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
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
also his mouth will be hot and dry and his tongue subiect to furring and to a white scalded complection lastly a generall loathing of his meate but a great thirstinesse desire of cold drinke and when he can drinke no more yet a desire still to hold his mouth in the water Thus you haue the foure occasions of sicknesses and the signes by which to know those occasions Now for as much as sicknesses come many times suddenly and vnlookt for and that not any man how skilful so euer but may sometimes bee ouertaken with the sudden sickenesse of his horse And though hee can after vpon consideration giue an account for such sicknesse when it is apparant yet till nature haue thrust it forth the disease was obscure to his knowledge therefore I will here shew those generall and most vsuall signes which doe attend and waite vpon euery sicknesse by which you may bee enabled to know the approach or beginning of sicknesse before it take fast hold on the vitall parts and so vse preuention or if it haue taken some small hold then how to fortifie nature against it and so to kill the Contagion ere it come to any great height of danger or being at the highest how to qualifie the extremitie and to bring euery vitall part and spirit to its first moderate state and temper Now that you may effect this the better it is requisite that you acquaint your knowledge well with the complections qualities customes and conditions of horses for whensoeuer you shall finde any alteration in any of these bee sure there will follow alteration of health as thus First in the complections of horses which I draw from their colours and countenances If your horse be a faire bright daplegray or a fleabitten a white a white-gray or the like if any of these colours being naturally cleare and bright shall grow duskish or cloudy or the white hayres shall turne sandy and reddish it is a signe of some vnnat urall distemperature in the horse and that hee is euill affected and either entreth into a consumption or into some other inward disease of body If the horse bee of a pure blacke colour a bright bay a browne bay or a red sorrell without flexen Maine or flexen Taile a cleare chessenut or a mouse-dun if thse haires shall grow discoloured and contrary to their proper natures that is to say of a weaker and worse complection as if the black turne dunnish or yellow the bright bay cloudy pale sandy the browne bay like the mouse-dunne the redsorrell corrall or like the yellowdunne the chessenut hoarie and grey and the mouse-dunne of a more blacke and pale blue then is naturall all these are signes of inward sickenesses And as of these colours so of any other colour whatsoeuer if they shall alter from their proper and true natures to a worse and more vncomely complection that is to say to a complection that is vnuaturall and vnproper for an horse they are most pregnant signes of some inward sicknesse which either lingereth vpon the horse or else is sodainly in breaking forth and therefore by all meanes remember that the alteration of colours bee vnnaturall For you must vnderstand that if the daple-grey in processe of time do turne to white the darke Iron-grey to a bright grey the blacke to an Iron grey and such like that then this is a naturall and no vnnaturall alteration and so no signe of sicknesse and therefore not to bee deceiued or to stand doubtfull at all acquaint your selfe well with the true colour and complection of your horse which you shall best discerne when hee is in the pride and height of lust when hee is wanton full of flesh and smooth sleeke and shining and when you shal see this complection alter in part or all then euer expect some sicknesse As you thus acquaint your selfe with the complection of your horse which I include in his colour so you must also haue a settled knowledge in his countenance and gestures and to that end you shall be carefull to marke and note his countenance and behauiour in all his actions and motions as well within doores as without as well in his play â—s in his rest at his times of feeding at his times of exercise you shall note the cheerefulnesse of his eye the cariage of his head and necke which be his angry Characters and which bee his pleasant when he biteth for wantonnesse or for offence and these you shall best finde out in his feeding in his exercise and playing and in his dressing and if at any time you finde any of these Characters of fayle on the sudden and that â—is gesture is more lumpish heauy then call your selfe to account what you haue done eyther in exercise feeding ayring or ordering For there is no doubt but there is distemperature and sicknesse is approaching if it be not preuented As you thus acquaint your selfe with the complection and countenance of your horse so you must also not be ignorant but obserue diuerse other outward and inward quallities for they are the greatest lights that can bee both to health and sicknesse and to this end you shall especially marke his filling his emptying that is his manner of feeding and the manner of discharging his body In his feeding whether he eateth with a good appetite or a weake stomacke the first is healthfull the latter vnwholesome If he eate with a good Appetite he will Neigh and call for his meate before it come when either he seeth his Keeper or a preparation for feeding as sifting of his Oates chipping of his Bread and the like hee will receiue it cheerefully and greedyly shaking his Head and shewing other signes of alacritie and reioycing which quallities after he hath vsed if on the suddaine he refraine and so receiue his meate dully and vnpleasantly it is a great signe of sicknesse As his feeding so you shall marke his quallities in emptying as the Time the Place the Substance the Time as whether he emptieth in the Night-time better then in the Day the Place as whether he emptieth better in the House or abroad whether in the Hand or when you are mounted whether before you begin exercise or else after some gentle motion or stirrings whether at the Stable doore or at some vsuâ—all places by the way or in thâ— Ground where you giue him hiâ— Exercise lastly for the Substance whether it be much or little if iâ— be much you must forbeare exercise and make him emptie the oftner if it be little then you may fall to labour at pleasure then whether it be good or bad and thaâ— commonly falleth out according to the Food he eateth if it be cleere firme and pale with white graines and in complection like sweet sope then it is wholsome if it be blacke it shewes heat in the body if greasie then it shewes foulnesse if red and hard it shewes costiuenesse if pale and loose then inward coldnesse And
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
you may candy all manner oâ— Roots Flowers or any thing else Now if you find any difficultie either in the making or the procuring of these Midicines before shewed or that the Infirmitie not being great or dangerous you thinke a Medicine of lesse force and easier to compasse will accomplish it Then you shall take of the Sirrup of Coltsfoot an ounce of the fine Powder of Elicampane of Aniseeds and of Licoras of each halfe an ounce of browne Sugar Candy an ounce deuided into two parts then with as much sweet Butter as will suffice worke all the former Powders and one part or halfe of the Sugar Candy and all the Sirrup into a stiffe Paste then diuide it into two or three Bals and role them into a round forme or the fashion of an Egge and after role them all ouer in the other halfe or part of the Sugar Candy and then giue this whole quantitie at one time to the Horse in the manner of a Pill and giue them in the morning fasting then ride the Horse halfe an houre after the giuing and let him fast two howres at the least after he commeth in and let him be warme cloathed and stopt and his Limbes and Body well rubbed especially his Head Let him by no meanes drinke any cold Water but so as he may haue exercise after it and let his exercise be moderate and not violent let his Hay be a little sprinkled with Water his Oates with Beere or Ale as for bread it is of it selfe moyst enough and let all his meat generally be well dusted sifted or chipped for nothing is more offenciue then foulenesse and drynesse nor more comfortable then cleannesse prouided that your Corne be not greene and vnsweet in the Mow or Reeke your Bread new nor your Hay vnsweete or rotten Thus you shall doe not for one morning or two but for diuerse till you find amendment neither shall you spare any trauell or occasion but haue medicine about you vse it in your iournying for this doth not take away anything to weaken Nature but addes to the force thereof and makes the Body a great deale more able An excellent Scowring after any sore Heate or for any Horse after his exercise TAke a quart of good Sacke and set it on the fire in a Bason or open Skillet and when it is warme take an ounce of the clearest Rosen and bruise it exceeding small then by degrees little after a little put it into the Sacke and stirre it fast about for feare of clotting and when the Sacke and it is incorporated then take it from the fire and put thereto halfe a pint of the best Sallet Oyle and in the cooling stirr them all well together then lastly take an ounce of the browne Sugar Candy beaten to Powder and put it in also and being lukewarme giue it to the Horse in the height of his heat as soone as you come home from exercise then rub hard cloath warme and let him fast at least two howres after but yet depart not your selfe or some deputie for you out of the Stable but stay and keepe the Horse stirring and waking partly by extraordinarie noyse and clamour and partly by action about him or making him moue vp and downe as he standeth for there is nothing more hurtfull to the Horse or the working of the Medicine then sleepe stilnesse and rest and nothing better or more auailable to the working of the Medicine then action or motion for they make the spirits worke and stirre vp those humours which should be remoued when rest keepes the spirits dull and the humours so inclosed and reserued that Nature hath nothing to worke vpon Whensoeuer you giue any scowring be sure that day to giue no cold water after it for it is binding and knitteth and detayneth that foulnes which the Scowring should take away Thus you see how to giue a Scowring in the proper and due time But if now either through Errour Ignorance or Imagination that your Horse is so cleane that he needeth no Scowring as I know many of opinion that Scowrings are idle vnnecessarie things and not to be vsed at all yet your Horse hauing his Grease molten and no course taken for the auoyding therof you find he droopeth and languisheth as of force the â—horse must doe and experience daily shewes it vs. For the opinion that Scowrings are vnprofitable is friuolous and idle In this case vpon the first apprehension of the euill you shall giue the Horse a sweet Mash in the Euening which is in the same nature and of the same quallitie that a Preparatiue is before a Purgation Then the next morning very early mount his back and â—n some conuenient peece of ground giue your Horse a gentle heat I doe not meane that you shal run him furiously or violently but to gallop him gently neither to heat him through the extremitie of sudden and sharpe labour but to warme him kindly through the continuance of moderate exercise Nor would I haue you to melt his Grease anew but only to loosen and stirre vp that which was before molten Your exercise being finished doe not alight from his back suddenly but rub him as you sit on his backe and so bring him home then presently hauing the Scowring ready as soone as you are alighted giue it him lukewarme then rub him dry cloathe and stop him very warme and then in all other things doâ— as hath beene before declared For any dangerous Bots Maw wormes or poysoned Red Wormes TAke as much precipitate which is Mercury Calsoynd as will gently lye vpon a Siluer Twopence and lay it in a peece of sweete Butter almost as big as an Hens Egge in the manner of a Pill and then in the morning fasting the Horse hauing stood all night on the Mussell or at the emptie Rack if it be possible or otherwise if the extremity of the disease compell you at any other time draw forth the Horses Tongue and make him swallow downe the Pill then chafe him a little vp and downe and after set him vp warme making him fast full two howres after and it will kill all manner of Wormes whatsoeuer Yet in the administration hereof you must be wondrous circumspect and carefull for in the Precipitate there is a strong poysonous quality so that by no meanes there must be taken more then is prescribed except with good caution Againe if you mixe the Precipitate with a little sweet Butter as much as an Hazell Nut before you lap it vp in the great lumpe of Butter it well not be worse but better and it will allay much of the euill qualitie But this I leaue to your owne discretion assuring you that there is not any thing comparable to this for this infirmitie For Gourded or foule sweld Legges or other parts by reason of melting the Grease or other Accident FIrst with a Fleame pricke the parts that are swelled then take a pint of Wine lees an ounce of
Pepper beaten and searst to a fine dust and there with couer the wet Cloath all ouer verie thicke and so fold it about the grieued part then take a dry Rouller and roule it about the wet and so let the Horse rest And thus doe once a day at the last till you finde amendment For any desperate and incureable straine in the Shoulder or other hidden parts for any Fistula pole-euill or other Impostumation or Swelling TAke a large earthen Vessell of a gallon two or three almost fill it with the Hearbe Arsesmart and Brookelime equall in quantity and equally mixt then put to them as much of the oldest and strongest Vrine that can be got as will couer the Hearbes all ouer and fill the Vessell full then couer the pot close with a stone board or such like thing and so let it stand for this can neuer be too old Now when you haue occasion to vse it for any griefe afore-said you shall take an earthen Pipkin and put there into both of the Vrine and the Hearbes so much as shall be conuenient for the greefe and you shall boyle it well vpon the fire Then if it be for a shoulder straine you shall take an old Boot and cut off the Foot so that you may draw it ouer the Horses foot and aboute his knee almost to the elbow of his shoulder keeping the neather part of the Boote as close and strayte about his Legge as may be but the vpper part which couereth all the shoulders must be wide and spacious Into this Boote thrust all your mixture as hot as the Horse can suffer it and lay it fast and close about the shoulders especially before and behinde then drawing vp the vpper part of the Boot so fasten it to the Mayne of the Horse that it may by no meanes slip down but keepe constant and firme And thus you must doe once or twice a day till the greefe depart As for the effect thereof you shall find it for this is the violentest of all Midcines so that if there be any foule matter that must come forth this will in an instant bring it to an head ripen breake and heale it if there be no such thing then in as short a time it will driue away the offending humors take away the swelling and giue present ease Yet would I haue you to vse this but in extremitie because for the time the torment is almost insuffe rable and indeed for nothing but an Horse to endure Now if it be for a Fistula or any such like Impostumation or Swelling then you may spare the Boote and only lay on the Medicine in the maner of a Pultus and it will be altogether sufficient For Foundering Frettizing or any Imperfection in the Feet or Hoofes of an Horse FIrst pare thinne open the heeles wide and Shoo large strong and hollow then take a good quantitie of Cowes Dung halfe so much Grease or Kiching-fee a like quantitie of Tarre and a like quantitie of Soot boyle all these verie well together and then boyling-hot as may be see you stop your Horses Feet therewith dayly and it will not only take away all anguish but also strengthen the Hoofes aud make them to endure any labour But when you Iourney or trauell the Horse as exercise auayleth much for this Cure then put in the aforesaid Stopping cold the first night after his labour adde vnto it the white of an Egge or two for that will take away the heat and beating of the former dayes labour and will keepe the Fâ—ush strong and dry But in time of rest let it be boyling hot as aforesaid Now if the Hoofe be naturally brickle or by accident broken or by the former infirmitie dryed vp and straytned Then to inlarge it to make it tough and to make it to grow swiftly take of Pigges grease or of Hogges grease of Turpentine and of Mastick of each a like quantitie and halfe so much Lard as of all the rest melt all but the Turpentine on the fire and being melted take it from the fire and then put in the Turpentine stirring it about incorporate all very well together then put it into a Gally-pot and when it is cold be sure you couer it close With thâ— Salue twice or thrice a day annoynt the crownets of the Horses Hoofes close by the Hayre at the setting on of the Hoofe and it will make it shoot fast and grow tough and large For hurts vpon the Crownets of the Hoofes as Ouerreach Stub or prickes c. FIrst take of Sope and Salt of each a like quantitie and mixe them together like a Paste Then hauing cut out the ouerreach or hurt and layd it playne first wash it with Vrine and Salt or Beere and Salt and with a Cloath dry it then bind on the mixt Sope and Salt not renewing it in 24 houres and thus doe if the wound be great for three or foure dayes together then hauing drawne out all the venome as this Salue will quickly doe then take a spoonfull or two of Traine-Oyle and as much Ceruse which we call white Lead and mixe it together to a thicke Salue then spred that vpon the Sore morning and Euening till it be whole which will be effected suddenly for nothing doth dry vp sooner nor is more kindly and naturall for the breeding of a new Hoofe then this as you shall find by experience Ho to helpe Surbating or â—â—renesse in the Feet WHen you finde your Horse to be surbated presently clap into each of his fore-feet two new layd Egges and crush them therein thâ—n vpon the top of them lay good store of Cow-dung thus stop him and in foure howres he will recouer For any Bony excression arysing vpon any member of an Horse as Splint Spauen Curbe Ringbone c. TAke the Root of Elicampane well cleansed and lap it in a paper and rost it as you would rost a Warden in hot embers then as hot as the Horse can suffer it for you must not scald after you haue rubd and chaft the excression clap this thereunto and bind it on hard and in once or twice dressing it wil consume the excression Also if morning and euening you rub the excression with the Oyle of Origanum it will consume away the hardnesse Obseruations in giuing of Fire or vsing of Corosiues which heale all sorts of Farcies Cankers Fistulays Leprosies Maungees Scabs c. THere are two wayes to giue Fire the one Actuall and the other Potentiall the first is done by Instrument or hot iron the other by medicine either Corosiue Putrefactiue or Causticke The Actuall fire stoppeth corruption of members and stanâ—heth blood prouided the Sinews Cords and Ligaments be not toucht The best Instruments to cauterize or seare with are of Gold or Siluer the second best are of Copper and the worst but most vsuall are of Iron The Potentiall fires are medecins Corosiue Putrâ—factiue or Caustick Corosiues are simple or compound the simple Corosiues are Roch-Allome burnt or vnburnt Red Coral Mercury sublimed c. The compound are Vnguentum Apostolorum Vnguentum Aegyptiacum and Vnguentum Coraceum with others Medecines Putrefactiue are your Arsenicke Resalgar Chrysocollo and Aconitum Medecines which are Causticke are strong Lye Lime Vitriol Aqâ—a fortis and the like Corosiues ore weaker then Putrefactiues and Putrefactiues are weaker then Causticks Corosiues worke in the soft flesh Puttefactiues in the hard and Causticks breake the sound Skin Thus you see the vse of these things you may apply them at your pleasure for these cure all sorts of Farcies Cankers Fistulaes Leprosies Maungees Scabbes and sucâ— like poysonous Infections How to defend a Horâ—â—e from Flyes THis is a noysome offence in the Summer time therefore when you find the trouble thereof take Arsesmart and streep it in running water make it exceeding strong of the Hearbe and therewith sprinkell and wash the Horse all ouer and no Fly will touch him a second time The Iuy or Rue or Hearbe of Grace will doe the like How to make a white Starre or white Spot in an Horses face or in any other part TAke two or three Apples the sowrest you can get and rost them at a quicke fire then being in the heighth of their heat take one of them in a Cloath or other defence and hauing cut off the Skin clap the hot Apple to the Horses Forehead and hold it hard thereto till the heat be asswaged then try if the Hayre will come off which if it will not then take another hot Apple and doe as before then when the Hayre is come off as broad as you would haue it take another hot Apple and clap it to the scalded skin holding it hard to till all the skin blister and come off as well as the Hayre then anoynt the sore place twice or thrice a day with Honey and the next Hayre which commeth will be white How to keepe your woollen Horse-Cloathes Brest Cloathes Rubbers and the like from Moathâ—â— WHen you turne your horse or Horses to Grasse take al your Woollen Cloathes of what kind soeuer and first wash them cleane and dry them then hang them in the Sunne dust them and brush them then lay them on some Fleakes or other open things a pretie distance from the ground and spread all open then take the hoofs of Horse or Cattle and chopping them in peeces burne them vnder the Woollen things so as the smoke may come to them in euerie part then being thorowly smoked fold them vp handsomly and betweene euerie fold strow the powder of Wallnut-tree Lâ—aues well dryed and so lay them vp in a Chest and you shall neuer care for the offence of Moathes which is veriâ— vnholsome for the Horse and breeds in him a dislike Others vse to rub their Cloathes on the wrong sides all ouer with the tops and tender parts of Wormewood and it hath the like effect Thus you may also preserue any Arras Tapistree or other hangings and any Linnen or Woollen Garments whatsoeuer FINIS