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A61139	The gentleman's compleat jockey with the perfect horseman, and experienc'd farrier. Containing, I. The nature of horses; their breeding, feeding and management in all paces, to fit them for war, racing, travel, hunting, or other recreations and advantages. II. The true method, with proper rules and directions to order, diet and physick the running-horse, to bring him to any match, or race, with success. III. The methods to buy horses, and prevent being cheated; noting the particular marks of the good and bad horses, in all their circumstances. IV. How to make blazes, stars and snips: to fatten a horse with little charge, and to make him lively and lovely. V. The whole art of a farrier, in curing all diseases, griefs and sorrances incident to horses; with their symptoms and causes. VI. The methods of shooing, blooding, roweling, purging, and prevention of diseases, and many other things, from long experience and approved practice. by A. S. gent.	A. S.; Speed, Adolphus, fl. 1652-1659.	1697 (1697)	Wing S5; ESTC R219778	132,086	185

Cure The Cause hereof is great Heat and afterwards taking of Cold And First It beginneth with Rheum then the Glaunders and afterwards the Mourning of the Chine ●s it is usually termed but more truly and essentially it beginneth with the Rheum which proceedeth to Inflammation of the Liver and the Lungs by continual distilling upon them then to the Glaunders which is the Imposthumation thereof and lastly to an Exalaration which abruptly and untruly is called the Mourning of the Chine The Signs to know the Disease are these 1. The continual distilling of Rheum in the Head 2. The continuing Knobs betwixt the Jaws 3. The keeping of his Hair without casting 4. The continual running of thick stinking Matter at the Nose 5. The fastning and growing of a knob as big as a Walnut to the inside of one of the Jaws which if so commit his Carkass to the Crows for he is past all help The Cure for such a Horse as may be curable is to follow these Directions For the First which is Rheum the cure I have mentioned for the Cold in the Head For the Second which is a congealed substance gathered into two knobs betwixt the Jaws it is cured as the Glaunders For the Third which is k●eping still his Winter Coat and not casting off his Hair let him Blood often until you see that he hath pure and fine Blood and give him good Mashes made very strong with Malt and put in his Provender Polypodium of the Oak small cut the root of the White Lilly small cut of each a good quantity if he will eat and shred in also a quantity of Liverwort and if he be a Horse of value at every time a six penny weight of Rubarb and every Morning being Fasting give him a pint of the Drink prescribed for the preservation of the Lungs and keep him only with Wheat-straw but not Hay and old sweet and clean Oats The manner of Ordering him after this Every Morning after he hath taken that clean Drink ride him two or three Miles For the Fourth which is the thick running at the Nose continually clear his Head as hath been prescribed for the Cold in the Head and so in every part as the rest are prescribed only adding of purging Drinks viz. After all these prescribed Orders give him two several Mornings a pint of White-Wine an ounce and an half of Alloes half an ounce of Agarick two drams of Liquorish and Aniseeds and a spoonful of pure Hogs-grease warmed and well dissolved together and after he hath Purged the next day let him Bleed in both the Breast-Veins the quantity of a quart and still keep him with good Mashes and moderate Travel Give him every Morning fasting for Nine days after a pint of that Drink which I prescribed for the clearing of the Lungs For the Fifth If you find no amendment but a knob grown to his Jaw then you must give him a Purge with Pills as I have prescribed and if that help him not then without all doubt he is Remediless These following things are most excellent to put into Horses Provender to preserve them from Diseases The Powder of Wo●lfs Liver the Powder of Enula Campana the Powder of Polypodium of the Oak fine cut pieces of Ruburb the Powder of Brimstone made fine the Powder of Liquorish Aniseeds Fenugreek Turmerick Bay-berries Long-Pepper Agrimony Cammomile Wormwood Saven Linseed Smallage Parsley Rue Hysop Colts-foot Horehound and such l●ke Broken Wind the Cause The Causes why a Horse draws his Breath very short may be many as Sickness great Fulness or violent Exercise But the reason of the cause is For that the Heart being the only hottest part of the Body from whence the Arteries and Veins do carry the heat thereof to every part of the Body and therefore 't is truly said to be the Chariot of Life when that by Sickness Fulness or vio●ence of Exercise is choaked and as it were smothered with great heat then do the Lights being the Bellows to draw Breath according to that Office that Nature hath or●ained them unto presently labour with all Violence to draw it to cool and comfort the Heart and so consequent●y all the Members and parts of the Body to fill all the ●mpty corners with Air which naturally and in predomi●ant Qualities is moist and when they have drawn suf●cient Breath the driness and heat by the moisture of the Air is quenched which being so then doth the Creature ●raw Breath leisurely and coldly and not before but so ●ong as the Heart is oppressed by the violent heat of Sick●ess or by great Fulness or violent Exercise the Canes Pipes and Passages for the Breath are almost stopped ●nd choaked up then do the Lungs labour very extream ●●ick to preserve the life of the Creature which is the Heart and therefore it is said to be the first thing that Li●eth and the last that Dieth And to make the same a lit●e plainer Observe a Horse that is Broken-winded as ●he usual term is and you shall find that he setcheth his ●reath much shorter when he is kept in the Stable only with dry Meat than when he goeth to Grass and the ●nly reason is the coldness of the moist Food which ●epeth the Heart and all the Body in coolness because ●●e Humours that proceed from the digesture of Grass are ●ool and moist according to the natural qualities of Grass ●nd raw Herbs For a broken Wind the Cure Take the Dung of a Boar dried to Powder a spoonful Diapenthe two ounces the juice of Spanish Liquorish dissolved an ounce in a quarter of a pint of Ale put these into a pint of new Milk and give it him warm fasting repeat it for five or six Mornings and ride him a gentle pace after it if the Weather be warm or any ways seasonable without letting him water or eat any thing then put him into a warm Stable give him a Mash of Oats and split Beans and keep him clean Littered and free from any noisom Scents And the Lungs by this means as also the Wind pipe being cleansed the Breath by degrees if you do not over labour heat or ride him in too much rainy Weather will return to its former easie and moderate Breathings A most Soveraign Drink to preserve a Horse's Lungs and Liver clear the most excelling Knowledge in a Horseman or Farrier Take the Tartar of White-Wine Lees which is no other than the Lees of White-Wine dried to Powder an ounce and a half of Isop two handfuls of Colts-foot two handfuls of Horehound one handful of Enula Campana-Roots an ounce four Liquorish-sticks bruised Aniseeds an ounce Red Sugar-candy four ounces boyl them all in a quart of Ale and when it is half boyled put to it of hysop-Hysop-water twice Distilled one pint boyl them again then strain it and give it him very warm to drink the charge hereof is very small If you have a delicate Horse and have Cleared him and Dieted him for I would not

for three or four days For the swelling of the Cods Take strong Vinegar white Chalk well powdered stir it well and make a Paste mingle good store of Salt finely powdered and with that Paste anoint the Cods of the Horse about three times a day and in few days this will help him For the Mattering of the Yard Take a pint of White-Wine boil therein a Quarter of Roch-Allum and with a Squirt thrust it up very far into his Yard squirt the same three or four times to pierce and cleanse the bottom from the Filth and thus continue until he be whole For the Tetter Before you meddle with the place first draw Blood from his Legs and then strike the Veins of his Legs on the outside and on the inside but not on the place where the Hoof comes forth then wash the place with White-Wine and mingle the Juice of Prunella with Powder of Galls and clear Water and with this Liquor beat the Hogs-grease and Liquid Pitch that all become like Honey and having so done anoint the Tetter and in six times dressing this will be a present help How to remedy the Wind-gall Cauterize or burn them five times with a large hot Iron on both sides and then open them overthwart only once but if there be occasion to use it under the Knee on the forepart of the Leg then you may cure it as they do other Burns An excellent and speedy Help for the Glanders First you must take one ounce of Fenugreek boil it in Water till it split and open in tw● and after that mingle it with the Decoction and two pound of Wheat-Meal and give it the Horse to drink twice a day keep him fasting Prob. est An excellent Remedy for the Haw in the Eye First take up the Haw with a little Ivory Needle or Pen-knife and then cut it all away with your Scissers for the way to cure it is to cut it out A rare Medicine for a sore Back be it never so wrung with a Saddle Take of Sheeps-dung to the quantity of three parts of your Plaister and the fourth part of Dry Wheat and Rye-Flower and mingle them well together and let them boil a quarter of an hour in good fair Water and then lay it on warm and at two or three times applying it will cure the Back This is a tryed and approved Plaister An excellent Cure for the Scab and the sore Crupper You are to take a little Frankincense Nitre Tartar and the Bark of Ash Vitriol Verdegrease and Helebore white and black Round Birthwort and stamp them altogether with Yolks of Eggs and ordinary Ale then after that boil them and anoint the sore place For the Foaling of the Yard The Cure is To wash the same with warm White-Wine and anoint it with the Oyl of Roses and Honey mingled together then put it up and with a Codpice or Truss keep it up still and dress him every day once till he be whole For the swelling of the Cods or Stones The Cure is To let him Blood on both sides in the Flank-Veins then take of Oyl of Roses and Vinegar of each a pint half a quartern of Bole Armony beaten into Powder mingle them together and being lukewarm anoint the Cods therewith with two or three Feathers and the next day ride him into the Water and give him two or three turns then bring him to the Stable and when that he is dry anoint them again and so continue until that he be whole but if the Cods do swell through any Hurt then cover them with a Charge of Bole-Armony and Vinegar wrought together renewing till the swelling go away and if it will then break then tent it with Melrosarum till it be whole For a bony Excression arising upon any Member of a Horse Take the Root of Elecampane well cleansed and wrap it in a Paper and rost it as you would rost a Warden in hot Embers as hot as the Horse can suffer it for you must not scald him after you have rubbed and chased the Excression clap this thereunto and bind it on hard and in once or twice dressing it will consume the Excression also in a Morning and Evening you must rub the Excression with the Oyl of Origanum which will consume away the Hardness To cure the running Frush or any Impostumation of the Sole of the Foot to dry Scratches Pains and such Ulcerous Sores Take old Urine and burn it with good store of Allum and keep it in a close Vessel by it self then take a good handful or two of green Nettles strong and keen and spread them on some Plate or other Vessel and dry them either before the Fire or in an Oven after the Houshold Bread is drawn then crush and bruise them into a very fine Powder and look what a quantity of Powder there is and take the like quantity of Pepper beaten also into a very fine Powder and mix both very well together then keep this Powder in a close Bladder and when you have occasion to use it first wash the sore place with the Urine and Allum made very warm and the Sore throughly scowred after dry them with a very fine Linnen Cloth and lastly strew the Pounce of the Powder so as that it cover all the Sore And thus always do after Travel or once a day in the time of Rest For Incording or Bursting This is when the Rim that incloseth the Guts is broken so that they fall into the Cods of the Horse which is apparent to the sight and feeling The Cure is to put four Pasterns on his Feet as the Horse-gelders use then bathe his Stones with warm Water and Butter then raise them up from the Body with both your hands being closed by the Fingers fast together and so holding the Stones in your hands work down the Gut into the Body of the Horse by stroking it downwards with your Thumbs one after another until that side of the Stone be so small as the other then having returned the Gut into its right place take a Woollen List of two fingers broad throughly anointed with Fresh Butter and tye his Stones both together or so nigh his Body as may be not over hard but that you may put your finger betwixt that done in all Quietness take the Horse away and let him not be stirred three Weeks after but the next day unloosen the List and take it away and every day after twice or thrice a day cast cold Water upon his Cods to make him shrink up his Stones and at three Weeks or a Months end to geld him of that Stone which done let him eat little and continually drink Water but a little at a time till three Weeks be ended For the Botch in the Groins of a Horse The Cure is To take of Wheat-flower Turpentine and Honey of each a like quantity stirring it to make a little Plaister lay it to the Sore to break it and then lance it and

of Storax half an ounce and boyl all together in an Earthen pot and after it is cold tak● of Brimstone half a p●●nd of Armoniack an ounce and ● half of Costus as much beat these in●o a ●ine Powder an● then incorporate them with the other and boyl them a● over again very well which done pour the whole Mi●ture into cold Water then roll it in seven big Rolls Plaisterwise afterwards spread this Plaister upon a piece ●● Leather and fold it about the swelled Member or lay i● upon the swelled part and if any thing will do it th●● will asswage it and afford much Strength to the Sinew You shall by no means remove this Plaister as long as it will stick on This Plaister I must confess is costly and curious to make but that Horse that hath it applied to his Limbs when he cometh from Travel shall never be troubled with swelled Legs or ever throw out Wind-galls but if you will not be at such Cost then continually both before and after the travel of your Horse when he is in the House several times in a day lave and wash his Limbs or other swelled parts with the coldest and clearest Fountain Water that you can get and sometimes let the Horse stand in some cold clear River for the space of a quarter of an hour or more up to the Knees and Lamterels but no farther This Medicine how poorly soever you may look on it is of infinite Vertue and though I write of cold Water yet is the Operation hot and fiery only this you must take to your Remembrance that this Application appertains not to Impostumations but to Strains and Swellings which are without much Anguish How to keep a Horse or a Jade from Tyring If you ride on a tyring Jade and fear the perplexed Cruelty of this lazy Beast then be sure to carry about you the fine scarse Powder of Elecampane and when others Bait their Horses or that you come to the place of Bait for your Horse the first thing you are to do is to set him up warm and do not walk him After he hath been well rubbed take a quart of strong Ale and put thereunto half an ounce of the Powder of Elecampane and brew ●hem together then give it the Horse with a Horn which ●●one tye his head to the Rack for you need not care for Provender till Night at which time Provender him well ●nd in the Morning give him Oats or Bread or both in ● plentiful manner and being ready to back him give ●im the former quantity of Ale and the Powder aforesaid ●nd doubtless you shall find him to travel with great Cou●age and Spirit Also take a bunch of Penny-Royal and ●ye it to the Mouth of your Bit or Snaffle and you shall ●nd it very comfortable to him Now if your Horse notwithstanding all this do happen to tire then you shall take off the Saddle and with the Herd called Arsmart rub his Back very hard then laying Arsmart also under the Saddle so ride him and if there be any Life in him it will make him go for this is a notable Torment and the Smart is almost intolerable Two sorts of Balls to cure any violent Cold or Glander to prevent the Hearts sickness to purge away all molten Grease to recover a lost Stomach to keep the Heart from fainting with Exercise and to make a lean Horse to be suddently fat Take of Anniseeds of Cummin-seeds of Fenugreek-seeds of Cathanus-seeds of the Powder of Elecampane-Roots two ounces beat them and searse them to a very fine Powder then add to them an ounce of the Flower of Brimstone and take an ounce of the best Juice of Liquorice and dissolve it in half a pint of White-wine which done take an ounce of the Oyl of Anniseeds and as much of the Syrup of Coltsfoot and of Sallet-Oyl and of fine Life-honey a pint then mix all this with the former Powder and with as much fine VVheat-flower as will bind them together then work them into a stiff Paste and make thereof Balls somewhat bigger than French Walnuts and to keep them in a close Gallipot for they will last all the Year and when you have occasion to use it take one and anoint it all over with Sweer-Butter and so give the Horse every Morning one in the manner of a Pill and ride him a little after it then feed or water him abroad or at home according to your usual Custom and thus do if it be to prevent Sickness for three or four Mornings together but if it be only to take away an Infirmity then use it at least a Week or more if it be to take away molten Grease or Foulness then instantly after his Heat or in his Heat only but if it be to fatten a Horse then use it at the least a Fortnight or more Now if you find any difficulty of the giving of it as Pills you may then at your Pleasure dissolve one of those Balls either into sweet Wine Beer or Ale and so give it the Horse to drink with a Horn. But if it be to fatten and take away Infirmity as the running Glanders or such like then besides these Balls you may make these second Balls Take of Wheat-flower six pound or more as shall suffice to make stiff the Paste then take of Aniseeds of Cummin-seeds and of Cathanus of Fenugreek and ordinary Brimstone of each two ounces Sallet-Oil a pint of Honey of White-wine a Pottle beat those hard Simples to a fine Powder and searse them then with the rest make them into a stiff Paste then of this Paste take a Ball as big as a Man's Fist and dissolve it into two or three Gallons of clear cold running Water by washing and laving the Paste therein and so give it the Horse to drink at the ordinary watering times or any other times when he is disposed to drink which can't be too often then ride and warm him a little after it then when the Water is spent do not cast away the Bottom but filling up the Vessel again with new fresh Water dissolve another Ball therein and thus do for fourteen days together at least and you shall see wonderful Effects arise This Water scowreth cleanseth and feedeth in an admirable manner And the other lesser Balls first spoken of purge the Stomach or Intrails of all Foulness void molten Grease fortifie nature so powerfully that it leaves behind it no evil in the Body And this small Ball if it were for my Life would I give to a Horse immediately upon his drawing forth if he went either to run to hunt to use any violent and extreme Labour Another way how to fatten a Horse suddenly There is another way to fatten a Horse suddenly which I have found to be both good and certain Take of Elecampane of Cummin-seeds of Turmerick of Aniseeds of each two ounces of 〈◊〉 an handful boyl all these very well with three Heads of Garlick cleansed

a Feather Of a Horse that stumbleth which is called the Cords This is called the Cords The Cord is a Sinew that ●reedeth amongst the Sinews the one end cometh down ●o the shankle Vein and so up thorough the Leg goeth ●ver the inner side of the Knee and so over the Shoulder ●●d so along the Neck by the Wesant and it goeth over ●he Temples under his Eye down over the Snout betwixt ●oth the Nostrils and the Gristle there knit the length ●f an Almond take a sharp knife and cut a slit even at ●●e Top of his Nose just with the point of the Gristle ●pen the slit and you shall perceive a white string take ● up with a Boars Tooth or a Bucks Horn that is crook●d or some crooked Bodkin and twine it about the ●rait and cut it asunder you may twine it so much as that you may rear his foot from the ground and then stirch up the slit and anoint it with Butter and the Horse doubtless will be cured Of the Canker The Cure is let him blood abundantly in the Veins that be next to the Sore then take of Allum one pound of white Coperas a quartern and a good handful of Salt boyl them together in fair running water from a pottle to a quart this water being warm put part thereof into a dish and with a Clout wash the same till it begin for to bleed and let it dry then take of Black-Soap one pound and of ●uick-silver half an ounce and incorporate them till that the Quick-silver be not seen and always after you have washed the same with a slice cover the Ulcer with this Medicine till it be whole but he sure still to let the blood he about the Ulcer for many days together and when it is killed then cast upon it the powder of unslack'd Lime or of Brimstone Of the Farcin This Ulcer is not unknown to any that have enjoyed Horses and yet unknown almost to all I mean the true cause of this Disease and the Cure some say it is a corruption of Blood some an outward hurt as of pur-galling biting of Ticks Hogs-Lice or such like some say an infi●mity bred in the Breast near the Heart and in the side Vessel● and God near the Stones many evil humours congealed together which afterwards disperse themselves into the Thighs and sometimes into the Head and do send forth wa●ry humours into the Nostrils and then it is called the ●unning Farcin Indeed if the true Cause of a Disease be known the Disease it self is easily cured The Mange the Lep●●sie and this Disease of the ●arcin are most perni●ions to a Horse for oftentimes it falleth out that many Horse● infected therewith though they live and the Disease ●●●meth to be healed yet are they rendred of small or no use For my own part I conjecture the cause of this Disease grow● either from abundance of bad Blood or by a great Dis●●mper of the Blood through a violent heat changed into a sudden cold To cure this Distemper first let him blood on both sides of the Neck three quarts at least for it is most certain that the Loyns which is then the Fountain of Blood is corrupted and so sendeth the Fume into every part of the Body as to become loathsome to behold Then give him this drink Take a Gallon of fair water put into it a good handful of Rue a good spoonful of Hemp-seed and a handful of the inner Rinde of green Elder bruise them in a Morter together and seeth it till it he half consumed and being cold give it him to drink Evermore continue to let him blood in that Vein which is nearest to the sore place a great quantity as you see occasion let his Diet be thin but very clean and sweet then take this approved Medicine following which though the Disease be never so foul it will undoubtedly ●ure it Take of Herbgrace a handful Fetherfew a handful of Chick-weed of the House a handful of Kikswood a ●andful of Heart-Robert a handful keep the residue thereof in a Pipkin close cover'd in the earth stop the mouth thereof close with Herb-grace and Dock-leaves and a green Turf laid upon it no air to come in and every third day untye his Ears and dress it and so continue it till all the Facine be dead for undoubtedly at three or four dressings it will kill it wash all the Hearbs so clean that no durt nor filth be on them Boyl Chamberlye and Bay-Salt with a little Copper as and Strong-Netties to wash the Sores if need be but beware of burning them either with Fire or other Corrosives for although it may kill the Ulcer yet being dispersed it will burn and scorch the Horses skin for burning doth purse the Skin and maketh it run together so as the Horse will never after prosper I would have you get cases of Leather fasten'd to a head-stall made hollow like the shape of a Horses Ears or make them lank-eared which thing the Sadlers will help you in for many times by long binding the Ears are spoiled so as that they must be cut off After that you see the filthy Ulcer kill'd and dead yet you must know whether the Blood is still putrified and corrupted therefore you must at least let him blood but always in several places And when you see the Blood fine and pure then give him some good scouring Drink a quart of White-wine a quarter of an ounce of Rhubarb in very thin s●●ices and laid in steep all night an ounce and an half of Alloes in powder dissolved therein half an ounce of Agarick an ounce of Sena steeped in the Wine all night and Three Races of Ginger sliced and laid also in steep all night and two ounces of Syrup of Roses but the Ruburb Sena and Ginger take out of the Wine before you put in the other Simples and then make it blood warm and give it the Horse and so let him rest all that day giving him nothing but Wheat-Straw at night and the next day following a Bottle of sweet strong Wort and a quarter of a pint of Treacle and keep him warm After all this wash his Body with Bucklye and Black-Soap and after cloath him and give him a sweat and he will recover Of the Fistula This is a filthy Ulcer also bred from some Ulcer not throughly cured The Remedy is to search the depth thereof with a Quill or some o●●er Instrument of Lead for unless you find the bottom it is hard to cure and having found the bottom if it be in a place where you may cut with a Razor make a slit against the bottom so wide that you may boldly thrust in your Finger to feel if any Bone or Gristle be perished or spungy or loose Flesh which must be gotten out then boyl a quartern of Honey and an ounce of Verdegrease in Powder stiring it continually until it look red then Tent therewith and Boulster with Flax that

or hot Fire-shovel thus do once a day until the Pain be gone Of a Back-Sinew Strain or any other Strain Take an ounce of Turpentine and two or three spoonfuls of Aqua vitae and beat them together in a Bladder or other vessel until they come to a perfect Salve then anoint the Strain very well therewith and heat it in either wi●h a hot Brick or else a Bar of Iron and thus doing three or four times it will take away the Strain For any desperate Strain in the Shoulder or other hidden Parts or any Fistula Pole-Evil or other Impostumation and Swelling Take a large Earthen Vessel of a Gallon and almost fill it with the Herb Arsmart and Brooklime equal in quantity and equally mixt then put to them as much of the oldest and strongest Urine that can be got as will cover the Herbs all over and fill the Vessel full then cover the pot close with a Stone Board or such like thing and so let it stand for this can never be too old Now when you have occasion to use it for any Grief aforesaid you shall take an Earthen Pipkin and put thereinto both of the Urine and of the Herbs so much as shall be convenient for the Grief and you shall boil it well upon the Fire Then if it be for a Shoulder-Strain you shall take an old Boot and cut off the Foot so that you may draw it over the Horse's Foot and about his Knee almost to the Elbow of his Shoulder keeping the nether part of the Boot as close and as strait about his Leg as may be but the upper part which covereth all the Shoulders must be wide and spacious into this Boot thrust all your Mixture as hot as the Horse can suffer it and lay it fast and close about the Shoulders especially before and behind then driving up the upper part of the Boot so fusten it to the Main of the Horse that it may be no means slip down but keep constant and firm and thus you must do once or twice a day till the Grief be gone As for the Effect thereof you shall find it for this is the most violent of all Medicines so that if there be any soul Matter that must come forth this will in an instant bring it to a Head ripen break it and heal it if there be no such things then in as short a time it will drive away the offending Humours take away the Swelling and give present Ease Yet would I have you to use this but in Extremity because for the time the Torment is almost insufferable and indeed not to be endured but only by Horses Now if it be a Fistula or any such like Impostumation or Swelling then you may spare the Boot and only lay on the Medicine in the manner of a Poultis and it will be as sufficient Of a False Quarter This is a Rift most commonly on the inside of the Hoof it cometh by the evil paring of the Hoof the Horse will halt and the Rift will bleed The Cure is Cut so much away on the side of the Shooe where the Grief is so as that the Rift may be uncovered then open the Rift with a Drawer and fill it with a Roll of Toe dipt in Turpentine Wax and Sheeps-Suet molten together renewing it every day till it be whole When the Rift is closed draw him betwixt the Hair and the Hoof with a hot Iron overthwart the Place whereby the Hoof will shoot all downward and ride him with another Shooe till he be throughly whole For an Over-reach on the Heel Take the White of an Egg and Bole-Armony mingled together with a little Flax and renew it for four or five days For an upper Taint or an Over-reach upon the Back Sinews of the Shank somewhat above the Joint This is a swelling of the Master-Sinew which proceeds from this that the Horse doth over-reach and strike that Sinew with the Toe of his Hinder-Foot which causes the place to swell and the Horse to halt The Cure is To wash the place with warm Water and to shave off the Hair as far as the Swelling goes and to scarifie every place of the Sore lightly with a Razor that the Blood may issue ●orth then take of Cantharides and Euforbium half an ounce mingle them together with half a quartern of Soap and with a Slice spread some of the Ointment over all the Sore and let him rest for an hour after let him stand without Litter and the next day dress him so again the third day anoint the Sore with Butter and continue so to ●● for nine days after then take three handsuls of Mallows 〈◊〉 of Sage and a Rose-cake and boil them in Water and when they are soft put a pound of Butter and half a pint of Sallet-Oil to the Water and being warm wash the place four or five times together therewith Of the Nether Joint This is a Bladder full of Jelly like to a Wind-gall not apparent but by feeling growing in the midst of the Pastern above the Frush It proceeds from some Strain Wrench or Over-reach the Nether-Joint towards the Fetterlock will be hot and somewhat swoln The Cure is Tye him about the Joint with a List somewhat hard and it will cause the Bladder to appear to the Eye then lance it and thrust out the Jelly then take the White of an Egg and Salt beaten together with a little Tow and bind it unto it renewing it once a day for five or six days Of the Serew or Serow This is like a Splint in manner of a Gristle as great as an Almond it groweth on the Foreleg The Cure is Take an Onion and pick out the Core and put therein a spoonful of Honey a quarter of a pound of unslack'd Lime three penny-worth of Verdegrease and rost the Onion and bruise it and lay it hot having first cut the Skin All these Infirmities are cured by this Medicine following Fevers in general the Pestilence the Falling-Evil the Pa●s●e or Shaking-Evil the Night-Mare the Hide-bound all Consumptions the Breast-grief all Tiredness the Loathing of Meat casting out of drink all Sursits the Hungry-Evil the sick Liver sick Gall sick Spleen sick Kidneys the Yellows the Dropsie Costiveness in the Body the Bo●s all Worms Pissing Blood mattering of the Yard shedding of the seed Falling of the Yard Earing of Hens-dung the falling of the Crest If the Horse has been brought weak by Sickness and that you find it proceedeth from some inward Infection or Corruption of Blood you shall give him in the Morning fasting two spoonfuls of the Powder of Diapente well brewed with four spoonfuls of Honey tost to and fro in a pint of White-wine or Muscadine and Malmesey and ride him afterwards an hour in the Su● then set him up warm in the Stable and let him fast an hour give him such ●rovender he will eat and his Hay sprinkled with a little Water But if his Sickness proceed

the Hoofs on the Hinder-legs and let him Blood also in the Thigh-Veins to the quantity of a Pottle and so double your Charge in quantity and therewith charge both Hinder-legs Reins and Flanks and all against the Hair and if you find him feeble by drawing so great a quantity of Blood give him a quart of Malmsey and a little Cinnamon Mace and Pepper finely beaten into a Powder made lukewarm and let him be walk'd and chafed up and down if he be able to go but if he be not able than tie him to the Rack and let him be hanged with Canvis or Ropes so as he may stand upon the Ground on his Feet and not suffered to lie down then pare all his Feet so thin that the dew come forth and tack on the Shooes again Stopping the Feet with Bran and Hogs-grease boiled together as hot as he can endure it and wrap them in Cloaths even to the Pasterns tying the Clouts fast Let his Diet be thin and give him no cold Water and so soon as he is able let him almost be continually walked unless he be so long gone that his Hoofs begin to loose ●● that it break forth at the Cronets of the Hoofs then take two Eggs as much Bole Armony and Bean-flower as will th●●●en the same and mingle them well together and make thereof a plaister such as may close each ●oot round about somewhat above the Cronet and bind the same fast that it fall not away or be removed for two days tog●ther let the Soles of his Feet be cleansed and stopt every day once and the Cronets but every two days and not walk'd for loosing his Hoofs but when he amendeth walk hi● upon some soft Ground fair and softly but if it break out above the Hoof then take all the fore-parts of the Sole clean away leaving the Heels whole then stop him and also dress him about the Cronet as aforesaid if this Grief tho it be very dangerous be espied in time it may be cured For the Shoulderpight This is when the pitch or point of the Shoulder is displaced which if it be the point will stick out farther than his Fellow and the Horse will halt downright The Cure is To make him for to swim in a deep Water eleven or twelve turns to try if he be able to make the Joint to return to his right place then make two tough Pins o● Ash-Wood of the bigness of your Little-singer sharp and thrust in one of the Pins from above downward so as both the Ends may equally stick without the Skin and if the Pin of Wood will not easily pass through make it way with an Iron pin then make two Holes cross to the first Holes so as the pin may cross the first pin right in the midst with a right Cross the first pin should ●e somewhat flat in the midst to the intent the other being round might pass the better without stop and close the Inster together then take a piece of a Line somewhat bigger than a Whipcord and at one end make a Loop which being put over one of the pins ends so as it may lie between the pins ends and the Skin fasten the least end with a Pack-Needle and Thread unto the end of the Cord so as it may not slip but first anoint both the pricks and Cord with Hogs-grease then bring him into the Stable and let him rest the space of nine days but let him lie down as little as you can and put a Pastern on the Fore-leg so that it may be bound with a Cord unto the Foot of the Manger to keep the Leg in the Stable more forward always than the other and at nine days end pull out the pricks and anoint the places with Diathea or Hogs-grease and turn him to Grass For a Frothy Hoof. First with an Instrument make hollow the Extremities of the Hoof on the outside till the principal Vein break ●et the Blood run forth then fill up the Hole with fine Salt and Hurds steeped in Vinegar and then bind them so that they shall not fall off This is a sure way to make a hard and a sound Hoof. For the blasting of the Hoof. You must first cut the Hoof round about the out-side then pull away the Sole of the Foot then let the part bleed well then put in a Tent of Whites of Eggs bind the Foot about with a Band after two days wash the ●ore in Vinegar somewhat hot fill it with fine Salt and Tarta beaten together cover it with Hurds steeped in strong Vinegar Probatum est For a Pinch or a Gall in the Withers First cut out the dead Flesh and make a Tent with the White of an Egg and then wash the part with warm White-Wine and afterwards anoint the sore place with White sweet Suet. A present Remedy for the Staggers When you find your Horse distempered in his Head then take a piece of Woollen Cloth and bind it fast to the end of a stick being well rubbed with good Barbary-soap and then put it into both his Nostrils with as much ease as you can and withall draw it forth very gently again This is a perfect Remedy For the Strangles First when you see the Strangles growing prick them under the Throat in the Morning and after cover the Horse's Head with a Linnen Cloth and then rub him often under the Throat with Fresh Butter on the sore place For the swelling of the Fore-legs This Distemper cometh after great Pains and Labour the efficient Causes are many but principally that he was travell'd when young before he was cleansed from his Humours that he hath been travell'd when he was full that he might also have too much Rest and was not kept with moderate Diet that he fed too much on green Meat that he washed after Labour and such like But if the Horse be naturally fleshly-limbed he will never be free but as soon as he is cured upon Travel he will swell again and therefore such Jades should be gelt and put to Cart and never suffered to get Colt The Cure is divers Take of Mallows three or four handfuls Rose-cake and Sage a handful boil them in Water and thereunto put half a pound of Butter and half a pint of Sallet-Oyl being made warm wash him twice a day for three or four days Another for the same Take Hemlock and stamp it and mingle it with Sheeps-dung and Vinegar and having made a Plaister lay it all over the Swelling Another for the same Take Wine-Lees and Cummin and boil them together and put thereinto a little Wheat-flower and charge all the Swelling therewith and walk him often and apace to heat him and if this will not serve then take up the great Vein above the Knee on the inside suffering him not to bleed from above but from beneath If he be clean and lean-limbed use him as I have exprest to a little Butter and Beer warmed and his Feet well

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

Vermine have pist upon which will cause the Horses mouth to he surred or clammy so that he will not eat The Cure is to let him blood in two great Veins under the Tongue and to wash his mouth with Vinegar and Salt and to give him new Bread that is not hot For the Heat in the Mouth Turn up the upper Lip and jag it with a Lancet that it may bleed and wash it with Vinegar and Salt For the Canker in the Mouth Wash the sore place with strong Vinegar made thick with the Powder of Allum two or three days together to destrroy the exulcerate matter then take a quart of fair Water of Allum four ounces of Honey four or five spoonfuls of Maudlin Leafes Sage Leafes and Columbine Leafes of each a handful boil all these together till half be consumed and then every day being warmed wash the same two or three times a day and it will heal it For the Barbels or Paps under the Tongue The Cure is to clip them away and to wash them with Vinegar and Salt For the Hurt of the Tongue with a Bit. The Cure is To wash it with Allum-water then take Black Bramble Leafes and chop them with Jard and put them within a Clout and make them as round as a Ball then dip the same in Honey and anoint the Tongue therewith until it be whole For the Giggs in the Mouth They are Swellings with black Heads growing in the inside of the Lip The Cure is to slit them and thrust out the Corruption and to wash the same with Vinegar and Salt These Infirmities are cured by the Medicine following Manginess in the Main Manginess in the Tail the Mallander the Sellander the Pains the Scratches all kibed Heels The Leprosie the Farcyn the General Scab all Lice or Nits or other Vermin First in any wise you shall let the Horse blood in the Neck-Vein and suffer him to bleed very well because the Corruption of the Blood is the only Breeder of these Infirmities having with a Knife Lancet Curry-comb Hair-cloth and such like opened the Knots and Pistules and rubbed away all Scurf and Filthiness laying the Sores open and raw as it were ready to bleed then you shall take of Yellow Arsnick or White Mercury beaten to a fine Powder or Belagar and clarified Hogs-grease of each a like quantity and beat them well together till they come to a perfect Ointment then having tied the Horse's Head up fast to the Rack in such wise that he can neither lick nor bite himself with this Ointment anoint all the Sores and other offended places very well over holding some hot Bar of Iron or Fire-shovel heated against the same that the Ointment may the better and speedier soak in and being thus anointed let him stand the space of two or three hours at the least tyed as aforesaid which done take of the strongest Urine you can get and with the same wash away all the Ointment wheresoever it was laid and then untye the Horse and put him to his Meat and thus do once a day till the Sores dry up and begin to waste away For the Bleeding at the Nose This may be derived from many Causes which cannot be truly known as proceeding from within the Body and therefore I shall only direct how to cure the same Take a pint of Red-Wine and put thereinto a quarter of Bole-Armony beaten into a fine Powder and put the one half into his Nostrils that bleedeth holding up his Head and this may do well if in the Nostril or Head there be the original Cause the next day give him the rest into his body and that will surely bind his Body and it may help the bleeding inward Another Remedy for the same Let him blood in the Breast-Veins of each a pint for that is most likely to turn the Course of the Blood take two or three spoonfuls of his Blood and put it into a Sawcer and boyl it until it be dried to a powder then take the Powder thereof and blow it into his Nostrils h●d if it come of a Wound put it into the same and it will presently stanch it as also Horse-dung Asses-dung Hogs-dung Sage-Leases bruised and put into the Wound or take of Frank●ncense an ounce of Aloes half an ounce and beat them into a fine Powder and mingle them throughly with the Whites of Eggs until it be as thick as Honey and with soft Hares-hair thrust his Nostrils so full as that it cannot fall out And lastly some will throw cold Water upon him against his Hair and 't is likely that the over-cooling of him that way may stop the Flux thereof And this a worthy experienced Friend of mine did use to do if at any time such a sudden Accident did happen Of the Vines This Distemper proceedeth from the Corruption of Blood The Cure is Draw them with a hot Iron right-down the midst from the Root of the Ear so far as the Tip of the Ear will reach being pulled down and again under the Root of the Ear with a hot Iron draw two strikes on each side like this Figure ‡ then in the midst of the first line lance them with a Lancelet or Razor taking hold of the Kernels with a pair of Pinchers but beware that you touch them not with your bare Fingers pull them so far out with your Pinchers as that you may cut the Kernels out without hurting the Vein then fill the Hole full of Salt Another Cure for the same Take Aegremony Honey and Violet-Leafes stamp them together and slit the Sinew under the Ear and lay a Plaister thereunto two or three days For the Canker in the Nose This proceeds from corrupt Blood and consumed Flesh which makes it raw within and in the end will eat the Gristle thereof it will also cause the Horse to bleed at the Nose and to yield a filthy savour The Cure is take of green Coperas and Allum of each a pound and of white Coperas one quarter of a pound boyl these in a Pottle of running Water ●●il it ●●●alf consumed then take it off and put into it half a part of Honey hold up his Head with a staff but not too high and with a Squirt squirt the Water being lukewarm three or four times together into his Nostrils and give him liberty to blow out the filthy matter least you choak him and with a Stick and a Rag wash his Nostrils twice a day until he be whole Another Cure for the same If you see the Canker be of great heat and burning in the Sore with exceeding Pain take the Juice of Purslane Lettice Sorrel and Night-shade and wash the Sore with a fine Clout and with a Squirt wash the same and this will kill it For the Canker of the Eyes This proceeds from the Corruption of the Blood by reason whereof you shall see many red Pimples both within and without the Eye and through Inflamation the Eye will look

beneath the Eyes not touching the Vein and with a Cronet loose the Skin upwards the breadth of a Groat and thrust therein a round piece of Leather as broad as a two-penny piece with a hole in the midst to keep the hole open and look to it once a day that the Matter may not be stopped but run ten or eleven days then heal it with Turpentine Hogs-grease and Wax boyled together with Flax dipped in it and take not the Plaisters off till they fall away then burn him with a small hot drawing Iron made like a Star with a hole in the midst in each Temple-Vein where the Plaister did lye in this manner ** and if this help not set him to Cart Beware you breed no Colts of Horses that are so ●●ed for upon every hard Travel they will be blind These Infirmities are cured by this following Medicine All Wounds in general all Sinews cut all Wounds with sbot burning with Lime Mad-dog biting Foundring Fretizing Surbaiting all loose Hoofs casting of the Hoof Hoof-bound Take of Turpentine Wax Hogs-grease of each a like quantity first melt the yellow Wax and Hogs-grease upon a soft fire then take it off and dissolve the Turpentine into it and stir it very well together then put it into a Gally-pot and let it cool and with this Salve tent or plaister any Wound or Sore and it will heal it Also with the same anoint the Cronets of the Horses Hoofs and putting Wheat-bran unto it it being boyled hot stop your Horse● Feet therewith in case either of Founder of Frettize Surbait or such like Infirmities For the Staggers The Cause of this Disease is for that the Brain and the Stomack are united and chained together with certain Sinews and thereby interchangeably communicate their damages so as when the Stomack is oppressed with the gross and tough Humours or some strong Vapours as when the Horse hath eat some strong Herb as the wild Parsnips or such like by the strong vapouring Spirits proceeding out of the Stomack to the Brain oppressing the same as the strong vaporous Spirit of Wine Aquavltae and such like do the brain of Man he is dizzy and reeleth as if he were drunk at the first he doth only reel and stagger as if his Back were swayed and will eat his Meat but afterwards he will forsake it and not be able to stand The Cure is let him blood in the Temple-Veins one handful under the Eyes then take Garlick Herb-grace a little Leaven and Bay-salt stamp them together and then put thereinto a little quantity of Aquavitae and put it into the Horse's Ears and bind them close and so let it remain twenty four hours and wash his Tongue with Vinegar and Salt let him not drink any cold Water and once a day gently walk him Another for the same Take Bitter Almonds one once and a half of Ox-Gal● two drams of Black Hellebore stamp one half penny-worth of Groins of Castorum of Vinegar of Varnish five drams sethe them together until the Vinegar be consumed strain it and put it into his Ears as aforesaid but bind them with a Woollen List not with a cutting String A Soveraign Medicine called the Emperour of all Medicines concerning Horses Take of Wheat-meal six pounds or as much as will bring all the Simples following to a stiff Paste of A●i●eeds two ounces of Cummin-seed six drams of Carthamus one dram and a half of Feaugreek-seed one ounce and two drams of Brimstone an ounce and a half and of Sallet-Oyl one pint and two ounces of Honey one pound and a half of White-Wine four pints and all this must be made into a very stiff Paste the hard Simples being pounded and searsed to a fine Powder and so mixed with the sweet Simples After this Paste is made it must be kept in a very clean Cloth and when you have occasion to use it you shall take thereof as much as will make a round Ball as big as a Mans Fist and this Ball you shall by continual washing laving and squeezing dissolve into a Gallon of running Water to give it the Horse to drink either after his Heats or any violent Labour or Exercise or when he is sick poor lean or inwardly diseased and full of foul Surfeits and then you shall suffer him to drink thereof as much and often as he pleaseth the Colour of the Water will offend him to take it therefore at the first offer it him in the dark of which when he hath but once tasted he will then sorsake all Water whatsoever to drink of this only Now touching the Virtues which appertain to this Medicine they are these First if your Horse be never so poor lean surfeited and diseased if you give your Horse of this Water with the Ball dissolved in it as aforesaid it will in fourteen days not only cleanse and scoure him but also purifie the Blood enliven and quicken him in a wonderful manner Secondly it will be a means to prevent any Sickness for a long time Thirdly and Lastly ●t will make him continue in good Case feed lustily and ●gain Flesh apace though before he was very Lean. A safe Purge to prevent Sickness Take a quarter of a pound of red Saunders and the like quantity of fresh Butter make them up and give them as the former or Rosemary Leafs bruised and mixed with Butter or green Figs so ordered and let those that undertake the Cure of Horses observe particularly these five things 1. To what Diseases Horses are inclinable 2. From what Cause they proceed 3. By what means the Causes do accrue 4. The Tokens by which any Distemper is known 5. And how to apply apt and seasonable Remedies For the Cramp or Convulsion of the Sinews The cause of this Disease is over much Fulness or very great Eating and Feeding much Rest want of moderate Exercise or by over-much Bleeding extream Labour or extream Cold. That which proceeds from great Fulness and Rest comes suddenly That which comes by Emptiness or Penury goes on by little and little I have seen a Horse had his Head awry and Neck so stiff as if he could not bow any manner of way nor the strength of Men open his Jaws or Mouth without breaking of them His Eyes hollow in his Head and the fleshy parts thereof turned backwards His Tongue so henumed that he could not eat nor drink but by sucking of his drink by little and little with his Lips All which came by a full and foul Feeding and too much Rest b●ing notwithstanding exceeding Fat when he Dy'd The cure of this Disease is to take a great quantity of Blood from him rake him behind and give him a Glister of Mallows Cammomile and Fennel boyled in Milk How to order him after this for the Recovery of his Limbs c. Let him be rubbed by two or three lusty strong Men and keep him in a very warm Room then take two quarts of strong Ale and two

scummy and putrefied matter which ariseth from corrupt and Cholerick Blood but it is either voided in Excremental Humours or moderate Exercise and Sweats or else by immoderate Exercise and violent Labour By too much Repletion and Fulness by unwholesome Food and evil Diet or by some other natural Defect this Cholerick Corruption increasing and overflowing it presently and in an instant overspreads the whole Body having its Course through every Vein and so discoloureth the Skin and makes all the outward parts yellow especially the Eyes and inside of the Lips also mixing with the better Blood and confounding the Strength and Vertue thereof it brings a general Fairness over the Body and in the end suffocateth the Heart of force there must follow sudden and certain Mortality and hence proceeds those sudden Deaths of Horses for which our weak Farriers can give but a foolish and idle Account But to return to the purpose after you have taken away good store of Blood and as you imagine all or at least the most part of that which is corrupt then set him up in the Stable tying his Head to the Rack gently and at Liberty neither so high that he shall be compelled to rest his Head upon the Bridle nor yet so low that he may thrust hi● Head into the Manger and thus you shall let him stand at least two hours How to prepare your Horse after bleeding to receive what is necessary for remedying dangerous Sickness If the Sickness be not contacious and dangerous administer not any Potion to him that day because the Vein being opened and all the ●●m●●ous Powers and Faculties of the Body disturbed it will be a double Vexation to his Spirits to go also through the working of the Potion therefore in this case the Sickness not be●ng violent you may forbear farther Administration and only after the Horse hath ●asted you shall give him such Food a● he will eat whether it be Hay Bread or Corn and always provide that it be strong savory sweet dry and clean drest as for the Quantity it matters not for a small Pittance at that time will maintain him besides Emptiness is no great Displeasure At high Noon you shall give him a sweet Mash of Malt and Water made in this manner Take half a peck of good Malt well ground and put it into a Pale by it self then take a Gallon of fair clear Water and set it on the Fire then when it is come to the hight that it is ready to boyl put as much of it to the Malt as will moist and cover the Malt all over and stir them exceeding well together crushing the Malt with a flat Rudder as much as you can ever and anon tasting it with your Finger till it be as sweet as any Honey and then cover it over as close as you can and so let it stand and stove for two or three hours at the least then the hour being come in which the Horse is to receive it uncover the Mash and stir it about but finding it to hot then put to it some clear cold Water that may temper and allay it but in any wise not so much as may take away any part of the Sweetness and in this tempering with your hand crush and squeeze the Malt as much as you can the Mash being lukewarm give it to the Horse to drink and if he eat of the Malt let him take thereof at his Pleasure This is the best manner of making of an ordinary Mash or Horse-Caudle for it is of that nature and quality and to that purpose that a Caudle is administred to Man is this given to a Horse for you must understand that in these contagious Diseases nothing is more pestilent than cold Water and especially when that Exercise cannot be used The ruder Farriers and Horse-Grooms do make the Mash another way putting the Malt to the Water at the first and so boyling them both together but this is unwholsom and nought and that every good Ho●swife can witness for this long boiling over-scalds the Malt and takes away the Strength and Sweetness and gives a harsh and unsavory Taste which is offensive to the Horse's Nature If your Horse be coy and refuse to take the Mash as many are partly for want of Use and Custom and partly for Weakness of Stomach than you shall strain the Water from the Malt exceeding hard and so give him with a Horn to drink then take the Grains which you have so strained and put them in the Manger before the Horse on which whether he feed or no it matters not for if he but smell and snuffle his Nose upon them it is sufficient for the Fume thereof is wonderous wholesome for his Head After you have given him the Mash see that he be warmly cloathed as namely a good Woollen Body-cloath to come round about his Heart a large Cloath or two to come over it and to be wispt round about with soft thick and large Whisps for the little hard and neat Wisps though they are comely to the Eye yet they are unwholsome for the Body for Hardness and Smallness makes an Impression into the Horse's sides causeth him to forbear to lye down when Nature and Rest requireth it The Horse being thus warm cloathed you shall then cause one or two to rub all his four Legs from his Knees and Lamtrels downwards with very hard Whisps and to rub them as hard as may be and whilst his Limbs are thus in rubbing take a coarse Rubber or two made of new hardned temper Cloath and warming one after another over a pan of Coals with them rub the Horse exceedingly much in the Nape of his Neck and the Pole just betwixt his Ears and on the Temples of his Head for there is nothing that is more wholesome than these Frictions and Chasings for they dissolve Humours and revive all natural Heat being a cheerful Nimbleness to the Limbs and purge the Head of gross Cold and rough Matter cleansing and purifying the Brain by which the Members and other Faculties are fortified and the whole Body reduced back to its full Strength and Ability As soon as you have ended this Friction of rubbing you may then let the Horse take his Rest for two or three hours and only leave a Lock or two of sweet Hay in his Rack and no more for the least quantity of any thing is too much and soon cloys a sick Horse An Excellent Perfume for Inward Sickness c. In the Evenng come to your Horse again and having rubbed all his Limbs and Head as you did before then perfume his Head in this manner Take of the best and purest Olibanum an ounce as much of Benjamin and Rax and bruise them all together I do not mean bruise them to small Powder but only break them in small Lumps and mix them well together and so taking them up between your Fingers you may not take up one Ingredient alone but some of