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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

others ●●n sundry regards but especially in that of the Signs who then Govern Viz. Aries the Head Taurus the Neck Gemini the Shoulders Cancer the Stomach Leo the Heart Virgo the Guts and belly Libri the Reins and Buttocks Scorpio the privy Members Sagitarius the Thighs Capricorn the Knees Aquarius the Legs and Pisces the Feet From which Note that it is not at any time safe to let Blood in that part at the time the Sign is predominant or governing in it ●bservations on a Horse as to the Brain Sinews Veins relating to Health Strength c. He that will be expert in Ordering a Horse must not be unskilful in knowing the parts from whence Defects and Diseases chiefly arise the most material I shall briefly Enumerate First Consider the Seat of Life to be in the Brain Heart and Liver from whence it contributes to and disposes every Member and for that cause those are called the Three principal Members to which some would add a Fourth viz. The Stones But that Addition by the wisest Practitioners has been rejected because if taken away Life still remains which it is impossible to do if any of the other be removed Secondly The Sinews which are these viz. Two white Sinews or Tendons beginning at the Nose and passing through the Neck and Back branch into the fore-Legs and end in the hinder Legs taking their Ligaments in all the four Feet Two Sinews called the main Sinews which descend from the Brain and passing down the Cheeks fasten the Jaws Three from the Shoulder to the first Joynt of the Arms or fore-legs besides two other great Sinews Four great Sinews from the Knees to the Pasterns with the same number in the hinder part above As well within as without the fore-part of the Breast are ten Sinews small and great From the Reins of the Back to the Stones are four great Sinews or Ligaments and another great Sinew running to the end of the Tail To conclude a Horse has great and small Twenty Nine or as some will have it Thirty Thirdly The Veins through which the Blood Circulates the whole Body are many yet seeing they centre in the Liver the Seat and Fountain of Blood distributing it into every part divers are of opinion that all other Veins in the Horse's Body are but branches of the Median Vein proceeding directly from the Liver and when-ever that is afflicted with Wind has the Blood corrupted in it or is subject to any other Infirmity it afflicts all at once the whole Body of the Horse Those Branches that ascend to the Head and upper parts of the Body are called Ascendants and those that run down into the Legs and other parts of the Body Descendants And through these branches sleeping and waking the Blood continues its Course Ebbing and flowing like the Ocean by the course of the Moon The things herein chiefly to be consider'd are the Branches properly to be open'd as I have directed in Bloot-letting Page 64. The Bones that frame a Horse's Body their Number and how they are Placed In the Body of a Horse the Bones not accounting the Teeth which are visible thus are Numbred viz. His Head-bones comprehending the Crooks and handle of Skull are although they are compiled of parts and parcels of other Bones likewise two flat handles which form the Pallate and Fork or Throat have Five His Breast-bone and his Chine Fifty two other Bones His Ribs long and short are Thirty six His fore-Legs and fore-Feet contain Forty four The hinder Legs and Feet Forty So that the whole Structure of the Body of a Horse comprizing his Teeth consists of 177 Bones Of the Four Humours in the Body of a Horse c. As Fire Air Water and Earth produce and give Life and Nutriment to all Living Creatures so the Humours viz. Choler Blood Phlegm and Melancholly are the principal Agitators in the Bodies of all Creatures and as it were Compose or at least Preserve them Choler by reason of its heat being alluded to Fire Phlegm by reason of its Moisture and Coldness to Water Blood by reason of its heat and Moisture to Air And Melancholly through its cold and dryness to Earth Choler has its Seat near the Liver which by reason of its heat and dryness accords with the Blood which has its Fountain in the Liver and from thence disperseth it self through the Body Phlegm has its chief Seat about the Brain which is a principal Seat of Life and frequently afflicts when out of temper with Rheums Colds Coughs Catarrhs c. Melancholly has its Seat about the Spleen being the gross and earthly part of the Blood and Choler As for the Offices and Dispositions of these Humours they are four viz. Choler causeth Concoction and voiding of Excrements Blood Nourisheth the Body Phlegm gives Motion to the Joynts and Melancholly disposeth to Apetite Creating a good Stomach The Humours or Constitution of a Horses Body to be taken from the Colour c. The Humours are to be known that a Farrier or any skilful Horse-Doctor may the better prepare the Medicine which I am hereafter to prescribe and this may be done divers ways and particularly by the Colour of a Horse Sympathizing with the Humours viz. If a Horse be Cole-black and has nothing of changeable about him then Choler is predominant in him and by reason of the great heat in him he is incident to Inflamations of the Liver Yellows and Pestilential Fevers and in that case he must have suitable Medicines to allay Heat and purge out the superfluities of Choler yet these Medicines must not be of a quality too much operating lest they impair his Strength for the cholerick Horse though he be fierce and fiery has nevertheless no great Strength If your Horse be Dark or bright Bay neither scouling Countenance bad Mouthed white Flanked white Fleabitten white Lyard like Silver or black with a white Star white Rash with a black Foot then he is Sanguine and the Diseases to which he is most subject are the Consumption of the Liver Glanders Leprosie and such other Distempers caused by Infection Those of this Complexion are very strong and will endure strong Medicine without impairing strength If these Medicines are not compounded of extraordinary hot Ingredients to over-heat the Blood If your Horse be perfect White Yellow Dun Kite colour Mous-dun or the like in mixture then is the prevailing Humour in him Phlegm and such are slow of Nature subject to lose his Flesh also to cold Rheums Head-Ach Coughs Staggers and many other Distempers proceeding from cold watry Distillations and therefore he must have hot Medicines viz. Simples of a hot and strong working nature that may effectually operate on the Mass of Phlegm If a dark Bay colour having long White Hairs called Goats-hairs on his Legs Russet Chesnut Ash-coloured o● Gray Then Melancholy is predominant and his Distempers are Inflamations of the Spleen Frenzies and other the like dull and Melancholy

a Chest and you shall never be troubled with Moths which are very unwholsom for the Horse and troublesome to him Others use to rub their Cloaths on the wrong sides all over with the tops and tender parts of Wormwood with the same effect How to defend a Horse from Flies This is a noisome offence in the Summer-time therefore when you find the trouble thereof take Arse-smart and keep it in running Water and make it exceeding strong of the Herb and therewith sprinkle and wash the Horse all over and no Fly will touch him a second time The Ivy Rue or Herb of Grace will do the like Observations in the Electing of Horses and the Vses That which giveth the noblest Character to a good Horseman is the well-electing of Horses for that use and purpose he intends to employ them and in this Device there is no better nor readier a way than the knowledge of Races and Strains from whence the Horses descend for as I have already intimated it is certain that the Climate Heat and Cold are the three excellent Elements in a Horse's Composition As to the election of Horses by their shapes and proportion by their colour and complexions and by their marks and other outward semblances I have already written sufficiently and intend to iterate nothing To come then to the election of Horses according to their Races Breeds and Climates if you will elect a Horse for service of martial and warlike Employment then these are best the Neapolitan the Sardinian the Almain the French or any of these bastardiz'd in themselves or with fair well-shap'd and well-metal'd English Mares If you will elect for Swiftness and Service then the Arabian the Barbary the Spanish the Grecian or any of these bastardiz'd in themselves or with our best English Mares If you will choose for long Travel and Service then the English the Hungarian the Swedstand the Poland the Irish If you chuse for Draught or Service the Flanders the Friesland or any of the Netherlands either bastardiz'd in themselves or with our English races and these are excellent for Coach for Cart for Pack or for any Burthen I shall end this Discourse of Horses of several Countries with a general Observation I have entertain'd of the Properties of Horses A Horse hath two Properties of a Man the first is to have a proud Heart and the second is to be bold and hardy He hath two Properties of a Badger the first is to have a white rase or ball in his Forehead the second is to have a white Foot He hath four Properties of a Lyon the first is to have a broad Breast the second to be stiff-docked the third to be wild in the Countenance the fourth is to have four good Legs He hath nine Properties of an Ox the first is to be broad Ribb'd the second is to be low-brawn'd the third is to be short-pastern'd the fourth is to have great Sinews the fifth is to be wide betwixt the Challet the sixth is to have great Nostrils the seventh is to be big on the Chine the eighth is to be fat and well fed the ninth is to be upright standing He also hath nine Properties of a Hare the first is stiff-ear'd the second to be green-ey'd the third the eyes round the fourth to have a ●ean Head the fifth to have lean Knees the sixth to be light of foot the seventh to turn upon a light ground the eighth to have a short Buttock the ninth to have two good Fillets He hath nine Properties of a Fox the first is to be prick-ear'd the second to be little ear'd the third to be round-tided the fourth to be side-tail'd the fifth to be short-leg'd the sixth to be black-leg'd the seventh to be short-trotting the eighth to be well colour'd the ninth to have a little Head He hath nine Properties of an Ass the first is to be small mouth'd the second to be long-rein'd the third to be thin-crested the fourth to be streight-back'd the fifth to have small Stones the sixth to be Lath-leg'd the seventh to be round footed the eighth to be hollow footed the ninth to have a rough Foot He borrows ten Properties of a Woman the first is to be lightsome and of a merry cheer the second is to be well-paced the third is to have a broad Forehead the fourth is to have well-siz'd Buttocks the fifth to be hard of Ward the sixth to be always busie with the Mouth the seventh to be chewing of the Bridle the eighth to be good at a long Journey the ninth to be easie to leap upon the tenth to be stirring under a Man My Reader may perceive that I descend to those familiar Instances the better to inculcate the shape of a perfect Horse into his Mind without which there can be nogood nor safe Election let the Horse be of any Country whatsoever To fatten a lean Horse in a short time Take him from Grass and Soil bring him into the Stable curry and rub him so as to loosen the Skin and chafe it with Neatsfoot-oyl give him three times a day for a week Mashes made of boiled Oats Beans and Bran to a good quantity after this for a week make up Balls of Barly-meal Honey Enula campane beaten into powder the Juice of sweet Fennel and Cummin-seeds make these up into Balls with new Ale and give him three of them a day as big as Pullets eggs for a week and after each half a peck of Oats and two quarts of split Beans This done give him only Oats and Hay and in a month unless very old he will be in extraordinary good case A certain way to know the Age of Horse by his Teeth Eye● Eyebrow Hoofe c. A Horse's full number of Teeth are accounted Thirty four tho' there are some few that never arrive to that number having only Thirty or Thirty one and the times they come are these A yearling Colt has six on either side above and below and at three years old ten in the same mmanner and half a year after those that are ill shaped call'd Dog-Teeth drop out and between that and six years others spring up in their room and at full six they have as many as they will have the great Cheek-Teeth and Eye-Teeth in that space falling out and receiving others in their stead being altogether hallow These perfected black marks or Specks appear in the fore Teeth and continue till eight at twelve the sides of his Teeth turn black and so grow longer as his years encrease except he feeds upon very hard Meats and be ●rong Jaw'd to wear or keep them at a stay and after ●welve his Age is not to be found in his Mouth Then observe his Temples to be satisfied in it which are ●ss or more crooked and hallow as he encreases in years The next is his Hoof which is seamed one over ano●her and if upon paring off a piece of the Hoof you find brittle

dry and crusty it denotes great Age. His Tail likewise denotes his Age feel it with your finer and Thumb close to the setting on and if the Joynt ●e knobby and sticking out more than in other parts of it ●● the bigness of a small Birds-egg he exceeds not Two ●ears His Eyes standing out full round and sparkling not ●nking in the pits appearing even with his Temples and ●ot wrinkled and not none apearing in his Eyebrows then ●e is a young Horse but the contrary denotes him old If his skin come up easie and fall smooth when let go denotes him young but if he be of a dark colour and ●he Hair of his Eyebrows turn grey or grisled or it be so ●nder it betokens Age Or if a white Horse have a ●●ack or red Mannel over his Body it signifies the same If the Bars of his Mouth be large and deep rough in ●andling then he is aged but if the contrary then young and fit for Service ●urther general Rules necessary to be known by the Horseman and Farrier from warrantable Experience A Mare 's best breeding-time for a race of good Horses between three and ten years and in suffering her sooner ●o take the Horse she will produce weak and sickly Colts ●r such dull ones as are not worth rearing Put your Stal●on to her in close warm Pasture and feed them well ●t great care be taken of the Mare when she has con●eiv'd often housed and fed with warm Mashes The ●tallion ought not to exceed her in Age above a year to ●e firm limbed strorngly chested and crested free as pos●●ble from Diseases and Sorrances Ride the Mare some●●mes but gently till she has quicken'd and the Colt be come to some perfection House her in rainy damp a● cold weather let her Litter be easie and cherish her w●● dry Meats scattering in a few Cummin-seeds For gelding Colts the Spring and Fall are the b●times the weather being open and warm do this in t●● wain of the Moon the Sign being either in Aries or Virg● Some geld them at nine days but I hold it much bet●● at half a years end then they will be more strong livel● and metalsome Wean them at a year or sooner it yo● find your Mare ●ickly or deficient in Milk then p●● them out of the hearing of their Dam that they may th● sooner forget her and not pine after her but after he seven months old let him not have his fill of suck abo●● once in two days Feed him with Pollard boiled Barl● and put him in short sweet Pasture every day Back him not till three years old lest you make hi● weak in the Loins or sway-back besides it hinders h● growth and generally renders him lame in his Limbs th● you may make him familiar with you that when yo● come to do it it may be done with little trouble A●● then consider for what exercise he is best proportion'd and to that chiefly adapt him In managing him to ●● Paces and other Exercises and in all it is requisite ●● should have a good Mouth trot freely amble smoothl● lifting up his Legs in trotting neither too high nor to low that he gallop strongly be in motion swift and r●● ground apace Directions for the better Ordering a Horse design'd for Exerciseas Hunting Travel c. In these cases the day and night before the day you intend to set out give him a due proportion of Provinder litter him very well and let him be clean rubbed down lead him not abroad but give him warm Wate● in the Stable rub and chafe into his Joynts Neats-●oo● Oyl Trotter-oyl Dogs-grease In the morning let him have Oats and Beans but no Hay if he be brisk and lively Water him not before you ride him out of the● Stable then ride him a mile or two a wracking pace and when well heated ride an Amble Trot or other Pace at ●●r discretion and coming in to your Inn or Stage ●pe off the ●●eat before you rub him down This Knife ●y be made of a piece of a Scyth or broken Sword then ●e him a proportionable allowance of Provinder some●at more than usual If he be any ●hing ho● give him warm Water other●●●old Water will do as well and bringing him home 〈◊〉 ●he like measure● put on his Cloth and tuck dry ●●ps betwe●n his Girts and Body let him stand in the ●dle 〈…〉 then toss a Knop of Hay into the ●ck and soon 〈…〉 him about two quarts of Oats ●● split Beans 〈◊〉 which scatter a little Hempseed ●l cleansed and when he come● to the last Bait give him ●●m Water and Oatmeal light up his Litter and let ●● take his rest And thu● ordering if he be not a de●●ive Horse he will perform what you put him to to ●●r content ●inions as to Saddling and Bridling a Horse much approved ●f the Horse be wild and skittish impatient of the Sad●● and Trench and when they are offer'd to make him ●iliar with the sight of them always hang them near ● in the Stable Offer it till you see some willingness in ● to accept it girt the Saddle on gently and put wisps ●ween his Body and the Girts put on an easie Bridle ●t and so a harder by degrees in a fair day carry him ●●lain ground trot him round you and sometimes che●● him with your Voice strike him a little with your ●nd and lay your weight on the Saddle without mount●● shake and strike the Stirrups against his sides and do ●uch other things as may usually happen in riding by ● means you will become familiar with him and he with ● Then take off the slight and easie Bridle you first try ●●gi●d the Saddle hard wash his Mouth with Ale and ●eacle and put into it a full-mouth'd Trench Bit so ●wing the Reins over his Head lay them on the Saddle ●e them now and then a g●ntle pull that he may feel it ● champ on it fasten then Martingals from the Chaulbands to the Girts yet with some slackness unless he apt to startle and toss up his Head then fasten a bro● piece of Leather about his Neck at his Withers and b●fore the middle of his Windpipe about six inches benea● his Throple between which and his Neck draw the Ma●tingals to prevent his ducking down his head and th● will make him him carry his Neck Archwise like a Swa● and add much to his comeliness And thus use hi● nine or ten days before you actually attempt to ba● him The best Method for Backing a Horse Having made your Horse patient of the Saddle a● Trench carry him abroad then make many offers ●mount by putting your Foot in the Stirrup at leng● leap on his Back sit fast and keep your Legs close ● his sides give him a little head and draw him on ● Ploughed Ground where let him run till he sweat● then breathe him again then cherish him shake yo● Legs and Stirrups keep his head streight and

maintain him in that form in all his doings yet not so that it exceed mediocrity or temperature but remain light on the hand with a sweet mouth Thus having shew'd the Rider that it must be done by keeping this order I proceed Let him stay his Horse temperately upon an even hand as his resistance shall require without giving any other Liberty then with his Rod to strike him gently upon the bowing of the Neck provoking him mildly with the Spur on that side on which he most wryeth his Buttock to the ●nd that he may go just until he draw back one of his fore Feet which if he do make much of him and then stay a while and do the like drawing only the Bridle for the former cherishing will make him to understand and then 〈…〉 go lightly back with both the fore Legs when he is touched on the Neck with the Rod saying with a loud Voice Back at which Voice with the feeling of the Rod and drawing of the Bridle he will go back to the Rider's desire And always after when he is out of the due and true stay upon the Bridle let him do the like that is to go back in form aforesaid and altho' some disorder be committed let not the Rider despair for he shall find him easily won to a good Mouth by this use of a temperate and firm Hand which is by the mediocrity of slacking and drawing properly named a sweet Stay making him light upon the hand champing the Bit with great pleasure and a stay'd Head in due place the true Tokens whereof are just Reins staid and a light-born Head with pleasure on the Bit being Properties inseparable in every perfectshap'd Horse's Actions But because it may seem very difficult to have a continuance of Perfection in every action altho' it is common upon stop or standing still to be in order yet perhaps upon motion he will leave playing upon the Bit and bear upon the head especially upon the main courier which proceeds from the want of true Knowledge how to maintain and continue the hand just and firm with a sweet stay so as that he may take pleasure on the Bit And therefore how to maintain a Horse both in furious and quiet doings is to be consider'd of If then that at any time he make any disorder note it diligently so stay him and make him go backward for in going back he will bring himself to his right order agen Then presently make much of him and forthwith move him forwards fair and gently till he come to the place of stop And as he must be thus used in going forward so he must be used in treading of the Rings first gently upon the pace upon the trot and upon the gallop in practising whereof he must precisely observe that it be done with a temperate staid and firm hand otherwise he will gape thrust his Tongue upon the Bit or over the Bit to defend himself thrust his head out suddenly pluck it in disdainfully or else shaking or moving his head one way or other to be freed from the pressing of the intemperate hand which is to him uncouth and contrary to Nature the which Art should evermore labour to please The true form and practice of drawing the Bridle is also to be learnt which is that being mounted in the Saddle let the Rider draw the Reins equal and if the Horse know not the Bit then let the Bit be very slack and let him hold the Reins in his left hand with the little finger and Ring-finger between under the Pummel of the Saddle as near the Withers as he can and then with the right hand draw the Reins softly and equally together through the left hand so as the Standers-by can scarcely perceive it the which he must not remove until he feel the Horse to stay upon the Bit and there hold them without slacking or further drawing until he perceive whether the Head stand in true form which if it be not then let him a little yield his left hand again and standing so a pretty while bring his left hand to his former place again where the Horse made the first stay upon the Bit then let him draw the Reins with his right hand somewhat more through the left as before but so little and gently as scarcely to be perceived for so must all the motions of the Hand be and then keep it firm and staid a pretty while and if he yield tho' very little let him keep his hand still at one stay neither slackening nor drawing it whereby he will feel the ease that he hath got by yielding and then presently make much of him But if it so happen that the Reins fall slack let him not remove his left hand but draw them through his left hand as before for they must not be slack until they stay again upon his right hand whereunto whensoever he yieldeth make much of him continuing still in this manner to solicite him till his Head be in its due place that is neither too much out nor too much in after which if he bear not light let his Rider strike him gently on the Knees of his fore Legs to make him to go back whereby he will bring in his head and then will the Bit move and his Hand find ease but let him be very careful at that instant to keep his hand so firm as that he neither slack nor draw in to the end he may feel and receive the ease of his own motion of yielding which willingly he will not loose it being delightful to his nature but take some pleasure to stir the Bit in his Mouth and go backward with it the which when the Rider finds are tokens of the winning of his Mouth which to his great satisfaction being won with observation of good order he may be brought to a more continued Perfection Thus I have shew'd the expert Rider so much as the Art may help him but if the Shape and Nature of the Horse be opposite and repugnant as in the greatest number of Horses it is to no purpose howsoever for a time it may seem to be taught yet questionless it cannot be of any continuance But because in the whole Art of Riding there is no one thing more difficult than to make a Horse trot just And that the Perfection thereof is the Perfection of all other of his Doings I purpose to give further Rules Particular Rules and Directions for the Management of a Horse to train him up to a good and commendable Trot being the Foundation of all 1. Let the Rider observe that when he is teaching his Horse herein or any other Lesson that he do not trouble him with any other thing at that time neither suffer him to begin to learn any other 2. That he do not suffer any other to ride him until he be perfected by himself in such Lessons as he taught him lest he should be confus'd by the diversity of Teachers

and boyl it on the Fire then with Wheat-Bran make it into a hot Poultis and being so warm as the Horse may endure it apply it twice a day to the grieved place but in case that the soreness be where you cannot bind any Poultis unto it then you shall only take Patch-grease and being molten very hot with the same bathe the Horse twice a day and give him very moderate Exercise before and after his dressing it will not only take away all Pain and Anguish but also remove all Swellings Guordings or any other Sore whatsoever For the Wens or Knobs in the Body The Cure is Take of Mallows Sage and Red-Nettles of each a handful boyl them in running Water put thereunto Butter and Honey a little quantity and when that the Herbs are soft bruise them then put thereunto of Oyl of Bayes two ounces and two ounces of Hogs-grease and warm them together over the Fire which being well stirred and very hot make a Plaister as big as the Wen upon a piece of Leather and so renew it for the space of eight days always laid as hot as may be and if it come not to a head then lance it very deep afterwards heal it with very clean washed Turpentine the Yolk of an Egg and a little Saffron well wrought together with a Tent of Flax well rowled therein renewing it every day Another Cure for the same Take a pound of strong Lye and Soap a quarter of Vitriol Roman an ounce of Sal Armoniack as much of Roch-Allum and boil them together till they are thick and use it for an Ointment Another remedy for the same Take Gipsiaecum the strongest and lay it on with Cotton three or four times and it will take it away For the falling of the Crest The Cure is First let the Crest be supported to stand upright then on the contrary side that it falleth draw his Crest the depth of a Straw with a hot Iron the edge of which Iron should be half an Inch broad and make your Beginning and Ending somewhat beyond the Fall but the first Draught must go all the way upon the edge of the Main even under the Roots of the same bearing your hand right downward into the neckward then answer that with another Draught beneath and so far distant from the first as the Fall is broad compassing all the Fall and betwixt these two Draughts right in the midst draw another Draught then with a Button of an Inch about or else crossing the same with your Iron burn at each end a hole or else cross the Spaces betwixt the Draughts the Reason is that by the pursing up and shrinking of the Skin on the contrary side the Crest may stand upright Some will afterwards anoint the same with Fresh Butter or something to asswage the Heat but this is a way to enlarge the Skin and for my own part I hold it best until nine days are past then to take away the Scab will not be amiss For the crick in the Neck There are many Opinions how this should come ●● a Horse and therefore many means ought to be used before any extreme means be used first therefore if the Horse have such a Crick that he holdeth his Neck streight and cannot have the use to lift it up and down as was usual then let two Men on each side rub his Neck rub him stoutly sparing no pains till his Neck be grown very hot which being done put a Bit into his Mouth and make tryal if he can or will rein in any seemly Proportion the which if he do then it is to be concluded the same came by some Cold or some Strain and then I would have him let blood on both of the Breast-Veins and all his Neck throughly anointed and laboured with Aquavitae and Nerve-Oil that it may drink into the Skin and two Sheep-skins wrapt about him with the Wool next to the Neck to keep it in a great Heat and so to rest twenty-four hours and if he do not by this means amend but carrieth his Head still down and feedeth slowly then make a hole in his Forehead close under the Foretop and thrust in a Cronet to raise the Skin from the Flesh a handful deep then take a Goose's Feather well anointed with Hogs-grease to keep the hole open that it may run ten days together and every day twice let the Feather be cleansed and new anointed and let his Neck be still laboured with rubbing covered very warm to keep it in a Sweat and if you perceive no Amendment then draw him with a hot Iron from the Root of the Ear on both sides of the Neck through the midst of the same even to the Breast a straw deep that both ends may meet on the Breast but if he carry his Neck awry on one side then only draw the contrary side with a hot Iron and fail not every Morning when he is fasting to ride him with a Bit till he sweat and the hotter he is the more pull in his Rein and when he cometh to the Stable cool him moderately and rub him throughly To draw the Wolves Teeth These are two little Teeth growing in the upper Jaw next to the great grinding Teeth which hinderr the Horse from grinding his Meat so as he will let it fall unchewed and sometimes you shall see some Teeth so long and over-hanging in his Jaws that they race and cut his Cheeks so that he cannot feed The Cure is Tye the Horse's Head to some Raster or Post his Mouth being opened with a Cord so as you may see every part thereof then take a round Iron Tool half a yard long made at the end like a Carpenpenter's Gouge and with your Left-hand set the edge of that Tool at the foot of the Wolves Teeth on the outside of the Jaw turning the hollow-side of the Tool downward holding your hand steadily then with a Mallet in your Right-hand strike on the head of the Tool a pretty hard blow to loosen it and make it bend inward then wrench the Tooth outward with the inside of the Tool and thrust it out of his Head and do the like to the other Tooth and fill the holes with Salt and if any Tooth do over-hang the nether Teeth to the Prejudice of the Horse then with your Mallet and Tool pare the Tooth or as many as over-hang for hurting the Horse's Mouth For the swelling of the Gums The Cure is To make him to bleed well in the Pallate of the Mouth and also to scarifie the Gums that the rank Blood may come out and then rub them throughly with Vinegar and Salt Of the Rifts or Corruption in the Pallate of the Mouth Take sharp Vinegar and Salt and wash the same and then anoint it with Honey For the Lampus or Hadders in a Horses Mouth every Farrier can cure it For the Cumey in the Mouth This proceeds from the eating of filthy Hay that Cats Dogs and other