2 Of Curef Fhyfical, Lib. I. 



cleannefsjin what you go about to do, you commit Errors more grofs than 

 the Medicine you Adminifier hath Power to do good. Know then firft, that 

 whenfoever you go about to give your Horle aiw inward Potion or Drench^ 

 you mufl firlt take very careful heed, that your Drink he no more than 

 Milk warm, for there is nothing more mortal to a Horfe than the Scald- 

 ing of his Stomach. Next, you muft be very careful that you give the 

 Drench eafily and gently, left in making too much hafte, the Dri^'k pals 

 into his WeaC-md or Wind-PifCy and lb force him to an extream Coughing^ 

 and almoft fzificaehim-^ which if it do, you -muft then let his Head 

 loole, ftnd walk him up and down.tiil the Pailioo be paft. Laftlxj you 

 ihall oblerve in giving a Drench, to draw out the Horfch Tongue before 

 you put in the Horn^ and then prelently let it loofe again ; for that will 

 compel him to fwallow whether he will or no. And this is principally 

 tobeufed, when you give your Horfe Pills, as Butter andGarlick, But- 

 ter and Sanders, or Butter and Savin : Alio every Drench will work the 

 better, the longer yo keep the Sick Horfe tafting both before and after 

 the Medicine ^ wherein is likewife to be obferved, that moderate Exer- 

 cile, (as gently Walking, or Trotting up and down according to the 

 Korfe's ftrength, after his Drench received) is moft wholefome, and ma- 

 keth the Medicines work a great deal the better. 



: You iliall likewife obferve, if your Horfe's Sicknels be a Fever,'to which 

 mix always your Simples either with warm Water,withHoney5or withOyl^ 

 but if the Difeafe be Coughs, Rheums, or any thing that proceedeth of 

 coldCaufes, then yow iliall mix your Simples with good Ale or Wine ; 

 and if your Plorfe be brought low, and weak with Sicknefs, then you ihall 

 mix your Simples with Milk and Eggs. 



You fliall alfo obferve, that in Blood-letting, you muft take but half lb 

 much from a young Colt as from an old Horfe, and but the fourth Part 

 from a Yearling Foal : Alio in letting Blood, you muft carefully regard 

 the Age and Strength of your Horfe, taking more or lels according to 

 his Ability of. Body. Laftly, letting of Blood is either to divert Sick- 

 nefs, and prelerve Health, or to refreih and cool the Spirits, or to di- 

 minifli Blood % or elle to purge grofs and bad Humours. 



Oblerve before you let your Korfe Blood -^ firft^ moderately to chafe, 

 or exercife him : Then let him take Reft a Day before his letting Blood, 

 and three Days after, not forgetting th2it. April and OBober are the two 

 principal Seafons of the Year for that purpofe, except urgent Occafion 

 be miniftred. 



Oblerve whenever you rake your PJcrfe with your Hand, (which is to 

 draw his Ordure out of his Fundament when he cannot Dung,) that 

 then, firft you anoin.t your Hands with Sallet-Oyl or Butter : The like 

 you muft ever do when yo put any Suppofitary :; but when you Admini- 

 ft.er any Glifter, you Ihall then but anoint the Glifter-pipe only. Many 



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