'2s:i Of Cures Chyrurgkal, Lib. 11. 



iuch Flux of Humours in them as others have, the Knots will be un- 

 willing to break ; then, fay they, it is a dry Farcy. Others of the 

 contrary part will break as faft as the Knots arifej and run filthy Mat- 

 ter, then they call it a vvatry Fi^rcy. Others will fpread in many 

 parts cf the Body, yet not break, but as it were move betwixt the 

 Skin and the Flefh, but that they call a Running Farcy. 



Now all thele are but one Farcy, and have Ijut'one certain Cure, 

 which is this : Firft, with diligent heed mark upon what principal 

 Yeincf the Horfe's Body the Knots do arife, and note how they fpread 

 and run, then if the Farcy be divided into fundry Branches, accord- 

 ing as the Vein doth divide, you fliall take the laft Knot of every 

 Branch, which for the m.oft part will be hard, and not come to rotten- 

 nefs; and then flit them, and fill them with your Knife's point full of 

 whire Mercury ; then thofe which you find to be rotten, let the Mat- 

 ter forth, and anoint them with black ioap and Mercury mixt together; 

 then within a Day or two you fhail fee thofe which you drefs with 

 Mercury fimple, to have their Cores fall out; and the reft which you 

 , drefs with black Soap will dry up ; Then anoint them all with freili 

 Butter molten till thev be whole,' Now if you perceive any new 

 Knots to arife, then you fliall drefs them likewife with Mercury 

 fimple, as was faid before, and not leave any uncured. Now if the 

 Farcy be not very contagious, but as it were newly begun, then if you 

 only take Black Soap and Mercury, asbeforefaid, and anointing your 

 Finger and your Thumb therewith, do but nip and bruifc every Knot, 

 and within two or three days after they will dry up and heal. But if 

 the Farcy be foul anddefperate, that is to fay, either univerfally fpread 

 over tl-te Body, or fo gotten into any Limb or Member, and the Limb 

 is deformed, and hath loft his Proportion, fo that a Man can neither 

 judge which way the Veins run, nor in what part the Knots are moft 

 Venomous, becaufe that healing one, two new ones will arife. 



I> In this fame Cafe you fnall ftrft give your Horfe a ftrong Scour- 

 ing or Purgation, according to the ftrength of his Body, of all which 

 a pint of Muskadine, or a quart of ftrong Ale, with half a pint of 

 the Oil of Oats, is the moft Soveraign ; then you fhall take a penny- 

 worth of Tar, and two good handfuls of Pigeons dung, and twelve 

 pennyworth of White Mercury ; mix all thefe very well together, 

 and make them into a Salve ; then with a flice daub it all over the fore 

 place, leaving no part of the Member uncovered ,• then heating a Bar 

 of Iron red hot, hold it fo near that it may dry the Salve upon the Sore; 

 then lay more frefli Salve on, and dry in like manner, and fo let it reft 

 until it fall off, and it will kill any Farcy whatfoever, at the firft or 

 ifcond drefling. There be others which will ftop the Knots with the 

 Powder cf VerdSgreafe and of Arfnick mixt together, or elfe wafh 



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