Saffron the fruit of the Pine with the Yolks of Eggs given him to drink with Wine and Sallet-Oyl is good to Conglutinate any inward Member or Vein broken the Roots and Seeds of Asparagus sod in water and given him and after three days give him Opoponax with Honey and Myrrh and it will Conglutinate any inward Ulcer or Rupture whatsoever The Bark of Ash beaten with Wine and Plaister it is a great Knitter of broken Bones or the inward Bark of an Elm laid in Running water and Bathe the place therewith or the Roots of Rocket boiled in water and plaister it or Wilde Briony stamped and plaistered also Hazel-tails and the Seeds of red Docks made into powder and given him to drink is good or Bugel is a Knitter of Wounds inward or outward so does Lions-paw or Self-heal the distilled water of sow-Bread doth Knit any broken Sinew in the Body Bole-Armoniack beaten to powder and finely Sifted and beaten with the white of an Egg and spread upon the Leg and covered over with Flox is very good for a Sinew-strain and is a great Strengthner of the grieved place where a Bone hath been out of Joynt and put in again The yellow Wall Flower strengthens any weak part out of Joynt A Poultess made of brank-Ursin and applied is good so is a Decoction of the Root of Butchers-broom or Knee-Holly with the Berries made also into a Poultiss the Root of the great Comfrey bruised and laid to them doth consolidate and knit them together The Decoction of the Leaves Bark or Roots of Elecampane healeth them being bathed therewith The Roots of Eringo or Sea-holly boiled in Hogs-grease and applied to them draweth not only Bones out of the Flesh but also Thorns and healeth them again An Ointment made of the Roots of Osmond-Royal or Water-Flag in a Mortar with the Oyl of Swallows and the place grieved anointed with it is very good Flix-weed doth consolidate broken Bones so doth the leaves of the Holly-tree used in Fomentations so doth Knot-grass and Moon-wort the leaves of Mullen bruised and boiled in Wine and laid to any Member out of Joynt and newly Set again taketh away all swellings and pains thereof the Leaves of Nettles also bruised and laid to them refresheth them the Juice of Plantine applied to any bone out of Joynt hindreth the Inflammation swelling or pain that shall arise thereon Solomons Seal knitteth any Joynt which by weakness useth to be often out of its place Or the Decoction of the Root being bruised and infused in Wine all Night and given him much helpeth towards the Cure the Leaves of Turn-Sole bruised and applied to Bones out of Joynt is very good for them c. Simples that are good to cleaâ—se the Blood Avens VVater-Cresles or Brook-lime Burage or Bugloss Butchers broom or Knee-holly Cardus Bâ—nedictus the red Dock which is commonly called Blood-wort Fennel-seeds Fumitory Hops VVall-Rue or ordinary white Maiden-hair Mustard-seed the Root of the bastard Rubarb Sage Succory Scurvey-Grass Smallage VVood-sorrel Star-Thistle Ladies Thistle the yellow VVall-Flower c. Simples that are good in general to ex pel the dead Foal Aâ—heal the Herb Alkanet applied to her Shape draweth it forth Angelica Brook-lime or Water-Pimpernel Centaury or sweet Chervil given her in Wine is very good The powder of the Root of Cuckow-point or the Juice of it given in Wine bringeth it away Flax-weed or Toad-Flax is good Flower de-luce made up in a Pessary with Honey and put up into her Body bringeth it forth Germander Hore-hound Filapendula or Drop-wort is good also given her so is the Root of Masterwort Ground-pine is excellent good to expel it The Decoction of the Leaves and Branches of Sage given is also good so is the Juice of the yellow Wall-Flower c. Simples good in general to provoke Lust in Horses The Decoction of Asparagus given him for some time the seed of the Ash-tree powdred with Nutmegs is a great Increaser of it Beans Chest-Nuts Cream of Cich-pease or Cicers boiled in water and given The Seeds of both the sorts of Clary the pith of the stalk of the Burr-dock before the Burr cometh forth The weight of one Ounce of Cloves given in Milk provoketh it exceediugly Bread made of Potatoes and Bean-flower and given him is a great Provoker of it The Roots of Chervil the Roots of Fennel-gyant Spear-mint Mustard-seed Nettle-seed The seed of the wilde Rocket encreaseth it exceedingly Raisins of the Sun sweet Almonds Pine-Nuts the pizzle of a Bull or Hart Boars stones dried and powdred and given him amongst his Provender c. Simples good in General to increase Milk in Mares The seed or leaves of Burrage or Bugloss Cicers boiled in Milk Cocks-Head the leaves or seed of Fennel the seed of wilde Rocket Sow thistles the seed of Vipers Bugloss given him in Ale Dandelion c. Things good in General to wash all manner of Sores and Vlcers Alehoof bruised with white-Wine and Allom is very good to wash all sorts of them Flixweed made into a Salve doth quickly heal them how foul or malignant soever they be the distilled water of the Herb worketh the same effect but it is somewhat weaker The Juice of Fox-Gloves doth cleanse dry and heal them The Juice of the Leaves or Roots of stinking Gladwin and anoint any Scab or sore in the Skin it taketh them away The Juice of Purslain is good to allay the heat in sores and hurts Meadow sweet Ragwort the Juice of the green Herb of Tobacco wilde Tansie boiled with Vineger and Honey is good to heal moist corrupt and running Sores c. Simples that are good in General for all manner of swellings or risings in the Skin viz. hard Knobs and Kernels as also swelled Legs Swellings under the Chaul hard or soft and to ripen them Archangel stamped with some Salt and Vineger and applied dissolveth them Bdelium a kind of Gum doth ripen them The leaves of the Beech Tree is good to discuss hot swellings Barley-meal and Flea-wort boiled in water and made into a Poultess with Honey and Oyl of Lillies cureth swellings under the Throat Brine dissolveth hard swellings Chickweed boiled in water very soft adding to it Hogs-Grease with the powder of Fennegreek and Linseed and a few Roots of Marsh-mallows stamped in the form of a Cataplasm or Poultess and applied taketh away the swelling of the Legs or any other part Bâ—ook-lime or water Pimpernel used in the like manner is also very good the Decoction of Coleworts taketh away the pain and Ach and allayeth the swellings in swollen Legs wherein any gross or watery Humours are fallen the place being bathed with it warm Oyl of Camomil is good to dissolve hard and cold swellings Cummin put into a Poultiss is also good for them so is Chervil bruised and applied Cinquesoyl boiled in Vineger helpeth all hard swellings so does Clary and Cleavers boiled in Hogs-Grease do the like Cocks-head bruised when they are green
ib. Retiring ib. Of bitting 28 Of streight turnes and turnings ib. The first streight tnrn ib. The other streight turn 29 How to help an ill Rein and Cure a Run-away Jade 30 The help ib. Another for unconstant Carriage ib. The Office of the Feeder The Introduction to the Work touching the time limited for a hunting horse 31 Their Reasons ib. Long time inconvenient ib. The first Ordering of the Running Horse according to the several Estates of their Bodies 34 To have an Eye to the particular Estate of a horses Body ib. The first Fortnights feeding of a horse for a Match that is fat foul or either newly taken from Grass or Soil 35 His feet stopped with Cow-dung ib. Four Considerations in giving of Heats 37 The second Fortnights feeding 38 The first read ib. The Vse of the Muzzel ib. The first Scouring 40 Ordering of him after his Scouring ib. The third Fortnights feeding 41 The second Bread ib. The fourth last Fortnights feeding 42 The last and best Bread ib. Certain Observations and Advantages for every Feeder to observe in sundry Accidents 44 Of Meat and Drink ib. Observations for Lameness 45 Observations from the estate of his Body ib From his Inclinations ib. From his outward handling ib. From his privy Parts 46 For his Limbs ib. For Water ib. Observations from the Ground to run on ib. Observations from Sweat 47 Observations from the hair ib. The Office of the AMBLER Observations in Ambling 47 Mens Opinions and Errors 48 Ambling by the Ploughed Field ib. Ambling by the Gallop ib. Ambling by Weights ib. Ambling in Hand or not Ridden 49 Ambling by the help of Schooes ib. Ambling by the help of fine Lists ib. Ambling by the Hand only 50 Ambling by the Tramel ib Errors in the Tramel ib. The best Way to Amble a horse 51 The form of the Tramel 52 The true use of the true Tramel 53 VVhen to alter the Tramel ib. VVhen to Mount his Back 54 VVhen to Journey ib. The Office of the BUYER wherein is shewed all the Perfections and Imperfections that are or can be in a Horse 55 Observations and Advertisements for any Man when he goes about to buy a horse ib. The End for which to buy ib. Election how divided 56 The General Rule ib. Of Breed ib. Of Colour ib. Of Pace or Trotting ib. Ambling 59 Racking ib. Galloping ib. Stature 60 The particular Rule ib. How to stand to view his Shapes viz. His Eares his Face his Eyes his Cheeks and Chaps his Nostrils and Muzzle his Teeth his Breast his fore-Yhighs his Knees his Legs his Pasterns his Hoofs the setting on of his Head his Crest and Mane his Back Ribs Fillets Belly and Stones his Buttocks his hinder-Yhighs his Cambrels his hinder Legs and his Tail c. from p. 60. to p. 67 An uncontroulable Way to know the Age of a Horse viz. By his Teeth Mouth Hoofs Tail Eyes Skin Hair and Barrs of his Mouth from p. 65 to 67 The perfect shape of a horse altogether ib. Rules to be observed of putting a horse to Grass and taking him up again 68 Of Cleansing and making a horse clean 69 General Notes concerning some Simples ib. Of Syrups Pills Powders Electuaries and Ointments ib. Of Oyls Roots Herbs Seeds Rind or Bark 69 70 A TABLE of the Office of the Farrier Alphabetically set down p. 70. A Accopium a Drink with the Virtues and Nature of it 123 and 124 Atman a Confection with the Virtues of it 125 B. Baths of all sorts 135 to 137 Bonâ—s how many a horse hath and where scituated 72 Blooding a horse when the best time 73 Blood-letting with Observations upon it 87 Of Burning 88 Burning Actual and Potential 90 Bread made for a horse to keep him in heart and strength of Body and to keep him from faintness in his Labour and Exercise be it never so sore 116 Bread to make another sort ib. Bangle-Eares how to help 121 Balls Cordial to Cure any violent Cold Glanders which prevents Heart-sickness which Purgeth away all Molten-Grease which recovers a Lost Stomach and makes a Lean horse fat suddenly ib. Blood cleansed general Simples good for it 149 Bewitched general Simples good for it 151 C. Complexion â—f a horse which is the most necessary Faces that a Farrier can Judge of his Infirmities by 74 Corrasives 89. 115 and 145 Cauterizing 89 and 90 Cauterizing in what cause 114 Cautery Potential 115 and 145 A Caustick 115 and 145 Cordial Powders to make 125 Charges of several sorts 131 and 132 Copperas water 139 Congluâ—inating Simples 146 Clensers of the Blood Simples good for it in general vide Blood clensed Cordials and Strengthners of Nature See for Simples that are good in general for it 151 To cast and overthrow a horse 153 D. Diapente a Drink how to use it and to shew you the Virtues of it 79 Diahexaple a Drink with the Virtues of it 79 and 80 Diatessaron made or Horse Mithridate how made ib. Drinks given when you neither have Diatessaron Diahexaple or Diapente 81 Diseases of a horse known by the signes he shews from 81 to 86 Drugs the Nature of the principal sorts of them 94 Drinks in general for all inward Diseases of a horse that troubles the whole Body from 126 to 128 Other general Drinks for the Cure of all inward Sickness ib. A Drink very comfortable 131 A Drink Operative ib. Drugs their Prices see for the Table of them between the first and second part Decoction what it is 146 E. Of the Elements and their Nature 73 Eyes a Caution about them 90 To make the black and red Aegyptiacum which are both Corrasives For their Naures are to corrode and eat away all manner of proud and naughty Flesh out of any old sore or Vlcer 126 Drenches in general for all manner of Sicknesses 126 and 127 Dead Foal to expel general Simples good for it 148 F. A Farriers Office in what part it doth consist 70 A Farrier ought to know principally five things 90 A Farrier what he ought to know before he goes about to Purge a horse 96 To fat a lean horse in twelve or fifteen days 123 Another for the same purpose ib. Of Feavers and how you may know every sort of them one from another 129 and 130 Fatning things in general 143 Lust to provoke Simples good for it in general 148 G. Of Glisters and their Vses 90 Glisters for Costiveness 91 A Glister Laxative 90 A Glister Restringent 92 and 93 A Glister for a fat horse that cannot be kept clean ib. A Glister in case of a desperate sickness ib. A Glister for the Pestilence and all Feavers ib. A Glister for the Cholick ib. Advice given upon giving of Glisters and what are to be put into them ib. Laxative Glisters what simples are to be put into them 94 Gelding of horses how and in what Season is best 119 Green Ointments several sorts of them 138. 139 and 140 Glisters what
heal up the Wound but upon the first Dressing give him Wine and Treacle together to drink Another Give him two or three spoonfuls of the powder of Diapente in a quart of good Ale or Beer and to cauterize and burn the Sore and to heal it up with a healing Salve Another Presently after the Biting let him Blood then take Sage and Rue of each a large handful one Ounce of common Treacle three or four Heads of Garlick peeled and bruised of scraped Tinn or Tinnfoyl the bigness of a Nutmeg Put all these into a Gallon of strong Ale and put them up into an Earthen Pot close stopped with Paste then boyl it in a Kettle of Water till half of it be consumed Give him five or six spoonfuls of it before the Full of the Moon and three days after but if necessity requires give it presently Another not so difficult to make First let Blood as you must always do in this Distemper then take Henbane and burn it to Ashes and mingle it with Hogs-grease and apply it to the place bitten and give him some of the Juice of the green Herb inwardly to drink in a quarter of a Pint of Angelica water and he will do well Things good in General to expel all manner of Poison either by Serpent Spider or any venomous Beâ—st Bay-berries Burrage the powder of the blâ—w Bottle the powder of the Root of the Butter-burr water Caltrops Dragons the seed of Fennel Garlick English or foreign Gentian Felt-wort or Baldmony Clove-Gilliflowers Angelica Germander Hawk-weed the leaves or the berries of the Herb called True-love or one Berry Hops Horehound Juniper-berries Lavender-Cotton the white Lilly Lovage wild Marjorem Mustard-seed Ground pine or Champepitis the Seeds of Garden Rue Sorrel Southern-wood Stone-crop the Juice of Turmentil or Set-foyle Heart-trefoyl Vipers Bugloss the Root of Valerian Holy-thistle Birth-wort the Root of Spider wort the seed of Turneps the Juice of Bastard-wild poppy Moon-wort Calamus white Hellebore or Neesing-root Bittony Elecampane Mallowes Cinque-foyl Master-wort or Herb Gerard the seed of Hercules All heal Parsley-seed Ameos or Bishops weed Wormwood Pomâ—itron the seed of Oringes Pepper the Ashes of Reeds given him to drink Mug-wort or great Tansie and Wine and Camomel stampt together Particular Receipts to expel Poison Take a pint of Sallet Oyl and mix with it some Dragon and Angelica water and give it him luke-warm Another Take Calamus â—ittony Angelica Dragons and Elecampane and Bay-berries about two ounces of all of them together very finely beaten and boyl them in a quart of Ale and give it him is very Excellent Another Take Rue Mug-wort Germander and Worm-wood chopt small and boyled in a quart of Beer and give it him If You desire to know the best Cure for this Distemper Look for the Ointment of Dialthaea or Marsh-Mallows in the Table of the Prices if Dâ—ugs and you may find the Receipt â—f it Things good in General for the Plague or Pestilence Red-Lead Bezor the seed of the Thorny-Apple Gun-powder Bistort or Snake weed one Blade Burrage the powder of the blew bottle the Roots of the Butter-Burr beaten to powder the Juice of Cellendine Cuckoe-pint dryed and beaten to powder the Leaves or Root of Devils bit boyled in Wine Elecampane Garlick True-love or one Berry the Berries of Ivy Juniper berries pimpernel the seeds of Garden Rue Saffron Sage the Roots of the Star thistle Stone-crop Angelica the Roots of Valerian Diapente mixed with Sack and sweetned with Treacle Urine mixt with Hens dung Gentian Aristolochia Myrrh Scrapings of Ivory Bay-berries Pepper Germander Turmentil the Seeds or Leaves of Southernwood stamped and given in white-Wine or Ale with Bolearmoniack or Balm Bittony or Naphe the Juice of Marigolds Scabius Dragons water Mug-wort Featherfew Yarrow Tansie Briar-leaves or Elder-leaves the Root of the white Lilly given three Mornings together boiled in Beer causeth the poison of the Pestilence to break forth into Blisters in the outward part of the Skin the Root of Winter-Green is good Calathian Violet Vipers-grass Rue Ameos or Bishops-weed To preserve a Horse from the Infection of the Plague is to anoint his Nose with Vineger wherein hath been steeped Affasetida during the Infection Particular Receipts for the Cure of the Plague or Pestilence Take Devil-bit Gun-powder Bistort or Snakeweed Angelica Bay-berries the Root Meum Elecampane all beaten to powder and give it him two Mornings together and Order him as you do other sick Horses About three Ounces of all of them is enough Another Give him two spoonfuls of Diapente with a pint of white-Wine or a quart of strong Beer sweetned with Treacle and give it him If you desire more Receipts you may Compound them as your discretion will think â—it out of my General Things for the Plague Things good in General for Pissing and Staling of Blood Agrimony Wood-bittony Bucks-horn Plantine wilde Bryar Palls the whole Chest-Nut dried and beaten to powder the powder of the Root of the Earth Chest-Nut the Root of Cinquefoyl or Five-Leav'd Grass Clowns Wound-wort Comfrey the powder of an Herb called Crabs-claws the Herb or Seed of Flix-weed given wherein Steel hath been quenched Fluellen or Lluellen Golden Rod the smoother Tail of the rougher Horse tail the Juice of Housleek Spear-Mint Money wort Mouse-Ear dried green Mulberries red Robin Shepherds Purse Bolearmoniack Hob-Goblin Blood-wort Plantine the Juice of Purslain the powder of Gum Tragacanth and Arabeck the red Rattle grass boiled in red Wine red Roses the seeds of Rushes the Juice of the powder of Sanicle The Seeds of Sorrel or Roots wilde Tansie wild Tyme or Mother of Tyme Turmentil or Set-foyl the Kernels of old Wall-Nuts the powder of the Rinde oâ— dried Pomgranates Pollipodiâ—m of the Wall Knot-grass Comfery Storax Pine-apple Kernels Daffodil and Wheat-flower or Licoris and Anniseeds rowled in Honey and given him Barley boyled in the Juice of Gumsolly the Barley to eat and the Liquor to drink the yellow Willow herb Bugle herb Two pence water-Sengreen Marsh mallowes the Root or Queen of the Medow Knipper-wort the tender tops of the Bramble-bush or Flowers the berries of the Hawthorn tree Acatia Moss of an Oaken pale or stick boyled in Beer Coral is a most excellent thing to stop all issues of blood a live Frog given him or Aristolochia longa boiled in Ale or Beer is very good Particular Receipts for the Care of a Horse that Pisses or stales Blood Take Knot-grass Shepherds purse Blood-wort of the Hedge Pollipodium of the Wall Comfery Garden Blood-wort of each a handful shred them small and put them into a quart of Beer and boil them then put to them a little Salt Leaven and Soot mix altogether and give it him Another for the same Take three or four red Sprats or one red Herring with a hard Row chop them very small and let them lie asteep aâ—out half an hour in a quart of strong Beer
beaten into fine powder mixed with a new laid Egg and given him in half a Pint of Malmsey and separate him from other Horses for this Disease is infectious Things good in General to Preserve the Liver and to open the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen Amara dulcis Alheal Agrimony openeth and cleanseth the Liver water-Agrimony openeth the Obstructions of the Liver and mollifieth hardness of the Spleen Alexander or wild Parsley Angelica Asarabica the decoction of Avens the Bark or the Root of the Bay-Tree openeth the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and other inward Diseases the Juice of the white Beet openeth them Wood-bittony Butchers broom or Knee-holly the leaves of Calamint Centaury Columbines Dandelion Liver-wort the leaves or Bark of the Maple-Tree Pimpernel Ground-pine or Chamepitys Agaricum Almonds Fumitory Chamomel Wormwood Licoras Anniseeds Smallage Parsley Spikenard Gentian Succory Endive and Lupine all these are very comfortable for the Liver and are to be Seethed in Water that he drinketh Alloes dissolved Ireos stamped â—avoury Lungwort or Oyl and Wine mixt together but the best of all is a Wolfes Liver dried and beaten to powder and given him in Beer or strowed amongst his Provender or Parsley and Harts-horn or Fennel and parsley-Parsley-roots scraped or boiled in Water and given him with Licoras and Sorrel or â—ollipodium of the Oak beaten to powder and strowed amongst his Provender or take Hysop Cowslip-leaves Silver-wort or Lung-wort alias Mullen Harts-horn of each a handful then take Gentian Aristolochia rotunda Fennegreek Enula compana dried and long Pepper of each alike and when they are all powdred and searced take a spoonful of all of them chop the Herbs and mingle them with this powder and put a spoonful of live Honey to it and boyl all of them in strong Ale till half of them be consumed and give it him Blood-warm Groundsel preserveth it greatly Of the Infirmities in General of the Hoofs as false Quarters loose Hoofs casting of the Hoofs Hoof-bound Hoof-running Hoof-brittle Hoof-hurt Hoof-soft Hoof-hard and generally to Preserve Hoofs False Quarters To take off the Shooe and to take away so much of the Hoof on that side the Sorrance is that when the Shooe is set on again the Chink may be wholly uncovered then open the Chink to the Quick with your Drawing-Iron and fill up your Rift with a Rowl of Hurds dipt in this Ointment Take Turpentine Wax and Sheeps Sewet of each alike melted together and dip your Hurds therein and stop the Rift therewith renewing it once a day till it be whole and thus the Rift being closed on the top with this Ointment draweth the place betwixt the Hoof and the Hair with a hot Iron overthwart that place which will make it grow and shoot downwards and Ride him with no other Shoo till his Foot be hardned and become â—ound What is good to Cure a loose Hoof. If the Hoof be loose let it be of what cause soever you are first to open it in the sole of the Foot so as the Humour may have free passage downwards and put a restrictive Charge about it as you have some in my First Part then to heal it up with Turpentine and Hogs-Grease melted together Or take three spoonfuls of Tarr and a quarter of a pound of Rosin and half a Handful of Tansie and half a Handful of Rue and half a Handful of red Mints and half Handful of Southernwood brayed altogether in a Mortar and add to it half a pound of Butter and a Penniworth of Virgins Wax and melt them on the Fire till it come to be a thick Salve then spread it upon a Cloth and lay it to it seven days together till it be whole Or to anoint it with Burgundy-pitch and it will fasten it Or take Bittony Rosemary Rue Bolearmoniack and Frankincense boiled together and laid over it oâ— to take Tar Brimstone in fine powder Wheat-Bran and the Urine of a Man-Child boyled all to a Poultess and apply it hot to the Hoof and it will fasten it or to stop it with the Brains of a Pig or to stop it with Flax dipt in the Whites of Eggs or wash it with Vineger and â—ill it with Tartar and Salt and then anoint it with Olibanum Mastick and Pitch of Greece of each alike and a little Sanguis Draconis new Wax and Sheeps Suet and melt it together and anoint it with it and if the new Hoof come cut away the old Of Casting the Hoof. Take Aqua fortis the strongest you can get and first with a Rape or Drawing-Iron File or draw away the old Hoof somewhat near then touch the Hoof so prepared with your Aqua fortis three or four several dressings and no more then anoint the Foot with the Unguent for Horses Feet viz. take Hogs-Grease three pounds Patch Grease two pounds Venice-Turpentine one pound new Wax half a pound Sallet Oyl one pound melt and mix all these upon the Fire and anoint the Coffin of the Hoof up to the top and this will bring a new Hoof. Another Take Turpentine half a pound Tar half a Pint new Wax half a pound Sallet Oyl one Pint melt all these except the Turpentine together till they be well mixed and a little before you take it from the Fire put in your Turpentine and stir it till it be cold but before hand make him a Buskin of Leather with a thick Sole made fit for his Hoof but wide enough that it may be Tied about his Pastern and dress his Hoof with this Medicine laying Tow or Hurds upon it and so put on the said Buskin and fasten it to the Pastern Joynt or a little above but so as the Buskin do not trouble the Foot renewing the Medicine every day till it be whole and is good likewise for a Hoof-bound Horse and as the Hoof beginneth to come and if you find it grow harder and thicker in one place then another or crumbleth or groweth out of fashion take your Rape and File it into good fashion again and when you finde it so well that you may turn him out put him into some moist Pasture or Medow which will cause the Hoof to become tough Of the Hoof-bound First pluck off the Shooes and shoo him up again with Half-Moon and Lunet-shooes then ease with your drawing Iron or Rape the quarters of the Hoofs on both sides of the Feet from the Cronet down to the end or bottom of the Hoofs so deep till you perceive as it were a dew to come forth and if you make two Rases it will be the better and enlarge the Hoofs the more that done anoint the Hoofs next to the hair about the Cronet with this Ointment Take of Turpentine one pound of Wax and of Sheep or Deers Sewet of each half a pound of Tarr and of Sallet Oyl of each half a Pint melt all but the Turpentine together and when you are ready to take it up put in your Turpentine and stir it
quart of strong Ale and put it into a Pottle-Pot then take as many keen Radish-Roots washed slit and bruised as will fill up the Pot then stop it up close and let it stand twenty four houres then strain the Ale and Roots very hard and give it him Fasting and Ride him a little up and down and set him up warm and you shall seâ— him Stale do this two or three Mornings together Another Take a good Piece of fine Castle-Soap about the bigness of a good big Wall-Nut and dissolve it in a quart of warm Beer with some bruised Parsley seed give it him in the Morning Fasting and Ride him moderately after it and set him up warm and it will cause him to stale Another Take three or four spoonfuls of bruised Bur-dock seeds and boyl it in a quart of Beer and give it him to drink luke-warm putting a good piece of Butter to it whilst it cools Another for the same Take half an Ounce of Fennel-seed half an Ounce of Parsley-seed half an Ounce of Bur-dock-seed half an Ounce of Nettle-seed and half an Ounce of Ivy-berries when they be thorough ripe Put all these into a Pint of white-Wine and a quarter of a Pint of Ale and let them steep some time therein and give it him Fasting in the Morning for two or three Mornings together and exercise him after it This is a most excellent Receipt not only for this Distemper but also the Wind-Cholick Stone and Gravel for it wonderfully clenseth the Kidneys from Sand and Filth Another very good Take Burnet Dill Smallage and Anniseeds of each a like quantity well dried and beaten to powder and put a small spoonful of each of them to a Pint of white-Wine or for want of that a quart of Ale and give it him as you did the other Another Take about a spoonful of these Powders here under-written and put them into a Pint of white-Wine and as much Ale and give him them Fasting in the Morning with exercise after it viz. Gromel-seed Broom-seed Parsley seed and the powder of the Root of Horse-Radish well dried Another Infallible Cure for the stoppage of Vrine Kill as many Bees as you think you have occasion to use and dry them very well and beat them to Powder and give him about an Ounce of them at a time in a Pint of white-Wine or for want of that a Pint of Ale and at twice or thrice giving them at furthest they will so open the Passages of the Uriter Veins that they will make him Piss and stale very freely This Receipt is also good for the Strangullion Things good for the Pain or Vlcers in the Kidneys Plantine Licoris the Decoction of the tender tops of Broom Broomrape boyled in Wine is good for the Kidneys and Bladder and provoketh Urine and breaketh the Stone to Bath his Back with Sallet-Oyl and Nitrum warmed together and to cover him warm then to drink the water wherein hath been boiled Dill Fennel Anniseeds Smallage Parsley-seed Mustard-seed Spikenard Myrrh Cassia or Sallet Oyl and Deers Sewet melted together and the Root of the Daffodil boiled in Wine Things good in General for the Strangury or Strangullion To bath his Loyns with warm water then take Bread and Bay-berries and temper them with sweet Butter and give him two or three Balls thereof three days together or take a quart of New Milk and a quartern of Sugar and after they are well brewed together give it him to drink Fasting in the Morning and to keep him from all sharp Meats as Mowburnt-Hay Bran and the like or to boyl in the Water that he drinketh good store of the Herb Mayth or Hogs Fennel and it will Cure him A particular Receipt for it Take some of the powder of a Flint-stone Calcined with an Ounce of the Powder of Parsley-seed and as much of the powder of Ivy-berries and boyl them a little in a Pint of Claret and given him is a very good Cure Things good for the Stone in General or for the Stone in the Kidneys Alehoof Alkanet Birds foot the seeds of the Bur-dock Parsley-seeds the Kernels of the Husks of the Ash-tree the Bark of the Bay tree root Broom Bucks horn Plantine Carrot-seeds the Berries or Fruit of the Winter Cherry expelleth the Stone out of the Reins and Bladder the Juice of Garden-chervil Chich Pease or Cicers the Root of Columbines Coral wort Dogs-grass Doves-foot or Cranes-bill Elecampane Eringo or Sea-holly Fennel the powder of the Root of Filapendula or Drop-wort the Flower de luce the Fuz bush Garden Rod Herb Robart the smoother not the rougher Horse-tail St. Johns wort the Berries of Ivy Maiden-hair the Juniper berries Kidney-wort Knot-grass Wall-Rue the Roots of Master-wort Medlar stones made into powder and given in Wine or Beer wherein some Parsley-seed hath been infused all night and a little boyled the powder of Spear-Mint Ground Moss boiled Mouse-ear Mug-wort Nettle seeds Parsley piert or Parsley break-stone the Kernels of the Peach Tree Pellitory of the Wall Pimpernel the Gum of the Plum-Tree the powder of the Bark of the Root of Rest-Harrow given in white-Wine Winter Rochet or Winter-cresses wilde Briar-balls beaten to powder and given in white-Wine the seeds of the great round leav'd Dock Cummin white Saxafrage Burnet Saxafrage the Seeds or Roots of Sorrel the Milk of the Sow-thistle given in Wine Spleen-wort the Seed of the Star-thistle Garden Tansie the great Turn-sole boiled in water with Cummin Vervain the Tears of the Vine given but the salt of the Leaves is better Vipers bugloss Dodder Sallet Oyl the Lard of a Goat Coriander seed Castle Sope the Juice of the red Colewort the Roots of Alexander Wormwood Southernwood Galingale Mallows black Soap Hysop Particular Receipts good for the Stone in the Reins Kidneys or Bladder Take Saxafrage Nettle-roots Parsley-roots Sperage-roots and Dodder of each a Handful bruise them and boyl them gently with white-Wine until a third part be consumed then put to it of Salt a Handful of Sallet Oyl and of the Lard of a Goat of each three Ounces of Hony half a pound when all this is boiled strain it and ring it very hard and give him of this one Pint every Morning fasting blood-warm and if it become too thick by boiling dissolve into it some white-Wine and after the first boiling it must be but only warmed and let him have it so long as it will last Or a handful of Maiden-hair steeped all Night in a quart of strong Ale and strained and given him is excellent Another Take of Ale or Beer a quart and put it into a Pot and put to it so many of the reddest Radish roots clean washed and sliced into small Pieces as will fill up the Pot then stop it up so close that the Air get not in and let it remain twenty four houres then strain the Roots from the Ale or Beer very hard and give it him in a Morning fasting
have also Thirty New Directions for the Physicking and Drenching of Horses with an Account of Four several sorts of Aloes which may serve as the Basis and Ground Work of all Purges and Scourings with their Goodness declared and the distinguishing Marks how you may know one sort of Aloes from another with many other things herein contained which if at your Leisure you carefully Compare this Impression with the former will quickly Inform you of the Truth hereof R. Northcott The TABLE THE shapes of a Horse page 1. The Colours of a house in verse ib. The shapes of a horse another way ib. and 6 A Proverb amongst Husband men on the colours of a horse 1 What things are good to strow amongst a horses Provender 2 Things that you are to have always by you in a readiness ib. The Virtues of them declared ib. Terms of Art to commend a Horse if you know him to be good 2. The Office of the Breeder The best manner of Breeding 1 Grounds to Breed in and Change of Grounds 3 Choice of Stallions and Mares ib. The Age of Stallions and Mares 4 Observations upon Covering ib. Bad to cover after the Change of the Moon ib. Covering in the Wane ib. Burning when other horses cover her ib. Spaying of Mare-Colts and of Gelding of Horse-Colts ib. What time is best for a Mare to take horse ib. How long time a Mare goes with Foal how to Order her before she is covered and how to make her conceive to have a Horse-Colt or Mare-Colt 5 The manner how to cover her and to know whether she stands to her Covering ib. How many Mares for one Horse ib. How to order a Mare after she is covered 6 How to help her if she cannot Foal ib. How to order her after Foaling ib. How long Foals are to run with their Dams 7 The time of Foaling looked upon to be very improper because in the Winter-Season ib. When Mares are fit to take horse 8 To know the true shape spirit and height of a Foal from his Shin-bone from the space between his Knees and Withers from his spirit and from his Hoofs ib. Weaning of Foals ib. Taming of Colts ib. The time to break Colts ib. Coiling the Stud or making of Election 9 Of barren Mares ib. General Observations concerning Mares viz. Of Covering of bringing of Foals of making a Mare slink Foal and to make her stand to horse of Stallions for Trotters and of Mares to horse ib. To put your horse and Mare into an empty house not to chase the Mares the wall-Eye is an imperfect Sight and of choice of Mares c. ib. 10. Election of horses for War for Swiftness for Travel and for Draught ib. To know whether your Mare be with Foal or not ib. To make a Mare conceive a Male Foal 11 The Office of the Keeper Of the horse in General his Choice for every several Vse his Ordering Diet and best Preservation for Health both in Travel and Rest ib. Yhe Nature of a horse in general ib. Your Choice of a horse for the Wars ib. What Colours of a horse is best ib. Choice of a horse for a Princes Seat 12 For Travel ib. For Hunting ib. For Running ib. For the Coach ib. For the Pack ib. For the Cart and Plough 13 How to Order these several horses and first of the horse for the Wars ib. Ordering a horse for a Prince or a great Ladies Seat ib. Ordering of Traveling horses at home and abroad ib. Of Watering in the Morning of Feeding betimes and of Moderate Traveling 14 To get a horse a Stomach ib. Not to stop a horses Feet with Cow dung till they be cold ib. Look to his Back Girts and Shooes ib. Not to eat nor drink when he is hot ib. To labour him moderately when the Weather is extream hot or cold ib. Not to Travel him too late 15 The Saddle not to be presently taken off when he is hot ib. Horse-bread very good food ib. River water not so good as standing-water ib. Swine and Pullen is naught to be nigh a Stable ib. The light of the Stable is best to be made towards the South and North. ib. To be Tied with two Reins very safe ib. To Ride him on stony ways ib. Wheat-straw and Oat-straw is best for Litter ib. Of Dressing your horse 16 Of the Stable ib. A Mud-Wall naught to be nigh a horse ib. Chopt straw good to throw amongst a horses Provender ib. Bottles of Hay to be Tied hard is very good ib. To sprinkle Hay with Water is also good and so is Fennegreek strowed amongst his Provender ib. Exercise is very good ib. Grass is also good once a year to cleanse his Blood and cool his Body ib. A horse hath good store of Blood after Travel ib. What you are to do in case of necessity coming late to your Inn 17 To give him Mares Milk to drink if he be Poor is very good ib. The best time when to Water in the Winter ib. Not good to wash a horse when he is hot ib. To light at every steep Hill very good ib. How a fat horse is to have his Meat and Water ib. Rubbing very good for a horse ib Boyled Barley is very good ib. Feet Picked after Travel ib. Much Rest naught 18 Be careful to look to your Saddle for fear of Pinching him ib. A Horsemans Rule in Verse ib. Riding softly very good ib. Trotters Oyl is very good to help stiff Limbs ib. Legs Bathed with cold Water is good to prevent Scabs and Swellings ib. Washing at the Stable-door is very good if necessity requires ib. Dressing upon Travel and Rest ib. When to let Blood 19 Ordering of Hunting Horses ib. Sir Robert Chernock's manner of feeding his horse in Buck-season for hunting ib. Ordering of Running horses ib. Ordering of Coach horses ib. Ordering of the Pack and Cart-horse 20 The Office of the RIDER and GROOM and of things belonging to him viz. His general an a particular Knowledge in Handling Sadling Mouthing Backing and Riding of the great Horse or Horse of Pleasure ib. Of the Stable and what it ought to be built with A brick Stable preferred before Stone No Hog-sty nor Hen-Roost ought to be nigh it Of the Manger of a Pitched Floor a Mud-wall 〈◊〉 and of dung not to lie nigh a 〈◊〉 â—â—eels ib. 〈◊〉 of Stables approved to be better then Planked Stables for several Reasons ib. The inconveniencies of a Plank-Floor shewed ib. Your Care in the Choice of a Groom 22 How a Rider ought to be qualified ib. What manner of Person a Groom ought to be ib. To Saddle and Bridle a Colt 23 Of Mouthing ib. Of Backing 24 Helps at first Backing ib. What Lessons for what Horse 25 Helps and Corrections from his Voice from his Rod from his Bit and Snaffle from the Calves of his Legs from his Stirrop's and Stirrop-Leathers and from the Ground 25 and 26 Of large Rings ib. Of stopping 27 Advancing
will be more stronger and hardier of Nature After the Change It is not good for Mares to be Covered after the Change for those Colts will be tender and nice The Wain Mark the VVain in that time the Mare was Covered the same time of the Moon she will Foal Burning If your Mare hath been Covered and the Colt Knit within her if another Horse covers her he burns her Of Spaying a Mare-Colt If a Mare-Colt be Spayed nine days after it is Foaled she will prove as some say Fair Gallant and well Of Gelding of Colts Horses will be better shaped and in less danger of Gelding if they be Gelt at nine or fifteen days old if the Stones appear or so soon as you find them fall down into the God VVhat time a Mare is to take Horse If your Mare be Covered of St. Lucies day which is the thirteenth of December then she will Foal about St. Thomas's day the same Moneth in the year following How long time a Mare goes During the time of her going with Foal from the day of her Covering unto the day of her Foaling is commonly twelve Months and ten dayes unless it be a young Mare upon her first Colt which may come sooner How to Order her before she is Covered You are to take her into the House about six weeks before she is Covered and feed her well with good Hay and Oats well sifted to the end she may have Strength and Seed to perform the Office of Generation But if you would have her certainly conceive then take Blood from both sides of her Neck and let her bleed nigh a quart of either Vein which you must do five or six days before you have her Covered If you desire to have a Horse-Colt of your Mare then let her be Covered when one of the first Masculine Signes do reign which are either Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer or Leo. But if she be Covered when any of the Feminine Signes be Predominate as Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagitaâ—ius Capricornus Aquarius or Pisces then be confident it will be a Mare for it is so certain that it seldom or never fails especially if the VVind be either VVest or North but VVest is best The Manner of Covering her You are to bring her out into some broad Place and Tie her to a Post then bring out some Stone Jade to dally with her to provoke her to Appetite then let the Stallion be led out by two men and let him leap her and let him do it in the Morning Fasting and when the Horse is dismounting throw a pale full of cold water upon her Shape which by reason of the coldness will make her shrink in and truss up her Body and will make her retain her Seed the better then take away the Stallion and let her be put out of the Hearing of the Horse and let her neither eat nor drink in four or five houres after and give her a Maâ—â— and white water If she stands to her Covering you may know it by this if she keeps a good Stomach and does not Neigh at the sight of a Horse or if she does not Piss often or open and shut her Shape often or that if her Belly four days after her Covering be more gant and her Hair more slick and close to her skin c. How many Mares for one Horse If you Cover abroad one Horse will serve twelve Mares if you expect no other service from him but if you keep him in the Stable where he hath extraordinary keeping he will serve fifteen How to Order a Mare after Covering to her Foaling Keep her with the same Diet as before Covering for three weeks or a Month after lest the Seed be empaired before it be formed in the VVomb and let her be kept sweet and clean without any Exercise during three weeks or a Month and to keep her in the House till mid May and not to turn her out before mid May and with her Feet well pared and a thin pair of Shooes upon them and take her in again the latter end of September if not before and keep her to the end of her Foaling and let her be loose in the Stable with good store of straw with her that so the Foal may fall the softer for a Mare does usually Foal standing How to help her if she cannot Foal If she cannot Foal hold her Nostrils so that she cannot take her wind or if that will not do take the quantity of a VVallnut of Madder and dissolve it in a Pint of old Ale and being warm give it the Mare if both fail take the help of some understanding Farrier If she cannot avoid her Secundine then boyl two or three Handfuls of Fennel in Running water and take half a Pint of it with as much Sack or for want thereof a Pint of strong Beer or Ale with a fourth part of Sallet Oyl mix them together and give it her Luke-warm into her Nostrils and hold them close for a good space or for want thereof give her good green Wheat or Rye but Rye is the best and they are as effectual Let her not eat her clean for that is very unwholesom and will dry up her Milk To Order her after Foaling VVhen she hath Foaled and licked her Foal Milk and stroak her before the Colt doth suck which will both cause her to bring down her Milk but make it to multiply and keep it that it doth not clod which may cause her to become dry which if there be cause boyl as much Milk as you can get from her with the Leaves of Lavender or Spike and bath the Udder with it warm till it be broken and the Knobs and Knots dissolved Let her water after Foaling be white water which is Bran put into her water and give her sweet Mashes and a Month after her Foaling give her a Mash and put into it some Brimstone or Savin which will be a great preservation to the Colt And then if she be moderately laboured at Plough or Harrow the Mare and Colt will be the better provided she be kept from Raw Meats while she remaineth in the Stable = which will both increase her Milk and cause her Colt to thrive the better And that you suffer not the Colt to suck when she is hot lest thereby you Surfeit the Colt How long Foals are to run with their Dams Let them run with their Dams a full year at least but if they be choice Foals then two years for the loss of the use of the Mare will be no loss in comparison of the benefit you will receive by the Foal but if you want Accommodations VVean at seven Months but be sure to keep them well for what they lose the first year they will hardly gain in three following And at the VVeaning give them Savin and Butter for divers Mornings together or else the Worm and Gargil will hazard to destroy them besides have an eye to the
for fifteen days together yet before you purge him in any case let him Blood and whilest he is in Purging let him have no Prevender A Horse good store of Blood after Travel A Horse after Travel hath ever more Blood then any Beast whatâ—oâ—ever therefore it is good to take Blood from him to prevent the Yellows or other Diseases that may follow What you are to do in Case of Necessity coming late to your Inn. If you come late to your Inn so that your Journey be great and earnest and that your Horse will not eat till he hath drunk and yet is hot notwithstanding then let his Drink be Milk given in the dark lest the whiteness make him refuse it this is both cordial and pleasant If you cannot get Milk enough then mingle Milk with water luke-warm To give him Mares Milk to drink if he be poor If your Horse either by Labour or any Surfeits be brought low lean and weak give him Mares Milk to drink many days together and it will make him strong The best-times to Water in the Winter The best Houres to water your Horse in the Winter when he is at Rest is betwixt seven and eight in the Morning or four or five in the Evening Not good to wash a Horse if he be hot It is not good to wash a Horse when he is hot but you may wash him above the Knees so that you do not wash his Belly and that you ride him after he is washed and so set him up and dress him The purer the water is wherein you wash your Horse the more wholesom it is so that it be not too extream cold To light at every steep Hill When you Travel at every steep Hill light both to refresh your Horse and your self How a fat Horse is to have his Meat and his Water Let a fat Horse have his water at four times and not as much as he will drink at once and let him stand two or three houres every day without Meat Rubbing is good for a Horse Rubbing much hard and well doth profit preserve and it keeps both legs and body in strength and he doth much delight in it and it doth better then much Meat Boiled Barley is good Boiled Barley is a great Fatner of a Horse To Pick his Feet after Travel Cleanse and pick the Soles of his Feet ever after Travel and stuffe them well with Ox-dung and anoint his Hoofs with Grease Tarr or Turpentine Much Rest naught Much Rest is the Nurse and Mother of many Diseases Be careful to look to your Saddle When you Ride look often to your Saddle and your Horses Shooes and you shall find much more ease in your Journey A Horse-Mans Rule If you do intend to keep your Horse in his Skin Go softly out and come softly in Riding softly Ride moderately the first two houres but after according to your occasions Trotters Oyl is good to help stiff Limbs Trotters Oyl is an excellent Ointment being applied very warm to your Horses Limbs to nimble them and to help Stiffness and Lameness And Dogs Grease is better therefore never want one of them in the Stable To Bath his Legs with cold water is good to Keep his Legs from Scabs and Swellings Bath the Fore-legs from the knees and Gambrels downwards with cold water for it is wholesom and both comforteth the Sinews and prevents Scabs and Swellings To Wash at the Stable door if Necessity requires If foul ways compel you to wash your Horses Legs then do it with a Pail of water at the Stable-door rather then to endanger him in Pond or River and for walking rather Sit on your Horses back to keep his spirit stirring then to walk him in your Hand for he will soon catch Cold that way the Wind and Air getting between his Saddle and Back Dressing upon Travel and Rest Dress your Horse twice a day upon Rest and once upon Travel Blooding Spring and Fall are the best times to take Blood from a Horse Ordering of Hunting Horses While he is at Rest let him have all the quietness that may be let him have much Meat much Litter much Dressing and Water ever by him and let him sleep as long as he pleaseth keep him to Dung rather soft then hard and look that it be well coloured and bright for Darkness shews Grease and Redness inward heating Let Exercises and Mashes of sweet Mault after his usual Scourings or let Bread of clean Beans or Beans and Wheat mixt together be his best food and Beans and Oats the most ordinary Sir Robert Chernock's Manner of Hunting in Buck-season He never takes his Horse up into the Stable during the Season but Hunts him upon Grass only allowing him as many Oats as he can well eat And he approves of this to be a very good way by reason that if there be any Molten Grease within him which violent Hunting may raise up this going to Grass will purge it out He hath Rid his Horse three days in a week during the Season and never yet found any hurt but rather good by it so that you turn your Horse out very cool The Ordering of your Running Horse Let him have no more Meat then will suffice Nature drink once in twenty four houres and dressing every day once at Noon only Let him have moderate Exercise Morning and Evening Ayrings or the fetching of his water and know no other violence but in his Courses only If he be very fat scoure oft if of reasonable stature seldom If lean then scoure but with a sweet Mash only let him stand dark and warm having many Clothes and much Litter and that Wheat-straw only Let him be empty before you Run and let his Food be the finest lightest and quickest of Digestion that may be The Sweats are most wholesom that are given abroad and the Cooling most natural which is given before he cometh into the Stable Keep his Limbs with cool Ointments and let not any hot Spices come into his Body If he grow dry inwardly wash'd Meats is most wholesom If he grow loose give him Wheat-straw in more abundance And be sure do every thing Neat and cleanly about him which will Nourish him the better Ordering of Coach-Horses Let them have good Dressing twice a day Hay and Provender their Belly-full and Litter enough to tumble on Let them be walk'd and wash'd after Travel for by reason of their many occasions to stand still they must be inur'd with all hardness though it be much unwholesom Their best food is sweet Hay or well dried Beans and Oats or Bean-bread Look well to the strength of their Shooes and the Galling of their Harness Keep their Legs clean especially about their hinder Fetlocks And let them stand in the House warmly Cloathed Ordering of the Pack and Cart-Horse They need no walking washing or houres of Fasting only dress them well look to their Shooes and Backs and then fill their Bellies and they will do their
Labour Their best Food is sweet Hay Chaff or Pease or Oat-hulls and Pease or chopt straw and Pease mixt together To give them warm Grains and Salt once a week will not be amiss which will prevent the breeding of Wormes and such like Mischief The Office of the Rider and Groom and of things belonging to him Viz. His General and Particular Knowledge in Handling Sadling Mouthing Backing and Riding of the Great Horse or Horse of Pleasure Of the Stable and what it ought to be built with TO begin first with the Winter-house of the Horse the Stable You ought to place it in a good Air and to be made of Brick and not Stone for Brick is most wholesom and warmest for Stone will sweat upon change of Weather which begetteth damps and causeth Rheums in Horses There ought not to be nigh it any unsavoury Gutter nor Sink no Jakes Hog-sty or Hen-Roust to annoy it The Rack ought to be placed neither too high nor too low and so well-Placed that the Hay-dust fall not into his Neck Mane nor Face The Manger ought to be of an indifferent height made deep and of one entire Piece as well for strength as conveniency Let the Floor be Pitched and not Planked and let there be no Mud or Lome-wall near it for he will eat it which will cause him to be sick for Lome and Lime are suffocating things and they will infect and putrifie the Blood and endanger his Lungs and spoil his Wind Neither let any dung lie near his heels for that will breed Cib'd and scabby heels Paving of Stables is better then Planked Stables for these Reasons First they are much more durable and lasting Secondly they are less charges by much Thirdly for him to stand continually upon a pitched Floor it emboldneth his Feet and treading the more Fourthly it is the most excellent thing that may be for Colts who are unshod for it hardeneth their Hoofs so that by custom they will be as bold to go upon stones rocky and hard ways as Horses that are shod neither will it suffer the Hoofs to grow abroad in the manner of an Oyster besides the use thereof will make their Hoofs more tough durable and hollow insomuch that when they come to be shod they will carry their Shooes much longer To shew the Inconveniencies of a Planked Floor First it is more slippery out of which reason a mettl'd Horse may be endangered to be lamed or spoiled by some sudden slip which a pitched Stable is not so subject to Secondly the Planks oftentimes shrinking if the Horse be high Mettl'd and be subject to Curvet he may break a Plank and so Plunging may easily spoil or break his Leg. Thirdly when you put forth your Horse to Grass in the Summer the Sun will so dry the Planks that they will warp and loosen the Pins and make them give way that so when Horses that have gone for some Months before not being handled become wild and unruly that when they come into the Stable and feel the Planks to give way under them will fall to Flinging and Leaping till they have dislocated the Planks and not only both endanger himself but his Fellows also Fourthly whereas you may imagine a Planked Stable warmer then a Paved one I know the contrary for your Pitched Floors have no Vaults or Channels under them like as your Planked ones have to carry away the water that the Horses make by which means the Horses lieth over a dampish moist Vault and besides the evil savour of the Horse-Piss will be ever in their Nose which is very unwholesom and noisom and many times the cause of many infirmities neither can it be so warm as the other for chinks and holes which are made by the Awger through the Planks which must always be kept open to let forth the Urine to give way to the cold wind which cometh from thence which cannot but be very unwholesom Therefore I do affirm that if your Groom do Litter up Horse well so that he may lie soft and warm he will prosper better then upon a Planked Floor provided it be laid even not higher before then behind more then will carry the water to his hinder-feet where there ought to be a small Gutter to carry it away for by raising your Floor too much his hinder Legs will swell and so he will become Lame by reason he bears too much weight on his hinder parts Of the Care in the Choice of a Groom After you have bred Colts according to my Instructions and that that they prove to your Mind then the next care you ought to have is of Grooms which ought to be very expert in their Faculties which consisteth their Making or Marring for you cannot say that a Colt three or four years old can be a perfect Horse till he come to be Handled and made fit for his Masters Riding which is to be made Gentle Shod Backed Broken Ridden Wayed Mouthed and in brief brought to his utmost Perfection His Rider therefore must be an Expert and able Horseman and his Keeper every way as sufficient otherwise what defects you find in your Horse are not to be attributed to him but either to his Rider or to his Groom therefore let your care be that they be both sufficient How a Rider ought to be Qualified If you desire your Colts to come to their utmost Perfection then let your Rider be one who is Cried up to be an Experienc'd Horse-man he must not be of life dissolute or debaucht nor of Nature harsh furious cholerick or hair-brain'd for the least of either of these Vices are very unseemly in a Person of this Profession He must be Master over his Passions for he that is not cannot make a good Horse-man And it is not much to be wondred at if a Horse fall into Imperfections or Vices for these his evil conditions and faults are not so much to be imputed to the Horse but to the Teacher for he is not a good Horse-man that doth not bring his Horse to Perfection by sweet and gentle means rather then by Correction and severe Chastisements yet not but that I allow of Correction and that it is as necessary as Meat if it do not exceed the limited Bounds of Moderation and that it be done at the very instant when he offendeth and doth justly merit the same or else he will not know the Cause why he is Chastised so on the other side when he doth well let hâ—m be Cherished and made much of which will encourage him to go forward in well-doing What Manner of Person a Groom ought to be The Groom must be a Man that must truly love his Horse and so shape his course towards him as that the Horse may love and dote upon him for a Horse is the most lovingest Creature to Man of all other bruit Creatures and none more Obedient to him Wherefore if he be mildly dealt withal he will be also reciprocal but if
sure there is foulness And lastly to the Estate of Body that he may rather Augment then decrease Vigour so shall his Work be prosperous and his Actions without Controulment To conclude two Months I allow for Preparation and according to that time have laid my directions Mine humble suit is out of a sincere Opinion to Truth and Justice so to allow or disallow to refrain or imitate The first Ordering of the Running Horse according to the several Estates of their Bodies This Office of the Feeder albeit in general it belong to all Horse-men yet in particular it is most appropriate to the Feeder of the Running-Horse because other general Horses have a general way of Feeding these are Artificial and Prescript from full of Curiosity and Circumspection from which whosoever errs he shall sooner bring his Horse to destruction then perfection You are to have regard to three Estates of a Horses Body The first is if he be very Fat Foul or either taken from Grass or Soil The second if he be extream Lean and poor either through over-Riding disorder or other infirmity And the third if he be in good and well-liking estate having had good usage and moderate exercise If he be in the first Estate of Body you shall take longer time for his Feed as two Months at the least for he will ask much labour in Airing great carefulness in hearing and discretion in Scouring and rather a strict then liberal hand in feeding If he be in the second Estate of Body which is poor then take a longer time and let his Airings be moderate as not before and after Sun rather to encrease Appetite then harden Flesh and let him have a bountiful hand in Feeding but not so much as to cloy him If he be in the third Estate of Body which is a mean betwixt the other extreams then a Month of six Weeks or a Fort-night or less may be time sufficient to dyet him for his Match Now as this Estate participates with both the former so it would borrow from them a share in all their Orderings that is to be neither too early nor too late in Airings laborious but not painful Heatings nourishing in Scouring and constant in a moderate way of Feeding To have an Eye to the particular Estate of a Horses Body Now as you regard these general Estates of Bodies so you must have an eye to certain particular estates of Bodies As if an Horse be Fat and Foul yet of a free and spending Nature apt quickly to consume and lose his Flesh this Horse must not have so strict a Hand neither can he endure so violent Exercise as he that is of an hardy disposition and will feed and be fat upon all Meats and all Exercises Again if your Horse be in extream Poverty through disorder and misusage yet is by Nature very hard and apt both soon to recover his Flesh and long to hold it then over this Horse you shall by no means hold so liberai a hand nor forbear that Exercise which is of a tender Nature a weak Stomach and a free Spirit provided always you have regard to his Limbs and the Imperfections of Lameness The first Fortnights feeding of an Horse for Match that is fat foul or either newly taken from Grass or Soil If you Match a Horse that is fat and foul either by running at Grass or standing at Soil or any other means of Rest or too high feeding you shall after his Body be emptied and the Grass avoided which will be within three or four days for the first Fortnight at leust rise early in the Morning before day or at the spring of day according to the time of the year and having put on his Bridle washt in Beer and tied him up to the Rack take away his dung and other foulness of the Stabie then dress him well as in The Office of the Keeper When that Work is finished take a fair large Body-cloth of thick House-Wives Kersie if it be in Winter or of Cotton or other light stuff if it be in Summer and fold it round about his Body then clap on the Saddle and Girt the foremost Girt pretty streight but the other somewhat slack and Wisp it on each side his Heart that both the Girts may be of equal streightness Then put before his Breast a Breast-cloth suitable to the Body-cloth and let it cover both his Shoulders then take a little Beer into your Mouth and squirt it into the Horses Mouth and so draw him out of the Stable and take his Back leaving a Groom behind you to trim up the Stable to carry out your dung and to truss up the Litter For you are to understand that he is to stand upon good store of dry Litter both Night and Day and it must be Wheat-straw or Oat-straw for Barley-straw and Rye-straw are very unwholesom and dangerous the one doth Heart-burn the other causeth Scouring When you are Mounted Rack the Horse a Foot-pace for you must neither Amble nor Trot for they both hurt speed at least a mile or two or more upon smooth and sound Ground and as near as you can to the steepest Hills you can find there Gallop him gently up those Hills and rack and walk him softly down that he may cool as much one way as he warmeth another And when you have thus exercised him a pretty space and seeing the Sun begin to Rise or else Risen Rack down either to some fresh River or clear Pond and there let him drink at his pleasure After he hath drunk bring him gently out of the water and so Ride him a little space with all gentleness and not according to the ignorance of some Grooms ruâ—h him presently into a Gallop for that brings with it two Mischiefs either it teaches the Horse to run away with you so soon as he is watered or else refuse to drink fearing the violence of his Exercise which follows upon it When you have used him a little calmly put him into a Gallop gently and exercise him moderately as you did before then walk him a little space after offer him more water if he drink then Galhim again after calm usage if he refuse then Gallop him to occasion thirst And thus always give him Exercise both before and after water When he hath drunk sufficient bring him home gently without a wet Hair or any sweat about him When you come to the Stable Door provoke him to Piss if you can by stirring up his Litter under him which if he do not a little custom will make him do it and it is a wholesom Action both for his Health and the sweet keeping of the Stable This done bring him to the Stall and Tie him up to the Rack and Rub him well with Wisps then loose his Breast-Cloth and Rub his Head and Neck with a dry Cloth then take off the Saddle and hang it by then take his Body-Cloth and Rub him all over with it especially
stirred up on which the Medicine worketh with a conquering quality the Horse is brought to a little Sickness therefore in this case you shall only take off his Bridle put on his Coller toss up his Litter and absent your self having made the Stable dark and still for other two houres which is the utmost end of that Sickness But if you finde no such offence then give him the Ears of Wheat by three or four together and if he eat this handful give him another and so another or two Then give him a little Knob of Hay well dusted and draw his Bridle and rub his Head well An hour after give him a quart of clean Oats and put two or three handfuls of spelted Beans amongst them and see that they be very clean and break amongst them two or three Shives of Bread clean chipt and so leave him for two or three houres At Evening before you dress him give him the like quantity of Oates Beans and Bread and when he hath eaten them Bridle him Dress and Cloath him for you shall neither Saddle or Air him forth because this Evening after his Heat the Horse being foul and the Scouring yet working in his Body he may not receive any cold water at all After he is drest and hath stood two houres on his Bridle then wash three pints of clean Oates in Beer or Ale and give them him for this will inwardly cool him as if he had drunk water After he hath eaten his washt Meat and rested upon it a little you shall at his feeding times with Oates and spelt Beans or Oates and Bread or altogether or each several or simply of it self according to the liking of the Horse feed him that night in plentiful manner and leave a Knob of Hay in his Rack when you go to Bed The next day early first feed then dress Cloath Saddle Air Water and bring home as at other times only have a more careful eye to his emptying and see how his Grease and Foulness wasteth At his feeding times feed as was last shewed you only but little Hay and keep your Heating-days and the preparation of the day before as was before shewed Thus you shall speed the second Fortnight in which your Horse having received four Heats Horse-man like given him and four Scourings there is no doubt but his Body will be drawn inwardly clean you shall then the third Fortnight Order him according to the Rules following The third Fortnights Feeding The third Fortnight you shall make his Bread Finer then it was formerly As thus The Second Bread Take two Pecks of clean Beans and two pecks of fine Wheat Grind them well and Searce them through a fine Raunge and Knead them up with Barm and great store of Lightning and make it up as you did the former Bread With this Bread after the Crust is taken away and being old feed your Horse as before shewed for this Fortnight as you did the former putting it amongst his Beans and Oats observing his Dressings Airings Feedings Heatings and Preparations as in the former Fortnight only with these differences First you shall not give your Heats so violently as before but with a little more pleasure as thus If the first Heat have violence the second shall have ease and indeed none to over-strain him or to make his Body sore Next you shall not after his Heats give him any more of the former Scouring but in stead thereof instantly upon the end of the Heat after the Horse is a little cooled and cloathed up and in the same place where you Rub him give him a Ball as big as a Hens Egg of that Confection which is mentioned in the Office of the Farrier and goeth by this Title The true Manner of Making those Cordial Balls which Cure any violent Cold or Glanders which c. The fourth and last Fortnights Feeding The fourth and last Fortnight you shall make your Bread much Finer then either of the former The last and best Bread Take three Pecks of fine Wheat and one Peck of Beans Grind them on the black Stones and boult them through the finest Boulter you can get then Knead it up with sweet Ale Barm and new strong Ale and the Barm beaten together and the Whites of twenty or thirty Eggs But in any wise no Water at all but in stead thereof some small quantity of New Milk then work it up Bake it and Order it as the former With this Bread having the Crnst cut clean away and with Oats well Sunned Beaten and Rubbed between your Hands then new Winnowed Sifted and Dress'd with the purest spelt Beans and some fine Chiltern Wheat with any Simple or any Compound feed your Horse at his Feeding times as in the Fortnight last mentioned You shall keep your Heating-days the first Week or Fortnight but the last Week you shall forbear one Heat and not give any five days before the Match-day only you shall give him strong and long Airings You shall not need this Fortnight to give him any Scouring at all If this Fortnight Morning and Evening you burn the best Frankincense in your Stable you shall finde it exceeding wholesom for him and he will take wonderful delight therein In this Fortnight when you give him any washt Meat wash it in the Whites of Eggs or Muskadine for that is most wholesom and less Pursie This Fortnight give him no Hay but what he taketh out of your hand after his Heats and that in little quantity and clear dusted The last Week of this Fortnight if the Horse be a foul Feeder you must use the Muzzle continually but if he be a clean Feeder then three days before the Match is sufficient The Morning the day before your Match feed well both before and after Airing and water as at other times before Noon and after Noon scant his Portion of Meat a little before and after Evening Airing feed as at Noon and Water as at other times but be sure to come home before Sun-set Late at Night feed as you did in the Evening and give him what he liketh according to his stomach only as you can forbear Bread and Beans This day you shall Coul your Horse Shoo him and do all extraordinary things of Ornament about him provided that you do not give him offence to hinder his Feeding or Resting For I have heard some Horsemen say that when they had shod their Horses with light Shoos the Night before the Course that their Horse hath taken such notice thereof that they have refused to eat or lie down But you must understand that those Horses must be old and long Experienced in this Exercise or else they cannot reach these subtil apprehensions But to pass by Curiosity as plating of Tails and all other unnecessary Ornaments whereby they do injury to the Horse I shall advise you for necessary and indifferent things that they be done the day before then in the Morning of the Course because I would
to say of a fair brown Bay dabled or not dabled a Dable Grey a Black full of Silver Hair or a fair Roan red or black And these Horses are of Nature most excellent most temperate strongest gentlest and most healthful though they may have any disease as the other hath yet are they naturally inclined to no disease But what infirmity soever falleth unto them is meerly accidental and not through any overflow of natural distemperature All Medicines must be compounded for them according to the Nature of the Sickness and the time of their Languishment for if the Sickness be young and new bred then are they able to receive any well Composed Receipt but if it be old and the inward Powers and Faculties feebled then you must be careful to help Nature by adding to every Medicine of what Nature soever some Simple of Comfort that as ill Humors be clensed so Strength may still be repaired and maintained And thus much for Complexions Twelve Causes of Health and long Life 1. The First is Nature good Digestion and good Nourishment 2. The second is Moderation in Feeding and Diet. 3. The third is Moderate Labour 4. The fourth is moderate Use of Sleeping and Waking 5. The fifth is moderate spending upon Mares 6. The sixth is moderate Journeys 7. The seventh is wholesom Air. 8. The Eighth is not to be exercised too soon after Grass 9. The Ninth is to be kept from raw and green Meats 10. The tenth is not to be suffered to eat or drink being hot 11. The eleventh is not to be neither washed nor walked at the end of his Journey 12. The twelfth is to give him with his Provender such Powders and Simples as are Prescribed you in all those Chapters which are by me mentioned but more particularly in Page 2. And though he dislikes them at first yet by mixing a little and a little at a time they will become natural to him Dangerous Sicness how it cometh First all Sickness cometh either by Heats in over-violent exercise as when the Horse hath his Grease moulten the Heart over-charged the vital Blood forced from the inward Parts and the large Pores and Orisices of the Heart are so obstructed and stopped that the Spirits cannot return back to their proper places so as the Organs of the Body cannot rejoyce but by this means the Body must of necessity languish founder and mortifie Secondly dangerous Sickness cometh also by Colds as by indiscreet and negligent keeping as well before as after long and violent exercise and then is the Head perplexed the Eyes dulled and pained the Roots of the Tongue inflamed and fwelled the Lungs with Rheums tickled and offended occasioning strong and laborious Coughing and the Nostrils often Distilling and pouring â—orth filthy and corrupt matter Thirdly dangerous Sickness cometh also by Surfeit of Food either by eating too much or too little of what is good or also of what is not wholesom so as the first killeth or at least debilitateth the Stomach oppresseth the Heart and sâ—ndeth up those evil Fumes into the Head by which are engendred the Stavers Frenzies and other mortal Diseases The second putriâ—ies the Blood and converts all its Nutriment into corruption from whence proceeds the Yellows Farcins Feavers Mainges and other such like Pestilent Leprous and Lothsom Diseases which suffocating the Heart and clogging the Stomach dilates and spreads it self universally over the whole Body leaving no Member free and confoundeth every Faculty and Member thereof Fourthly and lastly dangerous Sickness come also by Accidents as when a Horse receiveth some deep or perillous wound or Hurt either in his Body or elsewhere in some vital or dangerous part by means whereof Nature is so far offended as that incontinently a general Sickness seizeth upon him which if not prevented Death immediately ensueth Signes to Know these dangerous Sicknesses If his Sickness proceed from the first which are Heat then are the Signes these viz. The Heaviness of his Countenance Swellings of his Limbs especially of his hinder-Legs Scouring and Loosness of his Body in the beginning of his Sickness short and hot Breath a Loathing and forsaking of his Meat If from the second viz. Cold then the Signes are A dejected Countenance Dulness or Sleepiness of the Eyes Pustels or hard Knots under the Caul yea and many times insâ—amed Kernels and Swellings so high as to the very Roots of the Ears a rotten moist inward and hollow Cough he many times Chewing betwixt his Teeth some loose filthy and phlegmatick matter immediately after his Coughing which in some Cases is not an evil Sign by reason that thereby the Cold rotteth and goeth away Whereas on the contrary side for a Horse to Cough clear and dry doth demonstrate a dry Cough which hath long time lurked in his Body which is difficult to Cure which will so discover it self at last that his Belly will shrink up and when he drinketh Water will come forth of his Nose and his Eyes will be either watery or mattery and run continually through pain he hath in his Head procured by means of his Cold and his Hair will be rough and staring c. If from the Third which is Surfeit then the Signes of his Sickness are these A dulness of the Head Eyes and Countenance and that so violent that he will not be able to lift up his Head from the Manager A dull and dead Eye and sunk into his Head his Ears prickt upright and the Tops of them cold as also his upper Lips and his Sheath his Pace reeling and staggering and if he be too far gone he will be Mad which you may know by his biting the Rack and Manger or any Body that shall come nigh him and sometimes biting of himself and beating his Head against the wall c. But if the Malady be not got into the Brain then you shall find by the yellowness of his Eyes Lips and Tongue that it is turned to the Yellows which will so infect his Blood all over that if not prevented suddenly he will soon come to the Dogs Accidental The sourth and last Ground of his Sickness is if it proceed from Accidental means the Signes then are a perplexed and troubled Body sweating at the Roots of his Eares Flanks behind the Shoulders against the Heart sometimes trembling all over his Body and sometimes glowing and burning in his Vital Parts as in the Temples of his Head against his Heart on the inside of his fore-Legs and on the inside of his hinder-Legs his Mouth will be dry and hot his Tongue will be subject to be inflamed and furied he will have a Loathing against meat and a great drought to thirst and drink cold Water and to keep his Mouth in the same when he hath done drinking To Cure Sickness before it comes and to prevent it when it comes First when you finde it come to let him Blood and for three Mornings together to give him the drink of Diapente and
the fore-Legs unless great extremity compel you for there is nothing will sooner make a Horse stiff and Lame Many other Observations there are which because they are not so general as these be I think it meet to omit Five things a Parrier ought Principally to know 1. First what Diseases a Horse is inclineable to 2. Secondly What be the Causes of every disease in particular 3. Thirdly How and by what ways and means these Diseases do accrew 4. Fourthly The Signes how to distinguish and know them 5. And Lastly the means and manner how to Cure them Of Glisters and their Vses The Nature and Property of Glisters are divers therefore every Farrier ought to know to what end they serve and which hath Drugs or Simples they ought to be compounded for every Glister is to be made according to the Disease Now some are to ease Griefs and to allay the sharpness of the Humours some to Bind some to Loosen and some to purge and some to heal Ulcers These Glisters by cleansing the Guts refresh the Vital Parts and prepare the Body if the Body be not at that time Soluble to make the Purgation work the better which if you give your Medicine without giving a Glister before it you may stir up and provoke the peccant Humours which by reason they cannot finde present way sorth being hindred by Oppilations in the Guts through Costiveness and Ventosity and other Impediments do attempt to make their Passage a contrary way which cannot be done but with great hazard to the life of the poor Beast Now for the Composition of Glisters you shall understand that they be made of four things that is of Decoctions of Drugs of Oyl of such like Unctuous Matter as Butter or soft Grease and fourthly of divers Salts to provoke the Vertue expulsive A Decoction is a Broth made of certain Herbs as Mallowes Marsh-Mallowes Pellâ—ory Camomile and sometimes of white Lilly Roâ—ts and other such like things which we do boil in Water to a third part and sometimes we use in stead of Herbs and Water to take the Fat of Beef-broth of a Sheeps-Head Milk Whey and some such kind of Liquor mingled sometimes either with Honey or Sugar according to the quality of the disease the Glister being either Lenitive that is to say casing of Pain or Glutinative which is joyning of things together or else Abstersive which is wiping away or cleansing of â—ilthy Matter You ought to Administer according to the Age Strength Greatness and Corpulency of the Horse for if he be a Horse of a strong and able Body of large growth and stature fat and lusty we use to put into the Glister of the Decoction three Pints but if he be of a small growth weak sick feeble or lean then we do put in a quart of the same at most Of Oyl we use to put in half a Pint of Salt two or three drams at most and sometimes we put Verjuice sometimes Honey as we finde cause Drugs we use are Sene Cassia Agariâ—k Anniseeds Oyl of Dill Oyl of Camomile Oyl of Violets Sugar-Candy c. You ought not to exceed the quantity of three Ounces in one Glister at the most neither must you exceed of Butter four Ounces and let it not be above luke-warm when you give it him let him be somewhat empty and let him be Raked before you Administer it give it him in a Glister-Pipe made for that purpose Which ought to be twelve Inches in the Shank which must be put home and having the Confection within the Bladder wring it with a very good strength into his Body then draw out the Pipe by degrees cut of his Body and not all at once and clap his Tail close to his Tuel and so hold it with your Hand close about half an hour at the least to the end it may work in his Belly the better A Glister for a Horse that is very Costive of Body and cannot Dung. Take the Fat of Beef-broth a Pint and an half of English Honey half a Pint adding thereto of white Salt two drams mix them well together and Administer it Blood-warm and clap his Tail close to his Tuel and there hold it for half an hour at least and if then it will not work as I am confident it will let him Trot about easily about half an hour and set him up warm Cloathed and Littered and let him stand upon his Trench four or five houres during which time he will purge kindly then unbit him and give him sweet Hay and an hour after he hath eaten give him a Mash of Malt and an hour after that white Water and let him drink no cold Water in a day or two after The Vertues of it The Nature of this Glister is to open and loosen the Body to bring away with it all offensive Humours to remove Obstructions ingendred in the Body by means of excessive Heat it cleanseth the Guts and slicketh away all slimy Substance which is residing in the Guts The Horse that received this Glister was a small Seotch Nag and was grown weak and poor and low of his Flesh but if he had been a great large fat healthy or Corpulent Horse you might have made it stronger Another Laxative Glister Take the Decoction of Mallowes and mix therewith fresh Butter four Ounces or Sallet-Oyl half a Pint and so luke-warm Administer it and order him as you did before The Nature of it This is of all the Glisters the most gentle and is very Lenitive and a great Easer of pain it is good for a Horse that is taken with any Contraction or Convulsion and generally for any Costiveness in a Horse whatsoever proceeding from any Surfeits or Sickness Another Glister Laxative Take Pellitory two Handfuls or for want thereof Melilot two Handfuls or if you cannot get any of them then two Handfuls of Camomile but Pellitory is the best boyl it to a Decoction and add to it of Verjuice and Salter-Oyl of each half a Pint of Honey four Ounces of Cassia two Ounces mix altogether and apply it Blood-warm Glister-wise The Vertues of it It will open the Body and Guts of the Horse very well it will take from him all noxious and offensive Humours it will carry away all spungy Matter it will allay the sharpness of Humours it will cleanse old Vlcers it will refresh and comfort the Vital Parts But if you find you have given him too great a quantity so that he Purgeth or Scoureth too much then you may give him this Glister Restringent A Restringent Glister Take the aforesaid Decoction one Pint and as much of Cows Milk as it cometh warm from her and put to it the Yolks of three New laid Eggs well beaten and mixed with the said Liquor and give it him Blood-warm This is only to be applied to a Horse that is very Laxative or that doth empty himself too much A Glister for a fat Horse that cannot be kept clean Take Mallowes three
Handfuls Marsh-mallow Roots cleansed and bruised and Violet leaves of each two Handfuls Flax-seed three spoonfuls as many of the Cloves of white Lilly Roots as you can hold in your hand Boyl all these in fair water from a Gallon to a quart and strain it and put thereto of Sene one Ounce which must be infused or steeped in the Liquor three houres standing upon the hot Embers then put to it of Sallet Oyl half a Pint and being Blood-warm Administer it A Glister in Case of desperate Sickness Take of the Oyl of Dill Oyl of Camomile Oyl of Violets of Cassia of each half an Ounce and of brown Sugar-Candy in powder three Ounces then take half a Handful of Mallow-leaves boyl them to a Decoction in fair Water then strain it and put to it all the fore-named Ingredients and Administer it Blood-warm This helpeth all Feavers it is good against the Pestilence and all Languishing Diseases most excellent against Surfeits either by Provender or otherwise and it will occasion great strength in a short time if it be rightly made and carefully given A Glister for the Pestilence and all Feavers Take the Pulpe of Colloquintida half an Ounce I mean the Seeds and Skin taken away of Dragantium three quarters of an Ounce of Centaury and of Wormwood of each half a Handful of Castoreum a quarter of an Ounce boyl all these in three quarts of water to a quart then strain it and dissolve into the Broth of Gerologundinum three Ounces and of white Salt three Drams of Sallet-Oyl half a Pint and Blood-warm Administer it A Glister for the Cholick Take Salt water or new made Brine two Pints dissolve therein a pretty quantity of Sope and so Blood-warm Administer it Vertues This is very good for the Cholick or any Sickness or Griping in the Guts or Belly And let this suffice for Glisters Advice given upon giving Glisters 1. Before you Administer any Glister be sure to Rake him 2. When you put in the Glister-Pipe apoint it first with Butter or Sallet-Oyl and that you put it in and out gently and by degrees you must anoint likewise the Hand and Arm. 3. Let him keep it above half an hour by holding his Tuel close to his Fundament 4. That you do Administer it but Blood-warm 5. That you squeeze and press between your Hands the Bladder strongly 6. And lastly that you let him not drink any cold water in a day or two after but let it either be a sweet Mash or else white Water What things are put into a Laxative Glister Pellitory Melilâ—â—e Camomile but Pellutory is the best and of this would I make a Decoction and to this Decoction would I put Sallet-Oyl Honey Aloes and Verjuice of the Crab Brank-urfine Mallows or Marsh-Mallows Fennel Roots Parsley Roots Jack by the Hedge The Nature of the Principal Drugs Agarick purgeth the Brain Alloes the Breast and Body Rhubarb purgeth the evil water and it openeth the Liver and helpeth Obstructions and Opilations Aristolochia rotunda mollifieth the Breast Liver and Lungs and Baâ—â—â—aury or Bay-berries do mortisie the peccant humours which do engender in the Breast or Entrails near about the Heart and Saffron if it be discreetly given doth marvellously comfort and enlighten the Heart What the true Nature of Rubarb it Rubarb hath two contrary Natures for if you either scrape grate or cut it then it is a Loosner for it dissolveth and openeth the Liver and expelleth the Obstructions thereof it expulseth all bad Humours in and about the Heart Liver and Spleen it cleanseth the Body and sendeth away the peccant Humours among the Excrements and all such things as may annoy or offend the Entrails But if you shall pound or beat it in a Mortar or otherwise the spirit whereof being a subtil Body will Transire and flie away whereby the Operation thereof will be to bind and be no way profitable The Nature of a Suppository The Nature of Suppositories are to help a Horse that cannot well empty himself for a Suppository causeth him to discharge himself of many superfluous and evil Humours which do disturb annoy and distemper his Bodâ— with their peccant qualities and conditions for they breed bad 〈◊〉 which oft-times good Diet cannot amend and therefore must be sent away by Purgation that is to say by Suppository or Glister or Portion A Suppository is but a Preparative to a Glister or Portion and is of all other things the gentlest you can use it will Loosen the Guts which may be bound and clogged with dry hot and hard Excrements which a Glister will not so well do The first Suppository Take a Candle of four or five in the pound and cut off three Inches at the smaller end and anoint the biggest part of it either with Sallet-Oyl or fresh Butter and so put it into his Fundament then with your Hand hold his Tail to his Tuel about half an hour by which time the Suppository will be dissolved then take his Back and Trot him up and down till he do begin to empty and purge himself for by this means it will work the better and more kindly This is she most gentle of all Suppositories that can be given This dissolveth all hard dry and hot Excrements and sendeth them forth and besides it suppleth the Guts Another if you find him so weak that you dare not without the peril of his life administer unto him any Portion or Purging Medicine then give him this Suppository The second Suppository Take of Common Honey six Ounces of Salt-Niter one Ounce and a half of Wheat-Flower and of Anniseeds in fine Powder of each an Ounce boyl all these to a stiff thickness and so make it into Suppositories then take one of them and anoint it all over with Sallet-Oyl and your Hand also and so put it up into his Fundament the length of your Hand then Tie his Tail betwixt his Legs by fastening it to his Girts and let it remain so half an hour then ride and order him as before This is good in case of Surfeits or inward Sickness Suppository the third Take a piece of Castle-Sope and paring it bring it into the fashion of a Suppository and apply it and order him as before is taught you This is special good to purge Phlegm Suppository the fourth Take so much Saven as will suffice and stamp it to a Mash and stamp with it Stavesakar and Salt of each two ounces boyl these in common Honey so much as will suffice till it be thick and so make it up into Suppositories and administer one of them as you did before and order him â—o likewise This purgeth Choler Suppository the Fifth Take an angry red Onion and Pill it and Jag it Cross-ways with your Knife and so administer it and order him as before This purgeth Melancholy Suppository the Sixth Take common Honey a pint and boil it till it be thick and make it up into Suppositories as it cooleth and administer it
and order him as before prescribed This purgeth ill Humours it cooleth and comforteth the Body very much and causeth a good Appetite to Meat Observations to be observed in Giving of Suppositories Glisters or Portions First you must do it in a Morning Fasting unless Necessity urgeth the contrary Secondly you must not at those times suffer him to drink any cold water no not with exercise but either sweet Mashes or white water Thirdly It is very needful that before you administer either of them to Rake him And Fourthly That he be after kept warm Of Purgations and their Uses Purgation is an emptying and voiding of superfluous Humours which do cumber pester and disturb the Body with their peccant condition which ill Humours do breed bad Nutriment which when it will not be concocted and amended either by fair means or by the help of Nature then it must be compelled forced and driven away by Purgation Vomit Glister or Suppository but to speak only of Purgations Purging of Horses are either by Pills or Portions Pills are any solid or substantial stuff fixed together in one Body and being made into round Balls are cast down the Horses Throat A Portion is when you give him any liquid purging Matter to drink whether it be Purging Powders dissolved in Wine or Ale or that if it be any other liquid stuff Now Pills purge and make clean the Head and Brain bringing Phlegm and other gross Humours down into the Excrements And Potions cleanse the Stomach Guts and every other inward Member VVhat a skilful Farrier ought to know before he goes about to Purge a Horse he ought to consider the Nature of the Simples Now the Art of the true Farrier is in choosing of the Simples whereof these Pills or Portions are to be compounded and in skilfully applying the same First then he ought to know what ill Humours he is opprest with as whether it proceed from Choler Phlegm and Melancholy and where they do most abound and then what Simples are best to purge those Humours and with what quality or temperament they are indued for some Simples are most violent and next Cousins to strong Poisons as Scamony or Colloquintida some again are gentle as Manna Cassia Whey Prunes and such like and some are neither too violent nor too gentle but of a Mean as Rubarh Agarick Sene and Aloes The Nature of the Disease the Strength of the Horse and the Climate he was bred in You ought to consider the Nature of the Disease the Strength of the Horse and with them joyn the Nature Strength and Quantity of the Medicine he must consider likewise the Climate wherein he was bred And you are to make a difference between delicate and tender Horses and strong and sturdy Horses and in such Cases the quality and quantity is to be looked into of every Simple The Climate likewise is to be respected whether it be too hot or too cold and you are not to administer as hot Simples in the Summer as in the Winter nor so cold things in the Winter as in the Summer you ought to have respect to the day and to chuse that always that is most temperate for too much Heat makes a Horse faint and too much cold spoils the working of the Medicine When he is to have his Portion Give him his Portion in the Morning after he hath fasted from Meat and Drink all the Night before To Ride him after it After he hath received his Portion ride him gently after it about an hour and set him up and let him stand on the Bit two houres after it well Littered and Cloathed If he be sick let him lie down but if that will do him no good and that you finde him so sick that you fear his life then give him a quart of warm Milk with a little Saffron in it and he will do well and give him no other Meat then a Math of Malt and white water to drink till his Medicine hath done working How to make a Mash Take half a Peck of Ground Malt and put it into a Pale then put in as much scalding hot Water as will wet it very well then stir it about half an hour till tasting the Water you finde it as sweet as Honey then being luke-warm give it to the Horse to drink This Mash is only to be used after you have given him a Purge to make it work the better or after hard labour or instead of drink in the time of any great Sickness Now to come to particular Receipts and Medicines themselves and though the Ancient Farriers do make but two kinds that isto say Pills and Purgations yet I divide them into three that is to say Scourings Pills and Purgations VVhat Scourings are Scourings are those wholesom Natural and gentle purging Medicines which stirring up no great Flux of Humours do only keep the Body clean from such Evils as would arise and grow being every way as wholesom in Health as in Sickness and may most properly be termed Preparatives or Preparers of the Body to entertain more stronger Medicines Scouring by Grass To speak of the most gentle and natural Scouring which is Grass which you are to give but for fifteen days together and no more for after that it Fatteth the best Scouring Grass is a new Mown Meadow for that will Rake his Guts very well nor will he in such a place gather Flesh but if you intend to Fat him you are to take him out from thence and put him into some other Pasture where the Sithe hath not been And this manner of Scouring will cause him to empty himself well of all his evil Hamours and Surseits ease his Limbs marvellous well do his Legs and Feet very much good refine his corrupt Blood and make him agile and full of Spirit Next unto Grass is Sorrage which is only the Blades of green Corn as VVheat Rye Barley and such like being given him seven days and no more which cleanseth and cooleth the Body very much so doth the leaves of Sallows and of the Elm-green Thistles likewise being cut up and given him for about five days is a good Scourer And the last of these gentle Scourings is the Mash of Malt as ascresaid but as you are prescribed there to make it of a quarter of a Peck of Malt you are to take a larger here if you use it for a Scouring a Peck of Malt and put to it a handful or more of beaten Hemp-seed A Scouring to be given after a Sweat Take half an Ounce of Rozin of Jallop in Powder half an Ounce of Cream of Tartar powdred and half an Ounce of Licorish in Powder make these up into Balls with fresh Butter about the bigness of a small Wall-nut and give him four or five at a time in a Horn-full of Beer one after another Scourings of a little stronger Nature are these To Mix with his Oats a Handful or two of Hemp-seed or to take a Handful of
in Working otherwise it could not hold good in case of Surfeits Tiredness and of Convulsions and the like wherein consisteth its chief Vertues being administred outwardly but being administred inwardly it is not altogether so hot for it helpeth Feavers for the most part and I think it is most safe to give not above two spoonfuls of it in a quart of good strong Beer or Ale though Mr. Markham adviseth to give four or five spoonfuls in Sack or Muscadine which are hot things of themselves The Confection called Arman To make this Confection of Honey of Roses a pound and a half as much as will suffice of the Crumbs of the whitest Manchet made into fine powder then take of Cordial-powder of Nutmegs and of Cinnamon of each an Ounce and a half mix all these together being first made into fine powder then put it into a Gally-pot and moisten it with Rose-Vineger that it may be of a thick substance like unto Pap and so keep it for your use When you use it put some of it upon the end of a Bulls Pizel into his Mouth and let him champ thereon but if you give it for the Quinsey or Feaver give him down two Hornfulls of it and do this in the Morning fasting and let him fast two or three houres after it The Vertues of this Arman It provoketh a good Appetite to Meat and causeth good Digestion and taketh away all Annoyances that troubleth the Stomach it cooleth the inward heat in the Body it helpeth all Agues and Feavers and is most excellent against Surfeits it is good for the Quinsey in the Throat coming of Cold taken and very good against the Gripings in the Belly or Guts proceeding of Wind This Confection was brought out of France How to make the Cordial Powder which we have likewise from the French Take Cynamon and Sugar of each four Ounces and of fine Bole-Armoniack two Ounces make them into very fine powder and mix them well together and keep it for your use in a Gally-pot close stopped The Vertues of it It is good for Sick Horses that are far spent with a Consumption in the Flesh and Liver c. For it is a most Restorative Cordial comforting the Vital parts and Spirits Animal and restoreth it to Sanity Another Cordial Powder called Electuarium Theriacum by reason it hath much Treacle in it Take Syrop of Violets Syrop of Lemons Syrop of Roses of each half an Ounce adding to it an Ounce of London-Treacle which is the best of all Treacles for Horses mingle them well together and it is a most Sovereign Cordial to be Administred to Horses that are sick and weak To make the black and red Aegiptiacum which are both Corrosives For their Natures are to Corrode and eat away all manner of Deal Proud Rotten and naughty Flesh out of any old Sore or Vicer and they do also cleanse and prepare a Sore and make it apt to be healed with Carnifying or healing Sâ—lves Take two pounds of Course English Honey Verdegrease Dyers Galls and green Copperas of each four Ounces make them all into Powder and mixed together and put into an Earthen Pot and set it upon the Fire keeping it stirring but so soon as it begins to boyl take it off and let it cool for if it boyl too long it will become red which will not be so good This black Aegypâ—iacum is good to dissolve the Hooâ—s of a Horse if they be too dry or hard so as it will cause the Corruption if any be in the Foot to ascend above at the Cronet where the Hair is and also to restore the Hoof of the Horse when the Sole is taken out and in this Nature you must use this Unguent but only at the third dressing after you have taken out the Sole The Red Aegiptiacum is thus made Take course Honey two poun is Verdegrease four Ounces green Copperas two Ounces beat the Verdegrease and the Copperas very small to Powder then put it into an Earthen Pot and put unto it a little Vineger and so boyl it very well till it become red and keep it for your use General Drenches or Receip's for all inward Diseases or Sickness The Spaniards have this Receipt for all inward Diseases Take Wheat-Meal twelve pounds Anniseeds four Ounces in sine Powder Brimstone in Powder three Ounces Fennegreek in Powder three Ounces and a half Cummin in Powder three Ounces Honey two pounds good Sallet-Oyl one pound and a half of good Sack as much These are all to be put into a Pot well nealed and boyled until it be thick and when it is cold to make it up into Pâ—lls or Balls you must keep it stirring while it is a boyling otherwise it will burn to and when they are thus made into Pills give him of them four or five Mornings together fasting These killeth Wormes in a Horses Body helpeth Diseases of the Lungs and inward parts and is a very good Plaister applied outwardly It is most useful in all cold causes and it is so Cordial that it will bring a lean and poor Horse unto Flesh and good state in a little time Another Excellent Receipt for all inward Diseases Take Wheat-Meal six pounds or as much as will bring the Ingredients unto a stiâ—â— paste Anniseeds two Ounces Cummin two Ounces wild or Bastard-Saffron two drams and an half white-Wine four pintâ— Fennegreek one Ounce and two drams Brimstone one Ounce and a half Sallet-Oyl apint and two Ounces English Hony one pound and a half Make those things into powder that will beat to powder then compound them together and make it into a stiff Paste and keep it in a Gally-pot close covered for your use When you use it make a Ball thereof as big as a mans Fist and dissolve it in two Gallons of fair water till it be all Molten let him drink of this Morning and Evening so long as he please and let him have no other water to drink to the end he may be the better compelled to drink it which in the end he will do and like it very well This is good for many inward Infirmities it raiseth and battleth a Horse much better then either Grass or Provender and giveth him Life Spirit and Stomach and keepeth him in perfect Health Another Receipt for all inward Diseases Take Fennegreek Turmerick Grains Anniseeds Licoris long Pepper Cummin of each half an Ounce and of Saffron one dram and of Herbs take Celendine Rue Pelamontine Hysop Thyme and Rosemary of all of them no more then will make half a handful chopt small and boiled first in a quart of good Ale or Beer then put in your Spices finely powdred and boil them again then strain it and put to it the quantity of an Egg of sweet Butter and an Ounce of London Treacle and give it him Blood-warm and Ride him moderately after it and set him up warm and let him fast three or four houres and let his Drink be either
a sweet Mash or white Water This is very good against Feavers Colds and the Yellows Another Receipt for inward Sickness Take Aristolochiâ— Rotunda Bay-berries Gentian Anniseeds Ginger and of Trifora Magna of each an Ounce beat all the Simples to very fine powder and mix them well together then take of white-Wine or good Ale or Beer a quart then put into it one spoonful of all of them with half a pâ—nt of Sallet-Oyl and of Mithridate two drams warm these upon a Fire and administer it Blood-warm and Exercise him before and after his drink but not to Sweat him neither let him drink any cold Water in four or five days after but either warm Mashes or white Water This is most Sovereign for any inward Sickness Droopings forsaking of Meat Feavers Colds Coughs or the like A Suppository for inward Sickness If he be so sick that you fear to give him any strong Medicine and that Costive withal then give him this Suppository Take of Honey six Ounces of Salt-Niter one Ounce and a half of Wheat-Flower and of Anniseeds beaten into fine powder of each one Ounce boyl all these into a hard thickness and make it into Suppositories and after you have Anointed your Hand with Sallet-Oyl and the Suppository likewise convey it into his Fundament a pretty way and Tie his Tayl betwixt his Legs to his Girts or else hold it close with your hand about a quarter of an hour till it be throughly dissolved and this will purge kindly and Loosen his Guts so that you may be the more bold to Administer what Drinks Cordials or other things which you think most requisite for his recovery Other General Drâ—nâ—hes to Cure all inward Sickness in Horses which trouble the whole Body of Feavers of all sorts Plagues Infections and such like Sickness in General are of two Kinds one offending the whole Body the other a particular Member the first hidden and the second visible Of the first then which offend the whole Body are Feavers of all sorts as the Quotidian the Tertian the Quartan the Continual and the Hectick the Feavers in Autumn in Summer or in the Winter the Feaver by Surfet Feaver Pestilent Feaver Accidental or the General Plague they are all known by these Signes much trembling panting and sweating a sullen Countenance that was wont to be chearful hot Breath sainting in Labour decay in Stomach and Costiveness in the Body c. First let him Blood then give him this Drink Take of Sellendine Roots leaves and all a good handful as much Wormwood and as much Rue wash them well then bruise them in a Mortar then boyl them in a quart of Ale or Beer then strain them and add to them a pound of sweet Butter then give it the Horse to drink luke-warm or half an Ounce of the powder of Diapente given in Sack or Ale two or three Mornings together Or give him three or four Yolks of new laid Eggs beaten with seven or eight spoonfuls of Aqua vitae or Brandy This is good when he hath his shaking Fit upon him Or take four Ounces of Diapente and mix it with four Ounces of clarified Honey and keep it in a close Glass and give him half an Ounce thereof in Wine or Ale or take of Licoras an Ounce of Anniseeds Cummin-seeds and Elecampane Roots of each half an Ounce of Turmerick and Bay-berries of each a quarter of an Ounce of long Pepper and Fennegreek of each two drams beaten small and put five spoonfuls thereof into a quart of Ale warmed with a little Putter or Oyl and it is very Sovereign for any Disease coming of cold Causes Or Red Sage Mint Sellendine and Rue boyled in Beer is good Diatessaron is good simply of it self so is Diapente or Diahexaple There are several particular Receipts which I might give you for every sort of these Feavers I have Named but I think these in General may serve instead of a more particular Account only observe this Note by the way That you must in all hot causes administer cooling things and in cold Causes hot things Signes whereby you may know every sort of Feaver Signes in General to know a Feaver is by holding down of his Head he will quake and tremble and when his trembling is over he will burn and his Breath be hot he will breath fast and his Flank will beat he will reel he will forsake his Meat his Eyes will swell and be closed up and watering his Flesh will as it were fall from his Bones and his Stones will hang down he will desire to drink yet not drink much neither will he sleep but more particularly A Quotidian Feaver proceeds from hard Riding being set up too hot in the Stable without Riding Quotidian or every days Feaver is known by Blood-shotten Eyes short and hot Breathing panting loathing of his Meat and stiffness in his Limbs and his Sickness will not last above six or eight houres in a day and then he will be well again Tertian Feaver proceeds from the same Causes as the Quotidian The Tertian or every other days Feaver is known by the Signes formerly spoken of and this as the chiefest that he will be sick as on Monday and well on the Tuesday and sick on the Wednesday following Quartan Feaver proceeds from the same Causes as the Tertian doth The Quartan Feaver as some Farriers call a third days Sickness as thus If his Fit begin on the Monday he will be well on the Tuesday and Wednesday and sick again on the Thursday There is no other Sign to know it then the coming and going of the Fits Continual Feaver proceeds from Heats and Colds The Feaver continual is that which continueth without any Intermission the Signes are want of rest and falling away of the Flesh besides certain Inslammations or Swellings which will appear about his Withers and Flanks Hectick Feaver proceeds from a sick Stomach being Scalded with hot Drinks hath lost the power of Digestion The Hectick Feaver which is the worst of Feavers is known by this that he will never eat with Appetite and when you draw out his Tongue you shall find it Raw his Flesh will be Loose and Flaggy and his Body subject to trembling All these Feavers do most commonly happen to a Horse in the Spring because the new Blood is apt to be inflamed Autumn Feaver proceeds from new Blood being inflamed The Signes of an Autumn Feaver is known by the same Signes I have declared for they are the same Feavers only altering the time of the year Summer Feaver A Feaver taken in the Summer is the worst of all ordinary Feavers whatsoever especially such as are taken in the Dog-days The Signes of this Feaver are that his Arteries will beat most palpably and wheresoever he staleth you shall perceive he sheddeth his seed also Winter Feaver A Feaver in the Winter is not so dangerous as the Feaver before-mentioned yet if you do not remove it speedily it will
them If it be of a duskish sad brown and hath an Eye of yellow amongst it you may conclude it to be good but the most common colour is black like unto Pitch An Ounce of either of these three is a Purge strong enough for most reasonable Horses 4. Aloes Succotrina is the weakest but best of all the kinds of them If you break it thin and find it of a clear Roziny colour and transparent you may be satisfied 't is the very best This is four times dearer then the other sorts and is also Given to Horses but in a larger quantity by those that value not their Purses XVIII If you make your Balls of the Powder of Aloes and Butter mix it not all at once with the Butter but work it up in a little at first and then divide it into three equal parts and cover every part over with fresh Butter about the bigness of a small Wash-ball which will prevent the bitter taste of the Aloes from offending him when you give them give him a Horn-full of warm Beer after every one of them not only to prevent sticking but to clear his Passage the better for the remaining Balls But the best Way of making of Balls of Aloes for a Scouring you may find after the best Receipt for the Glanders within a leaf of the latter end of the Book XIX If you put London-Treacle at any time into your Horses Drinks put not above one Ounce of it at a time where there are other Ingredients but if you give it by it self you may give him two Ounces of it dissolved in a pint of Sack or for want of that a quart of good Ale or Beer XX. When you physick your Horse at any time give him his Hay so sparingly over-night that he may stand two or three houres at the Rack-staves and let him fast three or four houres after he hath taken it XXI 'T is good to stir him a little after he hath taken his Drink which will make his physick work so much the better XXII If you are about the Cure of any outward Wound or Sore the best way to Expedite it is to keep the place warm which is done by clapping a plaister of Burgunaâ—-Pâ—tch over the Medicine which will be a means to deâ—end the grieved part from the Air or VVind XXIII If a Horse hath swollâ—n or Gourded Legs and hath been poisoned with the Medicines of other Farriers and is fallen into your hands for Cure then be sure before you undertake to meddle with him to wash his Legs very well with warm Whey or for want of that Milk but Whey is best for this will clear off the venom and poison of their Medicines and make the Cure more facile and easie to be effected Directions how to Order a sick Horse Whensoever you find your Horse sick at any time either of Feaver Farcy Molten-grease Cold or any other Distempers c. and that you have given him something in Order to his Cure and yet you find his Stomach so bad that he falls from his Meat then to recover it again and to strengthen and keep up his weak and feeble spirits give him first to bring him to a Stomach half a Pint of white-Wine Vineger or Verjuice luke-warm sweetned with two or three spoonfuls of Honey well dissolved in it over the Fire And about three or four houres after it give him the common Cordial for Horses which is made of a quart or three Pints of strong Beer with a good big Toast of Houshold Wheat-bread crumbed into it gross and well boied Before you give it him while it is cooling put into it two or three spoonfuls of Honey and about two Ounces of fresh or salt Butter and let him have it luke-warm Give him at Night a Mash of Malt or Oats that are boiled till they are bursten After he hath eaten them let him feed upon Hay for about an hour or more then give him warm-VVater to drink with a handful or two of VVheat-Bran stirred amongst it The next morning give him his Cordial again and at Nine or Ten of the Clock warm-warm-VVater and Bran and boiled Oats and now and then a Cordial of white-VVine and Honey and moderate Exercise once or twice a day if he be not too weak to walk This is the only Method that I know of that you can use for the Recovery of a sick and weak Horse and for to Remedy his Costiveness which does usually attend Sicknesses 2. The longer he Fasts after you have given him his Drink conditionally he be in good heart and strength the better effect it will have in working upon the Disease for which it was given For three or four houres is time long enough to fast but if he be a sick feeble and weak Horse then two houres is enough 3. After he hath Fasted according to his strength give him some comfortable thing to Recruit his Spirits aâ— a Mash of Malt boiled Oats sâ—alâ—ed Bran c. which will be a means to put Heart and strength into him again which his Drench and Fasting may in some measure have weakâ—ed 4 If you use your Horse to scalded Bran Mashes of Malt or boiled Oats and have boiled Fennegreek amongst them or given him it at any time amongst his Provender he will be the more ready and willing to take his Oats thus prepared which is very good after any Drench you have given him viz. To boyl a quarter of a pound of Fennegreek with half a peck of Oats till they burst and throw them into the Manger scaulding hot and though he cannot well eat them till they be somewhat cold yet the steam that doth arise from thence is very wholesom to open and comfort his Head and Brain and to free him from Colds and Stuffings therein If you find him nice and not willing to eat them decoy him with a little Wheat-Bran strowed upon them which to the liking he may have to that possibly may cause him to lick them up both together The Water that is drained from his Oats put into a pale of cold Water by it self and give it him to drink luke-warm after he hath fed a little while upon Hay An Advertisement not only touching the Vsefulness of the general Simples set down in Order one after another in the First and Second Part for the Curâ— of all inward and outward Diseases but also of the Table of Simples Wherever you Meet with such Simples in the First and Second Part imagine not that they were put there to no other end nor purpose then to blot or blur Paper with or that they were intended only to make the Book swell large and big to bring profit and advantage to the Bookseller I confess to the ignorant and unskilful it may appear so by reason of their want of Knowledge and Judgement to discern and apprehend the several Uses for which they were written But if the ingenious and skilful in the Art of
and do this three or four times and it will cure him Another Take of Sanguis Draconis three quarters of an Ounce Bole-armoniack one Ounce Sallet Oyl as much Mastick three Ounces Sewet as much and as much Hogs-grease melt and mix all these together and lay it to the swelling and it will take it away Aâ—other Take one or two Handfuls of Saexafrage and all the Sewet of a Loyn of Mutton and a Pint of white Wine chop the Herb and Mince the Sewet very small and boil them all very well â—ogether then take a good quantity of Horse-dung newly made that goes to Grass and mix with the other Ingredients and work it to a Salve and apply it Plaister-wise hot to the place renewing it every day so long as you think convenient and this is a very excellent Cure Another for the Nether Attaint Take a Piece of Filletting and bind it about the Pastern Joynt pretty hard which will cause the blister or swelling the better to appear then let out the corrupt Jelly with your Incision-Knife and crush it all out then heal it up with your Copperas water and anoint it with the green Ointment Things good in General for the Stavers Head-ach or Farcin To let Blood to hang about his Neek the Root of Amara dulcis the Juice of Sow-Fennel or Hogs Fennel squirted up his Nose or the Seed and Root of Cow-Parsnip boiled in Oyl and his Head anointed therewith The Seeds of Brank-Cresses blown up his Nostrils or Ducks-Meat applied to his Forehead made into a Poultess or his Head Bathed with the distilled water of common Elder taketh it away if it cometh of a cold cause Flea-wort bruised and applied after the same â—anner do h the like so doth Germander and Henbane bruised with Vineger and applied the dust of Tobacco blown up his Head with a large Quill or Kix causeth him to Neese which easeth him from the pain the Root of Pellitory of Spain dried and beaten to Powder and used in the same manner doth the like The Juice of Cellendine put into his Eares or Assa foetida dissolved in Brandy and put into his Eares or Verjuice and Salt put into his Eares or Groundsel and Aqua vitae stamped together and put into his Ears c. Particular Receipts for the Stavers After you have taken Blood from him take the quantity of a Hazel-Nut of sweet Butter and Salt dissolve it in a Sawcer full of white-Wine Vineger then take Lint or fine Flax dipt therein and so stop both his Eares therewith and stitch them up and let it remain there about twelve houres and he will be Cured Another Take of bitter Almonds an Ounce and a half of the Gall of an Ox two drams of black Ellebore made into fine powder a half Penniworth of Grains Castoreum Vineger and Varnish of each five drams boyl all these together till the Vineger be consumed then strain it and put it into his Eares and do as you did before Another Aqua vitae and Garlick so much as will suffice and stamp them together and put into his Ears doing as before Another Take the Seeds of Cressy of Poppy of Smallage of Pursly of Dill the Seeds only of these Herbs and take also Pepper and Saffron of each two drams make them all into fine Powder and put to them of Barley-water two quarts boiling hot from the Fire and â—et it infuse therein three houres and strain it and give him one quart thereof and his Hay sprinkled with water and the next day give him the other quart fasting and let him drink no cold water for four or five days after but only white water unless sometimes a sweet Mash and this will cure him You must Note that in this Disease of the Stavers you must be sure to let him Blood before you give him any Medicine Another After you have sharpned a small and tough Oaken or Ashen stick and made a Notch at one end like a Fork to keep it from Running so far into his Head put it into his Nostrils and Job it up and down to the top of his Head which will cause the Blood to descend freely then in the Morning fasting give him this Drink well brewed together viz. One Ounce of the Powder of Turmerick with as much of the powder of Anniseeds in a quart of strong Beer or Ale with a pint of Verjuice and a quarter of a pint of Brandy and stop his Eares with Aqua vitae and Herb-Grass beaten very well together Put an equal quantity into each Ear and stop Flox or Hurds over it to keep it down and stitch them up with a Needle and Thread and let it remain in for about twenty four houres then unstitch them and pull forth the Hurds and the next day blood him in the Neck and give him his Blood with a handful of Salt put therein well stirred together ro keep it from clotting and he is in a fair way to be cured Things good in general for the Yellows Agrimony Water-Agrimony the Bark of the black Elder Tree Hops Fennel Smallage Endive Succory-Roots Garden-Arrach Orach Asarabacca Ash-tree the Juice of Coleworts the inner Rind of the Barberry Tree or Berry Bay-berries Burr-dock Roots Wood-Bitony Bistort or â—nakeweed Red Beetes Burrage or Bugloss Butchers-broom Calamint or Montanie Mint Camomel Cardus benedictus Celandine the Juice of Cinquefoyl the Juice of Cleavers the seed of Columbines and Saffron boiled together and given him Dandelion Dodder of Thyme Eringo Flax-weed or Toad-Flax the Juice of the Flower-de-luce Fumitory the Fuzz-bush Garlick Gentian Feltwort or Baldmony the seed of Germander Groundsel the Roots of black Hellebore the yellow berries of Ivy Liver-wort Madder Maiden-hair Wall-Rue the seed both of the male and female Mercury Wilde-marjorem Worm-wood Mouse-Ear Hedge-mustardseed Cow Parsnips the Roots of Penny royal the seed of Plantine Bastard-Rubarb or the great round leaved Dock Rupture-wort Sarasens Consound or Sarasens Wound-wort Shepherds Purse the Seeds and Roots of Sorrel Spleen-wort Tamarisk Turmentil or Setfoyl Vervain Ground-Pine Myrrh Ivory or Harts horn Long-Pepper Licoris Anniseeds Ganders or Geese dung Misle-toe white Thorn the Roots of Parsley Pimpernel Chick-weed Sheeps dung steeped in Beer You are to let him blood in the first place A particular Receipt for the Yellows Take an Ouuce of Mithridate and dissolve it in a quart of Ale or Beer and give it him luke-warm But if you have no Mithridate give him two Ounces of London Treacle and for want of that two or three spoonfuls of common Treacle Another particular Receipt for the Yellows Take of Turmerick Burr-dock Roots long Pepper of each about half an Ounce Anniseeds and Licoris in fine Powder and searced of each a spoonful Celandine the Leaves and Roots one handful chopt small and strain the Celandine and put them into a quart of strong Beer and boyl them a little on the Fire and in the Cooling sweeten it with London-Treacle and put into it a
Gally-pot or Glass close stopped in a dry and warm place where they may not give again and when you use it beat so much of it in a Mortar as you shall use with the Syrup of Coltsfoot and the Powder of refined Sugar still working it till you have brought it to a perfect Conserve and give it him in sweet Sack The first of these two which is the Simple helpeth any ordinary Cold or stopping it comforteth the Lungs enlargeth his Wind purgeth the Head from all filthy matter and dissolveth many other Obstructions as well in the Body as the Head But the Compound or Conserve worketh better effects in the Body of the Horse espeâ—ially if the Malady be old and dangerous or if there he any Taint in the Lungs Liver or inward parts This Conserve in time by the frequent use thereof will Cure all dry Coughs which are held to be incurable But if you have not these Conserves take this other Receipt Another Take of the Syrup of Colts-foot one Ounce of Elecampane Roots dried Anniseeds and Licoris of each half an Ounce all made into fine powder an Ounce of brown Sugar-candy which must be divided into two parts then take sweet Butter as much as will suffice and so make this up into three Balls good and stiff which done roul them in your other moiety of your powdred Sugar-candy and so give it him Fasting and ride him gently for half an hour and so set him up warm and let him fast three houres after it and let him drink no cold Water unless it be with Exercise and sprinkle his Hay with Water and his Oats with Beer or Ale A Fume for a Horse that is stopped in the Head and that he voideth Filth and stinking Matter out of his Nose Take of Auripigmentum and of Colts-foot made into powder of each two drams with Venice-Turpentine work them into a stiff Paste and make them into small Cakes the bredth of a six-pence and dry them a little and put one of these Cakes into a Chaâ—ing-dish of coals covered with a Tunnel and so fume him and this not only during his Physick but at other times after For a new Cold give him this Cawdle Take the Yolks of four new laid Eggs and beat them well together and dissolve them with a quart of good Ale then take three Nutmegs with a little Anniseeds and Licoris made all into fine powder and as much Pepper in fine powder as you can put upon a six-pence and put these in also with a piece of sweet Butter and two or three spoonfuls of ordinary Treacle and of brown Sugar-candy four Ounces warm them all upon the Fire till the Treacle and Butter be molten and give it him Blood-warm four or five Mornings together and this is an infallible Cure Another for a Cold. Take four Ounces of Horse-Spice half an Ounce of Diapente one Ounce of the powder of Elecampane Roots half an Ounce of the Flower of Brimstone one penniworth of common Treacle one penniworth of Honey half a quarter of a Pint of Sallet-Oyl Take all these together with a little Wheat-Flower to a Paste made up in a small Ball every Morning so long as it lasts wrapped up in sweet Butter Another which Cures any Cold or dry Cough shortness of Breath Pursiveness or broken-Winded Take of Tarr and sweet Butter of each three spoonfuls and work them well together with the fine Powder of Licoras Anniseeds and Sugar-candy till it be brought to a hard Paste then make it into three round Balls and put into each Ball four or five Cloves of Garlick and so give him them and warm him before and after he hath received them and be sure that he be fasting before he takes them and let him fast three houres after them Another for the same Purpose Take of the white Fat or Lard of Bacon a Piece four Fingers long and almost two Fingers thick both ways then with your Knife make many holes in it and stop it with as many Cloves of Garlick as you can conveniently get into it then rowling it in the Powder of Licoras Anniseeds Sugar-candy and Brimstone of equal Proportions alike and give it him in a Morning fasting twice a Week till you find amendment and Ride him after it and sprinkle his Hay with Water Another Take a Red Herring and take out the Bones and rowl it up in Tarr and give it him down his Throat and it will Cure him Another Take of the Juice of Licoras London-Treacle Anniseeds Turmerick Fennegreek and long Pepper of each an Ounce beat the hard Simples into powder then put to them two Ounces of English Honey and as much of Sugar-candy and incorporate all together and make thereof Balls as big as Pullets Eggs and give him two or three in a Morning Fasting and give him two new laid Eggs after them and at Noon give him a Mash keep him warm and do this twice or thrice Another for a desperate dry Cough Take a pint of burnt Sack Sallet-Oyl and red Wine Vineger of both a quarter of a pint of Fennegreek Turmerick Long pepper and Licoras of each a spoonful in powder and give it him half at one Nostril and half at another and do this twice a Week and Ride him after it and let him fast two houres and keep his Head and Breast warm Another for a Horse that â—ath a Ratling Cold in his Head Take a quarter of a pint of Mustard made with white-Wine Vineger and put to it more when it is made another quarter of a Pint to make it Liquid then put to it an Egg well beaten and two Spoonfuls of Sallet-Oyl then let it be luke-warm and work it very well together till it foams again and give it him in three Parts one down his Mouth and the other two at each Nostril Anoâ—her for a Cold long Setled Take three Heads of Garlick and Roast them in Embers then mix them with three spoonfuls of Tarr as much Powder-Sugar and half a pound of Hogs-Grease then with Anniseeds Licoras Elecampane Fennegreek and Cumminseeds made into Paste and give as much at once as a Ducks Egg. Another for a dry Cough or Roâ—ten Lungs Take Elecampane the Flour of Brimstone Licoras Fennel-seeds Linsâ—ed of each an Ounce and of Clarified Honey one pound work the Powders and those together and to a Pint of sweet Wine put two Ounces of these and give it him Morning and Evening and Ride him after it and let him fast one hour after Riding A Cordial Powdâ—r for any ordinary Cold and to prepare a Horse before Travel and to Preserve him from Mischief after Travel Take of English Licoras Elecampane Roots of each an Ounce of Sugar Candy an Ounce and a half and beat them into fine Powder and â—earce them Keep it in a Box and when you use it for a Cold give him an Ounce in a Pint of Sack if it be in Travel then give it in sweet Wine or
good Honey and half an Ounce of thâ— Flower of Brimstone work all these up together into a stiff Paste with a little Wheat-Flower and give him a Ball or two of it for three Mornings together and rest him two or three days iâ— there be occasion repeat them again and it will certainly cure him Another for a Cold Old or New or for a Cough wet or dry Stamp or chop a handful of Herb-Grace or Rue very small and put to it an Ounce of the Powder of Anniseeds with a little of the Flower of Brimstone and make it up into Balls with fresh Butter and a little Honey and give him a large Ball of it dissolved in a Pint of warm strong Beer every third Morning for three Mornings together and throw down after it two or three Hornfuls of clear Beer to take away the ill taste Another for a Summer-Cold or when you find that he doth not fill himself but looks gaunt and thin Dissolve about a quarter of a pound of red Stone-Sugar in a Pint of Sack over the Fire and when it is indifferent cold put into it two spoonfuls of the best Sallet Oyl you can get and give it him luke-warm and Ride him after it and Order him as you do sick Horses with Mashes bursten Oats and warm Water Another very good for a Cough of the Lungs After you have kept him very sparingly with Meat over-night give him this Drink in the Morning luke-warm with exercise after it viz. One spoonful of the Flower of Brimstone with half so much of the powder of Mechoachan mixed with a spoonful of the Syrup of Hore-hound dissolved in near a quart of strong Beer or Ale luke-warm The Vertues of it 'T is a great Enlarger of the Wind and a Clearer of his Pipes and drives away his Cough from the Lungs Another for a Cough of the Lungs strangling in the Guts and to clear his Pipes and to enlarge his Breast If you intend your Horse either for Hunting or Running and that you desire to free him from those Infirmities above-written then about a Week before you design him for these Exercises give him this ensuing Drench viz. Two Balls made up in this manner Take as much of sweet or salt Butter as contains the bigness of a large Turky Egg and mix and bray together with it a quarter of an Ounce of the powder of Anniseeds with the like quantity of the powder of Liquoris and a little of the Flower of Brimstone Then divide it into three equal parts and hollow every part in the Nature of a Pye and put into each part half a spoonful of the Syrup of Hore-hound and close them up close to prevent the Syrup from getting â—orth and they are made How you are to give them and how to Order him after given Warm a quart of strong Beer and fill a Hornfull of it and put into it one of your Balls and throw it down his Throat with two Hornfuls of more Beer after it to prevent sticking and to clear his Passage for the remaining Balls Give the rest after the same manner Observation As Coughs and Colds do generally come by Heats and Colds so the best way to send them away packing is by the same means they came Therefore I advise you that after you have given him his Balls to Ride him upon a gentle Hand-Gallop till he sweat but bring him home cool by Riding him softly a mile or two before you come home When he is in the Stable Tie him up to the empty Rack and Cloath and Litter him up warm and Order him as you do commonly sick Horses But in case you find that this Drink hath not wrought the wished effects you expected then about a Week after give him as you did before the same Balls again These Balls are very good to give your Horse a Week before you turn him to Grass and a Week after you have brought him home And if you give him them three or four times a year will keep him in good and perfect Health making him very thriving and Iusty If this Drink at any time or any other make him sick Give him a Pint of warm Milk from the Cow or warmed over the Fire and he will be well gain Things good in general for broken-Winded Horses To sprinkle Water upon all the Hay he eats is good Maiden-hair â—eos Ash Licoras Fennegreek Anniseeds Cummin Pepper bitter â—lmonds Borage Aristolochia Galingale Cardamum Nutmegs Safâ—on Coloquintida Cardus Benedictus Fluellin Dragons Lung wort â—ngelica Mullet Mullen or Horse Lung-wort Nettleseed the Ashes of a hedge-Hog strowed amongst his Provender Bay-berries Saffron Yolks of Eggs Water Agrimony Briony Lung-wort which grows upon rotten Oaks or Beech-Trees or to let him drink ten days together of the Water wherein Licoras hath been sodden mixt with Wine or to let him drink of the Water wherein hath been boiled Cardus Benedictus Dragons Elecampane Penerial Particular Receipts for a broken-Winded Horse Take the Guts of a hedge-Hog and dry them and beat them to powder and give him two or three spoonfuls thereof in a pint of Wine or strong Ale then the rest mix with Anniseeds Licoras and sweet Butter and make round Balls or Pills thereof and give him two or three after his Drink and let him fast two or three houres after Water-Agrimony is excellent good for it Another very good Take Wheat-Meal the powder of Lung-wort alias Mullet Gentiana Anniseeds Cummin-seeds oâ— each three drams make them into fine Powder and make them into Paste with Honey and sweet Butter of â—ach a like quantity and put to it the Yolks of two new laid Eggs make this Paste into Balls and every Morning fasting give him three or four of them rowled up in the powder of Elecampane and the powder of Licoris of each alike These Pills preserve the wind of a Horse marvellously and keeps him always in breath Another Take the Excrements of a sucking Child and put into it a Pint of white Wine let it boyl till the one half be consumed and so give it him blood-warm This will cause him to forsake his blowing for fifteen days so as when he beginneth again to blow give him the same Medicine and so keep him with this from time to time as you shall finde cause and by this means you shall have his Wind good Put not too much of the Excrement in for it will make him very sick Another which is the best of all Take the leaves of Mullet alias Mullen alias Horse Lung-wort and dry them and make them into fine Powder and make them up in Balls with ordinary Honey the bigness of a Pidgeons Egg and give him three at a time fourteen or fifteen days together or longer as you shall see cause and let him not drink any cold Water during the time and let his Exercise be moderate and his Hay sprinkled with Water and his Oats wet with good Ale or Beer and
together and put to it half a pound of Bolearmoniack beaten to powder strong white-Wine Vineger one Pint Sanguis dracâ—nis three Ounces in fine powder make this up with Wheat-Meal good and thick with this Charge his Back Reins Breast Thighes Fetlocks and Soles and spread two Cloaths Plaister-wise good and thick and apply them to the Coffin of his Feet and bind the sore-Legs about the Knees good and streight with broad Filleting or Lists then ride him two houres upon a hard way which if it be Paved or Pitcht it is the better his Feet being Pared reasonable near before-hand and when you do bring him into the Stable let his Feet he stopped with this Charge Take Rye or Wheat-Bran Ox or Cows-dung Sheeps Suet or Turpentine which must be put in last Mince your Sheeps Suet small melt and heat all these upon the Fire stirring them very well then put in your Bran to make it into a stiff Paste then put in your Turpentine and incorporate them all very well together and stop your Horses Feet with it which being thus charged and stopped three or four days together ridden and kept warm and not suffered to drink cold water but either Mashes or white Water he will be sound in four or six days If it be a dry Foundered by standing too long in the Stable then Pare him somewhat near and let him Bleed well in the Toe Veins Then take Eggs and roast them blew hard and together with the Powder of Cummin stop his Feet therewith so hot as they may be taken out of the Embers and put over the Soles a piece of Leather with Splints cross to keep the Eggs from coming out Take then a great Onion peel and stamp it and let it infâ—se twenty four houres before in the strongest white-Wine Vineger you can get and give it the Horse presently after you have stopped the Horses Feet and cover him up warm and let him stand upon the Trench three houres and then give him Meat and white Water Another for Foundering a Month or more You must take out the Soles of his Feet and have in a readiness these Things Viz. Take the tender tops of Hysop three handfuls pound them together in a Mortar to stench his Bleeding then have this Receipt in a readiness Take Snails in the shells and take them forth and reserve them then take a handful of Bay-salt and two or three handfuls of the tender tops of the angriest Nettles you can find beat them with your Snails and Salt to a Salve then take out the Sole and stench the bleeding with your Hysop and when it leaveth Bleeding apply this Medicine to it and bind it up with Cloaths and let it remain twenty four houres then open it and heal it up with your green Ointment which you may find in my First Part and in two days you shall see a new Sole coming But if he be but Hough-bound then take Turpentine and Sheeps Suet of each half a pound Wax a little Sallet-Oyl half a Pint boyl altogether but put in the Turpentine last and as they boyl keep them with a continual stirring and anoint his Houghs once a day well For â—n ordinary Heat in his Feet Take Wheat-Bran and Hogs-grease and make them into a Poultess and apply it as well to the Coffin as the Soles and it will be well again Another for a Founder or Frettize wet or dry First pare thin open the Heels wide and take good store of Blood from the Toes then Tack on a Shoo somwhat hollow broad at the Heels and the inside of the Web from the first Nail to the Heel turned inward towards the Frog yet not to touch any part thereof or the Hough so as he may tread on the out-Verge of the Shoo and not on the inward Then take Burgundy Pitch or Frankincense and Rowling it in a little fine Cotton-Wooll or Bombast with a hot Iron melt it into the Foot betwixt the Shoo and the Toe till the Orifice where the Blood was taken be filled up then take half a pound of Hogs-grease and melt it and mix it with Wheat-Bran till it be as thick as a Poultess then boyling hot stop up his Feet with it then cover it with a piece of an old Shoo and splint it up and so let him stand for three or four days then if occasion serve you may renew it otherwise the Cure is wrought Observations on the Cure First You shall not need to Remove or stir his Shooes then after twenty four houres rub off the Charge from his Back It. Take away his Gartâ—rs after twelve houres and rub his Knees and Houghs with your Hand and with Wisps to take away the Numbness It. If you cannot get Wheat-Meal take Oat-Meal It. If he will not Bleed in the Veins before-named then bleed him in the Neck-Vein Lastly if you take him in Hand to Cure within twenty four houres after he is Founded he will be Cured in twenty four houres but if he go longer the Cure will be longer in doing Now if he be Foundred through streightness of his â—hoâ—e which is not a Founder but a Frâ—ttizing which is a degree less then Foundering Then let him Blood on the â—oes and stop the place with bruised Sage and tack his Shoo on again and stop it with Hogs-grease and Bran boiled together as hot as possible you can and do this twice in a Fortnight and give him rest and it will help him An odd kind of Receipt to Cure a Foundred Horse Ride him so hard as to Swâ—at then Ride him up to the Knees in Water and there let him stand about half an hour which will cause the humour to ascend out of his Feet into his Body then an hour after you come home give him a thorough Scouring and ride him gently after it and so bring him home and Cloath him up warm and this will carry it out of his Body again Probatum by Mr. Goodman Give him the Purge as aforesaid Another for the taking out of his Sole If you find that none of the Receipts for this Disease have had their wished Effects in Order to his Cure then follow these Directions for the taking out of his Soles and though it be not the common way that is practised amongst our Smiths yet 't is looked upon to be the best and safest 'T is this First Tâ—e about his Pastern a List or Cord so hard as will keep up the Blood into his Leg that it fall not down to trouble you then pare the Foot thin and cut the Hough round with your Incision Knife to the quick as near to the inside of the outward shell of the Hough as you can raise the â—ole at the Toe then take hold of it with a pair of Pinchers and pluck it gently upwards towards the Heel for fear of breaking the Vein in the Foot When you have so done tack on the Shoo again somewhat hollow and broad then untie the
taking forth his Tongue and putting it upon the end of a stick put it down his Throat and Ride him a little after it and give him no Water that Night and let him fast two houres and then let him feed as at other times With this Medicine you may kill all manner of Bots Trunchions and Wormes of what kind soever but you must be very careful you exceed not the quantity prescribed for it is a very strong poison Another Take the â—ender tops of Broom and of Savin of each half a handâ—ul chop them very small and work them up into Pills with fresh or sweet Butter and having kept him over Night fasting give him three of these Pills the next Morning early and let him fast two houres after it and give Him no Water that Night Or take Rosin and Brimstone beaten not very fine and strowed amongst his Provender and given him fasting long before he drinks is good To a Mare with Foal be Cautious what you Give her You shall need therefore but only to Rake her and to let her Blood in the Rooâ— or Palate of her Mouth and make her eat her own Blood for that will not only Kill but help all inward Maladies Another Take a quart of Milk warm from the Cow and put half a pint of Honey to it and give it him the first day The next day take Rue and Rosemary of each half a handful stamp them well together then let it inâ—use together with the powder of Brimstone and Soot so much as will suffice four Houres in a quart of Beer or Ale-wort then strain it and give it him Blood-warm then Ride him gently an hour or two and set him up warm and give him Hay an Hour before you give him Drink and let it be white Water and give him no Hay before you give him his said Drink and let his Drink be either a Mash or white Water Another Take two or three Heads of Garlick well peeled and bruised with the quantity of a small Nutmeg of black Soap and put them into a quart of strong Beer and warm it a little over the Fire and give it him luke-warm in the Morning fasting with about an Ounce of the Flower of Brimstone at the Mouth of the first Horn And Order him as you do Horses that you give Drenches to Another Three or four penniworth of the powder of Carolinâ— which you may buy at the Apothecaries given him in a quart of sweet Wort in the Morning fasting is a very good Cure for them Another Take of Turmerick and Anniseeds a good spoonful of each beaten to powder put them in a quarter of a Pint of Brandy and a pint and a halâ— of strong Beer and giâ—e it him fasting in the Morning luke-warm with some Flower of Brimstone put at the Mouth of each Horn not exceeding an Ounce of it in all and let him Fast three or four houres after it You may Repeat this Drink two or three times as you see occasion Another for the Bots in a Horse Take the Guts of a Chicken newly Killed and wrap them up warm in Honey and put it down his Throat over Night the next Morning give him a Pint of New Milk with about three Ounces of the Flower of Brimstone and exercise him after it Things good iâ— General to stench Bleeding either inward or outward or of any Sinew Cut or Wound or of Bâ—eâ—ding at the Nose The leaves of Snakeweed or Bistort strowed upon the Wound after it is beaten to Powder the Juice of Cleavers applied to a bleeding Wound will stop it the green leaves of Cud-wâ—ed or Cotton-weed bruised and laid to the Wound the decoction of the Herb called Golden Rod outwardly applied the smoother Horse-tail is good either inwardly taken or outwardly applied Ladies Mantle the dried leaves of Medlars strowed upon the Wound being beaten to powder stoppeth the Bleeding of it the Juice of Mint given in Vineger stayeth Bleeding inwardly Money-wort or the Herb two pence stayeth Bleeding inwardly so doth Moonwort or the Oaken Moss of a Pale or Spear Mouse-ear stayeth the Flux of Blood inward or outward the Powder of the leaves of the Peach Tree strowed upon the Wound Plantain Queen of the Medows Medlars dried before they be ripe and beaten to powder and strewed upon the Wound the Juice of Sorrel stone-crop a piece of a Fuze-ball or a Mullipuss laid to any Bleeding Wound stoppeth it presently An Ointment made of white Lilly-Roots with Hogs-Greas is very good for them The Broth wherein Coleworts hath been sodden is good for cut Sinews and Joynts The Root of Garden-Lilly stamped with Honey gleweth and soddereth them together the Herb Tutsan or Park-Leaves the Leaves or Bark of the Willow-Tree is good for the Bleeding of Wounds or at the Nose or Fluxes of Blood the powder of the blew Bottle taken inwardly the Juice of Clowns Wound-wort taken inwardly with Comfrey or applied outwardly the Down of a Hares or Cony Skins or Woolen Cloth burnt to Ashes and strewed upon the Wound Primrose leaves or Wild Tansie bruised and old Felt burnt and beaten to Powder Bolearmoniack beaten to powder and given inwardly or applied outwardly stancheth Bleeding To stop Bleeding at the Nole Tie him hard upon his fore-Legs about twelve inches above his Knees and just beneath his Elbow and keep the Nape of his Neck as cold as may be with wet Hay or Clothes and it will stanch him presently The leaves of Rosemary made into Oyls Ointments or Bathings help all cold and benumbed Joynts Sinews or Members c. The best Receipt to stop Bleeding at the Nostrils The Juice of the Roots or Leaves of Nettles squirted up his Nostrils stayeth the bleeding at the Nose But the best thing of all to stop bleeding at the Nose is to take a Hank of Coventry-blew thread and hang it cross a stick and set one end of it on fire and strow a little white-Wine Vineger on it to keep it from burning too fast and let him receive the smoak up his Nostrils and it will stop it in a very short time when Nothing else will do New Horse Dung tempered with Chalk and strong Vineger laid to a Bleeding Wound will stop it burnt Silk is good likewise for it so is the Juice of Coriander or bruised Sage or Hogs dung or a Clod of Earth or bruised Hysop or the soft crops of Haw-thorn bruised or to boyl two ounces of the Horses blood and beat it to powder and strow upon the Wound and to stop Bleeding at the Nose the Juice of Coriander squirted up it stayeth it or the Juice of Periwincle the Coam of a Smiths Forge laid to the Wound stayeth bleeding or Shepherds Pouch distilled and an ounce given fasting stayeth any inward bleeding whether natural or unnatural or Bursa-Pastoris bruised and applied to the place Particular Receipts to stop Bleeding Take the powder of the Stone Emachile and blow it up into his Nose and
Southernwood of Parsley an Ounce of Rue three Ounces of Spittle-wort and Hysop of each two Ounces of Cassia which is like Cinnamon one Ounce beat all these into fine powder and with Chalk and strong Vineger work them to a paste of which paste make little Cakes and dry them in the shadow and dissolve some of them in a pint and a half of Barley Milk or for want of that that Juicâ— which is called Crimor or Pâ—isane and give it him to drink and it doth not only Cure the bloody Flux but being given with a quart of warm Water healeth all grief and paiâ— either in the Belly or Bladder which cometh for want of staling Another Take Red Wine three pints half a handful of the Herb called Bursa Pastoris or Shepherds purse and as much Tanners bark taken out of the Fat and dried boyl them in the Wine till somwhat more then a Pint be consumed then strain it hard and give it him luke-warm to drink if you add to it a little Cinnamon it will be the better or to dissolve into a pint of Red Wine four Ounces of the Conserve of Sloes and give it him to drink either of the Medicines are sufficient Another most Excellent Receipt which is infallible for the Cure of the Bloody Flux or any other Scouring whatsoever Take three pints of new Milk and dissolve in it over a gentle Fire four or five Ounces of Issing-Glass which when it is thoroughly dissolved it will so thicken the Milk that it will look like unto Cream After you have so done pour or strain it forth through a very course Sieve to take out the dross and dregs of the Issing glass that will remain behind undissolved and give it him luke-warm in the Morning fasting and at twice or thrice giving it will Cure him at farthest 'T is also a very great Strengthner of Nature When the Issing-glass is dissolved and the dregs strained and poured from the Milk there will not be above a quart of it which is quantity enough to give him at a time To make your Issing-glass dissolve the freer and better bruise it first in a Mortar and then take it in pieces which if it be right and good it will Flake off like unto a Wafer and be Transparent Issing-glass is not much unlike in form and shape unto a white Pudding The Price of it you may find in the Table of the Prices of Drugs 'T is very good also to be given to a weak Horse to strengthen and make him lusty Things good in General for the Falling of the Fundament To anoint it with Oyl of Roses or warm Red-Wine if it be not inflamed and put it up again but if it be bath it with a Spunge dipt in the Decoction of Mallowes Chamomel and Dill mingled together to asswage the Swelling and put it up again with your warm hand and bath the Tuel about with Red-Wine wherein hath been sodden Acatium Galls Acornecups and the paring of Quinces then throw upon it the powder of Bolearmoniack Frankincense c. Particular Receipts for the Falling of the Fundament Take Garden Cresses and having dried them to powder with your Hand put up the Fundament and then strow the powder thereon after it lay a little Honey thereon and then strow more of the powder mix with it the powder of Cummin and it helpeth Another Take white Salt made into very fine powder strow a little upon the Gut then take a piece of Lard and first having boiled Mallow-leaves till they be soft and beat the leaves well with the Lard and when it is well beaten make it up like to a Suppository and apply it to the place every day once till it be whole Another Take a small Fagot made of the green Boughs of the Willow-tree and burn them to Ashes in some clean place When you have done wash his Fundament with warm Water and strow some of the finest of them upon it and put it up into its place again with your warm Hand and Tie down hâ—s Tuel between his hinder Legs to his Surcingle pretty streight and it will Knit very strong again Or white Pepper strowed upon it after it hath been beaten and sâ—arced to a very fine powder and used as you did the other is very good also Things good in General for the Biting of a mad Dog To let blood first Angelica Balm Wood-bittony Cardus Benedictus the Juice of Elder all taken inwardly An Ointment made of the Juice of the Figtree leaves and Hogs grease is good to anoint the sore Gentian Felt-wort or Baldmony Hounds toâ—gue Mint bruised and laid to the â—ore is good Pimpernel given inwardly or applied outwardly Plantine the Bark of the Wall-Nut tree taken with Onions Salt and Honey is good the tops of Rue Box leaves Primrose roots of each alike powdred together and boiled in new Milk with London-Treacle is good Hob goblin Dan-wort Sallet-Oyl the powder of Diapente given inwardly or lay a live Pidgeon cleaved in the midst hot to the Wound and it will draw out the venom and heal the sore with Turpentine and Hogs-grease melted together the leaves of Aristolochia bruised will take away the poison Yarrow Calamint and Southernwood made into a Salve The Ash Keys the Roots of the sweet Bryar dried and beaten to powder and given inwardly and applied outwardly is good c. Particular Receipts for the Biting of a mad Dog Take Hob-goblin Periwincle and Box-leaves of each half a handful first mince them small and stamp them very small in a Stone Mortar and with Milk or Beer administer it both at the Change and Full of the Moon The best of Cures for the Biting of a mad Dog Take the Herb which groweth in dry and barren Hills called The Sâ—ar of the Earth you must give it three days together the first time you must gather three of these Herbs with all the whole Roots and wash and wipe them clean then pound them well losing no part of them and give it him in Beer an â— be careful that he hath all the Herbs and Roots you may make them up in sweet Butter which will do as well The second day give him five of these Herbs and Roots and the third day seven and he will be assuredly Cured for it Cureth all manner of Cattel of all sorts whatsoever It Cured a whole Kennel of Hounds of a Gentlemans one Beagle excepted which they did not suspect to be bitten It Cured a Gentlemans Son who was so far gone with it that his Head began to be Addle and to talk idlely yet it Cured him perfectly and though he was then but a Child yet he lived to be a proper man Look for another afterwards Another Take Goats dung and of Flesh that hath layn long in the Salt with the Herb Danewort of each half a pound and fourty Wall Nuts stampt altogether and lay part thereof to the Sore and it will suck out the venom and
a Cloth into some convenient thing and put to it so much of black or white Wooll as it will well drink up and fill each Ear full of it putting a piece of dty Wooll upon it to keep it in the better Then sowe them up as you have Directions before and do not unstitch them in twenty four houres If you open his Head in the usual place under his fore-top and put into it about the length of an Inch of the inner Rind of Elder and let it remain there about the same time the Cure will be the sooner Expedited Another Medicine to put into his Eares to Cure it when it is in his Head After you have let Blood bruise so much of Housleek and Hemlock as will contain two spoonfuls of the Juice of each of them and add to them two spoonfuls of Sallet-Oyl and fill each Ear full of it leaving so much room as you may put Flox or Wooll upon it to keep it in the better When you have so done stitch up his Eares as in the former Receipt and at twenty four houres end take out the stuff If you like best the former way of soaking up the Juice with the Wooll better then this you may use that A Drink to Cure the most malignant Farcy that is Before you Give him this Drink here under-written let him be kept very sparing of Meat all night and the next Morning Blooded on both sides the Neck very well 'T is this Take the inner Rind of the Barberry Tree Herb-grace Sage Wormwood Fennel Lungwort of each half a Handful chopped small Anniseeds Turbich Turmerick and of Aristolochia rotunda about two Ounces of all of them beaten to powder boyl the Herbs pretty well in two quarts of small Beer to one quart then strain it forth and put in your Powders to it and when it is cold enough to take give it him How to Order him before and after you have Given it him 1. Before you give it him let him fast four houres and after it as much when you have given it him Air him well by Riding him after it 2. Let him drink but once a day and let it be white Water which is a handful or two of Wheat-Bran stirred in amongst his water made first luke-warm 3. Let him be kept in the House with very dry Meat during his Cure 4. Exercise is very good in this Distemper and the more you use him to it the better you will find him 5. 'T is good also in order to his Cure once or twice a day to Flounce him backward and forward in some clear River or Pond up to the Midsides which will cleanse his Body and take away the Filth and Venom of the Disease 6. This often washing him in cold water will wash off the poisoned Medicines if he hath been poisoned with any and also abate very much the Malignancy of the Disease 7. Let him rest three or four days after his first Drink and then give him another and Order him in every thing as you did before 8. If you find him after this second Drink that he is not perfectly Cured you may give him the third and this will certainly Cure him 9. When you give him his first Drink if you please you may Blood him with the end of your Cornet in the Furrow on the top of his Mouth The Vertues of this Malignant Drink for the Farcy are these It will cause him to vomit up much Filth and run at the Nose very nauseous and stinking stuff and yellowish Water It is a great Sweetner and Purifyer of the Blood as also a great Drier up of all evil and malignant Humours that are seated and rooted in the Body If the Heads of the Buds appear red and loose lay upon them a little burnt Allom mixed with a little Butter or Hogs-grease and you shall quickly find them to fall off A Receipt for the Câ—re of the Water Farcy This is the usual and common Way for the Cure of it viz. To take a long and small Iron Rod and bend it backward at one end about the length of a Fleam then heat it red hot in the Fire and strike the swelled places under his Belly and chaps full of Holes and let and squeeze out the grey and Oyly water that you find pent up in the Skin and wash the places to keep them from wrankling and to take out the Fire with Chamberly and Salt and some powder of Bolearmoniack mixt amongst it as hot as he can weâ—l endure it for three or four times and he is Cured Things good in general to Cure the Running or rotten Frush To take off the Shoo and pare away all the corrupt places and make them raw then put it on again being widened then take Soot and Salt bruise them well together in a Dish and mix therewith the Whites of three Eggs and dip Tow therein and stop all the Foot with it renewing it seven days together or to wash it with Urine three or four times a day or take a quart of urine and boyl in it a quarter of a pound of Allom with some green Copperas and strain it out and keep it for your use and after you have washed the Sore with it strow on it the powder of green Nettles Fryed and Pepper and it will dry it up When you dip Tow in any thing you must splint it in that it may not fall off and during the Cure to let him come into no wet and at the seven days end leave stopping him and ride him abroad and bring him in very clean into the Stable for dirty setting up breeds this infirmity c. Things good in general for the Over-flowing of the Gall which is a yellowness of the Skin and a Costiveness of the Body Saffron boiled in Milk is good or Ale Saffron and Anniseeds mixt together or Cellandine Roots chopt bruised and boiled in Beer or for want of Cellandine Rue and give it him luke-warm c. Things good for Gangrenes inward or outward The Leaves Fruit or Roots of Briony but it is a great Purger which must be Corrected the Leaves of Bugle bruised and applied or the Juice of it to wash the place the Meal of Darnel is good to stay them Cankers or any other eating and fretting Sores Water-Cresses Mallows Elder-leaves Brook-lime mouldy Hay and Bran boiled in the dregs of strong Beer and laid to very hot is good to stay its spreading if any thing will do it Nettles bruised and laid to them is good so is the decoction of the Leaves or Bark of the Tamarisk-Tree and the place Bathed therewith VVhat the Spleen iâ— It is a long flat narrow and spungy substance of a pale fleshy colour joyning with the Liver and Gall it is the Receptacle of Melancholy and the dregs of the Blood and it is as subject to Infirmity as any inward part whatsoever as to Inflammations Obstructions Knobs and Swellings it is through
Sanguis Draconis Turpentine and Vineger or else lay next his Back a wet Sack or wet Hay and a dry Cloth over it and that will keep his Back exceeding warm VVhat is good for the Cure of the Particular Diseases in Mares Barrenness Consumption Rage of Love Casting Foals hardness to Foal and how to make a Mare cast her Foal If you have your Mare barren boyâ— good store of the Herb Agnus in the Water that she drinketh or to stamp a good Handful of Leeks with four or five spoonfuls of Wine then put twelve Flies called Cantharides and strain them altogether with a sufficient quantity of Water to serve the Mare two days together by pouring the same into her Nature with a Glister Pipe made for that purpose and at the end of three days offer the Horse to her and if he covers her wash her Nature twice together with cold water Or to take of Nitrum Sparrows dung and Turpentine of each a like quantity wrought together and made like a Suppository and put that into her Nature and it will cause her to desire the Horse and also to conceive If you will have her fruitful boyl good store of Mother-wort in the Water which she drinketh If she lose her Belly which sheweth a Consumption of the Womb give her a quart of Brine to drink Mug-wort being boiled therein If your Mare through good keeping forsake her food give hâ—r for two or three days together a Ball of Butter and Agnus Castus chopt together If you will have her cast her Foal take a handful of Bittony and boyl it in a quart of Ale and it will deliver her presently If she cannot Foal take the Herb Horse-Mint either dry it or stamp it and take the powder or the Juice and mix it with strong Ale and Give it her and it will help her And if your Mare is subject to cast her Foals as many are keep her at Grass very warm and once in a Week give her a good warm Mash of Drink this secretly Knitteth beyond expectation Things good in General for the Cure of a Consumption Wood-bitony Hore-hound Juniper-berries Leeks mixed with Sallet Oyl and Sack with some Frankincense Agarick Bay-berries Brank-Ursine China Dandelion but the best is to scour him well and put him to Grass Or take a Sheeps Head with the Wooll on wash it clean and boyl it in a Gallon of fair water until the flesh come from the Bones then strain it and put into the Broth half a pound of Reâ—ined Loaf Sugar of Cynnamon Conserve of Roses Conserve of Barberries Conserve of Cherries of each three Ounces and give him a quart every Morning fasting use this till four or more Sheeps-Heads be spent and let his Drink be either sweet Mashes or white Water Take no Blood from him in this Disease but rather labour to Cherish the Blood hâ— hath neither be too busie in Administring unto him Purges but Cordials as Diapente Diatessaron Duke Powder Cordial Powder and such like Restoratives and to give him good Meat and good Mashes and to change his Meat sometimes to make him eat his Meat the better Things good in General for the Lungs Physick-Nuts is good for Rotten Lungs Lung-wort or Wood Liver-wort beaten to powder and Given in Beer is good for Inflammations and Ulcers of the Lungs the powder of stinking Gladdon given him in Beer with a little Mastick is good for them The Decoction of Hysop made with Figs Water Honey and Rue helpeth the Inflammations of the Lungs the old Cough or shortness of Breath Featherfew Penny-royal given with Honey cleareth the Breast from all gross and thick Humors and cleanseth the Lungs Calamint is good for the Wheesing of them Common Horehound cleanseth them and is good for the Ulceration of them so doth Bittony Scabius scoureth the Chest and Lungs Mullen or Lungwort is good Comfrey Cowslips of Jerusalem Cinquefoyl is good for the Liver and Lungs Chervel boiled is good for the Consumption of the Lungs Cummin-seeds Brank-Ursine Rue Licoris Bay-berries Cassia Water-Agrimony Alehoof the Leaves of the Fig-Tree Lung-wort which grows upon Oaks or Beeches which is a kind of Moss with broad grayish tough Leaves Maiden-hair wilde Marjorem Hedge Mustard-seed Rosa Solis or Sun-dew the Juice of Sanicle Vervain Wood-bind or Honey-suckles Cresses Almonds Bugloss Garlick boiled in Milk Tartar which is the thickest of white-Wine Lees dried and made into powder Elecampane Sugar-Candy Diapente or take a Pint of sweet Sack Honey Myrrh Saffron Cassia and Cinnamon of each alike made into fine Powder and mix two spoonfuls of it with your Sack and give it him warm fifteen days together and feed him with Mashes and white Water But if his Lungs be rotten then take the Juice of Purslain half a Pint and mix with it Oyl of Roses and put to it Tragantium steeped in Cows Milk and give it him seven Mornings together and this will Ripen the Impostume which you may know by his stinking Breath then give him this Powder Take of Cassia made into fine powder seven Raisiâ—s of the Sun stoned boiled in a Pint of Muskadine and give it him Blood-warm or the Water of Angelica give him with some of the Root Particular Receipts for the Lungs Take of Horse Lungwort alias Mullet it groweth in every place with broad hoary soft leaves which do feel like Velvet shred it stamp it and strain it Then take of Fennegreek a good spoonful and of Madder as much made into â—ine powder and give this to him in a quart of good Ale or Beer and give it him every other day for twelve or fourteen days and sprinkle his Hay with Water and let his Oats be washed in good Ale and let his Drink be white Water and somtimes sweet Mashes Another Take a Snake and cut off the Head and Tail and Flea it and after cut the same into Pieces the length of your Finger and roast it as you would an Eel upon a Spit and let it Baste it self and keep the Oyl of it in a Glass for your use when you use it anoint the Breast and his four short Ribs which be against the Lungs but first clip away the Hair for that will take too much of the Oyl up and thus do often for some time and it will recover his Lungs again and make him perfectly â—oâ—nd Things good in General for the Consumption of the Liver There is no absolute Cure for it but to preserve it give him half a Pint of Sack with the same quantity of the Blood of a young Pig luke-warm to drink or to give him three days together no other food then warm Wort and baked Oats and let him be kept Fasting the Night before he receives his Medicine or to put into his Wort which he drinketh two or three spoonfuls of the powder of Agrimony red Rose-leavs Saccarum Rosaceum Diarcadon Abbat is Disantelon Licoâ—as and of the Liver of a Wolf or to give him Sulphur and Myrrh
and ride him gently upon it and after that set him up warm covered and littered and in a little while you shall see him piss freely let him have it several Mornings together and during the Cure let his Drink be white Water Another Make a strong Decoction that is to say boil the first quantity of water to an half Pint three times over of keen Onions clean pilled and Parsley then take a quart thereof and put to it a good spoonful of London-Treacle and as much of the powder of Egg-shells and give it him And thus do divers Mornings if the Infirmity be great otherwise when you see him offended Things good in General for the Cholick or Stone or for the Gripings or Fretting of the Guts by VVind Centaury Costmary is good for the Gripings of the Belly Camomel Flowers is good for the Cholick and Stone and is good given in a Glister for that purpose the Roots of the Sea holly boiled in white-Wine Rue boiled with Dill and Fennel-seeds in Wine is good Cinnamon sixteen or eighteen of the Berries of Holly purgeth the Body of thick and phlegmatick Humors Hawthorn-berries Cardamum Cloves Pepper Juniper Berries given him or to put a Jagged Onion into his Fundament or to give him a Pipe of Tobaccho at his Fundament Hore-hound Southernwood or the powder of a Stags Pizel dried and given in Beer or the Heart of a Lark swallowed down whole Hysop Cowslips Liver-wort Lungwort the Urine of a Child given him to drink Gentian Aristolochia rotunda Enula Campana or a Glister made of Sope and salt Water or to give him two drams of Myrrh in Wine Nettle-roots Sperage-roots Dodder bruised and boiled in white-Wine with some Salt amongst it is good to give him Fasting the powder of the wilde Briar Apple-balls Or you may give him by way of a Drink or by Glister this following Drench viz. Two good Handfuls of Mallow leaves boiled in three Pints of New Milk till it comes to a quart Strain out the Milk from the Mallows and give it him either way sweetned with Loaf-sugar luke-warm This is a most Excellent Receipt for the dry Gripes for this will make his Body loose which by this means will free him from those tormenting pains he is troubled with Particular Receipts for the Cholick or Stone Take of white-Wine a quart Fennegreek four Ounces Bay-berries and Pepper of each four Ounces Grains and Ginger of each an Ounce Water-cresses two Handfuls Sage one Handful Sengreen one pound Mints a Handful stamp the Herbs and pound the Spices and put them to the Wine and boyl it then strain it and put two spoonfuls of Honey to it and give it him luke-warm Another Take Cloves Pepper Cinnamon of each one Ounce all made into fine powder and well mixed then put it into a quart of Sack and let it boyl a while then take it off and put to it one spoonful of Honey and give it him luke-warm then Cloath him up and Litter him and let him Fast three or four houres after it then give him Hay and one hour after that a sweet Mash or white Water Another for the Cholick and Stone Take of white-Wine one Pint of Burdock Seeds eight Ounces made into fine powder of Parsley-seed two Ounces two Ounces in powder of Hysop unset Leeks and Water-cresses of each half a handful of black Sope half-an Ounce stamp them well and strain them with the Wine then put to it your Bur and Parsley-seed and so give it him blood-warm this will break the Stone and bring it from him with much ease and cure his Cholick Another for Griping and Fretting in a Horses Belly First blood him in the Mouth with your Cornet Horn and give him a Pint or a Quart of Pork or Beef Brine cold when you see occasion After you have so done strip up your Shirt as high as your Elbow anoint your Hand and Arm with Sallet Oyl Butter or Hogs-Grease and put it into his Fundament and draw forth as much of his hard and baked Dung as you can well get Then take a good big angry red Onâ—on and peel it and Jag it cross-ways with your Knife and Rowl it very well in Salt and Floure of Brimstone and cover it all over with fresh Butter and put it up into his Body as far as you can well thrust it and Tie down his Tuel or Tail close between his Legs to his Surcingle or Girts and walk or Ride him about a quarter of an hour or more then Untie his Tail and you shall find he will purge freely The excellency of this Receipt is That it will cleanse his Maw and Guts and Kill the Wormes within him The next Morning you may give him a comfortable Drink warm made of an Ounce of Horse Spice boyled a little in a quart of strong Beer sweetned with either Hony or common Treacle Or you may give him a Cordial of three Pints of strong Beer with a Toast of Houshold Wheat bread crummed in it and boyled together with a little Mace and when you have taken it off the Fire dissolve into it two or three spoonfuls of Honey with a good big Lump of sweet Butter and he will do well Things good in General for the Dropsey To let Blood first to take away the thin Wheyish Blood the Kernels within the Hu ks of the Ashen Keys Broom Chamomel wild Carrets Centaury the Berries of Elder either green or dry Dwarf Elder Hawk-weed Wormwood Juniper berries Kidney wort wilde Marjorem the Juice of Pellitory of the Wall the Seed of Plantain Bayberries Succory the Bark of the Tamarisk Tree Lady thistle Vervain Peony Seeds Coleworts Smallage Elm boughs Sallow Leaves or whatsoever else that will make him Urine Chiche steeped in water a day and a night Parsley stamped and mixt with white-Wine or Burdock seeds taken the same way Rue red Sage Winter Savoury Time Horse Radish Roots Rubarb Saldanella Salt of Scurvey-Grass Garden Scurvey-Grass Rosemary tops Asarabica Wood bitony China-roots the Juice of the white Lilly-Roots tempered with Barley-Meal and baked and given him for to eat is very good A Particular Receipt for the Cure of the Dropsey Take a Gallon of Ale and set it upon the Fire and scum off the Froth as it riseth then put into it of Wormwood and of Rue the tender tops and leaves without stalks very well picked of each a Handful and boyl it to a quart then strain it and dissolve into it three Ounces of London Treacle and put into it of long Pepper and Grains made into sine Powder of each an Ounce then brew them well together an give it him blood-warm and bath and anoint his Legs that be swelled with Train-Oyl twice a day till it go away and give him Mashes or white Water and feed him with such Meat as he will best eat and if the Weather be seasonable turn him to Grass and he will do well Things good in General for Gravelling To take
Simples and Order him as you do sick Horses with Mashes bursten Oats scalded Bran warm Clothing and warm Water c. About three or four days after he hath done Purging and drank cold Water to bring him to a Stomach give him Honey and white-Wine and to comfort him and Loosen his Body and to make him Stale freely give him the Cordial of Houshold Wheat Bread boyled in Beer c. You may find the manner how to make this also in the Directions how to Order sick Horses after the Table of Simples As to the Ordering of his swelled Cods or Legs you may apply to them after his Physick hath done working the common Charge of Soap and Brandy scalding hot and three or four days after Ride him into some River or clear Pond up to the mid side and Flounce him backwards and forwards which will be a means to abate and take away the Swelling You need not lay on your Charge above once These Directions are in case of a dry Surfeit But if he be troubled with a Cold which you may soon know by his Coughing and Running at Nose then give him this Drink viz. of the Powder of Anniseeds and Turmerick of each on Ounce put into a Pint and a half of strong Beer half a quarter of Brandy and about five or six Spoonfuls of white-Wine Vineger or for want of either Verjuice Boyl all these a little and give it hâ—m luke-warm Fasting in the Morning If you find his Stomach lost give him his Cordial But if you find that your Horse is fat and strong and hath his Grease setled within him then give him the Purge of Aloes first but if you find him both fat and ill together then give him this white-Wine and Honey and Cordial to bring him to a Stomach and after them give him his Purge Observation These Heats and Colds which are occasioned by hard Labour or violent Riding does commonly bring along with them hard Pustules and Kernels under his Chaul which you may either sink or break with your common Charge of Soap and Brandy boiled together and applied hot If you find that they break wash them with Verjuice and Butter or Vineger and Butter melted together and they will do well Things good in General to Mollifie Hardness Linseed Fennegreek Rosin Pitch of Greece Flower of Roses boyled together with Turpentine Honey and Sallet Oyl till it come to an Ointment Malvarâ—sco Oleum Rosatum Brank-ursine Mallows Coleworts Lard Oyl of Cypress with Meal Pellitory Wormwood or Grease Mustard-seed and Cummin boiled together or the Juice of the Roots or Leaves of Elder Armoniack Aloes Opoponax Nettles Mercorella the Roots of Cucumbers Hogs-Grease and Tar Turpentine and old Grease beaten together Oyl of Turpentine is very excellent to take down a Swelling Patch-Grease and Turpentine melted together and stop his Feet therewith and anoint his Coffins therewith or Salt and Water mixt together and Bath the Swelling therewith and dip a Linnen Cloth in the same and lay that upon it and it will dissolve it What is good for bruised Kidneys The powder of the Herb called Crabs-Claws Plantine Licoris Broom c. Things good in General for a sore Mouth and Throat Wood-bine leaves Bolearmoniack Plantine water to wash it with a Water made of them or to wash it with Bay salt and Verjuice warmed together If the Palate be sore then let him Blood there then take Honey young Onions and toasted Cheese boiled together and anoint the Pallate with it or to wash it with the Juice of Alehoof the Juice of Golden Rod Mallows or Marsh-Mallows or Mint or Mulberries or Nettles or Pellitory of the Wall or Privet or Queen of the Medows or Rag-wort or Sage and Allum or Self-heal or Succory or the Juice of the English Vine the Decoction of Rag-weed Plantine boiled in white-Wine Mustard-seed applied outwardly dissolveth the Swelling of the Throat What is good for the Quinsey To let Blood under the Tongue and if his Throat is so swelled that you can get nothing hardly to go down it lay a Poultess under his Chaul and that will open the Passage then take a Bulls Pizzle or a Whale-bone and Tie a Linnen Rag about it and dip it into Milk wherein Allum and the powder of a Dogs-turd hath been dissolved and thrust it up and down his Throat and put a Hornful of it down after it if he be so bad that he can eat nothing but what you give him with a Horn which must be comfortable and Cordial things be sure let the Hornful of Milk wherein Allum and Dogs-turd hath been dissolved be the last thing you give him or else it will do him no good and to Tie him up to the Rack half an Hour after it you are to use it two or three times a day or oftner as you shall see occasion or four Ounces of the Juice of Cinquefoyl given down at a time for certain days together cureth it or the Juice of Cudiweed or Cotton-weed taken in Wine and Milk is a good Remedy against t so is Hysop boyled with Figs. Another Receipt good for it After you have Blooded him under the Tongue take as many Leaves of common Mallows as you think fit for your use Boyl them very well in his own Piss and apply it as hot Poultiss-wise to his Throat as he oâ—n well endure it and you shall soon find the wonderful effects of it for it will open the Passage of his Throat and take down the Swelling occasioned by the Inflammation of it Do this two or three times if you see occasion and apply your inward Medicine also to it as the Receipt above will direct you Things good in General to Kill Lice or Vermin The Decoction of the Herb or seed of Henbane and wash him with it to wash his Body all over with Cows Piss for three or four days together it is an approved and certain Cure and is as good as any I can give you However I shall give you some more Receipts which is to anoint him with Quick-silver and Hogs-grease mixed together or take Staves-acre and green Copperas boiled in Running water and wash him all over therewith and at twice dressing it will Cure him or Tobacco shred small and boyled in small Beer with some powdred Allum and when the Allum is dissolved to wash him therewith Another very good to destroy them Take Hogs Lard and anoint your Horse all over his Back-bone and under his Mane and about his Flanks or any where elsewhere you find your Lice do come and it will destroy them the reason is that this food being so very delicious and so well lik't of by them makes them seed so much upon it that it causeth them to burst Or to take Train Oyl which is Whale Oyl and anoint his Breast and Flanks with it and then dip a broad List of Woollen into it and sow it about his Neck and this will destroy them Things
Cured Let him first bleed under the Tail then take of Mares Milk two quarts or the Milk of a red Cow then take a Lump of Arement then take a young Horse about the Age of fonr years and of colour black if it may be if not of some other colour run and chafe him about till he sweat much then with a Spoon or some other Instrument Rake off the Sweat from off his Head Neck Breast Back Sides Ribs Buttocks Legs and in each part or member where you can get off any and so put your Arement and your Sweat into the Milk mixing them well together and by equal Portions give it him three Mornings together till he hath taken it all and let him drink no drink after it in six or seven houres and immediately after his Drink lead him forth into some Pasture where other Horses be to sneeze stale or dung to empty himself which is very wholesom for him so to do before he either eats or drink then set him up warm and well Littered and if the Season do serve give him of the green Blades of Rye if not give him Barley steeped in Milk three days but renewed every day once Then after every of these Drinks if you feel him cold in the Pastern Joynts or that he trippeth or stumbleth as you lead him in your hand do no more to him for he is past Cure Otherwise for nine days together after Morning and Evening give him white Water only unless now and then a sweet Mash and somtimes give him Milk with his white Water if he be not above nine years old this will prolong his life whereby he may do the more service Mr. Grey declares that this Receipt a Knight taught him who recovered sundry Horses with it Swaying in the Back Take of the Fat of the fruit of the Pine-tree two Ounces of Olibanum three Ounces of Rozin four Ounces of Pitch four Ounces of Bole-Armoniack an Ounce and of Sanguis Draconis half an Ounce incorporate all these well together and lay it Plaister-wise all over the Reins of his Back and let it remain till it fall off of it self Another most Excellent Receipt for Swaying a Weakness in the Back These Infirmities are seldom or never perfectly Cured But the best Help for them that I know of is to give him inwardly some strengthning things as common Turpentine made up into Balls with the powder of Bolearmoniack and powder of the dried leaves of Clary and to apply outwardly at the same time all over the Reins of his Back these strengthning Charges viz Oxycrocium and Paracelsus melted together Or Coleworts boiled in Sallet Oyl made thick like a Poultess with the powder of Bolearmoniack and Bean-floure If you desire to see more Variety of Charges though these are very good look into the First Part and there you may find plenty where you may pick and chuse what you best fancy Foundering in the Body to Cure To Cure this Distemper is first to Rake his Fundament and to give him a Glister which you have variety of in my First Part Then take Sack or Ale a quart Cinnamon half an Ounce Licoris and Anniseeds of each two spoonfuls beaten into fine powder with five or six spoonfuls of Honey put them all into the Ale together and warm them till the Honey is molten and give it him luke-warm to drink and Ride him gently after it for the space of an hour and let him fast two houres more and keep him warm Clothed and Littered and let his Hay be sprinkled with Water and his Oats very clean Sifted from dust and give it him by little and little and let his drink be warm Mashes of Malt and Water and when he hath recovered strength let him blood in the Neck-Vein and once a day perfume his Head with Frankincense There is no Drink nor Diet that is comfortable but is good for this Disease The Way of Gathering Drying and Preserving of Simples and their Juices viz. Roots Barks Leaves Herbs Flowers Seeds c. CHAP. I. Of Roots 1. Chuse those that are sound and not rotten nor worm-eaten and let them be such as have their proper taste smell and colour 2. Those that are dry hard and sound are the best and fittest for your use 3. If they prove soft dry them in the Sun or else string them and hang them up by the Fire but the dry and hard ones you may lay any where 4. The small Roots will keep a year or two very well but the larger sort of them will keep four or five but they are best in their prime the first year 5. The best time to gather them is in the Summer before they Run out to seed for then they grow hard and sticky and lose their Vertues 6. Those Roots that you may have all the year as Plantine Fennel or Parsley c. trouble not your self to dry them CHAP. II. Of Barks 1. Barks of such Trees as are frequently with you as the Oak Elm or Ash c. Gather them but when you have present use for them As for the Out-landish you may have ready dried at the Druggist 2. The Barks of Roots as Fennel Parsley c. is only that which remains when the Pith is out which is called a Bark though very improperly CHAP. III. Of Leaves of Herbs or Trees 1. Of Leaves gather such as are fresh and green and full of Juice and in the picking of them be careful to throw away the dead and decayed Leaves which are not fit for any Physical use 2. That Place they most delight to grow in are best for use as Bitony delights to grow in the Shadow and therefore 't is better then that that grows in the Sun because it is its proper place 3. Those Herbs that Run up to Seed and in Flowers their leaves are not so good then as before they were spindled some few only excepted and therefore I advise you If through Ignorance you know them not or through Negligence forget them rather chuse to take the Tops then the Leaves 4. The Sun is better to dry them in then the Shadow 5. The best Way to keep them after they be dried is near the Fire in a Bag made of brown or white Paper 6. 'T is not certainly known how long Herbs will keep but 't is concluded by most they will keep a year very well 7. You may know when they are decayed by the loss of smell colour or both 8. Those that grows upon dry Grounds does usually keep longer then those that grow upon moist and those that are very full of Juice will not continue their Virtue so long as those that are drier because more subject to Putrifaction and Corruption 9. Those that you do thoroughly dry will keep better then those that are ill dried CHAP. IV. Of Flowers 1. The Flower which is the Glory and Beauty of the Plant is of excellent use in Physick if it be gathered when it
Ounce of fresh Butter with the Yolks and Whites of two New laid Eggs Brew and beat all these very well together till you think they are cool enough to give him and Order him as in the former Receipt If your Horse be strong and lusty and that you think this is not a sufficient Dose strong enough for him you may either add more Aloes or else you may put into it as much of the powder of the Root of Jallop and Liquoris as will lie upon a Six-pence which will strengthen his Purge very much and make it work very freely kindly and safely Some more Physical Observations in the Giving of Purges or Scourings 1. When you give your Horse a Purge or Scouring either for Surfeit Cold or any other Illness let him fast about three houres before he takes it and about three or four houres after it 2. Let the first thing he eats after he hath fasted his limited time be a Mash of Malt or boiled Oats and let him not have it till his Physick hath wrought twice or thrice with him which will set it working so much the more freely 3. If you give him Hay first before you give him his Mash 't will so bind his Physick upon his Stomach that it will spoil the Operation and working quality thereof to the no little prejudice of his Health 4. The best time in my opinion is to give it him about four or five in the Afternoon for then 't is possible you may see the Working of it the next Morning which if you give it him in the Morning which is the usual time of giving a Horse Physick it may work in the Night and so prevent you of seeing the Operation thereof 5. According to the strength of your Horses Body and the quantity or quality of the Physick you give him will be the Operation of it for in some Horses it will work in twelve houres in others not in twenty four and again in others not in fourty eight 6. Let him have no Water till after his Physick hath done working and then let it be a little Aired before you give it him with a Handful or two of Wheat-bran put amongst it 7. If you fear your Horse is troubled with Bots or Wormes and that you find him to begin to dung loose after his Purging then put a Tobaccho-pipe at the same time ready lighted into his Fundament breaking off some part of it before you put it in lest it prove too long and the Wind from within his Body will draw it out as orderly as if it were taken at your Mouth so that the Smoke being thus received into his Body will so suffocate and choak them that it will make them to let go their hold which being loose will be the more easily thrown out by the Purge in his Excrements A Particular Receipt for Splaiting of the Shoulder which is a Torn Shoulder Put a Pair of streight Pastornes on his Feet keeping him in the Stable without disquieting of him then take of Dialthaea one pound of Sallet Oyl one Pint of Oyl de bay half a pound of fresh Butter half a pound Melt all these together in an Earthen Pot and anoint the grieved place therewith and also round about the inside of the Shoulder and within two or three days after both that place and all the Shoulder will swell and either prick it with a Launcet or Fleam in all the swelling places or else with a sharp hot Iron and then anoint it still with the Ointment before said but if you see that it will not go away but swell still and gather to a Head then Launce it where the Swelling doth gather most and is softest under your Finger and then Taint it with your Green Ointment which you may find in the First Part. Things good in General to Cure a Shoulder Pight which is a Shoulder out of Joynt To make him swim in a deep Water up and down a dozen Turnes for that will make the Joynt to go into its right place again then make two Pins of Ashen-wood the bigness of your Finger being sharp at the Points and five inches long then slit the Skin an Inch above the Point and an Inch beneath the Point of the Shoulder and thrust in one of these Pins from above downwards so as both the ends may equally stick with the Skin and if the Pin of Wood will not easily pass through you may make it way first with an Iron Pin then make other two holes cross to the first holes so as the other pin may cross the first pin right in the midst with a right Cross and the first pin should be somewhat flat in the midst to the intent that the other being round may press the better without stop and close juster together then take a piece of a little Line somewhat bigger then a Whip-cord and at one end make a Loop which being but over one of the Pins ends so that it may lie betwixt the Pins ends and the skin and fasten the last end with your pack-thread unto the rest of the Cord so as it may not slip And to do well both the Pins and the Cord should be first anointed with a little Hogs-grease then bring him into the Stable and let him rest the space of nine or ten days and let him lie down as little as may be and put a Pastorn shoo on the sore leg and at nine or ten days end you may anoint the place with a little Dialthea or Hogs-grease and so turn him out to Grass and let him run there till the pins be rotted off If you work him in a Cart after a Months time it will settle his shoulder the better and make him the more fit to ride The Cure for the Canker in the Mouth Take Allum half a pound Honey a quarter of a pint Columbine leaves and Sage leaves of each a handful boyl them together in three Pints of running Water until a Pint be consumed and wash the sore places therewith with a Rag Tied upon a stick till they bleed Morning and Night till they be Cured The Câ—ring of the Gigges Bladders or Flappes Pull out his Tongue and slit them with an Incision-Knife and thrust out the Kernels or Corruption and wash the place with Vineger and Salt or allum-Allum-water and they will do well again But to prevent their coming at all is to wash it often with Wine Beer and Ale and so shall no Blister breed thereon nor any other Disease To make Vseful unto you those several Weights and Measures which are set down by some Authors in some Physical and obscure Characters and therein contained many Excellent Receipts Take them as followeth VIZ. ss The Character of the half-pound lb A pound lb ss A pound and a half â„¥ An Ounce â„¥ j ss One Ounce and a half Ê’ A Dram Ê’ ss A Dram and a half ℈ A Scruple ℈ ss A Scruple and a half gr A Grain which
suddenly laboured causeth them to resort to the weakest parts and there gather together and breed a Botch and especially in the hinder parts of the Thighs not far from the Cods The Signes be these His hinder Legs will be all swoln especially from the Gambrels or Hoofs upwards and if you feel with your hand you may find a great Knob or Swelling and if it be round and hard it will gather to a head 388 Blisters are certain hollow risings between the skin and the flesh proceeding either from some Burn Scald or Chasing and are very full of thin water 389 Burstness vide Rupture C. A Canker is a very filthy and lothsom Sorrance which if it continue long uncured it will fester and putrifie the place so where it is that it will eat to the very bone and if it happens to come upon the Tongue it will eat it asunder if it lighteth upon the Nose it will eat the Gristle through and if it cometh upon any part of the flesh it fretteth and gnaweth it in great breadth you may easily know this Sorrance for where it is the places will be raw and bleed often and many times a white Scurf will grow upon that place infected with it It proceedeth many ways either by Melancholy and filthy Blood ingendred in the Body by unwholesom Meat or by some sharp and salt humours coming by Cold not long before taken which will make his Breath to stink very much 302 and 318 Clifts and Cracks in the Heel cometh several ways either by over-hard riding or labour which occasions Surfeits or by giving him unwholesom Meat or by washing him when he is hot which corrupts his Blood and causes the Peccant humours to fall down and settle where the Sorrances are which makes his Heels very raw and run very offensively with stinking Water and Matter which prove very troublesom to the poor Creature 266 Cods and Stones Swelled cometh several Ways Either by some Wound or by the sting of some Venomous Creature or by Fighting of one Horse with another or by means of some evil Humors which corrupt the Mass of Blood which fall down to the Cods sometimes after Sickness or Surfeiting with Cold and then it is a Sign of Amendment and sometimes from having too much plenty of Seed 386 and 387 Cord is a streight Sinew in the Fore-Legs which cometh from the Shackle-Vein to the Gristle in the Nose between the Lip the length of a Bean. Or there bâ— two strings like threads that lie above the Knee and the Body and runneth like a small Cord through the Body to the Nostrils which causes a Horse to stumble and sometimes to fall and is a defect which is very common amongst young Horses You may know this Infirmity by his stiff going and stumbling without any visible Sorrance 341 Cholick is commonly occasioned by Wind which makes it bear this Name of Wind Cholick It causeth very violent pain by Griping of the Belly of a Horse which will make him strike at it and sometimes to lie down and tumble and stamp with his Feet and be so painful as to make him forsake his Meat 362 Colt-Evil is a Disease that is subject both to a Horse or Gelding It cometh to a Horse with an unnatural Swelling of the Yard and Cods proceeding of Wind filling the Arteries and hollow Sinew or Pipe of the Yard or else through the abundance of Seed And to a Gelding for lack of Natural Heat to expel their seed any further 330 Cold or Poze in a horses Head is gotten by means and ways unknown according to the Temper and Constitution of a Horses Body and the best Keeper that it cannot warrant his Horse from this Infirmity You must know that if the Horse be subject to bad Humors you must endeavour to expel them by Purging of his Head Now according as the Cold which a Horse hath taken is new or old great or small according as the Humours do abound in his Head and as those Humors be thick or thin so is the Disease more or less dangerous If he hath but a new taken Cold he will have small Kernels like Wax Kernels under his Chaul about the Root of his Tongue but if he hath great then you may imagine his Cold of a longer date His Cold may be new also if you find him Rattle in his Head or avoid thin Matter out of his Nose or Eyes or if he hold down his Head in the Manger or when he drinketh his Water cometh up again out of his Nostrils or if he cheweth between his Teeth Matterative stuff but if he casteth foul stinking Matter out of his Nose and Coughs grievously Then it is a sign he may have the Glanders or Consumption of the Lungs 242 to 250 Consumptions are of two sorts One is called A dry Malady the other A Consumption of the Flesh The first cometh by violent Heats and Colds with fretting and gnawing Humours descending out of the Head which fall upon the Lungs which causeth at first thin Matter to Run from the Nose but after some certain time it groweth thick tough and vitious which ceaseth and causeth a Maceration and Leanness of the whole Body whereby he droopeth and pineth away and though he doth eat and drink yet he doth not digest it kindly to do him good The Signes to know this Malady is His Flesh will soon consume away his Belly is gaunt and the Skin thereof so hard stretched or rather shrunk up that if you strike it with your Hand it will sound like a Tabor neither will his Hair shed in due season as other Horses do he will Cough and that but Huskingly as if he had swallowed some small Bones And is a Disease hard to be Cured The other Consumption is that of she Flesh which also is occasioned by a Cold which for want of a Cure in time causeth this Maceration and Leanness throughout the whole Body and cometh several Ways either by violent Heats or immoderate Labour or Riding him into the Water before he be thoroughly Cold and setting him up negligently afterwards 333 and 334 Cramp or Convulsions are all of one Malady they are forcible Contractions of the Sinews Veins and Muscles in any Member or part of the Body which proceeds several Ways Either from some Wound or Sinew cut asunder or for want of Blood or by over-heats and sudden cooling afterwards Or lastly by over-much Purging him The Signes to know this Malady is That the Infected will be so stiff that the whole strength of a Man is not able to bow it he will be Lame and well as it were in a moment There is also another kind of them which seizeth upon a Horses Neck and Reins of his Back and so almost universally over his whole Body which proceedeth several Ways Either from some great Cold which may be catched several Ways or by loss of Blood whereby a great Windiness entereth into the Veins and so benumbeth the Sinews
Shackle or the Galling of a Lock or Fetters that has bin long continued upon the Foot What Cures the Bone-spaven cures this 262 and 379 Enterfering cometh several Ways Either hereditary from the Parents or by some stiffness in his Pace or by evil and too broad Shooing which maketh him to go so narrow behind with his hinden Feet that he fretteth one Foot against another so that there groweth hard mattery scabs which are so sore that they make him to go Lame The Signes are his ill going and the visible Sign of the Scabs 284 Eyes blood-shotten See Blood-shotten Eyes 288 to 293 Eyes Lunatick See Lunatick Eyes 293 F. Feltick is no other then a Galled Back Fraying is stiffness taken in his Legs and Feet 287 to 288 Farcin or Fashions is a creeping Ulcer and is the most lothsom stinking and filthy disease that can come to a Horse It proceedeth first of corrupt Blood engendred in the Body by over-heats and colds which beginneth first with hard Knots and Pustles which at last by spreading and dilating it self will over-run the whole Body of a Horse but it commonly beginneth in a Vein or near to some Master-Vein which feedeth and nourisheth the Disease It comâ—th sometimes also by Spur-Galling with rusty Spurs Snaffle Bit or the like As also by the Bitâ—ng of some other Horse infected with the said Disease Or if it be in the Leg it may come by Enterfering one Leg with another and by many other ways 323 and 324 Water Farcin cometh to a Horse by his feeding upon low Watery Grounds and in Pits or Holes where the Grass grows above Water which in picking out the Grass he licks up the Water with is which will cause Horses sometimes to swell under the Belly and Chaps which when you come to prick it with a hot Iron bent back again about the length of a Fleam there will Issue from it abundance of yellow gray and oyly Water 328 Flanks is a Wrench Crick Stroke or other Grief gotten in his Back which word we are beholding to the French sor Now there is another sort of Flanks which is quite different from the other which is a kind of Pleurisie which is when he is over run with too much Blood which endangereth a Mange or else falleth dangerously sick thereby who by reason that he hath been often blooded before his Body now requires it whereof he missing falleth into a lothsom and dangerous Malady 300 Falling of the Fundament cometh several Ways either by Weakness being poorly Fed or by some Cold which occasions a Scouring and Flux of Blood 311 A Feaver according to the Learned Physicians is an unnatural and immoderate heat which proceâ—deth first from the Heart and so spreadeth it self through all the Arteries and Veins of the Body stopping all the natural Motions thereof and there be several sorts of them viz. Quotidian Tertian Quartan and Pestilent and are all of one Nature though some be more Malignant then others are Only a Hectick Feaver is of a Nature far different from the former and so likewise a Pestilent Feaver Vegetius speaketh of Summer Autumn and Winter Feavers without making any great difference between them more then that one is worse then another by reason of the time and season of the year he hath it in I shall shew you first the Causes from whence they proceed and then give you the Signes how you may know it It cometh by hard Labour or Exercise as of too much Travelling and especially in hot Weather and sometimes by extream heat of the Sun and also by extream Cold of the Air and sometimes it is bred of crudit or raw Digestion which hapneth by too greedy eating of such Corn as was not throughly orâ—ed nor cleansed Now the Signes to know a Feaver are these The Horse doth continually hold down his Head and is not able to lift it up his Eyes are so Swelled that he cannot easily open them for Matterative stuff and will fall away and consume in his Flesh his Lips and all his Body is Lush and Feeble his Stones hang down he will covet much to lie down and often to rise again If his Ague come with a cold Fit he will shake and quiver and when the Cold Fit is over he will burn and his Breath will be hot and will fail and his Flanks beat he will Reel as he goeth he will Covet much to drink and evermore keep his Mouth in the Water although he will drink but little These are the certain Signes of a Feaver as I know of 321 Fistula is a deep hollow crooked Vlcer for the most part springs from Malignant Humours engendred in some Wound Sore or Canker not well Cured sometimes it cometh by a Bruise which hath Festered inwardly which either burst forth of it self or was opened by the Farrier sometimes it cometh by a co-Wrench or pinch of a Collar in drawing or by being wrung with the Tree of a Saddle The Signes to know it is the hollowness of it descending downwards from the Orifice which is much straiter at the Mouth then the bottom and sendeth forth thin Matter from the same 319 and 370 Foundering in the Feet cometh evermore by hard riding or sore labour by great heats and colds whichdistemper the body and stirs up peccant and malignant humors that inflames the Blood melts the Grease and causeth it to descend downwards into his Feet and there setleth which causeth such a numbness and pricking in his Hoofs that he hath no sense nor feeling of them for he is hardly able to stand which if he do it is but after a feeble manner for you may soon push him down with your hand besides he will stand shaking and quaking as if he had a Fit of an Ague This disease cometh several ways sometimes by watering him when he is very Fat and his Grease molten within him and then suddenly cooled by setting him upon cold Planks without Litter or taking his Saddle off too soon or else by letting him stand when he is hot in some shallow water up to the Feet-locks by which means through the extraordinary coldness of it causeth the Molten-Grease to descend into his Feet and there to cake and congeal which is the true reason of this Malady A Horse also may be Foundred by wearing strait Shoos in the heat of Summer and Travelling upon hard Ground To know when a horse is foundred upon his sore-feet and not on his hinder-feet You may know it by this He will tread only upon his hinder-feet and as little as he can on his fore-Feet and go crouching and crimpling with his buttocks Sometimes he will be Foundred on his hinder feet and not on his fore-feet but this is very seldom which you may know by his seeming very weak behind and will rest himself as much upon his fore-feet as he can being very fearful to set his hinder-feet to the Ground 271 Foundering in the Body cometh by eating too much
Provender suddenly when he is too hot panting whereby his meat not being well digested breedeth evil humors which by little and little do spread through all his members and at length doth so oppress all his Body that it taketh away his strength and make him in such evil condition that he can neither go nor bow his Joynts and being once laid is not able to rise again neither can he stale nor dung but with great pain Itcometh also if he drink too much upon Traveling when he is hot and not riding him after it The Signes to know it He will be Chill and quake for Cold after drinking and some of it will come out of his Nose and some few days after his Legs will Swell and after a while begin to Pill and have a dry Cough which will make his Eyes to Water his Nose to run with a white Phlegmatick stuff and cause him to forsake his Meat and make him hang down his Head for extream pain in the Manger Foundering is a French word and signifieth no more then a Surfeit given in the Body of a Horse 272 and 399 Chest-Foundered is discovered by this infirmity He will often covet to lie down and stand stradling with his fore-Legs 275 Fa se Quarter is a Rift Crack or Chink on the out-side but most commonly on the inside of the Hoof which is an unsound Quarter seeming like a Piece put therein and not all of one entire Piece It cometh several ways somtimes by ill Shooing and Parâ—ng sometimes by Gravelling or a prick with a Nail or Stub which will make him halt and waterish Blood will issue out of the Chink or Rift 335 Flux cometh several ways vide Lask or Loosness Bloody Flux or Flix are of several kinds sometimes the fat of the slimy filth that is avoided is sprinkled with a little Blood sometimes the Excrements is like waterish blood and somtimes like pure Blood and all these do spring from one and the same cause which is the Ulceration of the Guts Now you may know by their several mixtures whether the Ulceration be in the inner small Gut or in the outward great Gut if it be in the inner Guts then the Matter and Blood will be mixt together but if it be in the outward Gut then they be not mingled together but come out severally the Blood most commonly following the Matter It cometh commonly of some sharp Humour breeding by filthy raw Food or sore Travel or Labour being violently driven through many crooked and narrow Passages do cleave to his Guts and with their heat and sharpness fret them causing Ulceration and grievous pains It cometh also by some great Cold Heat or moistness or by means of receiving some violent Purgation as Scamony Stibium or such like violent Simples applied in too great a quantity or it may come by weakness of the Liver 310 The Fig this disease bears its name from a hard piece of Flesh growing upon the Frush or Heel which resembleth the shape and fashion of a Fig. It cometh by reason of some hurt received in his Foot being not throughly Cured or by some Stub or Nail Bone Thorn or Stone and sometimes by an over-reach upon the Heel or Frush 389 Falling-Evil is a disease that is seldom seen which is no other then the Falling Sickness proceeding from ill Blood and cold and thick Phlegm gathered together in the fore-part of the Head between the Panicle and the Brain which being disperst over the whole Brain doth suddenly cause the Beast to fall and bereave him of all sense for a time It is more subject to Italian Spanish and French Horses then to English Some are of opinion that at a certain course of the Moon Horses and other Beasts many times do fall and die for a time as well as Men. This Disease is known by these Signes When they are fallen theiâ— Bodies will quiver and quake and their Mouths will foam and when you think they are dying they will rise up immediately and fall to their Meat You may know whether they will fall often or not by putting your Fingers to the Gristle of their Nostrils and if it feel cold he will have most but if it be warm he will seldom fall 239 397 Frenzy vide Madness G. Gigges Bladders or Flappes in the Mouth of a Horse are small Swellings or Pustules with black Heads on the inside of his Lips under his great Jaw-teeth which will sometimes be as great as a Wall-Nut and so painful withal that they will make him let fall his Meat out of his Mouth or at least keep it in his Mouth unchawed They do proceed from foul Feeding either of Grass or Provender you may feel them with your Finger 418 Gangrene is a running and creeping Sore that as far as it runs mortifies the Flesh causing it to rot so that of necessity that Member wherein a Gangreen is Radicated must be cut off 329 Grease Molâ—tn is when his Fat is melted by over-hard Riding or Labour You may know it by his Panting at the Breast and Girting place and heaving at the Flank which will be visible to be seen the Night you bring him in and the next Morning and besides his Body will be very hot and burning ib. Glaunders is such a lothsom and filthy disease and withal so infectious that it will infect those that stand nigh him It cometh first of Heats and Colds which beginneth with a thin Rheum and ascendeth up to the Head and setleth near to the Brain and so venteth it self at the Nose which in time groweth thicker and thicker till it comes of a yellowish Colour like unto Butter which is then very hard to cure but if it comes to a viscious and of a tough and slimy substance and the Colour be Green and stink much having run some Months with some reddish Specks in it then the most Experienced Farrier may fail in the Cure thereof and the Horse die under his Hands for then it is most certain if he hath those last Symptomes that his Lungs are Ulcerated and his Cure not to be performed without great difficulty Besides these inward Signes to know this Disease I shall give you one outward one which is He will have some Kernels and Knots that may be felt under his Chaul and as they grow bigger and more inflamed so doth the Glaunders more increase within the Body of the Horse I would advise you before you begin his Cure to prepare his Body for four or five days together with scalded Bran and give it him instead of his Provender for this will dry up the moisture and bad humours in his Body then let him Blood in the Neck and the next day Rake him and give him the Glister in the First Part. 254 and 414 Graveling cometh to a Horse in traveling by meanes of little Gravel stones getting betwixt the Hoof and the Shoo which setleth at the Quick and there festereth and fretteth 364 H. Hoof-Brittle
It cometh sometimes from cold taken sometimes by reason that Nature is offended with too many cholerick humors descending from the Liver or Gall down into the Guts sometimes by drinking too much cold water presently after he hath had his Provender for by that means the Water getting to the Provender causeth it to swell and breed Crudities and ill humours in the Stomach and so conveyeth themselves down into the Guts sometimes by sudden Travelling or hasty Running upon a full Stomach before his Meat be well digested sometimes by drinking cold Water when he is too hot and not presently warmed in his Belly sometimes by licking up a Feather or Hens dung with many other ways which will occasion it stop it not too suddenly for Nature it self is the best Physician but if you find he hath had it so long that Nature is become weak and feeble then you are to seek out for some Remedy for the Cure of it 307 Lampass is a Swelling that proceedeth from abundance of Blood resorting to the first Furrow of the Mouth joyning to the fore-Teeth which will cause the said Furrow to swell as high as his Gathers which will hinder his Feeding and make him let fall his Meat half chawed out of his Mouth again This is a natural Infirmity which every Horse hath first or last And every commo Smith can Cure 30 Ligs are little Pustles or Bladders within a Horses Lips There are many other Diseases that belongs to the Mouth viz. Bloody Rifts Gigs Camery Inflammation Tongue-hurt Barbs and are all Cured by this one Receipt hereunder written except the Lampass which every Countrey-Smith can cure viz. Take Worm-wood and Shirwit and bruise them in a Mortar with a little Honey and anoint the Sores with it and they will do well Leprosie is a Cankered Manginess spreading over all the Body which is very infectious cometh of abundance of Melancholy corrupt and filthy Blood infected by Surfeits taken by over-hard Riding or Labour The Signes to know this Disease are The Horse will be all Mangy and Scurfey full of Scabs and raw places about his Neck and not very pleasant to look on and be always rubing and scrubing 369 Lice cometh of Poverty and will breed most about the Eares Neck and Tail and over all the Body they may be catched also by running abroad in the Winter in Woods or places full of Trees for the dropping of the Trees falling upon his lean and thin Body breed them sometimes he may catch them from another Horse You may know when he hath them by this He wil rub and scrub himself against Walls and Posts and will be always poor when he hath them 369 Low-worm is a disease hardly known from St. Anthonies Fire or the Shinâ—les haveing the very self-same Symptomes 'T is a Worm that is bred in the Back of a Horse between the Skin and the Bone and runeth along the Neck to the Brain and when it cometh to touch the Panicle thereof it maketh him stark mad 'T is known by these Signes viz. After a long and wearisom Journey he will be Sick and fall from his Meat and stretch out himself at length with his Feet bonding his Back and straining to Piss but cannot but if he doth Stale it is but little and that in his Sheath which in time will make him so Mad that he will gnaw the Manger Rack-staves or any thing within his reach Some Farriers take this disease for the Staggere and so kills many a good Horse The Cure hereof being not put down in the diseases I have here inserted it Take Six Heads of Garlick clean pilled of Acrement a quarter of a pound Rue and that Turmentile that beareth the yellow Flower of each one pound bruise them in a Mortar together and put so much white-Wine to them that after they be strained there may be of the Juice and Wine two quarts Then after you have Blooded him in the Tail pretty well divide this Pottle of Liquor into six parts giving him one part every Morning till he hath taken all of them And this will perfectly Cure him vide St. Anthonies Fire p. â—33 Lungs the diseases of them cometh from Heats and Colds by hard Riding which Iet run too long without Cure causeth them to putrifie corrupt and rot You may know this Infirmity by the beating of his Flanks and working of his Ribs but most chiefly when he Coughâ—th and then the more slowly they do beat and heave the more old and dangerous is the disease He will draw his Wind short and but little at once and groan often especially when he lieth down and riseth up again out of his Nose will issue forth Corruption and will seem to shewsomthing between his Teeth 333 and 334 Lethargy or Sleeping Evil is most subject to Dun and white Horses It proceedeth from Phlegm cold and moist Humors which getteth into the Brain does so stupifie and benumb it which bringeth this sleepiness upon him and is the true Sign of this disease 354 Lunatick Eyes look sometimes as if they were covered with White and somtimes they will look clear and alter their colour according to the Moons from which they take their Name vide Moon-Eyes 288 M. Mattering of the Yard vide Yard Matterâ—d 331 Melancholy is called the Staggers but the true Name thereof is the Stavers vide the Saggers 335 Moâ—foundred cometh from the French which signifieth Molten Grease or Foundering in the Body 364 and 399 Moon-Eyes bear that Name by reason that at certain times of the Moon they will seem very well atother times they seem covered over with a white Phlegm which is the worst sort of Blindness that is and is not to be Cured for the more you tamper with it the worse it is therefore my advice is that you let them alone for they will go in and out till they go quite out It may be called a Lunatick-Eye which cometh several ways sometimes from the Sire or Dam sometimes from evil humors residing in the Head which descend down to the Eyes and they come also by hard riding or labouring which the poor Beast was put to perform more then he was able 288 Mallender is a kind of a dry and hard scab which hath chinks and chops in it and hard stubborn and long staring hairs like to Hogs bristles growing about it upon the inward part of the Fore-legs just against the bending of the Knee It is an evil Sorrance which Cankereth and Corrupteth the Flesh and makes him go Lame at first going out It cometh to him several wayes sometimes by corrupt Blood by hard Labour or Riding sometimes for lack of clean keeping and rubbing and usually those horses that hath most hair upon their Legs as the Flanders and Freezlaâ—d Horses hath are most subject to this disease 275 Mange is a most infectious and filthy disease which will make him rub and scrub against every thing he can lean against and if you remove not his
two Gallons of water till they swell or burst and mix them with a peck of Wheat bran and give it him in the manner of a Mash and it will Fat suddenly or Coleworts sodden and mixed with Wheat Bran and give them instead of Provender or to give him in stead of his Provender the Grain called Buck or to give him Parched Wheat mingled with Ale or Wheat Bran mingled amongst his Provender but be sure to keep him well dressed and cleanly lookt after for without clean keeping his Meat will do him but little good and to give him a little Meat at once for fear you Cloy him Or take Sage Savin bay-Berries Earth-Nuts Bears-Grease mingled with a quart of Wine or Ale and give it him or to feed him a Month together with scalded Bran or take Cummin-seed Fennegreek-seed Siliris Montani Nutmegs Cloves Ginger Linseed of each two Ounces quick Brimstone six Ounces made all into line powder and give him an Egg-shell full of it every Night in his Provender and white Water after it and put into his Oats with his powder a handful of Nettle-seed for that is a thing which will principally cause him to batten and when he is Glutted with this Meat then give him Bread if he leave his Bread then give him Malt or any Grain that he will eat with a good Appetite or to give him many Mornings together half an Ounce of Brimstone finely beaten with a raw Egg and a penny weight of the Powder of Myrrh in a quart of Ale or to give him three Leaved Grass half green and half dry for many days together or to give him Pepper Saffron Anniseeds Turmerick Treacle Licoris Penny-royal and Archangel mingled in Milk with the Yolks of Eggs Barley dried or Barley boiled till it burst is a great Fattener but most of these ways will not breed Fat that will continue but the best way to make him Fat and to cause him to keep it is to give him three Mornings together a pint of sweet VVine and two spoonfuls of Diapente brewed together for that will take away all Infection and Sickness from the inward Parts then to seed him well with Provender at least four times a day viz. After his Water in the Morning after his Water at Noon after his Water in the Evening and after his Water at nine a Clock at Night and if you find that he eat not his Provender well then to change it to another and to let him have most of that Food he loveth best and there is no question but he will grow fat suddenly But if you will have a more particular Account then turn to the Mirrour of all Medicines to make the Leanest Horse that may be Fat Sound and Fit either for Market or Travel in the space of fourteen days you may find before with several other such like Receipts ensuing An Explanation of several hard Words belonging to Chyrurgery VVhat a Fracture is If there be a loosening in the Bone it is called a Fracture VVhat a Wound is If it be in any Fleshy part it is called a Wound VVhat a Rupture is If it be in the Veins then it is a Rupture What a Convulsion is If in the Sinews then it is a Cramp or Convulsion What an Excortication is If it be in the Skin then it is called an Excortication Of Giving of Fire and there are two ways of it the one Actual and the other Potential the First is done by Medicine either Corrasive Putrif active or Caustick Cautery Actual The Actual Fire doth burn the Flesh by Instrument which stoppeth Corruption of Members and stancheth Blood provided the Sinews Cords and Ligaments be not toucht the Instruments to Cauterize are Gold Silver Copper or Iron Cautery Potential The Potential Fire doth burn by Medicine of which there are three sorts or degrees namely by Corrosive by Caustick or Putrifaction The Corrosive The Corrosives are Simple or Compound the simple Corrosives are Roch-Allom burnt or un-burnt Red Coral Mercury sublimed Verdegrease Copperas white and green and these Corroding things are called Precipitates which are Eaters of dead Flesh The Compounds are Vnguentum Apostolorum Vnguentum Aegyptiacum and Vnguentum Coraceum with others Medicines Putrifactive Medicines Putrifactive are such Medicines which are applied to Swellings which are made for the most part of Medicines Compounded as Poultesses rosted Sorrel white Lilly Roots and the like What a Caustick is A Caustick is a great Burner for that being once put to the Skin will in a short time make a Wound where there was none before and those things are Lye Lime Vitriol Aqua-fortie and the like Corrosives Corrosives are weaker then Putrifactives and Putrifactives are weaker then Causticks Corrosives work in the soft Flesh Putrifactives in the hard and Causticks break the sound Skin Thus you see the use of these things you may apply them at your pleasure for these Cure all sorts of Farcies Cankers Fistulaes Leprosies Maungies Scabs and such like poisonous Infection Of the several sorts of Purgings which are Five by Pills by Poriâ—ons by Glisters by Suppositories and by Grass What Pills are Pills are solid or substantial stuff fixed together in one Body and being made into round Balls are cast down the Horses Throat which purge the Head and Brain from Phlegm and other gross Humours down into the Excrements What a Portion is Portions are when you give him liquid purging Powders dissolved in Wine or Ale or that if it be any other liquid stuff now Portions cleanse the Stomach and Guts from such naughty Humours which Glaunders Colds and Surfeits have ingendred in the Body What Glisters are Glisters are given at the Fundament and are made up of four things that is to say Decoctions of Drugs of Oyls and such like Unctious Matter as Butter or Grease And â—ourthly of divers Salts to provoke the Vertue Expulsive Now they are of several Natures some to ease and appease Griefs and allay the sharpness of Humours some to Bind and some to Loosen and some to heal as in Cases of Ulcers and Old Sores within the Body c. What a Suppository is A Suppository is only a Preparative to a Glister and but only to cleanse and make loose the great Guts which cometh to the Tuel and they help the disease of the Guts being of Nature more gentle then Glisters are and may be applied when Glisters cannot Purging by Grass Purging by Grass is either by green Corn Wheat Rye Barley Oats or Tares which is a great Clenâ—er and Cooler of his Body What a Decoction is A Decoction is a Broth made of certain Herbs as Mallows Mash-Mallows pellitory Camomil and sometimes of white Lilly Roots and other such like things Simples that are good to conglutinate and knit things together either inward or outward Iris Illyrica beaten and sifted and mingled with pepper Honey and Currants and given him to drink in Wine and Sallet-Oyl Conglutinateth any inward Rupture or Burstness Dragant