The perfect horseman, or, The experienced secrets of Mr. Markham's fifty years practice shewing how a man may come to be a general horseman, by the knowledge of these seven offices, viz. the breeder, feeder, ambler, rider, keeper, buyer, farrier / and now published by Lancelot Thetford, practitioner in the same art for the space of forty years.

A Purgation when an horse is sick of grease, or costiveness.

Take a pint of old white Wine, and o•• the fire dissolve into it a lump as much a•• an Henns Egge of Castle-sope, and sti•• them together, then take it off, and put in to it two good spoonfulls of Hempseed bea¦ten, an ounce of sugar-candy in powder and brew all together, then having wa••¦med the horse, to stirre up his grease an¦other foul humors, give him this to drink and walk him up and down a little after •• to make the potion work; then set u•• warm, and after a little stirring him in h•• stall, if he grow sickish, give him liberty t•• lye down; then after two hours fasting giv•• him a sweet Mash, then feed as at othe•• times.