529. An Ointment to cure old Sores, to search Fistolas, to eate Dead Flesh and to dry up Wattery Humors.
Take verdigreese 5 drams Honey 14 drams, white wine vinegar 5 drams boyle them on a soft fire and stir them well together till it come to a red substance & so keep it for use. Probatū Est.
530. To make Milke Punch.
Take 5 quarts of Brandy 8 quarts of water and two of new milke, four dozen of lemons, three nutmegs, a pound and half of double refin’d sugar, pare one dozen of the lemons very thin leaving none of the white, infuse the parings in some of the brandy about three hours with the nutmegs grated, dissolve the sugar in water before you putt it to the brandy, squeeze in the lemons and let all the ingredients be mixt together, then put them all into a bag of thick flannel & let it run without stirring, let about a quart run out, then put it into the bag againe, so repeat it till it is fine.
531. For the Farcy in a Horse.
Take three ounces of Sal Tartar, one ounce of lapis Calaminary, one ounce of Putty pulveriz’d; boyl two quarts of stale piss, one quart of Ale, one handfull of Rue till it comes to one quart, then give it the horse fasting; if you finde the horse very sick in taking it, you may the next time abate a small matter of the quantity, by this twice repeated I have cur’d an inveterate Farcy; but let him rest three or four daies between.
532. To cure the Grease in a Horse.
Take three quarters of a pound of Rozin, two ounces of Sal Prunella, two ounces of stone Brimstone all in fine powders; boyle three pints of brine & three pints of stale Urine till it comes to three pints in the hole, strain it thro a woollen bag, and when tis cold stir in the saide powders and give it the horse fasting, and in two hours time give him corne and as much warme water with a little bran in it, as he will drinke, give him exercise as soon as he has taken the drink, and every time you give him water; Note your liquor must be very cold before you mix your powders with it: give him three Drinks resting about four daies between, and the whole quantity in each Drink;
The Oyntment if the Horse be very sore:
Take two ounces of the best Aloes and two ounces of spirits of Wine made into a salve over the fire.