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theBlood which you take from the Horfe, it is very necfTary that you 

 fave in divers VelFels, for divers Caufes : As Firft, that you may fee when 

 all the corrupt Blood is come forth, and that when the Colour thereof 

 is grown pure and fo remaineth being cold, that then you fuffer the Horfe 

 to bleed no more •, or elle that you fave it to Bathe the Horfe's Body 

 therewith, which is mofl woiefome ^ or elfe to make a Medicine there- 

 withal, by mingling with the Blood Vinegar and Oil. And fo Bathe the 

 Horfe's Body therewith, efpecially that place which was let Blood. For 

 the ancient Farriers hold an Opinion,That it is endued witli a certain Na- 

 tural Vertue, and Power to comfort the weaknefs and feeble Members of 

 a Horfe, and to dry up all evil Humours. Now affoon as your Horfe hath 

 bled iufficiently, you fliall let loofe the Cord, and immediately the Vein 

 will flop •, then with that Cord you ftroke down the Vein juft over tl]fe O- 

 riiice twice or thrice, which will both clofe up the hole, and alfo turn the 

 Courfe of the Blood. This done, fet the Horfe up in the Stable, and let 

 him ftand falling two or three Hours after, and then after Diet him, ac- 

 cording as in your Difcretion you iliall think meet •, that is to fay, if he 

 be a fick Horie, then like a fick Horfe, with good Provender and warm 

 Mafh.es : But if he be a found Horfe, then like a found, either turn him to 

 Grafs, or keep him in the Stable after the ancient Cuftom. 



Now if you would let your Horfe Blood either in the Temple-Veins or 

 Eye-Vein?,you fhall then Cord him hard about the midft of the Neck, and 

 not near his Shoulders, having a care that you touch not his Wind-pipe, 

 and fo Throttle him : For it will make both thefe Veins fliew moft appa- 

 rently. If you intend to let the Horle Blood in the Breaft-Vein, or Plat- 

 Veins, of fome called therefore Thigh-Veins, you iliall then Cord him 

 behind the Sholders, clofe to the Elbows of the Horfe, and overtiiwart 

 his Withers, and that will make thefe two Veins ihew. Now you fhall 

 underftand, that not any of thefe Veins laft fpoken of, as about the 

 tiead or the Breaft muft be let Blood by ftriking them with a Fleim ('tho' 

 it be the manner of our Common Smiths) for it moft Beaftly and Butcher- 

 ly, and alfo full of much Danger by ftriking through the Vein, ^if he be 

 not skilful) but you fhall with a fine fharp Launcet open the Vein, even 

 fdch fort as you fee a skilful Chirurgeon open the Vein in a Man's Arm. 

 Now for the letting of a Horfe Blood in the Palate of the Mouth, you 

 ihall but only with a fliarp pointed Knife, pick the Horfe between the fe- 

 cond and third Bar, as deep as a Barley Corn is long, and he will bleed 

 fufficiently : As for all the other Veins in a Horfe's Body whatfoever, 

 which are to be opened, you ihall underfl:and,that whenlbever it is needful 

 thattheylDleed, that then they mutt be taken up and not corded at all. 

 Now touching the taking up of Veins, and the Manner how to do it, you 

 ihall read more at large in particular Chapters towards the end of this 

 Book. 



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