Lib. I. Of Cures Phyfical, 8p 



Blood with his Excrements, or Blood inftead of Excrements : And the 

 Cure, according to the Opinion of the ancient Farriers, is, To take 

 Sattron one Ounce, of Myrrh two Ounces, of Southern-wood three 

 Ounces, of Parlley one Ounce, of Rue three Ounces, of Spitle-wort, 

 and Ilylfop, of each two Ounces, of Caffia, which is like Cinnamon, 

 one Ounce, let all thefe be beaten into fine Powder and mingled witJi 

 Chalk and ftrong Vinegar wrought into a Pafle, of which Pafte make 

 little Cakes, and dry them in the Shadow, and being dried, dilfoive feme 

 of them in a Pint and a half of Barley-Milk, or for want thereof, in 

 that Juice whirh is called Crimor Prifmie, and give it the Horle to drink; 

 lor it not only cureth the Bloody-Flux, but being given with a Quart of 

 warm Water, it healeth all Grief and Pain either in the Belly or Bladder, 

 which Cometh for want of Staling. 



Now for mine own part, I have ever ufed for the Bloody-flux, but 

 this Medicine only : Take of Red Wine three pints, half a handful of 

 the Herb called Burfa Paftoris, or Shepherds Purle, and as much Tan- 

 ners Bark taken out of the Fat and dryed, boil them in the Wine till 

 Ibmewhat more than a pint be confumed, and then flrainiag it very 

 hard, give it the Horle luke-warm to drink -, if you do add unto it a 

 little Cinnamon it is not amifs. There be other Farriers which ufe to 

 diiibive in a pint of Red Wine, four Ounces of the Conferve of Sloes, 

 andgi^e it the Horle to drink: but either of the other Medicines are 

 fully fufficient. 



Chap. L.XXIX. Of the falling d$xvn of a Horfe^s Fundament: 



HOrfes lbmetimes,by means of the Difeafe formerly ipoken of, which 

 is the Bloody-ilux, and fometimes by a natural weaknefs in tha 

 inward Bowels, coming through the Refolution of the Mufcles, ferv- 

 ing to draw up the Fundament, will many times have their Fundaments 

 fall down in great length, both to the much pain of the Horfe, and 

 great loathfomenefs to the Beholders. Kow the Refolution or falling 

 down, may come partly by over-much flraining to Dung when a Horle 

 is Coftive, and partly by over-great Moifture, as it happens in young- 

 Children : For than a Horfe, no Creature hath a moifter Body. Kow 

 the Signs are apparent, hanging down of the Fundament, and the Cure; 

 is this : Firft, you Ihall look whether the Fundament be inflamed, that 

 is, whether it be much fwell'd or no, if it be not inflam'd, then you 

 lliall anoint it with Oil of Rofes warmed on a Chafing-dilh of Coals, 

 or for want of fuch Oil, you Ihall walh it with warm Red Wine, but 

 if it be inflamed, then you Ihall bath it well with a foft Sponge, dipt 

 in the Decoftion of Mallows, Camomill, Linfeed, and Fenugreek, and 

 alfo you Ihall anoint it well with Oil of Camomill and Dill mingled 

 together, to affwage the Swelling, and then with a gentle Hand, and 



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