

Book II. Tl?e Expert- Farrier. \ 



of different natures, fome to eafe and appesfe griefes, fome 

 to ailay the bilioufnefs and iharpnefs of evil humours, fome 

 to bind, and fome to loofen, and -fome to heal as in cafe of 

 Mlcers and old Sores within ihQ body ])vinci^2L\]Y ■, and thofe do 

 alfo clcanfe the ^«n, refrelh the inward parts mdfpirits vltMj 

 and prepare the body before hand for the receiving of fttrgi:-rg- 

 fills or portions. Suppolitories help the difeafes in tht gnts b|r 

 ing of nature and condition more gentle than Clificrs2XQ, and 

 may be applyed when Cliflen cannot, it therefor^ rcmaineth 

 that the skill of the Farmrs be fuch, as to be able judicioufly 

 tounderftand thefeveral natures of every of thefe things, to 

 know how to make choice of his ingredients and fimples apt- 

 ly, to underftand how to compound them pun<ftually and arti- 

 ficially, to difcern rightly before he do adminilter what be 

 the hnmoHTs and maladies wherewith the creature is annoyed 

 and vifited, as whether ( ^. (^. ) it be C holer ^ AleUncholly^ 

 Flegme or Rhume as alfo in what part of the body the humours 

 affeniive is moil predominant, and v/hat fimples will purge 

 or move thofe evil hn/noHrs^ for it is requilite he be able to 

 know right well, ^Ludadrngnem, the nature and property of 

 every one of them in particular, by reafonthat fome are much 

 more afperours and violent than others be : yea many fimples 

 2ixfirofigfoyfof7 if they be not well prepared and corrected, and 

 yet their qualities well weighed and compounded by true Art, 

 and great good judgment, w4ll work wonderful cffeds. Thofe 

 fimples which be ftrong, are Colloqmmida, Scamony, Elebory, 

 &c. the more gentle, are Manna, Cania,Whey, Prunes, &c. 

 But thofe that be of the mean, or indifferent working,ar€ Ru- 

 barb, Agarick, Aloes, Sene, &c. and this I am bold to inti- 

 mate unto you, to the end you may better underftand their 

 natures, vertues and qualities, and come to knov/ the more 

 fecurely how to know when occafion Ihall be offered. The 

 fifth and lafl way ofPHrging is by grafs, efpecially if the horje 

 be furfeited, and hath been overtoyled the winter before, for 

 this muflbedone in the Sn/nmer time, when grafs is in its belt 

 heart ; but that grafs which will fcoure and purge molt, is a 

 newmown-meadow, for that will rake his guts very vvelI,nor 

 • will he in fuch a place gather flefh ; I do therefore counfel you 

 Hot to fuffer him. to remain in fuch grounds above fourteen or 

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