1 1 4. " The Com^kat Horfimayf. CHAP. V. 



means fvi'dleth," and fo bccometh a Difeafcj Vvhich pcftiingi 

 t,hat places makes the joint ^a^-^ whereby he becoraeth fravk 

 l^me,. not being able to go, but with great difficulty and pain. 

 The fign is moft eafie, being moft apparent to the eye. . The 

 belt way to cure it, is firll, to ihave away the hair on both 

 lides the fwelling, fo far forth as the fwelling goeth ^ then take , 

 up the thigh Vein^ and let it bleed well; which done tie the 

 Vein above the Orifice^ and let the Vein bleed from bel- 

 low what it will \ whereby the blood which was allembled 

 about the fpaven place, which caufed the former fwelling, is 

 by this means fcnt away ; then with your Fleam or Incilion 

 Knife, make two Inciiionsin the lower part of the/irf/Z/^/^^a-nd 

 after prick 2 or 3 holes in each fide of the hough where the'Spa- 

 venis, that the medicine may- take the better effe(ft, and when 

 tht blo&d and water hath' vented away fo much, as it will do, 

 bind round about it, plaiflerwife the whites of Eggs and Bole- 

 armoniack very well beaten together, either upon Hurds or 

 Linnen cloth, and make it fall about the hough^ fo keep on the 

 Plainer, The next day take it off, and wafh and bathe the fo- 

 ^r'l^^j' ranee with this Bath^ viz.- Take Mallows and the tops of Nee- 

 tlc^, and boil them in water till they bef)ft, and therewith 

 hMhe him. Then take Mallow-Roots, Brancha Urfina, Oil, 

 Wax, and white Wine, fo much as will luf^ce, and boil them, 

 bind this warm to the forance roundabout the hongh^ and few 

 acloath about itr and fo let it remain three days more ^ and 

 every morning ftroke it downward with both your hands gent- 

 ly, to the end the bloody humour may iiTue forth. The fourth 

 day bathe and wa(h it very clean with the former Bath. That 

 done, Take Carana, and ftone, Pitch, of each one ounce-and of 

 Brimflone a quarter of an ounce made into very fine povvder -p 

 melt thete together on the fire, and when it is almofl ready to ' 

 be taken offpput into it of Venice Turpentine half an ounce, '> 

 and make a plaiiter thereof, fpreading it upon leathert, and 

 apply it to the place warm, round about the hough, and fo let? • 

 it remain untilitdofallaway of its own accord ; or if it .dc> 

 come off fooner than you might think fittings then make ano- ■ 

 tber of the like ingredients, and apply. ii>^asjt)cfore.. ^^*'Th1s'^ 

 is.the belt cure that I couid ev.er. ktKJwr.fei-this maladv^, with - 



which 



a Blood 

 5paven 



