Lib. II. Of Cures Chymrgkcd. 1 1 5 



dily get thisSaive^ yoa may take Butter and Honey molten rcgethei':; 

 and it will help them ; or elfe take a pound of Hogs-j^^reafCj a penny- 

 worth of Verdigreafe, two ounces of Muftaid, half a pound of 

 Honej', half a pound of Englifli Wax^ one ounce of Arfenick, two 

 ounces of Red-Lead, and half a pint of Vinegar; boil all thefe toge- 

 ther,; and make an Ointment of it ; then having dipt and made the 

 Sore all bare^ apply the Medicine thereunto very hoc^ and rtn^v^ it 

 once a Di^y until it be whole. Ocheri ufe to take ^\'t Ounces of Or- 

 pimGntj fiveof Tartar^ oneof Verdigreafe, hulf an ounce of Sulphur, 

 as much of Vitriol made into Powder, the Juice of fcur Citrons^ the 

 Whites of two Eggs, with three ounces of Sailei-Oil; let all thefe be 

 very well beaten together, and applied once a Day to the Sore, and ic 

 will not only heal this Difeafe, but any falc Humour whatfoever: 

 mingle with foftGreafe, Vinegar, Honey, Oipimcnt, andArfenick; 

 but Let Arfenick be the leaft, and it will cure thia Difeafe ; fo will alfo 

 White-wax, Turpentine and Camphire mixt together. Others ufe to 

 take an Hundred Black- nails in the Month of May^ flit them, and 

 put them in a Bag wiih a pint of Bay-falt, then hang them over the 

 Fire, with a V^elTel let under to receive what drops from them, '^nc? 

 keep it in a clofe Gh^fs ; then anoint the Sore every Day therewith, 

 and it will heal this Surance. Others take Honey and Vinegar, of 

 each a like quantity, a \^\.\t Oil, and Suet of a He-Goat, of each a 

 like, alfo boil them with a loft Fire and ff ir it v/ell ; when it waxech 

 red, add of Verdigreafe and Vitriol, of each a like quantity made into 

 Powder, itirring it till ic be red and thick ; then being warm, anoint 

 the fore place therewith once a Day, after it hath been wafhed with 

 warm Water; and this not only helps the Pains, but alfo any Sorance 

 whatfoever of like Nature about the Legs. 



Alfo green Copperas and Roch-Aliom, of each half a pound, and 

 a handful of Bay-falt boiled in a Gallon of running Water, will heal 

 it ; or elfe unto it add a pint of Honey, and boil it over again, and it 

 will be the better ; then when you have anointed the Sore therewith, 

 rub it with the Powder of Glafs, Muftard and Vinegar mixed toge- 

 ther, and afterwards skin it with Cream, and the inner P^^ind of Elder 

 beaten to a Salve, which muft be applied to the fore twice a Day at 

 the leaft. 



CHAP. XCL 0/ the Mules, or Kihe^ Heels. 



THefe Mules, or Kibed Heels, are certain dry Scabs or Chaps 

 breeding behind upon the Heels of a Horfe, and fo a little in- 

 ward even to the Fetlock, in long Chaps and Chinks ,* it proceedeth 

 either from Corruption of Blood, or from being bred in wet marrifli 

 Grounds, or elfe from unclean and negligent keeping, in fuch man- 

 ner as the Pains are bred ; this Sorance will make the Horfe's Lee; to 



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