Part I. PerfeSi Farrier. nt 



Horfe's Heel to the very Quick, without opening it, 

 and give him a Shoe which muft appear all round 

 his Toe, two Fingers breadth without his Foot, as 

 People ordinarily (hoe the Mules, and anoint the 

 Back-finew of his Leg with the Ointment of Mont- 

 pelier \ for this way of Shoeing ftretcheth the Sinew, 

 which violence would wrong it and occafion fome 

 Swelling, if it were not aflifted by fuch an Oint- 

 ment as this, which hath the vertue to take away 

 the Pain and foften it ; and alfo at firft, when he 

 carrieth thefe kind of Shoes, it is proper to walk 

 him up and down in one's hand, to affift the joint 

 to fall into its right place again, and not at all to 

 travel him in hilly Ground, for in going up-hill the 

 Sinew would ftretch fo much, that I affure you the 

 Horfe would halt for having had it fo violently 

 ftretched on a fudden •, you muft therefore at firft 

 let his Sinew ftretch by degrees upon plain Ground, 

 and partly alfo in the Stable •, but if the Joint be al- 

 together advanced, with difficulty will he be cured 

 of it, if it be not by cutting the Sinew, as 1 fhall 

 fhew you hereafter, a little lower than the Ars (as 

 the French call it) which is a Vein upon the u\Mz 

 of each Fore-Thigh, a little below the Elbow, 

 call'd the Bafilick'Vein 9 and by common Farriers 

 the Plat- Vein. 



If Horfes which have their Legs from the Knee 

 to the Coronet in aftraightLine,and alfo thofe whicli 

 have their Patterns already call forwards, do not re- 

 cover by the method of (hoeing, which I have fiiewti, 

 you muft then have recourfe to a manual Operation^ 

 ■ which appeareth dangerous, but is not : To perforin* 

 which well, you muft obferve, that Horfes which 

 are extreamly troubled with thofe Infirmities I have 

 been mentioning, have a Sinew, or rather Mufcle, at 

 the Ars or Flat-Veins, and a little below the place 

 where they bleed Horfes in that part, which is near 

 to the infertion or joining of the Fore-Thigh with 



the 



