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.

Take of the Syrup of Colts-foot one Ounce, of Elecampane Roots dried, Anniseeds and Licoris, of each half an Ounce, all made into fine powder, an Ounce of brown Sugar-candy, which must be divided into two parts, then take sweet Butter as much as will suffice, and so make this up into three Balls good and stiff, which done, roul them in your other moiety of your powdred Sugar-candy, and so give it him Fasting, and ride him gently for half an hour, and so set him up warm, and let him fast three houres after it, and let him drink no cold▪Water, unless it be with Exercise, and sprinkle his Hay with Water, and his Oats with Beer or Ale.