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voiding his excrement in small quantities, and looking 

 round towards his flanks, groaning, kicking at his belly, 

 and other marks of great agitation, you may be sure he 

 has an attack of the gripes. 



Do not bleed him (unless his breath is very hot) but 

 clothe him warm immediately, and (with a horn) give 

 him half a pint of brandy^ and as much sweet oil 

 mixed ; then trot him about until he is a little warm, 

 which will certainly cure some horses. If it does not 

 yours, boil one ounce of beaten -pepper in a quart of 

 milk, pyt half a pound of butter, and two or three 

 ounces of salt, into a bowl or basin, and brew them 

 together, give it rather warmer than usual ; it will 

 purge him in half an hour or thereabouts, and perhaps 

 remove the fit. U it does not, omit half the pepper, and 

 give the same in quantity and quality by way of clyster, 

 adding (as it cools) the yolks of four eggs. 



If this has the good effect that is wished for, you must 

 nurse him up till he gets his strength again ; but if 

 neither will do, boil a pound of aniseeds in two quarts 

 of ale, brew it upon a pound of honey ; when it is 

 almost cool enough, put in tiDO ounces of diascordium, 

 and give it (with a horn) at three doses, allowing about 

 half an hour between each dose. 



If his fit abates, give him time to recover himself. 



WORMS OR BOTTS. 



If all this does not give him ease, and if you have a 

 suspicion of worms or botts breeding in his guts, (which 

 indeed may be the cause) for they sometimes fasten in 

 the passage from the stomach into the great gut, and stop 

 it ; and so torment him till he dies ; (I have seen it in 

 dissections,) then give him two ounces of j^thiopa 



