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2aa The Cdmp leaf Eorji-mav^ CHAP. VIIF- 



vein's^ and in thtveee^ing ^'f^w, and then wafh his e\es with wo- 

 mans milk-, and life honey mingled together. "^^"^ 



.Another for a wart or Ipongy excretion growing near to th6 

 eys of the horfe^ which commonly doth proceed from a condenfed 

 fiegm that defcendeth to the f>r, which in time will cauie the 

 eye either to confumcor to grow little, if it be not prevented^ 

 which miift be done thus. 

 Eve a Take Roch Alum and burn it, and then add unto it fo much , 



^''^"' white Copperas unburnt, grind them together to very fine pow* 

 der, then lay a little of this powder jnll upon the top of the 

 wart, but take heed none get into the tye^ for it is a ftrong . 

 corrolive, and willcorrode *, let the Wart be thus drefled once 

 every day, and in a fliort time it will confumeand eat itquitea-' 

 lunatick way never to come more. ^^'^ But as touching Lunatick eyes, 

 Ea'es- this word Lunatick is derived from the Lati?7e word Lan^^ . 

 which fignifieth the A'^oori^ and the reafon why this diteafe takes 

 its denomination from thence, is, for that at certain times of 

 t\\Q Moo^ty he will fee well, andat other times a little, but then 

 at other times no whitat alU and therefore this difeafe is cal- 

 led Imatick-i and this kind ofblindnefs we do hold to be the ve- 

 ry worft of all other, but when he doth fee.you may know it by 

 the colour of \\\'>,eyes^ for then they will hi dim and yellow i(h, 

 but when he feet h nothing) then will they look fiery and red. 

 This dileafe cometh fometimes naturally, taking it hereditarily, >. 

 either from the Sf^///o« his 5/>tf, or from the Mare his Dkm^ by^ 

 whom he was begotten, andfoled: it cometh alfo fometimes 

 by means of evil hnmoHrs which defcending from the head make 

 , their refidence in and about the fyf j, and thefe r\2x\g\{iy Jonmoun 

 }J^ ^ are occalioned bythe means of intemperate riding, drawing, 

 ?' or other laborious exercife, in which the poor crf^z/^re hath been 



/ puttodomore than nature was able to perform ; wherefore by 

 onepf thefe waies the malady cometh j the cure is thus ^ 



Take Pitch, Rofin, and Maltick of each like much, meltthem^ 

 together, and having beforehand provided in a readincfs two 

 round Plaflers of Leather, the breadth of a 20 fhilling piece of 

 Gold, lay and fprcad the medicine hot upon thefe two plaftersj 

 and fo hotas the/jor/t canfufFer them-, apply them- to hh temples, 

 caufing them to flick fait to the skin-, and let them there remain 

 «jii;|il they &aU taU off of themfelves, then rowel him on the 



face 



