The country-man's guide or plain directions for ordering. Curing. Breeding choice, use, and feeding. Of horses, cows, sheep, hoggs, &c. Adorn'd with sculptuers, shewing the proper places in the bodies of the said several beasts, where the said distempers do usually happen. Published for the publick good, by W.W.

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The country-man's guide or plain directions for ordering. Curing. Breeding choice, use, and feeding. Of horses, cows, sheep, hoggs, &c. Adorn'd with sculptuers, shewing the proper places in the bodies of the said several beasts, where the said distempers do usually happen. Published for the publick good, by W.W.
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Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.
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London :: printed for S. Lee, stationer, over against the post-office in Lombard-street,
1679.
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Domestick animals -- Early works to 1800.
Horses -- Early works to 1800.
Swine -- Early works to 1800.
Sheep -- Early works to 1800.
Cows -- Early works to 1800.
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"The country-man's guide or plain directions for ordering. Curing. Breeding choice, use, and feeding. Of horses, cows, sheep, hoggs, &c. Adorn'd with sculptuers, shewing the proper places in the bodies of the said several beasts, where the said distempers do usually happen. Published for the publick good, by W.W." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A71265.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.

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XXXI. Cholick, or Griping in the Guts.

Against the Cholick or griping in the guts.

  • Take Black Pepper, two ounces.
  • The Juice and the Root of Jews-Ear.
  • Parsley.
  • Fenicle.
  • ...

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  • Marjoram, of each an ounce.
  • Sage, half an ounce.
  • Live-Honey, about 2 quarts.

Boil it, scum it well, and make it of the bigness of an Haslenut, to little cakes▪

Which you must give the horse to drink with good wine about half a pint.

And on that day, when he hath the Cholick, then take Fennil-seed three or four spoonsfull, and with a convenient quantity of wine, you shall presently give it to the horse to drink, and then cover him and make him sweat well.

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