Page:A litil boke the whiche traytied and reherced many gode thinges necessaries for the infirmite a grete sekeness called Pestilence.djvu/50

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afther the middes of the daye thenne opene the wyndowes ayenst the north. Of the same cause euery soule stynche is to be eschewed, of stablyl, stynking feldyes wayes or stretes and namely of stynkyng dede careyn and most of stynkyng waters where in many places water is kepte, ii, dayes or, ii, nyghtes ; Or ellyes ther be gutters of water casten, vnder theerthe which caused grete stynke and corrupcion And of this cause sōme deye in that house where suche thynges happen, and in another hous dye none as it is sayde afore Lyke wyse in that place where the wurtes and cooles putrefyed it maketh a noyfull sauour (and) stynkying For in lyke wyse as by the swete odour of bawme the herte and the spyrites haue recreacion, so of euyl sauours they be made feble wherfore kepe your hous that an infecte ayer entre not in ; for an infecte ayer moost causeth putrifaccion in places and houses where folke slepe Therfore lette your house be clene (and) make clere fyre of wode flamyng, Lett your hous be made with fumigacion of herbes that ys to saye with leuys of baye tree Ieneper vbe