on purpose that none may knovv that you use any thing but Sope lay it on a piece of gray Paper and heat a Brick hot and dry it in as you did the former this is much of the nature of the former Proved XXXVII For a Splent great or small an excellent one IF it were never medled with before be it great or small this will cure it First take a piece of Leather as broad again as will cover the Splent then take of Cantharides which is a flye that you may have at the Apothecaries and beat them to powder or very fine take of them half a quarter of an ounce at a time mixed with as much Nerve Oyl as contain to half a Wallnut bray them well together and lay them upon a piece of Leather and bind it on for eight or ten hours and then take it off and stroke it down with your Fingers and Thumb twice or thrice a day till you see it quite fallen This Medicine will dissolve the Splent into a Water and you shall see it sweat out drops of water doing it with your fingers and Thumb every day If it be a great through Splent lay it on twice if it be a little one but once doing will serve he must stand in all the time of the Cure you may ride him after you have taken the Medicine off take a piece of Tape to bind it on Make no more at a time than you shall use it will not last as to do good This will not diminish a hair but sink it flat This Medicine is not to be laid to a Splent that hath been formerly medled with where the swelling still remains and the hair is come off and the skin very thin the Medicine is too strong and will soon eat the thin skin a pieces in such a case Proved to be right good XXXVIII A Water to cure any old Wound or green in Man or Beast TAke half a pound of Bolearmoniack a quarter of a pound of white Copperis two ounces of Roch Allum beat your Roch Allum and Copperis small and put them into a Pipkin and melt them together and when they are cold put them with the Bolearmoniack into a Mortar and beat them all together to a fine powder then take a pottle of Running Spring water where the Spring boyls with a blew sand at the bottom if possible rather than in any other Spring set this pottle of Spring-water on the fire with a close Skellet till it be scalding hot and then put it into a clean earthen Pitcher and put two spoonfuls of this powder into the water and stir it up well together before you let it stand to settle and vvhen the vvater hath stood two or three days setling then skum off the upper most froth put the vvater into another Pitcher clean from the dregs and afterwards use it vvhen you have occasion But vvhen you use it either for man or beast vvarm the vvater as hot as can be indured either by man or beast When you vvash any vvound of a man let the cloth lie a vvhile vvet upon the vvound and vvet a double cloth in the same vvater and bind it on plaister vvise renevving it tvvo or three times a day For any vvound old or nevv alvvaies vvash it first vvith this vvater and then apply the green Oyntment to it aftervvards vvhich you shall find in R. VIII Proved XXXIX A Receipt to cure a Horse Pestilence TAke of Wormwood a handful of Rue a handful of Selendine roots a handful to be cut small then put them into a quart of Aloes Milk boyl it till it comes to a pint Then strain it and put to it half a pound of fresh Butter then give it the Horse in the morning fasting pretty vvarm and keep him from drinking two daies and if he does drink let it be cold water and if grass may be had let him ear grass Another Receipt for a Febula or Horse-Pestilence TAke one ounce of Storax one ounce of Benjamin one ounce of Betony a quarter of an ounce of English Saffron these being beaten all to a powder put them into a quart of new Ale and give it to the Horse to drink Let him not have any warm water but keep him as before from any drink two dayes and let him eat grass if to be had XL. For the Yellows YOu shall know this by his faint sweating at the roots of his Ears and the white of his Eyes will be yellow you must first let him blood in the Neck veins or on both sides of the Neck then take Elder Leaves Cellendine and Camomile of each a handfull cut them small and give them to the Horse in a pint and a half of the best Beer being heated lukewarm fasting you may run your Cornet-horn into the third roof in the palat of his mouth keep him warm and give him warm water to drink for a day or two and this drench will certainly cure him Proved XLI For a Chest-Founder To know this he will go crimpling and stand stradling and covet lye to down Take six penny-vvorth of the Oyl of Peter and bath it well into his breast rub it in well at the first then dry it lightly with a hot Iron this with once doing will be a perfect Cure Not tried but very likely XLII For a swelling under the Jaws when a Horse hath the strangling FOr a swelling of this nature take nothing else but Bacon-grease and anoint it which will if it be hard suddenly soften it with twice anointing and when it is full ripe let it out some use to burn the swelling with a Candle before they anoint it and it will cause it to break the sooner let it out with the point of a Pen-knife and sometimes there will come out a pinte of filth when it is clean out put in some white Salt when any sore is soft let it out with the point of a Pen-knife lay it drayning as much as you can with all the advantages you can If it be a sore in any other place than the Throat rot it with Bacon-grease and open it and put it out and heal it with the green Oyntment mentioned in R. XXXVIII You must have a care of veins that you do not cut them Proved XLIII For a Sore IF a Horse hath a Sore in his side or else where rot it first with Bacon-grease then open it in the midst and let the hole below enough that you may put your finger in from the middle of the wound downwards cut it in the midst and slash it quite down to the bottom it will drain the better and heal the sooner a great deal Heal it up with the green Oyntment dressing it once a day and always before you lay your green Oyntment to the wound wash it with the rare water to heal any wound first This is that I advise you when you wash a wound with this water dry it with a clean linnen cloth before you
the Stable it matters not where once in three or four daies fasting you may give him a Cordial made of Beer Hony Bread and Butter the very same and you must so order it as you were directed in the foregoing Receipt And these Drinks Hony and White-wine and your Cordials will make him come to his stomack in a short time and thrive very much put the Water wherein the Oats and Seeds were burst into a Payl of cold Water and let him drink of that as much as you can vvhen an Horse is fat and the Grease set in his body if he have a stomack then give the Purge of Aloes first but if he be fat and sick and hath no stomack then give him Hony and Whitevvine and his Cordials first and aftervvards his Purge of Aloes Proved CXLI For the Yellows THe Signs are his Eyes vvill be strip'd vvith red and be yellovv and his Lips vvill be pimpled and look yellovv The Cure is Let him blood on both his Neck-veins after that give him this Drink one ounce of Turmerick and Anniseeds beaten small a quarter of a pint of Whitewine Vinegar half a quarter of a pint of Aqua-vitae put them all into a Skellet and heat it lukewarm and give it to the Beast put a spoonful of the flower of Brimstone into the first Horn-full that you give him pour it down his Throat and then give him all the rest of the Drink one Horn-full after another tye him up to the Rack for three or four hours and then give him wet clean Hay and at night Water and Bran or a Mash If you have not the aforesaid things in a readiness by you then give him an ounce of Horse-spice which you shall find mentioned in the following Receipts and there you shall find how to make it and for what to give it and when and likewise how to keep it by you If one Drink be not enough give him the second if he do not fall to his meat at three daies end give him a Cordial or two warm Water for the first day and no more and cold Water afterwards Two or three daies after his Drink work him moderately If you cannot get Turmerick take an handful of Selendine if one Drink will not two will cure him Proved CXLII For the Staggers IT comes at first of some corrupt blood or gross or tough humours oppressing the brain from whence proceedeth a vaporous spirit dissolved by a weak heat which troubleth all the head The Signs be these Dimness of Sight reeling and staggering to and fro he with very pain will thrust his head against the Walls and forsake his meat For Remedy do these things in order as you are here directed First take a pretty long streight stick of the bigness of a Tobacco-pipe smooth it well and cut a notch or crotch at one end then run up the stick to the top of his head and job a little hard and turn the stick then pull it out and he will bleed freely It is bad to cord him about the Neck in this Disease when he hath bled well in the head give him this Drink an ounce of Anniseeds an ounce of Turmerick beaten small half a quarter of a pint of Aqua-vitae a pint and a half of mild Beer a pint of Verjuyce or if you have not Verjuyce then take a quarter of a pint of Whitewine Vinegar and put it to the Beer and all the rest together and heat them lukewarm and give it to the Beast in the morning before he drink as soon as you have given it him take a handful of Herbgrace and beat it small in a Mortar a pennyworth of Aqua-vitae and put half the Aqua-vitae into one Ear holding it upright in the hollow of your hand and put half the Herbgrace after it and put Wool Tow or Hards after it to keep it in then tye up the Ear with a Woollen List or Garter and so do the like with the other Ear stitch up his Ears with a Needle and Thread or otherwise with your List tye up both his Ears together and at twenty four hours end unstitch or untye his Ears and take out the Wool and Herb-grace the next day in the morning let him blood on both sides his Neck and save of the blood a pint or more which you may do in a Bowl and put thereto a handful of Salt and stir it well together and give it the Horse fasting four or five hours after give him sweet Hay and at Night warm Water and Bran after you have given him the first Drink tye up one of his Fore-legs and strew good store of Litter under him and he will lye down and take his rest and come to himself within a day or two or else be soon dead the Vinegar will make him piss and the Aqua-vitae will make him sleep if he comes not to his stomack with taking the Vinegar or Verjuyce before mentioned then give him Hony and White-wine and the Cordial as you are directed in the Receipt for a dry Surfet After any sickness give him when he comes to eat his Provender Bran and Pease or Bran and Beans when you let him blood in the Head with your Cornet-horn let him blood in the third furrow of his Mouth and let him bleed well and let him blood in the gristle of his Nose with a long Bodkin or Shoo-makers Awl CXLIII For a cold newly taken TAke half an ounce of Diapente two penny-worth of Sallet-oyl and two pennyworth of Treacle put them into a pint and a half of strong Beer and give it to the Beast lukewarm fasting give him warm Water for two daies and a Mash of ground Malt and keep him warm in the time of the Cure Proved CXLIV For an old Cold which causeth the Horse to run sometimes at one Nostril and sometimes at both and hath done for a year together and is knotted with Kernels under his Throat between his Jaws THe Cure is thus Take an ounce of Turmerick an ounce of Anniseeds beat them small one ounce of Lignum-vitae you shall have it at the Apothecaries a quarter of a pint of Aqua-vitae a quarter of a pint of Whitewine Vinegar one handful of un-set Leeks beaten small in a Mortar wash the Mortar with Beer put all these together with a pint and a half of strong Beer give them to the Beast fasting lukewarm and tye him up to the Rack six or seven hours and litter and clothe him up warm at the end of that time give him a little sweet Hay and at night give him some warm Water and Bran the next morning give him warm Water Bran again and presently after give him two ounces of Hony and half a pint of Whitewine luke-warm then ride him three or four miles after it cloath and litter him warm when he comes in whilst he is abroad boyl him half a peck of Oat with two ounces of Fennygreek and two ounces of Coriander-seeds burst them altogether and
the Pains or Scratches or rotten broken Cuts putrified Sinews this Receipt will cure in a wonderful manner IF it be the Pains and Scratches do thus Take a pail of fair Water if two or three and wash his Legs clean and clip away the Hair close to the Skin so far as his Legs are crannied or scabby then with a pail or two of fair Water wash his Legs clean again and let him stand till he be dry then take half a pound of English Hony one ounce of beaten Pepper ten Heads of Garlick put all these into a Boul or Cup and beat them together till they come to a Salve If the Pains and Scratches be on both Legs then divide the Salve into two parts and lay one half upon one sheet of Paper and the other half upon another half of gray Paper and take a broad piece of Linnen-cloth and lay it over the Paper and lay the Plaister to the hinder part of his Legs where the sore alwaies is and sew them on with a Needle and Thread pretty hard so as it may not come off sew it close in the Footlock and all the way up so far as his Legs are scabby and let it lye on two daies you must make a small Thumb-band of fine Hay and wind all over his Legs and over the Plaister and let it remain as long at two daies end take a Linnen-cloth and wipe the Chaps of every Cranny and Crack in his heels clean then lay on a fresh Plaister and do as you did before in every particular and at two daies end take away that Plaister then lay on another and let it lye on three daies and when you take that off and see if need require lay on another Plaister and let it lye on three daies more and in three or four times thus dressing it will be quite dryed up and whole Let him not come in the Water all the time of his Cure If his Sinews be rotten broken cut in pieces or much putrified then apply this Medicine as before and let it lye on the same time as before and as it heals dress it the seldomer and bind a Thumb-band of Hay over the Plaister and keep him out of the Water and in the House all the time of the Cure This Salve will draw clean and knit the Sinews together again in a wonderful manner It is for Pains and Scratches and Sinews in this nature the best Cure in the World If one or two of the pocky Farcies Drinks were given in this case I am confident it would much further the Cure and dry up those humors in the Body which feed the Scratches in his Legs Proved CLXII For the Strangullion in an Horse THe Signs to know it are It much differeth from that when an Horse cannot Stale and differeth from the Disease called the Gripe or Fret in the Guts which will put an Horse to abundance of pain and make him to tumble and wallow This Disease called the Strangullion if a Horse have it he will look gaunt and cannot piss he will offer and stand straining to piss but cannot his Bladder will be ready to burst with extream fulness and heat of his water for present Remedy do this Take a pint of Claret-wine redded well and put into it an ounce of Ivy-berries beaten small one ounce of Parsley-seeds beaten small and give it him at any time once doing is enough Proved You may likewise see for the Gravel and Stone what is given to a man and you may give it him CLXIII For Fretting or Griping in an Horses Belly THis Disease will make the Horse to tumble and wallow with all four feet upwards with a griping wind in the Guts you shall see some Horses in such extream pain that they will swell therewith as if they would burst and will endanger the breaking of their Bladder and in this case they cannot dung For Remedy Take a quart of cold Salt-beef or Pork brine if you cannot get a quart get a pint put it into a Horn and pour it down cold After this brine is down anoint your hand and arm with Sallet-oyl or Butter and rake him and pull out as much Dung as you can to give him all the ease you can then take a good big Onion and peel off the outward rind then cut it length-waies and cross-waies in many places then roul it up and down in a handful of Salt and what Salt it will take up put it into a hollow pye of Butter but before you put it into his fundament anoint your hand and arm with Butter and Sallet-oyl and run up the Onion thus rouled in the Salt and put into the Butter as far as you can and there leave it then tye up his tail close to his rump as you can being tyed with a Cord fasten the Cord to his Girths that it may keep in the Onion and Butter then lead him out and walk him and in a quarter of an hours time it will purge exceedingly It will cleanse his Maw much and cleanse his Guts and kill the Worms let his Tail be tyed but a little while that he may purge freely prick him in the Mouth with your Cornet-horn the first thing you do The next day morning give him a comfortable Drink made of an ounce of Horse-spice a quarter of a pint of Whitewine Vinegar with a pint and a half of strong Beer put them together and give it the Beast lukevvarm fasting and he vvill do very vvell after it Give him bursten Oats or a Mash for two daies after it and vvarm Water the day you give him this Drink Proved CLXIV To kill Botts or Worms YOu shall knovv vvhether your Horse be troubled vvith Botts or Stomach-vvorms by these Signs he vvill squitter and dung them and all of a sudden he vvill dung very small in this case he vvill void small vvhite Worms of himself he vvill be much knotted under his over-lip the roots of his Tongue vvill be fiery and yellovv his breath hot svveat much as he stands in the Stable and vvill be very faint Novv if you see him to svveat in the Stable then knovv for certain that he is far gone and is in great danger For Remedy Take Turmerick and Anniseeds of each an ounce one pennyvvorth of the Flovver of Brimstone half a quarter of a pint of Brandy or Aqua-vitae beat the Anniseeds and Turmerick small and then put all together into a pint and a half of strong Beer except the Brimstone and that lay upon the top of the Horn when you are ready to give him the Horn into his mouth give this Drink fasting and let him fast four or five hours after it and stand upon the bit give him to drink warm Water at night the next day cold Water ride him after it this Drink will work pretty strong If he have not been lately let blood before let him blood in the Neck-vein and in the third furrow in the roof of his mouth
ride him forth for you shall understand that this evening after his heat the Horse being inwardly foul and the Scowring yet working in his body he may not receive any water at all After the Horse is drest and hath stood an hour and half upon his bridle you shall then take three pints of clean sifted Oats and wash them in strong Ale or beer and so give them to the Horse for this will inwardly cool and refresh him as if he had drunk water After he hath eaten all his washt meat and rested upon it a little space you shall then at his feeding times which have been spoken of before with Oats and spelt beans or Oats and bread or all together or each several and simple of it self as you shall find the stomack of the Horse best addicted to receive it feed him that night in plentiful manner and leave a Know of hay in the Rack when you go to your bed The next day very early as may be first feed then dress after clothe saddle then air him abroad and water him as hathe been before shewed after bring him home and feed him with Oats spelt Beans and Bread as was last of all declared only very little hay and keep your heating dayes and the preparation the day before in such wise as hath been also formerly declared without any omission or addition Thus you shall spend the second Fortnight in which your Horse having received four heats soundly given unto him and four Scowrings there is no doubt but his body will be inwardly clean you shall then the third Fortnight order him according to these Rules which hereafter follow The third Fortnights keeping THe third Fortnight you shall make his Bread finer than it was formerly As thus The second Bread YOu shall take two pecks of clean Beans and two pecks of fine Wheat grind them on the black stones searce them through a fine range and knead it up with barm and great store of Lightning working it in all points and baking it in the same sort as was shewed you in the former Bread With this Bread having the Crust cut clean away and being old as was before shewed with clean sifted Oats and with clean drest spelt beans you shall feed your Horse this Fortnight as you did in the Fortnight before you shall observe his dressing airing and hours of feeding as in the former Fortnight also you shall observe his heating dayes and the day before his heat as in the former Fortnight only with these differences First you shall not give his heats so violently as before but with a little more pleasure that is to say if the first heat be of force and violence the second heat shall be of pleasure and ease and indeed none at all to overstrain the Horse or to make his body sore Next you shall not after his heats when he cometh home give him any more of the former Scowring but instead thereof you shall instantly upon the end of your heat after the Horse is a little cool'd and clothed up and in the same place where you rub him by drawing his head up aloft as you sit in the Saddle or raising it up otherwise give him a Ball somewhat bigger then a French Wall-nut hull and all of that confection which is mentioned before of the true manner of making of Cordial Bals. The Fourth and Last Fortnights keeping NOw to return again to my purpose having thus spent the three last Fortnights you shall the fourth and last Fortnight make your Horses bread much finer than either of the former The last Bread TAke three pecks of fine Wheat and put one peck of clean Beans grind them to powder on the black stones and bolt them through the finest Bolter you can get then knead it up with very sweet Ale-barm and new strong Ale and the barm beaten together and also the Whites of at least twenty Eggs in any wise no water at all but instead thereof some small quantity of new milk Then work it up and labour it with all painfulness that may be as was shewed in the first Bread then bake it and order it as was declared in the other With this Bread having the crust cut clean away and with Oats well sunned beaten and rubbed over with your hands then new winnowed and sifted and most finely drest that there may be neither light ones nor foul ones nor any false grain amongst them and with the purest spelted Beans that can be tried out feed your Horse at his ordinary feeding times in such wise as you did in the Fortnight last mentioned before You shall keep his heating dayes the first week of this last Fortnight in such wise as you did in the former Fortnight but the last week you shall forbear one heat and not give him any heat five dayes before his Match at the least only you shall give him long and strong Airing to keept him in wind You shall not need this Fortnight to give him any Scowring at all If this Fortnight Morning and Evening you burn upon a Chafingdish and coals in your Stable of the purest Olibanum or Frackincense mixt with Storax and Benjamina to perfume and sweeten the room you shall find it exceeding wholesome for the horse and he will take delight therein In this Fortnight when you give your horse any washt meat wash it not in Ale or beer but in the Whites of Eggs or Muskadine for that is more wholesom and less pursy This Fortnight give your horse no hay at all but what he taketh out of your hand after his heats and that must be in little quantity and clean dusted and drest unless he be an exceeding evil feeder and marvellous tender and a great belly-looser The last week of this Fortnight if your horse be a foul feeder you must use the Muzzle continually but if he be a clean feeder and will touch no litter then three dayes before your Match is a convenient time for the use of the Muzzle The morning the day before your Match feed well both before and after Airing and Water as at other times before noon and after noon scant his proportion of meat a little Before and after Evening Airing feed as at noon and water as at other times but be sure to come home before Sunset This day you shall cool the horse shoe the horse and do all extraordinary things of Ornament about him Provided there be nothing to give him offence or to hinder him in feeding or any other material or beneficial action for I have heard some horsemen say that when they had shoed their horse with light shoes and done other actions of Ornament about them the night before the course that their horse hath taken such especial notice thereof that they have refused both to eat and lye down But you must understand that those horses must be old and long experienced in this exercise or they cannot reach at these subtile apprehensions for my part touching
of Bolearmony made in fine powder and two ounces and an half of the Conserves of Sloes Then stir and mix them well together after take it from the fire and put to it a spoonful or two of the powder of Cinnamon And brewing all well together give it the Horse Let him fast two hours after it and let him eat no washt meat Hay is wholesom so is Bread and Oats if they be well mixt with Beans or wheat but not otherwise An Infallible help for the Stone or pain of Urine causing Sickness MAke a strong Decoction that is to say boyl your first quantity of Water to an half pint three times over with keen Onions clean pilled and parsley Then take a quart thereof and put to it a great spoonfull of London-Treacle and as much of the powder of Egg-shels finely searc't and give it the Horse to drink and thus do divers mornings if the infirmity be great otherwise when you see the Horse offended An approved Medicine to cure and break any old grevious festred and rotten Cold and to dry up a foul running Glanders TAke a pint of the best Verjuyce and put to so much strong Mustard made with wine-Vinegar as will make the Verjuyce strong and keen thereof Then take an ounce or more of Roach-Allom and beat it into fine white Powder then when you give this to the Horse so with a Knife or Spoon put some of the Allom into the Horn and so give it the Horse part at his mouth and part at both his Nostrils but especially that Nostril which runneth most Then ride and chafe him a little after it then set him up warm At noon give him a warm Mash and at all times give him no cold water but when the Horse may have exercise after it And thus drench the Horse three days together and it will be sufficient Another for a Violent Cold. TAke of Wine Vinegar half a pinte and as much Sallet-Oyl brew them well together and then put to it an ounce and half of Sugar-Candy in fine powder and so give it the Horse and stir him a little after This is exceeding good but it will occasion sickness for a small season An excellent Scowring when other Scowrings will not work TAke of sweet Butter a quarter of a pound half so much Castle-soap beat them well together then add to them two spoonfulls of Hempseed bruised of anniseed a spoonfull bruised of Sugar-Candy an ounce of Rosin finely bruised half a spoonful work all these into a paste and give it the Horse in the manner of Pills immediately after his heat or when you have warmed him and stirred up the grease and foulness within him An admirable Water for any sore Eye or to clear any dim sight as the Moon-eyes and the like TAke the stone called Lapis Calaminaris and heat it red hot in the fire then quench it in half a pint of White-wine and thus do twelve times together Then add unto it half so much of the juice of Housleek and with this bath the Eye twice or thrice a day and it is excellent against any imperfection therein Another Water no less precious for the Eyes then the former TAke a pint of Snow-water and dissolve it into three or four drams of white Vitriol and with this water wash the Horses Eyes three or four times and the effect is great and strange The Master Medicine of all Medicines for a Back Sinew-Strain or any grief pain straightness shrinking or numness of joynts or sinews TAke a fat sucking Mastive whelp flay it and bowel it then stop the body as full as it can hold with gray Snails and black Snails then roast it at a reasonable fire when it begins to warm bast it with six ounces of the Oyl of Spike made yellow with Saffron and six ounces of the oyl of Wax Then save the drippings and what moisture soever falls from it whilst any drop will fall from the Whelp and keep it in a Gally-pot With this oyntment anoint the strain and work it in very hot holding a hot bar of iron before it And thus do both Morning and Evening till the Cure be finished St. Antayne his only Excellent Medicine for any Strain or Swelling TAke Cummin-seeds and bruise them gross and boyl it with the oyl of Camomile then add to it so much yellow Wax as will bring it to the body of a Cerrot or Plaister and spread it on either Cloth or Leather and very hot apply it to the grief It is wonderfull soveraign for any man also Another for any desperate old Strain whether it be in the Shoulder Joynts Hips or Back-sinews TAke of the best Aqua-vitae a pint of oyl de Boy of oyl of Swallows and of black Soap of each half a pinte work and labour all these together till they come to a thin oyntment then take of Camamoile and of red Sage an handfull of Rue and of Misseldine an handfull dry them and bring them to a very fine powder Then mix them with the former oyntment and bring all to a gentle Salve With some of this Salve made as hot as the Horse can suffer it anoint the Strain and hold an hot bar of Iron before the grieved place chafing it in with your hand as much as may be and thus do once a day and in nine dayes the Cure will be effected An Excellent Charge for any New Strain or offence on the Sinews or any grief proceeding from heat TAke the whites of six Eggs and beat them well with a pint of white Wine-Vinegar and an ounce of the oyl of Roses as much of the oyl of Mintils Then take four ounces of Bolearmonie and as much Sanguis Draconis and with as much fine Bean-flower or wheat flower but Bean-flower is the best as will thicken it bring it to a stiff Salve then spread it about the grieved place and renew it as it dryeth A perfect Cure for any Sinew-Strain TAke a live Cat either wild or tame and cut off her head and tail then cleave her down the chine and clap her hot the bowels and all upon the strain and remove it not for forty eight hours and the effect is great Markham's own Balm which hath never failed him for any Strain in the Shoulder or other part hidden or apparent Or any Wind-gall Pain or Swelling whatsoever TAke ten ounces of the best and purest Goose-grease and melt it on the fire then take it off and put it into four ounces of the Oyl of Spike and an ounce of the Oyl of Origanum stir them very well together then put it up into a Gallipot With this Oyntment anoint the grieved part the Oyntment being made exceeding hot and rub and chafe it in with all painfulness holding an hot bar of Iron before it and thus anoint once in two dayes but rub and chafe it in twice or thrice a day at the least and give the Horse moderate Exercise This is approved and infallible
For swell'd or Gourded-Legs whether it be by reason of the Grease falling into them or other accident as Scratches Pains Mules c. IF your Horses Legs be swell'd only because the Grease is faln into them and that there is no other outward Ulcer neither will the bathing with cold water and other outward helps asswage it Then you shall take a piece of strong course woollen Cloths and thereof make him an Hose a pretty deal larger then his Leg to reach from the lower part of his pastern up to the Cambrel or to the Knee and make it close and straight at the pastern and wide above Then take a pottle of Wine Lees if you can get them or else the grounds or Lees of strong Ale or Beer and set them on the fire and boyl them well then put to them a pound of clarified Hogs-grease and when it is melted and stirred well together take as much Wheat-Bran as will thicken it and bring it to the bo dy of a Pultis with this Pultis as hot as the Horse can fuffer it only you must not scald fill the Hose or Hoses and then close the Hose at the top With this Pultis let the Horse stand two days then the third day open the Hose at the top but stir not the Pultis only take molten Hogs-grease hot as the Horse can suffer it and with a spoon pour it unto the Pultis on every side till it will receive no more for this will renew the strength of the Pultis Then close up the top of the Hose and so let the Horse stand other two dayes or three Then you may open the Leg and rub it down and if you find strong occasion you may apply another new Pultis if not your cure is wrought Now if besides the swelling of his Legs your Horse hath Ulcers or Chaps or Scratches Pains Mules or the like Then you shall first apply the former Pultis in all respects as aforesaid then after five or six dayes application when you take the Pultis away you shall take a quart of old Urine and put to it half a handful of Salt as much of Allom and half an ounce of white Copperas and boyl it till all be mixt and incorporated together then with this water very hot wash the sores once or twice a day and after a little drying anoint them with the oyntment called Aegyptiacum and is made of Vinegar eight ounces of Honey twelve ounces of Verdigrease two ounces of Allom one ounce and an half boyl it to that height till it come to a red Salve and it will both kill the malignant humors and also heal and dry up the sores Another approved Cure for the Scratches or any Disease of that nature TAke of Hogs-grease eight ounces of Brimstone of Lime of Gunpowder of each three ounces of black Soap eight ounces and of Soot as much as will suffice to bring the rest to a Salve boyl the Hogs-grease and Soap together and bring the other hard simples to a fine powder and so mix all together and make a black ointment with this anoint the sores once a day after they are cleansed and made raw For any Splint Spaven Ringbone Curb or any other hard Knot or Excression FIrst having taken view of the Excression clip away the hair as far as the excression goeth and a little thought more then take a piece of Allom'd Leather made as big just as the place you have bared and fit it to the same proportion Then take a little Shoo-makers Wax and spread it round about the very edge or verge of the same leaving all the inward or middle part empty and not touched with the Wax according to this Figure O. Then take of the herb called Sparagus which hath the virtue to raise Blisters and bruising it in a Mortar lay some thereof on the Leather in the void and empty place which ought to contain the just quantity of the Knot or Excression and bind it fast thereon suffering it so to lye if it be in the Spring or Summer time when the Sparagus hath its full strength and virtue two or three hour â—But if it be in the Winter then it hath less virtue Then it is not amiss to revive the strength of the Herb if you add to it a drop or two of Origanum and let it lye a day and and be sure to tye up the Horses head for two hours for fear of biting it away When you have taken off the Plaister anoint the place with Train-oyl warm and you shall find no Excression An approved Cure for the Swift Cut or any hewing on the Legs whatsoever TAke a pint of White-wine and put to it two or three spoonfulls of Hony and stir them well together then boyl them till they be well incorporated together and brought to the body of an ointment Then take it from the fire and put in as much Turpentine as there was Hony before and stir all well together Then strain it with this Salve somewhat hot bath the Sores twice a day and it is a most specdy healer For any Farcy Mangy Scab or Leprosie whether in the Mane or otherwise FIrst let Blood then take a quart of old Urine or Vinegar and break into it a quarter of a pound or better of the best Tobacco then set it on the fire of Embers where it may simper and not boil and so let it stew a whole night then strain it and with this water wash the infected place whether it be in the Mane or any other obscure place and it is a certain Remedy For any Founder Frettize Surbait or any imperfection in the Feet FIrst pare thin open the heels wide and take good store of blood from the Toes then tack on a Shooe somewhat hollow after take of the best Frankincense and rowling it in a little fine Cotton-wool or Bombast with an hot iron melt it into the Foot betwixt the Shooe and the Toe till the Orifice where the blood was taken be filled up Then take half a pound of Hogs-grease and melt it on the fire then mix it with Wheat bran till it be as thick as a Pultis Then boyling hot as is possible stop up the Horses foot therewith then cover it with a piece of an old Shooe and splent it up and so let the Horse stand for three or four days then if occasion serves you may renew it otherwise the cure it wrought To make Hoofs grow quickly and to be tough and strong TAke of the Juyce of Garlick seven ounces of old Hogs-grease two pound of Asses dung for want of it Cows dung an handfull mingle them and boyl them all well together then with this both stop the Horses foot and anoint the Crownets of the Hoofs and the effect is great A general Salve for any Sore or Swelling TAke Turpentine Black-Soap Hogs-grease Green Treat and Pitch of each a little quantity mix and boyl them all well together and apply
attend the Eye at the same time to stop it dip a little Flax or Hards in some melted Rosin and lay it in the hole of the Horses Eye I was told it would stop any Rheum but have not tryed it LV. To cure a Mallender FIrst rub it dry with a cloth then anoint it with Crown-Sope and red Mercury precipitate mixed together when you have anointed it once pluck the hairs which grow in it and upon the edge of it out then dress him three times more once in two daies dress it then anoint it with Sallet Oyl and it is cured But alwaies before you anoint it you must rub it dry Proved LVI For an Apoplexy or Palsey TO know this Palsey the Signs are these It either will take him in the Neck that he cannot put down his head to the ground or in the After-parts that he cannot rise the Sinews of his flank will be hard if you feel them with your hand The Cure is thus Take six penny-worth of the oyl of Peter and anoint the place grieved with it at one time and dry it in with a hot Iron if you anoint the After-part of him then lay upon him the Litter of a hot reeking Muckhil and lay a Cloth over that to hold it on renewing it four times a day If it be in the Neck after you have anointed it and dryed it in make a Thumb-band of the longest hottest Dunghil Litter that you can get and wind it round about his Neck something loose that he may eat and drink Let the Thumb-band be so long that it may go so often about his Neck that it may reach from his Shoulders to his Ears Probatum est LVII For a Fareine that lyes all over the Body of a Horse FIrst Bleed those Buds that do not dye wash them with the water that you have for any old Ulcer and this will cure them and kill them wash them once a day then take a pottle of running water and boyl it in two spoonfuls of Hempseed beaten to powder and two handfuls of Herb-grace cut small boyl all these together till it come to a pint and a half and give it the Horse fasting do this once in three daies or three times in nine daies let him stand in the night before and not drink you may give him three or four hours after it a Mash or warm water and then Hay This very Drink given to a Cow or Bullock after letting blood in the Neck will make them thrive exceeding fast if it be given them at the Spring of the Year and then turned out to Grass If a Cow or Bullock do not thrive but is lean scurvy hide-bound and her hair stand right up do but let blood and give her this drink and she will mend presently upon it Proved LVIII For a Farcion only in the Neck or Head of a Horse FIrst Let blood in the Neck veins then take two spoonfuls of the juyce of Hemlock and two spoonfuls of the juyce of Housleek and mix them together and put the one half into the one Ear and the other half into the other Ear you must mix two spoonfuls of Sallet Oyl with the Housleek and Hemlock and then put them altogether into his Ears Put a little Wool Flax or Tow after it stitch up his Ears and at the end of twenty four hours unstitch them and take out the stuffing give him a Mash two or three hours after and warm Water to drink You may give him any meat to eat only wash the Buds with the Water for an old Ulcer till he be whole Proved LIX A rare Medicine to make an Horse scour that is Hide-bound that is Moulten that does not thrive nor fill and to lay his Coat if it stand right up IF a Horse be Moulten give him this scouring Medicine suddenly fasting If an Horses skin cleave to his Ribs we say he is Hide-bound and if an Horses Coat stand right up staring and do not lye smooth or if he do not fill well it is then to be judged the Horse is surfeited foul and out of health To cure all these at once or twice at the most and make your Beast thrive gallantly give him this scouring Medicine Take half an ounce of Aloes and beat it to powder and put it into a pint of Butter made afterwards round put the Aloes in three or four balls of Butter and rowl the balls in as much of the powder of Jallop as will lye upon a six pence wash down the balls with a pint and a half of strong Beer luke-warm Let him fast three or four hours after then give him a Mash or bursten Oats and warm water to drink for two or three daies Ride or work him moderately and the Horse will thrive the better Proved often LX. To stop a thin Scouring in Cow or Bullock or any other Creature TAke a quarter of a pint of Verjuyce and as much Bolearmoniack beaten to powder as a Walnut stir it well up and down in the Verjuyce and give it to the Beast Proved LXI To kill Lice in Cattel TAke a broad woollen List as broad as your hand that will go round about his Neck then wet the List well in Train-Oyl and sew it about the Beasts Neck and the Lice will come to it and it will kill them if there were never so many Daub some about the Beast in several places and they will come to it and it will kill them No flies in Summer will come near any Wound or Sore wherewith this is applyed for it will kill them Proved LXII To make Hoofs that are brittle grow quickly and to make them firm and strong TAke of Garlick 7 ounces Herb-grace three handfuls of Allom beaten to powder 7 ounces of old Hogs-grease two pound of Asses-dung or for want of it Cow-dung an handful beat and cut them all small and mix them altogether and boyl them altogether well then with this Oyntment stop his Fore-feet between his Shoes and the bottom of his Feet and keep it in with a piece of Leather or Sole-Leather of a Shoe let it be betwixt his Foot and Shoe And besides you should do well to anoint the outsides of his Hoofs all over do this till you see his brittle Hoofs to grow tough and strong you will find the effect to be great Proved LXIII To heal a Navil-Gall Sore-back or a Set-fast TAke a quarter of a pint of Train-Oyl and boyl in it as much beaten Verdigrease as half a Walnut put it into a Pot and keep it for your use This very Medicine will heal any Navil-gall Set-fast or Sore-back suddenly And no Flyes will dare to touch or come near it if they do they dye presently Proved LXIV For a Sinew-strain in the Fore or After-Leg A Sinew-strain is alwaies upon the Sinews which grow behind on the Fore-leg and behind upon the Sinews of the After-leg above the Foot-lock joynt upon the back part of the Fore-leg and upon the back
fine Tow Flax or Hards to dry the blood up and there let it lye five or six hours then take it away and put in some of the Medicine which you use for a Canker in the Head Face Eyes or Nostrils of a Horse vide Receipt C. With this Medicine dress it once a day at first and as it begins to heal dress it once in two daies this Medicine will heal it suddenly cut a hole at the edge or lower part of the swelling to lay it a draining and it will heal a great deal sooner dab and throw on good store of Wheat-bran upon it when you lay it on when your Plaister comes off look upon the top of the Poll-Evil to see how far the dead proud white jelly flesh goes cut it all out with your Incision knife till you come at the red flesh which is sound the Veins will bleed much and spin again when you come at the quick but let not that hinder you from cutting out all the dead proud flesh which if you cut all out clean you cannot do amiss only take heed you do not cut the white Paxwax which runs along the top of the Neck which some call a Cress it is white and you may easily see it if you cut that his Neck will fall and look basely therefore have a care There is a white Pith in a Poll-evil near the top of the Neck by the Paxwax take your Nippers and pull it out it will come out like a Plug there is no such thing in a Fistula when you have pulled it out put some of your Medicine to it and it will heal it apace Let not the dead flesh be left in the wound but cut it clean out although the wound seem never so broad The same cure and the same way is to be used for a Fistula the Beast must stand in the time of the Cure Proved CXXII For a through Splent on both sides of the Leg by some called a Great Bone-Sâ—rupin FIrst Tye the Horses head close to a strong Post then tye up his contrary Leg then bruise and beat the Splint on both sides with a Blood-stick or Bed-staff beat it till it be something soft if he will not endure the beating of it standing cast him with a rope after you have beat it soft Take of the Oyl of Riggrum 12 pennyworth and rub it on with your fingers on both sides upon the very splent and no where else you shall have of this Oyl but a little for a shilling Tye up his head for two or three hours for it will smart and tye up his contrary Leg this way will take off the Hair a little but it will grow again of the same colour presently If it be never so big do but thus two or three times and within a weeks time it will be quite faln one dressing will serve for a small Splent or for a blood Splent this way will a little break the hair but not the skin If you will you may turn him out Proved to be admirable CXXIII For a Mallender FIrst Clip away the hair which grows upon it and about it then rub the Scabs off with a Hair-cloth or the back of your Scissars or Knife this rubbing of it will cause it to run a yellow matter take a Linnen-cloth and wipe away the filth clean then take four penny-worth of the Oyl of Riggrum and mix it with a little of your own Dung and lap it on with a flat stick upon a Linnen-cloth and bind it to for a Week then make it clean and dress it again and it is a Cure After your first dressing you may ride him or turn him out Proved CXXIV For a looseness in the Body of any Beast TAke a pint of Red-wine or for want thereof a pint of Claret warm it in a Wine-pot upon the fire then put an Ounce of beaten Cinamon therein and give him it a little warm you may put thereto the yolks of two new laid Eggs once or twice is a Cure give him warm Water at night and cold Water next day and ride him upon it Proved CXXV For a Cold in Summer or when a Horse doth not fill BOyl a quarter of Red-stone Sugar in a pint of Sack till it be dissolved and then take it off the fire and put in two spoonfuls of Sallet Oyl and give it lukewarm ride hard when you have given it unto him Give him warm Water for three or four daies after keep him warm give him now and then a Mash Proved CXXVI For a sudden great heat as in Hunting Racing or hard Riding that the Horses Grease is melted THis you shall know by the panting of the Horse that Night he comes in so hot for if he be over-ridden and his Grease melted you shall know it by his panting at the Breast and Girting-place and heaving at the Flank you shall see the Night he comes in and the next day morning that his Body will be mighty hot For Remedy Take and give this to purge him and cleanse him and to qualifie the heat and working of his Body Take one pint of Sack and put to it one ounce of Diascordium beaten small mix them together and give it to the Beast at any time cold but in the morning fasting is the best give him warm Water for three or four daies after give him bursten Oats boyled Barley and Mashes made of ground Malt keep him well littered and clothed warm If he forsake his meat and you see he hath lost his stomack to bring him to his stomack again give him two ounces of Hony and half a pint of Whitewine mixed together and heated lukewarm in the morning after he hath drank cold water you may give him it with a Horn It will make him piss clear his bladder and bring him to his stomack again After you have given him it ride him a mile or two gently and set him up warm at night ride him a mile or two again and litter him well and keep him warm Thus do for three or four daies or a week at three daies end give him the Wine and Hony as before you were directed If you see notwithstanding all these means used that he will not fall to his meat and that he is bound in his belly and dungs very small then give him this Cordial two or three times in two or three daies betwixt each Cordial giving Take three pints of stale Beer houshold brown Bread the quantity of half a penny Loaf boil these two well together then take it off the fire and put into it a quarter of a pound of Hony and a quarter of a pound of fresh Butter give him this Cordial lukewarm fasting and ride him a mile or two every Evening and Morning as well when you do not give it to him as when you do ride him fairly and clothe and litter him up vvarm this Cordial vvill bring him to his stomack and cause him to be loose bodied and dung
and here also will cause a present Cure Now to cure the Strangling or a Cold that runs at the Nose or hath done for half a year or more or Squinsey when he is troubled with tough thick flegm For these three last mentioned take these following Ingredients and give them as you are directed First one ounce of Anniseeds an ounce of Turmerick beaten to powder half a quartern of Brandy or Aqua-vitae half a dozen spoonfuls of Whitewine or Vinegar a pint and an half of strong Beer put all these into a Skellet and heat them blood-warm and give it to the Beast fasting then presently run the point of the Cornet-horn into the third furrow in the roof of his Mouth and let him bleed then walk him a mile and set him up Clothe and Litter him warm Let him stand upon the Bit four or five hours he will sweat with his Drink till one drop follow another If you see he be sick and desirous to lye down you may let him Give him no Mashes but only warm Water to drink with an handful or two of Wheat-bran put into it and the next Morning warm Water and Bran again and presently after give him two ounces of Hony and half a pint of Whitewine or half a pint of Wine-vinegar if you have not White-wine walk him a Mile after it The third day in the Morning after this Drink in the beginning of the Receipt give him this Cordial three pints of stale Beer Houshold-bread a piece as big as a great Tost and crum it in a quarter of a pound of Butter put them into a Skellet together and heat them a little upon the fire and when you take it off put in a quarter of a pound of Hony stir them together and give it him blood-warm fasting then ride him a mile and set him up warm clothed and littered Three or four hours after give him warm Water and Bran to drink Every two or three daies for a Cold whether it cause the Beast to run at the Nose or no or be in Glanders In course of Physick after his drink give him this Cordial to bring him to a stomack it will help to kill the Canker in his mouth or throat clear the Guts and cleanse the Lights with one drink of White-wine and Hony and these Cordials he will be in a very short time cleared and cured If in the time of his Cure he hath hard Kernels between his Jaws apply the Charge of Sope and Brandy which will either quite sink them or break them Again if there be not Kernels but hard swellings in the Jaws as most part there is when he hath the Strangling in this case also apply the Charge of Sope and Brandy and heat it well in If this Swelling do break in the time of the Cure let it run and heal up of it self If the Swelling between his Jaws be soft all over and in the midst of the Swelling the hair begins to scale off you may then put in the point of your Knife a little way through the skin and let it out if it be not full ripe it will heal up with proud rank flesh and there will be a knot between his Jaws which is an ugly blemish therefore heal it up with nothing but let it heal up of it self In the time of any of these Cures ayr and ride him out two or three times every day it will do him abundance of good if you do not ride him too hard but gently If that which comes out of his Nose be yellowish and afterwards turns white there is hope of perfecting the Cure the Drink will make him swell and be very sick but it will do him a great deal of good Proved CXL For a Horse that hath a dry Surfet in his Body and falls away in his Flesh That hath a weak Cough and is in a Consumption THe Signs of this Disease are He will not thrive but be gaunt-bellied and dried up in his Body and cannot cough but gruntingly by reason of the Cold and Surfet and great soreness in his Body The Remedy is this First ride him a mile and then let him blood in the bottom of the belly at the lower end of all the Spurvein after he hath bled well give him this Drink one ounce of Anniseeds half an ounce of Diapente four pennyworth of English Saffron one ounce of Syrup of Colts-foot one ounce of brown Sugar-candy one ounce of Bay-berries four or five spoonfuls of Whitewine Vinegar a pint and a half of strong Beer put all these into a Skellet and heat them lukewarm and give it to the Beast fasting and ride him two or three furlongs after it then tye him up to the Rack and let him fast five or six hours after his Drink and clothe and litter him up very warm then unbit him and give him a little sweet Hay till night then give him warm Water and Bran to Drink The next day in the morning before he eat or drink burst half a peck of Oats with two ounces of Fenygreek two ounces of Coriander-seeds for want of Coriander two ounces of Caraway-seeds burst them altogether well and give him them before he eat or drink And at noon give him warm Water and Bran and after three or four daies end give him this drink after the first drink One ounce of Anniseeds beaten small half a pound of Raisins of the Sun an handful of unset Leeks cut small two quarts of mild Beer boyl all these together in a Skellet till half be consumed then take out all the Raisins and beat them in a Mortar stones and all take some of the Liquor wherein they were boiled and wash the Mortar clean therewith and put it again into the Kettle amongst the rest then take the Kettle off and put in as much Butter as an Egg and let it melt and give him this drink fasting walk him a furlong or two and tye him up to the Rack for five or six hours and clothe and litter him up warm then give him Hay and at Night warm Water and Bran The next day have in readiness some Oats Coriander-seeds or for want of them some Caraway-seeds burst them together by eleven or twelve a Clock and throw some of them into the Crib as you were directed before and if he refuse to eat them strew some Wheat-bran over them and that will cause him to eat them give him but a few at a time After this second Drink given you shall see the Horse within two or three daies to void at the Nose yellow Glanders or some other colour ride him moderately twice a day and keep him warm in the Stable And two or three daies after you have given him this last Drink and warm Water then and not before water him at the River and presently after it give him every Morning two ounces of Hony and half a pint of Whitewine mixed together heated lukewarm you may give it him abroad or in
of the Gall and specially of the Yellows FRom the over-flowing of the Gall which is the vessel of Choler spring many mortal Diseases especially the Yellows which is an extreme faint mortal Sickness if it be not prevented in time The Signs are yellowness of the Eyes and Skin and chiefly underneath his upper Lip next to his fore-teeth a sudden and faint falling down by the high way or in the Stable and an universal sweat over all his body The Cure is first to let the Horse blood in the neck or mouth or under the Eyes then take two penny-worth of Saffron which being dried and made into fine Powder mix it with sweet Butter and in manner of a Pill give it in Balls to the Horse three mornings together Let his drink be warm and his hay sprinkled with water CCXXX Another for the same TAke a pint or more of Milk and make a Posset of it with strong Ale or Beer a pint or more take off the Curd clean then take two ounces of Castle-sope pare it in thin small slices and boyl it in the Posset-drink about a quarter of an hour then when it is but Luke-warm give it the Horse to drink then take his back and ride a gentle pace an hour together set him up warm This hath been often tryed upon Christians as well as Horses they taking and walking and stirring upon it an hour or more taking it but two mornings together it never fail'd of curing those that had been so far spent with it that they have been given over by all men CCXXXI Of the Sickness of the Spleen THe Spleen which is the Vessel of Melancholy when it is over-charged therewith groweth painful hard and great in such sort that sometimes it is visible The signs are much groaning hasty feeding and a continual looking to the left side only The cure is take Agrimony and boyl a good quantity thereof in the water the Horse shall drink and chopping the leaves small mix them with sweet Butter and give the Horse two or three good round Balls thereof in the manner of Pills CCXXXII Of the Dropsie or evil Habit of the Body THe dropsie is an evil habit of the Body which is ingendred by Surfeits and unreasonable labour altereth the colour and complexion of the Horse and changeth the hairs in such an unnatural sort that a man shall hardly know the Beast with which he hath been most familiar The cure is to take a handful or two of Wormwood and boyl it in Ale or Beer a quart or better and give it the Horse to drink Luke-warm morning and evening and let him drink his water at noon CCXXXIII Of the Collick Belly-ach or Belly-bound The Collick or Belly-ach is a fretting gnawing or swelling of the Belly or great bag proceeding fromwindy humours or from eating of green corn or pulse hot grains without salt or Labour or bread Dough-baked and belly-bound is when a Horse cannot Dung The cure of the Collick or Belly-ach is to take good store of the herb Dill and boyl it in his water that you give the Horse to drink but if he cannot dung then you shall boyl in the Water good store of the herb Fumitory and it will make him dung without danger or hurting CCXXXIV Of the Lask or Bloody-Flux THe Lask or Bloody-Flux is an unnatural Loosness in a Horse's body which being not stayed will for want of other Excrements make a Horse void blood only The cure is to take a handful of the herb Shepherds-purse and boyl it in a quart of strong Ale and when it is Luke-warm take the seeds of Woodroof stamp them and put them in and give it the Horse to drink CCXXXV Of the falling out of the Fundament THis cometh through infinite mislike and weakness The Cure is take Town-cresses and having dryed them to powder with your hand put up the Fundament and then strow the powder thereon after it lay a little Honey thereon and then strow more of the powder with the powder of Cummin and it helpeth CCXXXVI Of Bots and Worms of all sorts THe Bots and gnawing of worms is a grievous pain and the Signs to know them are the Horses oft beating his Belly and tumbling and wallowing on the ground with much desire to lye on his back The Cure is take the seeds bruised of the herb Ameos and mix with it Honey and make two or three Bals and make the Horse swallow them down CCXXXVII Of pain in the Kidneys pain to Piss or the Stone ALL these Diseases spring from one ground which is only Gravel and hard matter gathered together in the Kidneys and so stopping the Conduits of the Urine The signs are that the Horse will only strain to piss and that often but cannot The Cure is to take a handful of Maiden hair and steep it all night in a quart of strong Ale and give it the Horse to drink every morning till he be well This will break any stone whatsoever in a Horse CCXXXVIII Of Pissing of Blood THis cometh with over-travelling a Horse or travelling him sore in the Winter when he goeth to grass The Cure is take Aristolochia Longa and boyl it in a quart of Ale and give it the Horse to drink Lukewarm and give him also rest CCXXXIX Of the Strangullion THis Disease is a soreness in the Horses Yard and an hot burning when he pisseth The Signs are he will piss oft yet but a drop or two at once The Cure is to boyl in the water he drinketh good store of the herb Hogfennel and it will cure CCXL Of the Colt-Evil Muttering of the Yard Falling of the Yard shedding of the Seed ALL these Evils proceed from much Lust in a Horse and the Cure is the powder of the herb Avens and the leaves of Betony stamp them well with White-wine to a moist Salve and anoint the Sore therewith and it will heal all imperfections of the Yard But if the Horse shed his seed then beat Venice Turpentine and Sugar together and give him every morning a good round ball thereof till the seed stay CCXLI. Of the particular Diseases in Mares as Barrenness Consumption rage of Love casting Foles hardness to Fole and how to make a Mare cast her Fole IF you would have a Mare barren Let good store of the herb Agnus Castus be boyled in the water she drinks If you would have her fruitful then boyl good store of Motherwort in the water If she lose her belly which sheweth a Consumption of the womb you shall then give her a quart of Brine to drink Mugwort being boyled therein If your Mare through high keeping grow into extreme Lust so that she will neglect her food through the violency of fleshly appetite as it is often seen amongst them you shall house her for two or three days and give her every morning a ball of Butter and Agnus Castus chopt together If you would have your Mare cast her Fole take a handful of Betony
and Motion whatsoever to the sweating of his Horse and to the occasions of his sweating as if an Horse sweat upon little or no occasion as walking foot-pace standing still in the Stable or the like it is then apparent that the Horse is faint foul fed and wanteth exercise but if upon good occasion as strong heats and the like he sweat if his sweat is white frothy and like soap-suds then is the Horse inwardly foul and wanteth also exercise but if the sweat be black and as it were only water thrown upon him then is the Horse in good lust and good case Observations from the Horses Hair OUR Keeper shall observe well his Horses Hair in generall but especially his neck and those parts which are uncovered and if they be sleek smooth and close then is the Horse in good case but if they be rough and staring or any way unnaturally discoloured then is the Horse inwardly cold at the heart and wanteth clothes and warm keeping or else there is some sickness creeping upon him Many other Observations there be but these are most material and I hope sufficient for any reasonable understanding MATTHEW HODSON'S Medicines A Medicine for the Glanders TAke a quart of red Vinegar being no Wine Vinegar put it over the fire and put thereto two spoonfuls of English Honey two spoonfuls of Elecampane beaten into fine Powder and searse it through a fine Searser and as much Roch-Allum as the bigness of an Egg beaten into fine Powder half a Pint of Sallet Oyl put in your Sallet Oyl after all these have boyled together one quarter of an hour then take it off the fire and let it stand until it be Milk-warm then give your Horse six spoonfuls in each nostril with a little horn after you haue given this drink ride him two or three turns and no more then tye his head down to his foot for the space of four hours then let him fast four hours you must give this drink at nine several times being three days betwixt every drink every second day after he hath had his drink give him Chickens guts warm rolled in beaten Bay Salt and put them down his throat giving him warm water and wet hay all the time you give him this drink and this will amend the Glanders and the mourning in the Chine Probatum est A Medicine for any Cold that is not the Glanders TAke two spoonfuls of Pepper well beaten two spoonfuls of Mustard four spoonfuls of Sallet Oyl four rosted Onions rosted very soft and cut them very small then take two spoonfuls of Elecampane made into fine Powder mingle all these together and make them into Balls with fresh Butter and give your Horse three Balls at a time Nine Balls given at three times will cure him so you travel him upon it For a Strain in the Shoulder TAke two ounces of Oyl of Pumpillion and two ounces of Oyl of Spike two ounces of Lint-seed Oyl rub these Oyls well together upon his shoulder and warm it in with an hot iron then let him be blooded in the shoulder and hopple his forefeet together and this will cure him A Cure for a Sinew-Sprung Horse TAke a pint of Lin-seed Oyl and boyl it then put in three penny-worth of Aqua-Vitae and stir them together then anoint your Horses Leg with it and this will cure him The true manner of making those Balls which Cure any violent Cold or Glanders which prevent heavy Sickness which purge away all molten grease which recover a loose stomack which keep the heart from fainting with exercise and make a lean Horse fat suddenly TAke of Anni-seeds of Cummin-seeds of Fenugreek-seeds of the fine searse powder of Ellecampane roots of each two ounces beaten and searst to a very find dust then add to them two ounces of brown Sugar-Candy beaten to powder and two ounces of the flour of Brimstone then take an ounce of the best juyce of Licoris and dissolve it on the fire in half a pint of White-wine which done take an ounce of the best Chymical Oyl of Anni-seeds and three ounces of the sirrup of Colts-foot then of Sallet-Oyl of fine live Honey and the purest sirrup of Sugar or Molosses of each half a pint then mix all this with the former powders and with as much fine wheat-flour as will bind and knit them all together work them into a stiff paste and make thereof balls some what bigger then French wall-nuts huls and all and so keep them in a close Gally-pot for they will last all the year yet I do not mean that you should keep them in the pot in Balls for because they cannot lye close the Air may get in and do hurt as also the strength of the Oyls will sweat outward and weaken the substance therefore knead the whole lump of past into the Gallypot and make the Balls as you have occasion to use them Now for the use of these Balls because they are Cordial and have divers excellent vertues you shall understand that if you use them to prevent sickness then you shall take one of these Balls and anoint all over with sweet butter and so give it to the Horse in the morning in the manner of a Pill then ride him a little after if you please otherwise you may choose and feed and water him abroad or at home according to your usuall custome and this do three or four mornings If you use them to cure either Cold or Glanders then use them in the same manner for a week together If you use them to fatten an Horse then give them for a fortnight together But if you use them in the nature of scowring to take away molten grease or foulness then instantly after his heat and in his heat you must use them Again If you find your Horse at any time hath taken a little cold as you shall perceive by his inward ratling if then you take one of these Balls and dissolve it into half a pint of Sack and so give it the Horse with a Horn it is a present remedy Also to dissolve the Ball in his ordinary water being made milk-warm it worketh the like effect and fatneth exceedingly To give one of these Balls before travel it prevents tiring to give in the height of travel it refresheth weariness and to give it after travel it saves an Horse from surfeits and inward sickness An approved Cure for the Botts and all manner of Worms of what nature soever TAke a quart of new Milk and as much of the purest clarified Honey as will make it extraordinary sweet then being luke warm give it to the Horse very early in the morning he having fasted all the night before which done bridle him up and let him stand tyed to the empty Rack for more then two hours Then take half a pint of White-wine and dissolve into it a good spoonfull or more of black Soap and being well incorporated together the Horse having stood two hours as aforesaid
it warm to the grief For a Pearl Pin and Web or any Film on an Horses Eye TAke a new laid Egg and roast it very hard then cleave it in-sunder long-wise and take out the yolk then fill the empty holes with white Vitriol finely beaten and close the Egg again Then roast it the second time till the Vitriol be molten Lastly beat the Egg-shell and all in a dish and strain it and with the moisture that comes from it dress the Eye This is approved For Grease fallen into the Legs to help them at twice dressing and to help the Scratches TAke of Train-Oyl of Nerve-Oyl of Oyl de Boy of each half a pint and the bigness of an Egg in Allom boyl them all well together then having cleansed the Sores and opened the Pultis if there be any with this salve anoint the Griefs and it is a speedy Cure For the Glanders an approved Cure TAke a quarter of a pint of Verjuice three spoonfuls of Sallet-Oyl and two spoonfuls of Aqua-vitae put one half into one Nostril the other into the other Nostril being blood-warm then ride the Horse somewhat speedily for twenty or forty score and only spare him when he coughs then set him up warm and at Noon give him a warm Mash Lastly if you find him to grow sick give him warm Milk from the Cow To stay the Glanders for a time till you may make sale of your Horse TAke a pound of Elder-bark being the green and not the gray beat it in a Mortar and strain it then put that juyce to a quart of Ale and so give it to the Horse do this for three mornings together An approved Cure for the Pains Mules Rats-tails and the like TAke green Vitriol half a pound and boyl it in a pottle of running Water with Allom Mustard Sage and Hysop of each an handful Now the night before you apply this anoint all the Sores with strong Mustard after they are made raw then the next day wash them with the Water before shewed and the Cure is certain To help an Horse that galls between the Legs either through heat or evil dressing TAke a raw Egg and crush it between the Horses Legs and rub the gall well therewith after the Sores are made dry For Enterfairing to help it or hide it for a small time FAsten a new Cord to his Dock and having made divers hard knots thereon draw it between his Legs and fasten it to his Girths or otherwise rub great store of Starch between his Thighs The best Receipt that can be for brittle Hoofs TAke Dogs-grease a pound and clarifie it up with Rosemary then mixing it with half so much Cow-dung boyl it and hot or cold stop the Horses foot therewith To cure the Scratches TAke a penny worth of Verdigrease a penny-worth of Red-lead the like quantity of Sope mix these together and apply them plaister-wise letting it lye three days and three nights You must cut the hair close For the Farcy TAke about one handfull of Rew and about ten cloves of Garlick and pound them together then take one penny worth of Aqua-vitae and strain them through a Cloth then take a little black Wool to drink up that moysture and put into each Ear half the Wool then sew up the Ears together then cut the fore head of the Horse and put into the hole the inner rind of an Elder about an inch long or something more keep him from wet falling into his Ears the first day and night Approved by Mr. Holled For to cure the Cankers in a Horses mouth TAke half a pint of the best White-wine Vinegar and half a pound of the best Roch-Allom and an handfull of red Sage and boyl them all together and so wash the Hories mouth and tongue Approved W. B An approved Cure for the Pains Mules Rats-tails and the like TAke green Vitriol half a pound and boyl it in a pottle of running Water with Allom Mustard Sage and Hysop of each an handful Now the night before you apply this anoint all the Sores with strong Mustard after they are made raw then the next day wash them with the Water before shewed and the Cure is certain To help an Horse that galls between the Legs either through heat or evil dressing TAke a raw Egg and crush it between the Horses Legs and rub the gall well therewith after the Sores are made dry For Enterfairing to help it or hide it for a small time FAsten a new Cord to his Dock and having made divers hard knots thereon draw it between his Legs and fasten it to his Girths or otherwise rub great store of Starch between his Thighs The best Receipt that can be for brittle Hoofs TAke Dogs-grease a pound and clarifie it up with Rosemary then mixing it with half so much Cow-dung boyl it and hot or cold stop the Horses foot therewith To cure the Scratches TAke a penny worth of Verdigrease a penny-worth of Red-lead the like quantity of Sope mix these together and apply them plaister-wise letting it lye three days and three nights You must cut the hair close For the Farcy TAke about one handfull of Rew and about ten cloves of Garlick and pound them together then take one penny worth of Aqua-vitae and strain them through a Cloth then take a little black Wool to drink up that moysture and puta into each Ear half the Wool then sew up the Ears together then cut the fore head of the Horse and put into the hole the inner rind of an Elder about an inch long or something more keep him from wet falling into his Ears the first day and night Approved by Mr. Holled For to cure the Cankers in a Horses mouth TAke half a pint of the best White-wine Vinegar and half a pound of the best Roch-Allom and an handfull of red Sage and boyl them all together and so wash the Hories mouth and tongue Approved W. B. For to cure the Scratches TAke Sope and Salt and mix them together in your hand and keep his Feet dry and tye a linnen Cloth about them and it will cure them Approved at Stanton For a Horse that hath a Cold. TAke new Butter unwashed and without Salt and mix with it brown Sugar-Candy Anniseeds and Liquorish but if the Horse rattle in his head put in two cloves of Garlick made in balls do this three mornings together Approved W. B. For a Beast that staleth Blood TAke one quart of strong Ale and a red Her ring cut into small pieces and let it lye a steeping in the Ale then give the Beast it with a Horn and it will stay the in-bleeding of the Beast Robinson For the Botts TAke Salt and Water and give the Horse it in a Horn. Approved Tho. Emson For a Horse that hath got an Over-reach or a Tread of the Heel FIrst search itwell to the bottom and take out all the Gravel and wash it with Stale then take a good handfull of Nettles and
a good handfull of Salt put them in a cloth and bind them to the sore do this two or three mornings together then set the shooe on with a leather under it then pour in some Hogs-grease scalding hot after that pour in Rosin scalding hot presently after which put in some Wheat-bran Approved Pepper For a Horse that hath got a stroke or a bite of the Eye TAke a little Honey with a little grated Ginger mix them together and put it into the Horses eye with a feather do this three mornings together Approved by me W. B. For the Scratches TAke Verdigrease and burnt Allom mix them together and so apply it keeping the Horse dry Approved W. B. For the swelling of a Horses Back TAke Flax or Flax Teare with the whites of Eggs and Wheat-flower beat them all together it will take the swelling down Approved Tho. Emson For a strain HOgs-grease is very good for a Sinew-strain or any other part of the Horse Approved by me W. B. For a Horse that is mangy TAke a gallon of strong Ale and a pound of Tobacco-stalks half a pound of Allom a pint of Salt one pennyworth of Mercury boyl these all together until they be half boyled away the day before let the Horse blood and Curry him with a Comb when the Horse is drest wash the Manger with scalding Water and smoak the Saddle with Allom or Brimstone burnt Hay or Straw Approved Mr. Willes For the Spleen MAke a Plaister of Oxycrocium and spread it upon sheeps leather lay it to the pain and let it lye till it come off of it self Mr. Holden A Glister to expel the Wind. TAke Fennelseeds and Anniseeds two spoonfuls of each and bruise them a little Camamile flowers Rosemary flowers Pellitory of the Wall Peneroyal and Camamile of each of these half a handfull Mr. Holden A Glister for the Wind-Colick TAke a quart of thin Posset-drink Peneroyal Pellitory of the Wall of each an handful Mallows and Plantin of each half an handful and Cummin-seeds and Sasafrage-seeds of each one spoonful bruised Camamile flowers one spoonfull boyl them down to half the Posset-ale take half a pint thereof dissolve therein half an ounce of the Electuary called Electuarium de baccis lauri Medcalf For the Wind Colick BOylone spoonfull of Cumminseeds with a few Camamile flowers in Posset-drink good to drink for the Wind for one that is Costive in his Body Medcalf How to order feed and keep any Horse for Pleasure Hunting or Travel I Would have your Keeper of these ordinary Horses to rise early in the morning by the spring of day or before according to the season of the year and to sift the Horse the quantity of near three pints of good old dry Oats and to put to them an handfull or two of spelted Beans Hulls and all and so give them to the Horse After he hath eaten them let him dress him according to the order of good Horsemanship First curry with the Comb then dust then curry with the Brush then dust then rub with wet Hands after with a clean Woollen cloth after with a clean Linnen cloth then pick all obscure places Lastly comb down the Main and Tail Then saddle him and ride him forth to water then warm him both before and after very moderately so bring him home dry without sweat Then cloth him up after you have rubbed his head body and legs and let him stand on his Bridle more then an hour then give him the former quantity of Provender and the same in kind After he hath eaten his Provender give him into his Rack a pretty bundle of Hay and so let him rest till after dinner When you have din'd give him the former quantity of Provender and the same in kind and so let him rest till the evening only renew his Hay if there be occasion At evening dress him well as in the morning then ride him forth to water and do as you did in the morning When you come home and have clothed him up let him stand on his Bridle as before then give him the former quantity of Provender and so let him rest till nine of the Clock at night at which time give him the former quantity of Provender and a pretty bundle of Hay and so let him rest till the morning This you shall do concerning his Ordinary keeping at home where the Horse hath rest and that you may dispose of hours as you please but if you be either in Travel or Sport or other occasion so that you cannot observe these particular times then you must divide the main and whole quantity of Meat into fewer parts and greater quantities and give them at the best conveniency ever observing to give the least quantity before Travel as a 3 part before Mounture and the two other after you come to rest Nor would I have you to distract your mind with any doubt or amazement because I prescribe you five several times of Feeding in one day as if it should either over-charge you or over-feed your Horse Questionless there is no such matter when you look into the true proportion for it cannot be denied but whosoever is worthy of a good Horse or good Means to keep a good Horse cannot allow him less than one Peck a day nay the Carrier Caerter Poulter and Packhorse will allow half a peck at a Watering and this allowance which I set down comes to no more for 15 pints of Oats and one pinte of Spelt-Beans up-heaped make two gallons and that is one peck of Winchester measure Now to give it at twice fills the stomack more makes the digestion worse and the appetite weak whereas to give less but more often the stomack is ever craving the digestion always ready and the appetite never wanting so that health without disorder can never be a stranger Therefore once again thus much for ordinary keeping But if you intend to give an Heat as to Hunt Gallop Travel or the like which I would wish you do once twice or thrice a week Then observe all your former observations only the night before give him little or no Hay at all In the morning early before his Heat and before his dressing give him three or four handfulls of clean sifted Oats washt either in strong Ale or Beer Then dress him Saddle him and give him his Heat But if it be sudden and violent then let it be when the Horse hath emptied himself very well After his heat Rub him very well and bring him dry into the Stable Then after he is Clothed up warm let him stand on his Bridle at least two hours then give him a little bundle of Hay to tear out upon his bridle and an hour after feed him as hath been before shewed Only with the first Oats give him an handful or better of Hempseed well dusted and mixed At night warm him a little water and give him it luke-warm then an hour after give him his Provender and
once a day with this till it be healed with other Medicines This will much further the Cure of any Wound or Sore where humors do fall down to it whilst you do apply other Medicines to heal up the Sore or Wound For these defensives are for no other purpose but to keep back humors that hinder Sores or Wounds from healing Proved XII A rare Receipt for a Farcion TAke Mullin by some called Higtaper it hath a great woolly leaf it groweth close by the ground upon the banks of Ditches or in the high-ways side Chickweed Groundsel and Wood Betony of each an handfull cut them small and boyl them all in a quart of Ale and when it is luke-warm put in two penny-worth of Quicksilver and give it him to drink fasting The third day after give him the like proportion warm water all the while to drink and to stand in Proved XIII For a Horse that hath his Fundament fallen out or for a Cow that hath the Mother fallen out TAke an armfull of Willow boughs and dry them on a hot Hearth when they are dry sweep the Hearth as clean as you can and set them on fire and burn them to ashes then take the ashes and searce them through a fine boulter and before you strew on the powder of the ashes wash the Fundament with warm water to make it as warm as the body then strew on the finest of the ashes and put the Fundament up into its place then tye a line to the Horses tayl and bring it between his hinder Legs and fasten it to a Surcingle under his belly pretty straight using this means his Fundament will be kept up and in a very short time it will be knit firm and strong again If the Mother of a Cow come forth use but the aforesaid means and you will find it a perfect remedie both proved White Pepper beaten finely and searced through a fine searce the Fundament being well warmed with warm water or milk and after warmed with a warm cloth and then this beaten Pepper strewed upon it and so put up and his tayl tyed close between his Legs as before you will find it very good A Marrow-bone of a Bullock burnt in the fire and beaten to fine powder is for a Wound a great and good dryer and healer and will skin a Wound Proved The inward and outward bark of a Willow-tree first dryed and afterwards the hearth being swept very clean burnt to ashes and the ashes sifted through a fine boulter the finest of these ashes is good to dry up any Sore nothing like it These ashes are likewise a great binder for a loosness in Horses or Cows bodies Proved XIV To kill Lice of horses and Cows TAke a quantity of Hogs-grease and anoint the Horse underneath the Mane and upon the ridgebone of the back it will burst them all presently XV. For a Stub or other hurt in or about the Foot TAke Bees-wax Pitch Hogs-grease and Turpentine boyl them together in an earthen pan but put in the Turpentine a little before you take it off the fire and stir it well together make the wound clean and pour it in scalding hot dip hards or tow in it and stuff the place where it is hurt full with it and it will heal it in a short time this will last a year Proved XVI To Cleanse any Wound old or new TAke the Roots of Elder and beat them to powder and boyl them with English-Hony It is good to cleanse any Sore old or new But take this for a general observation that before you dress any Wound let it be where it will about the Horse wash it clean first with White-wine wine Vinegar and then dress it with your Salve Proved XVII For the Sleeping Evil. THe signs to know it are The Horse will stand sleeping in a corner continually with his head hanging down to the ground it takes away his memory The Cure is to be performed thus Let him blood on both sides the neck in the morning fasting before he drink let him blood also in the mouth in the third furrow in the roof of his mouth and after he hath bled well give him this Drink Take of Camomil and motherwort together three handfulls cut small and boyl them in two quarts of Running water half an hour and then give the Horse a pint once in two days fasting the third day give him the rest fasting and three or four hours after give him warm water and a little comfortable Mash made of ground Mault put into scalding hot water after it comes of the fire keep him in the house warm the time of the cure and fume his head as you do for the Staggers and this in a short time is a perfect cure Proved XVIII To stop bleeding at the Nose THe chief cause thereof is the thinness of the Vein in the head you must let him blood in both the Plate veins and then wind a thumband of wet Hay about his neck and throw cold wate upon the thumband till you see the blood to stanch the thumband must be so long that it may be wound from his ears to his breast very lightly XIX For the Falling Evil in an Horse THe Falling Evil will cause him suddenly to fall down and to lye sprauling with his heels and foaming at the mouth like a man that hath the Falling sickness you shall know whether he be subject to fall often by feeling him by the gristles of his Nose which will be cold if he be subject to it The Cure is to let him blood on both sides of his neck after he hath bled in the morning before he drink give him this Drink Take Miseltoe that groweth upon an Apple-tree the leaves are like Ivy leaves dry it and rub it to powder and use it at your leisure give him of this powder of Miseltoe one spoonfull in half a pint of Sack and keep him in the house till he be well and give him to drink water luke-warm Proved You may add to the Miseltoe three drams of the Electuary called Theriaca Diaresseron or the Oyl of Pepper one dram or a dram and an half XX. For a Cough old or new or the heaving of his Lungs TAke the Root of Gentian which you shall have at the Apothecaries slice it dry it and beat it to powder give the beast as much of this powder as will lye upon a shilling in half a pinte of his own water give this to him fasting once in three days and so continue every third day till you see his Cough and Heaving to abate or be quite gone the cold of his water must be just taken off and he must stand in all the time of the Cure This for an old Cough or heaving of the Lungs is the best Cure in the World Proved XXI For a Canker in the Tongue YOU shall see his mouth and tongue raw within you shall know it by his stinking breath and his roping slavering Which to
lay your green Oyntment to This water and green Oyntment will heal any wound old or new if you observe and do as I have directed if there be any proud flesh in any sore be the sore in what place it will scald it with Butter and Salt and it will eat it off and help to heal it presently Proved XLIV To make a Horse piss that is troubled with the Wind-Colick or Obstruction in the Bladder TAke a quarter of a pound of Castle Sope and scrape it small then put to it two ounces of Dialthaea which you shall have at the Apothecaries bray them well together in a Mortar and then make them up in Balls about the bigness of a Barbers wash-ball and keep them for your use they will last a year one Ball crumbled into a pint and a half of strong Beer heat scalding hot will dissolve the Ball then let it stand till it be but luke warm and give it the Beast with a horn with this he will empty beyond expectation as long as any thing is in him Let him fast an hour after he takes it Proved XLV To cure a Poll Evil which grows upon the top of the Head YOu may know it when it begins to breed by its growing bigger than ordinary upon the top of the head if it be pretty big take a hot Iron and sear it round about the Poll Evil till the skin look yellow as this Figure doth shew you Then take another red hot Iron made of this fashion and make so many holes vvith this Iron as the Cross vvill give you leave and no further make all these holes with the point of this last Iron vvithin the compass of the seared place as you may see the pricks in the Figure so many pricks so many holes the bigger it is you may make the more the lesser the fewer these holes being thus made take a piece of yellow Arsenick as big as a wheat-kernel and put it into one hole and so do the like to every hole then at the same time lay on every hole over the Arsenick a piece of black Sope to stop the Arsenick in after all these beat some Arsenick fine to povvder and mix as much of the Powder vvith black Sope as contains to half a vvall-nut to anoint the place vvhere first the Iron seared it round but no where else and within three weeks it vvill be ready to come out all that is vvithin the compass of the round Ring the Arsenick vvill eat to the bottom if you see it hang but by a little at the bottom then you may adventure to cutit out otherwise let it alone three or four days longer and then cut it out close at the bottom After you have cut it clean out then wash it with the water that is good to cure any old Ulcer or green Wound and if you see or find with your Instrument that there is any hole at the bottom or suspect that there is any dead flesh there squirt the water aforesaid with a Syringe or Squirt to the bottom till all the dead flesh be eaten out this water will do it quickly which when you see anoint it with Sallet Oyl upon a Feathers end once a day till it be quite whole if the hole go forwards to his ears let him stand in at dry meat if the hole go backward let him run abroad at grass because be holding down his head the filthy matter cannot spread further but must come back to the main Wound this Observation will much further the Cure Again if this disease happen in Winter when no flyes are stirring anoint it and heal it with Sallet Oyl if this disease happen in Summer when the flyes are busie anoint it then with Train Oyl which you shall have at the Curriers if this disease of a Poll-Evil or a Fistula chance to be over-grown with Bags or Bunnies of proud flesh while you are healing of it then do nothing but scald it with Butter and Salt and it will soon remedy that XLVII For a Fistula THe mark of the Fistula is after this manner the Fistula always hangs on either side the top of the Cress as you may see by this Figure The same way and the same means will cure this as you used to the Poll-Evil with the Instrument with a cross you must make so many holes as you see pricks within the Figure and you must do in every thing as you did in the last Mark you must make three holes upon the top of the Wollis which is the top of the Neck or Cress which is in the midst of the Fistula and you must make two holes on either side Proved XLVII For the Plague Pestilence Garget or Murrain in Horse or Beast only YOu must not let blood in this Disease you shall know it by these signs He will hang down his head and will gum thick Atter at the Eyes as big as your fingers end and much and will go weakly staggering and his Head will oftentimes swell very big and will fall away of his flesh suddenly and yet feed very well the Cure is thus Take as much Diapente as a Hasel-nut as much Dialphera as much London Treacle as much Mithridate as much Saffron a handful of Wormwood an handful of red Sage Rhubarb as much as an Hasel-nut two Cloves of Garlick boyl all these together in two pints of good Beer till it come to a pint and a half then give it him luke-warm fasting and keep him very warm and the next thing you give him must be a Mash made of ground Malt let him drink warm water for a Week and sometimes bursten Oats now and then a little clean sweet Hay it is his sweating that does the Cure If one Drink will do no good give him another three daies after to make all sure it will not make him much sick Half of the proportions of this drink will do wondrous well for a Cow if she have the like disease Not tryed but very probable XLVIII For a Horse or Cow that is poysoned by licking of Venome or is over-gorged with Clover-grass or Turnips by greedy feeding EIther Horse or Cow will swell and slaver very much and will be so extreamly full as if they were ready to burst and the skin to crack if they drink soon after it so much the worse but if he be but alive when you give him this it will cure him in a quarter of an hour for it will work as soon as it is in his body For the cure Take a quarter of a pound of Castle-sope and scrape it thin and put to it two ounces of Dialphera which you shall have at the Apothecaries bray them in a Mortar small together and make them up in Balls as big as a Barbers Wash-ball and lay them by till you have occasion to use them one Ball is enough for one Beast to cure this Disease you must dissolve the Ball in a pint and a half of Strong
many inward passages which causeth bad blood Which to help you must let them blood in the beginning of the Month of May and let them stand in some close yard the Night before And the Night after give them a handful of Hemp-seed a piece Now for the Pestilence Gargil and Murrain they are infectious contagious Diseases none like them they proceed many times from hard driving heats and colds hunger or any other thing breeding corrupt humors as by drinking when they are hot or feeding upon gross foul and corrupted foods as in low grounds after floods when the Grass is unpurged and the like And sometimes it cometh from some evil influences of the Planets corrupting the Plants and Fruits of the Earth And sometimes from Cattle too And from divers such like causes But howsoever when these Diseases begin certain it is that they are most infectious and if there be not great care taken they will leave but few alive of a great many for the one infects the other These Diseases are easily known they will hang down their heads and run Atter at the Eyes will swell on the Lips and all on one side of the Cheek and under the Tongue and sometimes at the roots of the Ears The Cure is to separate the sound from the sick a good distance of place from the Air where the sick breathe then let them blood on the Neck-veins and give every one a spoonful of Diapente in a pint of Verjuyce If you cannot get Diapente take a spoonful of Treacle-Jean and give it in a pint of Verjuyce Thus give them a good quantity of old Urine and a handful of new Hens-dung stir the Urine and Hens-dung well together and give it to the Beast luke-warm keep him in the house a Week after These for Cows or Bullocks be prime Receipts Proved LXXIV For a Bite Blow or Film in the Eye TAke as much white Copperis as the bigness of half a Walnut and beat it very fine the same quantity of Verdigrease beaten to powder Bray these two well together upon an Iron-spade or in a Mortar then mix them with as much fresh Butter as a Walnut put into the Eye as much of this as the bigness of a Pease once a day until it be well and clear Proved LXXV A precious Oyntment for an Horses Eye either for Bite Blow or Film GO to the Apothecaries and buy the stone called Lapis Calaminaris it is of a blew colour heat it red hot then take it out and quench it presently in a pint and a half of Whitewine and so heat it and quench it as afore 12 times one after another then add unto the Wine half so much of the juyce of Housleek well stamped and strained and stir them up well together dip a Feather in this water and dress it two or three times a day till the sight be recovered Proved LXXVI A gallant Scouring to make a Beast thrive Winter or Summer TAke a handful of Groundsel called by some Sertion half a handful of Red-sage half a handful of dried or green Wormwood stript you must shred them all small and boyl them in a pint and a half of strong Beer and when it comes off the fire put in a piece of Butter as big as an Egg You may put in as much of the powder of Mechoacan as will lye upon a shilling at three or four times I know it purgeth Slime and moulten Grease in Lumps and works very kindly Give him warm Water to drink evening and morning for three or four daies after A Mash of Malt once a day or once in two daies if your Horse do not fill well and that his Coat stand right up staring or be Hide-bound give him this LXXVII IF you let blood in the Neck or Temple-vein you must alwaies Cord the Horse Take this for a Rule LXXVIII For a Strangling in the Spring TAke a handful of Elder-buds as much of dried Wormwood half an handful of Mercury as much of Tansey cut these small and boyl them in a pint of strong Beer and it will serve for three drinks three daies distance between drink and drink Give it him fasting in mornings give a Mash three hours after warm Water for a day or two let him stand in all the while If he be swelled between the Jaws anoint it with Bacon-grease once in two or three daies till it be rotted and then let it out and heal it with your healing-salves Proved LXXIX To kill Lice in Horses or Cows TAke two pennyworth of Quicksilver and work it well with Fasting-spittle upon the Palm of your hand till the Quicksilver be killed then take the whites of two Eggs and bray them with the Quicksilver and Spittle till they be as an Oyntment spread these upon a List that will go round about the Beasts Neck let it be as broad as four fingers first cut away the hair and then tye your List round about and sow it up they will come to it and it will kill abundance of them and in several places about the Beast daub on some Train-oyl LXXX To make a Horse Stale or Piss TAke as much Castle-sope as a Walnut boyl it in a pint of strong Beer a little while and give it him luke-warm it will make him piss Proved LXXXI For an inward Bruise with any Fume or Stub TAke a pint and a half of strong Beer and one ounce of Bolearmoniack and boyl them a little together and give it him with a Horn luke-warm It is very good for an inward bruise of a Beast The greasie sort is best Proved LXXXII For a Horse that hath rent his flesh about the Belly or elsewhere or for any new wound TAke a pint of Whitewine Vinegar the sharpest you can get boyl it in half a quarter of a pound of Bolearmoniack after it hath boyled a little and when it comes off the fire put into it a little piece of Butter and bathe the place grieved once in two daies and in two or three times dressing it will cure This is a plain and easie Cure LXXXIII For an old Cold with a Cough TAke as much fresh or salt Butter as an Egg and make it hollow as a Pye and put as much Tar into it as a Walnut then close up the Ball very round and roul it in the Seeds and strippings of Wormwood cut small To make two Balls of the Butter and Tar is better give him this in a pint and a half of strong Beer in the morning fasting he having stood in the night before keep him in house three or four daies after give him warm Water the cold just taken off it for two daies the water must be no warmer at any time If you see he doth not fill well and hath left his Coughing then four or five daies after give him the same again and order him as before When you have given him this ride him a hand-gallop for three or four miles till he sweat well but
him to belly give him another keep him warm and it is a Cure Proved LXXXIX For the Scratches THey are upon the After-heels of a Horse in the Pastern and above For Remedy take two penny-worth of black Sope as much as an Egg of the newest Hens-dung as you can get Oyster-shels put into hot Embers five or six they must be put in over-night and raked up so that they may be well dried by the morning then beat them to powder and bray them altogether like an Oyntment and apply it to the Horses sore Heels every morning and evening the Horse must not come in the Water till you see he is cured Alwaies rub his Heels very clean before you rub in the Oyntment and you shall find it a certain Cure in two or three times dressing Proved XC For the Scratches OVer-night let his Heels and Legs be bathed well in Beef-broth the next morning rub his Legs clean and then apply this Oyntment to heal it Take two pennyworth of Gilts-grease two pennyworth of Speck-oyl at the Curriers made of shreds and cuttings of Leather two pennyworth of Verdigrease beaten small two pennyworth of Train-Oyl put all these into a Pipkin and set it on the Coles to melt but stir them till they be melted then once a day anoint him with this Oyntment till his Heels be well which will be whole very suddenly Chafe it and rub it in with your hand very well let him come in no water nor dirt till he be whole when Horses have been so swelled crannied and stiff that they could not go but fall down This hath cured them Proved XCI Another for the same IF at any time a Horses Leg swell but especially in the month of March ride him into a River where the Water runs swiftly up to the Mid-leg and there let him stand not above a quarter of an hour then when you set him up in the Stable take a Wisp and a Payl of Water and dash the Water against his Legs till they be clean This is a Cure for swelled Legs in a very short time that is when they are not broken out but only swelled Proved XCII For Foot-foundring THat Foot which is foundred he will set before the other For Remedy pare him down to the quick if he bleed it matters not then set on his Shoe very hollow then take Flax or Tow and make a pretty thick Cake thereof and spread Venice Turpentine thereon a good thickness then lay it all over the bottom of the Hoof and put a piece of the upper Leather of a Shoe to keep it in At 3 daies end lay on a new Plaister as before If his Foot grow again pare him to the quick again and every third day lay on a new Plaister till you see him go better he must run abroad in low grounds this Plaister will draw down the humours exceedingly Continue thus doing and if he have not been foundred too long this will cure him in a month or very little more perfectly To further the Cure you may let him blood at the Toes nevertheless the place should not be dirty that he goes in Proved XCIII For the Garget in the Throat of a Cow IF you have an Ox or Cow or Bullock that hath the Garget in the Throat it comes for want of Water it will cause a swelling under the sides The Remedy is first to cast the Beast then cut the skin through in the midst of the swelling and flea the skin from the flesh so far as any swelling goes then take of the whitest Wood-ashes that you can get sifted fine mix them with some mouldy stale old Piss stir them well together and wash the Sore therewith Proved XCIV Another for a Garget at the Root of the Tongue of a Cow A Garget at the Root of the Tongue is a certain swelling under the Root of the Tongue which causeth his head and face to swell also and to froth at the mouth he will then for sake his meat with often gulping in his throat The Remedy is first cast him in soft straw from bruising his body then take his Tongue in your hand and pull it out as far as you can and with the point of a sharp Penknife slit down the middle Vein an inch right under the Tongue and there will come forth black blood and water which comes from the Gall then rub the place with Salt and Vinegar mingled together and it will cure Proved XCV For the Garget in the Guts of a Cow or Bullock THe signs are these The Beast will run at the Eyes drivel and slaver at the Mouth with a sad heavy countenance For Remedy take an Egg-shel full of Tar and put it down her Throat then take two handfuls of Salt and put it into a pint of Verjuyce and put it down the Beasts Throat with a Horn then drive her to and fro till she dung Keep her fasting four hours after Proved XCVI For the over-flowing of the Gall in a Cow or Bullock THe signs are extraordinary fulness of the Body and slavering at the mouth The Remedy Take an Egg-shell full of Tar and put it down her Throat having before a pint of Verjuyce or Vinegar and a pennyworth of Cloves beaten boyl the Verjuyce and Cloves together and when you take it off the fire put in two good handfuls of Salt and give it her lukewarm with a Horn immediately after the Egg-shell full of Tar and drive her to and fro Proved XCVII For a Horse or Cow that makes red-Red-water TAke a Red herring with a hard Row and cut it as small as you can and put it into a quart of strong Beer and give the Beast it luke-warm and in twice giving it is a Cure Proved XCVIII For a Horse that is Back-swanckt or for a Strain in the Kidneys being over-burthened in the Hinder part or in Race-running or by being over-strained in the Back TAke a fat hot Sheeps-skin just as it comes from the back of the Sheep as soon as she is kill'd mix four pennyworth of Nerve-oyl and four pennyworth of Turpentine well together and besmear or anoint the inside of the Sheeps-skin all over and clap it to the place of the back where the grief lies which commonly is in the Navil-place of the back-bone In that part of the back-bone is a horse mostly swanckt of when you have thus laid it along his back-bone make a Crupper to go under his Tail to keep it on and a breast-plate before and fasten them together to girt it upon him for a month till his back be knit and strengthened Proved Here followeth Nathaniel Shaw's Receipts which are all approved things and he is accompted as able a Farrier as any is in London I have both proved my self and seen him prove most of them both Inward and Outward and although the former Receipts in this Book will do much good Yet these go beyond them in many things both for cheapness and readiness of the Cure
and let them boyl till the Beer be boyled half away then take them off the fire and put into it a quarter of a pound of Butter and a quarter of a pound of Hony and give the Horse of this to drink three times in nine daies in the morning fasting and give him warm Water to drink all the while with a handful of Bran put into it give him of this Drink a quart at a time Buy of these Roots green dry them and beat them small and keep them from wind and air for your use If you cannot get the root of Solomon's Seal make use of the other things they may do well without but better with it Let him stand in the time of the Cure To this Drink you may add Penny-royal Clarey and Comfrey they are all knitting and strengthening Herbs Proved CXXIX For a new Wound made with a Stake or such like thing Stub or Fork First wash the Wound well with Butter and Vinegar melted together then take a Clout and tye it about a sticks end and dip it in some Linseed Oyl and run it to the bottom of the wound anoint it well and in a short time nothing but this will heal it and kill the Gangrene of it If the Wind get into the Wound and cause it to swell anoint it with the Oyl of Populeon round about the swelling Train-oyl and Verdigrease melted together will heal and skin any Wound well and quickly Proved CXXX For a Stub in the Foot or Heel For an over-reach with the Toe of the After-foot upon the Heel of the Fore-foot A Tread or Cut above the Hair or when a Stone hath cut a Horses Leg. FIrst wash the Wound with fair Water or with Water and Salt when the Wound is dry take a big Onyon or two or three small ones to the bigness of a great one a spoonful of Pepper beaten small as much Crown-sope as the bigness of an Egg these three things must be beaten to a Salve and laid upon a Linnen-cloth and laid to the Wound four and twenty hours and at the end of that time dress it as you did before and so continue doing every four and twenty hours till it be whole If this quantity of Medicine bee too little make more As you see it heal dress it but once in two or three daies This Onyon Salve will prevent a Quitter-bone if you lay it to before it break This Salve is good to heal and cure all these hurts Proved CXXXI For a Horse that is prickt in the shooing and afterwards festred FIrst open it well and take out all the corruption to the very bottom so far as the Nayl did go then take three or four House-snails a little Salt as much Sope as a Walnut beat them altogether and lay it to the place that was pricked four and twenty hours till you see it begin to heal then dress it but once in two daies and in three or four dressings it will be whole When you lay this Medicine to the bottom of the foot lay some Flax Hards or Tow over it and over that a piece of Leather or Splinters to keep the Hards and Medicine in And if it break out or be soft above the top of the Hoof lay some of this Medicine to and bind it on with a Linnen rag Proved CXXXII For a Horse that is prickt with a long Channel Nail FIrst search it with your Buttris and drawingknife till you find where the Channel Nail went in open it well and give it all the ease you can search it to the bottom with a little Tow at your Instruments end then drop ten or twelve drops of the Oyl of Turpentine into the hole take a little Tow or fine Lint at your Instruments end and dip it in the Oyl of Turpentine and put it in Tent-waies then mix a little Crown-sope a little Salt and a little Pepper beaten together and lay it over the former and Tow or Hards over it and a piece of Leather and Splinters over it to keep it in The Shooe must be taken off when you dress it and after to set it on again dress it once in four and twenty hours till it be whole If you find that after three or four times dressing that the Horse is in great pain still and that you fear a breaking out above the hoof then take out the Soal of his Foot and apply the Medicine in order as you were directed for a foundred Horse in Receipt CXXVII Do with this just as you are there directed to make the Soal come again after his Foot begins to grow again take as much Hogs Grease as an Egg and the like quantity of Burgundy Pitch mix them together and lay a pretty quantity thereof in the bottom of the Hoof and lay Hards or Tow over that and a piece of Leather or Splinters over it as you were formerly directed Dress it every day for three or four daies this Grease and Pitch will much nourish his Foot and strengthen it and keep it from drying up Let him stand in the time of his Cure and then if you please you may turn him out abroad Proved CXXXIII For a Brittle Hoof. LAy the Poultis to the bottom and top of the Hoof and Foot as you have directions for a Foundred Horse in Receipt CXXVII Lay that Poultis to and in three or four times dressing it will make his brittle Hoof tough and hard as you can desire Let him stand in the time of his Cure Proved CXXXIV For an Horses Yard foul and furr'd without so that he pisses in the Cod. TAke some fresh Butter and Whitewine Vinegar and melt them then pull out his Yard and do off the filth with your hand and wash it with the Butter and Vinegar till it be clean squirt some of it into his Yard with a Syringe it will much help him in this particular Proved CXXXV When a Horse doth not thrive and when his Coat stands staring and doth not lye smooth For an inward dry Surfet that causeth the Cods to swell sometimes continually and sometimes betwixt times When the Grease is melted and afterwards set and dried in his Body and his Legs sometimes swelled For an Horse that is Gaunt and will not fill or is Gut-foundred when he is Costive in Body and Dungs small To procure a Stomack The following Directions are admirable good for all these following Distempers FIrst make your Purge thus Take an ounce of fine Aloes the best is that which shines and glisters an ounce will cost you a shilling beat it to powder take a quarter of a pound of fresh Butter bray and mix these two well together and put a handful of Wheat-bran to it to make it stiff like a piece of Dough or Paste then roul it up in Balls made big in the midst and sharp at both ends this quantity will make four or five Balls then hold up his Head with a Drenching-stick and take his Tongue in
your Left-hand and put in one Ball to the root of his Tongue if you can that he may swallow it the better put your finger under his Tongue then give him a Hornful of strong Beer cold after it then give him a second Ball and a Hornful of Beer to wash it down and so do in like manner by all the rest then ride him a Mile gently and set him up warm Let him not eat not drink for five or six hours after it then give him a little clean Hay at Night not before and some warm Water to drink with some Wheat-bran put into it the next Morning give him warm Water to drink in the same manner and ride him a Mile gently and tye him to the Rack for an hour after then you may give him what meat he will eat at Night warm Water and Bran again the third day in the Morning after he hath done purging give him cold Water and before you ride him after his cold Water give him two ounces of Hony and half a pint of White-wine heated a little warm to make him piss and to clear his bladder and to beget a stomack then ride him a Mile or two gently and at Night ayr him again and so do Morning and Evening till he be well litter him well and keep him warm If you see that after his Purge and after you have given him the Hony and Whitewine he do not fall to his meat but is still bound in his body and dungs very small then give him this Cordial fasting two or three times and let there be two or three daies betwixt each Cordial giving It is thus made Take three pints of stale Beer course Houshold bread the quantity of half ae penny Loaf when these two are well boyled together take it off the fire and put into it a quarter of a pound of Hony and a quarter of a pound of fresh Butter give him all these together as a Cordial lukewarm then ride him a mile after it and set him up warm and tye him up to the Rack for three or four hours after it then give him a Mash of bursten Oats or Barly and warm Water with Wheat-bran in it till the Horse be come to his stomack and be loose bodied again which in two or three times giving he will be The fore-going Purge is admirable good for a dry Surfet and for a Horse that is bound in his body and dungs small The Cordial with Whitewine and Hony is admirable good for a Horse that is weak and hath little stomack to bring him to a stomack again When at any time for the fore going Diseases you give a Mash of bursten Oats to half a peck boyl a quarter of a pound of Fenygreek with them and put some of them into the Manger hot if he be loth to eat them because of the taste of the Fenygreek throw some Wheat-bran over them and he will eat them this is the only way to bring your Horse to a stomack and raise him suddenly Concerning his swelled Cods and swelled Legs as soon as his Purge hath done working take the Charge of Sope and Brandy and dab it on his swelled Cods or swelled Legs with a flat stick as it comes boyling hot off the fire three or four daies after it hath taken its course whilst he stands in the house take and ride him into the River up to his Saddle-skirts with the stream and against it half a quarter of an hour at a time wash him thus once every day or twice till you see the swelling quite down his Cods or Legs which will be in very few daies once laying on the Charge is enough If it be a dry Surfet give the Purge first and afterwards the Cordial of Whitewine and Hony But if he have a Cold and run at the Nostrils then first give him the following Drink made of Anniseeds Turmerick Brandy or Aqua-vitae Vinegar and Beer and three daies after give him the Purge and if you see his stomack to fail him give him the Cordial when a Horse is fat and lusty and then melted and the Grease set within him in this case use the Purge first But if he be fat and sick both together then give him the Whitewine and Hony and Cordials as you are before in this Receipt directed to bring him to a stomack first and when you have done that then give him the Purge and order him after it as you are there directed If there be hard Kernels between his Jaws or Chaps at the same time the Charge of Sope and Brandy laid hot upon them and heated well in in once doing it will either sink them flat or break them And if they break wash them with Butter and Vinegar and let them heal up of themselves All proved to be good and certain CXXXVI For a moist hot running Surfet that falls out of his Body into his Fore-legs and sometimes into his After-legs and sometimes into all four THis Surfet comes with Colds and Heats which are divers waies taken when it falls out of his Body into his Legs and runs hot moist white yellow thin thick stinking Water or Matter in this case the Horses breath will stink and smell very strong and his Legs will swell and stink extreamly when this Surfet breaks in his Body and falls down into his Legs at his first going out of the Stable he will hardly draw his Legs over the Threshold and he will be so stiff that he can hardly stir in the Stable but will hold up his Leg to his Midribs and although this Disease be never so violent in breaking out or causing his Legs to swell and run yet you need not fear Remedy for him if you observe these Directions following First keep him fasting all the Night before or give him but a very little meat to keep his jaws from falling the next day in the Morning before he drink let him blood on both the Neck-veins and let him bleed well then uncord him and give him this Drink following which will much purge and dry up his gross humours in his body and cleanse his blood Take one ounce of Aristolochia one ounce of Turmerick one ounce of Anniseeds dry and beat the Turmerick and Anniseeds small and grate the root of Aristolochia put all these together with one handful of Rew and a handful of Wormwood green or dry and one handful of Red-sage one handful of green Fennel if it be Winter that you cannot get green then take two ounces of Fennel-seeds and beat them small and put to the rest of the things and all put into an earthen pot or pan and put to them three pints of running and Spring-water and there let them lye in steep all Night the next Morning before you give it to him ride him a Mile till he be a little warm give it to him cold as it stood all night then after that ride him a Mile again and let him stand upon
him well in the River and at three or four daies distance if you see need require give him two or three Drinks more ordering him as before As soon as you have given him the first Drink with the end of your Cornet-horn let him blood in the furrow in the top of his mouth These Drinks will make him run at the Nose much white or yellow matter and they will make him spevv at the mouth much filth these Drinks vvill much purge and dry up all the gross humors in his body and cleanse the blood After these Drinks given you shall see the Farcions to appear vvith red heads and they vvill drop out of themselves and vvhere you see them ready to drop out apply this Medicine Take a quarter or half a pound of Roch-allum and put it into the fire and you shall see it run and be all of a Cake then take it out and beat it to povvder and mix as much as you think you shall use vvith your fasting Spittle till it be like an Oyntment and there vvhere you see they are ready to drop out lay a little of this upon the head of the bud vvhich is the head of the Farcey and vvhere you see they are hard in the flesh let them alone for some vvill dye and the rest vvill drop out of themselves ride him up and dovvn in the River tvvice a day as far as the svvelling goes a good vvhile after the Allum and Spittle have taken place These drinks vvill kill and dry up any pocky Gangrene Farcion let it be in the head body legs yea although it be run all over him it vvill dry them quite up These Drinks vvith the Soak in the River and the Allum and Spittle vvill make a speedy Cure Proved CXLVII For a Farcey in the Head IF it be in the Head and no vvhere else then blood him in both the Neck-veins in the morning before he hath drank then give him the former Drinks for a pocky Farcey and no Drink else and after that vvith your Cornet-horns point let him blood in the third Furrovv of the roof of his mouth and tye him up to the Rack for five or six hours then give him a little clean Hay and at night some vvarm Water and Bran I say if it be in his head and no vvhere else and that some certain small buds do there appear then do nothing but blood him in the Neck-veins and give him the Drink and bleed him in the palat of the mouth and at the very same time apply the Charge of Sope and Brandy as hot as you can and heat it well in lay it not upon the head of the buds but lay it all over the swelling and in a short time with the Drink using the Farcey will dye and the swelling will fall Proved CXLVIII For a swelling in the Fore-legs or After-legs IF the Beast have a great Surfet that falls down into his Fore or After-legs if you think it will come to a Farcey and you see it grow very hard or two or three buds appear you shall prevent it by giving him two or three Drinks for the pocky Farcion at three daies distance between every Drink and by charging the swelled Legs with Sope and Brandy if it be not broken before If you fear a Farcey or see a few buds do thus three or four daies after the Sope and Brandy is laid on ride him into the River half a quarter of an hour at a time twice a day Proved CXLIX For a Swelling in the Brisket below the Chest IF it be a Surfet that swells in the Brisket or in any other part of the Beast if you think it will come to a Farcey and you see two or three buds to appear then give him two or three Drinks for the pocky Farcey at three daies distance between each Drink Let the swelling be broke or not broke lay the Charge of Sope and Brandy hot on above the buds and heat it well in after the buds appear lay the Allum and Spittle upon it These Remedies are enough for Diseases of this Nature Proved CL. For a Swelling with a Blow upon the Chest or any other part IF the Swelling comes by means of a blow be it where it will be it hot or cold if it be not broken lay nothing to it but the Charge of Sope and Brandy and heat it well in and in four or five daies it will either quite sink it or break it If it break see from pag. and there you will meet with directions for the purpose Proved CLI For a Farcey that is broken out in the Legs IF you see it to be thus then do not Charge it except you see it to swell above those buds up to the body-wards and then in such a case lay on the Charge of Sope and Brandy to stop it from running higher as you are in many places in this Book taught before upon the swelling all over above the buds but not upon the buds below only let him blood on the Neck-veins and in the third Furrow in the roof of his Mouth and then give him one or two of the pocky Farcion drinks at three daies distance till you see all the swelling killed and dryed up with the Charge of Sope and Brandy and the Drinks Those buds that are broken lay the Allum and fasting Spittle upon them and they will dry and heal up for those that are in the flesh some will dye in the flesh and some will drop out This is a certain Cure Proved CLII. For a Water-Farcey THe Signs to know it from a Pocky Farcey are these He will swell in great Bags as big as your head sometimes most along under the Belly and sometimes about his Chaps and under his Jaws The Remedy Take a Nail-rod and make it bending at the end the length of a fleam so as it may a very little more then go through the skin at this end make it red hot and with it strike many holes all over the swelling and you shall see the yellow water come out pouring and the swelling whether in his Jaws or Chaps or under his Belly suddenly fall quite down this done to qualifie the heat of the Iron rub a little Sope upon it and give him but one Drink for this which you give for the pocky Farcion The more you work any Farcey Horse the sooner the Cure will be done and the better he will thrive If your Horse be poysoned with any poysonable Medicine your often putting him into the cold Water will destroy the working of it that it will not go any further Give him warm Water to drink and let him stand in the House the time of the Cure Proved You may work any Farâ—ied Horse with another but let them neither stand together nor feed together And to make all sure give the sound Horse one or two Drinks at three daies distance which you give for a pocky Farceyed Horse and those Drinks
with the end of your Cornet-horn This Drink at once giving will kill the Botts and take him off his faintness and much cleanse and purge him of tough gross humours in his body upon which the Worms do breed Culpepper saith that Box-tree leaves are excellent good to kill the Botts in Horses they are hot dry and binding you may put in a handful of them into this Drink and try conclusions Proved CLXV For a Fever in a Horse THe Signs are The Horse will fall suddenly sick and be very weak he will go heavy and sad as if he would tumble down and be gaunt in his belly fall from his meat and look weakly in his Eyes hang down his head and stand drooping when this sickness first takes him he will tremble and quake as if he had an Ague For this Disease take no blood from him by any means it is death if you do The Remedy is Take half an ounce of Diapente one ounce of Bay-berries half an ounce of Long-pepper beat all these together then take half an ounce of Diascordium and put all these into a pint and a half of strong Beer heat it lukewarm and give it to your Horse at any time of the day for this Disease is dangerous and will admit of no delayes clothe and litter him up very warm the Diascordium in the Drink will cause him to lye down and sleep after the Drink hath done working and the Horse done sweating then give him half a pint of Whitewine and two ounces of Hony mix them together and heat them luke-warm and give it him in the Stable and after you come to ayr him you may give it him abroad three or four hours after give him a Cordial made of three pints of stale Beer and a quarter of a pint of Hony and a quarter of a pound of Butter and a good piece of houshold bread boyl them a little together and give it him lukewarm and set him up for that night give him warm Water and Bran at night next morning fasting give him the Cordial again and at nine or ten a clock warm Water and Bran at two or three a clock Whitewine and Hony and at night warm Water and Bran and afterward now and then a Cordial and Whitewine and Hony and moderate ayring will soon bring him to his stomack when you see he is able to walk abroad ayr him once or twice a day it will do him much good These Cordials Wine and Hony and ayring of him will cause the Beast to amend apace After he comes to eat his meat pretty handsomly take some blood from his Spur-veins the Frets from him swetting will do him much good If he lye down and sleep it will bring him down to his senses and the Horse will mend much in twenty four hours If Diascordium do not make him take rest according to your mind then you may take as much Poppy-seeds as will lye upon a sixpence in two half Hornfuls of any Beer if you cannot get Poppy-seeds which some call Red-weed-seeds then buy white-poppy-White-poppy-water at the Apothecaries and give at each Nostril a spoonful and that will make him sleep heartily Proved CLXVI For a dry inward Mange THe Signs are these his Hair will come off by plats and sometimes it will come all off from head to tayl and there will be a dry Scurfie Mange as well where the hair comes off as where it stayes on it is an extream heat of the blood which causes the hair to scale off and causeth the dry Mange in his body If his body be dried up and wasted that the Horse be miserable lean and overcome with it then give him this one Drink and no more not else viz. One ounce of the flower of Brimstone two ounces of Rosin beaten small one ounce of Turmerick beaten small one ounce of Anniseeds beaten small put all these except the Brimstone into a quart of strong Beer heated lukewarm and give it him fasting put the Brimstone at the mouth of the Horn to put it down with the other things tye him up to the Rack for four or five hours then give him warm Water and Bran at night bursten Oats the next day after give him in his Provender two spoonfuls of Rosin beaten to powder at night the like the next day the like and then no more This is to cleanse and purge away the Mangy surfet that is in his body and causeth the outward Mange Also do thus two or three daies after his Drink scrape off all the Scabs and Scurf clean with the back of your Knife or some other thing for that purpose till the Blood and Water appear Then presently mix an equal proportion of Oyl of Turpentine and Beer together as will serve and shake them well together in a Glass Vial and anoint the Horse all over but once and it is an absolute Cure It will smart terribly tye him close for an hour till it have taken its course But if you be merrily disposed as soon as you have drest him all over with it bid the Fellow go home with him and set him up but believe it he will not hold him long for the Beast will run away with him and kick and wallow and rub in a most strange manner that one would think he were stark mad but it will have done smarting in half an hour It is a gallant Receipt If the Horse be not much pined and shrunk of his flesh do nothing but anoint him once outwardly and give him this Drink and the Oyl of Turpentine and Beer will kill the Mange of a Beast Dog Bullock or any thing with once dressing Proved CLXVII To stop bleeding at the Nose or in the Mouth where the Fleam or Knife hath cut a great Gash Or when you have cut the Vein in a Quitter-bone and it bleed that you know not how to stop it FOr any of these when nothing will stop it this following will First take a Chafing-dish of hot Coles and burn three or four Linnen Rags upon the Coles laying them one upon another and let the Horses Mouth be over the smoak all the while as the blood doth fall out of the Horses Nose and quench them so you must blow them up with your breath again till the Coles have burnt the Rags as black as a Cole which when you perceive take them as they are burnt black and bled upon by the Horse and put them up into each Nostril an hand high then hold up his Head and have in readiness three or four quarts of strong Beer and pour it down his Throat to wash down the smoak and clotted blood which lyes in his Throat If he snort the burnt Rags out have other burnt hot Rags in a readiness to put up his Nostrils And you must remember as well when you fume him as when you have stopt his Nostrils with burnt Rags to be often pouring down his throat cold Beer because the blood returning a contrary
way will choak him This course taken will stop bleeding at the Nose of a man If an Horses mouth be cut with a fleam at any time when you let him blood in the Mouth and the fleam glance and cut a gash in his Mouth and that it bleed so that you know not how to stop it then take some of these burnt Rags and lay them as hot into the Wound as you can and afterward take another clean Rag and lay it over the Wound to keep in the burnt Rags and tye on each side his Teeth a small string overthwart to keep it close to for 24 hours at the end of which time you may take off the Cloth but let the burnt Rags lye in the Wound as long as you please for they will draw and heal mightily when they come out you may put in more and do as you did before and so for a Quitter-bone is you cut it till all the Veins bleed and you cannot stanch the blood then take of these hot burnt Rags and fill the hole full and they will stop the blood in a very short time and let it lye there for 24 hours and they will draw it as white as can be so that you may see what to do afterward This will stop the blood either at Nose or in any Wound Proved CLXVIII For a Cold new or old or a Cough wet or dry TAke of Rue one handful chop or stamp it very small and put to it a penny worth of Anniseeds beaten to very fine powder make it up in Pills with sweet Butter and so give it to your Horse in a pint and an half of Ale or Beer fasting ride him upon it and let him fast four or five hours after it Do this every third morning till you see his Cough quite gone This hath been found to be most soveraign for an Horse that hath a Cold whether newly or formerly taken or for a wet or dry Cough It is also most excellent for an Horse that hath been over-ridden or any waies wronged by labour Proved CLXIX For a young Horse that hath taken a new Cold. TAke Water and Salt as much as will suffice brew them well together make it Blood-warm and give it him and do after as is necessary This I find to be singular good to be given to a young Horse that hath newly taken cold Proved CLXX For a new taken Cold with a Coughing TAke of Bayes of Anniseeds and of Liquorish of each half a pennyworth of brown Sugar-candy one pennyworth make all these into powder and sew them up in a fine Linnen-rag and so tye it to the Bit or Snaffle of the Bridle and so ride a Journey and travel him If it be a Cold newly taken it will cure him in a shore time This I have tryed and found to be good for it will cure both Cold and Cough if it be thus used with riding and exercise Proved CLXXI. For the Botts TAke as much black Sope as a Walnut as much flower of Brimstone and a little Garlick bruised put these into a pint and an half of strong new Beer or sweet Wort steep it all night and give it the beast next morning fasting and tye him up to the Rack three or four hours after then give him warm Water and what meat you please Proved CLXXII For a Blood-Spavin FIrst Take a strong Shop-halter and put the Noose or Head-stall about his Neck close to his shoulders then take the other end of the Halter and take the contrary After-foot from the ground which the Blood-Spavin is not upon and put the other end of the Halter about his Pastern and draw it with the Halter from the ground and tye it to the Head-stall of the halter that he may not set it down by doing thus you may take up the Vein and sear him as he stands but the best way will be to cast him and to tye his other three Legs and let that be at liberty then before you take up the Vein half a foot above the Spavin-place in the small of the Ham in the inside of his Leg you must first draw the skin cross with your fingers on one side of the Vein then cut a hole in the skin an inch and an half long down his Leg thus in that part of the skin which will lye right over the Vein then let the cut go and the Skin will lye over the Vein then with the point of your Cornet-horn length-waies as the wound is cut chafe and fret the thin skin or film a pieces that you may see the Vein lye blew then with the point of your Cornet-horn by degrees run it between the Vein and the Skin and raise the Vein above the Skin and after that put two short Shoomakers ends between the Vein and the Flesh a little distance one from the other to tye or take up the Vein after it hath done bleeding then and not before with the point of a Pen-knife slit a little hole length-waies in the Vein not cross the Vein by no means for fear of cutting the Vein a pieces you must open the Vein as it lyes upon the Horn and when it hath bled enough tye the ends that you before put under it above the slit of the Vein pretty hard and tye the other bonds end below the slit of the Vein pretty just and leave the bonds end an inch long hanging without the Skin to keep the hole open that the matter may come out at it and that the Skin may not heal up before the wax threds have eaten the Vein a pieces vvhich vvill be vvithin a Week vvhen you have tyed up the Vein as is shevved you then put into the hole or vvound a little piece of Butter and Salt mixed together to heal it up after all this before you let dovvn his Leg in case you do it standing but vvhether you do it standing or lying this you must do Take a Nail-rod at the same time and make it vvith a thick edge bending or hook't back heat it hot and make in the bent of the Leg vvith it one long strike dovvnvvards sear it besides the Sinevvs till the skin looks yellovv make the searing thus in the bent of the Leg besides the Sinews but not upon the Sinews as the foregoing figure shews you and thus you must sear him on the inside and on the outside of the Knee where you see the swelling appear there you must sear him likewise with one Line and two crosses cross it in this manner After you have thus seared it then apply this Charge A quarter of a pint of Brandy-wine or for want thereof a quarter of a pint of Aqua-vitae and a pennyworth of Crown-sope boylthem together till they come to a white Salve then lay it all over the Swelling as hot as you can with a flat-stick and heat it well in with a bar of Iron once laying on this Charge is enough when this hath lain on a Week then
Sussingle so straight that the tail may be close to his Tewel or Fundament that he cannot purge till it be loosened This done mount his back and ride him gently an easie trot or foot-space for half an hour then set him up cloathed and littered with the Bit in his mouth three hours during which time he will purge kindly then give him White water and Hay and at night a few Oats for he must be kept to a spare diet The next day mix well together the powder of Brimstone and fresh Butter and anoint all along two Goose-feathers and run a thred through either of their Quills ends that you may fasten the thred to the top of the head-stall of his Bridle and run them up as high as you can into each nostril and so ride him an hour or two and this will purge his head and lungs and cause him to send forth much filthy matter but when you set him up take them out and an hour after give him Hay and White water and Bran prepared which he should have before you ride him abroad The next day give him his Glister again and let him rest for that day but ordered in all things as before the next day use the Goose-feathers again and order him as you did before And all this is but to prepare him for this after-Drink that followeth but you must observe to keep him alwaies warm and let him be ever fasting and empty before you give him any Physick and air him Evening and Morning if the Sun shine or the weather be warm or calm Then three daies after give him this Drink following which is called the Black Drink CLXXIX The Black drink for the Glanders TAke new-made Chamberlie and of the best and strongest White-wine Vinegar of each half a pint then take of Mustard-seed two or three spoonfuls and make Mustard thereof with Vinegar and grind it well then put your Vinegar and Chamberly to the Mustard and stir them well together then take of Tar and Bay-salt of each alike as much as may suffice incorporate them well together and convey so much thereof as two or three Eggshels will hold their meat being first taken out having prepared these things keep him over night to a very spare diet and the next morning take and ride him first till he begin to sweat then give him the Eggshels filled with Tar and Salt as before prescribed and as soon as he hath taken that give him with a Horn the afore-named drink made of Chamberly Vinegar and Mustard all at the mouth except two small hornfuls which must be powred into his Nostrils which when he hath taken ride him again as much as you did before set him up and clothe and litter him warm and so let him stand upon the Bit until three or four a Clock then un-bit and give him a warm Mash and order him in all things as is usual for Horses taking Physick Give him this Medicine or Drink every other third day if the Horse be strong and if he be weak in body once in three or four daies And this is an infallible Cure in three or four times giving if it be rightly given though he be far spent Proved CLXXX To cure the Glanders running at the Nose Also all Colds and Rheums FIrst observe this alwaies when you give him Oats put some Hony to them and rub them very well together betwixt your hands continue to do thus till he leave running at the Nose This is one of the best and most certain Cordials that I know for it disperseth all the Flegm and Choller it also purgeth the Head and Brain it purifieth the Blood it venteth evil Humours it causeth a good digestion and freeth a Horse from Glanders Colds Catarrhs Rheumes runing at the Nose c. Proved CLXXXI For a Fistula or Gangrene in the Foot by reason of some Channel-Nail which hath lain long and deep in the Foot that breaks out above the Hoof and causeth the sole of the foot to come out and causeth the Leg and Pastern to swell very much IF this Nail cause the sole of the foot to come out and do break out above the Hoof and cause the Pastern and Leg to swell but in case the Sole of the Foot be not come out then take it out as you were directed formerly by girting the foot-lock hard and when you have taken out the Sole of the foot as you are there directed search the wound with a little Towe at the Instruments end to see which way and how far the Cannel-Nail went when you see where the holes are drop in ten or twelve drops of the oyl of Turpentine and take a little fine Towe or a little Lint at your Instruments end and dip it in the Turpentine and put it in Tent-waies then over this Tent lay to the bottom of the Hoof a handful of Nettle-tops and a handful of Salt well beaten together stuff his foot well with Towe and let it lie on twenty four hours and ever when you dress it take off the Shoe and when you have dressed it tack on the Shoe again dress it thus once a day with a Tent dipt in Turpentine and laid to the Sole first and then the Nettles and Salt over that till you see the Sole come on a little and when you see it a little grown then apply the Poultis following in this manner but not before and lay over the Poultis Hards or Towe and over the Towe a piece of Leather and over the Leather splinters of wood with his Shoe taken off and set on again as you were shewed in another place let him stand dry and in the house till he be whole which will be in a few daies the Poultis must lie on the first dressing twenty four hours the second dressing fourty eight hours the third dressing fourty eight hours and so continue till the Sole of the foot be grown firm and strong again The Poultis is thus made Take half a pint of salt Beef or Pork brine and put it into a Skillet a quarter of a pound of Kitchin-stuff grease and when you have boiled these two a pretty while together put some Wheat-bran to it and make it not too thick nor too thin when you have taken out his Sole and untied the Cord about his Pastern if it bleed much then put a handful of Salt into the bottom of the Foot with Towe Hards or Flax between the Sole of the Foot and the Shoe and Splinters and a piece of Leather over it to keep it in at twenty four hours take it off and lay on the Nettles and Salt as you were before directed but no otherwise Thus much for the Cure of the sole of the Foot But mark what followeth which belongeth to the foregoing Receipt which is when the nail in the foot doth not only cause the Sole of the foot to come out but also breaketh out above the Hoof and causeth a Gangrene or swelling in
Take five or six Eggs and lay them in sharp White-wine Vinegar till the shells be somewhat soft then take his tongue in your hand and put them down his throat one after another give them fasting and let him neither eat nor drink of five or six hours after ride him a mile or two after you have given it him give him warm water to drink for once and keep him warm This will Cure him forthwith Proved CLXXXVII A suppository to supple the Guts to dissolve and send forth all dry and hot Excrements FIrst Rake him then take a great Candle of four in the pound and cut off three Inches at the smaller end then anoint the other part being the bigger end with Sallet oyl or fresh Butter and soput it up into his fundament then hold his Tail to his Tewel half an hour or tye it close to his Tewel with a strap of Leather and fasten it to his Sussingle and in half an hours time it will be dissolved then let loose his Tail and leap his back and trot him up and down till he do begin to empty and purge himself for by this means it will work the more kindly this is the most gentle of all suppositories Proved CLXXXVIII Another Suppository to be given that you dare not without peril of his life give him any thing else inwardly Then give him this TAke of common Honey six ounces of Salt-nitre one ounce and a half of Wheat-flowr and of Anniseeds in fine powder of each one ounce boyl all these together to a stiff thickness and so make it into Suppositories anoint these as you did the former and your hand also and so put it up into his Fundament the length of your hand then tye his Tail between his Legs for half an hour in which time the Suppository will be dissolved then ride him and order him as before This is very good especially in case of Surfeits or inward Sickness rake him first and keep him warm Proved CLXXXIX A Suppository to purge Flegm TAke a piece of Castle-soap pare it and bring it into the fashion of a Suppository put it into his Fundament and order him as before Proved CXC A Suppository to purge Choler TAke Savin as much as will suffice and stamp it to Mash and stamp with it Stavesacre and Salt of each two ounces boyl them in common Honey as much as will suffice to make it thick and so make it up into Suppositories and Administer one of them like as you are before shewn and order him accordingly CXCI. A Suppository to purge Melancholy TAke a Red Onion and pill it and jagg it cross-waies with your Knife and so administer it and order him as before CXCII Another Suppository TAke a pint of common Honey and boyl it till it be thick and make it up into Suppositories as it cooleth and administer it as before and order him also in the like manner This Suppository purgeth evil humours it cooleth and comforteth the body very much and causeth a good appetite to meat Proved CXCIII Directions for Suppositories FIrst observe this When at any time you do administer either Potions Glisters or Suppositories you must do it in a Morning fasting Except necessity urge the contrary Secondly you must not at those times suffer him to drink cold water no not with exercise but either sweet Mashes or White water Thirdly it is very needful before you administer any of these that you Rake him and be sure you keep him warm A Suppository is but a preparative for a Glister or Purge to make that way that they may purge the better CXCIV To kill Worms TAke Bears-foot and Savin Lavender Cotton the flower of Brimstone give it him in sweet wort it will kill the Worms and turn them into slime Ask for the powder of Caroline at the Apothecaries it is as admirable a thing to kill Worms as can be you may give three or four penny-worth at a time in a pint and a half of sweet Wort. It is a very safe thing Proved CXCV. To purge by Grass in Summer IF your Horse be surfeited or hath been over laboured the Winter before then turn him out when the Grass is in the best heart Now that Grass that will purge most and best is a new mowen Meadow for that will rake his Guts very well nor will he in such a place gather flesh therefore let him go there not above fourteen or eighteen days and then put him into some other Pasture where the Grass hath not been touched with a Syth and there he will belly well and in a short time recover much flesh and be very fat and lusty This purging will scowr him bravely and send away all ill humours and surfeits and ease his Limbs marvellously well and do his legs and feet much good and refine his corrupt bloud and make him nimble and full of spirit Also to mowe green Rye before it be eared is most wholesom for it scowreth cleanseth and cooleth the body very much so do the leaves of Sallow and the leaves of the Elm-tree CXCVI. A Glister for a Sick surfeited Diseased Horse IF your Horse be newly taken from Grass and that you hold it needful his body should be cleansed from bad humours which either his Grass or former Surfeits might bring First Rake him and then give him this Glister following viz. Take Mallows three handfuls Marsh Mallow Roots cleansed and bruised two handfuls Violet leaves two handfuls Flax-seed three spoonfuls and as many of the Cloves of white Lilly Roots as you may easily hold in your hand boyl all these in fair water from a Gallon to a Wine quart then strain it and put thereto one ounce of Sena which must be infused or steeped in the Liquor three hours standing upon the hot Embers then put thereto half a pint of Sallet oyl and then administer it Glister-wise blood-warm and cause him to keep it half an hour or longer if you can and the best time to give this Glister is 3 or 4 dayes before the full or change of the Moon but if occasion be you may give it any other time this Glister is to be given to a foggy fat Horse which otherwise cannot be kept clean It purgeth the Guts abundantly and it is cheifly to be given an Horse that is newly taken from Grass And the next day after you have given him this Glister give him this drink following CXCVII A Purge TAke the strongest Ale-wort one quart of Honey a quarter of a pint of London Treacle two ounces mix and brew them all together and give it him blood-warm then keep him upon the bit six hours after warm clothed and well littered and give him a sweet Mash and White water and Rack him with sweet Wheat-straw Oats and Bran this both purgeth and comforteth two or three dayes after give him this Drink following CXCVIII. Another Purge TAke a pint of White-wine and put into it one ounce of Sena and let it steep
all night next morning betimes strain it and put into it one ounce of the best Aloes made into fine powder half an ounce of Agarick and a spoonful of powder of Liquorish mix and brew them altogether and so give it to your Horse blood-warm and ride him gently a quarter of an hour after it and so set him up warm well clothed and littered and let no cold ayr come to him nor let him eat nor drink of six hours after and at night give him a sweet Mash or White water and let his Rack-meat be sweet Wheat-straw Oats and Bran the next day let him blood and prick him in the third Furrow of his Mouth and if his blood be bad take two quarts from him but if good scarce a quart keep him warm and give him sweet Mashes or White water and put into his Drink either the powder of Brimstone or of Fenygreek or Turmerick or of Elecampana one or more together according as he will be brought to like and take them which being well mixed put thereof into his Drink a spoonful at a time And this is very good to cool the blood purge Choler and other peccant humours and to purifie and refine the Blood And this is not only good for Horses newly taken from Grass but for other sick surfeited diseased Horses CXCIX Another Purge TAke one ounce and a quarter of Gentian slice it thin boil it in a quart of Beer till it come to a pint and give it him blood-warm It will make him very sick for a short time but you need not fear for it will do him much good let him fast after it five or six hours and then give him a Mash or White water and the next day give him this following Mingle Honey with his Oats and rub the Honey and Oats well together between your hands and continue thus doing till you see him quite cured which will be when he hath done running at the Nose This is one of the best Cordials I know for it disperfeth all Flegm and Choler it purgeth the head and Brain it purifieth the Blood it venteth evil Humours it causeth good Digestion and freeth an Horse from Glanders Colds Catarrhs Rheums running at the Nose and the like as you may see set down before which is the same with this this and the Purge before going you must give one after another And for the Honey and his Oats mixed together I conceive you may give them in other causes as when an Horse is troubled with cold Rheums running at the Nose Glanders Flegm or Choler or such like CC. Of Glisters and their use A Glister is given as a preparative to a purging Drink and a Glister by cleansing the Guts refresheth the Vital parts and prepareth the way before wherefore I advise every Farrier before he give a Drink whether purging or otherwise if the Horse be not at that time soluble in body that after Blood-letting the next day he give a Glister this done he may the better give what is requisite otherwise if he give the Drink before the Glister he may stir and provoke the evil humours which by reason of much costiveness and Wind and other impediments in his Guts do attempt to make their passage by a contrary way which cannot be done without great hazard to the life of the Beast I therefore advise if the beast be costive and bound in his body to give a Suppository or Glister First and after his Purging drink CCII. What a Decoction is A Decoction is a broth made of divers Herbs as Mallows Marsh-Mallows Pellitory Camomile and sometimes white Lilly roots and such like things which we do boyl in water to a third part and sometimes we use instead of herbs and water to take the fat of Beef-broth or the broth of a Sheep's head Milk Whey or sum such kind of Liquor CCII. What quantity òf Broth or Decoction is put in to make a Glister FOr the quantity we do administer according to the Age strength and greatness of the Horse for if he be of a strong and able body of large growth and stature fat and lusty in this case we put in three pints but if he be of a small growth weak sick feeble or lean in this case a quart is enough we use to put in half a pint of oyl of Salt two or three drams and sometimes we put in Verjuyce and sometimes Hony as we see cause Drugs we use as Sena Cassia Agarick Anniseeds oyl of Dill oyl of Camomile oyl of Violets Sugar-candy and such like CCIII For the quantity of Drugs put into a Glister FOr the quantity of Drugs you ought not to exceed the quantity of three ounces in one Glister at the most neither put in above four ounces of Butter and let it be but blood-warm when you administer it CCIV. What time is fit for an Horse to keep his Glister When you give it him let him be empty and before he do receive it Rake him After you have given it him let him keepe it half an hour it will do it the more good the longer he keep it the more good it will do him hold his Tail close to his Fundament all the while CCV The length of the Glister-pipe THe best Instrument wherein to give an Horse a Glister is a Pipe made of purpose which ought to be twelve inches in the Shank which must also be put home And when the Glister is put into his body then draw a way the pipe by degrees not all at once CCVI. A Glister for a Horse that is bound in his body and cannot dung TAke the fat of Beef-broth if he be Sick weak and lean a pint and a half is enough if he be big fat and lusty you may put in two or three pints put to it half a pint of English-hony and two drams of white Salt mix them well together and administer it Glister-wise blood-warm then clap his Tail close to his Tewel for half an hour or longer and if then it do not work as I am confident it will ride him up and down a gentle trot for half an hour more but not till he sweat then set him up warm clothed and littered and let him stand upon the Bit four or five hours in which time he will purge kindly then unbit him and give him sweet Hay and an hour after that give him White water and he may drink any cold water in a day or two after and this is the best cure for this Malady This Glister will open and loosen the body bring away all offensive humous remove all obstructions ingendred in the body by means of excessive heat it cleanseth the Guts and purgeth away all slimy substance And this you will find to be the best remedy for a Horse that is costive and bound in his body and that cannot dung This hath been often proved CCVI. For another Glister TAke two handfuls of Melilot two handfuls of Pellitory if you can get neither
the Footlock The cure is to anoint them with Turpentine Verdigrease mixed together or Turpentine alone if it rankle not too much CCLXV. Of the Infirmities of Hoofs as false Quarters Loose Hoofs and Hoof-bound Hoof-running Hoof brittle Hoof hurt Hoof soft Hoof hard or generally to preserve Hoofs THe Hoof is subject to many infirmities-As first to half quarters which cometh by pricking and must be helpt by good shooing where the Shooe must bear on every part of the Foot but upon the half quarters only If the Hoof be loose anoint it with Burgundy Pitch and it will knit it if it be clean cut off then Burgundy pitch and Tallow molten together will bring a new if it be bound or straightned it must be well opened at the Heels the Soal kept moist and the Cornet anointed with the fat of Bacon and Tar if the srush of the Foot run with stinking matter it must be stopped with Soot Turpentine and Bole-Armoniack mixed together if it be brittle and broken then anoint it with Pitch and Linseed oyl moulten to a soft Salve If it be soft then stop it with Sope and the Ashes of a burnt Felt mixed together if the Hoofs be hard lay hot burnt Cinders upon them and then stop them with Tow and Tallow And generally for the preserving of all good Hoofs anoint them daily with the sward of Bacon CCLXVI. Of the Blood Spavin or Hough bony or any other unnatural Swelling from what cause soever it proceedeth THese two are Pustules or soft round Swellings the first is of the inside of the hinder Hough and the other on the very huckle of the Hough they are soft and very sore The Cure is first to bind up the Vein above and let it blood only from below then having tyed it fast with two Shoomakers ends on both sides then slit the Vein in two pieces then take Linseed and bruise it in a Mortar mix it with Cow dung and heat it in a Frying pan and so apply it to the swelling only and if it break and run then heal it with a plaister of Pitch and the Horse will never be troubled with a Spavin more But if the swelling come by strain or bruise then take Pitch grease and melt it anoint the Sore therewith holding a hot Iron near it to sink in the Grease then fold a Linnen cloth about it and it will asswage all Swellings whatsoever CCLXVII Of Wounds in the Feet as Gravelling Pricking Fig Retrait or Cloying IF your Horse have any wound in his Foot by what mischance soever you shall first search it to see if it be clear of any Nails point or other Splent to annoy it then wash it very well with White-wine and Salt and after tent it with the Oyntment called Aegyptiacum and then lay hot upon the tent Flax or Hards with Turpentine oyl and Wax mingled together and anoint all the Hoof on the top and Cornet with Bole-Armoniack and Vinegar do this twice in a day till the sore be whole CCLXVIII Hurts on the Cornet as the Quitterbone or Matlong THe Quitterbone is a hollow Ulcer on the top of the Cornet and so is the Matlong And the Cure is first to tent it with Verdigrease till you have eaten out the Core and made the wound clean then you shall heal it up with the same Salve that you heal the Scratches CCLXIX To draw out a Stub or Thorn TAke the herb Ditany and bruise it in a Mortar with black Sope and lay it to the Sore and it will draw out the Splint Iron or Thorn CCLXX. Of the Anbury or Tetter THe Anbury is a bloody Wart on any part of the Horses body and the tetter is a Cankerous Ulcer like it The Cure of both is an hot Iron to sear the one plain to the Body and to scarifie the other then take the juyce of Plantain and mix it with Vinegar Hony and the powder of Allom and with it anoint the Sore till it be whole CCLXXI. Of the Gords or String-halt THis is an unnatural binding of the Sinews which imperfection a Horse brought into the world with him and therefore it is certain it is incurable and not painful but an Eye-sore yet the best way to keep it from worse inconvenience is to bath his Limbs in the Decoction of Coleworts CCLXXII Of Spur-galling and fretting the Skin and Hair FOr this there is nothing better than Piss and Salt and to wash the Sore therewith daily CCLXXIII Of Sinews being cut IF the Horse Sinews be cut take the leaves of wild Nep or Woodbine and beat them in a Mortar with May-Butter apply it to the place and it will knit the Sinews CCLXXIV Of Knots in the Joynts PAtch grease applied as is afore shewed for Swellings will take away any hard knot in the flesh or upon the Sinews CCLXXV Of Venemous Wounds or bitings with a Mad Dog Tushes of a Boar Serpents or such like FOr any of these Mortal or venemous wounds take Yarrow Calamint and the Grains of Wheat and make it into a Salve and lay it to the Sore and it will heal it safely CCLXXVI Of Lice or Nits THe filthiness of Vermine is bred in a Horse through unnatural dislike and poverty The Cure is take the juyce of Beets and Staves-acre beaten together and with it anoint the Horses Body all over and it will make him clean CCLXXVII Of defending an Horse from Flies TAke the juyce of Pellitory of Spain and mixing it with Milk anoint the Horses bell therewith and no Flies will trouble him CCLXXVIII Of broken Bones or Bones out of Joynt AFter you have placed the bones in the true place take the Root of Osmond and beat it in a Mortar with the oyl of Swallows and anoint all the Member therewith then splent it and roul it up and in fifteen daies the bones will knit and be strong CCLXXIX A most famous Receipt to make an Horse that is lean and full of inward sickness sound and fat in fourteen daies TAke of Wheat-flower six pound Anniseeds two ounces Cummin-seeds six Drams Carthamus one Dram and a half Fenygreek seeds one ounce two Drams Brimstone one ounce and a half Sallet oyl one pint Hony one pound and a half White-wine a pottle this must be made into a Past the hard simples being beaten into a Powder and finely searced and kneaded together and so made into Balls as big as a mans fist then every morning consume one of these Balls in his cold water that he drinketh Morning and Evening for fifteen dayes together and at first if he be dainty to drink the water yet care not but let him fast till he drink it and after he begins to take it he will drink it with great greediness FINIS Books Printed and Sold by Henry Twyford ANderson's Reports in 2 Vol. fol. Bendlows Reports fol. Bulstrods and Bridgmans Reports fol. Lord Cokes 12th and 13th Reports fol. Herns Pleader fol. Huttons Latches and Lanes Reports fol.