The experienced farrier, or, Farring compleated In two books physical and chyrurgical. Bringing pleasure to the gentleman, and profit to the countrey-man. ... For here is contained every thing that belongs to a true horse-man, groom, farrier or horse-leach, viz. breeding; the manner how, the season when, ... and what are fit for generation; the feeder, rider, keeper, ambler and buyer; as also the making of several precious drinks, suppositories, balls, purgations, ... and directions how to use them for all inward and outward diseases. Also the paring and shooing of all manner of hoofes, ... The prices and vertues of most of the principal drugs, both simple and compound belonging to farring, ... also a large table of the virtues of most simples set down alphabetically, and many hundreds of simples placed one after another, for the cure of all ... diseases, ... with many new receipts of excellent use and value; never yet printed before in any author. By E.R. Gent.

Another Receipt.

Take white-Wine Lees one Pint, a Porringer-full of Wheat Floure▪ of Cummin in fine powder half an Ounce, mix all these well together, and being made warm upon the Fire, charge the place therewith, renewing it once for three or four days together; and when the swelling is al∣most gone, draw it with your hot Iron, and charge the Burning with Pitch and Rosin molten together, which must be applied warm, to the end the Charge may stick on the better, then presently clap on Flox, and let it remain until it fall away of it self, and let it come in no wet or water for the space of fourteen days.