Lib. I. Of Cures Fhyfical, 



and moift, cold and dry. Now the equal Temperament is divided into 

 two, an Univerfal and a Special. The equal Tem^erarnent Vrnverfid^ is 

 when the four Elements are in an equal proportion, generally divided, 

 through the whole Body, Nature enjoying no more from the one than 

 from the other. The equal Temperament Efpecial, is when the Elements 

 are proportioned according as every kind doth moft properly require^ 

 be it either Plant or Beaft : In Plants, when every Plant hath that com- 

 mixture of Elements, which are proper to its kind, th^ Iiot Plant be- 

 ing hot, the cold being cold, c^c. Whereas contrariwife, to have a hot 

 Plant cold, or a cold hot, to have Rue cold, or Sorrel hot, were a fiHe 

 and unequal commixture of Elements. So likewile Beafts;, that Horle, 

 that Dog, that Swine is faid to have his due Temperament^ when he is of 

 fuch temperature as is moft proper unto his kind, which is beft dif- 

 cerned by his A£lions or Motions. As thus, the Horfe is known to be htrt 

 and moiil by his lightnefs, fwiitnels, valiantnefs and long Life, and alfb 

 to be of a temperate Nature, in that he is eafily tamed, docible, obe- 

 dient and familiar with the Man. And lb long as either Horfe, or any 

 other thing, continueth in the Mediocrity and Ex-cellency of his proper 

 Temperament, fo long we may truly judge him of a good Temper 

 and Difpofition ^ but if there be any overflow of Qualities, or excels in 

 his Humours, as either heat, coldnefs, moiil:nefs or drinels, then we 

 fay, heiseither a hotCholerick Horfe, a cold Dull Horfe, a dry Mif- 

 chievous Horfe ^ or a moft cowardly Horfe, according to the overflow of 

 that Quality which reigneth in him. 



Again, every Horfe is faid to have his Temperaments-, according to his 

 Age and the Country wherein he is bred, and ' Ibmetimes according to the 

 time of the Year wherein he liveth. And thus a Horfe in his foal Age,' 

 which is till he be fix Years old, is naturally hot and moift ; in his mid- 

 dle, which is till twelve, more hot and dry than moift ^ and in his old 

 Age ^ which is paft eighteen, more cold and dry, than either hot or 

 moift. So likewife, the Horfes which are bred in Southern Parts, as 

 either in Spain, Barhary, or Greece, are naturally more hot than thole 

 which are bred either in the feventeen Lands, Gertnany or England -^ nei- 

 ther is there any Horfe, which is in good ftate of Body, that is lb hot 

 in the Spring-time of the Year, as in the Summer, nor fo cold in the 

 Sufnmer, as the Winter. All which Oblervations are with moft curi- 

 ous diligence to be obferved of every Horfe-leach, when he gooth about 

 to cure any Sicknefs : For unlefs he confiders their Natures and Tem- 

 peratures, and every other Circumftance already declared, he ihall right- 

 foon be deceived in the Adminiftration of his Phyfick. Therefore, I 

 earneftly defire every Farrier, before he give any Drench or Potion, 

 firft^ to enquire the Kind, Race, and Difpofitlon of the Horfe, next his 

 Age, the Country^ and laftly, the time of the Year : And fo accord- 

 ing to the truth thereof, to mix his Receipts. It 



