Lib. II. Of Cures ChyrurgicaL 



of Silver to the value ot eighteen pence: Put them into a Glals, and heat 

 them well therein, and then anoint the place very well therewith, and it 

 will immediately turn the Hair to be of a perfe£l red colour, only it will 

 endure no longer than till the cafting ofFthe Hair : And therefore, at every 

 fuch time you mud renew the Hair again, if you would have the Star to 

 continue. 



CHAP. CLXXXI V. How to make Hair come veryfoon, very thick, and 



very lovg, 



XS^W^ yon would have Hair to come very foon in any bare place, or to 

 i grow thick where it is thin, or longer where it is fhort, you fhall 

 take (according to the Opinion of the molt ancient Farriers) the Urine of 

 a young Boy, and with it at firft wa(h the place : After that take Lee 

 made of the unflack'd Lime, Cerule, and Litharge, and with it wafh the 

 Hair oft, and it will make it come foon, long, and thick. 



Other Farriers ufe to wafh the place with Water, wherein the Roots of 

 Alth^a have been fod ^ then after dry it gently with your hand and it will 

 increafe Hair much. Other Farriers ufe to waHi the place with Oil 

 mingled with the Afhes of Nut-fhells burnt, or elfe Snail fhells burnt, and 

 it will increafe Hair alfo. Other Farriers take Agrimony pounded with 

 Goat's Milk, and with it anoint the place, or elfe Oil wherein a Moldy- 

 warp haih been boiled, and anoint the place wiih either ot them, and it 

 will increafe Hair very much. Other Farriers take the Dung of Goats, 

 Alom, Honey, and the blood of a Swine.- Mingle them all together, and 

 ftir them till they be ready to boil, and being hot, rub the bare place 

 therewith. Other ancient Farriers take Ne'ttle-feed bruiled with Honey, 

 Water and Salt, and then rub the place therewith. Other Farriers take 

 the root of a white Lilly, beating and fod in Oil, and anoint the pl^ce 

 therewith. Others take the juice of a long Onion, or elfe the juice of 

 Radilhes, and anoint the place therewith. Others take Tar, Oil Olive, 

 and Honey boiled together, and with it anoint the bare place. Others 

 take the Soot of a Cauldron mixed with Honey and Oil, and anoint the 

 place therewith. 



Xj" There be other ancient Farriers which u(e this, and it is the beft 

 of all : They take green Wall-nut-fhells, and burn them to Powder, and 

 then mix it with Honey, Oil and Wine, and anoint the place therewith^ 

 and it will encreale Hair wonderfully, and very loon. 



'chap. 'CLXXXV. To make Hairfmcoth, fiick^ aitifoft. { 



IF you will make your Horle's Coat to be Imooth, flick, fofr, and 

 ihining, you fhall, with fufficient ftore of Cloth, keep him warm at 

 the Heart, for the lealt inward cold will make the Hair (tare: Then you- 

 ih^ll make him fweat often, for that will raife upi the duft and filth, which 



makes 



