Book. II. Tl^e Expert Farrier. lop 



hot iron neer, as you do anoint the grief. And thus it is made. ' 

 ^^'^ This is moit excellent to raife thQ vein from the/wen? ac 

 what tinie you are to take up the vein. I have tried it ftpe & 

 fepihs, 



S E C T. 4. r. 



Hippoph . fl Orvdo yon deftroy a Tetter ? 



il Hippof. This malady or Sorrance the Freffch 

 do call' Fer-vohwt^ the Flying-worm^ which is a Tetter or Ring- 

 vporni^ and the cure is this. 



Take the roots of Elecampane, and the roots of red-Dock, nmr 0^ 

 of each like much, flice them thin, and put them into Urine ""^-ivorw, 

 three quarts withBay-falt, two handfuls, let it boyl until 

 one quart be confumed, then take it off, and with a clout 

 faltened to a flick wafh the Sorrance very hot. life this four 

 or five mornings together, and it will kill it. '^^''^ This is ve- 

 ry good. 



SECT. 5. r. 



H ippoph • \ 7 \ 7 ^'^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^"^ ^^ ^ ho^"^^ ^^^ tyreth in tra • 

 V V vel, mdfallethfck ? 

 Hippof. For a horfe to tire upon the way, the caufes are ma- 

 ny:Firlt for that he is travelled when he (hall be too young^Se- 

 condly in thathe is lately taken fromgrafs whilftheis yet foul 

 and foggy,before he be well enfaimed ; thirdly in that he hath 

 been long kept & pampered in the Stable, without giving him 

 breath or moderate exercife ^ Fourthly, by being travelled 

 beyond his ftrength in longer journeys, and deeper ways then 

 he is well able to perform^ Fifthly it might be through theco- 

 vetoufncfs or carelefnefs of his rider ^ in not feeding or feeing 

 him fed fo well as was fitting ; Sixthly and laflly, by reafoa 

 the Horfe might have fome fecret infirmity whereof his ma- 

 fier might be ignorant. Wherefore if yonr horfe may happen 

 in his travel to tircorfaint^ have patience with him, and do 

 not force him beyond what he may be able to perform,eithec 

 by fpurring or beating him, likeas many c/;o/fw)tandjp^9- 

 ;7;ffe people do ufually, but get to fome houfe or Inn fo loon 



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