together and hasten his death XXV Faintness Against the faintness and pain of the heart it is good to keep the horse very warm and to give him this potion Take Herb Mercury a pound Gum-Dragon 4 ounces Myrrh 2 ounces Bruised Melilot 1 ounce Saffron half an ounce Fine Frankincense a convenient quantity all together pounded and mixt to a powder Which you are to keep for use and at each time take Oil of Roses two Cruises Water half a pint of the aforesaid powder two good spoonfulls Honey two spoonfulls for a potion This potion must be used for some dayes untill the horse beginneth to mend XXVI Over heated You must give to the horse that is heated in the winter through an horn the following potion Take Red-wine half a pint Oil three ounces But in the Summer Take Red wine half a pint Oil two ounces for a potion XXVII The Ague You may know amongst other tokens that a horse hath the ague when he can not make water his Ears Cold hanging and stinking The Ague of an horse is cured by letting him bleed on the vein which is found in the calf or thick part of the leg 4 fingers or thereabouts under the buttocks or else you may let him blood on the vein of the neck and if you observe that a potion is necessary then you must squeeze juice out of an handfull of Purslain and mix it with Gum-Dragon fine Frankincense and some few Damask-roses which give him to drink with a little Metheglin or honey-Honey-water XXVIII Venemous Creatures swallowed down In case the horse in eating Hay or grass hath swallowed down any venemous beast as a Spider a certain kind of Lizard Earth Spider Snale or Dirt-Grubber Buprestis then you must make him run until he sweats next you must bleed him on the Palat and let him swallow down the blood You must give him to eat boiled Beans XXIX Lost Appetite or Stomach If he hath lost his Stomach wash his mouth with Vinegar and Salt and give him no Forrage nor Oats Hay Chaff or Straw but what is good XXX Hen-Dung Swallowed If the horse hath accidently swallowed down the dung of an Hen which brings Gripings of the Guts then you are to use this following Medicine Take Dried Ladys-Mark 2 ounces Honey and Wine a convenient quantity for a potion Give him this to drink and then lead him backwards and forwards untill his belly beginneth to make a noise and rumble and then he is clear from his Malady XXXI Cholick or Griping in the Guts Against the Cholick or griping in the guts Take Black Pepper two ounces The Juice and the Root of Jews-Ear Parsley Fenicle Marjoram of each an ounce Sage half an ounce Live-Honey about 2 quarts Boil it scum it well and make it of the bigness of an Haslenut to little cakes Which you must give the horse to drink with good wine about half a pint And on that day when he hath the Cholick then take Fennil-seed three or four spoonsfull and with a convenient quantity of wine you shall presently give it to the horse to drink and then cover him and make him sweat well XXXII Pain in the Belly Against the Griping or pain in the Belly you shall take tame or wild Rhue-seed pound it very small and with warm Wine make a potion thereof you may also put therein Cumin and Fennil-seed of each alike quantity next keep the horse warm and well covered in a close place but before you give him this potion you must mount upon him and ride him to and fro rather along high places than upon eaven ground And when he is in the Stable again then cover him with a good woollen cloth if he grows cold again then you must anoint his fundament with Oil until it is heated and breaks wind Farther it would do well also to put a Rod which is thick enough and half a foot long into his fundament well anointed with common Oil and made fast to the trunk of the fundament that it cannot go out and then mount upon the horse and ride him to and fro You must also give him to eat that which is of a warm nature and let him drink Water boiled with Cumin and Fennil-seed of each a like quantity adding thereunto Wheaten-meal a sufficient quantity and in a close place keep him warm and well covered XXXIII Obstruction or Oppilation The Obstruction or Oppilation is cured by potions and clysters the potion must be thus give him daily powder of wild Rhue with the seed soaked in good Red Wine Or Take Anise-seed and the Juice of Poppeys and Flower-de-luce Root a convenient quantity This all together being well pounded and beaten small you must add some Sugar-candy Red-Wine half an ounce Oil of Olives of each three ounces for a potion This you must give him at three times for three daies one after another Or a Glister made after this manner Take Marsh-Mallows and Cashe 2 ounces Juice of flower-de-luce a convenient quantity adding thereunto Oil of Bay-Berries Wine and Rhue of each 3 ounces Pigeon-Dung Salt-petre of each an ounce for a Clyster After the Clyster is applied you must lead the Beast gently to and fro Some Horse-Coursers have found this following receipt to be good in this Distemper Take Honey nine spoonfulls Pepper-Corns nine Hares-Dung a sufficient quantity adding thereunto a Decoctum of Fitches or Red-Colworts as much as is requisite for a portion XXXIV Falling of the Fundament If the Fundament be faln take fine bruised Salt spread it upon the hinder-gut and put it between the Rupture next take a piece of Bacon and put it therein in the form of a stick pell and lay thereupon Mask or Mallows until it is healed XXXV Worms Against the Worms give the horse to drink Water in which Rye has been boiled or with some Brimstone amongst Bread or burnt Ashes of the wood of Olive-tree Or take powder of dry Wormwood with the seed raw Lupinum of each an equal quantity being all together mingled in white Wine for a potion For to give it to the horse at three several times After these three daies you must make a Clister of these following things Take of Wormwood and Rhue a convenient quantity Adding thereunto two Ox-Galls straining them Alloes one ounce For a Clister XXXVI Flux or Looseness of the Belly Against the Flux or Looseness of the Belly there a is very good certain potion made of powder of Gall-nuts with white Wine and Starch mingled together Or in case that the Looseness is occasioned by Cold then give the horse to eat sops soaked in Red-wine and Rose-water Farther anoint his Loins and Belly with Claret-wine Oil and a little Salt mixt XXXVII Bloody-Flux Against the Bloody-Flux which is occasioned by the Forrage let the horse bleed on the vein of the shoulder next make a Decoction of Wheat with unsalted Grease and powder of dry Granado's skales strain it and make a potion thereof and give the horse
The signs of his having a pain in the head you may observe by the water which drops from him by the slack hanging of his Ears and that his neck and head is heavy and hanging downwards II. Mad or Raging Love It falls out sometimes that the Mares are vexed with a kind of Madness viz. when they see their shape in beholding themselves in the water and grow so amorous thereof that they forget to eat and to drink and dry up with inward heat The marks of this Madness are that they run along the Roads as if they were pricked with Spurs often looking about as if they did desire and seek something They recover of this Sickness being led again to the water for when they behold therein how ill-favoured they be they forget the first shape which they did behold in the water III. Coldness or Chilness in the Head A Horse which has got a Cold or Chilness is cured by drinking the warm blood of a Pigg boyl'd with Wine or Mastick and Wine-root boiled with Honey or common Oil with Pepper He gets this Distemper when he is put in a cold place being hot and sweating insomuch that the sinews shrink and the skin groweth hard therefore you are to place such a Horse in a very hot place well covered with a warm coverture which reacheth to the ground and you are to lay under his belly seven or eight great hot stones and to quench them oftentimes with warm water and this heat will cause him to sweat and cure the Distemper or Glanders c. IV. Rheume Catharre Glanders or Running of the Nose Against the Rheume or Catharre c. take Operment and Brimstone beaten together throw them upon burning coals and let the smoak enter into the nostrils of the horse to the end that the stiff humours which are in the brains may dissolve and distill down V. Pin in the Eye The Pin in the Eye you must lift up with an Ivory-Needle and then cut it clear off with a pair of small Cissars or take Powder of a green Agedeste or Rats-bane and lay it upon the Eye that it may eat the Nail VI. Webb in the Eye Against the Webb in the Eye or Running Eyes the best Remedy is an Eye-water made of the Juice of Bittony pounded in a wooden Mortar or the Juice of Housleek or the blade of the herb Celendine pounded in a Mortar and laid thereupon with cold Water or rather with Wine after you have let the horse blood in the vein of the Eye affected These means you must continue to use many daies in the morning and at night You may also blow into the Eye through a Quill the powder of the grate of the Fish called Sepia or whole seed of the herb Rocket or lay thereupon the Ear of a little Lamb until it hath by its vertue taken away the flesh and cleansed it or the powder of the yolk of an Egg and Salt burnt together and put into the Eye or the powder of Sal-Armoniack Myrrh Saffron and scraping of the grates of Sepia VI. Watring of the Eyes Watering Eyes are cured by a Medicine made of Frankincense Myrrh Starch and White-honey or with a head lace made of Frankincense and Mastick bruised small and rubb'd with the white of an Egg and laid upon the forehead which being left thereupon a considerable time the Eyes will weep no more Then you must take off the band or head-lace with warm Water and Oil beaten together VIII Pain in the Eye All pains of the Eys are healed if you chafe or anoint them with the Juice of Lambs-tongue and Honey mixt together IX Sore or Wounded Eyes Sore or Wounded Eyes are healed by laying upon them a Poultess of the crum of Bread moistened in fresh Water or roasted or of boyled Bread soaked in White-wine But in case this will not help then you must open the head or chief vein X. Eye-Scarrs or Wounds The Scarrs or Wounds of the Eyes are healed with Fasting-spittle and Salt if often anointed therewith or by bruised grates of Sepia and melted Salt or by bruised seed of wild Parsnips being spread over the Eyes in a Linnen Cloth XI Flying Worm Against the Flying-Worm or Worms in the Nose you are to open the vein in the temples of the head make a deep hole under the throat with an hot Iron put a Tent therein and lay Flax therupon which is made wet in the white of Eggs and let him thus stand resting in the Stable for three daies XII Tooth-Ach The Colt hath many times pains in his Teeth and Gums when he begins first to get Teeth and then you must soak in strong Vinegar the best Chalk that you can get and rub the cheeks therewith outwardly and especially in that place where he feels the pain XIII Canker or little Bubbles or Swellings of the Tongue The Canker in the Mouth or under the Tongue which hinders the horse from eating because the Tongue is swollen may be cured by causing him to eat Pease and Beans or the husks or shells of the same for by the eating of them the Botch or Swelling goes away But in case this Distemper cometh again then it must be drawn out of the hollowness of the Palat and then be cut off dextrously with a pair of Cissars near to the Palat. XIV Falling or want of the Palat. Against the Falling of the Palat of the Mouth take the flesh away with a thin little Iron so far that the humours may run out by degrees next rub and cleanse the Palat with Syrop of Roses mixt with the Juice of Lemon and toasted Cheese XV. Fever The horse gets a Fever generally when he is suddenly watered after he hath wrought very hard which is almost like to the swelling in the Neck or the King's-Evil for the same happens as well to Beasts as to Men by the great coldness of the Water when the Throat is enflamed or heated whereby the horse loses his Stomach and Rest and his Ears become cold Then you may immediately find remedy against this in this manner Lay the Ear between the Neck and the Chine of the horse and cut open the hardness which is like a white Sinew the length-waies with a Lancet take this white flesh off and put therein a Linnen cloth which is made wet in the White of Eggs and cover the horse immediately with a horse-cloth leading him backward and forward till his Ears grow warm again and give him a potion made of Water Salt and Flower After he hath eaten some good Hay let him rest three daies to foment the place with things belonging thereto for to stir the humours and afterwards lay thereupon a Poultess of these things following Bird lime three ounces Barley-flower a convenient quantity being boiled together so long in Red Wine to the grosness or consistency of a Poultess And when the matter or filth is gathered together and is ready to break out then you must prick it and
when the matter is run out put into the hollowness the lint or scrapings of Linnen made wet in Water Oil and Salt This Sickness must be cured immediately for if it continue long then there is not any hope of recovery XVI Squinacy Or Swelling in the Throat The Swelling in the Throat or Squinacy otherwise pain in the Throat and swelling of the Tongue requires first letting of blood on the vein under the Tongue or of the Palat and next a fomenting of the whole Mouth and Tongue with warm Water next an anointment of the Gall of a Bull or of Salt and Wine-Stone pounded in Wine-Vinegar The potion you must make in manner following Take Anniseeds one ounce Old Oil two pound Red-Wine half a pint Fat Figgs of each nine Let it be all together soaked well and make a Decoction thereof into which you must put rubbed Saltpetre and Salt a convenient quantity strain it and make it a potion Which you are to pour into the Throat of the horse twice a day to wit in the morning and at night about a pint Next you must give him to eat green Barley or Barley-flower with which you must mingle Salt-petre if you let the horse bleed it must be done in the Palat of the mouth XVII Waxen Kernels Struma Choaking or Strangling The Waxen Kernel Struma or Choaking which is engendred under the throat of the horse and falls down from a cold brain you are to prick him under the throat next to cover his head with a linnen cloth and to rub often with sweet-butter the whole throat especially the place where the swellings lye XVIII Distemper of the Neck Against the Distemper of the Neck pierce the flesh in five places on both sides of the throat with an hot Iron as sharp as an Awl put into each hole an Hoggs-bristle and let the same stick therein for a whole fortnight XIX Galled Neck When the Neck or the Back is galled by the pressing of the Saddle then you ought to lay upon the wound the leaves of black Brionia XX. Crick in the Neck Against the Crick in the Neck wash the place with luke-warm Wine next lay some Tow of Flax dipt in the White of an Egg. XXI Distemper of the Lungs Against the Distemper of the Lungs take a Snake cut off the head and taile the rest cut into small pieces and roast it on a spit gather together the fat or grease that drops from the same and use it against the Distemper XXII Pursiness or Short windness The Pursie or Short-winded horse ro wit which cannot well take his breath and though he is spurred and struck he will not go on but coughs very much drawing his breath painfully Nay in eating also he doth not cease from coughing This Distemper is very hard to be cured It is true as long as the Distemper is new and occasioned by dust of a dust-raising wind or by eating any uncleanness in his forrage there is some remedy against this Distemper to wit the letting of Blood on the Shoulders and by chafing or anointing the horse on the breast and the back with the warm blood of the Beast mingled with Wine and Oil of Elephant when you have continued that five daies together then the five following daies you must let him fetch through the Nostrils Lye mingled with Oil Next give him to drink this potion which is made out of the following kinds Take Roast Mustard-seed Living Brimstone Paradise-corn of each a like convenient quantity being pounded small and boiled together in Metheglin to a Decoction Or make a thick Composition thereof and of that you must cause him every day to take as much as the bigness of a Walnut with thick Red-wine which is very good and excellent or make a potion of the following things Take Galingal Ginger Clove or July-flowers Cummin Fennil Eggs. Saffron a little mingled with Wine of all take a convenient quantity for a potion And pour it into the mouth of the horse holding his head up high that he may swallow it down the more easily without permitting him to let his head fall down at least for the space of a good half hour to the end that the potion may run through all his guts Next give him green grass or reed or willow leaves to eat to qualify the heat of the potion but the horse must in the mean time eat nothing half a day before or afterwards Next lead the horse gently backwards and forwards with the halter or mount upon him and ride him gently to the end that he may not vomit up the potion This is a means to heal a horse that is pursy and short-winded if the distemper is not too old but if it be an old evil then you may help it with brand-marks and by cutting up the nostrills for the heat of the fire will hinder this shortness of breath and cause the breath the better to enter in and to issue through the nostrills give him also often times grapes to eat and sweet wine to drink Moreover there is another excellent remedy to wit a potion made of Agaricus and Fenugreek soaked in red wine or the blood of a little dog which is not above ten dayes old the same being given the horse to drink or the root of wild Cucumbers and Gall Nuts pounded with Honey-water and making a potion thereof XXIII Cough The Cough is occasioned by many reasons sometimes it proceeds from the lungs and other parts of the body therabouts and sometimes out of other inward and most low members which have the operations there is not any thing better against this distemper then the snipping or cutting of the nostrills of the beast And in case that he doeth not mend then you ought to pour into his throat a good draught of this following potion Take Fenigreek and Flax-seed of each a measure Gum-Dragon Frankincense Myrrha Sugar The Bran of small Pease or Fitches of each an ounce being all together bruised small and sifted Lay it a soaking a whole night in warm water And the next day you must give the horse to drink thereof according as has been said this you must continue adding thereunto Oil of Roses until he is well recovered some lay five whole Eggs a mollifying for a whole night in strong Vineger and the next morning when they observe that the shell is become soft they cause the horse to swallow it down Farther you ought never to bleed the beast in any place whatsoever but you must at the same time continue to give him Gum Dragon with sweet Oil. XXIV Vlcers or Aposthumes of the Breast The Ulcers or Aposthumes of the breast cause horses to die immediately therefore as soon as the waxing Kernell of the breast swells up you must draw out the swelling without ceasing but in case a vein breaketh thereby then you are to tie both ends together with a Silk thred for the greater the swelling grows the more matter or filth it will gather
the place bruised Sage and the Horn will be healed 5. Hair standing upright When the Hair of the Oxe or Cow stands upright over the whole Body and he is not so merry as he uses to be but of a sad look his Neck hanging downwards his Mouth foamy having a heavy gate the Back-bone and also the whole Back stiff eating without Stomach and chewing but little This Sickness may be cured in the beginning but being inveterate it can in no wise or at least very seldom be helped For which cure take Sea-Onion or Wild-Onion and cut small Roots of Mellons bruised of each three Ounces course Salt three handfuls let it be soaked in a pot of strong Wine or in Vinegar to a potion Of this you may give the Oxe or Cow every day half a pint 6. Lice or Ticks Against Lice or Ticks you must use a Decoctum of wild Olives and Salt and take away the little Blisters which he has under his Tongue 7. The Scab Itch or Mange The Scab Itch or Mange is cured with Common Oyl and Oyl of Olives mingled together or take Oxe-Gall the Powder of living Brimstone Myrrhe Oyl and Vinegar with some Plum-Allum being rub'd small and mingled together Or chafe him with his Piss with old Salt-butter with Turpentine or with White Rozen melted in White Wine 8. Eating Sore in the Neck Against an Eating Sore or Scab rub him with bruised Garlick with Powder of Brimstone and Vinegar with broken Gall-nuts or with White Andoren mixt with Soot 9. Aposthumes or Sores In case he hath Aposthumes or Sores then you must annoint them with brused Mallow in White Wine also upon the Sore parts unless there be great reason to the contrary It is likewise very good to lay small bruised Powder of Gall-nuts likewise the Juice of Andoren is very good in this case being mixt with the Soot of an Oven 10. Boils or Mattering Vlcers Boils or Ulcers are made ripe with Leaven Lilly-root with Sea-Onion and Vinegar letting him blood and cleansing him with his warm Piss putting therein Wicks dipt in Tar all which spread upon a Linnen Cloth which has lain in the Grease of Goats or of Oxen and lay it to the part affected 11. Hide-bound on the Legs If the Skin sticks to the Bones then you must foment it either with Wine alone or such as is mixt with Oyl 12. Hide-bound on the Ribs In case he is too lean that the Skin seems to cleave to the Ribs then foment his Hide against the grain of the Hair with Wine and Oyl in a warm place or in the Sun next annoint him with the Dregs of Wine and Hogs Suet being mixt together into an Ointment 13. Bewitched The Oxe and Cow is often bewitched as well as the Horse the signs of this are that he is melancholly grows dry and lean therefore you shall give him in through the Nostrils Jews Gum Brimstone Juniper-berries being all together soaked and broken in warm Water 14. Head-ach Against Head-ach bruise Garlick in Wine and let him draw that up through the Nostrils next foment the whole Head with a decoctum of Laurel Lavender Mariblam or Margelins Nuts and Rue Blisters sodden in Wine 15. Humour or Rheum When he contracts any Humour or Rheum because of superfluity of Flegm or Snot which is apparent when his Eyes run and that he has no Stomach and lets his Ears hang down then wash his Mouth with Rhue bruised in White Wine or rub his Mouth with Garlick and small beaten Salt and wash it next with Wine Some cleanse these Flegms with bruised Laurel-leaves and the Rinds of Granat-Apples others put into his Nostrils Myrrhe and Wine 16. Swollen Eyes Against swollen Eyes put upon them a Plaister of Wheaten-meal mixt with Honey or honey-Honey-water But if they are swollen with Humour or Rheume then let him blood under the Tongue and pour into him well cleansed Juice of Ladies Mark Sage and Savin or against bad swollen Eyes make an Eye-water of bruised Wheat mingled with Honey-water 17. Weeping Eyes Against Weeping Eyes and Moistness that drops upon his Cheeks take Pap of Wheaten-meal and make thereof a Plaister for to lay upon the Eyes Against this Distemper also Wild Parsnips being bruised with Stalk and Root together and mixt with Honey for to annoint the Eyes therewith is very effectual 18. Running Eyes Against Running Eyes blow into them fine bruised Copperas or Vitriol and Thutia 19. Sharp Tears Against Sharp Tears Epiphorae of the Eyes that is that the Oxe hath but his half Sight whether it be in one or in both Eyes you must let him blood under the Eyes and the Sight will be bettered but you must continually drop Honey into his Eyes until he is perfectly cured 20. Mattering Eyes Against Eyes that Matter like a Wound which happeneth by continual Humour which fall down from the Brains take Saffron and fine Frankincense of each two ounces Myrrhe one ounce break it in Rain Water and mingle it to an Eye-water 21. Dark and Cloudy Eyes In case he hath a Dark and Cloudy Eye then blow into it fine Powder of Cinnamon Sugar-candy and of dried Bones 22. Shales or Nail of the Eyes Against the Shales or Nail of the Eyes you must make him an Eye-Water of Stone-salt Sal Armoniack soaked in Honey or annoint also the Eyes with a mixture of Oyl of Olives and Pitch being well incorporated to prevent the danger of Flies which are apt to come about the Honey 23. Spots or Webs in the Eyes Against Spots or Webs in the Eyes which is nothing but a superfluity which through great Cold or long continuance grows upon the Eyes in which there is a Humour which is called Waterish upon which swimmeth one which is somewhat Glassie To cure this Distemper take Ardtvel and pound it long in a Woodden Mortar and annoint the Eyes with the Juice which comes out from it But if you cannot get that then take the Leaves and Berries of Straw-berries and make thereof Juice as before Continue with one of these Remedies in the Morning and at the Evening for many days together then the Spots shall decrease and go away And observe that you do instead of Water take Wine thereto it would be better and more convenient 24. White on the Eyes Against the White on the Eyes put a Plaister thereupon of Chrystal Salt Sal Gemmae and Mastick pounded small and mixt on the Eyes together with Honey continuing the same often times 25. Warts upon the Eye-lids In case he hath Warts upon the Eye-lids then foment the place with the Gall of any Beast whatsoever or which is better cut the Warts off with a pair of Cissers or take them off with a Thread tied on stiff next annoint the place with Alloes Vinegar and Gall boiled together 26. Swollen Pallate or Falling of the Pallate If the Pallate is swollen then you must open it immediately with a Lancet or red-hot Iron to the end that the corrupted Blood
may run out next give him some Herbs and often Hay to eat but if it is so swollen that he loses his stomach and his taste and is often sick then you must open the Vein of the Pallate and not give him any thing to eat but Garlick which is peelled bruised and soaked with Leaves or other Green until he recovereth 27. Split Tongue If the Tongue is split beneath then annoint the cleft twice a day with an Ointment of Alloes Rock-Allum and Honey of Roses being mixt together Next wash it with Wine wherein Sage and other drying Herbs are boiled 28. Knobs under the Tongue If the Oxe has a little Knob which is fleshy under the Tongue then you must cut it off and next rub the place with Salt and Garlick pounded together then wash his Mouth with Wine and with little Tongs take gently away the small Worms which begin to come under the Tongue 29. Carnils under the Tongue In case he has Carnils under his Tongue and is much swollen then open it with a fiery-hot Iron or sharp Lancet next rub it with Salt and Oyl until the bad humour is run out at last give him to eat some young Herbs 30. Swollen Almonds Against the swelling of the Throat which is occasioned by a Cold Brain cover the Head with some Coverture and rub oftentimes the whole Throat with fresh Butter 31. To prevent Imposthumes in the Neck If the Neck is swollen and you are affraid of a Swelling with Matter and Filth then open it with a red hot Iron and put into the hole the Root of Hogs-bread of Nettles renewing oftentimes the same it is very necessary in this case that you give him to drink a good Cruce full of a Decoctum of Italian ...... and let him bleed 32. Bruised Neck If the Neck is hurt swollen and hanging down then let him blood at one of his Ears but if it is in the midst of both Ears lay upon the Swelling a Plaister of melted Oxe marrow and Cocks-Grease of each half an Ounce in Oyland Tar or melted Pitch and rub the Swollen parts with the Sword of Bacon whereon there is not any Fat and is of a Barrow Hog being warmed a little continuing it five or six mornings together 33. Neck deprived of Skin If his Neck be deprived of Skin put upon it a Plaister of Oxe-marrow taken out of the Thigh-bones Rue and the Grease of a Buck and Hogs-suet of each an ounce being melted and mixt together 34. Neck deprived of Hair If his Neck is deprived of Hair and bare then annoint the place with this following Ointment take Honey six Ounces Mastick four Ounces boil them together to an Ointment 35. Hardened Neck If his Neck is hardened let him stand some days without labouring in the mean time you must annoint the hard place with an Ointment of Butter Oyl Bacon and new Wax of each an ounce being melted and mixt together 36. Swollen Neck If his Neck be Swollen then make him an Ointment of Alaud-roots that are pounded and boiled in raw Honey Bucks or Sheep-Rue Hogs-suet new Wax annoint the Neck with this three times a day in the morning at noon and at night 37. Shoulders out of Joynt If the Shoulders be disjoynted or out of Joynt then put the Bones again in their place and bind them fast with Tablets of light Wood. 38. Crumpled Shoulders If his Shoulder is crumpled then you must blood him on the hinder foot on the far side but if they are both shrunk in then you must blood him on both Legs 39. Distemper in the Lungs The Distemper in the Lungs is such a mortal Distemper as well to the Oxen as to the Kine that there is not any Remedy against it but that you wash the Manger out of which they have eaten with hot water and well-scenting Herbs before you tie the others thereunto which in the mean time must be kept in an other Stable They get this Sickness by eating bad Herbs and corrupted Hay and through great superfluity of Blood but for the most part by Horse-piss especicially when you keep the Cow-house Clowsie Therefore you should neither let Horses nor Mares come into the Cow-house but Asses may and do much good for the Breath of the Asses keeps them from Distempers in the Lungs 40. Lung-Sickness Against the Lung-sickness give him the Juice of Liquorish with sweet Wine or put into his Ears the Root of Hazle-tree 41. Cough Against the Cough let him drink a decoctum of Hysop and eat Liquorisâ—… Roots being bruised with clean Wheat Some make them drink seven days together a decoctum of .... The Cough of the Oxen must as diligently be cured as the Cough of the Horses and you must not let the same last long or grow too cold the best way is to seek remedy against in the beginning Therefore you muâ—… powre into his mouth through a Horâ—… or otherwise an half Measure of Barleâ—… Flower and an whole Egg without Shill being boiled in a Can of Wine or take Poppies bruised in warm Water with dried Bean-meal that is brokeâ—… to shales or very small pieces anâ—… Meal of Pease being all well mingle together and give them that to eat early in the morning Old Cough Against an old Cough the following Remedy is very good Take dry of fresh Hysop two hands full boyl them in common Water as much as is necessary strain it and add to it two thirds of Starch mingle it together and give it to the Beast You may also mix with it Hysop Water a Decoctum of Hysop and Mint Against the same Distemper is good also the Juice of Liquorish being well squeezed out and given the Beast with Oyl of Olives Nay the Cough will never be grown so old but it may be cured and driven away with the Roots of Liquorish well cleansed and washt given in a Decoctum with Wheaten-meal The same vertue have also the small Pease or little Fitches being given him to eat or being set before him with Honey-water when he Coughs most 42. Difficulty of fetching Breath Against difficulty of fetching Breath put through his Ear or the great Skin of his Throat the Herb called Black Hellebore or Lions Paw 43. Heavy and Lazy If he is Lazy then give him every month bruised Fitches soaked in the Water which he drinks 44. Weariness To preserve him from growing weary too soon you must rub his Horns with Turpentine and Oyl mingled together But have a care that you do not rub him with this on the Mouth or Nostrils for those parts will be offended therewith 45. Ague Against the Ague which the Beast gets in hot Weather which appears by melancholly swollen Eyes and extraordinary Heat and is perceived by the touching of the Hide you must open the Vein of the Fore-head or of the Ears and give him cool Nourishment as Lettice and other such Herbs and give him cool Water to drink Against another kind of Ague which you may
spit 70. Kibe on the Heel If he gets a Kibe on the Heel by great Cold and by having wrouâ—… in such places as are full of Snow or Frozen and sometimes after the Thawing also and because that the Joynts of the Foot have not been well wash'd over-night with Piss and bound up with Dung then the Heel gets an Ulcer and seems as it would go off and leave its place and then there follows an Inflamation which after the Ulcer very much troubles the Oxe in going forth Now you must chop small that part with little Lancets and kindle a small Fire of Fewel upon the chopt part and put thereupon a soft Rose-salve or a defensive of Water Vinegar being bound up and tied about with Straw When the Crust or the bad Flesh is fallen out then you must stew the place warm with Vinegar and Piss and lay thereupon a Pap or Plaister of Melilot or cold Hogs-suet 71. Swollen Foot If his Foot is swollen then make a Pap of Elder Blisters and Hogs grease mixt together and boiled 72. Crumpled or stiffned Foot If his Foot is crumpled or stiffned then take the Roots of white Poppeys Mallows together one pound boil them in water as much as is enough pound them and strain them through a Sive add to this Hogs-Grease half a pound and strong Wine three Bowls Let it boil again until the Grease is melted adding thereto Flax-seed four ounces well broken and pounded and let it boyl at last until the Wine is sodden away to a Pap and put the one half part of this Pap upon the Foot and let it lie thereupon for three days and then the remainder also three days together 73. Wrinched Foot If he has wrinched the Foot then boil Honey and Hogs-grease in White Wine lay this Plaister upon the Foot and let it lie thereupon for three days 74. Wounded Foot In case he has wounded his Foot by a Thorn Glass or Nail or any such other sharp thing then cut the Claw off from the Foot as near the Wound as it is possible let drop therein very hot Turpentine and Oyl and then plaister the whole Foot with Honey and fresh Grease melted together 75. Claw of the Foot wounded If the Claw of the Foot is wounded by a Stone or Iron then cut it to the deepest part of the Wound with the Cissers of a Farrier and let drop therein very hot a Salve of old Hogs-grease and Bucks-rue being melted together and put thereinto Tents of Tow of Flax. 76. Claw of the Foot scaled or broke If the Claw of his Foot is scaled or broken then take Honey Turpentine New Wax of each one ounce to a Salve and put that round about the Claw for fifteen days together which time being expired add to the former Salve these following Ingredients Take Alloe Hepaticum Honey of Roses Buck Allum of each half an ounce to an Oinment and cover with this the whole Foot after that you have fomented it with Wine with which Honey has been mingled 77. Loose Claw If the Claw of his Foot becomes loose then you must at first cure it with the aforesaid Salve against Scaled Claws Sect. 76. until it groweth something fast next you must stew the whole Foot five or six days every day three times with the following Ingredients Take Honey unquenched Lime of each seven ounces Vinegar or Wine a convenient quantity 78. Foot-claw fallen off If his Foot-claw is fallen of then make a Salve of this following Take Honey Turpentine New Wax of each one Ounce and annoint therewith the Nail of the Foot fifteen days next wash it with luke-warm Wine which has been boiled with Honey and put a Plaister thereupon made of these following things Take Alloes Allum bruised Honey of Roses of each half an ounce to a Plaister There is also one Distemper more which is incident to Oxen c. not taken notice of in the Table or Cut or Portraicture of a Cow which is called The Hip-gout take Cow-dung laid under Ashes in Cabbidge or Vine-leaves and made hot and it will drive away the pain of the Hip-gout being laid upon it in the form of a Plaister If this be roasted in Vinegar it brings the bad Sores about the Chin and Throat to Distillation and being fryed with Cammomile flowers Melilots and black Briers in a Pan it drives away the Swelling of the Privities The Country mans Guide shewing the severall places in the body of a sheepe where diseases vsually happen The TABLE 1. HEad-ach 2. Giddiness 3. Loss of Cud. 4. Diseases in the Eyes 5. Ague in Lambs 6. Ague in Sheep 7. Rheum and Catarrhe 8. Diseases of the Teeth 9. Aposthumes or Vlcers 10. Boils 11. Boils or Scabs under the Chin of Lambs 12. Pursiness or short-winded 13. Rot or Plague 14. St. Anthony's Fire 15. Scab or Itch. 16. Diseases in the Lungs 17. Cough 18. Swallowing of a Venemous Creature 19. Swelling of the Belly 20. Lame in the Clawes 21. Maggots Lice or Ticks 22. Broken or bruised Joynts Introduction I Shall not particularize the many advantages which arise trom Sheep as the Wooll Flesh Pelt Dung and many others therefore in the first place the Country-man ought to get a good Breeder and to buy Sheep for his store that may be in all particulars answerable to his Business which I need not here relate Marks of a good Yew The best Yews have generally a great Body a long Neck long Wooll oright and shining like Silk having a great Belly and covered with Wooll and having great Paps great Eyes with long Legs and a long Tail Marks of a good Ram. The best sort of Rams are high and long of Body great Belly well covered with Wooll long and thick Tail the Fore-head broad and thick with Hair the Eyes black covered round about with much Wooll great Cods broad Loins great Ears covered with Wooll the whole Fleece of one Colour well Horned the Tongue and the Pallate all White for if the Tongue or undermost part of the Tongue should be black or speckled notwithstanding his Body is all White yet the Colour of the Lambs which he produces will be Speckled Gray or Black and therefore less esteemed for profit It is better that the Ram hath Horns than not for the Ram that hath no Horns is as a Man disarmed and is not so valiant to fight nor so hot after the Yew When a Yew ought to be covered The Yew ought to be covered when she is two years old and she will bring forth good Lambs until she is seven but a Yew that is covered before she is two years old bringeth forth weak Fruit but if it happen that a Yew is with Lamb before she be two years then you ought to sell the Lamb and the most convenient time to dispose of it is in the Month of October that the Yew which bears five months may bring forth her Lamb in the Spring or Lent at which time she will find
Grass sufficient to nouris her Lambs Salt Water to drink Farther you must give the Yews some few days before they be covered by the Ram Salt Water to drink and they will the better keep their Seed and the Ram shall grow the more fiery and vehement The way to have such Lambs as you please If you would have your Yews bring forth Ram-Lambs then you must put the Ram to the Yew in dry Weather and observe to drive the Yew towards the blowing of the North Wind that when they are feeding toward the North they may take Ram but if you will have Yew-Lambs then you must let them feed towards the South Wind and let them be covered To know what coloured Lambs a Yew will bring forth When the Yew is big in case her Tongue is black it s a sign that she will bring forth a black Lamb and if her Tongue be white she will bring forth a white Lamb but if the Tongue be speckled then she will bring forth a speckled Lamb. Of Sickness in Sheep The Sheep are inclined to many Distempers as Scabs or Scurveyness Cough and the Red Water which proceed from an exceeding Pain in the Head and also the Plague The three last Distempers are incurable insomuch as if any Sheep be sick with either of the said three Distempers 〈◊〉 occasions infections in the rest thereof many of them die all such scknesses are occasioned by eating of bad Herbs or by drinking of bad Water or standing Puddles or Pools in the Fields or because the places which they feed on are wet and moist by frequent Showers and bad Weather by which means they undoubtedly fall sick in six weeks time Here follows an account of all the Distempers incident to Sheep 1. The Head-ach If your Sheep are troubled with the Head-ach and Staggers which is occasioned by Surfeits the best Remedy is to take Asafettida and dissolve it in a spoonful of White Wine or bruise the Juice out of Sage and give it to the Sheep 2. Giddiness Giddiness in the Head befalls Sheep most commonly in the Dog-days insomuch as it makes them turn about and leap and in case you touch their Fore-head or Feet you will find that they burn exceedingly Against this Sickness you must let them blood in the middle of the Nose with a piece of Horn made sharp for that purpose thrust up as high as you can possible which will cause the Sheep presently to fall into a sound and immediately they will come again to themselves This being applied they will either be immediately well of this Distemper or die very speedily yet more do recover than die Some Shepherds have tried the letting of Blood in the Temples of the Head losing their Blood by little and little which hath proved very successful afterward giving them a spoonful of Brandy mixt with Mithridate 3. Loss of Cud. Take Leaven and Salt and mix them with Clay and the Piss of a lusty young Man and let him swallow it and that will recover him 4. Diseases in the Eyes Make an eye-Eye-water of Eve Eye-bright and Horse-leech and wash their Eyes therewith or beat Wormwood with the Milk of a Yew and mix it with rose-Rose-water 5. Ague in Lambs If a young Lamb have an Ague or other Sickness then you must give it to drink the Milk of its Dam mingled with as much water 6. Ague in Sheep When Sheep have an Ague you must blood them on the Heels between the two Claws of the Feet or on the Ear and keep them a good while from Water the best remedy for to cure them of the Ague is to boil in Spring Water and Wine the Stomach of a Ram and give the distempered Sheep the Broth to drink 7. Rheum or Catarrhe The Sheep gets Humours and Rheums in the Dog days by the great Heat of the Sun for prevention of which the Shepherd in such hot seasons ought to drive his Flock in the Fore-noon towards the West and in the Afternoon towards the East for it is a great matter that the Heads of the Sheep as they 'r feeding be turned against the Sun which in the beginning of the Dog-days is often times the cause of this Distemper 8. Diseases in the Teeth For Diseases in the Teeth let the Sheep blood in the Gum or Vein of the upper Lip and rub his Teeth with old Leaven and Sage 9. Aposthumes or Vlcers In case the Sheep hath any Mattering Aposthume or Ulcer then you must prick it with a Lance and put into the Wound Salt burnt in a Fire-shovel rubbed small and mingled with melted Pitch 10. Boils You may cure Boils with Allum Sulphur Vinegar and Brimstone mixt together or with burnt Gall-nuts being mixt with Wine and laid upon the Sore 11. Boils or Scabs under the Skin of Lambs The Lamb many times gets Scabs under the Chin by eating of Herbs when the Dew lies upon them the Remedy against which is to take Hysop and Salt of each an ounce well bruised together and with this you must annoint the Pallate of the Mouth and Tongue then wash the Boil with Vinegar and afterwards chafe it with Tar and Grease 12. Pursiness or short-winded The Rheum or Catarrhe of the Sheep as well as of the Horse sticks so fast to the Lungs that it cannot be removed with Bleeding nor with a Potion and if this Sickness continue the best Remedy is that the Sheep be kept without Food for a day or two likewise it is convenient that whatever Hay or Fodder hath been eaten among the Sheep while one that hath been sick hath been amongst them the Oughts thereof be taken clean away for such Sheep get the same sickness by eating after them that are sick Some say that for this sickness it is good to hang about the Neck of the Sheep a living Toad put in a little bag of Linnen and to let it hang nine days Others say that it is good to bruise Lock and Noble Sage together and make a Potion thereof with very strong Vinegar Others pour in their Mouths a spoonful of Brandy with Mithridate but there is but little help for this Distemper for they often die after several Medicines have been given to them because the Lungs are quite dried up with a continual Coughing There is no better Remedy against this Distemper than for to throw them upon their Backs in a stinking unclean Gutter 13. Rot or Plague Against the Plague there is no other Remedy for Beast than for Man but for to keep them from this Distemper the best way is often to give them Melilot Scitisers Wild Polly or Wild Balsom But to prevent the Rot in those Sheep that are not tainted by that Infection you must give them Salt mingled with Brimstone in a Fire-shovel which will purge them and preserve them from this Contagion 14. St. Anthony 's Fire The Fire of St. Anthony is by the Shepherd called Wild-fire very difficult to cure and there is no other