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perfed flate of body ; but if his Vrine b;\est.ix-am ckar and" 

 white, and of the colour of Rock-.w&'ccv, siid withal flimy, 

 then hath he a taint in his Kidnies^ A.'w^ and Back^^ or eiie 

 he enclineth to the Stone ^ or clfe he hath fome ftoppage 

 in the Ktdnies. But if his J^r^^rf/ be high coloured, like to 

 the; colour of (Irong Beer, then is it a token the ^.W^ of the 

 Horfe h enflamed, and that he is fubjed to aFfi;^r, or to fome 

 ftrong Surfeit j but if it be red, and of the colour almoil; of 

 bloody then is the blood more enflamed, which came of over- 

 hard Pvidingi which may prove very dangerous to his life, But 

 if it be of a pale greenilh colour, thick, and vifcou^ then cer- 

 tainly his Back^h grown weak, and he is in danger of a ConfHmp" 

 tion of ins 5ff,-/, But if it be high coloured and nebuled or mix- 

 ed with fmall Clouds, with a kind of blacknefs therein, then 

 this doth demonftrate cnfuing ficknefs and death, if it be not 

 carefully prevented. But if the Nebulofity be clifperfed into 

 feveral parts,and not combined as it were into owcMafs or Body-y 

 thi:, thenargueth, that the malice of the difeaie beginiieth to 

 depart, whereby the Fcrricr may have great hope of the health 

 of. the Horfe : And thus farr I have by diligent obfervatio^n 

 found to be molt certain, .whereby 1 have brought many a de- 

 fperate Malady to its wifliedCure, which othervviie I could not 

 fo eafily have efFeded. 



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C H A P. IV. 



The mamicr of bandlir:g the ^artiajkr Cures. 



^ppiatrHs.Q" IK-, I doubt not but tfet 'vv,e-ha"ve procee<Jedfl 

 \j) far enough into this fubjed, for; I cannot lee* 

 what can be fpoken more^ let us now come 

 to the particular Cures, handling: each one. in its proper 

 place. 



I • Hippophilus. IVith all, my jiedrt \ bittl frny Up me defire you, 



Uhat we may not ordie handle the Ch/cs themf^hes-, but the feveral 



Difeafes to which a Horfe is or mny ,be fubjecl -^ together with the 



caiifes s 



