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

CHAP. 10. Another againſt the Plague.

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As ſoon as the party feeleth himſelf infected, let him ſwallow a quantity of the beſt Triacle, then take of the ſame Triacle the bigneſs of a Cheſnut, and lay it on the ſore that beginneth to riſe, rubbing it well round about with the ſame Triacle, then immediately take a young Pegion and cut him in the midſt quick feathers and all, lay him to the ſore warm as he is in his feathers, let him lye till that part of the Pegion become green, and the Triacle red, then take it off, and you ſhall perceive, that out of the Pegion will come a green water, which is all the venome that was in the ſore, then cure the place with this following plaiſter, take two parts of freſh Barrows greaſe, and one part of Wormwood well ſtamped and lay it upon the ſore and the effect followeth.

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