Part 2

Thoſe that deſire further information concerning any particulars not expreſſed at larg in this brief Treatiſe, they ſhall be fully ſatisfied, if they repaire to the Author living in Hony-ſuckle Court in Grub-ſtreet, where he hath by Chimicall Art prepared ſix Catholicall Medicines, with which hee cureth the Peſtilence, ſmall Pox, and moſt curable diſeaſes whatſoever.

_1 Vomitivum Benedictum._

This Medicine being taken from five graines to eight, in ſome convenient diſtilled water or wine, or elſe with ſome Conſerve or Pill, doth ſafely purge upwards and downwards, ſo that it may be given to a Childe, of three or foure yeeres of age: it cureth all diſeaſes that ariſe from the foulneſſe of the ſtomack, and is good in the beginning of the Peſtilence, ſmall Pox, or any Fever, or Ague.

_2 Catharticum Catholicum._

The doſe of it is from ten grains to twenty, it purgeth gently by ſtoole, and clenſeth the lower belly from all offenſive humours, & cureth the French Pox, Scurvy, Jaundis, and Dropſie, alſo it freeth children from Worms.

_3 Diureticum Aperitivum._

This openeth all obſtructions of the body, but chiefly of the Liver, Spleen, Reines, and Bladder, it cureth the Jaundis and the Rickets in children, alſo it helpeth thoſe that cannot make water.

_4 Diaphoreticum Cordiale._

This being given in a ſmall doſe doth gently provoke ſweat, expelleth all venomous humours from the heart outwardly, and driveth out the ſmall Pox, thruſteth out the tumours in the Peſtilence, and ſome it cureth without bringing forth a Riſing.

_5 Quinta Eſſentia vitæ._

This reviveth the vitall ſpirits, and hath an admirable vertue in fortifying the heart againſt all infectious, & venemous vapours; ſo that it is good for thoſe that have occaſiõ to viſit ſick people. If ten or twelve drops thereof be taken in a mornings draught it preſerveth the body from infection, and if twenty or thirty drops of it bee given to the ſicke of the Peſtilence, within the ſpace of ſixe houres after they are infected, they ſhall be cured in one hour, as I have often proved: it driveth out the ſmall Pox, and cureth the ſick without ſweating.

_6 Iulapium Reſtaurativum._

By the vertue this Medicine hath in reſiſting the putrifaction of humours, it doth cure all ſorts of Fevers and Agues, it may be given in any time of the diſeaſe, but eſpecially in the latter end of the ſickneſſe, when no other Medicine can be adminiſtred without danger. With it I have cured the Hectick Fever, and thoſe that have faln into the Relapſe of the ſmall Pox, and ſuch as have been nigh unto death, by reaſon of violent Fevers.

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Any of the aforeſaid Medicines, the Author adminiſtreth both outwardly and inwardly in many ſeverall wayes and manners, according to the age, temperature, complexion, and diſpoſition, of the bodie; and according to the nature, degrees, and time of the diſeaſe.

_Artis_ Apollineæ _vis ſola eſt numen_ Olympi, _Quo ſine languenti Pharmaca fruſtra dabis._

If that our art from God receive not ſtrength, In vain we ſeek mans life for to prolength.

_FINIS._

Transcriber’s Note

Four typographical errors have been corrected: “Scabies” replaced by “Scabios”, “for for” by “for”, “Safforn” replaced by “Saffron”, and “harh” by “hath”.

End of Project Gutenberg's The Charitable Pestmaster, by Thomas Sherwood