soft although he be vveak and have little or no stomack four or five hours after his Cordial the first thing you give him boyl him half a peck of Oats and a pound of Fenygreek together in vvater till they be burst and the vvater vvherein these vvere boyled pour it from the Oats into another Payl and put some cold vvater to it and vvhen he drinks let him drink of this vvater for the Oats and Fenygreek throvv some of them into the Manger hot and if he be loth to eat them then strevv some Wheat-bran upon it and it is very likely he vvill eat all together This course taken in every particular vvill bring your Horse to a stomack and raise him suddenly Look the Receipt follovving for a dry Surfet and when the Horse's Cods are swelled and he runs at the Nose and there you shall see the purge of Aloes A fortnight or three vveeks after he is thus melted and that you have given him the former things to give him this Purge of Aloes vvill do the Beast a great deal of good in this case I am confident it is good Or give him as much of the povvder of Mechoacan as vvill lye upon a shilling at three or four times that is very good in a pint of Wine or a quart of strong Ale Proved CXXVII For a Foundred Horse FIrst tye a List or Blood-cord hard about the Pastern and that will keep the Blood up into his Leg that it cannot come dovvn into his Foot when you have taken out the Soal set on his Shooe something hollow and broad then untye the string about the Pastern and knock the out-side of the Hoof and the blood will come pouring out Let him bleed well then put a handful of Salt into the bottom of the foot and put as many Hards Flax or Tow after it as will fill the bottom of the Foot take two or three flat sticks and lay them between the Hards and the Shooe a piece of stiff Soal-Leather will do as well at the end of 24 hours take the Hards away and take a handful of Nettle-tops and a handful of Salt and beat them together and lay them to the bottom of the Foot and to keep them in take Hards and Splinters as you were directed before at forty hours end take the Hards away and apply the same quantity of Nettles and Salt mixed with as much Hogs Grease as contains to an Egg and beat them altogether in a Mortar and lay them to the Soal of the foot and Hards and Splinters as before with this last Medicine you may dress his foot once or twice more if you see cause after you see the Horse goes a little well set on another Shooe formed with a broad Web and let it stand broad and easie and in ten daies time the Horse will go very well and sound when you come at your journeys end wash his Legs clean and when his Legs are dry make a Poultis of a quarter of a pint of Whitewine Vinegar and a quarter of a pound of Sheeps-kidney Suet cut very small Let these two boyl a pretty while in a Skellet and when it comes off the fire put two or three handfuls of Wheat-bran to it and stir them all together and make it thick like a Poultis and lay it to the bottom of the foot then Hards and Splinters as before you were directed then spread the rest of the Poultis upon a long piece of Linnen-cloth and lay it hot to the hair round about the top of the Hoof and the Foot-lock and let it come under the bottom of the Hoof lay it to as hot as you can let every Poultis lye on forty eight hours Three or four Poultisses laid to in this manner will do the Horse much good and cause his foot to grow and shoot out and give him much ease so as in a very short time he will go very sound If an Horse be bruised in the bottom of his foot with a stone or any other thing this Poultis will give present ease For a foundring the Beast must stand in till the bottom of his foot be grown again I hold it best to take out but one soal at a time because if you take out both at a time the Horse will not be able to stand Some take out Frush and all some take out nothing but the bare Soal and leave the Frush The way is first cord the Pastern then pare the Soal and then raze it round about the Soal to the quick as near the inside of the outward shell of the Hoof as you can with a drawing knife then raise the Soal at the Toe then lay hold with a pair of Pincers and pull it quite out but beware you break not the Veins in the foot Proved CXXVIII For a Back swanckt in the Fillet of the Loin or for a Wrench in the Back-bone about the Navel place or for a strain in the Kidneys by being over-burthened in the Hinder-parts or over-strained in the Kidneys in Race-running IF you see any of these mischances to fall upon the Back or Hinder parts of your Beast then do thus and no otherwise for all those mischances above-written Take a hot Sheeps-skin fleaed of a Sheep newly kill'd apply it as hot as you can with the fleshy side from his Rump all over to the midst of his Back-bone if it will reach so far Let it lye on twenty four hours and at the end of that time lay another hot Sheeps-skin in the same manner to it if need require and you see the first will not do Let the grief be never so great two hot skins will do it with the help of the Drink next under written but if the hurt be not great the Sheeps-skin will do it alone It will make the Horse to sweat much it will draw out all the bruise and strengthen the back of the Horse exceedingly in a short time But if your Horse be so weak that he cannot stand nor go then take a Sack or two and Ropes and throw them over a Balk and hang him for nine or ten daies when you first hang him clap a hot Sheeps-skin to his Rump and Back for twenty four hours and at the end of the time lay another hot Sheeps-skin to and then no more In the time of this Cure give him this Drink if the strain be great If it be but small this Drink can do no hurt but a great deal of good Take Polygonatum commonly called Solomon's Seal you may have it at the Apothecaries but it is dear take ten roots of it that may weigh three ounces Polypodium of the Oak a quarter of a pound two handfuls of Wood-betony or for want thereof as much Garden-betony cut it small and if the roots be dry beat them to powder if they be green cut them thin then take a Gallon of strong Beer or somewhat more put it into a Kettle and put the other three things to it
of the Gall and specially of the Yellows FRom the over-flowing of the Gall which is the vessel of Choler spring many mortal Diseases especially the Yellows which is an extreme faint mortal Sickness if it be not prevented in time The Signs are yellowness of the Eyes and Skin and chiefly underneath his upper Lip next to his fore-teeth a sudden and faint falling down by the high way or in the Stable and an universal sweat over all his body The Cure is first to let the Horse blood in the neck or mouth or under the Eyes then take two penny-worth of Saffron which being dried and made into fine Powder mix it with sweet Butter and in manner of a Pill give it in Balls to the Horse three mornings together Let his drink be warm and his hay sprinkled with water CCXXX Another for the same TAke a pint or more of Milk and make a Posset of it with strong Ale or Beer a pint or more take off the Curd clean then take two ounces of Castle-sope pare it in thin small slices and boyl it in the Posset-drink about a quarter of an hour then when it is but Luke-warm give it the Horse to drink then take his back and ride a gentle pace an hour together set him up warm This hath been often tryed upon Christians as well as Horses they taking and walking and stirring upon it an hour or more taking it but two mornings together it never fail'd of curing those that had been so far spent with it that they have been given over by all men CCXXXI Of the Sickness of the Spleen THe Spleen which is the Vessel of Melancholy when it is over-charged therewith groweth painful hard and great in such sort that sometimes it is visible The signs are much groaning hasty feeding and a continual looking to the left side only The cure is take Agrimony and boyl a good quantity thereof in the water the Horse shall drink and chopping the leaves small mix them with sweet Butter and give the Horse two or three good round Balls thereof in the manner of Pills CCXXXII Of the Dropsie or evil Habit of the Body THe dropsie is an evil habit of the Body which is ingendred by Surfeits and unreasonable labour altereth the colour and complexion of the Horse and changeth the hairs in such an unnatural sort that a man shall hardly know the Beast with which he hath been most familiar The cure is to take a handful or two of Wormwood and boyl it in Ale or Beer a quart or better and give it the Horse to drink Luke-warm morning and evening and let him drink his water at noon CCXXXIII Of the Collick Belly-ach or Belly-bound The Collick or Belly-ach is a fretting gnawing or swelling of the Belly or great bag proceeding fromwindy humours or from eating of green corn or pulse hot grains without salt or Labour or bread Dough-baked and belly-bound is when a Horse cannot Dung The cure of the Collick or Belly-ach is to take good store of the herb Dill and boyl it in his water that you give the Horse to drink but if he cannot dung then you shall boyl in the Water good store of the herb Fumitory and it will make him dung without danger or hurting CCXXXIV Of the Lask or Bloody-Flux THe Lask or Bloody-Flux is an unnatural Loosness in a Horse's body which being not stayed will for want of other Excrements make a Horse void blood only The cure is to take a handful of the herb Shepherds-purse and boyl it in a quart of strong Ale and when it is Luke-warm take the seeds of Woodroof stamp them and put them in and give it the Horse to drink CCXXXV Of the falling out of the Fundament THis cometh through infinite mislike and weakness The Cure is take Town-cresses and having dryed them to powder with your hand put up the Fundament and then strow the powder thereon after it lay a little Honey thereon and then strow more of the powder with the powder of Cummin and it helpeth CCXXXVI Of Bots and Worms of all sorts THe Bots and gnawing of worms is a grievous pain and the Signs to know them are the Horses oft beating his Belly and tumbling and wallowing on the ground with much desire to lye on his back The Cure is take the seeds bruised of the herb Ameos and mix with it Honey and make two or three Bals and make the Horse swallow them down CCXXXVII Of pain in the Kidneys pain to Piss or the Stone ALL these Diseases spring from one ground which is only Gravel and hard matter gathered together in the Kidneys and so stopping the Conduits of the Urine The signs are that the Horse will only strain to piss and that often but cannot The Cure is to take a handful of Maiden hair and steep it all night in a quart of strong Ale and give it the Horse to drink every morning till he be well This will break any stone whatsoever in a Horse CCXXXVIII Of Pissing of Blood THis cometh with over-travelling a Horse or travelling him sore in the Winter when he goeth to grass The Cure is take Aristolochia Longa and boyl it in a quart of Ale and give it the Horse to drink Lukewarm and give him also rest CCXXXIX Of the Strangullion THis Disease is a soreness in the Horses Yard and an hot burning when he pisseth The Signs are he will piss oft yet but a drop or two at once The Cure is to boyl in the water he drinketh good store of the herb Hogfennel and it will cure CCXL Of the Colt-Evil Muttering of the Yard Falling of the Yard shedding of the Seed ALL these Evils proceed from much Lust in a Horse and the Cure is the powder of the herb Avens and the leaves of Betony stamp them well with White-wine to a moist Salve and anoint the Sore therewith and it will heal all imperfections of the Yard But if the Horse shed his seed then beat Venice Turpentine and Sugar together and give him every morning a good round ball thereof till the seed stay CCXLI. Of the particular Diseases in Mares as Barrenness Consumption rage of Love casting Foles hardness to Fole and how to make a Mare cast her Fole IF you would have a Mare barren Let good store of the herb Agnus Castus be boyled in the water she drinks If you would have her fruitful then boyl good store of Motherwort in the water If she lose her belly which sheweth a Consumption of the womb you shall then give her a quart of Brine to drink Mugwort being boyled therein If your Mare through high keeping grow into extreme Lust so that she will neglect her food through the violency of fleshly appetite as it is often seen amongst them you shall house her for two or three days and give her every morning a ball of Butter and Agnus Castus chopt together If you would have your Mare cast her Fole take a handful of Betony
attend the Eye at the same time to stop it dip a little Flax or Hards in some melted Rosin and lay it in the hole of the Horses Eye I was told it would stop any Rheum but have not tryed it LV. To cure a Mallender FIrst rub it dry with a cloth then anoint it with Crown-Sope and red Mercury precipitate mixed together when you have anointed it once pluck the hairs which grow in it and upon the edge of it out then dress him three times more once in two daies dress it then anoint it with Sallet Oyl and it is cured But alwaies before you anoint it you must rub it dry Proved LVI For an Apoplexy or Palsey TO know this Palsey the Signs are these It either will take him in the Neck that he cannot put down his head to the ground or in the After-parts that he cannot rise the Sinews of his flank will be hard if you feel them with your hand The Cure is thus Take six penny-worth of the oyl of Peter and anoint the place grieved with it at one time and dry it in with a hot Iron if you anoint the After-part of him then lay upon him the Litter of a hot reeking Muckhil and lay a Cloth over that to hold it on renewing it four times a day If it be in the Neck after you have anointed it and dryed it in make a Thumb-band of the longest hottest Dunghil Litter that you can get and wind it round about his Neck something loose that he may eat and drink Let the Thumb-band be so long that it may go so often about his Neck that it may reach from his Shoulders to his Ears Probatum est LVII For a Fareine that lyes all over the Body of a Horse FIrst Bleed those Buds that do not dye wash them with the water that you have for any old Ulcer and this will cure them and kill them wash them once a day then take a pottle of running water and boyl it in two spoonfuls of Hempseed beaten to powder and two handfuls of Herb-grace cut small boyl all these together till it come to a pint and a half and give it the Horse fasting do this once in three daies or three times in nine daies let him stand in the night before and not drink you may give him three or four hours after it a Mash or warm water and then Hay This very Drink given to a Cow or Bullock after letting blood in the Neck will make them thrive exceeding fast if it be given them at the Spring of the Year and then turned out to Grass If a Cow or Bullock do not thrive but is lean scurvy hide-bound and her hair stand right up do but let blood and give her this drink and she will mend presently upon it Proved LVIII For a Farcion only in the Neck or Head of a Horse FIrst Let blood in the Neck veins then take two spoonfuls of the juyce of Hemlock and two spoonfuls of the juyce of Housleek and mix them together and put the one half into the one Ear and the other half into the other Ear you must mix two spoonfuls of Sallet Oyl with the Housleek and Hemlock and then put them altogether into his Ears Put a little Wool Flax or Tow after it stitch up his Ears and at the end of twenty four hours unstitch them and take out the stuffing give him a Mash two or three hours after and warm Water to drink You may give him any meat to eat only wash the Buds with the Water for an old Ulcer till he be whole Proved LIX A rare Medicine to make an Horse scour that is Hide-bound that is Moulten that does not thrive nor fill and to lay his Coat if it stand right up IF a Horse be Moulten give him this scouring Medicine suddenly fasting If an Horses skin cleave to his Ribs we say he is Hide-bound and if an Horses Coat stand right up staring and do not lye smooth or if he do not fill well it is then to be judged the Horse is surfeited foul and out of health To cure all these at once or twice at the most and make your Beast thrive gallantly give him this scouring Medicine Take half an ounce of Aloes and beat it to powder and put it into a pint of Butter made afterwards round put the Aloes in three or four balls of Butter and rowl the balls in as much of the powder of Jallop as will lye upon a six pence wash down the balls with a pint and a half of strong Beer luke-warm Let him fast three or four hours after then give him a Mash or bursten Oats and warm water to drink for two or three daies Ride or work him moderately and the Horse will thrive the better Proved often LX. To stop a thin Scouring in Cow or Bullock or any other Creature TAke a quarter of a pint of Verjuyce and as much Bolearmoniack beaten to powder as a Walnut stir it well up and down in the Verjuyce and give it to the Beast Proved LXI To kill Lice in Cattel TAke a broad woollen List as broad as your hand that will go round about his Neck then wet the List well in Train-Oyl and sew it about the Beasts Neck and the Lice will come to it and it will kill them if there were never so many Daub some about the Beast in several places and they will come to it and it will kill them No flies in Summer will come near any Wound or Sore wherewith this is applyed for it will kill them Proved LXII To make Hoofs that are brittle grow quickly and to make them firm and strong TAke of Garlick 7 ounces Herb-grace three handfuls of Allom beaten to powder 7 ounces of old Hogs-grease two pound of Asses-dung or for want of it Cow-dung an handful beat and cut them all small and mix them altogether and boyl them altogether well then with this Oyntment stop his Fore-feet between his Shoes and the bottom of his Feet and keep it in with a piece of Leather or Sole-Leather of a Shoe let it be betwixt his Foot and Shoe And besides you should do well to anoint the outsides of his Hoofs all over do this till you see his brittle Hoofs to grow tough and strong you will find the effect to be great Proved LXIII To heal a Navil-Gall Sore-back or a Set-fast TAke a quarter of a pint of Train-Oyl and boyl in it as much beaten Verdigrease as half a Walnut put it into a Pot and keep it for your use This very Medicine will heal any Navil-gall Set-fast or Sore-back suddenly And no Flyes will dare to touch or come near it if they do they dye presently Proved LXIV For a Sinew-strain in the Fore or After-Leg A Sinew-strain is alwaies upon the Sinews which grow behind on the Fore-leg and behind upon the Sinews of the After-leg above the Foot-lock joynt upon the back part of the Fore-leg and upon the back
and let them boyl till the Beer be boyled half away then take them off the fire and put into it a quarter of a pound of Butter and a quarter of a pound of Hony and give the Horse of this to drink three times in nine daies in the morning fasting and give him warm Water to drink all the while with a handful of Bran put into it give him of this Drink a quart at a time Buy of these Roots green dry them and beat them small and keep them from wind and air for your use If you cannot get the root of Solomon's Seal make use of the other things they may do well without but better with it Let him stand in the time of the Cure To this Drink you may add Penny-royal Clarey and Comfrey they are all knitting and strengthening Herbs Proved CXXIX For a new Wound made with a Stake or such like thing Stub or Fork First wash the Wound well with Butter and Vinegar melted together then take a Clout and tye it about a sticks end and dip it in some Linseed Oyl and run it to the bottom of the wound anoint it well and in a short time nothing but this will heal it and kill the Gangrene of it If the Wind get into the Wound and cause it to swell anoint it with the Oyl of Populeon round about the swelling Train-oyl and Verdigrease melted together will heal and skin any Wound well and quickly Proved CXXX For a Stub in the Foot or Heel For an over-reach with the Toe of the After-foot upon the Heel of the Fore-foot A Tread or Cut above the Hair or when a Stone hath cut a Horses Leg. FIrst wash the Wound with fair Water or with Water and Salt when the Wound is dry take a big Onyon or two or three small ones to the bigness of a great one a spoonful of Pepper beaten small as much Crown-sope as the bigness of an Egg these three things must be beaten to a Salve and laid upon a Linnen-cloth and laid to the Wound four and twenty hours and at the end of that time dress it as you did before and so continue doing every four and twenty hours till it be whole If this quantity of Medicine bee too little make more As you see it heal dress it but once in two or three daies This Onyon Salve will prevent a Quitter-bone if you lay it to before it break This Salve is good to heal and cure all these hurts Proved CXXXI For a Horse that is prickt in the shooing and afterwards festred FIrst open it well and take out all the corruption to the very bottom so far as the Nayl did go then take three or four House-snails a little Salt as much Sope as a Walnut beat them altogether and lay it to the place that was pricked four and twenty hours till you see it begin to heal then dress it but once in two daies and in three or four dressings it will be whole When you lay this Medicine to the bottom of the foot lay some Flax Hards or Tow over it and over that a piece of Leather or Splinters to keep the Hards and Medicine in And if it break out or be soft above the top of the Hoof lay some of this Medicine to and bind it on with a Linnen rag Proved CXXXII For a Horse that is prickt with a long Channel Nail FIrst search it with your Buttris and drawingknife till you find where the Channel Nail went in open it well and give it all the ease you can search it to the bottom with a little Tow at your Instruments end then drop ten or twelve drops of the Oyl of Turpentine into the hole take a little Tow or fine Lint at your Instruments end and dip it in the Oyl of Turpentine and put it in Tent-waies then mix a little Crown-sope a little Salt and a little Pepper beaten together and lay it over the former and Tow or Hards over it and a piece of Leather and Splinters over it to keep it in The Shooe must be taken off when you dress it and after to set it on again dress it once in four and twenty hours till it be whole If you find that after three or four times dressing that the Horse is in great pain still and that you fear a breaking out above the hoof then take out the Soal of his Foot and apply the Medicine in order as you were directed for a foundred Horse in Receipt CXXVII Do with this just as you are there directed to make the Soal come again after his Foot begins to grow again take as much Hogs Grease as an Egg and the like quantity of Burgundy Pitch mix them together and lay a pretty quantity thereof in the bottom of the Hoof and lay Hards or Tow over that and a piece of Leather or Splinters over it as you were formerly directed Dress it every day for three or four daies this Grease and Pitch will much nourish his Foot and strengthen it and keep it from drying up Let him stand in the time of his Cure and then if you please you may turn him out abroad Proved CXXXIII For a Brittle Hoof. LAy the Poultis to the bottom and top of the Hoof and Foot as you have directions for a Foundred Horse in Receipt CXXVII Lay that Poultis to and in three or four times dressing it will make his brittle Hoof tough and hard as you can desire Let him stand in the time of his Cure Proved CXXXIV For an Horses Yard foul and furr'd without so that he pisses in the Cod. TAke some fresh Butter and Whitewine Vinegar and melt them then pull out his Yard and do off the filth with your hand and wash it with the Butter and Vinegar till it be clean squirt some of it into his Yard with a Syringe it will much help him in this particular Proved CXXXV When a Horse doth not thrive and when his Coat stands staring and doth not lye smooth For an inward dry Surfet that causeth the Cods to swell sometimes continually and sometimes betwixt times When the Grease is melted and afterwards set and dried in his Body and his Legs sometimes swelled For an Horse that is Gaunt and will not fill or is Gut-foundred when he is Costive in Body and Dungs small To procure a Stomack The following Directions are admirable good for all these following Distempers FIrst make your Purge thus Take an ounce of fine Aloes the best is that which shines and glisters an ounce will cost you a shilling beat it to powder take a quarter of a pound of fresh Butter bray and mix these two well together and put a handful of Wheat-bran to it to make it stiff like a piece of Dough or Paste then roul it up in Balls made big in the midst and sharp at both ends this quantity will make four or five Balls then hold up his Head with a Drenching-stick and take his Tongue in
your Left-hand and put in one Ball to the root of his Tongue if you can that he may swallow it the better put your finger under his Tongue then give him a Hornful of strong Beer cold after it then give him a second Ball and a Hornful of Beer to wash it down and so do in like manner by all the rest then ride him a Mile gently and set him up warm Let him not eat not drink for five or six hours after it then give him a little clean Hay at Night not before and some warm Water to drink with some Wheat-bran put into it the next Morning give him warm Water to drink in the same manner and ride him a Mile gently and tye him to the Rack for an hour after then you may give him what meat he will eat at Night warm Water and Bran again the third day in the Morning after he hath done purging give him cold Water and before you ride him after his cold Water give him two ounces of Hony and half a pint of White-wine heated a little warm to make him piss and to clear his bladder and to beget a stomack then ride him a Mile or two gently and at Night ayr him again and so do Morning and Evening till he be well litter him well and keep him warm If you see that after his Purge and after you have given him the Hony and Whitewine he do not fall to his meat but is still bound in his body and dungs very small then give him this Cordial fasting two or three times and let there be two or three daies betwixt each Cordial giving It is thus made Take three pints of stale Beer course Houshold bread the quantity of half ae penny Loaf when these two are well boyled together take it off the fire and put into it a quarter of a pound of Hony and a quarter of a pound of fresh Butter give him all these together as a Cordial lukewarm then ride him a mile after it and set him up warm and tye him up to the Rack for three or four hours after it then give him a Mash of bursten Oats or Barly and warm Water with Wheat-bran in it till the Horse be come to his stomack and be loose bodied again which in two or three times giving he will be The fore-going Purge is admirable good for a dry Surfet and for a Horse that is bound in his body and dungs small The Cordial with Whitewine and Hony is admirable good for a Horse that is weak and hath little stomack to bring him to a stomack again When at any time for the fore going Diseases you give a Mash of bursten Oats to half a peck boyl a quarter of a pound of Fenygreek with them and put some of them into the Manger hot if he be loth to eat them because of the taste of the Fenygreek throw some Wheat-bran over them and he will eat them this is the only way to bring your Horse to a stomack and raise him suddenly Concerning his swelled Cods and swelled Legs as soon as his Purge hath done working take the Charge of Sope and Brandy and dab it on his swelled Cods or swelled Legs with a flat stick as it comes boyling hot off the fire three or four daies after it hath taken its course whilst he stands in the house take and ride him into the River up to his Saddle-skirts with the stream and against it half a quarter of an hour at a time wash him thus once every day or twice till you see the swelling quite down his Cods or Legs which will be in very few daies once laying on the Charge is enough If it be a dry Surfet give the Purge first and afterwards the Cordial of Whitewine and Hony But if he have a Cold and run at the Nostrils then first give him the following Drink made of Anniseeds Turmerick Brandy or Aqua-vitae Vinegar and Beer and three daies after give him the Purge and if you see his stomack to fail him give him the Cordial when a Horse is fat and lusty and then melted and the Grease set within him in this case use the Purge first But if he be fat and sick both together then give him the Whitewine and Hony and Cordials as you are before in this Receipt directed to bring him to a stomack first and when you have done that then give him the Purge and order him after it as you are there directed If there be hard Kernels between his Jaws or Chaps at the same time the Charge of Sope and Brandy laid hot upon them and heated well in in once doing it will either sink them flat or break them And if they break wash them with Butter and Vinegar and let them heal up of themselves All proved to be good and certain CXXXVI For a moist hot running Surfet that falls out of his Body into his Fore-legs and sometimes into his After-legs and sometimes into all four THis Surfet comes with Colds and Heats which are divers waies taken when it falls out of his Body into his Legs and runs hot moist white yellow thin thick stinking Water or Matter in this case the Horses breath will stink and smell very strong and his Legs will swell and stink extreamly when this Surfet breaks in his Body and falls down into his Legs at his first going out of the Stable he will hardly draw his Legs over the Threshold and he will be so stiff that he can hardly stir in the Stable but will hold up his Leg to his Midribs and although this Disease be never so violent in breaking out or causing his Legs to swell and run yet you need not fear Remedy for him if you observe these Directions following First keep him fasting all the Night before or give him but a very little meat to keep his jaws from falling the next day in the Morning before he drink let him blood on both the Neck-veins and let him bleed well then uncord him and give him this Drink following which will much purge and dry up his gross humours in his body and cleanse his blood Take one ounce of Aristolochia one ounce of Turmerick one ounce of Anniseeds dry and beat the Turmerick and Anniseeds small and grate the root of Aristolochia put all these together with one handful of Rew and a handful of Wormwood green or dry and one handful of Red-sage one handful of green Fennel if it be Winter that you cannot get green then take two ounces of Fennel-seeds and beat them small and put to the rest of the things and all put into an earthen pot or pan and put to them three pints of running and Spring-water and there let them lye in steep all Night the next Morning before you give it to him ride him a Mile till he be a little warm give it to him cold as it stood all night then after that ride him a Mile again and let him stand upon
and here also will cause a present Cure Now to cure the Strangling or a Cold that runs at the Nose or hath done for half a year or more or Squinsey when he is troubled with tough thick flegm For these three last mentioned take these following Ingredients and give them as you are directed First one ounce of Anniseeds an ounce of Turmerick beaten to powder half a quartern of Brandy or Aqua-vitae half a dozen spoonfuls of Whitewine or Vinegar a pint and an half of strong Beer put all these into a Skellet and heat them blood-warm and give it to the Beast fasting then presently run the point of the Cornet-horn into the third furrow in the roof of his Mouth and let him bleed then walk him a mile and set him up Clothe and Litter him warm Let him stand upon the Bit four or five hours he will sweat with his Drink till one drop follow another If you see he be sick and desirous to lye down you may let him Give him no Mashes but only warm Water to drink with an handful or two of Wheat-bran put into it and the next Morning warm Water and Bran again and presently after give him two ounces of Hony and half a pint of Whitewine or half a pint of Wine-vinegar if you have not White-wine walk him a Mile after it The third day in the Morning after this Drink in the beginning of the Receipt give him this Cordial three pints of stale Beer Houshold-bread a piece as big as a great Tost and crum it in a quarter of a pound of Butter put them into a Skellet together and heat them a little upon the fire and when you take it off put in a quarter of a pound of Hony stir them together and give it him blood-warm fasting then ride him a mile and set him up warm clothed and littered Three or four hours after give him warm Water and Bran to drink Every two or three daies for a Cold whether it cause the Beast to run at the Nose or no or be in Glanders In course of Physick after his drink give him this Cordial to bring him to a stomack it will help to kill the Canker in his mouth or throat clear the Guts and cleanse the Lights with one drink of White-wine and Hony and these Cordials he will be in a very short time cleared and cured If in the time of his Cure he hath hard Kernels between his Jaws apply the Charge of Sope and Brandy which will either quite sink them or break them Again if there be not Kernels but hard swellings in the Jaws as most part there is when he hath the Strangling in this case also apply the Charge of Sope and Brandy and heat it well in If this Swelling do break in the time of the Cure let it run and heal up of it self If the Swelling between his Jaws be soft all over and in the midst of the Swelling the hair begins to scale off you may then put in the point of your Knife a little way through the skin and let it out if it be not full ripe it will heal up with proud rank flesh and there will be a knot between his Jaws which is an ugly blemish therefore heal it up with nothing but let it heal up of it self In the time of any of these Cures ayr and ride him out two or three times every day it will do him abundance of good if you do not ride him too hard but gently If that which comes out of his Nose be yellowish and afterwards turns white there is hope of perfecting the Cure the Drink will make him swell and be very sick but it will do him a great deal of good Proved CXL For a Horse that hath a dry Surfet in his Body and falls away in his Flesh That hath a weak Cough and is in a Consumption THe Signs of this Disease are He will not thrive but be gaunt-bellied and dried up in his Body and cannot cough but gruntingly by reason of the Cold and Surfet and great soreness in his Body The Remedy is this First ride him a mile and then let him blood in the bottom of the belly at the lower end of all the Spurvein after he hath bled well give him this Drink one ounce of Anniseeds half an ounce of Diapente four pennyworth of English Saffron one ounce of Syrup of Colts-foot one ounce of brown Sugar-candy one ounce of Bay-berries four or five spoonfuls of Whitewine Vinegar a pint and a half of strong Beer put all these into a Skellet and heat them lukewarm and give it to the Beast fasting and ride him two or three furlongs after it then tye him up to the Rack and let him fast five or six hours after his Drink and clothe and litter him up very warm then unbit him and give him a little sweet Hay till night then give him warm Water and Bran to Drink The next day in the morning before he eat or drink burst half a peck of Oats with two ounces of Fenygreek two ounces of Coriander-seeds for want of Coriander two ounces of Caraway-seeds burst them altogether well and give him them before he eat or drink And at noon give him warm Water and Bran and after three or four daies end give him this drink after the first drink One ounce of Anniseeds beaten small half a pound of Raisins of the Sun an handful of unset Leeks cut small two quarts of mild Beer boyl all these together in a Skellet till half be consumed then take out all the Raisins and beat them in a Mortar stones and all take some of the Liquor wherein they were boiled and wash the Mortar clean therewith and put it again into the Kettle amongst the rest then take the Kettle off and put in as much Butter as an Egg and let it melt and give him this drink fasting walk him a furlong or two and tye him up to the Rack for five or six hours and clothe and litter him up warm then give him Hay and at Night warm Water and Bran The next day have in readiness some Oats Coriander-seeds or for want of them some Caraway-seeds burst them together by eleven or twelve a Clock and throw some of them into the Crib as you were directed before and if he refuse to eat them strew some Wheat-bran over them and that will cause him to eat them give him but a few at a time After this second Drink given you shall see the Horse within two or three daies to void at the Nose yellow Glanders or some other colour ride him moderately twice a day and keep him warm in the Stable And two or three daies after you have given him this last Drink and warm Water then and not before water him at the River and presently after it give him every Morning two ounces of Hony and half a pint of Whitewine mixed together heated lukewarm you may give it him abroad or in
ride him whether he halt or not so you ride him moderately then take an ounce of the Oyl of Swallows and rub it well in with your hand upon the Sinews of the bent of the Leg to retch and give liberty to them use of this Oyl every four or five daies and in four or five times dressing it will be a Cure After he come from work or riding at any time and his Legs be washt and dry then rub on this Oyl upon the bent of his Leg and upon the Sinews you need not heat it in now with a hot Iron but rub it well in with the palm of your hand and within a fortnights time the blood Spavin will not be seen and the swelling will be quite gone If you take a a BloodSpavin at the first coming out of a young Horse then do but fire it lightly and lay the former Charge to and in once dressing it will be a compleat Cure Proved CLXXIII For an old Cold. IF you see cause take blood from the Neck-vein otherwise not then instead of giving him Oats give him Wheat-bran boiled in water after this manner viz. Set a Kettle over the fire almost full of water and when it begins to boil put in your Bran and let it boil a full quarter of an hour then take it off and let it stand till it be almost cold and about four or five of the Clock in the Morning give it him as hot as he can eat it and for his Drink give him the same water and at Night give him Oats and White water to drink and let him be covered and littered up warm If it be in Summer let not the Stable be too hot for that will take a way his stomach and make him faint And when you give him his water at night alwaies give him as much of this powder as an Eggshel will hold amongst his Oats to which you must keep him eight daies together or longer if you shall see cause the boiled Bran is that which drieth up all his corrupt and gross humours which was the cause of his cold Now the Powder is this viz. Take of Cummin-seeds Fenygreek Sileris Montani otherwise called Sisilers Nutmegs Cloves Ginger Linseed of each of these two ounces quick Brimstone six ounces make all these into fine powder and mix them all well together it must be given him in his Oats the quantity that was prescribed before but he must first be watered with White water and then presently let him be well rubbed all over and cloathed and littered vvarm and an hour bdfore you give him his Oats put into his Rack a little sweet Wheat-straw and let him eat thereof an hour or better and then and not before give him his Oats mixed with this powder which having eaten give him Hay at your pleasure and with doing thus his Cold will be gone in a short time and the sooner if you air him an hour before Sun-set and an hour after Sun-rising if the Sun shine mark that keep up his stomack with White-wine and Honey and the Cordials or with what else you think best of Proved Now if this cold bring with it a violent Cough as is often seen then use this Receipt following CLXXIV For a Cold with a violent Cough FIrst give him the Wheat-bran boiled together with the Powder with his Oats as is directed in the fore-going Receipt but not above three or four daies or till you see he hath purged sufficiently for that the said Powder dispersed the corrupt and gross humours that are in his body which do occasion the Cough and when you perceive that he hath purged sufficiently keep him notwithstanding to his white-White-water which is no other thing than water made hot in a Kettle and then put in some Wheat-bran or Barley-meal let him eat the Bran as hot as he will and drink the Water a little warm But alwaies an hour before you water him take a stick a little bigger than your thumb of well nigh a foot long and wrap a Linneu cloth about it four or five times first dipped in oyl of Bayes and put into his mouth and with some Leather-thong or piece of small Cord fasten it to either end of the stick and so fasten it over his Ears like the head-stall of a Bridle like as Smiths do when they burn a Horse for a Lampra's Let him drink with this stick thus in his Mouth and so stand with it an hour after at the least that he may lick and suck up the said oyl and after the three or four daies are expired and that you see he hath purged sufficiently which is a little before mentioned then when you give him the Oats give him amongst them this other Powder following viz. Fennel-seeds four ounces Fenygreek two ounces and Cardimum one ounce beat them but grossly or else he will blow them away when he eats his Oats put one spoonful into his Oats and keep him warm and use him as is prescribed in the foregoing Receipt and you will find it to do him much good Proved CLXXV A rare Receipt to cause an Horse to vomit TAke two of the greatest Roots of Polypodium as you can get from the Oak wash and scrape them very clean and tie it to his Snaffle or Bit then let it be steeped in oyl of Spike a whole Night and in the Morning fasting put on his Bridle with the Roots tied to his Bit and ride him softly and fairly an hour or better with it in his mouth and if he be troubled with any Rheumatick or Flegmatick humour or with any cold or filthy matter which may any way pester clog or annoy his stomach this very thing will force him to vent and vomit it up at his mouth or nose and it will cause him to cough and sneeze much that you shall see him to send forth a great abundance of filth and evil slimy matter from his stomach and head and in a short time he will become very clean in his body for this will both refine his blood and exhaust all the watrish humours in such sort as by temperate ordering of him and doing as heretofore is prescribed you may keep him a long time sound perfect and serviceable and this you may give to an Horse newly taken from Grass or to any other Horse that hath taken a Cold or to any other filthy foul foggy or pursy Horse whatsoever And this upon trial upon all occasions before mentioned you shall find to be most admirable this being done I conceive it to be very good to give them Whitewine and Hony and the Cordial formerly set down Proved CLXXVI For a Curb THis Curb alwaies groweth upon the back-part of the heel of the knee of the hinder Leg in a hard substance I shall give no more signs for it is easie to be seen The remedy is this first tie up the contrary Leg as you do for a blood-Spavin then with an hot Iron fear it length-waies down
or more after Then come to him and after rubbing and other ceremonies before declared performed sift and dust up the quantity of a quart of Oats and set them by Then take a loaf of bread that is at least three dayes old made after this manner The first Bread TAke three pecks of clean Beans and one peck of fine Wheat and mix them together and grind it to pure meal Then searce and bolt through a reasonable fine range and knead it up with great store of barm and lightning but with as little water as may be labour it in the Trough with all painfulness tread it break it and after cover it warm and let it ly a pretty space in the Trough to swell then after knead it over again and mold it up into big Loaves and so bake them well and let them soak soundly after they are drawn from the Oven turn the bottoms upward and let them cool At three daies old you may adventure to give this bread but hardly sooner for nothing doth occasion surfeit or is more dangerous than new bread yet if necessity compel you that you must sooner give this bread or that the bread be danck and clammy so as the Horse taketh distaste thereat then cut the loaf into thin shives and lay it abroad in a Sieve to dry and then crumbling it small amongst his Oats you may give it without danger But to return to my purpose where I left when you have taken a loaf of this bread of three dayes old you shall chip it very well then cut it into thin shives and break three or four shives thereof which may countervail the quantity of the Oats very small and mix it with the Oats you had before sifted and so give them to the Horse About Eleven of the Clock you shall come to the Horse and having performed your by-Ceremonies before spoken of you shall give him the same quantity of bread and Oats as you did in the morning and so let him rest till the afternoon At one of the Clock in the afternoon or after if you intend not to give him an heat the next day you shall feed him with bread and Oats as you did in the forenoon and so consequently every meal following for that day observing every action and motion as hath been before declared But if you intend the next day to give him an heat to which I now bend mine aim you shall then only give him a quart of sweet Oats and as soon as they are eaten put on his bridle and tye up his head not forgetting all by-Ceremonies before declared Then dress him clothe him saddle him air and water him as before shewed also bring him home and order him as before shewed only give him no hay at all After he hath stood an hour on the bridle give him as before a quart of clean sifted Oats when he hath eaten them you shall then put on his head a sweet clean washt muzzle and so let him rest till nine of the Clock at Night Now touching the use of the Muzzle and which is the best you shall understand that as they are most useful being good and rightly made so they are dangerous and hurtful being abused or falsly made The true use of them is to keep the Horse from eating up his Litter from gnawing upon Boards and mud-Walls and indeed to keep him from eating any thing but what he reciveth from your hand These muzzles are sometimes made of leather and stampt full of holes or else close but they are unsavoury and unwholesome for if it be allom'd Leather the allom is offensive if it be liquor'd the grease and ouze are full as unpleasant besides they are too close and too hot and both make a Horse sick cause him to forbear rest and retain his dung longer in his body then otherwise he would do The best Summer-muzzle is the Net-muzzle made of strong packthred and knit exceeding thick and with small mashes in the bottom and so enlarged wider and wider up to the middle of the Horses head and then bound about the top with strong tape upon the near side a loop and on the far side a long string of tape to be fastned unto the Horses head The best winter muzzle is that which is made of strong double Canvas with a round bottom and a square Lattis window of small tape before both his nostrils down to the very bottom of the Muzzle this must also have a loop and a string to fasten it about the Horses head At nine of the Clock at night coming to the Horse again after your by-Ceremonies before taught are performed give him a quart of clean sifted Oats and as soon as he hath eaten them put on his muzzle toss up his Litter and leave him to his rest The next day early in the morning before day come to the horse if he be standing on his feet but if he be laid by no no means disturb him Now whilst he is lying or if he be standing take a quart of clean Oats well sifted and rub between your hands and wash them in a little strong Ale or beer and let them not be too moist for fear of offence and so give them to the Horse As soon as he hath eaten them bridle him up and hang by his muzzle in some sweet place then unclothe him and dress him as hath been before shewed after put on his body-cloth and breast-cloth and Saddle him then being ready to go forth with him take his Bridle-rein and draw it over the top of the rack so as you may draw his head aloft Then take a new laid Egg washt clean and breaking it in his mouth make him to swallow it down then wash his tongue and mouth with a little beer and so lead him forth of the stable At the door see if he will piss or dung then take his back and rack him gently to the Course ever and anon making him smell upon other Horses dung whereby he may empty himself the better When you are come within a mile or thereabouts of the starting Post you shall alight from the Horses back and take of his Body-cloth and Breast-cloth and then girt on the Saddle again then sending away your Groom both with those clothes and the clean dry rubbing clothes let him stay at the last end of the race till you come Then your self rack your Horse gently up to the starting Post and beyond make your Horse smell to that Post as you shall also do at the first Post which we call the weighing Post that he may thereby take notice of the beginning and ending of his Course And there start your Horse roundly and sharply at near a three quarters speed and according to his strength of body ability of wind and chearfulness of spirit run him the whole Course through But by no means do any thing in extremity and above his wind and strength but when you find him a little yield
ride him forth for you shall understand that this evening after his heat the Horse being inwardly foul and the Scowring yet working in his body he may not receive any water at all After the Horse is drest and hath stood an hour and half upon his bridle you shall then take three pints of clean sifted Oats and wash them in strong Ale or beer and so give them to the Horse for this will inwardly cool and refresh him as if he had drunk water After he hath eaten all his washt meat and rested upon it a little space you shall then at his feeding times which have been spoken of before with Oats and spelt beans or Oats and bread or all together or each several and simple of it self as you shall find the stomack of the Horse best addicted to receive it feed him that night in plentiful manner and leave a Know of hay in the Rack when you go to your bed The next day very early as may be first feed then dress after clothe saddle then air him abroad and water him as hathe been before shewed after bring him home and feed him with Oats spelt Beans and Bread as was last of all declared only very little hay and keep your heating dayes and the preparation the day before in such wise as hath been also formerly declared without any omission or addition Thus you shall spend the second Fortnight in which your Horse having received four heats soundly given unto him and four Scowrings there is no doubt but his body will be inwardly clean you shall then the third Fortnight order him according to these Rules which hereafter follow The third Fortnights keeping THe third Fortnight you shall make his Bread finer than it was formerly As thus The second Bread YOu shall take two pecks of clean Beans and two pecks of fine Wheat grind them on the black stones searce them through a fine range and knead it up with barm and great store of Lightning working it in all points and baking it in the same sort as was shewed you in the former Bread With this Bread having the Crust cut clean away and being old as was before shewed with clean sifted Oats and with clean drest spelt beans you shall feed your Horse this Fortnight as you did in the Fortnight before you shall observe his dressing airing and hours of feeding as in the former Fortnight also you shall observe his heating dayes and the day before his heat as in the former Fortnight only with these differences First you shall not give his heats so violently as before but with a little more pleasure that is to say if the first heat be of force and violence the second heat shall be of pleasure and ease and indeed none at all to overstrain the Horse or to make his body sore Next you shall not after his heats when he cometh home give him any more of the former Scowring but instead thereof you shall instantly upon the end of your heat after the Horse is a little cool'd and clothed up and in the same place where you rub him by drawing his head up aloft as you sit in the Saddle or raising it up otherwise give him a Ball somewhat bigger then a French Wall-nut hull and all of that confection which is mentioned before of the true manner of making of Cordial Bals. The Fourth and Last Fortnights keeping NOw to return again to my purpose having thus spent the three last Fortnights you shall the fourth and last Fortnight make your Horses bread much finer than either of the former The last Bread TAke three pecks of fine Wheat and put one peck of clean Beans grind them to powder on the black stones and bolt them through the finest Bolter you can get then knead it up with very sweet Ale-barm and new strong Ale and the barm beaten together and also the Whites of at least twenty Eggs in any wise no water at all but instead thereof some small quantity of new milk Then work it up and labour it with all painfulness that may be as was shewed in the first Bread then bake it and order it as was declared in the other With this Bread having the crust cut clean away and with Oats well sunned beaten and rubbed over with your hands then new winnowed and sifted and most finely drest that there may be neither light ones nor foul ones nor any false grain amongst them and with the purest spelted Beans that can be tried out feed your Horse at his ordinary feeding times in such wise as you did in the Fortnight last mentioned before You shall keep his heating dayes the first week of this last Fortnight in such wise as you did in the former Fortnight but the last week you shall forbear one heat and not give him any heat five dayes before his Match at the least only you shall give him long and strong Airing to keept him in wind You shall not need this Fortnight to give him any Scowring at all If this Fortnight Morning and Evening you burn upon a Chafingdish and coals in your Stable of the purest Olibanum or Frackincense mixt with Storax and Benjamina to perfume and sweeten the room you shall find it exceeding wholesome for the horse and he will take delight therein In this Fortnight when you give your horse any washt meat wash it not in Ale or beer but in the Whites of Eggs or Muskadine for that is more wholesom and less pursy This Fortnight give your horse no hay at all but what he taketh out of your hand after his heats and that must be in little quantity and clean dusted and drest unless he be an exceeding evil feeder and marvellous tender and a great belly-looser The last week of this Fortnight if your horse be a foul feeder you must use the Muzzle continually but if he be a clean feeder and will touch no litter then three dayes before your Match is a convenient time for the use of the Muzzle The morning the day before your Match feed well both before and after Airing and Water as at other times before noon and after noon scant his proportion of meat a little Before and after Evening Airing feed as at noon and water as at other times but be sure to come home before Sunset This day you shall cool the horse shoe the horse and do all extraordinary things of Ornament about him Provided there be nothing to give him offence or to hinder him in feeding or any other material or beneficial action for I have heard some horsemen say that when they had shoed their horse with light shoes and done other actions of Ornament about them the night before the course that their horse hath taken such especial notice thereof that they have refused both to eat and lye down But you must understand that those horses must be old and long experienced in this exercise or they cannot reach at these subtile apprehensions for my part touching
a good handfull of Salt put them in a cloth and bind them to the sore do this two or three mornings together then set the shooe on with a leather under it then pour in some Hogs-grease scalding hot after that pour in Rosin scalding hot presently after which put in some Wheat-bran Approved Pepper For a Horse that hath got a stroke or a bite of the Eye TAke a little Honey with a little grated Ginger mix them together and put it into the Horses eye with a feather do this three mornings together Approved by me W. B. For the Scratches TAke Verdigrease and burnt Allom mix them together and so apply it keeping the Horse dry Approved W. B. For the swelling of a Horses Back TAke Flax or Flax Teare with the whites of Eggs and Wheat-flower beat them all together it will take the swelling down Approved Tho. Emson For a strain HOgs-grease is very good for a Sinew-strain or any other part of the Horse Approved by me W. B. For a Horse that is mangy TAke a gallon of strong Ale and a pound of Tobacco-stalks half a pound of Allom a pint of Salt one pennyworth of Mercury boyl these all together until they be half boyled away the day before let the Horse blood and Curry him with a Comb when the Horse is drest wash the Manger with scalding Water and smoak the Saddle with Allom or Brimstone burnt Hay or Straw Approved Mr. Willes For the Spleen MAke a Plaister of Oxycrocium and spread it upon sheeps leather lay it to the pain and let it lye till it come off of it self Mr. Holden A Glister to expel the Wind. TAke Fennelseeds and Anniseeds two spoonfuls of each and bruise them a little Camamile flowers Rosemary flowers Pellitory of the Wall Peneroyal and Camamile of each of these half a handfull Mr. Holden A Glister for the Wind-Colick TAke a quart of thin Posset-drink Peneroyal Pellitory of the Wall of each an handful Mallows and Plantin of each half an handful and Cummin-seeds and Sasafrage-seeds of each one spoonful bruised Camamile flowers one spoonfull boyl them down to half the Posset-ale take half a pint thereof dissolve therein half an ounce of the Electuary called Electuarium de baccis lauri Medcalf For the Wind Colick BOylone spoonfull of Cumminseeds with a few Camamile flowers in Posset-drink good to drink for the Wind for one that is Costive in his Body Medcalf How to order feed and keep any Horse for Pleasure Hunting or Travel I Would have your Keeper of these ordinary Horses to rise early in the morning by the spring of day or before according to the season of the year and to sift the Horse the quantity of near three pints of good old dry Oats and to put to them an handfull or two of spelted Beans Hulls and all and so give them to the Horse After he hath eaten them let him dress him according to the order of good Horsemanship First curry with the Comb then dust then curry with the Brush then dust then rub with wet Hands after with a clean Woollen cloth after with a clean Linnen cloth then pick all obscure places Lastly comb down the Main and Tail Then saddle him and ride him forth to water then warm him both before and after very moderately so bring him home dry without sweat Then cloth him up after you have rubbed his head body and legs and let him stand on his Bridle more then an hour then give him the former quantity of Provender and the same in kind After he hath eaten his Provender give him into his Rack a pretty bundle of Hay and so let him rest till after dinner When you have din'd give him the former quantity of Provender and the same in kind and so let him rest till the evening only renew his Hay if there be occasion At evening dress him well as in the morning then ride him forth to water and do as you did in the morning When you come home and have clothed him up let him stand on his Bridle as before then give him the former quantity of Provender and so let him rest till nine of the Clock at night at which time give him the former quantity of Provender and a pretty bundle of Hay and so let him rest till the morning This you shall do concerning his Ordinary keeping at home where the Horse hath rest and that you may dispose of hours as you please but if you be either in Travel or Sport or other occasion so that you cannot observe these particular times then you must divide the main and whole quantity of Meat into fewer parts and greater quantities and give them at the best conveniency ever observing to give the least quantity before Travel as a 3 part before Mounture and the two other after you come to rest Nor would I have you to distract your mind with any doubt or amazement because I prescribe you five several times of Feeding in one day as if it should either over-charge you or over-feed your Horse Questionless there is no such matter when you look into the true proportion for it cannot be denied but whosoever is worthy of a good Horse or good Means to keep a good Horse cannot allow him less than one Peck a day nay the Carrier Caerter Poulter and Packhorse will allow half a peck at a Watering and this allowance which I set down comes to no more for 15 pints of Oats and one pinte of Spelt-Beans up-heaped make two gallons and that is one peck of Winchester measure Now to give it at twice fills the stomack more makes the digestion worse and the appetite weak whereas to give less but more often the stomack is ever craving the digestion always ready and the appetite never wanting so that health without disorder can never be a stranger Therefore once again thus much for ordinary keeping But if you intend to give an Heat as to Hunt Gallop Travel or the like which I would wish you do once twice or thrice a week Then observe all your former observations only the night before give him little or no Hay at all In the morning early before his Heat and before his dressing give him three or four handfulls of clean sifted Oats washt either in strong Ale or Beer Then dress him Saddle him and give him his Heat But if it be sudden and violent then let it be when the Horse hath emptied himself very well After his heat Rub him very well and bring him dry into the Stable Then after he is Clothed up warm let him stand on his Bridle at least two hours then give him a little bundle of Hay to tear out upon his bridle and an hour after feed him as hath been before shewed Only with the first Oats give him an handful or better of Hempseed well dusted and mixed At night warm him a little water and give him it luke-warm then an hour after give him his Provender and
on purpose that none may knovv that you use any thing but Sope lay it on a piece of gray Paper and heat a Brick hot and dry it in as you did the former this is much of the nature of the former Proved XXXVII For a Splent great or small an excellent one IF it were never medled with before be it great or small this will cure it First take a piece of Leather as broad again as will cover the Splent then take of Cantharides which is a flye that you may have at the Apothecaries and beat them to powder or very fine take of them half a quarter of an ounce at a time mixed with as much Nerve Oyl as contain to half a Wallnut bray them well together and lay them upon a piece of Leather and bind it on for eight or ten hours and then take it off and stroke it down with your Fingers and Thumb twice or thrice a day till you see it quite fallen This Medicine will dissolve the Splent into a Water and you shall see it sweat out drops of water doing it with your fingers and Thumb every day If it be a great through Splent lay it on twice if it be a little one but once doing will serve he must stand in all the time of the Cure you may ride him after you have taken the Medicine off take a piece of Tape to bind it on Make no more at a time than you shall use it will not last as to do good This will not diminish a hair but sink it flat This Medicine is not to be laid to a Splent that hath been formerly medled with where the swelling still remains and the hair is come off and the skin very thin the Medicine is too strong and will soon eat the thin skin a pieces in such a case Proved to be right good XXXVIII A Water to cure any old Wound or green in Man or Beast TAke half a pound of Bolearmoniack a quarter of a pound of white Copperis two ounces of Roch Allum beat your Roch Allum and Copperis small and put them into a Pipkin and melt them together and when they are cold put them with the Bolearmoniack into a Mortar and beat them all together to a fine powder then take a pottle of Running Spring water where the Spring boyls with a blew sand at the bottom if possible rather than in any other Spring set this pottle of Spring-water on the fire with a close Skellet till it be scalding hot and then put it into a clean earthen Pitcher and put two spoonfuls of this powder into the water and stir it up well together before you let it stand to settle and vvhen the vvater hath stood two or three days setling then skum off the upper most froth put the vvater into another Pitcher clean from the dregs and afterwards use it vvhen you have occasion But vvhen you use it either for man or beast vvarm the vvater as hot as can be indured either by man or beast When you vvash any vvound of a man let the cloth lie a vvhile vvet upon the vvound and vvet a double cloth in the same vvater and bind it on plaister vvise renevving it tvvo or three times a day For any vvound old or nevv alvvaies vvash it first vvith this vvater and then apply the green Oyntment to it aftervvards vvhich you shall find in R. VIII Proved XXXIX A Receipt to cure a Horse Pestilence TAke of Wormwood a handful of Rue a handful of Selendine roots a handful to be cut small then put them into a quart of Aloes Milk boyl it till it comes to a pint Then strain it and put to it half a pound of fresh Butter then give it the Horse in the morning fasting pretty vvarm and keep him from drinking two daies and if he does drink let it be cold water and if grass may be had let him ear grass Another Receipt for a Febula or Horse-Pestilence TAke one ounce of Storax one ounce of Benjamin one ounce of Betony a quarter of an ounce of English Saffron these being beaten all to a powder put them into a quart of new Ale and give it to the Horse to drink Let him not have any warm water but keep him as before from any drink two dayes and let him eat grass if to be had XL. For the Yellows YOu shall know this by his faint sweating at the roots of his Ears and the white of his Eyes will be yellow you must first let him blood in the Neck veins or on both sides of the Neck then take Elder Leaves Cellendine and Camomile of each a handfull cut them small and give them to the Horse in a pint and a half of the best Beer being heated lukewarm fasting you may run your Cornet-horn into the third roof in the palat of his mouth keep him warm and give him warm water to drink for a day or two and this drench will certainly cure him Proved XLI For a Chest-Founder To know this he will go crimpling and stand stradling and covet lye to down Take six penny-vvorth of the Oyl of Peter and bath it well into his breast rub it in well at the first then dry it lightly with a hot Iron this with once doing will be a perfect Cure Not tried but very likely XLII For a swelling under the Jaws when a Horse hath the strangling FOr a swelling of this nature take nothing else but Bacon-grease and anoint it which will if it be hard suddenly soften it with twice anointing and when it is full ripe let it out some use to burn the swelling with a Candle before they anoint it and it will cause it to break the sooner let it out with the point of a Pen-knife and sometimes there will come out a pinte of filth when it is clean out put in some white Salt when any sore is soft let it out with the point of a Pen-knife lay it drayning as much as you can with all the advantages you can If it be a sore in any other place than the Throat rot it with Bacon-grease and open it and put it out and heal it with the green Oyntment mentioned in R. XXXVIII You must have a care of veins that you do not cut them Proved XLIII For a Sore IF a Horse hath a Sore in his side or else where rot it first with Bacon-grease then open it in the midst and let the hole below enough that you may put your finger in from the middle of the wound downwards cut it in the midst and slash it quite down to the bottom it will drain the better and heal the sooner a great deal Heal it up with the green Oyntment dressing it once a day and always before you lay your green Oyntment to the wound wash it with the rare water to heal any wound first This is that I advise you when you wash a wound with this water dry it with a clean linnen cloth before you
lay your green Oyntment to This water and green Oyntment will heal any wound old or new if you observe and do as I have directed if there be any proud flesh in any sore be the sore in what place it will scald it with Butter and Salt and it will eat it off and help to heal it presently Proved XLIV To make a Horse piss that is troubled with the Wind-Colick or Obstruction in the Bladder TAke a quarter of a pound of Castle Sope and scrape it small then put to it two ounces of Dialthaea which you shall have at the Apothecaries bray them well together in a Mortar and then make them up in Balls about the bigness of a Barbers wash-ball and keep them for your use they will last a year one Ball crumbled into a pint and a half of strong Beer heat scalding hot will dissolve the Ball then let it stand till it be but luke warm and give it the Beast with a horn with this he will empty beyond expectation as long as any thing is in him Let him fast an hour after he takes it Proved XLV To cure a Poll Evil which grows upon the top of the Head YOu may know it when it begins to breed by its growing bigger than ordinary upon the top of the head if it be pretty big take a hot Iron and sear it round about the Poll Evil till the skin look yellow as this Figure doth shew you Then take another red hot Iron made of this fashion and make so many holes vvith this Iron as the Cross vvill give you leave and no further make all these holes with the point of this last Iron vvithin the compass of the seared place as you may see the pricks in the Figure so many pricks so many holes the bigger it is you may make the more the lesser the fewer these holes being thus made take a piece of yellow Arsenick as big as a wheat-kernel and put it into one hole and so do the like to every hole then at the same time lay on every hole over the Arsenick a piece of black Sope to stop the Arsenick in after all these beat some Arsenick fine to povvder and mix as much of the Powder vvith black Sope as contains to half a vvall-nut to anoint the place vvhere first the Iron seared it round but no where else and within three weeks it vvill be ready to come out all that is vvithin the compass of the round Ring the Arsenick vvill eat to the bottom if you see it hang but by a little at the bottom then you may adventure to cutit out otherwise let it alone three or four days longer and then cut it out close at the bottom After you have cut it clean out then wash it with the water that is good to cure any old Ulcer or green Wound and if you see or find with your Instrument that there is any hole at the bottom or suspect that there is any dead flesh there squirt the water aforesaid with a Syringe or Squirt to the bottom till all the dead flesh be eaten out this water will do it quickly which when you see anoint it with Sallet Oyl upon a Feathers end once a day till it be quite whole if the hole go forwards to his ears let him stand in at dry meat if the hole go backward let him run abroad at grass because be holding down his head the filthy matter cannot spread further but must come back to the main Wound this Observation will much further the Cure Again if this disease happen in Winter when no flyes are stirring anoint it and heal it with Sallet Oyl if this disease happen in Summer when the flyes are busie anoint it then with Train Oyl which you shall have at the Curriers if this disease of a Poll-Evil or a Fistula chance to be over-grown with Bags or Bunnies of proud flesh while you are healing of it then do nothing but scald it with Butter and Salt and it will soon remedy that XLVII For a Fistula THe mark of the Fistula is after this manner the Fistula always hangs on either side the top of the Cress as you may see by this Figure The same way and the same means will cure this as you used to the Poll-Evil with the Instrument with a cross you must make so many holes as you see pricks within the Figure and you must do in every thing as you did in the last Mark you must make three holes upon the top of the Wollis which is the top of the Neck or Cress which is in the midst of the Fistula and you must make two holes on either side Proved XLVII For the Plague Pestilence Garget or Murrain in Horse or Beast only YOu must not let blood in this Disease you shall know it by these signs He will hang down his head and will gum thick Atter at the Eyes as big as your fingers end and much and will go weakly staggering and his Head will oftentimes swell very big and will fall away of his flesh suddenly and yet feed very well the Cure is thus Take as much Diapente as a Hasel-nut as much Dialphera as much London Treacle as much Mithridate as much Saffron a handful of Wormwood an handful of red Sage Rhubarb as much as an Hasel-nut two Cloves of Garlick boyl all these together in two pints of good Beer till it come to a pint and a half then give it him luke-warm fasting and keep him very warm and the next thing you give him must be a Mash made of ground Malt let him drink warm water for a Week and sometimes bursten Oats now and then a little clean sweet Hay it is his sweating that does the Cure If one Drink will do no good give him another three daies after to make all sure it will not make him much sick Half of the proportions of this drink will do wondrous well for a Cow if she have the like disease Not tryed but very probable XLVIII For a Horse or Cow that is poysoned by licking of Venome or is over-gorged with Clover-grass or Turnips by greedy feeding EIther Horse or Cow will swell and slaver very much and will be so extreamly full as if they were ready to burst and the skin to crack if they drink soon after it so much the worse but if he be but alive when you give him this it will cure him in a quarter of an hour for it will work as soon as it is in his body For the cure Take a quarter of a pound of Castle-sope and scrape it thin and put to it two ounces of Dialphera which you shall have at the Apothecaries bray them in a Mortar small together and make them up in Balls as big as a Barbers Wash-ball and lay them by till you have occasion to use them one Ball is enough for one Beast to cure this Disease you must dissolve the Ball in a pint and a half of Strong
give it him the third day morning give him a Cordial made of three pints of stale Beer a quarter of a pint of Hony as much Butter a good piece of Houshold-bread put in the Hony and Butter after the Bread and Beer is boyled together and give him his Cordial fasting lukewarm the fourth day morning give him this Drink one ounce of Polypodium one ounce of Bay-berries an ounce of Long pepper one ounce of brown Sugar-candy beat them all small and put them into a quart of mild strong Beer heat it lukewarm and before you give it him ride him a mile and then give it him and ride him two or three miles after it cloth and litter him up warm after he hath fasted some four or five hours give him bursten Oats with two ounces of Fenygreek and two ounces of Coriander as before if you have no Coriander then take two Ounces of Carraway-seeds and give him that Night of the Oats and Seeds and put the Water where the Oats and Seeds were boyled into some cold Water and let him drink that and no other when you have rested him a Week then give him the first Drink mentioned in this Receipt and follow him as you are directed every day in the third Week give him the same things again in the same manner and at the same distance of daies in all points as you did the first Week and in three or four Weeks it will be a Cure The first Drink doth loosen the filth and open the Lights and set them a running The Cordial is Whitewine and Hony will keep him to his stomack help him to avoid filth at the Nose and Mouth and will much nourish him within they do cleanse the stomack breast and bowels and do much waste the Squinsey in the Throat they do cut the tough thick flegm If you order these things as you are in many places directed and ayr him moderately once or twice a day the Horse will soon be sound again The last Drink of Polypodium Long-pepper and Bay-berries is a purger of the Veins Blood and Liver and will stay the wasting of the Body That day morning you give him the first Drink apply the Charge of Sope and Brandy made in a Salve to the Kernels between his Jaws and in a weeks time it will be fallen flat and not break lay the Charge on scalding hot and heat it well in If you see the yellow matter to become white there will be the greater hopes of the speediness of the Cure Proved CXLV For a Canker in the Mouth YOu shall know it by these Signs He will slaver at the Mouth and the Roots of his Tongue will be eaten with the Canker the sides of his Mouth will be hot raw and yellow If the Canker have eaten any Holes in his Mouth and caused many sores then take a pottle of running Spring-water an handful of Red-sage a dozen sprigs of Rosemary an handful of unset Hysop If this disease happen in Summer then add five or six Walnut-leaves and a quarter of a pound of Roch-allum put all these into a Kettle and let them boyl till they be half consumed then put all into an earthen Pan and let it stand till it be cold you need not take out the herbs but when you use it take ten or twelve spoonfuls of this Liquor then pull out his Tongue with one hand and have in a readiness a Linnen cloth tyed at a sticks end dip it into the Liquor and wash his Mouth and Throat all over then pull out his Tongue again and throw a handful of Salt into his Mouth then presently after it dip another sticks-end tyed with a Rag into Tar and put it all over his mouth where the Sores are and once in three daies give him a Cordial and Whitewine and Hony made as you may see before and the same quantity Ride or work him upon it This Water Salt Tar Whitewine and Hony and Cordials will bring the Horse to a stomack cleanse his stomack loosen his body It will take away the heat of his stomack and comfort his stomack and cut the tough flegm there it will cure the Canker in a very short time except his Tongue and Mouth be very much eaten indeed you need not wash his Mouth afterwards with the Water and Tar for the Wine and Hony and the Cordials will heal it alone and work the aforesaid effects Let the Hay and Provender you give him be clean and moist it will be the better Give him no Chaff for that will stick in his Mouth and fester it Proved CXLVI To cure a Foul Rank Pocky Farcion which runs all over an Horse or in any particular part of his Body AN Horse that hath the Farcion if his breath smell very strong and stink then do not meddle with him for his Lights are rotten and there is no Cure for him for he is as full of them within as without But if his breath be sweet there is no question of the Cure First for all knotted budded Farcions separate the sound from the sick for this Disease is infectious they will take it one of another This Disease cometh first of Colds and Surfets For Remedy do as followeth Give him but a little Hay overnight to keep his Jaws from falling the next day morning let him blood on both sides of the Neck and let him bleed well then give him this Drink One ounce of Aristolochia an ounce of Turmerick one ounce of Anniseeds beat your Turmerick and Anniseeds small and grate the root of Aristolochia and put them all together with one handful or two of Lungwort or Liver-wort Herbgrace one good handful of Red-sage a handful of green or dryed Wormwood one handful of green Fennel and if it be Winter that you cannot get it green then instead thereof take two ounces of Fennel-seeds cut the Herbs small and beat the Seeds and put them all to steep in three pints of running Spring-water and let them lye in steep all night the next day morning before you give it him ride him a Mile till he be vvarm at his return give it him cold as it stood all night then ride him gently a mile after his Drink set him up warm clothed and littered let him stand upon the Bit seven or eight hours then unbit him and give him a little sweet Hay and at night warm Water with some Wheat-brâ—n in it the next day morning ride him to the River and let him drink but let him drink but once a day but ride him well upon his watering and at the end of three daies give him his former Drink again and order him as before work him moderately all the time of his Cure Be it in Winter or in Summer for this Disease keep him in the House vvith dry meat vvhen he is cured you may turn him out or keep him in the stable which you please when he is cold wash him twice a day up to the back soak
the Pastern and so up the Leg. In this case after you have searched it with a little fine Towe or Hards with your Instrument's end then drop into the hole a few drops of the oyl of Turpentine and after that put in a tent dipt in the oyl of Turpentine into the hole as far as you can and immediately apply the Poultis laid upon a large Linnen cloth to the swelling in the Pastern and up the Leg so far as the swelling goes and bind it close to with another cloth that it may not come off tie him up to the Rack for seven or eight hours that he may not pull it off with his mouth let it lie on the first dressing twenty four hours and for the other dressings the time you were directed before till the Swelling be down and the Sore be whole alwaies put in a tent dipt in the oyl of Turpentine before you lay this Poultis to or any other thing If the Hoof come off and it swell and break out above the Hoof if all these happen together at once you must observe the distinct directions The Cure of that in the sole of the Foot from that which breaks out above the Hoof and apply each Cure to each Disease In this case the Poultis must be first applied above the Hoof because when the sole of the Foot is taken out you must not lay the Poultis to the sole of the Foot till it be a little grown and further with the great pain and continual holding up his Foot from the ground his Sinews in the bent of his leg will be shrunk to remedy which use the oyl of Swallows as you may see for a Blood-Spavin in Receipt CLXXII But if you cannot get the oyl of Swallows if his Sinews be knit or stiff then rub in some Trotters-oyl which is made of Sheeps-feet it is to be had at the Tripehouses but for want of either of these boil some Hogs-grease and Aqua-vitae together and rub it in with your hand cold which Receipt is incomparable for shrunk sinews Proved CLXXXII For a strain in the Coffin joynt or a Sive-bone in the Socket of the Hoof. FOr Remedy Take off the Shoe and then pare the bottom of the Foot as thin as you can till the blood do almost appear you shall know in what place the strain is in by taking the Foot in your hand and wrying it to you and from you if it be there he will shrink at it much when you thus turn his Foot when you find where it is make this Poultis and lay it to hot Take a pint of powder-Beef or Porkbrine and a quarter of a pound of Kitchin-stuff grease put them into a Skillet and boil them together half an hour then take some Wheat-bran and put to it make a Poultis thereof not too thick nor too thin then set on the Shoe again and put a good quantity of this Poultis as hot as you can into the sole of the foot then stuff the sole with Towe or Hards and either splinter it in with a flat stick or with a piece of a sole of Leather to keep it in and let it lie on forty eight hours then take a long linnen cloth and spread the rest of the Poultis scalding hot all about the top of the Hoof the Pastern and up the Leg so far as the swelling goes and let it lie on 48 hours at the end of which take it off and lay on another and let it lie on as long and so likewise a third or fourth till you see him go sound which will be in a very few daies and after a weeks time he will not complain of it If you have occasion to ride him after the third dressing you may ride him eight or ten miles moderately a little before you set him up wash his Legs and when they are dry take off his Shoe and lay the Poultis to as before This Poultis is nothing differing from that in the Receipt before Proved CLXXXIII A Purge for filthy Slime and to carry away the peccant Humours which Surfets have ingendred in the Body TAke a pint of White-wine or a quart of new Ale which you can best get as much of the best powder of Meâ—hoacan as you can take up with a shilling at four times put them together and give it lukewarm ride him gently a mile or two and set him up warm and let him stand upon the Bit five or six hours then give him a warm Mash and half an hour after give him Oats and Bran mingled together a little at a time wet his Hay that night This will make the slime to come away in great flakes upon the Dung if after this his stomach fail then give him Whitewine and Hony and the Cordial This is a very rare purge but before you give it use the directions in the Receipt next following Proved CLXXXIV For an Horse that is sick and surfeited of Colds whether in Winter or in Summer FIrst let him Blood then give him this Purge afterwards Take of Aloes Siccatrina two ounces made into fine powder then make it up into Pills with fresh or sweet Butter and give it the Horse over night he having been kept fasting the whole day before and instead of Hay Straw or any other meats hard of digestion 2 or 3 daies before you give him this Purge or any other Purge let his meat be either Wheat or Rye-bran as you may see in a Receipt or two a little before or you may give him Bread made on purpose with Beans Pease and some Rye in it or else Oats well sifted both dry and sweet and let his drink be White-water only which is nothing else but Wheat-bran sodden in Water the next day in the Morning early after he hath taken the Pills give him either a sweet Mash or for want thereof White Water for that will make his Pills to work the more kindly that Day then let him fast till night during which time he will purge freely then at Night give him White water and after Oats and Bran and give him for all Night Hay sprinkled with water If he be strong bodied it may be he will not purge the first day but the second day be sure he will in the mean time give him Mashes Wheat-Bran boyled and White water or clean Oats and after his purging keep him warm and well littered keep him to White water for two or three daies after or longer and when you give him cold water let it not be with excess this is an excellent purge Proved CLXXXV For a strain in the Pastern of an Horse Take of the grounds of Beer called Heild that is when all the Beer is drawn quite off Hens Dung Nerve oyl and fresh Grease that never had Salt in it make a Poultis thereof and lay it to This is admirable for a strain in the Pastern or Foot-lock and will make a speedy Cure Proved CLXXXVI For an Horse-Cough