2 ^4 The Compleat Harfeman : or. 



Wound being drefs'd every Day, and the Mule and 

 Horfe turn'd loofe into a Meadow to fhift for them- 

 felves: For a Horfe can reft on three Legs, with- 

 out uflng the broken one: Tho' I think it very 

 probable, that the Cure will fucceed better, if the 

 Horfe were hung in a Stable. Tho 5 the poflibility 

 of curing FraUures is queftion'd by ignorant Far- 

 riers ; yet the above-mention'd Inftances, and the 

 Authority of Philippo Sacco Datagtiacozzo, and Sig- 

 nior Carlo Ruini, who affert it, are fufficient Vouch- 

 ers for it. 



stiff, decaf d T The Signs of ftiff, decay'd, or bruis'd 

 legs. Legs, are delcnbed in the Second 



Part. For Cure ; the Red Honey Charge 

 is very proper to ftrengthen the Legs j as alfo 

 what follows. 

 ■j j. . Take of Spirit of Wine, a Quart , 



firwgthen %e 0U °f Nuts > hal f a Vim i £»*W> hal f 

 legs. *> found. Mix them in a gla"z'd Ear- 



then-Pot, cover'd with a lefferPot, 

 exa&ly fitted to it. Lute the Junctures carefully 

 With Clay, mix'd with Horfe's Dung or Hair; 

 and after the Cement is dried, fet the Pot on a 

 very gentle Fire, and keep the Ingredients boiling 

 very foftly, for eight or ten Hours. Then take off 

 the Pot, and fet it to cool. With this Compoftion 

 you are to chafe the Alafter Sinew, having firft 

 rubb'd it with your Hand, till it grows hot. Re- 

 peat the Compofition every day. Or, 



Take a fufficient Quantity of Worms, 

 WnrL fit wa fo ' e ™» and leTve 'em in clean 



Worms, audits ,_, _ * . , „ 



compoundvim- Water fix Hours, that they may caft 

 menu forth their filth •, then put 'em in an 



Earthen-Pot, with fo much Oil Olive, 

 as may rife the breadth of two Fingers above them, 

 the Pot remaining half empty. Cover the Pot, and 

 lute the Juntlures with Clay; mixt with Hair or 

 Saddle Stuffings j then bury it in warm Horfe-dung* 



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