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of Brimftone, and Soot To much as will fuffice, foui" hours irr 

 Wort or Ale a quart, then ftraia it, and give it him blood 

 warm '■, then let him be walked or gently ridden an hour or 

 two, and fofet him up warm, and give him Hay an hour be- 

 fore you give him any drink, which let be Whitewater, and 

 y,ou rauft not give him Hay in four or fix hours after you have 

 given him his forelaid drink j and you mult withal remember, 

 that in all medicines as well for this kind of Malady, as for a- 

 ny other, his drink muft be either a fweet Mafli, or elfe white 

 water, "^-jfc*- This alfo is a very good Receipt, and I have had 

 good experience of it, and it hath evermore wrought welL'^^^^.-^. 



SECT. 16. B. 



Hippoph. \/\ 7 ^^t help have yen for a Brittle Hoof? 



' ' Hippoferus. This Cometh two ways ^ to wit, 

 by nature, or by accident : it cometh naturally when the Stal- 

 lion who begat him, or the Mare v^hich did Pole him, was fub- Bncde 

 jed to the fame infirmity ; and therefore I do advife all men to ^ 

 forbear Breeding with iiich a 5^w» or Mare, for all their Colts 

 will be in danger to partakie thereof. If it come accidentally, 

 then muft it fall out to come either by fomc Surfct that fell 

 down into the Feet-, which cauled aficcity in the Boofs^or elfe in 

 that he had been formerly Foundred or heat in the Feet, and 

 not well cured I need not (hew the ligns whereby to know his 

 Malady, being it is moil apparent. As touching the Cure, I 

 will give you but only one Receipt for the prefenf, by reafon 

 I ihall have occafion to handle it more largely when we come to 

 intreatof the Hoefs: and the Cure is this : viz.. ^ 



T?ke a Rape, or a Drawing-Iron, a-nd with either of thefe- 

 raaJfje the Coffin of the /y</tf/ fine and thin, in all fucb places as 

 you Ihall fee ca«fe, and pare the Soles very thin alio, then apply 

 to tjie Feetj, gs well Soles as Offim this enfuing Charge. Take 

 Rye bran, or for default thereof, Wheat bran. Oxen or Cows 

 dung, of thefe fo much as will fuffice, then take Sheeps^Suet, 

 and Hogs ^reafe tried, Tarr and Tarpentine of each half a 

 pound, mince the SheepsSuet veryfmall, and melt it on the 

 fixe, then put to your Hog> greafe, and when thefe be-molten^ 

 yutin your Ox or Cow duag, ftitriiig them well together, 



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