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BOOK If. a?;d Expert Fcrrkr. 21 1 



CHAR Vllf. 

 SECT. I. E. 



Hippopliilus. 



\ 7 T T^^^ ^^ '"" ^^ g^''^^« to a Horfe that hath eaten a Taint ? 

 V/ V/ Hippoferm, A Taint is a kind of red worrn> 

 which many Ferriers \wi\\ fay can do a Horfe no 

 harm, but they are much miftaken, for I ha\^e known Hoyfes 

 to die with eating it ^ but if he have eaten a Taint, the (igns 

 will be, that iie will be fick, andforfake his meat, and he will 

 fweliin all his body^ alfo his eyes will fo fweli that you would 

 think they would fall out of his head^ he will draw in and out 

 his breath vQi'Y fhort, and his ton^He and mouth will be very 

 dry and hot, and peradventure bliftered, but he will be eaiily 

 cured, for fo foon as you fhall perceive him to forfake his meat, 

 and that he doth begin to fwell, then be you confident that he 

 hath eaten fome unwholfome thing, for this inconvenience {qI- 

 dom Cometh to any Horfe, but at grafs only. The cure is, g^, ^ 

 Take of the Urine of man as itcometh warm from him, one Tainc. 

 pint, of bay fait one handful, ftir thefe well together, and 

 give it him with a horn, and after walk him up and down half 

 an hour, and he is cured. "^^"^ This I havefandry times tried, 

 and it is-a certain cure. 



SECT. 2. E. 



• Hippophilus. 



WHaf ciire hfve^-yoitforj^a ffortc'that hatheaten a Feather .^ 

 Hippoferu^. 'T|iis!may,be got ten as well in the Sta- 

 j ble, as abroad at grafs-, in the ftable, through the 



ligence of the Keeper or Groom., in not duiling, Ihaking, 

 picking, andfearching hisHayand Provesdef well, and by 

 t looking iiafro wly," ' thaj: ; no 'Featfie;^; 'be aipbn^- h iS: ,Hay , 

 Oats, or Provender, whenhe giveth Kim his meat, either in 

 the.Rack or Manger, he may alfo get a Feather at grafs, as he 

 "^ E e 2 feed- 



