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or Flegmatick, for otherwife he cannot pofTibly mend ^ then 

 Fran pre- inftead of Gates in the morning, you fhall give him Wheat- 

 f'ired. bran, prepared after thi^ manner. Set over the fire a great 

 Kettle, and fill it almoll full with fair water, and fo foon as 

 it bolleth, put in your Wheat-bran, andfo let it boy I a quarter 

 of an hour at the leail^ then take it off, and let it ftand to cool, 

 - and about four or five in the morning give him of this Bran fo 

 hot as he can eat it, then for his drink give him of the fame 

 water, and at night give him Gates and white water, and let 

 him be kept covered and littered warm, but if it be Summer, 

 let not the Stable be too hot, but temperate, and at night give 

 him with his Gates alfo the quantity of w^hat you may convey 

 into an Egg-lhel of this Powder following, with which you 

 mufl continue him the fpace of eight days, or according as you 

 Ihall fee caiife. You muft underftand that this Bran thus pre- 

 pared, is the onely thing which drieth up his naughty, grofs, 

 and corrupt Humours^ and doth the better prepare the body to 

 aflumeluft, courage, ftrength and flelh, together with the help 

 of the Powder, which is this, 

 fat a lean Take of Comin , Foenugreek, Sileris-Montani, Nutmegs , 

 Horfc. Cloves, Ginger, Linfeed, of each two ounces, Quick-Brimftone, 

 fix ounces, make all thefe into Powder, of this Powder, give 

 him every night the quantity of an Egg-fhel full, wjth his Gats, 

 as I have before prefcribed, but he muft be firft watered with 

 white water which fo foon as he hath drunk let his v^hXil&Body be 

 rubbed, then cloathed,,and littered, which being done, then give 

 him a fmall iheaf of Wheat-ftraw, fweet, good, and well threfh- 

 cd into his Rack, and let him eat thereof by the fpace of an 

 hour ^ which done, give him Oats mixed with his Powder, 

 which when he hath eaten, give him Hay at your pleafure, re- 

 membring to keep him warm, but fo as with moderation ; and let 

 him be alfo v^ell rubbed, efpecially againfl the Hair, and by this 

 doing you (hall foon perceive him to mend exceedingly, but you 

 muft put alfo into his Gates, together with its former Powder 

 of Nettle- feed two handfuls every time, for that is the thing 

 which principally will caufe him to Battle : It will alfo greatly 

 avail his amendment, if he be aired every morning and evening 

 an hour after Sun-rifing, and an hour before Sun-fet, if the 

 wheather be warm, and the Sun do fhine. \"^ And this I do, 

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