How to cure a wound made with harquebush-shot. [ 10]
MArtin saith. First seeke with an instrument whether the pellet remain within or not, and if it do, you must get it out with an instrument meete for the purpose. Then to kill the fire. Take a little vernish, and thrust it into the wound with a feather, an∣nointing it well within with the feather, and after that, stop the mouth faire and softly with a little soft flax, to keepe the wind out, and on the outside, charge all the swelling with this charge: take of bole Armony a quarterne, of Lineseede beaten into fine powder halfe a pound, of beane flower as much, and three or 4. broken egges, shels and all, and of Tur∣pentine a quarterne, and a quart of vineger, and mingle them well together ouer the fire, and being somewhat warme, charge all the sore place with part thereof, and immediatly clap a cloth, or a piece of leather vpon it, to keepe the wound from the cold aire, continu∣ing [ 20] both to annoint the hole within with vernish, and also to charge the swelling without, the space of foure or fiue daies, and at the fiue daies end, leaue annointing of it, and taint it with a taint reaching to the bottom of the wound, and dipped in Turpentine and hogs-grease molten together, renewing it euery day twice vntill it bee throughly killed, which you shall perceiue by the mattering of the wound, and by falling of the swelling: for so long as the fire hath the vpper hand, no thicke matter will yssue out, but onely a thin yello∣wish water, neither will the swelling asswage. And then take of Turpentine, washed in nine seuerall waters, halfe a pound, and put thereon three yolkes of egges, and a little Saffron, and taint it with that ointment, renewing it euery day once vntill the wound be whole. [ 30]