If any ſhall find themſelves oppreſſed with groſs & corrupt humors, ſo that they are in danger of this diſeaſe they ſhall be cleanſed, by taking one ounce and half, or two ounces, of the infuſion _Crocus metallorum_, (which is to be bought at every Apothecaries) & put to it _Oximel_ half an ounce, this ſhall give them five or ſix vomits, and almoſt as many ſtooles. And after every vomit, let them drinke ſome warme poſſet drinke; ſo let them keepe themſelves warme that day: one houre after it hath done working let them eat a meſſe of warm broth made with a neck of Mutton, or with ſuch freſh meat as the ſick are beſt able to buy; of which meat let them eat ſparingly for the preſent. Thoſe that are ſo tender or weakly that they cannot brook this vomit, they may be very well purged from corrupt humours, by taking one or two drams of _pilulæ Peſtilentiales_: But the poorer ſort that cannot goe to this charge, may take inſtead thereof _Aloes_ one dram in the pap of an Apple, ſtewed Prunes, or elſe in a little Ale or Beere. This pill, and this _Aloes_, are excellent remedies for women and children, and they are ſo ſafe that women with child may take them. After the bodie is purged, it ſhall be neceſſary to draw ſix or eight ounces of bloud from the liver or middle vein of the arme, if the partie be able to ſuſtain the loſſe of it. Such as have lived temperatly and ſparingly, and ſo conſequently are not oppreſſed with corrupted humours, ſuch ſhall not need any the aforeſaid evacuations or purgations; but let them ſhun, as much as they can, all infectious and corrupted aire: But ſeeing it is a thing almoſt impoſsible in the Citie of _London_; therefore they that are timorous and fearefull may carry about them the roots of _Enula campana_, and _Angelica_, dried or candied, of which they may bite now and then. Alſo the waters of _Scabios_, _Angelica_, or _Pimpernell_, are great preſervations for children againſt the Plague, if two ſpoonfuls thereof be taken in a morning faſting. CHAP. 2. _1 By what ſignes you may know whether the ſick be infected with the Peſtilence. 2 How thoſe ſignes doe encreaſe or decreaſe every day; 3 Whether life or death be likely to enſue; 4 A caveat not to tamper with thoſe that begin to amend of themſelves._ Thoſe that are infected with the Peſtilence, in the beginning or firſt day thereof, are taken with an extraordinary cold outwardly, and a burning heate inwardly, a great paine and girding about the ſtomacke, a ſluggiſhneſſe and drouſineſſe of the whole body, a loſſe of appetite, a bitterneſſe in the throat, with a deſire to vomit, & ſometimes they do vomit.