The experienced farrier, or, Farring compleated. : In two books physical and chyrurgical. Being pleasure to the gentleman, and profit to the countrey-man. In which you have the whole body, sum and substance of it, in one entire volume, in so full and ample manner, that there is little or nothing more material to be added thereto. 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, the place where, the colours, marks and shapes of all stallions and mares, and what are fit for generation; the feeder, rider, keeper, ambler and buyer; as also the making of several precious drinks, suppositories, pills, purgations, scourings, ointments, salves, powders, waters, charges, balls, perfumes; and directions how to use them for all inward and outward disases [as printed]. Also the paring and shooing [as printed] of all manner of hoofes, within what point that are doth consist. The prices and vertues of most of the principal drugs, both simple and compound belonging to farring, (and where you may buy them) viz: roots, barks, woods, flowers, fruits, seeds, juices, gums, rozins, &c. As also a large table of the vertues of most simples set down alphabetically; and many hundreds of words 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. /

Niall Kenny description: Lots of pagination errors but all in the 54 pages of drugs at the start of part 2 (p. 15 as 1, 19 as 21, 22 as 20, 23 as 25, 26 as 24, 40 as 42, 41 as 43, 44 as 36, 45 as 37, 46 as 48, 47 as 49, 48 as 40, 49 as 41, 50 as 52); also signature error with I4 being given as I3, a...

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