Lib. I. Of Cures FhyficaL 1 1 ^ 



quarter of a Pound, Oil of Flower-de-Luce a Quarter of a Pound, and 

 half a quarter. Oil de Bay as much, Oil of Ppikenard three quarters 

 of a Pound, Oleum Cyprinum three quarters of a Pound, and half a 

 quarter, the oldeft Oil-Olive one Pound and a half, Pitch a quarter of 

 a Pound and two Ounces, Turpentine a quarter of a Pound, melt every- 

 one of thefe that will melt, feverally by themlelves, and then mingle 

 them together with the reft of the Simples beaten into fine Pow- 

 der ^ and after that they have been a little boiled on the Fire, take it 

 off and ftrain it into a fair Vellel, and whenfoever you will give your 

 Horfe any thereof, give it him with Wine, or four or five Spoonfuls 

 with a Pint of Sack or Muskadine : And if with long keeping it waxeth 

 any thing ftiif or hard, then ibften it with the Oil of Cyprefs, lb that it 

 may be good and thick. 



This Confection is both a Medicine' and an Ointment j if you put it in 

 the Horfe's Noftriis, it will draw out all noifome Humours, and difcharge 

 his Head of all Griefs : If you anoint his Body therewith, ithealethal! 

 Convulfions, Colds, and Dizzinefs, or Withering of the Body ^ and if you 

 Bathe his Limbs therewith, it driveth away all Wearinefs and Tiring ^ 

 and if you give it him with Wine to drink,' it cureth all inward Maladies. 



Ch A p. CVII. Hoxc to make the Oil of Oats. 



TAKE of Milk two Gallons, and warming it on the Fire, put there- 

 to a quarter of a Pound of burnt-Allom, which will make it run of 

 Curdsjthen take out theCurds and caft it away, then ftrain the Whey thro' 

 a courfe Cloath in a clean Vellel : Then take a quarter ot a Peck of clean 

 husked Oats thtt were never dried, and put them into the Whey, and fet 

 them on the fire till the Oats buift, and be loft ; then take them off, and 

 put them into a Cullender that is full of holes, fo that the Whey may go 



. gentlyfrom them without any prefirmg(for you muftkeep the Oats as moift 

 as may be : ) This done, put the Oats in a Frying-pan, and fet them over 



!th«^ Fare, -ftirringthem continually till you fee the Vapour or Smoak of 

 them not afcend upwards, but as it were run about the Pan, then fuddenly 

 take them off, and putting them into a Prefs,prefs them moft exceedingly, 

 and look what cometh from them,is only the Oil of them, which you muft 

 fave in ti clofeGlais. Now there are other more artificial and curious ways ♦ 

 to Diftill and Extraft this Oil, but this of all other is the moft eafieft apd 

 fureft for every mean Capacity. This Oil of Oats is of all Medicines and 

 Simples whatfoever, the moft excellent and foverain for a Horfe's Body, 

 as being extracted from the moft natural, wholefome and beft Food which 

 doth belong unto a Horfe's Body. This Oil being given by four or five 



. Spoonfuls at a time in a Pint of fweet Wine, or a Quart of ftrong Ale, or 

 ibme of the Whey poured into the Horfe's Noftriis, doth cure the Glan- 

 ders before all other Medicines. It is^alfo ("giveu m tJie fame manner) the 



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