The historie of foure-footed beastes Describing the true and liuely figure of euery beast, with a discourse of their seuerall names, conditions, kindes, vertues (both naturall and medicinall) countries of their breed, their loue and hate to mankinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in their creation, preseruation, and destruction. Necessary for all diuines and students, because the story of euery beast is amplified with narrations out of Scriptures, fathers, phylosophers, physitians, and poets: wherein are declared diuers hyerogliphicks, emblems, epigrams, and other good histories, collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, and all other writers to this present day. By Edward Topsell.

Of the bladders in a Horsses mouth, which our old Ferrers were wont to cal the Gigs. The Italians call them Froncelle. [ 10]

THese be litle soft swellings or rather pustuls with blacke heads, growing in the inside of his lips, next vnto the great iaw-teeth, which are so painful vnto the horse, as they make him to let his meat fal out of his mouth, or at the least to keepe it in his mouth vnchawed, whereby the horsse prospereth not. Russius saith, that they come either by eat∣ing too much cold grasse, or else pricking, dusty, and filthy prouender. The cure wherof, according to Martin, is in this sort. Slit them with a launcet, and thrust out all the corrup∣tion, and then wash the sore places with a little vineger and salt, or els with Alum water.