a 3 6 Of Cures Chyrurgicak Lib. II. 



Let your fhooes behinU have no Cawkins on the oucfide ; but if he 

 emerfere, let the Cawkins be on the infide, to make him caft outward, 

 and let the infide of that fide inward have a Welt an Inch deep, or. be 

 twice as thick as the outfide; but if all this help not his enrerfering, 

 then bring him unto an Amble ; but if he will not Amble, burn him 

 with a hoc Iron between the Legs, that the forenefs thereof may make 

 him go wide behind, which is an ordinary Pradice amongft the Itali- 

 ans and Frenchmen. 



Let your fhooes be made of Iron that will not break, of which our 

 Engli(his thebeft, the Sp-^nifh next, and thcDantzick worft. Let them 

 alfo be light, yet fo as they may be able to bear the Burthen of the 

 Horfe, being broader at the Toes,, than at the Cawkin or Spunges. 



Let your Cawkins be fhort, and blunt at the Points,, and your 

 Spunges long and thick. 



Let your fhooe be full as ftrait as the Horn of the Hoof, fo far as the 

 Nails go, and from the two Heel Nails backward, let the fhooe be 

 broader than tlie Hoof, that the fhooe may be without the Horn. 



I> Give unto every fhooe nine Nails, on each fide four, and one 

 in the midft, and let thefhanks of theNailsbe very flat and thin, that 

 if the Hoof be naught, they may yet keep the fhooe firm with little 

 bold ; and the nearer that your Nails are driven backward towards the 

 Heel, (fo it be without danger) the fafter the fhooe will fit, and the 

 harder to be pull'd away. 



Let your Cawkins fit a draws breadth behind the corner of the 

 Coffin, and let your Nail head enter into the fhooe, efpecially on 

 the outfide, and by all means hollow your fhooe fo little as poflible 

 you can. 



Pare very little or nothing at all from the Heel of a H'orfe ; yet 

 open his Heels as fufficiently as may be, becaufe ever the Heel muJft 

 be thick and the Toe thin. 



In fair ways pare the foal thin, but infrofl, or (tony ways, pare as 

 little as may be. 



To conclude : When the Hoof is higher on the outfide than on the. 

 infide, it will make a Horfe enterfere ^ and when it is higher on the 

 infide, it will make a Horfe ftraddle, fo that a fair fmooth Table is of 

 all moft convenient. After Travel, ever flop the infide of the Hoof 

 with Cows-dung, and rub the outfide and the Cronet witha fward 

 of fat Bacon : For that will keep a tough, fmooth, and a found 

 Hoof. As your Nails have ftrong heads, fo let them have thin fhanks, 

 for that will beft prevent hurting, and keep the fhooe clofe unto 

 the Hoof, 



C H A P. 



