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So likewife being at Grafs, at what time the Fly is too biilie, 

 they do provoke him to run, and to fcope about, by which 

 means he being many times very full, it caufeth crudities and 

 raw digeftions to arife in his Stomach, which breedeth Surfeits, 

 or other maladies j wherefore for prevention thereof. 



Take the leaves of Gourdes, Pumpions, or wild, or Garden 

 Cucumbers, ftamp them, and ftrain them, and with the juyce 

 thereof wafh your Horfe all over, and the Flies will not come 

 nigh him. *:jt^'Of this I have made often tryal. Another, 



Take an Apple of Colliquintida, and (lice or fhred it into 

 fmall pieces, and boyl it in Oyi de Bay, and fo anomt your 

 Horfe therewith, and the Flies will not approach him. ^"^ This 

 is alfo good. Another, 



Take Mallows, ftamp and flrain them, and with the juyce 

 thereof wa(h your Horfe, and it will keep away the Flies. 

 ^^* This is an approved good thing alfo. Another, 



Take Verdegreafc made into very fine Powder, and boyl it 

 in Vinegar, and walh him therewith, being careful that none 

 get into his Eyes orEai-s. ^^ This is the belt, and will laft 

 longeft. ^ ^' 



S E G T. 15. F. 



Hippoph. XA/jflat is good to mollifie the Foot of a Horfe ? 



Hif^of. If your Horfe hath been foundred, 

 and that after being cured, his Soks and Hoofs do wax dry and 

 hard, they be either fhrunk, or in peril of mrinking, thenfiril 

 take off his fliooes, and let him be pared fomewhat clofe, but 

 not too near j which done, with Bee-wax molten anoint the 

 ..foles with the faid molten Wax, with a Goofc-feather, and fo 

 fet on his fhooes again, tken three days after, 



Take tryed Hogs-greafe and Tarr of each four ounces, of 

 fat Pitch and of Turpentine, of each two ounces, melt and mix Yifi]. 

 all thefe together, and firft Itop his Feet thercwith, and after 

 anoint the Coffin of the Hoofs good and thick with the fame 

 Receipt. And this is the bell mollifier can be had in a cure of 

 of this nature. ■^;^* 1 have often ufed it. 



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