i6o Of Cures Chyrurgiccd. Lib. 11. 



Ointment twice a Day, and by no Means let the Horfe wear a Bit 

 'till it be whole. 



Other Farriers ufe firft to wafli the Sore with AUom- water, and 

 then to take the J eaves of a black Bramble, and to chop them together 

 fmall with a little Lard ; that done, to bind it with a little Clout, 

 making ic round like a Ball ; then having dipped the-^round End in 

 Honey, to rub the Tongue therewith once a Day untill it be whole. 



CHAP. XXXVI. Of the Barhes or Faps underneath a Horfe s Tongue. 



THe Barbcs are two littlePaps which naturally do grow under every 

 Horfe's Tongue whatfoever, in the nether Jaw ^ yet if at any 

 time they fhoot out, and grow into an extraordinary length, or by 

 the overflow of Humours become to be inflamed, then they are a 

 Sorance, and with the Extremity of their Pain, they hinder the Horfe 

 from Feeding. The Cure of them is, both according to the Opini- 

 on of the ancient and late Farriers, abfolutely to clip them away with 

 a pair of Shears, clofe to the Jaw, and then to wafh the Sore either 

 with Water and Salt, or eife with Tartar and ftrong Vinegar mixed to-: 

 gether, orelfe with Vinegar and Salt j- any of all which will heal them. 



CHAP XXXVII. Of the Tain in a Horfe's Teeth, of Wolfs-Teeth, 



and faw Teeth. 



A Horfe may have a Pain in his Teeth through divers Occafions, 

 as partly by the defcent of grofs Humours frOrii the Head down 

 unto the Teeth and Gums, which is very proper to Colts and young 

 Horfes, and plainly to be feen by the Ranknefs and Swelling of the 

 Gums ; and alfo he may have Pain in his Teeth, by having two extra- 

 ordinary Teeth, called the Wolfs Teeth, which be two little Teeth 

 growing in the upper Jaws, next unto the great grinding Teeth, which 

 are fo painful to the Horfe^ that he cannot endure to chaw his Meat, 

 but is forced either to let it fall out of his Mouth, or elfe to keep it'ftill 

 half chewed. Again, a Horfe will have a great Pain in his Teeth, 

 when his upper Jaw-Teeth be fo far grown, as they over-hang the 

 nether J aw- Teeth ; and therewith alfo be fo fharp, as in moving .his 

 Jaws, they cut and raze the Infides of his Cheeks, even as they were 

 razed with a Knife. Laftiy, a Horfe may have a great pain in lis 

 Teeth, when either by Corruption of Blood, or fome other flatufal 

 Weaknefs, the Horfe's Teeth growloofe and fore, in fuch manner, thac 

 thro' the Tendernefs thereof, he is not able to chaw or grind his Food. 

 Now for the feveral Cures of thefe Infirmities, you fhall underftand. 

 That firft as touching the general Pains in a Hoffe's Teeth which do 

 come by Means of the Dxftillation of Humours, it fe thought fit by 



the 



