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2d. Take a handful of wormwood and white hellebore; boil them in urine till it is half wasted, and wash the joints of your beadsteads with it.
3d. Burn brimstone under the joints of the beadstead and creases where they lie, and they'll come out presently, that may kill them; do this two or three times a week, and keep the room close.
4th. 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 wholesome to smell to, or vinegar sprinkled alone.
5th. 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.
6th. Get a trap about a yard and a half long, or more, if your bed is broad, and about half a yard in depth; put it at the head of your bed to the bottom of the pillow, and in the morning they will creep into it; take it into your yard, knock it, and they will drop out, so you may kill them. They are made of wickers, by basket-makers.
To conclude, let your rooms be kept clean, set open the windows when you rise, and lay your bed-clothes open four or five hours, this is the most effectual way ⟨to⟩ prevent both bugs and fleas.
LICE.
1st. Take butter unsalted, and boil it up with ⟨pepper⟩ to a salve; then cut off the hair, and anoint the head and put on a cap.
2d. Take staves-acre powdered, and mix it ⟨among⟩ the hair, then tie it with a cap, and it kills them. ⟨Or⟩ oil and staves-acre.
3d. Take aramanths (apothecaries sell it), boil it ⟨in⟩ lye, and wash the head: or take olibanum and as ⟨much⟩ swine's grease, boil them together, and anoint ⟨children's⟩ heads; it kills lice.
