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CHAP. CXLIV. Of old Im^ofihumes. 

 |F the Impofthume do proceed from any old Caufes as thofe which 

 E rifeafrer cold raking, or when a Horfe is at Grafs. in the Winter 

 Seafon^ then you fh all ta! e the Herb called Balm^ and ftaiiip it iand 

 Hogs-greafe well tcge-her, and fo Plaifter-wife apply it to the Sore, 

 and it will heal it: Or c'fe when the Inipoflhume is ripe^ open it in 

 the lowtft part with a hoc iron, then wafh it with warm Urine j after 

 that anoint it with Tar and Oil well mixt together ^ and if you make 

 your Incifion in the manner of a Half-Moon, it is the better. 



Other Farriers take White Mints, and feethe them in \\'inej Oily 

 Ale, and Butter, and fo lay it hot to, and it will heal it. 



Other Farriers take Cuckow-fpit, and ftampt it with old greafe, 

 and fo apply it, and it will heal it. 



%^ Other Farriers take a handful of Rue, and flamp it well wirh 

 the Yolks of Eggs and Honey, and then apply it Plaifter-wife, and 

 it will heal any old Impofthume. 



CHAP. CXLV. Of hot Impofihumes, 



IF the Impoilhume proceed from any hot Caufes, as from the ex- 

 tremity of Travel, parching of the Sun, or the Inflammation of 

 the Blood ; therj, according to the Opinion of the ancient Farriers, 

 you fhall .ake Liver-wort, and ftamp it, and mix it with the-Grounds of 

 Ale, Hogs-greafe, and bruifed Mallows, and then apply it to the Sore, 

 and it will ripen, break and heal it ; but if you would not have the 

 Swelling to break, then take the Grounds of Ale or Beer, and hav- 

 ing boi-ed Mallows therein, bathe the fore Place therewith, and it 

 will drive the Swelling away. ^ Other Farriers take either Lettice- 

 Seed, or Poppy-Seed, and mix it with Oil of red Rofcs, and lay it to 

 the Sore Piailter-wife, efpecially at the beginning of the Swelling, 

 and it will take it clean away. 



C H A P. CXLVI. Of the Tetter. 

 A Tetter is a filthy kind of Ulcer, like unto a Canker, only k is 

 l\ fomewhat more knotty, and doth not fpread^, but remaineth moll 

 in one Place; and many times it will remain between the Skin and 

 the Flefh, like a knotty Farcy, and will not break. 



K^ The Cure thereof, according to the Opinion of the ancient and 

 underftanding Farriers, is. To make a ftrong Lee with old Urine, 

 Alhes and Green Copperas, and bathe the Knots therewith, and it will 

 kill and heal them. Some other Farriers take 3 Snake, and cut off the 

 Head and the Tail, and caft them away • the reft cut into fmall pieces 

 and roaft them on a Spit ; then take the greafe that droppeth from^ them, 

 and being hot anoint the Sorance therewith, and it will heal it in a 

 fhort time ; but look that you touch no part of the Horfe therewith, fave 

 only the Sorance, for k will poifoa and venom. CHAP. 



