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the_o day_n time_n cause_v they_o to_o drink_v the_o more_o hearty_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v very_o proper_a to_o give_v they_o always_o a_o little_a quantity_n of_o it_o in_o the_o day_n time_n to_o keep_v they_o plump_a and_o fat_a although_o the_o spanish_a horse_n in_o their_o own_o country_n be_v not_o suffer_v to_o taste_v it_o their_o straw_n there_o be_v sweet_a and_o more_o juicy_a where_o also_o the_o barley_n which_o they_o 〈◊〉_d supply_v the_o want_n of_o a_o little_a hay_n which_o people_n be_v necessitate_v to_o give_v they_o in_o 〈◊〉_d as_o well_o as_o their_o other_o horse_n although_o it_o shall_v be_v but_o six_o or_o eight_o pound_n a_o day_n to_o some_o moreand_a other_o less_o i_o be_o here_o discourse_v of_o spanish_a horse_n barb_n turk_n and_o other_o horse_n of_o manage_n of_o a_o light_a size_n and_o i_o can_v understand_v why_o many_o people_n give_v to_o their_o horse_n 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o day_n time_n and_o hay_n in_o the_o night_n because_o beside_o 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be_v through_o time_n quite_o lose_v and_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o grease_n which_o enter_v into_o 〈◊〉_d composition_n surmount_v the_o refrigerate_a quality_n of_o the_o other_o ingredient_n it_o provoke_v sleep_v be_v good_a for_o feverish_a person_n and_o for_o head-akes_a proceed_v from_o heat_n if_o the_o forehead_n and_o temple_n be_v anoint_v with_o it_o it_o be_v also_o very_o go_v to_o be_v give_v for_o cool_v in_o glister_v use_v betwixt_o two_o and_o four_o ounce_n 〈◊〉_d it_o at_o a_o time_n as_o for_o the_o refrigerate_a ointment_n of_o galen_n it_o be_v mighty_a refresh_n as_o cool_v there_o be_v also_o other_o emplaster_n and_o ointment_n much_o in_o use_n for_o horse_n to_o 〈◊〉_d the_o diachylum_fw-la magnum_fw-la which_o mollify_v hardness_n and_o either_o resolve_n swell_v or_o bring_v they_o to_o maturity_n the_o nutritum_fw-la otherways_o call_v tripharâ—â—â—_n which_o be_v good_a for_o the_o imperfection_n of_o the_o skin_n and_o to_o dry_v up_o ulcer_n the_o unguentum_fw-la de_fw-fr belo_n which_o cool_v bind_v and_o strengthen_v it_o be_v good_a in_o the_o begin_n of_o hot_a defluxion_n especial_o for_o erysipelys_n the_o pompholix_a for_o prick_n and_o street-nail_n and_o beside_o it_o also_o dry_v up_o ulcer_n the_o styptic_a ointment_n for_o horse_n who_o fundament_n fall_v out_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o violence_n occasion_v by_o some_o effort_n or_o stress_n sect._n 2._o of_o other_o ointment_n and_o emplaster_n make_v use_v of_o for_o horse_n the_o emplast_n of_o melilot_n mollify_v all_o hardness_n and_o dispell_n wind_n 2._o sect._n 2._o the_o basilicon_fw-la ripen_v by_o cleanse_v and_o draw_v the_o unguent_n rubrum_n incarnates_fw-la assuage_v pain_n and_o heal_v up_o wound_n the_o vng_a egyptiacum_n cleanse_v ulcer_n and_o fistulaes_n remove_v corruption_n and_o eat_v away_o the_o dead-flesh_n more_o powerful_o than_o the_o vng_a aposlolorum_fw-la as_o also_o it_o dry_v up_o wound_n the_o emplast_n divinum_fw-la be_v good_a 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