BOOK. IT. avd Expert Ferrkr. 



f^allv.twixt the£<«rj, )fortlj^,t -greatly eafeth the pain in^tlie 

 fiM<i^ by reafon it diilblyetiy and difper:i€th_the kifimours fat 

 noon unbridle him, and offer him a little fweet Hay fprinkled 

 with water, which if he fliall refufe to eat, (as 'tis likely he 

 will) then offer him fo much bread as the quantity of a penny 

 loaf, and let him eat it all if he will^ but if he do refufe to eat 

 thereof alfo, then give him one gallon oftheftrongell Ale-: 

 wort you can get of the firft runnings fo foon as it is Maftied,' 

 but let it not be over hot, and before barm be put unto iti 

 give kirn this I fay blood warm j but if that cannot be got- 

 ten, then provide him in a readinefs againlt the fame hour, a 

 fweet Mafli, which whea he hath taken, fume his head with 

 Olibanum, Storax, and Benjamin, and then let him be rubbed 

 again, as before, and fee him warm kept as is ufual for fickHor- 

 fes in Phyfickj-y and thus do for three days together in all points 

 {blood lettwg excepted) for that muft be once only (unlefs ex- 

 traordinary caufe do require the fame) and afllire your felf 

 your Horfe will mend daily, and recover his health and ftrengtb 

 in fhort time, and at three days end give him no more Mafhes, 

 but in their Head let him have white water only : If by means 

 of this ficknefs he hath any Puftils or Inflammations rifen under 

 his chanl^ then clip away the hair^ and appl,y fuch things there- 

 unto, as may ripen them, and bring them to a head \ and af- 

 ter break them with Shoomakers wax, or other fuch like good 

 things, and folet them run and heal at pleafure. Alio if you 

 ^o find your Horfe to be coftive by means of his licknefs, as com- 

 monly Horfes wnW be after Phyfick, then firft rake him, and 

 finding his dung to be hot, dry, and hard, give him the Sup- 

 pofitory of a Candle, ihewed you in cap i8, SecLi'j. Suppof. i. 

 of this fecond Book. And this is the beft Suppoptory can be gi' 

 venhim in a caie of this nature. '^:^^ Butifcontrariwileyou 

 find him to have a ftrong and violent lax, or fcowring upon 

 him, whereby he purgeth over-much, and fo continueth, then 

 be you aflured, that he hath fomething in his body where- 

 with nature is offended, which you muft labour to remove, and 

 for remedy. thereof. 



Take of new milk one quart, and put to it of Bean flower 

 t^o fpoonfulsv and as much of the powder of Bolcarmoniack 

 fcarched, boil thefe until the milk thicken, and fo blood-y\?arni 



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