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very fofc Fire till they be thick like an Ointment, and therewith anoint 

 the Eye. 



But the beft Receipt that ever I found for this Grief, is. To take the 

 Whites of two Eggs, and beat it till it come to an Oil, then put to it two 

 Spoonfulsof Rofe-water and three Spoonfuls of the Juice of HouHeek, 

 mix them well together, then dip therein little round Plegants or flat 

 Cakes of fofc Tow, as big as a Horfes Eye, renewing them as oft as they 

 grow hard, and in a Day or two it will make the Horfe's Eye found again. 



Chap. IX. Of Dimnefs of Sighty or Blindnefs. 



DImnels of Sight, or Blindnefs, may happen to a Horfe divers ways, 

 as by fbme ftrain, when the inward ftrings of the Eyes are ftretch- 

 ed beyond their Powers, or by the Violence of great Labour, or by the 

 fupporting of a great Burden beyond the Horfe's ability, or by fome Blow 

 or Wound : Any of thefe are mortal Enemies to the Eyes or Sight. The 

 ^ign is the apparent want of Sight, and an evil-alfefted Colour of the 

 Eye. Now ibr the Cure it is thus : 



|^:> If the Sight be gone, and yet the Ball of the Eye be found, then 

 you ihall take, occording to the Opinion of fome Farriers, a pretty Quan- 

 tity of May -Butter, with as much Rolemary, and a little Yellow Rofin, 

 with a like Quantity of Selladine, then ftamp them and fry them with 

 the May-Butter, then ftrain it and keep it in a clofe Box (for it is a Jewel 

 for lore Eyes) and anoint your Horfe's Eyes therewith, at leaft twice a- 

 Day ; it is alfo good to heal any Wound. Other ;^arriers do ufe to let 

 the Horfe Blood in the Eye-veins, and then walh the Horfes's Eyes with 

 Red-Role-water. Others ufe to take tlie Gall of ,a Black Sheep and beat 

 it, and ftrain it, then to wafh the Eyes therewith : Others ufe to burn 

 the Horfe under the Eye, that the ill Humours may diftill forth, and then 

 anoint his Eyes either with the Marrow of a Sheep's Shank and Rofe-wa- 

 ter mixt together, or elfe with the Juice of Ground-Ivy. Other Farriers 

 uje to take a Mould-warp and lapping her all over in Clay, burn her to 

 Allies, and then to talce of tliat Powder and blow it into the Horfe's Eyes. 

 Others ule to take an empty Egg-lhell, and fill it with Bay-Salt, then burn 

 it till it be Black : Then add to it Burnt-AUom the Qiiantity of your 

 Thimib, beat them together to fine Powder, then mix fome of this Pow- 

 der with frelK Butter, and wipe it into the Horfe's Eye with a Feather, 

 then clap the White of an Egg dipt in Flax over his Eyes ^ do this once 

 a-Day for a Seven-night, and after but once in two Days : This is moft 

 exeoilent^tbr any Film, and alio for a Pearl. Others ufe to take two dry 

 TiJe-ftones, and rub them together, and blow the Powder of it vvith a 

 Oiiiiriiito die Horfe's Eye four Days together. 



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