CHAP. 22. A very perfect oyl Againſt the Plague and all manner of poyſon.

Take of the oldeſt oyl you can get, and boyl it the ſpace of an hour, and for every pound of the ſaid oyl put in fifty Scorpions or as many as you can get, put all this in a pot uncovered ſet the pot in a Kettle of boyling water untill the third part of the oyl or ſomewhat leſs be conſumed, then take out the Scorpions and ſtrain the oyl into another pot, then ſtop it cloſe, and ſet it in the Sun three moneths, or by the fire on hot Aſhes the ſpace of four days, but firſt put in two Ounces of Unicorns horn, one Ounce of Triacle, three Ounces of Aquavitæ, when any perſon feeleth himſelf infected with the Plague or poyſon let him be annointed with the ſaid oyl about the heart and pulſes and he ſhall finde a marvelous effect.