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2^8 Of Cures ChyrurgicaL Lib. IL 



over therewith, every Day once for the fpace of five orfix-Days, and 

 it will help it. Others ufe to cut the Horfe two Inches long down 

 the Forehead J and upon it on the midft thereof on both fides two 

 Inchesj and put thereto a Tampin made of the inner Rind of Elder 

 Bark which isgreen_, and look that it lye crofs the Cut ; for fo it will 

 deflroy all the venomous Humour in his Body ; and it will heal him 

 very perfe<5fcly, having been very often approved. Others ufe to take a 

 very Iharp Bodkin, and to thruft it crofs-wife through the nether part 

 of the Horfe*s Nofe, even through the fmall Griftle, fo that he may 

 bleed well ; or elfe to let him Blood in the Neck- Vein ; then feel the 

 KnotSj and as many as are foft, Lance them, and let them run •, then 

 take ftrong Lye, Lime, and Allom, and mixing them well together, 

 bathe all the Sore therewith, and it will cure him. 



<§:3? Others take a Iharp Lance Knife, and in the top of the Horfe's 



Forehead, fomewhat above his Eyes, make a long flit even unto his 



Skull i then with a blunt Inftrument for that Purpofc, loofe the Flelh 



from the fcalp a good compafs, then take Carret-roots cut into little 



thin round Pieces, and put them between the Skin and the Skull ; or, 



for. want of Carret-roots yon may take red Dock-roors, and fee that 



they be a little beaten or bruifed before you put them in, and once a 



Day fee that you thruft out the Matter but by no means thruft out the 



Roots ; but if the Roots do not ftay in, then with a Needle and Silk 



iHtch the Wound together that it may hold in the Medicine ; then 



once a Day anoint the Wound with frefh Butter ; this is held a very 



certain Cure for the Farcy ; for look how this Wound made thus fhall 



rot, waft, and grow found, fo ftiall the Sorar.ce break, dry up, and 



be healed; only the Fault of the Cure, is. That it will be fomewhat 



long in healing, and is a foul Eye-fore until it be whole. 



Now there be other Farriers, which, after the putting in of Roots, 



as is aforeftid, ufe to burn all the fore Place round about with a hot 



Iron ; and then with another blunt hot Iron as big as a Man's Finger 



to burn the Sore in the midft till the white Matter come forth, then 



with a pair of Pinions pluck out the Knots ; this done, anoint all the 



ibre Place with Soap, and then drcfs him no more the fpace of four 



or five Days, in which Time you muft prepare a good Quantity of 



ftrong Pifs, with the which you muft wafli him every Day, the 



Pifs being firft made fcalding hot, and rub the Sores well until they 



begin to bleed ^ then having dried all the fore Places, throw on the Pow- 



,^der.of unQackt Lime, or of Burnt Allom, which will heal better than 



Lime. Now if you fee that in any of the Sores through negligent 



drefling there rifeth proud Flefh high, that you cannot corre<it itfuffi- 



i^iently with the aforefaid Powder, then you may burn any fuch place 



fo fore or forer as you did at the firft, and drefs it as before. Now there 



be 



