^4 ^ Of Cures Chyrurgkal. Lib. IL 



a watrifti fharp Lye or Humour, which will venom the whole Foot|. 

 As for the Signs, they arc the apparent fight of the Sorancc, and the 

 continual running out of the thin Water. Now the Cure, according 

 to the Opinion of the ancient Farriers, is, if it be in the Summer- 

 time, to take Black Snails, and Bur- Roots, and. beating them well to- 

 gether, lay them unto the Sore, and renew them once in 24 hours. 

 But if it be in the Winter, then take the Scrapings of a Pans bottom, 

 or of a Cauldron, and put thereto a handful of the inner Green Bark 

 or Pills of the Elder-Tree, and having beaten them well together in a 

 Mortar, lay it unto the Sore, and renew it once a Day, and it will 

 heal it. Others ufe to take Garlick, Pepper, and Honey of each a. 

 like quantity, flamp them very well together, then anoint his Tongue, 

 with a little thereof, and then lay fome to his Patterns, aiid that, will- 

 cure the Sorance. 



CHAP. CXXVII. How to skm any for£ Foot. 



THere is nothing better to skin any fore foot, of what accident or 

 Sorance foever it proceed, then to take Turpentine fimply of 

 it felf, and therewith every Day to anoint the fore Foot, and it will 

 not only gather Skin but Hoof alfo, if it be in a Place where any 

 need requireth. Alfo White Lead, and Train-Oil beaten together, 

 will do the like. 



CHAP. CXXVIIL OfGourdedor Swcln Legs. 



TH E Gourge, or Gourded Legs, is an ill Sorance, being a grie= 

 vous-fwelling in the nether part of the Legs, proceeding either 

 from the melting of the Greafe by immoderate Labour, and then 

 wanting wherewith to void that Greafe out in Excrements, it falleth 

 down into the Limbs^ and there breedeththis Swelling j or elfe when 

 a Horfe is exceedingly heated, and then without care fet up, and tak- 

 eth cold, infomuch, that the Blood falleth down into his Legs and 

 there congealech and maketh his Legs to fvvell. To conclude: They 

 do fometimes proceed from hard beating in hard Ways, in the Summer^ 

 time, which firftraifeth up Wind-Galls, and then thofe Wind-Galls of- 

 fending the Sinews, make them to fwell, and this is the worft Gourd- 

 ing, becaufe ever for the moft part, Lamenefs doth follow it. 



The Signs are, the Horfe 's Legs will ever be moft Swoln when he 

 ftandeth ftill in the houfe, and leaft when he is in Travel, efpecially if 

 he travel in much Water j and the Swelling moft commonly is accom- 

 panied with fome fmall Scabs, and in the end it will break out into the 

 Scratches. The Cure, according to the Opinion of the ancient Far- 

 fiers, is,To draw him with a hot Iron a handful above the Knee, and 

 theti Rope his Legs with a foft Rope of Hay wet in cold Water, and 

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