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A39068	The Experienced jocky, compleat horseman, or gentlemans delight containing plain and easie directions in breeding, feeding, keeping and managing horses for all occasions, as war, raccing, hunting, travel, &c. ... to which are added plain and easie directions for the breeding, feeding, managing and curing distempers in bulls, cows, calves, oxen, sheep and swine, useful and necessary for all persons who expect pleasure or profit by any of the forementioned animals, the like before not extant.		1684 (1684)	Wing E3878; ESTC R1977	136,221	359

White Rose Leaves Smallage Hill-wort Succory red Fennel and Cellandine of each half a quarter of a pound wash them clean and steep them well in Whitewine after which distil them and the first water will be like Gold the second like Silver and the third like Balm all which frequently one after another will wonderfully preserve his sight and restore sight when almost lost How to take off the Pin and Web with ease and safety TAke the powder of White-copperas finely sifted half an ounce and the like quantity of White Sugarcandy pulverised and siersed and with a quill blow into the eye grieved every morning as much as will lie upon a groat till you see the Pin and web begin to wast at what time use it every second day and within a while after every third day and in so continuing it will in twenty days take it clean away An approved Receipt for taking away a Film or Skin that covers the sight c. TAke the powder of Alabaster grind it to powder sift it well and blow it into his eyes morning and evening and it will eat off the skin or for want of that take Bay salt and briuse it in a Morter or between two Trenchers and make it up with sweet butter into pellets as big as Pistol Bullets one of which put into the eye grieved and close the lid upon it holding it close with your hand till it be melted and in so doing for ten days successively the Film will disappear To take away the Rhume in a Horses Eyes and clear the sight an approved Receipt TAke butter well salted and mix with it the juice of Houseleek and making it into pellets put it into the Horses Ear on the contrary side and it will draw back the Rhume and cause the effects to cease but you must hold tye or sow up his Ear or he will shake it out To cure swollen Eyes IF the Eye-lids of a Horse are swelled extraordinarily so that the inside turn outward you need do no more unless his eyes are perished or afflicted with Rhume than muffle him up close and keep him warm anointing the place grieved once or twice a day with Rose water in which Sugarcandy and hony have been dissolved and the swelling will abate after which let him blood in the Temples but by no means clip the bladders if any happen on his eye-lids but suffer them to fall off of themselves To stay the Rhume in a Horses Eyes a most excellent Receipt BEat Bolarmoniack into powder and blow it with a quill into your Horses eyes morning and evening but if he refuse to suffer it then mixing it with fresh butter and the powder of White Sugarcandy make it into pellets and put it into his eyes morning and evening holding the lids fast till it is dissolved the which doing five or six days will drive back the Rhume A Second approved Remedy for taking away the skin or white Film from the Eyes BUrn to ashes the roots of black Sallow adding to them the powder of White Sugarcandy and grated Ginger both well siersed and blow them well mixed together into your Horses eyes morning and evening A Particular Receipt for Moon Eyes Dim sight or Eyes afflicted with any pain HEat Lapis Calaminaris red hot and afterwards quench it in Plantain water or Whitewine the which after you have in the same manner done eight or nine times bruise into powder and putting it again into the water or wine it was quenched in add to it half a dram of Aloes and a quarter of an ounce of Camphire reduced into powder which water drop often into his eyes and therewith wash his eyelids A second particular receipt for the cure of soreness in the Eyes and taking away the Pin Web or any infirmity happening to the Eyes by Bruise Brush or the like ROast a Pullets Egg new laid till it become hard then cutting it in sunder long ways take out the yolk and filling the empty place with white Vitriol beaten into powder close the shells together binding them about with a paper and again put them into hot embers till the Vitriol be dissolved then putting them into a Mortar beat and bruise them to mash then strain what remains liquid through a fine cloath and with it wash the Eyes of your Horse twice a day or instead of Vitriol you may use the powder of Myrrh hang the Egg up and suffering it to drop by degrees both of which being exceeding good and most approved remedies for the grievances aforesaid An excellent receipt for taking away any spot in a Horses Eye HAving roasted an Egg into which you have put fine Ginger and Salt and it by the fire made exceeding hard beat into powder at what time having washed the Horses Eyes with eybright water or the juice of Alehoof otherwise called ground-Ivy with a quill blow into the eye grieved as much of the powder as will lie upon a two pence and in so doing five or six times the spot will vanish To take away a Wart on the inside or edge of a Horses Eylid c. MIx burnt Alum and unburnt Copperas beaten into fine powder and well sierced which apply to the head of the Wart and it will cause it to fall away For the clearing and restoring foul or sore eyes when the sight is in most danger an excellent cure MElt Pitch Rosin Mastick and Tachamahaca of each two ounces then dipping Flax or fine Wooll into it lay two parcels plaisterwise to the breadth of half a Crown on either Temple then with a round Iron upon his cheek bone under his eyes burn three or four holes suppleing them then with sweet butter after which having washed a good handful of Cellendine in Whitewine bruise and strain it adding to the juice a third proportion of Womans Milk sweetned with white Sugarcandy well pulverized and sierced and with it Morning and Evening wash and cleanse his Eyes and the putrefaction will not only cease to flow but the sight be wonderfully restored The cause of a Horses often bleeding at the Nose and how to prevent it or stay it c. AMongst young Horses bleeding at the Nose happens by the large quantity of blood they contain which swells and frets the veins that end in that place till it either open them or force its passage by breaking them which proceeds from a corroding humour in the blood which pierceth or eateth the vein in the thinnest place It is likewise occasioned by a stroak cut or any think forcibly thrust up the Nostrils too much straining and the like To prevent which before it happens or stay it when it flows To prevent bleeding at the Nose often burn Frankincense or Assa fetida under his Nose in a Chafingdish and squirt up his Nostrils juice of Houseleek or juice of Garlick To stay bleeding the juice of young Nettles sweetned with Loaf-sugar and squirted up his nostrils is a sure expedient or if that fail

four or five figgs pared and cut small then suffering it to be luke-warm give it him in a Drenching horn And this medicine you may likewise give him for the Stavers Frenzy Bloody-flux Consumption of the Lungs Shortness of Breath Glaunders or any cold or cough wet or dry and for want of milk you may boyl them in new ALE but milk is better give it him every Morning fasting for a week together Another excellent remedy to the same effect TAke Brimstone flower an ounce sweet butter two ounces temper them together very well then with them anoint the butt ends of two Goose wings and thrust them up his nostrils fastening them in with packthred bound over his pole and thereupon riding him gently he will snort and avoid an extraordinary quantity of matter and filth that offends his head but after you have taken them out be sure you keep him warm in your Stable and feed him with warm Mashes burning under his nose in a chafingdish a little Storax thus you may do to a Horse that is designed for Racing or Hunting when you dare not give him any purgation or internal Drench by reason of the days near approach For a Cold newly taken a most excellent remedy MAke a little hole in the crown of a new-laid Hen-egg at which extract the white and yolk filling the concavity with fresh butter and Tarr of each a like quantity causing your Horse morning and evening to swallow it in the shell by drawing forth his Tongue giving him after it some warm Ale wherein Rosemary has been boyled and in so doing three days successively the cold will vanish for if this cure it not then is it of long continuance To cure which take the following medicine For a long taken Cold Cough Shortness of Breath or Pursiveness an excellent remedy HAving dryed Elecampain roots beat them into powder to the quantity of two ounces adding to them an ounce of Anniseeds bruised and the like weight of Liquorish and Sugarcandy pulverized when putting to them half a quartern of the Syrup of Colts-feet temper them with three or four ounces of fresh butter making the ingredients up into balls and give him three of them as big as Pigeons Eggs fasting riding him afterwards for half an hour letting him come warm into the stable and cloathing him well giving him Oats washed in hot Ale and no cold water for four hours after or for want of this you may give him conserve of Elecampain roots thus made viz. Take the roots and candy them with sugar keeping them from all moisture and so having done take an ounce thereof and add to it being broken small two ounces of Syrup of Colts-foot and as much fine sugar as will make it into a conserve then dissolving it in a pint of new Mallago give it warm to your Horse ordering him after it as aforesaid If your Horse be troubled with a stopping in his head voiding thereby filthy matter take this following advice HAving mingled Coltsfoot with Auripigmentum both of which pulverized not exceeding four drams take as much Turpentine as will make them into paste which done lay them on a Chafingdish of coles in small pieces covering them with a Tunnel and by putting the small end into the nostrils of your Horse suffer the smoak to ascend holding his head to it and in so doing five or six times the congealed matter will dissolve and come away For the Glaunders an excellent Remedy TAke the leaves of a Box-tree green bruise them and add an ounce of Liquorish powder the like quantity of Anniseeds bruised steep them well in Beer or Ale to the quantity of a pint and a half then take four ounces of Treacle and four ounces of Olive Oyl the which all mixed and well heated give him the whole dose in a Drenching-horn and thereupon ride him moderately and at his return put on his cloaths give him a warm Mash and keep the Stable close and in so doing three mornings together the Horse will be rendered well as at first Costiveness the cause and cure THis grievance happeneth when a Horse without great pain cannot void his dung proceeding sometimes from excess of Provender at other times from too much feeding upon dry meat which dryeth up the moisture of his body as Beans Tares Pease and such like not but that they are wholsome and convenient but that by excessive feeding on them the Horses body is over heated which drying his Excrements shuts up the Office of nature and sometimes this grievance happens by tedious fasting and the Horse being dyeted for Hunting or Racing to remedy which take a piece of Castle sope to the weight of two ounces dissolve it in Whitewine on the fire after which having bruised an ounce of Hempseed put it into the liquor sweetning it with an ounce of Brown Sugarcandy and give it him as hot as he can indure it after which walk him up and down for the space of an hour and then bringing him into the stable if you find him sick let him lie down and pour down his throat a pint of warm milk feeding him as at other times and his bowels will be loosened and his Excrements come away Another to help and cure this grievance BOyl a handful of Mallows in running water to the quantity of a quart to which add half a pint of Olive Oyl and half a pound of Butter an ounce of Benedicta Laxativa and making thereof a Glister force it warm up his Fundament holding his Tail close to it to keep it in for the space of half an hour then giving him a sweet Mash leave it to work of it self Of the Cramp or Convulsion in the Nerves or sinews of a Horse its cause and cure THis Malady proceeds from the sinew cut some wound in the Horse or too suddain cooling after an extraordinary heat too much straining or excessive purging and is known by the forcible contraction of the Sinews Veins and Muscles insomuch that the whole strength of man is not many times capable of bending the joynt this grief seizes and by his being lame and well in a moment There is also another Malady proceeding from cold loss of blood windiness in the veins or numbness of the sinews differing from the first in pace only as having its seat and operation in the Back Reins and neck of a Horse known by the distortion or wryness of his neck hollowness of his eyes dryness and clamminess of his mouth rising of his back in the middle and the like To cure which take Primrose leaves Chamomile Cowslip leaves Crowfeet Mallows Fennel and Rosemary leaves with the stalks of Pimpernel steeped and boyled in spring-water for a considerable space then once or twice a day bath him with the liquor hot all over and apply the herbs to the grieved places binding them on with Hay-bands or woollen cloaths anointing them first with Oyl of spike mixed with Petrolium and Nerve Oyl The Camery or Frounce

Verdigrease well tempered after which into the Orifice pour Deers suet extream hot plaistering it up with Pitch and Bees-wax which will in twenty four hours if not too firmly grounded make the bone rise or at most by a double application then with your nippers take it out and heal it up with a Salve made of Bees wax Turpentine Redwine the juice of green Tobacco or if that be not to be gotten the decoction of drie in a quarter of a pint of Aqua vitae and half an ounce of Birthworth Roots beaten or ground to powder The Quick scab is a Sorrance that will greatly injure the Horse if not taken in time by putrefying and corrupting the blood and flesh and breaking out much like unto the Mange caused by surfeit got by unseasonable and excessive riding or labour still running from one place to another not long continuing in one place but moves as the humour carries it To cure it take away the hair scrape off the scab and anointing it with ointment of Tobacco let it rest for a time and if it dye not at two or three anointings take the decoction of Mallows two quarts Copperas Verdigrease and Allum of each an ounce Turpentine and quick silver well killed two ounces of each and having washed the Sorrance with the decoction anoint it with the following simple made into an oyntment by the help of fire the which continuing to do six or seven days once a day and keeping him warm the Sorrance will vanish The Haw in the Eye its cause and cure THis grievance very troublesome to a Horse is a Gristle growing between the under Lid of the Eye and the ball of the sight and will spread over the Eye if not timely remedied The cause of it is flegmatick humours descending from the Brain it is known by the much watering of the Eye and the Horses frequent winking to remedy it if you can conveniently come at it take it off with a sharp knife blunt pointed lest the Horse by starting put out his Eye but if it lye low then blow into his Eye powder of burnt Roach-allum and it will in seven or eight times using eat it off THus Reader having laid down the particulars of the most material distempers Griefs and Sorrances incident to the generous Beast of whom I am treating I shall proceed to accommodate you with general Receipts for inward sickness making of Salves Vrguents Glisters Cordial powders and Balls c. Excellent Receipts for any inward sickness that afflicts a Horse Receipt 1. TAke of Fennegreek Liquorish powder Turmerick Long pepper Anniseed Cummin seed and Parsnip seed of each half an ounce Cellendine Hyssop Thime Rosemary Rue Southernwood and Pelamontine of each two ounces boyl them together in a quart of Ale adding thereto a dram of Saffron an ounce of London Treacle and two ounces of fresh butter and having well-boyled them strain out the liquor and give it him milk-warm riding him a mile or two after it and suffering him to fast three hours and this do three or four mornings especially in case of Fever Cold Yellows or Anticor Receipt 2. Take Anniseed Cumminseeds of each two ounces Fenegreek an ounce Brimstone-flower an ounce and a half Bastard Saffron two drams boyl them in two quarts of Whitewine a pint of Olive Oyl twelve ounces of Hony and as much Wheat flower as will make them into a past after they are well boyled being all smalled make the past into balls as big as Geese Eggs and when you see occasion dissolving one of them in a Gallon of warm water give it him to drink and by so doing it will not only remedy divers inward sicknesses but also preserve health and exhilarate the spirits Receipt 3. Take round Aristolochia Ginger Gentian Anniseeds Bayberry and great Trisora of each an ounce all beaten to powder Whitewine or for want of it Ale or Beer a quart eight ounces of Olive Oyl and two Drams of Saffron put them together and boyl them well over a gentle fire which done strain them and give the liquid part to the Horse as hot as he can suffer it riding him gently for half an hour after and when he has fasted three hours give him a Mash and by so doing three mornings it will cure most inward sicknesses and prevent such as come through infectious Airs c. Receipt 4. Take a handful of wheat flower an ounce or better of Anniseeds six ounce of Hony two of the juice of Housleek and one of Salt niter and two ounces of Olive Oyl give them him to drink boyled in Milk or if the distemper be in the bowels or back parts you may give it him Glister-wise Salves useful for all manner of Sorrances how to make them TO make the Green Ointment greatly useful for Farriers take refined Rofin an ounce the like quantity of Bees-wax melt them and add half a pound of Hogs lard and an ounce or more of Hony incorporate them well and when they are throughly dissolved add more half a pound of Turpentine and an ounce of Verdigrease when they are well melted and of a perfect green take them off strain them and keep the Ointment well stopped in an Earthen pot for your use This Ointment is good in all sores and grievances so that its praise cannot be sufficiently expressed Another excellent Oyntment for wounds or other Sorrances TAke Oyl of Cammomil Oyl of Earth-worms and Linseed Oyl of each a quarter of a pint Bolearmoniack and Deers suet of each six ounces Pitch and Bees-wax of each two ounces and half an ounce of Olibanum incorporate them by melting and having strained them keep the Oyntment for your use use it in case of Strains Pricks Crown-scab Wounds Bruises or the like and it will answer your expectation Another excellent Oyntment TAke Myrrh an ounce Storax half an ounce of soft red wax two ounces Olive Oyl half a pint and Verdigrease an ounce boyl them together with four ounces of Hogs-grease till they become an Ointment An excellent Salve for any Wrench Strain or weakness in the Limbs TAke two ounces of Galbanum Pitch and Turpentine of each half a pound Bees wax a quarter of a pound Oyl of Cammomil and Bays of each an ounce Mastick three ounces and two ounces of Bolearmoniack set them all over the fire in an earthen pot and incorporate them well then spread them upon Leather or Cloath and having anointed the place grieved with Oyl of Bays apply them plaisterwise An excellent Salve for Old or New sores how to make it TAke Elder-buds or the inner Rind four ounces Storax an ounce two ounces of Wax three drams of Myrrh an ounce of Hogs lard and two ounces of Rosin incorporate them with fire and strain them keeping the Salve for your use and apply it in case of any wound Galled back Gravel prick with a nail Thorn Spur-gall or Fistula and indeed to any Sorrance if you use it with the ointment

Posts Trees and Bushes so that if it be not timely heeded it will turn to the Mange and by that means insect such Horses as accompany him To prevent which and cure the former let him blood in the neck vein and rub him all over with a hard brush or hard wisps then take Staves-acre Elecampain roots Chickweed and leaves of Brambles of each a handful boyl them in Cow piss and add to them the powders of Sublimate-Mercury dryed Briony and Red dock roots Arsnick Resalgar with which wash him all over but especially in the place you perceive him to rub most or for want of these take Hogs-grease Mans-Urine Tobacco leaves or stalks Brimstone Verdigrease Train-Oyl and Allum with which well concocted anoint the body of your Horse The Botts or Worms what they are and how to kill them THese Insects breeding in the body of a Horse are of three sorts distinguished by the names of Botts Truncheons and Mawworms the first for the most part breeding in the great guts near the Fundament the second in the Maw out of which if they be not speedily killed they will eat their passage to the destruction of the Horse the third and last called Maw-worms or plain worms breed in the guts as the first The Botts are small worms with little tails and great heads The Truncheons are thick and short and have hard heads The Mawworms are long and slender of a reddish colourm any of them being as long as a mans finger and these worms are generated from raw gross and Phlegmatick humours occasioned by foul feeding To know whether your Horse be troubled with them or not you must observe whether he kick at his belly with his feet when he stands still turns his head towards his tail looking upon his body Groans Wallows Frisks his tail often or forsakes his meat all which are signs of worms in his body To cure which take a quart of New-milk four ounces of hony which being made warm give it him fasting in the morning and suffer him to fast after it two hours then dissolve an ounce of black sope in a pint of beer and give it him and an hour after ride him hard and the worms will either come away alive or dye in his body or for want of these take Savin stamped to the quantity of a handful and put it in a quart of Beer or a quart of Brine and it will destroy them Of bunches Warts Knots and Wens Cramp or Inflammation and their cure THese grievances come divers ways as by foul feeding Eating unwholsome meat Hard riding too much labour Bruises or the like which putrefie the blood and cause it to turn into evil humours To cure which take the powder of Diapente mix it with Linseed or Olve Oyl and making it into an Oyntment apply it to the place grieved especially for the Cramp or Inflammation Again take Whitewine Oyl and Tarr of each a considerable quantity mingle them together and apply them hot and apply them plaisterwise to the Knots and Warts especially if on the joynts and the cure in six or seven days will be effected Again take Mustardseed Bay-salt and Hogs-grease mix them together adding to them half a pint of Wine Vinegar and it will sink the Wens or Bunches Again take Figgs the roots of Fern and Rochet mingle them with Hogs grease and Vinegar and apply them plaisterwise for any of the aforesaid Sorrances or lastly take an ounce of Galbanum two ounces of Pitch Lime an ounce Bitumen three quarters of an ounce Wax the like quantity all which being well mixed and heated over a fire apply them to the Sorrance plaisterwise A Remedy for the Windeolick or Stone TAke of Whitewine a quart four ounces of Fenegreek of Bayberies and Pepper four ounces of Ginger an ounce Water Cresses a handful and the like quantity of Red-Sage one pound of Sene-green and a handful of Mint all which being well bruised and mixed together boyl them and afterwards straining them add two ounces of Hony and give the liquor to your Horse to drink or for want of these things take Cloves Pepper Cinamon of each of them an ounce beaten or ground into fine powder and putting them into a quart of Cannary suffer it to boyl a while upon a gentle fire then adding to it one spoonful of Hony give it the Horse bloodwarm Cloathing him up and storing him with clean Litter in which having stood or layn the space of four hours give him a knop of Hay and after the fifth hour a Mash or a good draught of white water Of bloodshot Eyes and other diseases or impediments of the sight their cause and cure THis prejudice of sight happens as likewise all other distempers of the Eyes through two causes viz either internal or external the internal cause proceeds from cold rhumes or fiery salt humours that fall upon the sight and the external cause from a blow hurt by Lightening fire or the like To cure which take these directions To clear and take away the bloodshot or setling of blood in the Eyes taketh juice of Sowthistle by some called our Ladys thistle and spirit it into his eyes once or twice a day for divers days together if your Horse be dimsighted or have a thin Film over his eyes take the juice of Cabbage or Colewortstalks boyl it with a small quantity of hony and spirt it into his eyes and in so doing six or seven times it will consume the Film and clear the sight nay take away the Canker in the Eye if it be not too far gone To take away the Pin and Web in the Eye spirt into it the juice of Celendine the which is likewise exceeding good to clear the sight as likewise doth the juice of ordinary Centaury if your Horse be troubled with Moon Eyes put into them Alehoof or ground Ivy juice and it will restore him to a perfect sight If your Horse be troubled with salt fiery humours or Rhumes in his Eyes wash them with the juice of Houseleek and by so doing often it will allay the heat and drive back the Rhume the juices of Germander and Eyebright consume the Pin and Web in the Eyes and greatly restore the sight Alehoof Daisie flowers and Snap-dragons being bruised and strained with a little rose-Rose-water and fine Sugar dissolved in the juice cure all manner of Itching Smarting Inflammation Spots Webs and the like restoring the sight when almost lost The juice of Tree Ivy leaves after they have been sufficiently steeped in water easeth presently and in process of time takes away all smarting and pain of the eyes The juice of Endive clears the sight and so does the distilled water of Groundsel and the juice of Melliot with many other Herbs in general but for brevities sake waving them I shall now come to the particulars more narrowly observing the cures for most of all the Eye distempers To preserve the sight a good expedient TAke Maiden-hair Enface Endive

following viz. Take a pound of Hogs-grease an ounce of Verdigrease half an ounce of Venice Turpentine and the juice of Mallows all boyled into an ointment An excellent Salve for curing of any wound whether by Sword Fire Gun-shot or any other accident TAke two ounces of Roach-allum Whitewine-vinegar two spoonfuls Verdegrease powder an ounce two ounces of Sublimate finely pulverised and with fire bring them to a Salve and when occasion requires lay it plaisterwise to the wound having first washed it with water wherein Copperas and Bay-salt have been dissolved it is also excellent at eating away dead flesh c. An excellent Salve for Wounds Vlcers Bruises or Strains how to make it TAke Perosin and other Rosin of each a pound Bees-wax Frankincense and Sheeps suet of each six ounces Hogs-grease twenty ounces boyl the Gums and Wax in half a pint of Whitewine then put to it your Hogs lard and Sheeps-suet adding an ounce of fine Turpentine and mix well all the ingredients keep the Salve for your use Glisters convenient to be used upon divers occasions IF your Horse be Costive and is greatly pained in his dunging take the fat of Beef broth a pound of English Hony four ounces of white Salt half a spoonful having made them thin by fire force them into his body pretty warm holding afterward his Tail close to his Tuel to keep it in till it work which will be half an hour first then trot him up and down the Stable and give him a warm Mash and it will not only make him Laxative but bring away much foul matter contracted in the bowels or for want of the aforesaid materials boyl two handfuls of Mallows in a pottle of spring-water adding thereto after it is strained half a pint of Olive Oyl or for want of it half a pound of Butter and it will have the same effects If your Horse be inwardly desperate sick Take Oyl of Cammomil Dill Violets and Cassia of each half an ounce powder of Brown Sugar-candy three ounces Marsh-mallow leaves half a handful boyl them in running water and having strained out the liquid part give it him warm glister-wise using him as abovesaid If your Horse be afflicted with the Pestilence or Fever take of the seeds of Coloquintida half an ounce three quarters of an ounce of Dragantium of Centaury and Wormwood each a handful and a quarter of an ounce of Castorum boyl them in three quarts of water or small beer adding three ounces of Gerologundinum half a pint of Olive Oyl and half a spoonful of Salt strain it and use it Glisterwise If your Horse be afflicted with the Colick or any pain in his bowels take salt-water or new brine a quart boyl in it a handful of Cammomil or Groundsil dissolving into it a quarter of a pound of Castle sope and having strained out the liquid part administer it as the former in case of giving Glisters observe to anoint the pipe with butter or Oyl Rake him well before you adminster it let him keep it at least half an hour and suffer him to drink no cold water that day nor the next but let his drink be warm water and his meat be Mashes or fine Provinder and observe to give the Glister fasting Cordial Powders and Cordial balls Receipts to make them and their use TO make an excellent Cordial powder for the Consumption of the Lights and Liver or any internal wasting distemper take Cinamon and loaf-Loaf-sugar of each an ounce two ounces of Bolearmoniack dry them well and reduce them to a powder giving it to the Horse in a pint of Mallagoe To make an excellent Cordial powder or Electuary for a Horse that is sick weak or out of case take syrup of Lemons syrup of Roses and syrup of Violets of each half an ounce an ounce of London Treacle and two ounces of the powder of Elecampain roots mingle them together and put them in a Stove till the syrups become exceeding thick and as it were a hard Electuary the which as occasion requires give him dissolved in warm Ale about an ounce in a Pint. To make Cordial balls to cure any violent Cold Glaunders Heart sickness recover lost Appetite prevent fainting under moderate labour bring away Molten grease or Fatten your Horse take Carthamus seed Anniseed Fennegreek seeds Cummin seeds the Roots of Elecampain and Colts-foot of each two ounces of Brimstone flower and Chymical Oyl of Anniseeds each two ounces and an ounce of the juice of Licorish half a pint of Whitewine and a like quantity of syrup of Sugar or Molossus Olive Oyl and Hony of each a quarter of a pint and having boyled them over the fire add as much wheat flower as will stiffen them into a past and making it up into balls as big as pullets Eggs give him four of them in a morning fasting suffering him to drink immediately after a quart of warm Ale Purgations Perfumes Baths Suppositories Charges Drenches and Causticks what they are how to make and use them upon sundry occasions IF you would gently purge your Horse give him three ounces of Turnesole in a quart of warm water or for want of that Feltwort Baldmony Aloes or Sea Housleek If you would purge out Cholerick humours boyl S. Peters wort the seeds of Tutsan or Park-leaves of each a handful boyl them in a quart of small Ale and give it him warm If he be troubled with watry humours give him Dodder that grows upon Savory and Hedge-Hyssop of each a handful boyled in a quart of water Scammony or purging Blindweed are great purgers insomuch that unless they are mixed with Aloes they often prove hurtful to the body of the Horse If you would purge your Horse violently give him three ounces of Coloquintida in a pint of Canary but it is not safe to use this purge unless in dangerous distempers Black-hellebore Hogs Fennel or either of the Polipodiums purge Phlegm and Choler an ounce of Aloes made up in Butter and given the Horse purges away Melancholy But if your Horse be very sick take an ounce of Hony half a pint of Olive Oyl Hempseed Fennegreek seed Cassia of each an ounce boyl them in a pint of Canary and give it him warm If you would have your Horse vomit up any filthy thing which he has received or bring away the gross Phlegmatick humours take the largest roots of Polipodium of the Oak steep them in Oyl of Spike and fasten them to the Horses nose with a muzel where letting them rest all night next morning you will find your Horse sickish then taking away the Roots trot him about and if foul humours afflict him he will vomit extreamly Baths their use and how to make them A Bath used for Horses is no other than his being bathed with the concoction of divers simples exceeding hot to disperse the humours setled in any one place to dry up humours or refresh a Horse after Travail c. And of these in their