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and let the Horfe reft ; but if this will not prevail, then they will 

 ufe Cantharidesj as in cafe of the Splent ; but I do not hold that Cure 

 convenient, becaufe it will make a double Grief j therefore I had ra- 

 ther you fhould take Pompilion, Nerve-Oil, and black Soap, of each 

 alike, heat them hot on the Fire, and then anoint the fore place there- 

 with, and it will make the Horfe found. 



CHAP. XCIV. To Remedy any TTianncr of Halting that cometh by 

 Strain^ Streaky or aity other Accident. 



NO W forafmuch as Halting is fuch a general Sorance amongft 

 Horfes, that not any Man that is Mafter of a Horfe, but even 

 in his fmalleft travel, is at one time or other vexed with the fame, I 

 will here, before I do proceed any further, let you down certain gene- 

 ral Receipts, fele<fted and culled out of the private Pradicoand Expe- 

 riment of the beft Farriers in Chrijfendomj of which I may give the bol- 

 der Teftimony, becaufe I have made Practice of their Vcrtues. 



If then your Horfe have taken any halt, either by ftiffnefs of 

 Sinfews, Strain, Wrench, Stroak, or arty other Accident, if the Grief 

 be in his Leg, you fliall take Smallage, Ox-Eye, and Sheeps-fuct, 

 of each a like quantity, chop them all together, and boil it in Man's 

 Urine, and bathe all the Leg therewith ; then with Hay-Ropes wet 

 in cold Water, rowl up his Le^, and he will be able to travel the 

 next day. 



<^ If you feethe a pound of Black Soap in a quart of ftrong Ale 

 till it look like Tar, and anoint the Leg therewith, it will fupple the 

 Sinews, and bring them to their true courfe. If you wafli his Limbs 

 Avith the Grounds of Beer or Ale made warm, and then rope them up 

 with Hay-ropes wet in the fame, it will recover a Strain. If you take 

 of the Flower of Linfeed, of Turpentine, and Life-Honey, of each 

 alike, and boil them with White- Wine until they be thick like unto an 

 Ointment j then fpfead it on a Cloth, and lay it to the Grief, and it 

 will take away any Ach or Pain in the Sinews ; likewife a Plaifterof 

 Wine-Lees and Wheat Flower, or a Plaifter of Black Soap and Boars- 

 Greafe wi?l do the like. ^ "",''' 



•^ If you mix Nerve Oil, Oil de Bay, and Aqua-vifae together, 

 atid warm it, and chafe it in, and upon, antl about the Strain, it will 

 take the Anguifh quite away. If the Grief be 'in the Shoulder, or the 

 hinder Leg, then burn him upon the very Joints by taking up the 

 skin with -a Pair of Pfnfors, Ifeid thrufl the skin through with a hot Iron 

 overthwart ; and if this cure him not,, then his Pain is betwixt the thin 

 skin and the bone, which muft thei? be'Rowelled. If the Grief be in 

 the Shoulder, or in the Hip, or dtewhere, then let him Btood, and 

 iiiring the Blood, mix therewith the Powder of Frankincenfe, and 



F f 2 anoint 



