J 66 Of Cures Cbymrgtcal. Lib II. 



it in many Plats ; which done, you fhall to thofe Plars with thongs of 

 Leather, faften a Cudgel of a fooc and a half long ; th^n to the midft 

 of that Caidgel you fhall hang a piece of Lead with a hole in it_, of 

 fuch weight as will poize the Creit up even, and hold ic in his right place- 

 Then fh'.ul you draw his Crcft on that lide the weight hangs with a 

 hoc Dra ving-lron, even from the top of the Creft, dov,n co the point 

 of the ftiouider, making divers ftroaks one an Inch and an haif from 

 another ; then (liall you lay upon the burnt Places a Pluf^er of Pitch, 

 Tar, and Rozcn molten together, and fo let the weigh: hang till all 

 the fore places be healed, and there is no queftion but the Creft will 

 iand both upright and ftrongly, 



CHAP. XLIIL A certain and aff roved way^ how to raife u$ , . 

 the CreB that is fallen. 



THE mofl infallible and certain way to raife up, and to keep when 

 it is lb rifen, a Creft that is fain, is, Firft to raife up the fain 

 Creft with your hand, and to place it in fuch wife as you would have it, 

 and it ought to ftand ; then having one ftanding on the fame fide the 

 Creft falleth from, let him with one hand hold up the Creft, and with 

 the other thruft out the bottom or foundation of the Creft, fo as it may 

 iland upright ; then on that fide to which it falleth, with an hot Iron 

 (fomewhat broad on the Edge) draw his Neck firft at the bottom of 

 the Creft, then in the midft of the Creft, and laftly, at the fetting 

 on of the hair, and be fure to draw it through the Skin, but befure 

 no deeper^ for this will inlarge and open the Skin. 

 . Then on the other fide (from whence the Creft falleth) gather up 

 the skin with your hand, and with twoPlaifters of Shoe-makers Wax 

 laid one againft another at the edge of the Wound, and with fmooth 

 fplints to ftay the skin, that it may fhrink neither upwards nor down- 

 wards; then with a pair of fliarp Scizars clip away all the fpare skin 

 which you had gathered up with your hand, then with a needle and 

 fome red filk, fticch the skin together in divers places, and to keep the 

 skin from breaking, ftitch the edges of the Plaifter together alfo, then 

 anoint the Sore with Turpentine, Honey and Wax molten together, 

 and the places which you drew with the hot Iron, with piece-greafe 

 made warm ; and this do twice a day,' till all be whole, and have 

 great care that your Splints fhrink not.- 



CHAP. XLIV. Of the Manglnefs in a Horfes Mane. 



THE Manginefs whichisin the Maneof a Horfe, andmakethhim 

 fhed his Hair, proceedeth either from the ranknefs of blood, 

 poverty, or loufinefs, or elfe of rubbing where a Mangy Horfe hath rub- 

 bed, or elfe of fretting duft lying in the Mane for want of good 

 $ dreffing. 



