210 The Compkat Eorfeiihif?, CHAP. VI.1 



Take then chamber-lie which is old made, or dale, and rock 

 orroch Alum as much as will. fuffice, boil them together, and 

 referveit thus well boiled in a glais, or other clean veilel well 

 ftopped, then take of green Nettles the ftrongefl:, molt an- 

 gry, and keen, two handiuls, and lay them thin npon fome 

 plate, or other brosd thi rg, and io dry them either before, 

 the fire, or in an Oven, i^fter houlhold bread is drawn, then 

 make it into powder vny fine j this done, take of Pepper, 

 and make it alio into very fine powder, being finely fe-arced, fo 

 as it may be of like quantity with the powder of Nettles, and 

 fo mix them well together, then keep this powder in a dry 

 glafs, clofe flopped , ard when yon may have occafion to ufe 

 this powder, firftw?llithe lore with the laid liquor of Alum 

 and Chamber- lie made blood warm, and fo having purged, 

 cleanfed, and dryed the forance weii with a clean linnen clo.ath, 

 flrew and lay on your powder, and thus do after travel or 

 exercife every day once during tiietimeof his reft, and this 

 will cure him throughly. ^^* This cure I have often pradi- 

 fed. 



SECT. 24. J>. ■ 



Hippophilus. 



^/■^7 Hat difeafe is that which is called the Arraiftes, and hom' 

 ^ it is cured ? 

 Arraiflcs Biffoferw. This is alfo a French Epitheton which we call the 

 or Rats Ratts tails being a kind of fcratches, of this Difeafe I have fpo- 

 tails. i^en before in the Letter J. and therefore 1 will now leave cn-.^ 

 treating further thereof. 



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