-^4 T^ke Compleat Eorfefftnn. CHAP. I. 



or fudden ficknefs do caufe us to alter the fame, for in cales of 

 receflity, no days are to be regarded or obferved ; For 



jQni retinente vita-^ & mn ft mortu imago : 

 Si fem^er fuerit vivenst moritthr & infm. 



Hippiatrus. What medicine wohld yon apply to a Horfe, vpho way' 

 have any of the four Maladies ? 



Hipfoferus. I would give him of the four Cordial Waters, 

 which I would make, ofBuglofs, Savin, Succorie, Aqua-vitse, 

 Endife, and the like. 



Hippiatrus. How would you make a comfortable drink. ? 



Hipfoferus. I would make It of certain Cordials, to wit j of 

 Sugar, Cinnamon, Cloves, Nutmegs, SaiFron, Licoris, Anni* 

 feeds y all thefe in fine powder, addmg thereto white wine, and 

 all thefe infufed in a clean earthen pot, and hereof would I 

 make a drink. 



Hippiatrus. Whereof would you mak$, an operative drinkj 



Hippoferus. I would take white Wine^ Salet Oyl, Aloes, Ru- 



barb, Agarick, Duke or Duck-powder, Honey, Cordial pow* 



der ; and of .all thefe things would I put fuch a quantity as I 



fhould think requifitc, and according to the Itrength and cor- 



♦ pulency of the Horfe. 



Hippiatrus. Whereof would you make a laxative Clyfer} 



Hippoferus. Into a laxative Clyfter I will put ei Lhcr of Pcllito- 

 ry, Melelote or Cammomile (but Pellitory is the befl) and of 

 this would I make aDecodion, and to this Decoftion would 1 

 •put Salet Oyl, Honey, Aloes, and Verjuice ot the Crab. 



Hippiatrus. What be the natures of your principat^Qrugs ? 

 ' Hippoferus. Agarick purgeth the Brain^^ Aloes the Breafi and 

 body, Rubarb purgeth the evil water, and it oprneth the Liver 

 and helpethobltrudions, andopilationSjAriftoiochia-Rotunda 

 mollifieth the Breaft, Liver and Lungs, and Baccalaury or Bay- 

 berries do mortifie the peccant Humors, which do in^ender in 

 the Brea^ or Entrailes near about the heart ', and Saffron (if it 

 be difcreetly given) doth marvelloufly comfort and enlighten 

 the hedrt. 



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