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A61139	The gentleman's compleat jockey with the perfect horseman, and experienc'd farrier. Containing, I. The nature of horses; their breeding, feeding and management in all paces, to fit them for war, racing, travel, hunting, or other recreations and advantages. II. The true method, with proper rules and directions to order, diet and physick the running-horse, to bring him to any match, or race, with success. III. The methods to buy horses, and prevent being cheated; noting the particular marks of the good and bad horses, in all their circumstances. IV. How to make blazes, stars and snips: to fatten a horse with little charge, and to make him lively and lovely. V. The whole art of a farrier, in curing all diseases, griefs and sorrances incident to horses; with their symptoms and causes. VI. The methods of shooing, blooding, roweling, purging, and prevention of diseases, and many other things, from long experience and approved practice. by A. S. gent.	A. S.; Speed, Adolphus, fl. 1652-1659.	1697 (1697)	Wing S5; ESTC R219778	132,086	185

a spoonful at ● time two or three hours before his Watering and he wil● remain a healthful and sound Horse if he be thus used ti●● he be eight years old for then the chief danger is past The Order of Curing Horses that are Diseas'd The Causes the Signs and the Cure● thereof Of the Ague or Fever in Horses THE Learned do hold Three gential Kinds First When the Vital Spirits are inflamed wherein he● is predominant more than Nature requireth Secondl● When the Humours are distemper'd by heat Thirdl● When the firm parts of the body are continually hot ● that the Ague cometh by the excessive heating of the Hors● and thereupon a sudden Cold or by fullness of bad H●mours which principally grow from foul full and ra● feeding and too much rest and for that reason it take● the Horse either hot or cold and to keep due hours to mak● him shake and tremble as a Man also we may know ho● the same appeareth from the Inflamations of the Stomac● which scaldeth and maketh the Tongue raw there a●other causes viz. by spare feeding not clean feeding a●dry feeding and for want of moderate labour The Cu● shall be when you perceive his dejected Countenance a● that he beginneth to tremble enforce him into a Heat a● give him this purging Drink Take a quart of White-Win● put therein an Ounce of Aloes small beaten Of Agar●● half an Ounce of Liquorice and Anniseeds half a Dra● and some Honey warmed a little on the Fire and th● ride him until he be hot and let him sweat moderately ● the Stable and take a special care of him wash his Tong●● with Allum water Vinegar and Sage and give him swe● Straw to eat and a Gallon of old sweet Oats at Nigh● give him a good Mash and the next Night after let him ●l●ed a quart and if his Blood be very thick dark yei ●ow let him bleed two Quarts and afterwards keep him warm from the Air for three or four days and give him warm Water to drink and a little Saliet-Oyl in it if he will drink it Another of the same Let him blood take of Garmander Four ounces of Gum-Dragon●● and of dead Roses of each an ounce Of Oyle ●live Four Ounce● put them into a quart of strong Ale and give it warm to the Horse to drink then ride him un●il he sweat and cl●ath him and keep him warm as afore●aid Of the Ague in the Head The cause of 〈◊〉 Disease proceeds either from cold or ●aking of too much heat or of a raw imperfect Digestion of the Stomach which proceeds principally also from full and foul f●●ding for betwixt the Stomach and the Brain ●s such Assinity as that they do equally communicate their ●amage● The Signs are these The hanging down of his ●ead his Eyes will swell and run with Water and he will ●orsake his Meat The Cure is to let him blood in the ●allet of his Mouth and rub it with Salt to make it bleed well then take a ●tick with a Linnen-cloath fastened to ●he end of it well anointed with the Oyl of Bay thrust it ●p and down his Nostrils thereby to open and purge his ●ead Also p●rfume him with the smoak of Garlick-stalks ●roken into small pieces Also air him with the smoak of ●rankincense belding the same in a Chafingdish under his Nostrills with a great Cloath cast over his Head and let be done Morning and Evening Keep him with spare ●yet and moderate Exercise the which will cleanse his ●●omack and make it empty then his brain will not be ●quieted Afterwards let him blood and give him good ●●●hes to drink for two days and no cold water as I ●●all write down the Causes of some Diseases that are most ●●known to the people so for those that they are so well ●●quainted with I shall only set down the Cures Of the sudden Sickness of a Horse The cause is for that the Heart which is the Charriot o● Life wherein the Soul of the Horse liveth wanting the use of the Veins and Arteries to carry the vital spirit o● heat to all the parts of the body to give the Horse feelling and ability to operation by reason of some obstructions of Humours and Cold which for want of Heat cannot be dissolved for that the nature of Cold is to bind and conglutinate together and keep them from their natura● Course proceeding from some violent Exercise and immoderate Feeding and Rest The sign is the sudden dejectment of his Countenance The Cure is to let him blood on both sides of the breast next the heart whereby the Veins and Arteries being evacuated and emptied the may begin to do that office whereunto Nature hath appointed them Let him bleed the quantity of two quarts then give him a comfortable drink to stir up the vital Spirits to actions viz. Take a quart of the best Sack and burn it with Grains Cloves and Cinnamon and a quarte● of a pound of the best Sug●r and burn it altogether with half a pint of Sallet-Oyl and Four pennyworth of the bes● Trea●le then ride him very gently till he begin to sweat and so turn him into the Stable and let him stand ●●● Meats but beware you do for him there according t● your direction and be sure you cloath him not too warin● for the Drink will throughly warm him and make hi● sweat let his drink be warm water wherein boyl Mallow● and a handful of Water-Cresses of Fennel and Parsly-seed o● each an Ounce and twice in a Morning or Evening whe● he is most fasting ride him gently a mile or two Of a Horse that cannot Piss Take a Pint of white Vinegar half a pound of Gimgree● bruise it small and wring out the Juice take a handful ● Fennel a handful of Fox-Gloves the Leaves or the Flower● two ounces of Grommel-seed and half a pint of sweet Honey stamp them well together and strain them into Vinegar le● him stand without Meat and Drink Twenty four hours Of the Pains in the Head Take a Pint of Malmsey Five new laid Eggs a head of bruised Garlick small Pepper Cinnamon and Nu●megs beaten fine give it him to drink three days together and let him fast five hours after To bring Hair again To bring Hair again take the Dung of Goats some Honey and Allum and the blood of a Hog boyl them together and being hot rub the place therewith Of the Stone and Cholick in a Horse Take a Pint of White Wine half a Pint of Burr-seed and beat them small two ounces of Purs●y-seed half a handful of Hop half a handful of new-set ●eeks and ha●● a handful of Water-Cresses half an ounce of Black-Soap and mingle them together stamp and strain them but put the Burr-seed and Parsley-seed to it after it is strained and then warm it and give it him to drink Of killing the Fire either in Burning or Shot Take Varnish or Oyl and Water beaten together and ●noint the place with

Cure The Cause hereof is great Heat and afterwards taking of Cold And First It beginneth with Rheum then the Glaunders and afterwards the Mourning of the Chine ●s it is usually termed but more truly and essentially it beginneth with the Rheum which proceedeth to Inflammation of the Liver and the Lungs by continual distilling upon them then to the Glaunders which is the Imposthumation thereof and lastly to an Exalaration which abruptly and untruly is called the Mourning of the Chine The Signs to know the Disease are these 1. The continual distilling of Rheum in the Head 2. The continuing Knobs betwixt the Jaws 3. The keeping of his Hair without casting 4. The continual running of thick stinking Matter at the Nose 5. The fastning and growing of a knob as big as a Walnut to the inside of one of the Jaws which if so commit his Carkass to the Crows for he is past all help The Cure for such a Horse as may be curable is to follow these Directions For the First which is Rheum the cure I have mentioned for the Cold in the Head For the Second which is a congealed substance gathered into two knobs betwixt the Jaws it is cured as the Glaunders For the Third which is k●eping still his Winter Coat and not casting off his Hair let him Blood often until you see that he hath pure and fine Blood and give him good Mashes made very strong with Malt and put in his Provender Polypodium of the Oak small cut the root of the White Lilly small cut of each a good quantity if he will eat and shred in also a quantity of Liverwort and if he be a Horse of value at every time a six penny weight of Rubarb and every Morning being Fasting give him a pint of the Drink prescribed for the preservation of the Lungs and keep him only with Wheat-straw but not Hay and old sweet and clean Oats The manner of Ordering him after this Every Morning after he hath taken that clean Drink ride him two or three Miles For the Fourth which is the thick running at the Nose continually clear his Head as hath been prescribed for the Cold in the Head and so in every part as the rest are prescribed only adding of purging Drinks viz. After all these prescribed Orders give him two several Mornings a pint of White-Wine an ounce and an half of Alloes half an ounce of Agarick two drams of Liquorish and Aniseeds and a spoonful of pure Hogs-grease warmed and well dissolved together and after he hath Purged the next day let him Bleed in both the Breast-Veins the quantity of a quart and still keep him with good Mashes and moderate Travel Give him every Morning fasting for Nine days after a pint of that Drink which I prescribed for the clearing of the Lungs For the Fifth If you find no amendment but a knob grown to his Jaw then you must give him a Purge with Pills as I have prescribed and if that help him not then without all doubt he is Remediless These following things are most excellent to put into Horses Provender to preserve them from Diseases The Powder of Wo●lfs Liver the Powder of Enula Campana the Powder of Polypodium of the Oak fine cut pieces of Ruburb the Powder of Brimstone made fine the Powder of Liquorish Aniseeds Fenugreek Turmerick Bay-berries Long-Pepper Agrimony Cammomile Wormwood Saven Linseed Smallage Parsley Rue Hysop Colts-foot Horehound and such l●ke Broken Wind the Cause The Causes why a Horse draws his Breath very short may be many as Sickness great Fulness or violent Exercise But the reason of the cause is For that the Heart being the only hottest part of the Body from whence the Arteries and Veins do carry the heat thereof to every part of the Body and therefore 't is truly said to be the Chariot of Life when that by Sickness Fulness or vio●ence of Exercise is choaked and as it were smothered with great heat then do the Lights being the Bellows to draw Breath according to that Office that Nature hath or●ained them unto presently labour with all Violence to draw it to cool and comfort the Heart and so consequent●y all the Members and parts of the Body to fill all the ●mpty corners with Air which naturally and in predomi●ant Qualities is moist and when they have drawn suf●cient Breath the driness and heat by the moisture of the Air is quenched which being so then doth the Creature ●raw Breath leisurely and coldly and not before but so ●ong as the Heart is oppressed by the violent heat of Sick●ess or by great Fulness or violent Exercise the Canes Pipes and Passages for the Breath are almost stopped ●nd choaked up then do the Lungs labour very extream ●●ick to preserve the life of the Creature which is the Heart and therefore it is said to be the first thing that Li●eth and the last that Dieth And to make the same a lit●e plainer Observe a Horse that is Broken-winded as ●he usual term is and you shall find that he setcheth his ●reath much shorter when he is kept in the Stable only with dry Meat than when he goeth to Grass and the ●nly reason is the coldness of the moist Food which ●epeth the Heart and all the Body in coolness because ●●e Humours that proceed from the digesture of Grass are ●ool and moist according to the natural qualities of Grass ●nd raw Herbs For a broken Wind the Cure Take the Dung of a Boar dried to Powder a spoonful Diapenthe two ounces the juice of Spanish Liquorish dissolved an ounce in a quarter of a pint of Ale put these into a pint of new Milk and give it him warm fasting repeat it for five or six Mornings and ride him a gentle pace after it if the Weather be warm or any ways seasonable without letting him water or eat any thing then put him into a warm Stable give him a Mash of Oats and split Beans and keep him clean Littered and free from any noisom Scents And the Lungs by this means as also the Wind pipe being cleansed the Breath by degrees if you do not over labour heat or ride him in too much rainy Weather will return to its former easie and moderate Breathings A most Soveraign Drink to preserve a Horse's Lungs and Liver clear the most excelling Knowledge in a Horseman or Farrier Take the Tartar of White-Wine Lees which is no other than the Lees of White-Wine dried to Powder an ounce and a half of Isop two handfuls of Colts-foot two handfuls of Horehound one handful of Enula Campana-Roots an ounce four Liquorish-sticks bruised Aniseeds an ounce Red Sugar-candy four ounces boyl them all in a quart of Ale and when it is half boyled put to it of Hysop-water twice Distilled one pint boyl them again then strain it and give it him very warm to drink the charge hereof is very small If you have a delicate Horse and have Cleared him and Dieted him for I would not

a Feather Of a Horse that stumbleth which is called the Cords This is called the Cords The Cord is a Sinew that ●reedeth amongst the Sinews the one end cometh down ●o the shankle Vein and so up thorough the Leg goeth ●ver the inner side of the Knee and so over the Shoulder ●●d so along the Neck by the Wesant and it goeth over ●he Temples under his Eye down over the Snout betwixt ●oth the Nostrils and the Gristle there knit the length ●f an Almond take a sharp knife and cut a slit even at ●●e Top of his Nose just with the point of the Gristle ●pen the slit and you shall perceive a white string take ● up with a Boars Tooth or a Bucks Horn that is crook●d or some crooked Bodkin and twine it about the ●rait and cut it asunder you may twine it so much as that you may rear his foot from the ground and then stirch up the slit and anoint it with Butter and the Horse doubtless will be cured Of the Canker The Cure is let him blood abundantly in the Veins that be next to the Sore then take of Allum one pound of white Coperas a quartern and a good handful of Salt boyl them together in fair running water from a pottle to a quart this water being warm put part thereof into a dish and with a Clout wash the same till it begin for to bleed and let it dry then take of Black-Soap one pound and of ●uick-silver half an ounce and incorporate them till that the Quick-silver be not seen and always after you have washed the same with a slice cover the Ulcer with this Medicine till it be whole but he sure still to let the blood he about the Ulcer for many days together and when it is killed then cast upon it the powder of unslack'd Lime or of Brimstone Of the Farcin This Ulcer is not unknown to any that have enjoyed Horses and yet unknown almost to all I mean the true cause of this Disease and the Cure some say it is a corruption of Blood some an outward hurt as of pur-galling biting of Ticks Hogs-Lice or such like some say an infi●mity bred in the Breast near the Heart and in the side Vessel● and God near the Stones many evil humours congealed together which afterwards disperse themselves into the Thighs and sometimes into the Head and do send forth wa●ry humours into the Nostrils and then it is called the ●unning Farcin Indeed if the true Cause of a Disease be known the Disease it self is easily cured The Mange the Lep●●sie and this Disease of the ●arcin are most perni●ions to a Horse for oftentimes it falleth out that many Horse● infected therewith though they live and the Disease ●●●meth to be healed yet are they rendred of small or no use For my own part I conjecture the cause of this Disease grow● either from abundance of bad Blood or by a great Dis●●mper of the Blood through a violent heat changed into a sudden cold To cure this Distemper first let him blood on both sides of the Neck three quarts at least for it is most certain that the Loyns which is then the Fountain of Blood is corrupted and so sendeth the Fume into every part of the Body as to become loathsome to behold Then give him this drink Take a Gallon of fair water put into it a good handful of Rue a good spoonful of Hemp-seed and a handful of the inner Rinde of green Elder bruise them in a Morter together and seeth it till it he half consumed and being cold give it him to drink Evermore continue to let him blood in that Vein which is nearest to the sore place a great quantity as you see occasion let his Diet be thin but very clean and sweet then take this approved Medicine following which though the Disease be never so foul it will undoubtedly ●ure it Take of Herbgrace a handful Fetherfew a handful of Chick-weed of the House a handful of Kikswood a ●andful of Heart-Robert a handful keep the residue thereof in a Pipkin close cover'd in the earth stop the mouth thereof close with Herb-grace and Dock-leaves and a green Turf laid upon it no air to come in and every third day untye his Ears and dress it and so continue it till all the Facine be dead for undoubtedly at three or four dressings it will kill it wash all the Hearbs so clean that no durt nor filth be on them Boyl Chamberlye and Bay-Salt with a little Copper as and Strong-Netties to wash the Sores if need be but beware of burning them either with Fire or other Corrosives for although it may kill the Ulcer yet being dispersed it will burn and scorch the Horses skin for burning doth purse the Skin and maketh it run together so as the Horse will never after prosper I would have you get cases of Leather fasten'd to a head-stall made hollow like the shape of a Horses Ears or make them lank-eared which thing the Sadlers will help you in for many times by long binding the Ears are spoiled so as that they must be cut off After that you see the filthy Ulcer kill'd and dead yet you must know whether the Blood is still putrified and corrupted therefore you must at least let him blood but always in several places And when you see the Blood fine and pure then give him some good scouring Drink a quart of White-wine a quarter of an ounce of Rhubarb in very thin s●●ices and laid in steep all night an ounce and an half of Alloes in powder dissolved therein half an ounce of Agarick an ounce of Sena steeped in the Wine all night and Three Races of Ginger sliced and laid also in steep all night and two ounces of Syrup of Roses but the Ruburb Sena and Ginger take out of the Wine before you put in the other Simples and then make it blood warm and give it the Horse and so let him rest all that day giving him nothing but Wheat-Straw at night and the next day following a Bottle of sweet strong Wort and a quarter of a pint of Treacle and keep him warm After all this wash his Body with Bucklye and Black-Soap and after cloath him and give him a sweat and he will recover Of the Fistula This is a filthy Ulcer also bred from some Ulcer not throughly cured The Remedy is to search the depth thereof with a Quill or some o●●er Instrument of Lead for unless you find the bottom it is hard to cure and having found the bottom if it be in a place where you may cut with a Razor make a slit against the bottom so wide that you may boldly thrust in your Finger to feel if any Bone or Gristle be perished or spungy or loose Flesh which must be gotten out then boyl a quartern of Honey and an ounce of Verdegrease in Powder stiring it continually until it look red then Tent therewith and Boulster with Flax that

the Horse's head to the rack so as he may not bite the sore place and let him stand for the space of Two or Three Hours for in that time the anguish will be gone and the Medicine shall have done working then put the Horse to his Meat either in the House or Abroad And the Concression will fall away of it self which seen you may heal up the Sore Of the Retreat or cloging the Foot with the pick of a Nail The Cure is Turperntine Wax and Sheeps-Suet moulten together and pour into it melted and hot Of Surbaiting The Cure is take off his Shooes and make his Feet very clean but pare no hoof away then tack a hollow Shooe on and take half a pound of the Sword of Bacon a quarter of a pound of White-Soap a handful of Burnet a handful of Bay-leaves and Four or Five Branches of the Herb Grace stamp them well and fry them and lay them to his Feet as hot as you can both under and over the Foot and keep him dry renewing the Cure as you find occasion Four or Five times till it be perfected Another When you find your Horse to be Surbaited presently clap to each of his Fore Feet two new laid Eggs and crush them therein and then upon the top of them lay good store of Cow-dung thus stop him four hours and he will recover Instructions in giving of Fire or using of Corrosives which heal all sorts of Farcies Cankers Fistulas Leprosies Mangies Scabs c. There are two ways to give Fire the One actual and the other potential the First is done by Medicine either Corrosive Putrefactive or Caustick The actual Fire stoppeth the Corruption of Members and stancheth blood provided the Sinews Cords and Ligaments be not touched the best instruments to Cauterize or Sear with are of Gold or Silver the second best are of Copper the worst of Iron The Potential Fires are Medecines Corrosive Putrefactive or Caustick as we said before Corrosives are simple or compound the simple Corrosives are Roch-Allum burnt and unburnt Red Coral Mercury sublimed c. The Compound Vnguintum Apostolorum Vnguintum Aegiptiacum and Vnguintum Coroceum with others Medicines Putrefactive are your Arsnick Resalgar Chrisocolo and Aconitum Medicines which are Caustick are strong Iye Lime Vitriol Aquafortis and the like Corrosives are weaker than Putrefactives and Putrefactives are weaker than Causticks Corrosives work in the fost Flesh Putrefactives in ihe hard and Causticks break the sound Skin Thus you see the Use of these things you may apply them at your Pleasure for these cure all sorts of Farcies Cankers Fistula's Leprosies Maungies Scabs and such like poisonous Infections Of a Horse that is prick'd in the Foot with a Nail or otherwise The Cure is Cut the mouth of the Hole where the Prick is as broad as a Two-penny piece and search it clean for else it may prove very dangerous for Remedy take a handful of red Nettles and beat them in a Mortar put thereinto a spoonful of red Vinegar and a spoonful of black Soap and three spoonfuls of Boars-Grease or salt Bacon beat them altogether and make a Salve thereof and thrust as much into the Sore as you can and stop it from falling out let it take no Wet and it shall never rot farther Of the Quitterbone This is a breaking out of the top of the Cronet of the Hoof commonly on the inside and it cometh by pricking or gravelling it will break forth with Matter or a little deep Hole like a Thistle The Cure is To burn it about with a hot Iron then take of Arsnick the quantity of a Bean beaten into fine Powder and put into the bottom of the Hole with a Quill stop the mouth of the Hole close with Tow and bind it so that the Horse may not come at it with his Mouth and so let him rest that day the next if the Hole look black it is a good sign then tent it with Hogs-grease and Turpentine molten together with a Tent of Tow and cover it with a Bolster of Tow dipt in that Ointment continue so to do till you have got out that Core and then see whether the loose Gristle in the bottom be uncovered and feel with your Finger or a Quill if you be nigh it and if you be raise it with a crooked Instrument and pull it out with a pair of Nippers and then tent it with the said Ointment and after take Honey and Verdegrease boiled together till it look red and heal it therewith laid upon Tow. Take heed that it heal not too soon or close up too suddenly Of the Hoof-bound This is a shrinking together of the whole Coffin of the Hoof whereby the Tuel of the Foot which is inclosed in the same is so pinched that the Horse is very lame therewith and especially after Travel and if you knock them they will sound a little like to an empty Bottle and if both Feet be not bound you shall apparently see the Hoof that is bound to be less than the other This proceeds from suffereing the Feet to remain dry after great Travel This Distemper is also common with a Fennets or Asses Hoofs for that only wrinkleth and waxeth brittle and by reason of the breadth and shallowness of the Hoof it cannot inclose the Tuel of the Foot to strengthen it and yet it is the worst Hoof. The Cure is to open the Feet in the Quarters very much so that you may well lay your Thumb betwixt the Frush of the Foot and the end of the Coffin where it principally bindeth then raise both the Quarters of the Hoof with a Drawer from the Cronet unto the Sole of the Foot so deep as you see the Dew come out and also two rases of each side then open the Foot within and let him bleed in the Toes if it be old the Blood will be as cold almost as Water f●r that it hath not been fed with Blood wherein the vital Spirit is and that is the cause of the Coldness whereby it i● apparent that the Hoof hath not prospered but starved for you shall see the Frush and all the sole of the Foot shrunk up and starved then take away the sole of the Foot and stop it with Nettles and Salt bruised gently together not over hard renewing it once a day for nine days and be sure every day twice to anoint the Cronet of the Hoof and at the end of the nine days be sure every day twice throughly to anoint the Cronet of the Hoof and after the nine days end let his Feet be stopped with Bran and Hogs-grease boiled together bound too as hot as may be but still anoint the Hoof and when you put him to Grass let him not wear any Shooes but put him into a Marsh or Meadow deep of Grass whereby his Feet will be always wet and so enlarged again Some ignorantly call this Dry-Foundering when as all Foundering in that Foot proceeds from the

or so much Butter an ounce of Benedick Luxature and pour it into his Fundament with a little Horn and hold his Tail close to his Fundament whilst another doth lead him and so keep it in him as long as you can and after keep him warm and give him warm Water to drink All these Infirmities are cured by the Whey only contained in this following Medicine The Bloody-Rifts the Bladders the Lampus all Mouth-Cankers all Hurts in the Mouth The Tongue-hurt the Paps the Tooth-ach the Shedding of Hair the Fetter-worm Take of New-Milk three quarts a good handful of Plantain let it boil till a full pint be consumed then take six ounces of Allum and an ounce and a half of White-Sugar-candy both being made in a very fine Powder six spoonfuls of strong Wine-Vinegar and put them into the Milk then let it boyl a little till it have a hard Curd then drain it and save the Whey wherewith you shall first bathe the Sore the Whey being warm then with a clean Cloth dry the Sore and apply this Salve to it Take of Turpentine Yellow-wax and Hogs-grease ground to a fine Powder and ounce and a half mix all these together on a soft Fire and then put it in a Gally-pot and let it cool but in case where the Bruise is not broken nor is likely to break you must apply another Medicine which I shall hereafter acquaint you with For the Yellows The Cause hereof is also the abundance of bad Humors the Cure is plain let him Blood if you see it yellow a Pottle then give him a quart of White-Wine of Saffron and Fenugreek of each half an ounce and the juice that is wrung out of two handfuls of Selandine and being Blood-warm give it him and keep him warm and with good Mashes wherein put two spoonfuls of the Powder of Brimstone some will give in this drink the green ordure of Ge●se strained For the Surfeiting and Foundring of the Body The Cause of this Disease is over-much eating after Labour whilst the Horse is hot whereby his meat not being digested breedeth evil Humors which by little and little do spread through all the parts of the Body and at length oppress the whole Body and so do take away his Strength that he hath not power to go or move his Joints and being laid is not able to rise whereby he wanteth the use of pissing as also of dunging Nature being overcome then doth the Humour rule the body to the destruction of it In like manner it is when the Horse being over hot with Travel drinketh so much as the Cold thereof suppresseth his natural Heat the Cause is that the evil Humours being predominant according to their Nature being heavy and moist immediately fall down into the Horse's Legs and Feet and there rest which if not prevented will make great gordy Limbs as the Pains Cratches Spavins Wind-galls casting of the Hoofs and such like The Cure hereof must be according to your Effects that are wrought in the Horse if it be perceived as when the Hair beginneth to stare that he will be chill and shrug for Cold forsake his Meat hang down his Head quiver after cold Water and after two or three days begin to cough which is a sign that his surfeit is not great and that he may be thus cured Cover his Belly with the Glister last mentioned and give him this Drink Take of Malmsey a quart of Sugar half a quatern of Cinamon half an ounce of Liquorice and Aniseeds of each two spoonfuls beaten into ●●ne Powder put into it Malmsey and give it him Blood-warm keep him warm let him drink nothing but warm water four or five days after let him Blood For the Collick The Cause of this Disease is twofold either it proceeds from abundance of Humours or of Wind and although it be Wind yet I judge the Original to be an Obstruction of Humours which will not suffer the Wind to have its free passage which otherwise Nature would expel as his Enemy The Cures may be divers and because it is a Disease that few Farriers understand I will set down several Cures that if one thing cannot be speedily procured another may First it may be an Obstruction for that the Horse hath the stone and cannot stale for this take a quart of White-Wine half a pint of Bur-seed beaten small two ounces of Parsly-seed of Smallage Saxafrage the Roots of Philapendula Gromwel-seed and Broom-seed of each two ounces beaten to fine Powder a good handful of Water-Cresses and lay them in steep all Night and in the Morning strain them clean and put into it a little Black-Soap and a little Butter and ride him until that he begin to sweat then set him in a Stable with a great quantity of sweet Litter under him and cloath him warm and so let him stand Meatl●ss seven or eight hours then give him dried Oats and warm Water with a quantity of Sallet-Oyl to drink and before he have this Drink let him fast all Night Another Cure for the same Take a pound of Malmsey of Cloves Pepper Cinamon of each an ounce of Sugar half a quartern and give it the Horse lukewarm and Labour him upon it an hour that be dung and stale keep him to warm Water but if he be a stoned Horse there is not any better thing than for him to have his full desire with a Mare Another for the same If you think that it proceeds chiefly from Wind it may be so occasioned when he is ridden hot and set up cold he will pine away and forsake his Meat keep him empty all Night in the Morning take a quart of White-Wine four ounces of Fenugreek seven ounces of Bayes as much Cor● Pepper an ounce of Grains an ounce of Ginger two handfuls of Water-Cresses a handful of Sage a pound of Sea-green and wring out the Juice Another of Mint stamp them and put them into a pint of White-Wine and let them stand on the fire till they boyl strain them out and give it him Blood-warm with a little Honey For Surfeiting with Provender When a Horse hath eaten more than his stomack can well digest he is in such pain as that he is not able to stand but lyeth and walloweth as if he had the Bots the danger whereof I have written The Cure is to let him Blood and to draw his Yard and wash it put a piece of a Clove of Garlick into it to make him piss also to rake him behind and give him a glister with the Water of Sodden-Mallows Fresh-Butter and Sallet-Oyl keep him harm and let him eat very little for four or five days These Infirmities are cured by the following Medicine All Convulsion of Sinnews all Cramps whatsoever your Neck-crick the Shoulder-Splat all swelled Legs the Over-reach of the Back-Sirew all Wind-Galls Wrenches in the nether J●in●s all Bruises unbroke all Strains whatsoever Take strong Vinegar or Patch-grease or Peece-grease of each a like quantity

Vermine have pist upon which will cause the Horses mouth to he surred or clammy so that he will not eat The Cure is to let him blood in two great Veins under the Tongue and to wash his mouth with Vinegar and Salt and to give him new Bread that is not hot For the Heat in the Mouth Turn up the upper Lip and jag it with a Lancet that it may bleed and wash it with Vinegar and Salt For the Canker in the Mouth Wash the sore place with strong Vinegar made thick with the Powder of Allum two or three days together to destrroy the exulcerate matter then take a quart of fair Water of Allum four ounces of Honey four or five spoonfuls of Maudlin Leafes Sage Leafes and Columbine Leafes of each a handful boil all these together till half be consumed and then every day being warmed wash the same two or three times a day and it will heal it For the Barbels or Paps under the Tongue The Cure is to clip them away and to wash them with Vinegar and Salt For the Hurt of the Tongue with a Bit. The Cure is To wash it with Allum-water then take Black Bramble Leafes and chop them with Jard and put them within a Clout and make them as round as a Ball then dip the same in Honey and anoint the Tongue therewith until it be whole For the Giggs in the Mouth They are Swellings with black Heads growing in the inside of the Lip The Cure is to slit them and thrust out the Corruption and to wash the same with Vinegar and Salt These Infirmities are cured by the Medicine following Manginess in the Main Manginess in the Tail the Mallander the Sellander the Pains the Scratches all kibed Heels The Leprosie the Farcyn the General Scab all Lice or Nits or other Vermin First in any wise you shall let the Horse blood in the Neck-Vein and suffer him to bleed very well because the Corruption of the Blood is the only Breeder of these Infirmities having with a Knife Lancet Curry-comb Hair-cloth and such like opened the Knots and Pistules and rubbed away all Scurf and Filthiness laying the Sores open and raw as it were ready to bleed then you shall take of Yellow Arsnick or White Mercury beaten to a fine Powder or Belagar and clarified Hogs-grease of each a like quantity and beat them well together till they come to a perfect Ointment then having tied the Horse's Head up fast to the Rack in such wise that he can neither lick nor bite himself with this Ointment anoint all the Sores and other offended places very well over holding some hot Bar of Iron or Fire-shovel heated against the same that the Ointment may the better and speedier soak in and being thus anointed let him stand the space of two or three hours at the least tyed as aforesaid which done take of the strongest Urine you can get and with the same wash away all the Ointment wheresoever it was laid and then untye the Horse and put him to his Meat and thus do once a day till the Sores dry up and begin to waste away For the Bleeding at the Nose This may be derived from many Causes which cannot be truly known as proceeding from within the Body and therefore I shall only direct how to cure the same Take a pint of Red-Wine and put thereinto a quarter of Bole-Armony beaten into a fine Powder and put the one half into his Nostrils that bleedeth holding up his Head and this may do well if in the Nostril or Head there be the original Cause the next day give him the rest into his body and that will surely bind his Body and it may help the bleeding inward Another Remedy for the same Let him blood in the breast-Breast-Veins of each a pint for that is most likely to turn the Course of the Blood take two or three spoonfuls of his Blood and put it into a Sawcer and boyl it until it be dried to a powder then take the Powder thereof and blow it into his Nostrils h●d if it come of a Wound put it into the same and it will presently stanch it as also Horse-dung Asses-dung Hogs-dung Sage-Leases bruised and put into the Wound or take of Frank●ncense an ounce of Aloes half an ounce and beat them into a fine Powder and mingle them throughly with the Whites of Eggs until it be as thick as Honey and with soft Hares-hair thrust his Nostrils so full as that it cannot fall out And lastly some will throw cold Water upon him against his Hair and 't is likely that the over-cooling of him that way may stop the Flux thereof And this a worthy experienced Friend of mine did use to do if at any time such a sudden Accident did happen Of the Vines This Distemper proceedeth from the Corruption of Blood The Cure is Draw them with a hot Iron right-down the midst from the Root of the Ear so far as the Tip of the Ear will reach being pulled down and again under the Root of the Ear with a hot Iron draw two strikes on each side like this Figure ‡ then in the midst of the first line lance them with a Lancelet or Razor taking hold of the Kernels with a pair of Pinchers but beware that you touch them not with your bare Fingers pull them so far out with your Pinchers as that you may cut the Kernels out without hurting the Vein then fill the Hole full of Salt Another Cure for the same Take Aegremony Honey and Violet-Leafes stamp them together and slit the Sinew under the Ear and lay a Plaister thereunto two or three days For the Canker in the Nose This proceeds from corrupt Blood and consumed Flesh which makes it raw within and in the end will eat the Gristle thereof it will also cause the Horse to bleed at the Nose and to yield a filthy savour The Cure is take of green Coperas and Allum of each a pound and of white Coperas one quarter of a pound boyl these in a Pottle of running Water ●●il it ●●●alf consumed then take it off and put into it half a part of Honey hold up his Head with a staff but not too high and with a Squirt squirt the Water being lukewarm three or four times together into his Nostrils and give him liberty to blow out the filthy matter least you choak him and with a Stick and a Rag wash his Nostrils twice a day until he be whole Another Cure for the same If you see the Canker be of great heat and burning in the Sore with exceeding Pain take the Juice of Purslane Lettice Sorrel and Night-shade and wash the Sore with a fine Clout and with a Squirt wash the same and this will kill it For the Canker of the Eyes This proceeds from the Corruption of the Blood by reason whereof you shall see many red Pimples both within and without the Eye and through Inflamation the Eye will look

pound of black Soap and boyl them together till they look like Tar and anoint and rub all his Body therewith so as that it may drink it in then Cloath him and stuff his Head and Neck close and all the parts of his Body to bring him into a great Sweat give him a pint of White-wine two ounces of Alloes and half an ounce of Agarick infused therein beaten small putting therein three spoonfuls of clarified Hogs-grease and if that will not do give him every day a Glister keep him warm and well rubbed then give him small Ale to drink wherein Mallows and Liquorish have been boiled let his Diet be small but sweet and good For a cold in the Head The cause hereof proceeds from some Heat or standing too much still or from having some Air piercing his Head when he is hot or from some Humours congealed after long Rest and full Feeding or through his wanting of moderate Exercise to expell the same The Signs are a continual distilling Rheum waterish Eyes or his short drawing of Breath at the Nostrils when the Canes and the Passages of the Breath are stopped The Cure is Put upon his Head a double Hood and every Morning when he is Fasting ride him take two Goose Feathers dipp'd in Oyl of Bay and thrust them up into his Nostrils through the ends whereof with a Needle put two Threads to fasten the same to the Head-stall so as the Feathers cannot fall out and to the Snaffle or Bit that he is ridden with fasten a root or two of Polypodium of the Oak which hath been steeped all Night in Spike Oyl and every time you ride him anoint the same with the said Oyl and when he cometh home put on his Head the double Hood and Perfume him hot with Frankincense casting a Cloath over his Head Use him thus nine days together and give him warm Water or good Mashes during the said nine days for all Rheums having continuance are dangerous and many times having continuance Remediless and leave behind them a worse Disease than themselves These Infirmities are cured by the Medicine following The Poll-Evil The swelling after Blood-letting The Weathers hurt galled Backs Sit-fasts The Navel-Gall Fistula's Biteing with Venomous Beasts or Worms For any of these filthy Impostumations Galls or Swellings you may take the Earth-loam of a Mud-wall which hath no Lime in it but only Earth Straw or Litter and you shall boil it in strong Wine-Vinegar till it become very thick like a Poultess then being very hot apply it to the Sore renewing it once in Twelve or Twenty four hours and it will not only ripen and break it but also Draw it Search it and Heal it most perfectly as Experience will manifest For the Glaunders The original cause of this Disease is the Rheum which being an aboundant Moisture and naturally very cold at length congealeth according to the nature of Cold and then proceedeth to Kernels and so to Inflamations which become so great in the end that they seem to strangle and stop the breath of the Horse from whence he is said to have the Strangles and by continuance of time the same perish either the Liver or the Lungs by a continual distilling of putrify'd and corrupt Matter The Signs are apparent to every Man that hath Sight and the diversity or Medicines infinite The beginning always of this Disease is taking of Cold after too much Heat the which cannot be avoided from a Horse that hath full Feeding and great Rest more especially if his Diet be naught or by the use of continual Travel upon a full Stomach or before his Body be made clean after long rest for the standing Pool is ever Muddy The Cure is First Clear his Head as is prescribed for the Cold of the Head in every part if he be able to be Rid or Walked that he may receive Breath then give him this Drink Take a pint of Malmsey and six penny-worth of the best Treacle and a quarter of a pint of sweet fresh Butter then presently rub him under the Jaws with plenty of Hogs Grease and leave it thick anointed then make him this Poultis Take two handfuls of Mallows a handful of Wormwood as much Rue and as much Smallage a quart of Wheat-bran and a quart of Hogs-grease boil them together and stir them continually in the boiling untill the Hogs-grease be almost consumed and being as hot as may be suffered bind it under his Jaws and Thropel and wrap all his Head very warm leaving Air for his Mouth and Nostrils then Air him again with Frankincense and keep him warm in the Stable and so let him rest with that Poultis twenty four hours The next Morning give him a quart of the best New-Ale with a spoonful of the Powder of Liquorish and Aniseeds and a good piece of Butter blood warm then rub his Nostrils with a clout bound to the end of the Stick well anointed with Oyl of Bay and Butter then remove the Poultis and if you find the Kernels and Inflammation to be very soft Lance them through and stop the holes full of Hogs-grease and Turpentine boiled hot together and soft Tow boiled therein then warm some of your Poultis and bind it on as before but not altogether so hot and so let it remain untill the next day How to order the Horse after this for a perfect Cure Keep his Head warm as before If he will eat give him clean sweet Oats steeped in New-Ale or Maimsey if he will eat them and Wheat straw but no Hay Give him no cold Water for nine days but good Mashes if he will take them Keep him in a spare Diet and every day g●ntly walk or ride him if he be able then keep him warm after it and if it be possible let him sweat every day a little and after rub him very dry and let him not drink in his sweat In his Provender Take of the root of white Lilly of the root of Enula Campana and of the root of Polypodium of the Oak very finely cut or chopped the quantity of two Spoonfuls every Morning that you give him Provender and be sure that he be hungry and eager of Provender when you give it him and so continue for Nine days and besure that you keep him very hungry and as hath been said with spare Diet. At the Nine days end give him his purging Drink Take a quart of White-Wine or of strong Alewort an ounce and an half of Alloes beaten into Powder half an ounce of Agarick two spoonfuls of the Powder of the Root of Enula Campana three spoonfuls of Honey brew them well together give it him blood-warm and keep him warm Within six days after let him blood and if it be good take but a quart but if very bad take two quarts at least After this use him both in Feeding and Labour moderately and he will afterwards be in perfect Health The Mourning of the Chine its Cause and