io6 Of Curef Phyfical. Lib. I. 



quarter of an Ounce,boil them in three Pints of Water, then being ftrain- 

 ed you ihall difToive therein of Gerologundinum three Ounces, of Salt 

 tliree quarter of an Ounce, and Oil-Olive halt a Pint, and fo luke-warm 

 Adminifter it Giifrer-v/ife, as hath been before expreffed : This CHfter 

 is exceeding foveraign for the Feflilence in Korfes, or for any Feaver of 

 what Nature ibever. 



l;:^ The next is. To take the Decodion of Mallows, and to mix 

 therewithal, either freili-Butter or Sallet-Oil, and fo luke-warm Admini- 

 fter it : This is of all C lifters the moft gentleft, and as the former Cli- 

 fter is abfterfive or cleanfmg, fo this is lenitive and a great eafer of Fain : 

 It is moft foverain for a.Horfe that is taken, or that hath any Contradion 

 or Convulfion, and generally for any Coftivenefs in a Korle whatfoever, 

 proceeding from inward Surfeit or Sicknefs, as from the Surfeit by Pro- 

 vender, foundring in the Body, and fuch like. The next is, to take of 

 Salt- Water, or clean Brine a Quart, and diffolve therein a pretty Quan- 

 tity of Soap, and then luke-warm Adminifter it : This Cllfter is very 

 good for the Cholick, or any other Sicknefs of the Guts or Belly. And 

 thus from thefe three Clifters you may compound many Clifters ', but 

 in mine Opinion, if you ufe no more than them only, they will be fully 

 fufficient. 



Chap. C Of Turgatio-ns and their Vfes. 



T'l^ H E Purging of Rorfes is ever by one of thefe two Ways, either 

 X by Pills, or by Potion ; Pills are any folid and fubftantial Stuft' fixed 

 together in one Body, and being made into round Balls are caft down the 

 . Korfc's Throat. And a Potion is, when you give the Horfe any liquid 

 purging Matter to drink, whether it be purging Powders diifolved iii 

 Wine or Ale, or that it be any other liquid ftuff. Now for Pills, they 

 only purge and make clean the Head and Brain, bringing Flegm and 

 other grofs Humours down into the Excrements : And Potions cleanfe 

 the Stomach, Guts, and every other inward Member. Now the Art 

 of the true careful Farrier is is, in chufing of the Simples, whereof 

 thefe Pills or Potioi.s are to be compounded, and in aptly, or artificially 

 applying the fame. Firft then, It is needful that every good Farrier 

 (before he go about to purge his Horfe) know with what ill Humour a 

 Horfe is opprelfed, as whether it proceed from Choler, Flegm, or Me- 

 lancholy, and where the Humours do moft abound ^ and then what 

 Simples are beft to purge thofe Humours, and with what Property, Qua- 

 lity and Temperament they be endued : For fome Simples are moft vio- 

 lent, and next Coufms to ftrong Poifons, as Scarnmony or Colloquintida : 

 Some again are gentle, and rather Nouriftiing than Medicinal, as Manna, 

 Caftia, Whey, Prunes, and fuch like ^ and fome are neither too vio- 

 lent, nor too gentle, but of a mean, as Rheubarb, Agarick, Sena, and 



Aloes, 



