other Fluxes of Blood D ll is hot in the end of the second degree and dry in the beginning of the same or in the end of the first degree it provoketh Urine and is good against Windiness it is good to case Swellings and Pains Devils-bit is somewhat bitter and is of a hot and dry temperature and that in the latter end of the second degree it is good against the Plague and all Pestilential diseases as Poisons Feavers and biting of venomous Beasts It is good for Bruises either inward or outward it is good to expel Wind drive forth Wormes The distilled Water of it is good for green Wounds old Sores and cleanseth the Body inwardly and the Seed outwardly from Sores Scurss and Itches Docke all of them are generally cold a little and moderately and some more They do all of them dry but not after one manner yet some are of opinion that they are dry in the third degree The red Dock cleanseth the Liver but the yellow is best to take when the Blood is afflicted with choler The Seeds of most of the kinds do stay Lasks and Fluxes of all sorts they are good for the itch and breaking out of the Skin if it be bathed therewith Dodder is of the Nature of the Herb on which it groweth is more dry then hot and that in the second degree It is a Purger of Choler and Phlegm from the Head Obstructions of the Liver Gall and Yellows Dogs-grass Quich-Grass or Couch-Grass opens Obstructions of the Liver and Gall stopping of Urine and easeth the pains of the Belly Inflammations and wasteth the Stones in the Bladder and Ulcers thereof Also being boiled the seed doth more provoke Urine and stayeth the Lask it is a good Remedy against all Diseases coming of stoppage Doves-foot or Cranes-bill is cold and somewhat dry with some binding quality It is good for the Wind Cholick and Stone the decoction thereof in Wine is a good Wound-drink for inward Wounds Hurts or Bruises and is good to cleanse and heal outward Sores Ulcers Fistulaes and green VVounds and is excellent for Ruptures Ducks-meat is cold and moist in a sort in the second degree it is good for Inflammations and St. Anthonies Fire Dragons is under Mars and therefore the best way to use it is after it is distilled and then the VVater of it cleanseth all internal parts of the Body and so it doth the external from Scurfand Scabs and being dropped into the Eye taketh away the Pin and VVeb and is good against Pestilence and Poison Dogs-tooth is of a very hot temperament and of an excrementitious Nature The Roots of all the Daffodils are hot and dry in the third degree Dyars-weed is hot and dry of Temperature the Root as also the whole Herb heats and dries in the third degree it cuts attenuateth opens and disgests It is good for the biting of venomous Beasts and Poison taken inwardly or applied outwardly Bastard-Dirtany is hot and dry in the second degree and of a wasting attenuating and opening quality and is good for the Stone in the Kidneys and Bladder Dropwort or Filipendula is hot and dry in the third degree opening cleansing and a little binding All the kinds of them have the same faculty unless it be the pernicious Drop-wort they are good against pains in the Bladder and break the Stone E. Elder is of a drying quality glewing and moderately disgesting It purgeth choler and phlegm both the inward Rind and the Berries and the Dropsey the Bark of the Root worketh more powerfully then either of them it is good against the biting of any venomous Beasts the Juice of it asswageth the hot Inflammations of the Eyes and all manner of Burnings and Scaldings being laid to the grieved place Dwarf-Elder called Dane-wort and Wall-wort it is of Temperature hot and dry in the third degree it doth waste and consume by Purging of Choler and Phlegm and Water and is more powerful then the common Elder and hath all the Properties of it The Elm-Tree the Leaves and Bark of it is moderately hot with a cleansing Faculty the Leaves bruised and applied healeth green Wounds it is good to Cure a Scurf Ruptures broken Bones Swellings and Burnings Endive and Succorie are cold and dry in the third degree and withal somewhat binding it is a fine cooling and cleansing Plant the Garden Endive is colder and not so dry and cleansing the Juice or the water of it is good to cool the excessive heat of the Stomach and Liver or any inflammation in any part of the Body and being applied outwardly it is good for Ulcers hard Swellings and Pestilential Sores Elecampane is hot and dry in the third degree especially when it is dry for being green and full of Juice it is full of superfluous moisture which somewhat abateth the heat and dry quality thereof It is good for Colds and Coughs and to warm a cold Stomach Wind short-Windedness Wheezing Stone in the Bladder resisteth Poison the Plague Cramps Convulsions Wormes Cankers Fistulaes Ensula or Devils-Milk is hot sharp and drying and draws choler from the Joynts Eringo or Sea-holly breedeth Seed exceedingly and is hot and moist it is good for the Yellows Dropsey Cholick provoketh Urine expelleth the Stone the Roots bruised and applied outwardly is good for the Farcin or taken inwardly for the same disease it is good for broken Bones and to draw thornes out of the Flesh the Juice dropped into the Ears helpeth the Impostumes in them the distilled water of it is good for all the Purposes aforesaid Eye-bright is hot and dry but yet more hot then dry the Juice or the Water of it is good to help all Infirmities of the Eyes that cause dimness Elusa is a Herb like a Spunge and is hot in the fourth degree it drieth and cleanseth exceedingly and of some is called Wolfes Milk Excrusion is that which we call Oxicration it is a certain Composition of Aceto and Water and is good to allay Swellings and Tumors Eggs the Whites are cold and the Yolks are hot and doth strengthen and incarnate the shells beaten to powder and given in Beer or Ale is very good to expel the Stone out of the Bladder F. Fern both the kinds of them Male and Female are hot and dry and somewhat binding their Vertues are both alike the Roots of them are good to kill Wormes the green leaves purge the Belly of cholerick Humors An Ointment made of the Roots bruised with Hogs-Grease is good for the Wounds in the flesh the powder of them is good to dry up moistures in malignant Ulcers The Water Ferne or Osmond-Royal is hot and dry but lesser then the former and hath all the Vertues the other hath but more effectually and is good for Wounds or Bruises and the like the decoction thereof being drunk or boiled in an Ointment or Oyl as a Balsam or Balm is very good for Bruises or Bones broken and out of Joynt it is good for the Cholick
Farring to whom these things were principally intended consider them and seriously weigh the Nature and Virtue of every one of them as their Table of Simples will acquaint them with they will quickly come to understand their usefulness and readily employ them to the same end they were first designed and intended for viz. Not only to emprove their Knowledge and Understanding in the Nature of them as to the Autherick but also as to the Practick in bettering their skill in the Physical Uses of them conditionally they will be so ingenious as to compound and fit up their several Juices or Powders into Medicaments according to Art as their Genius and Inclinations may lead them Neither are they placed here because there wants Receipts for the Cure of all Diseases either inward or outward but for the general good of all as I have said before that will be studious to divert and recreate themselves in compounding and making up of new Medicines proper and suitable to the Diseases they intend them for so that here you see that so long as you have this Magazin or Storehouse of Nature to come to this Book will never be old but be always fresh and new unto those that will resort unto it for their Emprovement To make Oyl of Camomil which is very Sovereign for any Grief in the Limbs which proceeds from a cold Cause Take a good Handâ—ul of Camomil and bruise it in a Mortar then put it into a quart of Sallet-Oyl in some convenient Vessel â—it for your use and let it remain therein three days and three Nights then strain out the Oyl from the Camomil and put into it some fresh Herbs and let them stand also the same time then change it twice more as you did before and your Oyl is made To make Oyl of Spike which is good for all manner of Sinew-strains or Pains or Aches in the Limbs Take the Flowers of Spike and wash them in Sallet-Oyl then stamp them well and put them into a Canvass Bag and press out what Oyl you can get then put it into a Glass and set it by and it will clear of it self and wax fair and bright and smell very strong of the Spike You may make Oyl of other Herbs after this manner To make Oyl of Mastick which is good for any cold Grief Take two Ounces of Mastick and two Ounces of Olibanum and boyl them in a quart of Sallet-Oyl to a third part then put it into a Canvass Bag and press out what Oyl you can get as you did the other and let it stand by you about twelve or fourteen days and it will be perfect Compâ—â—hensive Termes Explained 1. The Five greater opening Roots are Fennel Smallage Parsley Sparagras and Knee-holly To which may be added Garliek Onions Angelica Liquoris Gentian Cichoxy Endive Celandine Squills and Master-wort 2. The Five lesser opening Roots are Eringo Grass Capers Rest-Harrow and Madder To which you may add Turmerick Birthwort Elecampane Horse-radish and Pollipodium 3. The Five softning Herbs are Marsh-mâ—llows Mallows Mercury Violet-leaves and Beets To which you may add Pellitory of the Wall Coleworts Aâ—rach Melliolet and white Lillies 4 The Hairy Herbs are Maiden-Hair Wall-Ruâ— Spleen-wort Harts-â—orn and Trichomanes The greater are Peony Lavender Rosemary Sage and Poppey 5. The four Cordial Flowers are Borrage Bugloss Roses and Violets To which you may add Saffron Marigold Spicknâ—â—â— Rosemary Clove-gilliflowers and Poppy 6. The four greater hot Seeds are Annis Cummin Caraway and Fennel To which you may add Cardamoms Grains of Paradise Pepper and Mustard-seed 7. The four lesser hot Seeds are Amomâ— Bishops-weed Parsley and Câ—rroâ—s To which you may add Cubebs Diâ—b Rochet Smallage and Erâ—simum 8. The four greater cold Seeds are Cucumber Gourd Citâ—ul and Millon To which you may add Poppy Henbane Night-shade and Hemlock 9. The four lesser cold Seeds are Endive Leâ—tice Succâ—ry and Purslain To which you may add Cmâ—kweed Dandelion and Plantine 10. The three hot Flowers are Camomil Mâ—lilot Oris or Flower-de-luce to which you may add Saffron Lavender and Rosemary 11. The four hot Ointments are Martiarum Aragon Althaea and Agrippae to which may be added Nervinum Laurinum Anodynum and Amarum 12. The four cold Ointments are Rosarum Album Camphorinum Populeon Râ—frigerans Galeni to which may be added Sumach Night-shade Pomatum and Diaphompholigos which are all bought at the Apothecaries The Gold and Hot Ointments Repeated over again with their Vertues belonging to them 1. Martiarum is good for all cold Diseases of the Body as Palseys Convulsions Cramps stiffness of the Nerves and Joynts Falling Sickness Lethargy c. 2. Aragon hath all the Virtues of Martiarum 3. Althaea softens dissolves and asswages pains in any part of the Body and is good against stiffness and contracting of the Nerves helps Palseys and Convulsions and is good to conglutinate and closeup the Mouth of Wounds 4. Agrippae is very excellent for all watery Tumors in the outward parts by anointing them therewith it kills Wormes and expels water by Purging 5. Nervinum is good for the Nerves to comfort strengthen and amend their defects proceeding from cold and dead Palseys Convulsions Cramps Numbness Bruises and old Aches c. 6. Laâ—rinum is good for all cold and moist Diseases of the Brain Nerves Stomach Liver Spleen Reins and Joynts it helps weariness and is good for all old Aches and pains and other Diseases 7. Anodynum is good to asswage Tumors Inflammations and easeth pain in any part of the Body 8. Amarum anointed on the Belly and Chest and between the Shoulders expells water and kills Wormes opens Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen provokes Urine the Shape being also anointed with it expels the Heam 9. Rosatum is of a fine cooling Nature very useful for all Gaulings of the Skin and frettings accompanied with cholerick Humors Tettars Ring-wormes and is good to mitigate Diseases of the Head coming of Heat 10. Album Camphoratum is an excellent cold Ointment to asswage pain and is a great Drier and is good for Scabs Burnings and hot Inflammations Chasings Frettings or Gaulings of the Skin it dries up Ulcers and takes away their Itching in the time of healing 11. Populâ—eum is very cooling Ointment which softens and eases pains 12. Refrigerans cools and moistens and is good to Cure Inflammations Tumors Wounds and other Maladies proceeding from hot and dry Diseases 13. Sumach is good for the Falling of the Fundament and helps Painâ— and Weakness in the Back consolidates Ruptures c. 14. Night-shade is a very cooling Ointment 15. Pomaâ—um is a softning cooling and asswaging and comforteth weary Limbs 16. Di phompholigos cools dries heals and skins Wounds Sores and Ulcers c. These are all very costly Ointments and are to be used only by the Rich which value not their Purses yet the honest and plain Farrier hath far more cheap and every whit as good proper and useful Medicines for
alteration of qualities or gestures not casting of the Coat Leanness Hâ—de-bound and the like All these are apparent Signes of distemperature and Sickness The Diseases of a Horse is Known by the Signes he makes If he be slower in Pace then he use to be if his Eares hang down more then they are wont if his Flank be more then usually hollow if he burn between his Eares or about his Pasterns if in Travel his Stomach fail him or his Mouth that in his Labour do use to foam become dry all these are Signes of Sickness By Hanging of his Head If he hang down his Head which was wont to be of a chearful Countenance it is a Sign of a Feaver Head-ach the Staggers or â—ore Eyes By the Turning of his Head backwards If he turn his Head backward to the place grieved if it be to the right side it is a Sign of Obstructions in the Liver but if he turn it down to his Belly it is a sign either of the Cholick Bots or Worms By Water Running from his Mouth When Water runs from his Mouth it is either a Sign of the Staggers or wet Cough By his stinking Breath or stinking Matter from his Nostrils If his Breath stinks or foul Matter issues from his Nostrils it is a sign of an Ulcer in the Nose or Head but if the Matter be white then it is a sign of Glanders If the Matter be black then it is a sign of the Mourning of the Chine if there be any such disease But if it be yellow then it is the Consumption of the Liver but if he cast little Lumps out of his Mouth then it shews Consumption and Rottenness of the Lungs By his Breath and Body being hot If his Body and Breath be hot it is a Sign of a Feaver and Heat of the Stomach if therewithal he forsake his Meat it is a Sign of the Inflammation of the Liver and either of dry or moist Yellows By his hollow Temples If his Temples be very hollow it is a Sign of the Strangle or old Age. By shortness of Breath Shortness of Breath and beating of the Flank is a sign either of a Feaver or the Strangle but if the Passage of the Throat be stopped it is a Sign the Film of the Lungs are broken and the Spleen troubled or else broken-Winded By the Swelling about the Eares If there be any thing Swelling about the Eares it is a Sign of the Pole-evil Swelling under the Eares is a sign of the Vives and Swelling in the Mouth is a sign either of a Canker Flaps or Laâ—pas By the Swelling under the Throat Swelling under the Throat is a sign of the Glanders and Swelling about the Tongue-Roots a sign of the Strangle but if there be about the Tongue-Roots nothing but little small Knots like Wax-kernels then it is a sign but of a Cold only By his Swelling about hiâ— Body Swelling on the left Side is a Sign of a Sick Spleen Swelling in the Belly and Legs a Sign of the Dropsey and Swelling in the Flank of Cholick only By his offering to Cough To Couch or to offer to Cough it is a Sign either of the Glanders or of a wet or dry Cough of a Consumption or Foundring of the Body By his Staggering Staggering is a Sign either of a Feaver of the Staggers or of swaying in the Neck but if he stagger or roul behind only then is it a Sign either of Foundring of the Body or of pain in the Kidneys By the Hollowness of his Back The Hollowness of a Horses Back is a Sign of a dry Malady or the Dropsey By his Trembling Trembling is a Sign of a Feaver or Foundring in the Body and here is to be Noted that if he trembleth after he hath drunk he hath during the time of his Trembling a Fit of an Ague upon him and after he hath done Trembling he will glow and some Horses after their Burning will Sweat also By the Staring of his Hair Hair staring is a sign either of a Cold Stomach or of Foundring in the Body but generally oâ— a Cold or want of Cloaths By his Staling with Pain If he Stale with Pain it is a Sign either of Foundering in the Body the Wind-cholick or the Stone and if the Urine which comes from him be yellow it is a Sign of the Glanders but if it be blackish and thick it is a Sign of the Pain in the Kidneys By his Leanness and Gauntness Leanness and Gauntness is a Sign of Hide-bound or of the Consumption of the dry Malady of Foundring in the Body Inflammation of the Liver the Yellows Cholick or Wormes By his Loosness of Body Laxativeness or Loosness of Body is a Sign of a hot Liver By his Costiveness Costiveness in the Body is a Sign of dry Yellows or Diseases of the Gall. By his stinking Dung. If his Dung stink it is a sign of a hot Liver if it have no smell then of a cold Liver but if it be undigested then either of a Consumption or of a dry Malady By his Lying If he desire to lie much on his left Side then is he troubled with the Spleen if on the right then it is a Sign of Heat of Liver and if finding no rest it may be Bots Wormes Cholick or Griping in the Belly if when he is down he spreads himself abroad it shews the Dropsey if he groan when he is down it shews either a sick Spleen moist Yellows Cholick Bots or Film broken if he be not able to rise when he is down then either mortal Weakness Foundering in the Body or Legs By his striking at his Belly If he strike with his Foot at his Belly it is a Sign of the Cholick but if when he striketh he Fisk with his Tail also then it is either Bots or rough Wormes By his being Scabby If he be Scabby and Ulcerous all over his Body and about his Neck it is a Sign of the Mange if it be an Ulcer full of Knots creeping about the Veins it is the Farcy if spreading abroad only in one place it is a â—â—nker if the Ulcer be hollow and crooked it is a Fistula but if it be a spungy Wart full of blood it is then an Anbury By his Tongue If his Tongue hang out and is Swoln it is a Sign of the Strangle By his eating and d inking much If he eat much and drink little it is a Sign of a Cold Liver but if he desire to drink much and eat little it is either a Sign of a Feaver rotten Lungs Heat in the Stomach Heat in the Liver or the dry Yellows By his Dung It is necessary to observe his Dung for it is the best Tell-troth of his inward Parts and you must not judge it by a General Opinion but by a private discourse with your self how he hath been fed because Food is the only thing that breeds alterations as thus If he feed altogether upon Grass his Dung
Cholick by expressing the Wind as also Ulcers in the Bladder two or three drams is enough to give him at a time dissolved in a quart of Ale or Beer the price the pound is 6 s. 0 d. London-Treacle is a very good Cordial It resists Poison and is an excellent Antidote against pestilential diseases it strengthens also a cold Stomach and helps Ingestion You may give him with safety two Ounces of it by its self or more according to the strength and courage of the Horse dissolved in a Pint of Sack or for want of that a quart of 〈◊〉 Ale or Beer sweetned with Honey But if you put it into 〈◊〉 where there are other compounds mixed with it then 〈…〉 the price of it the pound is 2 s. 0 d. OYNTMENS 〈…〉 Oâ—ntment is a most excellent 〈…〉 in the Nerves and Arteries coming of 〈◊〉 as aâ—so for old Bâ—uises-dead paâ—sies Chillness Coldness or 〈◊〉 or any particular Member by hard Travel or otherwise 'T is indeed a mest precious Fewel both for Man or Beast for any Disease in any part of the Body coming of cold It is also very good for the Wâ—n◠〈◊〉 if the Belly be anointed with as and chase and heated invery well 'T is sold at the Apothecaries by the Pound for 1 s. 01 1 s. 2 d. Dialtlaeâ— is very good to moisten hard Wounds and to soften hard Swellings or any Bony Excrescence in the Flesh It is sometimes given inwardly to a Horse or Cow with very good success that is in great danger of loss of life by licking up any venomous or poisonous thing either at Hay or Grass or when they have over-Gorged themselves by eating too much delicious food as Clover-Grass Turnep-tops or the like which will cause them to swell so full that they will be ready to burst If you find him in this desperate condition give him according to his Strength and Constitution more or less of this Ointment mixed with the like quantity of Castle-sope dissolved in some warm Beer and Ride or stir him afterwards which will not only make him Piss freely but also cause him to scoure which is the best means I know of to be use for the preservation of his Lifoe This is sold at the Apothecaries also for about 1 s. 8 d. the pound If you desire to knew for your farther satisfaction what things this ointments is made up with take this Acceunt of them They are these viz. Sallet-Oyl Marsh-Mallowes Linseeds Fennegreek-seeds Bees Wax Rozin and Turpentine If he be a strong lusty and healthy Horse you may venture to give him two Ounces of each But this I leave to the skilful Farrier Discretion Patch or Piece Grease was formerly made by the Shoomakers from the shreds of their Leather boiled in Spring water on the top of which arises a certain Oyly Unctuous Matter which they skin off and boil up with other Ingredients to a Salve 'T was many years ago frequently used to Liquor Boots and Shooes with and only made by them for that purpose But the more skilful in the Art of Farring hath found out a far better use for it viz. The Curing of many outward Distempers which you shall have an Account of in its due time and place This most excellent Receipt or Salve is almost quite lost to Posterity for few or none can make it truly I knew only but of one and she is a Shoomakers Wife who keeps this secret to her self and you cannot much blame her for it by reason of the great profit and advantage she bath made by the sale thereof having got many a fair Pound by it Her Name is Mrs Harvey and keeps a small Alchouse in Bedford-Bury street near Covent-Garden at the Sign of the Hornes The Virtues of it 'T is a most Excellent Ointment of it self both for Man or Beast for all Pains and Aches in the Limbs New or Old As also for all manner of Stains and Swellings in what part of the Body soever they be But more powerful and effectual it is in Operation for these several Distempers If it be used according to Markhams Direction viz. To Melt ten Ounces of it on the Fire and after you have taken it off put into it these several Oyls here under-written viz. Oyl of Spike four ounces Oyl of Origanum one ounce Oyl of Exceter an Ounce and a half Oyl of St. Johns-wort three ounces Stir all these very well together and put it up into a Gally-Pot close coverd with a Bladder and Leather over that and keep it for your use A CAUTION If you cannot get Piece-Grease use Goose Grease but this is not half so Powerful in Operation as the other But this I must needs say of it it is of such thin and subtil Parts that it will quickly search to the bottom of the grieved Part. How you are to use it Melt your Ointment over the Fire and anoint the grieved place and rub and chafe it in very well with your hand holding at the same instant before it a hot Brick-bat or Fire shovel to make it sink in the better Anoint it once in two days but rub and chase it in twice or thrice a day and give him moderate Exercise The Price of this excellent Salve as she commonly sells it for the Pound is 4 s. 0 d. SPIRITS Spirit of Lavender is a most excellent Cordial and may serve in the Room of many more you may give him half an ounce of it in a quart of warm Ale or Beer sweetned with Honey or Common Treacle This is sold at the Apothecaries by the ounce for 0 s. 4 d. Compound Powders bought of the Druggist Horse Spice see the Virtues of it in the Receipt how to make it in the First Part the price the pound is 0 s. 6 d. Diapente see also the Vertues of it in the First Part the price the pound is 0 s. 10 d. Another single Powder Carolina is a kind of Sea-Moss that grows upon the Rocks It is cold binding and drying and is good for hot Inflammations and to kill Wormes you may safely give him as much of the powder of it as will lie upon a shilling in Ale or Beer the price the pound is 0 s. 4 d. WATERS Treacle-Water hath the same vertues as the Treacle the price the Pint is 4 s. 6 d. A Caution to the Farrier about the Buying of his Drugs These several Drugs both Simple and Compound which the Farrier makes use of in the Cure of any inward or outward Distemper does commonly Rise or Fall according to the scarcity or plenty of them And therefore I Advise you whenever you have occasion to buy any of them do not depend too much upon the Prices here set you but get them as cheap as you can For 't is customary amongst the Druggists not to sell any thing unless they get double if not treble profit by what they sell though withal I must tell you they are here valued as
to Dye Cloth Caps Hoose and such like The Ash Tree the leaves and bark of it are dry and moderately hot the Seeds are hot and dry in the second degree they stop the Belly being boiled in Vineger and Water the Seâ—ds provoke Urine and stir up bodily Lust Aspâ—dâ—lls are hot and dry in the third degree Anemones all the kinds of them which are Wind-Flowers are sharp biting the tongue and are of a binding faculty Adders Tongue is dry in the third degree and is good for Wounds in the Breast and Bowels and is good for Ulcers and Inflammations Arsmart or Water-Pepper is hot and dry yet not so hot as Pepper is good for Ulcers cold Swellings Bruises and to lay under the Saddle to make tired Horses go Alhâ—â—â— all the kinds of them are dry with little or no heat and are endued with a binding quality they are good for green Wounds being bruised and boiled in an Ointment It is good for the Wormes Gout Cramp and Convulsions of the Sinews provokes Urine and is good for cold Griefs of the Head biting of mad Dogs Lethargy Cholick Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen Stone and expelleth the dead Birth Archangel or dead Nettles are hotter and drier then Nettles approaching to the temperature of Hore-hound and is good for the bleeding at the Nose Ulcers old sores Bruises and Burnings and to dissolve Tumors Alkanet the Root of it is cold and dry and bindeth and because it is bitter it cleanseth away Cholerick Humours the Leaves are not so forcible yet they do bind and dry and is good for the Stone Yellows Leprosie venomous Beaâ—ts Fluxes and Bruises by Falls Wormes Angelâ—ca is hot and dry in the third degree and opâ—nâ—th and attenuateth digesteth and procureth Sweat and is good against Poison Plague Cold Wind Cough of the Lungs Strangury short Windedness stoppings of the Liver and Spleen biting of mad Dogs Ulcers and old â—ains Alexanders or wild Parsley the seeds roots are less hot and dry then the Garden Parsley they cleanse and make thin being hot and dry in the third degree They are good to consume Wind provoke Urine and is good for the Strangury and opens the Obstructions of the Liver Amara dulâ—â—s which is woody Night-shade the fruit and leaves of it are in temperature hot and dry and cleansing and wasting away it is good to remove Witchcraft Tied about the Necks of Cattel and is good to remove the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen difficulty of Breathing Bruises by â—alls congealed Blood Dropsey Yellows Water-Aâ—riâ—â—ny is hot and dry in the second degree It is good to secure and open It maketh thin thick and gross humors and to expel and drive them forth by Urine and therefore is good for the Dropsey It opens Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen kills Worms Itch Scabs Flies and Wasps It is good to strengthen the Lungs and is good for a Cough and broken Wind in Cattel Alehoâ—f or Groâ—â—d-Ivy is hot and dry and because it is bitter it scoureth and removeth stoppings out of the Entrails It is good for inward Wounds Pains and Gripings by Wind Choler Spleen Plague Poison old pains in the Joynts sore Mouth and Throat Ulcers in the Privities Itch Scabs Web in the Eyes Redness and Wateriness in them and Deafness Amaranthus which is called Flower Gentle is good for the Running of the Reins and inward Bleeding Garden Arrach or Oâ—rach is moist in the second degree and cold in the first It is a Loosner of the Belly and fortifieth the expulsive faculty and is good for Swellings of the Throat being bruised and laid to it and being taken inwardly is good for the Yellows Wildâ— Arrach and stinking by smell is good given inwardly for the Faâ—cy and is good for any disease of the Womb. Aâ—â—ns called Colâ—woâ—â— or Herb Bâ—â—nâ—t hath a drying and binding faculty with a certain salt quality wherby they clense the decoction of them Loosneth the Belly and is good for the Diseases of the Chest and Breast It is good for inward Woundâ— the Heart a cold Brain Obstructions Cholick Fluxes Ruptures Plague Poison Agarick cometh of the Larch Tree which is almost like a Pine-tree and the leaves and bark is in temperature like it but not so strong It purgeth away grosâ— and phlegmatick humors it troubleth the stomach therefore Gingâ—r is to be Mixed with it it is hot in the first degree and dry in the second it is good against short Windedness Cough of the Lungs Consumption comforteth the Stomach and is good against Worms Agnus Câ—stus the leaves and roots of it are hot and dry in the third degree they are of very thin parts and waste and consume Wind. B. Balm is hot and dry in the second degree and it mundisieth and cleanseth it chearâ— up the Heart opens Obstructions of the Brain and is a remedy against the stinging or biting of any venomous Beast Mad dogs the bloody Flux Surfeit short-windedness The Bâ—rberry bush the leaves and berries are cold and dry in the second degree and as Gallen affirmeth are of thin parts and have a certain cutting quality they are good to stop Laâ—ks and bloody Fluxes the inner Rind of the Tree is good to purge the Body of Cholerick Humours and is good for Agues Scabs Itch Tetters Yellows Boyls Scalding and the Farcin Garden-Bâ—zil is hot in the second degree but it hath adjoyned with it a superfluous moisture and therefore not very good to be taken inwardly but being applied outwardly to the stinging of any venomous Beast Wasps or Hornets it taketh away the venom Wilde Bazil the seeds are hot and dry Bazil Vâ—lerian is dry in the second degree Bay-berries are vehemently hot and dry and are good for all manner of Rheumes shortness of Wind especially for any disease of the Lungs they are good against Poison Consumptions Phlegm helpeth Tiredness Cramps Stone stopping of the Liver the Yellows and Dropsey and provokes Urine Bdelium is a Gum that is brought out of Arabia and the holy Land and is hot and dry it softeneth and draweth away Moisture and is good for all manner of hard Swellings whatsoever it is most excellent for mixture with a Poultess against hardness and knots in the Sinews and being drunk breaks the Stone and expels Urine Beans are moderately cold and dry and are very Windy Ladies Bedstraw is good for the Stone and stays inward and outward Bleeding White Bâ—ets are in moisture and heat temperate and is a Loosner of the Belly and is of a cleansing quality and provoketh Urine Red Beets are of a binding quality and therefore good to stop the bloody Flux Water Bâ—tony is hot and dry and is good for Ulcers and Bruises Whiâ—e Runnâ—ng Bitony smelling like Marjorum is hot and dry in the third degree it bindeth Wounds and Conglutinateth and is good for Diseases of the Liver for the Wormes Old Sores and Wounds and is commonly called Centauâ—y Beech-Tree the leaves of it doth cool and the
Kernels of the Nut is somewhat moist the leaves are good for hot swellings and the Water that is found in the hollow places of it will Cure Man or Bâ—ast of any Scurf Scab or running Tetters anointed therewith Blites are of a cold and moist Temperature and are good to stay Fluxes of Blood Bilberries called by some VVhorts and Whortle-berries are cold even in the latter end of the second degree and dry also and are of a binding quality there is two sorts of them a black and a red the black are good for hot Agues and to cool the heat of the Liver and Stomach and do bind the Belly the red are more binding and stay any Fluxes of Blood whatsoever used outwardly or taken inwardly Byfoil or Tway-blade are often used for Wounds both green and old and to Conglutinate and Knit Ruptures Bitumen is the fatness of the Earth swimming above the water which cast upon the Shore condensates and becomes hard and resembles dry pitch it discusses mollifies glutinates and defends from Inflammation It takes away gross humors in all parts of the Body and cures the Weakness of the Sinews Palsey and diseases of the Arteries from a cold cause Birch-tree the Juice of the leaves is good to wash a sore Mouth or Throat and is good to break the Stone in the Kidneys or Bladder Birds-foot all the kinds of them are of a drying quality and therefore very good to be used in Wounds drinks and to be applied outwardly for the same purpose but the paler Flowered Birds-foot is good to break the Stone in the Back and Kidneys and helpeth the Rupture taken inwardly Bishops-weed is hot and dry in the third degree of a bitter taste and something sharp withal it provokes Lust causeth Urine is good for the Wind and for the biting of venomous Beasts Bistort or Snakeweed is cold and dry in the third degree the leaves and roots are excellent good to resist Poison or Plague and is good for all manner of Fluxes of blood whatsoever and stayeth a Lask is good for the Yellows Ruptures or Burstness and staling of blood One blade is a very Cordial Herb and will cause sweat and is sovereign against the Plague by expelling the Poison and is an excellent VVound-herb for green and old wounds and Sinews cut The Bramble or black Bush the flowers and leaves of the unripe fruit do very much bind and dry and is good for all kind of Fluxes the buds leaves and branches of it while they are green are of good use in Ulcers and putrid Sores the Root is good against the Stone in the Reins or Kidneys the leaves of them are good for sore Mouths and Throats or Quinsey the powder of the dried leaves strewed on Cankers do wonderfully heal them Burrage and Bugloss is in a mean betwixt hot and cold the leaves and roots are good against Pestilential Feavers Poison of venomous Beasts Yellows Itch Tettars Wormes Weakness Corruption Cough sore Mouth or Throat Blew-bottle is naturally cold dry and binding the powder of the dried leaves is good taken inwardly is good for broken Veins and given with Plantine water expelleth Poison or the Plague the Juice of it is good to soddâ—r green wounds together and is good to heal Sores in the Mouth And the Juice of the leaves dropped into the Eyes taketh away the Inflammation of them Braâ—k-ursine Bears-breech and Acanthus is betwixt hot and cold being somewhat moist with a mollifying and digesting quality as are these of the Mallow and are good to put in Glisters to Loosen the Belly the Decoction taken inwardly is good for the bloody Flux and Burstness and is good for Hectick Feavers Or applied made up in a Poultess unite broken bones and strengthens the Joynts that have been put out and is an excellent Remedy for burnings by Fire White Bâ—iony is hot and dry in all parts in the third degree both the white and the black are furious Martial Plants and purge the Belly with great violence and therefore you are to Correct it and then it is very good for all manner of Griefs in the Head as also for the Joynts and Sinews Cramps and Convulsions Dropsey provoketh Urine and is good for the Stone Brook-lyme or VVater-Pimpernel is a hot and biting Martial Plant and is of the same Nature as Water-Cresses and are good to cleanse the blood provokes Urine and breaks the Stone Butchers broom is hot in the second and dry in the first and is of a cleansing Nature it openeth Obstructions provoketh Urine expelleth Gravel and the Stone and is good for the Strangury Yellows and pain in the Head Bâ—oom and Broom-rape the Twigs Flowers and feed of it are hot and dry in the second degree they are of a thin Essence and are of force to cleanse and open and especially the feed which is drier and not so full of superfluous moisture it is good for the Dropsey Cleanser of the Reins Kidneys and Bladder from the Gravel and Stone Bucks-horn Plantine is of a drying and binding quality it is good against Poison Stone in the Reins and Kidneys stoppeth a Lask and is good for a bloody Urine and bloody Flux Bucks-horn is called Harts-horn Herb-Ivy Wort-cresses or Swines cresses their vertues are the same with Bucks-horn Plantine Bugle is of a mean Temperature and is good taken inwardly to dissolve Congealed Blood that is occasioned by Bruises or Falls and is effectual in all VVound-drinks it is good for Fistulaes Gangrenes the leaves of it being bruised and applied to them Burnet is a drier and a binder yet it is meanly cool it is a most precious Herb little inferiour to Bitony it stancheth bleeding as well inwardly as outwardly and is good to stay the Lask and bloody Flux It is good for all old Ulcers or Running Cankers and moist Sores to be used either by Juice or Decoction of the Herb or Root the seed is also good for the same Purposes aforesaid The Butter-bur or Petasitis is hot and dry in the second degree and of thin parts the Roots is good against the Plague and Pestilential Feavers by provoking Sweat the Powder of the Root given in VVine is good to resist the force of Poison It is good for VVheezing and difficulty of Breathing kills flat and broad Worms Bran is hot and dry and dissolveth very much Burâ—-deck is dry and wasting the root is something hot the leaves are cooling and moderately drying and is good for old Ulcers and Sores the Juice of the leaves or roots is good against the biting of any venomous Beast the seed of it is most excellent to provoke Urine being beaten to Powder and drank in white-Wine or Ale and remedieth the pains in the Bladder It is good for Burnings Cankers Buâ—â— reâ—ds are cold and dry of Complexion Vipers bugloss all the kinds of them are cold and dry of Complexion Sea Bind-weed is hot and dry in the second degree Beares-â—oot or black Hellebore is hotter in taste then
the white and is in like manner hot and dry in the third degree it is safer to be taken being purified by the Art of the Alchymist then given raw the roots are good against all melancholy diseases as Quartan Agues and Madness It is good for the Falling Sickness Leprosie Yellows pains in the Hip the Root beaten to powder and strewed upon Ulcers or putrified Sores consumes the dead flesh and instantly heals them It will help Gangrenes in the beginning twenty Grains is a sufficient dose for one time and let it be Corrected with half so much Cinnamon The Root boiled in Vineger is excellent good against Sâ—abs Mâ—nge and Leprosie a piece of it being put into a Hole made in the Ear of a Beast troubled with a Cough or that hath taken any Poison and taken out in twenty four houres helpeth them And is very good also to Rowel Cuttel withal that hath the Gargel and also for many other uses Balâ—moâ—y or Fâ—ltwart the roots are hot cleansing and scouring some say it is likewise binding withal Bâ—lâ—â—om is hot and dry in the second degree and is good for new and green wounds Bishops-weed Herb-VVilliam Amtos the seed is hot and dry in the latter end of the third degree it is given against the biting of any venomous Beast It causeth Urine it is good against Poison the Plague and all Pestilential Feavers Sweet Briar or Eglantine Balls are binding and are good for bloody Fluxes and is good to stop a Lask or Loosness VVilde Briar-balls are greater Binders and are good to stop a Lask and bloody Flux and for staling of blood and is a great Drier up of evil Humours Bucks-thorn or Laxative Ram the Berries as they are in taste bitter so they are binding and are also hot and dry in the second degree and doth purge thick phlegm and cholerick humors The Box-tree is of a binding quality and is good against the biting of mad Dogs Bâ—acca is cold and dry in the second degree it closeth things opened it softens hardness filleth places empty and do extenuate all excretions Brimstone is hot and dry in the third degree draweth and disperseth humors killeth the Itch given inwardly and outwardly applied it is good for Coughs and rotten Phlegm It is good likewise for the Wormes being mixed with a little Salt in his Provender it helps Lethargies snuffed up the Nose heing beaten to powder Bâ—learmoniack is a certain red Earth which is cold and dry which draweth and driveth back evil humors and is also an excellent defence against Fluxes of Blood and all manner of bleeding whatsoever either taken inwardly or outwardly applied Brine or Water and Salt is of the same Nature as Salt is it is good given inwardly to kill Wormes or applied outwardly to dry humors and takes away swellings C. All Cabbages and Coleworts have a drying and binding faculty with a certain salt quality whereby they cleanse and being boiled in Broth opens the Belly but the second Decoction binds the Juice of them drank is good against the Poison of venomous Beasts they are good against a Consumption obstructions of the Liver and Spleen Stone Swellings Sores and Scabs and the Juice being dropped into the Eyes with Honey is good to clear them The Sea-Colewort is of a biting quality the first decoction Loosneth and is more cleansing then the other kind the seed bruised and drank killeth Wormes the Juice of them cleanseth and healeth Sores dissolveth Swellings and taketh away Inflammations Calamint or Mountain Mint is of a fervent taste and biting hot and of a thin substance and dry after a sort in the third degree it wasteth away thin humors cuts and maketh thick humors thin it is good for Ruptures Convulsions Cramps shortness of Breath torments and pains in the Stomach helpeth the Yellows killeth Wormes given with Salt and Treacle killeth Scabs either inwardly taken or outwardly applied and killeth the Wormes in the Ears the Juice being dropped therein Camomel is hot and dry in the first degree and of thin parts and heateth moderately and drieth little it mollifieth and dissolveth all Griefs and especially for the Liver it is good for Swellings Cholick Stone Pains in the Belly Cold Yellows Dropsey and Cramps VVater-Caltrops are of a cold Nature and consisteth of a moist Essence being made into a Poultess are good for Inflammations Swellings Cankers sore Mouths and Throats they are good for the Farcin and Stone especially the Nuts being dried they resist Poison and this biting of venomous Beasts VVilde Champions are reserved to those of the Garden they are good to stay inward bleeding taken inwardly and outwardly it doth the like to Wounds it expelleth Urine and Gravel and purgeth the Body of Cholerick humours and is good against the poison of venomous Beasts the Plague c. and is good for old Sores Fistulaes and Cankers to cleanse and heal them Cardus benedictus is good for pains in the Head the Yellows and other Infirmities of the Gall cleanseth the Blood helpeth the Itch biting of mad Dogs and other venomous Beasts and is good for Agues VVilde Carrets are hot and dry in the second degree expelleth Wind provoketh Urine and causeth Lust they are good for the Dropsey Cholick Stone for running Sores and Ulcers the seed of them worketh the same effects as the roots do Caraway-seeds are hot and dry in the third degree hath a moderate sharp quality whereby it breaketh Wind provoketh Urine the seeds are good for Colds in the Head and Stomach Cellandine is hot and dry in the third degree the Juice of it put into the Eyes cleareth them from Films and Cloudiness which darkneth the Sight it is good in old filthy creeping Ulcers to stay their Malignity of fretting and running and to cause them to heal the more speedily It heals also Tettars Ring-wormes and spreading Cankers the powder of it mixed with brimstone killeth the Mange it is good taken inwardly for the Yellows and openeth the Obstructions of the Liver and Gall. The lesser Cellandine called Pilewort is hot and dry and more biting and hotter then the greater and cometh nearest in faculty to the Crow-foot it is good taken inwardly for the Farcin and to be applied outwardly for the same Disease The ordinary Centaury purgeth cholerick and gross Humors openeth the Obstructions of the Liver and Gall helpeth the Yellows killeth Worms is good for Cramps and Convulsions against venomous Beasts it cleanseth foul Ulcers and killeth spreading Scabs all the Centaurys are much of one and the same Nature only take this Observation That in Diseases of Blood use the red if of Choler use the Yellow but if of Phlegm or Water the White is best VVâ—nter-Cherries the leaves are cool and are used in Inflammations but not opening as the Berries and Fruit are which draw down the Urine and expel the Gravel and Stone out of the Reins Kidneys and Bladder it is also good for all Imposthumes in them likewise to cleanse them and is
for Ruptures The Decoction of the Root in Wine provoketh Urine exceedingly and cleanseth the Bladder and Passages thereof Featherfew heateth it is hot in the third degree and dry in the second it expelleth the Secundine being drunk It is good for a Cough and to cleanse the Reins of the Bladder and to expel the Stone out of it It purgeth phlegm and choler is good for the Head-ach and Wind-cholick and performeth all that bitter things can do Fennel-seed is hot in the third degree and dry in the first it openeth Obstructions and stoppings of the Bladder and maketh the Stone to avoid by Urine It is good for all manner of gross humors and is good for the Liver and Lungs and is of the same Nature as Anniseeds are Sow-Fennel or Hogs-Fennel the kinds of the Herbs especially the yellow sap of the Root is hot in the second degree and dry in the beginning of the third it is good against Wind in the Belly and Stomach It Loosneth the Belly gently and purgeth Siege both by phlegm and choler Fennel-Gyant is hot in the third degree and dry in the second and is Astringent and binding and is good for the bloody Flux Filipendula or Dropwort vide Dropwort Green Figs serve to ripen Tumors soften and consume hard swellings and are good for Pursiness Coughs and Diseases of the Lungs the Decoction of the leaves and the place washed with it is a most excellent Remedy for the Leprosie Scurf Scabs or Running Sores Fuss-balls do dry and are good to lay to a Gall'd Back The yellow Water-Flag or Flower-de-luce and all the kinds of them are very Astringent cooling and drying and helps all Lasks and Fluxes whether of Blood or Humors it helps all foul Ulcers the Juice being applied to them Flax-weed or Toad-Flax all the kinds of them are of the same Temperature with wild Snap-Dragons whereof they are kinds it provokes Urine opens the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen helpeth the Yellows expelleth Poison driveth forth the dead Foal and is good to cleanse soul and cankerous Ulcers and Fistulaes Flea-wort it is cold and dry the Fryed-seed taken stayeth the Flux and Lask of the Belly the seed is good for hot Agues and burning Feavers and other Inflammations It is good for the diseases of the Breast and Lungs caused by heat It is good for the Head-ach and all hot Imposthumes and breakings out of the Skin it is good for old pains in the Joynts c. Flix-weed drieth without any manifest sharpness of heat It is good for Lasks and bloody Fluxes and for all Issues of Blood whatsoever it is good for broken bones to consolidate them together it heals all sores and putrified Ulcers Flower-de-luce is hot and dry in the third degree it purgeth choler and tough Phlegm helpeth the Yellows and Dropsey it easeth the pains in the Belly and is good for the Liver and Spleen it is good for Cramps all manner of Poison provoketh Urine helpeth the Cholick and is good to comfort all cold Joynts and Sinews and is good for Ulcers and Fistulaes Fluellin or Lluellin is of a binding quality and is good for hot Swellings Wounds Ulcers and Cankers and is good to stop a Lask and bloody Flux Fox-Gloves in that they are bitter are hot and dry with a certain cleansing quality the Juice of it is good to heal green Wounds and old Sores to cleanse dry and heal them It purgeth the Body of tough Phlegm and is good to open Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen is good for the Farcin and other breakings out in the Skin Fumitory is cold and somewhat dry of Operation and cleanseth by Urine It is good for the Liver and Spleen Yellows Stavers Plague â—ore Mouths and Throat and all manner of Breakin gs out in the Skin The Furz-bush or Fuzen-bushes are hot and dry of Complexion and is good to open Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen the seeds are good to cleanse the Reins from the Gravel or Stones provokes Urine and is good against the Yellows Frankincense hath power to bind saith Dioscordes it is good for Wounds Old and New and also for Ulcers Flax or Line the seed thereof is hot and dry and it ripeneth and molliâ—ieth Fitches are hot in the first and dry in the second degree and they do open and cleanse see Oblibanum Herb Frankincense the seeds and roots are hot and dry in the second degree and are of a digesting dissolving and Mundifying quality Feltwort or Baldmony the Roots are hot cleansing and Scouring some say it is likewise binding and of a bitter Taste Fennegrâ—ck is hot in the second degree and dry in the first and is a Loosner of the Body and is good for Colds and a Killer of Wormes G. Gentian Felt-wâ—rt or Baldmony there are two sorts of them and both under the dominion of Mars they both resist Poison and Pestilence strengthens the Stomach the powder of the dried Root is good against the biting of a mad Dog or any other venomous Beast opens Obstructions of the Liver it is good taken inwardly against Bruises by Falls provokes Urine exceedingly is good for Cramps it expectorates tough Phlegm and kills Scabs and all manner of fretting Sores and Ulcers killeth Wormes is good for the Farcy and Yellows taken inwardly The root made into the form of a Tent is good to open Sores being put therein Garlick is very sharp and hot and dry in the fourth degree it causeth Urine is good against the biting of a mad Dog and any other venomous creature purgeth the Head from tough Phlegm killeth Wormes helpeth the Lethargy is a Preservative against the Plague is good for foul Ulcers breaketh Imposthumes and other Swellings and for all those Diseases the Onion is also effectual but they are better applied outwardly then received inwardly because they have their Vices as well as their Vertues Clove-Gâ—lliflowers are so temperate that no excess neither in heat cold driness nor moisture can be perceived in them they are great Strengthners both of the Brain and Heart and are very good for to be put into Cordials for hot Pestilential Feavers and expel Poison Stock Gâ—lliflowers are referred to the Wall-Flower although in Vertue they are much inferiour Garden Geâ—mâ—â—der is of thin parts and hath a cutting faculty it is hot and dry almost in the third degree it opens and cleanseth for it opens the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and difficulty of Urine It is good against Poison Ulcers Cramps Agues Falling Sickness Head-ach Yellows and Wormes VVater Germander is hot and dry and hath a bitter taste harsh and earthly Stinking Gladwin is hot and dry in the third degree it purgeth choler and phlegm the powder or Juice of it put into the Head draweth forth much corruption and being given inwardly is good for Cramps It is good for the Strangury provoketh Urine the Roots are very good in Wounds and draweth forth Splinters or Thornes out of the Flesh the Roots
and bindeth it is good for an old and dry Cough short Windedness Stone Gravel Wormes and is put into Glisters to mitigate the pains coming by Wind it is good for the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen it is good for a sore Throat it asswageth hot Swellings Impostumes Burnings and Scaldings by Fire or Water or all other hot Tumors or Inflammations it cleanseth foul rotten Ulcers and Scabs Penny-royal both the sorts of it are of a drying Faculty and of subtil Parts it maketh thin tough Phlegm and warmeth any cold place where it is applied it expelleth the dead Foal and Secundine it helpeth the biting of venomous Creatures it cleanseth soul Ulcers it is good for Cramps Convulsions of the Sinews the Cough Dropsey and Yellows Pâ—ony Male and Female doth gently bind with a kind of sweetness it is a little hot but it is dry and of subtil parts it is good for the Falling-Sickness the Root being hung about the Neck and some of the Juice of it given inwardly and is good for the Night-Mare Pepper-wort or Dittander is good for old pains and griefs in Joynts and for Scabs Perwincle is hot in the second degree and somewhat dry and binding it is good to stop Fluxes of Blood and all manner of Bleeding inwardly and outwardly St. Peters-wort is of temperature hot and dry and is of the same Nature as St. Johns-wort but somewhat weaker it purgeth Cholerick Humours helpeth old Pains and Griefs and Burnings by Fire Pimpernel both the sorts of them are of a drying Faculty without biting and somewhat of adrawing Faculty in so much that it will draw forth splints out of the Flesh and purgeth the Head put into the Nostrils they are a great Cleanser of Ulcers and a Sodderer up of Wounds it is good for the Plague and all Venom taken by Venomous Beasts and Mad Dogs it opens the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen provoketh Urine expelleth the Stone and Gravel the Juice of it cleareth the Sight Ground-Pine or Chamâ—pitys is good for the Strangury and all Diseases of the Liver and Spleen and gently openeth the Body casteth out the dead Foal It is good for all Pains in the Joynts Dropsey Yellows Poison Falling Sickness to cleanse foul Ulcers and to sodder up the Lips of green Wounds Water Plantine is cold and dry of Temperature is good against Burnings or Scauldings and is good to stay Fluxes of Blood Rib-wort Plantine is cold and dry in the second degree as are the other Plantines the Vertues are referred to the kinds of Plantine Land Plantine is of a mixt Temperature for it hath in it a certain waterish colour with a little harshness and coldness and is therefore cold and dry in the second degree the Juice of it is good for all pains in the Bowels and stayeth the Distillation Rheum in the Head and is good for all manner of Fluxes of Blood inwardly taken or outwardly applied it is good for shortness of Breath and Consumption of the Lungs the Seed is good for the Dropsey Falling Sickness Yellows Stoppings of the Liver the distilled water of it is good to cool the hot Inflammation of the Eyes and taketh away the Pin and Web It is good for all manner of Burnings and Scauldings is good for â—ore Mouths and is good for all Ulcers and Cankders it is good for all manner of Scabs Tettars and running Sores and is a very good Wound-Herb either inwardly taken or outwardly applied Polipody of the Oak Polipody of Fern Indian Polipody are dry without biting it purgeth Choler and Phlegm and is good for the Cholick it is good against a Cough shortness of Breath and distillations of thin Rheums upon the Lungs Poppies of all sorts are cold it is a great causer of Sleep it stayeth the Flux of the Belly the Leaves or Heads made with a little Vineger and brought to a Poultess with Barley-meal and Hogs-grease cooleth Inflammations and St. Anthonies Fire Prim or Privet the Leaves and Roots of it are binding and is good to wash sore Mouths to cool Inflammations and to dry up Fluxes and is good for Ulcers in the Mouth and Throat and all Swellings and Impostumes and is good against all Fluxes of the Belly and Stomach and bloody Flux Pepper is hot in the third degree All the sorts of them heateth provoketh Urine digesteth draweth disperseth and cleanseth the dimness of the Sight and is good to be put into Medicaments for the Eyes It is an Expeller of Poison and is good for all diseases of the Breast and Lungs helps Wind is good for the Cholick Pitch is drawn from the Pine-tree by the force of Fire and is the last Running and Tarr is the first which is the thinner it is hot and dry and Tarr more hot and stone Pitch more drying it conglutiuateth and gathereth together Petrolium is a certain Oyl made of Salt Peter and Bitumen and is hot and dry in the second degree healeth Wounds and comforteth weak Members Philonium of which there are two kinds Philonium Romanum and Philonium Persicum and are excellent Positions and most comfortable in the loss of Blood Pomegranat is cold and dry provoketh Urine and is good for the Stomach the Rind Seed or Flowers of them beaten to powder and given stop the Lask and all Issues of Blood Pomecitron the Rind of it is good against all Poisons Q. Queen of the Medows Medow-sweet or Mead-sweet is cold dry and binding and is good for all manner of inward or outward Bleedings It helps the Cholick stayeth the Flux of the Belly healeth old Ulcers Cankers and Fistulaes the distilled water of it is good for the Inflammation of the Eyes R. Radish Horse-Radish and Garden-Radish are hot in the third degree and dry in the second they drive forth the Gravel and Stone out of the Bladder by Urine Horse-Radish is hot and dry in the third degree and hath a drying and cleansing quality It killeth Wormes and being bruised and laid to old Griefs taketh them away and is a Provoker of Urine and likewise good for the Dropsey Rag-wort is called St. James-wort or Stagger-wort is hot and dry in the second degree It cleanseth disgesteth and discusseth The Juice of it is good for Ulcers in the Mouth or Throat for hard Swellings Imposthumations and Quinsey it is good to stay Catarrhs thin Rheums and Distillations from the Head into the Eyes Nose or Lungs the Juice is good to heal all green Wounds and to cleanse and heal all filthy Ulcers in any part of the Body it is good for all Pains and Aches in any part of the Body likewise Rattle-Grass there is two sorts of it the red and they yellow the Red is good to heal up Fistulaes and hollow Ulcers and stay the Flux of Humors to them and other Fluxes of Blood being boiled in red Wine and given The yellow Rattle-grass is good for a Cough and dimness of Sight the Seed being put therein Rest-harrow or Câ—ammoack is
Clip them away with a Pair of Scissers and let them Bleed then prick them in the Palate of the Mouth with your Fleam and wash the place with Wine Vineger Bolearmoniack and Salt and see that no Hay dust stick upon the Place Clipped and he will be well again Several Receipts for the Canker in the Mouth Nose or in any other Part of the Body For the Canker in the Mouth or Nose take white-Wine half a pint Roch-Allom the quantity of a Wall-nut Bay-salt half a spoonful English-Honey one spoonful Red-Sage Rue Rib-wort Bramble-leaves of each alike much boyl these in the white-Wine so much as will suffice till a quarter be consumed and inject this water into the sorrance or if it be in the Mouth wash the place with a Clout fastned to a stick and dress him therewith twice a day or oftener as you shall see â—it till it be whole Another for the Nose or Mouth or any other place Take the Juice of Plantine as much Vineger and the same weight of the powder of Allum and with it anoint the sore twice or thrice a day and it will kill it and Cure it Another Take of Ginger and Allum of each alike made into fine powder mixing them well together till they be very thick like a Salve and after you have washed it very well with Allum-water or Vineger anoint it with this Salve and in twice or thrice dressing it will be killed Things good in General for the Canker The Herb Fluellen stamped and the Juice given inwardly or applied outwardly healeth the most spreading and eating Cankers and Ulcers and fretting Sores Sage Plantine Rosemary Honey Allum Verdegrease green and white Copperas Brimstone Tansie Bay-salt Bramble-leaves Elder Ginger the Roots of Asphodil quick Silver Arsnick Agrimony made up with Hogs-grease Cureth old Cankers and inveterate Ulcers Allum Honey and Verdegrease mixed together is good the Decoction of white Beets in Water is good for Running Sores Ulcers and Cankers in the Head Legs or other Parts of the Body the Decoction of the leaves of the Burr-dock c. Another Excellent Cure for the Cure of the Canker in the Head Face or Eyâ—s c. Take three Ounces of Burgundy Pitch and half a pint of Sallet Oyl and put them into a large Earthen new Pipkin and set them over a soft Fire and let them Simper gently keeping them stirring while they are on the Fire to incorporate them the better Your Pipkin must be the larger by reason that you are to put in Verdegrease which is of that fieâ—y Nature that it will make it quickly rise and boyl over if you have not a special care thereof After you have boiled it near a quarter of an hour put to it one Ounce of the Oyl of Turpentine and as much of the Powder of Verdegrease as will lie upon a six-pence finely powdered and searc'd through a Lawn Sieve boyl them also a little while together then take it off the Fire and put it into a Gally-pot and keep it till you have occasion to use it Directions to know whether it be well or ill made If it be vell boiled it will be neither too thick nor too thin but in the condition of an Ointment and of a very good green Colour But if it be too much boiled your Verdegrease will turn it of a red Colour which will be so prejudicial to your Salve that it will lose the healing quality thereof Directions how to use it If you use it for a Canker in his Nose you are to Tie a Linnen Rag upon the end of a stick and dip it in Wine Vineger and Salt or Verjuice and Salt mixed together and put it â—p into his Nostrils and rub and scrub off the scabs and filth that you find therein When you have thus washed and cleansed it take the longest Goose-feather you can get and if it be not long enough to reach to the top of his Nostrils Tie it to the end of a small stick and dip it into the Salve and use it as before once a day and he will do well If you find it on his Head Face or Eyes you must do the like viz. to rub and scrub off the scabs till they Bleed and lay on some of your Salve with a Feather and strew some Wheat-Bran upon it to make it keep on the better You are to dress it once a day till you find it heal and then once in two or three days is enough Observaâ—ion The quickest and speediest Way for to effect all outward Cures is to let him stand in the House during his Cure Things good to Kill Wormes in General Alheal Alkanet Water Agrimony the leaves of Bistort or Snake-weed the powder of the Root of Butter-Bur the Seed of Sea Coâ—ewort bruised and given in Beer the powder of ordinary small Centaury the powder of the Root call'd Devils Bit Elecampane the powder of Fern-Roots the Juice of Flix-weed Gentian Feltwort or Baldmony Germander Hops beaten to Powder and given him the powder of Horehound Knotgrass Groundsel Savin Brimstone Allom Salt Mother-wort the Bark of the Root of the Mulberry-Tree Nettleseeds the powder of the leaves of the Peach tree the powder of Plantine Horse-Radish Wild-Rotchet Rupture-wort Southern-wood Vervain the Bark of the Wallnut-tree or the powder of the green shells Wormwood dried and beaten and given Tansie seed the white Beete sodden with Garlick Mercury Calcin'd Alloes blak Soap Taâ—ners Ouze his own Hair chopped small and given him in his Provender Rue Soot the warm Guts oâ— a new slain Hen or Chicken rowled up in Salt and Brimstone and given him Elder-berries sodden in Milk Chalk Fennegreek Bay-berries Turmerick Worm-seed Garlick Hens dung Saffron Mint Sage Rozin Juniper berries the green Branches of Sallow or Willow given him Reeds so much of Sublimaâ—um as will lie upon two pence workt up in Butter and given him Stone-crop Quick-silver crude or mortified with the Juice of Lemons c. Particular Receipts for the â—ots or Wormes Take a quart of new Milk and as much Honey as will extraordinarily sweet then give it him in the Morning luke-warm having fasted all the night before and let him â—ast after it two houres then take a Pint of Beer and dissolve into it a good spoonful or more of black Sope and being well mixed together give it him then ride and chase him a little and let him fast another hour and the Wormes will avoid Another more Easie Take Savin chopped and stamped small a good handful warmed in a quart of Beer and given him luke-warm or a quart of Brine given him is very good Another Take as much Precipitate alias red Mercury Calcin'd as will lie upon a Silver two-pence and work it into a piece of sweet Butter the bigness of a small Wall-Nut in the manner of a Pill then lape it all over again with Butter and make it as big as a small Egg and give it him Fasting in a Morning
the spunginess apt to suck in all manner of Filth and to dilate and spread the same all over the Body the appearance thereof is on the left side under the short Ribs where you shall perceive some small Swelling which Swelling gives great Grief to the Midriff and taketh away more of his Digestion then his Appetite and being suffered to continue it maketh faint the Heart and grows in the end to a hard Knob and stony substance Now if I mistake not this Spleen is no other then the Milt and I have known four or five Horses die of it out of one Stable and it hath been lookt upon no other then the Plague which if they had had things proper for the Distemper they might have lived Things good in General for the Spleen either inwardly taken or outwardly applied A Decoction of the Herb Archangel in wine applied to the place grieved hot Barley-Meal-boyled with Melilot and Chamomel flowers with some Lynseed Fennegreek and Rue applied warm the Juice of Chamomel given inwardly or to make him Sweat and then give him a quart of white-wine wherein hath been boyled the Leaves of Tamarisk and a good quantity of Cummin seeds beaten to powder and give it warm or to pour into his left Nostril every day after he hath Sweat the Juice of Myrobalans mixt with Wine and Water to the quantity of a pint or take Cummin-seed and Honey of each six ounces of Lacerpitium as much as a Bean of Vineger a pint and put all these into three quarts of water and let it stand so all night and give him a quart thereof next Morning fasting or Garlick Nitrum Hore-hound and Wormwood sodden in sharp wine and given and to bathe his left side with warm water and to rub it hard A Particular Receipt for the Spleen Take a Handful of Agrimony chopped very small and work it up with sweet Butter into two or three Balls with half an Ounce of the powder of Turmerick and as much of Cummin-seeds powdred and give him them fasting in the Morning for several Mornings together and it will Cure him 'T is good also to give him some of the Herb boiled in his Drink or Oxicrocium applied Plaister-wise to the grieved part is very good Things good in General to Cure the Colt-Evil The Juice of Rue mixed with Honey and boiled in Hogs-grease Bay-leaves with the powder of Fennegreek added thereto and anoint the shâ—ath with it The powder of the Herb Avit and the leaves of Bittony stamped with white-Wine to a moist Salve and anoint the Sore therewith to wash the Sheath clean with luke-warm Vineger and to draw out the Yard and wash that also and to Ride him twice every day into some deep Running Water tossing him to and fro to allay the heat of the Members till the Swelling be vanished and if you swim him now and then it will not be amiss but the best way to Cure a Horse is to Give him a Mare and to swim him after it To bathe his Cods with the Juice of Housleek or with the water wherein Knee-holm hath been sod if it stops the Urine then give him new Ale and a little black Sope in it to drink or to wash his Cods with Butter and Vineger made warm or with the Juice of Hâ—mlock or else take Bean-flower Vineger and Bolearmoniack and mix them together Lay it Plaister-wise to his Sheath and Cods or to make him a Plaister of Wine-Lees Housleek and Bran mixt together and laid to his Sheath and Cods c. Things good to Cure the Mattering of the Yard Take Roch Allom one Ounce and white-Wine one Pint boyl them till the Allom be dissolved then Blood-warm inject this Portion with a Syringe putting it up into his Yard so far as it may be four or five times a day till it be well This is so perfect that you need not any other Things good in General for Shedding of Seed which is no other then the Running of the Reins in Men. Amaranthus that bears a white Flower the Juice of Bistort added to the Juice of Plantine outwardly applied Comfrey to Ride him into some cold water up to the Belly then cover him warm and give him Red Wine and Hogs-dung or Red-Wine and Acatium Venice-Turpentine c. Two Receipts which may serve in stead of many more for the Shedding of the Seed or Running of the Reins which is an infallible safe and sure Way of stopping it And is also good for all manner of Bruises by Falls or any other Accident c. Take a pound of common Turpentine if you will not go to the Charge of the Venice and put to it so much of the fine powders of Bolearmoniack and English Liquoris with a little Wheat-Flower as will make it up into a stiff Paste When you have occasion to use it Rowl it out between your Hands and break so much of it off as contains the bigness of a small Wash-ball and give him three of them Morning and Evening upon the end of a stick or in a Horn full of strong Beer till you find the Flux of Seed stayed which will be in a Week or Fortnights time at farthest 'T is convenient to purge and cleanse his Reins very well first before you give him his Balls which will not only Expedite but perfect the Cure so much the sooner and better Another for the same Take brown Sugar Candy Tanners Bark finely powdred and Sifted with the powder of the dried leaves of Clary and incorporate them very well with some common Turpentine and make them up into Balls with a little Wheat-flower and give him two or three of them at a time Morning and Evening about the bigness of a Pigeons Egg till the Flux of the Seed stayeth which will be in a very short time Things good in General for the Cure of the Falling of the Yard To Wash his Yard with sea-Sea-water or Water and Salt and if that will not prevail prick all the outmost skin of his Yard with a sharp Needle very slightly and wash all the Pricks with strong Vineger and this will not only make him draw up his Yard again but also if at any time his Fundament chance to Fall this Cure will put it up again or to put Honey and Salt into his Yard made liquid or else a quick Fly or a Grain of Frankincense or a Clove of Garlick clean pilled and bruised and Bath his Back with Oyl Wine and Nitre made warm and mingled together But the best Cure is first to wash all his Yard with white-Wine warmed and anoint it with Oyl of Roses and Honey mixed together and so put it up into his Sheath and with a lâ—ttle Bolster of Canvass keep it from falling down and dress him thus in twenty four houres until he be recovered and let his Back be kept very warm as is possible both with Cloth and a Charge of Plaister made of Bolearmoniack Eggs Wheat-Flower
good in General to keep the Flies off a Horses Head To anoint his Head with Oyl and Bay-berries mingled together or to rub his Head all over with the water wherein Rue hath been steeped in after it is well bruised or to anoint his Head or round about his Eyes with Lynseed Oyl and it will keep them away or with the water wherein Devils dung hath been dissolved is the best of all or with the water of Pellitory of Spaein or the leaves of Ivy bruised with a little Water and his Head washed therewith Things good in General for the Cure of the Leprosie or Mange To take Blood first from the Neck-Vein good store and scrape away the Scurf with an old Curry-eomb Oyster-shell or such like then these things you are to use as your discretion serves Staves-acre Chickweed Elecampane Mercury Sublimate the leaves of Bramble boyled in Lye Cow-Piss the powder of the dried root of Briony the powder of the red Dock or the powder of Arsnick Resalgar or white Mereury mixed with Hogs grease till it be killed Urine Tobaccho and Brimstone boiled together is very good or Salt Verdegrease Allum Verjuice and Train Oyl boiled together and anoint him therewith or Broom Wormwood Mustard-seed Elecampane Chimney-soot and black Soap boyled together or the Juice of Hemlock unslackt Lyme Pepper and Ginger boiled in Beef-broth and anointed therewith is very good Particular Receipts for the Mange Take a quart of fair Running Water and put into it half a pound of green Copperas and an Ounce of Allum and an Ounce of Tobaccho chopped small then boyl them together till they come to somwhat more then a Pint and anoint him all over with it very warm after you have rubbed off the Scabs and Tie him to the Rack three or four houres twice dressing him cures him Or the Ashes of the Bark of the Ash Tree made into a Lie and the Body washed therewith Calamint taken inwardly the Decoction of the Leaves of the Fig tree wilde Flower c. Another First let Blood then take a quart of old Urine or Vineger and break it into a quarter of a pound of Tobaccho and set it on the Embers to stew all Night and wash the infected places whether it be in the Mane or otherwise Another for any Mange or Vniversal Leprosie in a soul Surfeited Horse After you have let him Blood and scraped off the Scabs or Scurf take of Verjuice and Vineger a Pint Cow-Piss a Pint Train Oyl a Pint old Urine a Pint and put to them a Handful of wilde Tansie and a Handful of Bay-salt a quarter of a pound of Brimstone as much Allum two Ounces of Verdegrease and four Ounces of Bolearmoniack boyl all well together with this very hot wash him well and if you put to it a quantity of a Pint of Blood you take away it is not amiss do this twice or thrice Another Take Mother of Salt Peter the best and strongest and wash the Sores therewith so hot as he is able to suffer it and in three or four times dressing it will cure him this will not only kill the Mange but all Scratches Pains and Rats-tails c. Another Take of Sopers Lees and after you have scraped away the Scurf wash him with it and in once or twice dressing he will be well it cures the Mange not only in Horses but also Dogs provided they get not to it with their Mouth An inward Drink with an outward Application which I think is the best Remedy that can be Invented for this Disease Take Anniseeds and Turmerick of each an Ounce finely beaten of the blackest Rozin powdered one Ounce put them into a quart of strong Beer heated luke-warm and give it him in the Morning lasting with a little of the Flower of Brimstone at the Mouth of every Horn you give him not exceeding above an Ounce in all and let him fast four or five houres after it and Order him afterwards as you do a sick Horse About two or three days after his Drink when he hath a little recruited and recovered his strength again apply this outward application but first curry off all the Scabs with an old Curry-comb till the blood and water appear viz. Take Oyl of Turpentine and Beer of equal parts alike with some Flower of Brimstone well shaked and Jumbled together in a Glass Vial to incorporate them the better and anoint him all over with it Tying him first with a strong Bridle to the Rack to prevent him from biting at it for it is a very terrifying biting and sharp Medicine and will torment him for about half an hour or more and then the smarting will be over If you find your Horse full of good and in heart you may venture to give him two or three of these Drinks and Ointings if you see the Cure will not be performed without them but if he be a very poor lean Horse then one is enough till he hath recovered more heart and strength Things good in general for the Cure of the Scab Tetter or ring-Ring-worm The water that is â—ound in the hollow places of a decayed Beech-tree and annoint him with it the Juice of the leaves and roots of stinking Gladwin one part of Plantine water and two parts of the Brine of Beef boyled together and clarified and anoint him with it Plum-tree leaves boyled in Vineger killeth Tettars the Juice of the Root of Monks Rubarb which is a kind of Dock some call it Garden-Patience is very good the Oyl of Wheat pressed between two thick Plates of Copper the Juice of Mercury mingled with Vineger Water-cresses the Roots of Docks boiled in Vineger and bathed therewith Cardimonium mixt with Vineger To make a strong Lye of old Urine Ash Keys and green Copperas and bathe the Knots therewith and it will kill and heal them or to cut the Head and Tail of a Snake and cut it into small Pieces and roast it and anoint the Sore with the Grease of it and it will heal it in a shor time and have a care you touch no place but the Sorrance for it will venom Particular Receipts to Cure the Tettar or ring-Ring-worm Take two drams of Precipitate and put it into a small Vial-Glass with fair water much more then will cover the powder keep it close stopped and with this Water twice a day wash it and it will infallibly Cure it and after you have dressed the Sorrance shake the Glass and let it stand till the next dressing But if it be in any fleshy part you may kill it by Bathing the Sorrance with the Juice of Southern-wood Maudlin and Rue of each alike stamped together and strained and Bathe the place with it twice a day till it be whole Another Take the roots of Elecampane and the roots of red Docks of each alike slice them thin and put them into three quarts of Urine with two Handfuls of Bay-salt let it boil till one quart be
Scaldings either by Shot Gun-Powder or Wilde-Fire The leaves or roots of the yellow Lilly Daffodil stamped with Honey the Juice of an Onion the Juice of the red Lilly Lettuce the Juice of Thorn-Apples boiled in Hogs-Grease to the form of an Ointment cures all manner of Burnings or Scaldings whatsoever in a very short time Water Plantine the Juice of Housleek St. Johns wort bruised the Herb Tutsan or Park leaves an Ointment made of the Juice of Cowslips and Oyl of Linseed Cureth all manner of Scaldings or Burnings whatsoever Ivy that groweth upon Walls or Trees Brank-Ursine the Juice of Elder-leaves the Decoction or the distilled Water of Archangel the Flowers and Herb of Ladies Bed straw made into an Oyl by setting it in the Sun is good the leaves of the Bur-dock bruised with the White of an Egg is a most excellent thing for all manner of Burnings by Fire the Juice of Colts-foot the Decoction of Dasies Wall-wort and Agrimony cureth inward Burnings being given inwardly the Decoction of the leaves of Brank-Ursine Particular Receipts to Allay Burning with Shot Gun-Powder or wilde Fire Take Varnish and put it into fair Water and beat them very well together then pour away the Water from the Varnish and anoint the place burned with a Feather dipt into it and in a few days dressing it will kill the Fire which done heal the Sore with your carnifying and healing Salves Another Take Hogs-Grease and set it on the Fire and take off the Filth that shall arise and when it is well boyled take it off the Fire and put it into an Earthen Pan to cool for four or five Nights together in the open Air then wash it in fair Running Water so often till it become White then melt it down again and keep it for your use and anoint the place grieved and it will Cure him Another Take fresh Butter and the Whites of Eggs as much of each as will suffice beat them well together till you bring them to a formal Ointment and anoint the places burned therewith and it will speedily take away the Fire and Cure them soundly Another Take a stone of quick Lime which must be well burned which you may know by its lightness dissolve it in fair Water and when the Water is setled strain the clearest through a fine Cloth then put into the water either the Oyl of Hemp-seed or Sallet Oyl of like quantity with the water and so beat them well together you shall have an excellent Unguent very precious for all sorts of Burnings And the Nature of these three Unguents be to leave no scars Wherefore we apply them for most sovereign Remedies as well for Man as Beast To Help a Horse that is Costive in his Body Take a Decoction of Mallowes one quart Sallet Oyl half a Pint or fresh Butter half a pound Benedicta laxativa one Ounce give him this Blood-warm Glister-wise then clap his Tail to his Tuel and hold it close and make him keep it for half an houre at the least and when it hath workt give him a sweet Mash and so keep him to Mashes and white Water for two or three days What is good to make a Horse draw up his Yard To Bathe his Yard and Sheath with white-Wine made warm then anoint it with Oyl of Roses and Live Honey mingled together and so put up the Yard into the Sheath and with a short Bolster of Canvass keep it from falling down and dress him once every day till he be well and let his Back and Fillets be kept warm and anoint him with Acopum but if you have it not apply this Charge unto his Back and Fillets Take Bole-armoniack the Whites of Eggs Wheat-Meal Sanguis draconis Venice Turpentine and strong white-Wine Vineger of each as much as you think fit mix them well together and charge his Back with it as also his Sheath and his Stones Another Take the Ashes of Ashen wood the whitest finest and best burned and searce them one pound of Red Clay dried and made into fine powder half a pound Bolearmoniack half an Ounce powdred boyl all these in as much Verjuice of the Crab as will make it liquid like Pap and with it anoint his Yard Sheath and Stones Morning and Evening and he shall be presently Cured A Receipt to Scour and Cleanse a Horses Yard that is Foul and Furred by Pissing within his Sheath Draw forth his Yard and Rub and Pick off the Filth with your Hand and cleanse it well with Butter and white-Wine Vineger melted together and squirt some of it up into his Yard with a Syringe and he will do well A Receipt to Prevent Diseases in a Horse the whole Year The first day of April open a Vein in the Neck and if it be good take the less if bad take the more then from that day until the first of May give him this which I shall prescribe and let him have it Morning and Evening during the whole Month of April from the first to the last which is before his turning out to Grass or Soyling which shall be about the middle of May and let him have the same all the whole Month of October like as you must do in April after you have taken him from Grass about Bartholomew Tide that which I prescribe is this To Prevent Diseases Take a Bushel of Old Rye sweet and clean well purged or made clean from all Filth and put it in a clean Iron Pot dry and without Water put it over the Fire and put in your Rye and keep it continually stirring to the bottom until it be so parched that it becometh black hard and dry then take it from the Fire and put it into some clean Vessel and when it is cold keep it close stopped for your use When you use it take two or three Handfuls of it and beat it into fine Powder and mingle it amongst his Provender at every Watering Morning and Evening or at other times when you give him Oates do this these two entire Months of April and October for all Men hold that in these two Months the Blood turneth and altereth as we alter his Diet from hard and dry Meat to Grass and so likewise from Grass to dry Meats for this Rye thus parched and ordered doth refine the Blood cool the Liver and purgeth the Spleen so as the whole Structure of the Body is thereby better â—ured and freed from all such bad and unnatural Humours which would otherwise make the Body inclinable to sundry Maladies and Diseases which this Rye preventeth Things good to keep a Horse from Casting forth his Drink As it proceeds from Cold in the Stomach or other Causes as Cold in the Head where the Rheum bindeth about the Roots and Kernels of the Tongue hath as it were strangled and made strait the Passages to the Stomach therefore to prevent this mischief you must give him Cordial and warm Drinks as Malmsey Cinnamon Anniseeds and Cloves well brewed