Take five or six Eggs and lay them in sharp White-wine Vinegar till the shells be somewhat soft then take his tongue in your hand and put them down his throat one after another give them fasting and let him neither eat nor drink of five or six hours after ride him a mile or two after you have given it him give him warm water to drink for once and keep him warm This will Cure him forthwith Proved CLXXXVII A suppository to supple the Guts to dissolve and send forth all dry and hot Excrements FIrst Rake him then take a great Candle of four in the pound and cut off three Inches at the smaller end then anoint the other part being the bigger end with Sallet oyl or fresh Butter and soput it up into his fundament then hold his Tail to his Tewel half an hour or tye it close to his Tewel with a strap of Leather and fasten it to his Sussingle and in half an hours time it will be dissolved then let loose his Tail and leap 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 more kindly this is the most gentle of all suppositories Proved CLXXXVIII Another Suppository to be given that you dare not without peril of his life give him any thing else inwardly Then give him this TAke of common Honey six ounces of Salt-nitre one ounce and a half of Wheat-flowr and of Anniseeds in fine powder of each one ounce boyl all these together to a stiff thickness and so make it into Suppositories anoint these as you did the former and your hand also and so put it up into his Fundament the length of your hand then tye his Tail between his Legs for half an hour in which time the Suppository will be dissolved then ride him and order him as before This is very good especially in case of Surfeits or inward Sickness rake him first and keep him warm Proved CLXXXIX A Suppository to purge Flegm TAke a piece of Castle-soap pare it and bring it into the fashion of a Suppository put it into his Fundament and order him as before Proved CXC A Suppository to purge Choler TAke Savin as much as will suffice and stamp it to Mash and stamp with it Stavesacre and Salt of each two ounces boyl them in common Honey as much as will suffice to make it thick and so make it up into Suppositories and Administer one of them like as you are before shewn and order him accordingly CXCI. A Suppository to purge Melancholy TAke a Red Onion and pill it and jagg it cross-waies with your Knife and so administer it and order him as before CXCII Another Suppository TAke a pint of common Honey and boyl it till it be thick and make it up into Suppositories as it cooleth and administer it as before and order him also in the like manner This Suppository purgeth evil humours it cooleth and comforteth the body very much and causeth a good appetite to meat Proved CXCIII Directions for Suppositories FIrst observe this When at any time you do administer either Potions Glisters or Suppositories you must do it in a Morning fasting Except necessity urge the contrary Secondly you must not at those times suffer him to drink cold water no not with exercise but either sweet Mashes or White water Thirdly it is very needful before you administer any of these that you Rake him and be sure you keep him warm A Suppository is but a preparative for a Glister or Purge to make that way that they may purge the better CXCIV To kill Worms TAke Bears-foot and Savin Lavender Cotton the flower of Brimstone give it him in sweet wort it will kill the Worms and turn them into slime Ask for the powder of Caroline at the Apothecaries it is as admirable a thing to kill Worms as can be you may give three or four penny-worth at a time in a pint and a half of sweet Wort. It is a very safe thing Proved CXCV. To purge by Grass in Summer IF your Horse be surfeited or hath been over laboured the Winter before then turn him out when the Grass is in the best heart Now that Grass that will purge most and best is a new mowen Meadow for that will rake his Guts very well nor will he in such a place gather flesh therefore let him go there not above fourteen or eighteen days and then put him into some other Pasture where the Grass hath not been touched with a Syth and there he will belly well and in a short time recover much flesh and be very fat and lusty This purging will scowr him bravely and send away all ill humours and surfeits and ease his Limbs marvellously well and do his legs and feet much good and refine his corrupt bloud and make him nimble and full of spirit Also to mowe green Rye before it be eared is most wholesom for it scowreth cleanseth and cooleth the body very much so do the leaves of Sallow and the leaves of the Elm-tree CXCVI. A Glister for a Sick surfeited Diseased Horse IF your Horse be newly taken from Grass and that you hold it needful his body should be cleansed from bad humours which either his Grass or former Surfeits might bring First Rake him and then give him this Glister following viz. Take Mallows three handfuls Marsh Mallow Roots cleansed and bruised two handfuls Violet leaves two handfuls Flax-seed three spoonfuls and as many of the Cloves of white Lilly Roots as you may easily hold in your hand boyl all these in fair water from a Gallon to a Wine quart then strain it and put thereto one ounce of Sena which must be infused or steeped in the Liquor three hours standing upon the hot Embers then put thereto half a pint of Sallet oyl and then administer it Glister-wise blood-warm and cause him to keep it half an hour or longer if you can and the best time to give this Glister is 3 or 4 dayes before the full or change of the Moon but if occasion be you may give it any other time this Glister is to be given to a foggy fat Horse which otherwise cannot be kept clean It purgeth the Guts abundantly and it is cheifly to be given an Horse that is newly taken from Grass And the next day after you have given him this Glister give him this drink following CXCVII A Purge TAke the strongest Ale-wort one quart of Honey a quarter of a pint of London Treacle two ounces mix and brew them all together and give it him blood-warm then keep him upon the bit six hours after warm clothed and well littered and give him a sweet Mash and White water and Rack him with sweet Wheat-straw Oats and Bran this both purgeth and comforteth two or three dayes after give him this Drink following CXCVIII. Another Purge TAke a pint of White-wine and put into it one ounce of Sena and let it steep
of them then take two handfuls of Camomile but Pellitory is the best if it can be gotten boyl any one of these in a Decoction of water to a third part then ad to it of Sallet-oyl and of Verjuyce of each half a pint of Honey four ounces of Cassia two ounces mix all these together and administer it luke-warm and order him as in the first Glister It will open the Gut and body very well and will take from him all hurtful and oftensive humours It will carry away all Spungy matter It will allay the biliousness and sharpness of humours cleanse inward Ulcers and much refresh and comfort the vital spirits But if you find that by giving too great a quantity your Horse purgeth and scoureth longer or more violently than you think is meet and good or for fear it should stir up in him more bad humours upon the sudden then you may easily allay it with this following Glister CCVIII A Glister restringent to stop loosness TAke of the Decoction in the Glister aforegoing a pint and put thereto as much Cow's Milk as it cometh warm from the Cow and put also thereto the yolks of three new laid Eggs well beaten and mixed together and give it blood-warm This Glister is only to be given to a Horse that is very laxative or doth empty himself too much which is occasioned oft-times by over much debility or want of strength or when nature is very much offended You may give this Glister as often as need shall require and till you see his loosness stop CCIX. A Glister for a fat foul-bodied Horse that is newly taken from Grass or for any sick surfeited diseased Horse TAke three handfuls of Marsh-Mallow roots cleansed and bruised Violet leaves of each two handfuls Flax seed three spoonfuls the Cloves of white Lilly roots a small handful boil all these together in fair water from a gallon to a Wine quart then strain it and put thereto of Sena one ounce which must be steeped in the Liquor three hours standing upon the hot Embers then put thereto half a pint of Sallet oyl and being blood-warm administer it Glister-wise causing him to keep it above half an hour And the best time to give this is three or four dayes before the full or change of the Moon yet it may be given with much benefit at any other time This Glister purgeth the Guts abundantly and is chiefly to be given to an Horse that is newly taken from Grass CCX A Glister for Melancholy TAke of Whey a quart of Anniseeds in fine powder two penny-worth the leaves of Mallows two handful boyl all these together till the Mallows be soft then strain it and put thereto of sweet Butter four ounces and when the Butter is melted give it Glister-wise blood-warm This purgeth Melancholy it causeth a good Appetite which before was wanting it refresheth the dulled Spirirs and causeth a good Digestion if the Horse be kept warm and well tended CCXI. A Glister to be given in case of a desperate Sickness It helpeth Fevers is good against the Pestilence and all languishing Diseases most excellent against Surfeits either by Provender or otherwise And will give great strength in short time if it be rightly made and carefully given TAke of the Oyl of Dill oyl of Camomile oyl of Violets and Cassia of each half an ounce of brown Sugar-candy in powder three ounces Then take of Mallow leaves a handful and boyl them first to a Decoction in fair water then strain it and put thereto the before-named Ingredients and give it blood-warm This is most soveraign to be given in case of a desperate Sickness and for all the Diseases afore-mentioned CCXII. A Glister for the Pestilence and all Fevers TAke half an ounce of the pulp of Coloquintida the seeds and rind taken away of Gum dragant three quarters of an ounce boyl all these in three quarts of water to a quart with Centory and Wormwood of each half an handful and a quarter of an ounce of Castorium strain it and dissolve it into the Decoction of Gerologundium three ounces and of white Salt three drams and of Sallet oyl half a pint and then administer it Glister-wise blood-warm this hath been often proved to be most excellent good for the Diseases above mentioned CCXIII. A Lenitive Glister TAke the Decoction of Mallowes and put to it either of fresh Butter four ounces or of Sallet oyl half a pint and give it Glister-wise blood-warm this is the gentlest Glister of any before prescribed for it is both a loosener and a great cooler of the body and doth infinitely ease pain Also it is good for Convulsions or Cramps and most singular against costiveness proceeding from any sickness or surfeit by Provender or Foundring in the Body CCXIV. A Glister for the Collick or any Sickness or Gripings in the Gutts or Belly TAke Salt water or new made Brine two pints dissolve therein a pretty quantity of Sope and administer it Glister wise blood-warm this is averred to be the most excellent for the Collick or any Sickness or griping in the Guts CCXV Of Sickness in Horses SIcknesses in general are of two sorts One offending the whole Body the other a particular Member The first of them not visible The other apparent and known by its own demonstrations Of the first then which offends the whole Body as Fevers of all sorts the Quotidian Tertian Quartan and Hectick Fevers Pestilential Fevers accidental or the general Plague are known by these signs much trembling panting sweating and sallow countenance hot breath faintness in labour decay in stomack costiveness in the body any or all of which when you perceive First let the Horse blood and then give him Treacle Take of Celedine roots and leaves a good handful as much of Wormwood as much of Rue wash them well and then stamp them in a Mortar which done boyl them in a quart of Ale then strain them and add to the Liquor half a pound of sweet Butter then being luke-warm give it to the Horse to drink CCXVI Of the Head-ach Frenzy or Staggers THe Signs to know these Diseases which are all of one Nature and all of one effect Mortal hanging down of the head reeling The Cure is to let the Horse blood three mornings together after walk him a while then clothe him cover his Temples over with a plaister of Pitch and keep him exceeding warm let his meat be little and his Stable dark CCXVII Of the Sleeping evil THe Sleeping Evil or Lethargy in Horses proceeds from cold Phlegms moist humours which bind up the vital parts and make them dull and heavy The signs are continual sleeping or desire thereunto The cure is to keep him much waking and twice in a Week to give him as much sweet Sope as a Duck-Egg in the nature of a Pill and after give him to drink new milk and Honey CCXVIII Of the Falling Evil Planet-struck Night-Mare or Palsey ALthough these Diseases have several
For swell'd or Gourded-Legs whether it be by reason of the Grease falling into them or other accident as Scratches Pains Mules c. IF your Horses Legs be swell'd only because the Grease is faln into them and that there is no other outward Ulcer neither will the bathing with cold water and other outward helps asswage it Then you shall take a piece of strong course woollen Cloths and thereof make him an Hose a pretty deal larger then his Leg to reach from the lower part of his pastern up to the Cambrel or to the Knee and make it close and straight at the pastern and wide above Then take a pottle of Wine Lees if you can get them or else the grounds or Lees of strong Ale or Beer and set them on the fire and boyl them well then put to them a pound of clarified Hogs-grease and when it is melted and stirred well together take as much Wheat-Bran as will thicken it and bring it to the bo dy of a Pultis with this Pultis as hot as the Horse can fuffer it only you must not scald fill the Hose or Hoses and then close the Hose at the top With this Pultis let the Horse stand two days then the third day open the Hose at the top but stir not the Pultis only take molten Hogs-grease hot as the Horse can suffer it and with a spoon pour it unto the Pultis on every side till it will receive no more for this will renew the strength of the Pultis Then close up the top of the Hose and so let the Horse stand other two dayes or three Then you may open the Leg and rub it down and if you find strong occasion you may apply another new Pultis if not your cure is wrought Now if besides the swelling of his Legs your Horse hath Ulcers or Chaps or Scratches Pains Mules or the like Then you shall first apply the former Pultis in all respects as aforesaid then after five or six dayes application when you take the Pultis away you shall take a quart of old Urine and put to it half a handful of Salt as much of Allom and half an ounce of white Copperas and boyl it till all be mixt and incorporated together then with this water very hot wash the sores once or twice a day and after a little drying anoint them with the oyntment called Aegyptiacum and is made of Vinegar eight ounces of Honey twelve ounces of Verdigrease two ounces of Allom one ounce and an half boyl it to that height till it come to a red Salve and it will both kill the malignant humors and also heal and dry up the sores Another approved Cure for the Scratches or any Disease of that nature TAke of Hogs-grease eight ounces of Brimstone of Lime of Gunpowder of each three ounces of black Soap eight ounces and of Soot as much as will suffice to bring the rest to a Salve boyl the Hogs-grease and Soap together and bring the other hard simples to a fine powder and so mix all together and make a black ointment with this anoint the sores once a day after they are cleansed and made raw For any Splint Spaven Ringbone Curb or any other hard Knot or Excression FIrst having taken view of the Excression clip away the hair as far as the excression goeth and a little thought more then take a piece of Allom'd Leather made as big just as the place you have bared and fit it to the same proportion Then take a little Shoo-makers Wax and spread it round about the very edge or verge of the same leaving all the inward or middle part empty and not touched with the Wax according to this Figure O. Then take of the herb called Sparagus which hath the virtue to raise Blisters and bruising it in a Mortar lay some thereof on the Leather in the void and empty place which ought to contain the just quantity of the Knot or Excression and bind it fast thereon suffering it so to lye if it be in the Spring or Summer time when the Sparagus hath its full strength and virtue two or three hour â—But if it be in the Winter then it hath less virtue Then it is not amiss to revive the strength of the Herb if you add to it a drop or two of Origanum and let it lye a day and and be sure to tye up the Horses head for two hours for fear of biting it away When you have taken off the Plaister anoint the place with Train-oyl warm and you shall find no Excression An approved Cure for the Swift Cut or any hewing on the Legs whatsoever TAke a pint of White-wine and put to it two or three spoonfulls of Hony and stir them well together then boyl them till they be well incorporated together and brought to the body of an ointment Then take it from the fire and put in as much Turpentine as there was Hony before and stir all well together Then strain it with this Salve somewhat hot bath the Sores twice a day and it is a most specdy healer For any Farcy Mangy Scab or Leprosie whether in the Mane or otherwise FIrst let Blood then take a quart of old Urine or Vinegar and break into it a quarter of a pound or better of the best Tobacco then set it on the fire of Embers where it may simper and not boil and so let it stew a whole night then strain it and with this water wash the infected place whether it be in the Mane or any other obscure place and it is a certain Remedy For any Founder Frettize Surbait or any imperfection in the Feet FIrst pare thin open the heels wide and take good store of blood from the Toes then tack on a Shooe somewhat hollow after take of the best Frankincense and rowling it in a little fine Cotton-wool or Bombast with an hot iron melt it into the Foot betwixt the Shooe and the Toe till the Orifice where the blood was taken be filled up Then take half a pound of Hogs-grease and melt it on the fire then mix it with Wheat bran till it be as thick as a Pultis Then boyling hot as is possible stop up the Horses foot therewith then cover it with a piece of an old Shooe and splent it up and so let the Horse stand for three or four days then if occasion serves you may renew it otherwise the cure it wrought To make Hoofs grow quickly and to be tough and strong TAke of the Juyce of Garlick seven ounces of old Hogs-grease two pound of Asses dung for want of it Cows dung an handfull mingle them and boyl them all well together then with this both stop the Horses foot and anoint the Crownets of the Hoofs and the effect is great A general Salve for any Sore or Swelling TAke Turpentine Black-Soap Hogs-grease Green Treat and Pitch of each a little quantity mix and boyl them all well together and apply
all night next morning betimes strain it and put into it one ounce of the best Aloes made into fine powder half an ounce of Agarick and a spoonful of powder of Liquorish mix and brew them altogether and so give it to your Horse blood-warm and ride him gently a quarter of an hour after it and so set him up warm well clothed and littered and let no cold ayr come to him nor let him eat nor drink of six hours after and at night give him a sweet Mash or White water and let his Rack-meat be sweet Wheat-straw Oats and Bran the next day let him blood and prick him in the third Furrow of his Mouth and if his blood be bad take two quarts from him but if good scarce a quart keep him warm and give him sweet Mashes or White water and put into his Drink either the powder of Brimstone or of Fenygreek or Turmerick or of Elecampana one or more together according as he will be brought to like and take them which being well mixed put thereof into his Drink a spoonful at a time And this is very good to cool the blood purge Choler and other peccant humours and to purifie and refine the Blood And this is not only good for Horses newly taken from Grass but for other sick surfeited diseased Horses CXCIX Another Purge TAke one ounce and a quarter of Gentian slice it thin boil it in a quart of Beer till it come to a pint and give it him blood-warm It will make him very sick for a short time but you need not fear for it will do him much good let him fast after it five or six hours and then give him a Mash or White water and the next day give him this following Mingle Honey with his Oats and rub the Honey and Oats well together between your hands and continue thus doing till you see him quite cured which will be when he hath done running at the Nose This is one of the best Cordials I know for it disperfeth all Flegm and Choler it purgeth the head and Brain it purifieth the Blood it venteth evil Humours it causeth good Digestion and freeth an Horse from Glanders Colds Catarrhs Rheums running at the Nose and the like as you may see set down before which is the same with this this and the Purge before going you must give one after another And for the Honey and his Oats mixed together I conceive you may give them in other causes as when an Horse is troubled with cold Rheums running at the Nose Glanders Flegm or Choler or such like CC. Of Glisters and their use A Glister is given as a preparative to a purging Drink and a Glister by cleansing the Guts refresheth the Vital parts and prepareth the way before wherefore I advise every Farrier before he give a Drink whether purging or otherwise if the Horse be not at that time soluble in body that after Blood-letting the next day he give a Glister this done he may the better give what is requisite otherwise if he give the Drink before the Glister he may stir and provoke the evil humours which by reason of much costiveness and Wind and other impediments in his Guts do attempt to make their passage by a contrary way which cannot be done without great hazard to the life of the Beast I therefore advise if the beast be costive and bound in his body to give a Suppository or Glister First and after his Purging drink CCII. What a Decoction is A Decoction is a broth made of divers Herbs as Mallows Marsh-Mallows Pellitory Camomile and sometimes white Lilly roots and such like things which we do boyl in water to a third part and sometimes we use instead of herbs and water to take the fat of Beef-broth or the broth of a Sheep's head Milk Whey or sum such kind of Liquor CCII. What quantity òf Broth or Decoction is put in to make a Glister FOr the quantity we do administer according to the Age strength and greatness of the Horse for if he be of a strong and able body of large growth and stature fat and lusty in this case we put in three pints but if he be of a small growth weak sick feeble or lean in this case a quart is enough we use to put in half a pint of oyl of Salt two or three drams and sometimes we put in Verjuyce and sometimes Hony as we see cause Drugs we use as Sena Cassia Agarick Anniseeds oyl of Dill oyl of Camomile oyl of Violets Sugar-candy and such like CCIII For the quantity of Drugs put into a Glister FOr the quantity of Drugs you ought not to exceed the quantity of three ounces in one Glister at the most neither put in above four ounces of Butter and let it be but blood-warm when you administer it CCIV. What time is fit for an Horse to keep his Glister When you give it him let him be empty and before he do receive it Rake him After you have given it him let him keepe it half an hour it will do it the more good the longer he keep it the more good it will do him hold his Tail close to his Fundament all the while CCV The length of the Glister-pipe THe best Instrument wherein to give an Horse a Glister is a Pipe made of purpose which ought to be twelve inches in the Shank which must also be put home And when the Glister is put into his body then draw a way the pipe by degrees not all at once CCVI. A Glister for a Horse that is bound in his body and cannot dung TAke the fat of Beef-broth if he be Sick weak and lean a pint and a half is enough if he be big fat and lusty you may put in two or three pints put to it half a pint of English-hony and two drams of white Salt mix them well together and administer it Glister-wise blood-warm then clap his Tail close to his Tewel for half an hour or longer and if then it do not work as I am confident it will ride him up and down a gentle trot for half an hour more but not till he sweat then set him up warm clothed and littered and let him stand upon the Bit four or five hours in which time he will purge kindly then unbit him and give him sweet Hay and an hour after that give him White water and he may drink any cold water in a day or two after and this is the best cure for this Malady This Glister will open and loosen the body bring away all offensive humous remove all obstructions ingendred in the body by means of excessive heat it cleanseth the Guts and purgeth away all slimy substance And this you will find to be the best remedy for a Horse that is costive and bound in his body and that cannot dung This hath been often proved CCVI. For another Glister TAke two handfuls of Melilot two handfuls of Pellitory if you can get neither
of Bolearmony made in fine powder and two ounces and an half of the Conserves of Sloes Then stir and mix them well together after take it from the fire and put to it a spoonful or two of the powder of Cinnamon And brewing all well together give it the Horse Let him fast two hours after it and let him eat no washt meat Hay is wholesom so is Bread and Oats if they be well mixt with Beans or wheat but not otherwise An Infallible help for the Stone or pain of Urine causing Sickness MAke a strong Decoction that is to say boyl your first quantity of Water to an half pint three times over with keen Onions clean pilled and parsley Then take a quart thereof and put to it a great spoonfull of London-Treacle and as much of the powder of Egg-shels finely searc't and give it the Horse to drink and thus do divers mornings if the infirmity be great otherwise when you see the Horse offended An approved Medicine to cure and break any old grevious festred and rotten Cold and to dry up a foul running Glanders TAke a pint of the best Verjuyce and put to so much strong Mustard made with wine-Vinegar as will make the Verjuyce strong and keen thereof Then take an ounce or more of Roach-Allom and beat it into fine white Powder then when you give this to the Horse so with a Knife or Spoon put some of the Allom into the Horn and so give it the Horse part at his mouth and part at both his Nostrils but especially that Nostril which runneth most Then ride and chafe him a little after it then set him up warm At noon give him a warm Mash and at all times give him no cold water but when the Horse may have exercise after it And thus drench the Horse three days together and it will be sufficient Another for a Violent Cold. TAke of Wine Vinegar half a pinte and as much Sallet-Oyl brew them well together and then put to it an ounce and half of Sugar-Candy in fine powder and so give it the Horse and stir him a little after This is exceeding good but it will occasion sickness for a small season An excellent Scowring when other Scowrings will not work TAke of sweet Butter a quarter of a pound half so much Castle-soap beat them well together then add to them two spoonfulls of Hempseed bruised of anniseed a spoonfull bruised of Sugar-Candy an ounce of Rosin finely bruised half a spoonful work all these into a paste and give it the Horse in the manner of Pills immediately after his heat or when you have warmed him and stirred up the grease and foulness within him An admirable Water for any sore Eye or to clear any dim sight as the Moon-eyes and the like TAke the stone called Lapis Calaminaris and heat it red hot in the fire then quench it in half a pint of White-wine and thus do twelve times together Then add unto it half so much of the juice of Housleek and with this bath the Eye twice or thrice a day and it is excellent against any imperfection therein Another Water no less precious for the Eyes then the former TAke a pint of Snow-water and dissolve it into three or four drams of white Vitriol and with this water wash the Horses Eyes three or four times and the effect is great and strange The Master Medicine of all Medicines for a Back Sinew-Strain or any grief pain straightness shrinking or numness of joynts or sinews TAke a fat sucking Mastive whelp flay it and bowel it then stop the body as full as it can hold with gray Snails and black Snails then roast it at a reasonable fire when it begins to warm bast it with six ounces of the Oyl of Spike made yellow with Saffron and six ounces of the oyl of Wax Then save the drippings and what moisture soever falls from it whilst any drop will fall from the Whelp and keep it in a Gally-pot With this oyntment anoint the strain and work it in very hot holding a hot bar of iron before it And thus do both Morning and Evening till the Cure be finished St. Antayne his only Excellent Medicine for any Strain or Swelling TAke Cummin-seeds and bruise them gross and boyl it with the oyl of Camomile then add to it so much yellow Wax as will bring it to the body of a Cerrot or Plaister and spread it on either Cloth or Leather and very hot apply it to the grief It is wonderfull soveraign for any man also Another for any desperate old Strain whether it be in the Shoulder Joynts Hips or Back-sinews TAke of the best Aqua-vitae a pint of oyl de Boy of oyl of Swallows and of black Soap of each half a pinte work and labour all these together till they come to a thin oyntment then take of Camamoile and of red Sage an handfull of Rue and of Misseldine an handfull dry them and bring them to a very fine powder Then mix them with the former oyntment and bring all to a gentle Salve With some of this Salve made as hot as the Horse can suffer it anoint the Strain and hold an hot bar of Iron before the grieved place chafing it in with your hand as much as may be and thus do once a day and in nine dayes the Cure will be effected An Excellent Charge for any New Strain or offence on the Sinews or any grief proceeding from heat TAke the whites of six Eggs and beat them well with a pint of white Wine-Vinegar and an ounce of the oyl of Roses as much of the oyl of Mintils Then take four ounces of Bolearmonie and as much Sanguis Draconis and with as much fine Bean-flower or wheat flower but Bean-flower is the best as will thicken it bring it to a stiff Salve then spread it about the grieved place and renew it as it dryeth A perfect Cure for any Sinew-Strain TAke a live Cat either wild or tame and cut off her head and tail then cleave her down the chine and clap her hot the bowels and all upon the strain and remove it not for forty eight hours and the effect is great Markham's own Balm which hath never failed him for any Strain in the Shoulder or other part hidden or apparent Or any Wind-gall Pain or Swelling whatsoever TAke ten ounces of the best and purest Goose-grease and melt it on the fire then take it off and put it into four ounces of the Oyl of Spike and an ounce of the Oyl of Origanum stir them very well together then put it up into a Gallipot With this Oyntment anoint the grieved part the Oyntment being made exceeding hot and rub and chafe it in with all painfulness holding an hot bar of Iron before it and thus anoint once in two dayes but rub and chafe it in twice or thrice a day at the least and give the Horse moderate Exercise This is approved and infallible
it warm to the grief For a Pearl Pin and Web or any Film on an Horses Eye TAke a new laid Egg and roast it very hard then cleave it in-sunder long-wise and take out the yolk then fill the empty holes with white Vitriol finely beaten and close the Egg again Then roast it the second time till the Vitriol be molten Lastly beat the Egg-shell and all in a dish and strain it and with the moisture that comes from it dress the Eye This is approved For Grease fallen into the Legs to help them at twice dressing and to help the Scratches TAke of Train-Oyl of Nerve-Oyl of Oyl de Boy of each half a pint and the bigness of an Egg in Allom boyl them all well together then having cleansed the Sores and opened the Pultis if there be any with this salve anoint the Griefs and it is a speedy Cure For the Glanders an approved Cure TAke a quarter of a pint of Verjuice three spoonfuls of Sallet-Oyl and two spoonfuls of Aqua-vitae put one half into one Nostril the other into the other Nostril being blood-warm then ride the Horse somewhat speedily for twenty or forty score and only spare him when he coughs then set him up warm and at Noon give him a warm Mash Lastly if you find him to grow sick give him warm Milk from the Cow To stay the Glanders for a time till you may make sale of your Horse TAke a pound of Elder-bark being the green and not the gray beat it in a Mortar and strain it then put that juyce to a quart of Ale and so give it to the Horse do this for three mornings together An approved Cure for the Pains Mules Rats-tails and the like TAke green Vitriol half a pound and boyl it in a pottle of running Water with Allom Mustard Sage and Hysop of each an handful Now the night before you apply this anoint all the Sores with strong Mustard after they are made raw then the next day wash them with the Water before shewed and the Cure is certain To help an Horse that galls between the Legs either through heat or evil dressing TAke a raw Egg and crush it between the Horses Legs and rub the gall well therewith after the Sores are made dry For Enterfairing to help it or hide it for a small time FAsten a new Cord to his Dock and having made divers hard knots thereon draw it between his Legs and fasten it to his Girths or otherwise rub great store of Starch between his Thighs The best Receipt that can be for brittle Hoofs TAke Dogs-grease a pound and clarifie it up with Rosemary then mixing it with half so much Cow-dung boyl it and hot or cold stop the Horses foot therewith To cure the Scratches TAke a penny worth of Verdigrease a penny-worth of Red-lead the like quantity of Sope mix these together and apply them plaister-wise letting it lye three days and three nights You must cut the hair close For the Farcy TAke about one handfull of Rew and about ten cloves of Garlick and pound them together then take one penny worth of Aqua-vitae and strain them through a Cloth then take a little black Wool to drink up that moysture and put into each Ear half the Wool then sew up the Ears together then cut the fore head of the Horse and put into the hole the inner rind of an Elder about an inch long or something more keep him from wet falling into his Ears the first day and night Approved by Mr. Holled For to cure the Cankers in a Horses mouth TAke half a pint of the best White-wine Vinegar and half a pound of the best Roch-Allom and an handfull of red Sage and boyl them all together and so wash the Hories mouth and tongue Approved W. B An approved Cure for the Pains Mules Rats-tails and the like TAke green Vitriol half a pound and boyl it in a pottle of running Water with Allom Mustard Sage and Hysop of each an handful Now the night before you apply this anoint all the Sores with strong Mustard after they are made raw then the next day wash them with the Water before shewed and the Cure is certain To help an Horse that galls between the Legs either through heat or evil dressing TAke a raw Egg and crush it between the Horses Legs and rub the gall well therewith after the Sores are made dry For Enterfairing to help it or hide it for a small time FAsten a new Cord to his Dock and having made divers hard knots thereon draw it between his Legs and fasten it to his Girths or otherwise rub great store of Starch between his Thighs The best Receipt that can be for brittle Hoofs TAke Dogs-grease a pound and clarifie it up with Rosemary then mixing it with half so much Cow-dung boyl it and hot or cold stop the Horses foot therewith To cure the Scratches TAke a penny worth of Verdigrease a penny-worth of Red-lead the like quantity of Sope mix these together and apply them plaister-wise letting it lye three days and three nights You must cut the hair close For the Farcy TAke about one handfull of Rew and about ten cloves of Garlick and pound them together then take one penny worth of Aqua-vitae and strain them through a Cloth then take a little black Wool to drink up that moysture and puta into each Ear half the Wool then sew up the Ears together then cut the fore head of the Horse and put into the hole the inner rind of an Elder about an inch long or something more keep him from wet falling into his Ears the first day and night Approved by Mr. Holled For to cure the Cankers in a Horses mouth TAke half a pint of the best White-wine Vinegar and half a pound of the best Roch-Allom and an handfull of red Sage and boyl them all together and so wash the Hories mouth and tongue Approved W. B. For to cure the Scratches TAke Sope and Salt and mix them together in your hand and keep his Feet dry and tye a linnen Cloth about them and it will cure them Approved at Stanton For a Horse that hath a Cold. TAke new Butter unwashed and without Salt and mix with it brown Sugar-Candy Anniseeds and Liquorish but if the Horse rattle in his head put in two cloves of Garlick made in balls do this three mornings together Approved W. B. For a Beast that staleth Blood TAke one quart of strong Ale and a red Her ring cut into small pieces and let it lye a steeping in the Ale then give the Beast it with a Horn and it will stay the in-bleeding of the Beast Robinson For the Botts TAke Salt and Water and give the Horse it in a Horn. Approved Tho. Emson For a Horse that hath got an Over-reach or a Tread of the Heel FIrst search itwell to the bottom and take out all the Gravel and wash it with Stale then take a good handfull of Nettles and
a good handfull of Salt put them in a cloth and bind them to the sore do this two or three mornings together then set the shooe on with a leather under it then pour in some Hogs-grease scalding hot after that pour in Rosin scalding hot presently after which put in some Wheat-bran Approved Pepper For a Horse that hath got a stroke or a bite of the Eye TAke a little Honey with a little grated Ginger mix them together and put it into the Horses eye with a feather do this three mornings together Approved by me W. B. For the Scratches TAke Verdigrease and burnt Allom mix them together and so apply it keeping the Horse dry Approved W. B. For the swelling of a Horses Back TAke Flax or Flax Teare with the whites of Eggs and Wheat-flower beat them all together it will take the swelling down Approved Tho. Emson For a strain HOgs-grease is very good for a Sinew-strain or any other part of the Horse Approved by me W. B. For a Horse that is mangy TAke a gallon of strong Ale and a pound of Tobacco-stalks half a pound of Allom a pint of Salt one pennyworth of Mercury boyl these all together until they be half boyled away the day before let the Horse blood and Curry him with a Comb when the Horse is drest wash the Manger with scalding Water and smoak the Saddle with Allom or Brimstone burnt Hay or Straw Approved Mr. Willes For the Spleen MAke a Plaister of Oxycrocium and spread it upon sheeps leather lay it to the pain and let it lye till it come off of it self Mr. Holden A Glister to expel the Wind. TAke Fennelseeds and Anniseeds two spoonfuls of each and bruise them a little Camamile flowers Rosemary flowers Pellitory of the Wall Peneroyal and Camamile of each of these half a handfull Mr. Holden A Glister for the Wind-Colick TAke a quart of thin Posset-drink Peneroyal Pellitory of the Wall of each an handful Mallows and Plantin of each half an handful and Cummin-seeds and Sasafrage-seeds of each one spoonful bruised Camamile flowers one spoonfull boyl them down to half the Posset-ale take half a pint thereof dissolve therein half an ounce of the Electuary called Electuarium de baccis lauri Medcalf For the Wind Colick BOylone spoonfull of Cumminseeds with a few Camamile flowers in Posset-drink good to drink for the Wind for one that is Costive in his Body Medcalf How to order feed and keep any Horse for Pleasure Hunting or Travel I Would have your Keeper of these ordinary Horses to rise early in the morning by the spring of day or before according to the season of the year and to sift the Horse the quantity of near three pints of good old dry Oats and to put to them an handfull or two of spelted Beans Hulls and all and so give them to the Horse After he hath eaten them let him dress him according to the order of good Horsemanship First curry with the Comb then dust then curry with the Brush then dust then rub with wet Hands after with a clean Woollen cloth after with a clean Linnen cloth then pick all obscure places Lastly comb down the Main and Tail Then saddle him and ride him forth to water then warm him both before and after very moderately so bring him home dry without sweat Then cloth him up after you have rubbed his head body and legs and let him stand on his Bridle more then an hour then give him the former quantity of Provender and the same in kind After he hath eaten his Provender give him into his Rack a pretty bundle of Hay and so let him rest till after dinner When you have din'd give him the former quantity of Provender and the same in kind and so let him rest till the evening only renew his Hay if there be occasion At evening dress him well as in the morning then ride him forth to water and do as you did in the morning When you come home and have clothed him up let him stand on his Bridle as before then give him the former quantity of Provender and so let him rest till nine of the Clock at night at which time give him the former quantity of Provender and a pretty bundle of Hay and so let him rest till the morning This you shall do concerning his Ordinary keeping at home where the Horse hath rest and that you may dispose of hours as you please but if you be either in Travel or Sport or other occasion so that you cannot observe these particular times then you must divide the main and whole quantity of Meat into fewer parts and greater quantities and give them at the best conveniency ever observing to give the least quantity before Travel as a 3 part before Mounture and the two other after you come to rest Nor would I have you to distract your mind with any doubt or amazement because I prescribe you five several times of Feeding in one day as if it should either over-charge you or over-feed your Horse Questionless there is no such matter when you look into the true proportion for it cannot be denied but whosoever is worthy of a good Horse or good Means to keep a good Horse cannot allow him less than one Peck a day nay the Carrier Caerter Poulter and Packhorse will allow half a peck at a Watering and this allowance which I set down comes to no more for 15 pints of Oats and one pinte of Spelt-Beans up-heaped make two gallons and that is one peck of Winchester measure Now to give it at twice fills the stomack more makes the digestion worse and the appetite weak whereas to give less but more often the stomack is ever craving the digestion always ready and the appetite never wanting so that health without disorder can never be a stranger Therefore once again thus much for ordinary keeping But if you intend to give an Heat as to Hunt Gallop Travel or the like which I would wish you do once twice or thrice a week Then observe all your former observations only the night before give him little or no Hay at all In the morning early before his Heat and before his dressing give him three or four handfulls of clean sifted Oats washt either in strong Ale or Beer Then dress him Saddle him and give him his Heat But if it be sudden and violent then let it be when the Horse hath emptied himself very well After his heat Rub him very well and bring him dry into the Stable Then after he is Clothed up warm let him stand on his Bridle at least two hours then give him a little bundle of Hay to tear out upon his bridle and an hour after feed him as hath been before shewed Only with the first Oats give him an handful or better of Hempseed well dusted and mixed At night warm him a little water and give him it luke-warm then an hour after give him his Provender and
your Colts growing all the Summer following will make your Colt Mares so bare that they shall not be able to foal nor give their Colts sufficient suck At what age Colts may best be handled WHen your Horse-Colt hath been bred as is afore-appointed the best age in my opinion to take him up to break is when he shall be full four years old and the vantage or if you may spare him and have good close ground to keep him in rather at five years old and the vantage for then will his joynts and sinews be strong and well knit his hoof ever tough and not brittle his eye-sight good his chine strong so that you cannot hurt him neither in breaking nor in reasonable riding besides he will last a good Horse till he be 24 or 25 years old whereas if you will take him up at two or three years old as we commonly do you shall find him afterwards many times blind brittle hoofed weak back'd full of windgalls and splints and shew himself to be an old stiff Horse before he come to be ten years old as the most part of their Spanish Horses do because they are taken up so young which is because that in Spain they have no good close ground to let their Colts run longer in and not for any other Commodity Approved Receipts For the Curing of all Diseases Incident to HORSES Receipt I. To draw out any Thorn or Nayl in any place TAke Dod monds which are house Snails and seeth them in Butter and apply them and they will draw out any Thorn or Nayl And so will the Roots of Reeds if they be bruised and laid to being bound to the wounded place with a linnen cloth He may run out but to stand in is better Proved II. A perfect Drier of a Green Wound or any other Sore TAke Soap and unslaked Lime and mix them well together but before you lay it to wash the wound or sore with a little White-wine Vinegar and then apply it Proved A Marrow-bone burnt and made into powder and strewed on a Sore or wound is a great Dryer III. For any Anbury TAke a hot Iron and make it very sharp and take the Anbury in your hand and sear it off to the bottom with a red hot Iron Then mix a little beaten Verdigrease and Train-oyl together heat them and anoint the place once a day till it be whole Proved IV. For the Flapps in an Horses mouth TO know this you shall perceive his Lips to be swell'd on both sides of his mouth and that which is in the blisters is like the white of an Egg you must cut some slashes in it with a knife then rub it once with Salt and it is cured Proved V. To rot a Sore or Swelling ANoint the Sore or swelling with cold Bacon-grease once in two days till it be soft then open the skin with a Pen-knife at the bottom of the Sore and let out the filth and so heal it up with your healing Salve Proved See the water and Green Oyntment VI. Directions how to lay a Wound open and where and how to miss the Veins under it be it in Body or Legs WHen you cut a Sore open lay it drayning at the bottom or a little lower Be sure always to do this To miss the Master Vein if it lye lengthwise in the body be sure to cut under the Vein If it be a Sore upon the Leg that lyes right over the Vein then cut it side-wayes of the Vein right up and down If a Sore happen to be hollow a great length be it in Body or Legs then cut a hole at the lowest place that the filth may drain from the Sore the better then put in your finger under the Vein and when your finger is past the Vein upwards as far as it will go cut at your fingers end another hole and if you fee occasion turn your finger to another place and at your fingers end cut another hole If you chance at any time to cut a Vein in pieces put in a piece of a Hares skin with the wool on or Cony wool but Hares is best and this will stop the bleeding Proved That Hares wool will stop bleeding sooner than most things See Receipt To stop bleeding in Veins that be cut VII The way to put in a French Rowel THat is upon the lowest part of the Horses breast to that side that is lame you shall with a sharp knife cut the skin through not cross the breast but right down half the length of your finger then put your finger between the skin and the flesh and raise the skin from the flesh round about the hole the breadth of a six pence then take a piece of the upper leather of a shooe and cut it in the manner of this Figure here prescribed cut the piece of Leather round and then cut out a hole Your breath must not smell of Tobacco when you blow the skin up for a sweet breath is best if it do the place will swell the more VIII A rare Green Oyntment to heal any Wound old or new quickly TAke an handfull of water-Betony as much of Comfry of Mugwort red Sage Sage of Bethlehem by some called Jerusalem Sage of Sothern-wood of Rue by some called Herb of grace of Rosemary of each of these an hand full boyl all these in a pint of May Butter and as much Mutton Suet and when it hath boyl'd a while take it off the fire and strain it through a cloth and put it into a pot for your use This Oyntment will last good a year Proved Before you lay this Oyntment to wash the Wound first with the Water which you have in Receipt 38. IX To take a Film off an Horses Eye YOU must take as much of Dialthaea as the bigness of a Walnut and put to it the powder of Verdigrease as much as an Hasel-nut mix them well together then every day Put into his Eye as much of it as the bigness of a Pease this will take of any Film whatsoever Proved X. A Medicine to defend and keep back humors from a Wound so that it may heal the sooner TAke two pints of Tartar or the dregs of White-wine Vinegar but the Tartar is better and put in as much Bolearmonick as contain to an Egg an handfull of white or bay Salt and an handfull of great Burdock leaves or the Roots wash the swell'd place and round about the Swelling with this once a day this will hasten the cure very much if you do so wash it with this and apply to the wound your healing Salves or Oyntments as you may in this Book be furnished with store of them for that purpose Proved XI Another for the same TAke a pint of Verjuyce and put to it three penny-worth of Camphire cut very small boyl them together a quarter of an hour and when it is almost cold put it into some glass or pot and wash the swell'd place round about it
once a day with this till it be healed with other Medicines This will much further the Cure of any Wound or Sore where humors do fall down to it whilst you do apply other Medicines to heal up the Sore or Wound For these defensives are for no other purpose but to keep back humors that hinder Sores or Wounds from healing Proved XII A rare Receipt for a Farcion TAke Mullin by some called Higtaper it hath a great woolly leaf it groweth close by the ground upon the banks of Ditches or in the high-ways side Chickweed Groundsel and Wood Betony of each an handfull cut them small and boyl them all in a quart of Ale and when it is luke-warm put in two penny-worth of Quicksilver and give it him to drink fasting The third day after give him the like proportion warm water all the while to drink and to stand in Proved XIII For a Horse that hath his Fundament fallen out or for a Cow that hath the Mother fallen out TAke an armfull of Willow boughs and dry them on a hot Hearth when they are dry sweep the Hearth as clean as you can and set them on fire and burn them to ashes then take the ashes and searce them through a fine boulter and before you strew on the powder of the ashes wash the Fundament with warm water to make it as warm as the body then strew on the finest of the ashes and put the Fundament up into its place then tye a line to the Horses tayl and bring it between his hinder Legs and fasten it to a Surcingle under his belly pretty straight using this means his Fundament will be kept up and in a very short time it will be knit firm and strong again If the Mother of a Cow come forth use but the aforesaid means and you will find it a perfect remedie both proved White Pepper beaten finely and searced through a fine searce the Fundament being well warmed with warm water or milk and after warmed with a warm cloth and then this beaten Pepper strewed upon it and so put up and his tayl tyed close between his Legs as before you will find it very good A Marrow-bone of a Bullock burnt in the fire and beaten to fine powder is for a Wound a great and good dryer and healer and will skin a Wound Proved The inward and outward bark of a Willow-tree first dryed and afterwards the hearth being swept very clean burnt to ashes and the ashes sifted through a fine boulter the finest of these ashes is good to dry up any Sore nothing like it These ashes are likewise a great binder for a loosness in Horses or Cows bodies Proved XIV To kill Lice of horses and Cows TAke a quantity of Hogs-grease and anoint the Horse underneath the Mane and upon the ridgebone of the back it will burst them all presently XV. For a Stub or other hurt in or about the Foot TAke Bees-wax Pitch Hogs-grease and Turpentine boyl them together in an earthen pan but put in the Turpentine a little before you take it off the fire and stir it well together make the wound clean and pour it in scalding hot dip hards or tow in it and stuff the place where it is hurt full with it and it will heal it in a short time this will last a year Proved XVI To Cleanse any Wound old or new TAke the Roots of Elder and beat them to powder and boyl them with English-Hony It is good to cleanse any Sore old or new But take this for a general observation that before you dress any Wound let it be where it will about the Horse wash it clean first with White-wine wine Vinegar and then dress it with your Salve Proved XVII For the Sleeping Evil. THe signs to know it are The Horse will stand sleeping in a corner continually with his head hanging down to the ground it takes away his memory The Cure is to be performed thus Let him blood on both sides the neck in the morning fasting before he drink let him blood also in the mouth in the third furrow in the roof of his mouth and after he hath bled well give him this Drink Take of Camomil and motherwort together three handfulls cut small and boyl them in two quarts of Running water half an hour and then give the Horse a pint once in two days fasting the third day give him the rest fasting and three or four hours after give him warm water and a little comfortable Mash made of ground Mault put into scalding hot water after it comes of the fire keep him in the house warm the time of the cure and fume his head as you do for the Staggers and this in a short time is a perfect cure Proved XVIII To stop bleeding at the Nose THe chief cause thereof is the thinness of the Vein in the head you must let him blood in both the Plate veins and then wind a thumband of wet Hay about his neck and throw cold wate upon the thumband till you see the blood to stanch the thumband must be so long that it may be wound from his ears to his breast very lightly XIX For the Falling Evil in an Horse THe Falling Evil will cause him suddenly to fall down and to lye sprauling with his heels and foaming at the mouth like a man that hath the Falling sickness you shall know whether he be subject to fall often by feeling him by the gristles of his Nose which will be cold if he be subject to it The Cure is to let him blood on both sides of his neck after he hath bled in the morning before he drink give him this Drink Take Miseltoe that groweth upon an Apple-tree the leaves are like Ivy leaves dry it and rub it to powder and use it at your leisure give him of this powder of Miseltoe one spoonfull in half a pint of Sack and keep him in the house till he be well and give him to drink water luke-warm Proved You may add to the Miseltoe three drams of the Electuary called Theriaca Diaresseron or the Oyl of Pepper one dram or a dram and an half XX. For a Cough old or new or the heaving of his Lungs TAke the Root of Gentian which you shall have at the Apothecaries slice it dry it and beat it to powder give the beast as much of this powder as will lye upon a shilling in half a pinte of his own water give this to him fasting once in three days and so continue every third day till you see his Cough and Heaving to abate or be quite gone the cold of his water must be just taken off and he must stand in all the time of the Cure This for an old Cough or heaving of the Lungs is the best Cure in the World Proved XXI For a Canker in the Tongue YOU shall see his mouth and tongue raw within you shall know it by his stinking breath and his roping slavering Which to
on purpose that none may knovv that you use any thing but Sope lay it on a piece of gray Paper and heat a Brick hot and dry it in as you did the former this is much of the nature of the former Proved XXXVII For a Splent great or small an excellent one IF it were never medled with before be it great or small this will cure it First take a piece of Leather as broad again as will cover the Splent then take of Cantharides which is a flye that you may have at the Apothecaries and beat them to powder or very fine take of them half a quarter of an ounce at a time mixed with as much Nerve Oyl as contain to half a Wallnut bray them well together and lay them upon a piece of Leather and bind it on for eight or ten hours and then take it off and stroke it down with your Fingers and Thumb twice or thrice a day till you see it quite fallen This Medicine will dissolve the Splent into a Water and you shall see it sweat out drops of water doing it with your fingers and Thumb every day If it be a great through Splent lay it on twice if it be a little one but once doing will serve he must stand in all the time of the Cure you may ride him after you have taken the Medicine off take a piece of Tape to bind it on Make no more at a time than you shall use it will not last as to do good This will not diminish a hair but sink it flat This Medicine is not to be laid to a Splent that hath been formerly medled with where the swelling still remains and the hair is come off and the skin very thin the Medicine is too strong and will soon eat the thin skin a pieces in such a case Proved to be right good XXXVIII A Water to cure any old Wound or green in Man or Beast TAke half a pound of Bolearmoniack a quarter of a pound of white Copperis two ounces of Roch Allum beat your Roch Allum and Copperis small and put them into a Pipkin and melt them together and when they are cold put them with the Bolearmoniack into a Mortar and beat them all together to a fine powder then take a pottle of Running Spring water where the Spring boyls with a blew sand at the bottom if possible rather than in any other Spring set this pottle of spring-Spring-water on the fire with a close Skellet till it be scalding hot and then put it into a clean earthen Pitcher and put two spoonfuls of this powder into the water and stir it up well together before you let it stand to settle and vvhen the vvater hath stood two or three days setling then skum off the upper most froth put the vvater into another Pitcher clean from the dregs and afterwards use it vvhen you have occasion But vvhen you use it either for man or beast vvarm the vvater as hot as can be indured either by man or beast When you vvash any vvound of a man let the cloth lie a vvhile vvet upon the vvound and vvet a double cloth in the same vvater and bind it on plaister vvise renevving it tvvo or three times a day For any vvound old or nevv alvvaies vvash it first vvith this vvater and then apply the green Oyntment to it aftervvards vvhich you shall find in R. VIII Proved XXXIX A Receipt to cure a Horse Pestilence TAke of Wormwood a handful of Rue a handful of Selendine roots a handful to be cut small then put them into a quart of Aloes Milk boyl it till it comes to a pint Then strain it and put to it half a pound of fresh Butter then give it the Horse in the morning fasting pretty vvarm and keep him from drinking two daies and if he does drink let it be cold water and if grass may be had let him ear grass Another Receipt for a Febula or Horse-Pestilence TAke one ounce of Storax one ounce of Benjamin one ounce of Betony a quarter of an ounce of English Saffron these being beaten all to a powder put them into a quart of new Ale and give it to the Horse to drink Let him not have any warm water but keep him as before from any drink two dayes and let him eat grass if to be had XL. For the Yellows YOu shall know this by his faint sweating at the roots of his Ears and the white of his Eyes will be yellow you must first let him blood in the Neck veins or on both sides of the Neck then take Elder Leaves Cellendine and Camomile of each a handfull cut them small and give them to the Horse in a pint and a half of the best Beer being heated lukewarm fasting you may run your Cornet-horn into the third roof in the palat of his mouth keep him warm and give him warm water to drink for a day or two and this drench will certainly cure him Proved XLI For a Chest-Founder To know this he will go crimpling and stand stradling and covet lye to down Take six penny-vvorth of the Oyl of Peter and bath it well into his breast rub it in well at the first then dry it lightly with a hot Iron this with once doing will be a perfect Cure Not tried but very likely XLII For a swelling under the Jaws when a Horse hath the strangling FOr a swelling of this nature take nothing else but Bacon-grease and anoint it which will if it be hard suddenly soften it with twice anointing and when it is full ripe let it out some use to burn the swelling with a Candle before they anoint it and it will cause it to break the sooner let it out with the point of a Pen-knife and sometimes there will come out a pinte of filth when it is clean out put in some white Salt when any sore is soft let it out with the point of a Pen-knife lay it drayning as much as you can with all the advantages you can If it be a sore in any other place than the Throat rot it with Bacon-grease and open it and put it out and heal it with the green Oyntment mentioned in R. XXXVIII You must have a care of veins that you do not cut them Proved XLIII For a Sore IF a Horse hath a Sore in his side or else where rot it first with Bacon-grease then open it in the midst and let the hole below enough that you may put your finger in from the middle of the wound downwards cut it in the midst and slash it quite down to the bottom it will drain the better and heal the sooner a great deal Heal it up with the green Oyntment dressing it once a day and always before you lay your green Oyntment to the wound wash it with the rare water to heal any wound first This is that I advise you when you wash a wound with this water dry it with a clean linnen cloth before you
lay your green Oyntment to This water and green Oyntment will heal any wound old or new if you observe and do as I have directed if there be any proud flesh in any sore be the sore in what place it will scald it with Butter and Salt and it will eat it off and help to heal it presently Proved XLIV To make a Horse piss that is troubled with the Wind-Colick or Obstruction in the Bladder TAke a quarter of a pound of Castle Sope and scrape it small then put to it two ounces of Dialthaea which you shall have at the Apothecaries bray them well together in a Mortar and then make them up in Balls about the bigness of a Barbers wash-ball and keep them for your use they will last a year one Ball crumbled into a pint and a half of strong Beer heat scalding hot will dissolve the Ball then let it stand till it be but luke warm and give it the Beast with a horn with this he will empty beyond expectation as long as any thing is in him Let him fast an hour after he takes it Proved XLV To cure a Poll Evil which grows upon the top of the Head YOu may know it when it begins to breed by its growing bigger than ordinary upon the top of the head if it be pretty big take a hot Iron and sear it round about the Poll Evil till the skin look yellow as this Figure doth shew you Then take another red hot Iron made of this fashion and make so many holes vvith this Iron as the Cross vvill give you leave and no further make all these holes with the point of this last Iron vvithin the compass of the seared place as you may see the pricks in the Figure so many pricks so many holes the bigger it is you may make the more the lesser the fewer these holes being thus made take a piece of yellow Arsenick as big as a wheat-kernel and put it into one hole and so do the like to every hole then at the same time lay on every hole over the Arsenick a piece of black Sope to stop the Arsenick in after all these beat some Arsenick fine to povvder and mix as much of the Powder vvith black Sope as contains to half a vvall-nut to anoint the place vvhere first the Iron seared it round but no where else and within three weeks it vvill be ready to come out all that is vvithin the compass of the round Ring the Arsenick vvill eat to the bottom if you see it hang but by a little at the bottom then you may adventure to cutit out otherwise let it alone three or four days longer and then cut it out close at the bottom After you have cut it clean out then wash it with the water that is good to cure any old Ulcer or green Wound and if you see or find with your Instrument that there is any hole at the bottom or suspect that there is any dead flesh there squirt the water aforesaid with a Syringe or Squirt to the bottom till all the dead flesh be eaten out this water will do it quickly which when you see anoint it with Sallet Oyl upon a Feathers end once a day till it be quite whole if the hole go forwards to his ears let him stand in at dry meat if the hole go backward let him run abroad at grass because be holding down his head the filthy matter cannot spread further but must come back to the main Wound this Observation will much further the Cure Again if this disease happen in Winter when no flyes are stirring anoint it and heal it with Sallet Oyl if this disease happen in Summer when the flyes are busie anoint it then with Train Oyl which you shall have at the Curriers if this disease of a Poll-Evil or a Fistula chance to be over-grown with Bags or Bunnies of proud flesh while you are healing of it then do nothing but scald it with Butter and Salt and it will soon remedy that XLVII For a Fistula THe mark of the Fistula is after this manner the Fistula always hangs on either side the top of the Cress as you may see by this Figure The same way and the same means will cure this as you used to the Poll-Evil with the Instrument with a cross you must make so many holes as you see pricks within the Figure and you must do in every thing as you did in the last Mark you must make three holes upon the top of the Wollis which is the top of the Neck or Cress which is in the midst of the Fistula and you must make two holes on either side Proved XLVII For the Plague Pestilence Garget or Murrain in Horse or Beast only YOu must not let blood in this Disease you shall know it by these signs He will hang down his head and will gum thick Atter at the Eyes as big as your fingers end and much and will go weakly staggering and his Head will oftentimes swell very big and will fall away of his flesh suddenly and yet feed very well the Cure is thus Take as much Diapente as a Hasel-nut as much Dialphera as much London Treacle as much Mithridate as much Saffron a handful of Wormwood an handful of red Sage Rhubarb as much as an Hasel-nut two Cloves of Garlick boyl all these together in two pints of good Beer till it come to a pint and a half then give it him luke-warm fasting and keep him very warm and the next thing you give him must be a Mash made of ground Malt let him drink warm water for a Week and sometimes bursten Oats now and then a little clean sweet Hay it is his sweating that does the Cure If one Drink will do no good give him another three daies after to make all sure it will not make him much sick Half of the proportions of this drink will do wondrous well for a Cow if she have the like disease Not tryed but very probable XLVIII For a Horse or Cow that is poysoned by licking of Venome or is over-gorged with Clover-grass or Turnips by greedy feeding EIther Horse or Cow will swell and slaver very much and will be so extreamly full as if they were ready to burst and the skin to crack if they drink soon after it so much the worse but if he be but alive when you give him this it will cure him in a quarter of an hour for it will work as soon as it is in his body For the cure Take a quarter of a pound of Castle-sope and scrape it thin and put to it two ounces of Dialphera which you shall have at the Apothecaries bray them in a Mortar small together and make them up in Balls as big as a Barbers Wash-ball and lay them by till you have occasion to use them one Ball is enough for one Beast to cure this Disease you must dissolve the Ball in a pint and a half of Strong
many inward passages which causeth bad blood Which to help you must let them blood in the beginning of the Month of May and let them stand in some close yard the Night before And the Night after give them a handful of Hemp-seed a piece Now for the Pestilence Gargil and Murrain they are infectious contagious Diseases none like them they proceed many times from hard driving heats and colds hunger or any other thing breeding corrupt humors as by drinking when they are hot or feeding upon gross foul and corrupted foods as in low grounds after floods when the Grass is unpurged and the like And sometimes it cometh from some evil influences of the Planets corrupting the Plants and Fruits of the Earth And sometimes from Cattle too And from divers such like causes But howsoever when these Diseases begin certain it is that they are most infectious and if there be not great care taken they will leave but few alive of a great many for the one infects the other These Diseases are easily known they will hang down their heads and run Atter at the Eyes will swell on the Lips and all on one side of the Cheek and under the Tongue and sometimes at the roots of the Ears The Cure is to separate the sound from the sick a good distance of place from the Air where the sick breathe then let them blood on the Neck-veins and give every one a spoonful of Diapente in a pint of Verjuyce If you cannot get Diapente take a spoonful of Treacle-Jean and give it in a pint of Verjuyce Thus give them a good quantity of old Urine and a handful of new Hens-dung stir the Urine and Hens-dung well together and give it to the Beast luke-warm keep him in the house a Week after These for Cows or Bullocks be prime Receipts Proved LXXIV For a Bite Blow or Film in the Eye TAke as much white Copperis as the bigness of half a Walnut and beat it very fine the same quantity of Verdigrease beaten to powder Bray these two well together upon an Iron-spade or in a Mortar then mix them with as much fresh Butter as a Walnut put into the Eye as much of this as the bigness of a Pease once a day until it be well and clear Proved LXXV A precious Oyntment for an Horses Eye either for Bite Blow or Film GO to the Apothecaries and buy the stone called Lapis Calaminaris it is of a blew colour heat it red hot then take it out and quench it presently in a pint and a half of Whitewine and so heat it and quench it as afore 12 times one after another then add unto the Wine half so much of the juyce of Housleek well stamped and strained and stir them up well together dip a Feather in this water and dress it two or three times a day till the sight be recovered Proved LXXVI A gallant Scouring to make a Beast thrive Winter or Summer TAke a handful of Groundsel called by some Sertion half a handful of Red-sage half a handful of dried or green Wormwood stript you must shred them all small and boyl them in a pint and a half of strong Beer and when it comes off the fire put in a piece of Butter as big as an Egg You may put in as much of the powder of Mechoacan as will lye upon a shilling at three or four times I know it purgeth Slime and moulten Grease in Lumps and works very kindly Give him warm Water to drink evening and morning for three or four daies after A Mash of Malt once a day or once in two daies if your Horse do not fill well and that his Coat stand right up staring or be Hide-bound give him this LXXVII IF you let blood in the Neck or Temple-vein you must alwaies Cord the Horse Take this for a Rule LXXVIII For a Strangling in the Spring TAke a handful of Elder-buds as much of dried Wormwood half an handful of Mercury as much of Tansey cut these small and boyl them in a pint of strong Beer and it will serve for three drinks three daies distance between drink and drink Give it him fasting in mornings give a Mash three hours after warm Water for a day or two let him stand in all the while If he be swelled between the Jaws anoint it with Bacon-grease once in two or three daies till it be rotted and then let it out and heal it with your healing-salves Proved LXXIX To kill Lice in Horses or Cows TAke two pennyworth of Quicksilver and work it well with Fasting-spittle upon the Palm of your hand till the Quicksilver be killed then take the whites of two Eggs and bray them with the Quicksilver and Spittle till they be as an Oyntment spread these upon a List that will go round about the Beasts Neck let it be as broad as four fingers first cut away the hair and then tye your List round about and sow it up they will come to it and it will kill abundance of them and in several places about the Beast daub on some Train-oyl LXXX To make a Horse Stale or Piss TAke as much Castle-sope as a Walnut boyl it in a pint of strong Beer a little while and give it him luke-warm it will make him piss Proved LXXXI For an inward Bruise with any Fume or Stub TAke a pint and a half of strong Beer and one ounce of Bolearmoniack and boyl them a little together and give it him with a Horn luke-warm It is very good for an inward bruise of a Beast The greasie sort is best Proved LXXXII For a Horse that hath rent his flesh about the Belly or elsewhere or for any new wound TAke a pint of Whitewine Vinegar the sharpest you can get boyl it in half a quarter of a pound of Bolearmoniack after it hath boyled a little and when it comes off the fire put into it a little piece of Butter and bathe the place grieved once in two daies and in two or three times dressing it will cure This is a plain and easie Cure LXXXIII For an old Cold with a Cough TAke as much fresh or salt Butter as an Egg and make it hollow as a Pye and put as much Tar into it as a Walnut then close up the Ball very round and roul it in the Seeds and strippings of Wormwood cut small To make two Balls of the Butter and Tar is better give him this in a pint and a half of strong Beer in the morning fasting he having stood in the night before keep him in house three or four daies after give him warm Water the cold just taken off it for two daies the water must be no warmer at any time If you see he doth not fill well and hath left his Coughing then four or five daies after give him the same again and order him as before When you have given him this ride him a hand-gallop for three or four miles till he sweat well but
him to belly give him another keep him warm and it is a Cure Proved LXXXIX For the Scratches THey are upon the After-heels of a Horse in the Pastern and above For Remedy take two penny-worth of black Sope as much as an Egg of the newest Hens-dung as you can get Oyster-shels put into hot Embers five or six they must be put in over-night and raked up so that they may be well dried by the morning then beat them to powder and bray them altogether like an Oyntment and apply it to the Horses sore Heels every morning and evening the Horse must not come in the Water till you see he is cured Alwaies rub his Heels very clean before you rub in the Oyntment and you shall find it a certain Cure in two or three times dressing Proved XC For the Scratches OVer-night let his Heels and Legs be bathed well in Beef-broth the next morning rub his Legs clean and then apply this Oyntment to heal it Take two pennyworth of Gilts-grease two pennyworth of Speck-oyl at the Curriers made of shreds and cuttings of Leather two pennyworth of Verdigrease beaten small two pennyworth of Train-Oyl put all these into a Pipkin and set it on the Coles to melt but stir them till they be melted then once a day anoint him with this Oyntment till his Heels be well which will be whole very suddenly Chafe it and rub it in with your hand very well let him come in no water nor dirt till he be whole when Horses have been so swelled crannied and stiff that they could not go but fall down This hath cured them Proved XCI Another for the same IF at any time a Horses Leg swell but especially in the month of March ride him into a River where the Water runs swiftly up to the Mid-leg and there let him stand not above a quarter of an hour then when you set him up in the Stable take a Wisp and a Payl of Water and dash the Water against his Legs till they be clean This is a Cure for swelled Legs in a very short time that is when they are not broken out but only swelled Proved XCII For Foot-foundring THat Foot which is foundred he will set before the other For Remedy pare him down to the quick if he bleed it matters not then set on his Shoe very hollow then take Flax or Tow and make a pretty thick Cake thereof and spread Venice Turpentine thereon a good thickness then lay it all over the bottom of the Hoof and put a piece of the upper Leather of a Shoe to keep it in At 3 daies end lay on a new Plaister as before If his Foot grow again pare him to the quick again and every third day lay on a new Plaister till you see him go better he must run abroad in low grounds this Plaister will draw down the humours exceedingly Continue thus doing and if he have not been foundred too long this will cure him in a month or very little more perfectly To further the Cure you may let him blood at the Toes nevertheless the place should not be dirty that he goes in Proved XCIII For the Garget in the Throat of a Cow IF you have an Ox or Cow or Bullock that hath the Garget in the Throat it comes for want of Water it will cause a swelling under the sides The Remedy is first to cast the Beast then cut the skin through in the midst of the swelling and flea the skin from the flesh so far as any swelling goes then take of the whitest Wood-ashes that you can get sifted fine mix them with some mouldy stale old Piss stir them well together and wash the Sore therewith Proved XCIV Another for a Garget at the Root of the Tongue of a Cow A Garget at the Root of the Tongue is a certain swelling under the Root of the Tongue which causeth his head and face to swell also and to froth at the mouth he will then for sake his meat with often gulping in his throat The Remedy is first cast him in soft straw from bruising his body then take his Tongue in your hand and pull it out as far as you can and with the point of a sharp Penknife slit down the middle Vein an inch right under the Tongue and there will come forth black blood and water which comes from the Gall then rub the place with Salt and Vinegar mingled together and it will cure Proved XCV For the Garget in the Guts of a Cow or Bullock THe signs are these The Beast will run at the Eyes drivel and slaver at the Mouth with a sad heavy countenance For Remedy take an Egg-shel full of Tar and put it down her Throat then take two handfuls of Salt and put it into a pint of Verjuyce and put it down the Beasts Throat with a Horn then drive her to and fro till she dung Keep her fasting four hours after Proved XCVI For the over-flowing of the Gall in a Cow or Bullock THe signs are extraordinary fulness of the Body and slavering at the mouth The Remedy Take an Egg-shell full of Tar and put it down her Throat having before a pint of Verjuyce or Vinegar and a pennyworth of Cloves beaten boyl the Verjuyce and Cloves together and when you take it off the fire put in two good handfuls of Salt and give it her lukewarm with a Horn immediately after the Egg-shell full of Tar and drive her to and fro Proved XCVII For a Horse or Cow that makes red-Red-water TAke a Red herring with a hard Row and cut it as small as you can and put it into a quart of strong Beer and give the Beast it luke-warm and in twice giving it is a Cure Proved XCVIII For a Horse that is Back-swanckt or for a Strain in the Kidneys being over-burthened in the Hinder part or in Race-running or by being over-strained in the Back TAke a fat hot Sheeps-skin just as it comes from the back of the Sheep as soon as she is kill'd mix four pennyworth of Nerve-oyl and four pennyworth of Turpentine well together and besmear or anoint the inside of the Sheeps-skin all over and clap it to the place of the back where the grief lies which commonly is in the Navil-place of the back-bone In that part of the back-bone is a horse mostly swanckt of when you have thus laid it along his back-bone make a Crupper to go under his Tail to keep it on and a breast-plate before and fasten them together to girt it upon him for a month till his back be knit and strengthened Proved Here followeth Nathaniel Shaw's Receipts which are all approved things and he is accompted as able a Farrier as any is in London I have both proved my self and seen him prove most of them both Inward and Outward and although the former Receipts in this Book will do much good Yet these go beyond them in many things both for cheapness and readiness of the Cure
I shall begin with a Disease in the Head called the Canker C. For a Canker in the Head A Canker is a Disease in the Head and sometimes will set upon the Eyes and sometimes in the Nostrils You shall know it by his rawness and it will run a yellow Water For Remedy Take half a pint of Sallet-oyl one ounce of the Oyl of Turpentine three ounces of Burgundy Pitch and one pennyworth of Verdigrease beaten fine put all but the Verdigrease into a Pipkin and let them boyl together a pretty while then take it off the fire and put in the Verdigrease and let them all boyl together to a Salve but if you have not a great care the Verdigrease will make all boyl over to prevent which alwaies have another Pipkin stand by in readiness that if it boyl over you may put some into that then put them together again and set them upon warm embers and let it gently boyl till you see it come to a Salve being neither too hard nor too soft you must stir it all the while it boyls then take it off and keep it for your use If you use this Medicine for a Canker in the Nostrils first tye a rag about a sticks end and dip it in some Whitewine Vinegar and some Salt and run it up his Nostrils to do off all the scales When you have washt it clean take a Feather and if it be not long enough tye two together and dip it in the cold Salve and run it up his Nostrils but once a day If it be a Canker in the Head Face or Eyes take a little Tow and rub the Canker till it bleed and when it leaveth bleeding anoint it with a Feather dipt in the aforesaid Salve and strew some Wheat-bran upon the Salve it will hold on the better Dress it once a day till you see it heal and then once in two or three daies whilst it heal up Observe this Rule in all outward Cures for it is needful let him stand in all the time of the Cure Proved CI. For a dry scurvy Mange although it be from the Head to the Tayl of Horse Cow Dog or any thing else FIrst scrape off all the Scurff with an old Curry-comb or piece of Knife then take two ounces of the Oyl of Turpentine and as much strong Beer mix them together and shake them well in a Glass Vial then anoint the Horse where he is pild and mangy a Week after dress him again if you see any matter y running places else not tye him up with a strong Halter till it hath done working for it will smart terribly When you have kill'd the Mange to make the hair come again wash it two or three times with a little strong Beer now and then and it will make the hair come quickly and thick Let the Beast stand in at dry meat the time of the Cure This is a rare Receipt Proved CII For a blow or any other mischance which causeth a swelling about the Head Face Jaws or Chaps FIrst Let blood in the Neck-vein on the side the Head swells if he swells on both sides let him blood on both sides Then give him this Drink to prevent a Farcy take an ounce of Turmerick and an ounce of Anniseeds of Red-sage Wormwood Herbgrace of all three but a handful cut them small and put all into a quart of strong Beer and give it the Beast cold for they are hot of themselves fasting in a morning and let him fast four or five hours after it give him warm Water to drink but for once so soon as you have given him his Drink apply this charge hot with a flat stick dab on the swelling a quarter of a pint of Aqua-vitae or Brandy-wine which is the spirit of Aqua-vitae but Brandy is best mixed with a pennyworth of Crown-sope according to the bigness or smalness of the swelling make a quantity of these two things which you apply as a charge this charge of these two things will take down any swelling old or new whatsoever soke it in with a red hot Iron apply it but once it will not come off in fourteen or fifteen daies it will sink it quite flat or break it Proved CIII For a Navil-Gall TAke Brandy-wine cold and dab it on with your hand or with a Rag it will take it down in a few times dressing if the skin be not broken Proved CIV For hard Kernels under the Throat MIx Sope and Brandy-wine together and apply it to the Kernels hot then heat it in with a hot Iron it will either sink them flat or break them Proved CV For a New Sinew strain APply Sope and Brandy once hot and heat them in with a hot Iron but first you must clip the hair away in the Pastern right over the Shackle-veins and then let blood on both the Shackle-veins and then apply the Charge letting Blood will much further the Cure Let the Sinew-strain be before or behind you must let blood if you will have a speedy Cure Letting blood thus and applying the Charge will take his lameness away in eight and forty hours with once doing at the most Do not ride him in four or five daies after you have laid on this charge This Sope and Brandy heat well in with a hot Iron it will not come off in 14 or 15 daies and when you see the scurff to rise anoint it with Trotters-oyl which is made of Sheeps-feet boiled anoint it once in two dayes to strengthen the Sinews till he go well you may ride him in four or five daies and for four or five daies or a week keep him out of the Water after you have applyed the Charge and it will be a perfect Cure Proved CVI. For an old Sinew-strain that is swelled and hard on Fore or After-legs FIrst clip away the hair right over the Shackle-veins on the Pastern and you will see to strike the Shackle-vein the better when it hath bled apply two ounces of the Oyl of Turpentine mixed with two ounces of strong Beer and put them into a glass Vial and shake them well together bath most of it in with your hand upon the Vein or swelling and three or four daies after it hath done swelling and begins to be scurfie lay a Charge of Sope and Brandy heat it well in with a hot Iron and it will take it quite down in a week or a fortnights time you may ride him in five or six daies When you see the Charge to scurf and pill you may anoint it with Oyl of Trotters once or twice Proved very certain CVII For any old hard and crushy Knobs or Swellings that have been a long time let them be never so hard Do thus FIrst anoint it with an ounce and a half of the Oyl of Turpentine and as much strong Beer mixed together and put it in a Glass and well shaken together and bathed in with your hand and three or four daies after the Charge of
fine Tow Flax or Hards to dry the blood up and there let it lye five or six hours then take it away and put in some of the Medicine which you use for a Canker in the Head Face Eyes or Nostrils of a Horse vide Receipt C. With this Medicine dress it once a day at first and as it begins to heal dress it once in two daies this Medicine will heal it suddenly cut a hole at the edge or lower part of the swelling to lay it a draining and it will heal a great deal sooner dab and throw on good store of Wheat-bran upon it when you lay it on when your Plaister comes off look upon the top of the Poll-Evil to see how far the dead proud white jelly flesh goes cut it all out with your Incision knife till you come at the red flesh which is sound the Veins will bleed much and spin again when you come at the quick but let not that hinder you from cutting out all the dead proud flesh which if you cut all out clean you cannot do amiss only take heed you do not cut the white Paxwax which runs along the top of the Neck which some call a Cress it is white and you may easily see it if you cut that his Neck will fall and look basely therefore have a care There is a white Pith in a Poll-evil near the top of the Neck by the Paxwax take your Nippers and pull it out it will come out like a Plug there is no such thing in a Fistula when you have pulled it out put some of your Medicine to it and it will heal it apace Let not the dead flesh be left in the wound but cut it clean out although the wound seem never so broad The same cure and the same way is to be used for a Fistula the Beast must stand in the time of the Cure Proved CXXII For a through Splent on both sides of the Leg by some called a Great Bone-Sâ—rupin FIrst Tye the Horses head close to a strong Post then tye up his contrary Leg then bruise and beat the Splint on both sides with a Blood-stick or Bed-staff beat it till it be something soft if he will not endure the beating of it standing cast him with a rope after you have beat it soft Take of the Oyl of Riggrum 12 pennyworth and rub it on with your fingers on both sides upon the very splent and no where else you shall have of this Oyl but a little for a shilling Tye up his head for two or three hours for it will smart and tye up his contrary Leg this way will take off the Hair a little but it will grow again of the same colour presently If it be never so big do but thus two or three times and within a weeks time it will be quite faln one dressing will serve for a small Splent or for a blood Splent this way will a little break the hair but not the skin If you will you may turn him out Proved to be admirable CXXIII For a Mallender FIrst Clip away the hair which grows upon it and about it then rub the Scabs off with a Hair-cloth or the back of your Scissars or Knife this rubbing of it will cause it to run a yellow matter take a Linnen-cloth and wipe away the filth clean then take four penny-worth of the Oyl of Riggrum and mix it with a little of your own Dung and lap it on with a flat stick upon a Linnen-cloth and bind it to for a Week then make it clean and dress it again and it is a Cure After your first dressing you may ride him or turn him out Proved CXXIV For a looseness in the Body of any Beast TAke a pint of Red-wine or for want thereof a pint of Claret warm it in a Wine-pot upon the fire then put an Ounce of beaten Cinamon therein and give him it a little warm you may put thereto the yolks of two new laid Eggs once or twice is a Cure give him warm Water at night and cold Water next day and ride him upon it Proved CXXV For a Cold in Summer or when a Horse doth not fill BOyl a quarter of Red-stone Sugar in a pint of Sack till it be dissolved and then take it off the fire and put in two spoonfuls of Sallet Oyl and give it lukewarm ride hard when you have given it unto him Give him warm Water for three or four daies after keep him warm give him now and then a Mash Proved CXXVI For a sudden great heat as in Hunting Racing or hard Riding that the Horses Grease is melted THis you shall know by the panting of the Horse that Night he comes in so hot for if he be over-ridden and his Grease melted you shall know it by his panting at the Breast and Girting-place and heaving at the Flank you shall see the Night he comes in and the next day morning that his Body will be mighty hot For Remedy Take and give this to purge him and cleanse him and to qualifie the heat and working of his Body Take one pint of Sack and put to it one ounce of Diascordium beaten small mix them together and give it to the Beast at any time cold but in the morning fasting is the best give him warm Water for three or four daies after give him bursten Oats boyled Barley and Mashes made of ground Malt keep him well littered and clothed warm If he forsake his meat and you see he hath lost his stomack to bring him to his stomack again give him two ounces of Hony and half a pint of Whitewine mixed together and heated lukewarm in the morning after he hath drank cold water you may give him it with a Horn It will make him piss clear his bladder and bring him to his stomack again After you have given him it ride him a mile or two gently and set him up warm at night ride him a mile or two again and litter him well and keep him warm Thus do for three or four daies or a week at three daies end give him the Wine and Hony as before you were directed If you see notwithstanding all these means used that he will not fall to his meat and that he is bound in his belly and dungs very small then give him this Cordial two or three times in two or three daies betwixt each Cordial giving Take three pints of stale Beer houshold brown Bread the quantity of half a penny Loaf boil these two well together then take it off the fire and put into it a quarter of a pound of Hony and a quarter of a pound of fresh Butter give him this Cordial lukewarm fasting and ride him a mile or two every Evening and Morning as well when you do not give it to him as when you do ride him fairly and clothe and litter him up vvarm this Cordial vvill bring him to his stomack and cause him to be loose bodied and dung
soft although he be vveak and have little or no stomack four or five hours after his Cordial the first thing you give him boyl him half a peck of Oats and a pound of Fenygreek together in vvater till they be burst and the vvater vvherein these vvere boyled pour it from the Oats into another Payl and put some cold vvater to it and vvhen he drinks let him drink of this vvater for the Oats and Fenygreek throvv some of them into the Manger hot and if he be loth to eat them then strevv some Wheat-bran upon it and it is very likely he vvill eat all together This course taken in every particular vvill bring your Horse to a stomack and raise him suddenly Look the Receipt follovving for a dry Surfet and when the Horse's Cods are swelled and he runs at the Nose and there you shall see the purge of Aloes A fortnight or three vveeks after he is thus melted and that you have given him the former things to give him this Purge of Aloes vvill do the Beast a great deal of good in this case I am confident it is good Or give him as much of the povvder of Mechoacan as vvill lye upon a shilling at three or four times that is very good in a pint of Wine or a quart of strong Ale Proved CXXVII For a Foundred Horse FIrst tye a List or Blood-cord hard about the Pastern and that will keep the Blood up into his Leg that it cannot come dovvn into his Foot when you have taken out the Soal set on his Shooe something hollow and broad then untye the string about the Pastern and knock the out-side of the Hoof and the blood will come pouring out Let him bleed well then put a handful of Salt into the bottom of the foot and put as many Hards Flax or Tow after it as will fill the bottom of the Foot take two or three flat sticks and lay them between the Hards and the Shooe a piece of stiff Soal-Leather will do as well at the end of 24 hours take the Hards away and take a handful of Nettle-tops and a handful of Salt and beat them together and lay them to the bottom of the Foot and to keep them in take Hards and Splinters as you were directed before at forty hours end take the Hards away and apply the same quantity of Nettles and Salt mixed with as much Hogs Grease as contains to an Egg and beat them altogether in a Mortar and lay them to the Soal of the foot and Hards and Splinters as before with this last Medicine you may dress his foot once or twice more if you see cause after you see the Horse goes a little well set on another Shooe formed with a broad Web and let it stand broad and easie and in ten daies time the Horse will go very well and sound when you come at your journeys end wash his Legs clean and when his Legs are dry make a Poultis of a quarter of a pint of Whitewine Vinegar and a quarter of a pound of Sheeps-kidney Suet cut very small Let these two boyl a pretty while in a Skellet and when it comes off the fire put two or three handfuls of Wheat-bran to it and stir them all together and make it thick like a Poultis and lay it to the bottom of the foot then Hards and Splinters as before you were directed then spread the rest of the Poultis upon a long piece of Linnen-cloth and lay it hot to the hair round about the top of the Hoof and the Foot-lock and let it come under the bottom of the Hoof lay it to as hot as you can let every Poultis lye on forty eight hours Three or four Poultisses laid to in this manner will do the Horse much good and cause his foot to grow and shoot out and give him much ease so as in a very short time he will go very sound If an Horse be bruised in the bottom of his foot with a stone or any other thing this Poultis will give present ease For a foundring the Beast must stand in till the bottom of his foot be grown again I hold it best to take out but one soal at a time because if you take out both at a time the Horse will not be able to stand Some take out Frush and all some take out nothing but the bare Soal and leave the Frush The way is first cord the Pastern then pare the Soal and then raze it round about the Soal to the quick as near the inside of the outward shell of the Hoof as you can with a drawing knife then raise the Soal at the Toe then lay hold with a pair of Pincers and pull it quite out but beware you break not the Veins in the foot Proved CXXVIII For a Back swanckt in the Fillet of the Loin or for a Wrench in the Back-bone about the Navel place or for a strain in the Kidneys by being over-burthened in the Hinder-parts or over-strained in the Kidneys in Race-running IF you see any of these mischances to fall upon the Back or Hinder parts of your Beast then do thus and no otherwise for all those mischances above-written Take a hot Sheeps-skin fleaed of a Sheep newly kill'd apply it as hot as you can with the fleshy side from his Rump all over to the midst of his Back-bone if it will reach so far Let it lye on twenty four hours and at the end of that time lay another hot Sheeps-skin in the same manner to it if need require and you see the first will not do Let the grief be never so great two hot skins will do it with the help of the Drink next under written but if the hurt be not great the Sheeps-skin will do it alone It will make the Horse to sweat much it will draw out all the bruise and strengthen the back of the Horse exceedingly in a short time But if your Horse be so weak that he cannot stand nor go then take a Sack or two and Ropes and throw them over a Balk and hang him for nine or ten daies when you first hang him clap a hot Sheeps-skin to his Rump and Back for twenty four hours and at the end of the time lay another hot Sheeps-skin to and then no more In the time of this Cure give him this Drink if the strain be great If it be but small this Drink can do no hurt but a great deal of good Take Polygonatum commonly called Solomon's Seal you may have it at the Apothecaries but it is dear take ten roots of it that may weigh three ounces Polypodium of the Oak a quarter of a pound two handfuls of Wood-betony or for want thereof as much Garden-betony cut it small and if the roots be dry beat them to powder if they be green cut them thin then take a Gallon of strong Beer or somewhat more put it into a Kettle and put the other three things to it
with the end of your Cornet-horn This Drink at once giving will kill the Botts and take him off his faintness and much cleanse and purge him of tough gross humours in his body upon which the Worms do breed Culpepper saith that Box-tree leaves are excellent good to kill the Botts in Horses they are hot dry and binding you may put in a handful of them into this Drink and try conclusions Proved CLXV For a Fever in a Horse THe Signs are The Horse will fall suddenly sick and be very weak he will go heavy and sad as if he would tumble down and be gaunt in his belly fall from his meat and look weakly in his Eyes hang down his head and stand drooping when this sickness first takes him he will tremble and quake as if he had an Ague For this Disease take no blood from him by any means it is death if you do The Remedy is Take half an ounce of Diapente one ounce of Bay-berries half an ounce of Long-pepper beat all these together then take half an ounce of Diascordium and put all these into a pint and a half of strong Beer heat it lukewarm and give it to your Horse at any time of the day for this Disease is dangerous and will admit of no delayes clothe and litter him up very warm the Diascordium in the Drink will cause him to lye down and sleep after the Drink hath done working and the Horse done sweating then give him half a pint of Whitewine and two ounces of Hony mix them together and heat them luke-warm and give it him in the Stable and after you come to ayr him you may give it him abroad three or four hours after give him a Cordial made of three pints of stale Beer and a quarter of a pint of Hony and a quarter of a pound of Butter and a good piece of houshold bread boyl them a little together and give it him lukewarm and set him up for that night give him warm Water and Bran at night next morning fasting give him the Cordial again and at nine or ten a clock warm Water and Bran at two or three a clock Whitewine and Hony and at night warm Water and Bran and afterward now and then a Cordial and Whitewine and Hony and moderate ayring will soon bring him to his stomack when you see he is able to walk abroad ayr him once or twice a day it will do him much good These Cordials Wine and Hony and ayring of him will cause the Beast to amend apace After he comes to eat his meat pretty handsomly take some blood from his Spur-veins the Frets from him swetting will do him much good If he lye down and sleep it will bring him down to his senses and the Horse will mend much in twenty four hours If Diascordium do not make him take rest according to your mind then you may take as much Poppy-seeds as will lye upon a sixpence in two half Hornfuls of any Beer if you cannot get Poppy-seeds which some call Red-weed-seeds then buy White-poppy-water at the Apothecaries and give at each Nostril a spoonful and that will make him sleep heartily Proved CLXVI For a dry inward Mange THe Signs are these his Hair will come off by plats and sometimes it will come all off from head to tayl and there will be a dry Scurfie Mange as well where the hair comes off as where it stayes on it is an extream heat of the blood which causes the hair to scale off and causeth the dry Mange in his body If his body be dried up and wasted that the Horse be miserable lean and overcome with it then give him this one Drink and no more not else viz. One ounce of the flower of Brimstone two ounces of Rosin beaten small one ounce of Turmerick beaten small one ounce of Anniseeds beaten small put all these except the Brimstone into a quart of strong Beer heated lukewarm and give it him fasting put the Brimstone at the mouth of the Horn to put it down with the other things tye him up to the Rack for four or five hours then give him warm Water and Bran at night bursten Oats the next day after give him in his Provender two spoonfuls of Rosin beaten to powder at night the like the next day the like and then no more This is to cleanse and purge away the Mangy surfet that is in his body and causeth the outward Mange Also do thus two or three daies after his Drink scrape off all the Scabs and Scurf clean with the back of your Knife or some other thing for that purpose till the Blood and Water appear Then presently mix an equal proportion of Oyl of Turpentine and Beer together as will serve and shake them well together in a Glass Vial and anoint the Horse all over but once and it is an absolute Cure It will smart terribly tye him close for an hour till it have taken its course But if you be merrily disposed as soon as you have drest him all over with it bid the Fellow go home with him and set him up but believe it he will not hold him long for the Beast will run away with him and kick and wallow and rub in a most strange manner that one would think he were stark mad but it will have done smarting in half an hour It is a gallant Receipt If the Horse be not much pined and shrunk of his flesh do nothing but anoint him once outwardly and give him this Drink and the Oyl of Turpentine and Beer will kill the Mange of a Beast Dog Bullock or any thing with once dressing Proved CLXVII To stop bleeding at the Nose or in the Mouth where the Fleam or Knife hath cut a great Gash Or when you have cut the Vein in a Quitter-bone and it bleed that you know not how to stop it FOr any of these when nothing will stop it this following will First take a Chafing-dish of hot Coles and burn three or four Linnen Rags upon the Coles laying them one upon another and let the Horses Mouth be over the smoak all the while as the blood doth fall out of the Horses Nose and quench them so you must blow them up with your breath again till the Coles have burnt the Rags as black as a Cole which when you perceive take them as they are burnt black and bled upon by the Horse and put them up into each Nostril an hand high then hold up his Head and have in readiness three or four quarts of strong Beer and pour it down his Throat to wash down the smoak and clotted blood which lyes in his Throat If he snort the burnt Rags out have other burnt hot Rags in a readiness to put up his Nostrils And you must remember as well when you fume him as when you have stopt his Nostrils with burnt Rags to be often pouring down his throat cold Beer because the blood returning a contrary
ride him whether he halt or not so you ride him moderately then take an ounce of the Oyl of Swallows and rub it well in with your hand upon the Sinews of the bent of the Leg to retch and give liberty to them use of this Oyl every four or five daies and in four or five times dressing it will be a Cure After he come from work or riding at any time and his Legs be washt and dry then rub on this Oyl upon the bent of his Leg and upon the Sinews you need not heat it in now with a hot Iron but rub it well in with the palm of your hand and within a fortnights time the blood Spavin will not be seen and the swelling will be quite gone If you take a a BloodSpavin at the first coming out of a young Horse then do but fire it lightly and lay the former Charge to and in once dressing it will be a compleat Cure Proved CLXXIII For an old Cold. IF you see cause take blood from the Neck-vein otherwise not then instead of giving him Oats give him Wheat-bran boiled in water after this manner viz. Set a Kettle over the fire almost full of water and when it begins to boil put in your Bran and let it boil a full quarter of an hour then take it off and let it stand till it be almost cold and about four or five of the Clock in the Morning give it him as hot as he can eat it and for his Drink give him the same water and at Night give him Oats and White water to drink and let him be covered and littered up warm If it be in Summer let not the Stable be too hot for that will take a way his stomach and make him faint And when you give him his water at night alwaies give him as much of this powder as an Eggshel will hold amongst his Oats to which you must keep him eight daies together or longer if you shall see cause the boiled Bran is that which drieth up all his corrupt and gross humours which was the cause of his cold Now the Powder is this viz. Take of Cummin-seeds Fenygreek Sileris Montani otherwise called Sisilers Nutmegs Cloves Ginger Linseed of each of these two ounces quick Brimstone six ounces make all these into fine powder and mix them all well together it must be given him in his Oats the quantity that was prescribed before but he must first be watered with White water and then presently let him be well rubbed all over and cloathed and littered vvarm and an hour bdfore you give him his Oats put into his Rack a little sweet Wheat-straw and let him eat thereof an hour or better and then and not before give him his Oats mixed with this powder which having eaten give him Hay at your pleasure and with doing thus his Cold will be gone in a short time and the sooner if you air him an hour before Sun-set and an hour after Sun-rising if the Sun shine mark that keep up his stomack with White-wine and Honey and the Cordials or with what else you think best of Proved Now if this cold bring with it a violent Cough as is often seen then use this Receipt following CLXXIV For a Cold with a violent Cough FIrst give him the Wheat-bran boiled together with the Powder with his Oats as is directed in the fore-going Receipt but not above three or four daies or till you see he hath purged sufficiently for that the said Powder dispersed the corrupt and gross humours that are in his body which do occasion the Cough and when you perceive that he hath purged sufficiently keep him notwithstanding to his White-water which is no other thing than water made hot in a Kettle and then put in some Wheat-bran or Barley-meal let him eat the Bran as hot as he will and drink the Water a little warm But alwaies an hour before you water him take a stick a little bigger than your thumb of well nigh a foot long and wrap a Linneu cloth about it four or five times first dipped in oyl of Bayes and put into his mouth and with some Leather-thong or piece of small Cord fasten it to either end of the stick and so fasten it over his Ears like the head-stall of a Bridle like as Smiths do when they burn a Horse for a Lampra's Let him drink with this stick thus in his Mouth and so stand with it an hour after at the least that he may lick and suck up the said oyl and after the three or four daies are expired and that you see he hath purged sufficiently which is a little before mentioned then when you give him the Oats give him amongst them this other Powder following viz. Fennel-seeds four ounces Fenygreek two ounces and Cardimum one ounce beat them but grossly or else he will blow them away when he eats his Oats put one spoonful into his Oats and keep him warm and use him as is prescribed in the foregoing Receipt and you will find it to do him much good Proved CLXXV A rare Receipt to cause an Horse to vomit TAke two of the greatest Roots of Polypodium as you can get from the Oak wash and scrape them very clean and tie it to his Snaffle or Bit then let it be steeped in oyl of Spike a whole Night and in the Morning fasting put on his Bridle with the Roots tied to his Bit and ride him softly and fairly an hour or better with it in his mouth and if he be troubled with any Rheumatick or Flegmatick humour or with any cold or filthy matter which may any way pester clog or annoy his stomach this very thing will force him to vent and vomit it up at his mouth or nose and it will cause him to cough and sneeze much that you shall see him to send forth a great abundance of filth and evil slimy matter from his stomach and head and in a short time he will become very clean in his body for this will both refine his blood and exhaust all the watrish humours in such sort as by temperate ordering of him and doing as heretofore is prescribed you may keep him a long time sound perfect and serviceable and this you may give to an Horse newly taken from Grass or to any other Horse that hath taken a Cold or to any other filthy foul foggy or pursy Horse whatsoever And this upon trial upon all occasions before mentioned you shall find to be most admirable this being done I conceive it to be very good to give them Whitewine and Hony and the Cordial formerly set down Proved CLXXVI For a Curb THis Curb alwaies groweth upon the back-part of the heel of the knee of the hinder Leg in a hard substance I shall give no more signs for it is easie to be seen The remedy is this first tie up the contrary Leg as you do for a blood-Spavin then with an hot Iron fear it length-waies down
faces and looke as if there were much difference between them yet they are in nature all one and proceed all from one offence which is only cold Phlegm thick humour ingendred about the Brain and benumming the Senses weakning the members sometimes causing the Horse to fall down and then it is called the falling Evil sometimes weakning but one Member only and then it is called Planet-struck sometimes oppressing a Horses stomack and making him sweat in his sleep and then it is called the Night-mare sometimes spoiling one special Member by some strange contraction and then it is called the Palsey The cure for any of these infirmities is to give the Horse this purging Pill Take of Tar three spoofuls or of sweet Butter the like quantity beat them well together with the powder of Liquorish Annis-seeds and Sugar-Candy till it be like a paste then make it into three round Balls and put into each Ball two or three Cloves of Garlick and give them to the Horse observing to warm him both before and after and keeping him fasting two or three hours both before and after CCXIX. Of the general Cramp or Convulsion of Sinews CRamps are taken to be contracting or drawing together of Sinews of any one member but Convulsions are when the whole body from the setting on of the head to the extremest parts are generally contracted or stiffened The Cure of either is first to chafe and rub the member contracted with Vinegar and common oyl and then rap it all over with wet Hay or rotten Litter or else with woollen Clothes either of which is a present remedy CCXX For any Cold or Cough whatsoever wet or dry or for any Consumption or Putrefaction of the Lungs whatsoever A Cold is got by unnatural Heats and too sudden cooling and these Colds ingender Coughs and these Coughs putrefaction and rotteness of the Lungs The Cure therefore for them all in general is to take a handful or two of the white and greenest Moss which grows upon an old Oak or any old Oaken Pale or Wood and boyl it in a quart of Milk till it be thick and being cold and turned to a jelly then strain it and give it to the Horse luke-warm every morning till his Cough ceaseth CCXXI Of the Running Glanders or mourning of the Chine TAke of Auripigmentum two drams of Tuslagsinis as much made into powder then mixing them together with Turpentine till they be like Paste and making thereof little Cakes dry them before the fire then take a Chasing-dish of Coals and laying one or two of the Cakes thereon covering them with a Tunnel and when the smoak ariseth put the Tunnel into the Horses Nostrils and let the smoak go up into his head which done ride him till he sweat do this once every morning before he be watered till the Running at his Nostrils cease and the Kernels under his Chaps be lessened CCXXII Of Hide-bound or Consumption of the Flesh HIde-bound or Consumption of the Flesh proceedeth from unreasonable travel disorderly Diet and many Surfeits It is known by a general dislike and leanness over the whole body and by the sticking of the skin close to the body in such sort that it will not rise from the body The Cure is first to let the Horse blood and then to give him to drink three or four mornings together a quart of new Milk with two spoonfuls of Honey and one spoonful of course Treacle Let his food be either sodden Barley warm Grains and Salt or Beans splitted in a Mill his drink Mashes CCXXIII. Of the Breast-pain or any other sickness proceeding from the heart as the Antocow and such like THese Diseases proceed from too rank feeding and much fatness the signs are A faltering in his fore legs a disableness to bow down his neck and a trembling over all his body the Cure is to let him blood and to give him two mornings together two spoonfuls of Diapente in a quart of Ale and Beer for it alone putteth away all infection from the heart CCXXIV. Of Tired Horses IF your Horse be tired injourneying or in any Hunting match your best help for him is to give him warm Urine to drink and let him Blood in the mouth to suffer him to lick up and to swallow the same then if you come where any Nettles are to rub his mouth and sheath well therewith then gently to ride him till you come at the resting place where set him up very warm and before you go to bed give him six spoonfuls of Aqua-vitae and as much provender as he will eat the next morning rub his Leggs with Sheeps-feet oyl and it will bring fresh nimbleness to his Limbs CCXXV. Of Diseases in the Stomack as Surfeits lothing of Meat or Drink IF your Horse with the Glut of Provender or eating raw food hath given such offence to his stomack that he casteth up all he eateth or drinketh you must then give him comfortable things as Diapente or Trephenicon in ale or Beer then keep him fasting Let him have no food but what he eateth out of your hand which would be bread well baked Oats and after two or 3 bits a Lock of sweet hay and his Drink should be only new milk till his stomack have gotten strength and in a bag you shall continually hang at his Nose sowr brown bread steeped in Vinegar at which he must ever smell and his stomack will quickly come again to his first strength CCXXVI Of foundring in the Body FOundring in the Body is of all Surfeits the mortallest and soonest gotten it proceedeth from intemperate riding an Horse when he is fat and then suddenly suffering him to take cold and there is nothing sooner brings this infirmity than washing a fat Horse The signs are sadness of Countenance Staring hairs stifness of Limbs and loss of Belly The Cure is only to give him wholsom meat and bread of clean Beans and warm drink and for two or three mornings together a quart of Ale-brewed with Pepper and Cinamon and a spoonful of Treacle CCXXVII Of the Hungry Evil. THe Hungry-Evil is an unnatural and over-hasty greediness in an Horse to devour his meat faster then he can chew it and is only known by his greedy snatching at his meat as if he would devour it whole The Cure is to give him to drink Milk and Wheat meal mixed together a quart at a time and to feed him with Provender by little and little till he forsake it CCXXVIII Of the Diseases of the Liver as Inflammations Obstructions and consumptions THe Liver which is the Vessel of Blood is subject to many Diseases according to the distemperature of the Blood and the Signs to know it are a stinking Breath and a mutual looking towards his body The Cure is to take Aristolochia longa and to boyl it in running water till half be consumed and let the Horrse drink continually thereof and it will cure all evils about the Liver CCXXIX Of the Diseases
of the Gall and specially of the Yellows FRom the over-flowing of the Gall which is the vessel of Choler spring many mortal Diseases especially the Yellows which is an extreme faint mortal Sickness if it be not prevented in time The Signs are yellowness of the Eyes and Skin and chiefly underneath his upper Lip next to his fore-teeth a sudden and faint falling down by the high way or in the Stable and an universal sweat over all his body The Cure is first to let the Horse blood in the neck or mouth or under the Eyes then take two penny-worth of Saffron which being dried and made into fine Powder mix it with sweet Butter and in manner of a Pill give it in Balls to the Horse three mornings together Let his drink be warm and his hay sprinkled with water CCXXX Another for the same TAke a pint or more of Milk and make a Posset of it with strong Ale or Beer a pint or more take off the Curd clean then take two ounces of Castle-sope pare it in thin small slices and boyl it in the Posset-drink about a quarter of an hour then when it is but Luke-warm give it the Horse to drink then take his back and ride a gentle pace an hour together set him up warm This hath been often tryed upon Christians as well as Horses they taking and walking and stirring upon it an hour or more taking it but two mornings together it never fail'd of curing those that had been so far spent with it that they have been given over by all men CCXXXI Of the Sickness of the Spleen THe Spleen which is the Vessel of Melancholy when it is over-charged therewith groweth painful hard and great in such sort that sometimes it is visible The signs are much groaning hasty feeding and a continual looking to the left side only The cure is take Agrimony and boyl a good quantity thereof in the water the Horse shall drink and chopping the leaves small mix them with sweet Butter and give the Horse two or three good round Balls thereof in the manner of Pills CCXXXII Of the Dropsie or evil Habit of the Body THe dropsie is an evil habit of the Body which is ingendred by Surfeits and unreasonable labour altereth the colour and complexion of the Horse and changeth the hairs in such an unnatural sort that a man shall hardly know the Beast with which he hath been most familiar The cure is to take a handful or two of Wormwood and boyl it in Ale or Beer a quart or better and give it the Horse to drink Luke-warm morning and evening and let him drink his water at noon CCXXXIII Of the Collick Belly-ach or Belly-bound The Collick or Belly-ach is a fretting gnawing or swelling of the Belly or great bag proceeding fromwindy humours or from eating of green corn or pulse hot grains without salt or Labour or bread Dough-baked and belly-bound is when a Horse cannot Dung The cure of the Collick or Belly-ach is to take good store of the herb Dill and boyl it in his water that you give the Horse to drink but if he cannot dung then you shall boyl in the Water good store of the herb Fumitory and it will make him dung without danger or hurting CCXXXIV Of the Lask or Bloody-Flux THe Lask or Bloody-Flux is an unnatural Loosness in a Horse's body which being not stayed will for want of other Excrements make a Horse void blood only The cure is to take a handful of the herb Shepherds-purse and boyl it in a quart of strong Ale and when it is Luke-warm take the seeds of Woodroof stamp them and put them in and give it the Horse to drink CCXXXV Of the falling out of the Fundament THis cometh through infinite mislike and weakness The Cure is take Town-cresses and having dryed them to powder with your hand put up the Fundament and then strow the powder thereon after it lay a little Honey thereon and then strow more of the powder with the powder of Cummin and it helpeth CCXXXVI Of Bots and Worms of all sorts THe Bots and gnawing of worms is a grievous pain and the Signs to know them are the Horses oft beating his Belly and tumbling and wallowing on the ground with much desire to lye on his back The Cure is take the seeds bruised of the herb Ameos and mix with it Honey and make two or three Bals and make the Horse swallow them down CCXXXVII Of pain in the Kidneys pain to Piss or the Stone ALL these Diseases spring from one ground which is only Gravel and hard matter gathered together in the Kidneys and so stopping the Conduits of the Urine The signs are that the Horse will only strain to piss and that often but cannot The Cure is to take a handful of Maiden hair and steep it all night in a quart of strong Ale and give it the Horse to drink every morning till he be well This will break any stone whatsoever in a Horse CCXXXVIII Of Pissing of Blood THis cometh with over-travelling a Horse or travelling him sore in the Winter when he goeth to grass The Cure is take Aristolochia Longa and boyl it in a quart of Ale and give it the Horse to drink Lukewarm and give him also rest CCXXXIX Of the Strangullion THis Disease is a soreness in the Horses Yard and an hot burning when he pisseth The Signs are he will piss oft yet but a drop or two at once The Cure is to boyl in the water he drinketh good store of the herb Hogfennel and it will cure CCXL Of the Colt-Evil Muttering of the Yard Falling of the Yard shedding of the Seed ALL these Evils proceed from much Lust in a Horse and the Cure is the powder of the herb Avens and the leaves of Betony stamp them well with White-wine to a moist Salve and anoint the Sore therewith and it will heal all imperfections of the Yard But if the Horse shed his seed then beat Venice Turpentine and Sugar together and give him every morning a good round ball thereof till the seed stay CCXLI. Of the particular Diseases in Mares as Barrenness Consumption rage of Love casting Foles hardness to Fole and how to make a Mare cast her Fole IF you would have a Mare barren Let good store of the herb Agnus Castus be boyled in the water she drinks If you would have her fruitful then boyl good store of Motherwort in the water If she lose her belly which sheweth a Consumption of the womb you shall then give her a quart of Brine to drink Mugwort being boyled therein If your Mare through high keeping grow into extreme Lust so that she will neglect her food through the violency of fleshly appetite as it is often seen amongst them you shall house her for two or three days and give her every morning a ball of Butter and Agnus Castus chopt together If you would have your Mare cast her Fole take a handful of Betony
and boyl it in a quart of Ale and it will deliver her presently If she cannot Fole take the herb horse-mints and either dry it or stamp it and take the powder of the juyce and mix it with strong Ale and give it the Mare and it will help her If your Mare from former bruises or strokes be apt to cast her Foles as many are you shall keep her at Grass very warm and once a week give her a warm mash of drink this secretly knitteth beyond expectation CCXLII. Of drinking Venom as Horse-Leaches Hens-Dung c. IF your Horse have drunk horse-leaches eaten Hens-dung Feathers or such like venemous things which you shall know by his panting swelling or scowring you shall take the herb Sowthistle and drying it beat it into powder and put three spoonfuls thereof into a pint of Ale and give it the Horse to drink CCXLIII Of Suppositories Glisters and Purgations IF your Horse by Sickness strict Diet and too vehement Travel grow dry and costive in his Body as it is ordinary the easiest means in extremity to help him is to give him a suppository The best of which is to take a Candle of four in the pound and cut of five inches at the bigger end and thrusting it up a good way into his Fundament presently clap down his Tail and hold it hard to his Tewel for a quarter of an hour or half an hour and then give him liberty to dung But if this be not strong enough then you shall give him a Glister And that is Take four handfuls of the herb Annise and boyl it in a pottle of running water till half be consumed then take the Decoction and mix it with a pint of Sallet Oyl and a pretty quantity of Salt and with a Glister pipe give it him at the Tewel But if it be too weak then give him a Purgation thus Take twenty Raisins of the Sun stoned and ten Figs slit boyl them in a pottle of running water till it come to a jelly then mix it with the powder of Liquorish Annis-seeds and Sugar-candy till it be like Paste make it into Balls and roll it in sweet Butter and so give it the Horse to the quantity of three Hens Eggs. CCXLIV Of Neesings and Frections THere be two other excellent helps for sick Horses as Frictions and Neesings The first to comfort the outward parts of the Body when the vital powers are astonished the other to purge the head when it is stopt with flegm cold and other thick humours And of Frictions the best is Vinegar and patch Grease melted together and very hot chafed into the Horses Body against the hair and to make a Horse Neese there is nothing better then to take a bunch of Pellitory of Spain and tying it to a stick put it up into the Horses Nostrils and it will make him Neese without hurt or violence CCXLV Of the Diseases in the Eyes as wátery Eyes Blood-shotten Eyes Dim Eyes Moon Eyes Strokes on the Eyes Warts in the Eyes Inflammation in the Eyes Pearl Pin Web or Haw in the Eye UNto the Eye belongeth many Diseases all which have their true Signs and their Names And as touching that which is watery blood-shotten Dim Moon-stricken or Infla med they have all one cure Which is to take Wormwood beat it in a Mortar with the Gall of a Bull strain it and anoint the Horses Eyes therewith and it is an approved Remedy But for a Wart Pearl Pin or Web which are Evils growing in or upon the Eyes to take them off take the juyce of the herb Betony and wash his Eyes therewith and it will waste them away For the Haw every Smith can cut it out CCXLVI Of the Impostume in the Ear Poll-Evil Fistula Swelling after Blood-letting any Galled Back Canker in the Withers Setfast Wens Navel-Gall or any hollow Ulcer THese Diseases are so apparent and common that they need no other Description but their Names and the most certain Cure is to take Clay off a mud or Loam wall strawes and all and boyl it in strong Vinegar and apply it Plaster-wise to the Sore and it will of its own nature search to the bottom and heal it provided that if you see any dead or proud flesh arise that then you eat or cut it away CCXLVII. Of the Vives FOr the Vives which is an Inflammation of the Kernels between the chap of the Neck of the Horse Take a Penny-worth of Pepper Swines grease a Spoonful the juyce of a handful of Rue Vinegar two spoonfuls mix them together and then put it equally into both the Horse's Ears then tye them up with two flat Laces shut the Ears that the Medicine may go down which done let the Horse blood in the Neck and in the Temple-Veins and it is a certain Cure CCXLVIII Of the strangle or any Boyl or Botch or other Impostume whatsoever ALL these Diseases are of one nature being only hard boyls or Impostumes gathered together by evil humours either between the Chaps or elsewhere on the Body The Cure is 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 CCXLIX Of the Canker in the Nose or any other part of the Body TO heal any Canker in what part soever it be Take the juyce of Plantain as much Vinegar and the same weight of the powder of Allom and with it anoint the sore twice or thrice a day and it will kill it and cure it CCL Of Stanching of Blood whether it be at the Nose or proceeding from any Wound IF your Horse bleed violently at the Nose and you cannot stanch it then you shall take Betony and stamp it in a Mortar with Salt and put it into the Horses Nose or apply it to the wound and it will stanch it but if he be suddenly taken in riding by the High way or otherwise and you cannot get this Herb you shall then take any Woollen Cloth or any Felt hat and with a Knife scrape a fine Lint from it and apply it to the place bleeding and it will stop CCLI Of Pain in the Teeth or loose Teeth FOr any pain in the Teeth take Betony and seethe it in Ale or Vinegar till half be consumed and wash all the Gums therewith but if they be loose then only rub them with the leaves of Enulacampana or Horse-holm after they have been let blood and it will fasten them CCLII Of Diseases in the mouth as blood-Rifts Liggs Lampras Camery Inflammaytion Tongue burnt or the Barbes IF you find any infirmity in the Horses mouthe as the bloody Rifts which are Chaps or Rifts in the Palat of the Horses mouth The Liggs which are little Pustula's or Bladders within th-Horses Lips The Lampra's which is an excrescence of flesh above the teeth The Camery which are little Warts in the roof of the mouth Inflammation