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helebore; boil them in urine till it is half wasted, 

 and wash the joints of your bedsteads with it. 



Bugs. Take a quantity of unslack'd lime, put 

 it into a quart of water, and let itsland 3 or 4 

 days, then pour off the water, arid add a quantity 

 of common salt, the stronger both of lime and 

 salt the better; wash the sides of the wall and bed- 

 stead with this liquor two or three times a week, 

 it kills bugs and fleas. 



Bugs. Burn brimstone under the joints of the 

 bedstead and creases where they lie, and they'll 

 come out presently, that you may kill them; do 

 this two or three times a week, and keep your 

 room close. 



Bugs. Take soap that lies after your washing, 

 and boil onions in it; then wash your room and 

 bedstead with it. 



Bugs. Take strong vinegar, and mix salt with 

 it; then sprinkle your room. This prevents bugs 

 and fleas, and is very wholesome in houses, or at 

 sea; so is rue, wormwood and rosemary whole- 

 some to smell to, or vinegar sprinkled alone. 



Bugs. Take three ounces of guinea pepper: 

 burn it on a chafindish of coals in your chamber; 

 shut your doors and windows, but take great care 

 to go out yourself. This do twice a-month in hot 

 , weather, and it will kill all sorts of vermin in the 

 bed. 



Bugs. Take wormwood and mustard seed, 

 bruise and boil them in water, a quarter of an 

 hour, then add salt to the water, and wash your 

 floor and bedstead therewith; it will destroy them 

 and all other vermin. 



Bugs. Take the rind of green walnuts, bruis- 

 ed and steeped in water three or four days; then 



