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M A R K H A Ms Mafterpiece. 



The Second Book, 



Containing all Cures Chyrnrgiral^ or fuch Infirmities 



as being only outward, require the Ufe of Chjrurgerj, and 

 are called in Horfe-Leach-Craft, Horfes Sorames, CorreO:ed 

 and Enlarged. 



Chap. I. 

 llHoM: Proportion of Meafure is required in every Member of a well-jiici^en Horfe, 



FOrafmuch as the great Subftance of this Art of Chyrurgery^ or Se- 

 cond Part of Horfe-Leach-Craft, applied only unto outward In- 

 firmities, confifteth of Incifions, Cauterifmgs, Qprrodings, and 

 Difmembrings, as well as of Comfortings, Incarnating, Cleanfing, 

 Conglutinating, and binding up Members in their true Form, and that 

 all jointly together, go but about to make a true and well-formed Body : 

 I think it meeteft that I begin with the true Proportion and Meafure 

 which is required in every Member of a well-fliaped Horfe, that the care- 

 ful Farrier thereby underftanding, how, and in what failiion every Linea- 

 ment fhould be placed, or what Proportion and Quantity they do contain, 

 he may at no time through Ignorance either Difmember or Difgrace the 

 iame^ as I have many times feen fimple Farriers do, when contrary to all 

 Art and Rule, they have cut in funder the main Cords, Sinews, and 

 Tendons, by which a Horfe's Limbs are governed. 



To begin then : You ftiall underftand, That, according to the De- 

 fcription of the moft ancient and worthy Farriers, there are in a Porfe's 

 Palate of his Mouth twelve Bars or Degrees like Steps, one above ano- 

 ther, ftanding ('when his Mouth is turned upwards) like a pair of Stairs v 

 his Tongue would be half a Foot long, his Upper-Lip fix Inches, and his 

 Nether-Lip five Inches long •, each of his jaws would be ten Inches long, 

 his Head from his Eyes downward, full twelve Inches long ^ his Ears 

 five Inches long ^ the circuit or compafs of his Eye four Inches about 

 his Neck from the Nape of his Head unto the Withers would be feven 



Handfuls 



