of the Horse and stumbling without any visible Sorrance to rid him of which slit him upon the tip of the nose and with your Cornet take up the two great sinews which you shall perceive and cut them in sunder healing them up with oyntment of Earth worms or Marshmallows and he will not for the future be subject to stumble and indeed it is necessary that most young Horses be so served Another in the like case to be observed is when to prevent stumbling you slit the tip of some Horses noses between the nostrils you will find a white flat gristle which being taken up twist till you perceive him draw his hinderlegs close in a manner to his forelegs then with a sharp knife cut of the gristle and heal up the Incision with green oyntment The Colick its cause and cure THe Colick is occasioned by wind in the bowels and from thence it takes its name of Wind Colick causing terrible pains wringings and gripings which you may perceive by the Horses often striking at his belly with his hinder feet as also by his lying down tumbling beating with his feet and loathing or forsaking his meat To cure which take a quart of Whitewine four ounces of Fenegreek seed Bay berries and Pepper of each four ounces of Grains and Ginger each an ounce Water Cresses Sage Senegreen and Mint of each a handful bruise the herbs and beat the spices small in a Morter and having well boiled them in the wine strain them well and adding two spoonfuls of Hony or so much as will sweeten the liquor give it him pretty warm and so doing three mornings and evenings will expel the wind and make the pain to cease The Colt Evil its cause and cure THis distemper is as well subject to a Horse as a Gelding and to the Horse it happens through the extraordinary swelling of the Yard occasioned by too much windiness in the Sinews Arteries or pipe of the Yard which causes the Yard to swell extraordinarily or too much rankness of seed and to a Gelding for defect of natural heat to expell the seed generated to prevent which take the juice of Rhue mixed with Hony boyled in Hogs-grease with Bay leaves and powder of Fenegreek made into an oyntment and with it as warm as may be anoint the sheath If this fail twice thrice or four times using take the leaves of Bettony powder of the herb Anit and stamping them small mix with them Whitewine and anoint or lay them plaister-wise to the place grieved having first washed it clean with Vinegar made warm over a gentle fire as likewise his Cods and Yard and soon after ride him into deep water moving him to and fro to remove the heat of the Genitals till the swelling is abated or if you cannot get these things then put him to a Mare and afterward bathe his Cods and Yard with juice of Housleek Senegreen or the water wherein Rhue holm has been boyled but if through the hardness of the swelling the making water prove impossible or exceeding difficult give him a Drench made of new Ale and Black Sope and wash his Cods with butter and Vinegar made warm or the juice of Hemlock making a plaister of Bean flower and Bolearmoniack tempered with Vinegar or for want of them with wine lees stamped Housleek and Bran and apply it to his Cods and Sheath Consumptions in a Horse the cause and cure OF Consumptions there are two kinds the one a dry kind of a Malady and the other a Consumption of the Flesh the former being occasioned by violent heats and colds with excess of vitious corroding humours descending from the head and falling upon the Lungs known at first by a thin matter flowing from the nose which by degrees becomes gross and thick the which if not prevented will cause a leanness and decay of flesh making his belly become gaunt and clung as if he was famished forbidding the hair to fall off in due season and obliging him to continue a husking wheesing cough being a distemper difficult to cure if not taken in time The latter is a more particular Consumption and wasting of the flesh caused either by violent heats or immoderate labour watering your Horse when he is hot or negligence in the keeper in letting him stand after a journey wet and dirty To cure which take Horehound Wood-bettony Juniper berries Leeks Frankincense Bay-berries Brank-ursin Chian Dandelion of each a like quantity bruise them well and boyl them in a quart of Cannary till a fourth part be consumed then strain and press them well adding to the liquid decoction half a pint of Oyl Olive and pour it down his throat with a Drenching-horn for six days morning and evening or if the season permit you may give him a scouring and put him to grass and before you put him forth give him this Mash made of the broth of a Sheepshead boyled wooll and all and in it half a pound of clarified hony or for want of it Loaf-Sugar Cinamon Conserve of Roses Barberries and conserved Cherries of each an ounce and although he be abroad yet visiting him once a day give him this drink and afterward chase him to and fro for the space of half an hour but not too hard and give him water to drink wherein some Wheatflower or fine Bran has been scattered and if you perceive he mend not upon this then taking him up again give him often change of wholesome meats Mashes and warm waters and as you see occasion Cordial powder or Cordial balls and in a short time unless the distemper have too much consumed him he will return to his pristine strength and vigor The Cold or Poze in a Horses Head its cause and cure THis infirmity proceeds from gross humours and cold distillations according to the proportion of cold taken or moisture of the Brain if the cold be great upon search you will find great kernels under his chaule about the root of his Tongue but if new taken and small then little kernels 'T is a sign likewise that his cold is of no long continuance if he rattle in the head his eyes and nose venting thin mattery humours This cold may be likewise perceived by his holding down his head in the Manger his water when he drinks running out at the nose or between his teeth he chews slimy or nauseous stuff but if you perceive him void foul stinking and thick matter out of his nostrils and cough strongly then signifies it that the cold if not turned is turning to the Glaunders or consumption of the Lungs To cure it either new or old then take these directions Take Moss growing upon a fell'd Oak to the quantity of a handful root of Elecampanum green and sliced and a stick of green Liquorish boyl them in three pints of red Cows milk till the liquor be reduced to a pint and a half to which add a quarter of a pound of sweet butter an ounce of Treacle and
four or five figgs pared and cut small then suffering it to be luke-warm give it him in a Drenching horn And this medicine you may likewise give him for the Stavers Frenzy Bloody-flux Consumption of the Lungs Shortness of Breath Glaunders or any cold or cough wet or dry and for want of milk you may boyl them in new ALE but milk is better give it him every Morning fasting for a week together Another excellent remedy to the same effect TAke Brimstone flower an ounce sweet butter two ounces temper them together very well then with them anoint the butt ends of two Goose wings and thrust them up his nostrils fastening them in with packthred bound over his pole and thereupon riding him gently he will snort and avoid an extraordinary quantity of matter and filth that offends his head but after you have taken them out be sure you keep him warm in your Stable and feed him with warm Mashes burning under his nose in a chafingdish a little Storax thus you may do to a Horse that is designed for Racing or Hunting when you dare not give him any purgation or internal Drench by reason of the days near approach For a Cold newly taken a most excellent remedy MAke a little hole in the crown of a new-laid Hen-egg at which extract the white and yolk filling the concavity with fresh butter and Tarr of each a like quantity causing your Horse morning and evening to swallow it in the shell by drawing forth his Tongue giving him after it some warm Ale wherein Rosemary has been boyled and in so doing three days successively the cold will vanish for if this cure it not then is it of long continuance To cure which take the following medicine For a long taken Cold Cough Shortness of Breath or Pursiveness an excellent remedy HAving dryed Elecampain roots beat them into powder to the quantity of two ounces adding to them an ounce of Anniseeds bruised and the like weight of Liquorish and Sugarcandy pulverized when putting to them half a quartern of the Syrup of Colts-feet temper them with three or four ounces of fresh butter making the ingredients up into balls and give him three of them as big as Pigeons Eggs fasting riding him afterwards for half an hour letting him come warm into the stable and cloathing him well giving him Oats washed in hot Ale and no cold water for four hours after or for want of this you may give him conserve of Elecampain roots thus made viz. Take the roots and candy them with sugar keeping them from all moisture and so having done take an ounce thereof and add to it being broken small two ounces of Syrup of Colts-foot and as much fine sugar as will make it into a conserve then dissolving it in a pint of new Mallago give it warm to your Horse ordering him after it as aforesaid If your Horse be troubled with a stopping in his head voiding thereby filthy matter take this following advice HAving mingled Coltsfoot with Auripigmentum both of which pulverized not exceeding four drams take as much Turpentine as will make them into paste which done lay them on a Chafingdish of coles in small pieces covering them with a Tunnel and by putting the small end into the nostrils of your Horse suffer the smoak to ascend holding his head to it and in so doing five or six times the congealed matter will dissolve and come away For the Glaunders an excellent Remedy TAke the leaves of a Box-tree green bruise them and add an ounce of Liquorish powder the like quantity of Anniseeds bruised steep them well in Beer or Ale to the quantity of a pint and a half then take four ounces of Treacle and four ounces of Olive Oyl the which all mixed and well heated give him the whole dose in a Drenching-horn and thereupon ride him moderately and at his return put on his cloaths give him a warm Mash and keep the Stable close and in so doing three mornings together the Horse will be rendered well as at first Costiveness the cause and cure THis grievance happeneth when a Horse without great pain cannot void his dung proceeding sometimes from excess of Provender at other times from too much feeding upon dry meat which dryeth up the moisture of his body as Beans Tares Pease and such like not but that they are wholsome and convenient but that by excessive feeding on them the Horses body is over heated which drying his Excrements shuts up the Office of nature and sometimes this grievance happens by tedious fasting and the Horse being dyeted for Hunting or Racing to remedy which take a piece of Castle sope to the weight of two ounces dissolve it in Whitewine on the fire after which having bruised an ounce of Hempseed put it into the liquor sweetning it with an ounce of Brown Sugarcandy and give it him as hot as he can indure it after which walk him up and down for the space of an hour and then bringing him into the stable if you find him sick let him lie down and pour down his throat a pint of warm milk feeding him as at other times and his bowels will be loosened and his Excrements come away Another to help and cure this grievance BOyl a handful of Mallows in running water to the quantity of a quart to which add half a pint of Olive Oyl and half a pound of Butter an ounce of Benedicta Laxativa and making thereof a Glister force it warm up his Fundament holding his Tail close to it to keep it in for the space of half an hour then giving him a sweet Mash leave it to work of it self Of the Cramp or Convulsion in the Nerves or sinews of a Horse its cause and cure THis Malady proceeds from the sinew cut some wound in the Horse or too suddain cooling after an extraordinary heat too much straining or excessive purging and is known by the forcible contraction of the Sinews Veins and Muscles insomuch that the whole strength of man is not many times capable of bending the joynt this grief seizes and by his being lame and well in a moment There is also another Malady proceeding from cold loss of blood windiness in the veins or numbness of the sinews differing from the first in pace only as having its seat and operation in the Back Reins and neck of a Horse known by the distortion or wryness of his neck hollowness of his eyes dryness and clamminess of his mouth rising of his back in the middle and the like To cure which take Primrose leaves Chamomile Cowslip leaves Crowfeet Mallows Fennel and Rosemary leaves with the stalks of Pimpernel steeped and boyled in spring-water for a considerable space then once or twice a day bath him with the liquor hot all over and apply the herbs to the grieved places binding them on with Hay-bands or woollen cloaths anointing them first with Oyl of spike mixed with Petrolium and Nerve Oyl The Camery or Frounce
stretch at his length as also to strain in making Urine without any effect and at other times to bite the Rack-staves or what ever is within his reach to remedy which take two ounces of Garlick four ounces of Acrement a handful of Rue and Tormentile bruise them well and put them into three pints of Whitewine then blood your Horse in the Tail and dividing the liquor boyled and strained give him it in equal proportions six mornings successively and it will effect the cure The defect in Horses Lungs the cause and cure MOst diseases of the Lungs proceed from excessive heats or their contraries occasioned by hard riding or evil looking to and if the descending humours so contracted are not timely removed they cause the Lungs to putrefie and rot to know which distemper observe his Flanks and Ribs for if they rise slowly and beat heavily then are the humours contracted by cold and must be speedily removed 't is also to be known by his short drawing of his breath and slow cough as likewise by filthy matter that will upon his lying down and rising up issue out of his mouth and nostrils then to remove the humours take Horse lungwort by some called Mullet a good handful Fennegreek seed two ounces of Madder made into powder an ounce then having shred and bruised the Herbs boyl them in new Ale or Beer and give it the Horse grieved in a Drenching horn for ten or twelve days each morning fasting feeding him afterward with Mashes and giving him warm water with Wheat-bran scattered in it and when you give him his dose at the same time anoint his Breast and Ribs with the Oyl extracted from a Snake and in so doing he will be restored to health The Lethargy or Sleeping evil its cause and cure THis distemper proceeds from Phlegmatick humours which settle about the Brain and so numb it that it causes the Horse to be greatly desirous of sleep even standing or travailing to redress which let him blood in the neck vein and pallate of the mouth and taking a gallon of spring-Spring-water boyl therein Camomile Wheat-bran Mother-wort and put thereto a considerable quantity of Salt and Vinegar which done add to it two ounces of Parsly seed and as much Fennel seed then boyling them well give the water clean strained to your Horse to drink anointing afterward the Pallate of his mouth with Hony and Mustard and by striking or making a noise keep him for twelve hours space from sleeping Moorfoundred what it is and how to cure it THis distemper according to the French is no other than a foundering in the Horses body by the melting of the grease occasioned by excessive heats or not due cooling after travail To cure which having well raked his tail gut with your hand dipped in Olive Oyl give him a Clister made of Camomile Mallows Agarick and Baum all boyled in new milk and well strained Then take a quart of the best Malago and setting it on the fire put into it Cinnamon Liquorish and Anniseeds of each an ounce and three ounces of Hony and give it him as warm as he can receive it then ride him forth a racking pace for an hour or more suffering him to fast after it two or three hours then sift him a pint of Beans and a quart of Oats after which let him have a knop of Hay sprinkled with warm water giving him every other day a Mash of Malt and water and four days after his taking the aforesaid dose let him blood and keep him exceeding warm and you will perceive the grease to come away in greater or lesser quantities proportionable to what is in the Horses body Mattering of the Yard how to cure it as also to prevent shedding of the Seed FOr the first take Roach-allum an ounce Whitewine Vinegar a pint and having dissolved the Allum in the Vinegar and made it lukewarm with a syringe force it into his Yard four or five times a day for three or four days together and it will cure the Rawness and bring away the cause of the grievance For the last take the herb Aramanthus the juice of Bistwort and Plantaine as also that of Comfery red wine and Hogs dung and boyl them together in Verjuice sweeten the liquid part with Sugarcandy or Mollossus and having given it him to drink ride him into cold water up to the belly and suffer him there to stand for an hour To cure the Melancholy in a Horse commonly called the Stagger or the Stavers an excellent Receipt THe Horse troubled with the aforesaid distemper must as soon as by his giddiness and heavy eyedness you perceive it be let blood and then take Hazel-nuts Butter and Salt of altogether to the quanty of a pound weight and having broken the Nut-shells put the kernels into the butter and salt when they are hot over the fire and add thereto half an ounce of Assa fetida and half a quartern of wine-vinegar into which well mixed put small raggs spunges or fine flax and with them so dipped stop his ears sewing them up to prevent his shaking them out and in twenty four hours the distemper will vanish For want of the former ingredients take bitter Almonds two ounces of Oxes Gall two drams the Roots of Black Helebore vulgarly called Bearsfoot an ounce dryed and pulverised the Grains of Castorum two drams Vinegar a quarter of a pint Varnish a spoonful and boyling them together put them into the Horses Ears stopping them close or for want of the aforesaid thing use Garlick bruised in Aqua-vitae Imposthumes their cause and cure IMposthumes are divers though in quality they little differ being for the most part generated of evil blood and gross humours the which at first cause swellings and if not then prevented turn to running and loathsome sores many times they are occasioned by unfortunate blows and sometimes by hurt received from strait Halters and Harness or taking cold the symptoms by which they may be discovered are by the much running of the Horses Ears and Eyes the heat in his Ears and Temples his unwillingness to be handled thereabouts and dullness and must if they be far gone be brought to a head and broke before they can be cured to perform which take the roots of Mallows and White Lillies of each three ounces bruise them well and mixing them with Hogs-grease and Linseed Meal boyl them well and upon Flax or Leather apply them plaisterwise to the place grieved and it will both ripen and break it Now there are hot and cold Imposthumes the cold one will not break so soon as the hot therefore when you find it is come to a head which you may perceive by its throbbing open it with a sharp hot Iron and let out the corruption To cure either hot or cold Imposthume when broken or opened take Dragons blood Gum Arabick Bees-wax Mastick Greek-pitch Turpentine and Frankincense of each an ounce melt them and plaister-wise apply them to the
following viz. Take a pound of Hogs-grease an ounce of Verdigrease half an ounce of Venice Turpentine and the juice of Mallows all boyled into an ointment An excellent Salve for curing of any wound whether by Sword Fire Gun-shot or any other accident TAke two ounces of Roach-allum Whitewine-vinegar two spoonfuls Verdegrease powder an ounce two ounces of Sublimate finely pulverised and with fire bring them to a Salve and when occasion requires lay it plaisterwise to the wound having first washed it with water wherein Copperas and Bay-salt have been dissolved it is also excellent at eating away dead flesh c. An excellent Salve for Wounds Vlcers Bruises or Strains how to make it TAke Perosin and other Rosin of each a pound Bees-wax Frankincense and Sheeps suet of each six ounces Hogs-grease twenty ounces boyl the Gums and Wax in half a pint of Whitewine then put to it your Hogs lard and Sheeps-suet adding an ounce of fine Turpentine and mix well all the ingredients keep the Salve for your use Glisters convenient to be used upon divers occasions IF your Horse be Costive and is greatly pained in his dunging take the fat of Beef broth a pound of English Hony four ounces of white Salt half a spoonful having made them thin by fire force them into his body pretty warm holding afterward his Tail close to his Tuel to keep it in till it work which will be half an hour first then trot him up and down the Stable and give him a warm Mash and it will not only make him Laxative but bring away much foul matter contracted in the bowels or for want of the aforesaid materials boyl two handfuls of Mallows in a pottle of spring-water adding thereto after it is strained half a pint of Olive Oyl or for want of it half a pound of Butter and it will have the same effects If your Horse be inwardly desperate sick Take Oyl of Cammomil Dill Violets and Cassia of each half an ounce powder of Brown Sugar-candy three ounces Marsh-mallow leaves half a handful boyl them in running water and having strained out the liquid part give it him warm glister-wise using him as abovesaid If your Horse be afflicted with the Pestilence or Fever take of the seeds of Coloquintida half an ounce three quarters of an ounce of Dragantium of Centaury and Wormwood each a handful and a quarter of an ounce of Castorum boyl them in three quarts of water or small beer adding three ounces of Gerologundinum half a pint of Olive Oyl and half a spoonful of Salt strain it and use it Glisterwise If your Horse be afflicted with the Colick or any pain in his bowels take salt-salt-water or new brine a quart boyl in it a handful of Cammomil or Groundsil dissolving into it a quarter of a pound of Castle sope and having strained out the liquid part administer it as the former in case of giving Glisters observe to anoint the pipe with butter or Oyl Rake him well before you adminster it let him keep it at least half an hour and suffer him to drink no cold water that day nor the next but let his drink be warm water and his meat be Mashes or fine Provinder and observe to give the Glister fasting Cordial Powders and Cordial balls Receipts to make them and their use TO make an excellent Cordial powder for the Consumption of the Lights and Liver or any internal wasting distemper take Cinamon and Loaf-sugar of each an ounce two ounces of Bolearmoniack dry them well and reduce them to a powder giving it to the Horse in a pint of Mallagoe To make an excellent Cordial powder or Electuary for a Horse that is sick weak or out of case take syrup of Lemons syrup of Roses and syrup of Violets of each half an ounce an ounce of London Treacle and two ounces of the powder of Elecampain roots mingle them together and put them in a Stove till the syrups become exceeding thick and as it were a hard Electuary the which as occasion requires give him dissolved in warm Ale about an ounce in a Pint. To make Cordial balls to cure any violent Cold Glaunders Heart sickness recover lost Appetite prevent fainting under moderate labour bring away Molten grease or Fatten your Horse take Carthamus seed Anniseed Fennegreek seeds Cummin seeds the Roots of Elecampain and Colts-foot of each two ounces of Brimstone flower and Chymical Oyl of Anniseeds each two ounces and an ounce of the juice of Licorish half a pint of Whitewine and a like quantity of syrup of Sugar or Molossus Olive Oyl and Hony of each a quarter of a pint and having boyled them over the fire add as much wheat flower as will stiffen them into a past and making it up into balls as big as pullets Eggs give him four of them in a morning fasting suffering him to drink immediately after a quart of warm Ale Purgations Perfumes Baths Suppositories Charges Drenches and Causticks what they are how to make and use them upon sundry occasions IF you would gently purge your Horse give him three ounces of Turnesole in a quart of warm water or for want of that Feltwort Baldmony Aloes or Sea Housleek If you would purge out Cholerick humours boyl S. Peters wort the seeds of Tutsan or Park-leaves of each a handful boyl them in a quart of small Ale and give it him warm If he be troubled with watry humours give him Dodder that grows upon Savory and Hedge-Hyssop of each a handful boyled in a quart of water Scammony or purging Blindweed are great purgers insomuch that unless they are mixed with Aloes they often prove hurtful to the body of the Horse If you would purge your Horse violently give him three ounces of Coloquintida in a pint of Canary but it is not safe to use this purge unless in dangerous distempers Black-hellebore Hogs Fennel or either of the Polipodiums purge Phlegm and Choler an ounce of Aloes made up in Butter and given the Horse purges away Melancholy But if your Horse be very sick take an ounce of Hony half a pint of Olive Oyl Hempseed Fennegreek seed Cassia of each an ounce boyl them in a pint of Canary and give it him warm If you would have your Horse vomit up any filthy thing which he has received or bring away the gross Phlegmatick humours take the largest roots of Polipodium of the Oak steep them in Oyl of Spike and fasten them to the Horses nose with a muzel where letting them rest all night next morning you will find your Horse sickish then taking away the Roots trot him about and if foul humours afflict him he will vomit extreamly Baths their use and how to make them A Bath used for Horses is no other than his being bathed with the concoction of divers simples exceeding hot to disperse the humours setled in any one place to dry up humours or refresh a Horse after Travail c. And of these in their
comes into the Market and then in his Inn or some Corner taking them off he sets a light Lad upon him having first rubbed hiâ— Tuel with Cowitch or young nettles and then has he divers to cheapen him and seeming altogether strangers to him offer to strike him Earnest at a pretty round rate which he in a great heat refuses wondering they will undervalue his Horse and their own judgments upon which they begin to handle him and rubbing the place where the glass has fretted cause him to winch and caper then having well viewed him they swear he is sound Wind and Limb and that he may be worth the mony but he is to buy for a friend and must not exceed his order though had he occasion for one for himself against the world he would have a good one and so goes away This sets divers unexperienced buyers agog who no sooner begin to handle the Horse but a fellow comes and whispers the Jockey in the ear as supposed to come from him that last bid mony with new offers and then strikes him Earnest yet he refuses it whereupon for fear the Horse should be bought up whom the Standers by suppose to be of singular goodness one or other bids money which the Jockey seems to slight standing at a great distance till he has screwed up as high as he can and perceives none else forward in bidding then all on a suddain he claps up the bargain swearing he is too cheap yet he has no pasture or convenient standing for him or else he would not sell him for half as much more And thus is the ignorant Buyer cheated perhaps with a Lame Spavened Foundred and infirm Horse buying Dogs meat instead of a serviceable Beast The Jockies art in putting of a dull old Jade and by what means he makes him appear mettlesome and young THe Jockey having bought an Old dull Jade altogether unserviceable yet if he be well limbed and of good stature he brings him home feeds him high gives him every morning balls of Honey and Wheatflower spirting into his mouth Malmsey or Brandy kembs him down pleats his main and clips his foretop in form when if the pits of his eyes be hollow whereby his age appears he slits the skin with a penknife raises it up puts into it a straw or Crow-quill and by that means blowing into it the hollowness rises and fills the pit when upon the hole he claps a small plaister of Pitch till the wind is setled and the hole closed the like he does to his Flanks and shoulders then he Rasps or Files the hoofs to take a way the ruggidness and pares them smooth which done with a Pumicestone he makes his teeth white and with a hot Iron makes a round black speck in his mark tooth and uses him to hold up his head with a strong Curb-bridle starching his ears if he have any and into them putting two small Pease or Pebbles then leads he him into the Market where he has in readiness a Saddle in the forepart of which is a plate of Iron with two or three holes so that when he bears his body forward sharp wyers that bear down with a spring come through those holes and pricking the Horse miserably in his tenderest part make him daunce and caper which the Buyer imputing to his mettle and perceiving no imperfection in him cheats himself whilest he gives credit to the Oaths and Protestations of the Jockey The Jockeys Art in managing a Restiff Horse suddainly making a lean Horse far and reclaiming a Horse that has got the vice of lying down in the Water c. THe Jockey has always his eyes about him and when he hears any one has a restif stubborn Horse that he can bring to no good order either in Journey or Working then he sends one of his Accomplices to borrow that Horse if it be possible to ride 6 or 7 miles who upon his return disparages him swearing he is not worth sixpence more than his skin and that if he was his he would send him to the Dogs if he could not sell him this and the like expressions make the party have a mean conceit of his Beast when soon after the Jockey finds some means or other to have a sight of him and then as if ignorant of the Horses defect demands whose he is and whether he will be sold Then the owner much out of love with him is wheedled in by the Jockey who pretends himself altogether unskillfull in Horse flesh to sell him at a low rate or swap him away for some foundred Jade new vamped The Jockey having gotten him into his clutches the first thing he does sets one upon his back and fastning a Cracker under his Tail sets fire to it which makes the Horse run and caper extreamly then having a Crupper with sharp needles in that part which goes under the Tail yet cannot prick by reason of a spungy wollen list they must pierce through unless the Rider pull the Crupper then at the same time smacking his whip the Horse verily believes the Crakers are at his Arse again and so runs forward then having perfected him he day by day suples his joynts and feeds him high so that within a short time he becomes an excellent Beast If the Jockey buys a lean Horse fit for nothing to appearance but Dogs so be it he be any thing young and well boned he first lets him blood then dresses him at all points with supple ointments loosening his skin after which he gives him half a peck of Beans boyled in sweet Oyl and Muscadel and within two hours after half a peck of Bran boyled in small wort and in it two ounces of Fennelseed and as much Cumminseed and powder of Liquorish keeping him in a warm Stable very dark and often renewing his Litter The watter he gives him is for the most part warm mingled with Milk or Whey giving him often sweet wort and Mashes of Malt daily loosening his skin and when he has brought him into some case then he makes a powder of Cummin and Fennegreekseeds the Roots of Mountain-Osier Cloves Nutmeg Brimstone and Sugarcandy which he moulds up in a ball of wheat and Linseed Flower made into past with Milk and Hony giving him one morning and evening for six days and between whiles boyled Oats Bran and Splent Beans in which Nettleseeds have been scattered so that at the end of ten or twelve days the Horse will be in good case then the Jockey having slit the skin of his Flanks and eye-pits with a quill blows them up to the best advantage and so carries him to Market where he sells him at a good rate when the Buyer carrying him home and giving him ordinary Provender his fat which was hastily gotten and no ways solid but rather windy and gellied humour puffing him up decreases almost as soon as gotten and restores him to his primitive leanness which occasions many to believe their Horses are
drawing forth the Stones as far as may be then putting the strings between a cleft stick sear them asunder with a hot Iron and melt on the tops of them Bees-wax or Rosin anoint them afterwards with butter and put them up keeping the Swine so gelded exceeding warm for a month after giving them warm Pollard and ground Beans The Sow-pigs must not be spaied till eight or nine months old at soonest and then it must be done with great caution especially in cutting the slit and sowing it up after the Matrix is taken out for if the Guts be touched in cutting or stitched to the side in sowing the Sow will either soon dye or pine away If you would have your Hog suddenly fat put him up in a close Stie suffer him to lye dry and have as little light as may be give him half a peck of Pease morning noon and evening or for want of them Beans Mast and Acorns after each quantity let him drink warm water into which wheat-bran has been scattered or if you are not stored with the aforesaid meats give him Pollard and Carrots but by no means Offal or Garbidge for that renders the flesh unwholesome and in so doing your Hog will be very good meat for Pork in ten or twelve days and for Bacon in sixteen but as all countries are not alike stored with food for Swine other meats than what have been expressed must be given them in like manner Sickness in Swine how to know it and the cure for Head-Ach Swine-pox and the distemper called the eating Yarrow THere are few beasts more subject to distempers than the Swine though their distempers are not so many To know when they are sick the hanging of their Ears dullness of Countenance want of Appetite and the like are certain signs but a more certain than these is suddenly to draw half a score or more Bristles out of the Hogs back and if the ends or roots appear white then is the Hog in good health but if black bloody or spotted then is he afflicted with some internal sickness or has received some great bruise To cure the Head-ache commonly called the Sleepy-evil hold open his mouth with a Gagg and with a Pen-knife or Fleam blood him under the Tongue after which boyl Savin Rue and Cropel-stone in fair water of each a proportionable quantity give it him to drink being strained or if he refuse to drink put a quart of Malt into it and he will receive it For the distemper called the Swine-pox give him an ounce of Mithridate boiled in a quart of water sweetned with an ounce of English Hony or if that fail give him a pint of Lambs blood warm adding thereto a quarter of a pint of Olive Oyl and an ounce of beaten pepper There are divers herbs dangerous to Hogs as Mad-chervil Millfoil and the like of which if a Hog eat he presently becomes sick To remedy which boyl Wild-Cucumbers and Anniseeds in water and set it before the Swine lukewarm that by drinking it he may vomit up the infectious humour generated by eating those unwholsom herbs and restore his health Diseases in the Eyes of Swine Agues Fevers Measels Rhumes and Catarrhs their respective Remedies If your Swine be afflicted with any specks spots Rheums or blood-shot in his Eyes for the specks or spots Take burnt-Allum and the powder of burnt-eggshel and blow into his eyes and afterwards wash them with juice of Bettony and Housleek or for want of them with the juice of Rue or Herbagrace if with Rheums take an ounce of Bolearmoniack beat it into powder add to it a like quantity of grated bread and of the juice of Cellendine Eye-bright and Whitewine as much as will make them exceeding moist when blowing into his Eyes the powder of round Bithwort-roots or for want of them the powder of the yolk of an Egg apply the aforesaid ingredients to the Eye or Eyes plaisterwise and by renewing it twice or thrice the grievance will vanish you must bind it hard on or the Swine will soon throw it off If the Swine be troubled with Ague or Fever let him blood in the Tail and give him water to drink wherein Tree-foil and Wood-sorrel have been boiled and keep him close The measels come through excessive or unwholesome feeding and are discerned by knots or pimples under the Swines tongue and weakness of his hinder parts at what time let him bath in Sea water or water made excessive salt give him that water and bruised Garlick with his meat also the Husks of Grapes and Gooseberries if they may be had or the Peels of Lemons or Citterns If your Swine be afflicted with Rheums or Catarrhs burn Brimstone under his nose or Storax if you can get it then bruise Garlick well make it up into Pills with salt and Butter and oblige him to swallow two or three of them Plague or diseases in the Milt Imposthumes or swellings in the Throat Neck swelling their cure as also an excellent Remedy to prevent vomiting IF your Swine by eating Carrion or other nauseous meats be afflicted with the Plague or Milt swelling which is known by his dullness uneasiness burning and the like take new Hony two ounces Turpentine an ounce Brimstone-flower an ounce juice of Garlick a quarter of a pint boyl them in a quart of small beer and give it him as hot as he can well indure and afterwards keep him close in his Stie If your Swine be troubled with Imposthumes or swellings in the throat make him a drink of Chammomil Mallows and May-weed boiled in Vinegar sweetened with brown Sugar and give it him warm laying to the swelling a plaister of Tarr Salt and Rieflower or for any Imposthume in the body you may use the same Medicine for any swelling in the Neck or Throat if you cannot presently get the aforesaid things let him blood If your Swine be addicted to vomiting occasioned by eating Hemlock Hens-dung or the like or through two much moisture let him fast a day then give him Bran and water wherein Dillseeds and Allum have been boiled and it will close up the mouth of the stomach and prevent for the future his vomiting Colds or Coughs Belly-Ach Lameness Diseases in the Gall and Flux their Cure c. IF your Swine be afflicted with Cold or Cough which indeed is troublesome and does greatly impoverish those creatures Take six or seven ounces of live hony a quarter of a pint of the juice of Lemons a handful of Coltsfoot and Lungwort an ounce of the powder of Liquorish and half a pint of Olive Oyl boyl then in a Gallon of beer or fair water and give him the liquid part to drink very warm morning and evening three or four days successively not exceeding a pint at a time If your Swine be afflicted by the Belly-Ache which is occasioned either by much wind or evil feeding Take of Black-Pepper an ounce Hony two ounces Anniseeds two ounces boyl them in a quart of Whitewine and give it him hot and in twice so doing provided he take the dose fasting it will cure him In case of Lameness by Sprain Stroak Ulcer Thorn Stroak or the like when the bone is rightly place the Thorn Splint or Stub c. pulled out take a quarter of a pint of French-wine half an ounce of Turpentine the like quantity of Oyl of Roses an ounce of Hony and the like quantity of Mutton suet boyl them till they come to a thickness and spreading them plaisterwise apply them hot to the place grieved If your Swine be afflicted by the overflowing of the Gall take of Bolearmoniack an ounce a like quantity of Hony and Turmerick beaten into powder a dram of Saffron and of the seeds of Mellions half an ounce boyl them in two quarts of sweet wort and give him a pint for four mornings together If he be afflicted with the Flux or looseness take a quart of Whitewine a handful of Rosecake half a pint of Milk an ounce of Galls and an ounce of Ginger boyl them together give him the liquid part suffering him to feed for two or three days upon dry meat as Pease Beans Bran or the like To kill Lice prevent Thirst and an excellent Receipt for an Oyntment to be used in case of fractured bones dislocated or swelled Joynts c. IF your Swine be afflicted with Lice or Ticks anoint with Linseed Oyl and flower of Brimstone if with Maggots in any sore place use Tarr and Sope. To prevent excessive Thirst which through the heat of the Swines body causes Fevers in Summer time suffer your Hogs to bath in cool water driving them thither often for that purpose To make the Oyntment for fractured bones c. Take sheeps suet three ounces Venice Turpentine and Bees-wax of each half an ounce Galbâ—num and Storax of each a dram Olivâ— Oyl half a pint boyl them inâ—â— an ointment and use them as you see occasion And thus Reader I have performed my promise as I well hope to your satisfaction FINIS
of your Horse to set a full bodied man upon him whose weight will so ballance him that he cannot let his feet fall from such a height or with so strong a spring to jolt the Rider by reason he will not be capable of lifting them so high Another way to oblige him to an easie Trot is by loading him at his first bereaking with heavy shoos which will make him Trot more deliberately and with less shaking his body to offend his Rider As for Galloping it is divided into two kinds viz. Hand-gallop and Fullgallop or Full-speed to either of which a skillful rider by the mannagement of the rein and use of Whip or Spur may oblige a free Horse at his pleasure Wherfore I shall no longer insist on them but conclude this part of Horsemanship the most material of all others and from it I shall proceed to advise the keeper what in his place is most convenient to be done both for the credit of himself and the advantage of his Master Rules to be well considered and exactly observed by all that undertake the care of good Horses AMongst other things appertaining to a Horse good looking to is not the least for if he fare never so well if he be not carefully looked after at all convenient seasons he will not thrive therefore for their better understanding to whom such offices appertain I shall lay down these following Rules First Rising in Summer-time about Sun rising and in Winter-time by break of day enter the Stable having over-night prepared three pints or thereabouts of dry Oats well sifted and added to them a pint of split Beans give them your Horse the which when he has eaten fall to dressing him currying him over with your Iron Comb leaving no part undone then with your dusting cloth dust him over or for want of that with a Horse tail after which with your French brush beginning at his forehead proceed by degrees to rub every part of him leaving not so much as the breadth of an inch untouched throughout him then dust him again and with your wet hand lay and smooth his hair then drying your hand dry the wet places with the same not forgetting to cleanse his Sheath Cods Yard Tuel Forebowels Ears Nostrils and all other places that are subject to sweat or filth this done with your hair-cloth rub him over in all parts but especially his Head Cheeks Face and Eyes the top of his forehead and between his chaps then with a woollen Cloth kept clean for that purpose rub him over again in all parts and lastly comb down his Main and Tail The Horse thus put into good order Saddle him and lead him out of the Stable where mounting his back ride him gently to water but so that you may a little warm his stomach then having permitted him to drink a considerable draught Rack him gently ere you bring him into the Stable having done that though not made him sweat bring him into the Stable having his cloaths ready as soon as you have rubbed him down put them on and so let him stand for the space of an hour at which time give him two quarts of Beans and Oats mingled as aforesaid which being eaten toss into his Rack a hard knop of hay and let him bite upon it till noon noon being come furnish him with the like quantity of Beans and Oats and the like knop of Hay if the former knop be eaten or else not Evening being come carefully dress him after the same manner as in the morning you did and so ride him to water warming him before you permit him to drink as likewise afterwards bring him into the Stable clothing him and rubbing him down without any alteration and after an hours standing give him Beans Oats and Hay to the quantity aforesaid that is three pints of Oats one of spelt Beans and a knop of Hay and let him stand till Nine of the Clock at night at what time renewing his Bait and tossing up his Litter leave him till morning How to order your Horse when you design him for Sport or Travail And how in and after Travel Sport c. WHen you intend to take a journey see the day and night before that your Horse have his due proportion of meat and be well rubbed down clean Littered and served with warm water in the Stable without leading him abroad and either with Trotters oyl Neatsfoot-Oyl or Dogs Greace which it behoves you to have in a readiness supple the joynts of fore and hinderlegs it being warmed over a fire which will not only make him nimble in his Travail but hold out much better than otherwise he would In the morning let him have his Beans and Oats but no Hay If you find him lively and mettlesome give him no water before you ride out but being mounted ride him a mile or two a racking pace and when you find him well heated ride him as you please either Amble Trot or Full-speed you cannot hurt him but be sure to observe when you come into your Inn that you with your Glazing Knife ere you rub him down take off the sweat the knife so called is made of an old Sword blade or a piece of a Scithe after which rub him down and cleanse him as you have been formerly shewed Then he having eaten his allowance of meat which must for conveniencies sake be double what at once you are to give him when he stands idle you must if you find him any thing hot give him warm water but if he be indifferent cool cold water will not prejudice him Having after a journey heat or the like brought home your Horse hot or tyred bring him not into the Stable till he be pretty well dryed and cooled by moderate walking when being entred the Stable and tyed up to the Rack rub him down as you have been shewed before and girt his cloaths fast about him Tucking some drie wisps between his body and the Girths and when he has stood on the Bridle for the space of two hours toss a knop of Hay into the Rack whilst you prepare your Oats and Beans to the quantity of two quarts amongst which it will not at all be amiss but rather profitable if you mix half a pint of Hempseed well cleansed and at night when he comes to receive his last bait give him warm water mixed with a small quantity of fine Oatmeal and so tossing up his Litter let him rest till Morning As to washing and walking your Horse after a journey I hold them both dangerous the former occasioning surfeits and the latter contagious colds turning into the Glanders and other both troublesome and noysome infirmities But if he be extraordinary dirty take a pail of warm water and having first scraped off the dirt rub him with a wet brush till he become clean If he be hot and not fitting to be Stabled then ride him gently up and down till you find him temperate and cool
things used for the most part are burnt Allum Redcoral Mercury sublim Verdigrese and Copperas of either sort and often compounds as Unguentum Apostolorum Aegyptiacum Croceum c. Another sort of this kind there is called Medicines Putrefactive applied to swelling Tumours and the like to bring them to a head as roasted Sorrel White Lilly Roots Ground Ivy Butterflowers c. Thus far Reader having proceeded I shall close up the Medicinal and Chirurgical part of Farrying in relation to Horses c. with hot and cold simples which a skilful Farrier ought either moist or dry to have always by him Hot Simples what they are ALoes Agarick Allum Aristolochia Asonteo Asarabacca Arsmart Anniseeds Arch-angel Assa fetida Angellica Alexander Alehoof Garden Bassil Balme Bayberries Wild running-Bettony Burrage Brank Ursin Briony Broom Butter-Bur Brimstone Burdock Cellendine Chervil Garden Clarge Clowns-wound-wort Coloquintida Callamus Cummin Garden Chammock Cinamon Cloves Long and round Pepper China Darnel Elecampain Fennel Gentian Garlick Germander Stinking Gladwin Golden Rod Gramel English Gallinga Ginger Glasswort Galls Grains of Paradise Hempseed Galbanum Garden Hyssop Juniper-Berries Hony Saint Johns wort Jack by the Hedg Ivy Rue-Holme Irish Ladies-smock Lavender cotten Lavender Lovage Leeks Mallows Marsh-Mallows Garden Lillies Marrygolds Sweet-Marjoram Wild Marjoram Melilote Spearmint French-dogs Mercury Masterwort Misleto Motherwort Mouse ear Mugwort Mustardseed Neesing Root Nutmeg Ragwort Restharrow Wild Wild Rocket Rosemary Garden Rue Saffron Sage Sanicle Savin Common Saxafrage Burnt Saxafrage Scabens English Scurvy-grass self-Heal Sopewort Smallage Southernwood Sea Starwort Staves-acre Garden Tansie Time Tutsan Turmerick Valerian Wood-Vervaine Diers-weed Fennegreek Scotcheneel and London Treacle Cold simples what they are GRoundsil Hawks-weed Clove-gilli-flowers Knotgrass Hawks-weed Howsleek Kidnywort Lettice Water-Lillies Common Liver-wort Liquorish Medlars Mony-wort Tree-Moss and unripe Mulberries Mace Common Night-shade Navel-wort Orpin Water and Land-plantins Pomgranet Queen of the Meadows Shepherds-purse Common and Wood-sorrels Sowthistle Succory Stone-Crop Strawberry-leaves Starwort Sphinack Wild-Tansies Sloes the Bark and Root of Black Thorn Medow Trefoile both the Vervains Hony-suckles Vineleaves Violets Viper-Bugloss the Leaves Flowers and Seeds of the Willow Vinegar Yarrow Antimonium Alcanet Garden Arach Barberry-Rind Barly Bilberries Blew-bottle Bucks-Horn Plantain Bolearmoniack Comfry Cranes-Bill Dentd'lion All the sorts of common Docks Ducks-meat and Fumitory Divers ways there are to preserve most of these simples in their primal virtue all the year but too tedious here to be inserted some of which likewise are both hot and cold and may indifferently be used in hot and cold distempers to describe them I think it altogether tedious and unnecessary for as much as most of them are vulgarly known and if any of them are not and for that cause some may pretend they know not how to find them a Herbal will give them directions and rectifie their understanding And now I shall proceed to the Shooing and Roweling things worthy to be noted by all that have any thing to do with Horses Hoofs how many sorts there are their perfections and imperfections OF Hoofs there are divers kinds some perfect and others imperfect The imperfect Hoof is when any part is lacking or if it be unseemly spreading broad and being exceeding flat that no shooe will sit compleatly upon it for such Horses for the most part are narrow heel'd on which he for the most part treads rendering himself thereby unable for Travailing subjecting him frequently to cast his shooes and subject to false quarters and this is often caused by the Horses being brought up in moist and Fenny ground To shoo which not being as yet grown to too flat the Farrier with his paring Iron must take off as much of the Toe and sides as it is possible still keeping it round but let him not touch the quarter or the heel unless it be to make the seat of the shoo plain and let that be as lightly as may be still anointing the Hoofs with Hogs-grease and Oyl of Baies and within a while they will become round thick and feasable The shoo wherewith this Hoof must be brought to perfection must be made strong with a broad webb and broad Spunges pierced from the quarters to the hard Toe but not to the Heel the holes wider without than within and the foot diligently pared as aforesaid from the Tallon nail towards the heel suffer the shoo to stand a straws breadth without the Hoof the better to save the Coffin let your nails be made of good Iron the heads square but not so broad above as below that they may not only stand above the shooe but fill the holes putting five nails on the outside and four on the inside because in this case the Horse weareth more within than without The perfect Hoof on the forefeet how to pare shooe c. IF the Hoof be perfect first pare the seat of the Shooe as even and plain as may be that the shooe sitting close may bear no more on the one side than on the other nor take more on the Toe than the Heel for the Heels must be higher than the Toes but by reason all the weight of the Horses fore part presses upon the quarters and heels of the fore feet those parts must be most regarded and as little of the Butteresses taken off as may be for the heels are naturally weaker than the toes but this is meant by the fore-feet only for the paring of the hinder-feet is quite contrary as will hereafter appear For the most exact method of shooing the perfect Hoof observe these following rules viz. Let your shooe be of Spanish Iron or other well tempered Iron the web broad fitting it to the Hoof the Spunges thick and more firm than any other part and somewhat broad that the quarters may stand somewhat beyond the Hoof to preserve the Coffin and pierce it from the quarter to the hard toe but not backwards towards the heel suffer the holes to be wider without than within that the pierced circle may be more distant from the edge of the toe than from the edge of the quarter because the Hoof is thicker forward than backwards thus having fitted the shoo take nails made of the same Iron the Heads square though not fully so broad beneath as above that the nails may fill up the holes and the shooe be kept from stirring suffering them to appear somewhat above the shooe and let the points appear in a just line not one lower than another or in and out like the teeth of a Saw and cut them off so near that when they are clinched by a little raising the Hoof with a Knife they appear to be within it but be sure ere the shooe is fastened with any more than two nails see it stand right by looking on the Frush and suffering the Horse to set his foot to the ground whilst you hold up the other with your hand and if the shooe stand but a little awry you may by striking the Hoof with