n^o Of Cures Phy fecal. Lib. I. 



gallop him a quarter of a Mile, then reft him ^ then gallop him half a 

 Mile, then reft him again : Thus do twice or thrice together, then let 

 him up warm, and give him no Water till it be high-]SJoc»n ^ then give 

 him a fweet Maili : Ule this Cure at leaft three Days together. Others 

 ufe to take half a Peck of Oats, and boil them in running Water till half 

 be confumed, then put them into a Bag, and lay them very hot upon 

 the Kavel-place of his Back, and there let it lie thirty Hours, ufmg thus 

 to do three or four times ^t leaft. Others ufe to take Wormwood, Peuceda- 

 num, and Ccntory, of each a like Quantity ^ boil them in Wine, then ftrain 

 them, and pour thereof many times into his ]Sloftrils, efpecially in that 

 which moft runneth. Others ufe to take Hare-hound, Llcoras, and uirmifeedsy 

 beaten to Powder :, then with Sweet-Butter to make Pills thereof, and 

 give them fafting to the Horfe. Others ufe to take Wheat-Flower, An- 

 nifeeds and Licoras ftamped in a Mortar, five or fix Cloves of Garlick 

 bruifed •, mix all thefe together, and make a Pafte of them ;, then make 

 it into Pills as big as Wahiuts, and taking out the Horfe's Tongue, caft 

 the Balls down the Horfe's Throat, three or four at a time, then give 

 him two New-laid Eggs Shells and all, after them. 



Now after all thefe, the beft and moft approved Medicine, is. To take 

 as much of the middle-green-Bark of an Elder-Tree growing on the 

 Water-Side, as will fill a reafonable VefTel, putting thereunto as much 

 running-Water as the VefTel will hold, and let it boil till half be con» 

 fumed, and then fill up the VefTel again with Water, continuing fo to do 

 three fever al times together ;, and at the laft time when the one half is 

 confumed, take it from the Fire, and ftrain it exceedingly through a 

 Linnen-Cloath ^ then to that Decoftion add at leaft a third part of the 

 Oil of Oats, or for want of that, of Oil Olive, or of Hoggs-greafe, or 

 Sweet-Butter ', and being warmed again, take a Quart thereof, and give 

 it the Horfe to drink, one Hornful at his Mouth, and another at his No- 

 ftrils, efpecially that which cafteth out the Matter. And in any Cale, 

 let the Horfe be fafting when he taketh this Medicine ; for it not only 

 cureth this, but any Sicknefs proceeding from any Cold whatfoever. It 

 fhall be alfo good to ufe to his Body fome wholefome Fridion, and 

 to his Head fome wholefome Bath , of which Baths you ihail read 

 more hereafter in a Chapter following. For his Diet, his Meat fhouid 

 be fodden Barley, and fweet Hay, and his Drink warm Water, or 

 Maihes : But if it be in the Summer-feafon, then it is beft to let him run 

 at Grafs only. 



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