j^2 Of Cures Phyfical, Lib. I. 



''S HAP. XXXIX. of the Cold, or Poz.e the Head. 



TH E Cold, or Poze in the Horfe' Head is gotten by divers fudden 

 and unfeen Means, according to the Temper and Ccnftitution of 

 the Horle's Body, infomuch, that the beft Keeper vvhatfoever, cannot 

 fometimes warrant his Horfe from that hifirmity. Now according as his 

 Cold is old or new, great or fmall, and according to the abundance of 

 Humours which abound in the Head, and as thofe Humours are of thick- 

 nels or thinnefs,fois the Difeafe and the Danger thereof greater or ieifer, 

 Wronger or weaker. For you ihall underftand, that if the Horfe hath but 

 only a Cold that is newly taken,the figns are,he will have many Knots like 

 Wax-Kernels between his Chauls about the Roots of his Tongue ^ his 

 Head will be fomewhat heavy, and from his Noftrils will run a certain 

 clear Water; but if about his Tongue-roots be any great Swelling, or. 

 hifiammatioD like a mighty Botch or Bile, then it is the Strangle ; but if 

 from his Koftrils do iffue any thick, ftinking, or corrupt Matter, then 

 it is the Glanders, of both which we ihall fpeak hereafter in their 

 proper Places. Now for this ordinary Cold, which is ordinarily taken, 

 (the Hgns whereof, belides his much Coughing, are before declared) 

 you itiall underftand, that for the Cure being very eafie, it is helped fun- 

 dry Ways : Some cure it only by purging his Head with Pills of Butter 

 and Garlick, the Manner whereof yon fliall find in the Chapter of Purgati- 

 ons. Others Farriers cure it with purging his Head with Fumes, and for- 

 cing him to Sneeze,theManner whereof is in theChapter of Neefing^which 

 done, you Ihall give him to drink Water wherein hath been fodden Fenw 

 greek. Wheat- Meal, and Annileeds ; and then to trot liim up and down 

 half an Hour after. Others ufe to give him Neeling-Powder, blown up 

 into his Noftrils, and then this Drink : Take a Pint of Malmfcy, and 

 the Whites and Yolks of four or five Eggs, a Head of Garlick bruifed 

 fmall, Pepper and Cinnamon, and Nutmegs, of each a like Quantity 

 beaten to fine Powder, and pretty quantity of fweet Butter, mix them 

 together, and give it luke-warm with a Horn three Days together : Then 

 keep him fafting at leaft two hours after. Others ufe to let the Horfe 

 Blood in the Vein under his Tail, and to rub all his Mouth over with a 

 Bunch of Sage bound to a Sticks-endjand then to mix with his Provender 

 the tender Crops of Black-berries-, but 1 take this Medicine to be fitteft for 

 iuch Horfes, who with the Cold Rhume are trouble with Pain in their 

 Chaps, and not with ftuffing in their Head. 



Now although none of thefe Mediciens are Fault>worthy, yet Ibme 

 for mine own Part, I have ever found to be the moft Excellent for thele. 

 flight Colds, moderate Exercife, both before and after a Horfe's Water, 

 in fuch Sort as is declared in the Chapter of the Night-Mare, without 

 any other Fuming or Dienching, except 1 found the Cold be more than 



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