a handfull Briany-root an ounce boil them in a quart or three pints of Water then strain out the Liquid part and having sweetned it with Sugar-candy give it him hot and tend him that he catch not cold To purge Melancholy Take Scammony a dram the Juyce or Seeds of black Helebore two ounces dissolve the former in and mingle the latter with a pint of warm Ale and give it him to drink fasting To purge Phlegm Take of the Juyce of Ivy-leaves or berries half an ounce or the Decoction of them being very strong add the grains of Cochneal two ounces the roots of Fern washed and sliced two ounces Colocinthius an omnce make of these a drench with White-wine give it the Horse warm and keep him two hours after fasting CHAP. XXV Clysters how to make them and on what occasion they ought to be applied in order to their effectual working and bringing away bad humours SInce Clysters in case of Internal distempers are very necessary I cannot omit them but proceed amongst other things to speak of such as cannot but be usefull and especially those that are capable of purging the several humours or at least ways to cause an evacuation of those crudities they have contracted in the bowels And in this case if your Horse is very laxative which frequently is occasioned by flegmatick humours Take of the Juyce of Pelletory of the Wail a quarter of a pint add to it Verjuyce and Olive-oyl of each half a pint and of stale Beer a quart boil them together to the consumption of a sixth part and being warm put them into your Glister-bag and force them up the body of the Horse and by binding down his Tail suffer them to remain there if possible for the space of an hour and give him thereupon Water wherein Scabeous has been concocted In case of any Pestilential disease occasioned by a cholerick or firey humour Take of the Seeds of Colloquintida cleared from the husks half an ounce the Juyce of Centaury and Wormwood of each an ounce Castoreum half the like quantity Juyce of Wood-sorrel two ounces and half a pint of Olive-oyl concoct them in two quarts of Water a little sweetned with brown Sugar and force it into the Horse's body using him as before is mentioned For any Internal distemper proceeding from Melancholy Take Anniseeds and the Seeds of Mallows beaten to Powder of each an ounce boil them with a small quantity of Savin in a quart of Whey or Skim-milk then add a quarter of a pound of fresh Butter and so having well strained out the Liquid part give it him in his Fundament luke-warm For any distemper Internal occasioned by sanguine corrupt Blood or watry Humours by means of bad concoction or obstruction c. Take of the leaves and roots of Marshmallows a handfull Violet-leaves double the quantity Linseed and Coriander-seeds of each a handfull white Lilly-roots an ounce the Juyce of Senne the like quantity with the latter boil them in two quarts of Water to the consumption of a third part and then add Oyl of Olives a pint and give it him warm Clyster-wise For Sickness in general an approved Clyster Take of the Oyl of Dill and Cammomoil of each an ounce the Oyl of Cassa half an ounce the Juyce of Violet-leaves two ounces Then having concocted a good quantity of Mallows in two quarts of Water strain out the Liquid part and put the fore-mentioned Ingredients therein and administer them blood-warm This in all violent diseases especially is singular good In case of Restringency or hard Binding Take the Juyce of Fumetory a quarter of a pint the Syrup of Roses two ounces and as much of the Oyl of Bays Neatsfoot-oyl half a pint and of the Juyce of Mulberries two ounces add to these a pint of new Milk and force them up the Horse's Fundament very warm and so upon other the like occasions Observe in giving of Clysters that the quantity must in all probability be reduced or augmented according to the quality or temperature of the Horse Now note that if the Horse be never so large and in good case three quarts is an extraordinary dose and one quart an indifferent one so that I leave it to the discretion of the Practitioner to regulate the Liquid part as he sees convenient least by over-charging the Horse's bowels it burst forth before it has opportunity to work as it ought or by being under-charged it wants of its force to stir the humours and cause such an evacuation as is required And so submitting this to the discretion or judgment of those that shall make experiment I proceed to other matters altogether as necessary to be understood both as to what relates to the preservation of health and remedy of sickness CHAP. XXVI Cordials Cordial-Powders Drinks and Drenches Purgations and Suppositories wonderfully conducing to the health and strength of a Horse Diapente an excellent Powder in case of any cold or Pestilential disease To make it TAke Gentia Baccalani Round Aristolochia Myrrh and the Powder of Storax of each an ounce bruise them distinctly and pass the Powder through a fine Sieve and when you see occasion give the Horse from two to four drams in Muscadel or other sweet Wine as warm as may be and keep him from catching cold or for want of Wine give it him in strong Ale but Wine is better An excellent Cordial-Ball to be given in case of any Internal distemper and especially to prevent the Consumption or wasting any part c. Take dried Foxe's Lungs an ounce Methridate two ounces Powder of Licoris and that of the Seeds of Coriander of each an ounce the Powder of Cinamon and Pomgranet-seeds of each an ounce Spruce-beer or the Lees of Claret half a pint Thicken it with Allom-flower till the whole mass be infused therein and may be made up into balls as big as Walnuts and then give him one at a time as you see occasion sending after it a hot Drench of Ale or new Milk. This and the former being put into a glass or gally-pot and close stopped up will keep in a dry place a twelve month An excellent Drench to cure any Internal distemper proceeding from any of the four Humours of the Body c. especially such as are Pestilemial Having let your Horse blood if necessity by the Symptoms I have named in the foregoing part of the book requires it Take a handfull of Baum and as much Wormwood dry them till they may be rubbed into a Powder mix with the Powder the Juyce of Rue four ounces the Powder of grated Nutmeg well dried an ounce four grains of the Oyl of Amber and two of Bezora-stone dissolve these in a quart of Ale and give the Drench to the Horse as hot as is convenient and let him stand fasting two hours in a dry Stable after them For want of what is before mentioned Take Anniseed and the Seeds of Cardamums of each an ounce Bay-berries and Fenegreek-seed the
it an ounce of well-washed Alloes And observe in this case above all things to keep him warm The falling-Evil its Cause and Remedy This distemper is caused by a vapour that oppresses or anoys the Vital parts rendering the frame of the body for a time sensless and altogether unable to distinguish what befalls it and has its original from an evil habit of body and its approach is frequently known by the coldness of the Nose and Gristles thereabout The speedy at least the best Remedy is to let him Blood on both the Neck-veins in the Morning when he is fasting and then prepare a dose of the Powder of dried Berries of Misletoe and the Powder of Harts-horn each an ounce of the Oyl of Nutmeg and Pepper each a dram compound them in half a pint of Canary and give it the Horse when you perceive the grief to be coming on him as warm as may be The sleeping-Evil what it is and the way to remedy it This is a distemper frequently occasioned by the over-moistness of the Brain or rather a watery coldness contracted within the cells which chills and numbs the Brain whereby the Horse becomes dozed heavy and stupid ever desirous to sleep yet still troubled with restless dreams and disorders and owes its original to moist feeding in Marshey-grounds whereby abundance of phlegmatick and watery humours have been contracted And in this case likewise letting Blood in both the Neck-veins is much available But further to perfect the cure Take Cammomoil and Motherwort of each a like quantity boil them in a Gallon of Running-water with a pound of Treacle and a handfull of Bay-leaves and give the Horse a pint each Morning fasting as hot as he can endure it keeping him warm and fasting for the space of an hour after and then of Malt or scalded Bran make him a warm Mash The Horse-Pestilence and its Cure. The Pestilence in Horses is either contracted by bad feeding which occasions a corruption or inflamation of the Blood whereby the Heart is afflicted or it happens by being in foggy and infectious Airs or catched by contageon And in any of these cases Take Lavender a handfull the like quantity of Rue and Wormwood as also of Walnut-tree Leaves and an ounce of Alloes boil them in a quart of Water or three pints of Milk till half be consumed then add half a pound of fresh Butter or rather if you can get it half a pint of the sweetest Olive-oyl and straining out the liquid part give it the Horse fasting in the Morning blood-warm repeating a fresh dose every other Morning for the space of a week For Chest-foundering the Remedy To know whether your Horse be Chest-foundered or not observe him standing and if then he do as it were stand drawn up or crimpling with his body or stradling and covet much to lye down running sometimes backward in his going then is it apparent he is afflicted with this grievance To cure which Take Oyl of Peter half an ounce mix it with an ounce of the Oyl of Cammomoil and so proportionably a greater quantity as you see occasion and bathe the Breast with a hot Woollen cloth and when you have in that manner chafed it as well as you can run a hot Iron over it to make it sink into the Skin Do this twice or thrice and give the Horse a quarter of a pint of Salad-oyl and the like quantity of Aquavitae warmed and well mixed together over a gentle fire For an Obstruction in the Bladder or Windiness in the Bowels use this Approved Medicine Of Cake or Castle-soap take twelve ounces scrape it so that it may be rendered very small adding two ounces of Dialthaea Incorporate them well and make them up into balls as big as Pigeons Eggs and when you find your Horse afflicted as aforesaid dissolve one of them in a pint of Ale or Beer and give it him scalding-hot or so hot as he can take it without danger and it will force a passage for the Urin without much difficulty This is also good for the Stone or Gravel in the Kidneys The Pole-Evil how to know and Cure. The Pole-Evil is known by its growing bigger than ordinary on the top of the head where if you find it large take a hot Iron and sear it in a circle after the form of the Figure till the Skin become as it were of a yellowish colour then with a sharp Iron make holes in it one large one in the middle small ones circling it within the first Circle the form of the Iron which must not penetrate above half an Inch you have in the Margin The holes made as directed Take a piece of yellow Arsnick to the bigness of a Pea and divide that or a somewhat larger quantity that a part may be applied to every hole made as aforesaid and cover it over with black Soap then with Hog's Lard and Verdegrease anoint the rest of the place seared and cover it all over with a cloth dipped in the Oyl of Turpentine and so by the corrosive nature of the Arsnick the contracted swelling will be so loosened that with a little cutting or drawing off the bottom the core or cause of the grievance may be drawn out or taken away and this frequently especially according to the constitution of the Horse may be attempted in a week or ten days after the application and having washed the wound with Plantane-water wherein a small quantity of Allom has been dissolved anoint it with Oyl of Roses or Ointment of Tobacco and cover it up close from the Air anointing it once a day till the flesh fill up the hollowness and if proud flesh appear notwithstanding scald it with Salt and Butter The Fistula how to discover and cure A Fistula is the contraction and settlement of bad humours or infection into one place occasioning an Ulcerous Tumour and is best suppressed by Cauterizing in circling it round to prevent its further spreading and likewise to deny the humours that feed its access and when you have with a hot Iron circled it as the former prick it full of holes with a three-square sharp Instrument the Figure of which and of the Circle take notice of in the Margin and so use it in all respects as that of the Pole-Evil if you find it very corrupt but if it appear shallow mitigate the Corrosives to half the quantity and search it in a shorter time letting out the Corruption if it will come forth by applying Lenitives c. And when you find it begin to heal anoint it first with Oyl of Cammomoil and after that to take the effects of the fire quite away with Oyntment of Marshmallows beaten with the White of an Egg or Spermaceti Hard Kernels under the Throat how to remove Take half a pint of Brandy or Aquavitae put into it a quarter of a pound of common Soap boil them till they become thick as a Plaster and apply it Plaster-wise to the place
grieved and if no store of corruption or a contraction of evil humours attend those Kernels then will it sink them so that they will not be offensive and if there be humours it will break and disperse them For the Navel-gall the Remedy Take an indifferent fine Rag. dip it in Brandy and Sallad-oyl well incorporated over a gentle fire bathe and supple well the place grieved and to make it penetrate the better run it over afterward with an exceeding hot cloth and in often so doing the Cure will be wrought For a Blow Bruise or the like misfortune that causes a a Swelling or Tumour the Remedy If the swelling be about the Head let the Horse blood in the Neck-vein on that side the misfortune befell which done to prevent the Farcy or the like Take of Anniseeds Rue Turmerick and red Sage each about an ounce shread them into a quart of Beer or Ale and suffering them to infuse therein for the space of a night press out the next morning the liquid part very hard and give it him cold to drink surfering him to fast after them for the space of four hours then having in readiness a charge made of Aquavitae and Soap spread it upon a Leather so much as will cover the swelling and your expectation will be answered The Scratches their Remedy The Scratches are a troublesome Sorrance found upon the hinder heels of a Horse on the Pasterns and somewhat above and are caused by the breaking out of evil humours setling there To cure which Take of Hen's-dung and black Soap each two ounces incorporate them with Hog's-grease or Neats-foot-oyl over a gentle fire till they become an Oyntment then having dried and rubbed the Horse's heels anoint them with it and bind on the Oyntment or Swathe the Legs with a warm cloth not suffering the Horse to come into the water And if this prove not a sufficient Remedy at several times using try this more powerfull Take Beef-broth and bathe his Legs well therewith over night and rubbing them clean the next morning take two ounces of Deer's Suet the like quantity of Speck-oyl and an ounce of Verdegrease beat them well together in half a pint of Train-oyl put them into an Earthen-pot on a gentle fire and stir them well together and anoint the place grieved chafing it in with a hot cloth keeping him out of the water and dirty ways For Foot-foundering a Remedy Having found by the lameness or crimpling of your Horse that he is foundered which mostly happens by unseasohably travelling in dirty ways and not being well regarded upon his setting up bleed him a little in the Thigh or if you can conveniently in the Fetock-vein and set on his Shooe hollow the Wool or Cotton may be thrust between as occasion requires it then Take Venice Turpentine and spread it upon a Lock or Wad thereof putting it with a flat stick between the Shooe and the Hoof the latter being well pared keeping it in with a piece of Leather and renewing it every three days and as you see his Hoof grow again pare him even to the quick applying the Plaister and suffering him to run in soft though not in dirty or mirey ground For a Canker in the Head a Remedy When you find by the rawness and yellow matter that this grievance has seized your Horse to remedy it before it grow desperate Take a pint of Olive-oyl of Burgundia-Pitch three ounces and an ounce of washed Turpentine put them all into a Pipkin and mix them together over a gentle fire and when they are well mixed add an ounce of Verdegrease and boil them up to the thickness of a Salve ever keeping the matter stirring and making a Plaister apply it to the Canker according to the advantage of the place where it is scituate having first rubbed off the Scurf or Scales and if so it happen to be in the Nostrils having washed it with a Spunge at the end of a stick dipped in Salt and Vinegar to cleanse it wet the Salve and dipping a feather therein anoint the place grieved with it when warm and capable of sticking by the like application For the Mangey or dry Scurvey a Cure. Having cleansed the place by scraping off the Scurf or Scabs that it may lye open to the opperation of the Medicament or Application Take a quarter of a pint of strong Beer with two ounces of the Oyl of Turpentine and well mixing them by shaking in a Viol-glass anoint the place grieved with a feather tying up your Horse to prevent his unruliness during your so doing and till the sharpness of its opperation be over with a strong cord to the Rack then blow upon it Powder of Bole-armorick and bind the Sorrance gently with a cloth this you may repeat once a week as often as you see occasion and when it heals which will be signified by the returning of the hair then may you supple it with Oyntment of Marshmallows and wash it with water wherein Charvil has been concocted or boiled The Vives and their Remedy For swanking in the Back or a strain in the Kidneys caused by indiscreet Riding or over-burthening Your Horse being under these circumstances mix well together two ounces of Nerve-oyl and the like quantity of the Oyl of Turpentine over a gentle fire and having a Sheeps-skin newly stripped off rub it with a brush or cloth all over the fleshey side and clapping the Skin upon the Horse's back especially where the grief is bind it on with broad Sursingles very strait bracing it with a Crupper behind and Straps before and give the Horse the Juyce of Peletory sweetned with Sugar-candy half a pint warm in a pint of Ale. For any pain or foulness in the Reins or Kidneys an excellent Scowring c. Take Treacle-Jean two ounces and Ruburb in Powder half an ounce with an ounce of the Juyce of Hysop to qualifie them put these into a pint of Beer or Ale when very hot and give it the Horse fasting A present relief for an Attaint or over-reach on the Heel or the like This mis-hap cometh to pass when the Horse with the Toe of his hinder Shooe strikes the Heel just at the setting on of the Hoof commonly called the Over-reach and if not timely regarded may prove dangerous for being not only a breaking of the flesh but a strong bruise it sometimes by its Rankling perishes the Sinews or otherwise renders the Horse lame or disabled And in this case clip away the hair and the batter'd skin or flesh which you will find hang loose and useless And having so done wash the dirt out of it with Water and Salt after which anoint it with Neats foot Oyl or Mutton-suet and then dip a wad of Flax in the Whites of Eggs and bind it hard with a list or soft string to the place and renew it till you find the Sorrance healed which will be in a week or thereabouts A Cure for the Sorrance called
or five days For a putrefied Frush the Cure. Having well washed and cleansed the Foot with Man's Urin Take of beaten Allom a pound and put it into a quart of the same Urin and gathering a good quantity of green Nettles dry them so that they may without difficulty be beaten into a Powder do the like by Pepper and when you have after Travel or any Exercise washed the place grieved with the Urin in which the Allom is dissolved blow the Powder upon it and so bind it up And by this doing frequently you will find the effects answerable to your expectation To dissolve the humours and thereby anticipate Diseases Take Sage Rosemary Wormwood the Bark of the root of an Elm or the leaves of the Pine and Wormwood of each a handfull stamp or shread them and then boil them in the Oyl of Linseed till they being pressed become the thickness of an Oyntment and with it as hot as may be chafe and rub the place where you perceive the humours to settle or begin to draw together and by often so doing they will disperse Figs and Salt boiled to Gelly with the Juyce of Nettles and Elder have in many cases the same effects To soften any hard swelling or contracted hardness Take of Neatsfoot-oyl a quart of the Juyce of Coleworts half a pint of the Marrow of Hog's feet two ounces and an ounce of the Oyl of Cyprus with half a handfull of the roots of Mallows bruised boil or heat them over a gentle fire till they incorporate and become an oyntment then the roots being taken away put it up into a Gally-pot and as often as you see occasion use it hot to the grieved place For the Splint Wind-gall or Bladders of Gelly in or about any of the Joynts subject thereto Take Bees-wax a pound Per-rosin half a pound Galbanum two ounces Sol-Armoniack an ounce Costus three ounces Myrrh Secundary a pound bruise and melt them together till they are well incorporated and so being made into a Salve or thick Oyntment use it Plaster-wise by applying it to the grievance and you will soon find it effectual To cleanse any putrefied or other Sore the safest way Take Salad-oyl and tryed Hog's Lard of each a pound Turpentine and White-wax of each four ounces and six ounces of Allom-powder and a quarter of a pint of the Juyce of Rue make them into an Oyntment over a gentle fire and dress the Wound therewith as you see occasion and it will not only cleanse it but fill it with sound flesh A Horse Planet-struck how to Cure. This distemper takes a Horse's limbs away on a suddain so that they remain for a good time in the same posture they did at the time of the seizure he not being able to move them And this though it is by the English called Planet-struck and by the French Surprius yet it is no other than the effects of heat and cold and whether of these it is may be thus perceived If it be cold then is it discerned sometime before by his snuffling and ratling in the head which denotes that cold phlegmatick humours do assault the brain And if from heat then it may be perceived by the dryness of the Tongue the scorching of the Breath clear breathing and the like then is the Malady in the blood composed of crudities and gross humours For the first anoint his Temples with the Oyl of Petrolum and give him an ounce of Leserpitum in a pint of Canary and half a pint of Olive-oyl as warm as may be And for the latter having blooded your Horse give him Water and Honey with an ounce of Leserpetum and two ounces of Mellion-seed bruised to Powder and let his diet be moderate especially if his body abound with gross humours that by a spare diet they may waste and consume though sometimes indeed by extream fasting this distemper happens and then good feeding though by degrees is the best remedy For the Poze or excessive Cold a Remedy Take Conserve of Ellecampane or else the herb bruise or dissolve it into a pint of Mallaga then add an ounce of beaten Ginger and Powder of Rosemary and having well warmed them over a fire give them the Horse to drink and so continue to do every other Morning for a week To remedy or cure Hideboundness in a Horse This disorder of body you shall know by finding the Skin of your Horse cleave to his Ribs and Back-bone so that you cannot without much difficulty take it up And this proceeds from a pining or wasting by reason of some inward distemper of body or by having been bad kept bad rid or suffered upon a heat to stand much in rainy weather and be afterward unseasonably dried To remedy which defect and render his Skin loose and plyable so that he may thrive and recover his strength Take of Cummin and Anniseeds each two ounces the Powder of Licoras an ounce Flower of Brimstone half an ounce and Oyl of Roses a quarter of a pint mix these together and heating them well in a quart of Ale give them the Horse to drink Morning and Evening for the space of a week and the Remedy will prove its sufficiency For a wet inward Cough a Remedy This disorder proceeds from the Horse's being too much in damp foggy Airs whereby gross humours are ingendred which converting to Rheums fall in such abundance upon the Lungs that they as it were stifle and overwhelm them in such a manner as renders them almost uncapable of performing their office so that the sound by that means seems to be inward Now to remedy this and prevent the danger Boil a peck of Barley to a Mash or Pulp then add to it Licoras-powder two ounces Anniseed and Carroway-seeds of each an ounce sliced Dates or blew Figs half a pound Sugar-candy a pound Turmerick three ounces and two Roots of Garlick with a quart of Olive-oyl and when they are boiled to a Mash press out the Liquid part between two Cheese-fatts and give him a pint of it hot for six Mornings together and soon after Exercise him smartly the weather being dry and the ground good For a dangerous Cough commonly called the dry Cough This distemper proceeds from bad feeding or unseasonable labour which causes the Cholerick humour to abound and fall upon the Lungs in a hot tough yellow phlegm which clungs them up as it were so that the Horse cannot breathe without pain and though he seldom coughs yet when he does it it is performed with a hollow sound and much violence Now to remedy this Take a handfull of Cammomoil and the like quantity of the herb Melliot two ounces of Licoras-powder and three ounces of the Conserve of Red Roses a quarter of a pound of Honey and two ounces of Allom boil them in Water wherein four ounces of Camphire has been dissolved and give him the liquid part to drink as hot as he may well endure it keeping him for two hours after
or dried Lavender a handfull boil them in Ale or White-wine and give him the Liquid part ordering him as for the former For any disease and stoppage in the Liver The Obstructions in the Liver frequently happen through excess of humours that not capable of being digested into good and wholsome blood clog and hinder the cavities of the passages and by that means cause pains and sickness Now to remove these humours known by the dullness of the countenance hanging of the head often straining and inward groaning Take Agremony Cammomoil Eumetory Pursley Woormwood Succory Endive the Seeds of Lupins and Flowers of Mayweed a handfull Licoris Gentian and Spikenard of each an ounce bruise them well and boil them in a quantity sufficient of Syder or Perry and give it the Horse very warm and let him walk thereupon for the space of an hour after and for a fortnight after be sparing in his diet that the humours by this means may disperse and consume For a Botch or Sorrance in the Groin of a Horse a good Cure. When by the Tumourousness of the flesh you perceive a swelling to arise in the Groin of a Horse Take Shoomakers Wax the white sort add to an ounce of it half an ounce of the Powder of Bilthwortroots and as much Amoniacum and over a gentle fire make them into a Plaster which being spread upon a feather apply it to the place till the swelling is ripe for breaking then Lance it and take out the putrefaction after that wash the Sorrance with Water wherein Allom and Honey have been dissolved till you find it begin to heal then anoint it with Vnguentum Aegyptiacum and bind it up For a general Manginess the Remedy This happens through the corruption of the blood and grossness of humour occasioned by over-labouring over-heating and bad feeding or any of these and may be sometimes catched by contagion from other Horses the sign is an extraordinary itching which you may observe by his scrubbing and the rising of little Knots within the Skin which being perceived Take Verdegrease two ounces common Soap a pound Oyl of Spike two ounces Linseed-oyl a pint Red-wine half a pint incorporate them over a gentle fire reducing them to the thickness of an Oyntment having first let the Horse Blood anoint him with the Oyntment after the Scurf and Scabs are like-likewise rubbed off and so continue to do for a week or so long till you perceive the distemper to cease by the dying of the Scabs and the coming of good flesh The Barbs what they are and how removed This troublesome Sorrance happens under the tongue of the Horse being composed of too long bags of flesh like Paps or Nipples growing as they abound with humour more or less and hinder the Horse much in his feeding putting him to no small trouble Now to remedy it clip them off close to the Jaw and Take of Allom an ounce Honey the like quantity Bay-salt a handfull and the Juyce of Mint a quarter of a pint dissolve and boil these in a quart of fair water and wash the roots of the Barbs till they heal Some there are that advise Burning them off but in my opinion by reason of their scituation that is neither so easie to be done nor safe least the Tongue-string or small Veins be thereby rendred useless and consequently the Horse defective in his feeding For Blood-shot Eyes an excellent Remedy The Eyes by straining blow or super-abundance of corrupt blood becoming red and rheumy so that unless speedily cured they may turn to further prejudice if not to blindness To cure this Take the Juyce of a Lemon the crumbs of White-bread Bole-armorick and a rotten Apple bruise them together and make of them a Cattaplasm or Plaster Then take the Powder of the Roots of Mallows with that of a crust of brown Bread and blow into the Eyes binding over them the Plaster or rather Poultis and in so doing three or four times the Blood and Rheum will be driven back and dispersed but if it be so great that this cannot conquer it then bleed your Horse in the Temple-veins For any Film Bite or Blow in the Eye a Remedy Take Copras that which is white a quarter of an ounce and the like quantity of Verdegrease beat them to Powder and dry them well upon a Plate or Spatula and after that take of it to the quantity of half a dram and blow it into the Eye with a quill then close the Horse's Eye a quarter of an hour and after that wash it with Eye-bright-water and so continue to do till all your Powder is wasted and then you will perceive a brightness in your Horse's Eye all grievances being vanished To kill Lice or remove Flies from offending your Horse Take the Flower of Brimstone an ounce Quicksilver well killed the like quantity the Oyl of Spike two ounces mix them with the Whites of two Eggs and then boil them in two quarts of strong Urin and anoint the Horse therewith and it will prevent either the annoyance or cure it when contracted To rid a Horse from any foulness or disorder in the Body Take of Groundsel half a handfull red Sage the like quantity Smallage and Wormwood each a handfull shread them small and boil them well in a pint and a half of Ale into which put a quarter of a pound of fresh Butter and an ounce of the Powder of Mechocan give the Liquid part to your Horse to drink as warm as possible and feed him with Mashes for a day afterward For an extraordinary Bruise or Bite Take of Caliminaris quenched in White-wine two drams an ounce of the Juyce of Housleek and two ounces of the Seeds of Mallows with an ounce of Venice-Treacle make them up into balls as big as Walnuts and give them the Horse in a quarter of a pint of Salad-oyl and at the same time apply a Plaster of Hemlock and Barrows-grease well stamped and mixed together And this being done for a week together will work strange effects in relation to a cure For a Horse that is troubled with the Strangling a Cure. Take of Elder-buds or the Bark of the Root of that Tree a good handfull Wormwood and the herb Mercury of each half a handfull and as much wild Tansey boil them well in two quarts of Vinegar and give them the Horse that is the Liquid part as hot as may be fasting To remedy the Swelling of a Horse upon having eaten any Infectious thing in his Grass or Provender that may if not remedied prove dangerous This grievance is known by the slavering of the Beast the staring of the Eyes and the rising of the Belly the beating of the Flanks and a cold sweat which perceived Take of the Juyce of Rue one pint two quarts of Milk and a pint of Olive-oyl boil them together till a third part be consumed and then sweetning it it with brown Sugar give it the Horse For a Heart-burning or Wasting
occasioned thereby Take the Juyce of Wood-sorrel or Field-sorrel a pint Allom-powder two ounces Hart's-horn an ounce the Seeds of Pomgranets two ounces and spring-Spring-water a quart boil them well together and strain out the Liquid part give it the Horse as hot as may be To prevent staling Blood a Remedy Take of Ale a quart the Roes of two red Herrings and three or four Cloves of Garlick boil them together and give them the Horse Morning and Evening that is the Liquid part Another excellent Remedy for the Farcy vulgarly called the Fashion Take Rue Garlick and Cloves of each half a handfull bruise them well and boil them in half a pint of Aquavitae then dip Wool or Lint into the Liquid part and stop it into the Horse's Ears binding it in after that bruise the Bark of the Elder and making an incision in the Forehead and raise the Skin with your Pegging-horn and stop it in under the Skin being first dipped in Oyl of Rosemary then give the Horse a dose of the Juyce of Liverwort mixed with half a pint of Canary and after that warm Mashes An Approved Cure for any Sinew-strain or Over-reach Take Oyl of Bays an ounce Linseed-oyl two ounces put them into half a pint of Aquavitae and being well incorporated add Wine-Vinegar half a pint and boil them to the consumption of a third part then with your hand chafe it in or with a warm cloth swathing it afterward to the best advantage and in so doing you will soon find the effects Diseases in the Hoof how to remedy And first for a Horse that upon sundry occasions is apt to cast his Hoof. The cause of the Hoofs falling off is various for sometimes it proceeds from Gravel and another time from the pricking of an Nail and in these cases it cleaves downward as the humour settles but if it happen by any grievance on the top of the Hoof as the Quitter-bone and the like then must you look to the top of the Hoof and when you there perceive it begin to divide from the flesh or to open at any part then take off the Shooe open the Hoof and pare it as near as may be to the Sole after which steep the foot in Neatsfoot-oyl and the Juyce of Hemlock in which Allom has been dissolved then make an Oyntment after this manner Take of Virgins-Wax two ounces of Verdegrease an ounce of Per-rosin three ounces and Hog's Lard a quarter of a pound to these add the Juyce of green Tobacco a quarter of a pint make them into an Oyntment and pour it into the divided place which done bind it up close with a thick Linne-cloth and in so often doing the flesh will be obliged to cleave to the Hoof and render it firm unless it be too far gone before you attempt it Hoof-bound what it is and how to remedy it This grievance proceeds from some defect in the Hoof or harm taken in the Colt-age whilst it was tender or by the falling down of a humour and the Symptoms are the flesh growing over it more than usual the straitness or narrowness in disproportion â—o the Leg and the sound of hollowness being struck with a Hammer or other material Instrument which being well understood Take Hog's Lard a pound Soap the like quantity â—he Juyce of Baum a pound Bay-leaves a handfull â—he Juyce of Rue a quarter of a pint Incorporate or concoct them well over a gentle fire and steep â—he Hoof in the Liquid part for the space of an hour every morning then dip a cloth in the Oyl of Petrolum and bind it about it To soften or harden a Hoof the best way This Experiment is fitting to be known by all Farriers not only for the advantage of Shooing but for the Travel more or less of the Horse Wherefore in the first place if you perceive the Hoof to be hard and brittle standing out uncomly then try it with a Butress and if you find it brittle and not plyable to be pared or cut then Take of Lime unshaked an ounce Common Soap the like quantity dissolve these into a Lye made of Ashwood-ashes and having prepared a Cataplasm or Poultis of Groundsel Marshmallows Smallage Succory and Sallendine fryed in Neatsfoot-oyl after the Horse's hoofs have been steeped in the Lye for the space of an hour as warm as may well be endured clap the Poultis to them and stop the bottom of the foot well with Flax dipped in Tarr To harden a Hoof as occasion requires If by going in moist ground or moist feeding the Hoof happen to be softned so that it will not well bare a Shooe or be prejudicial in Travelling then to render it capable for either Take the Coles of burnt Leather a pound the water wherein Lime has been shaked and hot Flint-stones quenched two quarts add to them a quart of Lime-juyce and a pound of Bay-salt and in the Liquid part either let the Horse stand or with it bathe his Hoofs after which Take Oyl of Tartar or that of Brimstone and anoint them binding a cloth over them and suffer the Horse to stand dry And by thus often doing you will by experience find your expectation answered For any hurt or Cankerous sore in or on the Hoof. Take if the season permit a pound of black Snails if not other Snails of any kind may serve the purpose of Burdock-roots sliced the like quantity Oyl of Cammomoil four ounces and Olive-oyl a quart boil them together till they are plyable to be layed Plaster-wise to the place grieved To which after you have washed the Sorrance with water wherein Elder has been boiled apply them supplying those first layed with fresh every day till you find the effects To oblige a Horse to carry his Ears well the way This defect happens either for want of a true proportion or by a defect of the Nerves which refuse to administer so great a supply of strength as may support the Ears as they ought to stand for the sake of Ornament Now to strengthen the Nerves or Sinews to that degree Take of Bear 's Fat an ounce Comfry-juyce the like quantity Oyl of Amber a dram the Root of black Helebore beaten into Powder an ounce and with Bees-wax half an ounce and the Oyl of Roses half a pint make these into an Oyntment and anoint the roots of the Horse's Ears as hot as may be well endured repeating it for a week together For the grievance called the Frounce a Cure. This Sorrance is also called by some a Cameroy and is not other than small Knobs or Bladders on the roof of the Mouth or upon the Tongue and the cause for the most part is the Horse's feeding in wet or low Marshes in frosty weather or by eating unsavory Hay in which Vermin have pissed or dunged And further some hold it to proceed from the Horse's licking up unsavory things tending to a Venomous quality To remedy which Take Vinegar and Bay-salt with the Juyce
then putting Ropes through them cast him upon soft straw and draw him up by casting the Ropes over a Beam in the Barn or Stable then with your hands gently separate the Bowels from the Stones putting the former in their proper place and retaining the latter withall anointing the Cods with Hog's Lard and the Juyce of Endive gently chafing them till they begin to shrink up Then with a soft List tye the Cod as near to the Belly as may be and cut out the Stone where the Film is broken sewing up the Cod with thread dipped in the Oyl of Turpentine and so keep your Horse for the space of a fortnight in a warm Stable with heartning Diet anointing his Cods with Hog's Lard and Allom-powder melted together over a gentle fire The Art of discovering hidden Griefs or Ailments in a Horse and from what they proceed The better to be the least couzened in Horse-flesh is to see one leade him before you in a string to several paces and though you cannot so know his grief or ailment yet if you well observe how he takes up his Legs the defect will appear by his favouring one more than the other but if nothing of that appear then back him and ride him at all paces so that you or your friend who stands by may be convinced by his going how he stands affected Now if so it happen he sets out stiff and handles his Legs confusedly then does his grief proceed from cold settlements of watry humours in or near the Joynt for which chafe his Legs morning and evening with Aquavitae and Oyl of Turpentine But if it proceed from heat as Surfeits and the like then he will halt the more he is ridden or chafed by being heated and then anoint his Limbs with Neatsfoot-oyl the Marrow of a' Swine or wash them with Water wherein Copras has been dissolved and look he be kept in a clean warm Stable The Bone-spavin what it is c. This Excessence or Sorrance is a Knob of a boney substance growing under the Joynt on the inside the hoof as big sometimes as a Pullets Egg and either proceeds from the too early pressing the little bones in those parts by hard labour or from the settlement of bad humours fed by the master Vein that descends to those parts This many times is so troublesome to a Horse that it makes him go down lame Now the best way to remove and cure this Sorrance is this Take a Pen-knife and lay open the Skin about the boney Excressence and having a Chisle or Knife for that purpose strike off or pare away the bone till you come as near as may be to the quick Then having ready a Plaster of Bees-wax and Verdegrease well mixed by melting bind it on but so that it may not afflict the Vein and renew it every other day for the space of a week then with Hog's Lard cleanse and anoint it for two or three days more and finally wash it with Vinegar and bind it up that it may heal For want of Verdegrease you may take the Powder of burnt Allom. For a Haw in the Eye This happens most commonly by a blow or over-riding and greatly impairs the sight To remove which Take burnt Allom and the Powder of Juniper-berries and blow them into the Eye keeping it close for a quarter of an hour and so by often doing you will perceive the Haw loosened by its wrinkling up then with your nails take hold of it and draw it forth or if you cannot so do continue the Powder till it is eaten off For the falling out of the Fundament a Remedy The falling out of the Fundament often happens by an extraordinary Laxativeness or a coldness contracted in the Bowels which creates a slimey matter And in this case anoint it with Oyl of Spike and sprinkling on it the Powder of Turmerick put it up in order and binding a string about the Tail bring the string between the Legs and by fastening it to a strap cross the shoulders keep in the Fundament suffering the Tail to continue so fastened for the space of twelve hours And this method may be used in case of the Womb of a Mare 's falling out c. To preserve a Hoof from decaying c. Take half a pound of Tarr a quart of Vinegar half a pound of Hog's grease a quarter of a pint of the Juyce of Garlick two ounces of Olibanum and as much Bees-wax boil them together till the moisture be so far consumed that it becomes the thickness of an Oyntment and with it at seasonable times anoint the Hoof and dipping Flax into it stop the hollow part if you find any defect there or suspect any will happen Interferring what it is and the Remedy This happens when by the unevenness of a Horse's steps or the bad shooing he cuts his fore-fetlock Joynt on the inside with his hinder shooe which by its not being well looked to many times festers and becomes a sore Scab To cure which Take fresh Butter half a pound Rosin the like quantity Nerve-oyl half a pint melt them together and when they are of a thickness spread a Plaster and lay it to the place grieved suppling it before with Hog's grease or the Oyl of Cammomoil A false Quarter what it is This is a defect in the Hoof in such a manner as if a piece was put in having on either side it a Seam or Rift which frequently obliges the Horse to halt on that part and is generally caused by some prick or hurt when a Colt To remedy which at least to give the Horse ease Take off the Shooe and pare the Hoof on that side as much as may be and then supply the defect with Toe dipped in melted Turpentine and Bees-wax not over travelling or using your Horse to dirty ways The Melt on the Heel This is no other than a dry Scab growing on the heel occasioned sometimes by the Horse's standing wet and dry over-long or unseasonably and at other times through corrupt blood setling there To remedy which Take of black Soap a quarter of a pound Honey the like quantity dissolve them in a pint of Vinegar then add the Powder of burnt Allom two ounces and Rye-meal a like quantity wash the Sorrance well with water and salt and then spread the before mentioned materials and apply them Plaster-wise having first taken off the Scurf or Scab as clean as may be and so for a week together continue the supplement An excellent Remedy for any Strain or Swelling Take of Aquavitae a pint melt into it a quarter of a pound of fresh Butter and mix with them a quarter of a pint of the Juyce of Helebore then with the Liquids make a Plaster of Rye-meal and apply it as hot as may well be endured to the place grieved This will likewise asswage any swelling or the like disorder How to remedy the harm done a Horse by unadvisedly and unskilfully letting Blood. Many
Sugar-candy or fine Sugar give it him blood-warm fasting and keep him warm with a cloth for the space of two hours after without Meat A Cure for a sore or defective Mouth The sores or disorders in the Mouth are occasioned either by bad blood or excessive colds creating rheums and noisome vapours that afflict the pallate for there they generally begin and from thence descending to the Jaws do in a great measure obstruct the feeding and hinder the shutting of the Mouth Now when it happens in the Palate only the best expedient is to let blood in the Mouth by cutting the third barr or as your discretion leads you The Horse being let blood Take of strong old Cheese four ounces and a Root of Garlick bruise them well and boil them in water wherein Plantane has been concocted and with the Liquid part wash the Mouth and Tongue of the Horse as hot as it may well be endured so continuing often to do till you find the grievances to decrease and if it be so far gone that this proves not effectual Take a pint of Verjuyce a handfull of Bay-salt a quarter of a pint of the Juyce of Housleek and a penyworth of Diascordium boil them well and having washed his Mouth with Savin-water or water wherein Savin has been concocted give him the before-mentioned potion to drink luke-warm For the Mellet in the Heels a Cure. Take three ounces of Casteel-soap a pound of English Honey Allom two ounces and of Lime-juyce or Verjuyce a quarter of a pint with half a handfull of Bean-flower incorporate them over a gentle fire and having reduced them to a convenient thickness bind a part of it with Leather or thick Linnen upon the place grieved suffering it without renewal to continue there for the space of five days and between each renewal wash the place well with Beef-broth keeping his Leg moist and roped up for some days after The Stavers their signs cause and cure This distemper is known by a dizziness in the Head a dullness of the Eyes and disorderly hanging of the Jaws and proceeds in chief from corrupt blood and infectious vapours that affect the brain and consequently put the whole frame out of order And this disease few Horses altogether escape The cure is to let him Blood in the Temple-veins or Neck-veins and having a potion made after this manner give it him hot viz. Take a handfull of Savin the like quantity of Rue an ounce of Ruburb and an ounce of Methridate give him these Ingredients the Liquid part well boiled in a quart of spring-Spring-water sweetned with brown Sugar or Molossus For the Stone a very good Remedy This distemper is occasioned by gross humours which setling in the Reins or Bladder do in process of time by the help of heat and moisture grow to a hardness and so obstruct the passage of the Urin and by grating those tender parts cause exceeding pain and disorder to the creature so afflicted To dissolve or remove the Stone so contracted Take the Roots of Nettles Parsley Fennel and Sperage of each four ounces of Saxafrage and Dodder each a handfull bruise and boil them in a quart of White-wine and a pint of Vinegar untill a third part be wasted then add a handfull of Bay-salt and half a pint of Olive-oyl with half a pound of Honey and having strained out the thin part as hot as may be let him drink it fasting and so continue to to do for the space of a week together and you will find the pains will cease To take away a Wen in the Neck or any part of the Horse's Body without danger These Sorrances are generally caused by the assembling of bad humours to one place and their contracting into a Tumour To remove them therefore Take the Oyl of Bays Water of Tartar and Soap-boylers-Lees mix them well and being very hot dip a cloth therein and lay it upon the place grieved continuing often so to do and the humours thereby being dispersed the swelling will sink and disappear The Crownet-Scab what it is together with the Cure. This is a troublesome Sorrance being a Scab round the corners of the hoof very cankerous and dangerous and frequently comes by a Horse's running in wet and mirey ground especially in Winter-time whereby the cold has power to contract the gross and disordered humours and is known by the hairs standing up the unevenness of the Crownet and the watry humour that proceeds from thence Wherefore to cure it Take Verdegrease an ounce Rusty Bacon-fat two ounces Powder of Hart's-horn an ounce wash the place with Beef-broth and having made the before-mentioned materials into an Oyntment anoint the place hot as may be endured and continue so to do for a week together after which anoint it with Oyl of Bays or Rosemary To draw out a Thorn or Stump or any Iron or sharp thing gotten into the flesh If you cannot come at the cause of this kind of Sorrance so as to draw it out with your fingers or Pincers then mollifie the swelling or part where you conceive it to be and Take of Burgundy-pitch an ounce and of black Soap two ounces stamp the Roots of Water-lillys to the quantity of both the former and spreading them Plaster-wise lay them to the place a night and a day and thereby the swelling will not only be sunk or depressed but the head of the Thorn or Iron will appear to that degree that it may be easily taken out after which apply a Plaster of Diaculum or Oxicrotium to bring away the festered matter if any be found there and so heal it with green Oyntment For a Strain in the Coffin-Joynt or Socket of the Hoof. This Sorrance happens by a sudden short slip and is not thought of by many Farriers who are of the opinion That under the hoof there can be no slip or strain though the contrary appears and this is found out by taking up the foot and bowing the hoof from side to side and on that side you perceive the Horse to be pained in so doing on that side is the danger This being perceived Take of Beef-brine a pint and as much tried Suet set them on the fire and let them consume to a third part then add Wheat-meal and the Juyce of Alehoof or Ground-ivy half a pound or so much that they may be made up into the thickness of a Poultis when having pared the hoof at the bottom to the quick spread some of it very hot and stop it in with Flax and so renew it every other day till you perceive by your Horse's going the grief removed and the better to keep it on you may clap a cross stick under the shooe or cover the whole foot with a pitched cloth or a thick sole of Leather will do the same office but observe that during the cure you suffer him not to go in wet and dirty ground For a Horse that is perpetually sick or out of order by retaining a
and fresh Butter a quarter of a pound make them into an Oyntment over a gentle fire and as occasion serves apply them to the place grieved till you find the extraordinary heat abate An excellent Oyntment or rather Balsom to be inwardly given a Horse for Obstructions Bruises and other Ailments and Grievances Take of Refined or rarified Turpentine two ounces Stag's-suet the like quantity Amber-grease two scruples Olibanum an ounce Oyl of Roses two ounces and a dram of the Oyl of Amber heat these gently till they incorporate and then take a small quantity and with fine flower make a Paste to the bigness of a Walnut and give it the Horse to swallow giving him after it half a pint of warm Mallaga To make a green Oyntment proved by Experience more effectual than what has formerly been published Take the Juyce of Sage two ounces as much of that of Rue an ounce of Verdegrease and of Aqua-vitae half a quartern mix these over a gentle fire and add of the Powder of Elecampane-roots an ounce with the Powder of white Copras calcined half an ounce make them into an Oyntment with Olive-oyl and half an ounce of the Oyl of Turpentine An excellent Remedy for the Staggers or any Pain that suddenly takes a Horse sometimes to the loss of his life Take the fat of the Guts of a Capon two ounces Oyl of sweet Almonds two ounces of Olive-oyl half a pint incorporate them well over a gentle fire then drop into them the Chymical Oyl of Nutmeg a dram and the like quantity of that of Spicknard and Bay-berries and having incorporated them farther into an Oyntment when you perceive your Horse afflicted dip a feather in the Oyntment and thrust it up the nostrils of the Horse and anoint them as high as may be then burn under his nose Storax on a Chafing-dish of Charcole placing a Tunel so over it that the smoak may ascend into the nostrils only This is likewise good for any cold Rheum that afflicts the head and will bring away the superfluous humour An excellent Salve for any Wound Take Hog's Lard half a pound Bees-wax a pound Stone-pitch six ounces unslacked Lime beaten into Powder an ounce the Powder of dried Foxes Lungs an ounce make them into a Salve with two ounces of Turpentine and apply it Plaster-wise to any Gangreen ulcerous Sore Botch Strain Slip Spavin after its being opened or other Sorrance and by due application it will answer your expectation An approved Salve to draw any stub thorn or splinter of Bone or Wood out of the flesh Take of Burgundia-pitch four ounces the like quantity of Per-rosin Nut-oyl two ounces and the like quantity of Linseed-oyl and an ounce of the Juyce of Hemlock make them into the thickness of a Salve and apply it Plaster wise to the grieved part till you find the head of the offensive matter and then with your Instrument delate the flesh and draw it out To fill a Wound Vlcer or the like with good flesh an excellent Plaster Take Mutton-suet half a pound the Juyce of Baum a quarter of a pint the Oyntment of Marshmallows and Groundsel of each two ounces burnt Allom in Powder two ounces Rosin half a pound and Bees-wax as much as will make it up into a Salve A Salve to draw Corruption from the bottom of any Wound or to draw a Swelling or any such grievance to a head Take Turpentine half a pound Linseed-oyl half a pint Chalk beaten to Powder an ounce the Juyce of Orpin half a quartern Galbanum two ounces and Oyl of Vitriol a dram make them into a Salve and apply them to the place grieved and in so doing you will find your expectation answered To ripen a Tumour or asswage any Swelling not abounding with extraordinary humours Take the fat of an Urchin or Hedge-hog four ounces Tarr two ounces old Cheese well beaten in a Mortar four ounces the Juyce of Garlick half a quarter of a pint Bees-wax six ounces and Stone-pitch six ounces make them into a Salve and apply the Plaster on a piece of Sheeps-leather An excellent Poultis for a Tumour or Swelling Take Linseed-oyl half a pint the Whites of six Eggs Bole-armorick two ounces Groundsel and Smallage of each a handfull well bruised in a Mortar Celendine and Comfory the like quantity so ordered fry them together and lay them on as hot as may be This either allays the swelling if only fleshly occasioned by a stroke or Saddle-pinching or brings it to head in case it proceeds from humours gathering oâ— contracting in one place A Charge to ease a pain in the Back or for any Sprain Take new Cow-dung four ounces the roots oâ— Burdock two ounces washed and sliced Borage and Bugloss of each a handfull Oyl of Bays six ounces bruise them well together and heating them over the fire suffer them to be as hot as may be well endured and apply them as a Poultis To mollifie any Chap or rough Sore Take Comfory the roots of Scabeous and the leaves of Plantane boil them in Olive-oyl being first well bruised to a softness then add Neatsfoot-oyl half the quantity of the Olive-oyl and then strain off the Liquid part and with it anoint the place grieved For the Eyes of a Horse afflicted by any means an approved Water to cure or ease them Take of the Juyce of Pimpernel and Eyebright of each a like quantity both consisting of half a pint add to them the Powder of Lapis Calaminaris quenched in White-wine an ounce and as much of the Powder of burnt Allom two drams of the Calcine of Crabs-eyes and as much of the powder'd pith of Oysters dip a feather in them well mingled by stirring and rub it so dipped into the Eyes A Water to Wash the Mouth in case of any Sorrance or defect Take spring-Spring-water a pottle Roach-Allom a pound and English Honey the like quantity dissolve them â—nto the Water over a gentle fire and add half a pint of the Juyce of Hysop and the like quantity of that of Celendine or Vervine boil them to the consumption of a third part and with the Water wash the Horse's mouth as you see occasion A Pill good for any Internal disorder c. Take of Alloes Epatick half an ounce Powder of Ruburb the like quantity the Juyce of Water-cresses half a quarter of a pint and the Berries of Juniper dried and beaten into Powder an ounce make these with the Oyl of Myrtle into Pills as big as hazle-nuts and give him four at a time successively in warm Ale or new Milk every morning A Supplement exceeding good for any strain or grief in the Sinews c. Take Bacon Lard half a pound the Oyl or Oyntment of Smallage two ounces black Snails a handfull the Powder of Mastick two ounces bruise and incorporate them and so apply them to the place grieved A Vomit for a Horse that has a Queesy stomach thereby to render him a good Appetite Take Spurg-lawrel
fasting and beware he catch not cold For the Yard of a Horse falling a Remedy This happens to a Horse when he is grown feeble either by over-labouring or bad feeding which cause a bad resolution in the Muscles and Tendons so that they refuse their office of support And in this case Take a gallon of Water boil in it two handfulls of Bay-salt half a pound of Carrot-seed a good handfull of Mugwort and the like quantity of Bay-leaves then strain out the Liquid part and add a quart of Old Mallago and give him this to drink hot rubbing his Yard with Vinegar wherein Nettle-seed and Burdock-seeds have been concocted To prevent the Mattering of the Yard This happens to Horses of a hot constitution especially after covering And first appears by the swelling of the end of the Yard and his being thereby rendred uncapable of drawing it into his Sheath when soon after you will perceive much filthy Matter issue from thence At what time dissolve half a pound of Allom in a pint of White-wine and with a Syringe inject it warm into the Yard whereby the Yard will not only be scowred and cooled but the humours be driven back and dispersed Of the Diseases incident mostly to Mares and known by the name of the Pestilent-consumption This distemper happens to a Mare when she is near her Foaling-time by reason of a Flegmatick humour that contracts about the Matrix occasioned by gross feeding and is known by her dullness pining and desire to be Laid and the like To redress which Take a pint of Aquavitae half an ounce of Tobacco and a sprig or two of Spurg-lawrel boil them together and then straining out the Liquid part give it her fasting and it will oblige her to cast out the Mass of Phlegm or at least the Cause that disturbs her But by reason she will be somewhat sickish when she has cast Give her half a pint of Salad-oyl and the like quantity of Canary and keep her in a warm Stable with Mashes and good dry Meat a day or two How a Mare that is subject to cast her Foal ought to be used In this case there is more than one Cause to be taken notice of which subjects a Mare to cast her Foal untimely sometimes dead and sometimes alive as hard Wintering unwholsome Lodging over-riding suddain strains or unhappy blows on the back leaping hedges or the like together with too much fatness or subjection to gross humours many times to the endangering of their lives Therefore when you perceive her near her time bring her into a warm Stable and Take an ounce of Diapente an ounce of Sarsaparilla three grains of Musk and a peny-worth of Fennel-seeds infuse them in a pint of Muscadel and give them a heating over a gentle fire and suffer the Mare to drink the Liquid part fasting then dip your hand in the Oyl of Myrrh and thrust it into her Shape and give her wholsome Diet and good Litter or this may be done with success at the time of her Foaling especially if you perceive difficulty therein and it will be much available in rendering her an easie delivery How to oblige a Mare to cast her Foal Now on the contrary if you imagine the Foal your Mare goes with is not worth your rearing or that she has taken Horse contrary to your desire Then boil a good quantity of Savin in two quarts of new Milk adding an ounce of Ruburb and a small quantity of Wood-ashes and when they are sufficiently boiled strain out the Liquid part and give it the Mare to drink very hot and then give her a considerable heat and in so doing two or three Mornings the business will be effected But consider withall that you look well to your Mare least you lose both for she must for a week afterward be kept in the Stable and that very warm and with Mashes of sweet Malt-bran and Barley every other Morning Of the several Feavers in a Horse and how to Cure them c. There are divers Feavers that frequently possess the Body of a Horse and that at different times as the Quotidian Tertian and Quartan and these are occasioned by gross humours contracted in the blood that inflame and disorder the frame and happen according to the circulation of the Blood or domination of Humours As for the first of these it is ever the most violent but never lasteth long and most frequently it cometh in the Spring when the Blood begins to encâ—ease especially to Colts and young Horses The signs that fore-run this are the watering of the Eyes and a redness as if they were blood-shotten short pantings hot breath a loathing or leaving of Provender stiffness in the Joynts and unwillingness to labour And if it so happen that it befall him at eight of the clock the one day you may expect it at four the next day and the reason that is given is the ebbing and flowing of the blood and its circulation To rid him of this troublesome companion give him as soon as you perceive it to begin a warm Mash and keep him in motion though in the Stable for the space of an hour or more then rub him exceeding well and Take two quarts of Ale a good handfull of Wormwood an ounce of Long-Pepper Venice-Treacle two ounces and of Grains an ounce add to these an ounce of the Flower of Brimstone and as much Rue dried and rubbed into Powder heat it hot and give him it at twice about the space of two hours difference between each other The Tertian Feaver is much the same in quality and condition with what I have named and the Symtomps the same though it somewhat more than the other participates of the Ague for it at first takes him with a kind of a shaking Wherefore when you observe its approach Take of Stone-crop an Herb so called two handfulls bruise it and strain the Juyce into two quarts of Ale drop into it then an ounce of the Oyl of Myrrh and an ounce of Ginger beaten into Powder make them hot and give them the Horse to drink sweetned with Sugar-candy and then Rack him a round pace in wholsome Air but do not sweat him that he thereby may be endangered by contracting a cold observing to let him drink no cold water till such time as you find the Fit entirely gone and that he has setled his Body by eating two quarts of the best dried Oatâ—s As for the Quartan Feaver it is much of the nature of the two former only it alters the day and often continues longer for if a speedy remedy be not had it frequently continues at divers times for the space of half a year or longer And if this happen in the Fall of the Leaf it will be necessary to let Blood which done give your Horse what is hereafter directed Take Oyl of Bays an ounce Coltsfoot the Herb a good handfull Knot-grass roots or Scurvey-grass roots the like quantity Lavender flowers
of Sage and with them after having let the Horse Blood in the Veins under the tongue rub the place grieved till the Knobs or Pimples bleed and by often so doing they will disappear For a Heat which sometimes occasions a breaking out in in the Mouth and Lips the Cure. This disorder is accompanied with dryness and proceeds from the heat of the stomach by surfeits over-heating or a consuming quality and if not timely taken notice of produces the infectious humour that creates the Canker To redress which Bleed the the Veins in the Lips which you may cause to appear by bending them the contrary way and then wash them with Salt and Vinegar giving the Horse water to drink wherein Coltsfoot has been boiled or Fenegreek-seed with his Provender Wolf-teeth what they are and how to ease their Pair the ready way These Teeth are too commonly growing in the upper Jaw next the grinders which many times occasion such pain that the Horse is frustrated in hiâ— eating by being obliged to let his Provender fall ouâ— of his mouth and the cause they are mostly subjecâ— to this is by reason they have frequently a hollowness within subject to receive the Rheums that settle in the Jaw To remedy which either draw them or Launcing the Gumms that they may bleed wast the Mouth each morning with Hysop-water and Allom the latter being dissolved in the former To staunch any Bleeding a speedy way If by occasion of Wound or Sorrance your Horse happen to bleed excessively so that thereby if not timely stopped he may be weakned or other ways endangered Take the Wool of a Hare or Coney dip it in Vinegar and then strew upon it the Powder of Calcined Egg-shells and apply it to the place or you may for want of the former dip it in Nettle-juyce and Bay-salt or apply to the Wound or Sorrance a Poultis of Hemlock and the Eark of Elder-root To supply the defect of the falling of the Crest a Remedy This uncomeliness in a Horse is the leaning of the upper part of the Neck on which the Mane grows to one or the other side which is caused by weakness of the Sinews or Nerves through a contraction of cold or some flegmatick humour there engendred or on the other hand upon the rising of the flesh through extraordinary fatness To remedy which Take the Oyl of Petrolum two ounces Linseed-oyl half a pint and having well washed the Crest with Water wherein the Roots of Mallows have been boiled and Allom dissolved anoint it with the Oyl and in so continuing to do for a month the Skin will contract and more especially if upon every Application you clap two broad pieces of Deal or other Board on each side and so bind it up in due order and let the Horse blood in the contrary Neck-vein To Cure Manginess or the like disorder in the Crest Take Hog's Lard a pound Verdegrease four ounces Flower of Brimstone four ounces add to these a pint of Beef-broth very salt and dissolve what is to be dissolved therein Then having rubbed off the Scabs and Scurf till they bleed wash the place grieved therewith as hot as may be well endured for a week together and lay after that a cloth dipped in green Oyntment thereon This will also hinder the Hair from falling off especially the former The Navel-gall what it is and its Remedy This grievance is no other than a bruise or hurt with an unfit or uneasie Saddle or that part of the back that is opposite to the Navel and for that cause only is so called it is known by a soft swelling in the place bruised and its Cure is as followeth Take the Whites of two Eggs an ounce of Copras two ounces of the Oyl of Bays and of Marsh-mallows Smallage Groundsel and Cammomoil each a handfull stamp them in a Mortar and pour the Liquids on them by which means make them into a Poultis and frying them lay them as hot as may be to the place grieved For a Sitfast or horney Excressence under the Saddle whereby the Horse is disabled from carrying it in good order as he ought This Sorrance appears like a piece of old Leather upon the Horse's back and is commonly the relick of some old bruise or desperate Saddle-gall not well cured and obligeth the Skin to stick fast to the flesh To cure which Take Oyl of Vitriol and anoint the place till it has loosened the Excressence after which take it off by incision and anoint the place with Verdegrease and Hog's Lard hot and wash it after with the Juyce of Mint till it be new skinned and to make the Hair come wash it with the Juyce of Cardus Benedictus or that of Hemlock For any Knob or Wen near the Saddle-skirt or the Sides of the Horse a Remedy To remove this Wash it first with hot Wine-Lees and afterward bathe it with Oyl of Cammomoil or Marshmallows Then to draw it to a head lay on a Plaster of Stone-pitch and Turpentine which being done Lance it with your sharp-pointed Fleme and apply a Plaster of Oxecrotium to draw out the putrefaction and then with Hog's Lard supple it and if the Sore be deep Tent it with a Linnen Tent dipped in Bees-wax and Honey melted together For Weakness in the Back a strengthning Remedy This happens frequently through Coldess or watery humours afflicting the Sinews or in gelly'd matter setling in the Joynts or by his too often covering the Mares or such-like Now to corroborate a Horse defective herein Take Horse-radish Roots a pound Bay-leaves two handfulls the Bark of Elder the like quantity boil them in Man's Urin and with the Liquid part bathe the Back as hot as is convenient giving him for diet Oats and Splent-beans and each morning fasting a ball made in this manner Take Licorish-powder two ounces Hart's-horn beaten to Powder an ounce Fenegreek and Hysop-seed stamped of each two ounces wet them with as much Mallaga-wine as will make them up into balls about the bigness of Pigeon's Eggs. For the Swelling in the Cods of a Horse naturally or occasioned by any Bruise c. Take Dill-seeds or Fennel-seeds an ounce the Juyce of Orpin a quarter of a pint Bole-armorick two ounces the Juyce of Garlick the like quantity make these with Hog's Lard into an Oyntment and anoint the place grieved therewith as warm as may be well endured For Burstenness or the Rupture in a Horse This grievance is the breaking of the Rim or Film that holds up the Bowels from falling into the Cods and either happens by over-straining in riding upon a full belly or the Horse's leaping beyond his strength and is by most Farriers held incurable But since it so happens that a bursten Horse may notwithstanding in some measure be fit for service I shall give such directions as may the better inable him for it Take your Horse to whom this misfortune is befallen and fasten Ropes with running Nooses to his feet
times a Horse being let Blood by an unskilfull hand or suffered thereupon to take cold or the wind to possess the empty Veins which causes swellings in the Neck or other disorders To remedy it Take Sheeps-suet half a pound the Juyce of Hemlock half a pint and four ounces of the Oyl of Cammomoil which being made into an Oyntment rub and chafe his Neck with them as hot as may be morning and evening giving him warm water to drink wherein Fennel-seeds are scattered and cover his Neck over with a warm cloth giving him gentle heats For the Leprosie in Horses a Remedy with the Cause Take Resalgar otherwise called Arsnick and Hog's Lard well tryed incorporate them to an Oyntment over a gentle fire and having drawn the Horse's head up strait to the Rack to prevent his disorders anoint the place with a feather and suffer it for the space of two hours to soak in and after that boil the Roots of Burdocks in Chamber-lye and wash with it the Oyntment clean away which done give the Horse meat of the best to hearten and encourage him to endurance and so proceed to do every other day for six days successively This grievance or dangerous Malady befalls a Horse by extraordinary riding and suffering the Horse to cool and consequently surfeit or from the rankness of blood which produces evil humours and they not timely let out force their way in Botches and dry Sorrances which upon dressing must be rubbed off to prepare the way for the Oyntment For any disease in the Lungs an excellent Remedy The Diseases in the Lungs proceed frequently from extraordinary cold and flegmatick humours or on the contrary from hot Inflamations caused by Surfeits or the like either of which if not timely remedied tend to consumption and rottenness and are known by the working of the Ribs and beating of the Flanks but more especially by his coughing weakly and the slow beating of what has been before mentioned with other the like signs To cure these Take of the herb Melliot commonly called Horse-Lungwort bruise it in a Mortar and squeese out the Juyce to the quantity of two ounces of Fenegreek-seeds and Madder each an ounce with as much of Rosemary-seed and give him them the latter being well bruised in a quart of warm Ale every other day for the space of fourteen days fasting and after the dose let him have Oats washed in warm Beer and warm Mashes keeping him in a close Stable without exercising him unless in a fair clear day Or for want of these Take a young Snake open it and put into the belly Rue and Snakeweed shred with the fat of a Hedge-hog as much as the belly of the Snake being embowelled will hold and let it be roasted before a gentle fire saving the Oyl or Dripping that falls from it carefully in an Earthen-pan and having shaved off the hair on the breast anoint it with this Oyntment chafing it in with your hot hand and so do by renewing the Oyntment as often as you see it convenient For the swelling of the Horse's Legs the Cure. The cause of the swelling in the Legs comes through cold humours setling therein or over-much riding in foul or dirty ways over-heats or over-strains or by Molten-grease falling down into the Legs And in this case having let blood in the most convenient Veins as near as may be to the swelling to take away the corrupt blood then Take the Lees of White-wine or Rhenish-wine half a pint Cammomoil half a handfull Cummin-seeds an ounce Wheat-flower two handfulls boil them all together adding in the boiling half a pint of Verjuyce and so lay them hot as a Poultis to the place grieved renewing it till you find it draws the swelling to a head which being done Take Shoomakers Wax an ounce the like quantity of Virgins Wax half an ounce of Bole-armorick and half a pint of Olive-oyl the Yolks of two Eggs and half a quartern of Honey beat these well together over a gentle fire till you perceive them well incorporated into the thickness of a Salve and then spreading part of it upon Sheeps-leather apply it Plaster-wise till the corruption by often renewing it be drawn away then wash the place with Balm-water and heal it up with Hog's-grease and Honey incorporated over a gentle fire The flying Worm what it is and how to Cure it This is known generally by the name of a Tetter or Ringworm occasioned by an extraordinary heat in the Blood and other foul disorders creating a virrilent or sharp firey humour and for the most part seizes upon the Rump or Crupper of the Horse and frequently by not being regarded turns to a Canker though indeed it will seize and so is found to do upon any part of the body that is subject to flesheyness or abundance of blood and cause the Horse to rub himself in an extraordinary manner and is known by the falling away of the hair and the Horse's continual rubbing To cure this let the Horse blood as soon as may be in that part where it has seized him and then Take an ounce of Verdegrease two ounces of Burdock juyce two ounces of Soot a quarter of an ounce of the Oyl of Tartar and with the weâ—ght of all these in Hog's Lard make them up into an Oyntment bathing it with it as hot as may be endured and so continue to do till the Malady ceases to spread and consequently dies Excellent Directions for the prevention of Diseases in Horses at sundry times c. Observe in this case to bleed your Horse the beginning of April in the Neck-veins when the sign of Life is not in that part and so every day in the Month of April give him what I order As thus Take old Rye not musty nor any ways disordered impaired by shrivelling up nor any way foul with dirt Lome-stones or the like take to the quantity of a Bushel and having sprinkled it with the Juyce of Baum and again dried it by spreading in the Sun put it into an Iron boiling-pot without water and there by perpetual stirring parch it to that degree that it becomes black and hard then take it out and put it into a close dry place and each day give your Horse a quart of it beaten to Powder amongst his Oats and so do in the Month of October likewise remembring to let him Blood And by this means his blood will be so well tempered that unless some extraordinary matter happen as exceeding heats occasioning surfeits too rank feeding or damp lying the Horse will undoubtedly be kept in a good temper of body during the whole year And the better to confirm him give him this drink as soon as he is let blood viz. Take of White-wine a pint infuse into it Cinamon Cloves and Saffron of each three drams Cassa and Myrrh of each the like quantity let them simper over a gentle fire for the space of an hour and then being sweetned with
spice of former surfeits not perfectly cured Having let your Horse blood take him up into a warm Stable and prepare two ounces of Alloes Sucatrina finely beaten to Powder Rowl them up in Butter that has been tempered with the Juyce of Rue and give him the composition in pellets as big as Walnuts in the morning fasting having prepared his body for the reception thereof by dieting him some days before with scalded Bran and boiled Barley refusing on this occasion to give him hard meats till three days after suffering his drink to be White-water and that very warm Now this White-water is no other than water wherein Flower or Bran is scattered or Bread finely grated and sifted c. For a Cold in the Summer when the Horse is defective in filling or by too rank feeding Take of the Powder of the Root of Scabeous an ounce and a half of red stone Sugar half a pound and of Olive-oyl four ounces add to these half a pint of Canary or as much as will dissolve them to a thinness that the Horse may easily swallow them and so give them to him luke-warm in a Drenching-horn and after them a gentle heat in such manner that the humours may be stirred and brought away by Excrement of Sweat Urin c. And this may be given in case of any extraordinary over-heating by Racing and the like A through Splint or Screw-pin what it is together with the Cure. This Sorrance happens on both sides of the Legs so opposite one to the other as if it riveted it and from thence takes the denomination of Screw-pin and is a kind of a sinewy Excressence Wherefore to remove it for it is very troublesome to the Horse Take the handle of a Hammer or the Blood-stick and beat it therewith on either side till you have reduced it to a softness then having an ounce of the Oyl of Riggrum or by some called Reggium anoint it therewith and bind a cloth about it and by frequent dressings the Excressence will sink and restore the Leg to a flatness for want of the before mentioned Oyl Take that of Petrollium and it will work much the like effects To render a brittle Hoof firm and serviceable Take of the Juyce of Garlick and Rue or Herb-a-grace of each four ounces Powder of burnt Roach-Allom half a pound Hog's-grease and new Cow-dung of each a pound mix them altogether and being made into a Poultis over a gentle fire apply it hot to the hoof binding it about it and stuffing it in under the shooe and in often renewing it the cure will be perfected To Cure the Anbury Sear it off with a sharp hot Iron and having Hog's-grease and Verdegrease well tempered together anoint the Roots therewith at sundry times c. To prevent a Horse's pissing Blood an excellent Remedy Take the herb called Harts-Tongue half a handfull Piony-roots sliced an ounce the Juyce of Bettony half a pint boil them in stale Beer and give them him as hot as he is capable to endure the Liquid part only and so continue to do in the morning fasting for a week together and the defect will cease For a broken Knee the Remedy Take Urin heat it well and wash the Sorrance easing it of the Gravel if any be contracted by falling or the like Then take Turpentine an ounce Rosin the like quantity Hog's Lard two ounces and the blades of Leeks a handfull with two ounces of the Powder of burnt Allom bruise the Leeks press out the Juyce and melt it with the rest to the thickness of a Salve and then spreading it Plaster-wise apply it to the place grieved anointing it between whiles with Oyl of Coreander-seeds or Anniseeds For the Dropsey in a Horse This distemper proceeds from the looseness of the flesh occasioned by moist and unwholsome feeding whereby flegmatick and watry humours are ingendred in the blood which sweating as it were through the Veins are retained between the skin and the flesh or in the spongy flesh occasioning Tumours and unseemly swellings To remove which Take two handfulls of Parsley-seeds the like of Anniseeds and Bay-berries with one handfull of Juniper-berries bruise them together in a Mortar and boiling them in Verjuyce sweetned with brown Sugar give the Horse to the quantity of a pint to drink first and last chafing the swelled or tumorous places with your hand or hard wisps of Hay and so continuing them for a week together you will find the flesh become firm and the watry humours disperse To joyn a Sinew that is cut Cleanse the Wound with the Juyce of Nettles and white Sugar then take the Oyntment of Tobacco and a Plaster of Diaculum apply them and bind up the Wound very strait For a Wound or Hurt in the Tongue a Remedy This Sorrance being occasioned by the Halter oâ— Bitt in having to do with too hard a hand To cure it Take of the Juyce of Sallendine half a pint as much of that of Bugloss heat them over a gentle fire adding two ounces of Honey of Roses and as much Allom and with them anoint the grieved place and you will find it quickly heal For the Itch in the Tail or any other part This disorder proceeds from rank blood through foul feeding Therefore having bled your Horse well Take Wood-ashes a peck Burdock-roots a handfull or two Man's Urin two gallons and the like quantity of water wherein Tobacco-stalks have been steeped boil them up into a Lye and with it wash the grieved part when it is very hot Another excellent Remedy for the Tetter Take of the Roots of Elecampane and red Dock of each a handfull steep them a week in Urin adding two handfulls of Bay-salt boil them in the Urin till from two quarts it become one and with it wash the Sorrance after it has been well rubbed and chafed that the Liquids may the better sink in For a Hurt or Wring in the Withers This commonly happens by the straitness of the Saddle or indiscretion of the Rider and is known by a Swelling or Tumour on the Back c. To remedy this Take a handfull of Wheat-flower wet it with half a pint of White-wine Vinegar adding three ounces of Honey and an ounce of Juyce of Hemlock mix them well over a gentle fire and apply them Plaster-wise to the place grieved Or for want of these Take Water wherein Barley and Fennel have been boiled and wash the places with it as warm as may well be endured Worms of any sort in the Body of a Horse how to kill and remove them Take a handfull of the tops of Broom and of Savin the like quantity bruise them together with as much Featherfew then with fresh Butter and Treacle make them up into balls the bigness of Pigeon's Eggs and when he is fasting in the Morning give him three of them and let him fast three hours after then give him Oats but refrain giving him Water till the Evening and in this
and apply them Poultis-wise to the place grieved as hot as conveniently may be endured For a Swelling in the Throat or under the Ears Take Neetsfoot-oyl a pint of the leaves of Marigolds a handfull Saffron a dram and of white Bread four ounces boil them together till they become the thickness of a Poultis and apply them hot to the place grieved To draw or break a Boyl or Vlcerons Sore c. Take the flowers of Lady-cups the roots of Cuccowpintle the leaves of Burdock and the flowers or roots of Water-lillies of each half a handfull boil them in a quart of Linseed-oyl and Mash them into a smallness which done apply them Plaster or Poultis-wise binding them hot to the place grieved as conveniency directs An excellent Poultis to asswage any Pain or superate Tumour Take the leaves of Mallows half a handfull of Groundsel one handfull boil them in Running-water till they may be made into a Mash then add to them a pint of Cream and two ounces of crumbled Wheaten-bread of Mutton-suet half a pound Oyl of Roses two ounces and the Whites of two Eggs boil them all till they become the thickness of a Poultis and in that manner apply it to the place grieved renewing it as you see occasion A Poultis to break any Infectious Sore Take of Lilly-roots two ounces Marshmallows and Violet-roots of each the like quantity Rye-meal and Linseed-oyl of each four ounces of Barley and Wheat-meal each an ounce to these add two blew Figs of the flowers of Cammomoil half an ounce and the bark of Elder-roots the like quantity boil them stamped and well bruised till they may be strained into a pulp then add again Barrows-grease and Oyl of Almonds of each two ounces and apply it to the place till you perceive it drawn to a head after which you may Lance it and with a Plaster of Diaculum draw out the Infectious matter and heal the griewed part To disperse the Flux or Oppression of Blood in any part Take Frankincense Alloes Dragon's blood and Bole-armorick of each half an ounce the Whites of two Eggs and the Wool of an old Hare mingle them well in a pint of Aquavitae and let them boil till they come to a thickness then Plaster-wise apply them to the place grieved as hot as may be endured For an Imposthume or sudden Swelling in any part of the Body Take French Barley a pound bruise it with the like quantity of Linseed shread to them a handfull of Marshmallows and seeth them together in a quart of new Milk till they come to a solid thickness then as hot as may be endured apply them to the Swelling and so continue to do for four or five days successively In case of the Palsey in the Head a disease seldom happening to Horses apply this Poultis viz. Take a large Onion roast it well then put to it an ounce of the Oyl of Spike Olive-oyl and Lavender-flowers of each two ounces Marjorum and Winter-savory of each half a handfull well shread boil these and apply them as a Poultis hot as may be well endured And thus much in brief of things in this kind AS for Balms and Balsoms seeing they are wonderfull usefull on sundry occasions I think it not amiss to speak something more of them and their use by way of Receipt And first To heal and contract any Wound Take of Mummy three ounces Alloes Epatick half the quantity Stone-pitch two ounces Sarcol half an ounce Gum-arabick and Mastick of each a quarter of an ounce add to these half a pint of Aquavitae melt and order them over a gentle fire till they become a Balm and then as occasion serves dipping a Linnament in the contracted Medicament apply it to the Wound as often as is convenient An inward Balm to destroy Worms and heal Internal Bruises Take Oyl of Turpentine half a pound Myrrh Storax and Galbanum of each an ounce Cloves and Cinamon in Powder of each half an ounce Deer's-suet half a pound and of Amber-grease a dram make them into a Balm over a gentle fire and give the Horse in warm Ale the quantity of a Walnut fasting An excellent Balm in case of any Sprain Internal Bruise Swelling Blasting old Sore or Gun-shot Take of Turpentine an ounce Galbanum two ounces Cicatrine Mastick Cloves Galingal Cinamon Nutmegs Cubebs of each an ounce Gum of Jope half an ounce beat them and well incorporate them then distill them over a gentle fire in a Glass and when the thinest part is drawn off the next will be a Red Oyl and that is it which is to be applied with the greatest success though the first is wonderfull efficacious and usefull on many occasions An excellent Balm to be given a Horse inward in case of a Consumption Take of the best Turpentine a pound Pine-Rosin a fourth part Myrrh Frankincense and Mastick of each two ounces Sarcocoâ— Mace Wood of Alloes of each an ounce and of Saffron half an ounce put them in a Glass retort in hot Embers and after the Water or the clearer part is drawn off there will come forth a redish Oyl which may be given him four drams in a morning fasting suffering him to take it in half a pint of warm Ale. An excellent Red Water to cure Vlcers Make a Lye of Ashwood-ashes that a gallon of the liquid part may be drawn from it and add to it a gallon of Tanners Ousey in which no Leather has been steeped steep in these two pounds of Madder and dissolve half a pound of Roach-Allom then let them simper over a soft fire till a third part be consumed after which run it through a fine Sieve and dust into it Bole-armorick which done set it again over the fire till it come to half the quantity and so as you see occasion you may wash the place grieved with it An excellent Water to allay any Internal heat or feaverish Indispondency Take of Savory Sorrel Bugloss Burrage and Endive of each a handfull chop them small and boil them in two quarts of Running-water scuming it till half be consumed and add as much Verjuyce as will make it up the first quantity sweeten the Liquid part with brown Sugar and reserve it for your use giving the Horse half a pint at a time fasting In case a Horse be troubled with the Stone an excellent Water Take two quarts of new Milk and of Saxafrage Parsley Mint Fennel Pellitory of the Wall Mother Thyme green Sage and the roots of Radishes each an ounce bruise the latter adding two quarts of White-wine and so if your conveniency will admit distill them if not boil them and strain out the Liquid part and give him half a pint at a time having first scraped into it the Powder of a roasted Nutmeg For any disease in the Eyes another excellent Water c. Take of Maiden-hair and Ground-ivy a handfull of each the flowers of Arch-angel the like quantity the powder of Alablaster two ounces
and of the roots of Wormwood dried and beaten into powder an ounce distill or well concoct these and when you have so done wash the Eye grieved by dipping a feather into the Liquid part An excellent Purgation for Gravel in the Bladder or Kidnies Of Parsley-roots take a handfull white Saxafrage and Ashen-keys or the bark of the Ash-tree root of each an ounce of Paristone a herb so called half a handfull Eringo-roots sliced two ounces boil them with half a pound of Coreander-seeds in a gallon and a half of new Ale and give the Horse a pint of the Liquid part of drink as hot as he can well endure it For the Vlceration of the Yard an excellent Water Take Spring water a gallon quench in it a hot Iron and Flint-stones very often infuse into it the leaves of red Roses or Rose-cakes four ounces Pomgranet-pills and the flowers of the same each half an ounce add of the Juyce Plantane and Housleek each half a pint of Allom and white Copras each half an ounce boil them over a gentle fire and inject the Liquid part into the Yard with a Syringe and it will effect in often using the Cure. An excellent Powder for the Falling-sickness or Falling-Evil in a Horse c. Take the roots of Elder dry them in an Oven till they may be beaten into a Powder add the Powder of a roasted Nutmeg and Storax each an ounce the Ashes of the Wool of a Fox half an ounce and of the Powder of Calamint a dram mix these well and give him half an ounce at a time in a quarter of a pint of Canary A Powder for the Ague which frequently happens especially to young Horses Take the herb Mercury Plantane-leaves Cardus Benedictus and Rue of each half a handfull dry them that they may be beaten to Powder and give the Horse an ounce of it in a quart of Ale wherein two handfulls of Centaury have been boiled as hot as he can well endure it and so renew the Dose as you shall find occasion To purge Choler and Phlegm an excellent Powder Take of Turbith an ounce Ginger Cinamon Mastick Gallinga and Alloes Epatick of each half an ounce Diagredium Ruburb and Seney of each a dram dry bruise and make them into a Powder giving the Horse the whole quantity at two Doses in warm Ale or Milk. An excellent Bath to allay any Swelling or such-like disorder especially diseases in the Legs occasioned by the descending of evil humours c. Take the roots and bark of Pomgranet the flowers of Comfory and of Acorns each a handfull Cammomoil and Fumitory of each a handfull black Helebore and Hysop the like quantity boil them in a gallon of Water and when a third part is consumed apply with a Woollen-cloth the remainder to the place grieved as hot as may be well endured A Bath to soften and mollifie the Skin Take the roots of Marshmallows and white Lillies bruise them with Penegreek-seeds Peletory of the Wall and Violet-leaves the flowers of Cammomoil and Melliot each an ounce Neatsfoot-oyl the Oyl of Lillies and Hog's Lard each four ounces add to them all a quart of Water boil and strain out the Liquid part using it as hot as may be by way of Application c. To stanch Blood in any Vein or Artery Take Alloes Epatick and Olibanum of each half an ounce and the Wool of an old Hare bruise them with the White of an Egg and spread them on Cotton-wool binding them to the place and there suffering them to continue till such time as you find the Blood is turned back and the Film knit together which will be within the space of two or three days An excellent Medicament to provoke a Horse to Vomit aâ— also to purge his Belly Take Elder-root Rind bruise it small to the quantity of two ounces the like quantity of Spurge-lawrel and Turmerick let them steep in a pint of White-wine a night and a day and give the Liquid part to the Horse very warm An excellent Purge good on sundry occasions Take Senne Coriander-seeds Alloes and the Juyce of Savin of each an ounce steep and bruise them in a quart of Ale then give him the Liquid part fasting as hot as may be well endured for two mornings successively ordering him well as to his Dressing and Diet that he neither over-feed nor catch cold For a Joynt-sickness Take Ant 's Eggs together with some of the Ants a small quantity add the Keys of an Ash-tree the Roots of Briony and those of Burdock boil them in Whey and with the Liquid part anoint the Joynts as hot as may be well endured binding up and keeping your Horse warm c. For an Internal Vlcer Take of Bees-wax four ounces Turpentine the like quantity Conserve of Red Roses an ounce Deers-suet two ounces Storax half an ounce Myrrh the like quantity and Oyl of sweet Almonds as much as will make them into a Balsom and give it the Horse an ounce at a time in a pint of warm Ale. An excellent Electuary for a dangerous Cough or ratling Cold. Take Germander Horehound Hysop Agremony Bittony Liverwort and Hart's-tongue of each a handfull clean stripped and washed boil them in three pints of Water till they are very soft and till the Water be consumed that they may be mashed into a thickness then add the Powder of Licoris Elecampane-roots and Honey so much as will make it into an Electuary and by so doing and giving each morning the quantity of a Walnut to your Horse fasting it will wonderfully help him Many may be farther taken notice on of this kind but these being the rarest newest and the best Approved I hope the Practitioner will have such satisfaction herein that he will need no more CHAP. XXIII The Symptoms of Diseases Sorrances Distempers Grievances or the like in general and particular how to foresee them and prevent them as also to know when they happen c. HAving passed over all the Material Diseases and Sorrances any ways incident hurtfull or dangerous in the plainest safest and easiest Method It now remains that I speak something of the Symptoms of Diseases and Distempers in general that they may be the brieflier comprehended and afterward give directions for making Unguents Salves Poultises Clysters Suppositories Purging-potions c. which ought always to be kept in a readiness for sundry uses and emergent occasions with such reasonable directions as may add to what has been already treated of And of these in their order The Curious as I have formerly hinted have ever had a great regard to the Complexion of a Horse thereby to draw from thence more than bare conjectures of the bodily state or constitutions relating to health or sickness And since too much of this kind cannot be well laid down nor more than sufficiently handled I shall make these further Observations than what hitherto I have made The Strangles are signified by the hanging out and unseemly colour of
circle and at other times where he began shifting likewise as you see convenient your hand and mending your pace obliging him upon a full stop to retire a pace or two backward and so from a Trot you may fall to the Gallop ever observing that Galloping to the right he leads with his left foot and so consequently Galloping to the left that he leads to the right and in so doing he will perform it with ease and delight when on the contrary if he carrys both his feet even leading with neither he must do it with pain and be apt sometimes to strike and this is ever best in case of a full speed upon a straight Course and so in using convenient Bitts and Furniture and keeping a steady hand you may stop him upon a full career and oblige him suddenly to retire if any imminent danger be apparent or sometimes for your pleasure and by such-like management you may bring him to the Turnings and strait Turns with little difficulty and indeed perfect him for any considerable Exercise in the performance of which he ought likewise to be considered more than what I have formerly mentioned When you intend your Horse for Travel Sport or the like more than what I have already given directions as to Managing that he may well endure and answer your expectation Observe to dress him over-night in the same manner as has been directed for the Running-horse and having by you Dog's-grease or Neatsfoot-oyl anoint him therewith especially his Joynts suppling it in with your warm hands or a warm cloth and in so comforting the Nerves and Sinews you will oblige the Horse to hold out much the better and in the morning give him three quarts of well-sifted Oats sweet and good with a quart of Beans split and the husks taken off and after them a quart of Ale And so being Accoutered to your mind Ride him forth a Racking-pace till you find his Joynts very plyable which will be within a Mile or two Riding then mend his pace and by degrees put him to either Amble Trot or Gallop as best shall please you till you come to your Inn. Being come to the end of your Stage if the Horse sweat take off his cloaths by degrees and with a piece of broken Sword Scithe or edged Lath scrape him all over and after that rub him with dry wisps or woollen cloths then pass your hand over him cleanse his Pasterns and Fetlocks from dirt and gravel pick his feet and cast a cloth over him and give him his potion of meat which must be a third part more at least than what his usual allowance is when he stands still and if you find him very hot within you may give him Water and Ale a like quantity both being a little warmed especially in Winter-time and anoint his Limbs with the same materials and in the same manner I have before mentioned and if you find his breath short give him an ounce of Hemp-seed well bruised in a glass of Canary or warm Ale ever forbearing to wash your Horse when he is hot that is to Ride him into a Pond or the like but rather if he be exceeding dirty warm a Pail full of Water and with wisps rub him gently clean or having first rubbed off the dirt with dry wisps you may cleanse the rest with a Brush And thus much I thought fit to lay down as a supplement to what has been formerly spoken not much different in the cases of Ordering and Management and so proceed to Particulars and Generals of another nature though tending to the same center CHAP. II. How the Jockies make old Horses look young A lean Horse artificially and naturally how fatned by Jockies A Remedy for Restiffness Neighing and the vice of Lying down in the Water the Art of making Stars Snips Blazes setting on false Ears Tails Manes c. with a discovery of many other secrets To make a Horse that is really old seem young RUb his Teeth with a Pumice-stone and the Powder of burnt Allom which rendring them white take a small Iron which being crook'd for the purpose burn in the tops of the two foremost Teeth small holes so big that a Wheat-corn may enter on each side the neither Jaw and on the Tushes do the like fining them with a Bodkin till the black Scale come off and the Teeth in that place look brighter than in another which done if the pits above the Eyes be hollow with a sharp Pen-knife or Lancet slit the skin being before raised and hollowing it as much as you can by the working of your fingers put into the slit a Duck or Crow-quill and blow them up one after another that the hollowness may fill with wind which entring into the Cavities of the skin will after having been stopped up for a time with a Plaster of Diaculum or Bees-wax fix there till by sweat or extraordinary labour it works out If the Temples are crooked which is a sign of Age lay to either of them a Poultis of Hemlock and Cammomoil fryed in Linseed-oyl and it will so far contract the blood to fill them that for many days they will appear strait And then for the Hoof which in case of Age will bâ— seamed or rugged Take a Rasp or File and havinâ— well smoothed it anoint it well with Oyl of Turpentine for a day or two and it will look very comely But in this case the Horse must be disposed of withiâ— a week at the farthest or else the defects will return A Horse subject to lye down in the Water how to remedy it In this case you must consider the Horse to be of 〈◊〉 hot constitution begotten or produced under the fire Signs of Leo or Scorpio or else much overflowed with Choler and therefore ever desirous to cool himself and thereby rendred in a manner unserviceable which Vice to remedy Ride him into a water up to his Knees and suffer him to lye down then having three or four lusty fellows ready with Boots on let them seize his head and hold it under water whilst another beats and belabours him And this do till you find the Horse almost stifled and in repeating it three or four times the terror of it will so work that the Horse will fly from the water more than ever he coveted it and hardly suffer himself to be watered unless in a Pail or Trough This likewise may be remedied by Bleeding and Purging your Horse Spring and Fall whereby the Humours that occasion the extraordinary heat and disorder may not be wanting whereon to feed or contract having the power and force of inflaming his body c. A Tired or Restiff Horse to remedy For the first of these being subject to Tire without â—ny extraordinary cause stamp a handfull of Nettles and pour the Juyce into either of his Ears and then take a couple of small peble-stones and put in after â—t tying or sewing up the Ears as advantageously