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Hippoph. \T\'T)^^f good receipt have y on for a horfs that 

 ,..,.; ■ Y y £ff/7 r<?^« <« /^•^^/^^ ^y Provender ? 



' Hippof. This comes commonly to Inch horfes aa are infafia- 

 blefeeders,and therefore it is reqiiifite that they be dieted^ei- 

 pecially il they have. too- much reft, and too little exercife j 

 forfuch horfes if they can either break, orfteal toaBingof 

 Provender, and drink prefently after, will undoubtedly fur- 

 fet upon them, for drinking after Oats, Peafe,or Beans,doth 

 caufe the Provender tofwell in their belly and /o;;^^c/^, and fo 

 clogg the/ow^c^, as that crudities will arife, and fo caufe 

 him tcr be very lick, yea and perhaps to no little danger, 

 that you fhall fee him to Hand with his four Legs afunder, 

 the one far from the other, and he will fcowr and calt forth 

 his fundament,corn which will go forth as whole and entire,as • 

 he did greedily fwallow them without fichewing, or grinding 

 thena. The cure is, firft open aveininthe wet^, to keep the 

 hlood from inflaming, then draw his yard, and wafh it with , 

 broken Beer and Butter, then anoint it with foft greafe, and 

 put into the pipe of his yard a fmall piece of a clove of Gar- ; 

 lick, whereby to provoke him to fiale^ then rake him, and. 

 give him the Clifier prsfcribed in t.i.c. 6, Se&:. 8. Clifier. 8.C» , 

 ^d it is called a Clifier lenitive^ then keep him warm and to 

 a fpare diet, for four or five days after, and let his drink be 

 vrhite water, during that time. ^"^ With this receipt I have 

 cured many dihorfe, but one Wyeamongft; the reft of very 

 great /'WfjWho otherwife hadinfallibly dyed. 



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Hippoph. T^Ow do yoH cure the Poll-evil- ? 



X JL Hippef This malady we do tearm the Poll- 

 evil: becaufe it breedeth in the top of the Poll behind the ears 

 of the horfe^ but let it afliime what name it (hall,, yet it is none 

 other thing then a Fifiula in grain^ that is a formal FiflnUiy 

 which doth begin like all other fifinlaes, with a great inflarlv^ . 

 mation andimpoftume in the r^a^e of thtmck^. foraetimesit' 

 - - ' comes> 



