A most excellent and learned vvoorke of chirurgerie, called Chirurgia parua Lanfranci Lanfranke of Mylayne his briefe: reduced from dyuers translations to our vulgar or vsuall frase, and now first published in the Englyshe prynte by Iohn Halle chirurgien. Who hath thervnto necessarily annexed. A table, as wel of the names of diseases and simples with their vertues, as also of all other termes of the arte opened. ... And in the ende a compendious worke of anatomie ... An historiall expostulation also against the beastly abusers, both of chyrurgerie and phisicke in our tyme: with a goodly doctrine, and instruction, necessary to be marked and folowed of all true chirurgie[n]s. All these faithfully gathered, and diligently set forth, by the sayde Iohn Halle.

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O Lorde God euerlasting and almighty chirurgi∣en, who only art the Lord that healest Israell: (y^t is thine elect). And hast created medicin out of the earth (of no wise man to be abhorred) so that bitter water was made swete by the ver∣tue of a tree: that men mighte learne therby to knowe that thou haste geuen vertue to all thinges, and hast geuen wis∣dome and knowledge vnto men frō time to time, that thou maist be honored in thy wonderous workes. For Salomon spake of all rotes and trees, euen from the Cedar that gro∣weth in Libanon, vnto the Hisope that springeth out of the wall. Ye he spake also of beastes, foules, wormes, and of fi∣shes. I reade also O Lorde that by a little meale, the bitter∣nesse of Colocinthis was cured in the potage pot of the pro∣phets children: And by a plaster of figges kinge Ezechias was healed of his sicknesse sore. I also remember that by y^e gaule of a fyshe, the blindnesse was taken from olde To∣bies eyes. Innumerable O Lorde are the testimonies of scripture, beside dailye experience: whiche prouoketh and stirreth me to laud and praise thy moste glorious name. I beseche thee therfore, oh moste mercifull Lord, that I maye so vse, and all my patientes so receiue thy creatures, that

thou so graciously haste ordeined for medicine, that health may be obteined, and thy name for the same euerlastingly honored. Graunt this oh lorde, holy and euerliuyng god, for the merites of thy dere sonne our only sauiour and mercye seate thy holy wisdome Jesus Christ, in whom is all vertue to cure all thynges worlde without ende. Amen.