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food, rue, gailick, tanfy, favin, box, 

 and many ':ther fimples, may be given 

 ilicceisfully, being for that purpole mix- 

 ed with their food ^ as alio, cue to- 

 bacco, from half an ounce to an ounce a 

 day. 



As the generation of worms perhaps ^^b^adl- 

 principaily proceeds from a weak fto- ^^^^^ 

 mach, and bad digcifion, if tne horle be 

 of a tender conftitution, and a bad feed- 

 er, the following bitter drink fliould be 

 o-iven to flrengthen his ftomach, and mend 

 his digeftion ; which will prevent the 

 formation of thefe animals, intc^oofing 

 now and then a gentle ftomach p^^rge, 

 prepared with an ounce and half ot hi:ra 

 picra made up into a bail, with fyrup of 

 buckthorn. 



TAKE gentian root, zedoary, and Aflc mach 

 galangals, of each two ounces ; ca- (^i'n^* 

 momile flowers, and tops of cen- 

 taury, of each two handfuls ; Jefuit's 

 bark powdered, two ounces •, filings 

 of iron half a pound •, juniper-berries 

 four ounces : infufe in three gallons 

 of ale for a week, fhaking the veflel 

 now and then ; and give a pine of 

 this night and morning. 



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