jcj5 TheQempkat HGrfc-man^ CHAP. VI. 



Hlppopli. "\ '^J Hat ii good to take dead flejh out of afore? 

 ♦ V V Hippojerm. We ufefundry forts ofcorro- 



fives wherewith to cleanie toul wpurxds, and to eat any dead, 

 proud, and naughty flefli out of fores, to the end they itiay heal 

 and carnifie the better and more kindly : but yet omitting all 

 forts of powders and other corrolives to corrode and eat away 

 dead fle(h, I will teach you a moft precious Unguent, which 

 will take off any dead, proud, fpungy, or bad fledi, in the 

 /oor, or any -other part of the hody^ be the wound never fo 

 deep or ulcerated, and it will not only take away all proud, 

 dead, and naughty tiefh, but it will alfo (cleawfe, and heal up 

 the fame very foundly in fhort fpace •• And this Unguent is 

 thus made and compounded. ' 



dead Take of common Honey two ounces, Roach-alum, Verdi: 



flcfli. greafe, and Vineger, of each one ounce, fublimat twodrams^ 

 let all be made into fine powder, and boil it a few waumes» 

 keeping it ftill ftirring, and then take it from the fire, and 

 keep it in a gaily pot, flopped for your ufe. Apply this Un- 

 guent upon lint or fine hurds, to the Soranceoncea day, and 

 it cureth fpeedily, and foundly -, but then oblerve that every* 

 day before you drefs the fore, youcleanfe, wafh, andinjed in- 

 to the wound the water taught you in the next Se^. which I 

 will fhewyou for a Pundure or deep wound. "^^"^ And this ii 

 an approved cure, and beyond all perad venture. 



SECT. Ji. n. 



Hippoph. T X 1 Ell fliew me then what is good for a Pundure; 

 Y^^y 9rdeefwomd?':i\y,\\vi .■■uiy.A i^ 



Bifpoferus. \( itht m' mtfoDty or any 

 other part of the /'tf^, if you can come well un'oit, or if it 

 be an Impofthuraation unbroken, fcald it firft with the^medi- 

 cineofred Tar, Hogs greafe, Bay fait, and green Coiporas 

 defcribed in lib. i. chap, i6. Se^.io. for the Poll- evil, thenwalh 

 the wound with this water. 

 Take red Sage, Plantane, Ribwort, Yarrow* Bramble leaves, 



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