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'perfe6tners : Tnieitis, that Hories will have an averfion from 

 tftele kind of Drugs and Simples, but what then? Have you 

 no fear, for rather than he will not eat his Provender at all, 

 himgerwillin time bring him to it, yea as well thole Powders, 

 as his Provender : provided you do not offend hira, by putting 

 in too great a quantity at once, but by degrees, and that by a 

 little at a time, till cuftom hath made him perfed ; and moit 

 certain it is, that fome Horfes are fo coy,daiHty, and choice 

 feeders ^ as that you can hardly provoke them to eat anyj Pro> 

 vender at ail j whereas others there be who are fo great fee- 

 ders, as that they will make no bones to devour what meat ia- 

 ever you Ihall lay before them j for it is very homely viands, 

 which a good llomach will refufe: nevertlielefs if you fhalljind 

 "that your Hbrfe cannot be brought to take thele things with 

 his Provender, you may then fometimes adminiller of thele 

 Powders and other Simples, with good Ale or Beer, giving it 

 him as you give drinks, and it will fuffice : howbeit it will do 

 iiim more good to be given in his Provender. 



Hippiatrus. What is the hefi thing to be given to a Horje to ^rC" 

 ferve the Liver front infe^ingj and to refine the blood ? 

 ,• Hiffofernf. I have kniown many things adminillred in this ^'^^J'*^''* 

 ^rafe, but the very belt is, to take the root ofPoUpodium of the ^^^ *"'^^^' 

 Oke, to waQi it> and to make it very clea i y then cut or chop 

 it very fmall, then tak€ Uver wort, one handful, fmall cliop.- 

 ped aifo, and fo much Rhubarb as the weight of a Telter, eir 

 ■ther cut very fmall, or grated: give him this in his Provender 

 three or four mornings together falling, and give him no meat 

 in three hours after, and let his drink be white water for that 

 day, and give him this monthly, and once in half a year make 

 tryal of his blood to fee how pure or foul it is, and adminiller 

 accordingly. .Vi. :.. • ^ 



Hippophilus. IprayyoH Hlppoierus, what U the true nature of 

 Rhftbarb ? Whether f> it purgativsy or binding ? 



Hippferm. Truly Sir, Rhubarb hath two contrary natures: 

 for if you either fcrape, grate, or cut it j then is it a loolener, 

 for it diffolveth and openeth the Liver^ apd exppWeth the ob- 

 ^{trudions thereof •, it expulfeth all bad hurtioursin and about 

 X\[Q hearty liver^ 2ind fpleen-, it cleanleth the W^, and lendeth 

 away the peccant humours among the excrements; and all fuch 

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