The booke of falconrie or havvking for the onely delight and pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen : collected out of the best authors, aswell Italians as Frenchmen, and some English practises withall concerning falconrie / heretofore published by George Turbervile, Gentleman.

Of a kind of wormes breeding in the hurts and mangie parts of a Spaniell.

SOmetimes when a Spaniel hath taken a hurt or wound, there doe engender in the wound certaine wormes that do hinder the cure of the hurt, causing it to continue at one stay, or to grdw worse and worse. Wherefore it shall bée very ne∣cessary to endeauour to kill them which you shall doe assured∣ly if you conuey into the wound nothing but the gumme of I∣uie called in Latine (Gumma Hederae) kéeping it there for the space of one day or two, washing the woond with Wine,* 1.1 and after that annointing it with Bacon grease, Oyle of earth∣worms, and Rew.

Moreouer, a iuyce made of the gréene pylles, and rinds of Walnuts, or the powder of dryed Lupynes is very good. Likewise powder of wild Cucumbers is excellent to kill those wormes: and not that alone, but it will play the part of a Corrosiue fretting away the dead flesh, and encreasing the good.

But when the wormes grow within the body of a Spaniel,* 1.2 they must bée killed in this manner with an inwarde re∣ceit.

Cause your Spaniell eyther by loue or force to eate when hée is fasting, the yolke of an Egge with two scruples of good Saffron beaten into powder & confected with the saide Egge,* 1.3 kéeping him after it from meat till night.

When a Spaniel is hurt as long as he can come to licke the wound with his tongue hee néedes no other remedie. His

tongue is his surgeon. But when he cannot possiblie licke it, then such wounds as bee not venomous, you may resolue with the powder of Matresilua dryed in an ouen, or in the Sunne. And if it bée the bite of a Foxe, it shall suffice to an∣noynt it with oyle, wherein earth wormes and Rue haue béen boyled together.

But if it were bitten by a mad dogge, it shall bée best presently to thrust through the skin of his head, and pol with a hote yron iust betwixt the eares, so as the fire may touch both sides of the hole made: And after that with your hand to placke vp the skin of the dogges shoulders and flankes back∣wards, thrusting it through with the hote yron in like ma∣ner.

The giuing of this vent to the wound will greatly pleasure the Spaniel, and is a ready way to cure him.

Besides the application of this cauterie and fire, there is one other approued remedy, and that is, to cause your Spaniel to lappe twice or thrice of the broth of Germander, and eate the Germander it selfe boyled. I néed not to describe the hearbe it is so well knowne: but my Author sets down his proportion & flowre. It beares a iagged leafe, and hath a purple or blew flowre, and in shape it is like a little oke.

This herbe Germander sodden and confected with salt and oyle,* 1.4 eyther simply bruised together, or made into a paste, and giuen vnto a Spaniell, will doe him very much good in the cure of the bite of a mad dog.

Now and then Spaniels by meane of too much rest and grease, and some other accident besides, doe loose theyr sense of smelling, so as they cannot spring or retriue a fowle after their accustomed maner. In this case it shall bée very good to scowre a Spaniel in this maner.* 1.5

Take Agaricke two drammes, Sal gemma one scruple, beate these into powder and incorporate them with Oximel, making a pill as bigge as a nut, conuey the pill into butter, and so giue it the Spaniell eyther by loue or force, as he may

swallowe it. This will bring him to a quicke sent and sence a∣gaine, as I haue oftentimes approoued.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The cure.
• * 1.2

  Of wormes within the body. The Cure.
• * 1.3

  When a spa∣niel is bitten by a Foxe or mad dogge.
• * 1.4

  To helpe a Spaniel that hath lost his sense of smelling.
• * 1.5

  The Cure.