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in Ale. It' his flictking Fit be paft before voli perceive his Sicknels, you 

 fhall only give him a Pint of Mushtd'inc, is.d '.m Ounce of Sugar- 

 candy beaten to Powder, and brewed togetlier to Drink, and fo let him 

 reft, feeding him by little and little, as aforefaid, and giyinglrim.no 

 Water but llich as is warm : And this Order you jhail obferve at^tJie be- 

 ginning of every Fit, if you can note them, orelie every Morning, it 

 his Sicknefs liath no ceafing. 



Chap. XVI. Of the QuotUuWy or every Duy^s Fever yt^nd the Cure. 



TH E QuotidUriyOx every D^y-sFever^\s that; which takes a Horfe and 

 holdeth him with one Fit once every Rw , and will at firft appear 

 fomewhat violent, but leldom or never endurech long if the Farrier have 

 any Difcretion. It proceedeth mofl commonly from extream Ridine, 

 either after Water, or a full Stomach ^ and thenVuddenly after his heat 

 being thruft into a Stable, and neither ftopt nor rubb'd, a Hidden Cold- 

 nels to that fudden Heat, begets a fhaking, and lb confequently the etfed 

 of a Fever. 



The figns to know it, are Watrifli and Blood-iliotten Eyes, ihort and 

 hot Breathing, Panting, Loathing of his Meat, and Stilfnefs in his Limbs;; 

 but above thele, to know it is a Quotidian, you ihall obferve, that thele 

 figiK, together with the Sicknels, will not laft above fix or eight Flours 

 in one Day, and then he will be cheerful and in health again till very neat 

 the lame Hour of the next Day,at what time hisFit will begin again. And 

 here is to be noted, that the more italtereth the Hours, the more hope 

 there is of his Health ^ as if it takes him at leven of the Clock of thQ 

 one Day, and at three of the Clock of the other, and fo forth. The 

 Cure is, you Hiall only during his Fit, give him nothing but a fweet Maili 

 -made of Malt and Water being luke-warm, and walk him gently up and 

 •down in a temperate Air ^ then alToon as his Fit is paft, you fhall let him 

 up, and rub his Body and Legs exceedingly -^ then four Hours after you 

 Ihall give him this Drink : Take of ftrong Ale a Quart, and boil therein 

 half a Handful of Wormwood,of LongPepper and Grains two Ounces, of 

 the beft Treacle two Ounces, and of the Powder of dried Rue one 

 Ounce : Kow when a third part of the Ale is confum^d, take it from the 

 Fire and flrain ic, then put therein three Ounces of Sijgar-candy beaten to 

 Powder '^ then when it is luke-warm give it him with i Horn to Drink. Do 

 this twice at the leaft, or thrice if his Fits continue,and there is no doubt 

 but he will recover. 



C n A p. XVII. Of the Tertian Fever. 

 '"X^ H E Tertian Fever is that which cometh every other Day, holding 

 J^ the Horfe with one fick Day, and one Icnnid : It is not lb violent as 

 thQ Quotidian, but much longer lafting ^ it happeneth ofteneft in the 



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