1^5 Of Cures ChyrurgicaL Lib. II. 



or leaping^ or by the biting of one Horfe with anorher. The Cure isj 

 according to the Opinion of the moil ancient Italian Farriers, firft t6 

 bathe the Cod with Water^ wherein hath been fodden the Roots of 

 wild Cucumber, and Salt, and then to anoint it with an Ointment 

 inade of Oil, Goats-greale and the White of an Egg, or elfe to bathe 

 the Cod in warm Water, Nitrum and Vinegar mingled together, and 

 nlfo to be anoinred with an Ointment made of Chalk, or of Potters- 

 Earth, Ox-Dung, Comin Wearer and Vinegar mingled together ;...0f 

 .elfe to be anointed with the' Juice of the Herb caUed Nighc-fhade, of 

 with the Juice of Hemlock, which grows on Dunghils ; and if need 

 require, to let him Blood on the Flank-veins, But our latter Farriers, 

 who hold that this Diieafc cometh ofccil after fome Sicknefs or Sur- 

 feit wich Cold, being a bip:,n of amendment from that Sicknefs, dp qure 

 it in this fort : Take of Bean-liower, Wheat-meal, Comih, an^ 

 Hogs-greafe *. f each a like quantity and making a Plaiiler thereof, 

 fpread it all over the Horfc's . ods and Stones. Others boil Ground- 

 fel in Wine-Vinegar, and fo bathe the Horfe's Cods therewith; ot 

 elfe take a quart of good Ale-wcrr and fet it on the Fire with 

 Crums of Brovv/n Bread ftron?ly leavened, and better than a handful 

 of Comin made into Powder Then wirh Bean-flower make a Plaifter 

 of them all, and apply it to the G.ief as hot as can be fuffered- Or 

 if this help not, take Cows Dung and feeche ir in Milk, and lay it 

 upon the fwelling as hot as may be and it will alfwage it But if iliis 

 Inflammation proceed from. ranknefs of Seed, which \ ou fhall fee by 

 the much moift fliminefs of his Yard, then ycu fhall firtt make him 

 cover a Mare, then keep him without Provender, and let hi n Blood, 

 above the great Vein, which is between his Lips, and lay thereto hard 

 Eggs beaten in his own Dung, and make a Plaifter of the fame, and 

 lity ic.to his (ods, and once a day waflihis Cods with cold Water. 



Other ancient Farriers ufe to let the Horfe blood in his fiank Vems-^ 

 and then take Oil of Rofes and of Vinegar, of each half a Pint, of 

 Bole-Armoniack half a quartern beaten to Powder, mix them toge- 

 ther in a Cruize, and being lukewarm, anoint the Cods therewith, 

 with two or three Feathers bound together ,• and the next day ride hirn 

 into the Water fo as his Cods may be within the Water, giving him 

 a turn or tw^o therein, and fo return fair and foftly home unto the Sta- 

 ble I and when the H^rfe is dry, anoiiit him again as before, and do 

 this every day until the Horfe be whole. 



Now there be other Farriers, which hold that this Difeafe may 

 come by means of evil Humours, and corrupt Blood, which refort 

 nnto the Cods ; and the Cure is, To cover all the Cods over with a 

 Charge made, of Bole-Armoniack, and Vinegar wroughttogether^ re- 

 newing it ever}' Day once until the fwelling go away, or that it break 



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