Book. 1 1. Tl^e Expert Farrier. \6j 



If your horfe be Shohlder-fpUt then put upon him a pair of 

 fliort Fajitrns upon his Fore-feet^ then take of Dialthea one 

 ounce, of Sallet-Oyl one pint, of Oyl-dc-Bay half a pint, 

 of frefh Butter half a poynd, melt all thefe together in a 

 Pipkin, and anoint the grieved place round about ( viz., ) as 

 well all over thtjlmttldcr^ as the breafi^ and betwixt the Fore- 

 legs, upon and about the brisk^t^ and in two or three hours 

 after all the fliodder will be fwelled, then with your fleam 

 ftrikc the fwelling in very many places, that the corrupti- 

 on may illue forth, and continue to anoint him with the laid 

 Oyntment, and if it gather to ahead ( as it is likely it will ) 

 when it i9»ripe enough, open it where you do find it to be 

 fofteft, and then heal it up with your green Oyntment fo of- 

 ten commended unto you, and thus your horfe will go found 

 again. "'^^'^ This I have often tryed,,^and let this fufficefor; 

 this malady. 



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Hippoph. \rOH have delivered your felf very well, hut yet Hip- 

 X poferus ( but yet ) J am to feek^ to kriow and un- 

 derftand when I fee a horfe doth halt or complain, where the grief 

 Ikth, being a thing mofi needful for a Gentleman to be very per- 

 feB in, but more efpeciallyfor him that is a Farrier, who is to cure 

 andfet upright the Horfe that is lame, . 



Hippo f. You fpeak pure truth Sir, and therefore I will 

 give you fuch affured rudiments whereby you (hail not at any 

 time fail in the difcovery of the leaft lamenefs that fhall prof- Rules h»w 

 fbr it felf to your Eye, if you will be pleafed diligently to t" k?^^ 

 obfervemy documents. You mull therefore firft underftand, f"^^'' * 

 that if he do halt before, his grief muft of neceflity be either J/^^^ \ll 

 in the fhoulder or knee, or in the fhank, or in the paftern, or bihind. 

 or in the foof, if it be in thQ Jhoulder, it mull be either to- 

 wards the withers or in the pitch of the jhoulder, or in the c/- 

 bow-^ if in any of thefe places of the jhoulder, you may know 

 it, in that he will a little draw his kgg after him, and not 

 handle it fo nimbly and dexteroufly, as he doth th^ other ^ if 

 he call his legg more outward then he doth the other, it is a 

 manifefl: fign that he is lame, and that the grief lieth in his 



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