Book. II. TT^e Expert Farrier. " 2? 



you not to walh his Mouth and Tongue, either with the Sir- 

 rup of Mulberries, or the Lotion water taught you in the pre- 

 cedect Sedion, and if through his great heat you do find your 

 Horfes body to be collive, then fhall you adminifter this 

 Clifter. 



Take of new Milk, and of Sallet-oyI, of each half a pint, 

 and of the decodtion of Mallows, and of Violets of each one 

 pint, adding thereto of Sene one ounce, and of Century half 

 an ounce, adminifter this Clifter Blood-warm, and by thus or- 

 dering your Horfe, you will infallibly cure him of his Feaver 

 PeflUent 3 for I my felf have cured many, and i never failed in 

 any one. '^^'^ Provided you do give him during the time of his 

 Phyfick, continually morning and evening, either fweet Mafhes, 

 or white water, and be alfo dieted and ordered as is fitting 

 for a Horfe that is in Phyfick. 



SECT. 13. jF. 



Hippoph. ^\7Hat Difeafe is that which of fome is called the Fly- 

 ing Worm ? 

 Nippof. This malady is the fame which the French Marifials 

 do call ver volant^ which we in England do call a Tetter ov Ring- 

 worm^ and by reafon it rurineth up and down the body upon 

 the skin, it is called by the name of the Flying Wor?n. It com- 

 eth by a heat in the Blood, whereby is ingendered a bilous, 

 fharp or hot Humour which breedeth to a Tetter or Ring-wor?7i^ 

 but niofl commonly it feixeth the Rump of the Horfe, run- 

 ning down all along the joynts , till it get into the Tail, 

 where I have known it to remain fo long, until fuch time as it 

 vcame tobeaC^w^j^: But yet fometimes again, it will feize 

 fome fiefhypartof the body of a HorPj, and fo tornTtnt him 

 through its continual itching, as that the Korfe will ( with 

 .frequent rubbing himfelfagaiail Polls, Pales, Trees, and Walls. 

 ; &c. ) as alfo with his Teeth ( if he can come to the place ) 

 .: bring away the hair, yea the skin snd flefh alfo. And this 

 difeafe many ignorant Farriers have taken to be nought eiic 

 • but the Loufe of a Hog, which to kill ordeftroy, tliey only 

 .apply a little Sope j but I have often known it to prove ano- 

 . ther thing, 'viz.. a ioxmdX Ring-ivorm or Tetter. It is eatily 

 known by the falling away of the hair, by reafon of the Horfes 



continual 



