BOOK II. aKcl Expert Ferrkr, iSj 



foraetimes cold, fometimes burning, but never in good temper. 

 And thus much briefly of thefe four points or grounds, whicli 

 be the occafion of mof!: dangerons fckneffes Accidental. 



Hippophilus. What means hath a man to know the /igns, whereby 

 to diJiingHtJh thefe fever al ficknejfes the one from the other ? 



HifpferHi. Very eafily Sir, for if licknefs do proceed from the 

 firftof thefe four priaciples, to wit, from heats, then are the 

 figns- thefe, viz.. The heavinefs of his countenance, fwellings i. 

 of his Limbs, efpecialiy of his hinder legs, fcowring and loof- 

 nefs of his body, in the beginning of licknefs fhort, and hot 

 breath, a loathing and forfaking of meat, &c. 2. 



If from the fecond, viz.. cold, then the figns are, a dejeded Dange- 

 comtenmce , dulnefs or fleepinefs of the eyes., Puftrils or hard '"^'i^ ^^^' 

 Knots undertheC^Wf, yea and many times inflamed Kernels "J l^jjjj°y''^ 

 and fwellings fo high as to the very roots of the ^^r^, a rotten 

 or moift inward hollow cough, he many times chewing betwixt 

 his teeth, fomelooie, filthy-, and flegmatick matter, immedi- 

 ately after his coughing, which in fome cafe is not an evil fign, 

 by reafon that thereby the cold rotteth and goeth away; 

 whereas on the contrary fide for a //or/e to cough clear and 

 dry, doth demonflrate a dry cough, which hath longtime lur- 

 ked in his body , forely feflering and tormenting him in- 

 wardly, which is very difficile to cure, but at length difco- 

 vers it felf by reafon of the creatures languifliing and general 

 falling away of his fefh ^ (ox hh belly will be ftirunk up, and 

 when he drinketh much of the fame, water willifTue forth of 

 his«o/>, MS eyes will be either watry, or matrative, and run 

 continually through pain which he hath in his Z?^^-:/, procured 

 by means of his cold, and his hair will be rough, and Hair- 

 ing &c. 



From the third, to wit, from furfet by meat, either natural 3», 

 or unnatural *, the figns be thefe, a dulnefs of the head., eyes., 

 znd countenance^ yea, and that in fuch a violent manner, foas 

 the Horfe will be hardly able to lift up his head from the man- 

 ger, a dull and dead eye-, and funk into his head., his ears prickt 

 his upright, and the tops of them cold,as alfo his upper itps and 

 jheath^ his pace reeling and flaggering, and (if the difeafe be 

 far gone) he will be of a frantick and mad comportment, as- 

 hy biting and gnawing the Rack and Manger, or whomfoever 



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