12 6 7??e Expert Farrier. Chap, i /, 



foulnefs, it avoideth and carrieth away in his ordure molten 

 and difTolved greafe, and fortifieth nature fo powerfully, 

 as that it leaveth no evil hnmonrs m the body. ■^:5t'*This 

 was taught me by a Scotch-man who was Groom in Prince 

 Henry his Stable under Monfieur Saint ^mhony^ and a lin- 

 gular good Groom he was. I have oftentimes made proof 

 and ufe thereof, and have found it to be right good, and for 

 that reafon I do rather commend it unto you. 



S E C T. 4. P. 



Hippoph. l/T/Hatgood Antidote or prefervative have yon for 

 *^^ r^f Peftilence? 



Hiffof. This difeafe which we call the Pefiiknce or Plagne, 

 hath alfo fundry other names, for fome do call it the Mm-- 

 rain^ others the Garget^ others the Gargil^ and the French do 

 call it malde mountain, the Mountain evil : It is a moft conta- 

 gious and infectious difeafe, it is fometime engendred of a 

 Surfeit by riding, when the /^or/e afterwards taketh cold, 

 and fometimes it cometh of the contagioufnefs of the Air, 

 when as a horfe cometh upon a fudden into fenny or marjhy 

 places, where he never was before, having been ever bred and 

 kept in pure, fweet, and wholfome Air j as once happened to 

 a young Gelding of mine own, when I coming into the hun- 

 dreds in EJJex, and travelling late, I came to my Inn, where 

 my horfe the very next day fell into ifefiikm Feaver, where- 

 of he had doubtlefs died, had not I adminiltred help inftant- 

 ly : Wherefore whenfoever you do fufped your horfe to be 

 never fo little touched with this malady, remove him pre-r 

 fently, left he fhould infc(ft fo many horfes as be in the Stable 

 with him. This comes alfo to a horfe many times by means 

 of corrupt bood and bad hnmours which do lie lurking in his 

 body, which wafhing, drinking being hot, and Surfeits do of-- 

 ten caufe j but let it come as it may, it brings with it ape- 

 ftilem Feaver, which is feconded by enfuing death, if l^eedy 

 prevention be not at hand. ^l^i\ 



The figns be thefe : After that he hath drooped and lan- 

 guifhed two, three, or four days at moft, he will begin to 

 fwell under the roots of his Ears, as if he had the Veins, and 



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