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BOOK II. and Expert Fcrrkr, 



the F&re-le^s 2ind Fore-feet have forty four, and the hiftder-le^s 44, 

 zn&feet forty -So as the whole ftrudure of the body of a Horfe 40 

 whereby topertett a full building of bones^ confifteth of about 259 

 257, or 259, if thsy be rightly computed; which do repre- 

 fent themfelvcs altogether at what time the peifed jinatomyoi 

 a Horfe is laid open. 



"Hippiatrus. Wkat natural comfofition hath the Head of the 

 Horfe } 



Hippoferfis. He hath Eyes to fee, Ears wherewith to hear, 

 Nofirils to fmcll or fcent, a Month and Ton^ne to tafte and eat^ 

 and wherewith to nourilh him. 



Hippiatrus. What natural compofition hath the whole body of a 

 Horfe in general ? 



Hippeferus. The whole body hath its Heart, Liver^ Lnngs^ 

 Spleen^ Stones, and Gignitors : All which are called the Nohle 

 parts^ and that mod juftly : For when either the one or the 0- 

 th6r of any of thefe parts receive hurt, or damage, the poor 

 Beaft is in peril of his life, except in the C/rw^^r/, according 

 as I have declared. /' 



??"• Hippiatrus. What Malaxes or Difeafes aremofi ufnally incident 

 to the Horfe ? 



Hippoferfts, Sundry dileales, as namely, Avyns and GripingSt 

 called in French, Tra.>Tchaifonst Foundrings, Farcins, Mainges, 

 and very many more which feverally to recite, would fpend 

 miKh time •• Neverthelefs, I will handle briefly their natures, 

 dividing them into forts, viz. Moill and dry *, the moift do 

 proceed commonly from naughty blood, the dry cometh of heat ; 

 as the Scab, Mainge, and fuch like Dileales proceeding from 

 moiftnefs; fome again are called Leprofies, or the Elephantick 

 malady-)by reafon that Elephants are much troubled therewith* 

 and every Difeafe is known by its proper fymptoms. 



Hippiatrus. IVhat be the figns ivhereby to kitoxv the humid or 

 mifl Difeafis ? 



Hippoferns. The humid or moifl malady is properly called 

 the Glanders, which oft-times proceeds from the Liver and 

 Lights-, when they t)e infefled with putrefadion and rotten- 

 nefs ; or when they breed inflamed Lumps, 4^nots, or Kernels 

 under the Chault which all do come of cold taken by immode- 

 rate riding and labour, and want of care afterwards, which 



H begetteth 



