of to drynke
in [th]e bigynnynge of [th]e batel. & [th]is p{ri}uyte
owith to be hid from alle enemyes of [th]e chirche; and also

[[* Fol. 25.]]

[*]p{ri}ncis and lordis
ministri{n}ge [th]ese [th]ingis schulde n{o}t telle
what it is. 32

['16^a. M^e.']

[--To cure Pestilential Fever (when not sent as a punishment
by God).--]

The .16. medicyn a[gh]ens [th]e feu{er}e pestile{n}cial{e}, and [th]e
maistrie to cure it. forso[th]e holy scripture sei[th] [th]at su{m}me
tymes oure lord god sendi[th] pestilence to sle su{m}me maner
of peple, as it is seid deutrono{miu}m 28 in [th]is man{er} "Si 36

[Page 24: TO CURE PESTILENTIAL FEVER AND PLAGUES.]

[God says in Deuteronomy xxviii. that if men will not hear His
voice and obey His commandments, pestilences shall come on
them.]

audire nolu{er}is[11] vocem d{omi}ni dei tui, ut custodias {et} facias

[Footnote 11: MS. volu{er}is.]

om{n}ia mandata eius,
ve{n}iant sup{er} te om{n}es maledicc{i}ones; iste
maledictus eris
in ciuitate &c." {et} infra; "ad-iu{n}gat t{ib}i pestilenc{iam}
donec consumat te de t{er}ra, p{er}cuciat te d{omin}us egestate, 4
febre, {et} frigore, ardore {et} estu,
{et} aere corrupto ac rubigi{n}e, {et} p{er}seq{ua}tur
donec p{er}eas" hec ib{ide}m; {et} infra "p{er}cuciat te d{omin}us
vlc{er}e egipti, {et} p{ar}tem
corp{or}is p{er} q{uam} stercora eg{er}ant{ur}.
scabie q{uoque},
{et} p{ru}rigine, ita ut curari nequeas; p{er}cuciat te 8
d{omin}us necessitate ac furore mentis" // Therfore a gret fool

[These plagues a man would be a great fool to presume to cure,
but all other pestilences from evil planets may be cured by
our Quinte Essence with Aloes, Euphorbium, &c., and a laxative
Quinte Essence that will send the patient to stool once a day.]

were he [th]at wolde p{re}sume
to cure [th]ese plagis of pestilence [th]{a}t
ben vncurable, [th]at ben sent of god to ponysche synne // Also
[gh]e schal vndirstonde [th]{a}t me{n} may die in .iij. maners. in oon 12
maner by naturel dee[th], in [th]e teerme [th]{a}t is sett of god / In
ano[th]ir maner bi violent dee[th],
and also in [th]e .iij. maner occasionaly
wi[th]i{n}ne [th]e teerme
[th]{a}t is sett of god; as [th]o me{n} [th]{a}t to
myche replecioun, or to greet abstynen