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therewith endanger the life of your horfe, for the like I my 

 felf have done •, but having roweled your horfe^ and that you 

 be to blow him, if you ufe to take Tobacco, then forbear to 

 blow him your felf, butletfome other who taketh not any, 

 to blow him, for the very fent and fleam of Tobacco v/iil 

 caufe your Horfe to fwell both in thcjhofiUer and all along 

 under his Belly, even to the JJwath midfiones moll violently, 

 and the tf^cCt thereof I have very often feen. ^"^ With 

 roweling I have aw^d very many horfes , if the Jlraiu be 

 newly taken, but if the horfe have gotten hurt on his fionl- 

 <^er,that the skm l?e broken,then firil cut away all the dead and 

 bad flelh if there be any, then 



Take the white of an Egg, and beat it, and lay it upon a ^^j^^/^^r 

 few Hurds PUifier-wife, but firfl wafh the wound with a little s^i^ ir^ 

 white Wine made blood- warm, and then apply your Plaifler \eii. 

 to the forrancc, and then anoint the jlmiUer round about the 

 forrance with fweet Butter j do this every day once, audit 

 will be whole. \^ This I have often tryed. Another, 



Take your lancet or fieam, and make a little hole in the 

 skjfi upon the pitch of theJJwulder, and blow the place with a 

 quill, that the skjn may arife from the fie[h,^ then 



Take of Hale Urin two quarts, and boyl it to a Moiety, 

 then flrain it, and put thereto of fweet Butter, and of tryed 

 Hogs-greafe, of each half a pound, then take of Mallows 

 Tanfey, Vervine,red Nettles, Sothern-wood, and of the ten- 

 der tops of Broom, of each half a handful, chop all thefe 

 together, and boyl them in the Urin till they be foft, and 

 then firfl bathe ths. jlooulder with the decodion of Urin and 

 after znomt tht jhoulder with the herbs, being firfl made into 

 an Unguent, ufing thus to do every day once or twice till it 

 be well ; but during this cure, the horfe mufl be kept within 

 doors, and in a few days he will go found again. \^ This is 

 very good, for I have often tryed it. uinother,. 



If your Wy^ have any grief in his Jfeo/^Z-j/^r, firfl- put into it 

 2i French rowel^ and blow it, and put a Patten-jhooe upon the 

 contrary /oo/', then apply this charge unto the place.; Take . 

 of Pitch and Rofin of each one pound, and of Tar fialf a 

 pint, melt them upon the fire, and before it be cold, charge 

 thQ jhmlder therewith, and clap Flax upon it, and let the. 



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