thinges for when you presse him with the bridle if hee carryeth his head well yet must you presentlye ease your bridle hand and make much of him because hee sheweth himselfe obedient vnto you and whensoeuer hee doth anye thing well and with delight you must bee verye heedefulnot to vexe him as if your desire were to torment him but euer so winne him as hee may bee willing to please you So likewise when you beare a firme hand with a stay thereby the Horse doth bring in his head and yeelde to your hand yet you must shorten the raines of your bridle till his head bee setled in due place that is neither to carie his fore-head too much out nor too much in stil maintaine him in the forme in all his dooings yet that it exceede not mediocrity or temperature but remaine light on the hand with a sweet mouth Thus hauing shewd you that it must be done I will shewe you how to doe it by keeping this order stay your horse temperately with the bridle vpon a stayed hand as his resistance shal require without giuing any libertie then with your rodde strike him gently vpon the bowing of the necke prouoking him with the spur on that side hee most wryeth his buttock to the end he may goe iust vntill he draw backe one of his forefeete which if hee doe make much of him and then stay a while and do the like drawing onely the bridle for the former cherishing will cause him to vnderstand you and then wil he goe lightly backe with both the fore legges when you touch him on the necke with the rodde saying with a lowde voice backe at which voice with the feele of the rodde and drawing of the bridle he will goe backe to your desire and alwaies after when hee is out of the due and true stay vppon the bridle doe the like that is to goe backe in forme afore-said and although some disorder be committed haue no dispaire for you shall finde him easily wonne to a good mouth by this vse of a temperate and firme hand which is by the mediocritie of slacking and drawing which is propperly tearmed a sweet stay What is a tēperate and firme hand which the Italians call Dolce Appoggio making him light vpō the hand champing the bitt with great pleasure and a stayed head in due place the true tokens whereof are iust rayne iust staide and light borne head with pleasure on the bit being properties inseperable in euery perfect shaped Horses actions but because it may seeme very difficult to haue continuance of perfection in euery action although it is common vppon stop or standing still to be in order yet perhaps vpon motion he wil leaue playing on the bit and beare vpon the hand especially vppon the maine careere which commeth for want of true knowledge how to maintaine and continue the hand iust and firme with a sweete stay so as he may take pleasure on the bit and therefore how to maintaine a Horse both in furious and quiet dooings is to be considered of if then at any time he make any disorder note it dilligently and by and by stay fayre and gently and make him go backe as you did before for in going backe he wil bring himselfe into his right order again then presently make much of him and forthwith mooue him forward faire and gently till he come to the place of stop and as he must be thus vsed in going forward so must he be vsed in treading of the rings first gently vppon the pace vppon the trot and so vpon the gallop in practising wherof you must precisely obserue that it be done with a temperate stayde and firme hand otherwise he will gape thrust his tongue vppon the bit or ouer the bit to defend himselfe thrust his head out sudd ainely pluck it in disdainefully or else shaking or moouing his head one way or other to be freed from the pressing of the intemperate hand which is to him violence and contrarie to Nature the which Art shold euermore labour to please The true forme practise of drawing the bridle is also to bee learned which is that being mounted in the Saddle let the Ryder draw the Raines equall and if the Horse know not the Bytt then let the Bytte bee verie slack and hold the Raines in his left hand with the little finger and ring finger betweene vnder the pomell of the saddle as neere the withers as he can and then with the right hand draw the raines softlye and equally together through the left hand so as the standers by can scarce perceiue the which hee may not remooue vntill he feele the Horse begin to stay vpon the bytt then there hold them without slacking or farther drawing vntill hee peruse whether the head standeth in true forme which if it bee not then let him a little yeelde his left hand againe and standing so a prettie while bring his left hand to his former place againe where the Horse made the first stay vppon the bytte but if you perceiue the Horse doubteth whether to put it out or bring it in which will bee hardly perceiued other then that then hee standeth without motion vppon the bytte then drawe the Raines with your right hand somewhat more through the left hand as before but so little and gently as can scarce bee perceiued by the Beholders for so must all the motions of the hand bee and then keepe it firme and stayed a prettie while and then if hee yeelde though verie little keepe your hand still at one stay neither slacking nor drawing it wherebye hee will feele the ease hee hath gotten by yeelding and then presentlye make much of him but if it happen the Raines fall slacke remooue not your left hand but drawe the Raines through your left hand as before for they may not be slack vntill he stay againe vppon your right hand whereunto whensoeuer he yeeldeth make much of him continuing still in this sort to solicite him till his head be in his due place that is neither too much out nor too much in after which time if hee beare not light let his keeper strike him gently on the knees of his fore-legges to make him go backe whereby he will bring in his head and then will the bit mooue and your hand finde ease but be very carefull at that instant to keepe your hand so firme as you neither slacke nor drawe in to the end he may feele and reteyne the ease of his owne motion of yeelding which willingly he will not loose beeing delightfull to nature but take delight to stir the bit in his mouth and goe backe withall likewise the which when you finde are tokens of the winning of his mouth which beeing won with obseruation of good order may be brought to continuall perfection Thus I haue shewed you so much as Arte may helpe but if the shape and nature of the Horse be opposite and repugnant as in
the greatest number of Horses it is howsoeuer for a time it may seeme perfect yet no doubt it cannot be of continuance and therefore still desire all men to put their vttermost helpe for to increase a perfect breede of Horses and increase of temperate teachers But because in the whole Art of Ryding there is no one thing more difficult then to make a Horse Trott iust and that the pefection thereof is the perfection of all other his iust dooings I purpose a little farther discourse heerein fearing that I haue beene too briefe so as diuers doubts may stil arise amongst such as haue not had long knowledge and practise therein Wherefore obserue that when you are teaching your horse heerein or in any other lesson that you doe not trouble him with anye other lesson at that time neither suffer him to begin to learne any other vntill he be verie perfect in that he is in learning 2 Secondly that you doe not suffer anye other to ride him vntill he be perfect in such lessons you purpose to teach him least he be confused by diuersitie of hands and man-ner of teaching 3. Thirdly when hee is brought to a iust stay of head and assurance of the bytt then doe you mainetaine him therein to a full perfection 4 Fourthly when he is out of order then stay him and make him goe backe as before is mencioned 5 Fiftly when he is in order then make much of him and stay not long but with a firme hand faire gently put him into his pace againe 6. Sixtlye if hee continue in his good order make much of him giuing your body with a gentle motion of the calfes of your legges mooue him to doe it more speedily the which if he be by nature good he will quickly performe alwaies remembring to keep a firme hand vnlesse by bringing in his head the Reines fall slack which must be then drawne as hath bene tolde you 7. Seauenthly if his trot continue not light vppon your hand stay him cause him to goe backe which will bring him in order againe and then gently put him into his pace so to his trot as before which being wel done cherish coy him by all the sweetest best meanes you may so that you may ouerwin his loue therby so for that time leaue him lead him home by some leading line in which time giue him a little grasse or hay on your hand and scratch him speake to him with the most louing words you may which will make him at your next exercise doe all thinges to your greatest content within twentie daies he will pace and trotte in such order as alwaies after you may trot him most swiftly in the rings or in manage 8. Eightly in his swift trot by all meanes keepe your true feate and firme hand so as he lose not that excellent forme and grace before prescribed but do not galloppe him vntil he be iust and perfect in his swift trot then out of that trot to put him to a quiet gallop in the large ringes euen to the stoppe but beware you draw not your hand hastily to you but by a little sway of your bodye backe and hand together and stay your hand there til he come back a step or two there stay him suffer him not to go forward in that instant make verie much of him so let your hand and body go to the place againe 9. Ninthly if he should then offer to goe forward stay him with the like sway and then alight lead him home making much of him as before 10. Tenthly to assure your selfe of the right vse of this hath bene saide and of the perfections therof pace your Horse ouerthwart some deepe fallowe as fast as you can for halfe an hower but suffer him not by any meanes to trot keeping your hand in a firme and temperat stay as before and if you still finde his head in due place his cariage light pleasant vpon the bit you are assured you haue gained the perfection of the hand and the true vse thereof for the teaching and making of a yong Horse wherin obserue that if he be of perfect shape his head wil be in due place light vpō the bit without art Now a little I purpose to speake of the Horse that is alreadie taught and brought to perfection wherin a good rider hath small neede to vse any rod or other help but to keep his true iust and perfect seat because the Horse by the least token or motion of bridle or spur will do all thinges in such time and measure as the beholders will iudge the Horse and rider but one bodie one minde and one will and therefore how the reines should be caried placed vsed is the onely thing to be spoken of The reynes you must holde in your left hand placing the little finger and ring-finger betwixt the two reines and the thumbe close vp on the reines so as the hand remooue not from the crest of the Horse for by the motiō of the hand it is signified to the Horse which way you would haue him turne which is by streyning the reyne on that hand you would haue him turne and slacking it on the other the order and manner there of hath bene and is yet diuersly vsed of the best horsemen and therefore I leaue it to euery mans vse as he findeth it most fit but in running at the Tilt where the Horse neither doth or can turne the rider must not draw the bridle towards the Tilt but only strainethe reine that is next the Tilt to make him cary his head towards the same 1. But because the true shape and goodnes of nature of the Horse is it that art attendeth worketh vpon in those Horses the rules of arte haue perfection with continuance so as the Horse that is of perfect shape and well taught shall not indanger winde or limbe or deformity of body 2. Next your person shal neuerbe in perill by rearing or running away 3. Thirdly the rider shall neuer be grieued with heauy bearing vpon his hand but performe all with great delight neither shal you need Cauetsane musrole martingale or such like but only false reines 4. Fourthly lastly this teaching will manifest the difference betwixt true knowers and ignorant ryders which doings the Horse doth represent expresse when he would appeare most beautifull and thereby make both the rider and himselfe appeare most noble terrible and beautifull to beholde with such delight to the beholders as they will seeme to be rauished with delight all which is attained by good discretion taking of time with temperance which of few is little regarded rather ryding without order and with such extremitie of spur and rod that for want of breath they commit many diforders whereby the poore Horse is cruelly tormented being no other then to ride as mad men without discretion and as passionate and furious men without
reason After your horse hath pefectly learnd swiftly to trot perfectly to stop perfectly go back thon ought he to be taught perfectly to aduaunce which is by lifting vp both his fore-feete iust and euen together like vnto a goate somewhat aboue the ground and so let them fal euen iust twice or thrice together the true dooing wherof wil cause him to make a iust perfect mannage and a ready and perfect turne for the attaining whereof trot him gently fortie or fifty foote in some plaint way then giue him a iust stop which he wil truly perform because he hath before perfectly learned the same alwaies keepe a steady pleasant perfect haÌ„d on the bridle then instantly with a milde voice say hup hup striking him in that instant with your wand on the right shoulder also with both the calfes of your legs together but spur him not if possiblye without it hee wil aduance the which with a little labor patieÌ„t teching no doubt hee wil atteÌ„pt to do 2. or thrice together the which if he do then in that instant make much of him althogh it be very meanly done pause a little time giue breath then trothim again in like maner the like distance of grouÌ„d as before so gently vse him again the which if he do better aduaÌ„ce make much of him but if he do not better euery time hee is taught you must stil folicite him vntil he doe better then presently coy him make much of him all which must be with temperance not with furie and be sure to giue him breath and not to be rash or hasty neither forget to make much of him when at your direction hee doth any thing well so shall you cause him to do the same most delightfully also sencibly aprehend when he doth wel whatsoeuer you desire after that he can in plain grouÌ„d perfectly aduiÌ„ce then teach it him gently vpon the hanging knole of a hill to bring him perfectly to stop and runne slyding vpon his buâ—tocks or hinder legges which is moste praise-worthy beautifull or gracefull for manage and turne and therefore let him do it most perfectly before you teach him any other lesson and when he can doe it perfectly vpon a soft trott then vpon the swift trot afterwards doe it vpon a soft gallop and not before but neuer vpon a swift gallop vntill he be perfect both in turne and mannage remembring the manner how I tolde you to make a Scholler write as faire and perfect as his maister be sure to obserue if it may be when you teach him to haue one by that can iudge of the good or euill dooing therof the want wherof is a principall cause of most errors because the Ryder cannot iudicially see whether it bee as it ought that is iust and true and with comelye grace whereby manye faultes and errors are committed and continued which by the helpe of a skilfull director would bee easily amended in the beginning for principio mederi multo melius quam fini to amend a fault in the beginning is far more easie then when it hath bene long accustomed for if he aduance too high and not iust and euen and with a good grace as hee ought then may the fault be speedily found and easily amended by immediate correcting him with one or with an euen stroke of your legges and the wand with a sweete staied hand on the bridle which with few trials will amend what is amisse and the end full perfection And for the teaching of your horse to yerk because thereby commeth much more hurt then good I leaue to entreat thereof And whereas some apoint many helpes for Horses that are harder to turne on the one side then on the other although I confesse their general desire is more apt to the left hand then to the right yet to a Horse of good nature and perfect shape little Arte will speedily helpe and to teach those Horses that are otherwise shaped is but to teach an Asse to run vnder a bridle and may truly say with Horace O infelix operam perdas O vnfortunate skill to loose thy labor and so soone shall a ryder bring a Iade to perfection as an Asse to play on a harpe for as a good Horse by the sound of a trumpet is stirred and mooued to battaile so Suem abigat citius quam animet ad pugnam the Sowe is therby sooner chased away then incouraged to fight because nature hath not made her for that purpose It now remaineth to shew when to make the halfe turne and the double turne the chambetta the manage to passe a swift cariere the coruet such like The next lesson he is to learne after he is very perfect in those I haue set down is to make a true iust halfe and double turne which would be in this maner First when you haue gently trotted stopped aduanced your Horse the length of a short cariere teach him gently and mildly to make the halfe turne beginning alwaies on the right haÌ„d that is to turn him with the helpe of your left leg that his head may stand that way which before his taile stood which is called a halfe turne because he maketh but halfe a circle but if in the turne he set his head that way it stood at first that is a whole circle and therefore called a whole turne but let him first doe the halfe turne perfect and let that bee his first lesson learne it very perfect before you teach him the double turne which must be done by helping him with your voice and Calfe of your left legge and not at first by any meanes to haue him spurred if he can be otherwise brought vnto it because to spur is a correction which may not bee done but in that instant when he hath committed an error and not while he remaineth ignorant what to doe by which meanes vndoubtedly being a sencible creature he wil euermore perceiue his errors and offences wherby with little correction he wil easily amend any fault neuer driue him to dispaire for hauing formerly attained a perfectioÌ„ of a iust eueÌ„ swift trot in the rings the verie true ground of all other lessons he will easily turne on the right hand setting his head that way his taile stood the which being perfectly attained then close it vp with another halfe turne on the same hand by the prescribed helpes setting his head and all his body in the same pathe it vvas at the first then giue breath and make much of him and then make him doe as much on the left hand and so to change from hand to hand leauing alvvaies on the right remembring that the tvvo first halfe turnes be done more leasurely then the tvvo last halfe turnes vvhich must be done more speedily and then make him doe as much on the left hand so change from hand to hand leauing alvvaies on the right Thus by
freno an Asse to weare a bridle in all your managing let your body still accōpany your horse in the action with a good grace And vvhen he hath verie perfectlye learned his manage on a soft trot then may you manage him vvith a gallop giuing him on each hand one single turne and a little before you turne him holde your rodde on the contrarie side vvhereby hee shall knovve on vvhat side to turne and at the stop make him to aduance either vvith voice rod or spurre alvvaies remembring to giue breath and euermore beginne vvith a gentle gallop vntill he be verie perfect and then time will bring him to a perfect and swift manage but I wish you so to vse exercise your horse as when hee is become a perfect Horse you may long be maister of a perfect Horse and not to spend or spoile him in a little time in teaching of him needelesse toyes There might be much more spoken of helpes and corrections in managing but because they are proper to Iades or else to horses that are euill taught I omit them for if your horse be such as he ought your selfe temperate and discreete otherwise I wish you not to professe your selfe a Horseman you shall heerein finde sufficient After your Horse is perfect in such lessons as haue beene formerlye remembred Cariere and growen to his full and perfect strength hauing learned al his lessons without swift gallop and therein so ready as may be wished then beginne with him with a short Cariere in a faire sandie way with a liuely voice put him forward forcing him to runne swiftlye roundly smothely with a steady head and lightly to stop him selfe on his buttocks then turne him on the left hand softly pace him to the other end of the Cariere path and there stop him and turne him againe on the right hand and so leaue And as this passing a cariere or swift gallop must neuer bee done or taught vntill hee be moste perfect in all the lessons so must it be done verie sparingly as once or twice in a month at the moste so shall hee doe all things with admiration and of long continuance CHAP. 54. bound and Leape SOme haue a desire to haue their Horses to bound leape and yarke and because I know it would be most exactly done which cannot bee but by the best spirited Horses tending altogether to their destruction and a matter rather of delight then good vse I leaue it to the disposition of the owner wishing much rather to haue it omitted then practised vnlesse there were more plentie of Horses that are meete for the same CHAP. 55. Of the Capriole and Ooruetti THe difference betwixt these twois that the Capriole or Goates leap is alwaies in going forward and the Ctorueti still in one place these are to be learned taught by one order but neither of them shall euer be well learned and exactly done vnlesse your horse be very perfect to stoppe which is by much bending the elbough of the hinder houghes or heeles of the horse now the Coruetti may in some sort resemble the dauncing of the Beare at a stake for when he daunceth and praunceth vp and downe in one place lifting his forefeete euen and iust together seeming to turne if he might be suffred that is properly the coruet the which is neuer well done vnlesse he bee iust and steadie of head and body bowing the hammes of his hinder legs as if hee would sitt or slide on his buttocks And the Capriole is in the same manner yet still going forward seeming as though he wold yark behinde by aduancing his rump but doth not and as hee doth it forward so will he doe it backward and side-long Now you are not to teach your horse either of these vntil he be absolutely perfect in those former lessons before mentioned because these lessons before mentioned because these lessous are only learned by stopping aduancing the which if he haue once perfectly long practised then trot him for diuers daies vpon some hanging groūd vpon the knole of the hill on the same ground make him to aduance twice together the which he will very quickly do then help him with the sound of your lips to trot two paces farther and there to stop and aduance twice together at the end of the two paces all the length of a hanging hill downeward remembring euermore to cherish him when he doth well and to giue breath that all his doings may be done with delight otherwise he will neuer do it worthy commendations and by this vsing of him you shall haue him vvithin a little time at euery time that he stoppeth aduanceth if you helpe him vvith your vvord in saying hup and vvith your rod by striking him vpon the forepart of his shoulder and in his vvell dooing thereof make much of him he vvill go from stop to stop aduancing both forefeet and hinder loynes vvith time measure so oft as you vvil and in such iust euen and staid manner as vvilbe very delightfull ro beholde Novv because I vvould not haue you begin any lesson but by the direction of a perfect schoolemaister and in that course to continue so must you endeauour your selfe to knovv the reason of all your doings and therefore be sure to be alwaies present at the excercises of the most skilfull Horsemen and as Salomon saith let your foote tread often vppon their threshold read the best writers and when you are able to iudge truly and to make difference betwixt good and bad make asmuch practise as you may and then neuer doubt to become a perfect Horseman and be able to teach your Horse whatsoeuer is fit for a Horse to doe and a man to knowe And if I should now discribe the forme and fashion of all manner of bitts I thinke it needelesse for two respects First for that Laurentius Rusius in his booke written in latten intituled with the Greeke word Hyppoateia signifying the medicine or cures for Horses as also Maister Blundeuile in his booke diuers others haue verie painefullye performed the same When you shall knowe the perfect shape of good Horses and the perfection of the true knowledg of their nature in this treatise most plainly described you wil acknowledge the multitude variety of bits not to be of any vse besides hauing diuers good Bit-makers within this kingdōe who can exactly make as many perfect bits as art cā require I haue thought fit heere to rest and not to make volumnes of needles matter Nulla placudior quies nisi quam ratio composuit Gentle Reader thou seest how briefely I haue entreated of the Art of riding and yet I doubt not but sufficient to the vnderstanding Reader And much better then teadiousnes to a young Scholler But whosoeuer he be that desireth to be a perfect rider and a good Horseman must labour and studie to attaine the true knowledge of nature because nature Art
the hole full of salt For the same TAke Egremony hony and violet leaues stampe them together and flit the sinew vnderneath the care and lay a plaister thereunto three dayes For the same TAke a handfull of sorrell lap it in a bur-dock leafe and roste it in hot embers like a warden then take it out and very hot apply it to the kirnels and so let it rest a day and night and stil so renew it vntill the kirnels be rotten and breake and after all is rotted and gone take the yolke of an egge hony and wheat-flower well incorporated and made thicke and make plasters thereof to heale it CHAP. 94. For the Canker in the nose THis commeth of a corrupt blood consumeth the flesh and makes it rawe within and in the end will eate the gristle therof it will also cause the horse to bleed at the nose and yeild filthy sauour the cure is take of greene copperas and of Allom of each a pound and of white copperas one quarter boile these in a pottle of running water vntill it be almost halfe consumed then take it of and put into it halfe a pint of hony then hold vp his head with a drinking staff but not too high and with a squirt of brasse or elder squirt the same water being luke warme three or foure times together into his nostrils and giue him libertie to blowe out the filthy matter least you choke him and with a stick and a ragge wash his nostrils twice a day vntil he be whole For the same IF you see the canker be of great heate and burning in the sore with exceeding paine take the iuce of purslaine lettice sorrell night shade and wash the sore with a sine clout and with a squirt wash the same and this will kill it CHAP. 95 For bleeding at the nose THis may come vppon many causes which cannot be truely known comming from within the body therfore I wil shew how to cure the same take a pint of red wine put thereunto a quarter of bole armony beaten vnto fine powder put the one half thereof into his nostril that bleedeth holding vp his head this may do wel if in the nostril or head there be the original cause the next day giue him the rest into his body that wil surely binde his body it may help the bleeding being invvard For the same LEt him blood in the brest vaines of each a pint for that is most likely to turne the course of the blood take 2 or 3 sponefuls of his blood and put it in a saucer and boyle it vntill it be dried to povvder then take the povvder thereof and blovv it into his nostrils and if it come of a vvound put it into the same and it vvill presently stint it horse-dung asses dung hogs dung sage leaues brused put into the wound or take of frankinsence an ounce alloes halfe an ounce beat them into fine pouder and mingle them throughly vvith the vvhites of egs vntil it be so thick as hony and with soft hares haire thrust his nostrils so ful as it cānot fal out And lastly some vvill throvv colde vvater vpon him against his haire it is likely that the over-cooling of him that vvayes may stop the flux thereof this did M Iohn Orpen a vvorthy Farrer vse if at any sudden such an accident did happen CHAP. 96. Of the riftes or corruption in the pallate of the mouth TAke sharpe vinegar and salt and wash the same and then annoint it with honny For the lampas or bladders in a Horse mouth euery Smith can cure CHAP. 97. For the canker in the mouth VVash the fore place with strong vinegar made thicke with the pouder of Allome two or three daies together to destroy the exulcerate matter Then take a quart of faire water of Allome 4 ounces of honny 4. or 5. spoonefulls of maudlin leaues Sage leaues Collumbine leaues of each a handfull boile al these together till halfe be consumed and then euery day wash the same two or three times being warmed and it will heale it CHAP. 98. For the Gigs in the mouth THey are swellings with blacke heads growing in the inside of the lips the cure is to flit them and thrust out the corruption and to wash the same with vinegar and salte CHAP. 99 For the heat in the mouth TVrne vp the vpper lip and iagge it with a lancet that it may bleede and washe it with vinegar and salte CHAP. 100. For the Camey in the mouth THis commeth by eating of filthy hay that cats dogs and other vermine haue pist vppon which will cause the Horse mouth to be furd or clammy as he will not not eat The cure is to let him blood in two great vaines vnder the tongue and to wash his mouth with vineger and salte and to giue him new bread that is not hot CHAP. 101. For the hurt of the tongue with the Bit. THe cure is to wash it with Alome water then take black bramble leaues and chop them with larde then put them within a cloute and make them as round as a ball then dip the same in hony and annoint the tongue therewith vntill it bee whole CHAP. 102. For the Barbels or paps vnder the tunge THe cure is to clippe them away and to wash the mouth with vinigere and salt CHAP. 103. For the swelling in the gummes THe cure is make him to bleede well in the pallet of the mouth and also to scarifie the gummes that the ranke blood may come forth and then rub them throughly with vineger and salt For to drawe the wolues teeth CHAP. 104. THese are two litle teeth growing in the vpper Iawe next to the great grinding teeth which hinder the horse for grinding his meat so as he will let it fall vnchewed somtimes you shall see some teeth so long and ouerhanging in his Iawes that they doe race and cut his cheeks so as he cannot feed The cure is tye the horse head to some rafter or post and his mouth to be openned with a corde so as you may see euery part therof then take a round yron toole halfe a yard long made at the end like a Carpenters Gouge and with your left hād set the edge of that toole at the foot of the wolfes teeth on the outside of the Iawe turning the hollowside of the toole doūward holding your hand stedily then with a mallet in your right hand strike on the head of the toole a pretty blowe to losen it and make it bend inward then wrench the tooth outward with the inside of the toole and thrust it out of his head doe the like to the other tooth and fill the holes with salt and if any tooth ouerhang the nether teeth to the hurt of the horse then with your mallet and toole pare the tooth or as many as do ouerhāg for hurting the horse mouth For the crick in the neck
vntill it be gone For the same SOme will shaue the haire from the place lay wheat flower and the white of an egge beaten together vpon a plaister not remooue it for 2. or 3. daies that wil bring it to a head then in the lowest part where the corruption is pierce it vpward with a sharp yron somwhat hot annoint it euery day with hogs grease after wash the place with water salt and throwe some dry thing vpon it CHAP. 109. For inflamations or cankers in the withers IF the inflamation be great draw round about the swelling with a hot yron and crosse it then take a roūd hot yron sharp pointed thrust it vpward in the swelling place towards the point of the withers that the matter may issue downewards then taint it with hogs grease and annoint all the swelling continuing so to do til it be asswagde renuing the taint euery day vntil the fiery matter be fallen away then taint it with turpentine the yolkes of egges and saffron mingled together as aforesaide renuing the taint euery day till it be whole But if the swelling goe not away then be sure the same is greatly inflamde and growne to impostumation then launce it and let out the corruption then take halfe a pinte of hony of verdigrease two ounces beat to pouder mingle it with the hony and boyle them in a pot till it looke red and being warme make a taint or plaister as the same shall require renuing it euery day till it be whole but to keep it from danger the surer way is to thrust the hole full of this last salue and to thrust after it a peece of spunge to keepe the hole open and to draw foorth the venom therof and so to vse it till it be whole some would haue you alwayes thoroughly wash the hole with olde chamberly bay salt that hath bin wel boiled together before you taint it and no doubt it is very good but if the same be very vlcerous and corrupt then take lie hony roche allome mercury seeth them together scoure the same therewith to the bottome CHAP. 110. For the Nauellgall THe cures heereof are diuers and so they ought to be for medecine is to be ministred according to the hurt of more or lesse If it be but galled take soote of a chimney and yest mixed together and plaister it once or twice a day For the same if it be a sore TAke a pottle of veriuce three penny worth of greene Copporas boile it to the one halfe and wash the sore therewith then fill the sorewith red lead and let it not be dressed of 3. dayes and then dresse him as you see cause For the same IF the Horse backe be sore hurt so that it swell and is impostumed then lance it on the nethermoste part of the vlcer so that the matter may haue issue downeward for if you should lance it aloft then the corruption that remaineth will fisttulate if you finde the concauity deep then make a taint of flaxe and dip it in this salue Take of decres suet of waxe of Tar and of Turpentine of each three ounces one ounce of Rozen mingle them altogether and taint the wound and if you see any dead flesh grow in it then sprincle the pouder of verdigrease vpon it and then lay vpon the head of the taint a plaister of the yolk of an egge hony and wheat flower and thus dresse it euening and morning For the same IF it be enflamed cut it round about with a sharpe knife euen to the bone leauing no rotten flesh behinde then take the white of an egge and salte beaten together and lay it vpon Tow plaister-wise renewing it so for two daies together then take a quarter of a pinte of hony and one ounce of verdigrease beaten into pouder and boyle them together stirring them till it looke red and being warm make a plaister thereof with Tow and wash the same with vinegar or white wine and lay that plaister on it and when it beginneth to heale scatter the pouder of burnt Oyster shelles on it or els the pouder of hony and slict lime being made into a cake and baked to dry it vp CHAP. 111. For the sweying of the backe THis hurt commeth by some streine The cure is that so soone as he beginneth to complain which is by reeling or rolling in the hinder partes which is easely discerned then take a sheeps skin as hot as it can be taken from the sheepe and clap the fleshy side thereof along his backe presently put many clothes vpon it to keepe his back as warme as may be and so let it continue till it begin to smell then prepare another in like manner and take away the olde and so continue him for 21. daies at least and let him not be trauelled but still rest And if this helpe him not then draw his backe with a hot yron right out on both sides of the edge of his backe from the pitch of the buttocke vnto a handfull within the saddle then ouerthwart and let not the strikes be deep but so burned as they may looke yellowe then presently lay on it this charge of pitch a pound of rosen half a pound of bole armony halfe a pound made in pouder halfe a pinte of tarre and boile them together in a pot vntill they be throughly mingled then being luke warme daub it very thicke vpon the burning and clap on as many flocks of the Horse colour as you can make to abide and let them remaine till they fall off CHAP. 112. For the hide hound THe cause heereof is a sudden colde after great heat when the pores are open the colde entreth and maketh an attraction of the sinewes soas the Horse seemeth to goe or trauell with great griefe his skin being as if it were starched being shrunk and clung to his ribs The cure is to let him blood in both the slanke veines being next the girding place and the flankes Then take a quart of good white wine and put thereunto three ounces of sallet oyle of commin one ounce of anniseedes two ounces of licorish two ounces beaten into pouder and giue it him warme then let him be throughly rubbed from the huckle bone alongst the backe and ouer the ribbes halfe an houre together then couer all his backe with a sacke thoroughly soked in a tub of water and the water wrung out of it and vpon that cast many cloathes and gird them fast vnto him to bring him vnto a swet which is the onely and chiefe thing to recouer him and keepe him with good mashes and euery day let him be so vsed for seauen or eight dayes together giue him much sodden barly and beanes for his dyet and greene malte on the floore and after the 8. daies end let him blood in the two brest veines about a pinte then give him a pinte of sacke a quarter of a pinte