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and a Pint of Sack mixt together, and give the Horfe to drink luke- 

 warm. 



Thefe Scourings cleanfe the Head, Body, and Guts of all Flegm, or 

 Molten-Greafe, which any violent Labour hath difTolved j they are ex- 

 ceeding good for any manner of Cold, or Stoppings in the Wind-pipes, 

 and if you add unto them good good ftore of Sugarcandy,it will prelerve 

 and keep the Horfe from Sicknefs. Now for Pills, yon iliall very plain- 

 ly underftand, that the firft and eafiefl: are thele, either to take twenty 

 Cloves of Garlick clean pilled and bruiled, then a quarter of a Pound 

 of fweet-Butter, and fo roul up the Garlick in four or five Balls or Pellets 

 as big as two Walnuts a-piece -^ and liO taking out the Horfe's Tongue, 

 thruft them down his Throat one after another : Or elfe to take a quarter 

 of a Pound of Butter, and as much Red Saunders ^ beat them well toge- 

 ther in a Mortar, and then make it into four or five Balls, and then put 

 them down the Horfe's Throat. Pills of fomewhat llrong Nature are to 

 take a handful of Rofemary-Leaves, and chopping them fmall, mix 

 them wiuh a quarter of a Pound of fweet-Butter, and then making it 

 into round Balls, give them unto the Horfe : Or elle take round pieces of 

 raw Melons, and thruft them down the Horfe's Throat : Or elfe to take 

 five green Figs, and put them down the Horfe's Throat. 



g,;^^' The ftrongeft Pill is this : Take of Lard two Pound, laid in Wa- 

 ter two hours, then take nothing but a quarter of a Pound of the clean 

 Fat thereof, and ftamp it iu a Mortar, and thereto put of Liquoriih, of 

 Annifeeds, and of Fenugreek, of each beaten into Powder, one Ounce 

 and a half, of Aloes likewile in Powder one Ounce, of Agarick half an 

 Ounce, Knead all thele together like a Pafte, and make thereof four or 

 five Balls, and give it the Horfe. The laft receipted Pill is fingular good 

 for the dry Cough, and all the other Pills are moft foveraign for all In- 

 firmities of the Head, which grow either from Flegm, Melancholy, or 

 any other cold or moift Caufe whatlbever. Now for Purgations, which 

 are the ftrongeft cleanlers of the Body, they be thele : Take two Ounces 

 of Myrrh, and mix it with a pint of Wine , and it will purge all 

 Sicknefs which proceedeth of Choler-, the Signs whereof are, his Belly 

 will fwell, be very hot, and he can neither dung nor break-wind Take 

 a pint of Wine, and beat a raw Egg therein, and add to it a quarter of an 

 Ounce of Primftone, and half an Ounce of Myrrh beaten to Powder^ 

 ai:d give it the Horfe lukewarm, and it will purge all inward Difeales 

 proceeding of Melancholy. Two Spoonfuls of the powder Diapente, 

 given with half a pint of Swine's Greafe, purgeth all Difeafes proceed- 

 ing of Flegm. Take as much Black-Soap as a Wallnut, a Quart of 

 new Milk, and a quarter of a pint of Salkt-Oyl, and give it the Horfe 

 luke-warm, and it purgeth all cold Infrmities, but maketh the Horfe 

 exceeding Sick. Take the Guts of a Teuch or Barbel, being cut into 



little 



