Lib. II. Of Cure^ ChymrgicaL Q67 



CHAP. CXLVII. Of Sinews that are cut^ piched^ or brmjid. 



IF an HorfCj by the mifchance of fome Wound^ Ihail have any of 

 his Sinews either cut, pricked, or ibre bruifed, then if there be no 

 Convulfionof the Sinews, you (liall according to the Opinion of the 

 moft ancient Farriers, Take Tar and 15e a n-fio wer_, and a little Oil of 

 RofeSj and mixing them together, lay it hot unto the plaice • and if it 

 do not prefent good, take Worms and Sailet-Oil fried together, or eWe 

 the Ointment of Worms, which you may buy of every Apothecary, 

 and applying either of them, they knit the Sinews again, if they be 

 not clean alunder. But if there be a ConvuUion, then with a pair of 

 Shears you muft cut the Sinew in pieces, and then take Rolln and 

 Turpentine, Pitch, and Sanguis Draconis; then melting them toge- 

 ther, clap it fomewhat hot unto the lore,- then take Flax and put up- 

 on it, for that will cleanfe and defend it ; and than this Medicine, 

 there is none better for any iwoln Joint wharever. 



Now if the Joint be not much Iweli'd, but only that the Sinews 

 are exceeding ItiiF through the great Bruifings, then you (hall take of 

 black Soap a pound, and feethe ic in a quart of ftrong Ale till it 

 wax thick like Tar, then referve ic, and when you fhall fee caufe, 

 ufe to anoint the Sinews and Joints therewith, and it will fupple them, 

 and ftretch them forth, although they be never i'o much fhrunk ; as 

 hath been approved. 



CHAP. CXLVin. Of fretting the Belly, with the Fore-gins. 

 7F when you faddle and gird yourHorfe, the Girts be either knot- 

 ^ ty or crumpled, and therewithal drawn too ftrait, they will not 

 o,nly gall and wound the Ho.-fe under the Belly very much, but they 

 will alfo (top the Blood which is in the principal Veins, called the 

 Plat- Veins, in fome fort, as they will occafion moft extream and 

 hard Swellings. 



The Cure whereof is, according to the general Opinion, to take 

 of Oil de Bay and Oil of Balm two ounces, of Pitch two ounces, ^ 

 of Tar two ounces, and one ounce of Rozenj mingle them well to- 

 gether, and then anoint the Horfe's fore Bowels therewith ; then take 

 either Flocks, or chopped Flax, and clap upon it, and fo lee it abide 

 until It fall away of it felf, and it will furely cure him. 



Other Farriers ufe to take Vinegar and Soap, and beat them well 

 together, and flir it with a Stick or Cloth, and then fall to rub an'd 

 walh^ the galled place therewith, and do thus at lealt twice a d.-^y, 

 and It will dry ii up in two or three Days at the moft. But if the 

 galling be about any part of the Ho-.fe's Neck, then you lliall take 

 the Leaves of Briony (called the Hedge-vine) and ftamp them, and 

 mix them with Wine, and then, Plaifter-wife, lay ic to the Sore, and 

 K will heal It. M m 2 CHAP 



