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.

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Take Wheat-bran two Handfuls, and so much Wine, Ale or Beer, as one quart, and to thicken it put to it of Hogs-grease half a pound, boyl them together till the Liquor be quite consumed, and apply it hot to the place, renewing it every day once till it break of it self, or be so soft to be opened, then let forth the Corruption with a hot Iron, and Taint it with Flax dipt in this Salve, take of Turpentine and of Hogs-grease, of each alike; and of Rozin and Wax a much greater quantity, melt them together and dip the Taint in it, and put it into the Wound, renewing it every day once till it be whole. This is to Ripen Inflammations, Pu∣stules and Kernels, which do grow under the Chaul of a Horse; but if it be an Inflammation in any other part of the Body, then take four quarts of the Grounds of a Beer-Barrel, of Smallage, Penny-royal, Win∣ter-Savoury, Comfrey, Rue, and of the Leaves and Berries of Misletoe, of each two Handfuls, chop them small and put them to the Grounds, and put to it a pound of Sheeps Sewet or Deers Sewet tried, and three or four Handfuls of Rye or Wheat-bran, so much as will serve to boyl it to a Poultess, and when it is boiled apply it to the place, it will break it or at least soften it that it may be opened, if it be hard when you put your Poultess thereunto, it will send it back.