CHAP. 45. A drink that hath been proved good againſt the Plague.

Take two drams of the powder of Mugwort of the firſt and ſecond ſort, the ſeeds of Sanctie or of Oringes, of Mirrhe of each a dram, the ſcrapings of Harts horn a dram, beat them well and mixe them together, you muſt drink this of white vineger before a fire and as ſoon as there appeareth any ſwelling in the groine or flank, or under the Armpits, or any where elſe the remedy muſt be ready, for the medicine provoketh great ſweat whereby the venome or infection avoideth every part. The patient thus ſweating by the fire his infected ſweat muſt be rubed and dried with hot linnen cloathes, which muſt be always changed untill the ſavour of the ſweat be gone with rubbing.