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of I have given you ft ore, then open the fole of the foot round 

 about, and prefs the heel to enlarge it, then when you have 

 made the fole firm again, keep his feet moiil with Vnguentum 

 RofatHm^ov fome fuch like fuppling thing, and he will be whole 

 and found again. This I never try ed. Another, 



If the malady doth proceed from a difeafe which the trench 

 do call Enccftchtre^ then take out the fole of the foot where 

 the Sorranceis, open it clofe to the hair^ then take up tl.-c 

 vein in the ball of the foot, and give him the fire all along the 

 Wr, upon the faid forrance, and lay unto it black Sope up- 

 on the Hurds, and when the fcurf falleth off, drefs it with 

 black ^gyptiacum, until fuch time as it hath produced a cir- 

 cle of a new horn, and keep the hoof always fiipple with Vfi- 

 guentHm rofatum^ and the grief wiU heal up, and wear away in 

 Ihort time. This is very good. 



SECT. 3. O 



Hippoph. TTOn? do yon make Oyl of Oats, and what is its 

 X. JL t'enne ? 



Hiffof To deal ingenioufly with you, neither my Mafler 

 nor my felf did ever know the nature of this Oyl, or how to 

 make it, until fuch time as we met with Matter Markhams Ma^ 

 fter-fiecefiom whence fince we have made very good ufe there- 

 of, and do find it to be a moft lingular Receipt : I will give 

 it you jufl as wc have it from him. 



Take of Milk eight quarts, and warming it upon the fire, 

 put thereto of burnt- Allum four ounces, which will caufe it to 

 run into a Curd like to a PofTet j take off the Curd and caft 

 it away, and flrain the Whey through a courfe cloth into a 

 clean vcflel : then take of O^r/ a quarter of a Peck, dry and 

 clean husked, that were never dried, and put them into the 

 Whey, and fo fet the Whey upon the fire, and let them boyl 

 untill the Oats do burft, and be foft ; then take them off, and 

 put them into a Cullender, fo that the Whey may go gently 

 from them without any preffmg : ( for you muft keep the 

 Oats as moillas may be ) this done, put the Oats into a Fry- 

 ing-pan, and fet them over the fire,ftirring them continually, 

 ~ till you fee the vapour or fmoak of them, not to afcend up- 



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