Lib. II. Of Cures ChyrurgkaL i6q 



you. fliall Launce it in the nethermoft part, and let out the Matter, 

 then wafh the fore either with Urine, Ale, or Beer, made fcaiding 

 hot, then dry up all the moij^ure from the fore, either with a Li- 

 nen Cloth, or with a Sponge j then cover all the fore over with burnt 

 Alloni beaten to Powder : And thus drefs the Horfe once a day until 

 the fiefli be grown up fo high as you would have ir, then fhall you drcf? 

 the fore but once in two or three Days. V.uz if you fee it skinncth 

 but flowly, then may \ ou anoint the edge of the fore all about after it 

 hath been waflied asaforefiiid, with Unguentum Album, for that will 

 make the skin come faft • but if you do perceive that by drefling it 

 too feldom, there doth begin to grow any proud Hefli, then you 

 ihall take a dram of Mercury, and mingle it with an ounce of Un- 

 guentum Album, and anoint all the fore places therewith once in 

 two days: This will coned the proud Flefli, and caufe it to skin and 

 heal fuddenly. 



Others ufe for the abating of thefe fvvellings, to boil Mallows in the 

 grounds of Ale, and to clap it hot to the fwclling; and if the fwelling 

 do break, vvafii it with Pifs, and pour hot molten Bu:ter upon it. 

 Others ufe to (have away the Hair, and then to lay very hot unto it 

 a handful of Leeks ftamp'd and mix'd with Boars greafe, or e'.fe to" take 

 a turf of Earth burned red, and laid to as hot as the Horfe c;in fuffer 

 it. Others ufe to take Nettles beaten to pieces, and mix*d with hoc 

 Urine, and fo lay it on hot, and then {"^t on the Saddle ; and then if 

 after two or three days drefling, the fwclling break, then look if there 

 be any dead flefh within the fore, and either eat or cut it out : theri 

 take a pound of frefh greafe, and a Pound of Sallet-Oil, three ounces of 

 white Wax, one ounce of Turpentine and threedrams of Verdigreafe, 

 melt all thefe together, and tent the fore therewith rill it be whole, 

 for this will both eat away the ill Flefh, and incarnate good. Ochtrs 

 take green Cpleworts and ftamp them in fwines-greafe, and lay it 

 plaifterwife on the fore, and it will alfwage if, eipecially if you ride 

 the Horfe a little to make the Medicine enter in. Now if there be no 

 great fwelling, but only the skin chafed off, then you fiiall wafli the 

 raw place with Water and Salt, or elfe with warm Wine, and fp:inkle 

 upon it the Powder of Honey and Lime; or elfe the Pcwder of 

 MyrrH, or the. Powder of burnt Silk, or Felt, or Cloath or of any 

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Otli'^rJParriefs life when only the skin is galled off, to take a fpoon- 

 ful of thick Cream, and to put as much Chimney-foot into it as will 

 tnake it thick hke an Ointment, and then to lay it upon the fure, and 

 4ueliionlefs it will heal it prefently if the Wound be not very deep. 



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