or Brittle-hoof cometh either by Nature or Accident It cometh Naturally by the Sire or Dam Accidentally by a Surfeit that fell down into his Feet or else in that he had been formerly Foundred 335 to 340 Hair falling or shedding from his Mane or Tail cometh by Heat taken which hath engendred a dry Mange therein which occasionâ—th their sheâ—ding somtimes it comes by a Surfeit causing Evil Hu mours to resort to those Parts c. 345 Head-ach is a pain that cometh either of some inward cause as of some cholerick humour bred in the Panicles of the Brain or of some outward cause as of extream heat or cold or of some sudden blow or noisom favour The Signes to know it are The Horse will hang down his Head and Eares his Sight will be dim his Eyes swollen and waterish and he will forsake his meat See the First Part. Hoof-cast or casâ—ing of the Hoof is when the Coffin falleth clean away from the Foot which cometh by means of some Foundering Prick or Stab which breaketh on the top round about the Coronet which in time causeth it to fall off 336 Hoof-bound is a shrinking in of the Hoof on the top thereof and at the heel which maketh the skin to stare above the hoof and to grow over the same It cometh to a horse several ways either by keeping them too dry in the Stable by strait Shooing or by some unnatural heat after Foundering The Signes to know it are He will halt much and his hoofs will be hot and if you knock them with a Hammer they will sound hollow like an empty Pottle and if they are not both Hoof-bound you may know which is the grieved Foot by the smalnes of it Some call this Sorrance a dry Foundering 377 Hide-bound is when the skin sticketh so fast to the Horses Back and Ribs that you cannot pull it from his Flesh with your hand It cometh to a horse several ways sometimes by Poverty sometimes for want of good ordering sometimes by over-heating him by hard Riding and carelessly letting him stand in the Wet and Rain and sometimes of corrupt and filthy Blood Siccicating the Flesh which wanting its natural course causeth this shrinking of the Skin together which maketh him illy disposed and to have a gaunt shrivelled and shrunk up Belly to his Flanks making his Hair to stare and his Legs to swell with many more Signes but let these serve in stead of more 258 Hip-shot is when the Hip-bone is removed out of his right place It cometh to him many ways sometimes by a wrench or stroke of a horse sometimes by slip strain sliding or falling The Signes to know it are He will halt and go sideling in his going and the sore Hip will fall lower then the other and the Flesh in process of time will consume away and if you suffer him to run too long it will never be restored to its pristine Estate 397 The Hurle-bone is about the midst of the Buttock and is very apt to go out of the Socket with a Slip or Strain the Cure of it you may find in p. 397 Hoof-swelled cometh sometimes to young Horses when you over-Ride or hard laboring them in their youth which make them to swell in that place by reason the blood falling down there setleth which if it be not speedily removed will beget a wet Spaven 340 Haw in the Eye is a Gristle growing between the nether Eye-lid and the Eye and will put it quite out if it be not taken in time away It cometh to him by gross rough and phlegmatick humours which falleth from the Head and knitteth together which in the end groweth to this Infirmity The Signes of it are the watering of the Eye and unwilling opening of the nether Lid. 288 Hough-bouey is a round boney swelling like a Paris Ball growing upon the very top or elbow of the Hough and cometh ever of some stripe or bruise or by bruising himself in his Stall by offering to strike at the Horse that standeth next him striketh against the Bar that divides them 389 Hoof-loosened is a dissolution or dividing of the Horn or Coffin of the Hoof from the flesh at the setting on of the Cronet Now if the parting be round about the Cronet it cometh by means of Foundering If it be in part then it cometh by some prick of some Channel-Nail Quitter-bone Retreat Graveling or Cloying or such like thing The Signes to know it are these When Loosened by Foundering it will break first in the fore-part of the Cronet right against the Toes because the Humour doth always covet to descend towards the Toe but if it proceeds from Pricking Graveling and such like Cankered thing then the Hoof will loosen round about equally even at the first but if it proceeds from a Quitter-bone or hurt upon the Cronet then the Hoof will break right above the place that is grieved and very rarely seen to go any further 336 Hungry-evil is a great desire to eat it cometh from some great emptiness or lack of meat when the Horse being even at the Pinch and almost Chap-fallen It comes many times by Cold outwardly taken sometimes by Travelling in Frost and Snow and in barren places which outward cold maketh the stomach cold whereby all the inward Powers are become weakned The signes to know it are a change and alteration in his feeding having lost all temperance and snatching and chopping at his meat as if he would devour the Manger 383 Imposthumes are swellings which come several ways either by gathering of filthy corrupt humours in any part or member of the Body making that to swell which grows at last to an Inflammation and breaks out into foul mattery and running Sores which proceed from corrupt food or bad blood and at the first very hard and sore There are two sorts of them hot and cold you must first ripen them before they can be healed sometimes they are occasioned by some blow upon the Eares or bruise by a Hempen Halter or of Cold taken in the Head which remaining in the Body make their Passage through the Eares It is known by much burning and his unwillingness to be handled about that place 346 and 347 K. Kibed heels is a scab breeding behind somwhat above the nether Joynt growing overthwart the Fet-lock It cometh many ways sometimes by being bred in cold Grounds sometimes for lack of good dressing after he hath been ridden or laboured in foul ways which dirt sticking to his Legs â—retteth his skin and maketh scabby rifts which are very painful to the Horse causing his Legs to swell especially in Winter and Spring-time and then he goeth very stiffly What Cures the Scratches cures this disease 266 Kernels under the Chaul of a Horse cometh by Heats and Colds which bringeth the Glanders I refer you therefore to the Cure of the Glanders 157 L. Lask Loosness or open Flux of a Horses body bringing him to extream weakness and faintness
against these and many more Maladies and when they shall have made Trial they will not be of so prejudicate an opinion Of Roweling of Horses and of the use thereof The Roweling of Horses is so common amongst our simple Smiths that they will Rowel him for any disease almost without any sense or reason whereby they needlessly torment the Horse and bring a Flux of naughty humours down to the place which causes him to be Lame which might otherwise be sound But this I must say of it that if it be well used by a skilful Farrier it is not only commendable but causes great good to a Horses Body and Limbs Helps got by Roweling are these It separateth and dissolveth evil humours which are gathered together in any one place it loosneth those parts which are bound and bindeth those parts that are weakned it strengthneth sick Joynts and comforteth whatsoever is oppressed with any cold Phlegm The use of it in General is for inward strains especially about the Shoulders or Hips or else for great hard Swellings which will not be mollified or corroded by any outward Medicine Now if the Bruise be not taken away presently by applying to it some comfortable hot Medicine There will arise a certain Jelly between the Pot and the Bone which offendeth the tender Gristle which covers the ends of every Bone which makes the Horse halt most vehemently Now nothing will take this away but Roweling Now the manner of Roweling is this When you have sound out the certain place of his Grief after you have cast him upon some soft place make a little Slit a handful below the place grieved through the Skin no bigger then you can thrust in a Swans Quill into the same then raise the Skin a little from the Flesh with your Cronet and then put in your Quill and blow all the Skin from the Flesh upward even to the top and all over the Shoulder then stopping the Hole with your Finger and your Thumb beat the place blown all over with a Hazel stick and spread the wind with your hand into every place and so let it go then take some Horse-hair or some red Sarcenet half the bigness of a Mans little Finger and put it into your Roweling-Needle which should be at least seven or eight inches long thrust it in at the first Hole and put it upward drawing it out above at least six inches and if you please you may put in another above that and then Tie the two ends of the Rowls together and move and draw them to and fro in the Skin not forgetting before you put them in to anoint them with sweet Butter or Hogs Grease and every day after likewise for that will make the corruption run out the better Now there are other Farriers think that these long Rowels of Hair or Silk do make a double Sore and a great Scar therefore they make their Rowels of round Pieces of stiff Leather such as is on the upper part of an old Shoo with a round Hole in the midst according to the form in the Margent and then double it when they put it in and then spread it open and lay it flat between the Flesh and the Skin and that the Hole in the Rowel may be just against the Hole in the Horses Skin and once in two or three days to clense the Rowel and to anoint it with Hogs-Grease or Butter and so to put it in again Another French way of Roweling which is Reputed to be the best Way Cut open the Skin with your Incision Knife the length of an Inch or more downwards on the lowest part of the Horses Breast close to the Side that he is lame on then raise with your Finger or Cronet the Skin from the Flesh round about the Orifice about the bredth of a six pence which must be just the Size of the Rowel you put into it whether it be made of the upper Leather of an old Shoo or Horn of an old Lanthorn but the upper Leather of a Shoo is best The form of your Rowel must be in the shape of the Figure in the Margin with a little Hole in the middle of it wherein you must put a Needle and thread through it as you find by the two Pricks on the top and bottom of the Hole Then take a Quill and put it into the Hole and do as you were taught in the Receipt before viz. To blow and beat the wind upwards all over the Shoulder when you have blown it as much as you think fitting draw a Needle and Thread through the Rowel and Skin closing the Rowel in the Slit and let the Hole in the Rowel be right against the Slit you have cut so that it may not move Then run another stitch or two thwart the cut as you see the manner of it by the Figure in the Margin When you have stitcht it up anoint it all over with Butter or Hogs Grease and let the Rowel remain in for about a week or more before you take it out and he will do well Instructions upon Rowelling If you Rowel him for any Swelling then put in your long Rowel the same way that the Veins run and seldom or never cross-wise and the more you blow the Skin for a Swelling the better for the Wind is that that causeth Putrifaction and makes the festered Humours to dissolve and distil down from the secret hollows of the Joynts into those open places where it falleth away in Matter and so the Breast becomes cured How to Geld Horses or Colts You are to observe in the Gelding of Horses First the Age Secondly the Season of the Year And lastly the state of the Moon For the Age if it be a Colt you may Geld him at nine days old or Fifteen if his Stones be come down for the sooner you Geld him the better for Growth Shape and Courage Now a Farrier may Geld a Horse at any Age whatsoever if he be careful in the Cure The Season of the Year to Geld in The best Season for Gelding is between April and May or in the beginning of June at the furthest or about the Fall of the Leaf which is the latter end of September The state of the Moon Now for the state of the Moon the fittest time is ever when the Moon is in the Wane as touching the manner of Gelding it is in this sort whether it be Foal Colt or Horse after you have cast him upon some soft place take the Stones between your fore-most Finger and your great Finger then slit the Cod and press the Stones forth then with a pair of small Nippers made either of Steel Box Wood or Brazil being very smooth and clap the strings of the Stones between them very near unto the setting on of the Stones and press them so hard that there may be no Flux of Blood then with a thin drawing Cauterizing Iron made red hot fear away the Stone then
will be more stronger and hardier of Nature After the Change It is not good for Mares to be Covered after the Change for those Colts will be tender and nice The Wain Mark the VVain in that time the Mare was Covered the same time of the Moon she will Foal Burning If your Mare hath been Covered and the Colt Knit within her if another Horse covers her he burns her Of Spaying a Mare-Colt If a Mare-Colt be Spayed nine days after it is Foaled she will prove as some say Fair Gallant and well Of Gelding of Colts Horses will be better shaped and in less danger of Gelding if they be Gelt at nine or fifteen days old if the Stones appear or so soon as you find them fall down into the God VVhat time a Mare is to take Horse If your Mare be Covered of St. Lucies day which is the thirteenth of December then she will Foal about St. Thomas's day the same Moneth in the year following How long time a Mare goes During the time of her going with Foal from the day of her Covering unto the day of her Foaling is commonly twelve Months and ten dayes unless it be a young Mare upon her first Colt which may come sooner How to Order her before she is Covered You are to take her into the House about six weeks before she is Covered and feed her well with good Hay and Oats well sifted to the end she may have Strength and Seed to perform the Office of Generation But if you would have her certainly conceive then take Blood from both sides of her Neck and let her bleed nigh a quart of either Vein which you must do five or six days before you have her Covered If you desire to have a Horse-Colt of your Mare then let her be Covered when one of the first Masculine Signes do reign which are either Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer or Leo. But if she be Covered when any of the Feminine Signes be Predominate as Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagitaâ—ius Capricornus Aquarius or Pisces then be confident it will be a Mare for it is so certain that it seldom or never fails especially if the VVind be either VVest or North but VVest is best The Manner of Covering her You are to bring her out into some broad Place and Tie her to a Post then bring out some Stone Jade to dally with her to provoke her to Appetite then let the Stallion be led out by two men and let him leap her and let him do it in the Morning Fasting and when the Horse is dismounting throw a pale full of cold water upon her Shape which by reason of the coldness will make her shrink in and truss up her Body and will make her retain her Seed the better then take away the Stallion and let her be put out of the Hearing of the Horse and let her neither eat nor drink in four or five houres after and give her a Maâ—â— and white water If she stands to her Covering you may know it by this if she keeps a good Stomach and does not Neigh at the sight of a Horse or if she does not Piss often or open and shut her Shape often or that if her Belly four days after her Covering be more gant and her Hair more slick and close to her skin c. How many Mares for one Horse If you Cover abroad one Horse will serve twelve Mares if you expect no other service from him but if you keep him in the Stable where he hath extraordinary keeping he will serve fifteen How to Order a Mare after Covering to her Foaling Keep her with the same Diet as before Covering for three weeks or a Month after lest the Seed be empaired before it be formed in the VVomb and let her be kept sweet and clean without any Exercise during three weeks or a Month and to keep her in the House till mid May and not to turn her out before mid May and with her Feet well pared and a thin pair of Shooes upon them and take her in again the latter end of September if not before and keep her to the end of her Foaling and let her be loose in the Stable with good store of straw with her that so the Foal may fall the softer for a Mare does usually Foal standing How to help her if she cannot Foal If she cannot Foal hold her Nostrils so that she cannot take her wind or if that will not do take the quantity of a VVallnut of Madder and dissolve it in a Pint of old Ale and being warm give it the Mare if both fail take the help of some understanding Farrier If she cannot avoid her Secundine then boyl two or three Handfuls of Fennel in Running water and take half a Pint of it with as much Sack or for want thereof a Pint of strong Beer or Ale with a fourth part of Sallet Oyl mix them together and give it her Luke-warm into her Nostrils and hold them close for a good space or for want thereof give her good green Wheat or Rye but Rye is the best and they are as effectual Let her not eat her clean for that is very unwholesom and will dry up her Milk To Order her after Foaling VVhen she hath Foaled and licked her Foal Milk and stroak her before the Colt doth suck which will both cause her to bring down her Milk but make it to multiply and keep it that it doth not clod which may cause her to become dry which if there be cause boyl as much Milk as you can get from her with the Leaves of Lavender or Spike and bath the Udder with it warm till it be broken and the Knobs and Knots dissolved Let her water after Foaling be white water which is Bran put into her water and give her sweet Mashes and a Month after her Foaling give her a Mash and put into it some Brimstone or Savin which will be a great preservation to the Colt And then if she be moderately laboured at Plough or Harrow the Mare and Colt will be the better provided she be kept from Raw Meats while she remaineth in the Stable = which will both increase her Milk and cause her Colt to thrive the better And that you suffer not the Colt to suck when she is hot lest thereby you Surfeit the Colt How long Foals are to run with their Dams Let them run with their Dams a full year at least but if they be choice Foals then two years for the loss of the use of the Mare will be no loss in comparison of the benefit you will receive by the Foal but if you want Accommodations VVean at seven Months but be sure to keep them well for what they lose the first year they will hardly gain in three following And at the VVeaning give them Savin and Butter for divers Mornings together or else the Worm and Gargil will hazard to destroy them besides have an eye to the
and laid as a Plaister dispenseth Knots and Kernels in the Flesh the Juice of Colts-foot is good for all hot swellings and inflammations Endive applied asswageth all Swellings and Tumors coming of a hot cause an Oyl made of the broad Flag Flower-deâ—luce mollifieth all manner of Tumors and Swellings in any part of the Body As also of the Matrice the Roots of stinking Gladwin boiled in Vineger or the Grounds of Beer and laid upon them consumeth them the Decoction of the leaves of the Goose-berry bush cooleth them Frankincense mingled with Honey and applied dissolveth hard swellings the fresh Herb of Groundsel made into a Poultess taketh away the heat and pains of them and used with Salt dissolveth Knots and Kernels Henbanâ— asswageth all manner of swellings in the Cods or elsewhere if they be boiled in Wine or the Grounds of Beer and applied either of themselves or by a fomentation warm True-love or one Berry hath the same Vertues Hore-hound boiled in Hogs Grease is also good for any swelling in any part of the Body St. Jâ—hâ—s wort dissolveth swellings Knotgrass cooleth all manner of hot Inflammations breaking out by heat Hedge Mustard is good for swellings in the Stones The Decoction of Rag-weed or Pellitory of the VVall is good Rye-bread or the leaves thereof ripeneth and breaketh Imposthumes and other swellings so doth Wood-Sage the leaves of Southern-wood boiled till they be soft and stamped with Barley-Meal and Barrows Grease and applied to the place grieved is good for all cold Tumours The Decoction of the Root of Scabins applied doth wonderfully help all sorts of hard or cold swellings in any part of the Body c. Simples good in General to cause Sweat given inwardly or applied outwardly Mountain Calamint given inwardly or applied outwardly being boiled in Sallet-Oyl and the Body anointed with it the Juice of Scabius given him with Treacle Camomil used in Baths provoketh it opening the Pores and mitigating the Griping pains in the Guts and Bowels the Juice of Bugloss mixed with Brandy and the Body rubbed therewith is good Master-wort or Herb-Gerrard is also good Fennel-Gyant mixed with Sallet-Oyl and the Body anointed with it An Oyl made of Asarabaca with Landanâ—m by setting it in the Sun and the Back anointed with it is good Wood-sage c. Simples and other things that are good to Expel the Heam in Beasts which is the same as the after-Birth is in Women Time Winter-succory penny Royal boiled in white-Wine and given Common Horehound boiled also in the same Wine and given Dittany given or put up in a Pessary driveth forth the dead Foal and expelleth the Secundine Angelica driveth it forth also so doth Parsley-seed Alexanders Hops Fennel Savin and bay-Berries the powder of the inside of the wrinkled skin of the Gizzard of a Hen that Lays dried and given in white-Wine is excellent c. Simples good in general to provoke or expel Wind. Alexander or House-parsley Angelica seeds Bay-berries the seeds of the wild Carriots Bishops-weed dissolveth it Caraway-seeds Cardamum seeds sweet Chervil Cummin taken inwardly or given in Glisters is good for the gnawing of the Guts and Belly Dill-seeds the Herb Devils-bit boiled in Wine Fennel-seeds Filapendula or Drop-wort Hemp seed the Berries of Holly Juniper-berries the Root of Lovage Lavender Nep or Cat-mint Nutmegs wild Parsnix or the Seeds or Roots of common parsley dissolveth it both in the Stomach and Bowels China-Roots Winter and Summer-Savoury penny-royal given him in Sack Burnet Saxaâ—rage stone-parsley the seed of smallage Time or Mother of Time Valerian c. Simples that are good in general for Cattel that are bewitched Two drams of the berries or seed of True-love or one berry beaten to powder and given him for twenty days together restoreth him Misle-toe growing upon Pear-trees and hung about the Neck is very good Amara â—ulcis gathered in its Influency is also good for it used as before Peony is good The branches of the Holly-tree is reported to defend not only from Witch-craft but Lightning also c. Simples that are Cordials and Strengthners of Nature Gentian strengthens the Stomach exceedingly and keepeth the Heart from fainting Clove Gilly-Flowers are great Strengthners both of the Brain and Heart and are very good to put into Cordials for sick and weak Horses St. Johns-wort Juniper-berries strengthens the Brain and all the Limbs of the Body Marigolds strengthens the Heart so doth Saffron and Mustard-seed Give not above two drams of Saffron at a time when you use it Mother of Time is a great strengthner of it Red Roses doth not only strengthen the Heart but Stomach and Liver and the retentive Faculty and mitigateth the pains that arise from Heat Bugloss Balm Motherwort Mace Cinnamon Cloves Anniseeds Canary c. Simples that are good in general either taken inwardly or applied outwardly for the Biting or Stinging of any venomous Beast viz. Adders Vipers Spiders Wasps Bees and Hornets c. The Decoction of Agrimony given him or the Juice of Alexander or Horse-parsley Aristolochia rotunda or Birthwort Asarabica Balm Wood-bitony the powder of the dried Leaves of the blew Bottle given in Plantine-water Comfrey Bucks-horn Plantine given him with some of the Leaves laid to the hurt place is good against the Biting of Adders the Juice of the Root of the Bur-dock given him inwardly and applied outwardly to the place bruised with Salt is also very good for them to ease the pain thereof Water-Caltrops Cantaury Campions Flower-de luce boiled in Vineger and given is good so is the Decoction of the Root of Common Elder the seed of St. Johns wort given inwardly and applied outwardly is good for them so is Sage Rocket Penny-royal Pimpernel Ground-pine Marjorem Summer-Savory taketh away the stinging of Bees or Wasps the Root of Spignel the green Herb of Tobaccho applied to the place bruifed the Leaves of the Tamarisk Tree boiled in Wine and given him is good so is Valerian and Vipers Bugloss the Flower of Barley or Wheat-meal boiled in Vineger applied to the place grieved is very good to draw forth the Venom the Juice of Mead or Trefoyl is also good for them c. A very large Account in general of what Simples are good for all sorts of Sorâ—s or Vlcers whether inward or outward of what Nature soever Agrimony Alehoof boiled with a little Honey and Verdegrease doth wonderfully cleanse them and stayeth the spreading and eating of the Cankers in them the Juice or the Water of Angelica is very good to wash them with so is Anemone or Wind-Flower and Archangel Arsmart is good for putrid Ulcers Alloes beaten to powder and strewed upon them is also good so is the Juice of Broom and Water-bitony the Water or Juice of Bistort or Snakeweed or of the Leaves Buds or Branches of the Bramble is very good to wash them with the â—uice of the Leaves of the blew Bottle helpeth all Ulcers or Sores in the Mouth Bugle Burnet wild
Saffron boiled in Beer or Ale and this now and then used will keep a Horse in perfect Health Wormwood is good against Poison Quinsey biting and stinging of venomous Creatures Cholick Wormes and to keep Clothes from the Moths it helps the Spleen strengthens the Heart and heats the Stomach VVillow-Herb vide Loose-strife Wallwort or Danewort vide Dwarf-Elder Woodroff is of Temperature like unto our Ladies Bed-straw but not so strong being in a mean between heat and driness it prevaileth in Wounds as Cruciata and other vulneary Herbs doth The Leaves and Berries of the Wafering Tree are cold and dry and of a binding quality the Decoction of the Leaves is good to Seringe a sore Mouth with and is good for the Diseases of the Gums and fastneth loose Teeth VVormes do conglutinate and comforteth Sinews VVhite Lead is a great drier and shealer of Scabs and is good put into Medicines for Scratches and for Sellanders and Mallenders Y. Yarrow called also Nose-bleed Milfoyl and Thousand-leaf it cleanseth and is meanly cold but it most of all bindeth An Ointment of it Cureth wounds and is good for Inflammations It is good for the bloody Flux The Ointment is good not only for VVounds but Ulcers likewise and Fistulaes especially such as are bound with moisture The Hair being washed with the Decoction stayeth the shedding of it taken inwardly is good for the Mattering of the Yard and the Juice of it is most excellent or the decoction of it injected into the Yard with a Syringe to stop the extreme flowing of the Seed although the Issue dorh cause Inflammation and Swelling of the secret parts and though the Spermatick Matter do come down in great quantity as hath been very well proved VVater Yarrow is of a dry Faculty by reason it taketh away hot Inflammations and Swellings Z. Zuche which are called Gâ—urds are cold and moist in the second degree and allayeth all manner of Inflammations or hot Swellings Softning or dissolving Herbs are Four viz. Mallows Marsh-mallows black Violet and Bears-breech THE EXPERIENCED FARRIER The Second Part. Before you Enter upon the Drenching and Physicking of Horses Take these Directions with you I. THAT all Diseases are Cured by their Contraries and all parts of the Body are maintained by their like viz. If Heat be the Cause of the Distemper then appropriate those Medicinâ—s that are cold to it If cold then give hot If Wind be the cause of Illness then finde out in your Table of Simples proper Medicines for that Disease and use them according to Directions II. Apply not the Medicines to one part of the Body that are appropriated to another part viz. If the Brain be over-heated use not such Medicines as cool the Heart and Liver III. If you give distilled Waters for the Disease you intend to Cure Give such Water as is distilled out of the Herb proper for that Disease and sweeten it with the same quantity of Syrup as you give Water made also of the same Herb or some other proper for the Disease IV. If the Disease of the Body lie remote from the Stomach and Bowels then use Pills or Balls which is the most proper Physick for the Distemper because they are longest in digestion and therefore the most fit to carry off the Disease by degrees V. Rather be found faulty on the safer side by giving your Physick too weak then too strong VI. Consider the natural temper of your Horses Body that is afflicted and support it in that or else you weaken and destroy Nature in stead of Repairing it as the Heart is hot the Brain cold so apply your Simples accordingly 7. Those Medicines that are hot in the first degree are just of the heat and temper of the Blood and therefore most wholesom and proper for the Body VIII All Medicines that are opening and provoke Urine are best given in white-Wine or Ale for they are of an opening Nature and a great Strengthner of the Reins IX All Medicines that are given to stop any Loosness or Scouring let him fast three houres or more before he receive them X. Let your Medicines be proper to the humor offending or else you will weaken Nature not the Disease XI If the Humor offending be thin that you intend to remove then let your Medicine be gentle but if it be thick and tough then give him some cutting and opening thing the Night before to prepare his Body the better for his Purge the next day XII Have a care how you use binding Medicines when you purge tough humors XIII If your Horse be bound in his Body either Rake him with your Hand being first anointed with Sallet Oyl Hogs-Grease or sweet Butter before you pull his baked or hard dung from him or else give him a Glister before you give him a Purge XIV You must consider the strength and stature of your Horse and accordingly prepare your Medicines either stronger or weaker XV. If you give your Horse a Drench for a Cold you usually give him of these sorts of Powders viz. Fennegreek Liquoris Bay berries Anniseeds Cummin-seeds Grains of Paradice Long Pepper Elecampane Turmerick c. But be sure you exceed not above three Ounces of them in his Drench at one time XVI If you give a Horse a Scouring that is very strong and lusty you may venture to give him with safety an Ounce or more of the best Barbadoes Alloes which is the strongest sort of Aloes that is powdred and made up into Balls with fresh Butter as you have Directions afterwards XVII If you give Aloes Succotrina you may give an Ounce and an half of it because it is of a weaker Nature than the other dissolved on the Fire in half a Pint of white-Wine and brewed afterwards in a quart of strong Beer with about two Ounces of fresh Butter put into it which by reason of the Loosning and Opening quality it hath will cause the Aloes to work so much the sooner and better This Proportion is to be given only to a large and strong constitutioned Horse a less quantity will serve a smaller An Advertisement about the several sorts of Aloes and how you may know not only their Goodness but also distinguish them one from another There are four several sorts of them and differ only in Purity viz. Aloes Caballina Aloes Hepatica Aloes Barbadoes and Aloes Succotrina 1. Aloes Caballina is a yellowish sort of Aloes much of the colour of a boiled Liver and is somewhat dearer stronger and better then Aloes Hepatica This is seldom sold by it self but kept only to mix amongst the black and courser sort of Aloes to give them a good colour 2. Alâ—es Hepatica is much of the same kind with the Caballina for they come over mixt together but is of a blackish Roziny colour when Refined which is accounted the best colour 3. Aloes of Barbadoes is found out but of late years but is accounted the strongest sort of all the kinds of
good Honey and half an Ounce of thâ— Flower of Brimstone work all these up together into a stiff Paste with a little Wheat-Flower and give him a Ball or two of it for three Mornings together and rest him two or three days iâ— there be occasion repeat them again and it will certainly cure him Another for a Cold Old or New or for a Cough wet or dry Stamp or chop a handful of Herb-Grace or Rue very small and put to it an Ounce of the Powder of Anniseeds with a little of the Flower of Brimstone and make it up into Balls with fresh Butter and a little Honey and give him a large Ball of it dissolved in a Pint of warm strong Beer every third Morning for three Mornings together and throw down after it two or three Hornfuls of clear Beer to take away the ill taste Another for a Summer-Cold or when you find that he doth not fill himself but looks gaunt and thin Dissolve about a quarter of a pound of red Stone-Sugar in a Pint of Sack over the Fire and when it is indifferent cold put into it two spoonfuls of the best Sallet Oyl you can get and give it him luke-warm and Ride him after it and Order him as you do sick Horses with Mashes bursten Oats and warm Water Another very good for a Cough of the Lungs After you have kept him very sparingly with Meat over-night give him this Drink in the Morning luke-warm with exercise after it viz. One spoonful of the Flower of Brimstone with half so much of the powder of Mechoachan mixed with a spoonful of the Syrup of Hore-hound dissolved in near a quart of strong Beer or Ale luke-warm The Vertues of it 'T is a great Enlarger of the Wind and a Clearer of his Pipes and drives away his Cough from the Lungs Another for a Cough of the Lungs strangling in the Guts and to clear his Pipes and to enlarge his Breast If you intend your Horse either for Hunting or Running and that you desire to free him from those Infirmities above-written then about a Week before you design him for these Exercises give him this ensuing Drench viz. Two Balls made up in this manner Take as much of sweet or salt Butter as contains the bigness of a large Turky Egg and mix and bray together with it a quarter of an Ounce of the powder of Anniseeds with the like quantity of the powder of Liquoris and a little of the Flower of Brimstone Then divide it into three equal parts and hollow every part in the Nature of a Pye and put into each part half a spoonful of the Syrup of Hore-hound and close them up close to prevent the Syrup from getting â—orth and they are made How you are to give them and how to Order him after given Warm a quart of strong Beer and fill a Hornfull of it and put into it one of your Balls and throw it down his Throat with two Hornfuls of more Beer after it to prevent sticking and to clear his Passage for the remaining Balls Give the rest after the same manner Observation As Coughs and Colds do generally come by Heats and Colds so the best way to send them away packing is by the same means they came Therefore I advise you that after you have given him his Balls to Ride him upon a gentle Hand-Gallop till he sweat but bring him home cool by Riding him softly a mile or two before you come home When he is in the Stable Tie him up to the empty Rack and Cloath and Litter him up warm and Order him as you do commonly sick Horses But in case you find that this Drink hath not wrought the wished effects you expected then about a Week after give him as you did before the same Balls again These Balls are very good to give your Horse a Week before you turn him to Grass and a Week after you have brought him home And if you give him them three or four times a year will keep him in good and perfect Health making him very thriving and Iusty If this Drink at any time or any other make him sick Give him a Pint of warm Milk from the Cow or warmed over the Fire and he will be well gain Things good in general for broken-Winded Horses To sprinkle Water upon all the Hay he eats is good Maiden-hair â—eos Ash Licoras Fennegreek Anniseeds Cummin Pepper bitter â—lmonds Borage Aristolochia Galingale Cardamum Nutmegs Safâ—on Coloquintida Cardus Benedictus Fluellin Dragons Lung wort â—ngelica Mullet Mullen or Horse Lung-wort Nettleseed the Ashes of a hedge-Hog strowed amongst his Provender Bay-berries Saffron Yolks of Eggs Water Agrimony Briony Lung-wort which grows upon rotten Oaks or Beech-Trees or to let him drink ten days together of the Water wherein Licoras hath been sodden mixt with Wine or to let him drink of the Water wherein hath been boiled Cardus Benedictus Dragons Elecampane Penerial Particular Receipts for a broken-Winded Horse Take the Guts of a hedge-Hog and dry them and beat them to powder and give him two or three spoonfuls thereof in a pint of Wine or strong Ale then the rest mix with Anniseeds Licoras and sweet Butter and make round Balls or Pills thereof and give him two or three after his Drink and let him fast two or three houres after Water-Agrimony is excellent good for it Another very good Take Wheat-Meal the powder of Lung-wort alias Mullet Gentiana Anniseeds Cummin-seeds oâ— each three drams make them into fine Powder and make them into Paste with Honey and sweet Butter of â—ach a like quantity and put to it the Yolks of two new laid Eggs make this Paste into Balls and every Morning fasting give him three or four of them rowled up in the powder of Elecampane and the powder of Licoris of each alike These Pills preserve the wind of a Horse marvellously and keeps him always in breath Another Take the Excrements of a sucking Child and put into it a Pint of white Wine let it boyl till the one half be consumed and so give it him blood-warm This will cause him to forsake his blowing for fifteen days so as when he beginneth again to blow give him the same Medicine and so keep him with this from time to time as you shall finde cause and by this means you shall have his Wind good Put not too much of the Excrement in for it will make him very sick Another which is the best of all Take the leaves of Mullet alias Mullen alias Horse Lung-wort and dry them and make them into fine Powder and make them up in Balls with ordinary Honey the bigness of a Pidgeons Egg and give him three at a time fourteen or fifteen days together or longer as you shall see cause and let him not drink any cold Water during the time and let his Exercise be moderate and his Hay sprinkled with Water and his Oats wet with good Ale or Beer and
beaten into fine powder mixed with a new laid Egg and given him in half a Pint of Malmsey and separate him from other Horses for this Disease is infectious Things good in General to Preserve the Liver and to open the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen Amara dulcis Alheal Agrimony openeth and cleanseth the Liver water-Agrimony openeth the Obstructions of the Liver and mollifieth hardness of the Spleen Alexander or wild Parsley Angelica Asarabica the decoction of Avens the Bark or the Root of the Bay-Tree openeth the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and other inward Diseases the Juice of the white Beet openeth them Wood-bittony Butchers broom or Knee-holly the leaves of Calamint Centaury Columbines Dandelion Liver-wort the leaves or Bark of the Maple-Tree Pimpernel Ground-pine or Chamepitys Agaricum Almonds Fumitory Chamomel Wormwood Licoras Anniseeds Smallage Parsley Spikenard Gentian Succory Endive and Lupine all these are very comfortable for the Liver and are to be Seethed in Water that he drinketh Alloes dissolved Ireos stamped â—avoury Lungwort or Oyl and Wine mixt together but the best of all is a Wolfes Liver dried and beaten to powder and given him in Beer or strowed amongst his Provender or Parsley and Harts-horn or Fennel and Parsley-roots scraped or boiled in Water and given him with Licoras and Sorrel or â—ollipodium of the Oak beaten to powder and strowed amongst his Provender or take Hysop Cowslip-leaves Silver-wort or Lung-wort alias Mullen Harts-horn of each a handful then take Gentian Aristolochia rotunda Fennegreek Enula compana dried and long Pepper of each alike and when they are all powdred and searced take a spoonful of all of them chop the Herbs and mingle them with this powder and put a spoonful of live Honey to it and boyl all of them in strong Ale till half of them be consumed and give it him Blood-warm Groundsel preserveth it greatly Of the Infirmities in General of the Hoofs as false Quarters loose Hoofs casting of the Hoofs Hoof-bound Hoof-running Hoof-brittle Hoof-hurt Hoof-soft Hoof-hard and generally to Preserve Hoofs False Quarters To take off the Shooe and to take away so much of the Hoof on that side the Sorrance is that when the Shooe is set on again the Chink may be wholly uncovered then open the Chink to the Quick with your Drawing-Iron and fill up your Rift with a Rowl of Hurds dipt in this Ointment Take Turpentine Wax and Sheeps Sewet of each alike melted together and dip your Hurds therein and stop the Rift therewith renewing it once a day till it be whole and thus the Rift being closed on the top with this Ointment draweth the place betwixt the Hoof and the Hair with a hot Iron overthwart that place which will make it grow and shoot downwards and Ride him with no other Shoo till his Foot be hardned and become â—ound What is good to Cure a loose Hoof. If the Hoof be loose let it be of what cause soever you are first to open it in the sole of the Foot so as the Humour may have free passage downwards and put a restrictive Charge about it as you have some in my First Part then to heal it up with Turpentine and Hogs-Grease melted together Or take three spoonfuls of Tarr and a quarter of a pound of Rosin and half a Handful of Tansie and half a Handful of Rue and half a Handful of red Mints and half Handful of Southernwood brayed altogether in a Mortar and add to it half a pound of Butter and a Penniworth of Virgins Wax and melt them on the Fire till it come to be a thick Salve then spread it upon a Cloth and lay it to it seven days together till it be whole Or to anoint it with Burgundy-pitch and it will fasten it Or take Bittony Rosemary Rue Bolearmoniack and Frankincense boiled together and laid over it oâ— to take Tar Brimstone in fine powder Wheat-Bran and the Urine of a Man-Child boyled all to a Poultess and apply it hot to the Hoof and it will fasten it or to stop it with the Brains of a Pig or to stop it with Flax dipt in the Whites of Eggs or wash it with Vineger and â—ill it with Tartar and Salt and then anoint it with Olibanum Mastick and Pitch of Greece of each alike and a little Sanguis Draconis new Wax and Sheeps Suet and melt it together and anoint it with it and if the new Hoof come cut away the old Of Casting the Hoof. Take Aqua fortis the strongest you can get and first with a Rape or Drawing-Iron File or draw away the old Hoof somewhat near then touch the Hoof so prepared with your Aqua fortis three or four several dressings and no more then anoint the Foot with the Unguent for Horses Feet viz. take Hogs-Grease three pounds Patch Grease two pounds Venice-Turpentine one pound new Wax half a pound Sallet Oyl one pound melt and mix all these upon the Fire and anoint the Coffin of the Hoof up to the top and this will bring a new Hoof. Another Take Turpentine half a pound Tar half a Pint new Wax half a pound Sallet Oyl one Pint melt all these except the Turpentine together till they be well mixed and a little before you take it from the Fire put in your Turpentine and stir it till it be cold but before hand make him a Buskin of Leather with a thick Sole made fit for his Hoof but wide enough that it may be Tied about his Pastern and dress his Hoof with this Medicine laying Tow or Hurds upon it and so put on the said Buskin and fasten it to the Pastern Joynt or a little above but so as the Buskin do not trouble the Foot renewing the Medicine every day till it be whole and is good likewise for a Hoof-bound Horse and as the Hoof beginneth to come and if you find it grow harder and thicker in one place then another or crumbleth or groweth out of fashion take your Rape and File it into good fashion again and when you finde it so well that you may turn him out put him into some moist Pasture or Medow which will cause the Hoof to become tough Of the Hoof-bound First pluck off the Shooes and shoo him up again with Half-Moon and Lunet-shooes then ease with your drawing Iron or Rape the quarters of the Hoofs on both sides of the Feet from the Cronet down to the end or bottom of the Hoofs so deep till you perceive as it were a dew to come forth and if you make two Rases it will be the better and enlarge the Hoofs the more that done anoint the Hoofs next to the hair about the Cronet with this Ointment Take of Turpentine one pound of Wax and of Sheep or Deers Sewet of each half a pound of Tarr and of Sallet Oyl of each half a Pint melt all but the Turpentine together and when you are ready to take it up put in your Turpentine and stir it
no such thing 387 388 Râ—t-tails is a most venomous disease and not much unlike to the Scratches of a horse It cometh to him several ways sometimes by too much rest and the Keepers negligence in not rubing and dressing him well and by reason of too much rest and good keeping without exercise the blood corrupting in his body falls down into his Legs which causeth this disease 377 Retrat is no other then a Prick in the Foot by a Nail vide Prickt 395 Rheum cometh by Cold which maketh his Teeth loose and seem long by the shrinking up of his Gums which will spoil his feeding that all the Meat will lie in Lumps in his Jaws vide Colds 241 Rot is a disease so like unto a Dropsey that it is hard to distinguish it from the same mistake not this disease for rottenness for if he be rotten his Liver and Lights are so putrified that they are not to be recovered But this Rot is of the Nature of a Sheeps Rot that is said to be rotten when his Liver is become soul and tainted yet we do eat his flesh and affirm it to be good meat whereby the Sheep is not rotten but hath a Disease called the Rot It cometh several ways sometimes to young Horses feeding in Wet or Fenny Grounds and sometimes when they are over-heated in their breaking whereby their Blood is enflamed putrified and corrupted causing Obstructions in the Liver which cause putrefaction and so knots and pustils do engender therein which breedeth this Disease The Signes are these he will lose his Stomach pant much beat and heave in his Flanks swell under his Belly his Hair will stare his Legs swell burn and dint when you press it with your Finger and his Coat will not shed at those usual times as other Horses do and will be so faint and feeble that he will lose his courage and mettle 398 Running of the Reins vide Mattering of the Yard 131 S. Shedding of the Seed cometh somtimes from abundance and rankness of the Seed sometimes by Strains or putting too heavy a load upon his Back and sometimes by weakness of the Stones and Seed-Vessels not being able to retain the Seed until it be digested and thickned 331 Strain or Sprain is the Sinews stretched beyond their strength by reason of some slip or wrench 294 Shackle-gall is on the Pastornes vide Gall 284 Surbating is a beating of the Hoof against the Ground It cometh sometimes by means of evil shooing lying too flat to his Feet sometimes by Travelling a Horse too young before his Feet are hardned which many times doth occasion a Foundring sometimes by hardness of the Ground and high lifting up of the Horses Feet and those Horses that are flat footed their Coâ—â—ns are so tender and weak that they be most subject to this Sorrance The signes to know it is he will Halt on both his fore-Legs and go stiffely and creeping although he were half Foundred 373 Spleen see the Nature of it 329 Screw is the Nature of a splint only the splint is on the inside of the Knee and the screw is on the outside 263 Swellings and Tumors cometh by Heats and Colds taken by hard Riding or fore Labour whereby the Horse being overmuch heated the Grease falleth down and setleth in his Legs and other parts which grow dry and hard and breedeth splints spavens curbs Ring-bones and the like sorrances which in time are no other things then proper Tumors Besides it doth occasion other Knots and swellings See the First Part for the Cure of them Scratches are of several sorts and kinds though they are called by several Names viz. Crepances Rats-tails Mules Kibes Pains c. being no other then the very Scratches which are certain dry Scabs Chaps or Rifts that breed between the Heel and the Pastorn-Joynt and so goeth many times above the Pastorn even up to the very Hoof of the hinder Legs but sometimes they are upon all four Legs though not very common They proceed several ways sometimes by dry melancholy Humors which fall down upon his Legs sometimes by fuming of his own dung lying under his heels or near him sometimes by the Negligence of the Groom in not rubbing his Heels well especially after a Journey or hard Labour when he brings in his Horse from Water and doth not rub his Legs and Heels dry from the Sand and Dirt which doth burn and fret them and so cause Swellings and those Swellings cause Scratches sometimes it cometh by corruption of the blood after great heats and surfeits taken sometimes by being bred in Fenny Marish and watery Grounds and sometimes they come to a Horse after a very great Sickness taken by Surfeit Or lastly by over-hard Riding or Labour whereby his Grease is molten which falleth down and setleth in his Pastorns and Feet-locks which doth occasion this Sorrance The Signes to know it are these The staring dividing and curling of the Hair it beginneth first with a dry scab upon his Pastorn Joynts like unto chaps or chinks and are in several shapes and formes sometimes long sometimes downright sometimes overthwart which will cause the Legs to swell and be very gourdy and run with fretting waterish matterative and offensive stuff which will make him go so lame at the first setting out that he will be hardly able to go 'T is good to clip away his long shaggy hain from his Pastorns if he have any which will in some measure prevent them or or at least curb them 266 Sit-fast or Stick-fast is a hard Knob which is as hard as a Horn that grows in a Horses Skin under the Saddle fast to his Flesh which cometh by a Saddle-Gall or Bruise which not Imposthumating the Skin falleth dead and looketh like a hard piece of Leather 352 A Surfeit is occasioned by Heats and Colds The Signes to know it is He will not thrive but be gaunt Bellied and dried up in his Body and cannot Cough but Gruntingly His Coat will stand staring and doth not lie smooth sometimes his Cods will swell And when it falleth out of his Body into his Legs they will swell also and stink by reason of the thin moist white yellow thick and stinking Water or Matter that flows from them which will make them so stiff that he is not able to go over the Threshold 366 Not Staling or Dunging cometh several wayes sometimes by being too high kept and but little exercise given him therefore exercise is as wholesom for a Horses Health as good Food is nourishing to his Body sometimes it cometh when you suddenly travel him when he hath been newly taken from Grass before his Body is emptied of it and dry meat put into the room thereof The Signes to know this Grief is He will lie down and tumble with extream pain as if he had the Bots. 357 Staling of Blood vide Pissing of Blood Selender is a kind of Scab and is the same with the Mallender only the difference
is that the Mallender breedeth upon the bending of the Knee on the inside of the Fore-Legs and the Selender is bred on the bending of the Hough in the Legs behind proceeding both of like causes and requireth like Cure 275 Stinking Breath is occasioned by means of corrupted and infected Lungs and you may know it by the Smell vide Lungs infected 333 A Splint in the beginning is a very Gristle and will if let run too long become to be as hard as a Bone and will be greater or smaller according to the cause of its Coming sometimes as big as a Wall-Nut sometimes as big as a Hazel-Nut It is found for the most part upon the inside of the Shank between the Knee and the Foot-lock Joynt and is very hard and difficult to Cure It is so painful to Him that it will not only cause him to Halt Trip Stumble but also fall in his Travel It cometh to him by means of too hard Travel or sore Labour whilst he is very young or by oppressing him with too heavy a burden whereby the tender Sinews of his Legs are offended It cometh also Hereditary from the Sire or Dam being troubled therewith and is known by the sight and feeling for if you pinch it with your Thumb and Finger he will shrink up his Leg. 263 Stumbling cometh two ways First Naturally Secondly Accidentally Naturally by reason that the Sinews of the fore-Legs are somewhat streight so that he is not able to use his Legs with that freedom and nimbleness he should which to Cure him of this Disease is to cut him of the Cords viz. A Slit made upon the top of his Nose and with your Cornet raise up the great Sinews and cut them asunder and heal it up again with some good Salve and this will do him no harm but good for it will give him the use of his Legs so perfectly that he will seldom or never trip more Secondly Accidentally by either Splint or Wind-galls or by being foundred prickt sâ—ub'd graveled Sinew-strained hurt in the Shoulder or Withers or by carelessly setting him up when he is too hot which maketh him go very stiff which stiffness causes stumbling 341 Stavers or Staggers is a Giddiness in the Head which when it seizeth the Brain cometh to Madness It is caused several ways sometimes by corrupt blood or gross and tough humors oppressing the Brain and is very common to most Horses and very dangerous if not taken in time sometimes it cometh by turning him out too soon to Grass before he be cold which by hanging down his Head to Seed stirreth and make thin Humors that fall down to the head and so by degrees seizeth the Brain which bringeth this mortal Sickness It cometh also by sore riding and hard labour which inflames and putrifies the Blood and disorders the whole Body The signes of this Disease are these Dimness of sight reeling and staggering of the Horse who for very pain will beat his Head against the Walls and thrust it into his Litter forsake his Meat and have waterish Eyes 235 Swelled Legs cometh to a Horse several ways sometimes by hard Riding or sore Labour when he is too fat and carelessly putting him to Grass or setting him up in the Stable too hot whereby he taketh cold which causeth the Blood Grease and Humours to fall down into his Legs and so cause them to swell sometimes it cometh by long standing in the stable when the Planks where his fore-Feet stand higher then his hinder-Feet doth which uneasie posture causeth the Blood to settle in the hinder Legs which causeth them to swell 287 Stifled this Malady cometh to a Horse Accidentally viz. Either by some strain in Leaping or by a slip in the stable or on his Travel or by some stroke or blow with a horse which either puts out the bone or much hurts or strains the Joynt The sign to know it is by the dislocated bone bearing it self out which will make him grow lame and unwilling to touch the Ground but only with his Toe till it be put in again 393 Stone cometh many ways sometimes from the weakness of the Bladder occasione by gross and bad Humors stoping the Water-Conduit or principally by violent Labour or immoderate Riding sometimes it cometh by foul Matter descending from the Liver and Spleen which falling down into the Kidneys and Bladder setleth there whereby there groweth in the Mouth of the Conduit certain hard inflamed Knobs which stoppeth his Urine and causeth him to stale with great pain and trouble by reason the Sinews and Pozes about the Neck of the Bladder are benumbed which taketh away the sense and feeling of the Bladder sometimes it cometh by keeping a Horse in his Travel too long from staling for his Water being over-heat by Exercise doth conglutinate and become so viscous and thick that Nature cannot discharge it self so freely as it should do and being pent up too long in his Kidneys engendereth Gravel sometimes red and sometimes grey which falling down into the Conduits by mixture of Phlegm and gross Humours is there brought by Conglutination to become a hard stone which stoppeth the Passage of the Urine so as he will not be able to piss or stale The signes to know this Distemper needs no more then this That he would fain piss but cannot and that many times drop by drop 360 and 363 String-halt is a sudden twitching or snatching up of his hinder-Leg much higher then the other and cometh most an end to the best Metled Horses It cometh by taking cold suddenly after hard Riding or sore Labour especially if you wash him when he is too hot which will chill his Blood and so stupisie and benumb his Sinews that it takes away the sense and feeling of that Member 341 and 394 Strangury or Strangullion is when a Horse is provoked to stale often and avoideth nothing but a few drops It cometh to him several ways sometimes by hard Riding or sore Labour which heats and makes sharp the Urine somtimes by hot meats and drinks sometimes by Ulceration of the Bladder or by means of some Imposthume in the Liver and Kidneys which being broken the Matter falleth down into the Bladder and with the sharpness thereof causeth a continual provocation of Pissing which will be with such pain that he will whisk wry and beat about his Tail as he pisseth 360 The Strangle is not as some suppose a Quinzey but an Inflammation of the throat proceeding from some cholerick or bloody Fluxion which cometh out of the branches of the Throat-veins into those parts and there breedeth some hot Inflammation stirred up by a hard cold Winter or by cold taken after hard riding or labour 'T is a great and hard swelling between the Horses nether chaps upon the roots of his Tongue and about his Throat which swelling if it be not prevented will stop his Wind-pipe and so strangle or choke him The Signes to know this disease are His Temples