The epitome of the whole art of husbandry comprising all necessary directions for the improvement of it ... : together with the gentlemans heroick exercise, discoursing of horses, their nature and use ... : to which is annexed by way of appendix, a new method of planting fruit trees and improving of an orchard / by J.B. Gent.
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The epitome of the whole art of husbandry comprising all necessary directions for the improvement of it ... : together with the gentlemans heroick exercise, discoursing of horses, their nature and use ... : to which is annexed by way of appendix, a new method of planting fruit trees and improving of an orchard / by J.B. Gent.
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Blagrave, Joseph, 1610-1682.
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London :: Printed for Ben. Billingsley and Obadiah Blagrave,
1669.
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Agriculture -- Early works to 1800.
Fruit-culture.
Horsemanship.
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"The epitome of the whole art of husbandry comprising all necessary directions for the improvement of it ... : together with the gentlemans heroick exercise, discoursing of horses, their nature and use ... : to which is annexed by way of appendix, a new method of planting fruit trees and improving of an orchard / by J.B. Gent." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A28318.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.
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Of a Malender, with the Remedy.
THis is a disease that may be cured for a
time, but with ill keeping it will come
again; it appeareth on the foremost Leg on
the bending of the knee behind: it is like a
Scab or Scald growing in the form of lines or
streaks. Some Horses will have two of them
on a Leg within an inch together; they will
make a Horse to stumble, and sometimes to
fall. The Cure is, to wash it with warm wa∣ter,
and to shave the Scab clean away, then
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take a spoonful of Sope, as much Lime, and
make it into a Paste, and spread as much on a
clout as will cover the Sore, bind it fast, re∣newing
every day for three days together,
then anoint the same with Oyl of Roses, to
cause the crust to fall away, then wash it with
Urine, and strew upon it the powder of Oyster
shells. Another for the same: Take a bar∣relled
Herring with a soft Row, and two
spoonfuls of black Sope, half an ounce of Al∣lum,
and bruise them together, and lay it on
the Sore three days.
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