desire to make on a white Horse a black Star you shall then take a Scruple of Ink and four Scruples of the VVood of Oliander beaten to powder incorporate this in as much Sheeps Suet as will suffice and anoint the place therewith and it will make any white Hair black or take the Decoction of Fearn Roots and Sage sod in Lye and wash the place therewith and it will breed black Hair but you must wash the place very oft therewith Or take the Rust of Iron Galls and Vitriol and stamp them with Oyl or else take Souter-Ink Galls and Rust and beat them well together and anoint the place well therewith and it will turn any white Hair to be black Certain Principles touching Simples As touching Simples some are only to ease pain as Linseed Camomile soft Grease Suet of all sorts or any other Oyl that is hot in the first degree and whensoever any of these Simples are compounded with their like the Medicine is called Anodina or Lynogs There are other Simples which are astonishing benumbing or bringing asleep as Opium Mandrake Poppey Hemlock and such like which are gross and cold in the fourth degree and whensoever any of these Simples are compounded with their like then the Medicine is amongst Leaches called Narcotica The third sort of Simples are such as incarnate or breed Flesh as Frankincense Flour Saffron Yolks of Eggs and such like which are hot in the second degree and whensoever any of these Simples are compounded with their like then the Medicine is called Saâ—cotica The fourth sort of Simples are corroding fretting and burning as Arsnick Resigallo Mercury Lime and such like which are hot in the fourth degree and whensoever they are applied Simple or Compound then the Medicine is called Corrosive The fifth sort of Simples are those which be called Mollifying and are four in Number That is Green Mallows white Mallows Violets and Brank-Ursin The last sort of Simples are those which are called Cordials and are three in Number viz. Violets and Bugloss of both kinds And thus much touching the Nature Use Property and Operation of Simples The End of the First Part. A TABLE Of the Price Value and Virtue of most of the Principal Drugs both Simple and Compound belonging to Farring as they are frequently Sold at the Druggists in London viz. Roots Barks Woods Flowers Fruits Seeds Juices Gums Rozins Simples from Plants Animals their Parts and their Excrements Minerals Metals and Stones Together with Chymical Oyls and Spirits As also Treacles Oyntments Electuaries Powders and Waters c. ROOTS ANgelica strengthens the Heart and is good against Pestilence and Poison The price the Pound is 0 s. 6. d. Aristolochia Longa of long Birth-wort brings away the Heam in Beasts which is the same as the after-Birth is in Women The price the Pound is 0 s. 9. d. Aristolochia Rotunda of Round Birth-wort Powdered and Given in Malaga Wine is good for Ruptures both of them Resist Pestilence and Poison The price the pound is 0 s. 9 d. Bistort is good against Pestilence and Poison Bruises Huxes and Staling of Blood The price the pound is 0 s. 8 d. Costus Amarus and Costus Dulcis are both hot and dry and are good to bring away Wind given him And boiled in Sallet-Oyl and applied outwardly to any Pain or Grief in the Legs easeth it The price of them the pound is 2 s. 4 d. Agarick Look for it farther in Simples out of Plants and for the Vertues of it in the Table of Simples Jallop powdered is very good to mix amongst other Powders Correct it with Liquoris Powder to prevent Gripiâ—g to Purge a Horse The price the pound is 3 s. 3 d. Turmentil is a kind of Cinquefoyl and is dry in the third degree but moderately hot It is very good Given in Pestilential Diseases and for Poison See more of the Usefulness of it in the Table of Simples The price the pound is 0 s. 8 d. China see the Virtues of it in the Table of Simples the price the pound of the Lupid or Flinty is 2 s. 6 d. The price of the best the pound is 3 s. 6 d. Diâ—tany is hot and dry in the third degree It bringeth away the Heam in Beasts the price the pound is 3 s. 4 d. Doronicum Romanum is hot and dry in the third degree It is a great Strengthner of the Heart and is a very Sovereign Cordial It preserves wonderfully against Pestilence and Poison and is also good for the bitâ—ng of any venomous Beast The price the pound is 5 s. 0 d. Elecampane See the Virtues of it in the Table of Simples the price the pound is 0 s. 6 d. Eringo see the Virtues in the Table of Simples the price the pound is 1 s. 0 d. Gentian see the Virtues in the Table of Simples The price the pound is 0 s. 7 d. Galangal see the Virtues in the Table of Simples the price the pound is 2 s. 4 d. Hermodactils purge Phlegm from the Joynts and therefore they are good for the Diseases of them Their Vices you may correct with long Pepper Ginger Cinnamon Mastick c. The price the pound is 1 s. 4 d. Hellebore black and white see for Bears-foot in the Table of Simples and you shall there find the Vses of them the price of them the pound are 1 s. 0 d. Liquorice see the virtues of it in the Table of Simples the price of it in the stick the pound is 0 s. 7 d. Mechoacan is to be Corrected with Cinnamon it is temperate yet drying it purgeth phlegm from the Head and Joynts it is also very good for Coughs and pains in the Reins and is also good against the most pockey and inveteratâ— Farcy that is You may safely give as much of the Powder of it as will lie upon a Six-Pence The Price of it formerly was about 5 s. but now it is worth 10 s. and hardly got for that Meum is very good given in Pestilential Diseases and is much of the Virtue of the Angelica Root and is used in the room of it when it cannot be got the price the Pound is 3 s. 0 d. Poll Pody of the Oak is a great Dryer up of superflâ—ous Humors from the Legs being Corrected with Fennel-seeds Anniseeds or Ginger c. The price the â—ound is 0 s. 6 d. Oâ—ice of Florence is hot and dry in the third degree It resists Poison and helps Shortness of Breath the price the pound is 0 s. 8 d. Rubarb see the virtues of it in the Table of Simples it is worth from 4 s. to 48 s. the pound Turmerick see the virtues of it in the Table of Simples the common Price in the Race is about 7 d. but now it is worth 1 s. BARKS Cinnamon is hot and dry and binding It strengthens the Stomach and helps Digestion Coughs and Destuction of Humors upon the Lungs Dropsey and pain in Pissing There is hardly a
better Remedy to be given to a Mare or Cow that is Foaling or Calving to expedite it and to comfort them after it then two drams of the Powder given in white-Wine or Ale The price of it the Ounce is 0. s 6 d. Cassiâ— Lignea is somewhat more Oyly then C nnamon and is much of the virtue of that only this is Loâ—sening whereas the other is binding The price of it the pound is 1 s. 6 d. Pomgranate-Rinds or Pill cools and binds and is therefore very good to stay Fluxes or Scourings It helps also Digestion and strengthens the Stomach the price the pound is 1 s. 0 d. Tamarisk Bâ—rk is good to strengthen weak and feeble Joynts infused in Ale and gives and the burnt Ashes of it made into an Ointment and applied to the Place grieved the price of it the pound is 1 s. 0 d. WOODS Lignum vitae is a great Drier up of evil Humors causeth Sweat resists Putrefaction and is good for the Pockiest Farcy that is as also for all manner of Scabs Ulcers and Leprosie give him inwardly in the Nature of a Diet-drink not exceeding a quart of it at a time the price of it the pound is 0 s. 2 d. Saffafras is a very large and fair Tree growing in Florida and smells very much like unto Fennel It is hot and dry in the second degree and is also a great Drier up of evil Humors the Decoction of it or some of the Chips with Lignum vitae boilâ—d in a Horses Drink that is given for the Fâ—rcâ— is a great Furtherer of the Cure It is very good also to open Obstructions and Stoppings in the Stomach and is a great Strengthner of the Breast if it be weakned through Cold the price of it the pound is 0 s. 6 d. Sanders white the pound is 3 s. 6 d. Sanders yellow the pound is 2 s. 4 d. Sanders read the pound is 0 s. 6 d. They are all cold and dry in the second and third degree They stop Destuctions from any part of the Body helping Inflammations and cools the Heat of Feavers the yellow is accounted the best but the Red is good enough to use for Horses See more of the virtues of them in the Table of Simples FLOWERS Staechas or Stoechados is hot and binding and opens stoppings in the Bowels and is a very great strengthner of the whole Body They are not much unlike in Shape and Sent unto Lavender the price of them the pound are 1 s. 6 d. Belaufi is a Red Flower and is very Binding and is often given with very good success to stop Scourings and bloody Fluxes the price the Pound is 2 s. 0 d. Clove-Gilliflowers strengthens the Heart Liver and Stomach Provokes Lust and Resists Pestience the Gardens do afford them you Saffâ—on see the virtues of it in the Table of Simples the price the Pound is 30 s. 0 d. Metholet is good for the Reins the price the Pound is 0 s. 10 d FRUITS Bay-berries see the Virtues of them in the Table of Simples the price the pound are 0 s. 4 d. Juniper-berries see the vertues of them in the Table of Simpses the price of them the pound are 0 s. 4 d. Gauls see also the vertues of them in the Table of Simples the price of the best the Pound are 0 s. 8 d. Raisins of the Sun helps the Inflammations of the Breast and Liver they help Coughs and Consumptions and cleanse and Loosen the Belly The price of them are very well known by every good Housewife Nutmegs strengthens the Brain Stomach Liver and Body They ease Pain in the Head and stop Lasks or Loosness the price the Ounce are 0 s. 5 d. Mace is a great Comforter of the Heart and Spirits the price the Ounce is 0 s. 10 d Cubebs is a kind of Pepper that comes out of the Indies its hot and dry in the third degree They expel Wind and cleanse the Stomach from tough and vitious Humours and provoke Lust The price the pound are 1 s. 0 d. Tamarinds are cold and dry in the second degree They cool the Blood Liver and Stomach and purge Choler and are also good for the Yellows The price the pound are 0 s. 9 d. Mirtle-berries are dry in the third degree they Loosen evil Humors the Price the Pound are 1 s. 2 d. Long Pepper is hot and dry in the fourth degree see the Vertues of all the sorts of them in the Table of Simples the price the pound is 0 s. 8 d. SEEDS Angelica-seeds see the virtues of it in the Table of Simples the price the pound are 0 s. 9 d. Broom-seeds see the virtue of them in the Table of Simples the price the pound are 0 s. 9 d. Grains of Paradice see the virtues of them also in the Table of Simples the price the pound are 0 s. 7 d. Anniseeds see also the virtues of them in the Table of Simples the price the pound are 0 s. 7 d. Burdock-seeds bruised and given in white-Wine or Ale causeth a Horse to stail freely that could not stail before the price the pound are 0 s. 4 d. Fennel-seeds are good for the same purpose They cause also Milk in Mares the price the pound are 0 s. 10 d. Cardamum-seeds heat and kill Wormes cleanse the Reins and cause a Horse also to stale The common price of them is 3 s. 6 d. but now they are worth 6 s. 6 d. Staves-Acre see the virtues of it in the Table of Simples the price the pound is 1 s. 0 d. Cummin-seeds heat and dry They stop Blood expel Wind ease Pain and helpeth the Biting of venomous Beasts And being outwardly applied in Plaisters are of a discussing Nature the price of them the pound are 0 s. 6 d. Fennegreek-seeds are also of a discussing Nature they ease Inflammations both internal and external they are also very good for Colds given him amongst his Provender or boiled amongst his Oates keeping his Body solvable the price of them the pound are 0 s. 4 d. The price of them in powder is 0 s. 6 d. Linseed hath the same virtue as the Fennegreek the price the pound is 0 s. 3 d. Common Nettle-seeds provoke Lust and is a great Fattener of a Horse given him amongst his Provender the price of them the pound is 0 s. 8 d. Paâ—sley-seed see the virtues of them in the Table of Simples the price the pound is 0 s. 4 d. Peony-seeds helpeth the Wilde Mare Convulsions and Falling Sickness the price the pound are 1 s. 0 d. Plantine-seeds are good for the Plague and Pestilence the price the pound are 0 s. 9 d. Saxafrage-seeds see the virtues of them in the Table of Simples the price the pound are 1 s. 4 d. Poppey-seeds white and black provoke Sleep the price of them the pound are 1 s. 6 d. Puâ—slain-seeds see the Table of Simples for the virtues of them the price the pound are 1 s. 4 d. Lupines are a kind of
the Temples stops the Rheum that flows to the Eyes and also is very good to stop th bleeding of Wounds though the Arteries be cut if it be applied to them made up into a Salve or Ointment The price the Pound is 0 s. 4 d. Borax inwardly taken in small quantities stops Fluxes and the Running of the Reins and eing be atcn to fine Powder and put into green Wounds Cureth them specaily The best is that that comes out of the Silver and Godl Mines the Price the Pound is 2 s. 6 d. Turpentine common see the vertues of it in the Table of Simples the Price the Pound is 0 s. 3 d. If you intend to clcanse the Horse Reins being soul which you may know by the Mattering of his Yard then make it up into Balls according to Art with some Flower and Bole-Aâ—moniack and give him a Ball of it every Morning till you find him Cured Turpentine Venice the best the pound is 1 s. 3 d. Tarâ— is very good for a Cold given a Horse mingled with the Flower of Brimstone the Fat of Rusty Bacon and Honey made up into Balls with some Powder of Liquoris and given him for two or three Mornings together It is also good to put into Salves for the Cure of Wounds The price the pound is 0 s. 2 d. Gum Elmni is very good for Fractures in the Skull and also for Wounds and is commonly put into Plaisters for that purpose the common price of it the pound when it is plenty is about 2 s. but now it is worth 3 s. 0 d. Eusorblum is a Gum that comforteth wounds you may see more of the vertues of it in the Table of Simples the price the pound is 0 s. 8 d. Labdanum is a Gum that is of a very heating Nature yet mollifying It is used in Plaisters to open the Mouth of Veins and is also good to keep hair from falling off and for pains in theEars the price the pound is 1 s. 10 d. Myrrh is a Gum that heats and dries yet opens and softens the Womb given inwardly and expels the Heam in Beasts which is t he same as the after-birth is in Women It is also very good for Cold and Coughs and outwardly applied fills up hollow Ulcers with Flesh The quantity that you may give him inwardly with safâ—â—y is about two or three drams with other Compounds You may sie more of the verâ—ue of it if you look into the Table of Simples she price of it the pound is 2 s. 6 d. Storax Calamite is a sweet Gum which helps Coughs and Distillations upon the Lungs It is also a very good Perfume for Sickness in the Head to draw away evil Humors from thence the price of the best the pound is 7 s. 6 d. Storax Liquid is much like Tarr It is good put into Plaisters to modifie hard Wounds and Swellings the price the pound is 0 s. 8 d. Galbanum is a Gum that is hot and dry and disussing applied to her Shape expels the Heam See more of the vertues of it in the Table of Simples the price the pound is 2 s. 6 d. ANIMALS their Parts and Excrements Issing glass is made of the Skin of Fishes it is a very great Strengthner of a weak Back given inwardly boiled in Milk with some fine Bole Armoniack if you find it very clear and sweet when you break it you may conclude that it is very good the price of it the pound is 3 s. 6 d. Oysters newly opened and applied to a Pestilential Swelling draweth the venom out of it the price of these are very well known Grashoppers bruised and given in Ale or Beer is very good to â—ase the Griping Pains of the Guts and Bladder every Meadow affords plenty of them which you may have for Gathering Cantharides are Spanish Flies that will raise Blisters in any sound part of the Body if they be bruised and applied the price of them by the Ounce is 0 s. 3 d. Harts-Horn-Shavings resists Poison and Plague provokes Vrine and strengthens Nature very much the price the pound is 1 s. 4 d. Ivory Raspt strengthens the Heart and Stomach and helps the Yellows the price the pound is 0 s. 4 d. Ivory burnt strewed upon a Galled Back or any raw place drieth and healeth it up the price the pound is 0 s. 10 d. Wax sotens heats and fills up Sores with flesh put into Oyntments and used as a Salve the price of the white the pound is 1 s. 6 d. The price of the Yellow is 1 s. 3 d. Honey is a most excellent cleansing thing and profitable in all inward Vlcers and Wounds in what part of the Body soever they be It also opens the Veins and strengthens the Reins and Bladder The price the pound is 0 s. 6 d. A Stags Pizzle dried and the powder given him in Ale helps the Biting of venomous Beasts stirs up Lust and provokes Urine the price the Ounce is 0 s. 6 d. The Bone that is found in a Stags Heart being well dried and beten to powder and given him in Ale is also very good against Poison and Pestilence the price of it the Ounce is 1 s. 4 d. MINERALS METALS and STONES Verdegrease see the Nature of it in the Table of Simples the price the pound is 1 s. 8 d. Allom Common the pound is 0 s. 3 d. Allom Roch is the best see the virtues of them in the Table of Simples the price the pound is 0 s. 5 d. Bole-Armoniack is a certain red Earth which is cold and dry and driveth back evil Humors It is also very good to stop Bleeding either inwardly given or outwardly applied by strewing the powder of it upon Wounds the Greasiest is accounted the best the price of it the Common the pound is 0 s. 2 d. The pric of the best is 0 s. 4 d. Quick-silver is good given a Horse that hath his Guts Twisted by Wind and is also good for the Farcy you may give him with safety a quarter of a pound of it at a time with Sallet-Oyl the price of it the pound is 3 s. 6 d. Brimstone see the Table of Simples for the virtues of it the price the pound is 0 s. 2 d. Flower of Brimstone is better then the common Powder for any inward use you apply it Therefore I advise you wherever you meet with any of the common powder in your Medicaments take this in the Room of the other the virtues are the same with the common Brimstone but more effectual in â—peration 'T is good for Colds Coughs and rotten Lungs as also for the Wormes Yellows and Mange the price the pound is 0 s. 6 d. Red Corral prepared according to Art that is made into a very fine powder and about as much of it as will lie upon a broad shilling given him in Claret or Beer stops any Issue of Blood Scouring or Running of the Reins if it be often Repeated you may see more of the
virtues of it in the Table of Simples the price the pound is 6 s. 0 d. Steel Filings cleanseth not only the Reins and Bladder from Gravel but is also a great Purifyer and Sweetner of the Blood the price the pound is 0 s. 6 d. White-lead is of a cold dry and earthy quality It helps inflammations and dries up evil humours the price of it the pound is 0 s. 4 d. Lythargy of Gold and Silver binds and dries much they fill up Ulcers with flesh and heals them the Gold is accounted the best and is worth the pound 0 s. 5 d. The Silver the pound is 0 s. 3 d. Red Lead mixed with Sallet-Oyl being beaten to a very fine Powder and the grieved place where the Pole-evil is anointed with it every day and heated well in with a hot Fire shovel will sink it the price of it the pound is 0 s. 3 d. Lapis Haematites or Blood-stone is good to stanch Bleeding inwardly and outwardly being Ground very fine and given him It hath also many other Medicinal Vertues The price the pound is 3 s. 0 d. Sal Prunella the pound is 0 s. 10 d. Mercury Precipitate the pound is 8 s. 0 d. Sal Armoniack is hot and dry in the fourth degree the pound is 1 s. 0 d. Sal Jemma see the vertues of it in the Table of Simples the price the pound is 0 s. 4 d. Sâ—â—t-Peter refined in the Lump evaporateth It comforteth the Sinews and taketh away tyring and weariness The price in the Lump or Chrystallized the pound is 1 s 0 d. Tutia is a certain Mineral that is cold in the first and dry in the second degree and is very good for the defects in the Eyes the price the pound is 2 s. 0 d. Vitriol which we call Copperas is of two Kinds viz. Vitriol Romanum which we call green Copperas and Vitriol Albium which we call white Copperas They are both hot and dry but the white accounted the stronger They take away Scurfs and kill Scabs boiled in Spring water and the grieved place Bathed therewith the price of the white the Pound is 1 s. 6 d. The price of the Green the pound is 2 s. 4 d. It is very good laid in Spring water till it be Coloured for sore Eyes Vitriol Common or Copperas green and white which is sold at the Colour-shops is worth about three half pence or two pence the pound Irish Slate beaten to a very fine Powder and about an Ounce of it given in a quart of warm â—le is very good for a Horse that hath been bruised by Falls the price the pound is 0 s. 8 d. SIMPLES that you may buy â—heaper at the Druggists t' en you can prepare them your selves Elecampane Powder the best the Pound is 1 s. 2 d. Elecampane Powder the common the Pound is 0 s. 8 d. Liquoris Powder the best the Pound is 1 s. 4 d. Liquor is powder the common the Pound is 0 s. 5 d Red Sanders Powder the best the Pound is 1 s. 4 d. Turmerick powder the best the Pound is 0 s. 11 d. Powder of Ginger the Pound is 0 s. 6 d. PRICS of s veral Things bought of the GROCERS Sugar candy white is good for sore Eyes being beaten to Powder and blown into them the price of it the pound is 1 s. 4 d. Sugar-candy brown is good made up with other Simples or Compounds for Colds or Coughs the price the pound is 0 s. 10 d. Common Treacle is also very good for Colds Coughs and Surfeits made up with other Compounds or his Drink sweetned therewith and a Lump of sweet Butter put to it the price the pound is 0 s. 3 d. OYLS Oyl of O rganum is very good for all manner of Swellings occasioned by Bruises or Strains in the Nerves and Sinews the price the pound is 32 s. Oyl of Euphorbium helps Sinews and strengthens them mollifying their hardness the price the pound is 32 s. Oyl of St. Johnswort is also very good for all Sinew-Strains and Swellings in any part of the Body the price the pound is 1 s. 6 d. Nâ—â—vâ— Oyl is good to strengthen the Nerves and Sinews the price of the best the pound is 0 s. 6 d. The price of the Common is 0 s. 3 d. Oyl of Turpentine is good for Swellings Bruises Strains and old sores and Fâ—â—â—ulaes the price the pound is 0 s. 6 d. Oyl of Spike is also good for all manner of St ains whether in the Shouder or Joynts and also for all manner of Swellings in any part of the Body the price of the righ the pound is 1 s. 0 d. Oyl of Peter is very good for stains hard swellings splints spavins and â—ruises The Places grieved being anointed with it the price the pound is 2 s. 6 d. Oyl of Exceter is also good for the same Distempers the price the pound is 1 s 6 d. Oyl of sweet Almonds helps Colds and Coughs wet and dry sweetned with brown sugar Candy it is good also for Ulcers in the Bladder and Reins and is a great Encâ—easer of seed if you give it inwardly use new for it will soure in three or four days the price the ounce is 0 s. 4 d. Oyl of Bays is good for the Cholick and is a Sovereign Remedy for any Disease in any part of the Body coming of Wind or Cold you may safely give him feur or five drops of it at a time in any Compound Medicine appropriated to that use the price the pound is 1 s. 4 d. Oyl of Swallows is very good to anoint the Sinews of a Horse that stumbles or ae shrunk to stretch and make them give way again and is also good for all manner of Bruises Sprains and Strains the price the pound is 1 s. 6 d. Chymical PREPARATIONS bought of the Druggist Mercurius dulcis sub the Ounce is 0 s. 6 d. Tartaâ—um Vitriolarum the Ounce is 1 s. 0 d. Chymical Prices of CYLS and SPIRITS which do Corrode and eat off dead and proud Flesh and Dony Excrescences Aqua fortis Singlethe Pound is 2 s. 0 d. Aqua fortis double the Pound is 4 s. 0 d. Oyl of Anniseeds the Ounce is 0 s. 8 d. Oyl of Organum the Ounce is 0 s. 3 d. Oyl of Tartar Deliq. the ounce is 0 s. 6 d. Oyl of Vitriol the ounce is 0 s. 3 d. COMPOUNDS or ELECTUARIES Diascordium stops fluxes and mightily strengthers the Heart it is not so hot but it may be Given to a sick Horse to provoke Sleep one ounce of it is enough to give him at a time dissolved in a quart of warm Beer the price the ounce is 0 s. 2 d. Diatessaron see the virtues of it in the First Part 'T is worth the Pound at the Apothecaries 1 s. 8 d. but if you make it your self you may make it for 1 s. Mithridate is good against Poison provokes Sweat is good for Consumptions and Colds helps the
other Fluxes of Blood D ll is hot in the end of the second degree and dry in the beginning of the same or in the end of the first degree it provoketh Urine and is good against Windiness it is good to case Swellings and Pains Devils-bit is somewhat bitter and is of a hot and dry temperature and that in the latter end of the second degree it is good against the Plague and all Pestilential diseases as Poisons Feavers and biting of venomous Beasts It is good for Bruises either inward or outward it is good to expel Wind drive forth Wormes The distilled Water of it is good for green Wounds old Sores and cleanseth the Body inwardly and the Seed outwardly from Sores Scurss and Itches Docke all of them are generally cold a little and moderately and some more They do all of them dry but not after one manner yet some are of opinion that they are dry in the third degree The red Dock cleanseth the Liver but the yellow is best to take when the Blood is afflicted with choler The Seeds of most of the kinds do stay Lasks and Fluxes of all sorts they are good for the itch and breaking out of the Skin if it be bathed therewith Dodder is of the Nature of the Herb on which it groweth is more dry then hot and that in the second degree It is a Purger of Choler and Phlegm from the Head Obstructions of the Liver Gall and Yellows Dogs-grass Quich-Grass or Couch-Grass opens Obstructions of the Liver and Gall stopping of Urine and easeth the pains of the Belly Inflammations and wasteth the Stones in the Bladder and Ulcers thereof Also being boiled the seed doth more provoke Urine and stayeth the Lask it is a good Remedy against all Diseases coming of stoppage Doves-foot or Cranes-bill is cold and somewhat dry with some binding quality It is good for the Wind Cholick and Stone the decoction thereof in Wine is a good Wound-drink for inward Wounds Hurts or Bruises and is good to cleanse and heal outward Sores Ulcers Fistulaes and green VVounds and is excellent for Ruptures Ducks-meat is cold and moist in a sort in the second degree it is good for Inflammations and St. Anthonies Fire Dragons is under Mars and therefore the best way to use it is after it is distilled and then the VVater of it cleanseth all internal parts of the Body and so it doth the external from Scurfand Scabs and being dropped into the Eye taketh away the Pin and VVeb and is good against Pestilence and Poison Dogs-tooth is of a very hot temperament and of an excrementitious Nature The Roots of all the Daffodils are hot and dry in the third degree Dyars-weed is hot and dry of Temperature the Root as also the whole Herb heats and dries in the third degree it cuts attenuateth opens and disgests It is good for the biting of venomous Beasts and Poison taken inwardly or applied outwardly Bastard-Dirtany is hot and dry in the second degree and of a wasting attenuating and opening quality and is good for the Stone in the Kidneys and Bladder Dropwort or Filipendula is hot and dry in the third degree opening cleansing and a little binding All the kinds of them have the same faculty unless it be the pernicious Drop-wort they are good against pains in the Bladder and break the Stone E. Elder is of a drying quality glewing and moderately disgesting It purgeth choler and phlegm both the inward Rind and the Berries and the Dropsey the Bark of the Root worketh more powerfully then either of them it is good against the biting of any venomous Beasts the Juice of it asswageth the hot Inflammations of the Eyes and all manner of Burnings and Scaldings being laid to the grieved place Dwarf-Elder called Dane-wort and Wall-wort it is of Temperature hot and dry in the third degree it doth waste and consume by Purging of Choler and Phlegm and Water and is more powerful then the common Elder and hath all the Properties of it The Elm-Tree the Leaves and Bark of it is moderately hot with a cleansing Faculty the Leaves bruised and applied healeth green Wounds it is good to Cure a Scurf Ruptures broken Bones Swellings and Burnings Endive and Succorie are cold and dry in the third degree and withal somewhat binding it is a fine cooling and cleansing Plant the Garden Endive is colder and not so dry and cleansing the Juice or the water of it is good to cool the excessive heat of the Stomach and Liver or any inflammation in any part of the Body and being applied outwardly it is good for Ulcers hard Swellings and Pestilential Sores Elecampane is hot and dry in the third degree especially when it is dry for being green and full of Juice it is full of superfluous moisture which somewhat abateth the heat and dry quality thereof It is good for Colds and Coughs and to warm a cold Stomach Wind short-Windedness Wheezing Stone in the Bladder resisteth Poison the Plague Cramps Convulsions Wormes Cankers Fistulaes Ensula or Devils-Milk is hot sharp and drying and draws choler from the Joynts Eringo or Sea-holly breedeth Seed exceedingly and is hot and moist it is good for the Yellows Dropsey Cholick provoketh Urine expelleth the Stone the Roots bruised and applied outwardly is good for the Farcin or taken inwardly for the same disease it is good for broken Bones and to draw thornes out of the Flesh the Juice dropped into the Ears helpeth the Impostumes in them the distilled water of it is good for all the Purposes aforesaid Eye-bright is hot and dry but yet more hot then dry the Juice or the Water of it is good to help all Infirmities of the Eyes that cause dimness Elusa is a Herb like a Spunge and is hot in the fourth degree it drieth and cleanseth exceedingly and of some is called Wolfes Milk Excrusion is that which we call Oxicration it is a certain Composition of Aceto and Water and is good to allay Swellings and Tumors Eggs the Whites are cold and the Yolks are hot and doth strengthen and incarnate the shells beaten to powder and given in Beer or Ale is very good to expel the Stone out of the Bladder F. Fern both the kinds of them Male and Female are hot and dry and somewhat binding their Vertues are both alike the Roots of them are good to kill Wormes the green leaves purge the Belly of cholerick Humors An Ointment made of the Roots bruised with Hogs-Grease is good for the Wounds in the flesh the powder of them is good to dry up moistures in malignant Ulcers The Water Ferne or Osmond-Royal is hot and dry but lesser then the former and hath all the Vertues the other hath but more effectually and is good for Wounds or Bruises and the like the decoction thereof being drunk or boiled in an Ointment or Oyl as a Balsam or Balm is very good for Bruises or Bones broken and out of Joynt it is good for the Cholick
boiled in Vineger dissolveth any hard Swelling or Tumor the Juice of the Leaves and Roots heal the Mange and all other running and spreading Scabs Golden Rod is hot and dry in the second degree and cleanseth with a certain Astriction or binding quality and is good for the Stone in the Reins and Kidneys it is good taken for inward bruises and outwardly applied for outward ones it stayeth Bleeding in any part of the Body and of Wounds also the Fluxes of Humours the bloody Flux Ruptures It is an excellent Wound-Herb inferiour to none either taken inwardly or outwardly applied and is good for all Sores and Ulcers whatsoever whether they be in the Mouth or Throat Gout-wort Cures all manner of pain in the Hip or Joynt-aches Gromel the seed of it is hot and dry in the second degree it is good to break the Stone and to avoid it out of the Reins and Bladder by Urine and helpeth the Strangury Gum Armoniack outwardly applied dissolves hard Knots and Swellings in any part of the Body and inwardly given cures hard Milts and frees from Obstructions moves Urine and fetcheth forth Stones Winter-Green is a very good Wound-herb and is good taken inwardly being bruised for Ulcers in the Kidneys or Neck of the Bladder it stayeth also Fluxes whether of Blood or Humours as the Lask bloody Flux bleeding Wounds and taketh away Inflammations and is good for foul Ulcers Cankers and Fistulaes Groundsel hath mixt Faculties it cooleth and disgesteth it is a universal Medicine coming from heat whatsoever they be it is good against the Yellows Falling Sickness provokes Urine expels Gravel in the Reins and Kidneys is good for Griping in the Bowels and Cholick and dissolveth any hard Knobs and Kernels in the Body English Galingale hath a heating quality and some do reckon it to be hot and dry in the second degree the greater Galingale Roots are hot and dry in the third degree but the lesser are somewhat hotter it is good for cold Griefs in the Stomach strengthens the Brain and comforteth the Sinews Ginger heateth and drieth in the third degree and is good for the Stomach answering the effects and qualities of long Pepper Glass-wort is hot and dry the Ashes of it are both drier and hotter even to the fourth degree and have a Costick and burning quality Green-weed or base Brome are hot and dry in the second degree they are thought to be in vertue equal with the Broom the Dyars use it very much to dye withal Galls are dry in the third and cold in the second they cleanse and mâ—ndifie they keep back Rheums and such like Fluxes and doth dry up the same and are good to stop Lasks and bloody Fluxes and the falling out of the Fundament Grains of Paradice are hot and dry in the third degree they comfort the weak cold and feeble Stomach and helpeth the Ague Farcin and Falling Sickness Gum Lacke is hot in the second degree and comforteth the Heart and Liver and openeth Obstructions expelleth Urine and is good for the Dropsey and Yellows and expelleth the Stone out of the Reins and Bladder Fresh Grease is hot and moist in the first degree and mollifieth ripeneth and healeth Wounds Imposthumes and Ulcers Galbanum is a Gum which is hot in the third degree and dry in the second it softeneth stoppeth and draweth away evil humours and is good against Colds the Fume taken up the Head as also for the Dizziness thereof H. Hearts-ease is obscurely cold but more evidently moist and of a fat and slimy Juice like that of the Mallow for which cause it moisteneth and suppleth but not so much as that it is good for the Inflammations of the Lungs and Breast Scabs and Itch. Hearts-Tongue is of a binding drying Faculty strengthens the Liver and is good for the Lask and bloody Flux and is good against the biting of Serpents Hawk-weed all the kinds of them are somewhat dry and somewhat binding and is good for the heat of the Stomach the Fits of the Ague the Wind provoketh Urine is good for the biting of venomous Beasts the Dropsey the Wind-Cholick and is good to digest thin Phlegm from the Chest and Lungs it is good for Ulcers Burnings Inflammations and St. Anthonies Fire and being made into a Poultess is good for Cramps and Pains in the Joynts The Hawthorn-Berries are very binding therefore are good to stop a Lask the Berries dried and drunk in white-Wine is very good against the Stone and Dropsey the Seed bruised after it is cleared from the Down and drunk is good for the tormenting pains of the Belly Hemp is hot the Seed consumeth Wind it is good for the Yellows openeth the Obstructions of the Liver and Gall and is good for hot Inflammations the Seed Loosneth the Belly strewed amongst a Horses Provender and allayeth the troublesom Humours of the Bowels Hedge-Hysop is drying and is good outwardly applied to pains in the Hips or Joynts and is good to cleanse old and filthy Ulcers Herb-Robert is good for the Stone and to stay all inward Flowings of Blood and is a great Healer of green Wounds and is good for old Ulcers Herb True-love or One-berry is exceeding cold and the Leaves or Berries is good to expel Poison of all sorts as also the Plague and Pestilence is good for the Cholick green Wounds and to cleanse old and filthy Ulcers and is good to discuss all Swellings in any part of the Body Hore-hound the white and the black are hot in the second and dry in the third degree it helpeth the Obstructions of the Liver openeth and Purgeth and is good against Colds Consumptions short-windedness an Expeller of Poison and a Cleanser of old Sores and Ulcers cleareth the Eye-sight and snuffed up the Nostrils is good for the Yellows Horse-taâ—l is of a binding Faculty and doth moderately dry and is good to Cure Wounds nay though the Sinews be cut asunder and is good not only for all inward Ulcers of the Bladder but all outward Sores provoketh Urine helpeth the Stone and Strangury and is good for all Lasks and bloody Fluxes and Pissing of Blood or Bleeding at the Nose Housleek or Sengreen are of a cooling Nature and is good for all inward Heats as well as outward as in the Eyes and other parts of the Body it cooleth all hot Inflammations as St. Anthonies Fire Scaldings and Burnings Cankers Tetters Ring-wormes c. Hounds-tongue but especially the Root is cold and dry it is good for Coughs and short-windedness the biting of mad Dogs and is good for green Wounds and is good inwardly for the Farcy Holly-holm or Hulver bush the Berries are hot and dry and of thin parts they expel Wind they purge the Body of gross and Phlegmatick Humours eaten not dried but if they be dried and beaten to powder and eaten they bind the Body and stop Fluxes and the Lask the Bark of the Tree and Leaves are good in Fomentations for broken Bones and Members out of Joynt
and bindeth it is good for an old and dry Cough short Windedness Stone Gravel Wormes and is put into Glisters to mitigate the pains coming by Wind it is good for the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen it is good for a sore Throat it asswageth hot Swellings Impostumes Burnings and Scaldings by Fire or Water or all other hot Tumors or Inflammations it cleanseth foul rotten Ulcers and Scabs Penny-royal both the sorts of it are of a drying Faculty and of subtil Parts it maketh thin tough Phlegm and warmeth any cold place where it is applied it expelleth the dead Foal and Secundine it helpeth the biting of venomous Creatures it cleanseth soul Ulcers it is good for Cramps Convulsions of the Sinews the Cough Dropsey and Yellows Pâ—ony Male and Female doth gently bind with a kind of sweetness it is a little hot but it is dry and of subtil parts it is good for the Falling-Sickness the Root being hung about the Neck and some of the Juice of it given inwardly and is good for the Night-Mare Pepper-wort or Dittander is good for old pains and griefs in Joynts and for Scabs Perwincle is hot in the second degree and somewhat dry and binding it is good to stop Fluxes of Blood and all manner of Bleeding inwardly and outwardly St. Peters-wort is of temperature hot and dry and is of the same Nature as St. Johns-wort but somewhat weaker it purgeth Cholerick Humours helpeth old Pains and Griefs and Burnings by Fire Pimpernel both the sorts of them are of a drying Faculty without biting and somewhat of adrawing Faculty in so much that it will draw forth splints out of the Flesh and purgeth the Head put into the Nostrils they are a great Cleanser of Ulcers and a Sodderer up of Wounds it is good for the Plague and all Venom taken by Venomous Beasts and Mad Dogs it opens the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen provoketh Urine expelleth the Stone and Gravel the Juice of it cleareth the Sight Ground-Pine or Chamâ—pitys is good for the Strangury and all Diseases of the Liver and Spleen and gently openeth the Body casteth out the dead Foal It is good for all Pains in the Joynts Dropsey Yellows Poison Falling Sickness to cleanse foul Ulcers and to sodder up the Lips of green Wounds Water Plantine is cold and dry of Temperature is good against Burnings or Scauldings and is good to stay Fluxes of Blood Rib-wort Plantine is cold and dry in the second degree as are the other Plantines the Vertues are referred to the kinds of Plantine Land Plantine is of a mixt Temperature for it hath in it a certain waterish colour with a little harshness and coldness and is therefore cold and dry in the second degree the Juice of it is good for all pains in the Bowels and stayeth the Distillation Rheum in the Head and is good for all manner of Fluxes of Blood inwardly taken or outwardly applied it is good for shortness of Breath and Consumption of the Lungs the Seed is good for the Dropsey Falling Sickness Yellows Stoppings of the Liver the distilled water of it is good to cool the hot Inflammation of the Eyes and taketh away the Pin and Web It is good for all manner of Burnings and Scauldings is good for â—ore Mouths and is good for all Ulcers and Cankders it is good for all manner of Scabs Tettars and running Sores and is a very good Wound-Herb either inwardly taken or outwardly applied Polipody of the Oak Polipody of Fern Indian Polipody are dry without biting it purgeth Choler and Phlegm and is good for the Cholick it is good against a Cough shortness of Breath and distillations of thin Rheums upon the Lungs Poppies of all sorts are cold it is a great causer of Sleep it stayeth the Flux of the Belly the Leaves or Heads made with a little Vineger and brought to a Poultess with Barley-meal and Hogs-grease cooleth Inflammations and St. Anthonies Fire Prim or Privet the Leaves and Roots of it are binding and is good to wash sore Mouths to cool Inflammations and to dry up Fluxes and is good for Ulcers in the Mouth and Throat and all Swellings and Impostumes and is good against all Fluxes of the Belly and Stomach and bloody Flux Pepper is hot in the third degree All the sorts of them heateth provoketh Urine digesteth draweth disperseth and cleanseth the dimness of the Sight and is good to be put into Medicaments for the Eyes It is an Expeller of Poison and is good for all diseases of the Breast and Lungs helps Wind is good for the Cholick Pitch is drawn from the Pine-tree by the force of Fire and is the last Running and Tarr is the first which is the thinner it is hot and dry and Tarr more hot and stone Pitch more drying it conglutiuateth and gathereth together Petrolium is a certain Oyl made of Salt Peter and Bitumen and is hot and dry in the second degree healeth Wounds and comforteth weak Members Philonium of which there are two kinds Philonium Romanum and Philonium Persicum and are excellent Positions and most comfortable in the loss of Blood Pomegranat is cold and dry provoketh Urine and is good for the Stomach the Rind Seed or Flowers of them beaten to powder and given stop the Lask and all Issues of Blood Pomecitron the Rind of it is good against all Poisons Q. Queen of the Medows Medow-sweet or Mead-sweet is cold dry and binding and is good for all manner of inward or outward Bleedings It helps the Cholick stayeth the Flux of the Belly healeth old Ulcers Cankers and Fistulaes the distilled water of it is good for the Inflammation of the Eyes R. Radish Horse-Radish and Garden-Radish are hot in the third degree and dry in the second they drive forth the Gravel and Stone out of the Bladder by Urine Horse-Radish is hot and dry in the third degree and hath a drying and cleansing quality It killeth Wormes and being bruised and laid to old Griefs taketh them away and is a Provoker of Urine and likewise good for the Dropsey Rag-wort is called St. James-wort or Stagger-wort is hot and dry in the second degree It cleanseth disgesteth and discusseth The Juice of it is good for Ulcers in the Mouth or Throat for hard Swellings Imposthumations and Quinsey it is good to stay Catarrhs thin Rheums and Distillations from the Head into the Eyes Nose or Lungs the Juice is good to heal all green Wounds and to cleanse and heal all filthy Ulcers in any part of the Body it is good for all Pains and Aches in any part of the Body likewise Rattle-Grass there is two sorts of it the red and they yellow the Red is good to heal up Fistulaes and hollow Ulcers and stay the Flux of Humors to them and other Fluxes of Blood being boiled in red Wine and given The yellow Rattle-grass is good for a Cough and dimness of Sight the Seed being put therein Rest-harrow or Câ—ammoack is
125. l. 2. f. of Honey r. take Honey p. 147 l. 6. f. and it will r. will ib. l. 28. f. Flag in Mortar r. Flag braised in a Mortar p. 149. l. 24. f. dispenseth r. disperseth p 150. l. 15. f. Ladanum r. Labdanum p. 154. l. 3. â— so over r. throw over p. 157. l. 1. f. Jallop r. Jallap ib. A Parenthesis wanting to make it sense p. 164. l. 16. f. Creauna r. Creanna ib. p. l. 20. f. suppupuration r. suppuration p. 165. l. 3. f. eing r. being p. 168. l. 20. is is wanting ib. p. l. 30. Irish Slate 8. d. the pound r. 4. d. the pound THE EXPERIENC'D FARRIER The First Part. The Shapes of a Horse HE must have the Eyes and Joynts of an Ox the Strength of a Mule the Foot of the same the Hoofs and Things of an Ass the Throat and Neck of a VVolf the Eare and Tail of a Fox the Breast and Hair of a VVoman the Boldness of a Lion the sharp and quick Sight of a Serpent the Pace of a Cat the Lightness and Nimbleness of a Hâ—re a high Pace a deliberate Trot a pleasant Gallop a swift Running a rebounding Leap and Present and be quick in Hand The Colours of a Horse in Verse If you desire a Horse thee long to serve Take a Brown-bay and him with Care preserve The Grey's not ill but he is prized far That is Cole-black and blazed with a Star If for thy self or Friend thou wilt procure A Horse let him VVhite Lyard be he 'll long endure The Shapes of a Horse Another VVay He ought to have three of an Ox which is a fair and full Eye a large Neck and to be strong and short Joynted Three of a Fox which is to have a comely and short Trot small and long Eares and a Bushy Tail Three of a Hart. which is to have lean and dry Legs to be well risen before and a lean Head Three of a VVoman which is to have a fair and large Breast to have a beautiful and full Hair and gentle to his Rider and Keeper A Proverb amongst Husbandmen If you have a Foal with four white Feet keep him not a day If you have a Foal with three white Feet make him soon away If you have a Foal with two white Feet give him to thy Friend If you have a Foal with one white Foot keep him to his Lives end These things are good to strow in a Horses Provender The Powder of Anniseeds Licoris Fennegreek Bay-berries Brimstone Allum Hemp-seed Alacampane or the Roots of Pollipodium of the Oak or Savin Marshmallowes Rhue Hysop Hore-hound Colts-foot If you give him the Herbs green you must chop them small if dry beat them to powder which Simples will keep him sound and in perfect Health for their Vertues are to purisie the Blood prevent Obstructions open and resolve the Liver cool the Blood keep and preserve the whole structure of the body in sound and perfect Health These things you are always to have in a readiness by you Fennegreek a pound Licoris half a pound Bay-berries a quarter of a pound London Treacle one pound Anniseeds a quarter of a pound Cummin-seeds a quarter of a pound Grains a quarter of a pound Turmerick a quarter of a pound Long Pepper two ounces Alacampane half a pound Allum half a pound Brimstone half a pound green Copperas half a pound Savin three handfuls Chopt hair a handful These things Repeated over again with their Vertues declared Fennegreek Licoris Bay-berries London-Treacle Anniseeds Cummin-seeds Grains Long Pepper Alacampane all good for Colds Colds Turmerick good to Purge the Blood and to Cure the Yellows Yellows Brimstone Alacampane Allum Savin Chopt-Hair good for the Wormes VVormes If you are ask's what fault your Horse hath if you know him to be sound you may answer him in this manner He hath neither Splint Spavin nor wind gall Scratches Crepances nor Rats-tails Mules nor Cib'd heeles Sellander nor Mallender Curb Ring bone Quitter bone Hough bonny Sit fast Ambury Viues but good Eyes and good Thighs Or if you can affirm him further to be sound you may say he hath neither Farcin Foundred-foot broken wind Moulten grease nor Running glaunders Of the Office of the Breeder The best Manner of Breeding YOU are not to breed in Fenny Moorish Pastures nor in Lands too Fertile nor too Barren the Golden Number is the best temper yet to incline a little to hardness is better then much rankness the one breeds Health and the other Diseaâ—es Let the situation be a little Hilly and in some places stony and rocky for they are very good for Colts to play on and helpeth their VVind and knitteth their Joynts and hardeneth and maketh tough their Hoofs and no matter how rough and uncertain it is for it will make them the more sure footed As much ground as will keep a Milch-Cow will keep a Milch-Mare Change of Groudns You are to have three sorts of Grounds one to Foal in another to Summer in and a third to VVinter in The first to be without danger the second not to be without shelter of Bushes or under VVoods to defend from Stormes and Tempests and the third is to have good Hovels Sheds Barnes or Back-stables wherein may be stored VVinter-Provision You are likewise to Accommodate your Grounds with Partitions to put each Cattel by themselves as your young and old rase or breeding Mares by themselves your VVeanlings by themselves your Fillies by themselves and your stoned Colts by themselves or else your Breed will come to nothing and you may run the hazard both of your cost and pains Choice of Stallions You are to be careful that neither your Stallion nor Mare have any of these defects viz. Neither Moon-eyes watery-eyes or Blood-shotten eyes neither Splint nor Spavin nor Curb c. Nor any Natural Imperfection for the Colts will take them as Hereditary from their Parents I shall advise you that you choose the best and ablest the highest spirited the fairest coloured and the finest shaped whether it be Neapolitan Tâ—rk Spaniard Barbary English Dutch Polander French or German and that you would inform your self of all natural defects in the Stallion for it is impossible to find out absolute perfection and to amend them in the Mare and what is amiss in the Mare to see it Repaired in the Horse The Age of Stallions and Mares A Stallien ought not to be younger then four years when he Covereth a Mare and he will beget Colts from that Age to twenty And a Mare may bring forth from three years old to thirteen when she is four years she will nourish her Colt best but after she is ten years she is not good for commonly an old Mare-Colt will be heavy in Labour Observations upon Covering Let your Mare be Covered from the end of the first Quarter to the full of the Moon or at the full for those Colts
continue long The Signes are no other then hath been declared Feaver by Surseit The Feaver by Surseit is known by these Signes he will beat upon his Back his Breath will be short hot and dry and his Wind will draw only at his Nose with great Violence Feaver Pestilential The Feaver pestilential is known by the holding down of his Head forsaking of his Meat shedding much water at his Eyes and many times Swellings or Ulcers rising a little below his Ear-Roots Feaver Accidental The Feaver Accidental comes by some blow or wound by which any of the Vital Powers are let or hindred which may bring him to a Feaver then the Signes be he will covet much to drink but cannot and his Flesh will fall away in an extraordinary fashion How to make the Oyl of Oats Take of Milk two Gallons and warming it on the Fire put to it a quarter of a pound of burnt Allom which will make it turn to Curds then take out the Curd and strain the Whey then take a quarter of a peck of clean Husked Oats that were never dried and put them in the Whey and set them on the Fire till they burst and be soft then put them into Cullender to let the Whey run through them then put the Oats in a Frying-Pan over the Fire keeping them stirring till you see the Vapour or Smoke of them ascend upwards but as it were run about the Pan then take them off and put them into a Press and press them most exceedingly and what cometh from them is the Oyl of them which you must save in a close Glass The Vertues of it This Oyl of all Medicines and Simples whatsoever is the most Excellent and Sovereign for a Horses Body as being extracted from the most Natural wholesom and best Food which doth belong unto a Horses Body This Oyl being given by four or five spoonfuls at a time in a pint of sweet Wine or a quart of strong Ale and some of the Whey poured into his Nostrils doth Cure the Glaunders before all other Medicines it is also given in the same manner the best of all Purgations for it purgeth away all those venomous and filthy humours which feedeth the most incurable Farcy whatsoever How to make the Powder of Honey and Lime which is so great a Drier that iâ— will dry up any Wound or Old Sore Take such a quantity of unslackt Lyme as you shall think fit beat it into very fine Powder then take so much Honey as will make it up into a stiff Paste then put it into the form of a thick Cake or Loaf and put it into an Oven or burning Fire till it be Baked or burnt glowing Red then take it forth and when it is cold beat it into fine Powder and then use it as occasion shall serve If you mix amongst it the Powder of a burnt Shoo it will be much the better A Comfortable Drench Make it of these Cordials to wit of Sugar Cinnamon Cloves Nutmegs Saffron Licoris Anniseeds beat all these into fine powder adding thereunto white-Wine and all these infused in an Earthen pot An Operative Drink Put in such a quantity of these things as you think requisite for the Strength of the Horse viz. white-Wine Sallet-Oyl Alloes Rubarb Agarick Duke or Duck-powder Honey Cordial-powder c. Several sorts of Charges Take of black Pitch half a pound of Mastick two Ounces of Galbanum four Ounces of fat Pitch and of Turpentine of each half a pound melt them into a Pot together and when it is half cold charge the place up to the Hanch and so overthwart the Reins of the Back and if it be not Cured at the end of eight or ten days take it off and apply this Ointment Take of Oyl de Bay Althea tried Hogs-Grease of each half a pound incorporate them altogether and therewith anoint and chafe the place grieved 〈◊〉 the Second Part for the Best of Charges I. W. marked in the Margent A Honey Charge for a Wrench or Slip in the Shoulder Hâ—p or other Member for all sorts of Scratches and for stiffness of Sinews hurt or any other way offended to asswage Swellings and Tumours and to draw away all bad Humours Take of Wheat-Meal two pounds and put a little white-Wine unto it and put it into a Kettle as if you were to make a Poultess and when it is well mixed add to it of Bole-Armoniack in fine powder half a pound of English Honey one pound then set it upon the Fire and boyl it keeping it continually stirring and put to it in the boyling half a pound of black Pitch keeping it stirring and when you think you have boiled it enough put to it of ordinary Turpentine half a pound of Oyl de-Bay Cummin Althea Sanguis Draconis Bay-berries and Fennegreek beaten to powder and of Linseed-Meal of each two drams boil them altogether again still keeping them stirring till they be well incorporate and therewith Charge the grieved Member with it pretty warm but not to scauld him A Restringent Charge to be applied to broken Bones or to Bones dislocated or out of Joyâ—t being first Set and also to take moist Humours from weeping Wounds and so to dry up bad Humours which do pre-occupate the Body Take of Oyl de-Bay four Ounces Orpin Cantharides and Euphorbium of each two Ounces make all these into fine powder and mix them with your Oyl de-Bay very well and therewith charge the place grieved This is also very good to charge the Swelling of a Back Sinew-strain A celd Charge Take Bole-Armoniack Wheat-Flower the white of an Egg and Aqua-vitae or white-Wine beat all these together pretty thick and lay it to the place grieved upon a brown paper and when it is dry lay on fresh You must keep that part out of the water if you intend the Plaister should slay on Of Salves Vnouents Powders and Waters Take of Perosen and of hard Rosin of each one pound of Frankincense Virgin-Wax or for want thereof new Wax and Sheeps Suet of each half a pound of old tried Hogs-grease one pound and a quarter boil the Gums and Wax in half a pint of white-Wine and then put into it your Sheeps Tallow and Hogs-grease and when all is Molten and Incorporated together strain it and whilest it is yet hot put in an Ounce of Venice-Turpentine and so work all well together which when it is cold pour in the Liquor from the Salve which put up into a Gally-pot for your use The Vertues of it This is a most Sovereign Salve to heal any green Wound that is not come to an Ulcer and so dry it up Another most excellent Powder Take unslacked Lyme the dry dust of Tanners Oken Bark and an old Shoo Sole burned to a Coal of each alike make them into fine Powder and mix them well and keep them in a Box for your use The Vertues of it This Powder healeth the Buds of the Farein after they be broken and skinneth
Kernels of the Nut is somewhat moist the leaves are good for hot swellings and the Water that is found in the hollow places of it will Cure Man or Bâ—ast of any Scurf Scab or running Tetters anointed therewith Blites are of a cold and moist Temperature and are good to stay Fluxes of Blood Bilberries called by some VVhorts and Whortle-berries are cold even in the latter end of the second degree and dry also and are of a binding quality there is two sorts of them a black and a red the black are good for hot Agues and to cool the heat of the Liver and Stomach and do bind the Belly the red are more binding and stay any Fluxes of Blood whatsoever used outwardly or taken inwardly Byfoil or Tway-blade are often used for Wounds both green and old and to Conglutinate and Knit Ruptures Bitumen is the fatness of the Earth swimming above the water which cast upon the Shore condensates and becomes hard and resembles dry pitch it discusses mollifies glutinates and defends from Inflammation It takes away gross humors in all parts of the Body and cures the Weakness of the Sinews Palsey and diseases of the Arteries from a cold cause Birch-tree the Juice of the leaves is good to wash a sore Mouth or Throat and is good to break the Stone in the Kidneys or Bladder Birds-foot all the kinds of them are of a drying quality and therefore very good to be used in Wounds drinks and to be applied outwardly for the same purpose but the paler Flowered Birds-foot is good to break the Stone in the Back and Kidneys and helpeth the Rupture taken inwardly Bishops-weed is hot and dry in the third degree of a bitter taste and something sharp withal it provokes Lust causeth Urine is good for the Wind and for the biting of venomous Beasts Bistort or Snakeweed is cold and dry in the third degree the leaves and roots are excellent good to resist Poison or Plague and is good for all manner of Fluxes of blood whatsoever and stayeth a Lask is good for the Yellows Ruptures or Burstness and staling of blood One blade is a very Cordial Herb and will cause sweat and is sovereign against the Plague by expelling the Poison and is an excellent VVound-herb for green and old wounds and Sinews cut The Bramble or black Bush the flowers and leaves of the unripe fruit do very much bind and dry and is good for all kind of Fluxes the buds leaves and branches of it while they are green are of good use in Ulcers and putrid Sores the Root is good against the Stone in the Reins or Kidneys the leaves of them are good for sore Mouths and Throats or Quinsey the powder of the dried leaves strewed on Cankers do wonderfully heal them Burrage and Bugloss is in a mean betwixt hot and cold the leaves and roots are good against Pestilential Feavers Poison of venomous Beasts Yellows Itch Tettars Wormes Weakness Corruption Cough sore Mouth or Throat Blew-bottle is naturally cold dry and binding the powder of the dried leaves is good taken inwardly is good for broken Veins and given with Plantine water expelleth Poison or the Plague the Juice of it is good to soddâ—r green wounds together and is good to heal Sores in the Mouth And the Juice of the leaves dropped into the Eyes taketh away the Inflammation of them Braâ—k-ursine Bears-breech and Acanthus is betwixt hot and cold being somewhat moist with a mollifying and digesting quality as are these of the Mallow and are good to put in Glisters to Loosen the Belly the Decoction taken inwardly is good for the bloody Flux and Burstness and is good for Hectick Feavers Or applied made up in a Poultess unite broken bones and strengthens the Joynts that have been put out and is an excellent Remedy for burnings by Fire White Bâ—iony is hot and dry in all parts in the third degree both the white and the black are furious Martial Plants and purge the Belly with great violence and therefore you are to Correct it and then it is very good for all manner of Griefs in the Head as also for the Joynts and Sinews Cramps and Convulsions Dropsey provoketh Urine and is good for the Stone Brook-lyme or VVater-Pimpernel is a hot and biting Martial Plant and is of the same Nature as Water-Cresses and are good to cleanse the blood provokes Urine and breaks the Stone Butchers broom is hot in the second and dry in the first and is of a cleansing Nature it openeth Obstructions provoketh Urine expelleth Gravel and the Stone and is good for the Strangury Yellows and pain in the Head Bâ—oom and Broom-rape the Twigs Flowers and feed of it are hot and dry in the second degree they are of a thin Essence and are of force to cleanse and open and especially the feed which is drier and not so full of superfluous moisture it is good for the Dropsey Cleanser of the Reins Kidneys and Bladder from the Gravel and Stone Bucks-horn Plantine is of a drying and binding quality it is good against Poison Stone in the Reins and Kidneys stoppeth a Lask and is good for a bloody Urine and bloody Flux Bucks-horn is called Harts-horn Herb-Ivy Wort-cresses or Swines cresses their vertues are the same with Bucks-horn Plantine Bugle is of a mean Temperature and is good taken inwardly to dissolve Congealed Blood that is occasioned by Bruises or Falls and is effectual in all VVound-drinks it is good for Fistulaes Gangrenes the leaves of it being bruised and applied to them Burnet is a drier and a binder yet it is meanly cool it is a most precious Herb little inferiour to Bitony it stancheth bleeding as well inwardly as outwardly and is good to stay the Lask and bloody Flux It is good for all old Ulcers or Running Cankers and moist Sores to be used either by Juice or Decoction of the Herb or Root the seed is also good for the same Purposes aforesaid The Butter-bur or Petasitis is hot and dry in the second degree and of thin parts the Roots is good against the Plague and Pestilential Feavers by provoking Sweat the Powder of the Root given in VVine is good to resist the force of Poison It is good for VVheezing and difficulty of Breathing kills flat and broad Worms Bran is hot and dry and dissolveth very much Burâ—-deck is dry and wasting the root is something hot the leaves are cooling and moderately drying and is good for old Ulcers and Sores the Juice of the leaves or roots is good against the biting of any venomous Beast the seed of it is most excellent to provoke Urine being beaten to Powder and drank in white-Wine or Ale and remedieth the pains in the Bladder It is good for Burnings Cankers Buâ—â— reâ—ds are cold and dry of Complexion Vipers bugloss all the kinds of them are cold and dry of Complexion Sea Bind-weed is hot and dry in the second degree Beares-â—oot or black Hellebore is hotter in taste then
temperature and because it is sweet it is meanly moist It is good for a Cough shortness of Breath and for all the Griefs of the Breast and Lungs And for the Diseases of the Kidneys and Ulcers in the Bladder It is good for the Strangury Heat of Urine the fine Powder of it blown into the Eye helpeth the Pin and Web. Common Liver-wort is good for all the Diseases of the Liver both to cool and to cleanse it and helpeth all Inflammations in any part of the Body the Yellows Mattering of the Yard it is good for Tettars Sores and Scabs Loose-strife or Willow-herb is good for all manner of Bleedings inward and outward as bloody Fluxes and bleeding Wounds Lovage is hot and dry in the third degree It openeth and disgesteth Humors provoketh Urine warmeth a cold Stomach is good for the pain in the Belly coming by Wind resisteth Poison is good for the Quinsey taketh away the redness of the Eyes Lung-wort which is a kind of Moss growing on sundry sorts of Trees is good for Coughs Diseases of the Lungs both in Man and Beast and is a most excellent Remedy boiled in Beer for broken-winded Horses Leeks Scallions or Onions are hot and dry and do attenuate and make thin and Loosen all evil Humors in the Body Vnslackâ— Lime is hot and dry in the fourth degree it drieth and corrodeth Lawrel and Bays are hot and dry they cleanse and mundifie Lee is hot and dry in the fourth degree it is very adustine cleansing and piercing Lithargirto is of two Kinds one of the colour of Gold the other of Silver it is dry and bindeth softneth incarnateth cooleth and closeth up Wounds The golden Colour is the best M. The Root Madder which the Physicians and Diars use is disputed whether it bind or open As it is of an obscure binding force so it is of nature and temperature cold and dry it is of divers thin parts by reason whereof the colour doth easily pierce it is good for inward Bruises or outward Bruises It is good for the bloody Flux provokes Urine Cures the Yellows by opening the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen And anointed with Vineger Cures the Tettar or Ring-worm VVhite Maiden-hair all the kinds of them are dry and maketh thin and is between heat and coldness it is good for a Cough shortness of Breath the Yellows Diseases of the Spleen stoppage of Urine and Stone In all which Diseases the Wall-Rue is as effectual stayeth both Bleedings and Fluxes of the Stomach and Belly being green it Loosneth the Belly and avoideth choler and phlegm from the Stomach and Liver cleanseth the Lungs and Blood and being boiled with Camomil dissolves knots allayeth swellings and drieth up moist Ulcers the Lye made thereof is good to cleanse the Skin from Scabs and from dry and Running Sores Golden Maiden-Hair hath all the Vertues of the former Of Mallows and Marsh-Mallowes either of them hath a certain heat and moisture and the leaves and roots of them boiled in water with Parsley and Fennel-roots openeth the Belly and are good for hot Agues they are used in Glisters the Juice of them given is good for the Falling Sickness the leaves bruised with Honey and laid to the Eyes taketh away the inflammation of them it is good against Poison A Poultess made of them and applied is good for all hard Tumors Inflammations Impostumes and Swellings it is good for Scaldings and Burnings and for St. Anthonies Fire Marsh-Mallows are more effectual in all the Diseases before mentioned and in Decoctions and Glisters to ease all pains of the Body making the Passages slippery for the Stone to descend Maple-tâ—eâ— the Decoction of the Leaves and Bark strengthens the Liver and to open Obstructions of it and the Spleen and to ease the pain proceâ—ding thence Myrobalaâ—s pâ—rge gently Melancholy and comforteth the Heart and Liver VVilde Maâ—joreâ— doth cut attenuate and make thin dry and heat and that in the third degree strengthens the Stomach helps the Cough Consumption of the Lungs cleanseth the Body of Choler expelleth Poison and is good for the biting of venomous Beasts helps the Dropsey Scabs Mange Yellows Sweet Marjoreni is excellent good for all the infirmities of the Head squirted up the Nose and taken inwardly is good for to comfort a cold Stomach and the Diseases thereunto belonging and being outwardly applied is good for the Obstructions of the Liver and being put into an Ointment it warmeth and comforteth the outward parts as the Joynts and Sinews for Swellings and for places out of Joynt Marigolds are hot almost in the second degree especially when they be dry and are much of the Nature of Saffron the Juice of the Leaves mingled with Vineger and anoint a hot swelling with it asswageth it they comfort the Heart and Spirits and expelleth any Pestilent or Malignant quality that may annoy them Master-wort the Root is hotter then Pepper and therefore good in all cold Diseases or Griefs of the Stomach and Body it is good for Rheum shortness of Breath and expelleth the Stone by Urine casts out the dead Foal it is good for the Dropsey Cramps Falling Sickness Poison provokes Sweat it cleanseth and healeth all green Wounds Sweet Maudlin the Vertues of it is the same with Cost-mary or Alecost and therefore I refer you unto Costmary for satisfaction Medlars are cold dry and binding the Leaves are of the same Nature they are good to stop all Fluxes of Blood inwardly given and the dried Leaves beaten to powder and strowed upon bleeding Wounds stayeth the bleeding of them and healeth them up quickly the Stones of them made into powder and given in white-Wine wherein Parsley Roots hath layn inâ—using all Night doth break the Stone in the Kidneys and help to expel it Melilote or Kings Claver is hot and dry in the first degree it hath a certain binding quality besides a wasting and ripening quality it is good for spreading Ulcers it is used to be put into Glisters the Flowers of it with Chamomel to expel Wind and into Poultcsses to asswage Swellings with the Juice of it with Oyl Wax Rosin and Turpentine is made a most Sovereign drawing Emplaister the Herb boiled in Wine breaketh the Stone French and Dogs Mercury are hot and dry in the second degree and hath a cleansing Faculty the Juice of it purgeth choler and watery humors it is good for waterish Eyes it cleanseth the Breast and Lungs from Phlegm the Juice put up the Nostrils purgeth the Head of Catarrhs and Rheums helpeth the Yellows it helpeth all Running Scabs Tettars Ring-wormes and being applied as a Poultess allayeth all Swellings and Inflammations and given in Glisters it evacuates from the Belly all offensive humors The Dogs Mercury though it is less used may serve to the same purposes to purge waterish humors Of all the Mints Spear-Mint or Heart-Mint is the most wholesom it hath a heating binding and drying quality The Juice taken in Vineger stayeth inward bleeding dissolveth
Cured Let him first bleed under the Tail then take of Mares Milk two quarts or the Milk of a red Cow then take a Lump of Arement then take a young Horse about the Age of fonr years and of colour black if it may be if not of some other colour run and chafe him about till he sweat much then with a Spoon or some other Instrument Rake off the Sweat from off his Head Neck Breast Back Sides Ribs Buttocks Legs and in each part or member where you can get off any and so put your Arement and your Sweat into the Milk mixing them well together and by equal Portions give it him three Mornings together till he hath taken it all and let him drink no drink after it in six or seven houres and immediately after his Drink lead him forth into some Pasture where other Horses be to sneeze stale or dung to empty himself which is very wholesom for him so to do before he either eats or drink then set him up warm and well Littered and if the Season do serve give him of the green Blades of Rye if not give him Barley steeped in Milk three days but renewed every day once Then after every of these Drinks if you feel him cold in the Pastern Joynts or that he trippeth or stumbleth as you lead him in your hand do no more to him for he is past Cure Otherwise for nine days together after Morning and Evening give him white Water only unless now and then a sweet Mash and somtimes give him Milk with his white Water if he be not above nine years old this will prolong his life whereby he may do the more service Mr. Grey declares that this Receipt a Knight taught him who recovered sundry Horses with it Swaying in the Back Take of the Fat of the fruit of the Pine-tree two Ounces of Olibanum three Ounces of Rozin four Ounces of Pitch four Ounces of Bole-Armoniack an Ounce and of Sanguis Draconis half an Ounce incorporate all these well together and lay it Plaister-wise all over the Reins of his Back and let it remain till it fall off of it self Another most Excellent Receipt for Swaying a Weakness in the Back These Infirmities are seldom or never perfectly Cured But the best Help for them that I know of is to give him inwardly some strengthning things as common Turpentine made up into Balls with the powder of Bolearmoniack and powder of the dried leaves of Clary and to apply outwardly at the same time all over the Reins of his Back these strengthning Charges viz Oxycrocium and Paracelsus melted together Or Coleworts boiled in Sallet Oyl made thick like a Poultess with the powder of Bolearmoniack and Bean-floure If you desire to see more Variety of Charges though these are very good look into the First Part and there you may find plenty where you may pick and chuse what you best fancy Foundering in the Body to Cure To Cure this Distemper is first to Rake his Fundament and to give him a Glister which you have variety of in my First Part Then take Sack or Ale a quart Cinnamon half an Ounce Licoris and Anniseeds of each two spoonfuls beaten into fine powder with five or six spoonfuls of Honey put them all into the Ale together and warm them till the Honey is molten and give it him luke-warm to drink and Ride him gently after it for the space of an hour and let him fast two houres more and keep him warm Clothed and Littered and let his Hay be sprinkled with Water and his Oats very clean Sifted from dust and give it him by little and little and let his drink be warm Mashes of Malt and Water and when he hath recovered strength let him blood in the Neck-Vein and once a day perfume his Head with Frankincense There is no Drink nor Diet that is comfortable but is good for this Disease The Way of Gathering Drying and Preserving of Simples and their Juices viz. Roots Barks Leaves Herbs Flowers Seeds c. CHAP. I. Of Roots 1. Chuse those that are sound and not rotten nor worm-eaten and let them be such as have their proper taste smell and colour 2. Those that are dry hard and sound are the best and fittest for your use 3. If they prove soft dry them in the Sun or else string them and hang them up by the Fire but the dry and hard ones you may lay any where 4. The small Roots will keep a year or two very well but the larger sort of them will keep four or five but they are best in their prime the first year 5. The best time to gather them is in the Summer before they Run out to seed for then they grow hard and sticky and lose their Vertues 6. Those Roots that you may have all the year as Plantine Fennel or Parsley c. trouble not your self to dry them CHAP. II. Of Barks 1. Barks of such Trees as are frequently with you as the Oak Elm or Ash c. Gather them but when you have present use for them As for the Out-landish you may have ready dried at the Druggist 2. The Barks of Roots as Fennel Parsley c. is only that which remains when the Pith is out which is called a Bark though very improperly CHAP. III. Of Leaves of Herbs or Trees 1. Of Leaves gather such as are fresh and green and full of Juice and in the picking of them be careful to throw away the dead and decayed Leaves which are not fit for any Physical use 2. That Place they most delight to grow in are best for use as Bitony delights to grow in the Shadow and therefore 't is better then that that grows in the Sun because it is its proper place 3. Those Herbs that Run up to Seed and in Flowers their leaves are not so good then as before they were spindled some few only excepted and therefore I advise you If through Ignorance you know them not or through Negligence forget them rather chuse to take the Tops then the Leaves 4. The Sun is better to dry them in then the Shadow 5. The best Way to keep them after they be dried is near the Fire in a Bag made of brown or white Paper 6. 'T is not certainly known how long Herbs will keep but 't is concluded by most they will keep a year very well 7. You may know when they are decayed by the loss of smell colour or both 8. Those that grows upon dry Grounds does usually keep longer then those that grow upon moist and those that are very full of Juice will not continue their Virtue so long as those that are drier because more subject to Putrifaction and Corruption 9. Those that you do thoroughly dry will keep better then those that are ill dried CHAP. IV. Of Flowers 1. The Flower which is the Glory and Beauty of the Plant is of excellent use in Physick if it be gathered when it
is in its prime 2. When you intend to gather them let them be thoroughly dry and the Sun shining for if you gather them when they be wet they will not keep 3. When you have gathered them dry them thoroughly upon a Table or in the Window where the Sun comes before you put them up in Papers to hang near the Pire 4. If you find their Smell and Colour continue you may be assured their Vertues are not lost CHAP. V. Of Seeds 1. The Seed contains the vital faculty and spirit of the whole Plant and therefore hath in it equal Vertues with it 2. Gather them not till they be full ripe and from the places where they delight most to grow in and let them be thoroughly dried in the Sun before you lay them up 3. These having the spirit of the whole Plant in them are not so subject to corrupt as the others are and therefore you need not keep them so near the Fire as you do the Herbs 4. They will continue good and sound four or five years but they are best in their prime the first and second CHAP. VI. Of Juices 1. The Juices that you are to press out of Herbs Plants Tops and Flowers must be done when they are young and tender 2. If you intend to preserve them some time you must gather them when they be thoroughly dry 3. When you use them they must be bruised in a Stone-Mortar with a wooden Pestle and put afterwards into a Canvass bag and the Juice pressed out in a Press and when you have so done set it over the Fire in an Earthen Pipkin or Skillet and clarifie it by taking off the scum that shall arise You may know when it is well clarified for then the scum will not appear on the top 4. This being Clarified according to your mind you may preserve it for your use in the Winter when you can get no Herbs these two ways First by putting it into a Glass when it is cold and pouring so much Sallet Oyl over it as will cover it let the Oyl lie about the thickness of two Fingers above the Juice This Oyl being of a light Body will always get uppermost and keep out the Air from entring and so preserve it the better from putrefaction When you have occasion to use it pour it out into a Porringer or any other convenient Vessel so much as you think you shall use and take off the Oyl that comes out with it with a little Cotton or with a Spoon and put the remainder back again in the Glass if you leave any and it will quickly sink under the Oyl again c. The second way of preserving it is after you have Clarified it to boyl it over again being first cold to the thickness of Honey and this way it is used for the Diseases of the Mouth The Way of Making and Keeping all Necessary Compounds Viz. Electuaries Pills Waters Ointments Plaisters Charges Poultisses Oyls Syrups by Infusion and by Decoction or by Juice CHAP. I. Of Electuaries 1. If you desire to preserve your Horses Health abroad as well as at Home then make up some Electuary with some Herbs Rooes and Flowers suitable to the Diseases you think he may be most Afflicted with whether they be Coughs Colds or any other Illness and put it into a Gally-pot 2. If you intend any Physick for present use let the Herbs Roots Seeds and Flowers be always in a readiness ready dried in your House that so you may not want them when you come to use them 3. They will keep best whole for being beaten and made into powder they will be soon penetrated by the Air which will cause them to lose much of their Strength and Virtue 4. If you find them not dry enough to beat make them fit for the Pestle by drying them by the Fire 5. When you use them beat them as small as you can and then Sift them through an indifferent fine Sieve 6. To one Ounce of this Powder you may add three Ounces of clarified Honey and make up what quantity of Electuary you please according to the occasion and use you have for it 7. Your Honey must be clarified by the Fire by scumming off the scum from it that shall arise 8. Mix the Powders and this Honey very well together in a Mortar before you put them up for your use 9. The usual Dose of Cordial Electuary is from one Ounce to two Ounces dissolved in a pint or a quart of strong warm Ale or Beer and given him in the Morning or Evening fasting and to fast two or three houres after it CHAP. II. Of Pills or Balls 1. The Invention of these Pills or Balls at first were for the Purging of the Head as I have told you in some of my Physical Observations And as such Infirmities as lie nearest the Passages were best removed by Decoctions because they pass to the grieved part soonest so in the Infirmities of the Head or other parts of the Body more remote from the Stomach and Bowels are best removed by Pills or Balls which are longest in Digestion and therefore the better able to call the offending Humor to them 2. The Way of Making them is very familiar for with the help of a Pestle and Mortar and a little of your care you may make any Powder into Balls you have Directions at large for the making of them after the best Receipt for the Glanders 3. The Manner of Giving them are two-fold viz. either upon the end of a Stick with his Tongue first drawn forth on one side of his Mouth or in a Horn-full of strong Beer CHAP. III. Of Distilled Waters 1. Waters are distilled out of Roots Herbs Flowers and Fruits and are best when they are distilled in their greatest strength and vigour 2. Distilled Waters are the weakest of all Artificial Medicines and made more weak by distilling them in a Pewter Still being good for very little unless mixed with other Medicines But the strongest Way of Stilling them is in Sand. 3. When they are distilled put them up into a Glass and bind on the Top of it a Paper prick't full of Holes that so the fiery Vapours may Exhale for else they will cause them to Mother which will corrupt the Waters Then cover them close and keep them for your use 4. Stopping them with Cork is the common Way though not the best because that Way will make them grow Musty and not much better is Paper if it be suffered to touch the Water But the best and most approved Way to keep them is to Top them with a Bladder being first wet in Water and bound over the Glass 5. Those Waters that are distilled in a Pewter Still will not keep above a year good when those that are distilled in Sand will keep twice as long CHAP. IV. Of Oyntments There be many Ways of making Oyntments but the most familiar and easie is the common Way viz. To bruise