aV .ThhComfkatEorfumw, CHAP. IV. 



Hippophilus. J fray deliver me thi-s Receipt, jnfl m Majler 

 Markham hath it. 



HippoferiM. I ihall Sir, moft willingly ^ but then you mufl 

 iraderltand that the quantities will be more intricate to weigh 

 forth, whereby to make it the more pundually. 



Eivforbi- Take Euforbinm half an ounce, Caflorenm one ounce, ^draces 



urn. half a quarter of a pound, Bdellinm half an ounce and half a 

 quarter. Pepper one ounce, Fox greafe half an ounce, Opopnax 

 one ounce-, Lafe-'pitium three quarters of an ounce, ^fnmomacHm- 

 half a quarter of a pound. Pigeons dung as much, Calbanum 

 half an ounce, Nitrmn one ounce and a quarter, Spuma nitri three 

 quarters of an ounce, Ladannm a quarter of a pound, Pyre- 

 thrum.) and Bay-berries of each three quarters of an ounce,G«r- 

 davum two ounces, feed of Rue half a quarter of a pound. Seed ' 

 of Agnus Caflyis one ounce, Parlly feed half an ounce, dried ' 

 Roots of Ireos or Flour deUice one ounce and a quarter,Hyfop 

 and Carpo Balfnmhm of each a quarter of a pound. Oil of Flour 

 de /wc a quarter of a pound and half a quarter, of Oil de Bay 

 as much, Oil of Spikenard three quarters of a pound. Oleum 

 Cyprimim three quarters of a pound and half a quarter, the old- 

 eft Oil Olive a pound and a half. Pitch a quarter of a pound . 

 and two ounces, Turpentine a quarter of a pound *, melt of 

 every of thefe that will be molten feverally by themfelves, 

 and then mingle them with the refidue of the ingredients being 

 firft beaten to fine powder, and after they have boiled a little,, 

 on the fire, take it off, and ftrain it into a clean gally-pot, and 

 fo keep it for your ufe j and when you are to adminifler of it 

 to your Horfe, let it be given as before is Ihewed : and if by 

 long keeping, it wax hard, then foften it with the Oil of Cy- 

 prefs, fo that it may be good and thick, *^*. 



Acopum Hippophilus. What are the Virtues of this Receipt^ called Aco\' 



icsYir- pum? 



Hippoferus. Mailer Blundevile and Mafter Markham do tell you, 

 to wit, it helpeth Convulfionsin theywew/and w;</c/<'/,it draw- 

 eth forth all noifom humors, and disburdeneth the head of alL 

 grief, being put up with a long Goofe- feather anointed in itin- 

 10 the noflrils of the fJerfe ^ it healeth (I fay) all manner of 

 Convulfions, Cramps, Numbnefs, and Stringhalts, Colds and 

 ilhumQS j it dilTolveth the Xmr being troubled with oppilati- 



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