Chap. XXV. Of a CO LTf, 5:c. 89 



*' Take Anifeeds, Cummin- feeds, Foenu- MarkhamV 

 nugreek, Carthamus-leeds, Elicampain- Balls. 

 Root, Flower of Brimftone, and brown 

 Sugar-candy, of each two Ounces, beaten and fearced 

 very fine. Then take an Ounce of the Juice of Liquo- 

 rice, and diflblve it in half a Pint of White-wine, which 

 done, take three Ounces of the Syrup of Coltsfoot, of 

 Sallet Oil and Honey, of each half a Pint. Let thefe 

 be mix'd with the former, and with as much Wheat- 

 flower as will bind and knit them all together, work 

 them into a ftifF Pafte, and make them into Balls as big 

 as a large French Walnut, or as big as a Hen's Egg. 

 Some ufe, inftead of the Syrup of Coltsfoot, two Ounces 

 of the Coltsfoot dry'd and made into Powder; others add 

 an Ounce of the Chimical Oil of Anifeeds, which is very 

 proper, as Horfes are much fubjedl to Wind and Flatu- 

 lencies in their Bowels ; and many other Alterations I have 

 feen which are not material. 



The chief Vertue of thefe Balls confifts ^heir Vertue. 

 in their mollifying and foftening Quality, 

 whereby they take off from the Acrimony and Sharpnefs of 

 the Rheums, which occafion tickling Coughs, by which 

 means they alfo fatten fome Horfes. But if it fhould, up- 

 on any Occafion, be necelfary to make them more detcrfive 

 and cleanfing, the Quantity of the Flower of Brimftone 

 may be increas'd, and the Honey proportionably, or there 

 may be added to them the Powder of the Roots of Smallage, 

 dry'd Hyflbp, and Horfe-mint, the Tops of Fir, and the 

 like, which will make them a moft excellent and fafe Scour- 

 ing for Horfes, by breaking thofe Vifcidities which obftru(!L 

 the fmall Pallages of the Lungs, the Liver, and other prin- 

 cipal Bowels, caufing Purfinels and Difficulty of Breathing. 

 But in extemporaneous, or ofF-hand Applications, thofe 

 Cleanfers which are fufficiently known to all Farriers, vi%. 

 Garlick, Onions, Brimftone, Honey, IBarbadoes Tar^ or 

 common Tar, when rightly adjuftcd, and when a Horfe is 

 not overmuch cloy'd with them, may be of Service; and 

 as they are exceeding Powerful in their Operation, they 

 often fucceed, and that very foon. 



But in the Cure of a Cold, nothing is more material than 

 a due Care of a Horfe's Feeding and Drefling, and likewife 

 of his Exercife ; and therefore befides Moderation in his 

 Feeding, which we have already obferv'd to be neceflary, 

 whatever Food is given him ought to be fomewhat open- 



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