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Flamma sine Fumo

or, poems without fictions. Hereunto are annexed the Causes, Symptoms, or Signes of several Diseases with their Cures, and also the diversity of Urines, with their Causes in Poetical measure. By R. W. [i.e. Rowland Watkyns]

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A continual Ague.

Abundance the foul body doth contain
Of humors putrifi'd in every vein.
The Patient suffers constant heat and pains,
And, till the fever ends, no respit gains.

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Some Colewort-leaves, with oil of Roses take,
And for the stomack this a plaister make:
Drink in warm water the herb Pimpernel,
This cures a Fever, as Physicians tell.