ti6o TheCompkat Fsorfc'm.w^ CHAP. VI. 



Horfe to take his ^T^W kindly and ternperately, and freeth him 

 of tiis dry cough, which before did greatly annoy him ^ but if 

 you have not thefe Conferves^ take this otlier Receipt little in- 

 fer iour to the former for thefe Maladies. 



Take of the Syru-p of Colts- foot one ounce, of Elecampane 

 rootsdried^ Annifecds snd Licoris, of each half an ounce, all. 

 made into finepowder^brownSLigar'candy powdrcd one ounce, 

 which mult be divided into two parts, then take fvveet Butter 

 fo much as will fuffice, and fo make this into three Pills good 

 and ftiff i which done, toie them into the other moity of your 

 powdred Sugar candy, and fo give them your Horfe falling, 

 then ride him gently for half an hour, and after fet him up 

 .war«m, and let him fall three hours after, caujing him to be 

 well rubbed: Let him drink no cold water, unlets it be with 

 exercife, and let his Hay be fprinkled with water,and his Oats 

 wet in ftrong Ale, or elfe with Beer. ^^^. Another very 

 <good. 



Take the cankerous Mofs of an old Pale, or of the limbs of 

 an old Oak two handfuls, chop and flired it fmall, and boil it in 

 a pottle of new Milk, and with it a root of Elecampane, let 

 •thefe boil together till half be confumed, then ftrairt it, and 

 prefsthe Mofs and Root very well, which done, put to it of 

 iweet Butter thequantitrof a Duck-egg, and fo give it him in 

 a morning fafting bloud warm, and ride him moderately an 

 hour after •, then fet him up, cloath him and litter him warm, 

 and order himasisaccuftomed with Horfes in Fhyfick.; Let him 

 iiave this drink three mornings together, and it will cure both 

 his Cold and Cough, wet or dry, or his Pofe if he have it. But 

 if you find your Horfe to be Itopped in the Head, and that he 

 jvoideth filth, and flinking matter out from his iVo/f , then ihall 

 -you every morning admiriilter this fume. , : 

 4l.i Take of AHrifigmentumzv\d of Colts foot made into powder, 

 of each two drams, then with Venice Turpentine work them 

 into a ftifFpafte, and make them into fmall Cakes the bredthof 

 a (ix pence, and dry them a little, and then put fire into a Cha- 

 iing-difh with coals, and fo put one of thefe Cakes upon the 

 coals, covered with a Tmniel, and fo. fume him, and this not 

 only during his' P%y/c-)^, bnt at other times after, and let his 

 drink be either fweet Mafhes or white water. ^^^. 



Another. 



