BOOT It^ ^rd Exftrt Ferritr. 



fo give it yoiir .Horfe wttb_ a horn in a mormng. faftmg, and 

 ride him gentlf u itrtle aitc-r / a-?d ilius do fuiidry times iintii 

 yon do find the iiitfirmity to decreafe. 



Hippopliilus. But Hippolerns, thif Corferve of Eleca/rpans I do 

 fifffofe PS hard t@ come by^ for Jnrtly every Coantry Apothecary /j^//? 

 it net'^how then may a m.w mike this Confd'tionyou fo mHchLommend?. 



Htp^oferui. Sir,thisGonlerve Imake my felf, and I vvili glye 

 yon the receipt thereof. You mult underHand that tirere be 

 two kinds thereof, the one is called particularly a t^referve^ and 

 the other an abfolute G^.v/frz;?. This firit is Simple^ the other 

 Cbrnpound-, both, very fovereiga for this Infirmity, but theCon- 

 ferveis evermore to be eiteemed the better. I do counfel you 

 never to be without either of them ; for they wiil keep the 

 whole year through, if thcylje reJerved clofe flopped- Where- 

 fore as touching tne firll, which is the Simple, you rauft pre- 

 ferve it like as you do all other green roots, and fo keep them^ 

 in a Gally-potof Glais in a good quantity of its own Syrup^, 

 till you have occafion to ule the iame ; and when you are to uie 

 it, let it be beviten well in a lUortar together with its Syrup and 

 refined Sugar made firft into very fine powder. Now your 

 CompoHHetov Conferve is thus made : Firft, let your roots of E- 

 lecampane be neatly Candied, and made very dry and hard^and 

 get thebeftand youngeft Kootscan be had, which rauft be kept 

 alfo in a Gaily pot or glafs clofe ftopped, in a dry and warna 

 f>lace where they may not give a>^ain \ and when you would 

 ufe them, take fo- much as wiil fuffice,, and beat it in a Mortar 

 with the Syrup of Goltstoot, and the powder of refi led Sugar^^. 

 ftill worki.ig it till you have brought it to beaperieft Ca^/^ri/r, 

 and fo give it to your Horfe in good fweet Sack or Muskadine, 

 The firftof thele two, which is the Simp^ty is of moftexcellent 

 ule •, for it helpeth any ordinary cold or ftbpping, it corafort- 

 eth the Lm^Si enlargeth his Wind, purgeth the /:/f4^ from all 

 filthy matter, and diflblveth many other obftru ft ions, as well 

 mx.)\z Body and Head ButthQ Compomd or C}fiferve works better 

 ■cfFefts in the Body of the Harjgy efpecially if the malady be oldi, 

 and dangerouS:,or if there be any taint, in the Lmgs^ Liver^ or 

 inward parts : This^ Gnferve ia time, by frequent ufe ther«rof 

 will cure all dry Coughs which are held. to. be incurablei it: 

 laelpeth the heaving oi the^ My attd- Flatfks^ it caufeth. tlie.' 



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