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then you fhall take two or three Yolks of Eggs, Whites and all_, beaten 

 together, and add thereunto an ounce of Bole-Armoniack, and as 

 much Bean or Wheat-flower as will thicken the fame : Then make a 

 Plaifter thereof two Fingers broad, and as long as will go round about 

 on the top of the Horfe's Hoof; bind it faft on with a Rowler, and 

 renew it once a Day until it be whole- 

 Other Farriers ufe, afcer they have fcarched and laid open the 

 Wound, to put into it hurds dipt in the Whicc of an Egg ; then flop the 

 hole with Salt beaten very fmall, mingled with Vervain and ftrong 

 Vinegar, and cover it with Flax dipped in ftrong Vinegary or elfe hold- 

 ing up the Horfe*s Foot, pour into the Wound hot fcalding Oil-Olive, 

 and when that is cold, pour in hot Turpentine, and that, being cold, 

 ftrow upon it the Powder of Sulphur, thenlay on the bolfter of Flocks, 

 then fliooe him, and keep him from treading in any wet. 



Others ufe to take Tallow, the Powder ot" Sulphur, Mallows, and 

 very ftrong Vinegar ; boil them together until they be thick like an 

 Ointment ; thee lay the fame to the fore as hot as the Horie can en- 

 dure it, renewing it once in twelve hours till it be whole. 



«3^ Others ufe to take of Honey and Vinegar, of each a like quan- 

 tity, a little Oil, and Suet of a He-Goat, boil them with a foft fire, 

 and ftir it; when it waxeth red, add Verdigreafe and Vitriol, of 

 each a like made into Powder, ftill ftirring it till it be thick and red ; 

 then ftop the fore every day therewith until it be whole, after you have 

 waflied it well with Salt and Vinegar. Others take Pepper, Garlick, 

 and Cabbage Leaves beaten with Swines Greafe, and lay that to the 

 (ore; or elfe take Tallow and Horfe-dung, and mixing them well to- 

 gether, ftop the fore therewith, and in ftiort fpace it will cure it. 



m* Other Farriers ufe to rake off the ftiooe, and having open'd 

 the lore, to wafh it with Wine; then lay upon it the inner rind of 

 Elder, and through that melt in Greafe with a hot Iron ; then tack 

 on the fhooe again, and do thus divers days together ; and it is a 

 certain Cure. 



CHAP, CXIV. General Ohfervatiom for the Feet and Hoofs 



of a Horfe. 



FOrafmuch as the Feet and Hoofs of a Horfe are the only Inftru- 

 ments of Labour, and that a fmall Grief in that part deprives a 

 Man of the Benefit and ufe of the reft ; I think it not amifs before I 

 fpeak of particular Difeafes of the Hoofs, to fliew you fome general 

 Notes and Obfervations which you ftiall obferve for the Benefit of the 

 feet. Know then, that firft it is meet that you !et your ftiooes be- 

 foj-e, be rather too Ihort than too long, with ftrong Spunges, but no 

 Cawkins, and your Nails to have fpecial good heads. 



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