c ^ Tl:>e Exj^ert Farrier. Chap, i o. 



eafily find them then in the Spar-vews^ and the next day af- 

 ter that give him to drink, two quarts of water warmed, 

 and put into it of white Wine Vinegar one pint, for this 

 will very much refrefli his Body, and then the next day give 



him this drink, 



Take of Tifan three pints, of loaf Sugar finely powdred 

 three ounces, of Cordial powder one ounce, of Life-Honey 

 four ounces, give him this to drink blood-warm. In mala- 

 dies of this nature you muft forbear to adminifter fuch 

 drags as be hot, for by fuch means more Horfes dye then do 

 recover and live : For fuch kind of drink as this is, being 

 wholly cordial, are beft for this infirmity. *^-^ This cure I 

 do alTurc you I have often adminiftrcd, and have done very 

 much good, and made many great and defperatc cures there- 

 with. 



S EC T. <J. G. 



Hippoph. \A7E-li-i ^^"^ '^^ ^*^ ^^^^ ^'^ '^^ Glanders. 



^^ Hipfof. Withal my heart, Sir. As touch- 

 ing this difeafe which we do call the Glanders, it is of all 

 others the worft,noifome,and moft infedious, infomuch as 

 that Horfe that hath it, if he be not removed and feperate 

 from his fellows, will infeft fo many as fnall be with him m 

 the fame Stable and Room. To find out the depth, root, and 

 true nature of this difeafe, I have greatly laboured, as alfo 

 how to cure the fame. I have alfo had much conference 

 with many of the moft famous and exquifite Marifi^ais and 

 F^rr/er J abroad, and I have feen very much of their pradife 

 therein, fo alfo have I very ferious difcourfes with a num- 

 ber of our beft Farriers and Smiths at home, but I find not 

 one in twenty can fpeak truly to any purpofe of the nature 

 of this difeafe, and therefore I do not wonder that they 

 cannot cure a difeafe whereof they are fo much tofeek. Nc- 

 verthelefs what I do underftand of this difeafe, I will mge- 

 nioufly deliver unto you. The Glanders is an infirmity which 

 procccdeth firft of cold taken, which being neglefted, will 

 in time come to be the Glanders ; you Ihall firft perceive it 

 bv the inflamed Kernels and Knots which may be felt under 

 ' the 



