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is, fuch a Grey as neither will ev;,er turn a Dabble-Grey, a White, or a 

 Flea-bitten, and theie Horles are of Nature, Light, Hot, Fiery, and fel- 

 dom of any great Stength -, thele Horfes are much fubjed to Peftilent 

 Weavers, Yellows, and Inflammations of the Liver. Wherefore every 

 Farrier ihall be careful in his compoling of every Medicine for fuch a 

 Horfe to purge Choler, yet very moderately, and not with any extra- 

 .ordinary Strength in the Potion or Drench ^ becaufe the Horfe being in 

 his beft Strength, not reputed Strong, ihould you apply any violent 

 thing to him, that little ftrength being abated, there were great danger 

 in the confounding of the whole Body. 



If the Horfe participate more of the Air, than of the other Elements, 

 then he is of Sanguine Complexion, and his Colour is either a bright 

 Bay, or a dark Bay, which hath neither skouiing Countenance, mayly 

 Mouth, nor White Flank, or a White Flea-bitten, White Lyard like 

 Silver, or Black with a White Star, White Rach, or White Foot. Thele 

 Horfes are of Nature Pleafant, Nimhlc^ Tree, and of good Strength. The 

 Difeales to them mofl incident, is a Gonfumption of the Liver, Leprofy, 

 Glanders, or any Difeafe which is Infeftious* They are of a good ftrong 

 Conftitution, and may endure llrength in their Medicines, elpecilly any 

 thing that cooleth the Blood. 



If the Horfe participate more of the Water, than of the other Elements, 

 then is he of a Phlegmatick Complexion, and his Colour is either Milk- 

 White, or Yellow-Dun, Kite-glew'd, or Pide-ball, in whom there is an 

 eqnal mixture of Colours, that is, as much White as of the other Co- 

 lour. Otherwife if the Bay, the Black, or the Dun exceed the White, 

 he is faid to be of that Complexion of which the Colour is greateft. 

 Thefe Horfes are of Nature Slow, and apt to lole Fleih : The Difeafes 

 which are moft incident unto them,are Cold^,Head-ach,Rheums, Staggers,3Lnd 

 fuch like.They are able to endure the reafonable ftrength of any Medicine, 

 becaufe the abundance of Flegm which is in them, liifhceth both Nature 

 and Potion to work upon : All cold Simples are to them exceeding hurt- 

 ful, fo are alfb they which are violently hot in the third degree : The 

 Firft, becaufe it bindeth too foon -, the latter becaufe it difperfes too 

 fuddenly, therefore Simples of a moderate mean are the beft. 



If the Horfe participate more of the Earth, than of the other Ele- 

 ments, then he is of a Melancholy Complexion, and his Colour a Afoufe- 

 Dun, Rujfet, Chef nut, uijhy. Grey, Durl-Bay, with mayly Mouth, Red or 

 White Flanks, or a Reddijh Bay, having long White Hair like Goat's-Hair^ 

 growing on his Legs. Thefe Horfes are of Nature heavy and faint- 

 hearted : The Difeafes to them moft incident, are Inflammations in the 

 Spleen, Frenzjy, Droffy, and fuch like. They are commonly of better 

 Strength, than they will fuffer to appear by their Aft ions, and are able to 

 endure the ftrength of any reafoiiable Medicine : All cicatrizing and dry 



Simples 



