â— VERIE Perfect Discourse and order hovv to know the Age of a HORSE and the Diseases that breede in him with the Remedies to cure the â—â—me as also The description of euery Vayne and how and when to let him Blood according to the diuersitie of the Disease as hath been proued by the Author L. W. C. Imprinted at London by VV.VV. for Thomas Fauier 160â— â—he 2 Templev â—he 2 ey v â—he 2 forehead â—he 2 pallet v â—he 2 necke ve â—he 2 plate ve The 2 fore shanck v The z side veyn The Shanck The houf The taie veyn The hanch ve In this Discourse is fyrst shewed how and when a Horse should be let blood and to what end and by what signe a man may know whether it be requisite or no Secondly in how many Vaynes he may be let Blood Thirdly how to know his Age. Fourthly where all kind of diseases do grow and how to cure them How and when a Horse should be let blood and to what end and by what signe a man may know whether it be requisite or no. FIrst to preserue health it is good to let him Blood foure times a yeere First in the Spring about the beginning of May because the Blood beginneth to increase Secondly in September because the blood being then inflamed inequally may euaporate or breake out Thirdly about the middest of December to let out the grosse and knottie Blood Fourthly about the middest of March. But I would not with you to let a Horse blood but once a yeere and that in the beginning of May within a fortnight after his putting to grasse for then you shall let out the grosse and old blood and the new will come in his place Except it be vpon great need I would wish you not to let him blood at all for oft letting blood causeth debslitie in the Horse it hindreth the sight and maketh the blood to resort inwardly which cloyeth the Hart and Intralles and leaueth the outwarde partes destitute In how many Vaynes an Horse may be let blood IN the first 2. Vaynes are the Temple Vaynes which be the principall Vaines in the Head In the 2. Eye Vaynes which are easie to find in the face of the Horse somewhat beneath his eyes In the 2. Pallet Vaines in the mouth In the 2. Necke Vaynes In the 2. Plate Vaynes which are in the Brest In the 2. Forehead Vaynes In the 2. fore Shanke Vaynes before In the 2. fore Vaynes before In the 2. side Vaines which may be called the Scanke vaines In the Tayle Vayne In the Hanch Vayne In the Hoofe Vaynes In the 2. fore Shanke Vaynes behind So by this account an Horse may be let Blood in 31. Vaynes all which Vaynes are easie enough to know because euery one lyeth in a little gutter which you shall finde by feeling with your finger If your Horse be payned with any griefe in his head heauinesse Fransey Fawling euyll or such like then it is good to let him blood in the Temple Vaines with a Fleme If his Eyes be waterish or Blood-shotten or greened with Pinne or Webbe or Haw then it is good to set him Blood in the Eye Vayne with a Fleme If he haue any wearinesse or heauinesse of Body or be diseased in the Throat with the Stranglings or Squiansy or swellinges of the Artires either within or without then it is good to let blood in the Pallet Vaynes in the Mouth with a Coruet If he be vexed with an Ague or with any other disease vniuersall hurting his body then let him blood in the Necke Vaines If his griefe be in the Lunges Lyuer or any other inward part then let him blood in the Brest Vaines which we call before the Plate Vaynes If he be greeued in the Soulders then let him blood in the Fore-feete Vaines aboue the knee with a Launce and that very warely for that place is full of Sinniewes If he be greeued in the Ioyntes then let him blood in the Shackle Vaynes and that very warely for that place is ful of Sinniewes also If he be foyled in the Fore-feete with Foundring or otherwise then let him blood in the two Vaynes make way first with your Drawer to come to your vaines in the Fore-feete If he be diseased in the Kidnyes or Reynes Backe or Belly then let him blood in the Flancke Vaynes If he haue any griefe in his Hippes then let him blood in the Tayle Vaine or Hough Vayne If his hinder Legges be greeued or Ioyntes or Feete then let him blood on the Shackle Vaines and on the 2. Vaines behinde on the hinder feete To know the age of a Horse A Horse hath xl Teeth the xxx Moneth after his fooling he loseth two aboue and two beneath in the iiii yeere he loseth two aboue and two beneath when he is fiue he casteth all the rest both aboue and beneath Those that come first aboue are hollow when he is sixe his hollow Teeth are filled vp and in the. vii all the rest are filled vp then you can no longer iudge of his age by his Teeth To know where these Diseases do grow about a Horse BAgges is in the weakes of the Mouth Barbe be two Teates growing vnder the Tongue Bottes do grow and breed in the Maw and Guttes Blisters on his body commeth through heate and cold Camer is in his Mouth venomed and will make his tongue to haue cliftes and scabbes in his vpper Lippes vnderneath and are full of blacke Wheales or Pimples so that he can hardly eate his meate Coult Euill is by rancknesse of Water and Blood it will cause his Belly and Yeard to swell Cloying is in the Hoofe of the Feete Cordes is a slacke Sinniew in the Legges before Curbes is a swelling Sinniew behind the Hoose Crotches is a ruffe scurffinesse aboue the Fetter-lockes Interfeering is striking on the Ioynt about the Pastorne Farcion or Farcie is a Scabbe or Knobbes breaking in diuers places of his body commeth chiefly in the Vaines Feuer is a sicknesse taken with cold and will cause him to shake Thistula is an old rotten Sore in his Body Foundering is taken in the Body and Feete also Fraying is taken in the Body and Feete and Legges which is a stifnesse comming onely with cold Frounce or Pimples in the Pallet of his Mouth Gawling or other hurt and come especially by eating of frozen grasse or dust Gigges or Flappes are Pimples or Teates on the inside of the Mouth Glaunders are Curnels vnder his Iawes and when they are ripe they will runne at his Nose and so breake out Gorge is a swelling of Blood in the Legges Graueling is taken in the Feete The Webbe in the Eye or the Haw which is a Grissell growing on the Felme which scowreth the Eye Hyde-bound is when the Skinne cleaueth to the Flesh and the Ribbes Hoofe-bound is in the pinching of the Hoofe Itch in the Tayle is by excesse of Blood Lampas is the Flesh in
the Mouth nie the vpper Teeth Mange is taken by some Scabbe or byting Mallander is a Scabbe in the bone of the Knees Molt-long is the pinching of a straight Hoofe Mourning of the Chine is a wasting from the Backe or broken Winded Nauell galled is a sore on his Backe against the Nauell or an Impostume sore Paynes is a sorenesse about the Hoofe or Foote-lockes Powle-euill is on the nape of the Necke and breedeth by stripes Pinne or Webbe which couereth the beard of the Eye Rume is taken by cold and so his Teeth will waxe loose and seeme long and then he cannot eate his meate but it will lie in lumpes and about his Iawes Ring-bone is a hard Gristle about the Hoofe Quinasie is a sorenesse in the Throate Sclander is a Scab on the Hammes on the hinder Legges Shackle gawled is on the Pastorne Spauen is on the Ioynt in the Hoofes behinde Splent is a splend Sinniew aboue the Fetter lockes Staggers is a doosinesse in the Head breeding of cold and of the Pellowes Stranglings is a swelling of the Throate Stoâ—e in a Horse Surbating is vnder the Sooles of the Feete on the further side Viues is a certane Curnell vnder the Eares or a Canker in the Mouth or Throate Windgalles are Bladders aboue the Fetter-lockes Yellow is a kinde of Iaundies and will cause the Eyes to looke yellow and other partes of the body also APPROVED REMEDIES FOR THE CVRING of any kind of disease hurt maine or maladie in Horses For the Gawling of a Horse TAke Butter Vineger and Bay-salt and melt them together and lay on the Horse backe warme then straw vpon it Sutte or the powder of a Clay wall An other for the same TAke ob of Turmerace bruse it a handfull of Bay salt and a handfull of Sutte with two handfulls of Oatemeale mingle it with Vrine and make it into a cake as well as you can and then vpon a hot harth bake it till it be burnt blacke then beat it into powder and when you haue washed your Horse backe with Lie very hotte or Chamberlie then straw on the Powder and when the Powder is almost gone then dresse it as aforesayd If it be festered take Yeest Hony the white of an Egge and Sutte mingle them togither and make a Playster thereof and lay it to eate the dead flesh then straw on Verdegreace and renew it once a day An other for the same TAke a Pottle of Vergis two penny worth of greene Coparis and boyle it to a pint and a halfe wash and search the hole therewith then fill the hole with redde Lead and so let it remaine three dayes vntouched then wash it with the same and fill it againe with the redde Lead and so euery other day wash it with that water not made so strong of the Coparis and lay thereon red Lead This will heale it though it be galled to the body An other for the same TAke of the strongest Beere a pint put into it a quarter of a pound of Allum and halfe a handfull of Sage seeth it to the one halfe then take out the Sage leaues This will heale any Canker or Sore in a Horse To heale any Cut in a Horse TAke a quarter of a pound of fresh Butter of Tarre and blacke Sope halfe so much of each and a litle Turpentine boyle them altogether but the Sope and as soone as you take it from the fire put in the Sope and then vse it For a Horse wrong in the Wales TAke Butter and Salt and boyle them together till they are blacke then powre it in on hot then take vp a flake of Doung that is hot and lay it on the sore backe and so dresse him till he be wâ—ole For Fretting on the Bellie which commeth with gawling of the fore Gyrt. THis commeth with the fore Gyrt and it stoppeth the Blood which is in the principall Veynes called the Plate Veynes which do runne length wayes Take Oyle of Bayes and Oyle of Balme two ounces of Pitch two ounces of Tarre one ounce of Rosen mingle them altogether and annoynt the foure Bowels then take Floxe and lay vpon it and feare it with a hot Yron but take heed it be not too hot for feare of burning For Thistulaes VVHen you first perceiue it to swell then scalde it with Hony and Sheepes Shuet but scald it very much This will keepe it from breeding Then take and slit it in the neather end of the Sore and put as much Mercurie Sublimatum as a Pease abate it with Sallet Oyle laying it on with a Fetherâ— after that take Verdegreace iiii d. worth Vitreall ob Lead .iii. d. worth beat these together and euery day wash the wound with Copris water made with Copris and Elder leaues in Sommer and with the inner greene Barke in Winter after the washing take the powder and put it on the Sore and after it drop on a litle Oyle Another for the same TAke the vttermost greene shelles of Wal-Nuttes and put them in a Tubbe strowing three or foure handfull of Bay salt vpon them some in the bottome some in the middle and some on the toppe and so keepe them all the yeere and when you will vse them take a pint of them and a litle Bay salt and halfe a quarter of a pound of blacke Sope with halfe a sponefull of May Butter and for want thereof other Butter and incorporate them togither and then spread it on the sore But two howers before you lay it on annoynt the sore with a litle Venis Turpentine A Medecine to kill the Thistula cleane TAke Vnguentum EgipsiacuÌ„ which is made of Hony a pint Vineger di a pint Allum a quarter of a pound and Vergrece i. oz. di and seeth them altogither till they be thicke and a tawwe colour this is called Egiâ—siacum and to make it the strongest way is to put in Sublimat i. oz. made in powder and Arsenicke two scruples and boyle it together This strongest is for Thistulaes Cankers and foule Soares and the first may be vsed in the mouth but not that which is made of Sublimatum and Arsenice for they are poyson A Tent to put into the hollow place of the Thistula TAke of Sublimatum wel powdered i. oz. the middest of well leauoned Bread slacke baked iiii oz. of Nâ—â—â—n x. drammes mingle them together with a litle Rose water and make Tentes thereof and dry them vpon a Tile and then take it to your vse To make Lie for the same or Water to kill it at the bottome TAke Lie Hony Roach Allome and Mercury and seeth them together and apply it to the Thistula at the bottome thereof Also to dry a Thistula take red Wine Goates doung and Beane flower and seeth them together and lay it on and this will dry it vp To sinke a Thistula TAke first and seere it as with this marke ⊗ and then take Rosen Sheepes tallow and Brimstone and boyle them together and lay it
Lycoris beaten into powder put them into strong Beere and giue it him to drinke For the paynes or Crotches which commeth by heate and the sodaine cold vpon it THe paynes appeare about the Hoofe you shall know them by the haire standing right vp you must take vp the Shackle vaynes on both sides then take the soft row of a red Hearing and Mustard and blacke Sope and boyle these in Vineger and make a Playster and lay it to the sore There is no Vayne betweene the Pastorne and the Hoofe but the Shanke vayne and the vayne which serueth for the Crotches must be taken vp on the inside and the outside Wash it first with warme Vrine then dry it with a cloth and clip away all the haires on the Scabbie place then rubbe and chafe it all ouer and make fast his feete and rubbe the place greeued with Butter and Tarre boyling together vpon a cloute tyed on a stickes ende and bath it well therewith vse this once or twise a day till it be whole Butter and Hony molten together is good to annoynt an Horse for Paynes or Crotches Take a pound of Hogges greace i. d. worth of Verdigreace ii oz. of Mustard di a pound of Oyle de Bay a quarter of a pound of Naruell di a pound of Hony di a pound of English Waxe i. oz of Arsenicke ii oz. of red Lead halfe a pint of Vineger boyle all these together and make an Oyntment of it clippe the Horse legge bare and lay this Medecine to it very hot For gourded Legges or Scratches TAke vp the Veynes beneath the knee and let him blood as much as you thinke good then knit the Veyne aboue and beneath and annoynt the Legges with this Oyle following Take Franckensence and Rosen and fresh Greace and boyle them together and straine it and keepe it to your vse A Drinke to rayse a Horse or for a Horse that is sicke TAke two penny worth of Pepper two penny worsh of Saffron two penny worth of Annis seedes two penny worth of Turmeracke a penny worth of long Pepper two penny worth of Treacle a penny worth of Licoris a good quantitie of Penny-royall and Archangell giue him these with the Polkes of Egges in Milke to drinke And for Neate Cattle giue these in drinke For a Surfet Horse TAke a quart of Beere or Ale and .ii. d. worth of Sallet oyle and as much Dragon water a penny worth of Treacle make them warme vpon the coales and put into it a penny worth of Horse Spices giue it him For a Hide-bound Horse THis commeth by ouer working ill dyeting and naughty dressing Take Fenne Creeke Turmeracke Annis seedes Bayes Lycoris and Commine beate all these together and giue him one sponefull of all these in Ale or Beere blood warme This is also good for the Cough This will also keepe him from it if you vse to giue it him before the disease commeth An other for the same TAke away some blood with a fleame then giue him some warme Mashes morning and euening and giue him Malt sodden in water together or Branue and Water or some Wheate sodden with Barley in Water and it will helpe him For the Hoofe bound YOu shall rayse the Hoofe aboue from the toppe to the soole in foure or fiue places so that the Water may come out some do rayse it round with a sharpe Knife and along downeward and then rubbe it well with Salt once or twice For a loose Hoofe TAke Tarre three spoonefull of Rosen a quarter of a pound of Tansey of Rue of red Mintes of Sothernwood of each halfe a handfull beate them all togeather in a Morter and put thereto halfe a pound of Butter i. d. worth of Vergins Waxe then fry them all together and binde it to the Hoofe for vii dayes and it will cure him For a brittle Hoofe IF your Horse hath a brittle Hoofe it is because he is too hot or too dry and doth stand dry in the Stable vnstopped Take Oxe doung and temper it with Vineger and bind it warme all ouer vnto the feete and vnder the sooles of the feete on the next day vse him so againe so vse him for a weeke together and it will helpe him vse to stoppe his feete with Oxe or Cow doung or his owne and let him stand so a moneth Or take the fatte of Bacon and temper it with Turpentine and annoyne his Feete therewith which is very good A Medicine for the Cough or mourning in the Chine KEepe your Horse meatlesse ouer night then take a pint and a halfe of Milke three heades of Garlicke pilled and stamped boyle them to the halfe giue it to your Horse and some at his nose then runne him a quarter of a myle then rest him and after that runne him three times more euery time resting him then put him into the Stable and keepe him very warme and giue him no Water till after noone then giue him a good Meshe and so vse him with Meshes three dayes and giue him no Water but alwayes warme for three dayes An other for the same TAke Harehound Licoris and Anniseedes in powder make Balles thereof with fresh Butter and giue it your Horse An other for the same TAke Wheate Flower Anniseedes I scoris being stamped in a Morter v or vi cloues of Garlicke being brused mixe all these together and make a Past of them and roule them in Balles as bigge as a Walnut then pull out his Tongue and cast them Balles downe his throate three or foure of them at a time and giue two new layde Egges after them shels and all For the Glaunders TAke Swines greace cleane clarifyed and as much Oyle of Bay as a Wallnut giue it him to drinke with faire Water luke warme An other for the same TAke of Elacompana Anniscedes and Licoris of each i. d. worth boyle them in three pintes of stong Ale or Beere vnto two pintes or lesse then put into it a quarter of a pint of Sallet Oyle and giue it him to drinke blood warme Then take Enforbiū in a quill and blow it vp into his nose and within three dayes after take Mustard Vineger and Butter and boyle them together put thereto halfe an ounce of Pepper and giue it him to drinke Vse the one Medecine one weeke and the other an other and ride or worke him easely An other for the same TAke a quantitie of Anniseedes Licoris and Clacompana rootes long Pepper and Garlicke of cach a like with three Egges and some Butter a quantitie of Malmesey and some good Ale mixt together and make it warme and so giue it him and keepe him warme An other for the same SEeth a handfull of pilled Garlicke in Milke and put a peece of Butter thereto and some Ale and stirre them all together and giue it him fasting and ryde him softly a while after and then set him vp but keepe him warme nine dayes after For the Strangles CVtte him betweene the
Iawes and take out the Kirnels and wash the place euery day wiâ—h Beere and Butter and stoppe it vp as long aâ— you can and giue him new Milke and Garliake to drinke and the iuyce of the leaues of Birch withall or in Winter the barke of Birch also smother him with the gumme of Masticke or Franckensence For the Farsey TAke blacke Sope Arsenicke Vnslaked Lime Verdegreace and red Lead worke these all together and lay them to the sore An other for the same TAke iii. oz. of Quicksiluer and put it into a Bladder with two sponefull of the iuyce of Orenges or Lemmons and shake them together to coole the Quicksiluer then take halfe a pound of fresh Hogges greace and of Vergis an ounce put all these in a Treene dish and worke them well together then annoynt the knots with this Oyntment till they rotte then let them out with a sharpe knife and annoynt them still and put into his eares the iuyce of Ragg-weede and they will dry vp Probatum A Drinke for the Farsey LEt him blood in the Necke on both sides foure fingers from the Head and giue him this drinke Take a gallon of faire Water and put therein a good handfull of Rue and a sponefull of Hempseed and bruse them in a Morter all together and seeth it till the halfe be consumed and when it is cold giue it him to drinke For the Farsey TAke blacke Sope Mustard made of sharpe Wine or Vineger and red Lead mixe all these together and annoynt the Veyne all along rubbe it ouer with a hot Yron made of purpose but very thicke rubbe the Medecine much in with the Yron being red hot To destroy the Farsey TAke iuyce of Hemlocke a good quantitie and bray them together and put it into the eares and pricke the Knottes and put in Salt and giue him drinke with sweete Wort Fennell and Treacle For a Horse Foote that is wrounged in the Foote-locke SEeth a quart of Brine til the foame rise then straine it and put thereto a handfull of Tansey as much of Mallowes a sawcerfull of Hony and a quarter of a pound of Sheepes Tallow stirre all these on the fire till the Hearbes are well sodden and all hot lay it to the Ioynt and then lay a cloth ouer it and it will be whole an three dayes For a wrench in the Foot-locke TAke Pompilion Naruile and blacke Sope of each a like and heate them hot on the fire and then annoynt him therewith For a Horse that is Stifled or Hipped TAke a pound of Bole-armoniacke one quart of red Wine-vineger vi Egges beaten shelles and all two penny worth of English Hony as much Venus Turpentine one quart of Flower one good handfull of Bay salt and put all these in a pot and keepe it close one nyght and the next day apply some of it to the hurt dressing it once a day for ix dayes together For a Horse that is Foundered TAke Verdegreace Turpentine and Sallet Oyle two or three sponefull of Hogges greate and Bees waxe i. oz. boyle all together and so dip Flaxe or Tow in it and stuffe his Feete therewith and let him blood in the Tooes and he shall be whole An other for the same PLucke off his Shooes and pare hollow his Feete nigh to the quicke then race him with a crooked Launce from the Heele to the Too in two or three places on both sides of the Hoofe and let him bleede well then clap two or three hard Egges to it as hot as he may suffer it and as they coole lay on more and then lay hot Horse doung vpon them and about his feete and he will soone recouer if you giue him rest For a Horse that is Fowndred in his Feete TAke Tarre Neates-foote oyle and the Youlkes of Egges i. d. worth of Verdegreace and some wheate Branne and boyle these together and binde them vnder his foote very hot If he be foundered in his Body TAke ob of Garlicke ii d. worth of the powder of Pepper ii d. worth of the powder of Ginger ii d. worth of Graynes brused and put it into a pottle of stale Ale the best you can get and giue it him to drinke and lytter him to the belly and lay cloathes on him as many as he can beare and let him blood on the sydes For Blindnesse TAke two dry Tyse stoones and rubbe them together and blow the powder of it with a quill into his eyes three or foure times For the Webbe in the eye TAke the leane of a Gammon of Bacon and dry it and thereof make a powder and vse the powder and it will cure it For the Pearle in the Eye TAke the iuyce of ground â—uie the iuyce of Salandiâ—ae and Womans Milke and put it into the eyes and it will also cure him For the Haw in the Eye MAke a Playster of the iuyce of Ground Iuie and of Iuie Berries stamped in a Morter beaten with Wine or Water and Playster wise lay it to the eye or eyes euening and morning An other for the Haw in the eye SOme take a Needle and a double threed and thrust the Needle through the filme of the eye wherein the Crush groweth which pull out laying it on your fingers end and holding the Needle and threede straight and so cut away all the hard matter a penny breadth But beware you cut not away the fatt which is the wash of the eye neither cut the Filme wherein the eye groweth but cut betweene the Filme the Crush then squirt in Beere For a Canker in the eye TAke Roch Allum and greene Copris of each a like boyle them in three pintes of running Water vntill the one halfe be consumed then take it from the sire and once a day wash his eyes therewith being made luke warme For a stroke in the eye LAy thereto the iuyce of Smalladge Fennell and the white of an Egge For a Windgall TAke and cut the skinne then take a sponefull of Oyle de Bay one sponefull of Turpentine i. d. worth of Verdigreace the white of an Egge and a quarter of an ounce of red Lead boyle them together and it will make a Salue Lay the same to the place where you did cut him Probatum An other for the same FIrst clippe off the haire bare then cut it the length of a Beane and let it out but beware of the Sinnewes that you cut not them then haue ready molten Rosen sheepes Tallow and Brimstone boyled together then lay on this Medecine but beware it be not too hot For the Spauen TAke Mustard seede Oyle de Bay Cow doung the rootes of Mallowes a quantitie of â—urpenâ—ne di oz. of Bole-armoniacke beare them to powder and worke them together and binde them hotte to the Spauen For the blood Spauen and bone Spauen TAke vp the Vaine aboue and beneath the ioynt and let it bleed well then knit vp the Vaines and annoynt them with Butter till they be whole