The parfait mareschal, or Compleat farrier. Which teacheth, I. To know the shapes and goodness, as well as faults and imperfections of horses. II. The signs and causes of their diseases, the means to prevent them, their cure, and the good or bad use of purging and bleeding. III. The way to order and preserve them, when upon travel, to feed, and to dress them. IV. The art of shoeing, according to a new design of shoes, which will recover bad feet, and preserve the good. Together with a treatise, how to raise and bring up a true and beautiful race of horses: as also instructions, whereby to fit all kinds of horses with proper bits, whereof the chief draughts are represented in copper-plates. / Written originally in French by the Sieur de Solleysel Escuyer, sometime one of the overseers of the French Kings Royal Academy of Riding, near to the Hostel de Conde in Paris. And translated from the last Paris impression, by Sir William Hope of Kirkliston Kt. Lieutenat Governour of the Castle of Edinburgh. By whom is also added as a supplement to the first part, a most compendious and excellent collection of horsemanship, taken from the best and most modern writers upon that subject, such as Mr. De la Brow, Pluvinel, and the Great Duke of Newcastle. Part I.

The Black Ointment, or the Coach-man's Ointment, to heal and dry up all Manner of Sores in the hinder Legs.

If you find by Experience that in some Cases none of the above-mention'd Reme∣dies are sufficient to cure the Pains, Clefts, Mules, and Rat-Tails, you must endeavour to temper the Acrimony and sharpness of the Humour with the white Honey Charge: And tho', after the fruitless Application of the Neat-heard's Ointment, or that of Ol∣denburg, there is little hope left of performing the Cure with any other Remedy; it will not perhaps be improper to subjoin the Description of a very cheap and effectual Ointment, if the Leg be not Gourdy. Take common Honey, and Powder of Copperas, of each a Pound and a half; mix 'em together in a Pot over a gentle Fire, stirring 'em constantly till they begin to boil; then take off the Pot, and when the Matter is half cold, add an Ounce of Arsenic in Powder. Then set it on the Fire again, and stir it till it begin to boil; after which take it off, stirring perpetually till it grow cold, and in the mean time, take all possible care to avoid the noi∣some Smell.

After you have shav'd away the Hair, rub the sore place with a Wisp, and anoint it with your Finger, renewing the Application once every two Days. You must not lay it on too thick, lest it raise a Scab instead of drying up the Sore.