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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

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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