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night give him the quantity of what you can put into an Egg- 

 - fliell among his Oats of this powder following, to which ^ou 

 mull keep him for eight days together, or longer, ifyoufhall 

 lee caufe. You raiifl underltand that the boiled Bran, is that 

 which drieth up all his grofs and corrupt hamoHrs, which was 

 the caufe of his cold. Now the powder is this : viz.. Take of 

 Comminfecd, Fenugreek, Sileris-Montana (alias Silileos) Nut- 

 megSi, Cloves, Ginger, Linfeed, of each two ounces, Quick 

 Brimftone fix ounces, make all thefe into fine powder,, and let 

 them be well mixed : this mull be given with his Oats,as is be- 

 fore inculcated ; but he muft firit be watred, and then prelent- 

 ly let him be well rubbed, hoiiy-, neck-, pole., leas^ hreaji and he/lyy 

 and cloathed and littered warm, and an hour beTore you give 

 him his Oats, put into his Rack a little Iweet wheat ftravv,and 

 fo (I lay) let him eat thereof the fpace of one hour or better, 

 and then give him his Oats mixed with this powder, which 

 havingeaten, give him Hay at your pleafure ^ and thus doing, 

 in fhort time you (hall perceive his Cold to be quite gone, and 

 the fooner if he (hall be moderately aired an hour after Sun- 

 rifing, and an hour before SuU'fet, ifthe Sunoo fliine. Now 

 if this Cold bring with it a violent Cough, as is often feen, then 

 give him the aforefaid Wheat bran boiled, together with the 

 laid powder with his Oats, but then not above three or four 

 days, for that the faid powder difperfeth the corrupt and grofs 

 . humoHrs that are in the W_y, which do occafion the faid cough *, 

 and when you do perceive that he hath purged fufficiently, 

 keep him notwithflanding to his Whitewater, but an hour be- 

 fore you do water him *, 



Take a flick of the bignefs of your thumb or better, of well 

 nigh a foot long, and wrap a linnen clout about it four or five 

 times, firfl; dipped in Oil de-Bay, and put it into his mouthy and 

 with fome peice of leather thong, or other fmall cord, fallen 

 it to either end of the flick, and fo fallen it over his ears like 

 theHeadflal of a Bridle, like as Smiths ufe to do when they 

 burn a Horfe for the Lampas, and let him drink with this flick 

 in his mouthy which done, let him fland with it'thus in his 

 mouth an hour after at the leall:,to the end he may lick and fuck 

 up the faid Oil, and when he is to eat his Oats, put among 

 them this other powder following, riz,. 



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