their water and their vsing therein 2. Prac. 10. â— mile or two for their exercise obseruing to warme them a little after their water not suffering them to drinke their fill at the first but after they haue taken their first draught gallop them a little to warme it and then let them drinke againe and after that gallop them as you did before neuer letting them depart till they will drinke no more and so by this order you shall free the stomack from such raw crudities as the coldnesse of the water would incite if they did drinke their fill at the first and further in letting them haue their fill it will keepe their bodies from drying too fast because Nature it selfe is the best director for the expelling of her enemies especially in these creatures where she can command the apetite But whereas Mr. Morgan doth wish to put wine into their 2. Pra. 22. h Wine is no naturall drinke for a Horse water to qualifie the heate thereof I hold it not proper feeding for a horse in regard they naturally desire to drinke water and when a horse is in perfect state of body as it is to bee supposed these must be nature doth awayes desire that which will preserue 1. Pra. 12. â— Theo. 37.n. 1. Pra. 8. g. it to flye from that which wil hurt it in that euery thing is maintained by the like and destroyed by the contrary and so their owne naturall heat for warming their water is better then that which proceedeth from any other Now when you haue brought them home either from their water or any other excercise as occasion shall be offered let them be had presently into the stable it being made cleane 1 How to vse them after they come from their water and sweet and rub them cleane and dry letting them be round stopt with great waddes of straw and good store of litter vnder them to keepe them warme that they coole no faster then nature is able to expell such grosse humors as otherwise would n congeale by cooling faster then the bloud can haue its naturall course to nourish all the parts of the body which is the cause of 2. Pr. 10. â— all sicknesse and diseases Which done let them stand vpon the snaffle an houre or more till they bee through coold without any meat except a little hay in the rack to chaw vpon for 1. Pra. 9. a k Cooling too fast or eating too hot will corrupt the bloud if you should giue them meat before they bee through cold it will concoct sooner then nature doth desire by reason of the exterior heat which was prouoked by labour and so will inflame the naturall heat which is the cause of imperfect digestion Then when they are cold let their bridles be drawne and their bodies and legges well chafed and rubd letting them haue such a quantity of bread or other prouender as in your Theo. 18.f. discretion you finde their apetite to serue but seeing no certaine thing can limit an vncertaine therefore no man can describe such a certaine quantity of meat as shall satisfie the appetite of euery horse And heerein I differ againe from Mr. Morgan who doth wish that there should bee a spare diet both in meat and water for the perfecting of digestion and refining the seed And my reason is they being only sensitiue their appetite is serued according to the plenosity of the receptacle parts For when they haue receiued or eaten so much as nature cay digest into good nutriment then if a man would knock A reason l A horse will eat no more after nature bee satisfied 1. Pr. 10. a. them in the head he can neither cause them to eat one bit or drinke one sup more And heerein they are farre more temperate then Man for they feeding their appetite sensitiuely they being sensitiue Creatures cannot consult with themselues to draw on their appetite by expostulating of the goodnes or rarenesse of the meat But they onely feed their stomacke for the present and doe eat so much as is sufficient neuer regarding what they shall eat the next neither for the goodnesse not quantity Now therefore in regard Nature is the best director what quantity will best satisfie their appetite I thinke it best to let them be their owne caruers for if they bee restrayned and haue not enough then it will bee a meanes indeed for them to cloy their stomacks with feeding if at any time they may haue it according to the old Prouerbe two hungry meales will make m Nature abhorreth emptinesse the third a glutton Or else if they be continually kept with a spare diet then nature not beeing sufficiently satisfied there will be neither such store of good blood nor such aboundance of seed as otherwise there would and then if there be a defect in the materiall substance the formall cannot be perfect And againe if there be want of food the stomack will be empty and then seeing nature abhorreth emptinesse what should supply 1. Pr. 12. a that want but moyst ayre whose nature is to penetrate into all places of vacuity by reason of its tenuity which will much hinder concoction through the moistnesse thereof for that nature cannot turne that food which was receiued into such perfect bloud as otherwise it would if there were the whole heat and strength of nature And as for surfets and diseases they doe not come to these 1. Pr. 14.b. n Surfets doe not altogether proceed from full feeding 1. Pr. 15.k. i Spare dyet is Phisicall 1. Pr. 12.b. Creatures by fulnesse of feeding but by the abuse in eyther of the excesses of too much or two little exercise from whence commeth inflamation of the blood or else by a negligent care after labour which causeth an obstruction of blood by too fast cooling For the which causes spare dyet is to be vsed to refell such corrupt and grosse humors as doth destroy nature it being medicinall and therefore it cannot bee good for a perfect strong body for to it medicines doth weaken nature But to conclude hauing kept them in such sort as I haue said for some twelue or fourteene daies for by that time their bloud and seed will bee sufficiently purged from grosse humors you may then put them together for generation referring the end of your proceeding to Gods good blessing But this I would haue you to obserue that you doe not labour either of them for three dayes at the least before you put them together more then the fetching of their water least it cause too hasty Note digestion by causing a greater heat then nature would effect for concoction for when the state of the body is perfect then the naturall heat doth worke the best temperature both so blood and seed during which time let them be fed very well ' for thereby they will be very lusty and haue great plenty of seed so that they will performe
cariage of his body he will vpon necessity handle his feete so orderly that hee will be free from stumbling and many other Vices Fiftly it will quicken vp his spirits so that though hee 5 be of a very sad disposition hee will goe the more freely and willingly which also I haue had sufficient experience of For I b haue not had a Colt at the least this dosen yeare how sad soeuer he was iudged by his shape and disposition that proued sad in Theo. 19. â— riding and one chiefe cause of that preuention was by this meanes Sixtly if he be a mad fiery Colt he may farre more easily 6 Theo. 20. â— be brought to command by this meanes rather then by any 7 Theo. 34. a. other when he commeth to be backt Seuenthly it will cause him to rake his winde to moue with his body more easily and so finde the better â—light in his mouing if he be not so furiously e 1. Pr. 14. e 18. g. dealt withall but that he may ease himselfe when he doth first yeeld for the effect of rebellion is the stopping of the winde and the effect of obedience is the free raking thereof And lastly 8 the true vse of the Chase halter is as an index to the Horse whereby he may the sooner come to vnderstand the mind of his rider for if he be brought to such true subiection by it that he will stand when he doth feele the strayning thereof neuer so little and that hee is brought to lead and turne on both hands â— Pr. 16. a. b The application of the chase halter to the head straine by it he will be more easily taught to take his way if to his trench there be added a head straine with plated cordes to go ouer his nose like a musrole when he shall come to be ridden whereby he may be gouerned till he find the vse of the trench by which his mouth will be kept from galling and he preserued from restiffe qualities and so saue labour and charge either to get tormenting chaines and Cauizans or hard trenches and bits to bring him to obedience But what neede I to spend any longer time to set forth the c excellency hereof seeing that this if there were no more were sufficient to cause it to be of more regard then as yet it hath 1. Pr. 13. q beene that is it will giue a Horse such a true ground that all those sixe qualities which Maister Morgan doth speake of that should be in a good Horse may be the farre more easily increased and maintained in him But yet I would not haue the reader to vnderstand me so that this halter hath power to worke Note the sequel all these things to their perfection but onely as I say it doth but lay the foundation of the worke which must be built vp afterward by the rule or line of reason and likewise this may be abused for it is but an instrument and therefore man must make d All instruâ—ents may be abused the application which must depend vpon true iudgement to apprehend the first motion of yeelding And likewise he must not thinke that he vnderstandeth it when as he hath read it for the true application is to learne to â— Pr. 14. x. 24. â— iudge of the inward disposition of the Horse by his outward actions these pointing as truely to them as the index of a e Theo. 35. a Clocke to the houre which must be gained by obseruation in practise for the eye may be deceiued but the hand vpon the straine of the halter will not And whereas this manner of vsing a young Colt at the first may be held too violent for heating him too much before his Obiection flesh be fully hardned because it is holden the glut of the body will fall into the legges and so is the cause of many diseases thereof I answere the violence will not be so great as is imagined Answer if as I haue said you can conceiue of the first motion of obedience for by the instinct of nature euery thing doth desire to flee from that which may hurt it and therefore they will yeeld before they wrong themselues if then they may be suffred and the cause of such violence commeth rather through indiscretion then by this order And for their sweating if it fall out so it doth not necessarily f Euery sweate doth not surfeit follow that euery sweat doth surfet for then those Horses which haue their heates giuen them in such sort that they are all on a foame would be in the same predicament which thing experience will deny And I see no reason wherefore the sweating of a young Colt should more ingender such surrances in him then in any other if he be moderatly cooled for age doth free neither Man nor Horse from diseases And where it may be said that they are the more foggy and so sooner caused to sweate so likewise they are more pursye and so for want of winde they will sooner obey for the raking of the winde is the onely marke to ayme at for the knowledge of gayning obedience And againe sweat doth not so much hurt if it proceed not Theo. 34.b. from the vitall parts but from the animall for this sweate is nothing but the dissolution of humors in the body and so is driuen into the outward parts through the pores by the violence g The cause of sweating of heate caused by labour and so that which is without the skin doth dry and bark outwardly but that which is within the skinne disolued by moderate exercise will disperse it selfe into all the naturall parts againe without preiudice of the subiect And therefore the cause of surfets is the obstruction of bloud through the negligence of the man either in suffering the horse to coole faster then the blood can haue its naturall concourse to the proper vse or else in washing him before he be cold â— The cause of surfets 1. Pra. 7.n. 14.b. whereby the veines are sodainely coold and the blood stopt and so grosse humors doe abound which causeth swelling of the legges paines scratches and such like therefore I would wish all that doe tender the soundnesse of their horses limmes to eschew washing after labour as an vtter enemy thereto howsoeuer it is generally vsed for sauing labour in dressing But if your Colt be of such a stubborne dogged disposition that he will not yeeld to obedience till he be so laboured that he is all of a sweate then let him be kept in exercise by teaching i Theo. 9. â— to lead as afore I haue showne till he be cold and his sweating will hurt him no more then those Horses which are of greater age And herein many doe deceiue themselues through curiosity for whereas they thinke to free their Colt from such dangers by not heating him so much at the first they are faine to
the action with such lust and courage that the Colt will be of such perfection as you shall thinke your charges and paines sufficiently satisfied CHAP. 8. When to put your Horse and Mare together for generation AFter that you haue brought your Horse and Mare to such perfect state of body that their seede is in perfect temperature then you may put them together to copulate but likewise the time of the yeare is to be respected for the effecting of perfect generation Of the which proiect sith so many in former ages haue set forth their imitated opinions which haue carried the most away with a successiue authority I craue pardon least my differing iudgement shall be read with scurrillity for my bould attempt in regard I set downe nothing as carried away with authority but onely that which reason and experience hath made probable Now the antients haue holden it as a maxime that there is no time of the yeare fit for to haue their Mares couered in but a The antients opinion of the Vernall moneths onely the Vernall Moneths as March Aprill and May because as they say in those Moneths the bloud which is the Principall humour doth then raigne and so fittest for generation through that abundance of blood which causeth them to haue the greatest desire for copulation for authority of which their assertion they bring instance from the earth which at that time onely doth bring forth its blossomes and fruits And againe they bring forth the antients of former times and many other instances which I omit to rehearse because to answere to them all would be tedious to the reader and so discourage the young practitioners with too many ambiguities and confuse their memory with too many degressions and therefore so briefly as I can I will touch these as the chiefe heads And first whereas they say that those three Moneths are the aptest to beget because of the abundance of bloud that b Why these three moneths are not the best doth then predominate I conclude my answere with Maister Morgan that where there is any predominate excesse there is not a perfect and sound body and therefore not fit for generation for any intemperate excesse is the cause of sicknesse and so not to be admitted in those indiuiduums which should beget and bring forth for if the blood doth exceed in heat as it must needs if it abound then it will soone consume and dry vp the radicall moysture and so destroy himselfe as my former instance of a Lampe or Candle doth approue and therefore b 1 Pra. 6. g perfect generation is not to be referred so much vnto any particuler time as to the perfect temperature of the body wherby is made pure seede And secondly whereas they bring a strong implication thereof from the Earth because it doth bring forth its blossomes and This implication cannot stand good fruits at that time of the yeare onely it doth not follow that Mares therefore should be couered at that time onely and not else for by that application that time is best to couer Mares in The reason which they may quicken at the spring bring forth at Michaelmas as the earth doth her fruits for though fruit doth then form yet is it not then at perfection till it hath the benefit of the Summer to be ripened with the heate of the Sunne And further if there were an apt resemblance to the Earth then those Mares which were about the Equinoctiall should bring forth twice in one yeare as the Earth doth yeeld her fruits they hauing The second reason two springs and two Summers the Sunne making his course twise ouer their heads in one yeare which to grant were very grosse seeing a Mare goeth twelue Moneths after she conceiue before she bring forth And againe although the Earth retaine her Vigetatiue vertue which is the sappe yet by reason The third reason of the Winters cold it is so imprisoned within her that it cannot come forth till it receiue a nourishing heate from the Sunne 1 Pra. 6.i. c A proofe that all vigetatiue things haue their nourishment from the Sunne which in Winter it cannot not that it is further distant from vs at that time then it is in Summer as many suppose because in a circle euery part of the circumference is equally distant from from the Center but in regard the Sunne is not hot of it selfe but by coaction as the Philosophers hold and so when the Sunne is in our winter solstice hee sending his beames Diamiterly that is by a straight line they glance into the ayre without any strong reflection and so doth yeeld small comfortable heate but as it riseth higher so his beames descend more perpendicular which more and more doth reuerberate vpon the Earth whereby the superficies is comforted and so the inward naturall heate of the Earth doth ioyne with that heate which is the cause that the Earth doth bud forth her blossomes and fruites at that time more then another But a Mare though she doth not receiue the like comfortable heate in Winter as in Summer no more then the Earth yet by reason of that naturall heat which remaineth in her shee doth nourish and bring forth in Winter as well as in Summer according to the determinate time of her conceiuing Wherefore seeing God hath giuen them such naturall faculties as to beget and bring forth a There was no time limited for procreation at the beginning at all times of the yeare I thinke it meere simplenesse being carried away with the ayrye force of Antiquity to prescribe that to a particuler where there is a generall power for when God said increase and multiply he gaue no limitation of time for else nature could not exceed those limits And againe they haue set downe times in those Moneths as the full of the Moone to be the best for action because that Of the time of the Moone then the Mare hath great store of menstruall blood for composition of the Colt and then is the greatest store of blood in them both But here Maister Morgan may seeme to make a contradiction with himselfe for when they are come to a perfect habit of body then nature cannot be defectiue in any part and therefore to encrease any moyst or Flegmaticke substance will cause a ruine of the indiuiduum in abating the vigor of heat which should keepe all the members from grosse composition For I grant that all Sublunary bodies are gouerned by the d 1 Pra. 6. i. Moone but yet I doe not hold that at such times they are the best for perfect generation because they doe then abound with Cold and Moystnesse according to the quality of the Moone by which they are gouerned But admit it should be best as it is doudtfull yet the operation might be hindered by 1. Pr. 5.n. reason of some other disaster Aspect of other Planets more Maleuolent and Predominating in a
I cannot greatly commend that custome except it bee vpon necessity that nature is opprest or hindred by sicknesse for nature hath strength enough of her selfe to expell her enemies so long as the body is perfect and sound and therefore scourings to such horses will doe more hurt then good for they are Phisicall and so weaken the body and are as needlesse to a horse that is sound as to a man Note that when you come from hunting you wash not your 2. Pra. 10. Chap. horse that night but rubbe him exceeding well and the next morning after he is drest or after he is come in from his water take a peale of water and wash all the grauell and filth from vnder his fetlocks very cleane for that will coole his legges and preserue them from foule surrances Theo. 8. 33. Chap. Note that if you haue good store of game that you bee carefull not to take too much of your horse to feed your owne Et alijs loâ—is delight till hee bee come to haue a stayed and firme body so causing him to ouer-reach and daunt his spirit nor giue him liberty to goe as him lusteth but bee ready vpon any disorder to helpe him with your motions or to correct him if need require 2. Pra. 6. Chap. And for that cause I do not greatly approue that one should goe into the field without spurres for if a horse commit a fault either through neglect or doggednesse if hee bee suffered at that time the next time hee will bee the worse and I hold hee A Horseman is maimed if hee be vnfurnished is not meet to bee an Horseman that cannot weare them except hee abuse them for hee is like a mad man that must haue his knife taken from him else hee will doe mischiefe with it And note that if your horse bee so hot and free that hee will not easily be commanded but will put himselfe more fiercely forward vpon deepe earths then he should and so snapper and falter with his legges or his body or beare so high that hee choake himselfe with his winde or such like that then you vse 2. Pr. 6. Chap. to hunt him with the head-straine for it will amend such faults through the gentlenesse thereof whereby hee will vse his fore-parts more orderly and rest so stayedly vpon his head that you thereby may helpe to gouerne his legges so that you may cause him to strike a furrow or gallop vpon any earths as your selfe would wish CHAP. 12. Of the manner of food and time of feeding SOme may thinke because I haue spoken of no other food for the hunting horse in these last Chapters but oates and hay that I allow no other feeding for them but to cleare that supposition the cause that I haue omitted to speake of the diuersities of foodes till now was to auoyd digression for confusing of order and obstupidating the memory of young impes that Theo. 4. Chap. desire to grow in this Vineyard And therefore I did deferre the touching of them there being minded to speake of them more conueniently which being knowne may bee vsed as necessity requireth And againe it may bee thought that 2. Pr. 3. Chap. this food which I shall prescribe is not sufficient to bring a horse to his strength and purity of winde because it is not so Nothing of esteeme except it be curious costly and curious as formerly hath beene set forth for many thinke that nothing can bee good except it bee costly but howsoeuer it may be iudged yet I am sure hauing had experience thereof that this food will be sufficient for the feeding and dieting of any hunting horse for giuing him strength and sound nutriment for the maintenance of his great toyle and the nearest to the helpe of nature and so the rest to bee superfluous being inuented by some preiudicated fantasies that would be held singular through too precise curiosity or else Generous minds wronged by Parasites soysted in by some Belialls that would bring in great billes of charges and reserue the surplus for themselues to spend vpon their lasciuity But howsoeuer such inuentions first sprung whosoeuer shall vse them by true examination shall find them enemies both to Art and Nature as heereafter shall appeare Wherefore if you will maintaine your horse in his best strength and lust after he is â—nseamed you shall to his oats put a third part of beanes being spelt vpon a Mill because hee will eat them better then if Of Beanes and Oates they were whole for then they will sooner weary his chappes and the strength of the beanes will bee more in his tast for that they are so great they cannot bee so well mixed amongst the oates but some horses will couet to weed the oates from them But if to auoyd this any thinke that Pease are better to mixe Of Pease with Oates in regard they are smaller and so need no spelting I answer that as they are the smaller so they haue the more store of huskes and the meale is not of such strength and nutriment as that is of Beanes and so more faint and pursiue And as for Fetches and Tares which many vse to sow onely for horse Of Fetches and Tares Prouender they are altogether the worst for they are no perfect graine but a kind of weed that is increased by reason that the land hath no better lust nor strength to yeeld better fruit and therefore that must needs be a weake effect that proceedeth from so weake a cause Wherefore as I say you shall at his first taking vp for the space of a fortnight or thereabouts giue him onely Oates Note and hay till the grosse humors be something dryed in his body and that his flesh begin to harden for if you should feed him with such strong food before hee were in some case to abide exercise then it would increase those grosse humors which are reciding in him rather then conuert into good blood for that by reason of corruption they doe naturally abound and will bee chiefly fed as the earth doth naturally feed weeds before Theo. 5.b. good corne if by art and dyet they be not first represt and so will inflame the body and cause diuers diseases Therefore as I say when you perceiue that he beginneth to 2. Pr. 11. haue good flesh to preserue it the better you shall adde to his Oates Beanes for they will increase strength and lust and so Being well dryed keepe him till you intend to hunt him and for the better increasing of his courage and winde you shall make him bread after this manner You shall take foure pecks of Beanesâ— and two pecks of wheat and grinde them together and sift the meale Of Bread for hunting through a temmes of an indifferent finenesse and kneade it with warme water and good store of barme and let it lye an x 1 Pra. 7. â— houre
opinions of the antientest and best Farriers which is so compleate that not any cure worth note of any Practitioner but is there included And againe though some bee so curious as they esteeme of Costly things are esteemed the best with curious minds no cures except they bee costly thinking that to bee the best that is the dearest as if there could no good thing come out of Galalee nor any vertue of healing from weedes and things of small esteeme and as though nature had made them superfluous and without vse yet I purpose not to set forth costly and curious compounds sith I haue found that such extraordinary charges Meaner things are often times to be preferred before costly may often times be spared whilst meaner things will worke the better effect being of a contrary quality to the disease they are applyed for the causes of all sicknesse and diseases either inward or outward is the excesse quality of heat or cold which The causes of sicknes and discases if it bee inward and naturall then that distemperature proceedeth from heat in as much as horses are naturally hâ—t and must be remedied by such potions and drinkes as are cooling they accidentally proceeding either from heat by the inflamation 1. Pr. 6. 7. of the liuer and the humors either by excessiue heating and sodaine cooling or else from colde by foule and raw feeding or too much rest which ingenders grosse and cold humors and then must be helped by good feeding and comfortable drinke to driue that cold rawnesse from the heart and vitall spirits into the outward parts But if it bee outward then it accidentally proceedeth either from the inward parts as afore The cause of outward surrances or else outwardly by a pricke bruise cuâ— or such like which draweth those grosse humors that are residing in the body to that place they hauing a naturall desire to rest there as the water doth desire to run into the Sea being their proper place and so causeth inflamation and apostumation by excesse of heat which to represse I haue found nothing so effectuall as often to apply cold water old pisse barme or the dregges of Ale or beere blew clay and vinegar and such like which are of a cold quality and which I haue found to preuaile when all the curious and chargeable Oyles and hot Pultesses haue fayled being ministred according to the iudgement of the best Farriers for by these I haue lost two horses my selfe but by the other haue preserued diuers Neither doe I intend to spend time in filling empty papers to fet forth receipts for impossible cures as broken winde rotten Impossible Cures lungs or mourning of the chine bursting all broken bones or if they be dislocated indeed as the sholder shot or hipping broken backt all which I hold impossible for though I haue seen diuers practised vpon yet I could neuer see them cured by reason he is of such strength and waight that they are hardly set right but if they bee yet he is so waighty they cannot so continue because hee is vnreasonable and so not able to gouerne himselfe in such a case And thus much briefly I haue thought good to speake of the intricatenes and abuse in the professors thereof for though I bee not able to instruct so exactly as I desire yet I wish that euery one would â—ruelâ— examine his knowledge more seriously then they haue done and sâ— there shall be many excellent horses preserued which are ignorantly spoyled which is the cause A proofe froâ— the lesser to the greater that I haue insisted the more heerein without any insinuation for as no one Plaister though neuer so soueraigne can heale a wound though it be greene but there must bee one still applied after another much lessâ— then in an old fistulated vlcer as this Art is being impostumated by ignorance and custome But whereas I may be held very â—uâ—ctiue to oppose generally Obiection against the Professors heereof and to approue of my cogitations and imaginations to condemne others that haue laboured therein I answer I doe most worthily reuerence and Answer esteeme of all the true Philosophicall professors that direct their practise by the causes and effects to reduce them to the Theo. 2. good and conseruation of these famous Creatures which are so profitable delightfull and necessary for the benefit both of Worthinesse consisteth not in words but deeds King and Common-wealth but against the vsurped Professors who care not how they torture and kill so they may gaine their owne profit for approbation and worthinesse is not in the applause of vulgar words but mâ—rited by their industâ—ious practise Plato in Timâ—o though they haue not the true splendor therof For we only behold the externall and vtter side of diuine and simple natures much like the glimering of a Candle or sparkling of fire a great distance from vâ— in a darke place But if any kicke in that I haue prest so farre as to passe the limits of mediocrity it is the A conceipted knower is woâ—se then a foole earnest desire I haue to sound such alaâ—uâ— as may awake those that are cast in a dead slâ—mber of ignorance who though they haue not their A. B. C. yet will contest against the iudicious and the best learned like those which if they can but talke a little of Tectory will assume to Erect a House aswell as the best Artist although they cannot tell how to frame one ioynt to agree with the next in right angles nor can tell how to worke any Geometricall proportion Weerefore to giue some light to such as are desirous to haue knowledge in curing and haue not learning how to enter into the darke and obscure secrets of nature I haue here inserted you the excellent and approued cures of the famous Italian Dionigio Grilli one of the best Farriers of the world as they were dedicated to the Cardinall Farnese and as I haue my self approued them in mine owne particular practise CHAP. 2. A most excellent receipt for any Inward sicknesse whatsoeuer TAke of Aristolochia Rot one ounce of Bay-berries one ounce of Gentian one ounce of Anise-seeds one ounce of Trifora magna which is a composition to be bought of any Apothicary one ounce of Ginger one ounce beate the hard simples into a very fine powder then take a quart of white wine and put to it a gyll of the sweetest oyle Oliue and warme it on the fire luke-warme then put to it a spoonfull and a halfe of this pouder a spoonfull of the composition Trifora magna asmuch Methridate and stirring it well together giue it the Horse to drinke fasting and exercise him moderately both before and after and then keepe him warme Now if any of these simples be not to be got then take two sponfull of the powder Diapente and mixe it with the wine as aforesaid and it will be sufficient CHAP. 3. A
Suppossitary for any inward Sicknesse IF your Horse be so exceeding weake and sicke that you dare not administer to him inwardly by the stomacke you shall take of common Honey sixe ounces of Wheat flower one ounce of Salt-Niter one ounce and a halfe of Anise-seeds in fine pouder one ounce boyle these to a hard thicknesse and then make it into Suppossitaries and hauing anoynted your hand well with oyle Oliue thrust it vp into the Horses foundament and then hold downe his tayle hard for a good space after CHAP. 4. A Glister to cure any inward Sicknesse TAke of the oyle of Dill of the oyle of Camomile of Cassia and of the oyle of Vyolets of each halfe an ounce of brown Sugar-candy three ounces of Mallowes halfe a handfull boyle these to a decoction in running water and then administer it to the Horse in manner of a glister and in the extremity of any sicknesse it is a certaine cure CHAP. 5. For the Yellowes FIrst let the Horse blood in the necke veine and according to the goodnesse or badnesse of the blood so proportionate the quantity you take away then take a quart of sweet wine or for want thereof a quart of strong Ale or Beare then put to it foure sponfull of the Iuice of Selladine and halfe so much of the iuice of Rue and let them boyle on the fire then take it off and straine into it halfe an ounce of the best English Saffron and three ounces of the best honey and so giue it the Horse luke-warme to drinke then Rake him vp and downe a little and so set him vp warme suffring him to fast two howers after and giue him to drinke with his meate a sweet mash but no cold water by any meanes CHAP. 6. An excellent Pill for the Yellowes TAke halfe a pound of the best Honey and of Safforn beaten to very fine powder and the meale of Fene-greeke of each a like quantity and mixe them with the honey till it come to a stiffe paste then deuide it into two seuerall bals and dipping them in sweet Sallet oyle draw out the horses tongue and force him to swallow them then ride him vp and downe an howre and more and so set him vp warme alwaies prouided that you euer let him blood in the necke veyne first and if you also let him blood in his eie veynes and in the roofe of his mouth it will be much better because the chawing and swallowing of his owne blood is exceeding wholsome and Souereine CAHP. 7. For the Staggers FIrst by all meanes let him blood in the necke veine and let him bleed very well for the abundance of blood is the cause of the disease then with an incision knife open the skinne of the forehead as high as the fore-top and with a cornet rayse vp the skinne and put in two or three cloues of Garlike and then stitch vp the hole close againe with a needle and a little silke and then binding a little flaxe or lint to the wound be sure to keepe out the wind or ayre which may doe hurt Then take of the seed of Cresses the seed of Poppye the seed of Smallagde the seede of Parsley the seed of Dill of Pepper and of Saffron of each of these two ounces beate them all to a very fine pouder then put them to a pottell of Barley water and then straine it very well through a strayner and giue the Horse a quart thereof to drinke early in the morning fasting and then Rake him vp and down gently an houre or more and so set him vp and sprinkle his hay with water but let him drinke no cold water till he be well recouered CHAP. 8. For any extreame cold whatsoeuer or of what nature soeuer TAke of Cloues of Nutmegs of Ginger of Galls or the fruit of Oaks and of Cardimonium of each a like quantity of Fenell seed some what more then of the rest beate and searse all these to a very fine pouder then put two spoonfull thereof to a quart of White wine and straine in two penyworth of the best English Saffron and then beate in the yolke of a couple of egs and so giue it the Horse to drinke early in the morning and then ayre him abroad two howres or more and be sure to keep him warme and by no meanes let him drinke cold water nor let him eate any hay but what is sprinkled with water and once a day which should be at noone if the time of the yeare serue giue him the tender greene crops of Reeds or Sallowes to eate from your hand for they are very souereine and thus doe diuers mornings together and it will not onely clense away all manner of cold but also open his conduits and set his winde at liberty CHAP. 9. For the Lax or Fluxe of Body by any meanes TAke Wood-ashes finely searced and mixe them with as much Bolarmonyacke made into fine pouder and mixing it well with his water let him drinke thereof morning and euening and it will stay his scowring but if it be so violent by either the eating of a feather or any other poyson that this will not stay it then take the intrals of a Hen or Pullet and mixing them with an ounce of Spycknard cause the Horse to swallow it and it will presently stay the Fluxe CHAP. 10. For a Horse that is Hyde-boundâ—r in great pouerty TAke of clarified hogges-grease two ounces of the iuice of Dragant-worte one ounce of Incense halfe an ounce of the Sirrop of Roses three ounces dissolue all these in a pint and a halfe of honyed water on a soft fire and giue it the Horse to drinke fasting in the morning and exercise him a little thereon then set him vp warme and let him fast two or three howers and it will Scowre out all his infection loosen his skin and make him feed very sodainly after CHAP. 11. An excellent receipt for the pissing of blood FIrst clense his yard if any filth or corruption be barkt therevnto by washing it with Butter and Beere made warme together then let the Horse blood in the necke veine and lastly take the water or iuice of Leekes or of Onyons that is the water wherein they haue beene steeped twelue houres at least and close stopped to the quantity of a pint then as much White wine and iumble it well together till it looke slymie then giue it the Horse to drinke and doe thus diuers mornings and it will stay that flux of blood and bring his vrine to the naturall and ordinary colour CHAP. 12. A most excellent receipt for the Stone or for a Horse that cannot pisse but drop by drop TAke of Saxifrage of Nettle roots of Parsley rootes of Fenell roots of Sperage roots of Dodder of each of these a little handfull boyle all these on a gentle fire in a pottell of White wine till a third part bee consumed then put in a handfull of Salt of oyle Oliue and the Larde