The history of four-footed beasts and serpents describing at large their true and lively figure, their several names, conditions, kinds, virtues ... countries of their breed, their love and hatred to mankind, and the wonderful work by Edward Topsell ; whereunto is now added, The theater of insects, or, Lesser living creatures ... by T. Muffet ...

Of the Fig.

IF a Horse having received any hurt, as before is said, by nail, bone, splent, or stone, or otherwise in the sole of his foot, and not be well dressed and perfectly cured, there will grow in that place a certain superfluous piece of flesh, like a Fig: and it will have little grains in it like a fig, and therefore is rightly called of the Italians, Ʋnfico, that is to say, a fig. The cure whereof according to Martin is thus: Cut it clean away with a hot Iron, and keep the flesh down with Turpentine, Hogs-greese, and a little Wax laid on with Tow, or Flax, and stop the hole hard; that the flesh rise not, renewing it once a day until it be whole.