Good Councell against the plague. Shewing sundry present preseruatiues for the same, by wholsome fumes, drinks, vomits, and other inward receits: as also, the perfect cure (by implaysture) of any that are therewith infected. _Nowe necessary to be obserued of euery Housholder, to auoyde the infection, lately begun in some places of this Cittie._ Written by a learned Phisition, for the health of his Countrey. [Illustration: Decorative block] AT LONDON, Printed by Iohn Charlwood, for Thomas Nelson. 1592. [Illustration: Deorative border] _To the Reader._ {F}or as much as the force and enfection of the ordenarye disease, called the Plague or pestilence, hath heeretofore beene too well knowne and felt, in sundry places of this Realme: and considering, that it hath of late begun to increase in sundry chiefe citties & populous places; I thought it good to publish to you in time, sundry preseruatiues against the said disease, the better to defend those that are in health, from the infection of the diseased. And also to cure those that are any way infected, grieued, or troubled with the same. _A_nd to this I was imboldned, the rather for that it was written by a very learned and approoued Phisition, of our time, who desireth more the health of hys Countrey, than by discocouering his name, seeme vaine-glorious to the world. _A_ccept this same I pray you in good part, and thanke God for the Phisitions paynes, who hath his desire, if it may doe but that which hee wisheth: namely to expell sicknes, and encrease health to this Land. Which God for his mercie sake, prosper and preserue from all plagues and daungers, for euermore. _Amen._ THESE THINGES _OVGHT DUELIE TO_ be looked into. _Viz._ {T}o keepe your houses, streetes, yardes, backsides, sinckes, and kennels, sweete and cleane from all standing puddles, which engender stincking sauors, that may be noysome, or breede infection: nor suffer no dogges to come running into your houses, neither keepe any, except it bee backward, in some place of open ayre: for they are very daungerous, & not sufferable in time of sicknes, by reason they runne from place to place, & from one house to an other, feeding vppon the vncleanest things that are cast forth into the streetes and are a most apt cattell to take infection of any sicknes, and then to bring it into the house. For ayring your Roomes. Ayer your seuerall roomes with Charcole fiers, made in stone pans or Chafingdishes, and not in Chimneys: set your pans in the middle of the roomes: ayer euery roome once a weeke (at the least) and put into your fyre a little quantitie of _Francomsence_, _Iuniper_, dryed _Rosemary_, or of _Bay-leaues_. A Fume of great experience.