Lib. I. Of Cures thyfic^l^ ^y 



naughty and corrupt Blood is gathered, it refbrteth to the inward Parts, 

 and fo fuifocateth his Heart. The Signs whereof are, the Horfe will 

 many times have a fmall SweMing rife at the bottom of the Breaft, which 

 Swelling will increafe and rife upward even to the top of the Neck of 

 the Horfe, and then moft afTuredly it kills the Horfe •, he will alfo hang 

 his Head either down to the Manger, or down to the Ground, forfaking 

 his Food, and groaning with much painfulnefs. This Difeafe is of ma- 

 ny an ignorant Smith taken fometimes for the Yellows, and fometimes foi' 

 the StaggerSjbut you fhall know that it is not by thefe Obfervations :Firft, 

 neither'^about the Whites of his Eyes, nor the infides of his Lips ihall you 

 perceive any apparent Yellows, and lb then it cannot be the Yellows, nor 

 will he have any great Swelling about his Eyes, nor Dizzinefs in his Head, 

 before he be at the point of Death ^ and fo confequeutly it cannot be the 

 Staggers. The Cure whereof is two-fold \ the firft, a Prevention or Pre- 

 fervative before the Difeale come ! the fecond, a Remedy after the Dif- 

 eale is apparent. 



For the Prevention, or Prefervative, you fhall obferve, that if your «C^ 

 Horfe live Idly, either at Grals or in the Stable, and withal grow very 

 fat, which Fatnefs is never unaccompanied with corruptnefs, that then 

 you fail not to let him Blood in the Neck-vein before you turn him to 

 Grafs, or before you put him to feed in the Stable •, and likewife let him 

 Blood two or thr^e Months after, when you fee he is fed, and at each 

 time of lettingBlood,you muft make yourQuantity according to the Good- 

 nefs of the Blood : For if the Blood be Black and Thick, which is a 

 fign of Inflammation and Corruption, you ihall take the more : If it be 

 pure Red, and Thin, which is a fign of Strength and Healthfulnefs, 

 you fhall take little or none at all. There be others which ufe for this 

 Prevention, to give the Horfe a Scouring or Purgation of Malmfey, 

 Oil, and Sugar-candy, the making and ufe whereof you fhall read in the 

 Chapter of Purgations, and this fhould be given immediately when you 

 put your Horfe to feed, and fbon you fhall fee his Skin full fwoln 

 with Fatnefs. 



Now for the Remedy, when this Difeale fhall be apparent •, you fliall 

 let him Blood on both his Plat-veins, or if the Smith's Skill will not ex- 

 tend fo far,then you fhall let the Horfe blood on the Neck-veins,and that; 

 he bleed abundantly, then you fhall give him this Drink : Take a Quart 

 of Malmfey, and put thereunto half a quartern of Sugar, and^ two 

 Ounces of Cinnamon beaten to Powder, and being made warm give it the 

 Horfe to drink : Then keep him very warm in the Stable, fluffing him 

 round about with foft Wifps very clofe, efpecially about the Stomach, 

 left the Wind do annoy him •, and let his ordinary Drink be warm 

 Mafhes of Malt and Water, and his Food only that, whatfoever it be^ 

 which he eateth with the befl: Stomach. 



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