If any that are ancient or weak ſhall be infected with the Peſtilence, it ſhall not be neceſſary to give them any purge, vomit, or ſweat, or to let them bloud; becauſe they cannot beare the loſſe of ſo many ſpirits as are ſpent by ſuch evacuations. Therefore you may lay upon the pit of the ſtomack of the ſicke a young live puppy, and if the ſick can but ſleep the ſpace of three or foure houres, they ſhall recover preſently, and the dog ſhall die of the Plague. This I have known approved; and I do believe that it will be a cure for all leane, ſpare, and weake bodies both yong and old: provided, that the dog be yonger then the ſick. _Certaine Inſtructions for the cure of the Small Pox._ The nature of the Smal Pox diſperſed this yeer throughout many parts of this Kingdome, I have found to bee more malignant, then any that have reigned in my remembrance; ſo that many of all ages and ſexes, but eſpecially children have miſerably died of them: becauſe for the moſt part, the peſtilence is joyned with them, as it doth plainly appeare by thoſe ſpots, blains, and riſings, that follow them. I have likewiſe obſerved that thoſe medicines, as _Mithridate_, _Treacle_, _Saffron_ and the like, that formerly have cured the ſmall Pox, now availe nothing: yea, they are dangerous, if inwardly taken (eſpecially if the Patient hath been long ſick) but if they be outwardly applyed, as I ſhall ſhew eft-ſoons, they will prove good remedies at this time. But how many a tender hearted mother have I ſeen that, out of an unhappie care of her ſicke childe, hath by raſh counſel & the unſeaſonable giving to it hot cordiall medicines, encreaſed the Fever, multiplyed the matter of the ſmall pox, and inflamed the Spirits, ſo that the Peſtilence hath many times followed. But howſoever the child hath beene uncurable, which otherwiſe if nothing at all, or elſe ſome ſmall thing of little ſtrength, had been adminiſtred, might have recovered; whereupon I obſerved the ſundry ways and meanes practiſed by Phyſitians, women, and my ſelfe, and ſeeing the diverſe events of them, I laboured to find out a certain and ſecure way for the cure of this diſeaſe; which having found by experience I have (together with this treatiſe of the Plague) ſent it to the Preſſe, hoping that no man will either hate mee, or envie mee, for doing good, and that thoſe that find benefit by it will thank me for it.