How to Avoid the Plague, c. 1350
First we should talk about the epidemic, and then about keeping safe from it…
First we should talk about the epidemic, and then about keeping safe from it…
But it is good in all tymes, to beare about you preciouse stones…
There be some, who thinke it a great preservative against the pestilent Aire to keepe a Goat in their houses…
We must guard ourselves against anger, sadness, fear, worry, and pensiveness…
Whosoever eateth two Walnuts, two Figs, twenty leaves of Rew, and one graine of Salt…