drinke vvith a little Malte Meale or Bran. The twelfth last cause of long life is The twelfth cause to put often times into his prouender the powder of Anniseeds Licorish Fenegricke Turmericke Bay-berries the powder of brimstone white Lillie rootes small chopped Ennula campana rootes small chopped or the povvder thereof Rootes of Polipodium of the oke small chopped or the povvder thereof Sauen small cut Marshe vvoorme-vvood small cut or the povvder thereof Garlicke small chopped Tobacco smal chopped Hearb of grace smal chopped Isop Horehovvnd and Coltefoote smal chopped or some of them vvhich vvill keepe him sound and perfect from all inward diseases Thus hauing briefely set dovvne the invvard causes of long life wherout you may deduce the cōtraries sicknes and short life for such is the disposition of Horses and of all creatures bodies that by the continuall combat and enterchangeable dominion of the euer-iarring elements they often change their primary constitution so that if there were no cause of transmutation which notwithstanding are many and manifolde yet hauing that home-bred cause within them that would in time alter their temperature for we see the same bodies in youth and old age diuersly tempered euen by the variation of their originall constitution and the infallible cause of their diuersitie and difference although many times not the onely cause but that onely which proceedeth from the inward ingendred cause of destruction thorough some accidental immoderate contingent or vnnaturall action which sometime happeneth in their full strength and perfection for that which is onely naturall neuer passeth from one extreame vnto another Aristotle in his tripertite diuision of ages but by the meane And although experience the naturall and true mother of knowledge time the mother of truth who euermore bringeth her owne daughter to perfection approoue the contrariety of the inherent qualities of heat colde drynes moisture the onely causes of invvard diseases and the continuance and vnperceiueable lingering thereof the principle cause of their vntimely death knovving a successiue impairing alvvaies importeth a small dissolution so that the preuention of the extremity and suppressing the dominion of the contraries there is not so much as an apparance of their perpetuitie yet vvho is he that seeth his Horses enioy but a small perfection of health doth not possesse himselfe with the forgetfulnesse thereof and of their mortalitie whence you see how farre they wrong their sences and themselues from iudgement standing stil to beholde the execution of doubtfull issues neuer remembring that as from the firmest friendshippes doe spring the greatest enmities so from soundest health the deadliest maladies Therefore qui causam rei praestat is remprestare videtur he that preuenteth the cause of sicknesse preuenteth the sicknes it selfe it is not better occurrere malo quam postea remedium querere to preuent the disease then afterwardes to seeke remedie for the disease but how a perfect order and stability should consist in these disioyned subiectes vnlesse the origionall causes there of had bene formerly expressed without begetting error the childe of confusion extendeth beyond the limits of vnderstanding It therefore remaineth how to cure those horses that haue inward diseases and afterwards the outward diseases CHAP. 59. The meanes to helpe and preserue horses from the inward diseases THere are foure waies or meanes to preserue and keepe horses from their inward diseases viz. purging sweating letting blood and vomiting whereof in order First of purging which may bee saide two-folde outward inward the time of purging or clensing the outward parts must be presently after the taking of the horse from Grasse into the stable which euer wold be at or before the feast of Saint Bartholmew by reason of the great moistnes and colde that then vsually happen to be taken vp very gently for fear of heating of him least his humors thereby should be dissolued by the veines and Arteries into euerie part of the body and that euery horse at such times are ful of humors appeareth in the best spirited horses if you then perceiue their actions how lubburish and heauily they performe the same at such times The manner of purging or clearing the outward parts of the bodye would bee in this manner First sheare his eares and a little place behinde for the head-stall to lye flat and euen Then take Sope and annoint his head and iawes therewith and then take warm Buck-lie and wash and clense the same in euerie part so cleane as is possible from all sweate and scurffe and presently rubbe his head and euerie part with cleane linnen cloathes and after with wollen cloathes verie drie then put on his head a double whood or beggin made of purpose to keepe all the parts of his head verie warme Then if it bee a faire warme day in the Sunne in like maner wash purge and clense all his body and euerie part thereof especially his maine taile and cods then rubbe him and cleare him verie dry and cloath him and stuffe him verie warme and giue him plenty of sweet cleane litter Then annoint all his hoofes hauing first washed them and made them dry with this oyntment Take of Turpentine and sheepe suet halfe a pound of vnwrought waxe a quarterne of Allom of Sallet Oyle halfe a pinte of Tarre a quarter of a pinte boile themll together vntill they be well incorporated keepe it in a pot and euerie day his feet being clean annoint his hoofes therewith neither let him goe at grasse if he be a horse of worth aboue one moneth in the yeare at any time after The manner of purging or clensing the inner parts of the horse A moste excellent Glister to be giuen within a day or two after the horse is taken frō grasse must euermore be done before hee be laboured or exercised in this manner viz. First annoint your hand with sope and thrust your arme into his fundament and rake out al the dung and then giue him this glister take of Malloes three handfuls Marsh mallowe rootes two handfuls bruised Violet leaues two handfuls Flaxe-seed three spoonefuls and a good quantitie of the white Lilly rootes and boyle them together in a Gallon of faire water to a Wine quart straine it and put thereto of Seene one Ounce let it steepe in the lycour three hovvers ouer embers then put to it of Sallet-oyle halfe a pinte and being blood vvarme giue it him in a glister and make him keepe it so long as you may and this vvould be done three or foure daies before thefull or nevv moone The next day after he hath taken the saide glister giue him early in the morning this drinke viz. Take a quart of the strongest and best alevvorte a quarter of a pinte of honny and six penny vvorth of the best treacle vvell mixed and brued together and keepe him meatles after six houres and let him not drinke any colde vvater but a mashe and eate svveet vvheat stravve and
olde cleane svveet oates The next day after he hath taken the saide drinke giue him earely in the morning this drinke viz. Take a pinte of the best vvhite vvine vvherein hath bene steeped all night an ounce of Sence straine it and put into it one ounce of the best Aloes beaten into povvder halfe an ounce of Agaricke and a spoonefull of the povvder of Licorish vvarme them a little on the fire and brevve them vvell together and then giue it the Horse ride him gently or vvalke him a quarter of an houre set him into the stable very warme clothed let no aire come to him and let him neither eate nor drinke 6 houres after and at night giue him a warme mashe svveete vvheat stravve olde cleane svveete oates and plenty of litter The next day if the signe be good let him blood if the blood be very bad take from him tvvo quarts if indifferent but one quart keepe him verie vvarme and with vvarme mashes in vvhich mashes if possibly he will take it put the powder of brimstone Fenegreke Turmericke and of Enula campana of each one spoonefull The next day after if the weather be faire ride him very gently a mile and so backe againe and at his comming home presentlye haue him into the Stable and cloath him so warme as hee may sweate but not violentlye and so faile not to ride him when hee is fasting euerie day moderately a mile or two vppon some pleasant ground and euerie day to sweate a little for sixe daies and keepe him warme and with warme water and the Stable close when he is in it Hetherto you haue heard how to cleare him outwardly by washing and inwardlye by purging bleeding and sweating and for vomiting take a great roote or two of Polipodium of the Oake cleane scraped and laide all night in steepe in Spike oyle tyed fast to his bitte and euerie morning fasting let him bee ridden vvith it and if hee haue anye colde or filth in his stomacke it will force him to cough and reare it from the stomacke and by this means you shal be sure to clense refine his blood to exhaust his watrish humors and to make his inner parts cleane so as with temperate order before prescribed you shall bee sure to keepe him long a sound perfect and seruiceable Horse Now because the Liuer being the fountaine of blood the Lungs the bellowes of breath yet not vnlike a standing poole which continually gathereth corruption the which being corrupted or stopped speedilye destroyeth the subiect I will set downe excellent meanes to preserue both the one other in perfefection otherwise hee wil be but as a silthye vessell which is seldome clensed CHAP. 60. To refine the blood and preserue the Liuer from infection TAke a root of polipodium of the Oake made verie cleane cut it into small peeces a handfull of Liuer-wort cut in small peeces sixe pence weight of Ruebarbe cut small and euerie morning for three or foure daies in a month giue it the horse in his prouander verie earelye two or three houres before his watering and once in halfe a yeare make triall of his blood how pure it is accordinglye minister helpe if need be CHAP. 61. A most soueraigne drinke to preserue his lungs cleere the most excelling knowledge in Horseman or Farrier TAke the Tartar of white wine lees which is alwaies at the Apothecaries which is no other then the lees of white wine dried to powder one ounce and a halfe of I sop two handfuls of Coltesfoote two handfulls of Horehownd one handful of Ennula campana roots one ounce foure Licorish stickes brused Anniseed one ounce red Sugar candy foure ounces boyle them all in a quarte of ale and when it is halfe boyled put to it of Isop water twice distilled one pin̄te of Coltes foote water twice distilled one pinte boile them againe then straine it and giue it him verie warme to drinke The charge heere of is small you may make what quantity you will by doubling or trebling the simples If you haue a delicate Horse and haue cleared him dieted him as I haue prescribed then euery morning that you will hunt him or excercise him giue him fasting a pinte heereof and so continue him vntil you finde him cleane in perfect breath and then the moderate excercise of him wil be sufficient to keepe him cleane The reasons why the Horse should be thus clensed and cleared after long rest and full feeding are First the pores of all the skinne being opened the Horse will easily sweate and therebye cleere the body from the vnperfect moisture Secondly it maketh the whole body to receiue Ayre which of it selfe is naturally moiste to helpe to coole the burning violent heate of the heart and of the other members when the Horse doth labour as appeareth by the office of the lungs which as a paire of bellowes dooth continuallye drawe fresh Ayre vnto the same filling all the emptie corners with moistnes and therefore the Lungs most principally ought to be kept cleere to draw breath to coole the same and that is the reason why Horses are broken winded because the lungs are vnperfect to doe their office and likewise the reason why broken winded Horses when they are kept at drie meate doe drawe their breath much more shorter and with more violence then when they goe to Grasse because grasse is naturally colde and moist and thereby his heart being more colde the Horse draweth his breath more at length but if the Horse be cleare emptie and sound in the body then doth he alwaies draw his breath alike and so doth euery other creature also from which ground of reason three things may be collected obserued The first is that the horse head bee kept verie cleare from all obstructions the which euermore commeth by colde which greatlie hindereth drawing breath into the body Secondly that the skinne of the Horse be kept cleare and open to draw breath at the pores of the skinne into the body Thirdlye that Canales Pulmonis the pipes or Canes of the Lungs bee not opilated or stopped throgh viscous fleame or tough humors like bird-lime or with impostumation in the pipes and so become putrified euerie of which with continuance thereof will destroy the horse there is no truth more apparant then that the causes of all these inward corruptions and infirmities proceede onely from great rest full and foule feeding and the distemperatures of heate and colde that by the taking away of these causes such effects cannot follow so as you see the preseruation of health and long life is the moderate and temperate labour and exercise the spare cleane and sweete foode as hath bene formerly expressed CHAP. 62. Certaine rules to be obserued by such as shall either trauell or exercise their horses FIrst when your Horse is lustie and pleasant and cleere in bodye then is he fit for labour or any exercise but if he be
CHAP. 105. THere are many opinions how this should come to a horse and therefore I wish many meanes to be vsed before any extream meanes be vsed first therfore if the horse haue such a crick that he holdeth his necke streight and cannot haue the vse to lift the same vp and downe as is vsuall then let two men one on the each side rub his neck so long as by common intendment it is growne very hot which being done put a bit into his mouth and make triall if he will or can reine in any seemly proportion the which if he do then it is to be intended either the same came by some colde or some strain and then I would haue him let blood on both the brest vaines and all his neck throughly annointed and labored with Aquauite and Nerue oyle that it may drinke into the skin and two sheep skins wraped about his neck with the wooll next the neck to keepe it in a great heate and so to rest 24. hours if he doe not heerby amend but carrieth his head still downe feedeth slowly then make a hole in his forehead hard vnder the foretop thrust in a cornet to raise the skin from the flesh a handfull deep then take a goose feather well nointed with hoggs grease to keepe the hole open that it may run ten dayes together euery day twice let the feather be cleansed newly annointed and let his neck be stil labored with rubbing kept very warm to keepe it in a sweat and if you perceiue no amendment then draw him with a hot yron from the root of the eare on both sids of the neck through the middest of the same euen to the brest a straw deep that both ends may meet on the breast but if he carry his necke awry on one side then onely draw the contrary side with a hot yron faile not eury morning when he is fasting to ride him with a bit til he sweat the hotter he is the more pul in his reine when he cōmeth to the stable keepe him warm the he sweat after coole him moderately and rubat him throughly CHAP. 106 For the wennes or knobs in any part of the body THe cure is take of mallowes sage and red netles of each a handfull boile them in running water put therevnto butter and hony a litle quantitie and when the hearbs be soft bruse them then put thereunto of Oyle of bayes two ounces and two ounces of hoggs grease and warme them together ouer the fire which being well stirred and verie hot make a plaister as big as the wen vppon a peece of leather and so renew it by the space of eight dayes alwaies laid to so hot as may be and if it come not to a head then lance it very deepe then heale it with very cleane washed turpētine the yolk of an egge a litle saffron well wrought together with a taint of flaxe well rould therein renewing it euery day once For the same Take a pound of strong lye and sope a quarter of vitreall romane one ounce of Salarmoniacke asmuch of roch-allom and boile them together til they are thicke and vse it for an ointment For the same Take of Gipsiacum the strongest lay it on with cotton three or four times and it will take it away CHAP. 106. For the falling of the Crest THe cure is first let the crest be supported to stand vpright then on the contrary side that it falleth draw his crest the depth of a straw with a hot yron the edge of which yron wold be half an inch broad make your beginning ending somewhat beyōd the fal but the first draught must go al the way vpon the edge of the maine euen vnderneath the roots of the same bearing your hand right dounward into the neckward then answer that with another draught beneath and so far distant from the first as the fall is broad compassing al the fall and betwixt these two draughts right in the middest draw another draught then with a button of an inch about or else crossing the same with your yron burne at each end a hole or else crosse the spaces betwixt the draughts the reason is that by the pursing vp and shrinking of the skin on the contrary side the crest may stand vpright some will afterwards anoint the same with fresh butter or somthing aswage the heate but Maister Orpen of Greenwich an excellent Farear would not do any thing that might enlarge the skin and for my owne opinion I hold it best vntill 9. daies be past and then to take away the scab it will not be amisse CHAP. 107. For all manginesse THis is diuersely cured some thus Take of green copporas of allom of each a pound of white copporas a quarterne boile them together in 3. quarts of running water in a strong earthen pot vntil halfe be consumed and being made warme with a clout on a sticke rub him once a day vntil he be whole For the same LEt him blood a pottel at least then put presently vnto it a quart of bay salt labour them together and annoint al his body therwith and let it dry in Also to annoint him with the fatte of a Seale is excellent For the same TAke of fresh grease a pound of quicke siluer halfe a pound of brimstone one ounce of rape oyle halfe a pinte or else double or treble the simples as you shall haue occasion then work them so as the quicke siluer be not seene then take a woolcarde and clawe him vntill it be rawe and annoint him therewith but in this cure be sure first to let blood aboundantly and giue him in all his prouander or with hot graines or mashes plenty of the pouder of brimstone to driue it out of the body when you think it dead take a pound of black sope and strong bucke lye and wash body main taile all ouer if he be cleane from all medicine and a bout 5. or 6. daies after purge him with Pilles as hath bene prescribed and then within 5. or 6. daies after swim him in a riuer and rub him and cleare him of all medicine and cloath him very warme and if you do first purge him and then let blood after minister salues it is the better CHAP. 108 For swelling in the withers or backe THe cure is presently to lay a good quantity of Horse-dung new made vpon it and if it be new done it will aswage it If not then pricke it with a fleame or fine pen-knife through the skin to make the blood issue out then take of mallowes smallage 3. or 4. handfulls boyle them till they be pap straine them and bruse the hearbs in a wodden dish and put thereunto a little hogs grease or sallet oyle sheepes suet or other fresh grease boile them together not frying them hard and then with a cloth binde it warme to the swelling renewing it euery day
lothsome to behold therefore to the cure first let him blood on both sides of the necke 3. quarts at least for it is most certaine that the liuer which is the fountaine of blood is corrupted and so sendeth the same into euery part of the bodie then giue him this drinke take a gallon of faire water put into it a good handful of Rue a good spoonefull of Hempseed and a handfull of the inner rine of greene elder bruse them in a morter together and seeth it till halfe be consumed and being colde giue it him to drinke euermore continue to let him blood in that veyne which is nighest to the sore place a great quantity let his diet be thin but very cleane and sweete viz. wheat strawe and dryed sweete oates a few at a time then take this approoued medicine following which although the disease be neuer so foule it will vndoubtedly cure it Take of hearb grace a handfull of Fetherfew a handfull of Chickweed of the house a handfull of Kiks wood a handfull of hearb Robert a handfull keep the residue therof in a pipkin close couered in the earth stop the mouth therof close with hearb grace and dock-leaues and a greene turffe laid vpon it that no aire come in and euery third day vnty his eares and dresse it with new so continue it till all the farcin be dead for vndoubtedly at 3. or 4. dressings it will kill it wash all the hearbs so cleane as no durt or filth be on them boyle chamberlye and bay salt with a little copporas and strong nettles to wash the sores if neede be But beware of burning them either with fire orother corosiue for although it may kill the vlcer yet being dispersed it wil burn and scortch the Horse skin for burning doth purse the skin and maketh it run together so as the Horse wil neuer after prosper I wold haue you get cases of leather fastned to a head stall made hollowe like the shape of a horse eares to lace or buckle that you hurt not his eares or make them laut eared which thing the Sadlers will helpe you heerein for many times by long binding the eares are spoiled so as they must be cut off After that you see the filthy vlcer killed and dead yet you must knowe that the blood is still putrifyed and corrupted therefore euery month at least let him blood but alwaies in seuerall places and when you see the blood fine and pure then giue him some good scouring drink a quart of white wine a quarter of an oūce of ruebarb laid in it in steepe in very thin slices all a night one ounce a halfe of Alloes in pouder dissolued therein halfe an ounce of Agaricke an ounce of sence steeped in the wine al night 3. races of Ginger sliced and laide also in steepe all night and two ounces of sirrop of Roses but the Rubarbe Senee and Ginger take out of the wine but before you put in the other simples and then make it blood warme and giue it the Horse so let him rest all that day giuing him nothing but Wheate-straw at night and the next day following giue him a pottle of sweete strong worte a quarter of a pinte of Treacle and then keepe him warme and giue him wheat-straw good plentie of sweet Oates After all this wash all his body very clean with Buck-lye and black-sope and after cloath him warme and giue him a swet and he will remaine a perfect horse and heereof haue no doubt CHAP 161. Of the Cancker THis Vlcer likewise groweth from the causes afore said The cure is let him blud aboūdantly in the veines that be next the sore then take of Alū 1. pound of green Coporas 1. pound of white coporas a quarterne and a good handfull of Salt boyle them together in faire running water from a pottle to a quart this water being warme put parte thereof into a dish and with a coult wash the same till it begin to bleede and let it dry in then take of black-sope 1. pound and of Quick-siluer halfe an ounce and incorporate them till the quick-siluer be not seene and alwaies after you haue washed the same with a slice couer the Vlcer with this medicine till it be whole but bee sure still to let blood about the Vlcer for many daies together and when it is killed then cast vppon it the pouder of vnslickt lime or of brimstone CHAP. 162 Of the Fistula THis is a filthy Vlcer also bred from some Vlcer not thoroghly cured The cure is to search the depth thereof with a quill or with some other instrument of lead for vnlesse you finde the bottom it is hard to cure and hauing found the bottome if it bee in place where you may boldlye cut with a Rasor make a slit against the bottom so wide as you may thrust in your finger to feele if anye bone or gristle be perished or spungie or loose flesh which must be gotten out then boile a quarterne of honny and an ounce of Verdegrease in powder stirring it continually vntill it looke red then taint therewith and bolster it with flaxe that it get not out but if the place be where the taint cannot bee conuenientlye kept in fasten on each ende of the hole a Shoomakers threed ouer the bolster to keep the taint in renewing it euery day vntill it leaue mattering and make the taint lesser and lesser sprinckle thereon a little slickt lime But if you cannot come to taint it to the bottome then take strong lye honnye Roche Allum Mercurie and seeth them together and applie it to the bottome of the Fistula If the Fistula be in the head take the iuice of Howselike and dipp a locke of wooll in it and put the same in his eares vse it euerie day till it be whole CHAP. 163. Of a spungie wart THe cure is if it be lōg enough tie a threed about it verye hard and it will eate it off or else take it off with a hott yron CHAP. 164. Of Woundes THe cure is take of Turpentine of Mel Rosatum of oyle of Roses of each a quarterne and a little vnwrought waxe and melt them together stirring them continually and so vse it with taint or role as occasion shal be CHAP. 165. Of pulling out shiuers or Thornes and of swelling THe cure is to pull it out if it may be seene but if it swell and cannot then take wormewood Paretorie Beares foote Hogs grease and honny boyle them together and being hotte make a plaister it is excellent for anye swelling so also is Wine-lees Wheate-flower and commen boyled together which when it is at a head Launce it CHAP. 166 Of Sinewes out or brused TAke of Tarre Beane-flower and oyle of Roses and lay it hotte to the place so are Wormes and Sallet Oyle fryed together so is the Oyntment of wormes which you may haue at the Pothecaries CHAP. 167. Of killing the fier either in burning
wherein heate is prdominat more then Nature requireth Secondly when the humors are distempered by heat Thirdly when the firme parts of the bodie are continually hot so that the ague cōmeth either by excessiue heting the horse therupon a sudden cold or by fulnes of bad bumors which principally grovve from full foule or rawe feeding and great rest and for that reason it taketh the horse either hot ot colde now he cannot be cured but by the contrary viz. by spare feeding cleane feeding dry feeding moderate labour to this end the cure must bee ministred But to be curious in the destinctiō hauing sufficiently expressed the same in this tractat I purpose not it is sufficient to knowe that learning and practise acknowledge a horse to haue an ague as wel as man and to keepe due houres to make him shake and tremble as a man to knowe the same also appereth by the inflamations from the heat of the stomacke which scaldeth and maketh the tongue rawe CHAP. 65. The Cure FIrst when you perceiue his deicted countenance that hee beginneth to tremble or before enforce him into a heat giue him this purging drink Take a quart of white wine put therevnto one ounce of Alloes small beaten of Agarick halfe an ounce of licorish Anniseeds half a dram a little hony warme it a little on the fire and then ride him vntil he be hot put him into a sweat then haue him into the stable let him stand on the bitt cloath him stop his breast head and bodye verie warme so as hee may moderatelye sweate let him haue plentie of litter and so let him stand fiue or sixe houres then vncloathe him and rubbe him perfectlye drye and then cloathe him againe but not so hot and when hee is colde vnbit him and wash his tongue with allome-Allome-water vinegar and sage and giue him sweete wheat straw to eate and a gallon of olde svveete and cleane oates and at night giue him a good mashe and the next day after let him blood a quart and if his blood be very thick black darke oryellowe let him bleed two quarts afterwards keepe him warme from the Ayre for 4. or 5. dayes and giue him vvarme vvater to drinke and a little sallet oyle in it if he vvill drinke it CHAP. 66. For the same LEt him blood in the necke and temple veines and before or vvhen he beginneth to tremble take three nevv laide egges and six or seauen spoonefull of Aqua-vite breake them beat them together giue it him and ride him vntill he svveate then clothe him very vvarme and make him svveat and after he is rubbed dry and colde giue him cleane foode as aforesaide moderately let him not drinke any colde vvater but vvarme vvherein hath bene boyled mallovves sorrell and purslaine of each three or foure handfuls and keep him vvarme probatum CHAP. 67. For the same LEt him blood take of Germander foure ounces of Gum Draganet and of Deade Roses of each an ounce of Oyle Oliffe foure ounces of Hony foure ounces put them into a quart of strong Ale and giue it warme to the horse to drinke then ride him vntill hee sweate and cloath him and keepe him warme as aforesaide CHAP. 68. Ache in the head THe cause of this disease commeth eyther of colde takan after a great heate or of a rawe or vnperfect digestion of stomack proceeding principally from full and foule feeding and betwixt the stomacke and the braine is such affinitie as they doe equally communicate their damages the signes are these the hanging downe of his head his eyes will swell and runne of water and will forsake his meate CHAP. 69. The Cure LEt him blood in the pallat of his mouth and rub it with Salt to make it bleede well then take a sticke with a linnen cloath fastned at the end therof well annointed with oyle of Bay thrust it vp and dovvne his nostrils therby to open and purge his head also perfume him vvith the smoake of Garlick stalkes broken into smal peaces also aire him with the smoke of Frankinsence holding the same in a chafingdish vnder his Nostrils with a great cloath cast ouer his head and let it be done morning and euening keepe him vvith spare dyet moderate exercise the which wil clense his stomack make it so cleane emptie as his braine wil not be disquieted afterwards let him bloud giue him good mashes to drinke for two daies after and no colde water CHAP. 70 Of the sudden sicknes of a horse THe cause is for that the heart which is the chariot of his life wherein the soule of the horse liueth wanting the vse of the veines and Arteries to carrie the vitall spirit of heate to all the parts of the body to giue the horse feeling abilitie to operation by reason of some obstruction of humors or colde which for want of heate cannot be dissolued for that the nature of colde is to binde and conglutinate together and to keepe them from their natural course proceeding from some violent exercise or immoderate feeding and rest by reason whereof there is great iarre discord amongst the qualities of the elements the motion of the vitall spirit wherby the horse liueth and mooueth is imprisoned for that time and so seemeth taken as a dead horse without action The signe is the sudden deiecting of his countenance CHAP. 71. The cure LEt him blood on both sides the brest next the heart whereby the veines and Arteries being euacuated and emptied they may begin to doe that office whereunto nature hath appointed them and let him bleede the quantitie of two quarts then giue him a comfortable drinke to stirre vp the vital spirits to action viz take a quart of the best sack burne it with Graines Cloues and Sinamon and a quarter of a pound of the best Sugar and burne it well together with halfe a pinte of Sallet Oyle foure penny worth of the best Triacle then ride him verie gently vntill hee beginne to sweat and so haue him into the Stable keepe his head and heart verie warme and cloath him stuffe his body with sweet straw and keep the stable close and so let him stand 6. houres meatles but beware you cloath him not too much for the drinke vvill thoroughlye warme him and make him sweat let his drinke be warme water wherein boyle Mallowes a handfull water Cresses a handfull of fennell and parsly seed of each an ounce and twice a day morning and euening when he is most fasting ride him gently a mile or two let his meat be sweete wheat strawe olde cleane dry oates mingled with wheat and sometime with olde pease and sparingly giuen and often but not much vntill you see him waxe very hungry and let him be well rubbed and all his litter cleane and sweete CHAP. 72. Staggers THe cause of this disease is for that as I haue formerly saide the braine and the
the hole full of salt For the same TAke Egremony hony and violet leaues stampe them together and flit the sinew vnderneath the care and lay a plaister thereunto three dayes For the same TAke a handfull of sorrell lap it in a bur-dock leafe and roste it in hot embers like a warden then take it out and very hot apply it to the kirnels and so let it rest a day and night and stil so renew it vntill the kirnels be rotten and breake and after all is rotted and gone take the yolke of an egge hony and wheat-flower well incorporated and made thicke and make plasters thereof to heale it CHAP. 94. For the Canker in the nose THis commeth of a corrupt blood consumeth the flesh and makes it rawe within and in the end will eate the gristle therof it will also cause the horse to bleed at the nose and yeild filthy sauour the cure is take of greene copperas and of Allom of each a pound and of white copperas one quarter boile these in a pottle of running water vntill it be almost halfe consumed then take it of and put into it halfe a pint of hony then hold vp his head with a drinking staff but not too high and with a squirt of brasse or elder squirt the same water being luke warme three or foure times together into his nostrils and giue him libertie to blowe out the filthy matter least you choke him and with a stick and a ragge wash his nostrils twice a day vntil he be whole For the same IF you see the canker be of great heate and burning in the sore with exceeding paine take the iuce of purslaine lettice sorrell night shade and wash the sore with a sine clout and with a squirt wash the same and this will kill it CHAP. 95 For bleeding at the nose THis may come vppon many causes which cannot be truely known comming from within the body therfore I wil shew how to cure the same take a pint of red wine put thereunto a quarter of bole armony beaten vnto fine powder put the one half thereof into his nostril that bleedeth holding vp his head this may do wel if in the nostril or head there be the original cause the next day giue him the rest into his body that wil surely binde his body it may help the bleeding being invvard For the same LEt him blood in the brest vaines of each a pint for that is most likely to turne the course of the blood take 2 or 3 sponefuls of his blood and put it in a saucer and boyle it vntill it be dried to povvder then take the povvder thereof and blovv it into his nostrils and if it come of a vvound put it into the same and it vvill presently stint it horse-dung asses dung hogs dung sage leaues brused put into the wound or take of frankinsence an ounce alloes halfe an ounce beat them into fine pouder and mingle them throughly vvith the vvhites of egs vntil it be so thick as hony and with soft hares haire thrust his nostrils so ful as it cānot fal out And lastly some vvill throvv colde vvater vpon him against his haire it is likely that the over-cooling of him that vvayes may stop the flux thereof this did M Iohn Orpen a vvorthy Farrer vse if at any sudden such an accident did happen CHAP. 96. Of the riftes or corruption in the pallate of the mouth TAke sharpe vinegar and salt and wash the same and then annoint it with honny For the lampas or bladders in a Horse mouth euery Smith can cure CHAP. 97. For the canker in the mouth VVash the fore place with strong vinegar made thicke with the pouder of Allome two or three daies together to destroy the exulcerate matter Then take a quart of faire water of Allome 4 ounces of honny 4. or 5. spoonefulls of maudlin leaues Sage leaues Collumbine leaues of each a handfull boile al these together till halfe be consumed and then euery day wash the same two or three times being warmed and it will heale it CHAP. 98. For the Gigs in the mouth THey are swellings with blacke heads growing in the inside of the lips the cure is to flit them and thrust out the corruption and to wash the same with vinegar and salte CHAP. 99 For the heat in the mouth TVrne vp the vpper lip and iagge it with a lancet that it may bleede and washe it with vinegar and salte CHAP. 100. For the Camey in the mouth THis commeth by eating of filthy hay that cats dogs and other vermine haue pist vppon which will cause the Horse mouth to be furd or clammy as he will not not eat The cure is to let him blood in two great vaines vnder the tongue and to wash his mouth with vineger and salte and to giue him new bread that is not hot CHAP. 101. For the hurt of the tongue with the Bit. THe cure is to wash it with Alome water then take black bramble leaues and chop them with larde then put them within a cloute and make them as round as a ball then dip the same in hony and annoint the tongue therewith vntill it bee whole CHAP. 102. For the Barbels or paps vnder the tunge THe cure is to clippe them away and to wash the mouth with vinigere and salt CHAP. 103. For the swelling in the gummes THe cure is make him to bleede well in the pallet of the mouth and also to scarifie the gummes that the ranke blood may come forth and then rub them throughly with vineger and salt For to drawe the wolues teeth CHAP. 104. THese are two litle teeth growing in the vpper Iawe next to the great grinding teeth which hinder the horse for grinding his meat so as he will let it fall vnchewed somtimes you shall see some teeth so long and ouerhanging in his Iawes that they doe race and cut his cheeks so as he cannot feed The cure is tye the horse head to some rafter or post and his mouth to be openned with a corde so as you may see euery part therof then take a round yron toole halfe a yard long made at the end like a Carpenters Gouge and with your left hād set the edge of that toole at the foot of the wolfes teeth on the outside of the Iawe turning the hollowside of the toole doūward holding your hand stedily then with a mallet in your right hand strike on the head of the toole a pretty blowe to losen it and make it bend inward then wrench the tooth outward with the inside of the toole and thrust it out of his head doe the like to the other tooth and fill the holes with salt and if any tooth ouerhang the nether teeth to the hurt of the horse then with your mallet and toole pare the tooth or as many as do ouerhāg for hurting the horse mouth For the crick in the neck
you to take so long time as you think fit to credit them The first is if the Horse haue a chollick if he looke vpon a Duck or any water foule it wil cure him the second is if a maid strike him on the face with her girdle he is presently remedied CHAP. 117. For Costiuenes or belly bound TAke of the decoction of mallows a quart put toit halfe a pint of oyle or somuch butter an ounce of Benidicte luxature powre into his fundament with a litle horne and hold his taile close to his fundament whiles another doth lead him so keep it as long as you can and after keepe him warme and giue him warme water to drinke For the Laxe CHAP. 118. TAke of Beane flower Bole armony of each a quarterne mingled in a quart of red wine giue it him luke warme and after drinke warme water with beane flower but if that will not stay him then giue him halfe a penny worth of Allom beaten into pouder Bole Armony beaten small in a quart of milke stirring them til the milke be all of a curd and this will stop him For the Wormes CHAP. 119 THey are ingendred of raw euill humors there are 3. kindes of them the worme the bot the truncheon The Horse wil lye downe and wallowe which is when they feede on him his breath will stincke and his mouth clāmy The cure giue him a quart of new milke and halfe a pinte of hony in it blood warme this will make them rest from gnawing of him because they wilsuck therof vntil they be ready to burst then the next day giue him this drinke following The cures that are pretended are diuers first take a quart of wort or ale of the strongest then take a quarter of a pound of ferne half a pound of Sauin halfe a pound of stone crop stamp them and put them together with two spoonefulls of brimstone and asmuch chimney soote beaten to pouder and let them lye in steepe two houres then straine them and giue the Horse a little warme then bridle him and let him stand 6. houres after without meat and there is no doubt but the Horse wil be at quiet for the strength thereof is such to staine the mawe as the bot will not meddle but fly from it but it doth not kil them And so is it of all other medicines for the same whereof are infinite Now if I may perswade you or rather Mai. Iohn Orpen that worthy Farrier deceased after these former drinkes giuen the third day make him purging pils as hath bene before viz. Take of lard a pound laid in water two houres then take nothing but the cleane fat thereof stamp it in a morter thereunto put of Licoris of Anniseedes of Fenegreeke of each beaten into pouder 3. ounces of Alloes in pouder 2. ounces and of Agaricke one ounce knead them in paste and make 6. balles therof then hauing fasted ouer night giue him the next morning 3. of these pilles nointed with hony when you haue opened his mouth catch hold of his tongue holde it fast til you haue hurld in one and thrust it downe his throate with a rowling pin and then let his tongue goe till he hath swallowed it down and so do with the rest and keepe him close from all ayre and at night giue him a good strong mash warme water 3. daies after my reasō is for that these balles wil now purge out of his body all the bots and wormes and al the humors that bred cherished them so as your Horse wil be perfectly cleane And you shall finde most of the bots aliue when they are purged for you cannot kil them with medicine but only make them forbeare vexing of him so long as his mawe resteth so bitter stinched as they dare not feed on it but vpon other humors whereby moste men thinke they haue cured their Horse perfect and the like reason is for chickins gut and such like which being a pleasanter foode then the horse mwe leaue him aprest to feede on them but doe not cure him for in reason it cannot kill them nor auoide them and therefore the botts remaine stil in the body CHAP. 120. For the Colt euill THe eure is to wash the sheath cleane with luke-warme Vinegar draw out his yarde and wash it also then ride him in some running streame vp to the belly to allaye the heat and thus doe lustily a quarter of an houre and so euerie day after for three or foure daies CHAP. 121. For mattering of the yard TAke a pinte of white wine boile therin a quarter of Roche Allum and with a Squirt thrust vp verie farre into his yarde squirt the same three or foure times to pierce and clense the bottome from the filth and thus continue vntill he bee whole CHAP. 122. For the Foalling of the yard THe cure is to wash the same with warme white wine and annoint it with oyle of Roses and hony mingled together then put it vp and with a codpeece or trusse keepe it still vp and dresse him euerie day once till he be whole CHAP. 123. For the swelling of the Cod or stones THe cure is to let him blood on both sides in the flanke veines then take of Oyle of Roses and Vinegar of each a pinte halfe a quartern of Bole Armony beaten into pouder mingle them together and being luke warme annoint the Cod therewith with two or three feathers and the next day ride him into the water and giue him 2. or three turnes then bring him to the stable and when hee is dry annoint them againe and so continue till he be whole but if the cods doe swell by meanes of anye hurt then couer the cods with a charge of Bole Armony and Vinegar wrought together renewing till the swelling goe away and if it breake taint it with Melrosatum and make him a breech renewing it til it be whole CHAP. 124 For incording or Bursting THis is when the rimme that incloseth the guts is broken so that they fal into the Cod of the horse which is apparant to sight or feeling the cure is to put 4 pasternes on his feet as the horse-gelders vse then bathe his stones with warme water and butter then raise them vp from the bodye with both your hāds being closed by the fingers fast together and so holding the stones in your hands worke downe the gut into the body of the Horse by striking it downeward with your thumbes one after another vntill that side of the stone be so small as the other then hauing returned the gut into his place take a woollen list of two fingers broad thoroughly annointed with fresh butter and tie his stones both together or so nigh his body as maybe not ouer hard but that you may put your finger betwixt that done in all quietnes take the Horse away and let him not be stirred 3. weekes after but the next day vnloosen the list
turnes if he be able to make the ioynt returne to his place then make two tough pinnes of ash-wood the bignesse of your little finger sharpe and thrust in one of the pinnes from a boue downeward so as both the ends may equally stick without the skinne and if the pinne of wood will not easilye passe through make it way with an yron pinne then make two holes crosse to the first holes so as the pin may crosse the first pinne right in the midst with a right crosse and the first pinne would be somewhat flat in the midst to the intent the other being round may passe the better without stop and close the iuster together then take a peece of a line somewhat bigger then a Whip-corde and at one end make a loope which being put ouer one of the pins endes winde the rest of the line good streight about the pins ends so as it may lye betwixt the pins ends and the skin and fasten the least end with a pack needle and a pack-threed vnto the rest of the corde so as it may not slip but first annoynt both prickes and corde with hogs grease then bring him into the stable and let him rest the space of ix daies and lye downe so little as may bee and put a pasterne on the fore legge so as it may be bound with a corde vnto the foote of the manger to keepe that legge alwaies in the stable more forward then the other at the nine daies end pull out the pricks annoynt the places with Dialthea or Hogs grease and turn him to grasse CHAP. 130. For swelling in the fore-legges THis commeth after great labour but the efficient causes are many but principally that he is trauelled wheÌ„ he is to yoÌ„g before he be clensed froÌ„ his humors that he is trauelled when he is full that he hath too much rest is not kept with moderate dyet that he feedeth on green meat that he is washed after labour and such like as in the title of dyet I haue set forth But if he be naturally fleshy lymmed he wil neuer be free but so soon as he is cured vpon trauel he wil swel again therfore such iades wold be gelded and put to cart and neuer suffered to get Colt The cure is diuers take of mallowes three or foure handfuls Rose cake and Sage a handfull boile them in water and therunto put halfe a pouÌ„d of butter and halfe a pinte of Sallet oyle and being made very warm wash him twice a day for three or foure daies For the same TAke Hemlocke and stamp it and mingle it with sheepes dung and Vinegar and hauing made a plaister lay it all ouer the swelling For the same TAke Wine-lees and Comen and boyle them together and put thereunto a little Wheate-flower and charge all the swelling therewith and walke him often and fast to heat him and if this will not serue then take vp the great veine aboue the knee on the inside suffering him not to bleede from aboue but from beneath if he be a cleane and leane limmed vsed as I haue expressed a little butter and beere warmed and his feet wel stopped with Cow-dung after his great trauell is sufficient but if he be so fleshy limmed as this will not help cut his throate and wash him with his owne blood and hee will neuer after swell CHAP. 131. For soundering BEfore I enter to expresse the cure I would haue you diligently to note the cause of this disease for in the knowledge of the causes lyeth the knowledge of the cures and if you do obserue those few rules I set downe in the beginning of this title of curing and doe diligently obserue assure your selfe you shall be little troubled with curing for hauing preuented the cause of the greefe or sicknes ye doe euermore preuent the greefe and sicknesse it selfe The causes of foundring are either from superfluous and ouer-much eating and drinking from immoderate and extream labour or aboundance fulnesse of humors and because I haue entreated heerof in the title of dyet as also in the title of breeding I leaue you to the diligent consideration therof and my rules formerly prescribed The vndoubted and infallible cure hereof is Garter each legge immediately one handfull aboue the knee with a list good hard and then walke him to chafe him into a heat being somewhat warm let him bloud in both the brest veines two or three quarts and reserue the same continually stirring it with your haÌ„d to gather out the clods thereof then take thereof two quarts of wheate-flower halfe a pecke sixe egs shels and all of Bole Armony halfe a pound of Sanguis Drâ—conis halfe a quarterne and a quart of strong Vinegar mingle them all together charge all his shoulders brest backe loynes and forelegges therewith and walke him vpon some hard ground suffering him not to stand still and when the charge is drie refresh it againe hauing walked him three or foure houres together leade him into the stable and giue him a little mash of Mault and some hay and prouender and then walk him againe for foure or fiue daies renewing the charge vppon him as it dryeth so long as it lasteth and keepe it warme and with a thin dyet But if you see the Horse to be afraide to set his hinder feet to the ground and to be so weake behinde to stand quiuering and shaking and couet to lye downe garter him also aboue the hoofs on the hinder legs and let him blood also in the thigh veines to the quantitie of a pottell and so double your charge in quantity and therwith also charge both hinder legs reines and flankes all against the haire if you finde him feeble by drawing so great a quantity of bloud giue him a quart of Malsmesey a little Sinamon Mace and pepper finely beaten into pouder made luke warme let him be walked and chafed vp and downe if he be able to goe but if he bee not able then tye him vp to the Racke and let him be hanged with Canuas ropes so as he may stand vpon the ground with his feete and not suffered to lye downe then pare all his feet so thin that the dew come foorth and tacke on the shoes againe stopping the feete with branne and hogs-grease boiled together and so hot as you may and wrap them in cloathes euen to the pasternes tiing the clouts fast Let his dyet be thin giue him no cold water so soon as he is able let him be almost continually walked vnlesse he be so long gone that his hoofes beginne to lose or that it breake forth at the Cronets of the hoofes then take two Egs and asmuch bole Armony and beane-flower as wil thick the same and mingle them well together and make thereof plaisters such as may close each foote round about somwhat aboue the Cronet binde the same so fast that it fall not away or be
remooued by two daies together but let the soles of his feete be clensed and stopped euery day once the Cronets but euerie two daies not walked for loosing his hoses but when he amendeth walk him vpon some soft ground faire softly but if it break out aboue the hoofe then take all the fore-partes of the sole cleane away leauing the heeles whole then stop him and also dresse him about the Cronet as aforesaid if this greefe be espyed in time it is iustly cured CHAP. 132 Of the Splint THis soarance is known to al men the cure is wash it with warme water shaue off the haire lightly scarifie all the sore place with the point of a rasor so as the blood may issue forth then take of Cantharides halfe a spoonefull and of Enforbium as much beaten into fine powder mingle them together with a spoonful of Oyle Debay and then melt them in a little pan stirring them wel together so as they may boyle ouer and beeing so boyling hot take two or three feathers and annoint all the sore places there with and let not the Horse remooue from the place for two houres after After carrye him away and tye him so as hee cannot touch the medicine with his lippes and also stand without litter al that day and night and within two or three daies after annoynt the sore with butter for nine daies after For the same TAke vp the contrarie legge and gently beate the splint with a small roaling pin of hasel vntill it begin to be soft then with a Fleame strike it in seuerall places that the blood issue foorth then take the sharpestred Onyon and cut off the head therof and in the middle thereof put a peece of Verdegrease as big as your thumbes end and then lay the toppe or head of the Onyon vpon it and wrappe it in browne paper and couer it in the Embers vntill it bee thorowly boiled soft as pap then open it and beeing verie hot lay it to the splint and binde it fast with cloathes hard to the splint and so let it continue vntill it fall away and the splint will neuer grow more For the same TAke an Onyon and pick out the Core and put therein a spoonefull of Vnslict lime and foure penny weight of Verdegrece halfe a pound of Launder seede and roste the Onyon vntill it bee soft and then cut the skinne a little that the medicine may enter to fret the maladye out and let the hayre remaine and let the medicine lye to it three daies CHAP. 133. For the Malender THis is a scâ—b growing in the forme of lines or strecks ouerthwart the bent of the knee in the knee in the inside of the legge The cure is wash it with warme water and shaue the scab cleane away then take a spoonefull of Sope asmuch Lime and make it like paste and spred as much on a clout as will couer the sore binde it fast renewing it euerye day for three daies together then annoynt the same with oile of Roses to cause the crust to fal away and then wash it with Vrine strew on the powder of Oyster-shels For the same TAke a Barreld Herring with a soft roe and two spoonefuls of blacke Sope and halfe an ounce of Allum and bruse them together and lay to the sore three daies CHAP. 134. For an vpper Taint or ouer reach vpon the backe sinewe of the shanke somewhat aboue the ioynt THis is a swelling of the maister sinew which commeth for that the horse doth ouer-reach strike that sinew with the toe of his hinder foot the place will swell and the Horse hault The cure is to wash the place with warme water and shaue off the haire so farre as the swelling goeth and scarifie euery part of the sore lightly with a Rasor that the blood may issue forth then take of Cantharides and Euforbium halfe an ounce mingle them together with halfe a quarterne of Sope and with a slice spred some of this oyntment ouer all the fore and let him rest for one houre after and let him stand without litter and the next day dresse him so againe and the third day annoynt the sore with butter nine daies after then take 3 handfull of mallowes a handfull of Sage and a Rose cake and boyle them in water when they be soft put halfe a pound of butter and halfe a pinte of sallet oyle to the water being warm wash the place foure or fiue daies together therewith CHAP. 135. Of the nether ioynt THis is a blader ful of Ielly like to a wind-gall not apparant but by feeling growing in the middest of the pastern aboue the frush it commeth by some streine wrinch or ouerreach the nether ioint toward the fetter locke will bee hot and somewhat swollen The cure is tye him aboue the ioynt with a list somewhat hard and that wil cause the bladder to appeare to the eye then lance it thrust out the Ielly then take the white of an egge and Salt beaten together with a little towe and binde vnto it renuing it once a day for fiue or sixe daies CHAP. 136. Of an ouer-reach on the heele TAke the white of an Egge and Bole Armonye mingled together with a little flaxe and renewe it for foure or fiue daies CHAP. 137 Of the Serew or Serow THis is like a splint in manner of a gristle as great as an Almond it groweth on the fore-leg sometime on the outside sometime on the inside in the middle of the leg The cure take an Onyon and picke out the core put therein a spoonefull of Honnye a quarterne of a pound of Vnslickt-lime and three penny worth of Verdegrease and roste the Onyon and bruse it and lay it to hot hauing first cut the skinne CHAP. 138. Of a false quarter THis is a rifte moste commonly in the inside of the hoofe it commeth by euill paring the hoofe the Horse will halt the rift wil bleed the cure is cut so much away on that side of the shoe where the greefe is so as the rift may be vncouered then open the rift with a drawer fill it with a role of towe dipt in Turpentine waxe and Sheepe Suet molten together renewing it euerie day til it bee whole When the rift is closed drawe him betwixt the hayre and the hoofe with a hot yron ouerthwart the place whereby the hoofe will shoote all downeward and ride him with an other shoe till hee be throughly whole CHAP. 139 Of a Horse that is Hipped THe Horse that is hipt is when his hip Bone is remooued out of his right place and commeth by stripe stretch slipping slyding or falling he will go sideling and the lower hippe will fall lower then the other the cure is speedilye to take of Oyle debay of Dialthea of Neruall of Swines grease of each halfe a pouÌ„d melt them all together stirring them continually vntill they be throughly mingled
it refyneth the Colt from all drosse and impuritie as fyer doth the golde and then no doubt but a colt begotten of two excellent natures in the greatest perfection must of necessitie in all proportion of reason bring foorth a Creature of moste perfection both in shape and action because Nature affecteth what it best liketh and pourtrayeth the issue as with a pensill and fastneth in the wombe with strong roote when as Hypocrates saith through the moist and watery seede it easely vnloseth CHAP. 40. Now followeth the fist rule to know whether she hath conceaued and how to keepe them in perfection after their conception vnto the time of foaling FIftly after she hath bene leaped and carried away if shee cast not her seede but eateth freshly when she commeth to meat and so continueth and doth not ney nor pisse often neither casteth her eie gasing after a horse within one day or two begin to be gaunt bellied because her wombe in conception and closing it selfe together to keep the seede trusseth vp and maketh her belly more lesse to sight then before as if she were suddainely become leane and her haire lyeth very smoothe and brighter then before as also about ten daies after offering her a horse two or three daies before the full likewise before the new moone and she resisteth abhorring copulation it assureth that nature is satisfied and are manifest signes of their conception and as touching her keeping let her not drinke so much as nature desireth and still keepe her with the same meat and diet for twelue daies after and then take away the wine and not before if she be a Mare of worth least the seede and humors whereof the colte is compounded should be impayred of the perfect temperature before it be framed and keepe her so sweete and cleane as may be without any maner of laboure for the space of thirteene dayes because the seede during that time is but milke and when you trauaile her let it be very moderate not in great heat nor with heauie burthens for feare of dissolution and when she is put to grasse if your necessitie be to put her to grasse let it not be in the winter but in the sommer time onely and then in the most dry ground that may be where the feeding is very short yet so as shee may once a day fill her belly and where is pure water and shelter and in the winter let both Mare and colte be housed their meat old cleane and sweet and in a temperate ayre whereby they will be healthfull and prosperous and if she haue at the time of her couering a colte sucking of her let it not continue with her vntill she waxeth great for the milke which the colte will then sucke wil be corrupt and vnnaturall and make both her and the colte within her poore and weake and cause the mare at her foaling to want milke and neuer to haue a good vdder and when the Mare is ready to foale let her be especialy attended and put in such conuenient place as may not endanger the Colte when it falleth for shee foaleth standing and at the time of foaling continuallie watched to succour her if the foale should not come right presently after foaling milk the mare as cleane as may be which wil not onely draw downe her milke and make the same increase but also keepe the vdder that the milke doe not clodde which if it should the Mare may easily become dry with the great anguish thereof and if it should so happen then draw as much milke from her as is possible and boile it with the tops of Lauender and bathe all the vdder therewith whilst it is verie warme and so continue vntill the clods and knobs in the vdder bee dissolued the next water she drinketh after foaling let it bee a good mash made of malt or with wheate-meale and within a moneth after her foaling giue her a mash with the powder of brimstone the powder of Sauen or such like which will be a great preseruation to the Colt and if she bee moderately laboured at the plough onelie both when shee is with fole and after foaling the Mare and Colt will bee much the better and euermore haue care that she eate not any raw meate in the Stable but olde sweete cleane and dry whereby she will be the sooner in lust and the Colt still continue his temperature which of all other thinges is moste specially to be obserued CHAP. 41. The sixt rule how to vse them when they are foaled and to continue them in their perfection SIxtly and lastly faile not euery winter to Stable and house the Colts and let the Stable bee open and Ayrie and the floore paued and not planked for it will make them more hard to endure cold and their hoofes moste toughe and durable their meate old sweete and cleane verie often giue them in their prouender the powder of brimstone the powder of the rootes of Enula Campana of white Lillye rootes of Polipodium of the Oake of Sauen marshe Worme-wood Tobacco Garlike chopped small and such like and make them as domestical and gentle as is possible teach them no trickes or apish toies gall not their mouthes nor noses neither distemper them but keep them in all loue and obedience to man and when they goe to grasse let them runne no longer then Bartholmew-tide Thus by reducing thinges to their naturall causes at last wee come vnto the end in God by whose vertue all the creatures in the world doe worke by way of meanes as causes or dayned to that end HAuing shewed the manner of true and perfect breeding of Colts manifesting thereby the errors of all former times by not vnderstanding the naturall causes therof I finde many obiections engaged and imbarked against some of my principall assertions as humors that cannot be stopped from the sores in the body as aduerse and discontented persons associate themselues to the part greeued and persecuted Now because they shall not further limbecke their braines in the art of discontentment I will endeuour also to take the fuell from that fire CHAP. 42 Obiections against the former propositions FIrst it is obiected against mee that I doe admitte the Mare to take the horse at any time of the yeare when al writers of this subiect admit only the monethes of March Aprill and May because those three monethes are ordayned thereunto say they by Originall Nature wherof God is the only Author and the naturall reason and cause therof as they affirme is for that the humor of blood being the principall humor whereof the colt is compounded in it selfe hot and moist doth in those three monethes rule and raigne and therefore in respect of his heate fittest for generation 2 The second cause wherfore those three months are fittest for generation is for that in the monethes of Iune Iuly August the humor of the Choler doth Raigne the which is hot and dry
sad heauie or deiected in countenance although hee bee cleare doe not labour him vntill you haue found the cause and remooued it 2. Secondly let not your horse eate any thing by two or three houres before you trauell him then not much vntill you come to your lodging for bayting at noone is naught and hurtfull except you rest 4. or 5. houres so as he may not trauell vpon a full stomacke and let his baite be small be sure he neuer weare a rusty Bit or Snaftle for feare of the canker Thirdly let your trauel be moderate except necessity which cannot be limitted enforce you come to your lodging long before night so as your horse may neither eat nor drinke vntill he be very cold if it be in winter time be sure to cloath couer his head breast very warme after trauel euery morning either squirt a little vinegar into his nosthrils or els rub them with oile de bay with a cloth nointed therewith fastned to the end of a sticke thrust vp and downe his nosthrils to purge his head Fourthly neither wash nor walke your Horse especially in the winter time for when he is very hot to walke him in the colde aire reason telleth you that it is not sufficient to keep him in moderat heat and to wash him it is a preparatiue to a speedy end or the least that may befal to bring him to some dangerous disease And to confirme the truth heerein I affirme and will by good and propable demonstration of truth make it manifest that there is no dangerous disease incident to Horse but the same proceedeth from the cause of heat or colde and none more dangerous then this neither can any Horseman or vnderstanding Farrier truely instance vnto me any particular disease to the contrary and to all young Horses the common messengers of death Fiftly when you trauell alight often from your Horse if cause of necessitie enforce not the contrary and lead your Horse to some place of grasse stravve or brakes and there staye and vvhistle vntill your Horse pisse vvhich by little custome he will vsually doe for the long retention of his vvater is many waies hurtfull and except it be in such places he is most vnvvilling to pisse because the sprinckling thereof vvill scalde his legges Sixtly if your Horse be very hot let him not drinke colde vvater but rather at some house and village giue him a quart of good beere or a pinte of vvine and if you doe vvater him by the vvay let him not drinke vntill he haue vvashed his mouth vvhich is done vvhen he thrusteth his head into the vvater presently pull vp his head vvhich vvill clense his mouth and let him drinke but little although there be necessitie and let it be fiue or sixe miles from your Inne and then ride him so as he may still keepe the same heate he vvas in vvhen he did drinke and vvhen you come to your Inne dresse him cleane from svveat and keepe him verye vvarme and let him not eat vntill he be colde and let it be gi-giuen him by little and little at a time and after drinke if neede be Seauenthly after his laboure if you can haue a conuenient place let him vvallovve himselfe for it dooth exceedingly comfort him and giueth delight to his whole bodie Eightly if he happen to fall sicke in your trauell which commeth commonly either by eating or drinking too much at one time by any accidental meanes the which being suden may be doubtfull truly to iudge Giue him a pinte of sacke or malmesey a quarter of a pint of Aqua vite with six penny worth of the best treacle and a quarter of a pinte of the best sallet oyle brew them well together giue him a draught and then take a new laid egge pul out his tongue bruse the shel and thrust it into his throate and then let goe his tougue then giue him another draught and after that another egge in the same manner and after all the saide drinke then let him blood in the pallate of his mouth and then rub it well with salte and put on his bridle stop him and clothe him head and body with clothes and giue him litter enough and feare him not but if you cannot haue sacke or wine nor treakle giue him halfe a pinte of Aqua-vite or any other comfortable vvater and tvvo egges in forme aforesaide to comfort his hearte which is the Chariot of his life Ninthly at the night giue him a good comfortable mashe if he will eate it and cleane svveet prouender such as he vvill eate bath all his legges with butter beere clense his feete and stop them with cow-dūg after he is sufficiētly fed giue him plenty of sweet litter and then suffer no man to come into the stable and shut all the vvindovves dores so as it may be very darke and early in the morning let him be thorougly dressed rubbed and before you ryde tvvo houres let him eate halfe a pecke of old sweete Oates with a pinte of the strongest Ale Beere Malmesey or White-wine for his breakefast Tenthly if that your Horse be young that you do trauell vpon which is the ouerthrowe of al fine mettell Horses when you come home and may rest then let him blood and if you finde his blood hot and darke coloured spare not to let him bleed vntill there come perfect blood after for three or foure daies keepe him with good mashes and giue the purging drinke before mentioned and with a pinte of white wine one ounce of Alloes dissolued into powder halfe an ounce of Agaricke and a spoonefull of the powder of licorish made blood-warme and well brewed together and let him not drinke colde water for foure or fiue dayes after and in his prouender put the powder of Brimstone Ennula campana and Polipodium of the oake well mingled together a good spoonefull at a time two or three howers before his water and he will remaine a most healthfull and sound Horse if he be thus vsed vntill he be eight yeares olde for then the chiefe danger is past Vita carnium est cordis Sanitas CHAP. 63. The order of curing Horses that are diseased the causes thereof the signes thereof and the cure toereof I Haue before shewed that the distemperature of the Elements and of their qualities of heat colde drynesse and moysture is sicknesse and their continuance their death in all creatures the which I pray you obserue as the onely causes thereof and that all cures consist in the contraies and that the safety and preseruation of the creature is in reducing them to a true iust and equall proportion of their temperature the which being well imprinted in your vnderstanding will remaine an euerliuing schoolemaster to direct you to rhe perfection of al Horsemanship CHAP. 64. Ague or Feuer in Horses THe learned doe holde three generall kindes First when the vitall spirits are inflamed
of sallet oyle foure penny worth of the best triacle and ride him vntill he sweat then presently set him in a warme stable and clothe him very warme and at night giue him a good mash of malte with the pouder of brimstone to the quantity of two spoonefuls CHAP. 113. For Surfeting with Prouender VVHen a Horse hath eaten more then the stomacke can well digest he is in such paine as he is not able to stand but lyeth and walloweth as if he had the bots the danger whereof I haue formerly written The cure is to let him blood and to draw his yard and wash it to put a peece of a cloue of garlicke into it to make him pisse also to rake him behinde and to giue him a glister with the water of sodden mallowes fresh butter and sallet oile keepe him warme and let him eat very little for 4 or 5. daies after CHAP. 114. For the surfetting called the foundring in the bodie THe cause of this disease is ouermuch eating after labour whiles the Horse is hot whereby his meat not being digested breedeth euill humours which by little and little do spred through all the parts of his body and at length oppresse the whole body and do so take away his strength that he hath not power to goe or mooue his ioynts and being laid is not able to rise whereby he wanteth the vse of pissing as also of dunging for nature being ouercome then doth the humor rule the body to the vtter destruction thereof In likâ— maner it is when the Horse beeing over hotte with trauell drinketh so much as the colde thereof suppreseth his naturall heate The cause is that the evil humors being predominate according to their nature being heauy moist immediatly resort down to the horse legs and feet and there rest whereof there must be some dissolution which if it be not preuented make great gourdy lims as the paines cratches spauins winde-galls casting of the houes such like all which seeme more then wonderful to the ignorant because ignorance is the mother of wonder The cure hereof must be according to the effects that are wrought in the horse as if it be espied when the haier beginneth to stare that he be chil and shrug for cold forsake his meat hang downe this head quiuer after cold water and after two or three dayes begin tocough then it is a signe that his surfet is not great and then he may be cured thus couer his belly with the glister last mentioned and giue him this drinke take of malmesy a puart of sugar half â—â—atterne of houy half a quartern of sinamon half an ounce of licoris and Anisseeds of each two spoonfull beaten into fine pouder put it into the Malmsie giue it him blood warme keep him warme with warme water 4. or 5. dayes after let him blood CHAP. 115. For the yellowes THe cause herof is also the aboundance of bad humors the cure is plaine let him blood if you see it yellow a pottle then cure him by giuing a quart of white wine of saffron and turmerick of each halfe an ounce and the Iuice that is wrong out of 2. handful of Selondine being blood warm giue it him and keep him warme and with good mashes wherein put two sponfull of the powder of Brimston some will giue in this drinke the greene order of geese strained I could now intreat of the dropsie in a Horse but if you obserue those fewe rules I haue set downe in the beginning of the title of cures you will be free almost from all diseases CHAP. 116. For the Colick The cause of this disease is 2. fold either it commeth through aboundance of humors or with wind and herein the owner or or keper may giue good direction for if he knew the Horse to be cleane within and orderly dieted then it will be probaly coniectured it is the wind and although it be winde yet I iudge the origenal to beobstruction of humor which will not suffer the vvind to haue his free passage vvhich othervvise nature vvould expell as his enimie The cures may be diuers because it is a disease that few Farriers vnderstand I wil set downe seueral cures because if one thing cannot be spedily procured another may First it may be an obstruction for that the horse hath the stone cannot stale first take a quart of white wine halfe a pinte of burre seed beaten smal 2 ounces of parslyseed of smalage Saxafrage the roots of philupendula Grommell seed broom seed of each 2. ounces beaten to fine pouder a good handfull of water-cresses and lay them in steep all night and in the morning strain them cleane and put to it a litle black sope and a litle butter and ride him till he begin to sweat then set him in your stable with a great quantitie of sweet litter vnder him and cloath him warme and so let him stand meatles seuen or eight houres then giue him dryed oates vvarm vvater vvith a quantitie of sallet oyle to drinke and before he haue this drinke let him fast all night If he be a Horse there is nothing better for him then to couer a Mare For the same if you think it to come of winde THis commeth vvhen a horse is ridden hot and set vp cold he vvill pine avvay and forsake his meate keep him emptie all night in the morning take a quart of vvhite vvine four ounces of Fenegreck 7 ounces of baies as much corne pepper an ouÌ„ce of Graines an ounce of Ginger 2. handfuls of vvater cresses a handful of sage a pound of SeÌ„green and wring out the iuce another of mints stamp them put them into the wine let them stand on the fire till it boyle then straine it out and giue it him blood warme with a litle hony For the same TAke a quart of Malmsie of cloues pepper SinamoÌ„ of each half an ounce of suger half a quarter and giue it the horse luke warme and labour him vpon it one houre that he dung and stale and keep him with warme water But if he be a stond horse there is not any better thing then that he hauè his ful desirewith a mare if he cannot pisse or be troubled with the Collick it helpeth many sicknesses and strengtheneth Nature For the same TAke a pint of white wine and stamp to powder three of foure Cantharides they are a kinde of flyes which you shall haue at the Apothecaries when your horse is very empty giue them vnto him being very well wrought and brued into the white wine luke warme vnderstand I pray you that these flyes are a verye corosiue and eating through as poyson and they will not be stopped by any humor with twice giuing it would cure any cholick that had not bin very old After these many medicines for a cholick to refresh your conceits I will set downe two other cures which I finde in some Writers leaue
any soarance whatsoeuer but when the Horse hath bene at long rest without labour otherwise it wil be most painefull and peraduenture make him complaine euer after and therefore whensoeuer you see any soarance begin in any part of his body of what age soeuer take it away so soone as you can and after he hath rested and is at quiet and doth not complaine thereof but neuer after present trauell for then he is full of grie fetherwith the which if it should be then done may be his vtter spoile CHAP. 144. Of the wet or bloud spauin THis is commonly knowne and some call it the thorough Spauin it is fed by a thin fluxible humor by the maister veine The cure is to shaue off the haire to take vp the veyne in euery part as I haue described in the cure of the bone spauin and then to cut the veine asunder draw it with a hot yron and to charge it and to put on flockes as I there described it will perfectly heale and cure it for I haue prooued it certaine CHAP. 145. Of the Curbe THis is commonly knowne The cure is take of wine lees a pinte a porrenger full of wheat-flower of commin halfe an ounce and stirre them wel together and being made warme charge the sore place therwith renuing it euery day once the space of 3. or 4. daies and when the swelling is almost gone then draw it with a hot yron and couer the burning with pitch and rosen molten together and laid on warme and clap on flockes of his owne colour let him rest and come in no water 12. daies For the same Take an yron and make it red hot and holde it against the sore as nigh as you may but touch not the fore when it is warme then take a Fleame and wet him 6. or 7. places full of Neruill then take a spoonefull of salt and a penny waight of verdigrease and the white of an egge and put all these together and take a little flaxe and wet it therein and lay it to the sore CHAP. 146. Of the paines or cratches THis is a fretting matterish water bred in the pastornes of the hinder legs sometime by foule keeping but principally of liquid and thin humors resorting to the ioynt whereby the legs will be swollen hot and scabby The cure is to wash the pastornes with beere and butter which being drye clip away all the haire sauing the fetterlocke then take of turpentine hogs grease and hony of like quantity mingle them in a pot put thereunto a little Bole Armony the yolkes of two Egges and asmuch wheat flower as will thicken them then with a slice lay it on a cloth make a plaister to goe round about the pastorne binde it fast renuing it euery day let him not come in any wet but stand still and some will wash it onely in Gun pouder and vinegar For the same Make this ointment and keep it in the stable to serue at all times Take 1 pound of Hogs grease 1. penny worth of verdigrease 2. ounces of the best mustard halfe a pound of oyle de bay a quarter of a pound of Naruill halfe a pound of hony halfe a pound of English waxe 1. ounce of Arsenicke 2. ounces of red lead halfe a pinte of vinegar boyle all these together and make an ointment of it and being bare from haire lay this to it very hot and this will serue for kibed heeles and such like CHAP. 147. Of windegalles THis griefe euery man knoweth The cure is wash the places with warme water shaue off the haire then draw it with a hot yron in this manner ◠that done slit the middle line which passeth right downe through the windegall with a sharpe knife beginning beneath and so vpward halfe an inch and thrust the ielly out then take pitch rosen molten together and laid on hot and put flocks vpon it CHAP. 148. Of the Ringbone THis is a gristle growing about the cronet of the hoofe The cure is to fire the sore with right lines from the pastorne to the coffin of the hoone in this manner ‑ ‑ ‑ and let the edge of the drawing yron be as thicke as the backe of a big knife and burne it so deep as the skin may looke yellow then couer it with pitch and rosen molten together and lay thereon flockes of the Horses coloure some will eat it away with corosiues as the splent CHAP. 149 Of the crowne scab THis is a filthy stinking scab growing about the cronets of the hooues the haire will stare like hogs bristles and be alwaies mattering annoint it when the haire is shauen away with the ointment for the paines and keepe it from wet CHAP. 150. Of the Quitterbone THis is a breaking out on the top of the cronet of the hooue commonly on the inside and commeth by pricking or grauelling it will breake out with matter or a little deep hole like a thistle The cure to burne it about with a hot yron then take of Arsenicke the quantity of a beane beaten into fine pouder put it into the bottome of the hole with a quil stop the mouth of the hole close with towe and binde it so that the Horse may not come at it with his mouth and so let it rest that day and the next day if the hole looke blacke it is a good signe then taint the hole with hogs grease turpentine molten hot together with a taint of towe and couer it with a bolster of towe dipt in that ointment continuing so til you haue gotten out the core and then see whether the loose gristle in the bottome be vncouered and feele with your finger or a quill if you be nigh it and if you be raise it with a crooked instrument and pull it out with a paire of nippers and then taint it with the said ointment and after take hony and verdigrease boild together till it looke red and heale it therewith laid vpon towe and take heede it heale not too soone or close vp suddainely CHAP. 151. Of Graueling THe cure is to pare his hooue and get out the grauell then stop him with turpentine hogs grease molten hot and stopped with towe and beware he come not out of the stable till he be well Be sure that you haue searched and made the foot very cleane then take an ounce of virgin waxe a quarter of an ounce of Rosen aquarter of an ounce of Deeres suet halfe an ounce of Bores grease a head of Sinigreene bruse them all in a morter and set it ouer the fire to melt then lay it hot thereunto and it will helpe him CHAP. 152. Of Surbaiting The cure is take off his shooes and make his feete very cleane but pare no hooue away then tacke a hollowe shooe on then take halfe a pound of the sword of bacon a quarter of a pound of white sope a handfull of burnet a handfull of bay leaues and 4.