then after to annoint and chafe their pasturns and betwixt their clées with olde grease and they shall do well Also if an oxe do halte of his foote through taking of some great cold ye must then wash it with warme vrin but if it come through the cause of bloud or an impostume in the foot then ye shall chafe and rubbe it first well to stirre the bloud and then raze the skin with a sharpe razor aboue the clées and make it bléede and wash it with pisse and salt if it wil not so heale but descend into the foot ye must then open the toppe of the hoofe vnder to the quicke and make the bloud there to come forth then lap his foot as afore is said or make a buskin that no water or other thing get in to hurt it till it be whole Likewise if an Oxe be cut or grauelled in the foote the helpe is yee shall bathe him with warme vrine and then annoint him with tarre and olde grease melted together and there is nothing better to vse before ye doe vnyoke then to rubbe and chafe their feete with old fresh greace If the feete of an Oxe do open and chappe so that yâ— horne doe cracke and cleaue ye shal bath it well first with warm vinegar and and salt and oyle mixt altogether Then lap it wel for a daie or more and put thereon a plaister of olde greace and pitch melted together And so it wil heele again and doe wel and when his hoofes are broken yee shal couer and wrappe them with linnen steeped in vinegar oyle and salt for three daies stil renew it in laying to the sayde medicine Then on the fourth daie melt pitch and olde greace together and put it thereon with the barke of a pyne apple tree cleane pullished and when it beginneth to heale yee shal rubbe it al ouer with the soote of a chimney and let it heale But if yee make smal account thereof there will woorms ingender soone in the sore and make it fal to a coldnes if ye washe it not on morninges with colde water so if this wil not heele it ye shal then bruise of horehound leeks and salt together and so laie it there too and this will soone kil the wormes and when the sore is wel cleansed ye shal laye thereon a plaister of tow mixt with pitch oyle and old greace and so annoint it al ouer with the same to keepe off the flie away and it wil do wel To helpe the bruise on the shoulder of a beast SOmetimes by long trauel a labouring Oxe in treading on the hard ground or by some crushe against postes or gates wil be lame in their shoulders and oftentimes sore bruised if this happen in anie beast ye shal then let him blood on the fore legges If he be hurt in the hinder hippes ye shal then let him blood on the hinder legges and then washe and bathe it with warme vinegar salt and oyle mixt together or bathe his shoulder with pisse and mallowes boyled together If these doe not helpe then ye shal launce it a little and then laye a playster of pitch thereon and it will heale it Against stinging with Adder or Snake WHen any beast is stung with Adder or bitten with a snake it wil so ranckle that the beast may soon die thereof if there be not remedy soone had Against any byting thereof ye shal bruise the roote of the great burre with salt and so laye it too and it wil take away the venome Another better which is cake of the rootes of the sharp pointed threeleaued grasse which beareth long sweete leaues and rough mixe the iuyce thereof with wine and giue it the beast or cast it into his mouth and beate the leaues with salt and laye it to the sore if ye cannot haue the greene herbe bruise the seed with wine and giue it him or bruse the stalks roots and then mixe it with meale and salt honyed water plaister wise laid thereon Another ye shal take v. pound of the tender crops of an Ash tree well beaten and then mixt with three pynts of sallet oyle in so much wyne theÌ„ strayne it giue it to the beast Also take of the sayd Ashtree croppes beate them with salt and lay it to the venoumed place If a beast be stung yee shal rubbe the place with the oyle of a scorpion which ye shall haue at the Apothecaries or giue him sope mixt with vinegar wash the place with bur leaues sodde in water or greene stampt with salt and layd too The stinging of the fieldspider IF a beast bee stung with the field spider it wil soone cause nflammation and grow to an impostume if there be not speedy remedy A beast beyng stung with yâ— fielde spyder or bitten with antes al they be but smal wormes yet their venom is great wil put the beast to great danger therfore some do hold in pricking the place with a latten naule and then mixe sope vinegar chafe the place therewith Also some say if the field spider be taken put in oyle oliue so die therein â—ot if a beast bee stung of him annoint with the oyle and it wil helpe and so like of other venemous worms put in oile but if yée haue none thereof so that the wounde shew faire and without danger yee shall but take of brused Cummin mixed with tarre and so annoint therewith and plaister it thereon also and it will take away the daunger thereof But if it doe grow inward to an impostume then it shal be best to burne it with a hoat yron so much as is corrupted and then annoynt it with tarre and oyle and so it heales Some lappes a liue spider in claye earth and when it is drie hanges it about the beasts necke and by that they say it preserues the beast from being stung therewith Againe some doe stampe of wormewood or Southernewood with Uinegar and clappes it on the venomed place and it helpes Also to take beaten cammamile with hony and lay it too doth the like Also take of house leeke stampe it with ale and giue it to drinke or the water of a Lilly roote bruised and strained in water vinegar so giuen to the beast Remedies against diseases of the eies THe eie of a beast is tender is a principal meÌ„ber soone may be hurt diuers wayes The griefs therof are coÌ„monly healed with hony but when they do inflame and swel theÌ„ they mixe of the meale of pure wheat with honied water lay it too Also if an oxe haue yâ— haw in the eye ye shal heale it with the salt of the montain or spanish salt or Sal armeniacke or sal Capadoce any of these beateÌ„ into a fine pouder and blowne with a quill thrée morninges into his eye Likewise the pouder of the roote called in Gréeke Silphion in English pelliter of Spayne mixe with
in all pointes it wil purge both choller and flegme as wel as the other elder and as some do iudge it is good to be giuen cattel in the time of plague or morren among beasts Likewise ye may take of spurge which giueth like milke take a good handful thereof stampe it and then straine it with a pint or more of water and vinegar in like portion and so giue it this will purge both choller and flegme Also xx or xxx of the séedes therof sed in honied water mixt with a little salt then bruse them and so giue it which doth purge more stronger Another Ye may take a good handful of Centory of the tops leaues and flowers boile it in a quart of ale or béere til a quarter be wasted then straine it and giue it warme this ye may minister at al times if the signe do serue and it will gently purge both choller and flegme but chiefely choller keepe him in the house if it be cold vi houres after Another Ye shall take a handful of the rootes of polypodium which is the ferne that groweth on the oke choppe it smal then bruse it and mixe it with a quart of honied water and so giue it warme In summer ye may take likewise a good handful of the branches and vse it as the other afore said this doth purge both choller and flegme but chiefelye flegme Another Ye shal take a good handful of the crops of broome being gréene then bruse it and put vnto it a pint or more of honied water or strong ale and let it rest so al night then on the morrow straine it and giue it warme If ye wil make it more stronger ye may put into it two drams of the séed made into powder and then it wil work more stronger Another Take of Sene of Alexandria with a peniworth of anniseséedes then boile them in a quart or more of ale till a quarter thereof be wasted then straine it and so giue it warme this doth purge very gētly Also the sene romana y◠is here growing in diuers gardens as at Lambeth house take iii. drams of the séed made into powder with the powder of anniseséede thē mixt with a pint of strong ale so giuen warme and this wil purge more stronger Another Take vi drams of the roote of flourdeluce made into powder and mixe it with a pinte or more of honied water and so giue it warme The more proportion ye giue of al these aforesaid the stronger they will be to worke Wherefore ye must vse them with discretion and as ye shall sée cause for ye may aswell giue too much as to little and as y◠best is when ye do giue them any drinke to purge to kéepe them in winter warme after a day and a night and so they shall do wel God willing The best signes to giue them drinke is Scorpio and pisces To make a stawle or frame to giue your cattell drinkes when ye shall see any cause COlumella saith it shal be very necessarie of good husbands to make a staule or frame to giue your beasts drinke in when ye shal see néed Which ye shall make like vnto those that the ferrours or smithes do vse for shooing of their vngracious horses Which fashion ye shal make thus ye shall first pitch your 4. corner postes fast in the ground and then planke it in the bottome then shall ye planke the sides with foure strong barres of a side well and fast made to the foure corner postes which postes must be at least vii foot hye then crosse those bars on the out sides with iii. crosse barres and let the entrance be foure foote wide so that the beast maye easily enter in and there set with vi bar res behinde So when the beast is in he cannot retyre nor returne on neither side thereof nor yet stirre backward nor forward Also ye must haue two barres before and a strong crosse barre thereon and as they tye their horses with their halters so must ye tye vp their hornes that ye maye giue them drinke more easier thus being tyed his head fast vnto the barre within his feete shall not then straine without the stall but rest within on the plankes And to order him that hee shall not ascende with his bodie yee muste bynde his body downe to the barres to make that yee shall not stirre no waye to hurt him but shall bee at commaundement to receyue the medicine and this order yee may vse for all your great cattel and thereby to kéepe them in health from time to time How to fat an Oxe STephanus saith ye may fat an oxe soon with fetches pease boiled barley or beanes husked and bruised and yee may also fat an oxe wel with hay but not to giue him as ye giue vnto a horse if ye giue him in sommer of the tender braunches of trées it wil refresh him if yee giue an oxe onely akornes it will make him scabbie except the akornes bee dried and mixed with branne or suche like Also an Oxe that ye intend to make fat and so to bargain and sel ye may labour him in faire times once or twice a weeke in gentle groundes and to labour him now and then a little for exercise it wil make him haue a better stomake to his meat and let him eate nothing but barley and hay and sometimes a little herbes or vine branches or other tender branches that he loueth so shal he be in good order Also to fat an oxe yee shal giue him ground beanes dried barley or Elme leaues but specially goyng in the sonne doth make him like well to wash him twise or thrise a wéeke with warme water Also colewoortes to boyle with branne doeth make them haue soluble bellies and it doth nourish as much as doth barley Likewise chaffe mixed with ground beanes is good sometimes your oxen are lesse subiect to diseases thē your horse yet to preserue and kéepe them in health our elders did vse to purge them euery quarter three daies together one with lupin pease another with the graine of Cipres beatē in like quantitie stéeped al one night before in a pint or a pint and a halfe of water and so giuen Others do giue other thinges according to the vse of the countrie Againe if any Oxe doe waxe weake and feeble in labour they do vse to giue him once a moneth of fetches beaten and steeped in water and mixt with beaten branne and to keep an oxe from being weary they doe vse now and then to rub his hornes with turpentine mixt with oyle oliue But see that ye touch no other part of his head but his hornes for if yee so doe it wil at length hurt his sight Also there will be sometimes arising come ouer the heart of an Oxe shewing thereby as though he woulde vomite to helpe the same yee shall rubbe and chafe his mouzell and mouth with brused garlicke or els with
doūg his water or pisse or if he make his doung strong with whole corne or if it bee too hard or too soft or haue therein wormes or is of an ill colour or his breath sauour or his pisse to be too thicke or too thin or too redde or too white all these are signes hee is not wel in his body or some surfet and raw digestion or some other grief in his raines blood or stones By these signes also it is well known if he be slow and heauie in labour or duller with the spurre then he was wont or in spreding his litter or of tumbling in the night or a short breath or lowde snufling in his nose in casting his vapours out thereat or immediatly after his prouender to lye downe or in drinking taking long draughts or in the night sodaine downe and sodaine vp or to be hot on his pastornes and betwixte his eares or his eares to hang downe more than they were woont or his eiesight dimmer more hollower in his head or his haire to stand vpright or staring or his flanckes hollow and empty When any of these signes doe appeare the horse is not well and some doe féele his stones if they be hot or cold smel at his nose and thereby to iudge of his griefe and when any is not wel he would be set apart by himselfe til he be whole againe If any blinde vnlearned horsléech doe chaunce to lette bloud in any place where as the signe or moone hath power thereof if it bléede much it shal be good to binde thereon of nettles all to bruised or stamped or new horse doung mixt with chalke and Uinegar and remoue it not for thrée daies or els to take of burnt woollen cloth feathers or silke or to stampe the herbe Peruincle and lay it too or wilde tanzie bruised and laide too All these will doe wel to stench blood in time of néede Also the coame aboue the Smithes forge clappe too and it wil stench of the aboundance of blood there comes manie euils Which is knowne by these signes hée wil often be rubbing his doung wil sauour strong his vrin wil be redde thicke and stinke his eyes bloudy casting a watry humour and eateth more commonly than hee was woont bréeding also pushes knottes and knobs in the skin and body with some inflammatiōs and oft knapping with his teeth which ye shal heale thus If these signes doe appeare let him bloud on the middle vayne in the necke so much as yee shall see cause if he be weake take the lesse a pound and a halfe or two pound They vse to let bloud 4. times a yeere to keepe their horse in health At the Spring in Sommer in Autumne and in Winter But thrise a yeere is thought necessarie which is at midde Aprill for then the blood doeth multiplie And in the beginning of September because the blood is hotte by vnequall vapors and at Christmas because the blood is then growne thicke to make it more thiner And some horse maisters say let not bloud except great need in young horses especial not an olde horse but purge for it doth but weaken his strength But yet herein know alwaies the strength of the young horses or if they haue neede or not as to haue redde eyes hotte vaynes hotte skinne and ytching his haire falling away and loose his backe hotte and il of digestion Al these afore saide are euil be not then negligent to helpe by letting bloud on the necke vaine Then if it swel after ye shal clap to of white vine leaues sodde in water and it shal slack and doe wel The Poll euill is an yll sorenesse to heale if it grow lōg and it is betwixt the eares in the nape of the necke it doe come of euil humours growen to that place and it wil grow by beating the horse about the head which many rusticall and rude Carters doe vse not in regarding nor considering the danger therof for that is the weakest and tenderest part of the head and by such strokes many Cart horses haue that disease specially in Winter Which yee shal soone perceiue by swelling of the place and hanging downe his head in eating his meate with great payne rotting more inwarde than outward and at length wil breake of it selfe which wil then be the more harder to heale but ye shal do wel to ripe it with a plaister of hogges greace layde to as hotte as yee can and keepe his head as warme as yee can shifting the plaister daily til it doe breake if it wil not soone breake yée shal launce it in the softest place or burne it thorow with a hotte yron in beginning a litle vnder and thrust it vpward a good depth thorow the softnesse thereof then keepe it open with tentes dipped in hogges greace and let the matter descende forth and plaister it with the same shifting it once a day which shal be good to kil the heate thereof Use this for foure dayes then take halfe a pound of Turpentine washed cleane in water and then the water dryed off and put there to yelkes of egges with some saffron and mingle it al wel together then search the wound with some whole quil and make a tent of a peece of a spunge that it may reach to the bottom thereof and so bigge as it may fil the wound and thrust it home with the finger and plaister it with warme hogs greace changing it once or twice a day til it be whole If the swelling do cease then vse but the tent only and as it doe heale make your tent lesser and lesser till it be thorows whole A broken wynded horse is hardly healed and soone gottē for his wind is soone broken by hasty running or vehement labour beyng fat or after he is watered or by long standing in the stable without stirring or by eating dusty hay which thing ye shal perceiue by the rising of his nostrils and hys slanks and at his tuel then if he be sore chafed he wil cough and blow thick it wil least appeare when he is at grasse or empty bodyed The remedies ye shal take of cloues and nutmegs 3. drams of galigal cardamomū together 3. drams of soot of bay seeds of cummen more then the other Make al these into fine powder and put it in white wine tempered with a litle saffron Then put to so many yelkes of egs as al the other in quantitye then temper it al together with the sodden water of lycoras and make it so thinne that he may easily drinke it with a horne and tye vp his head for an houre space after that the drinke may descend down into his guts then take and lead him forth softly that it may work the better and not cast it vp againe and let him not drinke of foure twenty houres after The secōd day ye shal giue him fresh grasse to eate branches of willow or suche like that by eating
helpeth against the burning and sore ach thereof Triacle fortiâ—eth the body and wasteth venome If triacle cannot be gotten then take garlicke sod in broth with a fatte henne and drinke thereof for garlick is contrarie to venome and doth aswage the inner burning thereof and therefore it is cald the husbandmans triacle Also if one be bitten with a mad dog take a cock or a hen and kil him and slit him straight and all hotte clappe it to the place and it will sucke draw out the venome The drawers of venowe are these the flesh of a snake or adder cut and laid to straight Also calamint the séede of wilde tares cald orobancke Sea onions water cresses hearbe grace salt Aristolochia nuts eate with rue the roots of a sperage the séed also Balsamum dinegar the milke of an asse a childes pisse the stones of a hedgehog the stones of a stagge or an asse dride and drunk Also castoreum garlicke gencian mint dittan All these afore said are good against venome and others without number and although the danger of venome cometh many and sundry waies therfore God of his goodnes hath prouided sundry helpes and remedies A good way to helpe the biting of any beast shéep or other with a mad dog or other venemous beast Which is ye shal cut the wound and make it to bléed that the venome with the bloud may thereby come forth Some do vse to put to lech wormes to sucke out the bloud and to cuppe or boxe it and to giue them triacle and lay to the woundes plaisters as nuts mixt with garlicke rue and salt all together and also nuts alone chewed and laide to the place and also triacle with water of creues of the riuer made in pouder and drunke or the ashes of the said creuis with gentian is a singular remedie against the byting of a mad dogge Likewise the iuice of caprisolium called woodbind Also the leaues of the wilde figge trée onions and salt or mint stampt like wise with salt and laide to euerie one of these aforesaid laide to and mixt with vineger or hony are sufficient to helpe against the byting of a Mad dogge or stinging of other venomous wormes but a perfect remedie is the oyle wherein a Scorpion hath beene drowned and therein also is sod and thereof a peece laide to the place infected doth helpe Other remedies against the byting of a mad dogge A singuler remedie which is to burne the flowers of hany suckles or thrée leaued grasse mixe it with elde greace and laye it to Or to beate the saide flowers with olde white wine and giue it him Also the rootes of eglintine made in pouder and laide thereon or to make him a drinke it with good olde white wine Another the horses of elder or the iuyce of the leaues to bee giuen with wine luke warme Also the iuyce of plantaine giuen to drinke or stampt with salte and laid to Or the roote of the great burre brused with a little salte and laide to doth destroye venome incontinent Againe the strong nettle brused with salt and laid thereon Or selandine drunke with wine and stampt with salt and laid to Or the leaues of horehound stampt and laid to with salte All these are speciall good against the biting of a mad dogge If a madde dogge do bite other houndes or hogges ye shall giue them the iuice of plantaine and let them bloud and it will helpe them but mixe it with a little milke and so giue it Remedies and medicines to helpe mangy dogs as well in their eares as also other partes of their bodies IN sommer commonly the eares of dogs are sore troubled with vlcers scabbes and flease that many are marde therby The remedy is against the scabbines in the eare annoint it with oile of bitter almands and it will heale it or to rub his eare with bitter almands smally beaten but if his eares are sore within ye shall then mixe therwith tarre and hogges grease and with the same do annoint and ye shall make the ticks and lice to fall if ye touch them therewith ye must not scratch them with your hand for feare ye make an vlcer rise thereof If a dogge haue flease the remedy is take of beaten cummin with as much ellebory and mixe them together with water and wash him therewith or with the iuice of wilde cowcumbers if ye haue none thereof then annoint all ouer his body with the lies and old dregs of oile oliue But if he be mangie and brokeÌ„ forth ye must beat yâ— teaues of mellilot sestamine in like portion mingled with tarre so annoint and this they say is good for men also that are scabbed if the scabs be yet more vehemeÌ„t ye may heale it with the iuyce of the Cedar Also rue with a corne or two of salt beat them together then take butter or oyle put therevnto and stirre them wel altogether then straine it all out and annoynt therwith or séeth the gréene rootes of Elecampane in running water and make it strong of the rootes in sée thing long and put some sope salt therevnto wash your dogge therewith warme 3. or 4. dares together and it will heale very well Also another some take gréene grasse beates it into fine pouder mixe it with the powder of brimstone finely beaten together and then al wel hurt with fresh greace then made hot and therewith annoint Also another very perfect and good medicine is yee shal take an oate sheafe as it come from the field with his afles theron and burne him to ashes and with those ashes make lye and therewith washe your mangie dog twise or thrise a day and it wil helpe often proued and to let him blood on the gamarel vaine behinde Also another very excelleÌ„t medicine to kil any itch either in man or dog which is ye shal take a portioÌ„ of oyle of flower deluce with a good quantitie of brimstone beaten to a fine powder and the like quantitie of Elecampane rootes dried in an ouen and beate into a fine powder with a quantitie of bay salt dried and beaten to a fine powder then mixe all these foresaide powders with the said oyle and then warm it ouer the fire and annoynt therewith But if ye scratte or make the skin first to bléed or water and then to annoint it wil do the better Wel and often proued Another for a magie dogge Take quicksiluer Uerdegreace Wooloyle brimstone powder then mixe all well together and therewith annoynt the dog twise a day Thus much for the byting of mad dogs in helping the same And also helpes for mangie dogs A bitch goeth with whelpe fourescore dayes and her whelpes are seuen daies blind not perfit sight till 21. daies and a grayhound bitch goeth 6. wéekes with whelpe her whelpes are blind twelue daies ¶ The Table following to finde out any thing in this booke as touching moules and hogs and to find out likewise
if there be not speedy remedy he dieth which remedie is ye must pricke the vayne vnder his tongue as is afore mentioned and he shall do well Against the venomed tongue of a beast and also his bodie THe tongue of an oxe or bullocke sometimes shall be swolne and venomed by eating of some venemous grasse or such like and then he wil commonly gape eate no meate but stand holding downe his head and mourne The remedy is ye shal bruise a white onyon and mixe it with a little good vinegre then giue it him and make him to swallowe it downe But first rubbe his mouth and tongue with all wel and then giue it him So done ye shal pashe a whole egge into his mouth shell and all and make him so to swallow it downe and then he wil recouer and doe well againe Sometimes a beast wil be swolne all his bodie by eating some euill thing and venemous among their grasse as the â—eld spider frogges snailes eftes or colde hearbes as poppie dwale hemlocke and such which wil make them swel The remedies are Take of the iuice of plantaine with the iuyce of wilde carrets by euen portion and giue the beast therof with a little vinegar Also the iuyce of inugwort mixt with ale or béere and giue it Likewise the iuyce of cleuers or goose grease stampt and straind and giuen is a special remedy against venom of the field spider and others also Againe the garden tanzy stampt and straind and giuen with wine Also the séed of the great Cowthistle dried and made into powder and giuen with wine or the roote therof boilde in wine and giuen Likewise the leaues of annisestedes boild in water and giuen Againe the séede of rocket beaten and giuen wish ale or a handfull of betony leaues stampt and straind with ale and beere and giuen Likewise doth garlicke beeing stamped together with Ale or Déere and giuen with ale Any of these are good alone to be giuen to a beast when he is swolne by eating of any venemous thing And if ye do take of some hearbes 2. parts together it wil then be the stronger and take more effect but my counsel is vse them with discretion euen as yée shall see cause Against the swelling in a beast by eating of a Tyne worme IF anie Oxe or other beast haue eaten anie tineworme which is a small redde worme rounde and ful of legges much like a hogge lowse Which worme in Sommer wil be créeping among the grasse If anie beast haue eaten such it wil poyson hym and he wil sodainly swel thereof so that within foure twenty houres if he be not remedied he wil die therof One remedy is ye shal take a quantity of stale put there in a quantity of falfe 〈…〉 e them well together and so giue it him and so soone as ye can chafe him after till he do stowar for when they do stowar they lightly shall do well Another Take a good handful of hearbe Robart which smels like a foxe Choppe it small and bruse it well and then mixe it with good ale or béere and so giue it your beast Another Take of the earth of Ant hils and mixe it with vineger and so giue it to your beast Those are all good against the foresaid venom of the tine worme Against Costiuenes in cattell THere is also another kind of swelling in oxen and kine both through costinenes which is when they are so hard bound in their bodies through heate that they cannot dung which will cause them to swell The remedy is to chafe and driue him well vp and downe a good space if then he do not dung ye must then annoint your hand with oyle or grease then rake him and take forth his dung Some do giue him of the 〈…〉 in drinke and so doth well Yet others do but rake him and he doth well also Against the worme in a beastes taile THere wil bréede in the tayle of cattel a certaine worme like to a eating canker which will bréede in the ende of his taile which wil cause the beast to become leane and of il liking Which place yee shal féele to be somewhat soft and a little aboue that place on the inside of his taile ye shal slitte the skinne with a sharpe knife two ynches long downe-right so done then take a quantitie of 〈…〉 uised garlike and safe mixt together and then hinde it fast to that place and let it so remaine till it doe fall away of it selfe and so the beast shal recouer and be well againe For an Oxe or Cow hauing the feuer OXen and kyne both wil sometime haue the Feuer or Ague which is gotten by some colde or other sicknesse The signes are when his eies waxe hollowe and are dropping his heade lumpishe and heauie his mouth foaming and lathering and drawing long his breath with payne and sometimes he will sigh So when yet shall see suche tokens yée maie iudge it to be the feuer The remedie ye shall then kéepe him a daie and a night without meate or drinke Then on the next morning fasting yée shal draw a little blood vnder his tayle Then about one houre after yee shall giue him thirtie small trunchions of Colewoortes sodde in salet oyle and salt fishe water or bryne and make him to swallowe it thus yee must vse him for fiue morninges together fasting and yee shall cast before him the tender braunches of lentile pease or the tender croppes of the Oliue trées or suche or else the tender buddes of the Uine and yée must rubbe or cleanse his lippes and thrise a daie yee must giue him colde water for to drinke and so yee shal keepe him in the stal till hée bée whole and sounde Also the feuer is gotten of labouring oxeÌ„ by great trauel in hoate times and when he hath that ye shal see him hang downe his head his eyes wil inflame and bounce and his bodie wil be hotte out of al order which yee shall feele by touching his skinne Wherefore they vse to let him bloud on the vaine of his forehead or on the vayne of his eare and then they giue him of greene hearbs as lettice and such other cold hearbes and they bathe also his body with white wine and so they giue him colde water to drinke and so he wil amend Against the Cough in Cattell CAttel sometimes wil haue the cough by taking of cold or by greate trauell or by eating some euil thing If the cough in an Oxe be newly taken he may bee wel and soone remedied thereof by a drinke made of water mixt with barley meale Sometimes they vse to giue vnto the beast of stitchwoort smally chopt with husked beanes bruised altogether and so giuen They take also of lentile pease out of their huskes and then bruise them smal and mixe them with thrée pyntes of warme water and giue it with a horne They heale also an old cough with two pound of Isope stéeped in a
vnder nigh his rumpe and byndes thereto a little bruised garlicke and so he will recouer and doe well againe Against mylting of a beast THe mylting of Oxe Cow or other beast is called of husbandmen when he wil sodeyne lye downe if ye shal stay neuer so litle beyng at plough or cart Which griefe is gotten by some blowe or sore strype with gode or suche like on the beastes side which makes him to faint and fall down Whē any shal so lie down ye shal not raise him vp sodayne agayne but ye shal then turne him and lay him on the other side and so let him rest a while and so he wil recouer agayne then if ye can bruise of the barke of an Ashe and strayne it with ale and so giue him to drinke and hee shal doe well To helpe any beast that cannot pisse THey vse to giue vnto an Oxe that cannot pisse of warm water mixt with brā which is good to make him pisse also take and stampe of sowthistle and then heat it with ale or beere and so giue it to y◠beast Another take and bruise a hādful of anniseedes and then mixe it with ale or beere and giue it Another take bruise of Carduus benedictus thē strain it with white wine and so giue it to the beast Anye one of these aforesaide is good to be giuen a beast when hee cannot pisse and to prouoke hym there vnto Against the flowing of the gall in cattel THe flowing of the gall in Oxe or other beast the chiefe occasion thereof some husbands cannot wel tel except it should be the aboundance of choler encreasing by great trauel in hoat times and so there by filling the gall with choler therupō it flowes al ouer the body so encreaseth y◠yelows or iaundise The remedies are some takes of gal woort herb which is bitter then stamps a handful thereof so strains it with a quart of ale so giues it to the beast 2. or 3. mornings Another ye may also giue the iuice of wormwood or southernwood stampt and straind with ale and so giuen as y◠other Another take y◠inner green barke of elder a handful and soke it al one night in beere or ale in a vessel close couered then straine it in y◠morning and so giue it to the beast Another some do giue the iuyce of mugwoort mixed with honied water with a little saffron and so giuen All these aforesaide are very good against the flowing of the gall and also for the iaundice Another for the same take the yelke of an egge and mixe it with some harde soot powder of Peper and hony and put the egge shel and al down his throat then giue him a little chamberlye and hee shal dowel To helpe a beast that is gored IF any beast chaunce to be stricken and gored with some of his fellowes for feare of some gargel come thereof or some impostume to growe and bréede thereof The remedie yee shall take of ashes finely sifted and mixe them with the groundes of ale or béere and make it thicke like a batter and so laye it thereon vse this and it will heale it Another some doe take vnto the saide groundes or dregges of ale of vnquenched lime finely beaten and so mixt well together and so laie it theretoo Another some puts in stéed of ashes redde earth or oaker mixt like wise together as aforesayd and so layes it too plaisterwise Another likewise a playster of pitch is also good to be layde thereon And all the other aforesayde are very good to heale a beast that is gorde or hurt Against the turning disease in cattel THere is a certain disease comes to some cattel called of husband mē y◠turning disease Which disease in eating their meat wil cause thē to turn about let their féeding sore also those cattell which are troubled with this disease are alwaies in dāger of falling into pits and ditches such like The cause is there lieth a bledder vnder the skul in the forehead of the beast which is betwéen the braine and the brayn pan which bladder must be taken foorth or hee wil neuer amend but in y◠end he wil die therof The remedy is ye must cast him and bind his 4. féete together and there ye shal feele al ouer softly with your thumbe thrusting theron wheras yee finde the softest place a litle there aboue yee shall cutte the skinne ouerthwart foure ynches so lykewise beneath the soft place Then also in the middes ye shall cut the skin downward between the two ouerthwart cuts flea those skins on both sides then turne them vp and pynne them with pyns Then take a sharpe knife and cutte the brayne panne there vnder two ynches broade and thrée ynches lōg but beware your knife goe no deeper then the thicknesse of the brayne pan for pearcing the brayne For if ye do so the beast wil dye Then ye shal take away that cut boane yee shal see a bledder there vnder two ynches or more long ful of water Which bledder ye shal softly take clean away and see that yee hurt not his braine So done then ye shall laye downe againe the cut skin as before and sow them fast together then bynde a lynnen cloth thrée or foure folde dipt in fresh greace and tarre and layde thereon which wil keepe it from winde and colde for the space of ten or twelue dayes which skinne wil so grow againe and he shall doe well And herevpon I haue seene saith mine Author many recouer and doe well But for the more surety when a beast is troubled with this disease being flat or hauing any reasonable flesh on him is to kyl hym and so there is but small losse The like disease yee shal haue in young sheepe which is spoken of in his place Thinges good for sinewes and to knit bones VVHen as there shall chaunce anye bones of your cattell to be broken yee shal take of the herbe called in Latine Aron in English Cuckospit stampe thereof with barley meale and a little hony and so playsterwise lay it to Another take of the herbe called in Latine symphitum in English cumphory bruise of the leaues and roote with a litle hony and laye it to playsterwise Another take of yarrow and stampe it with swines greace and playsterwise lay it to which will knyt not bones onely but sinewes also Another take the tender buddes of the Ashe tree stamp them with shell snailes or blacke snayles and so lay it too or take the powder made of the barke of an Ashe trée mingle and beate it with the leaues of cumphory and then laie it too Another séeth the barke of an Elme trée in running water then bruise it and lay it to All these aforesaide are good to comfort sinewes and for the knitting of bones To breede calues and to gelde them IF ye wil bréede calues to make young bulles take no calf that is
separate the young sucking calues assoone as they haue suckt their dammes yee shall put them into some seuerall house or other place where they shall remaine all the day and when yee will haue them sucke yee shall let them foorth to their dammes and let them sucke but euening and morning and so shut them vp againe in the house for by this order the calues shal waxe more fayrer and also sooner fat then roming still with their dammes Also when a cow hath calued if she be not then well kept although she be a good nourse she shal not be able to nourish wel her calfe therefore they do vse to giue kine with calfe of the greene hearbe cald melilot they stamp it with some hony lay it al a night to soke in milke and so giue it her like a medicine for that is counted marueilous good for a cow with calfe or other beast Likewise againe they do stampe pease with wine and so giues it them and let the farmers wife assoone as your calues be take vp to put the milke apart that butter and cheese may be made thereof without anye mast and see to alwaies that your chéese be well and close gathered in pressing forth cleane all the whay for whay remayning in the curdes will make the cheese waxe sower and aire will make it full of holes And likewise that your pots be well scalded and cleane washed with other your vessels thereunto belonging or els vessels with chéese fats and such will make your chéese waxe sower also And likewise that your womē seruants touch no butter nor chéese hauing their monthes termes on them for that is very vnholsome Moreouer when as ye shall see a labouring oxe that laboreth dayly bate no part of his flesh but remaines still fat and in good lyking which is no good signe for hee is full of flegme Therefore ye shall euery viij daie open his mouth and wash it with his owne pisse and thereby ye shall draw forth much flegme thereat which otherwise he would still swallow downe Which flegme oftimes will molest and grieue him to eate his meate for by the aboundance of flegme doth cause him to haue the catar of reume which ye shal perceius when he is troubled therewith by watering of his eyne for they will séeme very watry and when they drop water hee will then hang downe his eares Then ye shal take him and wash his mouth with time brused in white wine and therupon rub his mouth with garlicke and fine salte mixt together so done then wash his mouth againe with wine as before Some do clense the said flegme with bay leaues beaten with the barke of pomgarnets and so mixt with wine and wash therewith And other some do squirt wine mixt with mirre into their nostrels but for the reume or catarre if his eies do inflame ye shall but let him bloud on the vaine vnder his tongue and so ye shall remedy it To helpe a cow of the whetherd TO helpe a cow that is whetherd that is when shee hath newly calued and hath not cast her cleaning she wil dye of it shortly after To make her voide and cast the same yee shall take a good quantity of the iuice of mallows and mixe it with ale or wine and giue it which is good to repulse the latter birth after the cow haue calued Another Take mugwoort stamp and straine it with ale and so giue it which wil both clense the latter birth and also bring forth the dead calfe within hir Another Take of Aristolochia do bruse mixe it with myrre and pepper and then giue it with white wine or strong ale which doth cast forth the latter burthen Another Stampe a good handfull of penirial and straine it with ale and so giue it which will put forth the latter burthen Another Bruse a good handfull of betonie leaues straine it with honied water then giuen which doth driue forth the second birth Also take of syler montaine stampe it and then straine it with wine and so giue it which is good to clense and driue forth the latter burthen Also they do vse to giue when a cow is whetherd of smoaked barly which barly is but singed in the straw and so giuen and she wil eate thereof any one of these afore said is good against the saide disease if ye shall see knots in the mouth then iudge she hath not cleand of her birth then must ye take them from her or she will dye To helpe a beast prickt with a thorne YE shal take a bettle fly cald of some a shumbarbe which crepeth commenly on horse dung or other dung slit his belly but kil him not and lay to the cut place where the thorne went in If any thing will helpe this will do it but some what painefull a whyle Another Take the blacke snaile that beareth no shel bruse it and lay it to Another Shaue the roots of red roses and put thereto of blacke sope and so lay it to Another Take agrimony rue marigoldes of ech a like quantity stampe them all together mixt with a little salt so lay it to Another Take of the root of barbery trée bruse it and laie it to which will draw forth either thorne or iron out of the bone How to visite and ouersee your cattell from time to time YE must often ouersée and visit your troupes of cattell a gainst anie infirmitie that may daily hap and to chuse take forth the olde cattell from the young so must yee likewise take your kine which are barren frō the other because they will beare no more and yet occupie the place of the bearing kine Which barren kine ye may rather fat them or occupie them to the plough for they may as wel indure labour and trauaile as the young oxe because being barrē they are as light They delight to be in sunnie places in winter ny◠sea and in summer to be in thick shadie woods and they loue more the pasture on mountaines then on the plaines and also their hoofes wil better indure in forrests and gras woods or in places of clay or marris grounds then in hard stonie places Things good to purge cattel THe powder of ix or xv leaues of laurel or the gréene leaues thereof beaten and straind with a pint of honied water mixt with a little salt then straind and giuen to the beast in the morning this wil purge somewhat strong Also the leaues of the elder brused and sod in water then straind and so giuen doth purge both choller flegm downward And also it doth clense water out of the stomach Also the beries of elder stampt and straind with ale or beere doth the like Or the inner rinde which is gréene taken stampt with wine and so let it stand cold all a night and then straine it in the morning and giue it warme Or likewise the low elder cald danewoort which wil do the like and
dressing wash it with the groundes of stale vrine made warme If your horse haue a farcie or fashion is an yll disease to cure but if it be taken in time it may well be cured It will runne by vaines thorowe the body and appeare in many places of the body like knottes or bunches as bigge as halfe a Wallnutshell and by following a vaine at length it wil breake it selfe and runne filthie matter and as many horses as doe touch or gnaw of him within moneth shall haue the same disease or if he doe bite anie other he wil infect him and if they be not soone holpen they will die thereof If anie horse haue it auoyd him at the first if he can for dangering all the other This sorenesse commonly comes of a corrupt bloud and humour ingendred in the bodie and sometimes it comes of bruised bloud by some stroke or of some galling or byting with some other horse or of tickes or hogge lice as some doe say The cure let him blood on the vayne nigh to the sore then burne euery bunch in plucking them vp with your hand to burne them the better and leaue none vnburned Then annoynt them euery day with melted hogges greace till they fall away then haue readie a pottle of olde stale and boyle it a little with some coperas and salt and a handfull of strong nettles and therewith warme washe all the corrupt sores then fill eche hole with the powder of flacked lime doe thus once a day til the hoales are closed vp If anie doe ranckle more than others fil those with verdegreace In all this time let him haue a small diet of meate as straw and water or sometimes a loafe of bread for the lower he is kept the sooner he is whole and yoke his necke that he licke not his sores also the lesse rest hee hath the better for him Another remedie take of mistleto and stale pisse hony blacke soape seeth these altogether once a day warme wash your horse all ouer therewith Use this fine or sixe dayes and yee shall see experience Another let him bloud in the necke foure fingers from the head and also on both the sides and giue him this drinke Take a gallon of fayre water and put therein a good handefull of rewe and a spooneful of hempeseed and bruise them in a morter altogether and séeth it til the halfe be consumed and when it is cold giue it him to drinke and this wil make him whole Another a very perfect medicine ye shall cut him two ynche long downe in the forehead and open it in the mids thereof on both sides two ynches and put therein a tampin made of the inner rynde of Elder barke and looke it lye crosse the cutte for so it will destroye all the venomed humor in his bodie and it will heale him safe and sound For a horse that cannot stale giue him a pint of wine or ale mixed with garlick the whites of ten egs if ye cā for a while giue him nothing but gréene grasse Another giue him the iuice of red colewortes mixt with white wine or the roote of Alexander bruised and sodde in wine or ale and giuen or to giue him warm water or to wash his yard with warme Uinegar Also wormewood or southernwood or galingale or mallowes or pimpernel some of these or anie one of these stampt with ale and giuen wil cause him to make water For the haw in the eie comes oft times of a humor or it may bréede of some stripe A singuler remedy is to make a plaister of the iuice of ground Iuie stampt in a morter with the iuyce of Iuie berries or of the leaues beate with cold water but better with wine and plaisterwise lay it to remoue it euening and morning Also some do stitch y◠eye lids in the mids with a néedle double thréed taies one down and the other vp and then with another néedle puts out the haw so far as ye may staie it on your fingers end and so cut awaie al the hard matter a penie bredth but cut not away too much of the wash or fat and leaue also the black behind for by cutting away too much fat yee shall make thereby the horse bleare eied and when it is cut away squirt either beere or wine into the eie or blow a little sandiuer into his eie within a daie or two after or Camamile mixt with a litle honie and plaistred on The Uiues is an il sorenes to heale if they bee suffered to come vp vnder the eares which is a smal difference frō an impostume they do come by taking cold whē he is hot vnwalked Also they come of a corrupt humor are like kirnels wil make his throat sore stop his wind they do ripe them by laying to hot hogs greace and so cuts them out Some cuts a slit on both side and with a toole of yron breaketh the nest of them and plucketh out parte and puts in the hole of nettles and salt others laie riping things thervnto as some barley meale mixt with thrée ounces of raisons sod well together in strong wine then plaister it thervnto and change it not til it be ripe thē launce and so tent it with tēts which must be steeped in water and mixt with sallet oile and salt and some doe burne them downward with a hot yron in the mids from the eare to the iaw bone draweth two strokes vnder the throat and then launce it in the mids and plucks out the kernels with a paire of 〈…〉 ppers so far as he may cut them off without touching any vaine and then fils the hole with salt and if they be ranke take a croppe or two of nettles beaten with some bay salt and put therein two spoonful of ale or vinegar thē strain it and put in either eare a spoonful thereof and put some blacke wool after and bind it fast he shal do wel The Squinācy is an yl sorenesse is a sorenes in the throat of the horse and troubles him to swallow any thing cōmeth of some colde humor which wil make his tōgue throat to swel The cure ye shal first fume washe his mouth with hot water and then annoint it with the gal of a bull then take two pound of sallet oyle with a portion of old wine put thereto nine fat figs and ix léeke heads beat altogether and let it boile awhile and before ye take it from the fire in the ende put a litle of the powder of niter finely beaten therin or as ye shal seeme good Then strain all out and giue it the horse halfe a pinte thereof euening and morning warme and let him eate of barley or gréene fetches either barley meale mixt with niter but in necessity ye maie let him bloud in the pallet of his mouth The signes to know when a horse is sick is by his
it therein and so heale-it Another some doe after they haue washed and shauen it race the place with a sharpeknife and they take halfe a dramme of cantaradice with an ounce of Euphorbium made in powder with as much oyle of Bay and mixe them altogether and to lay therof to the sore the space of 2. daies in shifting it eche day once Then after two dayes annoynt it euery daye with freshe Butter to make the haire come againe Some doe fire him on both sides without tainting and so takes vp the maister vayne and so annoynt it with butter nine dayes after vnto the fiered place doe begin to scall and then boyle of sage and of nettles of eyther a handfull with foure handful of mallowes in water and then put too a little butter and there with bathe him euery day once for three or foure daye still the burning be whole let him not wette his feete in this time The wette or soft Spanin groweth likewise on both sides of the hough behynde and is a softe swelling and some do cal it a thorow Spauin and commōly it is greater on the outside than on the inside This will bee alwayes soft and is more easier to be cured and cures it as the harde spauin The curbe is an il sorenes appearing on the great sinew behind vnder the hough or camerell place somewhat beneath the spauin it will swell on the sinewe and after a little labour he will halte thereon and then the more labour the greater griefe And this is gotten by bearing some heauy burthen when as he is young Or by some wrynch or some great straine and that place will shewe bigger then the other The cure is is ill if it remaine long But take a pint of the lyes of wine with two handfull of wheaten flower with a handfull of cummin then mixe them all together ouer the coales and being warme plaister wise laye it to the griefe in changing it for the space of three or foure daies once a day till the swelling do go awaye and then draw it with a hot yron all ouer and then plaister it with pitch and rozen melted together and so clappe it to warme Some lay flockes it on of the horse colour and so plaister it to Let it remaine till it fall of it selfe awaye and keepe his féete drye for nine dayes or more after And he shal do well The paines is an il sorenes and soone healed it bréedeth in the pasturne vnder his fetherlock and will grow to a scabbe full of scalding and fretting water which cometh for lacke of rubbing and cleane keeping in that place after his trauaile and laboure by some durty sand remayning in that place which breedeth a scabbe Therefore looke to your horses that hath long haire in that place for they will soonest haue it The cure Some do wash it with beere and fresh buttes good and warme And first they clyppe awaye all the haire sauing the fetterlocke Then they take hony turpentine and hogges grease in like quantitie in mixing them together with a little Bolarmeniac and two yelkes of egges with so much wheate flower as will thicken it and then plaister wise lay it to and lappe it thereon with some other cloth to keepe it fast and shift it once a daye till it leaue watering Then washe it with pisse till it be dride vp Another Take and chafe his legges with a haye rope till they bléed or waxe rawe Then take a little sharpe mustard beane flower and fresh grease with a little fenigrick mixe all together in a dish and make thereof a salue and therewith annoint his griefes And when that place is drye take hony and the white of an egge and fresh butter temper it together and annoint the saide place therewith Let him stand drie not laboured nor lead to water till hee bée whole Another If they be greene and newe yee shall take but béefe broth and therewith wash him and then annoint it with sope vse this iiii or v. daies and he shal do wel Another Plunge his féete in scalding water twise or thrise and bath the sore with hot scalding water then haue ready a hard rosted egge cleaue it in the midst and clap it to as hot as ye can and let it lye bound all night Use this once or twise and ye may ride him on the next day The scratches is a long scuruines right behind the legge from the fetherlocke vppe to the knée or hough The haire will stare ye may easily perceiue it if ye take vp his legge and shed the haire and ye shall see it scuruie all vnder The cure wash it with mens vrine warme then take black sope mustard and vinegar of ech a like quantitie and mixe therwith of an oxe gall then sturre them well together and chafe and rubbe the place therewith and bind therto a cloth so vse it once a daye till it be whole Then annoint it with neats foot oyle to supple the the sinewes againe Another Take the finest haye ye can and burne it to ashes vpon a faire boord then mixe it with neats foote oyle and make a salue thereof then all to rubbe the sores vntill they bléed almost and then annoint them with the said salue and rope his legges and kéepe them drie in the stable and keepe him so iii. or iiii daies and he shall do wel Another Take turpentine hony and hogs grease with two or thrée yelkes of egges with some powder of bolarmeniac and beane flower mixe all well together in shedding the haire annoint therewith all ouer well to the bottome Use this till he be whole and let him come in no wet This sorenes comes also for lacke of rubbing and kéeping cleane after his trauell The King bone is also an ill sorenesse it will appeare aboue the fore part of the hoofes and some will be round aboue the ioynt the haire will stare and rise on a bunch and there will resort a thicke and a slimy matter it cometh by some blow of some other horse treading or by striking one legge against another in proces of time it will become hard like vnto a bone and it will make him to trippe and halte and yee shall sée it higher then the hoofe if it grow in any other part of the legges then it is calde a knobbe and no ring-bone The cure wash it well with warme water and shaue that place the haire cleane of and race it with a sharpe razor and make it to bléede Then take an ounce of euphorbyum halfe an ounce of cantaradice and beat them in fine powder and take oile of baies an ounce If the griefe bee but smally growne take the halfe of each and boile them all together in sturring it well And with a fether laie it boyling hote on on the sore and stir him not for halfe an houre then let him be in the stable and vse him thus nine daies in ordering him as ye doo for