6% Of Cures Phyficd, Lib. I. 



quantity of Water, and in that Decoction diifolve half an Ounce of Aga- 

 rick, and two Ounces of Colloquintida, together with two Pound of Ho- 

 ney, and give him a Pint and a Half of this at a time,, for at kali a Week 

 together •, and if this Medicine chance at any time to prove too thick, 

 you ihall make it thin with Water, wherein Licoras hath been fodden ^ 

 and feme Farriers, alfo befides this Medicine, will with a hot Iron draw 

 the Flanks of the Horfe to retrain their beating, and flit the Horfe's 

 Noftrlls to give the Wind more Liberty, but 1 do not alfeft either the 

 one or the other : The beft Diet for a Horfe in this Cafe, is Grafs in 

 Summer, and Hay fprinckled with Water in Winter. There be other 

 Farriers, which for this Infirmity hold, that to give the Horfe three or 

 four Days together fodden Wheat, and now and then a quart of new 

 fweet Wine, or other good Wine, mixt with Licoras-Water, is a certain 

 Remedy. There be otJier Farriers, which for this Difeafe take the guts 

 of a Hedge-hog, and hang them in a warm Oven till they be dry, fo that 

 a Man may make Powder of them : Then give your Horfe two or three 

 Spoonfuls thereof with a Pint ot Wine or ftrong Ale : Then the reft mix 

 with Annifeeds, Licoras, and fweet-Butter, and make round Balls or 

 Pills thereof, and give the Horfe two or three after his Drind : And fb 

 let him faft at leaft two or three Hours after. Now v/hen at any time- 

 you give him any Provender, be fure to waih it in Ale, or Beer ^ then. 

 take Cummin, Annifeqds, Licoras, and Century, of each a juft Quan- 

 tity, make them, being mixt together, into fine Powder, and ftrew two 

 fpoonfiils thereof upon the Provender, being wet,. This Phyfick muft 

 be ufed for a Fortnight at leaft. Others ufe to take of Cloves and Nut- 

 megs three Drams, of Galingale and Cardamomum three Drams, of Soot, 

 of Bay-feeds, and Cummin of each three drams, and make them' into 

 fine Powder,and put it into White-wine, being well tempered with a little 

 Saffron, then put to ^o many yolks of Eggs, as may countervail ithe 

 other quantity : Then mix them with Water, wherein Licoras hath been 

 lodden, making it fo tliin, that the Horfe may drink it, and after-he hath 

 Drank the quantity of a Pint and a Half, of tiis Dripk, tie up his Head 

 to the Rack, and let him fo ftand at leaft an lidur after, that the Drink, 

 may defcend into hi? Guts, the*i walk him gently abroad that the Medi- 

 cine may work \ and in any cafe give him no Water for the fpace of four 

 and.twenty Hours after : The next Morning give him fome Grafs to- eat, 

 and the Branches of Willows or Sallow, which will cool the heat of the 

 Potion. 



Now there, be other Farriers which take of Pances, Long-wort, Mai- 

 den-hair, the Crops of Nettles, Carduus. Benediftus, Herb Fluetin, 

 the Roots of Dragonus bruifed, the Roots of Elicampane, bruifed, of 

 Warcr-hemp, of Penny-royal, of Light-wort, of Angelica, of each of 

 thfife a ^ood handful, or fo many of thefe as you can conveniently get :, 



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