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be too hard flrained upon his water, like as- many of your 

 ignorant lorries ufe to do, when morning and evening they 

 do make t\itmvpatringcoHr[es (as they are frequently fo term- 

 ed ) fo alfo this infirmity cometh by riding, gallopping, or 

 ftraining a^or/euponafull^o/«^c/7,before he hath either dige- 

 fted his meat, or emptied himfcif ^ for by this means phkgma^ 

 tickhnmoHrs do diftil out of the head into the wind-fipe^ and fo 

 fall upon the hmgs^ where tliey do red, and there congeal, 

 hindring the drawing of his breath : it comes alfo by colds. 

 Glanders, and the like j the figns arefo apparent, as that they 

 need no defcription, only this inconvenience ( befides many 

 more^ itbringeth withit ; as to be heavy, fad, and dull in 

 travel, Ije marvellous fubjed to fweats, and be re.ady to fall 

 down if ne be but a little ftraincd. A right skilful] Farrier 

 not long fince told me of a Itrange cure in this kind, which a 

 gentleman's Croow related to him of a gelding which the Groom 

 .had in his faid keeping, who was fo pfirftve ( or as we plainly 

 fay ) broken-winded^ as that he became almofb unufeful, and 

 his cure was after this manner \ he fuffercd his Gelding to eat 

 what he would, as well his fill (t'k. ) of good Hay, as of 

 Provender, but debarred him of all drink for the fpacfof two 

 or three days together, then leaping his back, he rode him 

 .upon a foot pace to the water, at which time he fuffered him 

 to drink his fill, then coming forth of the water, he clapt 

 fpurs fuddenly to him, and ran him with a loofe hand upon 

 the top of his fpeed fo long, until for want of breatiy he fell 

 with him, and for fome time lay as if he were dead, but reco- 

 vering breathy he arofe, and being well recovered of his windy 

 he rode him into the water the fecond time, where he alfo 

 drank, and being come out of the water, he did as before , 

 and fo being again ridden from off his wind, he fell like as at 

 firft, having thus the fecond time recovered breath, he gave 

 him water the third time, and then rode him as formerly,but 

 now this third time being fallen, when he began to ^etbreath 

 again he coughed mofi; vehemently, at what time through the 

 violence of his coughing,the Gelding caft forth of hismoHth^Si 

 that out of his wind-pipe a hard lump of congealed Flegmatick. ~ 

 ^«jf of a good bignefs, which by this means brought up, the 

 Gelding was ever after freed from the malady, and made ' 



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