Book. II. Tl?e Expert Farrier. ij« 



for the caiifes which I fhall prefently deliver unto you : And 

 this it is, ^'iz.. 



Take of white Wine one pint, or of flrong new Ale one 

 quart, fo miKh of the, powder of Mechoacan of the beft, * ^"*'^^'*' 

 and choiceft as you may take upon a (hilling at four times, '^"' 

 give him this drink warm with a horn, then Trot him out a 

 matter of a Mile gently upon good ground, and fo fet him up 

 warm, and let hnn Itand upon the Trench till one of the 

 clock, then give him a warm Mafli. This will purge and 

 fetch away his filth and flime, and carry away his peccant 

 humours^ which Surfeits have engendred j half an hour after 

 he hath hkd His Mafh, give him Bread or elfe a few Oats 

 mingled with Wheat-bran, and that little and oft for fear 

 of cloying his fiomach, and at night give him white water, 

 and fo give him Bread and Hay fprinkled with water for all 

 night. \"^ This is an excellent I'ur^e. jinother^ 



If it be in the Spring prepare him as before, then for, 2 vuYgati' 

 three or four days together give him green Rye fo much as on. 

 he will eat, and after feed him with Bread or elfe Oats and 

 Bran, like as you are told before, but inftead of Hay, con- 

 tinue him thofe nights, with green Rye, by reafonhis Teeth 

 will be on edge. \^ This cooleth his £.ody^ and cleareth it 

 from all Flegmatick^ and Rheumaticky htmoHrs : As for his blood- 

 letting, let that be according as your judgment (hall dictate 

 unto you, and you may ufe this fo long as you may fee caitie. 

 ■^x"^ if you do perceive your Horfe to be lick, Surfeitted, full 

 of Colds, or otherwife ill difpofcd, whether in Summer or 

 in Winter, after you have opened a Vein, give him this Fnrge : 



Take of Aloes, Siccotrina, made into fine powder two 

 ounces, and make it up into Pillsj with frelh or fweet Butter, 

 and give it your horfe over night, he having been kept faft- 

 ing the whole day before, and prepared alfo with the Dyet p^^rgati' 

 before prefcribed ; and after he hath taken thofe Pills, give on. 

 him either a fweet Mafn, or v/hite water the next morning 

 early, for that will caule his Pills to work the more kindly 

 that day, and fo let him faft till night j during w^hich time 

 he will purge freely : Then at night ( he having flood up- 

 on the Trench all day J give him white water, and after 

 Oats and Bran, and then give him Hay fprinkled with water 



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