How to Avoid the Plague

1579

“Whosoeuer eateth two Walnuts, two Fygs, twentie leaues of Rew, and one graine of Salt, all stampt and mixt together, fasting: shall bee safe from poyson and plague that daye.”

Thomas Lupton, A Thousand Notable Things

This early modern energy bar provides the nutrients you need to get through a pestilential and poisonous workday. (NB: As instructed, take this with a grain of salt.)