them If it be of a duskish sad brown and hath an Eye of yellow amongst it you may conclude it to be good but the most common colour is black like unto Pitch An Ounce of either of these three is a Purge strong enough for most reasonable Horses 4. Aloes Succotrina is the weakest but best of all the kinds of them If you break it thin and find it of a clear Roziny colour and transparent you may be satisfied 't is the very best This is four times dearer then the other sorts and is also Given to Horses but in a larger quantity by those that value not their Purses XVIII If you make your Balls of the Powder of Aloes and Butter mix it not all at once with the Butter but work it up in a little at first and then divide it into three equal parts and cover every part over with fresh Butter about the bigness of a small Wash-ball which will prevent the bitter taste of the Aloes from offending him when you give them give him a Horn-full of warm Beer after every one of them not only to prevent sticking but to clear his Passage the better for the remaining Balls But the best Way of making of Balls of Aloes for a Scouring you may find after the best Receipt for the Glanders within a leaf of the latter end of the Book XIX If you put London-Treacle at any time into your Horses Drinks put not above one Ounce of it at a time where there are other Ingredients but if you give it by it self you may give him two Ounces of it dissolved in a pint of Sack or for want of that a quart of good Ale or Beer XX. When you physick your Horse at any time give him his Hay so sparingly over-night that he may stand two or three houres at the Rack-staves and let him fast three or four houres after he hath taken it XXI 'T is good to stir him a little after he hath taken his Drink which will make his physick work so much the better XXII If you are about the Cure of any outward Wound or Sore the best way to Expedite it is to keep the place warm which is done by clapping a plaister of Burgunaâ—-Pâ—tch over the Medicine which will be a means to deâ—end the grieved part from the Air or VVind XXIII If a Horse hath swollâ—n or Gourded Legs and hath been poisoned with the Medicines of other Farriers and is fallen into your hands for Cure then be sure before you undertake to meddle with him to wash his Legs very well with warm Whey or for want of that Milk but Whey is best for this will clear off the venom and poison of their Medicines and make the Cure more facile and easie to be effected Directions how to Order a sick Horse Whensoever you find your Horse sick at any time either of Feaver Farcy Molten-grease Cold or any other Distempers c. and that you have given him something in Order to his Cure and yet you find his Stomach so bad that he falls from his Meat then to recover it again and to strengthen and keep up his weak and feeble spirits give him first to bring him to a Stomach half a Pint of white-Wine Vineger or Verjuice luke-warm sweetned with two or three spoonfuls of Honey well dissolved in it over the Fire And about three or four houres after it give him the common Cordial for Horses which is made of a quart or three Pints of strong Beer with a good big Toast of Houshold Wheat-bread crumbed into it gross and well boied Before you give it him while it is cooling put into it two or three spoonfuls of Honey and about two Ounces of fresh or salt Butter and let him have it luke-warm Give him at Night a Mash of Malt or Oats that are boiled till they are bursten After he hath eaten them let him feed upon Hay for about an hour or more then give him warm-warm-VVater to drink with a handful or two of VVheat-Bran stirred amongst it The next morning give him his Cordial again and at Nine or Ten of the Clock warm-warm-VVater and Bran and boiled Oats and now and then a Cordial of white-VVine and Honey and moderate Exercise once or twice a day if he be not too weak to walk This is the only Method that I know of that you can use for the Recovery of a sick and weak Horse and for to Remedy his Costiveness which does usually attend Sicknesses 2. The longer he Fasts after you have given him his Drink conditionally he be in good heart and strength the better effect it will have in working upon the Disease for which it was given For three or four houres is time long enough to fast but if he be a sick feeble and weak Horse then two houres is enough 3. After he hath Fasted according to his strength give him some comfortable thing to Recruit his Spirits aâ— a Mash of Malt boiled Oats sâ—alâ—ed Bran c. which will be a means to put Heart and strength into him again which his Drench and Fasting may in some measure have weakâ—ed 4 If you use your Horse to scalded Bran Mashes of Malt or boiled Oats and have boiled Fennegreek amongst them or given him it at any time amongst his Provender he will be the more ready and willing to take his Oats thus prepared which is very good after any Drench you have given him viz. To boyl a quarter of a pound of Fennegreek with half a peck of Oats till they burst and throw them into the Manger scaulding hot and though he cannot well eat them till they be somewhat cold yet the steam that doth arise from thence is very wholesom to open and comfort his Head and Brain and to free him from Colds and Stuffings therein If you find him nice and not willing to eat them decoy him with a little Wheat-Bran strowed upon them which to the liking he may have to that possibly may cause him to lick them up both together The Water that is drained from his Oats put into a pale of cold Water by it self and give it him to drink luke-warm after he hath fed a little while upon Hay An Advertisement not only touching the Vsefulness of the general Simples set down in Order one after another in the First and Second Part for the Curâ— of all inward and outward Diseases but also of the Table of Simples Wherever you Meet with such Simples in the First and Second Part imagine not that they were put there to no other end nor purpose then to blot or blur Paper with or that they were intended only to make the Book swell large and big to bring profit and advantage to the Bookseller I confess to the ignorant and unskilful it may appear so by reason of their want of Knowledge and Judgement to discern and apprehend the several Uses for which they were written But if the ingenious and skilful in the Art of
Simples and Order him as you do sick Horses with Mashes bursten Oats scalded Bran warm Clothing and warm Water c. About three or four days after he hath done Purging and drank cold Water to bring him to a Stomach give him Honey and white-Wine and to comfort him and Loosen his Body and to make him Stale freely give him the Cordial of Houshold Wheat Bread boyled in Beer c. You may find the manner how to make this also in the Directions how to Order sick Horses after the Table of Simples As to the Ordering of his swelled Cods or Legs you may apply to them after his Physick hath done working the common Charge of Soap and Brandy scalding hot and three or four days after Ride him into some River or clear Pond up to the mid side and Flounce him backwards and forwards which will be a means to abate and take away the Swelling You need not lay on your Charge above once These Directions are in case of a dry Surfeit But if he be troubled with a Cold which you may soon know by his Coughing and Running at Nose then give him this Drink viz. of the Powder of Anniseeds and Turmerick of each on Ounce put into a Pint and a half of strong Beer half a quarter of Brandy and about five or six Spoonfuls of white-Wine Vineger or for want of either Verjuice Boyl all these a little and give it hâ—m luke-warm Fasting in the Morning If you find his Stomach lost give him his Cordial But if you find that your Horse is fat and strong and hath his Grease setled within him then give him the Purge of Aloes first but if you find him both fat and ill together then give him this white-Wine and Honey and Cordial to bring him to a Stomach and after them give him his Purge Observation These Heats and Colds which are occasioned by hard Labour or violent Riding does commonly bring along with them hard Pustules and Kernels under his Chaul which you may either sink or break with your common Charge of Soap and Brandy boiled together and applied hot If you find that they break wash them with Verjuice and Butter or Vineger and Butter melted together and they will do well Things good in General to Mollifie Hardness Linseed Fennegreek Rosin Pitch of Greece Flower of Roses boyled together with Turpentine Honey and Sallet Oyl till it come to an Ointment Malvarâ—sco Oleum Rosatum Brank-ursine Mallows Coleworts Lard Oyl of Cypress with Meal Pellitory Wormwood or Grease Mustard-seed and Cummin boiled together or the Juice of the Roots or Leaves of Elder Armoniack Aloes Opoponax Nettles Mercorella the Roots of Cucumbers Hogs-Grease and Tar Turpentine and old Grease beaten together Oyl of Turpentine is very excellent to take down a Swelling Patch-Grease and Turpentine melted together and stop his Feet therewith and anoint his Coffins therewith or Salt and Water mixt together and Bath the Swelling therewith and dip a Linnen Cloth in the same and lay that upon it and it will dissolve it What is good for bruised Kidneys The powder of the Herb called Crabs-Claws Plantine Licoris Broom c. Things good in General for a sore Mouth and Throat Wood-bine leaves Bolearmoniack Plantine water to wash it with a Water made of them or to wash it with Bay salt and Verjuice warmed together If the Palate be sore then let him Blood there then take Honey young Onions and toasted Cheese boiled together and anoint the Pallate with it or to wash it with the Juice of Alehoof the Juice of Golden Rod Mallows or Marsh-Mallows or Mint or Mulberries or Nettles or Pellitory of the Wall or Privet or Queen of the Medows or Rag-wort or Sage and Allum or Self-heal or Succory or the Juice of the English Vine the Decoction of Rag-weed Plantine boiled in white-Wine Mustard-seed applied outwardly dissolveth the Swelling of the Throat What is good for the Quinsey To let Blood under the Tongue and if his Throat is so swelled that you can get nothing hardly to go down it lay a Poultess under his Chaul and that will open the Passage then take a Bulls Pizzle or a Whale-bone and Tie a Linnen Rag about it and dip it into Milk wherein Allum and the powder of a Dogs-turd hath been dissolved and thrust it up and down his Throat and put a Hornful of it down after it if he be so bad that he can eat nothing but what you give him with a Horn which must be comfortable and Cordial things be sure let the Hornful of Milk wherein Allum and Dogs-turd hath been dissolved be the last thing you give him or else it will do him no good and to Tie him up to the Rack half an Hour after it you are to use it two or three times a day or oftner as you shall see occasion or four Ounces of the Juice of Cinquefoyl given down at a time for certain days together cureth it or the Juice of Cudiweed or Cotton-weed taken in Wine and Milk is a good Remedy against t so is Hysop boyled with Figs. Another Receipt good for it After you have Blooded him under the Tongue take as many Leaves of common Mallows as you think fit for your use Boyl them very well in his own Piss and apply it as hot Poultiss-wise to his Throat as he oâ—n well endure it and you shall soon find the wonderful effects of it for it will open the Passage of his Throat and take down the Swelling occasioned by the Inflammation of it Do this two or three times if you see occasion and apply your inward Medicine also to it as the Receipt above will direct you Things good in General to Kill Lice or Vermin The Decoction of the Herb or seed of Henbane and wash him with it to wash his Body all over with Cows Piss for three or four days together it is an approved and certain Cure and is as good as any I can give you However I shall give you some more Receipts which is to anoint him with Quick-silver and Hogs-grease mixed together or take Staves-acre and green Copperas boiled in Running water and wash him all over therewith and at twice dressing it will Cure him or Tobacco shred small and boyled in small Beer with some powdred Allum and when the Allum is dissolved to wash him therewith Another very good to destroy them Take Hogs Lard and anoint your Horse all over his Back-bone and under his Mane and about his Flanks or any where elsewhere you find your Lice do come and it will destroy them the reason is that this food being so very delicious and so well lik't of by them makes them seed so much upon it that it causeth them to burst Or to take Train Oyl which is Whale Oyl and anoint his Breast and Flanks with it and then dip a broad List of Woollen into it and sow it about his Neck and this will destroy them Things
and order him as before prescribed This purgeth ill Humours it cooleth and comforteth the Body very much and causeth a good Appetite to Meat Observations to be observed in Giving of Suppositories Glisters or Portions First you must do it in a Morning Fasting unless Necessity urgeth the contrary Secondly you must not at those times suffer him to drink any cold water no not with exercise but either sweet Mashes or white water Thirdly It is very needful that before you administer either of them to Rake him And Fourthly That he be after kept warm Of Purgations and their Uses Purgation is an emptying and voiding of superfluous Humours which do cumber pester and disturb the Body with their peccant condition which ill Humours do breed bad Nutriment which when it will not be concocted and amended either by fair means or by the help of Nature then it must be compelled forced and driven away by Purgation Vomit Glister or Suppository but to speak only of Purgations Purging of Horses are either by Pills or Portions Pills are any solid or substantial stuff fixed together in one Body and being made into round Balls are cast down the Horses Throat A Portion is when you give him any liquid purging Matter to drink whether it be Purging Powders dissolved in Wine or Ale or that if it be any other liquid stuff Now Pills purge and make clean the Head and Brain bringing Phlegm and other gross Humours down into the Excrements And Potions cleanse the Stomach Guts and every other inward Member VVhat a skilful Farrier ought to know before he goes about to Purge a Horse he ought to consider the Nature of the Simples Now the Art of the true Farrier is in choosing of the Simples whereof these Pills or Portions are to be compounded and in skilfully applying the same First then he ought to know what ill Humours he is opprest with as whether it proceed from Choler Phlegm and Melancholy and where they do most abound and then what Simples are best to purge those Humours and with what quality or temperament they are indued for some Simples are most violent and next Cousins to strong Poisons as Scamony or Colloquintida some again are gentle as Manna Cassia Whey Prunes and such like and some are neither too violent nor too gentle but of a Mean as Rubarh Agarick Sene and Aloes The Nature of the Disease the Strength of the Horse and the Climate he was bred in You ought to consider the Nature of the Disease the Strength of the Horse and with them joyn the Nature Strength and Quantity of the Medicine he must consider likewise the Climate wherein he was bred And you are to make a difference between delicate and tender Horses and strong and sturdy Horses and in such Cases the quality and quantity is to be looked into of every Simple The Climate likewise is to be respected whether it be too hot or too cold and you are not to administer as hot Simples in the Summer as in the Winter nor so cold things in the Winter as in the Summer you ought to have respect to the day and to chuse that always that is most temperate for too much Heat makes a Horse faint and too much cold spoils the working of the Medicine When he is to have his Portion Give him his Portion in the Morning after he hath fasted from Meat and Drink all the Night before To Ride him after it After he hath received his Portion ride him gently after it about an hour and set him up and let him stand on the Bit two houres after it well Littered and Cloathed If he be sick let him lie down but if that will do him no good and that you finde him so sick that you fear his life then give him a quart of warm Milk with a little Saffron in it and he will do well and give him no other Meat then a Math of Malt and white water to drink till his Medicine hath done working How to make a Mash Take half a Peck of Ground Malt and put it into a Pale then put in as much scalding hot Water as will wet it very well then stir it about half an hour till tasting the Water you finde it as sweet as Honey then being luke-warm give it to the Horse to drink This Mash is only to be used after you have given him a Purge to make it work the better or after hard labour or instead of drink in the time of any great Sickness Now to come to particular Receipts and Medicines themselves and though the Ancient Farriers do make but two kinds that isto say Pills and Purgations yet I divide them into three that is to say Scourings Pills and Purgations VVhat Scourings are Scourings are those wholesom Natural and gentle purging Medicines which stirring up no great Flux of Humours do only keep the Body clean from such Evils as would arise and grow being every way as wholesom in Health as in Sickness and may most properly be termed Preparatives or Preparers of the Body to entertain more stronger Medicines Scouring by Grass To speak of the most gentle and natural Scouring which is Grass which you are to give but for fifteen days together and no more for after that it Fatteth the best Scouring Grass is a new Mown Meadow for that will Rake his Guts very well nor will he in such a place gather Flesh but if you intend to Fat him you are to take him out from thence and put him into some other Pasture where the Sithe hath not been And this manner of Scouring will cause him to empty himself well of all his evil Hamours and Surseits ease his Limbs marvellous well do his Legs and Feet very much good refine his corrupt Blood and make him agile and full of Spirit Next unto Grass is Sorrage which is only the Blades of green Corn as VVheat Rye Barley and such like being given him seven days and no more which cleanseth and cooleth the Body very much so doth the leaves of Sallows and of the Elm-green Thistles likewise being cut up and given him for about five days is a good Scourer And the last of these gentle Scourings is the Mash of Malt as ascresaid but as you are prescribed there to make it of a quarter of a Peck of Malt you are to take a larger here if you use it for a Scouring a Peck of Malt and put to it a handful or more of beaten Hemp-seed A Scouring to be given after a Sweat Take half an Ounce of Rozin of Jallop in Powder half an Ounce of Cream of Tartar powdred and half an Ounce of Licorish in Powder make these up into Balls with fresh Butter about the bigness of a small Wall-nut and give him four or five at a time in a Horn-full of Beer one after another Scourings of a little stronger Nature are these To Mix with his Oats a Handful or two of Hemp-seed or to take a Handful of
Coals and let him receive the smoke of it up his Nostrils through a Tunnel which will bring away abundance of tough Matter into water from the Head and Brain insomuch that it will be almost ready to extinguish the Fire It is a most excellent Comforter of the Brain and brings a great chearfulness to the Heart and rejoyceth the whole Body The Green Ointment The Green Ointment which Cure Sores whether old or green Vleers Fistulaes Poll-evils or what else for where this Ointment cometh no proud or dead Flesh will grow no Flies will come near the place or for Horse or Mare-Filly that is Gelt or Splad anoint but the place and they will neither swell nor fester for it doth not only heal soundly but speedily also provided you lay nothing upon the Wound or Sorrance where the Ointment is administred as neither Hurds Lint Plaisters or the like unless you have occasion to taint a Wound which is deep neither that for any long time or too often and besides the seldomer the Wound is dressed as once a day or once in two days it will heal the better and faster especially if it be brought into good for wardness of healing And together with this Ointment you may do well wash the Sorrance with the Copperas water which by reason it is always first to be used you shall have it first and the Green Ointment after it The making of the Copperas water Take two quarts of fair water and put it into a clean Postnet and put to it half a pound of green Copperas of Salt a handful of ordinary Honey a spoonful and two or three Branches of Rosemary boil all these till one half of the water be consumed and a little before you take it from the Fire put to it the quantity of a Doves Egg of Allom then take it from the Fire and strain it into a Pan and when it is cold put it into a Glass close stopped and keep it for your use And when you are to dress any Sore first wash it very clean with this Water and if the Wound be deep inject it with a Seringe The Vertues of it This Water will of it self Cure any reasonable Sore or Wound but the green Ointment being applied after it is washed will heal any old Ulcer or Fistula whatsoever if they come to the bottom of them and for green Wounds they have not their fellow if you think good you may boyl it in Verjuice or Chamber-lye one being a great Searcher Cleanser and Healer the other a great Drier How to make the green Oâ—nâ—ment Take a clean Skillet or Postnet and first put into it of Rozin the quantity of a Wallnut which being Molten put to it the like quantity of Wax and when that is also Molten put to them of tried Hogs-grease half a pound and when that is Molten put into it of common English Honey one spoonful and when all these are Molten and well stirred together then put in of ordinary Turpentine half a pound and when that is dissolved take it from the Fire and put to it an Ounce of Verdegrease beaten to fine powder and so stir it altogether but be careful it run not over for that the Verdegrease will cause it to arise then set it again upon the Fire till 〈◊〉 begin to Simper then take it off for if you let it boil too much it will turn red and lose its vertue of Healing and become a Corrasive then strain it through a Cloth into some Earthen Pot and keep it for your use close covered The Vertues of it This is the most Excellent Ointment that ever I knew for de Grey hath done such rare Cures with it that he hath been offered ten pounds for it For it cleanseth a Wound be it never so foul or infected with dead proud spungy or naughty Flesh it carnifieth and healeth abundantly and withal so soundly and firmly as that it doth never more break forth it draweth forth Thorns Splinters Nails and all such things in the Flesh and in a word it Cureth all sorts of Sores and Wounds Another Excellent Green Ointment made only in the Month of May which Cureth all sorts of Strains Aches Burnings Scaldings and Swellings whatsoever either in the Throator any other part of the Body Take half a pound of each of these things here under-mentioned viz. Rue red Sage Wormwood and young bay Leaves beat them very well in a Mortar Then take four pounds of new Sheeps Suet and work the Herbs and it very well together with your Hands till they be incorporated and become as one Lump Then put to them two quarts of Sallet-Oyl and Work that also till it become all of one softness and colour Then put it into a new Earthen Pan and let it stand covered eight days then boyl it over a soft Fire the space of two houres or more keeping it stirring all the while Then put into it four Ounces of the Oyl of Spike and let that boyl as long The way to know whether it be well boiled is to put a drop of it upon a Plate and if it be upon a fair Green you may assure your self it is enough Then strain it through a new Canvass and keep it in an Earthen Pot for your use This Ointment will hold very good seven or eight years A very good Receipt to keep back Humours that flow too fast to a Wound you have in Cure which will make it heal so much the sooner Take two pints of white-Wine Vineger or Tartar and put to it an Ounce or more of the powder of Bole-Armoniack and of common Salt well dried the like quantity the powder also of the Bur-dock Root or the Juice of the Leaves and wash the swelled place round about with it once or twice a day and it will be a great help in Order to its Cure Another for the same Vse After you have beaten a penniworth or more of Camphire very small dissolve it in a Pint of Verjuice and boyl it about a quarter of an hour then put it into a Glass close stopped to keep for your use and use it as you have Directions in the former Receipt To Cleanse a Wound Old or New before you dress it Take more or less of white-Wine Vineger according as you have occasion and put into it the powder of the Roots of Elder dried or the Juice of the Leaves with a spoonful of Honey and a little powder of burnt Allom and boyl it about half a quarter of an hour and use it warm Another sort of Green Ointment which is good to heal any Wound Old or New Take a handful of these Herbs here under-mentioned viz. Rosemary Wound-wort Red Sage Mug-wort Comfrey Rue and Southern-wood c. Cut them small and boyl them in a pound and an half of May Butter and the like quantity of Sheeps Suet When you have boiled it according as you have Directions for the Boyling of Ointments in
in short time he will be well and sound again Another very good Boars or Barrows dung dried and beaten to Powder and a spoonful of it with aboat two Thimblefuls of the powder of Brimstone put into a quart of warm Milk and given him fasting in the Morning for four or five times resting a day between each taking to recruit his spirits will very much help if not altogether cure him If you find that this Drink does not make him sick you may give him a larger Proportion not exceeding two spoonfuls Some of the general Things for this Distemper mixed amongst his Provender will further it very much Things good in general for shortness of Breath Pursiness or Preservers of the Wind. Saffron Wood-bitony Butter-burr Colts-foot Elecampane Fennel Anniseeds the â—uice of Sow-Fennel dissolved in Wine and put into an Egg and given him Hore-hound Juniper berries Lung-wort that groweth upon Oaks or Beeches which is a kind of Moss with grayish tough leaves Horse Lung-wort the Roots of Marsh-mallows the Roots of Master-wort Hedge Mâ—stard-seed the seeds of Cow-Parsnips Pellitory of the Wall the Juice or Seeds of Purslain Roâ—a Solis or Sun-dew Scabeus the Milk of Sow-Thistles given in Wine or Beer Vervain Antimony Southern-wood the Kernels of Grapes the Blood of a sucking Pig Venus Hair Ireos Ashen Skies Fennegreek Raisins Pepper Almonds Burrage Nettle-seeds Aristolochia Coloquintida Powder of Gentian Nutmâ—gs Cloves Gallingal Graines of paradice Calamint Hounds-tongue Filapendula or Drop-wort Tyme the Root of Valerian boiled with Liquoris Raisins and Anniseeds and given him Caraway seeds white-Wine and Yolks of Eggs the Juice of VVater-cresses Frankincense a Snake boiled and the Broth given him Agarick Cardamum Lightwort Angelica the green Bark of Elder Tree red Mints red Fennel primrose leaves Brimstone salt Nitre Balm Violet leaves Hysop the Lungs of a Fox boiled or laid in Rose water ordry them and beat them to powder and give him them in Beer or strow them amongst his provender Bay-berries white Hawthorn leaves the Guts of a hedge-Hog dried and beaten to powder and boiled in Beer and given â—or mixed amongst his provender with Anniseeds and Liquoris or wet his Hay with water and his Oats with Ale or Beer Oyl of Frankincense Fern Roots Night-shade Cassia Mithridate Diacartamus Sâ—ne Aloes French Beanes enlarge the Beast much the powder of Feather few given him in Ale or Beer is also very good c. Particular Receipts for shortness of Breath or Pursiveness or Preservers of the Wind. Take Anniseeds Liquoris and Sugar-candy all beaten into very fine powder and take four spoonfuls thereof and brew it well in a pint of white VVine and half a pint of Sallet Oyl and use this ever after your Horses Travel and a day before he is travell'd Another Take Wheat Flower four pounds Elecampane and Gentian of each an ounce Anniseeds Fennegreek Cummin Brimstone and Liquoris of each half a pound make them all into very fine powder and sâ—arced then put into it of common English Honey half a pound and so much white Wine as will make all these into a Cataplasm Boyl them till they become so thick that they are fit to make up into Balls and give him three or four at a time for six or eight Mornings together use it often for it will keep him in health and make him â—ound of his Body Wind and Courage But if you do perceive a Taint in his Wind then Take a close â—arthâ—n Pot and put thereunto three pints of the strongest Wine vineger and four new laid Eggs unbroken and four Heads of Garlick clean pilled and bruised then cover the Pot very close and bury it in a dunghil thirteen houres then take it up and take forth the Eggs and use it as you do the â—ame Receipt before-recited Things good in general for the Glanders Cummin seeds Grains of Paradice Fennegreek Diahexaple Sallet Oyl Aquavitae the Bark of Elder Sugar candy Garlick Urine white-Wine Bay salt Liquoris Anniseeds Hogs Grease boiled in water and take the Fat off Ginger Yolks of Eggs Saffron Cloves Cinnamon Nutmegs Moss boiled in Milk Cardamonium Spikenard of Lavender Gallingale Honey Euphorbium Pepper Brimstone Spikenard of Spain Myrrh Iris Illyrica Smallage Penny royal Aristolochia Salt water Oyl of Oats Tanners Oyl Auripigimentum and Tussiâ—aginis beaten into powder four drams of each beaten with Turpentine and make them into little Cakes then put them upon a Chafing-dish of Coals and a Tunnel put over it so let him take the Perfume of it up his Nose Agarick Gentian Bay-berries Hore-hound Gumma Guiatum Amber Coral Arkanet Black-berries the dust of Oaken Bark Bramble-leaves Knot-grass wilde Dazie Roots Muscadine Figs Elecampané Treacle Box leaves Coals of Ashen wood quenched in Ale and poured down his Nose Particular Receipts for the Glanders The first thing that is to be done in this Disease is to let him blood then for four or five days together give him scalded Bran which will dry up his moist and bad humors abounding in him and prepare him the sooner for his Cure Take Honey as much as will suffice and mingle it with his Oats rubbing the Oats and the Honey together betwixt your Hands so as the Honey may be very well mixed with your Oats continue him with this manner of Feeding Morning and Evening till you find him leave Running at the Nose This Receipt de Grey declares he hath Cured very many Horses with Another Take Sallet Oyl and white VVine Vineger of each six spoonfuls beat them well together and put it into both his Nostrils if they both run and continue this three Mornings together and presently after you have given him this Medicine you are to put it up into that Nostril that runs a long Goos feather dipped in Oyl de bay stirring it up and down in his Nostrils which will cause him to sneeze and snuff so that the viscous corruption which remaineth in his Head may void Keep him warm all the let his Drink be sweet Mashes Auother Take new made Chamberly and of the best and strongest white Wine Vineger of each half a Pint then take of Mustard-seed two or three spoonfuls and make Mustard thereof with Vineger and let it be very well ground that done put your Vineger and Chamberly to the Mustard and stir them well together then take of Tarr and Bay-salt of each alike incorporate them well together and convey so much thereof as three Egg-shells will hold the Meat first taken forth and having first prepared these things let the Horse be taken forth of the Stable being kept that Night to a very spare Diet and ride him first till he begin to sweat then give him the three Egg-shells fill'd with the said Tarr and Salt and throw down presently after it a Hornfull of the Chamberly Vineger and Mustard and a half Horn of it at each Nostril then ride him again as you did before then cloath him warm and litter him well and let
Bursa-pastoris Bugle Chervil Mallows Solomons Seal Sarasens Consound Sarasens Wound-wort Scabius Self-heal Sanicle Sope-wort Thorough-wax Rosin Turpentine Honey Galbanum St. Johns-wort Pitch c. The Juice of Arsmart consumeth all cold Swellings and dissolveth all congealed Blood got by Bruises Strokes or Falls The Root of Cinquefoyl Cud-weed or Cotton-weed doth the like Osmond-royal or Water-Fern is also good Golden Rod outwardly applied is good for them Nep or Catmint bruised and the Juice given inwardly is also very good The Decoction of Wood Sage is a very good Remedy for any inward Vein broken to disperse and avoid the congealed Blood and to consolidate the Veins Sanicle is also good The powder of Bolearmomack given in warm Ale stops any inward Bleeding the powder of Irish Slate given also in warm Ale is good for any inward Bruise whatsoever c. Particular Receipts for the Cure of Bruises or Swellings First Ripen it with Hay boiled in Chamberly or with rotten Litter laid upon it then let out the Corruption then fill the hollowness with the powder of Rosin and lay a Plaister of Shoomakers Wax over it and thus do once a day while it be whole if it be slow of skinning or healing up strew on the powder of unslackt Lime and Bolearmoniack mixt together and if any proud Flesh arise take it down either with burnt Allom or Verdegrease in powder Another Take Ale or Beer Yest and Verjuice and putting a little fine Hay thereunto boyl them well together then bind the Hay to the swelling and pour on the Liquor and do thus three or four days together and it will take away the swelling or rotten Litter and Hay boiled in Urine will take it away Another for any inward Bruise by Fall or otherwise Take near a quart of strong Beer or Ale and put to it one Ounce of the powder of Bolearmoniack and half an Ounce of the powder of Irish Slaâ—e and boyl it a little and give it him fasting in the Morning for three or four Mornings together lukewarm and he will do well Another for a Swelling upon the Head occasioned by a Blow or oâ—herwise If the Swelling be on both sides then Blood on both sides but if it be but on one side then Blood but on that side the Swelling is of and give him this Drink viz. One Ounce of Anniseeds one Ounce of Turmerick half an Ounce of Bayberries all beaten to powder with a Gill full of the Juice of Herb-grace red Sage and Wormwood Put all this into a quart of strong Beer lukewarm and give it him fasting in the Morning and Order him as you do a Horse that hath had Physick 'T is good also to apply this outward application to it viz. a little common Soap put to a quarter of a Pint of Brandy and rub and chase it in with your Hand very well and heat it in with a hot Fire-shovel Leave it as thick upon the Swelling as you can This will prevent a Farcy which Blows and Strokes do commonly breed and is also very good for any old or new Swelling whatsoever Another which will take away any Crusty Knobs or hard Swellings in any part of the Body of a Horse According to the Cure you are to undertake whether great or small proportion Oyl of Turpentine and strong Beer or Ale and let it be of equal parts alike well shaked together in a Glass and then rub and chafe it very well in with your Hand and heat it also in with a hot Fire-shovel and two or three days after apply a Charge of common Soap and Brandy well chafed in as you did the Turpentine before You may if you please put in a little of the Oyl of Wormes which is a great Mollifier of any Crusty hard or Bony part If you will see more of this kind vide Observations upon Bruises and Strains about three Leaves further Things good in General to Cure Swelled Legs Nerve Oyl black Soap and Boars Grease melted together and anoint the place with it or to Bathe his Legs in Butter and Beer or in Vineger and Butter melted together or with Sheeps-foot Oyl or with Train Oyl or with Piss and Salt Peter boiled together and to rowl his Legs with Hay-Ropes wet in the same Liquor from the Pastern to the Knee but not bind them too hard or to Bathe him with the water wherein had been boiled Sage Mallows and Rose Cakes and Butter and Sallet Oyl put into it or to take Frankincense Rosin fresh Grease of each alike boiled and strained and used once a day as you see occasion Or to Wash his Legs with the coldest fountain-Fountain-Water you can get or to let him stand every day till the Swelling be asswaged in running Water up to the Knees Or else take Primrose-leaves Violet leaves Straw-berry Leaves of each a handful boyl them in new Milk till they be soft then put into it of Nervel of Petroleum and of Pumpilion of each an Ounce anoint him with it for five or six days together Or take Pitch Virgins Wax Rosin the Juice of Hysop Galbanum Myrrh secondary Bdellium Arabicum Populeon and Storax according to your Discretion and boyl them in Deers Sewet and when it is cold put into it Bolearmoniack and Costus beaten into fine powder and incorporate them well together into the other Ingredients and boyl them all over again and when it is almost cold work them up into Rowls and when you use it spread it upon a Plaister and wrap it about the Swelling and let it stay there till it drop off of it self this is good for a Surfeit To Asswage the Swelling of a Horses Legs that is very much Swelled by reason of the Scratches Take a quart of Chamberly or more as you shall think fit and put into it a handful of Bay-Salt a quarter of a pound of Soap a pretty quantity of Soot a good handful of Misle-toe chopt boyl them all very well together and Bath his Legs with it very warm two or three times a day and wrap a Cloth wet in the same and lap about it and this will asswage them If you will have more Receipts for swelled Legs see the first Part for Plaisters and Baths for swelled Legs Things good to Cure a Horse that is Spuâ—-gall'd or Shackle-Gall'd or Lock-Gall'd Salt and Urine mixt together or Salt and Water and the place bathed with it takes out Venom warm Vineger is likewise good or else bind unto the place the tender tops of Nettles stamped Oyl of Turpentine is good or Allom and green Copperas boiled in Water and wash the place with it the leaves of Briony stamped and bruised with Vineger and applied to the Place Honey and Verdegrease boiled together till it look red and anoint the place with it twice a day and strow upon it some chopt Flox to keep on the Salve is very good for Shackle-galls and chiefly for the Scratches c. Things good in General to
Root of the black Hellebore bâ—aten to powder and strowed upon them consumeth the dead Flesh instantly the leaves of True-Love or one Berry Knape-weed Knot-Grass Ladies Mantle Money-wort or the Herb Two-pence the Juice of the Leaves or Roots of Nettles is good to wash all rotten and stinking Sores Fistulaes and Gangrenes and such as are fretting eating or corroding scabs or manginess in any part of the Body the Root of Cow Parsneps scraped upon the hard skin of a Fistula will take it away the Juice of Pellitory of the Wall Pimpernel Ground-pine or Champepitis the Juice of Plantine Queen of the Medows the Juice of Rag-wort or Rag-weed the red Rattle-grass Winter Rochet or Winter-Cresses the Juice of wild Sage the Juice of Sâ—razens Wound-wort It is good for Ulcers in the Mouth and Throat be it never so foul and stinking and so is Sanicle the powder of Savin is good to cleanse them but it keeps them from healing the Juice of Scabius the Juice of Garden Succory Self-heal is good to cleanse Sores and is good for Ulcers in the Mouth and Throat so is the Juice of Smallage put to Honey of Roses the Juice of Sorrel or Wood sorrel is good for Ulcers and Cankers the Juice of the Tamarisk Tree Vervain the Juice of the Leaves of the Wall-Nut Tree or the Water of them distilled in Ale is good to cleanse and Cure â—oul Running Sores Wheat-Flower mixed with the Yolk of an Egg Honey and Turpentine doth draw and heal any Bile Plague Sore or any running â—oul Ulcer Roch Allom and Bay-salt burned to powder and beaten together and mixed with Cummin and Honey keep it for your use and apply it either Tent-wise or Plaister-wise which will heal any old Sore the Oyl of Turpentine is good likewise for the same purpose the Juice of Beets Calafoma or Calofonia the Ashes of Garlick strowed upon them the powder of Cellendine or Verdegrease Vineger and Honey mingled together upon the Fire but if you intend to make it stronger put to it some Mercury Sublimate and Arsnick beaten to powder but the other may be applied to the Mouth and he receive no danger or white-Wine Vineger Mercury Precipitate Camphire green Treacle Sage Yarrow and Ribwort with Honey and Hogs-grease boiled together till half be consumed and strain it and wash the Wound with the Liquor or take four quarts of Cole-trough water boyl it and skin it then boyl it over again after you have strained it with white Copperas Allom and Verdegrease of each a pound beaten to powder and when it is clear put it into a Glass for your use The powder which remaineth at the bottom keep by it self for it will heal up any Old Sore or take Roman Vitriol Roch Allom and Rose-water boiled till they become as hard as a stone and strow this powder upon it is excellent good but to break a Fistula take Brook lyme Mallows Arsmart of each alike boiled in Chamber-Lye till they be soft and apply it to the Swelling and renew it not in two or three days But to Cure a Canker take red Grape leaves Bramble-leaves Honey-suckle leaves Allom Columbine â—eaves Sage leaves boiled in Water and wash the sore till it bleed or Verdegrease Butter and Salt melted scaldâ—ng hot and pour it into the Fistula and use it till all the Flesh look red then tent it with Verdegrease Allom Wheat-flower and the Yolks of Eggs beaten and mingled together and skin it with Barm and Soot mixt together or Loam-Wall and Wine Vinegâ—r put hot upon the sore is good to ripen and heal it or Butter Rozin and Frankincense made boiling hot and poured into the Wound and for a Fistula in the Head dip a Lock of Wooll in the Juice of the Housâ—eek and put it into his Eare and put Hurds upon it and Tie it cloâ—e and this will break it or â—alt mixed with Butter or Water and salt put into his Ear will do the like Particular Receipts for the Cure of a Fistula After you have searched it to the bottom with a Probe of Lead or some other thing which will bend wheresoever the Concavity of the Sorrance leadeth it and when you have found the bottom let it be opened downwards if it may be possibly done to the end the Corruption may the better issue out then tent it two or three days with tried Hogs-grease to cause the hole to be the wider then inject this Water following Take of Sublimate and of Precipitate of each as much as will lie upon a three-pâ—nce of Allom and of white Copperas of each three Ounces burn all these in an Earthen Pot but first rub the bottom with a little Oyl to keep it from burning this done burn them together then take two quarts of fair clear Water boyl it first by it self and scum it in the boyling then take it from the Fire and put in as much of this powder as will lie upon a shilling at twice and thus it is made bâ—t if you would have it stronger then take fair water and Smiths water of each alike and of white Wine vineger a third part with the Ashes of Ashen-wood make Lye of them with the Water and Vineger and so make your Water with this Powder and Lye in the former Ingredients according as before is taught you inject this water with a Syringe into the Sorrance and in a short time it will both kill the Fistula and heal it up and is an approved and infallible Cure Another Take a Pint of the best Honey an Ounce of Verdegrease beaten to powder and boyl them together three quarters of an hour then strain it into a Gally-Pot and keep it for your use This is a very precious Ointment to tent a Fistula or Poll-evil for it searcheth it to the bottom and eateth away all dead and evil Flesh which causeth it to heal the better A Water for a Fistula Take a Pint of the best white-Wine you can get or for want of that white-Wine Vineger or Verjuice and put a good handful of Sage-leaves bruised into it After you have boiled it pretty well strain out the Sage from the Wine and dissolve into it about an Ounce and a half of Roman Vitriol half an Ounce of burnt Allom and half an Ounce of the fine powder of Verdegrease When it is cool put it in a Glass and keep it close stopped for your use When you dress the Sore let it be very warm and Syringe it very well to the bottom once or twice a day and in five or six Weeks it will be Cured Another Receipt for a Fistula Take of Roch Allom and bay Salt burnt of each half an Ounce the leaves of Rag-weed and Elder-tops what you think fitting according to the Concavity of the Sore bruise and mix them very well together with a handful or two of Grey Snails shells and all and stop the Hole full of it to the bottom having first washed and cleansed it very
the spunginess apt to suck in all manner of Filth and to dilate and spread the same all over the Body the appearance thereof is on the left side under the short Ribs where you shall perceive some small Swelling which Swelling gives great Grief to the Midriff and taketh away more of his Digestion then his Appetite and being suffered to continue it maketh faint the Heart and grows in the end to a hard Knob and stony substance Now if I mistake not this Spleen is no other then the Milt and I have known four or five Horses die of it out of one Stable and it hath been lookt upon no other then the Plague which if they had had things proper for the Distemper they might have lived Things good in General for the Spleen either inwardly taken or outwardly applied A Decoction of the Herb Archangel in wine applied to the place grieved hot Barley-Meal-boyled with Melilot and Chamomel flowers with some Lynseed Fennegreek and Rue applied warm the Juice of Chamomel given inwardly or to make him Sweat and then give him a quart of white-wine wherein hath been boyled the Leaves of Tamarisk and a good quantity of Cummin seeds beaten to powder and give it warm or to pour into his left Nostril every day after he hath Sweat the Juice of Myrobalans mixt with Wine and Water to the quantity of a pint or take Cummin-seed and Honey of each six ounces of Lacerpitium as much as a Bean of Vineger a pint and put all these into three quarts of water and let it stand so all night and give him a quart thereof next Morning fasting or Garlick Nitrum Hore-hound and Wormwood sodden in sharp wine and given and to bathe his left side with warm water and to rub it hard A Particular Receipt for the Spleen Take a Handful of Agrimony chopped very small and work it up with sweet Butter into two or three Balls with half an Ounce of the powder of Turmerick and as much of Cummin-seeds powdred and give him them fasting in the Morning for several Mornings together and it will Cure him 'T is good also to give him some of the Herb boiled in his Drink or Oxicrocium applied Plaister-wise to the grieved part is very good Things good in General to Cure the Colt-Evil The Juice of Rue mixed with Honey and boiled in Hogs-grease Bay-leaves with the powder of Fennegreek added thereto and anoint the shâ—ath with it The powder of the Herb Avit and the leaves of Bittony stamped with white-Wine to a moist Salve and anoint the Sore therewith to wash the Sheath clean with luke-warm Vineger and to draw out the Yard and wash that also and to Ride him twice every day into some deep Running Water tossing him to and fro to allay the heat of the Members till the Swelling be vanished and if you swim him now and then it will not be amiss but the best way to Cure a Horse is to Give him a Mare and to swim him after it To bathe his Cods with the Juice of Housleek or with the water wherein Knee-holm hath been sod if it stops the Urine then give him new Ale and a little black Sope in it to drink or to wash his Cods with Butter and Vineger made warm or with the Juice of Hâ—mlock or else take Bean-flower Vineger and Bolearmoniack and mix them together Lay it Plaister-wise to his Sheath and Cods or to make him a Plaister of Wine-Lees Housleek and Bran mixt together and laid to his Sheath and Cods c. Things good to Cure the Mattering of the Yard Take Roch Allom one Ounce and white-Wine one Pint boyl them till the Allom be dissolved then Blood-warm inject this Portion with a Syringe putting it up into his Yard so far as it may be four or five times a day till it be well This is so perfect that you need not any other Things good in General for Shedding of Seed which is no other then the Running of the Reins in Men. Amaranthus that bears a white Flower the Juice of Bistort added to the Juice of Plantine outwardly applied Comfrey to Ride him into some cold water up to the Belly then cover him warm and give him Red Wine and Hogs-dung or Red-Wine and Acatium Venice-Turpentine c. Two Receipts which may serve in stead of many more for the Shedding of the Seed or Running of the Reins which is an infallible safe and sure Way of stopping it And is also good for all manner of Bruises by Falls or any other Accident c. Take a pound of common Turpentine if you will not go to the Charge of the Venice and put to it so much of the fine powders of Bolearmoniack and English Liquoris with a little Wheat-Flower as will make it up into a stiff Paste When you have occasion to use it Rowl it out between your Hands and break so much of it off as contains the bigness of a small Wash-ball and give him three of them Morning and Evening upon the end of a stick or in a Horn full of strong Beer till you find the Flux of Seed stayed which will be in a Week or Fortnights time at farthest 'T is convenient to purge and cleanse his Reins very well first before you give him his Balls which will not only Expedite but perfect the Cure so much the sooner and better Another for the same Take brown Sugar Candy Tanners Bark finely powdred and Sifted with the powder of the dried leaves of Clary and incorporate them very well with some common Turpentine and make them up into Balls with a little Wheat-flower and give him two or three of them at a time Morning and Evening about the bigness of a Pigeons Egg till the Flux of the Seed stayeth which will be in a very short time Things good in General for the Cure of the Falling of the Yard To Wash his Yard with Sea-water or Water and Salt and if that will not prevail prick all the outmost skin of his Yard with a sharp Needle very slightly and wash all the Pricks with strong Vineger and this will not only make him draw up his Yard again but also if at any time his Fundament chance to Fall this Cure will put it up again or to put Honey and Salt into his Yard made liquid or else a quick Fly or a Grain of Frankincense or a Clove of Garlick clean pilled and bruised and Bath his Back with Oyl Wine and Nitre made warm and mingled together But the best Cure is first to wash all his Yard with white-Wine warmed and anoint it with Oyl of Roses and Honey mixed together and so put it up into his Sheath and with a lâ—ttle Bolster of Canvass keep it from falling down and dress him thus in twenty four houres until he be recovered and let his Back be kept very warm as is possible both with Cloth and a Charge of Plaister made of Bolearmoniack Eggs Wheat-Flower
with Gum Arabick c. Particular Receipts to take off Hair in any Part of the Body Dissolve in Water eight Ounces of Lyme and then boyl it till a quarter be consumed then add to it an Ounce of Orpiment and lay a Plaister of it to any part of the Horse and it will in few Houres bring away the Hair Another Take Rust and Orpiment boiled in Running Water and wash the place with it very hot and it will soon bring the Hair away To make Hair black The Leaves of the Bramble boiled in Lye and anoint any place with it maketh it black or the Leaves and Berries of the Wayfring Tree boyled in Lye or the Juice of common Elder or the Decoction of Sage washed therewith To make Hair Yellow To wash the Hair with the Lye of the Ashes of the Barberry-Tree Things good in General to make Hair grow very soon very thick and very long The Roots of the Elme boyled very well in water and wash the place therewith the Juice of Thistles put on the place the Juice of Red Beets the Juice of Onions Tar Hogs grease Dogs-grease the Ashes of green Willow Nut-shells Soap Bears-grease Aquavitae Oyl of Turpentine an Oyl made of the white Lilly-roots with Hogs-grease is very good the Ashes of Southern-wood mingled with old Sallet-Oyl c. Particular Receipts to bring Hair and to cause it to grow long Take the dung of a Goat newly made ordinary Honey Allom and the blood of a Hog the Allom being first made into fine powder boyl them together and anoint the place with it every day and it will make the Hair come again apace Another To wash the place with the water wherein the Roots of Althaea hath been boyled and after dry it gently with your hand increaseth Hair much Others To wash the place with the Urine of a young Boy then take Lye made of unslackt Lyme Ceruse and Lytergy and with it wash the Hair off and it will make it come soon long and thick or to wash the place with Oyl mingled with the Ashes of Nut-shells burnt or else Snails shells burnt or Nettleseeds bruised with Honey Water and Salt or the Root of the white Lilly beaten and sod in Oyl and anoint the place therewith or the Juice of Radishes or Tar Sallet-Oyl and Honey boyled together or the Soot of a Caldron mixed with Honey and Oyl c. Another Take a quarter of a pound of Soap and as much Piece-Grease and a quarter of a pint of Aquavitae boyl these together and apply it to the bald places and in a Fortnight it will bring Hair again Another which is the best of all Take green Wall-nut shells and burn them to powder and mix it with Honey Sallet-Oyl and Wine and anoint the place therewith and it will encrease Hair wonderfully and very soon Things good in General for to Ripen all Imposthumes Inflammations hot or cold or for any Swelling in any part of the Body and Legs and to take away hard Knobs or Kernels c. Wheaten-Bran boiled in Vineger Leaven made of Wheat Daffodill stamped with Bores-grease and Leaven of Rye-bread is good to ripen hard Impostumes Brank-cresses Sow-thistles Hawk-weed the Juice of Thorn-Apples boyled in Hogs-grease to an Oyntment the leaves of Arsmart bruised and laid to any Impostumes in the Joynts for the space of an hour or two taketh away the pain the Juice of Housleek is good against the burning Inflammations the Juice of Wall-penney-wort is likewise good for any hot Inflammâ—tions or Tumors all the sorts of Pimpernel is good to Cure Inflammations and Swellings the Leaves of Flowers of Fether-few is good for all hot Inflammations and Swellings the Leaves of Mullen boyled in Water and laid to the Eyes Cureth and easeth the pains of them Walter-Caltrops used in the Nature of a Poultess is good Water Sengreen or fresh-water-souldier Duckmeat is good for all hot Inflammations and Swellings the fruit of the Pompion boyled in Milk is good for the Inflammations of the inward parts the green leaves of Elder pounded with Deers Suet allayeth all hot Inflammations Straw-berrie-leaves Bay-leaves Apples are good for all Inflammations and hot Swellings Figs stamped and made into the form of a Plaister with white Meal and the powder of Fennegreek and Lynseed and the Roots of Marsh Mallows applied warm doth soften and ripen Impostumes and all hot and angry Swellings and Tumors and if you add thereto the Roots of Lillies it ripeneth and breaketh venomous Imposthumes Observation To all cold Swellings or Imposthumes you may apply hot Simples to them and to all hot Swellings and Inflammations you must put cold If the Swelling doth Imposthumate you may know it by the heat and when you have made it fit to be opened open it with a red hot Iron Particular Receipts to Ripen Imposthumes or Swellings Take Mallow-roots and white Lilly-roots of each alike bruise them and put to them Hogs-grease and Linseed-Meal and boyl them till they be soft and Plaister-wise apply it to the Grief and it will Ripen it break it and heal it presently Or Oyl of Populeon is very good anointed twice a day with it Another Take Southern-wood and dry it to powder and with Barley-Meal and the Yolk of an Egg make it into a Salve and lay it to the Impostume and it will ripen it break it and heal it Another Take of Sanguis Draconis Gum Arabick New Wax Mastick Pitch of Greece Incense and Turpentine of each a like quantity and melt them together then strain them and make a Plaister thereof and lay it to the Imposthume without removing and it will both ripen break and heal it Another Take Wheat-bran two Handfuls and so much Wine Ale or Beer as one quart and to thicken it put to it of Hogs-grease half a pound boyl them together till the Liquor be quite consumed and apply it hot to the place renewing it every day once till it break of it self or be so soft to be opened then let forth the Corruption with a hot Iron and Taint it with Flax dipt in this Salve take of Turpentine and of Hogs-grease of each alike and of Rozin and Wax a much greater quantity melt them together and dip the Taint in it and put it into the Wound renewing it every day once till it be whole This is to Ripen Inflammations Pustules and Kernels which do grow under the Chaul of a Horse but if it be an Inflammation in any other part of the Body then take four quarts of the Grounds of a Beer-Barrel of Smallage Penny-royal Winter-Savoury Comfrey Rue and of the Leaves and Berries of Misletoe of each two Handfuls chop them small and put them to the Grounds and put to it a pound of Sheeps Sewet or Deers Sewet tried and three or four Handfuls of Rye or Wheat-bran so much as will serve to boyl it to a Poultess and when it is boiled apply it to the place it will break it or at least
quart of strong Ale and put it into a Pottle-Pot then take as many keen Radish-Roots washed slit and bruised as will fill up the Pot then stop it up close and let it stand twenty four houres then strain the Ale and Roots very hard and give it him Fasting and Ride him a little up and down and set him up warm and you shall seâ— him Stale do this two or three Mornings together Another Take a good Piece of fine Castle-Soap about the bigness of a good big Wall-Nut and dissolve it in a quart of warm Beer with some bruised Parsley seed give it him in the Morning Fasting and Ride him moderately after it and set him up warm and it will cause him to stale Another Take three or four spoonfuls of bruised Bur-dock seeds and boyl it in a quart of Beer and give it him to drink luke-warm putting a good piece of Butter to it whilst it cools Another for the same Take half an Ounce of Fennel-seed half an Ounce of Parsley-seed half an Ounce of Bur-dock-seed half an Ounce of Nettle-seed and half an Ounce of Ivy-berries when they be thorough ripe Put all these into a Pint of white-Wine and a quarter of a Pint of Ale and let them steep some time therein and give it him Fasting in the Morning for two or three Mornings together and exercise him after it This is a most excellent Receipt not only for this Distemper but also the Wind-Cholick Stone and Gravel for it wonderfully clenseth the Kidneys from Sand and Filth Another very good Take Burnet Dill Smallage and Anniseeds of each a like quantity well dried and beaten to powder and put a small spoonful of each of them to a Pint of white-Wine or for want of that a quart of Ale and give it him as you did the other Another Take about a spoonful of these Powders here under-written and put them into a Pint of white-Wine and as much Ale and give him them Fasting in the Morning with exercise after it viz. Gromel-seed Broom-seed Parsley seed and the powder of the Root of Horse-Radish well dried Another Infallible Cure for the stoppage of Vrine Kill as many Bees as you think you have occasion to use and dry them very well and beat them to Powder and give him about an Ounce of them at a time in a Pint of white-Wine or for want of that a Pint of Ale and at twice or thrice giving them at furthest they will so open the Passages of the Uriter Veins that they will make him Piss and stale very freely This Receipt is also good for the Strangullion Things good for the Pain or Vlcers in the Kidneys Plantine Licoris the Decoction of the tender tops of Broom Broomrape boyled in Wine is good for the Kidneys and Bladder and provoketh Urine and breaketh the Stone to Bath his Back with Sallet-Oyl and Nitrum warmed together and to cover him warm then to drink the water wherein hath been boiled Dill Fennel Anniseeds Smallage Parsley-seed Mustard-seed Spikenard Myrrh Cassia or Sallet Oyl and Deers Sewet melted together and the Root of the Daffodil boiled in Wine Things good in General for the Strangury or Strangullion To bath his Loyns with warm water then take Bread and Bay-berries and temper them with sweet Butter and give him two or three Balls thereof three days together or take a quart of New Milk and a quartern of Sugar and after they are well brewed together give it him to drink Fasting in the Morning and to keep him from all sharp Meats as Mowburnt-Hay Bran and the like or to boyl in the Water that he drinketh good store of the Herb Mayth or Hogs Fennel and it will Cure him A particular Receipt for it Take some of the powder of a Flint-stone Calcined with an Ounce of the Powder of Parsley-seed and as much of the powder of Ivy-berries and boyl them a little in a Pint of Claret and given him is a very good Cure Things good for the Stone in General or for the Stone in the Kidneys Alehoof Alkanet Birds foot the seeds of the Bur-dock Parsley-seeds the Kernels of the Husks of the Ash-tree the Bark of the Bay tree root Broom Bucks horn Plantine Carrot-seeds the Berries or Fruit of the Winter Cherry expelleth the Stone out of the Reins and Bladder the Juice of Garden-chervil Chich Pease or Cicers the Root of Columbines Coral wort Dogs-grass Doves-foot or Cranes-bill Elecampane Eringo or Sea-holly Fennel the powder of the Root of Filapendula or Drop-wort the Flower de luce the Fuz bush Garden Rod Herb Robart the smoother not the rougher Horse-tail St. Johns wort the Berries of Ivy Maiden-hair the Juniper berries Kidney-wort Knot-grass Wall-Rue the Roots of Master-wort Medlar stones made into powder and given in Wine or Beer wherein some Parsley-seed hath been infused all night and a little boyled the powder of Spear-Mint Ground Moss boiled Mouse-ear Mug-wort Nettle seeds Parsley piert or Parsley break-stone the Kernels of the Peach Tree Pellitory of the Wall Pimpernel the Gum of the Plum-Tree the powder of the Bark of the Root of Rest-Harrow given in white-Wine Winter Rochet or Winter-cresses wilde Briar-balls beaten to powder and given in white-Wine the seeds of the great round leav'd Dock Cummin white Saxafrage Burnet Saxafrage the Seeds or Roots of Sorrel the Milk of the Sow-thistle given in Wine Spleen-wort the Seed of the Star-thistle Garden Tansie the great Turn-sole boiled in water with Cummin Vervain the Tears of the Vine given but the salt of the Leaves is better Vipers bugloss Dodder Sallet Oyl the Lard of a Goat Coriander seed Castle Sope the Juice of the red Colewort the Roots of Alexander Wormwood Southernwood Galingale Mallows black Soap Hysop Particular Receipts good for the Stone in the Reins Kidneys or Bladder Take Saxafrage Nettle-roots Parsley-roots Sperage-roots and Dodder of each a Handful bruise them and boyl them gently with white-Wine until a third part be consumed then put to it of Salt a Handful of Sallet Oyl and of the Lard of a Goat of each three Ounces of Hony half a pound when all this is boiled strain it and ring it very hard and give him of this one Pint every Morning fasting blood-warm and if it become too thick by boiling dissolve into it some white-Wine and after the first boiling it must be but only warmed and let him have it so long as it will last Or a handful of Maiden-hair steeped all Night in a quart of strong Ale and strained and given him is excellent Another Take of Ale or Beer a quart and put it into a Pot and put to it so many of the reddest Radish roots clean washed and sliced into small Pieces as will fill up the Pot then stop it up so close that the Air get not in and let it remain twenty four houres then strain the Roots from the Ale or Beer very hard and give it him in a Morning fasting
Scaldings either by Shot Gun-Powder or Wilde-Fire The leaves or roots of the yellow Lilly Daffodil stamped with Honey the Juice of an Onion the Juice of the red Lilly Lettuce the Juice of Thorn-Apples boiled in Hogs-Grease to the form of an Ointment cures all manner of Burnings or Scaldings whatsoever in a very short time Water Plantine the Juice of Housleek St. Johns wort bruised the Herb Tutsan or Park leaves an Ointment made of the Juice of Cowslips and Oyl of Linseed Cureth all manner of Scaldings or Burnings whatsoever Ivy that groweth upon Walls or Trees Brank-Ursine the Juice of Elder-leaves the Decoction or the distilled Water of Archangel the Flowers and Herb of Ladies Bed straw made into an Oyl by setting it in the Sun is good the leaves of the Bur-dock bruised with the White of an Egg is a most excellent thing for all manner of Burnings by Fire the Juice of Colts-foot the Decoction of Dasies Wall-wort and Agrimony cureth inward Burnings being given inwardly the Decoction of the leaves of Brank-Ursine Particular Receipts to Allay Burning with Shot Gun-Powder or wilde Fire Take Varnish and put it into fair Water and beat them very well together then pour away the Water from the Varnish and anoint the place burned with a Feather dipt into it and in a few days dressing it will kill the Fire which done heal the Sore with your carnifying and healing Salves Another Take Hogs-Grease and set it on the Fire and take off the Filth that shall arise and when it is well boyled take it off the Fire and put it into an Earthen Pan to cool for four or five Nights together in the open Air then wash it in fair Running Water so often till it become White then melt it down again and keep it for your use and anoint the place grieved and it will Cure him Another Take fresh Butter and the Whites of Eggs as much of each as will suffice beat them well together till you bring them to a formal Ointment and anoint the places burned therewith and it will speedily take away the Fire and Cure them soundly Another Take a stone of quick Lime which must be well burned which you may know by its lightness dissolve it in fair Water and when the Water is setled strain the clearest through a fine Cloth then put into the water either the Oyl of Hemp-seed or Sallet Oyl of like quantity with the water and so beat them well together you shall have an excellent Unguent very precious for all sorts of Burnings And the Nature of these three Unguents be to leave no scars Wherefore we apply them for most sovereign Remedies as well for Man as Beast To Help a Horse that is Costive in his Body Take a Decoction of Mallowes one quart Sallet Oyl half a Pint or fresh Butter half a pound Benedicta laxativa one Ounce give him this Blood-warm Glister-wise then clap his Tail to his Tuel and hold it close and make him keep it for half an houre at the least and when it hath workt give him a sweet Mash and so keep him to Mashes and white Water for two or three days What is good to make a Horse draw up his Yard To Bathe his Yard and Sheath with white-Wine made warm then anoint it with Oyl of Roses and Live Honey mingled together and so put up the Yard into the Sheath and with a short Bolster of Canvass keep it from falling down and dress him once every day till he be well and let his Back and Fillets be kept warm and anoint him with Acopum but if you have it not apply this Charge unto his Back and Fillets Take Bole-armoniack the Whites of Eggs Wheat-Meal Sanguis draconis Venice Turpentine and strong white-Wine Vineger of each as much as you think fit mix them well together and charge his Back with it as also his Sheath and his Stones Another Take the Ashes of Ashen wood the whitest finest and best burned and searce them one pound of Red Clay dried and made into fine powder half a pound Bolearmoniack half an Ounce powdred boyl all these in as much Verjuice of the Crab as will make it liquid like Pap and with it anoint his Yard Sheath and Stones Morning and Evening and he shall be presently Cured A Receipt to Scour and Cleanse a Horses Yard that is Foul and Furred by Pissing within his Sheath Draw forth his Yard and Rub and Pick off the Filth with your Hand and cleanse it well with Butter and white-Wine Vineger melted together and squirt some of it up into his Yard with a Syringe and he will do well A Receipt to Prevent Diseases in a Horse the whole Year The first day of April open a Vein in the Neck and if it be good take the less if bad take the more then from that day until the first of May give him this which I shall prescribe and let him have it Morning and Evening during the whole Month of April from the first to the last which is before his turning out to Grass or Soyling which shall be about the middle of May and let him have the same all the whole Month of October like as you must do in April after you have taken him from Grass about Bartholomew Tide that which I prescribe is this To Prevent Diseases Take a Bushel of Old Rye sweet and clean well purged or made clean from all Filth and put it in a clean Iron Pot dry and without Water put it over the Fire and put in your Rye and keep it continually stirring to the bottom until it be so parched that it becometh black hard and dry then take it from the Fire and put it into some clean Vessel and when it is cold keep it close stopped for your use When you use it take two or three Handfuls of it and beat it into fine Powder and mingle it amongst his Provender at every Watering Morning and Evening or at other times when you give him Oates do this these two entire Months of April and October for all Men hold that in these two Months the Blood turneth and altereth as we alter his Diet from hard and dry Meat to Grass and so likewise from Grass to dry Meats for this Rye thus parched and ordered doth refine the Blood cool the Liver and purgeth the Spleen so as the whole Structure of the Body is thereby better â—ured and freed from all such bad and unnatural Humours which would otherwise make the Body inclinable to sundry Maladies and Diseases which this Rye preventeth Things good to keep a Horse from Casting forth his Drink As it proceeds from Cold in the Stomach or other Causes as Cold in the Head where the Rheum bindeth about the Roots and Kernels of the Tongue hath as it were strangled and made strait the Passages to the Stomach therefore to prevent this mischief you must give him Cordial and warm Drinks as Malmsey Cinnamon Anniseeds and Cloves well brewed
hath one Complexion as green if upon Hay then another as a little more dark If upon little Provender then inclining to yellow But to avoid both curiosity and doubt observe well the Complexion of his Dung when he is in best Health and the best feeding and as you finde it alter so judge either of his Health or Sickness as thus If his Dung be clear crisp and of a pale yellowish Complexion hanging together without separation more then as the weight breaks it in falling being neither so thin nor so thick but it will a little flat on the Ground and indeed both in Savour and Substance resembling a sound Mans Ordure then is he clean well fed and without Imperfection If it be well Coloured yet fall from him in round Knots or Pellets so it be but the first and second Dung the rest good as aforesaid it matters not for it only shews he did eat Hay lately and that will ever come away first But if all his Dung be alike then it is a Sign of foul feeding and he hath either too much Hay or eats too much Litter and too little Corn. If his Dung be in round Pellets and blackish or brown it shews inward Heat in the Body If it be Greasie it shews foulness and that Grease is Molten but cannot come away If he void Grease in gross Substance with his Dung if it be white and clear then it comes away kindly and there is no danger but if it be yellow or putrified then the Grease has long layn in his Body and Sickness will follow if not prevented If his Dung be red and hard then he hath had too strong Heats and Costiveness will follow if not prevented if it be pale and loose it shews inward coldness of Body or too much moist and corrupt feeding Signes from the Vrine Though the Urine be not altogether so Material as the Dung yet it hath some true Faces as thus Pale Colour That Urine that is of a pale yellowish Colour rather thick then thin of a strong smell and piercing condition is an healthful sound and good Urine but if it be of an high red Complexion either like Blood or inclining to Blood then hath he had either two sore Heats been over-ridden or ridden too early after Winter-Grass High Complexion If the Urine be of an high Complexion clear and transparent like old March Beer then he is inflamed in his Body and hath taken some Surfeit White like Cream If it carry a white Cream on the top it shews a weak Back or Consumption of the Seed Green A green Urine shews Consumption of the Body Bloody streaks A Urine with bloody Streaks shews an Ulcer in the Kidneys and a black thick cloudy Urine shews Death and Mortality Of Sickness in general Whensoever upon any occasion you shall find your Horse droop in Countenance to rorsake his Meat or to shew any other apparent sign of Sickness if they be not great you may forbear to let Blood because where the Blood is spent the Spirits are spent also and they are not easily recovered But if the Signes be great and dangerous then by all means let Blood instantly and for three Mornings together the Horse being Fasting give him half an Ounce of the Powder called by me Diahexaple and by the Iâ—alians Râ—gina Medicinae the Queen of Medicines brewed either in a Pint of Muskaâ—iâ—â— or 〈◊〉 or a Pint of the Syrup of Sugar being two degrees above the ordinary Molosses or for want thereof Molosses will serve the turn and where all are wanting you may take either a Pint of Dragon-water or a quart of the sweetest and strongest Alâ—wort or in extremity take a quart of strong Ale or Beer but then warm it a little before the Fire This must be given with an Horn and if he hath Ability of Body ride him in some warm place after and let him fast near two houres after the Riding At Noon give him a sweet Mash Cleath very warm and let him touch no cold water The making of the Diahexaple you may finde in the Table General Observations in the Physi king Horses Know then first that whensoever you give your Horse any inward Portion or Glister give it him no more then Milk-warm for there is nothing more Mortal to a Horse then the Scalding of his Stomach for a Horse of all living Creatures can worse endure to receive inwardly hot things Besides let his Drinks and inward Medicines be given him easily and gently leâ—t in making too much haste you suffocate him which if it do you must then let his Head loose and walk him up and down till the Passion be past Now for the Administring of Pills â—alls and such like Medicines little Advice is required if they be not made too great only if you take forth his Tongue first and then put them up into his Mouth upon the end of a stick then let go his Tongue again which when he draws it into his Mouth he must needs force the â—alls down his Throat You are to Administer your Physick â—ermore fasting unless upon urgent occasion as in case of sudden and dangerous Sickness and the longer he be kept Fasting from Meat and Drink as well before he taketh as Physick as after it will be the better for by that means his Medicine will work the more kindly in his Body for he ought to be kept from eating and drinking at least three houres before and after Purging Balls how made and given Take an ounce or an ounce and a half of Aloes Succotrina more or less according to the strength and Constitution of your Horse powder it very well and mix it with a little fresh Butter Then divide it into three equal parts and cover them all over with fresh Butter to prevent the bitter taste of the Aloes Make them about the bigness of a large Wall-nut shaped thick in the middle and sharp at both ends and given him in the Morning fasting If you think them not stiff enough with Butter alone you may mix some Bran with it and then they will be as stiff as Dough or Paste What Exercise is meet with Physick A little moderate Exercise is very necessary whereby his Physick may work the better and the sooner as to Trot him easily about or to walk him up and down under the Wind in the warm Sun about a quarter of an hour Then bring him into the Stable and Cloath him up warm and Litter him well and let his keeper be with him three or four houres observing his Postures and as occasion may require to help him with all things necessary for his use No Creature hath a moister Body then a Horse Of Mixing your Simples If your Horses Sickness be a Feaver to mix always your Simples with warm Water with Honey or with Oyl but if the Disease be Coughs Rhenms or any thing that proceedeth of cold Causes then mix them with good Ale or Wine but if he be
the fore-Legs unless great extremity compel you for there is nothing will sooner make a Horse stiff and Lame Many other Observations there are which because they are not so general as these be I think it meet to omit Five things a Parrier ought Principally to know 1. First what Diseases a Horse is inclineable to 2. Secondly What be the Causes of every disease in particular 3. Thirdly How and by what ways and means these Diseases do accrew 4. Fourthly The Signes how to distinguish and know them 5. And Lastly the means and manner how to Cure them Of Glisters and their Vses The Nature and Property of Glisters are divers therefore every Farrier ought to know to what end they serve and which hath Drugs or Simples they ought to be compounded for every Glister is to be made according to the Disease Now some are to ease Griefs and to allay the sharpness of the Humours some to Bind some to Loosen and some to purge and some to heal Ulcers These Glisters by cleansing the Guts refresh the Vital Parts and prepare the Body if the Body be not at that time Soluble to make the Purgation work the better which if you give your Medicine without giving a Glister before it you may stir up and provoke the peccant Humours which by reason they cannot finde present way sorth being hindred by Oppilations in the Guts through Costiveness and Ventosity and other Impediments do attempt to make their Passage a contrary way which cannot be done but with great hazard to the life of the poor Beast Now for the Composition of Glisters you shall understand that they be made of four things that is of Decoctions of Drugs of Oyl of such like Unctuous Matter as Butter or soft Grease and fourthly of divers Salts to provoke the Vertue expulsive A Decoction is a Broth made of certain Herbs as Mallowes Marsh-Mallowes Pellâ—ory Camomile and sometimes of white Lilly Roâ—ts and other such like things which we do boil in Water to a third part and sometimes we use in stead of Herbs and Water to take the Fat of Beef-broth of a Sheeps-Head Milk Whey and some such kind of Liquor mingled sometimes either with Honey or Sugar according to the quality of the disease the Glister being either Lenitive that is to say casing of Pain or Glutinative which is joyning of things together or else Abstersive which is wiping away or cleansing of â—ilthy Matter You ought to Administer according to the Age Strength Greatness and Corpulency of the Horse for if he be a Horse of a strong and able Body of large growth and stature fat and lusty we use to put into the Glister of the Decoction three Pints but if he be of a small growth weak sick feeble or lean then we do put in a quart of the same at most Of Oyl we use to put in half a Pint of Salt two or three drams at most and sometimes we put Verjuice sometimes Honey as we finde cause Drugs we use are Sene Cassia Agariâ—k Anniseeds Oyl of Dill Oyl of Camomile Oyl of Violets Sugar-Candy c. You ought not to exceed the quantity of three Ounces in one Glister at the most neither must you exceed of Butter four Ounces and let it not be above luke-warm when you give it him let him be somewhat empty and let him be Raked before you Administer it give it him in a Glister-Pipe made for that purpose Which ought to be twelve Inches in the Shank which must be put home and having the Confection within the Bladder wring it with a very good strength into his Body then draw out the Pipe by degrees cut of his Body and not all at once and clap his Tail close to his Tuel and so hold it with your Hand close about half an hour at the least to the end it may work in his Belly the better A Glister for a Horse that is very Costive of Body and cannot Dung. Take the Fat of Beef-broth a Pint and an half of English Honey half a Pint adding thereto of white Salt two drams mix them well together and Administer it Blood-warm and clap his Tail close to his Tuel and there hold it for half an hour at least and if then it will not work as I am confident it will let him Trot about easily about half an hour and set him up warm Cloathed and Littered and let him stand upon his Trench four or five houres during which time he will purge kindly then unbit him and give him sweet Hay and an hour after he hath eaten give him a Mash of Malt and an hour after that white Water and let him drink no cold Water in a day or two after The Vertues of it The Nature of this Glister is to open and loosen the Body to bring away with it all offensive Humours to remove Obstructions ingendred in the Body by means of excessive Heat it cleanseth the Guts and slicketh away all slimy Substance which is residing in the Guts The Horse that received this Glister was a small Seotch Nag and was grown weak and poor and low of his Flesh but if he had been a great large fat healthy or Corpulent Horse you might have made it stronger Another Laxative Glister Take the Decoction of Mallowes and mix therewith fresh Butter four Ounces or Sallet-Oyl half a Pint and so luke-warm Administer it and order him as you did before The Nature of it This is of all the Glisters the most gentle and is very Lenitive and a great Easer of pain it is good for a Horse that is taken with any Contraction or Convulsion and generally for any Costiveness in a Horse whatsoever proceeding from any Surfeits or Sickness Another Glister Laxative Take Pellitory two Handfuls or for want thereof Melilot two Handfuls or if you cannot get any of them then two Handfuls of Camomile but Pellitory is the best boyl it to a Decoction and add to it of Verjuice and Salter-Oyl of each half a Pint of Honey four Ounces of Cassia two Ounces mix altogether and apply it Blood-warm Glister-wise The Vertues of it It will open the Body and Guts of the Horse very well it will take from him all noxious and offensive Humours it will carry away all spungy Matter it will allay the sharpness of Humours it will cleanse old Vlcers it will refresh and comfort the Vital Parts But if you find you have given him too great a quantity so that he Purgeth or Scoureth too much then you may give him this Glister Restringent A Restringent Glister Take the aforesaid Decoction one Pint and as much of Cows Milk as it cometh warm from her and put to it the Yolks of three New laid Eggs well beaten and mixed with the said Liquor and give it him Blood-warm This is only to be applied to a Horse that is very Laxative or that doth empty himself too much A Glister for a fat Horse that cannot be kept clean Take Mallowes three
Handfuls Marsh-mallow Roots cleansed and bruised and Violet leaves of each two Handfuls Flax-seed three spoonfuls as many of the Cloves of white Lilly Roots as you can hold in your hand Boyl all these in fair water from a Gallon to a quart and strain it and put thereto of Sene one Ounce which must be infused or steeped in the Liquor three houres standing upon the hot Embers then put to it of Sallet Oyl half a Pint and being Blood-warm Administer it A Glister in Case of desperate Sickness Take of the Oyl of Dill Oyl of Camomile Oyl of Violets of Cassia of each half an Ounce and of brown Sugar-Candy in powder three Ounces then take half a Handful of Mallow-leaves boyl them to a Decoction in fair Water then strain it and put to it all the fore-named Ingredients and Administer it Blood-warm This helpeth all Feavers it is good against the Pestilence and all Languishing Diseases most excellent against Surfeits either by Provender or otherwise and it will occasion great strength in a short time if it be rightly made and carefully given A Glister for the Pestilence and all Feavers Take the Pulpe of Colloquintida half an Ounce I mean the Seeds and Skin taken away of Dragantium three quarters of an Ounce of Centaury and of Wormwood of each half a Handful of Castoreum a quarter of an Ounce boyl all these in three quarts of water to a quart then strain it and dissolve into the Broth of Gerologundinum three Ounces and of white Salt three Drams of Sallet-Oyl half a Pint and Blood-warm Administer it A Glister for the Cholick Take Salt water or new made Brine two Pints dissolve therein a pretty quantity of Sope and so Blood-warm Administer it Vertues This is very good for the Cholick or any Sickness or Griping in the Guts or Belly And let this suffice for Glisters Advice given upon giving Glisters 1. Before you Administer any Glister be sure to Rake him 2. When you put in the Glister-Pipe apoint it first with Butter or Sallet-Oyl and that you put it in and out gently and by degrees you must anoint likewise the Hand and Arm. 3. Let him keep it above half an hour by holding his Tuel close to his Fundament 4. That you do Administer it but Blood-warm 5. That you squeeze and press between your Hands the Bladder strongly 6. And lastly that you let him not drink any cold water in a day or two after but let it either be a sweet Mash or else white Water What things are put into a Laxative Glister Pellitory Melilâ—â—e Camomile but Pellutory is the best and of this would I make a Decoction and to this Decoction would I put Sallet-Oyl Honey Aloes and Verjuice of the Crab Brank-urfine Mallows or Marsh-Mallows Fennel Roots Parsley Roots Jack by the Hedge The Nature of the Principal Drugs Agarick purgeth the Brain Alloes the Breast and Body Rhubarb purgeth the evil water and it openeth the Liver and helpeth Obstructions and Opilations Aristolochia rotunda mollifieth the Breast Liver and Lungs and Baâ—â—â—aury or Bay-berries do mortisie the peccant humours which do engender in the Breast or Entrails near about the Heart and Saffron if it be discreetly given doth marvellously comfort and enlighten the Heart What the true Nature of Rubarb it Rubarb hath two contrary Natures for if you either scrape grate or cut it then it is a Loosner for it dissolveth and openeth the Liver and expelleth the Obstructions thereof it expulseth all bad Humours in and about the Heart Liver and Spleen it cleanseth the Body and sendeth away the peccant Humours among the Excrements and all such things as may annoy or offend the Entrails But if you shall pound or beat it in a Mortar or otherwise the spirit whereof being a subtil Body will Transire and flie away whereby the Operation thereof will be to bind and be no way profitable The Nature of a Suppository The Nature of Suppositories are to help a Horse that cannot well empty himself for a Suppository causeth him to discharge himself of many superfluous and evil Humours which do disturb annoy and distemper his Bodâ— with their peccant qualities and conditions for they breed bad 〈◊〉 which oft-times good Diet cannot amend and therefore must be sent away by Purgation that is to say by Suppository or Glister or Portion A Suppository is but a Preparative to a Glister or Portion and is of all other things the gentlest you can use it will Loosen the Guts which may be bound and clogged with dry hot and hard Excrements which a Glister will not so well do The first Suppository Take a Candle of four or five in the pound and cut off three Inches at the smaller end and anoint the biggest part of it either with Sallet-Oyl or fresh Butter and so put it into his Fundament then with your Hand hold his Tail to his Tuel about half an hour by which time the Suppository will be dissolved then take his Back and Trot him up and down till he do begin to empty and purge himself for by this means it will work the better and more kindly This is she most gentle of all Suppositories that can be given This dissolveth all hard dry and hot Excrements and sendeth them forth and besides it suppleth the Guts Another if you find him so weak that you dare not without the peril of his life administer unto him any Portion or Purging Medicine then give him this Suppository The second Suppository Take of Common Honey six Ounces of Salt-Niter one Ounce and a half of Wheat-Flower and of Anniseeds in fine Powder of each an Ounce boyl all these to a stiff thickness and so make it into Suppositories then take one of them and anoint it all over with Sallet-Oyl and your Hand also and so put it up into his Fundament the length of your Hand then Tie his Tail betwixt his Legs by fastening it to his Girts and let it remain so half an hour then ride and order him as before This is good in case of Surfeits or inward Sickness Suppository the third Take a piece of Castle-Sope and paring it bring it into the fashion of a Suppository and apply it and order him as before is taught you This is special good to purge Phlegm Suppository the fourth Take so much Saven as will suffice and stamp it to a Mash and stamp with it Stavesakar and Salt of each two ounces boyl these in common Honey so much as will suffice till it be thick and so make it up into Suppositories and administer one of them as you did before and order him â—o likewise This purgeth Choler Suppository the Fifth Take an angry red Onion and Pill it and Jag it Cross-ways with your Knife and so administer it and order him as before This purgeth Melancholy Suppository the Sixth Take common Honey a pint and boil it till it be thick and make it up into Suppositories as it cooleth and administer it
a sweet Mash or white Water This is very good against Feavers Colds and the Yellows Another Receipt for inward Sickness Take Aristolochiâ— Rotunda Bay-berries Gentian Anniseeds Ginger and of Trifora Magna of each an Ounce beat all the Simples to very fine powder and mix them well together then take of white-Wine or good Ale or Beer a quart then put into it one spoonful of all of them with half a pâ—nt of Sallet-Oyl and of Mithridate two drams warm these upon a Fire and administer it Blood-warm and Exercise him before and after his drink but not to Sweat him neither let him drink any cold Water in four or five days after but either warm Mashes or white Water This is most Sovereign for any inward Sickness Droopings forsaking of Meat Feavers Colds Coughs or the like A Suppository for inward Sickness If he be so sick that you fear to give him any strong Medicine and that Costive withal then give him this Suppository Take of Honey six Ounces of Salt-Niter one Ounce and a half of Wheat-Flower and of Anniseeds beaten into fine powder of each one Ounce boyl all these into a hard thickness and make it into Suppositories and after you have Anointed your Hand with Sallet-Oyl and the Suppository likewise convey it into his Fundament a pretty way and Tie his Tayl betwixt his Legs to his Girts or else hold it close with your hand about a quarter of an hour till it be throughly dissolved and this will purge kindly and Loosen his Guts so that you may be the more bold to Administer what Drinks Cordials or other things which you think most requisite for his recovery Other General Drâ—nâ—hes to Cure all inward Sickness in Horses which trouble the whole Body of Feavers of all sorts Plagues Infections and such like Sickness in General are of two Kinds one offending the whole Body the other a particular Member the first hidden and the second visible Of the first then which offend the whole Body are Feavers of all sorts as the Quotidian the Tertian the Quartan the Continual and the Hectick the Feavers in Autumn in Summer or in the Winter the Feaver by Surfet Feaver Pestilent Feaver Accidental or the General Plague they are all known by these Signes much trembling panting and sweating a sullen Countenance that was wont to be chearful hot Breath sainting in Labour decay in Stomach and Costiveness in the Body c. First let him Blood then give him this Drink Take of Sellendine Roots leaves and all a good handful as much Wormwood and as much Rue wash them well then bruise them in a Mortar then boyl them in a quart of Ale or Beer then strain them and add to them a pound of sweet Butter then give it the Horse to drink luke-warm or half an Ounce of the powder of Diapente given in Sack or Ale two or three Mornings together Or give him three or four Yolks of new laid Eggs beaten with seven or eight spoonfuls of Aqua vitae or Brandy This is good when he hath his shaking Fit upon him Or take four Ounces of Diapente and mix it with four Ounces of clarified Honey and keep it in a close Glass and give him half an Ounce thereof in Wine or Ale or take of Licoras an Ounce of Anniseeds Cummin-seeds and Elecampane Roots of each half an Ounce of Turmerick and Bay-berries of each a quarter of an Ounce of long Pepper and Fennegreek of each two drams beaten small and put five spoonfuls thereof into a quart of Ale warmed with a little Putter or Oyl and it is very Sovereign for any Disease coming of cold Causes Or Red Sage Mint Sellendine and Rue boyled in Beer is good Diatessaron is good simply of it self so is Diapente or Diahexaple There are several particular Receipts which I might give you for every sort of these Feavers I have Named but I think these in General may serve instead of a more particular Account only observe this Note by the way That you must in all hot causes administer cooling things and in cold Causes hot things Signes whereby you may know every sort of Feaver Signes in General to know a Feaver is by holding down of his Head he will quake and tremble and when his trembling is over he will burn and his Breath be hot he will breath fast and his Flank will beat he will reel he will forsake his Meat his Eyes will swell and be closed up and watering his Flesh will as it were fall from his Bones and his Stones will hang down he will desire to drink yet not drink much neither will he sleep but more particularly A Quotidian Feaver proceeds from hard Riding being set up too hot in the Stable without Riding Quotidian or every days Feaver is known by Blood-shotten Eyes short and hot Breathing panting loathing of his Meat and stiffness in his Limbs and his Sickness will not last above six or eight houres in a day and then he will be well again Tertian Feaver proceeds from the same Causes as the Quotidian The Tertian or every other days Feaver is known by the Signes formerly spoken of and this as the chiefest that he will be sick as on Monday and well on the Tuesday and sick on the Wednesday following Quartan Feaver proceeds from the same Causes as the Tertian doth The Quartan Feaver as some Farriers call a third days Sickness as thus If his Fit begin on the Monday he will be well on the Tuesday and Wednesday and sick again on the Thursday There is no other Sign to know it then the coming and going of the Fits Continual Feaver proceeds from Heats and Colds The Feaver continual is that which continueth without any Intermission the Signes are want of rest and falling away of the Flesh besides certain Inslammations or Swellings which will appear about his Withers and Flanks Hectick Feaver proceeds from a sick Stomach being Scalded with hot Drinks hath lost the power of Digestion The Hectick Feaver which is the worst of Feavers is known by this that he will never eat with Appetite and when you draw out his Tongue you shall find it Raw his Flesh will be Loose and Flaggy and his Body subject to trembling All these Feavers do most commonly happen to a Horse in the Spring because the new Blood is apt to be inflamed Autumn Feaver proceeds from new Blood being inflamed The Signes of an Autumn Feaver is known by the same Signes I have declared for they are the same Feavers only altering the time of the year Summer Feaver A Feaver taken in the Summer is the worst of all ordinary Feavers whatsoever especially such as are taken in the Dog-days The Signes of this Feaver are that his Arteries will beat most palpably and wheresoever he staleth you shall perceive he sheddeth his seed also Winter Feaver A Feaver in the Winter is not so dangerous as the Feaver before-mentioned yet if you do not remove it speedily it will
Saffron the fruit of the Pine with the Yolks of Eggs given him to drink with Wine and Sallet-Oyl is good to Conglutinate any inward Member or Vein broken the Roots and Seeds of Asparagus sod in water and given him and after three days give him Opoponax with Honey and Myrrh and it will Conglutinate any inward Ulcer or Rupture whatsoever The Bark of Ash beaten with Wine and Plaister it is a great Knitter of broken Bones or the inward Bark of an Elm laid in Running water and Bathe the place therewith or the Roots of Rocket boiled in water and plaister it or Wilde Briony stamped and plaistered also Hazel-tails and the Seeds of red Docks made into powder and given him to drink is good or Bugel is a Knitter of Wounds inward or outward so does Lions-paw or Self-heal the distilled water of sow-Bread doth Knit any broken Sinew in the Body Bole-Armoniack beaten to powder and finely Sifted and beaten with the white of an Egg and spread upon the Leg and covered over with Flox is very good for a Sinew-strain and is a great Strengthner of the grieved place where a Bone hath been out of Joynt and put in again The yellow Wall Flower strengthens any weak part out of Joynt A Poultess made of brank-Ursin and applied is good so is a Decoction of the Root of Butchers-broom or Knee-Holly with the Berries made also into a Poultiss the Root of the great Comfrey bruised and laid to them doth consolidate and knit them together The Decoction of the Leaves Bark or Roots of Elecampane healeth them being bathed therewith The Roots of Eringo or Sea-holly boiled in Hogs-grease and applied to them draweth not only Bones out of the Flesh but also Thorns and healeth them again An Ointment made of the Roots of Osmond-Royal or Water-Flag in a Mortar with the Oyl of Swallows and the place grieved anointed with it is very good Flix-weed doth consolidate broken Bones so doth the leaves of the Holly-tree used in Fomentations so doth Knot-grass and Moon-wort the leaves of Mullen bruised and boiled in Wine and laid to any Member out of Joynt and newly Set again taketh away all swellings and pains thereof the Leaves of Nettles also bruised and laid to them refresheth them the Juice of Plantine applied to any bone out of Joynt hindreth the Inflammation swelling or pain that shall arise thereon Solomons Seal knitteth any Joynt which by weakness useth to be often out of its place Or the Decoction of the Root being bruised and infused in Wine all Night and given him much helpeth towards the Cure the Leaves of Turn-Sole bruised and applied to Bones out of Joynt is very good for them c. Simples that are good to cleaâ—se the Blood Avens VVater-Cresles or Brook-lime Burage or Bugloss Butchers broom or Knee-holly Cardus Bâ—nedictus the red Dock which is commonly called Blood-wort Fennel-seeds Fumitory Hops VVall-Rue or ordinary white Maiden-hair Mustard-seed the Root of the bastard Rubarb Sage Succory Scurvey-Grass Smallage VVood-sorrel Star-Thistle Ladies Thistle the yellow VVall-Flower c. Simples that are good in general to ex pel the dead Foal Aâ—heal the Herb Alkanet applied to her Shape draweth it forth Angelica Brook-lime or Water-Pimpernel Centaury or sweet Chervil given her in Wine is very good The powder of the Root of Cuckow-point or the Juice of it given in Wine bringeth it away Flax-weed or Toad-Flax is good Flower de-luce made up in a Pessary with Honey and put up into her Body bringeth it forth Germander Hore-hound Filapendula or Drop-wort is good also given her so is the Root of Masterwort Ground-pine is excellent good to expel it The Decoction of the Leaves and Branches of Sage given is also good so is the Juice of the yellow Wall-Flower c. Simples good in general to provoke Lust in Horses The Decoction of Asparagus given him for some time the seed of the Ash-tree powdred with Nutmegs is a great Increaser of it Beans Chest-Nuts Cream of Cich-pease or Cicers boiled in water and given The Seeds of both the sorts of Clary the pith of the stalk of the Burr-dock before the Burr cometh forth The weight of one Ounce of Cloves given in Milk provoketh it exceediugly Bread made of Potatoes and Bean-flower and given him is a great Provoker of it The Roots of Chervil the Roots of Fennel-gyant Spear-mint Mustard-seed Nettle-seed The seed of the wilde Rocket encreaseth it exceedingly Raisins of the Sun sweet Almonds Pine-Nuts the pizzle of a Bull or Hart Boars stones dried and powdred and given him amongst his Provender c. Simples good in General to increase Milk in Mares The seed or leaves of Burrage or Bugloss Cicers boiled in Milk Cocks-Head the leaves or seed of Fennel the seed of wilde Rocket Sow thistles the seed of Vipers Bugloss given him in Ale Dandelion c. Things good in General to wash all manner of Sores and Vlcers Alehoof bruised with white-Wine and Allom is very good to wash all sorts of them Flixweed made into a Salve doth quickly heal them how foul or malignant soever they be the distilled water of the Herb worketh the same effect but it is somewhat weaker The Juice of Fox-Gloves doth cleanse dry and heal them The Juice of the Leaves or Roots of stinking Gladwin and anoint any Scab or sore in the Skin it taketh them away The Juice of Purslain is good to allay the heat in sores and hurts Meadow sweet Ragwort the Juice of the green Herb of Tobacco wilde Tansie boiled with Vineger and Honey is good to heal moist corrupt and running Sores c. Simples that are good in General for all manner of swellings or risings in the Skin viz. hard Knobs and Kernels as also swelled Legs Swellings under the Chaul hard or soft and to ripen them Archangel stamped with some Salt and Vineger and applied dissolveth them Bdelium a kind of Gum doth ripen them The leaves of the Beech Tree is good to discuss hot swellings Barley-meal and Flea-wort boiled in water and made into a Poultess with Honey and Oyl of Lillies cureth swellings under the Throat Brine dissolveth hard swellings Chickweed boiled in water very soft adding to it Hogs-Grease with the powder of Fennegreek and Linseed and a few Roots of Marsh-mallows stamped in the form of a Cataplasm or Poultess and applied taketh away the swelling of the Legs or any other part Bâ—ook-lime or water Pimpernel used in the like manner is also very good the Decoction of Coleworts taketh away the pain and Ach and allayeth the swellings in swollen Legs wherein any gross or watery Humours are fallen the place being bathed with it warm Oyl of Camomil is good to dissolve hard and cold swellings Cummin put into a Poultiss is also good for them so is Chervil bruised and applied Cinquesoyl boiled in Vineger helpeth all hard swellings so does Clary and Cleavers boiled in Hogs-Grease do the like Cocks-head bruised when they are green
Champions given inwardly or applied outwardly is very good so is the Juice of Celandine and Centaury the red berries of the VVinter-Cherries given inwardly cleanseth the inward Imposthumes and Ulcers of the Reins and Bladder and is also good for bloody and foul Urine the Juice of the bruised Leaves of Chickweed Cinquefoyl or â—omfrey is good to wash them with Cuckoe-point the Root of it in powder or the Herb boiled in Sheeps or Cows Milk healeth the inward Ulcers of the bowels the distilled VVaters of Cucumbers given inwardly is very good for Ulcers in the Bladder the powder of the Root of both kinds of Fern strewed upon them drieth up the moisture in them and healeth them speedily so doth the powder of Sow-Fennel or Fig-wort the Juice or the VVater of Flix-weed injected into them doth cleanse and heal them up Elecampane Root beaten to powder and mixed with Honey is also very good Dill burnt and laid upon moist Sores cureth them Franckincense is good to Fill up hollow Ulcers Hemlock is good for all creeping Ulcers and Pustles that arise from hot and sharp Humours by cooling and repelling the heat Take this Receipt for the Cure of all manner of Ulcers Take the green leaves of the yellow Henbane three pounds and a half of them stamped in a Mortar and boil it in a quart of Sallet Oyl in a brass Pan gently upon the Fire keeping it stirring till the Herbs are black and will not boil nor bubble any more then you shall have a most excellent green Ointment which being strained from the dross put it to the Fire again and add to it half a pound of Bees Wax four Ounces of Rosin and two Ounces of common Turpentine melt them together and keep them for your use This will cure any iuveterate Ulcer Botch Burning green Wound and all Cuts or Hurts in the Head The fresh leaves of Ivy boiled in white Wine doth wonderfully help to cleanse them Juniper-Berries drieth up hollow Ulcers and filleth them up with flesh Knot grass or the powder of the Herb or Seed cools all Gangreens Fistulaes and foul and silthy Ulcers Knape weed is a great Drier up of Moisture in them Madder helpeth them in the Mouth if unto the Decoction you put a little Allom and Honey of Roses Herb Mouse-Ear is very excellent to stay the Malignity and spreading of them Pellitory of the Wall penny-Royal bruised and put to Vineger cleanseth them The Juice of Plantain is good for old Ulcers that are to be healed The Juice of Purslain is good for Inflammations in the privy Parts the powder of Savin mixed with Honey cleanseth them but it hindereth them from healing The Juice of Rag-wort is very good also c. Burning Compositions The gentlest is Vnguentum Apostolorum next to it is Verjuice and Hogs-Grease beaten together Next to this is Precipitate and Turpentine mixt together Next to it is Arsnick allayed with any Oyl or healing Salve Next to it is Mercury sublimate likewise allayed with some cooling Salve and the worst is Lime and Soap or Lyme and strong Lye beaten together for they will corrode and mortifie the soundest part whatsoever To make Hair smooth sleek and soft To do this keep him warm at the Heart for the least inward Cold will make the Hair stare then make him Sweat oft for that will raise up the Dust and Sweat which makes his Coat foul when he is in his greatest Sweat with an old Sword Blade scrape off all the white Foam Sweat and Filth that shall be raised up and that will lay his Coat even and smooth And when you let him Blood rub him all over with his own Blood and so let it remain two or three days and then Curry and Dress him well and this will make his Coat shine like Glass How to cast and overthrow a Horse When you intend to Cast your Horse bring him upon some even smooth and soft place or in the Barn upon some soft straw then take a long Rope and double it and cast a Knot a yard from the Bought then put the Bought about his Neck and the double Rope betwixt his fore-Legs and about his hinder Pasterns and underneath his Fet-locks then put the ends of the Rope underneath the Bought of his Neck and draw them quickly and they will overthrow him then make the ends fast and hold down his Head under which you must be sure to have always good store of straw Now if you would at any time Brand your Horse on the Buttock or do any thing about his hinder-Legs that he may not strike take up his contrary fore-Leg and when you do Brand your Horse see that the Iron be red hot and that the Hair be both seared away and the Flesh scorched in every place before you let him go and so you shall be sure to lose no Labour To make an unruly Horse stand still to be Trimmed that will not be Trimmed with Barnacles Take off one of his Stirrop-Leathers and put it into his Mouth and so over his Head as you do a Bridle and girt up his Chaps very hard and he will stand quietly to be Trimmed Another to make an unruly Horse stand still to be shod The common way is to put a pair of Barnacles upon his Nose and Tye them very hard but if you find that will not do then at the same time put some round stones into his Eares and Ty them up hard that they fall not out How to make a stubborn Horse to go Tye a small Cord or Line about his Stones pretty hard and bring it between his fore-Legs and let it be of that length that you may reach the other end of it with your Hand when you are upon his Back and when you find that he will not go forward Jerk him with your Line which is the only means I know of to break him of his stubborn tricks If he be a Gelding then strike him with a long Rod that is burnt at one end and this will help To make a Horse follow his Master and finde him out and Challenge him amongst never so many People Take a pound of Oat-Meal and put to it a quarter of a pound of Honey and half a pound of Lunarce and make a Cake thereof and put it into your Bosom next to your naked Skin then run or labour your self till you Sweat then rub all your Sweat upon your Cake then keep him Fasting a day and a night and give it him to eat and when he hath eaten it turn him loose and he shall not only follow you but also hunt and seek you out when he hath lost you or doth miss you and though you be enviroued with never so many yet he will find you out and know you and when he cometh to you spit into his Mouth and anoint his Tongue with your Spittle and thus doing he will â—â—ver forsake you How to make a black Star or white Hair black If you
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
good piece of Butter and give it him Blood-warm and give him white water and he will do well Another Take of the best Live Honey half a pound of Saffron and Fennegreek made into fine powder as much as will suffice incorporate these with your Honey to a stiff Paste and so make thereof three Pills and dipping them in Sallet-Oyl give him them and ride him and walk him gently an hour and set him up warm Another After you have let him Blood take a quart of Ale and put an Ounce of Saffron and an Ounce of Turmerick into it being first made into fine Powder and with the Juice of Sellandine so much as will suffice and give it him Blood-warm Another for the Yellows After you have blooded him on both sides the Neck and third Barr on the Palat of the Mouth Give him Camomil Elder leaves and Celandine of each a small handful chopped indifferent small with a little of the inner Rind of the Barberry Tree boiled in three Pints of strong Beer or Ale till they come to a quart Then strain the Herbs from the Liquor and give it him luke-warm fasting in the Morning with a piece of sweet Butter melted in it and sweetned with two spoonfuls of Honey or Common Treacle And Order him as you have Directions in the Physicking of Horses Another for the Yellows To let Blood as before Then give him Turmerick and Anniseeds beaten to powder of each an Ounce with half an Ounce of the powder of the inner bark of the Barberry tree or for want of that a Gill of the Juice of Celandine Give him all these either in a Pint of white Wine Vineger or in a quart of stale Beer and half a pint of Brandy luke-warm fasting in the Morning Give him with it a spoonful of the Flower of Brimstone at the Mouth of the first Horn you give him but none with the rest And Order him as you do usually sick Horses Another for it After you have let Blood as you must always do in this Disease mix two penniworth of Saffron beaten well to powder and a Thimble-full or two of the powder of Turmâ—rick with freâ—h â—utter and make it up into a small â—all and give it him for three or four Mornings together fasting and it will cure him Simples that are good in Gener l for the Cure of the black â—aurdice or Yellows The Decoction of the Flowers of Sorrel made in white-Wine or stale Beer and sweetned with Honey helpeth it given him often the powder of the Leaves and Bark of the Tamarisk Tree is also good given him in beer so is the Juice of the leaves of Broom aâ— also the Seeds given him several Mornings together in beer till you see Amendment A Horn-full of it is enough to give it him at a time A Particular Receipt which is very good for the Cure of it Take the Roots of red Docks the Roots of burr-docks and slice a good quantity of them and put them into a Bottle of Beer with a little Mithridate close stopped and give him a Horn or two full of it in the Morning fasting Things good in General for the Falling-Evil Planet-struck Night-Mare or Palsey Fifteen of the Seeds of the single Peony given him in four Wine to hang a Flint-stone over his Head or some old Sythe or old Iron or to give him exercise before and after water and to mix Hemp-seed in his Provender and to enforce him to Sweat Misâ—etoe of the Oak given Mustard-seed the Seed of the black Poplar Cinquefoyl Germander Hysop St. Johns wort c. Particular Receipts for the Night-Mare Take a handful of Salt half a pint of Sallet-Oyl brown Sugar candy four Ounces mix them all very well together and warm them on the Fire and give it him Blood-warm two Mornings together and it will cure him Another Give him this purging Pill take of Tarr three spoonfuls of sweet Butter the like quantity beat them well together with the powder of Licoris Anniseeds and Sugar-candy till it be like Paste Then make them into round Balls and put into each Ball two or three Cloves of Garlick and so give it him observing to warm him before and after and let him be fasting likewise two or three houres before and after Things good in General f r Cramps or Convulsion of the Sâ—nâ—ws Rhubâ—rb taken inwardly the Seed of Bastard St. Johns wort given the Oyl drawn from sweet Marjorem and the grieved place anointed with it is good for all manner of Aches coming of a cold cause Calamint given inwardly Bitony Elecampane Master-wort or the Herb Gerard given inwardly the roots of Valerian given southern-wood or the seeds of the Ladies Thistle given Juniper-berries given Bay-berries China-roots Brank-Ursine taken inwardly or applied outwardly the leaves of the Burr-dock bruised and laid to the place grieved Oyl of Chamomel Centaury applied to it Costus the Juice of Chick-weed made up with Hogs-grease and anoint the place grieved with it is very good or to force him to sweat by Clothes or to bury him in a Horse dunghil only with his Head out Alheal or Centaury bruised and applied to them is very good so is sow-Fennel bruised with fallet-Oyl and Vineger and applied so is Gentian and Germander bruised and applied the powder of stinking Gladwin boiled in Ale or Beer and given is good a Poultiss made of Hawk-weed and Barley-meal and said to the place offended is also good Lavender is good for them given inwardly the roots and seeds of Marsh-mallows boiled in the Grounds of Beer and applied is also good for them so is a decoction of Mugwort with Camomil and Agrimony and the grieved place bathed therewith warm Penny-royal applied with salt honey and vineger is also good Hermodactils and Venice-Turpentine given inwardly is also very good the Juice of the green herb of Tobaccho made into an Ointment and applied is also very good c. Particular Receipts for the Cramp Chafe and rub the Member contracted with Vineger and common Oyl and then wrap it all over with wet Hay or rotten Litter or else with wet Woollen Clothes either of which is a present Remedy Another After you have sweated him well in a Horse dunghill anoint him with this Ointment take of Hogs-Grease one pound of Turpentine a quarter of a pound of Pepper half a dram of new Wax half a pound of sallet Oyl one pound boyl them altogether and anoint him with it Another Take Pimpernel Primrose-leaves Chamomel Crow-foot Mallows Fennel Rosemary of each six handfuls steeped fourty eight houres in fair water and boil them in it till they be tender and Bath him therewith four days together Morning and Evening and apply the herbs to the place with a Thumb-band of Hay wet in the same Liquor and anoint the said Member every day about Noon with Petroleum Nerval and Oyl of Spike mixed together Another Take two quarts of strong Ale and of black soap two
pounds and boyl them together till they look like Tarr with some Brandy and anoint the place grieved therewith Things good in General for all Colds or Coughs wet and dry or for any Consumption or Puâ—refaction of the Lungs Agrimony Bay berries Elecampane Licoris Anniseeds Long Pepper Moss of an Oaken-pale or Timber-stick boiled in Milk Briony a great purger which must be Corrected the Gum of the Cherry-tree dissolved in Ale Colts-foot hawks-weed Hore-hound Juniper berries Pellitory of the Wall given him with honey and brown sugar candy penney royal boiled in Milk Ground pine the Juice of purslain the Juice of Jack by the hedge Scabias Vervan Fennelseeds Fennegreek Cardamum Cumin Ciliris Montany Nutmegs Cloves Ginger Linseed Brimstone Germander is good for all moist Colds hempseed Raisins of the Sun sallet Oyl Garlick Tarr given him in an Egg-shell Sellendine Mustard and Allum boiled in Milk or Beer Rubarb Cassia Myrrh Herb-grass Caraway seeds Marjorem Currants Millolet Lions-foot Ladies Mantle Opoponax Galbanum Storax a hedge Hog dried in an Oven and beaten to powder and mixed with his Provender or Groundsel shred small with the powder of Anniseeds boiled in Beer Hysop Water and Salt brayed together and given him is good for a new Cold or Oyl de Bay Anniseeds and Licoris of each alike made into fine powder and sowed in a Linnen Cloth and fastned to his Bit and to ride him upon it is good to break a new Cold Ivy berries dried and beaten to powder and given in Beer the seed of bank Cresses Feltwort or Baldmony the Root of Centaury boiled in Beer and sweetned with Treacle the root of Mullin or Long-wort Ferula Rosemary bitter Almonds Grains of Paradise Lung-wort or Wood Liver-wort or take a Hen Egg after the white is taken out and fill it up with Butter Tarr and salt and put it down his Throat for three Mornings together is very good for an old Cough the powder of Angelick taken in the distilled water of Agarick and Wood-bitony mixed with common Treacle or Honey is very good the root of burrage or bugloss made into an Electuary and given is also good the Juice or the decoction of Cinquefoyl with Honey cureth the Cough of the Lungs Featherfew with the Juice of sow Fennel put into an Egg the White being taken out with brown Sugar candy or a little London Treacle and given is excellent a syrup made of the green leaves of the fruit of the Fig-tree is good for all the diseases of the Breast and Lungs Hysop boiled with Rue and Honey is good so is Lungwort Maiden-hair wilde Rotchet sugar and sallet Oyl is also very good the Liquor of the wounded beech tree given in the decoction of Colts-foot is also very good for him so is also Polipody with sugar candy Or any of these Juices with Honey and sugar candy made into a paste with the Flower of brimstone and Liquoris is very good c. Particular Receipts for Colds Take the Moss that is growing upon an Oaken pale or Timber stick one handful or better and boil it very well in three pints of new Milk with a green Root of Elecampane cut into thin and small slices with some Licorâ—s and let it boyl till the Milk be half consumed then strain it and press it throughly and as it is a cooling put into it a good piece of sweet Butter and of ordinary Treacle so much as will suffice and so give it him Blood-warm This is good also for the Head ach Frenzy Stavers Pose Cold Cough wet or dry shortness of Breath rotten Lungs Glanders Lax Leosness bloody Flux or the like Diseases You may boil them in Alâ— or Beer I mean the Ingredients you make up your Drink with Let him have this Drink three Mornings together and it will cure both his Cold and Cough wet and dry Another to take away a Cold Poze or Ratling in the Fead how violent soever without giving any inward Medicine Take a small quantity of fresh or sweet Butter and of Brimstone made into fine powder work them together till they be one entire body and of a deep yellow gold colour then take two long Goose-wing Feathers and anoinâ— them herewith to the very Quills on either side which done rowl them into more of the powder of brimstone and so put them up into either Nostril one and at the But end of the Quill put a strong packthread which must be fastned over his Pole like to the Head-stall of a bridle and ride him moderately after it about an hour and this will provoke him to snort and snuffle out of his Nose and Head much of congealed Filth which is in his head then tie him to the Rack for an hour after and this will purge his head very clean then draw forth the Feathers and he will do well keeping him warm and giving him Mashes or white Water for four or five days together This you may safely use to a Horse that is ready to Hunt or Run for any great Wager and the day is so near that you durst not give him any inward drench Another very good though short Take of Time one handful boyl it in a quarâ— of strong Ale till it come to a Pint then strain it add thereunto of ordinary Treacâ—e two spoonâ—uls and give it him Blood warm Another for a new taken Cold. Take Water and Salt and brew them well together and give it him blood-warm Another for a Cold newly taken Take a Hens Egg and make a little hole on the top to take out the White and Yolk then take Tarr and Butter of each alike and put it into the Egg after you have workt it very well together and give it him three Mornings together Another which will Cure a long taken Cold yea though it be accompanied with a dry Cough and shortness of Breath or Pursiveness and it hath done Cures that hath been held very impossible to have been effected Take of the Conserve of Elecampane three quarters of an Ounce and dissolve it in a Pint and an half of sweet Sack and give it him in the Morning fasting and ride him gently a little after and thus do several times till you find the Infirmity do decrease The kinds of this Conserve and how to make it There are two kinds thereof one is called particularly a Preserve and the other an absolute Conserve The first is Simple the other Compound both very Sovereign but the Conserve is the best They will keep a whole year close stopped The Simple you must preserve as you do all other green Roots and keep it close in a Gally Pot in its own Syrup and when you use it beat it in a Mortar together with its Syrup and refined Sugar made first into fine Powder Now your Compound or Conserve is thus made first let your Roots of Elecampane be neatly Candied and made very dry and hard and get the youngest Roots you can which must be kept also in a
strong Ale but if in Ale then take a quart and give it both before Travel aâ—d in your Inn or at home immediately after Travel Another to break a Festered Cold or dry up Glanders and to heal the Vlcer and Ciâ—ker in the Nose Take a Pint of Verjuice and put to it so much strong Mustard made with white-Wine Vineger as will make it strong then take an Ounce of Roch Allomin Powder and as you give this to the Horse as you fill the Horn put in some of the Allom and give him part at both Nostrils but espâ—cially at that Nostril that runneth most and ride him after it and set him up warm and give no cold water but with exercise Thus do divers Mornings If you would see the manner of making those Cordial Balls which Cure any violent Cold or Glanders or for other Diseases Look in my First Part for Cordial Balls Another for a Cold and Surfeit Take two handfuls of Mallows one of Sellandine one of Herb of Grace or Rue one Pint of Hemp-seed beaten in a Mortar very fine chop the Herbs and boyl them in two quarts of Water to one quart then put into it a piece of Butter and give it him luke-warm and order him as a Horse should be ordered after drenching Another for a Cold or for any inward Disease Take two spoonfuls of Bay salt two spoonfuls of Engâ—ish Honey two spoonfuls of Tarr as much black Soap as a Nutmeg as much Diapente as will lie upon Six-pence and as much Turmerick beaten to Powder as will work altogether until the Salt be molten then fill two Egg-shells with it and give it him cracking the shells a little first and ride him a little after it and let him fast two or three houres after it then let him eat Hay after you have first given him a Mash Another Take a quart of white-Wine Vineger four Heads oâ— Garlick pilled clean five new laid Eggs set it in a dunghil twenty four houres then take out the Eggs and wipe them clean and strain the Vineger from the Garlick and put to it two spoonfuls of Honey three Ounces of Treacle of Jeane These being thus mixed give him of it every Morning two Horn-fulls of it and one Egg so long as it lasts Another Take an Ounce of Elecampane beaten to powder a spoonful of Treacle a spoonful of English Honey put all these into a quart of new Milk blood-warm This use twice a Week till the Cold is gone Another Take of the Powder of Diapente one Ounce of the powder of Liquoris one Ounce of Aloes beaten to powder half an Ounce eight Cloves of Garlick bruised and peeled and two spoonfuls of Sallet Oyl put all together in a quart of Beer and give him them in the Morning fasting and keep him warm for a day or two after it Another Take a quart of New Milk and a handful of Sellandine with the Roots Seethe the Milk and cut the Sellandine as small as you can then boyl them a little while together and put into it a good piece of sweet Butter and give it him luke-warm Another Take an Ounce of Rubarb half an Ounce of Cassia half an Ounce of Mirrh one penniworth of English Treacle make them up into three Balls with fresh Butter and after rowl them in Bran and give him them fasting Another for a Cough or Glanders Take a little handful of Box cut it very small then take an Ounce of Liquoris beaten an Ounce of Anniseeds beaten boyl them all in a quart of Ale or Beer to a Pint and a quarter then put a quarter of a Pint of good Sallet-Oyl and a quarter of a Pint of Treacle and give it him all at once and ride him moderately a mile or better keep him warm covered four or five days and give him a Mash two houres aâ—ter the drink and after five days you may ride him moderately and if you find he requires the same Drink again give it him Another Take a handful of Rue and shred it very small and boyl it in a quart of new Milk till a quarter-part be boiled away then put into it two spoonfuls of Anniseeds beaten very small and the like quantity of Licoris and two spoonfuls of Treacle and give it him luke-warm but put first a piece of sweet Butter into it Let him fast two houres after it Then give him a Mash of good sweet Malt and after that Hay A Receipt for a dry Husking Cough which will make him throw out the Filth at his Nostrils Take a whole Head of Garlick and peel all the Cloves clean then put them into a Linnen Cloth and boyl them in a quart of Milk till they become tender Then take out the Garlick and squeeze out the substance with the Milk and put it a cooling then put to it a pound of Hony and half a pound of fresh Butter and give it him blood warm Another If he Run at Grass and hath got a Cold and you are minded to Drench him take him up over Night for fear of catching Cold and give him the Drink the next Morning and keep him in the House that day and if it be warm Weather turn him out the next and take him up at Night and the next day after turn him out both Nigâ—â— and Day Another Take Bay-berries Fennegreek Elecampane Roots long Pepper Licoris Anniseeds Cummin-seeds about three Ounces of them all beaten very well and boil'd a little in a quart of strong Beer then sweeten it with Treacle and put a good piece of Butter into it and give it him luke-warm Another Take three or four Red Onions soft Roasted chop and bruise them very small and mix them with about two spoonfuls of Mustard and four spoonfuls of Sallet Oyl with these Powders well beaten viz. Elecampane Long Pepper Licoris and Fennegreek of each a spoonful made up into Balls with fresh Butter and give him three of them at a time for three Mornings together and Ride him after it Another Mingle as much Tarr Honey and Powder of Liquoris of equal parts alike as will make two pretty big Balls and dissolve them in a Pint and a half of strong Beer and give him luke-warm and exercise him after it Balls for a Cold. Take about a quarter of an Ounce of Cloves one Ounce of the Flowers of Rosemary or Leaves dried made into Powder two Ounces of red Tarr two Ounces of Fennegreek two Ounces of Diapente two Ounces of Syrup of Colts-foot two Ounces of English Honey with a little Malt-flower and work them up into a Paste and make Balls of it and give him two of them at a time Fasting for three Mornings together with exercise after it and it will Cure him Another most excellent for a dry Husking Cough or Consumption of the Lungs Take about three Ounces of the Fat of rusty Bacon two Ounces of Tarr one Ounce and a half of
him stand upon the Trench until three or four of the Clock then give him a warm Mash and order him as you do Horses in Physick Give him this Medicine every other or third day three or four times and you shall find it an infallible Cure Before you use this Medicine you must prepare his Body with Bran prepared and after with a Glyster and your Goose-feathers Another Take better then two handfuls of the Cankerous Moss which groweth upon an old Oaken Pale and boyl it in two quarts of Milk to one then strain it and squeeze the Moss well and give it him luke-warm to drink then take two Goose-feathers and take as much sweet Butter as contains a Wall-nut and with the powder of Brimstone finely beaten and sâ—arced work them well together with your Knife till the Butter be brought to a high Gold Colour Then take two Feathers the longest you can get in a Gooses wing and first at the Quills end with a Needle fasten two long threads then with your Salve anoint your Feathers all over which done rowl them well in the powder of Brimstone and thrust them up into his Head then fasten the thread on the top of the Horses Head and ride him abroad for an hour or two Airing him in this manner Morning and Evening and when he hath stood a pretty while in the Stable after you have brought him home again untie the threads and draw forth the Feathers and wiping them very dry lay them up till you have next occasion to use them This Disease cometh not suddenly but grows out of long process of time and therefore the Cure must be done by leisnre therefore you must continue the Medicine as your leisure will serve either every day or at the least thrice a week if it be for four or five Months together and be sure it will in the end yield your desire Another which will Cure any high Running Glanders called the Mourning of the Chine Take Elecampane Roots and boyl them in Milk till they be soft that you may bring them to Pap then with a Horn give them to the Horse with the Milk luke-warm being no more then will make the Roots liquid and having anointed your Goose-feathers use him and ride him as you did before Another Take of Agri-pigimentum and of Tussilaginis beaten into powder of each four drams then beating them with fine Turpentine bring them into a Paste then make them up into little Cakes as broad as a Groat and dry them Then lay two or three of them on a Chafing-dish of Coals and cover them with a Tunnel so that the smoke may come up onely at the end thereof and so without auy loss ascend up into the Horses Head through his Nostrils then Ride him till he begin to sweat this do once every Morning before water till the Running be stopped which will be in a very short space considering the greatness of this Disease Another After you have purged him two days before give him this Drink Take of Tanners Owes new made wherein never came Hides one pint of Sallet Oyl four spoonfuls two Heads of Garlick pilled and bruised Feathersew and Sellandine of each one handful chopped very small Anniseeds and Licoris and Bay-berries all finely pulverized of each one spoonful boyl all these a little and give it him blood-warm twice a week fasting and being thus four times drenched will be perfectly cured which seldom or never fails The best Receipt for this Disease is in my First Part. Another Take Cummin-seeds Grains of Paradice and Fennegreek in powder of each half an Ounce of Diahexaple a quarter of an Ounce beat this in a Mortar with a quarter of a pint of Verjuice three spoonfuls of Sallet-Oyl and two spoonfuls of Aqua vitae then put altogether to a quart of old Ale with a good slice of sweet Butter and set it on the Fire till it be ready to boyl then being luke-warm give it him part at his Mouth and part at both Nostrils then ride him pretty roundly for an hour and set up warm let him fast an hour and if you perceive Sicknes to grow give him a pint of new Milk Another for the Glander Keep the Horse fasting for four or five houres then give him this Drink here under written viz. Ten Cloves of Garlick peeled and bruised half a handful of Oaken Moss and one handful of Pollipody of the Oak boyl all these together upon a gentle Fire in three Pints of new Milk till half be consumed then strain out the Milk from the Moss and other Ingredients and put into it three quarters of an Ounce of the powder of Elecampane Roots one Ounce of the Floure of Brimstone half an Ounce of the Juice of Spanish Liquoris and half an Ounce of the powder of Fennegreek well mixt together Then take two handfuls of the innermost Bark of green Elder and boyl it in a quart of Spring water till more then half be consumed then strain it forth and pour it into the other Ingredients and stir them well together and give it him lukewarm some at his Mouth and some at his Nose exceed not above a pint of it at a time warm him very well after it but bring him home cool and Cloath and Litter him up warm and let him fast three or four houres after it and Order him as you do sick Horses with Mashes of Malt boiled Oats and white Water c. Observations upon it This Disease is very difficult and hard to Cure and therefore you must not think that once or twice giving it will get 〈◊〉 Conquest over this sturdy Disease but it must be the work of a longer time a Month or more at least viz. Give it him two or three days together and intermit a day or two between to recruit his spirits and so continue it till you have recovered him But the best and most certain Receipt for the Cure of this filthy and lothsom Disease is by a Receipt at the latter end of the Book which I Refer you principally unto vide Tâ—e best Receipts for the Cure of the Glanders Another to stay it for a time being incurable Take the green Bark of Elder and beat it in a Mortar and strain it till you have a pint thereof Then put that Juice to a pint of old Ale and warm it on the Fire with a good Lump of sweet Butter and an Ounce of Sugar candy and so give it lukewarm ride him after it and let him fast an hour and keep him warm do thus divers Mornings If you are minded to take a general Receipt to Cure all Colds Glanders Heart sickness and to purge away molten Grease Look in the First Part for Bâ—lls Cordial to Cure any c. Things good in General given inwardly to a Hide-bound Horse White-wine Sallet Oyl Venice Turpentine Mithridate Loaf sugar Cassia prepared milk of sweet Almonds Verjuice given him Muscadine strong Ale Grunfel Rue Smallage
Rosemary Bitony Gum Dragagant Garlick sweet Butter boiled to a pint and given him three several mornings together the pint being divided into three parts and keep him very warm and feed him with mashes and white Water or Fennel-seeds Anniseeds Licoris Bay-berries Elecampane Fennegreek Turmerick all made into fine Powder infused in Ale and sallet Oyl given him four mornings together or Hogs-Grease Dragon-wort Incense syrup of Roses dissolved in Tutsan and given him Blood-warm with moderate Exercise till he sweat General outward Applications To let him Blood either on both sides the Neck or on both the side-Veins then to take fair Water mallows smallage Rosemary Bay-leaves boiled in Water till they be soft and Bath his Body with it warm and after he is dried anoint him with this Oyntment Hogs-Grease Camomil mallows Grunsel smallage chopped small and boiled in the Grease and anoint his Body with it which will Loosen his skin or rub him against the Hâ—ir all over and lay upon him a Sack well soaked in Water and â—ers it is well drained a while lay it upon him and over that so many Cloaâ—â—â—s as will bring him to a sweat which will be the best Cause to restore him but let him not sweat above an houre at most and cool him by degrees Particular Receipts for a Hide-bound Horse After you have let him Blood to give him three or four mornings together a quart of new Milk with two spoonfuls of Honey and one Ounce of London-Treacle and let his food be warm Grains and Salt or sodden Barley or sweet Mashes Another First let him Blood in the Neck-Vein then give him this Drink Take two Handfuls of Sellandine if it be in the Summer the leaves and stalks will serve but if it be in the VVinter take leaves stalks roots and all chop them small then take a Handful of VVormwood and a Handful of Rue chop them likewise put them all into three quarts of Ale or Beer and boyl them to a quart then strain and squeeze the Herbs and dissolve into it three Quices of Treacle and give it him luke-warm and for a wâ—ek together once a day rub the Horses Body all over with Oyl and Beer or Butter and Beer against the hair and seed him with warm Mashes of Malt and Water and for his Provender let him have Barley sodden till it begin to break provided you keep it not until it soure Another Take Anniseeds Licoris Fennel-seeds Bay-berries Elecampane dried Fennegreek Turmerick of each alike made into fine Powder give him two spoonfuls of this Powder mixed in Ale or Beer one quart with two spoonfuls of Sallet-Oyl and give it him four Mornings together and the first Morning you are to give him two spoonfuls of the powder and the other three Mornings but one keep him warm and order him as a sick Horse and he will certainly be Cured Things good for a Tyred Horse in general either taken inwardly or Applied outwardly Powder of Elecampane Cinnamon Ginger Nutmegs Grains Cloves Anniseeds Fennel-seeds Sage Rosemary Mint Ruâ— Camomil Tyme half an Ounce of either of them or all of them givâ—n him in a quart of Beer or Ale or apply outwardly to his Back Arâ—mart laid under his Saddle and his Back rubbed therewith and if he hath any life in him this will make him go Or to take three or four round pebble stones and put into his Ear and Tie them fast in and the noise of them will make him go Or to make a hole in the Flap of his Ear and thrust a long stick full of Nicks through the same and to saw and fret him with it and while he hath any life left him â—e will go or to Tâ—e a bunch of Penny royal to his bit and it will keep him from Tyring An Ounce of the Powder of Bitony mixed with Honey and Vineger given him is very refreshing Simples that are good in general for to comfort the Sinews Arteries and Joynâ—s â—fter Travel Cold or Pain A Poultess made of Pellitory of the Wall with Mallows or marsh-Mallows boiled in the Grounds of strong Beer with the Flower of Wheat and Bran and some Oyl of Roses put thereto and laid upon them hot restoreth any bruised Sinew Tendon or Muscle to their strength again A Decoction of Mug-wort with Camomil and Agrimony and his Limbs hathed therewith while it is warm is a very good help for them so is the Herb Ladies bread or the Flower made into a Bath and used as before is very good so is Oaken Moss boiled in the Grounds of Beer and applied to them c. Particular Receipts for a Tyred Horse Take half an Ounce of Elecampane powdred and give it him in a quart of Ale and Tie his Head to the Rack and Provender him well at Night Or a bunch of Penny-royal Tied to the Bit or Snaffle is very comfortable to him and will cause him to Travel lustily Another Take the powder of Bay-berries and mix it with Hogs-grease and Bath his Limbs very well with it doth wonderfully refresh him Of Purgation and their Uses vide my First Part. Scourings in general and in particular vide my First Part. Things good in general for a hot Stomach Bilberries Barberries given inwardly or to wash his Tongue with vineger or to give him cold Water mingled with Vineger or to give him Miâ—k and Wine mingled together with some Mel Rosatum the Decoction of Endive Grunsel Hawkweed Kidney-wort Garden Sorrel Sow-thistles c. Things good in general for a cold Stomach Bay-berries Angelica Caraway-seeds Garden Chervil Clary Mace Cinnamon Grains of Paradice Saffron Pepper Cloves Ginger Elecampane two drams of the dried Root of Lovage is good for it Particulâ—r Receipts for the Stomach If his Stomach be cold give him Wine and Oyl mixt together divers Mornings together or other Farriers give Wine Rue Sage and Oyl boyled together or to add to the former Compound white Pepper and Mirrh or to give him pilled Onions Chopt and Rochet-seed boiled in Wine but to conclude for general forsaking and loathing of Meat proceeding from hot or cold then give him Blades of Corn in good quantity Things good for a Blood-Spaven To Cure it first shave away the hair on both side the Swelling so far as it goes then take up the Thigh-Vein and let it Bleed well which done Tie the Vein above the Orifice and let the Vein bleed from below what it will whereby the Blood which was Assembled about the Spaven place is by this means sent away Then with your Fleam or Incision Knife make two Incisions in the lower part of the Swelling and after prick two or three holes in each side of the Hough where the â—pavâ—n is that so the Medicine may take the better effect and when the Blood and Water hath vented away so much as it will do bind roâ—nd about it Plaister-wise the Whites of Eggs and Bolearmoniack very well beaten together either upon Hurds or Linnen Cloth
Copperas Allum Briumstone Briar apples all beaten to powder the powder of Galls Rue Rosemary Gun-powder burnt Oyster-shells â—urpentine Ginger Red Herrings chopped small Elecampane c. or Lyme Honey Bay-salt Urine Vineger the Sperm of Frogs Pepper Garlick Mastard Plantain Rib-wort Sage Tobaccho Elder Mans-dung Burr-dock roots and Snails is good for them c. Observations how to Order him in this Disease You are to take notice that in all the Cures of the Scratches you must keep his Legs from wet during the Cure and likewise you must clipaway his hair from off his heels very close or else that will poison his Leg. And likewise before you dress him with any of the Receipts following you must scrape off his Scabs first and wash off the Blood that follows them with Chamberly and Salt or Brine When you have dress'd him with any of the Receipts following wash it clean off with scalding Chamberly and Salt or scalding Brine before you dress him again Particular Receipts for the Scratches Take brimstone and make it into fine powder and mix it with sweet Butter and anoint him therewith once a day Another Take unslackt Lyme Salt and Soot of each alike all made into fine powder boiled in the strongest white-Wine Vineger you can get till it be as thick as a Poultess then soften it with tried Hogs-grease and so work it to an Ointment and anoint the places grieved till they be cured Another Take the tender tops of Elder-buds and the berries of the Brambles while they be red and before they be ripe of each a handful boil them in two quarts of Wort and put to it the quantity of an Egg full of Allom and wash the Sorrance very hot twice a day Another Take Verdegrease and make it into fine powder and work that and common Honey together till they come to an Ointment anoint the Sorrance with it and it will Cure them Another Take tried Hogs-grease and Gun-powder of each as much as will suffice incorporate your Gun-powder very well with it after it is well beaten to powder and anoint the place grieved with it once a day Another Take Honey Verdegrease Brimstone bruised small green Copperas and Bay-salt of each a like quantity boyl all these with a double quantity of Hogs-grease and put to it a big Root of Elecampane bruised in red Wine-Vineger apply this to the Sore very hot and supple them by Bathing them with new Milk from the Cow Another Take a hundred and twelve Snails and put them in a Linnen-bag and put to them a handful of Bay salt and hang them against the heat of the Fire and catch the Oyl that shall drop from them and keep it close in a Glass and chafe it into his Leg when he is dry and three or four Dressings will Cure him This must be made in May. Another Take the spawn of Frogs and distil it and keep the water close stopped in a Glass for your use and wash and bath the places with it every day warm and it will cure him Another Take Honey and Pepper made into very fine Powder and boyl them together and anoint the Sorrance therewith and they will soon heal and dry up Another for them being held incurable First let him blood in the Shackle-Veins the Spuâ—-Veins and the fore Toe-Veins only let it be three days between the bleeding of the one Toe and the other then with a Thumb-Rope of Hay rub the Sores till they be raw and bleed then take a quart of old Urine and a quart of strong Brine and put to them half a pound of Allom and boyl it to a quart With this hot wash the Sores well then take the Sperm of Frogs in March and put it into an earthen pot and in a Weeks time it will look like Oyl then take the Oyl and the round things you see in the Sperm and spread it on a Cloth and bind it to the Sores and do this divers times Another A Piece of Bread sod in Vineger to a Poultiss and laid to them will draw out the cores then take half an Ounce of Verdegrease as much Brimstone in quantity and bigness not in weight and as much Honey as will fill an Egg-shell boyl them together till they look black and anoint the sore places with it and this will heal them and câ—re them or Seeth three or four Ounces of Brimstone in a quart of white-Wine Vineger till a fourth part be wasted and with a Clout put upon the end of a stick wash the sore Legs therewith as hot as your Horse can endure it the Hair being first cut close and the sore places and chops of his Heels made as clean and dry as you can Another Take two Ounces of green Copperas and beat it to Powder then take half a pound of English Honey and half a pound of black Soap an Ounce of burnt Oyster-shells an Ounce of beaten Brimstone boyl them altogether to a Salve and anoint your Horses Heels with it cold Another Take two quarts of strong Ale a Pint of old Malaga sack a Handful of dried Rosemary beaten to powder a handful of dried red Sage two handfuls of dried Bay leaves and half a pound of Allom boyl them altogether till it be half consumed then strain it and when you use it anoint your Horses Feet with it every day warm till they be whole Keep him in the Stable during the Cure The Mirrour of all Medicines for the Scratches which never yet failed to Cure them though their Legs were as big as two Legs and though they Run never so much at the Heels provided you follow these Directions First to draw Blood from him and a Week after to give him these Balls which will Purge away the evil Humors out of his Body The â—urge If he be a strong bodied Horse and of a good stature you may give him an Ounce and a half of the best Aloes you can get and pound it to a very â—ine powder then put some Butter to it and word and mix it very well together with your Knife then divide it into three parts and cover every part of them over again with fresh Butter and make them as big as a good Wash-Ball then fasting in the Morning give him them upon the point of a stick and ride him a little after it to warm them in his boyd which will make them work the better then bring him into the Stable and keep him warm and let him fast two or three houres after it then give him his Mash of Malt and let him eat a little Hay and so ride him softly after that After you have given him his Balls put down a Hornful or two of warm Beer after them If you find him purge too much so that it takes him quite off his Stomach give him two or three wilde Briar balls beaten to powder in a quart of warm Beer and it will soon stay him or for want of them
the Sore you cleanse wash and inject the Wound with this water A Water to wash and cleanse a Sore or VVound before you use the Ointment above Take red Sage Plantain Rib-wort Yarrow Bramble-leaves Rosemary Hysop and Honey-suckle leaves of each half a handful boyl them in one Pint of white-Wine and as much of Smiths or Cold Trough water then add thereto the boyling of common Honey one spoonful and as much Allom as a Wall-nut and a bright black piece of a Sea coal the bigness of an Egg unbroken then let it boyl till half be consumed then strain it hard and wash the Sore therewith and if the Wound be deep inject of this Water with a Syringe into it every day when you dress him and by this doing you shall cleanse the Wound and take away all bad and dead flesh and heal it up soundly Another Water to cleanse and heal a Sâ—re To a Gallon of Smiths Water and a quart of Ale add two Handfuls of Sage a Pint of Honey an Ounce of common Allum and half an Ounce of white Copperas boyl them very well together till they be all consumed and put them into a clean Vessel and keep them for your use Dr take Spring-water and put to it Roch-Allum and Madder and boyl them till they be both consumed and put them up for your use Or take Sage Cinquefoyl and Fennel of each a good handful and boyl them in a Gallon of Spring-water till they be tender then strain the Liquor from the Herbs and put to it a quarter of a pound of Roch-Allum and let it boyl again a little while till the Allum be dissolved then take it from the Fire and make use of it after this manner viz. Dip Lint in it warm and lay it upon the Sore and if it be hollow apply more Lint Then make a Bolster of Linnen Cloth and wet it well in the Water then wring out the Water and bind on the Bolster close A Receipt for a Puncture or green Wound If it be in the Foot or any other part of the Body if you can come well unto it or if it be an Imposthumation unbroken scald it first with this Medicine Then wash it with the Water above Medicâ—ne Take red Tarr a penniworth of the reddest and best of Hogs grease half a pound of green Copperas and Bay-salt of each a handful both made into fine Powder boyl all these very well and with a Clout fastned upon a stick apply it scaulding hot four Mornings together for this scaulding doth so kill the Malice of the Fistula that it can never break to annoy the Horse any further It Careth the Imposthumes and â—oul Ulcers being thus applied Things gâ—od to take a VVen or any other Excression arising in the Flesh or hard Swellings Balm used with Salt taketh away the hard Swellings in the Throat or Wâ—ns or Kernels therein The Decoction of the lesser Sellendine wonderfully Cureth all hard Wens or Tumors applied to them The seed of Darnel Pigeons dung Sallet-Oyl and the Powder of Linseed boâ—led to the form of a Plaister consumeth them the Seed of Turn-Sole laid upon them Archangel or rather the Hedge-Nettle stamped with Vineger and applied as a Poultess taketh away any hard Swelling and also fiery hot Inflammations To Tie a double Thread about it to eat it off then with your Incision-Knife cut it a cross in four equal parts or quarters to the very bottom but beware you touch not either Vein or Sinew then with Oyl of Vitriol eat it away or with Mercury or else burn them off with your hot Iron then heal the place with your green Ointment The Leaves of Bucks-horn bruised and applied will consume them The Milk that issueth out of the Fig-Tree Branches when they are broken and applied is also very good so is the Juice of Housleek or Mercury the Juice of the Leaves and Flowers of Mullein with the Powder of the dried Root rubbed upon them taketh them away The Water that droppeth from the hollow places of the Poplaâ—-Tree anointed with it doth the like Garden-Rue bruised with a few Myrtle-leaves made with Wax and applied taketh away all sorts of them so doth an Ointment made of the burnt Ashes of the Willow-Tree mixed with Vineger and the place anointed therewith c. Things good to Cure an Anbury which is a great spungy Wart full of Blood To Tie it about with a Thread or Hair so hard as you can pull it and in few days it will fall away of it self then strew upon it the Powder of Verdegrease to kill it at the Root and heal it up again with your green Ointment But if it be so flat that you cannot bind any about it then take it away with your Incision-Knife close to the Skin or else burn it off with a hot Iron and then first kill the Fire with Turpentine and Hogs Grease molten together and heal it up as before prescribed but if it grow in such a Sinewy place that it cannot be conveniently cut away with a hot Iron then eat it out with the Oyl of Vitriol and heal it up as you do other Wounds Head Purged Vide Perfumes in the First Part. Things good for to put in Ointments and Salves for the Cure of all manner of Wounds in General The Juice of ordinary Centaury is good to cleanse Old Sores and to heal â—p Wounds the Juice of the leaves of Cleavers do close up the Lips of green Wounds or the powder of the Seed of the Herb doth the same Clowns Wound-wort Coral-wort Cole-wort the powder of the Root of Sow-Fennel or Hogs-Fennel Fox-gloves Golden-rod Winter-green True love or one Berry Hounds tongue St. Johns-wort Kidney-wort Knape-weed Ladie Mantle is the best Wound-Herb that is and is good for inward and outward Wounds Loosestrifâ— The dryed leaves of Medlers strewed upon a Wound healed it quickly Money wort or the Herb two pence The Juice of Nettles is good to wash a Wound with and if it be bound to it but three days you need no other Medicine Pimpernel Ground-pine Plantine Rag-wort wâ—ld Sage Sarasens Consound Solomons Seal Sanicle Burnet Saxafrage Scabius Self heal Southern-wood the Juice of wild Tansie Tutsan Vervain Blew-bottle Elder Couch-grass or Dogs-grass Daffadil Cranes-bill Comfrey doth so Conglutinate things together that it is reported that it will sodder Meal together being cut into pieces and put into the Pot Celandine Broom Turpentine Mastick Frankincense Balsom the leaves of Elm Flix-weed is good for Ulcers and VVounds Byfoyl Costmary Cowslips Cross-wort Yarrow is good for Fistulaes and Ulcers c. Particular Receipts for Salves or Ointments for VVounds Old or New Take common Honey and Verdegrease finely pulverized of each as much as will suffice boyl them together till the Medicine wax red and this will heal up any Old or green Sore in short space Another Take Turpentine black Soap Hogs-grease green Treat and Pitch a like quantity mix and boyl them
Cure the Diseases of the Eyes as Watery Eyes Blood-shotten Eyes Dim Eyes Moon-Eyes Wart in the Eye Inflammation in the Eye Pearl Pin Web or Haw c. The Juice of Cabbages and Coleworts boiled with Honey and dropped into the Eye cleareth the Sight and consumeth any Felm as also the Canker that groweth therein the Juice of Celandine put into the Eye taketh away the Pin and Web in the Eye and cleareth the Sight the Juice of ordinary Centaury cleareth the Sight the Juice of Ground-Ivy alias Ale Hoof is good for Moon-Eyes and to clear the Sight the Juice of Housleek is good to allay the fiery Heat of the Eyes and is good likewise for Rheumatick and watery Eyes the Juice of Germander put into the Eye taketh away the Pin and Web and all dimness of Sight so doth the Juice of Eye-bright so doth the Juice of Horehound with Honey The seed of Clary powdered and finely sâ—arced and mixt with Honey taketh away dimnâ—ss of Sight and is good for Watery Eyes likewise so doth the Juice of Dragon Ale-Hoof Celander and Dasies stamped and strained and white Sugar and white Rose-water put to it taketh away all manner of Inflammations Spots Webs Itch smarting and any grief whatsoever in the eyes nay though the Sight be in a manner gone The leaves of common Ivy laid asteep in water for twenty four houres helpeth sore and smarting waterish Eyes the Juice of Endive cleareth the Sight the distilled water of Groundsel the Juice of Melilote cleareth the Sight the distilled water of the Lilly of the Valley is good for Inflammations of the Eyes or for Pin and Web the powder of Licoris blown into the Eye is good likewise for the same with Rheumatick Distillations in them the distilled water of Loose-strife is good for hurts and blows in the Eyes and for blindness the distilled water of Lovage taketh away the redness and dimness of them sweet Marjorum stamped with fine Flower and laid to them is good for Inflammations in them the Juice of Mercury is good for waterish Eyes the Juice of Pimpernel with a little Honey cooleth the Inflammations of them and taketh away the Pin and Web the Juice of Purslain is good to take away the redness of the Eye the Juice of the Yellow Rattle-grass with Honey put into the Eyes or the whole seed put into them draweth forth any Skin Dimness or Felm from the Sight the distilled Water of red Roses is good for the heat and redness in the Eyes and to stay and dry up the Rheum and Wateriness in them the Juice of Rue Fennel Honey and the Gall of a Cock put thereto is good the Juice of Strawberry leaves â—ickt into the Eye is good or take Strawberries and put them into a Glass well stopped and set it in a Horse-dunghil for twelve or fourteen days and then distil it is good for Inflamed eyes or to take away any Felm or skin that groweth over them The distilled water of the wild Tansie or the Juice of it taketh away the heat and Inflammations in them Medow trefoil or Honey-suckle leaves is good for a Pin and Web the distilled water of Vervain is good to clear the sight and to take away the felm the Juice of Violet-leaves is good to take away the Inflammatioâ— of them either applied outwardly or put into them Spring-wateâ— is good to bath an inflamed eye with water that is gathered from the Willow-tree when it Flowreth the Bark being slit and a fitting Vessel to receive it is very good for redness and dimness of Sight and for Felms that cover the Eye and to stay the Rheum that falls into them the Juice of Mustard seed is good for dimness of Sight the Juice of an Onion with Honey cleareth the Eye and doth remove the Pin and Web and amendeth the Blood-shotten Eye the Juice of the Blessed Thistle is good for the same the Flowers or Roots of Valerian boiled in white-Wine cleareth the Sight Egg-shells burned between two Tiles and beaten to powder after the inward Felm is taken away is good for dimness of Sight Lapis Calaminaris Plantine-Water white-Wine squirted into his Eyes cleareth them so does Alloes Camphire powder white Vitriol or white Copperas blown into his Eye after it is beaten to powder and searced very fine taketh away the Pin and Web or any Felm whatsoever the Ashes of the Root of black Sallow Sugar-Candy and grated Ginger and Salt made up in Butter and little Balls and put one into his Eye once a day taketh away the Felm of it Bine-Bole or Bolearmoniack with white Sugar Candy blown into the Eye stoppeth any Rheum that falleth into the Eyes Alabaster beaten very fine and searced and blown into the Eye taketh away any Felm whatsoever so doth the powder of a black Flint burnt Sanguis Draconis taketh away a Felm so doth the Bone of the Cuttle-Fish beaten to powder and blown into the Eye and is likewise good for Blood-shotten Eyes May-Butter Rosemary Yellow Rosin and Cellandine stamped and Fried and kept in a Box is a Jewel for the Eyes burnt Allom blown into the Eyes is good for to take off a Felm an Egg-shell filled with Pepper and burnt and beaten to powder and blown into the Eyes taketh away the Pin and Web or any other dimness the powder of Sandevoir and the powder of white Salt burnt is good likewise for the same so is the powder of Pummistone blown into the Eye the powder of the inner Sole of a Shoo burnt to Ashes and beaten to Powder is good to stop the Rheumatick Eye the powder of two Tiles rubbed together and blown into the Eye taketh away a Felm Wormwood with the Gall of a Bull beaten together is good for a dim Sight or take the Roots or Leaves of Primrose clean washed and boiled in runningwater the space of an hour and put somewhite Copperas to it then strain it and let it stand and there will appear an Oyl upon the Water and anoint his Brows Temples and Eyes with it and it will take off a Felm Mans dung burnt in a Fire-shovel to a Cole and beaten to powder and blown into his Eyes taketh away a Felm or take a handful of the angerest young Nettles and stamp them well and put them in a Linnen Rag and dip it in Beer then squeeze out the Juice and put a little Salt to it and lick that into the Eye and that will take away the Felm or the Lean of Beef or a Gammon of Bacon dried and beaten to Powder and blown into the Eye taketh it away also 〈…〉 or Lapis Tulia doth the like prepared The Gall of a Hare and Live-Honey alike put into the Eye doth the same the Haw every Smith can cut out Eye-Lids swelled outward If you Meet with a Horse which is very rare to do whose Eye-lids are so Swelled that the inside of them are turned outward and look very red and as it were full of Bladders and
and give it him lukewarm fasting in the Morning or at any time of the day when you have occasion with about a spoonfull of the powder of Bolearmoniack amongst it and it will Cure him at twice giving at farthest Another which never yet failed whether it be a Strair or some other inward Distemper and will stop any violent Scouring being boiled in Beer and given Take two or three wilde Briar Apples if they be small and beat them to very fine powder taking out the sticks that are in them and boyl them in a quart of Beer and give it him fasting so long as you find him stale Blood If you put to it the powder of Hob-goblin it will be the better and it will certainly Cure him Take heed you blood him not for if you do you endanger his Life It will Cure him at twice or thrice giving at furthest These Balls are to be Given when they be Ripe which is about the latter end of November Another Take a good handful of Arsmart and chop it very small and boyl it well in a quart of good Beer and when it is cool enough give it him so long as you find him to stale Blood with the powder of Bolearmoniack and you shall find it work a Cure in two or three times giving at farthest Things good in General for the Cure of the Poll-Evil To sink it at the first Rising anoint it very well with red Lead and Sallet Oyl and chaâ—e it in very well twice a day with your hand and keep him warm and it will sink it and if you find it will not sink ripen it with Wine Vineger and the Loam of a Wall straws and all boiled together and let out the Corruption with a hot Iron and Tent it with Flax dipt in Hogs-grease and after four days tent it with a dry Spunge dipt in Turpentine Saffron and the Yolks of Eggs. But if it be turned to a Fistula then take of unslackt Lyme and Arsnick the Juice of Garlick and Onions Wall-wort â—nd Holly and boil them till they become an Ointment then wash the Sore with the Water wherein green Copperas and Allom hath been boâ—led and fill the whole full of the Ointment by dipping a tent therein twice a day or to take of Orpiment unslackt Lyme Verdegrease the Juice of Pellitory Cellendine black Ink Honey and strong Vineger boiled together thick and made into Rowls and put it into the Sore and if the Fistula be killed the Matter will be white and thick then dry it up with the powder of Savin Honey and Lymâ— baked together or anoint it with Tarr fresh Hogs-grease and Sallet-Oyl melted together or tent it with red Lead and black Soap mingled together and to sink it before it breaks lay a Charge to it of Shoomakers Wax spread upon Allom'd Leather or what other Charge you think most convenient You may find Varâ—ety of them in my First Part if you look for Charges Particular Receipts for the Cure of the Poll Evil. After you have shaved away the Hair from the Swelling then lay on a Plaister of black â—hoomakers Wax with some Mastick melted in it and spread it upon Allomed Leather and let it lie till it hath ripened or broke the Impostume then take a Pint of Wine-Vineger and when it is boiling hot mix with it as much Loam with the Straws in it and apply it as hot as the Horse will suffer it and renew it once a day till it be whole Another Take an Ounce of Quick Silver and kill it in fasting spittle and mix it with the quantity of a Hens Egg with Hogs-grease and Brimstone finely beaten to powder incorporate these very well together and anoint the Swelling very well with it then take red Tarr one penniworth of Hogs-grease half a pound and of green Copperas and Bay-salt of each a handful both made into fine powder boyl them very well and boyling hot apply it to the place with a Clout Tâ—ed on the end of a stick being lately anointed with the Quick-silver Hogs-grease and Brimstone and by so scaulding it three or four Mornings together you may after that but only warm the Tarr and apply it and it will be Cured for this Scaulding doth so Kill the Malice of the Fistula that it will never break forth any more and this will Cure any other Fistulaes or foul Ulcers whatsoever Another After you have so slit the Sore that the Corruption may Run forth and you have eaten or cut away the proud and dead Flesh and washt it and made it very sweet and clean with Allomed water pour into it some Oyl of Turpentine and thus dressing it every day you shall soon find it grow well for this Oyl will noâ— only search it at the bottom but it will also cleanse and heal it It will likewise heal any raw Back pinch'd by the Saddle or any Swelling it will likewise sink Another Take Euphorbium and Mastick mix them well together and Seeth them well with French Sope and make a Tent and put it into it and it will consume the evil moisture Things good for the Pains vide Scratches for what Cures the Scraâ—ches Cures these Things good in General to Kill the Canker in any Part of the Body Green Copperas white Copperas Bay-salt unslackt Lyme Sope and quick Silver well mixt together Turpentine Hogs-grease Arsnick Verdegrease Allom Garlick Rue Savin Tar Ginger Pepper Orpiment Oyl of Vitriol Elecampane Fluellen Tansie Cuckoe-point Snap-dragon Burr-dock Roots c. Particular Receipts to Cure the Canker of the Body Take Savin Bay-salt and Rue stampt with Barrows-grease and anoint the Sore therewith and when the ill Humors are killed which you shall know by the whiteness then heal it with Tar Oyl and Honey mixt together Another Take Vineger Ginger and Allom and mix them well together and anoint it therewith and it will kill the Poison and heal the Ulcer Another for a Canker foul Vlcer Lâ—prosie and to make Hair grow Take a quart of Tar and put to it half a pound of Boars grease an Ounce of green Copperas a quarter of a pound of Salt Peter two Ounces of Wax a quart of Honey a quarter of a pound of Rozin two Ounces of Verdegrease a quart of Lynseed Oyl Seeth them till half bâ— consumed then strain it and keep it ciose in a Pot then when you have occasion to use it take of it warm and apply it to the Sore it doth both heal draw and make Hair to grow Things good in general to Cure a Fistula or Canker or any other Running Sore whatsoever Wild Champions Doves Foot or Cranes Bill the powder of the Root of Sow Fennel put upon them the Juice or Water of Flix-weed or Toad Flax put into them the Juice of Coleworts the Juice of Flea-wort mixed with Hogs-grease clenseth them the Juice of the Flower-de luce Fluellen or Lluellen Golden Rod the Juice or the distilled Water of Winter green the
Sanguis Draconis Turpentine and Vineger or else lay next his Back a wet Sack or wet Hay and a dry Cloth over it and that will keep his Back exceeding warm VVhat is good for the Cure of the Particular Diseases in Mares Barrenness Consumption Rage of Love Casting Foals hardness to Foal and how to make a Mare cast her Foal If you have your Mare barren boyâ— good store of the Herb Agnus in the Water that she drinketh or to stamp a good Handful of Leeks with four or five spoonfuls of Wine then put twelve Flies called Cantharides and strain them altogether with a sufficient quantity of Water to serve the Mare two days together by pouring the same into her Nature with a Glister Pipe made for that purpose and at the end of three days offer the Horse to her and if he covers her wash her Nature twice together with cold water Or to take of Nitrum Sparrows dung and Turpentine of each a like quantity wrought together and made like a Suppository and put that into her Nature and it will cause her to desire the Horse and also to conceive If you will have her fruitful boyl good store of Mother-wort in the Water which she drinketh If she lose her Belly which sheweth a Consumption of the Womb give her a quart of Brine to drink Mug-wort being boiled therein If your Mare through good keeping forsake her food give hâ—r for two or three days together a Ball of Butter and Agnus Castus chopt together If you will have her cast her Foal take a handful of Bittony and boyl it in a quart of Ale and it will deliver her presently If she cannot Foal take the Herb Horse-Mint either dry it or stamp it and take the powder or the Juice and mix it with strong Ale and Give it her and it will help her And if your Mare is subject to cast her Foals as many are keep her at Grass very warm and once in a Week give her a good warm Mash of Drink this secretly Knitteth beyond expectation Things good in General for the Cure of a Consumption Wood-bitony Hore-hound Juniper-berries Leeks mixed with Sallet Oyl and Sack with some Frankincense Agarick Bay-berries Brank-Ursine China Dandelion but the best is to scour him well and put him to Grass Or take a Sheeps Head with the Wooll on wash it clean and boyl it in a Gallon of fair water until the flesh come from the Bones then strain it and put into the Broth half a pound of Reâ—ined Loaf Sugar of Cynnamon Conserve of Roses Conserve of Barberries Conserve of Cherries of each three Ounces and give him a quart every Morning fasting use this till four or more Sheeps-Heads be spent and let his Drink be either sweet Mashes or white Water Take no Blood from him in this Disease but rather labour to Cherish the Blood hâ— hath neither be too busie in Administring unto him Purges but Cordials as Diapente Diatessaron Duke Powder Cordial Powder and such like Restoratives and to give him good Meat and good Mashes and to change his Meat sometimes to make him eat his Meat the better Things good in General for the Lungs Physick-Nuts is good for Rotten Lungs Lung-wort or Wood Liver-wort beaten to powder and Given in Beer is good for Inflammations and Ulcers of the Lungs the powder of stinking Gladdon given him in Beer with a little Mastick is good for them The Decoction of Hysop made with Figs Water Honey and Rue helpeth the Inflammations of the Lungs the old Cough or shortness of Breath Featherfew Penny-royal given with Honey cleareth the Breast from all gross and thick Humors and cleanseth the Lungs Calamint is good for the Wheesing of them Common Horehound cleanseth them and is good for the Ulceration of them so doth Bittony Scabius scoureth the Chest and Lungs Mullen or Lungwort is good Comfrey Cowslips of Jerusalem Cinquefoyl is good for the Liver and Lungs Chervel boiled is good for the Consumption of the Lungs Cummin-seeds Brank-Ursine Rue Licoris Bay-berries Cassia Water-Agrimony Alehoof the Leaves of the Fig-Tree Lung-wort which grows upon Oaks or Beeches which is a kind of Moss with broad grayish tough Leaves Maiden-hair wilde Marjorem Hedge Mustard-seed Rosa Solis or Sun-dew the Juice of Sanicle Vervain Wood-bind or Honey-suckles Cresses Almonds Bugloss Garlick boiled in Milk Tartar which is the thickest of white-Wine Lees dried and made into powder Elecampane Sugar-Candy Diapente or take a Pint of sweet Sack Honey Myrrh Saffron Cassia and Cinnamon of each alike made into fine Powder and mix two spoonfuls of it with your Sack and give it him warm fifteen days together and feed him with Mashes and white Water But if his Lungs be rotten then take the Juice of Purslain half a Pint and mix with it Oyl of Roses and put to it Tragantium steeped in Cows Milk and give it him seven Mornings together and this will Ripen the Impostume which you may know by his stinking Breath then give him this Powder Take of Cassia made into fine powder seven Raisiâ—s of the Sun stoned boiled in a Pint of Muskadine and give it him Blood-warm or the Water of Angelica give him with some of the Root Particular Receipts for the Lungs Take of Horse Lungwort alias Mullet it groweth in every place with broad hoary soft leaves which do feel like Velvet shred it stamp it and strain it Then take of Fennegreek a good spoonful and of Madder as much made into â—ine powder and give this to him in a quart of good Ale or Beer and give it him every other day for twelve or fourteen days and sprinkle his Hay with Water and let his Oats be washed in good Ale and let his Drink be white Water and somtimes sweet Mashes Another Take a Snake and cut off the Head and Tail and Flea it and after cut the same into Pieces the length of your Finger and roast it as you would an Eel upon a Spit and let it Baste it self and keep the Oyl of it in a Glass for your use when you use it anoint the Breast and his four short Ribs which be against the Lungs but first clip away the Hair for that will take too much of the Oyl up and thus do often for some time and it will recover his Lungs again and make him perfectly â—oâ—nd Things good in General for the Consumption of the Liver There is no absolute Cure for it but to preserve it give him half a Pint of Sack with the same quantity of the Blood of a young Pig luke-warm to drink or to give him three days together no other food then warm Wort and baked Oats and let him be kept Fasting the Night before he receives his Medicine or to put into his Wort which he drinketh two or three spoonfuls of the powder of Agrimony red Rose-leavs Saccarum Rosaceum Diarcadon Abbat is Disantelon Licoâ—as and of the Liver of a Wolf or to give him Sulphur and Myrrh
soften it that it may be opened if it be hard when you put your Poultess thereunto it will send it back Things good in General for Imposthumated Ears If it be not broke Water and Salt put into the Ear or Butter and Salt will break it or to apply to this swelling Linseed beaten and put to it Honey and Hogs-grease melted together and when it breaks Taint it with Flax dipt in Salve made of Turpentine Metrosatum and Sallet Oyl but if he hath pain in his Ear dip some black Wooll in the Oyl of Chamomil and put into it but if it be broken dip it in the Oyl of Roses Honey and Venice Turpentine the Juice of Ivy growing on a Pale or Wall put into the Eares stayeth the running of them though it be of long continuance and helpeth old Ulcers and Impostumes bred there but if you think it too sharp you may mix it with the Oyl of Roses Particular Receipts for Imposthumated Eares Take of Pepper beaten and searced and tried Hogs-grease one spoonful the Juice of Rue one handful white-Wine Vineger two spoonfuls and if the Swelling Imposthumation or Inflammation be in the Eares Face Head or Throat of the Horse if you take either black Wooll fine Lint Flax or Hurds and dip it into this Medicine and so stop both his Eares therewith and then stitch them up that it get not forth renewing it once in two days till the Swelling be clean gone he will be certainly Cured But if the Grief be in any other part of the Body then with this Ointment you shall anoint the grieved or swoln place once or twice a day till it depart but if the Swelling be near about the Cods or Privy Parts then bath the place well with cold Water and after it is made dry again with a Cloth anoint it with the said Ointment every day once or twice and it is a present Cure It Cureth also the Ulcer and Canker in the Nose and is a sure Cure for the Vives Things good in General for the Strangles To anoint and chafe the Swelling well with Bacon-grease or Hogs-grease and that will ripen and break it Or so soon as you finde the Swelling begin to arise between his Chaps take a wax Candle and burn it therewith till the Skin arise from the Flesh then lay unto it wet Hay or wet Litter and that will ripen it and make it break then lay a Plaister unto it only of Shoomakers Wax and that will both draw and heal it Now if it break inward you may know it by voiding the corruption at his Nose then twice or thrice every day Perfume his Head by burning under his Nostrils Frankincense or Mastick or else by putting a hot Coal into wet Hay and let him receive the smoke thereof up his Nostrils or else to blow the powder of Euphorbium with a Quill into his Nose and so Note that whatsoever Cureth the Vives Cureth the Strangles or with a small round hot Iron thrust a Hole through the Skin on both sides the Weesand and then after it beginneth to matter to mix Butter Tanners water and Salt together and every day anoint the sore therewith till it be whole to anoint the Swelling with Oyl of Turpentine is good Blooding him in the Mouth is very good for this Distemper A Particular Receipt for the Strangles Take Basilicon old Bores Grease and Dialthaea of each four Ounces of Oyl de Bay one Ounce incorporate all these very well together then anoint the place well after you have clipped away the Hair and bind it up with a piece of Sheeps skin with the Wooll next to the Inflammation that the warmth thereof may the better help to ripen the Pustules which being ripened let forth the Corruption with a small hot Iron and taint it for three or four days together with Basilicon only and afterwards heal it up with your black Aegyptiacum taught you in my First Part and let him eat good sweet Hay and Bran in stead of Oats and let his Drink be white Water An Excellent Receipt for the Stranglâ— Squinzey Strangling or Cold that hath Run for above half a year or more at his Nose Give him this Drink in the Morning fasting in a pint and a half of strong Beer not boiled but heated luke-warm and blood him in the third â—urrow of his Mouth after it viz. the powder of Turmerick and Anniseeds of each an Ounce half a quarter of a Pint of Brandy with five or six spoonfuls of white-Wine white-Wine Vineger or for want of that Verjuice Then Air him after it When you have brought him home Cloath and Litter him up warm and Tie him to the empty Rack for three or four houres or more But if you see him sweat very much which this Drink does usually cause him to do and that you find him desirous to lie down you may untie him and give him that liberty let him have no Mash but only warm water and a handful or two of Wheat-Bran put into it and the next Morning give him the like and presently after it to bring him to a Stomach give him about two Ounces of Honey in half a Pint of white-Wine or white-Wine Vineger or for want of either Verjuice and Air him after it The third day you may give him the common Cordial for Horses viz. three Pints of stale strong Beer boyled with a good big Toast of Houshold-Wheaten Bread crummed into it and when you are ready to give it him put into it before it be quite cold Honey and fresh Butter a quarter of a pound of each and give it him luke warm fasting and exercise him after it and set him up warm three or four houres after give him as you did before warm Water and Bran in it Thus Order him till you finde Amendment The Vertuâ—s of the Cordials of white-Wine and Honey and of the Toâ—st of Houshold-bread boyled in strong Beer and sweetned with Honey c. These do not only help to bring him to a Stomach and kill the Canker in his Mouth and Throat which this Disease does commonly bring aâ—ong with it but also clears his Guts and clenâ—eth and heals his Lights if there be any Imperfection in them Observations upon this Disease 1. If you find that he Runs at the Nose any â—oul filthy yellowish Matter and it afterwards turn white you need not much Question the Cure 2. If he hath any Knots or Kernels under his Jaws your common Charge of Soap and Brandy heated and rubbed in well will either break or sink them 3. If you find the Hair in the middle of the swelling begin to scale off and that it be soft all over you may let out the corruption with your Incision Knife and let it heal up of it self 4. Though your Driâ—â— does cause him to be very sick and make him swell much in his Body fear him not for he will do well 5. Two or three Miles Riding every day
will do him much good in order to his Cure A Receipt for a Sprain Shoulder And if you desire to see more Variety of Receipts look for Sinew-strains Take Oyl de Bay Dialthaea fresh Butter Oyl of Turpentine of each two Ounces boyl and mix them well together and when they be well incorporated anoint the grieved place therewith so hot as he can well suffer it without Scaulding and anoint him thus twice or thrice a day and give him moderate Exercise by walking him a Foot pace gently up and down and this is a certain and approved Remedy Another for a Sprain in the Shoulder Take one Ounce of the Oyl of Spike half an Ounce of the Oyl of Linâ—eed half an Ounce of the Oyl of St. Johns wort with half an Ounce of the Oyl of Pompilion and put them all together into a Glass Viol and shake them very well together to mingle them then put them forth into some earthen Vessel to prevent penetrating and loss of the Medicine And when you have occasion to use it chafe and rub it all over the grieved place with your hand one holding at the same time at a little distance a hot Fire-shovel or Brick-bat before it to make the Oyls sink in the better This is very good for a slight Strain Then Blood him in the Shoulder and Tie his fore-Feet together Another for a very great and violent Shoulder-strain which is the best Râ—ceipt I know for the Cure of it If by any Accident he get a Strain in his Shoulder take this common and usual way which our Smiths do now generally use viz. To take up his sound Leg before and double it backwards in the Joynt and Tie it so doubled with some List or Garter so fast that it Untie not then force him to go upon his three Legs till he sweat at the Roots of his Eares Flanks and between his Legs then let down his Leg again by untying it which will cause the Blood to descend so into the Plate-Vein that it will be more visible to be seen then when it was Tied up but in case it does not appear so plain as you would have it dabb a little warm Water upon it with your Hand and stroke it downwards towards the place you are to let Blood and this will make it appear more visible to be seen then it was before Then Tie up his Leg again and let him Blood in the common bleeding place viz. between his Chest and lame Leg about two quarts or more according to the greatness or smalness of his Strain Let the blood that you save for this purpose to anoint him with be about a quart add let it be the last blood for that is the best and therefore most proper and fit for your use put a handful of Salt into the Bowl you receive it into and keep it stirring all the while it is running to keep it from clotting When he hath bled so much as you think Fitting pin up the Mouth of the Vein with a Pin or Needle to prevent Bleeding winding some Hairs of the Mane or Tail about the Pin to keep the Pin fast and steddy and a day or two after take it out but before you pin him up anoint him all over the Shoulder and bottom of his Breast between his Legs and down to his Knee with Oyl of Turpentine and strong Beer or Ale of equal parts alike shaked and mingled very well together first in a Glass Vial clapping and dabbing it well in with your hand And after you have anointed him as much as you think good smear all the said places anointed before with the Blood and Salt chafing and dabbing this also very well in with your hand as you did the other Then bring him home softly into the Stable and give him some Meat and Tie his Fore-legs together with his Surcingle or any other String that is broad and easie The next day you may untie his Legs and walk him abroad in your Hand at the Halters end which if you find that he goes pretty well you may Mount his Back and Ride him a Mile or more gently Then set him up again and Tie up his Legs as you did before The third day after his Dressing make him a thin flat Wedge of Wood about the bredth of a Six-pence and drive it between the Shooe and â—oe so fast that it stir not not forgetting still to Tie his Legs together Thus Order him for three or four days together which is the usual time limited to make him sound again conditionally it be but a new Strain When you take him out of the Stable or Ride him at any time you must untie his Legs and take forth the Wedge This Receipt is good also for a Shoulder that is pulled out of its place about the bredth of a Mans Hand or more or a Wrench Shoulder or a splayed Shoulder c. Things good in General to Cure the Sit-fast or hard Knobs growing under the Saddle Take a long Nail with the Point turned inwards and catch hold of the edge of the dead Skin or Horn which will rise from the sound Skin and with a sharp Knife cut away all the dead and hard skin from the sound Flesh and heal it up by pouring hot Butter into it Morning and Evening and when the Flesh is made even dry and skin it either with the powder of Honey and Lyme or with Soot and Cream mixt together or to wash the Wound either with Urine or white-Wine and dry it up with the powder of Oyster-shells burnt or of Bole-Armoniack or take the green Leaves of Cabbage and stamp them with Hogs-grease and work them to an Ointment and lay it to his Back then put on the Saddle and Mount his Back to the end that the Ointment may the better enter or sink into his Back and in few days it will Cure him c. Things good in General for a Navel-Gall To anoint it with the Oyl of Turpentine will not only cleanse it but heal it also but if you find any dead or proud Flesh arise in it either cut or eat it away before you use any Medicine with either burnt Allom or the powder of Verdegrease or after you have washed and clensed the Sore with your Copperas water or with warm Vineger strow this powder on it Take of Honey a Quartern and as much unslackt Lyme as will thicken the Honey and make it into a Paste and bake it so hard as that you can beat it to powder and strow it on the Sorrance c. Particular Receipts for the Navel-Gall Take Oyl de Bay Oyl of Costus Fox Grease Oyl of Savin of each an Ounce then take one hundred of great Garden Wormes and scour them with Salt and white-Wine and put all the Ingredients together into an earthen Pot very well stopped and boyl it well then add thereto of Sallet Oyl one Ounce and a half and boyl it over again till it
come to a perfect Ointment then strain it into a Gally-pot and keep it for your use only warm it aâ—d so dress the Sorrance therewith with Lint or Hurds and it will soon be whole Another After you have washed the Sore with old Urine and Salt then anoint it with an Ointment made of Bitony powder of Brimstone Hellebore Pitch and old Hogs-grease stamped together and melted or with your green Ointment in the First Part. Another for the Navel-Gall If the place be only swelled and the skin not broken then dabb the grieved Part all over with your Hand or with a Rag wet in Brandy and it will take it down Or the Oyl of Turpentine used after the same mannâ—r will do the like but if it be raw and sore then these Medicines are very proper for it viz. Take a quarter of a Pint of Whale Oyl by some called Train Oyl and boyl in it as much of the powder of Verdegrease finely powdred and â—earced as will lie upon a small shilling and the grieved part anointed with it will Cure it very speedily Or the same quantity of Verdegrease Train-Oyl and two or three spoonfuls of the Ointment of Marshmallows boyled a little together is a certain Cure for it How you are to Order them If the Skin hang loose about them you are to cut it off But if it be an Old Navel-Gall which feels hard then cut out the bruise with your Incision Knife and â—ear the wound up again with a hot Iron and heal it up with your green Ointment in the First Part. These Medicines are not only good for a Navel Gall but for any manner of Sores and raw Backs whatsoever and also for a Sit-fast Vnguentum Bubrum desicativum is also good for them so is Palm-Oyl What is good for the Cure of the Palâ—ey To let him Blood on his Neck-Vein and Temple-Veins on the contrary side to that way he wryeth his Neck then anoint his Back all over with Oyl of Petrolium and with a wet Hay Rope swaddle his Neck all over even from his Breast to his Eares Then for three Mornings together give him a Pint of old Muscadine with a spoonful of these powders in it viz. Opoponax Storax Gentian Manna Succory Myrrh and long Pepper beaten all into fine powder but put not in so much of the Myrrh and long Pepper as of any of the rest Things good in general to Cure the Lethargy or sleeping Evil. To keep him waking with great Noise and let him Blood in the Neck and Palate of the Mouth and to give him water wherein hath been boiled Chamomel Mother-wort Wheat Bran Salt and Vineger to perfume his Head and to anoint the Palate of his Mouth with Honey and Mustard mixt together or to put Parsley-seed or Fennel-seed into his Water to provoke him to Urine Another for the same After you have Blooded as you must always do in this Disease then take some of the green Boughs of the Ash-Tree and set them on Fire in some clean place and quench the Coals made thereof in some Ale and when you have strained it out give him a Hornful of it at each Nostril the Cold being first taken off 'T is good also to open his Forehead underneath his Fore-top and put into it a Slice or two of an old Onion and let them lie there till they Rot. Things good in General for the Phrenzie and Madness in a Horse To let him Blood in all the lower parts of his Body to draw the Blood front his Head As namely in his Shackle Veins the Spur-Veins the Plat-Veins and the Thigh Veins and let him Blood very much then give him this Drink Take the Root of wilde Cucumber and where that cannot be gotten take a Handful of Rue or Mints and a Handful of black Hellebore and boyl them in Beer and give it him luke warm or to give him the Root of Virga Pastoris stamped in water or to give him Mans Dung in Wine three Mornings together or to make him swallow down Hens Dung Things good in General for the Quitter-bone To open it and put some Oyl of Vitriol into it and that will so eat about the Bone so that you may thrust it out this is a very safe and as good a Medicine as any you have If you find it eat too much you may stop the eating of it with cold water or with your Copperas water in my First Part which will not only keep it sweet and clean but also keep proud Flesh from growing in it or you may heal it up with a Salve made of Turpentine and Hogs-grease and always before you dress it to wash it with the said water or Auripigmentum made into fine powder and steeped in white-Wine twenty eight houres and apply it to it and it will eat so about it that you may pull it away with your Fingers and do likewise after the bone or gristle is taken out heal it up with your Copperas water and your green Ointment and let him not come into the water during the time of Cure Particular Receipts for the Cure of a Quitter-bone Tent it a day or two with Hogs-grease and Verdegrease ground together then take scalding hot Grease poured into the Hole and lay a Plaister of Pitch and Tarr mixt over it for twenty four houres and if the Bone rise not do the same again and it will rise then take it out with your Nippers and heal it up with some of your Salve which you best like on which you may find in my First Part. Another Take of common Honey and Verdegrease in fine powder as much of each as will suffice boyl it till it be red and tent the Wound till it be whole keeping evermore the Wound open lest it heal up above before it be well healed up at bottom Another Take of Arsnick the quantity of a small Bean made into â—ine powder and put it to the botttom of the Sorrance and stop the Mouth of it with hurds and bind a clout over it very fast that he bite it not off for it will poison him and after it hath remained on for twenty four houres open it and it will look black therein it is a sign that it hath done his work then to allay the fire and to restore the flesh is to taint it with Turpentine and Hogs grease melted together and to cover the taint with a Plaister made of Rozin Pitch Wax and Turpentine melted together and thus dress him daily till you have got out the Core or sharp Gristle for till that be out the Sorrance will not heal or to heal it up with your green Ointment Things good in General for the Cure of a Ring-bone To wash the place with Vineger after you have shaved away the Hair then use green Vitriol Euphorbium Cantharides Verdegrease Oyl de Bay Venice Turpentine Oyl of Turpentine the powder of Tartar and Salt Arsnick unslackt Lime the powder of Vitriol Pepper
Ginger Particular Receipts for the Cure of a Ring-bone Scarifie the place about the Ring-bone with a Lancet then take a great Onion and pick out the Core then put into it Verdegrease and unslackt Lyme then cover the Hole and roast the Onion soft then bruise it in a Mortar and so very hot lay it to it four days together and it will Cure it Another Take unslackt Lyme and burn it well which you may know by its lightness make into fine powder and lay it upon the place Swelled all along of a good thickness and bind a Linnen Cloth upon it very fast and so put him into the water and let him stand there a pretty while then take him forth and unbind his Foot and he is infallibly Cured for the burning of the Lyme doth kill the Ring-bone even unto the Root thereof de Grey declares that he hath Cured with this Receipt about one hundred Horses but when you are to dress your Horse you are to bring him close to the water and so soon as you have dressed him you are to put him presently therein Another After you have Washed Shaved and Scarified the place then take grey Sope and Arsnick pulverized of each the quantity of a Wall Nut which being very well mixed spread it upon the Sorrance so far as the Ring-bone goeth and having thus spread it apply upon it a few Hurds and bind a clean Linnen Cloth upon it and remove it not in twenty four houres then take it away and stir not the Scab but only anoint it with fresh Butter till it fall away of it self and so heal it up with some healing Salve whereof you have plenty in the First Part. And this Medicine will Cure either Bone-spavin Splint or Curb let him come in no water during his Cure The common way that our Smiths do generally use for the Cure of this Infirmity is to take up the Vein on the inside of the Leg where the Sorrance is and then to â—ear the Ring-bone with a hot Iron made about the thickness of the back of a Knife three times downright and as many times cross it till it look somewhat of a yellowish colour then prick three or four holes in it on an equal distance one from another in the seared Lines quite through the Skin with a Nail or other Instrument of Iron which you think most proper and fit for the Work When you have so done rub a Handful of common Salt very well in upon it which will fetch forth the Blood and Water that was occasioned by the scaring and pricking of it Then apply this Charge to it viz. half an Ounce of Mastick and Frankincense Burgundy Pitch and common black Pitch of each as much as contains the bigness of a Wall-Nut Boyl all these very well together in an Earthen Pipkin till they be thoroughly melted and incorporated and apply it very hot upon the grieved place with a Lath or any other flat stick and clap Flox or Hurds upon it pressing it down hard with your Hand to make it stick on the better Observations how to Order him Let it stick on till it come off of it self and if Occasion requires apply another fresh Charge to it If you turn him to Grass let him remain the first Night in the Stable which will make it stick on so much the better The Cure will be the sooner perfected if you keep him upon dry ground for if he goes much in the wet it will quickly come off Things good to Cure the Red Water Take of the Root of the Herb called Emanuel alias bonus Henricus or good King Henry or all Good boyl the Roots in Water and give it him or Mustard-seed beaten small a good handful given him in white-Wine Vineger two or three times together one after another keeping his Belly rubbed with a good long stick by two men one taking one end of it and another the other end A particular Receipt very good for it Give him these things here under-written well mixed and brewed together in a Quart of strong Beer or Ale for three Mornings together viz. Three spoonfuls of the powder of the Lean of salt Beef dried two spoonfuls of the powder of Bolearmoniack with about four or five Shallots peeled and bruised in a Mortar with the rest of the Powders dissolve all these in the Beer as aforesaid and give it him 'T is not amiss to give him after his Drink a Pint of Butter-milk or for want of that a Pint of Cheese-Runnet This is a very good and certain Cure for it Things good in General to provoke Vrine or to cause a Horse to Stale Wilde Bryar balls beaten to powder is very good Alheal Water-Agrimony Birds-Foot Parsley-roots or seed Mustard-seed Alexander and Horse-parsley or Wild parsley which is sold in Apothecaries shops for Macedonian parsley Burdock-seed is a great provoker of Urine Asarabacca thâ— Kernels within the Husk of Ashen Keys Brook Lyme Pimpernel Water-cresses Butchers-Broom the Root of the Butter-Bur the Juice of the leave of the Bur-docks Champions Wild-Carrots the Berries and Fruit of the Winter-Cherries the Juice of Garden-chervil the Juice of Cuckoe-point boiled in Ale or Beer the Seed of Cucumbers Dandelion Dodder of Thyme Dogs-grass Elder Elecampane Eringo or Sâ—a-holly the Root of Fern Fennel-seeds Filipendula Drop-wort Flax-weed or Toad-Flax the Flower-de luâ—e Gentian Felt-wort or Baldmony the Seeds of Germander the seeds of stinking Gladwin Golden-Rod Gromel Groundsel Hartichoke weed Hawk-weed Herb Robert Hops the smoother not the rougher Horse-tail St. Johns wort the Berries or Leaves of Ivy Garlick Radish roots Horse Radish-roots the seeds of Rochet Kidney-wort Knot-grass Juniper Berries the Flowers of Lavender steeped in white Wine Ladies smocks or Cuckoe-Flowers Lovage Maiden-Hair Wall-Rue the Roots of Master-wort Mother-wort Mug-wort Nettle-seeds dried Acorns beaten to powder and given Parsley Piert or Parsley-break stone the powder of the Bark of Rest-Harrow Burnet Smallage the Roots of Spignel the Seeds of the Star-thistle Lady Thistle great Turnsole boiled in Water with Cummin the Water that is gathered from the Willow-Tree when it Flowreth the Bark being slit to let it out Honey suckle leaves Wormwood Saffron the Roots of Valerian with Fennel-seeds Haws bruised and laid asteep in Beer or Ale Egg shells dried and beaten to powder and given in Ale or Beer the Juice of Coleworts Southernwood Mallows stamped and given him in Ale Cherry-stone Kernels Madder But for a Horse that can neither stale nor dung take the Root of Male brake or Fern the Male is to be known for if you cut it you will find the perfect Figure of an Eagle upon it put a piece thereof upon his Tongue and it will cause him both to stale and dung a Flint-stone beaten to powder will make him Stale given him in Beer Ivy-berries dried and beaten to powder and given in white-Wine is very good Particular Receipts to cause a Horse to Stale or Piss Take a
good in General to keep the Flies off a Horses Head To anoint his Head with Oyl and Bay-berries mingled together or to rub his Head all over with the water wherein Rue hath been steeped in after it is well bruised or to anoint his Head or round about his Eyes with Lynseed Oyl and it will keep them away or with the water wherein Devils dung hath been dissolved is the best of all or with the water of Pellitory of Spaein or the leaves of Ivy bruised with a little Water and his Head washed therewith Things good in General for the Cure of the Leprosie or Mange To take Blood first from the Neck-Vein good store and scrape away the Scurf with an old Curry-eomb Oyster-shell or such like then these things you are to use as your discretion serves Staves-acre Chickweed Elecampane Mercury Sublimate the leaves of Bramble boyled in Lye Cow-Piss the powder of the dried root of Briony the powder of the red Dock or the powder of Arsnick Resalgar or white Mereury mixed with Hogs grease till it be killed Urine Tobaccho and Brimstone boiled together is very good or Salt Verdegrease Allum Verjuice and Train Oyl boiled together and anoint him therewith or Broom Wormwood Mustard-seed Elecampane Chimney-soot and black Soap boyled together or the Juice of Hemlock unslackt Lyme Pepper and Ginger boiled in Beef-broth and anointed therewith is very good Particular Receipts for the Mange Take a quart of fair Running Water and put into it half a pound of green Copperas and an Ounce of Allum and an Ounce of Tobaccho chopped small then boyl them together till they come to somwhat more then a Pint and anoint him all over with it very warm after you have rubbed off the Scabs and Tie him to the Rack three or four houres twice dressing him cures him Or the Ashes of the Bark of the Ash Tree made into a Lie and the Body washed therewith Calamint taken inwardly the Decoction of the Leaves of the Fig tree wilde Flower c. Another First let Blood then take a quart of old Urine or Vineger and break it into a quarter of a pound of Tobaccho and set it on the Embers to stew all Night and wash the infected places whether it be in the Mane or otherwise Another for any Mange or Vniversal Leprosie in a soul Surfeited Horse After you have let him Blood and scraped off the Scabs or Scurf take of Verjuice and Vineger a Pint Cow-Piss a Pint Train Oyl a Pint old Urine a Pint and put to them a Handful of wilde Tansie and a Handful of Bay-salt a quarter of a pound of Brimstone as much Allum two Ounces of Verdegrease and four Ounces of Bolearmoniack boyl all well together with this very hot wash him well and if you put to it a quantity of a Pint of Blood you take away it is not amiss do this twice or thrice Another Take Mother of Salt Peter the best and strongest and wash the Sores therewith so hot as he is able to suffer it and in three or four times dressing it will cure him this will not only kill the Mange but all Scratches Pains and Rats-tails c. Another Take of Sopers Lees and after you have scraped away the Scurf wash him with it and in once or twice dressing he will be well it cures the Mange not only in Horses but also Dogs provided they get not to it with their Mouth An inward Drink with an outward Application which I think is the best Remedy that can be Invented for this Disease Take Anniseeds and Turmerick of each an Ounce finely beaten of the blackest Rozin powdered one Ounce put them into a quart of strong Beer heated luke-warm and give it him in the Morning lasting with a little of the Flower of Brimstone at the Mouth of every Horn you give him not exceeding above an Ounce in all and let him fast four or five houres after it and Order him afterwards as you do a sick Horse About two or three days after his Drink when he hath a little recruited and recovered his strength again apply this outward application but first curry off all the Scabs with an old Curry-comb till the blood and water appear viz. Take Oyl of Turpentine and Beer of equal parts alike with some Flower of Brimstone well shaked and Jumbled together in a Glass Vial to incorporate them the better and anoint him all over with it Tying him first with a strong Bridle to the Rack to prevent him from biting at it for it is a very terrifying biting and sharp Medicine and will torment him for about half an hour or more and then the smarting will be over If you find your Horse full of good and in heart you may venture to give him two or three of these Drinks and Ointings if you see the Cure will not be performed without them but if he be a very poor lean Horse then one is enough till he hath recovered more heart and strength Things good in general for the Cure of the Scab Tetter or Ring-worm The water that is â—ound in the hollow places of a decayed Beech-tree and annoint him with it the Juice of the leaves and roots of stinking Gladwin one part of Plantine water and two parts of the Brine of Beef boyled together and clarified and anoint him with it Plum-tree leaves boyled in Vineger killeth Tettars the Juice of the Root of Monks Rubarb which is a kind of Dock some call it Garden-Patience is very good the Oyl of Wheat pressed between two thick Plates of Copper the Juice of Mercury mingled with Vineger Water-cresses the Roots of Docks boiled in Vineger and bathed therewith Cardimonium mixt with Vineger To make a strong Lye of old Urine Ash Keys and green Copperas and bathe the Knots therewith and it will kill and heal them or to cut the Head and Tail of a Snake and cut it into small Pieces and roast it and anoint the Sore with the Grease of it and it will heal it in a shor time and have a care you touch no place but the Sorrance for it will venom Particular Receipts to Cure the Tettar or Ring-worm Take two drams of Precipitate and put it into a small Vial-Glass with fair water much more then will cover the powder keep it close stopped and with this Water twice a day wash it and it will infallibly Cure it and after you have dressed the Sorrance shake the Glass and let it stand till the next dressing But if it be in any fleshy part you may kill it by Bathing the Sorrance with the Juice of Southern-wood Maudlin and Rue of each alike stamped together and strained and Bathe the place with it twice a day till it be whole Another Take the roots of Elecampane and the roots of red Docks of each alike slice them thin and put them into three quarts of Urine with two Handfuls of Bay-salt let it boil till one quart be
consumed then take it off and with a Clout fastned to a stick wash the Sorrance very hot four or five Mornings together and it will Kill it A very good Receipt to Cure any manner of Scab Itch or Scurf in any part of a Horses Body Mix Sallet Oyl his own Water white Wine Vineger Salt Butter and Brimstone together and anoinâ— the grieved part with it twice a day and it will Cure them Let your Quantities of all these things be more or less according to the Cure you undertake Things good in General for the Crown Scab which is a stinking and filthy Scab breeding round about the corners of the Hoof. Spread upon a Plaister this Ointment take salt Bacon Grease Soot Wax and Pitch molten together and lay to it and if the Flesh grows proud eat it away with Verdegrease beaten to powder or with burnt Allum or scrapings of Harts-horn or Ox-horn made into powder or take Sope and Hogs-Grease and half a pound of Bolearmoniack and a quarter of a pound of Turpentine mixed well together and make a Plaister and bind it on fast renewing it every day till it leave Running and then wash it with strong Vineger made warm and let him come into no water during the Cure or to Bathe him with old Urine sod with salt and that will dry up the Humours and heal it or to wash it with green Copperas Allum and Honey boiled together in fair water and wash the Sore with it three or four times a day and this will both kill and heal it without any other Medicine Things good in General for a surbated Horse Take two new laid Eggs and after you have well picked his fore-Feet break them raw into his Soles then stop them up with Ox or Cow dung and he will be well by the next Morning or Sugar-Candy melted with a hot Iron between the Shoo and the Foot and when it is hardned take Nettles and Bay-salt stamped and laid upon it or after his Foot is pared to cool it stop his Feet with Bran and Hogs-Grease boiled together very hot and to cover the Coffin round with the same or to stop them every Night with Cows dung and Vineger mingled together Things good in General for Sinews that are Cut Prickt Bruised or Shrunk or for any other Griefs in them Alheal is good for the Grief of them Wood-bitony Comfrey soddereth cut Sinews together the dried powder of red Wheat boiled in Vineger is good wilde Tansie Oyl of Chamomel Mugwort cureth the Contraction and drawing together of the Sinews or Tarr Bean-flower and Oyl of Roses mixed together and laid to the place hot and if it do not presently good then take Wormes and Sallet-Oyl Fried together or else the Ointment of Wormes which you may have at the Apothecaries and apply either of them for they Knit the Sinews again if they be not quite cut asunder but if there be a Convulsion you must with your Scissers cut the Sinew asunder then take Rozin and Turpentine Pitch and Sanguis Draconis melted together and clapped somewhat hot to the Sore then take Flax and clap upon that for that will cleanse and defend and is a very excellent Medicine for any swollen Joynt whatsoever But if the Sinews be not much swelled but only stiff then take of black Soap a pound and seethe it in a quart of strong Ale till it wax thick like Tarr and anoint the Sinews and Joynts with it and it will supple them and stretch them forth be they never so much shrunk Or take a quart of Neats-soot Oyl a quart of Ox galls a quart of Aqua-vitae or Brandy a quart of Rose-water or a Handful of Rosemary stamped boyl all these together till half be consumed and strain it and use it as you see occasion A Receipt for a Cut Sinew Take the Leaves of Nep or Woodbine and bruise them well in a Mortar with May Butter and apply it to them is very good to Knit them together A Particular Receipt for the Shrinking of the Sinews Take a Handful of Chickweed of red Roses dried the like quantity put them into a Pint of Ale and a Pint of Canary and let them boyl together till a fourth part be consumed then put to them a Pint of Trotters Oyl and let that boyl also a good while keeping them stirring which being strained anoint the grieved part therewith chasing it in very well with your Hand holding a hot Fire-shovel or Brick bat before it at the same time to make it sink in the better When you bind it up put to it some of the Herbs and at three or four times Dressing it will be well The Decoction of the Root of Scabius and Garden Tansie boiled in Sallet Oyl Or the Decoction of the Leaves of Mullen with Sage Marjorem and Camomel Flowers and the grieved part bathed therewith is excellent good for them c. Things good in General to Cure the Tongue of a Horse that is hurt To boyl in Water Wood-bine leaves Primrose leaves black Berryleaves Knot-grass with some Honey and put to it a little Allum and two or three times a day wash it with a Clowt Tied upon a stick being luke-warm or take Mel Rosatum and anoint therewith and be sure whensoever you dress his Tongue or Mouth Tie him up to the Rack an hour after it that so the Medicine may take the better effect or take red Honey the marrow of powdered Pork quick Lime and Pepper made into fine powder of each alike boiled together till they come to an Ointment and anoint with it twice a day Particular Receipts for the Cure of the Tongue of a Horse that is hurt Take of Arman half an Ounce and put it into the Fire till it become red hot then take it out and beat it to very fine powder then take a Sawcer full of live Honey and of white-Wine one Pint mix and steep these with the Powder together and so let it boyl over the Fire keeping it stirring then take it off and let it cool and so wash his Tongue Morning and Evening with it till it be whole Another Take the Juice of Selandine and wash the Hurt therewith nine days together and it will Cure it though it be half Cut asunder for the Juice of the Selandine will conglutinate and sodder the Tongue together being cut or wounded Things good for Venomed Things Garden Bazil or sweet Bazil laid to it is good for any thing Venomed by a Spider Wasp Bee or Hornet Water-bistort or Snakeweed is likewise good and if he hath drunk Horse-Leeches Hens-dung and the like give him three spoonfuls of the Herb Sow-thistle dried in a quart of Ale Another for a Venom Take a Handful of Rue and stamp with it the Fat of rusty Bacon till it come to a perfect Salve and therewith dress the Sore till it be whole Another to be used either inwardly or outwardly If he hath eaten any Venomed thing Give him
the Juice of Sage Morning and Evening in Wine or Ale but if he be outwardly venomed bruise the Sage and apply it to the grieved part twice a day and it will take out the Venom Things good in General for Vlcers Tarr Hogs-Grease green or white Copperas Salt-Peter Bees Wax Honey Rozin Verdegrease Linseed Oyl all boiled together and make a Salve of it and dress it with it Euphorbium Mastick French Soap is good or to wash the Sore with white Wine and green Copperas dissolved together and to heal it up with Swines Grease the Leaves of Lillies beaten in a Mortar and make a Salve of it and lay it upon the Sore and cover it with a Plaister or Loam and Horse dung mixed with Pepper and the white of an Egg or to strow upon the Sore of the powder of Galls or to scald it once a day with Sallet-Oyl or Sack Frankincense Cloves green Copperas and Brimstone and double as much Myrrh as any of them and put it upon a Chafing-dish of Coals and receive the smoke of it upon Hurds and keep it close in a Box and when you use it wash the Sore with Urine or Vineger twice a day Things good in General for a Vlcer or Canker in the Nose Green Copperas and white Copperas with some Allum boiled in Running water and squirted into his Nostrils luke-warm three or four times one after another is good but if the Canker be hot and very burning with great pain then take the Juice of Purslain Night-shade Lettice and mix them together and wash the Sore with a fine Cloth dipt therein or else squirted up his Nostils and it will allay the heat of it Or to take Sage Rue Hysop of each a Handful and seethe them in Urine and Water and strain it out and put into it a little white Copperas Honey and Aquavitae and wash or squirt it into the place But if the Canker be killed heal it with this Water take of Rib-wort Bitony and Dasies of each a Handful and Seethe them well in Wine and Water and wash the Sore therewith Or take Chrystal made into fine Powder and strow upon it Pauls Bitony bruised is very good Things good in General to Cure the Vives To Cut a Hole where the Kernels are and pick them out with a Wire and â—â—ll the Hole with Salt and at three days end it will run then wash it with the Juice of Sage and heal it up with an Ointment made of Hony Butter and Tarr or with your green Ointment in my First Part or to wash the Sore wherein hath been boiled green Copperas and Allum and to Taint it with Flax dipt in the white of an Egg beaten to an Oyl or to heal it up with Hogs Grease Turpentine and Wax molten together or take a Spunge dipped in white-Wine Vineger and bind to the Sore and renew it twice a day till the Kernels do Rot then open the nethermost part of the softness and let the corruption out and fill the Hole with Salt finely brayed and the next day wash away the Filth with warm water and the next day after wash the Sore with Honey and Fitch-flower mingled together till it be whole Particular Receipts for the Cure of the Vives Take Tar tried Hogs-Grease Bay-Salt and Frankincense powdered of each as much as will suffice melt them together and with a Clowt fastned to a stick scald the place four or five Mornings together until the inflamed places do become soft and ripe then slit the Skin with your Incision-Knife and let forth the Corruption and heal up the Sore with tried Hogs-grease and Verdegrease made up into fine Powder melt them upon the Fire and let it not boyl more then a Waum or two then put in some ordinary Turpentine and so stir all together till it be cold and anoint the Sorrance with it till it be whole Another which is the best Cure for it Take a penniworth of Pepper beaten to fine Powder Swines Grease a spoonful the Juice of a Handful of Rue Vineger two spoonfuls mix them very well together and convey it equally into both the Eares of the Horse and so Tie or stitch them up then shake his Eares that the Medicine may sink downwards which done let him Blood in the Neck-Vein and Temple-Veins and this is an infallible Cure Another very good for the same The Vives are Cured several manner of ways as you find by the Receipts above but the most usual and common way that our Smiths generally use for the Cure of this Infirmity is for to let Blood on both sides the Neck-Veins then to sear the Swelling with a small hot Iron from the Root of the Ear down to the bottom of it till the Skin look yellow the manner and form of the Searing-Iroh must be somewhat like the shape and fashion of a great Arrows Head as you see by the Figure in the Margin with three or four small Lines or Stroaks on each side drawn from the Body of it After you have seared it to take out the Heat of the Fire and to make it sound again anoint it with fresh Butter or Hogs-Grease and he will do well What is good to Cure the Arraistes or Rats-tails which is a kind of Scratches To Ride him till he be warm which will make the Veins to swell and the better to appear then let him Blood on the Fet-lock Veins on both sides making him to bleed well and the next day after to wash the Sores with warm water and then clip away all the Hair from about the Sores and anoint the grieved place with this Ointment viz. Take green Copperas and Verdegrease of each two Ounces and of Common Honey four Ounces beat your Copperas and Verdegrease very small and so work them with your Honey to an Ointment and anoint the Sores daily with it till it be whole Things good in General for the Cure of the Wind-Cholick Alheal True-love or one Berry the Berries of Holly Holm or Hulver-Bush Juniper-Berries the Flowers of Lavender steeped in Wine wilde Parsnips Jack by the Hedge Winter and Summer Savory but the Summer is the best Burnet Saxafrage the leaves of the Willow-tree bruised and the Juice given with some Pepper in Beer Cardamum Fennegreek Hawes beaten to powder Rue Cloves Cinnamon an Onion peeled and Jagged and put it into his Fundament or to give him a Pipe of Tobaccho at his Fundament lighted and the Wind of his Body will draw it out If you intend to see more of this Nature look for Cholick Angelica Wood-bittony Mullen Mustard-seed Centaury A Plaister to lay upon the Wound to keep in the Taint or Salve Take Pitch Rozin Mastick Turpentine Hogs grease of each so much as will suffice melt them together and keep it for your use when you use it spread it upon Leather and cover the wound therewith this Salve doth infinitely comfort a Wound both green or old be the same Fistula or
particular Receipt for the Rupture Take common Pitch Sanguis draconis Powder of Bolearmoniack Mastick and Frankincense of each an Ounce and make a Plaister thereof and lay it upon his Loyns and upon the Rupture and let it remain there till it fall off of it self and it will Cure him Conditionally you give him some strengthning things inwardly which you may find variety of if you look for General Things good for Ruptures Particular Receipts for the Botch in the Groin of a Horse which is a hard Swelling there which will cause his Legs to swell especially from the Cambrels or Hoofs upwards The Cure is to Ripen it with this Plaister Take of Wheat-Floure of Turpentine and of Honey of each a like quantity stirring it together to make a stiff Plaister and with a Cloth lay it on the Sore renewing it once every day till it break or wax soft and then Lance it so as the matter may run downwards then Taint it with Turpentine and Hogs-grease molten together renewing it every day once until it be perfectly whole Another for the Botch in the Groin or any Imposâ—humation As soon as you can perceive the Swelling to appear lay upon it a Plaister of Shoomakers Wax spread upon Allum-Leather and let it lie until the sore grow soft then open it with a Lancet or let it break of it self when the Filth is come out wash the Sore very well with strong Allum water then Taint it with the Ointment called Aegyptiacum till it be whole A Receipt to Cure the Mellet which is a dry Scab that groweth upon the Heel of the fore-Feet Take of ordinary Honey half a Pint black Soap a quarter of a pound mix them together then put thereto four or five spoonfuls of Vineger and as much Allum finely beaten and imburned as a Hens Egg and of Rye Flower two spoonfuls mix them very well together and having clipped away the Hair apply it to it Plaister-wise so far as the Sorrance goeth and let it so remain for five days then take it away and wash all the Leg Foot and Sorrance with powdred Beef-broth and after Rope up his Legs with Thumb bands of soft Hay wet in the same Liquor and he will be sound you are to remember that whensoever you are to dress the Sorrance you take off the dry Scab or whatever crusty thing shall be upon the place and to wash it very clean A Receipt for the Hough-bonney To Ripen it either with rotten Litter or Hay boiled in old Urine or else with a Plaister of Wine Lees and Wheat-Flour boiled together to ripen the Swelling and bring it to Putrefaction or else to drive the Swelling away but if it come to a Head to Lance it in the lowest part of the softness with a thin hot Iron to let out the matter then to Taint it with Turpentine Deers Sewet and Wax of each alike molten together laying a Plaister of the same Salve over it to hold in the Taint until it be perfectly well Things good in General for the Cure of the Fig in a Horses Foot Cut away the Hoof so as there may be a convenient space betwixt the Sole and the Hoof to the end the Fig may the more easily be Cured then put to the Sorrance a piece of a Spunge which you are to bind close upon it which will eat it off to the very Root and heal it up with your green Ointment in my First Part Or to cut it away close with your Incision Knife or else to burn it off with a hot Iron which is the better way then for two days after lay tried Hogs-grease to it to take away the Fire take then the Tops of the most angriest Nettles you can find pound them very small and so lay them upon a Linnen Cloth just the bigness of the Fig then take the powder of Verdegrease and strew it upon the chopped Nettles which must be done before you lay it to the Sorrance and so bind it upon the Sorrance renewing it every day once till the Hoof have recovered the Sore To Cure Blisters Fret them in the Sun till they bleed then take the Roots of Ivy and stamping them in a Mortar mix them with as much Tar Brimstone and Allum till they come to a Salve and dress it therewith and it will heal it Things good in General for Knots in the Joynts Hardness Crampâ— or any Inflammations The powder of Diapente beaten with Linseed Oyl or Sallet Oyl to an Ointment and applied once a day to the Grief is good for the Cramp or Inflammation or Wine Oyl and Tar mingled together as it is boiled is good or Mustard Hogs grease and Bay-salt mixed together with Vineger and applied is good or take a Plaister of Figs and the roots of Fern and Rochet mingled with Hogs-grease and Wine-Vineger or take dry Pitch Pitch of Greece of each one part of Galbanum and Lime of each four parts of Bitumen two parts of Wax three parts melt them altogether and anoint the place therewith very hot and it will take away the Grief A particular Receipt to Cure a Knot that is moving in the Place where it grows If you find in any part of your Horses Body a Knot or Kernel that feels soft and slips up and down in the Skin when you handle it Take your Incision-Knife and slit the Skin right over against it so wide that you may pinch the Knot out to cut it off When you have so done to stanch the Bleeding of it Sear the inside of it with a hot Iron and stop the Wound either with the powder of Bolearmoniack or Hares Wooll The next day unstop it and wash the Wound clean with a Linnen Rag Tied upon a stick dipped in Verjuice or white-Wine Vineger Then dry up the moisture that you shall find therein with a Linnen Rag also and heal it up with your green Ointment in the First Part or what other healing Salve you think best fit for the purpose Observation In all Wounds that you have in Cure be sure you cleanse and wash them very well before you apply any healing Medicine to them Another to take away the Knots under the Chaul occasioned by Heats and Colds Brandy and Soap dissolved together over the Fire and Chafed in very well hot with your Han I heated in afterwards by holding a hot Fire-shovel before it will either sink or break them Or Butter or Hogs-grease used after the same manner is very good Observations upon Dressing of them Before you anoint them Sear away the Hair with a Candle and in a Fortnights time or little more they will remove conditionally you give him some inward Medicine for a Cold. How to Cure Wounds made with the Shot of Gun-powder Search first if the Bullet be in the Wound if it be take it out with an Instrument made for that purpose but if you cannot get it out you must have patience for Nature it self will wear it out of
its own accord without any Impediment for Lead is of that Nature that it will not Canker then to kill the Fire drop in some Varnish into it with a Feather to the bottom and stop up the Mouth of the Wound with some soft Flax dipt likewise in the same then charge all the swollen place with this Charge Take of Bolearmoniack a quartern of Linseed beaten into powder half a pound of Bean-flower as much and three or four Eggs shells and all and of Turpentine a quartern and of Vineger a quart mingle them well together upon the Fire and being somewhat warm charge all the sore place with part thereof and clap a Cloth upon it to keep the Wound warm continuing so doing every day for four or five days together then at the fifth days end leave anointing it and taint it to the bottom with a Taint dipt in Hogs-grease and Turpentine melted together renewing once or twice every day till the Fire is killed which you shall perceive by the Mattering of the Wound and by falling of the Swelling for so long as the Fire hath the upper Hand no thick Matter will Issue forth but only a thin yellowish water neither will the Swelling asswage and then of Turpentine washed in nine several Waters half a pound and put thereto three Yolks of Eggs and a little Saffron and Taint it with this Ointment renewing it every day once till the Wound be whole but if the Shot be got quite through the Wound then take a few Weavers Linnen Thrums made very knotty and dipping them first in Varnish draw them through the Wound running them up and down in the Wound at least twice or thrice a day and charging the Wound on either side upon the swollen places with the Charge aforesaid until you perceive that the Fire is killed then clap on a comfortable Plaister upon one of the Holes and Taint the other with a saint in the Salve made of washt Turpentine Eggs and Saffron as is beforesaid Some Farriers use to kill the Fire with the Oyl of Cream and to heal up the Wound with Turpentine Wax and Hogs grease melted together or to kill it with snow-Snow-water and charge the swelled place with Cream and Barm beaten together and to heal up the Wound by dipping a Taint in the Yolk of an Egg Honey Saffron well beaten together Of Bones being broken and out of Joynt to Cure If your Horse hath any broken Bone then take a double strong Can vass which ought to be as broad as the Horses Fore-shoulders to his Flanks then you shall have another double Canvas which shall come from between his fore-Booths up to the top of the Wither whereas meeting with the rest of the Canvass and having very strong Loops and Ropes fastned to them sling him up upon some Beam no higher then that his Feet may touch the Ground and if it be a fore-Leg that is broken raise him up then higher before then behind and if a hinder then a little higher behind then before so that he may rest most upon the Members most sound when he is thus slung put the Bone into the right place and wrap it close up with unwashed Wooll newly pulled from the Sheeps Back bound fast to the Leg with a smooth Linnen Rowler soaked before in Oyl and Vineger mingled together and look that your Rowler lie as smooth and as plain as may be and upon that again lay more Wooll dipt in Oyl and Vineger and then Splint it with three broad smooth and strong Splints binding them fast at both ends with a Thong and be sure to keep out his Leg streight for the space of fourty days and Loosen not the Bones above thrice in twenty days unless it shrink and so require to be new drest and bound again and fail not to pour on every day through the Splints Sallet Oyl and Vineger mingled together and if at the fourty days end you find that the broken Places be soddered together with some hard Knob or Gristle then loose the bands and ease the Canvass so as the Horse may tread more firmly upon his fore-Foot which if he doth loose him altogether and let him go up and down fair and gently using from henceforth to anoint the place with soft Crease or to take of Liquid Pitch one pound of Wax two Ounces of the purest and finest part of Frankincense one Ounce of Amoniacum four Ounces of dry Rozin and of Galbanum of each one Ounce of Vineger two pints Boyl first the Vineger and Pitch together then put in the Amoniacum dissolved first in Vineger and after that the aforesaid Drugs and being united in one strain it and make into a Plaister and use it according to your occasion or to take a quart of old Sallet Oyl and put to it of Hogs-grease and of Spicma Nitre of each one pound boiled together till they begin to bubble above then take it from the Fire and when you use it let it be chafed in very hot and then the former Plaister solded about it which is very comfortable for a broken Bone A Bath very good for broken Bones To a Gallon of standing Lye put to it these things here under-written viz. Knot Grass two Handfuls Plantine two Handfuls Comfrey a Handful Wormwood a Handful Boyl these very well in the Lye and while it is warm Bathe the afflicted Member therewith and give him also at the same time inwardly the Buds of Elder gathered in March boiled in running Water for several Mornings together in half a Hornful of Sallet Oyl and Vineger and it will much avail to the Knitting of the Bones A Receipt to Cure a Stifled Horse After you have Tied down his Head to the Manger then take a Cord and fasten it to the Pastern of the stisled Leg and draw his Leg forwards and so the Bone will come right by helping it with your hand which being in your care then must be to keep it in with your hand and then Tie the other end of the Cord to the Rack so as he may not put back his Leg to dislocate the Bone for an hour or two after till it be setled and dressed wherefore let his Keeper stand by him all the while lest he should lie down or be unruly Take Pitch which you must have molten in a Pot in a readiness and with a Glout upon a stick anoint his Stifling three or four inches broad at the least and ten Inches long and presently before the Pitch can cool have a strong Piece of new Canvass cut fit for that purpose which being made very warm by a Fire clap it upon the place so neatly that the Bone cannot go forth again This Plaister must not lie towards the Flank and Foot long-ways but cross-ways upon the Joynt as it were about the Thigh otherwise it cannot hold in the Bone Having thus done anoint the Plaister on the out-side all over with the said Molten Pitch and whilst it
and keep him out of wet during the Cure Or Taint it with Tallow and Turpentine melted together and anoint his Coffin all over with Bolearmoniack and Vineger mingled together and take red Nettles stamped with Vineger and black or common Sope and stop the Wound therewith or to wash the Wound with Vineger and Salt or if it be in the Summer take the tender Buds or Leaves of Elder stamped if in the Winter the inner Rind of it and melt some hot Tallow with it into the Wound Or take Turpentine brown Sugar-candy powdred and white Ginger powdred and melt them all in an Iron Spoon and pour it hot into the Wound and put Hurds or Flax upon it or Roch-Allum burned and made into powder and fill the Hole therewith and lay Hurds thereupon or Oyl of Turpentine poured into it is excellent good for it will not only search it to the bottom but take out the Venom and heal it up Or after you have clensed it with Salt and Vineger take Salt made into fine Powder and four times so much Turpentine and boyl them well together and pour it into the Wound scalding hot and put into it the powder of Brimstone dissolved in white-Wine and lay Hurds upon it Or take Oyl de bay four Ounces of Orpin of Cantharides and Euforbium of each two Ounces made all into fine powder and set them on the Fire keeping them stirring till they become an Ointment and with it dress him as before is taught But if the Foot be bruised fear a Live Spider upon it with a hot Iron A Particular Receipt for a Stub in the Foot or for any Over-reach of the Toe of the Hinder-foot upon the Heel of the sore-Foot or for any Accidental Cut with a Stone After you have well searched and made clean the Wound with Water and Salt or Verjuice Beer and Butter Take these things here under-written well beaten and bruised together till they come to a Salve and spread them upon a Linnen Rag or brown Paper with a Rag bound and Tied fast over it to prevent the coming of it off Let it lie on twenty four houres before you take it off Continue so dressing and washing it every twenty four houres till you find amendment but if you find it amend very fast you need not dress it in two or three days The things you are to apply to it are these viz. Common Soap about the bigness of a good big Wash-Ball a large Onion peeled and a spoonful of long Pepper beaten to Powder and mashed and bruised together with the rest Of Clifts and Cracks in the Heels cross and overthwart which are a kind of Scratches and are Cured with the same Medicines as they are Falling Evil Cured which is no other then the Falling Sickness in Man Take a pretty quantity of Blood from the Neck and four or five days after let him Blood in the Temple Veins and on his Eye-Veins then anoint his Body all over with a comfortable Friction then Bath his Head and Eares with Oyl de bay Liquid Pitch and Tar mixt together and of the same put some of it into his Eares then make him a Cap or Biggin of Canvass Quilted with Wooll to keep his Head warm then give him a Purgation or Scouring but if the disease continue still then pierce the Skin of his Forehead with a hot Iron in divers places and after anoint it with sweet Butter for thereby you shall draw out the gross Humours which do oppress the Brain and keep him warm in the Stable during the time of his Physicking General Things to be Given inwardly for it The Seed of the Bolbonack or the Satten Flower the Leaves and Flowers of Flea-wort stinking Ground-pine taken with Oxymel or Honeyed Water is good given Evening and Morning for some time together Bitony the Flower of Violets the Roots of Peony Master-wort of Gerrard Anniseeds the Leaves and Bark of the Mastick Tree the Gum of it hath the same Vertue given in Ale the distilled Water of red Cherries A Particular Receipt A spoonful of the powder of dried Missle-toe that grows upon the Apple tree which is shaped much like Ivy-leaves given him in half a Pint of Canary and kept warm is very good A Hip-shot Horse There is so uncertain a Cure to be made of it that I durst say nothing of the Cure The Cure for the Hurle-Bone out of Joynt Take Oyl of Turpentine and strong Beer of equal parts alike and shake them very well in a Glass-Vial and anoint the grieved part therewith as also the Brawn and inside of his Thigh down to his Gambrels and heat it in very well by holding a hot Fire-shovel before it while you are doing it This will make him sound in a few days conditionally you continue using of it working the Bone gently in with your Hand to bring it to its right place again This is a very sharp and biting Medicine which will make his Skin puff and heave up but you need not fear it for there is no danger in it When you have anointed him Tie him up to the Rack-staves for about half an hour to prevent his biting of it with his Teeth which may prejudice him while he stands in the Stable put a Wedge of Wood about the bredth of a Six pence between his Toe and his Shooe but when you Ride him you are to take it out but when you come home to put it in again Or after you have anointed him once with Oyl of Turpentine and Beer and put in his Bone into its right place again you may clap a Charge upon it made of Oxycrocium and Paracelsus which you may buy at the Apothecaries which will strengthen it so very much that it will keep it from slipping out of its place again But the most best speedy and certain Cure is though it doth a little disfigure your Horse is to Pin him which every Smith either does or ought to know Quick-Scab to Cure To let him blood then clip away the Hair where the Sorrance is and take off the scurf and scabs with an old Curry-Comb or other such like thing then with fair cold water wash it well and lay a Linnen Cloth well wet in it to the place and do nothing to it in ten days after and if you find it doth not heal dress it as before and so a third time and a fourth till it be throughly healed Or to take Mallowes and Marsh-Mallowes of each alike and boil them in fair water as much as will suffice till they be soft and with the Herb and Decoction bathe and wash the Sorrance two or three days together warm Then take of common Honey a Pint Copperas Allum of Glass and Verdegrease all made into fine powder of each four Ounces Turpentine and Quick-silver mortify'd of each two Ounces boyl all these together with the Honey unto an Unguent and with it dress him every day till it be whole Rot in a Horse
those Roots Herbs or Flowers you intend to make it of and to two Handfuls of the bruised Herbs add a pound of tried Hogs Seame Mash and beat them very well together in a Mortar then put them into an Earthen Pot covering it with paper to keep it from filth and set it in the Sun or in some other warm place for four or five days that it may melt then take it forth and boyl it gently over the Fire for some little time then strain it out while it is hot pressing the Herbs very hard to get what Grease you can out of them then add to it as many more fresh Herbs bruised and set in the Sun and Ordered in every thing as before but if you think them not yet strong enough you may repeat the Herbs over again the third or fourth time for the fuller of Juice the Ointment is the stronger will it be The last time you boyl it boyl the Herbs and all with it and when they be crisp and the Juice consumed which you may know by the leaving of its bubling while it is on the Fire 't is enough then strain it out very hard in a Press and to every pound of Ointment add two Ounces of the best common Turpentine you can get and as much Bees Wax which will take away the offensiveness of the Grease which is very prejudicial to Wounds as well as Oyl CHAP. V. Of Plaisters 1. The Emplaisters of the Greeks consisted of very many Ingredients viz. Gums Rosin Wax Herbs Seeds Roots Juices Liquoris Minerals Metals Stones and Excrements of Creatures c. which said Metals they reduced to powder and mixed them with their satty substances which the rest of the Plaister consisted of while it was hot keeping it continually stirring up and down to prevent the sinking of them that they may the better stiffen and incorporate together which after it was somewhat cold and hard they made them up into Rolls and when they needed it they melted them again by the Fire 2. The Arabians made up their Medicines with Meal Oyl and Fat which needed not so much boyling as the other did But seeing these are so difficult to make and when made so rarely used in Farring I shall advise you to let them alone and buy them rather of the Druggist when you have occasion to use them then put your self to the needless trouble of making of them CHAP. VI. Of Charges 1. The Use of these are for Strains Sprains or any other Weakness in the Legs Shoulders or Back and are made of several things viz. Pitch Rosin Mastick Oxycrocium Paracelsus add Hernium Galbanum Frankincense Turpentine Meal Bolearmoniack c. The manner of using them is to melt what things you have occasion for in an Earthen Pipkin and lay it on with a Lath all over the grieved part then clap upon it some Flax Hurds Tow Wooll Deers Hair or such like thing then heat the Charge again and daub it all over the Flax Tow or Wooll the second time scalding hot then daub it over again the third time as you did before pressing it all the time close with your Hands to the grieved part to make it bind on the faster and let it remain there till it fall off of it self 2. If his Charge be on his Legs be careful that he come not into the Water for that will soon fetch it off But to prevent this chuse rather to keep him in the Stable and Water him there till he be somewhat amended CHAP. VII Of Poultisses 1. Poultisses are vulgarly called Cataplasmes which is as much as to say a thick Poultess made of Meal and Herbs which is a very excellent Medicine to ripen and break Sores ease Pains cool hot Inflammations dissolve hardness ease the Spleen disperse Swellings and digest Humors 2. When you are to make them you are to take those Roots and Herbs as are most proper and suitable to the Disease and Member afflicted chopping them first small then put them into clear running Water and boyl them to a Gelly then add to them a little Meal of Lupins or for want of that Barley-Meal with a little Sallet Oyl or rough sweet Suet which I account better Then spread it upon a Linnen Cloth and apply it to the grieved part bound fast with a Tape or Pack thread that it fall not off CHAP VIII Of Oyls 1. Sallet Oyl is made from the Expression of Olives which is so temperate that it exceeds in no one quality 2. Of Oyls some are Simple and some are Compound 3. Simple Oyls are such as are made by Expression of Fruits or Seeds as Linseed Oyl Rape-seed Oyl and Oyl of sweet or bitter Almonds 4. Compound Oyls are made of the Oyl of Olives and other Simples as Leaves Flowers Roots c. 5. The Manner of making up those Herbs or Flowers you intend to make your Oyl of must be first bruised and then put into an Earthen pot and to two or three handfuls of them so bruised put a pint of Sallet Oyl and then cover up your Pot close with a paper to keep it from Filth then set it in the Sun for about a Fortnight then warm it on the Fire and press out the Oyl from the Herbs very hard and add so many more Herbs to the Oyl and use them in every thing as before The oftner you repeat your Herbs the stronger will your Oyl be When you think it is strong enough for your use boyl the last Herbs you put in it and Oyl together till the Juice be consumed which you may know by the leaving of its bubling and the Herbs grown Crisper Strain it while it is hot and put into some convenient Earthen or Glass-Vessel and set it up till you have occasion to use it CHAP. IX Of Syrups by Infusion by Decoction and by Juices 1. A Syrup is a Medicine of a Liquid Form Composed of Infusion Decoction and Juice 2. Those Syrups that are usually made by Infusion are made of such Flowers as lose their Colour and Strength in Boyling As Violets Roses Peach Flowers They are thus made viz. To every pound of Flowers well pickt add three Pints of Spring Water made boyling hot on the Fire Put them in an Earthen Vessel and put the Water to them then cover it close and let it stand by the Fire to infuse about twelve or thirteen houres then strain it out in such Syrups as Purge as Peach-Flowers Damask Roses c. the usual and best way is to repeat to their Infusion fresh Flowers divers times which after you have strained it out into some convenient Vessel add to every pint of it two pounds of Loaf Sugar then melt it over a gentle Fire again taking off the Scum that shall arise and your Syrup is made 2. Those Syrups that are made by Decoction are made of Compounds yet any Simple Herb may be made also into a Syrup Take the Root Herb or Flower you intend to
the latter End of the Book strain out the Ointment from the Herbs and put i◠into a Pot and keep it for your use Of Purging or Scouring Things in general Turn-sole boiled in water gently purgeth the Body Felt-wort or Baldmony Alloes or Sea Housleek is the most convenient Medicine for the Stomach that is the Seed of St. Peters wort the seed of Tutsan or Park-Leaves do purge Cholerick Humours Dodder that groweth upon Savory Hedge-Hysop purgeth mightily waterish gross and slimy Humours Scamony or purging Bind-weed doth mightily purge and it is very hurtful to the Body if you do not mix it with Alloes Colloquintida is a violent Purger and is not to be used but upon some desperate Diseases and then not to be given unless it be mixed with some clammy things whereby the vehemency there of may be repressed black Hellebore or Bears Foot Hogs Fennel purgeth by Siege both Phlegm and and Choler either of the Pollipodies purgeth Choler and Phlegm The Entrails of a Carp or Barble cut into pieces and given him in white-Wine or Ale or Rye sodden that it burst not and dried and given him instead of Provender an Ounce of Alloes made up in Balls of Butter after it is finely beaten to Powder purgeth excellently Spurge boiled in Beer and given him Hempseed Fennegreek Cassia Honey Sallet-Oyl in Sack given him the powder of Mechoacan boiled in Ale or Ale-wort London Treacle and Honey brewed together and given him or Sene Agarick and Licoris boiled in Ale and given him or Gentian sliced and boiled in a quart of Beer till it come to a pint and given him Particular Scourings at large and first of a Scouring for any Horse sick or Sound and especially for Running or Hunting Horses whose Grease must necessarily be Molten Take twenty Raisins of the Sun with the stones pickt out ten slit Figs slit round-wise boyl them in a Pottle of Running Water till the VVater is consumed and thickned then take the powder of Licoris Anniseeds and Sugar-Candy finely searc'd and mix it with the Raisins and Figs stamping and working them together till they become a stiff paste then making round Balls thereof of a pretty bigness rowl and cover them all over with sweet Butter and give as many of them to the Horse as you shall think meet for his Strength provided that the day before you give him such Exercise as will raise up his Grease and that immediately before you give him this Medicine you also warm him throughly that the Humours being again stirred up the Medicine may work the more effectually Another Scouring to purge a Horse from ail Grease Glut or Filthiness within his Body which I think may go for as good a Scouring as can be Invented by Art Take of Anniseeds three Ounces of Cummin seeds six drams of Carthamus a dram and a half of Fennegreek-seed one Ounce and two drams of Brimstone one Ounce and a half beat all these to fine powder and searce them then take a pint and two Ounces of Sallet-Oyl of Honey a pound and a half and of white-VVine four pints then with as much fine VVheat-Meal as will suffice make all into a strong stiff Paste and knead and work it well this Paste keep in a Gally-pot close covered for your use when your Horse hath been Hunted and is at Night or in the Morning very thirsty take a Ball of it as big as a Mans Fist and dissolve it in a Gallon or two of cold VVater and it will make the VVater look white as Milk then give it him in the dark lest the Colour displease him if he drink it then feed him but if he refuse it let him fast till he take it which assuredly he will do in twice or thrice offering and when he hath once taken it he will refuse all other drink for this and you cannot give him too much nor too oft of it if he have exercise It is an excellent thing for all inward Infirmities whatsoever Another Excellent Scouring after any sore Heat or for any fat Horse after his Exercise with Directions how he is to take it and how you are to Order him after it with Cautions what to do when you give any Scouring Take a quart of good Sack and set it on the Fire in a Bason or Skillet it and when it is warm take an Ounce of the clearest Rosin being bruised very small and by degrees little by little put it into the Sack and keep it stirring for fear of Clotting and when it is well incorporated into the Sack take it from the Fire and put into it half a pint of the best Sallet-Oyl and in the cooling stir them all very well together then put 〈◊〉 it an Ounce of brown Sugar-Candy beaten to powder and being luke-warm give it the Horse in the height of his Heat as soon as you come home from Exercise then Rub him well and Cloath him warm and let him fast two houres after it and keep him stirring in the Stable for that will make Spirits work for Rest doth but dull the Spirits When you give him any Scouring be sure that day to give him no cold water after it for it is binding and knitting and detaineth that soulness which the Scouring should take away Another Scouring when others will not work Take a quarter of a pound of sweet Butter and so much of Castle-Soap and half an Ounce of Alloes beat them together and add two spoonfuls of beaten Hemp-seed and of Rosin half a spoonful of Sugar-Candy an Ounce bruised work them all into a Paste and give it him in Balls immediately after his heat and when you have warmed him and stirred up the Grease and Foulness within him There is in my second Part a very safe and easie Scouring If you have a desire to see more Variety of Purgations of all sorts look back Of Loosening things in General Brank-ursin or Seed Hemp-seed Fennegreek-seed the Juice of the white Beets Coleworts Spinage Mercury Succory white Sope and Spurge brayed together and given him to drink Sallet-Oyl given him in Sack or Ale or Anniseeds Linseeds and Piony boiled in Beer or the Bark of the Elder-Tree bruised and mixed with old Ale and given him or take of the Decoction of Mallows Sallet Oyl and fresh Butter Benedicta Laxativa given him Blood-warm Glister-wise or Rye thrown amongst his Provender or Mustard-seed or to anoint your hand with Butter or Hogs-Grease and pluck away his Ordure and then put into his Fundament a good piece of the great end of a Candle or give him in Ale eleven Leaves of Lawrel stamped the Seed of horned Poppey given him in Ale All sorts of Docks being boiled are Loosners of the Belly Marigold-Leaves Burage Bugloss the Leaves of Hounds-Tongue boiled in Ale do mollifie the Belly Syrop of Violets black Hellebore or Bears Foot Hogs Fennel Loosneth the Belly gently Speraege or Asparagus Things good to Fatten a Horse in general Beans boiled in