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A Collection of Seven and Fifty approved Receipts Good against the Plague

CHAP. 1. An approved Remedy againſt the Peſtilence be it never ſo vehement.

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ake an Ounion and cut him overthwart, then make a little hole in each peece, the which you ſhall fill with fine Triacle, then ſet the pieces together again as they were before, then wrap them in a white linnen cloth. Putting it ſo to Roaſt in the Embers and Aſhes, then when it is Roaſted enough preſs out all the juice of it: and give the patient a ſpoonful thereof to drink, and ſo by Gods help he ſhall feel eaſe and moſt undoubtedly be healed.

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