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Things good in general for Foundring.

First, pare all his Soles so thin, that you may see the quick, then let him Blood at every Toe, and let them Bleed well; then stop the Vein with Tallow and Roz••n, and having Tackt hollow Shooes on his Feet, stop them with Bran, Tarr and Tallow as boiling hot as may be, and renew it once in two days for a Week together, then exercise him much, and his Feet will come to their Use and Nimbleness, or after he is pared thin, and let Blood at his Toes, stop his Feet with Cowes-dung, Kitchins Fee, Tarr and Soot Boiled together, and poured boiling hot into them. If you Travel your Horse, you must stop him with it cold, and add unto it the

white of an Egg or two, for that will take away the heat of the former days Journey. Or to stop his Feet with Tow dipt in an Ointment made of Turpentine, Sallet-Oyl, Verdegrease, Wax and Hogs-grease; If he be newly Foundred, give him with a Horn a Pint of fair Water with a handful of Salt in it; but if you stay three or four days, or longer, then give him of Hellebore a spoonful, of Saffron a penniworth, of Ass••foetida and of Soap of Venice two drams, a little of the Seed of Bay, all made into Powder, and given him in a Pint of Vineger blood-warm, and cover him with a wet Cloth, and Cloath him warm, and Tie him up to the Rack, that he neither lie down nor Vomit, and let him Sweat an Hour, and cool him by degrees.