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fcratching. and biting : of all Difeafes there is no one more infcdious, 

 nor will more cercainly kill a Horfe if it be not prevented. 



Now tht: Cure^ according ro the Opinion of skilful Farriers_, is^ 

 - Firft to let the Horfe blood in the one fide of the Neck-vein, and 

 within two days after on the other fide of the Neck, and within two 

 days auer that, in the Flank-veins, and laft of all^ in the Vein under 

 the tail: then wafh all the fore Places with Salt-brine, and rubbing 

 them hard with a wifp of ftraw hard twifted, fo as they may bleed 

 wtll, and be all raw ; that done, anoint the places with this Ointment : 

 Take of Quickfilver one ounce, of Hogs-greafe one pound, of Brim- 

 ilone beaten into Powder a quartern, of Rape-Oil a pint, mingle 

 thcfe things well together, until the Quickfilver be throughly incor- 

 porated with the reft, and having anointed all the raw places with 

 this Ointment, make it to fmk into the flefli, by holding and waving 

 up and down over it, a hot broad Bar of Iron, and then touch him 

 no more again the fpace of two or three days ; during which time, 

 if you fee that he rubbeth ftill in any place, then rub that place again 

 with an old Horfccomb, or a Hair-Cloth, to make it raw, and 

 anoint it with frefti Ointment. But if all this will not help, then with 

 a hot Iron round and blunt at the point, fo big as a Man's little Finger, 

 burn all the mangy places, making round holes, paflingonly through 

 the Skin and no further : For which Intent, it (hall be needful to pull 

 the Skin firft from the Flelli with your left Hand, holding it ftill until 

 you have thruft the hot Iron through it, and let every hole be a fpan 

 one from another, and if need be, you may anoint thofe holes with 

 a little Soap, and let the Horfe be very thin dieted during his 

 curing Time, 



Now for mine ovv^n part, I do utterly diflike this burning, for it is 

 a foul manner of Cure, and breedeth much Eye- fore in the Horfe, and 

 therefore other of our latter Farriers ufe for this Difeafe, after the Horfe 

 is let blood in the Neck-vein, to take a good quantity of frefh Greafe, 

 and mix it well with the Powder of Chalk, then put thereto a good 

 quantity of the Powder of Brimftone and Elecampane roots, and ftir 

 them all well together, and take a pretty quantity of Quickfilver, and 

 kill it with your fafting fpittle, or Sallet-Oil, and mix it with all the 

 left very well together, and fo anoint all the fore places about the Horfe 

 with this Ointment. Others ufe to take of Lamp Oil, the fine Powder 

 of Brimftone, of black Soap, of Tar, of Hogs-greafe, and the Soot 

 of a Chimney, of each a like quantity, and then mix them all well to- 

 gether, by boiling them on the Fire, and then anoint all the fore places 

 therewith, as hot as the Horfe can endure or fuffer it, always provided:- 

 efeat the Horfe be let blood before you ufe the Ointment. 



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