one halfe thereof be consumed then straine it through a faire cloth being strained adde therevnto sixe spoonefulls of hunnie and boile it a little vppon a soft fire as hath béene before taught in the last Chapter and wash his eie therewith twice a daie with a faire lynnen cloth The Canker in the nose THe signes to know it be these his nose will stinke and runne with matter The cure Let him bloud in the necke vaine the temple vaine and in the vaine vnder his eie then take the water as it is in the last Chapter sauing one and squirt it into his nose twice a daie and take héede that your squirt bée long for if it be but short you shall not be able to reach the vppermost part of the sore therewith and then shal it be vnpossible to cure him and as touching the length make it not aboue sixe or eight inches at the most Of the Canker in the mouth THe signes to know it be those his tongue will bée all full of blisters within two or thrée daies when the blisters are broken it will be full of hollowâ— déepe rawe pits and also the inside of his lips for companie will be rawe in like sort the outside of his mouth and lips will be full of little pimples The cure Take of Sage and Rosemarie each one a handfull of Allomâ— a quarter of a pound boile all these together in a sufficient quaÌ„tity of faire water being almost boiled inough adde therevnto halfe a pinte of honny wash him therewith twice a daie and giue him not anie thing to eate but cleane strawe till he be whole for there is not anie kinde of Canker Fistula great impostumation farcion scab or mangâ—nesse easilie cured vnlesse that you first let bloud well purge stronglie and kéepe sharp diet and that the same be verie cleane swéete and wolesome Of hurt in the tongue that may come with the bit CLeanse the wound with a faire cloth and anoint it with honnie twice a daie this will heale him note that for anie griefe that may be in a horses mouth after you haue dressed him that you let him stand thrée or foure houres vppon the bit and not eating Of the Staggards THis is a paine in the head and braines of the horse the signes to 〈…〉 we it be these the horse will refuse his meate and hang downe his head and he will winkâ— with his eies almost close together and many times you shall sée him hold his head close to the wall or manger The cure Let him bloud in the necke vaine that being 〈◊〉 cut a slit in his forehead raise vp the skinne and put a docke roote therein as before taught in the Chapter of the Farâ—ion and let it remaine therein the space of twentie daies at the least This medicine will also heale the Yallowes if it be taken at the first beginning of his sicknes but if he be far gone therewith it shall be néedfull to giue him the drench héereafter following in the Chapter of the Yeallowes Of the Yeallowes THis procéeds of abundance of cholar ouer-flowing the bladder of the gall so is turned into the vaines of the horse and will in short space cause all his skinne to looke yeallow The signes to knowe it be these the horse will be faint and in his trauailing he will sweat much more than he was accustomed the whites of his eyes will be yeallow and also the inside of his lips and tongue and vnder his tongue will be died yeallowe also and his taile will be yeallowe The cure Let him bloud in the neck vaine two or thrée quartes or as much as you thinke he may well beare which you shall best knowe by the strength of your horse which thing must be your rule therein Then you shall take a quart of ale or béere and adde therevnto fiue or sixe spoonefulls of honnie thrée or foure ounces of Cummin séede finelie beaten into pouder then take a good handfull of time chop it smal with a knife and beate it well in a morter then put it vnto the foresayd things and with a softe fire make it so hot as your honnie may be throughlie moulten but I woulde wish you to kéepe it hot in this 〈◊〉 vpon a soft fire the space of two houres at the least without letting it â—oile TheÌ„ shal you straine it through a faire cloth into some vessell fit for that purpose and hauing throwen awaie that shall remaine of your Cummin Time then shall you giue your horse this drench being no more but luke warme and let him drinke but a little thereof at once for by giuing your horse greate hornes full or sodaine gulfing of it into him too hot you may kill anie sicke horse with this drench I haue healed aboue an hundred horses that many of them haue bene thought vncurable but one of the most notablest that euer I did cure was at Lamspha at the Earle of Essex his house that standeth next to Milford hauen in Wales this horse was one Cuttles seruaunt to the Lord Admirall and then maister of the George a ship of the Earle of Essex then in the hauen of Milford this Cuttle came to me one morning where I was then riding and made his moane that he had a great iourney to goe and that his horse was like to die for quoth he he hath eaten no meate this daie neither can I find anie man that knowes his disease for he will not sturre quoth he out of his place nor being laide downe is able to rise and wheÌ„ you force him to go he cannot go right forward but sidewaie by reason he is not able to holde his necke right but hanging it downe crooketh it towards his left side and when I sawe him I perceiued by the yeallows of his eyes and the inside of his lips and tongue and by the féeble drawing of his legs after him that he had the yeallowes but I doubting what might make him holde his head on the one side I first caused him to be raked afterward I gaue him a glister made with whay and sallet Oile and put a docke roote in his forehead for that I thought he had the staggards I did also let him bloud in both the necke vaines foure quartes which was very much for anie horse but in great extremitie extreame meanes are to be vsed and afterward hauing giuen him this drench I brideled him and let him stand at the râ—ck sixe houres then offering him a little wet hay he dyd eat as wel as euer he did in all his life although he was so weak when he tooke his drench that I was forced to make foure men holde him vp with two leauers vnder his bellie Of the foundred horse THis commeth by meanes of extreame colde vppon some great heate either when you let your horse drinke in some shalow water it may come also by letting him stand in the colde winde or in wet ground
legge or shinne beneath his knée with your right hand and leane your right shoulder close to the horse his left shoulder and with your left hand pull downe his head as hard as you can speaking to him gently saying to him couch couch and if he profer as though he would lie downe make much of him and let him rest a while then beginne to beate him softly againe till he lie downe Thus may you teach anie young horse to lie downe in the space of thrée houres so that with a little exercise the first and second day you shall make him so perfect that he shal lie downe at the first time that you profer your red to his forelegs But if you will teach an olde horse to lie downe that is stubborne and froward of nature then must you put a sharp pricke in the end of your foresaid cudgell and let it not excéede the length of a wheate corne without the cudgel and when with soft striking you can not make him lie downe then may you pricke him in the legge with the foresaid pricke and you shal see him presently fall down vpon his knées you sée that he will not lie downe with his hinder partes then holde the bridle fast and holâ—â— your shoulder close to the horse then shal you strike him faire and softly vpon the elbow of his fore left legge so long til you make him lie down with his hinder parts which when he doth vnbuckle your surcingle take off his bridle and giue him grasse or prouender to eate and flatter him and make much of him but if he start vppâ— sodainely before you would haue him then it shall be good to giue him two or thrée strokes with your rod and presently to force him to lie downe as at the first but if he rise not till you woulde haue him then make maruelous much of him and giue him such things to eate as he most desireth and when you haue made him rise claw and rub him and profer it him no more in the space of an houre In this order haue I neuer failed to make anie horse lie down at my pleasure of what age nature or disposition soeuer he was Kingdon But what if my horse wil start vp sodainely when I would take his backe in the field Clifford Then take him fast by the chéeke of the bridle with your left hand and whip him wel with your right hand behind the saddle and cause him to lie downe presently and by this meanes you shal reforme him Of a horse that yarketh behinde in his gallopping AT euerie time he yarketh in his gallopping whip him well behinde vpon his flancke as néere his coddes as is possible and so continue the correction as often as the horse shall make this fault thus you shall quickly recouer him Kingdon But I did demaund of you in the beginning how I should dresse mine horse after that he was ridden therefore I praie you teach me what order I shall obserue therin Clifford That was wel remembred of thée I giue thée thanks for I had almost forgotten that but now I shall most willinglie shew thée of all the waies that I tried which is best Thine horse béeing walked as before till hée bée thorow colde thou shalt shake litter inough vnder him with the which thou must rub his legges well and also betwixt his fore bowes and hinder legges that béeing done vnbridle him and rubbe his head well and also his necke and brest then may you giue him some hay or strawe to eate Kingdon But were it not good to let him stand halfe an houre on the bit and not to rubbe his legges till he be thorow colde and drie and also to take off his saddle and to put a cloth on him and also stuffe him rounde about with strawe Clifford As touching thy first demaund I answere not with opinion but with experience that it is much better thy horse being colde as hath béene before taught to vnbridle him and let him eate his meate than to stand still vâ—on the bit And as touching thy second demand I answere it is naught to let thine horse stand vnrubbed for that the mire drying on his legges shall not onelie make him stiffe but also cause his skinne to be so drie that it will chap and bréede scabbie and mouldie héeles yea I doe assure thée I haue throughlie tried this waie but I could neuer find anie so good as to rub mine horse till he be drie as touching the vnsadling of him I haue also tried it by the space of tenne yeares together in all which time I could neuer be without the horse léeches helpe but in twelue yeares that I haue obserued this order héere following I haue not had néed of the horse-leech to drench my horse at anie time for anie disease comming of colde no nor seldome of anie other Take had thou vnsaddle him not nor so much as slacke one of his girses but hauing rubbed him well thou shalt couer him with a single cloth making the corners therof fast vnder his girses and take héede thou neuer giue him water nor prouender vntill such time as thou hast dined although thou ride him earlie in the morning but if it be in winter put a good handfull of haie in it to the end it may hinder him and make him drinke leasurelie which also shall some thing abate the coldnesse of the water And it shall not be amisse in colde and extreame wether to let thy horse drinke but halfe his fil and often times to beate him awaie suffering him to take but a little and a little at once by meanes whereof he shall not sodainlie coole his stomacke wherwith he might fall into some extreame feauer and when thou hast done giue him his wet haie in the manger to eate Kingdon I shall marre my horse if I let him not drinke his fill Clifford Thou shalt not hurt him I warrant thée for that at night thou mayest giue him inough without anie daunger Kingdon But at what time I praie you shall I vnsaddle him and dresse him Clifford By that that I haue sayd I would haue taught thée the after thou hast watered thy horse thou shalt first rub well his head and then his bodie and legges first with strawe and then with haire cloth that done combe his mane and put on his coller which thou must alwayes take off when thou rubbest his head the béeing done giue him his prouender and vnsaddle him not till night that the doores windowes of the stable be shut then mayest thou currie and dresse him without anie danger By obseruing this order giuing my horse fenegreke in his Oates after his iourney and not letting him rest but by walking him abroad euerie daie or euerie other day easilie softlie without heating him I haue in thrée yeres and thrée moneths wherein I had charge of Monsieur Villiers horses not giuen one drench or medicine to so much as one of
dung fetching the water and forrage far off anie good horse kéeper slaie long but such drudges as cannot tell whether to go therfore mine opinion is that they that will haue good horse kéepers and their horses well dressed that they séeke no lesse the ease of their kéepers than the commoditie of their horses and wheras thou demandest whether it be good to haue a chamber or floore ouer the stable or no my answere I am sure shal not be liked of all but so manie as haue grace to vse wit instead of wil will vndoubtedlie account it méere follie to build a stable like a vaine pallace which wil aske ten times a mans height of wall with a roofe ouer it to kéep them drie when the raine comes there can no more be kept drie then can stand on a floore vnder which roome hée might make fiue roomes which would be as pleasant to nature as vainelie to wast so much charges to so small purpose nay rather to no purpose for that such an house or stable as hath no chamber in it in Winter is so extreame colde that neither man nor beast may endure it and in the Summer it is on the other side too hot and besides by making the kéeper wast halfe of his wages to finde him stockings and shâ—â—es to fetch his forrage thy horses thereby shall be euil dressed and it shall wast thée more forrage in the space of seauen yeares then the building of a new stable would cost thee yet sure I thinke him verie vnreasonable that will not graunt that it is better to raise the wall ten foote higher then the top of his racke and to make a chamber in the which he may lay forrage inough for his horses vnder one selfe same roofe which is double commoditie and profit then vainelie to goe wast so much money as to build another house to laie his forrage in for the wearying of the kéepers doth deceiue his horses of their dressing At vvhat time of the daie is it best to water a horse and also whether it be good to wash him or not THE best time to water your horses is in the morning betwixt seauen and eight of the clocke and betwéene foure and fiue in the after noone And touching the washing of an horse it is verie good as hath bene before taught and it is also good in the Summer when he eats grasse as wâ—l as at anie other time the weather béeing hot to learne your horse to swim in some déepe water with a â—â—ie or a man vppon him and a sursingle girded fast about his bodie vpon the which it shall be good to tie a couple of wadâ— made of strawâ— or haie in such height that the man being mounted and bowing his legges backward may holde himselfe fast by the said wispes with his calues or hams this is a verie excellent waie for that you may sit as fast almost as though you had a saddle and take héede when you will swim your horse in this sort that you brâ—â—â—e him with a watering bit or snaffle or else with a paire of false raines at his ordinarie bit else in swimming if you should vse your ordinarie raines you shall pull his head vnder the water And note alwaies that first when you woulde learne your horse to swimme that you let him swim but a little waie at once and then letting him stand stil and making much of him till he be in breath you may swimme him againe as before This is a verie necessarie thing for a souldiers horse or horse of seruice to learne him to swimme well Kingdon I grant that it is good to learne an horse to swim and also to wash him ofteÌ„ in hot weather so that he be not driuen into any heat before for that were very dangerous but my purpose was to know of you whether it be good to wash an horse after hée hath béene ridden yea or no. Clifford It is not amisse if thy horse be verie foule and mirie to ride him through some pond or watering place so fast as you can make him pase or trot without staying him or letting him to drinke and take héed withall you ride him not too déepe if hée be a verie fat horse and also hot Kingdon But diuerse good horse men are of opinion that it is not good to wash an horse when he is hot Clifford I graunt it is not good if your horse be extreame hot and also verie fat but if he be but reasonable hot either from comming from giuing him his lesson or trauailing him you may boldlie wash his legges vppe to his bellie without anie daunger as before taking good héed that you wash not your horses bellie or as high as the skirtes of the saddle as I haue séâ—ne many vnexpert horse kéepers doe which thing in déed is verie dangerous to an horse that is hot If your watring place bée verie nigh to your stable then I woulde haue you ride your horse two or thrée turnes after you haue washed him vpon a good round trot and as soone as you are lighted to put him into the Stable and not to walâ—â—e him in the hand in anie case for that the colde aire shall vtterlie marre him Hovv and at vvhat time it is best to let an horse bloud and also by what signes you shal know when it is needefull Kingdon I Pray you shew me at what time of the yéere it is best to let mine horse bloud for that some are of opinion that it is good to let a horse bloud foure times a yéere and some but twice a yéere and other but once in a yeere and some would not haue him let bloud at all except there be appearance of sickenesse Clifford Thou hast rightly termed those opinions for indéede they are but vaine opinionated men that woulde haue an horse being of good health to be let bloud at anie time of the yeare vnlesse they be such geldings or horses as you will in the spring time turne to grasse for experience doth teach that it is not amisse to let such horses bloud thrée or foure daies before you turne them out Kingdon But were it not best in the spring time to let anie horse bloud for that I haue heard some of the opinion that it is good for that the horses of Polonia as they saâ— let themselues bloud once in the yeare and that in the spring time Clifford I graunt they say so but those that teach suche vntruthes as these be I may well compare them to the learned fooles which carrie their science in their sachels and their wisedome in their lippes speaking opinions and what they haue heard which is intollerable in such men to recount what they haue read but to the good rider souldior kéeper or farrier that will haue credite giuen to his wordes hée must not recount what hée hath read but what hée hath séene and done with his hands Kingdon This by the waie but to our
doe him more harme than your medicine hath done hym good in sixe wéekes before And it shall be good once in fiue or sixe daies to ride him into the water and walke him â—n houre at the least And as soone as hée comes in and that his legge is well rubbed with strawe and hauing first warmed your seare cloth ouer a fewe coales which you must haue on a fire shoouell for that purpose before you doe laie it vnto the sore but if it chaunce the griefe be in such parte of the legge as your roll and plaister will alwaies settle downewardes then must you make a long rounde roll of woollen cloth as bigge as a thumb rope and you must sowe at eache ende thereof a péece of strong canuas a hand broade and two foote long and made sharpe at the two endes and when you will roll his legge set one ende of the canuas vnder your foote and then hauing rolled his legge somewhat aboue the vpper edge of his plaister then shall you bring the two endes togither vppon the middle of the roll so as you may tie them bothe togither in sâ—â—he sorte as the knotte may not touch the horses legge for if you shoulde not tie the two endes togither the roll woulde winde loose about his legge This will holde your plaister in the due place without being able to sincke or settle downe and you may roll his legge a great deale more easier therewith than with anie other Of the scabbe or manginesse in a horse THis cruell kinde of scabbe scurffe or itch bréeding ouer all the horses bodie and most commonlye beginnes in his mane and taile it commeth of a corrupt bloud and nâ—â—deth no other signes The cure Let him bloud the first daie on one side of his neâ—ke and wash all his bodie with hote brine or else with béefe broâ—h pisse and salt mingled together rubbing him with rough waddes of strawe till he be readie â—o bléede then shall you let him alone till the second â—nie and then shall you let him bloud on the other side of his necke which being done and all his bodie rubbed with rough waddes and made cleane you shall take of Swines greacâ— a pound of blacke Sope as much of Rape oile a pinte of brimstone sixe ounces finely beaten into powder and hauing first killed your Nuicke siluer mingle all these thinges togither vppon a soft fire without letting it boile being so warme as you can suffer your hand in it annoint all the sore places therewith and rubbe and chasâ— it well with your handes to make it sincke into the skiâ—me And if you sée the horse rubbe or bite him selfe in anie place of his bodie you may wash it as before and annoint it with some of the foresaid medicine I haue cured diuers horses herewith without ointing them thâ—ice but you must duâ—ing this cure diet your horse veri◠〈…〉 rly and let him haue so little rest as may be Of the griefe in the eies and first of him that hath receiued a blowe IF your horse haue receiued a blowe in or vppon his eie so that he can not holde open the same and that there is no blemish nor white â—â—lme doth appeare vpon his eie then shall you remedie him in this sorte Take faire water and salt and with your mouth spâ—â—t his eie full thereof and if his eie be not verie sore this shall remedie him it is good also to wette a cloth therein so bigge as will fill the horses eare on the gréeued side Then chasing it thrust it in so fast as is possible you must tie his eare fast so as the cloth may not fall out and let it remainâ— therein the space of a whole daie at the least honie also warmed a little and put in his eie is not onelie good to make him open hiâ— eie but wil also preuent anie other gréefe that might bréede vpon the horses eie by meanes if the foresaide stripe Of the white filme pearle or web that may breed on the sight of a horses eie TAke honie as before and put it in his eie with a feather if the filme be but thinne that wil remedie him or else take the iuice of Salandine and put to a spoonefull thereof halfe a spoonefull of womans milke but if the filme be olde so that it will not breake then take the powder of burned Allume being well burned and surely beaten blowe a little thereof with a â—â—ill into his eie and take héede when you will dresse him in this sort that you tie his head fast to some post in such sorte that hée can not stirre for by dressing your horse when he is loose hée may strike his eye vppon the ende of your quill in such sorte that you shall doe him more harme in one moment than your medicine shall doe him good in a moneth this is an approoued medicine not onelie for the foresaide gréefe but also for anie other that shall bréede in the horses eie but if so be that your horse haue a filme ouer his eie so thicke that it will not breake with blowing this powder in his eie then must you cast your powder in and fill his eie full thereof once a daie and hauing filled it let him â—e still holding his eie open with your two thumbs by the space of one halfe houre till the allume be melted then let him rise and dresse him in this sort but once a daie for the space of two or thrée daies and then blowe it in his eie as before And if at anie time you sée the inside of his eie liddes to be red then shall you dresse him with honie for the space of two or thrée daies and then dresse him again with your allum til he be whole Of the canker in the eie TAke of Woodbine leaues of Primrose leaues of Sage leaues of Violet leaues and of Rosemarie each one a handfull and of Allume halfe a pound boile all those things togither in thrée gallons of faire water till two partes thereof be consumed and when it is boiled inough straine it through a cloth into a faire vessel and adde thereunto half a pinte of honie and then shall you boile it againe the space of one quarter of an houre vpon a softe fire Then adde thereunto halfe a pinte of strong Vineger The signes to knowe it be these his eie will be redde and round about the same it will be full of little knots or buttons as bigge as the heads of pins and also it wil runne of filthie stinking matter The cure Let him bloud in the vaine beneath his eie and also in his necke vaine on the gréeued side and then wash him twice a daie with this water héere following and with a fine linnen cloth dip it therin it being first made bloud or milke warme Another for the same TAke Sage Fennell Rosemarie of each a handfull of Allome two ounces boile all these things together in two gallons of faire water till
not be able to stirre anie waie And thy bridle hand lying ouer the head thereof shall not be able to fall out at anie time and as touching thy caske thou must carrie it on the right side behinde thy hinder bolster with the beauer thereof backewardes and the creast vpwardes so as although thou march all night in the raine yet shall it be drie when thou wouldest put it on thy head this is a much better waie than to hang it at your saddle bowe or to march with it vpon your head which two waies are so troublesome and painfull that a number of good souldiours thereby doe lacke their caskes when they come to seruice which thing manie times is the cause that they leaue their liues behinde them or else doe make them that they dare not doe so much as they might hauing béene armed on their heads yea I neuer account him a good souldiour that will ride without his headpéece nor him a wise Captaine of harquebuziers that will lette his souldiours goe without their murriâ—â—s swordes and daggers But to our purpose you shall put your hâ—tte in your pocket or else into your bréech in at your codpéece or you may make a silke string fast to the inside of your hat with a great button vpon the same and hauing putte the foresaide string vpon your saddle howe you may drawe your button vp so close that it is not possible for you to loose your hat The end of the fourth Booke The fift Booke The first Chapter of Diseases Of the colde in the head THe signes to knowe it be these thy horseâ— eies and countenance wil be very heauie he wil not hold by his head not to eate his meate and there will run at his eies and nose cléere water The cure that I haue manie times vsed was in this sort put on his head a beggarly biggen and also purge his head with this medicine take of vforâ—iuâ— haâ—â—an ouncâ— finelie beaten in powder then mingle it well with halfe a pound of fresh butter and then hauing annointed the points of a couple of gâ—â—se or swannes feathers thrust them into his nostrels but first you must make fast to the two neather endes thereof two thréedes so as you may tie them to the noseband of his bridle in such sort that they cannot fall out of his nose then it shall not be amisse to walke him abroade if it be warme weather but if the weather be colde to walke him in the house with a man on his backe an houre at the least then maie you vnbridle him and take out the quilles which being done wipe cleane his nose and putte his head into a bottomlesse bagge hauing tied it fast ouer his eares with â— strappe or corde And if it be too wide for his head you maie double it in one side and pinne it with a pinne of wood close to his head then take a chasingdish of coales with frankencense therevpon helde in the foresaide bagge or sacke in such sorte that the sume thereof maie enter into his nostrels and hold it so for the space of one quarter of an houre this is a verie good waie to purge anie horses head yet would I wishe you to vse it verie seldome and but vppon verie great occasion Of the cough comming of cold THe signes to knowe it be these when thy horse drinkes he wil let the water runne out at his nose and in his coughing he will voide filthie tough â—â—eame at his mouth to cure it take of fenegréeke of galinâ— of synâ—mon of saffron of tunnericke of long pepper of Aniâ— séede of licoras of ech one of them a peny worth beate al these things togither in a morter and put them into thrée pintes of Ale or Béere and adde therevnto halfe a pinte of hunnie and hauing made it luke warme giue it your horse to drinke when he is fasting in the morning and let him not eate anie meate in sixe houres after And it shall be good to walke him one halfe houre faire and softlie so that you driue him not into anie sweat When you haue brought him into the stable shake litter inough about him and cloath him with a reasonable warme cloth so that he sweate not And take héede that you exercise him euerie daie once vpon a soft trot one houre or two at the least but sée that your exercise be such as he sweate not for that shal doe your horse more harme than good yea I haue many times cured my horse onelie with reasonable exercise and giuing him grasse to eate and Fenegréeke in his prouender which is the surest kind of killing the cough aboue all other Another for the same TAke of Butter halfe a pound of Fenegréeâ— as much of Ellecompane sixe ounces Hauing beaten your Ellecompane and Fenegréeke to small pouder in a morter with a rolling pinne for that purpose mingle them all together and hauing wrought theÌ„ well in this sort colde if then it be not stiffe inough to make it in balls then may you adde therevnto a little wheat flower and make it in sixe or eight great bals and when you will giue them to your horse holde vp his head as high as you can Then hauing taken out your horses tongue with your left hand thrust one of the balls into his throate as farre as you can then let his tongue go till he haue swallowed it thus may yo◠〈…〉 e him two or thrée of your bals at once then may yâ—◠〈…〉 dle him and let him stand one houre then shall you g 〈…〉 him another third part of your medicine as before and then shall you bridle him and let him stand the seconde houre Thus shall you giue your horse his medicine at thrée seuerall times without doing him anie harme and the third part of the medicine being giuen let your horse stand thrée houres more at the bare racke vpon the bit which will be sixe houres in all then may you vnbridle him offer him some wet hay to eat or grasse if it may be had let him not drinke before night and let his water be warmed with a little grinded mault or wheate bran therein for the space of ten daies Of the drie cough THe signes to knowe it be these he will cough â—erie drilie and often without voiding anie thing either at nose or mouth The cure Take of oile of Baies halfe a pound of Butter as much then take of garlike one pound beate it together vnpilled and being well beaten with the end of a great cudgell in a dish then adde your butter and oile to your garlike then hauing made it in balls with wheat flower giue this medicine to your horse at sixe seuerall times and let him not eae anie meat til it be night nor drinke till the next morning and let him drinke warme water for the space of xv daies nor anie drie meat if grasse may be had but if you cannot haue grasse then dust
then shall come out at the bottome of your sore then dippe an other teint in the foresaide salue or ointment and then with a néedle and a thréede make fast your teint to your first clot at the vpper ende thereof then drawe out your first teint downeward so shal you draw your teint with the medicine eastly into the wound and your first teint wil haue cleansed the sore very cleane and if the matter do abound much then it shall be good to dresse him twice a daie but you must not dresse him with this medicine no more but one daie and afterward you shal dresse him with this medicine folowing Take of Turpentine and Swines grease Honie and shéeps Suet of eche like quantitie melt them togither and make a salue thereof wherewith you shal dresse your horse foure daies for one daie that you dresse him with your former medicine made of Honie and Verdegréese and take héed that you make your teint of verie soft linnen cloth â—or fine flaxe and let not your teint be too bigge after the first two times dressing but presently after the firste dressing ye must couer all the sore place and rounde about the same with this pultis here following First take two gallons of faire water and hauing boiled and scuÌ„med it so long til you haue perfectly cleansed it of al corruption then take two or thrée handfulles of Mallowes and as much of Violet leaues and two or thrée handfulles of Date meale and hauing boiled all these thrée things well in your former prepared water you shall adde thereto of Hogs mort and fresh Butter of each a pound then shall you let it boile so long till it become thicke like Paste or Pappe and then applie it hote to the sore so as hath béene before taught and take great héede that in opening this sore you let not anie one strike into it and on the other side that you kéepe it not too hote and if it be in the horses withers you must take héede that you tie his heed to the racke so as he may neither lie downe nor put his head lower than his manger for if you suffer him to féed on the ground when he hath anie gréeuous sore in his wythers if shal hardly be possible euer to cure him But if you perceiue the wound to heale a pace and that it matter but a little then shall it be inough to dresse him once a daie and also it shall be good to take great héede that you make not your teint too bigge and sée that you vse your poultis till he be perfectly cured The sixt booke of the Smith Of paring and shooing OF the sound and good foote I cal that a sound and good foot that is holow round and vpright so as the horse may treade almost as high at his héele as at the to and also this hoofe is something large at the héels but yet vpright without turning togither or without spreading abroad How to pare the good foote YOu shall pare it verie little at the héele that is to saie no more but to plaine the seate of your shooe but forward towards the toe you may pare it something more also open his héeles well and pare the sole of his foot something thinne if it be in faire weather but if in frostie weather and stonie waies you must trauell it shall not be good to pare your horse thinne vpon the sole of his foote for feare of laming him and if he should chance to cast a shoo he shall not be able to set his foote to the ground How to make the shooe for the sound hoofe FIrst make it of such yron as will not breake and so light as is possible so as it be strong ynough to beare your horse and make it of a verie narrow webbe and let it be something broâ—der in the toe than at the spunges or calcons let it also be strong in the toe and round about and round about the in edge let it also be something strong in the two spunges or calcons which calcons are the best kinde of shooing for a sound and good hoofe let the calcons also be but short and blunt at the points for feare least hee sette one foote vpon an other and sée that you make it ful as straight as the horne so farre as the nailes goeth and pierce the holes so far from the edge that when you would driue your nailes you may set them right in the middle of the holes and take good holde for by piercing them too néere the edge of your shooe you shall be forced to make it fit within the horne for if you would make it large inough then shal you be forced to set your nailes so néere vpon the in edge of the hole that thereby you shal cleaue off the outside of your horses horne which a number of ignorant Smiths do little consider that they do vtterly spoile the horses hoofe thereby But to the matter you shall let your shooe from the two héele nailes backward lie the thicknes of your naile shanke without the horne giue this shoo 9. nailes that is to say foure on ech side one right in the middle of the toe let the spunges thereof sit a straw breadth behinde the corner of the offine let the heades of your nailes be so fit for the holes that they may enter into the shoo so as they may not stand aboue halfe a strawe breadth higher for if the heades be high and the holes strait on the outside then shal they sâ—â—ne breake off or else turne aside and thereby breake the clause the head of the naile and the hole would be made in such sorte that when you driue your naile in the shooe you shall not be able to get it out againe yea I would not wish you to let any such oxe shooers shoo your horse as to loose their nailes and worke the holes of their shooes so wide on the inside as on the outside for in the true knowledge of shooing I am sure it is required to make the holes so wide on the outside as the head may iustly enter into the same and on the in side so strait as the shanke of the naile or necke may haue no libertie to moue to or fro Also take heeds that you hollow your shooe verie little Of paring and shooing the hinder foote IN paring the hinder foote cut but a verie little of the toe also make your shooe a little stronger at the toe than behinde and take héede that you driue not any naile in the toe of the hinder foote nor take so much and so déep hold with your nailes as that the héele for the chiefe strength of the hinder foote is at the héeles and of the forefoote in the toe Of the splay or crooked foote THe hoofe is saide to be splaid or crooked when the one side is higher than the other so as the hoofe séemeth to be a great deale