^3^ The Compleat Horfc-matf^ CHAP. V. 



him Hand -upon tlie trench fix hoursybut this will rot kill them: 

 The third day give him thefe purging pills. TaRe ot Lard one 

 |>Qttndj let it be laid in water two hours, then take nothing 

 but the pare fat thereof only, beat it well in a Itone mortar, 

 and put thereto of Annifeeds, Licoris, and Fe^iugteek^alj madie 

 into fine powder, of each half an ounce, Aloe . jjowdi^d, twd 

 drams, and of Agarick one ounces make a!l theic well mixed 

 into anebody, and divide them equally into iix Pills or fcallSj, 

 then the Horfe having ♦"ailed over nigiit,give him in the morn- 

 ing three of thefe Pills anointed firlt with honey, then cloath 

 him up, and litter him well, and keep the Stable warm, aiid 

 at night give him a fweet ma(h> and for three days after, let 

 him have none other drink than white water. '•The'fe -Balls 

 will fo purge the bad hnmors that breed aiid noarifii thefe P^er^ 

 mwe^thzt theHorfe will be perfedly clean ardfrce'from them, 

 of what kind foever they are ^ and you (hall find them to come 

 away in his dung^ and the moft of them to be living j for no 

 medicine (but thole two only of Pr^crpitate and SHblimate before 

 remembred, in which is fo great peril ) can kill them. *^^. 

 This Receipt before any other 1 have made moft ule of, and I 

 find it to be the very beft, and moft infaUible of them all ^ and 

 this will hardly leave one Bot^ Tnmchton^ or Worm in all his 

 Body : I forbear to report unto yOn, what quantity of thefe 

 Vermine a Horfe hath voided at a time, for 1 love not to relate 

 Wonders. Another Receipt 1 will deliver you, howbeit not c- 

 quivalent to the former, which is this, viz.. ' 



Take the tender tops of green Broom, and of Saven, of each 

 half a handful, chop them very fmall, and work them up into 

 Pills with frefh or fweet butter ^ and hayiKg kept the Horfe o- 

 ver-night fafting, give to him three of thefe Pills in thie morn-'' 

 ing early, then feit him upon the Trench, and let him fall two 

 hours after, but give him no water till night, and that white 

 water. ^^'^. This alfo have I experienced, and have found it 

 to be very good, for it hath caufed the Horfe to void many of 

 thele bad C?rr/f , I will conclude with this: viz.. 



Take a quart of milk warm from the Cow, and put to it- 

 Honey half a pint, and give it him the firft day j the next day 

 take Rue and Rofemary, of each half a handful, ftamp them 

 well together, then let it infufe, together with the powder 



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