184 Tl?e Expert Farr'ter, Chap. 20. 



it will keep a whole year. *^^ This is very good. Another j 

 if it be ^ f new ff rain only-, then 



Take Goats, Kids, or Dcer-fuet, and Rofin, of each one 

 pound, Fig-duft half a pound, Verdigreafe in fine powder, 

 half a pound, melt and mix all thefe well , and therewith 

 anoint the fnew grieved every day, and chafe it into the fi- 

 nexv by holding a hot bar of iron neer it. This will both 

 comfort and flrengthen the /weii', but 1 did never make try a] 

 thereof. 



SECT. 15. S. 



ppoferus is it needj 

 Vngumts^ yon do evermore work^ tbefn in with a 



Hippoph. T> t^f Hippoferus is it needful that by applying your 



hot bar of iron ? 



Hifpof. Truly Sir , thofe that are for Strains , Aches , 

 Mainges, Farcins, and fuch like maladies, and forrances, the 

 further they do fink into the skjn and fieflj, the fooner and 

 better will the cure be performed, and therefore albeit I do 

 not always put you in mind of the hot bar of iron in every 

 of my receipts^ yet it is needful to be ufed: But to proceed 

 ^ with another receipt for z fnerv fprain. 

 Sinew Take ordinary Sope, and Aqua-vitse, of each as much as 



f^rnin. will fuffice, boyl them, and in the boyling, keep it conti- 

 nual flirring, then take it off, and ( fo hot as he can well 

 fuffer it)bathe and chafe in the Oyntment,and he will be found 

 again. This was commended unto me for molt Soveraign, 

 but I never made tryal thereof Another for zftrain taken 

 in travel •• 



Take fo much of the beft gray Sope as will ferve to a- 

 nointthe/Tweipflrained, but before you do anoint him, ha- 

 ving caufed his legg to be cleanfed from dirt, fand, or gra- 

 vel, and made dry again, anoint him therewith, and then 

 fwathe the legg with a Thumb-band of Hay, 'and fo let him 

 ftand all night and the next morning he will be found again, 

 fo that you may fecurely travel him ' again, without fear. 

 *^* This I have often ufed, and it is very good. Another, 

 if it be a ftrain newly taken : 



Take then.of the ftrongeft white Wine Vinegar you can 



get, 



