third part be co ãâ¦ã med strain it out and infuse in it a quarââeâ of an Ounce â Saffron and two Ounces of Methridate or London-Trââd and give half a pint at a time waâin and according tâ the number of your Goats make a greater quantity â have it in a readiness and as soon as you see this Disteâper appear amongst them separate as many as you peceive infected and put them into warm but Airy place For Pains in the Head This sometimes afflicts them even to Madness occasiââed by violent Heats first contracted by being in cold wâ places or unwholsome feeding it is known by theiâ reeling and staggering running their Heads against ãâã thing that stands in their way For this Blood them in the Neck and under the Tongue take Mather a little handful Turmerick half an Ounce a few tops of Hysop Sage and Rosemary boyl them in fair Water strain out the liquid part and give it warm For Faintness or Dizziness This proceeds from Heat or want of seasonable Food and is easily known by the languishing of their Eyes and Feebleness To remedy it wash them with Water wherein Hysop has been boyled infuse a Dram of Saffron and two Ounces of Dioscordium in a pint of new Milk and give it wârm after it some Holm Oak or Vine Sprays to brouse on and scatter Fennegreek-seed among their Provender For Scabs or Scurf Tâese are occasioned by gross Humours proceeding from too much rank feeding and which they are not often troubled withal To remedy it Bleed well then give them Bole-Armoniack Bay-salt and the juyce of stamped Honey-suckle-leaves boyled in fair Water and wash them with Chamberlye For Leanness or Consuming Boyl two or three handfuls of Lupius in a quart of Waâer and as much Vinegar strain it out and give half a pint at a time and it will bring them to feed and gâow verâ Fleshy For the Surfeit This comes by over driving and heat when they stand still and too suddenly cool or by greedily brousing on unwholsome Boughs or Herbs and sometimes is known by breaking out but oftner by their lolling out their Tongues and panting for Breath dulness of their Eyes heât of their Horns and Feet To remedy this take a good handful of Ground-Ivy stamp ât and boyl it in a quart of fair Water strain out thâ liquid part and put in an Ounce of Venice-Treacle or Methridate give half a pint at a time waâm and keep the afflicted Goats in dry places For a Stub thorn or other hurt in the Feet c. These Hââts often come by clambering craggâââ places and frequently the sharp Stones getting b ãâ¦ã their Claws much hurt their Feet to cure then ãâã fects that may happen of these kinds Take an Ounce of yellow Bees-wax half an Oââ Turpentine a quarter of a pint of Linseed-Oyl â quarter of an Ounce of Verdigrease in powder â these in a very soft Salve or Oyntment which by â stirring you may soon do then wash the grieved â with Urine spread some of the Salve or Oyntment â and bind it on with Flax and Leather This Oyntment is good to heal up old Sores Bââ Botches Blains green Wounds to asswage Sw ãâ¦ã and reduce Bruises to a sound state also in Fractuââ Bones over-straining of the Sinnews and the like For Diseases or Defects in the Eyes of Goats These Distempers are sundry coming by Blows or ââ different effects of Heat and Cold which makes tââ Eyes sore dazy subject to Watering or Rheums ãâã over them Spects Spots or Scales When any of these happen take Pimpernel and ââ bright of each a handful boyl them in a quart of ââ Water till the third part be consumed then strain out ââ liquid part and wash the Eyes with iâ but for Sp ãâ¦ã you must blow into their Eyes some time before you ââ them burnt Allom or burnt Salt sinely powdered For Defects in the Lungs Take the Leaves of Bramble or Dewberry-leaves oâ either a handful the Roots of Scabeâs and Comfry of each an Ounce bruise and boyl these in small Beer anâ give it warm half a pint at a time twice or thrice To preveât breaking out and sheâding their Hair âis many times happens by their foul lying feeding â or the like and renders the Goats not only uncomly â the fore-runner of dangerous Diseases if not sâdââ prevented To do which Take âlleboâe or Bares-foot a good handful Suthernwoooââe quaâtity stamp them and boyl them in a quart of â give half a pint at a time and it will purge âhâââ ceâse the effects of the bad Humours and preâany fârther Mischief or Danger from the increase of A general Purge for the Goats c. ââke tâo Ounces of Antimony a handful of Spurgâel a good handful of wild Cucumbers bruise these toâr boyl them in a gallon of running Water and give â a pint in a Morning before they come to any full seed ãâã and ât purges Blood and Choler in a good measure ââs the violence of the Feaver and makes them after ãâã thââve very well To stench bleeding at the Nose This many times happens through excess of Heat and âoulness of the Blood that gathers in the Head To ââdy it âake a handful of Ash-leaves as much of young Neâtle ãâã or the tops of Yarâow or rest Harrow bruise them ââ out the Juyce and mixing it with Vinegar give it âeast and spirt a little up the Nostrils and the bleed ãâã wââl âmmediately stay ââmedy the Convulsions or Cramps that occasion their Haltâg or Lameness âhis comes by taking sudden Colds after Heats which ââs it the Nerves and Sinnews To remove it chafe â the grieved part with Oyl of Turpentine or Spike and give a quarter of a pint of Sallad-Oyl to drink a scatter Carraway-seeds and Coriander-seeds into his Pâvinder For Pains in the Belly This happens by Wind in the Bowels or raw Digestââ in the Stomack To remedy it Take a handful of Camomile as much of Bay-leaââ boyl them in a quart of small Beer and give the liqââ part hot at twice A TREATISE OF ASSES As to thier âature Breeding Feeding Ordering and Curing the sundry Diseases incident to them âââations on the Ass his Hardiness and manâeâ of ãâã THE Ass is the hardiest of all Domestick Creatures seeming by Nature to be framed for labour it s Feed is indifferent to it and any thing that is proper to be eaten by ãâã it make a good Meal of The simplicity of this ââeaââ is ââd in History to make Heraclitus who always âpâ this tâme wept for the Pride Covetousness and ââry of Mankind to lâugh for passing along ãâã solitary having a little before seen Luxurious Tabââ spread with all manner of Dainties Sea and Land could afford he espied a poor Ass contenting himself with Thistles mumbling them with as much pleasure as if hâ had the best Provinder imaginable which made him prefer his Indifferency before the pretended Wisdom of dâcontented
Weather be not Wet Windy or Cold but if either of these keep him in the House to a more seasonable warmth and then for a time he must have his fill Morning and Evening of Milk or Whey and in a little time but once a day and so by degrees you may take him quite off from it When you perceive he is addicted to feeding at Three Months he may subsist altogether at Grass or Hay and now and then Bran and Skim-Milk when iâ the Evening you house him If he in sucking time mumble or draw the Teat painfully look in his Mouth and under his Tongue you will find white Blisters growing that restrain the use of the Tongue cut these away and anoint the sore well with Honey ând Allom dissoved in Vinegar do so tili the part is healed lest the Calf pine away or sometimes by the Gangrâening it dye That the growth may not âe hindred see it be not afflicted with Lice if so rub him over with Butter and Salt melted and when it is well soaked with a hard Wisp of Hay or Straw and the next day with Urine wherein Wood-Ashes have been steeped Convenient times to Geld or Spay Calves with proper Directions to do it without endangering Life c. As you intend to bring up or dispose of your younâ Calves so you must take the order and observations in Gelding or Spaying them most hold Three Months a proper time for this but if you intend to breed them to be Oxen or Heifers a great deal longer time may be taken vix Six or Twelve Months and any time before Three Years is not too late though more dangerous for a Bull Calf or for a Cow Calf the time may be less and the weather in doing this ought to be moderately warm neither too hot nor too cold and the Spring and Fall in the warm of the Moon is most proper In Gelding having slit the Cod draw out the Stones with their Sinnews as far as you can without over-straining clap the Sinnews into a cleft Stick and so seer them off with a hot Iron anoynt them round with fresh Butter and sow it up with very fine Silk taking up no âore thââ the outward Rim or Edge In Spaying a Cow Calf when you have taken away the Matrix anoint the Incission with Oyl of Almonds oâ sweet Olive Oyl see that no part of the Guts are disordered or out of place and in sowing up âe careful not to tack any of them with your Stiches to the Skin lest it make them pine away and dye anoint the place for several days with either of the said Oyls and to keep of Wasps and Flies brush it over with a little tar-Tar-water As for Bull Calves after Gelding put them in such Pastures or Places that they cannot leap nor strain themselves lest bleeding a fresh they endanger their lives and particularly if they be of any bigness keep them from Cow Calves for being apt to leap by that means they will much inâure themselves and rub the Wound over till cured with the Ashes of the Vine and Lytharge giving them âut little water after Three days cutting and in it Fennel-seed boyled feed them as their Stomacks will bear which by this means is much enfeebled with sweet Grass Hay or green Boughs If the Wound swell anoint it with the Oyl of Rosemary and Hogs-Lard tempered together and warm but beware the Calf catch not cold How to mânage or order your breed of Cattle in their Stalls Food Taming or Breaking Having a Breed c. in this forwardness the next thing to be considered is to bring them to gentleness and a good management for many Reasons or Conveniencies The Bull Calf when Gelded is câlled a Steer and the Cow Calf a Heifer and to break them observe your Cow-house Sâall or other Housing conveniency be adjoyning to some inclosed warm Pasture make your self âamilier with them when you house and feed them with sweet Provinder out of your hand for encouragement let the housing be kept clean to prevent Diseases and let their goings out and in be aâ set times make their Stalls yoakwise about Seven Foot from the ground and if they become wanton head-strong or push with their Horns to mischief one another you must to break them of so ill a habit tye them in their Stables Twenty Four Hours witâout giving them provender which Three or Four times used will make them very tame for by this means they will be brought to receive their Fodder more gently and with much Familiarity then stroak and scratch them gently spirt some sweet Wine or Wort into their Mouths which will induce them not only to endure your waiglet leaning hard on their Necks and Backs but in a little timâ to follow you gently then rub their Mouth with Salt and Water make up Balls of sweet Butter and Câmminseed and oblige them to swallow One or Two as big as an Egg in a Morning before they goe out to Pasture let the places where they stand be very Airy in warm Weather and close in cold and so they will in a short time be tamed and thrive the better some when they are Restiff or Head strong yoak them with a tamed Oâ or Steer and make them draw a light Plough or son a Weights but I think I have given the best Directions If the Pasture fail by reason of dry or excessive wet weather house them or feed them abroad with sweet and short Hay fine Pease-Straw Barly-straw Chaff-Tearâ and Clover-Grass after Grass or the like for this manner of feeding in Winter greatly improves them Lupius and Chaff mingled together is Physical and Nourishing in the Spring to purifie the Blood give them green Sprigs of the Figg-Tree Ash Holm Elme or Oak Rules to be observed for preserving your Cattle and in g ãâ¦ã plight with Signs of Sickness c. When you have made this kind of Cattle tractable the next main thing to be observed is how to keep theâ healthy to do this see their Meat be given them in due season that no Infectious thing fall into it keep from their Stalls Hogs Ducks Poultry Pigions the scent of whose Dung is very offensive to them and if scattered in their Provinder makes them sick and breeds unwholsome Airs which cause the Murrain and Scab among them Comb them down and rub them well with hard Wisps as often as your leasure will admit at least once in Two Days wash their Claws and keep them from Gravel and swelling or from other Defects that may occasion them to break out Let them Blood though no urgent Cause require it Twice a Year viz. Springs and Fall of the Moon being in any of the lower Signs let them after it drink the Pickle of Olives with a Head of Garlick bruised and purge once a quarter if you see occasion at least Twice in the Year without it Three days together the First may be done by giving them Lupius
Tumerick and Anniseeds in powder of each an ounce half a quartern of Olive Oyl make them Milk warm and give the Beast the whole dose at a time then bore the Dew-laps and peg them with Bares-foot or Spearg-grass anointing the place with Salt and Butter For the scowering long sought This distemper is known by the rank smell of the scowering and is caused by superfluity to corruption of blood over-heating unwholsome Fodder c. For this let blood in the Neck-Vein take Turmerick Fennegreek Grain and Pepper Anniseeds and Liquorish in powder of each an ounce half a pound of Allom two ounces of Charcole in powder wild Mint Sage Rue Southerwood Wormwood Rosemary Hysop of each a handful bruise them small and put a quarter of a pint of White-wine Vinegar to them put them to a quart of Ale boyl them well and give the liquid part well strained to the Beast hot To help in making Urine The defect in making Urine many times proceeds from over much heat sometimes by driving Sandy water hindering the passage to the Bladder and often by bruised blood in the Kidneys To Remedy this take Cummin-seed Anniseed Parsley-seed and Mustard-seed bruise them and let them sleep in Vinegar ten Hours then strain them and give them the Beast blood warm about an ounce of each of these is sufficient for want of these take Nettle-Tops Bay-berries Penneroyal and White-wine Vinegar boyled to the Consumption of half For the swelling Foul. This is known many times by a swelling in all four Legs sometimes in one two or three occasioned by Coârupt Blood and Rhumish Water To Remedy it draw the Beasts Feet together and slit with a short Knife the Skin under the Fetlock Joynt an ââch above the Heel straight up and down to preveât cutting the Sinnews Take then Nettle-Tops and Gaâlick bruise them with Bay-Salt and bind them to the wound a Day and a Night For the Foul between the Legs and Claws This is often occasioned by Stubs Sand or Miery Traveling To Remedy it pare off all that is dead and rub the Quick till it bleed then rub off the the Blood and lay on dryed Verdigreese then make a Plaister of Hogs-Lard lay it on with a Cloath and let it continue twenty four hours And if Warts between the Claws paâe it then Seer it with a hot Iron and anoint it wâth Tar Bees-wax melted and well tempered together then bind it with Flax. For the Evil. This is known by the weakning and often taking away the Limbs of the Beast though many times it takes them in the Neck as well as Legs and sometimes in both and proves very dangerous to remedy it Take Hysop Sage Rosemary of each a good handful and two handfuls of Burdock-leaves boyl them in a Gallon of Spring water till half be consumed then strain onâ the liquid part pressing it hard put into it half a pound oâ Roach-Allom finely bruised and pore two or three spoonfuls into the Beasts Nostrils warm three times a day and then let blood in the Tail To Remedy the Speed in the hinder parts This cometh of rankness of Blood and is catching by young Cattle from one to three years and not beyond coming through want of Blood To cure it bleed in the Neck-Vein and give the Beast a handful of Salt in a pint of White-wine then in the hollow of the Gambrils make a slit two Inches long but take care you cut not the Veins or Sinnews then put in some Sparagrass Salt and Butter beaten and well tempered to gether boyl Ruo Sage Featherfew and Spurge-grass bruised in a quart of Ale give it warm and drive the Beast well for an hour or two after For the biting of the Shrew-Mouse This is known by an extraordinary swelling through the Creatures Venom To remedy it make holes with an Awl in the Hide as far as it is swelled then take red-Earth pretty dry and mingle it with White-wine lay it to the place binding it on with a Cloath and it will draw out the Venom but the Earth of Swallows Nests with old Urine if it can be got is better For the stinging of any Venemous Beast Take Plantain bruised a handful Oyl of Scorpions two ounces mix them with Vinegar and lay them on like a Poultiss and that being taken off in two hours lay on another Poultis of Dragons-Blood Barly Meal and the White of an Egg renew it at twelve hours end This is approved also against the stinging of Hornets For the swelling of the God Anoint it with sweet Cream three times a day then take the Lome of an old Wall steep it in Vinegar as also Ox Dung then after Twelve hours strain out the Vinegar and bathe it with it very warm Over-growing of the Lungs This is known by the Beasts breathing heavily Feeble Coughing Straining and hanging out of the Tongue Panting and blowing or little motion To remedy it take the Ooze of a Tan-Fan a handful of brown Sugar-Candy an ounce of Olive Oyl three ounces of Tar two ounces mix these in a pint of New-milk and give it the Beast at twice warm Or make up two Balls of Tar Garlick Butter and Sugar-Candy each of an equal âuantity about the bigness of an Egg and force one at a time down his throat The Blain in Ox or Cow This is known by a swelling about the Face and Eyes and of the Body or if you find Blisters under the Root of the Tongue cut them away and rake the Fundament and break those Bladders contracted there Take then Chamomile Marsh-mallows Groundsil and Bay-leaves boyl them in Spring or running water mix Salt with the liquid part and give it the Beast warm to drink Chollick or violent pains in the Belly This is known by the drawing up of the Belly the uneasiness in standing heavy lowing and the Beasts Eyes running with water To remedy it take the inward Rhine of Elder Longwort and May-weed of each a handful Long-Pepper and Liquorish each an Ounce Cummin and Anniseeds each half an Ounce Madder and Turmerick each two Ounces boyl thâse in a Gallon of Ale and give a quart at a time very hot and take care the Beast take not cold upon it For the Quinsey Take a handful of Bay-Salt six roots of Garlick four new layed Eggs with their Shells and an ounce of Orpiment boyl and strain these in a quart of White-wine then add an ounce of Venice-Treacle and give the Beast a pint at a time very hot For Worms in the Maw or Bowels This is known by heaviness shrinking up of the sides and Belly loss of Cudd c. To remedy it take the âops of Baum Wormwood Savin and Southernwood bruise them with an ounce of Dill-seed and as much Ginger boyl them well bruised in a quart or three pints of Stillers Grounds and add when strained half a pint of Aqua-vitae give a pint at a time very hot clean Litter the Beast and leave him to rest For
clear and enliven the Sight For Mattering of the Eyes This is caused by the congealing of Humours before they can descend to remedy it take Saffron two Drams Franckincense an ounce and the like quantity of Mirrh boyl them in a pint of White-wine and strain thinly out the liquid part of which you must give the Beast three or four spoonfuls in his Nostrils holding up his head that it may be contained and not presently snorted out with the remaining part wash his Eyes and Mouth To recover a clear Sight in dark cloudy or imperfect Eyes To do this bruise fine white Suger-Candy burnt Roach-Allom and â Bone burnt till it can be powdered being finely sifted blow a little of it through a Quill into the Eye and often doing this by his hard winking will work off the Film or Skin that hinders the clearness of the Sight For Shails or Nails in the Eye To Remedy this take an ounce of live Honey as much Boâe-Armoniack an ounce of Stone-Salt well burnt half a quartern of the Juice of Baum or Mint bruise and mix them well together and then infuse them in a pint of Eyebright water two or three days take of the clear part and keep it to wash the Beasts Eyes Morning and Evening and the defects by it will be taken away For Spots Pins or Webbs in the Eyes Burn Allablaster and beat it into fine powder blow it inâo the Eyes of the Beast and then prepare a water for washing them afterwards in the same following manner Take the Leaves and Roots of Strawberries Parsley Hâusleek and Sage boyl them well in White-wine and stâain out the liquid part and being cool wash the Eyes with them as often as you blow in the Powder Directions to preserve the Lungs The afflictions of the Lungs most usually proceeds from the unwholsome lying of the Beast which generating store of raw Humours and Crudities they descend upon the Lungs and afflict them with divers Maladies Wherefore be careful that as soon as you perceive any defect by Caugling Straightning Ratling Wheesing c. Make the following Medicine viz. Take two ounces of Liquorish powder and as much of ânny-seeds Fennegreck-seeds and Honey boyl these in a quart of Maltaga over a gentle Fire strain it and give the liquid part as hot as he can well endure it If the Cough has violently seized the Beast take a handful of Wheat-flower half an ounce of Poppy-seed two rew layed Eggs a handful of Bean-flower and half a âandful of Mugwort boyl these in a Gallon of Ale and give a quart of the liquid part at a time Morning and Evening if the Cough be old add Hysop a handful and half aâ ounce of Aâloes For the Ague an approved Remedy This Distemper is known by the beating of the Beasts Veins his Melancholy and the dulness of his Eyes Driveling Shivering and the like To Remedy this take a good handful of Rue two or three Burdock-Roots half a pint of Linseed-Oyl a pickle Herring mix and bruise these together boyl them in two quarts of Vinegar and press out the liquid part very hard and having first bled the Beast at the Tail and Neck give him a pint of it hot and an hour after another Pint and the remainder the next Morning and so do twice or thrice if the Ague leave him not the first time adding a quarter of a Pint of Mustard-seed and it will effectually answer your expectation For a Beast that is swelled by swallowing a Horse-Leach or poysonous Grubb c. Take the Oyl of Olives a pint of White-wine Vinegar half a pint dryed Figgs two Ounces the tops of Rue a handful new Milk a pint boyl them together and strain out the liquid part give it hot to the Beast and keep him moving and by purging and sweat the Venemous quality will be evaporated For swelling by over-feeding on Corn and Clover You may in this use the aforesaid Medicine for swelling adding a little brown Sugar and at the same time giving him a Clyster made of Liverwort Turmerick Ground sil and Mallows boyled in fair water adding to the liquid part a quarter of a pound of the coarsest brown Sugar rake the Beast as well as you can before you give it dipping your Hand and Arm in Oyl or anointing with Hogs-Lard For the Violent Chollick pains in the Stomack or Belly To Remedy these dangerous and painful Distempers take an ounce of London-Treaâle a quarter of an ounce of Rhubarb two Drams of the Oyl of Mace a little handful of the tops of May-weed grosly bruised boyl them in a quaât of Ale and give the Beast the liquid part very hot and âase presently will be given and in twice giving the Distemper removed For the Brawns If the Beast be afflicted with pains of the Reins Brawns or Mâscles which disables and enfeebles him blood him in the Tail or Flank Take two Roots of Garlick a handful of Rue two ounces of Sugar-Candy an ounce of Cinnamoâ and the juice of three or four âemons put these into a quart of Ale and boyl them well then to the pained pârt lay a Plaister of Bees-wax Turpentine and Storax To stanch bleeding in aây Wound c. This many times occasions thâ loss of a good Beast when it may be easily remedy'd taken in time And iâ done onely by burning the Twig of the Vine and making Ashes mix them with Litharge and apply it to the wound or bleeding at the Nose or over-straining after Gelding which many times causes dangerous bleeding and it will in a little time stay it For the Liver-Sickness This is most occasioned by bad digestion and ill blood which much afflicts the Liver by carrying noctious Vapours along with it from the digestion of the Stomack and oft proves fatal if not regarded in time To remedy this take a hanful of Hysop two ounces of Figs an ounce of Bole-Armoniack and a few tops of Juniper or for want of that Juniper-Berries boyl these in a quart of White-wine and give it the Beast at twice very hot then when it has by its operation stired his blood bleed him well between the two times giving and keep him warm two or three days For a Pestilential Blain Take for this which comes by some poisonous Infection breaking out as expelled and forced by Nature aâ Ounce of Turpentine as much Rye-meal Bees-wax half ân Ounce make of these with an Ounce and a half of Liââseed a Plaister apply it to the Sore and it will draw it to a Head then if it break not of it self Lance it and lay on a fresh Plaister having first anointed it with Oyntment of Tobacco and the poisonous Corruption in twice or thrice doing will be drawn away and render the Beast sound and healthy For Blood-pissing an excellent Receipt This is occasioned by bad Digestion so that the Liver by defect of the Stomach and its own want of Heat not being able well to digest the Blood
you may and it wiâ remedy the Distemper For Lameness or Halting When you perceive the Beast Halts and is uneasie in â going apply your self to his Feet and where you find tâ Hoof very hot there is the Ailment then feel above â and if the Blood be above the Hoof in the Leg dissolvâ or disperse it with rubing and chaâing and if it cannot â so dissipated scarisie or pounce the Skin with a Knife â Bodkin or if it be in the Foot open it a little withâ Knife between the two Claws and lay a Clout to the Sorâ dipped in boyled Vinegar and Salt as hot as may be naking the Beast a Shooe of Broom and let him not go into the Wet This Blood if it be not let out in time will corrupt and turn to Matter and endanger the falling of the Hooâ at least admit but of a very difficult Cure if the Blood be in the lowermost part of the Hoof the outermost Claw must be pared to the quick and then having let out the Blood dip the Clout in Water Salt and Olive-Oyl and lay it on them taking this off anoynt it with old Swineâ Grease and Goats Suet boyled together and it will quickly be well This by some is called the Fowl or Wisp For the swelling of the Knees and other Joynts If you find the Joynts swelled bathe them with warm Vine âar chasing it in strongly with your Hands then bruisâ Linseed and Melliiot a Herb so called and lay it on Poulâis-wise fryed in Hogs-lard let this be done very hot If under the Swelling there be any Humour contracted lay oâ Leaven and Barly Meal sod in Water and Honey and when it is Ripe it must be Lanced and anoynt it with Oyntment of Tobacco covering the Wound with a Plaister of Diaculum and renew this in two or three days and the Beast will be easie and sit to Travel or go to Plough c. For Hurts in the Heel or Hoof c. For this take Stone-pitch Brimstone and greasie Wool and burn them upon the afflicted place with a hot Iron this âs likewise proper when the Beast is pricked with a slub Thorne or Nail either of them being first pulled out but if it be âleep it must be gently opened with the sharp point of a Knife and Grease melted into the Wound For Kibes in the Heels You must in this case cast the Beast if he be not very tractable otherways he will not easily endure the pain of the Operation and having bound his Legs take a sharp pointed Knife and turn out the Kibe as nigh as you can and let him bloed well Then Take a Penny-worth of Verdigrease and the Yolk of an Egg temper them well together and spread them Plaister-wise on Leather then bind them to the Sore and in once or twice renewing it 't will be well For the Swelling of the Udders If the Udders of your Cows be swelled take a handful of Iây-leaves boyl them well in a quart of stale Beer bathe the Udders with the liquid part warm and then smoaâ them with Honey-combs and Camomile For Feet that are worn or surbated This happens most to the labouring sort of these Cattle and when it so falls out wash their Feet with Man's U ãâ¦ã very warm and kindling a Fire with Twigs and Spraâ when the Flame is done make him stand on the glowrâ Embers and anoint his Horns with Tar and Oyl or Hog-grease then rub them over with Oyl of Bays and Camâmile very hot piâk out the Gravel and stop the Cl ãâ¦ã with Tow dipped in Tar and Hogs-lard Scabs and unseemly breakings out This is caused by bad Humours occasioned by oveârank Feeding To remove it the best way is Let the Beast Blood in the Nose Ears and Tail boâ three or four handfuls of bruised Garlick in a Gallon oâ Water and being strained out wash the place grieved w ãâ¦ã it and they will dye away and peel off in three or foâ washings For any Venomous Wound Take a handful of Penny-royal stamp it with an Ounâ of the Flower of Brimstone boyl them in a pint of Viââgar and as much Water then add an Ounce of Alloâ with as many beaten Almonds or Figs as will make iâ thicken when three parts boyled away and spreading ââ Poultis or Plaisterwise apply it to the Sore and it wiââ in twice doing draw out the Venom then anoint it witâ an Oyntment made of Butter and Bees-wax and it wiâ heal To make Beasts seed well and prevent pincing and falling awââ Sometimes there are hidden Diseases not without great difficulty to be discerned that makes Beasts pine and languish forsake their Meat and lose their Flesh To Remedy this Take the Root of a Sea Oynion and the Root of a Poplar-tree each four Ounces scrape or slice them thin add a handful of Salt and infuse them in the Water your Beast drinks some hours before he does drink and if there be more than one afflicted use a greater quantity and it wilâ soon restore their Appetite make them feed lustily and create good Blood which will plump up their Flesh and render them plump and lusty For Swellings about the Jaws and Eârs c. This is frequently occasioned by Pestilential Humours and is a forerunner of the Murâain therefore as soon as ever you perceive it Take a handful of Ragwort stamp it with about three Ounces of rusty Bacon open the Beast's Mouth and put it under his Tongue as far as may be then let him Blood at the Nose and under the Tongue when this is done Take a handful of Tansie as much Rue Longwort Hysop and Time stamp them and take a quart of the best Ale Grounds and boyl them in it but not overmuch put the Liquor into a close Vessel and add of Pepper-Grains Orpiment and Fennâgreek-seed each an Ounce give a pint at a time very warm For swelling or hardness in the Dewlaps This frequently proceeds from Sickness and Diseases in the âungs therefore if you perceive them very far up and harâ feel the Hide on the Back and if it crackle or snap much Take Turmârick long Pepper-grains Fennegreek Madder and Anniseeds of each an Ounce Methridate half an Ounce boyl these in a quart of White-wine strain out the liquâd part and give it the Beast hot then peg his Dewlaps and put in a Pest or Sprig of Helebore or Bears-foot a Herb so called and put the Beast into a warm House give him some after a warm Mash of Bran and boyled Barley For inward wasting This is known by a short husking Cough and thrustinâ out of the Tongue and if he be much perish'd in the Lungs the cure will be very difficult thereforâ it ougâ to be taken in time whether the Beast be so perished oâ not you may know by the Hide which then will usually stick much faster on the left side than on any other part To Remedy this take Mace Cloves and Pepper eacâ half an Ounce
Whitewine blood-warm and Water to drink wherein Cummin seeds and Fennel have been boiled For Giddiness or Dasie This happens mostly in the hot Season through excesâve heat to remedy it let him blood as soon as you perâive him to stagger and round by slitting the Nose-vein cross then take a handful of Baum Rue and Mint boil âm in two quarts of Small Beer and give him a pint at time Morning and Evening successively For loss of Cudd. Take a handful of Wheat-flower a spoonful of Bayâlt make it into little balls with sharp Vinegar someâhat bigger than Hazle-nuts thrust two or three down âs Throat fasting as near as may be do it two or three âornings and give Water after it wherein Sorre has been âiled or for want of that mix it with a little Veâjuice For the Ague in Sheep For this let blood by making a little slit between the ââws behind and before not suffering him for 24 hours ââ drink any cold Water then boil two Roots of Garââk an ounce of Pepper Wood-sorrel Bettony and ââe each a handful in a quart of Small-beer strain it ââll and give it three days successively half a pint or ââthing more at a time but if it bââ a Lamb give a âât of the Ewes Milk wherein Polipodium of the Oak and ââebs have been boiled at twice viz. Morning and Even For the Rheum and Catarrh These troublesome Distempers proceed from abundanâ of phlegmatick Humors to remedy it burn under â Nose Assafoetida the Bark of Elder and Ta ãâ¦ã risk give â Ale wherein a small quantity of Liquoriâh and Anniseââ have been boiled and let him not for two or three day be in any wet place For Pains in the Teeth For remedying this bleed him in the Gums or uppâ Lip âub the place with Salt and the Juice of Sage â Garlick or Onions two or three days if the Pain â not sooner For the Aposthume and Ulcer Draw the Swelling to a head with a Plaister made â Rye-Meal Ground-Ivy and the Yolks of Eggs and â ripe launce it and put into the hole powdered burnt â lum and Salt covering it with a Plaister of Burguâ Pitch St. Anthony's Fire This same is called the Wild-Fire and very dangeâ to Sheep To cure it take Bole-Armoniack Deers Sâ Turpentine Soot and the Juyce of Housleek of â an Ounce wash the Afflicted place with Goats-Milk for want of it Ewâ-Milk make the before-mentiâ Indredients into a Plaister over a gentle Fire clip â Wooll close and give him Salt with his Water For the Roâ or Plague Take a handful of the Herb Melilot the like of Comâ Polipodium of the Oak Rue and Walnut-tree-leaves the green Husks of Walnuts if to be had are better bâ them in a quart of Water and a pint of Aqua-vitae sâ out the liquid part and stir in it an Ounce of Methriâ âill di Tolved and give half a pint at a time warm and âet the Sheep be in dry Pasture or any airy House For the Scab or Itch. Take Soot the Stalks of Tobacco and flower of Brimâoue boyl them in fresh Chamberlye and wash the grieâed part For any Defect in the Lungs Take a handful of red Sage the like quantity of Purslain âarsleâ Colts-foot a Herb so called and a Root of Garâck boyl them when well bruised in a quart of White-âine then add to the strained Liquor an Ounce of Honey ââ half an Ounce of Methridate and give it the afflictâd Beast Morning and Evening warm For the shortness of Breath and Cough Take Fennegreek-seeds Cummin-seeds the powder of âquoâish of each two Ounces Colts-foot a handful three âunces of the Oyl of Sweet Almonds boyl them in three ânts of stale Beer strain out the liquid part and give it âe Sheep fasting half a pint in the Morning blood-warm For taking in any venomus thing in feading Many times especially in bad Pasture the Sheep will âk in Spiders poisonous Worms or some other Infectiâ that will make them sick and very much swell This âing perceived for a speedy Remedy take half a pint â Viâegar and a quarter of a pint of Olive-Oyl give â the Beast warm and keeping him moving up and down âr haâf an hour For the swelling of the Belly Thâs is occasioned by eating unwholsome Food To âmedy it let blood under the Tail and give them Water â drink wherein Rue Camomile and Bay leaves have âen boiled For Lame or hurt Claws For Claws that are lame bruised over-grown broken pare them as much as is convenient then make Plaister of Bees-wax Rosinââurpentine unslacked Liâ and Hogs-grease anoint the Claw with Oyl of Camo ãâ¦ã and lay the Plaisâer on it binding it up hard and ãâã him not to go into wet places till he is well To kill Lice and Maggots Take a handful of Burdock-roots as much of Bâââ boyl them in Camberlye and wash the Sheep over vâ it or at least the place afflicted with these Insects â when that is dryed anoint it with Târ-water and it â not only kill those that are there at present but preâ the putrefaction that breeds them For broken Bones or bruised Joynts c. Take Camo ãâ¦ã Marsh Mallows âettony Bug ãâ¦ã and Honey suck âo leaves of each half a handful ãâã them with Hogs-lard and fry them in a Frying ãâã spread them upon Leather as a Poultis and bind up â afflicted part with them very warm For the Feaver in Sheep If you find your Sheep Feaverish suddenly ch ãâ¦ã their Pâsture separate those that are infected from thâ that are well and consider in the next place from whence â cause of the Distemper proceeds whether from Cold Heat if from the former drive them to shelter if frâ the latter feed them among Trees or in any conveni ãâ¦ã shady Enclosures Then take Pulcol-Royal stamp it and squeeze out â Juyce and mix it with half a pint of Water and Vinegâ viz. an Ounce and a half of it give it as warm as he wâ receive it and gently drive for half an hour For the Worm in the Claw To find this look between the Claws and you may âerceiâe Hair or Wooll like a head and indeed this calâd the Worm is all a woolly substance which if great âuses Lameness to take it out slit the Foot pull it out âithout breaking and anoint the place with Tallow and ãâã and it will do well For the red Water For this Affliction bleed in the Spining-vein in the Foot âen stamp Rue Wormwood Bay-salt and Butter aââây it on as a Poultis For the Choler When this abounds it causes a yellowness of the Skin burning feaverish heat and much pain To remedy â take a good handful of young Elder-leaves strain the âyce out when well stamped into a pint of Aâe and âve it him warm For the Jaundice Take a pint of stale Urine half an Ounce of Allom a âram of Saffron boyl them to the consumption of a âird part and give it warm For
the Flegm This much troubles Sheep because they are naturally âlined to a waterish Flegmetick Constitution To reâedy he Oppression by itâ super-abounding take Polipo ãâ¦ã of the Oak the Roots of Fern Bettony-leaves of âch half a handful boyl them in a quart of Ale and give the Beast to drink when strained pretty warm and it âll cause him to avoid much slime and watery offensive âatter For the Water in the Belly of a Sheep This many times by over-moist Feeding hangs bagâ between the outward Skin and Rim of the Belly and not timely removed causes the Rot it may be done â gathering to one part as may be by grasping and driviâ it with your Hands then slit a little Hole and put iâ Quill and so squeeze it out then anoint the place wâ Tar and Butter and it will heal but if it be within â Rim of the Belly it must be purged out for if that â cut it cannot be closed again it may be done with hâ an Ounce of Alloes and an Ounce of Turmerick in wâ Milk given for a Fortnight fasting For the Cramp Take fine leaved Grass or Cinquesoil a handful ãâã it and boil it in a pint of White-wine give him ãâã pint warm in the Morning and the next in the like ãâ¦ã ner the next Morning and bathe his Legs with W ãâ¦ã wherein Rosemary has been boiled For the Pox. This is known by coming out in small Pimples over like the Purples and when it first appears sep ãâ¦ã those that are afflicted with it from the rest of the Flââ to prevent Infection change the Pasture and the W ãâ¦ã being clipped away anoint them with the Juyce of ãâ¦ã liâk well incorporated with Tar-water or the thiââ of Tar. For the turning Evil and Morfound Bloâd pretty well in the Temple-Veins of through Nostrils and rub the place with the Juyce of young Net and half a pint of White-wine give an Ounce of M ãâ¦ã date as hot as can conveniently be taken For the Beât To cure this cut away the Tags lay the Sore open cast curious sine Mould on it and lay on a Plaister of Tar Oyl of Tar Oyl of Turpentine and Goose-grease well mixed and incorporated together To fasten loose Teeth Sometimes by reason of âold moist Distempers the Sheeps Teeth grow so loose that they cannot feed and therefore must consequently pine To fasten them then bleed the Gums rub them with Salt and burnt Allom bleed again under the Tail and boyl Sage and Lavender in fair Water and give it to drink For Worms in the Belly of a Sheep These are known by the Sheeps beating his Belly with his Feet stamping and turning his Head back to look on his Sides To remedy this stamp the Leaves of Coriander mix the Juyce of it with Honey give him it warm fasting and afterward warm Water wherein Wormwood has been steeped to drink An excellent Remedy for the Staggers This is a dangerous Distemper and if not readily minded takes away the Sheep in a short time To remedy it take long Pepper Hemp-seed Liquorish Anniseeds and Honey of each an Ounce add as much Penny-royal dryed and powdered put these into two quarts of new Milk and give him half a pint at a time warm successively one hour after another or if in haste and these cannot be readily got take the dryed Flowers of Wormwood a handful and half a handful of Bay-salt boyl them in Ale give it in the foregoing maâner For the Murrain Peg the Ear with the Root of Setterwort give theâ brine and Tar about two Ounces in half a pint of White wine wash or rather sprinkle the Sheep with Water wherein Fennel-seeds has been boyled This is also gooâ for that called the Murrain of the Longs occasioned ââ extream Drought for want of Water in hot Weather For Defects in the Eyes If Films Pins Webs Haws or Rheums afflict ââ Eyes burn Roach-Allom and Harts-horn blow thâ finely powdered with a Quill into the Eyes and abââ half an hour after bathe them with Eye-bright Watââ wherein Bole-Armoniack has been steeped For Rheums in the Eyes Boyl a handful of Honey-suckle-leaves the like quââtity of Selendine and Eye-bright in a pint of White-wiâ spirt this up the Sheeps Nostrils and wash his Eyes wiââ it For the Scabs on the Mouths of Lambs This is occasioned by feeding too early when they must feed on Dewey or otherwise over-moist Grass before the Sun has dryed it To remedy it take a handful of Hysop and as ãâã Bay-salt boyl them in a pint of Vinegar and waâ their Moâthâ and Pallates with it warm anoint the place with an Oyntment made of âees-wax Butter and Târ and in a short time it will heal For the falling off of the Wooll It is many times oâservable that Sheep especially such as have the opportuâity of coming among Bushes Bryars Brakes Fuâzâs and the like loose a great part of theâ Wooll easily coming off This is occasioned by the dryness of the Skin through the wasting of the Sheep for wanâ Moisture To remedy it boyl or bruise Ash-leaves in their Watering Troughs and give them Fennel-seeds mixed with chopeâ or short Hay three or four times you may also wash them with Water wherein Wood-Ashes have been soaked For the Posie or running at the Nose This is ocacsioned by too damp Aires when they are abroad late or Fogs in low or Marshey Grounds whereby the Brain is overcharged with Moisture To dry this up which else may probably turn to Colds Coughs or sometimes a Rot smoak them with the Flowâr of Brimstone sprinkled on a Chasing-dish of Coals or burn ââags dipped in Brimstone you may in a close House smoak twenty or thirty together with little trouble for âhe Air being scented and they snuffing it up it will dry âp the moist Vapours then give them Vinegar in which Bay-leaves have been boyled to drink and it will purge âheir Heads and the foulness of the Stomach that sendââp the Vapour and administers to the Moisture To prevent Sickness in Sheep Bleed them in the Tail and Nose Spring and Fall âurge them with Hysop and Lavender boyled in Whey which will cause gentle breathing Sweats to carry off âhe gross and afflicting Humour and rarefie the Blood so âhat they will feed well and wholsome be lively and âatten apace To prevent unseasonable Tireing If with moderate driving they lye often down loll out âheir Tongues pant and are tired take Plantain bruise ât and rub their Mouths and Noses with it then take âisemart which grows almost in every Ditch do the âke and rub their Fundaments and they after having ârank a little Water will go with a Courage For the Biting of any Venoâ Creatures Take of Rue and Smallage of each a handful Aquâvitae half a pint bruise the Herbs and strain the Juyâ out stamp it over a gentle Fire in the Aqua-vitae and waâ the afflicted place often with it hot then take Verveiâ Lavender and Oyl
an Ounce Galbanum and Sâorax ââ each a Dram Oyl of Olives half a pint melt them âver a gentle Fire and if too thick add two Ounces of âe Oyl of Camomile and anoint the grieved part with it âann when you bind it up For Leanness falling away and Scurf Thesâ proceed from corrupted Blood proceeding from âing on Dunghills in muddy places or in the Stys on ââten and corrupted Litter and many times want of âod in the proper Seâsons To remedy this blââd the Swine under the Tail rub ââ over hard with a Wyâe-card such as Wooll is carâeââitâal to take off the Filth and S ãâ¦ã then mix a pound â Hogâ-âaâd or the rusty Fat oâ Bacon with a quarter a po ãâ¦ã of Tar and two Ounces of the flower of Brimstone rub him over with it boyl Fennel in his Water and give him clean Litter For the sleepy Evil. This mostly happens in the hot Weather in Summer To remedy it keep him fasting twenty-four hours boyl in his Water Stone-crop or the Roots of wild Cucumbers which by cleansing his Stomack will hinder the Vapours that arise from foul Digestion For the biting of a mad Dog Take new Chamberlye a quart put into it two Ounces of Bay-salt and as much Soot also beat in it an adled Egg or two boyl them till a third part be consumed wash the Wound and lay on a Plaister of Turpentine and Bees-wax and in twice or thrice doing it will be cured For a Hog that has been lugged by a Dog Take three Ounces of Tar as much Soap and Mutton-suet mix them well over a gentle âire then incorporate them with half a pint of White-wine-Vinegar and a quarter of a pint of Olive-Oyl and anoint the wounded place with it as hot as may be For the Milt-pain This is known by the reeling and going on one side and is cured by Honey and Wormwood boyl'd in Water The Murrain ââs cure This is known by the Swine'â abstaining from Meat grunting heavily dulness of the Eyes throtling and hanging of the Ears and is very dangerous therefore when you perceive any of theâe Signs boyl two handfuls of the Herâ Liverwort a handful of the whitest Hen-dung and two Ounces of râd-Oaker in ââ Gallon of Wash give it warm and if he refuse to take it pour it down his Throaâ with a Drenching-Horn and wash him with warm Water wherein Rosemary and Bays have been boyled The Quinsey in Swine To this Disease a Swine is very much subject and when you perceive it has taken them let blood under the Tail and in the Vein behind the Shoulder and if the Kernels swell much under the Throat or on the side of the Neck âet thâm blood under the Tongue rub their Mouths with Salt and Wheat-flower then take a handful of Dassidilly-Roots aâ much Salt and an Ounce of shaved Harts-horn stamp the Roots and boyl all these in Vinegar give the Swine half a pint of it hot at a time and anoint the swelling with Oyl of Spike For the Spleen an excellent Remedy Thâs comes principally by foul varacious feeding to which above all others this Creature is very subject To remedy this Disease give him the Juyce of Tamerine in Water wherein the Coals of Heath hath been often quenched and let him drink pretty often of it For pining and wasting Thâs is perceived by his want of Appetite in forsaking âhis Meat and sometimes when you bring him to his Meat and he endeavours to feed he instantly starts back and falls down as dead This many foolish People conclude to proceed from Witchcraft when indeed it is â natural Distemper To remedy this shut up your Swine a whole day without Meat or Water the next day give them Water to drink wherein the Roots of wild Cucumbers have been stampâd and strain'd and let him fast an hour after then give ââan boyled thick in Water and so do two or three days and the Cure will be wrought for the Cucumbers will make him Vomit and cleanse his Stomack sitting him for a good Appetite and thereupon his Flesh will be recovered if you give him hard Beans that have been steeped in Briâe To prevent Pestilential Diseasâs Take a handful of the Roots of Polipodium or Oak-Fern stamp them well and boyl them in a pint of White-wine give the Swine half a pint when he is fasting very hot and it will purge him of C ãâ¦ã er to which the Creature is exceedingly subject and is the Root or Original of most Diseases that afflict him Of immoderate Thrist This in hot Weather greatly afflicts the Swine and makes him coveâ cool places Mââes and Water and is very prejudicial to Health for excess of drinking brings Distempers that often prove fatal and dangerous To remedy this give them Water wherein Housleek and Wood-sorrel has been boyled Peg his Ear and thrust a Peg made of the Root of Setwort into the Hâlo so that it may stick fast there This also is an approved remedy for the inflaming of the Liver or Lungs by too much heaâ and want of moisture For Boiles or Blains Take an Ounce of Burgundy-pitch as much Bees-wax and Turpentiâe makes these into a Plaister by well incorporating them over a gentle Fire cilp the Hair as close as you can âound about anoint the place well with Oyntment of Tobacco with a little thin Tar mixed in it lay on the Plaister then take it off at two days end and Laâce the Sore then take powder of burnt-Allom scatter in it and anoint and plaister it as before For a Thorn or Stub in the Foot Open the place hurt with the point of a Knife and if you can draw it out and anoint it with Oyl of Spike if not lay a Plaister of Stone-pitch and Turpentine to it aâd it will draw it out with ease To help the Scowring This frequently happens through the sudden change of their Meat especially in fatning-time and much hinders their getting fat as also puts the Owner to greater charge than need be if not speedily remedyed which is done with little cost for to do it is required no more than a pânt of Verjuyce in two quarts of Milk for the elder Sâine and for young Porklings or Shoats you may give it above a quarter of a pint and it will in twice or thrice doing stay the Scowring For the violent Pain in the Tâeth This is usually occasioned by contracting Wind in the ââllowness of their Teeth and by the violence of the Pâin many times makes them run mad for a time To remedy this Lance the Gums close to the Roots of the Teeth âub them with Salt and burnt-Allom then wâshâ the Swines Mouth with Vinegar wherein âeââelseâdâ has been boyled and blood him in the Ear of the side where you perceive the Pain mostly to be by opeâing a Vein just behind it The Frensie in Swine This is held many times to proceed from a Worm gââwing of putrefaction in the Head near the
Brain by which meâns the Brain is hindered in its Office and much afflicted which causes Frensie and Madness The surest Remedy for this is to kill your Hog if he be in good plight for in the Sty he will be apt to beat himself to death or if abroad break his Neck down any steââ place or trying the water beyond his strength be thâ drowned or what is as bad by long swimming tear ââ Throat out with his own Claws However if the Hââ when so taken for his Head cannot be open so fâr as ââ take out the Worm and he live be not in plight Take the Juyce of Briony-root an ounce put it iâ a quarter of a pint of single poppey-Poppey-water âour it waâ into the Hogs Nostrils and keep it in by holding up â Head then give with his Meat Colwort leaves boyled iâ Vinegar To remedy want of feeding and defects in the Liver c. Give him half a dram of crude Antimony in a ãâã of warm Bran and it will not only restore his App ãâ¦ã when lost but also remedy the foulness of the Liver ãâã rid him of the Measles if once they have entered the ãâã For Leââness Mislike Scurf and Mainginess a most apprâved Remedy These Diseases proceed from corrupt blood occasi ãâ¦ã by wet and foul lying especially on rotten wet Bo ãâ¦ã or rotten Litter in the Stys and sometimes from a sââ city of Meat and Water and now and then Wash â Whey c. To cure it let the Swine blood under the Tail the with a Wool-card rub him from the back to the Tail â all the filth and scurf come off nay till the skin is ãâã by it and the blood come then take Brimstone Gooâ grease and Tar make these up into an Ointment ovâââ gentle fire then with a fine brush diped in it rub tââ Swine over with it give him short clean litter and keep him in the Stye for two or three days with good waââ food and by this means the disorder will be remedyed Of the Cattar in Swino This happens by too much eating rotten Fruits corrupting the blood or Carrion or other unwholsome things especially wherein there is too much moisture and corruption Hemlock or âenbane if eaten is a great producer of it and to know when this afflicts your Swine observe their Eyes and if you see them heavy duâl moist or watering it is a sign Their averseness also to their Meat is another To remedy this give your Swine a drench of warm wâter with Hens-dung in it and in his wash boyl Live wort a Herb so called and red Oaker some dryed Sloes and âolipodium-roots and give him luke-warm For Casting Nauceating or Vomiting This is a defect occasioned by the weakness of the Stomack or its great foulness by eating unwholsome Food aââ is known by his straining and striving to cast his offer gaping and shaking his head when you perceive any of these signs as also leanness and falling away if it have continâed long To remedy it give him splent Beans and Fennel seed miâed well together and they will by their astringency strângthen his Stomack and restore Appetite For dangerous Impostumes in any part an approved Remedy These troublesom Sorrances or Tumors being gathered by evil Humours are very dangerous if not timely remedyâd They happen in many parts of their Bodies as unâer their Throats Ears Bellies and oft on their Sides To remedy these If they be soft and come to a head naturally you may lance them if not you must use means to bring the Corruption into a body that they may come to a head proper to be ââuced or break of themselves and to this purpose use a Plaister made of Tar Turpentine and Oyl of Spike or the Juyce of Lilly-roots and when the Tumor is â to be lanced press it between your Finger and Thuâ and having given a small slit with a sine Instrument ãâã out the Corruption and put in a Tent of Linnen-ragâ Flax dipped in Oyl of Peter and anoint the Wound vsâ Salt-Butter blood him likewise under the Tongue â his Mouth well with Mealâ and Salt well mixed togethââ and cover over the Orifice of the wound with a Plaistâ of Diaculum and in a few dressings it will be well â if there be any proud or putrefied flesh in it put in soâ burnt roach Allom in fine powder and iâ will corrâ away For the Murrain another excellent Remedy This Disease is much incident to some in the Spring especially where they eat Grass among which young Heâ lock springs up It is known by the dull and redness â the Eyes the little List the Swine has to stir his heaâ grunting and much hanging down his Head To remedy this take the roots of Water or Ga ãâ¦ã Lillies bruise them and squeeze out the Juyce miââ quarter of a pint of it with half a pint of Salad Oyl aââ half an Ounce of Turmerick finely beaten into powder give it the Swine in a Horn that it may the better go down his Throat and when you perceive him grow hoe or sweat blood him under the Ears Tongue and Tail and give him cooling Washes to drink with a little Bay-Salt sprinkled in it For Laxativeness This many times wastes them if it continues long and not only hinders their growth but their fatning though it is easily remedyed by giving them Milk and Verjuyce to drink and Beans Pease Barley and such like dryed Meats for their Food For want of Verjuyce Vinegar or the juyce of sower Grapes will do the like A peculiar way to prevent a Sow from the un-naturalness of eating or destroying her own Pigs Some Sows being used much to Carrion and now and then to the snaping up of live Poultry will if they be not well fed and looked to un-naturally eat their own Pigs and this it seems is not new to these voraciousCreatures for we find the antient Saxons looked on it so barbarous and un-natural they made a Law That any Sow which eat her own Pigs should he burnt alive This destroying or eating their Pigs as soon as farrowel springs from an un-natural greediness in them whicâ to remedy you must watch her when she sarroweth and if she be accustomed to such Tricks take away the Pigs is they fall then take the Rickling or uâderling Pig and wash it all over with the Juyce of Stone a Heââ so caâled and put it again to the Sow and if she devour it it will make her cast and vomit extreamly and be so sick that the pain and disorder she finds in it will deter her from doing the like again But of all the cures for such in un-natural Beast is to fat and kill her for there are bat few Sows that are guilty of this trick A present way to encrease Milk Some Sows when they have farrowed are deficient in Milk to bring up their Farrow in this case to make her speedily give Milk which is especially at first
covetous Persons who having never so much are grasping at more and never truly enjoy what they really in one kind properly poffess But to return The Ass likewise brouses on Briar-staks will eat Chââ pleasantly and indeed by reason of his hardiness ââ the few Diseases incident to him requires little lookiââ to although his Labour is considerable for though here by reason of the abundance of good Horses riding â him is accounted scandalous and not used but by tââ meaner sort yet in other Countries they are used by great Ladies as Palfreys with ââbroidered Carpets and guilded Trapings thrown over them However if we abate this in England and should lay them aside as useless for riding there is notwithstanding much business they are capable of For as to carrying Burthens the laââ sort are comparable to Horses they will hold out a ãâã way without fainting orâtireing Then for drawâ Burthens in a Cart they are very serviceable as also â the Plough in light ground or where there is no ââ of Trees stiff Clay or large Stones for indeed ââ Creature put beyond its strength is foiled and disorderâ and makes it unpleasant to him for the future Of Covering and the proper time their order in bringing forth c. The breeding of these Creatures are in all particular the same with the Mares both in time and manner And for a good breed the Male and Female must be both of a reasonable Age large bodied sound and of a good kind The Male must be at least three years old for ââom thâââ to ten they âro very ãâã ãâã bredding though they bring forth their Colâs sometimes at two year and a half but it appears by thâ bad thriving not to be so well nor good for Service or Pontinuancâ To make the She-Ass retain the Seed you must after she has been well leaped drive her up and down for an hour or more a handsome pace She seldom bringeth forth two at once and appears to have a kind of shame in her delivery for when she finds her burthen ready to come forth she will if possible retire into some dark âhady place to avoid being seen They bring forth their Foal in a twelve Month and for a good breed it is conveniânt to let them be covered but once in two years that they may bear kindly every other year Aristotle accounts their Lifes to be thirty years and indeed they are very healthy being afflicted with but a few Diseases The best covering time is from the twentieth of May to the tenth of June and whilst they are with Foal they must not be greatly laboured nor hard driven but labour does the Male good for by reason of his extream letcherousness he grows nought if he stands idle The ordering and weaning the Asâ-Colt when to break him Considerations of its Nature and the housing required A. for the ordering the Ass-Colt when cast suffer it the first year to run with the Dam and the next tye him up gently with her only in the night time The third is a siââeason to break him and render him tractable for labour which will not be very difficult to do by reason of his ââate dulness and easiness to be handled There is in this Creature a great love towards her young for if it be in danger and cry out for help she will not stick if possible to run through a circling fire to it But above all things they dread the Water not willingly âaâeing to dip the tips of their Hooss in it and indeed the much wetting their Hooss in travel or wet grounds is the cause of most of their Distempers neither unless exceeding dry will the Ass of her own accord willingly drink in any strange Water and when they drink they do it so mannerly as if they were afraid to touch it with their Lips Some who have been curious to search into the ãâã of ât affirm that seeing the shaddow of theââ goodly large âars in thâ Water in which they take great Pride they are offended and suddenly draw back as âearing they â wetted They delight to lodge in wide Rooms and by reasââ of the melancholly guality that abounds in them they among all Creatures if any thing at all are the least delighted in Musick and for the same reason ââoubled ââ fearful dreams which make them not only groan â make piteous noise in their sleep but also if they â near any hard thing to beat their Feet and Heads wââ by they much hurt and bruise themselves but much mâ those of their kind that lye near them How to order the Ass in snowey or hard frosty Weather ãâã there is little to be got abroad In the Winter Season if the Snow be on the gr ãâ¦ã especially you must feed him in the House with Ch ãâ¦ã sweet Pease-Straw and Hay chopped short hard Bidâ or chipings of coarse Bread beaten small and to conââ and keep them in heart fit for service give them â and then Bran in sweet Whey skim Milk or Wort â it must be very thick or for the reason before menti ãâ¦ã he will hardly fish for it though never so hungry Tâ care to let them stand dry and if their Hoofs grow â shape pare them and bring thim into a fashionable for that they may grow in thickness in many places whâ they labour much or go on stony ground they â shooed but this must be done lightly and within coâpass that they interfeer not to lame them in their trâing Diseases particularly incident to them and their Cures Pains in the Head THis comes from wet and cold in travel or lying and sometimes of extream hent in the hot Summer Season To remedy this take Polipodium of the Oak a handful Wood-Sorrel or Field-Sorrel a like quantity boyl them in stale Beer and give it him hot soon after let him blâod behind the Ears For defects in the Lungs This is known by his heavy and painful breathing his lamentable braying not clear but inwardly as it were To remedy this defect boyl Liquorish well bruised two Ounces Centory a little handful in three pints of ââning Water till a third part be consumed then give it him at two equal potions well strained Morning and Envening fasting For the Hide bound This is occasioned by being too much in the wet and cold To remedy it Let him blood under the Tail rub him well over with hard wisps boyl the roots of Fennel in new Wort a handful to a quart add an ounce of Lupins and half as many Camomile-Flowers give it as a drench a pint at a time Morning and Evening To purge Melancolly Take three or four Laurel-leaves a sprig or two of Savin a quarter of an Ounce of Stibium boyl them well bruised in a quart of Whay and give him the liquid part well strained to drink and let him fast six hours after For Madness or Giddiness This is occasioned by the contending of heat and cold in the Brain
Lupius and Barley For broken Wind. This but seldom happens to them by reason of the ligâtness of their Body and not over Pursiveness and when it does is not easily cured however to use the besâ means viz. Take an Ounce of Anniseeds a handful of Rasins and halâ an Ounce of the powder of Liquorish as much Allom burnt and bruised then put them into two quarts of Water wherein two handfuls of Smallage has been boyled and give him when they have been infused a considerable time in it over a gentle Fire half a pint at a time of the liquid as hot as may be Ride him gently and then bring him home to a warm House Litter him and do thus five or six times intermitting a day between To harden tho Hoofs The Hoofs of this Creature if going in the Wet will be apt to be very soft so that the Shooes if she have any on will draw and the Hoof apt to be much injured by splitting or fretting To remedy this rub them well over with Oyl of Turpeâtine then bind on them a Plaister made of the same Oâl and slacked Lime and let him stand in a dry House foâ twelve hours For the brittle or rugged Hoof. Scrape off the Scurf or shelly Substance with a sharp paring Knife pick and cleanse the Feet from Gravel and Dârt wash them with warm Water and after he has stood a while in the Trough of warm Water make an Oyntment of Tallow Bees-wax and Neatsfoot-Oyl anoynt his Hoofs with them as hot as may be and bind them up wâth Cloaths and in twice or thrice so ordering they will be soft and plyable For Diseases in the Eyes Rheums c. If Specks or any other the like Disaster happen in ââ Eye to obstruct the Sight take burnt Allom and Boââ Armoniack finely powdered and sifted blow it into tââ Eyes through a Quill and when a pretty while he ââ winked hard spurt in some White-wine Vinegar For Rheums purge his Head by giving him Rue aââ Hysop boyled in fair Water For any Strain or Sprain new or old If it be in the Leg clip away the Hair and bleed ââ Shackle-vein then take two Ounces of the Oyl of Tâpentine heat it hot in a quarter of a pint of strong Beer and when the bleeding is over chaff it in strongâ with your hand then swathe it a day then lay on it â Charger of Soap and Brandy well mixed as hot as ãâã be renew it twice or thrice and then ride him gently ââ even Ground and in a little time he will be recovered This may be done in any other part with exact management and be also exceeding helpful in Bruises or ââ like A TREATISE Of the various sorts of HOUNDS And their proper use viz Spannels for Land and Water the House-Dog and the Shepherd's Mastiff SINCE Dogs are very serviceable Domestick Creatures it will not be amiss to placâ them towards the compleating of this Book for among Irrational Creatures they may justly claim a place both for the Love and the advantage they bring to Man being very sensible Creatures and largely capable of Instructions and according to their kinds are appropriated and designed for sundry Uses being distinguished by Names and Distinctions suitable to their Natures viz. The Grey-hound This is a Dog of a curious sine Make and to distingrish those that will prove well even when Whelps that are fittest to be chosen are loose raw-boned sickled â crooked Hought and generally unknit in every Memâ but those that appear the contrary never prove we at a years end he will be at full growth and then â true one will have a fine lean long Head with a shâ Nose rush grown from the Eyes downward a cheaâ Eye his Eye-lids long and a sharp Ear short and câ falling a long Nâck a little bending with a loose hang Wesand straight Fore-legs a broad Breast hollow Side straight Ribs a square and flat Back strong and short â le ts a broad space between the Hips a strong Steââ â Tail a round Foot and considerable large Clefts Aâ briefly to sum up his Character he must have a Head â a Snake a Neck like a Drake a Back like a Beaââ â Sides like a Bream or Tail like a Raââ and Foot like Cat. The Blood-Hound This Dog is of singular good Scent and for that pâpose is very useful to Forresters and those that keep â ney-Warrens to find out those that have Robed thââ they will also pursue Thieves so nearly that they â find them out even in a Crowd The Ears of this Hoââ are thin long and hanging his Head big his Cry great â he well proportioned in every part though they open â Bark but seldom except in the Chase the best Colour hold to be Brown or Red and they are very obedient â their Owners and if the Quarry be trussed up and ââ veyed away never so cleanly if they once get the Sâââ they will pursue it till found and even take the Water â pursuit of it if it have passed that way The Rach. This is another sort of Hourd common to England ââ Scotland and no other Nation the Female is with ââ called a Breach and this will Scent the Feet of either Birds or Beasts and unweariedly pursue the Game til run down The Sluth ãâã This is a Dog most proper to Scotland and from them so named it is somewhat biger than the foregoing and the best sort inclining to Brown or somewhat Sandy they will scent Mens Feet as the Blood-Hounâ till they come where they are violently purshing any that have Robed or Murthered so that the Borderers of England anâ Scotland where Roberies are frequent have them in great âsteem and use and if they stop at any Door and wiâl pass no further they conclude the Thief and Goods stolen are there concealed and so accordingly make seaâch The Gaze-Hound This Dog is of an extraordinary quick and piercing Sight and dexterous at singling out the fatest Deer in the Heââ and such a one as is young and best pleâse his Master to induce him to make ânsuch of him âe is much use â and esteemed in York-shire and those Northern parts and will discern any thing at a much further distance thaâ any other Dog whatsoever The Tumbler This Dog is chiefly for Coney-Warrens and is a bold deââerate âân taking his Denomination from his Tumbliâg and Rowling engaging the Game ãâã at their Hoââs without fear of Danger however hiâ is very Politick in catching Conies for coming to the Burrough he sheaks quietly by without giving suspiâion or disturbance and when he has well observed their Holââ taking the Wind against him that they may not scent him he couches very close as much out of sight as may be and so having by that means the advantage of the Scent he knews when they are coming if he sees them not and so starting up on a sudden sâaps them and what he has taken
as wide as his Head will eâsily go in or more but as covertly as may be for he is a subtile Creature so that when he presses on it the two small sticks presently seperating the bent Pole flys up with a swiâ jerk and if it take him by the Neck it certainly hang him but if by the Legs or Tail it will hold him aboâ the Ground but then your Line ought to be small Wires about twenty or thirty well twisted These Creatures are very troublesom where they abound to the Country People in making a great destruction among thââ Lambs Poultry and Rabits and in Parks among the young Fawn Another way to take the Fox by the Drag-hook Take a pretty large Hook such as are used for salt-water Fish baite it with Flesh and tye it by a Line on a strong bough so that the Hook being altogether covered with the baite may hang so high that the Fox must leap to catch it or else he will discover the Deceit and when he has the baite in his Mouth he will hang by it and in pulling very hard to get it off the Hook will stick in his Jaws and hold him but it must be armed with Wire at least a handful above the Hook lest being only Line he bite it in sunder To take the Pole-Cat This is a great destroyer of Fowle especially the younger sort of Poultry to take them procure a square piece of Timber about an hundred weight boared in the upper side just in the middle and set fast in it a hooked crook and in the Ground fasten four forked Stakes then on them lay two sticks acâoss on which lay a long Staff that may hold up the dead-âall by the Crook and under that Crook you must have a shoâ stick with a Line made fast to it which may âeach down to the bridge below that is five or six Inâhes broad and place Boards or Pails on each side the fall or hedge it with close Rods about ten Inches or a Foot high which guiding her to the Trap the passage being wider then the âall is broad she cannot miss being taken To destroy Rats or Mice Take an âarthen or brass Pot pretty large fill it with the dross or foot of the Oyl and set it in any convenient place where they haunt about the middle of the place then shew Pot-Ashes such as the Sope-boylers use round about it and when the scent of the Oyle brings them haââily to it the Ashes will strike a Scent in their Brain thaâ will stupesie them so that they can make but slow hasâe away and thereby you have time to destroy them wiâh such Instruments as are fitting To scare away Rats and Mice Take the Prains of a Weasle mix it with ãâã till it is made into a kind of an Oyntment and anoint the Posts and Places near their haunts and the very scent of it wâll make them fly the Place To gather Rats and Mice and destroy them Take a couple or more of live Rats or Mice and put them into an earthen Pan close covered set them over a moderately heating Fire and when they feel the heat they will make a piteous cry whereupon those that are iâ hearing will flock as it were to their Rescue They may be destroyed by scattering Hemlock-seâd in their holes which if they eat they dye Or small filings of Iron or Steel mixed with Wheat-dough destroys them To make Rats and Mice blind To do this and easily to take them mix the powder of Tithalamum with Wheat-flower and make a dough of it with Metheglin and lay it in their haunts and such as âibble it will be quickly blind To make Weasles forsake a House Get a field Weasle by some called the hedge Weaâgeld him and cut off his Tail then turn him loose aââ all that see him or scent him will fly from him and the better to scare them hang a little bell about his Neck and he will soon clear the House to your Content and Satisfaction To cause Weasles to dye c. Take Mercury Sal-Armoniack and Wheat-flower make them into a Paste with Honey cut it into ãâã bits throw it into their haunts and they will greedily take it and soon after dye To gather Weasles Take the guts of a Lizard and the Herb Verjuice bruisâ them and put them into Water to infuse and when that is sufficiently done strew it thinly on the floor near their haunts and the scent will allure them to it where you may set Traps for them or lye in wait to circumvent their returning to their holes and so destroy them To destroy Moles This may be done by a Mole-spear stricking down where you see them heave by setting Traps in their Tracks especially glazed earthen Pots as piâfals into which if they fall as consequently they will if set in their way they cannot get out if the height be above their length Some there are that fill a Jugg with a narrow Neck with Brimstone Ceder-wood Tuâpentine and Rosin and clap it when lighted to the Mouth of their Holes which drawing strongly in with the Air suffocates them Others make a paste of white Helebore whites of Eggs and Wheat-flower which laid in little pieces at the Mouths of their Holes they will eat at coming out to Air and poyson themselves You may likewise call them that are in hearing to you by putting a live Mole in a Pot over a gentle Fire as is said in Relation to Mice and Rats on that Account To rid a House or any place of Pismires Take the Flower of Brimstone half a pound Sale of Taâtar or Wine Lees three or four Ounces mix them over a gentle Fire till they become red then mix and beat theâ with fair Water till they cool and when dry again beat them to a fine powder put the powder into Water and let it infuse till the Water is Tinctured and where-ever you sprinkle any the Pismires or Emets will dye if they speedily avoid not the place Muâk Shells burnt with Storax or beaten to powder will do the like the smoak of burning the Roots of wild Cucumbers will drive them away out of any House and Ciâeniâum melted into Oyl and poured on their Nests wâll kill them Serpents or Venomous Creatures to destroy or drive them away In Gardens where there is store of Worm-wood and Rue they will not frequent nor come near Ash-leaves strew Deers-suet and the scent of it makes them fly large Radishes are the bain of them burn Centaury and Walwort and the smoak will drive them away To draw them together and to handle them c. Take a handful of Sea Onyons stamp them with Nine or Ten River-Crabs and lay them in any convenient place where Snakes or other Venomous Insects pass and they will infallibly gather to it so that they may be taken and destroyed if you wash your Hands in the Juyce of Radishes you may handle Snakes without fear of being bitten for
sweet rub them oâer often and raise the Skin that it may hang the looser on the Flesh if they be draught Oxen when you return from labour carefully rub them down with hard Wisps then smooth the Hair and cleanse their Feet wash their Claws with warm water wherein a little Allom has been dissolved to strengthen and harden them if they have been softened in the wet do not over-labour or heat them in the hot weather for if they stand and cool to suddenly upon it it subjects them to the Flux Feaver and many other inconveniencies the Dung heaps of Swine must not be near their Stalls for that subjects them to the Pestilence or Murrain and they being of a delicate scent must not be offended with foul Sinks or Carrion near them and if any infection appear speedily seperate them and carry the sick Beast into change of Air give him water wherein Rue and Cardus has been boyled and the Juice of Garlick and Vinegar Their Stalls especially in Winter must be very close and warm paved with hard Stone or Gravel well rammed down and laid asloap with a conveniency to carry the Urine into the Drain Boarded Floors I reject because let them be never so close the Urine and other Excrements get between them and corrupting in the hollow Caveties cause noisome smells by sending up putrified vapours to sicken and disease the Cattle As for the Windows let them open to the North-East to let in cool Air in hot and stifling Weather for in cold Weather especially in Winter there is no occasion of opening them and in Summer in much rainy weather though it be hot keep them shut that the Damps and Vapours exhaled by the Sun may be kept out as much as is convenient lest they being too much drawn in create cold Diseases in the Beast Of the Sundry DISEASES and SORRANCES IN Bulls Oxen Cows Calves c. SHEWING From what Cause it Proceeds the Symtoms to know them by and approved Receipts for the Safe Easy Speedy and Cheap Cure of them A Remedy for the Feaver THESE sort of Cattle are very subject to this Distemper frequently arising from the corruption of the Blood by Surfeiting in gross Feeding ill Airs no some Scents or the like and is known by the Beasts trembling groaning foaming at Mouth h ãâ¦ã viness or dulness of the Eyes then immediatly let him Blood to reââdy it Take a handful of Plantain-roots well scraped bruise them and boyl them in a quart of stale Ale with Two Ounces of London-Treacle give it hot with a Drenching Horn and sprinkle his Hay or other Provinder with Water wherein Mallows has been boyled Murrains of sundry kinds their Symtoms and proper Remedies To know if your Cattle be tainted with this dangerous Distomper which often sweeps away whole Herds if not timely prevented Take the following observation viz. In some Murrains the Cattle drivel and run both at Nose aâd Mouth in others it afflicts them with extream Thirst and pining away and in many Cases it appears in the Joynts which is known by their much halting before it can otherwise be much perceived sometimes it is known by an afflicting weakness in the Back and hinder parts causing great Pains and Aches in the Loyns There is another kind rises with Pimples all over the Body as also the swelling out of the Humour in divers parts and then the Disease begins to settle between the Skin and the Hide and sometimes appears like a Leaprosie in Pimples and Knobs all over the Body their Eyes grow dull and their Appetite fails them and when any of these symtoms appear immediatly seperate those on whom they are visible To Remedy these Distempers take Fennal-seed Sea-Thistle Angelica-roots stamp and inâuse them in White-wine take a handful of each to two quarts of Wine and so proportionable to the number of your Cattle boyl them with two ounces of Wheat-flower then strain out the liquid part and give a pint at a time very hot Morning and Evening bathe their Body with the decoction of Hellebore or Baresfoot a Herb so called which holds all the Winter and let them have fresh Air clean Litter and with the Root of the forementioned Herb cut triangular the better to keep it in peg their Dewlaps by making first a hole through the Skin with a pegging Awl or Bodkin and by being renewed it will attract to it the poysonous corruption in a great measure and evaânate it at the hole Instructions to know whether the Murrain has seized an Ox or Cow c beyond recovery or to render it exceeding diffâcult To be satisfied in this let the Beast blood in the Neck-Vein taking away somewhat more than three pints if the Beasts strength will allow it if not somewhat less according to it let it stand an Hour or Two and if the Blood change there is a fair prospect of Recoveââ but if it do not the Case is very desperate and little hopes remains However in this Case open the Ox or Cows Mouth thrusâ your Fingers to the Root of it make way for a Ball of rusty Fat Bacon about the bigness of an Egg tempered with bruised Ragwort bleed him or her at the Nose This done take Rue Longwort Transie Time and Hysop of each half a handful add long Pepper Orpiment Juniper berries and Tangerick of each a penny worth boyl them in White-wine and give it the Beast hot viz. The liquid part to the quantity of a quart having well tempered it with two Ounces of Methridate For Murrain of divers kinds a Remedy Take Sulpher and unslac'd Lime the Seeds of Coriander dryed Marjorum and Garlick beat these into a Powder and having sprinkled it on the Coals burning in a Chafing Dish or Pan order it so that the Beast may be sumed with it going up his Nostrils and in all parts which will bring away at his Vents and by sweat abundance of the Infectious humour then give a quarter of an Ounce of Ruâarb and an Ounce of Gardus boyled in a pint of White-wine this must be done three or four times as soon as the Symptoms of the Disease appear though it is tryed with great success after it has seized him Of the Murrain beginning in the Throat and the Remedy for it The Symtoms of this kind of Murrain is the swelling in the Throat the dulness and weeping of the Eâes heaviness and weeping of the Head bloated and swolled To remedy this take a quart of new Milk three Cloves of Garlick three Drams of Cinnamon a quarter of a point of Olive Oyl an Ounce of Turmerick well beaten a handful of the tops of Rue boyl and give him the liquid part and about a quarter of an hour after bore a pretty large hole in the Skin of his Nose run some soft Thread smeared with Tar through it knot it like a Rowel and it will be a means to draw out of the Oâisice much poysonous Water and Matter which afflicted the
Neck be much swelled and puffed up boyl the Roots of Elecampane till they become soft then stamp them in a Morter mix them with Hogs-Lard or Mutton-Suet three or four ounces of either add to these Honey and Bees-wax of each an ounce Frankincense half an ounce For Putrefying or Rottenness This will appear by the poverty of the Beast his Skin sticking close to his Flesh continual scowering and that in smell very offensive of a whitish brown colour To cure this or in some measure very much remedy it Take Elder-leaves Bay-berries Myrrh Rue and Fetherfew dry the Herbs so that they may be powdered then take a piece of blue Clary burn it till it becomes red then powder it mix of each of these an ounce in a quart of Mans Urine wholsome and sound set it over a Fire till it well boyls up then give him half a pint at a time and it will in three times stay the scowering and much restore his body For inward Sicknesses in general Some may not be presently able to find out the Cause of the Distemper yât perceive the Cattle sick in such a case till it can be better known this has proved successful viz. Take a quart of Ale a handful of Wormwood-tops and as many of Rosemâry bruise them in a Morter boyl the Herbs well and then strain out the liquid part with hard pressing bruise Garlick and squeeze out two sâoonfuls of the Juyce of it as much of Housleek and London Treacle give the Beast this warm two or three times half a pint at a time and it will mightily revive him and stop the progress of the Disease For a Feaver in Winter This comes by cold Damps lowness of Feeding in moââ wet places of unwholsome Grass and its Symptoms are the Beasts shaking and trembling heavy-Ey'dness groaning foaming at Mouth c. These or any of them being observed let the Beast blood with all speed Take two ounces of the Juyce of Plantain of Dioscordium an ounce and a half of Lapins a handful dryed and ground into Powder give him these hot in a quart of new Ale being all well mixed and about two Drams of small Pepper dusted in For a dry huskey or hoarse Cough Take a quarter of a pint of hysop-Hysop-water and as much of Mint-water and for want of them boyl the Herbs in fair Water till it comes to a good strength then add the Juyce of Leeks and Garlick of each two spoonfulls and to these put half a pint of Oyl Olive gvie these well mixed together warm twice or thrice and if the Cold be not extraordinary for want of these you may give Tar and Honeâ-water For the Lasks or Ray in Calves or Cough in young Bullocks This appears in their want of Appetite and bad thriving To remedy it take a quart of New Milk Curdle it though not very thick with a little Runnet and heat this over the Fire for a Calâ and in twice or thrice giving of it 't will ease him of his troublesome Distemper but for the Cold taken by a Bullock if it be newly done boyl a pint of Barly a handful of Rasins in a pint of Cânâry or for want of it sweet Ale then having very well strained it out beat up two Yolks of Eggs in it and give it him hot after this make him a Mash of Wheat-flower Beans and Lintil Meal For the Cough in young Calves give them Centory bruised to powder in White-wine To Cure the Manginess or Scab Boyl Garlick in Urine mix Tar-water with it and rub over the afflicted part and if it be far gone add Brimstone and a little slaked Lime to Dust it over afterward and give him two or three Dosses of White-wine Vinegar and powder of bitter Almonds pretty hot this is also good against the biting of a mad Dog To know when Cattle are Hidebound and the Remedy The first observation is their want of thriving though there are many others if you go about to take up their Skin it will seem to stick to the Ribs also a lameness and defect in their going and it proceeds from being in too much rain sweating and taking cold after labour to Cure or Remedy this boyl Featherfew and Bay-leaves in fair water rub him all over with the decoction and after that with the Lees of White-wine and Neats-foot Oyl boyled and well mingled smooth him For the Staggers in a Bull Ox or Cow The Dasie c. The Beast that is afflicted with the Staggers will look very red about the Eyes and be often turning his Head backwards To Remedy this dangerous Distemper take half a pint of the best White-wine Vinegar tye his head up to the Stall and pour it warm down his Nostrils and let blood at the Nose If he turn round he has the Dasie blood him in the Forehead bind a Cloath over his head and keep it warm purge it well with the Decoction of Rue and Hysop Pissing blood Pantasie and Taint Let him not drink in twenty four hours then give him a dish full of Runnet Curds in a quart of Milk If he have the Pântâsie he will pant much and shake at the Flanks For this give him a handful of Soot a quarter of a pint of Runnât and a pint of Chamberlye well mixed and warmed If he swell of the Taint or Sting-worm give him Urine and Treacie two ounces of the latter in a pint of the former For the Worm in the Tail This is perceived by the Hair breaking off in the Tail where the Worm lyes and commonly some of the Joynts will appear as eaten asunder which you may feel knock one besides the other and if the Tail be soft towards the end it is a true sign of the Worm To remedy this slit the Skin of the under side above the decayed Joynt against the Vein and bleed him in the Veir very well then take Garlick Salt and Butter stamp their well together and bind them on Poultis-wise For swelling behind and rising of the body âor this look in the Mouth for Blisters break them and bleed the Beast under the Tail then rake in their bodies to break the Blisters there Take for perfecting the Cure a quart of Butter-milk a handful of Sea-cole Soot an ounce of bole Armoniack powdered the Juyce of a red Onyon and the powder of an Egg-shell and give it the Beast warm and he will soon be cured For the Towering long sought that is Wind-bound c. Much Poverty occasions this Distemper and is known by their Hides sticking fast to their Backs their Eyes sincking in their Heads wheting of their Teeth loss of Cud and chusing to be alone To remedy this let blood in the Neck then take of Rue Fetherfew Southernwood and Rosemary oâ each a handful bruise them small and put them into a quart of strong Ale or Beer and after they have stood a considerable while press them hard then to the liquid part put long Pepper Liquorish
Putrefaction in the Lungs Take Brasile Wood rasped to Powder an ounce of Oyl of Turpentine an ounce of Juice of Liquorish or for want of it the Powder two ounces of Oyl of Bay-berries an ounce mix these in a quart of Malliga boyl them over a gentle Fire to the consumption of a third part and strain out the liquid give it the Beast half at Morning and half at Evening hot and repeat it three or four days and by proportionable quantities you may make it all at once For a Cows Withering Take Mallows Maiden-hair Magwort and Colwort-leaves of each a handful Aristolochea Bittany and Mirrh of each an ounce bruise these add a little fine beaten Pepper and give it the Beast at thrice in three pints of warm Milk having been first sweetned over the Fire and very well strained Loss of stomack to Recover If this happen through over driving poorness weariness or disagreable Food if not soon remedyed it will bring on Diseases To do it then take a hanful of Salt dissolve it in White-wine Vinegar rub the Mouth well witâ it and pour the rest down his Throat make a little Sawsage of Lean Bacon well minced and thrust after it For any hard swelling in a Bulls or Oxes Pizle Take Holly-Hauke Roots Plantain and House-leek bruise them with fresh Butter and then fry them a little in a Pan and strain out the Juice and Butter and that done make it into an Ovntment and anoint the swelled part having fiâst washed it with Urine and White-wine Vânegar and if the Yard be Ulcerated wash it with Vânegar only wherein Allom has been dissolved For swollen Feet or Surbaiting This often comes by over traveling in Stoney or stiff Clayey ways which fret and strain the Feet To remedy it take of Honey and Hogs-lard of each two ounces boyl them in a pint of White-wine till they become so thick that when cold they will rope like an Oyntment spread it then on a Cloath and lay it on the Foot a good thickness The turning Evil or Sturdy This is a Distemper incident to the Head though it sometimes happens in the Brains and at other times under the Horns sometimes again in the Neck Joynt the signs are these holding up the head in the Air looking wildly or turning round To remedy these though very dangerous take a sharp Knife and open the Skin just up to the Brain then with a sine Chisel and Mallet cut out so much of the Scaup as you may come at a Bladder that lies on the Brain which is full of a Salt humour take that away without breaking it close in the Scaup even as possible then draw the Skin over it and sow it with fine Silk even and close anoint it with Oyl of Chamomile make a Plaister of Turpentine Wax and Rozen lay it close on and so bind it about that no cold may come in with a Woollen Cloath and to do this you must cast the Beast and bind him very strongly or he will not endure the Operation Some hold the other two places incurable but my Opinion is to let blood in those paâts bathe with Oyl of Turpentine and make a Drench with London-Treacle Oyl of Myrrh and a pint of Canary taken very hot and let him take up his Nostrils the smoak of Juniper-Berries and Storax For a swelling Gall or bruise Beat in a Moâter the Leaves of round Aristolochia with Tallow of a Mutton Kidney and bind them to the place having first bathed it well with Oyntment of Tobacco and Marsh-Mallows For the Clowse or Chush Burn old Shooes take the Ashes mix them with Tallow hand Oyl of Turpentine till they may be a kind of an Oyntment and if not thin enough add some Oyl of mile and bathe the Neck of the Beast with it For Goaring Take a handful of Wood-ashes finely sifted a quart of the Grounds of Ale or Beer two ounces of Oyl of Turpentine boyl them till they may be spread and layed to the Wound To stanch blood in any Beast If a Vein break or any hurt come to the Beast that it bleed much or in blooding you cannot many times stop it at pleasure Take Hares or Rabits Wool dip it in the Oyl of Spike and apply it to the Hurt Wound or Incission having first scattered over it a little powder of Franckincense bind it on and the bleeding wiââ immediatly stay For want of these take the Ashes of Vine-twigs and the juice of Nettles well tempered together and apply it to the afflicted part Lay over it a Plaister of Bees-Wax Honey Turpentine Hogs-Lard and Wheat-flower made and incorporated over a gentle Fire For Itching or Mainginess Take an ounce of Verdigrease a pint of Linseed Oyl a quarter of a pint of Aqua-vitae tar-Tar-water half a quarter of a pint wash the Beast over with strong Vinegar and Urine where the affliction is then anoint him with this incorporated over a gentle Fire An Excellent Purge to preserve health Take the Dross of Olive Oyl two ounces a penny-worth of Honey two penny-worth of Bay-berry Oyl twelve Lawrel leaves dryed and beaten into Powder mix these together in a quart of strong Ale and give it Mâlk-warm fasting then take a pretty large Candle and put into his Fundament as far as you can reach and leave it there this will effectually cleanse the Body and bring away much foulness and gross Humours Another excellent Purge to prevent Sickness Take Cinnamon and shaved Harts-horn of each an ounce Bây-Salt two ounces Senna a handful Hellebore two oâ three Leaves boyl these in running water add two ounces of brown Sugar-Candy and give him a pint hot fasting This is an excellent preserver of health after Winter before Cattle are turned to Grass To Remedy Haâling This is caused sundry ways but chiefly by the Blood falling down into the Heels and the inordinate heat of the Hoof rub it extream hard then scarrifie or pounce the Skin but if in the Foot with your Knives poynt open it between the Claws cleanse it well with Linnen-Fâags diped in water and Salt anoint it with Olive Oyl Hogs-Lard Goats or Mutton Suet and bind it up not suffering the Beast till well to goe in the wet especially dirty ways Cramp and Kibes For the first of these rub his Thighs Legs and Knees with Salt dissolved in oyl of Spike and make the Beast move up and down a pretty pace afterward For the latter pare the Kibes and let them bleed well then take Verdigrease and the Yolk of a new laid Egg bruise or beat them well together make of them a Plaister and apply it to the Wound For defects in the Eyes as Webb Pin or Haw c. Bleed the Beast in the Temple Vein on that side the Defect is if it be a Haw on the Eye take it off with the finest Launce of your Fleams then open an Egg in the Crown and let out the White that done fill it with fine beaten Salt and
roast it in hot Embers then powder the Salt and Eggshell and disolve in a Spoonful of Eyebright-water a little of it add some small quantity of the juice of Housleek and with a Feather sprinkle it into the Eye twice or thrice a Day and keep close the Lidd with your hand for a time For any Green Wound Take Turpentine Hogs-Lard Tar and Bees-wax of each an ounce and in melting over a gentle Fire half an ounce of Verdigrease and two Spoonfuls of Oyl of Water-Lillies make them into a Salve or Oyntment spread them on Leather wash the Wound with warm Urine and then apply the Plaister to it A good Medicine for any surprizing sickness when it is not well known what to be Take the Roots of Poplar and Sea Onions and common Salt of each a handful stamp and infuse them in Water three days then heat the water gently over a Fire and press it sweeten it with a little Sugar-Candy and give it the Beast to drink Lice or Ticks afflicting the Beast Take Helebore or Bare-foot and Staves-Acre a Herb so called stamp and infuse them in Vinegar boyl them with Oyl of Olives to the thickness of an Oyntment then anoint the part afflicted and it will not only kill thoâe as are there but keep any from coming after them so long as the scent remains For the Lasks in large Cattle Take half a Gallon of Spring-water the baâk of Ivy a handful of dryed Sloes two handfuls of Verjuice a quart boyl these in the liquid to the consumption of half and give the Beast a pint at a time hot to drink when he is fasting To help a Beast that is Dewboulen Bleed him in the Tail grate a Nutmeg and take off the top of the Shell of an Egg take out the White fill it with White-wine and the Nutmeg and then put the whole Shell and all that is in it down the Beasts throat and walk him up and down till he grow hot This sweling is caused by the Beasts eating of very wett Grass and he sucks up with it much Air wherefore a moderate purge in this case will do very well A special way to breed Milk in Kine To do this give the Cow Water wherein Spurg and Lawrel has been boyled which will gently purge the Blood then make her good Mashes of Mault and warm Milk each Evening let her have a quart of Ale and a quart of Milk mixed together but then the Curd taken off put into it Coriander-seeds Lettice-seeds Cummin-seeds and Annâ-seeds beaten to powder and when they are well mixed aâd infused for three or four hours give it the Beast and in repeating it a few times she will give store of thick and sweet Milk if it be in the Winter to refine her Milk when bâd you may let her feed on Turnips which much cleanse in their green Tops and purge the Blood For the Beasts making Blend-water Some name this Distemper the Morelough sometimes it proceeds from corrupt Blood or other times from the Yellows the Seed of most Diseases and many times from sudden change of Pasture or Air. To remedy this take the powder of Charcole finely beaten as much as will sill an Egg-shell and âole-Armoniack powdered half as much about a handful of the inward dry'd Bark of an Oak bruised into powder put them into a quart of Milk and give it the Beast fasting in the Morning and at Night To take off the Wart or An-berry This is a spungy Excressence proceeding from corrupt Blood and grows on the Beast most commonly from One to Four Years To Remedy it take Nine or Tân Horse-hairs and tye about the Wart as hard as you can and anoint it with Oyl of Spike and in Eight or Ten Days it will fall off and then it is to be healed with Unslack'd Lime but if it happen to be flat that it cannot be conveniently taken up then you must take off by Cauterizing with a hot Iron and anoint it with a mixture of Honey and Oyl of Chamomile If it be among the Sinnews or Veins or both use Resogar or Mercury to take it off then for two days stâp the Hole with Flax and the white of an Egg and so heal it with Lime and Honey For the Eating Sore in the Neck To Remedy this affliction take Three Roots of Garlick an Ounce of the Flower of Brimstone Six Nut-galls and a handful of Soot boyl these in a quart of sharp Vinegar and add a quarter of a pound of Hogs-Lard let them boyl till they become the thickness of an Oynâment and anoint the Sore with it after washed with Chamber-lye once or twice a day according as the Sore or dangerousness of it requires For the Aposthume Take two Ounces of Linseed a handful of Mash-mallows anâ an Ounce of Nut-galls bruise them well together add the Juice of White Clud over and two Ounces of Woodsooâ boyl them in three pints of White-wine till they come to the thickness of a Poultess lay it to the swelling and it will in a little time break it then lay on a Plaister of Bees-wax anointing it with Oyl of Mash-mallows and reâew it once a day and by this means the Corruption will be brought away and the wound made by it healed The mattering Ulcers Boyles c. Take an Ounce of Leaven two Roots of White Lillys and an Ounce of Onions bruise them and boyl them well in a pint of Vinegar and having bled well in the Neck-Vein apply this as a Poultess to the place grieved and it will remove the Cause in a short time being renewed once a day and heal up the Wound if anointed with Lânseed-Oyl that no relaps need be feared For the inveterate Head-ach Take a Root of Garlick bruise it and boyl it in a pint of White-wine strain out the Liquid part and with a Syringe spirt it into the Nostrils and Ears of the Feast then fume him with Storax dryed Rue and Savin giving him after to cherrish him a quart of Ale wherein Rosemary and Mint has been boiled and it will take away by Rhume and other means the cause of the Grief or if not speedily give him a Root of Garlick or Three or Four Lawrel-leaves and a handful of Bay-Salt the liquid part of a quart of White-wine they have been boyled in Swollen Eyes To Remedy this take two Ounces of Honey a quarter of a pound of Wheat-flower an Ounce of the Juice of Celendine make them into a Plaister with Vinegar and the White of an Egg and lay it on the Eye that is swollen and let blood in the Temple Vein For weeping or Rheumatick Eyes Take an Ounce of Bole-Armoniack two Ounces of wild Parsnip-Root half a quartern of eye-bright-Eye-bright-water a little handful of Meal an Ounce of Honey mix these well by bruising such as are to be so done and mix them with so much White-wine as they may spread Playsterwise and they will dry up and drive back the Rhume and much
of Spike stamp the Herbs and maâ a Poultis and bind it to the afflicted part For Poyson by licking up any infectious thing When any such Infection happens you may know it bâ the Sheeps staggering and reeling then open the Mouââ and under the Tongue you will find Blisters cut theâ off with a sharp Knife and rub the Mouth well wiââ Bole-Armoniack and Sage boyled in Chamberlye thâ give him a quarter of a pint of Olive-Oyl in half a pint â new Milk For Pains in the Bowels This is occasioned by over-rank feeding or eating uâvory things and is known by the drawing up the Beâ spurning at it with their Feet often lying down ââ quickly rising as uneasie To remedy it Take a handful of Rue and Fetherfew boyl it in ãâã quarts of Water with an Ounce of Coriander-seeds ãâã give it the afflicted Sheep to drink For the running Scab This is occasioned by Surfeits or too much gross ãâ¦ã of Humour bad Blood or the like To remedy this bleed them under the Tongue â Tail boyl a good handful of Baum and an Ounce and half of Turmerick finely powdered in three pints of ãâã Milk and give a pint at a time warm then wash thâ with Water wherein Elder and Burdock-roots have beâ boyled not giving them any Meat for twelve hours For the Dropsie or puffing up of the Skin This is caused by feeding in wet places or too early when the Dew is much upon the Grass so that in the Biting they suck up too much Moisture which they cannot digest nor evacuaâe by sweating it out and so being capable of passing the Skin it remains and corrupts between it and the inward Rhine and often occasions a Universal Rot. To remedy this clip off the Wooll close behind each Shoulder slit the Skin there and put in a Tent dipped in Oyl of Spike and it will draw the Water to it and so evacuate by twice or thrice renewing it then steep half an Ounce of Regulus of Antemony in a pint of Ale with a little of the Spice called Grains and a little Sugar warm it and give to the Sheep about half a quarter of a pint at a time two or three times with a day or two's intermission between each time A further discourse on the Rot in Sheep very necessary As for the Rot though I have spoken as to its Remedy seeing it is the most dangerous of all to Sheep destroying them in clusters I shall speak some more fully of it with the sign of its approach and causes In moist years sheep are subject to the Rot where in dry years they are exempted from it and that not only from the moisture for then would Sheep Rot in all moist Grounds but there is a certain putrefaction in the Air Grass or Herb or all of them that cause it which usually attend them in such moist years which together with their Food corrupt their Livers and that through foulness wateryness and defect of Blood for want of its performing its due Office creates this Disease When the beginning of this is perceived by their huskey Cough or some of them dropping away with all speed with them to the salt Marshes and by their feeding there if there be no over-flowings of Water or extream wet the Liver if not too much putrefied will take heat and recover itâ Strength and then the Blood by the Acremony of the Grass being purified and purged the Sheep will do well Observations and other Directions If May and June prove wet Months the Proit causes â frothey Grass together with the bad Air that must necessarily follow causes the Rot in Sheep therefore in such Summers keep your Sheep on the dry and barren Lands Fodder them in Winter with hardest Hay and most astringent Fodder Some Grounds yield soft Grass above others and this is subject to breed the Rot in your Sheep therefore feed other Cattle there and your Sheep in the dryest healthiest and hardest Pastures If they be already infected with the Rot which you may discern by the colour of their Eyes pen them up in a Barn or large Sheep Coat set about it may be with wooden Troughs and feed them a day or two with Oats then put amongst them Bay-salt well stamped and after that a greater quantity till such time as they begin to distaste it then give them clean Oats another day or two and then as before serve them with Salt well stamped and so encrease as directed follow this course till their Eyes have recovered their natural colour and then you may assure your self the danger is over and the Sheep will be well If you are not furnished with a convenient House it may be done in a close warm Yard or Pingle if the Weather be favourably seasonable Folding of Sheep in May or June if they prove wet make them Rot the sooner because they are more greedy devourers in the hurtful Grass in the Morning than those not folded therefore at that time liberty from the Food is well prevented Of red Water and its Remedy This red Water is an infectious Disease in Sheep offending the Heart and is also as pestilent among other Cattle therefore when you perceive any of your Sheep afflicted with it let them Blood between the Claws and under the Taâl then lay to the sore place Wormwood or Rue finââly beaten with Bay-salt To kill all sorts of Infects in the Sheep Take Goose-grease Brimstone and Tar mix them together over a gentle Fire and if there be any Maggots Worms or sore places infected with Flies anoint it with thiâ and it will destroy and prevent the Mischief For Worms in the Body take a quarter of a pint of the Juyce of Wormwood and Sage give it the Sheep in a pint of warm Milk and put Bay-salt and a little Allom in the watering Trough and by this means the Worms wiâl be killed and brought away either bred in the Stomaâk or Bowels For Lambs that are yean'd Sick âf the Lamb be sick and weak when it is yeaned then wââp or fold it up in a warm Cloath and opening the Mouth a little blow into it then draw the Dam's Dugs anâ squirt Milk into the Mouth of it then boyl a little Safâron and Cinnamon in the Milk and give it warm about a quarter of a pint and House it by this means many Lambs are saved that would be otherways lost For the Leaf-sickness in the Sheep or Lamb. This is often occasioned by their over-much brousing on Hawthorn and Oak-leaves or such like which the Lambs especially are very apt to do and it is known by their staâgering or turning round for that manner of feeding ingenders cold corrupted Blood or Flegm gathered together about the Brain and indeed this Disease is very dangerous and makes them suddenly fall down before thosâ that are ignorant in it scarce know they aâl any thing To remedy this dissolve Assafaetida in warm Waâer and put the quantity of half a
Swine a long time from drinking give him âiquid part warm a little Wheat-bran to make him the âer taken being scattered amongst it For the Swine-Pox âake an Ounce of Meâhridate as much of long Pepper âw tops of Savin boyl these in a quart of Sider strain â the liquid mix with it a quarter of a pint of Oliveâ and an Ounce of Honey give this warm two or ââ Mornings For the Ague or Feaver âo not give him much Meat boyl Parsâips Parslyââs Sage and Pepper in fair Water give him the âer and what is boyled in it thrice a day having first ââ bloâded him in the Tail and then keep him warm in â Sty but so that he be not oppressed for want of ãâã For Swelling in the Neck Throat or any part As soon as this is perceived in any part let the Swine âod in the Tail and under the Tongue and to the grie ãâã paââ apply a Plaister made of the yolk of an Egg ãâã waâ Wheat-flower and Burgundy-pitch slice Horseâish and scatter Coriander-seed in the Trough when â givâ him Bran and Wash very warm Straâns Bruises broken Claws Bones out of Joynt or ââken c. an Excellent Plaister âake Oyl of Earth two Ounces Stone pitch and the âe caâled Mellilot of each an Ounce Turpentine and âs-waâ of each an Ounce the Juyce of Mugwort â Oyl of Bay-berries of each an Ounce make these in ãâã Salâe pretty thin over a gentle Fire wash the afflict ãâã âplao with ârine and having spread a convenient âster bind it on hard and bind it on with Flax. For the Husking Cough or Câld Take the Juyce of Long-wort and powder of ãâã rish of each two Ounces a quarter of a pint of Oâ Oyl the Juyce of Colts-foot a Herb so called â Ounce give it fasting in a pint of warm Ale For the Pain in the Belly Take two Ounces of Fennel-seed one of long Pââ an Ounce of Fennegreek a handful of May-weed â two Ounces of Treacle boyl these in a quart of â Beer give it him fasting and let him fast about six â after For the Flux This Distemper is occasioned by an extraordinary â ativeness To remedy it bruise five or six Nut-giâ little handful of Bettony dried Slows and white Sââ of each an Ounce Oyl of Turpentine a quarter of â Ounce boyl them in a quart of Milk and a pint oâânegar strain out the liquid part and give it at twice â Morning and Evening very hot For the Plague or any Disease in the Milâ Take Methridate an Ounce Ginger Pepper and ââiander-seeds of each half an Ounce Camomile ãâã a little handful boyl them in a quart of Milk st ãâ¦ã and give it hot For Diseases in the Eyes Wash them with the Juyce of Selendine Housleeâ Bettony blow through a Quill the powder of b ãâ¦ã lom or Sepia and bind a rotten Apple beaten smââ a Plaister over them How to know when a Swine is sick There are few Beasts more distempered or subjected âo Diseases then Swine though their Distempers are by âany the fewer If you would know when the Swine is sick without âny vâolent Symptoms then it is when he hangs âown âis Ears and has a dull Countenance is quesâe in âis Appetite and dâclines his feâding But to come to a âore certain Rule though the former are sufficient tokens âraw half a dozen Brissels from the back and if the roots âr ends appear white the Swine is in good health but âf black âloody or spotted then is he afflicted with some ânteânal Sickness or has received some violent bruise or âurt not outwardly discernable When you perceive any of these symptoms boyl Coâiander-seeds and sweet Fennel in his Wash then give him aâ Ounce of Methridate and a quart of Olive-Oyl âin a quart of new Milk very warm For eating infectious Herbs that makes them sick There are divers Herbs dangerous to Swine and from which they ought with all diligence to be kept viz. Mad-Chary Milfoil and Henbane c. If they sicken by eating any of these to make them well again boil wild Cucumbers and Anni-seeds in water season it with Bay-salt and give it him to drink which will make him evâcâate from his Stomack the Infectious Humour generated there by these Herbs For Rheums Dâ a Rag in Brimstone and at the end of a Stick wheâ lighted hold it under his Nose for a little time after that smoak him with Storaâ scattered on a Pan of Coaâs Then bruise Garlick and make it into a Pill with Salt-Butter about the bigness of a Wall-Nut oblige him âo swallow it For Blood-shot or bloody specks in the Eyes Wash the Eyes with the juice of Bettony and Turniââ mixed with the juice of a rotten Apple and give ââ sliced Parsnips among his other Food to eat Imposthumes or Swellings about the Head or Throat For this take Camomoile Allows and May-wââ each a good handful boyl them when bruised in a qââ of White-wine-Vinegar strain out the liquid part ââ sweeten it if you please with brown Sugar Then ãâã Tar Bay-Salt and Rye-flower thicken it into a Plaisââ spread it and lay it on the swelling and it will draw ââ to a head so that if it break not of it self it may be laââed and the Corruption brought away For Vomiting or casting up Food This often happens by the Swines eating of Hemloââ Hens-Dung or something very nauceous and afflicts to the Stomack and will make them fall into some dââgerous Distemper if not speedily remedyed Therefoââ to do it let him fast twelve hours then give him Bââ in water wherein Dill or sweet-Fennel has been boyld dissolve in a little Allom and Salt and keep him wââ for twelve hours Diseases in the Gall. If the Swine be afflicted with the overflowing of the Gall which occasions sundry Diseases which in a little time may be known by the Skin inclining somwhat to â yellow but particularly the Roof of the Mouth Taââ an Ounce of Turmerick and as much Bole-Aââoniack beat them into powder add an Ounce of Honey and a Dram of Saffron give these in a pint of sweet Woââ pretty hot without straining For Lice or Ticks Anoint the Swine for this with Oyl of Turpentine and âower of Brimstone if any Maggots or Putrefaction âppear anoint the place with black Soap and Tar and âhey will cease to generate For âhirst Excessive Thirst through the heat of the Swines Body ând desâre of cold things to allay it agitates and ferâents âhe Blood many times drawing on Feavers and oââer hot Diseases then to allay it and prevent the ill conâquenâes give him Sorrâl boyled in Water fasting and âhen driven out of the Stâ let him be in a place where âe may at liberty ââ bathe himself in cool Streams or âonds and after this he will not care to drink to exâess ân excellent Oyntment for Fractures Bruises or broken Bones Take Sheeps suet three Ounces Venice Turpentine and âees-wâx of each half
of the Vine which they exceedingly covet and where they come among Vineyards do damage which occasionââ the Ancients to ãâã them to ãâã their fabled God of Wine that he might be satisfied by the Deaths of some for the Mischief the rest had done After three they are not very good to breed but for procuring such Kids as you design to dispose of very young and past four their Breed is good for little The first leaping is accounted uncertain the second frequently speedeth but the third carries a certainty with it The Age of Goats and many other things observable in theâ as to their Knowledge Housing c. The Age of these Creatures are to be taken notice of by the Circles of their Horns from their first growing till eight years and then they are altogether past their best and not worth buying unless for their Skins and Hair The Females of those that are wanting of Horns and called Pollards give the best and sweetest Milk of which some make good Butter and Cheese especially if mingled with Ews and Cows Milk it gives it â pleasure âastâ and occasions it to keep longer than any other and many are of Opinion they see as well by Night as Day They always in their Lyings down lay their Faces one from the other and in that manner feed to be more watchful against Danger which way soever it may be likely to assail them by the means of Wolves Dogs or other Ravenous Creatures and if abroad they sence the young ones in the midst of them that they may be able to defind them unless they be unruly and break out for which they are often chastised by their Dams âhis is a very sensible Creature and cautions of Danger for Nutianus reports he once saw a couple of them accidentally meet on a Bridge very narrow and long over a rapid Stream which by reason of the straightness would not suffer them to return then to go backward as it were blindfold seemed more hazardous wheâe upon one of them lay leisurely down and suffered the other to go over him yet in Rockey and Mountainous plaâes they will climb and run up Cliffs prâdigiously espâcially in the Mountainous parts of Walâs where many of them are wild and hunted by the âentry there as their chief Recreation and in common Inns you may see them run on the Ridges of Houses like a Cat yee theââ dâead to take the Water and will not unless very much forced to it by Frights Extream Heat more than extream Cold affâicts them because they are hot by Nature especially those with young and therefore in such times in Sumârer Heat drives them to Shades Let them brouse in Copses âor under Hedges and they will by that means grow sat and in the Cold House them at least those that are with âoung and most tender feed them with Oats Pease and Wheat-Eaâs It is better if you have a Conveniency to keep then in sundry little Flocks than altogether for Healths sake How their Housing ought to be and care as much as possible to keep them from Diseases Keep Goats as well as Deer from Vines and choice Fruit-trees for there they will make a miserable spoil by plucking off the tender Branches and their biting and bruising hinder them from kindly growing ever after As for their Standings when Housed in Summer let them be Airy and Winter close and warm having for that purpose two Windows one to the North and the other to the South so that you may let in the Sun or cool Air at pleasurâ as the Season requires it Let it be hard under their Feet descending that the Urine may pass into the Sink and not offend them the Flooring must be hard and the best is accounted of Stone either flat or pibble as for their Littering if it be sweet and clean little will serve them and in the Spring Summer and Autumn small green Boughs Sedge and Rushes are most pleasing and delightful to them and the best way to keep them from Diseases is to keep their Housing clean for ill Scents mainly offend and afflict them insomuch that they presently fall sick and when thây do especially of some Diseases it is very dangerous for they drop not as other Cattle by degrees but fall down dead as fast as may be so that twenty out of a hundred that seemed to be well over Night have been found dead in the Morning And having thus far treated of this kind of Cattle in General and Particulars It now remains I follow my former Method to treat accurately of the Causes Symptoms and Cures of their Diseases Diseases most incident to Goats their Causes Symptoms Prevention and choice Receipts for their Cure c. For the Feaver or Ague THESE Distempers and especially the first are inhârents to Goats and veây rarely especially of any yeaâs standing they are altogether without it it is occâsioned by too much heat in the Blood by reason of their Lâstfulness or indeed that which prompts them to it and is known by an interchange of Heat and Cold. To remedy this Let them blood under the Tongue then take a great Thistle Roots of Fern and Reeds of each a moderate haâlful bruise them well Coâiander-seeds two Ounces the Juyce of Sorrel as much Peels or seeds oâ Citron or âemon an Ounce and a half boyl them in three pints of âunning Water and give the Beast the liquid part to drink Another for the same âake a handful of Bean-flower an Ounce of Allom beaâen in powder a few Roots of Pollipodium of the Oaâ boyl them in two quarts of Skim-Milk or Whey and giâe it at four times the liquid part strained out pretty warm For the Dropsie This is a Disease Goats are many times troubled with prâceeding from wet feeding and too much lying abroad in âoggy Weather or in Monish dump Grounds and is knâwn by the tumourousness or pussing up of their Skin which if you press with your Finger will indent and no presently rise again To remedy this Lance the Skin a little under the S ãâ¦ã der and put a Rag dipped in the Oyl of Bays betweââ and the Flesh and so often renew it and by thus k ãâ¦ã it tented the Water will slow to that part and evââ give him if you have a conveniency at the same ãâã Hop tops the tenderest and the tender sprays of ãâã or Beech to brouse oâ however give him a ãâã of Milk at twice wherein a handful of Dwarf â has been boyled For the Murrain or Pestilence These are Diseases fatal to this kind of Cattle and though many times they seem lusty and well yet by ãâ¦ã denly taking them they will drop down very fast tâ immediately dye therefore always have the follow things to remedy so great a loss which so little time wâ procure in a readiness to preserve them safe Take ãâã tops of Rue Baum and Vervine of each a handful ãâã them in two quarts of Sider till aâ
viz. Food Exercise Airing and Kenneling The first for nourishing the Body the second the Limbs the third the Wind ând the last the Spirits and if you design him for a âatch then over and above his Food make him a Diet ãâã viz. Take a peck of the finest and dryest Oat-meal âwo pecks of good Wheat grind them together and âoult the Meal through a fine boulting Cloath then scatâer among it a pretty quantity of Anniseeds and Liquor ãâã finely beaten knead it with whites of Eggs and new Ale-yeast bake it in round loaves reasonably hard With this Bread scalded in Beef or Mutton-broth or âhat âade of Sheeps-heads you may likewise feed him Let him be fed Morning and Evening half an hour after Sun-rise and as much before Sun-set and it will bring âim to much strength of Body and pureness of Wind. As for his Exercise it consists of two things viz. Courâing and Airing as for the first course him at least twice â week if your Courses be strong and long and in his Coursing if he have taken any thing let him not break it but take it from him and cleanse his Chaps from â Wooll and give him the Liver Lights and Heart â so take him up with your Leash and lead him Feed â with his Diet-bread and Broath and wash his Feet â Beer and Butter but before the Course give him â more then a white-bread Toast and Butter or one dippâ in Oyl As for Airing or walking him do it before Sun-râ and after Sun-set viz. As soon as you have opened â Kennels rub him over with a clean Hair-cloath and â him play a liâtle about you then take him into a Fâ where there are no Cattle let him take his rounds â about scower and empty after he has done this a whâ take him up and carry him home again kennel him â feed him and except when he is feeding or ãâã sing always keep him to his Kennel Diseases in Hounds or other Dogs ãâã their proper Remedies or Cures c. For the biteing of a mad Dog Take Honey-suckle Flowers or the branches and â them or the Roots and upper part of three leav'd Gâ mix the Ashes with the Fat of rusty Bacon or old â grease and lay it to the wound and it will draw ãâã Infection Give at the same time the Juice of ãâã Leaves or Berries in White-wine very warm For the Stone Take the Seeds of Grommel Radish and Parsly â them and give the Dog in half a pint of Wine the Sâ having been well seethed in it For pains or other Diseases in the Ears Take Charvil-water and Verjuice mix them together âd puâ a Spoonful of it warm into the Ear and hold it â by closing the Ear-laps with your hand half a quarter â an âour For the Mainge Take an Oat-sheaf with its affles on reduce it to Ashes âd make a Lye in Mans Urine with it and wash him âhen it is warm twice or thrice a day Bleed him on âe Gaâbrel Vein behind or take an Ounce of Gun-powâr and as much Flower of Sulphire mix them with White-wine-Vinegar till as thick as an Oyntment anoint âe places grieved and it will Cure him For the Itch. Take the Flower of Brimstone Oyl of Water-Lillies âd Ellecampain-Roots dryed and beaten into powder âf each of these an Ounce add a handful of Bay Salt âryed and finely powdered make these into an Oyntâent with a quarter of a pint of Oyl of Turpentine over â gentâe Fire and with a Wooll Card having rubbed him âll the places appear a little bloody anoint him with the Oyntment as hot as may be well endured For the Tetter Taâe Ink made of strong Galls Vinegar and the âuice of Mint rub the scurf from the Tetter till it bleed âhen mix in these an equal quantity with the Flower of ârimstone till it be the thickness of a Salve and by ânointing the place often with it 't will kill the Tetter For the biting an of Adder Snake c. If any Venomous Creature have bit your Dog take Calaminth a Herb so called bruise it well in a Morter with Turpentine and yellow Bees-wax heat them oâ fire till they incorporate to a Salve apply it to Wound and give him Milk to lap wherein the said â has been boyled For the Gauling If a Dog be gauled take a little unslack'd Lime â low-Bees-wax and fresh Butter beat them together â Salve or Oyntment and anoint the place and it is a â sent Cure For sore Eyes Take the Juice of ground Ivy and fasting-Spââ and anoint his Eyes Morning and Evening For the Worm in the Tongue and Body This is a little white thing under the Tongue ââ often makes the Dog run mad it must be taken ouâââ a sharp Pen-knife and anoint the Wound with Honey â Allom well mixed together As for the Worms in the Body give him a pââ Milk with an Ounce of the Juice of Wormwood â an Ounce of the Flower of Brimstone in it To kill Lice Fleas or Ticks Take three or four good handfuls of Rueââ boyl it â gallon of Spring water till halâ be consumed the ãâ¦ã it and put in an Ounce of the Powder of Staves ãâ¦ã and bathe him with it pretty hot For a Bruise Take Mallows Groundsil and Chick-weed bruise â boyl them in the dregs of Ale till soft and apply ãâã Poultis-wise with Hogs-Lard but if the bruise be â ward put half an Ounce of Stone-pitch and as ãâã Bole-Armoniack in powder to a pint of Milk and gâ it him warm For Surbaiting Warm Beer and put Butter in mix them well and âsh his Feet then bind them up with bruised Nettles â Hoâs-Lard Of Madness in Dogs and the Remedy There are accounted to be in Dogs several sorts of âduess as the Dumb the Sleepy the Falling thee âumatick and the Lank-Madness and when any of âse afâlict him keep him up close from other Dogs and âe hiâ Grass with long Chieves to cleanse his Blood âd hiâ only with thin Broths and a little Manchât for âo or three days giving him Salt and Oatmeal in the âtle water you give him At the end of those days when he is a little prepared âe half an Onnce of the Juice of Harts-hoân or Dogsângue a Herb so called an Ounce of the strongest ânegaââ a quarter of an Ounce of Methridate mix âse together and give it with the addition of a Spoonâ or two of Salled Oyl A TREATISE OF CONIES Wild and Tame HOW TO Order Feed them and Cure the Diseases Of Cânies in gneneral their Nature and Generation â CONIES though in former days accouââ Vermine are now preserved and much in esââ for the delicacy of their Flesh and Furs all â of these may be kept as well tame as wild above most other Creatures delighting in Imprisoââ and Solitariness to shelter and secure them from the â Dangers their Fears suggest as being a very âimerous â âightful Creature and