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not ordinary, for that it brcedeth moil commonly in the hh~ 

 der legSjXhis is a noyfomeforrance,& comes fometimes through 

 the negligence of the Groom, in that he doth not, djiily anoint 

 the horfi keels with flore of tlbow-greafe^ ( as we term it) 

 efpecialiy after journeys and hard travel ^ or when he brings 

 hishorfe in from Water, and then doth not rub his legs and 

 heels dry, for that the fand and durt doth burn and fret his- 

 heels ^ which do ocfailon fweUings, and fuch like fwellings 

 do occafionthe Scratches. It is therefore requifite -that the 

 Growi do clip away the \0Y\2,^iag-hai, h'om about the p^ifier/js 

 ( if he have any ) and fetlocks : as alfo from the inlide of his 

 legs, unto the bending of the %£■£■, by means whereof he may ; 

 the better keep the legs of his horfe from this difeafe, fome- 

 times it alfo comes from the corruption of 'the blood Rt'iQv^^\ 

 great heats and Turfeits taken j fometimes again for that the '* 

 horfe hath been bred in marifu , fc^iyiy^mid watery gr0U'uds,(bme- 

 times it is ingendred from melancholly humours ^wilfch do fall 

 down to the legs and fometimeTByllaiidingToiuinually upon 

 his ownditng, which will through the heat and fleam thereof 

 breed tht Scratches witiiout other help, and fometimes again, 

 the Scratches will fall down into the heels of the horf& and there 

 make its way forth after a defperate ficknefs taken by furfek^ 

 and laftly it comes by reafon the greafe of the horfe had been 

 molten by over-riding or labour, w hereby t he ^rf<!?/efalleth 

 down and reftethinthef^/^rz/and/tT/of^, and fo caufech the 

 Scratches to be engendred. It beginneth firft with a dry f cab, 

 and after it fendeth forth fretting, watrilh, and matterative 

 fluff, which will ilink and be mofl noyfome, and his pafierm; 

 ^nd fetlockcjoyms will be full ot chaps ^indchwfi^Sy fometimes 

 all along,fometimes right down ', and fometimes over-chwart, 

 and the places will fwell, and the cracks or chinks will caufe 

 the legs to be very gourdy,- and to run with much noyfome and . 

 oifenlive matter, and the Horfe will be many times fo lame, as 

 not to be well able at Hrll fetting forth to go, but with much 

 trouble, and no lefs pain, and by thefe very iigns you ihall 

 know this malady.- neither iliall you w^ant llore of reccits 

 wherewith to cure it ^ the Fre/^c/^ do call this diCQakgrappes, 

 or grapes, and Invars, and y.V^i/?e^,, as alfo fuch other like [ 

 terms and epithetons, all which (as before is touched) makesj- 



but^ 



