K9. Of Cures thyficd. Lib. I. 



Kow if you fee any Swelling to appear, whether it be foft or hard 

 thep befides letting him Blood, you ihall ftrike the Swelling in divers 

 places with a Fleangi or Launcet, that the Corruption may iffue forth, 

 then anoint it with Hogs-greafe made warm : For that will either expel 

 it, or bring to a Head, efpecially if the Swelling be kept exceeding 

 warm. There be other Farriers' which for this Difeafe ufe to Jet the 

 Horfe Blood as is aforefaid, and then to give him a Quart of Malm- 

 fey, well brewed with three Spoonfiils of the Powder called Diapente,and 

 if' the Swelling arife, to lay thereunto nothing but Hay well Ibddenin 

 old Urine, and then keep the fame Diet as is afore faid : Others ule af- 

 ter the letting of Blood, to give the Horle no Drink, but only ten or 

 twelve Spoonfuls of that Water which is called Doftor Stevens's Water, 

 and is not unknown to any Apothecary ^ and then for the reft of the Cure, 

 to proceed in all things as is before Ipecified : and queftionlefs 1 have i^Qen 

 ftrange Effects of this Pradice. 



C HA P. LXII. 0/ tired Horfes 



SINCE we are thus far proceeded into the inward and vital Parts of 

 a Horfe's Body, it is not amils to fpeak fomething of the Tiring of 

 Hcrfes, and of the Remedies for the fame, becaule when a Horfe is 

 ^ truly tired (as by over extream Labour) it is queftionlels that all his 

 .Vital Parts are made Sick and Feeble. For to tell you in more plainnefs 

 what Tiring is, it is when a Horfe by extream and uncelfant Labour, 

 liath all his biward and Vital Powers which fliould accompany and re Joyce 

 the Heart, expelled and driven outward to the outward Parts and lels 

 .deferving Members, leaving the Heart forlorn and Sick, inlbmuch that 

 *.a general and cold Faintnefs Ipreadeth over the whole Body, and weak- 

 neth it in-fuch fort that it can endure no further Travel, till thofe lively 

 Keats, Faculties and Powers be brought unto the natural and true Places 

 back again, and made to give Comfort to the Heart whom their Lois 

 Sickned. 



Now for the Tiring of Horfes, though in tuith proceeding from no 

 other Cauie but this before-fpoken, yet in as m.iich as in our common 

 and vulgar Speech, we lay that every Horle that giveth over his Labour 

 is tired, you fhall underliand that fuch giving over may proceed from 

 four Caufes ^ The firft from inward Sicknefs \ The fecond from Ibme 

 Wound received either of Body or Limbs ^ The third from Dulnefs of 

 Spirit, Cowardlinels, or Reftinefs i^ And the fourth from moft extream 

 Labour and Travel, which is true Tirednefs indeed. Now for the firft, 

 which is inward Sicknefs, you ll;all look into the general Signs of every 

 Dileafe, and if you find any of thofe Signs to be apparent, you llitill 

 ftrait conclude on that Difeale, and taking away the Caule thereof j have 

 no Doubt but the Effe£l: of his Tiring will vaniili with the fame : For the 



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