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other Oblervations there are which be more particular, and thole you 



ihall find annexed to the feveral Cures of every Difeaie : Thus much then 



of thefe general Obfervations. 



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 Chap. XIV. Of the Vrine, and Excrements of a Horfc. 



AFter you have made your Memory acquainted vvitii the Si2;n and 

 Obfervations before fpecified, and lb in the end find a Horie, 

 which by the demonftration of ibme of thefe Signs, appeareth moll: 

 certainly to be Sick and Difeaf^d : My Advice is then, (if conveniently 

 you may, and that the violence of the Sicknefs doth not urge the con- 

 trary,) that before you Adminifter any thing unto him, in any caie you 

 fee his Urine, from which Urine you fhall reap thefe Knowledges. 



Firft, If the Urine of a Horle be of a pale, wliitiih, yellow Colour 

 like unto Amber, and therewithal Ibmewhat ftrong fmelling, and not 

 /ery clear, then you ihall be affured that the Horle is in good ftate ofBody, 

 Irong and healthful ^ but if it be extraordinary white, as it were Crea- 

 ny, then it is a fign the Horfe hath weak Reins, and is fubjeft to the 

 Stone^ and the fioppir/g of the Kidneys. 



If the Urine of a Horfe be fomewhat high coloured, bright and clear 

 like Lamber, and not like Am.ber, or like a Cup of ftrong March Beer-y 

 then it ilieweth the Horle hath Inflammation in his Blood, and that he 

 hath either a Fe^ver, or elfe fome great Surfeit ^ but if it be Red like Blood, 

 then is his Inflammation more great, and liis Surfeit is only an over-heat 

 taken by Over-riding ^ infomuch, that if prefent Remedy be not ap- 

 plied, either by fcouring or other healthful Phyfick, the Horfe cannot 

 chufe but fall into Ibme mortal Sicknefs. 



If the Urine of the Horfe be of a pale greeniJli Colour, tliick and 

 llimy, it is a fign of a weak Back and Conlumption of the Seed. 



Laftly, If the Horfe's Urine be high-coloured, yet therewithal clou- 

 dy and full of blacknefs, then it is a fign that the Horle's Sicknefs is 

 Mortal, and hardly to be prefervedby any Phyfick ^ but if die Blacknefs 

 and Cloudinefs of the Urine do not remain, (as it were) bound up toge- 

 ther in one Body, but is broken and difperled, ihewing many Clouds in 

 one Water, then it is a fign that the violence of the Sicknefs departeth 

 away, and there is great hope, by good government, that the Horfe will 

 recover his Health as at the beginning. 



Now for the Excrements or Dur.g of a Horle, which is no lels wout 

 thy of Note than the Urine •, you ihall firft underftand, that if his 

 Dung be ever of Alliance with his Food, I mean either in part or in' 

 whole, coloured like unto that he eateth : As thus for Example \ if your 

 Horfe go to Grafs,hisDung will ever be green,and the brighter fuch Grecn- 

 nefs is, and being in a mean between hardnefs and Ibftnefs, the Ibunder 

 and in more perfed Eftate the Horfe flandethj but if the C/r^w^yr/} be 



bright, ~ 



