Book. II. Tl?e Expert Farrier. \cy 



the lealt, but when you are thus to drefs your horfe^ let him 

 be brought clofe to the water whereinto he fs to be ridden, 

 that fo foon as you have applyed your Lime unto the Sor- 

 rancc, you may prefently put him into the water. Another, 

 Firft, (have away the hair as before is advifed,then fcarrifice 

 thepl^ce. 



Take then Cantharides half an ounce, Euphorbium, and 

 Oyl-de-bay of each one ounce, your Cantharides and Euphor- 

 bium muft be made into fine powder, and then boyied with 

 your Oyl-de-Bay, ftirring it continually, that it run not over, 

 then with two or three feathers lay it boyling hot upon 

 the Sorrance good and thick, let him be dreJed in the fame 

 place where ufually he (tandeth in the Stable, and let him 

 have no litter near him but tye up his head fo as he may not 

 reach the medicine with his mouth j but when the hair do be- 

 gm to grow again, give the fire to the Sorrance, to wit, three 

 or four ilraight lines right downwards, drawing the fwei- 

 ling quite crofs, and let the edge of the iron be no thicker 

 then the back of an ordinary kaife, neither muft you burn 

 him any deeper then that the skjn may look yellow, that done, 

 apply to the place this charge : 



Take of Pitch and Rofin, of each like much, let them btlf 

 molten together, and whilft it is hot, apply it to the place 

 all along, from the one end of the fwelling to the other, and 

 before it be cold, clap flocks upon it, and about three days 

 after, lay on more of the faid charge, and new flocks again 

 upon that, charge ,• and fo let it remain until the flocks 

 and charge fall off of its own accord. \^This is alfo very 

 good. Another, Firft wa(h and Ihave, and fcarrifie,as before,, 

 then, 



Take gray Soj^e, and Arfnick pulverifed, of each the quan- 

 tity of a Wall-nut, which being very well mixed, fpread it 

 upon the ibrrance fo far as the Ring-bone goeth, and having 

 thus fpread it, apply upon it a few Hards, and bindacleaa 

 linncn cloth upon it to keep it on, neither let it be removed 

 in four and twenty hours, then take it away, and ftir not the 

 ashp-Qxfcab^ but only anoint it with frefh Butter, till it do. 

 fall away of it felf, and fo heal it up with fome healing Salve,, 

 whereof I have- given you plenty, \"^ This I have tryed, and 



have 



