Lib. I. Of Cures FhyfuaL loi 



will forget either to eat or Drink, and never ceaie running about the 

 Pafture, Ga;f ing ftrangely, and looking oft about and behind them : The 

 Cure of this Folly is, prefently to lead the Mare to the Water, and there 

 to let her fee Iier lelf as before, and the lecond fight will utterly extinguifh 

 the memory of tlie firft, and fo take away her Folly. 



C n A p. XCIII. Of Mares which caft their Foals. 



TH E occafion why Mares cafts their Foals, that is, to Foal them ei- 

 ther before their times, or dead, are very many, as Strains, Strokes, 

 Intemperate Riding, Rufliings, Hard \\' interings, or too great Fatneis, 

 and fuch like. Now you ihall underftand, that this aborfement, or un- 

 timely cafting of a Foal, is moft dangerous to the Life of a Mare : For 

 Nature being, as it were, detained from her true and perfefl Cuftom, 

 which is the prefervation of Health, cannot chufe but give way to the 

 contrary, which is Death and Mortallity, and the Body and Pores being 

 fet open to the Air, before it be able to defend the cold, cannot chufe but 

 be fulfocated with iinwholelbrae Vapours. If therefore you have a Mare 

 at any time which doth caft her Foal, and withal falleth fick upon the 

 lame, you fhall pre lent ly take her into the Houfe, and fet her up very 

 warm, then give her two fpoontuls of the Powder of Diapente well brew- 

 ed in a Pint of Muskadine,and feed her with fweet Hay,and warm Mafhes, 

 for at leaft a Week after. 



Chap. XCIV. Of Moi'es that are hard of Foaling. 



IF it happen by any mifchance, or otherwife, that the PafTages or other 

 Conduits, which lead from the Matrix, be fo ftraitned that the Mare 

 cannot Foal, and {"o be in Danger of her Dife ^ tlien it ihall be good that 

 you help her by holding and flopping her Noftrils with your Hand in a 

 gentle manner, that her Breath may not have PalTage, and {he will Foai 

 with a great deal the more Eafe,and much Iboner ^ and fure the Pain is no- 

 thing, becaufe a Mare always Foaleth ftanding. Now if at any time 

 when your Mare hath Foaled, fhe cannot void her Secundine, which is 

 the Skin wherein the Foal is wrapped, in that natural manner as fhe 

 ought, you fhall then take a good Handful or two of Fennel, and boil it 

 in Wine ; then take half a Pint of that, and another half Pint of old 

 Wine, and put thereto a Fourth part of Oil, and mingle them altoge-- 

 ther over the Fire, and being but Luke-warm, pour it into the Mare'^s 

 Noflrils, and hold her Noflrils clofe with your Hand, to keep it in a 

 pretty while after, and no Queflion but fhe will void her Secundnie pre- 

 fently. 



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