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

CHAP. 25. A preſent remedy to heal the Peſtilence by drawing out the venome from the ſore approved.

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Take a quick Hen and pluck the Rump and place where ſhe layeth egges quite bare, then ſet her ſo that the bare place may be upon the grief, that ſhe may be held upon the ſore, a great while the Hen draweth all the poyſon to her ſelf, or at leaſt ſo much as will eaſe the patient, ſhortly after ſhe will dye, you may do this with three or four ſeveral Hens immediately one after another they will draw all the venome from the ſore, then anoint the place with good Triacle uſing the Ivie and bay berries and other remedies before deſcribed to break draw and heal the ſore.

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