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B05906	The parfait mareschal, or Compleat farrier. Which teacheth, I. To know the shapes and goodness, as well as faults and imperfections of horses. II. The signs and causes of their diseases, the means to prevent them, their cure, and the good or bad use of purging and bleeding. III. The way to order and preserve them, when upon travel, to feed, and to dress them. IV. The art of shoeing, according to a new design of shoes, which will recover bad feet, and preserve the good. Together with a treatise, how to raise and bring up a true and beautiful race of horses: as also instructions, whereby to fit all kinds of horses with proper bits, whereof the chief draughts are represented in copper-plates. / Written originally in French by the Sieur de Solleysel Escuyer, sometime one of the overseers of the French Kings Royal Academy of Riding, near to the Hostel de Conde in Paris. And translated from the last Paris impression, by Sir William Hope of Kirkliston Kt. Lieutenat Governour of the Castle of Edinburgh. By whom is also added as a supplement to the first part, a most compendious and excellent collection of horsemanship, taken from the best and most modern writers upon that subject, such as Mr. De la Brow, Pluvinel, and the Great Duke of Newcastle. Part I.; Parfait mareschal. English. 1696	Solleysel, Jacques de, 1617-1680.; Hope, William, Sir.	1696 (1696)	Wing S4458; ESTC R184351	1,036,506	744

as I have ordered This is what I thought needful to show you concerning the preparation of the ●●mors before purging lest it might prove prejudicial to Horses which have 〈◊〉 reluctancy and aversion to it and from which if they be not well prepared for it the many times receive great dammage I have here said a little concerning the Purgation of Horses which before 〈◊〉 hath never been treated of by any to the end people might both receive because by it and that I might also by this small Swatch or Pattern give an opportunity 〈◊〉 the Curious to dive deeper into the Medicine and Physick of Horses than hath 〈◊〉 been done hitherto and which is extremly neglected by those that are cap●●● because they absolutly rely upon the skill of such who can scarcely read their 〈◊〉 and therefore do many times loss their Horses by their negligence and ignor●●● and for lack of a little Reflection and Study CHAP. LXV Of Glysters THe Word Glyster is derived from the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies to wash CHAP. LXV Of Glysters from whence it is sometimes called also a Wathing because the Guts are cleansed by the injection that is made into the intestines it is proper for provocking the excretion or voiding of the Excrements to soften their hardness or to correct some intemperature or to abate some great pain or excessive beating of the flanks to expell Wind to stop the immoderate fluxes of the Belly and to kill the worms which are contained in the intestines Glysters also produce a great many other good effects because there is almost no part of the Body which does not receive some relief by them and that by reason of the correspondence that all its parts have with the lower belly or Guts which being fred of their impurities give the more liberty to other parts to discharge themselves of those humors which are prejudicial to them People compose them different wayes and according as they intend to treat the Horse as I shall show you all along the second Part when I discourse of the several Diseases but those which are most in use are the Emollient An Emollient Glyster which are called common Glysters People make a decoction of Mallows March-Mallows Violets Herb Mercury Pellitory of the Wall and Bears-breach causing boyl two or three handfulls of each in three English quarts and a half of water with two ounces of bruised Anniseeds if it be in winter but if it be in the summer then there may be added for cooling the seeds of Cucumbers Gourds Pumpkins Wild-gourds Melons and an ounce or two of Polychrest they afterwards strain all through a cloath and according to their intention add some kind of Electuary to it especially the Catholicum for Horses which is described in the 76 Chap. Sect. 5. of the Second Part or otherwise they make use of Honey or the like Beer or Ale is a decoction ready made in which a man may cause boyl two ounces of the Scorte or refuse of the Liver of Antimony in fine powder or otherways if he intend to make use of Purgatives then Colocynth Sene or any other according to the intention he hath to purge and after having strained the decoction from them he shall then dissolve in it some proper Electuary or other Medicament as he shall think fit However for the conveniency of those who are altogether ignorant of their composition I shall here set down the models of all kinds of Glysters whereby they may be instructed to make any of what nature and operation soever People to expell and drive the wind out of a Horses body A Carminative Glyster make Carminative Glysters of some of the emollient Herbs to which they add Organy or Wila Marjoram Calamint the flowers of Melilot and Camomil of each two handfulls with an ounce and an half of Polychrest in powder they make about two English quarts and a half of a decoction and after having strained it add four ounces of good Oyl of Bays or in place of it two ounces of the Catholicum for Horses or of the Electuary of Bay-Berries an ounce and an half and of all this they compose a Glyster which they administer to their Horse Or in the place of the Electuary of Bay-berries a man may take two ounces of the Oyl of Dill or otherways an English pynt of Emetick Wine in place of either There are many other wayes of composing Carminative Glysters of which I shall give you a description when I discourse of those diseases for which they are proper but particularly where I treat of Colicks occasioned by Wind. Make an ordinary decoction of the Emollient Herbs and Polychrest A purging Glyster then dissolve in two English quarts of what is strained from them an English pynt of Cows Urine being mixed with it two ounces of the Catholicum for Horses and eight ounces of Mercurial Honey and if you will increase its purgative vertue mix with it an English pynt of the infusion of the Liver of Antimony which I shall show you hereafter to make and which is Emetick Seing this Honey is most proper to be given as well in Glysters for the better p●●ging of Horses as in many other preparations I shall therefore here show you i● Composition Take three pounds of Herb Mercury well pickt and cleansed w●●● four pounds of Honey mix and boyl them together now and then skimming the●● until they come to the consistence of a Syrup The Composition of Merurial Honey this being put amongst Glysters w● cleanse and purge and people put commonly about eight ounces of it at a time i● Glyster or more if they judge it proper there are Books stuffed with the Vertues this Mercurial Honey you may read if you please Renould Bauderon La Fran●● siere c. You are to observe That when you intend to purge a horse exactly with Glyster you must put no kind of fat into them because Oyls and Greases adhere to the V●ves or Partitions of the Intestines and so hinder the effect of the purgatives therefore upon the contrary people rather add Common Salt Salt Gem Polychrest or wa●● Urine all which prick and irritate the expulsive faculty whence it is that th● Countrey Farriers make commonly their Glysters of the Water in which Cod-fish Herring have been steeped which costs but little and because of its saltness causeth horse to empty well To make a Glyster somewhat purgative a man may infuse 〈◊〉 night in a proper decoction an ounce of Sene or otherwayes one or two Col●●y●● Apples cut very small and next morning giving it all a little Boyl shall afterwards strain it to make a Glyster A Glyster to appease a great beating in the Flanks You are to take of the ordinary herbs for decoctions and to put among the● 〈◊〉 or two ounces of Polychrest in powder and in two English quarts of this decoction mix eight ounces of Violet-honey and two three

which Case 't is certainly incurable And I have already intimated that an inveterate Farcin may infect and waste the Substance of the Lungs And how a Remedy apply'd to the Fore-head put into the Ear hung at the Tail or Mane or Ointments spread on the Knots can heal an Ulcer in the Lungs I confess is very much above my Capacity to comprehend Only thus much I know and dare confidently maintain That so long as those Ulcers remain the Farcin that is caus'd and fomented by 'em must necessarily subsist From what has been said I may reasonably conclude That those Infallible Gentlemen are very little acquainted with the Nature of the Disease they pretend to cure and perhaps never made an Experiment of the Virtue of their Remedies The Farcin seems to have a very near Resemblance to the French Pox Leprosie and King's Evil. CHAP. CXLVI Of an inveterate Farcin YOU will sometimes meet with Farcins of so long a standing and so deeply rooted that the Cure is extremely difficult and even sometimes impracticable if the Substance of the Liver or Lungs be wasted and corrupted But since 't is impossible to divine whether those Parts be infected 't wou'd be a very unreasonable Inference from what I have said on this Subject to pretend that when a Horse is troubl'd with an inveterate Farcin he must be suffer'd to perish without Assistance And besides these Parts are oftentimes only heated dryed or so slightly ulcerated that they may be easily heal'd and restor'd to their wonted Temperament by the Use of convenient Remedies But I shall never advise any Man whatever Tryal he may have made of his Remedy to promise the Cure of an inveterate Farcin when the Knots send forth great Pieces of Flesh like large Mushrooms especially after an unsuccessful Application of other Remedies For such Attempts are oftentimes attended with Shame instead of Honour and Success especially when the Farcin is accompany'd with a Running at the Nose or seizes on the Kernels as it happens frequently in inveterate Farcins which degenerate into the Glanders according to the Vulgar Saying That the Farcin is Cousin-German to the Glanders Before you proceed to the Application of Remedies you may try this easie Experiment Spread about two Ounces of Assa-foetida on a Stick and wrapping a Cloth about it put it into the Horse's Mouth and make him champ upon it twenty four Hours together without suffering him to eat or drink all the while This will draw forth a prodigious Quantity of filthy Humours and if the Lungs be not consum'd or the Liver ulcerated perhaps the Horse will recover You must not be afraid of the seeming Violence of the Remedy for a Horse may fast twenty four Hours without any Danger Neither do I blame the Custom of those who put a second Stick with fresh Assa-foetida into the Horse's Mouth after twelve Hours The Decoctions of Guaiacum Sassafras Sarsaparilla and China Roots are very proper on this Occasion and may be given every Morning for seven or eight Days before Purgation For Example If the Horse's Body be full of raw tough and viscous Humours to which Inconveniency fleshy Horses are very subject the Decoction of Guaiacum will cut attenuate and prepare the Humours to be expell'd by Nature or evacuated by a Purging Remedy If the Horse be Lean and Dry full of Hot and Choleric or Melancholic Humours the Decoction of China will prepare 'em without augmenting their Heat for it may be conveniently given in a Consumption and ill Habit of Body The Decoction of Sarsaparilla is of a middle Nature between the other two The Decoction of Guaiacum is proper for those thick and bulky Dutch Horses that are over-loaded with Flesh and full of Moisture and running or watery Sores The Decoction of Guaiacum Infuse ten Ounces of the Shavings of Guaiacum Wood or for want of that of Box Wood in nine Pints of Water and after they have stood twelve Hours in Infusion on hot Ashes Boil 'em with a gentle Heat in a cover'd Vessel to the Consumption of the third Part of the Water Then strain out the Liquor and give your Horse a Quart every Day for eight Days together keeping him bridl'd three Hours before and three Hours after every Dose You may Purge him afterwards with one of the above-mention'd Remedies The Decoction of China Take four Ounces of the Roots of China cut very small put 'em into a large Glass-Bottle well stopp'd with nine Pints of Water and after they have stood fifteen Hours in Infusion boil 'em over a gentle Fire to the Consumption of one half taking care to prevent the Evaporation of the thinner Parts of the Medicine Then strain out the Liquor and give your Horse a third part of it every Morning keeping him Bridl'd two Hours before and as long after This Decoction must be drunk luke-warm and prepar'd every three Days because 't is apt to turn sowre After eight Doses 't will be convenient to exhibit a Purging Remedy The Decoction of Sarsaparilla This Decoction is prepar'd like that of China only the quantity must be larger because 't is adapted for the Preparation of thicker Humours For Example instead of four Ounces of China you must take six of Sarsaparilla Continue the use of this Decoction six or eight Days to prepare the Humours that cause and foment the Farcin and to purifie the Blood After such a Preparation the Purging Remedy operates more effectually and procures a more plentiful Evacuation whereas the Purgatives that are given without any Preparation or consist of ill chosen Ingredients increase the Distemper instead of abating it and even augment its Malignity After Purgation repeat the Decoctions to dry the habit of the Body and to drain the source of those Malignant Humours that foment the Disease This Method is also very proper for Coach-Horses that are troubl'd with the Pains or filthy Sores in their Legs for otherwise 't is hardly possible to stop the course of the Humours and dry up the source of those noisome Ulcers since they usually break forth again three Months after they are dry'd up and at last are succeeded by hard Swellings like Warts which render the Disease incurable To prevent those dangerous Relapses while your Horse is Young after you have observ'd twice or thrice his Legs to be over-run with Sores you must take two Pound of Blood from him then give him the Decoctions of Guaiacum or for want of that of Box-Wood and afterwards purge him and dry up those watry Humours If the Sores break forth again make him drink the Decoction ten Days then purge him and after the Evacuation is ceas'd and his Appetite perfectly restor'd give him the Decoction for ten Days longer which in all probability will put a final stop to the course of the Humours Instead of the Decoctions of Guaiacum China and Sarsaparilla you may exhibit two Ounces of the Powder of either of the three in a Quart of White-Wine and observe the

THE Parfait Mareschal Or Compleat Farrier EDINBURGH MDCXCVI Geo Scougall delin I. Sturt sculp THE PARFAIT MARESCHAL Or Compleat FARRIER WHICH TEACHETH I. To know the Shapes and Goodness as well as Faults and Imperfections of Horses II. The Signs and Causes of their Diseases the Means to prevent them their Cure and the good or bad use of Purging and Bleeding III. The way to order and Preserve them when upon Travel to Feed and to Dress them IV. The Art of Shoeing according to a new design of Shoes which will recover bad Feet and preserve the Good Together with a Treatise how to raise and bring up a true and Beautiful Race of Horses As also Instructions whereby to fit all kinds of Horses with Proper Bits whereof the chief Draughts are Represented in Copper-Plates Written Originally in French by the Sieur de Solleysel Escuyer sometime one of the Overseers of the French Kings Royal Academy of Riding near to the Hostel de Conde in Paris AND Translated from the last Paris Impression by Sir WILLIAM HOPE of Kirkl●ston Kt. Lieutenant Governour of the Castle of Edinburgh By whom is also added as a Supplement to the first part a most compendious and excellent Collection of Horsemanship taken from the best and most modern Writers upon that Subject such as Mr. De la Brow Pluvinel and the Great Duke of Newcastle PART I. Quis autem nosse curas equorum erubestendum putet cum optima Jumenta habere Gloriosum sit Quis vituperationi det id posse curare quod laudi ducitur possidere Quia noticia curationis non solum honestissimis sed etiam disertissimis convenit EDINBVRGH Printed by GEORGE MOSMAN M.DC.XCVI TO THE KING MAy it please YOUR MAJESTY IT is generally a Token of the Worth and Excellency of a Book when those concerned in it adventure to place in its Front the Name of a Prince This therefore hath imbolden'd Me GREAT SIR to praefix Your most August Name to this Work which if I may be allowed to carry the Parallel so high is amongst Books of Marshalry and Horsemanship what Your Royal Person is amongst Men. It needs not then I think be thought very strange if I have presumed upon the Choice of so mighty a Patron for to whom could I have so justly Dedicate the best of Books in its kind as to the most Clement Heroick and Best of Kings and which is most agreeable to my Subject the most Accomplished and Graceful amongst Horsemen Of the first whereof Your Majesties most happy Subjects feel the good effects and of the Latter Your greatest Enemies bear witness and therefore cannot but acknowledge it for SIR Your great Wisdom and Conduct as well as singular Courage force them all to confess that You are among the Number of the most Glorious Monarchs that ever Reign'd I am therefore Hopeful that as Your Majesties extraordinary Valour hath brought these Islands once again to the Practice of Arms so this Translation assisted by Your Royal Approbation and Protection will not only instruct them to raise a Breed of Warlick and Serviceable Horses till of late almost quite out of Fashion amongst us but also teach them to train them up for the benefit of Your Majesties publick and their own private Divertisement That as we are a People who delight as much in Horses as any Nation in the World so we may be Inferior to none in the true Knowledge of every thing relating to them Big with these Expectations and also hoping Your Majesty will pardon this bold Attempt I humbly lay it at Your Royal Feet and shall Repute my self too Happy if you Vouchafe it but the least favourable Glance Now that God may Prosper Your Majesty in all Your Great and Glorious Undertakings and give You a Long and Happy Reign to the Joy and Comfort of all Your Loyal Subjects is both heartily Wished and fervently Prayed for By GRACIOUS SIR Your Majestie 's Most Humble and Most Obedient Subject and Servant WILL HOPE THE PREFACE ALTHOUGH I am no great friend to Tedious and unnecessary Prefaceing and that I also believe the most part of Gentlemen who have had any opportunity of conversing with Horsemen abroad know the great esteem they have for this Book so that I fancy there are but very few Country Gentlemen of any Note in these Islands who have not heard somewhat of it yet at present I find my self obliged both because of the respect I bear to the Authors Memory as also for the benefi●e of such who perhaps because of their retired dwellings have had but little or no notice of it to give the Reader a short account of three things First of the Author Secondly of his Book and Thirdly of this Translation As for the Author he was a person delighted mightily in Horses and during his whole Life made it his Business to improve all the parts of Horsemanship this Book of his being a sufficient Testimony of his great Knowledge in one part of it to wit the Cureing of Diseases and his excellent Illustrations upon the Duke of Newcastle's Book of Riding last published in English and which he took the pains to Translate into French a clear demonstration of his extraordinary Address and skill in the other He was also to my certain knowledge very well known by many of the Nobility and Gentry of these Kingdoms who had the good fortune to be taught by him when they rode in the late Mr. Bernards Academy at Paris and at that time he had by this Book of his so outstript all Authors upon the same subject who had gone before him that he very deservedly acquired the esteem of all the considerable Escuyers in France and thereby an universal applause which so long as Horsemanship is in request will make his Name and Writings famous Yea his Inclinations were so much bent this way that he made it a part of his business to instruct many of the Nobility and Gentry in the Art of R●ding for notwithstanding of his being one of the Overseers he did also officiat as an Escuyer in the French Kings Royal Academy of Riding in Paris and he was in such Repute for his great Knowledge and Judgement in what related to horses and Horsemanship that the Prince of Horsemen the Unparalleled and Famous Duke of Newcastle whose Memory for his extraordinary skill in this Art will be for ever an Honour to his Nation did not think it below him to communicate his thoughts upon it to him and willingly accept of his approbation and assistance of giving which he judged him no doubt very Capable otherwise he would never have kept that intimate correspondence with him which it is very well known he did He was also a person of a pleasant Conversation and altogether free of Ceremony took delight when desired to discourse of his Art and to communicate it to such Gentlemen whom he thought inclined to like horses and also without any kind of reservedness answered them

motion contrary to her own they would hinder her to effectuate that for which she was prepared and that also not without being hurtfull and prejudicial to the constitution and health of the Creature you are then to abstain from purging horses not only upon these above mentioned dayes themselves but a few dayes both before and after to wit from the 7. of March to the 15. and from the 7. of September to the 15. of the same which are the times of the two Aequinoxes and betwixt the 7 of June and the 16. and the 7. of December and the 16. of the same which are the two Solslices You may also if you have any knowledge in the Ephemerides observe over and above the preceeding directions not to purge your horses when the Moon is either in Conjunction or Opposition to the Square of the Sun as also of Mars and 〈◊〉 which are great Enemys to her for so consequently the Moon which operates 〈◊〉 horses by her influenceing quality being weakned by these planets will not 〈◊〉 make a great disorder and ravage in their Bodies and render their purga●● more hurtfull than profitable But if you intend that a purge should certainly have good success then when 〈◊〉 are Master of your own time administer it when the Moon is in Conjunction with ●●ter or Venus and that she is either in her Sextile or Trine because these two Pla●● being freindly to her will assist her to fortifie Nature by her influencive qua●● and not by her Elementary which hath no great power upon Bodies and even alth●● the Moon were in Opposition to Jupiter or Venus she would not faill to prove● vorable Those who can make use of these observations will find a great de●● Satisfaction and advantage by them even for Men but for those who don't under●● this kind of Language they may practise according to what they understand How●● I am of opinion that people cannot be warry and cautious enough in their pretions for purging horses and if I should say the same for Men I would butspe truth This is what I have observed most remarkable as to the times in which horses 〈◊〉 be purged with least hazard and most advantage those who shall put it in pra●● will know that it is from a knowledge of the Cause that I have given 〈◊〉 advice People are many times obliged before they purge a horse to prepare the ha● they intend to evacuate because being crude and mixed with other 〈◊〉 humours which are to be preserved for the conservation of the Creature it 〈◊〉 be almost impossible wanting this preparation to bring it away without 〈◊〉 great deal of trouble and a considerable disorder and agitation to the Body Therefore a Man should almost never purge a horse in the beginning of a Disea●● because the humour not yeilding to the Remedy is thereby overheated and brought to a Fermentation which increases the Disease instead of diminishing it and as it horses we cannot observe any certain sign of Coction and separation of the bad humours which occasion the Disease for their Urines are almost always troubled and not much unlike to one another the Dejections also or Excrements of the Belly are almost the same therefore people are obliged upon that account to delay it 〈◊〉 the horse be recovered but this is to be only understood of Acute and violent ●●eases for when the distemper beginneth once to slacken then the humour which ●casioned it is concocted seing it causes no longer any Symptom and in so far a ture many times neglects to expell the humour she has overcome therefore is it 〈◊〉 it must be evacuate by purging lest it should spring up anew again and occasion relapse so that in Feavers and other violent Diseases a Man should never purge horse neither in their beginning nor even when they are at their height Having well considered all these things you are next to make choice of y●● Drugs and proportion them to your intention a man being many times obliged make use of divers kinds because it is rarely one single humour which occasions 〈◊〉 Disease In bilious or Cholerick Diseases phlegms and Crudities are always eng● dered and in the most phlegmatick bodies there is alwayes a mixture of Salt 〈◊〉 Sulphur when you imploy several Drugs you are to diminish the Dose according to 〈◊〉 number of them you make use of for example if you take three purgatives your take but the third part of the Dose of each which I have set you down for 〈◊〉 one of them in particular and so shall the three being mixed together make 〈◊〉 true Dose neither are you to forget their proper Correctives which is always a●● the fourth part of the weight of the whole You will find that the purgative Medicaments which I have ordered are a●● all of them weak because the constitutions of horses are different so that I tho●● it was less daugerous to purge them at two times than to evacuate too much their because the first will serve as a preparation to the second of which you may aug●● the Dose if you find need for it and be sure to increase the proportion of that D● which is in least quantity because it is most commonly the strongest and therese will push on and assist the operation of the other Medicaments which are 〈◊〉 slow For Example at the end of the Medicaments which purge Bile there is a re●● set down to evacuate it wherein there enters two Ounces and a half of Aloes and Drams of Scammony now if you find that your horse purge not sufficiently with 〈◊〉 composition you are the next time in stead of two to give him three Drams of Scammony Again amongst those which purge Phlegm there is a receipt wherein there is an Ounce of Diacarthamus Agarick Trochiseated or reduced to Troches two Drams Turbith and Hermodacts of each an Ounce and of Colocynth a Dram and a half if this Medicament do not operate enough then you must augment that whereof there is the least Dose which is the Colocynth and give of it either two Drams or two and a half and so of the rest For people cannot commit small errors in giving too violent purgatives because when once they are in a horses body they are no more Masters of them they work many times with such disorder that if they don't kill the horse yet they leave at least so great a distemper in the inward parts that a man cannot of a long time recover and restore them it is this which made me reduce these purgative Doses to such a just proportion as that they cannot occasion this disorder If your horse hath not purged sufficiently with the Medicament you have administrate to him there is nothing lost because it hath disposed the humour and by reiterating the purgation some dayes after and making it a little stronger you will find it succeed very well Having provided your self of the quantity of Drugs you have

use for you are to break and beat them coursly and if it be for pills then mix the composition with two pounds of fresh Bacon lard or for want of it the like quantity of fresh Butter and having beat and mixed all well together in a Mortar make it up into pills about the bigness of small Tennis-Balls which you are to cause the horse swallow down If it be for a Drench you are also to beat them coursly and either mix them with a Decoction or amongst Wine and letting it infuse about a quarter of an hour give it to the horse early in the Morning with a horn he being first tyed up two hours to the Rack before it be Administrate If you are only to make a simple infusion of them and which hath no great effect upon horses then the Drugs being infused all night the liquor is to be poured off next Morning amongst which you are to dissolve some kind of Electuary or powder in a sufficient quantity that so it may purge and operate according as you have determined the horse having taken it you are to rinse the horn with the remainder of the Decoction or with Wine and make him swallow it after which you shall also wash his Mouth with a little Wine to take away its bad relish If it be Pills you are to make use of then the horse having swallowed them you are to give him in a horn some White-Wine to carry them well down to his Stomack to soak and soften them and also to wash his Mouth and take away its bitterness A Horse that is to be purged should be kept four five or six Hours without eating before be take it and as long after and you shall also for the more precaution give him a Glyster the night before you Administer it and which shall be composed according to the nature of his Disease When the horse shall begin to purge you are to cause walk him half an hour in ones hand every two hours and continue it for half a day that so it may the better assist him to empty You are also as much as possible to forbear purging in violent Colds and excessive heats if nevertheless you are necessitate to do it and that it be in Winter you are then to keep the horse well covered and put him in a warm stable from whence he must not stir during his purgation because Cold hindereth the operation of the Medicament but if it be in Summer then you are to keep him in a cool and temperate place When the horse hath done purging you may if you will give him a Glyster to perfect the Evacuation of that which the Medicament hath not brought away but only in a manner detatched or loosed after which you may feed and order him as formerly It is very fit that a horse from the time he hath taken a purgation until it be quite done working which will be about 40 hours eat no Hay but only Wet-Bran taking care always to take him from the Rack at the end of every four hours that so he may eat two Measures of Wet-Bran which are each of them somewhat less than two English Quarts Having set down the receipts of a great many purgations in the 2d Part of this Book you may therefore have recourse to it I have experimented the most part of them and those I have not are composed methodically and according to the Rules of Art and therefore may be very safely Administrate seeing they will cause no superpurgation being all of them for the most part weak and that I may facilitate your finding th●● out I shall here make a kind of Table of them You will then find in the second part a purge for the Head-Ake in the 13. Chap. Sect. 9. Pills for Lunati●● horses in the 16 Chap. Sect. 6. An excellent purgative Oyl in the 23 Chap. Sect. You will find in the 68 Chap Sect. a. the Polychrest which prepares the Body for a purge and in the same Chap. Sect. 4. a method to relax or loosen a Horse's Belly which is lean and harrassed with the purgation belonging to it there is likways 〈◊〉 the same Chap. Sect. 8. a purgative and comforting Drench for a Horse too much fatigued you will find in the 76. Chap. Sect. 5. an universal purgative for Glyster● which I call a Catholicon and which is better than any of these made use of for Men a is also proper for all constitutions in Horses In the 78 Chap. there are Drenches and purgative Pills for the Farcy and which are also very well appropriate to that kind of it which resembles the Rump of a pullet in French Farcin à cul de poule in the 79 Chap. Sect. 2. there are also very good purgative Pills And in the 89 Chap. Sect. 3. there are purgative Pills for the Mange as also you will find in the 91 Chap. Sect. 4. purgative Poills for killing the Worms that engender in a Horse's body And lastly in each Class of purgative Medicaments which are in the immediatly preceeding 59.60.61 and 62. Chapters of this part you will find a Remedy exactly composed for the evacuation of that Humour to which the purgative of that class doth chiefly belong CHAP. LXIV To prepare the Humours in Horses which people intend to purge Sect. 1. PEople are necessitate in many Diseases to purge horses CHAP LXIV To prepare the humours that are to be purged although nature hath 〈◊〉 performed any Coction of the Humours as in the Farcy Mange a●● many others if a Man for example will purge by way of prevention ho●● which have stood among other sick horses or which have lately come from the Ar●● or have been in some infective places it is very proper before he attempt it that 〈◊〉 prepare the humors to the end the Medicament which he is to Administer may 〈◊〉 only alter the Body less but also produce a better effect It would not be very reasonable to draw impostomous matter from a swe●● before it were ripe and digested and so to be approved of It is the very same 〈◊〉 those humors which occasion and entertain the diseases within the Body This preparation or coction shall be then performed in the manner follow● and we shall term the Simples which have the faculty to prepare those hum●● Digestives because to prepare a humor is to digest it and make it the more capa●● to be evacuate I shall therefore begin with Bile Sect. 2. Digestives of Bile Some people say Sect. 2. that Bile being Subtile and obliging a Body to excretion or ●●●ing by its Acrimony doth therefore evacuate it self sufficiently without any preparat●● because it immediatly yields to the least Medicament when applyed It is indeed 〈◊〉 that it hath no need to be perpared because of the trouble people have to expell it he only because of its fire and lest it may inflame the Guts therefore it is good to refresh and moisten it and also

Salts they open the Body of the Thea and the Water by their Assistance is impregnated with the Essential Salt of that Plant and extracts all its Vertue 'T is generally acknowledg'd that Thea is of exellent Use to strengthen the Brain when 't is weaken'd by those volatil sharp and malignant Salts I mention'd before from whence 't is plain that this Remedy must infallibly cure the Horse if the Disease be not inveterate Afterwards you must administer good Clysters give him boil'd Water for his ordinary Drink and keep him to a spare Diet but if he abstain wholly from eating you must give him the Remedies describ'd in the VIth Chapter Thus I have freely communicated this Secret to the Public which I 'm persuaded is the only Remedy for those Diseases for Experience has convinc'd me of its admirable Efficacy to quench that unnatural and violent Heat which consumes the sick Horse The Cause why those Horses that are cur'd of the Diseases of the Head are never afterwards fit for Service is the Neglect of Farriers who take no Care to purge away the offending Matter For tho' the Disorders that accompany'd the Disease are quieted there remains a Ferment which may produce very bad Consequences if it be not expell'd by good Purging Medicines such as that which follows A Purging Medicine to be given to Horses after they are cur'd of Diseases of the Head Take extracted Cassia four Ounces Agaric two Ounces fine clear Scammony three Drams Powder of Rhubarb sprinkl'd two or three times with a little Aqua Vitae two Drams Coriander-Seed and Flowers of Roman Cammomil in Powder of each one Dram Mastich one Scruple Reduce the dry Ingredients to Powder mix 'em with two Pounds of fresh Butter and make 'em up into Pills of the Bigness of Tennis-Balls which you must make the Horse swallow keeping him bridl'd eight Hours before and six after wash his Mouth after 'em with a Quart of Emetic Wine or for want of that of ordinary Wine and walk him half an Hour About four and twenty Hours after when he begins to purge walk him abroad once every two Hours about a quarter of an Hour or half an Hour each time to promote the Purgation Or you may purge him with the Pills call'd Galen's Smaller Head-Pills The Dose is about two Ounces in a Pound of fresh Butter If he be not sufficiently purg'd assoon as the Physic leaves working give him a Clyster made as before with Sal Polychrest c. After you have purg'd him twice 't is to be hop'd that he will quickly grow fit for Service but you must bring him to work again by degrees and give Nature time to recover her strength perfectly after so great a Disturbance And in the mean time you may give him an Ounce of Liver of Antimony in his Bran every Day for a whole Month which will purifie the Blood and compleat the Cure by consuming the Remainders of the offending Humours and cooling the Parts that may be still a little disorder'd with the preternatural Heat Since this Disease usually attacks all the Horses that lodge under one Roof with those whom it first seiz'd assoon as you see any one of the rest begin to refuse his Meat you ought by way of Prevention to give him the Medicines prepar'd with burnt Allom in Powder Salt of Glass c. describ'd in the beginning of this Chapter or you may make him fast six Hours and afterwards give him a Dose of the Lieutenant's Powder or two of the Treacle Balls in Powder for one Dose will certainly prevent the coming of the Disease if it be given assoon as he begins to forsake his Meat You may find in the VIth Chapter proper Medicines to restore his Appetite For a Confirmation of the Usefulness of this Method I might appeal to several Persons of Quality at Paris and in other Places who have seen their Horses preserv'd by it and can testifie that after the Use of the Powder or Balls and the perfuming of their Stables these Diseases of the Head never enter'd more among their Horses tho' formerly they lost almost all they kept by those dangerous Distempers The whole Method consists in giving a Dose of the Lieutenant's Powder or two Treacle-Balls in Powder and repeating the Dose three days after and since we have so few certain Remedies for the Cure of this Distemper we ought by no Means to neglect so fine a Preservative CHAP. XXVII Of the true Preparation of Scammony SInce prepar'd Scammony is a common Ingredient in purging Medicines I thought fit to insert a Preparation of it which is better than Diagridium and therefore may be safely given to Herses since that is familiarly us'd by Men. Beat the Scammony to fine Powder and spread it on brown Paper then kindle some Brimstone in a Chafing-Dish and hold the Paper with the Scammony over it that it may receive the Fumes of the Brimstone cast new Pieces of Brimstone into the Chasing-Dish one after another for a quarter of an Hour stirring the Scammony continually that it may not stick to the Paper as it will do if you put too much Fire into the Chafing-Dish Assoon as the Scammony begins to change its Colour you may conclude that 't is duly prepar'd and this Preparation is the only purging Ingredient that enters into the Composition of the Powder call'd Cornachini But since the best Scammony may be easily procur'd at present I do not think it worth the while to give my self the trouble of preparing it for I find that it may be given in Substance very safely in a fat and unctuous Vehicle such as Fat or Butter which hinder it from sticking to the Parts thro' which it passes and from spoiling the Appetite of Horses tho' it must be acknowledg'd the Preparation does certainly improve it If you perceive that the purging Medicine you administer'd to your Horse has not so much as loosen'd his Body or made the Excrements soft you may safely augment the Dose of the Ingredients that were prescrib'd in the least Quantity as being most violent and serving to quicken and expel the rest They who purge Horses know not how much they venture for as Bleeding is esteem'd the boldest Operation that can be made on a Humane Body I 'm perswaded that Purging is the most difficult and hazardous Operation that can be perform'd on the Body of a Horse and never to be administer'd without unavoidable Necessity since 't is certain that the Motion or Action of a Purgative is contrary to Nature for 't is essentially destructive and useful only by Accident And besides the Evacuation even of corrupt Humours is always attended with a great Expence of Spirits which weakens the Horse extremely and therefore if Purgation be not absolutely necessary the best way is to content our selves with administring Cordial Medicines which strengthen Nature and help her to expel that which offends her by the usual Passages 'T is true this Method

Strugglings which produce those cruel and intolerable Pains that accompany this Disease The Horse endeavours in vain to dung he sweats in the Flank and Ears and when he voids any Excrements they are in little quantity and for the most part only Phlegm that cannot be separated from the Guts without Pain after which he has a moment of Ease and seems to be perfectly cur'd but his Torments return in an instant During the raging Violence of the Pain the Horse frequently lies down and suddenly starts up again he looks upon his Flanks and refuses to eat If he be also assaulted by a Fever he is in great danger of being over-power'd by so unequal a Force unless by the Application of timely Remedies the Beating or Heaving of his Flank be asswag'd This Distemper is often preceded by a Looseness which lasts a whole day and carries off all the gross Excrements in the Horse's Body but the tough and glewy Humours stick to the Guts and do not quit their hold so soon nor at last without a great deal of Pain REMEDIES Take two Quarts of Milk or of Tripe-Broth Oil-Olive and fresh Butter of each four or five Ounces the Yolks of six Eggs and two or three Ounces of Sugar Mix 'em for a Clyster which allays the Sharpness of the Humours but removes not the Cause and therefore must be repeated every three hours adding two Ounces of good Diaphoretic Antimony to dissolve the rebellious and stubborn Humours All Purgatives given at the Mouth are hurtful for they encrease the Agitation of the Humours redouble the Pain by violently plucking away the tough Slime flay the Guts add new Torments to a Part that was hardly able to support those it suffer'd before and cannot be administer'd without endangering the Horse's Life and besides they do not begin to operate till four and twenty hours after they are taken during which time the Horse either dies or recovers And therefore instead of purging Medicines that are usually prescrib'd in this Case I advise you to have recourse to Clysters which must be often repeated and chang'd according to the various Circumstances of the Disease for sometimes you must give a softening Clyster to asswage the Pain sometimes add Antimonium diaphoreticum to melt the Humours and if the Distemper be of long continuance inject one of Milk or Tripe-Broth It will also be convenient to give the following Mixture at several times take Oil of Roses and common Oil of each one Pound fine Sugar eight Ounces Rose-water a Pint Mix 'em and pour a Glass-full down his Throat with a Horn every three hours This easie and familiar Remedy will open and scour the Guts cut the thick Humours allay the Pain and by its Slipperiness gliding thro' the Intestines qualifie the Sharpness and Heat of the Humours After every Dose walk the Horse gently a quarter of an hour without heating him lest the Humours be further enrag'd When you perceive that the Horse is freed of his Pain feed him with Bran seven or eight days after which since this Distemper is only appeas'd but not perfectly cur'd you must endeavour to remove the Cause and expel those Impurities from whence the Colic proceeds by a convenient Purgation The following Oil is endu'd with a peculiar Virtue to drive out the tough and glassy Phlegm that occasion'd all the above-mention'd Disorders in the Intestines CHAP. XLVI An excellent Purging Oil. THE administring of purging Medicines to a Horse is one of the hardest parts of a Farrier's Task and therefore I thought my self oblig'd to use the utmost Diligence and Application to find out a safe and successful Method of Purgation but notwithstanding all my Endeavours to prevent the Inconveniencies that attend the Use of those Medicines I observ'd an extreme Repugnancy in the Nature of Horses to yield to their Operation and I found by Experience that purgative Remedies are succeeded by such an universal Disorder in the Oeconomy of Nature that the Horse cannot be restor'd to his wonted Temper for a considerable time afterwards I will not trouble my Reader witha particular Account of those Inconveniencies but content my self with assuring him that I have seen more Horses than one kill'd by purging Remedies that had been successfully administer'd to others for want of a due Preparation of their Bodies according to that Maxim of Hippocrates Concocta medicamentis aggredi oportet movere non cruda I shall treat of this Preparation in a more convenient place and now proceed to acquaint you that I have seen some Horses founder'd by the Use of Purgatives and others continue to purge ten Days and as many Nights during which time they were in perpetual danger and those who tended 'em and I my self sometimes were forc'd to pour down their Nourishment with a Horn. So many unsuccesful Trials have taught me Circumspection and I never purge a Horse without fear tho' Necessity often obliges us to make use of those Remedies and a due observance of the true Method of administring 'em may prevent their fatal Consequences I have consider'd these things with the utmost Attention and after a careful Examination of all Circumstances I find Van Helmont's Opinion to be very reasonable and I 'm persuaded that his Arguments are infinitely more convincing than all that had been urg'd by others before him But since I am not Master of a sufficient Stock of Learning to explain his Maxims and reduce 'em to Practice and cannot attempt to overturn the receiv'd Method of Practising Physic without invading a Province that does not belong to me I must even content my self with following the Multitude till some Person of greater Judgment and Authority shall undertake the Reformation of Medicine by extirpating all Purgatives and substituting some powerful Diaphoretic in their stead which may produce the same Effects we expect from the others and destroy that preternatural Heat which is the Root of all these Disorders However I thought my self indispensably oblig'd to enquire into the safest Methods of Purging Horses and I 'm convinc'd that the following Oil is one of the most proper Remedies hitherto known to move a Horse's Belly without Disturbance Take Oil-Olive three Pounds Claret-Wine a Pint Pulp of Coloquintida five Ounces Flower of Lin-seed an Ounce and a half three Lilly-Roots cut into round slices Missleto of the Apple-Tree beaten an Ounce Cammomil-flowers a handful Put all the Ingredients into a Pot cover'd exactly with another somewhat less and lute the Junctures of the Vessels with Clay temper'd with a little Hair or Wool after the Clay is dry'd boil the whole Composition gently till the Wine be consum'd that is eight or ten hours then remove it from the Fire and when 't is half cold strain it thro' a Linnen Cloth and give one half luke-warm to the Horse for the whole quantity is sufficient to purge two Horses but if he be naturally hard to be wrought upon by purging Medicines give him more of it afterwards

the Farcin will disappear without any other Remedy There is nothing that promotes the Cure more effectually than Bleeding in the beginning of the Distemper for it prevents the corruption of the Blood by facilitating and quickening its Circulation and gives Nature an opportunity to produce new and better Blood in the room of that which is taken away But you must take care not to imitate those Pretenders to Art who in my Presence have taken such an immoderate quantity of Blood from Horses troubl'd with the Farcin that they fell into a Deliquium or swooning Fit This is the most unreasonable and terrible Remedy in the World for by that vast expence of Blood the natural Heat is so infeebl'd that it remains incapable of performing its Functions And Nature is not able in a long time to repair so prodigious a havock and waste of Spirits 'T is true indeed you have taken away part of the corrupt Blood but then you must expect that the empty'd Veins will be immediately fill'd with all the Serosities in the Body and the other Humours that were necessary for the preservation of the Parts in their natural state and constitution and consequently the mixture of the whole Mass of Blood will be deprav'd 'T is obvious to every Man of Sense that the destruction of the principle of Life which is lodg'd in the Blood is fatal and pernicious and tho' perhaps you may cure the Horse of the Farcin you will afterwards be sensible tho' too late that you have robb'd him of all his Beauty and render'd him unfit for service Sweating alone wou'd be sufficient to purifie the Blood but our usual Remedies are not strong enough to procure such a plentiful Evacuation as wou'd be necessary for the Cure of the Distemper For the best Sudorifics for Men operate very weakly on Horses or perhaps not at all 'T is true Chymistry furnishes us with some Remedies that are found by experience to be of sufficient efficacy to make Horses Sweat and in some measure to purifie their Blood But they raise so great a heat in the Intrails that 't is frequently a harder Task to allay that than to Cure the Farcin After you have let a Horse Blood whatever Method you intend to follow you may if you please administer a Purging Remedy to prepare the Horse's Body and open Obstructions For the Medicines that are afterwards exhibited will purifie the Blood more effectually tho' after all Purgation is not absolutely necessary The two following Purgatives are of excellent use in this case and I have cur'd several Horses of a less Malignant kind of Farcin with a Dose of one of these Medicines A Purge for the Farcin Take of clear or Succotrine Aloes an Ounce and a half Roots of Jalap and Mercurius Dulcis of each half an Ounce old Treacle an Ounce and a half beat the hard Ingredients to Powder and when you have occasion to use the Medicine mix it with a Quart of Wine putting in the Aloes just before you administer it for it would immediately grow hard and fall to the bottom After your Horse has drunk it all up rinse the Pot and Horn with half a Pint of Wine and give it to the Horse keeping him Bridl'd six Hours before and five Hours after and feeding him all that Day and two Days after with moisten'd Bran instead of Oats nor must you give him any Hay the Day before you administer the Medicine nor so long as the Purgation continues If this Remedy do not procure a sufficient evacuation you may use the following Pills There cannot be too many Purgative Medicines prescrib'd for the Cure of the Farcin for that which is given with Success to one Horse may hurt another or that which operates effectually one time may frustrate your Expectations on another occasion Pills for the Farcin Take Sena Leaves and Roots of Hermodactyls of each one Ounce Agaric three Drams Fine Scammony four Drams Cinnabar one Ounce Cinnamon and Cloves of each one Dram Fennel-seed and Ginger of each two Scruples Reduce all the Ingredients to a Gross Powder to be made up into Pills with two Pounds of fresh Hog's-Lard observe the same Directions that were prescrib'd for the use of the preceding Remedy After the Bleeding and Purging there will not be need of any more inward Remedies only when the Knots are ripen'd you must open 'em to give a passage to the Matter and if instead of drying up the Lips of the Sore remain swoll'n strew 'em once with Realgar in fine Powder After nine Days the Scab will fall off and leave the Sore fair and clean which you may afterwards dry up with some of the Powders prescrib'd for the Cure of Wounds for Example with the Powder of the Caput Mortuum that remains after the distillation of Spirit of Vitriol Give your Horse every Day in moisten'd Bran an Ounce of the Root of the hundred headed Thistle in Powder or two Ounces of the Green Root You must gather the Root in the Spring when the Plant begins to shoot forth dry it in the shade and beat it to Powder The Root of the Queen of the Meadows gather'd at the same time and given in the same quantity is no less effectual for these two Roots are the true specific Remedies of the Farcin 'T is a common Error that if a plentiful Evacuation be procur'd by any Remedies whatsoever the Cure will succeed For 't is certain that notwithstanding the effectual operation of the Medicine if it be not peculiarly adapted to the Distemper the Farcin will grow more Malignant and if it be seated on the Thigh the Swelling will increase instead of diminishing A Purgative Remedy that is not endu'd with a singular Virtue against the Disease stirs the Humours which it cannot evacuate and Nature throws the Load that oppresses her upon the weak and sore Parts and consequently the Swelling is augmented after Purgation but if the Remedy attack the Venom and cause of the Distemper the Swelling will be sensibly abated and from thence you may conclude that the Purgation has produc'd the intended effect The two above-mention'd Remedies are useful for all Horses that stand in need of Purging such as those who are very Fat or full of Humours and are not accustom'd to Exercise But you must never administer a Purging Remedy for the Cure of the Farcin to lean Horses that are full of Mettle and Fire or of a burnt Sorrel Colour CHAP. CXLI A Specific Remedy for the Farcin FEed your Horse with moisten'd Bran instead of Oats Bleed him administer a Purging Remedy if you think it necessary and two Days after when the Purgation is over give him three Doses of Cinnabar Pills a Dose every two Days Make him eat an Ounce of the Root of White Mullein Queen of the Meadows or the hundred headed Thistle once every Day in moisten'd Bran when the Knots break draw out the Matter and afterwards dry up the Sores with Powders This

appear after some time The Horse may be ridden or kept to his usual Work during the Cure if it be perform'd in Summer but in the Winter you must observe a contrary Method Of Clefts Cracks or Chops These Clefts appear on the Bought of the Pasterns and are occasion'd by a sharp and malignant Humour that frets the Skin and is accompany'd with Pain and a very noisome Stench Shave away the Hair from the sore places and if there be no Swelling apply the Neat-herd's or Coach-man 's Ointment or if neither of these can be procur'd the white Honey-Charge which will quickly heal the Chops If the Flesh be foul and retard the Cure you must touch it with Spirit of Vitriol and two Hours after apply the white Honey-Charge renewing the Application of the Charge till the Cleft be heal'd Some will hardly be persuaded to shave away the Hair pretending that it pricks and festers the Sores when it grows again but this is an Abuse for 't is absolutely impossible to keep the Part clean and extremely difficult to perform the Cure while the Sores remain cover'd with Hair And therefore to prevent any Inconveniency that may be occasion'd by the cutting of the Hair you must shave it very close and in my Opinion when a Horse is subject to these Clefts the best way is to keep the Pasterns continually shav'd and to cut the Hair of those Places as often as the Manc but you must not cut the Fetlock The Oil of Hemp-seed or for want of that of Linseed is an excellent Remedy in this Case for it allays the Sharpness of the Humours and very often heals and dries up the Chops Take Linseed Oil and Brandy of each an equal Quantity shake 'em together in a Glass till they be well mixt and then anoint the Chops If this Remedy do not operate effectually apply one of the drying Ointments Of the Pains and Watery Sores in the Legs There is a certain stinking or fretting Matter that issues out of the Pores and deadens the Skin of the Pastern Fetlock-Joint and sometimes of the whole Leg. And 't is even so Corrosive that it loosens the Hoof from the Cronet at the Heel appearing on the Skin in the form of a very white and malignant Matter which denotes the greatness of the Corruption The breaking forth of this Matter is almost always preceeded by a Swelling and accompany'd with Pain and at last acquiring a venomous quality 't is succeeded by Warts and Clefts It appears usually at first at the side of the Pasterns and afterwards ascends to the middle of the Leg peeling off some part of the Hair The Cure is not very difficult in the beginning but when the Disease is inveterate and the Course of the Humours constantly determin'd to the sore Place it becomes as it were the Sink of all the Corruption in the Body The Part swells and is over-spread with Warts Mules and Clefts which make the Cure very difficult As soon as you perceive that your Horse is troubl'd with this Distemper let him Blood but sparingly for 't will be sufficient to take away two Pounds of Blood then give him every Morning for eight Days together the Decoction of Guaiacum or Box-Wood and afterwards purge him observing the same Method both in preparing and administring the Decoction which is describ'd in Chap. CXLVI These Medicines reach the Cause of the Distemper by destroying and consuming the Humours that occasion it and are not only very useful in this Case but also for the Healing of all the Scabs and Sores that appear in Coach-Horses Legs And if a Horse begin to be troubl'd with these Distempers while he is young you may easily prevent the return of these Infirmities in his Legs that diminish considerably both his Price and Goodness by repeating the same Doses of the Decoction and Purgative the two following Years Whether these Remedies be administer'd or not you must immediately shave away the Hair and if the Leg be not gourded rub the sore places very hard with a Wisp and then apply the following Ointment An Ointment to dry up the Pains or Watery Sores Take a Pound of Black Soap an ordinary Glass of Spirit of Wine two Ounces of common Salt beaten small three Ounces of Burnt Allom and a sufficient quantity of Meal to thicken the whole mix and make an Ointment to be apply'd to the sore place without any Bandage or Cover The next Day wash the Part very clean with a new-made Lye and renew the Application of the Remedy continuing after the same manner till the Leg be sound as it will be in a little time if it be not Gourded CHAP. CLXXXII The Ointment of Oldenburg to heal and dry up the Pains Rat-Tails Mules and other foul and watery Sores in a Horse's Legs PUT two Pounds of common Honey in a new glaz'd Pot over a very small Fire and assoon as it begins to boil remove it from the Fire and add Verdigrease in fine Powder and white Vitriol grossly beaten of each four Ounces incorporating 'em with the Honey Then set the Pot again on a small Fire as before stirring the Substances about and adding two Ounces of Galls in very fine Powder take it off a second time from the Fire and after you have continu'd stirring for some time put in an Ounce of Sublimate beaten very small and stir all the Substances together till they be cold This Ointment dries up Sores very powerfully tho' it may be made stronger by adding four Ounces of Aqua-fortis after the Ointment is cold but you must take care not to put in too much lest it shou'd occasion a Swelling in the Leg. This Ointment must be mixt over a very small and gentle Fire and assoon as you perceive it begins to boil too fast you must immediately remove it from the Fire for otherwise it wou'd certainly fly over the Pot. 'T is so strong that if you lay on too much of it 't will raise a Scab instead of drying up a Sore and therefore in the Cure of the Pains Clefts and other running Sores you must only anoint the Parts slightly renewing the Application every Day but the same Caution is not to be observ'd with respect to Warts which are oftentimes cur'd by this Ointment It may be kept a long time without losing its Virtue After an unprofitable Tryal of other Ointments you may have recourse to this for if the Leg be not Gourdy there will not be need of above two Applications to dry up the most obstinate running Sores Another Remedy to dry up the Pains or Running Sores Wash the Part every Evening with the Second Water and if the Horse be old you may use Aqua-fortis but if the Disease will not yield to these Remedies you must apply the Ointment of Oldenburg or the Neat-herd's Ointment which will certainly dry up the malignant Humour provided the Leg be not swoll'n If the Leg be swoll'n and hot wash the sore places with the