Lib. I. Of Cures Fhyfical, 1 1 7 



Let the Light of your Stable be ever towards South and North, yet 

 ^o as the North Windows may in the Winter be Ihut clofe at pleafure, 

 and opened in the Summer to give frefhAir. 



Ride your Horfe oft a little on Stony Ways, that he may the better feel 

 his Feet, and harden his Hoofs. 



Have ever near your Stable fome clofe plain Green, that your Horfe 

 being let loofe, he may oft tumble himfelf thereon. 



Let your Horfe's Bed be of foft fweet Straw, fomewhat above his 

 Knees, of which,Wheat-ftraw is the beft : For though Barley-ftraw be the 

 Ibfteft, yet a Horfe will covet to eat it, and it is unwholefome, and 

 Wheat-ftraw is not unwholefome to eat, yet it is hard to lie upon : AvS 

 for Oat-ftraw it is the beft in the Superlative, for it is both wholelbme 

 to eat, and foft to lie upon. 



Curry or Drefs your Horfe twice a-Day, that is, before Water, and 

 when he is curried, rub him with your Hand and with a Rubber ^ his 

 Head fhould be rubbed with a wet Cloath, and his Cods made clean with a 

 dry Cloth : His Foretop, his Mane, and his Tail, ihould be often wet 

 with a wet Mane-comb, and ever where the Horfe's hair is thinneft, there 

 Curry the gentleft. . 



Let the Plaunces of your Stable lye even and level, that your Horfe • 

 may ftand at his Eafe, and not prove Lame by too much oppreifing his 

 hinder-parts. 



Let not any Mud-wall be within your Horfe's reach, for he will natu- 

 rally covet to eat it, and nothing is more unwholefome. 



Give your Horfe plenty of Garbage (which is chopt Wheat-ftraw) 

 both with his Provender, and without. 



Let your Hay-bottles be very little, and tied very hard: For fo your 

 Horfe fhall eat with the beft Stomach, and make the leaft Wafte. 



To fpiiikle Water upon your Hay, is moft wholefbme, and to Iprinkle 

 Fenugreek upon your Provender, is as Ibveraign ; The firft is good for 

 the Wind, the latter fer Worms. 



Give your Horfe daily Exercife, for that gets the beft Stomach to his 

 Meat. 



Purge your Horfe once a Year with Grafs, or with green blades of Corn., 

 called Forrage, for fifteen Days together ^ yet before you purge, in any 

 Cafe let him Blood; and whilft he "is in purging, by no means let him 

 have any Provender. 



A Horfe after Travel hn.th ever more Blood than any Beaft whatfoever» 



Green Grafs or Forrage cleanfeth the Blood, encreafeth Srength, heal- 

 eth Difeales, avoideth Melancholy^ helpeth the Horfe's Growth, and 

 maketh the Skin Smooth: Whilft the Horfe is at Soil, by no means let 

 him take Qold. 



The Northern Man Watereth two Hours before he Rideth at the leaft, 



then. 



