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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53074	A new method, and extraordinary invention, to dress horses, and work them according to nature as also, to perfect nature by the subtility of art, which was never found out, but by ... William Cavendishe ...	Newcastle, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1592-1676.	1667 (1667)	Wing N887; ESTC R18531	135,086	431

Good Now you must Understand That what you take many times for Dust in his Mane are little Worms which Eat the Roots of the Hair away This is easily Known from Dust because if the Hair Falls you may be very Sure they are Wormes The Cure is thus Make a prety strong Lie and Wash his Mane with it once a Day and he will be Cured but you must take heed that the Lie be not too Strong for if it be That alone will Burn all the Hair of his Mane off So the Cure will be Worse than the Disease RARE RECEIPTS JVLIPS GLISTERS and POTIONS For Cooling a HORSE OVER-HEATED BY VIOLENT EXERCISE Promised Before FOr a Horse that hath a Cold Take Half a Pound of Honey Half a Pound of Treakle mix these together Then take an Ounce of Cumminseed beaten into Powder an Ounce of Liquorish Pouder an Ounce of Bay-Berries beaten into Pouder and an Ounce of Anniseeds in Pouder Then mix all these Powders together and put so much of them as shall make it Thick as a Hasty-Pudding After the Horse is Ridden give it him with a Stick to Lick Off and if he have a Cold give him of it both before and after he is Ridden for no Better Medicine there is not When a Horse is OVER-RIDDEN TO COMFORT HIM TAke a Pinte of Sweet Milk and put three Yolks of Eggs beaten into it then make it Luke-warm and then put in three Penny-worth of Saffron and one Penny-worth of Sallet-oyle which is Two or Three Spoonfulls and give it the Horse in a Horn You may give him near a Quart of Milk This is an Excellent Drink Honey is the most Excellent Thing in the World both for the Lungs a Cold and to Open all Obstructions putting one good Spoonful into his Oats and so to continue this Medicine for a pretty time I have Known it Recover a very Pursey Horse Horses of Great Exercise or that are Over-Heated and have great Fire in their Bodies must be Lett Blood often nay twice or thrice within a few Dayes one after another and still Lett Blood untill you see Good Blood comes To Lett such a Horse Blood in the Mouth and then Rubb his Mouth with Salt and let him Eat his Blood is an Excellent thing But you must Purge him Well that his Grease may come away for Horses of Great Exercise would else be alwayes Foundered in the Body and then they will never Thrive until that Melted Grease be brought Away The Best Purge is two Ounces of Aloes Sicatrina Lapt up in Butter and made into two Pills and so give it your Horse after he hath Rested awhile then give him this Following and Refreshing Drink which is the best Julip in the World Take Mel Rosatum or Honey of Roses Conserves of Damask-Roses Conserve of Burrage Sirrup of Violets Of each four Ounces Burrage Water Endive Water Suckory Water Bugloss Water Plantine Water Of each Half a Dutch Pint which is near as much as an English Quart Then you are to Use both these Conserves and Waters Thus Put all the Conserves into a Morter and Beat them or Pownd them together and then Mix them by Little and Little with the Waters till they be well Mixt together and then give them all together in a Horn to the Horse without Straining Do not give it Cold by any means Hott Sirrup of Lemmons added to it is very Good Give it twice or thrice a Week for a Fortnight at least and let the Horse Rest afterwards Feed your Horse all the time of this great Heat within him with Wheat-Brann amongst his Oats and Wash them in a little Beer if he Likes it This Brann is the Best thing in the World to get-Out his Belly and to Moisten him because it Dries up all Superfluous Humours which Heat him In his Water when you Water him put also Wheat Brann into it and let him Eat of that Brann also This is most Excellent and will not only Cool him and Moisten him but also Loosen his Skin if he be Apt to be Hide Bound which all Heat doth Lettises are very good to Cool him Suckory Roots or Endive Roots are all one To boyl Suckory Roots in his Water is very Good and Purslane to give it him now and then to Eat is also very Good To Sprinkle his Hay with Water and to give him Radishes to make him Piss will Cool him And let him have no Violent Exercise until he be Recovered but gentle-Walking This is the most Excellent thing in the World beyond all the Printed Books of Receipts TO COOL and REFRESH a HORSE GIve him Carrots with his Oats or upon his Watering Bitt Apples is Excellent and so Muskmellons or the Skins of them To Wash his Oats in Small Beer is also very Excellent A Receipt of the Cooling-Julip or Diet-Drink that Doctor Davison doth give in Feavers TAke Barley Water two Pints Of Sirrup of Violets two Ounces Of Sirrup of Lemmons one Ounce Mix them together and use this Water to Quench their Thirst A Julip for Feavers to Bind the Body if it be Loose TAke one Ounce of Ivory and one Ounce of Harts Horn Raspe them and put them in three Paris Pintes of Water and let them Boyl together until the Half be Consumed then Strain it through a Cloth And put to this Liquor four Ounces of the best Juce of Barberies and one Ounce and a half of Sirrup of Pomgranets This is to be Used to Cool These are Excellent for Feavers in Horses as well as Men only you must give a Third or a Fourth Part more to Horses since they have Stronger Bodies else the Disease is all one and the Remedy is all one And this Method will Cure both Man and Horse and all other Wayes are Pernicious to them Both which is either Physick that Purges or Hott-Cordials only when he is Cured then a Purge as I said before to take away the Dreggs that Remain and no more A Cooling-Potion which is most Excellent TAke a Quart of Whey and four or five Ounces of Sirrup of Violets and four or five Ounces of Cassia and a little Manna and this will both Cool and Purge Gently and is a most Excellent Remedy for Horses of Great Exercise To take the very same at the other End will do much Good to Cool the Bowels and is a very rare and soveraign Cooling Glister All these Cooling things are most Excellent for Horses of Great Exercise which are Over-Heated and Surfeited with Riding so you give them First the Purge of Aloes to bring Away their Grease Here Ends the First Part. THE SECOND PART Of Riding and Dressing Horses upon the GROVND THere is no Man can Make or Dress a Horse Perfectly that doth not exactly Understand all the Natural Paces and Actions of a Horses Leggs in every one of them and all the Actions of his Leggs made by Art It is a General Rule That Art must never be against Nature but must follow