Lib. I. Of Cures Fhyftcal, j^9 



fumed •, then ftrain it, and Iqueeze the Mo(s well, \vliic]i done, give it 

 the Horfe luke-warm to drinke : then take the Goofe-Feathers, Brim- 

 ftone, and Butter, in fuch Manner as is let down in the new Additions 

 for the Cold, or Poze in a Horfe's Head, before, and having put them 

 up into his Noftrils, ride him forth an hour or two gently, and after lie 

 is come home, draw forth the Feathers, and keep his Body warm. This 

 Difeafe you ihall underftand cometh not fuddenly, but grows out of long 

 procefs of time % lb likewile the Cure muft not be expefted to be done in 

 a Moment, but with much Jeifure \ therefore you muft continue your 

 Medicine as your leifure will ferve, either every Day, or at leaft thrice a 

 Week, if it be four or five Montlis together, and be affured in the End it 

 will yield your Defire. 



Now the fecond certain and well-approved Medicine, is. To take Eli- 

 campane Roots, and boil them in Milk till they be foft, that you may 

 bruife them to Pap : Then with a Horn give them to the Horfe, toge- 

 ther with the Milk lukewarm, being no more than will make the Roots 

 liquid \ then having anointed your Goole-Feathers, put them up into his 

 Noftrils, and ride him forth, as is before fliewed. 



C H A p. XLV. Of the Aiournlng of the Chine. 



TH E Difeafe which we call the Mourning of the Chine, or as ibme 

 Farriers term it, the moifl A'fdady, is that fourth fort of corrupt 

 Diftillation from the Brain, of which we have fpoke in the Chapter be- 

 fore, ihewing from whence it proceeds, and the figns thereof : To wit, 

 that the corrupt Matter which iffueth from his Noftrils will be dark, thin, 

 and reddifh, with little ftreaks of Blood in it. It is fuppofed by fome 

 Farriers, that this Difeafe is a foul Confumption of the Liver, and I do 

 not derogate from that Opinion : For I have found the Liver wafted in 

 thofe Horfes which I have opened upon this Difeafe : And this Confump- 

 tion proceeds from a Cold, which after grows to a Poze, then to a Glan- 

 ders, and laftly to this Mourning of the Chine. 



The Cure whereof, according to the Opinion of the eldeft Farriers, is, 

 to take clear Water, and that Honey which is called Hydromel, a Quart, 

 and put thereunto three Ounces of Sallet Oyl, and pour it into his Noftrils 

 each Morning, the fpace of three Days : And if that help not, then give 

 him to ^rink every Day, or once in two Days at the leaft, a Quart of 

 old Wine, mingled with fome of the Sovereign Medicine called Tetra- 

 phannacum, which is to had almoft of every Apothecary. Others ufe to 

 take Garhiak, Houfleeh, and Chervill^ and ftamping them together, thruft 

 it up into the Horfes Noftrils. 



Others ufe to let the Horfe faft all Nigiit, then take a Pint and an half 

 of Milk, three Heads of Garlick pilled and ftamped, boil them to the 

 half, and give it the Horfe, fome at the Mouth, fome at the Nofe, then 



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