!26 The Art o/Farkiery 



An excel- Take Leaves of Mallo^vs, and Marjh -Mallon.es, 

 lent Poul- [either green or dry^) each ten Handfuls ', nvhite Lil- 

 Srmngks ^^ /j'-^^o^ half a Pound. Boil thefe 'very foft in Water, 

 and prefs them out frongly ', then take Lin-Seed, a7id 

 Fenugreek-Seed, each four Ounces ; brvife them, and 

 boil ''em in tivo ^arts of Water flovAy, till it heco?ne 

 of a mucilaginous Con/if ence ; after <ivhich, fir and 

 heat it up ^.vell ivith the Lea<ves and Roots ; then 

 ndd four Ounces of Ointment of Marfh-Mallonxss, 

 nnd one Vound of rendered Hogs-lard', mix njoell, and 

 keep for Ufe. 



This is a moH incomparable Cataplafm or Poul- 

 tice, in feveral Cafes befides what I have men- 

 tioned, when N.'iture is, as it were, defponding, and 

 cannot throw off the Load of Matter which caafes 

 the Diftemper or Swelling, feeing that by its ge- 

 nial Warmth ( for it ought to be applied pretty- 

 warm) it comforts the ftretched TihriUa or animal 

 Threads, which are diftended beyond their natural 

 Tone or Dimenfions by the Influx of the offending 

 Matter, and alfo greatly contributes to thin the 

 Skin, by its mollifying and foftening Qualit)^ So 

 that thefe two principal and great Ends are anfwered 

 by the Application of the aforefaid Poultice, 'vi%, 

 bringing Relief to the diftended Fibres, and alfo 

 thinning the Skin and mufcular Flefti ; inlbmuch 

 that the fluctuating Matter may with more Eafe be 

 felt by the Finger, than it otherwife would be. In 

 fine, I cannot fay too much in Praife of this Cata- 

 ^lafm, whofe Virtues are fo unparalleled by any 

 other I could ever contrive ; (I mean in relation to 

 tumefied or fwelled Glands in any Part of the Body ;) 

 and I have known it ufed by my Direftion, to 

 Horfes in tjie Strangles, \^hich have received great 

 Benefit from it. The Manner of applying it is up- 

 on a double Cloth, very thick and pretty warm, 

 always adding a frcfli Poultice as the old grows dry. 



