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A61139	The gentleman's compleat jockey with the perfect horseman, and experienc'd farrier. Containing, I. The nature of horses; their breeding, feeding and management in all paces, to fit them for war, racing, travel, hunting, or other recreations and advantages. II. The true method, with proper rules and directions to order, diet and physick the running-horse, to bring him to any match, or race, with success. III. The methods to buy horses, and prevent being cheated; noting the particular marks of the good and bad horses, in all their circumstances. IV. How to make blazes, stars and snips: to fatten a horse with little charge, and to make him lively and lovely. V. The whole art of a farrier, in curing all diseases, griefs and sorrances incident to horses; with their symptoms and causes. VI. The methods of shooing, blooding, roweling, purging, and prevention of diseases, and many other things, from long experience and approved practice. by A. S. gent.	A. S.; Speed, Adolphus, fl. 1652-1659.	1697 (1697)	Wing S5; ESTC R219778	132,086	185

he ought to have a great Mouth 18. And which is strange that his Head should be like a Sheeps-head I answer That Sheeps-heads being as other Beasts are of divers Shapes it cannot be directly answered for if I should conceive the shape thereof contrary to the Writers meaning I should wrong them and therefore leave it having already given my description as to my own knowledge but if you take it according to the proportion of most Sheep it is a good Shape 19. That the Main should be thin and long which betokeneth strength and the thinness aptness to be taught 20. That his Withers and Walleys should be sharp pointed right and strait so that a Man may see from thence the Posture of his Shoulders 21. That his Back should be short even and plain 22. That his Sides should be long and large with small space betwixt the hinder Rib and the Huckle-bone 23. That his Belly should be long and great orderly hidden under his Ribs 24. That his Flank should be full and not graunt with natural frizled hair on both sides and the higher such hairs mount the better 25. That his Rump should be round and plain with a large space betwixt the Huckle-bones 26. That his Thighs should be large and long with Bones well proportioned and full of flesh 27. That his Hams should be lean dry and strait 28. That his Hoofs should be large and crooked like a Hart which should be a sign of swiftness 29. That his Tail be full of hairs long down to the the ground or as some write lean and crisp 30. That his Truncheon should be of a measurable bigness and well couched 31. That his Stones and Yard should be small 32. That he be proportioned like a Stag lower before then behind Of the Colours of Horses Now we proceed to the examination of the certainty of the knowledge that might be taken from the Horse's colour which most Men do so embrace my purpose is to name those which they call the best viz. brown bay dappled black full of silver hairs black like the Moor the roan bright bay dark bay bright sorrel flea-bitten whitely yard c. The ancient Writers tell us that every Horse is coloured as he is complexion'd and according to the complexion he is good or evil dispositioned as he doth participate of the Elements so he is complexion'd affirming that if he have most of the Element of Fire then he is cholerick and therefore light hot and fiery and of no great force as the bright sorrel but if of the Element of Water then dull slow heavy cold of Nature and such are most commonly milk-white but if of the Element of the Air then more full of blood sanguine pleasant and of colour bay but if of the Earth then melancholy faint-hearted sad and heavy the colours of these are dark dun russet or black the Learned say there are four Complexions as there are four Elements but Horses do almost yearly alter their colours the Mare at the time of her foaling Opianus says that the colours of Horses were chosen and maintained for the hunting of wild Beasts if a Horse be of a brown bay which the Frenchmen do call Bayarie loyal trusty Bayard which they account to be the Captain of all colours if withal this brown bay have a white star white foot and such like he is valued oftentimes more then he is thrice worth Thus hath many Ages taken that for a cause which is no cause Of the Horses Marks The Italian Writers have drawn particular Names from whom the People borrow their Opinions and therefore when a Horse hath a white-foot or a white-mark which the Italian calls Balzano if the white extend high and large they say it pretendeth debility because whiteness betokenth weakness dulness and the like and that they call Balzani they tell us of Calzoti Arteglio Travato Trustravato Rapicano Attusuato Guzzo Zuino c. and sure I am that neither with foot white star white list strake snip phillet in the forehead white rump black and red flea-bytings ostrick-feather where it cannot be seen meal-nose meale-slank bearded under his chops like a Goat black and long fetterlocks long main black tail black list and such like are not to be depended on as the assurant of a good Horse for undoubtedly you shall find good and bad of all colours but to overcome Custom is a hard fight How to know a Horse that is bold by Nature A Horse that is fearful by Nature may by compulsary means after long use make little or no shew of fear as being in a Ship upon the Sea where are trumpets guns and the like not having means to avoid the same by use and continuance thereof seemeth not fearful But the physogmony of a Horse is much more certain for he cannot keep secret or conceal as Man can but being in perfect health remaineth ever one and the same in countenance To conclude and make the truth hereof appear choose a Horse with a broad forehead a great black full eye standing out like a Hare's and a high rear'd forepart and be assured that by Nature he is bold and to give you a farther assurance mark a Horse with a narrow forehead little eyes and low forepart which is meer contrary and assure your self by Nature that he is starting and fearful and to seal up the truth thereof the tryal will confirm you How to make a white Scar or white Spot in a Horse's Face or in any other place Take two or three Apples the sowrest you can get and roast them at a quick fire then being extream hot take one of them in a cloath and having cut off the skin clap the hot Apple to the Horse's forehead and hold it hard thereunto till the heat be asswaged then try if the hair will come off which if it will not then take another hot Apple and do as you did before then when the hair is come off as broad as you would have it then take another hot Apple and clap it to the scalded skin holding it hard to till all the skin blister and come off as well as the hair then anoint the sore place twice a day with Honey and the next hair which cometh will be white To keep your Woollen Horse-cloaths Breast-cloaths Rubbers and the like from Moths When you turn your Horse or Horses to grass take all your Woollen Cloaths of what kind soever and first wash them clean and dry them then hang them in the Sun dust them and brush them then lay them on some Fleaks or some other open things a pretty distance from the ground and spread all open then take the hoofs of Horses and Kattel and chopping them in pieces burn them under the Woollen things so as the smoak may come to them in every part then being thorowly smoak'd fold them up handsomly and between every fold strow the powder of Walnut tree-leaves well dried and so lay them up in

circle of the piercing more distant from the edge o' th' toe then from the edge of the Quarter because every Smith knoweth that there is more hold to be taken with less danger in respect of the Tuel and Quick of the Foot and all the Nails would be untoled without Shoulders which will so sink and strongly fill the Hole as that the Shooe will be well fixed and by cutting the Hoof a little with the point of a Knife let the Clin●h be clean hid the which shooing should always be done eight or ten Days before you travel your Horse for by that time the Hoof will be grown to the Nails to hold the Shooe fast And for the helping of interfering you must keep him full of Flesh and always preserve the Coffins on the inside of the Hoofs without paring away more than to make them even for the Shoes and abate the outside of the Coffin of the same Foot and besides make the Sponges of the Shooes on the inside of the Shooes much thicker then the outside How to know a Horse that is durable and of continuance in Journey c. This observation must also be from his shape the others follow First It is to be considered that Strength is the cause of the continuance of Travel then consider in what part of the Body of the Horse that Streng●h prin●ipa●ly and naturally resteth for as the Strength of the Bull is naturally in the neck of the Lyon and Bear in the p●ws of the Dog in the chops so of the Horse in the fore-part wh●re Nature hath imposed the Burthen and th●●e is and must be his principal force and strength the whi●st fore-part must be deep and broad from the point of his too or 〈◊〉 to the Bottom of his chest or breast hi● 〈…〉 the lid or cover of a trunck whereby he will appear broad full round and bearing out in the chest or breast with an evenness of chest and belly to the flank so as that his belly hung not deeper than his chest nor his chest deeper then his belly with lean upright and strait pasterns somewhat narrow hoofed towards the toe assure your selves such a Horse will be durable and as good almost at the end of his labour as at the beginning if he be of a contrary shape then will his actions be contrary namely the longer he is travel'd the more Jade How to know a free and perfect spirited Horse This powerful spirit proceeds from the vital spirit and arterial blood that goes wandring through the whole body to stir up the power of the Beast to give him force and vigour to work and as this spirit is of substance most pure so when it is plentifully infused it maketh and worketh all the Creature and quality of the same pure so as Man not knowing or finding the reason cannot but wonder at the work and Workmaster Wherefore for the satisfaction and confirmation of this Proposition how to know a perfect quick and free-spirited Horse you must also still retain all the description of shape before describ'd by all which discriptions you shall assuredly know his qualities only upon the view as if you had made tryal of him many years but if the Horse be defective in his shape as I have describ'd then assure your self that he wanteth that natural perfection I have referred the rule unto Observe then I beseech you that a perfect Horse by Nature is thus shap'd viz. a lean slender head broad fore-head great black eyes full and plain over the lids slender thin and lean jaws broad thin long and a high reared neck the head set to the neck as naturally as a Ram's head when he sighteth high withers and a deep broad chest or breast his ribs of an equal evenness from his chest to his flank lean upright pasterns with a lean and deep hoof such a Horse assure thy self will be found in all his actions naturally bold loving easie sure-footed durable and free-going But because I know and do assure my self that unus Mens no est capax tanti Motis that it is unpossible that one head should be so well furnish'd as to neglect the opinions of the antient Writers I have therefore annexed their Description humbly submitting my self to the censure of the Experienced and Learned Of the Shape of a Horse The last thing to know a good Horse is his Shape which originally made by God was no doubt most excellent for the works of God were all perfect The particular Observations and Descriptions of the perfect shape of a Horse are in number 32 against which I question not but that there may be Objections raised which I will not trouble my self to answer as being conscious that what I shall write of this Subject I have partly by experience and partly received from the most approved Authors I will begin with the Hoof and so ascend till the whole Body be described First therefore they say That the Hoof should be black smooth dry large round and hollow Some write That if it be soft and tender and the Heel broad that is a sign of lightness and that the Male will from her Foaling tread light upon the ground being afraid to trust her Hoofs being tender and therefore straineth her Legs and Back the more 2d Rule is That the Hoofs should be small and heavy answerable to the Joynt that it should be hairy his Fetterlock to be good in that it also answereth his nature 3. That his Pasterns should be short neither too low nor too high and therewithal strong beneath nor apt to founder the strength of the Pastern being the uprightness thereof 4. That his Joynts ought to be great with long Fetter-locks behind this greatness of his Joynts must also be answerable to the proportion of his Body 5. That his Legs ought to be strait and broad 6. That his Knees should be great lean and plain 7. That his Thighs should be full of sinews tho Bones whereof to be short equal just well proportion'd that when he standeth with his Legs together they should be more distant one from another towards the Breast then beneath which proceeds from the fulness and breadth of the Breast which causeth that distance 8. That his Shoulders should be long large and full of flesh proportionable to his Body 9. That his breast should be large and round 10. That his Neck should be rather long than short great towards the Breast bending in the midst and slender towards the Head 11. That his Ears should be small sharp and upright 12. That his Forehead should be lean and large that largeness to be both of breadth and length according to his natural proportion 13. That his Eyes should be great and black 14. That the hollowness of his Brows be well filled and shooting outward 15. That his Jaws should be slender and lean 16. That his Nostrils should be open and puffed up that you may see the red within apt for Air. 17. That

THE Gentleman 's Compleat Jockey WITH THE Perfect Horseman AND Experienc'd Farrier CONTAINING I. The Nature of Horses their Breeding Feeding and Management in all Paces to fit them for War Racing Travel Hunting or other Recreations and Advantages II. The true Method with proper Rules and Directions to Order Diet and Physick the Running-Horse to bring him to any Match or Race with Success III. The Methods to Buy Horses and prevent being Cheated Noting the particular Marks of the Good and Bad Horses in all their Circumstances IV. How to make Blazes Stars and Snips To 〈◊〉 Horse with little Charge and to make him Lively and Lovely V. The whole Art of a Farrier in curing all Diseases Griefs and Sorrances incident to Horses with their Symptoms and Causes VI. The Methods of Shooing Blooding Roweling Purging and prevention of Diseases and many other things from long Experience and Approved Practice By A. S. GENT. LONDON Printed for Henry Nelme at the Leg and Star over against the Royal Exchange in Cornhil 1697. The Gentlemans Compleat Iockey THE PREFACE READER I Here present you with a Laboured Work containing all that is Excellent to be known relating to Horses and Mares c. the most necessary and useful Creature to Man in Peace and War Enriching with their Labours and pleasing in their more nicer Industry and Management and consequently their well-Breeding and Instructions as to what they are capable is necessary to be known therefore I have laid i● down in such an easie tho' perfect Method that the meanest Capacity may soon understand it and the largest sind Subject Matter enough to busie it self That these Creatures have been highly Esteemed in all Ages and their Vnderstanding very great History makes frequent mention So that their Preservation was had in much regard And Hypocrates and other Eminent Physicians Studyed it next to Man's laying down Rules and Methods to discover and cure the Diseases incident to them And this Example I have also follow'd that so generous a Creature may at no time be lost for want of suitable Remedies in any matter that may besall him The Station it has pleased God to put me in has led me to Experience in this Creature and I have found many things concerning them to which as far as I can perceive the Ancients were Strangers I have put them into a suitable Method and Incerted them in this Book besides what are taken from the Works of the most Expert Managers and Farriers that have ever been made Publick So that I may without straining a point of Modesty truly say it not only Answers but much exceeds what is promised in the Title-page and is the best of its kind that has hitherto been abroad in the World To prove this I could incert many Particulars but they being plainly to be seen in reading the following Pages and Brevity as I conceive always most commendable in a Preface I draw to a Conclusion As well knowing that when all that I can say is said I must leave it to the Censure of the Reader and therefore will only desire one Favour which no reasonable Man will refuse and that is not to pass Sentence before you Read and put in Practice so much of it as shall be suitable to your Occasion And so not fearing its coming to the Touch-stone to prove its real Worth and Value I remain Reader Your Friend and Servant to Oblige you in what I may A. S. THE Gentleman 's Compleat Jockey WITH THE Perfect Horseman and Farrier Of the Natures and Properties of Horses HOrses of all the unreasonable Creatures upon the Earth are of the greatest Understanding having in them as the Learned affirm a certain natural Instinct not only of the knowledge of their Riders and Keepers but also of their own Generation and Descent knowing their Sires and Dams in such a manner as they will refuse as Pliny says to couple or ingender with them They are also Creatures the aptest to learn any Motion and the readiest to obey their Teacher having a greater love to Exercise than any other Beast They are of an infinite great Courage taking an exceeding delight in the Wars and as some do affirm have a certain fore-knowledge of the Battel and will prepare themselves for the same They will mourn for the loss or deaths of their Masters and are so apt to indure Labour that it is written of the Horses of the Samarans That they 'll gallop a hundred Miles end-ways without rest or stay they are naturally long liv'd and by choice Keepers have been brought up to fifty Years but for thirty it hath been ordinary with them the Mares are shorter liv'd surviving till twenty or twenty five at the farthest They are of all Beasts the most beautiful of shape They are fit for the Saddle at four years of age for the Wars at six for the Race at eight for Hunting and extream Matches at ten or eleven The Females bear their Foal full eleven Months and foal in the twelfth the best time for their ingendering is March at the increase of the Moon or in part of it the Mare foaleth standing they are supposed to be so loving and kind to their Generation that if a Foal lose the Dam yet the other Mares which are with milch will of their own accord lend their teats to feed and nurse up the Orphan foal Horses are subject to more Diseases then any other Beast some write three hundred or as many as belong to Man The Means to make the Seed ef the Horse perfect for Generation The Seed of the Horse ought to be hot and dry so that all excessive moisture of Seed must be abated and taken away Now the means to make hot and dry Seed for Generation is Labour and spare Diet the Digestion being made perfect through heat proceeding from Labour so that the meat that the Horse and Mare should feed upon should be in quality of Nature hot and dry and then moderately taken The seed doth naturally pertake of the quality and temperature of the meat his meat will increase an uniform Seed so that the Colt will be like unto the Siers The meat should be old sweet Hay or Wheat-straw moderately given them sweet Oats winnow'd and cleans'd from the dust and filth mingled with old dried Pease or Beans with a scattering of Bay-salt and Anniseeds the Provender for their better digestion may be given them three times a day their Water sweet and pure and every day early in the morning when they are fasting moderately exercised until they sweat their Stable clean'd and then painfully dressed and rubbed dry and thorough cold before any meat be given to them the which doth not only perfect digestion and exhaust the moisture from the Seed but also strengtheneth and cleanseth their blood and bodies from all raw and imperfect humours whereby you shall perceive them to exceed in pride and lust About eight or ten days before they come to action add to

maintain him in that form in all his doings yet not so that it exceed mediocrity or temperature but remain light on the hand with a sweet mouth Thus having shew'd the Rider that it must be done by keeping this order I proceed Let him stay his Horse temperately upon an even hand as his resistance shall require without giving any other Liberty then with his Rod to strike him gently upon the bowing of the Neck provoking him mildly with the Spur on that side on which he most wryeth his Buttock to the ●nd that he may go just until he draw back one of his fore Feet which if he do make much of him and then stay a while and do the like drawing only the Bridle for the former cherishing will make him to understand and then 〈…〉 go lightly back with both the fore Legs when he is touched on the Neck with the Rod saying with a loud Voice Back at which Voice with the feeling of the Rod and drawing of the Bridle he will go back to the Rider's desire And always after when he is out of the due and true stay upon the Bridle let him do the like that is to go back in form aforesaid and altho' some disorder be committed let not the Rider despair for he shall find him easily won to a good Mouth by this use of a temperate and firm Hand which is by the mediocrity of slacking and drawing properly named a sweet Stay making him light upon the hand champing the Bit with great pleasure and a stay'd Head in due place the true Tokens whereof are just Reins staid and a light-born Head with pleasure on the Bit being Properties inseparable in every perfectshap'd Horse's Actions But because it may seem very difficult to have a continuance of Perfection in every action altho' it is common upon stop or standing still to be in order yet perhaps upon motion he will leave playing upon the Bit and bear upon the head especially upon the main courier which proceeds from the want of true Knowledge how to maintain and continue the hand just and firm with a sweet stay so as that he may take pleasure on the Bit And therefore how to maintain a Horse both in furious and quiet doings is to be consider'd of If then that at any time he make any disorder note it diligently so stay him and make him go backward for in going back he will bring himself to his right order agen Then presently make much of him and forthwith move him forwards fair and gently till he come to the place of stop And as he must be thus used in going forward so he must be used in treading of the Rings first gently upon the pace upon the trot and upon the gallop in practising whereof he must precisely observe that it be done with a temperate staid and firm hand otherwise he will gape thrust his Tongue upon the Bit or over the Bit to defend himself thrust his head out suddenly pluck it in disdainfully or else shaking or moving his head one way or other to be freed from the pressing of the intemperate hand which is to him uncouth and contrary to Nature the which Art should evermore labour to please The true form and practice of drawing the Bridle is also to be learnt which is that being mounted in the Saddle let the Rider draw the Reins equal and if the Horse know not the Bit then let the Bit be very slack and let him hold the Reins in his left hand with the little finger and Ring-finger between under the Pummel of the Saddle as near the Withers as he can and then with the right hand draw the Reins softly and equally together through the left hand so as the Standers-by can scarcely perceive it the which he must not remove until he feel the Horse to stay upon the Bit and there hold them without slacking or further drawing until he perceive whether the Head stand in true form which if it be not then let him a little yield his left hand again and standing so a pretty while bring his left hand to his former place again where the Horse made the first stay upon the Bit then let him draw the Reins with his right hand somewhat more through the left as before but so little and gently as scarcely to be perceived for so must all the motions of the Hand be and then keep it firm and staid a pretty while and if he yield tho' very little let him keep his hand still at one stay neither slackening nor drawing it whereby he will feel the ease that he hath got by yielding and then presently make much of him But if it so happen that the Reins fall slack let him not remove his left hand but draw them through his left hand as before for they must not be slack until they stay again upon his right hand whereunto whensoever he yieldeth make much of him continuing still in this manner to solicite him till his Head be in its due place that is neither too much out nor too much in after which if he bear not light let his Rider strike him gently on the Knees of his fore Legs to make him to go back whereby he will bring in his head and then will the Bit move and his Hand find ease but let him be very careful at that instant to keep his hand so firm as that he neither slack nor draw in to the end he may feel and receive the ease of his own motion of yielding which willingly he will not loose it being delightful to his nature but take some pleasure to stir the Bit in his Mouth and go backward with it the which when the Rider finds are tokens of the winning of his Mouth which to his great satisfaction being won with observation of good order he may be brought to a more continued Perfection Thus I have shew'd the expert Rider so much as the Art may help him but if the Shape and Nature of the Horse be opposite and repugnant as in the greatest number of Horses it is to no purpose howsoever for a time it may seem to be taught yet questionless it cannot be of any continuance But because in the whole Art of Riding there is no one thing more difficult than to make a Horse trot just And that the Perfection thereof is the Perfection of all other of his Doings I purpose to give further Rules Particular Rules and Directions for the Management of a Horse to train him up to a good and commendable Trot being the Foundation of all 1. Let the Rider observe that when he is teaching his Horse herein or any other Lesson that he do not trouble him with any other thing at that time neither suffer him to begin to learn any other 2. That he do not suffer any other to ride him until he be perfected by himself in such Lessons as he taught him lest he should be confus'd by the diversity of Teachers

a spoonful at ● time two or three hours before his Watering and he wil● remain a healthful and sound Horse if he be thus used ti●● 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 Cure● thereof Of the Ague or Fever in Horses THE Learned do hold Three gential Kinds First When the Vital Spirits are inflamed wherein he● is predominant more than Nature requireth Secondl● When the Humours are distemper'd by heat Thirdl● When the firm parts of the body are continually hot ● that the Ague cometh by the excessive heating of the Hors● and thereupon a sudden Cold or by fullness of bad H●mours which principally grow from foul full and ra● feeding and too much rest and for that reason it take● the Horse either hot or cold and to keep due hours to mak● him shake and tremble as a Man also we may know ho● the same appeareth from the Inflamations of the Stomac● which scaldeth and maketh the Tongue raw there a●other causes viz. by spare feeding not clean feeding a●dry feeding and for want of moderate labour The Cu● shall be when you perceive his dejected Countenance a● that he beginneth to tremble enforce him into a Heat a● give him this purging Drink Take a quart of White-Win● put therein an Ounce of Aloes small beaten Of Agar●● half an Ounce of Liquorice and Anniseeds half a Dra● and some Honey warmed a little on the Fire and th● ride him until he be hot and let him sweat moderately ● the Stable and take a special care of him wash his Tong●● with Allum water Vinegar and Sage and give him swe● Straw to eat and a Gallon of old sweet Oats at Nigh● give him a good Mash and the next Night after let him ●l●ed a quart and if his Blood be very thick dark yei ●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-Dragon●● and of dead Roses of each an ounce Of Oyle ●live Four Ounce● put them into a quart of strong Ale and give it warm to the Horse to drink then ride him un●il he sweat and cl●ath him and keep him warm as afore●aid Of the Ague in the Head The cause of 〈◊〉 Disease proceeds either from cold or ●aking of too much heat or of a raw imperfect Digestion of the Stomach which proceeds principally also from full and foul f●●ding for betwixt the Stomach and the Brain ●s such Assinity as that they do equally communicate their ●amage● The Signs are these The hanging down of his ●ead his Eyes will swell and run with Water and he will ●orsake his Meat The Cure is to let him blood in the ●allet of his Mouth and rub it with Salt to make it bleed well then take a ●tick with a Linnen-cloath fastened to ●he end of it well anointed with the Oyl of Bay thrust it ●p and down his Nostrils thereby to open and purge his ●ead Also p●rfume him with the smoak of Garlick-stalks ●roken into small pieces Also air him with the smoak of ●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 ●yet and moderate Exercise the which will cleanse his ●●omack and make it empty then his brain will not be ●quieted Afterwards let him blood and give him good ●●●hes to drink for two days and no cold water as I ●●all write down the Causes of some Diseases that are most ●●known to the people so for those that they are so well ●●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 o● Life wherein the Soul of the Horse liveth wanting the use of the Veins and Arteries to carry the vital spirit o● 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 natura● 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 quarte● of a pound of the best Sug●r and burn it altogether with half a pint of Sallet-Oyl and Four pennyworth of the bes● Trea●le then ride him very gently till he begin to sweat and so turn him into the Stable and let him stand ●●● Meats but beware you do for him there according t● your direction and be sure you cloath him not too warin● for the Drink will throughly warm him and make hi● sweat let his drink be warm water wherein boyl Mallow● and a handful of Water-Cresses of Fennel and Parsly-seed o● each an Ounce and twice in a Morning or Evening whe● 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 Gimgree● bruise it small and wring out the Juice take a handful ● Fennel a handful of Fox-Gloves the Leaves or the Flower● two ounces of Grommel-seed and half a pint of sweet Honey stamp them well together and strain them into Vinegar le● 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 Nu●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 Purs●y-seed half a handful of Hop half a handful of new-set ●eeks and ha●● 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 ●noint the place with

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 Ge●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 ●●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 Meatl●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 Cor● 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 J●in●s all Bruises unbroke all Strains whatsoever Take strong Vinegar or Patch-grease or Peece-grease of each a like quantity

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 g●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