ij8 TI>^E:>^^rt Farrier, Chap, i/^ 



ij^^i, ,an,4feiuthat hour, bad the ufeof his rpif?^^ as able 

 af]^,as v^e.U -?s ev^ before, .and this was the Hory which one 

 of thc^b^cft Farriers i do know in England delivered unto nie 

 - fas he affirmed, and I do believe him, for that I do knpw him 

 to be a right honeft man ) from the mouth of the (Sroom^ who 

 with ffi^ny vehen^ent afleverations affirmed the thing to be 

 moft true, nevertbelefs albeit I do Mathematically believe that 

 the Groom delivered this hiflory to the Farrier^ I mult fay 

 with the French-man, le crpy en Dita : But leaving this famous 

 Groom to his rare cure, let us proceed to cures that are more 

 probable, and now of fuch cures as I have met with for this dif- 

 eafe, Yqij Jiall participate • 



Tal^e ol" flQW Milk one pint, and of Sallet-oyl half a pint, 

 give hen this blood-warm, which done, put down fts throat 

 ?wo jiew laid Eggs, do thus three or four mornings together, 

 and then you fhall perceive amendment, but for this Hay, let 

 i% befprinkled with water, and his Oats well wet in good Ale 

 OJf Beer ,and let his drink be altogether white water. \* This 

 i? ¥ef y ^ood. AflPther : 



VKeepjf^r i^N^'^y^ thiiee or four days to a fpare Pyet, be- 

 fore yog do abmi«ifter to him •, then give him this drinif^,: Take 

 Fenugreek three ounces, of Bay-berries one ounce and a half, 

 ©f the inner rijid oi Elder half a pound, the whites of fix new 

 laid: Eggs, oi bvownrSygar-Candy , water-CrelT^s, Prim-ro^* 

 leaves^ jfiithBytmy b.ehgj(^.,:red-IViints., red-Fennel, white OT 

 Haw-jthOrDrkayeSi of each one pomid, bray all thefe together 

 ia a Morter, (the fpices ^before beaten by th^mielves ) and" 

 V?hea they be well powdred, put to the ingredients of Ale 

 one quart, and fo boyl it, and after ilrain it, and fb give the 

 liquor thereof to your horff to drink blpodrwarm, and fet 

 him upon the Trench, ajod let hirn faft fix hours aft^r, then 

 give him meat, andan hour after that, give him a warm Mafli, 

 or white Water, and let him be kept to a iliid Diet, and let 

 his drink be Mafhes or white water 9 days together after,and 

 his Hay fprinkled with water, and his Provenderwet inAleor 

 Beer ^ and tlius you may cure him. ^"^ With this medicine I 

 have done very great cures. Another : 



Take therguts of a Hedg-hog, and bang them in an Oven 

 till they be dry, then niak€,tIi€minto Powder, then take three 



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