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pint. Copperas, Anum of Glafs, and Verdegreafe, all made 

 into fine Powder of each four ounces, Turpentine and Quick- 

 filver mortified, of each two ounces j boyl all thefe toge- 

 ther with the . Honey unto an Unguent, and herewith drefs 

 him every day till he be whole. ^"^ This I fay is very good. 



SECT. 2. ^ 



Hippoph. j "XOw do yon cure a jQkitter horn ? 



X X J^ipfof. This coraeth to a horfe by feme 

 hurt he hath taken in the footy either by a prick with a nail 

 in (hooing, or by gravelling, or by a ftub, or the like, when 

 it was not fo well healed that it impolhimated, and fo brake 

 out above the cromt, which bred the malady ^ or elfe being 

 neglected it brake out above the hoof before it was perceived. 

 It is bred alfo fometimes by a hurt upon the hoof by a blow, 

 or by ftriking one foot upon the other , and fometimes it 

 Cometh by evil hnmonrs which fall down into that place, and 

 it groweth moft ufually upon the infide of the foot^ where 

 when it beginneth it caufeth a hard round fwelling upon 

 the cromtc^ thQ hoof y betwixt the /^ec/ and the ^^^rfer of the 

 lo^£ talenty it bcgetteth an Ulcer at what time it doth begin 

 to impollumate, and it breaketh out above the cromt, like 

 as I faid before. The figns I have already given you, for 

 the place will be fwelled the bignefs of a Hafle-nut, and the 

 Horfe will halt right down. The cure is, fo foon as it is i^itur 

 efpied to open it above, if it do begm to be foft, then take <"*': 

 Auripigmentum made into fine powder, and infufe it in the 

 ftrongeft white wine Vinegar can be gotten 28 hours, and then 

 apply it to the fore, and it will fo eat about the (quitter bone^ 

 that you may pluck it away with your finger or fliers^ which 

 fo foon as the bone ox grift le is taken forth, you may heal up 

 the wound with your Copperas water, and green Oyntment 

 prefcribed in /. 2. c. 1 o. feU. 4. G. till it be whole, but he muft 

 not come into any wet during the time of the cure. \*This 

 is very good. j4nother^ 



Firfb cut the hoof to the quick, then ■ 



Take a Snake the greateft you can get, and cut off his Head 

 and TaU^ and flea it, and fo boyl it in water till the fldh come 



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