Lib. II. Of Cures Chyrurgicak i S 9 



The Cure whereof is thus^ Firft put a pah* of ftrait Pafterns on his 

 fore Feetj keeping him ftill in the Stable without difquicting of him ; 

 then take of Dialthea one pound, of Snllet-Oil one phit, of Oil de 

 Bay half a -pound, of frefh Butter hiilf a pound i melt all thefe 

 Things together in an Earthen Pot, and anoint the grieved place 

 therewith, and alfo round about the infide of the Shoulder ; and with- 

 in two or three days after, both that place and all the Shoulder will 

 fwell, then either pi-ick him with a launcec or Fleam, in all the 

 Iwelling Places, or elfe with a fliar^) hot Iron, and then anoint itflill 

 with the Ointment beforefaid • but if you fee it will not go away, 

 but fwell ftili, and gather to a head, then launce it where the Swel- 

 ling doth gather moft, and is fofrelt under the Finger ; and then tent 

 it with Flax dipt in Turpentine, and Hogs-greafe molten together, 

 as is before fliewed^ renewing that Tent twice a Day till the Sorance 

 be whole. 



C 11 A P. LX\TH. Of the ShouUer-Vight. 



TH E Shoulder-Pight is, when a Horfe by reafon of fome great 

 fall, rufh or Itrain, hath the point of his Shoulder thrult cut of 

 joint, which is et^fie to be feen, in that the point of the fore Shoulder 

 will ftick out much farther than the other, and the Horfe will halt 

 downright. The Cure whereof, as the old Farriers hold it, is, Firft 

 to make him fwim in a deep Water, up and down a dozen turns, for 

 that will make the Joint return into i's true Place; then make two 

 tough Pins of Alhen-wood, as big as your little Finger, being fliarp 

 at the points, each one five Inches long ; that done, 'flit the ^kin an 

 Inch above the point, and an Inch beneath the point of the Shoulder, 

 and thruft in one of thefe Pins from above downward, fo as both the 

 ends may equally ftick with the Skin ; and if the Pin of Wood will nor 

 eafily pais throufh, you may make its way fnft with an Iron Pin; that 

 done, make other two holes crofs to the fird holes, fo as the other Pin 

 may crofs the firft Pin aright in the midft, with a right Crofs; and 

 the firft Pin Ihould be fomewhat flat in the midft, to the intent that 

 the other being round, may pafs the better without ftop, and clofe 

 the jufter together ; then take a piece of a little line fomewhat bigger 

 than a Whipcord, and at one end make a loop, which being put over 

 «ne of the Pins end, wind the reft of the line good and ftrait abont 

 the Pins ends, fo as it may lie betwixt the Pins ends and the Skin, and 

 faften the hft qiA with a Pack-needle and a Pack-thred unto the reft of 

 the Cord, fo as it may not flip ; and to do well, both the Pin« and the 

 Cord ftiould be firft anointed with a little Hogs-greafe ; then bring him. 

 into the Stable, and let him reft the fpace of nine days; and lethem lie 

 down as little as may be, and put a Paftern on the fore Leg, fo as it 



