Of Cures Phyfical 6^ 



Bruife them, and lay them all Kight in two or three Gallons of Water, 

 and give it a boil in the Morning, and let the Horfe drink thereof as 

 much luke-warm as he will, then after this Drink, give him a pretty- 

 quantity of fodden Wheat-, ule this Diet for a Week or more at the 

 leaft i and then if the Seafbn be fit, put him to Grafs. This Cure is 

 of great Reputation, and thought to help when all other fail : For mine 

 own part, I wifh every Man to jud3e it by the Praftice. 



There be others, which only for nine or ten Days tegether, will give 

 their Horfe Water wherein Licoras hath been fodden, raixtwith Wine, 

 and hold it a moft fovereign help. 



There be others, which will only give new Milk from the Cow, but 

 I defpair of that Cure, becaufe Milk being only Flegnaatick, Flegm is 

 the only fubftance of this Difeafe. Other Farriers ufe to keep the Hor(e 

 failing four and twenty Hours, then take a quart of Ale, a quarter of 

 an Ounce of Fenugreek, half a quarter of Bays, of the green Bark of 

 Elder-Trees, of Sugar-candy, of Water-creffes, of red Mints, of red 

 Fennel, of Haw-tree-Leaves, and of primrofe-Leaves, of each half an 

 Ounce, the Whites of fix Eggs •, beat thefe in a Mortar, and feethe them 

 in the Ale, give it him to drink, then let him faft after it two hours ; 

 then give him Meat and Provender enough, yet but a little Drink. O- 

 thers ufe to give him wet Hay, and moderate Travel: Then take twenty 

 Eg8;s, fteep them in Vinegar twenty four Hours, giving the Horfe two ■ 

 every Morning, and after the Eggs are fpent, a Pottle of new Milk from 

 the Cow. 



Now there be other Farriers, which only will diflblve in Vinegar, fif- 

 teen Eggs, and give the Horfe the firft Day three, the fecond Day five, 

 and the third Day feven, and hold it a good help. Others will take an 

 Ourxe of Frankincence, two Ounces of Brimflone, and mix it with a 

 pint of Wine, and half a pint of Honey. Others will take Sal-Nitre, 

 burnt with the Powder of Pitch, and give it with the iame quantity of 

 V/ine and Honey. Others will '- only- give Sal-Nitre mingled with his ' 

 Meat, provided always, that in every Cure you keep your Horfe from 

 Cold and Labour, and daily chafe his Head with Oil and Wine. But of 

 this, look in the laft new Additions for the dry Cough, noted thus ^;^ . 



Chap. LVI. Of tlxe.dry Malady^ or Confumftion. 



THIS Difeafe of the dry Malady, or aFrthe ancient Farriers term 

 it, a general Conlumption, is nothing but ameer Exulceration of 

 the Lungs, proceeding from a Cankerous fretting and gnawing Humour, 

 ingendred by Cold and Surfeit, v/hich defcending from the Head, fick- 

 neth and corrodeth the Lungs. Some of our ignorant Farriers will call 

 itithe Mourning of the Chine, but they are thus far forth deceived-, that 



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