Lib. 11. Of C^res Chyrwrgicd. agj 



there will grow in the Place a certain fuperfluous piece of Fleih like 

 unto a Fig, full of little White Grains, as you fee a^e in a Fig. The 

 Cure whereof, according to the Opinion of the ancient Farriers, 15, 

 Firfl with a hot Iron to cut the Fig clean away, and keep the Flefti 

 down with Turpentine, Hogs-greafe, and a little Wax molten toge- 

 ther, and laid on with a little Tow, flopping the hole hard that the 

 Flefh rife not, renewing it once a day until the Sore be whole. 



Qi» Now other of our later Farriers ufe after they have, as before 

 is faid, cut away the Fig, then to take the Crops of young Nettles, 

 and chopping them very fmall, lay them upon a Cloth juft as big as 

 a Fig ; then take the Powder of Verdigreafe, and ftrow it thin upon 

 the chopt Nettles, and fo bind it to the Sore, renewing it once a Day 

 until the Hoof have covered the Sore ; And this is a moft certair* 

 Cure. 



CHAP. CXII. Of a Ritralt. 



ARetrait is, when a Horfe by the ill Government of the Smith, is 

 pricked in the Foot with fome ill driven Nail, yet in fuch fort, 

 that it is immediately efpied, and the Nail drawn back again ; and al- 

 though it proceedeth ofreft from the Negligence of the Smith, yet it 

 may alfo come by reafon of the weaknefsof the Nail, and thehollow- 

 nefs of the Shank; for when the Nail is a little too weak, the point many 

 times bendeth awry into the quick, when it (hould go right forth j and 

 when it is hollow, it fhivereth in the driving into two Parts, whereof 

 one part razeth the quick in pulling out, or elfe perhaps breaketh afun- 

 der, and fo remaineth ftill behind. And this kind of pricking is the 

 worft of all other, becaufe it will rankle worft, in as much as the flaw 

 cankcreth, and remaineth ftill in the Foot. The Signs hereof are, Firft 

 the apparent fhrinking and ftrugling of the Horfe, fo foon as the quick 

 is touched ; and next, his much halting: Laftly, you fhall feaich his 

 Foot with a Hammer, by knocking on the Clench of every Nail ; for 

 when you knock upon that Nail where the Grief is, the Horfe will 

 Ihrink up his Foot ; and if that will not ferve, then grope the Foot 

 with a pair of Pinfons round about, until you have found the P'ace 

 grieved. Now the Cure, according to the Opinion of the ancient 

 Farriers, is, Firft to pull off the Shooe, and then open the Place grie- 

 ved, either with a Butterifs, or with a Drawing-Knife, fo that you 

 may perceive either by feeling or feeing, whether there be any piece 

 of Nail, or not; if there be, then pull it clean out: After take of 

 Nettles half a handful, and bruife them in a Mortar, and put thereto 

 a fpoonful of red Vinegar, and a fpoonful of black Soap, and two 

 ounces of Boars-greafe, or the Fat of fait Bacon, and bray all thefe 

 well together, and ftop well the Hole of the Sore with this, and then 



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