Lib. I. Of Cures Phyfical, 1 1 5 



it is moft excellent againft Frenzy, Madnefs, or any Drinefs, or Scalinefs 

 of the Skin. 



^cr* Take Oil de Bay, or Dialthea, and anoint all the Horfe's Body 

 all over therewith, holding a Pan of Coals, or a hot Bar of Iron near 

 the Ointment, to ir.ake it fmk in *, or elfe make him a Bath of Running 

 Water, wherein is boiled Rue, Wormwood, Sage, Juniper, Bay-leaves, 

 and HyfTop, ai.d Bathe all his Body therewith : Either of thefe are molt 

 Ibveraign for the Mourning of the Chine, or any Difeafe of the Liver, 

 Lungs, or Spleen. Take Wine and Oil, and having mixc them together. 

 Chafe and Rub the Horfe's Body therewith, and it is moft ibveraign for 

 any inward Sicknefs, efpecially the Liver. To Bathe a Horfe in Salt- 

 Water is very wholelbme, both for the Horfe's Skin, and alio for any 

 Difeafe in the Stomach. 



Laftly, Take of Mallows, of Sage, of each twoor threeliandfuls, and 

 a Role Cake, boil them together in water, then being boiled till the wa- 

 ter be all confumed, add a good Quantity of Butter, or Sallet-Oil, and 

 mixing them together, bathe all the Horfe's four Legs therewith, and all 

 the Parts of his Body alio : and there is nothing more Ibveraign for a 

 Horfe that hath been tired or over-traveled. To let Blood, and with that 

 Blood, and Oil, and Vinegar, prefently to Anoint his Body, helps moft 

 forts of Infirmities. 



Chap. CIV. General Drenches or Medicines for alt the inward Dijeafes or 



Surfeits in Horfes. 



|C?T^Here is no Medicine more foveraign for all Difeafes which 

 X breed in a Horfe's Body, than to take half an Ounce of the 

 Powder called Diapente, and brew it either with a pint of Sack, if it be 

 for Colds, as Muskadine, if it be for heart-ficknefs, and lo give it the 

 Horfe to drink fafting in the Morning : And do this at leaft three Morn- 

 ings together, efpecially when the Horfe beginneth firft to Droop. The 

 next to this, is. To take Selladine two handfuls, both Root and Leaves, 

 chop them and bruife them : Then take of Rue as much, Red-Sage and 

 Mint as much, add of Aloes half an Ounce ^ boil thefe in a pottle of 

 Beer or Ale till the one half be confumed, and then give it the Horfe 

 iuke-warm to drink. 



Take four Ounces of Diapente, and miJt it with four Ounces of clari- 

 fied Honey, and keep it in a clofe Glals, and give half an Ounce th'ereof 

 with a pint of ilveet Wine to the Horle to drink, and it is an excellent 

 Drench , Take of Liquorifh an Ounce, Annifeeds, Cummin-leeds, E- 

 licampane-Roots, of each half an Ounce, of Turmerick and Bays, of 

 each a quarter of an Ounce, of Long-Pepper and Fennugreek, of each 

 two Drams, beat thele fmall and fearfe them, and put fi^e Ipoonfuls 

 thereof into a Quart of Ale warmed with a little Butter or Oil, and it is 



Q. very 



