Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	dram_n	ounce_n	saffron_n	3,807	5	12.6334	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94232	The husbandman, farmer and grasier's compleat instructor. Containing choice and approved rules, and directions for breeding, feeding, chusing, buying, selling, well ordering and fatning bulls, cows, calves, rams, ews, lambs, swine, goats, asses, mules, &c. : How to know the several diseases incident to them, by their signs and symptoms, with proper remedies to cure them; : as likewise all griefs, and sorrances what-ever. : Also, a treatise of dogs, and conies, in their breeding, ordering, and curing the distempers they are subject to. : To which is added, The experienced vermine-killer, in particular directions, for taking and destroying all sorts of vermine in houses, out-houses, fields, garden, graneries, and other places. / By A.S. Gent.	A. S., Gent.	1697 (1697)	Wing S7; ESTC R2532	103,960	176

third part be co 〈…〉 med strain it out and infuse in it a quar●●e● of an Ounce ● Saffron and two Ounces of Methridate or London-Tr●●d and give half a pint at a time wa●in and according t● the number of your Goats make a greater quantity ● have it in a readiness and as soon as you see this Diste●per appear amongst them separate as many as you peceive infected and put them into warm but Airy place For Pains in the Head This sometimes afflicts them even to Madness occasi●●ed by violent Heats first contracted by being in cold w● places or unwholsome feeding it is known by thei● reeling and staggering running their Heads against 〈◊〉 thing that stands in their way For this Blood them in the Neck and under the Tongue take Mather a little handful Turmerick half an Ounce a few tops of Hysop Sage and Rosemary boyl them in fair Water strain out the liquid part and give it warm For Faintness or Dizziness This proceeds from Heat or want of seasonable Food and is easily known by the languishing of their Eyes and Feebleness To remedy it wash them with Water wherein Hysop has been boyled infuse a Dram of Saffron and two Ounces of Dioscordium in a pint of new Milk and give it w●rm after it some Holm Oak or Vine Sprays to brouse on and scatter Fennegreek-seed among their Provender For Scabs or Scurf T●ese are occasioned by gross Humours proceeding from too much rank feeding and which they are not often troubled withal To remedy it Bleed well then give them Bole-Armoniack Bay-salt and the juyce of stamped Honey-suckle-leaves boyled in fair Water and wash them with Chamberlye For Leanness or Consuming Boyl two or three handfuls of Lupius in a quart of Wa●er and as much Vinegar strain it out and give half a pint at a time and it will bring them to feed and g●ow ver● Fleshy For the Surfeit This comes by over driving and heat when they stand still and too suddenly cool or by greedily brousing on unwholsome Boughs or Herbs and sometimes is known by breaking out but oftner by their lolling out their Tongues and panting for Breath dulness of their Eyes he●t of their Horns and Feet To remedy this take a good handful of Ground-Ivy stamp ●t and boyl it in a quart of fair Water strain out th● liquid part and put in an Ounce of Venice-Treacle or Methridate give half a pint at a time wa●m and keep the afflicted Goats in dry places For a Stub thorn or other hurt in the Feet c. These H●●ts often come by clambering cragg●●● places and frequently the sharp Stones getting b 〈…〉 their Claws much hurt their Feet to cure then 〈◊〉 fects that may happen of these kinds Take an Ounce of yellow Bees-wax half an O●● Turpentine a quarter of a pint of Linseed-Oyl ● quarter of an Ounce of Verdigrease in powder ● these in a very soft Salve or Oyntment which by ● stirring you may soon do then wash the grieved ● with Urine spread some of the Salve or Oyntment ● and bind it on with Flax and Leather This Oyntment is good to heal up old Sores B●● Botches Blains green Wounds to asswage Sw 〈…〉 and reduce Bruises to a sound state also in Fractu●● Bones over-straining of the Sinnews and the like For Diseases or Defects in the Eyes of Goats These Distempers are sundry coming by Blows or ●● different effects of Heat and Cold which makes t●● Eyes sore dazy subject to Watering or Rheums 〈◊〉 over them Spects Spots or Scales When any of these happen take Pimpernel and ●● bright of each a handful boyl them in a quart of ●● Water till the third part be consumed then strain out ●● liquid part and wash the Eyes with i● but for Sp 〈…〉 you must blow into their Eyes some time before you ●● them burnt Allom or burnt Salt sinely powdered For Defects in the Lungs Take the Leaves of Bramble or Dewberry-leaves o● either a handful the Roots of Scabe●s and Comfry of each an Ounce bruise and boyl these in small Beer an● give it warm half a pint at a time twice or thrice To preve●t breaking out and she●ding their Hair ●is many times happens by their foul lying feeding ● or the like and renders the Goats not only uncomly ● the fore-runner of dangerous Diseases if not s●d●● prevented To do which Take ●llebo●e or Bares-foot a good handful Suthernwooo●●e qua●tity stamp them and boyl them in a quart of ● give half a pint at a time and it will purge ●h●●● ce●se the effects of the bad Humours and pre●any f●rther Mischief or Danger from the increase of A general Purge for the Goats c. ●●ke t●o Ounces of Antimony a handful of Spurg●el a good handful of wild Cucumbers bruise these to●r boyl them in a gallon of running Water and give ● a pint in a Morning before they come to any full seed 〈◊〉 and ●t purges Blood and Choler in a good measure ●●s the violence of the Feaver and makes them after 〈◊〉 th●●ve very well To stench bleeding at the Nose This many times happens through excess of Heat and ●oulness of the Blood that gathers in the Head To ●●dy it ●ake a handful of Ash-leaves as much of young Ne●tle 〈◊〉 or the tops of Yar●ow or rest Harrow bruise them ●● out the Juyce and mixing it with Vinegar give it ●east and spirt a little up the Nostrils and the bleed 〈◊〉 w●●l ●mmediately stay ●●medy the Convulsions or Cramps that occasion their Halt●g or Lameness ●his comes by taking sudden Colds after Heats which ●●s it the Nerves and Sinnews To remove it chafe ● the grieved part with Oyl of Turpentine or Spike and give a quarter of a pint of Sallad-Oyl to drink a scatter Carraway-seeds and Coriander-seeds into his P●vinder For Pains in the Belly This happens by Wind in the Bowels or raw Digest●● in the Stomack To remedy it Take a handful of Camomile as much of Bay-lea●● boyl them in a quart of small Beer and give the liq●● part hot at twice A TREATISE OF ASSES As to thier ●ature Breeding Feeding Ordering and Curing the sundry Diseases incident to them ●●●ations on the Ass his Hardiness and man●e● of 〈◊〉 THE Ass is the hardiest of all Domestick Creatures seeming by Nature to be framed for labour it s Feed is indifferent to it and any thing that is proper to be eaten by 〈◊〉 it make a good Meal of The simplicity of this ●●ea●● is ●●d in History to make Heraclitus who always ●p● this t●me wept for the Pride Covetousness and ●●ry of Mankind to l●ugh for passing along 〈◊〉 solitary having a little before seen Luxurious Tab●● spread with all manner of Dainties Sea and Land could afford he espied a poor Ass contenting himself with Thistles mumbling them with as much pleasure as if h● had the best Provinder imaginable which made him prefer his Indifferency before the pretended Wisdom of d●contented