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mouth, and let him remain fo all night failing, and let him 

 be warm covered, and the next morning unmuzle him, and 

 give him Hay fprinkled with water to cat, and continue to 

 let his drink be white Water, only, the third day, give him 

 another of thefe Pills, after which you may begin to give 

 him Oats, but a little at once ^ but then the days he does 

 not take his Pills, you muft remember ever more an hour 

 after you give him his white Water, to give him of Agarick ; 

 and of Rubarb in powder, of each one ounce, which he mu-Il 

 take in frefh or fweet Butter made up like to a Pill. This 

 fargatfon may be given to any Horfe, but efpecially to that 

 Morfi you (hall fear is in danger, to become either purlive or 

 Glandery, and if perhaps the Malady have been longer upon 

 him, give him then of Antimony thirty drams more or lefs, 

 according to the ftrength and age of the Horfe^ and alfo ac- 

 cording to the nature and quality of the difeaie ^ and if after 

 the application of this medicine your Horfe will not feed 

 fas it may be very probably ) you may chcrifh him with 

 milk mingled with the yolks of Eggs and Sugar, well beaten 

 and brewed together. \''^ This I applyed to a Horfe of more 

 then twelve years old, who in feveri days eat not one bit of 

 any thing but only the faid Milk, Eggs, and Sugar, and yet 

 in fourteen days after, I cured him, and made him perfedly 

 healthy and found. 



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ll Hippoph. V{/Hat remedy have yon for a Horfe that PifTeth 



blood ? 

 Hippof. This difeafe comes fometimcs being troubled with 

 the fiofje^ like as we have often times among men j fome- 

 tin^ps it comes to a Horfe^ that being very fat, is put to 

 more then his ftrength is well able to perforrti j like as 1 once 

 few a very proper Gelding (a young Gentleman being upon 

 his back in hunting ) who coming to a great leap, and the 

 Horfe being ridden off from his wind, his Rider inconiide- 

 rately forcing him to take that leap, which the Gelding with 

 much difficulty took, but withal fell, and was not able to 

 arife but with the help of men, and coming home the fame 



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