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lerve the hlood pure, and from corrupting ^ all which incon-' 

 veniences may be a ready means to bring your Horfe to bis end |- 

 give him in his Provender fuch Powders and other Simples^'') " 

 which yoa fhall -find in fandry places of this Treatife ; for [q hitt^ro- 

 this will refine his blood, and prcferve his Liver from infection, vender. 

 and keep him in per fed health. 



Thus far Si; , I ha ^e declared unto you what I underfland of 

 the Caufe of Sicknef. in general.Itremaineth now for me to in-- 

 culcate what are the caufes of health and long life, which to ' 

 be brief are twelve m number , ^/z,, The firu; is nature, good i2Cau'*es 

 digcftion, and good Nutriment ^ the fecond is niioderation in ^^ ''^'^^^^^^ 

 feeding and diet v tiie third is moderate labour ^ the fourth is, ^^^^^ ''"^ 

 moderate ufe of fleepiiig and waking ; the fifth is, moderate 

 fpending upon Mare> : the lixth i>, moderate journiesj the ■ 

 feventh is vvholefome air •, the eighth is, not to be exercifed 

 too foon after grafs, the ninth is, to be kept from raw and 

 green meats : the tenth is, not to be fuffored to eat or drink ' 

 being hot : theeleveath is, not to be either waflied or walk- 

 ed at the end of his days journies: the twelfth is, to give him 

 with his Provender fuch powders and limplcs, as are prefcrib- 

 ed you in all thofe Cliapters which are by me mentioned. 



Hippiatrus. Tc^havefpikemvuellVW^'^o^Z'CWSj hut I WjhU have 

 you (liew me., hoVf long life is actjaired by thefe caafes^ which tu yet 

 y'oH have not done^ifor yon have but only delivered them in general ' 

 heads and terms.: wherefore J vpould gladly knovi; what you can fay 

 of- them in ^AY'ticular. 



Hippoferi^. I will Sir, thefe twelve canfes of long life do 

 come to a Horfe, either inwardly or outwardly, -which how- • 

 foeverthey mufl be holpen either.by Art, by Induftry, orelfe 

 by judgment and difcretion. • .. .aOsI- jnsv/ -joi 



i Wherefore you muft know that whatfoever is natural mnfl^ ' 

 necelTarily proceed from good temperature, and proportionate vvhat 

 mixture of the four qualities of the body, foasthejuft and ade- things do- 

 quate proportions of temperate mixture, are the truecaufes of hinder 

 long life, by reafon that all mixtures of fuperfluities areagainfl ^l^'^n' j 

 thefe. three thingSj,^/2L,.I<rature, good digeft-ion-, and found ai'^^^°®' 

 Nutriment. For h,eat and nutriment are then well proporti- trimsnt. . 

 oaed, when neither'the moiflure with its too great quantity.: 

 ispredominantj whereby it devoureth the heat>^ nor when o- - 



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