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
To draw or break a Boyl or Vlcerous Sore c. ibid. An excellent Poultis to asswage any Pain or superate Tumour P. 146 A Poultis to break any Infectious Sore ibid. To disperse the Flux or Oppression of Blood in any part ibid. For an Imposthume or sudden Swelling in any part of the Body P. 147. In case of the Palsey in the head c. ibid. To heal and contract any Wound ibid. An inward Balm to destroy Worms and heal Internaâ— Bruises P. 148 An excellent Balm in case of any Sprain Internal Bruise Swelling Blasting old Sore or Gun-shot ibid. An excellent Balm to be given a Horse inward in case of a Consumption ibid. An excellent Red Water to cure Vlcers P. 149 An excellent Water to allay any Internal heat or feaverish Indispondency ibid. In case a Horse be troubled with the Stone an excellent Water ibid. For any disease in the Eyes c. P. 150 An excellent Purgation for Gravel in the Bladder or Kidnies ibid. For the Vlceration of the Yard an excellent Water ibid An excellent Powder for the falling-sickness or falling-eviâ— in a Horse P. 151 A Powder for the Ague which frequently happens especially to young Horses ibid. To purge Choler and Phlegm an excellent Powder ibid. An excellent Bath to allay any Swelling or such-like disorder especially diseases in the Legs occasioned by the descending of evil humours c. P. 152 A Bath to soften and mollifie the Skin ibid. To stanch Blood in any Vein or Artery ibid. An excellent Medicament to provoke a Horse to Vomit as also to purge his Belly P. 153 An excellent Purge good on sundry occasions ibid. or a Joynt-sickness ibid. For an Internal Vlcer ibid. An excellent Electuary for a dangerous Cough or ratling Cold. P. 154 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. P. 155 CHAP. XXIV DIrections for making and preparing Oyntments Oyls Salves Waters Purgations Poultises Charges Supplements Pills Powders c. singular good in case of any Distemper or Sorrance c. P. 159 â—n Oyntment to search any Wound or Vlcerated Sore or any thing of the like nature ibid. â—n Oyntment excellent good in case of Botches Boils Scabs or the like Sorrances P. 160 〈◊〉 skin any Wound an excellent Oyntment ibid. 〈◊〉 mollifie and asswage any Swelling an excellent Oyntment ibid. An excellent Oyntment to cool and allay any Inflamation ibid. An excellent Oyntment or rather Balsom to be inwardâ— given a Horse for Obstructions Bruises and otheâ— Ailments and Grievances P. 16â— To make a green Oyntment proved by Experience morâ— effectual than what has formerly been published ibid. An excellent Remedy for the Staggers or any Pain thaâ— suddenly takes a Horse sometimes to the loss of hâ— life ibid. An excellent Salve for any Wound P. 16â— An approved Salve to draw any stub thorn or splinter 〈◊〉 Bone or Wood out of the flesh ibid. To fill a Wound Vlcer or the like with good flesh an excellent Plaster P. 16â— A Salve to draw Corruption from the bottom of aâ— Wound or to draw a Swelling or any such grievance to a head ibid. To ripen a Tumour or asswage any Swelling not abounâ—ing with extraordinary humours ibid. An excellent Poultis for a Tumour or Swelling ibid. A Charge to ease a pain in the Back or for any Sprain P. 16â— To mollifie any Chap or rough Sore ibid. For the Eyes of a Horse afflicted by any means an approved Water to cure or ease them ibid. A Water to Wash the Mouth in case of any Sorrance 〈◊〉 defect P. 16â— A Pill good for any Internal disorder c. ibid. A Supplement exceeding good for any strain or grief 〈◊〉 the Sinews c. ibid. A Vomit for a Horse that has a Queesy stomach there 〈◊〉 to render him a good Appetite ibid. To purge Melancholy P. 16â— To purge Phlegm ibid. 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 P. 167 〈◊〉 case of any Pestilential disease occasioned by a cholerick or firey humour ibid. For any Internal distemper proceeding from Melancholy P. 168 For any distemper Internal occasioned by sanguine corrupt Blood or waâ—ry Humours by means of bad concoction or obstruction c. ibid. For Sickness in general an approved Clyster ibid. â—n case of Restringency or hard Binding P. 169 CHAP. XXVI Cordials Cordial-Powders Drinks and Drenches Purgations and Suppositories wonderfully conducing to the health and strength of a horse P. 170 Diapente an excellent Powder in case of any cold or Pestilential diseases ibid. An excellent Cordial-Ball to be given in case of any Internal distemper and especially to prevent the Consumption or wasting of any part c. ibid. An excellent Drench to cure any Internal distemper proceeding from any of the four Humours of the Body c. especially such as are Pestilential P. 171 â—uppositories and their Vse ibid. CHAP. XXVII PErfumes Baths and Purgations what they are and to what end they serve with the Manner how and under what Considerations they ought to be applied Page 173 Directions for Purging according to the estate and condition of Your House Page 174 CHAP. XXVIII COsticks Corrosives and Rowelling what they are for what causes and in what manner to be applied Page 176 Rowelling what it is and how to be performed Page 177 THE CONTENTS OF THE Second PART CHAP. I. THE Manner of Breaking a Horse the best way and perfecting him in his Paces c. and preserving him from danger c. Page 181 CHAP. II. HOW the Jockies made Old horses look young A lean horse artificially and naturally how fatned by Jockies A Remedy for Restiffness Neighing and the vice of Lying down in the Water The Art of making Stars Snips Blazes setting on false Ears Tails Manes c. Page 189 A Horse subject to lye down in the Water how to remedy it Page 190 A Tired or Restiff Horse to remedy Page 191 To prevent the Troublesomeness of a Horse's Neighing which may prove disadvantageous to the Master especially in time of War. ibid. If a Horse be dull and will not feel the Spur without much wounding c. Page p. 192 To make a lean Horse artificially far or to seem so to the Buyer ibid. To make a lean horse really fat the best and cheapest way Page 193 To make the hair of a Horse that stands rough and staring smooth and sleek 194 To make Hair come where it is thin or to take it away where it is thick ibid. Stars Blazes Snips what they are and how to make them for Ornament or Disguise in any part of the Horse where they may be conveniently scituate 195 To make a Black Star in a white horse 196 To make a Blaze-Royal 198 The loss of Ears how to supply 190
rather than good blood and the latter by feeding the heat which otherwise would decay that consumes the Radical moisture The help for this is first feeding the Horse by degrees suffering a regular digestion and the latter by giving him cooling things to allay the heat and moderate the Appetite are the best things to reduce him to a due temperature and managed diet as has been said but more particularly give him a quart of Cream a pint of White-wine boiled with a handfull of Wood-sorrel and the like quantity of Scabeous or Mugwort the liquid part only Let him take it cold and rest upon it and it will close the Veins to that degree that the digestion may be made perfect as also it will allay the heat Yellow and Black Jaundice in a Horse the Cause and Cure c. The Yellow Jaundice generally arises from the abundance of cholerick humours contracted which occasion the over-flowing of the Gall and are great oppressors of the body and obstructors of health and the signs are the yellowness of the Mouth-skin insides of the Lips and Eyes There is another kind of this disease that proceeds from Melancholy and these are called the Black Jaundice and have their original from Obstructions in the Liver-vein which passeth to the Spleen and consequently hinders the Spleen from doing its proper office by receiving only corrupted Blood from the Liver and so is obliged by reason of its being surcharged to cast it back into the Veins And this latter in case of death as indeed being most dangerous mastereth the former but a timely regard may remove them as thus Take after you have blooded your Horse in the third Barr of the Mouth an ounce of Turmerick and half an ounce of Saffron four or five Cloves and six spoonfulls of strong Vinegar Long-Pepper and Licoras beaten fine of each an ounce with the like quantity of Burdock-roots boil them in two quarts of Ale till a third or at least a fourth part be consumed and give it him to drink very hot and in so doing you will find the bad humours disperse and by degrees losing their force by the opperation of nature and the conquering quality of the Medicament but if it be too long delay'd it many times runs beyond the help of Art. Costiveness from whence it proceeds and its Remedy This disorder is a hardning of the Excrements in the body so that without great pain the Horse cannot evacuate or void his Dung and this is often occasioned by excess of Provender insomuch that nature forces it into the Bowels before it be well digested in the stomach or again it happens by feeding altogether upon dry Meats the which though wholsome and nourishing contract notwithstanding the Excrements by the extraordinary heat they occasion and it may likewise happen by excessive fasting To remedy which you may give him a Clyster made in this manner Take a handfull of Marshmallows decoct them in Spring-water not exceeding a quart add to these half a pint of Salad-oyl and six ounces of fresh Butter of Benedicta Laxativa an ounce and force them warm up his Fundament holding or tying close his Tail by bringing it with a cord between his Legs obliging him to keep it in for the space of an hour And the beteer to make it work give him a warm Mash and as soon as he has discharged it give him in a Drenching-horn a potion made after this manner Take two ounces of Castle-soap dissolve it in a pint of warm White-wine and with it a quarter of a pint of Linseed-oyl sweetning them all with Sugar-candia and give it him as hot as he can drink it The Cramp or Convulsion in the Nerves or Sinews how occasioned together with the Remedy c. These generally proceed from some bruise wound or other hurt on the Nerves or Sinews or excessive straining especially where the Horse after a great heat by riding or servile labour suddainly cools This grievance is known by the trembling of the Joynts Nerves or Veins or by their contracting to such a stubbornness or stiffness that for a time neither the Horse nor those that attempt to help him are capable of bending them To cure this Take Cammomoil Primrose-leaves the Roots of Crowfeet and Cowslips with the Branches of Fennel Rosemary and Pimpernel boil them in Running-water and having pressed out the liquid part bathe the place grieved with it exceeding hot binding on the Herbs Poltis-ways with course Linnen or bands made of Straw or Hay and keeping him in a warm Stable with good Provender his Limbs will be restored and rendered as before and the better to hearten him let him receive for a Morning or two the Yolk of an Egg in a Glass of Canary The Mourning of the Chine its Cause and the means to Cure it This grievance is caused by suddainly cooling upon excessive heats standing in damp or wet places or eating such things as turn to raw humours which falling upon the Liver and Lungs frequently inflame or putrefie them so that they occasion the Horse by defect of their office to fall down suddainly and dye Therefore when you by any trembling or dullness suspect this grievance let your Horse blood and having chafed him well Take Olive-oyl and Verjuyce of each two ounces the Juyce of Sellendine and Powder of Elecampane-Roots of each an ounce warm them a little and tying his head up to the Rack pour them into his Nostrils stopping them close after it that he may be forced to sneeze and strain to cast it out after which having an ounce of the Powder of Ruburb heated in a pint of Canary give it him in a Drenching-horn as hot as he can well endure it and so use him each Morning for a week together and the bad humours will be worked off Frenzy or Madness its Original with the means to remedy it according to the Experienced way This disease is very dangerous and often terminates in death and is occasioned by hot and firey humours unseasonably mixing with the blood which by its ascending Inflamation afflicts the Brain that principal seat of life And this is known by the staring of the Horse the distorting of his Eyes hanging of his Ears Staggering and Giddiness his often crying and forsaking his Mean and if it be wrought to a hight his often beating himself against the Post Manger or other places he can conveniently come at biting stamping and flying about with many the like disorders To remedy this speedily let him Blood in the Temple-veins and if he bleed not freely there strike him in the Neck-veins when having bled sufficiently Take the Roots of Gourds or wild Cucumers Black Helebore Rue and Mint with Virgo Pastoris each a handfull boil them in Beer or fair running-Running-water and give him the liquid part very warm and doing so three or four times it will purifie and purge the Blood but if you suppose it too weak for the Horse's constitution you may dissolve in
fasting and beware he catch not cold For the Yard of a Horse falling a Remedy This happens to a Horse when he is grown feeble either by over-labouring or bad feeding which cause a bad resolution in the Muscles and Tendons so that they refuse their office of support And in this case Take a gallon of Water boil in it two handfulls of Bay-salt half a pound of Carrot-seed a good handfull of Mugwort and the like quantity of Bay-leaves then strain out the Liquid part and add a quart of Old Mallago and give him this to drink hot rubbing his Yard with Vinegar wherein Nettle-seed and Burdock-seeds have been concocted To prevent the Mattering of the Yard This happens to Horses of a hot constitution especially after covering And first appears by the swelling of the end of the Yard and his being thereby rendred uncapable of drawing it into his Sheath when soon after you will perceive much filthy Matter issue from thence At what time dissolve half a pound of Allom in a pint of White-wine and with a Syringe inject it warm into the Yard whereby the Yard will not only be scowred and cooled but the humours be driven back and dispersed Of the Diseases incident mostly to Mares and known by the name of the Pestilent-consumption This distemper happens to a Mare when she is near her Foaling-time by reason of a Flegmatick humour that contracts about the Matrix occasioned by gross feeding and is known by her dullness pining and desire to be Laid and the like To redress which Take a pint of Aquavitae half an ounce of Tobacco and a sprig or two of Spurg-lawrel boil them together and then straining out the Liquid part give it her fasting and it will oblige her to cast out the Mass of Phlegm or at least the Cause that disturbs her But by reason she will be somewhat sickish when she has cast Give her half a pint of Salad-oyl and the like quantity of Canary and keep her in a warm Stable with Mashes and good dry Meat a day or two How a Mare that is subject to cast her Foal ought to be used In this case there is more than one Cause to be taken notice of which subjects a Mare to cast her Foal untimely sometimes dead and sometimes alive as hard Wintering unwholsome Lodging over-riding suddain strains or unhappy blows on the back leaping hedges or the like together with too much fatness or subjection to gross humours many times to the endangering of their lives Therefore when you perceive her near her time bring her into a warm Stable and Take an ounce of Diapente an ounce of Sarsaparilla three grains of Musk and a peny-worth of Fennel-seeds infuse them in a pint of Muscadel and give them a heating over a gentle fire and suffer the Mare to drink the Liquid part fasting then dip your hand in the Oyl of Myrrh and thrust it into her Shape and give her wholsome Diet and good Litter or this may be done with success at the time of her Foaling especially if you perceive difficulty therein and it will be much available in rendering her an easie delivery How to oblige a Mare to cast her Foal Now on the contrary if you imagine the Foal your Mare goes with is not worth your rearing or that she has taken Horse contrary to your desire Then boil a good quantity of Savin in two quarts of new Milk adding an ounce of Ruburb and a small quantity of Wood-ashes and when they are sufficiently boiled strain out the Liquid part and give it the Mare to drink very hot and then give her a considerable heat and in so doing two or three Mornings the business will be effected But consider withall that you look well to your Mare least you lose both for she must for a week afterward be kept in the Stable and that very warm and with Mashes of sweet Malt-bran and Barley every other Morning Of the several Feavers in a Horse and how to Cure them c. There are divers Feavers that frequently possess the Body of a Horse and that at different times as the Quotidian Tertian and Quartan and these are occasioned by gross humours contracted in the blood that inflame and disorder the frame and happen according to the circulation of the Blood or domination of Humours As for the first of these it is ever the most violent but never lasteth long and most frequently it cometh in the Spring when the Blood begins to encâ—ease especially to Colts and young Horses The signs that fore-run this are the watering of the Eyes and a redness as if they were blood-shotten short pantings hot breath a loathing or leaving of Provender stiffness in the Joynts and unwillingness to labour And if it so happen that it befall him at eight of the clock the one day you may expect it at four the next day and the reason that is given is the ebbing and flowing of the blood and its circulation To rid him of this troublesome companion give him as soon as you perceive it to begin a warm Mash and keep him in motion though in the Stable for the space of an hour or more then rub him exceeding well and Take two quarts of Ale a good handfull of Wormwood an ounce of Long-Pepper Venice-Treacle two ounces and of Grains an ounce add to these an ounce of the Flower of Brimstone and as much Rue dried and rubbed into Powder heat it hot and give him it at twice about the space of two hours difference between each other The Tertian Feaver is much the same in quality and condition with what I have named and the Symtomps the same though it somewhat more than the other participates of the Ague for it at first takes him with a kind of a shaking Wherefore when you observe its approach Take of Stone-crop an Herb so called two handfulls bruise it and strain the Juyce into two quarts of Ale drop into it then an ounce of the Oyl of Myrrh and an ounce of Ginger beaten into Powder make them hot and give them the Horse to drink sweetned with Sugar-candy and then Rack him a round pace in wholsome Air but do not sweat him that he thereby may be endangered by contracting a cold observing to let him drink no cold water till such time as you find the Fit entirely gone and that he has setled his Body by eating two quarts of the best dried Oatâ—s As for the Quartan Feaver it is much of the nature of the two former only it alters the day and often continues longer for if a speedy remedy be not had it frequently continues at divers times for the space of half a year or longer And if this happen in the Fall of the Leaf it will be necessary to let Blood which done give your Horse what is hereafter directed Take Oyl of Bays an ounce Coltsfoot the Herb a good handfull Knot-grass roots or Scurvey-grass roots the like quantity Lavender flowers
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
Sugar-candy or fine Sugar give it him blood-warm fasting and keep him warm with a cloth for the space of two hours after without Meat A Cure for a sore or defective Mouth The sores or disorders in the Mouth are occasioned either by bad blood or excessive colds creating rheums and noisome vapours that afflict the pallate for there they generally begin and from thence descending to the Jaws do in a great measure obstruct the feeding and hinder the shutting of the Mouth Now when it happens in the Palate only the best expedient is to let blood in the Mouth by cutting the third barr or as your discretion leads you The Horse being let blood Take of strong old Cheese four ounces and a Root of Garlick bruise them well and boil them in water wherein Plantane has been concocted and with the Liquid part wash the Mouth and Tongue of the Horse as hot as it may well be endured so continuing often to do till you find the grievances to decrease and if it be so far gone that this proves not effectual Take a pint of Verjuyce a handfull of Bay-salt a quarter of a pint of the Juyce of Housleek and a penyworth of Diascordium boil them well and having washed his Mouth with Savin-water or water wherein Savin has been concocted give him the before-mentioned potion to drink luke-warm For the Mellet in the Heels a Cure. Take three ounces of Casteel-soap a pound of English Honey Allom two ounces and of Lime-juyce or Verjuyce a quarter of a pint with half a handfull of Bean-flower incorporate them over a gentle fire and having reduced them to a convenient thickness bind a part of it with Leather or thick Linnen upon the place grieved suffering it without renewal to continue there for the space of five days and between each renewal wash the place well with Beef-broth keeping his Leg moist and roped up for some days after The Stavers their signs cause and cure This distemper is known by a dizziness in the Head a dullness of the Eyes and disorderly hanging of the Jaws and proceeds in chief from corrupt blood and infectious vapours that affect the brain and consequently put the whole frame out of order And this disease few Horses altogether escape The cure is to let him Blood in the Temple-veins or Neck-veins and having a potion made after this manner give it him hot viz. Take a handfull of Savin the like quantity of Rue an ounce of Ruburb and an ounce of Methridate give him these Ingredients the Liquid part well boiled in a quart of spring-Spring-water sweetned with brown Sugar or Molossus For the Stone a very good Remedy This distemper is occasioned by gross humours which setling in the Reins or Bladder do in process of time by the help of heat and moisture grow to a hardness and so obstruct the passage of the Urin and by grating those tender parts cause exceeding pain and disorder to the creature so afflicted To dissolve or remove the Stone so contracted Take the Roots of Nettles Parsley Fennel and Sperage of each four ounces of Saxafrage and Dodder each a handfull bruise and boil them in a quart of White-wine and a pint of Vinegar untill a third part be wasted then add a handfull of Bay-salt and half a pint of Olive-oyl with half a pound of Honey and having strained out the thin part as hot as may be let him drink it fasting and so continue to to do for the space of a week together and you will find the pains will cease To take away a Wen in the Neck or any part of the Horse's Body without danger These Sorrances are generally caused by the assembling of bad humours to one place and their contracting into a Tumour To remove them therefore Take the Oyl of Bays Water of Tartar and Soap-boylers-Lees mix them well and being very hot dip a cloth therein and lay it upon the place grieved continuing often so to do and the humours thereby being dispersed the swelling will sink and disappear The Crownet-Scab what it is together with the Cure. This is a troublesome Sorrance being a Scab round the corners of the hoof very cankerous and dangerous and frequently comes by a Horse's running in wet and mirey ground especially in Winter-time whereby the cold has power to contract the gross and disordered humours and is known by the hairs standing up the unevenness of the Crownet and the watry humour that proceeds from thence Wherefore to cure it Take Verdegrease an ounce Rusty Bacon-fat two ounces Powder of Hart's-horn an ounce wash the place with Beef-broth and having made the before-mentioned materials into an Oyntment anoint the place hot as may be endured and continue so to do for a week together after which anoint it with Oyl of Bays or Rosemary To draw out a Thorn or Stump or any Iron or sharp thing gotten into the flesh If you cannot come at the cause of this kind of Sorrance so as to draw it out with your fingers or Pincers then mollifie the swelling or part where you conceive it to be and Take of Burgundy-pitch an ounce and of black Soap two ounces stamp the Roots of Water-lillys to the quantity of both the former and spreading them Plaster-wise lay them to the place a night and a day and thereby the swelling will not only be sunk or depressed but the head of the Thorn or Iron will appear to that degree that it may be easily taken out after which apply a Plaster of Diaculum or Oxicrotium to bring away the festered matter if any be found there and so heal it with green Oyntment For a Strain in the Coffin-Joynt or Socket of the Hoof. This Sorrance happens by a sudden short slip and is not thought of by many Farriers who are of the opinion That under the hoof there can be no slip or strain though the contrary appears and this is found out by taking up the foot and bowing the hoof from side to side and on that side you perceive the Horse to be pained in so doing on that side is the danger This being perceived Take of Beef-brine a pint and as much tried Suet set them on the fire and let them consume to a third part then add Wheat-meal and the Juyce of Alehoof or Ground-ivy half a pound or so much that they may be made up into the thickness of a Poultis when having pared the hoof at the bottom to the quick spread some of it very hot and stop it in with Flax and so renew it every other day till you perceive by your Horse's going the grief removed and the better to keep it on you may clap a cross stick under the shooe or cover the whole foot with a pitched cloth or a thick sole of Leather will do the same office but observe that during the cure you suffer him not to go in wet and dirty ground For a Horse that is perpetually sick or out of order by retaining a
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-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-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
circle and at other times where he began shifting likewise as you see convenient your hand and mending your pace obliging him upon a full stop to retire a pace or two backward and so from a Trot you may fall to the Gallop ever observing that Galloping to the right he leads with his left foot and so consequently Galloping to the left that he leads to the right and in so doing he will perform it with ease and delight when on the contrary if he carrys both his feet even leading with neither he must do it with pain and be apt sometimes to strike and this is ever best in case of a full speed upon a straight Course and so in using convenient Bitts and Furniture and keeping a steady hand you may stop him upon a full career and oblige him suddenly to retire if any imminent danger be apparent or sometimes for your pleasure and by such-like management you may bring him to the Turnings and strait Turns with little difficulty and indeed perfect him for any considerable Exercise in the performance of which he ought likewise to be considered more than what I have formerly mentioned When you intend your Horse for Travel Sport or the like more than what I have already given directions as to Managing that he may well endure and answer your expectation Observe to dress him over-night in the same manner as has been directed for the Running-horse and having by you Dog's-grease or Neatsfoot-oyl anoint him therewith especially his Joynts suppling it in with your warm hands or a warm cloth and in so comforting the Nerves and Sinews you will oblige the Horse to hold out much the better and in the morning give him three quarts of well-sifted Oats sweet and good with a quart of Beans split and the husks taken off and after them a quart of Ale And so being Accoutered to your mind Ride him forth a Racking-pace till you find his Joynts very plyable which will be within a Mile or two Riding then mend his pace and by degrees put him to either Amble Trot or Gallop as best shall please you till you come to your Inn. Being come to the end of your Stage if the Horse sweat take off his cloaths by degrees and with a piece of broken Sword Scithe or edged Lath scrape him all over and after that rub him with dry wisps or woollen cloths then pass your hand over him cleanse his Pasterns and Fetlocks from dirt and gravel pick his feet and cast a cloth over him and give him his potion of meat which must be a third part more at least than what his usual allowance is when he stands still and if you find him very hot within you may give him Water and Ale a like quantity both being a little warmed especially in Winter-time and anoint his Limbs with the same materials and in the same manner I have before mentioned and if you find his breath short give him an ounce of Hemp-seed well bruised in a glass of Canary or warm Ale ever forbearing to wash your Horse when he is hot that is to Ride him into a Pond or the like but rather if he be exceeding dirty warm a Pail full of Water and with wisps rub him gently clean or having first rubbed off the dirt with dry wisps you may cleanse the rest with a Brush And thus much I thought fit to lay down as a supplement to what has been formerly spoken not much different in the cases of Ordering and Management and so proceed to Particulars and Generals of another nature though tending to the same center CHAP. II. How the Jockies make old Horses look young A lean Horse artificially and naturally how fatned by Jockies A Remedy for Restiffness Neighing and the vice of Lying down in the Water the Art of making Stars Snips Blazes setting on false Ears Tails Manes c. with a discovery of many other secrets To make a Horse that is really old seem young RUb his Teeth with a Pumice-stone and the Powder of burnt Allom which rendring them white take a small Iron which being crook'd for the purpose burn in the tops of the two foremost Teeth small holes so big that a Wheat-corn may enter on each side the neither Jaw and on the Tushes do the like fining them with a Bodkin till the black Scale come off and the Teeth in that place look brighter than in another which done if the pits above the Eyes be hollow with a sharp Pen-knife or Lancet slit the skin being before raised and hollowing it as much as you can by the working of your fingers put into the slit a Duck or Crow-quill and blow them up one after another that the hollowness may fill with wind which entring into the Cavities of the skin will after having been stopped up for a time with a Plaster of Diaculum or Bees-wax fix there till by sweat or extraordinary labour it works out If the Temples are crooked which is a sign of Age lay to either of them a Poultis of Hemlock and Cammomoil fryed in Linseed-oyl and it will so far contract the blood to fill them that for many days they will appear strait And then for the Hoof which in case of Age will bâ— seamed or rugged Take a Rasp or File and havinâ— well smoothed it anoint it well with Oyl of Turpentine for a day or two and it will look very comely But in this case the Horse must be disposed of withiâ— a week at the farthest or else the defects will return A Horse subject to lye down in the Water how to remedy it In this case you must consider the Horse to be of 〈◊〉 hot constitution begotten or produced under the fire Signs of Leo or Scorpio or else much overflowed with Choler and therefore ever desirous to cool himself and thereby rendred in a manner unserviceable which Vice to remedy Ride him into a water up to his Knees and suffer him to lye down then having three or four lusty fellows ready with Boots on let them seize his head and hold it under water whilst another beats and belabours him And this do till you find the Horse almost stifled and in repeating it three or four times the terror of it will so work that the Horse will fly from the water more than ever he coveted it and hardly suffer himself to be watered unless in a Pail or Trough This likewise may be remedied by Bleeding and Purging your Horse Spring and Fall whereby the Humours that occasion the extraordinary heat and disorder may not be wanting whereon to feed or contract having the power and force of inflaming his body c. A Tired or Restiff Horse to remedy For the first of these being subject to Tire without â—ny extraordinary cause stamp a handfull of Nettles and pour the Juyce into either of his Ears and then take a couple of small peble-stones and put in after â—t tying or sewing up the Ears as advantageously
it an ounce of well-washed Alloes And observe in this case above all things to keep him warm The falling-Evil its Cause and Remedy This distemper is caused by a vapour that oppresses or anoys the Vital parts rendering the frame of the body for a time sensless and altogether unable to distinguish what befalls it and has its original from an evil habit of body and its approach is frequently known by the coldness of the Nose and Gristles thereabout The speedy at least the best Remedy is to let him Blood on both the Neck-veins in the Morning when he is fasting and then prepare a dose of the Powder of dried Berries of Misletoe and the Powder of Harts-horn each an ounce of the Oyl of Nutmeg and Pepper each a dram compound them in half a pint of Canary and give it the Horse when you perceive the grief to be coming on him as warm as may be The sleeping-Evil what it is and the way to remedy it This is a distemper frequently occasioned by the over-moistness of the Brain or rather a watery coldness contracted within the cells which chills and numbs the Brain whereby the Horse becomes dozed heavy and stupid ever desirous to sleep yet still troubled with restless dreams and disorders and owes its original to moist feeding in Marshey-grounds whereby abundance of phlegmatick and watery humours have been contracted And in this case likewise letting Blood in both the Neck-veins is much available But further to perfect the cure Take Cammomoil and Motherwort of each a like quantity boil them in a Gallon of Running-water with a pound of Treacle and a handfull of Bay-leaves and give the Horse a pint each Morning fasting as hot as he can endure it keeping him warm and fasting for the space of an hour after and then of Malt or scalded Bran make him a warm Mash The Horse-Pestilence and its Cure. The Pestilence in Horses is either contracted by bad feeding which occasions a corruption or inflamation of the Blood whereby the Heart is afflicted or it happens by being in foggy and infectious Airs or catched by contageon And in any of these cases Take Lavender a handfull the like quantity of Rue and Wormwood as also of Walnut-tree Leaves and an ounce of Alloes boil them in a quart of Water or three pints of Milk till half be consumed then add half a pound of fresh Butter or rather if you can get it half a pint of the sweetest Olive-oyl and straining out the liquid part give it the Horse fasting in the Morning blood-warm repeating a fresh dose every other Morning for the space of a week For Chest-foundering the Remedy To know whether your Horse be Chest-foundered or not observe him standing and if then he do as it were stand drawn up or crimpling with his body or stradling and covet much to lye down running sometimes backward in his going then is it apparent he is afflicted with this grievance To cure which Take Oyl of Peter half an ounce mix it with an ounce of the Oyl of Cammomoil and so proportionably a greater quantity as you see occasion and bathe the Breast with a hot Woollen cloth and when you have in that manner chafed it as well as you can run a hot Iron over it to make it sink into the Skin Do this twice or thrice and give the Horse a quarter of a pint of Salad-oyl and the like quantity of Aquavitae warmed and well mixed together over a gentle fire For an Obstruction in the Bladder or Windiness in the Bowels use this Approved Medicine Of Cake or Castle-soap take twelve ounces scrape it so that it may be rendered very small adding two ounces of Dialthaea Incorporate them well and make them up into balls as big as Pigeons Eggs and when you find your Horse afflicted as aforesaid dissolve one of them in a pint of Ale or Beer and give it him scalding-hot or so hot as he can take it without danger and it will force a passage for the Urin without much difficulty This is also good for the Stone or Gravel in the Kidneys The Pole-Evil how to know and Cure. The Pole-Evil is known by its growing bigger than ordinary on the top of the head where if you find it large take a hot Iron and sear it in a circle after the form of the Figure till the Skin become as it were of a yellowish colour then with a sharp Iron make holes in it one large one in the middle small ones circling it within the first Circle the form of the Iron which must not penetrate above half an Inch you have in the Margin The holes made as directed Take a piece of yellow Arsnick to the bigness of a Pea and divide that or a somewhat larger quantity that a part may be applied to every hole made as aforesaid and cover it over with black Soap then with Hog's Lard and Verdegrease anoint the rest of the place seared and cover it all over with a cloth dipped in the Oyl of Turpentine and so by the corrosive nature of the Arsnick the contracted swelling will be so loosened that with a little cutting or drawing off the bottom the core or cause of the grievance may be drawn out or taken away and this frequently especially according to the constitution of the Horse may be attempted in a week or ten days after the application and having washed the wound with Plantane-water wherein a small quantity of Allom has been dissolved anoint it with Oyl of Roses or Ointment of Tobacco and cover it up close from the Air anointing it once a day till the flesh fill up the hollowness and if proud flesh appear notwithstanding scald it with Salt and Butter The Fistula how to discover and cure A Fistula is the contraction and settlement of bad humours or infection into one place occasioning an Ulcerous Tumour and is best suppressed by Cauterizing in circling it round to prevent its further spreading and likewise to deny the humours that feed its access and when you have with a hot Iron circled it as the former prick it full of holes with a three-square sharp Instrument the Figure of which and of the Circle take notice of in the Margin and so use it in all respects as that of the Pole-Evil if you find it very corrupt but if it appear shallow mitigate the Corrosives to half the quantity and search it in a shorter time letting out the Corruption if it will come forth by applying Lenitives c. And when you find it begin to heal anoint it first with Oyl of Cammomoil and after that to take the effects of the fire quite away with Oyntment of Marshmallows beaten with the White of an Egg or Spermaceti Hard Kernels under the Throat how to remove Take half a pint of Brandy or Aquavitae put into it a quarter of a pound of common Soap boil them till they become thick as a Plaster and apply it Plaster-wise to the place
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
doing four or five times the Worms will be destroyed and evacuated An excellent Salve for any sort of Wound how to make and apply it Take of clarified Rosin a pound the like quantity of Bees-wax Sheeps-suet half a pound Frankincense and Storax of each half an ounce Gum-arabick four ounces Hog's Lard a pound and a half and of the Juyce of green Tobacco half a pint dissolve and melt them over a gentle fire adding in the melting four ounces of Turpentine and the like quantity of Red-wine and so boil them up into the thickness of a Salve by drawing off the watry part if any remain and apply it Plaster-wise on Leather or thick Linnen in case of any Wound Sorrance Bruise or other affliction An Imposthume to ripen and cure The greater or lesser quantity of matter relating to the Imposthumation may be discerned by the heat being more or less as also the throbbing and beating Then to break it apply the Roots of white Lillies and Marshmallows the Flowers or Roots of Mare-blabs bruise them in the best wise in a Mortar with Hog's Lard and Wheat-flower and Poultis-wise apply them to the swelling which being thereby brought to a head Lance it and having drained the corruption apply a Plaster of the before-recited Salve and by often renewing the Plaster it will draw the corruption from all parts and render the Horse sound and safe For any Internal sickness another good Remedy never before published If you would have your Horse be mostly exempted from infirmities especially such as are Internal after having let him Blood in due season or as the Malady requires it and given him if need require it an opening Clyster made of Cammomoil Marshmallows the Flowers of Archangel and Comfory boiled in Milk or Ale Take round Aristolochia Gentian and the Roots of Three-leav'd-grass of each two ounces Race Ginger and Nutmegs of each an ounce the Seeds of Cardamoms and Juyce of Hysop of each two ounces Indian Spikenard two drams Licoris an ounce Diascordium two ounces Raisins in the Sun a pound and twelve blew Figs boil these in a Pottle of White-wine till a third part be consumed and give it the Horse to drink warm This is successfully given in case of Surfeit Feaver Pestilence Pains in the Belly or Stomach Internal bruises Inflamations of the Liver or Consumption of the Lungs and the like For the Ach weakness or numb'dness of the Joynts The occasion of this grievance comes either from an unhappy strain or a contraction of gellied watry humours caused by cold and too much moisture To cure and remove which Aches and Pains c. Mix Acopium with Canary and when you find it very warm anoint the place grieved therewith chafing it in with your hand or a hot cloth and in a weeks time it will remove the disorder especially if it proceed from cold but if from a strain Then take Aquavitae and the Flower of Brimstone with a small quantity of the Oyl of Spike heat them hot and with a hot cloth anoint the place grieved bathing and suppling it in swathing the place about with a Rowler dipped in melted Bees-wax and Hog's Lard How to stay any violent Looseness This disorder in the Body happens many ways but especially by raw and unwholsome feeding To remedy which Take of the Juyce of Sloes a pint half a pint of the Juyce of Sennegreen Bean-flower and Bole-armorick each two ounces Allom one ounce boil them together to the consumption of a third part and then making that up with Milk give it the Horse fasting and so do for three days successively The Lampas what it is and how to Cure it For the Fig in the foot of a Horse the Cure c. This Sorrance is a lump of unnatural flesh that grows upon the Frush of the heel in the shape of a Fig and is frequently caused by the defect of those that undertake to cure a wound or hurt in that part occasioned by a stub or thorn And now to remove this Cut away so much of the hoof that by the means of the Incision there may be a space or difference between the Frush and the Sole Then dip a Spunge in an Oyntment made of Verdegrease Bees-wax and Hog's Lard and binding it hard on it will in three or four times so doing destroy the proud flesh and render the Horse's foot sound and well For the Flanks a disease so called and the way to remedy it This proceeds from a wrench stroak or pain in the Back which causes a swelling c. And to prepare it for the remedy shave away the hair where you find the grief Then make a charge and apply it which may be made with success after this manner Take Bole-armorick Consolida Majora Galbanum Mastick Per-rosin and Apoponax of each two ounces or less according to the more or lessness of the place grieved bruise them well to a Powder adding of Sanguis Draconis and Sol-Armoniack of each three drams Wheat-meal and the Whites of Eggs with so much Vinegar as will make them into a Cataplasm or Plaster commonly called a Charge and lay it warm to the place grieved being spread upon a Sheep-skin And this being renewed four or five times will effect the cure The Shackle-gall and its Cure. This is generally occasioned by the fretting of the Shackle or Fetlock and sometimes by Ropes with which the Horse is Teaded To cure which Take a good handfull of Plantane and boil it in Milk to a softness then take six ounces of Allom and two ounces of Sugar-candy and put them in beaten to Powder then add as much Vinegar as will make a hard curd come on the top then the curd being taken off vash the place with what remains and then the hair being clipped away anoint the place with Hog's Lard and the Powder of Turmerick or you may do it with the Oyntment of Tobacco or Honey Verdegrease and Red-wine made up into an Oyntment And this likewise is good for a gall'd back or a gall in any part of the Horse's body A Horse that is Gravelled how to remedy When by the Horse's crimpling and lameness you perceive he is gravelled by travelling in foul ways take off his shooes and search well his feet clearing away all the Stones or Sand you can find there Then to restore him Take Bees-wax an ounce Deers-suet Rosin and Boar's-grease of each an ounce and four ounces of the Juyce of Housleek make them into an Oyntment and apply it hot on a wad of Flax stopping it in Of Cataplasms or Poultises NOtwithstanding what has been mentioned there are divers Cataplasms or Poultises of singular use and as the best of this kind Take the subsequent For any Swelling Aposthume Rankling Wound or broken Bone a Cataplasm or Poultis Take of new Milk one pint crumble into it white-bread and boil it till it becomes thick add then the White of an Egg and an ounce of Olive-oyl mingle them well together