And if he may not be all whole, do to him as men do to a horse that is spauled in the shoulder in front, draw throughout a cord of horsehair[141] and he shall be whole. Sometimes an evil befalls in the ballock purse,[142] sometimes from too long hunting or from long journeys, or from rupture,[143] or sometimes when bitches be jolly, and they may not come to them at their ease as they would, and that the humours runneth into the ballocks, and sometimes when they be smitten upon in hunting or in other places. To this sickness and to all others in that manner, the best help is for to make a purse of cloth three or four times double, and take linseed and put it within, and put it in a pot, and let it mingle with wien, and let them well boil together, and mix it always with a stick, and when it is well boiled put it within the purse that I spoke of, as hot as the hound may suffer it, and put his ballocks in that purse, and bind it with a band betwixt the thighs above the back, make well fast the ballocks upwards, and leave a hole in the cloth for to put out the tail and his anus, and another hole before for the yerde so that he may scombre and piss and renew that thing once or twice until the time that he be whole. Also it is a well good thing for a man or for a horse that hath this sickness.[144] [132] _Euphorbia resinifera_, common spurge, exudes a very acrid milky juice which dries into a gum resin. Still used for some plasters. [133] _Marrubium vulgare._ G. de F. _marrabre blanc_, Eng. white horehound. It enjoyed a great reputation as a stimulating expectorant employed in asthma, consumption, and other pulmonary affections. [134] _Leonurus cardiaca._ G. de F. _Artemise_, Eng. Motherwort, Mod. Fr. _armoise_. A plant allied to the horehound as a vascular stimulant and diuretic and a general tonic, employed in dropsy, gout, rheumatism, and uterine disorders. [135] _Parietaria._ Eng. Wall pellitory. An old domestic remedy. It was supposed to be astringent and cooling, and used locally for inflammation, burns, erysipelas, and internally as a diuretic. It grows on old walls and heaps of rubbish. [136] _Morsus gallinus._ [137] _Lilies._ The white lilies here mentioned are probably _Lilium connalium_ (lilies of the valley). In an old book of recipes I find them mentioned as an antidote to poison. (_Haus und Land Bib._ 1700.) They have medicinal qualities, purgative and diuretic in effect. Dried and powdered they become a sternutatory. [138] In the Shirley MS. there is added: "the hound tongue beareth medicine and especially to himself." G. de F. has the same (p. 97). [139] Wither or dry up. [140] Inflammation of the stifle joint. [141] _Seton._ G. de F. (p. 98) says: "une ortie et un sedel de corde." His word _sedel_ came from the Spanish _sedal_. The English "seton" comes from _seta_, a hair, because hair was originally employed as the inserted material. [142] Testicles.