Lib. il. Of Cures CJoymrgkaL 007 



Wind again, and then thruftina Rowel of Horfe-hair, from the firft 

 flic to the upper pare of the Sciflc-bone ; this done^ take a Pottle of 

 old Pifs and boil it to a Quart, and cleanfe it well; then take a hand- 

 ful of Mallows, and half a Pint of Sallet-Oil, and add them to the 

 Pifs, and then boil them well together; then bathe all the fore place 

 therewith every Day once, the fp?ce of feven or eight Days^ and let 

 him not ftir out of the Stable during the Cure, and in twenty one 

 Days he will be found, 

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Flower, and one good handful of Bay-Salt; put all thefe in aPot, and 

 incorporate tliem well together, then keep them dole one Night, and 

 the next day anoint the fore place with fome of it, and thus dreffing 

 it once a Day the (pace of nine Days, it will make the Horfe found. 



CHAP. LXXXlV. Of the Bone Spaven, or the dry Sfaven. 



TH E bone Spaven, or dry Spaven, is a hard Knob as big as a 

 Walnut, growing in the infide of the Hoof hard under the Joint, 

 near unto the Mailer- vein ; it growcth at the fiift like a tender Griftle, 

 and by procefs of time, it cometh ro be a hard Bone, and caufeth the 

 Horfe to halt much. This Sorance will come fometlmes by Nature or 

 Defcenr, as when either the Sire or Dam of the Horfe have had the 

 fime Difeafe ; and fometimes (which is moil generally) ic cometh 

 when a Horfe is laboured too young : for a Horfe in that part ot hi? 

 hinder Leg hath fmall Bones knit ahogether upon one Chiller, whicii 

 being prefled before they be naturally hardened, cannot chufe buc 

 thruft forth thefe unnatural Excretions.' Otherwife ic proceedeth from 

 extream Labour and Heat, difiblving Humours which do defcsnd 

 through the Mailer- Vein, continually feeding that place with evil 

 Nutriment, and caufes the place to Swell, which Swelling in continu- 

 ance of time becometh fo hard as a Bone, and therefore is called the 

 Bone Spaven, The Signs are, the apparent fight of the Sorance ; and 

 trnly for my own part, I am of the mind of other Farriers, that ic is 

 very hard abfolutely to cure it, yet that the Eye-fore may be taken 

 away, and the halting much eafed, is not hard, for I have done it nin-'- 

 ny times : Then to proceed to the Cure thereof, according to the O- 

 pinion of the old Farriers, is thus; Firfl flit the Skin iull over the head 

 of the Spaven or Excretion, and open it with a Cronet, and in any cafa 

 have a care that you touch not the Mailer- Vein, bat put it by ; then 

 with your Lancet lay the Spaven all bare, then with a fine Chizel abotfc 

 a quarter of an Inch broad, or a little more, ftrike off the head of the 

 Spaven J to the quantity of a quarter of an Almond, or according ro 



