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Hippoph. T T Ow to aire the rmmn^ Fru(h ? 



jn Hipfof. This is a naughty forrance, which 

 I have heard rural Smiths to call the Frog, by reafon that it 

 breedeth in that fpongy part of the Heel which they call 

 the Frog. This forrance comes fometinies when the Smith 



• inconfiderably as he pareth that part, doth go to the quick, 

 whereby it blcedeth, which after becometh fore, and cometh 

 to the running Fruih, for that the Horfe being travelled, 

 whilfl it is raw, and fo that gravel getting into it, doth 

 caufe the place to rankle and impoflumate, and it wiD come 

 in fhort time to be a running fore, which will fo ftihk, as 

 not well to be endured : Sometimes again it cometh by rea- 



* fon of evil Humours which do fall down into the Legs, and 

 tnakes its way out at the Frufh, it being the foftcft and ten- 

 dreftpartof all the Foot. And fometimes it cometh by a 

 bruife whicli the Horfe may eafily take by treading upon 

 fome ftone, which inwatdly corrupting, putrifieth, andfois 

 ingendred a' running Frulh. The figns to know it is, the 

 Horfe will go lame, either upon hard or durty ways, where- 

 by the gravel doth get in, and fret and pain him at the quick j 

 and you fliall perceive that when he refteth, the Frufh will 

 weep, fending forth watry ituff frpm the Frufh. The way 

 to cure it is, - * ^ ^ '■"' 



Take ftale Chamberly, and boyl it with a good quantity 

 of Allum, and keep it in aGlafsclofe ftopped. Then take ^^['-(^ run- 

 of red Nettles two handfuls, theflrongelland keened, dry "''^" 

 thera that they may be made into fine Powder, then look 

 what quantity of this Powder you have, add aifo unto it 

 the like quantity of Pepper, made aifo into very fine Powder, 

 and mix them very well together, and keep it either in fome 

 dry Bladder, or Box for your ufe aifo j and when yoa-have oc- 

 caiion to ufe this water and Powder for this forrance, uy'I 

 take off the fhooe,and open the Frqfh, fo that you may ren?e 

 'unto the very bottom, then wafn the forrance very clear. .af>d 

 well with this v^ater made v^arm, then put on thelhooe a^ 

 gain, but firft let it l^e hollowed, that it hurt not the Fruih, 



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