The Primitive or externall cauſes of the Small Pox are all one with thoſe which are of the Plague, as an evill and corrupted aire, a diſorderly dyet, that begets ſurfets; as alſo for the antecedent cauſes which are corrupt humours heaped together in the body: therefore thoſe meanes that I have preſcribed in the firſt Chapter to preſerve the bodie from the infection of the Plague, they will alſo bee a meanes to preſerve from the Small Pox. Thoſe that are taken ſick this yeere with the Small Pox are affected after the ſame manner as thoſe that are infected with the peſtilence, & in the beginning it can ſcarcely be diſcerned by an expert Phyſitian from it, But only by theſe ſignes. Thoſe that are infected by the ſmall Pox are not ſo violently affected with heat and cold, nor pains in the ſtomack and head, as thoſe that are ſick with the Peſtilence. Moreover, thoſe that will have the ſmall Pox their skin is puft up, and blown like a bladder, ſo that their face and eyes doe ſhine: they have a great itching in many parts of their bodies, but chiefly about their Noſe; they yawn much, alſo they finde a great paine and heavineſſe in their back bone. Now if you ſhall perceive by theſe ſignes, that the ſick will have the ſmall Pox, keep him warm, but not too hot; neither let him take cold; but give him breathing room enough, as he lyeth in his bed: Then lay a plaſter of Mithridate or Treacle to the pit of his ſtomack, and if hee be at mans eſtate, let him drinke up all this Cordiall by two or three ſpoonfuls at a time every houre; but if it be a child, the one halfe will be ſufficient. _Take of the waters of Roſes, Burrage, Bugloſſe, and Treacle-water, of each an ounce & half, of the ſyrrup of Limons, and Clove-gilly-flowers of each one ounce, mix them together, and make thereof a potion_: Alſo the poorer ſort may take _Roſes, Burrage, Carduus, Marigold Flowers, and Harts horn, of each a like quantitie, and boyle them in poſſet drinke, turned with a Limon, or white wine_: for one above twenty yeers of age let him drink three quarters of a pint at ſeverall times, ſweetned with Sugar; and for a child halfe the quantitie will ſuffice. Let the ſick ſweat gently with either of theſe Medicines ſo long as hee can well endure it: for the longer the better; ſeeing the Medicines of themſelves are no violent ſweats; & during the ſweat you may give him now and then to quench his thirſt a very little Limon poſſet-drink by it ſelf. If he can you may let him ſleep whilſt he ſweateth. And if hee lie quiet during the ſweat, by Gods bleſſing, within the ſpace of eight or ten houres at the moſt, he ſhall find himſelf finely recovered of his ſickneſſe. Then give him no more of his Cordial or ſweating poſſet drink, but only of his Limõ-poſſet drink, if he be thirſty; but let him lie warm in his bed til his skin grow dry, then ſhortly after the Pox will begin to ſhew themſelves. But they will not bee many although every one of them