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the firft fort, it is eafily helped by moderate Exercile and warm Keeping: 

 But if it be of the lecond fort,you Ihall give him warmMaihes of Malt and 

 Water, and perfume his Head well, and purge it by Sneezing ^ and into 

 his Maihes you fliall put Fennel-feed bruifed. Others will take a Pint 

 of White-wine, and a handful of Soot, a Quart of Milk, and two 

 Heads of Garlick bruifed, brew them together, and give it the Horle to 

 drink. Others will take a Pottle of Urine, a Handful of Bay-Salt, and 

 a good Qiaantity of Brown-Sugar-candy, boil it to a Quarc ^ then add 

 Licoras and Annifeeds beaten to fine Powder, and give it luke-warm to 

 drink. Others will take Lard, or Swines-Greale, and boil it in Water : 

 Then take the Fat from the Water, and mingle it with a little Oyl-Oiive, 

 and a good Quantity of Ui'ine, and half as much White-wine, give him 

 a Quart of this luke-warm to drink. Others ule to give of Ale a Quart, 

 of grated Bread one Ouiite and a half, the Yolks of two Eggs, of Ginger, 

 Saffron, Gloves, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Cardamomum, Spikenard, op La- 

 vender, Galingal, and Honey, of each a pretty Quantity, mix thele 

 together, and give it to drink. Now if the Dif^illation be of the third 

 Ibrt, which is the worft of the three, you ihall take half a pound of 

 Swine's Blood, and melt it at the Fire, add to it a Pound of the juice of 

 Beets, with three Ounces of Euforbium finely beaten -^ and when it hath 

 boiled a little, take it from the Fire, and add another Ounce of Eufor- 

 bium to it : Keep this Ointment, and anoint therewith two long Feathers 

 or little Rods, lapt with Linnen about, and ib anointed, put them into 

 his Noflrils, and after rubbing them up and down, tie them to the Norfe- 

 band of the Bridle, and walk him abroad : Do thus three Days together, 

 and it will either abfblutely cure him, or at leaft take away the Eye-fore. 

 Others ufe to take a Quart of Ale, an half-penny-worth of long Pepper, a 

 little Brimftone, a Pennyworth of Gdingaly two pennyworth of Spikenard 

 of Sfdn, two penny weight of Saffron brayed, with two Ounces of But- 

 ter boiled in the Ale : When it is lukwarm, caft the Horfe, and holding 

 up his Head, pour it equally into his Noflrils ^ then holding his Noftrils 

 clofe, till his Eyes Itare, and that he fweat \ which done, give him Bays 

 and Ale to drink ^ then let him rife, and fet him up warm ^ feeding him 

 with warm Grains and Salt, or with fweet ?vlaihes ^ but the beft is, if 

 the Weather be warm, to let him run abroad at Grals. Other Farriers 

 wfe to diffole in Vinegar, three Drams of Muf^ard-feed, and as much 

 Enforbium •, then to give him one Dram at his Noflrils every Day before 

 he Drink. Others ufe to take ^rr^, Iris, lllyrica. Seeds of^ Sf/ia/!age, A- 

 rijtolochia^ of each three Ounces, Sdniter^ J?n?»/wf, of each five Ounces, 

 Bays two Ounces, Saffron one Ounce •, make this into Powder, and when 

 you give it, give part in Pills, made with Pafte and Wijie, and part by 

 the Noflril with flrong Oyle : Do this for the fpace of three Days at the» 

 leaft. Others ufe to take of Malmfey a Pint, of firong Ale a Pint, oi 



