Book II- 77?f Expert Farrier, 



C H A p. I X. 



SECT. I. F. 



Hypophylas. 



WHAt CHrem-ve yon for the Farcin ? 

 Hyffof Of all the Difeafes ,w hereunto Horfes 

 are inclinable, this of the f ^m/t is the qioftioathfome, molt 

 fbinking, andthemoft filthy, wherefore for the fame I (hall fet 

 yon down many cures, but firft I intend to difcourfe fomevvhat 

 of its Nature, and how it comes to zHorfe: This difeafe we 

 here in England do for the moft part call the farcy ^ and ( Se- 

 4:HndHm valgHs ) it is called the Fajhions^ for fo Mailer Markham 

 doth ftile it : But Mafter Blnndemle^ the Italians and the French^ 

 do give it the name of Farcin^ to which denomination I do the. 

 rather incline, by reafon we take the faid name from the ItaUans^ 

 and the Fremh^iox that truly I do find that to be the proper name 

 of the faid infirmity, derived from the word Farcina^ which is 

 a difeafe moft infedious, poyfonous, and dangerous, being 

 never fo little let alone, ornegledcd. It is a kind of creeping 

 ^/cc/-,beginning with hard knots j andPuftils, and after dilating 

 andfpreading itfelfinto branches (like a Vine or Ivy) doth 

 Jiot ceafe from running until fuch time as it hath vifited 

 every part and member of the 5o^, for Qts^fl Cancer ferpit:^ it 

 commonly beginning either in a vein, or near to fome MaBer- 

 veirty which feedeth and nouriiheth the difeafe, that is the caufe 

 of its diffufion. It its ingendred fometimes of corrupt Bbody 

 which heats and furfets have occafioned in the Body ^ fometimes 

 ^ by hurts and wounds received,as alfo by fome Cankerous and poy- 

 fonous thing, as rufty Spurs, Snaffles,Bits,or the like \ it is alfo 

 taken from another Horfe^^ which is fain into the fame difeafe, 

 ■alfo by hewing one Leg againft another, and being Ilnitten with 

 fome ftalF whereon are hard knots, and fundry fuch like means 

 and ways j it comes alfo to a horfe by furfeits given him, which 

 finding no other way of avoidance, layes hold of this difeafe, 

 whereby the Bloody being overmuch heat, his greafc molten, 

 and his taking a fudden cold, which is molt frequent after great 

 heats, then growing in the Body^ and efpecially in the Bloud^ 



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