a handfull Briany-root an ounce boil them in a quart or three pints of Water then strain out the Liquid part and having sweetned it with Sugar-candy give it him hot and tend him that he catch not cold To purge Melancholy Take Scammony a dram the Juyce or Seeds of black Helebore two ounces dissolve the former in and mingle the latter with a pint of warm Ale and give it him to drink fasting To purge Phlegm Take of the Juyce of Ivy-leaves or berries half an ounce or the Decoction of them being very strong add the grains of Cochneal two ounces the roots of Fern washed and sliced two ounces Colocinthius an omnce make of these a drench with White-wine give it the Horse warm and keep him two hours after fasting CHAP. XXV Clysters how to make them and on what occasion they ought to be applied in order to their effectual working and bringing away bad humours SInce Clysters in case of Internal distempers are very necessary I cannot omit them but proceed amongst other things to speak of such as cannot but be usefull and especially those that are capable of purging the several humours or at least ways to cause an evacuation of those crudities they have contracted in the bowels And in this case if your Horse is very laxative which frequently is occasioned by flegmatick humours Take of the Juyce of Pelletory of the Wail a quarter of a pint add to it Verjuyce and Olive-oyl of each half a pint and of stale Beer a quart boil them together to the consumption of a sixth part and being warm put them into your Glister-bag and force them up the body of the Horse and by binding down his Tail suffer them to remain there if possible for the space of an hour and give him thereupon Water wherein Scabeous has been concocted In case of any Pestilential disease occasioned by a cholerick or firey humour Take of the Seeds of Colloquintida cleared from the husks half an ounce the Juyce of Centaury and Wormwood of each an ounce Castoreum half the like quantity Juyce of Wood-sorrel two ounces and half a pint of Olive-oyl concoct them in two quarts of Water a little sweetned with brown Sugar and force it into the Horse's body using him as before is mentioned For any Internal distemper proceeding from Melancholy Take Anniseeds and the Seeds of Mallows beaten to Powder of each an ounce boil them with a small quantity of Savin in a quart of Whey or Skim-milk then add a quarter of a pound of fresh Butter and so having well strained out the Liquid part give it him in his Fundament luke-warm For any distemper Internal occasioned by sanguine corrupt Blood or watry Humours by means of bad concoction or obstruction c. Take of the leaves and roots of Marshmallows a handfull Violet-leaves double the quantity Linseed and Coriander-seeds of each a handfull white Lilly-roots an ounce the Juyce of Senne the like quantity with the latter boil them in two quarts of Water to the consumption of a third part and then add Oyl of Olives a pint and give it him warm Clyster-wise For Sickness in general an approved Clyster Take of the Oyl of Dill and Cammomoil of each an ounce the Oyl of Cassa half an ounce the Juyce of Violet-leaves two ounces Then having concocted a good quantity of Mallows in two quarts of Water strain out the Liquid part and put the fore-mentioned Ingredients therein and administer them blood-warm This in all violent diseases especially is singular good In case of Restringency or hard Binding Take the Juyce of Fumetory a quarter of a pint the Syrup of Roses two ounces and as much of the Oyl of Bays Neatsfoot-oyl half a pint and of the Juyce of Mulberries two ounces add to these a pint of new Milk and force them up the Horse's Fundament very warm and so upon other the like occasions Observe in giving of Clysters that the quantity must in all probability be reduced or augmented according to the quality or temperature of the Horse Now note that if the Horse be never so large and in good case three quarts is an extraordinary dose and one quart an indifferent one so that I leave it to the discretion of the Practitioner to regulate the Liquid part as he sees convenient least by over-charging the Horse's bowels it burst forth before it has opportunity to work as it ought or by being under-charged it wants of its force to stir the humours and cause such an evacuation as is required And so submitting this to the discretion or judgment of those that shall make experiment I proceed to other matters altogether as necessary to be understood both as to what relates to the preservation of health and remedy of sickness CHAP. XXVI Cordials Cordial-Powders Drinks and Drenches Purgations and Suppositories wonderfully conducing to the health and strength of a Horse Diapente an excellent Powder in case of any cold or Pestilential disease To make it TAke Gentia Baccalani Round Aristolochia Myrrh and the Powder of Storax of each an ounce bruise them distinctly and pass the Powder through a fine Sieve and when you see occasion give the Horse from two to four drams in Muscadel or other sweet Wine as warm as may be and keep him from catching cold or for want of Wine give it him in strong Ale but Wine is better An excellent Cordial-Ball to be given in case of any Internal distemper and especially to prevent the Consumption or wasting any part c. Take dried Foxe's Lungs an ounce Methridate two ounces Powder of Licoris and that of the Seeds of Coriander of each an ounce the Powder of Cinamon and Pomgranet-seeds of each an ounce Spruce-beer or the Lees of Claret half a pint Thicken it with Allom-flower till the whole mass be infused therein and may be made up into balls as big as Walnuts and then give him one at a time as you see occasion sending after it a hot Drench of Ale or new Milk. This and the former being put into a glass or gally-pot and close stopped up will keep in a dry place a twelve month An excellent Drench to cure any Internal distemper proceeding from any of the four Humours of the Body c. especially such as are Pestilemial Having let your Horse blood if necessity by the Symptoms I have named in the foregoing part of the book requires it Take a handfull of Baum and as much Wormwood dry them till they may be rubbed into a Powder mix with the Powder the Juyce of Rue four ounces the Powder of grated Nutmeg well dried an ounce four grains of the Oyl of Amber and two of Bezora-stone dissolve these in a quart of Ale and give the Drench to the Horse as hot as is convenient and let him stand fasting two hours in a dry Stable after them For want of what is before mentioned Take Anniseed and the Seeds of Cardamums of each an ounce Bay-berries and Fenegreek-seed the
after you have given him other Heats and in lieu thereof give him a Ball made after the following manner viz. Take Fenegreek and Cardamum-seeds Anniseeds and those of Cummin Colts-foot and Elecampane-Root of each two ounces and having bruised them and sifted off the Husks and grosser part add two ounces of the Flower of Brimstone and one of Licorish Powder moisten them with White-wine and add more an ounce of the Chymicaloyl of Anniseeds Molossus and Olive-oyl of each half a pint and incorporate them with as much Flower as will make them up into balls as big as Pullets Eggs and keep them in a thick Glass or well-glazed Pot for your use they being good for a Horse on sundry other occasions as for Colds Coughs Glanders Stoppage of the Stomach or shortness of Breath in case of molten Grease or crudy Humours And thus you may pass him over the third Fortnight with good looking to and a due observance of Heats Airs and Diet From which I proceed to the fourth and last Fortnight for so much time is sufficient to bring any Horse to perfection In the fourth Fortnight observe to let his Bread be yet finer as allowing three pecks of Wheat to one of Beans reducing it to the most imaginable fineness by bolting and other ways dressing lightning it up with a sufficient quantity of new Ale Yest Whites of Eggs and new Milk working them to the best advantage and baking them as the former and give it him crumbled amongst the best Oats well sifted and well rubbed between your hands as also Splent-beans freed from the Husks Nor must you give him any Scowring neither augment the potion of his Meat As for his Heats the first week you may give him two but the second week one is sufficient and that some five days before he is to Run yet to supply the defect of the other Heat you may give him strong Airings for the â—etter preservation of his Wind and to render him â—he cheerfuller as also to remove gross fumes and â—apours you may Morning and Evening burn any sweet Perfume on a Chafing-dish of Wood-coles in the Stable as Benjâ—mine Storax Frankincense or Olibanum and often wash his Oats in Ale or Beer And the better to corroborate him give him every other day a new-laid Egg in a Glass of Muscadel and debar him from Hay unless his Belly be very loose The last week observe if he be a foul feeder to Muzzle him unless at such times as you are with him least by eating his Litter biting the Manger or Rack-staves he injure him or neglect his Diet and above all let your Stable be so kept that neither Pigeons Hens or any Fowl can come to dung in it and the day before he is to Run let him have his proportion of Meat in the Morning but in the Afternoon take away a third part and Shooe him to advantage as like â—ise dress him well breading his Mane Tail and do â—â—â—er necessary things of ornament but with that cauâ—â—on that he may not take distast thereat The Morning the Match is to be Run come to your Horse before it is well day and give him a quart or three pints of Oats sprinkled with Muscadel or Whites of Eggs but if he refuse to take them then you may give him dry Oats with a third part Wheat well sifted and ordered and intice him what you can to empty himself and so putting on his Muzzle let him remain till you have notice to bring him forth in order to Run the Match The warning being had take off the Muzzle and put on the Snaffle it being washed in Muscadel then rub him sleek and cast a white Linnen-cloth over him next to his Body and over that the Horse-cloths lay on them the Saddle well pitched with Shoomakers Wax of which the Girths must likewise participate and Girt it gently so that he may not be straitned Give him after that a mouthfull or two of Oats anâ— pour down his throat half a pint of Muscadel witâ— the yolk of a new-laid Egg and so draw him out 〈◊〉 the Stable leading him to the Course using by thâ— way your endeavour to make him empty When hâ—â— is arrived at the Weighing-post wash his Mouth with fair water rub his Legs and other parts and then uâ—â— cloath him and clap on your Saddle then mouâ—â— and wait the Signal when starting fair observe weâ— your ground and commit the rest to the goodness 〈◊〉 your Horse And thus Reader have I laid down thâ— most approved Rules and Methods of this kind which being put in practice and well observed will doubtleâ—â— turn to great advantage and may indifferently servâ—â— in preparing a Horse for any other occasion or employment And seeing the Management of the Rideâ— is very material in this and other cases I shall noâ— think it amiss to give directions of that kind in the following Chapter with other matters CHAP. XI What the Rider ought to be and what by him 〈◊〉 to be considered in order to Backing and goâ—â— Management as also the Office and Duty 〈◊〉 a Groom c. AS it is not every one that is fit for a Rider relating to management and curious occasions so it ought to be considered who is and what his chiâ—â— care must be that he neither spoil nor baulk a Horâ—â— in his first Breaking or in Racing for such thing too frequently happen and thereby render altogetheâ— fruitless the care pains and cost of the Breeder and create such Vices in the Horse as will not easily be removed and therefore your Rider must be a temperate and patient person not given to fury nor anger one of a strait upright body of an indifferent weight not too heavy nor too light by reason the one may render young Horses in Breaking sway-backed and â—he other regardless of him that sits him he must in his Function be laborious and diligent a lover and cherisher of Horses one who rises early to practice and is not given to immoderate Exercising and when the Horse maketh a default he must use his diligence to let him see it and thereby render him tractable for if the person be hasty rash and cholerick soon provoked to impatience he can never make a perfect Horse-man neither can he be able to make a Horse perfect as otherwise he might If a young Horse of the right strain for shape breed and colour be well handled he seldom fails to answer the expectation of his Master when on the contrary he may be spoiled and be found good for nothing but the Plow and Cart. And this is often occasioned in a young Horse by the too much rigor of the Rider or Breaker by which the Horse is so confounded and over-feared that he is not capable of understanding or else Breaking through that fear grows restiff and sullen when on the contrary sweet words and mild behaviour wins so far upon a good-natur'd Horse that in a short time he
grieved and if no store of corruption or a contraction of evil humours attend those Kernels then will it sink them so that they will not be offensive and if there be humours it will break and disperse them For the Navel-gall the Remedy Take an indifferent fine Rag. dip it in Brandy and Sallad-oyl well incorporated over a gentle fire bathe and supple well the place grieved and to make it penetrate the better run it over afterward with an exceeding hot cloth and in often so doing the Cure will be wrought For a Blow Bruise or the like misfortune that causes a a Swelling or Tumour the Remedy If the swelling be about the Head let the Horse blood in the Neck-vein on that side the misfortune befell which done to prevent the Farcy or the like Take of Anniseeds Rue Turmerick and red Sage each about an ounce shread them into a quart of Beer or Ale and suffering them to infuse therein for the space of a night press out the next morning the liquid part very hard and give it him cold to drink surfering him to fast after them for the space of four hours then having in readiness a charge made of Aquavitae and Soap spread it upon a Leather so much as will cover the swelling and your expectation will be answered The Scratches their Remedy The Scratches are a troublesome Sorrance found upon the hinder heels of a Horse on the Pasterns and somewhat above and are caused by the breaking out of evil humours setling there To cure which Take of Hen's-dung and black Soap each two ounces incorporate them with Hog's-grease or Neats-foot-oyl over a gentle fire till they become an Oyntment then having dried and rubbed the Horse's heels anoint them with it and bind on the Oyntment or Swathe the Legs with a warm cloth not suffering the Horse to come into the water And if this prove not a sufficient Remedy at several times using try this more powerfull Take Beef-broth and bathe his Legs well therewith over night and rubbing them clean the next morning take two ounces of Deer's Suet the like quantity of Speck-oyl and an ounce of Verdegrease beat them well together in half a pint of Train-oyl put them into an Earthen-pot on a gentle fire and stir them well together and anoint the place grieved chafing it in with a hot cloth keeping him out of the water and dirty ways For Foot-foundering a Remedy Having found by the lameness or crimpling of your Horse that he is foundered which mostly happens by unseasohably travelling in dirty ways and not being well regarded upon his setting up bleed him a little in the Thigh or if you can conveniently in the Fetock-vein and set on his Shooe hollow the Wool or Cotton may be thrust between as occasion requires it then Take Venice Turpentine and spread it upon a Lock or Wad thereof putting it with a flat stick between the Shooe and the Hoof the latter being well pared keeping it in with a piece of Leather and renewing it every three days and as you see his Hoof grow again pare him even to the quick applying the Plaister and suffering him to run in soft though not in dirty or mirey ground For a Canker in the Head a Remedy When you find by the rawness and yellow matter that this grievance has seized your Horse to remedy it before it grow desperate Take a pint of Olive-oyl of Burgundia-Pitch three ounces and an ounce of washed Turpentine put them all into a Pipkin and mix them together over a gentle fire and when they are well mixed add an ounce of Verdegrease and boil them up to the thickness of a Salve ever keeping the matter stirring and making a Plaister apply it to the Canker according to the advantage of the place where it is scituate having first rubbed off the Scurf or Scales and if so it happen to be in the Nostrils having washed it with a Spunge at the end of a stick dipped in Salt and Vinegar to cleanse it wet the Salve and dipping a feather therein anoint the place grieved with it when warm and capable of sticking by the like application For the Mangey or dry Scurvey a Cure. Having cleansed the place by scraping off the Scurf or Scabs that it may lye open to the opperation of the Medicament or Application Take a quarter of a pint of strong Beer with two ounces of the Oyl of Turpentine and well mixing them by shaking in a Viol-glass anoint the place grieved with a feather tying up your Horse to prevent his unruliness during your so doing and till the sharpness of its opperation be over with a strong cord to the Rack then blow upon it Powder of Bole-armorick and bind the Sorrance gently with a cloth this you may repeat once a week as often as you see occasion and when it heals which will be signified by the returning of the hair then may you supple it with Oyntment of Marshmallows and wash it with water wherein Charvil has been concocted or boiled The Vives and their Remedy For swanking in the Back or a strain in the Kidneys caused by indiscreet Riding or over-burthening Your Horse being under these circumstances mix well together two ounces of Nerve-oyl and the like quantity of the Oyl of Turpentine over a gentle fire and having a Sheeps-skin newly stripped off rub it with a brush or cloth all over the fleshey side and clapping the Skin upon the Horse's back especially where the grief is bind it on with broad Sursingles very strait bracing it with a Crupper behind and Straps before and give the Horse the Juyce of Peletory sweetned with Sugar-candy half a pint warm in a pint of Ale. For any pain or foulness in the Reins or Kidneys an excellent Scowring c. Take Treacle-Jean two ounces and Ruburb in Powder half an ounce with an ounce of the Juyce of Hysop to qualifie them put these into a pint of Beer or Ale when very hot and give it the Horse fasting A present relief for an Attaint or over-reach on the Heel or the like This mis-hap cometh to pass when the Horse with the Toe of his hinder Shooe strikes the Heel just at the setting on of the Hoof commonly called the Over-reach and if not timely regarded may prove dangerous for being not only a breaking of the flesh but a strong bruise it sometimes by its Rankling perishes the Sinews or otherwise renders the Horse lame or disabled And in this case clip away the hair and the batter'd skin or flesh which you will find hang loose and useless And having so done wash the dirt out of it with Water and Salt after which anoint it with Neats foot Oyl or Mutton-suet and then dip a wad of Flax in the Whites of Eggs and bind it hard with a list or soft string to the place and renew it till you find the Sorrance healed which will be in a week or thereabouts A Cure for the Sorrance called
or five days For a putrefied Frush the Cure. Having well washed and cleansed the Foot with Man's Urin Take of beaten Allom a pound and put it into a quart of the same Urin and gathering a good quantity of green Nettles dry them so that they may without difficulty be beaten into a Powder do the like by Pepper and when you have after Travel or any Exercise washed the place grieved with the Urin in which the Allom is dissolved blow the Powder upon it and so bind it up And by this doing frequently you will find the effects answerable to your expectation To dissolve the humours and thereby anticipate Diseases Take Sage Rosemary Wormwood the Bark of the root of an Elm or the leaves of the Pine and Wormwood of each a handfull stamp or shread them and then boil them in the Oyl of Linseed till they being pressed become the thickness of an Oyntment and with it as hot as may be chafe and rub the place where you perceive the humours to settle or begin to draw together and by often so doing they will disperse Figs and Salt boiled to Gelly with the Juyce of Nettles and Elder have in many cases the same effects To soften any hard swelling or contracted hardness Take of Neatsfoot-oyl a quart of the Juyce of Coleworts half a pint of the Marrow of Hog's feet two ounces and an ounce of the Oyl of Cyprus with half a handfull of the roots of Mallows bruised boil or heat them over a gentle fire till they incorporate and become an oyntment then the roots being taken away put it up into a Gally-pot and as often as you see occasion use it hot to the grieved place For the Splint Wind-gall or Bladders of Gelly in or about any of the Joynts subject thereto Take Bees-wax a pound Per-rosin half a pound Galbanum two ounces Sol-Armoniack an ounce Costus three ounces Myrrh Secundary a pound bruise and melt them together till they are well incorporated and so being made into a Salve or thick Oyntment use it Plaster-wise by applying it to the grievance and you will soon find it effectual To cleanse any putrefied or other Sore the safest way Take Salad-oyl and tryed Hog's Lard of each a pound Turpentine and White-wax of each four ounces and six ounces of Allom-powder and a quarter of a pint of the Juyce of Rue make them into an Oyntment over a gentle fire and dress the Wound therewith as you see occasion and it will not only cleanse it but fill it with sound flesh A Horse Planet-struck how to Cure. This distemper takes a Horse's limbs away on a suddain so that they remain for a good time in the same posture they did at the time of the seizure he not being able to move them And this though it is by the English called Planet-struck and by the French Surprius yet it is no other than the effects of heat and cold and whether of these it is may be thus perceived If it be cold then is it discerned sometime before by his snuffling and ratling in the head which denotes that cold phlegmatick humours do assault the brain And if from heat then it may be perceived by the dryness of the Tongue the scorching of the Breath clear breathing and the like then is the Malady in the blood composed of crudities and gross humours For the first anoint his Temples with the Oyl of Petrolum and give him an ounce of Leserpitum in a pint of Canary and half a pint of Olive-oyl as warm as may be And for the latter having blooded your Horse give him Water and Honey with an ounce of Leserpetum and two ounces of Mellion-seed bruised to Powder and let his diet be moderate especially if his body abound with gross humours that by a spare diet they may waste and consume though sometimes indeed by extream fasting this distemper happens and then good feeding though by degrees is the best remedy For the Poze or excessive Cold a Remedy Take Conserve of Ellecampane or else the herb bruise or dissolve it into a pint of Mallaga then add an ounce of beaten Ginger and Powder of Rosemary and having well warmed them over a fire give them the Horse to drink and so continue to do every other Morning for a week To remedy or cure Hideboundness in a Horse This disorder of body you shall know by finding the Skin of your Horse cleave to his Ribs and Back-bone so that you cannot without much difficulty take it up And this proceeds from a pining or wasting by reason of some inward distemper of body or by having been bad kept bad rid or suffered upon a heat to stand much in rainy weather and be afterward unseasonably dried To remedy which defect and render his Skin loose and plyable so that he may thrive and recover his strength Take of Cummin and Anniseeds each two ounces the Powder of Licoras an ounce Flower of Brimstone half an ounce and Oyl of Roses a quarter of a pint mix these together and heating them well in a quart of Ale give them the Horse to drink Morning and Evening for the space of a week and the Remedy will prove its sufficiency For a wet inward Cough a Remedy This disorder proceeds from the Horse's being too much in damp foggy Airs whereby gross humours are ingendred which converting to Rheums fall in such abundance upon the Lungs that they as it were stifle and overwhelm them in such a manner as renders them almost uncapable of performing their office so that the sound by that means seems to be inward Now to remedy this and prevent the danger Boil a peck of Barley to a Mash or Pulp then add to it Licoras-powder two ounces Anniseed and Carroway-seeds of each an ounce sliced Dates or blew Figs half a pound Sugar-candy a pound Turmerick three ounces and two Roots of Garlick with a quart of Olive-oyl and when they are boiled to a Mash press out the Liquid part between two Cheese-fatts and give him a pint of it hot for six Mornings together and soon after Exercise him smartly the weather being dry and the ground good For a dangerous Cough commonly called the dry Cough This distemper proceeds from bad feeding or unseasonable labour which causes the Cholerick humour to abound and fall upon the Lungs in a hot tough yellow phlegm which clungs them up as it were so that the Horse cannot breathe without pain and though he seldom coughs yet when he does it it is performed with a hollow sound and much violence Now to remedy this Take a handfull of Cammomoil and the like quantity of the herb Melliot two ounces of Licoras-powder and three ounces of the Conserve of Red Roses a quarter of a pound of Honey and two ounces of Allom boil them in Water wherein four ounces of Camphire has been dissolved and give him the liquid part to drink as hot as he may well endure it keeping him for two hours after
or dried Lavender a handfull boil them in Ale or White-wine and give him the Liquid part ordering him as for the former For any disease and stoppage in the Liver The Obstructions in the Liver frequently happen through excess of humours that not capable of being digested into good and wholsome blood clog and hinder the cavities of the passages and by that means cause pains and sickness Now to remove these humours known by the dullness of the countenance hanging of the head often straining and inward groaning Take Agremony Cammomoil Eumetory Pursley Woormwood Succory Endive the Seeds of Lupins and Flowers of Mayweed a handfull Licoris Gentian and Spikenard of each an ounce bruise them well and boil them in a quantity sufficient of Syder or Perry and give it the Horse very warm and let him walk thereupon for the space of an hour after and for a fortnight after be sparing in his diet that the humours by this means may disperse and consume For a Botch or Sorrance in the Groin of a Horse a good Cure. When by the Tumourousness of the flesh you perceive a swelling to arise in the Groin of a Horse Take Shoomakers Wax the white sort add to an ounce of it half an ounce of the Powder of Bilthwortroots and as much Amoniacum and over a gentle fire make them into a Plaster which being spread upon a feather apply it to the place till the swelling is ripe for breaking then Lance it and take out the putrefaction after that wash the Sorrance with Water wherein Allom and Honey have been dissolved till you find it begin to heal then anoint it with Vnguentum Aegyptiacum and bind it up For a general Manginess the Remedy This happens through the corruption of the blood and grossness of humour occasioned by over-labouring over-heating and bad feeding or any of these and may be sometimes catched by contagion from other Horses the sign is an extraordinary itching which you may observe by his scrubbing and the rising of little Knots within the Skin which being perceived Take Verdegrease two ounces common Soap a pound Oyl of Spike two ounces Linseed-oyl a pint Red-wine half a pint incorporate them over a gentle fire reducing them to the thickness of an Oyntment having first let the Horse Blood anoint him with the Oyntment after the Scurf and Scabs are like-likewise rubbed off and so continue to do for a week or so long till you perceive the distemper to cease by the dying of the Scabs and the coming of good flesh The Barbs what they are and how removed This troublesome Sorrance happens under the tongue of the Horse being composed of too long bags of flesh like Paps or Nipples growing as they abound with humour more or less and hinder the Horse much in his feeding putting him to no small trouble Now to remedy it clip them off close to the Jaw and Take of Allom an ounce Honey the like quantity Bay-salt a handfull and the Juyce of Mint a quarter of a pint dissolve and boil these in a quart of fair water and wash the roots of the Barbs till they heal Some there are that advise Burning them off but in my opinion by reason of their scituation that is neither so easie to be done nor safe least the Tongue-string or small Veins be thereby rendred useless and consequently the Horse defective in his feeding For Blood-shot Eyes an excellent Remedy The Eyes by straining blow or super-abundance of corrupt blood becoming red and rheumy so that unless speedily cured they may turn to further prejudice if not to blindness To cure this Take the Juyce of a Lemon the crumbs of White-bread Bole-armorick and a rotten Apple bruise them together and make of them a Cattaplasm or Plaster Then take the Powder of the Roots of Mallows with that of a crust of brown Bread and blow into the Eyes binding over them the Plaster or rather Poultis and in so doing three or four times the Blood and Rheum will be driven back and dispersed but if it be so great that this cannot conquer it then bleed your Horse in the Temple-veins For any Film Bite or Blow in the Eye a Remedy Take Copras that which is white a quarter of an ounce and the like quantity of Verdegrease beat them to Powder and dry them well upon a Plate or Spatula and after that take of it to the quantity of half a dram and blow it into the Eye with a quill then close the Horse's Eye a quarter of an hour and after that wash it with eye-bright-Eye-bright-water and so continue to do till all your Powder is wasted and then you will perceive a brightness in your Horse's Eye all grievances being vanished To kill Lice or remove Flies from offending your Horse Take the Flower of Brimstone an ounce Quicksilver well killed the like quantity the Oyl of Spike two ounces mix them with the Whites of two Eggs and then boil them in two quarts of strong Urin and anoint the Horse therewith and it will prevent either the annoyance or cure it when contracted To rid a Horse from any foulness or disorder in the Body Take of Groundsel half a handfull red Sage the like quantity Smallage and Wormwood each a handfull shread them small and boil them well in a pint and a half of Ale into which put a quarter of a pound of fresh Butter and an ounce of the Powder of Mechocan give the Liquid part to your Horse to drink as warm as possible and feed him with Mashes for a day afterward For an extraordinary Bruise or Bite Take of Caliminaris quenched in White-wine two drams an ounce of the Juyce of Housleek and two ounces of the Seeds of Mallows with an ounce of Venice-Treacle make them up into balls as big as Walnuts and give them the Horse in a quarter of a pint of Salad-oyl and at the same time apply a Plaster of Hemlock and Barrows-grease well stamped and mixed together And this being done for a week together will work strange effects in relation to a cure For a Horse that is troubled with the Strangling a Cure. Take of Elder-buds or the Bark of the Root of that Tree a good handfull Wormwood and the herb Mercury of each half a handfull and as much wild Tansey boil them well in two quarts of Vinegar and give them the Horse that is the Liquid part as hot as may be fasting To remedy the Swelling of a Horse upon having eaten any Infectious thing in his Grass or Provender that may if not remedied prove dangerous This grievance is known by the slavering of the Beast the staring of the Eyes and the rising of the Belly the beating of the Flanks and a cold sweat which perceived Take of the Juyce of Rue one pint two quarts of Milk and a pint of Olive-oyl boil them together till a third part be consumed and then sweetning it it with brown Sugar give it the Horse For a Heart-burning or Wasting
of Sage and with them after having let the Horse Blood in the Veins under the tongue rub the place grieved till the Knobs or Pimples bleed and by often so doing they will disappear For a Heat which sometimes occasions a breaking out in in the Mouth and Lips the Cure. This disorder is accompanied with dryness and proceeds from the heat of the stomach by surfeits over-heating or a consuming quality and if not timely taken notice of produces the infectious humour that creates the Canker To redress which Bleed the the Veins in the Lips which you may cause to appear by bending them the contrary way and then wash them with Salt and Vinegar giving the Horse water to drink wherein Coltsfoot has been boiled or Fenegreek-seed with his Provender Wolf-teeth what they are and how to ease their Pair the ready way These Teeth are too commonly growing in the upper Jaw next the grinders which many times occasion such pain that the Horse is frustrated in hiâ— eating by being obliged to let his Provender fall ouâ— of his mouth and the cause they are mostly subjecâ— to this is by reason they have frequently a hollowness within subject to receive the Rheums that settle in the Jaw To remedy which either draw them or Launcing the Gumms that they may bleed wast the Mouth each morning with Hysop-water and Allom the latter being dissolved in the former To staunch any Bleeding a speedy way If by occasion of Wound or Sorrance your Horse happen to bleed excessively so that thereby if not timely stopped he may be weakned or other ways endangered Take the Wool of a Hare or Coney dip it in Vinegar and then strew upon it the Powder of Calcined Egg-shells and apply it to the place or you may for want of the former dip it in Nettle-juyce and Bay-salt or apply to the Wound or Sorrance a Poultis of Hemlock and the Eark of Elder-root To supply the defect of the falling of the Crest a Remedy This uncomeliness in a Horse is the leaning of the upper part of the Neck on which the Mane grows to one or the other side which is caused by weakness of the Sinews or Nerves through a contraction of cold or some flegmatick humour there engendred or on the other hand upon the rising of the flesh through extraordinary fatness To remedy which Take the Oyl of Petrolum two ounces Linseed-oyl half a pint and having well washed the Crest with Water wherein the Roots of Mallows have been boiled and Allom dissolved anoint it with the Oyl and in so continuing to do for a month the Skin will contract and more especially if upon every Application you clap two broad pieces of Deal or other Board on each side and so bind it up in due order and let the Horse blood in the contrary Neck-vein To Cure Manginess or the like disorder in the Crest Take Hog's Lard a pound Verdegrease four ounces Flower of Brimstone four ounces add to these a pint of Beef-broth very salt and dissolve what is to be dissolved therein Then having rubbed off the Scabs and Scurf till they bleed wash the place grieved therewith as hot as may be well endured for a week together and lay after that a cloth dipped in green Oyntment thereon This will also hinder the Hair from falling off especially the former The Navel-gall what it is and its Remedy This grievance is no other than a bruise or hurt with an unfit or uneasie Saddle or that part of the back that is opposite to the Navel and for that cause only is so called it is known by a soft swelling in the place bruised and its Cure is as followeth Take the Whites of two Eggs an ounce of Copras two ounces of the Oyl of Bays and of Marsh-mallows Smallage Groundsel and Cammomoil each a handfull stamp them in a Mortar and pour the Liquids on them by which means make them into a Poultis and frying them lay them as hot as may be to the place grieved For a Sitfast or horney Excressence under the Saddle whereby the Horse is disabled from carrying it in good order as he ought This Sorrance appears like a piece of old Leather upon the Horse's back and is commonly the relick of some old bruise or desperate Saddle-gall not well cured and obligeth the Skin to stick fast to the flesh To cure which Take Oyl of Vitriol and anoint the place till it has loosened the Excressence after which take it off by incision and anoint the place with Verdegrease and Hog's Lard hot and wash it after with the Juyce of Mint till it be new skinned and to make the Hair come wash it with the Juyce of Cardus Benedictus or that of Hemlock For any Knob or Wen near the Saddle-skirt or the Sides of the Horse a Remedy To remove this Wash it first with hot Wine-Lees and afterward bathe it with Oyl of Cammomoil or Marshmallows Then to draw it to a head lay on a Plaster of Stone-pitch and Turpentine which being done Lance it with your sharp-pointed Fleme and apply a Plaster of Oxecrotium to draw out the putrefaction and then with Hog's Lard supple it and if the Sore be deep Tent it with a Linnen Tent dipped in Bees-wax and Honey melted together For Weakness in the Back a strengthning Remedy This happens frequently through Coldess or watery humours afflicting the Sinews or in gelly'd matter setling in the Joynts or by his too often covering the Mares or such-like Now to corroborate a Horse defective herein Take Horse-radish Roots a pound Bay-leaves two handfulls the Bark of Elder the like quantity boil them in Man's Urin and with the Liquid part bathe the Back as hot as is convenient giving him for diet Oats and Splent-beans and each morning fasting a ball made in this manner Take Licorish-powder two ounces Hart's-horn beaten to Powder an ounce Fenegreek and Hysop-seed stamped of each two ounces wet them with as much Mallaga-wine as will make them up into balls about the bigness of Pigeon's Eggs. For the Swelling in the Cods of a Horse naturally or occasioned by any Bruise c. Take Dill-seeds or Fennel-seeds an ounce the Juyce of Orpin a quarter of a pint Bole-armorick two ounces the Juyce of Garlick the like quantity make these with Hog's Lard into an Oyntment and anoint the place grieved therewith as warm as may be well endured For Burstenness or the Rupture in a Horse This grievance is the breaking of the Rim or Film that holds up the Bowels from falling into the Cods and either happens by over-straining in riding upon a full belly or the Horse's leaping beyond his strength and is by most Farriers held incurable But since it so happens that a bursten Horse may notwithstanding in some measure be fit for service I shall give such directions as may the better inable him for it Take your Horse to whom this misfortune is befallen and fasten Ropes with running Nooses to his feet
times a Horse being let Blood by an unskilfull hand or suffered thereupon to take cold or the wind to possess the empty Veins which causes swellings in the Neck or other disorders To remedy it Take Sheeps-suet half a pound the Juyce of Hemlock half a pint and four ounces of the Oyl of Cammomoil which being made into an Oyntment rub and chafe his Neck with them as hot as may be morning and evening giving him warm water to drink wherein Fennel-seeds are scattered and cover his Neck over with a warm cloth giving him gentle heats For the Leprosie in Horses a Remedy with the Cause Take Resalgar otherwise called Arsnick and Hog's Lard well tryed incorporate them to an Oyntment over a gentle fire and having drawn the Horse's head up strait to the Rack to prevent his disorders anoint the place with a feather and suffer it for the space of two hours to soak in and after that boil the Roots of Burdocks in Chamber-lye and wash with it the Oyntment clean away which done give the Horse meat of the best to hearten and encourage him to endurance and so proceed to do every other day for six days successively This grievance or dangerous Malady befalls a Horse by extraordinary riding and suffering the Horse to cool and consequently surfeit or from the rankness of blood which produces evil humours and they not timely let out force their way in Botches and dry Sorrances which upon dressing must be rubbed off to prepare the way for the Oyntment For any disease in the Lungs an excellent Remedy The Diseases in the Lungs proceed frequently from extraordinary cold and flegmatick humours or on the contrary from hot Inflamations caused by Surfeits or the like either of which if not timely remedied tend to consumption and rottenness and are known by the working of the Ribs and beating of the Flanks but more especially by his coughing weakly and the slow beating of what has been before mentioned with other the like signs To cure these Take of the herb Melliot commonly called Horse-Lungwort bruise it in a Mortar and squeese out the Juyce to the quantity of two ounces of Fenegreek-seeds and Madder each an ounce with as much of Rosemary-seed and give him them the latter being well bruised in a quart of warm Ale every other day for the space of fourteen days fasting and after the dose let him have Oats washed in warm Beer and warm Mashes keeping him in a close Stable without exercising him unless in a fair clear day Or for want of these Take a young Snake open it and put into the belly Rue and Snakeweed shred with the fat of a Hedge-hog as much as the belly of the Snake being embowelled will hold and let it be roasted before a gentle fire saving the Oyl or Dripping that falls from it carefully in an Earthen-pan and having shaved off the hair on the breast anoint it with this Oyntment chafing it in with your hot hand and so do by renewing the Oyntment as often as you see it convenient For the swelling of the Horse's Legs the Cure. The cause of the swelling in the Legs comes through cold humours setling therein or over-much riding in foul or dirty ways over-heats or over-strains or by Molten-grease falling down into the Legs And in this case having let blood in the most convenient Veins as near as may be to the swelling to take away the corrupt blood then Take the Lees of White-wine or Rhenish-wine half a pint Cammomoil half a handfull Cummin-seeds an ounce Wheat-flower two handfulls boil them all together adding in the boiling half a pint of Verjuyce and so lay them hot as a Poultis to the place grieved renewing it till you find it draws the swelling to a head which being done Take Shoomakers Wax an ounce the like quantity of Virgins Wax half an ounce of Bole-armorick and half a pint of Olive-oyl the Yolks of two Eggs and half a quartern of Honey beat these well together over a gentle fire till you perceive them well incorporated into the thickness of a Salve and then spreading part of it upon Sheeps-leather apply it Plaster-wise till the corruption by often renewing it be drawn away then wash the place with Balm-water and heal it up with Hog's-grease and Honey incorporated over a gentle fire The flying Worm what it is and how to Cure it This is known generally by the name of a Tetter or Ringworm occasioned by an extraordinary heat in the Blood and other foul disorders creating a virrilent or sharp firey humour and for the most part seizes upon the Rump or Crupper of the Horse and frequently by not being regarded turns to a Canker though indeed it will seize and so is found to do upon any part of the body that is subject to flesheyness or abundance of blood and cause the Horse to rub himself in an extraordinary manner and is known by the falling away of the hair and the Horse's continual rubbing To cure this let the Horse blood as soon as may be in that part where it has seized him and then Take an ounce of Verdegrease two ounces of Burdock juyce two ounces of Soot a quarter of an ounce of the Oyl of Tartar and with the weâ—ght of all these in Hog's Lard make them up into an Oyntment bathing it with it as hot as may be endured and so continue to do till the Malady ceases to spread and consequently dies Excellent Directions for the prevention of Diseases in Horses at sundry times c. Observe in this case to bleed your Horse the beginning of April in the Neck-veins when the sign of Life is not in that part and so every day in the Month of April give him what I order As thus Take old Rye not musty nor any ways disordered impaired by shrivelling up nor any way foul with dirt Lome-stones or the like take to the quantity of a Bushel and having sprinkled it with the Juyce of Baum and again dried it by spreading in the Sun put it into an Iron boiling-pot without water and there by perpetual stirring parch it to that degree that it becomes black and hard then take it out and put it into a close dry place and each day give your Horse a quart of it beaten to Powder amongst his Oats and so do in the Month of October likewise remembring to let him Blood And by this means his blood will be so well tempered that unless some extraordinary matter happen as exceeding heats occasioning surfeits too rank feeding or damp lying the Horse will undoubtedly be kept in a good temper of body during the whole year And the better to confirm him give him this drink as soon as he is let blood viz. Take of White-wine a pint infuse into it Cinamon Cloves and Saffron of each three drams Cassa and Myrrh of each the like quantity let them simper over a gentle fire for the space of an hour and then being sweetned with
spice of former surfeits not perfectly cured Having let your Horse blood take him up into a warm Stable and prepare two ounces of Alloes Sucatrina finely beaten to Powder Rowl them up in Butter that has been tempered with the Juyce of Rue and give him the composition in pellets as big as Walnuts in the morning fasting having prepared his body for the reception thereof by dieting him some days before with scalded Bran and boiled Barley refusing on this occasion to give him hard meats till three days after suffering his drink to be White-water and that very warm Now this White-water is no other than water wherein Flower or Bran is scattered or Bread finely grated and sifted c. For a Cold in the Summer when the Horse is defective in filling or by too rank feeding Take of the Powder of the Root of Scabeous an ounce and a half of red stone Sugar half a pound and of Olive-oyl four ounces add to these half a pint of Canary or as much as will dissolve them to a thinness that the Horse may easily swallow them and so give them to him luke-warm in a Drenching-horn and after them a gentle heat in such manner that the humours may be stirred and brought away by Excrement of Sweat Urin c. And this may be given in case of any extraordinary over-heating by Racing and the like A through Splint or Screw-pin what it is together with the Cure. This Sorrance happens on both sides of the Legs so opposite one to the other as if it riveted it and from thence takes the denomination of Screw-pin and is a kind of a sinewy Excressence Wherefore to remove it for it is very troublesome to the Horse Take the handle of a Hammer or the Blood-stick and beat it therewith on either side till you have reduced it to a softness then having an ounce of the Oyl of Riggrum or by some called Reggium anoint it therewith and bind a cloth about it and by frequent dressings the Excressence will sink and restore the Leg to a flatness for want of the before mentioned Oyl Take that of Petrollium and it will work much the like effects To render a brittle Hoof firm and serviceable Take of the Juyce of Garlick and Rue or Herb-a-grace of each four ounces Powder of burnt Roach-Allom half a pound Hog's-grease and new Cow-dung of each a pound mix them altogether and being made into a Poultis over a gentle fire apply it hot to the hoof binding it about it and stuffing it in under the shooe and in often renewing it the cure will be perfected To Cure the Anbury Sear it off with a sharp hot Iron and having Hog's-grease and Verdegrease well tempered together anoint the Roots therewith at sundry times c. To prevent a Horse's pissing Blood an excellent Remedy Take the herb called Harts-Tongue half a handfull Piony-roots sliced an ounce the Juyce of Bettony half a pint boil them in stale Beer and give them him as hot as he is capable to endure the Liquid part only and so continue to do in the morning fasting for a week together and the defect will cease For a broken Knee the Remedy Take Urin heat it well and wash the Sorrance easing it of the Gravel if any be contracted by falling or the like Then take Turpentine an ounce Rosin the like quantity Hog's Lard two ounces and the blades of Leeks a handfull with two ounces of the Powder of burnt Allom bruise the Leeks press out the Juyce and melt it with the rest to the thickness of a Salve and then spreading it Plaster-wise apply it to the place grieved anointing it between whiles with Oyl of Coreander-seeds or Anniseeds For the Dropsey in a Horse This distemper proceeds from the looseness of the flesh occasioned by moist and unwholsome feeding whereby flegmatick and watry humours are ingendred in the blood which sweating as it were through the Veins are retained between the skin and the flesh or in the spongy flesh occasioning Tumours and unseemly swellings To remove which Take two handfulls of Parsley-seeds the like of Anniseeds and Bay-berries with one handfull of Juniper-berries bruise them together in a Mortar and boiling them in Verjuyce sweetned with brown Sugar give the Horse to the quantity of a pint to drink first and last chafing the swelled or tumorous places with your hand or hard wisps of Hay and so continuing them for a week together you will find the flesh become firm and the watry humours disperse To joyn a Sinew that is cut Cleanse the Wound with the Juyce of Nettles and white Sugar then take the Oyntment of Tobacco and a Plaster of Diaculum apply them and bind up the Wound very strait For a Wound or Hurt in the Tongue a Remedy This Sorrance being occasioned by the Halter oâ— Bitt in having to do with too hard a hand To cure it Take of the Juyce of Sallendine half a pint as much of that of Bugloss heat them over a gentle fire adding two ounces of Honey of Roses and as much Allom and with them anoint the grieved place and you will find it quickly heal For the Itch in the Tail or any other part This disorder proceeds from rank blood through foul feeding Therefore having bled your Horse well Take Wood-ashes a peck Burdock-roots a handfull or two Man's Urin two gallons and the like quantity of water wherein Tobacco-stalks have been steeped boil them up into a Lye and with it wash the grieved part when it is very hot Another excellent Remedy for the Tetter Take of the Roots of Elecampane and red Dock of each a handfull steep them a week in Urin adding two handfulls of Bay-salt boil them in the Urin till from two quarts it become one and with it wash the Sorrance after it has been well rubbed and chafed that the Liquids may the better sink in For a Hurt or Wring in the Withers This commonly happens by the straitness of the Saddle or indiscretion of the Rider and is known by a Swelling or Tumour on the Back c. To remedy this Take a handfull of Wheat-flower wet it with half a pint of White-wine Vinegar adding three ounces of Honey and an ounce of Juyce of Hemlock mix them well over a gentle fire and apply them Plaster-wise to the place grieved Or for want of these Take Water wherein Barley and Fennel have been boiled and wash the places with it as warm as may well be endured Worms of any sort in the Body of a Horse how to kill and remove them Take a handfull of the tops of Broom and of Savin the like quantity bruise them together with as much Featherfew then with fresh Butter and Treacle make them up into balls the bigness of Pigeon's Eggs and when he is fasting in the Morning give him three of them and let him fast three hours after then give him Oats but refrain giving him Water till the Evening and in this
and apply them Poultis-wise to the place grieved as hot as conveniently may be endured For a Swelling in the Throat or under the Ears Take Neetsfoot-oyl a pint of the leaves of Marigolds a handfull Saffron a dram and of white Bread four ounces boil them together till they become the thickness of a Poultis and apply them hot to the place grieved To draw or break a Boyl or Vlcerons Sore c. Take the flowers of Lady-cups the roots of Cuccowpintle the leaves of Burdock and the flowers or roots of Water-lillies of each half a handfull boil them in a quart of Linseed-oyl and Mash them into a smallness which done apply them Plaster or Poultis-wise binding them hot to the place grieved as conveniency directs An excellent Poultis to asswage any Pain or superate Tumour Take the leaves of Mallows half a handfull of Groundsel one handfull boil them in running-Running-water till they may be made into a Mash then add to them a pint of Cream and two ounces of crumbled Wheaten-bread of Mutton-suet half a pound Oyl of Roses two ounces and the Whites of two Eggs boil them all till they become the thickness of a Poultis and in that manner apply it to the place grieved renewing it as you see occasion A Poultis to break any Infectious Sore Take of Lilly-roots two ounces Marshmallows and Violet-roots of each the like quantity Rye-meal and Linseed-oyl of each four ounces of Barley and Wheat-meal each an ounce to these add two blew Figs of the flowers of Cammomoil half an ounce and the bark of Elder-roots the like quantity boil them stamped and well bruised till they may be strained into a pulp then add again Barrows-grease and Oyl of Almonds of each two ounces and apply it to the place till you perceive it drawn to a head after which you may Lance it and with a Plaster of Diaculum draw out the Infectious matter and heal the griewed part To disperse the Flux or Oppression of Blood in any part Take Frankincense Alloes Dragon's blood and Bole-armorick of each half an ounce the Whites of two Eggs and the Wool of an old Hare mingle them well in a pint of Aquavitae and let them boil till they come to a thickness then Plaster-wise apply them to the place grieved as hot as may be endured For an Imposthume or sudden Swelling in any part of the Body Take French Barley a pound bruise it with the like quantity of Linseed shread to them a handfull of Marshmallows and seeth them together in a quart of new Milk till they come to a solid thickness then as hot as may be endured apply them to the Swelling and so continue to do for four or five days successively In case of the Palsey in the Head a disease seldom happening to Horses apply this Poultis viz. Take a large Onion roast it well then put to it an ounce of the Oyl of Spike Olive-oyl and Lavender-flowers of each two ounces Marjorum and Winter-savory of each half a handfull well shread boil these and apply them as a Poultis hot as may be well endured And thus much in brief of things in this kind AS for Balms and Balsoms seeing they are wonderfull usefull on sundry occasions I think it not amiss to speak something more of them and their use by way of Receipt And first To heal and contract any Wound Take of Mummy three ounces Alloes Epatick half the quantity Stone-pitch two ounces Sarcol half an ounce Gum-arabick and Mastick of each a quarter of an ounce add to these half a pint of Aquavitae melt and order them over a gentle fire till they become a Balm and then as occasion serves dipping a Linnament in the contracted Medicament apply it to the Wound as often as is convenient An inward Balm to destroy Worms and heal Internal Bruises Take Oyl of Turpentine half a pound Myrrh Storax and Galbanum of each an ounce Cloves and Cinamon in Powder of each half an ounce Deer's-suet half a pound and of Amber-grease a dram make them into a Balm over a gentle fire and give the Horse in warm Ale the quantity of a Walnut fasting An excellent Balm in case of any Sprain Internal Bruise Swelling Blasting old Sore or Gun-shot Take of Turpentine an ounce Galbanum two ounces Cicatrine Mastick Cloves Galingal Cinamon Nutmegs Cubebs of each an ounce Gum of Jope half an ounce beat them and well incorporate them then distill them over a gentle fire in a Glass and when the thinest part is drawn off the next will be a Red Oyl and that is it which is to be applied with the greatest success though the first is wonderfull efficacious and usefull on many occasions An excellent Balm to be given a Horse inward in case of a Consumption Take of the best Turpentine a pound Pine-Rosin a fourth part Myrrh Frankincense and Mastick of each two ounces Sarcocoâ— Mace Wood of Alloes of each an ounce and of Saffron half an ounce put them in a Glass retort in hot Embers and after the Water or the clearer part is drawn off there will come forth a redish Oyl which may be given him four drams in a morning fasting suffering him to take it in half a pint of warm Ale. An excellent Red Water to cure Vlcers Make a Lye of Ashwood-ashes that a gallon of the liquid part may be drawn from it and add to it a gallon of Tanners Ousey in which no Leather has been steeped steep in these two pounds of Madder and dissolve half a pound of Roach-Allom then let them simper over a soft fire till a third part be consumed after which run it through a fine Sieve and dust into it Bole-armorick which done set it again over the fire till it come to half the quantity and so as you see occasion you may wash the place grieved with it An excellent Water to allay any Internal heat or feaverish Indispondency Take of Savory Sorrel Bugloss Burrage and Endive of each a handfull chop them small and boil them in two quarts of Running-water scuming it till half be consumed and add as much Verjuyce as will make it up the first quantity sweeten the Liquid part with brown Sugar and reserve it for your use giving the Horse half a pint at a time fasting In case a Horse be troubled with the Stone an excellent Water Take two quarts of new Milk and of Saxafrage Parsley Mint Fennel Pellitory of the Wall Mother Thyme green Sage and the roots of Radishes each an ounce bruise the latter adding two quarts of White-wine and so if your conveniency will admit distill them if not boil them and strain out the Liquid part and give him half a pint at a time having first scraped into it the Powder of a roasted Nutmeg For any disease in the Eyes another excellent Water c. Take of Maiden-hair and Ground-ivy a handfull of each the flowers of Arch-angel the like quantity the powder of Alablaster two ounces
and of the roots of Wormwood dried and beaten into powder an ounce distill or well concoct these and when you have so done wash the Eye grieved by dipping a feather into the Liquid part An excellent Purgation for Gravel in the Bladder or Kidnies Of Parsley-roots take a handfull white Saxafrage and Ashen-keys or the bark of the Ash-tree root of each an ounce of Paristone a herb so called half a handfull Eringo-roots sliced two ounces boil them with half a pound of Coreander-seeds in a gallon and a half of new Ale and give the Horse a pint of the Liquid part of drink as hot as he can well endure it For the Vlceration of the Yard an excellent Water Take Spring water a gallon quench in it a hot Iron and Flint-stones very often infuse into it the leaves of red Roses or Rose-cakes four ounces Pomgranet-pills and the flowers of the same each half an ounce add of the Juyce Plantane and Housleek each half a pint of Allom and white Copras each half an ounce boil them over a gentle fire and inject the Liquid part into the Yard with a Syringe and it will effect in often using the Cure. An excellent Powder for the Falling-sickness or Falling-Evil in a Horse c. Take the roots of Elder dry them in an Oven till they may be beaten into a Powder add the Powder of a roasted Nutmeg and Storax each an ounce the Ashes of the Wool of a Fox half an ounce and of the Powder of Calamint a dram mix these well and give him half an ounce at a time in a quarter of a pint of Canary A Powder for the Ague which frequently happens especially to young Horses Take the herb Mercury Plantane-leaves Cardus Benedictus and Rue of each half a handfull dry them that they may be beaten to Powder and give the Horse an ounce of it in a quart of Ale wherein two handfulls of Centaury have been boiled as hot as he can well endure it and so renew the Dose as you shall find occasion To purge Choler and Phlegm an excellent Powder Take of Turbith an ounce Ginger Cinamon Mastick Gallinga and Alloes Epatick of each half an ounce Diagredium Ruburb and Seney of each a dram dry bruise and make them into a Powder giving the Horse the whole quantity at two Doses in warm Ale or Milk. An excellent Bath to allay any Swelling or such-like disorder especially diseases in the Legs occasioned by the descending of evil humours c. Take the roots and bark of Pomgranet the flowers of Comfory and of Acorns each a handfull Cammomoil and Fumitory of each a handfull black Helebore and Hysop the like quantity boil them in a gallon of Water and when a third part is consumed apply with a Woollen-cloth the remainder to the place grieved as hot as may be well endured A Bath to soften and mollifie the Skin Take the roots of Marshmallows and white Lillies bruise them with Penegreek-seeds Peletory of the Wall and Violet-leaves the flowers of Cammomoil and Melliot each an ounce Neatsfoot-oyl the Oyl of Lillies and Hog's Lard each four ounces add to them all a quart of Water boil and strain out the Liquid part using it as hot as may be by way of Application c. To stanch Blood in any Vein or Artery Take Alloes Epatick and Olibanum of each half an ounce and the Wool of an old Hare bruise them with the White of an Egg and spread them on Cotton-wool binding them to the place and there suffering them to continue till such time as you find the Blood is turned back and the Film knit together which will be within the space of two or three days An excellent Medicament to provoke a Horse to Vomit aâ— also to purge his Belly Take Elder-root Rind bruise it small to the quantity of two ounces the like quantity of Spurge-lawrel and Turmerick let them steep in a pint of White-wine a night and a day and give the Liquid part to the Horse very warm An excellent Purge good on sundry occasions Take Senne Coriander-seeds Alloes and the Juyce of Savin of each an ounce steep and bruise them in a quart of Ale then give him the Liquid part fasting as hot as may be well endured for two mornings successively ordering him well as to his Dressing and Diet that he neither over-feed nor catch cold For a Joynt-sickness Take Ant 's Eggs together with some of the Ants a small quantity add the Keys of an Ash-tree the Roots of Briony and those of Burdock boil them in Whey and with the Liquid part anoint the Joynts as hot as may be well endured binding up and keeping your Horse warm c. For an Internal Vlcer Take of Bees-wax four ounces Turpentine the like quantity Conserve of Red Roses an ounce Deers-suet two ounces Storax half an ounce Myrrh the like quantity and Oyl of sweet Almonds as much as will make them into a Balsom and give it the Horse an ounce at a time in a pint of warm Ale. An excellent Electuary for a dangerous Cough or ratling Cold. Take Germander Horehound Hysop Agremony Bittony Liverwort and Hart's-tongue of each a handfull clean stripped and washed boil them in three pints of Water till they are very soft and till the Water be consumed that they may be mashed into a thickness then add the Powder of Licoris Elecampane-roots and Honey so much as will make it into an Electuary and by so doing and giving each morning the quantity of a Walnut to your Horse fasting it will wonderfully help him Many may be farther taken notice on of this kind but these being the rarest newest and the best Approved I hope the Practitioner will have such satisfaction herein that he will need no more CHAP. XXIII The Symptoms of Diseases Sorrances Distempers Grievances or the like in general and particular how to foresee them and prevent them as also to know when they happen c. HAving passed over all the Material Diseases and Sorrances any ways incident hurtfull or dangerous in the plainest safest and easiest Method It now remains that I speak something of the Symptoms of Diseases and Distempers in general that they may be the brieflier comprehended and afterward give directions for making Unguents Salves Poultises Clysters Suppositories Purging-potions c. which ought always to be kept in a readiness for sundry uses and emergent occasions with such reasonable directions as may add to what has been already treated of And of these in their order The Curious as I have formerly hinted have ever had a great regard to the Complexion of a Horse thereby to draw from thence more than bare conjectures of the bodily state or constitutions relating to health or sickness And since too much of this kind cannot be well laid down nor more than sufficiently handled I shall make these further Observations than what hitherto I have made The Strangles are signified by the hanging out and unseemly colour of
and fresh Butter a quarter of a pound make them into an Oyntment over a gentle fire and as occasion serves apply them to the place grieved till you find the extraordinary heat abate An excellent Oyntment or rather Balsom to be inwardly given a Horse for Obstructions Bruises and other Ailments and Grievances Take of Refined or rarified Turpentine two ounces Stag's-suet the like quantity Amber-grease two scruples Olibanum an ounce Oyl of Roses two ounces and a dram of the Oyl of Amber heat these gently till they incorporate and then take a small quantity and with fine flower make a Paste to the bigness of a Walnut and give it the Horse to swallow giving him after it half a pint of warm Mallaga To make a green Oyntment proved by Experience more effectual than what has formerly been published Take the Juyce of Sage two ounces as much of that of Rue an ounce of Verdegrease and of Aqua-vitae half a quartern mix these over a gentle fire and add of the Powder of Elecampane-roots an ounce with the Powder of white Copras calcined half an ounce make them into an Oyntment with Olive-oyl and half an ounce of the Oyl of Turpentine An excellent Remedy for the Staggers or any Pain that suddenly takes a Horse sometimes to the loss of his life Take the fat of the Guts of a Capon two ounces Oyl of sweet Almonds two ounces of Olive-oyl half a pint incorporate them well over a gentle fire then drop into them the Chymical Oyl of Nutmeg a dram and the like quantity of that of Spicknard and Bay-berries and having incorporated them farther into an Oyntment when you perceive your Horse afflicted dip a feather in the Oyntment and thrust it up the nostrils of the Horse and anoint them as high as may be then burn under his nose Storax on a Chafing-dish of Charcole placing a Tunel so over it that the smoak may ascend into the nostrils only This is likewise good for any cold Rheum that afflicts the head and will bring away the superfluous humour An excellent Salve for any Wound Take Hog's Lard half a pound Bees-wax a pound Stone-pitch six ounces unslacked Lime beaten into Powder an ounce the Powder of dried Foxes Lungs an ounce make them into a Salve with two ounces of Turpentine and apply it Plaster-wise to any Gangreen ulcerous Sore Botch Strain Slip Spavin after its being opened or other Sorrance and by due application it will answer your expectation An approved Salve to draw any stub thorn or splinter of Bone or Wood out of the flesh Take of Burgundia-pitch four ounces the like quantity of Per-rosin Nut-oyl two ounces and the like quantity of Linseed-oyl and an ounce of the Juyce of Hemlock make them into the thickness of a Salve and apply it Plaster wise to the grieved part till you find the head of the offensive matter and then with your Instrument delate the flesh and draw it out To fill a Wound Vlcer or the like with good flesh an excellent Plaster Take Mutton-suet half a pound the Juyce of Baum a quarter of a pint the Oyntment of Marshmallows and Groundsel of each two ounces burnt Allom in Powder two ounces Rosin half a pound and Bees-wax as much as will make it up into a Salve A Salve to draw Corruption from the bottom of any Wound or to draw a Swelling or any such grievance to a head Take Turpentine half a pound Linseed-oyl half a pint Chalk beaten to Powder an ounce the Juyce of Orpin half a quartern Galbanum two ounces and Oyl of Vitriol a dram make them into a Salve and apply them to the place grieved and in so doing you will find your expectation answered To ripen a Tumour or asswage any Swelling not abounding with extraordinary humours Take the fat of an Urchin or Hedge-hog four ounces Tarr two ounces old Cheese well beaten in a Mortar four ounces the Juyce of Garlick half a quarter of a pint Bees-wax six ounces and Stone-pitch six ounces make them into a Salve and apply the Plaster on a piece of Sheeps-leather An excellent Poultis for a Tumour or Swelling Take Linseed-oyl half a pint the Whites of six Eggs Bole-armorick two ounces Groundsel and Smallage of each a handfull well bruised in a Mortar Celendine and Comfory the like quantity so ordered fry them together and lay them on as hot as may be This either allays the swelling if only fleshly occasioned by a stroke or Saddle-pinching or brings it to head in case it proceeds from humours gathering oâ— contracting in one place A Charge to ease a pain in the Back or for any Sprain Take new Cow-dung four ounces the roots oâ— Burdock two ounces washed and sliced Borage and Bugloss of each a handfull Oyl of Bays six ounces bruise them well together and heating them over the fire suffer them to be as hot as may be well endured and apply them as a Poultis To mollifie any Chap or rough Sore Take Comfory the roots of Scabeous and the leaves of Plantane boil them in Olive-oyl being first well bruised to a softness then add Neatsfoot-oyl half the quantity of the Olive-oyl and then strain off the Liquid part and with it anoint the place grieved For the Eyes of a Horse afflicted by any means an approved Water to cure or ease them Take of the Juyce of Pimpernel and Eyebright of each a like quantity both consisting of half a pint add to them the Powder of Lapis Calaminaris quenched in White-wine an ounce and as much of the Powder of burnt Allom two drams of the Calcine of Crabs-eyes and as much of the powder'd pith of Oysters dip a feather in them well mingled by stirring and rub it so dipped into the Eyes A Water to Wash the Mouth in case of any Sorrance or defect Take Spring-water a pottle Roach-Allom a pound and English Honey the like quantity dissolve them â—nto the Water over a gentle fire and add half a pint of the Juyce of Hysop and the like quantity of that of Celendine or Vervine boil them to the consumption of a third part and with the Water wash the Horse's mouth as you see occasion A Pill good for any Internal disorder c. Take of Alloes Epatick half an ounce Powder of Ruburb the like quantity the Juyce of Water-cresses half a quarter of a pint and the Berries of Juniper dried and beaten into Powder an ounce make these with the Oyl of Myrtle into Pills as big as hazle-nuts and give him four at a time successively in warm Ale or new Milk every morning A Supplement exceeding good for any strain or grief in the Sinews c. Take Bacon Lard half a pound the Oyl or Oyntment of Smallage two ounces black Snails a handfull the Powder of Mastick two ounces bruise and incorporate them and so apply them to the place grieved A Vomit for a Horse that has a Queesy stomach thereby to render him a good Appetite Take Spurg-lawrel