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.
Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625?
Another of the Mallander.
A Mallander is a peeuish sorance and commeth of ill keeping, it is on the fore-legs, iust on the inside,* at the bending of the kne, it will make a horse go stark, & stumble much the cure is in this sorte. Cast the Horse, and with some instrument pluck off the dry scab that wil sticke thereon, and rub it till it bleede, then take and bind it thereto for three daies, in which space you shall see a white asker on the sore, then take that off, and annoint it with oyle of Roses or fresh butter, vntill it be throughly cured. [ 40]
