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him drink abo->/e once in four and twenty Hours, and then not to his full 

 latisiiftion. Others take a Pint of Red Wine, the Powder of one Nut- 

 meg, half an Ounce of Cinnamon, and as much of the Rind of Fome- 

 granat<.% and mixing them together, give it the Horfe luke-warm to 

 drink, and let him not drink any other drink, except it be once in four 

 and twent'/ Hours, half a Horfe's Draught of warm Water mixt with 

 Bean-liower. Others take a halfrpenny-worth of A Horn beaten into fine 

 Powder, an.d Bole-Armony beaten fmall, and a Quart of good Milk, 

 mingle them together till the Milk be all on a Curd, and then give it 

 the Horfe to drink, obferving the Diet before reheared : But if this Dif^ 

 eale Iha 11 happen to a fucking Foal, ascommonlyjit will, and 1 my felf 

 have ieen many that for want of Experience have perilhed thereby ^ vou 

 ihali then only give a Pint of ftrong Verges to drink and it is a preient 

 Remedy : For the Foal only feeding upon Milk, and that Milk avoiding 

 in as liquid form as it was received, the Verges will Curdle ir, and make 

 it void in a grolfer and more tougher Subftance. 



C H A P. LX XVIII. Of the Bloody-Flux in Horfes. 



IT is not to be doubted, but that a Horfe may have the Bloody-Flux, 

 for in my Experience 1 have Ieen it, befides the Confirmation of all 

 mv Mafters the old Fatriers. Kow of the Bloody -Flux they make 

 Kinds, for fometimes the Fat of the llimy ''Filth which is avoided, 

 is Iprinkled with a little Blood ^ fometimes the Excrements is Watriih 

 Blood, like the Water wherein Bloody Flelli hath been walhed \ fome- 

 times Blood mixed with Melancholy, and fometimes pure Blood : But 

 Till thefe proceeding from one Head, which is the Exulceration of the 

 Gut, they may all very well be helped by the Cure. Yet that you 

 may know whether the Exulceration be in the inward fmall Gut, or in 

 the outward great Gut, you fhall obferve if the Matter and Blood be 

 perfe<^ly mixed together, then it is the inner fmall Guts ^ but if they 

 be not mixed, but come out feverally, the Blood moft commonly fol- 

 lowing the Matter, then it is the thick outward Guts. Kow this 

 Bloody-Flux cometh moft commonly ot fome fharp Humours, ingen- 

 dring either by a naughty raw Food, or unreafonable Travel, which 

 Humours, being violently driven, and having palfed through many 

 cr(X)ked and narrow Ways, do cleave to the Guts, and with their heat 

 and iharpnels fret them and caufe Exulcerations and grievous Pains. 

 Sometimes this Bloody-Flux may come from extream Cold, extream 

 Heat, or extream Moiftnefs, or through the Violence of fome extream 

 Scowring formerly given, wherein fome poilbnous Simple, as Simony, 

 ;-!;dbium, or fuch like, may be applied in too great a quantity, or it 

 rnay come from the weaknefs of the Liver, or other Members, which 

 ferve for Digeftion. The Sign of this Dileafe, is only the voiding 



Blood 



