¶ The practise of Cyrurgyons of Mountpyller: and of other that never came there.  
  

The causes why many a man doth die: that be wounded or hurt on the heed, or else where by sword Conquission of staff Fall/ Stone, or other like wounds or bruises.  
IN primus the Syrurgy on doth cut away the here of the heed/ And he cutteth a cross the skin, the musculus flesh/ with the pannicles & their Commyssuris with the Pelicranium. and he putteth away all those parties from the Cranium. (That is to say) the skull of the heed with his instruments called after some Cyrurgions a Spatter, Lever, Slyse, Chyssel or other like Instruments. And then he putteth and layeth between those parties and the Skull Ronlettes, stupes, or plagettes made of lint, Cotten or other like stuped or dipped in hot Oils/ Mel Rosarum or ointments and plasters thereupon. And at the next dressing he will make more room with his instruments. And thence the warden or certain other parsons of the craft or faculty of chirurgery must be there at that dressing. To say that the Cyrurgyon worketh like a cunning man if he please to keep the sick party long under his hands/ and to make him to spend his money, and that he may crepulat him to prove masteries with his instruments called after some Cirurgyon, Trapanes, Graters, Rapes, Files, Chyssels, & other like instruments, for to make the bone to scalifie and fall, or to be taken away with their works/ & to blind the people, & to make them to believe that they have done a great cure where no cause nor need was so to work. And so at the first or second or third dressing many men and women, and specially those that be full of gross humours they fall in to a febre called Effymera, and so after that in to another febre called Febre putrida, and so the patient doth die. ¶ Then the Cirurgion doth say that the patient doth die of the wound or elles ex visitacione divina. ¶ And then he bringeth other Syrurgions with him for his witness to excuse him of his naughty workmanship. And if any other Cyrurgion do fortune to dress the sick man or woman/ he shall lose a fine if he be one of their company. ¶ And if he be a stranger than the Cirurgions will sue their statute on him of. u.lin. for every month so occupying of syrurgery to drive him out of the country, or to keep him in prison till he die. ¶ Forsooth the Cyrurgyons' workmanship is the cause of the death of the man or woman. ¶ Therefore it is necessary for every Cyrurgyon not to cut the flesh of the heed a cross, nor none other member of the body. ¶ Except there happen any Arrow, Quarrel, Spereheade, Gonstone, or other like to enter into craneun called the skull, or in any other bone of the body. ¶ But no skin nor flesh to be cut a cross but only the head and in all other places room must be made a length the membres, & not overthwart for to take out the thing that sticketh fast in the bone. ¶ But in all such causes take counsel of some good expert physician, or else study in physic yourself by some good book and noble auctors to know the febres, the causes, and the dangers of them, so that the patient may scape from death & to live long. ¶ For if there be any bone or grystell hurt or bruised in any part of the body/ surely there is plasters and many other good and wholesome medicines that will cause the bones and grystels so hurt and bruised to scalifie and fall out by their self, or to knit again by nature within a short space with a little pain or none. ¶ And without cause or danger of any febre or death. ¶ Therefore let every man that will take upon him to be a Cirurgion and to heal any man or woman wounded to follow this rule and Regemie. And study well and seek for those good plasters & ointments, and other like medicines/ that may be to the health and prosperity of the king our sovereign lords Subjects and liege people.  
¶ And you shall have much more money for your labours & pains than you have had in times past/ & better name and fame. And at your ending the glory of the kingdom of God for your reward, to the which I pray God send us there to remain. ¶ But many Cyrurgyons doth use to keep men and women long in their hands that hath any ulcer, ulcus, pustyl, postume, or any other morbos gendered of humours, & falling into their leg or other membres descended out of the body into the skin musculous fleshes, veins, panyacles, or bones.  
¶ They do lay medicines to them one while heling, another while debating the fleshes, so that it may not heal, saying that it is a proud or a dead flesh. ¶ Then they lay corsyfe medicines thereto / as unguentum Ruptorum, Mercuri sublime, Arsnike, sublimed, or such other maling, and mortal corrosyns, or else to caltrice the fleshes and bones with read hot caltrysing irons, which is a mortal pain to the patient to corrode, borne and mortify the flesh & bones. ¶ And then the bone must scalifie and a piece fall away after the core or after of the flesh is taken away. And thus they do to make the patient to spend their money.  
¶ Many men hath been thus used that Cyrurgions many have a living. And they make the people to believe that they have done a great cure & that they may be called great cunning men. ¶ Or else they do it upon ignorance that they know not the cause of this humours aforesaid nor the right cure of them. ¶ Therefore, I would that every Cyrurgyon would leye a part all those works/ and seek for some noble medycyns/ that will put away the causes of the humours that cometh out of the body. And those Empostumes or nodes that be engendered upon the pany●les, over the bones and under the fleshes make your Insition at length the membres into it, and then thrust out the Sania or corruption. ¶ For the flesh and bone will heal alone by nature/ & than you shallbe the workman of god to whom let us all pray evermore for his mercy. Amen.  
¶ Finis pro tempore.   

¶ Imprinted by me richard banks. Cum privilegio Regali. Ad imprimendum solum.