(lip) 
' might be done. He fir ft (having the Horfe on his 
* Back ) inlarged the Wound in the outer Skin, and 
* Rimb of the Belly, (by cutting it wider } that he 
' ' might come at the Maw where he found the Wound 
jf to be at leaft three inches long; he then removed the 
Maw outward,and (while he was preparing his Needle 
*and Thred ) he ordered one of the Servants {Rolen 
* Watmore ) to cleanfe the Maw from what was in it, as 
* being lefs likely to gangrene when empty ; who thruft- 
> ing in three Fingers and his Thumb (the Wound there 
V being large enough to receive them ) pulled out the 
chewed Grafs, and what he found there. The Maw 
I being thus cleanfed, the Farrier fewed up the Wound 
.^herein, and then thruft the Maw back into the Body ; 
^ * and then fewed up the Wound in the Rimb of the Beliy : 
f The Wound in the outward Skin he did not fo^ up, 
but only tacked it loofly together about the Middle, 
^ * leaving room on both fides to put in Tints and Medi- 
. * cines for the healing of it. The Horfe after this con- 
' tinued for fome time much indifpofed, but in a Month 
V* or fix Weeks time(with careful attendance) the wounds 
/ Vwere clofed and perfeftly cured : And the Horfe work- 
* ed at the Plow and other Services as before ; and hath 
I ever fince continued found and well, and was now late- 
I . * ly fold, (to an Horle-courfer) for double the price that 
' hecoft. I thought fit to give you thefe particular cir- 
I * cumftances, from the Mouth of my Son, and of the 
.aforementioned. Servant, who was concerned in the 
* whole procefs. 
* This fee ms to me a good confirmation of a ftory w^ 
•bad many Years agoe \de Prufo Cultrivbro) of a F/-?//- 
who was laid (I know not by what chance) to have 
, * £wallowed a Knife in to^ his Stomach ; whereupon, his 
fide was opened, an incifion made in the Stomach, the 
* Knife thence taken out, the Wound then fewed up, and 
Hhe. Man.recovered. . Which hath been looked upon as 
