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OUTWARD SORRANCES.
The Signes of outward Sorrances.
OUtward Sorrances are discerned when any member or part in an horse is dis∣figured or evill affected by the loss of true shape, disability in motion, the increase or decrease of number and quantity, the dispro∣portion of place, or the separating of things knit and united. And these accidents have divers names, as Imposthumes, Ulcers or wounds when they are in fleshy parts; Excre∣tions or Fractures on and in the bones; Rup∣tures in the veins; convulsions in the sinews, and Excoriations upon the skin.
The first is known by outward swellings, rotten or bloody sores; the next by utter dis∣ability in the member, or else plain halting. The next by Wens and Knots both soft and hard; the next by gordgings and haltings, and the last by scurf and leprosie:
Now forasmuch as the greatest part of