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Take of Fenugreek, and of Cumin of each one ounce, nr^akc 

 them into fine powder, and with white Wine a pint, give.ic 

 him blood-warm, and trot him out as before. 



SECT. 23. D. 



Hippophilus. ' 



HA'-oeyoH m way to dry fores ? 

 Hippofems. Yea Sir, and I will give you fome Receipts 

 for that purpofe Take egg Ihels, and burn them ahnoft Dry »p 

 black: take alio the upper leatlier of old (hooes, and burn^^^res. 

 them to a cole;, take alfca Charcole, quick-lime, and green 

 Copperas, burned in a well nealed earthen pot, until it be red : 

 take of each ofthefe a like quantity, and beat them together 

 to fine powder, and ftrew this powder upon the lore or galled 

 place, and every time you drcfs the fore herewith, wafh it well, 

 with ftrong Vinegar or Chamber-lie warmed. "^^"^ But if itbeLint 

 an old ulcer, or cankerous fore, then take Maftick, Frankin- where- 

 cenfe, Cloves, Green Copperas, Brimftone, of each like much, ^Ji^h to 

 Myrrh double as much as any of the former ingredients, beat '^^^' "^' 

 all thefe by themfelves to fme powder, and mix them well, then oMVores. 

 take of this powder and burn it upon a chafing-difh of coles, 

 but be careful it flame not, then as the fmoak or fume thereof 

 arifeth, take of fine lint a good handful or two, and hold it 

 over the faid fmoak or ileam, fo as it may receive all the laid 

 fteam into the faid lint ', then when it is throughly well perfu- 

 med, put the lint into a box, pet, or glafs, and befure to ftop 

 it up fo dole, as that not the lead: air can poflibly come into 

 it (for the leaft air will deprive the lint of its virtue) andfo 

 keep it for your ufe:, and when you haveoccafion to make 

 ufe thereof, firit vvafli the fore with new made chamber-lie 

 warm, either as it cometh from the man, or elfe warmed up- 

 on the fire, then dry the fore again, and laftly lay fome of 

 this lint to the fore, and fo make it ap, and do this twice eve- 

 ry day, and you fliall find it to be afpeedyand perfe(n:cure.*^^ 

 But if you would dry up the fcratches in the heels of your horfe. 



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