Let there be a decantion made according to art in xiiii. lib. of 〈◊〉 water to the conſum • g of a third part, after tha • let it be ſtr • ng by ſtrained, to the which adde:

Or 〈◊〉 his ſhall 〈◊〉 • nerie fourth house a pounde weight, 〈◊〉 that war •… if it be Winter, it ſhal not be lawfull for him to eate or drinke any at her thinge whole thrée • ye • . but thoſe thoée daye • are to be meaſured by houres, for this doth ſufficiently noriſh, & doth heale ye dificultly of breathing which thi •… all they do ſuffer that have any déepe wound in the breſt, for it doth repreſſe the flowing downe of reunies, and doth correct and purse the blood which remaineth within, we m • ſt proc •… alſo that euerie day he may diſcharge his belly either of his owne accorde, or els by the healpe of ſome gliſter. The fourth day he may dine with the fleſh of a 〈…〉 with parſley roots putting thereto Saffron and Cinamon, but in the euening he 〈…〉 ye 〈…〉 taken 〈…〉 thing at all. But at the ſecond 〈◊〉 the matter 〈…〉 diſpatched. Let there be pr • pared a fine limen cloth, or fla •… ia as the firſt was, which was put in at the firſt dreſſing, let this cloth be put into the wound being dipped in that Balme ſo often repeted of vs being liquified, for it hath bane • roued that medicine to concoct and alſo to bring fleſh. It is put into the wound vntill the percent ſubſtance of the fleſh doe extend or couch a certaine entrie out wardlie appering. Vppon this, let there be put the emplaiſter. Baſilicon, after the deſcription of Vigo or Gracia de • , about the wound, or the defenſiue ſpred vppon linnen, yet a hole being made where the wound is, ſo that the defenciue may bée diſtant • oom the wound on euery ſide thrée or ſoure fingers. But the Defenriue ſhalbe made of the ſubſtance of Roſes, of Viniger and Bole Armoniacke, & ſo let it be dreſſed once euery day, vntil corruption enough be gathered together. For the next daye there ſhalbe matter and that good. But the fifth & • ixt day there ſhalbe more alſo, & then we muſt dreſſe the wound twiſe or thriſe, or more often in the daye, but yet ye • idſt pro • ide that the patiēt (as much as may be) lye vpon the wound, as long & as cōmodiou • y as may be, that the pu • rified cor • option may iſſue fourth. But ye muſt not ſuffer in any wiſe yt a tent be put in, for by ſuch meanes ye ſhal precure a continuall fiſtulae in the place. But when ye wound hath gathered fleſh, (and that ſhall happen the tenth or at the fartheſt the twelfe daye) nothing at all is to be put in, neither Flammula nor any other thing, but it is conuenient to vſe that emplaiſter which you have vſed from the beginning, or Emplaiſtrum de Minio, of Vigos deſcription, and that is to be clenſed oftentimes in the daye, leaſt the 〈…〉 abounding to much • ne 〈◊〉 inward, at the laſt when there is 〈◊〉 more 〈…〉 ſhal be, now on crea •… , the pouder of 〈◊〉 Allome is ſo be added, and a • eſcar to be procured. The 〈◊〉 which are ſe • foorth of writers to be obſerned, whereby iudgement may be 〈◊〉 either of • eath or of life, of th • ſe which haue re • ea • ed woundes in the breſt which do penetrate are theſe.Signes of death of the wounds in the breaſt. For if his Heathing he a like hard, or harder and harder, that is a Signe of death, if otherwiſe, it is a good ſigne, and worthie of good fore-iudgmēt; And we may well affirme that none ſhall periſh which ſhalbe healed in this wiſe, although the lungs be perced through, except the wouned be next ye heart, or in the verie heart, for that thing bringeth death moſt preſently. Conuulſio. Tremor cordis. Secondly if thoſe which be in this caſe ſuffer a convulſion within three dayes, or the paſſion of the heart; death may be ſignified to them before hand. If in the firſt days, when he ſhall now haue drunke vp his decoction it happeneth that a more abundant porcion of matter do run foorth of the wound then before, Signes of a Fiſtulae. it is a great ſigne that the wound is growing towards a Fiſtulae. And yt the paciēt is brought to a conſumpcion in the Lungs. And that thing is to be feaced alſo when the bruſed blood ſhal runne out of the woūd, within the breſt, for the bruſed blood when it iſſueth foorth of the beines, doth rouieale together, and after that it incorrupted into a watry colour and ſubſtance. And ſuch a water as is left after the waſhing of fleſh. After that there doth breake foorth great abundance, with grieuouſneſſe & ſ • inke alſo. And the breath alſo is grieuous and tedious to the pacient himſelfe. But the water it ſelfe doth iſſue foorth euerie day •… ener and cléerer, and ſuch a water doth tend alſo to a Fiſtulaes and to retaine death if it be not foreféene. But what in this caſe is to be done, we ſhall ſhewe you in that place where we ſhal entreate of percing Fiſtulaes in ye breſt.

If in the firſt daies the paci • nt ſhalbe fore grieued in his breſt or back to the fourth daie, we ſhal eaſely help that euil with ſuch on empliaſtes laied there vnto as is ſectfoor thereof 〈◊〉 Vigo, 〈◊〉 the certaine thapter, whereof although wée had very ſmall vſe, in many wounds which we haue cured in the breaſt, yet is that vſe thereof knowen to be certaine & moſt preſent. For it once channced me to vſe ye ſame when in 〈◊〉 towne de 〈◊〉 Canibs, we did cure a certain yoūg man being woſided wiſh two arrowes on ye right ſide ſhot through the concanite of the breſt from before to the part of the backe directly behinde, and appearing foorth on both ſides, and the man was ſo grienouſly pained that he could in no wiſe lye downe, but he ſate in his bed with his féele hanging down • vpon the ground, but by the helpe of this plaiſter, and of the decoction ſet foorth by vs, and cutting of the veines before the third day, he was better recouered of his paines, and alſo lacke of reſt, and the cure taking effect, as I would deſire it, he was throughly healed by the xx. day. The plaiſter is of this • ort.

All theſe being beaten together; and with ſufficient ſape and a little white wine, let there be made a ſtiffe plaiſter thereof at the ſter, adding therevnto.

The place where he is to be laide, muſt be warme, the doores being thut and a deyle hanged before them, & within the Chamber a fier of coles. For it is hurtfull for déepe and percing woundes to be troubled with colde ayre, wée are bounde to giue God thankes becauſe wée haue cured more by this 〈…〉 which one was in the towne of 〈◊〉 , which 〈…〉 thruſt through with a ſwoorde behinde his backe on the left ſide, beſides the backe bone, and the ſwoord did appeare foorth thrée fingers beneath the left pappe more then two handfulls, and the man had taken alſo two woundes in his head, of which the one did come to Dura mater. We did cure another alſo in the towne of Combres baxas, and he was wounded with an arrowe empoyſoned with Heleborum on the left ſide, foure fingers aboue the pappe, but the arrowe did ſhow foorth behind the backe betwéene the ribbes called Mendoſae, hard by one of the hanches or loynes betwéene the ſecond and third ribbe, for he was ſtriken from ſomewhat an high place, and he was cured of vs in this ſore.

When wée ſawe the woundes, to euart the poyſon, we gaue him this potion, Rec. Caſſiae lignae. ariſtrolochiae rotunde, ana. ℈.ſs aniſi. Piperis. ℈.j. Let them be bruſed with a little wine, and giuen him to drinke. By and by on both ſides where the arrow went in and came foorth, we did put to a hot cautery with an inſtrument called Delatori. After that we did alſo apply two other Gladia • i Cauteries which were made redie of vs and put to the fier, from the legges to the ſhoulders on euerie ſide. Before on the breaſt, and behinde on the backe we made more then two hundred woūds in the maner of ſcarifiynges, diſtant the one from the other the bredth of a finger, for all that part of the body being teinted with the poyſon, was now already ſwollen, & was ſoft like the lungs, when theſe thinges were diſpatched, wée had a plaiſter redy for the whole body and backe, where the violence of the poyſon ſéemed to come, & where we had cauterized. The deſcription is this. Rec. of Mille ſomewhat toſted, li.j. of beane meale li.ſs. of brannes bruſed. ℥.viii. of Camomill, of Mellilote & Dil, ſomewhat bruſed of ech in handfuls, of Corianders, of Cumin, of ech ℥.ij. of all theſe let there be made a ſtiffe plaiſter with ſufficiēt ſape or new wine boyled led to the third p • rt, adding thervnto oyle of Camomill, • yle of Dil non. ℥.iiij. of oyle of Bayes, of oyle of Rue, ana. ℥.ij. we vſed this plaiſter for thrée daies, ye which as often as we did remoue, we wipt away abūdance of water drawen out of ye ſcarifyings, of wa • colour. And all theſe iii. daies ſpace ye patient did ſuffer grieuous panges, & paſſions of the minde, and loſſe of •… aſō, & ſome time alſo in the maner of mad men, hée did catch at the clothes & pallets with his téeth, and toſſed all the bed ouer like a furious body, & without all quietneſſe. Such was the great perplexitie & griefe through y• vehemēcy of the poyſon. But firſt of all we did offer the man to drink this decoction, and we vſed the ſame to the fourth day, ſo that we gaue nothing els to eate neyther of meate nor drinke.

Res. of • leane Barlie bruſed, of Raiſons ſtoned & bruſed, ana. p.iiij. of the roofes of Oxe tunge. ℥.iij. of Licorize ſhauen & ſomwhat bruſed, oun • . 〈◊〉 of Cumin ſéedes, ounc.ij. of ye ſéede of Ormg • um. i. of Peper, C • sſis Lignea, of Caſtoreum, ana. ʒ.i. of wine of Granates. li.i.ſs. Iuiūbes. N.xx. of Prunes finely cut N.xx. of Parſly rootes 〈◊〉 M.i. Make hereof a decoction according to arte in 〈◊〉 li. of r • ine water to the cōſuming of a third part, then let them be ſtrained with a ſtrōg or paſſion, adding there vnto of Penediſe, oun • . iii. of ſirope of Roſes, et de duabus radice bue fi • e aceto, ana ounc. iii. of Cinamon in pouder. ʒj.ſs. ſach •… Rubi. li.ſs. make here of your decoction after the fourth day the patient tooke reſt, but wée did confirme his ſtrength more and m •… , giuing him the broth of birds, in the which Aniſe, Casſia lingne, & the roots of Parſon were, boyled, his woundes alſo healed better euery day, ſo that by the xx. day he was by the healthfull helpe of God throughly reſtoored.

And let there be made a ſoft plaiſter, that is to ſay the waxe being molten with the oyles, and let the minerals be put in a cullender, driuing the ſubſtance of the vnguent, two houres with a peſtle in a leaden morter. And this is the beſt medicine of all others in this kinde of cure.

ALl gréene wounds generally in whatſoeuer part they are made, except thoſe which are made in the head, are wont to be cured of our vnexpert Surgions and practicioners after one ſorte and with like remedies, whether the ſame be ſimple or compound.

Yet I doe not deny but that there are in Spaine many learned Surgions whō the knowledge of the arte, induſtry, and faithfull dealing hath made worthie of all commendations, but all the reſt for the moſt part beſides theſe, doe vſe one order, all one ſa •… ues, and doe take one waie which they think that by no meanes els any man may or ought to paſſe. That thing trulie commeth héereof becauſe neither they vnderſtand thoſe thinges which they haue read, nor yet account it good to aſke of them which doe vnderſtand, nether do they thinke it conuenient or honeſt to aſke counſell of thoſe that are better learned, neither to ſéeke to them that are more expert, and to folow them as guides. But oftentimes it commeth to paſſe that to ſuch kinde of men their cure doth not proſper according to their minde, in which thing when all there common remedies being aſſayed are in vaine, this one thing is a common refuge at the laſt for them all, that they ſend men awaie being ſpoiled of their mony, with a plaiſter of Diacilon which they call Socrocium, as if they were vtterly whole.

And would to God the ſame reward of their vnperfect cure, did not paſſe the eſtimation of a moſt perfect cure: we haue ſéene many of that ſorte of men which do not ceaſe to ſet foorth with great bragges ſuch their cures, or rather corruptions, declaring their names to whom they haue done the ſame. But the fault of this miſchiefe is in the publique Maieſtrates. But how all ſuch woundes are wont to be cured of them, is eſpecially to be noted of vs. Whether the wound therefore be made with ſword or lance, they diſpach their firſt cure with ſtitching. but ſome of them are ſo hard hearted in this pointe, and ſo cruell, that they hurt more with ſowing, then he that gaue the wound with ſtricking. For vſing groſſe needles they doe take more holde of the fleſh then nedeth a great deale, the orifices of the wounds being wreſted from their courſe, they leaue mumled together after that they haue made their knotes. For the ſkin is by this meanes cloſed to the ſkin, but not the fleſh to the fleſh, becauſe they place the ſkin in the mideſt betwéene the fleſh, and many times alſo they take vp the ſkinne ſo lightlie and from the very vttermoſt ſide, that the orifice of the wound doe not ioyne.

For the extreme partes being ſet together, the reſt remaine hollow and emptie, by theſe and ſuth like meanes, their firſt cure is alwaies finiſhed

But if it happen by chaunce that any bones be cut, albeit all be not looſed, yet doe they vtterly draw foorth the ſame with no ſmall griefe to the patient, but with verie great hurt vnto him, abuſing that ſentence common among them (but not well vnderſtoode) to cut of the ſuperfluitie, And alſo if any of the fleſh be cut and yet not cleane cut off, they notwithſtanding cut it cleane away, affirming that it is not to be receiued of nature, and eſpetiallie if the woūd bee in the hand, although part of the fingers doe in ſome part cleaue faſt vnto the fleſh and the bones being cut, they alwaies cut it off.

For they thinke that it cannot be by any meanes, that the bone being cut may grow together. And thus they vſe their crueltie alſo, if the hand where it is anexed to the arme be cut or wounded, and yet not cleane ſtricken off or the foote, or any other of the members of the whole body. They make their ſecond cure in all kinde of woundes with a digeſtiue of oyle of Roſes and an egge. Furthermore the ſtitchings & ſowings which are made of them in ſimple wounds they do ſo neglect, vntil they of thēſelues do breake out ye fleſh, & ſo aſ wel by digeſtiues as with great abūdance of oyle of Roſes, oyle of 〈◊〉 • aid thereunto, and that many after their 〈…〉 with ſtitchings and ſowings, of a ſimple wound, they make a compound. And alſo with great detriment and loſſe of the ſubſtance, they bring vlcers. And for that cauſe alſo in the wounds which are cured of them in the face, there is a fowler deformitie left of the • kar • es, by reaſon of the ſowing then of the wound it ſelfe. But after that they haue vſed their digeſtiues ſo long together, that the place it ſelfe cannot onely be concocted and digeſted, but alſo doth beginne to • utrifie, then they put to very much (yea ouer much) Mell Roſarū to clenſe the ſame, and power in thereof largely. They doe adde alſo lints with Baſilicon. But if the wounds (becauſe they are putrified being corrupted by them) are not ſufficiently nor ſoone enough mu • dified with Mell roſarum, then it is a ſolemne matter among them to put thereto Vnguentum Apoſtolorum, being the verie laſt refuge of their blinde ignorance. And this they vſe a long time. But foraſmuch as the force and nature of this oyntment is hof, and ex • lcerating, and alſo too redy to eate, it cometh to paſſe that (the humor being drawen to much to the place) the woundes may rather bée called rotten and filthie then gréene, and eſpecially if ſuch order of diet be giuen, as we haue vnderſtoode to be giuen of many which were had in eſtimation, who whereas they had no certaine or conſtrant eyther arte, or reaſon or knowledge of things wholeſome or hurtfull, yet following their owne wills, haue ſo wrought of themſelues, that the ſame partes where the woundes are, be inflamed, and in diuers other places doe chaune and breake foorth, and ſo of a ſmall euill is made a great.

Therfore all gréene woundes in what part of the bodie ſoeuer they bee made, be they great or ſmall, or elſe ſhalbée in the ioynt or in any other parte of the whole body, may be healed by that meanes which is ſet foorth by vs, with little or no griefe at all to the pacient, and with little trouble of the Surgion; and without any fear • at all of hurtfull pangs, I truſt that the knowledge of this thing in • ented by vs to the vtilitie of men, & by very often experim̄te approued, ſhalbe well taken of all men. GOD the a •… thor of all good thinges enſtructing, vs, in finding out and diſpoſing of which thing wée haue followed nature as our giude. If the wounde be ſmall, and it ſhalbe thought neceſſarie that it bée cloſed with the office of the néedle, let the ſtitches bée made in fleſhie places, and not in the ſinewes, and by and by let there be laide therevnto the white of an egge vpon flax, but firſt the bloud muſt be ſuffered to auoid foorth, for that, if it bée not too much, is found to doe good, but in ſuch ſmall woundes, except they be in the ioyntes, ye muſt not put any linen cloth, but being ſowed (together and dreſſed with an egge, they muſt be well bound vp. But the next day they are to be cured in this order. (So it be not in the face, for we haue ſpoken of thoſe things in their place) let the woūd be anoynted gently with a fether with that oyntment ſo often repeated of vs for the vtilitie of men, called Balſamum being melted. After that let there be laide on, the plaiſter Baſilicon called Maieſtrale, without any lintes, but ſpred vpon linen cloth, the diſcription whereof is in Iohn Vigo.

The next day following there ſhalbée found good matter, and perfectly wrought, and in this ſorte ſhall the cure procéede vntill the fleſh bée perceyued to be gathered euer, and then let the ſtitches bée cut and plucked away, and it ſhalbe throughly healed with that plaiſter Baſilicon being often times in the day made cleane and wiped, but if it ſhal ſéeme good, ye may vſe that which is called the blacke playſter: But if the wound be great, firſt of all it muſt be ſowed vp in that order as we haue ſet foorth. And in the lower part of the wound to leaue an orifice, whereinto is to bée put your flamula, dipt in the white of an egge, laying alſo on the wound linen clothes dipt in the ſame. But the next day, it ſhalb • vſed 〈…〉 the contrary ſide, and giue him for the ſpace of ſixe or eight daies following ſirupe of Roſes, with water of Pl •… eine, and if the caſe ſhall ſo require, purge, let hun vſe a thinne diet all thoſe day •… , as Raiſ • ns, Almonds, and a little bred, coſted Apples, or the Apples called Pepins, which thou mayeſt giue him raw 〈◊〉 , and other meates 〈◊〉 like ſortes, but giue him water decoct with Barly, and put in the decoction Aniſe, and let him drinke after dinner and after ſupper onely. But if the man ſhalbe of a weaker nature, he may eate once a day of a Cockrell or a Pullet. But the curing of the wound is of this ſort.

Firſt of all, Dry ſtitching let there bée laide thereto plaiſters which the next day after they ſhalbe drie, and cleaue faſt,let them be ſowed together, and at the ſecond you ſhall vſe your fla •… a dipt in that our Bu •… e liquified, and put into the orifice which is le • t for the purging of the wound laying theron the plaiſter Baſ • licon 〈…〉 , being ſpred vpon a linen cloth, or that plai • ter which is called Gracia Dei. And ſo let the cure procéede vntill the ſeuenth or eight day. For in this time the concoction, clenſing, and bringing together of the fleſh, is woont to de finiſhed.

But when the fleſh is brought ouer, and the brimmes of the woundes doe conioyne on both ſides, we remooue the plaiſters, that which remayneth in the cure, wee finiſh with a plaiſter of Sinople, or the blacke plaiſter, or of Leonine coulour ſo called, or which is beſt in this kind, with like portions of blacke and Leonine mingled together. And ye muſt clenſe the wound ond plaiſter tenne or twelue times euerie day, according to the quantitie of the matter that is made, but the ſkarre is to bée couered, as it is accuſtomed with the pouder of burnt Atome, and dry lintes.

And when the ſkinne is nowe perfecte, and the ſkarre abated, it ſhall bée conuenient to comforte the place with the plaiſter called comfortatiue, which is deſcribed of Iohn Vigo in hi • Auti •… rie 〈…〉 doth 〈…〉 this behalfe, which thing 〈…〉 in 〈…〉 them all doth not perfo • me: Therefore in that 〈◊〉 which was haue taught you, all woundes as well the ſmall 〈◊〉 alſo the gre •… are moſt caſili • cured, without much inflamation of the member.

Neyther is it •… efull to anoynt the member with oyle of Roſes, or with any other oyle at all. For as I haue ſayd, there is no cauſe to feare any ouermuch inflamation. But in the beginning ot the cure, it ſhalbe expedient to lay therevnto a defenſiue of B •… e A •… cke, or 〈◊〉 linen cloth wet in vineger, adding thereunto a double quantitie of water, and when that in dried vp it muſt be wet agayne.

If the wound bée made in the ſ • nowie places, as are the handes, the féete the ioyntes, vs the heades of the muſkles, then is it to be cured in this 〈◊〉 • ſſoone as ye gréene wound ſhall come to • our 〈◊〉 and ye ſhall finde that there is too much bloud iſſue 〈◊〉 of the wounde, let bée ſpred a linen cloch vpon the wines, and 〈…〉 your finger, let reſt •… nt of the bloud be made ſo lo •… vntill it be ſtayed. But if vs perceiue that it hath bl • d as yet but a little, it is profitable that ye let it iſſue a little more▪

We haue learned that as well by experience, as alſo by &c authoritie of 〈…〉 ſaith he the courſe of bloud, in moderate quantitie is or pe • ient in vlcers, 〈◊〉 by this meanes, the member is not inflamed 〈◊〉 Let the woundes after this be ſet together with néedle and thred, but yet ſo that the néedle • ée not thruſt in déeper then is ſuffi • ient, nor yet in much of the ſhinne taken vp, but let them ſo agrée to that the co •… iſſures may little bée conioyned.

But if any of the ſinewes be cut, let thē be i • yned & aptly ſet together but ſo that they be not fou • hed of any ne •… . For ther is danger of moſt certain grief in ye part, and alſo a convulſiō eſpecally to be feared he ſhal neuertheleſſe be cured, nay, the member therefore ſhall leſſe eſcape if the ſinewes be ſowed. And ſome ſmall orifice is to be left beneth wher you may vſe your • lamula dipt in the white of an egge: but vpon the verie ſtitches let there be layd péeces of linnen cloth dipt in the whites of egges, and ſo bound vp. But if it be the hand or the finger, ſome flat thing is to be made fit in ſuch wiſe that the member it ſelfe may be left ſtretched foorth, notwithſtanding the wound being made, in the lower part, nedeth not any flat thing or table, but the member is ſo to be ordred, that it be ſuffered to be a little pluckt in, & the hand halfe cloſed together. For by this meanes the ſinewes which are beneath ſhall more eaſely ioyne one to another, for the hand being ſtretched ont, they neither can be ioyned nor yet made agréeable one with another.

Furthermore the letting of bloud, which ſhall ſéeme neceſſarie, is to be procured, and the member it ſelfe, becauſe it is ſub • ect to fretting and ſuffering of griefe, bicauſe the place is full of ſinewes, is to be prepared with this defenſiue.

This is to be laide to, that it be diſtant from the wound foure fingers, but beneath there is none to be laide too. For they which ſhall lay any to beneth, ſhall erre greatly. After this the wound is to be bound vp as we haue taught you. That oyntment of Balme ſhall addreſſe the ſecond cure, a little linnen cloth dipt in the ſame, and put in by the orifice, and the whole wound ano •… ed with a • ether with the ſame Balme liquified. And vppon all this a cerote to be put being ſpred vppon ſomewhat a broder porcion of linnen cloth, in which kinde and alſo in others, we finde this of all others to be a moſt preſent remedie.

Firſt of all they doe agrée with the pac • ents for the price, and require thone halfe of their many agréed vppon to prepare their Oynta •… s, and other things méete for the cure, which whē they haue gathered together, they goe their 〈◊〉 to another place (without either leaue of hoſt, ho •… eſſe, or pacient) giueing no • emedie to the pacient. And all theſe euills onely ignorance cauſeth. But if any of theſe (brood of • dyterers) the endeuour to bring any ſuch thing to paſſe, they all take one waye, and ganerally they heal • all kindes of wounds with like remedies. Wherefore we think that we ſhall doe a thing worth our trauell, if we ſhall ſet foorth that meanes whereby ſuch vlcers are wont to be cured by vs, which is now to vs knowen with continuall and moſt certaine vſe.

We haue therefore determined that the vniuerſal nature of vlcers is completid in foure into •… ions, and chiefely the vſe of purging, being obſerued. For this part is alwaies moſt neceſſari • , and not once, but oftentimes to be called vppon, and beſides that a moderate order of diet with cōuenient meats and drinks ought to be had. But the intencions are theſe, firſt of all, the vlcer (if the matter require) is to be digeſted, that is to ſay, we muſt vſe meets digeſtiues, as in a ſinewi • place, an egge and Turpentine, but in fleſh • e places, oyle of Roſes and an egge. But we muſt take héede that this which we call digeſtion, be not prolonged to long a time, it ſhalbe ſufficient ſo long to haue digeſted the vlcer vntill there vs confected verie good and landable matter, white and of one equall ſubſtance. But the ſecond intencion is finiſhed with 〈◊〉 , but this 〈◊〉 diuers abſ • erſiue remedies according to the ſundrie conſtitucions of the vlcers doe bring to effect. For all remedies are not meete for all vlcers. But the third intencion is accompliſhed by incarnacion, and conuenient bringing on of fleſh, & the fourth intencion by conſolidation, but to this thing there is néed • of diuers & 〈◊〉 is thing • according to the diuers & ſundry natures of the vlcers, and affections of the ſame. Yet notwithſtanding this is a common thing to all vlcers after the minde of Galen, that at all times they require drying medicines and abſterſiue. For all vlcers generally doe abound with a double fault of humidite, thone humidite is groſſer, and thother more ſubtile and thinner. Theſe faults except they be corrected, the vlcers cannot be healed.

It is a great matter alſo to take héede leaſt ſuch drying medicines which are néedefull in the curing of vlcers be not to hot, leaſt that part be ouer heated, of the exceſſiue diſtemperature. Whereof this ſhalbe the ſigne, the ſame place wherewith the vlcer is incloſed to be inflamed, redde, or wanne couloured. And it is no leſſe to be eſchewed that wée vſe not ouer colde medicines, if any ſuch of neceſſitie muſt be applied. For the natiue coulour being debilitated with this kinde of medicine, is an occaſion of the corrupcion of the member and vlcer. And of that thing this is a token, that the verie coulour about the Vlcer is more blacke and darcker.

Futhermore, there are many kindes of all theſe vlcers, for ſome are corroſiue, ſome virulent, ſome rotten and corrupt, and ſome alſo filthie, and many hollow, and ſome verie grieuous, and many other ſortes of vlcers there are beſides theſe whicih we reade off, and know by experience.

It is alſo néedefull for the Chirurgion that he auoyde paine, (or as much as in him lieth to cauſe any paine.) Take h • de (ſaith Auicene,) of griefe, becauſe nothing doth ſo greatly cauſe impoſtumation. Therefore he muſt take héede that he cauſe no griefe to the pacient, neither with his medicines, neither yet with his hands. Wherefore we, ſince we practiſed this arte, did at no time vſe any kinde of cauteri • ing, becauſe to whatſoeuer place ſuch things be applied, they doe cauſe no ſmall griefe. Of the griefe enſueth an attraction, of the attraction the • e foloweth a debilitie of the ſame member, and an affection of an euill qualitie, by reaſon of too great and hurtfull a •… arice of humours cōflowing to the ſame place. Therefore in ſuch corroſiue and vir • ulent vlcers, this is the order which we commonly obſerue. Firſt the pacient is to be well p •… ged, then ye vlcers (if they be not olde) but are beginning of one yéere or leſſe time, are to bée mundified with that pouder of Iohn Vigo, which pouder we vſe many dayes once euery day, putting thereto lintes and vnguentum Baſilicon layed vppon. But if the vlcers be hot, vppon the pouder and lintes we vſe the oyntment Lythargirium, and we vſe this pouder ſo longe till the vlcer be purged and mundified which the very ſight of the fleſh and the coulour doth eaſily ſhew. For the coulour in ye fleſh is read and ſhining, and in the which there appeareth a certaine grained thing to the likenes of the graines of a Pomegranate. And there is ſéene alſo matter and that pure and good. Furthermore it is knowne alſo by this token, when the plaiſter is remoued from the vlcer, if the pouder doe cleaue faſt to the vicer together with the lintes, and the matter that iſſueth foorth be little or none at all, and be like the thin ſpittell; that thing is a ſigne of mūdifiyng and cleanes in the vlcer. When the vlcers are ordered in this manner, we doe put thereon the plaiſter called of vs Leonatum ſpred vppon cloth, the pouder whereof is ſuch, that if ther remaine any filthineſſe behinde, it doth purge it foorth, nor yet doth ſuffer the fleſh to grow any farther then is néede, & alſo doth meruailoſly cicatrize the vlcer. This is to be wipte & made cleane oftentimes in the day, but eſpecially if it draw much corrupcion from the vlcer. But generally this cerote doth helpe colde vlcers, or placed in a cold part of ye bodie. But if ye vlcers be hot, in ſtéede of that cerote we applie the black plaiſter, which is the very beſt ſurely in this kinde. And it ſhall auaile alſo to wipe y• often times. But if ye fleſh waxe proud, caſt on the pouder of burnt Allum, putting thereto lints, but what day we vſe the pouder, we dreſſe ye vlcer that daye but once. And by theſe meanes the vlcers which are neither olde nor hard, are wont to be cured. But if ſuch kinde of vlcers be olde, cru • tie, or of an euil affectiō, & be in men of an euel temperature, they wilbe hardly healed by theſe meanes which I haue ſpoken off. But if that fall out, it will aſke a longer time, eſp • ially if they grow of the french Poxe, as the moſt part of them commonly doe. Therefore the ſureſt meanes to cure ſuch kindes of vlcers, is to vſe burning and cauterizing, all the corrupt fleſh being firſt cut off which is in them, but the hidden cauernes (if there be any) muſt bée made manifeſt and opened, and the vtter partes of the vlcer cut awaie. Neither is it néedefull to the diſpaching of this matter, that the pacient be either bound or holden of many, but in this order it ſhalbe expedient for you to doe. Whether the vlcer be in the ſhinne or in any other part, the bodie being with ſome commodius medicine purged, let the man that is the pacient be ſet downe in ſome long ſeat, (as on a forme or ſuch like) the legge whereon the vlcer is, being layd along vppon the ſeat behind the pacient, let another man ſit downe, on whoſe legges the pacient may lye with his head, his necke, and his ſhoulders, and let him haue his armes to holde, and let a third man ſitte downe vppon the thigh of the pacient, & hold his legge with his hands, and there ſhall néede no more. But let the cauterizing inſtrument be an inch thicke made in the facion of an Oliue bone which are called Oliuaria. With the which the vlcer is to be cauterized, as much as ſhalbe thought good. But in ye end we muſt vſe another third kinde of cautery iiii. ſquarre like a dye, greater alſo then ye others, wherwith the ſides & all the partes in the ſame are to bée coeuened and made plaine. When this ſhalbe diſpatched, let there be applyed to the vlcer, a great many péeces of linnen cloth dipt in the white of an egge and oyle of Roſes, and vppon the ſame •… hes or houlſters ſoked in Oxicratum, (that is water and vineger ſodden together) & preſſed forth with your hāds, let thē be put ther vnto, but on ye very mēber on ye vpper part of ye vlcer let there be put a detenſiue of • oole Armo • m 〈◊〉 , byle of Roſes & waxe, or in ſtéede of that, linnen thrée or • ower fould doble and ſtéeped in Oxcicratum and preſſed foorth, which when it is dryed vp, is to bée wette and applyed againe. The day next after theſe thinges are do •… , the white and yolkes of egges beaten and mingled together in the which let ther be a great many péeces of linnen cloth, dipt and layd on the vlcer, adding therevnto alſo as wée haue ſaide before a defenciue. But we do vſe this medicine two daies onely. After that let there be applied vnto the vlcer twiſe euery day Butter ſpred vppon a linnen cloth vntill y• eſ • ar be re •… dued, when the eſcar is taken away, we muſt vſe digeſtiues to the 〈◊〉 of the matter, if the place be fleſhie, the digeſtiue is made of oyle of Roſes and the yolke of an egge, but if the place be ſin • wie, ye ſhall put thereto Turpentine. And in fower dayes at the furtheſt the wound is well digeſted, which afterward is purged with the pouder of Iohn Vigo. For the ſame pouder both mundifie 〈◊〉 en • ently the groſer and thinner matters, and that is done without and gr •… fe, if the pouder be made according to a • te. We put vppon the pouder or ye lintes, and we adde there vnto vppon the vlcer, of the Cerot of Sinople. For that, or in the ſtéede thereof Baſilicon is beſt and méeteſt in this kinde. But after the vlcer is ſufficientlie mundified, that our plaiſter called Leonatum ſhalbe verie good both to bring on fleſh, and to Cicatrize, adding the pouder of burnt Allow. When ye fleſh ſhal now be growen out, lay theron pure lints, & vpon that the cerot Leonatum. And to that purpoſe alſo the blacke plaiſter is very good. For both theſe do meruailouſly mundifie, & bring on good fleſh, & both if thou doe applie them muſt be clenſed oftentimes in the day. Finiallie pu •… ified and root ten vlcers are cured 〈◊〉 well alſo with cauteries and in ſhort time. All 〈◊〉 and ſuperfluous fleſh wich is found in them being firſt 〈◊〉 a waie, as we haue decleared in the former order of •… ting. For the power of ye naturall 〈◊〉 doth bring many profitable thinges to paſſe in ſuch kinde of • ures, (for the potenciall fier is of farre leſſe & woor • e efficacie then y• natural fier & in ye meane time of greater hurt, & the cauſe of greater diſtēperature which we do leſſe allow) for ye grief yt procéedeth frō y• potēcial fier is both mo • e grie •… , alſo of toger cōtinuāce. But the g • iefe that is receiued of the naturall fier is vehement, but it doth ſo long onely end •… e, as it doth in acte burne the member, which commodities of the naturall fier, haue ben trulie obſerued of vs. For it both verie greatly cō forte the member to the which it is applyed, and correcteth the •… fection that to b •… d and 〈◊〉 the ſame member, and doth rectifie the completion, and doth •… pe vnder and reſtrai •… the corruption that it ſhall procéede no further. Furthermore it ſucketh and drieth vp the euill and corrupt matters and flu •… s, finally, it 〈…〉 , and enforceth venemous fluxions to iſſue foorth, as in the raging Carbuncle it commeth to paſſe. And in the cancers, if that which is euill and dead be cut away.

And the place bur •… . with an actuall cauterie, that which is of an euill and corrupt affection in the member, is de • ded from that which is good, and the member it ſelfe is made more luſtie and of a better diſpoſition, and the ſame is done alſo in vlcers where the 〈◊〉 is corrupt, the which if thou doe burne, it doth •… uide by 〈◊〉 all that part of the bone which is corrupted, from that which is ſound. The vii. effect of the firſt is, that it reſtraineth that fluxion of bloud which the eſcar maketh. The viii. vſe is, in the opening of cold impoſtumations, for the fier of the actuall cauterie doth corr • borate and encreaſe the 〈◊〉 heat of the members in which the impoſtumes be. The 〈◊〉 vſe of her, being taught by Meſue and Arno •… ) hath 〈◊〉 obſerved of vs by often experience to turne away thoſe 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 which ſome times deſcend from the head into the eyes, and the breſt, for that is preſently done 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 in vſe in the coronall comiſſure, or with a 〈◊〉 drawing a briſtle by ye hi • der part of ye necke, aboue the • uke. But the 〈◊〉 of the fier, is to amplifie any 〈◊〉 , and to take away any calloſiſ • or hardnes. The •… is of power to conforme 〈◊〉 and hard vlcers into 〈◊〉 faſhion more apt for the 〈◊〉 . By the xii. alſo if ther be any ſuper •… ons or ranke fleſh in the vlcer, it is burnt out with the 〈◊〉 in good order, 〈◊〉 alſo which are 〈◊〉 to trouble the 〈◊〉 are ſtated, the th •… ples being burnt with a •… tery. And finally if any euill or hurtful humor doth corruptly 〈◊〉 of one place into another, is turned another 〈◊〉 very 〈◊〉 with the fier.

What things, we 〈◊〉 and • bſerued of the vſe of fier, partly by 〈…〉 , and partly by long experience, we haue though 〈◊〉 good to put it downe in writing in this place becauſe we were deſirous both to prouide for the ne • lig • nce of ſome perſons, and throughly to ſatiſfie the reaſons of this cure.

Neither ſhall the pacient be troubled with any 〈◊〉 or griefe, in which thing we by long and continuall experience are able to witneſſe, almoſt innumerable ſuch vlcers cauſed of ſwellinges contrarie to nature, aſſoone as the apoſtume was opened, that I haue taken in hand to heale, and the end to haue had ſuch ſucceſſe as I would deſire Although we were driuen to ſtriue, through ouer great a deflu • e of corrupt humours. But of other olde vlcers, that way of healing which we haue preſerved vnto you is beſt and moſt excelent. For whereas by reaſon of the continuance of the diſeaſe, the ſame be Call us and hard within and like to fiſtules, and the whole place of a very euill affected nature they did require eſpecially that kinds of cure. But after the vlcer is healed, ye muſt applie vppon the place that emplaiſter comefortatiue whereby the member may be refreſhed. And this euery third day being remoued, and the moiſtnes wipt awaie, it is to be laide to againe vntill the member be reſtored in his former ſtate and vigoure. But ſuch as are apoſtumes or exitures, are thus healed, and by this meanes ſoneſt. Aſſone as there ſhalbe cut and opened with the inſtrument, let there be put into the vlcer a tente dipt in the white of an egge, which the next day after is to be taken away, after that, let there be put on a cerot of Leonatum, or Minium ſpred vppon a linnen cloth, and the vlcers ten times or oftener euerie day be clenſed. For by this meanes through gods help it ſhalbe ſoneſt cured.

Let this oyntment be anoynted on the ioyntes, if it may bée with the patientes owne hand, for this is excellent and chiefeſt, the féete, the ha • s, the knées, the flankes, the loynes, the armehooles, the ſhoulders, the elbowes, & the hands. And all the impoſtumes, ſo that they poſſeſſe not the head.

But the oyntment is ſo to be rubbed in that it may vtterly ſinke in. And let the patient tarrie in his bed quiet, and reaſonably couered with clothes, ſo that when he eateth he may be ſuffered to vſe one hand onely. The day alſo and euerie day following, let the anointing bée applied in that order as hath béene tolde you vntill his mouth and gummes begin to ſwell, which ſometimes happeneth within two daies, ſometime within thrée or foure, aſſoone as therefore the ſoreneſſe of the mouth and the ſwelling of the gummes ſhall appeare, ye muſt leaue off from anoynting and not before. But at what time the body is anoynted, let the patient eate Wethers fleſh, or Henne, or Kid boyled or roſted at noone and euening, and let him drinke white wine delaied with water, (but with vs in England, we rather allow ſmall Ale) but when his anoynting is finiſhed, let him refrayne from fleſh and other things.

Let him dine onely with Rice Potage, with a crumme or two of breade, let him ſuppe with meate made of Almonds, drinking a decoction of Aniſe and Licoriſe, neyther may it bée lawfull for him to drinke any wine all the next moneth vntill he bée reſtored to health as much as appertayneth to the mouth, but after the mouth is healed, hée may eate once a day, the fleſh of a Wether, or Hen, looking daylie for better ſtrength of body foure daies or there about. For the patient ought to perſeuer in this order of dyet. In the meane while vntill be begin to vtter ſpittle out of his mouth. Becauſe if he kéepe a contrarie dyet to this, and eate more then is conuenient, the patient ſhould be hindred of that euacuation which we greatly deſire.

THe drinking of this medicine hath a great pr •… ogatiue in •… ling the French poxe, whether it doe oppreſſe vs with Vlcers, or with griefes, or ſwellings, •… abbe, ague, conſumpcion, or with any other aff •… .

Yea, I my ſelfe haue healed with this medicine, ſuch as haue bene diſeaſed of the goute, and verie ma •… waſted and cōſumed away with the French poxe, and • epriued of all mouing both hand and foote, which dayly dyd 〈◊〉 away with greatneſſe of paine.

Then the bodie being prepared with Si •… pes applyed to the hurtful humors, 〈…〉 〈…〉 , mell Roſirum, 〈…〉 , opithi •… , et ſimillia. The bodie is to be purged 〈◊〉 catap • tijs. aggregatiuis, aut de Hermodactilis, aut de Arei • , aut Arthreticis, aut Fr •… oterre, as ſhalbe expedient. And the purgation once done, let him be prepared againe to a ſecond purgation with this decoction folowing.

Let there be made a decoction in vi. li. of water vnto the conſuming of a third part, wherevnto ſhalbe added, Pulderi. Hermodactilorum in modum Tritorum. ℥.j. and after in the ſtr • igning and colender ſtrongly made, adde therevnto Mellis Communis. li.j. Saccharj Rubri. li.ſs. And let them boyle till they be clarified, and ſo euery day in the morning and in the euening two or thrée houres after noone, let him take of the Sirope li.ſs. vnto the whole be drunke vp. Yet ſo that euery time the decoction be firſt ſtirred together, which preparacion being performed, let the body be purged the ſecōd time cum Drachma ſemis Pillulis Catapotiorū dictorum. The ſecond day after the purgacion, he ſhall begin to take the decoction of Guaiacum prepared in this order.

THis 〈…〉 to make the •… doction as méete is. For they erre greatly 〈…〉 in lib.iij. of water to the conſuming of 〈…〉 •… thers bid boyle 〈…〉 which thinges in my iudgement, eyther the Phyſitions and not 〈…〉 cōtent with 〈…〉 .

Who if they 〈…〉 .

I haue 〈…〉 v. lib. of water to the 〈…〉 . By whiche 〈…〉 they get a hot diſtēperature of the 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 , and for that cauſe doe eaſilie reuerſe into the diſeaſe againe.

For this Rubus is of a hot and drie temperature, almoſt to the third deg •… , which 〈◊〉 it is boyled in to ſmall a quantitie of water, and 〈…〉 long a time, and the thing ſo ponderous, it doth 〈◊〉 a great deale more. And therefore is not ſo good in the healing of this diſeaſe now become ſo melancholicke.

But if as we ſhall declare vnto you, it be boyled in a leſſer doſe and a greater quantitie of water, and leſſe time, they may vſe the decoction as well in the euening as in the morning, aſwell lying as walking, without ſwet, or ſweating, in hot weather or colde, ſo that they abſtaine frō other drinks, and be content with that onely at dinner & ſupper. And furthermore, by this onely order of boyling Rubie, it ſhall eaſily come to paſſe that ye pacients may be healed with one onely lib. although they be looſed in all, their ioynts, & with leſſe coſt. Without the vſ of biſquet bread, and without the kéeping of ſo ſlender a diet, as that is which others doe vſe.

Firſt of all therefore the bodie being prepared with the order aforeſaid, and purged according to the ſtate of the pacient, and qualitie of the diſeaſe, ye ſhall giue him the Apozema ſet foorth in the former chapter, and ſhalbe purged the ſecond time alſo.

Theſe things being finiſhed, he ſhall begin to drink the Decoction prepared of Rubie Vittigine, otherwiſe called Sarza parille.

Rec. Rubi parille, ℥.iij. cut into ſmall péeces and bruſed, Sene. ℥.ſs. bruſed, of water lib.xii. in a cleane veſſel, in which let them be ſoked, xxiiii houres. And afterward let them be boyled with a ſoft fier to the conſuming of iii. lib. of the water, or more, at what time put to the ſame decoction Hermodactilorum tritorum et ſubactorum, ℥.j. And mingle it together with the other things couering the pot, & let them coole being remoued from the fier, and let this decoction be giuen to drinke of dinner and ſupper as ye think beſt, and if thirſt, ſhalbe great, at other times alſo, but in leſſe quātitie. When thou wilt make the pocion ſomewhat ſtronger, boyle againe in a pot full of water that léeſe of the firſt decoction which remained after the 〈◊〉 to the conſuming of ii. lib. And 〈◊〉 the reſt of the thing • as aforeſaid. And the other decoctions ſhalbe made in this ſort vntill he be perfectly cured. Which the pacient ſhall attaine vnto, within the ſpace of xx. daies, eating the fodde fleſh of Mutton, or Hen, ſupping alwaies with raiſons, and drinking the aforeſaid decoction.

Let them be boyled in ſufficient water to the ſeperating of the bones, and when they be ſtrained, let there be a bath ſhade toward the fouth 〈◊〉 , and in the ſpring time, becauſe in the winter it is not good, leaſt the neruouſe partes and the ioyntes be hurt •… ith colde. When this •… on 〈◊〉 bath is finiſhed (which ſhall ſo long endure as it continueth warme) the moiſture is to be wiped away with a linnen cloth, and let his féete be anointed with this oyntment folowing.

Let them boyſe all together a • ſs. ℥. of the foreſaid deco •… on to the conſuming thereof, and after the colature, 〈◊〉 there be made an oyntment with a little waxe, and it is to be rubbed on vntill it ſeeme to be drunke in. Theſe things being done by the ſpace vt xxx. daies. Let a ſeranune ſit downe, and take the child vpon his knées, his handes, and legges bound backeward, or his hands holden. Afterwards the Surgion comming, ſt •… t let him looſe or put out of ioynt the lame foote with great force, then let him labour to put it in his due place 〈◊〉 right order againe, which ſhalbe done verie eaſilie, partly for the preparation before made, and partly becauſe of the tender age of the childe.

This repoſition being made, let there ſtraight waies be put to a fine linen cloth dipt in the oyle of Mirtes warmed vpon the whole ioynt without •… rinliles, leaſt ſhe binding doe trouble him with griefe, and after that, let there be put therevpon plaiſters dipt in the liniment following and dulie wroung out againe.

The deſcription of the which pouder conſiſteth of theſe thinges following.

Therfore theſe plaiſters vpon the ſaid linen clothes being moyſtned, let them ſo • e againe in Roſe water and Vineger, and ſo wrong out, let them be ſpred abrode vpon the ioyne with a meaſurable heate, ſtraight waies a galage or patent of wood made euen to the foote and ſomewhat greater, and a thing quilted and pla •… d therevpon is to bée applied to the ſoole of the foote, and to be bound to the foote with a ſwath of thrée fingers broad, although they ſtriue to draw the foote contrarie, beginning from the lower part with a barie few rollinges about, Againe, aboue vpon the plaiſters bounde downe in this order, • e muſt applye thrée ſ •… ntes which wil not eaſilie • end made of •… llow, of the length of fiue •… agers, and one in bredth, which when they ſhalbe artificially couered with two, they ought to bée wet in water and vineger as the plaiſters were, and afterwarde the firſt ſplint muſt bée put in the hinder part, ſo as it may ſéeme to bée put into the woodden patent, and the other two vpon both ſides, vpon the which all the faſt • ninges is to bée made, nepther looſe nor yet to harde.

The next thou ſhalt cure thother foote in the ſame order, letting it ſo remayne vntill the ſeuenth day. Which being done in the order following, either the other fote or both (if he bée lame of both) are to bée ordered.

And let it bée applied warme vpon the plaiſters, with the ſplintes and ſwathes in the order aforeſaid. After this is done, this order is to bée renewed euery ſeuenth day, to the xxi. day, from the firſt wéeke, and wée muſt take great care that the féete remayne ſtraight, this frame following being made in proporcion with the ſhoe.

Take a plate of Iron the bredth of a flager, in thicke neſſe of a Dolor of ſiluer, of the length of the foote of the ſame childe, and ſomewhat leſſe, bowe it like a ſpurre, and ſo make it fitte for his héele to the which, on both ſides of the ancles, thou ſhalt faſten thereto, two other plates of the length of ſixe fingers. A third like in the hinder part.

After this, thou ſhalt with another plate compaſſe, as the nether plate is, incloſe the vpper ende of the ſtraight plates being faſtned thereto, yet ſo that it bée open before, and cloſe behind, and ſo the whole frame made ſure. Vpon this frame muſt bée ſet the ſhooe for the lame foote, of Gotes ſkinne without, and ſhéepes ſkinne within, with a double ſole. Yet ſo that the frame be betwéene both ſkinnes. And the necks of the ſhooe may touch to that round plate. Wherby it is euident y• the ſhooe ought to bée open before, & where it reſteth vpon the inſteppe of the foote, and that it ſhould bée faſtened with a lace from the inſtep vpward.

Therefore before his féete be ſhodde, let the plaiſter comfortatiue of Vigo • e put vpon the whole ioynt, that the ſwellings and humors cleauing faſt within the ioynt, may be deſolued, and the ioynt made more ſtrong. Then ſhooeing the foote aboue the plaiſter, the pacient ſhall not haue his ſhooes put off, but euerie fourth day, & the plaiſter muſt bée mundified, and mollified.

But if that emplaiſter ſhalbée deſolued in the meane time, let another bée newlie applied. And the patient may goe in this order, vntill ſixe monethes bée paſſed, the which being paſſed ouer, and the plaiſters remooued, the ſhooes are not therefore to bée left off, but rather let him paſſe ouer ſixe other monethes being thus ſhodde night and day. Except that time in the which it liketh him to bée bathed. The diſcription of the plaiſter comfortatiue is in this ſort.

Emplaſtrum comfortatiuū.

Let all boyle being ſomewhat bruſed in like quantitie, Vini nigri et aque, ad conſumptionem medie talis, cum my • rho et thuris, ana. ʒ.ſs. Poſtea coletur addendo ſeui hircini liquefacti. lib.ſs. Terebinthinae. ℥.ij. Maſticis. ʒ.j. ſimul coquā tur ad conſumpcionem decoctionis, et in ſine addentur lithargirij auri et argenti, ana. ℥.iij. Boli armenij, Triti ſubtiliter, Terre ſigillatae, ana. ℥.ij. Minij. ʒ.x.

Let be boyled together with a ſoft fier continually ſtirring it, and with ſufficient ware, make thereof a Carote.

THis man being a familier friend of maiſher Lewis Zapata, was wounded with a broade dagger foure times behinde his back, and ſtriken on the left ſide, but of thoſe wounds one was receaued the breadth of ſixe fingers vnder the ſhoulder bone, the dagger yelding back, went downe betwene the fleſh and the bone as much as I haue oftentimes meaſured to be ſeuen fingers breadth, vntill the dagger paſſing through all the ſhoulder, & thruſt betwéene the ſpaces of the ribbes came to the verie holowneſſe of the bodie. Before that I came thether after I was ſent for, I did coniecture by thoſe things that happened after, great abundance of bloud guſhing out of all partes of the wound, to haue runne into the holowneſſe of the bodie. But that bloud could not come foorth, becauſe the wound being couered with the ſkinne and the fleſh, did penetrate downward which way it is very like that the fluxes did alſo tend. For ye firſt opening of the dagger was déeper thē yt the blood might well breake foorth. So I when I had begun my firſt cure, nor could finde no direct going downe, would haue thought that it had penetrate no more then the reſt. After I had ſerched the place more diligently, and thruſt in my finger, I perceiued that the wound did go downe farther then I could follow with my finger. Therefore when I had perceiued that the wound did penetrate to the concauite, I opened the place ouer againſt the ribbes cutting the ſkinne and the fleſh directly againſt it, ſo that putting in my finger I might eaſely come to the innermore parts, and touch alſo the lights which is nert the back bone. But he was cured in that order as I haue ſhewed you in the penetrating wounds of the breaſt, and at the firſt dreſſing there was no corrupcion or matter made, but a certaine ſmall humiditie did iſſue foorth, but the fourth day water of a ſanguine coulour flowed out as that is in the which fleſh is waſhed, and dayly as his dreſſings dyd follow, it came out more abūdantly, ſo that euerie dreſſing it did fill a veſſell which they call a ſaucer, and that it might iſſue out the better and more ſpéedelie, I had the pacient to cough and holde in his breath, hée was dreſſed of me foure times a day, and beſide that which ranne out at euery dreſſing, the iſſue ſtayed not day nor night, ſo that his bed was like a ſinke or ditch. Therfore at the fourth day when I perceiued ſuch fluxe of water to continue without any token of matter, I did determine to giue the patient that water ſet forth by vs in the laſt example. And by and by aſſoone as he began to drinke thereof, by the continuall ſpace of twelue daies, a greater abundance of water or mattrie ſubſtance came foorth without any hurt of the man or any great féeling, but ſo that the ſecond day it came foorth ſomewhat white and liquid.

But the thirde day a great deale whiter vntill it came foorth ſo white and thicke, cleauing faſt to the veſſell wherin it was receaued, that it would ſkantly runne out being turned downe, but it ranne foorth euerie day leſſe and leſſe vntill the xii. day, in the which at length it ſtinted, and the entrance of the wound did ſodenly cloſe vppe in the vtter parte thereof, which although I did oftentimes open with my inſtrumentes, yet did it ſend foorth neither matter, or any ſuch humor, neither came the breath foorth there as before, and ſo the cure procéeded, the pacient being yet poſſeſſed with a continuall feuer.

Wherefore thrée daies together, I added to that water of whole barly, and Raiſons bruſed with their kirnells, and of Tamarinds. ℥.ij. And by this meanes the feuer ware away. The tenth day after I found the man troubled with great paine in the breſt, and with a feuer. And when I found that great abundance of water or watrie ſubſtance came out of the breſt without matter, after I had put in a tente, there came foorth as yet more watrie or filthie corruption. And ſo it was ſixe dayes after caſting foorth of the wound leſſe matter euerie day.