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Horfe be whole. Other Fafriers ufe, if they (ee this Canker to be of 

 great heat, and burning in the Sore with exceeding great Pain, then 

 you fliall take the Juice of Purflane, Lettice, and Night- (hade, of 

 each a like Quantity, and mix them together and wafh the Sore with 

 a fine Cloath dip*d therein, or elfe fquirt it up into his Noftrils, and it 

 will allay the Heat. , 



Others take of Hyflbp, Sage, and Rue, of each a good Handful, and 

 feerhe them in Urine and Water to the third part of them : then ftrain 

 them out, and put in a little white Copperas, Honey, and Aqua- vit.-e, 

 and fo either wafli or fquirt the Place with it ; then when the Canker 

 is killed, make this Water to heal it : Take of Ribwort, Betony, and 

 Dazies, of each a Handful,* then feethe them well in Wine and Wa- 

 ter, and wafh the Sore three or four Times a Day therewith, until it be 

 whole. Others ufe alfo to take Cryftal, and beating it into fine Pow- 

 der, to ftrow it upon the Canker, and it will kill it. 



C H A P. XXVIII. Of Bked'mg at the Nofe, 



MAny Horfes (efpecially young Horfes) are often fubjeA to this 

 Bleeding a< the Nofe, which I imagine proceedeth either from 

 the much abundance of Blood, or that the Vein which endeth in that 

 Place is either broken, fretted, or opened. It is opened many Times 

 by means that Blood aboundech too much, or that it is too fine or too 

 fupple, and To pierceth through the Vein, Again, it may be broken 

 by feme violent Strain, Cut, or Blow ; and laftly, it may be fretted 

 and gnawn through by the Sharpnefs of the Blood, or elfe by fome 

 Other evil Humour contained therein. The Cure is, according to the 

 ancient Farriers, To take the Juice of the Roots of Nettles, and fquirt 

 it up into the Horfe's Noftrils, and lay upon the Nape of the Horfe 's 

 Neck a Wad of Hay dip'd in cold Water, and when it waxeth warm, 

 take it off, and lay on a cold one. Other Farriers ule to take a Pint 

 of red Wine, and put therein a Quartern of Bole-Armoniack, beaten 

 into fine Powder, and being made lukewarm, to pour the one half 

 thereof the firft Day into the Noflril that bleedeth, caufing his Head 

 to be holden up, fo as the Wine may not fall out, and the next Day, 

 to give him the other half. 



^ Others ufe to let the Horfe blood on the Breafl- Vein, on the fame 

 Side that he bleedeth, acfeveral times: Then take, of Frankincenfe 

 one Ounce, of Aloes half an Ounce, and beat them into fine Powder, 

 and mingle them throughly with the Whites of three Eggs, untill it 

 be as thick as Honey, and with foft Hair thrufl it up into his Nof^rila, 

 filling the Hole full of Afhes, Dung, or Hogs-Dung, or Horfe?s 

 Dung mix'd with Chalk and Vinegar. 



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