# 0164
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland Adv. MS 34.5.1, f. 213v
Sort date: 4200000
Location: 372 634 S
her begy(n)nys a nobyl tretyse made of a gud phesician
(j)ohn~ of Burdouse for medicene Agayne ye pestilens (j)wyll~
And it is departyt in iiij p(ar)t(is) ye fyrst tell(is) how a man
sal kepe hym (j)n tyme of Pestilens yat he fal nocht (j)n±to
ye (j)wyll~ ye Secund chapet(er) tell(is) how yis Sekenas co(m)mys
ye iij chapet(er) tell(is) medicene agayne yis (j)wyll~
ye ferde tellys how he sal be kepyt yis clerk Says in fyrst
chapet(er) yat for defaut of gud rewlyng and dyetyng in mete
and drynk(e) men fallys oft in Seknas yar(e)±for qwhen ye pestilens
regnes in ye contr(e) men y^t wil be kepyt fra ye (j)wyll~ hym
nedys to kep hym fra al outrag(e) & excess(s) in mete & drynk
na oyse na bathys na swete nocht mykyll~ for al is opyn ye
porys of ye body and makys ye veno(u)mouse ayr(e) to ent(er) and
dystroys ye lyfly spret(is) & infeblys ye body and Sowerandly
hawntyng(e) of lychery for y^t bath
(j)nfebyllys ye kynde & opynys ye por(is)
yat wekyt ayr(e) may ent(er) and venomouse ye spirt(is) of ye man Als oys lytyll
y^t tym froyt & et lytyll~ or nocht y[i]r(e) [th]yn\g(is) garlek(e)
or ony slyk(e) met(is) y^t bryng(is) a man to vnkyndly [kas] Also
sofer(e) nocht g(re)tly thryst yat tym & gyf yu thryst(is) g(re)tly
drynk(e) bot mesurabyll~ to slokyn yi thryst & yi het[e] [a]nd ye
best d(ri)nk(e) war(e) calde wat(er) mengyt with venegyr(e) [o]r tys[a]ne
[?] for y^t man(er) drynk(e) is rycht gud namly to yam y^t ar(e)
colerici of complecc(i)on for yai ar(e) hate and dryet [&] [co(m)]monly
lene of body