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

¶ A plaster.

Take Mylstur meell. vi. partes. Dragōs blood / Frankēsence / Masticke / Satcocol le / of eche one parte / all this made in po••••d and medled with the whyte of egges / and stryke it vpon a clothe / & laye it on y^e ioynte and plumacioles oft••w or clothes. If it be nedefull than splente it with lether / & byn∣de it with a bande of lynnen clothe after the greatnes of the membre / and bynde it stetly that it meile not in no syde / & that the bande holde it fast / but take hede therto that y^e fast byndynge make not yll accidence. ¶ The iii. maner. is the bloodie uyng and laxatyre yf it be nede / and a good diela in the begyn∣nyng to the tyme tyll the payn and imposin macyon is dryuen awaye / than shall y^e die∣ta be stronger / as I haue aforesay deu•• the lix. chap. and that therto come no yl•• accidē¦te / than shall the fyrst byndynge be styll vn to the. x. daye. And som other leue it to the v. or. vii. daye. and in the ende shall th•…•… bre be made stronge with sedynge or 〈◊〉〈◊〉 synge of roses / and worwood / and with a Chyreclothe / or with oxcierato / & y^e mēbre shalbe brought agayn in his fyrst strēgthe and workynge. ¶ The. iiij. maner is. as ther is euyll accidētes / payne / or i••ol••u macion / that it may be dryuen away or the dislocacie be set in agayne / for moche han∣delynge it is to fere comyng therto y^e cramp or other accydentes / and it shalbe done w^t woll depte in warme water / and lynseede oyle / than it be brought to his fyrst nature (as Albucasis sayth) ¶ Is the dyslocacyon with a wounde / than shall ye shortely it set in agayne / and cure y^e wounde / and yf it ••e dyth sowe the wounde / and ther shalbe let on the wounde a hole open for clensyng out the matter. ¶ Is the dyslocacie with a frac¦ture / than dresse fyrst the dyslocacie and thā

the fracture / is it possible. If it be not possi¦ble do the contrarye. ¶ Is the dismem∣brynge out / & is ther hardnes / than must ye bathe it as is aforesayd. and salue it 〈◊〉〈◊〉 dial thea / and plaster it with dyaquilō magno / kemdewolle deped in mustilaginibus / y^t is the slyme of papple / lynseed / fenigreke / roo¦tes of the papple sodden / and stamped with grese / and as the place is well wekyd than pulle the membre inagayn / and binde it as I haue sayd before.