300 Tie CotfiflcatHorfc-matf^ CHAP. VI. 



a good appetite, his excrements ^i^\Vi have no evil favour when 

 he difchargeth himfelf, he will drink orderly and temperaie.- 

 ly, neither will he be ioofe or coftive \ wherefore if it come 

 of any cold caufe, we nnilb then endeavour to find out itsfymp- 

 toms. Now if a horfebQ difeafed in his Lruer , the infirmitj 

 muit (I fay)' proceed trora au iniiiminat.ion ar,d impoftumationj 

 or from an Ulcer, if it connecirom a cold csiife, it cannot be 

 an inflammation, nor impolitimatioh) for that thefe two do 

 both come from a hot caufe as all the learned do know full 

 well,and therefore ofneceffity it mult be an UJcer, which pro- 

 ceedethfrom a cold caufe, and theligns toknow it are, conti- 

 nual coldnefs bf:his.-^z'fi')/,; his hatr will ftare, ardhewili b^ 

 fubjed to great fecblenefs, faintnefs and debility oi body^ and' 

 the reafon i is for tfiat the- 'ulcerated matter doth diffufe 

 throughout the whole ^fi«)' its evil vapours, which corrupt 

 eth and very mjuch offendeth the heart in fuch wife, whereby, 

 to occafion and haiten the death of the poor Beaft ;, it in time 

 the malady -be: .not xiifciDvered, and skilitill^.lQadiby Aft icuredi 

 1 have treated liifficiently upoiLthis fubje^t,! co.v^rt, ibf. the^nsi- 

 ture of this infirraityf. and thefigns/ hcbw to 'kr.6w!ililK\ fania 

 And therefore J think ittimewe dogoto thci^urc.]. ' ' • . i 

 Difcafe of So foon as you have difcovered this difeafe; fir ft let him bJead 

 the Liver. Qj^ both fides the weci^. the. firft clay, arid .thei5bct day let hii^ 

 blood in both i\\t fpHr-veins't-thtn give, ''him thisjdi'rni.k^'&xz-. iV'^iy 

 Take Hyflbp, Cows^.iips-iefavesv ;Li'V,er-wor^ , Lungrwortci 

 alias Molin or Molet leaves, Haftsi- tongue, of each a- handful^ 

 then take Gentiana, Ariftolochia rotunda. Fenugreek, Eiiula- 

 campana dried, and longPepper, of each like hiuchyfoaswhen 

 they -be pounded and learccd, youfmay have 6f each afpoonful ; 

 chop the herbs, and then mingle them; with this powdervand 

 put to it of life Honey one fpoonfot ^ ithen boil all theie ingtc^ 

 dients in a quart of ftrorig Alej until a moity be confamed, and 

 ftrain it well, and fo give it him blocd-warm, and keep him ( 

 warm, and having made himfafl: three or four hours after this 

 drink,' give) him Barly boiled •, butif hefhaill refufe to eat thero? 

 ofy by the reafom'the. drink hath knade Kim dry and thirfty^ 

 then give fhimta warm Mafh, and after thchiiTfed Early agaiiv; 

 but let him not hare thisdrink, but theiiay' atter he bath'becn 

 let /'/Win the fpur-'y^W, give him this drink three times, but 



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