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minifter it in the fame manner: this Suppolitory is good to Purge the Gut 

 of any foul Humour, and therewithal is comfortable to the Body. 



Now you muft alio underftand, that as thefe Suppofitories are prepara- 

 tive before Ciifters, fo they are likewife to be ufed fimply of themfelves, 

 where the Sicknefs of the Horfe carrieth no great Danger ; for upon 

 every flight Occafion, or fmall Drinefs, which is to be diffolved with the 

 moft gentle Medicine, to adminifter a Clifter, were to bring the Horfe's 

 Body to fuch an intemperate loofenefs, as would prove, much worfe than 

 ^Eheforiner conti?ary Drinefs, therefore I wifii every careful Farrier be- 

 cauie the Bodv of a Horfe would not be tampered withal too much by 

 PhyfickC firft, in the Cafe of Coftiveneis, or Intiammation of the inward 

 Parts, to approve a Suppofitory : as namely the firft prefcribed and naked 

 like a Man's Fill:, or elfe like a Roul or Quantity of Roch-Allum, or elfe 

 four Inches of a great Tallow Candle or Percher of four in the Pound-, 

 which if it works effeftually, and keeps the Horfes Body Soluble, then to 

 proceed no further •, but in Cafe it do not, but that the Offenfive Matter 

 ftill breedeth and increafeth, then to Adminifler a Clifter, and where 

 that faileth to take away the Oifence, to Adminifter a Purgation. Kow 

 bv the Way, you are to take with you this general Rule, and never to fiif 

 in the nerformance^' which is, never to Adminifter either Suppofitory 

 or Clifter, but firft immediately before you give it^ to Rake your Horfe, 

 which Raking is in this Manner : Firft, you iliall anoint all your Hand 

 and Arm over either with Sallet-Oil, fweet-Butter, or frefli Greafe, and 

 then thruft it into the Horfe's Fundament, and draw out all the Dung, 

 Flegm, and filthy Matter that you can feel, even as high as the great 

 Bag*^:, which done, then either Adminifter your Suppofitory or Clifter, 

 which vou pleafe, at your ieifure, and in any Cafe, whilft the Horfe is 

 thus in Phyfick, keep him exceeding warm. 



Chap. XCIX. Of Clifiers and Vfes. 

 H E Nature and Properties of Clifters are divers, and therefore it 

 is neceffary that every careful Farrier learn to know to what End 

 they ferve, and of what Drugs or Simples they ought to be compound- 

 ed : For every Clifter is to be" made according to the Difeafe. Kow of 

 Clifters, fome are to eafe Griefs, and to allay the ftiarpnefs of the Hu- 

 mours •, fome to bi]id, fome to loofen, and lome to purge, and fome to 

 heal Ulcers. Thefe Clifters by cleanfmg the Guts refreiheth all Parts 

 and prepare the Way before "for every^inward and ftrong Purgation. 

 Therefore, whenfoever a Horfe, through grofsnefs of Humours, corrup- 

 tion of Blood, or abundance of Flegm, Choler, or Melancholy, is 

 brou£>;ht unto that evil habit o'( Body, that of NeceiTity he muft be purg- 

 ed, and that efpecially his Pain is in his Guts and Body, you Ihall then, 

 as before I faid (having made a Probation of a Suppofitory) firft of all 



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