a spoonful at â— time two or three hours before his Watering and he wilâ— remain a healthful and sound Horse if he be thus used tiâ—â— he be eight years old for then the chief danger is past The Order of Curing Horses that are Diseas'd The Causes the Signs and the Cureâ— thereof Of the Ague or Fever in Horses THE Learned do hold Three gential Kinds First When the Vital Spirits are inflamed wherein heâ— is predominant more than Nature requireth Secondlâ— When the Humours are distemper'd by heat Thirdlâ— When the firm parts of the body are continually hot â— that the Ague cometh by the excessive heating of the Horsâ— and thereupon a sudden Cold or by fullness of bad Hâ—mours which principally grow from foul full and raâ— feeding and too much rest and for that reason it takeâ— the Horse either hot or cold and to keep due hours to makâ— him shake and tremble as a Man also we may know hoâ— the same appeareth from the Inflamations of the Stomacâ— which scaldeth and maketh the Tongue raw there aâ—other causes viz. by spare feeding not clean feeding aâ—dry feeding and for want of moderate labour The Cuâ— shall be when you perceive his dejected Countenance aâ— that he beginneth to tremble enforce him into a Heat aâ— give him this purging Drink Take a quart of White-Winâ— put therein an Ounce of Aloes small beaten Of Agarâ—â— half an Ounce of Liquorice and Anniseeds half a Draâ— and some Honey warmed a little on the Fire and thâ— ride him until he be hot and let him sweat moderately â— the Stable and take a special care of him wash his Tongâ—â— with Allum water Vinegar and Sage and give him sweâ— Straw to eat and a Gallon of old sweet Oats at Nighâ— give him a good Mash and the next Night after let him â—lâ—ed a quart and if his Blood be very thick dark yei â—ow let him bleed two Quarts and afterwards keep him warm from the Air for three or four days and give him warm Water to drink and a little Saliet-Oyl in it if he will drink it Another of the same Let him blood take of Garmander Four ounces of Gum-Dragonâ—â— and of dead Roses of each an ounce Of Oyle â—live Four Ounceâ— put them into a quart of strong Ale and give it warm to the Horse to drink then ride him unâ—il he sweat and clâ—ath him and keep him warm as aforeâ—aid Of the Ague in the Head The cause of 〈◊〉 Disease proceeds either from cold or â—aking of too much heat or of a raw imperfect Digestion of the Stomach which proceeds principally also from full and foul fâ—â—ding for betwixt the Stomach and the Brain â—s such Assinity as that they do equally communicate their â—amageâ— The Signs are these The hanging down of his â—ead his Eyes will swell and run with Water and he will â—orsake his Meat The Cure is to let him blood in the â—allet of his Mouth and rub it with Salt to make it bleed well then take a â—tick with a Linnen-cloath fastened to â—he end of it well anointed with the Oyl of Bay thrust it â—p and down his Nostrils thereby to open and purge his â—ead Also pâ—rfume him with the smoak of Garlick-stalks â—roken into small pieces Also air him with the smoak of â—rankincense belding the same in a Chafingdish under his Nostrills with a great Cloath cast over his Head and let be done Morning and Evening Keep him with spare â—yet and moderate Exercise the which will cleanse his â—â—omack and make it empty then his brain will not be â—quieted Afterwards let him blood and give him good â—â—â—hes to drink for two days and no cold water as I â—â—all write down the Causes of some Diseases that are most â—â—known to the people so for those that they are so well â—â—quainted with I shall only set down the Cures Of the sudden Sickness of a Horse The cause is for that the Heart which is the Charriot oâ— Life wherein the Soul of the Horse liveth wanting the use of the Veins and Arteries to carry the vital spirit oâ— heat to all the parts of the body to give the Horse feelling and ability to operation by reason of some obstructions of Humours and Cold which for want of Heat cannot be dissolved for that the nature of Cold is to bind and conglutinate together and keep them from their naturaâ— Course proceeding from some violent Exercise and immoderate Feeding and Rest The sign is the sudden dejectment of his Countenance The Cure is to let him blood on both sides of the breast next the heart whereby the Veins and Arteries being evacuated and emptied the may begin to do that office whereunto Nature hath appointed them Let him bleed the quantity of two quarts then give him a comfortable drink to stir up the vital Spirits to actions viz. Take a quart of the best Sack and burn it with Grains Cloves and Cinnamon and a quarteâ— of a pound of the best Sugâ—r and burn it altogether with half a pint of Sallet-Oyl and Four pennyworth of the besâ— Treaâ—le then ride him very gently till he begin to sweat and so turn him into the Stable and let him stand â—â—â— Meats but beware you do for him there according tâ— your direction and be sure you cloath him not too warinâ— for the Drink will throughly warm him and make hiâ— sweat let his drink be warm water wherein boyl Mallowâ— and a handful of Water-Cresses of Fennel and Parsly-seed oâ— each an Ounce and twice in a Morning or Evening wheâ— he is most fasting ride him gently a mile or two Of a Horse that cannot Piss Take a Pint of white Vinegar half a pound of Gimgreeâ— bruise it small and wring out the Juice take a handful â— Fennel a handful of Fox-Gloves the Leaves or the Flowerâ— two ounces of Grommel-seed and half a pint of sweet Honey stamp them well together and strain them into Vinegar leâ— him stand without Meat and Drink Twenty four hours Of the Pains in the Head Take a Pint of Malmsey Five new laid Eggs a head of bruised Garlick small Pepper Cinnamon and Nuâ—megs beaten fine give it him to drink three days together and let him fast five hours after To bring Hair again To bring Hair again take the Dung of Goats some Honey and Allum and the blood of a Hog boyl them together and being hot rub the place therewith Of the Stone and Cholick in a Horse Take a Pint of White Wine half a Pint of Burr-seed and beat them small two ounces of Pursâ—y-seed half a handful of Hop half a handful of new-set â—eeks and haâ—â— a handful of Water-Cresses half an ounce of Black-Soap and mingle them together stamp and strain them but put the Burr-seed and Parsley-seed to it after it is strained and then warm it and give it him to drink Of killing the Fire either in Burning or Shot Take Varnish or Oyl and Water beaten together and â—noint the place with
of Storax half an ounce and boyl all together in an Earthen pot and after it is cold takâ— of Brimstone half a pâ—â—nd of Armoniack an ounce and â— half of Costus as much beat these inâ—o a â—ine Powder anâ— then incorporate them with the other and boyl them aâ— over again very well which done pour the whole Miâ—ture into cold Water then roll it in seven big Rolls Plaisterwise afterwards spread this Plaister upon a piece â—â— Leather and fold it about the swelled Member or lay iâ— upon the swelled part and if any thing will do it thâ—â— will asswage it and afford much Strength to the Sinew You shall by no means remove this Plaister as long as it will stick on This Plaister I must confess is costly and curious to make but that Horse that hath it applied to his Limbs when he cometh from Travel shall never be troubled with swelled Legs or ever throw out Wind-galls but if you will not be at such Cost then continually both before and after the travel of your Horse when he is in the House several times in a day lave and wash his Limbs or other swelled parts with the coldest and clearest Fountain Water that you can get and sometimes let the Horse stand in some cold clear River for the space of a quarter of an hour or more up to the Knees and Lamterels but no farther This Medicine how poorly soever you may look on it is of infinite Vertue and though I write of cold Water yet is the Operation hot and fiery only this you must take to your Remembrance that this Application appertains not to Impostumations but to Strains and Swellings which are without much Anguish How to keep a Horse or a Jade from Tyring If you ride on a tyring Jade and fear the perplexed Cruelty of this lazy Beast then be sure to carry about you the fine scarse Powder of Elecampane and when others Bait their Horses or that you come to the place of Bait for your Horse the first thing you are to do is to set him up warm and do not walk him After he hath been well rubbed take a quart of strong Ale and put thereunto half an ounce of the Powder of Elecampane and brew â—hem together then give it the Horse with a Horn which â—â—one tye his head to the Rack for you need not care for Provender till Night at which time Provender him well â—nd in the Morning give him Oats or Bread or both in â— plentiful manner and being ready to back him give â—im the former quantity of Ale and the Powder aforesaid â—nd doubtless you shall find him to travel with great Couâ—age and Spirit Also take a bunch of Penny-Royal and â—ye it to the Mouth of your Bit or Snaffle and you shall â—nd it very comfortable to him Now if your Horse notwithstanding all this do happen to tire then you shall take off the Saddle and with the Herd called Arsmart rub his Back very hard then laying Arsmart also under the Saddle so ride him and if there be any Life in him it will make him go for this is a notable Torment and the Smart is almost intolerable Two sorts of Balls to cure any violent Cold or Glander to prevent the Hearts sickness to purge away all molten Grease to recover a lost Stomach to keep the Heart from fainting with Exercise and to make a lean Horse to be suddently fat Take of Anniseeds of Cummin-seeds of Fenugreek-seeds of Cathanus-seeds of the Powder of Elecampane-Roots two ounces beat them and searse them to a very fine Powder then add to them an ounce of the Flower of Brimstone and take an ounce of the best Juice of Liquorice and dissolve it in half a pint of White-wine which done take an ounce of the Oyl of Anniseeds and as much of the Syrup of Coltsfoot and of Sallet-Oyl and of fine Life-honey a pint then mix all this with the former Powder and with as much fine VVheat-flower as will bind them together then work them into a stiff Paste and make thereof Balls somewhat bigger than French Walnuts and to keep them in a close Gallipot for they will last all the Year and when you have occasion to use it take one and anoint it all over with Sweer-Butter and so give the Horse every Morning one in the manner of a Pill and ride him a little after it then feed or water him abroad or at home according to your usual Custom and thus do if it be to prevent Sickness for three or four Mornings together but if it be only to take away an Infirmity then use it at least a Week or more if it be to take away molten Grease or Foulness then instantly after his Heat or in his Heat only but if it be to fatten a Horse then use it at the least a Fortnight or more Now if you find any difficulty of the giving of it as Pills you may then at your Pleasure dissolve one of those Balls either into sweet Wine Beer or Ale and so give it the Horse to drink with a Horn. But if it be to fatten and take away Infirmity as the running Glanders or such like then besides these Balls you may make these second Balls Take of Wheat-flower six pound or more as shall suffice to make stiff the Paste then take of Aniseeds of Cummin-seeds and of Cathanus of Fenugreek and ordinary Brimstone of each two ounces Sallet-Oil a pint of Honey of White-wine a Pottle beat those hard Simples to a fine Powder and searse them then with the rest make them into a stiff Paste then of this Paste take a Ball as big as a Man's Fist and dissolve it into two or three Gallons of clear cold running Water by washing and laving the Paste therein and so give it the Horse to drink at the ordinary watering times or any other times when he is disposed to drink which can't be too often then ride and warm him a little after it then when the Water is spent do not cast away the Bottom but filling up the Vessel again with new fresh Water dissolve another Ball therein and thus do for fourteen days together at least and you shall see wonderful Effects arise This Water scowreth cleanseth and feedeth in an admirable manner And the other lesser Balls first spoken of purge the Stomach or Intrails of all Foulness void molten Grease fortifie nature so powerfully that it leaves behind it no evil in the Body And this small Ball if it were for my Life would I give to a Horse immediately upon his drawing forth if he went either to run to hunt to use any violent and extreme Labour Another way how to fatten a Horse suddenly There is another way to fatten a Horse suddenly which I have found to be both good and certain Take of Elecampane of Cummin-seeds of Turmerick of Aniseeds of each two ounces of 〈◊〉 an handful boyl all these very well with three Heads of Garlick cleansed
or so much Butter an ounce of Benedick Luxature and pour it into his Fundament with a little Horn and hold his Tail close to his Fundament whilst another doth lead him and so keep it in him as long as you can and after keep him warm and give him warm Water to drink All these Infirmities are cured by the Whey only contained in this following Medicine The Bloody-Rifts the Bladders the Lampus all Mouth-Cankers all Hurts in the Mouth The Tongue-hurt the Paps the Tooth-ach the Shedding of Hair the Fetter-worm Take of New-Milk three quarts a good handful of Plantain let it boil till a full pint be consumed then take six ounces of Allum and an ounce and a half of White-Sugar-candy both being made in a very fine Powder six spoonfuls of strong Wine-Vinegar and put them into the Milk then let it boyl a little till it have a hard Curd then drain it and save the Whey wherewith you shall first bathe the Sore the Whey being warm then with a clean Cloth dry the Sore and apply this Salve to it Take of Turpentine Yellow-wax and Hogs-grease ground to a fine Powder and ounce and a half mix all these together on a soft Fire and then put it in a Gally-pot and let it cool but in case where the Bruise is not broken nor is likely to break you must apply another Medicine which I shall hereafter acquaint you with For the Yellows The Cause hereof is also the abundance of bad Humors the Cure is plain let him Blood if you see it yellow a Pottle then give him a quart of White-Wine of Saffron and Fenugreek of each half an ounce and the juice that is wrung out of two handfuls of Selandine and being Blood-warm give it him and keep him warm and with good Mashes wherein put two spoonfuls of the Powder of Brimstone some will give in this drink the green ordure of Geâ—se strained For the Surfeiting and Foundring of the Body The Cause of this Disease is over-much eating after Labour whilst the Horse is hot whereby his meat not being digested breedeth evil Humors which by little and little do spread through all the parts of the Body and at length oppress the whole Body and so do take away his Strength that he hath not power to go or move his Joints and being laid is not able to rise whereby he wanteth the use of pissing as also of dunging Nature being overcome then doth the Humour rule the body to the destruction of it In like manner it is when the Horse being over hot with Travel drinketh so much as the Cold thereof suppresseth his natural Heat the Cause is that the evil Humours being predominant according to their Nature being heavy and moist immediately fall down into the Horse's Legs and Feet and there rest which if not prevented will make great gordy Limbs as the Pains Cratches Spavins Wind-galls casting of the Hoofs and such like The Cure hereof must be according to your Effects that are wrought in the Horse if it be perceived as when the Hair beginneth to stare that he will be chill and shrug for Cold forsake his Meat hang down his Head quiver after cold Water and after two or three days begin to cough which is a sign that his surfeit is not great and that he may be thus cured Cover his Belly with the Glister last mentioned and give him this Drink Take of Malmsey a quart of Sugar half a quatern of Cinamon half an ounce of Liquorice and Aniseeds of each two spoonfuls beaten into â—â—ne Powder put into it Malmsey and give it him Blood-warm keep him warm let him drink nothing but warm water four or five days after let him Blood For the Collick The Cause of this Disease is twofold either it proceeds from abundance of Humours or of Wind and although it be Wind yet I judge the Original to be an Obstruction of Humours which will not suffer the Wind to have its free passage which otherwise Nature would expel as his Enemy The Cures may be divers and because it is a Disease that few Farriers understand I will set down several Cures that if one thing cannot be speedily procured another may First it may be an Obstruction for that the Horse hath the stone and cannot stale for this take a quart of White-Wine half a pint of Bur-seed beaten small two ounces of Parsly-seed of Smallage Saxafrage the Roots of Philapendula Gromwel-seed and Broom-seed of each two ounces beaten to fine Powder a good handful of Water-Cresses and lay them in steep all Night and in the Morning strain them clean and put into it a little Black-Soap and a little Butter and ride him until that he begin to sweat then set him in a Stable with a great quantity of sweet Litter under him and cloath him warm and so let him stand Meatlâ—ss seven or eight hours then give him dried Oats and warm Water with a quantity of Sallet-Oyl to drink and before he have this Drink let him fast all Night Another Cure for the same Take a pound of Malmsey of Cloves Pepper Cinamon of each an ounce of Sugar half a quartern and give it the Horse lukewarm and Labour him upon it an hour that be dung and stale keep him to warm Water but if he be a stoned Horse there is not any better thing than for him to have his full desire with a Mare Another for the same If you think that it proceeds chiefly from Wind it may be so occasioned when he is ridden hot and set up cold he will pine away and forsake his Meat keep him empty all Night in the Morning take a quart of White-Wine four ounces of Fenugreek seven ounces of Bayes as much Corâ— Pepper an ounce of Grains an ounce of Ginger two handfuls of Water-Cresses a handful of Sage a pound of Sea-green and wring out the Juice Another of Mint stamp them and put them into a pint of White-Wine and let them stand on the fire till they boyl strain them out and give it him Blood-warm with a little Honey For Surfeiting with Provender When a Horse hath eaten more than his stomack can well digest he is in such pain as that he is not able to stand but lyeth and walloweth as if he had the Bots the danger whereof I have written The Cure is to let him Blood and to draw his Yard and wash it put a piece of a Clove of Garlick into it to make him piss also to rake him behind and give him a glister with the Water of Sodden-Mallows Fresh-Butter and Sallet-Oyl keep him harm and let him eat very little for four or five days These Infirmities are cured by the following Medicine All Convulsion of Sinnews all Cramps whatsoever your Neck-crick the Shoulder-Splat all swelled Legs the Over-reach of the Back-Sirew all Wind-Galls Wrenches in the nether Jâ—inâ—s all Bruises unbroke all Strains whatsoever Take strong Vinegar or Patch-grease or Peece-grease of each a like quantity
Vermine have pist upon which will cause the Horses mouth to he surred or clammy so that he will not eat The Cure is to let him blood in two great Veins under the Tongue and to wash his mouth with Vinegar and Salt and to give him new Bread that is not hot For the Heat in the Mouth Turn up the upper Lip and jag it with a Lancet that it may bleed and wash it with Vinegar and Salt For the Canker in the Mouth Wash the sore place with strong Vinegar made thick with the Powder of Allum two or three days together to destrroy the exulcerate matter then take a quart of fair Water of Allum four ounces of Honey four or five spoonfuls of Maudlin Leafes Sage Leafes and Columbine Leafes of each a handful boil all these together till half be consumed and then every day being warmed wash the same two or three times a day and it will heal it For the Barbels or Paps under the Tongue The Cure is to clip them away and to wash them with Vinegar and Salt For the Hurt of the Tongue with a Bit. The Cure is To wash it with Allum-water then take Black Bramble Leafes and chop them with Jard and put them within a Clout and make them as round as a Ball then dip the same in Honey and anoint the Tongue therewith until it be whole For the Giggs in the Mouth They are Swellings with black Heads growing in the inside of the Lip The Cure is to slit them and thrust out the Corruption and to wash the same with Vinegar and Salt These Infirmities are cured by the Medicine following Manginess in the Main Manginess in the Tail the Mallander the Sellander the Pains the Scratches all kibed Heels The Leprosie the Farcyn the General Scab all Lice or Nits or other Vermin First in any wise you shall let the Horse blood in the Neck-Vein and suffer him to bleed very well because the Corruption of the Blood is the only Breeder of these Infirmities having with a Knife Lancet Curry-comb Hair-cloth and such like opened the Knots and Pistules and rubbed away all Scurf and Filthiness laying the Sores open and raw as it were ready to bleed then you shall take of Yellow Arsnick or White Mercury beaten to a fine Powder or Belagar and clarified Hogs-grease of each a like quantity and beat them well together till they come to a perfect Ointment then having tied the Horse's Head up fast to the Rack in such wise that he can neither lick nor bite himself with this Ointment anoint all the Sores and other offended places very well over holding some hot Bar of Iron or Fire-shovel heated against the same that the Ointment may the better and speedier soak in and being thus anointed let him stand the space of two or three hours at the least tyed as aforesaid which done take of the strongest Urine you can get and with the same wash away all the Ointment wheresoever it was laid and then untye the Horse and put him to his Meat and thus do once a day till the Sores dry up and begin to waste away For the Bleeding at the Nose This may be derived from many Causes which cannot be truly known as proceeding from within the Body and therefore I shall only direct how to cure the same Take a pint of Red-Wine and put thereinto a quarter of Bole-Armony beaten into a fine Powder and put the one half into his Nostrils that bleedeth holding up his Head and this may do well if in the Nostril or Head there be the original Cause the next day give him the rest into his body and that will surely bind his Body and it may help the bleeding inward Another Remedy for the same Let him blood in the Breast-Veins of each a pint for that is most likely to turn the Course of the Blood take two or three spoonfuls of his Blood and put it into a Sawcer and boyl it until it be dried to a powder then take the Powder thereof and blow it into his Nostrils hâ—d if it come of a Wound put it into the same and it will presently stanch it as also Horse-dung Asses-dung Hogs-dung Sage-Leases bruised and put into the Wound or take of Frankâ—ncense an ounce of Aloes half an ounce and beat them into a fine Powder and mingle them throughly with the Whites of Eggs until it be as thick as Honey and with soft Hares-hair thrust his Nostrils so full as that it cannot fall out And lastly some will throw cold Water upon him against his Hair and 't is likely that the over-cooling of him that way may stop the Flux thereof And this a worthy experienced Friend of mine did use to do if at any time such a sudden Accident did happen Of the Vines This Distemper proceedeth from the Corruption of Blood The Cure is Draw them with a hot Iron right-down the midst from the Root of the Ear so far as the Tip of the Ear will reach being pulled down and again under the Root of the Ear with a hot Iron draw two strikes on each side like this Figure ‡ then in the midst of the first line lance them with a Lancelet or Razor taking hold of the Kernels with a pair of Pinchers but beware that you touch them not with your bare Fingers pull them so far out with your Pinchers as that you may cut the Kernels out without hurting the Vein then fill the Hole full of Salt Another Cure for the same Take Aegremony Honey and Violet-Leafes stamp them together and slit the Sinew under the Ear and lay a Plaister thereunto two or three days For the Canker in the Nose This proceeds from corrupt Blood and consumed Flesh which makes it raw within and in the end will eat the Gristle thereof it will also cause the Horse to bleed at the Nose and to yield a filthy savour The Cure is take of green Coperas and Allum of each a pound and of white Coperas one quarter of a pound boyl these in a Pottle of running Water â—â—il it â—â—â—alf consumed then take it off and put into it half a part of Honey hold up his Head with a staff but not too high and with a Squirt squirt the Water being lukewarm three or four times together into his Nostrils and give him liberty to blow out the filthy matter least you choak him and with a Stick and a Rag wash his Nostrils twice a day until he be whole Another Cure for the same If you see the Canker be of great heat and burning in the Sore with exceeding Pain take the Juice of Purslane Lettice Sorrel and Night-shade and wash the Sore with a fine Clout and with a Squirt wash the same and this will kill it For the Canker of the Eyes This proceeds from the Corruption of the Blood by reason whereof you shall see many red Pimples both within and without the Eye and through Inflamation the Eye will look
Cure The Cause hereof is great Heat and afterwards taking of Cold And First It beginneth with Rheum then the Glaunders and afterwards the Mourning of the Chine â—s it is usually termed but more truly and essentially it beginneth with the Rheum which proceedeth to Inflammation of the Liver and the Lungs by continual distilling upon them then to the Glaunders which is the Imposthumation thereof and lastly to an Exalaration which abruptly and untruly is called the Mourning of the Chine The Signs to know the Disease are these 1. The continual distilling of Rheum in the Head 2. The continuing Knobs betwixt the Jaws 3. The keeping of his Hair without casting 4. The continual running of thick stinking Matter at the Nose 5. The fastning and growing of a knob as big as a Walnut to the inside of one of the Jaws which if so commit his Carkass to the Crows for he is past all help The Cure for such a Horse as may be curable is to follow these Directions For the First which is Rheum the cure I have mentioned for the Cold in the Head For the Second which is a congealed substance gathered into two knobs betwixt the Jaws it is cured as the Glaunders For the Third which is kâ—eping still his Winter Coat and not casting off his Hair let him Blood often until you see that he hath pure and fine Blood and give him good Mashes made very strong with Malt and put in his Provender Polypodium of the Oak small cut the root of the White Lilly small cut of each a good quantity if he will eat and shred in also a quantity of Liverwort and if he be a Horse of value at every time a six penny weight of Rubarb and every Morning being Fasting give him a pint of the Drink prescribed for the preservation of the Lungs and keep him only with Wheat-straw but not Hay and old sweet and clean Oats The manner of Ordering him after this Every Morning after he hath taken that clean Drink ride him two or three Miles For the Fourth which is the thick running at the Nose continually clear his Head as hath been prescribed for the Cold in the Head and so in every part as the rest are prescribed only adding of purging Drinks viz. After all these prescribed Orders give him two several Mornings a pint of White-Wine an ounce and an half of Alloes half an ounce of Agarick two drams of Liquorish and Aniseeds and a spoonful of pure Hogs-grease warmed and well dissolved together and after he hath Purged the next day let him Bleed in both the Breast-Veins the quantity of a quart and still keep him with good Mashes and moderate Travel Give him every Morning fasting for Nine days after a pint of that Drink which I prescribed for the clearing of the Lungs For the Fifth If you find no amendment but a knob grown to his Jaw then you must give him a Purge with Pills as I have prescribed and if that help him not then without all doubt he is Remediless These following things are most excellent to put into Horses Provender to preserve them from Diseases The Powder of Woâ—lfs Liver the Powder of Enula Campana the Powder of Polypodium of the Oak fine cut pieces of Ruburb the Powder of Brimstone made fine the Powder of Liquorish Aniseeds Fenugreek Turmerick Bay-berries Long-Pepper Agrimony Cammomile Wormwood Saven Linseed Smallage Parsley Rue Hysop Colts-foot Horehound and such lâ—ke Broken Wind the Cause The Causes why a Horse draws his Breath very short may be many as Sickness great Fulness or violent Exercise But the reason of the cause is For that the Heart being the only hottest part of the Body from whence the Arteries and Veins do carry the heat thereof to every part of the Body and therefore 't is truly said to be the Chariot of Life when that by Sickness Fulness or vioâ—ence of Exercise is choaked and as it were smothered with great heat then do the Lights being the Bellows to draw Breath according to that Office that Nature hath orâ—ained them unto presently labour with all Violence to draw it to cool and comfort the Heart and so consequentâ—y all the Members and parts of the Body to fill all the â—mpty corners with Air which naturally and in predomiâ—ant Qualities is moist and when they have drawn sufâ—cient Breath the driness and heat by the moisture of the Air is quenched which being so then doth the Creature â—raw Breath leisurely and coldly and not before but so â—ong as the Heart is oppressed by the violent heat of Sickâ—ess or by great Fulness or violent Exercise the Canes Pipes and Passages for the Breath are almost stopped â—nd choaked up then do the Lungs labour very extream â—â—ick to preserve the life of the Creature which is the Heart and therefore it is said to be the first thing that Liâ—eth and the last that Dieth And to make the same a litâ—e plainer Observe a Horse that is Broken-winded as â—he usual term is and you shall find that he setcheth his â—reath much shorter when he is kept in the Stable only with dry Meat than when he goeth to Grass and the â—nly reason is the coldness of the moist Food which â—epeth the Heart and all the Body in coolness because â—â—e Humours that proceed from the digesture of Grass are â—ool and moist according to the natural qualities of Grass â—nd raw Herbs For a broken Wind the Cure Take the Dung of a Boar dried to Powder a spoonful Diapenthe two ounces the juice of Spanish Liquorish dissolved an ounce in a quarter of a pint of Ale put these into a pint of new Milk and give it him warm fasting repeat it for five or six Mornings and ride him a gentle pace after it if the Weather be warm or any ways seasonable without letting him water or eat any thing then put him into a warm Stable give him a Mash of Oats and split Beans and keep him clean Littered and free from any noisom Scents And the Lungs by this means as also the Wind pipe being cleansed the Breath by degrees if you do not over labour heat or ride him in too much rainy Weather will return to its former easie and moderate Breathings A most Soveraign Drink to preserve a Horse's Lungs and Liver clear the most excelling Knowledge in a Horseman or Farrier Take the Tartar of White-Wine Lees which is no other than the Lees of White-Wine dried to Powder an ounce and a half of Isop two handfuls of Colts-foot two handfuls of Horehound one handful of Enula Campana-Roots an ounce four Liquorish-sticks bruised Aniseeds an ounce Red Sugar-candy four ounces boyl them all in a quart of Ale and when it is half boyled put to it of hysop-Hysop-water twice Distilled one pint boyl them again then strain it and give it him very warm to drink the charge hereof is very small If you have a delicate Horse and have Cleared him and Dieted him for I would not
leave him to his Rest till eleven a Clock then Visit again and rub him over gently give him three Pints of the like Oats and close the Stable as dark as may be at two Hours end Visit him again with the like quantity of Oats as before Rub him gently and remove the Excrements give him a Bottle of Hay and leave him for 3 Hours more if in Summer but if in Winter only two and an half then wash his Mouth and the Muzzle of his Bridle with Beer Saddle him and bring him forth having well rub'd him down then endeavour to make him empty on the old Litter Ride him forth and give him gentle Breathings by some pleasant River or Meadow that he may take delight in it but upon a full Stomach Gallop him not up a Hill left it endanger his Wind heat him both before and after Water and in the approach of Dark bring him home so by early and late Airings the foulness will be deminished and the gross Humours dispersed Use him in Stabling as before and visit him three Hours after with a like quantity of Oats toss up his Litter and let him rest till Morning Things proper to be observed in Heats c. Two Heats in a Week if they be thorow ones are sufficient for any State of Body If the Match be made for Running on a Tuesday then let the Heating days be Tuesday and Saturday in each Week and the Greatest on the â—uâ—sday but in rainy slabby Weather you may shift these days and chuse those that are fair or the hours in those days may be changed where necessity requires it If the Weather be dull heavy dripping or cold it will be convenient when abroad to have a Hood with large Ears on our Horse to keep out the Rain or Damp the Nape of it â—hickned with a Lineing that the Wet may not easily penâ—traâ—e lest the wet falling on his Ears Neck or Fillets subâ—â—ct him to Diseases and hinder his Performance carry him never to Heats before day nor keep him out after it is dark Rules for the second Fortnight's Keeping Use him in Littering and Dressing as before only what Hay â—e has let him take iâ— out of your Hand to be the more Familiar when he has eaten his portion of Oats Bridle him Ride out Air and Water him as in the foregoing â—ortnight and when you return you may give him near three pints of Oats let him take Hay out of your Hand Litter him well and so leave him and order him as before Then observe to make him a Diet-Bread in the following manner Grind three Pecks of Beans with one of Wheat dress them through an indifferent fine Rag to a fine Flower then put Ale Yest and fair Water to make the Dough Kneed it exceeding firm then let it lye till it rise and becâ—me Light then Kneed it again and make it into six penny Loaves let them soak well in an Oven and being hot turn the Bottoms uppermost and let them cool and three days after Baking use them in the following order Cut the Bread into thin slivers and lay it a while to dry â—â—umble it small among the Oats and give it the Horse not exceeding a pound to half a peck of Oats This do first in the Morning and about Eleven repeat it again then let him rest two Hours and feed him then the like again and so at distant spaces as his Appetite best serves him keeping every thing clean about him Let his Heats Airings and Waterings be the same unless in foul Weather as I have said but when he is led to his Heats give him Oats only and when he is returned and Fed put on his Muzzle washed in Beer This use of the Muzzle is to prevent the Horse from feeding on his Litter biting or gnawing the Rack-staves or Mainger licking Loam and many other Inconveniencies They may be made of Leather Pack-thread or double Canvas tho' the latter with Lattice is preferable the Leather being the worse by reason of its Scent yet these must be kept clean lest offensive smells nauceate and sicken the Horse's Stomach For the rest of this Fortnight observe he be duly Cloathed and Dieted as is requisite according to the Season then put a new-laid Egg whole into half a pint of new Ale and oblige him to swallow it so lead him forth and cause him to Empty by smelling to the Litter or old Dung which will oblige him to it then Rack him gently for a Mile or two so by degrees mend his pace till he come to a full Speed and bring him to the Starting-post if any such be appointed or if none than to some other Postnear the place where the Race is to be performed then alight take off the Body and Breast cloath place on the Saddie Mount him let him smell to and grow Familiar with the Post as likewise to the wagling-post and so run him three quarters Speed from the beginning of the designed Race to the end if you find he will endure it without pain or loss of Wind but if it be Irksom to him then slacken your pace and by degrees he will come to it with Delight and particularly remark on what Ground he most naturally affects to run whether Soâ—t Hard Smooth Hilly Dauk or Dry and make it to your advantage in the Race This done bring him under some Hay or Corn Rick Hedge Pit or dry Ditch and there scrape off the Sweat with your Glazing-knife and rub his Ears Head and Crest clap on his Cloaths and the Saddle on them and ride him gently so that he may cool before you bring him to the Stable but keep such a pace that he may not cool too fast or all on a sudden Having Stabled him tye his Head to the Rack and having the following Scowring in readiness give it him as shall be directed First Scowring Take an Ounce and fix Grains of the transparentest Roach-Allom a pint of Malaga in which dissolve the Allom to these put three ounces of Olive Oil very sweet mix them well together with an ounce and an half of brown Sugar-candy in Powder these set on a gentle Fire till pretty hot and upon the Horse's return from the first thorough Heat give it him in a Drenching-horn and it will infallibly bring away the Molton Grease and bad Humours or other Obstructions that remain in the Body and wou'd make him unfit for this Exercise Directions to Order him after the taking this When you have given the Horse this Scowring rub him well all over with Whisps and a Curry-comb follow these with a Brush and dust him well then rub him with a dry Cloath till no Sweat appears put his Cloath on again and truss under the Cloath warm Wisps let him fast for the space of two Hours and keep him in continual motion that he sleep not that the Humours may disperse and evacuate then give him a handful of Wheat-ears If upon handling him under
Knots cut the Vein asunder where it was Slit and fill the Hole with Salt then lay on this Charge Take half a pound of Pitch a quarter of a pound of Rosen aâ— quarter of a pint of Tar boil them together and being warm anoint all the inside of the Joint and clap on Flocks of the Horses Colour and turn him to Grass if it may be tiâ—â— he be perfectly whole and the Hair grown again Another for the same Cut the Skin over the Veins as aforesaid and slit the Vein and cut it as aforesaid then where the Spavin is highest with a small Chissel of the breadth of a penny strike off the quantity of an Almond and no more then take two penny worth of Verdegrease another of Narvil beat them small and put it into the Spavin and three days after wash the Corsey with bark-Bark-water or Vinegar then take Colman and Diaconum upon a Linnen Cloth and lay it to the Spavin every day and for seven days after a new Plaister then draw it with a hot Iron as aforesaid and also a Change and Flocks as is before recited Of the wet or blood Spavin This Disease also is commonly known and some call it the â—horough Spavin it is fed by a thin flexible Humour by the â—laster Vein The cure is to shave off the Hair and to take â—p the Vein in every part as I shall describe in the Cure of â—he Bone Spavin and then cut the Vein asunder and draw it with a hot Iron charge it and put on the Flocks and it will perfectly heal and cure it for I have proved it certain All these Distempers are cured by the Medicine following All Watry Eyes All Blood-shotten Eyes All Dimness of Sight All Lunatick Eyes All Cankers in the Eyes The Pin and the Web in the Eye All pearles or Spots All Fistula's in the Eyes The Haw in the Eye Take true Ground-Ivy which some call Alehoof or the â—rdinary Ground-Ivy and beat it well in a Morter and if it â—e very dry drop a little White Rose-water into it or a little â—f the Water of the Herb Eyebright then drain it well into a â—lean Glass and with that Juice wash anoint or tent the â—ores in the Eyes at least three or four times in a day As â—or the Haws or Haggs in a Horse's Eye every common â—mith knows how to cut them away and that easily For a Wrench or Sprain in the Pastern Take a Quart of Brine seeth it till the scum arise and â—hen strain it and put into it a handful of Tansy a handful â—f Mallows a Sawcer full of Honey a quarter of a pound â—f Sheeps-Tallow beat them together and set them on the â—re till they be well sodden and then lay it hot to the Taint and sew a Cloth fast about it and so let it rest five â—ays and if this prevail not wash the place and shave â—way the Hair saving the fetterlock scarrifie it and lay â—antharides to it and heal it as the Splint Of a Horse that is Hipped The Horse that is hipped is when his Hip-Bone is out â—f the right place it may come by Stripe Stretch Slipâ—ing Sliding or Falling he will go sideling and the lowâ—â— Hip will fall lower than the other The Cure is speedily to take of Oyl de Bay of Dialthea of Nerval of Swines-grease of each half a pound melt them together stirring them continually until they be throughly mingled together and anoint the sore place against the Hair with this Ointment every day once a day for fifteen days together and make the Ointment to Sink well into the Flesh by holding a broad bar of Iron over the place anointed to make it enter into the Skin and if at the end of those days it doth not mend then slit a Hole downward into the Skin and inch beneath the Hip-bone make the hole so wide that you may easily thrust in a Rowel with your Finger and then with a little broad slice of Iron loosen the Skin from the Flesh above the Bone and round about the same so broad as the Rowel may lye flat and plain betwixt the Skin and the Flesh which Rowel should be of soft Calves Leather with a Hole in the midst like a Ring having a Thread ty'd to it to pull out when you would cleanse the Hole and if the Rowel be rowelled about with Flocks fast ty'd on and anointed with the Ointment of Hogs-grease and Turpentine boiled together it will draw so much the more That done tent it with a long Tent of Flax dipt in Turpentine and Hogs-grease made warm and so renew it every day for fifteen days and before that you dress him let him be walk'd every day a quarter of an hour and as it healeth make the Tent every day less than the other and as soon as he is whole draw a hot Iron cross his Loins of eight or nine inches long right over against the Hip-bone so as the rowelled place may be in the midst thereof and burn him no deeper but so as the Skin may look yellow then charge all the Skin over all the Buttocks with this Charge Take of Pitch one pound of Rosin one pound of Tar half a pint boil them together and being well warmed spread it with a Clout ty'd to a Stick clap as many Flocks on the Horse as will stick that he may travel the more at his own Will Of Stifling and Hurts in the Stifler This is when the Stifling-bone is removed from its right place but if it be not removed then the Horse is hurt and not stifled The Cure is in all Points like to the Shoulder-Pight saving that the Pins need not to be so long because the Stifling-place is not so broad and standing in the Stable let him have a Pastern with a Ring upon his Fore-leg and thereunto fasten a Cord which Cord must go about his Neck and let it be so much strained as may bring his Fore-leg forward then the other to keep the Bone from starting out but if it be but a Hurt with some Stripe or Strain then the bone will not stand out but perhaps the place may be swoln then anoint it with the Ointment last mentioned in the Receipt going before every day for fifteen days then rowel him with a heme Rowel and cleanse the Hole every day by running the Rowel anointed with the said Ointment Of Wounds The Cure is Take of Turpentine of Mel Rosarum of Oil of Roses of each a Quartern and a little Unwrought Wax and melt them together stirring them together continually and so use the Tent or Roll as occasion shall serve A Receipt for any extraordinary Cold or Cough or Pursiness in a Horse which the weak Farrier calls Broken-Winded I will here set you down the Secrets of my Knowledge in some ready easy approved Receipts which I never â—ound to fail When you find your Horse taken with any extream Cold or dry Cough or Pursiness which
or hot Fire-shovel thus do once a day until the Pain be gone Of a Back-Sinew Strain or any other Strain Take an ounce of Turpentine and two or three spoonfuls of Aqua vitae and beat them together in a Bladder or other vessel until they come to a perfect Salve then anoint the Strain very well therewith and heat it in either wiâ—h a hot Brick or else a Bar of Iron and thus doing three or four times it will take away the Strain For any desperate Strain in the Shoulder or other hidden Parts or any Fistula Pole-Evil or other Impostumation and Swelling Take a large Earthen Vessel of a Gallon and almost fill it with the Herb Arsmart and Brooklime equal in quantity and equally mixt then put to them as much of the oldest and strongest Urine that can be got as will cover the Herbs all over and fill the Vessel full then cover the pot close with a Stone Board or such like thing and so let it stand for this can never be too old Now when you have occasion to use it for any Grief aforesaid you shall take an Earthen Pipkin and put thereinto both of the Urine and of the Herbs so much as shall be convenient for the Grief and you shall boil it well upon the Fire Then if it be for a Shoulder-Strain you shall take an old Boot and cut off the Foot so that you may draw it over the Horse's Foot and about his Knee almost to the Elbow of his Shoulder keeping the nether part of the Boot as close and as strait about his Leg as may be but the upper part which covereth all the Shoulders must be wide and spacious into this Boot thrust all your Mixture as hot as the Horse can suffer it and lay it fast and close about the Shoulders especially before and behind then driving up the upper part of the Boot so fusten it to the Main of the Horse that it may be no means slip down but keep constant and firm and thus you must do once or twice a day till the Grief be gone As for the Effect thereof you shall find it for this is the most violent of all Medicines so that if there be any soul Matter that must come forth this will in an instant bring it to a Head ripen break it and heal it if there be no such things then in as short a time it will drive away the offending Humours take away the Swelling and give present Ease Yet would I have you to use this but in Extremity because for the time the Torment is almost insufferable and indeed not to be endured but only by Horses Now if it be a Fistula or any such like Impostumation or Swelling then you may spare the Boot and only lay on the Medicine in the manner of a Poultis and it will be as sufficient Of a False Quarter This is a Rift most commonly on the inside of the Hoof it cometh by the evil paring of the Hoof the Horse will halt and the Rift will bleed The Cure is Cut so much away on the side of the Shooe where the Grief is so as that the Rift may be uncovered then open the Rift with a Drawer and fill it with a Roll of Toe dipt in Turpentine Wax and Sheeps-Suet molten together renewing it every day till it be whole When the Rift is closed draw him betwixt the Hair and the Hoof with a hot Iron overthwart the Place whereby the Hoof will shoot all downward and ride him with another Shooe till he be throughly whole For an Over-reach on the Heel Take the White of an Egg and Bole-Armony mingled together with a little Flax and renew it for four or five days For an upper Taint or an Over-reach upon the Back Sinews of the Shank somewhat above the Joint This is a swelling of the Master-Sinew which proceeds from this that the Horse doth over-reach and strike that Sinew with the Toe of his Hinder-Foot which causes the place to swell and the Horse to halt The Cure is To wash the place with warm Water and to shave off the Hair as far as the Swelling goes and to scarifie every place of the Sore lightly with a Razor that the Blood may issue â—orth then take of Cantharides and Euforbium half an ounce mingle them together with half a quartern of Soap and with a Slice spread some of the Ointment over all the Sore and let him rest for an hour after let him stand without Litter and the next day dress him so again the third day anoint the Sore with Butter and continue so to â—â— for nine days after then take three handsuls of Mallows 〈◊〉 of Sage and a Rose-cake and boil them in Water and when they are soft put a pound of Butter and half a pint of Sallet-Oil to the Water and being warm wash the place four or five times together therewith Of the Nether Joint This is a Bladder full of Jelly like to a Wind-gall not apparent but by feeling growing in the midst of the Pastern above the Frush It proceeds from some Strain Wrench or Over-reach the Nether-Joint towards the Fetterlock will be hot and somewhat swoln The Cure is Tye him about the Joint with a List somewhat hard and it will cause the Bladder to appear to the Eye then lance it and thrust out the Jelly then take the White of an Egg and Salt beaten together with a little Tow and bind it unto it renewing it once a day for five or six days Of the Serew or Serow This is like a Splint in manner of a Gristle as great as an Almond it groweth on the Foreleg The Cure is Take an Onion and pick out the Core and put therein a spoonful of Honey a quarter of a pound of unslack'd Lime three penny-worth of Verdegrease and rost the Onion and bruise it and lay it hot having first cut the Skin All these Infirmities are cured by this Medicine following Fevers in general the Pestilence the Falling-Evil the Paâ—sâ—e or Shaking-Evil the Night-Mare the Hide-bound all Consumptions the Breast-grief all Tiredness the Loathing of Meat casting out of drink all Sursits the Hungry-Evil the sick Liver sick Gall sick Spleen sick Kidneys the Yellows the Dropsie Costiveness in the Body the Boâ—s all Worms Pissing Blood mattering of the Yard shedding of the seed Falling of the Yard Earing of Hens-dung the falling of the Crest If the Horse has been brought weak by Sickness and that you find it proceedeth from some inward Infection or Corruption of Blood you shall give him in the Morning fasting two spoonfuls of the Powder of Diapente well brewed with four spoonfuls of Honey tost to and fro in a pint of White-wine or Muscadine and Malmesey and ride him afterwards an hour in the Suâ— then set him up warm in the Stable and let him fast an hour give him such â—rovender he will eat and his Hay sprinkled with a little Water But if his Sickness proceed
the Hoofs on the Hinder-legs and let him Blood also in the Thigh-Veins to the quantity of a Pottle and so double your Charge in quantity and therewith charge both Hinder-legs Reins and Flanks and all against the Hair and if you find him feeble by drawing so great a quantity of Blood give him a quart of Malmsey and a little Cinnamon Mace and Pepper finely beaten into a Powder made lukewarm and let him be walk'd and chafed up and down if he be able to go but if he be not able than tie him to the Rack and let him be hanged with Canvis or Ropes so as he may stand upon the Ground on his Feet and not suffered to lie down then pare all his Feet so thin that the dew come forth and tack on the Shooes again Stopping the Feet with Bran and Hogs-grease boiled together as hot as he can endure it and wrap them in Cloaths even to the Pasterns tying the Clouts fast Let his Diet be thin and give him no cold Water and so soon as he is able let him almost be continually walked unless he be so long gone that his Hoofs begin to loose â—â— that it break forth at the Cronets of the Hoofs then take two Eggs as much Bole Armony and Bean-flower as will thâ—â—â—en the same and mingle them well together and make thereof a plaister such as may close each â—oot round about somewhat above the Cronet and bind the same fast that it fall not away or be removed for two days togâ—ther let the Soles of his Feet be cleansed and stopt every day once and the Cronets but every two days and not walk'd for loosing his Hoofs but when he amendeth walk hiâ— upon some soft Ground fair and softly but if it break out above the Hoof then take all the fore-parts of the Sole clean away leaving the Heels whole then stop him and also dress him about the Cronet as aforesaid if this Grief tho it be very dangerous be espied in time it may be cured For the Shoulderpight This is when the pitch or point of the Shoulder is displaced which if it be the point will stick out farther than his Fellow and the Horse will halt downright The Cure is To make him for to swim in a deep Water eleven or twelve turns to try if he be able to make the Joint to return to his right place then make two tough Pins oâ— Ash-Wood of the bigness of your Little-singer sharp and thrust in one of the Pins from above downward so as both the Ends may equally stick without the Skin and if the Pin of Wood will not easily pass through make it way with an Iron pin then make two Holes cross to the first Holes so as the pin may cross the first pin right in the midst with a right Cross the first pin should â—e somewhat flat in the midst to the intent the other being round might pass the better without stop and close the Inster together then take a piece of a Line somewhat bigger than a Whipcord and at one end make a Loop which being put over one of the pins ends so as it may lie between the pins ends and the Skin fasten the least end with a Pack-Needle and Thread unto the end of the Cord so as it may not slip but first anoint both the pricks and Cord with Hogs-grease then bring him into the Stable and let him rest the space of nine days but let him lie down as little as you can and put a Pastern on the Fore-leg so that it may be bound with a Cord unto the Foot of the Manger to keep the Leg in the Stable more forward always than the other and at nine days end pull out the pricks and anoint the places with Diathea or Hogs-grease and turn him to Grass For a Frothy Hoof. First with an Instrument make hollow the Extremities of the Hoof on the outside till the principal Vein break â—et the Blood run forth then fill up the Hole with fine Salt and Hurds steeped in Vinegar and then bind them so that they shall not fall off This is a sure way to make a hard and a sound Hoof. For the blasting of the Hoof. You must first cut the Hoof round about the out-side then pull away the Sole of the Foot then let the part bleed well then put in a Tent of Whites of Eggs bind the Foot about with a Band after two days wash the â—ore in Vinegar somewhat hot fill it with fine Salt and Tarta beaten together cover it with Hurds steeped in strong Vinegar Probatum est For a Pinch or a Gall in the Withers First cut out the dead Flesh and make a Tent with the White of an Egg and then wash the part with warm White-Wine and afterwards anoint the sore place with White sweet Suet. A present Remedy for the Staggers When you find your Horse distempered in his Head then take a piece of Woollen Cloth and bind it fast to the end of a stick being well rubbed with good Barbary-soap and then put it into both his Nostrils with as much ease as you can and withall draw it forth very gently again This is a perfect Remedy For the Strangles First when you see the Strangles growing prick them under the Throat in the Morning and after cover the Horse's Head with a Linnen Cloth and then rub him often under the Throat with Fresh Butter on the sore place For the swelling of the Fore-legs This Distemper cometh after great Pains and Labour the efficient Causes are many but principally that he was travell'd when young before he was cleansed from his Humours that he hath been travell'd when he was full that he might also have too much Rest and was not kept with moderate Diet that he fed too much on green Meat that he washed after Labour and such like But if the Horse be naturally fleshly-limbed he will never be free but as soon as he is cured upon Travel he will swell again and therefore such Jades should be gelt and put to Cart and never suffered to get Colt The Cure is divers Take of Mallows three or four handfuls Rose-cake and Sage a handful boil them in Water and thereunto put half a pound of Butter and half a pint of Sallet-Oyl being made warm wash him twice a day for three or four days Another for the same Take Hemlock and stamp it and mingle it with Sheeps-dung and Vinegar and having made a Plaister lay it all over the Swelling Another for the same Take Wine-Lees and Cummin and boil them together and put thereinto a little Wheat-flower and charge all the Swelling therewith and walk him often and apace to heat him and if this will not serve then take up the great Vein above the Knee on the inside suffering him not to bleed from above but from beneath If he be clean and lean-limbed use him as I have exprest to a little Butter and Beer warmed and his Feet well
for three or four days For the swelling of the Cods Take strong Vinegar white Chalk well powdered stir it well and make a Paste mingle good store of Salt finely powdered and with that Paste anoint the Cods of the Horse about three times a day and in few days this will help him For the Mattering of the Yard Take a pint of White-Wine boil therein a Quarter of Roch-Allum and with a Squirt thrust it up very far into his Yard squirt the same three or four times to pierce and cleanse the bottom from the Filth and thus continue until he be whole For the Tetter Before you meddle with the place first draw Blood from his Legs and then strike the Veins of his Legs on the outside and on the inside but not on the place where the Hoof comes forth then wash the place with White-Wine and mingle the Juice of Prunella with Powder of Galls and clear Water and with this Liquor beat the Hogs-grease and Liquid Pitch that all become like Honey and having so done anoint the Tetter and in six times dressing this will be a present help How to remedy the Wind-gall Cauterize or burn them five times with a large hot Iron on both sides and then open them overthwart only once but if there be occasion to use it under the Knee on the forepart of the Leg then you may cure it as they do other Burns An excellent and speedy Help for the Glanders First you must take one ounce of Fenugreek boil it in Water till it split and open in twâ— and after that mingle it with the Decoction and two pound of Wheat-Meal and give it the Horse to drink twice a day keep him fasting Prob. est An excellent Remedy for the Haw in the Eye First take up the Haw with a little Ivory Needle or Pen-knife and then cut it all away with your Scissers for the way to cure it is to cut it out A rare Medicine for a sore Back be it never so wrung with a Saddle Take of Sheeps-dung to the quantity of three parts of your Plaister and the fourth part of Dry Wheat and Rye-Flower and mingle them well together and let them boil a quarter of an hour in good fair Water and then lay it on warm and at two or three times applying it will cure the Back This is a tryed and approved Plaister An excellent Cure for the Scab and the sore Crupper You are to take a little Frankincense Nitre Tartar and the Bark of Ash Vitriol Verdegrease and Helebore white and black Round Birthwort and stamp them altogether with Yolks of Eggs and ordinary Ale then after that boil them and anoint the sore place For the Foaling of the Yard The Cure is To wash the same with warm White-Wine and anoint it with the Oyl of Roses and Honey mingled together then put it up and with a Codpice or Truss keep it up still and dress him every day once till he be whole For the swelling of the Cods or Stones The Cure is To let him Blood on both sides in the Flank-Veins then take of Oyl of Roses and Vinegar of each a pint half a quartern of Bole Armony beaten into Powder mingle them together and being lukewarm anoint the Cods therewith with two or three Feathers and the next day ride him into the Water and give him two or three turns then bring him to the Stable and when that he is dry anoint them again and so continue until that he be whole but if the Cods do swell through any Hurt then cover them with a Charge of Bole-Armony and Vinegar wrought together renewing till the swelling go away and if it will then break then tent it with Melrosarum till it be whole For a bony Excression arising upon any Member of a Horse Take the Root of Elecampane well cleansed and wrap it in a Paper and rost it as you would rost a Warden in hot Embers as hot as the Horse can suffer it for you must not scald him after you have rubbed and chased the Excression clap this thereunto and bind it on hard and in once or twice dressing it will consume the Excression also in a Morning and Evening you must rub the Excression with the Oyl of Origanum which will consume away the Hardness To cure the running Frush or any Impostumation of the Sole of the Foot to dry Scratches Pains and such Ulcerous Sores Take old Urine and burn it with good store of Allum and keep it in a close Vessel by it self then take a good handful or two of green Nettles strong and keen and spread them on some Plate or other Vessel and dry them either before the Fire or in an Oven after the Houshold Bread is drawn then crush and bruise them into a very fine Powder and look what a quantity of Powder there is and take the like quantity of Pepper beaten also into a very fine Powder and mix both very well together then keep this Powder in a close Bladder and when you have occasion to use it first wash the sore place with the Urine and Allum made very warm and the Sore throughly scowred after dry them with a very fine Linnen Cloth and lastly strew the Pounce of the Powder so as that it cover all the Sore And thus always do after Travel or once a day in the time of Rest For Incording or Bursting This is when the Rim that incloseth the Guts is broken so that they fall into the Cods of the Horse which is apparent to the sight and feeling The Cure is to put four Pasterns on his Feet as the Horse-gelders use then bathe his Stones with warm Water and Butter then raise them up from the Body with both your hands being closed by the Fingers fast together and so holding the Stones in your hands work down the Gut into the Body of the Horse by stroking it downwards with your Thumbs one after another until that side of the Stone be so small as the other then having returned the Gut into its right place take a Woollen List of two fingers broad throughly anointed with Fresh Butter and tye his Stones both together or so nigh his Body as may be not over hard but that you may put your finger betwixt that done in all Quietness take the Horse away and let him not be stirred three Weeks after but the next day unloosen the List and take it away and every day after twice or thrice a day cast cold Water upon his Cods to make him shrink up his Stones and at three Weeks or a Months end to geld him of that Stone which done let him eat little and continually drink Water but a little at a time till three Weeks be ended For the Botch in the Groins of a Horse The Cure is To take of Wheat-flower Turpentine and Honey of each a like quantity stirring it to make a little Plaister lay it to the Sore to break it and then lance it and
red and be full of Corruption The Cure is To let him Blood on the side of the Neck that you see the Eye is grieved a Pottle or more if you see the Blood very foul and the Inflamation great then take three pints of fair Water and Roch Allum and green Coperas of each half a pound and of white Coperas an ounce and boil them until half be consumed then once a day being made warm with a fine Cloth cleanse the Eye so that it look raw and this do every day until it be whole For the Impostumes in the Ear. This may proceed from some Blow or evil Humours The Cure is Take Powder of Linseed and of Wheat-flower of each half a pint of Hogs-grease one pound warm them in a pot on the fire until they be throughly incorporated by continual stirring then take a piece of white Leather somewhat bigger than the Impostumation and spread it being very warm as far as will cover the swelling and renew it every day until it break then lance it so as the Corruption may go downward and tent it to the bottom with a full Tent of Flax dipt with this Ointment following Of Melrosaâ—um of Oyl of Life and Turpentine of each two ounces and mingle them throughly then make him a Biggin of Canvas to close in the Sore so as the Tent and Ointment may abide within renewing it every day once until it be whole but if the pain be in the Ears without any great swelling which may be only with Cold then take Blackwood dipt in the Oyl of Camomile and thrust it into his Ears These Infirmities are cured by this Medicine following all Light Galls to skin Sores to dry up Humours First bathe the Sore place with hot molten Butter then strow upon it the Powder of Rosin for a day or two lastly Take a spoonful or two of very thick Cream and with the Soot of a Chimney bring it to a very thick Paste then spread it upon the Sore and it will heal dry and Skin in a short space Of the Pole Evil. This proceedeth likewise from the same Causes and groweth like a Fistula betwixt the Ears or the Nape of the Neck you shall perceive it by the swelling if it be not broken ripen it with a Plaister of white Hogs-grease as tho' you would scald it therewith and make him a Biggin to keep him very warm and renew the Plaister twice a day very hot and it will ripen the sooner then where it is softest and where the Corruption may best issue forth with a round hot Iron as big as your little-Finger two Inches beneath the soft place thrust it upwards so as the point of the Iron may come forth at the ripest place then Tent it with Flax dipt in Hogs-grease and lay also a Plaister of Hogs-grease on the same renewing it four or five days then afterwards take half a pound of Turpentine clean washed and dry'd from the Water with two Yolks of Eggs and a little Sasfron and mingle them together then with a Quill search the depth of the Hole and tent it with a Sponge so big as the Hole to the bottom and so thrust it with a Quill into the Wound to the bottom and a warm Plaister of Hogs-grease to cover it renewing it twice a day but when the swelling ceaseth use no Plaister For Impostumes in the Ear. This proceeds from some Blow or evil Humours The Cure is â—ake a Powder of Linseed and of Wheat-flower of â—ach half a pint of Hogs-grease one pound warm them in a Pot on the Fire until they be throughly incorporated by continual stirring then take a piece of white Leather somewhat bigger than the Impostumation and spread it being very warm as far as will cover the Swelling and renew it every day until it break then lance it so as the Corruption may go downward and tent it to the bottom with a full Tent of Flax well dipt in the Ointment following of Melrosaâ—um of Oyl of Liâ—e and Turpentine of each two ounces and mingle them throughly then make him a â—iggen of Canvas to close in the Sore so as the Tent and Ointment may abide within renewing it every day once until it be whole but if the Pain be in the Ears without any great swelling which may be only with Cold then take Black Wool dipt in the Oyl of Camomile and thrust it into his Ears For the Canker in the Eye This proceeds from the Corruption of Blood by reason whereof you shall see many red Pimples both within and without the Eye and through Inflamation the Eye will look red and be full of Corruption The Cure is to let him Blood on that side the Neck that you see the Eye is grieved a Pottle or more if you see the Blood very foul and the Inflamation great then take three pints of fair Water and of Roch-Allum and Green Coperas of each half a pound and of White-Coperas an ounce and boil them until that half be consumed then once a day being made warm with a fine Cloth cleanse the Eye so as it look raw and this do every day until it be whole For the Haw in the Eye This Distemper is known unto all Farriers no doubt but it is ingendred from some gross Humour descending out of the Head the Cure thereof is to pull both the Eye-Lids open with several Threads stitched with a Needle to either of the Lids then catch hold of the Hair with the stich of another Needle and Thread and pull it on so far as you may stay it with your Finger to the intent it may cut all round to the breadth of a Penny and leave the black behind for by cutting away so much of the fat and black of the Eye the Horse many times becomes bleer-eyed and therefore you must spare the Fat which is the wash of the Eye and the Film wherein the Eye groweth but cut between the Film and the Crush and then squirt in a little White wine or Beer For Lunatick Eyes For as much as they are so called I am content so to continue the name and it is said that the Horse becometh blind at certain times of the Moon and thereupon most Men do gather that his Sight is good or bad according to the natural Course of the Moon but the Truth thereof is from the natural Sight of the Eye which is a blueish Eye or Sight and all Horses that are so sighted after extraordinary Heat and Travel will be blue and have a Film overgrow the Sight so as he cannot see although he be cured but upon the like occasion will fall blind again An experienced Friend of mine always cured this Disease by thrusting Tuâ—ty into the Eyes with his Finger But if you lay upon the Temples of his Head a Plaister of Pitch Rosin and Mastick and then with a sharp Knife make two slits on both sides of his head an inch long somewhat towards the Nose a handful
beneath the Eyes not touching the Vein and with a Cronet loose the Skin upwards the breadth of a Groat and thrust therein a round piece of Leather as broad as a two-penny piece with a hole in the midst to keep the hole open and look to it once a day that the Matter may not be stopped but run ten or eleven days then heal it with Turpentine Hogs-grease and Wax boyled together with Flax dipped in it and take not the Plaisters off till they fall away then burn him with a small hot drawing Iron made like a Star with a hole in the midst in each Temple-Vein where the Plaister did lye in this manner ** and if this help not set him to Cart Beware you breed no Colts of Horses that are so â—â—ed for upon every hard Travel they will be blind These Infirmities are cured by this following Medicine All Wounds in general all Sinews cut all Wounds with sbot burning with Lime Mad-dog biting Foundring Fretizing Surbaiting all loose Hoofs casting of the Hoof Hoof-bound Take of Turpentine Wax Hogs-grease of each a like quantity first melt the yellow Wax and Hogs-grease upon a soft fire then take it off and dissolve the Turpentine into it and stir it very well together then put it into a Gally-pot and let it cool and with this Salve tent or plaister any Wound or Sore and it will heal it Also with the same anoint the Cronets of the Horses Hoofs and putting Wheat-bran unto it it being boyled hot stop your Horseâ— Feet therewith in case either of Founder of Frettize Surbait or such like Infirmities For the Staggers The Cause of this Disease is for that the Brain and the Stomack are united and chained together with certain Sinews and thereby interchangeably communicate their damages so as when the Stomack is oppressed with the gross and tough Humours or some strong Vapours as when the Horse hath eat some strong Herb as the wild Parsnips or such like by the strong vapouring Spirits proceeding out of the Stomack to the Brain oppressing the same as the strong vaporous Spirit of Wine Aquavltae and such like do the brain of Man he is dizzy and reeleth as if he were drunk at the first he doth only reel and stagger as if his Back were swayed and will eat his Meat but afterwards he will forsake it and not be able to stand The Cure is let him blood in the Temple-Veins one handful under the Eyes then take Garlick Herb-grace a little Leaven and Bay-salt stamp them together and then put thereinto a little quantity of Aquavitae and put it into the Horse's Ears and bind them close and so let it remain twenty four hours and wash his Tongue with Vinegar and Salt let him not drink any cold Water and once a day gently walk him Another for the same Take Bitter Almonds one once and a half of Ox-Galâ— two drams of Black Hellebore stamp one half penny-worth of Groins of Castorum of Vinegar of Varnish five drams sethe them together until the Vinegar be consumed strain it and put it into his Ears as aforesaid but bind them with a Woollen List not with a cutting String A Soveraign Medicine called the Emperour of all Medicines concerning Horses Take of Wheat-meal six pounds or as much as will bring all the Simples following to a stiff Paste of Aâ—iâ—eeds two ounces of Cummin-seed six drams of Carthamus one dram and a half of Feaugreek-seed one ounce and two drams of Brimstone an ounce and a half and of Sallet-Oyl one pint and two ounces of Honey one pound and a half of White-Wine four pints and all this must be made into a very stiff Paste the hard Simples being pounded and searsed to a fine Powder and so mixed with the sweet Simples After this Paste is made it must be kept in a very clean Cloth and when you have occasion to use it you shall take thereof as much as will make a round Ball as big as a Mans Fist and this Ball you shall by continual washing laving and squeezing dissolve into a Gallon of running Water to give it the Horse to drink either after his Heats or any violent Labour or Exercise or when he is sick poor lean or inwardly diseased and full of foul Surfeits and then you shall suffer him to drink thereof as much and often as he pleaseth the Colour of the Water will offend him to take it therefore at the first offer it him in the dark of which when he hath but once tasted he will then sorsake all Water whatsoever to drink of this only Now touching the Virtues which appertain to this Medicine they are these First if your Horse be never so poor lean surfeited and diseased if you give your Horse of this Water with the Ball dissolved in it as aforesaid it will in fourteen days not only cleanse and scoure him but also purifie the Blood enliven and quicken him in a wonderful manner Secondly it will be a means to prevent any Sickness for a long time Thirdly and Lastly â—t will make him continue in good Case feed lustily and â—gain Flesh apace though before he was very Lean. A safe Purge to prevent Sickness Take a quarter of a pound of red Saunders and the like quantity of fresh Butter make them up and give them as the former or Rosemary Leafs bruised and mixed with Butter or green Figs so ordered and let those that undertake the Cure of Horses observe particularly these five things 1. To what Diseases Horses are inclinable 2. From what Cause they proceed 3. By what means the Causes do accrue 4. The Tokens by which any Distemper is known 5. And how to apply apt and seasonable Remedies For the Cramp or Convulsion of the Sinews The cause of this Disease is over much Fulness or very great Eating and Feeding much Rest want of moderate Exercise or by over-much Bleeding extream Labour or extream Cold. That which proceeds from great Fulness and Rest comes suddenly That which comes by Emptiness or Penury goes on by little and little I have seen a Horse had his Head awry and Neck so stiff as if he could not bow any manner of way nor the strength of Men open his Jaws or Mouth without breaking of them His Eyes hollow in his Head and the fleshy parts thereof turned backwards His Tongue so henumed that he could not eat nor drink but by sucking of his drink by little and little with his Lips All which came by a full and foul Feeding and too much Rest bâ—ing notwithstanding exceeding Fat when he Dy'd The cure of this Disease is to take a great quantity of Blood from him rake him behind and give him a Glister of Mallows Cammomile and Fennel boyled in Milk How to order him after this for the Recovery of his Limbs c. Let him be rubbed by two or three lusty strong Men and keep him in a very warm Room then take two quarts of strong Ale and two