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adminifter a Cliftery left by Purging fuddenly with any Purgation cr 

 Potion, you ftir up a multitude of evil Humours, which fmding no pal- 

 fage downward (becaufe the Guts beiiig ftopped with Wind and Dregs j 

 do ftrike upward, and fb perhaps put the Horie into much greater Dan- 

 ger. 



Now for the Compofition of Clifters, you ihali underf.and, that they 

 he madeof four Thiv.'gs • that is, of Decoctions, of Drugs, of Oil, or 

 fuch like Unftious Matter, as Butter or Ibfc Greafe, and fourthly of di- 

 vers Salts, to provoke the Virtue Expujfive. A Decoilion is the Broth 

 of certain Herbs and Simples boiled together inVv'ater, until the third 

 part be con fumed. Now fometimes for want of fuch Decoclions, you 

 may if you pleafe, ufe fome fit Beef-Broth, or the Broth of Sheeps Head, 

 or fuch like, or Millr, or Whey, or Ibnie.fuch like Liquor, mingled 

 Ibmetimes either with Honey or with Sugar, according to the Quality 

 the Difeale ^ the Clifter being either Lenitive, that is to fiy, eafmg of 

 Pain, Gliitinative, which is Joining of Things together ^ or elle Abfter- 

 five, which is, wiping away, or cleaniing of Filthy Matter. Now of 

 this Decoftion, or Broth, being very clean ftrained, you fliall never take 

 above three Pints at the moft, and many times but a Qiiart -^ into wliich 

 you fliall put fuch Drugs as are needful, exceeding not at the moft above 

 three or four Ounces, according as the Simples be more or lefs violent : 

 Of the Oil you fliall never ule in a Clifter above half a Pint, and of Salt 

 not above three or four Drams. You fliall alio continually Adminiiler 

 your Clifter luke-warm, either with fome long Horn or a large Clifter- 

 pipe made for the purpofe, and fixed to the largeft Bladder you can get ^ 

 and this Clifter-pipe is of all the beft, and doth leaft lofe LabW. 

 When you do Adminifter a Clifter, you fliall let the Horfe's hinder-parts 

 fomewhat higher than the fore-parts, and then you fliall put the Ciifter- 

 pipe in at his Tuel into his Fundament up to the Head, and having the 

 Confeftion within the Bladder, wring it with a very good ftrength into 

 his Body. A Clifter fliould be adminiftred to the Horfe when he is ra- 

 ther empty than full paunched, whether it be in the Fore-noon or After- 

 noon. Now for the retaining or holding of the Clifter in the Horfe's 

 Body, three Quarters of an h our is fufncient, of what Quantity foever 

 it be. Now you are to Note by the Way, that aflbon as the Clifter is ad- 

 miniftred unto the Horfe's Body, you muft draw out the Pipe with all 

 thQ gentlenefs that may be, and fuddenly clap his Tail to his Tuel, and 

 lo hold it with your hand, without any moving or ftirring of the Horfe 

 till the Medicine hath his full time of Working. 



feD* Now to come unto particular Clifters, that you may know which 

 Clifter is for which purpofe ; the firft is. Take 'of the Pulp of Colo- 

 qumtida, half an Ounce, of Dragantium three quarters of an Ounce, 

 of Centuary and of Wormwood, of each half a handful, of Caftorum a 



P quarter 



