b caufe gowtimfs ^nd fmlUn^. I need not trouble 

 fou with the outward figns of this Diftemper , they 

 \VQ evident to the Eye : but tho every Groom can 

 nformyou when a Horfeis faid to h^ve the greafe 

 fallen into his Heels, yet may be he cannot mftrud 

 ^ou in the caufc why Travail differ feth it for a time, 

 and whentheHorfeisco/^itm«rwwith more vio- 

 lence than before. The reafon therefore is this : 

 The Greafe which by indifcreet Exercife, and negli- 

 gence in keeping is melted and fallen into his Legs, 

 f?^«^/«^i7/// in the Stable coo/j and congeals^ and To u- 

 mtes'it felfwith Other ill Humours, which flow to the 

 affeded part, fo that they ftop the natural Circular 

 tion of the Blood, and caufe wflamations, and/weliings 

 as aforefaid : but Travail producing warmth in his 

 Limbs thaws as it were the congeafd Humours, and 

 difperfes them throughout the Body in general^ till 

 -^f/ gives them opportunity to unite and /^rf/^ again. 

 Now tho mofl Grooms are of opinion that this Di- 

 ftemper is not to be prevented bv care or caution, 

 that when it has once feazMa horfe it remains in- 

 cureable ^ yet they are miftaken in both, for by 

 Art it may be prevented, and by Art cured : altho 

 the cure is fo difficuJt to be wrought, that a Groom 

 cannot be too careful to prevent it. 



As for the W^r^ Greafe which is in }\\% Stomackj, 

 Bag, and ^utsy if when once melted it be not re- 

 mov'dby Art, Medicine and good beeping, it p- 

 trifies^ and breeds thofe mortal Difeafes, which ine- 

 vitably deftroy the Horfc , tho it be half a year, or 

 three quarters of a year after. And this is gene- 

 rally the fource of moft Feavers, Surfeits^ Co>?fi4m' 

 prions , &c. and fuch other Diftempers which carry 

 offinfinite numbers of horfes , for want of tlieF^r- 

 Wer J knowledge in the firft Caufesofthe Diftemper: 

 which to prevent you Ihall follow the enfuingDire- 

 aions. C 3 After 



