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 within the hous al daye (and) yf it schal be nede a man to goo oute, yet lete hym abide in hys hous, tyl the sonne be vp in the Eest passyng southward.

¶ Here after folowen the remedies for the pestylence

¶ Now it is to wete by what remedies a mā may p̒serue him selfe fro pestilence, first see the writing of Ieremy the (pr)phete that a mā ought to forsake euyl thīges (and) doo gode dedes (and) mekely to (con)fesse his sinnes, for why it is the hyest remedie ī time of pestilence, penaunce (and) cōfession to be p̒ferred al other medicynes Neuerthelesse I (pr)mitte you verely it is a gode remedye to voyde and chaunge thynfect place But somme may not proufitably change theire places Therfore as moche as to them is possible it is to eschewe euery cause of putrifactiō and stynking and namely euery fleschly lust with wymmen is to be eschewed, Also the sothern wynde which wynde is naturelly Infectyf Therfore spere the wyndowes ayenst the southe ī like wise as it is syd beforetil the first houre