^6 The Expert Farrier, Chap. 1 1, 



ceipts before, but I will add one more, which the moG: famohs 

 Marijhal of all Paris gave me, which he recommended unto mc 

 for Tnsbome^ but I never had yet a good occafion to make 

 tryal thereof. The Receipt is this, 

 incmfe the ^^^^ °^ ^^^ ^V^ ^^ Hemp-feed, of Wax, of Venice Tur- 

 Haof pentine, Rofin, Pitch, Bay -feeds dryed and powdred of each 

 half a pound, Roch Allum two ounces, mix all thefe together, 

 and let them boyl foftly upon a gentle fire, then llrain it 

 through a Hair-cloth, and keep it for your ufe. With this 

 anoint every day the hoofs of your Horfe, and this will caufe 

 them to grow very much. This is probably a good Receipt . 



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CHAP. XIII. 

 SECT. I. L. 

 Hyppophilus. 



'Ow do you cure f^eLampas, Hippoferus^ 



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HippoJ. This is a malady that every comm.oii Smith 

 can eafily cure, by putting into the month of thc; 

 Horfe a good big bat of Wood, whereunto tv.o long pieceS' 

 of the Bead-ftall oi 2X{ old Bridle is nailed at eitlier end, 

 which will caufe him to keep open his mouthy and then hold- 

 ing up his Iff with your left hand, burn away the rank/t/fe 

 with a hot Iron made of purpofe, and after rubbing the place 

 with Salt, and giving him Bran for Oats three or four days 

 at the mofl, he will be whole. ^"^ This difeafe isafwelling 

 proceeding from ranknefs of bloody which groweth in the 

 7«o«rfe adjoyning to the Fore-teeth^ which faidfwelling is an 

 impediment to his feeding ; it is apparent enough to be feen, 

 and therefore it needs no further remonftrance. \'^ Never- 

 thelefs I will fhew you how the Marijhals in France do ufe to 

 cure the Lamfas^ from whom I had the Cure, and wherewith 

 I my felf have cured many horfes. 



Take a rolled Onion, and very hot put it upon a Clout, or 



umpafs ""1?°" Hurds, and with it rub the Lampas very much, and do 



tiiis two or three times a day till it be whole. \* But 



many 



