Lib. II. Of Cures Chyrurgtccd, I q« 



Vinegar and Salt, or elfe wirh AHoni-Warer. Otriers ufe with a 

 fmall hot Iron t;o bqrn the Swellings, and then wafli them with Beer 

 and Salt, or Ale anc^ Sa.lr, and ic will heal rhem. Now that you may 

 prevent this Direafe befofc it comes, ic fliall be good to^ pull out the 

 Horfe's Tongue often,' and to wafli it with Wine, Beer, and Ale and 

 fo fliall no B lifters- breed thereon^ nor any other Difl-ale. 



;-.!••:■: XV H'A P. XXXI. Of the Lawpafs. 



THk ,1'ampafj.is a fwelling or growi'ng np of the Flefii, which over- 

 groweth the upper Teeth, which' arc the Shears in the upper 

 Chap, and fo hindrtth the Horfe from eacing.' They do proceed troni 

 abundance of Eicpd, refortingto the fir ft Furrow or Bar of the Mouth, 



cet to let him bld6d in divers Places 'of the fuelling Flefli ; then take 

 /rffiLT an Iron made at one End broad and thin, and turned up accor- 



Tding to this Figure, anti heating it red hot, burn out all that fu- 

 perfiuous fwcird Flefli which overgrows theTdre Teeth, and 

 then anoint the fore Place with frefti Butter untill it be whdle - 

 Others ufe, after it is burnt out, only to rub the fore Place with 

 Salt only, or wafti it with Salt and Vinegar 'till it be wliole. Others 

 ufe to take a hooked Knife made very fharp and very hot, and there- 

 with cut the fwoln Places in two Parts, crofs againil the Teeth ; but 

 if they be a little fwelled, then cut but the third Rank from the Teeth, 

 and fo let him bleed well- then rub it with a little Salt, and the 

 Horfe will be well ; but if you find afterwards that either through too 

 much burning, or cutting, or through the eating of too coarfc jMeat, 

 that the Wound doth not heal, but rather rankle, then you {hall take 

 a Saucer full of Honey, and twelve Pepper Corns, and bray them 

 together in a Mortai, and temper them up with Vinegar, and boil 

 them a while, and then once a Day anoint the Sore therewith, till 

 it be whole. 



CHAP. XXXil. Of the Camery, or Frcunce, 

 *Tr^HE C amery or Frounce in Horfes, are fmall Pimples, or 

 Jl ^^'arts in the midft of the Palate of the Mouth above, and they 

 are foft and fore, they will alfo fometimes breed both in his Tongue 

 and in his I ip : it proceedeth fometimes from the eating of frozen 

 Grafs, or by drawing frozen duft wifh the Grafs in'o their Mouiis; 

 fometimes by eating of moift Hay, that Rats oro>her Vermine have 

 pift upon, and fometimes by licking up of Venom. The Signs are the 

 apparent feeing of the Pimples, or Welks^ and a forfaking ot his Food, 



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