The noble experyence of the vertuous handy warke of surgeri, practysyd [and] compyled by the moost experte mayster Iherome of Bruynswyke, borne in Straesborowe in Almayne ... Item there after he hath authorysed and done it to vnderstande thrugh the trewe sentences of the olde doctours and maysters very experte in the scyence of surgery, as Galienus, Ipocras, Auicenna, Gwydo, Haly abbas, Lancfrancus of mylen, Iamericus, Rogerius, Albucasis, Place[n]tinus, Brunus, Gwilhelmus de saliceto, [and] by many other maysters whose names be wryten in this same boke. ... Item yf ye fynde ony names of herbes or of other thynges wherof ye haue no knowlege, yt shall ye knowe playnly by the potecarys. Item here shall you fynde also for to make salues, plasters, powders, oyles, and drynkes for woundes. Item who so desyreth of this science ye playne knowlege let hym oftentymes rede this boke, and than he shall gette perfyte vnderstandynge of the noble surgery

¶ How you shall ••ure these aforsayd woūdes. ca. xxiij. (Book 23)

As y^e woūde voydeth mat∣•…•… / 〈◊〉〈◊〉 shall you clense it / 〈◊〉〈◊〉 then ye shall cause the •…•…she to growe / and after that the 〈◊〉〈◊〉. The clen∣synge 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉. The fyrst 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 / to tente it with lynte layde within to ••••••ke out the matter / or for to ••••pe y^• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the matter may 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 / The other maner is with wasshynge 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •…•…eth y^e mat¦ter and the 〈◊〉〈◊〉. The •…•…es is vsed for vi. causes / T•…•… is in the narowe woū¦de whiche 〈◊〉〈◊〉 must be made wyde / and take out 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the grounde / ly•…•… 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••s a hol•…•… wounde there as 〈◊〉〈◊〉 matter •…•…ed to drawe it out. The other 〈◊〉〈◊〉 is for to make in y^e holowe wo¦unde / for as longe as y^e matter lyeth in the wounde there wyll no flesshe growe in the wounde / but it wyll alwayes rote more and more. ¶ The. iii. maner is in the woundes that is altred by the ayre / or by his one nature that is comen to ••oftyng w^t the tentes and so clensed. ¶ The. iiii. ma∣ner is to the woundes that the one gothe to the other / and the one is clensed through y^e other. ¶ The. v. maner is in holdynge the open a sore vnto the tyme that the natur be clensed. ¶ The. vi. maner is of an eatynge wounde / that the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sha••••owke the wa¦te•• of y^e wounde / & cast out the ••yll flesshe rosideabout. ¶ The. vii. maner is in the woundes by the bones / that the matter shall come the better out of it. Therfore were ye that the tentes be made in dyuers maners. for the tentes that is vsede for the clensynge of the woundes / they are 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of fayre shauynges of whyte lynnen cloths and som be made to holde the lyppes open of the wounde with fyne small ••owe / or smal peces of fyne ly•…•… / or of fyne cotton as Rasys dyde 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of syluer / or of ty•…•…e / 〈◊〉〈◊〉 as 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 y^e nose thrylles for to take the ayre / or to put into the woū¦de that the matter of hym selfe may go out. Som he made for tomake narow woūdes wyder / and that is made of the rote of gen¦cian•…•… of a sponge / as I haue lerned in the. xv. chaptre. The clothes of lynnē layd drye in the woundes / ••nd somtymes layde to stepe in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 as the surgyon thyn∣keth best. And as the wounde is clensed of the matter / and the wounde is almost hole It is nedefull to lay 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a drawynge

plaster which •…•…eth flesshe & heleth / ly¦ste wyse dothe the woundeth plaster / as I shall lerne in Anthydodario. If y^e woūde be chaūged by moche matter castynge / & y^t y^e woūde haue chaūged his course in an ••••¦••us / whiche is an olde 〈◊〉〈◊〉 / As sone as ye haue clensed y^e same woūde ye must cause y^e flesshe to growe / for it is called•• woūde cō¦posita or vlcus / & they behoueth all tymes a mūdificatiuū / incarnati••ū / & therto con¦sol idatiuū. A symplecuttynge woūde y^t is not changed by the ayre / and bydeth in his cōple••••yon / the woūde nedeth no more but the helynge of the wounde. ¶ The maner to cause y^e flesshe to growe in the woūde af∣ter the stoppynge of the blode / & that ye be •…•…re of y^e imp•…•… clense the woūde of the gre•…•… ••atter w^t a mūdificatiuum as here after stondeth in the chaptre of y^e mū∣dificaty••••s / & thā wasshe y^e woūde w^t reed wy•…•… / & after y^e laye vpō the woūde y^e dry∣nes y^t causeth flesshe to growe / as herafter I shal lerne you. The h••lp we woūde or y^e woūde in the synewes / ye shal heele it lyke as of thē in euery chaptre sheweth. ¶ And as y^e woūde is full of flesshe / so cause there∣vpō y^e sky••••e to growe. And to make y^e skyn¦ne shal fynde in y^e 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of y^e cōsolidati••e.