Book. 11. Tie Expert Farrier. i o i> 



S E C T. 5. I/. 



Hippoph. V/W Hat is good to cnre the Leprofie .? 



Hippo f. This is a moift mdng^ very infe- 

 dious, which cometh by means of great furfets, taken byt)- 

 ver-riding, which is very eafie to be feen and known, and 

 therefore needs no further defcription. Tiie cure therefore 

 is : firll, let him ^/fe^ well in the neck^ then fcrape away the 

 fcurf with an old Curry-Comb, Oyfter-fhel, Hair-cloth , or 

 fome fuch like thing, till the forrance do look raw,, and that 

 it be ready to bleed, then anoint the raw places with this 

 ointment. 



Take Arfnick, or Refalgar, and tryed Hogs-greafe, ( the upnpe or 

 Arfnick, or Refalgar being firit beaten unto very fine pow- ^iipf^^ntic^ 

 der) incorporate thefe well together to make them into a per- "'^^^^y- 

 fed ointment j then tie up the head of your Horfe fo high to 

 the Rack, as that he may not be able to bite, rub, or lick hira- 

 feir,and fo anoint the places therewith, and caufetheointmeut 

 to fink the better in by himfelf, and fo anoint the places there- 

 with, and caufe the ointment to fink the better in by holding 

 a hot bar of iron neer to the place as you anoint him, and let 

 him ftand fo tied three hours, and then wa(h away the Ungu- 

 ent with the ftrongeft Ghamberly you can get, and wafh him 

 fo throughly, that you may be allured you leave none of the 

 ointment upon the Hor/e, and then unty him, and give him 

 meat: and thus drefs him once every day till the fores be quite 

 dryed up. \'^ This is alfo good for Scratches and Kibed- 

 heels. 



SECT. 6. L, 



Hippoph. \]\7Hat is good to kill Lice in a Horfe i" 



^^ Hippof. Lice commonly cometh to z horfe 

 when he is very poor, efpecially when he runneth abroad in 

 the Winter-time in fome Wood, Coppice, or places where 

 are many high trees, for that the dropping of the trees fal- 

 ling upon the Horfe^ together with his poverty, doth caufe 

 them to engender, and albeit they may be at firft bitt a few,yet 



will 



