sad heauie or deiected in countenance although hee bee cleare doe not labour him vntill you haue found the cause and remooued it 2. Secondly let not your horse eate any thing by two or three houres before you trauell him then not much vntill you come to your lodging for bayting at noone is naught and hurtfull except you rest 4. or 5. houres so as he may not trauell vpon a full stomacke and let his baite be small be sure he neuer weare a rusty Bit or Snaftle for feare of the canker Thirdly let your trauel be moderate except necessity which cannot be limitted enforce you come to your lodging long before night so as your horse may neither eat nor drinke vntill he be very cold if it be in winter time be sure to cloath couer his head breast very warme after trauel euery morning either squirt a little vinegar into his nosthrils or els rub them with oile de bay with a cloth nointed therewith fastned to the end of a sticke thrust vp and downe his nosthrils to purge his head Fourthly neither wash nor walke your Horse especially in the winter time for when he is very hot to walke him in the colde aire reason telleth you that it is not sufficient to keep him in moderat heat and to wash him it is a preparatiue to a speedy end or the least that may befal to bring him to some dangerous disease And to confirme the truth heerein I affirme and will by good and propable demonstration of truth make it manifest that there is no dangerous disease incident to Horse but the same proceedeth from the cause of heat or colde and none more dangerous then this neither can any Horseman or vnderstanding Farrier truely instance vnto me any particular disease to the contrary and to all young Horses the common messengers of death Fiftly when you trauell alight often from your Horse if cause of necessitie enforce not the contrary and lead your Horse to some place of grasse stravve or brakes and there staye and vvhistle vntill your Horse pisse vvhich by little custome he will vsually doe for the long retention of his vvater is many waies hurtfull and except it be in such places he is most vnvvilling to pisse because the sprinckling thereof vvill scalde his legges Sixtly if your Horse be very hot let him not drinke colde vvater but rather at some house and village giue him a quart of good beere or a pinte of vvine and if you doe vvater him by the vvay let him not drinke vntill he haue vvashed his mouth vvhich is done vvhen he thrusteth his head into the vvater presently pull vp his head vvhich vvill clense his mouth and let him drinke but little although there be necessitie and let it be fiue or sixe miles from your Inne and then ride him so as he may still keepe the same heate he vvas in vvhen he did drinke and vvhen you come to your Inne dresse him cleane from svveat and keepe him verye vvarme and let him not eat vntill he be colde and let it be gi-giuen him by little and little at a time and after drinke if neede be Seauenthly after his laboure if you can haue a conuenient place let him vvallovve himselfe for it dooth exceedingly comfort him and giueth delight to his whole bodie Eightly if he happen to fall sicke in your trauell which commeth commonly either by eating or drinking too much at one time by any accidental meanes the which being suden may be doubtfull truly to iudge Giue him a pinte of sacke or malmesey a quarter of a pint of Aqua vite with six penny worth of the best treacle and a quarter of a pinte of the best sallet oyle brew them well together giue him a draught and then take a new laid egge pul out his tongue bruse the shel and thrust it into his throate and then let goe his tougue then giue him another draught and after that another egge in the same manner and after all the saide drinke then let him blood in the pallate of his mouth and then rub it well with salte and put on his bridle stop him and clothe him head and body with clothes and giue him litter enough and feare him not but if you cannot haue sacke or wine nor treakle giue him halfe a pinte of Aqua-vite or any other comfortable vvater and tvvo egges in forme aforesaide to comfort his hearte which is the Chariot of his life Ninthly at the night giue him a good comfortable mashe if he will eate it and cleane svveet prouender such as he vvill eate bath all his legges with butter beere clense his feete and stop them with cow-dūg after he is sufficiētly fed giue him plenty of sweet litter and then suffer no man to come into the stable and shut all the vvindovves dores so as it may be very darke and early in the morning let him be thorougly dressed rubbed and before you ryde tvvo houres let him eate halfe a pecke of old sweete Oates with a pinte of the strongest Ale Beere Malmesey or White-wine for his breakefast Tenthly if that your Horse be young that you do trauell vpon which is the ouerthrowe of al fine mettell Horses when you come home and may rest then let him blood and if you finde his blood hot and darke coloured spare not to let him bleed vntill there come perfect blood after for three or foure daies keepe him with good mashes and giue the purging drinke before mentioned and with a pinte of white wine one ounce of Alloes dissolued into powder halfe an ounce of Agaricke and a spoonefull of the powder of licorish made blood-warme and well brewed together and let him not drinke colde water for foure or fiue dayes after and in his prouender put the powder of Brimstone Ennula campana and Polipodium of the oake well mingled together a good spoonefull at a time two or three howers before his water and he will remaine a most healthfull and sound Horse if he be thus vsed vntill he be eight yeares olde for then the chiefe danger is past Vita carnium est cordis Sanitas CHAP. 63. The order of curing Horses that are diseased the causes thereof the signes thereof and the cure toereof I Haue before shewed that the distemperature of the Elements and of their qualities of heat colde drynesse and moysture is sicknesse and their continuance their death in all creatures the which I pray you obserue as the onely causes thereof and that all cures consist in the contraies and that the safety and preseruation of the creature is in reducing them to a true iust and equall proportion of their temperature the which being well imprinted in your vnderstanding will remaine an euerliuing schoolemaster to direct you to rhe perfection of al Horsemanship CHAP. 64. Ague or Feuer in Horses THe learned doe holde three generall kindes First when the vitall spirits are inflamed
the hole full of salt For the same TAke Egremony hony and violet leaues stampe them together and flit the sinew vnderneath the care and lay a plaister thereunto three dayes For the same TAke a handfull of sorrell lap it in a bur-dock leafe and roste it in hot embers like a warden then take it out and very hot apply it to the kirnels and so let it rest a day and night and stil so renew it vntill the kirnels be rotten and breake and after all is rotted and gone take the yolke of an egge hony and wheat-flower well incorporated and made thicke and make plasters thereof to heale it CHAP. 94. For the Canker in the nose THis commeth of a corrupt blood consumeth the flesh and makes it rawe within and in the end will eate the gristle therof it will also cause the horse to bleed at the nose and yeild filthy sauour the cure is take of greene copperas and of Allom of each a pound and of white copperas one quarter boile these in a pottle of running water vntill it be almost halfe consumed then take it of and put into it halfe a pint of hony then hold vp his head with a drinking staff but not too high and with a squirt of brasse or elder squirt the same water being luke warme three or foure times together into his nostrils and giue him libertie to blowe out the filthy matter least you choke him and with a stick and a ragge wash his nostrils twice a day vntil he be whole For the same IF you see the canker be of great heate and burning in the sore with exceeding paine take the iuce of purslaine lettice sorrell night shade and wash the sore with a sine clout and with a squirt wash the same and this will kill it CHAP. 95 For bleeding at the nose THis may come vppon many causes which cannot be truely known comming from within the body therfore I wil shew how to cure the same take a pint of red wine put thereunto a quarter of bole armony beaten vnto fine powder put the one half thereof into his nostril that bleedeth holding vp his head this may do wel if in the nostril or head there be the original cause the next day giue him the rest into his body that wil surely binde his body it may help the bleeding being invvard For the same LEt him blood in the brest vaines of each a pint for that is most likely to turne the course of the blood take 2 or 3 sponefuls of his blood and put it in a saucer and boyle it vntill it be dried to povvder then take the povvder thereof and blovv it into his nostrils and if it come of a vvound put it into the same and it vvill presently stint it horse-dung asses dung hogs dung sage leaues brused put into the wound or take of frankinsence an ounce alloes halfe an ounce beat them into fine pouder and mingle them throughly vvith the vvhites of egs vntil it be so thick as hony and with soft hares haire thrust his nostrils so ful as it cānot fal out And lastly some vvill throvv colde vvater vpon him against his haire it is likely that the over-cooling of him that vvayes may stop the flux thereof this did M Iohn Orpen a vvorthy Farrer vse if at any sudden such an accident did happen CHAP. 96. Of the riftes or corruption in the pallate of the mouth TAke sharpe vinegar and salt and wash the same and then annoint it with honny For the lampas or bladders in a Horse mouth euery Smith can cure CHAP. 97. For the canker in the mouth VVash the fore place with strong vinegar made thicke with the pouder of Allome two or three daies together to destroy the exulcerate matter Then take a quart of faire water of Allome 4 ounces of honny 4. or 5. spoonefulls of maudlin leaues Sage leaues Collumbine leaues of each a handfull boile al these together till halfe be consumed and then euery day wash the same two or three times being warmed and it will heale it CHAP. 98. For the Gigs in the mouth THey are swellings with blacke heads growing in the inside of the lips the cure is to flit them and thrust out the corruption and to wash the same with vinegar and salte CHAP. 99 For the heat in the mouth TVrne vp the vpper lip and iagge it with a lancet that it may bleede and washe it with vinegar and salte CHAP. 100. For the Camey in the mouth THis commeth by eating of filthy hay that cats dogs and other vermine haue pist vppon which will cause the Horse mouth to be furd or clammy as he will not not eat The cure is to let him blood in two great vaines vnder the tongue and to wash his mouth with vineger and salte and to giue him new bread that is not hot CHAP. 101. For the hurt of the tongue with the Bit. THe cure is to wash it with Alome water then take black bramble leaues and chop them with larde then put them within a cloute and make them as round as a ball then dip the same in hony and annoint the tongue therewith vntill it bee whole CHAP. 102. For the Barbels or paps vnder the tunge THe cure is to clippe them away and to wash the mouth with vinigere and salt CHAP. 103. For the swelling in the gummes THe cure is make him to bleede well in the pallet of the mouth and also to scarifie the gummes that the ranke blood may come forth and then rub them throughly with vineger and salt For to drawe the wolues teeth CHAP. 104. THese are two litle teeth growing in the vpper Iawe next to the great grinding teeth which hinder the horse for grinding his meat so as he will let it fall vnchewed somtimes you shall see some teeth so long and ouerhanging in his Iawes that they doe race and cut his cheeks so as he cannot feed The cure is tye the horse head to some rafter or post and his mouth to be openned with a corde so as you may see euery part therof then take a round yron toole halfe a yard long made at the end like a Carpenters Gouge and with your left hād set the edge of that toole at the foot of the wolfes teeth on the outside of the Iawe turning the hollowside of the toole doūward holding your hand stedily then with a mallet in your right hand strike on the head of the toole a pretty blowe to losen it and make it bend inward then wrench the tooth outward with the inside of the toole and thrust it out of his head doe the like to the other tooth and fill the holes with salt and if any tooth ouerhang the nether teeth to the hurt of the horse then with your mallet and toole pare the tooth or as many as do ouerhāg for hurting the horse mouth For the crick in the neck
vntill it be gone For the same SOme will shaue the haire from the place lay wheat flower and the white of an egge beaten together vpon a plaister not remooue it for 2. or 3. daies that wil bring it to a head then in the lowest part where the corruption is pierce it vpward with a sharp yron somwhat hot annoint it euery day with hogs grease after wash the place with water salt and throwe some dry thing vpon it CHAP. 109. For inflamations or cankers in the withers IF the inflamation be great draw round about the swelling with a hot yron and crosse it then take a roūd hot yron sharp pointed thrust it vpward in the swelling place towards the point of the withers that the matter may issue downewards then taint it with hogs grease and annoint all the swelling continuing so to do til it be asswagde renuing the taint euery day vntil the fiery matter be fallen away then taint it with turpentine the yolkes of egges and saffron mingled together as aforesaide renuing the taint euery day till it be whole But if the swelling goe not away then be sure the same is greatly inflamde and growne to impostumation then launce it and let out the corruption then take halfe a pinte of hony of verdigrease two ounces beat to pouder mingle it with the hony and boyle them in a pot till it looke red and being warme make a taint or plaister as the same shall require renuing it euery day till it be whole but to keep it from danger the surer way is to thrust the hole full of this last salue and to thrust after it a peece of spunge to keepe the hole open and to draw foorth the venom therof and so to vse it till it be whole some would haue you alwayes thoroughly wash the hole with olde chamberly bay salt that hath bin wel boiled together before you taint it and no doubt it is very good but if the same be very vlcerous and corrupt then take lie hony roche allome mercury seeth them together scoure the same therewith to the bottome CHAP. 110. For the Nauellgall THe cures heereof are diuers and so they ought to be for medecine is to be ministred according to the hurt of more or lesse If it be but galled take soote of a chimney and yest mixed together and plaister it once or twice a day For the same if it be a sore TAke a pottle of veriuce three penny worth of greene Copporas boile it to the one halfe and wash the sore therewith then fill the sorewith red lead and let it not be dressed of 3. dayes and then dresse him as you see cause For the same IF the Horse backe be sore hurt so that it swell and is impostumed then lance it on the nethermoste part of the vlcer so that the matter may haue issue downeward for if you should lance it aloft then the corruption that remaineth will fisttulate if you finde the concauity deep then make a taint of flaxe and dip it in this salue Take of decres suet of waxe of Tar and of Turpentine of each three ounces one ounce of Rozen mingle them altogether and taint the wound and if you see any dead flesh grow in it then sprincle the pouder of verdigrease vpon it and then lay vpon the head of the taint a plaister of the yolk of an egge hony and wheat flower and thus dresse it euening and morning For the same IF it be enflamed cut it round about with a sharpe knife euen to the bone leauing no rotten flesh behinde then take the white of an egge and salte beaten together and lay it vpon Tow plaister-wise renewing it so for two daies together then take a quarter of a pinte of hony and one ounce of verdigrease beaten into pouder and boyle them together stirring them till it looke red and being warm make a plaister thereof with Tow and wash the same with vinegar or white wine and lay that plaister on it and when it beginneth to heale scatter the pouder of burnt Oyster shelles on it or els the pouder of hony and slict lime being made into a cake and baked to dry it vp CHAP. 111. For the sweying of the backe THis hurt commeth by some streine The cure is that so soone as he beginneth to complain which is by reeling or rolling in the hinder partes which is easely discerned then take a sheeps skin as hot as it can be taken from the sheepe and clap the fleshy side thereof along his backe presently put many clothes vpon it to keepe his back as warme as may be and so let it continue till it begin to smell then prepare another in like manner and take away the olde and so continue him for 21. daies at least and let him not be trauelled but still rest And if this helpe him not then draw his backe with a hot yron right out on both sides of the edge of his backe from the pitch of the buttocke vnto a handfull within the saddle then ouerthwart and let not the strikes be deep but so burned as they may looke yellowe then presently lay on it this charge of pitch a pound of rosen half a pound of bole armony halfe a pound made in pouder halfe a pinte of tarre and boile them together in a pot vntill they be throughly mingled then being luke warme daub it very thicke vpon the burning and clap on as many flocks of the Horse colour as you can make to abide and let them remaine till they fall off CHAP. 112. For the hide hound THe cause heereof is a sudden colde after great heat when the pores are open the colde entreth and maketh an attraction of the sinewes soas the Horse seemeth to goe or trauell with great griefe his skin being as if it were starched being shrunk and clung to his ribs The cure is to let him blood in both the slanke veines being next the girding place and the flankes Then take a quart of good white wine and put thereunto three ounces of sallet oyle of commin one ounce of anniseedes two ounces of licorish two ounces beaten into pouder and giue it him warme then let him be throughly rubbed from the huckle bone alongst the backe and ouer the ribbes halfe an houre together then couer all his backe with a sacke thoroughly soked in a tub of water and the water wrung out of it and vpon that cast many cloathes and gird them fast vnto him to bring him vnto a swet which is the onely and chiefe thing to recouer him and keepe him with good mashes and euery day let him be so vsed for seauen or eight dayes together giue him much sodden barly and beanes for his dyet and greene malte on the floore and after the 8. daies end let him blood in the two brest veines about a pinte then give him a pinte of sacke a quarter of a pinte
of sallet oyle foure penny worth of the best triacle and ride him vntill he sweat then presently set him in a warme stable and clothe him very warme and at night giue him a good mash of malte with the pouder of brimstone to the quantity of two spoonefuls CHAP. 113. For Surfeting with Prouender VVHen a Horse hath eaten more then the stomacke can well digest he is in such paine as he is not able to stand but lyeth and walloweth as if he had the bots the danger whereof I haue formerly written The cure is to let him blood and to draw his yard and wash it to put a peece of a cloue of garlicke into it to make him pisse also to rake him behinde and to giue him a glister with the water of sodden mallowes fresh butter and sallet oile keepe him warme and let him eat very little for 4 or 5. daies after CHAP. 114. For the surfetting called the foundring in the bodie THe cause of this disease is ouermuch eating after labour whiles the Horse is hot whereby his meat not being digested breedeth euill humours which by little and little do spred through all the parts of his body and at length oppresse the whole body and do so take away his strength that he hath not power to goe or mooue his ioynts and being laid is not able to rise whereby he wanteth the vse of pissing as also of dunging for nature being ouercome then doth the humor rule the body to the vtter destruction thereof In likâ— maner it is when the Horse beeing over hotte with trauell drinketh so much as the colde thereof suppreseth his naturall heate The cause is that the evil humors being predominate according to their nature being heauy moist immediatly resort down to the horse legs and feet and there rest whereof there must be some dissolution which if it be not preuented make great gourdy lims as the paines cratches spauins winde-galls casting of the houes such like all which seeme more then wonderful to the ignorant because ignorance is the mother of wonder The cure hereof must be according to the effects that are wrought in the horse as if it be espied when the haier beginneth to stare that he be chil and shrug for cold forsake his meat hang downe this head quiuer after cold water and after two or three dayes begin tocough then it is a signe that his surfet is not great and then he may be cured thus couer his belly with the glister last mentioned and giue him this drinke take of malmesy a puart of sugar half â—â—atterne of houy half a quartern of sinamon half an ounce of licoris and Anisseeds of each two spoonfull beaten into fine pouder put it into the Malmsie giue it him blood warme keep him warme with warme water 4. or 5. dayes after let him blood CHAP. 115. For the yellowes THe cause herof is also the aboundance of bad humors the cure is plaine let him blood if you see it yellow a pottle then cure him by giuing a quart of white wine of saffron and turmerick of each halfe an ounce and the Iuice that is wrong out of 2. handful of Selondine being blood warm giue it him and keep him warme and with good mashes wherein put two sponfull of the powder of Brimston some will giue in this drinke the greene order of geese strained I could now intreat of the dropsie in a Horse but if you obserue those fewe rules I haue set downe in the beginning of the title of cures you will be free almost from all diseases CHAP. 116. For the Colick The cause of this disease is 2. fold either it commeth through aboundance of humors or with wind and herein the owner or or keper may giue good direction for if he knew the Horse to be cleane within and orderly dieted then it will be probaly coniectured it is the wind and although it be winde yet I iudge the origenal to beobstruction of humor which will not suffer the vvind to haue his free passage vvhich othervvise nature vvould expell as his enimie The cures may be diuers because it is a disease that few Farriers vnderstand I wil set downe seueral cures because if one thing cannot be spedily procured another may First it may be an obstruction for that the horse hath the stone cannot stale first take a quart of white wine halfe a pinte of burre seed beaten smal 2 ounces of parslyseed of smalage Saxafrage the roots of philupendula Grommell seed broom seed of each 2. ounces beaten to fine pouder a good handfull of water-cresses and lay them in steep all night and in the morning strain them cleane and put to it a litle black sope and a litle butter and ride him till he begin to sweat then set him in your stable with a great quantitie of sweet litter vnder him and cloath him warme and so let him stand meatles seuen or eight houres then giue him dryed oates vvarm vvater vvith a quantitie of sallet oyle to drinke and before he haue this drinke let him fast all night If he be a Horse there is nothing better for him then to couer a Mare For the same if you think it to come of winde THis commeth vvhen a horse is ridden hot and set vp cold he vvill pine avvay and forsake his meate keep him emptie all night in the morning take a quart of vvhite vvine four ounces of Fenegreck 7 ounces of baies as much corne pepper an ouÌ„ce of Graines an ounce of Ginger 2. handfuls of vvater cresses a handful of sage a pound of SeÌ„green and wring out the iuce another of mints stamp them put them into the wine let them stand on the fire till it boyle then straine it out and giue it him blood warme with a litle hony For the same TAke a quart of Malmsie of cloues pepper SinamoÌ„ of each half an ounce of suger half a quarter and giue it the horse luke warme and labour him vpon it one houre that he dung and stale and keep him with warme water But if he be a stond horse there is not any better thing then that he hauè his ful desirewith a mare if he cannot pisse or be troubled with the Collick it helpeth many sicknesses and strengtheneth Nature For the same TAke a pint of white wine and stamp to powder three of foure Cantharides they are a kinde of flyes which you shall haue at the Apothecaries when your horse is very empty giue them vnto him being very well wrought and brued into the white wine luke warme vnderstand I pray you that these flyes are a verye corosiue and eating through as poyson and they will not be stopped by any humor with twice giuing it would cure any cholick that had not bin very old After these many medicines for a cholick to refresh your conceits I will set downe two other cures which I finde in some Writers leaue
olde cleane svveet oates The next day after he hath taken the saide drinke giue him earely in the morning this drinke viz. Take a pinte of the best vvhite vvine vvherein hath bene steeped all night an ounce of Sence straine it and put into it one ounce of the best Aloes beaten into povvder halfe an ounce of Agaricke and a spoonefull of the povvder of Licorish vvarme them a little on the fire and brevve them vvell together and then giue it the Horse ride him gently or vvalke him a quarter of an houre set him into the stable very warme clothed let no aire come to him and let him neither eate nor drinke 6 houres after and at night giue him a warme mashe svveete vvheat stravve olde cleane svveete oates and plenty of litter The next day if the signe be good let him blood if the blood be very bad take from him tvvo quarts if indifferent but one quart keepe him verie vvarme and with vvarme mashes in vvhich mashes if possibly he will take it put the powder of brimstone Fenegreke Turmericke and of Enula campana of each one spoonefull The next day after if the weather be faire ride him very gently a mile and so backe againe and at his comming home presentlye haue him into the Stable and cloath him so warme as hee may sweate but not violentlye and so faile not to ride him when hee is fasting euerie day moderately a mile or two vppon some pleasant ground and euerie day to sweate a little for sixe daies and keepe him warme and with warme water and the Stable close when he is in it Hetherto you haue heard how to cleare him outwardly by washing and inwardlye by purging bleeding and sweating and for vomiting take a great roote or two of Polipodium of the Oake cleane scraped and laide all night in steepe in Spike oyle tyed fast to his bitte and euerie morning fasting let him bee ridden vvith it and if hee haue anye colde or filth in his stomacke it will force him to cough and reare it from the stomacke and by this means you shal be sure to clense refine his blood to exhaust his watrish humors and to make his inner parts cleane so as with temperate order before prescribed you shall bee sure to keepe him long a sound perfect and seruiceable Horse Now because the Liuer being the fountaine of blood the Lungs the bellowes of breath yet not vnlike a standing poole which continually gathereth corruption the which being corrupted or stopped speedilye destroyeth the subiect I will set downe excellent meanes to preserue both the one other in perfefection otherwise hee wil be but as a silthye vessell which is seldome clensed CHAP. 60. To refine the blood and preserue the Liuer from infection TAke a root of polipodium of the Oake made verie cleane cut it into small peeces a handfull of Liuer-wort cut in small peeces sixe pence weight of Ruebarbe cut small and euerie morning for three or foure daies in a month giue it the horse in his prouander verie earelye two or three houres before his watering and once in halfe a yeare make triall of his blood how pure it is accordinglye minister helpe if need be CHAP. 61. A most soueraigne drinke to preserue his lungs cleere the most excelling knowledge in Horseman or Farrier TAke the Tartar of white wine lees which is alwaies at the Apothecaries which is no other then the lees of white wine dried to powder one ounce and a halfe of I sop two handfuls of Coltesfoote two handfulls of Horehownd one handful of Ennula campana roots one ounce foure Licorish stickes brused Anniseed one ounce red Sugar candy foure ounces boyle them all in a quarte of ale and when it is halfe boyled put to it of Isop water twice distilled one pin̄te of Coltes foote water twice distilled one pinte boile them againe then straine it and giue it him verie warme to drinke The charge heere of is small you may make what quantity you will by doubling or trebling the simples If you haue a delicate Horse and haue cleared him dieted him as I haue prescribed then euery morning that you will hunt him or excercise him giue him fasting a pinte heereof and so continue him vntil you finde him cleane in perfect breath and then the moderate excercise of him wil be sufficient to keepe him cleane The reasons why the Horse should be thus clensed and cleared after long rest and full feeding are First the pores of all the skinne being opened the Horse will easily sweate and therebye cleere the body from the vnperfect moisture Secondly it maketh the whole body to receiue Ayre which of it selfe is naturally moiste to helpe to coole the burning violent heate of the heart and of the other members when the Horse doth labour as appeareth by the office of the lungs which as a paire of bellowes dooth continuallye drawe fresh Ayre vnto the same filling all the emptie corners with moistnes and therefore the Lungs most principally ought to be kept cleere to draw breath to coole the same and that is the reason why Horses are broken winded because the lungs are vnperfect to doe their office and likewise the reason why broken winded Horses when they are kept at drie meate doe drawe their breath much more shorter and with more violence then when they goe to Grasse because grasse is naturally colde and moist and thereby his heart being more colde the Horse draweth his breath more at length but if the Horse be cleare emptie and sound in the body then doth he alwaies draw his breath alike and so doth euery other creature also from which ground of reason three things may be collected obserued The first is that the horse head bee kept verie cleare from all obstructions the which euermore commeth by colde which greatlie hindereth drawing breath into the body Secondly that the skinne of the Horse be kept cleare and open to draw breath at the pores of the skinne into the body Thirdlye that Canales Pulmonis the pipes or Canes of the Lungs bee not opilated or stopped throgh viscous fleame or tough humors like bird-lime or with impostumation in the pipes and so become putrified euerie of which with continuance thereof will destroy the horse there is no truth more apparant then that the causes of all these inward corruptions and infirmities proceede onely from great rest full and foule feeding and the distemperatures of heate and colde that by the taking away of these causes such effects cannot follow so as you see the preseruation of health and long life is the moderate and temperate labour and exercise the spare cleane and sweete foode as hath bene formerly expressed CHAP. 62. Certaine rules to be obserued by such as shall either trauell or exercise their horses FIrst when your Horse is lustie and pleasant and cleere in bodye then is he fit for labour or any exercise but if he be
wherein heate is prdominat more then Nature requireth Secondly when the humors are distempered by heat Thirdly when the firme parts of the bodie are continually hot so that the ague cōmeth either by excessiue heting the horse therupon a sudden cold or by fulnes of bad bumors which principally grovve from full foule or rawe feeding and great rest and for that reason it taketh the horse either hot ot colde now he cannot be cured but by the contrary viz. by spare feeding cleane feeding dry feeding moderate labour to this end the cure must bee ministred But to be curious in the destinctiō hauing sufficiently expressed the same in this tractat I purpose not it is sufficient to knowe that learning and practise acknowledge a horse to haue an ague as wel as man and to keepe due houres to make him shake and tremble as a man to knowe the same also appereth by the inflamations from the heat of the stomacke which scaldeth and maketh the tongue rawe CHAP. 65. The Cure FIrst when you perceiue his deicted countenance that hee beginneth to tremble or before enforce him into a heat giue him this purging drink Take a quart of white wine put therevnto one ounce of Alloes small beaten of Agarick halfe an ounce of licorish Anniseeds half a dram a little hony warme it a little on the fire and then ride him vntil he be hot put him into a sweat then haue him into the stable let him stand on the bitt cloath him stop his breast head and bodye verie warme so as hee may moderatelye sweate let him haue plentie of litter and so let him stand fiue or sixe houres then vncloathe him and rubbe him perfectlye drye and then cloathe him againe but not so hot and when hee is colde vnbit him and wash his tongue with Allome-water vinegar and sage and giue him sweete wheat straw to eate and a gallon of olde svveete and cleane oates and at night giue him a good mashe and the next day after let him blood a quart and if his blood be very thick black darke oryellowe let him bleed two quarts afterwards keepe him warme from the Ayre for 4. or 5. dayes and giue him vvarme vvater to drinke and a little sallet oyle in it if he vvill drinke it CHAP. 66. For the same LEt him blood in the necke and temple veines and before or vvhen he beginneth to tremble take three nevv laide egges and six or seauen spoonefull of Aqua-vite breake them beat them together giue it him and ride him vntill he svveate then clothe him very vvarme and make him svveat and after he is rubbed dry and colde giue him cleane foode as aforesaide moderately let him not drinke any colde vvater but vvarme vvherein hath bene boyled mallovves sorrell and purslaine of each three or foure handfuls and keep him vvarme probatum CHAP. 67. For the same LEt him blood take of Germander foure ounces of Gum Draganet and of Deade Roses of each an ounce of Oyle Oliffe foure ounces of Hony foure ounces put them into a quart of strong Ale and giue it warme to the horse to drinke then ride him vntill hee sweate and cloath him and keepe him warme as aforesaide CHAP. 68. Ache in the head THe cause of this disease commeth eyther of colde takan after a great heate or of a rawe or vnperfect digestion of stomack proceeding principally from full and foule feeding and betwixt the stomacke and the braine is such affinitie as they doe equally communicate their damages the signes are these the hanging downe of his head his eyes will swell and runne of water and will forsake his meate CHAP. 69. The Cure LEt him blood in the pallat of his mouth and rub it with Salt to make it bleede well then take a sticke with a linnen cloath fastned at the end therof well annointed with oyle of Bay thrust it vp and dovvne his nostrils therby to open and purge his head also perfume him vvith the smoake of Garlick stalkes broken into smal peaces also aire him with the smoke of Frankinsence holding the same in a chafingdish vnder his Nostrils with a great cloath cast ouer his head and let it be done morning and euening keepe him vvith spare dyet moderate exercise the which wil clense his stomack make it so cleane emptie as his braine wil not be disquieted afterwards let him bloud giue him good mashes to drinke for two daies after and no colde water CHAP. 70 Of the sudden sicknes of a horse THe cause is for that the heart which is the chariot of his life wherein the soule of the horse liueth wanting the vse of the veines and Arteries to carrie the vitall spirit of heate to all the parts of the body to giue the horse feeling abilitie to operation by reason of some obstruction of humors or colde which for want of heate cannot be dissolued for that the nature of colde is to binde and conglutinate together and to keepe them from their natural course proceeding from some violent exercise or immoderate feeding and rest by reason whereof there is great iarre discord amongst the qualities of the elements the motion of the vitall spirit wherby the horse liueth and mooueth is imprisoned for that time and so seemeth taken as a dead horse without action The signe is the sudden deiecting of his countenance CHAP. 71. The cure LEt him blood on both sides the brest next the heart whereby the veines and Arteries being euacuated and emptied they may begin to doe that office whereunto nature hath appointed them and let him bleede the quantitie of two quarts then giue him a comfortable drinke to stirre vp the vital spirits to action viz take a quart of the best sack burne it with Graines Cloues and Sinamon and a quarter of a pound of the best Sugar and burne it well together with halfe a pinte of Sallet Oyle foure penny worth of the best Triacle then ride him verie gently vntill hee beginne to sweat and so haue him into the Stable keepe his head and heart verie warme and cloath him stuffe his body with sweet straw and keep the stable close and so let him stand 6. houres meatles but beware you cloath him not too much for the drinke vvill thoroughlye warme him and make him sweat let his drinke be warme water wherein boyle Mallowes a handfull water Cresses a handfull of fennell and parsly seed of each an ounce and twice a day morning and euening when he is most fasting ride him gently a mile or two let his meat be sweete wheat strawe olde cleane dry oates mingled with wheat and sometime with olde pease and sparingly giuen and often but not much vntill you see him waxe very hungry and let him be well rubbed and all his litter cleane and sweete CHAP. 72. Staggers THe cause of this disease is for that as I haue formerly saide the braine and the
you to take so long time as you think fit to credit them The first is if the Horse haue a chollick if he looke vpon a Duck or any water foule it wil cure him the second is if a maid strike him on the face with her girdle he is presently remedied CHAP. 117. For Costiuenes or belly bound TAke of the decoction of mallows a quart put toit halfe a pint of oyle or somuch butter an ounce of Benidicte luxature powre into his fundament with a litle horne and hold his taile close to his fundament whiles another doth lead him so keep it as long as you can and after keepe him warme and giue him warme water to drinke For the Laxe CHAP. 118. TAke of Beane flower Bole armony of each a quarterne mingled in a quart of red wine giue it him luke warme and after drinke warme water with beane flower but if that will not stay him then giue him halfe a penny worth of Allom beaten into pouder Bole Armony beaten small in a quart of milke stirring them til the milke be all of a curd and this will stop him For the Wormes CHAP. 119 THey are ingendred of raw euill humors there are 3. kindes of them the worme the bot the truncheon The Horse wil lye downe and wallowe which is when they feede on him his breath will stincke and his mouth clāmy The cure giue him a quart of new milke and halfe a pinte of hony in it blood warme this will make them rest from gnawing of him because they wilsuck therof vntil they be ready to burst then the next day giue him this drinke following The cures that are pretended are diuers first take a quart of wort or ale of the strongest then take a quarter of a pound of ferne half a pound of Sauin halfe a pound of stone crop stamp them and put them together with two spoonefulls of brimstone and asmuch chimney soote beaten to pouder and let them lye in steepe two houres then straine them and giue the Horse a little warme then bridle him and let him stand 6. houres after without meat and there is no doubt but the Horse wil be at quiet for the strength thereof is such to staine the mawe as the bot will not meddle but fly from it but it doth not kil them And so is it of all other medicines for the same whereof are infinite Now if I may perswade you or rather Mai. Iohn Orpen that worthy Farrier deceased after these former drinkes giuen the third day make him purging pils as hath bene before viz. Take of lard a pound laid in water two houres then take nothing but the cleane fat thereof stamp it in a morter thereunto put of Licoris of Anniseedes of Fenegreeke of each beaten into pouder 3. ounces of Alloes in pouder 2. ounces and of Agaricke one ounce knead them in paste and make 6. balles therof then hauing fasted ouer night giue him the next morning 3. of these pilles nointed with hony when you haue opened his mouth catch hold of his tongue holde it fast til you haue hurld in one and thrust it downe his throate with a rowling pin and then let his tongue goe till he hath swallowed it down and so do with the rest and keepe him close from all ayre and at night giue him a good strong mash warme water 3. daies after my reasō is for that these balles wil now purge out of his body all the bots and wormes and al the humors that bred cherished them so as your Horse wil be perfectly cleane And you shall finde most of the bots aliue when they are purged for you cannot kil them with medicine but only make them forbeare vexing of him so long as his mawe resteth so bitter stinched as they dare not feed on it but vpon other humors whereby moste men thinke they haue cured their Horse perfect and the like reason is for chickins gut and such like which being a pleasanter foode then the horse mwe leaue him aprest to feede on them but doe not cure him for in reason it cannot kill them nor auoide them and therefore the botts remaine stil in the body CHAP. 120. For the Colt euill THe eure is to wash the sheath cleane with luke-warme Vinegar draw out his yarde and wash it also then ride him in some running streame vp to the belly to allaye the heat and thus doe lustily a quarter of an houre and so euerie day after for three or foure daies CHAP. 121. For mattering of the yard TAke a pinte of white wine boile therin a quarter of Roche Allum and with a Squirt thrust vp verie farre into his yarde squirt the same three or foure times to pierce and clense the bottome from the filth and thus continue vntill he bee whole CHAP. 122. For the Foalling of the yard THe cure is to wash the same with warme white wine and annoint it with oyle of Roses and hony mingled together then put it vp and with a codpeece or trusse keepe it still vp and dresse him euerie day once till he be whole CHAP. 123. For the swelling of the Cod or stones THe cure is to let him blood on both sides in the flanke veines then take of Oyle of Roses and Vinegar of each a pinte halfe a quartern of Bole Armony beaten into pouder mingle them together and being luke warme annoint the Cod therewith with two or three feathers and the next day ride him into the water and giue him 2. or three turnes then bring him to the stable and when hee is dry annoint them againe and so continue till he be whole but if the cods doe swell by meanes of anye hurt then couer the cods with a charge of Bole Armony and Vinegar wrought together renewing till the swelling goe away and if it breake taint it with Melrosatum and make him a breech renewing it til it be whole CHAP. 124 For incording or Bursting THis is when the rimme that incloseth the guts is broken so that they fal into the Cod of the horse which is apparant to sight or feeling the cure is to put 4 pasternes on his feet as the horse-gelders vse then bathe his stones with warme water and butter then raise them vp from the bodye with both your hāds being closed by the fingers fast together and so holding the stones in your hands worke downe the gut into the body of the Horse by striking it downeward with your thumbes one after another vntill that side of the stone be so small as the other then hauing returned the gut into his place take a woollen list of two fingers broad thoroughly annointed with fresh butter and tie his stones both together or so nigh his body as maybe not ouer hard but that you may put your finger betwixt that done in all quietnes take the Horse away and let him not be stirred 3. weekes after but the next day vnloosen the list
remooued by two daies together but let the soles of his feete be clensed and stopped euery day once the Cronets but euerie two daies not walked for loosing his hoses but when he amendeth walk him vpon some soft ground faire softly but if it break out aboue the hoofe then take all the fore-partes of the sole cleane away leauing the heeles whole then stop him and also dresse him about the Cronet as aforesaid if this greefe be espyed in time it is iustly cured CHAP. 132 Of the Splint THis soarance is known to al men the cure is wash it with warme water shaue off the haire lightly scarifie all the sore place with the point of a rasor so as the blood may issue forth then take of Cantharides halfe a spoonefull and of Enforbium as much beaten into fine powder mingle them together with a spoonful of Oyle Debay and then melt them in a little pan stirring them wel together so as they may boyle ouer and beeing so boyling hot take two or three feathers and annoint all the sore places there with and let not the Horse remooue from the place for two houres after After carrye him away and tye him so as hee cannot touch the medicine with his lippes and also stand without litter al that day and night and within two or three daies after annoynt the sore with butter for nine daies after For the same TAke vp the contrarie legge and gently beate the splint with a small roaling pin of hasel vntill it begin to be soft then with a Fleame strike it in seuerall places that the blood issue foorth then take the sharpestred Onyon and cut off the head therof and in the middle thereof put a peece of Verdegrease as big as your thumbes end and then lay the toppe or head of the Onyon vpon it and wrappe it in browne paper and couer it in the Embers vntill it bee thorowly boiled soft as pap then open it and beeing verie hot lay it to the splint and binde it fast with cloathes hard to the splint and so let it continue vntill it fall away and the splint will neuer grow more For the same TAke an Onyon and pick out the Core and put therein a spoonefull of Vnslict lime and foure penny weight of Verdegrece halfe a pound of Launder seede and roste the Onyon vntill it bee soft and then cut the skinne a little that the medicine may enter to fret the maladye out and let the hayre remaine and let the medicine lye to it three daies CHAP. 133. For the Malender THis is a scâ—b growing in the forme of lines or strecks ouerthwart the bent of the knee in the knee in the inside of the legge The cure is wash it with warme water and shaue the scab cleane away then take a spoonefull of Sope asmuch Lime and make it like paste and spred as much on a clout as will couer the sore binde it fast renewing it euerye day for three daies together then annoynt the same with oile of Roses to cause the crust to fal away and then wash it with Vrine strew on the powder of Oyster-shels For the same TAke a Barreld Herring with a soft roe and two spoonefuls of blacke Sope and halfe an ounce of Allum and bruse them together and lay to the sore three daies CHAP. 134. For an vpper Taint or ouer reach vpon the backe sinewe of the shanke somewhat aboue the ioynt THis is a swelling of the maister sinew which commeth for that the horse doth ouer-reach strike that sinew with the toe of his hinder foot the place will swell and the Horse hault The cure is to wash the place with warme water and shaue off the haire so farre as the swelling goeth and scarifie euery part of the sore lightly with a Rasor that the blood may issue forth then take of Cantharides and Euforbium halfe an ounce mingle them together with halfe a quarterne of Sope and with a slice spred some of this oyntment ouer all the fore and let him rest for one houre after and let him stand without litter and the next day dresse him so againe and the third day annoynt the sore with butter nine daies after then take 3 handfull of mallowes a handfull of Sage and a Rose cake and boyle them in water when they be soft put halfe a pound of butter and halfe a pinte of sallet oyle to the water being warm wash the place foure or fiue daies together therewith CHAP. 135. Of the nether ioynt THis is a blader ful of Ielly like to a wind-gall not apparant but by feeling growing in the middest of the pastern aboue the frush it commeth by some streine wrinch or ouerreach the nether ioint toward the fetter locke will bee hot and somewhat swollen The cure is tye him aboue the ioynt with a list somewhat hard and that wil cause the bladder to appeare to the eye then lance it thrust out the Ielly then take the white of an egge and Salt beaten together with a little towe and binde vnto it renuing it once a day for fiue or sixe daies CHAP. 136. Of an ouer-reach on the heele TAke the white of an Egge and Bole Armonye mingled together with a little flaxe and renewe it for foure or fiue daies CHAP. 137 Of the Serew or Serow THis is like a splint in manner of a gristle as great as an Almond it groweth on the fore-leg sometime on the outside sometime on the inside in the middle of the leg The cure take an Onyon and picke out the core put therein a spoonefull of Honnye a quarterne of a pound of Vnslickt-lime and three penny worth of Verdegrease and roste the Onyon and bruse it and lay it to hot hauing first cut the skinne CHAP. 138. Of a false quarter THis is a rifte moste commonly in the inside of the hoofe it commeth by euill paring the hoofe the Horse will halt the rift wil bleed the cure is cut so much away on that side of the shoe where the greefe is so as the rift may be vncouered then open the rift with a drawer fill it with a role of towe dipt in Turpentine waxe and Sheepe Suet molten together renewing it euerie day til it bee whole When the rift is closed drawe him betwixt the hayre and the hoofe with a hot yron ouerthwart the place whereby the hoofe will shoote all downeward and ride him with an other shoe till hee be throughly whole CHAP. 139 Of a Horse that is Hipped THe Horse that is hipt is when his hip Bone is remooued out of his right place and commeth by stripe stretch slipping slyding or falling he will go sideling and the lower hippe will fall lower then the other the cure is speedilye to take of Oyle debay of Dialthea of Neruall of Swines grease of each halfe a pouÌ„d melt them all together stirring them continually vntill they be throughly mingled
or shot TAke Varnish or Oyle and Water beaten together and annoynt the place with a feather CHAP. 168. Of Bones out of Ioynt THe cure is to binde all the fore-legs together and to cast him on his backe and then to hoyse him from the ground with his heeles vpward so shall the weight of his bodye cause the ioynt to shoote in againe in his right place CHAP. 169. Of a Horse that stumbleth THis is called the cordes the cordes is a sinewe that breedeth amongst the Sinewes the one end commeth downe to the Shackle veine and so vp thorough the legge and goeth ouer the inner side of the knee and so ouer the shoulder and so along the necke by the Wesant and it goeth ouer the temples vnder his eye downe ouer the snowt betwixt both the nostrils the gristle there knit the length of an Almond take a sharpe knife and cut a slit euen at the top of his nose iust with the point of the gristle open the slit you shal perceiue a white string take it vp with a bores toth or a Bucks horne that is crooked or some crooked bodkin◠twine it about straite and cut it a sunder you may twine it so much as you may reare his foote from the ground then stitch vp the slit and annoynt it with butter the Horse doubtlesse shall be cured CHAP. 170 Of curing a hurt TAke waxe Turpentine rosen Hogs grease of like quantitie and halfe so much Tarre as any one of the other simples melt and boile them together and keepe it ready for any accident CHAP. 171. Of repayring a broaken hoofe to make it grow TAke of Garlick heads 7. ounces of hearbe grace three handfuls of Allom beaten sifted 7. ounces of Barrowes grease that is old 2. pound mingle all these with a handfull of Asses dung and boyle them together and annoynt the hoofes there with CHAP. 172. Of a horse that cannot pisse TAke a pinte of white Vinegar halfe a pound of Simgreene bruse it smal wring out the iuice take a handfull of Fennel a handful of Foxe-gloues leaues or the flowers 2. ounces of Gromel seede and halfe a pinte of sweete hony stampe them well together and straine them into the Vinegar let him stand without meate and drinke 24. houres CHAP. 173. Of sretting in the Guts TAke in the morning a quart of good Ale 4. ounces of Fenegreek 7 oūces of Bayberries asmuch long pepper an ounce of Ginger two handfuls of Water-cresses a handful of Sage another of Mints beate them altogether in the Ale and seeth them in the Ale then streine it and giue it him blud-warme rope all his legs and tye him that he lye not down and put him into a sweat and keep him warm and drinke no colde water for three daies after and giue him dryed beanes and Oates for his prouender CHAP. 174. Of the dangerous galling of a Horse TAke a pottle of vergis two pennyworth of green coporas boyle it to a pinte and a halfe wash and search the hole there with and fill the hole with red leade so let it remaine three daies vntouched then wash it with the same fill it againe with red leade this will heale it though it bee galde to the body CHAP. 175. Of sinking a Thistula or windegall FIrst seere the Thistula then take Rosen sheepes tallowe and Brimstone and boile them together lay it on hot with a cloth and it will sinke downe For the windegall slit out the ielly and lay it not so hot on and it will keepe the same cleane CHAP. 176. Of a Blister TAke the iuice of ground Iuy so much Brimstone a quantity of Tar and so much Allome and lay it to the blister CHAP. 177. Of the paine in the head TAke a pinte of malmesey fiue new laide egges a head of brused Garlicke small Pepper Sinnamon and Nutmegges beaten sine giue it him to drinke three daies together and fast six houres after CHAP. 178. Of a Farcin or sudden breaking out in any part of the body to stay it and fill it TAke this ointment and alwaies haue it ready in your stable three ounces of quicke siluer put it into a bladder and two spoonefulls of the iuice of Oringes and Lemons shake them together then take a pound of fresh hogs grease and of vergis one ounce beate them all in a woodden dish and worke them thoroughly together then take a poūd of fresh Hogs grease and annoint the same therewith and slit the same if neede be then wash it and then put into his eares the iuice of Rugweede and he will be perfect Of a wrinch in the Fetterlocke or other ioynt that is suddenly done Chap. 179. TAke of Naruile and black-sope boyle them together a little on the fire annoint it therwith Of a Windegall that it shall not grow againe Ch. 180. WHen you haue cut the skin take a spoonfull of Oyle de bay 1. spoonful of Turpentine one penny worth of Verdegrease the white of an egge a quarter of an ounce of red lead boyle them together to a salue and lay the same to the place Of the stone in a Horse and Cholicke Chap. 181 TAke a pinte of white wine halfe a pint of burseed beat them smal two ounces of parselyseed halfe a handfull of I sope halfe an oūce of black-sope halfe a handfull of vnset leckes and halfe a handfull of water Cresses mingle them together stamp them and strein them but put the burseed parcely seed to it after it is streined and then warme it and giue it him to drinke Of a horse that pisseth blood chap. 182. TAke Barly seeth it in the iuice of Gomfollye and giue him the barly to eate and the iuice to drinke Of Ripening an impostume Chap. 183. TAke Mallow roots Lilly roots bruse them and put vnto them Hogs-grease and lyn-seede meale and plaister wise lay it to To bring haire a gaine Chap. 184. TAke the dung of Goates some hony and Allum and the blood of a Hog boyle them together being hot rub the place therewith To make a white marke on a horse Chap. 185. TAke a Tile burne it to pouder take dasie roots and the roots of a white bryer of each a like dry them and make powder thereof then shaue the place that you wil haue white rub it very much with the powder then wash the place with this water take a quantitie of Hony-suckle-flowers and a quantitie of hony and the water that Moles haue bene sodde in and wash the place and rub it very sore therewith doe this fiue daies and keepe him from all winde and it will bee white To make a horse he shall not neigh. Chap 186. TIe a woollen list about the middest of his tongue and he shall not ney so long as it remaineth To make a horse follow his Maister Chap. 186. TAke one pound of Otmell a quarter of a pound of honny and halfe a