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.

* 1.1 Things good to Kill Wormes in General.

Alheal, Alkanet, Water Agrimony, the leaves of Bistort, or Snake-weed, the powder of the Root of Butter-Bur, the Seed of Sea Co••ewort, bruised and given in Beer, the powder of ordinary small Centaury, the powder of the Root call'd Devils Bit, Elecampane, the powder of Fern-Roots, the Juice of Flix-weed, Gentian, Feltwort or Baldmony, Ger∣mander, Hops beaten to Powder and given him, the powder of Hore∣hound, Knotgrass, Groundsel, Savin, Brimstone, Allom, Salt, Mother-wort,

the Bark of the Root of the Mulberry-Tree, Nettleseeds, the powder of the leaves of the Peach▪tree, the powder of Plantine, Horse-Radish; Wild-Rotchet, Rupture-wort, Southern-wood, Vervain, the Bark of the Wallnut-tree, or the powder of the green shells, Worm∣wood dried and beaten and given, Tansie seed▪ the white Beete sodden with Garlick, Mercury Calcin'd, Alloes, blak Soap, Ta••ners Ouze, his own▪ Hair chopped small and given him in his Provender, Rue, Soot, the warm Guts o•• a new slain Hen or Chicken rowled up in Salt and Brimstone, and given him, Elder-berries sodden in▪ Milk, Chalk, Fennegreek, Bay-berries, Turmerick, Worm-seed, Garlick, Hens dung, Saffron, Mint, Sage, Rozin, Juniper berries, the green Branches of Sallow or Willow given him, Reeds, so much of Sublima••um as will lie upon two pence, workt up in Butter and given him, Stone-crop, Quick-silver crude or mortified, with the Juice of Lemons, &c.

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