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DIRECTIONS 
HOW 
T o keep Horfes and Sheep free from 
all manner of C D if cafes. 
H Orfes are by Nature hot and dry, but fame are 
more fierce and cbolerick than others ; feme 
are very phlegmatick, fimie fanguine, and others 
melancholy ; for which rea fan Pome are fpritely and 
lively, being fwift of motion •, others dull and heavy, 
fo confeqnently flow in motion, having great Bellies 
and Heads, with dull heavy Eyes. . But. of the four 
Humours, generally Heat in Horfes does predomi- 
nate, whence proceeds the brisk, lively, bold, free, 
and proud Difpofitions,^whereby they are apt to be 
forc’d by their Riders and Drivers beyond their real 
Strength, and from thence their Dife'afes do proceed, 
for want of skilful Riding or Driving ; for they are 
in themfelves the freeft from Diftempers, and the 
healthieft by Nature of any Creature; for in what 
Creature foeve'r the natural Heat is ftrong, the Spirit 
is great, brisk, and powerful ; and for this rea fop 
they exceed molt Creatures in Courage and martial 
Exercife. 
This Heat and Strength in Horfes appears further 
by this : Let the Sea Ion of the Year be never fo wet 
or cold, the Grafs will bring upon them little or no 
Inconvenience, tho’ they lie out Day and Nfghr, 
and tho’ the fame Pa ftu rage will rot Sheep, and make 
CoWs unhealthy ; as alfo that in September or oCtobpr 
B ‘ when 
