Vermine have pist upon which will cause the Horses mouth to he surred or clammy so that he will not eat The Cure is to let him blood in two great Veins under the Tongue and to wash his mouth with Vinegar and Salt and to give him new Bread that is not hot For the Heat in the Mouth Turn up the upper Lip and jag it with a Lancet that it may bleed and wash it with Vinegar and Salt For the Canker in the Mouth Wash the sore place with strong Vinegar made thick with the Powder of Allum two or three days together to destrroy the exulcerate matter then take a quart of fair Water of Allum four ounces of Honey four or five spoonfuls of Maudlin Leafes Sage Leafes and Columbine Leafes of each a handful boil all these together till half be consumed and then every day being warmed wash the same two or three times a day and it will heal it For the Barbels or Paps under the Tongue The Cure is to clip them away and to wash them with Vinegar and Salt For the Hurt of the Tongue with a Bit. The Cure is To wash it with Allum-water then take Black Bramble Leafes and chop them with Jard and put them within a Clout and make them as round as a Ball then dip the same in Honey and anoint the Tongue therewith until it be whole For the Giggs in the Mouth They are Swellings with black Heads growing in the inside of the Lip The Cure is to slit them and thrust out the Corruption and to wash the same with Vinegar and Salt These Infirmities are cured by the Medicine following Manginess in the Main Manginess in the Tail the Mallander the Sellander the Pains the Scratches all kibed Heels The Leprosie the Farcyn the General Scab all Lice or Nits or other Vermin First in any wise you shall let the Horse blood in the Neck-Vein and suffer him to bleed very well because the Corruption of the Blood is the only Breeder of these Infirmities having with a Knife Lancet Curry-comb Hair-cloth and such like opened the Knots and Pistules and rubbed away all Scurf and Filthiness laying the Sores open and raw as it were ready to bleed then you shall take of Yellow Arsnick or White Mercury beaten to a fine Powder or Belagar and clarified Hogs-grease of each a like quantity and beat them well together till they come to a perfect Ointment then having tied the Horse's Head up fast to the Rack in such wise that he can neither lick nor bite himself with this Ointment anoint all the Sores and other offended places very well over holding some hot Bar of Iron or Fire-shovel heated against the same that the Ointment may the better and speedier soak in and being thus anointed let him stand the space of two or three hours at the least tyed as aforesaid which done take of the strongest Urine you can get and with the same wash away all the Ointment wheresoever it was laid and then untye the Horse and put him to his Meat and thus do once a day till the Sores dry up and begin to waste away For the Bleeding at the Nose This may be derived from many Causes which cannot be truly known as proceeding from within the Body and therefore I shall only direct how to cure the same Take a pint of Red-Wine and put thereinto a quarter of Bole-Armony beaten into a fine Powder and put the one half into his Nostrils that bleedeth holding up his Head and this may do well if in the Nostril or Head there be the original Cause the next day give him the rest into his body and that will surely bind his Body and it may help the bleeding inward Another Remedy for the same Let him blood in the Breast-Veins of each a pint for that is most likely to turn the Course of the Blood take two or three spoonfuls of his Blood and put it into a Sawcer and boyl it until it be dried to a powder then take the Powder thereof and blow it into his Nostrils hâ—d if it come of a Wound put it into the same and it will presently stanch it as also Horse-dung Asses-dung Hogs-dung Sage-Leases bruised and put into the Wound or take of Frankâ—ncense an ounce of Aloes half an ounce and beat them into a fine Powder and mingle them throughly with the Whites of Eggs until it be as thick as Honey and with soft Hares-hair thrust his Nostrils so full as that it cannot fall out And lastly some will throw cold Water upon him against his Hair and 't is likely that the over-cooling of him that way may stop the Flux thereof And this a worthy experienced Friend of mine did use to do if at any time such a sudden Accident did happen Of the Vines This Distemper proceedeth from the Corruption of Blood The Cure is Draw them with a hot Iron right-down the midst from the Root of the Ear so far as the Tip of the Ear will reach being pulled down and again under the Root of the Ear with a hot Iron draw two strikes on each side like this Figure ‡ then in the midst of the first line lance them with a Lancelet or Razor taking hold of the Kernels with a pair of Pinchers but beware that you touch them not with your bare Fingers pull them so far out with your Pinchers as that you may cut the Kernels out without hurting the Vein then fill the Hole full of Salt Another Cure for the same Take Aegremony Honey and Violet-Leafes stamp them together and slit the Sinew under the Ear and lay a Plaister thereunto two or three days For the Canker in the Nose This proceeds from corrupt Blood and consumed Flesh which makes it raw within and in the end will eat the Gristle thereof it will also cause the Horse to bleed at the Nose and to yield a filthy savour The Cure is take of green Coperas and Allum of each a pound and of white Coperas one quarter of a pound boyl these in a Pottle of running Water â—â—il it â—â—â—alf consumed then take it off and put into it half a part of Honey hold up his Head with a staff but not too high and with a Squirt squirt the Water being lukewarm three or four times together into his Nostrils and give him liberty to blow out the filthy matter least you choak him and with a Stick and a Rag wash his Nostrils twice a day until he be whole Another Cure for the same If you see the Canker be of great heat and burning in the Sore with exceeding Pain take the Juice of Purslane Lettice Sorrel and Night-shade and wash the Sore with a fine Clout and with a Squirt wash the same and this will kill it For the Canker of the Eyes This proceeds from the Corruption of the Blood by reason whereof you shall see many red Pimples both within and without the Eye and through Inflamation the Eye will look
it get not out but if the place be where the Tent cannot conveniently be kept in fasten on each side of the hole a Shoe-makers Thread over the Bolster to keep the Tent in renewing it every day until it leave Mattering and make the Tent lesser and lesser and sprinkle thereon a little slack Lime But if you cannot come to tent it to the bottom then take strong Lye Honey Roch-Alom Mercury and seeth them together and apply them to the bottom of the Fistula If the Fistula be in the Head take the Juice of Houseleek and dip a lock of Wool in it and put the same in his Ears and use it every day till it be whole These Infirmities are Cured by this following Medicine all broken Bones all Bones out of joint swaying of the Back weakness in the Back Horse-hipped Horse-stifled The Bones being placed in their true and proper places according to the form of the number you shall first bath the grieved place with warm Patch-grease or Piece-grease then clap about it a binding Plaister of Pitch Rosin Mastick and Sallet-Oyl well mixed together and molten on the Fire then fold the Limb hard about with fine Flax and splint it with broad flat strong and soft Splints and remove not the dressing for the space of Fifteen days except that you find the Rowlers to slacken which is a very good sign and then you may straiten them again or if you find the Member to increase in swelling and that the Rowlers grow straiter and straiter then you may give the Member easâ— for it is a sign that it was rowled too strait before and thus you shall dress it but twice in Thirty days or thereabouts in which time the Bones will be knit but if through the breach of Dislocation you find any gross substance to appear about the grieved place then you shall twice or thrice a day bath it with Patch-grease and that will take away the Eye-sore in a short space Of Leporsie and universal Manginess The Horse that is infected with this Disease will be full of Scabs Rawness and Sâ—urvey continually scratching The Cure is first for to let him blood on one side of the Neck and give him a quart of New-Milk and half a handful of the finest powder of Brimstone throughly strained together for that will expel the Mange in all his Provender and Mashes continued for Five or Six days give him Brimstone and hot Grains but if he will not eat it give it him with Milk and new Ale-wort Then the next day let him blood on the other side of the Neck at each time a good quantity within two days after let him blood in the Breast-Veins within the other two days in the Flank-Veins within two days after under the Tail so as that he becometh weak therewith Keep his blood in a Pail then seeth Chamber-Lye and Bay-Salt together and let it be strong of the Salt then take a quantity of the blood and stir them together that the same be thick and let him be rubbed all over with a Pease-wisp when he is hot and let it dry upon him as much as may be and the next day more of the same upon the old that it may be as it were plaistered with the same the which being done in the Sun will easily be performed After he hath rested upon the same two days take Buckly and Black-Soap being very warm and wash all his body â—â—d give him a quart of Sack and half a pint of the best â—â—â—cle to drink and anoint his body with this same Ointment in every place Take of Lamp-Oyle a quart of fine Powder of Brimstone a pint of the best Treacle to drink and anoint his Body with this Ointment in every place Another of the same Take of Lamp-Oyl a quart fine Powder of Brimstone a pint two pounds of Black-Soap a pint of Tar a pint of Barrows-Grease and so much of Soot in the Chimney aâ— will thicken it compound them well together anoint him all over with the same being very hot so let it rest till it fall off from him then when it is all gone wash him clean with Soap-suds and throughly dry him then cloath him and put him into a Sweat and after dâ—y him again and keep him warm and he will be in perfect healâ—h and remember within a Month after to let him bleed a â—ottle at least give him a Purging Drink and with your best conveniency put him to Grass Of the Running of the Frush The Cure is pare away the corrupt places until you see it raw and where the Issue is then take a handful of Soot and as much Salt and the White of three Eggs and beat them together and having made the Shooe hollow and tacked on stop the Feet therewith very hard and renew it every day for Seven days and let not the Horse touch any wet and when he is whole be sure after Travel to keep that Foot clean from the Gravel To make a Horse that he shall not Neigh. Tye a Woollen List about the middle of his Tongue and he shall not Neigh so long as it remaineth To make a White Mark on a Horse Take a Tyle and burn it to Powder take Daisy-Roots and the Roots of White-Bryer of each alike dry them and make Powder thereof then shave the place you will have white and rub it very much with the Powder then wash the place with this Water Take a quantity of Honey-Suckle-Flowers and a quantity of Honey and the water that Moles have been sod in and wash the place and rub it very sore therewith do this five days and it will be White To ripen an Imposthume Take Mallow Roots and Lilly Roots and bruise them and put into them Hogs-grease and Lynseed-Meal and Plaster-wise lay it too Of a Farcin or sudden breaking out in any part of the Body Take this Oyntment and have it ready in your Stable Three ounces of Quick Silver put it into a Bladder and two spoonfuls of the Juice of â—imonds and Oranges shake them together then take a pound of Hogs-grease and of Verjuice an Ounce beat them all in a Dish and work them throughly together and take a pound of fresh Hogs-grease and anoint the same therewith and slit the same if need be then wash it and put into his Ears the juice of Ruge-weed and he shall recover Of sinking a Fistula or Wind-gall First sear the Fistula and then take Rozen Sheeps-Tallow and Brimstone boyl them together lay it on hot with a Cloth and it will sink down Of a Wrench in the Fetter-lock or any other Joynt that is suddenly done Take of Narvile and Black-Sope and boil them together a little on the Fire and anoint it therewith Of a Blister Take the Juice of Ground Ivy so much Brimstone a quantity of Tar and some Alom and lay it to the Blister Of a Wind-Gall that it shall not grow again When you have cut the Skin take a Spoonful
stopped with Cow-dung is sufficient after his Travel but if he be so fleshly-limbed that this will not help cut his Throat and wash him with his own Blood and he will never after swell All these Infirmities are Cured by this following Medicine Impostumes in the Ears Ulcers in the Nose All Wens whatsoever The Colts-Evil The Swelled Stones Incording or Bursting For any of these outward Remedies or Swellings you shall take a penniworth of Pepper beaten to fine Powder a spoonful of Swine-grease the Juice of a handful of Rue two spoonfuls of any Wine Vinegar and mix them well together then if the Swelling be about the Horse's Head Face or Throat you shall take Flax-burds and steep them therein and stop it hard into the Horse's Ears and stitch the Tops together with a Needle and Thread renewing it once in two days till the Swelling go away but if it be in any other part of the Body then with this Ointment you shall anoint the grieved place twice a day till the Infirmity consume away Now for the swelling about the Cods or Privy-Members it shall be good before you anoint them with this Ointment to bathe them with cold Water as either by trotting the Horse into some deep Pond or else by taking a pail of cold Water and dipping a Cloth into the same to bathe clap and wash the Cods therewith then drying them with another clean cloth lay on the Ointment which is a present cure For a Grief in the Shoulder that hath been there a long time The cure is Give him a slit on both sides an Inch under the Shoulder-bones then with a Swan's Quill put into the slit blow up first the one Shoulder and then the other as big as you can possibly even up to the Withers and with your hand strike the Wind equally into every place of the Shoulders and when they are both full then beat all the windy places with a Hasel Wand over all the Shoulders then with a flat slice of your Iron loosen the Skin from the Flesh that done rowel the two slits or cuts with two round Rowels of Leather with a hole in the midst that the Matter may issue forth and let such Rowels be three Inches broad and so put in that they may be plain and flat within the Cut Then take of Pitch and of Rosin of each a pound of Tar half a pint boil these together and when it is somewhat cool draw all the Shoulders very thick therewith that done clap on as many Flocks as will stick of the Horse's colour and every day cleanse both the Wounds and Rowels and put them in again continuing thus for sixteen days then take them out and heal up the Wounds with Hogs-grease and Turpentine molten together renewing it until the Wounds be whole but let the Flocks lie until they fall off and let the Horse run at Grass at least half a year Of the Wrinching of the Shoulder This may proceed from a Fall sudden or short Turning rash running out of some Door or by some sudden stop Stripe of a Horse or such like which being done he shall trail his Legs to him close as he goeth The cure is To let him blood in the Breast as soon as it is perceived and the sooner the better three pints at the least and to keep all the same blood in a pot and thereinto put a quart of strong Vinegar six Eggs broken shells and all and so much Wheat-flower as will thicken that Liquor put thereinto one pound of Bole-Armony beaten into powder and two ounces of Sanguis Dragonis so as the Flower may not be perceiv'd and if it be too stiff soften it with Vinegar then with your hand daâ—b all the Shoulder from the Main downward and betwixt the fore-bowels all against the Hair and let not the Horse remove until the Charge be surely fastned to the Skin then lead him into the Stable and suffer him not to lie all that day keeping him with a spare Diet at least fifteen days together and let him not remove out of his place but only lie down all that time and eâ—ery day refresh the Shoulder-point with this Charge laying still new upon the old and at fifteen or twenty days end lead him gently to see if he be amended the which if he be let him rest for the space of two Weeks without Travel but if he be nothing amended then rowel him with a Leather-Rowel upon the Shoulder-point and keep him rowelled for the space of fifteen days renewing the Rowel and cleansing the Wound every other day walk him up and down very gently always turning him on the contrary side and if he go well pull out the Rowel and heal up the Wound with Turpentine and Hogs-grease and a Tent of Flax. But if the Hurt were so violent that all this will not help him then draw him chequerwise with a hot Iron over all the Shoulder-point and let him go to plow two hours every day in soft ground where he may not be over-much strained and if it be possible let him be let blood as soon as he is hurt in those place Veins and also in the place or as near as is possible where the Hurt or Blow is to the intent that no Blood do congeal there or that it tarry till the Flesh become black with the Bruise Of Splayting of the Shoulder This also may proceed from some Slip whereby the Shoulder parteth from the Breast and so leaveth a Rift or Rent in the Flesh and Film under the Skin which causeth him also to trail his Leg after him The Cure is to put a pair of strait Pasterns on his Fore-feet and to let him stand still in the Stable then take of Dialthea one pound of Sallet-Oil a pint of Oil de Bays half a pound of Fresh-Butter half a pound and melt them together anoint the grieved place therewith round about the inside of the Shoulder and within two or three hours after all the Shoulder will swell then with a Pleam strike all the swelling places or with a sharp hot Iron the head whereof should be an Inch long to the intent the Corruption may run out and still anoint the same very often with the said Ointment and if it gather to a head then lance it where it is most soft and tent it with Hogs-Grease and Turpentine and a Tent of Flax. A Remedy for the Spavins First When the swelling appears first in the Ham lift up the Thigh and strike the principal Vein with a Fleam let out the Blood till no more will come and then burn the Spavin long-ways and a cross Heal the Burn as you do for the swelling of the Pastern For the Colt-Evil The Cure is Wash the Sheath clean with lukewarm Vinegar draw out his Yard and wash it also then ride him to some running Stream up to the Belly to allay the Heat and do this lustily for a quarter of an hour and so every day after
beneath the Eyes not touching the Vein and with a Cronet loose the Skin upwards the breadth of a Groat and thrust therein a round piece of Leather as broad as a two-penny piece with a hole in the midst to keep the hole open and look to it once a day that the Matter may not be stopped but run ten or eleven days then heal it with Turpentine Hogs-grease and Wax boyled together with Flax dipped in it and take not the Plaisters off till they fall away then burn him with a small hot drawing Iron made like a Star with a hole in the midst in each Temple-Vein where the Plaister did lye in this manner ** and if this help not set him to Cart Beware you breed no Colts of Horses that are so â—â—ed for upon every hard Travel they will be blind These Infirmities are cured by this following Medicine All Wounds in general all Sinews cut all Wounds with sbot burning with Lime Mad-dog biting Foundring Fretizing Surbaiting all loose Hoofs casting of the Hoof Hoof-bound Take of Turpentine Wax Hogs-grease of each a like quantity first melt the yellow Wax and Hogs-grease upon a soft fire then take it off and dissolve the Turpentine into it and stir it very well together then put it into a Gally-pot and let it cool and with this Salve tent or plaister any Wound or Sore and it will heal it Also with the same anoint the Cronets of the Horses Hoofs and putting Wheat-bran unto it it being boyled hot stop your Horseâ— Feet therewith in case either of Founder of Frettize Surbait or such like Infirmities For the Staggers The Cause of this Disease is for that the Brain and the Stomack are united and chained together with certain Sinews and thereby interchangeably communicate their damages so as when the Stomack is oppressed with the gross and tough Humours or some strong Vapours as when the Horse hath eat some strong Herb as the wild Parsnips or such like by the strong vapouring Spirits proceeding out of the Stomack to the Brain oppressing the same as the strong vaporous Spirit of Wine Aquavltae and such like do the brain of Man he is dizzy and reeleth as if he were drunk at the first he doth only reel and stagger as if his Back were swayed and will eat his Meat but afterwards he will forsake it and not be able to stand The Cure is let him blood in the Temple-Veins one handful under the Eyes then take Garlick Herb-grace a little Leaven and Bay-salt stamp them together and then put thereinto a little quantity of Aquavitae and put it into the Horse's Ears and bind them close and so let it remain twenty four hours and wash his Tongue with Vinegar and Salt let him not drink any cold Water and once a day gently walk him Another for the same Take Bitter Almonds one once and a half of Ox-Galâ— two drams of Black Hellebore stamp one half penny-worth of Groins of Castorum of Vinegar of Varnish five drams sethe them together until the Vinegar be consumed strain it and put it into his Ears as aforesaid but bind them with a Woollen List not with a cutting String A Soveraign Medicine called the Emperour of all Medicines concerning Horses Take of Wheat-meal six pounds or as much as will bring all the Simples following to a stiff Paste of Aâ—iâ—eeds two ounces of Cummin-seed six drams of Carthamus one dram and a half of Feaugreek-seed one ounce and two drams of Brimstone an ounce and a half and of Sallet-Oyl one pint and two ounces of Honey one pound and a half of White-Wine four pints and all this must be made into a very stiff Paste the hard Simples being pounded and searsed to a fine Powder and so mixed with the sweet Simples After this Paste is made it must be kept in a very clean Cloth and when you have occasion to use it you shall take thereof as much as will make a round Ball as big as a Mans Fist and this Ball you shall by continual washing laving and squeezing dissolve into a Gallon of running Water to give it the Horse to drink either after his Heats or any violent Labour or Exercise or when he is sick poor lean or inwardly diseased and full of foul Surfeits and then you shall suffer him to drink thereof as much and often as he pleaseth the Colour of the Water will offend him to take it therefore at the first offer it him in the dark of which when he hath but once tasted he will then sorsake all Water whatsoever to drink of this only Now touching the Virtues which appertain to this Medicine they are these First if your Horse be never so poor lean surfeited and diseased if you give your Horse of this Water with the Ball dissolved in it as aforesaid it will in fourteen days not only cleanse and scoure him but also purifie the Blood enliven and quicken him in a wonderful manner Secondly it will be a means to prevent any Sickness for a long time Thirdly and Lastly â—t will make him continue in good Case feed lustily and â—gain Flesh apace though before he was very Lean. A safe Purge to prevent Sickness Take a quarter of a pound of red Saunders and the like quantity of fresh Butter make them up and give them as the former or Rosemary Leafs bruised and mixed with Butter or green Figs so ordered and let those that undertake the Cure of Horses observe particularly these five things 1. To what Diseases Horses are inclinable 2. From what Cause they proceed 3. By what means the Causes do accrue 4. The Tokens by which any Distemper is known 5. And how to apply apt and seasonable Remedies For the Cramp or Convulsion of the Sinews The cause of this Disease is over much Fulness or very great Eating and Feeding much Rest want of moderate Exercise or by over-much Bleeding extream Labour or extream Cold. That which proceeds from great Fulness and Rest comes suddenly That which comes by Emptiness or Penury goes on by little and little I have seen a Horse had his Head awry and Neck so stiff as if he could not bow any manner of way nor the strength of Men open his Jaws or Mouth without breaking of them His Eyes hollow in his Head and the fleshy parts thereof turned backwards His Tongue so henumed that he could not eat nor drink but by sucking of his drink by little and little with his Lips All which came by a full and foul Feeding and too much Rest bâ—ing notwithstanding exceeding Fat when he Dy'd The cure of this Disease is to take a great quantity of Blood from him rake him behind and give him a Glister of Mallows Cammomile and Fennel boyled in Milk How to order him after this for the Recovery of his Limbs c. Let him be rubbed by two or three lusty strong Men and keep him in a very warm Room then take two quarts of strong Ale and two
Cammomil laying over it a Plaister of Bees-wax when it has been there four days take the Led out clap the skin close and Anoint it as before and when the Hair which it will soon do grows again it will be Milk-white Red Stars on a White Horse are done in the like manner in forming your Led shaving and opening the Skin but you must use to cause the Colour Oil of Cassia Soot and Vermilion finely temper'd together and the Lead anointed with it Take out the Lead at the same days as the former and anoint the sore place with Ointment of Tobacco and Marsh-Mallows A black Star in a white Horse make as the White only the Ingredients must be Soulters Ink or Lamb-black and Oil of Tartar and in this manner you may make Feathers or Marks on any part of the Body for Beauty and Ornament tho too frequently used by some who do it by way of Disguise that a Horse ill come by may not be Discover'd And thus one Star Snip or Blaze may be taken out and one of a different Colour put in Things to be observ'd when you put your Horse to Grass Having spoken many times about dry feeding it will not be amiss for the Horse-man to know how he should be Order'd at Grass for his Health sake and to keep a comely proportion of Body for in the knowledge of this there 's much Advantage When he has stood in the House and you intend him for Grass abate or change his Cloaths putting him on daily thinner that by degrees he may be weaned from them and in the end wearing none take no notice of it or be prejudic'd with Cold or blasts of Wind abroad This done let him Blood twice or thrice there being a day or two's respit between give him heartning Meats by degrees lessen his Allowance and in the end let him for two or three days before you send him out feed on Hay alone and put not any valuable or tender Horse into wet Pastures where Foggs Damps and unwholsom Airs arise from Fens Marshes Ditches Rivers Bogs or the like However the better to fortifie him against Sickness or Lameness give him the following Drink very warm three Mornings and Evenings The Drink to be given before Grass Take Bay-berries Myrrh Gentian Aristilochia and the shavings of Ivory each an Ounce bruise them when dryed so that they may be reduc'd to Powder give him half an Ounce at a time in Muscadine Malago or for want of it sweet Wort a quart of either pretty warm Thus having fitted him for the Field put him out in a warm dry day that the cold weather may seize on him by degrees so that shutting the Pores he may be harden'd against it with little damage to himself How the Horse is to be used when taken from Grass Observe in taking him up you do it in a dry day the Horse by the Heat and Air freed from damps or wet and this is best done about Bartholomew-Tide at farthest unless the Weather be exceeding clear and warm and then he may run to the first of September but not conveniently longer and for a Week or two after taken up give him no immoderate Heats nor over-Travel him lest you melt his Grease for the Fat gotten at Grass is exceeding tender and apt to be dissolv'd by any violent Motion whereby if the Blood happen to be Inflamed it will endanger his falling into mortal Sickness A day after he is Stabled bring him forth into the Air and bleed him well cleanse his Feet and Shooe him well and give him the Drink in proportion before prescrib'd for going to Grass Other material Direstions Three days after your Horse is taken from Grass if thâ— Weather be fair ride him abroad and after a gentle Heat bring him home smooth down his Hairs and sleek them with Soap rubbed in the Palms of your Hands but let not any Soap get into his Eyes Nostrils or Mouth cleanse him then with some warm Water and a linnen Cloath after that dry him well with a wollen Cloath till no wet remain about him And being thus cleansed from Dust and Filth cover him as warm as is usual in cold weather and this will make him Slick and Lively and seem not to be the same Horse for his colour will be somewhat alter'd Blood-letting on what occasions it ought to be us'd Opening the Temple-Veins is proper to ease pains in the Head if caused by cold Rheums Fevers Drowsiness Clavers Distempers in the Eyes and other Maladies proceeding from afflictions of the Brain or any Swellings or Inflamations about the Head or Throat and for these you may give him some of the Blood to drink mixed with Bay-Salt Opening the weeping Veins under the Ears is very proper to prevent Blindness and cure Distempers in the Eyes Opening the Pallate Veins prevents or cures the Lampas Slavers Anticor Yellows Drowsiness Surfeit Tireing c. The Vein in the side of the Neck is proper to disburthen the Body of gross blood ease the Heart of Oppressions Anticor Faintings and the like Opening the Breast-Vein is proper for Moor-foundring occasion'd by molten Grease contracted in the body by hard Riding preventing Diseases in the Liver Lungs and other internal Parts and is convenient to be done in any Sprain or Hurt in the Shoulder to prevent Lameness Opening the Thigh Veins prevents foundring in the Fore-feet Screwzing-bone Mallender or the like excressential Infirmities To bleed on the four Shackle-Veins before is good against the Crown-scab Quitter-bone c. To open the Spur-veins is good against Moor-foundring Farcine in the Side Swelling under the belly or the like The Toe Veins being open'd help fretting-foundering Hoof-bound or any grief occasion'd by the beating the Horse's Hoof upon any hard stony way The bleeding the two Thigh Veins behind ease grief in the Kidneys swelling in the hinder Legs Swellings Scratches Pissing blood Foundring c. To open the Shoulder Veins behind prevents pain in the Feet Foundering Uneasiness c. Open the Flank Veins in case of a Fevor swelling of the Stones Poorness or the Tielt-Worm The Tail Vein open'd prevents the Mange Scab Itch and falling off of the Hair And these blood-lettings prepare a Horse or Mare the better for Physick and greatly enliven him What Season is best to let Blood in If present danger require letting blood you may wave Critical times and do it immediately otherwise observe the following days viz. The Third and Fifteenth of January The Fourth and Ninth of February The Sixth and Tenth of March. The Fifteenth and Twentieth of April The First and Thirteenth of May. The Fifteenth and Nineteenth of June â—n July and August forbear letting of blood unless on some â—urgent occasion In September bleed the Eleventh and Twenty eighth October the Eighth and Twenty third November the Fifth and Sixteenth And in December the Fourteenth Sixteenth and Twenty sixth These days by the most Skilful are held to be safer and better than
others â—â—n sundry regards but especially in that of the Signs who then Govern Viz. Aries the Head Taurus the Neck Gemini the Shoulders Cancer the Stomach Leo the Heart Virgo the Guts and belly Libri the Reins and Buttocks Scorpio the privy Members Sagitarius the Thighs Capricorn the Knees Aquarius the Legs and Pisces the Feet From which Note that it is not at any time safe to let Blood in that part at the time the Sign is predominant or governing in it â—bservations on a Horse as to the Brain Sinews Veins relating to Health Strength c. He that will be expert in Ordering a Horse must not be unskilful in knowing the parts from whence Defects and Diseases chiefly arise the most material I shall briefly Enumerate First Consider the Seat of Life to be in the Brain Heart and Liver from whence it contributes to and disposes every Member and for that cause those are called the Three principal Members to which some would add a Fourth viz. The Stones But that Addition by the wisest Practitioners has been rejected because if taken away Life still remains which it is impossible to do if any of the other be removed Secondly The Sinews which are these viz. Two white Sinews or Tendons beginning at the Nose and passing through the Neck and Back branch into the fore-Legs and end in the hinder Legs taking their Ligaments in all the four Feet Two Sinews called the main Sinews which descend from the Brain and passing down the Cheeks fasten the Jaws Three from the Shoulder to the first Joynt of the Arms or fore-legs besides two other great Sinews Four great Sinews from the Knees to the Pasterns with the same number in the hinder part above As well within as without the fore-part of the Breast are ten Sinews small and great From the Reins of the Back to the Stones are four great Sinews or Ligaments and another great Sinew running to the end of the Tail To conclude a Horse has great and small Twenty Nine or as some will have it Thirty Thirdly The Veins through which the Blood Circulates the whole Body are many yet seeing they centre in the Liver the Seat and Fountain of Blood distributing it into every part divers are of opinion that all other Veins in the Horse's Body are but branches of the Median Vein proceeding directly from the Liver and when-ever that is afflicted with Wind has the Blood corrupted in it or is subject to any other Infirmity it afflicts all at once the whole Body of the Horse Those Branches that ascend to the Head and upper parts of the Body are called Ascendants and those that run down into the Legs and other parts of the Body Descendants And through these branches sleeping and waking the Blood continues its Course Ebbing and flowing like the Ocean by the course of the Moon The things herein chiefly to be consider'd are the Branches properly to be open'd as I have directed in Bloot-letting Page 64. The Bones that frame a Horse's Body their Number and how they are Placed In the Body of a Horse the Bones not accounting the Teeth which are visible thus are Numbred viz. His Head-bones comprehending the Crooks and handle of Skull are although they are compiled of parts and parcels of other Bones likewise two flat handles which form the Pallate and Fork or Throat have Five His Breast-bone and his Chine Fifty two other Bones His Ribs long and short are Thirty six His fore-Legs and fore-Feet contain Forty four The hinder Legs and Feet Forty So that the whole Structure of the Body of a Horse comprizing his Teeth consists of 177 Bones Of the Four Humours in the Body of a Horse c. As Fire Air Water and Earth produce and give Life and Nutriment to all Living Creatures so the Humours viz. Choler Blood Phlegm and Melancholly are the principal Agitators in the Bodies of all Creatures and as it were Compose or at least Preserve them Choler by reason of its heat being alluded to Fire Phlegm by reason of its Moisture and Coldness to Water Blood by reason of its heat and Moisture to Air And Melancholly through its cold and dryness to Earth Choler has its Seat near the Liver which by reason of its heat and dryness accords with the Blood which has its Fountain in the Liver and from thence disperseth it self through the Body Phlegm has its chief Seat about the Brain which is a principal Seat of Life and frequently afflicts when out of temper with Rheums Colds Coughs Catarrhs c. Melancholly has its Seat about the Spleen being the gross and earthly part of the Blood and Choler As for the Offices and Dispositions of these Humours they are four viz. Choler causeth Concoction and voiding of Excrements Blood Nourisheth the Body Phlegm gives Motion to the Joynts and Melancholly disposeth to Apetite Creating a good Stomach The Humours or Constitution of a Horses Body to be taken from the Colour c. The Humours are to be known that a Farrier or any skilful Horse-Doctor may the better prepare the Medicine which I am hereafter to prescribe and this may be done divers ways and particularly by the Colour of a Horse Sympathizing with the Humours viz. If a Horse be Cole-black and has nothing of changeable about him then Choler is predominant in him and by reason of the great heat in him he is incident to Inflamations of the Liver Yellows and Pestilential Fevers and in that case he must have suitable Medicines to allay Heat and purge out the superfluities of Choler yet these Medicines must not be of a quality too much operating lest they impair his Strength for the cholerick Horse though he be fierce and fiery has nevertheless no great Strength If your Horse be Dark or bright Bay neither scouling Countenance bad Mouthed white Flanked white Fleabitten white Lyard like Silver or black with a white Star white Rash with a black Foot then he is Sanguine and the Diseases to which he is most subject are the Consumption of the Liver Glanders Leprosie and such other Distempers caused by Infection Those of this Complexion are very strong and will endure strong Medicine without impairing strength If these Medicines are not compounded of extraordinary hot Ingredients to over-heat the Blood If your Horse be perfect White Yellow Dun Kite colour Mous-dun or the like in mixture then is the prevailing Humour in him Phlegm and such are slow of Nature subject to lose his Flesh also to cold Rheums Head-Ach Coughs Staggers and many other Distempers proceeding from cold watry Distillations and therefore he must have hot Medicines viz. Simples of a hot and strong working nature that may effectually operate on the Mass of Phlegm If a dark Bay colour having long White Hairs called Goats-hairs on his Legs Russet Chesnut Ash-coloured oâ— Gray Then Melancholy is predominant and his Distempers are Inflamations of the Spleen Frenzies and other the like dull and Melancholy
a spoonful at â— time two or three hours before his Watering and he wilâ— remain a healthful and sound Horse if he be thus used tiâ—â— he be eight years old for then the chief danger is past The Order of Curing Horses that are Diseas'd The Causes the Signs and the Cureâ— thereof Of the Ague or Fever in Horses THE Learned do hold Three gential Kinds First When the Vital Spirits are inflamed wherein heâ— is predominant more than Nature requireth Secondlâ— When the Humours are distemper'd by heat Thirdlâ— When the firm parts of the body are continually hot â— that the Ague cometh by the excessive heating of the Horsâ— and thereupon a sudden Cold or by fullness of bad Hâ—mours which principally grow from foul full and raâ— feeding and too much rest and for that reason it takeâ— the Horse either hot or cold and to keep due hours to makâ— him shake and tremble as a Man also we may know hoâ— the same appeareth from the Inflamations of the Stomacâ— which scaldeth and maketh the Tongue raw there aâ—other causes viz. by spare feeding not clean feeding aâ—dry feeding and for want of moderate labour The Cuâ— shall be when you perceive his dejected Countenance aâ— that he beginneth to tremble enforce him into a Heat aâ— give him this purging Drink Take a quart of White-Winâ— put therein an Ounce of Aloes small beaten Of Agarâ—â— half an Ounce of Liquorice and Anniseeds half a Draâ— and some Honey warmed a little on the Fire and thâ— ride him until he be hot and let him sweat moderately â— the Stable and take a special care of him wash his Tongâ—â— with Allum water Vinegar and Sage and give him sweâ— Straw to eat and a Gallon of old sweet Oats at Nighâ— give him a good Mash and the next Night after let him â—lâ—ed a quart and if his Blood be very thick dark yei â—ow let him bleed two Quarts and afterwards keep him warm from the Air for three or four days and give him warm Water to drink and a little Saliet-Oyl in it if he will drink it Another of the same Let him blood take of Garmander Four ounces of Gum-Dragonâ—â— and of dead Roses of each an ounce Of Oyle â—live Four Ounceâ— put them into a quart of strong Ale and give it warm to the Horse to drink then ride him unâ—il he sweat and clâ—ath him and keep him warm as aforeâ—aid Of the Ague in the Head The cause of 〈◊〉 Disease proceeds either from cold or â—aking of too much heat or of a raw imperfect Digestion of the Stomach which proceeds principally also from full and foul fâ—â—ding for betwixt the Stomach and the Brain â—s such Assinity as that they do equally communicate their â—amageâ— The Signs are these The hanging down of his â—ead his Eyes will swell and run with Water and he will â—orsake his Meat The Cure is to let him blood in the â—allet of his Mouth and rub it with Salt to make it bleed well then take a â—tick with a Linnen-cloath fastened to â—he end of it well anointed with the Oyl of Bay thrust it â—p and down his Nostrils thereby to open and purge his â—ead Also pâ—rfume him with the smoak of Garlick-stalks â—roken into small pieces Also air him with the smoak of â—rankincense belding the same in a Chafingdish under his Nostrills with a great Cloath cast over his Head and let be done Morning and Evening Keep him with spare â—yet and moderate Exercise the which will cleanse his â—â—omack and make it empty then his brain will not be â—quieted Afterwards let him blood and give him good â—â—â—hes to drink for two days and no cold water as I â—â—all write down the Causes of some Diseases that are most â—â—known to the people so for those that they are so well â—â—quainted with I shall only set down the Cures Of the sudden Sickness of a Horse The cause is for that the Heart which is the Charriot oâ— Life wherein the Soul of the Horse liveth wanting the use of the Veins and Arteries to carry the vital spirit oâ— heat to all the parts of the body to give the Horse feelling and ability to operation by reason of some obstructions of Humours and Cold which for want of Heat cannot be dissolved for that the nature of Cold is to bind and conglutinate together and keep them from their naturaâ— Course proceeding from some violent Exercise and immoderate Feeding and Rest The sign is the sudden dejectment of his Countenance The Cure is to let him blood on both sides of the breast next the heart whereby the Veins and Arteries being evacuated and emptied the may begin to do that office whereunto Nature hath appointed them Let him bleed the quantity of two quarts then give him a comfortable drink to stir up the vital Spirits to actions viz. Take a quart of the best Sack and burn it with Grains Cloves and Cinnamon and a quarteâ— of a pound of the best Sugâ—r and burn it altogether with half a pint of Sallet-Oyl and Four pennyworth of the besâ— Treaâ—le then ride him very gently till he begin to sweat and so turn him into the Stable and let him stand â—â—â— Meats but beware you do for him there according tâ— your direction and be sure you cloath him not too warinâ— for the Drink will throughly warm him and make hiâ— sweat let his drink be warm water wherein boyl Mallowâ— and a handful of Water-Cresses of Fennel and Parsly-seed oâ— each an Ounce and twice in a Morning or Evening wheâ— he is most fasting ride him gently a mile or two Of a Horse that cannot Piss Take a Pint of white Vinegar half a pound of Gimgreeâ— bruise it small and wring out the Juice take a handful â— Fennel a handful of Fox-Gloves the Leaves or the Flowerâ— two ounces of Grommel-seed and half a pint of sweet Honey stamp them well together and strain them into Vinegar leâ— him stand without Meat and Drink Twenty four hours Of the Pains in the Head Take a Pint of Malmsey Five new laid Eggs a head of bruised Garlick small Pepper Cinnamon and Nuâ—megs beaten fine give it him to drink three days together and let him fast five hours after To bring Hair again To bring Hair again take the Dung of Goats some Honey and Allum and the blood of a Hog boyl them together and being hot rub the place therewith Of the Stone and Cholick in a Horse Take a Pint of White Wine half a Pint of Burr-seed and beat them small two ounces of Pursâ—y-seed half a handful of Hop half a handful of new-set â—eeks and haâ—â— a handful of Water-Cresses half an ounce of Black-Soap and mingle them together stamp and strain them but put the Burr-seed and Parsley-seed to it after it is strained and then warm it and give it him to drink Of killing the Fire either in Burning or Shot Take Varnish or Oyl and Water beaten together and â—noint the place with
Knots cut the Vein asunder where it was Slit and fill the Hole with Salt then lay on this Charge Take half a pound of Pitch a quarter of a pound of Rosen aâ— quarter of a pint of Tar boil them together and being warm anoint all the inside of the Joint and clap on Flocks of the Horses Colour and turn him to Grass if it may be tiâ—â— he be perfectly whole and the Hair grown again Another for the same Cut the Skin over the Veins as aforesaid and slit the Vein and cut it as aforesaid then where the Spavin is highest with a small Chissel of the breadth of a penny strike off the quantity of an Almond and no more then take two penny worth of Verdegrease another of Narvil beat them small and put it into the Spavin and three days after wash the Corsey with Bark-water or Vinegar then take Colman and Diaconum upon a Linnen Cloth and lay it to the Spavin every day and for seven days after a new Plaister then draw it with a hot Iron as aforesaid and also a Change and Flocks as is before recited Of the wet or blood Spavin This Disease also is commonly known and some call it the â—horough Spavin it is fed by a thin flexible Humour by the â—laster Vein The cure is to shave off the Hair and to take â—p the Vein in every part as I shall describe in the Cure of â—he Bone Spavin and then cut the Vein asunder and draw it with a hot Iron charge it and put on the Flocks and it will perfectly heal and cure it for I have proved it certain All these Distempers are cured by the Medicine following All Watry Eyes All Blood-shotten Eyes All Dimness of Sight All Lunatick Eyes All Cankers in the Eyes The Pin and the Web in the Eye All pearles or Spots All Fistula's in the Eyes The Haw in the Eye Take true Ground-Ivy which some call Alehoof or the â—rdinary Ground-Ivy and beat it well in a Morter and if it â—e very dry drop a little White Rose-water into it or a little â—f the Water of the Herb Eyebright then drain it well into a â—lean Glass and with that Juice wash anoint or tent the â—ores in the Eyes at least three or four times in a day As â—or the Haws or Haggs in a Horse's Eye every common â—mith knows how to cut them away and that easily For a Wrench or Sprain in the Pastern Take a Quart of Brine seeth it till the scum arise and â—hen strain it and put into it a handful of Tansy a handful â—f Mallows a Sawcer full of Honey a quarter of a pound â—f Sheeps-Tallow beat them together and set them on the â—re till they be well sodden and then lay it hot to the Taint and sew a Cloth fast about it and so let it rest five â—ays and if this prevail not wash the place and shave â—way the Hair saving the fetterlock scarrifie it and lay â—antharides to it and heal it as the Splint Of a Horse that is Hipped The Horse that is hipped is when his Hip-Bone is out â—f the right place it may come by Stripe Stretch Slipâ—ing Sliding or Falling he will go sideling and the lowâ—â— Hip will fall lower than the other The Cure is speedily to take of Oyl de Bay of Dialthea of Nerval of Swines-grease of each half a pound melt them together stirring them continually until they be throughly mingled together and anoint the sore place against the Hair with this Ointment every day once a day for fifteen days together and make the Ointment to Sink well into the Flesh by holding a broad bar of Iron over the place anointed to make it enter into the Skin and if at the end of those days it doth not mend then slit a Hole downward into the Skin and inch beneath the Hip-bone make the hole so wide that you may easily thrust in a Rowel with your Finger and then with a little broad slice of Iron loosen the Skin from the Flesh above the Bone and round about the same so broad as the Rowel may lye flat and plain betwixt the Skin and the Flesh which Rowel should be of soft Calves Leather with a Hole in the midst like a Ring having a Thread ty'd to it to pull out when you would cleanse the Hole and if the Rowel be rowelled about with Flocks fast ty'd on and anointed with the Ointment of Hogs-grease and Turpentine boiled together it will draw so much the more That done tent it with a long Tent of Flax dipt in Turpentine and Hogs-grease made warm and so renew it every day for fifteen days and before that you dress him let him be walk'd every day a quarter of an hour and as it healeth make the Tent every day less than the other and as soon as he is whole draw a hot Iron cross his Loins of eight or nine inches long right over against the Hip-bone so as the rowelled place may be in the midst thereof and burn him no deeper but so as the Skin may look yellow then charge all the Skin over all the Buttocks with this Charge Take of Pitch one pound of Rosin one pound of Tar half a pint boil them together and being well warmed spread it with a Clout ty'd to a Stick clap as many Flocks on the Horse as will stick that he may travel the more at his own Will Of Stifling and Hurts in the Stifler This is when the Stifling-bone is removed from its right place but if it be not removed then the Horse is hurt and not stifled The Cure is in all Points like to the Shoulder-Pight saving that the Pins need not to be so long because the Stifling-place is not so broad and standing in the Stable let him have a Pastern with a Ring upon his Fore-leg and thereunto fasten a Cord which Cord must go about his Neck and let it be so much strained as may bring his Fore-leg forward then the other to keep the Bone from starting out but if it be but a Hurt with some Stripe or Strain then the bone will not stand out but perhaps the place may be swoln then anoint it with the Ointment last mentioned in the Receipt going before every day for fifteen days then rowel him with a heme Rowel and cleanse the Hole every day by running the Rowel anointed with the said Ointment Of Wounds The Cure is Take of Turpentine of Mel Rosarum of Oil of Roses of each a Quartern and a little Unwrought Wax and melt them together stirring them together continually and so use the Tent or Roll as occasion shall serve A Receipt for any extraordinary Cold or Cough or Pursiness in a Horse which the weak Farrier calls Broken-Winded I will here set you down the Secrets of my Knowledge in some ready easy approved Receipts which I never â—ound to fail When you find your Horse taken with any extream Cold or dry Cough or Pursiness which
from any cold Cause or from any riding and too sudden cooling or from washing when he was hot or such like then you shall give the same quantity of Diapente and Honey in Sack or other hot Wine in the manner aforesaid But if his Sickness be less contagious or that Wine is not ready to be had then you shall give the same quantity of the Powder and Honey either in a quart of strong Ale or a quart of strong Beer observing all the Instructions formerly declared Now for as much as this Powder of Diapente may be be many times wanting or at least hard to be got on the sudden as we have formerly said therefore in case of such Extremity you shall take a good handful of Celandine Roots Leafs and all and having pick'd and cleansed them you shall take of Wormwood and Rue of each half a handful boil these in a pot of strong Ale or Beer till the full half be consumed then strain it and dress the Herbs and dissolve into the drink half a pound of Sweet Butter and an ounce and a half of the best Treacle being no more but lukewarm give it the Horse to drink in the Morning fasting and walk him an hour after then set him up warm and let him fast another hour then give him meats as aforesaid And do this divers Mornings according to the greatness of his Sickness Now for this Cure you must by no means forget to let the Horse blood in the Neck-Vein an hour or two before you give him the first drink and let him bleed till you see the corrupt Blood change and begin to look pure to know which you shall save the first Blood and the last Blood in two Sawcers and as they cool they will easily shew you the difference Now if your Horse happen to fall suddenly Sick upon you as you travel when there is no Town nor Help near you then you shall presently alight from his Back and with a sharp pointed Knife or Bodkin or for want of both with a sharp-pointed strong Tag you shall let him Blood in the Rooâ— of the Mouth amongst the Bars somewhat near to his uppermost Teeth and make him bleed well walking him forward and suffering him to champ and eat his own Blood which is very wholsome for him at that time and almost a present cure Now if the Blood stanch of it self as commonly it will then you shall presently piss in his Mouth and so ride him with all Gentleness and Ease homeward and being set up warm wash his Mouth and Nostrils with Vinegar and the next Morning let him Blood in the Neck-Vein and give him either of the Drenches before prescribed and no doubt but you may hold on your Journey without danger Now if in the pricking of the Mouth you either stick your knife too deep or else cut the Vein asunder whereby you cannot stanch the Blood as many times it happeneth in this case you shall put some big round piece of Wood into the Horse's Mouth to keep him from biting and then take a little of the fine Down of a Hare's Skin or Cony-Skin or for want of them the fine Lint of any Woollen or Linnen cioth and hold it hard to the Wound and it will stanch it such care being taken as that it be not to be lick'd away with the Horse's Tongue For the Malender This is a Scab growing in the form of Lines or Streaks over the Bend of the Knee in the inside of the Leg. The cure is wash it with warm Water and shave the Scab clean away then take a spoonful of Soap as much Lime and make it into a paste and spread as much on a Clout as will cover the Sore bind it fast renewing it every day for three days together then anoint the same with Oyl of Roses to cause the Crust to fall away and then wash it with Urine and strow on the powder of Oyster-shells Another of the same Take a Barrel'd Herring with a soft Row and two spoonfuls of Black-Soap half an ounce of Allum and bruise them together and lay it to the Sore three days Of the Splint This Soreness is known to most Men The Cure is Wash it with warm Water and shave off the Hair and lightly scarify all the sore place with a point of a Razor so as that the Blood may issue forth then take of Cantharides half a spoonful and of Euforbium as much beaten into fine powder and mingle them together with a spoonful of Oyl de Bay and then melt them in a little pan stirring them well together so that they may not boil over and being so boiling-hot take two or three Feathers anoint all the sore places therewith and let not the Horse remove from the place for two hours after Afterwards carry him away and tye him so that he cannot touch the Medicine with his Lips and also let him stand without Litter that day and a night and within two or three days after anoint the Sore with Butter for nine days Another for the same Take an Onion and pick out the Core and put therein a spoonful of unslack'd Lime and four penny weight of Verdegrease and half a pound of Lavender-seed and rost the Onion until it be soft and then cut the Skin a little that the Medicine may enter to fret the Malady out and let the Hair remain and the Medicine lye to it three days For Foundring Before I enter to express the Cure I would have you diligently to note the cause of this Disease The Causes of Foundring are either from superfluous and over-much Eating and Drinking or from immoderate and extreme Labour or abundance and fulness of Humours The undoubted and infallible Cure is Garter each Leg immediately one handful above the Knee and with a List good and hard then walk him chafe him into a Heat and being somewhat warm let him Blood in both the Breast-Veins 2 or 3 Quarts and reserve the same continually stirring it with your hands together to gather out the clods thereof then taâ—e thereof two quarts of Wheat-flower half a peck six Eggs Shells and all and of Bole Armony half a pound of Sanguis Dragonis half a quartein and a quart of strong Vinegar mingle them altogether and charge all his Shoulders Breast Back Loyns and Fore-legs therewith and walk him upon some hard Ground suffering him not to stand still and when that the Charge is dry refresh it again and having walked him three or four hours together lead him into the Stable give him a little Mash of Malt and some Hay and provender and then walk him again for four or five days renewing the Charge upon him as it dryeth so long as it lasteth and keep it warm with a thin Dyet but if you see the Horse to be afraid to set his Hinder-feet to the Ground and to be so weak behind as to stand quivering and shaking and coveting to lie down Garter him also about
the Hoofs on the Hinder-legs and let him Blood also in the Thigh-Veins to the quantity of a Pottle and so double your Charge in quantity and therewith charge both Hinder-legs Reins and Flanks and all against the Hair and if you find him feeble by drawing so great a quantity of Blood give him a quart of Malmsey and a little Cinnamon Mace and Pepper finely beaten into a Powder made lukewarm and let him be walk'd and chafed up and down if he be able to go but if he be not able than tie him to the Rack and let him be hanged with Canvis or Ropes so as he may stand upon the Ground on his Feet and not suffered to lie down then pare all his Feet so thin that the dew come forth and tack on the Shooes again Stopping the Feet with Bran and Hogs-grease boiled together as hot as he can endure it and wrap them in Cloaths even to the Pasterns tying the Clouts fast Let his Diet be thin and give him no cold Water and so soon as he is able let him almost be continually walked unless he be so long gone that his Hoofs begin to loose â—â— that it break forth at the Cronets of the Hoofs then take two Eggs as much Bole Armony and Bean-flower as will thâ—â—â—en the same and mingle them well together and make thereof a plaister such as may close each â—oot round about somewhat above the Cronet and bind the same fast that it fall not away or be removed for two days togâ—ther let the Soles of his Feet be cleansed and stopt every day once and the Cronets but every two days and not walk'd for loosing his Hoofs but when he amendeth walk hiâ— upon some soft Ground fair and softly but if it break out above the Hoof then take all the fore-parts of the Sole clean away leaving the Heels whole then stop him and also dress him about the Cronet as aforesaid if this Grief tho it be very dangerous be espied in time it may be cured For the Shoulderpight This is when the pitch or point of the Shoulder is displaced which if it be the point will stick out farther than his Fellow and the Horse will halt downright The Cure is To make him for to swim in a deep Water eleven or twelve turns to try if he be able to make the Joint to return to his right place then make two tough Pins oâ— Ash-Wood of the bigness of your Little-singer sharp and thrust in one of the Pins from above downward so as both the Ends may equally stick without the Skin and if the Pin of Wood will not easily pass through make it way with an Iron pin then make two Holes cross to the first Holes so as the pin may cross the first pin right in the midst with a right Cross the first pin should â—e somewhat flat in the midst to the intent the other being round might pass the better without stop and close the Inster together then take a piece of a Line somewhat bigger than a Whipcord and at one end make a Loop which being put over one of the pins ends so as it may lie between the pins ends and the Skin fasten the least end with a Pack-Needle and Thread unto the end of the Cord so as it may not slip but first anoint both the pricks and Cord with Hogs-grease then bring him into the Stable and let him rest the space of nine days but let him lie down as little as you can and put a Pastern on the Fore-leg so that it may be bound with a Cord unto the Foot of the Manger to keep the Leg in the Stable more forward always than the other and at nine days end pull out the pricks and anoint the places with Diathea or Hogs-grease and turn him to Grass For a Frothy Hoof. First with an Instrument make hollow the Extremities of the Hoof on the outside till the principal Vein break â—et the Blood run forth then fill up the Hole with fine Salt and Hurds steeped in Vinegar and then bind them so that they shall not fall off This is a sure way to make a hard and a sound Hoof. For the blasting of the Hoof. You must first cut the Hoof round about the out-side then pull away the Sole of the Foot then let the part bleed well then put in a Tent of Whites of Eggs bind the Foot about with a Band after two days wash the â—ore in Vinegar somewhat hot fill it with fine Salt and Tarta beaten together cover it with Hurds steeped in strong Vinegar Probatum est For a Pinch or a Gall in the Withers First cut out the dead Flesh and make a Tent with the White of an Egg and then wash the part with warm White-Wine and afterwards anoint the sore place with White sweet Suet. A present Remedy for the Staggers When you find your Horse distempered in his Head then take a piece of Woollen Cloth and bind it fast to the end of a stick being well rubbed with good Barbary-soap and then put it into both his Nostrils with as much ease as you can and withall draw it forth very gently again This is a perfect Remedy For the Strangles First when you see the Strangles growing prick them under the Throat in the Morning and after cover the Horse's Head with a Linnen Cloth and then rub him often under the Throat with Fresh Butter on the sore place For the swelling of the Fore-legs This Distemper cometh after great Pains and Labour the efficient Causes are many but principally that he was travell'd when young before he was cleansed from his Humours that he hath been travell'd when he was full that he might also have too much Rest and was not kept with moderate Diet that he fed too much on green Meat that he washed after Labour and such like But if the Horse be naturally fleshly-limbed he will never be free but as soon as he is cured upon Travel he will swell again and therefore such Jades should be gelt and put to Cart and never suffered to get Colt The Cure is divers Take of Mallows three or four handfuls Rose-cake and Sage a handful boil them in Water and thereunto put half a pound of Butter and half a pint of Sallet-Oyl being made warm wash him twice a day for three or four days Another for the same Take Hemlock and stamp it and mingle it with Sheeps-dung and Vinegar and having made a Plaister lay it all over the Swelling Another for the same Take Wine-Lees and Cummin and boil them together and put thereinto a little Wheat-flower and charge all the Swelling therewith and walk him often and apace to heat him and if this will not serve then take up the great Vein above the Knee on the inside suffering him not to bleed from above but from beneath If he be clean and lean-limbed use him as I have exprest to a little Butter and Beer warmed and his Feet well
for three or four days For the swelling of the Cods Take strong Vinegar white Chalk well powdered stir it well and make a Paste mingle good store of Salt finely powdered and with that Paste anoint the Cods of the Horse about three times a day and in few days this will help him For the Mattering of the Yard Take a pint of White-Wine boil therein a Quarter of Roch-Allum and with a Squirt thrust it up very far into his Yard squirt the same three or four times to pierce and cleanse the bottom from the Filth and thus continue until he be whole For the Tetter Before you meddle with the place first draw Blood from his Legs and then strike the Veins of his Legs on the outside and on the inside but not on the place where the Hoof comes forth then wash the place with White-Wine and mingle the Juice of Prunella with Powder of Galls and clear Water and with this Liquor beat the Hogs-grease and Liquid Pitch that all become like Honey and having so done anoint the Tetter and in six times dressing this will be a present help How to remedy the Wind-gall Cauterize or burn them five times with a large hot Iron on both sides and then open them overthwart only once but if there be occasion to use it under the Knee on the forepart of the Leg then you may cure it as they do other Burns An excellent and speedy Help for the Glanders First you must take one ounce of Fenugreek boil it in Water till it split and open in twâ— and after that mingle it with the Decoction and two pound of Wheat-Meal and give it the Horse to drink twice a day keep him fasting Prob. est An excellent Remedy for the Haw in the Eye First take up the Haw with a little Ivory Needle or Pen-knife and then cut it all away with your Scissers for the way to cure it is to cut it out A rare Medicine for a sore Back be it never so wrung with a Saddle Take of Sheeps-dung to the quantity of three parts of your Plaister and the fourth part of Dry Wheat and Rye-Flower and mingle them well together and let them boil a quarter of an hour in good fair Water and then lay it on warm and at two or three times applying it will cure the Back This is a tryed and approved Plaister An excellent Cure for the Scab and the sore Crupper You are to take a little Frankincense Nitre Tartar and the Bark of Ash Vitriol Verdegrease and Helebore white and black Round Birthwort and stamp them altogether with Yolks of Eggs and ordinary Ale then after that boil them and anoint the sore place For the Foaling of the Yard The Cure is To wash the same with warm White-Wine and anoint it with the Oyl of Roses and Honey mingled together then put it up and with a Codpice or Truss keep it up still and dress him every day once till he be whole For the swelling of the Cods or Stones The Cure is To let him Blood on both sides in the Flank-Veins then take of Oyl of Roses and Vinegar of each a pint half a quartern of Bole Armony beaten into Powder mingle them together and being lukewarm anoint the Cods therewith with two or three Feathers and the next day ride him into the Water and give him two or three turns then bring him to the Stable and when that he is dry anoint them again and so continue until that he be whole but if the Cods do swell through any Hurt then cover them with a Charge of Bole-Armony and Vinegar wrought together renewing till the swelling go away and if it will then break then tent it with Melrosarum till it be whole For a bony Excression arising upon any Member of a Horse Take the Root of Elecampane well cleansed and wrap it in a Paper and rost it as you would rost a Warden in hot Embers as hot as the Horse can suffer it for you must not scald him after you have rubbed and chased the Excression clap this thereunto and bind it on hard and in once or twice dressing it will consume the Excression also in a Morning and Evening you must rub the Excression with the Oyl of Origanum which will consume away the Hardness To cure the running Frush or any Impostumation of the Sole of the Foot to dry Scratches Pains and such Ulcerous Sores Take old Urine and burn it with good store of Allum and keep it in a close Vessel by it self then take a good handful or two of green Nettles strong and keen and spread them on some Plate or other Vessel and dry them either before the Fire or in an Oven after the Houshold Bread is drawn then crush and bruise them into a very fine Powder and look what a quantity of Powder there is and take the like quantity of Pepper beaten also into a very fine Powder and mix both very well together then keep this Powder in a close Bladder and when you have occasion to use it first wash the sore place with the Urine and Allum made very warm and the Sore throughly scowred after dry them with a very fine Linnen Cloth and lastly strew the Pounce of the Powder so as that it cover all the Sore And thus always do after Travel or once a day in the time of Rest For Incording or Bursting This is when the Rim that incloseth the Guts is broken so that they fall into the Cods of the Horse which is apparent to the sight and feeling The Cure is to put four Pasterns on his Feet as the Horse-gelders use then bathe his Stones with warm Water and Butter then raise them up from the Body with both your hands being closed by the Fingers fast together and so holding the Stones in your hands work down the Gut into the Body of the Horse by stroking it downwards with your Thumbs one after another until that side of the Stone be so small as the other then having returned the Gut into its right place take a Woollen List of two fingers broad throughly anointed with Fresh Butter and tye his Stones both together or so nigh his Body as may be not over hard but that you may put your finger betwixt that done in all Quietness take the Horse away and let him not be stirred three Weeks after but the next day unloosen the List and take it away and every day after twice or thrice a day cast cold Water upon his Cods to make him shrink up his Stones and at three Weeks or a Months end to geld him of that Stone which done let him eat little and continually drink Water but a little at a time till three Weeks be ended For the Botch in the Groins of a Horse The Cure is To take of Wheat-flower Turpentine and Honey of each a like quantity stirring it to make a little Plaister lay it to the Sore to break it and then lance it and
and stamped in a Gallon of strong Ale then strain it well and give the Horse a quart to drink lukewarm in the Morning fasting then ride him that he be warm set him up warm and thus do for four or five Mornings and then turn the Horse to Grass if the time of the Year be suitable thereunto and he will feed heartily But if the time of the Year serve not for Grass then you must keep him in the House and over and beside the drink before shewed you shall take sine Powder of Elecampane and the fine Powder of Cummin-seeds a like quantity mix them well together then every time you give your Horses Provender which should be at least thrice a day in the Morning Noon and at Night take half an ounce of this Powder and sprinkle it by little and little into his Provender for fear of Offence till it be all eaten up And thus do for fourteen days together at the least and you shall see the Horse prosper in a wonderful and strange manner For the Hide-bound The Cause hereof is sudden Cold after great Heat when the Pores are open the Cold entereth and maketh an Attraction of the Sinews so as the Horse seemeth to go or Travel with great Grief his Skin being as if it were starched being shrunk and clinging to his Ribs The Cure is to let him Blood in both the Flank-Veins being next the girding place and the Flanks then take a quart of good White-Wine and put thereunto three ounces of Sallet-Oyl and of Cummin one ounce of Aniseeds two ounces of Liquorice two ounces beaten into a Powder and give it him warm then let him be rubbed half an hour together cover all his Back with a Sack thoroughly soak'd in a Tub of Water and the Water wrung out of it and upon that cast many Cloths and gird them fast unto him to bring him to a Sweat which is the only and chief thing to recover him and keep him good Mashes and every day let him be so used for seven or eight days together give him much sodden Barly and Beans for his dyet and green Malt on the floor and after the eight days let him Blood in the two breast Veins about a pint then give him a pint of Sack and quarter of a pint of Sallet-Oyl four penniworth of the best Treacle and ride him until he sweat then presently set him in a warm Stable and cloth him very warm and at Night give him a good Mash of Malt with the Powder of Brimslone to the quantity of two spoonfuls For the Navel-gall The Cures thereof are divers and so they ought to be for Medicine is to be ministred according to the hurt as it may be more or less If it be but galled take Soot of â— Chimney and Yest mixed together and Plaister it once or twice a day Another Remedy for the same Sore Take a Pottle of Verjuice three penniworth of Green Coporas boil it to the one half and wash the Sore therewith then fill it with red Lead and let it not be dressed of three days then dress it as you shall see cause Another Cure for the same If it be so hurt as that it swell and is imposthumed theâ—â— lance it on the nethermost part of the Ulcer so that the matter may have issue downward for if you should lance it aloft then the Corruption that remaineth will fistulate if you find the Concavity deep then make a Tent of Flax and dip it in this Salve Take of Deers-Suet of Wax of Tar and of Turpentine of each three ounces and one ounce of Rosin mingle them together and tent the Wound and if you see any dead Flesh grow in it then sprinkle the Powder of Verdegrease upon it lay upon the Head of the Tent a Plaister of a Yolk of an Egg Honey and Wheat-flower and thus dress it Evening and Morning until it be whole For the Worms They are ingendred of raw and evil Humours there are three kinds of them the Worm the Bot and the Trencheon The Horse will lie down and wallow when they feed on him his breath will stink and his Mouth be clammy The cure is for to give him a quart of new Milk and half a pint of Honey in it Blood-warm this will make them rest from gnawing of him because they will suck thereof until they are ready for to burst then the next day give him this drink following First take a quart of wort or of the strongest Ale then take a quarter of a pound of Fern half a pound of Savin half a pound of Stonecrop stamp them and put them together with two spoonfuls of Brimstone and as much Chimney Soot beaten to Powder and let them lye in steep two hours then strain them and give the Horse a little warm bridle him and let him stand six hours after without Meat and there is no doubt but the Horse will be quiet for the strength thereof is such to strain the Maw as that the Bot will not meddle but fly from it but it doth not kill them After these former Drinks given him the third day make him purging Pills viz. Take of Lard a pound laid in Water two hours take nothing but the clean Fat thereof stamp it in a Mortar and thereunto put of Liquorice of Aniseeds of Fenugreek of each beaten into Powder three ounces of Aloes in Powder two ounces and of Agarick an ounce knead them into a Paste and make six balls thereof then the Horse having fasted over night give him the next Morning three of these Pills anointed with Honey when you have opened his Mouth catch hold of his Tongue hold it fast till you have hurled in one and thrust it down his Throat with a rolling-pin and then let his Tongue go till he hath swallowed it down and so do with the rest and keep him close from all Air and at Night give him a strong Mash and warm Water three days after my reason is for that these Balls will purge out of his Body all the Bots and Worms and all the Humours that breed and cherish them so as that your Horse will be perfectly clean and you shall find most of the Bots alive when they are purged for you cannot kill them with Medicine but only make them to forbear vexing of him for so long as his Maw resteth so bitter and stinking they dare not feed on it but upon other Humours For the Lax. Take of Bean-flower and Bole Armony of each a quatern mingled in a quart of red Wine give it him lukewarm and after it let him drink warm Water with Bean-flower but if that will not stay him then give him half a penny-worth of Allum beaten into Powder and Bole Armony beaten small in a quart of Milk stirring them till the Milk be all of a Curd and this will stop him For Costiveness or Belly-bound Take of the Decoction of Mallows a quart put it to half a pint of Oil
or so much Butter an ounce of Benedick Luxature and pour it into his Fundament with a little Horn and hold his Tail close to his Fundament whilst another doth lead him and so keep it in him as long as you can and after keep him warm and give him warm Water to drink All these Infirmities are cured by the Whey only contained in this following Medicine The Bloody-Rifts the Bladders the Lampus all Mouth-Cankers all Hurts in the Mouth The Tongue-hurt the Paps the Tooth-ach the Shedding of Hair the Fetter-worm Take of New-Milk three quarts a good handful of Plantain let it boil till a full pint be consumed then take six ounces of Allum and an ounce and a half of White-Sugar-candy both being made in a very fine Powder six spoonfuls of strong Wine-Vinegar and put them into the Milk then let it boyl a little till it have a hard Curd then drain it and save the Whey wherewith you shall first bathe the Sore the Whey being warm then with a clean Cloth dry the Sore and apply this Salve to it Take of Turpentine Yellow-wax and Hogs-grease ground to a fine Powder and ounce and a half mix all these together on a soft Fire and then put it in a Gally-pot and let it cool but in case where the Bruise is not broken nor is likely to break you must apply another Medicine which I shall hereafter acquaint you with For the Yellows The Cause hereof is also the abundance of bad Humors the Cure is plain let him Blood if you see it yellow a Pottle then give him a quart of White-Wine of Saffron and Fenugreek of each half an ounce and the juice that is wrung out of two handfuls of Selandine and being Blood-warm give it him and keep him warm and with good Mashes wherein put two spoonfuls of the Powder of Brimstone some will give in this drink the green ordure of Geâ—se strained For the Surfeiting and Foundring of the Body The Cause of this Disease is over-much eating after Labour whilst the Horse is hot whereby his meat not being digested breedeth evil Humors which by little and little do spread through all the parts of the Body and at length oppress the whole Body and so do take away his Strength that he hath not power to go or move his Joints and being laid is not able to rise whereby he wanteth the use of pissing as also of dunging Nature being overcome then doth the Humour rule the body to the destruction of it In like manner it is when the Horse being over hot with Travel drinketh so much as the Cold thereof suppresseth his natural Heat the Cause is that the evil Humours being predominant according to their Nature being heavy and moist immediately fall down into the Horse's Legs and Feet and there rest which if not prevented will make great gordy Limbs as the Pains Cratches Spavins Wind-galls casting of the Hoofs and such like The Cure hereof must be according to your Effects that are wrought in the Horse if it be perceived as when the Hair beginneth to stare that he will be chill and shrug for Cold forsake his Meat hang down his Head quiver after cold Water and after two or three days begin to cough which is a sign that his surfeit is not great and that he may be thus cured Cover his Belly with the Glister last mentioned and give him this Drink Take of Malmsey a quart of Sugar half a quatern of Cinamon half an ounce of Liquorice and Aniseeds of each two spoonfuls beaten into â—â—ne Powder put into it Malmsey and give it him Blood-warm keep him warm let him drink nothing but warm water four or five days after let him Blood For the Collick The Cause of this Disease is twofold either it proceeds from abundance of Humours or of Wind and although it be Wind yet I judge the Original to be an Obstruction of Humours which will not suffer the Wind to have its free passage which otherwise Nature would expel as his Enemy The Cures may be divers and because it is a Disease that few Farriers understand I will set down several Cures that if one thing cannot be speedily procured another may First it may be an Obstruction for that the Horse hath the stone and cannot stale for this take a quart of White-Wine half a pint of Bur-seed beaten small two ounces of Parsly-seed of Smallage Saxafrage the Roots of Philapendula Gromwel-seed and Broom-seed of each two ounces beaten to fine Powder a good handful of Water-Cresses and lay them in steep all Night and in the Morning strain them clean and put into it a little Black-Soap and a little Butter and ride him until that he begin to sweat then set him in a Stable with a great quantity of sweet Litter under him and cloath him warm and so let him stand Meatlâ—ss seven or eight hours then give him dried Oats and warm Water with a quantity of Sallet-Oyl to drink and before he have this Drink let him fast all Night Another Cure for the same Take a pound of Malmsey of Cloves Pepper Cinamon of each an ounce of Sugar half a quartern and give it the Horse lukewarm and Labour him upon it an hour that be dung and stale keep him to warm Water but if he be a stoned Horse there is not any better thing than for him to have his full desire with a Mare Another for the same If you think that it proceeds chiefly from Wind it may be so occasioned when he is ridden hot and set up cold he will pine away and forsake his Meat keep him empty all Night in the Morning take a quart of White-Wine four ounces of Fenugreek seven ounces of Bayes as much Corâ— Pepper an ounce of Grains an ounce of Ginger two handfuls of Water-Cresses a handful of Sage a pound of Sea-green and wring out the Juice Another of Mint stamp them and put them into a pint of White-Wine and let them stand on the fire till they boyl strain them out and give it him Blood-warm with a little Honey For Surfeiting with Provender When a Horse hath eaten more than his stomack can well digest he is in such pain as that he is not able to stand but lyeth and walloweth as if he had the Bots the danger whereof I have written The Cure is to let him Blood and to draw his Yard and wash it put a piece of a Clove of Garlick into it to make him piss also to rake him behind and give him a glister with the Water of Sodden-Mallows Fresh-Butter and Sallet-Oyl keep him harm and let him eat very little for four or five days These Infirmities are cured by the following Medicine All Convulsion of Sinnews all Cramps whatsoever your Neck-crick the Shoulder-Splat all swelled Legs the Over-reach of the Back-Sirew all Wind-Galls Wrenches in the nether Jâ—inâ—s all Bruises unbroke all Strains whatsoever Take strong Vinegar or Patch-grease or Peece-grease of each a like quantity
red and be full of Corruption The Cure is To let him Blood on the side of the Neck that you see the Eye is grieved a Pottle or more if you see the Blood very foul and the Inflamation great then take three pints of fair Water and Roch Allum and green Coperas of each half a pound and of white Coperas an ounce and boil them until half be consumed then once a day being made warm with a fine Cloth cleanse the Eye so that it look raw and this do every day until it be whole For the Impostumes in the Ear. This may proceed from some Blow or evil Humours The Cure is Take Powder of Linseed and of Wheat-flower of each half a pint of Hogs-grease one pound warm them in a pot on the fire until they be throughly incorporated by continual stirring then take a piece of white Leather somewhat bigger than the Impostumation and spread it being very warm as far as will cover the swelling and renew it every day until it break then lance it so as the Corruption may go downward and tent it to the bottom with a full Tent of Flax dipt with this Ointment following Of Melrosaâ—um of Oyl of Life and Turpentine of each two ounces and mingle them throughly then make him a Biggin of Canvas to close in the Sore so as the Tent and Ointment may abide within renewing it every day once until it be whole but if the pain be in the Ears without any great swelling which may be only with Cold then take Blackwood dipt in the Oyl of Camomile and thrust it into his Ears These Infirmities are cured by this Medicine following all Light Galls to skin Sores to dry up Humours First bathe the Sore place with hot molten Butter then strow upon it the Powder of Rosin for a day or two lastly Take a spoonful or two of very thick Cream and with the Soot of a Chimney bring it to a very thick Paste then spread it upon the Sore and it will heal dry and Skin in a short space Of the Pole Evil. This proceedeth likewise from the same Causes and groweth like a Fistula betwixt the Ears or the Nape of the Neck you shall perceive it by the swelling if it be not broken ripen it with a Plaister of white Hogs-grease as tho' you would scald it therewith and make him a Biggin to keep him very warm and renew the Plaister twice a day very hot and it will ripen the sooner then where it is softest and where the Corruption may best issue forth with a round hot Iron as big as your little-Finger two Inches beneath the soft place thrust it upwards so as the point of the Iron may come forth at the ripest place then Tent it with Flax dipt in Hogs-grease and lay also a Plaister of Hogs-grease on the same renewing it four or five days then afterwards take half a pound of Turpentine clean washed and dry'd from the Water with two Yolks of Eggs and a little Sasfron and mingle them together then with a Quill search the depth of the Hole and tent it with a Sponge so big as the Hole to the bottom and so thrust it with a Quill into the Wound to the bottom and a warm Plaister of Hogs-grease to cover it renewing it twice a day but when the swelling ceaseth use no Plaister For Impostumes in the Ear. This proceeds from some Blow or evil Humours The Cure is â—ake a Powder of Linseed and of Wheat-flower of â—ach half a pint of Hogs-grease one pound warm them in a Pot on the Fire until they be throughly incorporated by continual stirring then take a piece of white Leather somewhat bigger than the Impostumation and spread it being very warm as far as will cover the Swelling and renew it every day until it break then lance it so as the Corruption may go downward and tent it to the bottom with a full Tent of Flax well dipt in the Ointment following of Melrosaâ—um of Oyl of Liâ—e and Turpentine of each two ounces and mingle them throughly then make him a â—iggen of Canvas to close in the Sore so as the Tent and Ointment may abide within renewing it every day once until it be whole but if the Pain be in the Ears without any great swelling which may be only with Cold then take Black Wool dipt in the Oyl of Camomile and thrust it into his Ears For the Canker in the Eye This proceeds from the Corruption of Blood by reason whereof you shall see many red Pimples both within and without the Eye and through Inflamation the Eye will look red and be full of Corruption The Cure is to let him Blood on that side the Neck that you see the Eye is grieved a Pottle or more if you see the Blood very foul and the Inflamation great then take three pints of fair Water and of Roch-Allum and Green Coperas of each half a pound and of White-Coperas an ounce and boil them until that half be consumed then once a day being made warm with a fine Cloth cleanse the Eye so as it look raw and this do every day until it be whole For the Haw in the Eye This Distemper is known unto all Farriers no doubt but it is ingendred from some gross Humour descending out of the Head the Cure thereof is to pull both the Eye-Lids open with several Threads stitched with a Needle to either of the Lids then catch hold of the Hair with the stich of another Needle and Thread and pull it on so far as you may stay it with your Finger to the intent it may cut all round to the breadth of a Penny and leave the black behind for by cutting away so much of the fat and black of the Eye the Horse many times becomes bleer-eyed and therefore you must spare the Fat which is the wash of the Eye and the Film wherein the Eye groweth but cut between the Film and the Crush and then squirt in a little White wine or Beer For Lunatick Eyes For as much as they are so called I am content so to continue the name and it is said that the Horse becometh blind at certain times of the Moon and thereupon most Men do gather that his Sight is good or bad according to the natural Course of the Moon but the Truth thereof is from the natural Sight of the Eye which is a blueish Eye or Sight and all Horses that are so sighted after extraordinary Heat and Travel will be blue and have a Film overgrow the Sight so as he cannot see although he be cured but upon the like occasion will fall blind again An experienced Friend of mine always cured this Disease by thrusting Tuâ—ty into the Eyes with his Finger But if you lay upon the Temples of his Head a Plaister of Pitch Rosin and Mastick and then with a sharp Knife make two slits on both sides of his head an inch long somewhat towards the Nose a handful
pound of black Soap and boyl them together till they look like Tar and anoint and rub all his Body therewith so as that it may drink it in then Cloath him and stuff his Head and Neck close and all the parts of his Body to bring him into a great Sweat give him a pint of White-wine two ounces of Alloes and half an ounce of Agarick infused therein beaten small putting therein three spoonfuls of clarified Hogs-grease and if that will not do give him every day a Glister keep him warm and well rubbed then give him small Ale to drink wherein Mallows and Liquorish have been boiled let his Diet be small but sweet and good For a cold in the Head The cause hereof proceeds from some Heat or standing too much still or from having some Air piercing his Head when he is hot or from some Humours congealed after long Rest and full Feeding or through his wanting of moderate Exercise to expell the same The Signs are a continual distilling Rheum waterish Eyes or his short drawing of Breath at the Nostrils when the Canes and the Passages of the Breath are stopped The Cure is Put upon his Head a double Hood and every Morning when he is Fasting ride him take two Goose Feathers dipp'd in Oyl of Bay and thrust them up into his Nostrils through the ends whereof with a Needle put two Threads to fasten the same to the Head-stall so as the Feathers cannot fall out and to the Snaffle or Bit that he is ridden with fasten a root or two of Polypodium of the Oak which hath been steeped all Night in Spike Oyl and every time you ride him anoint the same with the said Oyl and when he cometh home put on his Head the double Hood and Perfume him hot with Frankincense casting a Cloath over his Head Use him thus nine days together and give him warm Water or good Mashes during the said nine days for all Rheums having continuance are dangerous and many times having continuance Remediless and leave behind them a worse Disease than themselves These Infirmities are cured by the Medicine following The Poll-Evil The swelling after Blood-letting The Weathers hurt galled Backs Sit-fasts The Navel-Gall Fistula's Biteing with Venomous Beasts or Worms For any of these filthy Impostumations Galls or Swellings you may take the Earth-loam of a Mud-wall which hath no Lime in it but only Earth Straw or Litter and you shall boil it in strong Wine-Vinegar till it become very thick like a Poultess then being very hot apply it to the Sore renewing it once in Twelve or Twenty four hours and it will not only ripen and break it but also Draw it Search it and Heal it most perfectly as Experience will manifest For the Glaunders The original cause of this Disease is the Rheum which being an aboundant Moisture and naturally very cold at length congealeth according to the nature of Cold and then proceedeth to Kernels and so to Inflamations which become so great in the end that they seem to strangle and stop the breath of the Horse from whence he is said to have the Strangles and by continuance of time the same perish either the Liver or the Lungs by a continual distilling of putrify'd and corrupt Matter The Signs are apparent to every Man that hath Sight and the diversity or Medicines infinite The beginning always of this Disease is taking of Cold after too much Heat the which cannot be avoided from a Horse that hath full Feeding and great Rest more especially if his Diet be naught or by the use of continual Travel upon a full Stomach or before his Body be made clean after long rest for the standing Pool is ever Muddy The Cure is First Clear his Head as is prescribed for the Cold of the Head in every part if he be able to be Rid or Walked that he may receive Breath then give him this Drink Take a pint of Malmsey and six penny-worth of the best Treacle and a quarter of a pint of sweet fresh Butter then presently rub him under the Jaws with plenty of Hogs Grease and leave it thick anointed then make him this Poultis Take two handfuls of Mallows a handful of Wormwood as much Rue and as much Smallage a quart of Wheat-bran and a quart of Hogs-grease boil them together and stir them continually in the boiling untill the Hogs-grease be almost consumed and being as hot as may be suffered bind it under his Jaws and Thropel and wrap all his Head very warm leaving Air for his Mouth and Nostrils then Air him again with Frankincense and keep him warm in the Stable and so let him rest with that Poultis twenty four hours The next Morning give him a quart of the best New-Ale with a spoonful of the Powder of Liquorish and Aniseeds and a good piece of Butter blood warm then rub his Nostrils with a clout bound to the end of the Stick well anointed with Oyl of Bay and Butter then remove the Poultis and if you find the Kernels and Inflammation to be very soft Lance them through and stop the holes full of Hogs-grease and Turpentine boiled hot together and soft Tow boiled therein then warm some of your Poultis and bind it on as before but not altogether so hot and so let it remain untill the next day How to order the Horse after this for a perfect Cure Keep his Head warm as before If he will eat give him clean sweet Oats steeped in New-Ale or Maimsey if he will eat them and Wheat straw but no Hay Give him no cold Water for nine days but good Mashes if he will take them Keep him in a spare Diet and every day gâ—ntly walk or ride him if he be able then keep him warm after it and if it be possible let him sweat every day a little and after rub him very dry and let him not drink in his sweat In his Provender Take of the root of white Lilly of the root of Enula Campana and of the root of Polypodium of the Oak very finely cut or chopped the quantity of two Spoonfuls every Morning that you give him Provender and be sure that he be hungry and eager of Provender when you give it him and so continue for Nine days and besure that you keep him very hungry and as hath been said with spare Diet. At the Nine days end give him his purging Drink Take a quart of White-Wine or of strong Alewort an ounce and an half of Alloes beaten into Powder half an ounce of Agarick two spoonfuls of the Powder of the Root of Enula Campana three spoonfuls of Honey brew them well together give it him blood-warm and keep him warm Within six days after let him blood and if it be good take but a quart but if very bad take two quarts at least After this use him both in Feeding and Labour moderately and he will afterwards be in perfect Health The Mourning of the Chine its Cause and
at the Stable-door or at some unusual places by the way or in the ground where you give him his Exercise Lastly For the substance whether it be much or little if it be much you must forbear Exercise and make him empty the oftener if it be little then you may fall to labour at pleasure Whether it be good or bad and that commonly falleth out according to the Food he eateth Things to be inferred from the before going Observations If it be clear firm and pale with white Grains in complexion like sweet Soap then it is wholsome if it be Black it shews Heat in the Body if Greasie then it shews Foulness if Red and hard it shews Costiveness if Pale and loose then inward Coldness And as you thus observe his Ordure so you must also observe his Meine whether High Low c. As these qualities of Feeding and Emptying so you shall note his qualities in Rest and Watchings that is in his lying down and standing up what hours and times he observeth for either and how long he continueth in them And if at any time you find sudden or gross alteration then be assured of some Sickness approaching and thus do of any other particular Quality in your Horse which you shall observe in his Health for it is impossible to nominate all and if you find them suddenly to surprize it is doubtful that there is some Sickness following As you thus observe the Complexions and Qualities of the Horse so you must observe his natural Customs and Conditions and how in his livelihood and best health he standeth affected To particularize or name them I cannot because they proceed most from hidden Inclinations or else accidental Apprehension which by continuance of time grow to natural Habits And any of these when they shall increase or fail are true prognostications of Distemperature and Sickness Many other signs of Sickness there are as the not casting of the Coat in due time Hide-bound Continual dislike and Leanness where there is good Feeding But on these I shall inlarge my self hereafter Some other choice Observations for the preventing of all inward Sicknesses The preventing of inward Sicknesses consisteth in two special Observations and Considerations First To prevent it before it come that it may not offend at all The Second is To take it at the first appearance and so to prevent it that it ariseth not to any great danger or hazard To prevent Sickness that it offend not your Horse at all Tho' I have already treated on this Subject yet I shall not omit to write what is of excellent concernment to the Practitioner When you put your Horse to Grass every three or four days before you turn him out take blood from his Neck-Vein then the next day after give him a pint and a half of Muscadine and half an ounce of the Powder of Diapenthe or three quarters of an ounce of the Horse-Mithridate and then by degrees to abate his Cloaths You shall also observe when you let your Horse blood to proportion the quantity you take from him according to the goodness or badness of the Blood for the loss of good Blood is unwholsome and doth hurt and to preserve ill Blood is dangerous and noisome Also if you observe when you take Blood from your Horse to receive it into a Vessel and stir it about continually as the Horse bleedeth to keep it from clotting then having bled him take the Blood and besmear it all over the Horse's Back and Body you shall find it wonderful wholsome to him for it comforteth his Body cleareth his Skin and breedeth a rejoycing in all the Horse's internal parts Now if you have no determination to put your Horse to Grass and yet you would prevent inward Sickness then you shall observe once in two or three Months when you have the best leisure to rest your Horse after it not to fail to give him Muscadine and Diapenthe and Horse-Mithridate as was before shewed and not to let him Blood at all for this very Potion is the greatest purger and purifier of the Blood that can be and voideth all that yellow Cholerick Matter and other evil and undigested Humours which corrupt the Blood Now you are to observe here that although I only prescribe Muscadine wherein you shall dissolve your Powder or Mithridate yet know that when you cannot get Muscadine or other sweet Wine that then you may take strong Ale or Beer but in a greater quantity for whereas you take but a pint and a half of Wine you shall take of Beer or Ale a full Ale-quart as for the Powder of Mithridate you shall keep the first quantity already prescâ—â—bed aâ—d if you warm your Beer or Ale a little on the Fire it will not be amiss but better Now to take a Sickness at the first Approach and to prevent it that it may not arise not to any great danger you shall by all means observe to look well into the Occasions of Sicknesses which are already shewed and into the Signs of those Occasions and if you find your self guilty of any of them or that the Horse discoâ—ered any of the former Signs then presently let him Blood and three several Mornings after give him the Drink or Potion before prescribed and undoubtedly it will prevent all the force of Sickness and restore the Horse to his Strength and good estate of Body To refine the Blood and save the Liver from Infection Take of Polipodium of the Oak made very clean cut it into small pieces then take a handful of Liver-wort cut it in small pieces together with six-penny weight of Rheubarb cut small and every Morning for three or four days in a Month give it the Horse in his Provender very early two or three hours before his watering and once in half a Year make tryal of his Blood how pure it is and accordingly Minister help if need be This Medicine is highly esteemed of by those that have experienced it Of Bleeding in any Heart-Sickness or in any ordinary inward Sickness I will now descend to the Cure of these inward Sicknesses And though every several Sickness have a several Cure yet I will draw all here into one sudden but certain and infallible proved Method ever found prosperous and fortunate Whensover by Signs before rehearsed or other Accident or Knowledge you shall find your Horse grievously pained with inward Sickness the first thing you shall do open his Neck-Vein and receive some of the first Blood into a Pewter Porringer which if you set it in cold Water will presently discover the Foulness and Putrefaction then let the Horse bleed well till the Blood change neither must you be nice or tender-in this Action because you must understand that all inward Sicknesses in Horses draw their Effects from the Putrefaction of the Blood only And this is the Reason It is certain that the Horse of all other Creatures hath no natural Vessel into which to receive the