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fore, and do this every third day till it be whole ; tut be fivre 

 you do every time you drefs him, examine the very bottom. 

 This he aflured me to be a very perfect cure. 



S E C T. 3. F. 



Hippoph. ^UHat is the difeafe called tlx Flanks and how is 

 it cured ? 



Hip^of. This is when a Horfe hath gotten a wrench, crick, 

 ftroke, or other grief in his Back., which is called of the 

 prefjch Farriers^ Flanks ; the cure is this, 



Firft fhave away the Hair from the place grieved, then lay- 

 on this charge. 



Take Bolearmon lack, Cumfry, alias Confolida-Major, Gal- 

 banum, Sol Armoniack, Sanguis Draconis, his own Blood, 

 Burgundy-Pitch, Maftick, Olibanum, of each like much, fo 

 much as will fuffice j ftamp and beat all thefe together, with 

 Wheat-meal, Vinegar, and the whites of Eggs, fo much as will 

 fuffice, and fo make it into a charge, and therewith charge the 

 place grieved, then clap upon the top all along the Chine and 

 Back of the Fforfe, a Shceps-skin, coming hot from the (heep, 

 and change it every day, and at three or four'days end he will 

 be well, but let the charge lie upon the place until fuch time 

 as it do fall away it felf, and keep him warm. 



SECT. 4. F. 



Hippoph. f" T OtP ^ may a man bring in few days his Horfe t9 

 JlJL he fat, or at leafi in good liking, fuppofing him t9 

 hefoMnd} 



Hiffof. Sir, over-much riding and exercife will bring the 

 fatteft Horfe that ever trod upon the Earth to become poor, 

 bare, and lean, and fo will too early , and too late airing, 

 bad diet, evil keeping lingring after Mares, and fpending up- ^'^ ^°*"'*' 

 on them, lingring after Grafs, and the like ; But if your Horfe be 

 poor,bare,lcan, and feeble, fo that his Stomach be good to meat *, 

 I will give you a Receipt, which ( if you do duely obferve my 

 rules, julllyasj Ihall deliver them) you fhall get him up into 

 Flejh in twelve or fourteen days. 



Firft therefore take BlooKfrom him, if you do find it grofs, 



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