The noble arte of venerie or hunting VVherein is handled and set out the vertues, nature, and properties of fiutene sundrie chaces togither, with the order and maner how to hunte and kill euery one of them. Translated and collected for the pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen, out of the best approued authors, which haue written any thing concerning the same: and reduced into such order and proper termes as are vsed here, in this noble realme of England. The contentes vvhereof shall more playnely appeare in the page next followyng.

A Receipt to heale the disease called the Wolfe, which is a kernell or round bunch of flesh, which groweth and increaseth, vn∣till it kill the dogge.

THis disease or botch hapneth often vnto dogs. And to heale it you must haue good regard in what place it is. For if it be in any part of the bodie, where many vaynes be, or Arteryes, then will it be verie harde to take it awaye. But this is the meane to take a Wolfe away in places where you maye conuenyently. There are two maners of curing of it. The one is by Incision, and that other by Receipt. He that wil make incysion, must first looke howe many va•…•…es and arteries doe come from any parte of the bodye, vnto the place where the Wolfe is. Then must he haue a sharpe foursquare needle, that must be a little bended or crooked. That being threeded with a good strong threed, let him thrust his needle vnderneath the vayne, and drawe it through, and so let him with both ends of the threed, tye the vayne as hard and close as he can, and cut off the ends. Thus shal he do with al the vaines which haue recourse into the disease, for bleeding & for marring his incision. Then let him take a razor, and cut rounde about the botch (within the knots that are tyed about the vaines) and so take away and cut out the botch or lumpe. Then •…•…hall he immediately take a hote Iron, & sear•…•… the little endes and •…•…ypes of the vaynes and arteries. Afterwardes he shall first apply vn∣to it a playster made of Sanguis draconis, yolkes of egs, pouder of

burnt lynnen, and good vyneger, brused and tempred together. And he muste mussell vp his dogge, for feare least he byte the threads, which tye the ends of the vaines and arteries, and dresse him euery day, with Larde melted in warme water, and min∣gled and •…•…rayed together with Pompiligos. Aboue al things take heede, that the vaynes bleede not at any time, till the dogge be hole. I take this Wolfe to be that which we call a Wenne.