Sentence:  Beautie alone is a ſoveraigne <WSD>remedy</WSD> againſt feare,griefe,and all melancholy fits; a charm,as "Peter de la Seine" and many other writers affirme,a banquet it ſelfe;he gives inſtance in diſcontented "Menelaus" that was ſo often freed by "Helenas" faire face: and h"Tully, 3 Tusc." cites Epicurus as a chiefe patron of this Tenent. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.