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be other Farriers, which when they fee the Farcy to have been old and 

 long gone^ Snd that ic is h far entred into one Member or orher, that 

 the Member is disfigured, they will then firft purge the Horfe with ' 

 fome firong Purgation^ of which you may find choice in a Chapter 

 before written ; and then under his Belly, put in one Rowei cirher of 

 Hair or Leather; or on the pitch of the Shoulder of his grieved Leg, 

 (if it be before) or elfe in the Stifling- Places ; if his Grief be behind' 

 put in another Rowel, and fo keep tbofe two Places together with 

 the ilTue in his Forehead open, until the Cure be finiflied \ then uith 

 another hot Iron burn all his Leg down with long Strikes, even from 

 the Body to the Hoof, not above an Inch one Strike from another, the 

 edge of the Iron being not above a Straws breath, and draw your 

 ftroke ever downward with the Hair, and burn him no deeper than 

 that the Skin may look brown. Now, when by this Pradice ycu have 

 cured the Difeafe ; if then the Meraber be unfafhionable, or by Swel- 

 lings out of all form, then you fliall lay unto the Member a Plaiiter 

 made of Wine-Lees, and Wheat Flower, and Rowl it wirh a wool- 

 len Rovvler, renewing it once in Twenty four Hours, 'till the Member 

 be aiTvvaged ; iind this Practice will heal any great fwell'd Leg, if it 

 be nppiied and continued with Patience ; but if by former Dr'eHings, 

 I'-urnings, Manglings, or Cuttings of fome ignorant Farriers, there 

 be any extraordinary, hard, or horny Subftance grown about the 

 Member, which the Plaifter aforefaid will not diilolve, then you 

 fhall take of Virgins-Wax half a pound, of Myrrh one pound, of 

 Raihns a pound of Gaibanum half a pound, of Coftushx ounces, of 

 Armoniack fixo.unces, of Swines greafetwo pounds ; put your Sv«/ines- 

 greale nrit in an earthen Pot, and having placed it in a broad Cauldron 

 full of Water, then make a fofc Fire under it, to the end that your 

 Water may boil, and when you do perceive your Swines greale is al- 

 moft melted, then fnall you put in all the other Simples,' except the 

 Coftus • and when they are all molten, which will ask five or fix Hours 

 boiling at the leaft ; then your ^: oft us, which is a white Root, being 

 beaten into nne Powder, yuu fhall add to the aforefaid things afrer it 

 is taken from the Fire, and incorporate them ail very well together ; 

 then make a Plaifter thereof upon a piece of Sheeps LeatherVlome- 

 what bigger than the Sore, and this Plaifter without renewing, will 

 ferve for at the leall Thirty Days, with a very little rcfrefliing, only 

 you muft once a Day take it oft', and rub his Leg very well for fear it 

 itch, which may caufe the Horfe to beat and ftamp with his Foot, and 

 fo rather increafe than decreafc the Swelling • and you muft regard, 

 that -5 ou do not Rowl him too ftrait, for that is mcft hurtful. Irftiall 

 not be amifs now and then to ride him into the Water, and walk him 

 nn hour after, then bringing him into the Stable, rub his Leg well ; 



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