To the T^eader, 



Complexions, I do al(b (hew thee what are the two (pi- 

 nts Animal, and the two Vital, their natures, virtues,, 

 and places of abode and refidence in the body of the 

 Horfe. Afcer all this I (hew thee, that duly observing 

 the complexion of the Horfe thoaart to curs, thou mayft 

 thereby the (boner, better, and with more fccurity and 

 eafe, perfed thy cure , and, I go yet further with thee, in 

 (hewing unto thee an exad way whereby toknow by the 

 complexion it (elf the difeaies whereunto the Hor(e is 

 moffc propenfe ^ then I make known what be the cauies 

 oftheevil difpofitionsof the Hor(e, which bringeth and 

 begetteth unavoidable infirmity and (ickne(s, whereof 

 they be two in number, viz. Intrin(ecal, and Extrin(e- 

 cal, together with a definition of the nature of ficknefs: 

 andfbl go along in teaching thee the manner how thou 

 oughteft to adminifter fuch Drinks, Potions, ClyfterSy, 

 and Medicines, without any the leaCt peril to thy Horfe,, 

 as alfo the time of the day moft futable to that purpofe y. 

 and what exerci(e is moft rcquifite to be bad after Phy- 

 fick or Medicine. And laftly, I come to touch briefly 

 upon his Urine and Ordure, whereby to give the rules 

 infallible bow to know and underftand the true fkate 

 of the body of the Hor(e, as well in health as in (ick- 

 ne(s. 



In the fourth Chapter of this (econd Book, I do begin 

 to handle the Cures in particular, wherein I run a cour(e 

 by my fclfj which I have not known any before me un- 

 dertake.* For whereas Mafter ^Inndevrk^ Mafter Mark^ 

 ka^, and others, do begin with all the inward difeafes 

 which are to be cured byway ofPhyfick, and then with 

 the outward maladies which do appertain unto Chyrur- 

 gtry ^ I have thought it much better to take the difeafes 

 Alphabetically, mixing the extrinfecal with the intrin(e- 

 caj ^ by which means they will the (boner and more eafily 

 be found, and turned unto more readily. And wherefb- 



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