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your Horfe do cliance to catrh a Fever at t]ie Fall of tne Leaf, you jnail 

 let him Blood in his Neck-Vein, aild on the Palate of his Mouth, and 

 yon fliall give him to drink the lame Drink v^hich is formerly let dowa 

 tor the Fever-continual, and there is no doubt of his Recovery. 



Chap. XXII. Of the Fever taken in the Summer Scafo?:, 

 Fever taken in the Summet-Sealbn, is the worft of all ordinary 

 _ Fevers whatlbever, efpecially all fach as are taken in the Dog- 

 Days -, becaule uCCordinQ, to the Opinion of Etrriersy all Accidents are 

 then moft furious : The etpecial figns of this Fever are, that his Arteries 

 will beat moil palpably, and vsdierefoever he Staleth, there you i'hall 

 perreive he fliedde^h his Seed alio. The Cure according to the Ancieritj;, 

 is to let him Blood in the great Vein which he hath on his hinder Haunch, 

 almoft four Inches beneath his Fundament : But for mine own Part, be- 

 caufe that Vein is not eafily found by every ignorant Smith,and thatmany 

 times by miftaking, they may cut the Artery inftead of the Vein, I hold 

 it fully as good to let him Blood on the Neck-Vein :;, which done, give 

 him this Drink two Hours and a half after ^ Take the Juice of a Hand- 

 ful of Purllane, and mix it with Gum-Tragacanth, Annifeeds, and Da- 

 niask-rofe-leaves beaten to Powder •, then put them into a Quart of ftrong 

 Ale, made fweet either with Sugar-candy or Honey, and fiil not to give 

 him this Drink three Mornings together ^ keep the Horle warm during 

 his Sicknels. 



Chap. XXIII. Of the Fever taken in the Winter Seafon. . 

 A Fever taken in the Winter, is not lb dangerous to the Life of a 

 J~\^ Horfe as the Fever before-mentioned, yet it is a Fever which 

 will continue long and ask great Circumfpeftion in the Cure : The 

 Caule?. thereof are the fame which are formerly defcribed, and the Signs 

 ;) re no other than hath been form.erly declared. Touching the Cure, it 

 is thus : you fliall firft purge his Head by making him Sneeze -^ that done, 

 you lliall \Qt him Blood both in the Neck and the Palate of the Mouth, 

 and then two Hours and a half after give him this Drink : Take of Rue 

 three Ounces, of Round Pepper half an Ounce, of Bay-Berries, and the 

 Seed of Smallage, each half an Ounce, boil thefe in White-wine, and 

 give it him to drink luke-warm. Other Farriers ufe to take a Pint of new 

 Milk, and to put therein two Ounces of Sallet-Oil, of Saffron one Scru- 

 ple, and of Myrrh two Scruples, of the Seed of Smallage a, Spoonful 1, 

 and to make him drink it luke-warm;, but the Horfe which 'taketh this 

 Drink rauft be good in Strength, for if he be brought low it is Ibmewhat 



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The Ancient Italians did ufe for this Fever to give this Drink : Take 

 •f Arifioloehifi half a» Ounce, of Gentian, of HyiTop, Wormwood, of 



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