This excerpt talks about the plague in Europe in the medieval era, around the 16th Century. In this, we can see how two differents medicine specialists argue about the best advice against the desease and how to keep on with life with the scars of it. With this explained, we can conclude that the best lines tu summarize this excerpt are: "He has a recipe for getting rid of the plague sores that will afflict you afterward if you survive the disease" and "It seems the best advice is provided by Nicholas Bownd in his book Medicines for the Plague..."