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and fro, to allay the heat of his Members, till the Swelling be vaniflied, 

 and if you Swim him now and then, it will r:Ot do amifs. Others ufe 

 to Bath his Cods and Yard with the Juice of Houfe-leelr, or with the 

 Water wherein Kinholm hath been fed. Now this Colt-Evil will Ibme- 

 times i3:op the Horle's "Urine that he cannot Pifs : Then you iliall take 

 l\ew Ale, ?>nd a little Black Soap, and give it tlie Horle to drink. O- 

 ihers ufe to wa ill the Horfe's Cods and Sheath with Butter and Vinegar 

 5 -lade warm. Others ufe to waili his Yard and Cods with the Juice of 

 Memloch, or elfe take Bean-fiower, Vinegar, and Eole-Arraonick, and 

 i.iixing them together, lay it Plaifter-wife to his Slieatli and Cods. Others 

 -tiiake him a Pliafter of Wine-Lees, Houfe-Leek, and Bran mixt together, 

 nndlayitto his Sheath and Cods : But it the firft Receipt will ferve, I 

 «vouid not wifii you to ul^e any other Medicine. 



Chap. LX XXVII. Of the Mattering of the Tard. 

 HIS Difeafe of the Mattering of the Yard, is feldome {ken but 

 amongfc the hot Races or Breeds of Horfes, as the Jennet, the 

 Barbary, and fucli-like •, and it happeneth ever at Covering-time, when 

 the Horfe and Mare both being too Hot, do Burn themfelves, by which 

 Means there ilfueth forth of the Horle's Yard much filthy Matter. The 

 Signs are, the falling down of the Matter, and a Swelling at the End of 

 the Yard, and the Horfe can by no Means draw up his Yard, or cover it 

 within his Sheath. The Cure is. To take a Pint of White-wine, and 

 boil therein a Q_uartern of Roch^rAllom., and with a large Syringe or 

 Squirt, iquirt in three or four Squirts full into his Yard one after another, 

 and be lure that your Squirt go home unto the Bottom, that the Liquor 

 or Lotion may fcour the Bloody Matter away : This do five or fix times 

 every Day till the Horfe be whole. 



Chap. LX XXVIII. Of the Shedding of the Seed. 



THE Shedding of the Seed, or the falling away of the Sperm in 

 Horfes, is none other than that which we call in Men the Run- 

 ning of the Reins : It cometh, as our Old Farriers lay, either by a- 

 bundance and Ranknefs of the Seed, or by the Weaknefs of the Stones 

 and Seed-VeiTels not able to retain the Seed until it be digefted and thick- 

 ned ; but truly for mine ov/n part, I think it cometh oftener (efpecially 

 among our Engliih Horfes) by fome great Strain in Leaping, or by 

 teaching a Horie to Bound, and making him Bound above the compafs 

 of his natural Stength. The iign are only the fheding of his Seed, 

 which v/ill be Vv/liite, Thin, and Waterifh. The Cure", according to 

 the ancient Experiments, is, Firft to Ride the Horfe into fome cold 

 Water up to the Belly, infomucli that his Stones may be covered with 

 Water ^ which done , Bathe his Fundament with Water and Oil, then 



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