6 a Of Cures ChyrurgicaL Lib. 11. 



by and by whi'ifl they behor^, pour into them half a pint of White- 

 Wine, then afier they be cold, throw away th^Wine,, and anoint 

 your Hands with OU of Roles, and work the Wax and Turpentine 

 well togerh^r* after that put them into the pewter VefTei again, then 

 put to them half an ounce of the Gum of Fir-tree, and three drams of 

 the Juice of Betony, then feethe them well together until the Juice of 

 Betony be wafted, dien put to it three drams of Woman's Milk, or the 

 Miik of a red Cow, and feethe them once again until the Milk be 

 waited ; and then put it in a clofe Pot or Glafs, and with this drefs any 

 Wound v/hatfoever, and it will heal it. Others ufe to take Rofemary, 

 and dry it in the Shadow^ and beat It to Powder, then wafh the 

 Wound with Vinegar, or the Urine of a Child, and drew thereon the 

 aforeHiid Powder, and it will heal an indifferent Wound. 



Other Farriers take Wormwood, Marjoram, Pimpernel, Calamint, 

 Olibanum, bcac them all into fine Powder, then take Wax andBarrows 

 greafe, and boil them on a foft Fire until they be as thick as any Oint- 

 rnent or Salve ; wich this drefs any Wound and it will heal it. Others 

 life to take the tops of Nettles, Butter, and Salt, and beating them well 

 in a Mcrtar till they come to a Salve, and it will dry and heal a Wound. 

 Now the Powder of Honey and Lime, or Turpentine fimply of it felf, 

 will dry up and skin any Wound. Take Turpentine, Honey, Hogs- 

 greafe. Wax and Sheeps-fuet of each alike -j melt them well together 

 to a Salve, and they will heal any Wound. Now if a Horfe be gored 

 upon a Stake then you fhail caft him, and pour into the Wound But- 

 ter fcalding hot, and fo let him lie till it be gone down into the bot- 

 tom ; and do thus once a day till the Wound be whole. If you defire 

 to keep a Wound o^ en, put into it the Powder of green Copperas, and 

 h will do it -J but if you intend to heal it fpeedily, then Wheat-flower 

 •and Honey well beaten together to a Salve will do it, drefling the 

 Wound once a Day therewith. 



CHAP. CXXXIX. Of an Hurt with an Arrow. 



IF a Horfe be fhot or hurt with an Arrow, tent rhe Hole only with 

 Hogs-greafe and Turpentine molten together, and rcnev^ it once 

 a Day until the Wound be whole. 



CHAP. CXL. Of the healing of any old Sore or Ulcer^ 



OL D Ulcers or Sores are of three kinds ; the firft deep, hollow 

 and crooked, and they be called Fiftulas; the fecond bro:^d and 

 ihailow, bui moft fpreading and encreafing; and they be called Can- 

 iers j and ihs lait broad, deep, black about the fides and bottom, yet 

 not much encreafing, although not at all healing, and the- be called 

 old Sores or Ulcers: They proceed either from fome great Bruife, 

 Wound or Impofthume, which is either venomed or Mbufed in heal- 

 ing by contrary Salves i or through the Flux and Abundance of Hu- 

 mours 



