}S The Co/fi pleat Horje-maf?, CHAP. !IL 



doth not fmcll flrong, then is it a fign that the Harfs h in 

 dp.nger of death But if your Horfe do feed upon Hay and Oats, 

 Tiiid that he be fouod in body, then will his excrem^nis be 

 brown, yellow, moid, and well compadl, but if the brown- 

 iiefs be convcrteth into reddiflmefs, you may be then well afni- 

 red that he hath fome diftemperature m his body ^ bat when it 

 converted into blacknefs, then if preventio-n be not fpeedily 

 had, death enfueth ^ and as touching the fecll, that falleth 

 out according to the quantity of the provender you give him,' 

 for the more Provender, the ftronger will be the fmeli of his 

 Ordure, and Peafe and Beans will caufe his Ordnre to imell Wron- 

 ger than Oats, and Bread more than any Grain or Pulie j and 

 the more Bread and Provender you give him, the more perfect 

 and found fhall you keep him in his bcdy. But if his dftm be 

 brown and flimy, and fhine withal, then be yon afTured he 

 hath much greafe which lieth in his body, which Phydck mufl 

 fetch away from him, for then alfo is his blood putrified, cor- 

 rupted, or inflamed. But if you do find by his Excremr>9is that 

 hevoidethnndigefted ftuff, which you may know by the whole 

 corns of Oats, Wheat, and other Grain he fendeth forth in 

 his dungy then perfwade your lelf, that your Horfe hath lately 

 takena formal furfeit, which may right eafily bring him to his 

 end, if a difcreet courle be not fpeedily taken : In a word, if 

 his dung be black, and hath little or no fmell, then make you 

 no queflion but that he is in danger of death, which will fulW 

 foon after follow if the greater care be not taken to hinder 

 and prevent the fame. 



Hippophilus. Have yon made the like obfervations of the Urine 

 or Water of the Horfe} 



Hippoferus. Yes indeed have I, .whereby I have not a little 

 profited my fclf^ and attained unto great experience, info- 

 much as I dare boldly aver, that that Fcrrier fhall never come 

 to bean expert Artill, who fhall not be very well verfed there- 

 of Urine. ^"' norbeable to adminifber his Medicines aright, who fhall 

 ' ' not be very obfervant of the Horfcs Vrin? : For if he fhall find 

 his water to beeirher pale, whitifli, or yellow, not much .un- 

 like to the colour of Whey, or fat Amber, or it it be not very 

 clear, but fmelleth fcmewhat ftrong ^ let the Ferrier then be 

 confident the Horfe is not fick, but ibund and healthy, and in 



perfed 



