Lib. 11. Of Cures ChyrurgkaL a a j 



the Horfe goeth ftifF and halteth ^ then to dilTolve thofe Humours, 

 take Wormwood^ Sage, Rofemary, the Bark of the Elm-Tree, and 

 of a Pine, together with Linfeed, and boiling thefe together, make a 

 Bath or Poultis thereof, and lay it to the Tick Member,and it will dillblve 

 the Humours; and fo likewife will Figs, being ftamped with Salt, 

 and applied to the Sore. 



CHAP. XCV. Three rart and well aff roved Medicines^ which "will 

 cure any manner of Strain or Swelling ovh-ufoevefj be it hard or foft^ by 

 what Accident foever it jhall come. 



IF the Strain be newly taken, you fhall then take Vinegar of the beft, 

 a pint, and of fweet Butter better than a quarter of a pound, and 

 melt them over the Fire ; then with fine Wheat-Bran, make it into a 

 Poultis upon the fire, and lay it as hot to the Strain as the Horfe is able 

 to endure it without fcalding, and do thus Morning and Evening until 

 the Strain be alTvvaged. But if the Strain be of no longer continuance, 

 then take of Mallows, and Chickweed, and boil them either in the 

 grounds of Ale or ftrong Urine, and lay them very hoc to the 

 ftrain. Laftly, if your ftrain, by length of Time, or evil Medicines, 

 be grown, in Mens Imaginations palt Cure, the Sinews and Swelling. 

 being boney, hard, and knotted , then you fliali take Peece-greafe. 

 which is made of Shooe-makers threds, and melting it on the Fire, 

 anoint and bathe the Strain therewith very hot, not only chafing it ex- 

 ceedingly Avith your hand, but alfo holding a hot bar of Iron againft 

 it to make the Ointment fink in ; then take a fine Linen-Rowler, and 

 rcwl up the Leg gently ; do thus once a Day, and it will take away 

 tne greateft and moft defperate ftrain that may be. 



C H A ■ P» XCVL Mother certain approved Cure fi»r Any Strain- 



•wbatfoever. 



TAKE Boars-greafe, Bole-Armoniack^ Black Soap and Nerve- 

 Oil, of each a like quantity, boil them W€ll together, and then 

 apply it hot to the Grief, rubbing and chafing it in exceedingly, and 

 alfo heating it in very well, either with a hot Brick-bat, a hot Fire- 

 fhovel, or a hot Bar of Iron ; And thus do once a Day till the Pain 

 depart. 



CHAP. XCVII. Of Enterfering, 



Nterfering is either whan a Horfe through a natural Straitnefs in 

 his Pace, or through evil and too broad fhooing, goeth fo narrow 

 behind wkh his hinder Feet, that he hewerh the one againft the other 

 upon the infide •£ his Legs, even with the Paftern Joint ,• and by 

 means of hishewing* there groweth hard mattery Scabs, which arefo 



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