1 8 3 Of Cures Cbymrgkal, Lib 11. 



Chafing-difli and Coals^ or a hot Bar of Iron to h*s Body, to make 

 the Ointment fink in. 



Laftly, and as good as any of the reft, after the Ho fe hath been let 

 Blood, Take an old Curry-Gomb, or a Wool-Card, and rub every 

 fore place about the Horfe till it bleed ; then take of the oidtlt Pifs 

 you can get, a Pottle, and of Green Copperas three quarters of a 

 Pound, mix and ftir them well together, then fet them on the \ ire, 

 and boil them a while, then as hot as the HoiTe can fufFerit wafh him 

 with the fame : After his wafhing is a little dried. Take of Oii one 

 ounce and a half, of Quickfilver two ounces, of white EUeborus one 

 ounce, with a good quantity of Swines-greafe, mingle all thefe well 

 together, till no part of the Quickfilver can be feen, and then anoint 

 the Horfe all therewith • and if the firft Time doth not cure him, the 

 fecond will moft alTuredly ; provided, that during the time of Cure, 

 you keep the Horfe with a very thin Diet. 



=C HAP- LX. T-wo moft excellent and approved Medicines^ feffeci- 

 ally the latter) for the fouleft Mange cr Leprojte that can fojjitly happen 

 to any Horfe. 



TAKE Hogs-greafe, Bay- Salt, Wormwood, and Rue- of each a 

 pretty quantity, ftamp them together well in a Mortar, and 

 when it is brought to one entire Salve, ftop it hard into the Horfe's 

 Ears, then either bind them up, or ititch them together, that the Me- 

 dicine may not fall out, and do thus three or four days together, and 

 it will not only Cure the Mange, but any foul Farcy whatfoever. 



The fecoiid Medicine, and moft alTured for the Mange, is. To 

 take frefh Greafe, Yellow, and White Arfenick, and mix them very 

 well together till it come to a pale yellow Salve, then your Horfe having 

 been let blood, and all the Scurf taken aw^y, either with an old Curry- 

 Comb, or fuch Uke hard Thing, fo as the fore places may lie Raw, 

 then anoint them al) over with this Ointment, and let the Horfe ftand 

 fo tied, that he may by no means touch any part of his Body with his 

 Mouth, and when he hath ftood thus two or three Hours, then take 

 old Urine warmed, and wafh away all the Ointment, and then give 

 the Horfe his Meat i thus drefs the Horfe twice or thrice at the moft, 

 and it 4s fufficient for any Mange whatfoever^ 



CHAP, LXI. tloiv to know when a Horfe haUeth before^ and 

 in -what Part his Grief is, 



THere is nothing more neceffary for any Man's underftandin^, that 

 (hall have occafion at any time to ufe a Horfe, efpecially for the 

 •skilful Farrier, than to know the Reafon why a Horfe halteth, and 

 where the Grief remaincth, as well becaufe thofe Griefs lie moft con- 

 cealed. 



