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about, gazing continually at every noise she hair- 

 eth, pricketh not up her ears, and that in three 

 or lour days after her covering, her belly seem- 

 eth to be more gant, her hair more slick and 

 close to her skin, and of a brighter colour, and 

 she seemeth to fliil d.\vaj and become lean,^ — if, I 

 say, any of these symptoms do appear in her, 

 then it'is an evident' sign that she hath kept her 

 seed and conceived ; but if the contrary appear 

 in her, then hath she lost it and gendereth not — 

 but for her keeping and ordering after her cov- 

 ering, let her not drink what she desireth, but 

 cont'inue to her the same diet which she had for- 

 merly, for three weeks or a month. 



To make the most valuable Green Horse Ointmenl. 



Take a clean skillet, put in a piece of rosin 

 the bigness of a walnut ; when that is melted, 

 put in a piece of v.-ax the strjie bigness ; when 

 that is melted, put in half a pound of strained 

 liog'sfat ; Mhen that is melted, put in one spoons- 

 ful of hojiey ; when that is melted, stir all well 

 together ; then put in half a pound of turpentine; 

 when this is melted, put in one ounce of verdi- 

 grise, ground \'ery fine. If this causes a rising, 

 set it olT — when on again, stir in the \'erdigrisc 

 sufficiendy, and let it simmer : but if it boils, it 

 will turn red and lose its healing virtues, and be 

 of a ccrrosive, hurtful natire. Wlen it is sim- 

 n\ered sufficiently, strain it into a clean earthen 

 pot, cover it tight to preserve it from dust. If 

 the grains are left in, it will be corrosive and pre- 

 \'cnt healing. This Green Ointment will cure 

 all manner of chafes, bruises, or sores, especially 

 if rubbed on every day and made to penetrate to 

 the bottom of the sores. It will draw out splin- 



