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
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
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
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
ignorant Farriers call Broken-winded you shall take three quarters of an ounce of the Conserve of Elecampane and dissolve it in a pint and a half of the best Sack and so give it to the Horse with a Horn in the Morning fasting and ride him a little after it and this you may do divers Mornings together until you perceive the Infirmity decrease and wast away The Simple Conserve of Elecampane is of excellent use it taketh away any ordinary Cold or Stopping it â—omforteth the Lungs enlargeth the Wind purgeth the Head of all filthy Matter and dissolveth many other Obstructions yet is not the best Conserve nor worketh the best Effect if the Infirmity be old and dangerous or if â—here be any Attainture in the Lungs or Liver therefore in that Case you shall fly to the compound Conserve which is made in this manner Take the best candy Roots of Elecampane that can be procured and beat them in a Mortar with the Syrup of Coltsfoot till it be brought to a very thin Substance then with the finest refined Sugar thicken it till it be reduced to the true Body of a Conserve then keep it close in a Galley-pot and use it with Sack I have known by the daily Use of this Conserve divers dry and supposed incurable Coughs that have been taken away together with the Heaving of the Body and the Wind so enlarged that albeit the Motion was before swift like the broken-winded yet it hath come to a moderate and slow Temper and the dry Cough which did accompany it hath been quite gone Now if you find any Difficulty in making or proving of these Medicines before shewed or that the Infirmity not being great or dangerous you may possibly think a Medicine of less force and easier to compass would accomplish it then you shall take of the Syrup of Coltssoot an ounce of the fine Powder of Elecampane of Anniseeds and of Liquorice of each half an ounce of brown Sugarcandy an ounce divided into two parts then with as much Sweet Butter as will suffice work all the former Powders and one part or a half of the Sugarcandy and all the Syrop into a stiff Past then divide into two or three Balls and roll them into a round form or of the Fashion of an Egg and after roll them all over in the other half oâ— part of the Sugarcandy and then give the whole quantity at one time to the Horse in the manner of a Pill and give them in the Morning fasting then ride the Horse half an hour after the giving and let him fast two hours at the least after he cometh in and let him be warm cloathed and stopped and his Limbs well rubbed especially his Head let him by no means drink any cold Water but so as that he may have Exercise after and let his Exercise be moderate and not violent let his Hay be a little sprinkled with Water and his Cats with Beer and Ale as for the Bread 't is of it self moist enough and let all his Meat be generally well dusted â—iâ—ted or chipped for nothing is more offensive to a Horse than Foulness and Driness nor more comfortable than Cleanness provided that your Corn be not green and unsweet in the Mow or Reek nor your Hay rank or rotten Thus you shall do several Mornings till you find Amendment neither shall you spare any Travel or Occasion but having Medicine about you use it in your Journeying for this doth not take away any thing to weaken Nature but adds to the Force thereof For any dangerous Bots or Maw-worms Take as much Precipitate which is Mercury calcined as will gently lye upon a Silver Two-pence and lay it on a piece of Sweet-Butter almost as big as a Hens Egg in the manner of a Pill and then in the Morning Fasting the Horse having stood on the Mussel or empty Rack if it be possible or otherwise if the Extremity of the Disease compel you at any other time draw forth the Horse's Tongue and make him to swallow the Pill then chafe him a little up and down and after set him up warm making him fast full two hours after and it will kill all manner of Worms whatsoever yet in the Administration hereof you must be wondrous circumspect and careful for in the Precipitate there is a strong poysonous Quality so that by no means there must be taken more than is prescribed except with good Caution Again If you mix the Precipitate with a little Sweet-Butter as much as a Hasel-Nut before you lap it up in the great Lump of Butter it will be the better and allay much of the evil quality But this I leave to your own Discretion assuring you that there is not any thing comparable to this for this Infirmity To heal or dry up any old Ulcer or Cancerus Sore Take Mastick Frankincense Cloves Green Coperas and Brimstone of each a little quantity of Myrrhe double as much as of any one of the other beat all to a fine Powder then burn it on a chafing-dish of Coals but let it not flame then as the Smoak ariseth take a handful of fine Lint or Tow and hold it over the Smoak so that it may receive all the Perfume thereof into it then when it is well perfumed put the Lint into a close Box and so keep it When you have occasion to use it first wash the Sore with Urine then dry it and lastly lay on some of this Lint or Tow and thus do twice a day and it is a speedy Cure And as this is sovereign for any Horse so it is sovereign for any Man also For any Sore Eyes in Horses Take the Shells of seven or eight Eggs and cleanse away from them the Slime then put those Shells between two clean Tiles and so lay them in hot glowing Embers and cover them all over and on every side and so let them lie a good space till that the Shells be all dried then take them up and beat the Shells to a very fine fearst Powder then with a Goose's Quill blow this Powder into the Horse's Eye that is offended with Pin and Web Film or any other of those Distempers and it is a certain Cure and thus do Morning Evening and at Night But if it be a watery or inflamed Eye for any Bruise Stripe or descending Humour then take a spoonfull and a half of fine fearst Powder of White Sugar-candy and being mixt together with as much May-Butter if you can get it or for want thereof the best Sweet-Butter work both these Powders into a gentle Salve and therewith anoint the Horse's Eye Morning Noon and Night for it cleanseth purgeth comforteth and cooleth For an old Strain or Lameness in the Joints sinewy Take Boars-Grease Belearmoniack Black-Soap and Nerve-Oil of each a like quantity boil them altogether and then apply it hot to the Grief rubbing and chafing it in exceedingly and also heating it very well either with a hot Brickbat
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
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
tent it with Turpentine and Hogs-grease as before All these Infirmities are cured by this following Medicine All Head-ach all Frenzies the Lethargy the Staggers the Posse all Colds all Coughs wet or dry all Shortness of Breath Broken-winded Rotten Lungs the Glanders the Mourning of the Chine the Lux or Loosness the Bloody Flux For any Diseases of the Head or Lungs or other parts of them offended you shall in any wise first let the Horse blood in the Neck-Vein and let him bleed much that is to say until you see the Blood change and that the Corruption comes to Pureness than stanch the Vein and take of Assafaetida as much as a Hasel-Nut dissolve it in a Sawcer of strong Wine-Vinegar and then take fine Flax-hurds and dip them therein then stop the same hard unto the Horse's Ears and with a Needle and Thread stitch the Horse's Ears together to keep the Medicine in from shaking out then take of the white cankerous Moss which grows upon an old Oak-Pail or other Oaken Wood a good handful or more and boil it in a Pottle of new Milk with a Root or two of Elecampane till one half be consumed then strain it and press the Moss exceedingly it being luke-warm give it the Horse to drink fasting in the Morning and ride or walk him an hour after it gently then set him up very warm and having stood an hour offer him Meat which he will willingly accept and eat heartily and in any case sprinkle his Hay with Water But if you shall perceive that he casteth foul and filthy Matter at his Nostrils then you shall every Morning as soon as you have given him the Drench take of Auripigmentum two drams of Tussilage or Coltsfoot made it into Powder as much then with Turpentine work them to a stiff Paste and make little round Cakes or Troches thereof of the compass of a Groat but much thicker dry them a little then set a Chafingdish on the Coles and laying one or two of thâ—se Cakes thereon cover them with a Tunnel such as you â—un Wine or Beer into Bottles with that the Smoak may ascend through the same and having made the Horse's head fast put the Smoak to his Nostrils and perfume him well with the same and though at the first he be somewhat coy to take Smoak yet having once felt the Smell thereof he will take such delight therein that he will of his own Accord thrust his Nose to the same As soon as you have perfumed your Horse you shall ride him forth till he begin to sweat then set him in the Stable and do as aforesaid and let him not for a great while drink any cold Water either in his Sickness or out of his Sickness but when you ride him after it but if your Occasions will not permit you to do so then you shall heat a Bottle of Water on the Fire scalding hot and put it into a Gallon or two of cold Water so that it may only take the Coldness away then cast a handful or two of Ground-Malt or Wheat Bran into the same and so give it the Horse to drink For surfeiting with Provender When a Horse hath eaten more than the Stomach can well digest he is in such pain that he is not able to stand but lieth and walloweth as if he had the Bots. The Cure â—s to let him blood and to draw his Yard and wash it â—o put a piece of a Clove of Garlick into it to make him â—iss also to rake him behind and to give him a Glister For the Navel-Gall The Cure is Take Soot of a Chimney and Yeast mixed â—ogether and Plaister it once or twice a day Another Remedy for the same If it be sore Take a Pottle of Verjuice three pennyworth â—f Green Coperas boil it to the one half and wash the Sore â—herewith then fill the Sore with Red-lead and let it not â—e dressed again in three days then you may dress him as â—ou shall see cause Another Cure for the same If it be inflamed cut it round about with a sharp Knife â—ven to the Bone leaving no rotten Flesh behind then â—ake the White of an Egg and Salt beaten together and lay â—â— upon Tow Plaisterwise renewing it so for two days â—ogether then take a quarter of a pint of Honey and an â—unce of Verdegrease beaten into a Powder and boyl â—hem together stirring them till it look red and being warm make a Plaister thereof with Tow and wash the â—â—me with Vinegar or White-Wine and lay that Plaister on â—â— and when it begins to heal scatter the Powder of burnt â—yster-shells on it or else the Powder of Honey and slack'd â—ime being made in a Cake and bak'd to dry it up For the sweying of the Back The Hurt cometh by some Strain The Cure is That â—s soon as he beginneth to complain which is by reeling or â—owling in the hinder Parts which is easily discerned â—â—en take a Sheeps-skin as hot as it can be taken from the â—heep and clap the fleshy side along his Back and preâ—ently put many Cloths upon it to keep his Back as warm â—s may be and so let him continue till it begin to smell â—hen prepare another in like manner and take away the old and so continue him for twenty one days at least and let him not be travell'd but still rest And if this help him not then draw his Back with a hot Iron right out on both sides of the Edge of his Back from the pitch of the Buttock to a handful within the Saddle and then overthwart and let not the Strokes be deep but so burned that they may look yellow then presently lay on this Charge Of Pitch a pound of Rosin half a pound of Bole Armony half a pound made in Powder and half a pint of Tar and boyl them together in a pot until they be throughly mingled then being lukewarm daub it very thick upon the Burning and clap as many Flocks of the Horse's Colour â—â— you can make to abide and let them remain till they fall off Of the Guarded of foul swelled Legs or other Parts by reason of the melting of the Grease or other Accidents First with the Fleam prick the Parts that are swelled take a pint of Wine-Lees of Cummin-seeds and a handful oâ— Wheat-flower and boil them together till they are thick then apply this Poultis very hot to the swelled parts renewing it but once in 24 hours then if this in two or three times draw it to a head lance it and heal it either with a Plaister of Shoomakers-wax or else with the Yolk â— an Egg Wheat-flower and Honey beaten all to a Salve Buâ— if it do not draw to any Head and yet the swelling continue then take of Pitch a quarter of a pound and as mucâ— Virgin-wax of Rosin-half a pound of the Juice of Hysâ— half an ounce of Deers-Suet half a pound of â—opuleon haâ—â— an ounce of the drops
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 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
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
red and be full of Corruption The Cure is To let him Blood on the side of the Neck that you see the Eye is grieved a Pottle or more if you see the Blood very foul and the Inflamation great then take three pints of fair Water and Roch Allum and green Coperas of each half a pound and of white Coperas an ounce and boil them until half be consumed then once a day being made warm with a fine Cloth cleanse the Eye so that it look raw and this do every day until it be whole For the Impostumes in the Ear. This may proceed from some Blow or evil Humours The Cure is Take Powder of Linseed and of Wheat-flower of each half a pint of Hogs-grease one pound warm them in a pot on the fire until they be throughly incorporated by continual stirring then take a piece of white Leather somewhat bigger than the Impostumation and spread it being very warm as far as will cover the swelling and renew it every day until it break then lance it so as the Corruption may go downward and tent it to the bottom with a full Tent of Flax dipt with this Ointment following Of Melrosaâ—um of Oyl of Life and Turpentine of each two ounces and mingle them throughly then make him a Biggin of Canvas to close in the Sore so as the Tent and Ointment may abide within renewing it every day once until it be whole but if the pain be in the Ears without any great swelling which may be only with Cold then take Blackwood dipt in the Oyl of Camomile and thrust it into his Ears These Infirmities are cured by this Medicine following all Light Galls to skin Sores to dry up Humours First bathe the Sore place with hot molten Butter then strow upon it the Powder of Rosin for a day or two lastly Take a spoonful or two of very thick Cream and with the Soot of a Chimney bring it to a very thick Paste then spread it upon the Sore and it will heal dry and Skin in a short space Of the Pole Evil. This proceedeth likewise from the same Causes and groweth like a Fistula betwixt the Ears or the Nape of the Neck you shall perceive it by the swelling if it be not broken ripen it with a Plaister of white Hogs-grease as tho' you would scald it therewith and make him a Biggin to keep him very warm and renew the Plaister twice a day very hot and it will ripen the sooner then where it is softest and where the Corruption may best issue forth with a round hot Iron as big as your little-Finger two Inches beneath the soft place thrust it upwards so as the point of the Iron may come forth at the ripest place then Tent it with Flax dipt in Hogs-grease and lay also a Plaister of Hogs-grease on the same renewing it four or five days then afterwards take half a pound of Turpentine clean washed and dry'd from the Water with two Yolks of Eggs and a little Sasfron and mingle them together then with a Quill search the depth of the Hole and tent it with a Sponge so big as the Hole to the bottom and so thrust it with a Quill into the Wound to the bottom and a warm Plaister of Hogs-grease to cover it renewing it twice a day but when the swelling ceaseth use no Plaister For Impostumes in the Ear. This proceeds from some Blow or evil Humours The Cure is â—ake a Powder of Linseed and of Wheat-flower of â—ach half a pint of Hogs-grease one pound warm them in a Pot on the Fire until they be throughly incorporated by continual stirring then take a piece of white Leather somewhat bigger than the Impostumation and spread it being very warm as far as will cover the Swelling and renew it every day until it break then lance it so as the Corruption may go downward and tent it to the bottom with a full Tent of Flax well dipt in the Ointment following of Melrosaâ—um of Oyl of Liâ—e and Turpentine of each two ounces and mingle them throughly then make him a â—iggen of Canvas to close in the Sore so as the Tent and Ointment may abide within renewing it every day once until it be whole but if the Pain be in the Ears without any great swelling which may be only with Cold then take Black Wool dipt in the Oyl of Camomile and thrust it into his Ears For the Canker in the Eye This proceeds from the Corruption of Blood by reason whereof you shall see many red Pimples both within and without the Eye and through Inflamation the Eye will look red and be full of Corruption The Cure is to let him Blood on that side the Neck that you see the Eye is grieved a Pottle or more if you see the Blood very foul and the Inflamation great then take three pints of fair Water and of Roch-Allum and Green Coperas of each half a pound and of White-Coperas an ounce and boil them until that half be consumed then once a day being made warm with a fine Cloth cleanse the Eye so as it look raw and this do every day until it be whole For the Haw in the Eye This Distemper is known unto all Farriers no doubt but it is ingendred from some gross Humour descending out of the Head the Cure thereof is to pull both the Eye-Lids open with several Threads stitched with a Needle to either of the Lids then catch hold of the Hair with the stich of another Needle and Thread and pull it on so far as you may stay it with your Finger to the intent it may cut all round to the breadth of a Penny and leave the black behind for by cutting away so much of the fat and black of the Eye the Horse many times becomes bleer-eyed and therefore you must spare the Fat which is the wash of the Eye and the Film wherein the Eye groweth but cut between the Film and the Crush and then squirt in a little White wine or Beer For Lunatick Eyes For as much as they are so called I am content so to continue the name and it is said that the Horse becometh blind at certain times of the Moon and thereupon most Men do gather that his Sight is good or bad according to the natural Course of the Moon but the Truth thereof is from the natural Sight of the Eye which is a blueish Eye or Sight and all Horses that are so sighted after extraordinary Heat and Travel will be blue and have a Film overgrow the Sight so as he cannot see although he be cured but upon the like occasion will fall blind again An experienced Friend of mine always cured this Disease by thrusting Tuâ—ty into the Eyes with his Finger But if you lay upon the Temples of his Head a Plaister of Pitch Rosin and Mastick and then with a sharp Knife make two slits on both sides of his head an inch long somewhat towards the Nose a handful
beneath the Eyes not touching the Vein and with a Cronet loose the Skin upwards the breadth of a Groat and thrust therein a round piece of Leather as broad as a two-penny piece with a hole in the midst to keep the hole open and look to it once a day that the Matter may not be stopped but run ten or eleven days then heal it with Turpentine Hogs-grease and Wax boyled together with Flax dipped in it and take not the Plaisters off till they fall away then burn him with a small hot drawing Iron made like a Star with a hole in the midst in each Temple-Vein where the Plaister did lye in this manner ** and if this help not set him to Cart Beware you breed no Colts of Horses that are so â—â—ed for upon every hard Travel they will be blind These Infirmities are cured by this following Medicine All Wounds in general all Sinews cut all Wounds with sbot burning with Lime Mad-dog biting Foundring Fretizing Surbaiting all loose Hoofs casting of the Hoof Hoof-bound Take of Turpentine Wax Hogs-grease of each a like quantity first melt the yellow Wax and Hogs-grease upon a soft fire then take it off and dissolve the Turpentine into it and stir it very well together then put it into a Gally-pot and let it cool and with this Salve tent or plaister any Wound or Sore and it will heal it Also with the same anoint the Cronets of the Horses Hoofs and putting Wheat-bran unto it it being boyled hot stop your Horseâ— Feet therewith in case either of Founder of Frettize Surbait or such like Infirmities For the Staggers The Cause of this Disease is for that the Brain and the Stomack are united and chained together with certain Sinews and thereby interchangeably communicate their damages so as when the Stomack is oppressed with the gross and tough Humours or some strong Vapours as when the Horse hath eat some strong Herb as the wild Parsnips or such like by the strong vapouring Spirits proceeding out of the Stomack to the Brain oppressing the same as the strong vaporous Spirit of Wine Aquavltae and such like do the brain of Man he is dizzy and reeleth as if he were drunk at the first he doth only reel and stagger as if his Back were swayed and will eat his Meat but afterwards he will forsake it and not be able to stand The Cure is let him blood in the Temple-Veins one handful under the Eyes then take Garlick Herb-grace a little Leaven and Bay-salt stamp them together and then put thereinto a little quantity of Aquavitae and put it into the Horse's Ears and bind them close and so let it remain twenty four hours and wash his Tongue with Vinegar and Salt let him not drink any cold Water and once a day gently walk him Another for the same Take Bitter Almonds one once and a half of Ox-Galâ— two drams of Black Hellebore stamp one half penny-worth of Groins of Castorum of Vinegar of Varnish five drams sethe them together until the Vinegar be consumed strain it and put it into his Ears as aforesaid but bind them with a Woollen List not with a cutting String A Soveraign Medicine called the Emperour of all Medicines concerning Horses Take of Wheat-meal six pounds or as much as will bring all the Simples following to a stiff Paste of Aâ—iâ—eeds two ounces of Cummin-seed six drams of Carthamus one dram and a half of Feaugreek-seed one ounce and two drams of Brimstone an ounce and a half and of Sallet-Oyl one pint and two ounces of Honey one pound and a half of White-Wine four pints and all this must be made into a very stiff Paste the hard Simples being pounded and searsed to a fine Powder and so mixed with the sweet Simples After this Paste is made it must be kept in a very clean Cloth and when you have occasion to use it you shall take thereof as much as will make a round Ball as big as a Mans Fist and this Ball you shall by continual washing laving and squeezing dissolve into a Gallon of running Water to give it the Horse to drink either after his Heats or any violent Labour or Exercise or when he is sick poor lean or inwardly diseased and full of foul Surfeits and then you shall suffer him to drink thereof as much and often as he pleaseth the Colour of the Water will offend him to take it therefore at the first offer it him in the dark of which when he hath but once tasted he will then sorsake all Water whatsoever to drink of this only Now touching the Virtues which appertain to this Medicine they are these First if your Horse be never so poor lean surfeited and diseased if you give your Horse of this Water with the Ball dissolved in it as aforesaid it will in fourteen days not only cleanse and scoure him but also purifie the Blood enliven and quicken him in a wonderful manner Secondly it will be a means to prevent any Sickness for a long time Thirdly and Lastly â—t will make him continue in good Case feed lustily and â—gain Flesh apace though before he was very Lean. A safe Purge to prevent Sickness Take a quarter of a pound of red Saunders and the like quantity of fresh Butter make them up and give them as the former or Rosemary Leafs bruised and mixed with Butter or green Figs so ordered and let those that undertake the Cure of Horses observe particularly these five things 1. To what Diseases Horses are inclinable 2. From what Cause they proceed 3. By what means the Causes do accrue 4. The Tokens by which any Distemper is known 5. And how to apply apt and seasonable Remedies For the Cramp or Convulsion of the Sinews The cause of this Disease is over much Fulness or very great Eating and Feeding much Rest want of moderate Exercise or by over-much Bleeding extream Labour or extream Cold. That which proceeds from great Fulness and Rest comes suddenly That which comes by Emptiness or Penury goes on by little and little I have seen a Horse had his Head awry and Neck so stiff as if he could not bow any manner of way nor the strength of Men open his Jaws or Mouth without breaking of them His Eyes hollow in his Head and the fleshy parts thereof turned backwards His Tongue so henumed that he could not eat nor drink but by sucking of his drink by little and little with his Lips All which came by a full and foul Feeding and too much Rest bâ—ing notwithstanding exceeding Fat when he Dy'd The cure of this Disease is to take a great quantity of Blood from him rake him behind and give him a Glister of Mallows Cammomile and Fennel boyled in Milk How to order him after this for the Recovery of his Limbs c. Let him be rubbed by two or three lusty strong Men and keep him in a very warm Room then take two quarts of strong Ale and two
have the Master to be at any extraordinary Charge with a Jade then every Morning that you shall Hunt him or Exercise him give him Fasting a pint of this Drink and so continue him until you find him clean and in perfect Breath The Lungs most principally ought to be kept clean as they continually draw fresh Air to them filling all the empty corners with Moistness and that is the reason why Horses are broken winded because the Lungs are imperfect to do their Office And likewise your broken-wined Horses when they are kept only with a dry sort of Meat do draw their Breath much shorter than when they go to Grass because Grass is naturally Cold and Moist and thereby his Heart being the more cold the Horse draweth his Breath much better and more at length But if the Horse be clear empty and sound in Body then doth he always draw his Breath alike From which ground of Reason three things may be collected and observed The First is That the Horse's Head be kept clear from all Obstructions the which evermore cometh of Cold which greatly hindereth the drawing of Breath in the Body Secondly That the Skin of the Horse be kept clear and open to draw Breath at the Pores of the Skin into the Body Thirdly That the Canales Pulmonis the Pipes or Lanes of the Lungs be not opilated or stopped through viscuous Phlegm or tough Humours like Bird-lime or with Imposthumation in the Pipes and so become Putrified every one of which in continuance of time will destroy the Horse Of the Signs of the inward Sicknesses of Horses To know the true Signs of the Sicknesses If they proceed from the first occasion which is Heat then the Signs are these First heaviness of Countenance swelling in the Limbs Scowring or Looseness of the Body in the beginning of the Sicâ—ness and Driness or Costiveness in the latter end short Breath and hot with a loathing and forsaking of his Meâ—â— If it proceed from the second occasion which is Colâ— then the Signs are also heaviness of Counteranâ—e either dull or else closed up Eyes hard Boâ—â—s oâ— big â—ustles betwixt the Chops and the root of thâ— Tongue and sometimes a hard swelling up from the Chops to the roots of the Ear a rotten and moist Cough the Horse ever chewing some loose filthy Phlegmatick Matter in his Mouth after his Coughing which in one respect is no evil Sign because it sheweth a rotten Cold that is but newly gotten and soon to be cleansed whereas to cough clear and hollow and not to chew after it shews a dry Cold that is of long continuance sore festered and hard to be recovered Lastly His Body will fall away and when he drinketh Water it will issue forth at his Nostrils his Eyes will be ever mattery and running and his Hair rough and stirring If it proceed from the Third occasion which is the Surfeit of Meat and Drink either natural or un-natural then the Signs are these First Heaviness of Head and Countenance in such a violent manner that the Horse can hardly lift his Head from the Manger a dull and dead Eye a staggering and reeling Pace and if the Disease be far grown a frantick and mad Behaviour as biting the Rack and Manger and at such as shall come about him sometimes biting at himself and beating his Head against the Wall Boards or Ground and other frantick Passions But if the Disease be less contagious in the Brain but more inwardly settled at the Heart then the Signs are Yellows in the Whites of the Eyes and in the inside of both the upper and the neather Lips if the Disease be far gone then a Yellows over all the Skin and a continual faint Sweat doth break forth And therefore by all means remember that tho' the alteration of Colours is unnatural yet withal you must understand that it is not so in all cases If the Dapple-gray in process of time turn to White the dark Iron-gray to a bright colour the Black to an Iron-gray and such like that this is a natural and no unnatural alteration and so no signs of Sickness And therefore not to be deceived at all or to be doubtful acquaint your self with the true colour and complexion of your Horse which you shall best discern when he is at the pride and hight of Lust when he is wanten proud of flesh and smooth sleek shining And when you shall see this Complexion alter in part or all then ever expect some Sickness As you thus acquaint your self with the Complexion of your Horse which I include in the Colours so you must also have a settled knowledge of his Countenance and Gesture and to that end you must be careful to mark and note them in all his Actions and Motions as well within doors as without as well in his play as in his rest at his times of Feeding and at his times of Exercise You shall note the cheerfulness of his Eye the carriage of his Head and Neck which are his angry Characters and which be his pleasant and when he biteth for Wantonness or Offence And these you shall best find out in his Feeding in his Exercise and Playing in his Dressing and if at any time you find any of these Characters fail on a sudden and that his Gesture is more lumpish-heavy then call your self to an account of what you have done either in Exercise Feeding Airing or Ordering for there is no doubt but there is Distemperature and Sickness approaching if it be not prevented Observations to be taken from the Horse's Feeding and Dung as to the State of his Body c. Having thus acquainted your self with Complexion and Countenance of your Horse so you must also not be ignorant but observe divers other outward and inward Qualities for they are the greatest Light that can be both to Health and Sickness and to this end you shall especially mark his Filling and his Emptying that is his manner of feeding and the manner of discharging his Body In his feeding whether he eats with a good Apperite or a weak Stomach The first is Healthful the latter unwholsoma For if he eat with a good Appetite he will Neigh and call for his Meat before it come when either he seeth his Keeper or a preparation for feeding as sifting the Oats chipping of the Bread or the like he will receive it cheerfully and greedily shaking his Head and shewing other signs of alacrity and rejoycing which Qualities after he hath used if on the sudden he refrain and so receiye his Meat dully and unpleasantly it is a great sign of Sickness As in his feeding so you shall mark his Qualities in emptying as the time the place the substance The time as whether he emptyeth in the night time better than in the day The place where he emptyeth better in the House or Abroad or when you are Mounted whether before you begin Exercise or else after some gentle motion or stirring whether
all then take a Chafing-dish if you have one let it be after the manner of the perfuming Chafing-dishes which are wide below where the Fire is and narrow at the top where the smoak avoideth and in this Chafing-dish put well-kindled Wood-Coals or small Charcoal then take some of the aforesaid Perfume and lay it upon the Coals but in any wise so that it may not flame but smoak then hold the Chafing-dish to the Nose of the Horse and let the smoak go into his Nostrils and thus perfume him well for the space of a quarter of an hour or half an hour at the most Now it may be the Horse may seem coy to receive this at the first because it is strange to him but do you continue the Action and cherish him for be you well assured after he hath once received the Smell into his Head he will be as greedy to have it as you are willing to give it for there is nothing that delighteth a Horse more or more rejoyceth his Spirits than sweet savours and odoriferous Smells of which this Perfume is one of the chiefest the Effects which this Perfume worketh is that it purgeth the Brain of all filthy and corrupt Matter as you shall find by experience in the working it dissolves tough Matter into Water and brings it away in such abundance that it is sometimes ready to extinguish the Fire as it falleth It is the greatest comforter of the Brain that can be and from thence sends such Cheerfulness to the Heart that it rejoyceth the whole Body An excellent Receipt with Directions for Ordering a Horse in extream Sickness and danger of Life After your Horse hath been well Perfumed as aforesaid let him rest for a quarter of an hour and then give him such Food as he will eat either Bread or Oats how little he eats it skills not for it is to be intended that his Stomach is now at the weakest After he is fed you shall toss up the Litter for you must know that he is to stand upon the Litter all night and the next day Besure to have him Fasting and then the next Morning early you shall take half an ounce of the Powder of Diapenthe as the Greeks call it because of the number Five Take half an ounce of this Powder and put it into a pint of the best Muscadine and Brew them well together in two Pots tossing it to and fro because otherwise the Myrrh will clotter and lump together and after it is well brewed give it the Horse in a Horn then if he have any small strength mount his Back and walk him up and down in some warm or Sunny place for an Hour then set him up in the Stable warm and well Littered and tying his Back to the Bridle let him so stand and Fast for another hour or more then give him Meat and so let him stand till betwixt Twelve and One of the Clock in the Afternoon at which time rub him as formerly then Perfume him as was before said Both them Works being finished give him a sweet Mash and so let him rest to the Evening at which time offer him Meat but in a little quantity as handful by handful and let him rest till Eight of the Clock at Night at which time again Perfume him then give him Meat and cloath him warm make clean his Stable and leave him to his Rest that Night A closing Method to perfect the Cure of dangerous Sickness in a Horse pursuant to the former Rules The next day being the third day you shall do all things as you did the second day already rehearsed at first you shall give him his Potion of Diapenthe and sweet-wine then Air him At Noon give him his Mash At the Evening and Night his Perfume with all observations that were before declared The next day which is the fourth day there is no douâ—t with the blessing of God but you 'll find alteration and health approaching you may know it by his Stomach and by his more cheerful Countenance as also by other outward Gestures And finding that Health is coming you mâ—y then forbare to give him any more Potions only attend him with good Food good Dressing and moderate Exercise Neither shall you give him any more Mashes for tho' they be wholsome in the extremity of Sickness yet being any thing too much used they will take away the Horse's Stomach and bring him to a Loathing of other Meat and therefore instead thereof in the Morning when the Horse is well rubbed and drest take a Pottle of fair Water and heat it scalding hot then put it into a Gallon or two of clear cold Water that it may take away the extream coldness thereof and then being scarcely luke-warm give it the Horse to drink You may if you please throw a handful of Bran or a handful of Wheat-meal into the Water for it is good As soon as the Horse hath drank Back him and ride him forth gently for an hour or two At Noon Perfume him At Evening Water him as you did in the Morning and ride him in the like manner Feed him at usual Hours as in the time of Health And thus do for two or three days more then finding his strength increasing you may by degrees according as the Season is abate the Cloaths you may also Water him abroad at some clear River or Spring Gallop him after his Watering and draw every thing to the same custom as you did in his best Health An Excellent Medicine for any violent Sickness if the Horse be at the point of Death If you have a Horse in this extremity and desperate case then the first thing you do shall be to open his Neck-Vein and let him blood very well then two hours after his bleeding take two ounces of the Powder of Diapenthe and beat it in a Mortar with as much clarified Life-Honey as will bring it to a substantial Treacle When this Confection is made take half an ounce thereof or more and dissolve it in a pint and an half of Musâ—adine and so give it to the Horse to drink with a Horn and if he have so much ability of Body walk him up and down for half an hour either in some Sunny place or close Barn or empty House then set him up and let him fast another hour At Noon give him if you can get it a Gallon or near thereabouts of the first running of the strongest Ale before it be put to Barm when it is clear strong and carrieth a Royal on the top But when this is not to be had then give him a sweet Mash Perfume Rub Cloath Diet and Order him in all respects as were shewed you in the former Cure And thus you shall do for three days together without fail and then no doubt but you shall see Health approaching How to Order your Horse after receiving the fore-going Medicine to perfect his Recovery At the end of three days forbear all