Cominseeds an handfull of Wheat flower and boyle them together till they be thicke then apply this Pultus very hot to the sweld part renewing it but once in foure and twentie howres and if this in two or three dayes drawes it to an head then launce it and heale it either with a plaster of Shoomakers wax or else with the yealke of an Egge Wheat flowre and Honey beatâ—n together to a Salue But if it doe not draw to any head and yet the swelling continue then take of Pitch a quarter of a pounds and much Virgin Wax of Rozen halfe a pound of the Iuice of Isop halfe an ounce of Galbanum halfe an ounce of Myrrh secondary halfe a pound of Bdelium Arabicum halfe an ounce of Deeres Suet halfe a pound of Populeon halfe an ounce of the drops of Storax halfe an ounce boyle all these together in an Earthen pot and after it is cold take of Bitumen halfe a pound of Armoniacke an ounce and a halfe and of Costus as much beate these into fine powder and then incorporate them with the other and boyle them all ouer againe very well which done poure the whole mixture into cold water and then rolle it into seuen bigge Rolles plaister-wise after spread this Plaister vpon a peece of Leather and fould it about the sweld member or lay it vpon the sweld part if any thing then this will asswage it and giue much strength to the Sinewes You shall by no meanes remoue this Plaister so long as it will sticke on This Plaster I must confesse is costly and curious to make but it is wonderfull soueraine and of singular vse For the Horse that is continually kept with it I meane that hath it applyed to his Limbes euer when he commeth from trauell he shall neuer be troubled with sweld Legges nor yet euer put out Windâ— gals Now if you will neither goe to this cost nor endure this trouble yet would haue youre Horse cured of this Infirmitie then assuredlyâ— know not any thing better or more approued then continually both before and after trauell and in the House nany times in the day to laue and wash your Horses limbes or other sweld parts with the coldest and clearest Fountain Water that you can get and sometimes let the Horse stand in some cold cleare Riuer for the space of a quarter of an howre or more vp to the knees and cambrels but no further This Medicine how poore soener it looke is of infinite vertue and though I write of cold Water yet is the operation hot and fierie only this you must take to your remembrance that this applycation appertaines not to Impostumations but to Straines and Swellings which are without much anguish To heale or dry vp any old Vlcer or cankerous Sore TAke Masticke Frankensence Cloâ—es greene Copperas and Brimstone of each a like quantitie of Myrrhe double so much as of any one of the other Beate all to a fine Powder then burne it on a chafingdish and Coales but let it not flame Then as the smoake ary seth take a good handfull of fine Lint or Towe and hold it ouer the smoake so that it may receiue all the perfume thereof into it Then when iâ— is thorowly well perfumed put the Lint into a very close Boxe and sâ— keepe it Then when you haue occasion to vse it first wash the Sore with Vrine then dry it and lastly lay oâ— some of this Lint or Towe and thus doe twice a day and it is a speedy Cure As this is soueraine for an Horse so it is as soueraine for any man also To cure the running Frush or any Impostumation in the soale of the Foot to dry vp Scratches Paines and the like cankerous Sores TAke old Vrine and boyle it with good stoore of Allome and keepe it in a close Vessell by it selfe then take a good handfull or two of greene Nettles strong and keene and spread them on some Plate or other vessell and dry them either before the fire or in an Ouen after the houshold bread is drawn then crush and bruse them into a very fine Powder then looke what quantity of Powder there is and take the like quantity of Pepper beaten to as fine a Powder mixe both very well together then keepe this Powder in a close Bladder Now when you haue occasion to vse it first wash the sore place with the Vrine and Allome made verie warme and the sores thoroughly scowred after dry them with a fine Lawne or Linnen ragge and lastly strow or pounce of the Powder so as it may couer all the sore and thus doe euer after trauell or once a day in the time of rest For any sore Eye of Horse or Beast TAke the shâ—ls of seuen or eight Egges and cleanse away the inner slyme from them so cleane as may be then lay those shels betweene two cleane Tyles and so lay them in hot glowing Embers and couer theÌ„ all ouer on enery side and so let them lye a good space till the shels be all dryed then take them vp and beat the shels to a verie fine searst Powder then with a Goose quill blow this Powder into the Horses eye that is offended with Pinne Webbe Filme or any thicknesse or fulnesse and it is a certaine Cure And thus doe Morning Noone and Night But if it be for any watery or inflamed Eye for any Bruse Stripe or descending humor then take a spoonfull and an halfe of the fine searst Powder of white Sugar Candy and being mixt together with as much May Butter if you can get it or for want thereof the best sweet Butter work both these Powders into a gentle Salue and therewith annoint the Horses Eye Morning Noone and Night for it cleanseth purgeth comforteth and cooleth For a backe-sinew straine or any other Straine TAke an ounce of Turpentine and two or three spoonfuls of Aquauitae and beate them together in a Bladder or other Vessell till they come to a perfect Salue then annoint the Straine very wel therewith and heat it in either with an hot Bricke or else a Barre of Iron and thus doing three or foure times it will take away the Strayne For any old Strayne or lamenesse in Ioynts Synewes c. TAke Boares Grease Bolearmoniacke blacke Sope and Nerue Oyle of each a like quantity boyle them well together and then apply it hot to the griefe rubbing and chasing it in exceedingly and also heating it in very well either with an hot Brickbat or hot Fire shouell or an hot Barre of Iron and thus doe once a day vntill the paine doe depart away For any griefe payne nambnesse weaknesse or swelling in Ioynts that commeth of a cold cause TAke Aquauitae and heat it on the fire and therewith bathe the grieued part or member verie well and holding an hot Barre of Iron before it make the Medicine to sinke in then take a Linnen cloth and wet it well in the same Aquauitae lastly take
swelling and remoue it not till it either fall off by it selfe or els the sore breake then renew the Plaster and with it onely heale vp the Sore This Plaster for the cheapnesse and meannesse will hardly win credite with those which are curious But I dare assure you that are a louer of Truth that there is not a more exellent or soueraigne Plaster which belongs to an Horse for it ripeneth and breaketh any Impostumation whatsoeuer it asswageth any hard swelling or tumor whether in Ioynts or other Fleshy parts and it healeth what it breaketh or ripeneth and with its heat it dissolues all manner of humours that are knit together and occasion paine or swelling There is another accident which attendeth the sicknesse of Horses and that is Costiuenesse or Belly-binding which maketh an Horse that he cannot Dung or auoyd his Ordure This accident when at any time it hapneth it shall be good for you first to rake him that is you shall annoynt your hand all ouer with sweet Butter or clarified Hogges grease Some vse Oyle of Bays but it is too sharpe and too hot and many times if the action be vsed too roughly or vnaduisedly it breedeth exulceration and sorenesse in the Tuell and inward parts Therefore as before I said take either Butter or Hogs grease and your hand being all besmeared therewith thrust it vp into his Tuell till you feele his Ordure and then drawing out as much thereof if it be blacke and hard as conueniently you can without doing iniury to the Horse or striuing with your hand to goe too farre And if you finde it to be very sore baked within then after you haue raked got what you can you shall take a great Candle or Percher of three or foure in the pound at the most and cutting off an inch or two of the vpper or smaller end with your hand annoint as before thrusting the great end forward put it vp into his Tuell so farre as you can get it then suddenly drawing out your hand and leauing the Candle behind you clap downe his Tayle close to his Tuell and drawing it vp betweene his Legges hold it with both your hands hard and constantly for the space of an houre or more in which time the Candle will dissolue in the Horseâ— body and so separate and breake his Ordure that vpon the letting loose of your hands he will presently dung This you may doe in euery case of extremity but not otherwise and beleeue it you will finde this the most excellentest Suppositorie of all other and that there is noâ— Glyster which can worke with greater efficacie or more wholesomnesse There is another accident which attendeth the sicknesse of Horses and that is quite contrarie to this before rehearsed and is called Lax atiuenesse or Loosenesse of Body which is expressed by a vehement and violent scowring This if at any time it shall happen you shall at first note the violence therof and the continuance thereof The violence is knowne by the thinnesse the sharpnesse and the oft and speedy auoyding of the Excrâ—ments The continuance is knowne by the vnchangeablenesse of the Infirmitie and by the processe and long continuance of time contrarie to all naturall and wholsome custome for you are to obserue that an horse may haue a scowring for a day or two or a little more and this is not vnwholsome but natural and good and if after it stay of it selfe then it worketh no euill effect but if it continue longer and bring the Horse into any extraordinarie weakenesse of Body then you shalâ— seeke to stop it in this manner Take a quart of new Milke and putting thereunto a good spoonfull or two of fine Beane flower and as much Bolearmoniacke finely beateâ— to powder boyle all together tilâ— the Milke thicken and then being made lukewarme giue it the Horse with an horne and doing thus 〈◊〉 morning or two no doubt but it will binde the horse which if it doâ— not then you shall take a quart oâ— Red-Wine and put thereunto 〈◊〉 handfull of the Hearbe called Shepheards Purse and halfe so much of Tanners Barke and boylâ— all very well together till the Hearb and the Barke be soft then strainâ—â— it and put thereunto two spoonfull of the powder of Cinamon and being made lukewarme giue it the Horse to drinke with an Horne and this doe one morning or two or three if need require For mine own part I neuer found but it wrought good effect and so I hope all men shall find that approue it Now whereas in all my Cures heretofore in this Booke for Sicknesses of what extremitie soeuer I make you onely rely vpon Diapente or Horse Methridate which is a kind of Diatessaron And for as much as at any times in many places these thinges cannot be had then in such extremitie and the Horse being at the poynt of death in stead of the Powder of Methâ—date aforesaid you shall take halfe a pint of Dragon water and dissolue into it a good spoonfull or more of the best Treakle vpon a soft fire of embers then being lukewarme giue it the Horse to drinke with an Horne aad thus doe for a morning two or three till you see alteration and health approaching This expelleth all infection and euill from the heart comforts the spirits and restores nature to its first best strength And thus you haue the vttermost secrets of my heart concerning the curing and discerning of all manner of inward sicknesses in Horses how desperate mortall or contagious soeuer The preuenting of all inward Sicknesses THE preuenting of inward sicknesses consisteth in two speciall obseruations and considerations The first is to preuent it before 〈◊〉 come so that it may not offend atâ— all The second is to take it at the rst appearance and so preuent it that it arise not to any great danger or hazard To preuent sickness that it offend not your Horse at all it is an excellent course when you put your Horse to grasse euer three or fourâ— dayes before you turne him out to take Blood from his Necke veine then the next day after to giue him a pint and an halfe of Muskadine and halfe an ounce of the Powder of Diapente or three quarters of an ounce of the Horse Mithridate or Treakle before rehearsed and then by degreeâ— to abate his Cloathes if he haue been vsed to any and to make his body familiar with cold Also you shall obserue when you let your Horse blood to proportion the quantitie which you take from him according to the goodnesse or badnesse of the blood when you behold it for the losse of good blood is vnholsome and doth hurt and to preserue ill blood is both dangerous and noysom Also if you obserue when you take blood from your Horse to rcceiue it into a vessell and by stirring it about continually as the Horse bleedeth to keepe it from clotting then hauing bled to take the blood aud to besmeere
it all ouer the Horses backe and body you shall find it wonderfull wholsome for it comforteth the body cleareth the skin and breedeth a reioycing in all the Horses vitall parts Now if you haue no determination to put your horse to grasse and yet you wold preuent inward sicknesse then you shall obserue once in two or three moneths when you haue the best leasure to rest your Horse after it not to fayle to giue your Horse Muskadine Diapente or Muskadine horse Methridate as was before shewed and not to let blood at all for this verie Potion is the greatest purger and purifier of the blood that can be and auoideth all that yellow cholericke matter and other euill and vndigested humors whrch corrupt the blood Now you are to obserue here that although I only prescribe Muskadine wherein you shall dissolue your Powder or Methridate yet know that when you cannot get Muskadine or other sweet Wine that then you may take strong Ale or Beere but in greater quantitie for as you take but a pint an halfe of Wine you shall take of Beere or Ale a full Ale quart as for the pouder or Methridate you shal keep the first quantitie already prescribed and if you warme your Beere or Ale a little on the fire it will not be amisse but better yet that I referre to your owne discretion Now to take sicknesse at the first approach and to preuent it that it arise not to any great danger you shall by all meanes obserue to looke well into the occasions of sicknesses which are already shewed and into the signes of those occasions and if you finde your selfe guilty of any of those occasions or that the Horse discouereth any of the former signs then presently let the Horse blood and three seuerall mornings after giue him the Drinke or Potion before prescribed and vndoubtedly it will preuent all the force of sicknes and restore the Horse to his former strength and good estate of Body And thus much of all inward sicknesses and their preuenâ—â—on Two sorts of Bals to â—â—re any violent Cold or Glaunders to preuent Heart-sicknesse to purge away all molten Grease to recouer a lost Stomacke and to keepe the Heart from fainting with exercise and to make a leane Horse fat suddenly TAke of Aniseeds of Cominseeds of Fenegreekeseedes of Canthamus seeds of the Powder of Elicampane roots of each 2. ounces beate them and â—earse them to a very fine Powder then adde to them one ounce of the flower of Bâ—imstone then take an ounce of the best Iuice of Licoras and dissolue it in halfe a pint of White wine which done take an ounce of the Oyle of Aniseeds and as much of the Surrup of Coltsfoot then of Sallet oile and of fine Life Hony of each halfe a pint then mixe all this with the former Powders and with as much fine Wheat flower as will binde knit them altogether then worke them into a stiffe Paste and make thereof Bals somewhat bigger then French walnuts and so keepe them in a close Gally por for they will last all the yeere when you haue occasion to vse them take one and anoynt it al ouer with sweet Butter and so giue the Horse euerie morning one in the manner of a Pil and ryde him a little after it if you please otherwise you may chuse then feed and water him abroad or at home according to your vsuall custome and thus doe if it bee to preuent sicknâ—sse for three or foure mornings together but if it bee to take away infirmity then vse it at least a weeke or more if it be to take away molten Grease or foulnesse then instantly after his heate and in his heat onely but if it bee to fatten a Horse then vse it at least a fortnight or more Now if you find any difficulty in the giuing of it as Pils you may then at your pleasure dissolue one of these Bals either into sweete Wine Beere or Ale and so giue it the Horse to drinke with an Horne But if it be to fatten and to take away infirmity as the running Glanders or such like then besides these Bals you shall make you these second Bals. Take of Wheat flowre six pound or more as shall suffice to make stiffe the Paste then take of Aniseeds of Cominseeds of Canthumus of Fenegreeke of ordinary Brimstone of each two ounces of Salet Oyle a pint of Honey a pound and a halfe of White wine a pottel beat the hard simples to a fine powder and â—earse them then with the rest make them into a stiffe Past Then of this Paste take a Ball as bigge as a Mans fist and dissolue it in two or three gallons of cleere cold running water by washing and lauing the Paste therein and so giue it the Horse to drinke at his ordinary watring times or at any other time when he is disposed to drinke for he cannot drinke too much of this water then ride and warme him a little after it Then when the water is spent doe not cast away the bottome but filling the Vessell vp againe with new fresh water dissolue another Ball therein and thus do foureteene dayes together at the least and you shall see wonderfull effects arise thereof This Water scowreth cleanseth and feedeth in admirable manner And the other lesser Bals first spoken of purge the stomacke and intrayles of all foulnesse auoydeth molten Grease and fortifieth Nature so powerfully that it leaues no euill in the Body And this small Ball if it were for my life would I giue to an Horse immediately vpon his drawing forth if hee went either to run to hunt or vse any violent or extreme labour Annther way how to fatten a Horse suddainly THere is another way to fatten an Horse suddainly but not better then that before shewed yet this I haue found both good and certaine and therefore I refere it to your owne discretion Take of Elicampane of Comimseeds of Turmericke of Aniseeds of each two ounces of Groundsell an handfull boyle all these verie well with three Heads of Garleeke cleansed and stamped in a gallon of strong Ale then strayne it well and giue the Horse a quart to drinke lukewarme in the morning fasting then ride him till he be warme then â—et him vp warme and thus doe for foure or fiue mornings and then turne the Horse to grasse if the time of the yeere be sutable therefore and he will feed wonderfully and suddainly But if the time of the yeere serue not for Grasse then you shall keepe him in the House and ouer and besides the drinke before shewed you shall take the fine Powder of Elicampane the fine Powder of Cominseeds of each a like quantitie mixe them well together then euerie time you giue your Horse Prouender which would be at least thrice a day as morning noone and night Take halfe an ounce of this Powder and sprinkle it by little and little into his prouender for