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by eating corrupt and mufty Meat, or by being kept inUnfavoury Places, 

 or is taken by landing with infe£led Horles* It is a gathering together of 

 moifl and corrupt Humours, which runneth at the Nofe ^ or may be faid 

 to be a Flux of Rheum, which iffueth fometimes atone fbmetimes at 

 feoth the Noftriis, The Caufe beingj the widenefs of the PalTage, fo that 

 the Cold liberally entring into the Brain, bindeth it and cruiheth it in 

 fuch Manner, that maketh the Humours there to diftill •, which defcend- 

 j;'g to the fpiritual Parts, and poflefling them, in the End fuffocates the 

 Horie, either by their Abundance, or killeth him by corrupting the prin- 

 cipal Parts J or elfe by congealing thereby little and little, over-runneth 

 tlie Natural Heat. Now that Diftillation, that by Cold cometh from 

 the Brain and breedeth this Glanders^ is of three forts. The firfi is a Cold, 

 wliich maketh indigefted Humours to pafs from the Brain, which com- 

 eth by taking off the Saddle fuddenly when the Horle is hot,or by letting 

 him dritik before he be inwardly cooled, or before his Body be dried : 

 This Diftiliation commonly is llimy Matter that fmells not, and is e»fie 

 to be cured ^ for it is no inward Ulcer, but only abundance of Huiriour, 

 the fubftance whereof is grofs and white. The fecond is a great Cold 

 ingendred and congealed, cauiing Humours Ibmething thin and flimy, 

 -. ol' the Colour of Marrow, or the White of an Egg : This defcendeth to 

 the Throat,and lieth there till it be difcharged through the Noftrils. The 

 thu'd !s by long continuance thicker, and therefore harder to be cured ; 

 if the Colour thereof be Yellow like a Bean, then is tlie Glanders moft 

 defperate, and lieth alio in his Throat : But if it be a brown or darkiili 

 Yellow, then commonly a Fever will acompany the Difeafe. To thefe 

 three Diftillations, there iscom.monly added a fourth, which- is, when 

 the Matter which comes from his Nofe, is Dark, Thin, and Reddifh, 

 like little Sparks of Blood, but then it is not fiid to be the Glanders^ but 

 the Mourning of the Chine, which is a Difeafe, for the moft part held 

 incurable, ft is therefore moft neclTary for every good Farrier, when he 

 iliall take this Cure in hand, to confider well the Matter which ilfueth 

 from the Horfe'sNofe: For if the Humour be clear and tranfparent, 

 fo that it may be ^een through, then it is not greatly hurtful, or of much 

 moment. If it be White, it is worj(e, yet with much eafe cured. If.it 

 be Yellow, leparate him from the found' Horfes, for he is Infeftious,' yet 

 to be cured : If that Yellow be mixed with Blood, it is with much Diffi- 

 culty helped, or if the Matter be like unto Saffron, the Horfe is hardly 

 to be faved. He muft alfo confider whether the Matter ftink, or have 

 loft the Smell \ the firft is the fign of an Ulcer, the latter of Death : 

 Alfo whether he cougheth with ftraitnefs in his Cheft or no ; for that 

 alfo is a fign of an inward Ulcer, and that the Difeafe is paft Cure. Now 

 for the Cure of thefe three Diftillations, which are all that make up a 

 compleat Glanders, you fliall underftand, that when the Glanders is of 



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