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Leeks, andftarnp them fmall, and Soap, Milk and Butter, and being 

 mixt together, give it the Horfe to drink. Others ufe to take a Nutmeg, 

 andahadfulof Parfley-feed, beat them to Powder, then take as much 



mel-feeds, and Broom-feed, of each a like Quantity, beat them into fine 

 Powder, and give it the Horfe with a Pint or a Quart of White-wine. 



Now although thefe Medicines before rehearfed, are daily in Fradice, 

 and approved very Soveraign, yet for mine own part, I have found none 

 more foveraign than this : Take a Quart of llrong Ale, and put it into 

 a Pottle-Pot, then take as many keen Raddiih-Roots, clean wafhed, be- 

 ing flit through and bruifed as will fill up the Pot ^ then flopping the Pot 

 very clofe that no Air may come in, let it fo ftand four and twenty 

 Hours, then ftrain the Ale and the Roots very hard into a clean Velfei, 

 and give it the Horfe falling iu the Morning to drink '-, then Ride him 

 a little up and down, and ib fet him up warm., watch him., ai'd you 

 fluill fee him Scale. This you muft do divers Mornings together. 



C H A V. TXXXV. Of a Horfe that Tlffcth Blood. 

 f~X^ HERE is nothing more certain, than that a Horfe many times 

 X will pifs Blood inftead of Urine, the Caufe (as the moft ancient 

 Farriers fuppofe) proceeding from fomie one ot tliefe Grounds ; either 

 over-much Labour, or two heavy a Burthen, efpecially when the Horfe 

 is Fat : For by either of them the Horfe may come to break fome Vein 

 in his Body, and then you iliall fee clear Blood come out and no Urine 

 at all -^ but if the Blood be mixt with Urine, then they fuppofe it cometh 

 from che Kidnevs, having fome ragged Stone therein, which through 

 great Travel doth fret the Veins" of the Kidneys, and maketh them 

 bleed, through which as the Urine paiTeth, it taketh the Blood away 

 with it alfo \ but for mine own part, 1 have not found any greater Caule 

 for the Piifing of Blood than the taking up of a Horfe from Grafs in the 

 ftrength of Winter, (as about Chriftmas) and prefently, without a Day's 

 Reft m the Stable, to thruft him into a long and weary Journey ^ from 

 this Caufe 1 have feen many Horfes after two or three Days Journey, to 

 Pifs Blood in moft grievous Manner. The Signs are needlefs.^ The Cure 

 according to the Opinion of the ancient Farriers, is this : Firft, Let the 

 Horfe Btood in the Palate of the Mouth, to convert the Blood the con- 

 trary Way, then take of Tragacanth which hath been fteeped in White- 

 wine, half an Ounce of Poppy-feed, one Dram and one Scruple, and 

 of Storax as much, and twelve Pine-Apple Kernels :, let all thefe 

 things be beaten and mingled well together, and give the Horfe thereof 



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