Suppossitary for any inward Sicknesse IF your Horse be so exceeding weake and sicke that you dare not administer to him inwardly by the stomacke you shall take of common Honey sixe ounces of Wheat flower one ounce of Salt-Niter one ounce and a halfe of Anise-seeds in fine pouder one ounce boyle these to a hard thicknesse and then make it into Suppossitaries and hauing anoynted your hand well with oyle Oliue thrust it vp into the Horses foundament and then hold downe his tayle hard for a good space after CHAP. 4. A Glister to cure any inward Sicknesse TAke of the oyle of Dill of the oyle of Camomile of Cassia and of the oyle of Vyolets of each halfe an ounce of brown Sugar-candy three ounces of Mallowes halfe a handfull boyle these to a decoction in running water and then administer it to the Horse in manner of a glister and in the extremity of any sicknesse it is a certaine cure CHAP. 5. For the Yellowes FIrst let the Horse blood in the necke veine and according to the goodnesse or badnesse of the blood so proportionate the quantity you take away then take a quart of sweet wine or for want thereof a quart of strong Ale or Beare then put to it foure sponfull of the Iuice of Selladine and halfe so much of the iuice of Rue and let them boyle on the fire then take it off and straine into it halfe an ounce of the best English Saffron and three ounces of the best honey and so giue it the Horse luke-warme to drinke then Rake him vp and downe a little and so set him vp warme suffring him to fast two howers after and giue him to drinke with his meate a sweet mash but no cold water by any meanes CHAP. 6. An excellent Pill for the Yellowes TAke halfe a pound of the best Honey and of Safforn beaten to very fine powder and the meale of Fene-greeke of each a like quantity and mixe them with the honey till it come to a stiffe paste then deuide it into two seuerall bals and dipping them in sweet Sallet oyle draw out the horses tongue and force him to swallow them then ride him vp and downe an howre and more and so set him vp warme alwaies prouided that you euer let him blood in the necke veyne first and if you also let him blood in his eie veynes and in the roofe of his mouth it will be much better because the chawing and swallowing of his owne blood is exceeding wholsome and Souereine CAHP. 7. For the Staggers FIrst by all meanes let him blood in the necke veine and let him bleed very well for the abundance of blood is the cause of the disease then with an incision knife open the skinne of the forehead as high as the fore-top and with a cornet rayse vp the skinne and put in two or three cloues of Garlike and then stitch vp the hole close againe with a needle and a little silke and then binding a little flaxe or lint to the wound be sure to keepe out the wind or ayre which may doe hurt Then take of the seed of Cresses the seed of Poppye the seed of Smallagde the seede of Parsley the seed of Dill of Pepper and of Saffron of each of these two ounces beate them all to a very fine pouder then put them to a pottell of Barley water and then straine it very well through a strayner and giue the Horse a quart thereof to drinke early in the morning fasting and then Rake him vp and down gently an houre or more and so set him vp and sprinkle his hay with water but let him drinke no cold water till he be well recouered CHAP. 8. For any extreame cold whatsoeuer or of what nature soeuer TAke of Cloues of Nutmegs of Ginger of Galls or the fruit of Oaks and of Cardimonium of each a like quantity of Fenell seed some what more then of the rest beate and searse all these to a very fine pouder then put two spoonfull thereof to a quart of White wine and straine in two penyworth of the best English Saffron and then beate in the yolke of a couple of egs and so giue it the Horse to drinke early in the morning and then ayre him abroad two howres or more and be sure to keep him warme and by no meanes let him drinke cold water nor let him eate any hay but what is sprinkled with water and once a day which should be at noone if the time of the yeare serue giue him the tender greene crops of Reeds or Sallowes to eate from your hand for they are very souereine and thus doe diuers mornings together and it will not onely clense away all manner of cold but also open his conduits and set his winde at liberty CHAP. 9. For the Lax or Fluxe of Body by any meanes TAke Wood-ashes finely searced and mixe them with as much Bolarmonyacke made into fine pouder and mixing it well with his water let him drinke thereof morning and euening and it will stay his scowring but if it be so violent by either the eating of a feather or any other poyson that this will not stay it then take the intrals of a Hen or Pullet and mixing them with an ounce of Spycknard cause the Horse to swallow it and it will presently stay the Fluxe CHAP. 10. For a Horse that is Hyde-boundâ—r in great pouerty TAke of clarified hogges-grease two ounces of the iuice of Dragant-worte one ounce of Incense halfe an ounce of the Sirrop of Roses three ounces dissolue all these in a pint and a halfe of honyed water on a soft fire and giue it the Horse to drinke fasting in the morning and exercise him a little thereon then set him vp warme and let him fast two or three howers and it will Scowre out all his infection loosen his skin and make him feed very sodainly after CHAP. 11. An excellent receipt for the pissing of blood FIrst clense his yard if any filth or corruption be barkt therevnto by washing it with Butter and Beere made warme together then let the Horse blood in the necke veine and lastly take the water or iuice of Leekes or of Onyons that is the water wherein they haue beene steeped twelue houres at least and close stopped to the quantity of a pint then as much White wine and iumble it well together till it looke slymie then giue it the Horse to drinke and doe thus diuers mornings and it will stay that flux of blood and bring his vrine to the naturall and ordinary colour CHAP. 12. A most excellent receipt for the Stone or for a Horse that cannot pisse but drop by drop TAke of Saxifrage of Nettle roots of Parsley rootes of Fenell roots of Sperage roots of Dodder of each of these a little handfull boyle all these on a gentle fire in a pottell of White wine till a third part bee consumed then put in a handfull of Salt of oyle Oliue and the Larde
her at her first couering off let one cast a pealefull of cold water at her shape which will be a meanes to cause her trusse vp her body and so receiue the seed more willingly and let one presently leape vpon her back and put her to a good round Trot for a quarter of an houre for that will be a meanes that she shall not haue time to cast her seed but in any case let him neither heat nor straine her Which done haue them both into the stable and let them stand an houre or two without meate and after feed them well that night and the next morning either giue each of them a warme Mash or else let them be ridden to the water and vsing them as formerly hath beene showne let them drinke their fill to coole the heate of their body and feede them well He second couering the next day till noone that the meate may be well digested before night and bring them together the second time doing in all things as at the first except the stone nagge for after he is needlesse for then Nature will prouoke and also he will be dangerous in causing her cast her seed which she formerly receiued and likewise if you thinke good vse her so the third night and then no more for by that time there is oddes but she shall be serued for this is the surest and best way that euer I could finde by reason or practise But whereas some hold that once is sufficient for her to bee couered because the Colt is begotten at once and also the first seed is the strongest and therefore oftner is superfluous and weakeneth the seede To which I grant it is so that once were enough if men knew when that once were but it is doubtfull whether the Matrix wil be so open at the first as to receiue such a quantity of seed from the horse as shall equally temper the Mares which if it be not then the second or third time is more certaine and therefore this order will make it the more sure And there will not be any great doubt of weakening the seed they hauing such intermission of time to recouer their former lust if they be well fed in the intrim which will preserue their seed hot and strong CHAP. 10. How to know whether the Mare hath conceiued or no. AFter that your Mare hath beene thus couered it is obserued Obserue her that if she be fully serued shee will fall freely to her meate not offering to cast or pisse nor bend her eares nor eies after the Neyghing of other Horses but the surest obseruation How to iudge whether shee hath conceiued or no. for her conception is to try her with a Horse about some foureteene dayes after for if she haue conceiued she will refuse to haue further copulation for by that time their seed will be so mixt and vnited that it will curdle and become thicke like creame which is the conception whereby one body is formed and then shee will desire the Horse no more For shee being a 1. Pr. 7. â— onely a sensitiue creature when nature is serued her desire is taken away shee nothing regarding pleasure but onely the end for which she was created which was to increase and multiply As for her fast feeding and the smooth lying of her hayrâ— which some hold to be markes of her conception there is no certaine knowledge for they may come from other causes as from good keeping or the difference of dispositions some being more apt to feed then others or by good dressing and clothing some hauing naturally smother skinnes then others c. And againe there are some which will vndertake to know whether a Mare be with Foale or no by the skinne at the hind part of her maine next the Withers for they say if one take it betwixt the finger and the thumbe it will be loose and thicke if she be with Foale wherein can be no certainty nor reason to approue it For the loosenesse of the skinne there may be caused for want of flesh and the skinne of all that haue much hayre vpon their maines are thicke there because of such store of moysture which causeth the maine to grow so long and therefore cannot be any testimony of her conceiuing CHAP. 11. How to vse her after her conception till she Foale VVHen your Mare is couered and you perceiue she hath conceiued there ought still a care to be had to preserue the seed in purity from grosse humors lest it should be impayred of the perfect temperature before the Colt be formed and after â—o nourish and maintaine it with good and sound a There ought to be a care still had that the Mare be kept with good food for the nourishing of the foale in her wombe food whilest it is growing in the wombe because it is releiued with such sustenance as the Mare doth eate and therefore if the Mare feede vpon raw and cold meate it will loose that perfect shape and strong courage Wherefore to preserue the Colt in its true temperature let her seed on sweet hay and good prouender for the space of a moneth for by that time the seed will be concocted into a fleshy lumpe and the body fashioned in grosse and then if necessity force and the time of yeare Let her exercise be moderate serue let her be turned to grasse but let it be vpon dry ground where the grasse is not ranke but such as she may fill her belly once a day also there would be shelter where she doth runne to keepe her both from the violence of â—â—ormes and heat of the Sunne and for her watring she would haue a fresh riuer if conueniently or else cleare standing water And for her labour let it be no more but onely to fetch her water for the first moneth and after let it neuer be violent but moderate whether it be trauayling carting or plowing least there be a dissolution of the substance by too great heate And likewise she must be kept from great burthens least she be ouer-strayned And further as Maister Markham saith there must be a care that she come not in the company of stone Iades least they straine her by forcing to couer her which if they should would endanger the casting of her Foale Now when she is towards her Foaling let her be put into some such couenient close as is well fenced least she miscarry in her Foaling for it is holden What place is best for her to Foale in that they desire to Foale neare the water and that they Foale standing with which opinions I will not contest For as yet I neuer could see any Mare in Foaling although I haue beene very vigilent therein but yet I haue knowne a great company of Mares by times Foale in wet fenney grounds and very few that haue lost their burdens by drowning Now after she hath Foaled let her be keept a weeke or tenne
will be corrupt and vnnaturall and the strength of nourishment taken away by natures operation to releeue the other Wherefore if you mind to haue your Foale sucke all the yeare let her not take the horse that yeare for one Colt well bred will bee worth foure that is contrary and so euery other yeare is sufficient for a Mare to haue a Foale if you desire the true perfection herein But if you minde to take it off before Winter or that you When to waine your Foales perceiue your Mare to be with Foale againe then take off that Foale which sucketh betwixt Michaelmas and Martinmas before the weather bee too cold and the strength of the grasse faile And whereas there is an obiection to the contrary alledging Obiection that if they be taken off so soone it will bee a great weakening and plucking back of their strength and growth and will cause surfets by grosse humors through the raw digestion of grasse and hay which they shall be forced to feed vpon to suffice nature I answere it is true if they runne abroad all Winter from Answer their dammes for it is such a mortall enemy to the designes of this subiect that I would not wish any man to follow it But if you weine them then and take them into the house and giue them good food it will nourish and strengthen them more by many degrees then if they should runne with the Mares Thus hauing spoken of the times when to weine your Foales it resteth to show how to doe it which I would wish after this manner First if your Mare proue Foalesse that yeare then you may let it sucke all Winter and take it off about mid-Aprill or beginning How to Weine your Foales of May and shut it vp in some close house where it shall not heare the Neighing of the Damme and keepe it there with good oates and broken beanes mixt together and let it haue fresh and sweet haye and cleane water euery euening and morning for the space of a Fortnight for by that time it will throughly haue forgotten the Mare and then put it to grasse for by that time also the grasse will haue good substance which before mid-May is but froth and sap But if your Mare proue with Foale then take it off at the beginning of Winter before any great store of cold come and the strength of grasse gone vsing them in all things as is aforesaid onely adding this because the Foale is somewhat young I will wish you to giue it new Milke from the â—ow for a weeke till it hath forgotten the dam and that it fall to eate on such meate as is formerly said And after abate your milke by little and little mixing it with fayre water till you haue taken it cleane away For by this meanes you shall keepe it continually in firme strength and courage And likewise there would 〈◊〉 racke set â—â— in the house to put in Haye and Oates in the Straw and a Cribe to put Prouender in letting the Foale haue good store thereof all winter But whereas it is a generall opinion as a thing of necessity to giue the Foales the second day after their wainening the slips of Sauen or the pouder of Brimstone or the rootes of Enulacampana beaten to pouder in their Prouender and many other such like I differ therein except it be vpon necessity that they paine themselues of the Wormes because these are Phisicall needlesse for a sound body for if there be no excesse for them â— Phisicke weâ—kneth nature if it be needlesse 1. Pra. 7. â— to worke vpon then it will make nature the subiect which will be a weaking thereof For if it weaken a strong body which hath materiall substance then much more a weake body which is but gristles and froth and so of a weake digestion And further if it be giuen them in prouender it will make them loath it and then if nature be not satisfied with the best food it will feed more vpon the worst which will not be so nourishing or else the stomacke will abound with raw and cold humors for want of repletion Hauing thus wintered them you may put them to grasse at such time as is said before for then the weather will be warme and the grasse of full strength and let them runne till Bartholmew-tyde that the grasse beginne to decaye and after let them be serued in the houell with such prouision as I haue showne till after Michaelmes and then house them againe if you haue not many as you did in the Winter before and so euery Winter till they be fit for the Saddle for this profit will insue if there were â— Pra. 11.c. no more by this order they will gaine such strength and courage that they will be more ready for the Saddle at three yeares of age then others of contrary breeding will be at fiue And whereas Maister Morgan doth wish that their stable â— Paued Plaunchers are not good should be paued with stone to the end to make them the more apt to endure the cold and make their Hooses tough and durable I am not of his minde for there is no greater enemy to either young or old Horse then cold and therefore the contrary must needs be the more agreeing to his nature and likewise they will not take their rest so naturally of the hard stones as otherwise they would doe hauing continually litter to lye vpon for I would not haue young Colts to bee stinted to stand all the day for that will cause great weakenesse in them whereas lying at their pleasure vpon warme litter it wil batten them very kindly and also the warmth will purge and expell grosse humors out of their limbs and so make them very cleane and nimble And whereas hee doth say it will make the Hoofes tough A thing contrary to reason and durable he deceiueth himselfe except hee will hold that the more a thing is worne it will be the more durable for with continuall standing and mouing vpon the stones it will both weare and breake their Hoofes so that they will rather be brittle then tough and againe what need a perfect Hoofe any repayring if his assertion were admitted for it is naturally tough and durable of it selfe But if not perfect then the continuall vse of the stones will make it worse for if it be flat then it will Howsoeuer it is taken it cannot be good be in danger of Hoofe-binding in regard the coffin will be so dry that it cannot spreed so fast as the flesh doth grow by reason of the moystnesse of the Frush and if it be brittle the stones will cause it to breake the more Therefore for the remedying of all these dangers I thinke it best that they haue continually store of litter to stand and lye vpon at their pleasures for no c 1. Pra. 7. â— Man can limit a better order then nature it selfe would
and to vse him to the cry of the dogges to increase his delight which you shall doe after this manner After you haue serued your Horse for night you shall come to If he be not layd him early in the next morning as about fiue of the clocke and first sift him the quantity of halfe a pecke of oates for they will be well digested by such time as he be drest and in the time of ranging to finde sport which he shall eate whilst your are making cleane your stable then you shall bridle him and tye him to the bare racke and dresse him and after he is drest saddle him then throw his housing cloth ouer him and so let him 2. Pr. 5. stand till the Hounds be ready to goe forth At which time you shall take his backe rake him gently into the field vntill such time as some game presents it selfe vnto you But because it is the first day of his hunting so that he cannot tell how to behaue himselfe vpon vneauen grounds you Hast maketh wast shall not put him at any time to aboue halfe his speed that hee may haue the better time to learne how to carry a stayd body and handle his legges both vpon deepe and light earths Neither shall you toyle him too long for wearying him till hee Long royle is to be eschewed at the first till the body be firme be acquainted with that exercise for daunting of his spirit and causing him to be lash bodied but to thwart and crosse from place to place to make in with the dogges to vse him to their cry because a Horse doth take great delight and pleasure therein and it will also stirre vp his desire to follow them the more willingly Thus you shall spend the time in Hunting for two or three How to vse your Horse after Hunting howers or as in your discretion you feele your Horse or the sport afford then you shall haue him home and set him into the stable hauing care that there be good store of fresh litter vnder him to stand vpon and tye him in his bridle vp to the racke hauing a little fresh haye in it for him to chaw vpon in his snafle to coole his mouth and to sharpen his appetire then rubbe him exceedingly with dry straw both head necke vnder the forebowels belly flanke and his legges withall the other parts of his body then take off his Saddle and rub his backe very well and so cloath him vp with all speed for taking cold and 2. Pra. 9. wadde him round with loose wispes of straw and if he be very hot throw another cloth ouer him loose to keepe him that hee 1. Pr. 6. coole not too fast and so let him stand an houre or till you feele him somewhat cold often stirring him to and fro in his stall gently with a sticke for that will keep his legges and his ioynts more nimble Then draw his bridle and giue him such a quantity Note of prouender as you shall thinke good but not so much as to take away his stomacke which will be some-what weake through the heate of his body and want of water and putting haye in his racke and taking away the loose cloth for keeping him hot too long let him rest for two or three houres or there 1. Pr. 6. abouts during which time you shall make a mash ready of halfe a pecke of mault and put no more water to it then it will sweeten and you thinke your Horse will drinke and let it stand couered till the water hath gotten the strength of the malt Of making a Mash which you shall perceiue by your tast for it will be very sweet and also by your feeling for it will be clammy like hony and rope like bird-lime which you shall giue him to drink when it is so cold that you can hardly see it smoke least the smoake should strike vp into his nose and so cause him to take a dislike and let Though the smell be strange to him at the first yet the tast will prouoke him him haue no other water that night and therefore if he will not drinke it at the first let it stand by him all night and set it so that he spill it not neither with his feet nor head Now this mash is very profitable for it is comfortable for his stomacke and it will keepe his body in a temperate heat after his labour and also it will clense and bring away such grease The benefit of a Mash and grosse humors as are disolued by that daies exercise After that you shall giue him as much prouender as you thinke he will eate and rubbe him all ouer to clense the sweat away that is dryed and barked outwardly and rub his legges very well 1. Pra. 14. then put fresh haye in his racke and shake good store of litter vnder him that he may rest the better and shut your stable close and let him rest that night The next morning come to him about sixe of the clocke for that is early enough because the mornings rest is as delightfull and comfortable aswell for a Horse as a man for then the braine is more thin and pure the meat being concocted whereby the sleepe is more sweet but open the dore very softly for The cause of quiet sleepe Met ap disquieting him if hee bee layd which if hee bee let him lye till hee rise of himselfe Somnus est sentientis facultatis requies Then goe to him and the first thing you doe looke to his dung what colour it is of for if it bee greasie and foule then it is a signe that the former dayes exercise did him good in dissoluing Obseruations from the dung some of that foule glut that was in him but if you perceiue no alteration of colour nor that it is greasie then it is a signe that that day made no dissolution and therfore you may take the more of him the next Then looke in his manger and see whether hee hath eaten Obserue how he feedeth vp all his prouender which if hee haue not sweepe it cleane away and bridle him vp but if hee haue giue him a little seruing more to eate whilst you make cleane his stable After bridle 2. Pr. 10. Chap. him and tye him to the Racke and dresse him and haue him forth to the water as aforesaid for this should bee a day of rest And thus you shall vse him to the field thrise a weeke till you haue brought his body to such cleannesse that you may iudge both of his speed and toughnesse Now for obseruations you shall note that you vse him in Generall obseruations the dayes of his rest which must be euery other day at the least in all poynts as you did during the time of his inseaming But whereas it hath beene vsuall to giue a Scouring the day of his Of Scowrings rest
of their training let the webbes of them bee neither too broad nor too narrow but of a meane scantling about the breadth of a full inch being strong with sloped spunges neither set so close as to bruise his heels nor so open as he may clap one foot vpon another if he chance to ouer-reach and so either pull off his shooe and breake his hoofe or else hazard a straine hauing one foot fastened vpon another or ouer throw both man and horse Then you shall cloath him with a single cloth made of sackcloth The manner of clothing and let the sursingle bee stopt round with wads of straw both for ease and warmth for that single cloth will be sufficient for him at his first comming from grasse because hee is as yet vsed to coole ayre whereby hee will not be in much danger of taking-cold and the weather also at that time is somewhat warme but after you shall adde more cloaths to him as you find the disposition of the ayre and the temperature of his body But heerein is to be condemned a rancke of ignorant horsemen Ignorance bringeth no other fruit then abuses who if they once get the name of keeping a hunting horse will oppose their iudgment against the best will lay on many cloathes without discretion or reason thinking that their place should giue an approbation for what they doe although they are so blinded with ignorance that they cannot see their owne errors and hurt they bring For if a horse hane many cloths The abuse of many cloaths clapt on him without need they will keepe him so hot that he will sweet too violently and so make him faint and take away his stomacke and also he will be the more apt to take cold vpon the least occasion that shall be offered Therefore as Mr Markham saith if you see that his coat How to know when to increase clothes vpon your horse be slight and smooth then you shall cloath him with a single cloth and as the weather waxeth colder that his haire begin to stare about his necke flancke or buttocks then you shall adde another made of woollen cloth which is an ordinary proportion for a hunting horse for if hee haue any glutte within him those two clothes with the warmth of the stable will bee sufficient to helpe nature to expell her enemies shee being the best Phisitian CHAP. 10. Of dressing and inseaming your Horse AFter you haue clensed your horse from such grosse excrements as he hath gotten by running then you shall dresse Of Currying him after thim manner First you shall wash the snaffle of your bridle in faire water and put it on his head and put the reynes through the caule-band for slâ—pping it ouer his head and so tye him vp to the racke then take a curry-combe and curry him all ouer his body to raise the dust beginning first at his necke holding the left cheeke of the head-stall in your left hand and curry him from the setting on of his head all along his necke to his shoulder and so goe all ouer his body to the buttocks downe to his cambrell hough then change your hand and curry him before on his brest and laying your right arme ouer his backe ioyne your right side to his left and curry him all vnder his belly neere his fore-bowells and so all ouer very well from the knees and Cambrell-houghs vpward after that goe to the farre side and doe in like manner Then take a dead horse taile or a dusting-cloth of cotten and Of dusting and the brush strike that dust away which the curry-combe hath raised Then take a round brush made of bristles and dresse him all ouer both head body and legges to the very fetlocks alwayes clensing the brush from that dust which it gathereth by rubbing it vpon the curry-combe After that take a hayrecloth and rubbe him againe all ouer Of the hayre-cloth very hard both to take away the loose hayres and to helpe to lay his coat then wash your hands in faire water and rub him all ouer with wet hands as well head as body for that will Of wet hands and a cleane cloth clense away all those hayres and dust the haire-cloth left Lastly take a cleane cloth and rubbe him all ouer till hee bee very dry for that will make his coat smooth and cleane When you haue thus drest him take a woollen cloth and lappe it about his body on both sides past his mid-ribbe then Of saddling saddle him and throw the other ouer him for feare of getting cold Then take another hayre-cloth for you should haue two one for his body and another for his legges and rubbe all his Of dressing the legges legges exceeding well from the knees and Cambrell-houghs downeward to his very hoofe picking and dressing them very carefully about the fetlocks from grauell and dust which will lye in the bending of his ioynts Note that whilst you are dressing your horse that you doe Note not trifle the time idly either by slow working or prating as many vse to doe letting their horse stand naked and leane vpon him to hold chat with whomsoeuer commeth into the stable through which negligence a horse oftentimes getteth cold especially after he hath beene cloathed and kept warme for then the ayre is as penetrable to him as to vs if wee should be naked which is the cause I wish that his cloth should bee cast ouer him whilst his legges are in pricking and dressing for although it is holden that a horse will not take cold whilst he is in dressing yet he may take cold of his body if hee stand naked whilst his legges are in pricking and dressing for that the rubbing of his legges will not free his body from that danger When you haue thus drest him you shall take a mane Combe and wet the spunge in cleane water and combe downe his mane and taile to make the hayre lye close and handsome which done take his back and rake him a mile or two to fetch his water for that will helpe to refine his mouth which hee hath lost during the time of Summers running and also stay his body vpon his rake and let him drinke as much as he will at once then gallop and scope him vp and downe to warme the 2. Pr. 4. water in his body and so bring him to the water againe and let him drinke what he will then gallop him againe and thus x Of watering your horse doe till he will drinke no more then â—ake him home and set him in the stable vpon good store of litter and tub him well all 1. Pra. 7. g ouer with cleane straw then picke his feete with a croked iron picker made for that purpose and cloath him and stuffe him x round with sost waddes of straw as before and after he hath stood a while vpon the bridle draw it and giue him such
fine powder then giue the horse euery morning three of foure spoonefull of this pouder brewd in a pint of white Wine and a pinte of Ale mixt together and it will take away all ill and corrupt sauors of the breath CHAP. 20. A most excellent Plaister to cure any wound gald backe or other hurt whatsoeuer TAke of Rosin of common Pitch of each sixe ounces of Masticke of Incense of each one ounce of Turpentine of Galbanum and of Armoniacke of each three ounces melt dissolue and incorporate all these together vpon a gentle fire and make them into a plaister and when you vse it spread it vpon a cloth somewhat thinne But if you vse it to any outward part where no skinne is broken then lay it on with floxe a great deale more thicke This plaister as it cureth any wound gall or hurt so it râ—peneth breaketh and healeth all manner of impostumations or byles it is also an excellent defensitiue plaister for the staying and drying vp of euill humours and also most soueraigne for the asswaging of all manner of Swellings CHAP. 21. For Sinewes that are cut or seuered TAke of new Waxe of Rosin of each two ounces of the marrow of a Cow foure ownces of Gumme Arabeeke two ounces of oyle of Roses three ounces melt and incorporate all these together on the fire and then when you vse it warme it and either annoint tent or plaister the sore CHAP. 22. For a Mallander or Sellander TAke the Lard of Bacon one pound of red Lead Verdigrease and golden Lâ—thargie of each two ounces boyle them all very well together and hauing clensed the sore and made it raw anoint it therewith morning and euening till it be dryed vp CHAP 2. An excellent Powder for any sore eye TAke of Sal armoniacke of Tutya prepared of Sagyna cald in Latine Panicum Iudicum of Ginger of each of these halfe an ounce of the best Sugar-candy two ounces mixe them all together and beat them and searse them to as fine a pouder as is possible then dissolue a little thereof in the iuyce of ground Iuy or in the water of Eye-bright and therewith dresse the sore eye and it will cure it CHAP. 24. An excellent Water for all manner of sore eyes TAke of the leaues and rootes of Veruine of ordinary hony and of Roman Vitryoll of each a like quantity and being bruised and mixt together put them into a Still and distill them keeping the water in a close glasse then when you haue occasion to vse it put out a little and adde to it the fatte of a Hen or a little Capons grease and therewith annoint the sore eye and it will heale it CHAP. 25. For any Bone Spauen Splent Curbe Ring-bone or any other bony excression FIrst shaue off the hayre and scarifie the skinne with a sharp knife iust vpon the top of the excression then take gray sope as much as halfe a Walnut and so much Arsnicke beaten to pouder and mixe them well together then spreading some of it on hurds according to the quantity of the griefe binde it to the same and remoue it not for eight and forty houres then take it away but stirre not the asker or scab but only annoint it with fresh butter till it fall away of it selfe and so heale As for the Bogge or wet Spauen which is but only a fluxe of blood in that part it may easily bee cured by taking vp the veyne on the inside the hinder legge onely prouided that in taking vp the veyne you binde fast aboue and then cut the veyne asunder CHAP. 26. For pinching with the Sadle on the Withers or other part of the backe the nauell gall and such like TAke of Oyle de bay of Costus Foxe-grease of the Oyle of Sauine of each of these one ounce then take of woâ—mes to the quantity of an hundred and scoure them well in White wine and salt then put all into an earthen pot close stopt and boyle them well then adde an ounce and a halfe of Oyle Oliue then boyle it ouer againe till it come to a perfect vnguent then straine it well into a glasse or gally-pot and keepe it close then when you vse it warme it and dresse the sore therewith and it will heale it CHAP. 27. For the Scabbe Scurfe or Mangy TAke of wilde Spurdge of Sellydon of Brimstone of each three ounces of Hogs-grease and Qâ—ick-siluer mixe two ounces of new waxe two ounces and of Tallow two ounces melt and incorporate all these together and therewith annoynt the horse after you haue made the sores raw and washt them with old pisse and Copporas boyld together and in any wise let the Horse blood in the necke veyne and take good store of blood from him at the beginning of the Cure CHAP. 28. For any hurt in the Fetlocke whether it come by casting in the halter or otherwise TAke the yolke of an Egge and as much vnsleckt lime as being beaten with it will bring it to an Oyntment then mixe with it the â—uyce of a head of Garlicke and a little soote and with this anoynt the sore till it begin to heale then to skinne it vp take of Oyle Oliue of Oyle of Roses of each one ounce of Turpentine three ounces and of new waxe one ounce melt them all together and put a fourth part of Verdigrease therevnto and with it skinne vp the sore CHAP. 29. For the Mules kib'd heelâ—s Scratches paines or other such noysome Sorance FIrst Clip off the hayre and lay the Sores as raw and bare as may bee then wash them with strong old pisse then take of vnsleckt lime of salt and of soot of each a like quantity boyle them with strong Vinegar till it come to be thick like a plaister then soften it with Hogs-grease till it become an Vnguent and then as hot as the Horse can suffer it doe annoint the sores therewith till it bee whole CHAP. 30. For any hurt or sore vpon the Croâ—et of the Hoofe TAke an Ege or two and beate it with Soote till it be thicke and stiffe then adde to it a good quantity of Oyle Oâ—ue and a spoonefull or two of the pounder of Harts hâ—â—ne and boyle them all together till it come to a very thicke salue and therewith dresse the sore till it be whole CHAP. 31. For any Straine or griefe in the shoulder or any other ioynt or member TAke of Oyle de Bay of Dialthea fresh Butter and the Oyle of Turpentine of each of them two ounces mixe and boyle them together on a soft fire and when they are well incorporate as hot as the Horse can suffer it anoynt the offended place twice or thrice a day and giue the Horse moderate exercise by walking him gently vp and downe and it is a certaine and an approued remedy CHAP. 32. For all manner of sweld legs whether they be putryfied or otherwise SWeld legges at the first begining may be cured by the oft