178 T^^ Expert Farrrkr. Chap. 2 o. 



ney one ounce, AUura and Zacacon, of each half an ounce ^ 

 mix, melt, and incorporate all thefe well together, ajid eve- 

 ry evening anoint the places grieved therewith, having firft 

 cleanfed the Sorrances, as before is taught you. This I did ne- 

 ver try, but 1 hold it to be very good. Another, 



Take the ftrongeft white-Wine -Vinegar, Muftard, and 

 Soot, of eachfo much as wiilfuffice, and mix them well, then 

 add to them the yolks of two Eggs, and of Hogs-greafe one 

 ounce, Rape-oyl, and new Wax, of each two ounces ^ quick- 

 Brirallone in fine powder half an ounce ; melt all thefe, and 

 make them into anllnguentjand therewith anoint the grieved 

 Sorrances. ^^* This 1 have often tryed, and I know it to be 

 very good. 



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Hippoph. \A7 Hat is good for a horfe that can mkher ftale mr 

 dung? • •_ 



Htffof. This accident oft-times hapn^fh' -to k horfe that is 

 fuddenly travelled, being newly taken from Grafs, or hath 

 been long time .kept and pampered in the Stable without any 

 exercife at all, for as thoie who be too hard riders dofoon fur- 

 feit their horfes, fo likewife do thefe much wrong their hor- 

 fes, wlio be too indulgent and tender of them \ and therefore 

 the golden mean is evermore the beft. The fign to know this 

 ^malady is plain, for that his pain will be {o^ great, as that it 

 will caufe him oft to lie down ^nd tumble, as if he had the. 

 Rots. I will give you one only Receipt which a famous French 

 Marifhalgzve me, with which I cured one horfe^ for that I 

 had never occafion to pradife it upon any fince,but I do hold it 

 to be the moft foveraign in a cafe of this nature-. ■ - 



Take the root of Male-brake or Fearn, and put apiece 

 thereof upon his tongue, and it will caufe him both to fiale 

 and diing^ and fo he will be cured. The male Fern is to- 

 be known by the root, from the female, for if you take a 

 Fearn-root, and cut it in two pieces, you fhall fee the perfe(n; 

 figure of an Eagle, and thereby you may know it to be the 

 -"ikale^ which isfor your turn. And the /f/??^/^ root will bear an 

 (©tlier effigies different from the /??»/f, which wanteth its ver- 

 M :: ^- 'i tue.' 



