which will be when he hath quite done Running at the Nose This is one of the best and most certain Cordials that I know for this disperseth all Phlegm and Choler it also purgeth the Head Brain and Blood it venteth evil Humours it causeth good Digestion and freeth him from Glaunders Colds Catarrhs Rhâ—ums running at the Note and the like Or 15. When you let Blood you may save it in a Bowl or Dish keeping it stirring to keep it from Clotting and give it him to drink in a Drenching-Horn mingled with a Handful of Salt This is good for a Cold. Or 16. Take an Ounce of Aloes Succotrina beaten to powder and as much of the powder of Rozin of Jallop as will lie upon a six pence mix them well with a little fresh Butter then divide it into three parts and cover each part all over again with Butter about the bigness of a good handsom Wash-ball and give them him in the Morning Fasting with a drenching Horn-full of strong warm Beer after every Ball And order him as you have Directions for sick Horses This is a very good Receipt to scour a Hide-bound Horse that is sick of Moulten Grease and that does not thrive nor Fill himself nor carry a good Coat Or 17. Take a handful of Groundsel half a handful of dried or less of green Wormwood and half a handful of Red Sage chopped very small and boiled in three Pints of strong Beer or Ale Then strain the Beer from the Herbs and put into it a good Piece of Butter with as much of the powder of Mechoâ—â—an as will lie upon a broad shilling and give it him luke-warm in the Morning Fasting and order him as you do sick Horses This Drink purgeth slime and Moulten Grease in Lumps and makes a Horse thrive very well both in Winter and Summer See the second Part for Purgations for anothor of this kind Bran how Boiled and Prepared to give a Horse that hath a Cold As also what Seeds you are to give him amongst his Provender for the Cure of it Set a Kettle over the Fire almost full of water and when it is ready to boil put in your Bran and let it boil about a quarter of an hour Then take it off and cover it with a Cloth or Board let it stand till it cool a little and give it him early in the Morning as hot as he can conveniently eat it At Night let his Meat be Oates and white Water but be sure you put into his Provender the quantity of an Egg-shell full of these Powders grossly beaten lest he blow them away viz. Linseed Cummin-seed Nutmegs Ginger Cloves Fennegreek Sileris-Montani of each of these two Ounces and of Brimstone six Ounces but before you give him his Oates and Powders give him white Water and Rub him and Litter him well Let him seed on Wheat-straw about an hour before you give him his Oates and afterwards give him some Hay This way of Feeding about eight or nine days together will quite free him from his Cold if it be not too violent Horse-Spice how to make These several Powders mixed together make it viz. Rubarb one Ounce Turmerick two Ounces Eleoampane six Ounces Brimstone four Ounces Fennel-seeds four Ounces Grains of Paradise four Ounces c. Put all these together in a Glass or Gally-pot and keep them till you have occasion to use them The quantity that you are to give your Horse is either greater or smaller according to the strength and Constitution of your Horse you are not to exceed above an Ounce at a time mixed with a spoonful of the best Sallet-Oyl and a spoonful or two of the Treacle of Jean dissolved in a quart of strong Beer which is very good for a Cold and to make a Horse thrive Or you may give him an Ounce of them in three pints of warm Beer or Ale after Blood-letting to prevent Diseases If you leave out the Rubarb you may give him a greater quantity for that is a great Purger Rules to know where a Horse Halteth either before or behind If he do Halt before his Grief must of necessity be either in the Shoulder or Knee or in the Shank or in the Pastern or in the Foot if it be in the Shoulder it must be either towards the Withers or in the pitch of the Shoulder you may know it in that he will a little draw his Leg after him and not handle it so nimbly as he doth the other if he cast his Leg more outward then he doth the other it is a sign that he is Lame and that the Grief lieth in his Shoulder and if you take him in your Hand turn him short on either Hand you shall finde him to complain of that Shoulder he is Lame of and he will either favour that Leg or trip in the turning you may finde him Lame by his standing in the Stable and he will hold out that Leg that is Lame more then the other and if he complains more when you are on his Back then otherwise then be sure the Grief lies in the Withers and Gripe him hard and you shall perceive him to shrink and perhaps offer to bite If he tread thick and short before then is the Grie upon the Pitch of the Shoulder close to the Breast which you may finde by setting your Thumb hard to the place and by Thrusting him with it if you would have him to go back whereat he will shrink and put back his Leg Foot and Body if the Grief be in the Elbow you may know it by pinching him with your fore-Finger and Thumb and he will hold up his Leg and offer to bite and these be all the Griefs that lie in the Shoulder of a Horse If the Griefs lie lower they must be either in the Knee in the Skin in the Pastern or in the Foot When in the Knee If it be in the Knee you may find it by his stiff going for he will not bend it so nimbly as he doth the other If it be in the Shank or Shin-bone you may see it and likewise feel the same it being then a Back-Sinew strain Splint or some such like Sorrance or Annoyance If it be in the bending of the Knee then it is a Mallender which is also easily descried when it is in the Pastern or Joynt then you may know it by his not bending it so well as the other besides if you put your Hand upon the place you shall find it very hot if it be in the Foot it must be either in the Cronet or in the Sole if in the Cronet it is probable it came by some strain or wrench if in the Heel then it came by some over-reach or else by some Disease in or about the Frush If in the Sole then it came by some Prick Accloy Retoire Nail Stub Stone or Gravel And thus I have shewed unto you the several ways that cause a Horse to be Lame
them and if they be washed with the Juice of Vervine and strong Vineger mingled together and this Powder cast upon them will heal and skin them It healeth likewise and skinneth all other Sores Another Oyntment Take half a pound of tried Hogs-grease a penniworth of Verdegrease beaten to fine Powder give them two or three Walms on the Fire then take it off and put into it half an Ounce of Venice-Turpentine and stir it well together till it be cold this Ointment will heal any Wound or Sore in a Horse Another Oyntment Burn a good quantity of Roch-Allum and as much bay-Salt and burn that also make them both together into fine powder Then take of common Honey and of sweet Butter of each alike as much as will suffice incorporate them altogether by melting them over a gentle Fire and with a Taint or Plaister apply it And this Cureth any foul Sore A good VVater Take a pint of fair Water and put into it of bay-Salt and of green Copperas of each the quantity of a Hazel-Nut first made into fine powder let them boil a little upon the Fire with this wash your Sore before you do apply any of your Salves Unguents or Powders Another Salve Take of common Honey two Ounces Roch-Allom Verdegrease and Vinegar of each an Ounce make your Allom and Verdegrease into fine Powder then take of â—ublimate finely powdered two Ounces boil them a little on the Fire this laid Plaister-wise on the Wound once a day or if the Wound be deep to Taint it with it but before you dress it wash the Sore with Water made of green Copperas and bay-Salt The Vertues of it This doth not only Cure all sorts of Wounds in the Body but the Foot also and it cleareth any Wound from dead and proud Flesh Another Salve Take the Buds or the tender tops of the leaves of Elder or for want there of the inner Rinâ— of the Bark one handful and first shred and after pound them very well till you bring them to a Salve and apply this to the Sore binding a Cloth about it to keep it from falling off The Vertues of it This will Cure any Old or New Sore whatsoever in any part of the Body as Galled Backs Spur-Galls Gravelling Prick'd being dressed every day once and it will Cure a Fâ—â—tula if the Juice of it be injected into it unto the bottom An Oyntment Take the White of a new laid Egg and Sallet-Oyl as much as will suffice and beat them well together and before you apply it unto the Wound pour into the Wonnd burnt Butter and then lay on your Medicines with Hurds Plaister-wise And this will Cure any green Wound Another An Ounce of black Sope and as much Dogs Grease with as much burnt Allom as will lie upon a six pence melted upon the Fire together is very good to heal or skin any wound or hurt let the burnt Allom be put in last when the others are melted How to give a Horse a Vomit Vomits are given to Horses newly taken from Grass to bring away their gross and Phlegmatick Humours which do abound in their Stomach and Head which if they be not taken away in due time may empair greatly the Health of the Horse I never knew that Vomits were useful to a Horse till I met with a French Farrier which I saw administred it to sundry Horses which did work very kindly The Receipt is this Take two of the greatest Roots you can get of Pollâ—podium of the Oak washed and scraped very clean and Tie it to his Snaffle Trench or Bit then let it be steeped in the Oyl of Spike all Night and in the Morning fasting put on his Bridle with the same Roots and Ride him about with it about an hour fair and softly and if he be troubled with any Rheumaâ—ick or Phlegmatick humour or with any cold or silthy Matter which may annoy his stomach this will force him to vent it at his Mouth and Nose and it will cause him to Cough and Nâ—ez where he will send forth a great abundance of silth and evil slimy stuff from off his Stomach and Head as that in a very short time he will become very clean in his Body for this will both refine his Blood and exhaust all his watery Humours which will make him found a long time after it And this is not only to be applied to a Horse newly taken from Grass but to any other Horse that hath taken Cold or to any Ketty Foul Foggy or Pursive Horse whatsoever This may seem strange here amongst us but let any man make trial and he shall find it to be most admirable Purâ—ing Pills Take of Fresh Butter one pound Alloes and Fennegreek of each an Ounce Life-Honey and white Sugar-Candy powdred of each four Ounces Agarick half an Ounce make all these into fine powder and being well incorporated with the Butter and Honey make Pills thereof and give them to your Horse and if he be but a small and weak Horse you must give him but two parts of three but if he hath a strong Cold and Cough withal Then Take Fresh Butter and of Mel-Râ—sâ—rum of each four Ounces of Alloes and Sene of each an Ounce of Rubarb and Bay-â—erries of each three Ounces Collâ—quintida and S ffron of each two drams Coâ—di l-powder one Ounce Dâ—kâ— or Dâ—tch-powder four Ounces make them all into fine powder and mix them well with two Ounces of Mithridaâ—e and with your Butter and Mel-Rosarum beat and pound them well together and make them up into Pills and give them your Horse This Receipt will purge him very well though it heat him for some time and let him be ordered as in other Physical Cures of the like Nature and proportion your Pills according to the strength greatness and corpulency of your Horse A Plaister to dissolve and take away evil Humours which shall at any time fall down in the Legs of your Horse Take of Common Honey a pound of Turpentine half a pound of Mastick in fine powder two Ounces of Frankincense and Bole-Aâ—mâ—â—iack made into fine powder of each four Ounces of Sâ—ngâ—is Dâ—aconis three Ounces six new laid Eggs of the strongest Wine-Vineger one pint of the Flower of Rice seven Ounces mix all these together and hereof make a Plaister and lap the Legs of the Horse from the Feet to the upper Joynâ—s and do this but four or five times and you shall find that it will perform a strange and rare Cure Of several sorts of Baths and first of a Bath to dry up Humours Take Sage Rosemary of each a handful and of the Bark of the Root of Bâ—â—ch three pounds and of the Bâ—â—ks of young Eâ—mes Oaks and Ash of each a handful of Nâ—p Penvy-Royal and of Coestnuts the Rinds being taken away of each a handful three or four white Onions clean pilled and cut into small pieces or slices Red Wine three Pottles strong white-Wine Vineger two Pottles Boyl
them If it be of a duskish sad brown and hath an Eye of yellow amongst it you may conclude it to be good but the most common colour is black like unto Pitch An Ounce of either of these three is a Purge strong enough for most reasonable Horses 4. Aloes Succotrina is the weakest but best of all the kinds of them If you break it thin and find it of a clear Roziny colour and transparent you may be satisfied 't is the very best This is four times dearer then the other sorts and is also Given to Horses but in a larger quantity by those that value not their Purses XVIII If you make your Balls of the Powder of Aloes and Butter mix it not all at once with the Butter but work it up in a little at first and then divide it into three equal parts and cover every part over with fresh Butter about the bigness of a small Wash-ball which will prevent the bitter taste of the Aloes from offending him when you give them give him a Horn-full of warm Beer after every one of them not only to prevent sticking but to clear his Passage the better for the remaining Balls But the best Way of making of Balls of Aloes for a Scouring you may find after the best Receipt for the Glanders within a leaf of the latter end of the Book XIX If you put London-Treacle at any time into your Horses Drinks put not above one Ounce of it at a time where there are other Ingredients but if you give it by it self you may give him two Ounces of it dissolved in a pint of Sack or for want of that a quart of good Ale or Beer XX. When you physick your Horse at any time give him his Hay so sparingly over-night that he may stand two or three houres at the Rack-staves and let him fast three or four houres after he hath taken it XXI 'T is good to stir him a little after he hath taken his Drink which will make his physick work so much the better XXII If you are about the Cure of any outward Wound or Sore the best way to Expedite it is to keep the place warm which is done by clapping a plaister of Burgunaâ—-Pâ—tch over the Medicine which will be a means to deâ—end the grieved part from the Air or VVind XXIII If a Horse hath swollâ—n or Gourded Legs and hath been poisoned with the Medicines of other Farriers and is fallen into your hands for Cure then be sure before you undertake to meddle with him to wash his Legs very well with warm Whey or for want of that Milk but Whey is best for this will clear off the venom and poison of their Medicines and make the Cure more facile and easie to be effected Directions how to Order a sick Horse Whensoever you find your Horse sick at any time either of Feaver Farcy Molten-grease Cold or any other Distempers c. and that you have given him something in Order to his Cure and yet you find his Stomach so bad that he falls from his Meat then to recover it again and to strengthen and keep up his weak and feeble spirits give him first to bring him to a Stomach half a Pint of white-Wine Vineger or Verjuice luke-warm sweetned with two or three spoonfuls of Honey well dissolved in it over the Fire And about three or four houres after it give him the common Cordial for Horses which is made of a quart or three Pints of strong Beer with a good big Toast of Houshold Wheat-bread crumbed into it gross and well boied Before you give it him while it is cooling put into it two or three spoonfuls of Honey and about two Ounces of fresh or salt Butter and let him have it luke-warm Give him at Night a Mash of Malt or Oats that are boiled till they are bursten After he hath eaten them let him feed upon Hay for about an hour or more then give him warm-warm-VVater to drink with a handful or two of VVheat-Bran stirred amongst it The next morning give him his Cordial again and at Nine or Ten of the Clock warm-VVater and Bran and boiled Oats and now and then a Cordial of white-VVine and Honey and moderate Exercise once or twice a day if he be not too weak to walk This is the only Method that I know of that you can use for the Recovery of a sick and weak Horse and for to Remedy his Costiveness which does usually attend Sicknesses 2. The longer he Fasts after you have given him his Drink conditionally he be in good heart and strength the better effect it will have in working upon the Disease for which it was given For three or four houres is time long enough to fast but if he be a sick feeble and weak Horse then two houres is enough 3. After he hath Fasted according to his strength give him some comfortable thing to Recruit his Spirits aâ— a Mash of Malt boiled Oats sâ—alâ—ed Bran c. which will be a means to put Heart and strength into him again which his Drench and Fasting may in some measure have weakâ—ed 4 If you use your Horse to scalded Bran Mashes of Malt or boiled Oats and have boiled Fennegreek amongst them or given him it at any time amongst his Provender he will be the more ready and willing to take his Oats thus prepared which is very good after any Drench you have given him viz. To boyl a quarter of a pound of Fennegreek with half a peck of Oats till they burst and throw them into the Manger scaulding hot and though he cannot well eat them till they be somewhat cold yet the steam that doth arise from thence is very wholesom to open and comfort his Head and Brain and to free him from Colds and Stuffings therein If you find him nice and not willing to eat them decoy him with a little Wheat-Bran strowed upon them which to the liking he may have to that possibly may cause him to lick them up both together The Water that is drained from his Oats put into a pale of cold Water by it self and give it him to drink luke-warm after he hath fed a little while upon Hay An Advertisement not only touching the Vsefulness of the general Simples set down in Order one after another in the First and Second Part for the Curâ— of all inward and outward Diseases but also of the Table of Simples Wherever you Meet with such Simples in the First and Second Part imagine not that they were put there to no other end nor purpose then to blot or blur Paper with or that they were intended only to make the Book swell large and big to bring profit and advantage to the Bookseller I confess to the ignorant and unskilful it may appear so by reason of their want of Knowledge and Judgement to discern and apprehend the several Uses for which they were written But if the ingenious and skilful in the Art of
in short time he will be well and sound again Another very good Boars or Barrows dung dried and beaten to Powder and a spoonful of it with aboat two Thimblefuls of the powder of Brimstone put into a quart of warm Milk and given him fasting in the Morning for four or five times resting a day between each taking to recruit his spirits will very much help if not altogether cure him If you find that this Drink does not make him sick you may give him a larger Proportion not exceeding two spoonfuls Some of the general Things for this Distemper mixed amongst his Provender will further it very much Things good in general for shortness of Breath Pursiness or Preservers of the Wind. Saffron Wood-bitony Butter-burr Colts-foot Elecampane Fennel Anniseeds the â—uice of Sow-Fennel dissolved in Wine and put into an Egg and given him Hore-hound Juniper berries Lung-wort that groweth upon Oaks or Beeches which is a kind of Moss with grayish tough leaves Horse Lung-wort the Roots of Marsh-mallows the Roots of Master-wort Hedge Mâ—stard-seed the seeds of Cow-Parsnips Pellitory of the Wall the Juice or Seeds of Purslain Roâ—a Solis or Sun-dew Scabeus the Milk of Sow-Thistles given in Wine or Beer Vervain Antimony Southern-wood the Kernels of Grapes the Blood of a sucking Pig Venus Hair Ireos Ashen Skies Fennegreek Raisins Pepper Almonds Burrage Nettle-seeds Aristolochia Coloquintida Powder of Gentian Nutmâ—gs Cloves Gallingal Graines of paradice Calamint Hounds-tongue Filapendula or Drop-wort Tyme the Root of Valerian boiled with Liquoris Raisins and Anniseeds and given him Caraway seeds white-Wine and Yolks of Eggs the Juice of VVater-cresses Frankincense a Snake boiled and the Broth given him Agarick Cardamum Lightwort Angelica the green Bark of Elder Tree red Mints red Fennel primrose leaves Brimstone salt Nitre Balm Violet leaves Hysop the Lungs of a Fox boiled or laid in Rose water ordry them and beat them to powder and give him them in Beer or strow them amongst his provender Bay-berries white Hawthorn leaves the Guts of a hedge-Hog dried and beaten to powder and boiled in Beer and given â—or mixed amongst his provender with Anniseeds and Liquoris or wet his Hay with water and his Oats with Ale or Beer Oyl of Frankincense Fern Roots Night-shade Cassia Mithridate Diacartamus Sâ—ne Aloes French Beanes enlarge the Beast much the powder of Feather few given him in Ale or Beer is also very good c. Particular Receipts for shortness of Breath or Pursiveness or Preservers of the Wind. Take Anniseeds Liquoris and Sugar-candy all beaten into very fine powder and take four spoonfuls thereof and brew it well in a pint of white VVine and half a pint of Sallet Oyl and use this ever after your Horses Travel and a day before he is travell'd Another Take Wheat Flower four pounds Elecampane and Gentian of each an ounce Anniseeds Fennegreek Cummin Brimstone and Liquoris of each half a pound make them all into very fine powder and sâ—arced then put into it of common English Honey half a pound and so much white Wine as will make all these into a Cataplasm Boyl them till they become so thick that they are fit to make up into Balls and give him three or four at a time for six or eight Mornings together use it often for it will keep him in health and make him â—ound of his Body Wind and Courage But if you do perceive a Taint in his Wind then Take a close â—arthâ—n Pot and put thereunto three pints of the strongest Wine vineger and four new laid Eggs unbroken and four Heads of Garlick clean pilled and bruised then cover the Pot very close and bury it in a dunghil thirteen houres then take it up and take forth the Eggs and use it as you do the â—ame Receipt before-recited Things good in general for the Glanders Cummin seeds Grains of Paradice Fennegreek Diahexaple Sallet Oyl Aquavitae the Bark of Elder Sugar candy Garlick Urine white-Wine Bay salt Liquoris Anniseeds Hogs Grease boiled in water and take the Fat off Ginger Yolks of Eggs Saffron Cloves Cinnamon Nutmegs Moss boiled in Milk Cardamonium Spikenard of Lavender Gallingale Honey Euphorbium Pepper Brimstone Spikenard of Spain Myrrh Iris Illyrica Smallage Penny royal Aristolochia Salt water Oyl of Oats Tanners Oyl Auripigimentum and Tussiâ—aginis beaten into powder four drams of each beaten with Turpentine and make them into little Cakes then put them upon a Chafing-dish of Coals and a Tunnel put over it so let him take the Perfume of it up his Nose Agarick Gentian Bay-berries Hore-hound Gumma Guiatum Amber Coral Arkanet Black-berries the dust of Oaken Bark Bramble-leaves Knot-grass wilde Dazie Roots Muscadine Figs Elecampané Treacle Box leaves Coals of Ashen wood quenched in Ale and poured down his Nose Particular Receipts for the Glanders The first thing that is to be done in this Disease is to let him blood then for four or five days together give him scalded Bran which will dry up his moist and bad humors abounding in him and prepare him the sooner for his Cure Take Honey as much as will suffice and mingle it with his Oats rubbing the Oats and the Honey together betwixt your Hands so as the Honey may be very well mixed with your Oats continue him with this manner of Feeding Morning and Evening till you find him leave Running at the Nose This Receipt de Grey declares he hath Cured very many Horses with Another Take Sallet Oyl and white VVine Vineger of each six spoonfuls beat them well together and put it into both his Nostrils if they both run and continue this three Mornings together and presently after you have given him this Medicine you are to put it up into that Nostril that runs a long Goos feather dipped in Oyl de bay stirring it up and down in his Nostrils which will cause him to sneeze and snuff so that the viscous corruption which remaineth in his Head may void Keep him warm all the let his Drink be sweet Mashes Auother Take new made Chamberly and of the best and strongest white Wine Vineger of each half a Pint then take of Mustard-seed two or three spoonfuls and make Mustard thereof with Vineger and let it be very well ground that done put your Vineger and Chamberly to the Mustard and stir them well together then take of Tarr and Bay-salt of each alike incorporate them well together and convey so much thereof as three Egg-shells will hold the Meat first taken forth and having first prepared these things let the Horse be taken forth of the Stable being kept that Night to a very spare Diet and ride him first till he begin to sweat then give him the three Egg-shells fill'd with the said Tarr and Salt and throw down presently after it a Hornfull of the Chamberly Vineger and Mustard and a half Horn of it at each Nostril then ride him again as you did before then cloath him warm and litter him well and let
the Sore you cleanse wash and inject the Wound with this water A Water to wash and cleanse a Sore or VVound before you use the Ointment above Take red Sage Plantain Rib-wort Yarrow Bramble-leaves Rosemary Hysop and Honey-suckle leaves of each half a handful boyl them in one Pint of white-Wine and as much of Smiths or Cold Trough water then add thereto the boyling of common Honey one spoonful and as much Allom as a Wall-nut and a bright black piece of a Sea coal the bigness of an Egg unbroken then let it boyl till half be consumed then strain it hard and wash the Sore therewith and if the Wound be deep inject of this Water with a Syringe into it every day when you dress him and by this doing you shall cleanse the Wound and take away all bad and dead flesh and heal it up soundly Another Water to cleanse and heal a Sâ—re To a Gallon of Smiths Water and a quart of Ale add two Handfuls of Sage a Pint of Honey an Ounce of common Allum and half an Ounce of white Copperas boyl them very well together till they be all consumed and put them into a clean Vessel and keep them for your use Dr take spring-Spring-water and put to it Roch-Allum and Madder and boyl them till they be both consumed and put them up for your use Or take Sage Cinquefoyl and Fennel of each a good handful and boyl them in a Gallon of spring-Spring-water till they be tender then strain the Liquor from the Herbs and put to it a quarter of a pound of Roch-Allum and let it boyl again a little while till the Allum be dissolved then take it from the Fire and make use of it after this manner viz. Dip Lint in it warm and lay it upon the Sore and if it be hollow apply more Lint Then make a Bolster of Linnen Cloth and wet it well in the Water then wring out the Water and bind on the Bolster close A Receipt for a Puncture or green Wound If it be in the Foot or any other part of the Body if you can come well unto it or if it be an Imposthumation unbroken scald it first with this Medicine Then wash it with the Water above Medicâ—ne Take red Tarr a penniworth of the reddest and best of Hogs grease half a pound of green Copperas and Bay-salt of each a handful both made into fine Powder boyl all these very well and with a Clout fastned upon a stick apply it scaulding hot four Mornings together for this scaulding doth so kill the Malice of the Fistula that it can never break to annoy the Horse any further It Careth the Imposthumes and â—oul Ulcers being thus applied Things gâ—od to take a VVen or any other Excression arising in the Flesh or hard Swellings Balm used with Salt taketh away the hard Swellings in the Throat or Wâ—ns or Kernels therein The Decoction of the lesser Sellendine wonderfully Cureth all hard Wens or Tumors applied to them The seed of Darnel Pigeons dung Sallet-Oyl and the Powder of Linseed boâ—led to the form of a Plaister consumeth them the Seed of Turn-Sole laid upon them Archangel or rather the Hedge-Nettle stamped with Vineger and applied as a Poultess taketh away any hard Swelling and also fiery hot Inflammations To Tie a double Thread about it to eat it off then with your Incision-Knife cut it a cross in four equal parts or quarters to the very bottom but beware you touch not either Vein or Sinew then with Oyl of Vitriol eat it away or with Mercury or else burn them off with your hot Iron then heal the place with your green Ointment The Leaves of Bucks-horn bruised and applied will consume them The Milk that issueth out of the Fig-Tree Branches when they are broken and applied is also very good so is the Juice of Housleek or Mercury the Juice of the Leaves and Flowers of Mullein with the Powder of the dried Root rubbed upon them taketh them away The Water that droppeth from the hollow places of the Poplaâ—-Tree anointed with it doth the like Garden-Rue bruised with a few Myrtle-leaves made with Wax and applied taketh away all sorts of them so doth an Ointment made of the burnt Ashes of the Willow-Tree mixed with Vineger and the place anointed therewith c. Things good to Cure an Anbury which is a great spungy Wart full of Blood To Tie it about with a Thread or Hair so hard as you can pull it and in few days it will fall away of it self then strew upon it the Powder of Verdegrease to kill it at the Root and heal it up again with your green Ointment But if it be so flat that you cannot bind any about it then take it away with your Incision-Knife close to the Skin or else burn it off with a hot Iron and then first kill the Fire with Turpentine and Hogs Grease molten together and heal it up as before prescribed but if it grow in such a Sinewy place that it cannot be conveniently cut away with a hot Iron then eat it out with the Oyl of Vitriol and heal it up as you do other Wounds Head Purged Vide Perfumes in the First Part. Things good for to put in Ointments and Salves for the Cure of all manner of Wounds in General The Juice of ordinary Centaury is good to cleanse Old Sores and to heal â—p Wounds the Juice of the leaves of Cleavers do close up the Lips of green Wounds or the powder of the Seed of the Herb doth the same Clowns Wound-wort Coral-wort Cole-wort the powder of the Root of Sow-Fennel or Hogs-Fennel Fox-gloves Golden-rod Winter-green True love or one Berry Hounds tongue St. Johns-wort Kidney-wort Knape-weed Ladie Mantle is the best Wound-Herb that is and is good for inward and outward Wounds Loosestrifâ— The dryed leaves of Medlers strewed upon a Wound healed it quickly Money wort or the Herb two pence The Juice of Nettles is good to wash a Wound with and if it be bound to it but three days you need no other Medicine Pimpernel Ground-pine Plantine Rag-wort wâ—ld Sage Sarasens Consound Solomons Seal Sanicle Burnet Saxafrage Scabius Self heal Southern-wood the Juice of wild Tansie Tutsan Vervain Blew-bottle Elder Couch-grass or Dogs-grass Daffadil Cranes-bill Comfrey doth so Conglutinate things together that it is reported that it will sodder Meal together being cut into pieces and put into the Pot Celandine Broom Turpentine Mastick Frankincense Balsom the leaves of Elm Flix-weed is good for Ulcers and VVounds Byfoyl Costmary Cowslips Cross-wort Yarrow is good for Fistulaes and Ulcers c. Particular Receipts for Salves or Ointments for VVounds Old or New Take common Honey and Verdegrease finely pulverized of each as much as will suffice boyl them together till the Medicine wax red and this will heal up any Old or green Sore in short space Another Take Turpentine black Soap Hogs-grease green Treat and Pitch a like quantity mix and boyl them
Cure the Diseases of the Eyes as Watery Eyes Blood-shotten Eyes Dim Eyes Moon-Eyes Wart in the Eye Inflammation in the Eye Pearl Pin Web or Haw c. The Juice of Cabbages and Coleworts boiled with Honey and dropped into the Eye cleareth the Sight and consumeth any Felm as also the Canker that groweth therein the Juice of Celandine put into the Eye taketh away the Pin and Web in the Eye and cleareth the Sight the Juice of ordinary Centaury cleareth the Sight the Juice of Ground-Ivy alias Ale Hoof is good for Moon-Eyes and to clear the Sight the Juice of Housleek is good to allay the fiery Heat of the Eyes and is good likewise for Rheumatick and watery Eyes the Juice of Germander put into the Eye taketh away the Pin and Web and all dimness of Sight so doth the Juice of Eye-bright so doth the Juice of Horehound with Honey The seed of Clary powdered and finely sâ—arced and mixt with Honey taketh away dimnâ—ss of Sight and is good for Watery Eyes likewise so doth the Juice of Dragon Ale-Hoof Celander and Dasies stamped and strained and white Sugar and white Rose-water put to it taketh away all manner of Inflammations Spots Webs Itch smarting and any grief whatsoever in the eyes nay though the Sight be in a manner gone The leaves of common Ivy laid asteep in water for twenty four houres helpeth sore and smarting waterish Eyes the Juice of Endive cleareth the Sight the distilled water of Groundsel the Juice of Melilote cleareth the Sight the distilled water of the Lilly of the Valley is good for Inflammations of the Eyes or for Pin and Web the powder of Licoris blown into the Eye is good likewise for the same with Rheumatick Distillations in them the distilled water of Loose-strife is good for hurts and blows in the Eyes and for blindness the distilled water of Lovage taketh away the redness and dimness of them sweet Marjorum stamped with fine Flower and laid to them is good for Inflammations in them the Juice of Mercury is good for waterish Eyes the Juice of Pimpernel with a little Honey cooleth the Inflammations of them and taketh away the Pin and Web the Juice of Purslain is good to take away the redness of the Eye the Juice of the Yellow Rattle-grass with Honey put into the Eyes or the whole seed put into them draweth forth any Skin Dimness or Felm from the Sight the distilled Water of red Roses is good for the heat and redness in the Eyes and to stay and dry up the Rheum and Wateriness in them the Juice of Rue Fennel Honey and the Gall of a Cock put thereto is good the Juice of Strawberry leaves â—ickt into the Eye is good or take Strawberries and put them into a Glass well stopped and set it in a Horse-dunghil for twelve or fourteen days and then distil it is good for Inflamed eyes or to take away any Felm or skin that groweth over them The distilled water of the wild Tansie or the Juice of it taketh away the heat and Inflammations in them Medow trefoil or Honey-suckle leaves is good for a Pin and Web the distilled water of Vervain is good to clear the sight and to take away the felm the Juice of Violet-leaves is good to take away the Inflammatioâ— of them either applied outwardly or put into them Spring-wateâ— is good to bath an inflamed eye with water that is gathered from the Willow-tree when it Flowreth the Bark being slit and a fitting Vessel to receive it is very good for redness and dimness of Sight and for Felms that cover the Eye and to stay the Rheum that falls into them the Juice of Mustard seed is good for dimness of Sight the Juice of an Onion with Honey cleareth the Eye and doth remove the Pin and Web and amendeth the Blood-shotten Eye the Juice of the Blessed Thistle is good for the same the Flowers or Roots of Valerian boiled in white-Wine cleareth the Sight Egg-shells burned between two Tiles and beaten to powder after the inward Felm is taken away is good for dimness of Sight Lapis Calaminaris plantine-Plantine-Water white-Wine squirted into his Eyes cleareth them so does Alloes Camphire powder white Vitriol or white Copperas blown into his Eye after it is beaten to powder and searced very fine taketh away the Pin and Web or any Felm whatsoever the Ashes of the Root of black Sallow Sugar-Candy and grated Ginger and Salt made up in Butter and little Balls and put one into his Eye once a day taketh away the Felm of it Bine-Bole or Bolearmoniack with white Sugar Candy blown into the Eye stoppeth any Rheum that falleth into the Eyes Alabaster beaten very fine and searced and blown into the Eye taketh away any Felm whatsoever so doth the powder of a black Flint burnt Sanguis Draconis taketh away a Felm so doth the Bone of the Cuttle-Fish beaten to powder and blown into the Eye and is likewise good for Blood-shotten Eyes May-Butter Rosemary Yellow Rosin and Cellandine stamped and Fried and kept in a Box is a Jewel for the Eyes burnt Allom blown into the Eyes is good for to take off a Felm an Egg-shell filled with Pepper and burnt and beaten to powder and blown into the Eyes taketh away the Pin and Web or any other dimness the powder of Sandevoir and the powder of white Salt burnt is good likewise for the same so is the powder of Pummistone blown into the Eye the powder of the inner Sole of a Shoo burnt to Ashes and beaten to Powder is good to stop the Rheumatick Eye the powder of two Tiles rubbed together and blown into the Eye taketh away a Felm Wormwood with the Gall of a Bull beaten together is good for a dim Sight or take the Roots or Leaves of Primrose clean washed and boiled in runningwater the space of an hour and put somewhite Copperas to it then strain it and let it stand and there will appear an Oyl upon the Water and anoint his Brows Temples and Eyes with it and it will take off a Felm Mans dung burnt in a Fire-shovel to a Cole and beaten to powder and blown into his Eyes taketh away a Felm or take a handful of the angerest young Nettles and stamp them well and put them in a Linnen Rag and dip it in Beer then squeeze out the Juice and put a little Salt to it and lick that into the Eye and that will take away the Felm or the Lean of Beef or a Gammon of Bacon dried and beaten to Powder and blown into the Eye taketh it away also 〈…〉 or Lapis Tulia doth the like prepared The Gall of a Hare and Live-Honey alike put into the Eye doth the same the Haw every Smith can cut out Eye-Lids swelled outward If you Meet with a Horse which is very rare to do whose Eye-lids are so Swelled that the inside of them are turned outward and look very red and as it were full of Bladders and
and ride him gently upon it and after that set him up warm covered and littered and in a little while you shall see him piss freely let him have it several Mornings together and during the Cure let his Drink be white Water Another Make a strong Decoction that is to say boil the first quantity of water to an half Pint three times over of keen Onions clean pilled and Parsley then take a quart thereof and put to it a good spoonful of London-Treacle and as much of the powder of Egg-shells and give it him And thus do divers Mornings if the Infirmity be great otherwise when you see him offended Things good in General for the Cholick or Stone or for the Gripings or Fretting of the Guts by VVind Centaury Costmary is good for the Gripings of the Belly Camomel Flowers is good for the Cholick and Stone and is good given in a Glister for that purpose the Roots of the Sea holly boiled in white-Wine Rue boiled with Dill and Fennel-seeds in Wine is good Cinnamon sixteen or eighteen of the Berries of Holly purgeth the Body of thick and phlegmatick Humors Hawthorn-berries Cardamum Cloves Pepper Juniper Berries given him or to put a Jagged Onion into his Fundament or to give him a Pipe of Tobaccho at his Fundament Hore-hound Southernwood or the powder of a Stags Pizel dried and given in Beer or the Heart of a Lark swallowed down whole Hysop Cowslips Liver-wort Lungwort the Urine of a Child given him to drink Gentian Aristolochia rotunda Enula Campana or a Glister made of Sope and salt Water or to give him two drams of Myrrh in Wine Nettle-roots Sperage-roots Dodder bruised and boiled in white-Wine with some Salt amongst it is good to give him Fasting the powder of the wilde Briar Apple-balls Or you may give him by way of a Drink or by Glister this following Drench viz. Two good Handfuls of Mallow leaves boiled in three Pints of New Milk till it comes to a quart Strain out the Milk from the Mallows and give it him either way sweetned with Loaf-sugar luke-warm This is a most Excellent Receipt for the dry Gripes for this will make his Body loose which by this means will free him from those tormenting pains he is troubled with Particular Receipts for the Cholick or Stone Take of white-Wine a quart Fennegreek four Ounces Bay-berries and Pepper of each four Ounces Grains and Ginger of each an Ounce Water-cresses two Handfuls Sage one Handful Sengreen one pound Mints a Handful stamp the Herbs and pound the Spices and put them to the Wine and boyl it then strain it and put two spoonfuls of Honey to it and give it him luke-warm Another Take Cloves Pepper Cinnamon of each one Ounce all made into fine powder and well mixed then put it into a quart of Sack and let it boyl a while then take it off and put to it one spoonful of Honey and give it him luke-warm then Cloath him up and Litter him and let him Fast three or four houres after it then give him Hay and one hour after that a sweet Mash or white Water Another for the Cholick and Stone Take of white-Wine one Pint of Burdock Seeds eight Ounces made into fine powder of Parsley-seed two Ounces two Ounces in powder of Hysop unset Leeks and Water-cresses of each half a handful of black Sope half-an Ounce stamp them well and strain them with the Wine then put to it your Bur and Parsley-seed and so give it him blood-warm this will break the Stone and bring it from him with much ease and cure his Cholick Another for Griping and Fretting in a Horses Belly First blood him in the Mouth with your Cornet Horn and give him a Pint or a Quart of Pork or Beef Brine cold when you see occasion After you have so done strip up your Shirt as high as your Elbow anoint your Hand and Arm with Sallet Oyl Butter or Hogs-Grease and put it into his Fundament and draw forth as much of his hard and baked Dung as you can well get Then take a good big angry red Onâ—on and peel it and Jag it cross-ways with your Knife and Rowl it very well in Salt and Floure of Brimstone and cover it all over with fresh Butter and put it up into his Body as far as you can well thrust it and Tie down his Tuel or Tail close between his Legs to his Surcingle or Girts and walk or Ride him about a quarter of an hour or more then Untie his Tail and you shall find he will purge freely The excellency of this Receipt is That it will cleanse his Maw and Guts and Kill the Wormes within him The next Morning you may give him a comfortable Drink warm made of an Ounce of Horse Spice boyled a little in a quart of strong Beer sweetned with either Hony or common Treacle Or you may give him a Cordial of three Pints of strong Beer with a Toast of Houshold Wheat bread crummed in it and boyled together with a little Mace and when you have taken it off the Fire dissolve into it two or three spoonfuls of Honey with a good big Lump of sweet Butter and he will do well Things good in General for the Dropsey To let Blood first to take away the thin Wheyish Blood the Kernels within the Hu ks of the Ashen Keys Broom Chamomel wild Carrets Centaury the Berries of Elder either green or dry Dwarf Elder Hawk-weed Wormwood Juniper berries Kidney wort wilde Marjorem the Juice of Pellitory of the Wall the Seed of Plantain Bayberries Succory the Bark of the Tamarisk Tree Lady thistle Vervain Peony Seeds Coleworts Smallage Elm boughs Sallow Leaves or whatsoever else that will make him Urine Chiche steeped in water a day and a night Parsley stamped and mixt with white-Wine or Burdock seeds taken the same way Rue red Sage Winter Savoury Time Horse Radish Roots Rubarb Saldanella Salt of Scurvey-Grass Garden Scurvey-Grass Rosemary tops Asarabica Wood bitony China-roots the Juice of the white Lilly-Roots tempered with Barley-Meal and baked and given him for to eat is very good A Particular Receipt for the Cure of the Dropsey Take a Gallon of Ale and set it upon the Fire and scum off the Froth as it riseth then put into it of Wormwood and of Rue the tender tops and leaves without stalks very well picked of each a Handful and boyl it to a quart then strain it and dissolve into it three Ounces of London Treacle and put into it of long Pepper and Grains made into sine Powder of each an Ounce then brew them well together an give it him blood-warm and bath and anoint his Legs that be swelled with Train-Oyl twice a day till it go away and give him Mashes or white Water and feed him with such Meat as he will best eat and if the Weather be seasonable turn him to Grass and he will do well Things good in General for Gravelling To take
consumed then take it off and with a Clout fastned to a stick wash the Sorrance very hot four or five Mornings together and it will Kill it A very good Receipt to Cure any manner of Scab Itch or Scurf in any part of a Horses Body Mix Sallet Oyl his own Water white Wine Vineger Salt Butter and Brimstone together and anoinâ— the grieved part with it twice a day and it will Cure them Let your Quantities of all these things be more or less according to the Cure you undertake Things good in General for the Crown Scab which is a stinking and filthy Scab breeding round about the corners of the Hoof. Spread upon a Plaister this Ointment take salt Bacon Grease Soot Wax and Pitch molten together and lay to it and if the Flesh grows proud eat it away with Verdegrease beaten to powder or with burnt Allum or scrapings of Harts-horn or Ox-horn made into powder or take Sope and Hogs-Grease and half a pound of Bolearmoniack and a quarter of a pound of Turpentine mixed well together and make a Plaister and bind it on fast renewing it every day till it leave Running and then wash it with strong Vineger made warm and let him come into no water during the Cure or to Bathe him with old Urine sod with salt and that will dry up the Humours and heal it or to wash it with green Copperas Allum and Honey boiled together in fair water and wash the Sore with it three or four times a day and this will both kill and heal it without any other Medicine Things good in General for a surbated Horse Take two new laid Eggs and after you have well picked his fore-Feet break them raw into his Soles then stop them up with Ox or Cow dung and he will be well by the next Morning or Sugar-Candy melted with a hot Iron between the Shoo and the Foot and when it is hardned take Nettles and Bay-salt stamped and laid upon it or after his Foot is pared to cool it stop his Feet with Bran and Hogs-Grease boiled together very hot and to cover the Coffin round with the same or to stop them every Night with Cows dung and Vineger mingled together Things good in General for Sinews that are Cut Prickt Bruised or Shrunk or for any other Griefs in them Alheal is good for the Grief of them Wood-bitony Comfrey soddereth cut Sinews together the dried powder of red Wheat boiled in Vineger is good wilde Tansie Oyl of Chamomel Mugwort cureth the Contraction and drawing together of the Sinews or Tarr Bean-flower and Oyl of Roses mixed together and laid to the place hot and if it do not presently good then take Wormes and Sallet-Oyl Fried together or else the Ointment of Wormes which you may have at the Apothecaries and apply either of them for they Knit the Sinews again if they be not quite cut asunder but if there be a Convulsion you must with your Scissers cut the Sinew asunder then take Rozin and Turpentine Pitch and Sanguis Draconis melted together and clapped somewhat hot to the Sore then take Flax and clap upon that for that will cleanse and defend and is a very excellent Medicine for any swollen Joynt whatsoever But if the Sinews be not much swelled but only stiff then take of black Soap a pound and seethe it in a quart of strong Ale till it wax thick like Tarr and anoint the Sinews and Joynts with it and it will supple them and stretch them forth be they never so much shrunk Or take a quart of Neats-soot Oyl a quart of Ox galls a quart of Aqua-vitae or Brandy a quart of Rose-water or a Handful of Rosemary stamped boyl all these together till half be consumed and strain it and use it as you see occasion A Receipt for a Cut Sinew Take the Leaves of Nep or Woodbine and bruise them well in a Mortar with May Butter and apply it to them is very good to Knit them together A Particular Receipt for the Shrinking of the Sinews Take a Handful of Chickweed of red Roses dried the like quantity put them into a Pint of Ale and a Pint of Canary and let them boyl together till a fourth part be consumed then put to them a Pint of Trotters Oyl and let that boyl also a good while keeping them stirring which being strained anoint the grieved part therewith chasing it in very well with your Hand holding a hot Fire-shovel or Brick bat before it at the same time to make it sink in the better When you bind it up put to it some of the Herbs and at three or four times Dressing it will be well The Decoction of the Root of Scabius and Garden Tansie boiled in Sallet Oyl Or the Decoction of the Leaves of Mullen with Sage Marjorem and Camomel Flowers and the grieved part bathed therewith is excellent good for them c. Things good in General to Cure the Tongue of a Horse that is hurt To boyl in Water Wood-bine leaves Primrose leaves black Berryleaves Knot-grass with some Honey and put to it a little Allum and two or three times a day wash it with a Clowt Tied upon a stick being luke-warm or take Mel Rosatum and anoint therewith and be sure whensoever you dress his Tongue or Mouth Tie him up to the Rack an hour after it that so the Medicine may take the better effect or take red Honey the marrow of powdered Pork quick Lime and Pepper made into fine powder of each alike boiled together till they come to an Ointment and anoint with it twice a day Particular Receipts for the Cure of the Tongue of a Horse that is hurt Take of Arman half an Ounce and put it into the Fire till it become red hot then take it out and beat it to very fine powder then take a Sawcer full of live Honey and of white-Wine one Pint mix and steep these with the Powder together and so let it boyl over the Fire keeping it stirring then take it off and let it cool and so wash his Tongue Morning and Evening with it till it be whole Another Take the Juice of Selandine and wash the Hurt therewith nine days together and it will Cure it though it be half Cut asunder for the Juice of the Selandine will conglutinate and sodder the Tongue together being cut or wounded Things good for Venomed Things Garden Bazil or sweet Bazil laid to it is good for any thing Venomed by a Spider Wasp Bee or Hornet Water-bistort or Snakeweed is likewise good and if he hath drunk Horse-Leeches Hens-dung and the like give him three spoonfuls of the Herb Sow-thistle dried in a quart of Ale Another for a Venom Take a Handful of Rue and stamp with it the Fat of rusty Bacon till it come to a perfect Salve and therewith dress the Sore till it be whole Another to be used either inwardly or outwardly If he hath eaten any Venomed thing Give him
put on the Saddle again and let it so remain all Night and this presently helpeth any Swelling in the Withers or any other part of the Back as also any Swellings by Spur-Galls But if the Skin be broken or ulcerated then take sweet Butter Bay salt and the powder of Frankincense of each as much as will suffice boyl all these together and with a Clout fastned upon a stick dip it into it scalding hot and scald it two or three times but if it be full of corruption then make incision on both sides beneath that the Matterative stuff may the more easily void away downwards and heal it up with your powder of Lyme and Honey or to anoint it well with the Oyl of Turpentine and it will either asswage or break the Swelling and if it be broke squeeze forth the corruption and drop some of the said Oyl into it Morning and Evening and it will both cleanse and heal it but if the Skin be only Galled off take Cream and Soot well mixt together and lay upon the Sore and it will heal it presently if the Wound be not very deep Things good in General for Swelled Cods If it come of Rankness of Seed or of Blood then let him have a Mare and let him Cover her two or three days together and half an Hour after Ride him into the Water above the Cods or Stones against the stream and he will do well But if it come of other Causes take the Lees of Claret-Wine or for want of that the Dregs of strong Beer and Cummin-seed made into fine powder and a little Wheat and Bean-Flower boyl them altogether to an Ointment and anoint his Cods warm therewith then draw forth his Yard and wash that and his Sheath also with white-Wine Vineger and three or four Houres after Ride him into the Water above the Cods and let him stand in the Water some short time and to Ride him against the stream do this every day till the Swelling be asswaged or take the Roots of wilde Cucumbers and white Salt boyl them in fair Water to an Ointment and anoint his Cods with it warm and then apply this Ointment Take Goats-Grease or Deers Sewet the White of an Egg and Sallet Oyl boyl them gently and anoint his Cods therewith but this must be after he hath been ridden into the Water and dry again A Charge for Swelled Cods Or take Bolearmoniack beaten into fine Powder Vineger and the Whites of Eggs well beaten together and anoint him therewith daily till it be abated and if it Impost humate where you find it to be soft open it with a hot Iron or with your Incision Knife if it break not of it self and heal it up with your green Ointment taught you as aforesaid Another for any Bite or Bruise on his Cods which cause them to Swell very much To remedy this Accident Wash and Bathe them very well with warm Whey Morning and Evening for three or four days together and anoint them after it with the Oyl or Ointment of Populeon till you finde the Swelling abated keeping his Cods warm with a Linnen Bag made in the nature of a Purse and drawn easily over them If you find that the Swelling is abated you may then apply the Common Charge of Soap and Brandy to it very hot which will Knit the Strings of his Cods together again But if you find that they are so torn that you question his Cure then the best way in my opinion is to Geld him A most Excellent Bath which is not only good for Swelled or bruised Cods but for all manner of Bruises in any Part of the Body from Head to Foot Take two quarts of the strongest Ale you can get Then set it over the Fire in a large Skillet or Pipkin and put to it two good Handfuls of the Rind of the black Berry Bush and let it Simper away till it come to a quart then strain it forth and keep it for your use How you are to use it Bathe the grieved part Night and Morning with it very hot and heated very well in by the Fire then dip a Linnen Cloth in the same and bind it up hot When you have done peel off the Bark towards the Root when you gather it for that is the best This is a very great Strengthner of any weak Member by either Bruise Strain or Pain Things good in General for Bursting or Ruptures in Horses Though I hold it incurable yet I shall give you those things that worketh much good though no absolute Cure These things are great Knitters and are to be taken inwardly Valerian Rupture-wort Cross-wort Cranes-bill the powder of the Roots of Chammack the Leaves and Nuts of the Cypres Elm leaves or the Bark thereof Corn-Flag any of these things given inwardly with the outward means used maketh the Cure the more effectual The outward means is this Bring the Horse into a place where there is a Beam overthwart and strow it thick with straw then put on four strong Pasterns with four Rings on his Feet and fasten one end of a long Rope to one of those Rings with the loose End of the Rope and so draw all his fore-Feet together and he will fall then cast the Rope over the Beam and hoist him up so that he may lie flat on his Back with his Legs upwards without strugling then Bathe his Stones well with warm Water and Butter molten together and the Stones being somewhat warm and well mollified raise them up from the Body with both your Hands being closed by the Fingers close together and holding the Stones in your Hands in such manner work down the Gut into the Body of the Horse by stroaking it downwards continually with your two Thumbs until you perceive that that side of the Stone to be so small as the other and so having returned the Gut to the right place take a List of two Fingers broad thoroughly anointed with fresh Butter and Tie his Stones both together with the same so nigh the Body as may be yet not over-hard but so as you may put your Finger between that done take the Horse quietly down and lead him gently into the Stable and keep him warm and let him not be stirred for the space of three Weeks but forget not the next day after you have placed his Gut in his true place to unloosen the List and to take it away and as well at that time as every day once or twice after to cast a dish or two of cold Water up upon his Cods and that will make him to shrink up his Stones and thereby to restrain the Gut from falling down and at the three Weeks end to make the Cure so much the surer take away the Stone on that side he is bursten so he shall hardly be bursten on that side again and during the Cure let him not eat much nor drink much and let his Drink be always warm A
make into a Syrup and bruise it a little in a Mortar Then take it forth and put to every Handful of Roots Herbs or Flowers a pint of Running Water and boyl it till half the Water be consumed After you have so done strain it through a Woollen Cloth letting it Run out at leisure without pressing And to every pint of this Decoction add one pound of Sugar then boyl it again over the Fire till it come to a Syrup which you may know when it is well done if you take a little of it now and then in a Spoon and let it cool Be sure you take off the Filth that doth arise while it is a boyling And when you think it is enough strain it hot through a Woollen Cloth and press it out and keep it for your use 3. Syrups that are made by Juices usually are made of such Herbs as are most full of Juice and are best made this Way viz. Take the Herbs and beat them in a Mortar with a Wooden Pestle then press forth the Juice and Clarifie it as you were taught before in Juices then set it over the Fire again and let it boyl till a quarter of it be consumed and to a Pint of it add a pound of Sugar and boyl it up to a Syrup keeping it scumming all the while When you think it is well boiled strain it through a Woollen Cloth as you did the other and keep it for your use 4. If you make Syrups of Roots that are hard as Grass-Roots Parsley Fennel c. Bruise them very well first then lay them asteep in that Water you intend to boyl them in which will cause the Vertue of them to come forth so much the better 5. Your Syrups that are well made will keep somewhat above a year but such as are made by Infusion will not keep so long 6. The best Way to keep them when made is in Glass or Stone-pots and to bind a Paper about the Mouth of them CHAP. X. Of Decoctions 1. Decoctions are made either of Fruits Barks Roots Leaves Flowers or Seeds and is made after the same manner as is shewed you in your Syrups 2. Those Decoctions that are made of Wine are more durable then those made of Water 3. If you make a Decoction for to cleanse the Passages of Urine and to open Obstructions chuse rather to make it of white-Wine because it is of a more penetrating and subtil Nature then Water 4. Decoctions are of the best use for the Cure of such Diseases as lie Lurking in the Passages of the Body Stomach Bowels Kidneys Passages of Urine and the Bladder c. which are more powerful in Operation in passing quicker to the aforesaid Diseases then any other sort of Medicines 5. All the difference that are between Decoctions and Syrups made by Decoction is only this Syrups are made to keep Decoctions only for present spending 9. You may sweeten them with Sugar or Syrup or such things as you imagine most fit for the Disease you give it 7. If you make a Decoction of Roots Herbs Flowers and Seeds together boyl the Roots a good while first because they retain their Virtues longer so then the next in Order according to the same Rule are first Barks secondly Herbs thirdly seeds fourthly Flowers And fifthly Spices which are put in last because their Vertues do soonest come sorth 8. All Decoctions are to be kept in a Glass close sâ—opped and the cooler you set them the longer they will keep their usual time of lasting is not above a Week at most 9. The usual Dose you are to give him at a time is a quart or more according to the Age Strength and Constitution of your Horse Season of the year strength of the Medicine and quality of the Disease Roots th t are hot in the First Degree Liquoris Dogs-grass Marsh-mallows Burrage China Valerian Bazil Parsley Bugloss Pilewort Lillies Peony male and female wilde Parsnips Burrdocks Spatling Poppey Kneeholly c. Herbs hot in the second Degree Lovage Water-flag Fennel Butter-bur Hogs Fennel Swallows-wort Carline-thistle Devils-bit Spignel Mercury Sarsaparilla c. Hot in the third Degree Ginger Angelica Asarabica white Dittany Doronicum Elecampane Hellebore white and black stinking Gladdon Filapendula Aron Sow-bread Birth-wort Galangal Cellandine Snake-root 〈…〉 and black Master-wort Rest-harrow c. Hot in the fourth Degree Leeks Onions Garlick Pellitory of the Wall c. Roots that are very Temperate Cinquefoyl Turmentil Mallows Bears-breech Mechoachan Jallop Eringo Asparagus our Ladies thistle c. Roots Cold in the first Degree Plantine Comfrey the greater Sorrel Madder Beets white and red Rose-root c. Cold in the second Degree Hounds-tongue Alkanet Succory Endive Dazies c. Cold in the Third Mandrakes Bistort c. Cold in the Fourth Henbane Roots dry in the first Degree Calamus Aromaticus Bears-breech Madder Burr-docks Pile-wort Red Beets Eringo Self-heal Knee-holly Endive c. Dry in the second Hounds-tongue Zedoary Plantine Mercury Reeds Devils-bit parsley Butter-bur Fennel Spignel Lovage Alkanet Marsh-mallows Valerian Sprattling poppey Bazil Water-flag our Ladies thistle Cyprus long and round â—orrel Smallage Aspodel male swallow-wort c. Dry in the third Cellendine Angelica Hogs Fennel Turmentil Ginger Birth-wort long and round Aron Sow-bread Carline thistle Bistort Briony white and black Sarsaparilla Asarabica Virginian snake-root China Doronicum Dittany Galangal of both kinds Hellebore white and black Elecampane Rest harrow Peony Male and Female Filapendula Orris English and Florence stinking Gladdon c. Dry in the Fourth Costus Pellitory of Spain Garlick Onions and Leeks c. Roots Moist are Dasies Burrage Valerian and spatling poppey Bugloss white Beets Liquoris Dogs-grass parsnips Skirrets c. Of hot Medicaments Appropriate to the Parts of the Body 1. Heating the Head Doronicum Fennel peony Spikenard Winters his Cinnamon Bitony Costmary Cardus benedictus Cowslips Eye-bright Featherfew Goats-Rue Herb Mastich Lavender Laurel Lovage Maudlin Mellilot Time penny Royal Rosemary Celandine Scurvey-Grass Sneese-wort fena peony Male and Female Chamomel sage Nutmegs Jallop 2. Heating the Throat Devils-bit pilewort Archangel white and red Alewort 3. Heating the Breast and Lungs Birthwort long and round Calamus Aromaticus Cinquefoyl Elecampane Liquoris Orice squills Cassia Lignea Cinnamon Bitony Bayes Bawm Calaminth Camomil Distaff Thistle Fennel Germander Hysop Hore-hound Indian-leaf Maiden-hair Nettle Oak of Jerusalem Organy periwincle Rue scabius Time Figs Raisins Orris English and Florentine 4. Heating the Heart Angelica Butter-bur Basil Cinnamon Citrons Carline-thistle Turmentil Valerian of both sorts pimpernel Bay-berries Bawm Broom Cardus Benedictus Rue Goats Rue Rosemary southernwood sene saffron spicknard Juniper-berries Mace Nutmegs Wall-nuts Mustard-seed Doronicum Bugloss 5. Heating the Stomach Avens Fennel Galangale Ginger Radish Spicknard Enula Cassia Lignea Cinnamon Citrons Lemmons Sassafras Bayes Bawm Broom Hysop Indian Leaf Mints Time Parsley Sage Smallage Wormwood Rosemary Cloves Almonds Ben Nutmegs Pine-Nuts Annis Caraway Cardamums Cummin Elecampane Fern. 6. Heating the Liver
Ounce of fresh Butter with the Yolks and Whites of two New laid Eggs Brew and beat all these very well together till you think they are cool enough to give him and Order him as in the former Receipt If your Horse be strong and lusty and that you think this is not a sufficient Dose strong enough for him you may either add more Aloes or else you may put into it as much of the powder of the Root of Jallop and Liquoris as will lie upon a Six-pence which will strengthen his Purge very much and make it work very freely kindly and safely Some more Physical Observations in the Giving of Purges or Scourings 1. When you give your Horse a Purge or Scouring either for Surfeit Cold or any other Illness let him fast about three houres before he takes it and about three or four houres after it 2. Let the first thing he eats after he hath fasted his limited time be a Mash of Malt or boiled Oats and let him not have it till his Physick hath wrought twice or thrice with him which will set it working so much the more freely 3. If you give him Hay first before you give him his Mash 't will so bind his Physick upon his Stomach that it will spoil the Operation and working quality thereof to the no little prejudice of his Health 4. The best time in my opinion is to give it him about four or five in the Afternoon for then 't is possible you may see the Working of it the next Morning which if you give it him in the Morning which is the usual time of giving a Horse Physick it may work in the Night and so prevent you of seeing the Operation thereof 5. According to the strength of your Horses Body and the quantity or quality of the Physick you give him will be the Operation of it for in some Horses it will work in twelve houres in others not in twenty four and again in others not in fourty eight 6. Let him have no Water till after his Physick hath done working and then let it be a little Aired before you give it him with a Handful or two of Wheat-bran put amongst it 7. If you fear your Horse is troubled with Bots or Wormes and that you find him to begin to dung loose after his Purging then put a Tobaccho-pipe at the same time ready lighted into his Fundament breaking off some part of it before you put it in lest it prove too long and the Wind from within his Body will draw it out as orderly as if it were taken at your Mouth so that the Smoke being thus received into his Body will so suffocate and choak them that it will make them to let go their hold which being loose will be the more easily thrown out by the Purge in his Excrements A Particular Receipt for Splaiting of the Shoulder which is a Torn Shoulder Put a Pair of streight Pastornes on his Feet keeping him in the Stable without disquieting of him then take of Dialthaea one pound of Sallet Oyl one Pint of Oyl de bay half a pound of fresh Butter half a pound Melt all these together in an Earthen Pot and anoint the grieved place therewith and also round about the inside of the Shoulder and within two or three days after both that place and all the Shoulder will swell and either prick it with a Launcet or Fleam in all the swelling places or else with a sharp hot Iron and then anoint it still with the Ointment before said but if you see that it will not go away but swell still and gather to a Head then Launce it where the Swelling doth gather most and is softest under your Finger and then Taint it with your Green Ointment which you may find in the First Part. Things good in General to Cure a Shoulder Pight which is a Shoulder out of Joynt To make him swim in a deep Water up and down a dozen Turnes for that will make the Joynt to go into its right place again then make two Pins of Ashen-wood the bigness of your Finger being sharp at the Points and five inches long then slit the Skin an Inch above the Point and an Inch beneath the Point of the Shoulder and thrust in one of these Pins from above downwards so as both the ends may equally stick with the Skin and if the Pin of Wood will not easily pass through you may make it way first with an Iron Pin then make other two holes cross to the first holes so as the other pin may cross the first pin right in the midst with a right Cross and the first pin should be somewhat flat in the midst to the intent that the other being round may press the better without stop and close juster together then take a piece of a little Line somewhat bigger then a Whip-cord and at one end make a Loop which being but over one of the Pins ends so that it may lie betwixt the Pins ends and the skin and fasten the last end with your pack-thread unto the rest of the Cord so as it may not slip And to do well both the Pins and the Cord should be first anointed with a little Hogs-grease then bring him into the Stable and let him rest the space of nine or ten days and let him lie down as little as may be and put a Pastorn shoo on the sore leg and at nine or ten days end you may anoint the place with a little Dialthea or Hogs-grease and so turn him out to Grass and let him run there till the pins be rotted off If you work him in a Cart after a Months time it will settle his shoulder the better and make him the more fit to ride The Cure for the Canker in the Mouth Take Allum half a pound Honey a quarter of a pint Columbine leaves and Sage leaves of each a handful boyl them together in three Pints of running Water until a Pint be consumed and wash the sore places therewith with a Rag Tied upon a stick till they bleed Morning and Night till they be Cured The Câ—ring of the Gigges Bladders or Flappes Pull out his Tongue and slit them with an Incision-Knife and thrust out the Kernels or Corruption and wash the place with Vineger and Salt or Allum-water and they will do well again But to prevent their coming at all is to wash it often with Wine Beer and Ale and so shall no Blister breed thereon nor any other Disease To make Vseful unto you those several Weights and Measures which are set down by some Authors in some Physical and obscure Characters and therein contained many Excellent Receipts Take them as followeth VIZ. ss The Character of the half-pound lb A pound lb ss A pound and a half â„¥ An Ounce â„¥ j ss One Ounce and a half Ê’ A Dram Ê’ ss A Dram and a half ℈ A Scruple ℈ ss A Scruple and a half gr A Grain which
will be more stronger and hardier of Nature After the Change It is not good for Mares to be Covered after the Change for those Colts will be tender and nice The Wain Mark the VVain in that time the Mare was Covered the same time of the Moon she will Foal Burning If your Mare hath been Covered and the Colt Knit within her if another Horse covers her he burns her Of Spaying a Mare-Colt If a Mare-Colt be Spayed nine days after it is Foaled she will prove as some say Fair Gallant and well Of Gelding of Colts Horses will be better shaped and in less danger of Gelding if they be Gelt at nine or fifteen days old if the Stones appear or so soon as you find them fall down into the God VVhat time a Mare is to take Horse If your Mare be Covered of St. Lucies day which is the thirteenth of December then she will Foal about St. Thomas's day the same Moneth in the year following How long time a Mare goes During the time of her going with Foal from the day of her Covering unto the day of her Foaling is commonly twelve Months and ten dayes unless it be a young Mare upon her first Colt which may come sooner How to Order her before she is Covered You are to take her into the House about six weeks before she is Covered and feed her well with good Hay and Oats well sifted to the end she may have Strength and Seed to perform the Office of Generation But if you would have her certainly conceive then take Blood from both sides of her Neck and let her bleed nigh a quart of either Vein which you must do five or six days before you have her Covered If you desire to have a Horse-Colt of your Mare then let her be Covered when one of the first Masculine Signes do reign which are either Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer or Leo. But if she be Covered when any of the Feminine Signes be Predominate as Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagitaâ—ius Capricornus Aquarius or Pisces then be confident it will be a Mare for it is so certain that it seldom or never fails especially if the VVind be either VVest or North but VVest is best The Manner of Covering her You are to bring her out into some broad Place and Tie her to a Post then bring out some Stone Jade to dally with her to provoke her to Appetite then let the Stallion be led out by two men and let him leap her and let him do it in the Morning Fasting and when the Horse is dismounting throw a pale full of cold water upon her Shape which by reason of the coldness will make her shrink in and truss up her Body and will make her retain her Seed the better then take away the Stallion and let her be put out of the Hearing of the Horse and let her neither eat nor drink in four or five houres after and give her a Maâ—â— and white water If she stands to her Covering you may know it by this if she keeps a good Stomach and does not Neigh at the sight of a Horse or if she does not Piss often or open and shut her Shape often or that if her Belly four days after her Covering be more gant and her Hair more slick and close to her skin c. How many Mares for one Horse If you Cover abroad one Horse will serve twelve Mares if you expect no other service from him but if you keep him in the Stable where he hath extraordinary keeping he will serve fifteen How to Order a Mare after Covering to her Foaling Keep her with the same Diet as before Covering for three weeks or a Month after lest the Seed be empaired before it be formed in the VVomb and let her be kept sweet and clean without any Exercise during three weeks or a Month and to keep her in the House till mid May and not to turn her out before mid May and with her Feet well pared and a thin pair of Shooes upon them and take her in again the latter end of September if not before and keep her to the end of her Foaling and let her be loose in the Stable with good store of straw with her that so the Foal may fall the softer for a Mare does usually Foal standing How to help her if she cannot Foal If she cannot Foal hold her Nostrils so that she cannot take her wind or if that will not do take the quantity of a VVallnut of Madder and dissolve it in a Pint of old Ale and being warm give it the Mare if both fail take the help of some understanding Farrier If she cannot avoid her Secundine then boyl two or three Handfuls of Fennel in Running water and take half a Pint of it with as much Sack or for want thereof a Pint of strong Beer or Ale with a fourth part of Sallet Oyl mix them together and give it her Luke-warm into her Nostrils and hold them close for a good space or for want thereof give her good green Wheat or Rye but Rye is the best and they are as effectual Let her not eat her clean for that is very unwholesom and will dry up her Milk To Order her after Foaling VVhen she hath Foaled and licked her Foal Milk and stroak her before the Colt doth suck which will both cause her to bring down her Milk but make it to multiply and keep it that it doth not clod which may cause her to become dry which if there be cause boyl as much Milk as you can get from her with the Leaves of Lavender or Spike and bath the Udder with it warm till it be broken and the Knobs and Knots dissolved Let her water after Foaling be white water which is Bran put into her water and give her sweet Mashes and a Month after her Foaling give her a Mash and put into it some Brimstone or Savin which will be a great preservation to the Colt And then if she be moderately laboured at Plough or Harrow the Mare and Colt will be the better provided she be kept from Raw Meats while she remaineth in the Stable = which will both increase her Milk and cause her Colt to thrive the better And that you suffer not the Colt to suck when she is hot lest thereby you Surfeit the Colt How long Foals are to run with their Dams Let them run with their Dams a full year at least but if they be choice Foals then two years for the loss of the use of the Mare will be no loss in comparison of the benefit you will receive by the Foal but if you want Accommodations VVean at seven Months but be sure to keep them well for what they lose the first year they will hardly gain in three following And at the VVeaning give them Savin and Butter for divers Mornings together or else the Worm and Gargil will hazard to destroy them besides have an eye to the
he be harsh and cholerick the Horse will be put by his Patience and become Rebellious and fall to biting and striking For the old Proverb is Patience once wronged will turn into Fury He must continually toy dally and play with him be always talking and speaking pleasing words unto him He must lead him abroad in the Sun-shine and then run scope and shew him all the delight he can he must duely Curry Comb and Dress him wipe dust pick and clense him feed pamper and cherish him and be always doing somewhat about him either about his heels or taking up his Feet or rapping him upon the Soles And he must keep him so well dress'd that he may almost see his Face upon his Coat he must keep his Feet stopped and daily Anointed his Heels free from Scratches and other Sorrances and to have so vigilant an eye upon him to oversee all his Actions as well feeding as drinking that so no inward infirmity may seize upon him but that he may be able to discover it and being discovered may seek for to Cure it To Saddle and Bridle a Colt When your Horse is made Gentle take a sweet Watering Trench wash'd and Anointed with Honey and Salt put it into his Mouth and so place it that it may hang about his Tush then offer him the Saddle but with that carefulness that you do not affright him therewith suffering him to smell at it to be rubbed with it and then to feel it then in the end to Fix it on and Girt it fast and at what part and motion he seems most coy with that make him most familiar then being thus Sadled and Bridled lead him forth to water then bring him in and after he hath stood a little Reined upon the Trench an hour or more take away the Bridle and Saddle and let him go to his Meat till the Evening then lead him forth as before and when he is set up Gently take off his Saddle and dress him and cloath him up for all Night The way to make him endure the Saddle the better is by making it familiar unto him by clapping the Saddle with your Hand as it stands upon his Back to shake it and sway upon it to dangle the Stirrops by his Sides and to rub them on his Sides and make much of him and be familiar with all things about him as straining the Crooper fastning and loosening the Girts or taking up and letting out of the Stirrops Of Mouthing When he will Trot with the Saddle obediently then you shall wash a trench of a full Mouth and put it into his Mouth and throw the Reins over the sore-part of the Saddle so that the Horse may have a full feeling of it then put on a Martingal and you shall buckle it at such length that he may no more then feel it when he Jirketh up his Head then take a broad piece of Leather and put it about the Horses Neck and make the two ends of it fast by Platting or otherwise at the Withers and mid-part before his Weasand about two handfuls below the Throple betwixt the Leather and his Neck let the Mattingal pass so that when at any time he shall offer to duck or throw down his Head the Cavezan being placed upon the tender Gristle of his Nose may correct and punish him which will make him bring down his Head and fashion him to an absolute Rein. Then Trot him abroad and if you find the Reins or Martingal grow slack straiten them for where there is no feeling there is no Vertue Of Backing When you have Exercised your Horse thus divers Mornings Noons or Evenings and find him Obedient then take him into some Ploughed Ground the lighter the better and after you have made him Trot a good Pace about you in your hand and thereby taken from him all his wantonness look and see whether your tackling be firm and good and every thing in his true and due place you may then having one to stay his Head and govern the Chasing Rain take his Back yet not suddenly but by degrees and with divers heavings and half-raisings which if he endure patiently then settle your self but if he shrink or dislike then forbear to mount and chase him about again and then offer to mount and do thus till he be willing to receive you Then when you are setled and have received your Stirrops and Cherisht him put your Toes forward and he that stays his Head ler him lead him forward half a dozen Paces then Cherish him then lead him a little further and Cherish him and shake and move your self in the Saddle then let him stay his Head and remove his Hand a little from the Cavezan and as you thrust forwards your Toes let him move him forward with his Rein till you have made the Horse apprehend your own Motion of Body and Foot which must go equally together and with spirit also so that he will go forward without the other Assistance and stay upon the restraint of your own hand then Cherish him and give him Grass and Bread to eat alight from his Back then mount and unmount twice or thrice together ever mixing them with Cherishings Thus Exercise him till you have made him perfect in going forward and standing still at your pleasure Helps at first Backing When this is effected you may lay by the long Rein and the Band about the Neck and only use the Trenches and Cavezan and the Martingal and let a Groom lead the way before you on another Horse and go only streight forward and stand still when you please which will soon be effected by Trotting him after another Horse and bring him home sometimes after the Horse and sometimes equally with him and sometimes before so that he may six upon no certainty but your own pleasure And be sure to have regard to the well-carriage of his Neck and Head and as the Martingal slackneth so to streighten it What Lessons for what Horse When this Work is finished then Teach your Horse these Lessons As if he be for Hunting Running Travel Hackney or the like then the chiefest things you are to apply your self to are to preserve a good Mouth to Trot freely and comly to Amble surely and easily to Gallop strongly and swiftly to Obey the Hand in stopping gently and Retiring willingly and to turn on the other Hand readily and nimbly But if you intend him for the great Saddle or the use of the Wars then although the Lessons be the same yet they are to be done in a more punctual manner So that if any Horse can be brought to the best the easier must needs follow with little industry And it is a Rule in Horseman-ship That no Lesson which belong to the Wars can be hurâ—ful or do injury to any Horse whatsoever that is kept for any other purpose Whence it cometh that any Horse for the Wars may be trained for a Runner or Hunter at pleasure but
hath one Complexion as green if upon Hay then another as a little more dark If upon little Provender then inclining to yellow But to avoid both curiosity and doubt observe well the Complexion of his Dung when he is in best Health and the best feeding and as you finde it alter so judge either of his Health or Sickness as thus If his Dung be clear crisp and of a pale yellowish Complexion hanging together without separation more then as the weight breaks it in falling being neither so thin nor so thick but it will a little flat on the Ground and indeed both in Savour and Substance resembling a sound Mans Ordure then is he clean well fed and without Imperfection If it be well Coloured yet fall from him in round Knots or Pellets so it be but the first and second Dung the rest good as aforesaid it matters not for it only shews he did eat Hay lately and that will ever come away first But if all his Dung be alike then it is a Sign of foul feeding and he hath either too much Hay or eats too much Litter and too little Corn. If his Dung be in round Pellets and blackish or brown it shews inward Heat in the Body If it be Greasie it shews foulness and that Grease is Molten but cannot come away If he void Grease in gross Substance with his Dung if it be white and clear then it comes away kindly and there is no danger but if it be yellow or putrified then the Grease has long layn in his Body and Sickness will follow if not prevented If his Dung be red and hard then he hath had too strong Heats and Costiveness will follow if not prevented if it be pale and loose it shews inward coldness of Body or too much moist and corrupt feeding Signes from the Vrine Though the Urine be not altogether so Material as the Dung yet it hath some true Faces as thus Pale Colour That Urine that is of a pale yellowish Colour rather thick then thin of a strong smell and piercing condition is an healthful sound and good Urine but if it be of an high red Complexion either like Blood or inclining to Blood then hath he had either two sore Heats been over-ridden or ridden too early after Winter-Grass High Complexion If the Urine be of an high Complexion clear and transparent like old March Beer then he is inflamed in his Body and hath taken some Surfeit White like Cream If it carry a white Cream on the top it shews a weak Back or Consumption of the Seed Green A green Urine shews Consumption of the Body Bloody streaks A Urine with bloody Streaks shews an Ulcer in the Kidneys and a black thick cloudy Urine shews Death and Mortality Of Sickness in general Whensoever upon any occasion you shall find your Horse droop in Countenance to rorsake his Meat or to shew any other apparent sign of Sickness if they be not great you may forbear to let Blood because where the Blood is spent the Spirits are spent also and they are not easily recovered But if the Signes be great and dangerous then by all means let Blood instantly and for three Mornings together the Horse being Fasting give him half an Ounce of the Powder called by me Diahexaple and by the Iâ—alians Râ—gina Medicinae the Queen of Medicines brewed either in a Pint of Muskaâ—iâ—â— or 〈◊〉 or a Pint of the Syrup of Sugar being two degrees above the ordinary Molosses or for want thereof Molosses will serve the turn and where all are wanting you may take either a Pint of dragon-Dragon-water or a quart of the sweetest and strongest Alâ—wort or in extremity take a quart of strong Ale or Beer but then warm it a little before the Fire This must be given with an Horn and if he hath Ability of Body ride him in some warm place after and let him fast near two houres after the Riding At Noon give him a sweet Mash Cleath very warm and let him touch no cold water The making of the Diahexaple you may finde in the Table General Observations in the Physi king Horses Know then first that whensoever you give your Horse any inward Portion or Glister give it him no more then Milk-warm for there is nothing more Mortal to a Horse then the Scalding of his Stomach for a Horse of all living Creatures can worse endure to receive inwardly hot things Besides let his Drinks and inward Medicines be given him easily and gently leâ—t in making too much haste you suffocate him which if it do you must then let his Head loose and walk him up and down till the Passion be past Now for the Administring of Pills â—alls and such like Medicines little Advice is required if they be not made too great only if you take forth his Tongue first and then put them up into his Mouth upon the end of a stick then let go his Tongue again which when he draws it into his Mouth he must needs force the â—alls down his Throat You are to Administer your Physick â—ermore fasting unless upon urgent occasion as in case of sudden and dangerous Sickness and the longer he be kept Fasting from Meat and Drink as well before he taketh as Physick as after it will be the better for by that means his Medicine will work the more kindly in his Body for he ought to be kept from eating and drinking at least three houres before and after Purging Balls how made and given Take an ounce or an ounce and a half of Aloes Succotrina more or less according to the strength and Constitution of your Horse powder it very well and mix it with a little fresh Butter Then divide it into three equal parts and cover them all over with fresh Butter to prevent the bitter taste of the Aloes Make them about the bigness of a large Wall-nut shaped thick in the middle and sharp at both ends and given him in the Morning fasting If you think them not stiff enough with Butter alone you may mix some Bran with it and then they will be as stiff as Dough or Paste What Exercise is meet with Physick A little moderate Exercise is very necessary whereby his Physick may work the better and the sooner as to Trot him easily about or to walk him up and down under the Wind in the warm Sun about a quarter of an hour Then bring him into the Stable and Cloath him up warm and Litter him well and let his keeper be with him three or four houres observing his Postures and as occasion may require to help him with all things necessary for his use No Creature hath a moister Body then a Horse Of Mixing your Simples If your Horses Sickness be a Feaver to mix always your Simples with warm Water with Honey or with Oyl but if the Disease be Coughs Rhenms or any thing that proceedeth of cold Causes then mix them with good Ale or Wine but if he be
and anoint it all over with sweet Butter and give it him in the Morning in the manner of a Pill then ride him a little after it if you please otherwise you may chuse and feed and water him abroad or at home according to your usual custom And thus do three or four Mornings together If you use them to Cure either Cold or Glaunders then use them in the same manner for a Week together If you use them to satten a Horse then give him them for a Fortnight together But if you use them in the Nature of a Scouring to take away Moulten Grease and Foulness then instantly after his heat and in his heat Again if you find your Horse at any time hath taken a little Cold as you shall perceive by his inward Ratling if then you take one of these Balls and dissolve it in a Pint of Sack and so give it him it is a present Remedy Also to dissolve the Ball in his ordinary water being made luke-warm it worketh the like effect and fatneth exceedingly To give one of these Balls before Travel it prevents tyring to give it in the heat of Travel it refresheth the weariness and to give it after Travel it saves him from all Surfeits and inward Sickness A Reccipt to Fat a Lean Horse in twelve or fifteen days First Therefore to let him Blood if he wants Bleeding then instead of Oats in the Morning give him Wheat-Bran prepared after this manner Set over the Fire a great Kettle and fill it almost full with fair water and when it boyls put in your Bran and let it boyl a quarter of an hour at least then let it stand to cool and in the Morning early give him of this Bran so hot as he can eat it and let his drink be of the same water and at night give him Oates and white Water and let him be well Littered and warm covered but if it be in the Summer his Stable ought not to be too hot and at Night with his Oats give him an Egg full of this Powder with which you are to continue him for the space of eight days or according as you shall see cause You must understand that Bran thus prepared drieth up his naughty gross and corrupt humours and doth the better prepare the Body to assume Lust Courage Strength and Flesh together with the help of the Powder which is this The Powder how to make a Lean Horse Fat Take of Cummin Fennegreek Sileris-Montani Nutmegs Cloves Ginger Linseed of each two Ounces Quick Brimstone six Ounces make all these into Powder and give him the quantity of an Egg-shell full with his Oats every Night but first let him be watered with white water which is two or three handfuls of Bran stirred amongst his water then Rub him Litter him and Cloath him well and then give him some sweet Wheat-straw in his Rack and let himseed on that for an hour then give him his Oats mixed with his Powder and when he hath eaten them give him Hay at your pleasure remembring to keep him warm but so as with Moderation and you shall find him amend exceedingly but you must put into his Oats every time two handfuls of Nettle-seeds for that is the thing that will principally cause him to Battle It will also greatly avail to his amendment if he be Aired every Morning and Evening an hour after Sun-rising and an hour before Sun-set if the Weather be warm and the Sun do shine And this is the best Course you can take to set up a Lean and poor Horse Another Receipt to make a Lean Horse Fat Take of Elecampane dried Cummin Turmerick Anniseeds of each two Ounces Groundsel half a handful boyl all these together in a Gallon of Ale with three Heads of Garlick well bruised and picked then strain it and give him a quart of it in the Morning fasting Blood-warm and Ride him after it but not to heat him and thus do four Mornings together and in a short time after if the year be seasonable turn him to Grass and he will Fatten suddenly But if the time of the year will not serve and that you have a mind to raise him in the Stable then give him amongst his Oats this Powder Take of Elecampane dried and of Cummin both alike well beaten and searced and when you give your Horse Provender then give him half an Ounce of them well mixed amongst it for fourteen days together and you shall find him to amend and prosper after a strange manner provided that you give him seasonable Ayring moderate Exercise and Mashes and white Water Of the Drink called Acopum Take of Euforbium half an Ounce Castoreum one Ounce Adraces half a quarter of a pound Bidellium half an Ounce and half a quarter Opoponax one Ounce Fox Grease half an Ounce Pepper one Ounce Laserpitium three quarters of an Ounce Ammoniacum half a quarter of a pound Pigeons Dung as much Galbanum half an Ounce Nitrum one Ounce and a quarter Spuma nitri three quarters of an Ounce Ladanum a quarter of a pound Pyrethrum and Bay-berries of each three quarters of an Ounce Cardanum two Ounces Seed of Rue half a quarter of a pound Seed of Agnus Castus one Ounce Parsley seed half an Ounce dried Roots of Ireos or Flower-de-luce one Ounce and a quarter and half a quarter of Oyl de Bay as much of Oyl of Spikenard three quarters of a pound of Oleum Cyprinum three quarters of a pound and half a quarter the oldest Oyl Olive a pound and a half Pitch a quarter of a pound and two Ounces Turpentine a quarter of a pound Melt of every of these that will be Molten severally by themselves and then mingle them together with the rest of the Ingredients being first beaten to fine powder and after they have boiled a little on the Fire take it off and strain it into a clean Gally-pot and so keep it for your use And when you give your Horse any of it at any time you must not give him of it above two spoonfuls in a Pint of Sack or Muscadine and if by long keeping you find it wax hard then soften it with the Oyl of Cypress so that it may be good and thick The Vertues of it It is both a Medicine and an Ointment for it helpeth Convulsions in the Sinews and Muscles it draweth forth all Noisom humours and disburdeneth the Head of all Grief being put up with a long Goose Feather anointed in it into the Nostrils of a Horse it healeth I say all manner of Convulsions Cramps Numbness and String-halts Colds and Rhumes it dissolveth the Liver being troubled with Opilations and Obstructions it helpeth Siccity and Aridity in the Body it banisheth all weariedness and tiredness if his Limbs be Bathed with this Medicine And lastly it Cureth all sorts of inward Diseases if it be administred by way of a Drench in Wine strong Beer or good Ale The Nature of it It is hot
continue long The Signes are no other then hath been declared Feaver by Surseit The Feaver by Surseit is known by these Signes he will beat upon his Back his Breath will be short hot and dry and his Wind will draw only at his Nose with great Violence Feaver Pestilential The Feaver pestilential is known by the holding down of his Head forsaking of his Meat shedding much water at his Eyes and many times Swellings or Ulcers rising a little below his Ear-Roots Feaver Accidental The Feaver Accidental comes by some blow or wound by which any of the Vital Powers are let or hindred which may bring him to a Feaver then the Signes be he will covet much to drink but cannot and his Flesh will fall away in an extraordinary fashion How to make the Oyl of Oats Take of Milk two Gallons and warming it on the Fire put to it a quarter of a pound of burnt Allom which will make it turn to Curds then take out the Curd and strain the Whey then take a quarter of a peck of clean Husked Oats that were never dried and put them in the Whey and set them on the Fire till they burst and be soft then put them into Cullender to let the Whey run through them then put the Oats in a Frying-Pan over the Fire keeping them stirring till you see the Vapour or Smoke of them ascend upwards but as it were run about the Pan then take them off and put them into a Press and press them most exceedingly and what cometh from them is the Oyl of them which you must save in a close Glass The Vertues of it This Oyl of all Medicines and Simples whatsoever is the most Excellent and Sovereign for a Horses Body as being extracted from the most Natural wholesom and best Food which doth belong unto a Horses Body This Oyl being given by four or five spoonfuls at a time in a pint of sweet Wine or a quart of strong Ale and some of the Whey poured into his Nostrils doth Cure the Glaunders before all other Medicines it is also given in the same manner the best of all Purgations for it purgeth away all those venomous and filthy humours which feedeth the most incurable Farcy whatsoever How to make the Powder of Honey and Lime which is so great a Drier that iâ— will dry up any Wound or Old Sore Take such a quantity of unslackt Lyme as you shall think fit beat it into very fine Powder then take so much Honey as will make it up into a stiff Paste then put it into the form of a thick Cake or Loaf and put it into an Oven or burning Fire till it be Baked or burnt glowing Red then take it forth and when it is cold beat it into fine Powder and then use it as occasion shall serve If you mix amongst it the Powder of a burnt Shoo it will be much the better A Comfortable Drench Make it of these Cordials to wit of Sugar Cinnamon Cloves Nutmegs Saffron Licoris Anniseeds beat all these into fine powder adding thereunto white-Wine and all these infused in an Earthen pot An Operative Drink Put in such a quantity of these things as you think requisite for the Strength of the Horse viz. white-Wine Sallet-Oyl Alloes Rubarb Agarick Duke or Duck-powder Honey Cordial-powder c. Several sorts of Charges Take of black Pitch half a pound of Mastick two Ounces of Galbanum four Ounces of fat Pitch and of Turpentine of each half a pound melt them into a Pot together and when it is half cold charge the place up to the Hanch and so overthwart the Reins of the Back and if it be not Cured at the end of eight or ten days take it off and apply this Ointment Take of Oyl de Bay Althea tried Hogs-Grease of each half a pound incorporate them altogether and therewith anoint and chafe the place grieved 〈◊〉 the Second Part for the Best of Charges I. W. marked in the Margent A Honey Charge for a Wrench or Slip in the Shoulder Hâ—p or other Member for all sorts of Scratches and for stiffness of Sinews hurt or any other way offended to asswage Swellings and Tumours and to draw away all bad Humours Take of Wheat-Meal two pounds and put a little white-Wine unto it and put it into a Kettle as if you were to make a Poultess and when it is well mixed add to it of Bole-Armoniack in fine powder half a pound of English Honey one pound then set it upon the Fire and boyl it keeping it continually stirring and put to it in the boyling half a pound of black Pitch keeping it stirring and when you think you have boiled it enough put to it of ordinary Turpentine half a pound of Oyl de-Bay Cummin Althea Sanguis Draconis Bay-berries and Fennegreek beaten to powder and of Linseed-Meal of each two drams boil them altogether again still keeping them stirring till they be well incorporate and therewith Charge the grieved Member with it pretty warm but not to scauld him A Restringent Charge to be applied to broken Bones or to Bones dislocated or out of Joyâ—t being first Set and also to take moist Humours from weeping Wounds and so to dry up bad Humours which do pre-occupate the Body Take of Oyl de-Bay four Ounces Orpin Cantharides and Euphorbium of each two Ounces make all these into fine powder and mix them with your Oyl de-Bay very well and therewith charge the place grieved This is also very good to charge the Swelling of a Back Sinew-strain A celd Charge Take Bole-Armoniack Wheat-Flower the white of an Egg and Aqua-vitae or white-Wine beat all these together pretty thick and lay it to the place grieved upon a brown paper and when it is dry lay on fresh You must keep that part out of the water if you intend the Plaister should slay on Of Salves Vnouents Powders and Waters Take of Perosen and of hard Rosin of each one pound of Frankincense Virgin-Wax or for want thereof new Wax and Sheeps Suet of each half a pound of old tried Hogs-grease one pound and a quarter boil the Gums and Wax in half a pint of white-Wine and then put into it your Sheeps Tallow and Hogs-grease and when all is Molten and Incorporated together strain it and whilest it is yet hot put in an Ounce of Venice-Turpentine and so work all well together which when it is cold pour in the Liquor from the Salve which put up into a Gally-pot for your use The Vertues of it This is a most Sovereign Salve to heal any green Wound that is not come to an Ulcer and so dry it up Another most excellent Powder Take unslacked Lyme the dry dust of Tanners Oken Bark and an old Shoo Sole burned to a Coal of each alike make them into fine Powder and mix them well and keep them in a Box for your use The Vertues of it This Powder healeth the Buds of the Farein after they be broken and skinneth
Coals and let him receive the smoke of it up his Nostrils through a Tunnel which will bring away abundance of tough Matter into water from the Head and Brain insomuch that it will be almost ready to extinguish the Fire It is a most excellent Comforter of the Brain and brings a great chearfulness to the Heart and rejoyceth the whole Body The Green Ointment The Green Ointment which Cure Sores whether old or green Vleers Fistulaes Poll-evils or what else for where this Ointment cometh no proud or dead Flesh will grow no Flies will come near the place or for Horse or Mare-Filly that is Gelt or Splad anoint but the place and they will neither swell nor fester for it doth not only heal soundly but speedily also provided you lay nothing upon the Wound or Sorrance where the Ointment is administred as neither Hurds Lint Plaisters or the like unless you have occasion to taint a Wound which is deep neither that for any long time or too often and besides the seldomer the Wound is dressed as once a day or once in two days it will heal the better and faster especially if it be brought into good for wardness of healing And together with this Ointment you may do well wash the Sorrance with the Copperas water which by reason it is always first to be used you shall have it first and the Green Ointment after it The making of the Copperas water Take two quarts of fair water and put it into a clean Postnet and put to it half a pound of green Copperas of Salt a handful of ordinary Honey a spoonful and two or three Branches of Rosemary boil all these till one half of the water be consumed and a little before you take it from the Fire put to it the quantity of a Doves Egg of Allom then take it from the Fire and strain it into a Pan and when it is cold put it into a Glass close stopped and keep it for your use And when you are to dress any Sore first wash it very clean with this Water and if the Wound be deep inject it with a Seringe The Vertues of it This Water will of it self Cure any reasonable Sore or Wound but the green Ointment being applied after it is washed will heal any old Ulcer or Fistula whatsoever if they come to the bottom of them and for green Wounds they have not their fellow if you think good you may boyl it in Verjuice or Chamber-lye one being a great Searcher Cleanser and Healer the other a great Drier How to make the green Oâ—nâ—ment Take a clean Skillet or Postnet and first put into it of Rozin the quantity of a Wallnut which being Molten put to it the like quantity of Wax and when that is also Molten put to them of tried Hogs-grease half a pound and when that is Molten put into it of common English Honey one spoonful and when all these are Molten and well stirred together then put in of ordinary Turpentine half a pound and when that is dissolved take it from the Fire and put to it an Ounce of Verdegrease beaten to fine powder and so stir it altogether but be careful it run not over for that the Verdegrease will cause it to arise then set it again upon the Fire till 〈◊〉 begin to Simper then take it off for if you let it boil too much it will turn red and lose its vertue of Healing and become a Corrasive then strain it through a Cloth into some Earthen Pot and keep it for your use close covered The Vertues of it This is the most Excellent Ointment that ever I knew for de Grey hath done such rare Cures with it that he hath been offered ten pounds for it For it cleanseth a Wound be it never so foul or infected with dead proud spungy or naughty Flesh it carnifieth and healeth abundantly and withal so soundly and firmly as that it doth never more break forth it draweth forth Thorns Splinters Nails and all such things in the Flesh and in a word it Cureth all sorts of Sores and Wounds Another Excellent Green Ointment made only in the Month of May which Cureth all sorts of Strains Aches Burnings Scaldings and Swellings whatsoever either in the Throator any other part of the Body Take half a pound of each of these things here under-mentioned viz. Rue red Sage Wormwood and young bay Leaves beat them very well in a Mortar Then take four pounds of new Sheeps Suet and work the Herbs and it very well together with your Hands till they be incorporated and become as one Lump Then put to them two quarts of Sallet-Oyl and Work that also till it become all of one softness and colour Then put it into a new Earthen Pan and let it stand covered eight days then boyl it over a soft Fire the space of two houres or more keeping it stirring all the while Then put into it four Ounces of the Oyl of Spike and let that boyl as long The way to know whether it be well boiled is to put a drop of it upon a Plate and if it be upon a fair Green you may assure your self it is enough Then strain it through a new Canvass and keep it in an Earthen Pot for your use This Ointment will hold very good seven or eight years A very good Receipt to keep back Humours that flow too fast to a Wound you have in Cure which will make it heal so much the sooner Take two pints of white-Wine Vineger or Tartar and put to it an Ounce or more of the powder of Bole-Armoniack and of common Salt well dried the like quantity the powder also of the Bur-dock Root or the Juice of the Leaves and wash the swelled place round about with it once or twice a day and it will be a great help in Order to its Cure Another for the same Vse After you have beaten a penniworth or more of Camphire very small dissolve it in a Pint of Verjuice and boyl it about a quarter of an hour then put it into a Glass close stopped to keep for your use and use it as you have Directions in the former Receipt To Cleanse a Wound Old or New before you dress it Take more or less of white-Wine Vineger according as you have occasion and put into it the powder of the Roots of Elder dried or the Juice of the Leaves with a spoonful of Honey and a little powder of burnt Allom and boyl it about half a quarter of an hour and use it warm Another sort of Green Ointment which is good to heal any Wound Old or New Take a handful of these Herbs here under-mentioned viz. Rosemary Wound-wort Red Sage Mug-wort Comfrey Rue and Southern-wood c. Cut them small and boyl them in a pound and an half of May Butter and the like quantity of Sheeps Suet When you have boiled it according as you have Directions for the Boyling of Ointments in
and do this three or four times and it will cure him Another Take of Sanguis Draconis three quarters of an Ounce Bole-armoniack one Ounce Sallet Oyl as much Mastick three Ounces Sewet as much and as much Hogs-grease melt and mix all these together and lay it to the swelling and it will take it away Aâ—other Take one or two Handfuls of Saexafrage and all the Sewet of a Loyn of Mutton and a Pint of white Wine chop the Herb and Mince the Sewet very small and boil them all very well â—ogether then take a good quantity of Horse-dung newly made that goes to Grass and mix with the other Ingredients and work it to a Salve and apply it Plaister-wise hot to the place renewing it every day so long as you think convenient and this is a very excellent Cure Another for the Nether Attaint Take a Piece of Filletting and bind it about the Pastern Joynt pretty hard which will cause the blister or swelling the better to appear then let out the corrupt Jelly with your Incision-Knife and crush it all out then heal it up with your Copperas water and anoint it with the green Ointment Things good in General for the Stavers Head-ach or Farcin To let Blood to hang about his Neek the Root of Amara dulcis the Juice of Sow-Fennel or Hogs Fennel squirted up his Nose or the Seed and Root of Cow-Parsnip boiled in Oyl and his Head anointed therewith The Seeds of Brank-Cresses blown up his Nostrils or Ducks-Meat applied to his Forehead made into a Poultess or his Head Bathed with the distilled water of common Elder taketh it away if it cometh of a cold cause Flea-wort bruised and applied after the same â—anner do h the like so doth Germander and Henbane bruised with Vineger and applied the dust of Tobacco blown up his Head with a large Quill or Kix causeth him to Neese which easeth him from the pain the Root of Pellitory of Spain dried and beaten to Powder and used in the same manner doth the like The Juice of Cellendine put into his Eares or Assa foetida dissolved in Brandy and put into his Eares or Verjuice and Salt put into his Eares or Groundsel and Aqua vitae stamped together and put into his Ears c. Particular Receipts for the Stavers After you have taken Blood from him take the quantity of a Hazel-Nut of sweet Butter and Salt dissolve it in a Sawcer full of white-Wine Vineger then take Lint or fine Flax dipt therein and so stop both his Eares therewith and stitch them up and let it remain there about twelve houres and he will be Cured Another Take of bitter Almonds an Ounce and a half of the Gall of an Ox two drams of black Ellebore made into fine powder a half Penniworth of Grains Castoreum Vineger and Varnish of each five drams boyl all these together till the Vineger be consumed then strain it and put it into his Eares and do as you did before Another Aqua vitae and Garlick so much as will suffice and stamp them together and put into his Ears doing as before Another Take the Seeds of Cressy of Poppy of Smallage of Pursly of Dill the Seeds only of these Herbs and take also Pepper and Saffron of each two drams make them all into fine Powder and put to them of Barley-water two quarts boiling hot from the Fire and â—et it infuse therein three houres and strain it and give him one quart thereof and his Hay sprinkled with water and the next day give him the other quart fasting and let him drink no cold water for four or five days after but only white water unless sometimes a sweet Mash and this will cure him You must Note that in this Disease of the Stavers you must be sure to let him Blood before you give him any Medicine Another After you have sharpned a small and tough Oaken or Ashen stick and made a Notch at one end like a Fork to keep it from Running so far into his Head put it into his Nostrils and Job it up and down to the top of his Head which will cause the Blood to descend freely then in the Morning fasting give him this Drink well brewed together viz. One Ounce of the Powder of Turmerick with as much of the powder of Anniseeds in a quart of strong Beer or Ale with a pint of Verjuice and a quarter of a pint of Brandy and stop his Eares with Aqua vitae and Herb-Grass beaten very well together Put an equal quantity into each Ear and stop Flox or Hurds over it to keep it down and stitch them up with a Needle and Thread and let it remain in for about twenty four houres then unstitch them and pull forth the Hurds and the next day blood him in the Neck and give him his Blood with a handful of Salt put therein well stirred together ro keep it from clotting and he is in a fair way to be cured Things good in general for the Yellows Agrimony Water-Agrimony the Bark of the black Elder Tree Hops Fennel Smallage Endive Succory-Roots Garden-Arrach Orach Asarabacca Ash-tree the Juice of Coleworts the inner Rind of the Barberry Tree or Berry Bay-berries Burr-dock Roots Wood-Bitony Bistort or â—nakeweed Red Beetes Burrage or Bugloss Butchers-broom Calamint or Montanie Mint Camomel Cardus benedictus Celandine the Juice of Cinquefoyl the Juice of Cleavers the seed of Columbines and Saffron boiled together and given him Dandelion Dodder of Thyme Eringo Flax-weed or Toad-Flax the Juice of the Flower-de-luce Fumitory the Fuzz-bush Garlick Gentian Feltwort or Baldmony the seed of Germander Groundsel the Roots of black Hellebore the yellow berries of Ivy Liver-wort Madder Maiden-hair Wall-Rue the seed both of the male and female Mercury Wilde-marjorem Worm-wood Mouse-Ear Hedge-mustardseed Cow Parsnips the Roots of Penny royal the seed of Plantine Bastard-Rubarb or the great round leaved Dock Rupture-wort Sarasens Consound or Sarasens Wound-wort Shepherds Purse the Seeds and Roots of Sorrel Spleen-wort Tamarisk Turmentil or Setfoyl Vervain Ground-Pine Myrrh Ivory or Harts horn Long-Pepper Licoris Anniseeds Ganders or Geese dung Misle-toe white Thorn the Roots of Parsley Pimpernel Chick-weed Sheeps dung steeped in Beer You are to let him blood in the first place A particular Receipt for the Yellows Take an Ouuce of Mithridate and dissolve it in a quart of Ale or Beer and give it him luke-warm But if you have no Mithridate give him two Ounces of London Treacle and for want of that two or three spoonfuls of common Treacle Another particular Receipt for the Yellows Take of Turmerick Burr-dock Roots long Pepper of each about half an Ounce Anniseeds and Licoris in fine Powder and searced of each a spoonful Celandine the Leaves and Roots one handful chopt small and strain the Celandine and put them into a quart of strong Beer and boyl them a little on the Fire and in the Cooling sweeten it with London-Treacle and put into it a
pounds and boyl them together till they look like Tarr with some Brandy and anoint the place grieved therewith Things good in General for all Colds or Coughs wet and dry or for any Consumption or Puâ—refaction of the Lungs Agrimony Bay berries Elecampane Licoris Anniseeds Long Pepper Moss of an Oaken-pale or Timber-stick boiled in Milk Briony a great purger which must be Corrected the Gum of the Cherry-tree dissolved in Ale Colts-foot hawks-weed Hore-hound Juniper berries Pellitory of the Wall given him with honey and brown sugar candy penney royal boiled in Milk Ground pine the Juice of purslain the Juice of Jack by the hedge Scabias Vervan Fennelseeds Fennegreek Cardamum Cumin Ciliris Montany Nutmegs Cloves Ginger Linseed Brimstone Germander is good for all moist Colds hempseed Raisins of the Sun sallet Oyl Garlick Tarr given him in an Egg-shell Sellendine Mustard and Allum boiled in Milk or Beer Rubarb Cassia Myrrh Herb-grass Caraway seeds Marjorem Currants Millolet Lions-foot Ladies Mantle Opoponax Galbanum Storax a hedge Hog dried in an Oven and beaten to powder and mixed with his Provender or Groundsel shred small with the powder of Anniseeds boiled in Beer Hysop Water and Salt brayed together and given him is good for a new Cold or Oyl de Bay Anniseeds and Licoris of each alike made into fine powder and sowed in a Linnen Cloth and fastned to his Bit and to ride him upon it is good to break a new Cold Ivy berries dried and beaten to powder and given in Beer the seed of bank Cresses Feltwort or Baldmony the Root of Centaury boiled in Beer and sweetned with Treacle the root of Mullin or Long-wort Ferula Rosemary bitter Almonds Grains of Paradise Lung-wort or Wood Liver-wort or take a Hen Egg after the white is taken out and fill it up with Butter Tarr and salt and put it down his Throat for three Mornings together is very good for an old Cough the powder of Angelick taken in the distilled water of Agarick and Wood-bitony mixed with common Treacle or Honey is very good the root of burrage or bugloss made into an Electuary and given is also good the Juice or the decoction of Cinquefoyl with Honey cureth the Cough of the Lungs Featherfew with the Juice of sow Fennel put into an Egg the White being taken out with brown Sugar candy or a little London Treacle and given is excellent a syrup made of the green leaves of the fruit of the Fig-tree is good for all the diseases of the Breast and Lungs Hysop boiled with Rue and Honey is good so is Lungwort Maiden-hair wilde Rotchet sugar and sallet Oyl is also very good the Liquor of the wounded beech tree given in the decoction of Colts-foot is also very good for him so is also Polipody with sugar candy Or any of these Juices with Honey and sugar candy made into a paste with the Flower of brimstone and Liquoris is very good c. Particular Receipts for Colds Take the Moss that is growing upon an Oaken pale or Timber stick one handful or better and boil it very well in three pints of new Milk with a green Root of Elecampane cut into thin and small slices with some Licorâ—s and let it boyl till the Milk be half consumed then strain it and press it throughly and as it is a cooling put into it a good piece of sweet Butter and of ordinary Treacle so much as will suffice and so give it him Blood-warm This is good also for the Head ach Frenzy Stavers Pose Cold Cough wet or dry shortness of Breath rotten Lungs Glanders Lax Leosness bloody Flux or the like Diseases You may boil them in Alâ— or Beer I mean the Ingredients you make up your Drink with Let him have this Drink three Mornings together and it will cure both his Cold and Cough wet and dry Another to take away a Cold Poze or Ratling in the Fead how violent soever without giving any inward Medicine Take a small quantity of fresh or sweet Butter and of Brimstone made into fine powder work them together till they be one entire body and of a deep yellow gold colour then take two long Goose-wing Feathers and anoinâ— them herewith to the very Quills on either side which done rowl them into more of the powder of brimstone and so put them up into either Nostril one and at the But end of the Quill put a strong packthread which must be fastned over his Pole like to the Head-stall of a bridle and ride him moderately after it about an hour and this will provoke him to snort and snuffle out of his Nose and Head much of congealed Filth which is in his head then tie him to the Rack for an hour after and this will purge his head very clean then draw forth the Feathers and he will do well keeping him warm and giving him Mashes or white Water for four or five days together This you may safely use to a Horse that is ready to Hunt or Run for any great Wager and the day is so near that you durst not give him any inward drench Another very good though short Take of Time one handful boyl it in a quarâ— of strong Ale till it come to a Pint then strain it add thereunto of ordinary Treacâ—e two spoonâ—uls and give it him Blood warm Another for a new taken Cold. Take Water and Salt and brew them well together and give it him blood-warm Another for a Cold newly taken Take a Hens Egg and make a little hole on the top to take out the White and Yolk then take Tarr and Butter of each alike and put it into the Egg after you have workt it very well together and give it him three Mornings together Another which will Cure a long taken Cold yea though it be accompanied with a dry Cough and shortness of Breath or Pursiveness and it hath done Cures that hath been held very impossible to have been effected Take of the Conserve of Elecampane three quarters of an Ounce and dissolve it in a Pint and an half of sweet Sack and give it him in the Morning fasting and ride him gently a little after and thus do several times till you find the Infirmity do decrease The kinds of this Conserve and how to make it There are two kinds thereof one is called particularly a Preserve and the other an absolute Conserve The first is Simple the other Compound both very Sovereign but the Conserve is the best They will keep a whole year close stopped The Simple you must preserve as you do all other green Roots and keep it close in a Gally Pot in its own Syrup and when you use it beat it in a Mortar together with its Syrup and refined Sugar made first into fine Powder Now your Compound or Conserve is thus made first let your Roots of Elecampane be neatly Candied and made very dry and hard and get the youngest Roots you can which must be kept also in a
Rosemary Bitony Gum Dragagant Garlick sweet Butter boiled to a pint and given him three several mornings together the pint being divided into three parts and keep him very warm and feed him with mashes and white Water or Fennel-seeds Anniseeds Licoris Bay-berries Elecampane Fennegreek Turmerick all made into fine Powder infused in Ale and sallet Oyl given him four mornings together or Hogs-Grease Dragon-wort Incense syrup of Roses dissolved in Tutsan and given him Blood-warm with moderate Exercise till he sweat General outward Applications To let him Blood either on both sides the Neck or on both the side-Veins then to take fair Water mallows smallage Rosemary Bay-leaves boiled in Water till they be soft and Bath his Body with it warm and after he is dried anoint him with this Oyntment Hogs-Grease Camomil mallows Grunsel smallage chopped small and boiled in the Grease and anoint his Body with it which will Loosen his skin or rub him against the Hâ—ir all over and lay upon him a Sack well soaked in Water and â—ers it is well drained a while lay it upon him and over that so many Cloaâ—â—â—s as will bring him to a sweat which will be the best Cause to restore him but let him not sweat above an houre at most and cool him by degrees Particular Receipts for a Hide-bound Horse After you have let him Blood to give him three or four mornings together a quart of new Milk with two spoonfuls of Honey and one Ounce of London-Treacle and let his food be warm Grains and Salt or sodden Barley or sweet Mashes Another First let him Blood in the Neck-Vein then give him this Drink Take two Handfuls of Sellandine if it be in the Summer the leaves and stalks will serve but if it be in the VVinter take leaves stalks roots and all chop them small then take a Handful of VVormwood and a Handful of Rue chop them likewise put them all into three quarts of Ale or Beer and boyl them to a quart then strain and squeeze the Herbs and dissolve into it three Quices of Treacle and give it him luke-warm and for a wâ—ek together once a day rub the Horses Body all over with Oyl and Beer or Butter and Beer against the hair and seed him with warm Mashes of Malt and Water and for his Provender let him have Barley sodden till it begin to break provided you keep it not until it soure Another Take Anniseeds Licoris Fennel-seeds Bay-berries Elecampane dried Fennegreek Turmerick of each alike made into fine Powder give him two spoonfuls of this Powder mixed in Ale or Beer one quart with two spoonfuls of Sallet-Oyl and give it him four Mornings together and the first Morning you are to give him two spoonfuls of the powder and the other three Mornings but one keep him warm and order him as a sick Horse and he will certainly be Cured Things good for a Tyred Horse in general either taken inwardly or Applied outwardly Powder of Elecampane Cinnamon Ginger Nutmegs Grains Cloves Anniseeds Fennel-seeds Sage Rosemary Mint Ruâ— Camomil Tyme half an Ounce of either of them or all of them givâ—n him in a quart of Beer or Ale or apply outwardly to his Back Arâ—mart laid under his Saddle and his Back rubbed therewith and if he hath any life in him this will make him go Or to take three or four round pebble stones and put into his Ear and Tie them fast in and the noise of them will make him go Or to make a hole in the Flap of his Ear and thrust a long stick full of Nicks through the same and to saw and fret him with it and while he hath any life left him â—e will go or to Tâ—e a bunch of Penny royal to his bit and it will keep him from Tyring An Ounce of the Powder of Bitony mixed with Honey and Vineger given him is very refreshing Simples that are good in general for to comfort the Sinews Arteries and Joynâ—s â—fter Travel Cold or Pain A Poultess made of Pellitory of the Wall with Mallows or marsh-Mallows boiled in the Grounds of strong Beer with the Flower of Wheat and Bran and some Oyl of Roses put thereto and laid upon them hot restoreth any bruised Sinew Tendon or Muscle to their strength again A Decoction of Mug-wort with Camomil and Agrimony and his Limbs hathed therewith while it is warm is a very good help for them so is the Herb Ladies bread or the Flower made into a Bath and used as before is very good so is Oaken Moss boiled in the Grounds of Beer and applied to them c. Particular Receipts for a Tyred Horse Take half an Ounce of Elecampane powdred and give it him in a quart of Ale and Tie his Head to the Rack and Provender him well at Night Or a bunch of Penny-royal Tied to the Bit or Snaffle is very comfortable to him and will cause him to Travel lustily Another Take the powder of Bay-berries and mix it with Hogs-grease and Bath his Limbs very well with it doth wonderfully refresh him Of Purgation and their Uses vide my First Part. Scourings in general and in particular vide my First Part. Things good in general for a hot Stomach Bilberries Barberries given inwardly or to wash his Tongue with vineger or to give him cold Water mingled with Vineger or to give him Miâ—k and Wine mingled together with some Mel Rosatum the Decoction of Endive Grunsel Hawkweed Kidney-wort Garden Sorrel Sow-thistles c. Things good in general for a cold Stomach Bay-berries Angelica Caraway-seeds Garden Chervil Clary Mace Cinnamon Grains of Paradice Saffron Pepper Cloves Ginger Elecampane two drams of the dried Root of Lovage is good for it Particulâ—r Receipts for the Stomach If his Stomach be cold give him Wine and Oyl mixt together divers Mornings together or other Farriers give Wine Rue Sage and Oyl boyled together or to add to the former Compound white Pepper and Mirrh or to give him pilled Onions Chopt and Rochet-seed boiled in Wine but to conclude for general forsaking and loathing of Meat proceeding from hot or cold then give him Blades of Corn in good quantity Things good for a Blood-Spaven To Cure it first shave away the hair on both side the Swelling so far as it goes then take up the Thigh-Vein and let it Bleed well which done Tie the Vein above the Orifice and let the Vein bleed from below what it will whereby the Blood which was Assembled about the Spaven place is by this means sent away Then with your Fleam or Incision Knife make two Incisions in the lower part of the Swelling and after prick two or three holes in each side of the Hough where the â—pavâ—n is that so the Medicine may take the better effect and when the Blood and Water hath vented away so much as it will do bind roâ—nd about it Plaister-wise the Whites of Eggs and Bolearmoniack very well beaten together either upon Hurds or Linnen Cloth
boyl some Cinnamon Pepper Nutmegs Ginger and Bay-berries in it But if you find that he will not purge at all which is very unlikely then ride him to some green Corn that is not Eared or for want of that some four Grass and let him â—eed thereon about a quarter of an hour then ride him gently home and set him up warm and you shall find him purge very kindly without any danger The Receipt for the Scratches After you have thus purged him clip off the Hair as close from his Heels as you can then scrape off all the scabs till they bleed and wash them with Brine or Chamberly and Salt scalding hot Then take a quarter of a pound of Brimstone half a quarter of a pound of green Copperas beaten to Powder or a quarter of a pound of Goose-grease a penniworth of Tarr boyl all these together in a very large Pipkin or else they will boyl over let them boyl about a quarter of an hour then take a Rag and Tie it to a stick and dip it into it and put it all over the raw Places scalding hot and dress it every other day making his Feet first clean by washing off the stuff with scalding Brine or Chamberly and Salt and the Scabs picked off and in three or four Dressings it will Cure them be they never so bad provided you keep him out of the VVater during his Cure If you find his Legs not very much swelled you need not purge him Another very good but not so certain but more proper for the Killing and shealing of all manner of Scabs growing about a Horses Legs After you have Clipped off the Hair of his Legs very close and rubbed off the Scabs with a Thumb-Rope of Hay and washed them with scalding Chamberly and Salt or with scalding Brine and when he is dry anoint him with this Ointment here under written VVhen you come to use it mix with it as you use it some Oyl of Turpentine for it will be much the better 'T is this take a pound of tried Hogs Grease with a quarter of a Pint of â—rain Oyl and boyl these things in it very well after they are beaten to fine powder viz. Dyer-Galls five of Verdegrease Bolearmoniack green Copperas Allum Brimstone two wilde Briar-Balls a Red Herring chopped small throe or four sprigs of Rosemary and as many of Rue mix them as equally as you can I mean the rest of the Ingredientâ— only Brimstone excepted which you should have most of about half a pound weight of all of them together is enough After your Hogs-grease is melted and the rest of the Ingredients boiled for some time in it then put in two or three penniworth of Tart and boyl that with it which will take away the ill Sent of all the rest of the Ingredients when you have well boyl'd it strain it out into a Pot and keep it for your use Observation upon it When you dress his Legs with it anoint him well with it over-night and rub it off with a Thumb-Rope of Hay the next Morning very easily for this Ointment will sheal them off extraordinarily then wash it with scalding Brine and at Night anoint him again with the same Ointment keep him dry during the Cure Another that Cureth not only the Scratches but also all rotten and broken Cuts and puâ—rified Sinews After you have Ordered him as in Observations how to Order him in this Disease take half a pound of English Honey one Ounce of black Pepper beaten about thirty Cloves of peeled Garlick bruise and mix them very well together in a wooden Bowl or Stone Mortar till they come to a Salve and apply it to the grieved place spread upon a brown Paper doubled two or three times double and put over that a Linnen Cloth sowed fast to keep it from coming off Bind also over that a Thumb band of wet Hay and about two or three days after take all off and make clean the grieved place very well with warm Beef-Broth Do this three or four times after this manner and it will certainly Cure them conditionally you give him a Drench or two of the Drink that is called A Drink to Cure the most malignant Farcy that is The Vertues of this Salve It will not only kill this Disease but also draw cleanse and knit Sinews together in a very strange and wonderful manner A most Excellent Water not only good for this Infirmity but also for sore Heels Sellender or Mallender and to cleanse and heal any Wound or Sore by drying up the evil Humour that abounds therein After you have boiled a quart of Conduit or spring-Spring-water and scummed off the filth that shall arise on the top take it off the Fire and put it up into a Bottle with two Ounces of white Copperas and three Ounces of the powder of burnt Allum When you use it shake the Glass to make it all alike and apply it warm to the place grieved and wrap a Linnen Rag dipt in Water about the Mallender three or four times double This Water will keep many years for the Older it is the better Things good in general for Foundring First pare all his Soles so thin that you may see the quick then let him Blood at every Toe and let them Bleed well then stop the Vein with Tallow and Rozâ—n and having Tackt hollow Shooes on his Feet stop them with Bran Tarr and Tallow as boiling hot as may be and renew it once in two days for a Week together then exercise him much and his Feet will come to their Use and Nimbleness or after he is pared thin and let Blood at his Toes stop his Feet with Cowes-dung Kitchins Fee Tarr and Soot Boiled together and poured boiling hot into them If you Travel your Horse you must stop him with it cold and add unto it the white of an Egg or two for that will take away the heat of the former days Journey Or to stop his Feet with Tow dipt in an Ointment made of Turpentine Sallet-Oyl Verdegrease Wax and Hogs-grease If he be newly Foundred give him with a Horn a Pint of fair Water with a handful of Salt in it but if you stay three or four days or longer then give him of Hellebore a spoonful of Saffron a penniworth of Assâ—foetida and of Soap of Venice two drams a little of the Seed of Bay all made into Powder and given him in a Pint of Vineger blood-warm and cover him with a wet Cloth and Cloath him warm and Tie him up to the Rack that he neither lie down nor Vomit and let him Sweat an Hour and cool him by degrees Particular Receipts for the Cure of a Foundred Horse For a Horse Foundred in his Feet let him Blood in the Neck Breast and Spur Veins and take two quarts of Blood from him with which make this Charge as followeth Take the Blood and put into it eight new laid Eggs shells and all beat them well
Root of the black Hellebore bâ—aten to powder and strowed upon them consumeth the dead Flesh instantly the leaves of True-Love or one Berry Knape-weed Knot-Grass Ladies Mantle Money-wort or the Herb Two-pence the Juice of the Leaves or Roots of Nettles is good to wash all rotten and stinking Sores Fistulaes and Gangrenes and such as are fretting eating or corroding scabs or manginess in any part of the Body the Root of Cow Parsneps scraped upon the hard skin of a Fistula will take it away the Juice of Pellitory of the Wall Pimpernel Ground-pine or Champepitis the Juice of Plantine Queen of the Medows the Juice of Rag-wort or Rag-weed the red Rattle-grass Winter Rochet or Winter-Cresses the Juice of wild Sage the Juice of Sâ—razens Wound-wort It is good for Ulcers in the Mouth and Throat be it never so foul and stinking and so is Sanicle the powder of Savin is good to cleanse them but it keeps them from healing the Juice of Scabius the Juice of Garden Succory Self-heal is good to cleanse Sores and is good for Ulcers in the Mouth and Throat so is the Juice of Smallage put to Honey of Roses the Juice of Sorrel or Wood sorrel is good for Ulcers and Cankers the Juice of the Tamarisk Tree Vervain the Juice of the Leaves of the Wall-Nut Tree or the Water of them distilled in Ale is good to cleanse and Cure â—oul Running Sores Wheat-Flower mixed with the Yolk of an Egg Honey and Turpentine doth draw and heal any Bile Plague Sore or any running â—oul Ulcer Roch Allom and Bay-salt burned to powder and beaten together and mixed with Cummin and Honey keep it for your use and apply it either Tent-wise or Plaister-wise which will heal any old Sore the Oyl of Turpentine is good likewise for the same purpose the Juice of Beets Calafoma or Calofonia the Ashes of Garlick strowed upon them the powder of Cellendine or Verdegrease Vineger and Honey mingled together upon the Fire but if you intend to make it stronger put to it some Mercury Sublimate and Arsnick beaten to powder but the other may be applied to the Mouth and he receive no danger or white-Wine Vineger Mercury Precipitate Camphire green Treacle Sage Yarrow and Ribwort with Honey and Hogs-grease boiled together till half be consumed and strain it and wash the Wound with the Liquor or take four quarts of Cole-trough water boyl it and skin it then boyl it over again after you have strained it with white Copperas Allom and Verdegrease of each a pound beaten to powder and when it is clear put it into a Glass for your use The powder which remaineth at the bottom keep by it self for it will heal up any Old Sore or take Roman Vitriol Roch Allom and Rose-water boiled till they become as hard as a stone and strow this powder upon it is excellent good but to break a Fistula take Brook lyme Mallows Arsmart of each alike boiled in Chamber-Lye till they be soft and apply it to the Swelling and renew it not in two or three days But to Cure a Canker take red Grape leaves Bramble-leaves Honey-suckle leaves Allom Columbine â—eaves Sage leaves boiled in Water and wash the sore till it bleed or Verdegrease Butter and Salt melted scaldâ—ng hot and pour it into the Fistula and use it till all the Flesh look red then tent it with Verdegrease Allom Wheat-flower and the Yolks of Eggs beaten and mingled together and skin it with Barm and Soot mixt together or Loam-Wall and Wine Vinegâ—r put hot upon the sore is good to ripen and heal it or Butter Rozin and Frankincense made boiling hot and poured into the Wound and for a Fistula in the Head dip a Lock of Wooll in the Juice of the Housâ—eek and put it into his Eare and put Hurds upon it and Tie it cloâ—e and this will break it or â—alt mixed with Butter or Water and salt put into his Ear will do the like Particular Receipts for the Cure of a Fistula After you have searched it to the bottom with a Probe of Lead or some other thing which will bend wheresoever the Concavity of the Sorrance leadeth it and when you have found the bottom let it be opened downwards if it may be possibly done to the end the Corruption may the better issue out then tent it two or three days with tried Hogs-grease to cause the hole to be the wider then inject this Water following Take of Sublimate and of Precipitate of each as much as will lie upon a three-pâ—nce of Allom and of white Copperas of each three Ounces burn all these in an Earthen Pot but first rub the bottom with a little Oyl to keep it from burning this done burn them together then take two quarts of fair clear Water boyl it first by it self and scum it in the boyling then take it from the Fire and put in as much of this powder as will lie upon a shilling at twice and thus it is made bâ—t if you would have it stronger then take fair water and Smiths water of each alike and of white Wine vineger a third part with the Ashes of Ashen-wood make Lye of them with the Water and Vineger and so make your Water with this Powder and Lye in the former Ingredients according as before is taught you inject this water with a Syringe into the Sorrance and in a short time it will both kill the Fistula and heal it up and is an approved and infallible Cure Another Take a Pint of the best Honey an Ounce of Verdegrease beaten to powder and boyl them together three quarters of an hour then strain it into a Gally-Pot and keep it for your use This is a very precious Ointment to tent a Fistula or Poll-evil for it searcheth it to the bottom and eateth away all dead and evil Flesh which causeth it to heal the better A Water for a Fistula Take a Pint of the best white-Wine you can get or for want of that white-Wine Vineger or Verjuice and put a good handful of Sage-leaves bruised into it After you have boiled it pretty well strain out the Sage from the Wine and dissolve into it about an Ounce and a half of Roman Vitriol half an Ounce of burnt Allom and half an Ounce of the fine powder of Verdegrease When it is cool put it in a Glass and keep it close stopped for your use When you dress the Sore let it be very warm and Syringe it very well to the bottom once or twice a day and in five or six Weeks it will be Cured Another Receipt for a Fistula Take of Roch Allom and bay Salt burnt of each half an Ounce the leaves of Rag-weed and Elder-tops what you think fitting according to the Concavity of the Sore bruise and mix them very well together with a handful or two of Grey Snails shells and all and stop the Hole full of it to the bottom having first washed and cleansed it very
good in General to keep the Flies off a Horses Head To anoint his Head with Oyl and Bay-berries mingled together or to rub his Head all over with the water wherein Rue hath been steeped in after it is well bruised or to anoint his Head or round about his Eyes with Lynseed Oyl and it will keep them away or with the water wherein Devils dung hath been dissolved is the best of all or with the water of Pellitory of Spaein or the leaves of Ivy bruised with a little Water and his Head washed therewith Things good in General for the Cure of the Leprosie or Mange To take Blood first from the Neck-Vein good store and scrape away the Scurf with an old Curry-eomb Oyster-shell or such like then these things you are to use as your discretion serves Staves-acre Chickweed Elecampane Mercury Sublimate the leaves of Bramble boyled in Lye Cow-Piss the powder of the dried root of Briony the powder of the red Dock or the powder of Arsnick Resalgar or white Mereury mixed with Hogs grease till it be killed Urine Tobaccho and Brimstone boiled together is very good or Salt Verdegrease Allum Verjuice and Train Oyl boiled together and anoint him therewith or Broom Wormwood Mustard-seed Elecampane Chimney-soot and black Soap boyled together or the Juice of Hemlock unslackt Lyme Pepper and Ginger boiled in Beef-broth and anointed therewith is very good Particular Receipts for the Mange Take a quart of fair Running Water and put into it half a pound of green Copperas and an Ounce of Allum and an Ounce of Tobaccho chopped small then boyl them together till they come to somwhat more then a Pint and anoint him all over with it very warm after you have rubbed off the Scabs and Tie him to the Rack three or four houres twice dressing him cures him Or the Ashes of the Bark of the Ash Tree made into a Lie and the Body washed therewith Calamint taken inwardly the Decoction of the Leaves of the Fig tree wilde Flower c. Another First let Blood then take a quart of old Urine or Vineger and break it into a quarter of a pound of Tobaccho and set it on the Embers to stew all Night and wash the infected places whether it be in the Mane or otherwise Another for any Mange or Vniversal Leprosie in a soul Surfeited Horse After you have let him Blood and scraped off the Scabs or Scurf take of Verjuice and Vineger a Pint Cow-Piss a Pint Train Oyl a Pint old Urine a Pint and put to them a Handful of wilde Tansie and a Handful of Bay-salt a quarter of a pound of Brimstone as much Allum two Ounces of Verdegrease and four Ounces of Bolearmoniack boyl all well together with this very hot wash him well and if you put to it a quantity of a Pint of Blood you take away it is not amiss do this twice or thrice Another Take Mother of Salt Peter the best and strongest and wash the Sores therewith so hot as he is able to suffer it and in three or four times dressing it will cure him this will not only kill the Mange but all Scratches Pains and Rats-tails c. Another Take of Sopers Lees and after you have scraped away the Scurf wash him with it and in once or twice dressing he will be well it cures the Mange not only in Horses but also Dogs provided they get not to it with their Mouth An inward Drink with an outward Application which I think is the best Remedy that can be Invented for this Disease Take Anniseeds and Turmerick of each an Ounce finely beaten of the blackest Rozin powdered one Ounce put them into a quart of strong Beer heated luke-warm and give it him in the Morning lasting with a little of the Flower of Brimstone at the Mouth of every Horn you give him not exceeding above an Ounce in all and let him fast four or five houres after it and Order him afterwards as you do a sick Horse About two or three days after his Drink when he hath a little recruited and recovered his strength again apply this outward application but first curry off all the Scabs with an old Curry-comb till the blood and water appear viz. Take Oyl of Turpentine and Beer of equal parts alike with some Flower of Brimstone well shaked and Jumbled together in a Glass Vial to incorporate them the better and anoint him all over with it Tying him first with a strong Bridle to the Rack to prevent him from biting at it for it is a very terrifying biting and sharp Medicine and will torment him for about half an hour or more and then the smarting will be over If you find your Horse full of good and in heart you may venture to give him two or three of these Drinks and Ointings if you see the Cure will not be performed without them but if he be a very poor lean Horse then one is enough till he hath recovered more heart and strength Things good in general for the Cure of the Scab Tetter or Ring-worm The water that is â—ound in the hollow places of a decayed Beech-tree and annoint him with it the Juice of the leaves and roots of stinking Gladwin one part of Plantine water and two parts of the Brine of Beef boyled together and clarified and anoint him with it Plum-tree leaves boyled in Vineger killeth Tettars the Juice of the Root of Monks Rubarb which is a kind of Dock some call it Garden-Patience is very good the Oyl of Wheat pressed between two thick Plates of Copper the Juice of Mercury mingled with Vineger Water-cresses the Roots of Docks boiled in Vineger and bathed therewith Cardimonium mixt with Vineger To make a strong Lye of old Urine Ash Keys and green Copperas and bathe the Knots therewith and it will kill and heal them or to cut the Head and Tail of a Snake and cut it into small Pieces and roast it and anoint the Sore with the Grease of it and it will heal it in a shor time and have a care you touch no place but the Sorrance for it will venom Particular Receipts to Cure the Tettar or Ring-worm Take two drams of Precipitate and put it into a small Vial-Glass with fair water much more then will cover the powder keep it close stopped and with this Water twice a day wash it and it will infallibly Cure it and after you have dressed the Sorrance shake the Glass and let it stand till the next dressing But if it be in any fleshy part you may kill it by Bathing the Sorrance with the Juice of Southern-wood Maudlin and Rue of each alike stamped together and strained and Bathe the place with it twice a day till it be whole Another Take the roots of Elecampane and the roots of red Docks of each alike slice them thin and put them into three quarts of Urine with two Handfuls of Bay-salt let it boil till one quart be
the Juice of Sage Morning and Evening in Wine or Ale but if he be outwardly venomed bruise the Sage and apply it to the grieved part twice a day and it will take out the Venom Things good in General for Vlcers Tarr Hogs-Grease green or white Copperas Salt-Peter Bees Wax Honey Rozin Verdegrease Linseed Oyl all boiled together and make a Salve of it and dress it with it Euphorbium Mastick French Soap is good or to wash the Sore with white Wine and green Copperas dissolved together and to heal it up with Swines Grease the Leaves of Lillies beaten in a Mortar and make a Salve of it and lay it upon the Sore and cover it with a Plaister or Loam and Horse dung mixed with Pepper and the white of an Egg or to strow upon the Sore of the powder of Galls or to scald it once a day with Sallet-Oyl or Sack Frankincense Cloves green Copperas and Brimstone and double as much Myrrh as any of them and put it upon a Chafing-dish of Coals and receive the smoke of it upon Hurds and keep it close in a Box and when you use it wash the Sore with Urine or Vineger twice a day Things good in General for a Vlcer or Canker in the Nose Green Copperas and white Copperas with some Allum boiled in Running water and squirted into his Nostrils luke-warm three or four times one after another is good but if the Canker be hot and very burning with great pain then take the Juice of Purslain Night-shade Lettice and mix them together and wash the Sore with a fine Cloth dipt therein or else squirted up his Nostils and it will allay the heat of it Or to take Sage Rue Hysop of each a Handful and seethe them in Urine and Water and strain it out and put into it a little white Copperas Honey and Aquavitae and wash or squirt it into the place But if the Canker be killed heal it with this Water take of Rib-wort Bitony and Dasies of each a Handful and Seethe them well in Wine and Water and wash the Sore therewith Or take Chrystal made into fine Powder and strow upon it Pauls Bitony bruised is very good Things good in General to Cure the Vives To Cut a Hole where the Kernels are and pick them out with a Wire and â—â—ll the Hole with Salt and at three days end it will run then wash it with the Juice of Sage and heal it up with an Ointment made of Hony Butter and Tarr or with your green Ointment in my First Part or to wash the Sore wherein hath been boiled green Copperas and Allum and to Taint it with Flax dipt in the white of an Egg beaten to an Oyl or to heal it up with Hogs Grease Turpentine and Wax molten together or take a Spunge dipped in white-Wine Vineger and bind to the Sore and renew it twice a day till the Kernels do Rot then open the nethermost part of the softness and let the corruption out and fill the Hole with Salt finely brayed and the next day wash away the Filth with warm water and the next day after wash the Sore with Honey and Fitch-flower mingled together till it be whole Particular Receipts for the Cure of the Vives Take Tar tried Hogs-Grease Bay-Salt and Frankincense powdered of each as much as will suffice melt them together and with a Clowt fastned to a stick scald the place four or five Mornings together until the inflamed places do become soft and ripe then slit the Skin with your Incision-Knife and let forth the Corruption and heal up the Sore with tried Hogs-grease and Verdegrease made up into fine Powder melt them upon the Fire and let it not boyl more then a Waum or two then put in some ordinary Turpentine and so stir all together till it be cold and anoint the Sorrance with it till it be whole Another which is the best Cure for it Take a penniworth of Pepper beaten to fine Powder Swines Grease a spoonful the Juice of a Handful of Rue Vineger two spoonfuls mix them very well together and convey it equally into both the Eares of the Horse and so Tie or stitch them up then shake his Eares that the Medicine may sink downwards which done let him Blood in the Neck-Vein and Temple-Veins and this is an infallible Cure Another very good for the same The Vives are Cured several manner of ways as you find by the Receipts above but the most usual and common way that our Smiths generally use for the Cure of this Infirmity is for to let Blood on both sides the Neck-Veins then to sear the Swelling with a small hot Iron from the Root of the Ear down to the bottom of it till the Skin look yellow the manner and form of the Searing-Iroh must be somewhat like the shape and fashion of a great Arrows Head as you see by the Figure in the Margin with three or four small Lines or Stroaks on each side drawn from the Body of it After you have seared it to take out the Heat of the Fire and to make it sound again anoint it with fresh Butter or Hogs-Grease and he will do well What is good to Cure the Arraistes or Rats-tails which is a kind of Scratches To Ride him till he be warm which will make the Veins to swell and the better to appear then let him Blood on the Fet-lock Veins on both sides making him to bleed well and the next day after to wash the Sores with warm water and then clip away all the Hair from about the Sores and anoint the grieved place with this Ointment viz. Take green Copperas and Verdegrease of each two Ounces and of Common Honey four Ounces beat your Copperas and Verdegrease very small and so work them with your Honey to an Ointment and anoint the Sores daily with it till it be whole Things good in General for the Cure of the Wind-Cholick Alheal True-love or one Berry the Berries of Holly Holm or Hulver-Bush Juniper-Berries the Flowers of Lavender steeped in Wine wilde Parsnips Jack by the Hedge Winter and Summer Savory but the Summer is the best Burnet Saxafrage the leaves of the Willow-tree bruised and the Juice given with some Pepper in Beer Cardamum Fennegreek Hawes beaten to powder Rue Cloves Cinnamon an Onion peeled and Jagged and put it into his Fundament or to give him a Pipe of Tobaccho at his Fundament lighted and the Wind of his Body will draw it out If you intend to see more of this Nature look for Cholick Angelica Wood-bittony Mullen Mustard-seed Centaury A Plaister to lay upon the Wound to keep in the Taint or Salve Take Pitch Rozin Mastick Turpentine Hogs grease of each so much as will suffice melt them together and keep it for your use when you use it spread it upon Leather and cover the wound therewith this Salve doth infinitely comfort a Wound both green or old be the same Fistula or
otherwise Things good in General to Cure the Wind-Galls To open them the length of a Bean and thrust out the Jelly then take the White of an Egg and Oyl-de bay and mix them together and apply it with Hurds Plaister-wise and in three or four days thus dressing it will be Cured and after you have opened it and the Jelly squeezed out to lay Pitch and Rozin melted together upon it and to clap some Hurds upon that This is a very good Cure To lay to it Oyl de-bay Turpentine Verdegrease the white of an Egg and Red Lead boiled together till they become a Salve or the Roots of Cummin beaten with Salt and laid to it or to anoint them with the Juice of Onions or Leeks or Ground-Ivy and Wormwood sodden in white-Wine and laid to them or after the Jelly is let out to Lap a wet woollen Cloth about it and with a Tailors hot Pressing Iron rub upon the Cloth till all the moisture is dried up then daub all over it Pitch Mastick and Rozin boiled together and lay Hurds upon it In all these kind of Cures you must first shave away the Hair and open the Sorrance and squeeze forth the Jelly before you lay any Charge to it and to keep him out of the Water during the Cure Particular Receipts for the Cure of the Wind-Gall Take Tachamahaca Mastick Perozin of each the quantity of a Hazel-Nut and of Stone Pitch to the quantity of a Wall-Nut with a little Brimstone powdered melt all these together and when it is molten put in as much Turpentine as a Wall-Nut will contain and spread it upon a Plaister and lay it to the place warm and daub it all over with the same Salve and Flox upon that and let it remain on till it fall away of it self Another Take of Oyl of Vineger and dip your Thumb therein and rub the Sorrance with it every day till the Hair do fall off which will cause the Wind-galls to break out and bleed then heal and cure them as you have been already taught Another for the Cure of the Wind-Galls Take about half a Pint of white-Wine Vineger one Ounce of Roman Vitriol one Ounce of Mastick one dram of white Copperas and one ounce and a dram of Euphorbium boyl all these together till a fourth part be consumed then strain it out and put it into a Glass close stopped and keep it for your use The manner of using it is to rub about a spoonful of it upon each side where they are for three or four days together and not clip away the Hair A Purgation for a Horse Sick of Grease or Costiveness Take a Pint of old white-Wine and set it on the Fire and dissolve into it a Lump of Castle Soap as big as a Hens Egg and stir them well together then take it off and put into it two good spoonfuls of Hemp-seed beaten an Ounce of Sugar-candy beaten to powder and brew all together then having warmed the Horse to stir up nis Grease and other foul humors give it to him to drink and walk him up and down a little after it to make the potion work then set him up warm and after a little stirring him in his Stall if he grow sickish give him liberty to lie down then after two houres fasting give him a sweet Mash and feed as at other times Or if you find him sick give him a pint of warm milk down his throat and he will be quickly well For Costiveness Rake out his hard dung then boyl an Ounce of each of these things in a quart of Beer viz. Anniseed Fennegreek Linseed and the powder of Piony and give him a Pint of it luke-warm To Cure a Horse that is swelled after Blood-letting Take Lynseed Oyl Hogs-grease and red Lead mixt together and melt them together over the Fire keeping them stirring till it becomes cold or else the red Lead will sink all to the bottom then rub it once a day well in with your Finger till the swelling be down and this will dissolve the hardest Knot that is If it be in the Winter you must heat it in with a hot Fire-shovel but if it be in the Summer the Sun will do the same thing Another for a Horse that hath taken Cold after Blood-letting Or that hath been Prickt by some rusty Fâ—eam so that it wrankles Take Soap and Brandy and dissolve them together cold and wash the place with it is good for them so is the Ointment or Oyl of Populeon the place grieved being anointed with it Or Pitch both white and black of equal parts alike melted together and applied hot upon the end of a Lath and Flox or Hurds stuck upon it while they come off of themselves is also a very good Cure Things good to Cure a Bone-Spaven Though this is a very hard thing to Cure yet I shall give you such Receipts as I find in an Eminent Author First take up the Vein which feeds it and let him Bleed well and do no more to him that day the next day shave away the Hair from off it and rub it hard with a Rowling Pin having first anointed the place with Petroeleum and chafed it well with your Hand or some other round and smooth stick Morning and Evening for four days together and at the fourth days end slit down the Skin with your Incision-Knife the full length of the Spaven but be very careful you touch not the great Artery or Vein both which do lie very near for if you do but hurt that you Maim the Horse past all recovery having thus done lay to the place the Herb called Flamula bruise it and bind it on so fast that it fall not off in two days more Then for three days after take Cantharides and Euphorbium and incorporate them well together being before beaten to powder with black Soap and Bay-Salt and lay this to the place and thus dress it every Morning and this will lay the Bone and Crust bare After take Fearn roots Hounds-tongue and Boars Grease incorporate all these together and lay to the place till you perceive the Crust to be loose and to be wasted and now and then try to Loosen it with your Cornet or other Instrument and if you can conveniently take it off do so which done heal up the Wound with your green Ointment prescribed in my First Part. But if you find a Swelling begin to arise in the Spaven place whereby you suspect it then for the prevention thereof after you have first shaved away the hair anoint the place with natural Balsam for two or three days together then repress the humour with this Charge take three Ounces of the Oyl of Roses Bole-armoniack one Ounce Wheat Flower half an Ounce and the White of an Egg Make all these into one Body and every day after you have anointed it with Balsam lay on the said Charge Things good in General for all manner of Burnings or
its own accord without any Impediment for Lead is of that Nature that it will not Canker then to kill the Fire drop in some Varnish into it with a Feather to the bottom and stop up the Mouth of the Wound with some soft Flax dipt likewise in the same then charge all the swollen place with this Charge Take of Bolearmoniack a quartern of Linseed beaten into powder half a pound of Bean-flower as much and three or four Eggs shells and all and of Turpentine a quartern and of Vineger a quart mingle them well together upon the Fire and being somewhat warm charge all the sore place with part thereof and clap a Cloth upon it to keep the Wound warm continuing so doing every day for four or five days together then at the fifth days end leave anointing it and taint it to the bottom with a Taint dipt in Hogs-grease and Turpentine melted together renewing once or twice every day till the Fire is killed which you shall perceive by the Mattering of the Wound and by falling of the Swelling for so long as the Fire hath the upper Hand no thick Matter will Issue forth but only a thin yellowish water neither will the Swelling asswage and then of Turpentine washed in nine several Waters half a pound and put thereto three Yolks of Eggs and a little Saffron and Taint it with this Ointment renewing it every day once till the Wound be whole but if the Shot be got quite through the Wound then take a few Weavers Linnen Thrums made very knotty and dipping them first in Varnish draw them through the Wound running them up and down in the Wound at least twice or thrice a day and charging the Wound on either side upon the swollen places with the Charge aforesaid until you perceive that the Fire is killed then clap on a comfortable Plaister upon one of the Holes and Taint the other with a saint in the Salve made of washt Turpentine Eggs and Saffron as is beforesaid Some Farriers use to kill the Fire with the Oyl of Cream and to heal up the Wound with Turpentine Wax and Hogs grease melted together or to kill it with Snow-water and charge the swelled place with Cream and Barm beaten together and to heal up the Wound by dipping a Taint in the Yolk of an Egg Honey Saffron well beaten together Of Bones being broken and out of Joynt to Cure If your Horse hath any broken Bone then take a double strong Can vass which ought to be as broad as the Horses Fore-shoulders to his Flanks then you shall have another double Canvas which shall come from between his fore-Booths up to the top of the Wither whereas meeting with the rest of the Canvass and having very strong Loops and Ropes fastned to them sling him up upon some Beam no higher then that his Feet may touch the Ground and if it be a fore-Leg that is broken raise him up then higher before then behind and if a hinder then a little higher behind then before so that he may rest most upon the Members most sound when he is thus slung put the Bone into the right place and wrap it close up with unwashed Wooll newly pulled from the Sheeps Back bound fast to the Leg with a smooth Linnen Rowler soaked before in Oyl and Vineger mingled together and look that your Rowler lie as smooth and as plain as may be and upon that again lay more Wooll dipt in Oyl and Vineger and then Splint it with three broad smooth and strong Splints binding them fast at both ends with a Thong and be sure to keep out his Leg streight for the space of fourty days and Loosen not the Bones above thrice in twenty days unless it shrink and so require to be new drest and bound again and fail not to pour on every day through the Splints Sallet Oyl and Vineger mingled together and if at the fourty days end you find that the broken Places be soddered together with some hard Knob or Gristle then loose the bands and ease the Canvass so as the Horse may tread more firmly upon his fore-Foot which if he doth loose him altogether and let him go up and down fair and gently using from henceforth to anoint the place with soft Crease or to take of Liquid Pitch one pound of Wax two Ounces of the purest and finest part of Frankincense one Ounce of Amoniacum four Ounces of dry Rozin and of Galbanum of each one Ounce of Vineger two pints Boyl first the Vineger and Pitch together then put in the Amoniacum dissolved first in Vineger and after that the aforesaid Drugs and being united in one strain it and make into a Plaister and use it according to your occasion or to take a quart of old Sallet Oyl and put to it of Hogs-grease and of Spicma Nitre of each one pound boiled together till they begin to bubble above then take it from the Fire and when you use it let it be chafed in very hot and then the former Plaister solded about it which is very comfortable for a broken Bone A Bath very good for broken Bones To a Gallon of standing Lye put to it these things here under-written viz. Knot Grass two Handfuls Plantine two Handfuls Comfrey a Handful Wormwood a Handful Boyl these very well in the Lye and while it is warm Bathe the afflicted Member therewith and give him also at the same time inwardly the Buds of Elder gathered in March boiled in running Water for several Mornings together in half a Hornful of Sallet Oyl and Vineger and it will much avail to the Knitting of the Bones A Receipt to Cure a Stifled Horse After you have Tied down his Head to the Manger then take a Cord and fasten it to the Pastern of the stisled Leg and draw his Leg forwards and so the Bone will come right by helping it with your hand which being in your care then must be to keep it in with your hand and then Tie the other end of the Cord to the Rack so as he may not put back his Leg to dislocate the Bone for an hour or two after till it be setled and dressed wherefore let his Keeper stand by him all the while lest he should lie down or be unruly Take Pitch which you must have molten in a Pot in a readiness and with a Glout upon a stick anoint his Stifling three or four inches broad at the least and ten Inches long and presently before the Pitch can cool have a strong Piece of new Canvass cut fit for that purpose which being made very warm by a Fire clap it upon the place so neatly that the Bone cannot go forth again This Plaister must not lie towards the Flank and Foot long-ways but cross-ways upon the Joynt as it were about the Thigh otherwise it cannot hold in the Bone Having thus done anoint the Plaister on the out-side all over with the said Molten Pitch and whilst it
Cured Let him first bleed under the Tail then take of Mares Milk two quarts or the Milk of a red Cow then take a Lump of Arement then take a young Horse about the Age of fonr years and of colour black if it may be if not of some other colour run and chafe him about till he sweat much then with a Spoon or some other Instrument Rake off the Sweat from off his Head Neck Breast Back Sides Ribs Buttocks Legs and in each part or member where you can get off any and so put your Arement and your Sweat into the Milk mixing them well together and by equal Portions give it him three Mornings together till he hath taken it all and let him drink no drink after it in six or seven houres and immediately after his Drink lead him forth into some Pasture where other Horses be to sneeze stale or dung to empty himself which is very wholesom for him so to do before he either eats or drink then set him up warm and well Littered and if the Season do serve give him of the green Blades of Rye if not give him Barley steeped in Milk three days but renewed every day once Then after every of these Drinks if you feel him cold in the Pastern Joynts or that he trippeth or stumbleth as you lead him in your hand do no more to him for he is past Cure Otherwise for nine days together after Morning and Evening give him white Water only unless now and then a sweet Mash and somtimes give him Milk with his white Water if he be not above nine years old this will prolong his life whereby he may do the more service Mr. Grey declares that this Receipt a Knight taught him who recovered sundry Horses with it Swaying in the Back Take of the Fat of the fruit of the Pine-tree two Ounces of Olibanum three Ounces of Rozin four Ounces of Pitch four Ounces of Bole-Armoniack an Ounce and of Sanguis Draconis half an Ounce incorporate all these well together and lay it Plaister-wise all over the Reins of his Back and let it remain till it fall off of it self Another most Excellent Receipt for Swaying a Weakness in the Back These Infirmities are seldom or never perfectly Cured But the best Help for them that I know of is to give him inwardly some strengthning things as common Turpentine made up into Balls with the powder of Bolearmoniack and powder of the dried leaves of Clary and to apply outwardly at the same time all over the Reins of his Back these strengthning Charges viz Oxycrocium and Paracelsus melted together Or Coleworts boiled in Sallet Oyl made thick like a Poultess with the powder of Bolearmoniack and Bean-floure If you desire to see more Variety of Charges though these are very good look into the First Part and there you may find plenty where you may pick and chuse what you best fancy Foundering in the Body to Cure To Cure this Distemper is first to Rake his Fundament and to give him a Glister which you have variety of in my First Part Then take Sack or Ale a quart Cinnamon half an Ounce Licoris and Anniseeds of each two spoonfuls beaten into fine powder with five or six spoonfuls of Honey put them all into the Ale together and warm them till the Honey is molten and give it him luke-warm to drink and Ride him gently after it for the space of an hour and let him fast two houres more and keep him warm Clothed and Littered and let his Hay be sprinkled with Water and his Oats very clean Sifted from dust and give it him by little and little and let his drink be warm Mashes of Malt and Water and when he hath recovered strength let him blood in the Neck-Vein and once a day perfume his Head with Frankincense There is no Drink nor Diet that is comfortable but is good for this Disease The Way of Gathering Drying and Preserving of Simples and their Juices viz. Roots Barks Leaves Herbs Flowers Seeds c. CHAP. I. Of Roots 1. Chuse those that are sound and not rotten nor worm-eaten and let them be such as have their proper taste smell and colour 2. Those that are dry hard and sound are the best and fittest for your use 3. If they prove soft dry them in the Sun or else string them and hang them up by the Fire but the dry and hard ones you may lay any where 4. The small Roots will keep a year or two very well but the larger sort of them will keep four or five but they are best in their prime the first year 5. The best time to gather them is in the Summer before they Run out to seed for then they grow hard and sticky and lose their Vertues 6. Those Roots that you may have all the year as Plantine Fennel or Parsley c. trouble not your self to dry them CHAP. II. Of Barks 1. Barks of such Trees as are frequently with you as the Oak Elm or Ash c. Gather them but when you have present use for them As for the Out-landish you may have ready dried at the Druggist 2. The Barks of Roots as Fennel Parsley c. is only that which remains when the Pith is out which is called a Bark though very improperly CHAP. III. Of Leaves of Herbs or Trees 1. Of Leaves gather such as are fresh and green and full of Juice and in the picking of them be careful to throw away the dead and decayed Leaves which are not fit for any Physical use 2. That Place they most delight to grow in are best for use as Bitony delights to grow in the Shadow and therefore 't is better then that that grows in the Sun because it is its proper place 3. Those Herbs that Run up to Seed and in Flowers their leaves are not so good then as before they were spindled some few only excepted and therefore I advise you If through Ignorance you know them not or through Negligence forget them rather chuse to take the Tops then the Leaves 4. The Sun is better to dry them in then the Shadow 5. The best Way to keep them after they be dried is near the Fire in a Bag made of brown or white Paper 6. 'T is not certainly known how long Herbs will keep but 't is concluded by most they will keep a year very well 7. You may know when they are decayed by the loss of smell colour or both 8. Those that grows upon dry Grounds does usually keep longer then those that grow upon moist and those that are very full of Juice will not continue their Virtue so long as those that are drier because more subject to Putrifaction and Corruption 9. Those that you do thoroughly dry will keep better then those that are ill dried CHAP. IV. Of Flowers 1. The Flower which is the Glory and Beauty of the Plant is of excellent use in Physick if it be gathered when it
is in its prime 2. When you intend to gather them let them be thoroughly dry and the Sun shining for if you gather them when they be wet they will not keep 3. When you have gathered them dry them thoroughly upon a Table or in the Window where the Sun comes before you put them up in Papers to hang near the Pire 4. If you find their Smell and Colour continue you may be assured their Vertues are not lost CHAP. V. Of Seeds 1. The Seed contains the vital faculty and spirit of the whole Plant and therefore hath in it equal Vertues with it 2. Gather them not till they be full ripe and from the places where they delight most to grow in and let them be thoroughly dried in the Sun before you lay them up 3. These having the spirit of the whole Plant in them are not so subject to corrupt as the others are and therefore you need not keep them so near the Fire as you do the Herbs 4. They will continue good and sound four or five years but they are best in their prime the first and second CHAP. VI. Of Juices 1. The Juices that you are to press out of Herbs Plants Tops and Flowers must be done when they are young and tender 2. If you intend to preserve them some time you must gather them when they be thoroughly dry 3. When you use them they must be bruised in a Stone-Mortar with a wooden Pestle and put afterwards into a Canvass bag and the Juice pressed out in a Press and when you have so done set it over the Fire in an Earthen Pipkin or Skillet and clarifie it by taking off the scum that shall arise You may know when it is well clarified for then the scum will not appear on the top 4. This being Clarified according to your mind you may preserve it for your use in the Winter when you can get no Herbs these two ways First by putting it into a Glass when it is cold and pouring so much Sallet Oyl over it as will cover it let the Oyl lie about the thickness of two Fingers above the Juice This Oyl being of a light Body will always get uppermost and keep out the Air from entring and so preserve it the better from putrefaction When you have occasion to use it pour it out into a Porringer or any other convenient Vessel so much as you think you shall use and take off the Oyl that comes out with it with a little Cotton or with a Spoon and put the remainder back again in the Glass if you leave any and it will quickly sink under the Oyl again c. The second way of preserving it is after you have Clarified it to boyl it over again being first cold to the thickness of Honey and this way it is used for the Diseases of the Mouth The Way of Making and Keeping all Necessary Compounds Viz. Electuaries Pills Waters Ointments Plaisters Charges Poultisses Oyls Syrups by Infusion and by Decoction or by Juice CHAP. I. Of Electuaries 1. If you desire to preserve your Horses Health abroad as well as at Home then make up some Electuary with some Herbs Rooes and Flowers suitable to the Diseases you think he may be most Afflicted with whether they be Coughs Colds or any other Illness and put it into a Gally-pot 2. If you intend any Physick for present use let the Herbs Roots Seeds and Flowers be always in a readiness ready dried in your House that so you may not want them when you come to use them 3. They will keep best whole for being beaten and made into powder they will be soon penetrated by the Air which will cause them to lose much of their Strength and Virtue 4. If you find them not dry enough to beat make them fit for the Pestle by drying them by the Fire 5. When you use them beat them as small as you can and then Sift them through an indifferent fine Sieve 6. To one Ounce of this Powder you may add three Ounces of clarified Honey and make up what quantity of Electuary you please according to the occasion and use you have for it 7. Your Honey must be clarified by the Fire by scumming off the scum from it that shall arise 8. Mix the Powders and this Honey very well together in a Mortar before you put them up for your use 9. The usual Dose of Cordial Electuary is from one Ounce to two Ounces dissolved in a pint or a quart of strong warm Ale or Beer and given him in the Morning or Evening fasting and to fast two or three houres after it CHAP. II. Of Pills or Balls 1. The Invention of these Pills or Balls at first were for the Purging of the Head as I have told you in some of my Physical Observations And as such Infirmities as lie nearest the Passages were best removed by Decoctions because they pass to the grieved part soonest so in the Infirmities of the Head or other parts of the Body more remote from the Stomach and Bowels are best removed by Pills or Balls which are longest in Digestion and therefore the better able to call the offending Humor to them 2. The Way of Making them is very familiar for with the help of a Pestle and Mortar and a little of your care you may make any Powder into Balls you have Directions at large for the making of them after the best Receipt for the Glanders 3. The Manner of Giving them are two-fold viz. either upon the end of a Stick with his Tongue first drawn forth on one side of his Mouth or in a Horn-full of strong Beer CHAP. III. Of Distilled Waters 1. Waters are distilled out of Roots Herbs Flowers and Fruits and are best when they are distilled in their greatest strength and vigour 2. Distilled Waters are the weakest of all Artificial Medicines and made more weak by distilling them in a Pewter Still being good for very little unless mixed with other Medicines But the strongest Way of Stilling them is in Sand. 3. When they are distilled put them up into a Glass and bind on the Top of it a Paper prick't full of Holes that so the fiery Vapours may Exhale for else they will cause them to Mother which will corrupt the Waters Then cover them close and keep them for your use 4. Stopping them with Cork is the common Way though not the best because that Way will make them grow Musty and not much better is Paper if it be suffered to touch the Water But the best and most approved Way to keep them is to Top them with a Bladder being first wet in Water and bound over the Glass 5. Those Waters that are distilled in a Pewter Still will not keep above a year good when those that are distilled in Sand will keep twice as long CHAP. IV. Of Oyntments There be many Ways of making Oyntments but the most familiar and easie is the common Way viz. To bruise
those Roots Herbs or Flowers you intend to make it of and to two Handfuls of the bruised Herbs add a pound of tried Hogs Seame Mash and beat them very well together in a Mortar then put them into an Earthen Pot covering it with paper to keep it from filth and set it in the Sun or in some other warm place for four or five days that it may melt then take it forth and boyl it gently over the Fire for some little time then strain it out while it is hot pressing the Herbs very hard to get what Grease you can out of them then add to it as many more fresh Herbs bruised and set in the Sun and Ordered in every thing as before but if you think them not yet strong enough you may repeat the Herbs over again the third or fourth time for the fuller of Juice the Ointment is the stronger will it be The last time you boyl it boyl the Herbs and all with it and when they be crisp and the Juice consumed which you may know by the leaving of its bubling while it is on the Fire 't is enough then strain it out very hard in a Press and to every pound of Ointment add two Ounces of the best common Turpentine you can get and as much Bees Wax which will take away the offensiveness of the Grease which is very prejudicial to Wounds as well as Oyl CHAP. V. Of Plaisters 1. The Emplaisters of the Greeks consisted of very many Ingredients viz. Gums Rosin Wax Herbs Seeds Roots Juices Liquoris Minerals Metals Stones and Excrements of Creatures c. which said Metals they reduced to powder and mixed them with their satty substances which the rest of the Plaister consisted of while it was hot keeping it continually stirring up and down to prevent the sinking of them that they may the better stiffen and incorporate together which after it was somewhat cold and hard they made them up into Rolls and when they needed it they melted them again by the Fire 2. The Arabians made up their Medicines with Meal Oyl and Fat which needed not so much boyling as the other did But seeing these are so difficult to make and when made so rarely used in Farring I shall advise you to let them alone and buy them rather of the Druggist when you have occasion to use them then put your self to the needless trouble of making of them CHAP. VI. Of Charges 1. The Use of these are for Strains Sprains or any other Weakness in the Legs Shoulders or Back and are made of several things viz. Pitch Rosin Mastick Oxycrocium Paracelsus add Hernium Galbanum Frankincense Turpentine Meal Bolearmoniack c. The manner of using them is to melt what things you have occasion for in an Earthen Pipkin and lay it on with a Lath all over the grieved part then clap upon it some Flax Hurds Tow Wooll Deers Hair or such like thing then heat the Charge again and daub it all over the Flax Tow or Wooll the second time scalding hot then daub it over again the third time as you did before pressing it all the time close with your Hands to the grieved part to make it bind on the faster and let it remain there till it fall off of it self 2. If his Charge be on his Legs be careful that he come not into the Water for that will soon fetch it off But to prevent this chuse rather to keep him in the Stable and Water him there till he be somewhat amended CHAP. VII Of Poultisses 1. Poultisses are vulgarly called Cataplasmes which is as much as to say a thick Poultess made of Meal and Herbs which is a very excellent Medicine to ripen and break Sores ease Pains cool hot Inflammations dissolve hardness ease the Spleen disperse Swellings and digest Humors 2. When you are to make them you are to take those Roots and Herbs as are most proper and suitable to the Disease and Member afflicted chopping them first small then put them into clear running Water and boyl them to a Gelly then add to them a little Meal of Lupins or for want of that Barley-Meal with a little Sallet Oyl or rough sweet Suet which I account better Then spread it upon a Linnen Cloth and apply it to the grieved part bound fast with a Tape or Pack thread that it fall not off CHAP VIII Of Oyls 1. Sallet Oyl is made from the Expression of Olives which is so temperate that it exceeds in no one quality 2. Of Oyls some are Simple and some are Compound 3. Simple Oyls are such as are made by Expression of Fruits or Seeds as Linseed Oyl Rape-seed Oyl and Oyl of sweet or bitter Almonds 4. Compound Oyls are made of the Oyl of Olives and other Simples as Leaves Flowers Roots c. 5. The Manner of making up those Herbs or Flowers you intend to make your Oyl of must be first bruised and then put into an Earthen pot and to two or three handfuls of them so bruised put a pint of Sallet Oyl and then cover up your Pot close with a paper to keep it from Filth then set it in the Sun for about a Fortnight then warm it on the Fire and press out the Oyl from the Herbs very hard and add so many more Herbs to the Oyl and use them in every thing as before The oftner you repeat your Herbs the stronger will your Oyl be When you think it is strong enough for your use boyl the last Herbs you put in it and Oyl together till the Juice be consumed which you may know by the leaving of its bubling and the Herbs grown Crisper Strain it while it is hot and put into some convenient Earthen or Glass-Vessel and set it up till you have occasion to use it CHAP. IX Of Syrups by Infusion by Decoction and by Juices 1. A Syrup is a Medicine of a Liquid Form Composed of Infusion Decoction and Juice 2. Those Syrups that are usually made by Infusion are made of such Flowers as lose their Colour and Strength in Boyling As Violets Roses Peach Flowers They are thus made viz. To every pound of Flowers well pickt add three Pints of Spring Water made boyling hot on the Fire Put them in an Earthen Vessel and put the Water to them then cover it close and let it stand by the Fire to infuse about twelve or thirteen houres then strain it out in such Syrups as Purge as Peach-Flowers Damask Roses c. the usual and best way is to repeat to their Infusion fresh Flowers divers times which after you have strained it out into some convenient Vessel add to every pint of it two pounds of Loaf Sugar then melt it over a gentle Fire again taking off the Scum that shall arise and your Syrup is made 2. Those Syrups that are made by Decoction are made of Compounds yet any Simple Herb may be made also into a Syrup Take the Root Herb or Flower you intend to
sure there is foulness And lastly to the Estate of Body that he may rather Augment then decrease Vigour so shall his Work be prosperous and his Actions without Controulment To conclude two Months I allow for Preparation and according to that time have laid my directions Mine humble suit is out of a sincere Opinion to Truth and Justice so to allow or disallow to refrain or imitate The first Ordering of the Running Horse according to the several Estates of their Bodies This Office of the Feeder albeit in general it belong to all Horse-men yet in particular it is most appropriate to the Feeder of the Running-Horse because other general Horses have a general way of Feeding these are Artificial and Prescript from full of Curiosity and Circumspection from which whosoever errs he shall sooner bring his Horse to destruction then perfection You are to have regard to three Estates of a Horses Body The first is if he be very Fat Foul or either taken from Grass or Soil The second if he be extream Lean and poor either through over-Riding disorder or other infirmity And the third if he be in good and well-liking estate having had good usage and moderate exercise If he be in the first Estate of Body you shall take longer time for his Feed as two Months at the least for he will ask much labour in Airing great carefulness in hearing and discretion in Scouring and rather a strict then liberal hand in feeding If he be in the second Estate of Body which is poor then take a longer time and let his Airings be moderate as not before and after Sun rather to encrease Appetite then harden Flesh and let him have a bountiful hand in Feeding but not so much as to cloy him If he be in the third Estate of Body which is a mean betwixt the other extreams then a Month of six Weeks or a Fort-night or less may be time sufficient to dyet him for his Match Now as this Estate participates with both the former so it would borrow from them a share in all their Orderings that is to be neither too early nor too late in Airings laborious but not painful Heatings nourishing in Scouring and constant in a moderate way of Feeding To have an Eye to the particular Estate of a Horses Body Now as you regard these general Estates of Bodies so you must have an eye to certain particular estates of Bodies As if an Horse be Fat and Foul yet of a free and spending Nature apt quickly to consume and lose his Flesh this Horse must not have so strict a Hand neither can he endure so violent Exercise as he that is of an hardy disposition and will feed and be fat upon all Meats and all Exercises Again if your Horse be in extream Poverty through disorder and misusage yet is by Nature very hard and apt both soon to recover his Flesh and long to hold it then over this Horse you shall by no means hold so liberai a hand nor forbear that Exercise which is of a tender Nature a weak Stomach and a free Spirit provided always you have regard to his Limbs and the Imperfections of Lameness The first Fortnights feeding of an Horse for Match that is fat foul or either newly taken from Grass or Soil If you Match a Horse that is fat and foul either by running at Grass or standing at Soil or any other means of Rest or too high feeding you shall after his Body be emptied and the Grass avoided which will be within three or four days for the first Fortnight at leust rise early in the Morning before day or at the spring of day according to the time of the year and having put on his Bridle washt in Beer and tied him up to the Rack take away his dung and other foulness of the Stabie then dress him well as in The Office of the Keeper When that Work is finished take a fair large Body-cloth of thick House-Wives Kersie if it be in Winter or of Cotton or other light stuff if it be in Summer and fold it round about his Body then clap on the Saddle and Girt the foremost Girt pretty streight but the other somewhat slack and Wisp it on each side his Heart that both the Girts may be of equal streightness Then put before his Breast a Breast-cloth suitable to the Body-cloth and let it cover both his Shoulders then take a little Beer into your Mouth and squirt it into the Horses Mouth and so draw him out of the Stable and take his Back leaving a Groom behind you to trim up the Stable to carry out your dung and to truss up the Litter For you are to understand that he is to stand upon good store of dry Litter both Night and Day and it must be Wheat-straw or Oat-straw for Barley-straw and Rye-straw are very unwholesom and dangerous the one doth Heart-burn the other causeth Scouring When you are Mounted Rack the Horse a Foot-pace for you must neither Amble nor Trot for they both hurt speed at least a mile or two or more upon smooth and sound Ground and as near as you can to the steepest Hills you can find there Gallop him gently up those Hills and rack and walk him softly down that he may cool as much one way as he warmeth another And when you have thus exercised him a pretty space and seeing the Sun begin to Rise or else Risen Rack down either to some fresh River or clear Pond and there let him drink at his pleasure After he hath drunk bring him gently out of the water and so Ride him a little space with all gentleness and not according to the ignorance of some Grooms ruâ—h him presently into a Gallop for that brings with it two Mischiefs either it teaches the Horse to run away with you so soon as he is watered or else refuse to drink fearing the violence of his Exercise which follows upon it When you have used him a little calmly put him into a Gallop gently and exercise him moderately as you did before then walk him a little space after offer him more water if he drink then Galhim again after calm usage if he refuse then Gallop him to occasion thirst And thus always give him Exercise both before and after water When he hath drunk sufficient bring him home gently without a wet Hair or any sweat about him When you come to the Stable Door provoke him to Piss if you can by stirring up his Litter under him which if he do not a little custom will make him do it and it is a wholesom Action both for his Health and the sweet keeping of the Stable This done bring him to the Stall and Tie him up to the Rack and Rub him well with Wisps then loose his Breast-Cloth and Rub his Head and Neck with a dry Cloth then take off the Saddle and hang it by then take his Body-Cloth and Rub him all over with it especially
stirred up on which the Medicine worketh with a conquering quality the Horse is brought to a little Sickness therefore in this case you shall only take off his Bridle put on his Coller toss up his Litter and absent your self having made the Stable dark and still for other two houres which is the utmost end of that Sickness But if you finde no such offence then give him the Ears of Wheat by three or four together and if he eat this handful give him another and so another or two Then give him a little Knob of Hay well dusted and draw his Bridle and rub his Head well An hour after give him a quart of clean Oats and put two or three handfuls of spelted Beans amongst them and see that they be very clean and break amongst them two or three Shives of Bread clean chipt and so leave him for two or three houres At Evening before you dress him give him the like quantity of Oates Beans and Bread and when he hath eaten them Bridle him Dress and Cloath him for you shall neither Saddle or Air him forth because this Evening after his Heat the Horse being foul and the Scouring yet working in his Body he may not receive any cold water at all After he is drest and hath stood two houres on his Bridle then wash three pints of clean Oates in Beer or Ale and give them him for this will inwardly cool him as if he had drunk water After he hath eaten his washt Meat and rested upon it a little you shall at his feeding times with Oates and spelt Beans or Oates and Bread or altogether or each several or simply of it self according to the liking of the Horse feed him that night in plentiful manner and leave a Knob of Hay in his Rack when you go to Bed The next day early first feed then dress Cloath Saddle Air Water and bring home as at other times only have a more careful eye to his emptying and see how his Grease and Foulness wasteth At his feeding times feed as was last shewed you only but little Hay and keep your Heating-days and the preparation of the day before as was before shewed Thus you shall speed the second Fortnight in which your Horse having received four Heats Horse-man like given him and four Scourings there is no doubt but his Body will be drawn inwardly clean you shall then the third Fortnight Order him according to the Rules following The third Fortnights Feeding The third Fortnight you shall make his Bread Finer then it was formerly As thus The Second Bread Take two Pecks of clean Beans and two pecks of fine Wheat Grind them well and Searce them through a fine Raunge and Knead them up with Barm and great store of Lightning and make it up as you did the former Bread With this Bread after the Crust is taken away and being old feed your Horse as before shewed for this Fortnight as you did the former putting it amongst his Beans and Oats observing his Dressings Airings Feedings Heatings and Preparations as in the former Fortnight only with these differences First you shall not give your Heats so violently as before but with a little more pleasure as thus If the first Heat have violence the second shall have ease and indeed none to over-strain him or to make his Body sore Next you shall not after his Heats give him any more of the former Scouring but in stead thereof instantly upon the end of the Heat after the Horse is a little cooled and cloathed up and in the same place where you Rub him give him a Ball as big as a Hens Egg of that Confection which is mentioned in the Office of the Farrier and goeth by this Title The true Manner of Making those Cordial Balls which Cure any violent Cold or Glanders which c. The fourth and last Fortnights Feeding The fourth and last Fortnight you shall make your Bread much Finer then either of the former The last and best Bread Take three Pecks of fine Wheat and one Peck of Beans Grind them on the black Stones and boult them through the finest Boulter you can get then Knead it up with sweet Ale Barm and new strong Ale and the Barm beaten together and the Whites of twenty or thirty Eggs But in any wise no Water at all but in stead thereof some small quantity of New Milk then work it up Bake it and Order it as the former With this Bread having the Crnst cut clean away and with Oats well Sunned Beaten and Rubbed between your Hands then new Winnowed Sifted and Dress'd with the purest spelt Beans and some fine Chiltern Wheat with any Simple or any Compound feed your Horse at his Feeding times as in the Fortnight last mentioned You shall keep your Heating-days the first Week or Fortnight but the last Week you shall forbear one Heat and not give any five days before the Match-day only you shall give him strong and long Airings You shall not need this Fortnight to give him any Scouring at all If this Fortnight Morning and Evening you burn the best Frankincense in your Stable you shall finde it exceeding wholesom for him and he will take wonderful delight therein In this Fortnight when you give him any washt Meat wash it in the Whites of Eggs or Muskadine for that is most wholesom and less Pursie This Fortnight give him no Hay but what he taketh out of your hand after his Heats and that in little quantity and clear dusted The last Week of this Fortnight if the Horse be a foul Feeder you must use the Muzzle continually but if he be a clean Feeder then three days before the Match is sufficient 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 Portion 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 Sun-set Late at Night feed as you did in the Evening and give him what he liketh according to his stomach only as you can forbear Bread and Beans This day you shall Coul your Horse Shoo him and do all extraordinary things of Ornament about him provided that you do not give him offence to hinder his Feeding or Resting For I have heard some Horsemen say that when they had shod their Horses with light Shoos the Night before the Course that their Horse hath taken such notice thereof that they have refused to eat or lie down But you must understand that those Horses must be old and long Experienced in this Exercise or else they cannot reach these subtil apprehensions But to pass by Curiosity as plating of Tails and all other unnecessary Ornaments whereby they do injury to the Horse I shall advise you for necessary and indifferent things that they be done the day before then in the Morning of the Course because I would
the fore-Legs unless great extremity compel you for there is nothing will sooner make a Horse stiff and Lame Many other Observations there are which because they are not so general as these be I think it meet to omit Five things a Parrier ought Principally to know 1. First what Diseases a Horse is inclineable to 2. Secondly What be the Causes of every disease in particular 3. Thirdly How and by what ways and means these Diseases do accrew 4. Fourthly The Signes how to distinguish and know them 5. And Lastly the means and manner how to Cure them Of Glisters and their Vses The Nature and Property of Glisters are divers therefore every Farrier ought to know to what end they serve and which hath Drugs or Simples they ought to be compounded for every Glister is to be made according to the Disease Now some are to ease Griefs and to allay the sharpness of the Humours some to Bind some to Loosen and some to purge and some to heal Ulcers These Glisters by cleansing the Guts refresh the Vital Parts and prepare the Body if the Body be not at that time Soluble to make the Purgation work the better which if you give your Medicine without giving a Glister before it you may stir up and provoke the peccant Humours which by reason they cannot finde present way sorth being hindred by Oppilations in the Guts through Costiveness and Ventosity and other Impediments do attempt to make their Passage a contrary way which cannot be done but with great hazard to the life of the poor Beast Now for the Composition of Glisters you shall understand that they be made of four things that is of Decoctions of Drugs of Oyl of such like Unctuous Matter as Butter or soft Grease and fourthly of divers Salts to provoke the Vertue expulsive A Decoction is a Broth made of certain Herbs as Mallowes Marsh-Mallowes Pellâ—ory Camomile and sometimes of white Lilly Roâ—ts and other such like things which we do boil in Water to a third part and sometimes we use in stead of Herbs and Water to take the Fat of Beef-broth of a Sheeps-Head Milk Whey and some such kind of Liquor mingled sometimes either with Honey or Sugar according to the quality of the disease the Glister being either Lenitive that is to say casing of Pain or Glutinative which is joyning of things together or else Abstersive which is wiping away or cleansing of â—ilthy Matter You ought to Administer according to the Age Strength Greatness and Corpulency of the Horse for if he be a Horse of a strong and able Body of large growth and stature fat and lusty we use to put into the Glister of the Decoction three Pints but if he be of a small growth weak sick feeble or lean then we do put in a quart of the same at most Of Oyl we use to put in half a Pint of Salt two or three drams at most and sometimes we put Verjuice sometimes Honey as we finde cause Drugs we use are Sene Cassia Agariâ—k Anniseeds Oyl of Dill Oyl of Camomile Oyl of Violets Sugar-Candy c. You ought not to exceed the quantity of three Ounces in one Glister at the most neither must you exceed of Butter four Ounces and let it not be above luke-warm when you give it him let him be somewhat empty and let him be Raked before you Administer it give it him in a Glister-Pipe made for that purpose Which ought to be twelve Inches in the Shank which must be put home and having the Confection within the Bladder wring it with a very good strength into his Body then draw out the Pipe by degrees cut of his Body and not all at once and clap his Tail close to his Tuel and so hold it with your Hand close about half an hour at the least to the end it may work in his Belly the better A Glister for a Horse that is very Costive of Body and cannot Dung. Take the Fat of Beef-broth a Pint and an half of English Honey half a Pint adding thereto of white Salt two drams mix them well together and Administer it Blood-warm and clap his Tail close to his Tuel and there hold it for half an hour at least and if then it will not work as I am confident it will let him Trot about easily about half an hour and set him up warm Cloathed and Littered and let him stand upon his Trench four or five houres during which time he will purge kindly then unbit him and give him sweet Hay and an hour after he hath eaten give him a Mash of Malt and an hour after that white Water and let him drink no cold Water in a day or two after The Vertues of it The Nature of this Glister is to open and loosen the Body to bring away with it all offensive Humours to remove Obstructions ingendred in the Body by means of excessive Heat it cleanseth the Guts and slicketh away all slimy Substance which is residing in the Guts The Horse that received this Glister was a small Seotch Nag and was grown weak and poor and low of his Flesh but if he had been a great large fat healthy or Corpulent Horse you might have made it stronger Another Laxative Glister Take the Decoction of Mallowes and mix therewith fresh Butter four Ounces or Sallet-Oyl half a Pint and so luke-warm Administer it and order him as you did before The Nature of it This is of all the Glisters the most gentle and is very Lenitive and a great Easer of pain it is good for a Horse that is taken with any Contraction or Convulsion and generally for any Costiveness in a Horse whatsoever proceeding from any Surfeits or Sickness Another Glister Laxative Take Pellitory two Handfuls or for want thereof Melilot two Handfuls or if you cannot get any of them then two Handfuls of Camomile but Pellitory is the best boyl it to a Decoction and add to it of Verjuice and Salter-Oyl of each half a Pint of Honey four Ounces of Cassia two Ounces mix altogether and apply it Blood-warm Glister-wise The Vertues of it It will open the Body and Guts of the Horse very well it will take from him all noxious and offensive Humours it will carry away all spungy Matter it will allay the sharpness of Humours it will cleanse old Vlcers it will refresh and comfort the Vital Parts But if you find you have given him too great a quantity so that he Purgeth or Scoureth too much then you may give him this Glister Restringent A Restringent Glister Take the aforesaid Decoction one Pint and as much of Cows Milk as it cometh warm from her and put to it the Yolks of three New laid Eggs well beaten and mixed with the said Liquor and give it him Blood-warm This is only to be applied to a Horse that is very Laxative or that doth empty himself too much A Glister for a fat Horse that cannot be kept clean Take Mallowes three
Handfuls Marsh-mallow Roots cleansed and bruised and Violet leaves of each two Handfuls Flax-seed three spoonfuls as many of the Cloves of white Lilly Roots as you can hold in your hand Boyl all these in fair water from a Gallon to a quart and strain it and put thereto of Sene one Ounce which must be infused or steeped in the Liquor three houres standing upon the hot Embers then put to it of Sallet Oyl half a Pint and being Blood-warm Administer it A Glister in Case of desperate Sickness Take of the Oyl of Dill Oyl of Camomile Oyl of Violets of Cassia of each half an Ounce and of brown Sugar-Candy in powder three Ounces then take half a Handful of Mallow-leaves boyl them to a Decoction in fair Water then strain it and put to it all the fore-named Ingredients and Administer it Blood-warm This helpeth all Feavers it is good against the Pestilence and all Languishing Diseases most excellent against Surfeits either by Provender or otherwise and it will occasion great strength in a short time if it be rightly made and carefully given A Glister for the Pestilence and all Feavers Take the Pulpe of Colloquintida half an Ounce I mean the Seeds and Skin taken away of Dragantium three quarters of an Ounce of Centaury and of Wormwood of each half a Handful of Castoreum a quarter of an Ounce boyl all these in three quarts of water to a quart then strain it and dissolve into the Broth of Gerologundinum three Ounces and of white Salt three Drams of Sallet-Oyl half a Pint and Blood-warm Administer it A Glister for the Cholick Take Salt water or new made Brine two Pints dissolve therein a pretty quantity of Sope and so Blood-warm Administer it Vertues This is very good for the Cholick or any Sickness or Griping in the Guts or Belly And let this suffice for Glisters Advice given upon giving Glisters 1. Before you Administer any Glister be sure to Rake him 2. When you put in the Glister-Pipe apoint it first with Butter or Sallet-Oyl and that you put it in and out gently and by degrees you must anoint likewise the Hand and Arm. 3. Let him keep it above half an hour by holding his Tuel close to his Fundament 4. That you do Administer it but Blood-warm 5. That you squeeze and press between your Hands the Bladder strongly 6. And lastly that you let him not drink any cold water in a day or two after but let it either be a sweet Mash or else white Water What things are put into a Laxative Glister Pellitory Melilâ—â—e Camomile but Pellutory is the best and of this would I make a Decoction and to this Decoction would I put Sallet-Oyl Honey Aloes and Verjuice of the Crab Brank-urfine Mallows or Marsh-Mallows Fennel Roots Parsley Roots Jack by the Hedge The Nature of the Principal Drugs Agarick purgeth the Brain Alloes the Breast and Body Rhubarb purgeth the evil water and it openeth the Liver and helpeth Obstructions and Opilations Aristolochia rotunda mollifieth the Breast Liver and Lungs and Baâ—â—â—aury or Bay-berries do mortisie the peccant humours which do engender in the Breast or Entrails near about the Heart and Saffron if it be discreetly given doth marvellously comfort and enlighten the Heart What the true Nature of Rubarb it Rubarb hath two contrary Natures for if you either scrape grate or cut it then it is a Loosner for it dissolveth and openeth the Liver and expelleth the Obstructions thereof it expulseth all bad Humours in and about the Heart Liver and Spleen it cleanseth the Body and sendeth away the peccant Humours among the Excrements and all such things as may annoy or offend the Entrails But if you shall pound or beat it in a Mortar or otherwise the spirit whereof being a subtil Body will Transire and flie away whereby the Operation thereof will be to bind and be no way profitable The Nature of a Suppository The Nature of Suppositories are to help a Horse that cannot well empty himself for a Suppository causeth him to discharge himself of many superfluous and evil Humours which do disturb annoy and distemper his Bodâ— with their peccant qualities and conditions for they breed bad 〈◊〉 which oft-times good Diet cannot amend and therefore must be sent away by Purgation that is to say by Suppository or Glister or Portion A Suppository is but a Preparative to a Glister or Portion and is of all other things the gentlest you can use it will Loosen the Guts which may be bound and clogged with dry hot and hard Excrements which a Glister will not so well do The first Suppository Take a Candle of four or five in the pound and cut off three Inches at the smaller end and anoint the biggest part of it either with Sallet-Oyl or fresh Butter and so put it into his Fundament then with your Hand hold his Tail to his Tuel about half an hour by which time the Suppository will be dissolved then take his Back and Trot him up and down till he do begin to empty and purge himself for by this means it will work the better and more kindly This is she most gentle of all Suppositories that can be given This dissolveth all hard dry and hot Excrements and sendeth them forth and besides it suppleth the Guts Another if you find him so weak that you dare not without the peril of his life administer unto him any Portion or Purging Medicine then give him this Suppository The second Suppository Take of Common Honey six Ounces of Salt-Niter one Ounce and a half of Wheat-Flower and of Anniseeds in fine Powder of each an Ounce boyl all these to a stiff thickness and so make it into Suppositories then take one of them and anoint it all over with Sallet-Oyl and your Hand also and so put it up into his Fundament the length of your Hand then Tie his Tail betwixt his Legs by fastening it to his Girts and let it remain so half an hour then ride and order him as before This is good in case of Surfeits or inward Sickness Suppository the third Take a piece of Castle-Sope and paring it bring it into the fashion of a Suppository and apply it and order him as before is taught you This is special good to purge Phlegm Suppository the fourth Take so much Saven as will suffice and stamp it to a Mash and stamp with it Stavesakar and Salt of each two ounces boyl these in common Honey so much as will suffice till it be thick and so make it up into Suppositories and administer one of them as you did before and order him â—o likewise This purgeth Choler Suppository the Fifth Take an angry red Onion and Pill it and Jag it Cross-ways with your Knife and so administer it and order him as before This purgeth Melancholy Suppository the Sixth Take common Honey a pint and boil it till it be thick and make it up into Suppositories as it cooleth and administer it
all these together and cause him to be walked a quarter of an hour till he be warm then Bathe him with this Bath good and hot and set him up warm and let his Drink be either sweet Mashes or white Water and thus Bathe him for three or four dayes together and let him not be Ridden in any Water for eight or ten days after The Vse or Vertues of Paths Baths are somentations which are the most comfortable things of any to the Joynts and Limbs of a Horse for they dissolve all ill Humours and give heat and warmth unto all the Members that are benumbed with Cold or for want of Blood it comforteth and strengthneth them and giveth very great case to the pained Sinews Besides it asswageth Swellings in or about any part of the Body for Legs swelling stiff or benummed or for any other Joynt pained or grieved or for any String halt Cramp or Convulsion Which Bath to Cure all such Maladies is this Bath 1. Take Muscadine and Sallet-Oyl of each a pint Bay-leaves and Rosemary of each two handfuls let them boyl half an hour and when you are to Bathe your Horse therewith rub and chafe the grieved place with a Wisp or Hair-Cloth a pretty while then put the Foot into some broad Bowl or Pail whereby to preserve the Liquor and Herbs and Bathe him thus a quarter of an hour which ended bind upon the place a piece of Sheeps or Lambs Skin with the Woolly side to the Leg and let him stand so twenty four houres apply this five or six times and it will be a perfect Cure Bath 2. A Bath to Cure all Goâ—â—dy and Gâ—uty Legs which cometh either by Farcin Scratches or the like c. Take a quart or more of Chamber-ly and put into it a Handful of Bay-Salt a quarter of a pound of Soap a pretty quantity of Soot a handful or two of Misle-toe Chopped small boil them very well together and Bathe the place very well therewith and in three or four days Bathing it Morning and Evening it will not only take down the Swelling but prevent the Farcin Bath 3. Another Bath for the same purpose Take the Grounds of a Beer-Barrel with the Barm Smallage Featherfew Winter-Sâ—voâ—y Coâ—â—rey Mallowes Ruâ— Seâ—-â—â—â—l Penny-Royal Wormwood Archangel of each a good handful and of the Leaves and Berries of Misle-toe three or four good handfuls Sheeps Tallow one pound tried Hogs-Grease half a pound three or four Handfuls of Rye or Wheat-Bran boyl them altogether till the Herbs and Misle-toe become soft and be sure you have Liquor enough and a little before you take it from the Fire put into it some Hay with this Bathe his Legs first one then the other as was before shewed and when you have Bathed that Leg sufficiently make a Thumb-Band of the Hay in the Bath and rowl it about the Leg above the uppermost or middle Joynt and put off the Herbs between the Thumb-band and his Leg which done pour on the Liquor remaining upon the Thumb-bands and so Bathe him for so many days once as you shall think requisite and it will bring down the Swelling quite and make him sound Bath 4. Another Bath very Excellent Take Smallage Ox-Eye and Sheeps Suet of each alike to a good quantity chop them small together and after stamp them in a Stone Mortar then boyl them with Mans Urine and bathe the grieved parts herewith warm doing as before with â—owl or Pail then with Thumb-bands of soft Hay made first wet in cold water rap up the Member as well above as below the Grief and use it as often as you shall see cause This Bath is very good for Swelled Legs upon Travel or for any other Lameness which cometh either by stroke strain or other Accident Bath 5. Another Bath Take Savin and the Bark and Leaves of the Bay-tree Pellitory Rosemary Sage Rue of each three Ounces boyl these in a Gallon of white-Wine until half be consumed And Bathe your Horse as before is shewed To bathe a Horse in Salt water is very wholesom both for the Horses Skin and for any Disease in the Stomach Bath 6. A Bath for a Horse that is Tired or over-Travelled Take of Mallows of Sage of each two or three handfuls and a Rose-Cake boyl them together in water till it be all consumed then add to it a good quantity of Butter or Sallet Oyl and mix them together and bathe all his fore-Legs therewith and all the parts of his Body also or to let him Blood and with that Blood Oyl and Vineger mixed together presently to anoint his Body helps most sorts of Infirmities Of Perfumes or Purges of the Head of all filthy and gross Matter Perfumes are necessary to be applied to Horses in Cases of Colds Glanders Rheums Murs Pâ—zâ—s Catharrs c. For they do not only break a Cold but dissipate congealed humours which do annoy the Head Brain and Stomach of the Horse and sometimes they expel and cause him to vent at his Nose and Mouth much Filth and Corruption which doth stop clog and pester his Head and Body and sometimes they do siccicate and dry up many bad Humours which are engendred in the Head and Brain The Ingredients of which Simples wherewith we Persume sick Horses are many As The Juice of Onions snuffed up the Nose draweth forth raw phlegmatick Humours The Juice of Coleworts squirted up his Nose or the Juice of red Beets The leaves of the Wind-Flower stamped and the Juice squirted up his Nose or the Juice of Dazies purge the Head of filthy slimy Humours The Juice of Sage draweth forth thin phlegm The Juice of the Primrose stamped strained and squirted up his Nose is good to purge the Brain The Juice of the small Cellendine purgeth the Head of foul and filthy Humours The Juice of the Leaves or Berries of Ivy that grows upon Walls doth infinitely purge the Head Fennel Gyaâ—â— or Ferula snuffed up the Nose white Hellebore or Neesing Root beaten to powder after it is dried and blown up into the Nose purgeth the Head and Brain from gross and slimy humours wild white Hellebore hath the same Vertues The Juice of sweet Maâ—yâ—em draweth forth much phlegm The Juice of stinking Gladdon squirted up the Nose draweth down to the Nose great store of filthy Excrements Mustard-seed beaten to powder and blowed up the Nose purgeth the Head The Juice of Sneesâ—wort squirted up the Nose bringeth from the Brain slimy phlegm The Juice of the Leaves of Elder purgeth the Head The Juice of Mercury purgeth the Head of all gross and vitious humours Pellitory Pimpernel Rosemary the smoke taken up his Nostrils or take a Feather and anoint it in Oylde Bay and thrust it up his Nose is good for any cold or obstruction in the Head The best Perfume of all But the best Perfume of all is to take the best Olibanum Storax Benjamin and Franke cense bruised grossly together and strowed upon a Chasingdith of
the latter End of the Book strain out the Ointment from the Herbs and put i◠into a Pot and keep it for your use Of Purging or Scouring Things in general Turn-sole boiled in water gently purgeth the Body Felt-wort or Baldmony Alloes or Sea Housleek is the most convenient Medicine for the Stomach that is the Seed of St. Peters wort the seed of Tutsan or Park-Leaves do purge Cholerick Humours Dodder that groweth upon Savory Hedge-Hysop purgeth mightily waterish gross and slimy Humours Scamony or purging Bind-weed doth mightily purge and it is very hurtful to the Body if you do not mix it with Alloes Colloquintida is a violent Purger and is not to be used but upon some desperate Diseases and then not to be given unless it be mixed with some clammy things whereby the vehemency there of may be repressed black Hellebore or Bears Foot Hogs Fennel purgeth by Siege both Phlegm and and Choler either of the Pollipodies purgeth Choler and Phlegm The Entrails of a Carp or Barble cut into pieces and given him in white-Wine or Ale or Rye sodden that it burst not and dried and given him instead of Provender an Ounce of Alloes made up in Balls of Butter after it is finely beaten to Powder purgeth excellently Spurge boiled in Beer and given him Hempseed Fennegreek Cassia Honey Sallet-Oyl in Sack given him the powder of Mechoacan boiled in Ale or Ale-wort London Treacle and Honey brewed together and given him or Sene Agarick and Licoris boiled in Ale and given him or Gentian sliced and boiled in a quart of Beer till it come to a pint and given him Particular Scourings at large and first of a Scouring for any Horse sick or Sound and especially for Running or Hunting Horses whose Grease must necessarily be Molten Take twenty Raisins of the Sun with the stones pickt out ten slit Figs slit round-wise boyl them in a Pottle of Running Water till the VVater is consumed and thickned then take the powder of Licoris Anniseeds and Sugar-Candy finely searc'd and mix it with the Raisins and Figs stamping and working them together till they become a stiff paste then making round Balls thereof of a pretty bigness rowl and cover them all over with sweet Butter and give as many of them to the Horse as you shall think meet for his Strength provided that the day before you give him such Exercise as will raise up his Grease and that immediately before you give him this Medicine you also warm him throughly that the Humours being again stirred up the Medicine may work the more effectually Another Scouring to purge a Horse from ail Grease Glut or Filthiness within his Body which I think may go for as good a Scouring as can be Invented by Art Take of Anniseeds three Ounces of Cummin seeds six drams of Carthamus a dram and a half of Fennegreek-seed one Ounce and two drams of Brimstone one Ounce and a half beat all these to fine powder and searce them then take a pint and two Ounces of Sallet-Oyl of Honey a pound and a half and of white-VVine four pints then with as much fine VVheat-Meal as will suffice make all into a strong stiff Paste and knead and work it well this Paste keep in a Gally-pot close covered for your use when your Horse hath been Hunted and is at Night or in the Morning very thirsty take a Ball of it as big as a Mans Fist and dissolve it in a Gallon or two of cold VVater and it will make the VVater look white as Milk then give it him in the dark lest the Colour displease him if he drink it then feed him but if he refuse it let him fast till he take it which assuredly he will do in twice or thrice offering and when he hath once taken it he will refuse all other drink for this and you cannot give him too much nor too oft of it if he have exercise It is an excellent thing for all inward Infirmities whatsoever Another Excellent Scouring after any sore Heat or for any fat Horse after his Exercise with Directions how he is to take it and how you are to Order him after it with Cautions what to do when you give any Scouring Take a quart of good Sack and set it on the Fire in a Bason or Skillet it and when it is warm take an Ounce of the clearest Rosin being bruised very small and by degrees little by little put it into the Sack and keep it stirring for fear of Clotting and when it is well incorporated into the Sack take it from the Fire and put into it half a pint of the best Sallet-Oyl and in the cooling stir them all very well together then put 〈◊〉 it an Ounce of brown Sugar-Candy beaten to powder and being luke-warm give it the Horse in the height of his Heat as soon as you come home from Exercise then Rub him well and Cloath him warm and let him fast two houres after it and keep him stirring in the Stable for that will make Spirits work for Rest doth but dull the Spirits When you give him any Scouring be sure that day to give him no cold water after it for it is binding and knitting and detaineth that soulness which the Scouring should take away Another Scouring when others will not work Take a quarter of a pound of sweet Butter and so much of Castle-Soap and half an Ounce of Alloes beat them together and add two spoonfuls of beaten Hemp-seed and of Rosin half a spoonful of Sugar-Candy an Ounce bruised work them all into a Paste and give it him in Balls immediately after his heat and when you have warmed him and stirred up the Grease and Foulness within him There is in my second Part a very safe and easie Scouring If you have a desire to see more Variety of Purgations of all sorts look back Of Loosening things in General Brank-ursin or Seed Hemp-seed Fennegreek-seed the Juice of the white Beets Coleworts Spinage Mercury Succory white Sope and Spurge brayed together and given him to drink Sallet-Oyl given him in Sack or Ale or Anniseeds Linseeds and Piony boiled in Beer or the Bark of the Elder-Tree bruised and mixed with old Ale and given him or take of the Decoction of Mallows Sallet Oyl and fresh Butter Benedicta Laxativa given him Blood-warm Glister-wise or Rye thrown amongst his Provender or Mustard-seed or to anoint your hand with Butter or Hogs-Grease and pluck away his Ordure and then put into his Fundament a good piece of the great end of a Candle or give him in Ale eleven Leaves of Lawrel stamped the Seed of horned Poppey given him in Ale All sorts of Docks being boiled are Loosners of the Belly Marigold-Leaves Burage Bugloss the Leaves of Hounds-Tongue boiled in Ale do mollifie the Belly Syrop of Violets black Hellebore or Bears Foot Hogs Fennel Loosneth the Belly gently Speraege or Asparagus Things good to Fatten a Horse in general Beans boiled in
Saffron the fruit of the Pine with the Yolks of Eggs given him to drink with Wine and Sallet-Oyl is good to Conglutinate any inward Member or Vein broken the Roots and Seeds of Asparagus sod in water and given him and after three days give him Opoponax with Honey and Myrrh and it will Conglutinate any inward Ulcer or Rupture whatsoever The Bark of Ash beaten with Wine and Plaister it is a great Knitter of broken Bones or the inward Bark of an Elm laid in Running water and Bathe the place therewith or the Roots of Rocket boiled in water and plaister it or Wilde Briony stamped and plaistered also Hazel-tails and the Seeds of red Docks made into powder and given him to drink is good or Bugel is a Knitter of Wounds inward or outward so does Lions-paw or Self-heal the distilled water of sow-Bread doth Knit any broken Sinew in the Body Bole-Armoniack beaten to powder and finely Sifted and beaten with the white of an Egg and spread upon the Leg and covered over with Flox is very good for a Sinew-strain and is a great Strengthner of the grieved place where a Bone hath been out of Joynt and put in again The yellow Wall Flower strengthens any weak part out of Joynt A Poultess made of brank-Ursin and applied is good so is a Decoction of the Root of Butchers-broom or Knee-Holly with the Berries made also into a Poultiss the Root of the great Comfrey bruised and laid to them doth consolidate and knit them together The Decoction of the Leaves Bark or Roots of Elecampane healeth them being bathed therewith The Roots of Eringo or Sea-holly boiled in Hogs-grease and applied to them draweth not only Bones out of the Flesh but also Thorns and healeth them again An Ointment made of the Roots of Osmond-Royal or Water-Flag in a Mortar with the Oyl of Swallows and the place grieved anointed with it is very good Flix-weed doth consolidate broken Bones so doth the leaves of the Holly-tree used in Fomentations so doth Knot-grass and Moon-wort the leaves of Mullen bruised and boiled in Wine and laid to any Member out of Joynt and newly Set again taketh away all swellings and pains thereof the Leaves of Nettles also bruised and laid to them refresheth them the Juice of Plantine applied to any bone out of Joynt hindreth the Inflammation swelling or pain that shall arise thereon Solomons Seal knitteth any Joynt which by weakness useth to be often out of its place Or the Decoction of the Root being bruised and infused in Wine all Night and given him much helpeth towards the Cure the Leaves of Turn-Sole bruised and applied to Bones out of Joynt is very good for them c. Simples that are good to cleaâ—se the Blood Avens VVater-Cresles or Brook-lime Burage or Bugloss Butchers broom or Knee-holly Cardus Bâ—nedictus the red Dock which is commonly called Blood-wort Fennel-seeds Fumitory Hops VVall-Rue or ordinary white Maiden-hair Mustard-seed the Root of the bastard Rubarb Sage Succory Scurvey-Grass Smallage VVood-sorrel Star-Thistle Ladies Thistle the yellow VVall-Flower c. Simples that are good in general to ex pel the dead Foal Aâ—heal the Herb Alkanet applied to her Shape draweth it forth Angelica Brook-lime or Water-Pimpernel Centaury or sweet Chervil given her in Wine is very good The powder of the Root of Cuckow-point or the Juice of it given in Wine bringeth it away Flax-weed or Toad-Flax is good Flower de-luce made up in a Pessary with Honey and put up into her Body bringeth it forth Germander Hore-hound Filapendula or Drop-wort is good also given her so is the Root of Masterwort Ground-pine is excellent good to expel it The Decoction of the Leaves and Branches of Sage given is also good so is the Juice of the yellow Wall-Flower c. Simples good in general to provoke Lust in Horses The Decoction of Asparagus given him for some time the seed of the Ash-tree powdred with Nutmegs is a great Increaser of it Beans Chest-Nuts Cream of Cich-pease or Cicers boiled in water and given The Seeds of both the sorts of Clary the pith of the stalk of the Burr-dock before the Burr cometh forth The weight of one Ounce of Cloves given in Milk provoketh it exceediugly Bread made of Potatoes and Bean-flower and given him is a great Provoker of it The Roots of Chervil the Roots of Fennel-gyant Spear-mint Mustard-seed Nettle-seed The seed of the wilde Rocket encreaseth it exceedingly Raisins of the Sun sweet Almonds Pine-Nuts the pizzle of a Bull or Hart Boars stones dried and powdred and given him amongst his Provender c. Simples good in General to increase Milk in Mares The seed or leaves of Burrage or Bugloss Cicers boiled in Milk Cocks-Head the leaves or seed of Fennel the seed of wilde Rocket Sow thistles the seed of Vipers Bugloss given him in Ale Dandelion c. Things good in General to wash all manner of Sores and Vlcers Alehoof bruised with white-Wine and Allom is very good to wash all sorts of them Flixweed made into a Salve doth quickly heal them how foul or malignant soever they be the distilled water of the Herb worketh the same effect but it is somewhat weaker The Juice of Fox-Gloves doth cleanse dry and heal them The Juice of the Leaves or Roots of stinking Gladwin and anoint any Scab or sore in the Skin it taketh them away The Juice of Purslain is good to allay the heat in sores and hurts Meadow sweet Ragwort the Juice of the green Herb of Tobacco wilde Tansie boiled with Vineger and Honey is good to heal moist corrupt and running Sores c. Simples that are good in General for all manner of swellings or risings in the Skin viz. hard Knobs and Kernels as also swelled Legs Swellings under the Chaul hard or soft and to ripen them Archangel stamped with some Salt and Vineger and applied dissolveth them Bdelium a kind of Gum doth ripen them The leaves of the Beech Tree is good to discuss hot swellings Barley-meal and Flea-wort boiled in water and made into a Poultess with Honey and Oyl of Lillies cureth swellings under the Throat Brine dissolveth hard swellings Chickweed boiled in water very soft adding to it Hogs-Grease with the powder of Fennegreek and Linseed and a few Roots of Marsh-mallows stamped in the form of a Cataplasm or Poultess and applied taketh away the swelling of the Legs or any other part Bâ—ook-lime or water Pimpernel used in the like manner is also very good the Decoction of Coleworts taketh away the pain and Ach and allayeth the swellings in swollen Legs wherein any gross or watery Humours are fallen the place being bathed with it warm Oyl of Camomil is good to dissolve hard and cold swellings Cummin put into a Poultiss is also good for them so is Chervil bruised and applied Cinquesoyl boiled in Vineger helpeth all hard swellings so does Clary and Cleavers boiled in Hogs-Grease do the like Cocks-head bruised when they are green
and laid as a Plaister dispenseth Knots and Kernels in the Flesh the Juice of Colts-foot is good for all hot swellings and inflammations Endive applied asswageth all Swellings and Tumors coming of a hot cause an Oyl made of the broad Flag Flower-deâ—luce mollifieth all manner of Tumors and Swellings in any part of the Body As also of the Matrice the Roots of stinking Gladwin boiled in Vineger or the Grounds of Beer and laid upon them consumeth them the Decoction of the leaves of the Goose-berry bush cooleth them Frankincense mingled with Honey and applied dissolveth hard swellings the fresh Herb of Groundsel made into a Poultess taketh away the heat and pains of them and used with Salt dissolveth Knots and Kernels Henbanâ— asswageth all manner of swellings in the Cods or elsewhere if they be boiled in Wine or the Grounds of Beer and applied either of themselves or by a fomentation warm True-love or one Berry hath the same Vertues Hore-hound boiled in Hogs Grease is also good for any swelling in any part of the Body St. Jâ—hâ—s wort dissolveth swellings Knotgrass cooleth all manner of hot Inflammations breaking out by heat Hedge Mustard is good for swellings in the Stones The Decoction of Rag-weed or Pellitory of the VVall is good Rye-bread or the leaves thereof ripeneth and breaketh Imposthumes and other swellings so doth Wood-Sage the leaves of Southern-wood boiled till they be soft and stamped with Barley-Meal and Barrows Grease and applied to the place grieved is good for all cold Tumours The Decoction of the Root of Scabins applied doth wonderfully help all sorts of hard or cold swellings in any part of the Body c. Simples good in General to cause Sweat given inwardly or applied outwardly Mountain Calamint given inwardly or applied outwardly being boiled in Sallet-Oyl and the Body anointed with it the Juice of Scabius given him with Treacle Camomil used in Baths provoketh it opening the Pores and mitigating the Griping pains in the Guts and Bowels the Juice of Bugloss mixed with Brandy and the Body rubbed therewith is good Master-wort or Herb-Gerrard is also good Fennel-Gyant mixed with Sallet-Oyl and the Body anointed with it An Oyl made of Asarabaca with Landanâ—m by setting it in the Sun and the Back anointed with it is good Wood-sage c. Simples and other things that are good to Expel the Heam in Beasts which is the same as the after-Birth is in Women Time Winter-succory penny Royal boiled in white-Wine and given Common Horehound boiled also in the same Wine and given Dittany given or put up in a Pessary driveth forth the dead Foal and expelleth the Secundine Angelica driveth it forth also so doth Parsley-seed Alexanders Hops Fennel Savin and bay-Berries the powder of the inside of the wrinkled skin of the Gizzard of a Hen that Lays dried and given in white-Wine is excellent c. Simples good in general to provoke or expel Wind. Alexander or House-parsley Angelica seeds Bay-berries the seeds of the wild Carriots Bishops-weed dissolveth it Caraway-seeds Cardamum seeds sweet Chervil Cummin taken inwardly or given in Glisters is good for the gnawing of the Guts and Belly Dill-seeds the Herb Devils-bit boiled in Wine Fennel-seeds Filapendula or Drop-wort Hemp seed the Berries of Holly Juniper-berries the Root of Lovage Lavender Nep or Cat-mint Nutmegs wild Parsnix or the Seeds or Roots of common parsley dissolveth it both in the Stomach and Bowels China-Roots Winter and Summer-Savoury penny-royal given him in Sack Burnet Saxaâ—rage stone-parsley the seed of smallage Time or Mother of Time Valerian c. Simples that are good in general for Cattel that are bewitched Two drams of the berries or seed of True-love or one berry beaten to powder and given him for twenty days together restoreth him Misle-toe growing upon Pear-trees and hung about the Neck is very good Amara â—ulcis gathered in its Influency is also good for it used as before Peony is good The branches of the Holly-tree is reported to defend not only from Witch-craft but Lightning also c. Simples that are Cordials and Strengthners of Nature Gentian strengthens the Stomach exceedingly and keepeth the Heart from fainting Clove Gilly-Flowers are great Strengthners both of the Brain and Heart and are very good to put into Cordials for sick and weak Horses St. Johns-wort Juniper-berries strengthens the Brain and all the Limbs of the Body Marigolds strengthens the Heart so doth Saffron and Mustard-seed Give not above two drams of Saffron at a time when you use it Mother of Time is a great strengthner of it Red Roses doth not only strengthen the Heart but Stomach and Liver and the retentive Faculty and mitigateth the pains that arise from Heat Bugloss Balm Motherwort Mace Cinnamon Cloves Anniseeds Canary c. Simples that are good in general either taken inwardly or applied outwardly for the Biting or Stinging of any venomous Beast viz. Adders Vipers Spiders Wasps Bees and Hornets c. The Decoction of Agrimony given him or the Juice of Alexander or Horse-parsley Aristolochia rotunda or Birthwort Asarabica Balm Wood-bitony the powder of the dried Leaves of the blew Bottle given in Plantine-water Comfrey Bucks-horn Plantine given him with some of the Leaves laid to the hurt place is good against the Biting of Adders the Juice of the Root of the Bur-dock given him inwardly and applied outwardly to the place bruised with Salt is also very good for them to ease the pain thereof Water-Caltrops Cantaury Campions Flower-de luce boiled in Vineger and given is good so is the Decoction of the Root of Common Elder the seed of St. Johns wort given inwardly and applied outwardly is good for them so is Sage Rocket Penny-royal Pimpernel Ground-pine Marjorem Summer-Savory taketh away the stinging of Bees or Wasps the Root of Spignel the green Herb of Tobaccho applied to the place bruifed the Leaves of the Tamarisk Tree boiled in Wine and given him is good so is Valerian and Vipers Bugloss the Flower of Barley or Wheat-meal boiled in Vineger applied to the place grieved is very good to draw forth the Venom the Juice of Mead or Trefoyl is also good for them c. A very large Account in general of what Simples are good for all sorts of Sorâ—s or Vlcers whether inward or outward of what Nature soever Agrimony Alehoof boiled with a little Honey and Verdegrease doth wonderfully cleanse them and stayeth the spreading and eating of the Cankers in them the Juice or the Water of Angelica is very good to wash them with so is Anemone or Wind-Flower and Archangel Arsmart is good for putrid Ulcers Alloes beaten to powder and strewed upon them is also good so is the Juice of Broom and Water-bitony the Water or Juice of Bistort or Snakeweed or of the Leaves Buds or Branches of the Bramble is very good to wash them with the â—uice of the Leaves of the blew Bottle helpeth all Ulcers or Sores in the Mouth Bugle Burnet wild
Champions given inwardly or applied outwardly is very good so is the Juice of Celandine and Centaury the red berries of the VVinter-Cherries given inwardly cleanseth the inward Imposthumes and Ulcers of the Reins and Bladder and is also good for bloody and foul Urine the Juice of the bruised Leaves of Chickweed Cinquefoyl or â—omfrey is good to wash them with Cuckoe-point the Root of it in powder or the Herb boiled in Sheeps or Cows Milk healeth the inward Ulcers of the bowels the distilled VVaters of Cucumbers given inwardly is very good for Ulcers in the Bladder the powder of the Root of both kinds of Fern strewed upon them drieth up the moisture in them and healeth them speedily so doth the powder of Sow-Fennel or Fig-wort the Juice or the VVater of Flix-weed injected into them doth cleanse and heal them up Elecampane Root beaten to powder and mixed with Honey is also very good Dill burnt and laid upon moist Sores cureth them Franckincense is good to Fill up hollow Ulcers Hemlock is good for all creeping Ulcers and Pustles that arise from hot and sharp Humours by cooling and repelling the heat Take this Receipt for the Cure of all manner of Ulcers Take the green leaves of the yellow Henbane three pounds and a half of them stamped in a Mortar and boil it in a quart of Sallet Oyl in a brass Pan gently upon the Fire keeping it stirring till the Herbs are black and will not boil nor bubble any more then you shall have a most excellent green Ointment which being strained from the dross put it to the Fire again and add to it half a pound of Bees Wax four Ounces of Rosin and two Ounces of common Turpentine melt them together and keep them for your use This will cure any iuveterate Ulcer Botch Burning green Wound and all Cuts or Hurts in the Head The fresh leaves of Ivy boiled in white Wine doth wonderfully help to cleanse them Juniper-Berries drieth up hollow Ulcers and filleth them up with flesh Knot grass or the powder of the Herb or Seed cools all Gangreens Fistulaes and foul and silthy Ulcers Knape weed is a great Drier up of Moisture in them Madder helpeth them in the Mouth if unto the Decoction you put a little Allom and Honey of Roses Herb Mouse-Ear is very excellent to stay the Malignity and spreading of them Pellitory of the Wall penny-Royal bruised and put to Vineger cleanseth them The Juice of Plantain is good for old Ulcers that are to be healed The Juice of Purslain is good for Inflammations in the privy Parts the powder of Savin mixed with Honey cleanseth them but it hindereth them from healing The Juice of Rag-wort is very good also c. Burning Compositions The gentlest is Vnguentum Apostolorum next to it is Verjuice and Hogs-Grease beaten together Next to this is Precipitate and Turpentine mixt together Next to it is Arsnick allayed with any Oyl or healing Salve Next to it is Mercury sublimate likewise allayed with some cooling Salve and the worst is Lime and Soap or Lyme and strong Lye beaten together for they will corrode and mortifie the soundest part whatsoever To make Hair smooth sleek and soft To do this keep him warm at the Heart for the least inward Cold will make the Hair stare then make him Sweat oft for that will raise up the Dust and Sweat which makes his Coat foul when he is in his greatest Sweat with an old Sword Blade scrape off all the white Foam Sweat and Filth that shall be raised up and that will lay his Coat even and smooth And when you let him Blood rub him all over with his own Blood and so let it remain two or three days and then Curry and Dress him well and this will make his Coat shine like Glass How to cast and overthrow a Horse When you intend to Cast your Horse bring him upon some even smooth and soft place or in the Barn upon some soft straw then take a long Rope and double it and cast a Knot a yard from the Bought then put the Bought about his Neck and the double Rope betwixt his fore-Legs and about his hinder Pasterns and underneath his Fet-locks then put the ends of the Rope underneath the Bought of his Neck and draw them quickly and they will overthrow him then make the ends fast and hold down his Head under which you must be sure to have always good store of straw Now if you would at any time Brand your Horse on the Buttock or do any thing about his hinder-Legs that he may not strike take up his contrary fore-Leg and when you do Brand your Horse see that the Iron be red hot and that the Hair be both seared away and the Flesh scorched in every place before you let him go and so you shall be sure to lose no Labour To make an unruly Horse stand still to be Trimmed that will not be Trimmed with Barnacles Take off one of his Stirrop-Leathers and put it into his Mouth and so over his Head as you do a Bridle and girt up his Chaps very hard and he will stand quietly to be Trimmed Another to make an unruly Horse stand still to be shod The common way is to put a pair of Barnacles upon his Nose and Tye them very hard but if you find that will not do then at the same time put some round stones into his Eares and Ty them up hard that they fall not out How to make a stubborn Horse to go Tye a small Cord or Line about his Stones pretty hard and bring it between his fore-Legs and let it be of that length that you may reach the other end of it with your Hand when you are upon his Back and when you find that he will not go forward Jerk him with your Line which is the only means I know of to break him of his stubborn tricks If he be a Gelding then strike him with a long Rod that is burnt at one end and this will help To make a Horse follow his Master and finde him out and Challenge him amongst never so many People Take a pound of Oat-Meal and put to it a quarter of a pound of Honey and half a pound of Lunarce and make a Cake thereof and put it into your Bosom next to your naked Skin then run or labour your self till you Sweat then rub all your Sweat upon your Cake then keep him Fasting a day and a night and give it him to eat and when he hath eaten it turn him loose and he shall not only follow you but also hunt and seek you out when he hath lost you or doth miss you and though you be enviroued with never so many yet he will find you out and know you and when he cometh to you spit into his Mouth and anoint his Tongue with your Spittle and thus doing he will â—â—ver forsake you How to make a black Star or white Hair black If you
virtues of it in the Table of Simples the price the pound is 6 s. 0 d. Steel Filings cleanseth not only the Reins and Bladder from Gravel but is also a great Purifyer and Sweetner of the Blood the price the pound is 0 s. 6 d. White-lead is of a cold dry and earthy quality It helps inflammations and dries up evil humours the price of it the pound is 0 s. 4 d. Lythargy of Gold and Silver binds and dries much they fill up Ulcers with flesh and heals them the Gold is accounted the best and is worth the pound 0 s. 5 d. The Silver the pound is 0 s. 3 d. Red Lead mixed with Sallet-Oyl being beaten to a very fine Powder and the grieved place where the Pole-evil is anointed with it every day and heated well in with a hot Fire shovel will sink it the price of it the pound is 0 s. 3 d. Lapis Haematites or Blood-stone is good to stanch Bleeding inwardly and outwardly being Ground very fine and given him It hath also many other Medicinal Vertues The price the pound is 3 s. 0 d. Sal Prunella the pound is 0 s. 10 d. Mercury Precipitate the pound is 8 s. 0 d. Sal Armoniack is hot and dry in the fourth degree the pound is 1 s. 0 d. Sal Jemma see the vertues of it in the Table of Simples the price the pound is 0 s. 4 d. Sâ—â—t-Peter refined in the Lump evaporateth It comforteth the Sinews and taketh away tyring and weariness The price in the Lump or Chrystallized the pound is 1 s 0 d. Tutia is a certain Mineral that is cold in the first and dry in the second degree and is very good for the defects in the Eyes the price the pound is 2 s. 0 d. Vitriol which we call Copperas is of two Kinds viz. Vitriol Romanum which we call green Copperas and Vitriol Albium which we call white Copperas They are both hot and dry but the white accounted the stronger They take away Scurfs and kill Scabs boiled in Spring water and the grieved place Bathed therewith the price of the white the Pound is 1 s. 6 d. The price of the Green the pound is 2 s. 4 d. It is very good laid in Spring water till it be Coloured for sore Eyes Vitriol Common or Copperas green and white which is sold at the Colour-shops is worth about three half pence or two pence the pound Irish Slate beaten to a very fine Powder and about an Ounce of it given in a quart of warm â—le is very good for a Horse that hath been bruised by Falls the price the pound is 0 s. 8 d. SIMPLES that you may buy â—heaper at the Druggists t' en you can prepare them your selves Elecampane Powder the best the Pound is 1 s. 2 d. Elecampane Powder the common the Pound is 0 s. 8 d. Liquoris Powder the best the Pound is 1 s. 4 d. Liquor is powder the common the Pound is 0 s. 5 d Red Sanders Powder the best the Pound is 1 s. 4 d. Turmerick powder the best the Pound is 0 s. 11 d. Powder of Ginger the Pound is 0 s. 6 d. PRICS of s veral Things bought of the GROCERS Sugar candy white is good for sore Eyes being beaten to Powder and blown into them the price of it the pound is 1 s. 4 d. Sugar-candy brown is good made up with other Simples or Compounds for Colds or Coughs the price the pound is 0 s. 10 d. Common Treacle is also very good for Colds Coughs and Surfeits made up with other Compounds or his Drink sweetned therewith and a Lump of sweet Butter put to it the price the pound is 0 s. 3 d. OYLS Oyl of O rganum is very good for all manner of Swellings occasioned by Bruises or Strains in the Nerves and Sinews the price the pound is 32 s. Oyl of Euphorbium helps Sinews and strengthens them mollifying their hardness the price the pound is 32 s. Oyl of St. Johnswort is also very good for all Sinew-Strains and Swellings in any part of the Body the price the pound is 1 s. 6 d. Nâ—â—vâ— Oyl is good to strengthen the Nerves and Sinews the price of the best the pound is 0 s. 6 d. The price of the Common is 0 s. 3 d. Oyl of Turpentine is good for Swellings Bruises Strains and old sores and Fâ—â—â—ulaes the price the pound is 0 s. 6 d. Oyl of Spike is also good for all manner of St ains whether in the Shouder or Joynts and also for all manner of Swellings in any part of the Body the price of the righ the pound is 1 s. 0 d. Oyl of Peter is very good for stains hard swellings splints spavins and â—ruises The Places grieved being anointed with it the price the pound is 2 s. 6 d. Oyl of Exceter is also good for the same Distempers the price the pound is 1 s 6 d. Oyl of sweet Almonds helps Colds and Coughs wet and dry sweetned with brown sugar Candy it is good also for Ulcers in the Bladder and Reins and is a great Encâ—easer of seed if you give it inwardly use new for it will soure in three or four days the price the ounce is 0 s. 4 d. Oyl of Bays is good for the Cholick and is a Sovereign Remedy for any Disease in any part of the Body coming of Wind or Cold you may safely give him feur or five drops of it at a time in any Compound Medicine appropriated to that use the price the pound is 1 s. 4 d. Oyl of Swallows is very good to anoint the Sinews of a Horse that stumbles or ae shrunk to stretch and make them give way again and is also good for all manner of Bruises Sprains and Strains the price the pound is 1 s. 6 d. Chymical PREPARATIONS bought of the Druggist Mercurius dulcis sub the Ounce is 0 s. 6 d. Tartaâ—um Vitriolarum the Ounce is 1 s. 0 d. Chymical Prices of CYLS and SPIRITS which do Corrode and eat off dead and proud Flesh and Dony Excrescences Aqua fortis Singlethe Pound is 2 s. 0 d. Aqua fortis double the Pound is 4 s. 0 d. Oyl of Anniseeds the Ounce is 0 s. 8 d. Oyl of Organum the Ounce is 0 s. 3 d. Oyl of Tartar Deliq. the ounce is 0 s. 6 d. Oyl of Vitriol the ounce is 0 s. 3 d. COMPOUNDS or ELECTUARIES Diascordium stops fluxes and mightily strengthers the Heart it is not so hot but it may be Given to a sick Horse to provoke Sleep one ounce of it is enough to give him at a time dissolved in a quart of warm Beer the price the ounce is 0 s. 2 d. Diatessaron see the virtues of it in the First Part 'T is worth the Pound at the Apothecaries 1 s. 8 d. but if you make it your self you may make it for 1 s. Mithridate is good against Poison provokes Sweat is good for Consumptions and Colds helps the
Cholick by expressing the Wind as also Ulcers in the Bladder two or three drams is enough to give him at a time dissolved in a quart of Ale or Beer the price the pound is 6 s. 0 d. London-Treacle is a very good Cordial It resists Poison and is an excellent Antidote against pestilential diseases it strengthens also a cold Stomach and helps Ingestion You may give him with safety two Ounces of it by its self or more according to the strength and courage of the Horse dissolved in a Pint of Sack or for want of that a quart of 〈◊〉 Ale or Beer sweetned with Honey But if you put it into 〈◊〉 where there are other compounds mixed with it then 〈…〉 the price of it the pound is 2 s. 0 d. OYNTMENS 〈…〉 Oâ—ntment is a most excellent 〈…〉 in the Nerves and Arteries coming of 〈◊〉 as aâ—so for old Bâ—uises-dead paâ—sies Chillness Coldness or 〈◊〉 or any particular Member by hard Travel or otherwise 'T is indeed a mest precious Fewel both for Man or Beast for any Disease in any part of the Body coming of cold It is also very good for the Wâ—n◠〈◊〉 if the Belly be anointed with as and chase and heated invery well 'T is sold at the Apothecaries by the Pound for 1 s. 01 1 s. 2 d. Dialtlaeâ— is very good to moisten hard Wounds and to soften hard Swellings or any Bony Excrescence in the Flesh It is sometimes given inwardly to a Horse or Cow with very good success that is in great danger of loss of life by licking up any venomous or poisonous thing either at Hay or Grass or when they have over-Gorged themselves by eating too much delicious food as Clover-Grass Turnep-tops or the like which will cause them to swell so full that they will be ready to burst If you find him in this desperate condition give him according to his Strength and Constitution more or less of this Ointment mixed with the like quantity of Castle-sope dissolved in some warm Beer and Ride or stir him afterwards which will not only make him Piss freely but also cause him to scoure which is the best means I know of to be use for the preservation of his Lifoe This is sold at the Apothecaries also for about 1 s. 8 d. the pound If you desire to knew for your farther satisfaction what things this ointments is made up with take this Acceunt of them They are these viz. Sallet-Oyl Marsh-Mallowes Linseeds Fennegreek-seeds Bees Wax Rozin and Turpentine If he be a strong lusty and healthy Horse you may venture to give him two Ounces of each But this I leave to the skilful Farrier Discretion Patch or Piece Grease was formerly made by the Shoomakers from the shreds of their Leather boiled in Spring water on the top of which arises a certain Oyly Unctuous Matter which they skin off and boil up with other Ingredients to a Salve 'T was many years ago frequently used to Liquor Boots and Shooes with and only made by them for that purpose But the more skilful in the Art of Farring hath found out a far better use for it viz. The Curing of many outward Distempers which you shall have an Account of in its due time and place This most excellent Receipt or Salve is almost quite lost to Posterity for few or none can make it truly I knew only but of one and she is a Shoomakers Wife who keeps this secret to her self and you cannot much blame her for it by reason of the great profit and advantage she bath made by the sale thereof having got many a fair Pound by it Her Name is Mrs Harvey and keeps a small Alchouse in Bedford-Bury street near Covent-Garden at the Sign of the Hornes The Virtues of it 'T is a most Excellent Ointment of it self both for Man or Beast for all Pains and Aches in the Limbs New or Old As also for all manner of Stains and Swellings in what part of the Body soever they be But more powerful and effectual it is in Operation for these several Distempers If it be used according to Markhams Direction viz. To Melt ten Ounces of it on the Fire and after you have taken it off put into it these several Oyls here under-written viz. Oyl of Spike four ounces Oyl of Origanum one ounce Oyl of Exceter an Ounce and a half Oyl of St. Johns-wort three ounces Stir all these very well together and put it up into a Gally-Pot close coverd with a Bladder and Leather over that and keep it for your use A CAUTION If you cannot get Piece-Grease use Goose Grease but this is not half so Powerful in Operation as the other But this I must needs say of it it is of such thin and subtil Parts that it will quickly search to the bottom of the grieved Part. How you are to use it Melt your Ointment over the Fire and anoint the grieved place and rub and chafe it in very well with your hand holding at the same instant before it a hot Brick-bat or Fire shovel to make it sink in the better Anoint it once in two days but rub and chase it in twice or thrice a day and give him moderate Exercise The Price of this excellent Salve as she commonly sells it for the Pound is 4 s. 0 d. SPIRITS Spirit of Lavender is a most excellent Cordial and may serve in the Room of many more you may give him half an ounce of it in a quart of warm Ale or Beer sweetned with Honey or Common Treacle This is sold at the Apothecaries by the ounce for 0 s. 4 d. Compound Powders bought of the Druggist Horse Spice see the Virtues of it in the Receipt how to make it in the First Part the price the pound is 0 s. 6 d. Diapente see also the Vertues of it in the First Part the price the pound is 0 s. 10 d. Another single Powder Carolina is a kind of Sea-Moss that grows upon the Rocks It is cold binding and drying and is good for hot Inflammations and to kill Wormes you may safely give him as much of the powder of it as will lie upon a shilling in Ale or Beer the price the pound is 0 s. 4 d. WATERS Treacle-Water hath the same vertues as the Treacle the price the Pint is 4 s. 6 d. A Caution to the Farrier about the Buying of his Drugs These several Drugs both Simple and Compound which the Farrier makes use of in the Cure of any inward or outward Distemper does commonly Rise or Fall according to the scarcity or plenty of them And therefore I Advise you whenever you have occasion to buy any of them do not depend too much upon the Prices here set you but get them as cheap as you can For 't is customary amongst the Druggists not to sell any thing unless they get double if not treble profit by what they sell though withal I must tell you they are here valued as
to Dye Cloth Caps Hoose and such like The Ash Tree the leaves and bark of it are dry and moderately hot the Seeds are hot and dry in the second degree they stop the Belly being boiled in Vineger and Water the Seâ—ds provoke Urine and stir up bodily Lust Aspâ—dâ—lls are hot and dry in the third degree Anemones all the kinds of them which are Wind-Flowers are sharp biting the tongue and are of a binding faculty Adders Tongue is dry in the third degree and is good for Wounds in the Breast and Bowels and is good for Ulcers and Inflammations Arsmart or Water-Pepper is hot and dry yet not so hot as Pepper is good for Ulcers cold Swellings Bruises and to lay under the Saddle to make tired Horses go Alhâ—â—â— all the kinds of them are dry with little or no heat and are endued with a binding quality they are good for green Wounds being bruised and boiled in an Ointment It is good for the Wormes Gout Cramp and Convulsions of the Sinews provokes Urine and is good for cold Griefs of the Head biting of mad Dogs Lethargy Cholick Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen Stone and expelleth the dead Birth Archangel or dead Nettles are hotter and drier then Nettles approaching to the temperature of Hore-hound and is good for the bleeding at the Nose Ulcers old sores Bruises and Burnings and to dissolve Tumors Alkanet the Root of it is cold and dry and bindeth and because it is bitter it cleanseth away Cholerick Humours the Leaves are not so forcible yet they do bind and dry and is good for the Stone Yellows Leprosie venomous Beaâ—ts Fluxes and Bruises by Falls Wormes Angelâ—ca is hot and dry in the third degree and opâ—nâ—th and attenuateth digesteth and procureth Sweat and is good against Poison Plague Cold Wind Cough of the Lungs Strangury short Windedness stoppings of the Liver and Spleen biting of mad Dogs Ulcers and old â—ains Alexanders or wild Parsley the seeds roots are less hot and dry then the Garden Parsley they cleanse and make thin being hot and dry in the third degree They are good to consume Wind provoke Urine and is good for the Strangury and opens the Obstructions of the Liver Amara dulâ—â—s which is woody Night-shade the fruit and leaves of it are in temperature hot and dry and cleansing and wasting away it is good to remove Witchcraft Tied about the Necks of Cattel and is good to remove the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen difficulty of Breathing Bruises by â—alls congealed Blood Dropsey Yellows Water-Aâ—riâ—â—ny is hot and dry in the second degree It is good to secure and open It maketh thin thick and gross humors and to expel and drive them forth by Urine and therefore is good for the Dropsey It opens Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen kills Worms Itch Scabs Flies and Wasps It is good to strengthen the Lungs and is good for a Cough and broken Wind in Cattel Alehoâ—f or Groâ—â—d-Ivy is hot and dry and because it is bitter it scoureth and removeth stoppings out of the Entrails It is good for inward Wounds Pains and Gripings by Wind Choler Spleen Plague Poison old pains in the Joynts sore Mouth and Throat Ulcers in the Privities Itch Scabs Web in the Eyes Redness and Wateriness in them and Deafness Amaranthus which is called Flower Gentle is good for the Running of the Reins and inward Bleeding Garden Arrach or Oâ—rach is moist in the second degree and cold in the first It is a Loosner of the Belly and fortifieth the expulsive faculty and is good for Swellings of the Throat being bruised and laid to it and being taken inwardly is good for the Yellows Wildâ— Arrach and stinking by smell is good given inwardly for the Faâ—cy and is good for any disease of the Womb. Aâ—â—ns called Colâ—woâ—â— or Herb Bâ—â—nâ—t hath a drying and binding faculty with a certain salt quality wherby they clense the decoction of them Loosneth the Belly and is good for the Diseases of the Chest and Breast It is good for inward Woundâ— the Heart a cold Brain Obstructions Cholick Fluxes Ruptures Plague Poison Agarick cometh of the Larch Tree which is almost like a Pine-tree and the leaves and bark is in temperature like it but not so strong It purgeth away grosâ— and phlegmatick humors it troubleth the stomach therefore Gingâ—r is to be Mixed with it it is hot in the first degree and dry in the second it is good against short Windedness Cough of the Lungs Consumption comforteth the Stomach and is good against Worms Agnus Câ—stus the leaves and roots of it are hot and dry in the third degree they are of very thin parts and waste and consume Wind. B. Balm is hot and dry in the second degree and it mundisieth and cleanseth it chearâ— up the Heart opens Obstructions of the Brain and is a remedy against the stinging or biting of any venomous Beast Mad dogs the bloody Flux Surfeit short-windedness The Bâ—rberry bush the leaves and berries are cold and dry in the second degree and as Gallen affirmeth are of thin parts and have a certain cutting quality they are good to stop Laâ—ks and bloody Fluxes the inner Rind of the Tree is good to purge the Body of Cholerick Humours and is good for Agues Scabs Itch Tetters Yellows Boyls Scalding and the Farcin Garden-Bâ—zil is hot in the second degree but it hath adjoyned with it a superfluous moisture and therefore not very good to be taken inwardly but being applied outwardly to the stinging of any venomous Beast Wasps or Hornets it taketh away the venom Wilde Bazil the seeds are hot and dry Bazil Vâ—lerian is dry in the second degree Bay-berries are vehemently hot and dry and are good for all manner of Rheumes shortness of Wind especially for any disease of the Lungs they are good against Poison Consumptions Phlegm helpeth Tiredness Cramps Stone stopping of the Liver the Yellows and Dropsey and provokes Urine Bdelium is a Gum that is brought out of Arabia and the holy Land and is hot and dry it softeneth and draweth away Moisture and is good for all manner of hard Swellings whatsoever it is most excellent for mixture with a Poultess against hardness and knots in the Sinews and being drunk breaks the Stone and expels Urine Beans are moderately cold and dry and are very Windy Ladies Bedstraw is good for the Stone and stays inward and outward Bleeding White Bâ—ets are in moisture and heat temperate and is a Loosner of the Belly and is of a cleansing quality and provoketh Urine Red Beets are of a binding quality and therefore good to stop the bloody Flux Water Bâ—tony is hot and dry and is good for Ulcers and Bruises Whiâ—e Runnâ—ng Bitony smelling like Marjorum is hot and dry in the third degree it bindeth Wounds and Conglutinateth and is good for Diseases of the Liver for the Wormes Old Sores and Wounds and is commonly called Centauâ—y Beech-Tree the leaves of it doth cool and the
other Fluxes of Blood D ll is hot in the end of the second degree and dry in the beginning of the same or in the end of the first degree it provoketh Urine and is good against Windiness it is good to case Swellings and Pains Devils-bit is somewhat bitter and is of a hot and dry temperature and that in the latter end of the second degree it is good against the Plague and all Pestilential diseases as Poisons Feavers and biting of venomous Beasts It is good for Bruises either inward or outward it is good to expel Wind drive forth Wormes The distilled Water of it is good for green Wounds old Sores and cleanseth the Body inwardly and the Seed outwardly from Sores Scurss and Itches Docke all of them are generally cold a little and moderately and some more They do all of them dry but not after one manner yet some are of opinion that they are dry in the third degree The red Dock cleanseth the Liver but the yellow is best to take when the Blood is afflicted with choler The Seeds of most of the kinds do stay Lasks and Fluxes of all sorts they are good for the itch and breaking out of the Skin if it be bathed therewith Dodder is of the Nature of the Herb on which it groweth is more dry then hot and that in the second degree It is a Purger of Choler and Phlegm from the Head Obstructions of the Liver Gall and Yellows Dogs-grass Quich-Grass or Couch-Grass opens Obstructions of the Liver and Gall stopping of Urine and easeth the pains of the Belly Inflammations and wasteth the Stones in the Bladder and Ulcers thereof Also being boiled the seed doth more provoke Urine and stayeth the Lask it is a good Remedy against all Diseases coming of stoppage Doves-foot or Cranes-bill is cold and somewhat dry with some binding quality It is good for the Wind Cholick and Stone the decoction thereof in Wine is a good Wound-drink for inward Wounds Hurts or Bruises and is good to cleanse and heal outward Sores Ulcers Fistulaes and green VVounds and is excellent for Ruptures Ducks-meat is cold and moist in a sort in the second degree it is good for Inflammations and St. Anthonies Fire Dragons is under Mars and therefore the best way to use it is after it is distilled and then the VVater of it cleanseth all internal parts of the Body and so it doth the external from Scurfand Scabs and being dropped into the Eye taketh away the Pin and VVeb and is good against Pestilence and Poison Dogs-tooth is of a very hot temperament and of an excrementitious Nature The Roots of all the Daffodils are hot and dry in the third degree Dyars-weed is hot and dry of Temperature the Root as also the whole Herb heats and dries in the third degree it cuts attenuateth opens and disgests It is good for the biting of venomous Beasts and Poison taken inwardly or applied outwardly Bastard-Dirtany is hot and dry in the second degree and of a wasting attenuating and opening quality and is good for the Stone in the Kidneys and Bladder Dropwort or Filipendula is hot and dry in the third degree opening cleansing and a little binding All the kinds of them have the same faculty unless it be the pernicious Drop-wort they are good against pains in the Bladder and break the Stone E. Elder is of a drying quality glewing and moderately disgesting It purgeth choler and phlegm both the inward Rind and the Berries and the Dropsey the Bark of the Root worketh more powerfully then either of them it is good against the biting of any venomous Beasts the Juice of it asswageth the hot Inflammations of the Eyes and all manner of Burnings and Scaldings being laid to the grieved place Dwarf-Elder called Dane-wort and Wall-wort it is of Temperature hot and dry in the third degree it doth waste and consume by Purging of Choler and Phlegm and Water and is more powerful then the common Elder and hath all the Properties of it The Elm-Tree the Leaves and Bark of it is moderately hot with a cleansing Faculty the Leaves bruised and applied healeth green Wounds it is good to Cure a Scurf Ruptures broken Bones Swellings and Burnings Endive and Succorie are cold and dry in the third degree and withal somewhat binding it is a fine cooling and cleansing Plant the Garden Endive is colder and not so dry and cleansing the Juice or the water of it is good to cool the excessive heat of the Stomach and Liver or any inflammation in any part of the Body and being applied outwardly it is good for Ulcers hard Swellings and Pestilential Sores Elecampane is hot and dry in the third degree especially when it is dry for being green and full of Juice it is full of superfluous moisture which somewhat abateth the heat and dry quality thereof It is good for Colds and Coughs and to warm a cold Stomach Wind short-Windedness Wheezing Stone in the Bladder resisteth Poison the Plague Cramps Convulsions Wormes Cankers Fistulaes Ensula or Devils-Milk is hot sharp and drying and draws choler from the Joynts Eringo or Sea-holly breedeth Seed exceedingly and is hot and moist it is good for the Yellows Dropsey Cholick provoketh Urine expelleth the Stone the Roots bruised and applied outwardly is good for the Farcin or taken inwardly for the same disease it is good for broken Bones and to draw thornes out of the Flesh the Juice dropped into the Ears helpeth the Impostumes in them the distilled water of it is good for all the Purposes aforesaid Eye-bright is hot and dry but yet more hot then dry the Juice or the Water of it is good to help all Infirmities of the Eyes that cause dimness Elusa is a Herb like a Spunge and is hot in the fourth degree it drieth and cleanseth exceedingly and of some is called Wolfes Milk Excrusion is that which we call Oxicration it is a certain Composition of Aceto and Water and is good to allay Swellings and Tumors Eggs the Whites are cold and the Yolks are hot and doth strengthen and incarnate the shells beaten to powder and given in Beer or Ale is very good to expel the Stone out of the Bladder F. Fern both the kinds of them Male and Female are hot and dry and somewhat binding their Vertues are both alike the Roots of them are good to kill Wormes the green leaves purge the Belly of cholerick Humors An Ointment made of the Roots bruised with Hogs-Grease is good for the Wounds in the flesh the powder of them is good to dry up moistures in malignant Ulcers The Water Ferne or Osmond-Royal is hot and dry but lesser then the former and hath all the Vertues the other hath but more effectually and is good for Wounds or Bruises and the like the decoction thereof being drunk or boiled in an Ointment or Oyl as a Balsam or Balm is very good for Bruises or Bones broken and out of Joynt it is good for the Cholick
temperature and because it is sweet it is meanly moist It is good for a Cough shortness of Breath and for all the Griefs of the Breast and Lungs And for the Diseases of the Kidneys and Ulcers in the Bladder It is good for the Strangury Heat of Urine the fine Powder of it blown into the Eye helpeth the Pin and Web. Common Liver-wort is good for all the Diseases of the Liver both to cool and to cleanse it and helpeth all Inflammations in any part of the Body the Yellows Mattering of the Yard it is good for Tettars Sores and Scabs Loose-strife or Willow-herb is good for all manner of Bleedings inward and outward as bloody Fluxes and bleeding Wounds Lovage is hot and dry in the third degree It openeth and disgesteth Humors provoketh Urine warmeth a cold Stomach is good for the pain in the Belly coming by Wind resisteth Poison is good for the Quinsey taketh away the redness of the Eyes Lung-wort which is a kind of Moss growing on sundry sorts of Trees is good for Coughs Diseases of the Lungs both in Man and Beast and is a most excellent Remedy boiled in Beer for broken-winded Horses Leeks Scallions or Onions are hot and dry and do attenuate and make thin and Loosen all evil Humors in the Body Vnslackâ— Lime is hot and dry in the fourth degree it drieth and corrodeth Lawrel and Bays are hot and dry they cleanse and mundifie Lee is hot and dry in the fourth degree it is very adustine cleansing and piercing Lithargirto is of two Kinds one of the colour of Gold the other of Silver it is dry and bindeth softneth incarnateth cooleth and closeth up Wounds The golden Colour is the best M. The Root Madder which the Physicians and Diars use is disputed whether it bind or open As it is of an obscure binding force so it is of nature and temperature cold and dry it is of divers thin parts by reason whereof the colour doth easily pierce it is good for inward Bruises or outward Bruises It is good for the bloody Flux provokes Urine Cures the Yellows by opening the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen And anointed with Vineger Cures the Tettar or Ring-worm VVhite Maiden-hair all the kinds of them are dry and maketh thin and is between heat and coldness it is good for a Cough shortness of Breath the Yellows Diseases of the Spleen stoppage of Urine and Stone In all which Diseases the Wall-Rue is as effectual stayeth both Bleedings and Fluxes of the Stomach and Belly being green it Loosneth the Belly and avoideth choler and phlegm from the Stomach and Liver cleanseth the Lungs and Blood and being boiled with Camomil dissolves knots allayeth swellings and drieth up moist Ulcers the Lye made thereof is good to cleanse the Skin from Scabs and from dry and Running Sores Golden Maiden-Hair hath all the Vertues of the former Of Mallows and Marsh-Mallowes either of them hath a certain heat and moisture and the leaves and roots of them boiled in water with Parsley and Fennel-roots openeth the Belly and are good for hot Agues they are used in Glisters the Juice of them given is good for the Falling Sickness the leaves bruised with Honey and laid to the Eyes taketh away the inflammation of them it is good against Poison A Poultess made of them and applied is good for all hard Tumors Inflammations Impostumes and Swellings it is good for Scaldings and Burnings and for St. Anthonies Fire Marsh-Mallows are more effectual in all the Diseases before mentioned and in Decoctions and Glisters to ease all pains of the Body making the Passages slippery for the Stone to descend Maple-tâ—eâ— the Decoction of the Leaves and Bark strengthens the Liver and to open Obstructions of it and the Spleen and to ease the pain proceâ—ding thence Myrobalaâ—s pâ—rge gently Melancholy and comforteth the Heart and Liver VVilde Maâ—joreâ— doth cut attenuate and make thin dry and heat and that in the third degree strengthens the Stomach helps the Cough Consumption of the Lungs cleanseth the Body of Choler expelleth Poison and is good for the biting of venomous Beasts helps the Dropsey Scabs Mange Yellows Sweet Marjoreni is excellent good for all the infirmities of the Head squirted up the Nose and taken inwardly is good for to comfort a cold Stomach and the Diseases thereunto belonging and being outwardly applied is good for the Obstructions of the Liver and being put into an Ointment it warmeth and comforteth the outward parts as the Joynts and Sinews for Swellings and for places out of Joynt Marigolds are hot almost in the second degree especially when they be dry and are much of the Nature of Saffron the Juice of the Leaves mingled with Vineger and anoint a hot swelling with it asswageth it they comfort the Heart and Spirits and expelleth any Pestilent or Malignant quality that may annoy them Master-wort the Root is hotter then Pepper and therefore good in all cold Diseases or Griefs of the Stomach and Body it is good for Rheum shortness of Breath and expelleth the Stone by Urine casts out the dead Foal it is good for the Dropsey Cramps Falling Sickness Poison provokes Sweat it cleanseth and healeth all green Wounds Sweet Maudlin the Vertues of it is the same with Cost-mary or Alecost and therefore I refer you unto Costmary for satisfaction Medlars are cold dry and binding the Leaves are of the same Nature they are good to stop all Fluxes of Blood inwardly given and the dried Leaves beaten to powder and strowed upon bleeding Wounds stayeth the bleeding of them and healeth them up quickly the Stones of them made into powder and given in white-Wine wherein Parsley Roots hath layn inâ—using all Night doth break the Stone in the Kidneys and help to expel it Melilote or Kings Claver is hot and dry in the first degree it hath a certain binding quality besides a wasting and ripening quality it is good for spreading Ulcers it is used to be put into Glisters the Flowers of it with Chamomel to expel Wind and into Poultcsses to asswage Swellings with the Juice of it with Oyl Wax Rosin and Turpentine is made a most Sovereign drawing Emplaister the Herb boiled in Wine breaketh the Stone French and Dogs Mercury are hot and dry in the second degree and hath a cleansing Faculty the Juice of it purgeth choler and watery humors it is good for waterish Eyes it cleanseth the Breast and Lungs from Phlegm the Juice put up the Nostrils purgeth the Head of Catarrhs and Rheums helpeth the Yellows it helpeth all Running Scabs Tettars Ring-wormes and being applied as a Poultess allayeth all Swellings and Inflammations and given in Glisters it evacuates from the Belly all offensive humors The Dogs Mercury though it is less used may serve to the same purposes to purge waterish humors Of all the Mints Spear-Mint or Heart-Mint is the most wholesom it hath a heating binding and drying quality The Juice taken in Vineger stayeth inward bleeding dissolveth
â—mpostumes being laid to with Barley Meal and applied with Salt helpeth the biting of a mad Dog it is good in all manner of breakings out of the skin and is good against Poison Nep or Cat Mint hath the same faculties with the other Horse-Mint is hot and dry it dissolveth Wind in the Stomach helpeth the Cholick and short-windedness it is good against the biting of venomous Beasts the Farcy taken inwardly and squirted up the Nostrils purgeth the Head of evil humors Misletoe the Leaves and Berries are hot and dry and of subtil parts the Bird-lime doth mollisie hard Knobs Tumors and Impostumes ripeneth and discusseth them and being mixed with equal parts of Rosin and Wax heals old Ulcers and Sores Missletoe bruised and the Juice put into the Eares healeth the Impostumes in them in a few days The Missletoe of the Oak being given inwardly Cures the Falling Sickness or hung about his Neck Money-wort or Herb Two-pence it is moderately cold it stays Lasks and bloody Fluxes Bleedings inwardly or outwardly and is good for all Wounds inward or outward Moon-wort is cold and drying more then Adders Tongue and is good for all manner of Wounds both inward and outward it stayeth all inward Bleeding as Veins broken bloody Fluxes and the like it consolidateth all Fractures and Disâ—ocations it is good for Ruptures it is reported that it will unlock Locks and unshooe Horses that tread upon it Tree-Moss is cold and binding and is the more binding according to the nature of the Tree it grows upon that of the Oak is the most binding and is good to stay Fluxes and inward Bleedings Moss boiled in Milk with the powder of Anniseeds Elecampane and Licoris is a most excellent Medicine for a Cold or Cough Mechoachan-Root is hot and dry in the second degree and purgeth filthy humors It is very safe and is good for inveterate Coughs Cholick Dolour and the Farcin Ground-Moss is dry and astringent without any heat or cold It breaketh the Stone and driveth it forth by Urine being boiled in white-Wine and given and being boiled in Water and applied easeth all Inflammations and pains coming of a hot cause Mother-wort is hot and dry in the second degree by reason of the cleansing and binding quality It is a very great Comforter of the Heart provoketh Urine cleanseth the Chest from cold Phlegm and killeth the Wormes in the Belly it warmes and dries up the cold humors in the Body and helps the Cramp and Convulsions of the Sinews Mouse-ear is hot and dry of a binding quality it is good for the Yellows it is good for the Stone and pains in the Bowels and is a very good Herb for inward or outward Wounds it is good for the Dropsey and stayeth the Fluxes of Blood both outward and inward the Juice of it is good to stay the spreading of all fretting Cankers and Ulcers whatsoever Mugg-wort is hot and dry in the second degree and somewhat binding it expels the dead Foal it breaks the Stone and is good for stoppage of Urine the Root made up with Hogs-Grease to an Ointment taketh away Wens and hard Knobs The Mâ—lbeerry-Tree the Mulberry is of different parts the ripe Berries by reason of their slippery moisture doth cleanse and open the Body the unripe fruit is cold and dry in the second degree the Bark but chiefly the Root is hot and dry in the third degree the unripe fruit being binding is good to stop Lasks and bloody Fluxes the Bark of the Root killeth the broad Wormes in the Belly the Juice made of the Berries is good for Inflammations and Sores in the Mouth or Throat Mullein doth dry the Leaves are of a digesting and cleansing quality the Root is good against Lasks and Fluxes of the Belly it is good for Burstness Cramps and Convulsions for old Coughs the Decoction of the Root in red Wine or in Water wherein Steel hath been quenched doth stop the bloody Flux it opens the Obstructions of the Bladder and Reins the powder of the dried Flowers is good for the pain of the Cholick the Decoction of the Roots and Leaves are good to dissolve Tumors Inflammations or Swellings the Seed bruised in Wine draweth forth thornes and splinters Common Mustard-seed doth heat and make thin and is a Loosner of the Belly it also draweth forth and is hot and dry in the fourth degree it cleanseth the Blood strengthens a weak Stomach and heats it if cold and is very good for the Head it draweth forth splinters and bones out of the Flesh provokes Urine resisteth Poison it is good applied outwardly to fetch out cold or any other pain of the Body or Joynts and is good for all Scurfs or wilde Scabs Hedge Mustard is good for Diseases of the Chest and Lungs and for Coughs shortness of Breath Yel ows and is used commonly in Glisters the seed is good against poison or venom Millet is cold in the first degree and dry in the third and is of a thin substance the Meal of it mixed with Tar and applied to the biting of any venomous Beast is good to take out the venom The Myrtle Tree consists of contrary substances a cold Earthliness it hath a subtil heat and drieth the Leaves Fruit and Juice doth bind outwardly applied and inwardly taken stayeth all Issues of Blood Mâ—stâ—ck is good to draw forth splints and nails out of the Flesh it bindeth and strengthneth weak parts and is good for old or new strains and inwardly taken strengthens the Stomach and is good to stop the Distillation upon the Lungs Mâ—lva is cold and moist it stoppeth softneth and mitigateth pain Malva visâ—us is very dry it softneth loosneth and mitigateth Mace is dry in the third degree without heat and only bindeth it is a comforter of the Heart and Spirits Maâ—na is of equal temper hot and dry it openeth mollifyeth and incarnateth Mariaton or Martiaton is a hot Unguent against all cold humors it helpeth the grief of the Sinews purgeth cold watery matters and ripeneth Tumors Marrow of what kinde soever is cold and moist and mollifieth Ulcers Now the best Marrow is that of a Hart or old Stag the next that of a Calf the next that of a Sheep and the last that of a Goat Myrrhe is a sovereign Gum it is hot and dry in the second degree it conglutinateth bindeth and cleanseth Wounds it is good against all colds it killeth Wormes and helpeth Pursiness for though it doth cleanse much yet it doth not exasperate the Arteries also it doth incarnate it helps all diseases of the Lungs the cholick stops Fluxes Morcosita or Marcasita is hot and dry it comforteth bindeth and melteth humors The fruit of the Myrtle-tree is dry in the third degree it doth bind good and loosen evil humors N. Narlwort or VVhitlow-grass is good for Imposthumes in the Joynts Neepe or Cat-mint is good for the Head ach coming of cold causes all Catarrhs Rheumes It is good for windiness of the Stomach
Cramps Wilde Tansie is cold and dry almost in the third degree having a binding quality It stayeth the Lask and all Fluxes whatsoever it is good for Burstness and is good for all Joynt-Aches or Pains it is good for inward or outward Wounds and to heal Running Sores it cooleth the hot Fits of the Ague be it never so violent the distilled water of it dropped into the Eyes or a Cloth wet therein taketh away the heat and inflammation of them Of Thistles in general all of them provoke Urine the Juice of them will cause Hair to grow where it is fallen off Treacle Mustard and Methridate Mustard both purge the Body upwards and downwards it breaks inward Imposthumes It is a very good Antidote against Poison Venom and Putrefaction it is also available in many Cases the Common Mustard is used but somewhat weaker The Black-thorn or Slo-Bush all the parts of it is cooling and binding and drying and good to stay Bleeding at the Mouth and Nose stop the Lask of the Belly or Stomach bloody Flux and to ease the pains of the Bowels and Guts that come by overmuch Scourings the Leaves are good to put into Lotions to wash a sore Mouth or Throat with wherein are Sores or Kernels and to stay the defluctions of Rheums to the Eyes or other parts and to cool the heat of them Thorough-wax or Thorough-leaf is of a dry Complexion and is good for all sorts of Bruises and Wounds inward and outward and old Ulcers and Sores likewise the decoction of the Herb or the Powder of it taken inwardly and the leaves bruised and applied outwardly is good to Cure Ruptures and Burstings Thyme is hot and dry in the third degree it is a great Strengthner of the Lungs it purgeth the Body of Phlegm and is good for short-windedness an Ointment made with it is good for hot swellings it comforteth the Stomach and expels Wind. VVilde Thime or Mother of Thime is of Temperature hot and dry in the third degree it is of thin and subtil parts cutting and much biting provokes Urine easeth the Griping pains in the Belly coming by Wind it is good for Cramps Ruptures and Inflammations of the Liver it is good for the Lethargy Pissing of Blood Coughing strengthens the Stomach expels Wind and breaks the Stone Turmentil or Serfoyl is binding and therefore good to stay all Fluxes of Blood or Humors whether at the Nose or Mouth or any Wound in the Veins or elsewhere It resisteth Poison Plague Pestilential Feavers and contagious diseases and expelleth the Venom from the Heart by Sweating there is not found any Root more effectual to help any Flux of the Belly Stomach Spleen or Blood then this taken inwardly or applied outwardly it opens the Obstructions of the Liver helpeth the Yellows it is good made into a Plaister to strengthen the Reins of the Back it is good for Ruptures and Bruises by Falls taken inwardly or applied outwardly and 't is a most excellent Wound-herb applied outwardly to rotten Sores and Ulcers any where of the Body or for any inward Wound it dissolves hard knots and kernels any where about the Body Turnsole or Heliotropium purgeth Choler and Phlegm boiled with water and given and being boiled with Cummin helpeth the Stone of the Reins or Bladder provoketh Urine the Herb bruised and laid to any old Pain in the Joynts taketh it away the Juice of it is good to take away Wenns and to dissolve hard kernels or knobs in the Flesh Medow Trefoyl or Honey-suckles is cold and dry and are good to put into Glisters it is good in a Poultess for Inflammations and Swellings the Juice dropped into the Eye taketh away the Pin and Web and taketh away the Blood-shotten of them Hart-trefoyl is a great Strengthner of the Heart fortifieth it against Poison and Pestilence and defending it from the noisom vapors of the Spleen Pearl-Trefoyl it differs not from the Common sort save only it hath a white spot in the Leaf like a Pearl and is of great Vertue against the Pin and Web in the Eyes Tuâ—bich is a Root that is hot and dry and purgeth by moderate drawing f it be corrected gross viscid and putrid Phlegm from the Brain Breast and remote Parts and Junctures Tutsan or Park-leaves the faculties are such as St. Peters-wort which declares it to be hot and dry it purgeth humors it is good for burnings by Fire it is a very good Wound-herb either inwardly given or outwardly applied Tartar is the Excrement of Wine which sticks to the Vessel and is hot and dry in the third degree and only cleanseth Turpentine is hot in the second and dry in the first it doth draw skin incarnate and conglutinateth things together and is good for the Mattering of the Yard given inwardly being made up by Art into Balls with Flower and bole-Armoniack Thuris Cortex is dry in the second degree and bindeth Trifora Magna is a certain Composition which will provoke Sweat helpeth Griefs in the Stomach and taketh away all cold Rhumes Tutia Preparata is a certain Mineral that is cold in the first and dry in the second degree and is very good for sore Eyes Turmerick is hot in the third degree and openeth Obstructions it is good against the Yellows and all cold Distempers of the Liver and Spleen and Fattens by a certain hidden quality Tastil wilde is cold in the third and dry in the first degree and comforteth and bindeth V. Garden Valerian is hot but not much provoketh Urine being dried and given helpeth the Strangury it is good for short Windedness the Roots of it being boiled with Licoris Raisins and Anniseeds helpeth to open the Passages and expectorates the Phlegm easily it is good for the Plague and those that are bitten and stung by any venomous creature it expelleth Wind and being boiled in white-Wine and dropped into the Eyes taketh away the dimness of Sight or any Pin and Web it healeth any inward sores and wounds and also all outward wounds and hurts and draweth out splinters and thornes out of the Flesh the Herb being bruised and laid to the place grieved VVilde Valerian some hold that being dried and beaten to Powder purgeth upwards and downwards Both the Vervaines are very dry and do meanly bind and cool it is an excellent Herb for the Womb and all the cold Griefs belonging thereunto as Plantain doth the hot It is hot dry and bitter opening Obstructions cleansing and healing It is good for the Yellows Dropsey the defects of the Reins and Lungs and all inward pains and torments of the Body it is good against the Plague and the venom of venomous Beasts against Agues the Wormes the diseases of the Liver and Spleen and all diseases of the Stomach and Lungs Coughs shortness of Breath and to cleanse the Bladder from all evil humors that engender the Stone it healeth all Wounds both inward and outward stayeth Bleeding and healeth old Ulcers in any part of the Body being
used with Honey It is good for Swellings used with Hogs-grease the distilled water of the Herb or â—uice dropped into the Eyes cleanseth them from Films The Branches of the Vine and the Leaves do cool and mightily bind and stayeth Bleeding in any part of the Body and are good to stop a Lask and bloody Flux the Leaves are put into Lotions for sore Mouths and being put into a Poultess with Barley-Meal cools â—nflammations of Wounds All the Violets are cold and moist while they are fresh and green and will cool any heat and distemper in the Body either inwardly given or outwardly applied Impostumes also and hot Swellings they purge the Body of Cholerick Humors the Powder of the Purple Flower helpeth the Quinsey and Falling Sickness it is good for the Liver Yellows and hot Agues The sorts of Vipers Grass are hot and moist as are the Goats-beards it is very good for the Plague poison of venomous Creatures falling Sickness Of Wall or Vipers Buglâ—ss the several sorts of them are cold and dry of Complexion it is good against the biting of Vipers or any other venomous Beasts and also against poison or any poisonous Herbs the Roots comfort the Heart tempers the Blood allays the hot Fits of Agues Vineger especially if it be of Wine is cold and piercing to wit cold in the first and dry in the third degree it cuts Phlegm Vermilion is a certain Metal drawn from Quick sulphur and Quick-silver it draweth healeth incarnateth bindeth and comforteth Ulcers Verdegrease is hot and dry in the third degree and is a Corrasive that eateth away dead and proud Flesh and is good to be put into Ointments for green Wounds or for the Scratches Green and white Vitriol may be taken inwardly a few drops of it with other things for the Farcin and outwardly applied to take away Wenns or hard Kernels or to eat away a Quitter-bone or Splint or to take off Warts from the hands if you will stay the eating of it or that you will have it eat no further then where you lay it wet all round where you lay it with water you must take it out of the Glass with a Feather or a piece of Silk Tied to a stick for it will eat both Linnen and Woollen The white is the strongest but the green is most safe for any use Vitriola Caleanthum is reckoned amongst Metals and is a kind of Inkey Earth it draweth and fretteth Vitriola Herba is an Herb that groweth on the VVall and is taken for Pellitory on the Wall W. Wall flower or Winter-Gilliflower all the kinds of them are of a cleansing faculty and of thin parts The yellow kind works more powerfully and are of more use in Physick it cleanseth the Blood and freeth the Liver from Obstructions expelleth the Secundine and dead Foal stayeth Inflammations and Swellings comforteth and strengthneth any weak part out of Joynt cleanseth the Eyes from Films and cleanseth also filthy Ulcers in the Mouth and is a good Remedy for all Aches and Pains in the Joynts and Sinews and is good for the Farcin The VVallnut-Tree the Bark of it doth bind and dry very much and the leaves are much of the same Temperature they kill the VVormes in the Belly with other things put to them they help the biting of a mad Dog or the venom or poison of any Creature the Kernels of them when they are old are very Astringent and will stop a Lask the Oyl of the Kernels taken inwardly helpeth the Cholick and expels VVind the distilled water of the green husks before they be ripe is good to cool the heat of Agues as also to resist the Infection of the Plague being applied to the sores it cooleth also the heat of green VVounds and old Ulcers being Bathed therewith Wold Weld or Dyars-weed is hot and dry of Temperature also the whole Herb heats and dries in the third degree it cuts attenuates resolveth opens disgests it is good taken inwardly or applied outwardly against the venom of venomous Beasts as also for the Plague or Pestilence and is good for green Wounds Wheat is hot and dry in the first degree it hath a certain clammy stopping quality the Oyl of it pressed out between two thick Plates of Iron healeth all Tettars and Ring-wormes used warm The green Corn chewed and applied to the place bitten by a mad Dog healeth it Sliced Wheat-bread soaked in Red Rose-water or Spring-water and applied to the Eyes that are hot red and inflamed or blood-shotten helpeth them And hot Bread applied to the Kernels of the Throat healeth the Kernels thereof the Flower of it mixed with the Juice of Henbane stayeth the Flux of Humors to the Joynts and being boiled in Vineger helpeth the shrinking of the Sinews the Flower of it mixed with the Yolk of an Egg Honey and Turpentine doth draw cleanse and heal any Bile Plague-sore or foul Ulcer the Decoction of Wheat-bran is good to Bath those Places that are bursten by a Rupture and the said Bran boiled in Vineger helpeth all Swellings and Inflammations it helpeth the biting of Vipers and all other venomous Creatures Wasers put in water and given stayeth the Lask and bloody Flux The Willow-tree the Leaves Flowers Seed and Bark are cold and dry in the second degree and binding they are used to stay bleeding of VVounds and all other Fluxes of Blood it helpeth to stay all thin hot and sharp distillations upon the Lungs the Leaves bruised with some Pepper is good for the VVind-cholick The water of the VVillow-tree received of a Branch cut is good for dimness of Sight for Films and to stay the Rheumes that fall into them provokes Urine being stopped the Flowers of it boiled in white-VVine hath an admirable faculty in drying up of humors The Bark worketh the same effect VVoad is dry and without sharpness the wilde VVoad drieth more and is more sharp and biting it is so dry and binding that it is hardly fit to be Given inwardly an Ointment made thereof stancheth bleeding and is good in such Ulcers as are bound with moisture for it takes away the corroding and fretting humors it cools Inflammations quenches St. Anthonies Fire and stayeth defluctions of Blood in any part of the Body VVood-bind or Honey-suckles are cleansing consuming and disgesting the Flowers are good for the Lungs provokes Urine helps Cramps Convulsions Palseys and whatsoever Grief comes of Cold or Stopping the Flowers are more effectual then the Leaves the Seed is as effectual as the Leaves Pond-weed doth bind and cool like as doth Knot-grass but his Essence is thicker then that it is good against consuming and eating Ulcers and all hot Inflammations VVormwood is hot and dry in the first degree just as hot as the Blood it remedies Choler provokes Urine helps Surfeits Swellings in the Belly and is the best Herb for the Yellows that is Take of the Flowers of Wormwood Rosemary and black Thorn of each a like quantity half that quantity of
the Cure of the said Distempers as the others are conditionally he takes the pains to look them out which he may here and there find scattered throughout the whole Work Of the Vse of Aâ—timony Crude Antimony is a Mineral much like unto Lead the best coming from Traâ—silvaâ—ia and Hungaria and is known by its bright and long Flakes 'T is an excellent thing to put into a Horses Provender to cleanse and purifie his Blood and to free his Body from â—olds or other Distempers that lie hid and lurking therein to destroy him The manner how you are to use it is to beat it very small and then Sift it through a â—ine Sieve then strow about a quarter of an Ounce of it Morning and Evening for about a Month together in a quarter of a Peck of his Oates being first wet with good Ale or Beer 'T is sold at the Druggist for 6 d. the pound The Filings of Steel Needles is also very good for the said Distempers used after this manner General things good for the Joynts and Sinews that hath in them any Ach or Numbness Weakness or Swelling If it proceed from a hot Cause you must apply cooling things to it but if from a cold Cause hot things The Oyl that is pressed out of Almonds is a great Mitigater of Pain and all manner of Aches Aquavitae Archangel Alhâ—al Balsam Burgundy Pitch spread upon Leather and â—aid to the Place grieved draweth forth all manner of Pain Burnet Brandy Bay-leaves Brank-urâ—in the Oyl of Chamomel the bruised Roots of Comfrey Cowslips Chickweed Centaury Cow-Parsnips Germander Hawk-weed Mallows or Marsh-mallows Mug-wort Mullen Penney-royal purslain the great Leaved Dock Saxafrage English Tobacco Garden Tansie wilde Mother of Thyme Sow-Fennel Flower-de luce Turpentine Rag weed stamped very small and Boiled with some Hogs-grease to the consumption of the Juice and at the end of the Boiling it add to it Mastick and Olibanum and anoint the place with it Pepper Saffron Garlick Rosemary Frankincense Myrrh Sciatica Cresses wilde Tansie Spignel yellow Wall-Flower Nep Catmint Herb Gerrard Mustard-seed c. Particular Receipts for Aches Take Accopium and mix it well with Sack and chase it very well in with your Hand and if it be of a cold Cause it will take it away at three or four times doing Another Take Brandy or Aquavitae and Chafe and Bath the place grieved very well with it and dry it in with a hot Fire shovel then take a Rag and dip in the Brandy or Aquavitae and strew the inside of it all over with Pepper finely beaten and â—earced and bind it to the place grieved and swath it up with a dry Rowler and do it thus once every day till he become sound Another Take of sweet Butter half a pound of Aquavitae a Gill of Saffron halâ— a dram Pepper â—inely beaten and â—earced three drams three Heads of Garlick bruised mix them altogether and let them stew on the Fire and not boil till it come to a Salve This being chafed in very warm to the place grieved and a brown Paper wet in the same and bind to it with a dry Cloth upon that and so used Morning and Evening will cure it Things good in General for St. Anthonies Fire The Juice of Houseleek tempered with white Lead the Juice of the green Leaves of Garden Night-shade mixed with Barley-Meal is good for it and all hot Inflammations Allum put to the Juice of white Beets the Roots of Cinquefoyl boiled in Vineger the distilled water of Colts-Foot with Elder Flowers and Night-shade and applied Crabs-claws the Juice of Wall penny-wort with the Leaves and Flowers of Feather-few is good for it and all hot Inflammations and Swellings the Roots of Bugloss mixed with Sallet-Oyl and Barley-Meal Water sengreen or fresh water souldier Ducks-meat the leaves of the Goose-berry bush or Hawk-weed bruised and applied with Salt The Juice of Kidney-wort applied also taketh away all outward Heat and Inflammations the Juice of Mallows or Marsh-mallows boiled in Sallet-Oyl and applied is very good a Poultess made of Barley-meal and Hogs-grease with the green Heads of Garden Poppy bruised and applied with Vineger is also very good so is the Juice of Purslain An Ointment made of the Juice of Garden Rue with Oyl of Roses Ceruse and a little Vineger and applied is most excellent the Juice of the bruised leaves of Succory is good so â—s an Ointment made of Woad and the place anointed with it But because it is a Disease very rare to be found in Horses you shall have as strange a Cure 'T is this A particular Receipt for St. Anthonies Fire After you have cast him slit the Skin of the fore head of the Horse under the sore-top and open the same round about with your Cornet rounding it about an â—nch every way which done take a Worm which you shall find in a Fullers Teasel and blow it in alive with a Quill into the place and have a care you kill not the Worm in stitching up the Skin again for in twenty days the Worm will die and in that time the Horse will be throughly cured If you would know the Nature of the Disease you may find it hereafter in a Table set down Alphabetically shewing where the Diseases of a Horse do grow and the causes of them Things good in general for the Antichor or Heart-Sickness To let Blood if you know he wants it and to give him a Purgation of Sack Sallet-Oyl and Sugar Candy or Sugar and Cinnamon given him in Sack or Diapente or Dr. Stephens Water Butter-burr Avens c. A particular Receipt for the Anticor or Heart-Sickness After the Swelling appears and you have taken a good quantity of Blood on both sides of the Neck give him the Drink of Diapente with Bâ—er or Ale which you may find in my First Part putting therein one Ounce of brown Sugar Candy and half an Ounce of London-Treacle which will drive the Sickness and Grief from his heart which-done anoint the Swelling with this Ointment Ointment Take Hogs-Grease Boars Grease and Basâ—licon of each three Ounces Incorporate them well together and anoint and rub the Swelling every day till it become soft then open it and let forth the Corruption and wash the sore with the Copperas water which you may find in my First Part. And â—aint it with your green Ointment which you may sind as aforesaid and it will be soon whole Things good in General for an Vpper or Nether Aâ—taint or any hurt by Over-Reaching Before you apply your Salve lay the Place bare without hollowness and wash it with Beer and Salt or Vineger and Salt and then what will Cure a Mallender or Sellander will Cure this Particular Receipts good for an upper Attairt Take Venice-Turpentine one Ounce and Brandy three spoonfuls beat them well together till they come to a Salve and anoint the Sore very well therewith and heat it well in with a hot Iron
good piece of Butter and give it him Blood-warm and give him white water and he will do well Another Take of the best Live Honey half a pound of Saffron and Fennegreek made into fine powder as much as will suffice incorporate these with your Honey to a stiff Paste and so make thereof three Pills and dipping them in Sallet-Oyl give him them and ride him and walk him gently an hour and set him up warm Another After you have let him Blood take a quart of Ale and put an Ounce of Saffron and an Ounce of Turmerick into it being first made into fine Powder and with the Juice of Sellandine so much as will suffice and give it him Blood-warm Another for the Yellows After you have blooded him on both sides the Neck and third Barr on the Palat of the Mouth Give him Camomil Elder leaves and Celandine of each a small handful chopped indifferent small with a little of the inner Rind of the Barberry Tree boiled in three Pints of strong Beer or Ale till they come to a quart Then strain the Herbs from the Liquor and give it him luke-warm fasting in the Morning with a piece of sweet Butter melted in it and sweetned with two spoonfuls of Honey or Common Treacle And Order him as you have Directions in the Physicking of Horses Another for the Yellows To let Blood as before Then give him Turmerick and Anniseeds beaten to powder of each an Ounce with half an Ounce of the powder of the inner bark of the Barberry tree or for want of that a Gill of the Juice of Celandine Give him all these either in a Pint of white Wine Vineger or in a quart of stale Beer and half a pint of Brandy luke-warm fasting in the Morning Give him with it a spoonful of the Flower of Brimstone at the Mouth of the first Horn you give him but none with the rest And Order him as you do usually sick Horses Another for it After you have let Blood as you must always do in this Disease mix two penniworth of Saffron beaten well to powder and a Thimble-full or two of the powder of Turmâ—rick with freâ—h â—utter and make it up into a small â—all and give it him for three or four Mornings together fasting and it will cure him Simples that are good in Gener l for the Cure of the black â—aurdice or Yellows The Decoction of the Flowers of Sorrel made in white-Wine or stale Beer and sweetned with Honey helpeth it given him often the powder of the Leaves and Bark of the Tamarisk Tree is also good given him in beer so is the Juice of the leaves of Broom aâ— also the Seeds given him several Mornings together in beer till you see Amendment A Horn-full of it is enough to give it him at a time A Particular Receipt which is very good for the Cure of it Take the Roots of red Docks the Roots of burr-docks and slice a good quantity of them and put them into a Bottle of Beer with a little Mithridate close stopped and give him a Horn or two full of it in the Morning fasting Things good in General for the Falling-Evil Planet-struck Night-Mare or Palsey Fifteen of the Seeds of the single Peony given him in four Wine to hang a Flint-stone over his Head or some old Sythe or old Iron or to give him exercise before and after water and to mix Hemp-seed in his Provender and to enforce him to Sweat Misâ—etoe of the Oak given Mustard-seed the Seed of the black Poplar Cinquefoyl Germander Hysop St. Johns wort c. Particular Receipts for the Night-Mare Take a handful of Salt half a pint of Sallet-Oyl brown Sugar candy four Ounces mix them all very well together and warm them on the Fire and give it him Blood-warm two Mornings together and it will cure him Another Give him this purging Pill take of Tarr three spoonfuls of sweet Butter the like quantity beat them well together with the powder of Licoris Anniseeds and Sugar-candy till it be like Paste Then make them into round Balls and put into each Ball two or three Cloves of Garlick and so give it him observing to warm him before and after and let him be fasting likewise two or three houres before and after Things good in General f r Cramps or Convulsion of the Sâ—nâ—ws Rhubâ—rb taken inwardly the Seed of Bastard St. Johns wort given the Oyl drawn from sweet Marjorem and the grieved place anointed with it is good for all manner of Aches coming of a cold cause Calamint given inwardly Bitony Elecampane Master-wort or the Herb Gerard given inwardly the roots of Valerian given southern-wood or the seeds of the Ladies Thistle given Juniper-berries given Bay-berries China-roots Brank-Ursine taken inwardly or applied outwardly the leaves of the Burr-dock bruised and laid to the place grieved Oyl of Chamomel Centaury applied to it Costus the Juice of Chick-weed made up with Hogs-grease and anoint the place grieved with it is very good or to force him to sweat by Clothes or to bury him in a Horse dunghil only with his Head out Alheal or Centaury bruised and applied to them is very good so is sow-Fennel bruised with fallet-Oyl and Vineger and applied so is Gentian and Germander bruised and applied the powder of stinking Gladwin boiled in Ale or Beer and given is good a Poultiss made of Hawk-weed and Barley-meal and said to the place offended is also good Lavender is good for them given inwardly the roots and seeds of Marsh-mallows boiled in the Grounds of Beer and applied is also good for them so is a decoction of Mugwort with Camomil and Agrimony and the grieved place bathed therewith warm Penny-royal applied with salt honey and vineger is also good Hermodactils and Venice-Turpentine given inwardly is also very good the Juice of the green herb of Tobaccho made into an Ointment and applied is also very good c. Particular Receipts for the Cramp Chafe and rub the Member contracted with Vineger and common Oyl and then wrap it all over with wet Hay or rotten Litter or else with wet Woollen Clothes either of which is a present Remedy Another After you have sweated him well in a Horse dunghill anoint him with this Ointment take of Hogs-Grease one pound of Turpentine a quarter of a pound of Pepper half a dram of new Wax half a pound of sallet Oyl one pound boyl them altogether and anoint him with it Another Take Pimpernel Primrose-leaves Chamomel Crow-foot Mallows Fennel Rosemary of each six handfuls steeped fourty eight houres in fair water and boil them in it till they be tender and Bath him therewith four days together Morning and Evening and apply the herbs to the place with a Thumb-band of Hay wet in the same Liquor and anoint the said Member every day about Noon with Petroleum Nerval and Oyl of Spike mixed together Another Take two quarts of strong Ale and of black soap two
strong Ale but if in Ale then take a quart and give it both before Travel aâ—d in your Inn or at home immediately after Travel Another to break a Festered Cold or dry up Glanders and to heal the Vlcer and Ciâ—ker in the Nose Take a Pint of Verjuice and put to it so much strong Mustard made with white-Wine Vineger as will make it strong then take an Ounce of Roch Allomin Powder and as you give this to the Horse as you fill the Horn put in some of the Allom and give him part at both Nostrils but espâ—cially at that Nostril that runneth most and ride him after it and set him up warm and give no cold water but with exercise Thus do divers Mornings If you would see the manner of making those Cordial Balls which Cure any violent Cold or Glanders or for other Diseases Look in my First Part for Cordial Balls Another for a Cold and Surfeit Take two handfuls of Mallows one of Sellandine one of Herb of Grace or Rue one Pint of Hemp-seed beaten in a Mortar very fine chop the Herbs and boyl them in two quarts of Water to one quart then put into it a piece of Butter and give it him luke-warm and order him as a Horse should be ordered after drenching Another for a Cold or for any inward Disease Take two spoonfuls of Bay salt two spoonfuls of Engâ—ish Honey two spoonfuls of Tarr as much black Soap as a Nutmeg as much Diapente as will lie upon Six-pence and as much Turmerick beaten to Powder as will work altogether until the Salt be molten then fill two Egg-shells with it and give it him cracking the shells a little first and ride him a little after it and let him fast two or three houres after it then let him eat Hay after you have first given him a Mash Another Take a quart of white-Wine Vineger four Heads oâ— Garlick pilled clean five new laid Eggs set it in a dunghil twenty four houres then take out the Eggs and wipe them clean and strain the Vineger from the Garlick and put to it two spoonfuls of Honey three Ounces of Treacle of Jeane These being thus mixed give him of it every Morning two Horn-fulls of it and one Egg so long as it lasts Another Take an Ounce of Elecampane beaten to powder a spoonful of Treacle a spoonful of English Honey put all these into a quart of new Milk blood-warm This use twice a Week till the Cold is gone Another Take of the Powder of Diapente one Ounce of the powder of Liquoris one Ounce of Aloes beaten to powder half an Ounce eight Cloves of Garlick bruised and peeled and two spoonfuls of Sallet Oyl put all together in a quart of Beer and give him them in the Morning fasting and keep him warm for a day or two after it Another Take a quart of New Milk and a handful of Sellandine with the Roots Seethe the Milk and cut the Sellandine as small as you can then boyl them a little while together and put into it a good piece of sweet Butter and give it him luke-warm Another Take an Ounce of Rubarb half an Ounce of Cassia half an Ounce of Mirrh one penniworth of English Treacle make them up into three Balls with fresh Butter and after rowl them in Bran and give him them fasting Another for a Cough or Glanders Take a little handful of Box cut it very small then take an Ounce of Liquoris beaten an Ounce of Anniseeds beaten boyl them all in a quart of Ale or Beer to a Pint and a quarter then put a quarter of a Pint of good Sallet-Oyl and a quarter of a Pint of Treacle and give it him all at once and ride him moderately a mile or better keep him warm covered four or five days and give him a Mash two houres aâ—ter the drink and after five days you may ride him moderately and if you find he requires the same Drink again give it him Another Take a handful of Rue and shred it very small and boyl it in a quart of new Milk till a quarter-part be boiled away then put into it two spoonfuls of Anniseeds beaten very small and the like quantity of Licoris and two spoonfuls of Treacle and give it him luke-warm but put first a piece of sweet Butter into it Let him fast two houres after it Then give him a Mash of good sweet Malt and after that Hay A Receipt for a dry Husking Cough which will make him throw out the Filth at his Nostrils Take a whole Head of Garlick and peel all the Cloves clean then put them into a Linnen Cloth and boyl them in a quart of Milk till they become tender Then take out the Garlick and squeeze out the substance with the Milk and put it a cooling then put to it a pound of Hony and half a pound of fresh Butter and give it him blood warm Another If he Run at Grass and hath got a Cold and you are minded to Drench him take him up over Night for fear of catching Cold and give him the Drink the next Morning and keep him in the House that day and if it be warm Weather turn him out the next and take him up at Night and the next day after turn him out both Nigâ—â— and Day Another Take Bay-berries Fennegreek Elecampane Roots long Pepper Licoris Anniseeds Cummin-seeds about three Ounces of them all beaten very well and boil'd a little in a quart of strong Beer then sweeten it with Treacle and put a good piece of Butter into it and give it him luke-warm Another Take three or four Red Onions soft Roasted chop and bruise them very small and mix them with about two spoonfuls of Mustard and four spoonfuls of Sallet Oyl with these Powders well beaten viz. Elecampane Long Pepper Licoris and Fennegreek of each a spoonful made up into Balls with fresh Butter and give him three of them at a time for three Mornings together and Ride him after it Another Mingle as much Tarr Honey and Powder of Liquoris of equal parts alike as will make two pretty big Balls and dissolve them in a Pint and a half of strong Beer and give him luke-warm and exercise him after it Balls for a Cold. Take about a quarter of an Ounce of Cloves one Ounce of the Flowers of Rosemary or Leaves dried made into Powder two Ounces of red Tarr two Ounces of Fennegreek two Ounces of Diapente two Ounces of Syrup of Colts-foot two Ounces of English Honey with a little Malt-flower and work them up into a Paste and make Balls of it and give him two of them at a time Fasting for three Mornings together with exercise after it and it will Cure him Another most excellent for a dry Husking Cough or Consumption of the Lungs Take about three Ounces of the Fat of rusty Bacon two Ounces of Tarr one Ounce and a half of
him stand upon the Trench until three or four of the Clock then give him a warm Mash and order him as you do Horses in Physick Give him this Medicine every other or third day three or four times and you shall find it an infallible Cure Before you use this Medicine you must prepare his Body with Bran prepared and after with a Glyster and your Goose-feathers Another Take better then two handfuls of the Cankerous Moss which groweth upon an old Oaken Pale and boyl it in two quarts of Milk to one then strain it and squeeze the Moss well and give it him luke-warm to drink then take two Goose-feathers and take as much sweet Butter as contains a Wall-nut and with the powder of Brimstone finely beaten and sâ—arced work them well together with your Knife till the Butter be brought to a high Gold Colour Then take two Feathers the longest you can get in a Gooses wing and first at the Quills end with a Needle fasten two long threads then with your Salve anoint your Feathers all over which done rowl them well in the powder of Brimstone and thrust them up into his Head then fasten the thread on the top of the Horses Head and ride him abroad for an hour or two Airing him in this manner Morning and Evening and when he hath stood a pretty while in the Stable after you have brought him home again untie the threads and draw forth the Feathers and wiping them very dry lay them up till you have next occasion to use them This Disease cometh not suddenly but grows out of long process of time and therefore the Cure must be done by leisnre therefore you must continue the Medicine as your leisure will serve either every day or at the least thrice a week if it be for four or five Months together and be sure it will in the end yield your desire Another which will Cure any high Running Glanders called the Mourning of the Chine Take Elecampane Roots and boyl them in Milk till they be soft that you may bring them to Pap then with a Horn give them to the Horse with the Milk luke-warm being no more then will make the Roots liquid and having anointed your Goose-feathers use him and ride him as you did before Another Take of Agri-pigimentum and of Tussilaginis beaten into powder of each four drams then beating them with fine Turpentine bring them into a Paste then make them up into little Cakes as broad as a Groat and dry them Then lay two or three of them on a Chafing-dish of Coals and cover them with a Tunnel so that the smoke may come up onely at the end thereof and so without auy loss ascend up into the Horses Head through his Nostrils then Ride him till he begin to sweat this do once every Morning before water till the Running be stopped which will be in a very short space considering the greatness of this Disease Another After you have purged him two days before give him this Drink Take of Tanners Owes new made wherein never came Hides one pint of Sallet Oyl four spoonfuls two Heads of Garlick pilled and bruised Feathersew and Sellandine of each one handful chopped very small Anniseeds and Licoris and Bay-berries all finely pulverized of each one spoonful boyl all these a little and give it him blood-warm twice a week fasting and being thus four times drenched will be perfectly cured which seldom or never fails The best Receipt for this Disease is in my First Part. Another Take Cummin-seeds Grains of Paradice and Fennegreek in powder of each half an Ounce of Diahexaple a quarter of an Ounce beat this in a Mortar with a quarter of a pint of Verjuice three spoonfuls of Sallet-Oyl and two spoonfuls of Aqua vitae then put altogether to a quart of old Ale with a good slice of sweet Butter and set it on the Fire till it be ready to boyl then being luke-warm give it him part at his Mouth and part at both Nostrils then ride him pretty roundly for an hour and set up warm let him fast an hour and if you perceive Sicknes to grow give him a pint of new Milk Another for the Glander Keep the Horse fasting for four or five houres then give him this Drink here under written viz. Ten Cloves of Garlick peeled and bruised half a handful of Oaken Moss and one handful of Pollipody of the Oak boyl all these together upon a gentle Fire in three Pints of new Milk till half be consumed then strain out the Milk from the Moss and other Ingredients and put into it three quarters of an Ounce of the powder of Elecampane Roots one Ounce of the Floure of Brimstone half an Ounce of the Juice of Spanish Liquoris and half an Ounce of the powder of Fennegreek well mixt together Then take two handfuls of the innermost Bark of green Elder and boyl it in a quart of Spring water till more then half be consumed then strain it forth and pour it into the other Ingredients and stir them well together and give it him lukewarm some at his Mouth and some at his Nose exceed not above a pint of it at a time warm him very well after it but bring him home cool and Cloath and Litter him up warm and let him fast three or four houres after it and Order him as you do sick Horses with Mashes of Malt boiled Oats and white Water c. Observations upon it This Disease is very difficult and hard to Cure and therefore you must not think that once or twice giving it will get 〈◊〉 Conquest over this sturdy Disease but it must be the work of a longer time a Month or more at least viz. Give it him two or three days together and intermit a day or two between to recruit his spirits and so continue it till you have recovered him But the best and most certain Receipt for the Cure of this filthy and lothsom Disease is by a Receipt at the latter end of the Book which I Refer you principally unto vide Tâ—e best Receipts for the Cure of the Glanders Another to stay it for a time being incurable Take the green Bark of Elder and beat it in a Mortar and strain it till you have a pint thereof Then put that Juice to a pint of old Ale and warm it on the Fire with a good Lump of sweet Butter and an Ounce of Sugar candy and so give it lukewarm ride him after it and let him fast an hour and keep him warm do thus divers Mornings If you are minded to take a general Receipt to Cure all Colds Glanders Heart sickness and to purge away molten Grease Look in the First Part for Bâ—lls Cordial to Cure any c. Things good in General given inwardly to a Hide-bound Horse White-wine Sallet Oyl Venice Turpentine Mithridate Loaf sugar Cassia prepared milk of sweet Almonds Verjuice given him Muscadine strong Ale Grunfel Rue Smallage
and make it fast about the Hough to keep on the Plaister the next day take it off and wash and Bath the Sorrance with this Bath Viz. Take Mallows and the tops of Nettles and boyl them in water till they be soft and therewith Bath him Then take Mallow Roots Brancha Ursina Oyl VVax and white-VVine so much as will suffice and boyl them and bind this warm to the Sorrance round about the Hough and sowe a Cloth about it and so let it remain three days more and every Morning stroak it downwards with your hand gently to the end the bloody Humor may issue forth the fourth day Bath and wash it clean with the former Bath That done take Gum Creana and Stone Pitch of each an Ounce and of Brimstone a quarter of an Ounce made into very fine powder melt these on the Fire together and when it is almost ready to take off put into it half an Ounce of Venice Turpentine and make a Plaister thereof spreading it upon Leather and apply it to the place warm round about the Hough and let it remain till it fall away of its own accord but if it come off too soon make another Plaister of the same Ingredients and lay to it which is the best Cure I could ever know for this Malady Another â—or it VVhen the swelling doth appear upon the inward part of the Hough take up the Thigh-Vein and let it bleed from the nether part of the Leg till it will bleed no longer and after give Fire to the Spaven both long-ways and cross-ways and then apply a restringent Charge to the place Things good to Cure a Bone Spaven Take up the Veins that feed it wherher Spaven or Curb as well below as above then give it Fire then charge the place with Pitch made hot and clap Flax upon it then four days after you must dulcifie the Sorrance with the Oyl Pampilion and fresh Butter molten together upon a gentle Fire and when the Scar shall be fallen away apply unto it a kind of stuff which is called Blauco or white made of Jessoe and so continue it until it be whole Another Take the Root of Elecampane well clensed and lap it in a Paper and roast it soft and after you have rubbed it and chafed it well clap it on and bind it on hard but not so hot as to scald away the Hair and at twice dressing it will take it away or if you anoint the place with Oyl of Origanum Morning and Evening it will take it away This is good for Curb Spaven Ring-bone or any Bony Excression Another Upon the top of the Excression make a slit with your Knife the length of a Barley-corn or more then with a fine Cornet raise the Skin from the Bone and hollow it round the Excression and no more then dip some Lint in the Oyl of Origanum and thrust it into the hole and cover the knob and so let it bridle till you see it rot and that Nature casteth out both the Medicine and Core Another to abaâ—e the Pain of the Bone Spaven Take two penniworth of the Oyl of Camomel and two penniworth of the Oyl of Turpentine and mix them well together in a Glass Viol and anoint the place grieved with it Another Take a Pint of Anniseed water and put into it one Ounce of Household Pepper beaten to powder with an Ounce of Roch Allom and boyl them together to the Consumption of one half then strain it and put it into a Class to keep for your use and apply it once or twice a day when you have occasion Another for it which will not only take that away but also a Splint Curb Ring-bone or any Bony Excression First clip away the hair as far as the Excression goeth and a little more then take a piece of Allum'd Leather made as big as the place you have Cured then take a little Shoo makers Wax and spread round about the very edge or verge of the same leaving all the inward part empty and not touched with the Wax Then take the Herb Spear-grass or Spear-wort which hath the vertue to raise Blisters and bruising it lay some thereof upon the Leather in the empty place and bind it â—ast thereon suffering it so to lye if it be in the Summer time when the Herb hath his full strength near half a day but if it be in the Winter then it is not amiss to renew the strength of the Herb if you add to it a drop or two of the Oyl of Origanum and lâ—t it lie half a day fully and be sure to tie up his Head for fear of biting it away when you take away the Herb rab the place well and anoint it with Train Oyl varm or else layâ—on a Diminium Plaister But because this Disâ—ase is not easily to be Cured unless you see some skilful Farrier do it before you I shall shew you therefore for the prevention thereof when you find a Swelling begin to arise what you shall use Take Natural Balsom and having first shaved away the Hair anoint the place with it for two or three days and after you shall repress the humours with this Charge Take three Ounces of the Oyl of Roses Bolearmoniack one Ounce Wheat-Flower half an Ounce and the white of an Egg make all these into one Body and every day after you have anointed it with Balsom lay on the said Charge Things good in general for to take away a Splint Oyl of Vitriol unslackt Lime Oyl of Origanum an Elecampane Root roasted and laid to it Oyl of Peter Spear-Grass alias Spear-wort Verdegrease Oyl-de-bay Powder of Mercury powder of Arsnick â—row-foot laid to it c. Particular Receipts to Cure a Splint After you have washed the place and shaved away the hair as you must do in the Cure of all Splints and Bony Excressions Knock and rub it with your â—lood staff or a Hazel-stick then prick it with your Fleam Then take Vervain and Salt of each a handful pound them together to an Ointment and apply it to the place and bind it up with a Rowler and stitch it on fast and let it so remain twenty four houres and then unbind it and it is cured Another Take Nerve Oyl one Ounce Cantharides the weight of six pence and as much of the Oyl of Vipers boyl them easily then anoint the Splint with this cross the hair and heat it in with a hot Iron then Tie up the Horses Head to the Rack for twenty four houres then squeeze out the Corruption and do this twice or thrice For a Splint and to dry up Wind-Galls First heat the Sorrance with a hot pressing Iron then vent it in several places with your Fleam then take a spoonful of salt half a spoonfull of Nerve Oyl a penny weight of Verdegrease and the white of an Egg beat all to a Salve and dipping Flax Hurds therein apply it to the Grief Another to take off
a Splint Take of the Oyl of Vitriol and dip a stick or feather into the Glass and touch the place with it and it will eat it away If you find it eat too much you may stop it by bathing it with cold water Or if you boyl some green Copperas in water and wash the sore with it it will not only cleanse the Sore from any piece of the remaining Splint but soon heal it up likewise To take away a Splint and leave no Scar behind Take a red Hazel stick about the bigness of your Thumb about a quarter of a yard long and after you have beaten and knockt the Splint very well with it then take and cut one end of it very smooth and stick a Needle into the pith of it leaving so much of the point of it out as will prick through the Skin pricking it full of holes then take some of the Oyl of Peter and rub all over it and bath it in with a hot Fire-shovel and do thus four or five days together and it will cure it Another First wash the place with warm water and shave away the hair then slit a Hole in the skin more then the length of a Barley-corn and then convey into the Hole so much Arsnick in the fourth part of a Hazel-Nut and bound on with a Bolster and Rowler of Linnen and made fast with a Needle and Thread and so let it remain for three whole days and Nights in which time the Arsnick wâ—â—l eat and corrode clean away the Splint then to kill the Fire anoint the place with sweet fresh Butter eight or ten days after being first molten and it will be whole Another Take the Root of Elecampane well washed and cleansed and lap it in a brown Paper wet it and roast it in the hot Embers as you do a Warden then after you have rubbed and chaâ—ed the Excression bind it fast on but not so hot as to scauld away the hair this will consume it away in two or three dressings or if you anoint the Splint with the Oyl of Origanum Morning and Evening it will take it away but not presently Observation You must stay the falling down of new humours to the place troubled by binding Plaisters as Pitch Rozin Mastick red Lead Oyl Bole-armonâ—ack and such like then to draw forth matter which is gathered with drawing Simples as VVax Turpentine and such like And lastly to dry up the Relicks with drying powders as Honey and Lime Oyster-shells Soot and such like and also you must know that all Splints Spavens or Knobs must either be taken away at the beginning or after the full of the Moon Another Receipt to take off a Splint which though it seem difficult yet de Grey declares that he hath taken off more then 100 Splinâ—s Take two Heads of Garlick and peel them and cut them small and do neither stamp nor bruise them then take the like quantity of Salt and mix with them and divide them into two equal parts and put them into two fine Linnen Clouts and bind them upon the ends of two sticks about a foot in length of the fashion of two short wooden foyls but not so long being not above twelve inches a piece Take then your Blood-stick and rub knock and beat the splint therewith very well to soften it then prick it through the skin with your Blood-staff and Fleam then take of the Oyl of Nuts one pint and put it into a small Pipkin and set it upon the Fire with a Chasing-dish of Coals and make it boiling hot and when it is ready to boyl put in your short sticks or â—oyles which hath the Garlick and Salt fastned unto them and first with the foyl and then with the other I mean by turnes apply them hot to the Splint and between whiles rub and stroak the Splint downwards with your Thumb whereby to bring forth the Blood till having with the foyls very well mollified the said Splint you may the more easily crush forth the Blood whereof the Splint is engendred and formed and thus it is cured only you must remember to anoint the place two or three times after with sweet or fresh Butter Things good in general for a Curb Oyl of Vitriol Arsnick Verdegrease an Elecampane Root roasted and laid to it an Onyon roasted with unslackt Lime and laid to it Mercury Turpentine Nerval green Gopperas Tartar c. Particular Receipts to Cure a Curb First shave away the hair then bind the Hough strait above the Joynt then with a small stick beat rub and Chaâ—e the Curb like as you do in the Cure of a Splint then pierce the skin with your Fleam in two or three places and so with your Thumb thrust forth and crush out the corrupt Blood and after convey so deep as you can get into every hole the bigness of two Barley cornes of Arsnick and so bind up the place and let it remain for the space of twenty four houres then open the place and anoint it every day with fresh Butter till it be whole Oyl of Vitriol used as you do to take away a Splint will take off a Curb also Note that whatsoever Cureth the Splint or Spaven Cureth the Curb also Another Receipt Take white-Wine Lees one Pint a Porringer-full of Wheat Floure of Cummin in fine powder half an Ounce mix all these well together and being made warm upon the Fire charge the place therewith renewing it once for three or four days together and when the swelling is almost gone draw it with your hot Iron and charge the Burning with Pitch and Rosin molten together which must be applied warm to the end the Charge may stick on the better then presently clap on Flox and let it remain until it fall away of it self and let it come in no wet or water for the space of fourteen days Another Take a Bar of Iron heat it red hot and hold it near to the place till it become warm then with your Fleam prick six or seven holes through the skin and anoint the Sorrance with Nerval then take a spoonful of salt and a penny weight of Verdegrease in â—ine powder with the white of an Egg incorporate them well together and wet some Flax in this Medicine and bind it to the place renewing it every day once and in a short time he will be perfectly â—uâ—ed Or to â—alcinate Tartar and dissolve it in water and congeal it like Salt and mingle it with Soap like an Ointment and dress it therewith and this will in fourty houres heal any Mules Pains and Scratches whatsoever Things good for the Mules vide Scratches Things good for the Pains vide Scratches Things good for Kib'd Heels vide Scratches Things good for Crepances and Rats-tails vide Scratches What Cures the Scratches Cures all these Diseases Things good in general for the Scratches These things boiled in Hogs Grease and Train-Oyl viz. Tarr white Lead Bolâ—armoniack Verdegrease green
together and put to it half a pound of Bolearmoniack beaten to powder strong white-Wine Vineger one Pint Sanguis dracâ—nis three Ounces in fine powder make this up with Wheat-Meal good and thick with this Charge his Back Reins Breast Thighes Fetlocks and Soles and spread two Cloaths Plaister-wise good and thick and apply them to the Coffin of his Feet and bind the sore-Legs about the Knees good and streight with broad Filleting or Lists then ride him two houres upon a hard way which if it be Paved or Pitcht it is the better his Feet being Pared reasonable near before-hand and when you do bring him into the Stable let his Feet he stopped with this Charge Take Rye or Wheat-Bran Ox or Cows-dung Sheeps Suet or Turpentine which must be put in last Mince your Sheeps Suet small melt and heat all these upon the Fire stirring them very well then put in your Bran to make it into a stiff Paste then put in your Turpentine and incorporate them all very well together and stop your Horses Feet with it which being thus charged and stopped three or four days together ridden and kept warm and not suffered to drink cold water but either Mashes or white Water he will be sound in four or six days If it be a dry Foundered by standing too long in the Stable then Pare him somewhat near and let him Bleed well in the Toe Veins Then take Eggs and roast them blew hard and together with the Powder of Cummin stop his Feet therewith so hot as they may be taken out of the Embers and put over the Soles a piece of Leather with Splints cross to keep the Eggs from coming out Take then a great Onion peel and stamp it and let it infâ—se twenty four houres before in the strongest white-Wine Vineger you can get and give it the Horse presently after you have stopped the Horses Feet and cover him up warm and let him stand upon the Trench three houres and then give him Meat and white Water Another for Foundering a Month or more You must take out the Soles of his Feet and have in a readiness these Things Viz. Take the tender tops of Hysop three handfuls pound them together in a Mortar to stench his Bleeding then have this Receipt in a readiness Take Snails in the shells and take them forth and reserve them then take a handful of Bay-salt and two or three handfuls of the tender tops of the angriest Nettles you can find beat them with your Snails and Salt to a Salve then take out the Sole and stench the bleeding with your Hysop and when it leaveth Bleeding apply this Medicine to it and bind it up with Cloaths and let it remain twenty four houres then open it and heal it up with your green Ointment which you may find in my First Part and in two days you shall see a new Sole coming But if he be but Hough-bound then take Turpentine and Sheeps Suet of each half a pound Wax a little Sallet-Oyl half a Pint boyl altogether but put in the Turpentine last and as they boyl keep them with a continual stirring and anoint his Houghs once a day well For â—n ordinary Heat in his Feet Take Wheat-Bran and Hogs-grease and make them into a Poultess and apply it as well to the Coffin as the Soles and it will be well again Another for a Founder or Frettize wet or dry First pare thin open the Heels wide and take good store of Blood from the Toes then Tack on a Shoo somwhat hollow broad at the Heels and the inside of the Web from the first Nail to the Heel turned inward towards the Frog yet not to touch any part thereof or the Hough so as he may tread on the out-Verge of the Shoo and not on the inward Then take Burgundy Pitch or Frankincense and Rowling it in a little fine Cotton-Wooll or Bombast with a hot Iron melt it into the Foot betwixt the Shoo and the Toe till the Orifice where the Blood was taken be filled up then take half a pound of Hogs-grease and melt it and mix it with Wheat-Bran till it be as thick as a Poultess then boyling hot stop up his Feet with it then cover it with a piece of an old Shoo and splint it up and so let him stand for three or four days then if occasion serve you may renew it otherwise the Cure is wrought Observations on the Cure First You shall not need to Remove or stir his Shooes then after twenty four houres rub off the Charge from his Back It. Take away his Gartâ—rs after twelve houres and rub his Knees and Houghs with your Hand and with Wisps to take away the Numbness It. If you cannot get Wheat-Meal take Oat-Meal It. If he will not Bleed in the Veins before-named then bleed him in the Neck-Vein Lastly if you take him in Hand to Cure within twenty four houres after he is Founded he will be Cured in twenty four houres but if he go longer the Cure will be longer in doing Now if he be Foundred through streightness of his â—hoâ—e which is not a Founder but a Frâ—ttizing which is a degree less then Foundering Then let him Blood on the â—oes and stop the place with bruised Sage and tack his Shoo on again and stop it with Hogs-grease and Bran boiled together as hot as possible you can and do this twice in a Fortnight and give him rest and it will help him An odd kind of Receipt to Cure a Foundred Horse Ride him so hard as to Swâ—at then Ride him up to the Knees in Water and there let him stand about half an hour which will cause the humour to ascend out of his Feet into his Body then an hour after you come home give him a thorough Scouring and ride him gently after it and so bring him home and Cloath him up warm and this will carry it out of his Body again Probatum by Mr. Goodman Give him the Purge as aforesaid Another for the taking out of his Sole If you find that none of the Receipts for this Disease have had their wished Effects in Order to his Cure then follow these Directions for the taking out of his Soles and though it be not the common way that is practised amongst our Smiths yet 't is looked upon to be the best and safest 'T is this First Tâ—e about his Pastern a List or Cord so hard as will keep up the Blood into his Leg that it fall not down to trouble you then pare the Foot thin and cut the Hough round with your Incision Knife to the quick as near to the inside of the outward shell of the Hough as you can raise the â—ole at the Toe then take hold of it with a pair of Pinchers and pluck it gently upwards towards the Heel for fear of breaking the Vein in the Foot When you have so done tack on the Shoo again somewhat hollow and broad then untie the
or Lard half a pound of Mâ—y â—utter and half a pound of Sheeps Tallow How to make Adders Tongue Ointment which is a most Sovereign and Excellent Ointment for any Beast that hath been stung or bitten by any venomous Creature Or for any Wound by Stake Bite or any other Accident As also for any hard Swelling in any Part of the Body and is also very good for the Garget in a Cows Bag chafed in very well with your Hand twice a day Take as much of the Herb Adders Tongue as you have occasion to use with a third part of Male Plantine and bruise them very well in a Mortar together then put to it fresh Butter new from the Churn well beaten from the â—utter Milk and mix it very well with your Herbs but put not in so much of it as to make it lose its green Colours After you have so done put it into an earthen Pan and let it lie about three or four Weeks in some cool place till it grow mouldy then melt it down upon a gentle Fire till the Herbs grow crisp then strain it out into some convenient thing fit for your purpose and keep it for your use You may dissolve into it if you please when it comes off the Fire some fine and clear Turpentine which will make it much the better You may make an Excellent green Balsom for the said Distempers if you boy the Herbs in Sallet Oyl and dissolve into it when it comes off the Fire some fine clear Turpentine This Ointment is made only in the Month of April or May the Herb being then to be found and in its prime for it soon perisheth with a little heat Another f r a Sore or Swelling Black Soap common Turpentine Green Treat which is a green Ointment bought at the Apothecaries Pitch and Hogs-grease of each a small quantity boiled well together and applied is very good Another to dissolve any Sore or Swelling is very good without breaking Take half a pound of black Soap or for want of that common Soap as much Bolearmoniack powdred with a little of the powder of unslackt Liâ—e and put to them a quarter of a Pint of Brandy with a small Gâ—ll of the Oyl of Roses and Oyl of Linseed and anoint them with it and it will help them Things good to Cure a Galled or Swelled Back in General Take the white of an Egg and beat it to an Oyl then take Flower Honey and â—olearmoniack finely beaten and mix them well together and spread it upon a piece of thin Leather and lay it over the place galled and it will not come off till it be well Or take the Soot of the Chimney and mix it with Cream till it become a Salve and make a Plaister thereof and lay it to the Gall and Swelling and it will Cure him Or take some two or three spoonfuls of Aquavitae and put to it some Sope and boyl them well together and anoint the place well with it as hot as it can be well applied to the Swelling and it will take it down or Loam boyled in Vineger to a Poultess and apply to it very hot taketh it down Or take a Loaf of wheaten Bread and cut a slice of it and toast it very well and when it is toasted spread it all over with Honey on both sides and prick it full of holes and toast it till the Honey is well soaked into it and the toast is become dry then put it into a Mortar and beat it to powder and keep it for your use when you use it strew it upon the Galled place and it will dry it up in a short space To take away any Swelling and to heal any Galled back whatsoever Take only the Oyl of Turpentine and lay it upon the raw Back Morning and Evening with a Feather and it will heal it up and so use it to a Swelled Back it will either sink it or break it Another for a Galled Bâ—ck Enterâ—ering or Shackle-Gaul Take three parts of Sheeps dung newly made and one part of Rye or Wheat Flower and dry the Flower and mix it well with the Sheeps dung kneading it to a Paste and make it into a Cake and bake it and apply the powder warm unto the place and it will heal it very well or anoint it with Turpentine and Verdegrease mixed together finely powdred Aâ—other Take Water and Salt and boyl them well together and wash the place therewith Then take Pepper made into fine powder and strew it upon the place and it will heal it in a very short time or to bruise a new laid Egg between his Legs and rub the place with it Cureth the Gall there Another Take the leaves of Ars-smart and wash them and lay them all over the place and though you ride him every day yet they will heal very fast but if he remain in the Stable put the Water of the leaves upon it Another which Cureth not only Galled Backs but any other Wound whatsoever Take Rosin and common Pitch of each six ounces Mastick and Incense of each one ounce Turpentine Galbanum Bolearmoniack of each three ounces melt and incorporate all these together upon a gentle fire and as they begin to cool make them up in Rowls and when you use it spread it upon a Cloth or Leather somewhat thin but if you use it without either Cloth or Leather to any outward part that is not yet broken then lay it on much thicker then you use to do Plaister-wise and whilest it is warm clap Flox of the same Colour upon it This is a most excellent defensative Plaister for the staying and drying up of all evil humours and also very Sovereign for asswaging of Swellings Another for a sore Back Take the Juice of Cellandine and Live Honey of each two spoonfuls beat them with the Yolk of an Egg and as much Allom and Wheat-flower as will serve to bring it to a Salve dress the Sore with this once a day and it draweth and healeth Now though these Medicines are enough yet because Farriers hold divers Opinions and think what they know to be the best I shall give you a Catalogue of their Receipts in General The powder of Bryer-leaves Rye-flower the powder of burnt Oyster-shells the white of an Egg Honey Barley Straw burnt and Soot will dry up and heal a sore Back The powder of Honey and unslackt Lime will skin any Gall provided the Sore be first washt with Vineger and Onions boiled in Water and laid hot to a swoln Horses Back will asswage the Swelling and the Yolk of an Egg Salt and Vineger will heal it up when it is broken provided you wash the Sore with Ale wherein Rosemary hath been sod The Soot or Grim of a Pot will dry and skin a galled Back Things good for inward or outward Bruises or Swellings in General Wood and Water-Bitony Honey-suckle leaves Knot Grass Archangel Plantine Rib-wort Yarrow
Bursa-pastoris Bugle Chervil Mallows Solomons Seal Sarasens Consound Sarasens Wound-wort Scabius Self-heal Sanicle Sope-wort Thorough-wax Rosin Turpentine Honey Galbanum St. Johns-wort Pitch c. The Juice of Arsmart consumeth all cold Swellings and dissolveth all congealed Blood got by Bruises Strokes or Falls The Root of Cinquefoyl Cud-weed or Cotton-weed doth the like Osmond-royal or Water-Fern is also good Golden Rod outwardly applied is good for them Nep or Catmint bruised and the Juice given inwardly is also very good The Decoction of Wood Sage is a very good Remedy for any inward Vein broken to disperse and avoid the congealed Blood and to consolidate the Veins Sanicle is also good The powder of Bolearmomack given in warm Ale stops any inward Bleeding the powder of Irish Slate given also in warm Ale is good for any inward Bruise whatsoever c. Particular Receipts for the Cure of Bruises or Swellings First Ripen it with Hay boiled in Chamberly or with rotten Litter laid upon it then let out the Corruption then fill the hollowness with the powder of Rosin and lay a Plaister of Shoomakers Wax over it and thus do once a day while it be whole if it be slow of skinning or healing up strew on the powder of unslackt Lime and Bolearmoniack mixt together and if any proud Flesh arise take it down either with burnt Allom or Verdegrease in powder Another Take Ale or Beer Yest and Verjuice and putting a little fine Hay thereunto boyl them well together then bind the Hay to the swelling and pour on the Liquor and do thus three or four days together and it will take away the swelling or rotten Litter and Hay boiled in Urine will take it away Another for any inward Bruise by Fall or otherwise Take near a quart of strong Beer or Ale and put to it one Ounce of the powder of Bolearmoniack and half an Ounce of the powder of Irish Slaâ—e and boyl it a little and give it him fasting in the Morning for three or four Mornings together lukewarm and he will do well Another for a Swelling upon the Head occasioned by a Blow or oâ—herwise If the Swelling be on both sides then Blood on both sides but if it be but on one side then Blood but on that side the Swelling is of and give him this Drink viz. One Ounce of Anniseeds one Ounce of Turmerick half an Ounce of Bayberries all beaten to powder with a Gill full of the Juice of Herb-grace red Sage and Wormwood Put all this into a quart of strong Beer lukewarm and give it him fasting in the Morning and Order him as you do a Horse that hath had Physick 'T is good also to apply this outward application to it viz. a little common Soap put to a quarter of a Pint of Brandy and rub and chase it in with your Hand very well and heat it in with a hot Fire-shovel Leave it as thick upon the Swelling as you can This will prevent a Farcy which Blows and Strokes do commonly breed and is also very good for any old or new Swelling whatsoever Another which will take away any Crusty Knobs or hard Swellings in any part of the Body of a Horse According to the Cure you are to undertake whether great or small proportion Oyl of Turpentine and strong Beer or Ale and let it be of equal parts alike well shaked together in a Glass and then rub and chafe it very well in with your Hand and heat it also in with a hot Fire-shovel and two or three days after apply a Charge of common Soap and Brandy well chafed in as you did the Turpentine before You may if you please put in a little of the Oyl of Wormes which is a great Mollifier of any Crusty hard or Bony part If you will see more of this kind vide Observations upon Bruises and Strains about three Leaves further Things good in General to Cure Swelled Legs Nerve Oyl black Soap and Boars Grease melted together and anoint the place with it or to Bathe his Legs in Butter and Beer or in Vineger and Butter melted together or with Sheeps-foot Oyl or with Train Oyl or with Piss and Salt Peter boiled together and to rowl his Legs with Hay-Ropes wet in the same Liquor from the Pastern to the Knee but not bind them too hard or to Bathe him with the water wherein had been boiled Sage Mallows and Rose Cakes and Butter and Sallet Oyl put into it or to take Frankincense Rosin fresh Grease of each alike boiled and strained and used once a day as you see occasion Or to Wash his Legs with the coldest fountain-Fountain-Water you can get or to let him stand every day till the Swelling be asswaged in running Water up to the Knees Or else take Primrose-leaves Violet leaves Straw-berry Leaves of each a handful boyl them in new Milk till they be soft then put into it of Nervel of Petroleum and of Pumpilion of each an Ounce anoint him with it for five or six days together Or take Pitch Virgins Wax Rosin the Juice of Hysop Galbanum Myrrh secondary Bdellium Arabicum Populeon and Storax according to your Discretion and boyl them in Deers Sewet and when it is cold put into it Bolearmoniack and Costus beaten into fine powder and incorporate them well together into the other Ingredients and boyl them all over again and when it is almost cold work them up into Rowls and when you use it spread it upon a Plaister and wrap it about the Swelling and let it stay there till it drop off of it self this is good for a Surfeit To Asswage the Swelling of a Horses Legs that is very much Swelled by reason of the Scratches Take a quart of Chamberly or more as you shall think fit and put into it a handful of Bay-Salt a quarter of a pound of Soap a pretty quantity of Soot a good handful of Misle-toe chopt boyl them all very well together and Bath his Legs with it very warm two or three times a day and wrap a Cloth wet in the same and lap about it and this will asswage them If you will have more Receipts for swelled Legs see the first Part for Plaisters and Baths for swelled Legs Things good to Cure a Horse that is Spuâ—-gall'd or Shackle-Gall'd or Lock-Gall'd Salt and Urine mixt together or Salt and Water and the place bathed with it takes out Venom warm Vineger is likewise good or else bind unto the place the tender tops of Nettles stamped Oyl of Turpentine is good or Allom and green Copperas boiled in Water and wash the place with it the leaves of Briony stamped and bruised with Vineger and applied to the Place Honey and Verdegrease boiled together till it look red and anoint the place with it twice a day and strow upon it some chopt Flox to keep on the Salve is very good for Shackle-galls and chiefly for the Scratches c. Things good in General to
Clip them away with a Pair of Scissers and let them Bleed then prick them in the Palate of the Mouth with your Fleam and wash the place with Wine Vineger Bolearmoniack and Salt and see that no Hay dust stick upon the Place Clipped and he will be well again Several Receipts for the Canker in the Mouth Nose or in any other Part of the Body For the Canker in the Mouth or Nose take white-Wine half a pint Roch-Allom the quantity of a Wall-nut Bay-salt half a spoonful English-Honey one spoonful Red-Sage Rue Rib-wort Bramble-leaves of each alike much boyl these in the white-Wine so much as will suffice till a quarter be consumed and inject this water into the sorrance or if it be in the Mouth wash the place with a Clout fastned to a stick and dress him therewith twice a day or oftener as you shall see â—it till it be whole Another for the Nose or Mouth or any other place Take the Juice of Plantine as much Vineger and the same weight of the powder of Allum and with it anoint the sore twice or thrice a day and it will kill it and Cure it Another Take of Ginger and Allum of each alike made into fine powder mixing them well together till they be very thick like a Salve and after you have washed it very well with Allum-water or Vineger anoint it with this Salve and in twice or thrice dressing it will be killed Things good in General for the Canker The Herb Fluellen stamped and the Juice given inwardly or applied outwardly healeth the most spreading and eating Cankers and Ulcers and fretting Sores Sage Plantine Rosemary Honey Allum Verdegrease green and white Copperas Brimstone Tansie Bay-salt Bramble-leaves Elder Ginger the Roots of Asphodil quick Silver Arsnick Agrimony made up with Hogs-grease Cureth old Cankers and inveterate Ulcers Allum Honey and Verdegrease mixed together is good the Decoction of white Beets in Water is good for Running Sores Ulcers and Cankers in the Head Legs or other Parts of the Body the Decoction of the leaves of the Burr-dock c. Another Excellent Cure for the Cure of the Canker in the Head Face or Eyâ—s c. Take three Ounces of Burgundy Pitch and half a pint of Sallet Oyl and put them into a large Earthen new Pipkin and set them over a soft Fire and let them Simper gently keeping them stirring while they are on the Fire to incorporate them the better Your Pipkin must be the larger by reason that you are to put in Verdegrease which is of that fieâ—y Nature that it will make it quickly rise and boyl over if you have not a special care thereof After you have boiled it near a quarter of an hour put to it one Ounce of the Oyl of Turpentine and as much of the Powder of Verdegrease as will lie upon a six-pence finely powdered and searc'd through a Lawn Sieve boyl them also a little while together then take it off the Fire and put it into a Gally-pot and keep it till you have occasion to use it Directions to know whether it be well or ill made If it be vell boiled it will be neither too thick nor too thin but in the condition of an Ointment and of a very good green Colour But if it be too much boiled your Verdegrease will turn it of a red Colour which will be so prejudicial to your Salve that it will lose the healing quality thereof Directions how to use it If you use it for a Canker in his Nose you are to Tie a Linnen Rag upon the end of a stick and dip it in Wine Vineger and Salt or Verjuice and Salt mixed together and put it â—p into his Nostrils and rub and scrub off the scabs and filth that you find therein When you have thus washed and cleansed it take the longest Goose-feather you can get and if it be not long enough to reach to the top of his Nostrils Tie it to the end of a small stick and dip it into the Salve and use it as before once a day and he will do well If you find it on his Head Face or Eyes you must do the like viz. to rub and scrub off the scabs till they Bleed and lay on some of your Salve with a Feather and strew some Wheat-Bran upon it to make it keep on the better You are to dress it once a day till you find it heal and then once in two or three days is enough Observaâ—ion The quickest and speediest Way for to effect all outward Cures is to let him stand in the House during his Cure Things good to Kill Wormes in General Alheal Alkanet Water Agrimony the leaves of Bistort or Snake-weed the powder of the Root of Butter-Bur the Seed of Sea Coâ—ewort bruised and given in Beer the powder of ordinary small Centaury the powder of the Root call'd Devils Bit Elecampane the powder of Fern-Roots the Juice of Flix-weed Gentian Feltwort or Baldmony Germander Hops beaten to Powder and given him the powder of Horehound Knotgrass Groundsel Savin Brimstone Allom Salt Mother-wort the Bark of the Root of the Mulberry-Tree Nettleseeds the powder of the leaves of the Peach tree the powder of Plantine Horse-Radish Wild-Rotchet Rupture-wort Southern-wood Vervain the Bark of the Wallnut-tree or the powder of the green shells Wormwood dried and beaten and given Tansie seed the white Beete sodden with Garlick Mercury Calcin'd Alloes blak Soap Taâ—ners Ouze his own Hair chopped small and given him in his Provender Rue Soot the warm Guts oâ— a new slain Hen or Chicken rowled up in Salt and Brimstone and given him Elder-berries sodden in Milk Chalk Fennegreek Bay-berries Turmerick Worm-seed Garlick Hens dung Saffron Mint Sage Rozin Juniper berries the green Branches of Sallow or Willow given him Reeds so much of Sublimaâ—um as will lie upon two pence workt up in Butter and given him Stone-crop Quick-silver crude or mortified with the Juice of Lemons c. Particular Receipts for the â—ots or Wormes Take a quart of new Milk and as much Honey as will extraordinarily sweet then give it him in the Morning luke-warm having fasted all the night before and let him â—ast after it two houres then take a Pint of Beer and dissolve into it a good spoonful or more of black Sope and being well mixed together give it him then ride and chase him a little and let him fast another hour and the Wormes will avoid Another more Easie Take Savin chopped and stamped small a good handful warmed in a quart of Beer and given him luke-warm or a quart of Brine given him is very good Another Take as much Precipitate alias red Mercury Calcin'd as will lie upon a Silver two-pence and work it into a piece of sweet Butter the bigness of a small Wall-Nut in the manner of a Pill then lape it all over again with Butter and make it as big as a small Egg and give it him Fasting in a Morning
taking forth his Tongue and putting it upon the end of a stick put it down his Throat and Ride him a little after it and give him no Water that Night and let him fast two houres and then let him feed as at other times With this Medicine you may kill all manner of Bots Trunchions and Wormes of what kind soever but you must be very careful you exceed not the quantity prescribed for it is a very strong poison Another Take the â—ender tops of Broom and of Savin of each half a handâ—ul chop them very small and work them up into Pills with fresh or sweet Butter and having kept him over Night fasting give him three of these Pills the next Morning early and let him fast two houres after it and give Him no Water that Night Or take Rosin and Brimstone beaten not very fine and strowed amongst his Provender and given him fasting long before he drinks is good To a Mare with Foal be Cautious what you Give her You shall need therefore but only to Rake her and to let her Blood in the Rooâ— or Palate of her Mouth and make her eat her own Blood for that will not only Kill but help all inward Maladies Another Take a quart of Milk warm from the Cow and put half a pint of Honey to it and give it him the first day The next day take Rue and Rosemary of each half a handful stamp them well together then let it inâ—use together with the powder of Brimstone and Soot so much as will suffice four Houres in a quart of Beer or Ale-wort then strain it and give it him Blood-warm then Ride him gently an hour or two and set him up warm and give him Hay an Hour before you give him Drink and let it be white Water and give him no Hay before you give him his said Drink and let his Drink be either a Mash or white Water Another Take two or three Heads of Garlick well peeled and bruised with the quantity of a small Nutmeg of black Soap and put them into a quart of strong Beer and warm it a little over the Fire and give it him luke-warm in the Morning fasting with about an Ounce of the Flower of Brimstone at the Mouth of the first Horn And Order him as you do Horses that you give Drenches to Another Three or four penniworth of the powder of Carolinâ— which you may buy at the Apothecaries given him in a quart of sweet Wort in the Morning fasting is a very good Cure for them Another Take of Turmerick and Anniseeds a good spoonful of each beaten to powder put them in a quarter of a Pint of Brandy and a pint and a halâ— of strong Beer and giâ—e it him fasting in the Morning luke-warm with some Flower of Brimstone put at the Mouth of each Horn not exceeding an Ounce of it in all and let him Fast three or four houres after it You may Repeat this Drink two or three times as you see occasion Another for the Bots in a Horse Take the Guts of a Chicken newly Killed and wrap them up warm in Honey and put it down his Throat over Night the next Morning give him a Pint of New Milk with about three Ounces of the Flower of Brimstone and exercise him after it Things good iâ— General to stench Bleeding either inward or outward or of any Sinew Cut or Wound or of Bâ—eâ—ding at the Nose The leaves of Snakeweed or Bistort strowed upon the Wound after it is beaten to Powder the Juice of Cleavers applied to a bleeding Wound will stop it the green leaves of Cud-wâ—ed or Cotton-weed bruised and laid to the Wound the decoction of the Herb called Golden Rod outwardly applied the smoother Horse-tail is good either inwardly taken or outwardly applied Ladies Mantle the dried leaves of Medlars strowed upon the Wound being beaten to powder stoppeth the Bleeding of it the Juice of Mint given in Vineger stayeth Bleeding inwardly Money-wort or the Herb two pence stayeth Bleeding inwardly so doth Moonwort or the Oaken Moss of a Pale or Spear Mouse-ear stayeth the Flux of Blood inward or outward the Powder of the leaves of the Peach Tree strowed upon the Wound Plantain Queen of the Medows Medlars dried before they be ripe and beaten to powder and strewed upon the Wound the Juice of Sorrel stone-crop a piece of a Fuze-ball or a Mullipuss laid to any Bleeding Wound stoppeth it presently An Ointment made of white Lilly-Roots with Hogs-Greas is very good for them The Broth wherein Coleworts hath been sodden is good for cut Sinews and Joynts The Root of Garden-Lilly stamped with Honey gleweth and soddereth them together the Herb Tutsan or Park-Leaves the Leaves or Bark of the Willow-Tree is good for the Bleeding of Wounds or at the Nose or Fluxes of Blood the powder of the blew Bottle taken inwardly the Juice of Clowns Wound-wort taken inwardly with Comfrey or applied outwardly the Down of a Hares or Cony Skins or Woolen Cloth burnt to Ashes and strewed upon the Wound Primrose leaves or Wild Tansie bruised and old Felt burnt and beaten to Powder Bolearmoniack beaten to powder and given inwardly or applied outwardly stancheth Bleeding To stop Bleeding at the Nole Tie him hard upon his fore-Legs about twelve inches above his Knees and just beneath his Elbow and keep the Nape of his Neck as cold as may be with wet Hay or Clothes and it will stanch him presently The leaves of Rosemary made into Oyls Ointments or Bathings help all cold and benumbed Joynts Sinews or Members c. The best Receipt to stop Bleeding at the Nostrils The Juice of the Roots or Leaves of Nettles squirted up his Nostrils stayeth the bleeding at the Nose But the best thing of all to stop bleeding at the Nose is to take a Hank of Coventry-blew thread and hang it cross a stick and set one end of it on fire and strow a little white-Wine Vineger on it to keep it from burning too fast and let him receive the smoak up his Nostrils and it will stop it in a very short time when Nothing else will do New Horse Dung tempered with Chalk and strong Vineger laid to a Bleeding Wound will stop it burnt Silk is good likewise for it so is the Juice of Coriander or bruised Sage or Hogs dung or a Clod of Earth or bruised Hysop or the soft crops of Haw-thorn bruised or to boyl two ounces of the Horses blood and beat it to powder and strow upon the Wound and to stop Bleeding at the Nose the Juice of Coriander squirted up it stayeth it or the Juice of Periwincle the Coam of a Smiths Forge laid to the Wound stayeth bleeding or Shepherds Pouch distilled and an ounce given fasting stayeth any inward bleeding whether natural or unnatural or Bursa-Pastoris bruised and applied to the place Particular Receipts to stop Bleeding Take the powder of the Stone Emachile and blow it up into his Nose and
lay it to the Vein or Wound that Bleeds and it stancheth them Another Take the Root of Rubarb and bruise it in a Mortar and stop it into the Nostrils that bleeds and it stayeth it Anoâ—her for the Bleeding at the Nose Take Bitony and stamp it in a Mortar with bay-Salt or other white Salt with Wine-Vineger and put it into his Nostril that bleeds and it stayeth it Loosening Things in General Vide the first Part. Binding Things in General which is good to stop a Loosness Lask or Flux of Blood Sloes or the inner Rind of the black Bush wilde Bryar-ball or the inner Rind of it Dock-Roots or the seeds of Docks boiled in Beer the inner Skin that covereth the Chest-Nut Cud-weed or Cotten-weed the Root of the Water-flag or Flower-de-luce the seed of Flea-wort fryed and given the seed of Flix-weed given in Water where Steel hath been quenched the powder of stinking Gladwin is good for the Flux Winter green the dried shells of Hazel-Nuts or the red Skin that is over the Kernel the berries of Holly-holm or Halver-bush beaten to powder and given Knape-weed Knot-grass Ladies Mantle the seeds or Roots of Water-Lilly Loose-strife or Willow Herb Honey-wort or the Herb Two-pence Moon-wort the Oaken-Moss of a Pale or Spear Mulberries the Roots of Mullen the Leaves and Bark of the Oak and Acorn Cups the leaves of the Pear-Tree or sour Pears Periwincle Queen of the Medows red Roses Sanicle the powder of Services when they are mellow Shepherds Purse wilde Tansie the Bark of the Wall-Nut Tree or the Kernels of the Wall-Nuts when they are old Yarrow Wormwood the Juice of Rue mixed with clarified Honey with red Wine or Bean flower and Bole-armoniack boiled in Milk or red Wine and Bay-Salt bruised together Cinnamon and Nutmegs boiled in red Wine Tanners Bark dragon-Dragon-water a pint of it sweetned with Treacle Myrrh Mastick Storax the Rind of Pomegranate Allum for a Foal give him a Pint of Ver-Juice to drink The inward and outward Barks of the Willow-Tree burnt to Ashes is a great binder and dryer up of Sores c. Particular Receipts to stay a Lask or Loosness Take Bean-flower and Bolearmoniack of each three Ounces mix them with red Wine or stale Beer and give it him blood-warm Another Take half a Pint of Plantine water and half a pint of red Wine or for want of that Claret and put into it an Ounce of Cassia powder finely beaten with as much of the powder of Pomgranate Rinds and boyl them well together then take the Yolks of two Eggs and some Loaf Sugar and make a Caudle of it and give it him luke warm and it will help him Another The powder of a Stags Pizel dried and grated and given him in Claret or stale Beer is a very Sovereign Remedy for it so is the powder of the Jaw-bone of a Pike Teeth and all given after the same manner Another very Excellent Take three pints of stale Beer and put to it the powder of Cummin-seeds three spoonfuls and boyl them together till half be consumed then take Knot grass Shepherds Purse and Plantine and stamp them severally and put four or five spoonfuls of the Juice of each of them and put to the Beer and boyl them again a little and give him it half over-night and half the next Morning But if it fall out in the Winter that you cannot get the Herbs then take the Water of the distilled Herbs and use it as before Another Take as much Bole-armoniack as contains the bigness of a Wall-Nut beat it into fine powder and put it into a pint of Claret or for want of that Verjuice and give it him when you find occasion Or take a pint of Claret Verjuice or Beer and put into them an Ounce of the powder of Cinnamon with some of the powder of the wild Briar-balls and two or three â—olks of new laid Eggs warmed over the Fire This Given twice or thrice at most will perfectly Cure him Another very good Take a quart of Claret and put to it four Yolks of new laid Eggs half an Ounce of long pepper with as much of the Grains of Paradise boyl them together and give it him luke-warm Or take an Ounce of the inward Bark of an Oak and half an Ounce of the powder of long pepper boiled in a quart of new Milk and give it half over-night and the other half of it the next Morning fasting is very good Another Take two or three wild Briar-balls if they be not very large and beat them to powder and boyl them in a quart of Beer with a little of the powder of Bolearmoniack and give it him Blood warm and it is a certain Cure Another for a violent Scouring Take the Intrails of a Pullet or great Chickin all but the Gizard and mix with them of Spikenard one Ounce and make him swallow it and this will infallibly stay his Scouring yea though it be a bloody Flux Another which will stay a Lask be it never so violent Take a penny worth of Allum powdered Bolearmoniack powdered an Ounce put them in a quart of Milk keeping them stirring till the Milk become all of a Curd and give it him luke-warm Another Take a quart of Red Wine and put into it an Ounce and a half of Bolearmoniack in fine powder and two Ounces and a half of the Conserve of Sloes mix them together and boyl them pretty well then take it off and put into it a spoonful of the powder of Cinnamon brewed altogether and give it him and let him fast two houres after it and leâ— him eat no washed Meat Hay is wholesom so is Bread and Oats if they be well mixt with Beans or Wheat but not otherwise Another Take a handful of the Herb Shepherds Purse and boyl in a quart of strong Ale and when it is luke-warm take the leaves of Woodrose stampt and put therein and give it him Things good in General for a Bloody Flux Cummin-seeds Knot-grass Plantine the leaves or seeds of Agrimony the inner Rind of the Barberry-tree or Berâ—ies or red Beets Bistort or Snakeweed and Turmentil is very excellent Brank uâ—sine Bears-breech Bucks-horn Plantine Burnet the Roots of Cinquefoyl or Five Leav'd Grass the Juice of Clowns Wound-wort red Darnel the powder of the yellow Water-Flag or Flower de luce the Flower of â—vy Kidney-wort Sage Wormwood Shepherds pouch Red Robin the seeds of Sorrel or Roots wilde Tansie â—ole-armoniack Myrrh Southernwood Parsley Rue Spittlewort Cassia Cinnamon Chalk Vineger Bursa Pastoris Tanners Bark Red Wine Sloes Arsmart Self-heal Pauls bittony Milfoyl the blood of a Hare made into Powder the Powder of Mens bonâ—s the powder of white Dogs Turd the Pizzle of a Hart or of Harts or Goats Hornes burned the Jaw bone of a Pike beaten to powder red Saunders c. Particular Receipts for the Bloody Flux Take an Ounce of Saffron two Ounces of Myrrh three Ounces of
heal up the Wound but upon the first Dressing give him Wine and Treacle together to drink Another Give him two or three spoonfuls of the powder of Diapente in a quart of good Ale or Beer and to cauterize and burn the Sore and to heal it up with a healing Salve Another Presently after the Biting let him Blood then take Sage and Rue of each a large handful one Ounce of common Treacle three or four Heads of Garlick peeled and bruised of scraped Tinn or Tinnfoyl the bigness of a Nutmeg Put all these into a Gallon of strong Ale and put them up into an Earthen Pot close stopped with Paste then boyl it in a Kettle of Water till half of it be consumed Give him five or six spoonfuls of it before the Full of the Moon and three days after but if necessity requires give it presently Another not so difficult to make First let Blood as you must always do in this Distemper then take Henbane and burn it to Ashes and mingle it with Hogs-grease and apply it to the place bitten and give him some of the Juice of the green Herb inwardly to drink in a quarter of a Pint of Angelica water and he will do well Things good in General to expel all manner of Poison either by Serpent Spider or any venomous Beâ—st Bay-berries Burrage the powder of the blâ—w Bottle the powder of the Root of the Butter-burr water Caltrops Dragons the seed of Fennel Garlick English or foreign Gentian Felt-wort or Baldmony Clove-Gilliflowers Angelica Germander Hawk-weed the leaves or the berries of the Herb called True-love or one Berry Hops Horehound Juniper-berries Lavender-Cotton the white Lilly Lovage wild Marjorem Mustard-seed Ground pine or Champepitis the Seeds of Garden Rue Sorrel Southern-wood Stone-crop the Juice of Turmentil or Set-foyle Heart-trefoyl Vipers Bugloss the Root of Valerian Holy-thistle Birth-wort the Root of Spider wort the seed of Turneps the Juice of Bastard-wild poppy Moon-wort Calamus white Hellebore or Neesing-root Bittony Elecampane Mallowes Cinque-foyl Master-wort or Herb Gerard the seed of Hercules All heal Parsley-seed Ameos or Bishops weed Wormwood Pomâ—itron the seed of Oringes Pepper the Ashes of Reeds given him to drink Mug-wort or great Tansie and Wine and Camomel stampt together Particular Receipts to expel Poison Take a pint of Sallet Oyl and mix with it some Dragon and Angelica water and give it him luke-warm Another Take Calamus â—ittony Angelica Dragons and Elecampane and Bay-berries about two ounces of all of them together very finely beaten and boyl them in a quart of Ale and give it him is very Excellent Another Take Rue Mug-wort Germander and Worm-wood chopt small and boyled in a quart of Beer and give it him If You desire to know the best Cure for this Distemper Look for the Ointment of Dialthaea or Marsh-Mallows in the Table of the Prices if Dâ—ugs and you may find the Receipt â—f it Things good in General for the Plague or Pestilence Red-Lead Bezor the seed of the Thorny-Apple Gun-powder Bistort or Snake weed one Blade Burrage the powder of the blew bottle the Roots of the Butter-Burr beaten to powder the Juice of Cellendine Cuckoe-pint dryed and beaten to powder the Leaves or Root of Devils bit boyled in Wine Elecampane Garlick True-love or one Berry the Berries of Ivy Juniper berries pimpernel the seeds of Garden Rue Saffron Sage the Roots of the Star thistle Stone-crop Angelica the Roots of Valerian Diapente mixed with Sack and sweetned with Treacle Urine mixt with Hens dung Gentian Aristolochia Myrrh Scrapings of Ivory Bay-berries Pepper Germander Turmentil the Seeds or Leaves of Southernwood stamped and given in white-Wine or Ale with Bolearmoniack or Balm Bittony or Naphe the Juice of Marigolds Scabius Dragons water Mug-wort Featherfew Yarrow Tansie Briar-leaves or Elder-leaves the Root of the white Lilly given three Mornings together boiled in Beer causeth the poison of the Pestilence to break forth into Blisters in the outward part of the Skin the Root of Winter-Green is good Calathian Violet Vipers-grass Rue Ameos or Bishops-weed To preserve a Horse from the Infection of the Plague is to anoint his Nose with Vineger wherein hath been steeped Affasetida during the Infection Particular Receipts for the Cure of the Plague or Pestilence Take Devil-bit Gun-powder Bistort or Snakeweed Angelica Bay-berries the Root Meum Elecampane all beaten to powder and give it him two Mornings together and Order him as you do other sick Horses About three Ounces of all of them is enough Another Give him two spoonfuls of Diapente with a pint of white-Wine or a quart of strong Beer sweetned with Treacle and give it him If you desire more Receipts you may Compound them as your discretion will think â—it out of my General Things for the Plague Things good in General for Pissing and Staling of Blood Agrimony Wood-bittony Bucks-horn Plantine wilde Bryar Palls the whole Chest-Nut dried and beaten to powder the powder of the Root of the Earth Chest-Nut the Root of Cinquefoyl or Five-Leav'd Grass Clowns Wound-wort Comfrey the powder of an Herb called Crabs-claws the Herb or Seed of Flix-weed given wherein Steel hath been quenched Fluellen or Lluellen Golden Rod the smoother Tail of the rougher Horse tail the Juice of Housleek Spear-Mint Money wort Mouse-Ear dried green Mulberries red Robin Shepherds Purse Bolearmoniack Hob-Goblin Blood-wort Plantine the Juice of Purslain the powder of Gum Tragacanth and Arabeck the red Rattle grass boiled in red Wine red Roses the seeds of Rushes the Juice of the powder of Sanicle The Seeds of Sorrel or Roots wilde Tansie wild Tyme or Mother of Tyme Turmentil or Set-foyl the Kernels of old Wall-Nuts the powder of the Rinde oâ— dried Pomgranates Pollipodiâ—m of the Wall Knot-grass Comfery Storax Pine-apple Kernels Daffodil and Wheat-flower or Licoris and Anniseeds rowled in Honey and given him Barley boyled in the Juice of Gumsolly the Barley to eat and the Liquor to drink the yellow Willow herb Bugle herb Two pence water-Sengreen Marsh mallowes the Root or Queen of the Medow Knipper-wort the tender tops of the Bramble-bush or Flowers the berries of the Hawthorn tree Acatia Moss of an Oaken pale or stick boyled in Beer Coral is a most excellent thing to stop all issues of blood a live Frog given him or Aristolochia longa boiled in Ale or Beer is very good Particular Receipts for the Care of a Horse that Pisses or stales Blood Take Knot-grass Shepherds purse Blood-wort of the Hedge Pollipodium of the Wall Comfery Garden Blood-wort of each a handful shred them small and put them into a quart of Beer and boil them then put to them a little Salt Leaven and Soot mix altogether and give it him Another for the same Take three or four red Sprats or one red Herring with a hard Row chop them very small and let them lie asteep aâ—out half an hour in a quart of strong Beer
and give it him lukewarm fasting in the Morning or at any time of the day when you have occasion with about a spoonfull of the powder of Bolearmoniack amongst it and it will Cure him at twice giving at farthest Another which never yet failed whether it be a Strair or some other inward Distemper and will stop any violent Scouring being boiled in Beer and given Take two or three wilde Briar Apples if they be small and beat them to very fine powder taking out the sticks that are in them and boyl them in a quart of Beer and give it him fasting so long as you find him stale Blood If you put to it the powder of Hob-goblin it will be the better and it will certainly Cure him Take heed you blood him not for if you do you endanger his Life It will Cure him at twice or thrice giving at furthest These Balls are to be Given when they be Ripe which is about the latter end of November Another Take a good handful of Arsmart and chop it very small and boyl it well in a quart of good Beer and when it is cool enough give it him so long as you find him to stale Blood with the powder of Bolearmoniack and you shall find it work a Cure in two or three times giving at farthest Things good in General for the Cure of the Poll-Evil To sink it at the first Rising anoint it very well with red Lead and Sallet Oyl and chaâ—e it in very well twice a day with your hand and keep him warm and it will sink it and if you find it will not sink ripen it with Wine Vineger and the Loam of a Wall straws and all boiled together and let out the Corruption with a hot Iron and Tent it with Flax dipt in Hogs-grease and after four days tent it with a dry Spunge dipt in Turpentine Saffron and the Yolks of Eggs. But if it be turned to a Fistula then take of unslackt Lyme and Arsnick the Juice of Garlick and Onions Wall-wort â—nd Holly and boil them till they become an Ointment then wash the Sore with the Water wherein green Copperas and Allom hath been boâ—led and fill the whole full of the Ointment by dipping a tent therein twice a day or to take of Orpiment unslackt Lyme Verdegrease the Juice of Pellitory Cellendine black Ink Honey and strong Vineger boiled together thick and made into Rowls and put it into the Sore and if the Fistula be killed the Matter will be white and thick then dry it up with the powder of Savin Honey and Lymâ— baked together or anoint it with Tarr fresh Hogs-grease and Sallet-Oyl melted together or tent it with red Lead and black Soap mingled together and to sink it before it breaks lay a Charge to it of Shoomakers Wax spread upon Allom'd Leather or what other Charge you think most convenient You may find Varâ—ety of them in my First Part if you look for Charges Particular Receipts for the Cure of the Poll Evil. After you have shaved away the Hair from the Swelling then lay on a Plaister of black â—hoomakers Wax with some Mastick melted in it and spread it upon Allomed Leather and let it lie till it hath ripened or broke the Impostume then take a Pint of Wine-Vineger and when it is boiling hot mix with it as much Loam with the Straws in it and apply it as hot as the Horse will suffer it and renew it once a day till it be whole Another Take an Ounce of Quick Silver and kill it in fasting spittle and mix it with the quantity of a Hens Egg with Hogs-grease and Brimstone finely beaten to powder incorporate these very well together and anoint the Swelling very well with it then take red Tarr one penniworth of Hogs-grease half a pound and of green Copperas and Bay-salt of each a handful both made into fine powder boyl them very well and boyling hot apply it to the place with a Clout Tâ—ed on the end of a stick being lately anointed with the Quick-silver Hogs-grease and Brimstone and by so scaulding it three or four Mornings together you may after that but only warm the Tarr and apply it and it will be Cured for this Scaulding doth so Kill the Malice of the Fistula that it will never break forth any more and this will Cure any other Fistulaes or foul Ulcers whatsoever Another After you have so slit the Sore that the Corruption may Run forth and you have eaten or cut away the proud and dead Flesh and washt it and made it very sweet and clean with Allomed water pour into it some Oyl of Turpentine and thus dressing it every day you shall soon find it grow well for this Oyl will noâ— only search it at the bottom but it will also cleanse and heal it It will likewise heal any raw Back pinch'd by the Saddle or any Swelling it will likewise sink Another Take Euphorbium and Mastick mix them well together and Seeth them well with French Sope and make a Tent and put it into it and it will consume the evil moisture Things good for the Pains vide Scratches for what Cures the Scraâ—ches Cures these Things good in General to Kill the Canker in any Part of the Body Green Copperas white Copperas Bay-salt unslackt Lyme Sope and quick Silver well mixt together Turpentine Hogs-grease Arsnick Verdegrease Allom Garlick Rue Savin Tar Ginger Pepper Orpiment Oyl of Vitriol Elecampane Fluellen Tansie Cuckoe-point Snap-dragon Burr-dock Roots c. Particular Receipts to Cure the Canker of the Body Take Savin Bay-salt and Rue stampt with Barrows-grease and anoint the Sore therewith and when the ill Humors are killed which you shall know by the whiteness then heal it with Tar Oyl and Honey mixt together Another Take Vineger Ginger and Allom and mix them well together and anoint it therewith and it will kill the Poison and heal the Ulcer Another for a Canker foul Vlcer Lâ—prosie and to make Hair grow Take a quart of Tar and put to it half a pound of Boars grease an Ounce of green Copperas a quarter of a pound of Salt Peter two Ounces of Wax a quart of Honey a quarter of a pound of Rozin two Ounces of Verdegrease a quart of Lynseed Oyl Seeth them till half bâ— consumed then strain it and keep it ciose in a Pot then when you have occasion to use it take of it warm and apply it to the Sore it doth both heal draw and make Hair to grow Things good in general to Cure a Fistula or Canker or any other Running Sore whatsoever Wild Champions Doves Foot or Cranes Bill the powder of the Root of Sow Fennel put upon them the Juice or Water of Flix-weed or Toad Flax put into them the Juice of Coleworts the Juice of Flea-wort mixed with Hogs-grease clenseth them the Juice of the Flower-de luce Fluellen or Lluellen Golden Rod the Juice or the distilled Water of Winter green the
well with a Syringe with the water abovesaid do this once or twice a day and it will do well Thingâ— good for Feavers in General which you are to use according to your Discretion To let Blood the distilled water of the Branches Leaves Flowers or Fruit of the Bramble is very good the Leaves or Roots of Burrage or Bugloss is very good for Pestilential Feavers to defend the Heart and to Mitigate heat in them the seeds or leaves of the blew-Bottle is likewise good for the same so is the Root of the Butter-bur the Juice of Cinqueâ—oyl is good for all inflammations Feavers the distilled water of Dandelion the inner Juice of the Pomcitron or Lemmons are good Cochenele is good in Pestilential Fevers a Manchet steeped in Muscadine and given him or in Sallet Oyl Mashes of Malt and warm Water three or four Yolks of Eggs given him in eight spoonfuls of Aquavitae and stir him till his shaking Fit be over is good so is Muscadine and Sugar-candy brewed together Wormwood Pepper Grains powder of dried Rue boiled in Ale and sweetned with Treacle and Sugar-candy is good so is Stonâ—-crop bruised and infused in Ale and given him Germander Gumgragant and dried Roses put into a quart of Ale with Sallet Oyl and Honey given him luke-warm is good Alloes Garlick Licoras and Anniseeds mixed in white-Wine and given him Rue Long Pepper Bay-berries Smallage boiled in Beer Saffron and Treacle mingled together or a handful of Thyme boiled in Beer till it be tender then â—train it and put to it Sugar Candy Anniseeds and Treacle and give it him blood-warm but for a Hectick Feaver boyl Sage Yarrow Ribwort Plantine Bramble-leaves Honey-suckle-leaves of each a handful with common Honey a spoonful in two quarts of running Water till half be consumed then put to it a good Piece of Allom and two spoonfuls of Vineger and when it is dissolved drain the Water from the Herbs and keep it for your use and wash his Mouth therewith often for his Tongue will be raw Then give him this Drink take of Alloes an Ounce powdred Garlick half an Ounce of Anniseeds and Licoras an Ounce made into powder bruise your Garlick and put to it three Ounces of brown Sugar Candy and add to it a Pint of white-Wine and give it him Blood-warm and Ride him afterwards Give him this Drink every other day for three Mornings together Particular Receipts for them Take Oyl of Vitriol Oyl of Sulphur and the Spirit of Salt and put to it a quart of strong Beer ninety or one hundred drops of either of them and give it him every Morning till you find his Feaver abate These three Oyls or Spirits are much of a Nature for they all comfort and strengthen the Stomach very much and abate all Inflammations quenching Draught and abating the Heat of Feavers and create a good Stomach They purifie the whole Mass of Blood and resist all Poison Plague and Putrefaction and are so excellent Medicines that they are to be accounted truly Cordial and Comfortable to the whole Body powerful yet safe in Operation If you give them alone they are present death They are good also applied outwardly to takeaway hard Knobs or Warts and to kill Ulcers or Fistulaes in the Flesh The Dose given him is from Fifty to one hundred Drops When you take them mix them not together but use them singly by themselves Have a care you touch not your Linnen or Woollen with them for if you do they will soon eat them full of holes The salt Spirit I advise you rather to make use of of the three Another Receipt good for a Feaver Take of Diapente one Ounce Bay-berries and long Pepper of each half an Ounce of the flat shell of an Oyster burnt and beaten to powder half an Ounce of Diascordium half an Ounce put all these into a quart of strong Beer and give it him â—uke-warm when you find him want it and Order him with white-Wine and Honey to preserve his Stomach and a Cordial of brown Houshold-bread boiled in Beer and sweetned also with Honey as you have Directions more fully how to make and use them in Directions for sick Horses after the Table of Simples This Drink will cause him to sweat and sleep which will bring him to his Senses which is the proper effect of the Diascordium but if you find that this does not make him sleep then give him as much powder of Poppy-seeds as will lie upon a six pence in two Hornfuls of small Beer at each Nostril one or for want of that a spoonful of white Poppy water which cause him to sleep soundly Things good in General to be Given inwardly for the Cure of the Farcy Hounds tongue Knot-grass Horse-Mint and Spare-Mint Rag-wort feed of Bastard Rhubarb Savin Scabius Stone-crop Tamarisk Oyl of Vitriol ten or fifteen drops of it in his Drink is good for it stinking Gladwin Dodder Callamint Water-Hemp or Water-Agrimony Hearts-ease Hops black Hellebore or Beares foot Fumitory the dried Bark of the black Aller-tree the Root of Asarabica is not only good for it but likewise for all Cankers or Old putrid Ulcers and Fistulaes upon the Body the inner Rind of the Barberry-Tree the inner Rind of the Elder-Tree or Berries Burrage Briony a great Purger which must be Corrected Gentian Feltwort or Baldmony the Juice of Housleek or Stone-crop Liver-wort the seed of Male and Female Mercury Chick-weed Turmerick Bay-berries Fennegreek Nut-galls the inner Rind of the Wall-Nut Tree the Juice of Cinquefoyl put into his Eares or the Juice of Rue and Aqua-vitae or Assafetida and Brandy put into them the Juice of Ground-Ivy given inwardly the Juice of Cellandine the Juice of Sow-thistle Southernwood c. Things good in general to be applied Outwardly to Kill the Knots of the Farcy After you have Blooded him well take Oyl of Bay and Euforbium mixed together and anoint the Knots with it or to Bath the place with the Stale of a Cow or Ox and with the Herb called Lyons Foot boiled together or Tallow and Horse-dung melted together or to burn the Knots with a hot Iron or to wash the Sore with Salt Vineger Allom Verdegrease green Copperas and Gun-powder boiled together in Chamber-Lye or take a penny-worth of Tar two Handfuls of Pigeons dung white Mercury two penniworth and make it into Salve and anoint him with it Soot Bay-salt and black Sope is likewise good so is Rue Brimstone Arsmart Hemlock Nettles Housleek Brandy Oyl of Turpentine Aqua-vitae Pepper Ginger Misle-toe the powder of unslackt Lime used at your pleasure c. Observation upon this Disease If his Breath smell strong and stink his Lights are rotten and there is no Cure for him Particular Receipts both Inwardly given and Outwardly applied for the Cure of the Farcin Take nine Leaves of the Pot-Herb called Beetes of the smallest but soundest Leaves and nine grains of Bay-salt beat these very well together
to a salve and put this Medicine into his Eares by equal portions in the Morning before Sun-rise and stitch them up and let him stand with Meat before him and let his Drink be white water Unstitch them not in twenty four houres then take forth the wooll and stuff and he is Cured Another If the Farcin be in the fore-parts of the Horse take two ounces of Arsnick and put it into a piece of new Cloth and bind it up with a piece of new pack-thread and fasten it unto his Mayn and if it be in his hinder-parts as well as his fore-parts then hang it upon his Tail and the more you ride and exercise him the better and though the common way is to keep him with a spare diet I like not of it for you cannot keep him too well for the lower you keep him the more doth the disease get the upper hand of him Another to anoint the Farcy Knots with Take black Hellebore and add to the Herb some of its Juice then put to it old Boars or Barrows Grease and boyl it till the Juice be quite boyled away in it whereby to bring it to an Ointment with which anoint the Knots or Buttons of the Farcin with but shave or clip away the hair before you do anoint it Another for it when it first appears before it begins to be raw Take of Chamberly Soot and Bay-salt and boyl them very well together then at night wash the Places infected with a rag upon the end of a stick very hot but not so hot as to scauld away the hair then in the morning anoint it with Tarr and black Sope boyled together pretty hot This done four or five times together will Cure it Another which De-Grey says he hath Cured 100 Horses with Take of Rue the leaves and tender tops only without any the least stalk a good handful first chop them small then stamp them in a Mortar to an Ointment then put to it one spoonful of the purest tried Hogs-grease you can get and work them together to a Salve then stop into either Ear the whole quantity by equal proportions and put a little wooll upon the Medicine to cause him to keep it in the better and so stitch up his eares and let it be in about twenty 24 houres and then unstitch them and take forth the Wooll and he is Cured Another which if he hath it given him twice it will Cure him Take the inner Rind of Elder the inner Rind of the Wall-nut-tree the inner Rind of the Barberry-tree of all of them an equal quantity and not exceeding above a handful of all of them together Boyl them in a quart of strong Beer a little while then take out the Barks and add to it the powder of Turmerick Fennegreek and two Nut-galls beaten to powder with the powder of Grains of Paradice about an ounce of all of them boyl them in the same Beer about as long as you did before then sweeten it with Treacle and give it him luke-warm in the Morning fasting and let him fast two or three houres after it and order him as you do a sick horse if you put into it a little handful of stone-crop it will be the bettet You must wash the buds of the Farcy night and morning with this water Take half a pound of green Copperas and boyl it a little while in a quart of Chamberly before you boil it you must put in a good quantity of Salt or Brine Another After you have kept him slenderly fed all Night give him the next Morning fasting half a pint of the Juice of Housleek and half a Pint of Sallet Oyl mingled together and let him Fast till Night and then give him Hay and no Water till the next Morning and that warm too This Drink used twice will almost Cure any Farcy Another for the Farcy Take a handful of each of these Herbs here under-written chopped very small and boiled in three Pints of strong Ale or Beer to about a Pint and an half and after you have strained the Liquor very well from the Herbs give it him luke-warm fasting in the Morning but before you give it him stir into it an Ounce of crude Antimony finely powdred and searc'd About three or four days after give him the like Drink again and repeat it the third time if there be occasion and it will certainly Cure him The Herbs are these Chickweed Wood-bittony Groundsel and Mullen The Buds must be anointed also with this outward Application Take the bigness of a Hazel-Nut of yellow Arsnick beaten to powder and put to it about a spoonful of black Sope or for want of that common Sope and lay a little of it upon the Head of every one of them which will so corrode and eat into them that they will become so loose that they will drop out by the Roots then heal up the wounded places by anointing them with your green Ointment which you may find in the first Part or with Sallet-Oyl or Hogs grease take care you let him not come to gnaw it with his Teeth for fear of poisoning him or that you lay it not upon any sound place for it will make a Wound wheresoever it comes You may anoint them with the Oyl of Vitriol if yoâ— please which hath the same Operation with the other Another outward Application for this Disease which will not only Cure the Buds of it but any foul Scab Leprosie or Mange After you have let Blood which is always convenient in this Disease Take three Pints of old Urine and a Pint of Vineger or Verjuice and put to it half a Pound of the Stalks of the strongest Tobaccho you can get but let them be first bruised and laid asteep in the Urine all Night before you boil them After you have â—o done set it over the Fire and put to it an Ounce of the Flower of Brimstone and boil them altogether till it come to a quart then strain forth the Liquor from the stalks and anoint the infected places with it till they be well Another inward and outward Application for the Farcy After you have Blooded those Buds with your Incision-Knife which are fresh and green wash them once or twice a day with your Fistula-water which will Kill them conditionally you give him this inward Drink with it viz. Take two quarts of Running Water and put to it two Handfuls of Herb-grace chopt indifferent small with two or three spoonfuls of bruised Hemp-seed and set it over the Fire and let it boyl away till it come to three Pints then give it him three times in nine days and Order him as you do sick Horses and he will do well Another to Cure it by pâ—tting something into his Eares After you have bruised about nine or ten Cloves of Garlick being first peel'd wiuh a Handful of Rue and about half a quarter of a Pint of Brandy strain the Juice through
a Cloth into some convenient thing and put to it so much of black or white Wooll as it will well drink up and fill each Ear full of it putting a piece of dty Wooll upon it to keep it in the better Then sowe them up as you have Directions before and do not unstitch them in twenty four houres If you open his Head in the usual place under his fore-top and put into it about the length of an Inch of the inner Rind of Elder and let it remain there about the same time the Cure will be the sooner Expedited Another Medicine to put into his Eares to Cure it when it is in his Head After you have let Blood bruise so much of Housleek and Hemlock as will contain two spoonfuls of the Juice of each of them and add to them two spoonfuls of Sallet-Oyl and fill each Ear full of it leaving so much room as you may put Flox or Wooll upon it to keep it in the better When you have so done stitch up his Eares as in the former Receipt and at twenty four houres end take out the stuff If you like best the former way of soaking up the Juice with the Wooll better then this you may use that A Drink to Cure the most malignant Farcy that is Before you Give him this Drink here under-written let him be kept very sparing of Meat all night and the next Morning Blooded on both sides the Neck very well 'T is this Take the inner Rind of the Barberry Tree Herb-grace Sage Wormwood Fennel Lungwort of each half a Handful chopped small Anniseeds Turbich Turmerick and of Aristolochia rotunda about two Ounces of all of them beaten to powder boyl the Herbs pretty well in two quarts of small Beer to one quart then strain it forth and put in your Powders to it and when it is cold enough to take give it him How to Order him before and after you have Given it him 1. Before you give it him let him fast four houres and after it as much when you have given it him Air him well by Riding him after it 2. Let him drink but once a day and let it be white Water which is a handful or two of Wheat-Bran stirred in amongst his water made first luke-warm 3. Let him be kept in the House with very dry Meat during his Cure 4. Exercise is very good in this Distemper and the more you use him to it the better you will find him 5. 'T is good also in order to his Cure once or twice a day to Flounce him backward and forward in some clear River or Pond up to the Midsides which will cleanse his Body and take away the Filth and Venom of the Disease 6. This often washing him in cold water will wash off the poisoned Medicines if he hath been poisoned with any and also abate very much the Malignancy of the Disease 7. Let him rest three or four days after his first Drink and then give him another and Order him in every thing as you did before 8. If you find him after this second Drink that he is not perfectly Cured you may give him the third and this will certainly Cure him 9. When you give him his first Drink if you please you may Blood him with the end of your Cornet in the Furrow on the top of his Mouth The Vertues of this Malignant Drink for the Farcy are these It will cause him to vomit up much Filth and run at the Nose very nauseous and stinking stuff and yellowish Water It is a great Sweetner and Purifyer of the Blood as also a great Drier up of all evil and malignant Humours that are seated and rooted in the Body If the Heads of the Buds appear red and loose lay upon them a little burnt Allom mixed with a little Butter or Hogs-grease and you shall quickly find them to fall off A Receipt for the Câ—re of the Water Farcy This is the usual and common Way for the Cure of it viz. To take a long and small Iron Rod and bend it backward at one end about the length of a Fleam then heat it red hot in the Fire and strike the swelled places under his Belly and chaps full of Holes and let and squeeze out the grey and Oyly water that you find pent up in the Skin and wash the places to keep them from wrankling and to take out the Fire with Chamberly and Salt and some powder of Bolearmoniack mixt amongst it as hot as he can weâ—l endure it for three or four times and he is Cured Things good in general to Cure the Running or rotten Frush To take off the Shoo and pare away all the corrupt places and make them raw then put it on again being widened then take Soot and Salt bruise them well together in a Dish and mix therewith the Whites of three Eggs and dip Tow therein and stop all the Foot with it renewing it seven days together or to wash it with Urine three or four times a day or take a quart of urine and boyl in it a quarter of a pound of Allom with some green Copperas and strain it out and keep it for your use and after you have washed the Sore with it strow on it the powder of green Nettles Fryed and Pepper and it will dry it up When you dip Tow in any thing you must splint it in that it may not fall off and during the Cure to let him come into no wet and at the seven days end leave stopping him and ride him abroad and bring him in very clean into the Stable for dirty setting up breeds this infirmity c. Things good in general for the Over-flowing of the Gall which is a yellowness of the Skin and a Costiveness of the Body Saffron boiled in Milk is good or Ale Saffron and Anniseeds mixt together or Cellandine Roots chopt bruised and boiled in Beer or for want of Cellandine Rue and give it him luke-warm c. Things good for Gangrenes inward or outward The Leaves Fruit or Roots of Briony but it is a great Purger which must be Corrected the Leaves of Bugle bruised and applied or the Juice of it to wash the place the Meal of Darnel is good to stay them Cankers or any other eating and fretting Sores Water-Cresses Mallows Elder-leaves Brook-lime mouldy Hay and Bran boiled in the dregs of strong Beer and laid to very hot is good to stay its spreading if any thing will do it Nettles bruised and laid to them is good so is the decoction of the Leaves or Bark of the Tamarisk-Tree and the place Bathed therewith VVhat the Spleen iâ— It is a long flat narrow and spungy substance of a pale fleshy colour joyning with the Liver and Gall it is the Receptacle of Melancholy and the dregs of the Blood and it is as subject to Infirmity as any inward part whatsoever as to Inflammations Obstructions Knobs and Swellings it is through
the spunginess apt to suck in all manner of Filth and to dilate and spread the same all over the Body the appearance thereof is on the left side under the short Ribs where you shall perceive some small Swelling which Swelling gives great Grief to the Midriff and taketh away more of his Digestion then his Appetite and being suffered to continue it maketh faint the Heart and grows in the end to a hard Knob and stony substance Now if I mistake not this Spleen is no other then the Milt and I have known four or five Horses die of it out of one Stable and it hath been lookt upon no other then the Plague which if they had had things proper for the Distemper they might have lived Things good in General for the Spleen either inwardly taken or outwardly applied A Decoction of the Herb Archangel in wine applied to the place grieved hot Barley-Meal-boyled with Melilot and Chamomel flowers with some Lynseed Fennegreek and Rue applied warm the Juice of Chamomel given inwardly or to make him Sweat and then give him a quart of white-wine wherein hath been boyled the Leaves of Tamarisk and a good quantity of Cummin seeds beaten to powder and give it warm or to pour into his left Nostril every day after he hath Sweat the Juice of Myrobalans mixt with Wine and Water to the quantity of a pint or take Cummin-seed and Honey of each six ounces of Lacerpitium as much as a Bean of Vineger a pint and put all these into three quarts of water and let it stand so all night and give him a quart thereof next Morning fasting or Garlick Nitrum Hore-hound and Wormwood sodden in sharp wine and given and to bathe his left side with warm water and to rub it hard A Particular Receipt for the Spleen Take a Handful of Agrimony chopped very small and work it up with sweet Butter into two or three Balls with half an Ounce of the powder of Turmerick and as much of Cummin-seeds powdred and give him them fasting in the Morning for several Mornings together and it will Cure him 'T is good also to give him some of the Herb boiled in his Drink or Oxicrocium applied Plaister-wise to the grieved part is very good Things good in General to Cure the Colt-Evil The Juice of Rue mixed with Honey and boiled in Hogs-grease Bay-leaves with the powder of Fennegreek added thereto and anoint the shâ—ath with it The powder of the Herb Avit and the leaves of Bittony stamped with white-Wine to a moist Salve and anoint the Sore therewith to wash the Sheath clean with luke-warm Vineger and to draw out the Yard and wash that also and to Ride him twice every day into some deep Running Water tossing him to and fro to allay the heat of the Members till the Swelling be vanished and if you swim him now and then it will not be amiss but the best way to Cure a Horse is to Give him a Mare and to swim him after it To bathe his Cods with the Juice of Housleek or with the water wherein Knee-holm hath been sod if it stops the Urine then give him new Ale and a little black Sope in it to drink or to wash his Cods with Butter and Vineger made warm or with the Juice of Hâ—mlock or else take Bean-flower Vineger and Bolearmoniack and mix them together Lay it Plaister-wise to his Sheath and Cods or to make him a Plaister of Wine-Lees Housleek and Bran mixt together and laid to his Sheath and Cods c. Things good to Cure the Mattering of the Yard Take Roch Allom one Ounce and white-Wine one Pint boyl them till the Allom be dissolved then Blood-warm inject this Portion with a Syringe putting it up into his Yard so far as it may be four or five times a day till it be well This is so perfect that you need not any other Things good in General for Shedding of Seed which is no other then the Running of the Reins in Men. Amaranthus that bears a white Flower the Juice of Bistort added to the Juice of Plantine outwardly applied Comfrey to Ride him into some cold water up to the Belly then cover him warm and give him Red Wine and Hogs-dung or Red-Wine and Acatium Venice-Turpentine c. Two Receipts which may serve in stead of many more for the Shedding of the Seed or Running of the Reins which is an infallible safe and sure Way of stopping it And is also good for all manner of Bruises by Falls or any other Accident c. Take a pound of common Turpentine if you will not go to the Charge of the Venice and put to it so much of the fine powders of Bolearmoniack and English Liquoris with a little Wheat-Flower as will make it up into a stiff Paste When you have occasion to use it Rowl it out between your Hands and break so much of it off as contains the bigness of a small Wash-ball and give him three of them Morning and Evening upon the end of a stick or in a Horn full of strong Beer till you find the Flux of Seed stayed which will be in a Week or Fortnights time at farthest 'T is convenient to purge and cleanse his Reins very well first before you give him his Balls which will not only Expedite but perfect the Cure so much the sooner and better Another for the same Take brown Sugar Candy Tanners Bark finely powdred and Sifted with the powder of the dried leaves of Clary and incorporate them very well with some common Turpentine and make them up into Balls with a little Wheat-flower and give him two or three of them at a time Morning and Evening about the bigness of a Pigeons Egg till the Flux of the Seed stayeth which will be in a very short time Things good in General for the Cure of the Falling of the Yard To Wash his Yard with Sea-water or Water and Salt and if that will not prevail prick all the outmost skin of his Yard with a sharp Needle very slightly and wash all the Pricks with strong Vineger and this will not only make him draw up his Yard again but also if at any time his Fundament chance to Fall this Cure will put it up again or to put Honey and Salt into his Yard made liquid or else a quick Fly or a Grain of Frankincense or a Clove of Garlick clean pilled and bruised and Bath his Back with Oyl Wine and Nitre made warm and mingled together But the best Cure is first to wash all his Yard with white-Wine warmed and anoint it with Oyl of Roses and Honey mixed together and so put it up into his Sheath and with a lâ—ttle Bolster of Canvass keep it from falling down and dress him thus in twenty four houres until he be recovered and let his Back be kept very warm as is possible both with Cloth and a Charge of Plaister made of Bolearmoniack Eggs Wheat-Flower
Sanguis Draconis Turpentine and Vineger or else lay next his Back a wet Sack or wet Hay and a dry Cloth over it and that will keep his Back exceeding warm VVhat is good for the Cure of the Particular Diseases in Mares Barrenness Consumption Rage of Love Casting Foals hardness to Foal and how to make a Mare cast her Foal If you have your Mare barren boyâ— good store of the Herb Agnus in the Water that she drinketh or to stamp a good Handful of Leeks with four or five spoonfuls of Wine then put twelve Flies called Cantharides and strain them altogether with a sufficient quantity of Water to serve the Mare two days together by pouring the same into her Nature with a Glister Pipe made for that purpose and at the end of three days offer the Horse to her and if he covers her wash her Nature twice together with cold water Or to take of Nitrum Sparrows dung and Turpentine of each a like quantity wrought together and made like a Suppository and put that into her Nature and it will cause her to desire the Horse and also to conceive If you will have her fruitful boyl good store of Mother-wort in the Water which she drinketh If she lose her Belly which sheweth a Consumption of the Womb give her a quart of Brine to drink Mug-wort being boiled therein If your Mare through good keeping forsake her food give hâ—r for two or three days together a Ball of Butter and Agnus Castus chopt together If you will have her cast her Foal take a handful of Bittony and boyl it in a quart of Ale and it will deliver her presently If she cannot Foal take the Herb Horse-Mint either dry it or stamp it and take the powder or the Juice and mix it with strong Ale and Give it her and it will help her And if your Mare is subject to cast her Foals as many are keep her at Grass very warm and once in a Week give her a good warm Mash of Drink this secretly Knitteth beyond expectation Things good in General for the Cure of a Consumption Wood-bitony Hore-hound Juniper-berries Leeks mixed with Sallet Oyl and Sack with some Frankincense Agarick Bay-berries Brank-Ursine China Dandelion but the best is to scour him well and put him to Grass Or take a Sheeps Head with the Wooll on wash it clean and boyl it in a Gallon of fair water until the flesh come from the Bones then strain it and put into the Broth half a pound of Reâ—ined Loaf Sugar of Cynnamon Conserve of Roses Conserve of Barberries Conserve of Cherries of each three Ounces and give him a quart every Morning fasting use this till four or more Sheeps-Heads be spent and let his Drink be either sweet Mashes or white Water Take no Blood from him in this Disease but rather labour to Cherish the Blood hâ— hath neither be too busie in Administring unto him Purges but Cordials as Diapente Diatessaron Duke Powder Cordial Powder and such like Restoratives and to give him good Meat and good Mashes and to change his Meat sometimes to make him eat his Meat the better Things good in General for the Lungs Physick-Nuts is good for Rotten Lungs Lung-wort or Wood Liver-wort beaten to powder and Given in Beer is good for Inflammations and Ulcers of the Lungs the powder of stinking Gladdon given him in Beer with a little Mastick is good for them The Decoction of Hysop made with Figs Water Honey and Rue helpeth the Inflammations of the Lungs the old Cough or shortness of Breath Featherfew Penny-royal given with Honey cleareth the Breast from all gross and thick Humors and cleanseth the Lungs Calamint is good for the Wheesing of them Common Horehound cleanseth them and is good for the Ulceration of them so doth Bittony Scabius scoureth the Chest and Lungs Mullen or Lungwort is good Comfrey Cowslips of Jerusalem Cinquefoyl is good for the Liver and Lungs Chervel boiled is good for the Consumption of the Lungs Cummin-seeds Brank-Ursine Rue Licoris Bay-berries Cassia Water-Agrimony Alehoof the Leaves of the Fig-Tree Lung-wort which grows upon Oaks or Beeches which is a kind of Moss with broad grayish tough Leaves Maiden-hair wilde Marjorem Hedge Mustard-seed Rosa Solis or Sun-dew the Juice of Sanicle Vervain Wood-bind or Honey-suckles Cresses Almonds Bugloss Garlick boiled in Milk Tartar which is the thickest of white-Wine Lees dried and made into powder Elecampane Sugar-Candy Diapente or take a Pint of sweet Sack Honey Myrrh Saffron Cassia and Cinnamon of each alike made into fine Powder and mix two spoonfuls of it with your Sack and give it him warm fifteen days together and feed him with Mashes and white Water But if his Lungs be rotten then take the Juice of Purslain half a Pint and mix with it Oyl of Roses and put to it Tragantium steeped in Cows Milk and give it him seven Mornings together and this will Ripen the Impostume which you may know by his stinking Breath then give him this Powder Take of Cassia made into fine powder seven Raisiâ—s of the Sun stoned boiled in a Pint of Muskadine and give it him Blood-warm or the Water of Angelica give him with some of the Root Particular Receipts for the Lungs Take of Horse Lungwort alias Mullet it groweth in every place with broad hoary soft leaves which do feel like Velvet shred it stamp it and strain it Then take of Fennegreek a good spoonful and of Madder as much made into â—ine powder and give this to him in a quart of good Ale or Beer and give it him every other day for twelve or fourteen days and sprinkle his Hay with Water and let his Oats be washed in good Ale and let his Drink be white Water and somtimes sweet Mashes Another Take a Snake and cut off the Head and Tail and Flea it and after cut the same into Pieces the length of your Finger and roast it as you would an Eel upon a Spit and let it Baste it self and keep the Oyl of it in a Glass for your use when you use it anoint the Breast and his four short Ribs which be against the Lungs but first clip away the Hair for that will take too much of the Oyl up and thus do often for some time and it will recover his Lungs again and make him perfectly â—oâ—nd Things good in General for the Consumption of the Liver There is no absolute Cure for it but to preserve it give him half a Pint of Sack with the same quantity of the Blood of a young Pig luke-warm to drink or to give him three days together no other food then warm Wort and baked Oats and let him be kept Fasting the Night before he receives his Medicine or to put into his Wort which he drinketh two or three spoonfuls of the powder of Agrimony red Rose-leavs Saccarum Rosaceum Diarcadon Abbat is Disantelon Licoâ—as and of the Liver of a Wolf or to give him Sulphur and Myrrh
beaten into fine powder mixed with a new laid Egg and given him in half a Pint of Malmsey and separate him from other Horses for this Disease is infectious Things good in General to Preserve the Liver and to open the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen Amara dulcis Alheal Agrimony openeth and cleanseth the Liver water-Agrimony openeth the Obstructions of the Liver and mollifieth hardness of the Spleen Alexander or wild Parsley Angelica Asarabica the decoction of Avens the Bark or the Root of the Bay-Tree openeth the Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and other inward Diseases the Juice of the white Beet openeth them Wood-bittony Butchers broom or Knee-holly the leaves of Calamint Centaury Columbines Dandelion Liver-wort the leaves or Bark of the Maple-Tree Pimpernel Ground-pine or Chamepitys Agaricum Almonds Fumitory Chamomel Wormwood Licoras Anniseeds Smallage Parsley Spikenard Gentian Succory Endive and Lupine all these are very comfortable for the Liver and are to be Seethed in Water that he drinketh Alloes dissolved Ireos stamped â—avoury Lungwort or Oyl and Wine mixt together but the best of all is a Wolfes Liver dried and beaten to powder and given him in Beer or strowed amongst his Provender or Parsley and Harts-horn or Fennel and Parsley-roots scraped or boiled in Water and given him with Licoras and Sorrel or â—ollipodium of the Oak beaten to powder and strowed amongst his Provender or take Hysop Cowslip-leaves Silver-wort or Lung-wort alias Mullen Harts-horn of each a handful then take Gentian Aristolochia rotunda Fennegreek Enula compana dried and long Pepper of each alike and when they are all powdred and searced take a spoonful of all of them chop the Herbs and mingle them with this powder and put a spoonful of live Honey to it and boyl all of them in strong Ale till half of them be consumed and give it him Blood-warm Groundsel preserveth it greatly Of the Infirmities in General of the Hoofs as false Quarters loose Hoofs casting of the Hoofs Hoof-bound Hoof-running Hoof-brittle Hoof-hurt Hoof-soft Hoof-hard and generally to Preserve Hoofs False Quarters To take off the Shooe and to take away so much of the Hoof on that side the Sorrance is that when the Shooe is set on again the Chink may be wholly uncovered then open the Chink to the Quick with your Drawing-Iron and fill up your Rift with a Rowl of Hurds dipt in this Ointment Take Turpentine Wax and Sheeps Sewet of each alike melted together and dip your Hurds therein and stop the Rift therewith renewing it once a day till it be whole and thus the Rift being closed on the top with this Ointment draweth the place betwixt the Hoof and the Hair with a hot Iron overthwart that place which will make it grow and shoot downwards and Ride him with no other Shoo till his Foot be hardned and become â—ound What is good to Cure a loose Hoof. If the Hoof be loose let it be of what cause soever you are first to open it in the sole of the Foot so as the Humour may have free passage downwards and put a restrictive Charge about it as you have some in my First Part then to heal it up with Turpentine and Hogs-Grease melted together Or take three spoonfuls of Tarr and a quarter of a pound of Rosin and half a Handful of Tansie and half a Handful of Rue and half a Handful of red Mints and half Handful of Southernwood brayed altogether in a Mortar and add to it half a pound of Butter and a Penniworth of Virgins Wax and melt them on the Fire till it come to be a thick Salve then spread it upon a Cloth and lay it to it seven days together till it be whole Or to anoint it with Burgundy-pitch and it will fasten it Or take Bittony Rosemary Rue Bolearmoniack and Frankincense boiled together and laid over it oâ— to take Tar Brimstone in fine powder Wheat-Bran and the Urine of a Man-Child boyled all to a Poultess and apply it hot to the Hoof and it will fasten it or to stop it with the Brains of a Pig or to stop it with Flax dipt in the Whites of Eggs or wash it with Vineger and â—ill it with Tartar and Salt and then anoint it with Olibanum Mastick and Pitch of Greece of each alike and a little Sanguis Draconis new Wax and Sheeps Suet and melt it together and anoint it with it and if the new Hoof come cut away the old Of Casting the Hoof. Take Aqua fortis the strongest you can get and first with a Rape or Drawing-Iron File or draw away the old Hoof somewhat near then touch the Hoof so prepared with your Aqua fortis three or four several dressings and no more then anoint the Foot with the Unguent for Horses Feet viz. take Hogs-Grease three pounds Patch Grease two pounds Venice-Turpentine one pound new Wax half a pound Sallet Oyl one pound melt and mix all these upon the Fire and anoint the Coffin of the Hoof up to the top and this will bring a new Hoof. Another Take Turpentine half a pound Tar half a Pint new Wax half a pound Sallet Oyl one Pint melt all these except the Turpentine together till they be well mixed and a little before you take it from the Fire put in your Turpentine and stir it till it be cold but before hand make him a Buskin of Leather with a thick Sole made fit for his Hoof but wide enough that it may be Tied about his Pastern and dress his Hoof with this Medicine laying Tow or Hurds upon it and so put on the said Buskin and fasten it to the Pastern Joynt or a little above but so as the Buskin do not trouble the Foot renewing the Medicine every day till it be whole and is good likewise for a Hoof-bound Horse and as the Hoof beginneth to come and if you find it grow harder and thicker in one place then another or crumbleth or groweth out of fashion take your Rape and File it into good fashion again and when you finde it so well that you may turn him out put him into some moist Pasture or Medow which will cause the Hoof to become tough Of the Hoof-bound First pluck off the Shooes and shoo him up again with Half-Moon and Lunet-shooes then ease with your drawing Iron or Rape the quarters of the Hoofs on both sides of the Feet from the Cronet down to the end or bottom of the Hoofs so deep till you perceive as it were a dew to come forth and if you make two Rases it will be the better and enlarge the Hoofs the more that done anoint the Hoofs next to the hair about the Cronet with this Ointment Take of Turpentine one pound of Wax and of Sheep or Deers Sewet of each half a pound of Tarr and of Sallet Oyl of each half a Pint melt all but the Turpentine together and when you are ready to take it up put in your Turpentine and stir it
of Populeum one Ounce of Galbanum one Ounce of the drops of Storax one Ounce of common Wax one pound of Rozin Cabial half a pound of Viscus Italicus one Ounce and a half of Apoxima one Ounce of the Juice of Hysop one Ounce of the drops of Armoniack one Ounce of Pitch half a Pound let them be well molten together and incorporated and make a Plaister thereof Another Plaister to dry up any Swelling VVind-gall Splint or Bladder in or about the Joynts Take of Virgin-Wax half a pound of Rozin one pound and a quarter of Galbanum one Ounce and a half of Bitumen half a pound of Myrrh secundary one pound of Armoniack three Ounces of Costus three Ounces boyl all these together in an Earthen Pot saving the Armoniack and Costus which being first Ground like fine Flower must be added unto the other things after that they have been boiled and cooled and then boiled together again and well stirred so as they may be incorporated together and made all one substance and then applying as occasion shall be administred Things good to dissolve Humours To bath the Sorrance well with hot melted Butter and to strew upon it the powder of Rozin for a day or two then take Cream and Soot and work them to a thick Paste and apply it to the Sorrance and it will dry up the humour and skin and heal the sore VVormwood Sage Rosemary and the Bark of an Elm or of a Pine and Linseed boiled in Oyl and make a Bath thereof and lay it to the grieved place and it will dissolve any humour that are bound and gathered together A pound of Figs stamped with Salt till they come to a Salve dissolveth all manner of Humors by opening the Pores and giving a large Passage Look for more Receipts in my first Part of this Nature Things good to stop Humours The Flower of VVheat mixed with the Juice of Henbane stayeth the Flux of Humors The Flowers of the VVillow-Tree boiled in white-Wine and given inwardly drieth up evil humors Wormwood Sage Bolearmoniack Camphopia a kind of Gum Cardimonium is good Things good to drive back Humours Vineger Salt and bold-Armoniack beaten together and spread about the Sore driveth it back or White-Lead and Sallet Oyl beaten together or Red Lead and Sallet Oyl or else Vâ—gueâ—um Album Camphoratum and such like but to take away the evil Humours of the Legs take of common Honey Turpentine Mastick Frankincense Bolearmoniack made into powder Sanguis Draconis New laid Eggs white-Wine Vineger the Flower of Rice mixed altogether and make a Plaister of it and Lap it round about the Legs from the Feet to the upper Houghs do this four or five times Hmours made thin Garlick maketh thin thick and gross Humours and cutteth such as are tough and clammy French Mercury a Decoction made of it and Cummin-seeds Humours Purged A Conserve made of Musk Roses are a great Purger of waterish Humours Sene purgeth cholerick and phlegmatick Humours also gross and Melancholick Simples that are good to cleanse the Body from all manner of evil Humours Agrimony Anniseeds the inner Rind of the Barberry-tree boiled in Ale and given him for three or four Mornings together cleareth the Body from Itching Mange Tettars Ring-wormes Yellows and Boyls The Flowers of Broom or Fuz clenseth it of Choler The Decoction of the root of Butchers Broom or Knee-holly made in Wine and Treacle pâ—c thereto clenseth the Breast from Phlegm and the Chest from much clammy Humors gathered therein wild Marjorem clenseth it from Choler the seed of Cow Parsnips clenseth it from tough phlegmatick matter therein the powder of English Rubarb steeped all night in Ale and given him fasting clenseth the Stomach Liver and Blood by purging away those evil Humours that offend the Body the distilled Water of Dragons given him is a great Clenser of the internal Parts Mallows or Macsh-mallows does the like Mercury clenseth the Breast and Lungs from Phlegm the distilled Water of the Star-thistle or Root beaten to powder is very good Common Wormwood clenseth the Body from Choler Ground-Pine is good for all Diseases of the Brain procured from cold and phlegmatick Humours c. Simples that are good to dry up all manner of evil Humours in Sores or Wounds The powder of the root of the Butter-bur doth wonderfully help them wilde Bryar-balls dried and beaten to powder and strewed upon them doth the like the root of Sow Fennel beaten to powder and used as before doth the like so doth Fig wort Mother-wort and Lung-wort Nettles bruised and applied to them is very good Pollipody Rupture-wort bruised and applied to the place grieved drieth up all manner of filthy Ulcers and Humours Green Copperas boiled in water and the place bathed therewith drieth them up About two Ounces of burnt Allom put into a quart of Spring-water after it comes off the Fire and the place grieved Bathed therewith warm Morning and Evening and a wet Cloth dipped in the water and bound about it three or four times double wet is excellent good to dry them up the powder of the root of Turmentil is good The Flower of Wheat mixed with the Juice of Henbane laid to them stayeth the Flux of them to the Joynts the Leaves Bark or Seed of the Willow-Tree doth the like the Flowers also hath the same Faculty in drying up of evil humours Wood-Sage digesteth Humours c. Things good in General for the Shedding of the Hair from the Main or Tail To anoint the Main and Crest with black Sope and then to make a strong Lie of Ash Ashes or else of Urine and Ashes and wash it all over with it but if there should grow on the Horses Tail a Canker which will consume away â—oth the flesh and bone then lay some Oyl of Vitriol upon it and it w ll kill it if you find it eat too much 't is but wetting it with cold water and it will stop it Or take of green Copperas Allom and white Copperas boiled in Running water till half be consumed and wash it with it till it be whole but if the Hair fall away then take Southernwood and burn it to Ashes and mix it with common Oyl and anoint it with it and it will presently bring Hair again If it be in the Main let him Blood but if it be both in the Main and Tail then take Quick-silver and tried Hogs-grease the Quick-silver being first mortified with fasting Spittle incorporate them very well together till the Hogs-grease be of a perfect Ash-colour and anoint the Sorrance with it every day once heating it in with a hot Fire-shovel and three or four days thus dressing him he will be well Things good in General to take away Hair in any part of the Body The Gum that grows on the Body of Ivy rubbed therewith for it is of so hot a quality that it doth obscurely burn the Juice of Fumitory of that which groweth amongst Barley
with Gum Arabick c. Particular Receipts to take off Hair in any Part of the Body Dissolve in Water eight Ounces of Lyme and then boyl it till a quarter be consumed then add to it an Ounce of Orpiment and lay a Plaister of it to any part of the Horse and it will in few Houres bring away the Hair Another Take Rust and Orpiment boiled in Running Water and wash the place with it very hot and it will soon bring the Hair away To make Hair black The Leaves of the Bramble boiled in Lye and anoint any place with it maketh it black or the Leaves and Berries of the Wayfring Tree boyled in Lye or the Juice of common Elder or the Decoction of Sage washed therewith To make Hair Yellow To wash the Hair with the Lye of the Ashes of the Barberry-Tree Things good in General to make Hair grow very soon very thick and very long The Roots of the Elme boyled very well in water and wash the place therewith the Juice of Thistles put on the place the Juice of Red Beets the Juice of Onions Tar Hogs grease Dogs-grease the Ashes of green Willow Nut-shells Soap Bears-grease Aquavitae Oyl of Turpentine an Oyl made of the white Lilly-roots with Hogs-grease is very good the Ashes of Southern-wood mingled with old Sallet-Oyl c. Particular Receipts to bring Hair and to cause it to grow long Take the dung of a Goat newly made ordinary Honey Allom and the blood of a Hog the Allom being first made into fine powder boyl them together and anoint the place with it every day and it will make the Hair come again apace Another To wash the place with the water wherein the Roots of Althaea hath been boyled and after dry it gently with your hand increaseth Hair much Others To wash the place with the Urine of a young Boy then take Lye made of unslackt Lyme Ceruse and Lytergy and with it wash the Hair off and it will make it come soon long and thick or to wash the place with Oyl mingled with the Ashes of Nut-shells burnt or else Snails shells burnt or Nettleseeds bruised with Honey Water and Salt or the Root of the white Lilly beaten and sod in Oyl and anoint the place therewith or the Juice of Radishes or Tar Sallet-Oyl and Honey boyled together or the Soot of a Caldron mixed with Honey and Oyl c. Another Take a quarter of a pound of Soap and as much Piece-Grease and a quarter of a pint of Aquavitae boyl these together and apply it to the bald places and in a Fortnight it will bring Hair again Another which is the best of all Take green Wall-nut shells and burn them to powder and mix it with Honey Sallet-Oyl and Wine and anoint the place therewith and it will encrease Hair wonderfully and very soon Things good in General for to Ripen all Imposthumes Inflammations hot or cold or for any Swelling in any part of the Body and Legs and to take away hard Knobs or Kernels c. Wheaten-Bran boiled in Vineger Leaven made of Wheat Daffodill stamped with Bores-grease and Leaven of Rye-bread is good to ripen hard Impostumes Brank-cresses Sow-thistles Hawk-weed the Juice of Thorn-Apples boyled in Hogs-grease to an Oyntment the leaves of Arsmart bruised and laid to any Impostumes in the Joynts for the space of an hour or two taketh away the pain the Juice of Housleek is good against the burning Inflammations the Juice of Wall-penney-wort is likewise good for any hot Inflammâ—tions or Tumors all the sorts of Pimpernel is good to Cure Inflammations and Swellings the Leaves of Flowers of Fether-few is good for all hot Inflammations and Swellings the Leaves of Mullen boyled in Water and laid to the Eyes Cureth and easeth the pains of them Walter-Caltrops used in the Nature of a Poultess is good Water Sengreen or fresh-water-souldier Duckmeat is good for all hot Inflammations and Swellings the fruit of the Pompion boyled in Milk is good for the Inflammations of the inward parts the green leaves of Elder pounded with Deers Suet allayeth all hot Inflammations Straw-berrie-leaves Bay-leaves Apples are good for all Inflammations and hot Swellings Figs stamped and made into the form of a Plaister with white Meal and the powder of Fennegreek and Lynseed and the Roots of Marsh Mallows applied warm doth soften and ripen Impostumes and all hot and angry Swellings and Tumors and if you add thereto the Roots of Lillies it ripeneth and breaketh venomous Imposthumes Observation To all cold Swellings or Imposthumes you may apply hot Simples to them and to all hot Swellings and Inflammations you must put cold If the Swelling doth Imposthumate you may know it by the heat and when you have made it fit to be opened open it with a red hot Iron Particular Receipts to Ripen Imposthumes or Swellings Take Mallow-roots and white Lilly-roots of each alike bruise them and put to them Hogs-grease and Linseed-Meal and boyl them till they be soft and Plaister-wise apply it to the Grief and it will Ripen it break it and heal it presently Or Oyl of Populeon is very good anointed twice a day with it Another Take Southern-wood and dry it to powder and with Barley-Meal and the Yolk of an Egg make it into a Salve and lay it to the Impostume and it will ripen it break it and heal it Another Take of Sanguis Draconis Gum Arabick New Wax Mastick Pitch of Greece Incense and Turpentine of each a like quantity and melt them together then strain them and make a Plaister thereof and lay it to the Imposthume without removing and it will both ripen break and heal it Another Take Wheat-bran two Handfuls and so much Wine Ale or Beer as one quart and to thicken it put to it of Hogs-grease half a pound boyl them together till the Liquor be quite consumed and apply it hot to the place renewing it every day once till it break of it self or be so soft to be opened then let forth the Corruption with a hot Iron and Taint it with Flax dipt in this Salve take of Turpentine and of Hogs-grease of each alike and of Rozin and Wax a much greater quantity melt them together and dip the Taint in it and put it into the Wound renewing it every day once till it be whole This is to Ripen Inflammations Pustules and Kernels which do grow under the Chaul of a Horse but if it be an Inflammation in any other part of the Body then take four quarts of the Grounds of a Beer-Barrel of Smallage Penny-royal Winter-Savoury Comfrey Rue and of the Leaves and Berries of Misletoe of each two Handfuls chop them small and put them to the Grounds and put to it a pound of Sheeps Sewet or Deers Sewet tried and three or four Handfuls of Rye or Wheat-bran so much as will serve to boyl it to a Poultess and when it is boiled apply it to the place it will break it or at least
come to a perfect Ointment then strain it into a Gally-pot and keep it for your use only warm it aâ—d so dress the Sorrance therewith with Lint or Hurds and it will soon be whole Another After you have washed the Sore with old Urine and Salt then anoint it with an Ointment made of Bitony powder of Brimstone Hellebore Pitch and old Hogs-grease stamped together and melted or with your green Ointment in the First Part. Another for the Navel-Gall If the place be only swelled and the skin not broken then dabb the grieved Part all over with your Hand or with a Rag wet in Brandy and it will take it down Or the Oyl of Turpentine used after the same mannâ—r will do the like but if it be raw and sore then these Medicines are very proper for it viz. Take a quarter of a Pint of Whale Oyl by some called Train Oyl and boyl in it as much of the powder of Verdegrease finely powdred and â—earced as will lie upon a small shilling and the grieved part anointed with it will Cure it very speedily Or the same quantity of Verdegrease Train-Oyl and two or three spoonfuls of the Ointment of Marshmallows boyled a little together is a certain Cure for it How you are to Order them If the Skin hang loose about them you are to cut it off But if it be an Old Navel-Gall which feels hard then cut out the bruise with your Incision Knife and â—ear the wound up again with a hot Iron and heal it up with your green Ointment in the First Part. These Medicines are not only good for a Navel Gall but for any manner of Sores and raw Backs whatsoever and also for a Sit-fast Vnguentum Bubrum desicativum is also good for them so is Palm-Oyl What is good for the Cure of the Palâ—ey To let him Blood on his Neck-Vein and Temple-Veins on the contrary side to that way he wryeth his Neck then anoint his Back all over with Oyl of Petrolium and with a wet Hay Rope swaddle his Neck all over even from his Breast to his Eares Then for three Mornings together give him a Pint of old Muscadine with a spoonful of these powders in it viz. Opoponax Storax Gentian Manna Succory Myrrh and long Pepper beaten all into fine powder but put not in so much of the Myrrh and long Pepper as of any of the rest Things good in general to Cure the Lethargy or sleeping Evil. To keep him waking with great Noise and let him Blood in the Neck and Palate of the Mouth and to give him water wherein hath been boiled Chamomel Mother-wort Wheat Bran Salt and Vineger to perfume his Head and to anoint the Palate of his Mouth with Honey and Mustard mixt together or to put Parsley-seed or Fennel-seed into his Water to provoke him to Urine Another for the same After you have Blooded as you must always do in this Disease then take some of the green Boughs of the Ash-Tree and set them on Fire in some clean place and quench the Coals made thereof in some Ale and when you have strained it out give him a Hornful of it at each Nostril the Cold being first taken off 'T is good also to open his Forehead underneath his Fore-top and put into it a Slice or two of an old Onion and let them lie there till they Rot. Things good in General for the Phrenzie and Madness in a Horse To let him Blood in all the lower parts of his Body to draw the Blood front his Head As namely in his Shackle Veins the Spur-Veins the Plat-Veins and the Thigh Veins and let him Blood very much then give him this Drink Take the Root of wilde Cucumber and where that cannot be gotten take a Handful of Rue or Mints and a Handful of black Hellebore and boyl them in Beer and give it him luke warm or to give him the Root of Virga Pastoris stamped in water or to give him Mans Dung in Wine three Mornings together or to make him swallow down Hens Dung Things good in General for the Quitter-bone To open it and put some Oyl of Vitriol into it and that will so eat about the Bone so that you may thrust it out this is a very safe and as good a Medicine as any you have If you find it eat too much you may stop the eating of it with cold water or with your Copperas water in my First Part which will not only keep it sweet and clean but also keep proud Flesh from growing in it or you may heal it up with a Salve made of Turpentine and Hogs-grease and always before you dress it to wash it with the said water or Auripigmentum made into fine powder and steeped in white-Wine twenty eight houres and apply it to it and it will eat so about it that you may pull it away with your Fingers and do likewise after the bone or gristle is taken out heal it up with your Copperas water and your green Ointment and let him not come into the water during the time of Cure Particular Receipts for the Cure of a Quitter-bone Tent it a day or two with Hogs-grease and Verdegrease ground together then take scalding hot Grease poured into the Hole and lay a Plaister of Pitch and Tarr mixt over it for twenty four houres and if the Bone rise not do the same again and it will rise then take it out with your Nippers and heal it up with some of your Salve which you best like on which you may find in my First Part. Another Take of common Honey and Verdegrease in fine powder as much of each as will suffice boyl it till it be red and tent the Wound till it be whole keeping evermore the Wound open lest it heal up above before it be well healed up at bottom Another Take of Arsnick the quantity of a small Bean made into â—ine powder and put it to the botttom of the Sorrance and stop the Mouth of it with hurds and bind a clout over it very fast that he bite it not off for it will poison him and after it hath remained on for twenty four houres open it and it will look black therein it is a sign that it hath done his work then to allay the fire and to restore the flesh is to taint it with Turpentine and Hogs grease melted together and to cover the taint with a Plaister made of Rozin Pitch Wax and Turpentine melted together and thus dress him daily till you have got out the Core or sharp Gristle for till that be out the Sorrance will not heal or to heal it up with your green Ointment Things good in General for the Cure of a Ring-bone To wash the place with Vineger after you have shaved away the Hair then use green Vitriol Euphorbium Cantharides Verdegrease Oyl de Bay Venice Turpentine Oyl of Turpentine the powder of Tartar and Salt Arsnick unslackt Lime the powder of Vitriol Pepper
Ginger Particular Receipts for the Cure of a Ring-bone Scarifie the place about the Ring-bone with a Lancet then take a great Onion and pick out the Core then put into it Verdegrease and unslackt Lyme then cover the Hole and roast the Onion soft then bruise it in a Mortar and so very hot lay it to it four days together and it will Cure it Another Take unslackt Lyme and burn it well which you may know by its lightness make into fine powder and lay it upon the place Swelled all along of a good thickness and bind a Linnen Cloth upon it very fast and so put him into the water and let him stand there a pretty while then take him forth and unbind his Foot and he is infallibly Cured for the burning of the Lyme doth kill the Ring-bone even unto the Root thereof de Grey declares that he hath Cured with this Receipt about one hundred Horses but when you are to dress your Horse you are to bring him close to the water and so soon as you have dressed him you are to put him presently therein Another After you have Washed Shaved and Scarified the place then take grey Sope and Arsnick pulverized of each the quantity of a Wall Nut which being very well mixed spread it upon the Sorrance so far as the Ring-bone goeth and having thus spread it apply upon it a few Hurds and bind a clean Linnen Cloth upon it and remove it not in twenty four houres then take it away and stir not the Scab but only anoint it with fresh Butter till it fall away of it self and so heal it up with some healing Salve whereof you have plenty in the First Part. And this Medicine will Cure either Bone-spavin Splint or Curb let him come in no water during his Cure The common way that our Smiths do generally use for the Cure of this Infirmity is to take up the Vein on the inside of the Leg where the Sorrance is and then to â—ear the Ring-bone with a hot Iron made about the thickness of the back of a Knife three times downright and as many times cross it till it look somewhat of a yellowish colour then prick three or four holes in it on an equal distance one from another in the seared Lines quite through the Skin with a Nail or other Instrument of Iron which you think most proper and fit for the Work When you have so done rub a Handful of common Salt very well in upon it which will fetch forth the Blood and Water that was occasioned by the scaring and pricking of it Then apply this Charge to it viz. half an Ounce of Mastick and Frankincense Burgundy Pitch and common black Pitch of each as much as contains the bigness of a Wall-Nut Boyl all these very well together in an Earthen Pipkin till they be thoroughly melted and incorporated and apply it very hot upon the grieved place with a Lath or any other flat stick and clap Flox or Hurds upon it pressing it down hard with your Hand to make it stick on the better Observations how to Order him Let it stick on till it come off of it self and if Occasion requires apply another fresh Charge to it If you turn him to Grass let him remain the first Night in the Stable which will make it stick on so much the better The Cure will be the sooner perfected if you keep him upon dry ground for if he goes much in the wet it will quickly come off Things good to Cure the Red Water Take of the Root of the Herb called Emanuel alias bonus Henricus or good King Henry or all Good boyl the Roots in Water and give it him or Mustard-seed beaten small a good handful given him in white-Wine Vineger two or three times together one after another keeping his Belly rubbed with a good long stick by two men one taking one end of it and another the other end A particular Receipt very good for it Give him these things here under-written well mixed and brewed together in a Quart of strong Beer or Ale for three Mornings together viz. Three spoonfuls of the powder of the Lean of salt Beef dried two spoonfuls of the powder of Bolearmoniack with about four or five Shallots peeled and bruised in a Mortar with the rest of the Powders dissolve all these in the Beer as aforesaid and give it him 'T is not amiss to give him after his Drink a Pint of Butter-milk or for want of that a Pint of Cheese-Runnet This is a very good and certain Cure for it Things good in General to provoke Vrine or to cause a Horse to Stale Wilde Bryar balls beaten to powder is very good Alheal Water-Agrimony Birds-Foot Parsley-roots or seed Mustard-seed Alexander and Horse-parsley or Wild parsley which is sold in Apothecaries shops for Macedonian parsley Burdock-seed is a great provoker of Urine Asarabacca thâ— Kernels within the Husk of Ashen Keys Brook Lyme Pimpernel Water-cresses Butchers-Broom the Root of the Butter-Bur the Juice of the leave of the Bur-docks Champions Wild-Carrots the Berries and Fruit of the Winter-Cherries the Juice of Garden-chervil the Juice of Cuckoe-point boiled in Ale or Beer the Seed of Cucumbers Dandelion Dodder of Thyme Dogs-grass Elder Elecampane Eringo or Sâ—a-holly the Root of Fern Fennel-seeds Filipendula Drop-wort Flax-weed or Toad-Flax the Flower-de luâ—e Gentian Felt-wort or Baldmony the Seeds of Germander the seeds of stinking Gladwin Golden-Rod Gromel Groundsel Hartichoke weed Hawk-weed Herb Robert Hops the smoother not the rougher Horse-tail St. Johns wort the Berries or Leaves of Ivy Garlick Radish roots Horse Radish-roots the seeds of Rochet Kidney-wort Knot-grass Juniper Berries the Flowers of Lavender steeped in white Wine Ladies smocks or Cuckoe-Flowers Lovage Maiden-Hair Wall-Rue the Roots of Master-wort Mother-wort Mug-wort Nettle-seeds dried Acorns beaten to powder and given Parsley Piert or Parsley-break stone the powder of the Bark of Rest-Harrow Burnet Smallage the Roots of Spignel the Seeds of the Star-thistle Lady Thistle great Turnsole boiled in Water with Cummin the Water that is gathered from the Willow-Tree when it Flowreth the Bark being slit to let it out Honey suckle leaves Wormwood Saffron the Roots of Valerian with Fennel-seeds Haws bruised and laid asteep in Beer or Ale Egg shells dried and beaten to powder and given in Ale or Beer the Juice of Coleworts Southernwood Mallows stamped and given him in Ale Cherry-stone Kernels Madder But for a Horse that can neither stale nor dung take the Root of Male brake or Fern the Male is to be known for if you cut it you will find the perfect Figure of an Eagle upon it put a piece thereof upon his Tongue and it will cause him both to stale and dung a Flint-stone beaten to powder will make him Stale given him in Beer Ivy-berries dried and beaten to powder and given in white-Wine is very good Particular Receipts to cause a Horse to Stale or Piss Take a
quart of strong Ale and put it into a Pottle-Pot then take as many keen Radish-Roots washed slit and bruised as will fill up the Pot then stop it up close and let it stand twenty four houres then strain the Ale and Roots very hard and give it him Fasting and Ride him a little up and down and set him up warm and you shall seâ— him Stale do this two or three Mornings together Another Take a good Piece of fine Castle-Soap about the bigness of a good big Wall-Nut and dissolve it in a quart of warm Beer with some bruised Parsley seed give it him in the Morning Fasting and Ride him moderately after it and set him up warm and it will cause him to stale Another Take three or four spoonfuls of bruised Bur-dock seeds and boyl it in a quart of Beer and give it him to drink luke-warm putting a good piece of Butter to it whilst it cools Another for the same Take half an Ounce of Fennel-seed half an Ounce of Parsley-seed half an Ounce of Bur-dock-seed half an Ounce of Nettle-seed and half an Ounce of Ivy-berries when they be thorough ripe Put all these into a Pint of white-Wine and a quarter of a Pint of Ale and let them steep some time therein and give it him Fasting in the Morning for two or three Mornings together and exercise him after it This is a most excellent Receipt not only for this Distemper but also the Wind-Cholick Stone and Gravel for it wonderfully clenseth the Kidneys from Sand and Filth Another very good Take Burnet Dill Smallage and Anniseeds of each a like quantity well dried and beaten to powder and put a small spoonful of each of them to a Pint of white-Wine or for want of that a quart of Ale and give it him as you did the other Another Take about a spoonful of these Powders here under-written and put them into a Pint of white-Wine and as much Ale and give him them Fasting in the Morning with exercise after it viz. Gromel-seed Broom-seed Parsley seed and the powder of the Root of Horse-Radish well dried Another Infallible Cure for the stoppage of Vrine Kill as many Bees as you think you have occasion to use and dry them very well and beat them to Powder and give him about an Ounce of them at a time in a Pint of white-Wine or for want of that a Pint of Ale and at twice or thrice giving them at furthest they will so open the Passages of the Uriter Veins that they will make him Piss and stale very freely This Receipt is also good for the Strangullion Things good for the Pain or Vlcers in the Kidneys Plantine Licoris the Decoction of the tender tops of Broom Broomrape boyled in Wine is good for the Kidneys and Bladder and provoketh Urine and breaketh the Stone to Bath his Back with Sallet-Oyl and Nitrum warmed together and to cover him warm then to drink the water wherein hath been boiled Dill Fennel Anniseeds Smallage Parsley-seed Mustard-seed Spikenard Myrrh Cassia or Sallet Oyl and Deers Sewet melted together and the Root of the Daffodil boiled in Wine Things good in General for the Strangury or Strangullion To bath his Loyns with warm water then take Bread and Bay-berries and temper them with sweet Butter and give him two or three Balls thereof three days together or take a quart of New Milk and a quartern of Sugar and after they are well brewed together give it him to drink Fasting in the Morning and to keep him from all sharp Meats as Mowburnt-Hay Bran and the like or to boyl in the Water that he drinketh good store of the Herb Mayth or Hogs Fennel and it will Cure him A particular Receipt for it Take some of the powder of a Flint-stone Calcined with an Ounce of the Powder of Parsley-seed and as much of the powder of Ivy-berries and boyl them a little in a Pint of Claret and given him is a very good Cure Things good for the Stone in General or for the Stone in the Kidneys Alehoof Alkanet Birds foot the seeds of the Bur-dock Parsley-seeds the Kernels of the Husks of the Ash-tree the Bark of the Bay tree root Broom Bucks horn Plantine Carrot-seeds the Berries or Fruit of the Winter Cherry expelleth the Stone out of the Reins and Bladder the Juice of Garden-chervil Chich Pease or Cicers the Root of Columbines Coral wort Dogs-grass Doves-foot or Cranes-bill Elecampane Eringo or Sea-holly Fennel the powder of the Root of Filapendula or Drop-wort the Flower de luce the Fuz bush Garden Rod Herb Robart the smoother not the rougher Horse-tail St. Johns wort the Berries of Ivy Maiden-hair the Juniper berries Kidney-wort Knot-grass Wall-Rue the Roots of Master-wort Medlar stones made into powder and given in Wine or Beer wherein some Parsley-seed hath been infused all night and a little boyled the powder of Spear-Mint Ground Moss boiled Mouse-ear Mug-wort Nettle seeds Parsley piert or Parsley break-stone the Kernels of the Peach Tree Pellitory of the Wall Pimpernel the Gum of the Plum-Tree the powder of the Bark of the Root of Rest-Harrow given in white-Wine Winter Rochet or Winter-cresses wilde Briar-balls beaten to powder and given in white-Wine the seeds of the great round leav'd Dock Cummin white Saxafrage Burnet Saxafrage the Seeds or Roots of Sorrel the Milk of the Sow-thistle given in Wine Spleen-wort the Seed of the Star-thistle Garden Tansie the great Turn-sole boiled in water with Cummin Vervain the Tears of the Vine given but the salt of the Leaves is better Vipers bugloss Dodder Sallet Oyl the Lard of a Goat Coriander seed Castle Sope the Juice of the red Colewort the Roots of Alexander Wormwood Southernwood Galingale Mallows black Soap Hysop Particular Receipts good for the Stone in the Reins Kidneys or Bladder Take Saxafrage Nettle-roots Parsley-roots Sperage-roots and Dodder of each a Handful bruise them and boyl them gently with white-Wine until a third part be consumed then put to it of Salt a Handful of Sallet Oyl and of the Lard of a Goat of each three Ounces of Hony half a pound when all this is boiled strain it and ring it very hard and give him of this one Pint every Morning fasting blood-warm and if it become too thick by boiling dissolve into it some white-Wine and after the first boiling it must be but only warmed and let him have it so long as it will last Or a handful of Maiden-hair steeped all Night in a quart of strong Ale and strained and given him is excellent Another Take of Ale or Beer a quart and put it into a Pot and put to it so many of the reddest Radish roots clean washed and sliced into small Pieces as will fill up the Pot then stop it up so close that the Air get not in and let it remain twenty four houres then strain the Roots from the Ale or Beer very hard and give it him in a Morning fasting
Simples and Order him as you do sick Horses with Mashes bursten Oats scalded Bran warm Clothing and warm Water c. About three or four days after he hath done Purging and drank cold Water to bring him to a Stomach give him Honey and white-Wine and to comfort him and Loosen his Body and to make him Stale freely give him the Cordial of Houshold Wheat Bread boyled in Beer c. You may find the manner how to make this also in the Directions how to Order sick Horses after the Table of Simples As to the Ordering of his swelled Cods or Legs you may apply to them after his Physick hath done working the common Charge of Soap and Brandy scalding hot and three or four days after Ride him into some River or clear Pond up to the mid side and Flounce him backwards and forwards which will be a means to abate and take away the Swelling You need not lay on your Charge above once These Directions are in case of a dry Surfeit But if he be troubled with a Cold which you may soon know by his Coughing and Running at Nose then give him this Drink viz. of the Powder of Anniseeds and Turmerick of each on Ounce put into a Pint and a half of strong Beer half a quarter of Brandy and about five or six Spoonfuls of white-Wine Vineger or for want of either Verjuice Boyl all these a little and give it hâ—m luke-warm Fasting in the Morning If you find his Stomach lost give him his Cordial But if you find that your Horse is fat and strong and hath his Grease setled within him then give him the Purge of Aloes first but if you find him both fat and ill together then give him this white-Wine and Honey and Cordial to bring him to a Stomach and after them give him his Purge Observation These Heats and Colds which are occasioned by hard Labour or violent Riding does commonly bring along with them hard Pustules and Kernels under his Chaul which you may either sink or break with your common Charge of Soap and Brandy boiled together and applied hot If you find that they break wash them with Verjuice and Butter or Vineger and Butter melted together and they will do well Things good in General to Mollifie Hardness Linseed Fennegreek Rosin Pitch of Greece Flower of Roses boyled together with Turpentine Honey and Sallet Oyl till it come to an Ointment Malvarâ—sco Oleum Rosatum Brank-ursine Mallows Coleworts Lard Oyl of Cypress with Meal Pellitory Wormwood or Grease Mustard-seed and Cummin boiled together or the Juice of the Roots or Leaves of Elder Armoniack Aloes Opoponax Nettles Mercorella the Roots of Cucumbers Hogs-Grease and Tar Turpentine and old Grease beaten together Oyl of Turpentine is very excellent to take down a Swelling Patch-Grease and Turpentine melted together and stop his Feet therewith and anoint his Coffins therewith or Salt and Water mixt together and Bath the Swelling therewith and dip a Linnen Cloth in the same and lay that upon it and it will dissolve it What is good for bruised Kidneys The powder of the Herb called Crabs-Claws Plantine Licoris Broom c. Things good in General for a sore Mouth and Throat Wood-bine leaves Bolearmoniack Plantine water to wash it with a Water made of them or to wash it with Bay salt and Verjuice warmed together If the Palate be sore then let him Blood there then take Honey young Onions and toasted Cheese boiled together and anoint the Pallate with it or to wash it with the Juice of Alehoof the Juice of Golden Rod Mallows or Marsh-Mallows or Mint or Mulberries or Nettles or Pellitory of the Wall or Privet or Queen of the Medows or Rag-wort or Sage and Allum or Self-heal or Succory or the Juice of the English Vine the Decoction of Rag-weed Plantine boiled in white-Wine Mustard-seed applied outwardly dissolveth the Swelling of the Throat What is good for the Quinsey To let Blood under the Tongue and if his Throat is so swelled that you can get nothing hardly to go down it lay a Poultess under his Chaul and that will open the Passage then take a Bulls Pizzle or a Whale-bone and Tie a Linnen Rag about it and dip it into Milk wherein Allum and the powder of a Dogs-turd hath been dissolved and thrust it up and down his Throat and put a Hornful of it down after it if he be so bad that he can eat nothing but what you give him with a Horn which must be comfortable and Cordial things be sure let the Hornful of Milk wherein Allum and Dogs-turd hath been dissolved be the last thing you give him or else it will do him no good and to Tie him up to the Rack half an Hour after it you are to use it two or three times a day or oftner as you shall see occasion or four Ounces of the Juice of Cinquefoyl given down at a time for certain days together cureth it or the Juice of Cudiweed or Cotton-weed taken in Wine and Milk is a good Remedy against t so is Hysop boyled with Figs. Another Receipt good for it After you have Blooded him under the Tongue take as many Leaves of common Mallows as you think fit for your use Boyl them very well in his own Piss and apply it as hot Poultiss-wise to his Throat as he oâ—n well endure it and you shall soon find the wonderful effects of it for it will open the Passage of his Throat and take down the Swelling occasioned by the Inflammation of it Do this two or three times if you see occasion and apply your inward Medicine also to it as the Receipt above will direct you Things good in General to Kill Lice or Vermin The Decoction of the Herb or seed of Henbane and wash him with it to wash his Body all over with Cows Piss for three or four days together it is an approved and certain Cure and is as good as any I can give you However I shall give you some more Receipts which is to anoint him with Quick-silver and Hogs-grease mixed together or take Staves-acre and green Copperas boiled in Running water and wash him all over therewith and at twice dressing it will Cure him or Tobacco shred small and boyled in small Beer with some powdred Allum and when the Allum is dissolved to wash him therewith Another very good to destroy them Take Hogs Lard and anoint your Horse all over his Back-bone and under his Mane and about his Flanks or any where elsewhere you find your Lice do come and it will destroy them the reason is that this food being so very delicious and so well lik't of by them makes them seed so much upon it that it causeth them to burst Or to take Train Oyl which is Whale Oyl and anoint his Breast and Flanks with it and then dip a broad List of Woollen into it and sow it about his Neck and this will destroy them Things
Scaldings either by Shot Gun-Powder or Wilde-Fire The leaves or roots of the yellow Lilly Daffodil stamped with Honey the Juice of an Onion the Juice of the red Lilly Lettuce the Juice of Thorn-Apples boiled in Hogs-Grease to the form of an Ointment cures all manner of Burnings or Scaldings whatsoever in a very short time Water Plantine the Juice of Housleek St. Johns wort bruised the Herb Tutsan or Park leaves an Ointment made of the Juice of Cowslips and Oyl of Linseed Cureth all manner of Scaldings or Burnings whatsoever Ivy that groweth upon Walls or Trees Brank-Ursine the Juice of Elder-leaves the Decoction or the distilled Water of Archangel the Flowers and Herb of Ladies Bed straw made into an Oyl by setting it in the Sun is good the leaves of the Bur-dock bruised with the White of an Egg is a most excellent thing for all manner of Burnings by Fire the Juice of Colts-foot the Decoction of Dasies Wall-wort and Agrimony cureth inward Burnings being given inwardly the Decoction of the leaves of Brank-Ursine Particular Receipts to Allay Burning with Shot Gun-Powder or wilde Fire Take Varnish and put it into fair Water and beat them very well together then pour away the Water from the Varnish and anoint the place burned with a Feather dipt into it and in a few days dressing it will kill the Fire which done heal the Sore with your carnifying and healing Salves Another Take Hogs-Grease and set it on the Fire and take off the Filth that shall arise and when it is well boyled take it off the Fire and put it into an Earthen Pan to cool for four or five Nights together in the open Air then wash it in fair Running Water so often till it become White then melt it down again and keep it for your use and anoint the place grieved and it will Cure him Another Take fresh Butter and the Whites of Eggs as much of each as will suffice beat them well together till you bring them to a formal Ointment and anoint the places burned therewith and it will speedily take away the Fire and Cure them soundly Another Take a stone of quick Lime which must be well burned which you may know by its lightness dissolve it in fair Water and when the Water is setled strain the clearest through a fine Cloth then put into the water either the Oyl of Hemp-seed or Sallet Oyl of like quantity with the water and so beat them well together you shall have an excellent Unguent very precious for all sorts of Burnings And the Nature of these three Unguents be to leave no scars Wherefore we apply them for most sovereign Remedies as well for Man as Beast To Help a Horse that is Costive in his Body Take a Decoction of Mallowes one quart Sallet Oyl half a Pint or fresh Butter half a pound Benedicta laxativa one Ounce give him this Blood-warm Glister-wise then clap his Tail to his Tuel and hold it close and make him keep it for half an houre at the least and when it hath workt give him a sweet Mash and so keep him to Mashes and white Water for two or three days What is good to make a Horse draw up his Yard To Bathe his Yard and Sheath with white-Wine made warm then anoint it with Oyl of Roses and Live Honey mingled together and so put up the Yard into the Sheath and with a short Bolster of Canvass keep it from falling down and dress him once every day till he be well and let his Back and Fillets be kept warm and anoint him with Acopum but if you have it not apply this Charge unto his Back and Fillets Take Bole-armoniack the Whites of Eggs Wheat-Meal Sanguis draconis Venice Turpentine and strong white-Wine Vineger of each as much as you think fit mix them well together and charge his Back with it as also his Sheath and his Stones Another Take the Ashes of Ashen wood the whitest finest and best burned and searce them one pound of Red Clay dried and made into fine powder half a pound Bolearmoniack half an Ounce powdred boyl all these in as much Verjuice of the Crab as will make it liquid like Pap and with it anoint his Yard Sheath and Stones Morning and Evening and he shall be presently Cured A Receipt to Scour and Cleanse a Horses Yard that is Foul and Furred by Pissing within his Sheath Draw forth his Yard and Rub and Pick off the Filth with your Hand and cleanse it well with Butter and white-Wine Vineger melted together and squirt some of it up into his Yard with a Syringe and he will do well A Receipt to Prevent Diseases in a Horse the whole Year The first day of April open a Vein in the Neck and if it be good take the less if bad take the more then from that day until the first of May give him this which I shall prescribe and let him have it Morning and Evening during the whole Month of April from the first to the last which is before his turning out to Grass or Soyling which shall be about the middle of May and let him have the same all the whole Month of October like as you must do in April after you have taken him from Grass about Bartholomew Tide that which I prescribe is this To Prevent Diseases Take a Bushel of Old Rye sweet and clean well purged or made clean from all Filth and put it in a clean Iron Pot dry and without Water put it over the Fire and put in your Rye and keep it continually stirring to the bottom until it be so parched that it becometh black hard and dry then take it from the Fire and put it into some clean Vessel and when it is cold keep it close stopped for your use When you use it take two or three Handfuls of it and beat it into fine Powder and mingle it amongst his Provender at every Watering Morning and Evening or at other times when you give him Oates do this these two entire Months of April and October for all Men hold that in these two Months the Blood turneth and altereth as we alter his Diet from hard and dry Meat to Grass and so likewise from Grass to dry Meats for this Rye thus parched and ordered doth refine the Blood cool the Liver and purgeth the Spleen so as the whole Structure of the Body is thereby better â—ured and freed from all such bad and unnatural Humours which would otherwise make the Body inclinable to sundry Maladies and Diseases which this Rye preventeth Things good to keep a Horse from Casting forth his Drink As it proceeds from Cold in the Stomach or other Causes as Cold in the Head where the Rheum bindeth about the Roots and Kernels of the Tongue hath as it were strangled and made strait the Passages to the Stomach therefore to prevent this mischief you must give him Cordial and warm Drinks as Malmsey Cinnamon Anniseeds and Cloves well brewed
is warm clap Flox of the Horses Colour all over the out-side of the Canvass and let the Plaister remain on till it fall away of it self and after that you may apply such good Unguents as you may think most expedient for the Malady but if the Bone be not out then put in a French Rowel a little beneath the stifling place and let it remain in fifteen days turning it once every day and at fifteen days end take it forth and heal up the Orifice with your green Ointment in my first Part. Another which is very good The only way for the Cure of this Imperfection is the common way that Farriers generally use viz. To swim him in some deep River or Pond till he sweat about the Ears which will put the Bone into its right place again When you think that he hath swum enough take him out of the Water and throw an old Blanket over him to prevent catching of Cold and lead him Home gently When you have him in the Stable put a Wedge of Wood about the bredth of a Six-pence between his Toe and his Shoo on the contrary Foot behind and when you find him thoroughly dry anoint him upon the grieved part with Piece-grease or Oyl of Turpentine and strong Beer of equal parts alike well shaked and mixt together in a Glass Vial Chafe it in very well with your Hand one holding at the same time before it a hot Barr of Iron or Fire-shovel to make it sink in the better Or for want of them you may apply unto it Brandy and Common Soap and strong Beer mixt together and used as you did the Turpentine These are very sharp Medicines especially the Turpentine which will cause the place to swell and heave up but fear them them not for they will work a speedy Cure To Cure the String-Halt Take up the Vein in the Thigh and then anoint all the Leg and the Thigh from the Body down to the very Foot a long time together holding a red hot Fire-shovel to the place and let him be anointed with this Ointment Take of the Oyl Petroilum of the Oyl of Wormes of the Oyl of Nerval of Patch or Peâ—ce-grease of the Oyl of Spike of each one Ounce of London-Treacle two Ounces and of Hogs-grease one pound melt all these upon the Fire then take it off and keep it stirring till it be throughly cold and with this anoint the Visited Member every day once and then Wisp him with a soft Thumb-band of Hay from the Pastern to the top of the Hoof and thus do for ten days together rubbing and chafing in the Ointment very well a long time together holding a hot Fire-shovel near it the better to cause it to sink into the Sinews Nerves and Joynts But after you have done anointing him keep him warm and well Littered and let the Thumb-bands be daily made lesser and lesser and shorter and shorter till you perceive him to Handle both Legs alike and your Horse to be Recovered but you must not Ride him that he may sweat much in a Month after and so soon as warm Weather cometh turn him to Grass in some dry Pasture where is Water and take him up again about Bartholomew-Tide or before the Cold cometh and whilest he coth remain in the Stable keep him warm and so he will be free of his String-halt and be a sound Horse again To Anoint him also with Acopum is very good With this Receipt De Grey says he hath Cured sundry Horses of this Malady How to make your Unguentum-Theriacum which is good for any Ach in the Joynts Griefs in the Hip Stifling Place Legs Shoulders Pastern or any other part of the Legs a Back Sinew-sprain only excepted Take Norvel of Oyl of Pamphylion and of black Sope of each two Ounces and of Tried Hogs-grease half a pound melt them all upon a gentle Fire and being molten put into it of ordinary Treacle two penny worth then take it from the Fire and keep it stirring till it be cold then will it be of a dun colour Keep it in a Gally-pot for your use and when you use it anoint the place grieved with the same rubbing and chafing it in very well and heating it well in with a hot Fire-shovel Hot Simples in General Agarick Aloes Allum Anniseeds Aristolochia Assafetida Asonteo Asarabacca Arsmart Archangel Angelica Alexanders Alehoof Balm Garden-Bazil Bayberries wilde running Bitony smelling like Marjorem Burrage is hot and cold so is Brank-ursin Briony Broom Butter-bur Burdock Brimstone Celandine Chervil Garden clary Clowns wound-wort Calamus Coloquintida Garden cummin Chamock Cinnamon Cloves China Darnel Elecampane Fennel Gentian Garlick Germander stinking Gladwin Golden Rod Gromel English Galingale Ginger Glass-wort is so hot that it hath a costive burning quality Galls Grains of Paradice Galbanum Hemp-seed Garden Hysop Honey St. Johns-wort Juniper-berries Ivy Jack by the Hedge Iris Knee-holm Lavender Lavender-cotton Ladies smocks Garden Lilly Lovage Leeks Mallows and Marsh-Mallows wilde Marjorem sweet Marjorem Marigolds Master-wort Melilote French and Dogs Mercury Spear-mint Misle-toe Mother-wort Mouse-ear Mug-wort Mustard-seed Neesing-roots Nutmeg One blade Pepper Rag-wort Rest-harrow the wilde Rochet Rosemary Garden Rue Saffron Sage Sanicle Sarasens Confound Savin common Saxafrage Burnet Saxafrage Scabius English Scurvey-Grass Self-heal Smallage Sope-wort Southernwood Sea star-wort Staves-acre Garden Tansie Time Tutsan Turmerick Valerian Veruain Wold Weld or Diars-weed Fennegreek Scutchanele London Treacle Cooling Simples in General Clove Gilly-flowers Groundsel is an universal Medicine coming of Heat whatsoever Hawk-weed Housleek Knot-grass Kidney-wort Lettuce Water-Lilly Licoris common Liver-wort Medlars Money-wort Tree-Moss Ground-Moss the unripe fruit of Mul-berries Mace common Night-shade may be used either inwardly or outwardly and is no way dangerous as the others are Navel-wort Orpin used outwardly Water-Plantine Land-Plantine Pomegranate Queen of the Medows Shepherds Purse common Sorrel Wood-Sorrel Sow-thistles Strawberry-leaves Succory Stone-crop Star-wort Spinach wilde Tansie all the parts of the black Thorn or Sloe-bush Medow trefoyl Honey-suckles both the Vervains Vine-leaves Violets Vipers-bugloss Vineger the Leaves Flowers Seed and Bark of the Willow-Tree Yarrow Antimonium Alkanet Garden Arach Barberry-bush Barley Bilberries Blew-bottle Bucks horn Plantine Bole-armoniack Comfrey Cranes-bill Dandelion all the kinds of Docks are generally cold Ducks Meat applied outwardly is a great Cooler of hot Inflammations Fumitory Things good in General for a Prick or Stub in the Sole of a Horses Foot To pull off his Shoo and pare his Foot so deep that you may discover the Hole making the Mouth of it about the bredth of a Two-pence then wash it well with Chamberly and Salt or green Copperas and Allum boiled together in Water then Tack on his Shoo again and stop the Hole with Turpentine Hogs-grease and Verdegrease melted together and lay Flax or Towe upon it and put over that Cows dung and cover it with Leather and splint it with two cross splints and renew it once in two or three days
and keep him out of wet during the Cure Or Taint it with Tallow and Turpentine melted together and anoint his Coffin all over with Bolearmoniack and Vineger mingled together and take red Nettles stamped with Vineger and black or common Sope and stop the Wound therewith or to wash the Wound with Vineger and Salt or if it be in the Summer take the tender Buds or Leaves of Elder stamped if in the Winter the inner Rind of it and melt some hot Tallow with it into the Wound Or take Turpentine brown Sugar-candy powdred and white Ginger powdred and melt them all in an Iron Spoon and pour it hot into the Wound and put Hurds or Flax upon it or Roch-Allum burned and made into powder and fill the Hole therewith and lay Hurds thereupon or Oyl of Turpentine poured into it is excellent good for it will not only search it to the bottom but take out the Venom and heal it up Or after you have clensed it with Salt and Vineger take Salt made into fine Powder and four times so much Turpentine and boyl them well together and pour it into the Wound scalding hot and put into it the powder of Brimstone dissolved in white-Wine and lay Hurds upon it Or take Oyl de bay four Ounces of Orpin of Cantharides and Euforbium of each two Ounces made all into fine powder and set them on the Fire keeping them stirring till they become an Ointment and with it dress him as before is taught But if the Foot be bruised fear a Live Spider upon it with a hot Iron A Particular Receipt for a Stub in the Foot or for any Over-reach of the Toe of the Hinder-foot upon the Heel of the sore-Foot or for any Accidental Cut with a Stone After you have well searched and made clean the Wound with Water and Salt or Verjuice Beer and Butter Take these things here under-written well beaten and bruised together till they come to a Salve and spread them upon a Linnen Rag or brown Paper with a Rag bound and Tied fast over it to prevent the coming of it off Let it lie on twenty four houres before you take it off Continue so dressing and washing it every twenty four houres till you find amendment but if you find it amend very fast you need not dress it in two or three days The things you are to apply to it are these viz. Common Soap about the bigness of a good big Wash-Ball a large Onion peeled and a spoonful of long Pepper beaten to Powder and mashed and bruised together with the rest Of Clifts and Cracks in the Heels cross and overthwart which are a kind of Scratches and are Cured with the same Medicines as they are Falling Evil Cured which is no other then the Falling Sickness in Man Take a pretty quantity of Blood from the Neck and four or five days after let him Blood in the Temple Veins and on his Eye-Veins then anoint his Body all over with a comfortable Friction then Bath his Head and Eares with Oyl de bay Liquid Pitch and Tar mixt together and of the same put some of it into his Eares then make him a Cap or Biggin of Canvass Quilted with Wooll to keep his Head warm then give him a Purgation or Scouring but if the disease continue still then pierce the Skin of his Forehead with a hot Iron in divers places and after anoint it with sweet Butter for thereby you shall draw out the gross Humours which do oppress the Brain and keep him warm in the Stable during the time of his Physicking General Things to be Given inwardly for it The Seed of the Bolbonack or the Satten Flower the Leaves and Flowers of Flea-wort stinking Ground-pine taken with Oxymel or Honeyed Water is good given Evening and Morning for some time together Bitony the Flower of Violets the Roots of Peony Master-wort of Gerrard Anniseeds the Leaves and Bark of the Mastick Tree the Gum of it hath the same Vertue given in Ale the distilled Water of red Cherries A Particular Receipt A spoonful of the powder of dried Missle-toe that grows upon the Apple tree which is shaped much like Ivy-leaves given him in half a Pint of Canary and kept warm is very good A Hip-shot Horse There is so uncertain a Cure to be made of it that I durst say nothing of the Cure The Cure for the Hurle-Bone out of Joynt Take Oyl of Turpentine and strong Beer of equal parts alike and shake them very well in a Glass-Vial and anoint the grieved part therewith as also the Brawn and inside of his Thigh down to his Gambrels and heat it in very well by holding a hot Fire-shovel before it while you are doing it This will make him sound in a few days conditionally you continue using of it working the Bone gently in with your Hand to bring it to its right place again This is a very sharp and biting Medicine which will make his Skin puff and heave up but you need not fear it for there is no danger in it When you have anointed him Tie him up to the Rack-staves for about half an hour to prevent his biting of it with his Teeth which may prejudice him while he stands in the Stable put a Wedge of Wood about the bredth of a Six pence between his Toe and his Shooe but when you Ride him you are to take it out but when you come home to put it in again Or after you have anointed him once with Oyl of Turpentine and Beer and put in his Bone into its right place again you may clap a Charge upon it made of Oxycrocium and Paracelsus which you may buy at the Apothecaries which will strengthen it so very much that it will keep it from slipping out of its place again But the most best speedy and certain Cure is though it doth a little disfigure your Horse is to Pin him which every Smith either does or ought to know Quick-Scab to Cure To let him blood then clip away the Hair where the Sorrance is and take off the scurf and scabs with an old Curry-Comb or other such like thing then with fair cold water wash it well and lay a Linnen Cloth well wet in it to the place and do nothing to it in ten days after and if you find it doth not heal dress it as before and so a third time and a fourth till it be throughly healed Or to take Mallowes and Marsh-Mallowes of each alike and boil them in fair water as much as will suffice till they be soft and with the Herb and Decoction bathe and wash the Sorrance two or three days together warm Then take of common Honey a Pint Copperas Allum of Glass and Verdegrease all made into fine powder of each four Ounces Turpentine and Quick-silver mortify'd of each two Ounces boyl all these together with the Honey unto an Unguent and with it dress him every day till it be whole Rot in a Horse
Zedoary Camomil Dill Juniper Marjorem Organy savory Wormwood â—chenanth Bay Nutmeg pepper Ginger Annis Caraway Cummin Humour-dâ—ssolving things Roots of Turmentil Zedoary Virginian snake weed Ginger leaves of Cardus benedictus scordium Butter-bur Rosemary sage Rue Flowers of Saffron Bezoar-stone Cochenele Treacle Things good to drive away poison Angelica Birthwort Bistort â—ugloss Costus Cyprus Carline Doronicum Enula Garlick Gentian smallage Turmentil Vipers bugloss Zedoary Bitony Cardus Calaminth Agrimony Avens Juniper Organy penny-royal Rue scordium Wormwood Centaury Bay-berries pepper Citrons Anniseeds Animi Cardamums Caraway Fennel Bezoar saffron Cochenele Dragons plantine See more in this part Astonisting things Mandrake-roots leaves of Mandrake Hemlock Henbane poppey Opium spirit of Darnel and Darnel meal To stop the Running of the Glanders for present sale Take some Frank in cense and strow it upon a Chafing dish of Coals and let him receive the smoke through a Tunnel into the Nostril that runneth and it will stop it for some time The best Receipt for the Cure of the Glanders that is which if your Horse be Youthful and his Strength and Lungs not too much wasted you need not fear the Cure For if any thing in the World will Cure this Disease this Receipt will Take a small Faggot made of the green Boughs of the Ash-tree and set it on Fire in some Chimney-corner clean swept for your use then having a Gallon of the best Ale you can get in a readiness quench so many of the Coals that is made thereof therein as will make it pretty thick then strain it through a Linnen Cloth into some convenient Vessel fit for your use then double it over again to make it the stronger by quenching fresh Coals therein then strain the Liquor from the Coals as you did before and when it is cold put it into a Bottle close stopped for your use for if you do not put it in cold it will quickly soure which will spoil it If you make it strong enough you shall find that the Coals will drink up a quart or more of your Ale when you use it shake the Bottle to make it all alike then pour out of it so much as you think fit for your use and warm it luke-warm and put a small drenching Horn full of it into each Nostril of your Horse if he runs at both if not but one will serve do this Morning and Evening during his Cure and ride him gently after it for about an hour Then let him feed a while upon Hay and after that you may give him some drink Three or four quarts of this Liquor will perfect the Cure at the farthest if you find that the Kernels under the Chaul do waste which this Liquor will take away in four or five days at the furthest you need not much question the Cure you are to keep him in the House during his Cure After you have given him this drink for about a week together you may rest him by forbearing to give him any more for a day or two then give it him again and so use it till you have Cured him 'T is convenient if the Horse be very strong and lusty before you give him this Drink to cleanse his Body with this Scouring which is both safe and sure Take an ounce of the best Barbadoes Alloes you can get for mony and beat it very fine then mix it very well with fresh Butter and after you have so done divide it into three parts and cover every part all over with Butter as big as a good Wash-Ball then give them the Horse in a Morning fasting upon the point of a stick and stir him a little after it then bring him into the Stable and keep him warm and let him fast two or three Houres then give him a Mash of Malt and after that some Hay The best of all Receipts for the Ordering and Making up of Pills or Balls of Alloes for the Scouring or Purging of a Horse that is sick either of Cold Surfeit Molten Grease Wormeâ— or any other inward Illness c. Take an Ounce of the best Barbadoes Aloes or of Aloes Hepatica with half an Ounce of the Fylings of Steel Needles and put them both together in a Mortar and beat and rub them round about with your Pestle till the Aloes be finely powdred then drop into it sixteen or twenty drops of Bâ—andy or for want thereof Water and rub them round with your Pestle and they will incorporate and become one Body which you may work and make up with your Hand like unto Paste into what form or shape you please Divide them into two or three Balls and give him them Fasting in the Morning one after another in a Hornful of cold strong or small Beer and exercise him after it then bring him Home and set him up warm Clothed and Littered and no question but he will purge very well Some Observations upon iâ— If you chance to put too much Brandy into it it will be so thin that you cannot work it up into a Paste If this Misfortune happen to you put a little of the powder of English Liquoris to it and that will so qualifie the thinness of it that you may work it up into a Body very well Or you may make up your Aloes after the same manner only with the powder of Liquoris or with any other Powder which you think most proper for your use How to know the Goodness of the Fylings of Steel Needles If it look bright and be clean from dirt 't is good but if you find it of a rusty colour 't is naught You may buy it at the Needle-makers in Crooked Lane near the Monument for 6 d. the pound Another Receipt very good for the said Distempers Take an Ounce of Barbadoes Aloes or Aloes Hepatica with a dram of each of these Roots here under-written finely beaten and searc'd viz. Gentian Aristolochia rotunda and Elecampane put them into a Mortar together and make them up as in your former Receipt Or you may make up your Aloes with the powder of Crude Antimony Another Excellent Purge or Scouring which is good to free a Horse from the same Distempers as the others did and is the best way I know of for the dissolving of Aloes Take an Ounce of the best Barbadoes Aloes or Aloes Hepatica and beat it in a Mortar to a fine powder then put it into a Bladder and wet the powder very well with Brandy wine then Tie it up hard that it receive no Vent and put it into a Skillet of Water and set it over the Fire and you shall find that in a little more then a quarter of an Houres boyling your Aloes will be quite dissolved Then take it off the Fire having first in a readiness a quart of strong Beer indifferent hot and untie or clip your Bladder with a Pair of Scissers and let out your Aloes into the Beer and put also into it an
This is also known by his Neck and Head standing awry his Eares upright and his Eyes hollow his Mouth dry and clung and his Back will Rise like a Camel which must be Cured by giving him something to make him Sweat and by Loading him with warm Woollen Cloaths 239 240 Costiveness is when a Horse is so bound in his Belly that he cannot dung but with great pain and trouble It is a Disease very dangerous and perillous to him and is the Origen of several Maladies you may know it by several Symptoms sometimes it proceedeth from Glut of Provender or over-much feeding somtimes by eating too dry and hard meats which sucketh and drieth up the moisture of a Horses Body viz. Beans Pease Wheat or Tares c. Not but that they are very wholesom food and the heartiest Meat a Horse can eat but feeding too much upon them over-heats his Body more then any other Grain whatsoever which shuts up a Horses Office of Nature so that it makes him he cannot dung And besides they are very windy food which causeth many bad humours and obstructions in the Body sometimes Costiveness cometh also by much Fasting in the Dieting of them for Races or Hunting which doth suck up like a Spunge the phlegmatick moisture of the Body 378 and 381 Crown-â—â—â—b is a filthy stinking and cankerous disease breeding round about the Feet upon the Coronets or top of the Hoof next the Hair which causeth much pain unto him It cometh to him by reason he hath been bred in some cold wet Soyl striking corrupt Humours up to his Feet and is more troubled with these in the Summer then the Winter The Signes to know it are these The Hair about the Coronets will be thin and staring like Bristles and run with Matterative Water 372 Camery or Frounce are small Warts or Pimples in the most of the Palate of a Horses Mouth which are very soft and sore and are bred also somtimes in his Lips and Tongue It is occasioned many ways somtimes by eating of wet Hay whereon Rats or other Vermin hath piss'd upon somtimes by drawing frozen dust amongst the Grass into his Mouth and sometimes by licking up of Venom The Signes shew themselves which are the Pimples or Whelks and soreness of them with the unsavoriness of his food that he hath eaten before and his falling from his Meat 301 Câ—rb is a long Swelling beneath the elbow of the Hough in the great Sinew behind above the top of the Horn which maketh him halt and go lame when he hath been heated It cometh to him several Ways either hereditary or by some bruise or strain or by heavy loading him when he was too young 263 Casting out of his Mouth and Nostrils his drink proceedeth from a cold Stomach or by some Cold taken in his Head where the Rheum bindeth upon the Roots and Kernels of the Tongue which hath as it were strangled and made strait the Passages of the Stomach 383 Canker in the Eyes cometh of a rank and corrupt Blood descending from the Head into them where it breedeth a little Worm like the Head of a Pismire which groweth in the corner next his Nose which will eat in time if let alone through the Gristle of his Nose and so pass into his Head and kill him You may know it by the great and small Pimples within and without the Eye-lids and the Eye it self will be full of corrupt matter What cures it in the Mouth cures this 302 318 Chops Clefts or Rifts in the Palate of a Horses Mouth proceedeth either from course and rough Hay full of Thistles and other pricking stuff or by â—oul Provender full of sharp seeds which by frequent pricking the Bats of his Mouth doth cause them to wrankle and breed corrupt blood which may turn to the Canker What Cures the Canker in the Mouth if it comes to this disease cures this but to prevent the Canker wash his Mouth with Vineger and Salt and anoint it with Honey 418 Canker in the Mouth is a rawness of the Mouth and Tongue which is full of Blisters and cannot eat his meat It proceeds from crude and undigested meat rankness of blood or unnatural heat coming from the Stomach 302 and 418 Crick in the Neck is a kind of Convulsion which I shall speak but briefly hereof because I have handled it fully before in all the Kinds thereof It is when the Horse cannot turn his Neck any manner of ways but hold it right forth insomuch that he cannot take his Meat from the ground but with great trouble and pain 384 Crest-fallen is when that part which a Horses Manâ— groweth on which is the upper part thereof and called the Crest leaneth either to one side or other not standing upright as it ought to do It cometh for the most part from Poverty occasioned by ill keeping and especially when a sat horse falleth away suddenly upon any inward sickness 385 D. Dropsey is a disease which causeth a universal Swelling of the Body through the great quantity of Water that lieth between the Skin and the Flesh occasioned by Melancholy Blood Water and Wind which will make his Belly and Legs to Swell but his Back Buttocks and Flanks will be dried and shrunk up to the very Bones if you thrust your Finger hard upon the place swollen you shall leave the print thereof behind for the Flesh wanting natural heat will not return again to its place Other Signes there be to know this disease viz. he will be evil coloured heavy dull and of no Face Strength nor Spirit and therefore proceedeth principally for want of good Nourishment and Digestion which passeth into Melancholy It proceedeth also either from the Spleen or the Liver or both the Blood being putrified and turned into a thin Water and sometimes for want of good Exercise or over-much rest He will be also short Breath'd lose his Stomach and be very dry and though you bring him to the Water he will drink little but only pudder long with his Nose in it In a word he will be as if he had a general Consumption over his whole Body and his Hair will peal off with the least rubbing 363 Dimness of Sight or Blindness is occasioned several ways Either by some strain violent Riding hard Labour and overcharging him with a Burthen beyond his Strength whereby the Strings of his Eyes are stretched beyond their due Compass hereditary Lastly by some blow or wound The Sign is want of Sight or the ill effected colour of the Eye 288 E. A Boney Excretion is occasioned most an end by Causticks or burning Corrasives which are put to Wounds that lie close to the Bone as when the Wound is in the Leg or about the Pasterns for the Flesh being very much burned by them cause then Excretion to grow upon the Bone which by the little Experience of the Farrier the wound is healed but this Excretion doth remain and somtimes it cometh by a
Shackle or the Galling of a Lock or Fetters that has bin long continued upon the Foot What Cures the Bone-spaven cures this 262 and 379 Enterfering cometh several Ways Either hereditary from the Parents or by some stiffness in his Pace or by evil and too broad Shooing which maketh him to go so narrow behind with his hinden Feet that he fretteth one Foot against another so that there groweth hard mattery scabs which are so sore that they make him to go Lame The Signes are his ill going and the visible Sign of the Scabs 284 Eyes blood-shotten See Blood-shotten Eyes 288 to 293 Eyes Lunatick See Lunatick Eyes 293 F. Feltick is no other then a Galled Back Fraying is stiffness taken in his Legs and Feet 287 to 288 Farcin or Fashions is a creeping Ulcer and is the most lothsom stinking and filthy disease that can come to a Horse It proceedeth first of corrupt Blood engendred in the Body by over-heats and colds which beginneth first with hard Knots and Pustles which at last by spreading and dilating it self will over-run the whole Body of a Horse but it commonly beginneth in a Vein or near to some Master-Vein which feedeth and nourisheth the Disease It comâ—th sometimes also by Spur-Galling with rusty Spurs Snaffle Bit or the like As also by the Bitâ—ng of some other Horse infected with the said Disease Or if it be in the Leg it may come by Enterfering one Leg with another and by many other ways 323 and 324 Water Farcin cometh to a Horse by his feeding upon low Watery Grounds and in Pits or Holes where the Grass grows above Water which in picking out the Grass he licks up the Water with is which will cause Horses sometimes to swell under the Belly and Chaps which when you come to prick it with a hot Iron bent back again about the length of a Fleam there will Issue from it abundance of yellow gray and oyly Water 328 Flanks is a Wrench Crick Stroke or other Grief gotten in his Back which word we are beholding to the French sor Now there is another sort of Flanks which is quite different from the other which is a kind of Pleurisie which is when he is over run with too much Blood which endangereth a Mange or else falleth dangerously sick thereby who by reason that he hath been often blooded before his Body now requires it whereof he missing falleth into a lothsom and dangerous Malady 300 Falling of the Fundament cometh several Ways either by Weakness being poorly Fed or by some Cold which occasions a Scouring and Flux of Blood 311 A Feaver according to the Learned Physicians is an unnatural and immoderate heat which proceâ—deth first from the Heart and so spreadeth it self through all the Arteries and Veins of the Body stopping all the natural Motions thereof and there be several sorts of them viz. Quotidian Tertian Quartan and Pestilent and are all of one Nature though some be more Malignant then others are Only a Hectick Feaver is of a Nature far different from the former and so likewise a Pestilent Feaver Vegetius speaketh of Summer Autumn and Winter Feavers without making any great difference between them more then that one is worse then another by reason of the time and season of the year he hath it in I shall shew you first the Causes from whence they proceed and then give you the Signes how you may know it It cometh by hard Labour or Exercise as of too much Travelling and especially in hot Weather and sometimes by extream heat of the Sun and also by extream Cold of the Air and sometimes it is bred of crudit or raw Digestion which hapneth by too greedy eating of such Corn as was not throughly orâ—ed nor cleansed Now the Signes to know a Feaver are these The Horse doth continually hold down his Head and is not able to lift it up his Eyes are so Swelled that he cannot easily open them for Matterative stuff and will fall away and consume in his Flesh his Lips and all his Body is Lush and Feeble his Stones hang down he will covet much to lie down and often to rise again If his Ague come with a cold Fit he will shake and quiver and when the Cold Fit is over he will burn and his Breath will be hot and will fail and his Flanks beat he will Reel as he goeth he will Covet much to drink and evermore keep his Mouth in the Water although he will drink but little These are the certain Signes of a Feaver as I know of 321 Fistula is a deep hollow crooked Vlcer for the most part springs from Malignant Humours engendred in some Wound Sore or Canker not well Cured sometimes it cometh by a Bruise which hath Festered inwardly which either burst forth of it self or was opened by the Farrier sometimes it cometh by a co-Wrench or pinch of a Collar in drawing or by being wrung with the Tree of a Saddle The Signes to know it is the hollowness of it descending downwards from the Orifice which is much straiter at the Mouth then the bottom and sendeth forth thin Matter from the same 319 and 370 Foundering in the Feet cometh evermore by hard riding or sore labour by great heats and colds whichdistemper the body and stirs up peccant and malignant humors that inflames the Blood melts the Grease and causeth it to descend downwards into his Feet and there setleth which causeth such a numbness and pricking in his Hoofs that he hath no sense nor feeling of them for he is hardly able to stand which if he do it is but after a feeble manner for you may soon push him down with your hand besides he will stand shaking and quaking as if he had a Fit of an Ague This disease cometh several ways sometimes by watering him when he is very Fat and his Grease molten within him and then suddenly cooled by setting him upon cold Planks without Litter or taking his Saddle off too soon or else by letting him stand when he is hot in some shallow water up to the Feet-locks by which means through the extraordinary coldness of it causeth the Molten-Grease to descend into his Feet and there to cake and congeal which is the true reason of this Malady A Horse also may be Foundred by wearing strait Shoos in the heat of Summer and Travelling upon hard Ground To know when a horse is foundred upon his sore-feet and not on his hinder-feet You may know it by this He will tread only upon his hinder-feet and as little as he can on his fore-Feet and go crouching and crimpling with his buttocks Sometimes he will be Foundred on his hinder feet and not on his fore-feet but this is very seldom which you may know by his seeming very weak behind and will rest himself as much upon his fore-feet as he can being very fearful to set his hinder-feet to the Ground 271 Foundering in the Body cometh by eating too much
no such thing 387 388 Râ—t-tails is a most venomous disease and not much unlike to the Scratches of a horse It cometh to him several ways sometimes by too much rest and the Keepers negligence in not rubing and dressing him well and by reason of too much rest and good keeping without exercise the blood corrupting in his body falls down into his Legs which causeth this disease 377 Retrat is no other then a Prick in the Foot by a Nail vide Prickt 395 Rheum cometh by Cold which maketh his Teeth loose and seem long by the shrinking up of his Gums which will spoil his feeding that all the Meat will lie in Lumps in his Jaws vide Colds 241 Rot is a disease so like unto a Dropsey that it is hard to distinguish it from the same mistake not this disease for rottenness for if he be rotten his Liver and Lights are so putrified that they are not to be recovered But this Rot is of the Nature of a Sheeps Rot that is said to be rotten when his Liver is become soul and tainted yet we do eat his flesh and affirm it to be good meat whereby the Sheep is not rotten but hath a Disease called the Rot It cometh several ways sometimes to young Horses feeding in Wet or Fenny Grounds and sometimes when they are over-heated in their breaking whereby their Blood is enflamed putrified and corrupted causing Obstructions in the Liver which cause putrefaction and so knots and pustils do engender therein which breedeth this Disease The Signes are these he will lose his Stomach pant much beat and heave in his Flanks swell under his Belly his Hair will stare his Legs swell burn and dint when you press it with your Finger and his Coat will not shed at those usual times as other Horses do and will be so faint and feeble that he will lose his courage and mettle 398 Running of the Reins vide Mattering of the Yard 131 S. Shedding of the Seed cometh somtimes from abundance and rankness of the Seed sometimes by Strains or putting too heavy a load upon his Back and sometimes by weakness of the Stones and Seed-Vessels not being able to retain the Seed until it be digested and thickned 331 Strain or Sprain is the Sinews stretched beyond their strength by reason of some slip or wrench 294 Shackle-gall is on the Pastornes vide Gall 284 Surbating is a beating of the Hoof against the Ground It cometh sometimes by means of evil shooing lying too flat to his Feet sometimes by Travelling a Horse too young before his Feet are hardned which many times doth occasion a Foundring sometimes by hardness of the Ground and high lifting up of the Horses Feet and those Horses that are flat footed their Coâ—â—ns are so tender and weak that they be most subject to this Sorrance The signes to know it is he will Halt on both his fore-Legs and go stiffely and creeping although he were half Foundred 373 Spleen see the Nature of it 329 Screw is the Nature of a splint only the splint is on the inside of the Knee and the screw is on the outside 263 Swellings and Tumors cometh by Heats and Colds taken by hard Riding or fore Labour whereby the Horse being overmuch heated the Grease falleth down and setleth in his Legs and other parts which grow dry and hard and breedeth splints spavens curbs Ring-bones and the like sorrances which in time are no other things then proper Tumors Besides it doth occasion other Knots and swellings See the First Part for the Cure of them Scratches are of several sorts and kinds though they are called by several Names viz. Crepances Rats-tails Mules Kibes Pains c. being no other then the very Scratches which are certain dry Scabs Chaps or Rifts that breed between the Heel and the Pastorn-Joynt and so goeth many times above the Pastorn even up to the very Hoof of the hinder Legs but sometimes they are upon all four Legs though not very common They proceed several ways sometimes by dry melancholy Humors which fall down upon his Legs sometimes by fuming of his own dung lying under his heels or near him sometimes by the Negligence of the Groom in not rubbing his Heels well especially after a Journey or hard Labour when he brings in his Horse from Water and doth not rub his Legs and Heels dry from the Sand and Dirt which doth burn and fret them and so cause Swellings and those Swellings cause Scratches sometimes it cometh by corruption of the blood after great heats and surfeits taken sometimes by being bred in Fenny Marish and watery Grounds and sometimes they come to a Horse after a very great Sickness taken by Surfeit Or lastly by over-hard Riding or Labour whereby his Grease is molten which falleth down and setleth in his Pastorns and Feet-locks which doth occasion this Sorrance The Signes to know it are these The staring dividing and curling of the Hair it beginneth first with a dry scab upon his Pastorn Joynts like unto chaps or chinks and are in several shapes and formes sometimes long sometimes downright sometimes overthwart which will cause the Legs to swell and be very gourdy and run with fretting waterish matterative and offensive stuff which will make him go so lame at the first setting out that he will be hardly able to go 'T is good to clip away his long shaggy hain from his Pastorns if he have any which will in some measure prevent them or or at least curb them 266 Sit-fast or Stick-fast is a hard Knob which is as hard as a Horn that grows in a Horses Skin under the Saddle fast to his Flesh which cometh by a Saddle-Gall or Bruise which not Imposthumating the Skin falleth dead and looketh like a hard piece of Leather 352 A Surfeit is occasioned by Heats and Colds The Signes to know it is He will not thrive but be gaunt Bellied and dried up in his Body and cannot Cough but Gruntingly His Coat will stand staring and doth not lie smooth sometimes his Cods will swell And when it falleth out of his Body into his Legs they will swell also and stink by reason of the thin moist white yellow thick and stinking Water or Matter that flows from them which will make them so stiff that he is not able to go over the Threshold 366 Not Staling or Dunging cometh several wayes sometimes by being too high kept and but little exercise given him therefore exercise is as wholesom for a Horses Health as good Food is nourishing to his Body sometimes it cometh when you suddenly travel him when he hath been newly taken from Grass before his Body is emptied of it and dry meat put into the room thereof The Signes to know this Grief is He will lie down and tumble with extream pain as if he had the Bots. 357 Staling of Blood vide Pissing of Blood Selender is a kind of Scab and is the same with the Mallender only the difference
two Gallons of water till they swell or burst and mix them with a peck of Wheat bran and give it him in the manner of a Mash and it will Fat suddenly or Coleworts sodden and mixed with Wheat Bran and give them instead of Provender or to give him in stead of his Provender the Grain called Buck or to give him Parched Wheat mingled with Ale or Wheat Bran mingled amongst his Provender but be sure to keep him well dressed and cleanly lookt after for without clean keeping his Meat will do him but little good and to give him a little Meat at once for fear you Cloy him Or take Sage Savin bay-Berries Earth-Nuts Bears-Grease mingled with a quart of Wine or Ale and give it him or to feed him a Month together with scalded Bran or take Cummin-seed Fennegreek-seed Siliris Montani Nutmegs Cloves Ginger Linseed of each two Ounces quick Brimstone six Ounces made all into line powder and give him an Egg-shell full of it every Night in his Provender and white Water after it and put into his Oats with his powder a handful of Nettle-seed for that is a thing which will principally cause him to batten and when he is Glutted with this Meat then give him Bread if he leave his Bread then give him Malt or any Grain that he will eat with a good Appetite or to give him many Mornings together half an Ounce of Brimstone finely beaten with a raw Egg and a penny weight of the Powder of Myrrh in a quart of Ale or to give him three Leaved Grass half green and half dry for many days together or to give him Pepper Saffron Anniseeds Turmerick Treacle Licoris Penny-royal and Archangel mingled in Milk with the Yolks of Eggs Barley dried or Barley boiled till it burst is a great Fattener but most of these ways will not breed Fat that will continue but the best way to make him Fat and to cause him to keep it is to give him three Mornings together a pint of sweet VVine and two spoonfuls of Diapente brewed together for that will take away all Infection and Sickness from the inward Parts then to seed him well with Provender at least four times a day viz. After his Water in the Morning after his Water at Noon after his Water in the Evening and after his Water at nine a Clock at Night and if you find that he eat not his Provender well then to change it to another and to let him have most of that Food he loveth best and there is no question but he will grow fat suddenly But if you will have a more particular Account then turn to the Mirrour of all Medicines to make the Leanest Horse that may be Fat Sound and Fit either for Market or Travel in the space of fourteen days you may find before with several other such like Receipts ensuing An Explanation of several hard Words belonging to Chyrurgery VVhat a Fracture is If there be a loosening in the Bone it is called a Fracture VVhat a Wound is If it be in any Fleshy part it is called a Wound VVhat a Rupture is If it be in the Veins then it is a Rupture What a Convulsion is If in the Sinews then it is a Cramp or Convulsion What an Excortication is If it be in the Skin then it is called an Excortication Of Giving of Fire and there are two ways of it the one Actual and the other Potential the First is done by Medicine either Corrasive Putrif active or Caustick Cautery Actual The Actual Fire doth burn the Flesh by Instrument which stoppeth Corruption of Members and stancheth Blood provided the Sinews Cords and Ligaments be not toucht the Instruments to Cauterize are Gold Silver Copper or Iron Cautery Potential The Potential Fire doth burn by Medicine of which there are three sorts or degrees namely by Corrosive by Caustick or Putrifaction The Corrosive The Corrosives are Simple or Compound the simple Corrosives are Roch-Allom burnt or un-burnt Red Coral Mercury sublimed Verdegrease Copperas white and green and these Corroding things are called Precipitates which are Eaters of dead Flesh The Compounds are Vnguentum Apostolorum Vnguentum Aegyptiacum and Vnguentum Coraceum with others Medicines Putrifactive Medicines Putrifactive are such Medicines which are applied to Swellings which are made for the most part of Medicines Compounded as Poultesses rosted Sorrel white Lilly Roots and the like What a Caustick is A Caustick is a great Burner for that being once put to the Skin will in a short time make a Wound where there was none before and those things are Lye Lime Vitriol Aqua-fortie and the like Corrosives Corrosives are weaker then Putrifactives and Putrifactives are weaker then Causticks Corrosives work in the soft Flesh Putrifactives in the hard and Causticks break the sound Skin Thus you see the use of these things you may apply them at your pleasure for these Cure all sorts of Farcies Cankers Fistulaes Leprosies Maungies Scabs and such like poisonous Infection Of the several sorts of Purgings which are Five by Pills by Poriâ—ons by Glisters by Suppositories and by Grass What Pills are Pills are solid or substantial stuff fixed together in one Body and being made into round Balls are cast down the Horses Throat which purge the Head and Brain from Phlegm and other gross Humours down into the Excrements What a Portion is Portions are when you give him liquid purging Powders dissolved in Wine or Ale or that if it be any other liquid stuff now Portions cleanse the Stomach and Guts from such naughty Humours which Glaunders Colds and Surfeits have ingendred in the Body What Glisters are Glisters are given at the Fundament and are made up of four things that is to say Decoctions of Drugs of Oyls and such like Unctious Matter as Butter or Grease And â—ourthly of divers Salts to provoke the Vertue Expulsive Now they are of several Natures some to ease and appease Griefs and allay the sharpness of Humours some to Bind and some to Loosen and some to heal as in Cases of Ulcers and Old Sores within the Body c. What a Suppository is A Suppository is only a Preparative to a Glister and but only to cleanse and make loose the great Guts which cometh to the Tuel and they help the disease of the Guts being of Nature more gentle then Glisters are and may be applied when Glisters cannot Purging by Grass Purging by Grass is either by green Corn Wheat Rye Barley Oats or Tares which is a great Clenâ—er and Cooler of his Body What a Decoction is A Decoction is a Broth made of certain Herbs as Mallows Mash-Mallows pellitory Camomil and sometimes of white Lilly Roots and other such like things Simples that are good to conglutinate and knit things together either inward or outward Iris Illyrica beaten and sifted and mingled with pepper Honey and Currants and given him to drink in Wine and Sallet-Oyl Conglutinateth any inward Rupture or Burstness Dragant
soften it that it may be opened if it be hard when you put your Poultess thereunto it will send it back Things good in General for Imposthumated Ears If it be not broke Water and Salt put into the Ear or Butter and Salt will break it or to apply to this swelling Linseed beaten and put to it Honey and Hogs-grease melted together and when it breaks Taint it with Flax dipt in Salve made of Turpentine Metrosatum and Sallet Oyl but if he hath pain in his Ear dip some black Wooll in the Oyl of Chamomil and put into it but if it be broken dip it in the Oyl of Roses Honey and Venice Turpentine the Juice of Ivy growing on a Pale or Wall put into the Eares stayeth the running of them though it be of long continuance and helpeth old Ulcers and Impostumes bred there but if you think it too sharp you may mix it with the Oyl of Roses Particular Receipts for Imposthumated Eares Take of Pepper beaten and searced and tried Hogs-grease one spoonful the Juice of Rue one handful white-Wine Vineger two spoonfuls and if the Swelling Imposthumation or Inflammation be in the Eares Face Head or Throat of the Horse if you take either black Wooll fine Lint Flax or Hurds and dip it into this Medicine and so stop both his Eares therewith and then stitch them up that it get not forth renewing it once in two days till the Swelling be clean gone he will be certainly Cured But if the Grief be in any other part of the Body then with this Ointment you shall anoint the grieved or swoln place once or twice a day till it depart but if the Swelling be near about the Cods or Privy Parts then bath the place well with cold Water and after it is made dry again with a Cloth anoint it with the said Ointment every day once or twice and it is a present Cure It Cureth also the Ulcer and Canker in the Nose and is a sure Cure for the Vives Things good in General for the Strangles To anoint and chafe the Swelling well with Bacon-grease or Hogs-grease and that will ripen and break it Or so soon as you finde the Swelling begin to arise between his Chaps take a wax Candle and burn it therewith till the Skin arise from the Flesh then lay unto it wet Hay or wet Litter and that will ripen it and make it break then lay a Plaister unto it only of Shoomakers Wax and that will both draw and heal it Now if it break inward you may know it by voiding the corruption at his Nose then twice or thrice every day Perfume his Head by burning under his Nostrils Frankincense or Mastick or else by putting a hot Coal into wet Hay and let him receive the smoke thereof up his Nostrils or else to blow the powder of Euphorbium with a Quill into his Nose and so Note that whatsoever Cureth the Vives Cureth the Strangles or with a small round hot Iron thrust a Hole through the Skin on both sides the Weesand and then after it beginneth to matter to mix Butter Tanners water and Salt together and every day anoint the sore therewith till it be whole to anoint the Swelling with Oyl of Turpentine is good Blooding him in the Mouth is very good for this Distemper A Particular Receipt for the Strangles Take Basilicon old Bores Grease and Dialthaea of each four Ounces of Oyl de Bay one Ounce incorporate all these very well together then anoint the place well after you have clipped away the Hair and bind it up with a piece of Sheeps skin with the Wooll next to the Inflammation that the warmth thereof may the better help to ripen the Pustules which being ripened let forth the Corruption with a small hot Iron and taint it for three or four days together with Basilicon only and afterwards heal it up with your black Aegyptiacum taught you in my First Part and let him eat good sweet Hay and Bran in stead of Oats and let his Drink be white Water An Excellent Receipt for the Stranglâ— Squinzey Strangling or Cold that hath Run for above half a year or more at his Nose Give him this Drink in the Morning fasting in a pint and a half of strong Beer not boiled but heated luke-warm and blood him in the third â—urrow of his Mouth after it viz. the powder of Turmerick and Anniseeds of each an Ounce half a quarter of a Pint of Brandy with five or six spoonfuls of white-Wine white-Wine Vineger or for want of that Verjuice Then Air him after it When you have brought him home Cloath and Litter him up warm and Tie him to the empty Rack for three or four houres or more But if you see him sweat very much which this Drink does usually cause him to do and that you find him desirous to lie down you may untie him and give him that liberty let him have no Mash but only warm water and a handful or two of Wheat-Bran put into it and the next Morning give him the like and presently after it to bring him to a Stomach give him about two Ounces of Honey in half a Pint of white-Wine or white-Wine Vineger or for want of either Verjuice and Air him after it The third day you may give him the common Cordial for Horses viz. three Pints of stale strong Beer boyled with a good big Toast of Houshold-Wheaten Bread crummed into it and when you are ready to give it him put into it before it be quite cold Honey and fresh Butter a quarter of a pound of each and give it him luke warm fasting and exercise him after it and set him up warm three or four houres after give him as you did before warm Water and Bran in it Thus Order him till you finde Amendment The Vertuâ—s of the Cordials of white-Wine and Honey and of the Toâ—st of Houshold-bread boyled in strong Beer and sweetned with Honey c. These do not only help to bring him to a Stomach and kill the Canker in his Mouth and Throat which this Disease does commonly bring aâ—ong with it but also clears his Guts and clenâ—eth and heals his Lights if there be any Imperfection in them Observations upon this Disease 1. If you find that he Runs at the Nose any â—oul filthy yellowish Matter and it afterwards turn white you need not much Question the Cure 2. If he hath any Knots or Kernels under his Jaws your common Charge of Soap and Brandy heated and rubbed in well will either break or sink them 3. If you find the Hair in the middle of the swelling begin to scale off and that it be soft all over you may let out the corruption with your Incision Knife and let it heal up of it self 4. Though your Driâ—â— does cause him to be very sick and make him swell much in his Body fear him not for he will do well 5. Two or three Miles Riding every day