7^ The Expert Farrier. Chap. 1 1 . 



with fa/ling fpittk) incorporate them very well together 

 till the Hogs-greafe be of a perfed Alh-coloiir, and anoint 

 the forrance therewith every day once, holding a hot bar 

 of ironneer, to caufe the Oyntment to fink in, and in three 

 or four days thus drefllng him, he will be well. %* This is 

 a very good Receipt, and 1 have often ufed it. 



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Hippoph. T3'^^ then what is^^ood to mah^ the Hair to grow 



Udir to flippof. Take the dung of a Goat newly made, ordinary 



grow. Honey, Allum, and the blood of a Hog, the Allum being firit: 

 made into fine Powder : Boyl all thefe together, and rub 

 and anoint the places therewith every day, and it will caufe 

 the Hair to come again apace. \^ This is fpecial good. 

 Hippoph. What is good for the Headach ? 

 Bifrof. Firll let him blood in the Momh^ and rub it with 

 Salt to caufe it to bleed the more, then take two long Fea- 

 thers of aGoofe-wing weH anointed in Oyl-de-Bay, thruft 

 them up and down his Noftrils, whereby to open and pur^ge 

 his Head^ and then perfume his Head with the flalks of Gar- 

 lick broken into fmall pieces, as is before (hewed, keeping 

 him to a fpare diet, and moderate exercife, the better to 

 madacb, cleanfe his Head and Stomach, and to empty himfelf, by 

 means whereof the Head anH Brain will be the better quieted. 

 It were very good alfo to perfume him with Frankincenfe, 

 Storax, and Benjamin, grofly beaten and well mixed, of each 

 like much, as will fuffice, but two or three days after let 

 him blood, and give him white water for eight days after, 

 during which time you may do well fometimes to give him a 

 fweet Mafh. \^ This is very good. 



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Hippoph. ^VU'Hat is good to help the Heels that be fcabbed ? 



Hiffof. You fhall many times have frnaH 

 dry Scabs upon your Horfe Heels, which will not be greatly 

 soxious to him, and thereupon the belt cure for his Keeper 



daily 



