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Of Cures Fhyjical, Lib. I. 



Squilla five Ounces, of Elder, of C^jhrum, of Muflard-fccd, and of Eu- 

 pborh.him, of each two Ounces, dilioive the fnv.e in the juice of Dnffo- 

 dil and Sage, and lay it all about the Temples of his Head, and between 

 his Ears, then give him to drink for three or four Days toi^ether eveiy 

 Morning, two Ounces of the beft Treacle diifolved in a Pint of good 

 Muskadine. 



The Jtaliam life to give him divers Mornings, a Pound of the Juice of 

 Elder-roots, or inftead of his ELiy, a good Quantity of that Herb v/hich 

 is called Fenus-hair\ but if the time of the Year be fuch that they cannot 

 have it Green, then they boil it in Waiter, and ftrain it, and give it him 

 to drink ^ but I hold the firft Drink to be the moft fufficient, his Diet be- 

 ing thin, and his Keeping warm. 



Chap. XXVI Of the PUgue and Pefillence in Horfes: of fome called the 



Gargil or Murrain. 



^JT* H I S Peftilence, Murrain or Gargil in Horfes, is a Contagious and 

 A moft infe^Hous Difeafe, proceeding either from Surfeit of Heat, 

 'Cold, Labour, Hunger, or any other thing breeding corrupt Humours 

 in a Horfe's Body, as the holding too long of his Urine, drinking when 

 he is hot, or feeding upon grols, foul and corrupt Foods, as in low 

 Grounds after Floods, when the Grafs is unpurged, and fuch like : Some- 

 t imes it fprings from fome evil hifluence of the Planets, corrupting the 

 Plants and Fruits of the Earth, and Cattle too fometimes, and from di- 

 vers other fuch like Caufes", but howfoever when the Difeafe beginneth,, 

 certain it is, that it is moft Infc6lious, and if there be not Care and Pre- 

 vention uled, of Multitudes, it will not leave one. Not any of the an- 

 cient Italian Farriers, nor any of our EngUjli Farriers that I have met with, 

 do or can jliew me any Sign or Token to know this Diieafe, more than 

 that one or two mull firft die, and then by their Deaths I muft adjudge 

 and prevent what will follow •, but they are miftaken : For this Difeale is 

 as eafily known by outward figns, as any Difeale whatfoever ^ as namely, 

 the Horfe will begin to lowre and hang down his Head :, and within two 

 or three Days a'ter fuch lowririg, you iliall fee him begin to fwell under 

 his Ear-roots, or under the roots of his Tongue, and that Swelling will 

 run univerially over all one Side of his Face, being very extream hard 

 and great. Moreover all his Lips, Mouth, and Whites oi' his Eyes will 

 be exceeding Yellov/, and his Breath will be ftrong, and ftink excee- 

 dingly. 



The Cure of this Diieafe, ^.ccording to the Manner of the Ttnlians and 

 Erench-rmn, is firfl to feparate the Sound from, the Sick, even a far diftance 

 from that Air where the Sick breatheth, then let him Blood in the 

 Nerk-veins- and give every one feverally to drink, two Spoonfuls of 

 the Powder of Di^eme, brewed in a Pint of ftrong Sofk : Of the Com- 



pofition 



