BOOK I r. UKcl Expert Fcrrier, loi 



the aforefaid Ointment. *^*. This have I alfo pradifed, and 

 performed the Cure, but with greater difficulty than the for- 

 mer, by reafon of the Fire which I put to the place .• and 

 therefore I do hold my former Cure the better, fafer, and 

 fpeedier. %*• 



Mailer Blundevile and Mafler /^<«''^^^^w do fay, that the /f 4- 

 hans ufe to take a fpunge well dipped* in ftrong Wine Vinegar, 

 and bound to the fore, renewing it twice a day till the Ker- 

 nels do rot •, then they open the neathermoll part -of the foft- 

 nefs, and fo let the corruption forth, and then fill the hole 

 with fait finely brayed ^ and the next day they wafh away the 

 filth with warm water, and the next day after they anoint the 

 Sore, with Honey and Fitch-flower mingled together, till it 

 be whole. This Cure I never made trial of, but it ieemeth to 

 me to be a very good and probable Cure. Another for the 

 yivhes. 



Take Tar, tryed Hogs greafe, Eay fait, and Frankincenfe 

 powdered, of each fo much as will fuffice^ melt thefe on the 

 fire altogether, then with a clout failenedtotheendof a flick, 

 boiling hot, fcald the places four or five mornings one after 

 another until the enflamed places do become foft and rijj)e.Then 

 with your incilion knife, flit the skin, and let forth the corrup- 

 tion : then to heal up the forances, take tryed Hogs greafe and 

 Verdigreafe made up into fine powder, melt them upon a gen-- 

 tie fire, butfuffer it not to boil more than a waum or two at 

 the moft, then take it off, and put to it of ordinary Turpen- 

 tine,, as much as will fufBce, and fo flir all together until it be 

 cold. And herewith anoint the- forances daily till they be: 

 whole "^^■^. This is very good. 



Mailer Marhhamiw his A/aJfer-piece, hath a cure for the J- 

 vivest which heentituletjl '-, A tnojt rare. and certain approved Me- 

 dicine ■, which Will cure the Vives-^ without 'either burnings jjtelting^, 

 rotting^ or any fnch like violent exercife. But as yet I did never 

 experiment the fame. The Cure is this. 



Take a- penny-worth of Pepper, beaten to fine powder,, 



SvA^nes greafe a fpooniut, the juice of Rue' a handful, and of 



Vinegar two fpoonfuls,"mix all \teli ■^Ogethei*, and convey it 



j equally into both the ears of the Hbrfe, and fo tie or flick them ■ 



Hp; then fhake his ^^r; that the niedicine may fink downwards r 



which-i 



