CHAP. 3. Another very good Remedy againſt the Plague.

Take the Ripe berries of a Bay-tree, then pill off the black ſkin that is upon them, beat them into powder with a little Salt, and as ſoon as the party perceiveth himſelf infected with the Plague, and that he begin to have a hot Fevor, he muſt take a ſpoonful of the ſaid powder, mixt with a little Vineger and water, let him heat it a little and drinke it, and then covering himſelf warm ſleep, ſleeping ſoundly by Gods help he ſhall be cured in a ſhort time, but if the Fevor come with a cold, inſtead of Vineger he muſt take wine, and then do as is ſaid before, this hath been experimented on many in the laſt great Plague time.