of the Sunne but hath the shadowes of some Trees the top of a Mountaine 〈…〉 other such like thing It hath a verie astringent power as also it is verie 〈◊〉 by which after the manner of Comfrey it healeth wounds vlcers and fistulaes 〈◊〉 well inward as outward it stayeth rheumes and bloudie fluxes healeth the 〈…〉 the mouth and the inflamation thereof Which is more it is verie singular to prouoke vrine and to breake the stone Saxifrage as well the great as the small delighteth in a drie ground chalâ—â—â— clayie sandie stonie and altogether barren And it is sowne of small seedes which are found hanging to the rootes thereof It prouoketh vrine and so driueth foorth the grauell of the reines and bladder If you boyle the root and 〈◊〉 thereof in Wine it procureth Women also their termes and bringeth ou◠〈◊〉 after-birth The great and small Burre otherwise called Bardana and of the Greeke◠〈…〉 hath not need of anie great tilling for it will grow either of seed or 〈◊〉 in a leane ground that is drie and vntilled as wee may well see in ditches 〈◊〉 it groweth without anie labour at all and in the high wayes and by-pâ—â—h ◠〈◊〉 the fields The rootes seedes and iuice of the great and small Burre are verie 〈…〉 prouoke vrine to breake the stone of the reines and bladder and to stay the 〈◊〉 flux The iuice is drunke with white Wine or alone and the seed in like manner which is sometimes for the more pleasantnesse sake confected or couered with Sâ—gar The leaues stampt with a little salt and applyed vnto the bitings or 〈…〉 Adders mad Dogges or other venimous Beasts are verie soueraigne The rootes 〈◊〉 seedes of small Burre stampt and layd on cold swellings and rebellious 〈…〉 verie profitable and good Star-thistle so called because it hath little heads at the tops of his stakes 〈…〉 Thistles haue set round about with sharpe prickes after the manner of 〈…〉 groweth in vnhusbanded grounds as well of his root as of his seed Some doe 〈◊〉 esteeme of the seed made into powder and drunke in wine for to prouoke 〈◊〉 and to auoid grauell and herein it is of so great vertue as that the much vse of it 〈◊〉 cause one to pisse bloud sometimes The decoction of the root with honey after 〈◊〉 manner of a honied water doth the like but more gently and without 〈…〉 partie for to pisse bloud Maries Thistle otherwise called Spina alba or white and siluer Thistle or 〈◊〉 Artichoke or Asse-Thistle because that Asses delight much to eat it doth 〈◊〉 fat and well tilled ground and other ordering like to that of Beets and it 〈…〉 that it letteth not to grow in vntilled and vnhusbanded grounds The seed and 〈◊〉 haue as it were the like power to take away obstructions to prouoke vrine and it breake the stone that Star-thistle hath The Italians vse the roots thereof in Salads after the manner of Artichokes and good wines to gather the milke of it for to eat Some make a Ptisane with the root of this Thistle made in powder the seed of Fennell and a little long Pepper to giue to Nurses to vse which haue small store of milke The distilled water of the leaues is good against paine in the sides being drunke with halfe a dramme of the seed of the same hearbe Siluer-grasse so called because the leaues doe resemble siluer on the backe-side doth delight in a moist and grassie ground howsoeuer vnhusbanded it be It hath one excellent propertie aboue all other hearbes for to breake the stone to heale vlcers and malignant wounds within the bodie to stay the bloudie flux and to dissoluâ— cluttered bloud being taken in drinke Some say that if you put it in halfe a basin full of cold water and couer that basin with another basin or vessell or other couering that there will gather great store of vapours in the hollow of the thing couering it and will turne into the forme of distilled water and that this water thus gathered is verie good to take away the spots freckles staines and dye of the Suâ—ne out of the face Patience doth willingly grow in coole and moist grounds and we see it ordinarily to grow neere vnto Riuers and little Brookes The root by reason of the great bitternesse and desiccatiue power hath singular commendation against the Plague for being dried and powdred and afterward drunke with wine it driueth away all venime from the heart by the aboundance of sweat which it procureth Some foâ— this purpose take away the rinde and core of this root stamping it in vineger and after making a drinke of the vineger the iuice of Rue and Treacle for to take in pestilent Agues The powder of this root drunke with wine is excellent for the suffocations of the Matrix and the wringing throwes of the bellie This powder also killeth the Wormes healeth maligne Vlcers the falling of the haire called Tinea and the Kibes the Farcie in Horses whether it be taken inwardly or applyed outwardly either in iuice or in the decoction thereof Scabious groweth in the same ground that Patience doth that is to say in woods vntilled places and especially in sandie places It is verie proper and appropriate vnto the Cough and diseases of the Lungs foâ— the same purpose also the iuice is sometime extracted sometime the hearbe it selfe made into powder and sometime the decoction of it is made to endure for a long time Likewise there is sometime conserue made of the flowers His leaues or rootes applyed to itchie places and the places bare of haire or mixed with oyles and ointments doe great good vnto the same as also vnto plaguie carbuncles for they being rubbed with the iuice of Scabious will be found to vanish away within three houres The iuice of Scabious drunke in the quantitie of foure ounces with a dramme of Treacle not yet one day old is a singular remedie against the Plague so that afterward the partie sweat in his bed and withall continue the drinke for manie times The same remedie serueth for the bitings of venimous beasts if besides the drinke you apply outwardly vnto the soare the leaues of the same hearbe bruised A Liniment made of the iuice of Scabious the powder of Borace and a little Camphire is singular against tettars itch freckles and other infections or desilements of the skin Aboue all other things the decoction of Scabious being drunke the space of fortie daies doth heale the tettar throughly yea though it came of the Pocks as I my selfe haue oftentimes proâ—ed by experience Scolopendrium or rough Spleene-wort called also Harts-tongue would be planted in a stonie and grauellie ground which is moistened with some running Brooke and for want of this it must be often watered The rootes thereof must neuer be pulled vp but onely the leaues cut for it cannot be sowne seeing it bringeth forth no seed The decoction thereof made
principally in that which is moist Neither the one nor yet the other doth beare any seed as Writers record notwithstanding it hath beene tried that the male beareth seed and that it cleaueth to the hindermost part of the leaues but yet so little that hardly can a man see it and which cannot be acknowledged or gathered but in the end of Iulie which is the time when it is ripe for to gather it you must cut the leafe neere vnto the root and then hang them vp in your house spreading a linnen cloth vnder them or else some faire cleane white paper I know well that the common sort doe verily thinke and auerre that this seed cannot be gathered but on the night of the wakes of S. Iohn in Sommer and that more is not without great ceremonies and mumbling and muttering of many words betweene the teeth which haue power to driue away Deuills which haue the custodie of the same seed but all this is nothing but fables The decoction thereof is good to prouoke womens termes to cast out the dead child to kill wormes and some doe vse it to heale the frettings or hurts that may be in the fundament fallen downe but especially the female Hearbe Two-pence so called because the leaues resemble small peeces of siluer requireth no great peece of husbandrie about it saue onely that it would haue a moist ground The whole hearbe either in decoction or powder but especially the water thereof distilled in a limbecke is verie singular good for the falling downe of the fundament Fleawort being called of the Latines Psyllium craueth a verie fat well manured and batled ground for else there will no good come of it The seed prepared in forme of a Mucilage and applied in vinegar doth kill the wild fire and teâ—â—er applied vnto the head or brows it taketh away the paine thereof it taketh away also the rednesse of the eyes being applyed thereunto The distilled water is of infinite goodnesse seruing in the paynes of the eyes two or three drops thereof onely being dropt into them This hearbe requireth a verie fat place well manured and tilled likewise we see it grow aboundantly in vineyards and grounds for Wheat and Barlie The leaues are verie singular good for the opening of the liuer and cleansing away of adust humours and this also is the cause why physitians prescribe it with whay in scuruie scabbie and itchie cases and where the leprosie is The juice thereof is good to cleere bleared eyes Ground-swell groweth in euerie ground and without any great care we see if grow likewise neere vnto walls and vpon the townes walls it is greene all the yere and flourisheth as it were in euerie moneth and this is the cause why the Italians call it euerie moneths flower Some thinke that Ground-swell distilled is verie singular good for the Whites in women but beleeue it not before you find it true by proofe for I haue obserued by often vse that this hearbe whether in decoction or otherwise prouoketh the termes that are stayed Birt-wort as well the long as the round must be planted in a fat and fertile soyle such as that where Wheat is sowne and Oliue trees planted Their roots amongst other alâ—â—ost inâ—inite vertues cause womens courses purge the lungs cause spitting cure the cough and prouoke vrine which more is if either of them be taken in drinke especially the round one made in powder with Pepper and Myrrhe it driueth forth the after-birth the dead conception and all other superfluities gathered in the Matrix it doth the like being applied in forme of a Mother suppositorie It purgeth all obstructions of the liuer and easeth all manner of colicke or other griefes which proceed from windie causes it is soueraigne against all manner of poyson or any other infection it cleanseth the bloud and by rubbing the gummes therewith it preserueth the teeth from rotting Centaurie or the gall of the earth aswel the great as the smal desireth a fat ground that is fruitfull and well tilled and yet in such a ground they thriue not well without the great care and industrie of the Gardener Their root in decoction juice or powder moueth womens termes and prouoketh vrine expelleth the dead child purgeth â—legmaticke humors which cause the sciatica openeth the obstructions of the liuer and spleene killeth the wormes profiteth and helpeth palsies convulsions and diseases of the sinews it cleareth the sight and taketh away all mistinesse from them especially the juice dropt into the eyes doth heale their fresh and new wounds and siccatriceth old and maligne vlcers Woodbind craueth no great tilling or husbanding for it groweth euerie where and in what place soeuer it listeth It is true that it desireth greatly to be neere broome hedges and also the borders of fields The fruit of Woodbind drunke with Wine the space of fortie daies taketh away the obstructions of a hard and indurat spleene it purgeth out vrine with such force as that the tenth day the vrine becommeth all bloudie it helpeth women in their child-birth the leaues in decoction or distilled doe heale wounds and filthie vlcers wipe away the spots and scarres of the bodie and of the face Pimpernel hath red and blew flowers and craueth a moist and shadowed ground so likewise we see it grow in the shadows of hedges and bushes Pimpernell with the red flowers stampe and applied vnto the eyes or the juice thereof dropt within them taketh away the inflammations dimnesâ—e and vlcers of the eyes and healâ—th the inflammations of the secret parts Pimpernell with the blew flower boyled with salt and water is a verie good and proper medicine to cure the itch or scurfe and the lice or wormes in the hands if you wash them oâ—t therewith Buckwheat is a verie common hearbe and yet but little knowne by his name it is verie ordinarie in corne and tilled grounds about haruest time The Peasants of Champaigne doe commonly call it Veluote because in my judgement the leaues are hairie which name I mind not to change but rather to keepe for the easier knowing of the hearbe They make vse of it by applying it if at any time in shearing they happen to cut themselues with their sickles For to know it better therefore than onely by the name it putteth forth from the root fiue sixe seuen or eight small branches for the most part layed along vpon the earth of the length of a hand and sometime of a foot bearing leaues somewhat like vnto the little bindweed but indeed they be lesse and more round verie hairie and a little fattie The flower is small and of diuers colours drawing verie neere vnto a pale yellow but in greatnesse it commeth neâ—re vnto the flower of eyeâ— bright but in shape and fashion vnto the nettle slower The water of the leaues and branches distilled whiles it is in force in a Limbeck in Maries-bath is singular
presently you must 〈◊〉 vnto the other Salt with a quarter of a pound of Brimstone mingled together which wil purge them and heale them of the infection These diseases happen them through eating of euill hearbs or drinking of standing water or for that the place where they feed hath beene ouer-washed with some floud or great streames of water in which case they neuer faile to fall sick in lesse than fortie daies wherefore to meet with such inconueniences the good Shepheard must goe euerie day before his flock and â—eepe them from going into the fields where he knoweth that there is anie occasion for them to incurre anie such inconuenience For the Scab in Sheepe you must make an ointment of the powder of Brimstone of the root of Cypresse as much of the one as of the other mixe them with Rhasis 〈◊〉 white Ointment Camphire and Wax to make an Ointment of after you haue 〈◊〉 three euenings rubbed the said Sheepe you must wash them with Lee with Sea water or Brine and lastly with common water The verie same remedie serueth forth 〈◊〉 rottâ—â— Sheepe For the Cough if it continue you must make them drinke in the morning withâ— horne the oyle of sweet Almonds and a little white Wine being warned together and giue them fresh straw and cause them to feed vpon Folefoot for it is commonly in the Spring time that they are troubled with this disease but and if it should happen at anie other time there may a little Fenigreeke be giuen them beaten with Câ—min and of the powder for Horses The hear be called Knot-grasse is verie bad for Sheepe for and if they eat anie of it all their bellie is swolne and blowne vp frothing out a thinne and verie stinking humor You must presently let such bloud vnder the taile in that place which is neere vnto the buttockes In like manner it will be 〈◊〉 lesse good to let them bloud vpon the veine which is in the nether and vpper lipp But to make sure to preuent the dangerous and common disease of the rot which being once caught is after impossible to be cured you shall in the morning as soone as you driue them from the Fold or bring them from your Sheepe-house to the placâ— where you would haue them feed with a little dogge chase them vp and downe the space of an houre and more till you haue as it were almost tyred them and then 〈◊〉 them rest and fall to their food at their owne pleasure And thus you shall doe in the euening also the reason whereof is this In the morning your Sheepe comming hungrie from the Fold and finding the thicke Dew Cobwebs Meldewes and sucâ— like filthinesse vpon the grasse they will with all greedinesse deuoure and eat it that which nothing in the world sooner procureth rotting Now being thus chased wearie they will not onely with their feet beat that corruption from the ground but also through their wearinesse forbeare to eat till such time as the strength of the Sunnâ— beames haue exhaled and drawne away those fogges and made the grasse both pure and wholsome by which experiment it hath been approued that where ten thousand haue died for want of this exercise not one hath quelled which hath beene vsed in this manner For a short breath you must slit their nosthrils as is vsually to be done vnto horses or else cut their eares one after another Vnto the sheepe which haue the ague it is good to be let bloud in the heele or betwixt the two clawes of his feet or vpon his eares afterward keeping him from drinking were it neuer so little The most soueraigne remedie to cure them of the ague as also of many other diseases is to cause to be boyled in Water and Wine a Rammes stomach and giue it them to drinke vvith broth The sniuell of sheepe as that also of horses doth keepe it selfe so close within the lungs as that neither by bloud letting nor by drinkes it can be expelled The best remedie is to strangle the beast if the disease continue but two daies for the other as well males as females doe greatly desire and delight in that which these driuelers do leaue vpon the edges of the rackes and licke it away thereby themselues shortly after falling into the same disease Certaine marrers of Mules rather than keâ—pers of Mules say that there must be hung about their necke a Toad of the vine whiles she is liuing made vp in a bagge of new cloth and so leaue her there for the space of nine daies others that he must be put to grasse if it be a horse and one sheepe by it selfe in a seuerall pasture others say that Garleeke and fresh Sage must be stamped together and a drinke made thereof vvith strong Vinegar vvhether it bee for Horse or Sheepe or any other beast others giue them to drinke a spoonefull of Aqua vitae with Mithridate There vvill no other successe come thereof but the corrupting of the Lungs and the Cough which such have as are rotten And as for helpe for this disease there is not any other but euen the anoyding of them out of the way The Cornes which vse to vex and torment sheepe are healed with Allome Brimstone and Vinegar mingled together or with a Pomegranet whiles it is young and tender and no kernels growne in it being stamped with Allome and a verie little Vinegar or with gals burnt and the same shaued and put in grosse or red wine and so laid vpon the cornes S. Anthonies fire which the Shepheards call the flying fire is hard to cure because that neither salue nor burning not yet any other medicine can helpe the same There is nothing else to be done vnto them but to foment them with the milke of Goats and it is good to shed and remoue out of the flocke the first sheepe that shall be taken with this disease The bloud is a turning about called the sturdie and it taketh them in the times of the greatest heat so as that thereupon they turne about stumble and leape without any cause and if you touch their head or feet you shall find them in a verie great heat For this you must speedily take a sharpe horne and make incision in the veine which is aboue the nosthrils and that just in the middest thereof and as high as possibly you can hereupon the beast will presently faint but come vnto himself againe within a short time after and that sometime to his good but sometimes and that doth oftner fall out vnto his euill Some Shepheards haue tried the letting of them bloud in some small quantitie in the Temples and haue found it to ease them sometimes as otherwise for such as haue had the cough or cold they haue giuen a spoonefull of Aqua vitae with Mithridate For the Plague there is the like remedies for beasts as there is for men and I thinke that
aboâ—â—dantly The best season either to sow or plant it is in the Spring time and it endureâ—h manie yeares without aid or replanting all parts of it is verie medicinall both the root stalke leaues and flowers The water distilled of this hearbe is good againâ—â— all Venimes or Poyson taken into the stomacke and also against all inward infection Itch Byles or Vlcers Then is Agrimonie of which we haue spoken 〈◊〉 Then Serpentar which is so called through the likelyhood it beareth of a 〈◊〉 and of it there are two kinds one great the other small It desireth a verie good earth and somewhat moist and may be sowne or planted in the Spring time The roots of this hearbe is excellent for all malignant Vlcers a decoction of the 〈◊〉 thereof is good for Womens termes and the leaues thereof keepeth Cheese long from rotting Then Onos which will grow in anie earth and rather in a barren 〈◊〉 a fertile and is best to be set of the root either in the Spring time or in 〈◊〉 It is soueraigne against the Stone and prouoketh Vrine speedily and a decoctioâ— of the roots thereof taketh away the paine in the teeth Then Cinquefoile which groweth almost in euerie place and may be planted in anie season the decoction 〈◊〉 it being gargled or held long in the mouth taketh away the paine of the teeth and heales anie Vlcer in the mouth it is also good against anie Infection or pestilâ—â— Ayre Then Sellodnie of which wee haue spoken before Then Staphiâ—â—â—â— which desireth a good ground yet euer to be planted in the shadow and that prâ—â—cipally about the Spring time It is good against paine in the Teeth 〈◊〉 and other Obstructions which grow from cold causes Then Goats leafe which will grow euerie where if it be not annoyed with wind and may be sowne or planted either in the Spring or in Autumne and is exceeding good for the stone Then ground Iuie of which we haue spoken before Then Tussilago or Colts foot which groweth best in watrie of moist places and would euer be planted in the Spring time or 〈◊〉 Autumne it is verie good against infection and against all straitnesse of breath 〈◊〉 the smoake or fume thereof being taken through a small tunnell in at the mouth 〈◊〉 cureth all infirmities of the lungs Then Salicaria or Lifimachus which receiued the name from the King Lisimachus who first made vse of that hearbe it loueth to be planted neere vnto Riuers either in the Spring time or in Winter it is good against the Dissenteria or to staunch bloud either being vsed in the leafe or in powder Lastly Vlmaria which loueth to be planted in low and shadowie valleyes a great 〈◊〉 more moist than drie and would be planted chiefely in Autumne The decoction 〈◊〉 it purgeth and cleanseth the bodie of all flegme whether it be sharpe or grosse it helpeth the Falling sicknesse the powder either of the roots or the leaues stayeth 〈◊〉 flux of the bellie or the issue of bloud and the distilled water easeth all paines both inward and outward Those hearbes which affect the North and delight to endure the blasts and â—â—â—pings of those colder ayres are first Gentiana of which we haue spoken before Thâ—â— Cabaret or Asarum which neuer groweth so well from the seed as from the plant 〈◊〉 asketh little cost in tillage and beareth flowers twice a yeare that is to say both 〈◊〉 the Spring and in Autumne it cureth the paine in the head and assuâ—geth the inflammation and anguish of sore eies it is good against Fistulaes the Gout and Sciâ—â—ticaes The powder of the root prouoketh Vrine and stayeth the menstruall Flux 〈◊〉 helpeth the Dropsie and putteth away both the Feauer tertian and quartane Then the Golden rod which onely groweth from the seed and would be planted in a good soyle in the Spring time it is good against the Stone or Strangurie it bindeth vp Vlcers and healeth Fistulaes Then the hearbe which is called Deuils-bit it desireth but an indifferent earth rather moist than drie and where the Seed often sayâ—eth there the Plant neuer doth if it be set in the Spring time It is good against bitâ—er griefes as those which proceed from choler and against pestilent tumors against â—ice in childrens heads and such like Then Betonie of which we haue spoken beâ—ore Then Harts-tongue which onely groweth best from the root it is to be planâ—ed in the moneths of March and Aprill in a fat earth yet the moister the better it helpeth all oppilations and cureth those which are troubled with a quartane Feauer Then the hearbe Dogges-tongue which desireth a light blacke mould yet but reaâ—onably tilled it may be sowne or planted in the Spring time it is good to cure the Hemorrhoids and easeth all Ach in the limbes Then Serpents-tongue which must â—uer be placed in a rich earth coole and moist for it can by no means endure the heat of the Summer it is best to be planted from the root in the first beginning of the Spring there is in it much vertue for the resoluing of Tumors and helping of Scalâ—ings or Burnings or other malignant Vlcers or anie inflammations in the Eyes Then water Germander which delighteth most in cold grounds enclining more to â—oisture than drinesse and rather fat than leane it flourisheth most in the moneths of Iune and Iuly yet in such sort that the flowers continue not aboue a day at most â—or as one falls away another rises it is best to be planted from the root or slippe 〈◊〉 the moneths of Februarie or March it is soueraigne against all manner of Poyâ—ons as Pestilence or the Dissenteria it prouoketh Vrine and the termes of Women it cleanseth Vlcers and reuiueth all benummed members Then Tormenâ—ill or Septifolium which loueth a darke waterish and shadowed earth yet that which is verie fat and â—ertile it is alwaies to be sowne from the seed either in the Spring time or in Autumne it is soueraigne against the Stone but chiefely it cuâ—eth Fistulaes and old Vlcers it withstandeth Poyson and easeth the paine of the Teeth Then Enula Campane of which we haue spoken before Then Persicaria which is oftest planted from the root in the Spring time in grounds which are rather moist than drie The decoction of this hearbe cureth all manner of bruises in Beasts where the bone is not broken onely by bathing them therein Also the flesh of Mutâ—ons Beeues Veales and such like is kept fresh manie daies by the vertue of this herbe â—nely being wrapped about the same Then Lyons foot which will not liue but in 〈◊〉 good earth fat and fertile yet somewhat moist and is best to be sowne in the â—oneths of March or Aprill it hath an excellent vertue for the healing of ruptures 〈◊〉 young children Then Eringo which craueth a good and well tilled ground and â—ay be sowne or planted either in the Spring or in Autumne it is good against the Collicke against Grauell or the
and tumours that are hard and not easily softned The hunting of the wild Bore CHAP. XXVII The best time to hunt the wild Bore and the markes of a good wild Bore IT is certaine that the hunting of the wild Bore is a great deale more difficult and daungerous than that of the Hart in asmuch as the wild Bore doth not feare the dogs but tarrieth and stayeth their comming and which is more doth sometimes set vpon them so far as till he be amongst them and all to the end hee may teare and rent them with his teeth whose wounds especially those that are giuen into the chest of the bodie are as it were incurable Wherefore the good hunts-man that maketh any account of his dogs for to hunt the Hart the Roe-bucke and Hare must neuer giue chase to the wild Bore with his coursing dogs but rather with some companie of mastiues whose proper pray the wild Bore is or else which is better to find the meanes to take him in toiles or to kill him with a wile and a speare as we shall further declare But howsoeuer the matter go yet this is to be knowne that all Bores are not fit to be hunted but such onely as are not past foure yeares old howsoeuer they may bee otherwise both faire great and fat for after foure yeares the wild Bore groweth lâ—â—ne through oldnesse of age and forthwith looseth all his goodnesse Againe all times are not fit to hunt them in but onely when they are in season and in the best plieght as namely from mid September to December at which time they begin to go to rut and yet in Aprill and May they are more easie to be taken in toiles than at any other time because they sleepe more in this season than at any other time and the cause is for that they feed vpon strong herbes which stirreth the bloud and sendeth vapours vp vnto their braine whereby sleepe is brought vpon them againe the Spring time doth then restore and renew their bloud whereby they are brought to take great ease and rest The hunts-man therefore shall know the fairenesse of the Bore and that hee is worth the hunting by these markes that is to say by his traces rooting foile and dung The prints of his traces great and large the taking of the trace before round and grose the cutting of the sides of the traces vsed but not shewing themselues cutting the heele large his gards grosse and open wherewith he must tread vpon the ground in the hard wheresoeuer hee goeth all these things declare him to bee a faire and great bore In like manner the traces behind being larger than those before doe shew the thicknesse of his haunches the wreathes and wrinkles which are betwixt his gards and the heele if they make their prints vpon the ground do shew that his steps are great and long The markes of his traces deepe and wide do shew also his heauienes and corpulencie The rootings of the bore being deepe and large do note the thicknesse and length of his head The soile of the wild bore being long large and great doth note and argue the bore to be great or else in going from the soile his greatnesse may be known by the entrances of the thickets by the leaues and herbes which the soile hath touched because that at such time as hee commeth out of it he beareâ—h dâ—rt and mire vpon him and therewith the leaues are bemired as he goeth amongst them and hence is gathered his height and breadth or else it falleth out oftentimes that the wild bore after he hath bin at soile goeth to rub himselfe against some one tree or other and there hee leaueth the marke of his height The dung of the wild bore being thicke and long doth shew the greatnesse of the wild bore howbeit the hunts-man is not to present it vnto the companie but onely giue them the view of it in place as it lieth CHAP. XXVIII Of the wild Bore tame Swine wild Bore and wild Sow and of their haunt THe difference betwixt wild Bores and tame Swine is this The wild Bore in his gate doth alwaies set his hinder feet in the stepts of his forefeete or very neere and doth pitch his steps rather vpon the forepart of the foot than vpon the heele resting notwithstanding his gardes vpon the ground spreading the same abroad thereupon vnto the vtter sides the â—ame Swine in their gate do open the cleft of their hoofe before pitching rather vpon the heele than vpon the forepart of their foot and their hinder foot doth not ouer-reach their fore-foot the sole of their foot is full of flesh so that the prints of their steps cannot bee but vneuen contrarie to that of the wild Bore In like manner the wild Bore maketh deeper rootings because he hath a longer head and when he commeth inâ—ields that are sowne he willingly followeth one furrow nuâ—ling all along the ridge vntill he come to the end of it which the â—ame hog vseth not to doe for hee neither turneth vp the earth in so deepe manner nor yet followeth on along with it as the wild Bore is accustomed to do but hee casteth vp one peece of ground in on place and another in another further off crossing the ridges the one of them not reaching vnto the other Furthermore when the wild Bores goe vnto the corne they bearâ— down the same all in a round but so do not â—ame Swine The wild Bore also hath this particular propertie namely that he is neuer meazelled as the â—ame Swine wil be The difference betwixt the wild Bore and the Sow is this The Bore goeth wider with his hinder legs than the Sow and commonly setteth his hinder steps vpon the edges of his foresteps on the out-side because of the thicknesse of his hanches and stones which cause them to go wider dehind which the Sowes do not for they are emptie betwixt the hanches for which cause they tread narrower The Sow maketh not so good a heele as the bore and hath her hoofe longer and sharper before and more open her steps and soles of her feet behind more narrow than the Bores The bore with much adoe and hardly will be brought to crie when he is killed but the Sow will not let to make you heare her aloud The wild Bore hath no certain abode and as some say he is but a traueller because he doth nothing but runne from one forest and wood to another and yet hee taketh great delight to remaine in the countrie and place where hee was bred in so much as that if he be hunted by dogs from any bush or forest he is still readie to run without any stay vntill he come in the countrie from whence he first came and where hee was bred for there hee setteth vp the rest of his safegard and maketh it the onely refuge of all his force and strength he is also
built aside from the Farme-place farre off from the lodging of the chiefe Lord because that such birds are loathsome doe foule euerie thing and spoyle whatsoeuer household furniture turned toward the East from the Winter and Northerne quarter neere vnto the Ouen of the Kitchin if it be possible to the end that the heat thereof which helpeth them to lay and the smoake which is verie wholesome for the Pullen may reach euen vnto it It shall haue a little window right vpon the East by which the Pullen may come forth into the Court in the morning and goe in againe at euening it shall be shut at night to the end they may nestle themselues more safely from the danger of such beasts as are apt to offer them wrong without and on the side next the Court they shall haue pretie ladders by which the Pullen may flye vp into the window and into their house to roust and rest themselues for the night time This Henne-house must be well layd with Lome and smoothed both within and without to the end that Cats Fulmers and Snakes and other dangerous beasts may not come neere vnto the Pultrie and that neere vnto this Henne-house in the middest of the Court there be certaine Trees or Arbors for sowre Grapes to the end that Pullen may haue shadow vnder it in Summer and that Chickens may haue couer and defence against the Kite the Owles and other such rauenous birds It is not good that they should sleepe vpon the plaine floore that so their ordure and dung may not hang vnto their feet for thus they would grow to haue paine in their feet and to become gowâ—ie For this cause you must set all along the Henne-house a foot higher than the floore and two feet one from another â—quare Pearches not round because that if they should be round the Pullen could not sit fast vpon them Right ouer-against the Henne-house and a little way off from it you shall prepare a dunghill for the benefit of the Pullen after this sort and manner Cast a great deale of earth into a great hole of purpose made for such an end which you shall besprinkle with the bloud of Oxen and other beasts killed onely for the Hide afterward you shall cast a reasonable quantitie of Oates vpon the same and you shall turne the said earth the vppermost lowermost in a small time there will be engendred such a great quantitie of wormes as that the Pullen shall haue picking worke there for a long time and the grasâ—e which shall sticke there will correct the fat which they shall get by the wormes which they haue picked And when you shall see the prouision of wormes to faile you may begin againe your watering of the earth with bloud and sowing of Oates thereupon as at the first Some to haue faâ— Capons and of a pleasant flesh when the Mulberries are in season doe plant Mulberrie trees in their Courts for Capons and all other manner of Fowles which feede vpon Mulberries become maruellous fat and of an excellent taste and verdure To euerie dozen of Hennes one good Cocke is sufficient howsoeuer those of former daies doe allow one to euerie fiue and he must not be of colour white nor yet gray but red tawnie or black his body wel compact his crest or combe very vpright red thicke not notched toothed or gasht with cuts a well raised necke and high 〈◊〉 pinions and flight of his wings great his eares great and verie white his bill 〈◊〉 thicke and crooked his eye blacke in a circle that is red yellow or azure his 〈◊〉 of a rose colour standing of a white and red mixture the feathers of his necke long golden and changeable his legges verie scalie thick and short his clawes short and fast his spurs stiffe and sharpe his tayle vpright grosâ—e thicke and crooking backward ouer his head The tawâ—e or reddish Henne in like manner is the best and that which hath the feathers of her wings blacke though shee her selfe be not altogether blacke for the gray or blacke colour is but little worth because they be hard to bring vp and sparingly giuen to lay egges and yet moreouer they be small alwayes leane vnhealthfull and their flesh of small rellâ—sh The stature of the Henne must be indifferent her head great her combe vpright and verie red her bodie great and square her necke thicke and breast large The dwarfe or little Hennes doe lay oftener than the other but they are not so fit to be set on egges to bring forth Chickens The greater Hennes are not so giuen to lay wherefore Hennes of middle size are to be preferred before the other foreseene that they haue large wings and their bodies thick set with feathers and if they haue fiue clawes as the Cockes they are more wild and not so tame as others The Henne that hath spurs spoyleth her egges hatcheth not so ordinarily and sometimes eateth the egges shee sitteth on The Henne which is giuen daintily to affect and feed vpon the grapes being the thing that keepeth her from laying will be kept from seeking after and eating of them by giuing her the 〈◊〉 of the wild Vine for this doth cause such a roughnesâ—e or edge in her as in those that haue eaten sowre fruits The Henne that is too fat or which hath the flux of the belly layeth wind egges The young Henne is nothing skilfull either to fit or to lead Chickens wherefore you must fat the Henne with spurres and the Chauntresâ—e or crowing Henne and her that scratcheth and allureth the other Hennes by clocking aâ— the Cocke is wont to doe and that by plucking first the greatest feathers of her wings and giuing for to eat great store of Milleâ— Barly and Paste cut in gobbets bruiâ—ed Acornes Bran mixt with pottage the huskes of Rice Pannickle and Oates or the crums of Wheat bread steept in the water of Barly flower and to keepe her in a close place where she cannot stirre and to pull the feathers of her head thighs and râ—mpe Such Hennes thus fatted by the hands of a man may be recouered at any time of the yeare but the fleâ—h is not of â—o good rellish as when they grow fat going abroad at their libertie which thing happeneth and falleth out more commonly at one time of the yeare than at another the verie right and naturall season of their chiefe fatting being in the moneths of Ianuarie and Februarie for indeed in these moneths Hennes are nothing inferior vnto Capons The Henne that is too fat shall be made leane by mixing of Fullers earth with her water and of the powder of a softened Bricke in her meat And if she haue a loose belly you must giue her for her first meat the white of an egge roasted and beaten in a Mortar with the double quantitie of Bulleis And for the mad Henne which breaketh her egges and eateth them you must cast Alablaster vpon the yolke
rightly be tearmed Cofers to cast Oates into a deuouring gulfe of meat and wherein there is no other pleasure to be taken but onely in their crie and furiousnesse when they are come to be great ones or continually chirping whiles they be little besides that both the one and the other are ill-fauoured and ougly to behold for the deformitie of their heads for the male hath no combe as our Cockes but in stead thereof a red fleshinesse and vnder his chinne a great wide and long throat which swelleth and changeth into manie colours when he beginneth to be angrie It is very true that his flesh is fine and delicate but without taste and of hard digestion And this is the cause why men vse to powder them larde them much and season them with Spices There is much more pleasure and goodnesse in the flesh of a Peacocke The meat fit for this kind of Bird is the same that is good for Hennes and so made and with like diligence and because his propertie is to be abroad to feede vpon Grasse Wormes and Hearbes therefore it remaineth that wee set downe what is required ouer and aboue And the Farmer may well say That looke how manie Turkies he hath in his yard euen so manie Mule Colts hath he in respect of their feeding Their ordering is lesse troublesome that of the Peacockes saue that they doe not so well endure and abide the cold neither doe they require to be pearched so high in the open ayre but they eat vp and make great wast in Gardens and are filthie as Goslings and therefore some must be readie to make them cleane euerie day In Winter they must be set in a warme place and drie their pearch must not be aboue eight or tenne foot from the earth because they doe not flye high As concerning their laying and sitting it is altogether like to that of the Peacockes and their egges may as well be set vnder Hennes and ledde afterward by the same whiles the Turkie Hennes doe accomplish their seuerall times of laying Their diseases and remedies are also all alike so that it were in vaine to speake of them here againe The Huswife shall not make anie great account of Turkie egges at least hee that loueth his health shall not esteeme of them for to vse them for Physitions hold that egges of Turkies engender grauell and minister cause to breed the Leproâ—ie CHAP. XXI Of Turtle doues Partridges Quailes Stock-doues and Thrushes THe place to put these kindes of Birds in seruing rather for food and pleasure than for breeding shall be ordered after the manner of the Feasant-house that is after the manner of a great Cowpe so leaning against the wall of the back-yard and open toward the light wouen and wrought with the strings of a small Bow put through wood after the manner of Bird-cages with a dore of the same And within especially toward the corners there shall be great store of Perches and branches of boughes of Iuniper Bayes and other trees within which there shall be tyed against the said wall small baskets to allure them to lay and sit in if so be they haue any inclination thereunto It shall be of the height of a man and ouerthwart and euerie way you shall hang Perches stayed vp at both ends for seats for them to sit vpon and vnder their Perches much fresh straw which you must often renew when you make them cleane On that side towards the light all along their house you shall weaue and worke in two boords of a good length and a third vnderneath them and there shall you make places for theâ— to eat their meat and to set their water-pots for them to drinke which you shall refresh and make cleane verie often These birds are all of them such as vse to got together in flockes and delight in hot ayre and in cold weather flye ouer the Sea out of one Countrey into another And therefore to tame them in such manner as to make them like our house-birds would be a verie hard and difficult thing And againe wee make no further account of them than for their daintinesse and delicatenesse which is the cause why they are of such request in Feasts and Banquets Of all these fore-named kinds of Birds there is none more apt to tame than the Turtle doues neither yet sooner fatted for to take them after they be somewhat great and slie well you must giue them wine for by the means of it they doe quickly fall to forget their libertie and freedome for this bird is of a great stomacke and beareth it therefore verie mournefully when shee perceiueth her selfe taken for which cause also they almost neuer lay when they be restrained and kept in neitheâ— yet seed fat in Winter quite contrarie to Thrushes They feed vpon Barly Fâ—â—ches and almost all other kind of graine they desire faire and cleare water and often renewed and a large water-pot that they may bath themselues therein sometime Especially they loue Millet and Pannickle and make no lesse account of Wheat of which sorts of Corne a bushell will satisfie six score Birds And you must not forget Grauell which must be layd by their water-pots for to be their physicke and some also in some of the corners of the house for them to scratch in If they hang the wing and stâ—rre not out of their Basket you must take them and looke to theâ— billes whether they haue the Pip or no and if need be to take it from them and â—o their feet to sâ—e if their owne dung make them not that they cannot stirre or vnder their wings for vermine and in all other places to cure them as hath beene said of Hennes The bloud of the right wing of a Turtle dropt into the eye is excellenâ— good against the stripes and vlcers of the eye And their dung is good against spoâ—â— in the eyes Stock-doues may be fatted and fed after the verie same manner but they are greater eaters and more hard to tame in Winter they loue a sup of wine and doe grow verie fat so also doe the Turtles Againe you must take heed not to forget your Grauell The browne or Woodcocke-coloured Partridge is more easily tamed than the spotted or any other sort likewise they haue not so delicate and fine a flesh being notwithstanding well fed they are little inferior vnto Feasants and you must handle them after the same manner and giue them all one meat but that Partridges loue â—ow and then to eat Corne and feed vpon greene Grasse The male Partridges are â—erie hot and the Henne doth lay a great sort of egges The Cocks also doe beat one â—nother for the Hennes vntill the one hath ouercome the other and he that ouerâ—ommeth ouer-croweth the other which is ouercome and maketh him follow and â—ome behind him after the manner of the Hennes The Henne Partridge is so fruitfull that
any thing chewing the cud This disease may be cured at the beginning but hauing once taken deepe root refuseth all maner of cure Whereunto take of Squilla or Sea-Onion small shred three ounces the rootâ— of Melons beaten as much mixe all together with three handfull of grosse Salt and steepe them all in a pine and a halfe of strong vvine and euerie day you shall giue of this vnto the beast the quantitie of a quarter of a pint Vnto the flux of the bellie vvhich sometimes continueth till bloud come and vveakeneth the beast much there must be giuen to drinke in red Wine the stones of Raisons or Galles and Myrtle-berries vvith old Cheese delaied vvith grosse and thicke Wine or the leaues of the vvild Oliue-tree or of the vvild Rose-tree keeping the beast therewithall from eating or drinking any thing for the space of foure or fiue daies And for the last refuge or extreamest remedie it is vsed to burne him is the forehead with a hot burning yrox For to loosen the bellie of an Oxe you must cause him to drinke in vvarme vvaâ—â—â— two ounces of Oliues made into poulder Admit that you would feed and fat him for labour then you must vvash his mouth euerie eighth day vvith his owne vrine and thus you shall draw from him much â—legme vvhich taketh from him his appetite and doth injurie him in his meat And if this â—legme haue caused him to haue the rheume vvhich you shall know vvhen you see him to haue a vveeping eye and therewithall also vvithout any appetite and hanging downe of his â—are then vvash his mouth vvith Thyme stamped in vvhiâ—â— Wine or else rubbe it vvith Garleeke and small Salt and after vvash it vvith Wine Some cleanse away this flegme vvith Bay-leaues stamped vvith the rindes of Pomâ—granets others inject into his nosthrils Wine and Myrtle-berries The Oxe pisseth bloud either by being ouer-heated or too much cooled by hauing eaten â—uill hearbes in the Summer time and especially at such time as the dew lieth vpon the grasse the remedie is not to suffer him to drinke any vvater or other thing to cause him to take downe a drinke made of three ounces of Mustard-feed three ounces of Sea milleâ— both stamped together an ounce of â—reacle all boyled iâ— two pints of white Wine afterward dissolue therin two ounces of Saffron and makeâ— the beast to drinke it Against the rheume and eyes that are swolne and puffed vp it is vsuall to let the â—east bloud vnder the tongue or to make him take the juice of Leekes Rue Smalâ—age and Sauine well purified For the spots in the eyes there is commonly made an eye-salue of Sal-armoniacke â—oistened and soked in Honie some againe vse to annoint the eye all round about â—vith pitch well rempered vvith Oyle because there is danger in the Honie as which â—ight draw Bees and Wasps about the beasts continually If he haue the Barbes which is a fleshie substance growing vnder the tongue â—hey must be cut and afterward rubbed with Salt and bruised Garleeke together â—fter this his mouth must be washed with wine and with a paire of pincers you must â—inch away the Wormes which breed vnder the same tongue To cleanse the inward parts of the sicke beast thoroughly there is nothing more â—oueraigne than to take the drosse of Oliues after the Oyle is pressed out and to vse it â—oft about the beast Vnto an ague which may befall him by ouer-great trauell in hot vveather with â—heauinesse in the head swolne eyes and extraordinarie heat which is felt by touchâ—ing the skin the remedie vsed is to let him bloud vpon the veine of the forehead or of the â—are veine giuing him therewithall cooling meat as Lettuces and others â—nd vvashing his bodie vvith vvhite Wine and then giuing him cold vvater to drinke If the pallate of the beasts mouth beeing heaued and swolne doe cause him to â—forsake his meat and often times to grone it vvill be good to let him bloud vpon the veine of the sayd his pallate and then after his bleeding you shall giue him nothing to eat but Garleeke vvell soked bruised and â—usked with the leaues of the same or other greene thing or verie soft Hay vntill such time as he find himselfe well The disease of the Lungs is so desperate and vnrecouerable both in Oxen and Kine as that there is no other remedie but to vvash the stall wherein they haue stood vvith vvarme vvater and sweet smelling Hearbes before you fasten any other therein which also in the meane time whiles this is in doing must be bestowed in some other house This disease happeneth vnto them by reason of euill hearbes or naughtie Hay which they eat or of the ouer-great aboundance of bloud but most of all through horse pisse and yet more especially by keeping the beasts houses too close and ouer much shut And this is the cause why Mares not Horses yet verie vvell Asses can or ought to be left in Oxe-houses because that the breath of Asses doth preserue cattell from this disease For the Cough there is ordinarily giuen to drinke the decoction of Hyssope and to eat the roots of Leâ—kes stamped with pure Wheat others giue to be drunken seuen daies together the decoction of Mugwort If in drinking he swallow a Horse-leach and that the same doe fasten her selfe by the vvay in his throat then he must be cast downe vpon his backe and warme Oyle poured into his mouth but and if she be got into his stomach there must Vinegar be poured in If he happen to to haue his horne broken or shiuered take sixe ounces of Turpentine and one of Gum Arabecke boyle it all together and with that oyntment rubbe the horne all about euerie day for the space of ten or twelue daies which being expired beat Bole-armoniacke with eight whites of Egges spread this composition vpon plegets which you shal lay vpon the horne leauing them there three whole daies afterward when these plegets shall begin to be drie take them away and in place thereof spread round about the sayd horne Sage made into poulder the horne will heale To fasten a horne which is verie loose and readie to fall off first you shall seâ— close and fast the horne in his place afterward you shall annoint all the vppermost part of the head for the space of fiue or six daies with an oyntment prepared of bruised Cummin-seed Turpentine Honie and Bole-armoniacke all of it being boyled and incorporated together afterward you shall foment the horne vvith a decoction of Wine vvherein haue beene boyled the leaues of Sage and Lauander in sufficient quantitie If the necke be swolne that it causeth some suspition of an Abscesse or Apostume then you must open the Apostume with a hot yron and put in the hole where it was opened the root of Sow-bread or of Nettle and this you shall renew often
for your Sowes of the rest makâ— prouision for the house Let not your Gylt goe to bore till she be past a yeare old and let the Boore bâ— betwixt three and foure for after he be past fiue he must be gelded to be faâ—â—ed The time to put your Sow to the Bore whether it be to breed or to put vp to feed is best in the â—iâ—st quarter of the Moone and vnto the full for before it is not good no more than it is in the old of the Moone and it shall be from the beginning of Februarie vnto mid March or a little after to the end that in Iune Iulie and August your Pigges may grow to haue some strength and may be vvell growne and thickâ— of 〈◊〉 by September for Winter Pigges are hard to reare and not so kind as the other because this kind of cattell is more chill than the others which is the cause that in many places they haue their cote and stie prouided and dressed with liâ—â—e and straw although they haue sufficient store of stone lime sand and plaster you must also beware that the Boore keepe not companie with the Sows that are with Pigge for he would but bite them and cause them to cast their Pigges This beast is a great eater and cannot endure hunger especially the Sows which in this necessitie haue beene seene sometimes to eat their owne Piggs and those of others as also children in their cradles which is no small inconuenience and therefore you must haue care that their troughs be neuer emptie For to make Hogges verie fat you must geld them It is best to geld them in the old of the Moone in the new or in the wane and in the Spring or September the time being temperate If you geld them young the flesh will be the better but then they grow not so much If you geld them growne somewhat bigge they grow a deale more but then the flesh is not so good And therefore it will be good to doe it when they are betwixt foure and sixe moneths old and at the most not to goe aboue a yeare They are subiect vnto manie diseases And the Hogge is knowne to be ficke when hee hangeth the eare verie much and doth become more slow and heauie than hee hath beene accustomed or that he is found to be without appetite For your better certaintie when there doe not appeare anie of these signes pull from him against the haire a handfull of the bristles of his backe if they be cleane and white at the root hee is â—ound and healthfull but and if that they be bloudie or otherwise spotted he is sicke But he is subiect especially to be meazled because of his much and filthie feeding and this is the cause why some doe search the roots of his tongue and others behind the eares when he is carried to the Markets to be sold in Faires or in good Townes And I thinke that this was the cause why our fore-fathers made it not an ordinarie thing to eat and that the Iewes doe abhorre to eat it at all This disease is not cured but with great difficultie notwithstanding it will in some sort be cured if his Stie be euerie day made cleane if he be suffered to walke and goe into the fields in the fresh aire if he be caused to bath or wallow himselfe oftentimes in Sea water or salt water if he haue Bay-berries beaten and mingled amongst his meat if there be giuen him the drosse of the Wine-presse mingled with Branne and Leauen Now there are three infallible signes to know the Swine to be meazled as if there be found vnder his tongue blackish pustules if he cannot carrie himselfe vpright of his hinder legges and thirdly if his bristles puld off his backe shew bloudie at the roots Likewise for that the Hogge by reason of his filthinesse for the most part hath one fault or other betwixt his skinne and flesh how sound soeuer he be it is good after he be killed to haue his haire swinged off with straw rather than to scald them off with hot water for the fire doth draw out a great deale more easily than warme water that whatsoeuer it is that may be betwixt the skinne and the flesh Yet the scalding of Hogges keepeth the flesh whitest plumpest and fullest neither is the Bacon so apt to reast as the other besides it will make it somewhat apter to take salt howsoeuer if it be for Porke then you must necessarily scald them because the fire will else harden the skinne too much and make the flesh vnkindly besides the swindging of Hogges leaueth the roots of the haires in the skinne and the scalding bringeth them forth which makes the flesh the better He is also subiect vnto the paine and swelling of the Spleene and to the Murraine which in contagious times doth a great deale the more easily seize vpon foule and filthie bodies and such as are of a bad feeding Against his want of stomacke to his meat it is vsed to cause him to fast a day and a night close shut vp in some darke place that so he may wast his superfluous humors and fall to eat his meat againe For the Ague he is to be let bloud in the taile and for the Rheume and swelling of the kernels of the necke or yet when he is but suspected to be meazled he is to be let bloud vnder the tongue For paine and swelling happening vnto him in the time of Fruits when there is great store and that he feedeth his full vpon the rotten he must be caused to eat old Capers well scoured from salt through branne and water as also much Coleworts as well red as others and some doe make him a speciall meat of Tamariske For the scabs and kernels of the necke some vse to rub him with beaten salt with the flower of pure wheat If he haue eaten of Henbane which ancient men haue called the Hogges beâ—ne or else of Hemlocke he must be made to drinke the decoction of wild Cucume well warmed for to cause him to vomit He must aboue all other things be well kept with drinke in the time of the Dog daies and other such hot times and to suffer him to moile and tumble in the dyâ—â— at his pleasure for thirst causeth him to become poore and leane and in weake estate The Egyptians doe greatly honour the Swine and giue him manifold thanks foâ— hauing first shewed them the manner of tilling the ground by cleaâ—ing and cutting of it with the fore-part of his snout and as one that by little and little hath taughâ— them to make the Ploughs culter In like manner they which dwell in low and soâ—â— places along by the Riuer Nilus haue no encrease of the earth but what they toyle and labour out of the same with the Plough but the Peasants doe nothing 〈◊〉 put their Swine
into their Fields and goe after them with Seed and because that Swine haue the gift to digge vp the earth with their snouts and to tread in the Corne with their feet they vse them to ouer-turne all their Ground 〈◊〉 of hand and so to couer the Seed which the Countrey people haue cast vpoâ— the same Furthermore the good Householder besides the good prouision that hee shall make for himselfe and his familie of the Porke cut in pieces and well salted in 〈◊〉 Larder shall further gather his grease for the axle-trees of his Waines and 〈◊〉 Againe the good Huswife shall make her profit of it in like manner for the dâ—easeâ— of her familie in as much as it is verie good to draw to a head all sorts of apostemes being mixt with leauen as also to heale the moles of the heeles if the powder of 〈◊〉 be mixt therewithall and the ashes of the flower of Barly It is vsed in a common prouerbe That the Swine hath nothing in him but it is good his ordure and dung excepted but experience sheweth the contrarie for the dung of a Swine fried with fresh butter and equall quantitie of lumpes of clutteredâ— bloud spet out by him that bleedeth aboundantly being giuen to the partie so bleeding to eat doth stay and stop presently his spetting of bloud It remaineth that we declare how we ought to salt Swines flesh All manner of Cattell but especially the Swine which we intend to vse for meat must be killed 〈◊〉 the new of the Moone or in the first quarter For if you should kill it in the 〈◊〉 of the Moone looke how much the longer you deferre to salt it so much the 〈◊〉 time and fire must it haue to boyle it when you should vse it and for this reason 〈◊〉 Sawsidge or such other like meat doth become lesse by a quarter when they are boiled For this cause also it is that the skilfull Husbandman will not buy these kinâ—â— of beasts to make his prouision of if he be not sure that they were borne in the â—â—crease of the Moone for otherwise also they doe grow but little and their flâ—sh 〈◊〉 not of sufficient weight when as one hath killed them Kill therefore your Swine 〈◊〉 the encrease of the Moone and let them not drinke the day before you intend to 〈◊〉 them that so their flesh may be the more drie for and if they drinke the salting time will haue the greater quantitie of superflouus moisture to drinke vp Also the flesh will be the better if they be kept fasting but one halfe day before they be killed Now when you haue thus killed them in their thirst and halfe famished it shall bâ— for the best to take out as manie of the bones as you can for this will cause the salâ—ing to be of better effect preseruing the flesh the longer from corruption After cut the flesh in pieces and put it into the salting Tub making as manie beds of salt grossâ—â—y brayed as there is of flesh the one aboue the other And when the salting Tub shalâ— be in a manner full you shall fill vp the head with salt and presse all downe 〈◊〉 with verie heauie weights Some put these pieces and the salt within a table-cloth 〈◊〉 within a sack that hath two mouths and shake it vp and downe therein that so 〈…〉 take salt in euerie place and afterward lay it orderly in the salting Tub strawing 〈◊〉 vpon euerie bed In some Countries they vse not in such sort to cut it in pieceâ— to cause it to take salt neither do other some put it in salt brine in a close powdring 〈◊〉 but after that they haue made it into pieces they diuide all the Lard in two and salt these two halfes all of them making the salt to pierce and enter into them with a rowling-pinne and this thing is not done at one time or in one day but at two or three times and in two or three dayes space after they hang them to the ioice of some boorded floore or to the crookes set vp in some vaulted roofe if so be there be anie vault and the Lard thus salted is more fast and of a better tast And if it fall out to be long kept and to passe a yeare it groweth to be of a golden colour So it is better to salt and keepe it thus for them which desire to haue that which is excellent good rather than after anie other fashion that hath beene spoken of heretofore CHAP. XXV Of the Shepheard IF the greater part of the profit of a Farme depend vpon and consist in the keeping of Cattell which is performed by that part of encrease which the Farmer spareth in his Fodder Siftings Ridlings and such other things which cost him nothing but the paine to gather and lay them vp then I dare be bold to auouch it that the most profitable and fruitfull prouision for the Countrey House is of such beasts as bring forth Wooll It is true that there must all diligence be vsed to keepe them from Cold from the Purples from the Scab from two much ranknesse of bloud from the Rot and other such inconueniences as sometimes spread and proceed from one to another and that he hath likewise care and doe his whole endeauour in keeping them both in the Fields and at the Cratch but it is as true that there riseth as great profit and commoditie to the Farmer For besides the dung which they make and which exceedeth all other kinds of dung in goodnesse for the great substance strength and heartening which it giueth vnto the ground they bring yet infinite other commodities as by Wooll whereof are made Cloth Hats Caps and manie other stuffes by their Fells which serue for Furre or for Leather by their Milke whereof are made Cheeses verie excellent as may be seene by those which the Towne of Betune doth affoord and finally by their flesh which is so good and excellent of it selfe that no continuall vse of it doth euer make it the lesse pleasant in the eating so that for certaine it may be said of it that if the flesh of this Beast were as scarce as that of the Fawne Hind and other Venison it would be the onely Venison of request before all other in the world And this further is to be seene and obserued for a rare and singular commoditie in all the foresaid things proceeding from these Cattell that bring forth Wooll and not lightly to be passed ouer of the Husbandman namely that there is not anie one of them which is not alwaies readie and of present imployment and whereof there are not moe buyers than sellers so that the Husbandman need not doubt of anie long staying for the sale thereof For first of all the Dung is in imployment the verie first houre the Wooll no sooner shorne but it is greedily catcht vp and so soone as the Mutton is flead you haue a chapman for
a liniment of the gall of an Oxe or of 〈◊〉 and tartar beaten together with strong vinegar And as concerning a drinke you must take of Oyle two pound of old wine a pottle amongst all this you shall mix nine fat figges with nine leekes heads temper them all well together and afterward make a decoction in the end whereof but before it be strained you shall adde of Salt and Nitre well pouned so much as you shall see necessarie of all well strained you shall make a drinke which you shall cause him to take with a horne twice a day that is morning and euening a quarter of a pint at a time For his meat cause him to eat greene Barley or Fetchets or the meale of Barley amongst which you shall mingle Nitre The Strangles of a Horse or Glandules vvhich happen vnder his throat and fall downe from the braine much cooled are oftentimes cured by pricking him vnder the throat in the morning afterward couer his head vvith some kind of Linnen cloth and rubbe his throat oftentimes with fresh Butter but especially the place of his disease The Barbes hindering the Horse from eating by reason of 〈…〉 swolne are healed by making him eat Pease Beanes or the stalkes of Pease or 〈◊〉 because that the bruising and breaking of them causeth this swelling to go 〈…〉 if the Barbes doe grow there againe you must cut them out with a verie 〈…〉 being likewise verie hot for thus are they taken out of the hollow of the 〈…〉 mouth and for the rest taken away by burning you must cut them away 〈…〉 of sheares euen to the quicke For the excrescence of flesh growing vnder the Horses bodie you must 〈…〉 place and make incision with some knife fit for the purpose and then afterwards â—â—noint it morning and euening with the ointment called Dialthoea Flies are kept away from Horses â—ores with pitch and oyle or grease mingled 〈◊〉 powred vpon them and then by strawing Fetch flowers vpon them againe The disease of the gums and teeth happeneth oftentimes vnto colts when they 〈◊〉 growing their teeth temper of fullers earth the best you can come by 〈…〉 Remes in verie strong vinegar and therewith rubbe their jawes on the outside 〈◊〉 more a great deale in the place where the paine or swelled gums be The short winded Horse or he which cannot easily draw his breath and 〈◊〉 hath his flankes beating incessantly and which notwithstanding that he be 〈◊〉 haled and whipped will not stirre but pant verie much and blow exceedingly 〈◊〉 and which eating of his meat cannot abstaine coughing this same Horse wil 〈◊〉 euer be cured It is true that this disease being new and caused of dust 〈◊〉 windes foâ—stie hay or of hauing eaten some kind of dung in his prouender 〈◊〉 â—â—medie for it may be to draw bloud vpon him with a greene withie and to 〈◊〉 hot vpon his breast and backe the said bloud mingled with wine and Oyle 〈◊〉 and hauing done this for the space of fiue daies then the next fiue daies following 〈◊〉 make him take downe Lee at his nosthrils wherein there is mixt a portion of Oyle to giue him this drinke after Mustard-seed well fried quicke Brimstone graines 〈◊〉 Paradise of each alike much make them in powder and make thereof a decoctiâ—â— in honie and water or else in some composition that is good and thicke whereof you shall giue him euerie morning the bignesse of a bigge Wall-nut with sage and with thicke red wine but such as is good and noble or else make him a drinke 〈◊〉 cloues ginger cummine fennell-seed and the roots Galanga as much of the one 〈…〉 the other all these being powdred mingle therewith some egges and a little 〈◊〉 make the Horse to take it downe vvith Wine holding his head high to the end 〈◊〉 may swallow the more easily and not suffering him to hold it downe at the 〈…〉 a good halfe houre to the end that the drinke may passe through his bowells 〈◊〉 this drinke you shall giue him fresh grasse or the leaues of Roses or vvillow 〈…〉 temper the heat of the said drinke but the horse must not haue eaten any thing 〈◊〉 the space of one halfe day before the taking of this neither yet must he eat any thing for the like space after the taking of it Let him vvalke and lead him gently by the head-stall or else getting vpon him let him pace him verie softly that so he may not cast it vp againe and thus much for the cure of the 〈◊〉 â—vinded horse if the disease be not growne too old Which notwithstanding that it should be yet 〈◊〉 may relieue it for some time if you feare him a little vpon both the sides of the 〈◊〉 to the end that this heat may cause to cease this great panting vvhich doth paine 〈◊〉 in his flankes and if vvithall you slit his nosthrils that so he may attract and 〈◊〉 in the aire and his breath and as easily let it goe besides these vvaies I vvould 〈◊〉 you also to giue him to eat some grapes oftentimes and to drinke some sweet 〈◊〉 Another singular remedie there is which consisteth in giuing him a drinke 〈◊〉 vvith Agaricke and Fenugreeke tempered vvith red Wine or else to cause him 〈◊〉 swallow the bloud of a little dogge vvhich yet is not aboue ten daies old or to take the roots of Gentian of vvild cucumers and bitter Almonds and to poune theâ—â—vvith Honie and Water and to make a drinke thereof or else to giue oftentimes 〈◊〉 eat of siluer grasse The Cough hath many causes notwithstanding that vvhich commeth from the 〈◊〉 as from the lungs and parts adjoyning or else from some other of the inward 〈◊〉 which are noble and principall and haue accordingly some notable office in 〈◊〉 bodie hath not a more soueraigne remedie than the slitting of the beasts noâ—â—hrils and if after this the beast doe not amend then to cause him to take downe a â—ood pinte of the drinke following with a horne Take Fenugreeke and Linseed of â—â—ch a quarter of a pecke Gum-tragacanth Olibanum Myrrhe of each an ounce â—ugar the oatmeale of great vvild Tare of each an ounce all these being vvell pouâ—ed and let run through a bagge you shall cause it to be infused all a whole night in hot vvater and the day following you shall giue it to the beast as hath beene sayd â—nd this shall be continued adding thereto a bowle of oyle of Roses euen to the end of the cure Some cause fiue egges to be layed to steepe one whole night in strong Vinegar and the next morning when they see that the shell is become verie tenâ—er and soft they giue them to the horse to take downe Furthermore you must neâ—er draw bloud from the horse in what palce soeuer that it be but it shall be good to â—iue it vnto him and to continue the Gum-tragacanth with sweet Oyle The ague of a horse
and Centaurie alike much of all two ounces of the seed of turneps harts 〈◊〉 one ounce and vvith vvhite vvine it will serue to take at three times the day after the three aboue named you shall make him a clyster of the decoction of Wormewood and Rue putting thereto in the strayned liquor two Oxe-galls and an 〈◊〉 of Aloes Against the flux of the bellie which some vse to call the current there is made a drinke of great seruice and vse of the powder of gals with red vvine and the flower of starch tempered together or else iâ— the flux come of taking cold giue him 〈◊〉 dipt in sweet Red vvine and Rose-water and rub his reines and bellie with 〈◊〉 vvine Oyle of Roses and a little Salt For the flux of bloud passing by vrine you must let him bloud of the veine of 〈◊〉 breast afterward make a decoction of Wheat with sweet Seame and the powder of the rinds of drie Pomegranats straine them all to make a drinke for to giue him euerie morning not putting him to any trauell at all Likewise you shall applie a 〈◊〉 plasme vnto his backe and reines made vvith Knoâ—grasse Boleâ—armoniacke and the bloud of the beast mingled together with strong vinegar or thicke red vvine which may also serue for them that haue their reines relaxed or haue beene pricked vvith 〈◊〉 Lancet A restie horse for to make him goe forward must haue a coarde tyed vnto 〈◊〉 cods and it must be so long as that reaching betwixt his forelegs it doe come vp 〈◊〉 high as that the rider may hold it in his hands and so may pull it hard wheâ—as the horse should offer to goe backward but if it be in a Gelding you must bumbast 〈◊〉 buttocks with a good long sticke taken hot out of the fire and burnt at the end for 〈◊〉 will make him goe and likewise if you vse the same course in his rearings it will â—â—â—rect him and make him leaue them If the horse at any time vvith eating of his hay doe eat any venimous beast as Scâ—â—pion Spider or the venimous flie called Buprestis he must be couered till he 〈◊〉 and then in all hast let him bloud in the roofe of his mouth which so soone as it is 〈◊〉 forth shall be giuen him againe to drinke warme and in such quantitie as it 〈◊〉 forth for his meat giue him leekes and wheat boyled together Looke more aboâ—â— in the Chapter of the Neat-heard or Oxe-keeper For the stinging of Vipers a liue Cocke slit through the middest and applied warme vnto the vvound is much worth and presently after this a powder of the 〈◊〉 of yellow Daffodill with strong vvine and Salt made all in a drinke for him or 〈◊〉 the root leaues and fruit of vvild vine made in ashes and drunke with good 〈◊〉 or else take presently that kind of buglosse called Echium and draw out of it a good pint of juice hauing first watered it vvith vvhite vvine or vvater of Cardâ—us 〈◊〉 It you perceiue that the leafe vvill not yeeld you juice ynough of it selfe 〈◊〉 the horse first to drinke that vvhich you haue and after applie the substance of 〈◊〉 hearbe vpon and about the stung place and couer it The Shrew by her biting of the Horse maketh him oftentimes to dye as 〈◊〉 haue oftentimes seene both in Horse and Oxen this is a beast as bigge as a 〈◊〉 of the colour of a Weâ—ill vvith a long snout and a short tayle she fasteneth vpon 〈◊〉 infecteth most chiefly the cods and maketh foure small vvounds for to heal◠〈◊〉 venimous biting you must cause him presently to take downe through the â—â—ose â—â—â—â—leaues stamped or powdred with vvater and to applie vnto the place that is 〈◊〉 â—ummin and Garleeke stamped together and in case there be any vlcer you must â—ment the place with Brine or with the decoction of the Mirtle-tree and to scatter â—nd sprinkle thereupon the powder of burned Barley or of a Pomegranat rinde â—ooke more in the chapter of the Ox-keeper The biting of a madde dogge hath for a singular remedie if it be vsed before it be 〈◊〉 daies the flowers of Medicke fodder burned and mixed with old Swinesâ—rease and applied vnto the wound or else to stampe it with old white Wine and â—â—use him to drinke it Also the root of the Eglantine-tree made in powder and put â—pon the wound or giuen him to drinke with good old Wine Likewise the Berâ—ies of Elder-tree or the juice of the leaues thereof or of Ashe-tree Hens dung swallowed by hap bringeth frets and wrings in the bellie for which â—â—ke of old Smallage and drie two ounces and cause him to drinke them with Wine â—nd Honie afterward walke him vntill his bellie rumble and that he begin to dung The leane horse may be made fat if you giue him to eat Fasels or long Pease boyâ—ed in vvater and mixt amongst his prouender but and if he should be so weake as â—hat he could not swallow them downe you must strengthen and get him into couâ—age againe making him sup egge-yolkes with sugar in verie good quantitie warme vvater mixt with Salt and meale of Millet and giuen to the horse doth greatly fat him Also Panicke Rice and Millet boyled and mixt with Beane-meale and Salt â—are excellent good and it would be giuen him foure times a day but not much at a time least the horse should cast it vp againe It commeth to passe sometimes that Mares are troubled with a kind of rage that is to say vvhen they see their owne pictures in the vvater they are taken with loue and hereupon they forget to eat and drinke and drie vp their heat or signe of desiring the horse The signes of this madnesse are manifested by their running thrâ—â—gh the pastures as if they were spurred oftentimes looking round about them as if they sought and desired something They are cured of this madnesse by being brought vnto the water for when they see by their shadows how ill fauoured they be they will forget the first shape which they had beheld before For a Horse that is troubled with the Yellowes you shall first let him bloud in the necke veine and in the roofe of the mouth then take a quart of Ale a handfull of Celandine fine spoonefuls of Honey three ounces of Cummin seed beaten to pouder a little Saffron and a handfull of Tyme boile these together then straine it and giue it the Horse to drinke luke warme If your Horse be troubled with the Staggers you shall first let him bloud in the necke veine and take from him great store of bloud then take Veriâ—ice and Bay salt beaten together with a good prettie quantitie of Assafetida and dip in Flax hurds therein stop it hard into the Horses eares and then bind them vp so as the medicine may by no meanes fall out and doe thus diuers daies together and if need
from the other the smell of which Elder is so odious 〈…〉 beasts that they haue no desire to come neere it either vnder or aboue the 〈◊〉 so long as it is greene and therefore when these first stickes shall be drie you 〈◊〉 renew them Othersome put Thornes that are verie sharpe and pricking or 〈…〉 of Chesnuts vnder the earth round about the plants of the Artichokes 〈…〉 one neere vnto another to the end that the Rats comming neere vnto the 〈◊〉 may presently be driuen backe againe Others cause Beanes to be boyled 〈…〉 poysoned water and doe put them in the holes of this wicked cattell for they 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sent thereof they run thither presently As concerning Moules we will speake of 〈◊〉 manner of killing them hereafter The root of Artichoke sodden in Wine and drunke is soueraigne against the difâ—â—cultie of making water for the stinking and strong smell of the arme-pits and of 〈◊〉 vrine also for the hot and scalding fretting of ones vrine whether it come of the 〈◊〉 or of some other cause and so also for the dropsie the pulpe boyled in flesh 〈◊〉 and eaten with Salt Pepper and Galanga made in powder helpeth the weakâ—sse of the generatiue parts The Italians eat them in the morning raw with bread 〈◊〉 salt whiles they be yet young and tender CHAP. XV. Of Sorrell and Burnet SOrrel and Burnet notwithstanding that they grow vntild in great aboundance yet they may be sowen in fine ground and well manured in the Spring time especially the Sorrell for as for Burnet it groweth likewise and as well in drie grounds nothing tilled or stirred both of them 〈◊〉 planted in gardens must from the beginning be well watered and he that deâ—reth to gather the seed must take them vp and plant them againe suffering them to â—row to their perfection and then to drie and wither They feare not cold or frost â—either yet aboundance of water but they looke especially the Sorrell that they 〈◊〉 become the fairer to be cut three or foure times a yeare All the sorts of Sorrell as well those of the field as those of the garden haue this â—ertue that being boyled with flesh how old and hard soeuer it be yet they make it â—nder and loose the bodie The leaues of Sorrell rosted in hot ashes haue a singular force to resolue or to cause 〈◊〉 Apostumate the swellings of the eyes or as some Surgeons vse if you take the 〈◊〉 of Sorrell and lap them vp close in a Burre-docke leafe then lay it in the hot 〈◊〉 and rost it as you would rost a Warde then open it and applie it as hot 〈◊〉 the patient is able to endure it to any impostumation or byle whatsoeuer about 〈◊〉 part of a mans bodie it will not onely in short space ripen and breake it but also â—raw and heale it verie sufficiently it is also being boyled in Posset-ale a verie â—â—od cooler of the bloud and a great comferter against inflamations which come by â—â—urning Feauers A Cataplasme made of the leaues of Sorrell with twice as much 〈◊〉 Swines-grease all beaten and mingled together and afterward put in the leafe of 〈◊〉 Colewort vnder the hot ashes is soueraigne against cold Apostumes The seed of â—orrel powdred and drunke with water or wine doth asswage the paine of the blouâ—ie flux Sorrell steept in vinegar and eaten in the morning fasting is a preseruatiue â—gainst the plague as also the Syrope or Iuleb made with the juice thereof The â—aues of Sorrell well stamped and applied vnto the wrest doth tame the fiercenesse 〈◊〉 the ague Burnet of the garden being an herbe that some vse to put in their salades whereof 〈◊〉 haue here spoken and which is also the same which the Latinists call Sanguisorâ—â— taken in drinke is good to restraine the monethly termes of women and all other 〈◊〉 of the belly but especially such as are of bloud it is good also to dry vp wounds â—nd vlâ—ers if it be applied vnto them in forme of a Cataplasme Some doe much â—teeme it in the Plague time and some say that the often vse of Burnet especially 〈◊〉 juice thereof is a verie soueraigne preseruatiue against dangerous diseases beâ—â—use it hath a propertie verie much strengthening the Liuer the Heart and the Spiâ—â—â—ts The leaues of Burnet put into the wine make it more pleasant more strong and â—omewhat Aromaticall and of the taste of Millions they are verie good to be put in sallades made with Oyle Salt and Vinegar according as we see them vsed 〈◊〉 day CHAP. XVI Of Harts-horne Trickmadame and Pearcestone AS for Harts-horne and Trickmadame they haue no need of any 〈…〉 or planting for both of them will come in any ground that 〈◊〉 would haue them whether it be husbanded or not True it is that if 〈◊〉 would haue Harts-horne flourish and faire liking you must cut it oft 〈◊〉 it along vpon some roller or cause it to go vpon foot by it selfe for it delighteth to 〈◊〉 so intreated and vtterly refusing to grow otherwise than against the ground 〈◊〉 madame doth nothing feare the cold and doth grow principally vpon the old 〈◊〉 of vines in a stonie and grauelly earth These are put in Summer-sallades 〈◊〉 neither of theâ—â— haue either tast or smell fit for the same The Harts-horne is goodâ— stay the flux of the bellie Trickmadame stamped with Lettuce and applied vnto the pulses doth delay 〈◊〉 heat of an ague The distilled water thereof being often times drunken doth 〈◊〉 roughly heale burning and tertian agues Pearcestone is sowen in a drie and sandie soile and craueth to be much 〈◊〉 euen from the beginning he that desireth the seed must let the hearbe grow to 〈◊〉 perfection and afterward to drie the seed as corne is dried It may be preserued in salt and vinegar after the manner of purcelane and then 〈◊〉 soueraigne for the difficultie of vrine for the jaundise and to breake the stone to proâ—â—uoke vvomens termes and to stirre vp ones appetite if it be vsed in the beginning 〈◊〉 meat For want of such as is pickled in vinegar you may make the decoction of 〈◊〉 leaues roots and seeds in Wine for to vse in the same disease CHAP. XVII Of Marigolds MArigolds haue not need of any great ordering for they grow in 〈◊〉 fields and in any ground that a man will neither doe they 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 sowen euerie yeare for being once sowen they afterward grow of theâ— selues and beare flowers in the Calends of euery moneth of the yere 〈◊〉 in Sommer as in Winter for which cause the Italians call them the flower of all 〈◊〉 moneths To be short the place where they haue once beene sowen can hardly 〈◊〉 of them If they be neuer to little husbanded and cut many times they will beare 〈◊〉 faire â—lowers and verie great but yet euer more in Autumne than in the Spring The juice of the
the end that after they haue rested all night they may be the fitter to come forth peaceably in the morning although yet it were better not to alter or change anie thing about them for the space of three daies but to stop vp the mouth with some thinne cloth vntill the Sunne haue shone and in the euening after to open them There is no such carefull heed taken in the chusing of those which are giuen nor yet of those which haue beene taken or gathered in the Fields or Forests although I could aduise men to the contrarie seeing the charges and paines are as great about the bad as the good Notwithstanding when one gathereth them it is not possible to make such choice as he would and therefore he must be content with that which commeth next to hand and yet not to be negligent to purchase and get the best that may be come by and to take good heed not to mingle the good and the bad together for so the bad would dishonour the good and there would be a great deale lesse honey because of the bad and slouthfull ones which are mingled amongst them The gathering of them shall be after this fashion When you haue found anie place by which great numbers of Bees doe passe which is commonly in Woods and Forests where Hearbes doe abound and Trees of sweet smell neere vnto some small Riuer or Fountaine you shall vse all diligence to find out the place of their rest and abode which you may easily learne after their hauing beene at water whether it be neere or 〈…〉 by the place whither they torne then afterward in the beginning of the Spring you must take Balme and Thyme bruised with other such like hearbs which Bees loue and therewith annoint your Hiue so throughly as that the smell and iuice thereof may stay behind after that you shall make the Hiue cleane and sprinkle it with a little honey and hauing thus handled it you shall set it downe in the Woods or Forests neere vnto the Springs and when it is full of Bees you shall carrie it home And thus much of gathering swarmes of Bees CHAP. LXIIII. Of the manner of gouerning Garden Bees THe Lord of the Farme or Farmer hauing prouided Feeding Grounds Hiues and fit places for Bees as also hauing bought or gathered good store of Swarmes to replenish his Hiues shall be carefull to affoord them a more diligent and attentiue kind of gouernment and ordering than anie ouerâ—eer or gouernour of other Cattell doth allow vnto the said Caâ—â—ell vnder his charge the cause is for that the Bee is more discreet and industrious than any other kind of liuing creature yea seeing she hath a kind of wisdome comming neere vnto the vnderstanding of man therefore she looketh for a more carefull manner of vsage and carriage towards her from them that are her gouernours and therefore cannot abide them to be mockers â—â—uttish or negligent for they cannot abide to be â—â—ggardly or filthily entreated It must therefore be his condition that shall haue the charge of them to consider their manners and manner of liuing and accordingly to frame himselfe thereunto in the best sort that may be They haue a King whom they obey as their Soueraigne in all things accomplishing and fulfilling whatsoeuer hee shall giue them in charge whether it be to goe forth or to returne home or to stay within and they attend him alwaies in companies wheresoeuer he be they comfort him if at anie time he be sicke and doe keepe about him if he cannot flie not out of them is negligent and slouthfull but euerie one readie and quicke to anie kind of worke Some of them gather the Roses and bring home what they get of floâ—â—â— and sweet smelling leaues vnto those which stay within the Hiue making Honey others are busie in making Combes and building of little Cabbins some make honey and others attend other matters and vocations some lay to their hands to the softening of Waxe and temper it so well as that making thinne leaues thereof they therewith build vp and frame them Celles and Cloysters others with great 〈◊〉 doe sunder the grosse and drossie substance and make readie a place for 〈…〉 of Honey Some of them with their paine and diligence doe keepe cleane the 〈◊〉 which notwithstanding are neuer defiled by anie of their owne dung for 〈…〉 flying abroad they auoid their excrements in flying Some there are which ordiâ—â—rily doe nothing but keepe watch and ward to the end that to the vttermost of 〈◊〉 power they may withstand whatsoeuer thing may annoy and hurt them They 〈◊〉 out such as die within the Hiues but when their King is dead they stirre him not from his place but crowding one vpon anothers backe about him it seemeth that they lament and mourne as they make shew by their noise and humming and that 〈◊〉 vehemently as that if their keeper doe not looke vnto it and take him from vnder them they will suffer themselues rather to die for hunger than they will forsake him To be briefe euerie one of them is so diligent at his worke as that they cannot 〈◊〉 it that anie one should be in their companie that should not be occupied in 〈◊〉 something and this is the cause why they driue away the Drone which will 〈◊〉 worke neither is good to anie thing else but to wast the honey and 〈◊〉 it They hate aboue all things euill sents they neuer flie against the light nor vnto 〈…〉 or bloud or fat but content themselues with leaues and flowers onely which 〈◊〉 sweet smelling iuice They take delight in pleasant and goodly Songs whâ—â—â—◠〈◊〉 commeth to passe that if they be scattered abroad they will be called together at this delightfull ringing of some Bason or small Bells or in hitting the hands in a soft and easie sort one against another To be briefe their fashion and manner of 〈…〉 it were wonderfull in nature but giuing ouer all further describing of them 〈◊〉 will content my selfe in deliuering the conditions and duties required about 〈◊〉 ordering and gouerning CHAP. LXV The order of gouerning Bees all the yeare long WHosoeuer he be therefore that hath the charge and ouersight of the Bees must be carefull first of their pastures whereof we haue made mention before then he shall diligently looke vnto their Hiues twice or thrice a moneth beginning at the Spring and continuing till Nouember 〈◊〉 there is not that time in the yeare wherein they stand not in need of something and if they be well ordered they will continue tenne yeares They must be opened about the moneth of March and the Honey-combes made cleane with a verie strong and solide feather when as they cannot be come by with the hand that so whaâ—â—â—â—â— filth is gathered there in the time of Winter may be cast out and the Spiders 〈◊〉 which spoyle all the Combes may be taken away afterward he shall smoake 〈◊〉 all with Oxe dung
mornings Water of horse-taile Take horse-taile plantaine red roses Winter-cherrie-berries rootes of holihockes and scraped licorice of each an ounce of bole-armoniacke halfe an ounce of the seed of gourds and cucumbers of each three drams of the seede of white poppie six drams of the seed of quinces halfe an ounce Infuse them all in vvhay made of goats milke the space of two daies afterward distill the vvater which will serue for the vlcers of the reines and bladder if there be foure ounces of â—â—taken vvarme in the morning Water of corneflag Take equall parts of corneflag hyssope and southernewood stampe them throughly and leaue them so a certaine time afterward distill them this vvater prouoketh womens termes and killeth wormes in young children Burnet-water Take the seed of burnet parsley smallage the leaues and rootes of clotburre and smallage of euerie one equally stampe all together after put thereto of draggons bloud an ounce and a little good vinegar â—et all to infuse together a certaine time afterward distill it this vvater hath a meruailous vertue against the stone and grauell A singular vvater for the grauell vvhich the deceased Monsieur de Tillet had great vse of vvith happie succesâ—e Take the rootes of parsley and fennell made verie cleane and the vvooddie part taken out of each â—oure handfulls boyle them in twelue pintes of riuer water vvhen they are halfe boyled put thereto of the tender buds of Mallows holihockes violets and sea-weed of each foure handfulls boyle all together to the consumption of the halfe after straine them through a white napkin distill them putting thereunto two pound of Venice turpentine A singular water for the eyes Take celandine veruaine betonie eye-bright rue and fennell all new and fresh of each two handfulls stampe them together sprinkling them with halfe a pound of white Wine presse out the juice and afterward infuse in the same pepper and ginger made in powder of each halfe an ounce of saffron three drams of myrrhe aloes and sarcocol of each one ounce of verie good honie a pound distill them all in a glasse stillitorie at a small fire and keepe the water for the spots of the eyes Take foure ounces of the pills of Oranges dried in the shadow of the Sunne sixe dayes nutmegs and cloues made into powder either of them by themselues of each foure ounces infuse the said aromaticall powders in a glasse viole with rosewater the space of seuenteene dayes in the Sunne after cast vpon the said powders the rindes of oranges vvhich you shall let steepe there a certaine space of time Afterward take of new red roses gathered two daies before a pound of the roote of cypeâ—us halfe a pound of the leaues of rosemarie hysâ—op balme roses of the bush of each two handfulls of bay-leaues a handfull lay them all to drie in the Sunne for two houres after infuse them in rose-water the space of three houres this done put them all into a Still after this manner In the bottome of the Still make a bed of one pound of new red roses then next a bed of aromaticall powders and the rindes of oranges in the third place a bed of Violet flowers and in the fourth place the last and fourth bed of the afore named hearbes distill them all in Maries-bath with a gentle fire Adde vnto the distilled water two pound of rose-water or thereabout so that it may be in proportion equall to the third or fourth part of the water drawne out by distillation This vvater taken in the morning the weight of a dramme keepeth the bodie sound lustie and reneweth youth It is singular for the paine of the head tteeth bellie gripings palsie conâ—ulsions apoplexie faintings and other such cold diseases This is the vvater that is so much esteemed in the courts of kings and princes and amongst the great and renowned ladies An Allome-water Take Verjuice the juice of Plantaine and Purslaine of each a pound seuen whites of egges ten ounces of Roch-allome mingle them together and distill them Otherwise take plantaine purslaine sorrell gourds nightshade and verjuice of each a handfull poune them grosly mixe therewith ten or twelue whites of egges put them all in a glasse stillitorie to distill mingling amongst them halfe a pound of Allome as you lay bed vpon bed this water is good for caâ—kers for the rednesse of the face and for vlcers applying linnen clothes thereunto that haue beene wet therein You may likewise distill purging waters in infusing purgatiue medicines both simple and compound seeing that they be as new as may be and that in Aqua-vitae wine milke whay distilled waters or conuenient decoctions and such waters vvill haue the like vertues as the purging medicines haue thus you may distill Catholicum Diaphoenicon confectio Hamech and Electuarium de â—ucco rosarâ—m Thus you may distill rhubarbe agaricke hellebor scammonie and such other purgatiues that are sound and new The maner of distilling rhubarbe may be this take a quantitie of new and greene Rhubarbe vvhether it be a pound or halfe a pound more or lesse make it â—â—to small pieces or make it into grosse powder and vpon it cast of the iuice of Borage and Buglosse of each two pound for one of Rubarbe infuse them all together for the space of foure and twentie houres vpon hot ashes then distill them in a Stillitorie in Maries bath This distilling of purgatiue Medicines is for such kind of people as are verie delicate and cannot abide the smell of the purging medicine to be ministred otherwise vnto them CHAP. LXX Of sweet Waters particularly described SWeet Waters serue to wash the hands face haire of the head and beard as also to make Linnens Garments Gloues and such other things to smell sweet Water of Lauander Take the flowers of Lauander new or drie beâ—prinkle or infuse them in Rose-water Wine or Aqua-vitae afterward distill them The water will be sweeter if you drie the flowers in the Sunne in a Glasse-violl close stopped and cast vpon them afterward some white Wine And if in the time of want and lacke of distilled water you would haue a water presently made which should resemble the smell of the water of Lauander cast a drop or two of the Oyle of Spike into a good sufficient quantitie of pure water and swill them well together in a bottle or Glasse-violl with a narrow necke This water though it be not distilled yet it ceaseth not to haue the sweet smelling sent and sauour that the distilled hath Water of Cloues Take halfe an ounce of Cloues well bruised set them to infuse in a pound and a halfe of Rose-water the space of foure and twentie houres after distill them in Maries bath The water of sweet Smells Take Basill Mints Marierome rootes of Corneflag Hyssope Sauorie Sage Balme Lauander and Rosemarie of each a handfull of Cloues Cinnamome and Nâ—tmegs of each halfe an
very rightly thereof saying that such sweet wine is of thicke substance that it passeth not so easily through the bodie and that therefore it nourishetâ— more than that which is of a thinne consistence and substance Hee saieth further that it swelleth vp the stomach and like the liquor of grapes before it hath wrought it looseth and troubleth the bellie and inward parts And this must bee vnderstood of sweet wine which is not come yet to his full ripenesse and not of that which is thinne cleare ripe and alreadie throughly concocted Which kind of sweete white wines are sent hither in great aboundance from the countrie of Aniou and they hold their sweetnesse two or three yeares Such sweet white wines are not so hurtfull as those which are not ripe or which are thicke they prouoke vrine sufficiently loosen the bellie and moisten Wherefore you must diligently and wisely discerne and distinguish the sweet wine which is crud and vnconcted from that which is already ripe and fit for to be vsed All sweet white wines do nourish aboundantly but yet more or lesse according to the proportion of their thicknesse and grosnesse and for this cause such as haue need of restoratiues must vse sweet wines especially if their reines liuer and spleene stand sound and free from all infermitie for when the principall parts be obstructed and the veines full of grosse bloud then wine that is of subtile substance is most needfull and profitable When the veins are replete with cold and grosse bloud then sharpe strong and mightie wines are more conuenient If the veines be full of hot and thicke bloud the wine that is sharpe and old is not good but rather a claret or white wine that is very watrie yea and somewhat greenish if the stomach wil beare it and the soile of the countrie permit it Galen affirmeth that no white wine heateth greatly and that such as heateth much cannot bee sweete And yet notwithstanding there are brought vnto vs out of hot countries many white wines that are very hot And we haue likewise sweet vvines partly growing in our owne countrie of France as at Longiumeau and Tonnerrois called vvhite beaten vvine partly brought from the countrie of Anjou excellent good and very hot which in taste resemble the sauour and relish of a Hippocras made of vvhite vvine and will hold and continue sound and perfect good three foure yea sixe yeares In Greece their vvhite vvines are not found to bee very pleasant and sweet as in this our countrie there are not to be found any red wines very pleasant except vpon their new pressing out Notwithstanding the countrie of Bordelois doth furnish vs with sufficient quantitie of red wines that are very sweet but they are all of them of a thicke substance and their iuice or liquor breedeth very many obstructions Harsh and course vvines do procure vrine more than the sweet but lesse than such as are of a middle kind betwixt both and yet againe those which are tart and sower doe also prouoke vrine more weakely than those vvhich are of a middle temper The rough and course wine doth corroborate the stomacke and principall parts by his astringent facultie prouided that the stomack be furnished with sufficient strength and force of heat for otherwise in a cold and weake stomack it proueth for the most part to be hardly concocted and digested Of all other vvines it least hurteth the head but therewithall it proueth to be the slowest in distributing it selfe abroad into the veines and substance of the bodie for which reasons it falleth out to be vnfit to be vsed in swownings sodaine faintings and all other feeblenesse loosenesse and languishing of the strength as also where there are any notorious obstructions in the principall parts But which more is it bindeth the bellie or else looseth it not sufficiently We haue spoken of greenish white wines whereunto the reddish greene wine hath like qualities especially if it be of a thinne substance and waterie and yet more if it be thinne waterie and pale Generally the greene or raspe wine in as much as it containeth more water than wine nourisheth the bodie but a little is of hard digestion and so it moueth windinesse and wringings in the belly because it is of a cold temperature Hence it commeth that old folkes cold and moist natures and such as haue weake stomackes receiue damage by it and next vnto these such women as haue not their termes aright and are subiect to pale and swarth colours Notwithstanding it passeth away speedily by vrine because it is thinne and annoyeth not the head and for this reason it is very profitable for all hot and moist natures as for young folkes vvhich haue a boyling and burning bloud in them if their stomacke be in good state especially in Summer time for which respect being dilayed with a sufficient quantitie of vvater it will serue very fitly in like manner as the vvine called of the Greekes Oligophorum in all such agues as wherein wine may be permitted saue onely that it is somewhat hard of digestion and causeth many obstructions Such greene vvines as together with their greenenesse are astringent or sowre are without comparison more hurtfull than any other euery way and in all respects because they hardly ripen and concoct ingender obstructions and passe very slowly either by vrine or stoole Notwithstanding they become ripe in time if they be let alone in cellars till the raw and crude parts thereof be ouercome by their owne proper and naturall heat But it shall not seeme to exceed the bounds of reason if wee discourse somewhat more freely of the verdure of our vvines to the end wee may be able to discerne and find out that which is in vvines by way of purchase from that which is naturally in them Galen writeth That the astringent qualitie in vvines is separated and remaining apart from their verdure as their goodnesse is from their badnesse besides it is very likely that in hot and drie Countries there are not any greene vvines growing naturally but in this our Countrie of France there are many greenish vvines pressed out from grapes that are not yet ripe but especially in cold and moist yeares some which are verie thinne and waterie others more thicke and grosse and by that meanes either astringent or else rough and harsh strong and mightie vvines if they be neuer so little tainted with greenenesse presently they become sowre and altogether vnmeet to be drunke But such as being pressed out from grapes scarce halfe ripe differ not much from the greenenesse or sharpenesse of common veriuice if they be not concocted by little and little through a strong and forcible heat contained in their crude and raw matter and so in the end become ripe their greenenesse being by little and little diminished and such are not passing of a yeares continuance seruing rather for the rude and homely people than for daintie and delicate personages
and waterish which the Grecians call 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is to say not admitting the mixture of any quantitie of water of which we will speake more amply hereafter being as it were like vnto water in thinnesse and colour and hauing little or no sent in them neither yet any manifest heate They nourish but very little for there is is but a very little of their substance turned into bloud but they cause great store of vrine and agree better than any other wines with all sorts of natures if wee may beleeue Galâ—n There are other weake waterish and greenish wines very ordinarie in this countrie which are hurtfull vnto old men and all other cold constitutions as hauing in them very small store of heate and yet sometime profitable vnto hot constitutions as in Sommer according to our former aduertisement There are others that are very good but hot and strong of an easie concoction and speedily distributed but nothing lesse vapourous than white wines whereupon they trouble the braine and make men drunken and so proue hurtfull to such as are rheumatike and subiect to distillations Such wines are brought hither out of Gascoigne very well pleasing princes and men of great estate all of them being of a yellow colour either deeper or lighter The wines of Ay as they are inferiour to them of Gascoigne in strength so they are better and without comparison more wholesome The grosse and thicke wines some of them are simply such and consist in mediocritiâ— and othersome are very grosse and thicke We haue heretofore declared that grosse wines are of a more hard concoction and slow digestion than other wines are but being once concocted and digested they yeeld a more firme and solide nourishment vnto the bodie And of them more than the rest such as are very grosse and thicke which for certaine are hardest to be concocted and digested of all others These sorts of wine for that they ingender many rebellious and obstinate obstructions are not fit to be vsed but of dressers of vineyards and such other as leade a toilesome life as wee haue declared before Such wines as are indifferent thin and indifferent thicke are profitable for many purposes and the rather in that they charge not the head as the strong wines do and those which are of subtile substance neither yet ingender obstructions as those which are thicke and grosse doe The wine called of the Grecians Oligophorum is the holesomest of all others Wine smelleth well or else nothing at all The odoriferous wines are very apt and commodious for the begetting of good humours and to recreat and fetch againe the powers of the bodie but they assaile and charge the head especially if it be of a subtile substance and of a reddish or yellowish colour or of a deepe yellow they are also more hot than the other sorts of wines For that which is such doth help very much for the making of concoction easie and for the begetting of fine and subtile bloud but it filleth the head full of vapours and heate and greatly offendeth the sinewes and vnderstanding whereupon it proueth very apt to cause headach and a world of rheume The wine that hath small or no smell no not any more than water is called waterish Such vtter depriuation or want of smell in wine is a mightie note and most certaine marke that the same is but a weake and cold wine as the strong and mightie smell of the same is a very notable signe of his force and strength Such wine as is neither of an ill smell neither yet without smell but hath a certaine sâ—inging and vnpleasant sent which it hath gotten either of the soile or of the vessell or by some other occasion is not good for any bodie For as nothing as Columella testifieth draweth to it strange and vnnaturall sents more speedily than wise In like sort nothing impaireth or communicateth his hurtfull qualities sooner to the heart and noble parts than wine when it is drunke Amongst wines some are generous and noble wines and therefore said to be full of wine contrarie to those which are waterish and admitting the mixture of much water These heate much hurt the sinewes make a full braine stir vp frensies mightily increaseth the heate of agues and to be briefe they are not delayed with a great quantitie of water and doe good but to a few There are other which are weake and for this cause called Oligophora and waterie These wines are of two sorts some greenish which haue a sensible cooling facultie fitting cholericke stomaches and hot countries if so be that a strong stomacke can beare them and of these wee haue spoken before others which are waterie and of a thinne substance not retaining any smell but agreeing with all natures be the stomacke neuer so weake and especially with those which are often tormented with the megrim or long continued head-ach they comfort concoction prouoke vrine and sweat and offend the head nothing at all more harmelesse than any other sort of vvine they may be permitted to such as are sicke of agues for that they cannot be said to be of any manifest qualitie as other vvines may for they are neither sowre nor astringent neither yet sweet or sharpe nor yeelding any kind of smell Of these kinds of vvine some as Galen saith grow in euery countrey and coast but much more in this of France than in any other the greatest part whereof doe participate a certaine greenenesse especially vvhen the yeares fall out cold and moist Such vvines are called of the Grecians 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 They are not any way noysome or hurtfull to the head but very profitable because as Galen saith they asswage and take away head-ach rising of the cruditie of the stomacke that is to say when the stomacke being weakened and as it were relaxed by the eating of some hurtfull victuals or by the drinking of some such like water is made the receptacle of some offending humour â—lowing thither from the whole bodie Which offensiue humour so contained in the stomacke becommeth corrupt and from that corruption sendeth vp burne and adust fumes vnto the braine which cause like paine in the head to that which commeth of fasting and from these annoyances the head is deliuered by the vse of this vvine vvhich by and by tempereth these putrified â—umes especially if the vvine haue any astringencie in it whereby the stomacke may be fortified and strengthened For such vvines doe by and by driue downeward that which is hurtfull in the stomacke carrying it along with it selfe and casting it forth and therefore verie auaileable for such as liue a loitering and sitting life and apply themselues wholly vnto the reading and studying of good Authors The differences of Wines according to the properties of the Countries IT remaineth now that we briefely discourse of the wines which we vse in Paris and those such as are either growne there or
the streame to bereaue the dogges by that meanes of comming by the sent of him The horsemen shall see to such his escapes and therefore if he haue taken his way into any champion ground they shall find out his traces by the sight of the eye and with the blast of the horne they shall cheere vp and encourage their dogges to a new course If the Hart haue taken the water whether it be for the cooling of himselfe or as the vttermost refuge he hath for the sauing of his life the hunter shall looke at what place the Hart shall haue taken the same and there cast in good store of boughes attending his passage and if they see that he commeth not out of the water they shall cause their dogges to take the water or else if they be afraid of causing them to take cold they shall send to seeke a boat or else if they can swimme they shall put off all their clothes and with a dagger in 〈◊〉 and swimme vnto him to kill him and yet they must looke that they see not vpon him but in some deepe place because that if the Hart find ground for his feet he would be able to hurt one of them with his horns whereas in a deepe place he hath no strength Furthermore there must great wisedome be vsed in the hunting of the Hart when he can no longer hold out but being out of all hope of his life standeth still and suffereth the dogges to barke at him for then he groweth dangerous as being giuen to strike with his hornes the first of the hunters that he can meeâ— withall And this is the cause why it is growne to a prouerbe A Beere for a Hart and a Barber for a vvilde Bore Wherefore it standeth euerie man vpon to looke vvell to himselfe in comming neere vnto the Hart when he endureth the bay and not to aduenture too farre and hazard himselfe too boldly When the Hart is taken he that shall haue giuen the blow shall â—orthwith thereupon sound the retrait to the end hee may call together his fellow hunters and the dogges and after he hath presented the right foot of the Hart vnto the King or vnto his Lord then to cut him vp as he shall know it meet to be done In the meane time he must not forget to take care of the dogges and to giue them some reliefe sustenance of the prey they haue gotten in hunting vnto the bloud-bound that is vnto the dog which by his sent hath led the way to the Hart his lodging he shall cast the head and the heart as his right and due vnto the rest he shall giue the necke and braine of the Hart or which is better he shall take bread and cut it into little lunches into to a panne with cheese and temper the same both together with the bloud of the Hart in his greatest heaâ— and afterward put all this prouision forthwith vpon the skin stretched forth vpon the grasse and in the meane space euery man shall put his horne vnto his mouth and therewithall comfort and cheere vp the dogges Some men vse now and then and yet after this first prouision to make a second with the entrailes of the Hart all whole which the master hunts-man doth cast vnto the dogges after they haue ended their feast holding them vp on high and whiles the dogges are eating these entrails they must be cheered vp with the noise of the hornes shoutings and hallowings CHAP. XXVI Of the profit that may be reaped by the killing of the Hart. NOtwithstanding that the hunting as vvell of the Hart as of other vvilde beasts be vndertaken and performed by great States rather for the exercise of the body and recreation of the spirits than for any other desire and hope yet the killing of the Hart is not without great profit and that in two respects the first being for the making of meat thereof and the second for the medicinable helps which may be made of his parts and members As concerning the meat made of the Hart his flesh is not very pleasant if it be not of that part of him which is commonly called the pizzle for to speake generally according to the truth Harts flesh is verie hard of an euill iuice melancholicke hard to digest in the stomacke and verie apt and easie to procure many great diseases It is true that many great Ladies hauing an opinion that the flesh of Harts being eaten often doth free and deliuer men from all danger of Agues because the beast himselfe is not subiect at all thereunto at their rising euerie morning haue accustomed to taste of Harts flesh notwithstanding vvho so is carefull of his health should not touch anie such flesh except it be of some tender Fawne or young Hiude vvhich are made seruices for the most part at the Tables of Princes and great Lords The medicinable helpes vvhich may be prepared and made of the Hart are infinite Some find a bone in the heart of the Hart howsoeuer there be some that thinke it to be false which is singular good against faintnes or swowning trembling and beating of the heart and other effects of the same as also against the venimes poysons and dangers of the plague and likewise against the hard â—rauell of vvomen The bloud of the Hart fried in a frying-panne and put in clysters doth heale the bloudie flux and stayeth the flux of the belly being drunke with vvine it is a soueraigne remedie against poysons The priuie member of the Hart washed diligently in water and the water wherein it hath beene so washed drunken appeaseth forthwith the paine of the collicke and retention of the vrine if it be steept in vineger the space of foure and twentie houres and afterward dried and made in pouder the weight of a French crowne of this pouder being drunke with water of plantine stayeth the flâ—xe of bloud and all manner of fluxe of the bellie Likewise dried and poudred it may be mingled with remedies which haue power to prouoke carnall copulation It may also bee made seruiceable and of good vse in the pleâ—risie and against the bitings of Serpents if it be taken either alone or mingled with things which are good for such diseases The horne of the hart burned made in pouder and drunke with honie killeth the wormes which is a signe that the harts horne hath great vertue against venome and that not much lesse than the horne of the vnicorne The tender hornes of a young hart 〈◊〉 in small gobbets and put in an earthen pot wel leaded and close stopped with clay and afterward put in a hot furnace vntil such time as they be dried they may also be beaten to pouder putting thereto pepper and myrrhe do yeeld a pouder which is singular good against the cholicke taken in excellent wine The marrow and sewet of the hart are good to make liniments and cataplasmes for cold gouâ—s
bloud 50. bleeding at the nose 45. to purifie the bloud 182 Bloud-suckers 61 Blondie fluxes 118 122 171 172 176 195 196 201 203 206 209 211 224 The Bodie to make it sound and well disposed 428 462 Bots in horses 14â— Breath and difficultie of breathing 110 247. shortnesse of breath 114 115 178 and 5â— 8. an â—ll breath â—4â— a stinking breath 199. to cause one to haue a good breath 239 246. shortnesse of breath in horses 202 The Breaâ—â—s 209 214. the breastâ— ouer-haâ—d 244 39â— to trusse into a round and â—lose â—athion the flagging withered and hanging breasts 47◠〈◊〉 also sut them when they are inâ—â—amed â—8 for the canker in the breasts 60 144 219 437 to resolue and wast the tumoâ—â—s of the breasts 18◠〈◊〉 and blacke spots 59 207 â—â—4 Buboes to cure 120 Burning 60 75 178 206 207 208 214 239 240 286 288 Burstings or ruptures 55 207. buâ—rsting of the vessels of the bodie 207. rupture or bursting of some of the inward parts 237 C CAnkers of all sorts 60 144 198 200 205 207 214 387. Cankers growing in the mouth 387. Cankers growing in the â—ares of dogges ibid. A plague Carbuncle 201 210 220 Carnâ—â—â—â—â— in the bladder 210 Cathars 10 69 95 203 207 262 Chastâ—tie and to make men chast 239 243 291 Cheese to keepe from being spoiled and rotten 244 The Child dead in the wombe and the maneâ— of drawing it forth 205 207 210 21â— 248 285 287. the child not borne out his full time 246 Chops 214 435. of the lippes 177 668. of the hands 177 Chops growing in the feet of horses 143 Chosicke and the cure thereof 49 144 152 180 183 184 16â— 207 213 244 288 To Conceiue and to make to conceiue 245 246 248 The false Conception in the wombe â—35 Conserue for the heart 47 For such as are in a Consumption 75 Contraction of ligaments 163 Coâ—â—â—sion 263 212 248 251 The Coâ—â—â— a horses disease 145 An old Cough 119. a hard Cough 245 Coughâ— of all sorts and the remedies for the same 75 178 212 247 in Oxen. 95 100 in Sheepe 114 115 of Mules 152 Counterpoysons 293 304 The Courbe a horses maladie 145 D â—Easnesse 45 178 â—To make a faite Die or colour 249 Difficultie of Vrine in Horses 141 â—â—pe and comfort Digestion 244 246 249 â—â—ses beginning in the encrease of the Moone are of long continuance 32 prognosticated 36 of Oxen. 93 102 of Horses in diuers sorts and the meanes to cure them 136 152 their vrine scalding them 137 of Sheepe 114 of Lambes 116 of Goats 119 of Asses 150 of Mules and Mulets 152 diuers of Swine 107 of Dogs and remedies for the same 12â— 677 of seuerall Birds and their cures 748 of Fishes 181 〈…〉 of humors 200 207 〈…〉 falling downe vpon the eyes 207 213 〈◊〉 Dog and the remedies against his bitings 61 â—â— Draught-gut fallen downe 54 202 209 213 140 〈◊〉 Oxe hiâ— Draught-gut hurt 96 〈◊〉 and Hydropicall persons 49 104 171 178 183 â—89 207 209 211 213 230 239 247 250 280 285 286 287 〈◊〉 sinesse and the remedies against it 41 244 245 â—â— unkennesse and how to preuent it 166 371 203 E EAres the paine and diseases thereof 44. silthie and perulent 178. wormie 197. noise in them 188 20â— 397. exulcerate 209 〈◊〉 211 〈◊〉 99 â—â— wes with laâ—â—be 116. hauing the sniuell 114. troubled with cornes 115 â—â—â—eake Eyes 120. their diseases and remedies 4â— 44 84 1â—7 213 243. the web in the Eye 74 198. spots of the Eye 199. the Eyes full of spots 696. bleared Eyes 192. weeping Eyes 452. fissulated Eyes 461. to clarifie the Eyes 252. Distillations and 〈◊〉 falling downe vpon the Eyes 207. rednesse of the eyes 195 〈◊〉 and other griefes of the same 460 461 The Eyes of Oxen and their diseases 98 99. Oxen hauing weeping Eyes 101 â—â—lotses their bleaâ—ed Eyes 138. and other their griefes 139 F FAintings 47 Falles 209 Falleâ— from on high 57 Falling sicknesse 42 148 182 203 204 211 240 245 248 375 453 454 460 668 The Falling sicknesse is gotten by eating of Goats flesh 119 Farsâ—â— in Horses 143 201 Feet and the stench of the feeâ— 53 Feuers 200 387 Feuers of all sorts 252 Feuers continuall 39 quotidian 203 tertian 40 198 203 208 210 211 213 387 hot 177 188 191 298 208 quartane agues 40 173 199 200 202 203 210 â—â—3 â—57 long and lasting 253 comming of obstructions 197 pestilent 201 of the Oxe 100 of the Horse 128 of the Sheepe 115 of the Swine 107 the Goats ague called continuall because they neuer are without it 119 The Fig a disease in Horses 129 A Fire without smoake 419 Fistula 193 206 213 435 458 The Horse his Fistula 144 A Flea in the â—are 237. to kill fleas 248 Flegme and flegmatike diseases 212 Flesh and to keepe it from putrifying in Summer 246 To driue away Flies and Gnats ibid. Flowers of women to stay them 52 204 206 213 237 246 690. to cause them 172 203 348 Fluxe of bloud 176 209 â—9â— 690 of bloud of all sorts 297 of bloud at the nose 45 75 178 204 206 208 of bloud by a wound 204 206 to stay them of all sorts 204 285 287 The Fluxe of the bellie 74 120 203 213 29â— The Fluxe of the bellie and bloud 207 The Fluxe of the bellie in Oxen 94. in Horses 224. and in Hennes â—9 Frâ—â—kles in the face 199 201 208 212 239 Frensies and franticke persons 42 116 Frets in little children 248 Fundament fallen 205 G GAlling of Horses their backs 141 145 197 Gangâ—â—ne 434 Garlicke eaten and how to take away the stench and ill sauour thereof 179 Garments and how to keepe them from vermine 239 Garrot a Horses maladie 145 Giddinesse in mens heads 183 Goomes 19â— to cleanse them 246 The Goomes of Horses exulcerated 140 Gowt 55 147 202 209 214 237 For all manner of Gowts and ioint-aches 56 Grauell 74 183 188 203 205 259 288 371 461 555 563. 648 668 693 Gâ—ipings 249 288 389. in the bellie 201 â—49 Womâ—ns Gripings or throwes after child-birth 54 Guts falling downe and the rupture 54 202 211 213 240 288 207. the rupture in a horse 145 H HAire and to keepe it from falling 189. to colour that of the head and beard 456 457. to make it red 285. or black 247. the Haire fallen 75 The falling of the Haire called Tineâ— 61 197 201 214 Haâ—ting in a Horse â—44 Hands wrinkled 46. shaking 246 Hand-wormes 213 Heart the paine and griefe thereof 169 203 251. faintnesse of the Heart 128 200 239. beating of the Heart 47 Heart-ache 169 The Heart-â—ore a disease that killeth horses suddenly 139 Head-ach paine of the head 40 85 176 178 193 211 199 221 244 246 248 252 286 Hemorrhoids and their cure 51 168 178 198 206 214 Hicket 48 244 249 Horse cloyed 206 I IAundise 49 78 104 143 169 172 173 195 202 205 237 326 457 Iaundise in trees 405