t Concerning the Cure an ordinary Indulgence and Forecaft, in providing againft this deftru&ive Enemy of Mankind •, nor hath the medicinal Art been likewife wanting in fupplying us with ma- ny Preparations of Simple s, that are power- ful againft fb grievous a Deftroyer. But in this great Choice it behoves us to felecl: thofe which are moft efficacious - 7 for this Diftemper, which is certainly the moft ty- rannical of any that befets a humane Body, may be fometimes conquered in its In- fancy, which when got to a Head, is not to be managed by the greater!: Efforts of humane Skill. AMONGST the Simples of the three Kingdoms, to begin with the Vegetable, V^rflnlitn Snake Rooty when frefh and fragrant, is the moft efficacious - 7 infbmuch indeed that I have often admired, that luch great Virtue mould refide in fuch minute Fibres, having a Tail very pungent, and a quick aromatick Scent, and difcovering fomewhat wonderful and almoii fbpernatural - fo that it defervedly is accounted the moft effica- cious and generous Ditzfhoretkk and Alexi- fharmkk for expelling the peftilential Poi- fbn. Its Dofe, finely powdered, ' is from g& iv. or vis to 9 ij- in any proper Vehicle, / due
