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flroke given by another ^or/e, you fhall know it (like as be- 

 fore I told you ) by his not well lifting and handling his le^ 

 vnth that dexterity he doth the other ^ as alfo by taking him 

 upon the pitch of the jIooHlder-bom, and as touching a /;o///^fr- 

 fplat, which alfo cometh by a Hide or llip, efpecially upon 

 l:7t, '"''' ^^^""^ ^^^^ ^^' yielding ground, where one le^ doth Aide from the 

 '' ' other, whereby he teareth the _/?e//; which is in the infide near 

 the brisket, which caufeth a bauk to be underneath the body, 

 which will after be fwelled, and the horje will thereupon 

 hault right down,'and he will draw his le^ atter him ^ but if he, 

 be pmdder-pght, this cometh by fome brufli, ftrain, or fall, 

 shoidier- .^j^ii-i-j ti^e igorfe received by fome leap^ skip, firokcj or brmfe 

 ^'^ ^' againft fome door, tree, or, the like: infomuch that often- 

 times the joynt is diflocated, and this wnW alfocaufe him to 

 halt down-right, wherefore your Cures for each ofthefe mif- 

 chiefs and milhaps mufi: be handled accordingly ^ and H the 

 pain do lie in any of the nether joynts, it cometh moft com- 

 monly by means of fome wrench, as by putting his foot into 

 fome cart-root or rough uneven ground or by going upon loofe 

 Hones, and many times by turning him too fhort in places that 

 liiay be dangerous for his limbs, for by fuch like caufes do 

 occur lamenefs.to a borfe , which when it fliall happen, you- 

 ihallthus know them, and know alfo in what joynt or mem- 

 fe the grief hath its abode, and the manner of curing each of 

 thefe feveral griefs, I have already fufficiently {hewed you, 

 and therefore now let us nafs to other matters. 



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i?]ippoph, \7\ /•^^'^ ^^f^ ^^^^ ^'^ "^^^'^ ^^ S^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ 

 V V Scratches ? 

 Hipfof. Of this malady we have fundry forts and degrees,, 

 unto which albeit we do give feveral names, neverthelefs they 

 be all in effed but one and the fame difeafe, as Mules, Kibes, 

 Rats-tailes, Crepanches, Pains,^ &c. every of which are none 

 other thing but the very Scratches^ being certain fcabs which 

 ingender betwixt the heel and the paflem-joynt, and fo goeth 

 many times above the f^/cr;?, even up tothe/:?o;/j-^, and albe- 

 it you may have this forrance fometimes upon all four %.f,yet. 



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