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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

leave him to his Rest till eleven a Clock then Visit again and rub him over gently give him three Pints of the like Oats and close the Stable as dark as may be at two Hours end Visit him again with the like quantity of Oats as before Rub him gently and remove the Excrements give him a Bottle of Hay and leave him for 3 Hours more if in Summer but if in Winter only two and an half then wash his Mouth and the Muzzle of his Bridle with Beer Saddle him and bring him forth having well rub'd him down then endeavour to make him empty on the old Litter Ride him forth and give him gentle Breathings by some pleasant River or Meadow that he may take delight in it but upon a full Stomach Gallop him not up a Hill left it endanger his Wind heat him both before and after Water and in the approach of Dark bring him home so by early and late Airings the foulness will be deminished and the gross Humours dispersed Use him in Stabling as before and visit him three Hours after with a like quantity of Oats toss up his Litter and let him rest till Morning Things proper to be observed in Heats c. Two Heats in a Week if they be thorow ones are sufficient for any State of Body If the Match be made for Running on a Tuesday then let the Heating days be Tuesday and Saturday in each Week and the Greatest on the ●u●sday but in rainy slabby Weather you may shift these days and chuse those that are fair or the hours in those days may be changed where necessity requires it If the Weather be dull heavy dripping or cold it will be convenient when abroad to have a Hood with large Ears on our Horse to keep out the Rain or Damp the Nape of it ●hickned with a Lineing that the Wet may not easily pen●tra●e lest the wet falling on his Ears Neck or Fillets sub●●ct him to Diseases and hinder his Performance carry him never to Heats before day nor keep him out after it is dark Rules for the second Fortnight's Keeping Use him in Littering and Dressing as before only what Hay ●e has let him take i● out of your Hand to be the more Familiar when he has eaten his portion of Oats Bridle him Ride out Air and Water him as in the foregoing ●ortnight and when you return you may give him near three pints of Oats let him take Hay out of your Hand Litter him well and so leave him and order him as before Then observe to make him a Diet-Bread in the following manner Grind three Pecks of Beans with one of Wheat dress them through an indifferent fine Rag to a fine Flower then put Ale Yest and fair Water to make the Dough Kneed it exceeding firm then let it lye till it rise and bec●me Light then Kneed it again and make it into six penny Loaves let them soak well in an Oven and being hot turn the Bottoms uppermost and let them cool and three days after Baking use them in the following order Cut the Bread into thin slivers and lay it a while to dry ●●umble it small among the Oats and give it the Horse not exceeding a pound to half a peck of Oats This do first in the Morning and about Eleven repeat it again then let him rest two Hours and feed him then the like again and so at distant spaces as his Appetite best serves him keeping every thing clean about him Let his Heats Airings and Waterings be the same unless in foul Weather as I have said but when he is led to his Heats give him Oats only and when he is returned and Fed put on his Muzzle washed in Beer This use of the Muzzle is to prevent the Horse from feeding on his Litter biting or gnawing the Rack-staves or Mainger licking Loam and many other Inconveniencies They may be made of Leather Pack-thread or double Canvas tho' the latter with Lattice is preferable the Leather being the worse by reason of its Scent yet these must be kept clean lest offensive smells nauceate and sicken the Horse's Stomach For the rest of this Fortnight observe he be duly Cloathed and Dieted as is requisite according to the Season then put a new-laid Egg whole into half a pint of new Ale and oblige him to swallow it so lead him forth and cause him to Empty by smelling to the Litter or old Dung which will oblige him to it then Rack him gently for a Mile or two so by degrees mend his pace till he come to a full Speed and bring him to the Starting-post if any such be appointed or if none than to some other Postnear the place where the Race is to be performed then alight take off the Body and Breast cloath place on the Saddie Mount him let him smell to and grow Familiar with the Post as likewise to the wagling-post and so run him three quarters Speed from the beginning of the designed Race to the end if you find he will endure it without pain or loss of Wind but if it be Irksom to him then slacken your pace and by degrees he will come to it with Delight and particularly remark on what Ground he most naturally affects to run whether So●t Hard Smooth Hilly Dauk or Dry and make it to your advantage in the Race This done bring him under some Hay or Corn Rick Hedge Pit or dry Ditch and there scrape off the Sweat with your Glazing-knife and rub his Ears Head and Crest clap on his Cloaths and the Saddle on them and ride him gently so that he may cool before you bring him to the Stable but keep such a pace that he may not cool too fast or all on a sudden Having Stabled him tye his Head to the Rack and having the following Scowring in readiness give it him as shall be directed First Scowring Take an Ounce and fix Grains of the transparentest Roach-Allom a pint of Malaga in which dissolve the Allom to these put three ounces of Olive Oil very sweet mix them well together with an ounce and an half of brown Sugar-candy in Powder these set on a gentle Fire till pretty hot and upon the Horse's return from the first thorough Heat give it him in a Drenching-horn and it will infallibly bring away the Molton Grease and bad Humours or other Obstructions that remain in the Body and wou'd make him unfit for this Exercise Directions to Order him after the taking this When you have given the Horse this Scowring rub him well all over with Whisps and a Curry-comb follow these with a Brush and dust him well then rub him with a dry Cloath till no Sweat appears put his Cloath on again and truss under the Cloath warm Wisps let him fast for the space of two Hours and keep him in continual motion that he sleep not that the Humours may disperse and evacuate then give him a handful of Wheat-ears If upon handling him under

red and be full of Corruption The Cure is To let him Blood on the side of the Neck that you see the Eye is grieved a Pottle or more if you see the Blood very foul and the Inflamation great then take three pints of fair Water and Roch Allum and green Coperas of each half a pound and of white Coperas an ounce and boil them until half be consumed then once a day being made warm with a fine Cloth cleanse the Eye so that it look raw and this do every day until it be whole For the Impostumes in the Ear. This may proceed from some Blow or evil Humours The Cure is Take Powder of Linseed and of Wheat-flower of each half a pint of Hogs-grease one pound warm them in a pot on the fire until they be throughly incorporated by continual stirring then take a piece of white Leather somewhat bigger than the Impostumation and spread it being very warm as far as will cover the swelling and renew it every day until it break then lance it so as the Corruption may go downward and tent it to the bottom with a full Tent of Flax dipt with this Ointment following Of Melrosa●um of Oyl of Life and Turpentine of each two ounces and mingle them throughly then make him a Biggin of Canvas to close in the Sore so as the Tent and Ointment may abide within renewing it every day once until it be whole but if the pain be in the Ears without any great swelling which may be only with Cold then take Blackwood dipt in the Oyl of Camomile and thrust it into his Ears These Infirmities are cured by this Medicine following all Light Galls to skin Sores to dry up Humours First bathe the Sore place with hot molten Butter then strow upon it the Powder of Rosin for a day or two lastly Take a spoonful or two of very thick Cream and with the Soot of a Chimney bring it to a very thick Paste then spread it upon the Sore and it will heal dry and Skin in a short space Of the Pole Evil. This proceedeth likewise from the same Causes and groweth like a Fistula betwixt the Ears or the Nape of the Neck you shall perceive it by the swelling if it be not broken ripen it with a Plaister of white Hogs-grease as tho' you would scald it therewith and make him a Biggin to keep him very warm and renew the Plaister twice a day very hot and it will ripen the sooner then where it is softest and where the Corruption may best issue forth with a round hot Iron as big as your little-Finger two Inches beneath the soft place thrust it upwards so as the point of the Iron may come forth at the ripest place then Tent it with Flax dipt in Hogs-grease and lay also a Plaister of Hogs-grease on the same renewing it four or five days then afterwards take half a pound of Turpentine clean washed and dry'd from the Water with two Yolks of Eggs and a little Sasfron and mingle them together then with a Quill search the depth of the Hole and tent it with a Sponge so big as the Hole to the bottom and so thrust it with a Quill into the Wound to the bottom and a warm Plaister of Hogs-grease to cover it renewing it twice a day but when the swelling ceaseth use no Plaister For Impostumes in the Ear. This proceeds from some Blow or evil Humours The Cure is ●ake a Powder of Linseed and of Wheat-flower of ●ach half a pint of Hogs-grease one pound warm them in a Pot on the Fire until they be throughly incorporated by continual stirring then take a piece of white Leather somewhat bigger than the Impostumation and spread it being very warm as far as will cover the Swelling and renew it every day until it break then lance it so as the Corruption may go downward and tent it to the bottom with a full Tent of Flax well dipt in the Ointment following of Melrosa●um of Oyl of Li●e and Turpentine of each two ounces and mingle them throughly then make him a ●iggen of Canvas to close in the Sore so as the Tent and Ointment may abide within renewing it every day once until it be whole but if the Pain be in the Ears without any great swelling which may be only with Cold then take Black Wool dipt in the Oyl of Camomile and thrust it into his Ears For the Canker in the Eye This proceeds from the Corruption of Blood by reason whereof you shall see many red Pimples both within and without the Eye and through Inflamation the Eye will look red and be full of Corruption The Cure is to let him Blood on that side the Neck that you see the Eye is grieved a Pottle or more if you see the Blood very foul and the Inflamation great then take three pints of fair Water and of Roch-Allum and Green Coperas of each half a pound and of White-Coperas an ounce and boil them until that half be consumed then once a day being made warm with a fine Cloth cleanse the Eye so as it look raw and this do every day until it be whole For the Haw in the Eye This Distemper is known unto all Farriers no doubt but it is ingendred from some gross Humour descending out of the Head the Cure thereof is to pull both the Eye-Lids open with several Threads stitched with a Needle to either of the Lids then catch hold of the Hair with the stich of another Needle and Thread and pull it on so far as you may stay it with your Finger to the intent it may cut all round to the breadth of a Penny and leave the black behind for by cutting away so much of the fat and black of the Eye the Horse many times becomes bleer-eyed and therefore you must spare the Fat which is the wash of the Eye and the Film wherein the Eye groweth but cut between the Film and the Crush and then squirt in a little White wine or Beer For Lunatick Eyes For as much as they are so called I am content so to continue the name and it is said that the Horse becometh blind at certain times of the Moon and thereupon most Men do gather that his Sight is good or bad according to the natural Course of the Moon but the Truth thereof is from the natural Sight of the Eye which is a blueish Eye or Sight and all Horses that are so sighted after extraordinary Heat and Travel will be blue and have a Film overgrow the Sight so as he cannot see although he be cured but upon the like occasion will fall blind again An experienced Friend of mine always cured this Disease by thrusting Tu●ty into the Eyes with his Finger But if you lay upon the Temples of his Head a Plaister of Pitch Rosin and Mastick and then with a sharp Knife make two slits on both sides of his head an inch long somewhat towards the Nose a handful

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

descending of the Humours to the Feet and this is clean contrary and my Experience hath cured Horses that have been Hoof-bound four or five Years Of the Loosning of the Hoof. Thi● Grief if it be loose round about the Hoof then it cometh by Foundering if it be in part then by some other Anguish if it come by Foundring then it will first break into the Fore part of the Cronet against the Toe but if a ●hanel Nail or Prick then the Hoof will loosen equally round but if other Hurts then right about the place that is offended which should be well observed of the Farrier but what Cause soever it is be you careful for to keep open the h●le in the bottom of the Foot and restrain it above with the restrictive Plaister of Bole-Armony Bean-●●ower and F●gs mentioned in the Cure of the Prick of the Foot You may take three spoonfuls of Tar a quarter of a pound of ●osen a handful of Tansy a handful of Rue a handful of Mint and as much of Southernwood beat them altogether with a pound of Butter and one penny-worth of Virgin-wax and so make a Plaister and bind it too for seven days and it will be whole Of the cas●ing the Hoof. The cure is Take of Turpentine one pound of Tar half a pint of unwrought Wax half a pound of Sallet-Oyl half a pint boil all these together until they be throughly incorporated then make a Boot of Leather with a strong Sole fit for the Horse's Foot to be buckled about the Pastern then take a good quantity of Flax or Tar and lay this Salve upon it for to cover the Foot so as that the Boot may not any way grieve the Horse renewing it every day until it be whole then let him stand in the Stable upon a Bed of Cow-dung and Snails beaten together which will increase the same for fifteen days and then put him to Grass This Ointment should be in a readiness to anoint the Horses For Foundring Fretezing or any other Imperfection of the Feet or Hoofs of a Horse First pare thin open the Heels wide and shoe large strong and hallow then take a good quantity of Cows-dung half so much Grease or Kitchinstuff a like quantity of Tar and a like quantity of Soot boyl all these very well together and when boiling-hot as may be see you stop your Horses Feet therewith dayly and it will not only take away all Anguish but also strengthen the Hoofs and make them to endure any Labour But when you journey or travel the Horse as Exercise availeth much for this Cure then put in the aforesaid Stopping cold the first night after his Labour and add unto it the White of an Egg or two for that will take away from the Heat and beating of the former days Labour and will keep the Frush strong and dry But in time of Rest let it be boyling-hot as aforesaid Now if the Heat be naturally brittle or by Accident broken or by the former Infirmity dryed up and strained then to enlarge it to make it tough and to make it to grow swiftly take of Pigs-Grease or of Hogs-Grease of Turpentine and of Mastick of each a like quantity and half so much Lard as of all the rest melt all but the Turpentine and being melted take it from the Fire and put in the Turpentine stirring it about till it be well incorporated together then put it into a Pot and when it is cold be sure you cover it close With this Salve twice or thrice a day anoint the Cornets of the Horse's Hoofs close by the Hair at the setting on of the Hoof it will make it shoot fast and grow rough and large For Hurts upon the Cornets of the Hoofs as an Over-reach Stub or Prick c First take of Soap and of Salt of each a like quantity and ●ixt them together like a Past then having cut out the Over-reach or Hurt and laid it plain first wash it with ●rine and Salt or Beer and Salt and with a Cloth dry it ●hen bind on the mixed Soap and Salt renewing it once in ●wenty-four hours and thus do if the Wound be great for three or four days then having drawn out all the Venom as this Salt will quickly do take a Spoonful or two of Train-Oyl and as much Ceruse which we call White Lead and mix it together to a white Salve then spread that upon the Sore Morning and Evening until it be whole which will be affected suddenly for nothing doth dry up ●ooner nor is more kindly and natural for the breeding of a ●ew Hoof than this as you shall find by Experience To help the Surbating or Soreness of the Feet When you find your Horse to be surbated presently ●lap on each of his Fore feet two new-laid Eggs and crush ●hem therein then upon the top of them lay good Cow-dung thus stop them for four hours and he will recover Of the Dry Spavin The Cure is to wash it with warm Water and shave off the Hair so far as the Swelling is then scarifie the place that it bleed and take of Cantharides a dozen and of Eufirbium half a spoonful break them into a Powder and boyl them together with a little Oyl of Bay and being boyling-hot with Feathers anoint the Sore and tye his Tail for wipeing it and within an hour after set him in the Stable and tye him so that he lye not down that Night for the rubbing of the Medicine and within a day after anoint it with butter for six days then draw the ●ore place with an hot Iron take a sharp one like a bodkin somewhat bowing at the Point and so upward be●wixt the Skin and the Flesh and thrust it in at the nether end of the middle Line an inch and a half then anoint it with Turpentine and Hogs-Grease molten together and mad● warm renewing it every day once for the space of nin● days but remember that after this burning you take u● the Master Vein which must be done in this manner Ca●● the Horse upon some Straw then having found the Vein● mark well that part of the Skin which covereth it and pul● that aside from the Vein with your left Thumb to the intent that you may slit it with a Razor without touching the Vein and cut no deeper then through the Skin an● that longest wise that the Vein goeth and not above a● inch then wi●l the Skin return again to the place over the Vein with a Cronet uncover the Vein and make it bare ● thrust the Cronet underneath it and raise it up and put ● Shooe-makers Thread underneath somewhat higher then the Cornet standing slit the Vein long-ways that it may bleed ● and having bled somewhat from above then knit it with ● sure knot somewhat above the Slit suffering it to blee● only from beneath a great quantity then knit up the Vei● also beneath the Slit with a sure Knot then betwixt thes● two

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

at the Stable-door or at some unusual places by the way or in the ground where you give him his Exercise Lastly For the substance whether it be much or little if it be much you must forbear Exercise and make him empty the oftener if it be little then you may fall to labour at pleasure Whether it be good or bad and that commonly falleth out according to the Food he eateth Things to be inferred from the before going Observations If it be clear firm and pale with white Grains in complexion like sweet Soap then it is wholsome if it be Black it shews Heat in the Body if Greasie then it shews Foulness if Red and hard it shews Costiveness if Pale and loose then inward Coldness And as you thus observe his Ordure so you must also observe his Meine whether High Low c. As these qualities of Feeding and Emptying so you shall note his qualities in Rest and Watchings that is in his lying down and standing up what hours and times he observeth for either and how long he continueth in them And if at any time you find sudden or gross alteration then be assured of some Sickness approaching and thus do of any other particular Quality in your Horse which you shall observe in his Health for it is impossible to nominate all and if you find them suddenly to surprize it is doubtful that there is some Sickness following As you thus observe the Complexions and Qualities of the Horse so you must observe his natural Customs and Conditions and how in his livelihood and best health he standeth affected To particularize or name them I cannot because they proceed most from hidden Inclinations or else accidental Apprehension which by continuance of time grow to natural Habits And any of these when they shall increase or fail are true prognostications of Distemperature and Sickness Many other signs of Sickness there are as the not casting of the Coat in due time Hide-bound Continual dislike and Leanness where there is good Feeding But on these I shall inlarge my self hereafter Some other choice Observations for the preventing of all inward Sicknesses The preventing of inward Sicknesses consisteth in two special Observations and Considerations First To prevent it before it come that it may not offend at all The Second is To take it at the first appearance and so to prevent it that it ariseth not to any great danger or hazard To prevent Sickness that it offend not your Horse at all Tho' I have already treated on this Subject yet I shall not omit to write what is of excellent concernment to the Practitioner When you put your Horse to Grass every three or four days before you turn him out take blood from his Neck-Vein then the next day after give him a pint and a half of Muscadine and half an ounce of the Powder of Diapenthe or three quarters of an ounce of the Horse-Mithridate and then by degrees to abate his Cloaths You shall also observe when you let your Horse blood to proportion the quantity you take from him according to the goodness or badness of the Blood for the loss of good Blood is unwholsome and doth hurt and to preserve ill Blood is dangerous and noisome Also if you observe when you take Blood from your Horse to receive it into a Vessel and stir it about continually as the Horse bleedeth to keep it from clotting then having bled him take the Blood and besmear it all over the Horse's Back and Body you shall find it wonderful wholsome to him for it comforteth his Body cleareth his Skin and breedeth a rejoycing in all the Horse's internal parts Now if you have no determination to put your Horse to Grass and yet you would prevent inward Sickness then you shall observe once in two or three Months when you have the best leisure to rest your Horse after it not to fail to give him Muscadine and Diapenthe and Horse-Mithridate as was before shewed and not to let him Blood at all for this very Potion is the greatest purger and purifier of the Blood that can be and voideth all that yellow Cholerick Matter and other evil and undigested Humours which corrupt the Blood Now you are to observe here that although I only prescribe Muscadine wherein you shall dissolve your Powder or Mithridate yet know that when you cannot get Muscadine or other sweet Wine that then you may take strong Ale or Beer but in a greater quantity for whereas you take but a pint and a half of Wine you shall take of Beer or Ale a full Ale-quart as for the Powder of Mithridate you shall keep the first quantity already presc●●bed a●d if you warm your Beer or Ale a little on the Fire it will not be amiss but better Now to take a Sickness at the first Approach and to prevent it that it may not arise not to any great danger you shall by all means observe to look well into the Occasions of Sicknesses which are already shewed and into the Signs of those Occasions and if you find your self guilty of any of them or that the Horse disco●ered any of the former Signs then presently let him Blood and three several Mornings after give him the Drink or Potion before prescribed and undoubtedly it will prevent all the force of Sickness and restore the Horse to his Strength and good estate of Body To refine the Blood and save the Liver from Infection Take of Polipodium of the Oak made very clean cut it into small pieces then take a handful of Liver-wort cut it in small pieces together with six-penny weight of Rheubarb cut small and every Morning for three or four days in a Month give it the Horse in his Provender very early two or three hours before his watering and once in half a Year make tryal of his Blood how pure it is and accordingly Minister help if need be This Medicine is highly esteemed of by those that have experienced it Of Bleeding in any Heart-Sickness or in any ordinary inward Sickness I will now descend to the Cure of these inward Sicknesses And though every several Sickness have a several Cure yet I will draw all here into one sudden but certain and infallible proved Method ever found prosperous and fortunate Whensover by Signs before rehearsed or other Accident or Knowledge you shall find your Horse grievously pained with inward Sickness the first thing you shall do open his Neck-Vein and receive some of the first Blood into a Pewter Porringer which if you set it in cold Water will presently discover the Foulness and Putrefaction then let the Horse bleed well till the Blood change neither must you be nice or tender-in this Action because you must understand that all inward Sicknesses in Horses draw their Effects from the Putrefaction of the Blood only And this is the Reason It is certain that the Horse of all other Creatures hath no natural Vessel into which to receive the