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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

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

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

circle of the piercing more distant from the edge o' th' toe then from the edge of the Quarter because every Smith knoweth that there is more hold to be taken with less danger in respect of the Tuel and Quick of the Foot and all the Nails would be untoled without Shoulders which will so sink and strongly fill the Hole as that the Shooe will be well fixed and by cutting the Hoof a little with the point of a Knife let the Clin●h be clean hid the which shooing should always be done eight or ten Days before you travel your Horse for by that time the Hoof will be grown to the Nails to hold the Shooe fast And for the helping of interfering you must keep him full of Flesh and always preserve the Coffins on the inside of the Hoofs without paring away more than to make them even for the Shoes and abate the outside of the Coffin of the same Foot and besides make the Sponges of the Shooes on the inside of the Shooes much thicker then the outside How to know a Horse that is durable and of continuance in Journey c. This observation must also be from his shape the others follow First It is to be considered that Strength is the cause of the continuance of Travel then consider in what part of the Body of the Horse that Streng●h prin●ipa●ly and naturally resteth for as the Strength of the Bull is naturally in the neck of the Lyon and Bear in the p●ws of the Dog in the chops so of the Horse in the fore-part wh●re Nature hath imposed the Burthen and th●●e is and must be his principal force and strength the whi●st fore-part must be deep and broad from the point of his too or 〈◊〉 to the Bottom of his chest or breast hi● 〈…〉 the lid or cover of a trunck whereby he will appear broad full round and bearing out in the chest or breast with an evenness of chest and belly to the flank so as that his belly hung not deeper than his chest nor his chest deeper then his belly with lean upright and strait pasterns somewhat narrow hoofed towards the toe assure your selves such a Horse will be durable and as good almost at the end of his labour as at the beginning if he be of a contrary shape then will his actions be contrary namely the longer he is travel'd the more Jade How to know a free and perfect spirited Horse This powerful spirit proceeds from the vital spirit and arterial blood that goes wandring through the whole body to stir up the power of the Beast to give him force and vigour to work and as this spirit is of substance most pure so when it is plentifully infused it maketh and worketh all the Creature and quality of the same pure so as Man not knowing or finding the reason cannot but wonder at the work and Workmaster Wherefore for the satisfaction and confirmation of this Proposition how to know a perfect quick and free-spirited Horse you must also still retain all the description of shape before describ'd by all which discriptions you shall assuredly know his qualities only upon the view as if you had made tryal of him many years but if the Horse be defective in his shape as I have describ'd then assure your self that he wanteth that natural perfection I have referred the rule unto Observe then I beseech you that a perfect Horse by Nature is thus shap'd viz. a lean slender head broad fore-head great black eyes full and plain over the lids slender thin and lean jaws broad thin long and a high reared neck the head set to the neck as naturally as a Ram's head when he sighteth high withers and a deep broad chest or breast his ribs of an equal evenness from his chest to his flank lean upright pasterns with a lean and deep hoof such a Horse assure thy self will be found in all his actions naturally bold loving easie sure-footed durable and free-going But because I know and do assure my self that unus Mens no est capax tanti Motis that it is unpossible that one head should be so well furnish'd as to neglect the opinions of the antient Writers I have therefore annexed their Description humbly submitting my self to the censure of the Experienced and Learned Of the Shape of a Horse The last thing to know a good Horse is his Shape which originally made by God was no doubt most excellent for the works of God were all perfect The particular Observations and Descriptions of the perfect shape of a Horse are in number 32 against which I question not but that there may be Objections raised which I will not trouble my self to answer as being conscious that what I shall write of this Subject I have partly by experience and partly received from the most approved Authors I will begin with the Hoof and so ascend till the whole Body be described First therefore they say That the Hoof should be black smooth dry large round and hollow Some write That if it be soft and tender and the Heel broad that is a sign of lightness and that the Male will from her Foaling tread light upon the ground being afraid to trust her Hoofs being tender and therefore straineth her Legs and Back the more 2d Rule is That the Hoofs should be small and heavy answerable to the Joynt that it should be hairy his Fetterlock to be good in that it also answereth his nature 3. That his Pasterns should be short neither too low nor too high and therewithal strong beneath nor apt to founder the strength of the Pastern being the uprightness thereof 4. That his Joynts ought to be great with long Fetter-locks behind this greatness of his Joynts must also be answerable to the proportion of his Body 5. That his Legs ought to be strait and broad 6. That his Knees should be great lean and plain 7. That his Thighs should be full of sinews tho Bones whereof to be short equal just well proportion'd that when he standeth with his Legs together they should be more distant one from another towards the Breast then beneath which proceeds from the fulness and breadth of the Breast which causeth that distance 8. That his Shoulders should be long large and full of flesh proportionable to his Body 9. That his breast should be large and round 10. That his Neck should be rather long than short great towards the Breast bending in the midst and slender towards the Head 11. That his Ears should be small sharp and upright 12. That his Forehead should be lean and large that largeness to be both of breadth and length according to his natural proportion 13. That his Eyes should be great and black 14. That the hollowness of his Brows be well filled and shooting outward 15. That his Jaws should be slender and lean 16. That his Nostrils should be open and puffed up that you may see the red within apt for Air. 17. That

a shuffling manner and is a false Pace which had been taught him by an Unskilful Hand and he will be apt to fall out of it into a Trot or in a short time forget it As for Racking This is a Pace most used in Hunting or riding Post being between a Pace and full Gallop by some termed a full Speed yet little differs from Ambling except in being more Swift and of a shorter Tread tho' in Ambling the Ground is better ridded yet this pace is more easie and highly approved by many expert Horse-men who use particularly to teach it tho' I find no certain Rule to it but conclude it a Motion natural to most Horses that are brought to the Amble As for the Gallop It is most appropriated to the Trotting Horse for falling out of his Trot he has no other pace but the Gallop as likewise a Horse well used to Racking will naturally take this Motion but the Pace is very aukward to be brought to it although in a while with good Usage and Gentleness he may be brought to it and the reason why this is at first irksome to him is because having been trained to a set Pace when he is forced to a Motion somewhat of the like nature tho' much swifter by straining to swiften his pace he scambles with his Legs but in a Month's time understanding the alteration he will be apt enough to take it with little trouble however beware that you Gallop him not too often nor to Excess lest it spoil his pace rendring it hard coming something near the Trot by reason of Straining Observe in the cleverness of Galloping that your Horse raises his Feet nimbly from the Ground but not too high that neither he rouleth or beateth himself but stretching forth his fore-Legs his hinder Legs keep Time cleverly and swiftly that he cuts not his Knee nor crosses or strikes one Foot against another but still leadeth with his far-Foot If he Gallop short and round his fore Feet well rising denotes him Strong but not Swift and so consequently fitter for War than Racing If you perceive he takes up his Legs consusedly as if he did it in pain he will never make a good Galloper for it denotes the Sinnews to be shrank that with little Travel he 'll often be subject to Halting and Lameness As for the Trot it i● natural to all Horse's but the loftly prancing Trot is for War accounted the best and that for Travel that rids most Ground with least pain to the Horse he taking up his Feet cleverly and even from the Ground without Interfering The Running Horse or Racer how to Manage Feed Physick bring to the Post-start c. Having spoken pretty largely as to what hitherto relate● to this noble Creature in many Particulars I shall now for the Accomodation of Gentlemen and others who have much desired it give Directions Plain Easie and with as little Charge as possible how to Order and Manage a Horse for bringing him to run a Race or more properly to be Matched I know that there were some who aver It is impossible it should be done under six Months others allow five and none of past times under This I look upon as a design not so much to rob a Gentleman of half a Year's Pleasure as to put him to treable Charges to the advantage of such who undertake to look to and order Running-Horse's and therefore I thought fit to Undeceive such as have been Imposed on by plainly laying down a nearer less Chargeable and more easie Method altogether as safe and Effectual Viz. If you design to Match your Horse consider well the State of his Body and do it not inconsiderately and this may be observed in three Particulars 1. If he be Foul or Fat or newly taken from Grass or Soil 2. Note If he be very Poor or lean by over-Traveli●g Infirmity or hidden Cause you cannot at present discover 3. Take notice if he has had good Usage moderate Exercise and be in good Estate and Plight And from these observe in the first Case to take a longer time for Keeping Matching and bringing him into good Order fit for Running which indeed if long is the most violent of Exercise in this case get two Months or if you can something more In the second Estate of the Horse's Body you need not take so long a time especially in case only of Leanness because the Grease cannot injure him and you may exercise him with his Feeding that is at all seasonable times In the third Estate which I consider as a Mean between the other Extreams he may be Dieted for the Match in a Month or six Weeks But to come nearer to my purpose I allow two Months to be a sufficient time to prepare a Horse under any of these Estates of Body to run a Match and these for the better leading to the end of what I purpose may properly be divided into shorter Periods of time viz. The first Fortnights Ordering the Running-Horse c. If the Horse be Fat or Foul newly taken from Grass or Soil and you have or intend to Match him bring him to a clean dry Stable Litter him well and over Night give him two Quarts of splent Beans and as many dry Oats Rub him down and Litter him well with dry clean Wheat-straw and early in the Morning rouse him if laid dip his Bit in Beer and put on his Bridle dress him and cleanse him in all Parts if the Weather be cold have a large strong Body-cloath of Kersey but in warm Weather Cotton or such light Matters will do for in Heats you must be very careful he take no Cold or Surfeit fold this well about his Body plaee on his Saddle bring close the fore-most Girt but the other leave so loose as to thrust a Whisp between it and the Horse's Body let your Breast-cloath cover his Shoulders and washing his Mouth with ●eer ●eave him for an Hour then lead him forth and Rack him gently in even Ground a Mile or more then Gallop moderately up some Hill so Rack or Walk him down again then Cool him a little and ride him to some pleasant River or Spring and let him Drink which if he refuses Exercise him again till he will do it When he has drank Rack him Home and put him cool into the Stable fresh Littered having first if possible made him on the foul out-cast Litter void his Urine and Dung Being in the Stable tye him to the Rack and with hard Whisps let his Legs be rubbed down and all his Parts the like taking off his Saddle and cloathing him warmer or lighter as the Season requires so Whisp him round cleanse his Feet and throw into the Rack a knop of Hay well dusted to tear whilst he stands on his Bridle which may be half an Hour then give him a Quart of the whitest and heaviest Oats and if he seem desirous of more you may give him another like quantity then

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

of Oil-de-Bay a Spoonful of Turpentine One pennyworth of Verdigrease the white of an Egg and a quarter of an Ounce of Red-Lead boyl them together to a Salve and lay the same to the place Of Curing a sudden Hurt Take Wax Turpentine Rozen and Hogsgrease of the like quantity and half so much Tarr as any of the other Simples melt and boyl them together and keep it ready for any accident Lay it Plaister-wise Of the dangerous Galling of a Horse Take a Pottle of Verjuice Two Penny-worth of green Copperas boyl it into a Pint and half wa●h and search the Hole therewith and fill it with Red Lead so let it remain three days untouch'd then wash it with the same and fill it with Red Lead this will heal it though it be galled to the body Repairing a broken Hoof to make it grow again Take of Garlick-heads seven Ounces of Herb-grace three handfuls of Allum beaten and fif●ed of Barrows-grease that is old Two pound mingle all these with a handful of Asses-dung and boyl them together and anoint the Horse therewith Of Fretting of the Guts Take in the Morning a quart of good Ale Four Ounces of Fennygreek Seven Ounces of Bay-berries as much Long-pepper and an Ounce of Ginger Two handfuls of Water-cresses a handful of Sage another of Mint beat them altogether in the Ale then strain it and give it him blood-warm rope all his Legs and tye him that he lye not down put him into a sweat keep him warm give him no cold Water for Three days after and feed him with dry Beans and Oats for his Provender To make a Horse follow his Master Take One pound of Oatmeal a quarter of a pound of Honey half a pound of Lumary and make a Bag thereof and bear it about you next your Skin and labour therewith till you sweat and wipe the sweat with the Bag and keep the Horse a day and a night fasting and give it him to eat and also use to give him Meal and Bran and he will follow you Of Bones out of Joynt The Cure is bind all the Four Legs together and to cast him on his back and then to hoyst him from the ground with his heels upwards so shall the weight of his Body cause the Joynt to shoot in again in its right place Of pulling out of Shivers or Thorns and of Swelling The Cure is to pull it out if it may be seen but if it swell and cannot then take Wormwood Paretory Bears-foot Hogs-grease and Honey boyl them together and being hot make a Plaister it is excellent for any Swelling so also is Wine-Lees Wheat-Flower and Cummen boyled together and when it is at a head Launce it Of a Spungy Wart The Cure is if it be long enough to tye a Thread about it very hard and it will eat it off or else take it off with a hot Iron Of the Sinews cut and bruised Take of Tar Bean-flower and Oyl of Roses and lay it hot to the place Of the same effect are Worms and Sallet-Oyl fryed together So is the Oyntment of Worms which you may have at the Apothecaries Of the Curb This is commonly known the Cure is take a pint of Wine-Lees a Porringer full of Wheat-flower of Cummin half an Ounce and stir them well together and being made warm charge the sore place therewith running it every day once for the space of Three or Four days and when the swelling is almost gone then draw it with a hot Tron and cover the burning with Pitch and Rosin molten together and laid on warm and clap on Flocks of his own colour and let him rest and come in no Water for the space of Twelve days Another for the same Take an Iron and make it red hot and hold it against the Sore as nigh as you may but touch not the Sore and when it is warm then take a Fleam and wet it in Six or Seven places full of Nervil then take a Spoonful of Salt and a penny-weight of Verdigrease and the White of an Egg and put all these together and take a little Flax and wet it therein and lay it to the Sore Of Wind Galls in Horses This Grief most Men know The Cure is wash the places with warm water and shave off the Hair then draw it with a hot Iron in this manner that done slit the middle Line which passeth right down through the Wind-gall with a sharp Knife beginning beneath and so upwards half an Inch and thrust the Jelly out then take also Pitch and Rozen molten together lay them on hot and Flocks upon them Of the Pipes or Crutches in Horses This is a frettish waterish Matter bred in the Pasterns of the hinder Legs sometimes by foul keeping but principally of liquid and thin humours resorting to the Joynt whereby the Legs will be Swoln Hot and Scabby The Cure is to wash the Pasterns with Beer and Butter which being dry clip away all the Hair saying the Fetterlock then take of Turpentine Hogs-grease and Honey of all a like quantity mingle them in a Pot and put unto them a little Bole-Armony the yeolks of two Eggs and as much Wheat-●lower as will thicken them then with a Slice lay it on a Cloth make it fast to go round about the Pastern and bind it fast renewing it every day let him not come into any wet but stand still some will wash it only in Gun-powder and Vinegar Of the Gravelling of Horses The Cure is to pair his Hoof and get out the Gravel then stop it with Turpentine and Hogs-grease molten hot and then with Tow and beware he come not out of the Stable till he be well The Ring-bone in Horses This is a Gristle growing about the Cornets of the Feet The Cure is to fire the Sore with the right Loyns from the Pastorn to the Coffin of the Hoof in this manner I. I. I. and let the edge of the Drawing Iron be as thick as the back of a good thick Knife burn it so deep that the Skin may look yellow then cover it with Pitch and Rozen molten together and lay thereon Flocks of the Horses colour Some will eat it away with Corosives as the Splent Of the Crown Scab This is a filthy stinking Scab growing about the Cornets of the Hoofs The Hair will Stair like H●gs bristles and be always mattering anoint when the Hair is shaven away with the Oyntment for the pains Pag. 76. and keep it from wet These Infirmities are cured by the following Medicines viz. Splints Spavins Curbs Ringbones Quinterbones and all other Boney Excressions Take White-Wine Arsnick or Mercury ground to Powder and make a little slit upon the head of the Excression the length of a Barly-corn and down to the Bones then raise up the Skin with a sine Corner and put in as much of the Arsnick or Mer●●ry as will lye upon Three half pence then bind upon the Sore a little hard Flax-hurds which done tie up

and stamped in a Gallon of strong Ale then strain it well and give the Horse a quart to drink lukewarm in the Morning fasting then ride him that he be warm set him up warm and thus do for four or five Mornings and then turn the Horse to Grass if the time of the Year be suitable thereunto and he will feed heartily But if the time of the Year serve not for Grass then you must keep him in the House and over and beside the drink before shewed you shall take sine Powder of Elecampane and the fine Powder of Cummin-seeds a like quantity mix them well together then every time you give your Horses Provender which should be at least thrice a day in the Morning Noon and at Night take half an ounce of this Powder and sprinkle it by little and little into his Provender for fear of Offence till it be all eaten up And thus do for fourteen days together at the least and you shall see the Horse prosper in a wonderful and strange manner For the Hide-bound The Cause hereof is sudden Cold after great Heat when the Pores are open the Cold entereth and maketh an Attraction of the Sinews so as the Horse seemeth to go or Travel with great Grief his Skin being as if it were starched being shrunk and clinging to his Ribs The Cure is to let him Blood in both the Flank-Veins being next the girding place and the Flanks then take a quart of good White-Wine and put thereunto three ounces of Sallet-Oyl and of Cummin one ounce of Aniseeds two ounces of Liquorice two ounces beaten into a Powder and give it him warm then let him be rubbed half an hour together cover all his Back with a Sack thoroughly soak'd in a Tub of Water and the Water wrung out of it and upon that cast many Cloths and gird them fast unto him to bring him to a Sweat which is the only and chief thing to recover him and keep him good Mashes and every day let him be so used for seven or eight days together give him much sodden Barly and Beans for his dyet and green Malt on the floor and after the eight days let him Blood in the two breast Veins about a pint then give him a pint of Sack and quarter of a pint of Sallet-Oyl four penniworth of the best Treacle and ride him until he sweat then presently set him in a warm Stable and cloth him very warm and at Night give him a good Mash of Malt with the Powder of Brimslone to the quantity of two spoonfuls For the Navel-gall The Cures thereof are divers and so they ought to be for Medicine is to be ministred according to the hurt as it may be more or less If it be but galled take Soot of ● Chimney and Yest mixed together and Plaister it once or twice a day Another Remedy for the same Sore Take a Pottle of Verjuice three penniworth of Green Coporas boil it to the one half and wash the Sore therewith then fill it with red Lead and let it not be dressed of three days then dress it as you shall see cause Another Cure for the same If it be so hurt as that it swell and is imposthumed the●● lance it on the nethermost part of the Ulcer so that the matter may have issue downward for if you should lance it aloft then the Corruption that remaineth will fistulate if you find the Concavity deep then make a Tent of Flax and dip it in this Salve Take of Deers-Suet of Wax of Tar and of Turpentine of each three ounces and one ounce of Rosin mingle them together and tent the Wound and if you see any dead Flesh grow in it then sprinkle the Powder of Verdegrease upon it lay upon the Head of the Tent a Plaister of a Yolk of an Egg Honey and Wheat-flower and thus dress it Evening and Morning until it be whole For the Worms They are ingendred of raw and evil Humours there are three kinds of them the Worm the Bot and the Trencheon The Horse will lie down and wallow when they feed on him his breath will stink and his Mouth be clammy The cure is for to give him a quart of new Milk and half a pint of Honey in it Blood-warm this will make them rest from gnawing of him because they will suck thereof until they are ready for to burst then the next day give him this drink following First take a quart of wort or of the strongest Ale then take a quarter of a pound of Fern half a pound of Savin half a pound of Stonecrop stamp them and put them together with two spoonfuls of Brimstone and as much Chimney Soot beaten to Powder and let them lye in steep two hours then strain them and give the Horse a little warm bridle him and let him stand six hours after without Meat and there is no doubt but the Horse will be quiet for the strength thereof is such to strain the Maw as that the Bot will not meddle but fly from it but it doth not kill them After these former Drinks given him the third day make him purging Pills viz. Take of Lard a pound laid in Water two hours take nothing but the clean Fat thereof stamp it in a Mortar and thereunto put of Liquorice of Aniseeds of Fenugreek of each beaten into Powder three ounces of Aloes in Powder two ounces and of Agarick an ounce knead them into a Paste and make six balls thereof then the Horse having fasted over night give him the next Morning three of these Pills anointed with Honey when you have opened his Mouth catch hold of his Tongue hold it fast till you have hurled in one and thrust it down his Throat with a rolling-pin and then let his Tongue go till he hath swallowed it down and so do with the rest and keep him close from all Air and at Night give him a strong Mash and warm Water three days after my reason is for that these Balls will purge out of his Body all the Bots and Worms and all the Humours that breed and cherish them so as that your Horse will be perfectly clean and you shall find most of the Bots alive when they are purged for you cannot kill them with Medicine but only make them to forbear vexing of him for so long as his Maw resteth so bitter and stinking they dare not feed on it but upon other Humours For the Lax. Take of Bean-flower and Bole Armony of each a quatern mingled in a quart of red Wine give it him lukewarm and after it let him drink warm Water with Bean-flower but if that will not stay him then give him half a penny-worth of Allum beaten into Powder and Bole Armony beaten small in a quart of Milk stirring them till the Milk be all of a Curd and this will stop him For Costiveness or Belly-bound Take of the Decoction of Mallows a quart put it to half a pint of Oil