^6 Of Cures Pbyfical, Lib. I. 



The Second is, Take of the white Fat or Lard of Bacon, a Piece four 

 Fingers long, and ahnoft two Fingers thick both ways ^ then with your 

 Knife making many holes into it, ftop it with as many Cloves of Gar- 

 lick as you can conveniently get into it, then rolling it in the Powder of 

 Licoras, Annifeeds, Sugar-candy and Brimftone, all equally mixed toge- 

 ther, give it your Horfe fafting in a Morning, at leaft twice a Week 

 continually, and ride him after it, and be fure that all the Hay he eats be 

 finely fprinkled with Water. 



Chap. LI. The hejl of all other Afediclnes, for a dry Cough, never before 

 mentioned^ nor revealed. 



TAKE of the Syrup of Colts-foot two Ounces, of the Powder of 

 Elicampane, of Annifeeds and of Licoras, of each half an Ounce, 

 of Sugar-candy divided into two Parts, two Ounces, then with Sweet- 

 Butter work the Syrup and the Powders, and one part of the Sugar-candy 

 into a ftiff Pafte, and thereof make Pills or fmall Balls, and roll them in 

 the other part of the Sugar-candy, and To give it to the Horfe fafting, 

 and Exercife him gently an hour after it : And thus do for divers Morn- 

 ing till you find Amendment. 



Chap. LIL Of the Fretnz.edy Broken, and Rotten Lungs. 



COughs do many times proceed from the Corruption and Putrefaftioa 

 of the Lungs, gotten either by feme extream Cold, Running or 

 Leaping, or by over-greedy drinking after great thirft ^ becaufe the Lungs 

 being inclofed in a very thin film, they are therefore the much fooner 

 broken •, and if fuch a breach be made, without inftant Cure, they be- 

 gin to Inflame and Apofthume, oppreiling and fickning the whole Lungs. 

 Now the Signs to know this Difeafe, is, the Horfe's Flanks will beat when 

 he Cougheth, and the flower they beat, the more old and dangerous is 

 the Difeafe : He will alfo draw his Wind ihort, and by a little at once : 

 He will groan much, be fearful and loath to Cough ^ and often turn his 

 Head to the place grieved : To conclude, he will never Cough, but he 

 will bring up Ibmething which he will champ in his Mouth afterThe Cure 

 is, give him two or three Ounces of Hogg's-Greale, and two or three 

 Spoonfuls of Diapente brewed in a quart of Barley- Water, wherein Cur- 

 rans have been Sodden. Other Farriers ufe to take a Pound of Licoras, 

 and being fcraped and fliced, to fteep it in a quart of Water four and 

 twenty hours \ then to *ftrain it, then to boil thiee or four Ounces of 

 Currans in it, and fo give it the Horfe to drink and keep him fafliiug three 

 or four hours after. There be other Farriers which ufe to take of Fe- 

 nugreek and Linfeed, of each half a Pound, of Gum-dragant, of Ma- 

 ftick, of Myrrh, of Sugar, of Fitch-Flower, of each one ounce ; let 

 all thele be beaten into fine Powder, and then infufed one whole Night 



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