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or portion, till he hath taken it all, and by that time he will 

 be perfedly cured. ^^* 



The fecond Receipt was taught me in France by a famous 

 Marifhal of Enrbon^ who hath cured very many horfes of the 

 fclf fame malady, but in a quite contrary w^y: ^or whereas 

 the firfl Cure was wrought by medicine, thi§ feccind is perfe- 

 ^ed by giving of fire. Take an Iron with a teuttoii at one end, 

 and make it red hot, then burn him therewith upon the top 

 of his forehead ■, and a little under his /o/e-fo/>, and another in 

 the fore-top, and four other in the wc^, clean through upon 

 the crefi, whereof two of the holes muft be upon the one fide of 

 the creji-^ and two on the other fide j and to take away and kill 

 the fire, put into every hole Unguentum Rofarum, and then 

 let him hlood in the neckjvein, and he is cured. "^^'♦"This is alfo 

 an approved Cure. The French do call this malady ver-co- 

 quin^ and the Italians do name Vermiforme, but they both havifr 

 but one manner of Cure for the fame. This Fer-coquin^ or 

 Low-worm is a livmg worm which breedeth upon the back;:bone^ 

 running a long the neck^ and fo by degrees comethto the head 

 of the horfe, where with its hard bcakjit firfl fierceth thtfani- 

 cle, and then worketh it felf to the very hrain of the creature^ 

 where it lieth biting, gnawing, and feeding, caufeth the Horfe 

 to become enraged, and to die mad, if other wife he be not 

 cured in time, and therefore the fre»c/j MariJJials do affirm, 

 thattheprimeremedy wherewith to kill and deftroy this worm^ 

 is, by fire, and they hold that it cannot be deflroyed any o- 

 ther way. 



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Hippoph. '\T\T 11^^ remedy have yon to help the difeafe of the 

 V V Lungs? 

 Hipfof. This difeafe of the Lungs is a malady which is firfl 

 engendred of cold taken, and let run till the horfe be either 

 fretized or putrifiedin the lungs^ at what time they become in- 

 flamed,and to come ttlalltorottennefsand corruption.- the 

 means how to come to the knowledge of this infirmity is, that 

 by careful obfervance you may perceive his flanks to beat,and 

 his ribs to< work, but moft chiefly when he congheth, and 



then 



