Lib. [I. Of Cures ChyrurgicaL 175 



Others of our own Farrie^js ufe firft to cover the Horfe's back with 

 a Sheep- skin coming hot from the Sheeps Back, laying the flefhy 

 Hde next to his Back, and then lay a warm Houfing-Cloth upon the 

 fame, to keep his Back as hot as may be^ and fo let it continue until 

 it begin to fmell ; then take the old Skin away, and apply a new unto 

 it, continuing fo to do the fpace of three Weeks, and if he amend 

 not with this, then draw liis Back with a hot Iron right out on both 

 fides of the ridge of his fcack^ from the pitch of the Buttock unco a 

 handful within the Saddle; and then again overthwart, according to 

 this Figure, and kt t very line be an 

 Inch one from anochcr, neicl>er let 

 the ftroke be deep, and burned no 

 more than that every one may look 

 yellow J thtn lay upon the burning 

 this Charge or Plailtcr: Take of 



Pitch one pound, of Kozin half a pound, of Boie-Armoniack half a 

 pound madv inro Powder, ai';d half a pint of Tar, and boil all thefe 

 together in a pot, and (lir it till every thing be molten, and throughly 

 mingled together^ then bting lukewarm, daub all the burningtherewith 

 very thick, and thereLpon clap as many flocks of the Horfe's Colour as 

 you can make to abide on, and remove it not before ic fall away of ic 

 felf, and if it be in Summer, you may turn the Horfe to Grafs. 

 C H A. P, LUI. Of /fecial IVeahnefsinthe BacL- 



A Ccording to the Opinion of our oldefl Farriers (though my felf 

 jt\ have taken iittle notice of the Infirmity i) there is another kind 

 of Weaknefs belonging to a Horfe's Back, which they call the fretting 

 or biting of the RcinS;, which doth proceed from abundance of Hu^ 

 mours rcforring to that place, whereby all the hinder Pai ts of the dorfe 

 do lofe their feeling and ftrength, and fuch a Horfe fallech down to 

 the Ground ; yea, and the Humours many times reforting to the Heart, 

 do futfucate the fame, and in two or three hours do caufe the Horfe to 

 die. The Cure, according to their Opinion, is, Firfl to let the Horfe 

 blood abundantly in the Neck-vein, and to draw his Back with a hot 

 Iron, in fuch fort, as is declared in the lail Chapter, and then to make 

 him fwim a pretty while in fome River; then rowel him upon the 

 Haunches near unro the Huckle-bones, and then to anoint the fore 

 place with Hogs- greafe, and three-leaved Grafs, ftamped together, 

 until he be whole. 



CHAP, LIV. Of the Swelling of the Cods or Stones. 



THis kind of Swelling or Inflammation of the Cods, cometh either 

 by fome Wound received, or by the Hinging, or elfe biting of 

 fome venomous Beafl,. ox elfe by fome great ftrain either in running 



