The firſt ordering of the Running Horſe, according to the ſeveral eſtates of their Bodies.

WHen a Horſe is matched (or to be matched) for a runing Courſe, you are principally to regard the eſtate of the Body, in which the Horſe is at the time of his matching, and this eſtate of body I divide into three ſeveral kinds.

1. The firſt is, if he be very fat, foul, and either newly taken from graſs or ſoil. 2, The ſecond, if he be extreme lean and poor, either through over-riding, diſorder, or other in firmity. 3. The third, if he be in a good and well liking eſtate, having had good uſage and moderate exerciſe.

If your Horſe be in the firſt eſtate of his body, you ſhall take longer time for matching, keeping, and bringing into order, as two Moneths at the leaſt, or more, as you can conclude your wager.

If your Horſe be in the ſecond eſtate of Body, that is, very poor, then you ſhall alſo take as long time as you may, yet you need not ſo much as in the former, both becauſe greaſe cannot much offend, and exerciſe may go hand in hand with feeding.

If your Horſe be in the third eſtate of Body, (which is a mean betwixt the other extremes) thena Moneth or ſix weeks may be time ſufficient to diet him for his Match.

Now as you regard theſe general eſtates of bodies; ſo you muſt have an eye to certain particular eſtates of bodies: as if a Horſe be fat and foul, yet of free and ſpending nature, apt quickly to conſume and loſe his fleſh; this Horſe muſt not haue ſo ſtrict an hand, neither can he endure ſo violent excerciſe, as he that is of a hard diſpoſition, and will feed and be far upon all meats and all exerciſes.

Again, if your Horſe be in extreme poverty, through diſorder or miſuſage, yet is by nature very hard and apt, both ſoon to recover his fleſh, and long to hold it; then over this Horſe you ſhall by no means hold ſo liberal and tender an hand, nor forbear that excerciſe, which otherwiſe you would do to the Horſe, which is of a tender nature, a weak ſtomack, and a free ſpirit. Provided always, you haue regard to his limbs, the imperfection of his lameneſs.

Thus you ſee how to look into the Eſtates of Horſes Bodies, and what time to take for your matchings.

I will now deſcend to their ſeveral orderings and dietings, and becauſe in the fat Horſe, is contained both the lean Horſe, and the Horſe in reaſonable eſtate of Body, I will in him ſhew all the ſecrets and obſervations, which are to be imployed in the dieting and ordering of all three, without any omiſſion or reſervation whatſoever. For truth, Sir, I have Vowed unto you, and truth I will preſent you.

How to diet an Horſe for a Match, that is fat, foul, and either newly taken from Graſs or Soil, being the firſt Fortnight.

IF you match an Horſe that is fat and foul either by runing at Graſs, or ſtanding at Soil, or any other means of reſt, or too high keeping, you ſhall for the firſt fortnight at leaſt riſe early in the morning before day, or at the ſpring of day, according to the time of the year, and having put on his Bridle waſht in Beer, and tyed to the Rack, take away the dung and other foulneſs of the Stable, then you ſhall dreſs the Horſe exceeding well, that is to ſay,

You ſhall firſt curry him all over from the head to the tail, from the top of the ſhoulder to the knee, and from the top of the buttock to the hinder cambril; then duſt him all over, either with a clean duſting cloth, or with an horſes tayl, or ſuch like thing, made faſt to an handle, then curry or rub him all over with the French bruſh, beginning with his forehead, temples and cheeks, ſo down his neek, ſhoulders, and forelegs, even to the ſetting on of his hoofs, ſo along his ſides, and under his belly; and laſtly, all about his buttocks, and hinder legs, even to the ground. Then you ſhall go over all thoſe parts which the bruſh hath touched with your wet hand, and not leave, as near as you can, one looſe hair about him, nor one wet hair; for what your hands did wet, your hands muſt rub dry again: you ſhall alſo with your wet hands cleanſe his ſheath, his yard, his ſtones or cods, and his Tuel; and in dead not leave any ſecret place uncleanſed, as ears, noſtrils, fore-bowels, and between his hinder thighs. Then you ſhall take an haircl-oth, and with it rub the Horſe all over in every part, but eſpecially his face, eyes, cheeks, between the chops, on the top of his forehead, in the nape of the neck, and down his legs, fetlocks, and about his paſterns.

Laſtly, You ſhall take a clean woollen cloth, and with it you ſhall rub the Horſe oll over, beginning with his head and face, and ſo paſſing through every part of the Horſes body or limbs, which hath been before mentioned; then take a wet Mane-comb, and come down mane and tail. When this work is finiſhed, take a fair large body-cloth, of thick warm houſewives Kerſey▪ (if it be in the winter ſeaſon, or of fine corten, or other light ſtuff, if it be in the Summer ſeaſon) and fold it round about the Horſes body; then clap on his Saddle, and girt the foremoſt girth pretty ſtrait, and the other girth ſomewhat ſlack, and wiſp it on each ſide the Horſes heart, that both the girths may be of equal ſtraitneſs, then put before his breaſt a warm breaſt-cloth, and let it cover both his ſhoulders.

When the Horſe is thus accoutred and made ready, you ſhall take a little beer into your mouth and ſpirt it into the Horſes mouth, and ſo draw him out of the Stable, and take his back, leaving ſome ordinary Groom behind you, to trim up your ſtable, to carry forth dung, and ſhake and toſs up your litter. For you are to underſtand, and it is a general principle, that your Horſe muſt ſtand upon good ſtore of freſh dry Litter continually, both night and day, and it muſt ever be of Wheat-ſtraw, if poſſible, or Oat-ſtraw, if forced by neceſſity. As for Barley-ſtraw, and Rye-ſtraw, they are both un wholeſome and dangerous, the one doth heartburn, the other cauſeth ſcowring.

When you are thus mounted, you ſhall walk forth your Horſe foot pace, (which we call racking) for you muſt neither amble, nor trot, at leaſt a mile or two, or more, upon ſmooth and ſound ground, and as near as you can to the ſteepeſt hils you can find: there gallop your Horſe very gently up thoſe ſteep hils, and rack or walk him ſoftly down, that he may cool as much one way, as he warmeth another. And when you have thus exerciſed him a pretty ſpace then ſeeing the Sun beginning to riſe, or prettily riſen, you ſhall walk your Horſe down either to ſome freſh River, or ſome clear Pond that is fed with a ſweet Spring, and there let your Horſe drink at his pleaſure.

After he hath drunk, you ſhall gallop and exerciſe him moderately as you did before; then walk him a pretty ſpace, and after offer him more water: If he drink, then gallop him again; if he refuſe, then gallop him to occaſion thirſt; and thus always give him exerciſe both before and after water.

When he hath drunk (as you think ſufficiently) then bring him home gently, without a wet hair about him: when you are come to the ſtable door (before which your Groom ſhall throw all his foul litter continually from time to time) you ſhall there alight from his back, and by whiſtling ſtretching the Horſe upon the ſtraw, and ariſing the ſtraw up under the Horſe, ſee if you can make him Piſs, which if at firſt he do not, yet with a little cuſtome he wil ſoon be brought unto it, and it is an wholſom action, both for the Horſes health, and for the cleanly keeping of the ſtable.

When theſe things are performed, you ſhall then bring the Horſe into his ſtall; and firſt tye his head up to the rack in his bridle, then with hard wiſps rub all his four legs down with as great ſtrength as you can, then unlooſe his breſtcloth; rub his head, neck, and breaſt, exceeding much with a dry cloth: then take of his Saddle, and hang it by; and after take of his Body-cloth; then rub over all the Horſes body and limbs, eſpecially his back where the Saddle ſtood; and then clothe him up firſt with alinnen ſheet, then over it a good ſtrong houſingcloth, and a bove it his woollen body-cloth, which in the winter is not amiſs to have lined with ſome thin cotten, or other woollen ſtuff, but in the heat of Summer the Kerſey it ſelf is ſufficient.

When you have girt theſe Clothes about him, ſtop his ſurſingle round with reaſonable big, ſoft, and thick wiſps; for with them he will lye at beſt eaſe, becauſe the ſmall hard wiſps are ever hurtful.

After your Horſe is thus clothed up, you ſhall then pick his feet, and ſtop them up with cow-dung, and then throw in to his racka little bundle of hay, ſo much as a half-penny bottle in a dear Inn, well duſted, and hard bound up together, and this he ſhall tear out as he ſtandeth on his bridle.

After the Horſe hath ſtood on his bridle more than an hour, or an hour and half, you ſhall then come to him, and firſt rub his head, face, and the nape of his neck with a clean rubber, made of new rough hempen cloth, for this is excellent for the head, and dſſolveth all groſs and filthy humours, and then you ſhall draw his bridle, and with a very clean cloth make the manger ſo clean as may be; and if he hath ſcattered any hay therein, you ſhall gather it up and throw it back into his rack; then you ſhall take the quantity of a quart, or better, of ſweet, dry, old, and clean dreſſed Oats, of which the heavieſt and the whiteſt are the beſt, as thoſe which we call the Poland Oats, or the cut Oats, for thoſe only are wholeſome, the other which are unſweet breed infirmity, thoſe which are moiſt cauſe ſwelling in the body, thoſe which are new breed worms, and pain in the belly, and they which are half dreſſed deceive the ſtomack, and bring the Horſe to ruine. As for theblack Oats, though they are tolerable in the time of neceſſity, yet they make full dung, and hinder a mans knowledg, in the ſtate of the Horſes body.

This quart of Oats you ſhall put into a Sieve that is ſomewhat leſs than a Riddle, and a thought bigger then a Reeing Sieve, ſuch a one as will let a light Oat go through, but will keep a ful Oat from ſcattering. In this Sieve you ſhall ree, dreſs, and toſs your Oats very much, that there may be neither duſt, nor any other foul thing in them: And ſo give them to the Horſe to eat, and if he eat them with a good ſtomack, you may then ſift, and give him as much more; and ſo let him reſt, till it be near eleven of the clock. Then come to the ſtable again, and having rubbed the Horſes head, neck, and face, you ſhall then take another quart or better of Oats, and as before, toſs and ree them through your Sieves, and ſo give them the Horſe. Then cloſing up your windows and light, that the Horſe may remain ſo dark as is poſſible, leave him til one of the clock. And here you are to underſtand that the darker you keep your Horſe in your abſence, the better it is, and it will occaſion him to feed, lye down and take his reſt, where otherwiſe he would not. And therefore we commonly uſe to arm the ſtals, wherein thoſe Horſes ſtand, round about, and aloft, and over the rack, with ſtrong Canvas, both for darkneſs, warmth, and that no filth may come near the Horſe.

At one a clock or thereabouts, come to the Horſe again, and ſift and dreſs him another quart of Oats, as before ſhewed, and give them him: after you have rubbed well his face, head, and nape of the neck, then putting away his dung and making the ſtable clean and ſweet, give him a little knob of hay, and ſo leave him till four of the clock in the evening, if it be in the Summer; after three, if it be in the Winter and ſhort ſeaſon.

At four a clock in the evening come again to the Stable, and having made all things clean, then bridle up the Horſe, having wet the ſnaffle with beer, and tyed him up to the rack, then take off his clothes and dreſs him in all points, and every way as was ſhewed you in the morning. After he is dreſſed, then clothe and ſaddle him, as was alſo ſhewed for the morning: then bring him forth, and do your beſt to make him piſs and dung upon the foul Litter at the ſtable door: then mount his back▪ and ride him forth, as you did in the morning, but not to the hils, if poſſible you can find any other plain and level ground, as Meadow, Paſture, or any other earth, eſpecially if it lye along by the River. But in this caſe you can be no chooſer, but muſt take the moſt convenient ground you can find, to make a vertue of neceſſity. There air your Horſe in all points in the Evening, as you did in the Morning, galloping him both before and after his water, then racking him gently up and down, in your raking you muſt obſerve even from the Stable door in all your paſſages, eſpecially when you would have your Horſe to empty himſelf, to let him ſmell upon every old and new dung you meet with all, for this will make him empty his body, and repair his ſtomack.

After you have watered your Horſe, and ſpent the Evening in airing till within night, (for nothing is more wholſome or ſooner conſumeth foulneſs than early and late airings) you ſhall then air him home to the Stable door, there alight, and whatſoever you did in the morning either within doors or without, do the ſame alſo now at night, and ſo leave the Horſe on his bridle an hour or an hour and an half. Then come to him again, and as you did in the fore-noon, ſodo now, rub well, draw his bridle, cleanſe the manger, put up his ſcattered hay, ſift him a quart and better of oats, and give them him and ſo let him reſt till nine of the clock at night.

At nine of the clock at night, which is bedtime both for your Horſe and your ſelf, come unto him, and firſt rub down his legs hard with hard wiſps, then with a clean cloth rub his face, head, chaps, nape of the neck and fore-parts. Then turn up his clothes, and rub over his fillets, buttocks, and hinder parts: then put down his clothes, and ſift him a quart of Oats, and give them him. Then put into his Rack a little bundle of hay (as hath been before ſhewed) toſs up his Litter and make his bed ſoft, and ſo betake both him and your ſelf to your reſts till the next morning.

The next morning (as the morning before) come to the Horſe before day, or at the break, according to the ſeaſon of the year, and do every thing, without the omiſſion of any one particular, as hath been formerly declared.

And thus you ſhall keep your Horſe conſtantly for the firſt fortnight; in which by this double daily exerciſe you ſhall ſo harden his fleſh, and conſume his foulneſs, that the next fortnight (if you be a temperate man) you may adventure to give him gentle heats.

Now touching his heats, you are to take to your ſelf theſe four Conſiderations.

FIrſt, That two heats in the week is a ſufficient proportion for any Horſe of what condition or ſtate of body ſoever.

Secondly, That one heat ſhould ever be given upon that day in the week on which he is to be run his match. As thus, for Example.

If your match is to be run upon the Munday, then your fitteſt heating days are Mundayes and Fridayes, and the Munday to be ever the ſharper heat; both becauſe it is the day of his match, and there is three days reſpite betwixt it and the other heat.

If the match-day be on the Tueſday, then the heating days are Tueſdays and Saturdays.

If it be on Wedneſday, then the heating dayes are Wedneſdayes and Saturdayes by reaſon of the Sabbath.

If on the Thurſday, then the heating dayes are Thurſdayes and Mundayes, and ſo of the reſt.

Thirdly, you ſhall give no heat (except in caſe of extremity) in very rainy and foul weather; but rather to differ hours, and change times, for it is unwholeſome and dangerous. And therefore in caſe of ſhowers and uncertain weather, you ſhall be ſure to provide for your Horſe a warm lined hood with linnen ears, and the nape of the neck lined to keep out rain, for nothing is more dangerous than cold wet falling into the ears, upon the nape of the neck and the fillets.

Fourthly and laſtly, Obſerve to give your heats (the weather being ſeaſonable) as early in the morning as you can, that is, by the ſpring of the day: but by no means in the dark, for it is to the Horſe unwholeſome and unpleaſant, to the man a great teſtimony of folly, and to both an act of danger and precipitation.

The ſecond Fortnight's keeping.

NOw to deſcend to your ſecond Fortnight's keeping; touching your firſt approach to the Stable and all other by-reſpects, as cleanſing, ſhaking up of Litter, and the like, you ſhall do all things as in the firſt fortnight. Only before you put on his Bridle, you ſhall give him a quart or better, of clean ſifted Oats, which as ſoon as he hath eaten, you ſhall then bridle him up, and dreſs him in all points, as was declared in the firſt fortnight, you ſhall clothe him, ſaddle him, air, water, and bring him home in all points, as in the firſt fortnight; only you ſhall not put any Hay in his Rack to tear out, but only draw with your hand as much fine ſweet Hay (which you ſhall toſs and duſt well) as you can well gripe, and let him as he ſtandeth on the bridle tear it out of your hand, which if he do greedily and earneſtly, then you may give him another and another, and ſo let him ſtand on the bridle an hour or more after. Then come to him, and after rubbing and other ceremonies, before declared, performed; ſift and duſt up the quantity of a quart of Oats, and ſet them by: Then take a loaf of bread, that is at leaſt three dayes old, made after this manner,

The firſt Bread.

TAke three pecks of clean Beans, and one peck of fine Wheat, and mix them together, and grind it to pure meal.

Then ſearce and bolt through a reaſonable fine range, and knead it up with great ſtore of barm and lightning, but with as little water as may be; labour it in the Trough with all painfulneſs, tread it, break it, and after cover it warm, and let it ly a pretty ſpace in the Trough to ſwell: then after knead it over again, and mold it up into big Loaves, and ſo bake them well, and let them ſoak ſoundly; after they are drawn from the Oven, turn the bottoms upward and let them cool.

At three daies old you may adventure to give this bread, but hardly ſooner, for nothing doth occaſion ſurfeit, or is more dangerous than new bread; yet if neceſſity compel you that you muſt ſooner give this bread, or that the bread be danck and clammy, ſo as the Horſe taketh diſtaſte thereat, then cut the loaf into thin ſhives, and lay it abroad in a Sieve to dry, and then crumbling it ſmall amongſt his Oats, you may give it without danger.

But to return to my purpoſe where I left: when you have taken a loaf of this bread of three dayes old, you ſhall chip it very well, then cut it into thin ſhives, and break three or four ſhives thereof (which may countervail the quantity of the Oats) very ſmall, and mix it with the Oats you had before ſifted, and ſo give them to the Horſe.

About Eleven of the Clock you ſhall come to the Horſe, and having performed your by-Ceremonies, before ſpoken of, you ſhall give him the ſame quantity of bread and Oats as you did in the morning, and ſo let him reſt till the afternoon.

At one of the Clock in the afternoon (or after, if you intend not to give him an heat the next day) you ſhall feed him with bread and Oats as you did in the forenoon, and ſo conſequently every meal following for that day, obſerving every action and motion, as hath been before declared.

But if you intend the next day to give him an heat (to which I now bend mine aim) you ſhall then only give him a quart of ſweet Oats, and as ſoon as they are eaten, put on his bridle, and tye up his head, not forgetting all by-Ceremonies, before declared. Then dreſs him, clothe him, ſaddle him, air and water him, as before ſhewed: alſo bring him home, and order him, as before ſhewed, only give him no hay at all

After he hath ſtood an hour on the bridle, give him, as before a quart of clean ſifted Oats; when he hath eaten them, you ſhall then put on his head a ſweet clean waſht muzzle, and ſo let him reſt till nine of the Clock at Night.

Now touching the uſe of the Muzzle; and which is the beſt, you ſhall underſtand, that as they are moſt uſeful, being good and rightly made; ſo they are dangerous and hurtful, being abuſed or falſly made.

The true uſe of them, is to keep the Horſe from eating up his Litter, from gnawing upon Boards and mud-Walls, and indeed to keep him from eating any thing, but what he reciveth from your hand.

Theſe muzzles are ſometimes made of leather, and ſtampt full of holes, or elſe cloſe, but they are unſavoury and unwholeſome; for if it be allom'd Leather, the allom is offenſive; if it be liquor'd, the greaſe and ouze are full as unpleaſant: beſides, they are too cloſe, and too hot, and both make a Horſe ſick, cauſe him to forbear reſt, and retain his dung longer in his body, then otherwiſe he would do.

The beſt Summer-muzzle, is the Net-muzzle, made of ſtrong packthred, and knit exceeding thick, and with ſmall maſhes in the bottom, and ſo enlarged wider and wider up to the middle of the Horſes head, and then bound about the top with ſtrong tape, upon the near ſide a loop, and on the far ſide a long ſtring of tape to be faſtned unto the Horſes head.

The beſt winter muzzle, is that which is made of ſtrong double Canvas, with a round bottom, and a ſquare Lattis window of ſmall tape, before both his noſtrils, down to the very bottom of the Muzzle; this muſt alſo have a loop and a ſtring to faſten it about the Horſes head.

At nine of the Clock at night coming to the Horſe again, after your by-Ceremonies, before taught, are performed, give him a quart of clean ſifted Oats; and as ſoon as he hath eaten them, put on his muzzle, toſs up his Litter, and leave him to his reſt.

The next day early in the morning before day, come to the horſe (if he be ſtanding on his feet) but if he be laid, by no no means diſturb him.

Now whilſt he is lying, or if he be ſtanding, take a quart of clean Oats well ſifted, and rub between your hands, and waſh them in a little ſtrong Ale or beer, and let them not be too moiſt for fear of offence, and ſo give them to the Horſe.

As ſoon as he hath eaten them, bridle him up, and hang by his muzzle in ſome ſweet place, then unclothe him, and dreſs him, as hath been before ſhewed; after put on his body-cloth, and breaſtcloth, and Saddle him: then being ready to go forth with him, take his Bridle-rein and draw it over the top of the rack, ſo as you may draw his head aloft. Then take a new laid Egg, waſht clean, and breaking it in his mouth make him to ſwallow it down, then waſh his tongue and mouth with a little beer, and ſo lead him forth of the ſtable.

At the door ſee if he will piſs or dung, then take his back and rack him gently to the Courſe, ever and anon making him ſmell upon other Horſes dung, whereby he may empty himſelf the better.

When you are come within a mile or thereabouts, of the ſtarting Poſt, you ſhall alight from the Horſes back, and take of his Body-cloth, and Breaſt-cloth; and then girt on the Saddle again, then ſending away your Groom both with thoſe clothes, and the clean dry rubbing clothes, let him ſtay at the laſt end of the race till you come. Then your ſelf rack your Horſe gently up to the ſtarting Poſt, and beyond: make your Horſe ſmell to that Poſt, as you ſhall alſo do at the firſt Poſt, which we call the weighing Poſt, that he may thereby take notice of the beginning and ending of his Courſe. And there ſtart your Horſe roundly and ſharply at near a three quarters ſpeed, and according to his ſtrength of body, ability of wind, and chearfulneſs of ſpirit, run him the whole Courſe through. But by no means do any thing in extremity, and above his wind and ſtrength; but when you find him a little yield, then give him a little eaſe, ſo that all he doth, may be done with pleaſure, and not with anguiſh; for this manner of training will make him take delight in his labour, and ſo increaſe it, the contrary will breed diſcomfort, and make exerciſe irkſome.

Alſo during the time that you thus courſe your Horſe, you ſhall with all carefulneſs note upon what grounds he runneth beſt; as whether upon the hill, whether on the ſmooth earth, or on the rough, whether on the wet, or on the dry, or whether on the level, or the earth that is ſomewhat riſing, and according as you find his nature and diſpoſition, ſo maintain him for your own advantage.

When you have thus courſed the courſe over ſtrongly and ſwiftly, and after a little ſleightly gallop him up and down the field, to rake his wind and chear his ſpirits, you ſhall then (your Groom being ready with your clothes and other neceſſaries) ride to ſome warm place, as under the covert of ſome hedge, buſhes or trees, into ſome hollow dry ditch, pit, or other defence from the air, and there alight from his back, and firſt with a graſing knife, or ſcraping knife, as ſome call it, made either of ſome broken Sword blade, ſome old broken Sythe, or for want of them, a thin piece of old hard Oaken wood, faſhioned like a broad long knife with a ſharp edg: And uſing this with both your hands, ſcrape off all the ſweat from your horſe in every part of him, whereſoever you find any wet: And thus do till you find there will no more ſweat ariſe, and ever and a non move and ſtir the Horſe up and down, and then with dry clothes rub the Horſe all over exceedingly. Then take off the Saddle, and having glaſſed, ſcraped and rubbed his back, put on his bodycloth and his breſt-cloth, and then ſet on the Saddle again and girt it; then gallop the Horſe gently forth, and again a little ſpace ever and a non rubbing his head, neck, and body, as you ſit on his back; then walk him about the Fields and Downs to cool him, and when you find that he drieth a pace, then rack him gently homeward, ſometimes racking and ſometimes galloping. But by no means bring him to the Stable, till you find he have not one wet hair about him, when you have brought him to the Stable-door dry, there diſmount, and having enticed him to piſs and empty himſelf, then lead him into his ſtall, and there tye his head gently up to the Rack with his Bridle; which done, preſently, as having prepared it before, give the Horſe this Scowring following, and made in this manner.

The firſt Scowring.

TAke a Pint of the beſt ſweet Sack, and put thereto better than an ounce of the cleareſt, and pureſt Roſin, bruiſed to a very fine duſt, and brew them together exceeding much; then when the Sack and it is incorporated together, put thereto half a pint of the beſt Sallet Oyl, and brew them alſo well together: then laſtly, take a full Ounce and an half of brown Sugar-Candy beaten to Powder, and put it in alſo: then mull alſo upon the fire, and being luke-warm, and the Horſe newly come in from his heat, as before I ſhewed you, draw his head up to the rack, and with an horn give him this Scowring, for it is a ſtrong one, and this taketh away, and avoideth all manner of moulten greaſe, and foulneſs whatſoever.

The Ordering of the Horſe after this Scowring.

AS ſoon as you have given the Horſe this Scowring, preſently let your Groom fall to rubbing of his Legs, and do your ſelfe take off his Saddle and clothes, and finding his Body dry, run ſlightly over it with your Curry-Comb, after with the bruſh. Then duſt well, and laſtly, rub all his body over exceedingly well with dry clothes, eſpecially his head, nape of the neck, and about his heart; then clothe him up warm, as at his other ordinary times, and wiſp him round with great warm wiſps, and if you throw over him a little looſe blanket, it will not be amiſs in theſe extraordinary times, eſpecially if the ſeaſon be cold.

Your Horſe muſt faſt full two hours after the receipt of his Scowring, but yet depart not your ſelf, or your Groom out of the Stable, but ſtay and keep the Horſe ſtirring and walking, partly by extraordinary noiſe and clamour, and partly by action about him, or making him move up and down, as he ſtandeth. There is nothing more hurtful to the Horſe, or working of the Medicine, than ſleep, ſtilneſs, and reſt, and nothing better or more available to the working of the Medicine, than action and motion, for they make the ſpirits lively, and ſtir up thoſe humours which ſhould be removed, when reſt keeps the ſpirits dull, and the humours ſo incloſed and reſerved, that nature hath nothing to work upon.

After your horſe hath faſted upon his bridle two hours, or more, then you ſhall take an handful of Wheat-ears, being your pollard, that is, without rough beards, and coming to the Horſe, firſt handle the roots of his ears, then put your hands under his clothes againſt his heart, upon his Fillets, Flanks, and on the neather part of his Thighs, and if you find any new ſweat to ariſe, or any coldneſs of ſweat, or if you ſee his body beat, or his breath move faſt, then forbear to give him any thing, for it is a pregnant ſign, that there is much foulneſs ſtirred up, on which the Medicine working with a conquering quality, the Horſe is brought to a little heart-ſickneſs. Therefore in this caſe you ſhall only take off his bridle, and put on his Collar, then toſs up his litter that he may lye down, and then abſent your ſelf (having made the Stable dark and ſtill) for two hours more at the leaſt, which is the utmoſt end of that ſickneſs:

But if you find no ſuch offence, then you ſhall proffer him the ears of wheat by three or four together, and if he eat this handful, then give him another.

After he hath eaten the Wheat-ears, you ſhall then give him a little bundle of Hay, ſuch as hath been before declared, and draw his Bridle, rubbing his head well.

An hour or better after he hath had his Hay, you ſhall ſift him a quart of the beſt Oats, and to them you ſhall put two or three handfuls of ſpelted Beans, which you ſhall cauſe to be reed and dreſſed, ſo clean as poſſible, from all manner of huls, duſt, and filth whatſoever, ſo as there may be nothing but the clean ſpelted Beans themſelves. To theſe Oats and beans you ſhall break two or three good thick ſhives of bread, clean chipt, and give all unto the Horſe, and ſo leave him to his reſt for near three hours or there abouts.

At evening, before you dreſs your horſe, give him the like quantity of Oats, ſpelted beans and bread, and when he hath eaten them, then bridle him up and dreſs him, as before ſhewed; after he is dreſt, clothe him up, for you ſhall neither ſaddle him, nor 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 the nice and ſtrait platting up of horſes tails in the manner of Sakers or Docks (which is now in general uſe) howſoever the ornament may appear great to the Eye, yet I do not much affect it, becauſe I know, if an ignorant hand have the workmanſhip thereof, he may many wayes give offence to the horſe, and in avoiding cumberſomneſs breed a great deale of more cumber; therefore I wiſh every one rather to avoid curioſity, which they call neceſſary Ornament, than by thoſe falſe graces to do injury to the horſe.

Now for the neceſſary and indifferent things which are to be done unto the horſe▪ I would rather have them done the day before, than on the morning of the Courſe, becauſe I would have the horſe that morning to find no trouble or vexation.

The next morning which is the Ma • ch-day, come to your horſe before day, take off his muzzle, rub his head well, and give him a pretty quantity of Oats maſht in Muskadine, if he will eat them, or elſe in the Whites of Eggs; or if he refuſe both, then try him with fine dreſt Oats dry and mixt with a little Wheat, or with your lighteſt Bread: as for Beans forbear them, of any of theſe foods give him ſuch a quantity as may keep life and ſoul together: then if he be a Horſe that is an evil emptier, and will reretain meat long, you may walk him abroad, and in the places where he uſed to empty, there entice him to empty, which as ſoon as he hath done, bring him home, put on his Muzzle, and let him reſt, till you have warning to make ready and lead forth: but if he be a good and free emptying Horſe, then you need not ſtir him, but let him lye quiet.

When you have warning to prepare for leading out, then come to your Horſe, and having waſhed his ſnaffle in a little Muskadine, take off his Muzzle and bridle him up: But before you bridle, if you think the Horſe too empty, you may give him three or four mouthfuls of the waſht meat laſt ſpoken of, then bridle up, then dreſs: after having pitcht your Saddle and Girths with Shoemakers wax, ſet it on his back, and girt it as gently as may be, ſo as he may have a feeling but no ſtraitneſs. Then lay a very white ſheet over the Saddle next his skin, and over it his ordinary clothes, then his bodycloth and breaſt-cloth, and wiſp them round about with ſoft wiſps: then if you have a counterpane or cloth of State for braverie's ſake, let it be faſtened above all: when this is done, and you are ready to draw out, then take half a pint of the beſt Muskadine, and give it him with an Horn, and ſo lead him away.

In all your leadings upon the Courſe, of gentle and calm motions, ſuffering the Horſe to ſmell upon every dung, that thereby he may empty himſelf; and in ſpecial places of advantage, as where you find ruſhes, long graſs, ling, or heath, or the like, walk your Horſe, and intice him to piſs: But if you find no ſuch help, then in ſpecial places upon the Courſe, and chiefly towards the latter end, and having uſed the ſame means before, break ſome of your wiſps under the Horſes belly, and ſo make him piſs.

Alſo in your leading, if any white or thick foam or froth ariſe about the Horſes mouth, you ſhall with a clean handkerchief wipe it away, carrying a small bottle of clear water about you, waſh your Horſes mouth now and then therewith.

When you come to the place of ſtarting, before you unclothe the Horſe, rub and chafe his Legs with hard wiſps, then pick his feet, and waſh his mouth with water, then unclothe him; mount his Rider, Start fair, and then refer all the reſt to God's good will and pleaſure.

General Obſervations, Helps and advertiſements, for any man when he goeth about to buy an Horſe.

THere is nothing more difficult or intricate in all the Arts of Horſemanſhip, than to ſet down conſtant and uncontrollable Reſolutions, by which to bind every man's mind to an unity of conſent in the buying of an Horſe: For according to the old Adage, That which is one man's meat, is another man's poyſon; what one affects another diſlikes. But to proceed according to the Rule of Reaſon, the precepts of the Ancients, and the modern practice of our preſent conceived Opinions, I will, as freely as I can, ſhew you thoſe Obſervations and Advertiſements, which may ſtrengthen and fortifie you in any hard & difficult Election.

Firſt therefore, you are to obſerve, that if you will elect an Horſe for your heart's contentment; you are to take to your ſelf this principal conſideration: Namely, the end and purpoſe for which you Elect him; as whether for the Wars, for▪ Running, Hunting, Travel, Draught, or Burthen; every one having their ſeveral Characters, and their ſeveral faces, both of beauty and uncomelineſs.

But becauſe there is but one Truth, and one perfection, I will, under the deſcription of the perfect Horſe, that is untainted, ſhew all the imperfections and attaintures, that either nature or miſchance can put upon the Horſe of greateſt deformity.

Let me then adviſe you that intend to buy a Horſe, to acquaint your ſelf well with all the true ſhapes and excellencies which belong to an Horſe, whether it be in his natural and true proportion, or in any accidental or outward increaſe or decreaſe of any Limb or Member; And from their contraries, to gather all things whatſoever that may give diſlike or offence.

To begin therefore with the firſt Principles of Election, you ſhall underſtand, that they are divided into two ſpecial heads: the one general, the other particular.

The general Rule of Election, is firſt the end for which you buy, then his breed or generations, his colour, his face and his ſtature: and theſe are ſaid to be general; becauſe the firſt, which is the end for which you buy, is a thing ſhut up onely in your own breaſt.

The other which is his breed, you muſt either take it from faithful report, your own knowledg, or from ſome known and certain Characters, by which one ſtrain or one Country is diſtinguiſhed from another: As the Neapolitan is known by his hook▪ Noſe, the Spaniard by his ſmall Limbs, the Barbary by his fine Head, the Dutch by his rough Legs. the Engliſh by his general ſtrong knitting together, and ſo forth of divers others.

As for his colour, although there is no colour exempt utterly from goodneſs, for I have ſeen good of all, yet there are ſome better reputed than others, as the Daple gray for beauty th Brown Bay for ſervice, the black ſilver-hair▪ for courage, and the Lyard or true mixt Roan for countenance: as for the Sorrel, the black without white, and the unchangeable Irongray, they are reputed cholerick; the bright bay, the flea-bitten, and the black with white marks, are Sanguiniſts; the blanke-white, the yellow dun, the kite glew'd, and the Pidebald, are Flegmatick; and the cheſnut, the mouſedun, the red▪bay, and the blew-gray, are melancholy.

Now for his Pace, which is either Trot, Amble, Rack, or Gallop, you muſt re • er it to the end alſo for which you buy; as if it be for the Wars, Hunting, Running, or your own private diſpoſition, then the trot is moſt tolerable. And this motion you ſhall know by a croſs moving of the Horſes Limbs, as when the far fore-Leg and the near hinder-Leg, or the near fore-Leg and the far hinder-Leg, move and go forward in one inſtant. And in this motion, the neater the Horſe taketh his Limbs from the ground, the opener, the evener, and the ſhorter he treadeth, the better his pace; for to take up his feet ſturnly ſhews ſtumbling and lameneſs, to tread narrow or croſs ſhews enterfering or falling: to ſtep uneven ſhews toil and wearineſs, to tread long ſhews over-reaching.

Now if you elect for eaſe, great Perſons Seats or long Travel, then Amble is required, and this motion is contrary to trotting, for now both the feet on one ſide muſt move equally together, that is, his far fore-Leg, and the far hinder-Leg, and this motion muſt go juſt, large, ſmooth and nimble; for to tread falſe takes away all eaſe, to tread ſhort rids no ground, to tread rough ſhews rolling, and to tread nimbly ſhews a falſe pace that never continueth, as alſo lameneſs.

If you elect for Buckhunting, for galloping on the High-way, for Poſt, Hackney, or the like then a Racking pace is required, and this motion is the ſame that Ambling is, only it is in a ſwifter time and ſhorter tread, and though it rid not ſo much ground, yet it is a little more eaſie.

Now to all theſe parts muſt be joyned a gallop (which naturally every Trotting and Racking Horſe hath) the Ambler is a little unapt thereunto, becauſe the motions are both one, ſo that being put to a greater ſwiftneſs of pace, than naturally he hath been acquainted withal, he handles his legs confuſedly and out of order, but being tamed gently, and made to know and underſtand the motion, he will as well undertake it, as any Trotting Horſe whatſoever. Now in a good gallop, you are to obſerve theſe vertues.

Firſt, That the Horſe which taketh his feet nimbly from the ground, but doth not raiſe them high, that neither rolleth, nor beats himſelf that ſtretcheth out his fore-legs, follows nimbly with his hinder, and neither cutteth under the knee, (which we call the swift cut) nor croſſeth, nor claps one foot upon another, and ever leadeth with his far fore-foot, and not with the near.

This Horſe is ſaid ever to gallop moſt comely, and moſt true, and is the fitteſt for ſpeed, or any other like imployment.

If he gallop round, and raiſe his fore-feet, he is then ſaid to gallop ſtrongly, but not ſwiftly, and is fitteſt for the great Saddle, the Wars, and ſtrong encounters.

If he gallop ſlow, yet ſure, he will ſerve for the high-way; but if he labour his feet confuſedly, and gallop painfully, then he is good for no galloping ſervice, beſides it ſhews ſome obſcure lameneſs.

Laſtly, touching his ſtature, it muſt be referred to your own judgment, and the end for which you buy him; ever obſerving, that the biggeſt and ſtrongeſt are fitteſt for ſtrong occaſions, as great burthens, ſtrong draughts, and double carriage, the middle ſize for pleaſure, and general employments, and the leaſt for eaſe, ſtreet-walks, and Summer-Hackney.

Now touching the particular Rule of election, it is contained in the Diſcovery of natural deformities, accidental, outward or inward hidden miſchiefs, which are ſo many, are infinite, that it is a world of work to explain him; yet for ſatiſfaction ſake, I will, in as methodical manner as I can, briefly and according to the beſt conceited opinions, ſhown or can be obſerved in this occaſion.

firſt therefore, When an Horſe is brought unto you to buy, being ſatisfied for his breed his pace and colour, then ſee him ſtand naked before you, and placing your ſelf before his face, take a ſtrict view of his countenance, and the chearfulneſs thereof, for it is an excellent Glaſs wherein to ſee his goodneſs; Asthus, If his Ears be ſmall, thin, ſharp, pricked, and moving, and if they be long, yet well ſet on, and well carried, it is a mark of beauty, goodneſs and metal; but if they be thick▪ laved, or lolling, wide ſet on, and unmoving, then are they ſigns of dulneſs, doggedneſs and ill nature.

If his face be clean, his forehead ſwelling outward, the mark or feather in his face ſet high; as above his eyes, or at the top of his eyes, if he have a white ſtar, or a white rach of an indifferent ſize, and even placed, or a white ſnip on his Noſe, all are marks of beauty and goodneſs: but if his face be fat▪ cloudy or ſcouling, his fore-head flat as a trencher, which we call mare-ſaced, the mark in his forehe ad ſtand low, as under his eyes; if his ſtar or Rach ſtand awry or in an evil poſture, or inſtead of a ſnip, his Noſe be raw and unhairy, or his face generally bald, all are ſigns of deformity; if his Eyes be round, bright, black, ſhining, ſtaring, or ſtarting from his head; if the black of the Eye fill the pit, or outward circumference, ſo that in the moving none (or very little) of the white appeareth, all are ſigns of beauty, goodneſs and meral; but if his eyes be uneven and of a wrinkled proportion; if they be little (which we call Pig-eyed) both are uncomely ſigns of weakneſs: if they be red and fiery, take heed of Moon-eyes, which is the next door to blindneſs; if white and walled, it ſhews a weak ſight, and unneceſſary ſtarting or finding of boggards; if with white ſpecks, take heed of the pearl, pin and web; if they water or ſhew bloudy, it ſhews bruiſes; and if they matter, they ſhew old over-riding and feſtred Rheums, or violent ſtrains, If they look dead or dull, or all hollow and much ſunk, take heed of blindneſs, at the beſt the Beaſt is of an old decrepit Generation; if the black fill not the pit, but the white is alwayes appearing, or if in moving the white, the black be ſeen in equal quantity, it is a ſign of weakneſs and dogged diſpoſition.

If handling of his Cheeks or Chaps, you find the bones lean and thin, the ſpace wide between them, the thropple or wind-pipe big as you can gripe, and the void place without knots or kernels; and generally, the jaws ſo open, that the neck ſeemeth to couch within them, they are all excellent ſigns of great wind, courage, and ſoundneſs of head and body; But if the chaps be fat and thick, the ſpace between them cloſed up with groſs ſubſtance, and the thropple little, all are ſigns of ſhort wind, and much inward foulneſs; if the void place be full of knots and kernels, take heed of the ſtrangle or glanders, at leaſt the Horſe is not without a foul cold.

If his jaws be ſo ſtrait, that his neck ſwelleth about them; if it be no more but natural, it is only an uncomely ſign of ſtrait wind, and purſineſs, or groſsneſs; but if the ſwelling be long and cloſe to his chaps like a whetſtone, then take heed of the Uvies, or ſome other unnatural impoſthume.

If his noſtrils be open, dry, wide and large, ſo as upon any ſtraining the very inward redneſs is diſcovered; and if his Muzzle be ſmall, his mouth deep; and his lips equally meeting, they are all good ſigns of wind, heat and courage; but if his noſtrils be ſtrait, his wind is little; if his Muzzle be groſs, his ſpirit is dul; if his mouth be ſhallow, he will never carry a bit well; and if his upper lip will not reach his neather, old age or infirmity hath marked him for carrion; and if his noſe be moiſt and dropping, if it be clear water it is a cold, if foul matter then be ware the glanders, if both noſtrils run it is hurtful, but if one then moſt dangerous.

Touching his teeth, and their vertues, they are at large ſet down in another Chapter touching the Horſes age; only remember you never buy an Horſe that wanteth any, for as good loſe all as one.

From his Head look down to his Breaſt, and look that it be broad, out-ſwelling, and adorned with many feathers, for that ſhews ſtrength and endurance: the little braeſt is uncomely, and ſhews weakneſs; the narrow breaſt is apt to ſtumble, fall and enterfere before; and the breaſt that is hidden inward, and wanteth the beauty and diviſion of many feathers, ſhews a weak-armed heart, and a breaſt that is unwilling and unfit for any toyl or ſtrong labour.

Next look down from his Elbow to his Knee, and ſee that thoſe fore-things be ruſh-grown, well horned within, ſinewy fleſh, and without ſwelling, for they are good ſigns of ſtrength; the contrary ſhews weakneſs▪ and are unnatural.

Then look on his knees, that they carry an equal and even proportion, be clean▪ ſinewy, and cloſe knit, for they are good and comely; if one be bigger and rounder than another, the Horſe hath received miſchief; if they be groſs, the Horſe is gouty; and if they have ſcars or hair broken, it is a true mark of a ſtumbling Jade, and a perpetual faller.

From his knees look down his Legs to his Paſterns, and if you find his Legs clean, fat, and ſinewy, and the inward bougth of his knee without a ſeam, or hair broken, then he ſhews good ſhape and ſoundneſs; but if on the inſide, there are excreſſions, if under his knee be Scabs on the inſide, it is the ſwift cut, and he will ill endure galloping; if above his Paſterns on the inſide you find Scabs, it ſhews enterfering. But if the Scabs be generally over his Legs, it is either extreme foul keeping, or a ſpice of the mangy; if his Legs be fat, round and fleſhy, he will never endure labour; if on the inward bougth of his knee you find ſeams, ſcabs, or hair broken, it ſhews a mallander, which is a cankerous ulcer.

Look then on his Paſtern, the firſt muſt be clean and well knit together, the other muſt be ſhort, ſtrong, and upright ſtanding, for if the firſt be big or ſweld, take keed of the ſinew-ſtrains and gurding; if the other be long, weak, or bending, the limbs will hardly carry the Body without tiring.

For the hoofs in general, they would be black, ſmooth, rough, rather a little long than round and hollow, and full ſounding, for a white hoof is tender, and carries a ſhoe ill; a rough, groſs, ſeamed hoof ſhews old age or over-beating▪ brittle hoofs will carry no ſhoe, an extraordinary round hoof is ill for foul wayes or deep hunting; a flat hoof that is pummiſſed ſhews foundering, and an hoof that is empty and hollow-ſounding ſhews a decayed inward part, by reaſon of ſome wound or dry founder. As for the Crownet of the hoof, if the hair be ſmooth and cloſe, and the fleſh fat and even, all is perfect; but if the hair be ſtaring the ſkin ſcabbed, the fleſh riſing, then look for a ring-bone, a Crown-ſcab, or like miſchief.

After this, ſtand by his ſide, and firſt look to the ſetting on of his head, and ſee that it ſtand neither too high nor too low, but in a direct line; and that his neck be ſmall at the ſeting on, and long growing deeper and deeper, till it come to the ſhoulders, with an high, ſtrong, and thin Creſt; and his Mane thin, long, ſoft, and ſomewhat curling, for theſe are beautiful Characters; where as to have the head ill ſet on, is the greateſt deformity, to have any bigneſs or ſwelling in the nape of the neck, ſhews the poleevil, or begining of a Fiſtula: to have a ſhort thick neck like a Bull, to have it falling at the withers, to have a low, a weak, a thick or falling creſt, ſhews want both of ſtrength and metal, and to have much hair on the Mane ſhews intolerable dulneſs, to have it too thin ſhews fury, and to have none, or too ſhed, ſhews the worm in the mane, the itch, or elſe mangies

Look then to the chine of his back, that it be broad, even and ſtraight▪ his ribs well compaſſed, and bending outward, his fillets upright, ſtrong and ſhort, and not above four fingers between his laſt rib and his huckle-bone, let his body be well let down, yet hidden without his ribs, and let his ſtones be cloſe truſt up to his body, for all theſe are marks of good perfection. Whereas to have his chine narrow, he will never carry a Saddle without wounding; and to have it bending or Saddle-backt, ſhews weakneſs; to have his ribs fat, there is no liberty for wind; to have his fillets hanging long or weak he will never climb an hill well, nor carry burthen; and to have his belly clung up and gant, or his ſtones hanging down cloſe or ſide, they are both ſigns of ſickneſs, tenderneſs, or foundering in the body, and unaptneſs for labour. Then look upon his buttock, and ſee that it be round, full, plump and in an even level with his body; or if long, that it be well raiſed behind, and ſpread forth at the ſetting on of the tail, for theſe are comely and beautiful: the narrow pin-buttock, the Hog or Swine-rump, and the falling or downlet-buttock are full of deformity, and ſhew both an injury in nature, and that they are neither fit nor becoming for Pad, Foot-cloth, or Pillow.

Then look to his hinder thighs, or gaſcoyns, that they be well let down, even to the middle joynt, thick, brawny, full and ſwelling, for that is a great argument of ſtrength and goodneſs; where as the clean, lank, ſlender thigh, ſhews diſability and weakneſs. Then look upon the middle joynt behind, and ſee if it be nothing but skin and bone, veins and ſinews, and rather a little bending then too ſtraight, then it is perfect as it ſhould be; but if it hath chaps or ſores in the inward bougth or bending, then it is a S •• landar.

If the joynt be ſwell'd generally all over, then he hath gotten a blow or bruiſe, if the ſwelling be particular, as in the plot or hollow part, or on the inſide, and the vein full and proud; if the ſwelling be ſhort, it is a blood-ſpaven, if hard, it is a bone-ſpaven, but if the ſwelling be juſt behind, below the knuckle, then it is a curb.

Then look to his hinder legs, and if they be clean fat, and ſinewy, then all is well, but if they be fat, they will not endure labour; if they be ſwel'd, the greaſe is molten into them; if they be ſcabbed above the Paſterns, he hath the Scratches; if he have chaps under his Paſterns, he hath the Pains, and none of theſe but are dangerous and noiſome.

Laſtly, for the ſetting on of his tail, where there is a good buttock, there the tail can never ſtand ill, and where there is an ill buttock, there the tail can never ſtand well, for it ought to ſtand broad, high, flat, and a little touched inward.

Thus I have ſhewed you true ſhapes, and true deformities, you may in your choice pleaſe your own fancy.

Certain Infallible Helps and Cures for thoſe Infirmities which are moſt dangerous, and do commonly attend all Horſes; eſpecially the Runing Horſe.

Firſt of Sickneſs in general.

WHenſoever upon any occaſion you ſhall find your Horſe to droop in Countenance, to forſake his meat, or to ſhew any apparent ſign of ſickneſs; if they be not great, you may forbear to let blood, becauſe where blood is ſpent, the ſpirits are ſpent alſo, and they are not eaſily recovered; but if the ſigns be great and dangerous, then by all means let blood inſtantly, and for three mornings together; the Horſe being faſting, give him half an ounce of the Powder called Diahexaple, brewed either in a pint of the pureſt and fineſt ſirrup of Sugar, being two degrees above the ordinary Moloſſes, or for want thereof Moloſſes will ſerve the turn, or where all are wanting, you may take a pint either of Carduuswater, or elſe Dragon-water, or a quart of the ſweeteſt and ſtrongeſt Ale-wort; and this muſt be given him in a Horn, and if the Horſe have ability of body, ride him in ſome warm place after it, and let him faſt near two hours more. At noon give him a ſweet Maſh, clothe warm, and let him touch no cold water.

Now for the exact and true making of this Powder, which I call Diahexaple, becauſe no man, that I know, either Apothecary or other, doth at this day make it truly, partly becauſe it is an experiment lately come to my knowledg, by conference with Learned Phyſicians, and partly becauſe our Medicine-makers are in Horſe-Phyſick leſs curious than they ſhould be; through which errors there is produced to the world abundance of falſe mixtures; which both deceive the honeſt Horſe-maſter, kils the harmleſs Horſe, and diſgrace the well-meaning Farrier.

To repair all which, I will here ſet down at large the true manner of making this admirable Powder, together with the vertues and operations thereof.

Take of the grains of Paradiſe, of Ivory and Myrrh, of the roots of Enula Campana, of Turmerick and Gentian, of each a like quantity; then beat and ſearſe them into a ſubtile Powder, and give the Horſe ſuch a quantity, as is before directed. This reſiſteth the putrifaction of humours, comforts and ſtrengthens the in ward parts, opens obſtructions, helps the Lungs, and if taken in time, not only recovereth the Horſe, but preventeth many other diſtempers.

Certain neceſſary Obſervatins and Advantages for every Keeper to obſerve in ſundry accidents.

THere is no unreaſonable Creature of pleaſure ſubject to ſo many diſaſtrous chances of Fortune as the Horſe, and eſpecially the Running Horſe, both by reaſon of the multiplicity of Diſeaſes belonging unto them, as alſo the violence of their exerciſe, and the nice tenderneſs of their Keeping. And therefore it behoveth every Keeper to be armd with ſuch Obſervations as may diſcern miſchiefs, and thoſe helps which may amend them when they happen.

Obſervations for ſickneſs and health.

THe firſt Obſervation therefore that I would arm your Keeper with all, is to diſcern ſickneſs from health. As thus.

If you find in your Horſe heavineſs of countenance, extreme looſneſs, or extreme coſtiveneſs ſhortneſs of breath, lothing of meats, dull and imperfect eyes, rotten or dry cough, ſtaring hair, or hair unnaturally diſcover'd, a ſtaggering pace, frantick behaviour, yellowneſs of the eyes and skin; faint or cold ſweat, extraordinary lying down or beating, or looking back at his body, alteration of qualities and geſtures, no caſting his coat, leanneſs, hide-bound, and the like; all theſe are apparent ſigns of diſtemperature or ſickneſs.

Obſervations from the Dung

IT is neceſſary that our Keeper obſerve the Horſes Dung, for it is the beſt tell-troth of an Horſes inward parts, yet he muſt not judg it by a general opinion, but a private diſcourſe with himſelf, how the Horſe hath been fed, becauſe food is the only thing.

As Thus

If the Dung be clear, criſp, and of a pale and whitiſh-yellow complexion, hanging together without ſeparation, more than as the weight breaks it in the falling, being neither ſo thin that it will run, nor ſo thick but it will a little flat on the ground, and in deed both in ſavour and ſubſtance ſome what reſemling a ſound man's ordure. Then is the Horſe clean, well fed, and without imperfection; if it be well coloured, yet fall from him in round knots or pellets: But if all his Dung be alike, then it is aſign of foul feeding, and he hath either too much Hay, or eats too much Litter, and too little Corn.

If his Dung be in round pellets, and blackiſh or brown, it ſhews inward heat in the body, if it be greaſe, it ſhews foulneſs, and that greaſe is molten but cannot come away; if he doth avoid greaſe in groſs ſubſtance with his dung, if the greaſe be white and clear, then it comes away kindly and there is no danger; but if it be yellow and putrified, then the greaſe hath lain long in his body, and ſickneſs may follow if not prevented: if his dung be red and hard, then the Horſe hath had too ſtrong heats, and coſtiveneſs will follow; if it be pale and looſe, it ſhews inward coldneſs of body, or too much moiſt feeding.

Obſervations from the Urine.

AS the Keeper hath thus a principal reſpect to the Horſes dung, ſo he ſhall take ſome little Notes from the Urine alſo: and though they be not altogether ſo material as the other, becauſe according to the opinion of Phyſicians, Urina eſt Meretrix, Urine is a deceiver; yet it hath ſome true faces. As thus, The Urine which is of a pale yellowiſh colour, rather thick than thin, of a ſtrong ſmell and a piercing condition, is an healthfull ſound and good Urine; but if you find any note or complexion contrary to theſe, then in the Horſe is ſome imperfection. As thus, If the Urine be of an high and ruddy complexion, either like blood or inclining to blood, then hath the Horſe either had too ſore heats, been overridden, or ridden too early after winter graſs, if the Urine be of an high complexion, clear and tranſparent, like old March Beer, then the Horſe is inflamed in his body, and hath taken ſome ſurfeit.

If the Urine carry a white cream on the top, it ſhews a weak back, and conſumption of ſeed.

A green Urine ſhews a conſumption of the body.

An Urine with bloody ſtreaks ſhews an Ulcer in the Kidneys, and a black thick cloudy Urine ſhews Death and Mortality.

Obſervations in Feeding.

AGain, Our Keeper muſt obſerve, that if there be any meat, drink, or other nouriſhment, which he knoweth good for the Horſe, if the Horſe refuſeth to take it, in this caſe he ſhall not violently thruſt it upon the Horſe, or by force cram him therewith; but by gentle degrees and coming enticements, and by proceſs of time win him thereunto; rempting him when he is moſt hungry or moſt thirſty, and if he get but a bit at a time or a ſup at a time, it will ſoon increaſe to a greatter quantity, and ever let him have leſs then he deſireth. And that he may the ſooner be brought to it, mix the meat he loveth beſt with that he loveth worſt, the drink he loveth the beſt, with that he loveth the worſt, till both be made like familiar, and ſo ſhall the Horſe be a ſtranger to nothing that is good or wholeſome.

Obſervations in Caſe of Lameneſs.

AGain, Our Keeper muſt obſerve ifhis Horſe be ſubject to lameneſs or ſtiffneſs of joynts or ſinews, ſurbayting or tenderneſs of feet, firſt to give him his heats upon ſoft and ſmooth carpet earth, and to forbear ſtony ground, hard high ways, croſs furrows, till extremity compel him.

Obſervations from the ſtate of the Horſes Body.

IT is good for our Keeper to obſerve, that the ſtrongeſt eſtate of body (which I account the higheſt and fulleſt of fleſh, ſo it be good, hard, and without inward foulneſs) to be the beſt and ableſt for the performance of Wagers; yet he muſt herein take to himſelf two conſiderations; the one, the ſhape of the Horſes body, the other, his inclination and manner of feeding.

For the ſhape of Horſes bodies, there be ſome Horſes that be round, plump, and cloſe knit together; ſo that they will appear fat and well ſhaped, when they are lean and in poverty; others are raw-boned, ſlender and looſe knit together, and will appear lean, deformed, and in poverty, when they are fat, foul, and full of groſs humors.

So likewiſe their inclinations, ſome Horſes (as the firſt before named) will feed outwardly, and will carry a thick rib, when they are inwardly as clean as may be, and without all manner of foulneſs.

There be others (as the latter) that will appear clean to the eyes, and ſhew nothing but skin and bone, when they are full of inward fatneſs, and have guts as full as may be. In this caſe the Keeper hath two helps to advantage his knowledg, the one outward, the other inward.

The outward help is the outward handling and feeling of the Horſes body, generally over all his ribs, but particularly upon his ſhort and hindmoſt ribs; if his fleſh generally handle ſoft and looſe, and your fingers ſink into it as into down; then is the Horſe foul without queſtion: But if generally it be hard and firm, only upon the hindmoſt rib it handleth ſoft and downy; then it is a pregnant ſign, there is greaſe and foul matter within the Horſe, which muſt be avoided, how lean or poor ſoever he appear in outward ſpeculation.

The inward help is only ſharp exerciſe and ſtrong ſcowrings, the firſt will diſſolve and melt the foulneſs, the latter will bring it away in abundance.

If your Horſe be fat and thick, and as it were cloſed up between the chaps, or if his jaws handle fleſhy and full, it is a ſign of much foulneſs both in the head and body; but if he handle thin, clean, and only with ſome lumps or ſmall kernels within his chaps, then it is only a ſign of ſome cold or poze newly taken.

Obſervations from the Privy Parts.

IT is good for our Keeper to obſerve his Horſes ſtones if, if he be ſtoned, for if they hang down ſide or long from his body, then is the Horſe out of luſt and heart, and is either ſick of greaſe or other foul humors; but if they be cloſe couched up, and lye hid in a very ſmall room, then is the Horſe in health and good plight.

Obſervations from the Limbs.

IT is good for our Keeper to obſerve every night, before he runs either match or heat, to bathe his Horſes legs well, from above the Knees, and above the Cambrels downwards, with either Dogs-greaſe, which is the beſt, or Trotters oyl, which is the ſecond, or the pureſt clarified Hogs greaſe that can be got, which is moſt tolerable, and to work it in with his hands, and not with melting at the fire; and what he gets not in the firſt night, will be got in the next morning, and what he gets not in the next morning, will be got in when he comes to unclothe at the end of the Courſe; ſo that you ſhall need to uſe Oyntment but once, but the Fricaſs or Rubbing, as often as you find opportunity

Obſervations for the giving of Water

OUR Keeper ſhall obſerve, that albeit I give no directions for the watering of his Horſe in the Evening after his heat, yet he may in any of the three latter fortnights (finding his Horſe clean, and his greaſe conſumed or gone away) ſomewhat late at night, as about ſix of the Clock, give his Horſe water in reaſonable quantity, being made Milk-warm, and faſting an hour after it

Alſo, if the weather be unſeaſonable, then you ſhall at your watering hours water in the houſe with warm water, putting a little quantity of hot water into a greater of cold, and ſo make it Milk-warm; if you throw a handful of Wheat-meal, Bran, or Oat-meal finely pounded, but Oat-meal is the beſt.

Obſervations in the choice of Ground to Run on

OUR Keeper ſhall obſerve, that if the ground whereon he is to run his match be dangerous and apt for ſtrains, ſlips, over-reaches, and the like, that then he is not togive all his heats thereon; but having made his Horſe acquainted with the nature thereof, then either to take part of the courſe, as a mile, two or three, according to the goodneſs of the ground; and ſo to run his Horſe forth and back a gain, which we call turning heats: Provided alwayes, that he end his heat at the weighing Poſt, and that he make not his courſe leſs but rather more in quantity than that he muſt run; but if for ſome ſpecial occaſions he like not part of the Courſe, then he may many times, (but not ever) give his heats upon any other good ground, either forth-right and turning or round about any ſpacious and large field, where the Horſe may lay down his body, and, run at pleaſure.

Obſervations from Sweating.

OUR Keeper ſhall take ſpecial regard in all his airing, heating, and all manner of Exerciſe 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.

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 wheatflour 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 Gallypot, 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) give it him to drink, and let him faſt other two hours more after it, and the worms will avoid in great abundance.

Another moſt excellent Receipt for the Botts or any Worms, which is moſt eaſie and moſt certain without ſickneſs.

TAke the ſoft downy hairs which grow in the Ears of an Horſe, and which you clip away when you poll him, and the little ſhort tuft which grows on the top of his forehead, underneath his foretop, and having a pretty quantity of them, mix them well with a pottle of ſweet Oats, and ſo give them to the Horſe to eat, and there is not any thing that will kill worms more aſſuredly.

An uncontrollable way how to know the Age of any Horſe.

THere are ſeven outward Characters by which to know the age of every Horſe; as namely, his Teeth, his Hoofs, his Tail, his Eyes, his Skin, his Hair, and the Barrs of his Mouth.

Firſt

If you will know his Age by his Teeth, you muſt underſtand that a Horſe hath in his head juſt fourty Teeth, that is to ſay, ſix great wang Teeth above, and ſix below on one ſide, and as many on the other, which makes twenty four, and are called his grinders. Then ſix above and ſix below in the forepart of his mouth, which are called gatherers, and make thirty ſix. Then four Tuſhes, one above and one below of one ſide, and one above and one below on the other ſide, which is juſt fourty.

Now the firſt Year he hath his Foals Teeth, which are only grinders and gatherers, but no Tuſhes, and they be ſmall, white, and bright to look upon.

The ſecond Year he changeth the four foremoſt Teeth in his head, and they will appear browner and bigger then the other.

At three Years old he changeth the Teeth next unto them, and leaveth no apparent Foals Teeth before, but too of each ſide above, and two below, which are alſo bright and ſmall.

At Four Years old he changeth the Teeth next unto them, and leaveth no more Foals Teeth, but one on each ſide, both above and below.

At five Years old his foremoſt Teeth will be all changed, but then he hath his Tuſhes on each ſide compleat, and the laſt Foals Teeth which he caſt, thoſe which come in their place will be hollow, and have a little black ſpeck in the midſt, which is called, the mark in the Horſes mouth, and continueth till he be eight years old.

At ſix years old, he putteth up his new Tuſhes, near about which you ſhall ſee moſt apparently growing a little Circle of new and young fleſh at the bottom of the Tuſh, beſides the Tuſh will be white, ſmall, ſhort and ſharp.

At ſeven years old, all his Teeth will have their perfect growth, and the mark in the Horſes mouth before ſpoken of, will be plainly ſeen.

At eight years old, all his Teeth will be full, ſmooth, and plain, the black ſpeck or mark being hardly to be diſcerned, and his Tuſhes will be more yellow then ordinary.

At nine years his fore-moſt Teeth will ſhew longer, yellower, and fouler, then at younger years, and his Tuſhes will be bluntiſh.

At ten years old, in the inſide of his upper Tuſhes, will be no holes at all to be felt with your fingers end, which till that age, you ſhall ever moſt perfectly feel; beſides the Temples of his Head will begin to be crooked and hollow.

At eleven years of Age, his Teeth will be exceeding long, very yellow, black, and foul, only he will cut even, and his Teeth will ſtand directly oppoſite one againſt another.

At twelve years old, his Teeth will be long, yellow, black, and foul, but then his upper Teeth will over-reach and hang over his neather Teeth.

At thirteen years old, his Tuſhes will be worn ſomewhat cloſe to his Chaps, (if he be a much ridden Horſe) otherwiſe they will be black, foul, and long, like the Tuſhes of a Bear.

Second.

If an Horſes Hoofs be rugged, and as it were ſeamed, one ſeam over another; and many, if they be dry, fou!, and ruſty, it is a ſign of very old age; as on the contrary part, a ſmooth, moiſt, hollow, and well ſounding Hoof, is a ſigu of young years.

Third.

If you take your Horſe with your Finger and your Thumb, by the ſtern of the Tail, cloſe at the ſetting on by his Buttock, and feeling there hard; if you feel betwixt your Finger and your Thumb of each ſide his Tail, a joynt ſtick out more than any other joynt, of the bigneſs of an Haſel-nut, then you may preſume the Horſe is under ten years old; but if his joynts be all plain, and no ſuch thing be felt, then he is above ten, and may be fifteen.

Fourth.

If an Horſes Eyes be round, full, and ſtaring from his head, if the pitts over his Eyes be filled ſmooth, and even with his Temples, and no wrinckles either about his Brow, or under his Eyes; then the Horſe is young: If otherwiſe you ſee the conrrary, it is a ſign of old age.

Fifth

If you take up a Horſes skin on any part of his body, betwixt your Finger and your Thumb, and pluck it from his fleſh, then letting it go again, if it ſuddenly return to the place from whence it came, and be ſmooth and plain without wrinckle, then the Horſe is young and full of ſtrength; but if being pulled up, it ſtand, and not return to his former place, then he is very old and waſted.

Sixth

If an Horſe that is of any dark colour, ſhall grow griſſel only above his Eye-brows, or underneath his maiu, or any Horſe of a whitiſh colour, ſhall grow meanelled with either black or red meanels univerſally over his body, then both are infallible ſigns of extream old age.

Seventh.

If the Bars in his mouth be great, deep, and handle rough and hard, then is the Horſe very old, but if they be ſoft, ſhallow, and handle gently and tenderly, then is the Horſe young, and in luſt.

And thus much of the Age of an Horſe.

An Excellent Purgation, when any Horſe is ſick of his Greaſe, or any Coſtiveneſs.

TAke a pint of good old white-Wine, and ſet it on the fire, then diſſolve into it a lump half as much as an Hens-Egg, of Caſtile Sope; and ſtrain them well together on the fire, then take it off, and put into it two good ſpoonfuls of Hempſeed beaten into fine duſt, and an ounce and an half of the beſt Sugar-Candy beaten to fine powder, and brew all well together; Then having warmed the Horſe, to ſtir up the Greaſe and other foul humors, give him this to drink, and walk him up and down a little after it, to make the potion work; then ſet him up warm, and after a little ſtirring him up and down in the ſtall, if he grow ſickiſh, give liberty to lye down, After two or three hours faſting, give him a ſweet Maſh. Then feed as at other times.

For Laxativeneſs or extream Looſeneſs.

TAke a quart of red Wine, and ſet it on the fire, then put into it an ounce and half 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 Eggſhels 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 Gooſegreaſe, 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. • 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 Hogsgreaſe, 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 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 Eggſhell, 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 bloodwarm; 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 pennyworth 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 Aquavitae, 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 pennyworth 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 Aquavitae, 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.

The choice of your Stallion and Studd Mares.

FIrſt and principally you muſt foreſee, that your Stallion and Studd Mares be both of good and lively nature, and not ſubject to any natural diſeaſes. For as heavy Horſes and Mares will breed Colts of roiliſh and heavy nature, ſo if they be infected with any natural diſeaſe, their Colts for the moſt part ſhall be troubled with the ſame diſeaſe.

Wild Mares be not beſt to keep for the Race.

IT ſhall be well done that you handle all your Studd Mares, and make them tame and eaſie, whereby, beſides the commodity you may have of their work, which cannot hurt their taming if they be ſoberly handled, you may be ſure at all times to remove them from one Paſture to another, to bring them to be covered, and to take their Colts from them without great trouble; whereas wild Mares be not only cumberſome to keep, but alſo oftentimes do deſtroy the Colts in their bellies with their raſhneſs, when you ſhould handle them or any of their fellows.

At what age your Mare is firſt to be handled and covered.

THe beſt age to take up your Mare to make her tame, and to break her, is when ſhe ſhall be two years old and the vantage, and ſo you may the year following, when ſhe ſhall be fully three years old and upward, put her to your Horſe to be covered, which in my opinion is the beſt age to put her firſt to the Horſe, although ſome Writers be of opinion, that it is beſt that ſhe be firſt covered at two years old.

How to inforce your Mares to come to be ſtrained.

YOu may moſt conveniently bring her to be covered of your Stallion, if four or five days before you will bring her to your great Horſe, you cauſe to be put to her in ſome cloſe Paſture, kept and fenced for that purpoſe, ſome ſmall ſtoned Nag to woo her, that ſhe may abide your great Horſe, foreſeeing that he be in no wiſe unfettered longer than ſome diligent man doth look on; for if the Nag be at liberty at any time after ſhe is diſpoſed to take the Horſe, ſhe will be ſure to be covered of him, though he be lower than ſhe by a cubit.

The Order of covering.

WHen you do perceive that your Mare will abide the Nag, and doth ſhew other tokens that ſhe is deſirous to be covered, you muſt cauſe your great Horſe that ſhall cover her to be provendred, and not to drink much the night before he ſhall cover her. Then in the morning following, at the Sun-riſing, you may bring him to your Mare, or her to him, in ſome ſuch place as neither of them can leap out of; where when he hath covered her twice or thrice, let her remain feeding on Graſs, with her Colt kept by her without water, but let your Horſe be taken up, well rubbed and well provendred to the next evening. And then put him to your Mare again where you left her, and let him cover her as often as he will that night, except you ſee your Horſe chafe ſo much that he will marr himſelf.

How to uſe your Mare which is covered.

ANd ſo muſt you of force be driven to take him from her the ſecond time, till the morning following, at which time (except your Mare be ſatisfied with that which was done before) you muſt put to your Horſe the third time, and when he hath covered her as often as he will, between four of the clock in the morning, and eight of the clock before noon, take up your Horſe, and let your Mare be led into ſome water to the mid-ſide at leaſt, where ſhe may drink water; but not too much; and then let her be led and turned to the whole ſtud, where no other Horſes muſt come for a whole Month at the leaſt to beat her.

How to make that no mare ſhall go barren.

ANd when you have thus ſeverally cauſed to be covered all your Mares, you muſt about Lammas, in the Month of July, or beginning of August, get a Mare or two which have not been covered that year before, and enforcing them to he horſed by ſuch means as before appointed, when they ſhall be ready to be covered, you muſt turn them with ſome other Stallion, whom you eſteem not as your beſt Horſe among your ſtud of Mares; and ſo he covering that Mare, or Mares, you turned in with him unto the ſtud, ſhall cauſe the reſt (if any of them have not conceived at their firſt covering) to come to that Horse againe; whereby you ſhall be ſure to keep no Mare barren all the year, but to have of every Mare a Colt, though not by your beſt Horſe: you may ſuffer that Horſe to run amongſt your Mares three weeks or a month. But if you turn him into your ſtud, putting no Mare in with him ready to be covered, he will at his firſt entry beat all your Mares, and ſo happily hurt all your Mares which had conceived before, and ſo do more hurt than good.

What time of the year is beſt for your Mares to be covered.

The beſt time of the year to have your Mare covered, is from the end of May to the end of July, and then ſhall your Mare, which always goes with Foal one year lacking a month, Foal in ſuch time of the year as ſhe ſhall find plenty of graſs to nouriſh her ſelf and her Colt withal. whereas if you ſuffer her to be covered in February, March, or April, ſhe will foal ſo rathe in the year, that oftentimes being bare, and not covered of the Winter paſt, ſhe doth hunger both her ſelf, and mar her Colt, for lack of feeding.

To Dyet your Stand for the time he ſhall cover.

HEre is to be noted, that although your Stalland ſtanding at hard meat will not miſs to get a Colt on your Mare going to Graſs, (if ſhe be ordered and inforced as before) yet the beſt dyet for him for the whole time he ſhall cover, is to feed on Graſs, when he hath taſted of the Graſs with them, he will like his Hay the worſe; and alſo there is more danger in breaking of his wind in feeding rather on Hay than Graſs.

How your breeding Mare is to be uſed when ſhe ſhall foal.

YOur breeding Mare that hath a Colt in her belly, muſt fourteen or fifteen days before ſhe foal be taken from the ſtud, and with ſome other gentle Mare or Gelding be put in ſome other rank Paſture well fenced for that purpoſe, which will not only make her luſty, and ſoon ready to be covered, and able to foal without danger, but alſo give plenty of milk to her Colt when he is firſt foaled.

How many years a Horſe will ſerve to cover your Mares.

YOur Stallion uſed as is before, will ſerve for ſix or ſeven years, to cover every year ſeven or eight Mares and do you ſervice the reſt of the year beſides, whereas turned abroad to your Mares, he can do you no other ſervice, neither will he laſt above three years.

The beſt age for Horſe or Mare to get or bear Colts, and how many years they will continue good

THe beſt age for Horſe or Mare to get or bear Colts, is, for the Mare, from three years old till ten. And for the Horſe, from four or five years till twelve, and after that age the Colts of them wax heavy, weak and ſlothful.

What time of the year is beſt to wean the Colts from their Dams,

THe beſt time of the year to wean your Colts is at Candlemas, or Shrove-tide, after the time as your Colt is Foaled, wherein you muſt uſe much diligence, for if your Colt be not well weaned, well Summered, and well Wintered, the three firſt years and namely the firſt year when he moaneth for his Dam, he ſhall ſeldom or never come to be a good Horſe. And therefore when you wean your Colts, you muſt bring them to ſome houſe ordained for the ſame purpoſe, clean out of the hearing of their Dams, wherein they muſt be pinned, and not to come abroad the firſt fourteen days out of the hearing of their Dams, whereunto you muſt have paſture adjoyning wherein they may play, and feed every fair day after the fourteen days paſt, from the time ye begin to wean them, till graſs be fully ſprung in May, and put them into ſome ſuch paſture, as commonly your Milch kine be fed in, where they may neither, feeding in high and rank graſs hurt their Reins, or grow thicknecked, nor for lack of feeding hinder their growth, but feeding in a ſhort ſweet graſs, may prove well till they have forgotten their Dams

What feeding is beſt for Colts, from two years old upward.

THis is a general ground, that wet lying and lack of feeding in the winter, and old rank feeding in ſummer, from two years old forwards, doth marr the moſt part of our whole breed in England, which in my opinion, well ordered, would breed the beſt Horſes for all kind of ſervice, of the whole earth; for as wet lying and lack of good feeding in the winter, doth breed a heartleſs ill ſhapen Horſe, ſubject to all cold and watry diſeaſes both in his body and limbs; ſo over rank feeding in the ſummer, chiefly from two years old upward, doth breed an evil reined, and a ſlothful horſe, ever ready (being overladen with fat fleſh) to be more founderd, and to catch the Glanders and Cough upon every Cold. And therefore your beſt feeding of your horſe Colts from two years old upward for the ſummer feeding, is, where he may have a large walk, and hungry ſhort feeding, and not yet ſo bare but that he may (travelling for it) feed himſelf full once in a day, and that he hinder not himſelf of his growing, but in any wiſe keep your Horſe Colts from knowing any Mare till they be five years old,

Why Engliſh Horſes being taken up ſo young, are not good.

THe cauſe why our Engliſh Horſes be taken up ſo young, as I heave heard ſundry of our chief Horſe-maſters ſay, is, for that our Horſes being great and well fed, if they ſhould run till they ſhould come to their full ſtrength, would be ſo ſturdy and miſchievous to break, that they would rather miſchieve themſelves and their Breaker, than be made tame; which in my fancy is but a vain opinion. For there was never ſo ſturdy nor ſo wilfull a Horſe, which would not be tame and eaſie to handle, with watching and hunger, within one month at the furtheſt, if his Keeper will uſe diligence.

The way to handle a ſturdy Horſe.

ANd that may moſt conveniently be brought to paſs, if at the firſt coming into the houſe, before he will ſuffer his Keeper to handle him and to take up his feet, he do put no meat before him, but let him take all his feeding at his Keepers hands, and ſo ſhall you make him gentle and tame without ſtrives or ſtriving; and the order before appointed in his breaking, being the Colt of a tame Mare, and fed ſome part of every winter at hand in the houſe, will acquaint him with the man, and make him almoſt tame before he be taken up, which Colt ſhall ſeldom prove a fearful or a blenching Horſe.

The uſing of Horſes after they be handled.

ANd for Concluſion, whoſoever doth uſe to keep his Horſe bridled after riding till he be in good temper, and almoſt cold, and doth not give him water nor meat, being hot, neither doth ride him faſt upon a full ſtomach; ſhall ſeldom or never have his Horſe lame or ſick, if he breed him as is aforeſaid, before he take him up.

What feeding is beſt in Winter for Mares, Weanlings, of two years old.

ANd for the Winter feeding you muſt uſe one order for your Mares, and Weanlings two years old in ſeveral places, which is a hovel or houſe made for them adjoyning to your winter paſture, wherein you muſt ſometime in the evil weather, in a rack made for that purpoſe, give them ſome fodder, and be ſure that they be brought into that houſe every night that is like to prove wet, but in the froſty dayes and nights, it is beſt to pin them abroad.

You muſt in any wiſe keep one paſture nigh to the houſe that you feed your Mare Colts in the winter time, which paſture may not be fed in before Shrove-tide, becauſe that time and the middle of May (before which, graſs is not ſufficiently ſprung in moſt places for Horſes to feed on) is the moſt time of danger to hunger-bane of all the year, in which time, if your Colts growing all the Summer following, will make your Colt Mares ſo bare that they ſhall not be able to foal, nor give their Colts ſufficient ſuck.

At what age Colts may beſt be handled.

WHen your Horſe-Colt hath been bred as is afore-appointed, the beſt age in my opinion to take him up to break, is when he ſhall be full four years old and the vantage, or if you may ſpare him and have good cloſe ground to keep him in, rather at five years old and the vantage, for then will his joynts and ſinews be ſtrong and well knit, his hoof ever tough, and not brittle, his eye-ſight good, his chine ſtrong, ſo that you cannot hurt him, neither in breaking nor in reaſonable riding, beſides he will laſt a good Horſe till he be 24 or 25 years old, whereas if you will take him up at two or three years old; as we commonly do, you ſhall find him afterwards many times blind, brittle, hoofed, weak back'd, full of windgalls and ſplints, and ſhew himſelf to be an old ſtiff Horſe, before he come to be ten years old, as the moſt part of their Spaniſh Horſes do, becauſe they are taken up ſo young; which is, becauſe that in Spain they have no good cloſe ground to let their Colts run longer in, and not for any other Commodity.

Receipt. I. To draw out any Thorn or Nayl, in any place.

TAke Dod monds, which are houſe Snails, and ſeeth them in Butter and apply them, and they will draw out any Thorn or Nayl: And ſo will the Roots of Reeds, if they be bruiſed and laid to, being bound to the wounded place with a linnen cloth: He may run out, but to ſtand in is better. Proved.

II. A perfect Drier of a Green Wound, or any other Sore.

TAke Soap and unſlaked Lime, and mix them well together; but before you lay it to, waſh the wound or ſore with a little White-wine Vinegar, and then apply it. Proved.

A Marrow-bone burnt and made into powder, and ſtrewed on a Sore or wound is a great Dryer.

III. For any Anbury.

TAke a hot Iron and make it very ſharp; and take the Anbury in your hand, and ſear it off to the bottom with a red hot Iron: Then mix a little beaten Verdigreaſe and Train-oyl together, heat them and anoint the place once a day till it be whole. Proved.

IV. For the Flapps in an Horſes mouth.

TO know this, you ſhall perceive his Lips to be ſwell'd on both ſides of his mouth, and that which is in the bliſters is like the white of an Egg; you muſt cut ſome ſlaſhes in it with a knife, then rub it once with Salt and it is cured.

Proved.

V. To rot a Sore or Swelling.

ANoint the Sore or ſwelling with cold Bacongreaſe once in two days, till it be ſoft, then open the skin with a Pen-knife at the bottom of the Sore, and let out the filth; and ſo heal it up with your healing Salve. Proved.

See the water and Green Oyntment.

VI. Directions how to lay a Wound open, and where; and how to miſs the Veins under it, be it in Body or Legs.

WHen you cut a Sore open, lay it drayning at the bottom, or a little lower: Be ſure always to do this; To miſs the Maſter Vein, if it lye lengthwiſe in the body, be ſure to cut under the Vein; If it be a Sore upon the Leg, that lyes right over the Vein, then cut it ſidewayes of the Vein right up and down. If a Sore happen to be hollow a great length, be it in Body or Legs, then cut a hole at the loweſt place, that the filth may drain from the Sore the better, then put in your finger under the Vein, and when your finger is paſt the Vein upwards as far as it will go, cut at your fingers end another hole, and if you fee occaſion, turn your finger to another place, and at your fingers end cut another hole. If you chance at any time to cut a Vein in pieces, put in a piece of a Hares—ſkin with the wool on, or Cony wool, but Hares is beſt, and this will ſtop the bleeding. Proved.

That Hares wool will ſtop bleeding ſooner than moſt things: See Receipt, To ſtop bleeding in Veins that be cut.

VII. The way to put in a French Rowel.

THat is, upon the loweſt part of the Horſes breaſt to that ſide that is lame, you ſhall with a ſharp knife cut the skin through, not croſs the breaſt but right down, half the length of your finger, then put your finger between the skin and the fleſh, and raiſe the skin from the fleſh round about the hole the breadth of a ſix pence, then take a piece of the upper leather of a ſhooe, and cut it in the manner of this Figure here preſcribed; cut the piece of Leather round, and then cut out a hole

round, as you ſee by the figure, then put a Needle and a thread through it, as you may perceive by the two pricks in the top and bottom of the hole; then take a Tobacco-pipe or a quill, and cut it ſo that the wind may go through it; and put one end into the hole of his breaſt upwards and blow in the wind, and beat the wind upwards to the top and all over his ſhoulder; when you have blown it two or three times, run the Needle and thread once through the Rowel and once through the skin, and draw the Rowel into the cut: When you have thus placed the Rowel in the cut, with the hole of the Rowel right againſt the hole that you have cut in the breaſt, ſo that it may not move: then with your Needle and thread run a ſtitch or two overthwart the cut to keep in the Rowel, as you are directed in the Margin: When you have done thus, anoint it with a piece of butter, and let the Rowel ſtand a week in the hole, and then cut the thread and take it out. This is the beſt Rowel that is. Proved.

Your breath muſt not ſmell of Tobacco when you blow the skin up (for a ſweet breath is beſt,) if it do, the place will ſwell the more.

VIII. A rare Green Oyntment to heal any Wound, old or new, quickly

TAke an handfull of water-Betony, as much of Comfry, of Mugwort; red Sage, Sage of Bethlehem, by ſome called Jeruſalem Sage, of Sothern-wood, of Rue, by ſome called Herb of grace, of Roſemary, of each of theſe an hand full, boyl all theſe in a pint of May Butter, and as much Mutton Suet, and when it hath boyl'd a while, take it off the fire and ſtrain it through a cloth, and put it into a pot for your uſe. This Oyntment will laſt good a year. Proved.

Before you lay this Oyntment to, waſh the Wound firſt with the Water which you have in Receipt. 38.

IX. To take a Film off an Horſes Eye.

YOU muſt take as much of Dialthaea as the bigneſs of a Walnut, and put to it the powder of Verdigreaſe as much as an Haſelnut, mix them well together▪ then every day Put into his Eye as much of it as the bigneſs of a Peaſe; this will take of any Film whatſoever.

Proved.

X. A Medicine to defend and keep back humors from a Wound, ſo that it may heal the ſooner.

TAke two pints of Tartar, or the dregs of White-wine Vinegar, but the Tartar is better; and put in as much Bolearmonick as contain to an Egg, an handfull of white or bay Salt, and an handfull of great Burdock leaves, or the Roots, waſh the ſwell'd place, and round about the Swelling with this once a day; this will haſten the cure very much, if you do ſo waſh it with this, and apply to the wound your healing Salves or Oyntments, as you may in this Book be furniſhed with ſtore of them for that purpoſe. Proved.

XI. Another for the ſame.

TAke a pint of Verjuyce, and put to it three penny-worth of Camphire cut very ſmall, boyl them together a quarter of an hour, and when it is almoſt cold put it into ſome glaſs or pot, and waſh the ſwell'd place round about it 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 Willowtree, 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 Whitewine 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 lukewarm. 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 Cure, take as much Roch Allom as contain to an Egg, boyl it in three or four ſpoonfuls of Whitewine Vinegar, with a ſpoonfull of Engliſh Honey, and an handfull of Columbine leaves cut ſmall, waſh his tongue once a day till it be whole: It will be cured in two or three times dreſſing; you may tye a rag about a ſtick and waſh his mouth. Proved.

XXII. For a Vein that ſwells upon letting Blood

AS when the wind gets in it will do, or when a fleam miſcarries it will do the like. For the Cure of which, take white Pitch, black Pitch and Roſin, of each a like quantity, boyl them together and lay it on hot with a flat ſtick, and then flock it, and this doing once in four or five days will take down the ſwelling, do it all over the ſwelling, if once will not do, do it oftner: he muſt ſtand in with dry meat the time of the Cure. You may anoint it with the Oyl of Populion; or apply Sope and Brandy.

Proved.

XXIII. For a Navel Gall,

TAke and cut off the looſe skin firſt with a knife, and apply to it this Salve: Mix as much as a Walnut of Verdigreaſe, with a ſpoonful of Dialthaea, and a pint of Train Oyl, and it will cure it: if it be old done and hard, cut out the cruſh, and ſear the wound within with a hot Iron, and then dip ſome Cotten in the green Oyntment, and put it in as a Tent. Proved.

XXIV. For a horſe that piſſes Blood.

TAke of Tarragon a ſpoonfull and ſteep it in white-wine, and as much Poppy-ſeed beaten, as will lye on a ſhilling, give this in the white-Wine, and it is a certain cure: Give this faſting: Probatum eſt.

XXV. For the Mules.

YOU ſhall know this by the ſtaring of the hair above the fore part of his hoof on his after-Leg, and by the dew that ſtands on his feet above the hoof. For the Cure: Take Lynſeed Oyl, and black Sope of each a like quantity, boyl them together, and before you anoint his Sore at any time, waſh it clean and dry it, and then anoint it with the aforeſaid Salve, and it will cure. Proved.

XXVI. For a Horſe burnt with a Mare.

YOU ſhall know this by the mattering of his Yard within: For Remedy take a pinte of vvhite-Wine, boyl in it a quarter of a pound of Roch Allum, and vvhen it is boyled and cool, it muſt be ſquirted in vvith a Syringe, as far into his Yard as you can, this vvill cure him in a few times doing. Proved.

XXVII. A precious Oyntment that will cure any Wound, old or new.

TAke half a pint of refined Sallet Oyl, and put it into a Skellet, then put to it a quarter of a pound of Roſin, boyl theſe together, and vvhen it is boyled, put in three penny-worth of Verdigreaſe beaten to a fine powder, ſtir them vvell together, and keep it for your uſe; if the vvound be hollow and deep, put in a tent of this Oyntment to the end of the vvound, anointing it beſide: Proved. Train Oyl and Verdigreaſe melted together, vvill heal and skin any wound▪ well and quickly.

XXVIII. For a Farcyon.

YOu muſt firſt give him the drink that is made vvith Running water, in that Receipt which you are to give once in three dayes; For this Farcyon, you muſt in the morning before he hath drank, give him that drink made of the Running vvater, the ſame morning ſear the head of every bud vvith a hot Iron, then take yellow Arſenick and beat it to powder, and mix it with black Sope, as much Arſenick as a Haſel-nut, to as much black Sope as a ſpoon vvill hold, or a little more, then lay on a little at a time for once and no more, lay it on no where but juſt on the top or head of the bud of every Farcion, as much as contain to a Peaſe vvill ſerve, being laid upon the top or head of every Farcion, and vvithin one Week you ſhall ſee them all drop out; then do nothing but anoint the hole with Sallet Oyl once a day till it be whole, and it will cure him; be ſure to do as I have directed and no otherwiſe, for Arſenick is rank Poyſon, and a great eater. Proved

XXIX. For Solebatted with going without Shooes.

FOr a Horſe that is Solebatted by going vvithout Shooes, you muſt firſt pare him cloſe tovvards the Toe, then take a Pen-knife, and vvith the point cut a little hole through the bottom of the Hoof, a matter of half an inch from the Toes end right over the vein, and let the vein bleed a quarter of a pint, then ſet on his Shoes pretty hollovv vvithin the feet, and boyl Tar, Tallovv and Turpentine together, and pour it into his foot or feet ſcalding hot, and ſtuff in Wool or Hards after it, to keep and make it ſtay in; you may put in flat ſticks betvveen his Shooes, and the bottom of his Hoof, and it is cured vvith once putting in. Proved.

XXX. For Pricking in the Foot.

WHen a Horſe is pricked in the Foot, vvhen he ſtandeth ſtill he vvill moſtly ſtand upon his Toe: and if at any time a Smith prick a Horſe, then before you take off his Shooe to pare his Foot, take your pincers and try by nipping him with them where the ailment lyes, or by knocking in of the Nail upon the head with your Hammer; as ſoon as you ſee where the ailment is, take off his Shooe, & pare him by degrees with the butter is and your drawing Knife, when you have found the bottom of the wound, and have made it clear to your mind, then take Turpentine, freſh Butter, with a little black Pitch boiled together, and pour it in ſcalding hot, then dip ſome hards or Tow in the ſame, and ſtuff it well between the Shoo and Foot, you may take a piece of upper Leather or Sole-Leather and do it between the Shooe and the Hards, or you may ſplinter it in with ſticks: But if it be a long Channel Nail that ſtruck into his foot on the Road as you rid him, or as you wrought him, then pluck the Nail out, and heat it preſently red hot, and put it into the hole ſo far as it went in at the firſt; when you have thus ſeared it with the red hot Nail, which will keep it from rankling and feſtring, then melt Turpentine and freſh Butter, with a little black Pitch together, and pour it in ſcalding hot; then clap on the Shooe, and ſtuff the foot with Tow or Hards, keeping it in as before you were directed, this will cure certainly. Proved.

XXXI. An Oyntment to skin or heal any Wound or hurt

TAke two ſpoonfulls of Dogs greaſe, one ſpoonful of black Sope, and as much Roch Alom burnt and beaten to powder as a Haſel-Nut, put the burnt Allum in when the other are melted and taken off the fire, and ſtir them vvell together in an earthen Veſſel, and you may keep it a year or more: not tryed, but it is very probable.

XXXII. To take down any Swelling being new, whether it be broke or not broke.

TAke tvvo pintes of red Wine-Vinegar, and boyl in it ſour handfulls of Foles-foot leaves, not cut, but vvrung a pieces vvith your hand, vvhen it begins to boyl, put in tvvo handfulls of Bay Salt, and vvhen the Salt is melted in it, take it off the fire, and vvhen you uſe it, heat it as hot as you can indure your hand in it, and vvith it anoint the place once a day till it be aſſvvaged: This alſo is a very likely Medicine, but by me not tryed.

XXXIII. For a Quitterbone, though far gone and hard to cure.

TAke off a quarter of the hoof right under the Quitterbone, that it may drain the better, you may do it after this manner that this figure directs. Take a dravving Knife, and dravv it dovvn after this manner, to the quick on both ſides and belovv, according to the figure then take hold vvith a pair of Pincers preſently belovv the piece of Hoof, then pull it avvay, vvhen it is off, lay a piece of Hares skin to it lightly to ſtanch the blood, and do not look to it in tvventy four hours, then take all the Hares-skin away, and waſh it once with Wine-Vinegar, and ſcald it with Butter and Salt boyled together as hot as may be, to kill the rankling▪ and to keep it from dead fleſh, do this three times once every other day: And then take Verdigreaſe as much as three Haſel-nuts beaten to powder, then take a quarter of a pint of Wine Vinegar, and as much Hony, boyl them together vvith the Verdigreaſe, and keep it continually ſtirring the time it boyls, which muſt be half an hour, then take it off the fire, and put it into a Pot or Pipkin, and anoint the wound with it once a day till it be whole; when it is whole, then anoint the Hoof to make it grow, with Tar, Tallow, Turpentine, Dogs-greaſe boyled together, put in the Turpentine a little before you take it off the fire, and ſtir it well, keep him dry in the houſe the time of the cure: forbear to pull off the Hoof if you think you can cure him without, for that will take a long time the curing, to make the Hoof compleat; this is a certain way, but it is none of the readieſt, this way is vvhen all other waies fail.

XXXIV. For a Foundred Horſe.

TO take out the Soals of his Feet you muſt pare the Foot thin, then at the end of the Fruſh you muſt cut the Hoof after this manner, as this Figure ſhews. Cut the middle of the Soal juſt at the Fruſhes end, in the faſhion of a Hens tongue, and raiſe it a little with the point of your Knife, as you may ſee in the midſt of this Figure, which I have made near the faſhion of a Horſe Hoof, when you have cut and raiſed the little piece at the Fruſhes end, then take your Pen-knife, and with the point thereof, prick the vein till it bleed, the vein lyes right under the little piece in the middle of the foot at the Fruſhes end, when it hath bled, cloſe down the piece of Hoof again, then let him ſtand in the Stable the time of the Cure, and not drink his water abroad, when you ſee him halt, and that you think it is feſtred enough between the Soal and the quick, round about the bottom of the Hoof, being thus feſtred, the ſoal will come out eaſier by a great deal and with leſs danger of pulling away the veins with the Soal of the foot; if you let it feſter in this manner, before you pull it out, you muſt take your drawing Knife, and draw the Hoof to the quick, round about the Soal within the Hoof, as you may ſee by this Figure: When you have drawn it to the quick round about, then raiſe the ſoal at the Toe, and take hold of it with a pair of Pinſers, and pull it upwards to the heel; and ſo pull it quite out: when it is out, apply Hares wool to Hſtanch the blood, and within 24 hours take away the wool again, then waſh the ſoal of the foot with Chamber-lye, then ſet on the Shooe and put in Pitch, Turpentine and Hogs-greaſe melted together, of each an equal proportion, dipping hards or Wool in the ſame Medicine, and apply it to the bottom of the Foot, ſtuff it in with ſplinters, or a ſoal of Leather to keep it it; apply this Medicine three times in a week or ten days, three times is enough: You muſt never take out the Soals of both his fore feet at one time, for then he will never be able to ſtand; hereafter in another Chapter I will give you the practiſe of another, which in my judgment is far more eaſie for the Beaſt than to feſter the Foot; which is, firſt to cord the foot-lock hard, that it may not bleed, then to draw round about the Soal to the quick, and ſo to pull out the Soal without feſtring, by cording of it; it will not bleed at all after you have pulled out the Soal, ſo that you need not to take care to ſtanch the blood, but as ſoon as you have pulled out the Soal, you may waſh it with Chamber-lye and then put in the aforeſaid materials: After you have ſet on the Shooe, ſtuff it as you were before directed.

Proved.

XXXV. For a Splent.

YOu muſt caſt the Horſe firſt, then you muſt beat the place with a blood-ſtick or other ſtick till you feel it ſoft; then fleam in three or four places upon the ſplent, and ſqueeſe out the blood with your ſtick, your fingers and thumb, then take as much Hogs greaſe as a Wallnut, as much Bolearmoniack, and Brimſtone as much, beat theſe two laſt to powder, and mix them with greaſe, and ſpread it upon a ſheet of gray Paper, and lay it upon the ſplent, then heat a Brick very hot, and dry the Medicine in it, then melt ſome black Pitch in an Iron pan, and dip ſome flocks in it, and dab it on all over the ſplent cloſe, that it may lye on ſure, & when the flocks come off, the ſplent will come out, but if the flocks come off before the ſplent, then lay on more flocks till the ſplent come out, and as ſoon as it does come out, waſh it with a little White-wine Vinegar, and then anoint it with Sallet Oyl and Turpentine melted together; anoint it cold till it be whole, once a day, and in a weeks time the ſplent will come out and be whole: This you may do, but it makes a great blemiſh, it takes away hair and fleſh, and ſometimes the hair comes no more: You ſhall have a Receipt hereafter for this purpoſe, that will not take off the hair nor break the fleſh: It is a very gallant one, that will lay the ſplent flat in a few hours.

XXXVI. For a through great Splent.

BEat it and fleam it, as you were directed in the other, then take as much Crown Sope as an Egg, and mix it with as much Bolearmoniack 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.

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 Penknife, 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 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 Haſelnut, 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 Caſtleſope, 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 beer ſcalding hot, and give it luke-warm, the hotter the Beer be, the ſooner it will diſſolve; but if haſte require crumble the Ball in as ſmall as you can, and give it him down with a horn, he will ſoon be empty with piſſing and ſcowring. Proved.

XLIX. For a Horſe or Cow that maketh Redwater.

TAke three or four Onions, one pound of lean Beef roaſted on the Coals till you may beat it to powder, Bolearmoniack as much as the bigneſs of an Egg, one handful of gray Salt, chop and beat them altogether, and put them all into a quart of Strong-beer, take Ale if you can get it, and give it to the Beaſt, and preſently after it, give her a diſhful of Cheeſe-runnets of almoſt a pint; do but this once or twice faſting; and let the Beaſt faſt two or three hours after it, and it will cure. Proved.

L. For the mad Staggers.

THe ſigns of this diſeaſe are, He will foam at the mouth white, and will ſeem dull-headed, and will have at that time a blew film over his eyes, and will wander much up and down, be ſure to let him blood on both his Neck veins, within one or two daies after he complains, and in the third furrow in the pallet of his mouth, with the point of a Cornet-horn, you may run an Awl into the griſtles of his Noſe, ſomething above his Noſtrils; the bleeding at the Mouth and the Noſe will eaſe the pain in his head. The cure is, Take a handful of Rue, by ſome called Herbgrace, three Cloves of Garlick, a ſpoonful of Salt, a ſpoonful of Vinegar, and two ſpoonfuls of Aqua-vitae, bruiſe all theſe together well, and then put the one half into one Ear, and the other half into the other Ear, with a little Wool after it; put the Liquor in with a ſpoon firſt, and then the Herbs, and then the Wool; and then tye or ſtitch with a Needle and Thread the Ears up very faſt, with two liſting Garters, then preſently fume him at the Noſtrils through a Funnel, with the ſtalks and pillings of Garlick, beaten in a Morter with Maſtick or Frankincenſe mixed together; of theſe make pellets as big as a bullet, and lay them upon a Chafing-diſh of freſh Coals, and the ſmoak will go up through the Funnel into the Head, and much comfort and cleanſe the brain; Fume his head three times a day till you ſee him mend, at the ſame time beat Red-weed ſeed which grows in Winter-Corn, by ſome called Poppy-ſeed, very ſmall, and give as much of the powder at each Noſtril as will lye upon a ſix pence, in two half hornfuls of any Beer, do this every morning: Or thus, if you cannot get Poppy-ſeed, then give him vvhite Poppy-vv • te • , vvhich you may likevviſe have at the Apothecaries, and give at each Noſtril a ſpoonful and a half a teach time: It will make him ſleep ſo ſoundly, that you may vvalk upon him from the Head to the Tail and he vvill not ſtir, he vvill lye as if he vvere dead for a time, his ſleeping vvill mightily refreſh him: After you have given it unto him, you vvill ſee him, before he fall dovvn, to buckle and ſalley, till at laſt he vvill tumble dovvn. Let him ſtand in a dark room and vvarm, vvhere he may ſee no light, let him have burſten Oats, and Maſhes of ground Malt; let his drink be cold Water, that vvhich you put in his Ears, muſt remain there tvventy four hours and no longer: Put Wool, Flax, Lint, or a Rag after it, ſtitching is better than a Garter, for that will make the Hair come white. Proved, a rare Cure.

LI. For the Water Farcion.

IT will come by the Horſes feeding upon low watry Ground, and in Pits where the Graſs grows above the Water, for there he will lick the Water up as well as the Graſs, this kind of feeding will cauſe Horſes ſometimes to ſwell mightily under the Belly and Chaps: To cure it, cauſe a Smith to make an Iron like a fleam at a Nails rod end, then heat it red hot, and ſtrike it eaſily but juſt through the skin in many places upon the ſwelling, and no where elſe, and you ſhall ſee abundance of yellow, gray, oily water come out pouring; this being done, waſh it with Chamberly and Salt, as hot as you can endure your hand in it, waſh it but three or four times, and it is a certain Cure. If the ſwelling be very big, mix with the Chamberly and Salt as much Bolearmoniack as a Walnut, boyl them together, and waſh it.

Proved.

LII. For the Ives.

YOu may ſee them grow in a Roul betwixt the hinder part of his Jaw-bone and his Neck; if they get the roots of his Ears there is great danger: The Cure is, Let blood in both the Neck veins, then take two ſpoonfuls of Pepper, as much Hogs-greaſe, and as much Vinegar, and work them up together, and put them one half into one Ear, and the other into the other Ear, and Wool, Flax, Lint, or Rags, which you have at hand after it, and ſtitch up his Ears cloſe with a Needle and Thread for 24 hours, and it is a certain Cure. Proved.

In the time of the Cure, let him ſtand in the Houſe; give it him faſting, any water cold or warm, any meat, only let him ſtand in the houſe three or four daies after it.

LIII. For the Wind-Colick.

IT comes by means of long faſting, and then the Wind gets into the Bag-gut with one end, and then when the Horſe comes to meat, he feeds ſo hungerly that he never chews his meat, and it goes down unchewed and undigeſted, and ſtops the wind in the Gut, that it puts the Horſe to abundance of miſery. It cauſeth the ſlime in the Gut to be ſo extreamly hot, that the Horſe will do nothing but tumble and wallow, and covet much to lye upon his back, with all four feet right up: The Cure is, Firſt, to prick him in the Mouth and let him bleed well, then rub his Mouth well with a handful of Salt, then give him this Drink. Take a pint of Brine and boyl it, but do not ſcum it, and put thereto a handful of new Hens-dung, and give him it luke-warm, at any time when this diſeaſe happens; then ride him an hour before he drink, and three hours after it. The Signs: He will ſtand crimpling with all four together, and lay himſelf down very eaſily, and will rather look full then empty: If he be cold in the Mouth no Cure; if he be warm in the mouth, there is hope in four or five hours to abate the pain. Either preſent cure, or preſent death. Proved.

LIV. For a Film in an Horſes Eye.

TAke a piece of the ſalteſt Beef you can poſſibly get, dry it in an Oven, and beat it to powder, take as much of Licoriſh-ſticks, dry them, and beat them to fine powder, and ſearee it through a cloth, blow the powder into his Eye once a day, and it will take off the film in three or four times doing: If a Rheum 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 pennyworth 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 Aſſesdung, 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 part of the Afterleg, much about the Ancle-bone; it will be ſwelled and knotted when it is thus over-ſtrained, you may ſee and diſcern it by his going, and by the ſwelling; if you nip it between your Fingers and Thumb, he will quinch at it very much: For the Cure; Take Nerve-oyl and Turpentine of each a penny-worth, and mix them together, and lay it on at two or three ſeveral times or more, till it be well; and alwaies dry it in well with a hot bar of Iron when you lay it on, anoint it two or three daies diſtance, you muſt reſt him in the time of the Cure.

Probatum.

LXV. A Scouring Drink.

WHen you let a Horſe blood, ſave the blood with a Bowl or Diſh, and put thereunto a handful of Salt, take the blood as it comes from him, and ſtir it and the Salt together with your hand, that it may not clot, and give it him again to drink with a Horn faſting; whether it be the blood of another Horſe, or his own blood, it matters not much. Give him warm Water to drink once. Proved.

LXVI. For Brittle Hoofs.

ANoint them with an equal proportion of Dogs-greaſe, Turpentine, and Tar, all boyl together a little while, and it will make them grow ſtrong and tough; put in the Turpentine but a little before you take it off the fire.

Proved.

LXVII. For a Horſe that is Moulten, and breaks out.

WHen you ſee Swellings appear like Bags, about the Girting place under the Horſes belly: Firſt, anoint it with Bacon-greaſe once every day till it be rotten; then lance it in one place to make the filth come out, with the point of your Pen-knife, ſtroke your hand pretty hard upon it, ſqueez out all the filth, then anoint the Swelling with Train-oyl all over, and wind a linnen Cloth about a ſticks end, and dip it in Train-Oyl, and with it waſh the wound well within. If the Swelling run under the belly to the Cods-ward, then get a Smith with a Nail at a Rods end, to beat a piece in the faſhion of a Fleme, then heat it red hot, and ſtrike him juſt through the skin, in ſix or eight ſeveral places, thereafter as the largeneſs of the Swelling is, and as your diſcretion ſhall guide you; when you have flemed it, and ſqueezed it, that all the filth is out, then daub on Chamberlye and Salt ſcalding hot, and then anoint it with Train-Oyl within and without, the Train-Oyl will heal it alone; anoint it once a day at firſt within and without, and once in two or three daies as it heals: You muſt alwaies have a care of any wound, that the cold and wind get not in, if it do it will ſwell much, and in ſuch a caſe you muſt anoint about the wound, all over the Swelling, with the Oyl of Populeon, and that will take the Swelling down certainly, be it in what place it will. Both proved.

LXVIII. A Scouring Drink to cleanſe his Kidneys if they be pained.

FIrſt, heat a pint of ſtrong Beer in a Skellet, and ſcum it, and put in a penny-worth of Treacle-Jean, and give it him luke-warm; it will cleanſe his Kidneys and Guts much, three or four hours after it, give him a Maſh, warm water the firſt day and no longer. Let him ſtand two or three daies. Probatum.

LXIX. For a fleſhy Knot that is moving from the place where it grows.

LEt it grow where it will, if you by feeling upon it with your Fingers and Thumb feel it moving, and ſomething ſoft upon the place where it grows, then take the knot in your hand, and with the point of your Knife ſlit a hole in the middle, and cut the knot out; if it bleed much, ſear it with a hot Iron to ſtanch the blood; then ſtuff the wound with Hares-wool, or Coneys-wool, but Hares-wool is beſt to ſtanch blood. The nextday take out the wool, and waſh it clean with White-wine Vinegar; then dry the wound with a clean linnen cloth, then heal it with your blew Medicine, or green Oyntment, which I take to be beſt, but the blew Medicine is good: Alwaies before you anoint the wound, waſh it with the water which you have for an old Ulcer, if it grow rank, if not, you ſhall not need to do it: Tye a Rag about it to keep the Dirt out. Dreſs it once a day till it be whole. Proved.

LXX. For a Cow that hath a Garget in her Dug or Udder.

YOu ſhall know when ſhe-hath the Garget in her Dug, for then ſhe will not give down her Milk: For remedy, let her ſtand in ſome Houſe or Yard the Night before you let blood, the next Day in the Morning faſting, let her blood on both ſides of the Neck, then give her this Drink: Take a handful of Higtaper, by ſome called Mullin, and cut it ſmall; it groweth by the ſides of Dikes, and in High-waies, it hath a long ſtem with a broad woolly Leaf; and afterwards boyl it a little in a pint of Beer, and give it her luke-warm faſting: This with once giving will make her give down her milk freely.

Proved.

LXXI. For a Ring-bone.

A Ring-bone grows juſt upon the inſtep, as we uſe to ſay upon the fore-part of the hinder Leg, juſt above the Hoof, in a hard knob as big as a Walnut: Firſt, the Beaſt muſt be caſt, or elſe you muſt tye up his contrary Leg with a ſtrong Rope, till you ſtrike four or five holes in the Ring-bone, at the very edge of it. Let every hole be an equal diſtance from other, then take white Mercury or Arſnick beaten to powder, as much as will lye upon your Fleme, and put it into one hole, and as much likewiſe in the ſame manner into every hole, binding it on for twenty four hours:

LXXII. Another for the ſame.

TAke quick and unſlaked Lime, newly taken from the Kiln, which muſt be well burned, and the beſt burned you may know by its lightneſs; make your Lime into fine powder, and lay it upon the place ſwelled all along of a good thickneſs, and bind upon it a linnen Cloth made faſt about the foot, and ſo put the Horſe into the Water a pretty while, then take him forth and unbind his foot, and he is infallibly cured.

For the burning of the Lime in the Water, does kill the Ring-bone even unto the Root thereof, with this Receipt I have cured not ſo few as an hundred Horſes. But when you are thus to dreſs your Horſe, let him be brought cloſe to the Water wherein he is to be ridden, that ſo ſoon as you have applyed the Lime unto the Ring-bone, you may preſently put him into the Water. Proved.

LXXIII. Obſervations concerning the ordering of Cattle, as Cowes, &c. in the time of feeding, when there is great fulneſs of Graſs: As in the Months of May, June, and July.

THen in thoſe Months muſt be your care to let them blood: For at that time of the Year they never digeſt their meat ſo well as in Winter: And thoſe raw digeſtions, do hinder 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 Hempſeed 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 Hidebound, 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 a mile before you come at home, ride him very ſoftly to cool him: Set him up warm, Litter him well, clothe him with a couple of warm cloths, tye him up to the Rack upon the bit for three or four hours, if it be five or ſix hours it matters not, when you un-bit him, give a Maſh firſt, or warm Water firſt, then clean Hay, and take off one of his clothes; after one or two daies you may work him, ſo you do it moderately: This is not ſo good for a new Cold, as for an old Cold. Proved.

LXXXIV. For a ſtrangling in the Guts: the Cough of the Lungs: For clearing the Pipes, and giving much breath.

IF you be to run your Horſe for a wager, give him two of theſe Balls a week before: I make them thus. Take as much of freſh or ſalt Butter as the bigneſs of an Egg and an half, part it in the midſt as near as you can, hollow it in the faſhion of a Pye, mix and bray together with your Butter half an ounce of Anniſeeds beaten to powder: then make a Pye of your Butter and Anniſeeds thus mixed, and put into it three quarters of a ſpoonful of Syrup of Horehound into each Ball, and cloſe up the Ball cloſe that the Syrup may not come out: Make your Balls no bigger then a Barbers Waſh-ball, or but a little bigger if you do, for it is not good to give Balls too big; then warm a pint and a half of ſtrong Beer lukewarm, and fill the Horn with Beer, and before you put it in, put in one of the Balls, having pull'd out his tongue with your left hand before; when his tongue is out, put the Ball into his mouth as far as you can, then haſten two Horns full of Beer after it to waſh it down, do the like with the next Ball as you did with the firſt, then take his back, & ride him for three or four miles a hand-gallop, till he ſweat well, for this reaſon: Becauſe the Diſeaſes in this Receipt, as they come with a heat, ſo the ſpeedieſt and beſt Remedy is to drive them away with a heat: The ſecond reaſon is, That a Drink will take no more place in a Horſe for heats and colds, than to give a Horſe a Drink and walk him about the Yard. Therefore for Diſeaſes of this Nature, ride him till he ſweat ſoundly: A mile before you come at home, ride him but a foot pace, that he may be ſet up ſomething cool, then tye him up to the Rack, cover him with two cloaths, ſtuff him and litter him very warm, cover his head and body to keep him from the cold, let him ſtand four or five hours before he eat or drink; then when you unbit him, give him a Maſh, or ſome Water luke-warm, or ſome clean Hay, and take off one cloth, and keep him warm. If this will not do, a week after give him the ſame again, and give him warm Water but two daies after it, and then cold water; a week before your Horſe goes to graſs give this, and a week after he comes from graſs; give it three or four times a year; and it will keep your Horſe in gallant health, it will fat a Horſe: It will make him ſick, but fear nothing: But if you give your Horſe too much at a time, that it makes him extraordinary ſick, give him a pint of Milk as it comes from the Cow, or heat the Milk lukewarm. Proved many times. This is a rare Receipt.

LXV. To waſte the Kernels under the Horſes Throat, cheaply and ſuddenly.

FIrſt, ſear the Kernels with a Candle, then take of freſh or ſalt butter, and lay a piece upon a red piece of Cloth, and rub it well in, and in a Fortnights time the Knot will be quite gone, and if his Noſe run, it will ſtop when the Kernels are gone: Anoint the Knots once a day for a week in the time of his Cure. If it be in Summer let him run out, and in Winter ſtand in. Proved.

LXXX. For a Cough of the Lungs.

TO know this, the Horſe will cough hollowly and gruntingly, he will hang down his head when he coughs, his flanks will beat, he will fetch his breath ſhort: For Remedy, Let him ſtand in the night before, the next day in the morning faſting, give him a ſpoonful of the Syrup of Horehound, and a ſpoonful of the flower of Brimſtone, and put theſe two into a pint and a half of ſtrong Beer heated lukewarm, and give it him faſting; take him and ride him three or four miles preſently upon it, till he ſweat well, ride but a foot pace within a mile of home, be careful to ſet him up warm: Litter and clothe him warm: Let him ſtand in not above two or three nights, if it be in Summer; after that turn him out from ten a Clock to three a Clock, for two or three daies, and then turn him out for altogether; the more moderately you work him, the better he will thrive: It will take away his Cough, clear his Pipes, and make him thrive much after it. If there be a white, thick, clayey water near, let him drink there, it is a warmer and more fattening Water than any other; give warm Water not above twice; this Drink will clear his Pipes, and drive it from his Lungs: You may put in as much of the powder of Mechoacan, as will lye upon a ſhilling, at three times. Proved.

LXXXVII. For a Broken-winded Horſe.

TAke Bores-dung and dry it to powder, and put a ſpoonful of it into two pints of Milk as it comes from the Cow, or otherwiſe heated lukewarm, and give it him: If you ſee that this proportion will not make him ſick the firſt time you give it, then give him two ſpoonfuls more of the powder, and in four or five times giving, it will perfectly cure. This Drink muſt be given every third day. A ſpoonful of the powder of a Hedge-hog, by ſome called an Urchin, doth infinitely help in this caſe. Proved.

LXXXVIII. For a Cold in a Beaſt, either in Winter or Summer.

TAke an Egg-ſhel full of Tar, half an ounce of Red-ſtone Sugar, half an ounce of Anniſeeds beaten ſmall, half an ounce of Tobacco beaten, half an ounce of Liquoriſh cut and beaten very ſmall, 2 ounces of Brimſtoue beaten ſmall, a quarter of a handful of Herb-grace cut ſmall; after that theſe things are thus beaten and ſtirred up together, make them up into three Balls of a like bigneſs, then put two pints of ſtrong Beer lukewarm, and the firſt hornful of Beer that you give him, put a Ball into it, and do ſo likewiſe to the ſecond and third; and then give him the remainder of the Beer. Let him not drink for four or five hours after, give him a Maſh, and afterwards Hay to eat: Let him ſtand in for three or four nights if it be in Summer, after the firſt days giving, work him every day moderately▪ and the Beaſt will thrive the better. If once will not take away his Cough, and cauſe 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 Redwater.

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 lukewarm, 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 Sheepsskin 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. I ſhall begin with a Diſeaſe in the Head called the Canker.

C. For a Canker in the Head.

A Canker is a Diſeaſe in the Head, and ſometimes will ſet upon the Eyes, and ſometimes in the Noſtrils: You ſhall know it by his rawneſs, and it will run a yellow Water. For Remedy, Take half a pint of Sallet-oyl, one ounce of the Oyl of Turpentine, three ounces of Burgundy Pitch, and one pennyworth of Verdigreaſe beaten fine; put all but the Verdigreaſe into a Pipkin, and let them boyl together a pretty while, then take it off the fire, and put in the Verdigreaſe, and let them all boyl together to a Salve, but if you have not a great care, the Verdigreaſe will make all boyl over, to prevent which, alwaies have another Pipkin ſtand by in readineſs, that if it boyl over you may put ſome into that; then put them together again, and ſet them upon warm embers, and let it gently boyl till you ſee it come to a Salve, being neither too hard nor too ſoft; you muſt ſtir it all the while it boyls, then take it off, and keep it for your uſe: If you uſe this Medicine for a Canker in the Noſtrils, firſt tye a rag about a ſticks end, and dip it in ſome Whitewine Vinegar and ſome Salt, and run it up his Noſtrils to do off all the ſcales: When you have waſht it clean, take a Feather, and if it be not long enough tye two together, and dip it in the cold Salve, and run it up his Noſtrils but once a day: If it be a Canker in the Head, Face, or Eyes, take a little Tow, and rub the Canker till it bleed, and when it leaveth bleeding, anoint it with a Feather dipt in the aforeſaid Salve, and ſtrew ſome Wheat-bran upon the Salve, it will hold on the better: Dreſs it once a day, till you ſee it heal, and then once in two or three daies, whilſt it heal up: Obſerve this Rule in all outward Cures, for it is needful, let him ſtand in all the time of the Cure. Proved.

CI. For a dry ſcurvy Mange, although it be from the Head to the Tayl, of Horſe, Cow, Dog, or any thing elſe.

FIrſt, ſcrape off all the Scurff with an old Curry-comb or piece of Knife, then take two ounces of the Oyl of Turpentine, and as much ſtrong Beer, mix them together, and ſhake them well in a Glaſs Vial, then anoint the Horſe where he is pild and mangy; a Week after dreſs him again if you ſee any matter y running places, elſe not; tye him up with a ſtrong Halter, till it hath done working, for it will ſmart terribly: When you have kill'd the Mange, to make the hair come again, waſh it two or three times with a little ſtrong Beer now and then, and it will make the hair come quickly and thick. Let the Beaſt ſtand in at dry meat the time of the Cure. This is a rare Receipt. Proved.

CII. For a blow or any other miſchance, which cauſeth a ſwelling about the Head, Face, Jaws or Chaps.

FIrſt, Let blood in the Neck-vein, on the ſide the Head ſwells, if he ſwells on both ſides let him blood on both ſides: Then give him this Drink to prevent a Farcy; take an ounce of Turmerick, and an ounce of Anniſeeds, of Redſage, Wormwood, Herbgrace, of all three but a handful, cut them ſmall, and put all into a quart of ſtrong Beer, and give it the Beaſt cold, for they are hot of themſelves, faſting in a morning, and let him faſt four or five hours after it; give him warm Water to drink but for once, ſo ſoon as you have given him his Drink, apply this charge hot with a flat ſtick, dab on the ſwelling, a quarter of a pint of Aqua-vitae or Brandywine, which is the ſpirit of Aqua-vitae, but Brandy is beſt, mixed with a pennyworth of Crown-ſope, according to the bigneſs or ſmalneſs of the ſwelling; make a quantity of theſe two things which you apply as a charge; this charge of theſe two things, will take down any ſwelling old or new whatſoever. ſoke it in with a red hot Iron; apply it but once, it will not come off in fourteen or fifteen daies, it will ſink it quite flat, or break it. Proved.

CIII. For a Navil-Gall.

TAke Brandy-wine cold, and dab it on with your hand, or with a Rag, it will take it down in a few times dreſſing, if the skin be not broken. Proved.

CIV. For hard Kernels under the Throat.

MIx Sope and Brandy-wine together, and apply it to the Kernels hot, then heat it in with a hot Iron; it will either ſink them flat, or break them. Proved.

CV. For a New Sinew ſtrain.

APply Sope and Brandy once hot, and heat them in with a hot Iron: but firſt you muſt clip the hair away in the Paſtern right over the Shackle-veins, and then let blood on both the Shackle-veins, and then apply the Charge; letting Blood will much further the Cure. Let the Sinew-ſtrain be before or behind, you muſt let blood if you will have a ſpeedy Cure: Letting blood thus, and applying the Charge, will take his lameneſs away in eight and forty hours, with once doing at the moſt: Do not ride him in four or five daies after you have laid on this charge: This Sope and Brandy heat well in with a hot Iron, it will not come off in 14 or 15 daies, and when you ſee the ſcurff to riſe, anoint it with Trotters-oyl, which is made of Sheeps-feet boiled, anoint it once in two dayes to ſtrengthen the Sinews, till he go well; you may ride him in four or five daies, and for four or five daies, or a week, keep him out of the Water, after you have applyed the Charge, and it will be a perfect Cure. Proved.

CVI. For an old Sinew-ſtrain that is ſwelled and hard, on Fore or After-legs.

FIrſt, clip away the hair right over the Shackle-veins on the Paſtern, and you will ſee to ſtrike the Shackle-vein the better: when it hath bled, apply two ounces of the Oyl of Turpentine, mixed with two ounces of ſtrong Beer, and put them into a glaſs Vial, and ſhake them well together, bath moſt of it in with your hand upon the Vein or ſwelling, and three or four daies after it hath done ſwelling, and begins to be ſcurfie, lay a Charge of Sope and Brandy, heat it well in with a hot Iron, and it will take it quite down in a week or a fortnights time, you may ride him in five or ſix daies: When you ſee the Charge to ſcurf and pill, you may anoint it with Oyl of Trotters once or twice. Proved very certain.

CVII. For any old, hard, and cruſhy Knobs, or Swellings, that have been a long time, let them be never ſo hard. Do thus,

FIrſt, anoint it with an ounce and a half of the Oyl of Turpentine, and as much ſtrong Beer mixed together, and put it in a Glaſs and well ſhaken together, and bathed in with your hand; and three or four daies after, the Charge of Sope and Brandy, applied and well heared in with a hot Iron; and four or five daies after you may ride him where you pleaſe, it will take it quite down. Proved.

CVIII. For old broken Knees much ſwelled and hard, that have been long healed up.

FIrſt, mix an ounce and a half of the Oyl of Turpentine, and the like quantity of ſtrong Beer, ſhaking them in a Glaſs together; then bathe it in with your hand upon the ſwelled Knee: two or three daies after, apply the charge of Crown Sope and Brandy hot, and let it lye on till it come off of its own accord; it will much leſſen, if it do not take it quite down; let him ſtand in: The Oyl of Worms is a great mollifier of a hard and bony part, and hard ſwellings. Proved.

CIX. For a Strain in the Paſtern, Back, or Sinews.

A Charge of Crown-ſope and Brandy-wine applied hot, and heated well in with a hot Iron, is marvellous good; keep him out of the Water for a week after, till you ſee him go well. This Sope and Brandy-wine is an abſolute cure for a Strain newly taken, or new ſwelling, or ſoft ſwelling; but if it be old done, and the ſwelling as hard as a bone, then you muſt firſt anoint it with the Oyl of Turpentine and Beer, and two or three daies after apply the Charge of Sope and Brandy, and it will take it quite down. Proved.

CX. How to boyl the Charge of Sope and Brandy to a Salve.

THis Sope and Brandy, when you are to boyl them, let them boyl till they come to a white Salve, then lay it on hot with a flat ſtick, alwaies when you dreſs a Beaſt, this is how to boyl it, and make the Charge: It will make a Horſe ſwell much, but within three or four daies after it hath taken its courſe, it will fall as flat as may be. For all theſe lameneſſes, the Beaſt muſt ſtand in for four or five daies, you need not take above a quarter of a pint of Brandy, and a pennyworth of Crown-ſope: For a Horſe that is caſt in a Ditch, and is much ſwelled and bruiſed aboue the Head and Body with beating of himſelf: Let blood in this caſe, firſt in thoſe Veins where you ſee moſt cauſe, and let him blood as diſcretion ſhall teach you, and then apply the Charge of Crown-ſope and Brandywine hot all over the ſwelling with a flat ſtick, and heat it well in with a hot Iron, and let him ſtand in the houſe the time of his cure, and you ſhall find it to be a very perfect and ready cure.

Proved.

CXI. For a Swelling that comes by reaſon of Wind or Cold getting into the Wound, how to take it away, whether it be in the Head or any part of the Body.

IF the ſwelling in the Head cauſe a thick film over the Eyes, then follow the directions under written: If the ſwelling comes by reaſon of Wind or Cold getting into the wound, to take out the heat and rankneſs of the ſwelling, you muſt anoint it all over with an ounce of the Oyntment of Populeon, or more if the ſwelling be great; anoint it twice a day at firſt, and as it falls fewer times will ſerve; in the mean time do nothing to the wound, till the ſwelling be almoſt gone; when the ſwelling is almoſt gone or down, waſh the wound with Chamberlye and Salt, or Vinegar and Salt, and heal it up with your healing Salves: If he get a wound in his Face or Head, and the Wind get in and cauſe it to ſwell, when you have taken away the ſwelling by anointing it with this Populeon, it may be you ſhall ſee your Beaſt to have loſt his ſight, by reaſon of ſome thick film that hath covered his Eyes. For Remedy, when you have firſt taken down the ſwelling, do thus: Slit a little hole upon the bone of the Cheek with a ſharp pointed Penknife, and then put in your Cornet-horn, and work up the point thereof between the skin and the fleſh, cloſe up to the Eye, then take a little bit of new Canvaſs, and cut it three ſquare, and roul it up round the length of your Thumb, mix ſome Salt and freſh Butter together, and ſtrow ſome Salt upon the Butter, although the Butter be ſalt, and ſpread it on both ſides the Canvaſs; then roul it up round and thruſt it up into the hole, and there let it be, over it lay a little piece of Canvaſs, with ſome Burgundy Pitch ſpread upon it, to keep out the cold and wind, and it will draw and drain the Eye very clean and clear; this being done, put a little piece of freſh Butter, with a corn or two of Salt into the Eye, and put in a piece of Butter into the hollow hole above the Eye, anoint and rub it well in, that it may drain down the Eye: For a blow with a Cudgel, Whip, Stick, or a Haw in the Eye, though you think the Horſes Eye would go out, this courſe taken, will remedy it in a ſhort time.

Let blood in the Temple-vein for a hot Rheum, and likewiſe when a Horſes eye-ſight fails with hard riding or much ſtraining; nevertheleſs, you muſt ſtrike the fleme croſs the Vein, and then the Rheum will ſtop, and the Vein will knit up of it ſelf; this is a main means to ſtop a hot Rheum that comes down to a Horſes Eye: when you let a Horſe blood on this Vein at any time, you muſt cord him about the Neck, and when he hath bled as much as you think good, to keep the cold and wind out of the Vein, you ſhould do well to pitch and flock it: For a hot Rheum, hard riding, or over-much ſtraining. Give this Drink faſting, to clear the Stomack, and cleanſe the Blood and Lights (viz.) one ounce of Turmerick, half a quarter of Aquavitae or Brandy, two or three ſpoonfuls of Whitewine Vinegar, a quart of the beſt Beer, give it luke-warm: but if there be a kind of whiteglaſs in his ſight, then it can be no cure.

Likewiſe, if you have a young Horſe that you think will be Moon-blind, then you muſt take up the Temple-vein in the wane of the Moon, doing with your Cornet-horn as before you were taught, and put a piece of Butter in his Eye, and a piece in the hole of his Eye: If it be a hot Rheum, his Eye will water and look red below the Eye, let him come into the cold Wind as little as you can: If it be a film, if it be thick, white, blew, though it hath been for half a year, then do as ye were juſt directed in this Receipt, and no otherwiſe. Proved.

CXII. For a hot Inflammation or ſoft Swelling▪ that is new done, whether broken or not broken.

ANoint it with the Oyl of Populeon, and rub it in cold with your hand once a day, or twice at the moſt, till it be down. Proved.

CXIII. For a Bruiſe or Bite upon the Cods of an Horſe, that cauſe them to ſwell much.

FIrſt, Bath them well in warm Whey or Milk, but Whey is beſt, let it be as hot as the Horſe can endure it, bath it for three or four daies together; then make a Bag to put his Cods therein to keep them warm, anoint his Cods with the Oyl of Populeon cold, once or twice a day, till you ſee the ſwelling of his Cods abate, which when you ſee, apply the Charge of Crown-ſope and Brandy-wine, to take down the reſt of the ſwelling, and to knit the Veins and Strings of his Cods again: Lay it on hot, and heat it well in, three or four daies after ride him into a River, if you can, or Pit, up to the belly, and you ſhall ſee it fall in a ſhort time. If the Cods be ſwell'd much, and it have been long done, and is hard, then do not meddle with it. Proved.

CXIV. To keep in your Medicine, and keep out the Wind.

OVer your Medicine, lay a Plaiſter of Burgundy Pitch, and it will keep in your Medicine and keep out the Wind, whilſt you take down the ſwelling with the Oyl of Populeon, but Culpepper ſaith that the Oyntment of Populeon is better.

CXV. Directions.

IF at any time a Horſe come to you with ſwelled Legs, and that hath been poyſoned with other Farriers Medicines: Firſt, before you apply any thing of your own to it, bath his Leg or Legs with Whey as hot as he can endure it, to waſh off the poyſon of their Medicines, and to make his Legs clean. Whey will not take off the hair if it be not off before, it will cool gallantly, it is better than Milk: But if you cannot get Whey then take Milk; after you have thus bathed it in warm Whey or Milk, you may fall to work according to your judgment, as it is in hardneſs or ſoftneſs: This Book will tell you, whether you ſhall take it away by Drinks or Oyntments, or by both: Look the Receipts for a dry Surfet, and the Receipt for a Pocky Farcion Horſe: Look the following Receipts for a dry Surfet, and there you ſhall ſee the Purge of Aloes to be given inwardly, and other things to be applied outwardly to the hard ſwelling: If it be a Surfet that comes down out of the Body, and falls into the Legs before or behind, and breaks, and runs moiſt, watry, or attery, ſtinking filthy matter, then look the following Receipts for a foul, rank, pocky Farcion Horſe. And give him the firſt Drink there mentioned at the beginning of the Receipt; one or two of thoſe Drinks will dry up the moiſt humours, that fall out of his Body into his Legs. Note, That where the filth breaks out of the Chaps, if the Crannies be very great, and if you ſee that the filthy matter that comes out of thoſe Crannies, are like to rot the Sinews of the Legs, then uſe the following Receipt, which is for Pains and Scratches, made of Hony, Pepper, and Garlick. The Drink given inwardly, & this Receipt applied outwardly to the Crannies of his Legs, are incomparable, for the Drink at once or twice giving, wil dry up the humor; in his body, although never ſo many or ſo violent, and the Salve will heal up his Legs ſuddenly and to purpoſe. This is enough to direct you, eſpecially for dry Surfets that fall out of the Body into the Legs, and there ſettle and become very hard: And likewiſe for ſurfets that fall out of his Body, and break, ſtink, and run, watry, yellow, thick, and ſometime thin mattry filth in the Legs: if after you have made a Cure of theſe, and ſee your Horſe gaunt, and doth not fill well, then give him the Purge of Aloes to ſcour and cleanſe him; and after that your Cordial, Whitewine, and Honey, all mentioned in the following Receipts in this Book, which is for a dry Surfet: And when a Horſes Cods are ſubject to ſwell oft, give him this Purge of Aloes that is for a dry Surfet, which is when the Greaſe is melted, and afterwards ſetled and dried in his Body. It is good for a Horſe that is gaunt and will not fill, and we ſay is gut-foundred, and his hair ſtands right up. The Cordial of Whitewine and Honey is marvellous good to beget and continue a ſtomack to his meat, being given after his Purge, as you are fully directed in the Receipt for a Horſe that is ſwelled in his Cods, and that hath a dry Surfet, and runs at the Noſe. I ſay in the following Receipts you ſhall there find them altogether in order.

CXVI. For a Shoulder-ſtrain.

FIrſt, tye up his ſound Leg very ſure with a Liſt or Garter, then walk or drive him upon three Legs, that he may lay the weight of his Body upon the lame Leg, till he begin to ſweat at the Ears and Cods with pain; this is, becauſe you may ſee the Plait-vein the plainer appear; then let down his lame Leg, and you ſhall ſee the Vein yet plainer than you could when his Leg was tied up: If you cannot ſee the Vein plain enough when his Leg ſtands upon the ground, then heat but a little Water, and clap it on with your hand upon the Vein, and then you ſhall certainly ſee the Vein appear a great deal bigger, that you may let it blood, then when you ſee the blood is come into the Plaitvein, and that the Vein is plain enough to ſee and feel, tie up his lame Leg again, and let him blood in the Plait-vein, on that ſide the bottom of his Cheſt his lame Leg is on: Let him bleed a quart or two, or more, the greater the lameneſs is, the more let him bleed: after he hath bled about a quart upon the ground, preſently put into a Bowl a good handful of Salt, and let him bleed a quart or more into that Salt: you muſt ſtir the Salt and blood altogether, all the vvhile he bleeds into the bovvl, becauſe it may not clot, then ſet the Blood and Salt by, and ſtop the Plait-veine vvith a piece of Lead, that may nip the mouth of the Vein together again that it may not bleed: You muſt have in a readineſs an ounce, or an ounce and a half of the Oyl of Turpentine, and as much ſtrong Beer, put them both into a Glaſs Vial, and ſhake them vvell together: When you have thus ſhaked the Oyl and Beer together, bathe it vvell in vvith your hand about his Breaſt, and all his Shoulder over, and the bottom of his Breaſt, betvveen his Legs, and half vvay dovvn to his knees; bathe it and clap it vvell in vvith your hand, preſently after take the Blood and Salt, and bathe and clap that upon the former; then ſet him up into the Stable to meat, and vvith a Liſt or Garter, tye both his Fore-legs together as cloſe as you can, a Girt or Surcingle will ſerve to tie his Legs. The next day untie his Fore-legs, take him out and walk him, and if you ſee he go any thing well, take his back and ride him gently a Mile, and ſet him up again, and tie his Fore-feet again, as cloſe as you did before; If he go not well the firſt day, do but walk him the ſecond day, and not ride him; and the third day after his firſt dreſſing, do not only tie his Legs, but flat a ſtick on both ſides in the faſhion of a wedge, about the breadth of a ſixpence, take it and drive it in between the Toes of his Shooes, and the Toe of his Foot faſt, ſo that it may not come out, and alwaies whilſt he ſtands ſtill in the Stable, tie his Legs cloſe, and peg him with a Wedge, and when you walk or ride him abroad, untie his Legs and take out the Wedge: do this every night and day till he grow ſound, which will be vvithin two or three daies, if it be a Strain nevvly taken: To let blood once, and anoint it once vvith the Oyl of Turpentine and Beer, and once vvith the blood and ſalt, is enough vvith the help of tying his Legs together, and driving in a vvooden Wedge as you vvere before directed: For a vvrench in the Shoulder, or vvhen a Horſe hath pulled his Shoulder out of his place, and the Shoulder is faln the breadth of a mans hand or more, or if he be ſplayed on the Shoulder, do nothing contrary to vvhat you vvere directed before in this Receipt, either for matter or manner; for if it be but lately done, it is as ſpeedy a Cure for the one as for the other. And if you do as you are here directed, I am perſvvaded there is not a better or ſpeedier vvay to be taken under the Sun. I cannot give praiſes ſufficient to the vvorth of it. Proved in all.

CXVII. For an old Strain in the Shoulder.

THe fore-going direction in the laſt Receipt, is moſt incomparably certain, for an old hurt in the Shoulder, and is for this as abſolute a Cure in one Weeks time as any is under the Sun. Proved.

CXVIII For the Hurle bone out of Joynt, or a little miſcarried.

THis Hurle-bone is much about the midſt of the Buttock, and is very apt to go out of the Socket vvith a ſlip or ſtrain. The Oyl of Turpentine and Beer is marvellous good, uſed as before you vvere directed, for a Horſe that has gotten a miſchance in the Hurle-bone: After you have ſhaked them together in the Glaſs▪ take of it, and as near as you can, pour a little of it right over the Socket of the Hurl-bone, the breadth of the palm of your hand, and rub it in vvith your hand. It vvill make the skin to purſe up and be very ſore, and you muſt anoint him on the bravvn and thick part of the inſide of the Thigh, and ſo dovvn to the Stifle, and anoint him dovvn to the very——.

In the time of the Cure, drive in a vvooden Wedge in the contrary Foot betvveen the Toe and the Shooe, and ſo let him ſtand day and night: If you ſee your Horſe mend and go better, you may then ride him every day, ſo as when you ſet him into the Stable, you peg him with a Wooden Wedge, this courſe being taken, will in a very fevv daies cure him, and make him go compleat.

Proved.

CXIX. For a ſtifle in the Stifling-bone.

IF your Horſe be ſtifled that you ſee the ſtifling bone is out of his place; then firſt, ſvvim him in a Mill-pool for half an hour, till he ſvveat behind his Ears, in vvhich time or before, the bone vvill be in his place again: then lead him gently home cloathed, and keep him in the Stable vvarm; as ſoon as he comes into the Stable, peg him on the contrary foot behind, all the time of his Cure vvhilſt he ſtands ſtill in the houſe; and as ſoon as he is dry, take Sope and Brandy mentioned in the fore-going Receipts, and lay it hot to the grieved place, and heat it vvell in vvith a hot Iron, it vvill ſwell a little at firſt, but it vvill ſoon fall; it vvill ſtrengthen the grieved place much, and in a ſhort time it vvill be a perfect Cure: Or thus, you may for a ſtifle after ſvvimming, peg him as ſoon as he comes into the ſtable, and ſo do alvvaies vvhen he ſtands in the houſe, and vvhen he is dry rub in half an ounce of the Oyl of Turpentine, and as much ſtrong Beer ſhaked together in a Glaſs. It vvill cauſe it to ſvvell ſomething more than Sope and Brandy, but it is admirable for a ſtifle, and a ſpeedy Cure. Obſerve, that ſvvimming is not good for any ſtrain, but only to bring a ſtiflebone right into place again, and you may try it for that, but not for a ſtrain. The Beaſt muſt ſtand in the Houſe all the time of his Cure.

Proved.

CXX. A ſpeedy Cure for a Sinew-ſtrain, old or new.

FIrſt, Let blood in the Shackle-veins, which are in the Paſtern, for it will much further the Cure: Then take the fatteſt Cat you can get, kill her, and flea her as ſoon as you can poſſible, then bruiſe the fleſh and bones of the Cat ſmall, and lay it upon a cloth, and bind it cloſe to the Sinew-ſtrain, from the Paſtern up the Legs, as far as it will go, and as warm as you can: you muſt take out her Guts before you bruiſe her fleſh, or lay it too; and you muſt, after you have let blood in the Shackle-vein, bathe the Sinew-ſtrain with Aqua-vitae, and rub it in cold with your hand, and then afterwards lay the fleſh of the Cat on a cloth to the place: Of all cures for a Sinew-ſtrain this is the beſt and ſpeedieſt, wind a cloth two or three times about the Leg, when you have laid the Cat on, to bind it on, becauſe a Cat draws and knits mightily: Let him not come into the Water till he be cured.

Proved.

CXXI. For a Poll-Evil in the Head of an Horſe.

IF you take it at the firſt ſwelling, then do thus: Take half an Ounce of the Oyl of Turpentine, and anoint the ſwelling therewith, ſo far as it is ſwelled, and let it ſink in and take its courſe for four or five daies, in which time the skin will be ſhrunk up like a purſe: At the four or five daies end, if you ſee the ſwelling begin to fall, then take Burgundy Pitch, and Black Pitch of each two ounces, and one ounce of Maſtick, put them into a Pipkin and melt them; then take a flat ſtick and ſpread it all over the ſwelling, then take the ſhearings of cloth or flocks, and do them thick on with your hand upon the Pitch till it be hot, when your Plaiſter comes off, which it may be will be a fortnight or a month. If then you ſee the Oyl and the Plaiſter have killed the venome of it, and taken down the ſwelling, then do no more to it. Again, if you ſee, when your Plaiſter comes off, that it is much ſwelled, or that there be proud fleſh in it, then if it be not broken, lance it, and if there be any dead or proud fleſh in it cut it out, then fill the hole or wound with 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-S • 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 ſoft, although he be vveak, and have little or no ſtomack, four or five hours after his Cordial, the firſt thing you give him, boyl him half a peck of Oats, and a pound of Fenygreek together in vvater till they be burſt, and the vvater vvherein theſe vvere boyled, pour it from the Oats into another Payl, and put ſome cold vvater to it, and vvhen he drinks let him drink of this vvater; for the Oats and Fenygreek, throvv ſome of them into the Manger hot, and if he be loth to eat them, then ſtrevv ſome Wheat-bran upon it, and it is very likely he vvill eat all together: This courſe taken in every particular, vvill bring your Horſe to a ſtomack, and raiſe him ſuddenly. Look the Receipt follovving for a dry Surfet, and when the Horſe's Cods are ſwelled, and he runs at the Noſe; and there you ſhall ſee the purge of Aloes. A fortnight or three vveeks after he is thus melted, and that you have given him the former things, to give him this Purge of Aloes, vvill do the Beaſt a great deal of good in this caſe: I am confident it is good: Or give him as much of the povvder of Mechoacan, as vvill lye upon a ſhilling at three or four times, that is very good in a pint of Wine, or a quart of ſtrong Ale. Proved.

CXXVII. For a Foundred Horſe.

FIrſt, tye a Liſt or Blood-cord hard about the Paſtern, and that will keep the Blood up into his Leg, that it cannot come dovvn into his Foot, when you have taken out the Soal, ſet on his Shooe ſomething hollow and broad, then untye the ſtring about the Paſtern, and knock the out-ſide of the Hoof, and the blood will come pouring out: Let him bleed well, then put a handful of Salt into the bottom of the foot, and put as many Hards, Flax, or Tow after it, as will fill the bottom of the Foot, take two or three flat ſticks, and lay them between the Hards and the Shooe, a piece of ſtiff Soal-Leather will do as well; at the end of 24 hours take the Hards away, and take a handful of Nettle-tops, and a handful of Salt, and beat them together, and lay them to the bottom of the Foot, and to keep them in, take Hards and Splinters, as you were directed before; at forty hours end, take the Hards away, and apply the ſame quantity of Nettles and Salt, mixed with as much Hogs Greaſe as contains to an Egg, and beat them altogether in a Mortar, and lay them to the Soal of the foot, and Hards and Splinters as before▪ with this laſt Medicine you may dreſs his foot once or twice more if you ſee cauſe; after you ſee the Horſe goes a little well, ſet on another Shooe, formed with a broad Web, and let it ſtand broad and eaſie, and in ten daies time the Horſe will go very well and ſound: when you come at your journeys end, waſh his Legs clean, and when his Legs are dry, make a Poultis of a quarter of a pint of Whitewine Vinegar, and a quarter of a pound of Sheepskidney Suet cut very ſmall: Let theſe two boyl a pretty while in a Skellet, and when it comes off the fire, put two or three handfuls of Wheatbran to it, and ſtir them all together, and make it thick like a Poultis, and lay it to the bottom of the foot; then Hards and Splinters as before you were directed; then ſpread the reſt of the Poultis upon a long piece of Linnen-cloth and lay it hot to the hair round about the top of the Hoof and the Foot-lock, and let it come under the bottom of the Hoof, lay it to as hot as you can; let every Poultis lye on forty eight hours: Three or four Poultiſſes laid to in this manner, will do the Horſe much good, and cauſe his foot to grow and ſhoot out, and give him much eaſe, ſo as in a very ſhort time he will go very ſound. If an Horſe be bruiſed in the bottom of his foot with a ſtone, or any other thing, this Poultis will give preſent eaſe: For a foundring, the Beaſt muſt ſtand in till the bottom of his foot be grown again. I hold it beſt to take out but one ſoal at a time, becauſe if you take out both at a time, the Horſe will not be able to ſtand: Some take out Fruſh and all, ſome take out nothing but the bare Soal, and leave the Fruſh. The way is, firſt cord the Paſtern, then pare the Soal, and then raze it round about the Soal to the quick, as near the inſide of the outward ſhell of the Hoof as you can with a drawing knife, then raiſe the Soal at the Toe, then lay hold with a pair of Pincers; and pull it quite out, but beware you break not the Veins in the foot.

Proved.

CXXVIII. For a Back ſwanckt in the Fillet of the Loin: or for a Wrench in the Back-bone, about the Navel place: or for a ſtrain in the Kidneys, by being over-burthened in the Hinder-parts, or over-ſtrained in the Kidneys in Race-running.

IF you ſee any of theſe miſchances to fall upon the Back or Hinder parts of your Beaſt, then do thus and no otherwiſe, for all thoſe miſchances above-written. Take a hot Sheeps-skin fleaed of a Sheep newly kill'd, apply it as hot as you can, with the fleſhy ſide from his Rump, all over to the midſt of his Back-bone, if it will reach ſo far: Let it lye on twenty four hours, and at the end of that time, lay another hot Sheeps-skin in the ſame manner to it, if need require, and you ſee the firſt will not do: Let the grief be never ſo great, two hot skins will do it, with the help of the Drink next under written; but if the hurt be not great, the Sheeps-skin will do it alone. It will make the Horſe to ſweat much, it will draw out all the bruiſe, and ſtrengthen the back of the Horſe exceedingly in a ſhort time: But if your Horſe be ſo weak that he cannot ſtand nor go, then take a Sack or two, and Ropes, and throw them over a Balk, and hang him for nine or ten daies; when you firſt hang him, clap a hot Sheeps-skin to his Rump and Back for twenty four hours, and at the end of the time, lay another hot Sheeps-skin to, and then no more: In the time of this Cure, give him this Drink if the ſtrain be great: If it be but ſmall, this Drink can do no hurt, but a great deal of good: Take Polygonatum commonly called Solomon's Seal, you may have it at the Apothecaries, but it is dear; take ten roots of it that may weigh three ounces, Polypodium of the Oak a quarter of a pound, two handfuls of Wood-betony, or for want thereof, as much Garden-betony, cut it ſmall, and if the roots be dry, beat them to powder; if they be green cut them thin; then take a Gallon of ſtrong Beer, or ſomewhat more, put it into a Kettle, and put the other three things to it, 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 Afterfoot, 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 Quitterbone, 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.