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A medicyne for the plague

To omytte the sudrie cawses of this dissease
the cheif wherof [pceede?] from our owne
corrwpte earth, use this for an approved
Remedie, Take endive water a pynt quarte [?]
water a pynt Frie beries half a handfull
Brused, boile these together gentlie a [?]
quarter of an howre & when you take it
from the fyre dissolve therin as muche treakle
as a nut & a litle suger also put therto
iii sponfull of white wyne vineger as
soone as the patient doth complayne & nature
being yet stronge geve him fasting one good
draught therof warme & let him keepe his
bed & sweat [?] howres or lesse as the
strength of the patient will bere. [?] his
sweting geve him now & then [Ale?] clarifyed
& into every draughte put ii or iii spoonfull
of the said decoction when he Riseth give him
some broth not made over stronge nether with
muche spyce & be verie carefull to keepe him
from the aire, this decoction thus used will
either force out the [sore], or ellse if the patient
sweat through he will cure him without any
sore & if you fynd he be not gretlie eased
within eighte howres after his sweatt in
the next daie use the lyke order

The kynge medicyne for the plague

Take a handfull of sage [alias] red sage
a handfull of virtue, a handfull of red [?]

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