BOOK IL dnd Expert Ferrier, ig^ 



fweet Butter half a pound , and of ordinary Treacle two 

 fpoonfuls , and fo give it him blood warm, "^^f* and this is 

 moft cffedual to the ends before recited. 



SECT. 2. D, 



Hippoph. \/0u /peak very much ef Diapente , giving it very 

 ± great commendations. I pray how do yon make the 

 fame. 



HifpoferH4. The Receipt of i)x<«/>f«rr doth merit more S«c<;- 

 minms than I am able to give it, for that it is fo precious and fo- 

 vereign a Powder for Horfes^ and it is compounded of five fe- 

 veral fimples, if it be rightly made. It is (I fay) themoft fo- 

 vereign thing which can be given to a Horfeby way of drench, 

 whereby to cure him of very many inward difeafes. It is good 

 againft all infedious maladies, as Feavers of what nature foe- i, 

 ver, all forts of Peftilences, or contagious colds, Coughs, wet i' 

 or dry. Glanders, Surfeits, inflammations in the ^lood^ or It- I 

 wr. Frenzies, Yellows *, it purifieth, refineth , and purgeth ' 

 thQ hi'ood fvom all in l^eftion and corruption, it eafeth the over- 

 flowing of the ^4//, and the working of the fpleen ; in a word, 

 it'cureth whatfoeverdifeafesthe W7 of the Horfe may be in- 

 wardly inclined anto •, and it is thus made, viz.. 



Take Arillolochia Rotunda, Gentiana, Baccalani, Myrrha Diapenrc. 

 Eboraci, of each like much, let thelebefirft pounded feveral- 

 ly, and finely learccd, and after weighed, fo as the quantities 

 may be jult and even, not any one lefs, or more than another, 

 and after fo well mixed as may bepofllbly, and fo put into a 

 Gaily pot preiled as hard as may be done, and after fo dole 

 ftopped, as that no air can get into it ■, and thus you mult make 

 it and relerveitfor your ufe. This mult be adminiltred to a 

 Horfe in Muskadine, if you drench him for a cold or Glaun- 

 ders ; If for other maladies, then in fweet Sack, and the quan- 

 tity muftbe a pint and a half : but if the Sack or Muskadine 

 be not to be had, then give it inltrong Ale or Beer ; and the 

 quantity of this powder of Diapente mull be two or three 

 fpoonfuls, unlefs to a finall, fick, or feeble Horfe, then the lefs 

 quaatitv according as in your own judgment and reafon, you 



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