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If the Siftew be fo far grieved, whereby to caufethe horfe sheiv 

 to complain, and to halt, grievtd.i 



' Take then of Mallows a good quantity, boyi them in fair 

 water until they Hiail become tender, then drain the water 

 from the herbs, andfo ftamp them to mafli, and apply them • 

 to the inejhkr grieved, hot over niglit, and the next morning 

 he will be upright again, but then he muit have eight or ten 

 days reft at the leaft after, but ii it be Sinew-fprain, then 

 clip away the hair clofe, or fnave it, then 



Take of the Oyl of Sulphur, and of the Oyl of Turpen- 

 tine, of each one ounce, take firft the one halt thereof being 

 well mixed, and chafe and rub it into the 5/>en? well, andfo 

 let him be tied up to the Rack, that he may not come unto 

 it with his mouth, for that it will greatly perplex him for four 

 or five hours after his drefiing ^ and the next day anoint him, 

 as you did the day before, and he will be cured, but the place 

 will be raw, and therefore heal him up with fweet Butter or 

 Hogs- greafe, and when the place liealetli, the skin will peel, 

 and yet the ^^ir will come again, but he mult either run at 

 Grafs, or elfe be kept in the Stable without any exercife at 

 all, by the fpace of a month at "leaft. If the linew be cut, 

 then 



Take new Wax, and Gura-Arabick, of each two ounces, 

 of the marrow of an Ox or Cow four ounces, of the Oyl 

 of Rofes three ounces, melt and incorporate all thefe on the 

 fire, and fo keep it for your ufe, and when you are to ufe 

 it, warm it-i and fo apply it either Unguent- wife, or Taint- 

 wife, according as you (hall fee caufe, and it will cure any for- 

 rance of this nature, ^"^ I have often tryed. Another^ 



If your h<yrfe have 2iji}7er>?fprawed by an over reach, ftroke^ 

 Dr other wife weakened, the better to ftrengthen the fame, 



Take tryed Hogs-greafe, Horfe- greafe. May or frefh But- 

 ter, Sallet-Oyl, of each fix ounces ; take alfo of the Oynt- 

 ment called Agrippa two drams, or new Wax two ounces, 

 and a half, and of Camphire a third part to all the reft, melt 

 them together upon the fire, and fo work it to an Unguent, 

 and good and warm anoint the fwelled or giieved part there- 

 with morning and evening, and what remaineth of this me- 

 dicine, let ir be referved in a Gally-potfor other times, for 



