A worthy practise of the most learned physician master Leonerd Fuchsius, Doctor in physic, most necessary in this needful time of our visitation, for the comfort of all good and faithful people, both old and young, both for the sick and for them that would avoyde the danger of the contagion.  
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A Regiment for the Plague, takene out of Fuchsius.  
IF there appear certain and manifest signs of the plague( if nothing elles may let it) then strait way must the patient be let blood in that side where the rising or gathering is. If it be about the chin or any other parte of the face or neck, blood must run by the shoulder vain, the which physicians call Cepalica,( as that which appertaineth unto the head) in the same side. If it be in the arm pits, then the inner vain of the arm, which belongeth to the liver or Mealte of man must be smitten, or the middle vain, if the other appear not. If the sore be in the twysell or groin, then blood must be let in the ankle of the same side. If there appear no rising: then in the same side where greatest grief is felt. But in what maner of vein, the soreness of the parts grieved, shall show & declare. For if the parts above the stomach be most grieved & afflicted then the shoulder vein if the partes beneath the neck be more molested & troubled the inner or middel vein of the arm, but the base parts being most annoyed, then the vein in the ham or ankle must be smitten. And if the strength of the patient be lusty, blood must be drawn abundantly, the proportion observed that wise surgeans can well limit. 
Boring.  If that for age, or otherwise we may not use letting blood, let the neck yet, or the shoulders, or the back, or the thighs be bored after the maner as was prescribed in smitting the veins. If at meal the stomach being full this disease do take the, straight way thou must vomit. 
vomit.  The body then being thus by these evacuate and disburdened some medicine we must take that is a repeller of poison, 
preservatives.  to the end it may draw poison unto it, and remove it from the heart. For this is as Galene witnesseth in the fift book of the powers of simple medicamentes the action and proper doing of medicines that resist and withstand poisons. among other of this kind which be in deed many, the electuary, called electuarium de ovo, 
Electua de ovo.  is specially praised, an electuary unto the good Apothecaries not unknown. Why I do prefer this almost before all other the wonderful effect and power thereof hath caused, the which it hath often times shown in many pacientes, and because it is easy to be gotten, and hath true and lawful simples that go to the composition thereof, saving the roote of Dictamnus albus, in stead whereof better it is to take the leaves of true Dictanmus, or in stede of it Sage. Of this electuary is given to them that are grown to strength by yeares the weight of one dram.  
But for the younger two thyrdedeales of a dram do suffice. But it must be dissolved in the water of Roses, or of endive, or of Scabiose. The use also of this medicine is not to be neglected in preserving, if daily you take thereof the weight of one grain, or of two Barley grains, or the quantity of a Pease. The taking of this Potion also doth much good. 
A Potion.  Take of Andromachus treacle two thyrdedeales of dram, of Mithridation one thyrdedeale of a dram, of Bole armeniake preparate half a thyrde deal of a dram, of rose water, Scabiose, and bugloss water, of each an vnce.  
Howe great virtue there is in Bole-armeniake 
Bole Armeniake.  to drive away the Plague, Galene in his ninth book of the faculties of simplo medicaments doth abundantly declare, who writeth that in a great Pestilence which waxed cruel at Rome, all that ever drank of this Potion were soon recured. Wherefore in plague time of this there would bee much use. The powder that next followeth in Fuchsius because these other two medicines be of so great efficacy, I omit as not necessary. Some one therefore of the two former being taken, let the diseased party bee laid in bed, well heat with some Scaldabetto in soft sheets, and well covered with clothes, that there he may sweat 
sweat.  four or five houres as his strength may bear. If that this way sweat will not come, heat tiles or Brickestones in the fire, and lay to the soles of his feet. For they with speed will cause a sweeting. But in all the time of the sweat, we must take diligent heed that the party neither sleep, eat, nor drink. After this sweat, 
What after sweat must be done.  let the patient be wiped with clean linen clothes. Then if he will and can let him arise out of his bed keeping in, for that time in the same chamber. But let the chamber four or five times a day be amended and purged with fragrant and sweet smelling things. 
The emending of the air.  Good it is to change chambers in the continuance of his sickness, because the air of one chamber being corrupt by the continuance of the patient cannot easily be bettered. And let the chamber whither he goeth be first perfumed. Of what sort the perfumes ought to be, we will afterward declare. After sweat two or three houres, 
When meat must be given.  offer the patient the broothe of some pullet as he shalbe able to bear it, & let it be often times don. For he must be strengthened by little & little. Wherefore it is good for him often to eat, but yet very little. And such as ar thus meated shall sooner recover then other. He may also eat the flesh of pullettes boiled with shovel sance, 
Wherewith we must keep him waking.  or the juice of lemons, or vergrise. The patient also the first day must be kept from sleep with talk, or exhortation, or noise, or with rubbing the ears or nofe or with pulling by the hear. 
His drink.  To this purpose it shall not be absurd to put unto his nostrils a spong dipped in strong vinaigre. In his great thirst you may use this potion, which hath of the julep of violets three vnces, of the serape of the sour juice of Citrones one vnce, and a half, of the serape of endyue two vnces, of the haviour that shovel, scabiose, and the flowers of Borage hath been boiled in ten vnces, or as much of their waters. let these things be mingled and made a drink. You may also with water that a little barley hath been boiled in, mingle the juice of Roses, or of sorel, or of lemons, or vergrise and give it as a drink, or the same in small ale for the Barley water. 
Medicamentes that strengthen.  But yf there be weakness we must minister such medicamentes as can strenghen and comfort the hart and the other parts that bear the dominion in our body. Such a potion is that that taketh of conserve of violets, Roses, and bugloss of each an vnce and a half of Bole armoniac preparate a dram, of red coral a thyrdeeale of a dram, of the ryne of Citron a dram and a half, of Camphyre a dram or two thirdedeales with the tart juice of pomecitrons sufficient, let there be made a moist preservative against poison. Vpon the place of the heart also, if the the patient feel an heat about the stomach, you must lay this to lenge on. Take of Rose, of bugloss, and sorrel water, of each four vnces, of the spices of the preservative of precious stones, that is to wit, of Ben both white and read, of cloves, Ginger, long Pepper, spikenard, of folner Saffron and grains, or rather of Cardomomum, of each a dram, of the wood of Aloe, of read Sanders, of the ryne of Pomecitrone beaten into powder, of the bone of the Stagges hart, of each a third deal of a dram. All this being mingled together let there be made a plaster. But we must take heed that we lay it not on but being heat by some fire. After that it waxeth cold, it must straight way be taken away. For then it stoppeth the pores, and doth great annoyance unto the patient. Wherefore better it is to use bags 
bags.  called Cordials for helping the hart, such as this is. Take of the flowers of read Roses, of white water Lilies, of Violetts, of all two Dragmes, of all the Saunders, of white & read coral, of Spodium, and pearl, of each three Dragmes, of Cinomum, cloves, of the bone of the Stagges heart, of the wood of Aloe, of the ryne of Pomecitron, of Saffron, of each a thyrde deal of a dram, of the seed of sorrel, two thyrde deals, of Purselane seed four grains.  
All these things being beaten to powder, let there be made square bags of silk, and stemmeale, let them be laid to hot. In fine, 
The cures for peculiar places.  we must diligently take heed, that poisoned humours bee drawn to the place where the griefs do rise by boxings, or other medicaments that hath the faculty to draw, as is this that hath of figs six, of Raisins half an vnce, of salt called Salgemma, two Dragmes, of Honnye, an vnce, with the oil of Camomille, let there be made a plaster, 
A plaster.  the which must be laid on hot upon the grief, other else in stead of that, such one which is much commended of all men. 
Another plaster.  Take the greatest onion that you can get and pare away the crown holowing it, and fill it with Andromachus treacle, addinge there to the juice of Rue and Sage. Then stop the crown with day & roast it well When it is sufficiently roasted bray it in a mortar until it be like a salve, and lay it upon the place affencted. this plaster is also very fit for the ripinge Take of the meal of Fengreeke, of line seed, and of the flowers of camomile, of each half an vnce, of the roote of Marrishe or water mallows, 
Another plaster to ripe he sore.  and of white Lilyes, of each three dooms, of figs fix, of the leaf of true Dictamnus three dooms of the roote of Valerian two dooms of Senuie seed one dram and the half, of pigeons dung half an vnces, of the oils of Lylyes, and camomile, of each one vnce and a half. Let these things be wrought into the form of a plaster or pultes and used. 
Another.  this salve is also much praised. Take of the salve called Dia chilon the simple two vnces, of Ammoniake, and Galbanum, of each one vnce. Beate these together & make a salve. But yf with these foremore the sore breaketh not, then take goose dung and temper it with salate oil or with oil of Camomille. 
preserving from the plague avoiding is surest.  Let this suffice for the curing of such as are taken with the plague. now howe one may preserve himself from the plague that infesteth any one place we will declare. sith the plague is not engendered but by feachynge in by breathynge a pestylent and rotten air: certain it is that there is no remedy more present then avoiding. For there is no mean to be quite out of the pestylente air, except we go unto some place where the air is not vitiate and corrupt.  
The which thing is so much the moore speedily to be done, as this mischief is contagious and daungerous for infection, as daily experience doth show.  
We must avoyde also far of, that is to wit, into some place where we know that the air is yet pure. Neither must we return home, but with good leisure. Wherefore the people is wont to say, that there is more help in these three words, Some, far, and Late, then in three Apoticaries shops right well instructed and trimmed. wherefore they who for their functions and offices may commodiously, let them not stay in the corrupt air. If they do they shal basarde themselves with the danger. For( as Galene testifieth writing unto Piso of treacle) the Plague as a savage beast strayeth and slayeth not few, but some time even whole cities. For a certain evil change of the air unto corruption is sudden, and men, when by necessity of breath fetching there, they can not avoyde the peril, do draw into them by the mouth the air, as a certain poison. Wherefore( saith Galene) I must needs praise Hippocrates a man praise worthy for many causes, which depelled the plague that invaded Grece out of Ethiopia, by none other means than by changing and altering the constitution of the air, that such and the same might no moore be breathed.  
When therefore he had commanded fire to be made thorough all the city of Athenes, he advised not them to burn wood only, but to cherish the fire with Garlands and flowers, and sweet herbs dried, and to cast on fat and fragrant incenses, that men might draw breath depured by this mean. Thus he. This place of Galene haue I recited, that all men may hereby evidently know, that the change and alteration of the place by the consent of all the best physicians is the speciallest remedy.  
But it is not unknown that in this time there be some churlishe men, 
against certain precise divines.  and to full of manners, and very stoics, which cry out, that the godly and the Christian ought not to fear death, and much less to avoid it, & therfore would not that we should hearken unto phisitians coumsel. trim men surely, who require that of us, the which no holy one, no not Christ himself as man colde-performe, when the scripture doth witness him to haue feared death. And that good men haue dreadded it, it is no meruale, sith it is engrafted in us by god to defend our life, & to avoyde death. Therefore paul writing to the Ephesians the fourth saieth. No man ever hated his own flesh, but rather nourisheth, & cherisheth it. But the saints did fear & shone death, is evident by many examples of the scripture. Abraham for fear of death called Sara his wife his sister. jacob fearing death, fled from his brother Esau into Mesopotamia. david desiring to save his life avoyded Saulle and Absalom. The most stout and hardy Propheete Elias, when the Prophetes of baal were slain, being feared with the threateninges of Iesebell the queen fled into desert. Moyses, when he was sought for of the king of the Egyptiames, with fleeing into Midia provided both for himself & his life. But these mannerly men will say, the these examples do not teach that that death that the plague bringeth but that which followeth persecution ought to be avoyded. To whom I answer again that death is death of what cause so ever it cometh. God among other afflictions numbereth famine, the which if we may avoyde: why may we not also the plague? But the Abraham Isaac, & jacob avoyded famine is more manifest, then that we need any long rehearsal therof. If that we may flee no punishments by god laid vpon us: then no Christian may eschew the turk & other tirannes whom we know to be the scourges of god, & therefore do they amiss which for sake towns and villages when they approach. With like reason, yf an house be fired no man shall run out to slack the burning. For no man will deny, but that fire is to be accounted among gods afflictions. Beside this he the falleth into the waters, shall not provide for himself by swimming, but shal suffer with good will the waters to take away his life. Finally any parte of the body being wounded, or been broken, the Christian shall not require the Surgeons help, for he shall abide Gods punishment.  
No man with clothing and such other things and means, shall defend the cold as being gods cross. What need many words? No Christian by this reason shalbe so bold as to use any kind of remedy against any kind of disease, because no kind of disease is not to be counted among Gods visitations. That the godly then may not fear death is thus to be taken, that they ought not to discourage with the fear of death, and commit sin to avoyde it, and in death to despair. For there are books of the best divines of our time martin Luthere, & Brentius, wherewith the dreams of such stoics are refuted, whose judgements I set more by then by an hundred others. Wherefore I let pass these & such other objections of these dreamers, & return unto my purpose. If that by just and lawful causes thou maiest not eschew the place then do thy diligence, that thy house wherein thou must abide be void of all stench filth and brutture. Let the windows of the same be closed, & specially in close & rayny daies, that the pestilent air enter not. But if thou wilt open any let them be toward the east or the North and let it be done when the sun is some what high. seldom, and not but in fair weather must we come abroad, but not without a preservative taken before, which may conserve from contagion. In the house daily we must kindle fire with oaken wood or Iunypere or gall, or bay or such like wherewith the air may be amended and purged.  
For that the power of fire is marvelous to recure the rottenes of the air we are sufficiently taught by. Hippocrates example that I declared a little before. 
Perfumes,  upon live coals also cast this powder often which hath of rosemary half an handful of Sage, Betonie, wormwood, Maioram, organ, of each an handful dry thē and beate thē to powder. Or this. Take of Iunipere beries an vnce. of myrrh. 3. dooms, of frankincense, & mastic of each .3. dooms and the half, of the roote of benedicta a dram, of rue half an vnce, of the bark of Cipres a dram of angelic and Lauander of each two dooms break them together & make a powder. Let the poor lay vpon the coals Iunipere wood hewn or the beries themselves. Richer men may use the wood of Aloe or the powder of Gallia moschata, of cloves, or of such like. When needs you must abroad, carry with you other this or some like pomander which hath of Labdanum. 3, dooms, of storax calamita, two dooms, of Cinomum, maces cloves, Nuttemigs of each a dram, of the wood of Aloe, a thirdedeale of a dram of spikenard half a thirddeale of a dram, of myrrh Mastiche frankincense half a dram, of musk, Amber, of each .3. grains, let these be moisted after beating & renging in so much stact and Maioram water as may suffice, & make therof a ball to smell to. In summer let the air in house be bettered with could things, that is to wit, with Roses, violets, water lilies, vine leaves: wilowe leaves & such other. moist also the pavement of the house, with rose-water, or shovel water, & such like, or with could water mingled with a little Vinaigre. It is good also to smell Roses, vinaigre, Camphyre, sanders, & other of such sort, or else haue this ball to savour. Take of Labdanum half an vnce, of storax calamita 3. dooms, of the flowers of white water lilies, Roses, violets of each a dram of the bark of pome Citron a dram & a half, of al the sanders, of each, half a dram of Maces & Cinamom, of each Ye must use clean sheets reposed & savoured, a while with some sweet odours. After sleep when thou risest, provide first to purge & disburden thi body and specially take hede that at any time the belly be not bound. And therfore if by itself daily it be not disburdened take the pills that are called Pillulae Rufi, or some soft clister, or some supposiitorie prepared therfore. When the body is cleansed from superfluity both by belly & bladder, some medicine must be taken the may defend us from the contagion of the sickness whereof we will declare many hereafter, And if for necessary business thou must needs abroad, thou shalt eat zedoary, or the roote of Pimpinell, or else shalt smell Rue. For the smell of it meruelously resisteth the corrupt air. Venus must be none or moderate. public hote house as most present poisons are to be detested, because by the heat of them the pores being open, the pestilent air most readily pierceth into the inmost partes of the body. Who will use private bath, after the issue out of the same, let him most diligently defend himself from the corrupt air. Better it is to use at home frictiones, that is rubbinges & wypings in good air then any baths. You must yet wash the head wéekely with lie wherein Maioram, Lauander, Rosemary, betonie, Sage, Camomille, & such other hath been boiled. 
Letting blood  But lusty young men who abound with blood, in plague time must use letting of blood, & that not once if nothing else do let but again & again which hath in it a special help to defend the health, because it cooleth the habit of the body, & bringeth it to commoderation of heat. 
Purgation.  We must purge our bodies also with purgations if the thing so require, & that principally in spring-time, & in autume, as Hippocrates willeth. Now for our affectiones, sorrow, anger, 
Afflictions of mind.  batred, fear, grievous cares, & all pensive thoughts must be avoyded. 
medicines t● preserve. Rufus pills.  now remaineth there to go forward to medicines the preserve among the which be Rufus pills which be called the common pills or pills for the plague. Take of Aloe iecoraria two parts, of Saffron and myrrh, of each one part, & with scabiose water, or white wine make your pills, whereof daily take one thyrdedeale of a dram or a little more or less according as age and strength requireth. Although shops do call this composition Rufus pills: yet is it different fro the that Rufus once prescribed. But these pills which the shops do use, for the Aloe and myrrh that much do with stand putrefaction, haue great efficacy against the infection of the plague and therefore ar not to be neglected. We may also often use the pills which haue of Aloe iecoraria three dooms, of myrrh one dram and a half, of agaric prepate one dram, of Saffron half a dram of Bole Armeniacke preparate one thyrdedeale of a dram of the seed of Pome Citron two thyrdedeales of a dram, of mastic half a thyrdedeale, of the root of Pimpimelle half a dram, with Rose water incorporate these things, and make thirteen pills of one Dragm of the which you must take one or two: You may also use the electuary called Electuarium de mucibus, the description whereof I omit because it is long, and because the good Apothecarye yf he be demanded can the composityon, or hath it ready for the help of such times as this is to relieve them that seek unto him. Bole Armenye also taken with Vinaigre is very much praised. But because Bole is not ever true, good it is to take Terra Lennia, yf it be good in the stead there of, other elles Sanguis Draconis.  
treacle also, and Mithridatium, and such other may to purpose well be taken.  
this haue I translated to the comfort of them that need counsel, and although all cannot with their ease follow all, yet may they espy the general way to help this evil. Wherefore as far forth as thou canst seek the ordinances of god in his creatures, and neglect not his means, which with prayer and amendment of life no doubt shall do and show the natures that God hath created them unto.  
FINIS.   

A prayer.  
almighty and eternal god which hast worthelye visited us with sickness after a penury for our trespasses, turn from us( we beseech thee) thy wrathe & indignation that we most justly haue deserved, and let this our humble submission confession prayer be mean to procure again thy favourable mercy, that with out anxiete for this thine affliction we may freely honor and glorify thee in peace and quietness. Grant this o lord for our mediator & & advocate Iesu Christes sake to whom with thee & the holy Ghost be all honour, praise, and glory, for ever. Amen.