a Feather Of a Horse that stumbleth which is called the Cords This is called the Cords The Cord is a Sinew that â—reedeth amongst the Sinews the one end cometh down â—o the shankle Vein and so up thorough the Leg goeth â—ver the inner side of the Knee and so over the Shoulder â—â—d so along the Neck by the Wesant and it goeth over â—he Temples under his Eye down over the Snout betwixt â—oth the Nostrils and the Gristle there knit the length â—f an Almond take a sharp knife and cut a slit even at â—â—e Top of his Nose just with the point of the Gristle â—pen the slit and you shall perceive a white string take â— up with a Boars Tooth or a Bucks Horn that is crookâ—d or some crooked Bodkin and twine it about the â—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 â—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 infiâ—mity bred in the Breast near the Heart and in the side Vesselâ— 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 waâ—ry humours into the Nostrils and then it is called the â—unning Farcin Indeed if the true Cause of a Disease be known the Disease it self is easily cured The Mange the Lepâ—â—sie and this Disease of the â—arcin are most perniâ—ions to a Horse for oftentimes it falleth out that many Horseâ— infected therewith though they live and the Disease â—â—â—meth to be healed yet are they rendred of small or no use For my own part I conjecture the cause of this Disease growâ— either from abundance of bad Blood or by a great Disâ—â—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 â—ure it Take of Herbgrace a handful Fetherfew a handful of Chick-weed of the House a handful of Kikswood a â—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 sâ—â—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 oâ—â—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
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 â—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 kâ—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 Woâ—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 lâ—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 vioâ—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 orâ—ained them unto presently labour with all Violence to draw it to cool and comfort the Heart and so consequentâ—y all the Members and parts of the Body to fill all the â—mpty corners with Air which naturally and in predomiâ—ant Qualities is moist and when they have drawn sufâ—cient Breath the driness and heat by the moisture of the Air is quenched which being so then doth the Creature â—raw Breath leisurely and coldly and not before but so â—ong as the Heart is oppressed by the violent heat of Sickâ—ess or by great Fulness or violent Exercise the Canes Pipes and Passages for the Breath are almost stopped â—nd choaked up then do the Lungs labour very extream â—â—ick to preserve the life of the Creature which is the Heart and therefore it is said to be the first thing that Liâ—eth and the last that Dieth And to make the same a litâ—e plainer Observe a Horse that is Broken-winded as â—he usual term is and you shall find that he setcheth his â—reath much shorter when he is kept in the Stable only with dry Meat than when he goeth to Grass and the â—nly reason is the coldness of the moist Food which â—epeth the Heart and all the Body in coolness because â—â—e Humours that proceed from the digesture of Grass are â—ool and moist according to the natural qualities of Grass â—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
dry and crusty it denotes great Age. His Tail likewise denotes his Age feel it with your finer and Thumb close to the setting on and if the Joynt â—e knobby and sticking out more than in other parts of it â—â— the bigness of a small Birds-egg he exceeds not Two â—ears His Eyes standing out full round and sparkling not â—nking in the pits appearing even with his Temples and â—ot wrinkled and not none apearing in his Eyebrows then â—e is a young Horse but the contrary denotes him old If his skin come up easie and fall smooth when let go denotes him young but if he be of a dark colour and â—he Hair of his Eyebrows turn grey or grisled or it be so â—nder it betokens Age Or if a white Horse have a â—â—ack or red Mannel over his Body it signifies the same If the Bars of his Mouth be large and deep rough in â—andling then he is aged but if the contrary then young and fit for Service â—urther general Rules necessary to be known by the Horseman and Farrier from warrantable Experience A Mare 's best breeding-time for a race of good Horses between three and ten years and in suffering her sooner â—o take the Horse she will produce weak and sickly Colts â—r such dull ones as are not worth rearing Put your Stalâ—on to her in close warm Pasture and feed them well â—t great care be taken of the Mare when she has conâ—eiv'd often housed and fed with warm Mashes The â—tallion ought not to exceed her in Age above a year to â—e firm limbed strorngly chested and crested free as posâ—â—ble from Diseases and Sorrances Ride the Mare someâ—â—mes but gently till she has quicken'd and the Colt be come to some perfection House her in rainy damp aâ— cold weather let her Litter be easie and cherish her wâ—â— dry Meats scattering in a few Cummin-seeds For gelding Colts the Spring and Fall are the bâ—times the weather being open and warm do this in tâ—â— wain of the Moon the Sign being either in Aries or Virgâ— Some geld them at nine days but I hold it much betâ—â— at half a years end then they will be more strong livelâ— and metalsome Wean them at a year or sooner it yoâ— find your Mare â—ickly or deficient in Milk then pâ—â— them out of the hearing of their Dam that they may thâ— sooner forget her and not pine after her but after he seven months old let him not have his fill of suck aboâ—â— once in two days Feed him with Pollard boiled Barlâ— and put him in short sweet Pasture every day Back him not till three years old lest you make hiâ— weak in the Loins or sway-back besides it hinders hâ— growth and generally renders him lame in his Limbs thâ— you may make him familiar with you that when yoâ— come to do it it may be done with little trouble Aâ—â— then consider for what exercise he is best proportion'd and to that chiefly adapt him In managing him to â—â— Paces and other Exercises and in all it is requisite â—â— should have a good Mouth trot freely amble smoothlâ— lifting up his Legs in trotting neither too high nor to low that he gallop strongly be in motion swift and râ—â— ground apace Directions for the better Ordering a Horse design'd for Exerciseas Hunting Travel c. In these cases the day and night before the day you intend to set out give him a due proportion of Provinder litter him very well and let him be clean rubbed down lead him not abroad but give him warm Wateâ— in the Stable rub and chafe into his Joynts Neats-â—ooâ— Oyl Trotter-oyl Dogs-grease In the morning let him have Oats and Beans but no Hay if he be brisk and lively Water him not before you ride him out of theâ— Stable then ride him a mile or two a wracking pace and when well heated ride an Amble Trot or other Pace at â—â—r discretion and coming in to your Inn or Stage â—pe off the â—â—eat before you rub him down This Knife â—y be made of a piece of a Scyth or broken Sword then â—e him a proportionable allowance of Provinder someâ—at more than usual If he be any â—hing hoâ— give him warm Water otherâ—â—â—old Water will do as well and bringing him home 〈◊〉 â—he like measureâ— put on his Cloth and tuck dry â—â—ps betweâ—n his Girts and Body let him stand in the â—dle 〈…〉 then toss a Knop of Hay into the â—ck and soon 〈…〉 him about two quarts of Oats â—â— split Beans 〈◊〉 which scatter a little Hempseed â—l cleansed and when he comeâ— to the last Bait give him â—â—m Water and Oatmeal light up his Litter and let â—â— take his rest And thuâ— ordering if he be not a deâ—â—ive Horse he will perform what you put him to to â—â—r content â—inions as to Saddling and Bridling a Horse much approved â—f the Horse be wild and skittish impatient of the Sadâ—â— and Trench and when they are offer'd to make him â—iliar with the sight of them always hang them near â— in the Stable Offer it till you see some willingness in â— to accept it girt the Saddle on gently and put wisps â—ween his Body and the Girts put on an easie Bridle â—t and so a harder by degrees in a fair day carry him â—â—lain ground trot him round you and sometimes cheâ—â— him with your Voice strike him a little with your â—nd and lay your weight on the Saddle without mountâ—â— shake and strike the Stirrups against his sides and do â—uch other things as may usually happen in riding by â— means you will become familiar with him and he with â— Then take off the slight and easie Bridle you first try â—â—giâ—d the Saddle hard wash his Mouth with Ale and â—eacle and put into it a full-mouth'd Trench Bit so â—wing the Reins over his Head lay them on the Saddle â—e them now and then a gâ—ntle pull that he may feel it â— champ on it fasten then Martingals from the Chaulbands to the Girts yet with some slackness unless he apt to startle and toss up his Head then fasten a broâ— piece of Leather about his Neck at his Withers and bâ—fore the middle of his Windpipe about six inches beneaâ— his Throple between which and his Neck draw the Maâ—tingals to prevent his ducking down his head and thâ— will make him him carry his Neck Archwise like a Swaâ— and add much to his comeliness And thus use hiâ— nine or ten days before you actually attempt to baâ— him The best Method for Backing a Horse Having made your Horse patient of the Saddle aâ— Trench carry him abroad then make many offers â—mount by putting your Foot in the Stirrup at lengâ— leap on his Back sit fast and keep your Legs close â— his sides give him a little head and draw him on â— Ploughed Ground where let him run till he sweatâ— then breathe him again then cherish him shake yoâ— Legs and Stirrups keep his head streight and
a spoonful at â— time two or three hours before his Watering and he wilâ— remain a healthful and sound Horse if he be thus used tiâ—â— he be eight years old for then the chief danger is past The Order of Curing Horses that are Diseas'd The Causes the Signs and the Cureâ— thereof Of the Ague or Fever in Horses THE Learned do hold Three gential Kinds First When the Vital Spirits are inflamed wherein heâ— is predominant more than Nature requireth Secondlâ— When the Humours are distemper'd by heat Thirdlâ— When the firm parts of the body are continually hot â— that the Ague cometh by the excessive heating of the Horsâ— and thereupon a sudden Cold or by fullness of bad Hâ—mours which principally grow from foul full and raâ— feeding and too much rest and for that reason it takeâ— the Horse either hot or cold and to keep due hours to makâ— him shake and tremble as a Man also we may know hoâ— the same appeareth from the Inflamations of the Stomacâ— which scaldeth and maketh the Tongue raw there aâ—other causes viz. by spare feeding not clean feeding aâ—dry feeding and for want of moderate labour The Cuâ— shall be when you perceive his dejected Countenance aâ— that he beginneth to tremble enforce him into a Heat aâ— give him this purging Drink Take a quart of White-Winâ— put therein an Ounce of Aloes small beaten Of Agarâ—â— half an Ounce of Liquorice and Anniseeds half a Draâ— and some Honey warmed a little on the Fire and thâ— ride him until he be hot and let him sweat moderately â— the Stable and take a special care of him wash his Tongâ—â— with Allum water Vinegar and Sage and give him sweâ— Straw to eat and a Gallon of old sweet Oats at Nighâ— give him a good Mash and the next Night after let him â—lâ—ed a quart and if his Blood be very thick dark yei â—ow let him bleed two Quarts and afterwards keep him warm from the Air for three or four days and give him warm Water to drink and a little Saliet-Oyl in it if he will drink it Another of the same Let him blood take of Garmander Four ounces of Gum-Dragonâ—â— and of dead Roses of each an ounce Of Oyle â—live Four Ounceâ— put them into a quart of strong Ale and give it warm to the Horse to drink then ride him unâ—il he sweat and clâ—ath him and keep him warm as aforeâ—aid Of the Ague in the Head The cause of 〈◊〉 Disease proceeds either from cold or â—aking of too much heat or of a raw imperfect Digestion of the Stomach which proceeds principally also from full and foul fâ—â—ding for betwixt the Stomach and the Brain â—s such Assinity as that they do equally communicate their â—amageâ— The Signs are these The hanging down of his â—ead his Eyes will swell and run with Water and he will â—orsake his Meat The Cure is to let him blood in the â—allet of his Mouth and rub it with Salt to make it bleed well then take a â—tick with a Linnen-cloath fastened to â—he end of it well anointed with the Oyl of Bay thrust it â—p and down his Nostrils thereby to open and purge his â—ead Also pâ—rfume him with the smoak of Garlick-stalks â—roken into small pieces Also air him with the smoak of â—rankincense belding the same in a Chafingdish under his Nostrills with a great Cloath cast over his Head and let be done Morning and Evening Keep him with spare â—yet and moderate Exercise the which will cleanse his â—â—omack and make it empty then his brain will not be â—quieted Afterwards let him blood and give him good â—â—â—hes to drink for two days and no cold water as I â—â—all write down the Causes of some Diseases that are most â—â—known to the people so for those that they are so well â—â—quainted with I shall only set down the Cures Of the sudden Sickness of a Horse The cause is for that the Heart which is the Charriot oâ— Life wherein the Soul of the Horse liveth wanting the use of the Veins and Arteries to carry the vital spirit oâ— heat to all the parts of the body to give the Horse feelling and ability to operation by reason of some obstructions of Humours and Cold which for want of Heat cannot be dissolved for that the nature of Cold is to bind and conglutinate together and keep them from their naturaâ— Course proceeding from some violent Exercise and immoderate Feeding and Rest The sign is the sudden dejectment of his Countenance The Cure is to let him blood on both sides of the breast next the heart whereby the Veins and Arteries being evacuated and emptied the may begin to do that office whereunto Nature hath appointed them Let him bleed the quantity of two quarts then give him a comfortable drink to stir up the vital Spirits to actions viz. Take a quart of the best Sack and burn it with Grains Cloves and Cinnamon and a quarteâ— of a pound of the best Sugâ—r and burn it altogether with half a pint of Sallet-Oyl and Four pennyworth of the besâ— Treaâ—le then ride him very gently till he begin to sweat and so turn him into the Stable and let him stand â—â—â— Meats but beware you do for him there according tâ— your direction and be sure you cloath him not too warinâ— for the Drink will throughly warm him and make hiâ— sweat let his drink be warm water wherein boyl Mallowâ— and a handful of Water-Cresses of Fennel and Parsly-seed oâ— each an Ounce and twice in a Morning or Evening wheâ— he is most fasting ride him gently a mile or two Of a Horse that cannot Piss Take a Pint of white Vinegar half a pound of Gimgreeâ— bruise it small and wring out the Juice take a handful â— Fennel a handful of Fox-Gloves the Leaves or the Flowerâ— two ounces of Grommel-seed and half a pint of sweet Honey stamp them well together and strain them into Vinegar leâ— him stand without Meat and Drink Twenty four hours Of the Pains in the Head Take a Pint of Malmsey Five new laid Eggs a head of bruised Garlick small Pepper Cinnamon and Nuâ—megs beaten fine give it him to drink three days together and let him fast five hours after To bring Hair again To bring Hair again take the Dung of Goats some Honey and Allum and the blood of a Hog boyl them together and being hot rub the place therewith Of the Stone and Cholick in a Horse Take a Pint of White Wine half a Pint of Burr-seed and beat them small two ounces of Pursâ—y-seed half a handful of Hop half a handful of new-set â—eeks and haâ—â— a handful of Water-Cresses half an ounce of Black-Soap and mingle them together stamp and strain them but put the Burr-seed and Parsley-seed to it after it is strained and then warm it and give it him to drink Of killing the Fire either in Burning or Shot Take Varnish or Oyl and Water beaten together and â—noint the place with
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 wiâ—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 â—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 â—â— 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 Paâ—sâ—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 Boâ—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 Suâ— then set him up warm in the Stable and let him fast an hour give him such â—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 â—â— that it break forth at the Cronets of the Hoofs then take two Eggs as much Bole Armony and Bean-flower as will thâ—â—â—en the same and mingle them well together and make thereof a plaister such as may close each â—oot round about somewhat above the Cronet and bind the same fast that it fall not away or be removed for two days togâ—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 hiâ— 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 oâ— 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 â—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 â—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 â—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
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 hâ—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 Frankâ—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 â—â—il it â—â—â—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
Distempers and Require colâ— and moist Medicines for those of a hot or drying quality are very hurtfull These Horses are very strong though they appear noâ— so and consequently are fit for fervile Labours and when you find a Horse mixed with many or all of these Colours then he little or more as the Colours are more or less on him of one or the other kind participates of thâ— Humours and Medicines must be temper'd accordingly as also to the Nature of the Sickness if it has continu'd â—ong and he is enfeebled thereby then you must not give him over strong Potions but more of Medicines hereafter How to prepare a Horse to receive Medicines if any Distemper has seiz'd him Observe twenty four hours before you intend to administer the Medicine whether Powder Pills or Drench composed of Simples c. that you restrain him from eatâ—ng Hay or Straw or any hard Meats that admit not of easie Digesture thereby to hinder the Operation of the Physick and for twelve hours before keep him fasting for the Emptiness of Stomach gives a free Operation to any Purge when Fulness hinders greatly the working of any Medicine much obstructing it and thereby frequently injuring the Horse by turning the force of it on the Vitals The safest Meat to prepare him is either Rye or Wheat Bran mix'd with white split Beans Wheat flower mix'd with white Oats and his Drink warm Water into which dust a little fine Bran. What Purgations with the least Danger may be given to a Horse The most Effectual and gentlest Purgations are Pills but it must be consider'd as is said according to the state of the Horse's Body And for Example to make the gentlest Pill against Pestilential or Infectious Diseases Peel twenty Cloves of Garlick bruise and well temper them with a pound of fresh-Butter Roll them up in balls as big as Walnuts give four or five of them one soon after another and if the Contagion have not seiz'd the Heart Brain or Liver it will work it out Approved Rules to be observ'd by such as either Travel or Exercise Horses for want of the due Observation whereof many excellent Horses have been lost though hereby they may be kept from Sickness First when your Horse is lusty pleasant and clear in â—ody then he is fit for Labour or any Exercise but if he be sad heavy or dejected in Countenance do not Labour him until you have found the Cause and removed it Secondly let not your Horse eat any thing for two or three hours before you travel him and then not much until you come to your Lodging for baiting at Noon is naught and hurtful except you rest four or five hours so as that he may not travel upon a full Stomach and let his Bit be small and be sure he never wear a rusty Bit or Snaffle for fear of the Canker Thirdly let your Travel be moderate except necessity which cannot be limited enforce it then be sure not to let your Horse either eat or drink until he be very cold and if it be in Winter-time be sure to cloath his Head and Breast very warm after your Travel and every Morning either squirt a little Vinegar into his Nostrils or else rub them with Oyl of Bay with a Cloath nointed therewith fastned to the end of a Stick and thrust up and down him Nostrils to purge his Head Fourthly neither wash nor Water your Horse especially in the Winter-time for when he is very hot to walk him in the cold Air is dangerous and washing is a speedy Preparative to bring him to some dangerous Disease for there is no desperate Disease incident to a Horse but the fame proceeds from the Causes of too much Heat or Cold and none more dangerous then this Fiftly when you travel alight often from your Horse if Cause of Necesity enforce not the contrary and lead him to some place of Grass Straw or Brakes and there stay and whistle until your Horse Piss which he will hardly do except it be in such places because the sprinkling of his Water will scald his Legs Sixthly if your Horse be very hot let him not drink cold Water but rather at some House give him a quart of good Beer or a pint of Wine and if you do Water him by the way let him not drink until he have washed his Mouth which is done when he thrusteth his Head into the Water presently pull up his Head which will cleanse his Mouth and if you are forced to let him drink ride him so that he may be sure to keep the same Heat he was in before Seventhly After his Labour if you can have a convenient place let him wallow himself for it is no less delightful then comfortable to his Body Eightly If he happen to fall sick in your Travel which proceeds commonly either from eatâ—ng or drinking too much at a time or otherwise give him a pint of Sack or Malmsey a quarter of a pint of Aqua-â—ita with six penny worth of the best Treacle and a quarâ—er of a pint of the best Olive-Oil brew them well togeâ—her and give him a draught and then take a new laid Egg and pull out his Tongue bruise the Shell and thrust â—t into his Throat and then let go his Tongue do this â—wice then let him blood in the Pallet of his Mouth and â—ub it well with Salt and afterwards order him as he should â—e in the Stable Another Excellent way to the like purpose If you cannot get Sack-Wine or Treacle give him a â—int of Aqua-Vita or any other comfortable Water with â—wo Eggs in the form aforesaid to comfort his Heart â—irst at night give him a good comfortable Mash if he â—ill eat it and clean sweet Provender such as he will eat â—athe his Legs with Butter and Beer cleanse his Feet and â—op them with Caw-dung and after he is sufficiently fed â—â—ve him plenty of Sweet Litter shut him dark in the Staâ—e and early in the Morning let him be throughly dressed â—â—d rubbed and before you ride two hours let him eat â—â—lf a Peck of old sweet Oats with a pint of the strongest â—le Beer Malmsey or White-Wine for his Breakfast â—â—condly If your Horse be young that you do travel â—â—on which is the Overthrow of all fine mettled Horses â—â—en you come home and may let him rest then let him â—ke his Ease and bleed and if you find his Blood hot â—â—d dark coloured spare not to let him bleed until there â—â—me perfect Blood after three or four days keep him â—th god Mashes and give him the purging Drink beâ—â—â—e mentioned with a pint of White-Wine an ounce of â—es dissolved into powder half an ounce of Agarick â—â— a spoonful of the Powder of Liquorice made blood-â—â—m and well brewed together and let him not drink â—â— Water for four or five days after and in his Provender put the Powder of Brimstone Enula Campana and Polipodium of the Oak well mingled together
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 twâ— 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 takâ— of Brimstone half a pâ—â—nd of Armoniack an ounce and â— half of Costus as much beat these inâ—o a â—ine Powder anâ— then incorporate them with the other and boyl them aâ— over again very well which done pour the whole Miâ—ture into cold Water then roll it in seven big Rolls Plaisterwise afterwards spread this Plaister upon a piece â—â— Leather and fold it about the swelled Member or lay iâ— upon the swelled part and if any thing will do it thâ—â— 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 â—hem together then give it the Horse with a Horn which â—â—one tye his head to the Rack for you need not care for Provender till Night at which time Provender him well â—nd in the Morning give him Oats or Bread or both in â— plentiful manner and being ready to back him give â—im the former quantity of Ale and the Powder aforesaid â—nd doubtless you shall find him to travel with great Couâ—age and Spirit Also take a bunch of Penny-Royal and â—ye it to the Mouth of your Bit or Snaffle and you shall â—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
and stamped in a Gallon of strong Ale then strain it well and give the Horse a quart to drink lukewarm in the Morning fasting then ride him that he be warm set him up warm and thus do for four or five Mornings and then turn the Horse to Grass if the time of the Year be suitable thereunto and he will feed heartily But if the time of the Year serve not for Grass then you must keep him in the House and over and beside the drink before shewed you shall take sine Powder of Elecampane and the fine Powder of Cummin-seeds a like quantity mix them well together then every time you give your Horses Provender which should be at least thrice a day in the Morning Noon and at Night take half an ounce of this Powder and sprinkle it by little and little into his Provender for fear of Offence till it be all eaten up And thus do for fourteen days together at the least and you shall see the Horse prosper in a wonderful and strange manner For the Hide-bound The Cause hereof is sudden Cold after great Heat when the Pores are open the Cold entereth and maketh an Attraction of the Sinews so as the Horse seemeth to go or Travel with great Grief his Skin being as if it were starched being shrunk and clinging to his Ribs The Cure is to let him Blood in both the Flank-Veins being next the girding place and the Flanks then take a quart of good White-Wine and put thereunto three ounces of Sallet-Oyl and of Cummin one ounce of Aniseeds two ounces of Liquorice two ounces beaten into a Powder and give it him warm then let him be rubbed half an hour together cover all his Back with a Sack thoroughly soak'd in a Tub of Water and the Water wrung out of it and upon that cast many Cloths and gird them fast unto him to bring him to a Sweat which is the only and chief thing to recover him and keep him good Mashes and every day let him be so used for seven or eight days together give him much sodden Barly and Beans for his dyet and green Malt on the floor and after the eight days let him Blood in the two breast Veins about a pint then give him a pint of Sack and quarter of a pint of Sallet-Oyl four penniworth of the best Treacle and ride him until he sweat then presently set him in a warm Stable and cloth him very warm and at Night give him a good Mash of Malt with the Powder of Brimslone to the quantity of two spoonfuls For the Navel-gall The Cures thereof are divers and so they ought to be for Medicine is to be ministred according to the hurt as it may be more or less If it be but galled take Soot of â— Chimney and Yest mixed together and Plaister it once or twice a day Another Remedy for the same Sore Take a Pottle of Verjuice three penniworth of Green Coporas boil it to the one half and wash the Sore therewith then fill it with red Lead and let it not be dressed of three days then dress it as you shall see cause Another Cure for the same If it be so hurt as that it swell and is imposthumed theâ—â— lance it on the nethermost part of the Ulcer so that the matter may have issue downward for if you should lance it aloft then the Corruption that remaineth will fistulate if you find the Concavity deep then make a Tent of Flax and dip it in this Salve Take of Deers-Suet of Wax of Tar and of Turpentine of each three ounces and one ounce of Rosin mingle them together and tent the Wound and if you see any dead Flesh grow in it then sprinkle the Powder of Verdegrease upon it lay upon the Head of the Tent a Plaister of a Yolk of an Egg Honey and Wheat-flower and thus dress it Evening and Morning until it be whole For the Worms They are ingendred of raw and evil Humours there are three kinds of them the Worm the Bot and the Trencheon The Horse will lie down and wallow when they feed on him his breath will stink and his Mouth be clammy The cure is for to give him a quart of new Milk and half a pint of Honey in it Blood-warm this will make them rest from gnawing of him because they will suck thereof until they are ready for to burst then the next day give him this drink following First take a quart of wort or of the strongest Ale then take a quarter of a pound of Fern half a pound of Savin half a pound of Stonecrop stamp them and put them together with two spoonfuls of Brimstone and as much Chimney Soot beaten to Powder and let them lye in steep two hours then strain them and give the Horse a little warm bridle him and let him stand six hours after without Meat and there is no doubt but the Horse will be quiet for the strength thereof is such to strain the Maw as that the Bot will not meddle but fly from it but it doth not kill them After these former Drinks given him the third day make him purging Pills viz. Take of Lard a pound laid in Water two hours take nothing but the clean Fat thereof stamp it in a Mortar and thereunto put of Liquorice of Aniseeds of Fenugreek of each beaten into Powder three ounces of Aloes in Powder two ounces and of Agarick an ounce knead them into a Paste and make six balls thereof then the Horse having fasted over night give him the next Morning three of these Pills anointed with Honey when you have opened his Mouth catch hold of his Tongue hold it fast till you have hurled in one and thrust it down his Throat with a rolling-pin and then let his Tongue go till he hath swallowed it down and so do with the rest and keep him close from all Air and at Night give him a strong Mash and warm Water three days after my reason is for that these Balls will purge out of his Body all the Bots and Worms and all the Humours that breed and cherish them so as that your Horse will be perfectly clean and you shall find most of the Bots alive when they are purged for you cannot kill them with Medicine but only make them to forbear vexing of him for so long as his Maw resteth so bitter and stinking they dare not feed on it but upon other Humours For the Lax. Take of Bean-flower and Bole Armony of each a quatern mingled in a quart of red Wine give it him lukewarm and after it let him drink warm Water with Bean-flower but if that will not stay him then give him half a penny-worth of Allum beaten into Powder and Bole Armony beaten small in a quart of Milk stirring them till the Milk be all of a Curd and this will stop him For Costiveness or Belly-bound Take of the Decoction of Mallows a quart put it to half a pint of Oil
or so much Butter an ounce of Benedick Luxature and pour it into his Fundament with a little Horn and hold his Tail close to his Fundament whilst another doth lead him and so keep it in him as long as you can and after keep him warm and give him warm Water to drink All these Infirmities are cured by the Whey only contained in this following Medicine The Bloody-Rifts the Bladders the Lampus all Mouth-Cankers all Hurts in the Mouth The Tongue-hurt the Paps the Tooth-ach the Shedding of Hair the Fetter-worm Take of New-Milk three quarts a good handful of Plantain let it boil till a full pint be consumed then take six ounces of Allum and an ounce and a half of White-Sugar-candy both being made in a very fine Powder six spoonfuls of strong Wine-Vinegar and put them into the Milk then let it boyl a little till it have a hard Curd then drain it and save the Whey wherewith you shall first bathe the Sore the Whey being warm then with a clean Cloth dry the Sore and apply this Salve to it Take of Turpentine Yellow-wax and Hogs-grease ground to a fine Powder and ounce and a half mix all these together on a soft Fire and then put it in a Gally-pot and let it cool but in case where the Bruise is not broken nor is likely to break you must apply another Medicine which I shall hereafter acquaint you with For the Yellows The Cause hereof is also the abundance of bad Humors the Cure is plain let him Blood if you see it yellow a Pottle then give him a quart of White-Wine of Saffron and Fenugreek of each half an ounce and the juice that is wrung out of two handfuls of Selandine and being Blood-warm give it him and keep him warm and with good Mashes wherein put two spoonfuls of the Powder of Brimstone some will give in this drink the green ordure of Geâ—se strained For the Surfeiting and Foundring of the Body The Cause of this Disease is over-much eating after Labour whilst the Horse is hot whereby his meat not being digested breedeth evil Humors which by little and little do spread through all the parts of the Body and at length oppress the whole Body and so do take away his Strength that he hath not power to go or move his Joints and being laid is not able to rise whereby he wanteth the use of pissing as also of dunging Nature being overcome then doth the Humour rule the body to the destruction of it In like manner it is when the Horse being over hot with Travel drinketh so much as the Cold thereof suppresseth his natural Heat the Cause is that the evil Humours being predominant according to their Nature being heavy and moist immediately fall down into the Horse's Legs and Feet and there rest which if not prevented will make great gordy Limbs as the Pains Cratches Spavins Wind-galls casting of the Hoofs and such like The Cure hereof must be according to your Effects that are wrought in the Horse if it be perceived as when the Hair beginneth to stare that he will be chill and shrug for Cold forsake his Meat hang down his Head quiver after cold Water and after two or three days begin to cough which is a sign that his surfeit is not great and that he may be thus cured Cover his Belly with the Glister last mentioned and give him this Drink Take of Malmsey a quart of Sugar half a quatern of Cinamon half an ounce of Liquorice and Aniseeds of each two spoonfuls beaten into â—â—ne Powder put into it Malmsey and give it him Blood-warm keep him warm let him drink nothing but warm water four or five days after let him Blood For the Collick The Cause of this Disease is twofold either it proceeds from abundance of Humours or of Wind and although it be Wind yet I judge the Original to be an Obstruction of Humours which will not suffer the Wind to have its free passage which otherwise Nature would expel as his Enemy The Cures may be divers and because it is a Disease that few Farriers understand I will set down several Cures that if one thing cannot be speedily procured another may First it may be an Obstruction for that the Horse hath the stone and cannot stale for this take a quart of White-Wine half a pint of Bur-seed beaten small two ounces of Parsly-seed of Smallage Saxafrage the Roots of Philapendula Gromwel-seed and Broom-seed of each two ounces beaten to fine Powder a good handful of Water-Cresses and lay them in steep all Night and in the Morning strain them clean and put into it a little Black-Soap and a little Butter and ride him until that he begin to sweat then set him in a Stable with a great quantity of sweet Litter under him and cloath him warm and so let him stand Meatlâ—ss seven or eight hours then give him dried Oats and warm Water with a quantity of Sallet-Oyl to drink and before he have this Drink let him fast all Night Another Cure for the same Take a pound of Malmsey of Cloves Pepper Cinamon of each an ounce of Sugar half a quartern and give it the Horse lukewarm and Labour him upon it an hour that be dung and stale keep him to warm Water but if he be a stoned Horse there is not any better thing than for him to have his full desire with a Mare Another for the same If you think that it proceeds chiefly from Wind it may be so occasioned when he is ridden hot and set up cold he will pine away and forsake his Meat keep him empty all Night in the Morning take a quart of White-Wine four ounces of Fenugreek seven ounces of Bayes as much Corâ— Pepper an ounce of Grains an ounce of Ginger two handfuls of Water-Cresses a handful of Sage a pound of Sea-green and wring out the Juice Another of Mint stamp them and put them into a pint of White-Wine and let them stand on the fire till they boyl strain them out and give it him Blood-warm with a little Honey For Surfeiting with Provender When a Horse hath eaten more than his stomack can well digest he is in such pain as that he is not able to stand but lyeth and walloweth as if he had the Bots the danger whereof I have written The Cure is to let him Blood and to draw his Yard and wash it put a piece of a Clove of Garlick into it to make him piss also to rake him behind and give him a glister with the Water of Sodden-Mallows Fresh-Butter and Sallet-Oyl keep him harm and let him eat very little for four or five days These Infirmities are cured by the following Medicine All Convulsion of Sinnews all Cramps whatsoever your Neck-crick the Shoulder-Splat all swelled Legs the Over-reach of the Back-Sirew all Wind-Galls Wrenches in the nether Jâ—inâ—s all Bruises unbroke all Strains whatsoever Take strong Vinegar or Patch-grease or Peece-grease of each a like quantity
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 â—â— 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