Lib. I. Of Cures fhyfical. 1 7 



forts of People ^ I will briefly and plainly fiiew you the mcft undeceiva- 

 ble figns of all forts of inward SickneJTes: As thus: If a tit lie > uowei' 

 in Labour, or duller to the Spur, than he hath been accuftome^l i, if he 

 be ihorter-breathed ^ if his Ears hang down more than they 'vere wo' t \ 

 if his Hair be more ftaring ^ if his Flank be more than uiually hol!o^'' ] 

 if he burn betwixt his Ears, or about his Pafterns^ if In Travel ms 

 Stomach fail him, or his Mouth, that in Labour was ufually wont to be 

 Foaming, become dry ^ all thefe are moft apparent figns of inward 

 Sicknels. 



When a Horfe holdeth down his Head, which was wont to be of chear- 

 ful Countenance, it is a fign either of a Fever, Head-ach, or elfe Foun- 

 dring in the Body. 



If a Horfe be. dim of Sight, which was clear-fighted, it is a fign cither 

 of Head-ach, the Staggers, or Sore-Eyes. 



When a /:^tfr/^ turneth his Flead backed to the Place grieved, if it be 

 to the Right-Side, it is a fign ofObjhuBm/s in the Liver : But if he turn- 

 etli d.own |»» his Belly, then it is a fign either of Cholick, Bots, or Worms. 



When a Horfe hath Water running from his Mouth, it is a lign of the 

 Staggers, or Wet Cough. 



If a Horfe's Breath ftinks, or foul Matter ilTues from his Noftrils, it 

 is a fign of an Vlcer in the Nofe or Head ^ but if the Matter be White, 

 then it is a £gn of Glanders ^ if the Matter be Black, then it is a lign of 

 the Mourning of the Chine ^ but if the Matter be Yellow, then it beto- 

 kens the Confumption of the Liver : But if he call little Lumps out of 

 his Mouth, then it betokens the Conflimption or Rottennefs of the Lungs. 



If a Horle's Body and Breath be hot, it is a lign of a Fever, and heat 

 of the Stomach ; if therewithal he forfake his Meat, it is a figu of In- 

 flammation in his LiTjer, and either dry or moiif TV/Zotpj. 



If the Temple of a Horfeh Head be very hollow, it is a fign either of 

 the Strangle or Old- Age. 



Shortnefs of Breath, and a beating Flank, is a fign either of a Fever or 

 2c Strangle ; but if the Palfage of the Throat be ftopped, it is a fign the 

 film of the Lwigs be broken, and the Spleen troubled, or elle Broken- 

 winded. 



If any thing lieon both fides the Fore-head, wliich may be felt beat, 

 it is a fign of the Staggers. 



If there be any thing f veiling about the Ears, it is a lign of the Tok- 

 evil : Swelling under the Ear, is a fign of the ^/wj ^ and Iwelling in the 

 Mouth, a lign either of Canker, Flaps, Lamfaffe. 



Swelling under the Throat is a fign of the Glanders ^ and fwelling about 

 theTongue-Roots, a fign of the Strangle: But if there be about the Tongue- 

 Roots, nothing but little fmall knots like Wax-kernels, then it is but. a 

 fl^n of Coid only. 



D Swelling 



