>Drachm.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle-VVater</HI> 3 <HI>Ounces.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Juyce of Citrons, Cinnamon-water, each</HI> 1 <HI>Ounce.</HI></P>
<P>Let them be mingled, and then be &s;trained; and add 1 <HI>Drachm and</HI> &s;. of <HI>Dia&s;cordium.</HI></P>
<P>About the evening I gave her an Antidote, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Butter-Bur White Thi&s;tle, Penny Royal, each</HI> 1 <HI>Drachm</HI> &s;.</P>
<P><HI>The Leaves of Carduus Benedictus, Scordii, Roots of Citron</HI> 3 <HI>Dra.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Carduus and Citron each</HI> 1 <HI>Drachm.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Comm<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter">n VVater</HI> q. &s;. <HI>coquantur, according to Art, to</HI> 4 <HI>Ounces.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle</HI> 2 <HI>Scruple</HI></P>
<P><HI>Extract of Angelico Scruple</HI> 1 &s;. <HI>or one and a half.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Salt of Wormwood</HI> 1 <HI>Scruple.</HI></P>
<P>That night &s;he Sweated a little, without any refre&s;hing; the third day of her di&s;ea&s;e &s;he took what was pre&s;cribed the day be|fore; In the Morning &s;he took this following Powder, di&s;&s;olved in the former Mixture, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Of the Oriental Bezoar</HI> 15 <HI>Gr.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Pulvis Liberantis</HI> 1 <HI>Scruple.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Oriental S<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter">ffron</HI> 3 <HI>Gr.</HI></P>
<P>In the evening there came forth &s;ome Purple Spots, and the next night &s;he died.</P>
<P>In the whole cour&s;e of her Sickne&s;s there was no Feaveri&s;h &s;ymptome, neither Drouth, Dryne&s;s of Tongue, or Heat, nor a Di&s;coloured Water, nor any of the like; but her Heart was much pained, not by rea&s;on of the Putrifaction of the H<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter">mours, but from the Malignant quality of the Pe&s;tilential Poy&s;on, which &s;eemed to have in&s;inuated into the very &s;ub&s;tance of her Heart: Thus we have ob&s;erved in many others, tho&s;e great and con&s;tant Paines of the Heart, (beginning with the Sickne&s;s) is very ominous, if not abated by the fir&s;t or &s;econd Antidote.</P>
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<PB N="17" REF="11">
<HEAD>THE NINTH FAMOUS <HI>HISTORY.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>CHri&s;topher De Four,</HI> (who&s;e Sign was <HI>Am&s;terdam,</HI>) upon the &s;eventh of <HI>April,</HI> his Maid had a hard Pe&s;tilentiall Sweiling, about the bigne&s;s of a Hens Egg, under her right Arme, yet &s;he was not Feaveri&s;h, neither did per|ceive any di&s;temper in any other part of her Body but where the Swelling was; &s;he did her bu&s;ine&s;s (as &s;he u&s;ed to do) and that as chearfully as before, only &s;he could not move her right Arme &s;o freely as &s;he did before: She would take no Medecines: &s;he put a Play&s;ter of <HI>Diachulum</HI> upon the Swelling, which pre&s;ently brought it unto a &s;uppuration, &s;o that it broke, and much Matter run out; and thus was &s;he (without any more trouble) healed.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>SOme do determine, That the Plague is a Pe&s;tilential Feaver, and that a Feaver is &s;o e&s;&s;ential to the Plague, that there never was, nor ever can be a Plague without a Fever: But now, whether
<PB N="18" REF="12">the Reciprocation of the Definition would follow, That every Fea|vor is a pernicious Plague or no, I much doubt; nay, it is ab&s;urd &s;o to think: and, be&s;ides Rea&s;on, Experience teacheth the contrary, for, often times we have a Feaver without any Plague, and often the Plague taketh one without this Feaver; which is mo&s;t manife&s;t in tho&s;e, who, being taken &s;ick of the Plague, are dead immediate|ly; although in &s;ome the Heart is &s;o &s;trong, that it is able to &s;end forth the Malignant di&s;temper into a Swelling, or Carbuncle, and that without any Fever at all appearing in them; An Example of which we have in the forecited Story, many Examples of which we have &s;een during this Plague among us. Thus al&s;o <HI>Mercurialis</HI> tel|leth us (in his Book <HI>De Pe&s;te, cap.</HI> 6.) of &s;everal, who have had Ri|&s;ings in their Groins, yea, in their very Privities, both Men and Women, who have broken them them&s;elves, without any further detriment: See more of the Confirmation of this thing in the 1 <HI>Book, Cap.</HI> 12. <HI>Ann.</HI> 2. in my &s;elf.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="10" TYPE="history">
<PB N="19" REF="12">
<HEAD>THE TENTH FAMOUS <HI>HISTORY.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THe Wife of <HI>James Bacr&s;uelt,</HI> a &s;trong Woman, about thirty years of Age, who being taken Sick of the Plague, had a Carbuncle in her right &s;ide, under her &s;purious Ribbs; &s;he had a Feaver al&s;o, which made her very re&s;tle&s;s and indi&s;po&s;ed; &s;he took diver&s;e Antidotes and Sudorificks: Notwith|&s;tanding all the&s;e, the Di&s;ea&s;e continued &s;till at its height, untill the fourth day, then it run extreamly, more then ordinarily they u&s;ed to do; which, when I knew, I gave her a Sudorifick, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Red Corol prepared,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Terra Sigillata, burnt Harts-horn, of each</HI> 1 <HI>Scruple,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dia&s;cordium</HI> 1 <HI>Drachm,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treackle-VVater, Vinegar of Red VVine, of each</HI> 1 <HI>ounce,</HI> Mingled for a Draught.</P>
<P>Al&s;o, I gave order, That &s;he &s;hould take &s;ome of this Electuary very often in a day, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Species Diatrium Santalorum,</HI> 2 <HI>Scruple,</HI></P>
<PB N="20" REF="13">
<P> <HI>Troches of &s;ealed Earth,</HI> 1 <HI>Scruple</HI> &s;. <HI>or one and a half.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Flower of Brim&s;tone</HI> 1 <HI>Scruple,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Con&s;erve of Ro&s;emary-Elowers</HI> 3 <HI>Drachm.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Con&s;erve of Red-Ro&s;es</HI> 7 <HI>Drachm,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dia&s;cordium</HI> 2 <HI>Drachm,</HI> &s;. <HI>or two and a half.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Sirrup of Pomgranates,</HI> q. &s;. <HI>or as much as &s;ufficeth.</HI></P>
<P>By the&s;e two Medecines her Running was &s;omewhat le&s;&s;ened, but was not quite &s;topped before the fifth day: the Carbuncle, by the laying on of our Poulte&s;s, was brought to a Suppuration, and in a &s;hort time was quite healed: and the Patient, within a few dayes after, in as good health as &s;he was before.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>IN this Sickne&s;s, that which was a good &s;ign, was now a Critical one, to wit, the great running of the Sore: For, this we have often ob&s;erved, that if, in the beginning it &s;hould not be &s;topped with &s;ome a&s;tringed Medecines, no remedies afterwards would do any good, when it hath once got a head; for, then the Patients &s;trength decaying by little and little, &s;uddenly dyeth: So that I do not approve of their Councel, who, in the critical day would have helped forwards, by opening Medecines, whereas it is open|ed too much already: but, of this, &s;ee more in my Third Book, <HI>Cap.</HI> 10. <HI>Annotat.</HI> 1.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="11" TYPE="history">
<PB N="21" REF="13">
<HEAD>THE ELEVENTH FAMOUS <HI>HISTORY.</HI></HEAD>
<P>A Certain Chyrurgion being taken &s;ick of the Plague, and pre&s;ently removed to a neighbouring Village, called <HI>Lent;</HI> and there was laid in a &s;mall clo&s;e Chamber, &s;uffering no one of his Companions to come nigh unto him: upon the twelfth of <HI>April,</HI> in the afternoon I went to vi&s;it him, and found him in a high Feaver, very weak and indi&s;po&s;ed; his Tongue was hard, with a Cru&s;t over it: I pre&s;cribed him this Antidote, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treackle Andromedis</HI> 2 <HI>Scrup.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dia&s;cordium Frac &s;torii, Vinegar of Bezoar, each</HI> 1 <HI>Ounce,</HI></P>
<P>Mingled for an Electuary.</P>
<P>He Sweat much, with great ea&s;e, and the Swelling in his Groine broke, which I told him would be very &s;uddenly, becau&s;e of the great pain which he had; the next day he was much better, and the &s;ame Sudorifick being admini&s;tred, the &s;welling increa&s;ed &s;ome|thing; then the Patient being fooli&s;h (as many Chyrurgions are) I not knowing of it, anointed the Sore with an Oyntment made of <HI>M<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter">rcury:</HI> upon this Oyntment his Swelling parted, his Feaver was as bad as ever, great li&s;tle&s;sne&s;s and much Vomiting following, and his &s;trength that night much abated, &s;o that the next day he could
<PB N="22" REF="14">&s;carcely move him&s;elf, then he confe&s;&s;ed to me, That he had an|nointted him&s;elf with the Oyntment of <HI>Mercury,</HI> and hoped his Sore could be cured by it, but now he &s;aw his deadly mi&s;take. I gave one Medecine more, which, when he had took, he Vomited up; hey pre&s;ently cured his Spots, with which within three dayes he dyed.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>REa&s;on, (be&s;ides the Experience of the former Story) telleth us, that the u&s;e of living Quick-Silver is not <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 span"> for the Curing of a Sore; and <HI>Pareus (lib.</HI> 21. <HI>cap.</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 span">|leth the u&s;e of <HI>Mercurial</HI> Anointings, e<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 span">|&s;on of its Coldne&s;s, it &s;eemes to drive o<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 span">, as we have largely declared, <HI>Lib.</HI> 3. <HI>Cap.</HI> 12. <HI>Annot.</HI> 16.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="12" TYPE="history">
<PB N="23" REF="14">
<HEAD>THE TVVELFTH <HI>FAMOUS</HI> HISTORY</HEAD>
<P><HI>RUdolphus De Swaert,</HI> a Knight, of the Company of <HI>Wilmoth,</HI> a Valiant Man, and &s;omewhat &s;trong, perceived that he was taken with the Plague; who came to me, and asked my Coun&s;el, &s;aying, That he had this Spot with a little Trembling, and, that he was tormented with a great nau&s;eou&s;ne&s;s and indi&s;po&s;ition; and that he felt a great Pain in his Thigh, but perceived no Swelling: I pre&s;cribed him this Antidote, and bid him pre&s;ently go to Bed, and being well covered, to Sweat lu&s;tily <HI>Viz,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle,</HI> 4 <HI>Scruple,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dia&s;cordium, Salt of VVormwood, of each Drachm</HI> &s;.</P>
<P><HI>Treacle VVater, the be&s;t VVhite-VVine Vinegar, each Ounce</HI> 1 &s;. Made into an Electuary.</P>
<P>The next day he returned to me well; and &s;aid, That for &s;ix or
<PB N="24" REF="15">&s;even houres he Sweated mightily, and in that Sweat his Pain went away, his Swelling abated, and he perfectly Cured.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>IN every Di&s;ea&s;e, and e&s;pecially in the Sickne&s;s, that Ver&s;e is ve|rified,
<Q><L><HI>Principiis ob&s;ta: &s;ero Medicina parata</HI></L>
<L><HI>Cum malo per longas invaluere modos.</HI></L></Q></P>
<P>Engli&s;hed thus:
<Q><L><HI>Come at the fir&s;t: a Medecine late prepar'd</HI></L>
<L><HI>Strengthens the Di&s;ea&s;e, who&s;e Cure is Marr'd.</HI></L></Q></P>
<P>For, the Di&s;ea&s;e by long delayes getteth ground, and one Anti|dote, at the beginning of the Di&s;ea&s;e, doth more good then ten in the third or fourth day, when it hath got a head, and is not &s;o ea&s;ily, nor &s;o certainly cured.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="13" TYPE="history">
<PB N="25" REF="15">
<HEAD>THE THIRTEENTH FAMOUS <HI>HISTORY.</HI></HEAD>
<P>MR. <HI>Colbury,</HI> (a Noble <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Man, who willingly ac|companyed a Troop, being out of our Tents, the For|tification of <HI>Schenkius</HI> being be&s;ieged) upon the four|teenth of <HI>April,</HI> entering into the City, &s;aid, That he &s;melt a filthy &s;tink, which was very nau&s;eous unto him; at which his Head began to ake: the next day (when he awoke) he was very &s;ick, perceiving a great &s;tretching in the Arteries behind his eares; he, (fearing the Plague) betimes in the Morning took two Pills of <HI>Ruffus,</HI> (for he alwayes carryed &s;ome about him) within &s;ix houres after he had half a dozen &s;tooles, &s;o that the Pain behind his Eares abated; yet his Stomach was &s;o bad that he could not eat any Din|ner: About the evening he had three or four &s;tooles more, which was attended with great anxiety of Heart, and weakne&s;s of Body: the night following he had a great Loo&s;ene&s;s, with much Pain:
<PB N="26" REF="16">on the &s;ixteenth of <HI>April,</HI> in the morning, he asked my coun&s;el: I perceiving that his Excrements was very unctious and &s;tinking, be|ing Co&s;tive him&s;elf; he had a great Feaver: I gave him this Sudo|rifick at &s;ix of the Clock in the morning, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Terra Sigillata, Bole Armenick, Red Corol prepared, Harts-horn burnt, each</HI> 1 <HI>Scruple,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Extract of Rue,</HI> 1 <HI>Scruple</HI> &s;. <HI>or one and a half,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Salt of Scordium</HI> 1 <HI>Scruple,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle Androm, Dia&s;cordium, each</HI> 2 <HI>Scruple,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle water</HI> 2 <HI>Ounces,</HI></P>
<P>Made into a Draught.</P>
<P>By this Medecine he Sweat three or four houres, and his loo&s;e|ne&s;s &s;tayed untill noon; pre&s;ently after none &s;tayed, but &s;oon came again: and he often took a portion of this Electuary, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Troches of Terra Sigillata, Flower of Brim&s;tone, burnt Harts-horn, each</HI> 1 <HI>Scruple,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Sanders,</HI> 1 <HI>Scruple,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dia&s;cordium Fraca&s;torium, Con&s;erve of Red Ro&s;es, Myva Cidonio|rum, each</HI> 4 <HI>Drachm,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Sirrup of Pemgranates, as much as &s;ufficeth.</HI></P>
<P>To help his Thir&s;t, I gave him this Juleb, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Cardus Benedictus Lib.</HI> 1,</P>
<P><HI>Scabius water, Lib.</HI> &s;.</P>
<P><HI>Con&s;erve of Red Ro&s;es,</HI> 1 <HI>Ounce</HI> &s;. <HI>or one and a half,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Juice of Sloes,</HI> 2 <HI>Drachm.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Oyl of Vitriol, as much as &s;ufficeth.</HI></P>
<P>Mingled and Strained, given for a Juleb.</P>
<P>But, the Loo&s;ene&s;s was no whit &s;tayed by all the&s;e. <HI>April</HI> the &s;e|venteenth I gave him a Sudorifick, thus prepared: <HI>viz,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Rootes of Tormentile, Ounce</HI> &s;. <HI>or an ounce and a half,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Some Sanders &s;craped,</HI> 1 <HI>Drachm</HI> &s;, <HI>or one and a half,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Rootes of Pomgranates,</HI> 1 <HI>Drachm,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Green Burnet Saxifrage, half a Pugil,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Rue, Cardus Benedictus, dryed Scordium, each one Pugil,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Carduus Seed, and Plantane, each</HI> 1 <HI>Drachm,</HI></P>
<PB N="27" REF="16">
<P> <HI>Flowers of VVilde Pomgrannates, Red Ro&s;es, each</HI> 1 <HI>Drachm,</HI></P>
<P><HI>According to Art, make a Decoction to</HI> 1. <HI>Lib.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Take three Ounces of this Decoction,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Troches of Terra Sigillata, Scruple</HI> &s;.</P>
<P><HI>Burnt Harts-Horn,</HI> 1 <HI>Scruple,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle,</HI> 1 <HI>Drachm,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dia&s;cordium, Drachm</HI> &s;.</P>
<P>After this he Sweat much, and the Pain behind his Eares he again perceived, but his loo&s;ene&s;s &s;omewhat abated, which, &s;oon after the Sweat was as great as ever: afterwards pure blood was voided, hence being very weak he died.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P><HI>HIeronimus Mercularis,</HI> and <HI>John Maynard,</HI> by <HI>Avicenna</HI> Au|thority, (<HI>lib.</HI> 1.4. <HI>Tract.</HI> 4. <HI>cap.</HI> 4.) Determined, that the Cure of the Plague mu&s;t be begun with a Purge; and That Opinion is defended by <HI>Zachutus Lu&s;itannus,</HI> which Coun&s;el I think not fit to be received, which is contrary to Rea&s;on and Experience: becau&s;e, tho&s;e things which do di&s;turb Na|tures Motions are pernicious: Experience teaches us, that Purgings are in no wi&s;e to be Admini&s;tred; of which we have &s;poken more <HI>lib.</HI> 3. <HI>cap.</HI> 4. <HI>Annot.</HI> 1, 2, 3. A &s;mall quantity of Pills of <HI>Ruffus</HI> made him &s;o bad, and di&s;turbed him &s;o much, that no way for the vent of the Poy&s;on could be found.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="14" TYPE="history">
<PB N="28" REF="17">
<HEAD>THE FOURTEENTH FAMOUS HISTORIE.</HEAD>
<P>THe Maid of Mr. <HI>Chaek</HI> (for &s;ome weaks) was very ill, and complained of the weakne&s;s of her Heart, at length being taken with great weakne&s;s often fainted: at la&s;t followed &s;uch a violent Vomit, that, &s;ounding away, &s;he lay as if &s;he were a dying: when I was called unto her, and found her Pul&s;e &s;o weak, and &s;o unequal, I gave her a Sudorifick: <HI>viz,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Burnt Harts-Horn,</HI> 1 <HI>Scruple,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Salt of VVormwood,</HI> 1 <HI>Scruple</HI> &s;. <HI>or one and a half,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle,</HI> 1 <HI>Drachm,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle-VVater,</HI> 1 <HI>Ounce</HI> &s;. <HI>or one and a half,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Oyl of Vitriol, Gut.</HI> 9.</P>
<P>This being taken, &s;he perceived great pain in her Stomach, and after a quarter of an hour &s;he brought up all her Medecine, after which &s;he recovered.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>VVE were deceived in this Patient, whom we judged to have the Plague, who by the taking of an Antidote <HI>Lumbricis,</HI> was healed: the Air could not Infect her but in the Inte&s;tines.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="15" TYPE="history">
<PB N="29" REF="17">
<HEAD>THE FIFTEENTH <HI>FAMOUS</HI> HISTORY</HEAD>
<P>I Was called to one who had the Sickne&s;s, together with one who was a Chyrurgion: We found him to have four Carbun|buncles, and, with very great Symptomes, Indi&s;po&s;ition, and Re&s;tle&s;sne&s;s: great lowne&s;s of Spirit, with often Faintings, and violent Vomitings, which continued for &s;ome houres, a pre&s;age of Death: yet we gave an Antidote, which, when he had Vo|mited, at la&s;t dyed. I had a Di&s;cour&s;e with the Chyrurgion con|cerning the cau&s;e of this Vomiting, and, among&s;t others I deter|mined, That it was from the Poy&s;onous Nature of the Coat of the Belly; and, the upper orifice of the Belly being fixed, he &s;aid, That this came from the Carbuncles in the Coates of his Heart, and, that he knew it by Experience: For, (that I might know certainly the cau&s;e of his Vomiting) he told me, That he was at the Di&s;&s;ection of a Man, and, in the upper Ventri|cle found a place &s;omewhat large, about the bigne&s;s of the top of ones Thumb, which was black, like unto a Carbuncle, which blackne&s;s going through the Tunicles of the belly: and, if I had had a minde, he would have &s;howen me it in another Sick Per&s;on: But, we had no minde to provoke a Wasp, we had rather believe it, then &s;ee it.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<PB N="30" REF="18">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>IT is very likely that a Carbuncle &s;ometimes may be in the Tuni|cles of the Belly, no le&s;s than in the other Bowels, and it produ|ceth a deadly Vomiting: but yet I do not &s;ay that the Pe&s;tilential Vomiting hath this for its cau&s;e: which followeth hence, becau&s;e many e&s;cape with Vomiting only, which could not be, if this Vo|miting proceeded from no other cau&s;e than this. Let it be what it will, I know no Phy&s;ician to have taken notice of the&s;e Carbuncles, only of late <HI>Johannes Van Helmont</HI> Writeth, that he ob&s;erved this him&s;elf in a Body he Di&s;&s;ected: and found the Stomack to be co|vered with a treble Cru&s;t, never ob&s;erved before by any. But, few will believe <HI>Rondeletius,</HI> who &s;aith, That a Dead Carca&s;e is not infe|ctious.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="16" TYPE="history">
<PB N="31" REF="18">
<HEAD>THE SIXTEENTH FAMOUS <HI>HISTORY.</HI></HEAD>
<P>E <HI>Eward Grien,</HI> an <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Man, and <HI>Melchior Rowert,</HI> a <HI>German,</HI> both Valiant Men, &s;trong and lu&s;ty: in <HI>May,</HI> for preven|tion and pre&s;ervation, they were let Blood in the Arm, and we took out a Pint of Blood: &s;oon after they were let blood, they were taken of a &s;udden with an unu&s;ual Trembling and Drow&s;ine&s;s, doubting much whether it were not the Plague or no: but, that they might the better put this imagination out of their mind, one drank two pound of <HI>VVormwood-VVine,</HI> the other took two ounces of the Spirit of <HI>Juniper-VVine:</HI> after which they went out together to walk, coming whom about Noon, they could eat no Dinner, (being as cold as in the mid&s;t of Winter) they went to Bed, and being well covered, &s;lept very &s;oundly for &s;ome houres: at length, arter they awoke, they were both very ill, both being much pained, one Vomiting, and the other complained of the &s;wimming of his head, and the great pain in his head: I was de&s;i|red to &s;ee them, perceiving they both had &s;trong Feavers, with a &s;mall, quick, unequal Pul&s;e, very Thir&s;ty, and as weak as if they had lain &s;ick a long time: They had took of <HI>Treacle</HI> 1 <HI>Drachm, VVhite-VVine Vinegar</HI> 2 <HI>Ounces, Juniper Oyl half a Scruple,</HI> which
<PB N="32" REF="19">Sweated them, but no comfort: one of them had two Carbuncles in his Brea&s;t and in his Hand: at evening &s;o weak, that they neither could, nor would take any thing: Drank nothing but Water. On the third day in the afternoon <HI>Edward</HI> died: the other lived to the fifth day, and died at midnight.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>THere was a great Error committed by the Chyrurgion in this Pe&s;tilence, when, for a little Money, commanded letting of blood: they &s;aid, It was the be&s;t Pre&s;ervative again&s;t the Infection, and thus were they the cau&s;e of many a ones Di&s;ea&s;e, and Death. I &s;carce ever knew any one let Blood for prevention, but mi&s;carried: and, tho&s;e who took the Infection, after Blood-letting, were wor&s;e than tho&s;e who took it, and were not let blood before.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="17" TYPE="history">
<PB N="33" REF="19">
<HEAD>THE SEVENTEENTH FAMOUS <HI>HISTORY.</HI></HEAD>
<P>VVHen <HI>Natharius Stuaet,</HI> a Scrivener, living near to the <HI>Strait Gate,</HI> and next dore to the Dancing-Schoole, was &s;ick of the Plague, with a Loo&s;e|ne&s;s: I was &s;ent for to &s;ee him, as &s;oon as I came into his Chamber, I pre&s;ently &s;melt a mighty &s;tink, with which I was much moved: after a &s;hort time that I was with him, going out of his Hou&s;e again, forthwith I was very &s;ick, much pained at Heart, &s;o that I que&s;tioned not but that I had the Sickne&s;s: where|fore, (laying a&s;ide all bu&s;ine&s;s) I went home, and took &s;ix Pipes of <HI>Tobacco,</HI> by which time all the former &s;ymptomes were gone, and I was as well as before: then going abroad (to &s;ee my Patients) I took one Drachm of <HI>Treacle,</HI> and then was pre&s;ently well.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>I Had this often, during this Plague: So that, as &s;oon as I had the Infection, I fell to the &s;moaking of <HI>Tobacco:</HI> but, on a time I vi&s;ited a Baker and his Wife, who lay ill of a Pe&s;tilential Loo&s;ene&s;s,
<PB N="34" REF="20">and I was much altered by that great &s;tink, then, as I u&s;ed to do, I went to the taking of <HI>Tobacco:</HI> I was not &s;o &s;oon well, but, having taken a Pipe or two of <HI>Tobacco,</HI> I was overwhelmed with &s;o much &s;leep and pain, that (whether I would or no) taking an Antidote went to &s;leep, and then being wakened to vi&s;it &s;ome &s;ick Men, who &s;tayed for me, by rea&s;on of my giddine&s;s I could &s;carce rai&s;e my &s;elf, and Vomited with great pain: at length I aro&s;e, leaning upon my &s;ervants &s;houlder, I came to the Fire, then I took <HI>Tobacco:</HI> when I had taken two or three Pipes, the giddine&s;s of my Head vani&s;hed, but troubled a little at heart: then taking heart, fearing nothing, took half a Drachm of <HI>Treacle,</HI> and a good Draught of <HI>Burnt VVine,</HI> with &s;ome <HI>Cinnam<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter">n</HI> and <HI>Nutmeg,</HI> and then I went into the Air, and, as I was walking &s;weat very much, and &s;o I continued till ten of the Clock at night, and then (without any pain at all) returned whom as well as before, and was hungry enough at my Supper, at the clo&s;e of which I took a Pipe of <HI>Tobacco:</HI> I hold this as a con|tinual remedy, I took it in the beginning of the Plague, and did me much good, and this hath been ob&s;erved by many. They relate al&s;o, that in <HI>Londons</HI> Great <HI>Plague,</HI> no Tobaconi&s;t was Infected: but here it was not &s;o, for many of them were infected: For, one <HI>En|gli&s;h</HI> Man, who had many Children and Servants, yet no one had it but a Maid, and &s;he &s;oon recovered.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="18" TYPE="history">
<PB N="35" REF="20">
<HEAD>THE EIGHTEENTH FAMOUS <HI>HISTORY.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>OTto de Linett,</HI> a &s;trong man, had a Carbuncle in his arm, and great pain in one of his thighs, with a drow&s;ne&s;s and pain of head: by the Chirurgions advice he took</P>
<P><HI>Treacle,</HI> 1 <HI>Drach.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Vinegar,</HI> 1 <HI>Ounce.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Oil of Juniper gut. xii.</HI></P>
<P>And thus covered warm, &s;weated a little; after &s;ome hours being awakened, he complained of the great pain of his head: I being called to him the &s;econd day, then I gave him another Antidote, by which he &s;weat much, but the pain of his head no whit aba|ted: On the third day he &s;neezed often without any intermi&s;&s;ion, which I could not hinder by warm milk put into his no&s;trils, nei|ther by any other means: having &s;neezed 100. times, died.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<PB N="36" REF="21">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>VVE have ob&s;erved the&s;e mortal &s;neezings in &s;everal other Plagues; although in other Di&s;ea&s;es &s;neezing &s;heweth a &s;trong Brain, but in the Plague generally mortal: and &s;heweth that the venom of the Di&s;ea&s;e is fixed in the Membranes of the Brains, and that they are mortified, when that cannot be cured but by &s;neezing, no more than a Carbuncle can by vomiting and hic|cough. <HI>Cardanus</HI> ob&s;erveth al&s;o, That Sneezing, in a Plague, hath been Mortal.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="19" TYPE="history">
<PB N="37" REF="21">
<HEAD>THE NINETEENTH FAMOUS <HI>HISTORY.</HI></HEAD>
<P>MY Cou&s;en <HI>Johannes de Goldt,</HI> after he had dwelt in an Ho|&s;pital, being a &s;trong young Man, perceiving a Pe&s;ti|lential Ri&s;ing in his Groine, he concealed it; and when (as he was tormented with a great pain in his head, he took &s;ome <HI>Cephalick</HI> Pills, a Drachm of <HI>Pillule Cochiae,</HI>) he took nine Pills it wrought with him, giving him &s;ome ea&s;e, but afterwards a very great Loo&s;ene&s;s: his Swelling &s;truck in, and he was very weak for four and twenty houres, but I could by no meanes &s;tay his Scowring, the third day he died.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<PB N="38" REF="22">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>NOt onely this Example, but many others, tell us, that Purging Medecines are Mortal in the Plague; It is &s;trange, that <HI>Aver|roes</HI> &s;hould commend &s;uch Medecines as <HI>Pillule Cochiae,</HI> which Pills, how profitable they are in the Plague, it appeares from the former Hi&s;tory; but, we never knew that the&s;e Pills, or any other Purges, untill (after the &s;eventh day of the Di&s;ea&s;e) they were given, with &s;ucce&s;s.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="20" TYPE="history">
<PB N="39" REF="22">
<HEAD>THE TVVENTIETH FAMOUS <HI>HISTORY.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>STephanus,</HI> a Scrivener, who lived behind St. <HI>Johns</HI> Church, he being very angry, (I know not for what) went home, and was took with a Trembling, and pre&s;ently after with a burn|ing Feaver, with great Thir&s;t, Re&s;tle&s;sne&s;s and Pain; and a little while after his Tongue was black, and he had two Carbuncles in his Brea&s;t: I gave him diver&s;e Antidotes, but he kept very few of them, but Vomited them up again: but, all the&s;e profiting ve|ry little, and his &s;trength being brought very low, at the end of the &s;econd day he died.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>ANger is (as we have &s;howen before) very pernicious, and very much di&s;po&s;eth our Bodies to the Plague: and tho&s;e who have fallen &s;ick, upon an Angry Account, mo&s;t commonly have wor&s;e Symptomes then others; as violent Feavers, Head-ach, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> which others have not had.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="21" TYPE="history">
<PB N="44" REF="23">
<HEAD>THE XXI. FAMOUS <HI>HISTORY.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>MArgaret de Tienen,</HI> who lay down in the Garden of Mr. <HI>Haeften,</HI> perceiving that &s;he had the Plague, drank her own Urine twice: the &s;econd day, by my Coun&s;el, &s;he took a Sudorifick, after that &s;he had Sweated very much there appeared a Ri&s;ing behind her right Ear, very big, and &s;oft; which in four and twenty houres came unto that bigne&s;s, that it co|vered the whole &s;ide of her neck: the fourth day the Spots appear|ed, and then &s;he died.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>THo&s;e, who have any hard Swellings in their Neck, among the <HI>Mu&s;cles,</HI> if they increa&s;e but flowly, they may be cured, but if their Swellings are White and hard, increa&s;ing very much, and that in a very &s;hort time, not one in five thou&s;and is ever cured.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="22" TYPE="history">
<PB N="41" REF="23">
<HEAD>THE XXII. FAMOUS HISTORIE.</HEAD>
<P><HI>PEter Byis,</HI> a &s;trong young Man, (<HI>April</HI> the &s;eventh) was ta|ken &s;ick of the Plague, with a gentle Feaver; he had a &s;wel|ling under one of his Armes, together with great pain of heart: I gave him two or three Medecines, but all did no good: the Feaver (for two or three dayes) increa&s;ed very much; he became &s;o weak, and &s;o very &s;ick with the Medecines, that after the &s;econd day I could &s;carce Admini&s;ter any more: Upon the tenth of <HI>April</HI> he was very much pained at Heart, and in the after|noon died.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>THe Pe&s;tilential Poy&s;on having got &s;uch deep root in his Heart, and his inward heat being decayed, was mortal to him; which brought a Putrefaction of the Humors, and a Feaver, but it was &s;o &s;mall, that it was not dangerous at all.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="23" TYPE="history">
<PB N="42" REF="24">
<HEAD>THE XXIII. FAMOUS HISTORY</HEAD>
<P><HI>ANn,</HI> the Maid of <HI>Wilhslmus,</HI> being &s;trong, and very well, in <HI>May</HI> (as &s;he u&s;ed to do) &s;he applyed three or four <HI>Cupping Gla&s;&s;es</HI> to her Feet, with <HI>Scarification,</HI> which took &s;even or eight ounces of blood from her; afterwards &s;he fell a &s;hivering, and within a few houres &s;he was &s;o drow&s;ie that &s;he fell a&s;leep: when &s;he awakened &s;he found a pain at her Heart; after a while &s;he fell a Vomiting violently: I found her in a Fea|ver, her Pul&s;e was weak, quick, and uneven; her Urine was as if &s;he ailed nothing: About noon I gave her this Antidote, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle, Androm, Di&s;cordium, Praca&s;torii, of each</HI> 2 <HI>Scruples,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dia&s;cordium one Scruple and an half,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle water one ounce and a half,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Juice of Citrons half an ounce,</HI></P>
<P>Mix them.</P>
<P>After &s;he had taken it &s;he &s;weat much; and found a pain in her Groine, but no Swelling: as for the pain at her heart it abated not: pre&s;ently after her Sweating &s;he found her &s;elf as &s;hiveri&s;h as before; therefore I gave her, (within three houres) the &s;ame Su|dorifick as before; with which, having &s;weat the following night,
<PB N="43" REF="24">the next morning &s;eemed to be &s;omewhat better, and then &s;he had a hard Swelling appeared in her right Groine; That day &s;he would take no Medecine at all, and thought that &s;he had wanted my Coun|&s;els no more: She did eat a little boyled Milk with Bread, and by the Coun&s;el of her Landlady, laid a <HI>Cabage Leafe</HI> unto the Swelling, anointed with <HI>Rape Oyl;</HI> on the third day her Feaver returned a|gain with as much violence as before, (which was not wholly gone the &s;econd day, but &s;omewhat le&s;&s;er) with a great pain in her head, vehement Thir&s;t, and violent Vomiting: but the Swelling in her Groine fell quite: then &s;he came unto me again, I gave her two Sudorificks, which &s;he pre&s;ently brought up again: I pre&s;cribed her &s;ome Cordial Julebs, and &s;ome other things, at length I gave her four Spoonfulls of this Mixtures, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Con&s;erve of Red Ro&s;es</HI> 6 <HI>Drachms,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dia&s;cordium Fraca&s;torii</HI> 2 <HI>Drachms,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle VVater.</HI> 3 <HI>Ounces,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Juice of Lemmons, Cimnamon VVater of each one ounce.</HI></P>
<P>Let them be mingled, and &s;tand for one hour, afterwards let them be &s;trained.</P>
<P>I al&s;o pre&s;cribed them to lay on a Play&s;ter of <HI>Treacle</HI> of <HI>Andro|medes,</HI> &s;pread upon <HI>London Paper;</HI> and then being warmed at the Fire, to be laid upon her belly, which pre&s;ently &s;taid her violent Vomiting: at night al&s;o I gave her this Sudorifick, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Salt of VVormwood, and of Dia&s;cordium, of each one Scruple.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Extract of Angelico halfe a drachm,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle VVater</HI> 2 <HI>Ounces,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Oyl of Vitriol,</HI> 14 <HI>Drops.</HI></P>
<P>Mingle them, and make them into a Portion.</P>
<P>This made her Sweat gently, and her Feaver began to be abated, which the next day was as great as before, and continued with vio|lence untill evening, at which time that Di&s;temper continued longer than u&s;ualy: on the next day the feaver abated, but &s;he was very weak; &s;he drank &s;mall Ale, in which we put &s;ome drops of Oyle of <HI>Vitriol</HI> to &s;uppre&s;s the <HI>Termes;</HI> I gave this Poultis, and I appointed her to take &s;ome of this Electuary often in a day, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<PB N="43" REF="25">
<P> <HI>Red Cerol prepared, of Burnt Harts-Horn, of Terra Sigillata, of Ori|ental Bezoar Stone, of each half a Scruple.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dia&s;cordium Fraca&s;torium one Scruple, with Syrrop of &s;ower Pomgra|nates.</HI></P>
<P>Make of them a Poultis.</P>
<P><HI>Species of Diatrium Santalorum</HI> 2 <HI>Scruples,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Red Corol, Terra Sigillata, Harts-Horn burnt, of each one Scruple,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dia&s;cordium Fraca&s;torium</HI> 3 <HI>Drachms,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Con&s;erve of Red Ro&s;es</HI> 5 <HI>Drachms,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Juice of Sloes one Drachm and an half,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Sirrup of &s;ower Pomgranates, as much as needs.</HI></P>
<P>The &s;ixth day her <HI>Termes</HI> increa&s;ing, and &s;he growing weaker, &s;he died in the evening.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>IN this Plague it was Mortal to take away Blood, even from tho&s;e who were well; &s;o that the very propo&s;ing to any, That they &s;hould be let Blood, &s;truck (as it were) an horrour into all their Members: for, what time &s;oever (and though the Blood was ta|ken never &s;o cautiou&s;ly) yea, in the mo&s;t healthful Bodies, the Pe|&s;tilence mo&s;t commonly followed it: becau&s;e (that the Veines be|ing open) there is a greater advantage for any infection to enter, and corrupt the Humors.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="24" TYPE="history">
<PB N="45" REF="25">
<HEAD>THE XXIV. FAMOUS HISTORY</HEAD>
<P>A Strong Countrey Man, perceiving a great pain in his Head, with his Heart very much pained al&s;o, he asked for a Medecine of the Chyrurgion, that might Purge him lu&s;ti|ly; who gave him a Draught of burnt wine, with <HI>Anti|mony,</HI> which made him vomit violently, that he voided many peccant Humors; and by it he was &s;o weakened, that they thought he would die pre&s;ently; wherefore they &s;ent for me, that I &s;hould &s;ee him: I found the Sick Man wearied greavou&s;ly with &s;trivings to Vomit; wherefore I commanded tho&s;e of the Hou&s;e to warm a Pint of <HI>White-VVine,</HI> and that they &s;hould put in &s;ome Powder of <HI>Cinnamon,</HI> and <HI>Nutmeg,</HI> and that they &s;hould give it him warm, and (he being covered warm) to let him &s;leep; this being done, his Vomiting &s;tay|ed, and he &s;lept almo&s;t all that night.</P>
<PB N="46" REF="26">
<P> The next Day he &s;lept well, and when he awoke he was very well; being withal &s;o very hungry, that he could not be &s;atisfied with two Meales together.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>THo&s;e who had Vomitings very often, &s;eldome e&s;caped: nay, &s;carce one in a hundred e&s;caped as this Man did, which was, becau&s;e he was very &s;trong, and of a healthful Con&s;titution.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="25" TYPE="history">
<PB N="47" REF="26">
<HEAD>THE XXV. FAMOUS <HI>HISTORY.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>ANntonius Knuit</HI> a <HI>Leather-&s;eller,</HI> dwelling in the Market, who was &s;omewhat &s;trong (<HI>May</HI> 29.) about evening began to be ill; and, feeling a pain under his Arme, &s;ent for me: his Pul&s;e was uneven and &s;wift; and, con&s;idering it was at the beginning of the Di&s;ea&s;e, his &s;trength was but little, and his heat but little more than u&s;ed to be; his Urine al&s;o was as at other times, he was &s;omewhat appre&s;&s;ed, and drow&s;y, inclining to Vomit, but did not: I gave him this Antidote, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Two Scruples of Treacle,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Half a Drachm of Dia&s;cordium,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Salt of VVormwood, the Eyes of Crabs Prepared, of each one Scruple,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle water an ounce and an half,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Juice of Citrons one ounce,</HI></P>
<P>Mix them all.</P>
<P>After he had taken this he Sweat exceedingly, and found ea&s;e, and an hard great Swelling aro&s;e under his Arme; I laid on twice a day this Poulti&s;s, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<PB N="48" REF="27">
<P> <HI>Rootes of VVhite Lillies</HI> 2 <HI>ounces,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Green Rootes of Elecompane one ounce,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Mallones, Marchmallowes, Camomil Flowers, of each one Pugil,</HI></P>
<P><HI>And nine Figs, as much fair water as &s;ufficeth, boyle them according to Art, and let them be baked; adding Leaven, of Lint-Seed, Meale, of each one ounce,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Doves Dung one ounce and an half,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Honey, and Hogs-greece, of each &s;ix Dracbms.</HI></P>
<P>Make all into a Poultis.</P>
<P><HI>May</HI> 31. (In the Morning) he drank of this Apozem, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Rootes of Angelico, Butterbur, of each &s;ix Drachms,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Tormentil Rootes, of the Pills of dryed Citrons, of each half an ounce,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Of the Rootes of O&s;trutii the quantity of</HI> 2 <HI>Drachms,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Scabius, Dandelion, Balme, Scordium, of each one Pugil,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Cardus Benedictus one Pugil and an half,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Green Rue half a Pugil,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Cardus Benedictus Seeds, and of the greater cold Seeds, of each one Drachm and an hafe,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Red Fitches one ounce and an half,</HI></P>
<P><HI>As much Fair Water as &s;ufficeth, boyle them to two pounds, &s;train them, and put to them Syrrop of Scordium, and of juice of Citrons each one ounce.</HI></P>
<P>In the Evening he took this, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle, Androm. Dia&s;cordium Fraca&s;torium, Salt of Wormwood, of each half a Drachm,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle VVater, Vinegar, of Bezoar, of each one ounce.</HI></P>
<P>He took it, and Sweat, and was much refre&s;hed.</P>
<P><HI>June</HI> 1. He nauceated all things, and was ready to Vomit: to prevent it, I gave him this, to Drink two or three &s;poonfulls a day, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Con&s;erve of Red Ro&s;es</HI> 6 <HI>Drachms.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Taeacle of Androm</HI> 2 <HI>Scruples</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dia&s;cordium</HI> 1 <HI>Drachm and an half</HI></P>
<PB N="49" REF="27">
<P> <HI>Treacle water</HI> 3 <HI>ounces</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ro&s;es half an ounce</HI></P>
<P><HI>Cinnamon</HI> 6 <HI>Drachms</HI></P>
<P><HI>Juice of Citrons one ounce,</HI></P>
<P>Mix them.</P>
<P>Let them &s;tand two houres, and then &s;train them, and add</P>
<P><HI>Confection of Hyacinth</HI> 2 <HI>Scruples</HI></P>
<P><HI>Of Alkermis</HI> 2 <HI>Scruples</HI></P>
<P>Mingle them,</P>
<P>He drank twice of this Apozem.</P>
<P>In the evening I gave him this Bolus, di&s;&s;olved in the former mixture,</P>
<P>Take <HI>Mithridate Dimoc. one Scruple and an half</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dia&s;cordium one Scruple</HI></P>
<P><HI>Salt of Wormwood, Confection of Hyacinth, of each half a Scruple</HI></P>
<P><HI>Oyl of Vitriol</HI> 4 <HI>Drops,</HI></P>
<P>Mix it, and make it into a Bolus.</P>
<P>About the evening he (of him&s;elf) Sweat very well: his Swelling under his Arm increa&s;ed, and by this Critical Sweat his Di&s;ea&s;e was overcome, his oppre&s;sion at heart, head-ach, and other Symp|tomes cea&s;ed, and afterward his Swelling under his Arm went a|way by little and little without breaking: all this while he went not to &s;toole, therefore on the &s;eventh of <HI>June</HI> I gave him a Scru|ple of the Anti-pe&s;tilential Pill, which gave him two or three &s;tooles, and &s;o (by the ble&s;sing of God) he fully recoveerd.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>AT this time the Cure was (though &s;eldome) now perfected Critically: and except on the Critical day, all Spontaneous Sweats were dangerous. The Tumors of this Patient was di&s;sipated
<PB N="50" REF="28">by little and little: and &s;o we have ob&s;erved, that after the Feaver was gone, the Swelling went away, without danger to the Patient. <HI>Palmarius</HI> al&s;o ob&s;erved the &s;ame <HI>De felre Pe&s;tilentiali, Cap.</HI> 20. Where he &s;aith, I have &s;een many fully Cured, without having their Sores broak, the Venome by little and little being overcome by Antidotes, the matter of the Swelling being di&s;per&s;ed: but this holds not, when the Swelling goes away before the Di&s;ea&s;e be over|come, for then it is very dangerous. We would not give the Pa|tient any thing to Purge him before the Di&s;ea&s;e was Cured: For, we never found, that the Patients being bound prejudiced him, but Evacuations that way (though by Gli&s;ters) proved dange|rous.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="26" TYPE="history">
<PB N="51" REF="28">
<HEAD>THE XXVI. FAMOUS <HI>HISTORY.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THe Wife of <HI>Gerrhard de Stolck,</HI> the third day after &s;he was brought a Bed of a &s;ound Childe, &s;he had the Plague, and had two Carbuncles on her Brea&s;t; but &s;he had no great pain, or Feaver, nor &s;uch bad Symptomes as others, all which were hopeful &s;ignes. The Infant took the Plague and di|ed, before &s;he knew &s;he had the Plague: the Infant being dead, they &s;ought out &s;ome little Puppies to draw her Brea&s;ts, for they were full of Milk; they got four, of which two died within two dayes after, and the other died on the fifth day. All that while &s;he took &s;everal Antidotes, but all failed, and &s;he died the fixth day, and her Husband and another Childe foilowed her.</P>
<DIV3 TYPE="annotations">
<PB N="52" REF="29">
<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>MO&s;t Women have the Plague in Childbed, becau&s;e of the great Alterations, they are then &s;ubject to die: and &s;o the Infant, except pre&s;ently put to Nur&s;e, which appears (not onely here) by this Infant, but by the Pup|pies.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="27" TYPE="history">
<HEAD>THE XXVII. FAMOUS <HI>HISTORY.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THe Wife of a Noble <HI>Scotch</HI> Man (<HI>Dougla&s;s</HI> by Name) on the 16 of <HI>May</HI> had the Plague, &s;he was very weak from the beginning of it, and greatly oppre&s;&s;ed, and &s;ome head-ach; her Water was thick, her Pul&s;e was weak, quick, and uneven, but not very hot, nor did any Signes outwardly appear: I gave her this Antidote, which made her Sweat very well, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Theriaca Andromach. Dia&s;cordium, Fraca&s;torium, of each half a Drachm.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Salt of Wormwood one Scruple.</HI></P>
<P><HI>The Eyes of Crabs prepared one &s;cruple and an halfe.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle Water one ounce.</HI></P>
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<P> <HI>The juice of Limons, Vinegar of Calendula, of each one ounce.</HI></P>
<P>She took a Spoonful or two of this mixture after her Sweat;</P>
<P><HI>Con&s;erve of Ro&s;es halfe an ounce</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dia&s;cordium Fraca&s;torium</HI> 2 <HI>drachms</HI></P>
<P><HI>The VVater of Cardus Benedictus, and of Treacle water each two Ounces.</HI></P>
<P><HI>The juice of green Limons one ounce</HI></P>
<P><HI>Cinnamon water one ounce and an halfe.</HI></P>
<P>Mix them all together, and let them &s;tand halfe an hour, then &s;train them, and add, <HI>viz,</HI></P>
<P><HI>The Confection of Hiacinth, without Mu&s;k, one drachm.</HI></P>
<P><HI>May</HI> 17. The Di&s;ea&s;e &s;tanding at a &s;tay, &s;he took this &s;ame Su|dorifick about noon. I appointed this Apozem, of which &s;he drank three or four times a day, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>The Rootes of VVhite Thi&s;tle, of Butterbur, Dittany, Elecompane, Angelico, of each</HI> 1 <HI>ounce</HI> 2 <HI>drachms.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Of Pelitory of Spain, of dry Peeles of Oranges half an ounce</HI></P>
<P><HI>Scordian, Cardus Benedictus, each</HI> 1 <HI>Pugil and an half</HI></P>
<P><HI>Sorrel</HI> 1 <HI>handful, Succory, Burnet, Saxifrage, Baum, Rue, of each half a handful.</HI></P>
<P><HI>The four great cold Seeds, of each</HI> 1 <HI>drachm.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Red Fitches</HI> 1 <HI>ounce.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Boyl them in Running water to</HI> 2 <HI>Pound.</HI></P>
<P>Add to it (when it is &s;trained) of the Sirrup of <HI>Citrons,</HI> and of <HI>Scordian,</HI> each one ounce: make an Apozem.</P>
<P><HI>May</HI> 18. She took the mixture, and a Sudorifick, to which we added one Scruple and an halfe of the Extract of <HI>Cardus Benedictus:</HI> Sometimes &s;he took a little of this Electuary, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Pulvis Liberantis</HI> 1 <HI>drachm.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dia&s;cordium Fraca&s;torii</HI> 2 <HI>drachm.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Of Orange Peeles Candied, Con&s;erve of Red Ro&s;es, of each</HI> 3 <HI>drachms.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle</HI> 1 <HI>drachm.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Confection of Hiacinth without Musk</HI> 4 <HI>Scruples.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Sirrup of the Vinegar of Citrons as much as to make it up.</HI></P>
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<P>That day &s;he drank twice of the Apozem, &s;o that the next night &s;he was very weak, &s;o that &s;he could &s;carce take any thing; yet &s;he took a little of this <HI>bolus,</HI> and found &s;ome ea&s;e, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treacle, Confection of Hiacinth, Ori<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ntal Bezoar Stone, of each one Scruple.</HI></P>
<P>Make it into a Bolus, lay it up in Leafe Gold.</P>
<P>Hitherto no external Signes of the Plague appeared, and the Feaver (which was not very violent) without any intermi&s;sion con|tinued.</P>
<P><HI>May</HI> the 20. As &s;oon as &s;he could take any thing I gave her the Apozem again, which &s;he took, and made an end of.</P>
<P>The next day the &s;ame Apozem was made again.</P>
<P><HI>May</HI> 24. Which was the ninth day, there was a Cricis (by a vehement Sweat) not cau&s;ed by any Sudorifick, it was a good Cricis: after which her whole Body broke out with little red Pimples, as big as Millet Seed, and itched very much: and al&s;o there was a Swelling in her Groine, as big as a Pidgeons Egg, and &s;o &s;he was freed from her angui&s;h, and other Symptomes. But, lea&s;t &s;he &s;hould fall into a Relap&s;e, I pre&s;cribed the la&s;t Apozem on the eighteenth of <HI>May.</HI> I laid al&s;o a Poultis to that Swelling, and afterward a Play&s;ter, and it went away without breaking, and &s;o by the mercy of God &s;he was fully Cured.</P>
<P>Three dayes after &s;he fell ill &s;he could eat nothing, and after &s;he u&s;ed a &s;pare diet, &s;ome Broth, with <HI>Sorrel, Oranges, Citrons, Bor|rage,</HI> and &s;uch like boyled in it: her Drink was &s;mall Ale, for &s;he could not indure Julebs: for the &s;even fir&s;t dayes &s;he went but once to &s;toole, nor would I cau&s;e her to have one before the Cricis was over: After the Cricis was over I gave her a Scruple of <HI>Pillu|lae Ruffi,</HI> which gave her two or three &s;tooles.</P>
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<HEAD>Annotations.</HEAD>
<P>THis Sick Per&s;on was very ob&s;ervant of my Directions, and a true Patient, which few are; for &s;he would do nothing with|out my Advice. When &s;he was not refre&s;ht with the fir&s;t Sweat, I cau&s;ed her to be kept in a moderate heate and &s;weat to the fourth day, hoping that Nature would (by Swellings or Boyles) thru&s;t out the Poy&s;on: but, &s;he was very weak that day, and there was no change followed: and when I &s;aw no Cri&s;is upon that day, I fully expected one upon the &s;eventh day; therefore I wi&s;hed her to be of good cheer, and to continue in that breathing Sweat untill the &s;e|venth day, and, that &s;he would find the Di&s;ea&s;e would change: &s;he was very ob&s;ervant of my Directions, although &s;he was in much an|gui&s;h, and &s;he patiently indured her Sweat untill the &s;eventh day, notwith&s;tanding the noy&s;omene&s;s of it, for &s;he &s;hifted not her &s;elfe all that while: for, I told her that it was very dangerous to &s;hift her &s;elf, but, that no damage would accrew by induring the noy|&s;omene&s;s of the &s;mell of the Sweat: And, although on the &s;eventh day &s;he found no alteration, yet &s;he willingly continued in that Sweat till the ninth day, though the &s;eventh day &s;he was wor&s;e than before.</P>
<P>If any Feaver had been in this time, &s;he might know then that &s;he had taken the Infection, though there &s;hould no &s;igne appear: for many times (though at the fir&s;t) nothing of the Plague appeares, yet it turnes to it in a few houres. Though this &s;eldome happens, as both <HI>Montanus</HI> and <HI>Fore&s;tus</HI> &s;ay, <HI>There are abundance of continued Feavers, &s;ome Tertian,</HI> &amp;c. <HI>which quickly turne to the Plague:</HI> There|fore I judge it very good to Admini&s;ter <HI>Phy&s;ick,</HI> as if it were the Plague; and not to &s;tay untill &s;trength failes, and the Di&s;ea&s;e growes de&s;perate: For, if you neglect at fir&s;t, the Venome will be &s;o rooted in the Heart, that Medecines will do no good: for we mu&s;t not &s;tay from Oppugning this Enemy untill he comes out of his
<PB N="56" REF="31">lurking places, and openly appears: nor leave off untill you have utterly &s;ubdued him, as we in this Cure did.</P>
<P>But it &s;eldome comes to pa&s;s in others as in this Patient, that no Symptomes &s;hould appear of the Plague before the Critical day: for, although neither Carbuncles, Swellings, nor any Tokens do ap|pear, we are not pre&s;ently to conclude (as the Common People do) That they have not the Plague: for it may lye hid a long while be|fore it appears to be the Plague: and many times the Malignity of the Poy&s;on kills, before it appears, as it is generally known: for in divers, the fir&s;t time &s;uch outward Symptomes appear, is after they are dead: and many times &s;trength is &s;o weak, that it cannot expel the Venome to the outward Parts.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>February the</HI> 1. 1666.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>Printed for <HI>Matthew Keinton,</HI> at the Sign of the <HI>Fountain</HI> in St. <HI>Pauls Church-Yard.</HI></P>
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