to it of Sallet-oyle and Harts-horne made into powder of each two or three spoonfuls boyle this to a thick salve continually stirring it in the boyling and apply it to the hooves Plaister-wise dayly dressing them till they bee whole This I never made tryall off howbeit it was commended to me to be a speciall good Receipt Another very good to make a brittle or pomized hoofe tough Take fresh Butter one pound Hoofe bâ—tle to mâ— tough Wax and Turpentine of each halfe a pound melt first the Waxe then put to it your Butter and when that is molten put in your Turpentine and so stirring them well together reserve it to your use and when you do use it apply it thus Make a Buskin of leather so as it may be buckled or tyed above or upon the pasterne joynt and then lay on so much of the medicine as will cover the hoofe all over very thicke and then put on the Buskin and fasten it to his legge or pasterne and let him stand so night and day till you have occasion to ride or exercise him dressing him thus once a day and the longer you use this medicine the better will be his hoofe Hoofe to grow ✚ I have often made tryall of this receit and I have found it to be very good But if your horse hath his hoofe broken and that you have a desire it should grow then Take Garlicke pilled seven ounces Rue three handfuls Allum powdred and searsed seven ounces old Bores grease two pound beat all these together with Asses dung one handfull and then boyle it and so reserve it and annoynt his hoofes therwith and they will grow very fast ✚ This is very good If he be hurt by being cast in his halter Halâ—er cast then Take of Waxe and Turpentine of each one ounce melt them together in a pot take then of Verdigrece and Hogs grease of each one ounce and incorporate them well together raw viz. without boyling the Verdigrece being first made into very fine powder and put into another pot by it selfe then when you have occasion to use it whereby to dresse a sore take first of that you made of Turpentine and Waxe two parts and then of that other which was not boyled made of Verdigrece and Hogs grease a third part and mixing them well together in the palme of your hand annoynt the sorance therewith thus doting every day once or twice it will be whole remembring to clip away the hayre first from about the place And this is a most excellent receit ✚ I have often proved it §. 10. H. Hippoph WHat may a man best apply to the Hough of a Horse that is swelled as if hee were in danger to breed a Bloud or Bogg-Spaven Hippos This commeth sometimes to yong horses when they be too hard ridden and journeyed in their youth which is the cause they swell in that place by reason the bloud falling downe there setleth which if it be not speedily removed will assuredly beget a wet Spaven The cure is annoynt the place swolne foure or five dayes together with naturall Balsome and after represse the humours with this charge having first given fire to the place lightly Hough swelled Take oyle of Roses two ounces Bolearmoniack in powder one ounce Wheat flower halfe an ounce and the white of an Egge beat and incorporate all these together and after you have ended to annoynt the place swelled with Balsome charge every day for foure or five dayes after the place herewith and he will be well ✚ This is very good §. 11. H. Hippoph VVHat is good to dry up humours Hippos This kinde of drying up of humours is but onely to restraine them for working too much upon wounds whereby the better to cure them The way therefore is this First bath the sorance well with hot molten fresh Butter and then strew upon it the powder of Rosin for a day or two Hun dry 〈◊〉 then take of the thickest Creame and of Soot of each as much as will suffice and worke them to a thick paste and so apply it to the sorance plaister-wise and it will both dry up the humour which possesseth it and heale up and skin the sore in a short space ✚ This I have often used and it is right good § 12. H. Hippoph VVHat is best to cure the hurt in the Shoulder or other member Hippos There are many things good for a malady of this nature and when I come to treat of Spraines Sores and Wounds I shall deliver them unto you and therefore I will now refer them to its proper place onely I will give you one for the present Take oyle de Bay Dialthea fresh Butter oyle of Turpentine Hurâ—der of each two ounces boyle and mixe them well together and when they be well incorporate annoynt the place grieved therewith so hot as the Horse can well suffer it without scalding and let him be thus annoynted twice or thrice a day and give the Horse moderate exercise by walking him a foot pace gently up and down And this is a certaine and an approved remedy This I never tryed but a great Ferrier who is cryed up for famous taught it me and wished me to make use thereof § 13. H. Hippoph VVHat doe you hold good wherewith to cure old Hurts Hippos The onely best way to cure and dry up old hurts and sores is this Take old shooes and burn them to coles Hurtâ— to cuâ— and then beat them to fine powder then adde to it unslaked Lime and ordinary Honey as much as will suffice to bring it to a stiffe paste which done knead them all together unto a paste and so make it into a Cake and then lay it upon a fire pan and so let it be well baked which done make it into fine powder and every day once put of this powder into the wound and it will heale it up nothing sooner ✚ This I have often used and it is very good and herewith we do conclude this Chapter CHAP. XII § 1. I. Hippoph WHat is good to helpe any imperfection in the feet Hippos First pare the feet very thin open the heeles and make the shooes wide large and hollow if the imperfection come by foundring then Imperfection in the feet Take a good quantity of Oxe or Cow dung Tarre and Hogs grease of each halfe as much and of Soot the like quantity as of either Tarre or Hogs grease boyle all these very well together and herewith stop the horse feet very hot and continue thus to do daily and it will not onely take away any anguish but also strengthen the hoofes and make them so perfect as that they will be able to endure labour but when you trauell your horse for exercise is very good for him let him be stopped herewith hot but if cold adde then thereto the whites of Egges as much as will suffice for that will coole his feet very well and
Beere untill the Time do begin to waxe tender and soft then strain it and put to it of browne Sugar-Candy in powder two penny-worth Anniseeds in fine powder one penny-worth and two penny-worth of ordinary Triacle when all these are well dissolved over the fire give it your horse bloud warme but you must remember that you doe let him bloud before you doe give him this drinke in the Neck and Mouth ✚ This I have often tryed and found it right good Another â—ake of strong Ale one quart and of Wormewood halfe a handfull long-Pepper Graynes and the powder of dryed Rue of each one ounce London Triacle two ounces boyle them to a third part then take it off and strayne it that done put into it of browne-sugar-Candy in powder halfe an ounce and so give it him bloud warme ✚ This at twice giving will certainely cure his Feaver Another Take Stone-Crop of the iuice thereof foure Spoonefull put this iuice into strong-Ale one quart and so give it your horse then let him be walked if the winde be not too cold and sharpe an houre then set him up and cover him so as he may sweate an houre then coole him by degrees and let him drinke no cold water by any meanes let his provender bee good old dry and well sifted Oates but against the fit commeth whether the Feaver be Quotidian Tertian or Quartan let him be kept fasting for the longer hee is fasting and more empty upon his sick dayes the sooner will his Feaver leave him ✚ This is a well approved receipt and let this suffice for ordinary Feavers provided that when his fits be gone from him and that he appeareth more lightsome and well it will be very good and wholesome for him if you cause him to bee had abroad and walked warme covered and so ayred in due time in the warme Sun and that will greatly comfort him and revive his spirits §. 11. F. Hippoph VVHat say you now to the Feaver Hectique Hippos I say Sir it is a most dangerous and mortall Feaver and so malignant as that if a skilfull Ferrier bee not with him in time it is certaine death and first it beginneth with a Consumption in the flesh it proceedeth of a hot humour ingendred first in the stomacke which too much Physicke hath occasioned and by taking away of too much bloud from him in his youth without necessity wherefore it is a thing most perillous to take bloud from young horses upon very slight cause not to be over ready with Physick but only in case of great necessity The signes to know this Feaver from any other are to looke into his mouth and to draw forth his tongue and you shall finde both his mouth and tongue raw and mervailous hot and having little appetite to meate his flesh will consume and waste and seene loose if you strike him with your hand upon the buttocks the flesh thereof will quiver and quake and he will be continually subject to quaking and shaking all his whole body over besides he will be very much inclined to sweate as hee standeth in the stable The cure is First to make this lotion for his mouth Take of running water or Well water two quarts and put thereto of Sage of Yarrow of Ribwort of Plantane of Bramble-leaves Feaver Hectique and of Hony-suckle-leaves of each one handfull with common Hony one spoonefull boyle all these to the consumption of one moyety and a little before you take it from the fire put to it the quantity of a wal-nut of Alume and two spoonefull of Vineger when that is dissolved take it off and drayne the water from the hearbs or else slightly strayn it which water you shall keepe for your use and when you would wash his mouth therewith fasten to a stick a ragge and so wash his mouth and tongue twice or thrice a day and this will make his mouth well againe or else if you do wash his mouth with the surrop of Mulberries it is very wholesome and good ✚ After give him this drinke Take of Aloes one ounce powdred of Garlick halfe an ounce Anniseeeds and Licoris of each halfe an ounce make first your Aloes Anniseeds and Licoris into fine powder and after bruise your Garlick a little putting thereto of brown Sugar-Candy three ounce in powder and adde thereto of white Wine one pint warme this and so give it your horse then let him bee ridden a little and so set him up warme and let him bee set upon the Trench three houres before and three houres after and then eyther give him sweete Hay or greene Corne or the leaves of Sallowes and towards night give him a sweete Mâ—sh and give him this drinke every other day for three mornings continuing him with Mashes or white water and let his Oates bee very well sifted and in short time he will doe well againe ✚ With this receipt I have cured sundry horses but then forget not to wash his mouth dayly with the aforesaid lotion But if in all these severall Feavers you do find him eyther to be costiue or very hot in his body then you may do well to administer that Clyster prescribed you in lib. 2. chap. 6. § 2. Clyster 2. letter C. §. 12. F. Hippoph VVHat say you now 〈◊〉 Feaver Pestilent Hippos It is a disease most contagious for it is so malignant as that it will infect so many horses as be in the stable wher he standeth and it proceedeth from one of these two causes viz. eyther from an infectious ayre or from the corruption of the bloud inflamed by meanes of intemperate riding and exercise The signes are these the horse will hang downe his head in the Manger as if hee slept his eyes will water very much and Inflamations will arise at the roots of the Eares as if he had the Vives The best cure I ever knew was this with which I have cured many Horses visited with a Pestilent Feaver Feaver Pestilent first let him bleed well in the Neck veine reserving the bloud in a cleane basin which when it is cold will be very bad and ill coloured then wash his mouth with the lotion specified in the precedent § secondly apply to the Temples this Playster Take of Camamile of Goates-milke of the Iuyce of Sage of Sallet-oyle of white Wine-vineger of each foure spoonfull of red-rose-leaves dryed one handfull which must be eyther of a red-rose cake or otherwise red-rose leaves dryed beat them all in a Morter till they become of one body and so thick as that you may spread it playster-wise upon a linnen cloath then strew upon the Plaister two or three Nut-megges made into fine powder then make it good and hot putting the backside of the Plaister into a Pewter dish over a chaffing dish â—nd coales and so administer it warme to the Horse and for his drinke let it bee such water wherein have bin boyled violet leaves Mallowes and Sorrell but if the fit
it upon the ground before him and if he hath a minde to eate thereof albeit he make proffer to bring his mouth towards it yet he shall not be able to reach it but will sooner famish when you doe perceive the swelling to appeare first draw bloud from both the Plate-veynes but if you cannot finde them then let him bloud on both sides of the necke to a good proportion which done you may give him the drinke of Diapente with Beere or Ale putting thereinto one ounce of browne sugar candy and halfe an ounce of London Treacle which will drive the sicknesse and griefe from his heart which done annoynt the swelling with this Oyntment Take Hogges grease Bores greace and Basilicon Anticor of each three ounces incorporate all these well into one body and annoynt and rub the swelling therewith every day till it come to a softnesse and then open it and let forth all the corrupted matter then wash the Sore with your Coperas water mentioned in lib. 2. cap. 10. § 4. and then put in your green Oyntment prescribed you in capite ibidem and it will be soon whole ✚ Thus have I cured many Horses of this Disease and I never failed if the Horse had not been swelled too high towards the throat or necke before I took him in hand ✚ But Master Blundeviles and Master Markhams cure for an Anticor is thus First they let him bloud in the plate-veins and then they give him this drinke Take a quart of Malmesey and put thereto halfe a quarterne of Sugar and of Cinamon two ounces and so give it him bloud-warme and keep him warme in the Stable especially his breast that no winde doe offend him and for his drinke let it be warm Mashes and such meat as he will eate And if the swelling doe appeare then besides letting him bloud they doe strike the swelling in divers places with their flegme that the corruption may goe forth and annoynt the place with warme Hogges grease and that will cause it to weare away or else grow to a head if it be kept warme Thus Master Blundevile and Master Markhams cure is in effect the very same Master Markham also prescribeth Malmesey and Diapente which is used also by others and it is very good and he also saith that some do administer Doctor Stephens water whith he affirmeth he hath seen to have wrought in this kinde strange effects For my part I submit for that these Receits seeme very probable howsoever I never did experiment any but that onely which I first inserted which I had of a famous Ferrier in France and therefore I finding mine to be infallible made tryall of none other § 9. A. Hippos Attaint upper VVHat is that you doe call an Vpper Attaint Hyppos It is none other thing but a swelling of the master or Back-sinew of the fore-legge above the Pastern-joynt and most commonly commeth by an over-reach that is when the Horse in running either down a hill or upon deeps or upon or over-thwart high furrowes of plowed lands or upon other evill or uneven grounds doe strike the toe of his hinder-foot against the great sinew of the fore-leg This I say we terme an Vpper Attaint Hippophyl How may a man come to know assuredly that the griefe lyeth in that sinew Hippos Your eye and hand Sir will shew it you very palpably for the sinew will swell and burne and be sore and the Horse will hault therewith Hippoph What cure have you for it Hippos We use to apply to the place a charge restringent which must be siccative Hippoph I should rather think that by applying suppling or mollifying Oyles or Vnguents you might cure it sooner and much better Hippos Herein Sir under your favour you are much mistaken For all things that are suppling are most noxious unto these kinde of Maladies by reason that all Oyles and unguents will cause the Sinew to swell much more than otherwise and therefore we do apply siccative and drying things Some use Cauterizings which indeede will cure and set the Horse upright againe but therein are two inconveniences to wit First albeit it taketh away his paine so as hee desisteth from haulting yet will the place be ever after swelled which wil be a continuall eye-sore during his life Secondly the markes and stroakes where the Iron went wil be ever after seene making the haire of a different colour both which are great blemishes to the Horse Hippoph Wherein then consisteth your best Cure in this case Hippos I alwaies use for a Sorance of this nature to apply this ensuing Charge Take Cantharides two ounces Masticke foure penniworth Attaint â—per or baâ— sinew spraâ— Venice Turpentine two penniworth Euforbium foure drammes Black-Rosin six ounces Aqua-fortis two drammes beate the Cantharides and Euforbium into fine powder then first melt the Masticke and Black-Rosin then put in your Turpentine which so soone as it is molten put in your Cantharides and Euforbium and let all boyle together keeping them stirring and have a speciall care it boyle not over and when you have taken it from the fire put in your Aqua-fortis and so stir them well together and put it into a glasse or gally-pot and so keepe it for your use And when you have occasion to use the same first wash and bath the grieved place well then with your Splatter spread it upon the place being made warme and clap flox upon it of the same colour and give him rest and he will doe well But he must have time and after a weeke that hee hath beene thus charged let him be put forth to grasse if it be not in Winter or the Winter or cold weather approaching ✚ Another Take the whites of two new-layed Egges and the powder of Bole-Armonack and the best and strongest white Wine Vineger incorporate these very well together with the powder of Sanguis draconis and having shaven away the haire as aforesaid spread it good and thick upon the grieved place adding still more every three daies for fifteene dayes together and then put him forth to grasse and let him run a whole March and after so long as you shall thinke to bee sufficient and he wil be sound againe ✚ This I have also made tryall of and I have found it to be right good A French Marshall taught me a Medicine for an Attaint or Over-reach whereof I did never make use howbeit he protested unto me he thought it one of the best cures that he could ever know and I my selfe saw him dresse a Horse therewith but how the Horse became cured I had not time to know by reason I departed from Orleans before the Cure was performed And the Cure was this Take one or two handfuls of Saxafrage and all the Sewet of a Loine of Mutton and a pint of white Wine chop the Hearb and mince the Sewet very small and so boyle all these together which being thus well boyled take a sufficient quantity
Take also Turpentine halfe a pound Tarre halfe a pint new Wax halfe a pound Sallet Oyle one pint Melt all these except the Turpentine together till they be well mixed and a little before you take it from the fire put in your Turpentine and so stirre it till it be cold but before hand make him a Buskin of Leather with a thick sole made fit for his hoofe but wide enough that it may be tyed about his Pasterne and dresse his hoofe with this medicine laying Tow or Hurds upon it and so put on the said buskin and fasten it to the pasterne joynt or a little above but so as that the buskin may no way offend or trouble the foot renewing your medicine every day once till it be whole ✚ This Receit is also most soveraign for a Horse that is hoofe-bound and as the new hoofe beginneth to come it behoveth you carefully to observe where it groweth either harder or thicker in one place more than in another or crumbleth or goeth out of order or fashion any where about the Hoofe which when you shall perceive file the place with your Rape and so keep the hoofe in good fashion by which meanes there will come a very perfect hoofe againe which being put him out to grasse into some moyst Pasture or Meadow for that is the onely way to cause the hoofe to becomme tough Hippophyl What is the reason that in all your medicines in which you use Turpentine you put that in last and not when you put in your other ingredients Hippos Sir I shall give you in a word a sufficient reason for this demand to wit if the ingredients which I doe put into any medicine be to be molten upon the fire as Gums Pitch Tarre Rosin and the like if I should put in my Turpentine together at once with the residue before it could be sufficiently molten or boyled the Turpentine being a drug so subtile would consume it selfe into vapour and by that meanes leave the medicine imperfect and that is the cause why I doe put in my Turpentine evermore a little before I take it from the fire §. 4. C. Hippoph IN what cases doe you Cauterize and what be its vertues Hippos Cauterization or giving of fire is of two natures viz. Actuall and Potentiall your Cautery actuall is made by hot burning instruments with which you seare and burn those places which be requisite for the perfecting of the Cure you have in hand which cannot be peradventure otherwise well cured but by giving of the fire as in case of great impostumations stanching of bloud in wounds or in searing of veines sinewes or the like or else in case of dismembring if other meanes be not at hand whereby to stay the flux of bloud without danger of bleeding to death and so likewise in very many cases of this nature wherein I doe advise all men that are not very perfect in giving the fire that they doe not practise upon Horses of price Cautery actuall but first upon Iades and low-prized Horses to the end they may the better come to know how to carry their hand and to understand themselves in this Art the better as when they are to use the lighter and when the heavier hand as also that they do make their circles round and their lines streight and even and not crooked or waving For this actuall fire is a thing most necessary for them that doe truely know and understand the true use and vertue thereof and therefore it ought to be very carefully judiciously and moderately applyed and never but upon good and very considerate grounds which in so doing you shall finde it to be a most soveraigne remedy to hinder and stay all manner of corruption whereunto any member may be enclined provided that in the handling of your instrument you touch not Muscles Arteries Sinewes Ligaments Cords or the like for so you may utterly lame where you would set upright and destroy where you would cure excepting onely in cases needfull For by applying this actuall fire you shall joyne and conglutinate parts and members severed dry up superfluous moysture and sinke members swelled you shall besides bring forth all evill and putrifactious matter congealed and gathered into knots as Wens Biles Pustils Exulcerations and the like you shall also asswage old griefes and make perfect all such parts of the body as be any way corrupted neither shall you need feare the increase of any evill humours by reason that the skin being severed by meanes of the hot iron it doth ripen and digest all manner of putrifaction and matrative stuffe whereby it venteth and passeth away much more easily healing and qualifying all griefe and paine causing the member which before was subject to festring and to gangrene to become the sounder and by much the stronger so as nothing of disadvantage will be remaining but the scar onely where the iron passed and the worst that can be made thereof will be but a little eye-sore But then you must have a very great regard unto your Instruments that they be made according to the nature and quality of the place and member which is to be seared for one fashion will not serve in all causes for as the places which are to be cauterized are commonly different in shape and proportion so also ought the shapes and fashions of your instruments to be made accordingly You are also to have a speciall care to the heating of your instruments which ought to be done with a right good judgement for as they must not be too cold so ought they not to be too hot for by that meanes you may easily enflame the cauterized places too much Againe in giving the fire great care must be had to the bearing of the hand for therein consisteth very great cunning and as I have before admonished you to be carefull that you touch not any sinew or ligament so no fire is to be given to the dislocation or fraction of any bone And as touching the mettle whereof your instruments are to be made some commend and prefer gold silver and brasse or copper before steele or iron but I will not controule any mans knowledge confessing mine own to be the least Onely thus much I may averre of that little I have through Gods permission that having made tryall of them all yet I have ever in all my practise found iron and steele to be the very best and most certaine to worke with of all the other mettals and my reason is because steele or iron will retaine it s once received heat longer than any other mettle whereby I cannot be so much deceived in my work for gold silver and brasse as they be sooner made hot than iron or steele so are they as soone cold now steele and iron mettals are much more substantiall and harder of nature then the other mettals be and therefore as they are somewhat longer before they be hot so they retaine their heat much
take from him all noxious and offensive humours it will carry away all spungy matter it will allay the biliousnesse and sharpnesse of humours it will cleanse old Vlcers it will refresh and comfort the Vitall parts c. But if you doe finde that by giving too great a quantity your Horse purgeth and scowreth longer and more violently than you would have had him to have done or for feare it should stir up in him upon the suddaine more bad humours than you may easily know how to allay then give him this Clyster viz. Take the aforesaid Decoction one pint 3 Clister Restringenâ— adding thereto as much of Cowes milke as it commeth warme from her and put also thereto the yolkes of three new-layed Egges well beaten and well mixed with the said liquour and so give it your Horse bloud warme This is called a Clyster Restringent for this is only to be applyed to a Horse that is very Laxative or that doth empty himselfe too much which is occasioned oft times through overmuch debility and want of strength or when nature is very much offended you may apply this so oft as need shall require ✚ Another 4 Clister for fat Horse Take Mallowes three handfuls marsh mallow roots cleansed and bruised and Violet leaves of each two handfuls Flaxe seed three spoonfuls so many of the cloves of white Lilly roots as you may easily hold in your hand boyle all these in faire water from a gallon to a wine quart then straine it and put thereto of Sene one ounce which must be infused or steeped in the liquor three houres standing upon the hot embers then put thereto of Sallet oyle halfe a pinte and being bloud warme administer it Clyster-wise causing him to keep it at least halfe an houre or longer if you may and the best time to give this is three or foure dayes before the Full and change of the Moon howsoever it may be given to very good profit as occasion may profer it selfe at any other time ✚ This Clister is to be given to a Ketty or fat Horse which otherwise cannot be kept cleane for it purgeth glut abundantly and it is also principally to be given to a Horse that is newly taken from grasse Another 5 A Clister for melancholy Take of Whey a quâ—â—t of Anniseeds in fine powder two penniworth of the leaves of Mallowes one handfull boyle these till the Mallowes be soft then straine it then put to it of sweet Butter foure ounces which when the butter is molten administer it bloud-warm ✚ This purgeth melancholy it causeth a good appetite which before was wanting it refresheth the spirits dulled and occasioneth good digestion if the Horse be kept warm and well tended Another 6 Clister in case of desperate sickâ—esse Take of the oyle of Dill of the oyle of Camomile of the oyle of Violets of Cassia of each halfe an ounce and of browne sugar candy in powder three ounces then take of Mallow-leaves halfe a handfull boyle the Mallowes first to a Decoction in faire water then straine it and put to the broth all the forenamed ingredients administer this bloud-warme Clyster wise This is a most soveraigne Clister to be given in case of desperate sicknesse it helpeth all Feavers it is good against the Pestilence and all languishing diseases most excellent against Surfets either by Provender or otherwise and it will occasion great strength in short time if it be rightly made and carefully given ✚ Another 7 Clister for the Pestilence Take the pulpe of Colliquintida halfe an ounce I meane the seeds and skin taken away of Dragantium three quarters of an ounce of Centuary and of Wormwood of each halfe a handfull of Castoreum a quarter of an ounce boyle all these in three quarts of water to a quart then straine it and dissolve into the broth of Gerologundinum three ounces and of white salt three drams of Sallet oyle halfe a pinte and bloud warme administer it Clister-wise ✚ This I have often proved and doe finde it to be most excellent for the Pestilence and to helpe all Feavers Another 8 Clisters Lenitive Take the decoction of Mallowes and put to it either of fresh Butter foure ounces or of Sallet oyle halfe a pinte and give it him Clister-wise ✚ This is the gentlest Clister of any before prescribed for it is both a Lenitive and a great cooler of the body and doth infinitely ease paine It is the best thing can be given to a Horse that is taken or against Convulsions or Cramps and most singular against Costivenesse proceeding from any sicknesse or surfet by Provender foundring in the body c. Another 9 Clister for the Collick Take salt water or new made brine 2 pints dissolve therein a pretty quantity of Sope and so bloud-warm administer it Clister-wise This I never did experience howsoever I have been oft perswaded by many able Ferriers who have averred it to be the most excellent that may be had for the Collick or any sicknesse or gripings in the guts or belly And let this suffice for Clisters onely by way of advise I counsell you that before you administer any Clister you first rake him that you put in the Pipe being first annoynted with sweet Butter or oyle Olive gently and by degrees and that you also draw it forth very treatably that you make him keep it at least halfe an houre that you doe administer it but bloud warme at most that you squeeze and presse between your hands the bladder strongly and lastly that you let him not drink any cold water in a day or two after but let it be either a sweet Mash or else white water §. 9. C. Hyppoph VVHat is good to be applyed to a Horse that is cloyed prickt or hath other hurt in the hoofe Hippos You must first with your Butter Drawing iron or Paring knife lay the wound bare as may be then Take waxe Hogs grease and Turpentine of each one ounce Cloyed Verdigrease two ounces boyle these upon a gentle fire your waxe and Hogs grease being first put in and molten then put in your Turpentine and lastly your Verdigrease in fine powder and being indifferently warme dip Tow or Hurds into the oyntment and so lay it to the Sore then stop and splent it up and dresse him twice a day and this will make him whole and sound in short time ✚ But of this more in its due place § 10. C. Hippophylus VVHat say you to a Horse whose Cods and Stones are swelled Hippos This infirmity proceedeth from sundry causes as sometimes by being bitten with a Dog or with another Horse or by being stung with some venemous or evill creature The French do call it Enflure de Coullon's Cods swelled It commeth also by meanes of some evill humours and corrupt bloud which doe fall down to the cods sometimes after sicknesse and sometimes of ranknesse of bloud and seed for want of a Mare If
eate good sweet Hay and Bran in stead of Oates aad let his drinke be only white Water ✚ This is a most excellent Receipt § 5. I. Hippoph VVHat is good for a Ioynt that hath in it any Ach Numnesse Weakenesse or Swellings which commeth of a cold cause Hippos This commeth sometimes of a Streyne and sometimes of a Cold taken after a great and violent riding or labour The signes are apparent and the Cure is Take Acopum and mixing it with sweete Sack all to rub and chafe the Ioynt greived Joint gâ—ved therewith And if it come of cold it will at foure or five times thus doing cure it ✚ This is singular good Another Take Aqua-vitae and warme it upon the fire and therewith bathe and rub the greived Member therewith very well and hold a hot bar of iron before it to cause it to sinke in the better take then a rag and wet it in the same Aqua-vitae and lastly take Pepper finely powdred and searced anâ— strew it good and thick upon the said wet rag and so bind it to the place greived take then a dry Rowler of linnen and swathe the place therewith and so let them remaine and thus do every day once and in short time it will recover him ✚ Of this I have made often tryall §. 6. I. Hippoph VVHat is good to encrease the Hoofe of a Horse Hippos I have given you sundry good Receipts before but I will adde one more which the most Famous Marishall of all Paris gave me which he recommended unto me for tresbonne but I never had yet a good occasion to make tryall thereof The receipt is this Take of the Oyle of Hempe-seed of Waxe of Venice Turpentine Increasâ— Hoofe Rosin Pitch Bay-seeds dryed and powdred of each halfe a pound Roch Allume two ounces mixe all these together and let them boyl softly upon a gentle fire then straine it through a hayre-cloath and keepe it for your use With this annoynt every day the hoofes of your Horse and this will cause them to grow very much This is probably a good Receipt CHAP. 12. §. 1. L. Hippophylus HOw doe you cure the Lampas Hipposerus Hippos This is a Malady that every common Smith can easily cure by putting into the Mouth of the Horse a good big Bat of wood where unto two long peeces of the Head-stall of an old bridle is nayled at either end which will cause him to keepe open his Mouth and then holding up his Lip with your left hand burne away the ranke flesh with a hot Iron made of purpose and after rubbing the place with Salt and giving him Bran for Oats three or foure daies at the most he will bee whole ✚ This disease is a Swelling proceeding from ranknesse of bloud which groweth in the Mouth adioyning to the fore teeth which said Swelling is an impediment to his feeding it is apparant enough to be seene and therefore needs no further remonstrance ✚ Neverthelesse I will shew you how the Marishals in France do use to cure the Lampas from whom I had the Cure and wherewith I my selfe have cured many horses Take a rosted Onion and very hot put it upon a clout or upon hurds and with it rub the Lampas Lampas very hard and do this two or three times a day till it be whole ✚ But many times they burne away the Lampas like as do our Smithes with an iron instrument which they do call a Bistory which is the very same that our Smithes use here in England § 2. L. Hippoph HOw do you stop a Lax or Loosenesse when it commeth to be violent Hippos Very easily Sir but I had thought I had handled that point sufficiently before in letter F. where you made your demand touching the Flux in a Horse notwithstanding I will give you other very good Receipts by me almost forgotten To illustrate the manner of it's comming Laxe to stop and the signes how to know the same I hold unfitting for this place by reason I have sufficiently already performed it Take of Allome one penny-worth powdred Bole-Armoniack poudred one ounce put these into Milke one quart continually stirring it till the Milke doth become all of a Curd give him this with a horne and it will stay his Laxe bee it never so violent ✚ This I have used Another Take Beane flower and Bole-Armoniack in fine powder of each foure ounces put them into red Wine one quart and give him this with a horne bloud warme Let his drinke be white water only insteed of Wheate-bran put in Bean-flower and that for three or foure daies after then let him bloud in the Temple veines and give him warme Mashs made of ground Malt and Beane-flower and having drunke up the Wort let him eate up the residue but if this doe not stay him within two daies then put in each Nosthrill Sallet-oyle and that will do it ✚ This is speciall good §. 3. L. Hippoph VVHat meanes have you to raise a leane Horse and to cause him in short time to hecome very fat Hippos I have shewd you this before but yet I will give you Rereipt which you yet have not Take Elecampane dryed Comin Turmerick Anniseeds Leanâ— to maâ— of each two ounces Grunsell halfe a handfull boyle all these very well with three heads of Garlick picked a little bruised in strong Ale foure quarts then straine it well and give unto your Horse of this drinke one quart in a morning fasting bloud warme and then ride him upon it till he do begin to be warme but not to sweate and thus do for foure mornings together and within some short time after turne him to grasse if the time of the yeare be seasonable and he will feed wonderfully and fatten sodainely but if the time of the yeare doe not serve for grasse then shall you keep him in the Stable and besides his former drinke you shall give him in his Oates this powder viz. Take the powder of Elecampane dry and of Comin both pulverized and searced of each like much mix them wel together and every time you give your Horse this Provender take of this powder half an ounce and strew it by little and little among his Provender for feare of offending him till he hath eaten up all cleane and doe thus but foureteene daies together and you shall perceive your Horse to thrive mend and prosper after a strange manner provided that you do give him seasonable ayring moderate exercise and Mashes or white water ✚ This is marvelous good §. 4. L. Hippoph VVHat is to bee done to a Horse whose Legges doe swell Hippos If this Swelling be only in his fore Legges and not behind then it is a signe that this his Swelling came by over-violent labour when the Horse was very fat especially inwardly by reason that the grease that was molten fell downe into his fore-Legges which if it had staid in his Body must of necessity have engendred either an Anticor
which you shall find upon the ground which many do report to be the falling of a Star in the night where it shooteth of each like much incorporate these well together and anoynt the sore twice every day therewith but if you cannot get of this Ielly then adde to the former ingredients a little Arsenick pulverised and in ten or twelve daies this will heale him X. This also is very good Another Take the tender tops of Elder buds and the berries of the bramble while they be red and before they be rip of each one handfull boil them in Wort two quarts and put unto it of Allome the quantity of an Egge and therewith wash and bathe the Sorance good and hot twice every day and this water will cure him X. This is also very good Another Take of Hemlocke a good quantity shread it very small then take of Creame one quart and boyle it with the Hemlock till the Creame do turne into an oyle which done take it from the fire and straine it into a cleane galley pot and keepe it for your use with this anoint the Sorance and it will soone heale it of this I never had tryall Another Take Brimstone and make it into fine powder and mix with it of sweet Butter so much as will suffice to bring it to an Vnguent which will be of the colour of Gold herewith anoint the sores and it will cure them This I never tryed Another Take unslaked Lime Salt and Soot of each like much all made into very fine powder boyle this in the strongest white Wine Vineger you can get so much as will suffice till it become as thicke as a Pultis then soften it with tryed Hogs-grease and so worke it to an Vnguent and herewith anoint the places greived till they be perfectly cured ✚ This is very good but to prevent all sorts of Scratches Kibes Rat-tayles c. take up the Thigh-veynes and your Horse shall never have any of these Maladies or if he have them yet by so doing they will of themselves be cured ✚ This I have oft experienced § 7. S. Hippoph HOw doe you cure a Sit-fast Hippos This Malady the French do call Mal de la Corn it is an hard knob which hath beene formerly a Saddle-gald but by reason that the Owner of the Horse was unwilling to spare his worke till it was fully cured it is converted into a Sit-fast Sit-fast which is oftimes troublesome to the Horse by reason it is growne to a dry knob so hard as a horne The cure is Take the greene outward leaves of a Cabbadge and stamp them with old Boares-grease or tryed Hogs-grease and worke them to an Oyntment and then mount his Back and then set the Saddle to the end that the Oyntment may the better enter or sinke into his Backe and in a few daies it will Cure him ✚ This is a very good cure §. 8. S. Hippoph THere be yet certaine Scabbes which doe grow upon Horse-heeles which Ferriers doe deny to be the Scratches but they will have it to bee a disease wholy different How doe you cure them Hippos Sir men may say what they shall please but I doe assure you these are also plaine Scratches But yet I will give a few Receipts for them Scabs and Scratches Take of Salet-oyle three ounces Red-wax-gummed one ounce common Hony two ounces mixe and melt all these together and make them into an Vuguent with which you must oft anoint the Sores and this will cure them ✚ I have often used it Another Take ordinary Turpentine two ounces new Wax oyle de Bay Quick-Brimstone of each three ounces common Hony one ounce Allome and Zacacon of each halfe an ounce mixe melt and incorporate all those well together and every evening anoint the places grieved therewith having first cleansed the Sorances as before is taught you This I did never try but I hold it to be very good Another Take the strongest white-Wine-Vineger Mustard and Soote of each so much as will suffice and mix them well them adde to them the yolkes of two Egges and of Hogs-grease one ounce Rape-oyle and new Wax of each two ounces quick-Brimstone in fine powder halfe an ounce melt all these and make it into an Vnguent and therewith anoint the grieved Sorances ✚ This I have often tryed and I know it to be very good § 9. S. Hippoph VVHat is good for a Horse that can neither Stale or Dunge Hippos This accident oftimes hapneth to a Horse that is suddenly travelled being newly taken from Grasse or that hath beene long time kept and pampered in the Stable without any execise at all for as those who be too hard Riders do soone surfet their Horses so likewise do these terribly wrong their Horses who be too indulgent and tender of them and therefore the golden meane is evermore the best The signes to know this Malady is plaine for that his paine will bee so great as that it will cause him oft to lye downe and tumble as if he had the Bots. I will give you one onely Receipt which a famous French Marishall gave me with which I cured one Horse for that I had never occasion to practise it upon any since but I do hold it to be most soveraigne in a case of this nature Take the root of Male-Brake or Fearne and put a piece thereof upon his tongue and it will cause him both to stale and dung Stale or dung and so he will be cured The male of Fearne is to be knowne by the root from the female for if you take a Fearne-root and cut it in two pieces you shall see the perfect figure of an Eagle and thereby you may know it to be the male which is for your turne And the female root will beare other effigies different from the male which wanteth its vertue to perfect this cure ✚ This I say I have once tryed § 10. S. Hippoph VVHat is to be done to a Horse that falleth sicke in his iourney or travell Sicke in travell Hippos This also hapneth as the former doth but yet oftner and sooner especially if he be very fat and pursive and wanting breath as also if he be travelled being fat and heavy the Sunne shining and scorching much for such a horse is in danger either to tire or to fall desperately sicke which may also endanger his life as I have frequently knowne The cure must be Take Muskadine or sweet Sacke one pinte Aqua vitae a quarter of a pinte of London Treacle two ounces and of the best Sallet oyle a quarter of a pinte warme all these upon the fire and brew it well and give him one hornfull thereof then take his tongue in your hand and put down his throat a new laid Egge breaking it with your fingers as you put it forth of your hand then give him a second horne full and then another Egge and after all the residue of the drinke and
so after that a third Egge then let him bloud in the palat and rub it well with white Salt then set him upon the Trench cloath stop and litter him againe warme and let him fast an hour or two after it and then feed him by degrees both with Hay and Oates giving him either a sweet Mash or white water and he will doe well againe This drink refresheth all the spirits being over-laied through heate and labour and causeth a good appetite to meat ✚ With this drinke I have cured many sicke horses as well of mine own as of my friends which have faln away very desperately sick upon the way in travell but if I do finde that his bloud is inflamed as many times it will be I then use to open a veyne in the neck §. 11. S. Hippoph BVt what is to be given to a Horse that falleth suddenly sick Sudden sicknesse Hippos First let him bloud in both brest veines or if you have not skill sufficient to open these veynes then let him bloud in both sides the necke and let him bleed well nigh two quarts then give him this comfortable drink Take of sweet Sacke one quart and burn it with Graines Cloves and Cinamon of each like much being all beaten grosse put to it of Suger three ounces and when it is burnt adde unto it of Sallet oyle halfe a pinte and of London Treacle two ounces warm all these and brew them well together and so give it to your horse bloud warme then ride him gently untill he do begin to sweate and so set him up warm clothed and littered but be sure to keep his head and heart warme neither must you stuffe and cloth him too hot for this drink will cause him to sweate sufficiently of it selfe yet litter him well keeping the Stable close and so let him fast sixe hours after against which time let him be rubbed very dry and give him to eate sweet Wheat straw and after give him either a sweet Mash or white water and boile therein of Mallowes and Water-cresses of each one handfull of Fennell-seed and of Persley-seed of each one ounce if he will drink the same After that morning and evening your horse being fasting ride him a mile or two to the end he may take the ayre which is very wholesome for him if the weather be temperate and let his meat be sweet straw old clean dry Oats and some Wheat and Pease mixed therewith give him a little at once and often untill you doe perceive his stomacke to come well unto him and let him be daily well rubbed and warm clothed to provoke him to sweat and let him be also well littered and his drink either sweet Mashes or white water and by this manner of keeping and ordering of him in short time he will recover his pristine sanity ✚ This I have often tryed and it is very good § 12. S. Hippoph VVHat cure have you for a Selender Hippos This disease is the very same with the Melander but the sole difference is in that the malander breedeth upon the bending of the knee or the legge before and the Selender engendreth of the bending of the hough in the legge behinde but it commeth just as doth the Malander and the cure is the very same with it but yet I will give you one good receit which will cure both first wash and shave away the hayre and rub the sorance with a wispe or hayre cloth till it be raw 〈…〉 then take the shreds of white leather untanned which Glovers doe make and boyle them in Vineger till they be soft and binde of this hot to the place but if you do not finde that by once or twice dressing taketh not away the scurfe or scab renew it daily untill it doth for by this meanes the roots of the bristly haire which groweth in and about the sorance is the onely thing that feedeth the Malander wherefore the roots of the hayre being taken off which this medicine will doe the sorance will soon be cured and to heale up the rawnesse thereof Take fresh or sweet Butter bay Salt and Frankincense both made into fine powder of each as much as will suffice and boyle them all together on the fire and with a ragge upon a sticke apply this medicine to the place scalding hot two mornings together and after heale it up and cause the hayre to come againe being daily anointed with Mallowes and sweet Butter made into an Vnguent ✚ This is a very good cure §. 13. S. Hippoph VVHat is to be given to a Horse sicke surfetted Sick or surfetted and his grease molten Hippos The onely way is first to take bloud from him if there be just cause and after to scowre his guts with this purge Take Cassia one ounce Filonio-persio or Persico and Trifora magna of each halfe an ounce sirrop of Violets two ounces dissolve these in mel Rosarum four ounces and give it him with a horne in a morning fasting and after either ride him gently or else walk him up and down an houre or better and for an houre after at the least let him stand upon the Trench then give him a sweet Mash which when he hath dispatched give him old dry Oates cleane and well sifted and after sweet Hay neither let him have any cold water in eight dayes after nor after that time but with exercise ✚ And this is a speciall good cure §. 14. S. Hippoph NOw let us come to the sinewes what say you to a sinew spraine Hippos I have already handled this point sufficiently in lib. 2. cap. 4. § 9. A. for an Attaint upper neverthelesse I will give you more receits for a sinew spraine albeit it be the same malady the first shall be for a sinew sprung Sinew sprung or when the sinew is broken and severed from the flesh as many times it falleth out then Take Tartar and the lees of Claret or red Wine of each three ounces Wheate Bran one handfull boyle these with the juyce of Smalledge two handfuls or better and when you take it from the fire put into it of Turpentine one ounce binde this to the sinew grieved so hot as he may well suffer it and using this medicine foure or fiue dayes he will be sound againe ✚ This is very good Another if the sinew or artery be broken with Corasives or other accident to cause it to soder or joyne againe Take the leaves and roots of Solomons seate and of great Cumfrey of each like much pound them small and infuse it in white Wine foure and twenty houres bathe the sorance herewith warme you having first boyled it and after you have bathed the place well binde the hearbs and roots to the place grieved dressing him every day once untill he be perfectly consolidate And if the flesh be still broken when you do finde the sinew to be knit strew theron the powder of Lime and Honey which will heale and