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With great pains from approved Experience and the Publick
Pradhce of the beft Horfe-Marfhals ifi Chrißendom.
JDitnaeö into Ctoo %*m.
I he J. containing all Cures Pfyßcal; The IL allCuresChirurgkd;
TOGETHER WITH e Mm*»> Vfi and Quality of every SIMPLE mentioned K u «n th*ough the whole WORK. Thlt™'^enth time Printed, Corrected and Augmented with above
A which ^ ?aflrS and/9»y new Medicins heretofore never Publiftt: ^SwSftoftIJfc"n^c,lncB,Icdfor his °wn Benefit, being the
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> have been laid to my charge* in the firft Publication of this Book, as namely, a miftaking i& the Table of Additions wanting Direction : And the great Multiplicity or heaping fornn^r T— 7 together of many Medians tor one Grief, without diftinguifhing their goodnefs ft, Mfci?vm!"fdM V *■"'th?,fecond' "hich is
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moft approved, and to be the beft of thofe which are Coupled with it; I have in the Margin, and over aga'inft the Median placed this Mark pi^. .
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ter, (never before publHhed) I have in the beginning of the Chapter placed this dp« • And for thy better furtherance in this Work, I ;
have like wife in. the Table, to all the new Addi- tions (which are the very Excellencies of all my , knowledge) placed this Mark alfofjp. And this I have done for two Ueafons :
Pirft, to make this Work which was one of my
firft, and entituled my uM A S T E'R~ P 1 E C £, a true ^mAsTER-piece indeed, and fo exact in every part, that other ftoln Pieces and Pamph- lets Chriftened in my name, and Printed without my knowledge or affifhnce, with twice fo many Falihoods as Pages, may be known to be both Baftards and Abortive^ miftaking an Ounce for half an Ounce, three Hand-fuls for two, too much of one Simple and too little .of another, of ■which whofoever maketh trial, will, without he hath had fome knowledge already , indangeV his Horfe; and therefore I have given many men notice my felf of it, becaufe they have taken one thing for another. |
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AYmr and T f^an(hiP V he is fit ***«* of
Arms, and Triurapns in War s" and a great mtv mifcarrtfV^ an e*cellent Beaft ^ould^ny ^yy
S anX Se nant °uf lowing his natural Lift/ C5s and tne Cure thereof. Wte^1^* a"d tH others,
FarrTeA K, f m the Cu,r« of ^eir Horfes, if them p fai ,ng t0 aCVife and confider with them : For it is a Knowledge fie for a Gentle Kg fneac/ a»d w4 to beli^u«
CounÄ:CcSE^-iS H°rfeS3 f0r,°ther
generally in all IL ExPe"ments, and to be feen ' manmipyi Vne T\PrfiCeS' whereof Ho^"
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FIRSTBOOK
CON TAI N I N G
Ali Cures Phyfieal, or fuch Infirmities, as, being mv/ard,erave the Adminiftration ofPhvficl? and are called in Horfe-Leach-craft, Horfl ßchjiefes. J CHAP. I.
Of the natural Compofition if Hör [es Bodies.
Ouching the true composition of a Horfes bo-
ft y^^Junderftind, that it is ("as the body or Man) compounded of thirteen feve- ral things J that is to fay, feven natural, and fix not natural: The feven natural, are Ele- ments, Temperaments, Humours, Members, Powers or Vertues, *ABoni or Operations, and ------Spirits; all which be called natural, becaufe
fenaLt j j i i ^e natural Perfection and excellency of every
bo Ion! J ? wh,olly depend upon them, and hath his moving not nan? , Ln T7 „have Power of working. The fix, which are and fra?l yr the "*""» fJMe^ and Drink* Motion and Refi, Sleep mind i I a e?Pfinefs and Mntfs, a nd the AftQs or Motions of the in due ™A,-*£ ca,lled n°t natural.becaufe as (being rightly and "c order applied) they preferve, fuftain, and forufie the body ; B fo
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{o being msfgoverned , or ufed in any exceffe, or diförder, they are
the only corrupt deftroyers of the whole body: and of thefe thirteen fimples which compound the Fabrick, or whole frame of the body, I intend to fpeak feverally. CHAP, II.
Of the four Elements, their Virtues And Oferations.
Firft, for theExpofitionof the word Ele ment,you fhall underftandi
that it is the primary or firft beginning of all things, being ofit felfpure, uncorrupt, andfimplej all things being firft made there- of, and all things at thelaft being refolved into the fame again. It is alfo in its own nature fo bright, clear, and without contraction of impurity, that it is not able to be difcerned by any lenfible eye what- foever. Laftly, it is the leaft part or Atome of that thing which is made or proceedeth from it. Now of thefe Elements which are the ufual firft movers, or be-
ginners of all moving things, there are only four in number, that is to fay, Fir?, *Ayr, Water, and Earth ; meaning not that Fire, Ayry Water, and Earth, which is vifible here with us beneath, and which, through the groffenefs thereof, is both palpable and to be difcerned; but thofe which are mounted aloft, and through their purity invifible and concealed from us, ( for the other are compounded bodies, and notfimple. ) And of thefe perfect and diftihft Elements you fhall know, that the Fin is the higheft, as being fixed or joyned next unto the Moon, being hot and dry,yet naturally exceeding, or being moft predominant, or ruling in heat. The Ayr is placed next unto Fire, and is naturally light and hot j
yet his predominant or chief quality is moift. The Wttteris joyned unto the Ayre ; the difpofition thereof being
heavy and moift j but his predominant or chief quality only cold. Laftly, the Earth, ad joyned to the Water, istheloweft} and it
is moft heavy and cold ; bat the predominant or chief quality there- of is only drinefs. Now for the vermes, properties, and operations of thefe four Ele«
ments, you fhall undetftand, that firft theFire,by means of his heat, moveth matter to generation, and ftirrethup warmth in all living things j
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ther ,ISXif ■ t0. parate thinSsof divers kinds one from ano- wifc ran w t0 J°yn thingsof like kinds t08«her, which they like- are fen, ™<^ "ff • For ^ vertue of the Fi*e» the bones of Horfes the Su ™ C flefll,thc üüh from the fin«ws,the finews from Jiverfrnmlu re'.nS from the «teries, the heart from the liver, the Parts ntu r T ' and fo forch> in füch fort as we fee the divers fcpararJl ™I,weburn> by the vertue of the fire and heat tobe fmoke u f dmded one from another, as the vapour from the as in th f W^ fr°m the flame'and the fllme from the i(hes- And
and fi LrungS' ^ommsny other things, as in the trial of Metals, fromb d U wherethe fireby vertue of his heat feparateth body tion I* -at 1S> metal from metal, and corruption from incorrup- fame lr jÜm »8 S kmttin8 together every thing of one and the felf di»7ft I? BefldES'the vertue of the Fire, is to ripen, order, and andc, chl.ngs raw and undigefted, mingling the dry with the moift, ernf. Penmg pores> thac the a;* be>"g fomewhat more folid and rate hmKy '"[? "?t0rthf body : And la%>icbteaketh and mode- rate h the coldnefs of the Water and the Earth, fo that it may not owtnperor.confound the body. fiaL0UCuing/he,vermeandoPcration of the Air, you (hall under-
cei n y themoiftnefstherof, it maketh the matter apttore- fiftanceTh '1?" natural> or accidental, and by the help and af-
and w;► Vre;b*inS«h the powers and influences of the Heavens fubtilS!° the,1?fc"0« b°dies, making the mixt bodies not only mav nrirf PlnCtrable' ?UC aIf°IlghC 3nd ^ounting» t0 the end th4
nay neither be too grofs, nor too heavy. Secondly, the Air through J" TftnCfs coolcth the burning heat of the Heart, Liver , and
imrails, as we daily fee by the office of the Lights and Lungs, which tadinl^A ?WS draweth unceffamlyfrefh air unto theHearc fenfc S mtmhV' And albeit» the Aire doth not feem to the ye" acco dirrr1 eyes.'to be a°y thi»g *™ f° m°ift«the w*«>
itIhtZ, £ £ C °?,imons'boch of wr Books and beft Phy ficians,
abunriyarfl m°lft^ ^hich is well proved, (fay they) by the SÄ If iS"0«»«*, which flux fpreadethit felf fofarre thereof li?u ?°?y'■ ,thatit h^th every empty pare and corner bv Alf - fpeC1l' ProPerties and Charaaers of moiftnefs, and oytnattttaion, »much harder tobe kept within his own bounds, |
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than the water is. Laftly, as the Water was altered by God from
his firft natural place, for the better profit both of Man and Beaft; even fo the Air, according to School-mens opinions, was not left al- together in his firft natural difpofition, left being over-moyft it fhouldfo confound and fuffocate all Senfe , that neither Man nor Beaft fhould be able to Breath or Live. Now for the Vertue and Operation of theWater,it is to be noted,
that through the Coldnefs thereof, it conglutinateth and bindeth in mixt Bodiey, both parts and members together, which be of divers kinds; as bones with flefh and finews, flefh with finews and bones, and finews with bones and flefh. Even as for a familiar Example, we fee in the time of any great Froft, the ftrength of the Cold how it bindeth things of divers kinds together, bringing into one maffe or fubftance, both Water, Dirt, Stones, Straws, Scicks and Leaves: The Water alfo with its Coldnefs, doth temper and cool the in- flammation and heat of the Fire, gathering together thofe things, which otherwife the violent Heat would difperfe and fcatter abroad. Laftly, For the venue and operation of the Earth, it is through his
drinefs in mixt bodies, fo to harden and fix them together, that they may retain their fhapes, which otherwife by the power of the Air and Water, would be fo foluble and loofc, that they could not hold together; as we may fee in Paft, Wax, and fuch like, which whilft it is moift, will receive ho print, but being once hardned,it retaineth any form that is preft into it. And here is to be noted, that ac- cording to the opinion of Hlppccr<*(«,when any fenfible body dyeth, not only every quality, but every fubftance and part makes his re- turn to the Element from whence it came; as heat to the Fire, moiftnefs to the Air, coldnefs to the Water, and drinefs to the Earth. And thus briefly you fee, that of thefe four common Elements, or common beginners of things; the Fire being hot, feparateth } the Air being moiftjfhapethjihcWater being cold,bindeth;and the Earth being dry,hardneth and retaineth. The ufe that yon are to make of this knowledge» over and befidesthe comprfi:ion of a natural body» is, that when yon find any ficknefs, or infirmity, which proceedeth from the Fire, as Inflammations of the body,orfuchlike, that then you apply fimplesof the nature of the Air or Water, whichmay moiftcn and cool the violence of the heat. If the infirmity proceed from
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mii apply fi Us q(the namre of the Fke ^ Earch^ whofc h^ ftnd «nneis may d^fe and harden fuch moifture. If the difeafe
pringrtom the Water, as Colds, Rheumes, Apoplexies, and fuch £t A VI ^feek fifl,PIes of the nature of the Fire and Air j
»iff, 1 i?. theheatof theone,anb the moiftlightnefs of the other, diS ' g.r0is and folld humo«« may be difperfed. But if the like ?pr°Cecdfrom dearth, asManginefsandLeprofie, or their c.tnat are dry and hardned infeftionvhen you fhallfeek fimples tW n atUre of the Fire onIy> whofe heat may diffolve and loofert <nofe ill knit, dry, and hard humours. t™ 1US l°U keA ro° much heat is abated by coldnefs and moiftnefs;
and S? m°lftnefs fey h«t and drinefs; too much coldnefs by heac and rno.ftnefs j too much drinefs by heat only. * inasmuch of thefe four common Elements, which begin all
«Jings living and unliving, fenfible and unfenfible j yet of fenfiblc ings, which hve and have blood, there be other more neer Ele- tion °r reg,.nnin8s» which a*e called proper Elements, orgenera- Zru n* n ,lngendri"8 feed> and menftrual blood, from whence every Beaft taketh his fitft fhape and beginning • and yet thofe pro- per bgmnings have their whole dependency and hanging upon the moina u lft common beginnings already fpoken of, which is candoanthinC a £°Id' fonvithouC thcm theyare nothing, nor CHAP. III.
Of Temperaments, and their fever al kinds, and htwfar
every vtay they extend in Horfes. ^KiJ*'"*'"™"**' °r Tm/"r^*w> which are the lecond
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divided into two, an Univerfal and a Special; The equal
Temperament Vniverfal, is, when the four Elements are in an equal proportion, generally divided through the whole Body., Nature injoying no more from the one,than from the other.The equal Tern- feramentEfpecial^Sywhen theElements are proportioned according as every kind doth mod properly require,be it eitherPIant or Beaftrln Plants, when every Plant hath that commixture of Elements,which are propertoits kind>thehotPIant being hot,the cold being cold, &c. Whereas contrariwife, to have a hot Plant cold,or a coldhot,to have Rue cold, or Sorrel hot, were a falfe and unequal commixture of Elements. So likewife of Beafts, that Horfe, that Dogg, that Swine is faid to have his due Temperament, when he is of fuch temperature as is moft proper unto his kind, which only is beft difcerned by his Actions, or Motions. As thus, the Horfe is known to be hot and moift by hisLightnefs, Swiftnefs, Valiantnefss and long Life, and alfo to be of a temperate nature, in that he is eafily Tamed, Docible, Obedient and Familiar with the Man. And fo longas either Horfe, or any other thing, continueth in the Mediocrity and Excellency of his proper Temperament, fo long as we may truly judge him of a good temperand difpofition; butiftherebe any over-flow of qua» lities, or excefs in his Humours, as either heat, coldnefs, moiflnefs, or drinefs, then we fay, he is either a hot Cholerick Horfe, a cold Dull Horfe, a dry Mifchievous Horfe, or a moift Cowardly Horfe, according to the over- flow of that quality which reigneth in him. Again, every Horfe is faid to have his due Temperament^ccotding
to his Age, and the Country wherein he is bred, and fometimes ac- cording to the time of the year wherein he Liveth. And thus a Horfe in his foal-age, which is, till he be fix years old, is naturally hotand moift ; inhis middle age, which is till twelve, morehot and dry than moift ; and in his old age, which is part :ighteen,morecold and dry, than either hot or moift. So likewife, the Horfes which are bred in Southern parts, as either in Spain, BMary, or Greece, are naturally more hot than thofe which are bred either in the feventeen Lands, Germany, or England; neither is there any Horfe, which is in good ftateof body,that is fo hot in the Spring-time of theyear,as in the Summer, nor fo cold in the Summer, as in Winter. All which obfervations are with moft curious diligence to beobfervedof every Horfe-leach, when he goeth about to cure any ficknefs) for unlefs
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. Iefs he confider their natures and temperatures,and every other cir-
cumitance already declared, he (hall right foon be deceived in the aöminiftration of his Phyfick. Therefore, j earneftly defire every arrier, before he give any drench or potion, firft to inquire the kind, a^'im^lfpofitionoftheHotfe, next his age, then the Country, no. lauiy the time of the year: and fo according to the truth there- ©r, to mix his receipts. It is moft expedient alfo, for every Horfe-leach to confider thefe-
cond qualities, which are fo called, becaufe they take their beginnings trom the firft qualities alrcady declared ; of which fecond qualities tome be called palpable, or to be touched, as thefe, foftnefs, hardnefs, Ef."CJ»r,ou8>n«f«»»ughncfe, bricklenefs, hghtnefs, heavinefs minnels, riucknefc, fmallnefs, groffenefs, and fuch other like. Some again are not palpable,as thofe which appertain to hearing, feeing and , ime ling as noyfes, colours, odours, and fuch like; and by obferving H f k 1C4°nd ^ualicies» he fra11 with much eafe know whether the tU»A u dlfrP°fed to any ficknefs or not, as (hall be more largly de- clared hereafter in every particular Chapter. ' C H A P. IV.
Of Humours, mi to what end theyferve. ^"Ow concerning V»mmrs, which are the third compofcrs of *
ihaU uS° a A 13nud f° 1,krife °f every °^ beaft &o ; you S« rf/ftand?^th,Cy r/°UT nÜmber' ^at iS to fay,'^^ *jtgmt Chohr, and Melancholy* As touching Blood, it is in its na. .ureuncorrupted, and therefore hot andmoift, and fweet in tafte
spartIclpatlng of the Elcments pireand Mu F[egm iscoldand DarX an.deithe,r fweet» or wallowifh without any tafte at all, as
andI SFatl°8 nZ Eleraents Wat« and Air; Cholcr is hot and dry,
a outer in tafle, as participating of the Elements Fire and Earth.
Pa«IT y Kc l°li,and dry» and ^ «fo fowrre and heavy, as
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UHeUneholj of the nature of the Earth. And albeit thele Humours
are fymbolized or mixt through every,, part of the body, yet every oneofthemaboundeth more in one part than in another, and have their places of refidence, abfolute, and particular to themfelves; as Blood about the heart j Tlegm in the brain j ^Äo/rr in the liver ; and Melancholy in the fpleen. Now as thefe Humours do more or lefs abound, or have greater or lefler foveraignty in the Horfe, fo is the Beaft naturally better or worfe coloured, qualified, or difpofed, as thus. That Horfe in whom Blood hath the greateft predominance, and may be called a Horfe fanguine, is bright, bay of colour, and in difpofition pleafant, nimble, and of temperate or moderate motion. That Horfeinwhom Flegm hath the greateft dominion, and may be called a flegmatick Horfe, is for the moft part of a milky white colour, and fo confequently flow, dull, and heavy. If Choler bear the greateft rule in his conftitution, then is his colour commonly a bright Sorrel, and by that means of difpofition hot, fiery , and of little ftrength. Laftly, if the Earth have gotten power above the other Elements, fo that he maybe called a Melancholy Horfe, then his colour is commonly a Moufe dunn,and his difpofition cowardly, faint, and flothfull. But becaufe thefe particularities are properly appertaining to the Complexions of Horfes, of which we fhali have caufe to fpeak morelargly hereafter,I will not (land upon any great- er relations; only I give you thus much in Conclusion : tounder- ftand that every one of thefe afore-faid Humours hath his proper ufe and end, whereuntok ferveth, as thus. Blood ferveth more properly to nourifh the body. Flegm giveth motion to the joynts. Me- lancholy begetteth an A ppetite or Lenging to his meat. Now during the time that thefe Humours do poflefs their natural qualities, fo long they are wholfome, andbecalled by their fimple names, with- out GloiT? or Addition: but if by any mifchancetheybedifordered or corrupted, then they are un wholfome, and arc no longer called by their fimple names,but have other Epithetons annexed unto them, as Melancholy bl«ed,Saltflegm,Cholor adafi or burnt Choler,zadfretting MeUnchtly, whereof proceedeth many peftilent and dangerous dif- eafes, as fhall be at large declared hereafter. And thus much for the ftate of Humours. |
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Of Members, and their fever4 t>i»du
divided nf;!!fabr,c!c of a Hcoric? bo^y'J the?arc by Sch°oi •»«
■»«Äf^T 3nd thC ^A"6: The °thcr" CaIled '»A-
*""»and are contrary to the firft. * intoM^ • like' are thofe-which beinS Separated, or distributed
neither 'yCteVe^ Parc.thcreof is aIikein ^ftance to the whole, of pans le^Ä*^' hfirttmm*1^ be Aofe which being made
"like, neitherhave'a1|nd Av'dedmto parts,. y« ^ parts are not foot, andSlI!af0nenameWItctue^Ie; astheh«d, legg, "«werv m« rf J8 0revfry,pa"?f thLe hcad'sn^called thehead, brow, tLP " ithe leugg,lhe Ie??' but have othcr aPP<llations,as the ftrum^Sb ***** J« feet-lock, fee. Now chefe In- as£ £538» abbs;
mcrcafcTo'r s"ds6''a.ion <„,hcbody, thefounh g=nera,ion a„d
" »ucceechng ages. grown TeemdohfnfepnnCiPaI mcmbers> llke b"nch« from a wcll-
L the Brain (n'"8 °^er memb«s> which do them fervicc: a£ ^«v^,WwhÄe^" fP"8ht«andlively.hood; from
^^^l^t:^TTmh andftre"gA j and from the
forafmuch as from S ^°!?fficVs I*««"10" a"d increafe. Now
«rrom thefc do hkewife proceed a World of othcr mem-
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ben, as Tendons, Ligaments, Lungs, Spleens, Guts, and fuchlike;
all which, in as much as the knowledge of them doth more properly belong to the office of the Chirurgion,than to thePhyfician,(though mod neceflary to both) I am here to advertife every ftudious Reader, that when he (hall have occafion to medd'e with any member about a Horfe, that he turn to the fecond Book of this Volume, which treatethonly cf Chirurgery, and there he (hall not only find every member and lineament in a Horfe, but alio the true Anatomy fo lively demonftrated, that there fhall be nothing wanting to the perfecting of his undciftanding. And thus muchin this place o£ Members. CHAP. VI.
Of Powers, and how a Horfes body is governed by them, POwers, which by fome are called Verities, or principal faculties,
and do govern and controle both the body of man and bead, and have the fifth place in this work, are in number three, that is, the power Animal, the power Vital, and the power Natural. The power Animal, is a vertue incident to the Brain, which through the Sinews coming like little conduit pipes from che Brain, diftributeth feeling and moving to all the parts of the body. The power Vital is a vcrcue belonging to the Heart, which doth give Life and Spirit to all the body by means of the Arteries; which proceeding from the Heart, which is the chief fountain of natural heat, carry in their little chanels over the whole body,that ayr and fpiritual blood which makes it full of lighenefsand alacrity. The power TS(atural is a vertue belonging to the Liver, which gives nourishment unto all the body,and to every part thereof,by means of theVeins,which do like- wife proceed from the Liver, like greater conduits, carrying the blood from the Liver, which is the fountain of blood, into every part of the body. Befides, the power Natural containeth four other venues, that is, the vertue Attrttüive, which draweth food, meat to fuftain the body 5 the vertue Retentive, by which it retaineth and keepeth the food received; the vertue Digeflive, whereby it con- coð and digtfttth the fame V and laftly, the vertue Exyulfive* by which it expelleth excrements a»d fuperfluicks. Thus thefe Powers
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owers or Vermes being of no lefs validity than you perceive by this
a m™• Kc »the .P3" 8nd dacy of ev«y S°od Horfe-leach, to have
tu "™ and vigilant refpect unto them; for if any of them X;r he Ho*[t ,cannot live Therefore, whenever you fee that ei- hiJTk 'nrefllf"hhisfoocl'or thathe cann°t retain and keep
us tood,but caffeh it up again; or that he doth not digeft his food, excre " corruPcly *» liisilomack ; or that he cannot avoid his
. mfenrs ln a natural manner.but holds it burning in his bodyyakc
cm tor moft certain figns of mortal ficknefs: And thus much ol lowers or Vertu«. CHAP. VII.
Of Atlions or Operations, and whereto they belong.
y\S touching Allions, or Operations, which are the fixth column
tre ?rP^ar which doth uphold this natural body of which we n ' c .ey arc not only belonging, but even derived from the three a& ln,mtnediatIy fPoken of in the former Chapter, as thus: f he', ion and operation of the power-Animal, is to difcern, to move,and e! . Dorfes difcern by means of the vertue Imaginative, Dtf- {°*"'{at'?e> and Mttmrttlve, whereof the firft is placed in the fore- nead, the fecond in the middle of the brain, and the third in the ninaer part of the head. All which are comprehended under the pwr Animal Horfes move by means of the vertue motive, whofe action and Operation is to reftrain,or let flack thefinews, whereby every Member, hath his moving. And Horfes feeling is by means or the vertue $e»fitive, whofe adion or Operation is bufiedinthe «»Senf«, as to See, Hear, Smell, T«fi> MdTmb, andallthcfe TkA%illg fr0m the Pmer Animttl
W U ü°n0r °Peratio" of the PowerVHal, is to reftra'n and ^ l1 a! rt',andthe Ane»es which proceed from the Heart, wnich Action, whether it be hurt or difturbed in a Horfes Body, is Mhly known of every good Farrier, or Hcrfe-Marfial, by the une- qual beating of his pulfe; that is to fay, of the Arteries, which come h7Z l JcheHeart t0 theinfidesof both his fore Leggs, a little T.mnl f?nuckles ofhis Shoulders, and likwife crofs both the xemuiesothis Head, a little higher than his Eyes. And if any man |
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bcfo firnple, to imagine that the thicknefsof theHorfes skin fhall be
an impediment to the feeling of this Motion; kc him Remember, that as a Horfesskin is thicker than a Mans, foalfoarehis Arteries greater, and beat with more violence, and fo confequently be felt without any great d.fficuhy. The Actions or Operations of the V»mr J^atural,nt to Ingender,
to Encreafe, to T^ouriß, to defire with Appetite, to Attratl, to Change, WDigefl, to Retrin, and to Sxpett, and many other of like kind. Thefc Actions therefore are carefully tobe looked unto by every Farrier, to the intent that he may Learn by them, not only the whole eftate of aHorfes Body, but alfo what particular Member thereof is evil affected, as thus: if either in your Horfe you find much Forget- fulnefs, Unnimblenefs of his Limbs, or Dulnefs upon Correction, it is a fign of ficlenefs in the Brain, and that the Power Animal is evil offered. If you find that his PuJ'fes do beat extraordinary flow, or much too faft, it is a figne that his Heart is grieved, and his Power Vital evil affected; but if you find that he doth confume, pinea- way,and lofeth his ftomack, it is a fign that his Liver is perplexed,all his inward pans out of frame, and his Power Natural evil affected. Now you fhall again undetftand, that of Actions, fome be
Voluntary, fome not Voluntary. The Voluntary Actions be thofe> which a Horfe may either further
or hinder) (lay or let, when themfelves pleafe, as the moving of the Leggs: for they may go, ftand, or lye down at their own pleafure. The Actions not Voluntary, arethofe, which depend not upon
the will of any Beaft,but be done of their own accord,and naturally, as the moving of the Heart, and of the Arteries, and the paffage of the Blood j the firft, whereof beateth Sleeping and Waking; and the other hath his courfe every minute. And thus much of the Actions and Operations. chap. vnr.
Of Spirits, and in what part of the Horfes Body they remain.
SPirits, which is the feventh natural Builder of this natural Work,
are to be underftood, to be that fine, pure, clear, and aery fub- ffcncc, which» ingendred of the fineft part of the Blood, whereby the
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Body""6 °u-CVCry PrinciPalMcmb« may vific all the other parts of the
Nat maJ"n8 them to do their duties, according to the rules of
ure. Now of fpirits, according to the Opinions of fome Phy-
theT' • arC buC tW° kinds' tn*c is> the SPHt Anim*l> and
fecli fmt ******'' Tlie Spir'(t Animal is that which giveth power of Brai"8/ m°ving to a H.rfe, and hath his refting place in the Da r.% r,0n? xvhence through the Sinews, it is dif perfed into all other mn7 I dy : and 1C is in?c"dred of the Vital Spirit, being nore vehemently wrought and laboured, and oartly of continual u,l,M jS I £ven fo ic is PartIy preferved by the Can't of the Brain, |i, d°th hourly water and nourifh it. intv, 1£ ?trit ViUl isco"tained in the Hjart,from whence ic floweth
into evcry p of hc Body> be-ns thc chief caufe of aU namraj h£a and k ,s preferved and nourifhed both by breaching and blood.
lothefe two Spirits, there be fome Farriert, both Italians and
fav' '• T 'Chadd a ,hird SPirit' a»d call it the Spirit Natural, form8' " c hls refidencc»« the Livirt and the rri«/,but the two cannnrr -\chPowcr> and have fuch Superiority, that the Body tTthe n/"hC°ULC thcm' nor have any bcin§ ac a11: Wherefore, havVij, r thc Farrier continually, in all his Medicines, to vceitneriome comfortable Simple, which may maintain and keep m,l!P'mSi"thcir fullft«ngth, lively-hood and vertue- And thus muctitouchmg Spirits, andthofe feven natural things which com- pact a natural Body. CHAP. IX.
Of the fix thing, not Natural, how tbty Proft, and how thty Hurt' XJ Aving fpoketi of thc Natural things, whereof a Horfes Body is
theoth«TJZ°uu' ""n"dfuU now that ™ ^P»kfomething of Offic of the J'tbC n? N*tHral> fo fa" f«th as they concern the a Horfe?R J ■ htft-th!n3 th™ which is not Natural,yet preferveth
clear an!? !" 8°°d ?ate> is^he Air, which being pure, (harp,
being coJri "I' glVCth ^rcat life and n™rifhmf nt to a Horfe: but
cannot chS' lhat Vrofs' thick, and full of pucrifaSion, ic
cnoofc but altw the gQod Hab.t of his BQdy^d brccd .d h>iin many
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many Infirmities: Therefore, every Farrier,(hz\l have great refpe£
to the Air wherein a Horfe either Liyeth, or was bred in , as if a Horfe that was bred in a Hot Air, come to live in a Cold, and through the exchange grow (ick, the Farrier, fhall by warm Diet, dole Houfe, and Moderate cloathing, bring his Nature to a ftronger acquaintance: Alio when a Horfe exceedeth in any of che four qua- lities, that is, in Hear, Moiftnefs, Goldnefs, or Drinefs, it is beft for him to live in that Air which is contrary to that qi ality, wherein he exceedeth. Laftly, in many Difeafes, the change of the Air is mod wholefome, as ("hall be ("hewed at large in the particular Difeafes. For the Meat and Drink of a Horfe, which is the fecond thing not
Natura! in a Horfes Composition, it is not to be doubted, but whilft it is fweet, clean and good, as Bread well made and 8aked,dry Oats, dry Beans, dry Peafe, fweet Hay, fweet Straw, or fhort Grafs,fo long it nourifheth and preferveth the Horfes Body : But if it be fufty, raw, corrupt and unclean, or if he eat Tares, Fitches,Rye, or Barly,' thenmufthe needs beunfound, and full of infirmities: Therefore the Furrier fhall be carefullto keep him from all fuch Food, as breeds naughty evil Blood. As for his water, the more pure it is,the better ; and the mere muddy, thick, and pleafant,fo much the more unhealthfull. Now for this Moving and Reft, that is, .eitherhis Travel or Stan-
ding ftill, which is the third thing not natural in a Hoifes compo- fition, doubtlefs they be great prefervers of a Horfes health; for as moderate Exercifesdiflolvc grofs Humours, ingender Appetite, and add flrength unto the Limbs, fo Iikewife indifferent Reft caufeth D geftion, cemforteth the Sinews, andmakcththe Heart cheeifull ayiiifi infuing Labcur. But on the contrary parr, immoderate Travel or Exerc ifes, when a Horfe is Ridden beyond his flrength, brccd'e h many dangerous and mortal ficknefles, as the Foundrirlg iu the Body, the Confumptio» in the Langs and Liver-, molten Gre/ife, and fuch like, befides the pifTmgcf Blood, M«nginefs% Farb)'i and fuch like : All which inward Difeafes crave ftrong Purget, and the outward Sharp 2nd Corroding Medicines. Immoderate Reft» which is, when a Horfe doth ftand long ftill without any Exercifo Feeding foul and grofly, is as great an enemy to a Horfes health a* the other: for it congregateth and bindeth together all forts of >" Humours, breeds corruption in the Blood, rottennefs intheFlefh» |
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an^ generally as many Difeafes as any ill Diet whatfoever.
The Sleep or Watch of aHorfe, (which is the fourth thing inour
v-ompoficion) is fo neceflary a comfort to a Horfe, that he cannot ve without it: it is the greateft mover of Digeftion * and fo confe-
quently gives comfort to the whole Body. For whilft the Horfe /eePs> tne powers Animal do take their reft, which otherwife would e 0V£r" Wearied, and neither able to difcharge their Duties, nor to
continue their Actions and Operations,which is the giving of feeling and moving only : and whilft a Horfe doth fleep, the powers Na- tural have more liberty to do their Work, in concodting the Meat, and comforting the Body, in fo much äs I account fleep to be the only quieting of the Senfes, ordained by Nature to ingender ftrength. eeP 's begotten by tweet, fatty and grofs Vapours, (and not by their
contraries) which are raifed from the Heart to che Brain ; with the v-oldnefsof whichBrain,thofeVa pours being congealed and thickned' together, do flop the pipes of theSenfitive Spirits, fo as they cannot K ortCo the Inftruments of the Senfes, to give the Body feeling and moving,whereby the Body at that time is deprived of thofe Motions. ^nd according as thofe Vapours do more or lefs fill the pipes, to is the Horfes fleep more or lefs found and undifturbed ; bur when this «p (hall at anytime grow into excefs, and you (hall perceive a
«orfe to fleep beyond both Nature and Cuftom , then you (hall snow that fuch fleep commeth from an evil Habit of the Body, and ?a ?n "ther of a Lethargy, and a numbnefs ef the Spirits, or elfe mat he hath fome inward grief and pain in his Limbs when he A j A Whkh being Cafed by lying' makes him covec a continual
rcIt and Aeeping. Now for the Watch of a Horfe, becaufe it is the nieer contrary to fleep, there needs little to be faid more than this j that as the excefs of the one fheweth the want of tbe other} fo the na- tural wanting of either,fhews the evil ftate of a Horfes body.and gives * toners warning to expeft enfuing ficknefs.
Cn r ??!*""& and Fulnefs.,. (which is the fifth not natural v-ompohtor ) forafmuch as it is only an adding to, and a taking a- way j iomzFanitr, have held Opinion, that all Phyfick belonging mismf J 1^'^ftwh in them wo only j and truly, I am of ftAJon A. iiat w,hofoever can take away Corruption, and add Per-
rcuion inall wuhout doufet wa keep an abJe Qnd fubftincial Bo. y* w t0 0Ur P«rpofe, of this Fulneis there are two forts, the one
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fulnefs by excefs of Humours, the other fulnefs by excefs of Meat;
either of which perturbing the Spirits, are the grounds of fkknefs. Again, excefs of Humours are of two kinds, the one an equal encrcafe of all manner of Humours gathered together,and the other particular excefs, either of too much CMelancholy Fhgm, or other Watrifh Hu- mours whatfoever.the firft being termed an abundance of Humours, the latter an excefs of evil Jayceor Nutriment. Laftly, there is fulnefs in quantity, and fulnefs in quality. Fulnefs in quantity, is, when a Horfe is full of Blood, or any other fimple Humour. Fulnefs in qualiry, is, when any of thofe Humours are too hot, or too cold, too grojfs, or too thin. Now for Emptinefs, as all Difeafes of Fulnefs muft be cured by it only, fo all D feafes of Emptinefs muft be healed by Fulnefs, as by taking of SW, by Purge, FriElion, Scarrifcation, Boxing, Sweating-, Bathing, and a World of fuch like, as fhall be very largely fet forth hereafter, in it's proper place. Laftly, touching the affections of a Horfes mind, you fliall under-
hand, thatfo far forth as the Senfitive Soul doth ftreteh, fo far they have fenfe and feeling of Affedliom, as namely, to Love, to Hate, to be Angry, to Re Joyce, to be Sorry^ and to Fear : Fur all which there needs no great dpology, fith, we have it in daily Experience : as who feech not the love of fome Horfes to their Keepers, their hate to Strangers, their angers in their Sights, their joyes in their Pridesand Wooings, their forrows in their Sickneffes,and their fears unto their Riders: now thefe Affeftions, fith many times they are the grounds of ftrange Motions in the Body ; therefore, they ought carefully to be looked unto by the Farrier, and that the Horfe be not overprefled with any of them; efpecially fear and hatred, the firft whereof compelleth the Blood and Spirits to fly to the inward parts, and to leave the outwawl without fenfe or feeling} and the latter makes him to be unquier , fierce , and raging ; both together breed di- ftempei arure in a Horfe, and thofe cHfternperamres ingender mortal fickneffe.«. Anithtu much far thefe fix things, being held not Natural im sHorftJ Compaction. |
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]n a lomewhat more particular manner fpeak of the Complexions of
ones, which is one of the moft neceffary Faces that a Farrier can
old, Doth for the judging of a Horfes Infirmities, and alio for the
me compounding or his Medicines for every Diieafe: ' Therefore
you thai! firft underftand, that by the Colour of theHorie.you fhall ev^r judge his Complexion: For, look which of the Elements is "loft predominant in him, from that Element we draw his Corn- P'fsion, as thus. If he participate more of theFire than of any of t ie other Elements, then we hold him re be a Cholerkk Horfe, and ls Colour is either a bright Sorrel, a soal ß/^vvichout any white,
or an Iran gray unchangeable, that is, fuch a Gray as neither will e* VCr turn a Dable gray,, a White, or a Flea-bitten, and thefe Horfes are of Nature Light, Bet, Fiery, and feldome of any great ftrength; jnefe Horfes are much fubjeft to peftilent Feaven, Yttlows, and In- Harnmations of the Liver. Therefore every Furrier fhall be carefull ln ls cornpofing of any Medicine for fuch a Hirfe, to purge Choler, y v?ry moderately, and not with any extraordinary ftrength in the °"01 J°iü Drench -: becaufe, the Horfe being in his bed ftrength, not
«puced ftrong, fhould youapply any violent thing to him, that little "rength being abated, there were great danger in the confounding of the whole Body. « the Horfe participate more of the Air, than of the other Ele-
tnts, then he is of a Sanguine Complexion, and his Colour isei- tner a bright Bay,or a dark Bay,which haih neither skouling Coun- enance may y.Mouthjnor whke Flank a whiceFlea bicteh^vhüe jyard like Silver, or Black with a white Star, white Rach, or wfei-e sT' r,hefe^or(esare°fNa:ure Pleafant,Nimble, Fw,and of good the 7^ T Dllea(es t0 them moft incident, is Consumption of a^cXS kpfo^'&^my Difcaf«hat isinfe&ious. They kUA ' 8°°".^roil8 Conftuution, and may endure ftrength in their MechuneVefpeclally any thing that cooleth the Blood. D If
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If the Horte participate more of the Water, than of the other
Elements, then is he of a Flegmatick Complexion, and his Colour is either milk-white, a yellow Dttn^Kite-glev/d^ or a PydebAl,\n whom there is an equal mixture of Colours, thai is as much white as of the other Colour. Oh er wife, if the Bay, the Black, or the Dun exceed the White, he is (aid tobe of that Complexion of which the Colour isgreattft. Thefe Horfcsare of Nature flow, and apt to lofe flefh: The D (eafes wh;ch are mi ft incident unto them, are Colds, Head- achy Rheum? s,Staggers, and (uchlike. They are able to indure the reafonable ftrength of any Medieine,becaufe the abundance of Flgm which is in them, fufficeth both Naatre, and the potion to wor* u- pon: All cold fi triples are tothem exceeding hurifull, fo ate alfo they which are violently hot in the third Degree: the firft, becaufe itbindethtoo toon } the latter, becaufe it difperfes too fudcknly, therefore fimples of a moderate mean are the beft. IftheHirfe participate more of the Fanh, than of the other Ele-
ments, then he is of a Melancholy complexion, and his Colnir a Manfe-dünn^RuffetyChefnut^ 4{ky,gräy,dark^B <J> with ntayly Mmth^ Redov White flank, or a Reddi(h Buy-, having long whuc Hau like . Goats H.vir> growing on his Legg?. Thtfe H >rfe^ are of Nature btavy, and faint-hearted \ The Difeafes to them moft incident, are In- flammations in the Sphen, Frtnz,ie, Dropfie, and fuchhke. They are commonly of better ftrength, than they will fuffer to appear by the'V Action?, and are able to endure the ftrength of any reafonable Medicine: all Cicatrizing and Dry fimples arehurtfull unto them ; the Cold and Moift are the moft profitable. Having thus fhewed you thefe four Complexions, Choleric^
Sanguine, Flegmatick^, and Melancholy, together with their qualities and ftrengths, you (hall underftand now, that amongft Farriers there is another Complexion, or fifth Conftitucion, which is called theCompofuion or mixture of Complexions: That is, whenfoever a Horfe doth participate of all the four Elements equally, and in due proportion, none being greater or leffer than another,and thisCom- ' plexion of all other is the btft, and moft perfecl:,and the Horfe which is of this Complexion, is ever of one of thefe Colours •-, that is to fay, cither a fair Brown bay, Dabled,or not dabled, a Dable gray, a Black full of Silver hair, or a fair Roan Red or Black, and thefe Horl'es arc of Nature moft excellent, moft Temperate, S.rongeft, Gencleft» |
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and mofi Healthfull: though they may have any Difeafe, yet are
f N !latnrally incllnEd to no Difeafe : But what infirmity, focver alletn unto them, is meerly accidental, and not through any over-
sow of natural diftemperature. All Medicines muft be compounded tor them, according to the nature of the ficknefs,and the time of their «nguuliment: For if the ficknefs be young, and new bred, then they *Teable to receive any well compofed Receipt; butifitbeold, f M * mward Powers and Faculties feebled,then you rauft be car e- Uil to help Nature, by adding to every Medicine of what nature
ioever,fome ßmpie orXomforr, that, as ill Humours be clcanfed,fo «rength may ftM be repaired and maintained. And thus much for Complexions, C H A P. XT,
Of Inward fictyefs, the cwfes and feveral klndt thereof.
Suh I have already paffed oyer all thofe things which have a na>
t rural and perfect working in a Horfes Body, and do maintain, uphold, and preferve the fame in good ftate and health, except ac- cidentally they be encountered and crofled by fome Excefs, either in Diet or in exercife: it fhall now be meet, that we begin to fpeak of the things which be contrary and againft Nature, which are all thofe things, whereby at any time the healthfull'iftate of the Horfes oody is any way impeached : and they be three in numberjthat is the C*«ftt, the Sicknefs, and the Accidents which follow every ficknefs. NowtheC**/« of ficknefs are all unnatural affects, andevüdif- pofitions, which going before, do as it were by Violence, bring fick- nefs after them : and of thefe Caufes there be two forts,fome Internal, 1fEuternal " Tlie internal be cn°k whicn brecd within the Bo"
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the Body, as Heat, Colu, Worms, and fuch like, of which I fhall
peak more m the ftcond Book: And forfo much, as I intend at the
beginning of every particular Difeafe, to (hew the caufe of that Di-
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a kfeningor Dividing of'an Vnity. -Now of thefe two latter, I in- tend not to fpeak in this place,becaufe they appertain to Chirurgery, which I referve for the fecond Book : But for the firft kind,which is ah Eyil:Ternpc.rav'uve, ic is-taken two-fold, tharis, either fim-ple.or compouäil:v' 'Simpk, :<yHen one;"quality only doth shmtidi, or ex4 ceed,arto iffrbd mbift-AJtoo dry}- Compound, when more qua? litics'tha grow'1W0 exec's, äs for a Horfe to be too hot,and too dry,' or too cold, arid too moift. ' Again, fickneffesare laid fome
to belong, as Cwfumftims, Glanders, and fuch like, which linger and wear a Horfe away by fmäll degrees; Some (hort,as the Staggers, Yellows, Anticor, and fuch like, which as foon as they be perceived,fo foon they be mortal. Now of Inward ficknefles, fomedo occupy all the whole Body,
fome but particular parts: thofe which occupy the whole Body, art Feavers, the Peftilence, Convulßons, and fuch like : thofe which occupy Parts or Members, are Colds which annoy the Head j Sur- feitswhrch perplex the ftbmack : and fo likewife all Outward in- cfirfniticsj'properto-evcry particular Mimbcr^sSplents upon the leggs, 'Spavenson the Hoofs, Pearls in the eyes, and fuch like; asfhallbe amply Chewed hereafter, with their feveral Cures. And thus much for ficknefs, and-the-feveral kinds thereof. , ■
CHAP. XII.
Of theftgns efficknifs, and of what nopHre it conßfieth. HpHe figns and faces, by which ficknefs is difcerned,are many,and
.1 almoft numberlefs: yet in the beft fort, t hat I may, I will fhew you fuch, and (o many, as- fhall amply ferve for any Mans underftanding. Know then firfl: that there be, according to the Rules in Phyfick*; four efpeciäl wayes to judge of inward and outward infirmities. Firft, by accidents, as by the fhape, number, quantity, and place of th e Member grieved : for if it carry, not his true pro- portion-, or be snore or lefsin number or quantiry,or out of his proper place, then qutftionlct'sü is difeafed. Secondly, by alteration of the Taaiity,as when it is either too Hor,too Cold, too Moift,or tooDry. - f bird lv?wheii any Member of the Body is hindered from doing his - ■' Offjce; |
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y"** ? as when the Eye cannot fee,orthe Foot cannot tread. And
otirchly5by Excrements,as by his Dang or Urine. Bat forafmuch,as
in the (peculation of thefe qualities, many of the ignorant fort may ?(1 her Amazed, Diftracl, or Deceived, and that my Defire is to
..?'ve an abfoltue (mifa&ioh to all forts of people, I will briefly, and plainly fhew you'thomoftundeceinable figns of all forts.ofinward 1Cxn;flc?, as thus; If a Horfe be flower in. labour, or Duller n the
■ f"Tr tnan he hath been accufbmed ; If he be fhorter Breathed ; If ,s oars hange down more than they were wont 5 If his Hair be
more fta-ring •■ If his Flank- be morethan ufually hollow; If he burn etwixt his Ears, or about his Patterns; If in Travel hisftomack fail
1 lrn' or his Mouth, that in labour was ufually wont to be Foaming, Mottle dry J all thefe are mofl apparent figns of inward Sicknefs.
When a H jrfe holdeth down his Head, which was wont to be of Cl£erfull Countenance, it is a figne either of a Feaver,Head-ach, or *i[*Pmiring in the Body. lr a Horfe be dimm of light, which was clear fighted,' it is a fign
u'ier of Head ach, the St agger s,ar Sore eyes.
When a Horfe turneth his Head back-ward to the place grieved, ! !t pe to the Right fide, it is a fign of Obftruftions in the Liver .- Uc 11 he turn it down to his Belly, then ic is a fign either of Cholick*
Bot'^xWormt. When a Horfe hath water running from his mouth, it is a fign of
™zp«ggers, or wet Cmgh. is f Hor^sbrcatri ftinks, or foul marter iflues from his Noftrils, it a "gn of an Ulcer in the Nofe or Head •, but if die matter be whitCj
snitisafi,gnof Glanders ; if the matterbe bl-ick, then it is a fign
the mourning of the £bine j but if the matter be yellow, then k
out fw the Confumption of the Liver } but if he caft little lumps ►u. $ m°v»n, then it betokens the Confumption or rottennefs of
tne Langs, l * i^°nfes Boc'y anu Breath be hot, it is a fign of a Fever, and
^atortneitomackj if therewithal! heforfakehis meat, it is a fign If "1am™,atl0n in his Liver,znd either of dry or moift Yellows.
of rlJ c. TemP^e of a Horfes Head be very hollow, it is a fign either Shof;y?oroWAge.
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isa fign the film of the Lungs'is broken, and die Spleen doubled, or
eUe broken-Winded. If any thing lie on both fides the Fore-head, which may be felt
beat, it is a fign of the Staggers. If there be any thing fwelling about the Ears, it is a fign of the
Pale evil: fwelling under the Ear, is a fign of the !rivts \ and fuel- ling in the Mouth, a fign either of Canker, FLps, Lampiffa Swelling under the Throat,is a fign of the Glanders j and fwelling
about the Tongue roots, a fign of the Strangle: But if there be about the Tongue roots, nothing but little fmall knots, like wax kernels, then it is a fign but of Cold only. Smelling on the Left fide, isa fign of a fick Spleen» Swelling in
the Belly an-d Legs, a fign of the Dropße, and fwelling in the Flanck, of Cholic((Oi)\y. To Cough, or to Offer fo Cough, isa fign either of the Glanders,
or the Mourning of the Chine, of a Feather in the Weafand, of cht wet or dry Cough, of the Film broken, of the dry Malady, of a Confumption, or of Foundring in the Body. Staggering is a fign either of a Ji«rtw,of theStaggers,or of Swaying
in the Neck : butifhefraggerorrole behind only, then it is a fign ei- ! ther of Foundring in the Body,or of pain in the Kidney?. Trembling isa fign of a Tts-.ver, or of a Foundring in the Body :
and here is to be noted, that a Horfe which tremblerh aficr the Dnn- ! kirg of cold Wa;er,ha:h during that time of Trembling,a very certain fit or an Ague \ and if any Farrier or other, will but obferve it, he j fhall find that the Horfe, after he hath done Trembling, will burn and glow in as great extremity, at lcafl an houv and a half after j and fome Horfa after their burning, will fweat alfo. The Hollowncfs ofa Hcrfes back isa fign of a dry Malady, or the
Dropfie. Hair-ftaving is a fign either of a cold Stomac^ or of Foundring in
the Body, but generally of a Cold, or want of Cloaths. If a Hoife ftale with much pain, it is a fign either of Foundring
in the Body, the wind Cholick, or theStone; and if the Urine which •comes from him be yellow, it is a fign of the Glanders, but if it be blackifh and thick, it is a fign of a pain in the Kidneys. Leannefs and Gauntinefs, is a fign of Hide-bound, or of a Con-
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Nation of the Lver, the Ydlows, C&olick, or Worms.
Laxntivenefs, or loofenefsof the Body, isa fign of a Hot Liver.
. 9°ft' venefs. in the Body, is a fign of Dry Yellows, or of Difeafes Jn the Gad. f ^ a ^orks Dun£ ft»n!c> itisafignof a Hot Liver; ifichavenq
'mell, (hen of a Cold Liver; but if itbeundigcfted, then either of a Confuraption, or of a Dry Malady. c }1 a ^ür^e S° &'&> ic.'s a ^" eic^er °f Wrinching, Hipping ,
tjA'tig, or Founding either in Body or legs: if he go Crouching behind, and S'iff before, then the grief is in his fore-Legs, but if he ' go only Weak bthmd, then is the grief in his hinder Leggs only. _ ir a Horfe defire extraordinarily to lye down on his right fide, it' " a fign of Heat in the Llvr. If on the left fide, then of a D: leafed Speen If hebe oft up and down, finding no raft, then it is a fign °r BorS, Worms, Cholick, or Griping in the Belly : if <vhen he is down, hefpreadshimldf ibroad, it fhewstheDropiie; if he groan when he isdown,it (hews either a fick Spleen.m 'iftYelUvs,Cholick, «ots, or film broken ; if he be not able to rife *hen he is down, then ejthfr mortal Wea;tnefs,or Found ing m the Body or Legs. To be troubl ed withmuch Wind, is a fign cither of grief in the
^P'fcn, or lofsof truch Blood. «a Horfe forfake his Meat, itisa figuei herof a Fcaver, Head-
p > Strangle, Staggers, Cnfumption, or dry Malady, Anficor, foundering in the Body, a hot andconfumed liver, moift Yellowes, ^nohek, or the Worms; but if when he forfakes his Provender, he ™rhasirvvereChavel, or Chaw a little Hay, and in his Chawing a°in make a certain fharpNofe in his Mouth, as if his Tongue could notweilparr. from the Roof without a kind of Chanking, itisthen c Mo.ih.aDifeafewhichonlycommethby over-much Travel-
1'n^ortooforeaBarthen. * It a Horfe defire to eat much, and drink little.it is a fig» of a Cold
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Fever, Sick-fpleen, Tellora^GX elfe Ooftructions of the Liver.
If a Horfe ftrike with his foot at his Belly,it is zßgu of the Cholickj
but if when he flrlketh, he fisk with his Taile alfo, then it is either Bots, or rough Worms. If a Horfe be. Scabby, and Ulcerous all over his Body, and about
his Neck, it is a fgn of the Mangy : if it be an Ulcer full of Knott, creeping alongft a Vein, it is the Farcy: if f preading abroad only in one place, it is a Canker : if the Ulcer be hollow and crooked, it hzFiflula: but if it be a fpungy Wart, full of Blood, itisthenan If a Horfes Tongue hangout, and be fwoln, it is ay5g«ofthe
• Strang'e. TeConclude, if a Horfe in health beat fhort,thick, and fa ft in the
flanck, it is a fign of fickpefs in the Lungsand Lights, which we call Brdkl»-windei%-vi'v\\ a World of ether fuch like figns and tokens, as fhall be more amply declared in every particular Chapter. CHAP. XIII. ;
General Olfervatkns in the Ph)ßcklng tf.Horfet. AFcer you can by thefe Signs and Characters, judge and approve
either the health or ficknefs of a Horfe, it is then neceifary» that you learn fome General Rules and obfervations which belong ro the Pbjßcki«g of a Horfe; left that either by your Rafhnefs, Unikilfulnefs, or Uncleannefs, in what you go about to do, you commit crrours more groffe than the Medicine.ycuadminifter hath power to do good. Know then fiift, that whensoever you go abouc to give your Horfe any inward Potion orDrench,you muff fiift take very carefull heed, that your Drink be no more than Mi\ warm : for there is nothing more mortal to a Hoxk, than the fcalding of his ftomack. Next, youmuftbe very carefu'ithst you give the Drench eafily and gently, left in making too much haft, the Drink pafs into his Wefand or Wind Pipe,and fo force him to an extreme Cougtyngi and almoft fufFocatehim ; which if it do,you muft then let hi« Head loofe, and walk him up and down ulhhe paffionbe paft. Laftly» you fhall obfervc,!!! giving a Diench,iodraw out the Horfes Tongu2 before you put in the Horn, and then prefemly let.it loofe again : fat |
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isTwiU c°mpel him to fwallow whether he will or no. And this
anrfr0'1! !y tobeufcd« »hen you give your Horfe Pills, as Butter Da r™h Buttcr aild Sanders,or Butterand Saven : Alfo, every «.A- u 11work the bcttcr»the Iongcr y°u kee?che fick Horfe
«i«»g,both before and after his Medicine j wherein islikewifeto be
uolerved, that moderate Excrcife, (as gently Walking, or Trotting rece? A \*% accordln8t0 the horfesftreng-h, after his Drench o«Jjii .1Smoft wholefome, and makeththe Medicines work a gfeat deal the better. .You Oiall likewife Obferve, if you hoiksßcknefs beaFeaver, to nix ahvayes your fimples either with warm Water, with Honey, or
KhOyl; bmif theDiieafe be Coughs, Rheums, or any thine n« proccedeth of Cold caufes then you fhall mix your fimples with
ES r,* °rW'ne; and if your Horfe be brought low and weak £"n fiekpefi, then you lliall mix your fimples with Milk and halfT ^ aIfo 0bferve> that in Blood-letting>you muft take buc
fourrh mUrh from a y°un& Colt> as from an old horfe, and but the
carXllPa" . a ycarIin8 Foal: alfo ia fctdn8 BIood> V°« muft
«rally regardthe Age and S rrength of your Horfe, taking more is SI acco!^lng to his Ability of Body. Laftly, letting of Blood
cooIrl c°-1VC"^iefh and PrcferveHcaIth> °r t0Refre'h,an 1
Hu lle »pmes, or to diminifh Blood, or elfe to purge grofs and bad _ OWttvc before you let your Horfe Blood; firft moderately to
ßiood, and three days-after.not forgetting that ApriUaA Oüobtr are
k two principal Seafons of the year for that purpofe, except urgent occafionbeminifW. (wSfe' 7hen[°cvet y°u Rake your Horfe with your hand,
Dune) Ä™ h£S ?rdure out of his Fundament when he cannot or Butter Ä tft y0U a"°int all your hands with SalletOyI, fitarv. w«I~c you muft evcr do when y°u m up any Supp°-
■Sttrrfl^3^ admin^any Glifter, you (hall then but
whkh bTJ? *ipci0nly* Ma"y ^her Observations there are, feverTl S rm'Ul^' and'hofe you fhall find annexed to the Obfervaiion Cmy Dlfeafc' Thus m«ch ** of thefe general |
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Of the Vr'miy and Excrtmtats of a Horfe. AFter you have made your Memory acquainted with the Signs
and Obfervations before fpecified, and fo in the end find a Horfe, which by the demonftranon of fome of thefe Signs, appeareth moft certainly to be fick and Difeafed : My advice is then, (if con- veniently you miy, and that the violence of the Sicknefs do not urge theconträry) that before you adminifter any thing unto him, ia any cafe you fee his Urine, from which Urine you fhall reap thefe Knowledges. Fitft, if the Urine of a Horfe be of a pale, whitifh, yellow colour
like unto Amber, and therewkhall fomewhat ftrong fmelling, and not very clear, then you fhall be aflured that the Horfe asm good (late of Body, Strong and Healthfull ; but if it be extraordinary White, as it were Creamy, then it is a fign the Horfe hath weak Rcins.and is fubjeel to the Stone, and the flopping of the Kidneys. If the Utine of a Horfe be fomewhat high-Coloured, Bright and
Clear like Lambcr, and not like Amber, orlik? a Cup of ftrong March Beer j then it fheweththe Horfe hath'Inflammation in his Blood, and that he hath either a Fever, or elfe fome great Surfeit; but if it be Red like Blood, then is his Inflammation moregreat,and his Surfeit is only an over-heat taken by over-Riding; infomuch, that if prefent remedy be not applied, either by Scouring, or other healthfull Phy fick, the Horfe cannot chufe but fall into fome mortal ficknefs. I Ifche Urine of a Horfe be of a paleGreenifh Colour, thick and
flimy,it isa fign of a weak Back,and Confumption of the Seed. Laftly, if the Hot fes Urine be high-Coloured, yet therewithall
Cloudy» and full of blacknefs,then it is a fign that the Horfes fickneft is tMcrtal, and hardly to be preferved by any Phy fick,', but if the Blttckneft and Cloudineft of the Urine do not remain, (as it were) bound up together in one Body, but is broken and difperfed,fhewing many Cloudsin one Water, then it is a fign that the Violence of the: ficknefs departedvaway,and there is great hope^ygoodGovernrneat that the Horfe will recover his Health as at the beginning. Nove-
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Now for the Excrements or Dung of a Horfe, which is no lefs
r.0I™yof Note than the Urine? you (hall firft undcrßand, that if
'S 'Jung be ever of Alliance wiih his Food, I mean either in part
or .whole Coloured like unto that he eateth, as thus for Example! If
fSß S°.acGrafs,his Dung wilt ever be greened the brighter
fh ( "j'""/}>s»and being in a mean between Hardoefs and Sofrnefs,
jwioundcrand in more perfeft Eftate the Horfe ftandeth ; butjf
"- vireenners be brighr,yet the Ordure fo foluble and loofe , that it
th ' , from thc Horfe Iikc Water, then you fliall undcrßand,
at e,rner the Horfe hath eaten up fome Feather, or elfe he hath an
'«ward Coldnefs both in his Stomack and Bowels.
n *a Dorfes Dungbeofareafonablethieknefs, neither too Coftive
°r to Soluble, yet the Greennefs inclined to fome Bbcknefs, it is a
'gn that the Horfe hath a hot Stomack, and iseafily fubjeel "ither
to the Yellows or Stagger?.
Jfche HorfesDung be in round hard Pellets, and of aBIackifh
faT"i Co!our» ^e the Dung of a Sheep, or a Deer, then it is withouc
7 at theHorfe hath had fome great Surfeit.cither by over Ridin*,
r oy ill Food, or elfe is certainly pofftft either of the Yellows, or
weaver, or Foundring in the Body.
l ^ov[if your Horfe be fed only upon Straw, then its Colour will
J-, oi. a h'gh-Coloured Yellow, rather Coftive than Soluble, and thc H? rlnuthercof L°ng, and not well Couched together: And all cV A gD°j figns of 8reat Healthfulnefs; but if the Colour be in- uned to Rednefs, or if it be exceeding Dry without moifture, or i£ « oe 1 hin, like the Dung of an Oxe or Cow, they all be apparent f^Fuiwardllcintfs; but if the Rednefs turn to Blackneis, and inat rusOrdure doth lofe the ftrcngth of its Smelline.then it is a great ^gn ot Death and Mortality. anrlY°UjFi?rfe bc fed with Hay and Provender, then ycur perfeft
fornrulk 1 llnSwiH be cf a Brown yellow Colour , the Grain ittf.« B6, y«moiftand well fixt together; but if the Brown- to R!,!"!? u"cfs' jt isa fi^n of diftemperature; and if it turn *Tunfrh!hn°uD?th' Now for the fmell of this Dung, you be the f„T 11 ,'. ac the more Provender you give, the greater will Laft™ -!F C kfs Pander the lefs fmell.
Oars *Ia ft yL0,u,feed your Horfe only upon Provender, as Bread,
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found Body,will be of a pale yellow Colour,like coarfe Honey,firm,
like a thick Salve, having within it when you tread upon it or break it little white Grains, like thofe which are in Sope ; or if the Dung be harder, like the ordinary Ordure of a Man, it is not anvfe : For both be figns of health and ftrength ; and if the Dring look Red , then ic is a fign chat the Horfehath taken fome inward Heat, and bis Sccmack and Bowels do reft ftill inflamed. If his Dung be Brown and flimy, or if it fhine and look greafie,
itis a fign that he hath had fome of his inward Greafe molten, and that itrcfteth and putrifiethinhis Body ; but if with his Dung, you fee him voyd great clods and lumps of Greafe, then you maybe af- fured that his Greafe was molten , but Nature hath overcome In- firmity, and the worft Danger is paft already 5 but if the Dung be matter undigtfted, fo that you may either perceive therein whole Corns, or whole bits of Bread, it is a fign the Horfe hath either and a lateSarfeir, or is entring into a Mortal Confumption. Laftly,ifhis Dung be Black > or have loft the Smell, it is an apparent fign of Death. And thus much for Urine and Excrements, and the feveral knowledges attained by them. CHAP. XV.
Of Feavers In General, *nd the divers kinds thereof. THat Hotfeshavt Feavers, and thofe Feavers of divers and fundry
Natures, there is nothing more<ertain,asby ftri£t Obfervation may daily be perceived, efpecially when we ufe either muchTi avel, or difordeily Diet •' for queftionlefs from thefe two and none other Head«, do (pring moft Feavers whatfoever. But firft, that I may give you an account what a HorfesFeaveris,you fhallknow that it is an unnatural and immoderate Heat, which proceeding firft from the Heart, difperfeth it felf not only through all the Arteries, but even the Veins of a Horfes Body, and thereby hindreth all the Aftions and wholefcme Motions of the fame. Now of Feavers,fome F<«-rfrrf make three forts: The firft, thofe which breed in the Spirits, being inflamed and fee on fire beyond the ordinary courfe of Nature J The fccond,thofe which breed in theHumours,beinglikewife difterrr pered by Heat: And the third, thofe which breed in the firm parts |
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0 the Body, and ate continually hot. Now I for your better Me-
n,°ry> wiM divide them only into two parts, that is to foy,Ordinary,
and Extraordinary. The Ordinary Feavers., are all thofe which are
red either in the Spirits, or in the Humours: as namely, Quotidians,
cnlatis, Quartans, Feavers continual, Feavers heclicl^, Feavers in
H hT' 5u.mmr or Winter. A nd the Feavers Extraordinary, are
? tho'c which are bred in the firm parts of the Body, and are ever
ot > as PefiiJent Feavers, and the Plague , which are ever
accotnpanied with Vlcers; and the Feaver accidental, which pro-
eeed*th from the anguifh and pain of fome mortal Wound.
Now for thecaufe, from whence thefe Feavers do proceed, you
mall underftand, thatall thefe which 1 call Ordinary Feavers, do
j? nerally fpring either from forfeit by extreme Labour, or fome
»Urfeit by naughty meat, as Raw Peafe, Raw Fitches, Raw Oats,
^feuldy and Unwholfome Bread, and fuch like : Sometimes they
Qo proceed from the extreme Violence and heat of the Sun Beams,
^hen Travailing with diforderly haft, in the extremeft heat of the
ay. thofe two heats mixed together, Labour, and the Sun, there
annot ehufe but be bred in the Horfe feme tJMortalinflammation ;
£nd for mine own part, I havefeen Horfes fall down Dead in the
•gh-way ; For whofe Deaths, I could find no Reafon more than
eir Labour, and the heat of the Sun. Feavers fometimes fpring
om a contrary caufe.as from extreme Cold,in this manner: When
an? u ln ^C Wint«-»me hath been Travelled fore all the Day,
na is brought into the houfe hor,if after his blood andirtward pow-
} are fetled and cooled, you then prefemly, or the fame Nighc give
h Hf 11Wat" 3S mUch ashe . Drink> you &al1 fec him out of
and tall unto an extreme Quaking, and from that quakingintoa Solent Burning, with all other d iftemperatures of a Feaver.
ow for Extraordinary Feavers, they ever proceed either from
£orrupt-.on of B|oodj ^ hom Infeaion of the A|r . and alb£it thefc v rsare notufually knownuntoour Farriersyytt they are as com-
PovfaSf ft "5 onlythe Violence of them is fo great, and the ficki ? gv that chf y "er carry with them fome other Mortal which aSnameJy> the Staggers, lellows, Anticor, and fuch like,
thev l?tVC u3rC' a Peft^enc Feaver ever goech before them : And bede'fper C •MarkS0f thc Pla&ue> are feldome feen till the Cures r acei and then theunskilfull Farrier, neither noting, nor knowing,
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knowing, it be did not, theeffe&s of the Feaver, doth ever mif-call
the name of the Horfes infirmity, and taking the letter for the greater, fails many times to do the good Office and Cure which he intendefh. Now the figns ro know the Feaver, be thefe: Fitft he will ever
hold down his Head, he will quake and tremble ; but when his trembling is paft, thenwillhis Body burn, and his Breath be hot, he will Breath fad, and his Flank will bear, he will Reel, he will forfake his Meat, his Eyes will be fwoln and clofed up, yet thcre- withall much Watering ; his Flefh will as it were fall from his Bones, and his Stoneswill hang down low , he will oft ly down and rife up again : as his defire will be to Drink ; yet at no time drink much, neither will he at any time fleer. Now for the general Cure of thefe general Feavtrt., you fhall
underßandjthat fome Farriers ufe to let theHorfe blood in the Face, Temples, and Palate of the Mouth, and the fitft day to give him no Meat, but warm Drink only, by a little at a time : and after the fined Grafs, or fined Hey wet in Water, keeping him Warm, and often wallking him up and down in a temperate Air, and giving him good dore of Litter, then when he begins to mend, to feed him with Barly fodden, huskt and beaten j as you do Wheat before you make Furmety, And this Cure is not amifs; for it agreeth with the Antient experience of the Italians: but in our Englifh Horfes > (through the Clime,as 1 fuppofe) it often faileth. The bed Care therefore that I have found, is, as foonas you
perceive him to begin tofhake, to give him the yolks of thiee or four E°gs, beaten with feven or eight fpoonfulls of Aqua-vita: tc Drink, and then chafe him up and down till his fhaking be pad, and then fet him up clofeand watm,and with many Cloaths make him fweac an hour: Let his Food be Oats, very well dried and lifted, and once a day, fome vvafh'd in Ale. If his fhaking fit be pad, before you perceive his ficknefs, you fhall only give him a pint of Musk*' dinty and an ounce of Sugar-candy beaten to powder, and brewed together to Drink, and fo let him red, feeding him by little and little, asaforefaid, and giving him no Water but fuch as is warm: nnd this Order you fhall obferve ac the beginning of every fit, if you can note them, or elfe eveiy Morning, if his ficknefs hath «° ceafing. CHAP-
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Of the Quotidian, or every Mes Fever, mi the Cure. /■ Ä1?*4"' orevery daies Awr,isthat which takes a Hdrfe,
aooear ? , him With onc fit once eVery daYi and wjilat firft tKrr,ra.ew.h" Violent,-butfeldom or never end ureth long, if
extern. pjave any Plfc,;ecicn- Ic proceedeth mott commonly from fudTl rng,' euherafKrwater' or a fuU fomack; andthea nor „1* j h/S Hatl being thruft into a Stable, and neither ftopc ftalcin! i ,* 'Uddain Goldnefs to that fuddain Hear, begets a and hi nnS' u kn°w ir>8rc Watn(l1 and-Blood-flbotren Eyes, iliort,
huL ° u hm8'Panr,n«' toothing of his Mear, andSrirfnefs in feve k ' t nb°ve t,iefe't0know irisa5j»*i*M», yourhallob- fix of' * i u figns' t08ether wirh the ficknefs, will not lift above heall 8 Wi7m oneday> and then he will be cheerful and in timlk T"' m uVCry "ear the fame hour ofthencxt dayVrat whac itX ul,W1[Ibeg,Va8i"n- Andhcreis to be noted, that the more |
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his fi ° uC ocher'and fo forch. The Cure is, you (hall only during beinJ^r 'TO•hin8'but a Wt Mafll made of Malc and Water»
Air . r,eWar,m' andL w*lk him 8ently UP a«d down in a template Bodl 31 t S aS h,ffit ,1S pa{^} yoa fta11 {ct him UP. and rub his |
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Of the Tertian leaver. THe Tertian Feaver, is that which commeth every other day,
holding the Horfe with one fick day, and one found : ic is not fo Violent as the Quotidian, but much longer Lading ; it hap- pened! ofteft in the Spring time of the year, when Blood begins to encreafe,and moß commonly to Colts and young horfes. It proceeds of the fame caufes thacthe Qwtidian doth, and fometimes of Rank« nefs, and ill Blood. The figns to know ir, are allthefigns formerly fpokehof, ?«d thisjsthechiefcft, that the Horfe will be apparently fick,asit weie on the Monday,then apparently well on the Tuefday, and fick on the Wednesday following. This Feaver is never fern, but ic beginneth with fhaking. The Cure thereof, is,as foon as you perecive the horfe to beign to fhake, you fhall take a certain Herb, or rather a Weed called Stoncpcrop, and bruifing it in a Motter, take £orne four fpoonfull pf the jjuyce thereof, andinfufe it in a quart of ftrong Ale, and give it the Horfe to Drink : then walk him gently up and down in fome temperate Air for an hour, then fet him up, and wi:h the help of Cloaths put him into a fweat for an ether hour, then coolhim j and in any wife, till his fits leave himdet him Drink no,Cold V^ater, and let his Provender be the oldeft ajid drieft Oats you. can ge^ only upon his good daies before his fits come, keep him very long faftingand empty. C H A P. XVIIIi
Of the Quartan Feaver, _ _ _ •■_■.'■ , . ' . ,
TMe £**?*** reaver, is that which [omt Farriert call a third
Jl .daies ficknefs, as thus: If his fits begin on the Monday, he will be well on the Tuefday and Wednefday^ and fick again on the Thurfday. It proceeds from the fame Caufes that the Tertian ft«r wrdoth,yet in liis working is not fo apparently Violent,but of much longer Continuance : for if great care and help be not, thefe Feaver1 will lafHpme a quarter of a year,fome half a year, and fome a whole year«
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y a>". There needs no other fign to know it, then the coming and
ping of the fin, as harhbeen declared already. And for the Care, . 1S the felf {ame which is defcribed in the former Chapter, frr the of T^x ^f ÄWr' on'y if his/its do not leave him at the firfl taking the Medicine3you fhall then give it him again the fecond tirje,but not above thrice at the mo« in any wife. CHAP. XIX.
Of the Feavir Continual. • J "c Feaver continual^ that which continueth without any inter-
it k "V"^00.» and it is moft dangerous and violent: for there is in £ne effeds of all the former Feavers, every one taking place as the
0cher endeth : as the Quotidian beginning? is permed by a Tertian, th lTertim ty a Quartan, and thofe two fupply (o many hours till mft^cti{iian ^ot^ begm a§ain* "^his kind of Continual Feaver, } e.n ^pnngeth from fome inflammation or Violent heat in- Shored in the Principal Members about the Heart: and the figns j !.reof are want ofReft>and falling away of the Flefb,befide certain p ^animations or fwellings,which will appear about hisWithers and ^ ankr. The Cure is, firft to purge his Head by fneefing,the manner don**0^ y°U ^a^ ^ *n a Par"cu^ar Chapter hereafter : which of e>you Hiall give him this Drink, take of Jfrmander two Ounces the • Tra§acant» ancl dried R°fes, of each half an Ounce, beac ^ "i into fine Powder, and put them into a quart of Ale, adding creunto, 0f Oyl-Olive two Ounces, and as much Honey ; and
a lif 1* rC 1S 'u'cewarm» givc u tne Horfe to Drin k : then walk him
Cold C' and afcer^cthimUP^°^anc*Warrny keephimfront'
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SunandtheFlcfh, proceeding from a fiek Stomack, which having
been (calded with hoi D ink«, Gasthofe'11 Deted Running Horfes be, which feed upon much Spice, orthofe which take hot Drenches upon evety foolifh and flight occafion ) harh almoft clean loft the power of Dlgcftion : It femetimes happens to thofe Horfes which Men coo carefully teaching te Drink Beer and Wine, do (o conti- nually apply them (hereunto, that in the end they become fubje£l to this fickntfo. The figns to know it $ the Hirfe will never eat with any appetite, and when you draw out hisTongue, you (hall find it raw, and almoft fcalded ; hisFlefh will be loofe and Flaggy, and his Body fubjeet to a continual Trembling. The Cure isy firft wafh his Tongue either with the firrup of Mulberries, or with Allom, Running water, Sage and Woodbind Leaves boyled together, then give him fafting in a morning this Drink ; Take of Aloes oncQunce, ofGarliek half an Ounce, of Licorasand Annifeedsof each a Drarn*- beaten to powder,and let him drink it with a quart of white Wine, luke-warm, and made fweec with Sugar candy or Honey : let him drink no Drink, but warm mafhes of Malt and Water, and let his meat be fweet Hay, or green Corn blades : and ever after his Medi' cine, let him be chafed a little, kept fafting two or three hours, and ftand warm and well cloathed. CHAP. XXI.
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Of the Ft aver taken in Autumn, or the fall of the Leaf.
AL L thefe Feavei sbefore fpoken of, do for the moft part, com-
monly happen to Hörfes iu the Spring-'me of the year.by reä- fo«, that the new Blood is ever apteft to be inflamed : yet not-vith- ftanding, we find by Experiences tha? Feaverswill fomenmes corrtf at the fall of the Leaf, which we call Autumn, and they are of3 longer conrin,aance than the othtn The fignsare none other butfuch as I luve already declared: For they are the fame Feavers, only a*" tering the tjmepf the year. If therefore-your Harfe do chance tf catch a FeaVer at the fall of the Leaf, you i"h ill let him Blood on his Neck-vein, andänthefMareof hisMöurh, and you fhall give him to drink the fame drink: which js formerly fet down for the V^ci «cncinualj and there is 'no- ddufct of his Recovery. CHAP-
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CHAP. XXII.
Oftht Feaver taken in the Summer-feafon.
Ji reaver taken in the Summer feafon, is the worß of all Or-
tnc h binary Feavers whatfoevcr, efpecially all fuch as are taken in
a -,°S "ay«i beca'ife accord fjg to the opinion of Farriers, alt
th |!"'S atC thcn m ^iuriou' : thc efP«:ial '12ns of h s Feaver are,
at his Arteries will beat moft palpa ly.ind whrrefoev:.- he ftalcch
™c« you (kail perceive he iheddeth his Seed alfo. The Care, ac-
he h "k t0 the Am,enrs> is co let him Blood in thc grear Vein vhich
lath on his hincjer Haunch, aim .ft four inches beneath h s F.m-
merit; bur for mine own part becaafe that Vein is nor eafily found
y every ignorant Smith, and ilia many rimes by mift'kmg, they
™jy cut the Artery, infteadof rhe Vein, I hold it fully ■% good to
tv» l"*^00^ on the Neck-vein, whichdone, eivehim ihn D^ink
and UrSand ahalfaf er ; takele juyccofahandfall -i Puiflane,
j m'x't With Gun-Tiagacanr, A nnfeeds, and Damask «R .fe-
aves beaten to Powder ; then puc rfiem into a qoarr <>r S 'ong Ale,
ade fweet either with Sugar.candy, or Honey, and feil not to give
*n this Drink three mornings cogeciicr, keep che H^rle warm du-
ringhisSicknefs.
chap. xxnr.
Of the Feaver taken in the Winter-feafon.
J^ Feayjr ra^en in the Winter, is not fo dangerous to the Life of
which* r°lfc- as tht Feaver ^cforc mentioned; yet it is a Feaver
the ra 7 c°n»nue long,and ask great Circumfpeaion in the Curt; the r tC( f' avctne ,amc whwhare formerly defcribed ; and the r "rC n°0lhcr «han hath heen already declared. Touching
fnlt^u "J$ US: >ou ^ fi'ft Pur'*e his H.ad by making him Palate of "L m * 1°" ftiaU ,ethim B1°°d b°th ,n the Neck and the
ths Dm l t ' 8nd lhenrw0 hours and a halfaf.rr give h<m
Ounce nfo Ta!<eofR«c three Ounces, of round Pepper half an
' * »ay-bemes,and ihciccd of Smalhge, each half an Ou ice,
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boyl thefe in W'iite Wine,,and give it him to Drin-k iuke-warm.
CKher Farriers ufetotake a pint of new Milk, and to put therein two Ounces of Salkt.Oy'l, of Saffron one fcruple, and of Myrrh two fcruples, of the feed of Smallage a fpoonful, and to make him drink it lukewarm; but the Horfe which caketh this Drink,muft be good in ftrength,for if he be brought low, it is fomewhat tooftrong. The Antient Italians did ufe fcr thisFeaver, to give this Drink :
Take of Ariflolochia half an Ounce, of Ge ntian, of Hyffop, Worm- wood, of Southern-wort, of each half an Ounce, of dry fat Figs three Ounces, of the feed of Smallage an Ounce and a half, of Rue half an handfull.bfcyl them all with running water in a clean Veflel, till almoffhalf be confumed ; rhen when it begins to- thickcn,take it from, the firc,ftrain it, and give it the Horfe luke-warm. Now there are not any of thefe Drinks but are fisfficient for the Cure ; but the fitfl is beft. Now for his Diet, be fure to keep him faffing long be- fore his fits come, and lee his drink be only warm mafhesof Male and Water. Now if you perceive that his fits continue, and bring the Horfe to any weaknefs, you (hall then to comfort and quicken the natural heat of the Horfe, rub and chafe al! his Body over, either in the Sun, or by fome foft Fire, with fomewholfome Friftion, of which Frictions you ("hall find choice in a particular Chapter here- after following, together with their feveral natures and lifes. CHAP. XXIV.
Of the Feaver which comeih by Surfeit of meat only.
THe Feaver which cometh by Surfeit of meat only, without ei- '
ther Diforderin Travel or Corruption of Blood,is known by thefe (igns: the Horfe will heave and beat upon his Backjhis breath will be Shorr, Hor,and Dry, and his Wind he will draw only at his Nofe with great Violence. The Cure therefore is,yoa (hall let him Blood in his Neck, under his Eyes, and in the palate of his Mouth, you (hall alfo purge his Head by making him fneefe, then keep him with very thin Diet, that is, let him faß for more than half of the day, and lee him not drink above once in four and twenty hours, and that drink tobe warm Water: you (hall alfo once or twice chafe his Body with a wholforae Friction j and if> during his Cure» |
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e ctJarice to grow Coftive, you (hall caufe him to be raked,and after-
*ar« give him either a Suppof«ary,or a Glifter,of both which, and
i° le,r Several natures, you Qiallread fufficiently in a Chapter fol-
lowing,. -. ■ CHAP. XXV.
0/ Fexvers extraordinary, andfirft ef Pefiiknt Feavsrs. VÄ/E find by many Ant lent- Italian Writers, that both the Ri-
fe a mnns* sn(^ others their Countrymen, have by experience c°Und many Horfes (ubje& to this Peftilent Feaver, which is a moft 0'^tag!OUS and peftiferous Difeafe, almoft incurable; and for mine • n Parr, I have feen it in many Colts and young Horfes. Surely proceed«^ as I judge, either from great Corruption of Blood, or
dof r"feftiön of the Air. The figns thereof be, the Horfe will hold °*n his Head, forfake his Meat,(lied much water at his Eyes; and
y,ay ü«ieshave fwellings-orUlcers rifing a little below his Ear roots. e Cure is, firftyou fhall not fail to let him Blood in the Neck- Jtn '• then two or three hours after you fhall give him a Clifter • of??akehim this PIaifter: Takeof Squilla five Oanccs,of EIder| *£! ces J\mitm>oiMuftardfeed, and of Euforbium, of eichtwo Oün- all* bn ff°Ive thc {zm~in the ,uice of Daffodul and Sage> a°d lay it him A 'hC TcmPles of ms Head>and becween his Ears: then give q to drink for three or four dayes together, every Morning, two «»ces of the beft Treacle diflolved in a pint of good Mnskadine.
juice f{fÄ ufe t0Sivehim divers Mornings, a pound of the HerK i5 l r,roots» orinftead of his Hay, a good quantity of rhac that h SCalled remshilr'' butifthetimeoftheyearbefuch, "> an!]eyCannot have ic green' then they b°ylir in water and drain
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Of the 'Plague or Peßilenee in tforfet,effomt called the
Cargiil er Murrain. THis Peftilence, Murrain, or Garg 11 in Horfes, is a contagious
and moft infe&ious Difeafe, proceedingeither from forfeit of H at, Cold,Labour> or Hunger,or ary other thing breeding Corrupc Humours in a Horfes Body, as the. holding too long of hisUrine, drinkmg w-hen he is hoc, or feeding up;m grofs, foul, and Corrupc Foods.as in low Grounds,atter Floods, when the Grafs is unputged, and fuch like. Sometimes it fpnngs from fome Evl influence of the Planets, corrupt ingy the Plants and huts of the Earth, and Cattel too fomerimes, and from divers other fuch like Caufes j but howfo- ever, when the Difeafe beginne th, cenam it is. that it is moft in- fectious, and if there be nor care and pr:vention ufed, of Multitudes it will not have one. Nor any of the Anrient Italian Faires, nor any of our Eng'iß? Farriers rhar f have met with, do or can fhew mc any fign or token to know this D lea'e, more'hen that one ortyo muft ftrft Dye, and then by tj'eii Deaths I muft adjudue and pre- vent what will follow j but thryare m fta^en : F^rthis D.itafc is as eafily kn wn by outward figns, as any Diieafe « hacfoevcr; as namely, the Hi (e will beg n <o fowi and hang down his Head ; and within two or three days after iuch louring, you fhall *ee him begin to (well under his Earroois, orun'lerthe roorsof hisT ngie, and • that fwtlling w 11 run univerfally over .11 one fide of his Face, being very extreme bard anH! great. Moitovei, all hu Lips M uh, and Whites of his Eyes will be exceeding yellow, and his Bieath will i* ftrong,and (link exceedinglv. The Cure of th sDileafe, according f> the manner of >he Italians
and French men, is, fit ft to federate tht iound from the fick, even a fai dftance f om that Air where the rick Breatheihj then let hirrl Blood in the Neck veins, and gveeveiy one federally to drink, two fpoonfnll of the powder of DUpente, brewed in a pint of ftrong Sack.* ofchecompoficion of which Di«pente, and of the particular Vertuet thereof, you (hall read in a Cha >cer following If you cannot re»* dily gecthiSj Diafente, yon may then take a pintof Mntkadine, and diffolvc
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öiilol/e into it two Oiinccs of che beft Treacle, and it will (erve the
£rn. QueRionlefj thefe Medicines are borh exceeding good j for l"ey are great Prefervatives againft all infecTions. Now that which I have found far to exceed thertt and to bemoft
M' lnot on'y ^or c^,s P'aSue amongft H nrfes, but for the Plague or Murraia, (of fome called the Mouiitains-eviQamongft Beafts, is th'sj Take a good quantity of old Urine, and mix therewithal a g<x)d quantity of Hens Dung, ftirthem well together till the Dang I difiblved; then with a Horn give to every Horfe or Bead a pint hereof lukewarm. This have I feen help hundreds. CHAP. XXVII.
Of the FtAVtr accidental, tomlpg by feme Wtttnd received, I o* ^0rk fl"H receive any grievous and fore wound, either by
7" '"°*e or thrufl, by which any of the Vital Powers are let or hin- «red, certain it is, that the pain and angmfh of fuch Wounds will P^ng a Horfe to a hot Feaver, and then his Life is in great danger : Befides, a Horfe being naturally iubje& to moift Diftillations in his throat, there will many times rife therein great Swellings and Ulcers, through the pain \vhereof,a H ufe will fall into a burning Ague. The figns whereof art, that he will covet much to drink, but
cannot drink, and his flelhwill fall away in much extraordinary »afhion. The Cure, befidesthe remedies before mentioned, is, to let him
fj°°d under his Ears, and <n the Mouth : And then to take a fine fauchet, and cutting it infliecs, fleep sein Maskadine>andcompell 'ro to fwallow rhem: Ic »hall alfo be good, if once in three dayes
y°ufteep your Mancher in Sallet Oyl, and make him eat it. As for ls drink, let it be only warm Maines of Milt and Water, which if
|c cannot drink, you lhall then give it him with an Horn. And lus muc^ touching Feavers both ordinary and extraordinary.
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One general) certain, and approved Cure for all the Feavcrt and
Sickneffes formerly rehesrfed, never jet difcUfcd d=» from the Authors breafi. I Have in the former Chapters (hewed yo t the Names,Divei fides,'
Natures, Signs, and ordinary Cures for all forts of Feavers what- foever: Now bccaufe I know the Ignorance of fome fo grear, that they cannot difcern ; the Sloihof others fuch, that they will not in- deavour to difcern ; and the Folly of many fo peevifh,that they will miftake what they may difcern : I wil fhew you here one genera!, certain, and approved Medicine, for all Feavers of what Nature or Vio'ence foever. When therefore at any time you fhall find by any of the Signs
formerly rehearfed, that your Horfe droopeih, you fhall prefently let him Blood in the Neck-vein, and let him bleed well, then three Mornings together after (the Horfe being fafting) give him half an Ounce of the Powder called Diapente, (the Compofition whereof you fhall find in a particular Chapter, together with the Vertues,) and this Dlapeute you fcall brew in a pint of Muskadine,and fo give it the Horfe to drink with an Horn: then let him be Ridden or Walked abroad for an hout ; after he cometh in , give him any meat whatfoever that he will ear. At noon give him a fweet Mafh. In the Evening perfume his Head with a fweet perfume: The Com- pofition whereof you fhall find in a particular Chapter; at Night rub all his Limbs well with hard Wifps, and his Head and nape of the Neck with a coarfe harden Rubber,then feed as aforefaid. And thus do 3 dayes together, and without doubt health will come fuddainly. CHAP. XXIX.
Of the Difeafes in the Head. AS a Horfes Head is compofed ofm3ny parts, fo arethofe many
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l0'e Brain, are fubjeS to Head-acb, Meagrim, D z'nefs, and A •
w'ses5tne whole Brain it felf is properly fuhjedt to breed the F. enfie, ^onefs, Sleeping evil, the taking and forgetfulnefs. And here is
■ e noted, that many Farriers, and thofe of approved good skill,
_av^ Wrongly held Opinions,that Hortes have very he le,or no Brains
l . : And my felf /or mine own part, being carried away with
lrCenfuresjdidatlaft,upongoodCon!lderation,cuc up the Heads
ve's Horfe?, fome Dead, fome in Dying, and could never find
„ny Liquid or thin Brain, as in other Beads, but only a very thick,
k°njV°ugh,and fhining fubftance,folid and firm,likc a tough jelly, -
xh I cver [iejj t0 [je oniy a Panicle, and fo refolved with others, at a Hcrfe had no Brain : but after, upon further Difcourfe with
t,fn °f better Learning, I had this Resolution given me : That a 0r e being a B:aft of extraordinary flrength and ability,made even
endure the worft of all extremicies,either by fore Labour, or heavy
1 Urthtn,that Nature in his Creation had endowed him with Mem- jjersan^wcrable to fuch Vigour: As namely, that his Brain was not fmli an<^ mo'^' as hibje&to fleet, or to be diftempered with every • 'z" diforder, but tough and hard, even unpenetrable, and not to r, Plerc'd by any reafonable motion. And for the Panicles» they , wcdme thofe thin skins over and be fid es that great fubftance : fo g' c by experience I faw, and now know, that a Horfe hath both a'n and a Panicle, and in them two arebrcd the Difeafes before
th T10 ' Now in the Venrricles, orCclsofthc Brain, and in t ,e Conduits by which the lively Spirirs give feeling and motion fall C ^y)cnere to breed theTurnfick, or Sturdy, the Staggers, the v ,'n§ Cvdl, the Night mare, the Apoplexie, thePalfieandCon- A n j°L,or Cramp,the Catharre, or Rheum, and laftly the Glanders- nü Aus much of the Head in general.
C H A P. XXX.
Of Head-aeht or pain in the Head. "e Head-ach is a pain that cometh either of fome Inward
Pa '1CaUfe' 0I °^ ''06ne Cholerick Humor gathered together in the
f 1C/8 °^ 5^e Brain, or elfe of fome extreme Heat or Cold, or of
e luddaia Blow, or of fome noifome Savosr. The figns are, the
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hanging down of the Horfes Head and Ears, dropping of his Urine,
dirnnefs of fight, fwoln and watrifh Eyes. The Cure according to
thcopinionof fomeof ourEnglifh Farriers, is to let him Blood if»
the Eye-veins, and to {quirt warm Water into hisNcftrils; and for
that day give him no meat $ the next Morning fafting, give him
warm Water, and fome Grafs: at night give him Barley and Fitches
mixt together, and fo keep him warm till he be found: But this
I*!3» Cure 1 do not fancy. The beft help is, ruft to make him fneezby
Fuming him, then let him Blood in the Palate of the Mouth, and
keep him fafting at the lead twelve hours after : then pour into hi«
Nofti Us Wine,wherein hach been fodden Euphorhittm and Francki13'
senft, and after feed him and keep his Head warm.
C HAP. XXXI.
Of the Frenzy, and Madnefs in a Horfe.
He Madnefs of aHorfe,by the moft antient and beft appproveo
Farriers, is divided into four Paffions: The fuft is, who1 fome naughty Blood doch ftrike the Panicle of the Brain butinofe part only, itprefently makes the Horfe dull both of mind and fight! and you fhall know it by this fign, the Horfe will turn round L'kc ' Beaft that is troubled with the Sturdy : the Reafon being» becatnc the outfide of the Head is grieved only. The fecond is, whenfrie Pbyfon cf fuch Blood doth infedt the middle part of the Brain : The" the Horfe becomech Frantick, leaping againft Walls or any thin£j The third is, when that Blood filleth the veins of the ftomack, anj* infecteth as well the Heart asthe Brain : then he is faid to be m^d« But the fourth and laft is, when that Blood infectech not only f"e Brain and Hearr, but even the Panicles alfo, and then is he faid toyf ftark Mad, which you fhall know by his Biting at every Man whic" comes near him, by his gnawing of the Mangerand the Walls about bum. And laftly, by tearing his own skin in pieces. Now for the Cure, you fhaflcaufe him to be let Blood in all l"e
Idwer^ parts of his Body, to draw the Blood from his Head J *' namely, on the Shackle-veins, the Spur-veins, the Plat-veins, and *e Thigh- vsius, and you fhall let him Blood abundantly, then give hi01 this Drink t take the Root of wild Cucumber, and where &*\ can«0*
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annot be gotten, take a handfullofRiie or Mints, anda fiandfuflof
ack EHeborus,and boyl then in ftrong Red Winc,and give it luke- Wa'»» to the Horfe in a Horn. • iome«fe to give Mans Dung with Wine, three Mornings toge-
ltr: and aJfo to rubt his Body over with a Frißion at leaft twice aay» 3nd not to fail to give him moderate Exercife. Others ufe to pierce the ikn of his Head with a hot Iron, to let out*e ill Humour* , Others as the moft certain of all Medicines, ufe to Geld him of
°tn, or one stone at tne Icaftj but I like it not for mine own parr. f 11 ^UrC * ^ave ever u^ ^or c^'s 8r'ef» was eitner t0 make him
wallow down hard Hens Dung, or clfe give him to drink, the Root p lrga Paßorh ftamped in Water, and for his ordering during the
Ure> I would have his flable quiet, but not clofe, and his food only arm Mafhes of Malt and Water, yet but a very little at one time, t0r'hethinneftDyetisbeit.
CHAP. XXXII.
Of the Sleeping Evil, or Lethargy in a Horfe. rHe Sleeping Evil, is an infirmity which makethä Horfe to fleep
a 75 cont^noally,deprivinghim thereby,both ofMemory,Appetite,
"a all Alacrity of Spirit. Itismoft incident to White and Dun
/"Ones, becaufeit proceedeth only from Flegm,co\d and grofs,which
°>«neth the Brain too much, caufeth heavinefs and fleep: there
j^ Sno other fign more than his fleeping only. The Cure is, to ephim waking whether he will or no, with great noifes andaf-
and ■ the.nIct him Blootl in theNeck,and the Palate of the Mouth, CarrflVe» m t0 ^xm^ Water luke-warm,wherein hath been boyled fhall°u ^ot^erworr> Wheat, Bran, Salt, and Vineger: you p. a,° perfume his Head, and make him fneeze, and anoint the fliall' l ^out''1 with Honey and Muftard mixt together: It au not be amifs, if with the ordinary Water which he drinketh,
Urine?* " Ps*fleyfeed, or Fennel feed, for that will provoke Salr a' I^a.^a" a^° bath his Leggs, and ftop his Hoofs with Bran, IiUc^ki *ntger boyled together, and applied as hot as may be.anrj «ws Stable would be lightfome and full of noife, G a CHAP,
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Of a Hirfe that is taken, or ef.Shrow-rttnning.
THöfeHorfes are fuppofed by Farriers to be taken, or as fome call
it, Planec-ftrook, which are deprived of feeling or of mo ving» not being able to ftir any Member, but remain in the fame form as they were at their time of taking. Some hold it proceeding of Choler and Flcgm, «hen they ate fuperabundamly mixt together, or of Melancholy Blood, which being a cold dry Humour, doth opprefs and fick.cn the hinder part of the Brain. Other antient Farriers hold» it comethof fome extreme cold, or extreme heat, or raw digeftioiij ftri] iig into ths empty Veins fuddenly : or eile of extreme Hunger . caufed by long falling. The figns thereof are numbnefs, and want of motion before fpoken of: ' As for he caufe, it is diverfe, forfiift youmufl note, whether it come of cold or heat : If it come of Cold, you (hall know it by the fluffing and pozein the Head, which is ever joyned with the Dife.ife : if of Heat,by the hotnefs of his Breach,and clear fetching of his Wind. Now if it proceed from Cold, yqu (hall give him to drink one Ounce ofLaferpitiftm mixt with SallecOyl and Maskadine luke*warm: if it proceed of Heat, you (ha 1 give him one O jnce of Ljfetp!tinm w ith Wa:er and Hony luke- warm : but if it proceed ofCrudity,or any raw digeftion,then you fhali help him by faffing : and if it proceed of Fafting,thcn you (hall heal him by fee- ding him often with good Meat, as with wholefome Bread, and dry oau^yer buta little at a time,that he may ever eat with a good ftomach. Now for the French Fairiers, as Monheur Horace andthereft» who call this Difeafe Surprint, they hold, it cometh only from Cold cjufes,following Hoc accidents,and they ufe for their Cure to let hinl blood on the Breaft veins, and then put him into a fwcatj.eitherby Ex .reife, or multiplicity of Cloaths, but many Cloachs are betcer,be- z cauCe the Horfe is not capable of Labour.: and fometimes they will bury him all fave his Head in an old Dunghill, till through the Heat thereof his Limbs receive mch feeling, that he begins ^g tq ftrugg'c out of the fame. Ali which Cures are not much »-»"'ami is: Yet iti mine Opimon,thisis thebeft,eafitft,and furtftway : Fnft, to let him blood «the Neck and Breaft, then to anoint all hi'
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Jls Pocty with Oyl Petroltam, then give him this drink. Take of
•^almfey three pints, and mix it with a quartern of Sugar, Onamcn, "d Cloves, and let him drink it lake-« arm , thentakeold rotten ct Utter, and for want thereof, wet Häy, and with Cloaths, Sur- angles and Cords, fwaddle all his whole Body over with the fame of aS°°d thicknef«, and renew it once in three days till he be whole J " »is Suable be Warm, his Exercife moderate, and if he^rotv Co- *lvc) let him firft be raker], and after give him either a Ci Iter, or a ^Ppofuary, according to hisftrengtb. There is alfo anftiher kind ?f ta*ing, and that js,when a H >rfe is Plane* ftrook,or ftricken with hunder: but it isuttei ly incurable, and therefore I willomicto Peak further of r. The laft kind of taking is when a Horfe is Shrow» fiu"> mat when a Horfe liethfleeping, there is a certain venemous ■ eW-Moufe called a Shrow, whofe Head is extraordinary long, Ike a Swines Head, and her Feec (horter of the one fide than the other. *"is Moufe if ("he happen to run over any cf the Limbs of theHorfc, PKfently the Horfe 'ofeth the ufe ofthat Limb fhe ran over, and if icrun over his Body, he commonly lofeth the ufe of his hinder °ins: andthtfe accidents having been often found unexpected, common Farriers have held the Horfe to be taken, or Pia net-ft rook, As for the Cure thereof>the belt is to feek out a ßrier,which groweth ^tbothends, and take the Horfe or Beaft that is thus vexed, and «raw him under the fame, and it is a prefent remedy. For mine ?Wn Pare/1 have heard much,both of the Infirmity,and of theCure, ut I have had no Experience of i-, but only in one young Foa', phl£h being fudden'y Lame, was as mddenly helped, to my much ^ontentmenr. CHAP. XXXIV.
Of the Staggers; j. "e Staggert is a dizzy madnefs of tVe Brain, proceeding from
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Dimnefs of fight, fwoln and watrifh Eyes, a moift Mouth,ftaggeriiig
and reeling of the Horfe, and beating of his Headagainft the walls, or thrufting it into his Litter. The Cure isdivers: for almoft every Smith hath a feverai Medicine, yet thefe which I fhall rehearfe, are the moft approved. The ainient Farriers, both Italians and French, ufe to let the Horfe blood in the Temple- veins,end then with a Knife make an hole an inch long over-thwart his Fore-head, underneath hisFoie-top, and raiting the skin up with a Corner, fometwoor three inches about, flop the hollownefs withatent dipt in Turpen- tine and Hogs greafe molten together ; but lome of our Smiths fin- ding this Cure fail, except the Difeafe be very young, ufe to flop the hollownefs with Dock roots. Others with a Clove or two of Gar* hck. Others ufe for this Difeafe to take Selladine, andftampingit to flop it into his Ears, and fo tye up his Ears, or ftich the tips of his Ears together, that he may not fhake the Medicine out. Others ufe to mix Salt and Water together thick, and to put it into hisEars.O- thersufe to mix Crouad/iä and Aqua-vita: together, and to put that into his Ears. Others ufe to take Garlick,Rue,and BaySalr, and beat them grofly, then mix Vinegar with them, and put it into the . HorfesEars, then wet Wool or Tow in the Medicine, and flop that in his Ears aUo : let the Medicine reft fo four and twenty Hours» and if he forffcae his Meat,wafh hisTonguc with Vineger,and ic will recover his ftomack. Others ufe firft to perfume the Horfes Head, to make him fneefc, then to take half ahandful of Selladine, and as much Herb-of-graee,three or four Cloves of Garlick,and alittle Bay Salt, and ftamp them together : then mix therewith two or three fpoonfuls of Vinegar or Verjuyce, and thruft it hard into the Horfes Ears: then tye up his Ears with a foft inkle ftring, that no Air may come in, and let this Medicine remain the fpace of a Day and a Night: then let him Blood in the Neck-vein, and give him a com» fortablc Drench, of which Drenches you fhall find great plenty, to* gether widr their ufcs,in a Chapter following. There be fome Smiths which only take Rue and Salladine, of each alike quantity, and (lamping them with white Salt, thruft it into the Horfe Ear, and it helpeth. Others take an Ounce and a half of theOyl of bitter Al- monds, two dramsofOxe-gall, an half penny in black Ellebor ftam* ped, and five drams of the grains of Caftoreum, Vineger, and Vet- juyce,feeth them altogether till the Vinegar be confumed, then ftrai« them»
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, cm> and put it into the Horfes Ears. All thefe Medicines ha>ve
e^n divers times approved tobe lingular good, and for mine own Part> I have found great effects in them : Yet that which I have °und at all times moft Excellent, is, if the Difeafe be young and ur ita'CCn' (trm is, before the Horfe be grown into an extremity of Wcaknefs) to take only Verjuice and Bay Salt,and mixing them well together, to flop it into the Horfes Ears. But if the Difeafe be old, ^d the Horfe brought to a defperate ftate of mortality, then you a" "ke Affäfetida, and having diffolved it in Vinegar, warm it u. P0n a Chafingdifh of Coals, and with round balls of Tow, fluff it ^atd into the horfes Ears, and fo bind them up for four and twenty "°Urj, after which rime give him a comfortable drink. Now w here- °* forrte Smiths do ufe to ftamp AqH&-vit& and Garlick together, a«d flop that into his Ears-' I for may parr, think ittooftrong, ex- cept the Horfe be in greatluft, and full of flefh, which if hebe, doubtlefs it may do well enough: only for a general Rule you muft ^oferve, ever to let the Horfe blood in the Neck-vein, two or three roomings together, and every time to great abundance of Blood "omhirn. C H A P. XXXV.
Of the Fallirg Evi!,
pHis Falling Evil, or as the Italians call it, this Mahxdnco, is
. -*i nothing elfe but that which we call in Men iheFallingficknefs,
'j* »eafts the Falling evil: for it doth for a certain Seafon, deprive
hern of all fenfe whatfoever. It i- a Difeafe not commonly incident
° our Englifn Races, butamongfl the Icalian, Spariifh, and French
°«css many times found.
Now confidering that the mofl of our beft £ngli(h Scablesare far-
Hilhed even with fome horfes of thefe Countries, I think it good to write fomething touching the Difeafe. It proceeds from cold and §r°isFlegm, gathered together in the Fore-part of the Head, bet- W1« the Panicle and the Brain, which being by. any hot Vapour dif- Petlt over the whole Bi ain, it doth inflantly cafe this falling. There oe others which fuppofe that it is governed by the Moon j and that oy a certain courfe thereof, both hosfes and other Beads do fall, and as
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as it were die for a (mall time. Thefign to Pnqw the Difeafe, is,
thenqrfe will fall fuddainly, both through the Refolucion of his Members, and the Difknfion of his Sinews, allhis Body will quake and quiver, and they will foam much at their Mouths,yec when you think them part all hope of Life,chcy will dill ftarc up (uddenly and fall to their'Mear. Now if you will know whether thefe fits will comeofcen, or but feldome, you lhali feel chaGriftlc becwixthis Npftrils,andif it be Cold, he will oft; but if it be Warm, he will fallleldome. The Cure is, you fhallfirft let him Blood in the Neck- vein, taking good (lore of Blood away .- then within four or five day es after, you ill all tec him Blood on his Temple-veins, and on his Eye-veins: then anoint all his Body over with a comfortable Fn£tion,thenbathehisH:adandEarswichOvl de Bay,liquid pitch and tar mixt together, and.of the fame put fome into his Ears: then make him a Cap or Biggin of Canveate, quilted with Wool to keep his Head warm : then give him a purgation or fcou- ring, of which you (hall find plency in a Chapter hereafter: you ihall alio force him to fneeze: buc if the Difeafe nocwichftandiiig continue ftill, you (hall then with a hot Iron pierce the skin of his Fore Head in divers places, and after anoint it with fweet Butter, for thereby you (hall draw out the grofs Humours which do opprefs the Brain,and in any wife during the time that he remaineth in Phy- fick, let his Stable be kept exceeding warm, and his Dyet thin. CHAP. XXXVI.
Of the Night-mare. THis Difeafe which we call theNight mareds an infirmity which
only croubledi the horfe in the Night-feafon , (lopping the drawing of* Ins Breath,in fuch Violent for, chat wich the (Irtiggling and driving he will be driven into a greac (wear and. faintnefs : It Proceedeth, according to the opinion of ancient Farriers, from a con- tinnual Crudity, or raw Digeflion of the ftomack, from whence grofs Vapours afcendingup into the Head, do not only opprefs the Brain, but all the Senfuive parts alfo. Now for my part, I rather hold it an infirmity of the Scomack and inward Bowels,which being cloyed with much Glut and Fat, doth in the Night-feafon fo hinder |
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,ru88'ing in hisfleep, put his Body into an extreme fweac,and with
3t-Paflton is brought to much faintnefs j of which I have had much
nd continualExperience,noton!yinHori"es,exceedingfat,and newly
r en 'rorn the Grafs, but efpecially from fuch horfesas are either
J*5tc° Upon Eddifh Grafs, which in fome Countries is called after
^lathes; or fuch as are taken up fat in che Winter-feafon. The
gnsto know this Difeafe, is, that in the Morning when you come
anytoyourhorfe, you fhall find him all of a great fweat, and his
°ay fomeching panting •• or perhaps you fhall but only find him
W-at in his flanks, upon his Neck, and at the Roots of his Ears :
'tncrof botharefignsof this ficknefs, efpecially if at Night when
y°U Utter him, if you find that he is dry of his Body, and»ivethno
outward fign of inward ficknefs. Now there be fome that will Ob-
?e" againft me, and fay, that this Infirmity is not the Night-mare,
u<- an ordinary Infirmity ingendred by fuperfluity of Cold, Grofs,
"Q Qnwholfome Food, got in the Winter- feafon j which nature,
tough the help of warm Cloaths,and a w?rm houfe, expells in this \
|j*anner, in the Night-feafon. To this Objection I anfwer, that if
hey do difallow thit ficknefs to be the Night-mare, that then with-
au^ontradiaion, there is no fuch Difeafe as the Night-mare at all,
bu f *S ^Ut on'y a ^ame without any fubftance or confequence;
} »orafmuch as this ficknefs is not only very ufual, but alfo carrieth
a A ta^ C^e e^e<^s anc* att«buts afcribed unto the Night- mare,
and mat it is as yet a Difeafe unnamed, I do not think I can give it
^rnore proper term than to call it the Night-mare. The Cure where-
_• u,^very Morning and Evening, both before and after his water, to
mi] Jiot^e *°mc m°derate Exercife, as to make him go at leaft a
Sent!8nC* m°ie *°r ^'s water; anc* a^er ^e *s Wateredjto Gallop him
houf ^ °" "^ hand a 800^ ^Pace •' ^en when he is brought into the
and C> an(l*WC^ R"'30^»Co 8've him his Provender, (being Oats)
this C* m'X ^lerewit^ a handfull, or better, of Hempfeed j only in
him U^ ^°U mu^ ^e carefu^> ^at your Exercife do not enforce
that { /C at)I10r A13" y°u have need to ufe it longer, than you find
Medicine 'li"* much in the Night"feafon' This Exercife and
isnewlv not onty Curc this infirmity, but alfo any Cold that v S°tten whatfoever.
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Of the Apßplexie, or Pa!fie.
THefe Palfiesor Apoplexies which happen unto Horfes, are of
two'forrs: the one general, the other particular. The general Palfie is, when a horie is deprived of all fence, and moving,generally over his whole B idy, which is (eldome or never found out by our Farriers: bei aufe the mortality and fuddetinefs of Death which per- fues the Difeafe, rakes from them, all Notes and Obfervations of the Infirmity : and indeed, for the general Palfie, there.is no Cure, arid therefore there heeds no Defcription of fign or cure. For this pa-rf'cular Palfie, that is, when a hoi fc is deprived but of fome pare or member of his Body, and mod commonly it is but the Neck on- ly, as both my felf and others have found by daily Experience. This Difeafe proceedeth from fou^nefs.of'food,or from fen-feeding,which breedeth ?rofs arid tough Humours, which joyned with Crudities and raw DigeftioVs, opprefs the Brain violently altogether: it alfo commeth many times by means of fome Blow or Wound given u- pon the Temples of the Head. The figns to know the Difeafe are, thegathering togetjier of his Body, going crookedly,and notftia ghc forward, but fcldome, and holding his Neck awry without motion : : yet never forfa king his Provender or Meat, but eating it withgree- dinefs, and much flavering. The Cure is to,let him Blood on his Neck-vein, and Temple-vein, on the contrary fide to that way he wryeth : then annoint all his Neck over with the Oyl Petrolium, andwkh wet Hay Ropes: Twaddle all his Neck over, even from his Brea-ft tohisEars, but having before •fplenttd his Neck ftrait with; fplems of Wood, made ftrong, fmooth, and flat for the purpoTe : then for three Mornings together, give him a pint of old Mui\adine,'' with two fpoonfull of this Powder to drink. Take of Qpopanax two Ounces, of Scorax thr*e Ounces, of Gentian three Ounces, of Manna Sutcary three Ounces,of Myrrh onefcruple, and of long Pepper two Temples', beat all thefe into fitic powder. Now there be fome Farriers, which for this Difeafe ufetodraw
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tlf^r^1 cannot C0»iceive how any help fhouldcpme from burning of «r^-L n> t^ac ls drawn up and ftraighrned : And therefore I would I in every Farrier to forbear this tormenting, «file/she apparently ee' fhat the skin it felf through diflike and weaknefs, is fhrunk alfo,
nd then, the Cure is not amifs.
CHAP. XXXVIII.
Of the general Cramp t> or Convulfion of finews. "Hefe general Cramps, or Convulfion of finews,are mod forcible
**: Contractions, or drawings together of the finews,and mufcles:
a they happen fometimes generally into many parts of the Body,
Primes particularly, as but into one Member and no more •" When
j. cy are generally difperft in horfes, they proceed commonly from
0Rie wound, wherein a finew is half cut and no more, and fo there
finedi a general Contraction over the whole Body by degrees.
. £en they are particular, as but in one Member, then they proceed
■ Cr fr°m Cold windy caufes, or from the want of Blood* For
1 e 8enetal Contraction which commech by a ,wound,you (hall read
e Cure thereof in the Book of Chirurgery following, where the
lew. being cutin twopieces, the Contraction ceafeth. Forthispa-r-
iUf■ ' ^here but one Member is grieved, you (hall know it by
th u 8ns: c^e Member will be ftark and ft iff, infomuch that nci-
l /'"f^eaft, nor any Man will be able to bow,it: the finews will.
- a j 'lke flicks, and the hprfe being down, is not able to rife du-
th G £ tlttls of the Contraction, he will alfo halt extremely whilft
nt is upon him, and prefently go well again, as it were in one
w-mc"rv The Cure is» to chafe the member exceedingly, either.
^"hLmfeedOyl, SheepsfootOyl, orNeatsfoot Oyl, and during
fta h"15 °^'s chafing, to ho'd up the contrary Foot that he may
upon the Limb which is mod pained. There is alfo another
a d^°r ^0nvuhion of finews, which doth extnd into the Neck
Keins of the Horfes back, and fo almoft univerfal over the hof fes
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whole Body ; It proceed snrver, either frdtrj föme extreme Cold, as
by turning a Horfe fuddamly out of a warm Stab]e,' and warm Cloaths, into the pierc-ngrage of the Cold Wir» er, or by the Iofs of Blood, whereby great Windinefs entreth into the Veins, and fo benummeth thefinews : or elfe by too much Phyficking and Dren- ching of a Horfe, whereby the natural Heat is much Weakned or Dried. - Thefignsof thisConvulficnbe, his Head* änjä Neck will ftand awry, hisEars upright, and his Eyes hollow» his mouth will be clung up that he cannot Ear,and his Back will rife up in the midft like the Back of a Camel; the Cure hereof is, with great (tore of warm woollen Cloaths, as Blankets, and Coverlids, {ome folded double about his Body, and fomc girded all over from his Head to his Tail, to force him into a fweat; but if the Cloaths will not force him to fweat, then you fhall either fold all his Body over with Hoc wet Horfe Litter, or elfe bury him all fave the Head in a Dunghill or Mixon j then when he hath fweat an hour or two, and is mode- rately cooled, you lliall annoint him all over with this Oyntment, (holding hot Barrs of Iron over him, to make the Oyntment fink into his Body 0 Take of Hoggs-greafe one pound, of Turpentine a quarter of a pound, of Pepper beaten into powder half a dram, of oldoyl Olives one pound ; boylallthefe together; and ufe it being made warm. There be other Farriers which ufe this Oyntment: Take of new Wax one pound, of Turpentine four Ounces, of Oyl de Bay as much, Opoponax two Ounces, of Deers fuet, and of Oyl of St)r*x of each thiee Ounces, melt all thefe together, and ufe it warm. There be others which ufe, after his fweat, nothing bur Oyl of
Cgpreffie:, or of Spkft and Oyl de Bay mixt together, and with it annoint his Body over. After this Uu&ic-n thus applied, you fhall take twenty grains of long Pepper beaten into fine Powder, of Cedar two Ounces, of "Nitre one Ounce, of Laprfniam as much as a Bean, and mingle all thefe together with a Gallon of white Wine, and give him a quart thereof to drink every Morning for fourdayes. No* for his Diet and Order, let his Food be warm Mafhes, and the fineft Hay, hisStable exceeding Warm, and his Exercife gentle walking abroad inhis Cloaths, once every day about High-noon. CHAP-
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th ,n8 as this Cold is old or new, great or fmall, and according to
^ a°Undance of Humours which abound in the head, and as thofe
niours are of thicknefs or thinnefs,fo is the Difeafe and the danger
ereof greater or ltiTer, flronger or weaker. For you (hall under-
an<J)that if che Horfe have but only a cold that is newly taken, the
ignsaie, he will have many Knots like. Wax Kernels between his Shaulcs about trie p 00ts of hisTongue ; his Head will be fomewhac ,,eavy» and from his Noftrils w ill run a certain clear Water ; burif« °üthis Tongue roots be any great Swelling or Inflammation like
j^'ghty botch or bile,thenicisthe ftiangle ; butiffrom his Noftrils P^ue any thick, (linking or corrupt Matter,then it is iht Glanders,
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,inis ordinary Cold,wWch is ordinarily taken,(the figns whereof glides his much Coughing, are before declared ) you fhall under ,and, that for the Cure being very eafie, it is helped fundry ways li ^£ ^~Ure " on^ kv Purging his Head with pils of Butter and Gar |
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r *|\* Farriers Cure it with purging his Head with Fumes, and
rcing hjm t0 N£efe, the manner whereof is in the Chapter of
ha*U'k8' which done, you fhall give him to drink Water wherein
■ °een fodden Fenugreek^ Wheat-meal, and Annifeedsj and
hi VrCrot ^™ UP an<^ down half an hour after. Others ufe co give
JNce^ing powder, blown up into hisNoftrilsj and then this
"i1* : take a pint of Malmfey, and the whites and yolks of four
r jV^ Eggs, a head of Garlick bruifed fmall, Pepper and Gynamon,
JNutmeggs, of each a like quantity beaten to fine powder, and a
P tcy quantity of fweec Burter, mis them together,and give ic luke-
1 n"1 WlcLn aHorn three daies together»:, then keep himfaftingat
«ait two hours after. Others ufe to let the Hoife blood in the Vein
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under his Tail, and to rub all his Mouih over with a bunch of Sage
bound to a flicks end,and then to mix with his Provender the tender crops of black Berries j bat I takethjs Medicine tobe futefl for fuch Horfes, who with the cold Rhume are troubled with pain in their Chaps, and not with fturtlngin their Head. Now albeit'none of thefe Medicines are faultworth, yet fome for
mine own part, I have ever found to be mod Excellent for thefe flight colds,moderate Exercii'e) both before and after a Horfes water, in fach fort as is declared in the Chapter of the Night- mare,without any other Faming or Drenching,except I found the Cold to be more than ordinary, and that for want of heed-taking it was like to grow- to fome Ulcer about the Ro tsof the Tongue. In this Cafe,I would for one time and no more, give.the horfe apintofSack, andhalfa pint of Sallet- Oyl made luke-warm, and well brewed with good {fore of Sugar candy, to drink in the Morning fafting, and then ex- ercife him moderately thereupon, without putting him into any fweat,and it hath never failed to work the effects I wifhed in ample fort, without hindring me at any time of my Travail or Journey,buC if you cannot conveniently come by thisMedicine, and yen muft not- withstanding Travail your Horfe, then take a fpoonfull of Tarr,and folding it in a fine Cloath, fix or tye it fjft to the Mouth of your Bit, or Snaffell,and fo Travail your horfe therewith, and it will take his cold clean away. But yet it will a little abate and leffen his ftomack. CHAP. XL
^^ How certainly to take away any Cold, Poz,e, or Ratling In the Head) bow
*-=" Violent foever, without giving any inward tMedicine. IF your Horfe have taken any extreme Cold, or Poze in his Head,
and being matcht either to Hunt, or to run for any great Wager, the day is fo near that you dare not give him any inward Drench, without which,none of our Farriers know how to Cure any Cold j you fhall then, or at any other time, (for there is no Medicine in the World more Sovcraign ) take as much fweet Butter as a big Wall* nut,and with the powder of-Brimftone finely beaten and fearft,work them either with your Knife, or a Splatter together, till the Butter: |
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f e ^roughtt0 a high Cold-Colour j then take two clean Goofe-
a Nj 11' t'1C 'on^^ in all-rhe Wing, and fiiftat thequils end5,with all I ^Cntwo l°ng'Threds: Then with your Salve annoinc n !"cPfathers clean over j which done, in the dry powder ofBrim-
°n role them over and over 5 then putting the Feathers ends fore- th °Pen theHorfesNoftrils, and thruft them up into his head: n take the threds which are at the quils-ends, and faften them on ^ e tvJP of the Horfes Head : which done, Ride him abroad for an .lr or tWo> ayring him in this manner Morning and Evening,and 11 y°u bring him into the Stable, after he hath flood tied up a Pretty S^forij untie the Threds, and draw out the Feathers, and pi'igtheni very dry, lay them up till you have next Occafion to them. This Curs of all others isTnoft certain, and taketh away *y topping in the Head how extreme foever. |
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ih$ Perfection and lefl of all ^Medicines for Paze or Cold.
Ake (if you can get it) an Ounce of the fine and pure paßt of
,y Elicampane, which hath the firings at the Roots taken from di?ff *! Wanc tnereor,>an Ounce of the Conferve of Ehcampane,and a j-j u ^ a pint and a half of Sack, and fo give it the Horfe with ter-^rnin the Morning fading, and then Ride him half an hour af- tJm ' mm kft two hours more,then feed him as at Ordinary es •' and thus do for two or three Mornings together.
CHAP. XLII.
Of a Horfe that is Hide-bound, ! j| 1S Difeafe which we call Hide-bound, is, when a horfes skin
your w j1'1 *° '12rc' t0 hisRibbsand Back, that you cannot with iomet" ^U^ uP'orl'°ofen the one from the other. Ic proccedeth over-R rS poverty and ill keeping, femetimesfrom furfeit of flandV lH^: c^Pc"a%if "ho1 he is extreme hot, he be fuffered to
from a ^ Ul the Rain or wet-Weather- and laftly, it proceedeth orrupt drinefs of the Blood, which wanting his natural courfe,
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courfe,forceth his skin tofhrink up, and cleave to the Bones. The
figns,befides the cleaving of his skin, is, leannefsof Body> gauntne»
of Belly, and the ftandingup of the Ridge-bone of his Back: lC
drie.th up the Entrails, torments the Body , and makes his Dung
ftink extraordinarily : and if he be not remedied, Manginefs will
prefently follow after it. The Cure of it is divers, according co the
opinion of divers Work-men: the mod antient Farriers did ufe to
let him Blood on the Spur-veins, ofbothfideshis Belly, fomewhat
toward his flank, which done, they gavehim this Drink^: Take of
white-Wine, or ftrong Ale a quart,and add thereunto three Ounces
of Sallet Oyl, of Cumin one Ounce, of Aanifeeds two Ounces» of
Licoras two Ounces, beaten all into fine powder, and give it hit»
Iuke-warm with a Horn; when he hath Drunk, let one chafe his
Back, from the Huckle-bone upward, forthefpaceofanhour o(
more : then fee him in a,warmStable,with good ftore of Litter; theo
fold about his Body a thick Blanket, foaked in Water, and wrung»
then over it a dry Blanket, then gird them both faft, and flop the
furfingle about with great Wifps, for the wet Blanket will put hi«*
into a great Heat, and for want of a wet Blanket,if you fold his Body
in wet Hay, 'it will do the like, and loofen his skin } this you fh3']
do the fpace of a Week, during which time he fhall drink no Colo
water.
There be other Farriers,which before they lay on the wet Blanket»
will annoint all the horfes Body over with Wine and Sallet Oy>»
and furely it is good alfo. There be others which for thisDifea'e»
ufe to let the Horfe blood in the Neck, then bathe his fides wit'1
warm Water, wherein hath been fodden Bay Leaves: then annoinc
h m all over with the Oyl of Rue or Camomile, holding a hot lf°?
over him to make the Oyl fink into his skin, then give himtnlS
Drink : Take of Carrets, Rue, Wild Mint, of each an Ounce afd
a half, of Worm-wood two Ounces; dry them, and beat them t°
powder, then give two (poonfulls thereof in a pint of Malm^J'
There be other Furriers,which take Fenugree^THrmericktAnnifi^l
Bayesy Licoras, and Cumin, of each a like quantity, dry them, a°.
beat them to powder, and give the Horfe two fpoonfull thereof*1'
a quart of Ale or Beer lukc-warm: Ufe this at leaft three Morning
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„ j Now although every one of thefe Medicines are very
pv '. ^cc *or niineown part, 1 have found this which followeth to
e3tc«d them a«. •j- ^^"»lcthiin Blood in the Neck-vein, then give him this 'Drinks ^3
4n .'Ltvfonandfulls of Selladhe, if ft be in the Summer, the Leaves ft talks w;ll {ervCj but if it be in Winter, take Leaves, Stalk* \vo°h' an(' ^ C^°° ^h"*1^13^ then take a hand full of Worm- three'anda handfull of-Riie,chop them likewife, put all chefeinto
-e quarts of ftrong Ale or Beer, and boyl them till it come to a
rrt a' ^n take it from the fire, and (train it till you have left nft Tr ti|lre*n r^e Herbs; then diitolve it in three Ounces of the beft \y af'e« and give ittheHorfe lukc-warm to Dringt then for a 9n ,e* together, once a day, rub all che Horfes Body over with Oyl ^ a ßeer, or Butter and beer, againft the Hair, and feed him with U rtn Mafhes of Malt and Water,and for his Provender dec him have u* .eyf°ddentillic be ready to break, provided thacyou keep it not Cl" it fowr.
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POuching, this Difeafe which we call the Glanders, My Mafiers,
jj"1- the old Farriers and I? are at much difference : for (ome of w^do hold Opinion, that it is an inflimmation of the Kirnels, j lcn lie on each fide of the Throat, underneath the Roots of the tL°"8Ue> neer the (wallowing place ; and their Reafon is,that becaufe i 0Ic Kirnels are called of the Italians, Glandula, that thence we htt°W']^s Woi'd Ganders; adding moreover, that a Horfe which eafi°U k vv"^ this Di(eafe,hath great Kirnels underneath his Jaws, anv W C ' Pai'ung him fo, that he cannot Eat, orfwallowany and h mf' °!hers (ay> it is a (welling upon the Jaw Bones, great thef n ? ^ich being inflamed, doth puttifie and rot. But both FarC' pinions I hold in part Erroneous: for although our old imi[lerS m,8^C Cacc°rd:ng to the cuftom of our Nation, which loveth q, aV°.n °f Strangei s) borrow this Word Glanders from the Italian Hoo" *'*L V^t thefe inflammations under the Chaps of the Tongue *1S thac IHeafe which wt call the Strangle, and not the GUn- I ders ;
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fars ^ and whereas they would call the Strange, the Quinfif, °*
S.tjiin,acy, there is no fuch matter, neither hath a Horfe any nici* Difeafe, ex.ept they will call the fives by that name, which is fa*
move fitter for the application. Now for the Glanders, you fhall undctftand, that it is a Running
Impoftume, ingendred either by Coh1, or by Famine, or by lofiß Thiift, or by Eating corrupt and mufty Meat, or by being kept '" Unfavoiy Places, or is taken by (landing with infec-ted Horfes. *l is a gathering together of moid and corrupt Humours, which rttj1' nech ac the Nofej or may be faid to be a flux of Rheum, which i»' fuedi fometimesat one, fometimes at both theNoftnls: the caufe beiflg, the Wtdenefs cf the paflage, fo that the Cold liberally entriß into the Brain,bindeth and crufheth it in fuch manner,that it maketlj the Humours there to diftill; which defending to the Spiritual part5, and pofTcffing them, in the end fuffocates the Horfe, either by . their abundance, or killech him by corrupting the principal parts;o(
elfe by congealing there by littlefand little, over-runneth the natUr3J heat. Now that DfiilIation,that by cold cometh from the Brain, a"^ breedeth this Glanders,is of three forts.The firft is a Cold,which rfla' keth indigtft Humours to pafs from the Brain, which come;h by &' king offtheSaddle fuddenly when theHorfe is hot,orby letting hi111 Dunk before he be inwardly cooled, or before his body be dried"' Tins D;ftillation commonly is flimy matter that fmells not, and1* eafie to be Cured ; for it is no inward Ulcer, but only abundance °} Humour, "the fubftance whereof is Grofs and White The fecondlS a great Cold mgendrea and congealed, caufingHumours fomethinS thin and fl:my,of the Colour of Marrow, or the White of an Eg?! thisdefccndeth to the Throat, and lyeth there till k be difchargefJ through the Noftiils. The third is by long continuance thicker,*"" therefore harder to be Cured; if the Colour thereof be yellow hK* Bean, then is ihe Glanders moll; defperate, and lyeth alfoin h»s Throat: , but if it be'a brown or darkifh yellow, then commoi1'/ a Feavcr will accompany the Difeafe, Töthefe three DiftillationJ» there iscommonly added a fourth, which is, when the matter whi<jn comes from his Nofe, i-, Dark, Thin, and Reddifh, like!itt?e (p^S of blood; but then it is not faid to be theGUnders, buttheM°uf' ning of the Chine, which is a Difeafe, for the rnoft part held i*^?' rabble. It is therefore moftneceffary for every good Farrier, who1 ft- |
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f ta*e this Cure in hand.co confider well che matter which iffueth
fo0"? • ^0r^es Nofe '• F°r 'f c^e Humour be clear and tranfparent,
lC u may be feen through, then ic is not greatly hurtful, or of
™> moincnr. If it be White it is worfe, yet with much cafe
red. If jc jje Yellow, feparate him from the found Horfes, for is lnfe^ious, yet to be Cured : If that Yellow be nvxed with
~ "odi it is with much difficulty helped,or if the matter be likeunto , ron> the Horfe is hardly tobe foved. He muft alfo confider
^'nether the matter ftink, or have loft the fmell ; The firft is the 8n of a Ulcer, the latter of Death: alfo whether he Coughech with
ra,8"tnefs in his Cheft or no ; for that alfo is a fign of an inwaid
Ihr rnnd-thac the Dlfeafe ispaft Cme' Now for the Cute°f chcfe
ee^Jiltillations, which are all that make up a compleac Glmierty
^'hall underftand.thac when the Glanders is of the fit ft fort, it is P u ^Ped by moderate Exercife, and warm Keeping : buc if it be thefecond fort,you ("hall give him warm Mafhes of Malt and Wa- ^f, and perfume his Head well, and purge ic by Sneezing; and into ls Mafhes you fhall put Fennel feed bruifed. Ochers will take a PMK of white- Wine, and a handfull of Soot, a quart of Milk, and- 0 Heads of Girlick bruifed ; brew them together, and give it the ^°f fe to Drink. Others will cake a pottle of Urine, a handf ull'of ySalc, and a good quantity of Brown Sugar-candy, boylittoa ^Ulrti then add Licoras and Anifeeds beaten to fine powder, and ^ve "luke-warm to Drink. Ochers will take Lard, orSwines ealeand boy! it in Water: then take the Fat from the Water,and ■ ^ '"Sie it with a little Oyl 01ive,and a good quantity of Urine,and ^'^as much white-Wine, give a quart of this luke warm to drink. 1 |^Crs ufe to give of Ale a quart, of grated bread one Ounce and an j? f> the yolks of two Eggs, of Ginger, Saffron, Cloves, Cinamon, tmegs, Cardamomum, Spikenard or Lavender, Galingal, and jj'ey> or"each a pretty quantity, mix thefe together, and give ic to wo'fl c lSJoW if tne Diftillation be of the third fort, which is the m !"°f the three, you (hall take half a pound of Swines Blood,and q. tltactne fire, add to it a pound.of the juice of Beets, with three taknCeSf Eltf°r^Hm finely beaten; and when it hath boyled a little, KeeD lL-°m f^e ^re» and 3(W another Ounce of Enforbium to ic: orlittl 1A^yntmenr» and anoint therewith two very long Feachers,' e^°d.;, laptwith Linnen about, and fo anointed, put them I 2 into
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iotohis Noftnls, and afterrubbing them upand down, tyethem to
the Nofc- band of the Bi idle,and walk him abroad : Do thus three daies together, and it will either abfolutely Cure him,or at leaft take away the Eye-fore. Others üfe to take aquarcof Ale,an half penny worth of long Pepper, a little Brimftone, a penny-worth of G4' lingalj two penny-worth of Spignard of Spain, two penny-weight ot Saffron brayed, with two Ounces of Butter boyled in the Ale J When it is luke-warm, calf. the Horfe, and holding up his Head, power it equally into hisNoflrils; then holdinghis Noflrilsclofe, till his Eyes ftare, and thathe fweat; which done, give him Bayes and Ale to Drink: then let him rife, and fet him up warm; fee- ding him with-warm Grains and Salt, or with fweet Mafhes; but the bed is, if the Weather be warm, to let him run abroad at Graft« Other Farriers ufe to diffolve in Vinegar three drams of Muftard- feed,and as much E»forblnm ; then to give him one dram at his No- ftril every day before he Drink. Others ufe to take of Myrrh, Iris, Illyrica, feeds of Smallage, Ariflolochia, of each three Ounces, Sal- niter, Brimftone., of each five Ounces, Bayes two Ounces, Saffron oneOunce; make this into powder, and when you give it, give part in pills, made with Pafte and Wine, and part by the Noftrils with ftrbng Ale: do this for the f pace of three daies at the leaft. Others 1 ufe to takeofMalmfey a pint, offtrong Ale apint,of Aquavitaefour fpoonfuls,and biew them tcgether,with a pretty quantity of Anifeeds, Licoras, Elicampane Roots, long Pepper, Garlics, and three or four new laid Eggs, and a little Butter; give this luke-warm to Drink J then Walk him abroad, and fet him up warm ; do this every other day for a Week toge her. O.hers ufe to take dale Urine chat hath flood three or four daies, and ten Garlick heads, and fecthing them together, give it the Horfe to Drink. Others ufe to take Swine* greafe well Clarified, and asmuchOyl de Bay asa Walnuc,and g>ve it the Horfe to Diinic, with fair Water luke warm. lük But better than all chefe it is, to take of Elicampane, Annifeeds» and Licoras, of each one pinny-worth, boyl them inthrees pint o* Ale or Beet till one pint be confumed, then add unto it a quarter ot a pintofS.llet Oyland give ithimto Di ink luke-warm, then with a qui 1 blow Euforbium up into n s Noftnls,and within three daies after, t^ke of Muftardfour fpoonfuil, Vi, egar a pint, Butter three Ounces, boyl them together, then add thucunto half an Ounce oi Pepper?
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.ePper, and give it the Horfe luke-warmto Drink ,• nfe this Medi-
sß!,a fortnight. Others ufe to take a handfull of pill'd Garlick,
"el boyl ic ,n a qaarcof Milk till a pint beConfumed, then add tLCret0 two Ounces of fweet Batter, and a pint of flrong Ale: ftir
^m well together,and give it the Horfe fading toDrink luke-warm; whl«idone, Ride him a little up and down, and ufe this the fpace
0f»',ncdaies.
'l| 'n,s I have p'ainly (hewed you the Opinion and Practice of all
.'.- c't Farriers borh of this Kingdom and of others, and they be
very goocj anj effectual ; yet for mine own part, that which I
a^e found ever the beft in my practice, is, if the Difeafe be of the
1 (_tKcondforr,'to give the Horfe to Drink fafting eveiy Morning
,r a roi t night together, a pint of flrong Ale, and five fpoonfull of
. Oylof Oats, the making of which Oyl, you dial read in a par-
Ktilar Chapter following} but if the Difeafe be of the third fort,
hich is rry;ftdefperaie, you fhall then take of Tanners Oufe a pint,
ncl of new ^j^ a pjnrj an(j 0£ Qyj olive half a pinr,and the quan-
y of a Head of Garlick bruifed, and a little Turmerick, mix thefe
'altogether, and give it the Horte to Drink: Do this thrice in one
0rtnight, and it will help, f any help be to be had.
CHAP. XLIV.
7V°ijV certain and lately found out ^Medicines, which will without
"ttfail Cure any Cjlanders., though our Farriers hold it impßihle. I your Horfes Cold be come to the worft Glanders,which is a con-
}^ t,nUal Running at the Nofc, and hath run by the fpace of dives s bett" u' ^° C^at ^our Carriers can do you no good ; fhall then tak e Up CWo handfull of the white Cankerous mofs' which grows q*3"0^ O ken pale, and boyl it in two quarts of Milk, till one
^hi t a mc^ confumed ; then ftrain itymci fqueeze the mofs well, Q0 rV. "e> give it the Horfe luke-warm to Drink : then rake the in tj ' ea£"ers, Brimftone, and Butter, in fuch manner as is fet down 5S-) a^.^^itionsfortheCold, -or Pozein aHorfesHead, {fag. hour o *n§ PLIC tnem up into his Noftrils, Ride him forth an thers a j^^S^tly, and after he is come home, draw forth the Fea-
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wife thtCurc mu'ft not be expected to be done in a moment,but with much leifure j therefore you mnft, continue your Medicineas you* leifuie williewe, eiiher every day, or at kail thrice a week, if ic be for four or five Mcneihs together, and be affuredinthe end it w»' yield your defire. Now the fecond certain and well approved Medicine is, to take
Elicampane Roots, and boy 1 them in Milk till they be fofr, that yos* may bruifc them to Pap : Then with a Horn give them to the Horie» together with the Milkluke-warm, being no more then will make the Roots Liquid : then having annointed your Goofe-featherSi put them up into his Noftrils, and Ride him forth,as is before fhew" ed. CHAP. XLV.
Of the Mourning ef the Chint*
THis Difeafe w hich we call the Mourning of the Chine, or as fom«
Farriers term it, the moiß^Malady, is that fourth fort of col" mpt Diftillation from the Brain, ofwhith we have fpokeninthe Chapter before,*hewing from whence ic proceeds,and the figns there* of: to wit, that the Con upt matter which iffueth from his Noftri(s will be Dark, Thin, andReddifh, with little flreaks of Blood in 'P It is fuppofed by fome Farriers, thac this Difeafe is a foul Ccnfurt1' ption of the Liver, and I do not derogate from that Opinion : F°J I have found the Liver wafted in thofe Horfes which I have opened upon this Difeafe : And this Confumption proceeds from a Co'".' which after grows to a Pcze, then to a Glanders, andlaftly tot"' Mourning of the Chine. The Cure whereof, according to the Opinion of the oldeft f*r'
Hers, is, to take clear Water, and that Honey which is called W\ dremelf a quart, and put thereunto three Ounces of Sallet Oyl, ?pC) pour it into his Noftrils each Morning, the fpace of three d»ie?' and if that help not, then give him to drink everyday, or once J two daies at the kaft, a quart of old Wine,mingkd with fome °^ n. foveraign Medicine called Tetrapharm,icttm,uihkh is to be had alrt1?. ohvzxy Apothecary. Othersufe to takeGarlick,HouflicLandCherl',1j }0°
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oie : then gallop him a quarter of a Mile, then reft him ; then ° ioP him half a Mile, then reft him again: thus do twice or thrice it^h •' C^en ^et ^'m UP warm ' anc^ &*ve ^'m no Water till
.c Highnoon ; then give him a fweet Mafh: Ufe this Cure eaft three daies together. Others ufe to take half a pe:k of ,ats» and boyl them in running-water till half be confumed, eo put them intoaBagg, and lay them very hot upon the Navel th CC ° Is ^ac^> anc^ tnere 1" lt ^e thirty hours, ufing thus to do ree or four times at the leaft. Ochers ufe to take Worm-mod, ^!>ee^in'*m, and Centory, of each a like quantity: boyl them in ~ lnc> then ftiain them, and pour thereof many times into his No- ''h> efpecially into thac which molt, runneth. Others ufe to take are-honnd, Licoras, and Anifeeds, beaten to powder j then with »,eec Batter to make pils thereof, and to give them farting to the **°rfe. Ochers ufe to take Wheat-flower, Anifeeds, and Licoras !artiped in a Morter, five or fix Cloves of Garlick bruifed ; mix all ^fe together, and make a paftecfthem ; then make it into pills ds big as Wall-nuts, and tak ing out the Horfes Tongue, caft the Balls °Wn the Horfes throat three or four at a time» then give him two e\T %8sft»e!s and all afcer them. Now after allchefe, the beft and mod approved Medicine, is, to e^-| ke as rnucli of the middle green bark of an Elder Tree growing on he Water fide, as will fill a reafonable Veft'el, putting thereunto as J^ch running water as the Veflel w ill hold, and let ir boyl till half, t-e c°n(urned, and then fill up the Veflel again with Water, con- Jttln8j° to do three times one after another j and at the laft time, en the one half isconfumed, take it from the fire, and ftrain it at"i a "g'y C^roush a li»nen Cloach ; then to that Decotfion, add . q I ''a full third part of the Oyl of Oats, or for want of that, of • jf Olive, or of Hoggs greafe, or fweet Butter j and being warmed
full^'u a eluari: thereof,and give it the Horfe todrink,one Horn-»
caft'L QUtn' and another at his Noftrils, efpecially that which
^1 e l out the matter. And in-any cafe, let the Horfe be Falling
sn he taketh this Medicine j for it not only Cureth this3 but any
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ficknefs proceeding from Cold whatfoever. It fliall be alfo good to
ufe to his Body fome wholfome Friction, and to his Head fomc wholforne Bath, of which Baths you (hall read more hereafter in a Chapter following., For his Diet, his meat would befodden Barley, andfweetHiy, and his Drink warm Water, orMafhes: bucific be in the Summerfcafon, then it is bed to let him run at Cfrafs only. CHAP. XLVL
z/i mofi bare and Certain approved Medicine, to Cure any High
running Glanders, called the LMourningnf the Chine. held
of all eJMen incurable.
r^r> *"&* His Difeafe, to my Knowledge, there is not any Smith or
.1 rier in this Kingdom, can tell how to Cure : mesrioC
to the Extremity, till the Hor(e have run at hisNofe a year or m
and have at the Roots of his Tongue, a hard Lump gathered, w willnot bedifiolved. Now for mine own part, it is well known J have Cured many with this Medicine only. la*c o\ AxrifigmentH>>* and 1'ujfilaginis beaten into fine Powder, of each of them foil* Drams: then beating them with fine Turpentine» bring them into a pafte, then make of it little Cakes or Trotches, as broad as a groat» and dry them: This done, layabout two or three of niem on* Chafing-difh of Coals, and cover them with a Tunnel, fothatth* fmoak may come out only at the end thereof, and to without any Iofsafcendupinto the Horfes'Head through his Ncftrils, t'.en Ri"e the Horfe till he begin to (weat; do this once every Morning before water, till the Running beftopt, which will be in a very fhorc f pace> considering the greatnefs of the Difeafe. CHAP. XLVII.
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0 '0"]e'nward : thofe are faid to be outward, which proceed of
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Cor' - vv °f d^e 0lit'-vard Coughs, they may proceed from the q rruPCI°n oftheAir» which if it do, you fhall gi e him half an pt nc^°» Diapente in a pint of Sack, and ic willhelp. It may alfo j ?u- m duff, and then you mart vvafh it down by powring ejc° Noftrils Ale and Oyl mingled together. It may come by Th n^ r? and fowrc things; and then you muft put down his Pro °ajP k °f fweet Bucter, whofe fofenefs will help him. Ic may Uk*" U ^l0rn '•orae *'"'c or ^'S^t ta^en Cold, and chen you fliall tp^ e*"e whites and yolks of two Eggs, three Oancesof Sallec-Oyl, ^.°handfull of Bean flower, oneOanceof Fenugreek^ mix them j • a pint of old Malmfey, and give ittheHoife to drink three the S t0^et^er: or c^c tekc Tarr and frefh Butter, mix them toge- . » and give pils thereof to the Horfe four times in feven daies.'
1 at 'si the firft, the third, the fifth, and the feventh day. There
t0f ers which ufe to take a Gallon of fair water, and make it ready fülle' t'len Put tneret0 a ?tc^ °f 8round Malt, with two hand- toe °l x leaves choptftnall, and a little Groundfell, mix them al- top LCr,and ßive him every Morning and Evening a pint for a Week atnT r t0 c^c ^ox^cavcs y°u add ®lts aild Betcony, it is noc lls»fo you keep the Horfe warm. Others ufe to give the Horfe a
t^nt of s vvincs Blood warm. Othersufe to boyl in a Gallon of wa<? n-°ne P°und of Fenugreek, then ßraining it, give the water Mor- pe ^ and Evening by a pint ac a time to drink, then drying his man^''^ R've lt r^c ^ot^e w"^ *"s Prov£nder. Ochers ufe for all
^ ?ejL °f Coughs to take a quartern of white Currant«, and as freo.p "^ed Honey, two Ounces of fweet Marjoram, with old and ak>*nd a Head of Garlick; melt that which is to be molten, lhe j5UrV at. which is to be beaten • mix them together» and give diers °f * ^-nt tnercor> oetter tnan three Mornings together. O- and b t0 8've l^e ^or^c l^e *uc °^ a y°unS Pull« dipt in Honey, but ei°8 Warm * a"d certainly, there is not any of thefe Medicines re moft foveraign and well approved. Now whereas fome K Farriers
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TrnlleH about with a Linnen cloath, and annointed all ove wand, olkd abo« wun donotlikek. for it both tart*»« withH-ny, { 1 tor my par * K„ron!v eo aboU
the Horfe, more then the
take away that which is canbeufed: foritisonl or fome lach like matter. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ CHAP. XLVIIL
Of the inward, or Wet Cough..
^Caching inward Coughs, which are gotten and mgendredW
1 Coldssnd Rhumcsof long continuance ,^f™[°»£d>
gerous, but fometimes mortal, you fhaU underftand, ^^ dividedinto mokinds, the one Wet, the other Dry 'i feWc'C proaedeth from Cold caufes taken after great heat, which ha j folving Humours, thoie Humours being again congealed,do■ prel« caufe Obüruaions and Stopping of the longsNow the figns to kn this wet Cough, is, the Horfe willever after h,s Coughing, caft eitherwater chatter out of hi.NottriU,or champ or cha«- ' Teeth the thick matter wh-ch he cafteth out of h,s Thtoat, as y fhall eafily perceive, if you needfully note him i he w.ll alfo Co«* often without intermiflfionjand when he C°ugheth,he will not nr bow down his Head, nor abrtain from his Meat : ancwh£i Drinketh,you (hall fee fome of his Water to ,ifue out of his Noltt ^ The Cure is, firft to keep him exceeding warm 5 thenforafmuc it proccedcth of Cold caufes, you fa all ^ve him hot Drinks, Spices, asSack, or ftroog Ale brewed with^CuiamonGmgr^^^ Treacle, long Pepper, and either Swines Greafe, Sailer- Oyl, or W^ Butter* foryoufaallkr.O», that allColdcaufes are Cue (j Medicines thatopen and warm; and the hot withfuchas de ^ and Coo'. Some ufe to take a pretty quantity of Benjamine, theyol of an Egg, which being well mixt together, and put . an Ege4hcll caft all down into the Horfes throat,and then moo j ly Rile him upanddownfor more than a quarter 0 :an houi:. do this three or four Mornings together. Others ufe to , eep. Warm, and then togive him this Drink. Takeof Barley one? d |
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j, a Quartern of Sugar-candy, and keep itclofe in a pot to fcrve the n.. j herewith four feveral Mornings,and caft not away theBarley-, tL j,le reft of the (trainings, bucmakeit hot every day to perfume th k ^c'w"na^ in a clofe Bag ; and if he eat of it, itisfo much j, better : and after this, you (hall give the Horfe fome moderate q ercife; and for his Dyet, let him drink no cold water till his u8'i abate, and as it lefTenech, fo let the Water be the lets ar«ied. go H°W ^or m'ne own Part' tnough a^ ^^ Receits be exceeding *f£3
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the ßU8«-candy well brewed together, and madeluke-warm,and hin? him 'ia^ an ^0Ur a^tcr> anc* *" n^m UP warm> fuffering
hi t0 ^rink no cold water till his Cough begin to abate and leave
a ?Ut for all Wet Coughs, frettized and broken Lungs, putrified
fo l01**" Lungs, or any fuch moift Difeafe, fee the new Additions rthe Mourning of the Chine, and it isacertain Cure. CHAP. XLIX.
Of the Dry Co»gh.
1 "'s Difeafe which we call the Dry Cough, is a grofs and tough
Xvhi Uft mour> cleaving hard to the hollow places of the Lungs,
hisR ?pPetlv tne Wind-pipes, fothat the Hoife can hardly draw
tyithTn It doth proceed by ill Government, from the Rhume,
n diftillech from the Head, falleth down to the Breaft, and there
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jnforceth the Horfc to flrive to caft it out. ,
The efpecial (igns to know it, is, by eating Hot Meats, as BreaP
that is fpiced, Straw dry, Hay, or fuch like, his extremity ofCoUg*1" iag will increafe j. by eating Cold and moift mcats,as Grafs,Sora£e' Grains,and fuch like, it will abate and be the lefs: he cougheth™' dome, yet when heCougheth, heCougheth Violently, long»0! together, and Duty,with a hollow found from his Chcft : he al^ howeth his Head down to the ground, and forfakethhis meat wh>'1 he Cougheih, yet never csfteth forth any thing either at his Motf[tl orNoftrTs. This Cough is moft dangerous, and not being taken in time» '
incurable.:, for it will grow to the Purfick or Broken-winded *l together.. The Cure, according to the opinion of the antient F3t' rier, is, that forafmuch as it proceedeth from Hot Humours, th^f' fore you fhall perfume his Head with Cold fimpies, as famoi»1*'1 Afeüilot, Licoras, dried Red Rofes and Camphire boylcdiawat^' and the fume made to pafs up into his Mouth and NoftriU. Oihersufc.ro take a Clofe Earthen pot, and to put therein tbf£
pints of the ftrongeflVinegar4and four Eggs,fhells and all unbrokc ' . and four Heads of Garlick clean pilled and bruifed, andfet the ?°, being very clofe covered in a warm Dunghill, or a Horfes Mixin,a!' there let it ftand 24. hours, then take it forth and open it, and <ali out the Eggs which will be as fofr as (ilk, and lay them by untilly^, have drained the Vinegar and Girlick through a linnen Cl"3' £ then putto that Liquor a qurternof Hcncy, andhalf aquaria" f Sugar candy» and two Ounces of Licoras, and two Ounces of ^ 1 oifeed beaten all into fine powder, and then tTie Horfe having f>" fl, all the night, early in the Morning about feven or eight a clock,QP a the Horfes mouih with a Drench ftafFand a Cord, and firft c.a $ down his Throat one of the Eggs, and then prefently pour &&}_- Horn full of the afore faid Drink, being made luke-warm : l.r.c caft in anoiher Egg, and another Horn,full: and thus do £»'*,,e hath fw allowed up all the Eggs, or three at the Ieaft ; then S^ him and Cover hnvwarmer,than he was before, and fethim i*P . the Suble, tying him to the bare Rack for thefpaceof two.ho* then unbridle him, and givehim either fome Oats, Ilvy, or &\ti yet in any cafe give him no Hay ; untill it hath been foffle*' u. ipiinkled with water ..: for there is no greater enemy to a dty:C°!j*0 |
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nan dry Hay, dry Straw, or ChatFj then let him have ccld water
«e ipace of nine dayes. Now if you chance the flrft Morning to eavean Egguntsksn, you fhali not fail to give it him, and the re- mainder of the Drink the Morning following. If you find by this ^ftice that the Cough weareth not away, you (hall then purge his V*ad with Pils, of which you fhallread in the Chapter of Purga- jtons: after his Pils received, you (hall let himfaftthiee hours, l"nding warm cloathed snd littered in the Stable; youfhall alfo "otv and then give him a warm Ma(h, and once a day trot him mo- derately abroad. - There be other Farriers which for this dry Cough take only the =^3
**«rb called Lyons foot, Ladies mantle. Spurge., and SmaUage, of c'ch a like quantity, feeth them in a quart of old Wine, or a quart °r running Water till fome part be confumed, and give it the Hjrfe l£drink; ifinfteadof the herbs chemfelves, you give the juyce of l«e herbs in Wine, it is good. There be others which take a good ^amity of white Currants, and as much Honey, two Ounces of **arjoram, one Oance of Penirial, with five pounds of freflvGreafe, a'*d nine Heads of Garlhk.% beat that which is to be beaten, and' "Kit the reft; give this in four or five days tike pits dipt in Honey. Others ufe to take Myrrh, Opoponax, Iris, Ilerica, and Galbannm, °f each two Ounces, of red Storax three Ounces, of Tttrpentineiour ounces, of Henbane half an Ounce, of Opium half an Ounce, beat them to fine powder, and give two or three fpoonfull with a pint of °ld Wine, or a quart of Ale. V «13 Others ufe to take forty grains of Pepper,four orflveRöots of Rad-
di(h,four HeadÄGarlick,and fiveOunces of (weet Butter ; ftamp tncrn all well together, and give every day a Ball of it to the Horfe for a Week together, rrrakmghim faft two hoars after his taking-of u : and furely it is a moft Excellent approved Medicine föranyold °vei" grown Cold, or Cough. Other Farriers ufe to rake of Oyl de **ay> and fweet Butter» of each half a pound, Garlick one pound, 0eat it together unpilled, and being well beaten with a pcftle of Wood, add your Oyl and Butteruntoit: then having made it into Balls, with a little Wheat-flower,give your Horfe every Morning for 3 Week and more, three or four Balls as bigg as Walnuts, keeping nunfafting after from mcac inrce hours, and from drink till it be ni8'r» provided that ftiljl his Drink be wflrm, and his Mear, if it
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poffible lTisy be, Grafs, or Hay fprinkled with water: as for his
Provender, ic would be Oacs and Fenugreek fprinkled among ir. Now if you perceive that at a fort-nights end, his Cough doth no- thing at all abate, you fhall then for another Week give him again , the fame Phyfick and Dyer; but truly for mine own part, I have never found it to fail in any Horfe whatfoever j yet I will wifhall •; Furriers not to be too bufie with thefe inward Medicines, except they be well affured that the Cold hach been long, and that the Cough is dangerous. CHAP. L.
Two Excellent true and well approved Medicines for any Cold} dry
Coughfoortnefs of Breath,purfinefs er Broken-winded. THe firft is, take of Tarre three fpoonfull, offweet Butter as
muchjbeat and work chem well together with the fine powder of Licoras, Annifeeds, and Sugar-candy, till it be brought to a hard pafte: .then make it in three round Balls, and put into each Ball four or five Cloves of Garlick, and fo give them to the Horfe, and warm him with Riding both before and afcer he hath received ths pils, and be affured that he be fading when he takes it, and faft ac leaft two hours after he hath taken it. The, fecond is, take of the white fat or lard of Bacon, a piece four
fingers long, andalmofttwo fingers thick both waiesj then with, your Knife making many holes into it,ftop it withas manyCloves of garlick as you can conveniently get into it,then rovMBg it in the pow- der of Licoras, Annifeeds, Sugar-candy and Brimltone, all equally mixt together,give it your Horfe fading in a Morning at leaft twice a. Week concinually,and Ride him after it,and be fure that all the Hay he eats be finely fprinkled with water» |
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The heft gf all other Medicines for a Dry Cough, never before
mentioned, nor revealed. PAke of the Sirrup of Colts»foot two Ounces, of the powder of
•*- Elicampane,ofAnnifeeds,andofLicoras,ofeachhalfar>Ounce, j ^ugar-candy divided into two parrs, two Ounces, then with
weet Butter work the Sirrup and the powders, and one part of the iugar-candy into a ftiff pafie, and thereof make Pils or fmall Balls,
afin rolethem in the other pan of the Sugar-candy, and fo give it to
ne Horfe faffing, and exercife him gently an hoar after it : and thus 00 «or divers Mornings till you find amendment.
C H A P. LII.
Of the Frettlzed, Broken, and Rotten Lungs.
I* Oughs do many times proceed from the Corruption and Pu-
jS-' trifaclion of the Lungs, gotten either by Come extreme Cold,
j^nning or Leaping, or by ovcr-gteedy Drinking after great thirR J
«caufethe Lungs being indofed in a very thin film, they are therc-
orc the much fooner broken; and if fuch a Breach be made, withouc
Itanc Cure, they begin to Inflame and Apoftume, Oppreffingand
.'!c"ning the whole Lunges. Now the fignsto know this Difeafe,
]f> the Horfes flanks will beat when he Cougheth, and the flower
"eybeac, the more old and dangerous is the Difeafe: hewillalfo
raw his wind fhort,andby little at once: he will groan mueh,be
artull and loath to Cough ; and often turn his Head to the place
fo CL-: To conclude, he will never Cough but he will bring up methjng which he will champ in his Mouth after. The Cure is,
Give him two or three Ounces of Hoggs-greafe, and two or ■■ee fpoonfullof 'DUfente brewed in a quart of B?rly water,
ta,Crein Currants have been fodden. Other Farriers ufe to
itJ6 * P0UnCl 0r? Licoras, and being fcraped and iliccci, to fteep
to b ?Uarc 0l? watcr four and twenty hours; then to ftrain itythen
°yl „three or four Ounces of Currants in it, and fo give it the
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Horfe todrink,and keep him fafhng three or four hours after.Therc
be other Farrieis which u(e to take of Fenugreek^ and linfeed, of each half a pound, of Gum-Draganr, of Maftick, of Myrrh, of Sugar, of Fkch.flower, of each one Ounce ; let all thefc be beaten into fine powder, & then infufed one whole night in a good quantity of warm water, and the next day give him a quart of this luke- warm, putting thereto two Oances of the Oyl of Rofes, and this you muft do many dayes together: and if the Difeafe be new, it will certainly heal; if it be never fo old it will affuredly eafe him,but in any cafe let him drink no cold water: And for his food, Grafs is the mod Excellent, Others ufe (and it is the bed Cure) to take of Malmfey a pint, of
Honey three fpoonfull» mix them together, then take of Mjrrhl of Saffran, of Cajfia, and Cinamont of each a like quantity, beat them to a fine powder, and give two fpoonful thereof in the Wine to drink, dothisatleafta fortnight together» and it is certain itwillhelp thefc frettized and broken Lung;, but for the putrified and rotten Langs, we will fpeak more in this next Chapter. CHAP. LIU.
Of the'Patrlßed and Rotten Langt.
T His Difeafe of Rotten and Exulceiate Lungs, you fhall know"
by thefe figns: he wll Cough oft and vehemently, and ever in his Coughing he will caft little Reddifh lumps out of hismouth, he will decay much in his flefh, and yet eat his meat with more gree- dinefs than when he was found: and when he Cougheth, he will cough with more ea(e and clearnefs, than if his Lungs were bat only broken. The Cure whereof, according to the practice of ourordi" nary Englifh Farriers, is, to give the Horfe divers Mornings together a pint of ftrong Vinegar warm, or elfe as much of mans Urine, with half fo much Hoggs- greafe brewed warm togthcr. But the more antient Farriers take a good quantity of the jayce of
Putflain mixt with the Oyl of Rofes, adding thereunto a lit«^ Tragacanthum, which hath before been laid to fleep in Goats milk» or for want thereof in Barky,or Oaten milk drained from the Co*0» and give him a pint thereof every Morning for feven days together This Medicine is but only ro Ripen and Break the impoftumejwhi^ |
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y°U (hall know if it harh done, becaufewtan the fore isbroaken, his
r 3t j ßi°k exceedingly : Then fhall you give him the other and" f ayeS this Drink* Take °f the Rooccalled Coft™*nvo Ounces,
a , °*. Ca£ia, or Cinammy three Ounces beaten jnto.fine powder, Q,a 'ew ^aifins,and give it him to drink, with a pint of Malmfey.
ce ,eis ufe to take of Frankincenfe and Ariftologu, of each two Oun-
ful late" mtomie powder, and give the HorTe two or three fpoon»
q thereof with a pint of Malmfey. Others cake of unburnt Brim-
P'o j1*0 Ounces, of AHftolochU one Ounce and a half beaten to
^dcr, and give it the Hotfe with a pint of Malmfey.
CHAP. LIV.
Of (hortnefs ef Breath, or Pttrßnefs.
PHis Difeafe of fhort Breath or Purfinefs, may come two feveral
the ft V^4y$' C^at X%i Naturally,or Accidentally: Naturally, as by
"raightnefs of his Conduits,which convey his Breach, when they
r ant liberty to carry his Breath freely, or being cloyed up with fat,
°r^ Stoppings and Obftru&ions in his Wind-pipe, and thereby*
^akc his Lungs labour and work painfully. Accidentally, as by
alty running after Drinking, or upon full Stomach, by which Hu-
°ürs are compelled to defcend down into theThroat and Lungs,and
Coere "°Ppech the paffage of the Breath. The figns of this Difeafe are ntinual panting and heaving of his Body wichouc any Coughing,
I eat heat of Breath at his Noftnls,and a fqueezing or drawing in of 's ■Nofe when he Breatheth ; befides a coveting to hold out his Head
off ^C fetcnetk his Wind. The Cure, according to the opinion ^ 0fne of our beft Farriers, is, to give him in his Provender, the t^ne's°f Grapes, for they both fat and purge; and you muft give "d PfBtifully. The warm Blood of a fucking Pigg is excellent K °aalfo. Ocher Farriers ufe to take Venus-hair, Ireos, Afh-keys, >coras,Ftnugreek, and Raifins, of each a dram and a half; Pepper,
^jjonds, Borage, Nettle-feed, Ariftolochia, and Colloquintida, of Pou (1 ^°/^rams' A^ar'tmm one dram a"d a na'f> Honey two an j" ■ >dlff°lve them with water, wherein Licoras hath been foddcn, Othe '^ f °ne P'nt evCr^ horning f°r tnree or f°ur Mornings.
ule to take Molline, or Long wort,and make a powder there- L of,
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of, and give two fpoonfuls thereof with a pint of running water, ot
eUe powder of Gentain, in the fore»(aid manner, and do it forth* vers Mornings. '-a3 Ochers ufe to rake of Nutmegs, Cloves, Galingal, grains of Pa- radife, of each three drams, Caraway feed, and Fenugreek, a little greater quantity, as much Saffron, and half an Ounce of Licoras J beat them all into fine powder, then puc two or three fpoonfuls thereof to a p;nt of White* wine, and the yolks of four Eggs, and cive it the Horfe to Drink ; then ty e his Head up high to the Rack for an hour after-: that done, either Ride him,or Walk him up and down gently, and keep himfafting fouror five hours after at the leaft : the nextday turn him to Grafs, and he will do well. There be others which ufe to let the Horfe blood in the Neck vein, and then give him this Drin'< : Take of Wine and Oyl, of eachapinr« of Frankincenfe half an Ounce, and of the juyce of Mare houH* half a pint ; mix them well together and give them t j Drink. Odiers ufe to give him only fomewhat more than a-pint of Honey»
_-__=■ HoggseGreafe and Butter molten together, and let him Drink >c hike-warm. Eggs made foft in Vinegar, as is fhewed in the Chap' *er of the dry Cough, is Excellent for this fhortnefs of Bieath,fo yoU give the Eggs increafing, that is,.the firftdayone, the fecond day three, and the third five : and withall,to pour a little Oyl and Wioe into his Noftrils is very good alfo. There be other Farriers which ufe to take a Snake, and cut off her Head and Tail, and then take out the Gütsand Entraily, boylthertftin Water till the Bone par* from the Flefh : Then caft the Bone away, and give every rhifd day of this Decoction more than a pint, till you have fpent three Snakes : and this isExcellentgood for the dry Cough alfo. Now the Iafl and beft Medicine for this fhortnefs of Breath, .(&*
indeed m this Cafe I do not affect much Phyßcking) is only to ">k' Anmfeed,-Licoras, and Sugar-candy, all beaten into very fine poW" der, and take four fpoonfuls thereof, and brew it well with a ptfl ofwhite-wine, and half a pint of Sailet-Oyl : and ufe this ever aft-r your Horfes travail, and a day before he is travailed. |
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CHAP. LV.
Of the Brol^n winded, or Pur-ßcl^Horfe. "is Difeafe of Broken- winded, I have ever fined fiift began to
-*- know either Horfe orHorfe-leachcrafr, very much difputed
, ™my felf; and for many years did conftanily hold (as I ftill do)
t c ln truth there is no fuch Difeafe ^ only in this I found by daily
otlf et'Cnce» ^at by over-hafty or fudden running of a fat Horfe (or
ty-fO prefently after his Water, or by long (landing in the Stable
tn- no Exercife and feu! Food, that thereby grofs and thick Hj-
, °Urs may be drawn down into the Horfes Body fo abundantly,that
. av'ing hard unto the hollow places of his Lungs, and flopping up
1 ,e Wind pipes, the Wind may be (o kept in, that it may only have
£ls «fort backward, and not upward, filling the Guts, and taking
/0,n the Body great part of his ftrength and lively-hood : which if
tL0ltl (he Corruption of our eld Inventions, we call Broken-winded,
t,etl J muft needs confefs, that I havefeenmany Broken-winded
. ^fes.The figns of which Difeafe are thefe, much and Violent beat-
§ of his Flanks, efpecially drawing up of his Belly upward, great
PCningand raifingof his Noftrils, and a continual fwift going to
j^Q fro of his Tuel: befides, it is ever accompanied with a Dry and
.°»low Cough. The Cure, Imuftneeds fay in fo great an Ex-
jj I^'ty» (foritisthe worftof all the evils of the Lungs, which are
^ ore fpoken of) is moft defperate, but the prefervations and helps
cl*to continue the Horfes Healthand his daily .Service, arevery
t '"yjasnamely, (according to the opinion of theantient Farriers)
lj PUrge your Horfe by giving him this Drink. Take of Malden-
of "rIrt 0/' ^' Lieoraty Fenugreek^ Ba/nis, of each half an Ounce,
of a ^*'""w> Peff'ry bltttr Almsndt, Borage, of each two Ounces,
1 etih-feed, and of Ariftokchia, of each two Ounces, boy! them
d'ff^i Cr m a fUn^c'cnt quantity of water, and in that Decoction
to k ^a^an Ounce oiAgarlckj and two Ounces ofCoIIoquintida,
of h* W'c^tw0 Poun<^ °* Honey, and give him a pint and a half
1 Sat»time, for at leaft a Week together ; and if this Medicine
ncc at any time to prove too thick, you ftiall make it thin with
atc*> wherein Licoras hath been fodden ; and fome Farriers alfo
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befides this Medicine, will with a hot Iron draw the Flanks of the
Horfe to reftrain their beating, and flit the Horfes Noftrilsto gi^ the w int more liberty, bat I do not afte£t either the one or the other • The beft Diet for a Horfe in this cafe, is Grafs in Summer, and Hay fprinkled with water in Winter. There be other Farriers, whic'1 for this Infirmity hold, that to give the Horfc three or four daies to- gether fodden Wheat,andnow and then a quart of new fweet Wtf»e> or other good Wine, mixt with Licoras water, is acertain remedy« There be other Farriers, which for this Difeafe take the Guts or * Hedge-hog, and hang them in a warm Oven till they be dry, fo th* a man may make powder of them : Then give your Horfe two o three fpoonfull thereof with a pint of Wine or ftrong Ale: the" the rtft mixt with Annifeeds, Licoras, and fweet Butter, and ma» round Balls or Pils thereof, and give the Horfe two or three after h»5 Dank : and fo let him faff at leaft two hours after. Now whj1* at any time you give him any Provender, be fure to wafh it in A or Bßtr; then take: Cumin, Annifeeds, Licoras, and StntKiiryfitt^ a,juft quantity, make them being mixt togther into fine powd«*' and ftrew two fpoonfuüs thereof upon the provender being wet.Tf"1 Phyfuk muß be ufed for a fortnight at the leaft. Others ufe to ta* ' of Cloves and Nutmegs three drams, of Galingaleand Cardamom"^ three drams, of Soot, of Bay- feeds, and Cumin, of each three dran15' and make them into fine powder, and put it into white Wine beii'e well tempered with a little Saffron : then pat to fo many, yolks Eggsasmay countervail theother quantity: then mix them w»< water wherein Licoras hath been fodden, making it fothin that»1 Horfe may drink it, and after he hath drunk the quantity of a p||" and a half of this drink, tye up his Head to the Rack, and let hj0* fo ftand at leaft an hour, after, that the drink may defcend into £'( Guts, then walk him gently abroad, that the Medicine may wot* » and in any Cafe give him no water for the fpace of four andtwcn,^ hours after: The next Morning give him fome Grafs to eat, andc!1 branchesof Wiliow or Sallow*, which will cool the Heat of the- "°t tion. . gg,. Now there be other Farrkrj whichtake of Pances, Long**1*,1
Maidm-hair* the crops of Nettles* Cardans BenediUm, herb fl^(ii \ the roots of Dragons bruifed, the roots of Elicampant bruife"» j Water-hemp, of Penirial, of Ught-viwty at Angelic^, of each' |
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iagoodhandfull, orfo many of thefe as you can conveniently
8*c •* bruife them, and lay them all Night in two or three Gallons of
, teri and give it a boy 1 in the Morning, and let the Horfe drink
. ereofasrnuch hike-warm as he will, then after this Drink, give
111 a precty quanticy of fodden Wheat ; ufe this Diet for a Week
5jjj' iriore at the leaft : and then if the Seafon be fit, put him to Grafs. ,ls Cure is of great Reputation, and thought to help when a'l
"cr fail: for mine own part, I* wifh every man to judge it by the
Pra6lice. . There be others, which only for nine or ten däyes together, will
°lye their Horfe water, wherein Ljcoras hath been fodden, mix« Jth Wine, and hold it a moft foveraign help.
, There be others, which will only give new Milk from the Cow : j, c I defpair of that Cure, bccaufe Milk being only Flegmatick , , legm is the only fubftance of this Difeafe. O^her Farriers ufe to eeP the Horfe rafting four and twenty hours, then take a quart of
,'e> a quarter of an O'ance of Fenugreek, half a quarter of Bayes, of ^gfeen Bark of Elder Trees, of Sugar candy, of water Grelles, of °^p|.
!r Mints, of red Fennel, or Haw Tree leaves,and of Primrofe leaves,
eachhalfanOunce,the Whites of fix Eggs j beat thefe in a morter,
. nd feeth them in the Ale, give ic him to drink, then let him faft after .. twohoufs: thengivehim Meat and Provenderenough,yet but a ICtk drink. Ochers ufe to give him wet Hay, and moderate Tra- ,a>' : then take twenty Eggs,fteep them in Vinegar four and twenty , °Urs, giving the Horfe two every Morning, and after the Eggs are ° **t, a pottle of new Milk from the Cow. „Now there be other Farriers, which only will diffolve in Vinegar
jftaenEggs, and give the H>rfe the firft day three, the fecondday Ve> and the third day feven, and hold it a good help. Ochcn will
akean Ounce of Frankincenfe, twoOuncesof Brimftone, and mix tt with a pint of Wine, and half a pint of Honey. Ochers will take "«- nittri burnt with the powderpf pitch, and give it with the fame Quantity of Wine and Honey. Oilers will only give Sal-niter- jingled with his meat, provided always, that in every Cure yo i keep your Horfe from Cold and Labour, and daily chafe has Head with Oyl and Wine. Bat of this, look u» the laft «ew Additions ™* the dry Cough, noted thuspp... |
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Of the dry MaUij or Canfumption,
THis Difeafe of rhe dry Malady, or as the Antient Farriers tern1
ic, a general Confumption, is nothing but a meer Exulceratiofl of the lungs, proceeding from a Can kerous fretting and gnawing Hu* mour ingendred by Co!d and Surfeit, which defending from the Head, fi^knethand corrodeth the Lungs. Some of our ignorant Farriers \v\\\f:z\\ it the Mourning of the Chine, but they are thus fa1" forth deceived, that the Mourning of the Chine doth evercaft fome filthy mattet from the Nofe,andthe dry Malady never cafteth forth any thing. The figns to know this dry Malady or Confumption, are thefe '•
His flefh, and ftrong eftate of Body will confume and wafte away» tht Belly will be gaunt, his back-bone hid, and his Skin foftretched or fhrunk up,that if you ftrike on him with your hand, it will fourth hollow like a Tabor: his Hair will hardly fhed, and either he wi" utterly deny his Meat, or the meat he eateth will not Digeft,profpei> or breed any flefh on his Body ; he will offer to Cough, but cannot» except in a faint manner, as though he had eaten fmall Bones; an<* truly, according to the Opinion of others, fo I find by mine oW1 practice of fifty years, that it is incurable,yet that a Horfe may be long preferved to do much fervice, 1 have found it by thefe helps: Firft to purge his Head with mch Fumes and Pils as are good for the Glanders, which you may find in the Chapter of Purgations, ch**| give him Cole-worts fmall chopt with his Provender, and now and then the Blood of a fucking Pig warm. There be other well Experienced Men, thatinftead of the Bloo°>
will give either the juyce of Leeks mixt with Oyl and Wine, or e^e Wine and Frank}ncenfey or Sallet Oyl and the juyce of Rue mixt to* r-jL, gether: But in my conceit, the beft Cure, is, to purge his B°w clean with comfortable and gentle purges, and then to be fuflferedt0 run at Grafs, both for a Winter and a Summer, and there is no qae' ftion, but he rauft neceffarily end or mend, for languifh long he ci(l' not. |
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Of the Confttmptie» ofthepfr. PHis Difeafe which we call the Confumption of the flefh, is an
jA unnatural or general diflike, or falling away of the whole r y> (or, as we term it) the wafting of theftcfri, which proceedeth ^diversgrounds: as namely, from inward Surfeits, either by
L • . ry Pood, or ill Dut, or from unclean, moift, and ftinking a 'r^lnR> but efpecially from disorderly Labour, as by taking great: c '"ddain Colds after Violent heat, or fuch like ; all which pro- ar uC waft'n80r falling away oftheflefh. The figns whereof j, thefe : fljft, an unnatural and caufelefs Leannefs, a dry and hard j^ n cleaving faft to his fides, want of Stomach or Appetite to his 0cf't,a falling away of his Fillets, and a general Confumption both ti "!s Buttocks and Shoulders: the Cure whereof, according to q Antients, is, to take a Sheeps Headunflaied, and boy 1 ic in a co r anc^ a ^a^ °^ A^e> or mnn'n8 Water untill the Flefh be a Plumed from the Bones; then ftrainit through a Cloath,and put Oreieto of Sugar half a pound, ofCinamon one Ounce, ofconferve t^ es> of Barberies, and of Cherries, of each one Ounce; mingle liilf111 to8etn-er» 2nd give the Horfe every Morning a quart thereof jj .e* W:>rm, till two Sheeps Heads be fpent; and after every time he c'^eth, let him be gently Walked or Ridden up and down ac- itb oR Co ms ftrengch, that is, if the Weather be Warm, abroad, if fCf- ^°jd and Windy, then in the Stable, or fome clofe Houfe, fuf- citi ^ m neic^er to Eat nor Drink for two hours after his Medi- dav ' anc* from Cold water you (hall keep him the fpace of fifteen v tJlac i" -Now for his ordinary Food or Provender, you fhall repute gjv i. which he eateth bcft, whatfoever it be j and that you/hall 0n ,lniDy littleandlittle, andnotany grofsorgreat quantity at Ann* CCauktne abundance and glut of Food taketh away both the ^eed"etlte 8nc^ Nutriment which fhould proceed fromwholfome |
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How to make a lean Horfe fat.
BEfides this General Confumption of a Horfes flefh,which for the
mofl part, or altogether, pioceedeth from fieknefs; there is'*'"' fo another Confumption, or want of flefh, which proceedeth fro«1 Nefhnefs, Tendernefs, Freenefs of Spirit, and the Climate under which the Horfe is bred: as namely, when a Horfe that is bred i*1 a warm Climate, comes to live in a Cold j or when a Horfe that <j bred upon a fruitfull and rich Soil, comes to live in a Barren and dry place, Jn any of thefe Cafes, the Horfe will be lean without any apparent fignof Grief or Difeafe, which to recover, there be many Receipts and Medicines, as namely : The antient Farrltf* did ufe when a Horfe either grew lean without Sicknefs or Wound» or any known Diftemperatute, to take a quarter of a peck of Beafl5» and boyl them in two Gallons of water till they fwell or burft, chef1 to mix with them a peck of Wheat Bran, and fo to give it the,Hotje in manner of a Mafh, or inflead ofPro\cnder: for it will'3 fuddainly. Others, and efpecially the Italians, will take Cole-wort*» and having fodden them, mix them with Wheat Bran, and Salt,a<^ give them inflead of Provender.There be others which take the fay Decoction of three Tortoyfe being well foden, (their Heads, Tai'?' Bones, and Feet being rejected) and giving it theHorfe, fuppc^1 fatteth fuddainly: or if you mix the flefh of the Tortoyfe fo fodcK*1 with your Horfes Provender, that is good alfo. But as the (imp' areFtalian, and notEnglifh, fo I for mine own part, refer the J* rather to them than to my Country-men. There be o.hers whi<- ufe to fat up their Horfes, by giving them a certain Grain which ^ call Bock, in the fame manner as we give Oats or Peafe. There ". others, which to fat a Horfe will give him only parched Wheat,afl^ a little Wine mixed with his water, and amongft his ordinary P'°t vender alway es forre Wheat Bran j and be exceeding carefullt" the Horfe be clean Dreft, well Rubbed>and foft Littered ; for Vil out fueh clean Keeping, there is no Meat will injoy,or do good i*P° him; and alfo when he is fedd, it muft be by little at once, and *> furfeited. There be other Farriers, which to feed up a lean Hor ..j |
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^»11 take Sage, Savin> Bay-berries, Earth nuts, Bears greafcro drink
^'ithaquart of Wine. Others will give the Entrails of a Barbell or * ench with white Wine. Others will give new hot Draft'and new j*ran, and twenty hard roafted Eggs, the fhells being palled cff,then br&ife them, and then put thereto a pretty quantity of Salt, then mix all together? and give a good quantity thereof to the Horfe at Morn, ^°on, and at Evening for his Provender j andonceaday (which 'Will be at High-noon) give him a quart or three pints of flrong Ale, atld when the Horfe beginneth to be Glutted upon this meat, then S'vehimdried Oats: if he be Glutted upon that then give him **rcad, if he leave his Bread,give him Malt,or any Grain that he will eat with a good Appetite, obferving ever to keep the Horfe very ^foVnd with this Diet in fourteen dayes the leaneft Horfe will be **Jade exceeding fat. There be other Farriers which to make a ^orfe fat, will take a quarter of Wine, and half an Ounce of Brim- '°fle finely beaten with a raw Egg, and a penny weight of the
powder of UWyrrh; mix all together,and give it the Horfe to drink I1,any Mornings together. Others will cake three-leaved Grafs,half 8rt*n, and half dry, and give ic the Horfe inftead of Hay, by liccie ?J °nce, and it will fat fuddainly, only it will breed much rank '°od. Other Farriers ufe to take two penny worth of Pepper,
?°d as much Saffron, Annifeeds and Turmerick, a penny worth of »orige pepperj twopenny worth of Treacle, a penny worth of Lico- 3s, a good quantity of Penirial, and Archangel: give the Horfe
*Me with the yolks of Eggs in Milk to drink. Others ufe to take . "«at made dean,and fod with Salt and Lard dried in theSun,and
|11^ it twice a day before each Watering. Others Qrong Ale,Myrrk, aJlet Oyl, and twenty grains of white Pepper, and inftead of the
e» you may take the Decoction, that is, the water wherein Sage ?d Rhue hath been fodden, it will foon make the Horfe fat. , O-
ers take fodden Beans well bruifed and fprinkled with Salt,adding . che water four times fomuch Bean flower, or Wheat bran, aad
S'yethac to the Horfe, and it will fat him fuddainly. Wine mixc i* .tne Blood of a fucking Pigg, made lukewarm, or Wine with e juyce of Feather-feaw, oran Ounce of Sulphur, and a penny
p 'ght of tJMyrrk well made into Powder, together with a new laid , gg» will raife up a Horfe that languifheth. Barley dried, or Barley 3°yfcd till it burft, either will fatten a Horfe. M But
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£3=, But theb.ft way of fatting a Horfe, (for moft of the wayes before
prefcribed are not to breed fat that will continue) is,fiift to give your Horfe three Mornings together a pint of fweet Wine5and two fpoon- full-of Diaptnte brewed together: for that Drink will take away all iufvction and ficknefs from, the inward parts: then to feed him wel* with Provender at leaft four timesaday, that is, after his water Ü1 the M,rniiig,after his water at Noon, after his water in the Evening» and after his water at 9 of the Clock at Night. Now you {hall not lee his Provender be allof one forr,but every raeal,it may bc,changed» as thus- -if in the MorViingyou give him Oats,atNoon likcwifeyoU fhsll give him Bread, at Evening Beans or Peafemixt with Wheat Bran, ac Night fodden Barley, &c. and ever obferve, of what Food he eatteh beft, ofthat lee him have the greateft plenty, and there is noqucftion but he willinfhort fpace grow fat, .fownd, andfullo* Spirit» without either miflike or ficknefs. CHAP. LIX.
7 he (JMirronr and CMafler ofa& CMedkinest teaching bom to m^H
the letmtfl and unfoundefi Horfesthat may be, fat, found, and fit either for Market or Travail, in the fpaci of fourteen dayeu *-^s> IF yourHorfe be full of all the inward Difeafesthatmay be, and
J. brought to that diflike and poverty that you are defperate of hi$
Life, you fhall take of Annifeeds, of Cumin-feed?, of Fenugreek,***
Carchamus, of Elicampane, .of the flower of Biimfton, of brovv#
Sugar-candy, of each of thefe two Ounces beaten and fearft to avetf
fine powder, then take an Ounce of the juyce of Licoras,and diffolyC
it in half a pint of White-wine,then take three Ounces of theSirru?
of Colts-foot, of Sallet-Oyl, and of life Honey, of each half a p>flj>
then mix all this with the former Powders, and with as muc"
Wheat flower as will bind and knit them altogether,work them iff?
a ftiff pafte, and make thereof Balls as bigg as French Walnuts,^'1
and all, and fo keep them in a clofe Gaily- pot, and when you H*v,
occafion to ufe them, take one and annointit with fweet Butter,^
giveit the Horfe in the manner of a Pill, and Ride him a little <»te
ir, then feed and water him as at other times, and thus do (if it bc c
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pCnt."cknefs) for three or four Mornings together.
■But if it be to take away infirmity, as Glanders, &c. then ufe it
at «aft a Week or more. f ut if to take away Molten-ereafe, then inflantly after his heat,
and in his heat. "ut if it be to fatten a Horfe, then ufe it atIeaft a fort-night: now
J y°a Rive them thus in the manner of a pill, fo you may give them aiholved in fweet Wine, Ale, or Beer. c=-j Laftly, jf it be to fatten a Horfe, then you (hall take the fecond ^^"^
a"s' that is to fay, of Wheat-meal fix pound, or as Physicians
jynte, Quantum fufficit, of Annifeeds two Ounces, of Cumin feeds
i* dratns, of Carthamus one dram and a half,of Fenugreek feeds one
Jounce two drams, of Brimftone one Ounce and a half, of Sallet
Wone pint two Ounces, of Honey one pound and a half.of White
i*7ne four pints: Thismuft be made into pafte, the hard Simples
eing pounded into Powder, and finely fearft,and then well kneaded
v£ether, and fo made into Balls as big as a Mans fift, and then every
j Owning and Evening when you would water your Horfe, diffolve
£c° his Cold water one of thefe Balls, by lathering and chafing
/*e fame in the water, and then give it him to drink. The Horfe ic
?!yhe will be coy at thefirft to drink, bur it is nb matter, let him
** till he takeit,: fotbefore two Balls be fpenr, he will refufeall
- ate'sfor this only. This is the Medicine above all Medicines,and
truly thebeft fcouring that can be given to any Horfe whatloever :
°r befides his wonderfull Feeding, it clenfeth the Body from all bad numours whatfoever. CHAP. LX.
Of the Breafi-pdn, or pain in the Breafl.
"0ügh moft of our Farritrs are not curious to undcrftand this
r~jh pifeafe, becaufc it is not fo common as others: yet both my th pT ochersfind, itisa Difeafe very aptto breed, and toindanger it n C W"n E>eatru The Italians call it grannez,*,* dipettofind w?'°Le^eth from the fuperfluity of Blood and other grofs Humours, oeiBg diffolved by fome extreme and diforderly heat, reforteth Wnward totheBreaft, and paineth the Horfe extremely that he M 2 can
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can hardly go. The figns-are» a (lift" daggering, and weak going
with his Fore-leggs, and he can very hardly, or not at all bow dowi» hisHead to the ground, either to Eat or drink, and will groan much when he doth either the one or the other. The Cure is fiift to bathe all his Breaft, and fore-booths with the Qyl of Peter, and if that do not help him within three or four daies, then to let him Blood oi» bothiiis Breaft-veins in the ordinary place, and then put in a Rowel either of Hair,Cork, Horn, or Leather, of all which, and the manne* of Roweliing, you (hall read in a more particular Chapter hereafte* ^^^ in the Book of Chirurgery.
*-^* Now there be other Farrier sy which for this fie'« nefs,will firftgive
the Horfe an inward Drench, as namely, a pint of fweet Wine, and two fpoonfull of Diapente, then bathe all his Breaft and Legs with Wine and Oyl mingled together, and in fomxten or twelve daies ic will cake away the grief. C HAP. LXI.
Of the fekpefj of the HeartyCalled the Anticor*
THis ficknefsof theHeart, which by theantient Farriers iscalle»
t/4nticor, as much as to fay, againft or contrary to the HeS^» is a dangerous and mortal ficknefs, proceeding from the great abuß' dance of Blood which is bred by too Curious and proud Keeping where the Horfe hath much meat, and little or no Labour, as for the molt part your Geldings of price have, which running all the Su*' mer at Grafs, do nothing but gather their own food, and fuchlike» where the Matters too much love and tendernefs, is the means t0 bring the Horfe to his Death, as we find daily in our practice : f0' when fuch naughty and corrupt Blood is gathered, itreforteth to the inward parts, and fo fuffocateth his Heart. . The figns whereof afe> the Horfe will many times-have a fmall fwelling rife at the botton1 of the Breaft, which fwelling will inaeafeand rife upward eveflt0 the top of the Neck of the Horfe,and then moftaifuredly it kills the H >rfe: he will alfo hang his Head either down to the Manger, °* down to the Ground, forfaking his Food, and groaning with mu0" painfulnefs. This Difeafe is of many an ignorant Smith taken fome'< Of» times for the Yellows, andfometimesfor the Staggers, but you fr3, knPrt
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. y that it is not by thefe Obfervations •• Firft, neither about the
ap tes °f his Byes, nor the infidesof his Lips fhall you perceive any hay CnC ^e^owsJ an^ f° c'ien it cannot be the Yellows, nor will he bepe a"7 gtcat fwelling about his Eyes, nor dizzinefs in his Head* t{le°Ie "e be ac the point of Death ; and fo confequently it cannot be 0r ^gers. The Cure whereof is two-fold: the firft a Prevention, thervr at'vc before the Difeafe come j thefecond a Remedy after p "Cafe is apparent,
y n* the Prevention, or Prefervative, you fhall obferve, that if verv P °r^e *'ve idly,either at Grafs or in the Stable,and withall grow th l ' wmc^ Fatnefs is never uncompanied with Corruptnefs, tUr L- y°u ^ not t0 ^ct him Blood in the Meek-vein before you lik •rn t0 Grafs, or before you put him to feed in the Stable ; and isf J ^et h'm Bl°°d two or three Moneths after, when you fee he tjt'and at each time of letting Blood, you mull make your quan- M, according to the goodnefs of the Blood : for if the Blood be y ar>d thick, which is a fign of Inflammation and Corruption, of c ^ take the more : if it be pure red, and thin, which is a figtv ■j-k Cn§ch and Healthfukefs, you fhall take little or none at all* ere be others which ufe for this Prevention, to give the Horfe a
jjj Uring» or purgation of Malmfey, Oyl, and Sugar-candy, the ma- a ß fj}<\ ufe whereof you fhall read in the Chapter of Purgations, fV"is would be given immediately when you put your Horfe to to 3nC*as'*°on aS you-fee his skin full fwoln with fatnefs.
n \*°w for the Remedy, when this Difeafe fhall be apparent; you 'et him Blood on both hisPlatveins, or if the Smiths skill will .tcxtendfo far, then you fliall let the Horfe blood on the Neck- jx.»,atid that he bleed abundantly: then you friall give him this ter e Take a quart of malmfey, and put thereunto half a quar- ks0* Sugar, and two Ounces of Cinamon beaten to powder and n8 made warm give it the Horfe to drink: then keep him very
a"n in the Stable, fluffing him round about with foft Wifpsvery
leth? e PePa% about the Stomachdeft the wind do annoy him :and
Foor|S or<^nary Drink be warm Maizes of Malt and Wacer, and his
ma h °n^ 'hatj.whatfoever it be, which he eateth with the beflSco»
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places with a Fleam or Launcet, that the corruption may iffue fort«1»
then annointit with Hogs-gveafe made warm: For that will eiche* expell it, or bring it to a Head, efpecially if the fweiling be kepteX* ceedingwarm. There be other Farriers which for thisDifeafeufe1? let the Horfe blood as is aforefaid, and then to give him a quart °j Malmfey, well brewed with three fpoonfull of the powder calle(1 Diapente, and if the Swelling arife, to lay thereunto nothing t*c Hay well foddenin old Urine, and then keep the fame Diet as *J aforefaid. Others ufe after the letting of Blood, to give the Hor'fi no Drink, but only ten or twelve fpoonfulls ofthat water which & called Dofitor Stephens Water, and is not unknown to any Ap0' thecary : and then for the reft of the Cure to proceed in all thiflf£ as is before Specified, and queflionlefs I have feenftrange effects o» this practice, C H A P. LXII.
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a' Horfes body, it is not amifs to fpeak fomething of the Ty*1^ of Horfes, and of the remedies for the fame, becaufe when a Hcr^! trulytyred (as by over extreme Labour) it is queflionlefs that all »^ Vital parts are made fick and feebled. For to tell you in nj.°fc plainnefs what tyring is, it is when a Horfe by extreme and uncefl* Labour, hath all his inward and vital Powers which fhould aCCotI\ pany and rejoice the Heart, expelled and driven outward to the oU ward parts, and lefs deferving Members, leaving the Heart f°^°ei and fick, infemuch that a General and Cold faintnefs fpreadeth ° the whole Body, and weakndth it, in fuch fort that it can indu*e u further Travail, till thofe lively Heats, Faculties and Pow«* (0 brought unto their natural and true places back again, and m»dc give comfort to the Heart whom their lofs fickned. . $ Now for the tyring of Horfes, though in truth it proceedeth " ,
no other caufe but this before fpoken, yet in as much as in ourc ^ ^ oon and vulgar fpeech, we fay every Horfe that giveth over r»s , bour is tyred, yon fhall underftand, that fuch giving over may P X ceed from four Caufes: the firft, from inward ficknefs: the feC^' ^ |
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ftom dulncfs of Spirit, Cowardlinefj, or ReftiHefs; andthefourth j "} m°ftExtreme Libour and Travail» which is true tyrednefs in- in u Now for the firft, which is inward ficknefs, you (hall look ^ ° the general figns of every Difeafe, and if you find any of thofe s^j***? he-apparent,- yoafliall ftraight conclude upon thatDifeafe, Tv ta ß a way the caufe thereof, have no doubt but the effect of his Wo "j W'^ vam^ w"hine ^ame: *°r c^e fecoll^j which is by fome ^ Und received,as by cutting or difmembring the Sinews,Ligaments, irjUS- S'0r ^ ^raininS or ftooming any bone or joynt, or by prick- 0 Aln fhooing, or ftriking Nail, Iron, Stub or Thorn into the fole the Horles foot, and fuch like,
oth the firft is apparent to the Eye, by dif-joyning the skin, the erby Halting, you (hall take a furvey of your Horfe, and finding
0f i .hem apparent, look what the grief is, repair to the latter pare j tn>s Book, which treated, of Chirurgery,and finding it there,ufe the ^^ prescribed, and the tyring will eafily be Cured. Now for fllall ' which is dulnefs of Spirit, Cowardnefs or Reftinefs, you 0c .' ™d them by thefe figns: If he have no apparent fign either JOward ficknefs, or outward grief, neither fweateth much, nor
tyr*L any great alteration of countenance, Yet notwithftanding fr0 j,and refufeth reafonable Labour, then fuch tyring proceedeth ^dulnefs of Spirit j but if after indifferent long Travail the Horfe
tro *n^ *^e"n l^e man defcending from hi* back, the Horfe run or gai' a<vfy» as though he were not tyred, the Man then mounting a- fro^>jhe Horfe utterly refufe to go forward, fuch tyring proceedeth Hid' Vvar('hnefs; but if a Horfe within one, two, or three miles hisfT^ ^aS temperately ufed, and being neither put to any trial of I.efllj.te"8cb,nor,asit were,fcarcely warmed, if he in hisbeft ftrength ConH Ur' an^Tyre, it proceedeth only from Reftinefs and ill J) i 1"°r's. Then for the Cure of any of all thefe, proceeding from \ty-"f ^earfulnefs, and Unwillingnefs, you fhall take ordinary s^- °w"glafs, and beat it into fine powder: Then take up the anj . each fide theSpur- vein between yourFinger and yourThumb, JkinTh 3 ^ne ^au"' °r B°dkin,make divers fmall holes through his Hj'.^^bGlafs powder very hard into thofe holes; which done, 'öd be fU -k» and do but offer to touch his fide with your Heels, .Ure» if he have Life in him, he willgo forward, thegreateft fear.
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fear being that he will Aill but go too faft : but after your journey >*
ended,'and you alighted, you muft not fail, (becaufe this powder o» Glafs will corrode and rot his fides) toannoint both the fore place* with the powder of Jet and Turpentine mixi together, for that w»'* draw out the Venom, and heal his fides again. There be other5 which ufe when a Horfe is tyred thus through dull Cowardlinesso( Reftinefs, to thruft: a burning Brand or Iron into his Buttocks, or t° bring bottles of blazing Straw about his Ears, there is neither of <he Cures but is exceeding good. But for the true tyred Horfe, which tyreth through a natural fa"11'
nets, drawn from exceeding Labour, the figns to know it, being 1°^ Travel, much Sweat, and willingnefs of Courfe during his ftreng»1' the Cure thereof,according to the opinion of fome Farriers, is to p"u oyl and Vinegar into hisNoftrils,and to give him the drink of Sheef heads, mentioned in the Chapter of the Confumption of the fleö^ being theJ7Chapter of thisBook»and to bath his Leggs with a Co& fortable,bath,of which you fhall find choice in the Chapter of bxty or elfe charge them with this charge: Take of Bole-armony, and ° Wheat-flower, of each half a pound,& a little Rozen beaten into fi". powdet,and a quart of ftrongVinegar,mingle them well together,«*1 cover all his Leggs cherewith, and if it be in the Summer, turn hit" l°r Grafs,andhe will recover his wearineff. Othersufeto take a flicef frefhBeef,having fteeped it inVwegar,lap it about yourBit orSn*"^1 and having made it faft with a Threed, Ride your Horfe there «jf$J and he willhardly tyre:yet after your journey isended,be fure to glV your Horfe reft,much warmch,& good feeding.that is,warm Mafhe' and ftore of Provender, or elfe he will be theworfe whilft he 1'^ J Now if it be fo that your Horfe tyre in fuch a place as the nec^ v
of your occafions are to be preferred before the value of your ^^ and that you muft feek unnatural means to controle Nature '• J this cafe you fhall take (where the powder of Glafs before fpokco cannot be had ) three or four round pibble Stones, and put tbe into one of his Ears, and then ty e the Ea r that the ftones fall not o and the noife of thofe ftones will make the Horfe go after he is utf£t Jj: tyredibuf if thatfail,you fhall with aKnife make a hole in the S'Pu the Horfes Ear, and thruft a long rough ftick, full of nicks, thf °ü£e the fame j and ever as the Horfe flacks his pace, fofawandfr^ ^ ftick up and down in thehole,and before w hilft he hath any ^ .y will not leave going. |
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, . any other torments there are which be needlefs to Reiiearfe>only
tak IS^n^'"rno^ general advice, if at any time you tyre your Hjrfe, to to?6 ? ^'Urine a quarc> of Salt-peter three Oances,boyl them well qüeft ' an<^ bath all tne Horfes four kgs in the fame, and Without ■nimM°n 'C W'^ bring t0 c^e finews rns'r natural fttength and (\, l'5» and for other*defeclS) warm and gx>d keeping will *e 'hem.
doi u B'ch°ugh fome of our Northern Farriers do hold,chatOiten eouU %Vi^ Prcvent cyr'nS> yec I have noc aPP"oved it fo, becaufe I a , j never get any Horfe that would eat it, the dough will fo (Tick rec- arri in the Horfes mouth: therefore 1 hold the Cures, already Wh' u t0 ^e ^u% furrlcient. But for further fatisfadtion ufe thefe, C*U referved for mine own privacy.
Pow ctuarc°fftronS Ale, and put thereto half an Ounce of the ^2 Ho f r°fElicampane, and brew them well together, and give it the lfe with an Horn.
foaffl bunch of Penirial, and tye it to the mouth of your bit or &3 fail » an^ *c w'^ Pre^crve a Horfe from tyring. Now if all chefc ha j n take off your Horfes Saddles and rub his back all over very 5 ,, with the herb called Arfemart, and lay Arfemart under his Q(11«} and lo Ride him. CHAP. LXIII.
J the 2)ifeafet of the Stomack,t andfirfl of the Loathing of Meat.
I "is Difeafe of the Loathing of Meat, is taken two wayes; the
thr °ule a fcf^king of Meat > as when a Horfes mouth , either Blif}1 ^e inflammatt°n °f ms ftoma<^, doth break out into q. ets> or fuch like Venemous fores; or when he hath the Lampais, SSS) Woolfs teeth, and fuch like. The Cure of all, which you q. readily find in the fecond part of this Book, which treatcthof rurgery: tne other a diflike of his meat through the intern- fro Urc°f his Stomach, being either too hot, as proceeding either by rl m nek of Blood, or extremity of Travail, as you may perceive ifiear' aexPer'enee, when a Horfe is fet up in his Stable very hot, and 8n i '"lta»tly gjvcn mrri) ic js all things to nothing.but he will loath re u*e*c« Hence it comes, that I do ever hate the Noon-tide • N baiting
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baiting ofhorfes,becaufe Mens journeys commonly crave hafte, th«
• Horfe cannot take fuch a natural cooling as he ought before his meat» and thereby breeds much ficknefs and difeafe : for meat given pre- fently after Travail when a horfe is hoc, is the Mother of all infirflit* ty : 01 clfe it prcccede.h from the inremperature of the Stomach) being too Gold, as being caufed by fome natural defect. Now if if proceed from heat only, which you (hall know either by his hidden loathing of his Meat, or the extreme heat of his Mouth and Breath'- Then to cool his Stomach again, you (hall either wafh hisTongtt<j with Vinegar, or give him to drink Cold water mingled with O)'» and Vinegar. Theie be other Farriers which ufe to give this Drink- takeof Milk and Wine of each one pint, and put thereunto of Mel Rofatum three Ounccs,and having wafhed his mouth with Vinegaf and Salt give him the drink luke-warm with a Horn. Butif the loathing of his meat proceed from thecoldnefs of his ftomach,whic'1 only is known by theftandingupand flaring of the hair, Then by the opinion of ihe anticnt Farriers, you mall give him Wine and Oyl mixt together divers Mornings to drink : but others of our lafe Farriers give Wine, Oyl, Rue, and Sage boyl'd together by a quaff at a time to drink. Others to che former Compound will add whitj Pepper and Myrrh. Others ufe to give the horfe Onions pi'I'd and chopr, and Rocket feed boyled and bruifed in Wine. (Xhersme %~^* to mix Wine with the blood ofaSowPigg. Now cocondude, ioi the general forfaking or loathing of meat, proceeding either from hot or cold caufes itf the Stomach, there is nothing better than the gree'1 * blades of Corn, (efpecially Wheat) being given in a good quantity» -and that the time of the year ferve for the gathering thereof. 0;hcr5 infletd thereof, will give the Horfe fweetWine and the feeds °| Gith nvxt together, or elfe fweet Wine and Garlick well peel'd afl ftampr, being a long time brewed together. . C H A P. LXMII.
Of the c»fling oft} of the Hwfes drink;
THeantient Farriers, efpecially the Italians, conftantly do aß*1*?'
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j : _ There I have many times feen a horfe cart his water that he f0m ' 'n very abundant fort back again through his Noftnls, end •j-i eJ.11Tlesftrive with great earneftnefsto drink, but could not at all. ca(V s °^both (from which caufe foever it proceed) is only the giv 'k8 U^ °^ ^!S ^r'n^ or Water, and the Cure thereof is only to life jlm Cordial and warmdrinkf,as isMalmfey, Cinamon, An- his R ,anc^ Cloves, well brewed and mixt together, and to annoint p , tCaft, and under his Shoulders» with either the Oyl of Cy- ^itk'c ^ °^ Spike, or tne Oyl of Pepper, and to purge his Head ^ ^ him« or pills, fuchaswill force him to fnee«, of which you ^ith l ^orejn a Chapter following: for fuch fumigations joyning 11 «lefe hot Oyls, will foon diffolve the Humours. CHAP. IXV.
Of Surf citing with glut of Provender. Here is not any Difeafe more eafily procured, nor more dan-
lhc ^crous t0 tne life of a horfe, than the Surfeit which is taken by {1 8hit of Provender, itcommeth moft commonly by keeping the ftanrfeXtreme ^arP anc* hungry» as either by long Travail, or long foch r8 emPty : am*tncn 'n l^e height of Greedinefs, giving him (jj ^Per-atundanceof meat, that his ftomach wantingftrength to ext l-* *^tne whole Body is driven into an infinite great pain and hmb^1^' "^e figns 3ie great weaknefs and feeblenefs in the horfes dou/' l^at ^c can hardly (land, but lieth down oft, and being Bo "' w»nowcth an(j tumbleth up and down as if he had the m0 p ^re thereof, according to the common practice of our com-
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^ Neck-vein, (becaufe every Surfeit breeds diftemperature in^ blood) then troc the Horfe up and down an hour and more, andl he cannot fhle, draw out his Yard, and wafh it with white W^ made luke- warm,and thruft into his yard either a Clove of Gar«c% or a little Oyl of Camomile,, with a piece of fmall Wax Candle, he carnot, Dung,Tirft with your hand rake his Fundament,and tfa give him a Cbfter, of which you fhallread hereafter: When»1' Clifter is received, you fhall Walk him up and down till hehav emptied his Belly, then fcthimup, and keep him hungry the fp3C, of two or three dayes, obferving ever to fprinkle the Hay he cat«' with a little water,and let his Drink be warm Waterand Bran m*" mafh-wife: After he hath drunk the Drink^Iet him eat the Bf^ if he pleafe, but from other Provender keep him ftill fafting, at'11 leaft tendayts. There be other Farriers, that in this cafe, ufe only to take a qUa.
o£Beer or Ale, and two penny-worth of Sallet-Oyl, andasfl111' Dragon Water, a penny-worth of Treacle, and make all thefe V** t upon the coal?, then put in an Ounce of Cinamon, Annifeeds, 9" Cloves, all beaten together, andfogiveit the Horfe luke- warmc drink. . ^^ All thefe receits are exceeding good,; yet for mine own part, '" ,
fcä=» m-any of the beft Farrier? confirm the fame, that there is nothing k£C terfor this Difeafe than moderate Exercife, much Fafting, and- oi1 in four or five days a pint of f weet Wine, with two fpqcsifull ofr ■ ponder of Diapente. C. H A P. LXVI.
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not being digefted, breedethevill and grofs Humours, which by
Jltt'e andlitclefpread themfelves thorough the Members,daac length QPprefs and almoft confound the whole Body, abfokuely taking **ay from him all his ftrength, infomuch that he can neither go nor b°w his joynts, nor being laid, is able to rife again : Beiides,it taketh a^Vay from him his Inftrumental powers, as the office both of Urine *"d Excrements, which cannot be performed but with extreme pain. *netebe other Farriers, and to their opinionj rather lean, that fup- £.°^ it proceedeth from mffering the Horfc to drink too much in his . ravail, being very hot, whereby the Grcafe being fuddainly caoled, ^ dodi dap about, and fuffocate the inward pa|ts with fuch a loath- j°me fulnefs, rhatwithour (peedy evacuation1, t^£re can be ho hope °m of Death only. Now whereas fome Farriers'do hold, that this Y>undring in the Body, ihould be no other than the Fouhdring in u 'CS§S> becanfe it is (fay they) a melting and diflblutiorvof evil ^Urnours which refort down-ward, they are much deceived : For ? is not,' as they hold, a diffclucion of Humours, but rather a binding tog«her p'f Corporal and Subftahtial evils,.-whkh by a« unnatural accident doth torment the Heart.: Now forthe'hold which they cake Qf lhc name of Foundring,as if kwere dfa\fn frefh the FfenchWbrd **>»<<«, fignifying melting, trulyT think it was ratherfthe ignorance ^four -old Farriers, which knew norhowto ihtitle theDifeafe, than a°y coherence it hath with the name it bearetlv: For mineown part, * am of opinion, that this Difeafe which ttetallFotUideringin the °tly, doth not only proceed from the caufes aforefaid, butalfoand
^°ftofteft by fudditri^fliing'Horie^inlthe Winter-feafon, when ^ey are extreme fat and hot with inftant Travail, where the cold YaPour ofthe water ftrikitig into the Body, dotlmot only aftonifh *{|e inward and vital parts, but alfo freezeth up the skin,and rhaketh |ne Blood to'löfeihis öfficr.NöW'thcfigns to perceive this Difeafe are, °kb«g{towri'ofhisHsad,ttafi^iütitofhisHais, Coughing,Stag-
ing behind, dembiing after Watet, drflike of foisMear,Learineis, St,ff going, Drfability tö rife wtaen he is down'. And to conclude, ^ichis thechiefeft iignöf all other^isBelly will be clung up tojtts ack, and his Backtifirtg up-likea Came!.
"/The Cute, according'Iotheopimcin of-che Farriers, is,: firiV to ^>»
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of Su£atba1f a quartern, 0f Cinamonhalfan ounce, of Licoias, and
Annifeeds, .of each, two fpoonfull beaten into fine powder} which- being put into the Malmfey, waim them together at the five, fothat die Hony may be molten,then give it the horfe luke.'warm to Drink J which done, walk him up and down either in the warm Stable, ot feme warm Road the fpace. of an hour, then let him ftand on the Bit faffing two hours more, only lethimbe warm Cloathed, Stopf» and Littered, and when you give him Hay, let it be fprinkled with Water, and lee his Provender be very clean fifted from duft, and given by a little at oncji:; and let his Drink be warm Mafhes of Malc and Water. Now when you fee him recover and get a little ftrength, you fhall then let him blood in the .Neck-vein, and once a day per- fume him with Frankincenfc to make him neefe,and ul'e to give 1 ilfl Exercife abroad when the weather is warm, and in the Houfe when the weather isftormy. - Now there be other Farrier« which ufe for thisDifeafe, to takes
halfpenny worth of Garlick,two penny worth of the powder of Pep' per, two penny wenh of the powder of Ginger, two penny worth.& Grains bruited, and put all thefe into a pottle of ftrong Ale, and gjvc ic.the Horle to drink by a quart at a time, dieting and ordering hip* as afore-faid ; and when he getteth ftrength, either let him blood J0 the Neck:vein,.or the Spur-veins, or on both : to Conclude, there is no Drink nor Dyet which is comfortable, but it is moft fove.ra.ig11 and good for this infirmity. CHAP. LXVII.
Of the greedy Worm^ or hungry evil in Horfts, T His hungry evil is a Difeafe more common, than found out ol
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bv T *C Proceef'et'1" from l°me extreme Cold outwardly taken
X ravclling in Cold and Barren places, as in the Froft and Snow,
j eretheou-wardCoId maketh tire ft cm ach cold, whereby all the
■ a*"ü powers are weakned. The figns are only an alteration or
a A°tln cneHorfes feedingdiavingloft ail temperance,and fnatching
q cn°Pping at his Meat, as if he would devour the- Manger: The
^. ^»according to the opinion of feme Farriers, is, fi.ft tocomforc
j.s ttomach by giving him Rreat f'ccs °f White bread toafted at tl e
• ' a°d fteeped in Muskadinc, or clfe Bread untoaftedjand fteeped
to /ne>and c^en t0 ^et ^m dunk Wheat flower and Wine brewed
a &et'ier. There be others which ufe to Knead ftiff Cakes of Wheat-
°^erand Wine, and to feed the-Horte therewith. Odiersufeto
atJe him bread of Pinetrce nuts and Wine mingled together.or elfe
t ,^?ion Earth and Wine mingled together. But for mine own parr,
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Of the Difeafes ofthe Liver in General, and firfi of 'the
Inflammation thereof. Here is no queftion but th'eLiver of a Horfe is fubjeiSt to as many
0^r Difeafes, as either the Liver of a Man or any other Creature, j y through the ignorance of our common Farriers, (who make ali l0o,ard Difeafes onefickneL) the true grounds and caufes not being fjii^d into, the infirmity islet pafs, and many times poyfoned with p Potions; but true it is, that the Liver fometimes by the intern- to jCnefs thereof, as being either too hot or too cold, too moift, or and
.: ."-"iicgiii, me i-.ivt» j» iuujtL-i iu iiiduy ni.jiin.ii'.'!, oc is uiverily fttuA as^y Inflammations, Apoftumation, orUlcerj orbyOb- °f th l°ns' Stoppings,or hard Knobs: or laftly, by the Confumprion pro e*hole fubftance thereof. The figns to know if the Difeafe y0:i- frornHot caufes, isleannefsof Body, the loathing of Meat, ln8 Dang ofaftrong Scent, great Thirft, and loofaefs of Belly. The
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The figns to know if che Difeafe proceed from cold caufes, is good
ftace of Body, appetite of Meat, dung not Stinking, noThirft, and the Belly neither loofenor cofttve. Now to proceed to the particular Difeafesof theLiver,and firft of the Inflammation, you fhall under- stand thac it commeth. by means that the Blood through the abun- dance, thinnefs, boy ling heat, or fharpnels thereof, or through the Violence of fome outward caufe, breaketh out of the Veins, an« floweth into the Body or Subftance of che Liver; and io being dir poftft of his propcrVeflelsjdoth immediately putrifie,and is inflamed» corrupting fo much of the flefhy fubftance of the Liver, as is either touched or imbrued with the fame, whence it commeth, that for the mpft part, the hollow fide of the Liver is firft confirmed, yea, fome-, times the full fide alfo: This Inflammation by a natural heat is fometimes turned to Putnfa£tion,and then it is called an Apcftuma« tion: which when either by the, ftrength of Nature or art, it doth break and run, then it is called an Ulcer, or filthy fore. Now the figns of an Inflammation on the hollow fide of the Liver (which is the leaft hurtfull) isloathing of Meat, great Third, loofenfs of Belly» and a continual unwillingnefs to lye on the left fide: but if the Inflammation be on the full fide of the Liver, then the figns be fhort Breathing, a dry Cough, muchPain, when you handle the Horfe about the wind-pipe, and an unwillingnefs to lye on the right fide- The figns of Apoftumation is great heat, long fetching of breath,and a continual looking to his fide. The figns of Ulceration, is continual coldnefs, ftarting up the hair, and much feeblenefs and fainting, be' eauf? the filthy matter calling evil Vapours abroad, doth many times corrupc the Heart and occafion Death. Now for the Cure of thefe Inflammations, fomeFairiers ufe to take a quart of Ale, anOüice of Myrrh, an Ounce of Frankincenfe, and brewing them well to- gether, give it the Horfe divers mornings to drink. Others ufe to take three Ounces of the feeds of Smallage, and three Ounces oj Hyfop, and as much Southerwort, and boylthem well in Oyl and Wine mingled together, and give the Horfe to drink j keep the Horfe warm, and let him neither drink cold water, nor eat dry dufty Hay. |
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j, e meat not being perfectly digefted, breedeth grofsand tougta drii lrs> w'hich Humours by the extremity of Travel, are violently g0?"''^o the fmallVeins,through which the Liver ought to receive St0 Nutriment, "and fo by that means breedeth ObftmcStions and tjnjjP'nSs- Now from thefe Obftruitjons, (when they have con- bre j ny l°ng time.) efpecially if the Humours be Cholerick, t-He t* many t'mes narc^ Knobs en the Liver,which Knobs maketh b'ec e continually lye on his right fide, and never on the left, w0a?(e ^he fhould lye on the left fide, the weight of the Knob him °?Prck tnc Stomach, and even ficken all the Vital parts in Co ^^ns of thefe Obftruclions or Stoppings, are Heavinefs of
tj-, /ltcnance, Diftention or Swelling, great Dulnefsand Sloath in ba i/0rfe when he beginneth his Travail, and a continual looking n, t0 his fhort Ribs, where remaineth his greater! pain and tor- wl •r* Now the Cure thereof, is, to feeth continually in the water £j cl1 »e drinketh, Agrimony, Fumitory, Camomil, Wwm»ooAt £„?,"*> ffnnifeeds, Smallage% Parfley, Spity-trd, Gentian^ Succory, dlep* an<* E*ijithiy\\x Verrues whereof are mod comfortable to are r* ^ut tora'much as the meft part of our Englifh Farriers thefVe'y fimple Smiths, whofe Capacities are unable to dive into inte^fev«ral diftinctiofls, andthatthis Work (or Mafter-piece) is thatih for the weakeft Brain whatfoever : You fhall underftand, is _r • Crj be certain general figns to know when the Liver of a Horfe 8"d {V| t Wit'1 a"^ g"C^ °^ what Nature or Conditionfoever it be; gUjn° ^wife general Recti:s to Cure all the gruff, wiihout diftm- have "^ °r.knowing their Natures: You fhall icnow then if a Horfe cf hj a!\y Stiff or pain m hjs Liver by thefe'figns._ Ftrö, by a loathing a»d ro ut?' nexC' ^ C^e wa^inS °™is F'c^>ätihefs of his Mouth, t0 j l§h"ek of his Tongue, and great fuelling thereof,<md refufmg n the fide grieved: And laftly,a continual lookißg backward. O Now
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Now che general Cures for the ficknefs of the Liver, is, accordi!'j?
ro the opinion of the ancient F.rriets, togiveche Horfe Aloes u1'" folvcd in fweet Wine, for it both purgeth and ccrnforteth the LivC* Others ufe to give him to drink Ireos flampt and mixt withW11'? and Water together, or inflead of Ireos, to give him Calaminr,caljc(l of the Larins Polimcma. Others give Savery with Oyl and W^6 mixc together. Others ufe- Liver-wort and Agrimony withWi^ and Oy i. Others ufe comfortable Frictions, and to fteep his ?t°' vender in warm Water, and to mix with his Provender a lit»c Nitrum» not forgetting to lee him (land waim, andlyefofc: B"c era which is generally praifed above all Medicines, is, to give tbe Hoii'e a Woolfs Liver beaten to powder, and mixt either with WiflC> Water, O.yl, or any.other Medicine. , r-*a Now for a conclufiqn of thisGhapter,if t'heFarriers skill be fo gooo»
that he can diftinguifh the Nature of each feveral infirmity aW thcLi/c,-; then I would have him for to underftand, chac for I"' flammacions (which are the firft beginners of all Difeafes) would* ufed fimphs that mollifie and difperfe Humours, asbe thefe, Li"' feed, Fenugreek, Cainomil, Annifceds, Mellilot, and fuch like j l° which mollifying fimples, would be ever added fome fimples thJ sreaftr'ngent or biniing,asare thefe Red B.ofeleaves,Bramble leav£S' Worm-wood, Plaintain, Myrrh, Maffick» Storax, and fuch \^c' Now for Apoftames, they are to be ripened and voided, and Ulcef muft be cleaned and fcoured. down ward, either by ExcrCmeß' ° Urine, and therefore the ufe of fuch fimples as provoke either the ofi or the other, (of which you fhall find plenty in other Chapters) J mpft neceffary, C: H A P. LXX.
Of the Confumplien of the Liver.
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'e'afU ttV'.Cti8'10Ut tne whole fubftance of the Liver, which rotting by
ftan c ^cSr£es,doth in the end corrupt and confound all the mb» a«ld f ° Liver, proceeding, as the i think, from corrupt Meats, heat- We?t^rinks. And the lall thinkcth it commeth by extreme Put ^fittCn 'n Travail, which inflaming the Blood, doth afterward beca r ' Corrupr, and exulcerate the whole fubftance of the Liver : er is fpungious like the Lungs, therefore the Cure of öfal, e's held defperate; yetit bringeth nofpeedy or fudden EOr uc a wafting and lingring infirmity: Forthe Liver being Jq Pted,digeflion is taken away,and fo fhe Body for want of good
lojtk'lnent» doth in time confume. The fignsof this Difeafe is a 's h n^ °^ Meat,and a ftretching forth of the Horfes Body at length n,- . "andeth, he will feldome or never lye down, his Breath will ter 0larvel°ufly» anc^he W'H continually caft exceeding foul mar- fide CU^er at on£ ^oftriJ, or at both, according as one fide, or both hei»"? c Liver is confumed ; and on that fide which he csfteth, the ever have betwixt his neather jawes, about the middeft of tj, >a hard Knobor Kirnel about the bignefsofa Walnut. Now Co PMervative of this Difeafe, (for in truth it is incurable) is, ao f.t, ln8 to the opinion of fome Farriers, to take half a pint of Malm« Horf'0^ as macn °f tne blood of a young Pigg, and to give it the oth C "warm co drink. Other Farriers ufe to give the Horfe no bauej\°od for thefpace of three dayes? than warm Wore, and Oati Ni I *nan Oven, being fure that the Horfe be kept faffing the firft the u» ore ^e receivehis Medicine. Others fuppofe» that if into fpo f rtwhichhedrink«h,youdo put every Morning two or three earn" tne powder made of Agrimony, red Rofe leave?, Sac- lhe V ^aceum, Diarchadon Abbatis, Difantelon, Licoras, and of
powd'VCr °^a Woolf, t^iat is more excellent. Others hold that this hold Y> ^Vcn w"^ ^oats m'^ luke-warm, is very good. Others alf0 l at Malmfey, and the juyce of Fetherfew given to drink is SulpV, ,S ^fe (anc^ holdil eclua^ w"htne ^ß)t0 ta^e an Ounce °f
beate Ut e ^aten mt0 ^nc powder, and a penny weight of Myrrh giVe it0 fifiC powder, mix them together with a new laid Egge,and «e~| timcs et^ t0 drink with half a pint of Malmfey; ufe this divers for rh; "rv eP tn-e Hor^e fafting>yct feparate him from other horfer, CfllS Wafers infeaious. O i CHAP,
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cmpt nefs of the Bladder, arid Stone in the Gall. And thefe O0' flruftions do chance two feveral wayes: Fhft, when the paiTage y wlvch Choler fhould pafs from the Liver unto the Bladder of'" Gall, as unto his proper Receptacle» is flopped j and fo the Blado o; the GaBrcmaineth empty : foryouareto underftand, that'" Gall isnoneother thine,than along, {lender,littlegreenifh Blado ' fixed underneath the Liver, which doth receive all the Cholerl bitter moiftii're, which would otherwife offend not only the LivV but the whole Body alfc- Now if the paiTageof this necefTai}' Vf fel be flopped, there cannot chufe but Follow many infirmities* either Vomiting, the Lax, the Bloody-flüx, or the Yellows. l Secondly, when the way whereby fuch Choler fhould lfTue f°r''.
of the Bladder of the Gal', down into the Guts and ExcremMrS' clofedup, and fo fuperaboundeth with too much Choler j $t0 v hence (prineeth dulnefs -of Spirit, Suffocating, Be'chii-.g, H£*i Thirft, anddifpofition to rage and fury; and truly to any Vci,c there is not a more dangerous Difeafe, than the-over flowing oy <| Gall: But eur latter experience findeth that a Horte hath no " - at all j but that filthy and corrupt matter is wafted and fpenf» J ther by Sweat,Exeicife, or elfe doth turn to infirmity.. The fi?"S-rt both thefe kinds of Evils,or ObftrucYion5,are yellownefs of the S»' ^■irifc&ed with yellow Jaundife, and a continual Gftivenefs 01} ■ t^= Body: and the Curesof them are, accordingto the mod 3^'?j Farriers, to give the Horfe Mslk, and great ftore of Saffron, b^ ^ together, orinftead ofMilk, to give Ale, Saffron, and Ann,1£ \0 mixt together. But there be other Farriers, with whom I m0'.^ <j, agree,which hold,that ScUadine Roots andLeavcschopt and bui'flf and boy led in Beer; or for want ofSelladine, Rue, ^^'li0' grace, and given the Horfe luke«warm to Drink, is V&r vcraign.... ^ |
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Now for the Store in the GaJl, which is of a blackifh Colou •, it
wh iC fr°m the Obftruaion of the C°nduits of the Bladder,
creby the Choler being too long kept in, becommeth dry, and fo
°nverteth firft into Gravel, and after into a fold an j hard Stone,
whichboth the figns and the Cures are thofelaft before Rehearfed.
CHAP. LXXII.
Of eUfuch Difeafes as art incident to the Spleen.
PHe Spleen is a Long, Narrow, Flat, Spungy fubfhnce, of a
• ^ pale flelny Colour, joyning with the Liverand the Gall, it jne Receptacle of M lancholy,and the Dregs of the B!ood,and is as
°K6"i to Infirmity,as any inward Mrmber whatfoever,as co Inflam-
?ations, Obftru&ions, Knobs, and Swellings; it is through the ►Jtoflg'ne-ft, apt to fuck in all manner of filth, and to dilate and Pfead the fame over the whole Body : The appearance thereof is
/■ tfie left fide under the fhort Ribs, where you (hall perceive fome Bin Swelling, which fuelling gives great grief to the Midriff, e- jP^cially after a full Stomach, taking away much more of the Hoifcs j. %ftion than his Appetite^ and being fuftered to continue, it r^kes faint the Heart, and giowsin the end to a hard Knob,or ftony S^ftance. This Difeafe, or Difeafes of the Spleen, are incident to Horfes
^°ft in the Summer, proceeding from the Surfeit, or greedy eating wSreenMeats. The figns of winch Difeafes are thefe, Heavinefs, "briefs, pain on the Left fide, and hard Swellings, fhort Breath, )(tth Groaning, and an over hafty defire t-o his Meat. The Curt, " .
f c°rding to the opinion of out beft Farriers, is, to make the Horfe V^ac either by Labour or Cloaths,thentogivehimro drink a quart
. . "ite-Winej wherein hath been boyled the leaves of Tamarisk ,',u»ed, and a good quantity of Cumin feed beaten to powder,and
Sjtluke-wrrm. Ochers ufe, after the Hirfehath fweac, to pour
^!° his left Noftnl every day, the juyce of Myrab-lans, mixt with
fe jneanc* Water, to the quantity of a pinr. CKhers take Cumin-
g ar>d Honey of each fix Ounces, of Lacerpitiumas much as a
^n, of Vinegar a pine, andputallthefeincothreequartsofwater,
nd *et it ftand fo all Night, and give the Horfe a quart »hereof nexc
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Morning, having rafled all night. Others make the Horfe ro dri«*
of Garlick, Nitrum, Hare-hound, and Worm-wood foddc'n 1Jl fharpWine, and to bathe all the Horfes left fide with wa<mwate£j and to rub it hard. There be others which ufe toCauterize or Scarring the Horfcs left fide with a hot Iron j butitis barbarous and vilc,and • carrieth no judgment in the practice. CHAP. LXXIU.
Of the TtUervs or Jaundife- AS before I faid, from the Obftructions or Over-flowings of the
Gall and Spleen, doth fpring this Difeafe which cur common Smiths call the Yellows, and our better Farriers the Jaundife ; and youfhall undeiftand, that of this Yellows or Jaundife, there are two kinds, the firft an over flowing of Choler, proceeding frort1 the ficknefsof the Gall, and it is called fimply the Yellows,or yello^ Jaundife; becaufe the outward parts of the Body, as Eyes, Skifj Mouth, infideof the Lips, and the like, are dried and colours'* Yellow: the other an Over- flowing of Melancholy, proceeding frcm the ficknefs of the Spleen, and is called the black Yellows, °* Elack Jaundife, becaufe all the outward parts are black. Nowbo^ thefe Jaundife, or Yellows, have their beginnings from the evils0 'theLiver; theytllow Jaundife, when theLiverby inflammaii0'1 hath all his Blocd converted into Choler, and fo over-whelms «^ Body: and the black Jaundife, when feme Obftruftions in &e Liver-vein, which gcethto the Spleen, hindreth the Spleen fr0"1 doing his Office, and receiving the dregs of Blood from the LiverJ or elie r hen the Spleen is fur-charged with fuch dregs of Blood,3*1 fo fheddeth (hem back again into the Veins. . Now although this dtftindtion of the black Jaundife, orb^
Yellows,will appear dränge unto our common Farriers,vet it is fl1". certain,tha t « henfoever a Horfe d} eth cf the Yellows, he dyethf" \ of the black Yellows: for when it commeth unto the cafcof M0*-' tality, then are ail the inward powers converted to Blacknefs, and "1 Yellow fubftance is clean Maftred j but whilft the matter is ^e low, fo long the Horfes Body is in good ftate of recovery. BefioeS» thefe Yellows do ever follow one the other, andtbelefler hath0 (oof**
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praft; « Cs'n a Hor^es Bocty> ^at is moft common, cftneft in fie l~"c a.nc^ Xct m°ftmorta'» if it be not early prevented. The Ncfl1 • Difeafe of yellow Jaundife, are yellownefscf his Eyes, Ear »'"fideoi"the Lips, the Skin, the Yard, and the Urine: his xJc'-3nC' '11s ^an'c W1^ fweaf> and he will Groan when he Iycth fo \T'^' ^e w'^ not 0fl^ ke ^aiF,r> hut uttcrty forfakehis Meat al. a ' • Jhe Cures which are at this day in praclicefor this Difeafe, St»rf ? » anc' a World of them corrupt and poyfonous: Every ^'4 l" a'moft making a Medicineof his own invention.God knows ar * snd to little purpofe, bat for the bcfl Receits wliich at this day l|<ed by any good Farriers whstfoever, I will deliver you the ' ^Catalogue. jj,ri1 it, for the Antient Farriers, both Italian and French, they did
ti, t0 take of Tyme and Cumin, of each like quantity,and (tamping t'h ^ together, to mingle it with Wine, Höny, and Water j and eJ? (o let him Blood in the Pjfterns.
u^. now the Farriers of latter dayesufe, firft to let theHovfe
gi °Q in the Neck- vein, iuffering him to bleed, till you perceive the
^°°d to grow pure,then to give him this Drink : Take of white-
fa„inf 0r Ale a quart, and put thereunto Safforn, and Turmerick,of
full t an (-)unce'anc* the^Äfcthat is wrung out of a great hand-
i\\ I Sell3^me' and beingluw Wärm, give it the Horfe to Drink,
en keep him Warm the fpace of three or fonrdayes, giving him
let hi water;vjth a little Bran in it. Others ufe after the Horfe is
{u lo°d in the Neck-vein, Firft to RaJce him, then to give him a
to d ■ ¥ mac^c °^ ^a'r' ^oney' anc^ Marjoram, and then give him
Ale "k halfanOunce of Myrrh diffolvedtn a quart of Wine or
jfsj- ' Others ufe to give after Blood-letting, only cold Water and
WilpimixC ro8crner' There be others, which after Blood-letting,
and l£-^°P ^'s ^ars w"k Seliadine, and then bind them fall up,
ter iCET °? have-no Exercife for twelve hours after. Others ufe, af-
an ,C _? *e"»ng him Blood, to give him a differ, then to take Saffron,
tod l?r,nierK'c) anc^ mixing them with a quart of.Milk, give it him
bar/f l e*warin' Others uie to let the Horfe blood in the third
bled ° n ^°°f °f his Mouth, with a (harp Knife, and after he hath
Pennv- t0 ^^ a ^^ Penny Worth °f Er-ghfh Saffron, and a
y'Worthof Turmerick, and a new laid Egg, with the (hell and
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all fmall bn ken, and mix it in a quart of fhle Ale or Beer,and fofe1
him up warm. Others ufe to take after Blood letting, of Turmerick,and SafTroflt
alike quantity ,and two or three Cloves, and fix fpoonfullof Vinega* and Verjuyce, and to put into each Earof the Horfe,three fpoonful» thereof, and then (lop his Ears with black Wool, and fo tye the»1 up for (even or eight dayes after. Others take long Pepper,Grain*> Turmerick, and Licoras,a'l beaten into fine powder, then brew theo1 with a quart of ftrong Beer or Ale, and give it the Horfe to drink» Others ufe after taking and Blood-letting, to take the juyce of Ivy leaves, and mingling it with Wire, to fquirt it into the Hor^s Noftrils, and ro let him Drink only cold Water mixt with Nkrufl1» ' and let his Food be Grafs, or new Hay fprinkled wich Water. Thusyouhave feen, I dare well sffntr^all the beft practices whic»1
are at this dsy known for this Difeafe, and where they all fail, there is no hope of Cure, ( as the old Farriers affirm ) yet let me thus t*' further inform you, This Difeafe of the Yellows or Jaundife, if thc Keeper and Maftct be not a great deal the more skilfull and careful'» wilifteal upon you unawares,and (as I have often(een) whenyov1 are in themidftof your Journey, remote and diftant far from any Town that can give you fuccour,it may be your Horfe will fall dowf under yon, and if you fhould let tuJHgß till you fetch him fuccouf> queftionkfs he will be Dead. * In this extremity you have no help,but to draw out a fharp point*
ed Knife, Dagger, or Rapier for a need, and as near as you can, °\ pening the Horfes mouth, ftrike him Blood about the third bat °» the Roof of his Mouth, and fo letting him eat andfwallowhisou11 Blood a good while, then laifehimup, and be füre he will %° ' frefh as ever he did : But sfter yen ccirie to a place of rtft, the«1 Cr fure to Blood him, and give him ha'f an Ounce of the powdc* ° Diapenteina pint of Muskadine well brewed together, andthus<^ three or four Mornings together, and lee him be rafting before, al faft two hours after; and after the Potion give him a little moderal Excrcife, or e'fe there will a worfe fit ccrae upon him. Now to conclude for the black Jaundiie, which of fome Faff'c*
is called the dry Yellows, though for mine own part I hold itt0 \
incurable; yet there be other Farriers which are of a contraiy *r'
mour, and prefcribe this Phyfick for the Cure thereof: Fitft, to g1'
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0;s pütl^ a Cliftcr madeof Oyl, Water, Milk, and Nicrum, after
lTl: ""daftlenc is raked, then to poiir the Decoction of Mallows or H Wi.th fweet Wine in his Noftl ^ aiul lft his Mcac be G;al*s
(Jrje ,a? 'Pr'nkied with « ater, and a little Nitre, and his Provender 'litre I "' ^e muft icft fr°m ^abour,and be often Rubbed. Now Hovf ? 0t^er Farriers> which for this Difcafc would only have the trTcci ,ln'< the Decoftion of wild Coleworts fodden in Wine ; the s °t all which 1 oaly refer to Experience. |
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ap0, j? Mother Drinefs or Confumption of the flefh, which hath no
habj *nt caufe or ground, and is called of Farriers a Dropfie, or evil difl If Body» which is moff apparently feen, when theHorfeby to ö ef'otn lore his true natural Colour, and when Baynels turns
3,1(1 u"nefs, Blackncfsto Duskiihnefs, and Whitilefsto Alhinefs, com n °e kfeth hisSpifir, Strength,and Alacrity. Now this 8°OrlM noc ^rom the wanc °f Nutriment, but from the want of CriojUtriment, in that the Blood is corrupted either with Flegm, be(^pr' ?t Melancholy, comming (according to the opinion of our or r; arriers)cicher fromche Spleen, or the weaknefs of the Stomach |
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in the covering or bottom of his Belly, as ifthc Horfe were with»0*
which is only a watrifh Humour abiding betwixt the skin and tt5 rim: And tbe third, afwcÜingin the fameplaceby thelike Ha' mours, abideth betwixt the great bag and the Keli. The common fignsof this Di'eafe,are fhortnefs of Breatlvfive'l1?!
of the Body or Leggs, lofs of the Hosfes natural Colour, no appct1^ unto Meat, and a continual Third ; his Bick,Buttocks, and Fl*0?* willbedry, andfhrunkupto their Bones; his Veins will be h' that you cannot fee them, and wherefoever you fhall prefs yösr fluß* any thing hard againft his Body, there you fhall leave the print t>e' hind you, and the flefh will not rife of a good fpace after: wb^ helyeth down he will fpread'out hi« Limb?, and nor draw thefl* round together, and his hair will fhed with the fmaileft rubbi^' There be other Farriers which make but only two Dropfies, tha*^ a wet Dropfie, and a windy Dropfie, but being examined, they *** all one with thofe recited, have all the fame Signs and the ^ Cure, which according to the antient Farriers is in rhisfort: '™Mr. let him be warm covered with many Cloaths^a-nd either byFxer^f! or otherwife drive him into a fweat; then let his Back and Body K rubbed againft the hair,and let his Foqd be for the moft part, C°'(.* worts.Smallage, and Elming Boughs,or whatfcever elfe will keep jj1 Body foluble or provoke Urine: when you want this Food» '£ him eat Grafs,orHay fprinkled with water, and fometimes you ^v give him a kind of Pulfe called Ciche, fteeped a day and a nignt l Water,and then taken out and layd fo,as the Warer may dropa^*r There be other Farriers which only would have the Horfe to df".
Parfley ftampt and mixt with Wine, or elfe the Root of the he ^ called Panax ftampt and mixt with Wine. Now whereas '0^t Farrieis advifeto ilk the Belly a handfull behind the Navel, ctl the Wind and Water mayleifureiy ilTue forth,of mine own K"0^ ledge, I know the Cure to be mrft vile-$ nor can it bedone» \ to the utter fpoil and Killing of che Horfe : for a Horfe is a Beil, y and wanting knowledge of his own good, will never be cireff '°y'1 \\ Violence, and that Violence will bring down his Kell, fo as iE * u never be recovered. Now for thefe Dropfies in the Belly, aid1015? |
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0f VCls v^y Ordinary and in hourly practice : the beft Cure where-
» "M ever I found amongft the Farriers, is this.
o(f 1a e °f flroug Ale a Gallon,and fet it on the fire^nd then tkum *§pl W0 ? White froth which riieth, then take a handful! of Worm- it be W"^ ^a"", a"d put them into the Ale, and let rhem boyl till lhen<H7re ^moAco a quart: then take it off,and ftrain it exceedingly, »nQ"°lve into it three Ounces of the beft Treacle, and put in alio Po\VrfnCC anc^a ^a^ °^0DS Peppct and Grains beaten to very fine War er J then brew them all together till it be no more but luke- on ti »and fo give it the Horfe to drink ; the next day let him blood tut i Neck-vein, and annoint his Forelegs with train Oyl, and (o ^JO) intogood Grafs, and fear not his Recovery. C H A P. LXXV.
°ftbe Difeafes in the Guts of a Horfe y andß-ß of the Cboliekf
J\ «orfes Guts are fubjecl unto many and fundry infirmities:
»,efj.as namely, to the wind Cholick,fre, eng of the BelIy,Coftive- ChoM xe> Bloody-flux, and Worms of divers kinds. Now for "the ftjo l'. k *s a grievous an^ tormenting pain in the great Gut or plac . 5n> becaufe it is very large and fpacious, and full of empty kteeH lr iS l^e more aPc t0 rcce've divers pffenfive matters, which do P»ff ers infirmities, efpecially Wind, which finding no ready theap out> maketh the Body, as.it were, fwell, and offendeth both *HUch a att<^ och« inward Members. This Difeafe doth not fo thcfjj PPMr in the Stable, as abroad in Travail, and the figns are at K- \vtne Horfe will often offer to ftale, bnt cannot j he will ftrike fo^^jly with his hinder foot, and many times ftamp; he will pear s ^eat, and towards his Flank you (hall fee his Belly ap- tyajj ^re full than ordinary, and he will defire to lye down and is>0 iW* The Cure thereof, according to the moft antient Farriers, of u yt0 give him a Clifter made either of Wild Cucumbers, orelfe Voufl!n Un?» Nitrum, and ftrong Vinegar, the manner whereof hirn< a11 fe« in the Chapter of Clifters, and after the Clifter labour Qjjn Cts ufe to give the Horfe the Urine of a child to drink, or a
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Myrrh in good wine. ,jnd then Gallop him gently thereupon- i
thersuie^ give him SmslUge and Fa fley with his Provender» '.. |3= [hen to Travail h m till he fweat. But for my own parr, I hoW l
bed: to take a quart of Malmfey, of Cloves, Peppcr,Cinamon,ofei Halfan Oon:e, of Sugarhalf a quartern, and give it the Horfe h1* warm, and then Ride him at leaf! an hour after j but before V Ride him, annointall his Flanks wühOyl-de bay, or Oylof M5 ," Now if whuff you Ride him he will not Dung, you fhall then R3£ him, and if need be, enforce him to Dang, by thrufiing into " Fundament a pill'd, Oiion Jigged Crofs-wayes, that the tick'11^ of the Juycemay inforce Ordure : and by no means, forfoW five dayes let him drink no Cold water, nor eat any Grafs or g'c Com , buc keep him upon who efome dry Meat in a w3r Stable. CHAP. LXXVI.
Of the Bdly-akft or Fretting in the BeUj.
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BEfides the Cholick, "there is alfo another grievous pain in l,c
Belly, which Farriers call the Belly-ake, or Fretting in ' , Belly i and it proceedeth either from eating of Green Pulfe, wt, y grows en the ground, or raw undried Peafe, Beans, or Oats, of£' ^ whenfharp hetring Humours, or Inflammations, or abundao^" g-rofimatter is gotten between the great Gut and the Panicle. ' \ figns are much Wallowing., g; eat Groaning, and often ft-nki^A hrs Belly, and Gnawing upon the Manger. The Cure, accot^l to the opinion of fome Fan icrr, is, firfttoannoint your hand1*'1) Sailet'Oyl, Butter or greafe, and then thrufting it in at the H01 ■ Fundament, pull out asmuch Dune as you can reach, which isC?c led raking a Horfe : then give him a Clifter of water and Sah ^''j together, or inftc a. 1 thereof, give him a Suppofitory of Honey S|V Salr,and then give him to Drink the powder of Centuary and w°rue wood brewd with a quart of Malmfey. Others ufe only to give c J. Horfe a Suppofitory of New-caftle Sope, and for mine own patC' hold it only the beft. |
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CHAP. LXXVII.
Of the Ccflivenefs, or Belly-bound. I 0>tiveneff, or Belly bound, is, when a Horfe is fobound in his
j . Belly, that he cannot Dan* ; it is a Dfeafe of all other meft
j^ ^Cf»t to Running Horfe?, which are kepc in a dry and hot Dyer.
Ql ^y Mailers, the great Farriers, affirm, that it proccedeth from
it of Pr0vender, or over-much Feeding, and Red } or from wind,
q SH amours, or Cold,caufing Obft. unions, and Stoppings in the
j ats jbutl fuppofe (and imagine that all1 the beft Keepeisof Hunt-
° 0r Running Horfes will confent with me ) that it rather pro-
tn C|S much Farting, whereby the Gut, wanting frefh fubftanee
tov.lit, doth out of its own great Heat, bake and dry up the Utile
a "lch it contain«*« ; For it is a certain Rule, that nothingcan over-
j'jVv before it be full. Or elfe it may proceed from eating too much
j^ ^ a"d hot Ftood, w hich fucking up the flegm and moifture of the
: V) leaves not fufficient whereby it may be digefled5 however, k
* daagerous infirmi-ty, and is the beginning of many other evds.
*v"e ftgns are only abfhnence from the offi;e of Nature, ( I mean
a"ging ) which is moftufu-alin all Beafh. The Cure whet eof,
Curding to the opinion of the An icntcft Farrieis, is, to take the
atct wherein Mallowes have been long boy led, to the quantity of
^uart,and put thereto half a pint of Oyl, or indeed thereof, half a
£ nc °r Butter very fweec, and one Ounce of Benedikte Laxatu, and
t?uf that into hs Fundament Chftenvife: then with a firingfaftett
s Tail hard to his Tucl, and then trot the Horfe up and down a
1 ff\V while, that the Medicine may woik fo much the better j then
l • s"Tailloo(e',and fufrerhim to void all that isiwhis Belly ; then
"8 him into the Stable, and having flood a while, givehim a little
, "c'arified Homy to drink.; then cover him and keep him warm,
^ let his Drink for three or four dayes be nothing but fweet warm.
«esof Malt and water. O her Farriersufe to take eleven leaves
«in Utr^y ailc^ flamPln" cncm m a Mortar, give it the Horfe to drink
ST qU3rc &f S00^ ftrong Ale.
. mersufeto take an Ounce of Brimftone finely beaten to-pow- ' admixing k with Spurge, to give it the Horfe in a Mafhxo (diiaJt*.
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drink. Now for mine own part, I could wifh you, if the Difeafe
be not very extremely Violent, only but to rake the Horfes Funda- ment, and then to Gallop him in his Cloaths till he fweat, an-d then give him a handfull or two of clean Rye, and a little Brimftone mixc with it: for Brimftone being given with Provender at any time» will fcoure : but if the Difeafe be Raging and Violent, take a quar- . ter of a pound of white Sope, a handfull of Spurge, and a handfull , of Hemp-feed, bray them very well together, and give it the Horfe to drink with a quart of Ale luke-warm, then let him Faft, andEs- ,ercife him more thaa half an hour after; and be fare to keep him very warm, and let his Drink be only warm Mafhes. A World of other fcouring Receits there be : but youfhall find them more at large in the Chapter of Purgations, Clifters, and Suppofitorks. CHAP. LXXVIIJ.
Of the Laxy er teomfteb Scouring of Horftt» THe Lax, or open flux of a Horfes body, is a dangerous Difeafe»
and quickly bringech a Horfe to great weaknefsand faintnefs t It proceedech fomtimes from the abundance of Cholerick Humours» defeending from the Liver or Gall down into the Guts: fometimes by drinking over-much cold water immediately after his Provender» fometimes by (uddain Travelling upon a full ftomach before hi* Meat bedigeftedj fometimes by hafty Running or Gallopping prefently after Water j and fometimes by licking up a Feather, ot eating Hens-dung : there is no Difeafe that taketh more fore upo? a Horfe in a fhort time than this, and yet, fith Nature her felf in th»s Difeafe feemeth to be a Phyfician to the Horfes body, I would fl°l wifh any Farrier to go about too fuddenly to flop it j~ but if y°u find that by the continuance, Nature both lofeth her own ftrength» and the Horfe the good eftate of his Body, then youfhall feekr«' medy, and the Cure thereof, according to thg opinion of anti^ Farriers, is this: Take of Bean- flower, and Bole- Armeny, of && a quartern, mix them together in a quart of Red Wine, and gWe x\ the Horfe luke-warm todrink, and let him be kept very warm, ^fl<\ have much refhalfoler the water that he drinketh be hike«warm,311 mixt with Bean flower j yet by no meaES let him drink above o»^c |
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.! 0Ur f nd twenty hours,and then not to his full facisfa&ion.Others
q.z pint of Red wine,the powder of one Nutmeg,half an Ounce of
"*mon,& as much of theRind of a Poniegranat,& mixing them tc-
q l jgive it the horfeluke-warm to drink,& let him not drink any e=rf
j tDrink,exceptif beoncein four and twenty hours, half aMorfes
raught of warm water mixt with Bean-flower. Others cake a half-
. F nV worth of Allom beaten into fine powder,& Bole- Armeny beaten ,11 >and a quart of goodMilk,mingte them together till the Milk be . .on a Curd,and then give it the Horfe to diink,obferving the Dyer jprore rehearfed: But if this ßifeafe fhall-happen to a fucking Foal, *j c°mmonly it will, and I my felf have feen many that for want of ^Petience have perifhed thereby, you fhall then only give it a pint
J«ong Verges to drink, and it is a prefent remedy. For the Foal n|y feeding upon Milk, and that Milk avoiding in at liquid form;
s 1c Wasteceived, the Verges will curdleit, and fo=make it avoid ina.
«offer and more tougher fubftance. C « A P. LXXIX.
Of the Bloody-fi'tx in Horfes.
!* is not to be doubted, but that a Horfe may have the Bloody*
Flix ifor in my Experience I have feen it, befides the confirmation. °fallmy Maftsrs, theold Farriers. Now of the Bloody-flix they
^ake divers kinds, for fometimes the fat of the flimy filth which is ?v°:ded,is fprinWed wich a little Blood j fometimes the Excrements ,1SwacrifhB!ood,:like the Water wherein Bloody flefh hath been ^fhed j fometimes Blood mixed with Melancholy, and fome- ^""Jes pare Blood*: but all thefe proceeding from one Head, which the Exulceratiofl'of the Gut, they may all very wilt be helped by
y^Vure, Yet that you may know whether the Exulceration bein , e lr>w^rd fmall Guts, or in the outward great Gut, you ("hall ob- rve if the Matter and Blood be perfectly mixt together, then it is
ne inner fmall GuSs; but if they be not mixed, but come out feve- th l-^s ^00& mo^ commonly following the Macter, then it is in e thick outward Guts, Now this Bloody flix commeth moft
t^monly of fome fharp Humours, ingendring either by naughty
%M rood, or unreafonable Travel, which Humours being violently •driven;,,
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driven, and having pafied through many Crooked and Narro'V
waycs, do cleave to the Guts, and wich their hear and fharpnefs fret them and caufe Exalcerations and grievous pain. Sometimes this Bloody- fl x may come from extreme Cold, extreme Header extreme. Moiftnefs,or through thcViolence of fome extreme Scouring formerly given, wherein fome poy fonous fimple, as Siomony, Stibium, or fach Ike, may be applied in too great a quantity ; or it may ccme from the weaknefs of the Liver, or other Members, whichferve for Digc- ftion. The fign of this Dileafe, is only the avoiding Blood with hi* Excrement, or Bloc d inffead of Ex:remen;s: And the Cure, ac- cording to the opinion of the ancient Farriers, is to take Saffron one Ounce, of Myrrh two Ounces, of Southern- wood tiiree Ounces, of Parfley one Ounce, of Rue three Ounces, of Spittle-wort, and Hyffop, cfeach two Ounces, of Caffia, which is like Cinamon, one Ounce, let all thefe be beaten into fine powder, and mingled with Chalk and ftrong Vinegar wrought into a parte, of which pafte. make little Cakes, and dry them in the fhadow, and being dried diflolve fome of them in a pint and a half of Bailey-milk, or for want thereof, in that juyce which is called Crimor Prifame, and give it the Horfe to Drink : for it not only Cureth the Bloody-flixi butbe;ng given with a quart of warm Water, it healeth all grief and pain either in the Belly or Bladder, which commethfor want of (taling. Now for mine own part, I have ever ufed for the Bloody- flix,buC
l^jL, this Medicine only. Take of Red Wine three pints, half a hand" full of theHeib called Burfa Paftoris, orShephards purfe, and as much Tanners bark taken out of the Fat and dried, boyl them i" the Wine till fomewhat more than a pint be confumed, and the" draining it very hard, give it the Horfe luke-warrp to drink, if yo" do add unto it a little Cinamon it is not amifs. There be other Far* riers which ufe to diflolve in a pint of Red Wine,four Ounces of the conferveofS ows, and give it the Horfe to Drink : but either of the other Medicines are fully fufficient. |
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Of (befalling down of a Horfes Fundament.
t~|Orfesfometimes, by means of the Difeafe formerly fpoken of,
nef Wn'chis the Bloody-flix, and fomctirnes by a natural weak- \juV?tne inward Bowels, comming through ths Refolution of the the c ^erv'ngt0 draw UP tne Fundament, will many times have of l! laments fall down in great length, bsth to the much pain j.fj:Horfe, and great loathfomenefs to the beholders. Now the to ft'0" or falling down, may come pan ly by over-much ftraining as u °^ Wnen a Horfe is ccftive, and parly by-over-great moifture, ha'L PPe"sin young Children : for, than a Horfe, no Creature 0c ^ a moifter Body. Now the figns are apparent, hanging down w. j- Fundament, and the Cure is this. Firft, you (hall look wu* Fundament be inflamed, that is, whether it be much of R °r n°>'f *cbe not inflamed> then you fliall annoint it withOf i q ,°f«s warmed on a Chafing-difh and coals, or for wantoffuch t^» you (hall wafh it with warm Red Wine, butifitbeinflamed, Q^" you foall bath it well with a foft fpunge, dipt in the deco&ion an fallows, Camomill, Linfeed, and Fenugreek, and alfo youfhall a^n°intit well with Oyl of Camomill and Dill mingled together,to £jWage the Swelling: and then with a gentle hand, and warm ^«cacloaths, thruft it fair and fofcly up into his true place; that a ^» bathe all the Tuel with Red Wine, wherein hath been (odden tnt'tiutn> Galls, Achorn Cups, and the paring of Quinces: Then cenfW U?on " either the powder of Bole-Armonick, or of Frankin- givA?1 Sanguis Draconis, Mytrh, Acatium, or fuch like, and then e^L1^ to drink the dry Pils of Pomegranats beaten to powder, w rvvith Wine or warm water, and be fure to keep the Horfe very o/l™1', and in his Body neither too folubie orloofe, nor too coitive^ nard b0ün j Du£ 0f \ mean and foft temper, for the extremity oF* Uherishurtfull.
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Of the Bots, Truncheons^ and Worms in a Horfes Body.
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fay, little fhort Worms with great ted Heads, and longfmali wr»*1
Tails, which we call Bots: fhort and thick Worms all of a big«^1 like a mansFingcr,which we callTruncheons,and great long worl11 as big as a Mans finger, and at the left fix inches in length,whicb ^ call by thefimple name of Worms only. .. Ha=» Now in mine own Experience, and all other Mens, I find a -fou*1
forr, which is of a middle fize, and are red and fiery, withthtf*' fhort, fharp Heads, and are called poyfonous red Worms, andaf of all other moft poyfonous and dangerous, for they will afcend *? even to the throat of the Horfe, and will choak and kill him, a0 fometimes they will eat through his ftömach,and foxonfound hio1'' Now for mine own part, I am of opinion, that the firft which ar Bots,are not bred in the Guts but in the Stomach only,becaufe havi"1» cut up many Horfes, I never could yet find any one Bot in the Gut?» yet great ftore of both the other Worms, nor ever cut up the fto"!3^ ©fa Horfe, but I found great abundance of Bots, and neither of"1 other Worms: whence I am confidently opinionated,that Bs« a* ever bred in the Stomach, and both the other forts of Worms in •"} Guts: Truth it is, that all three do proceed from one felf famecaui t which is a Raw, Grofs, and Flegmatick matter, apt to putrifa#i0,,> and ingeadred by foul and naughty Feeding; and as they pro^ from one felf caufe, lo have they all one Sign, and all one Cure. -A ßgns then are, the Horfe will forfake his Meat, and not ftand u?° ' his Leggs, but wallow and tumble, and beat his Belly with his i£e j and fometimes the pain will be fo extreme, that he -will beat his nca againft the ground, and truly, the Violence of the Red-worms» wendet full, for I have ften Horfes whofe ftomach have been eat quite through with them, fo that the Meat which they eat, could*? abide in their ftomach, but fell upon the f wallowing into the BoCl^ 1 awaking the Body fwell HkeaTun, and fo have died with huge cCL «lent., Now the Cure according to the antienceft Farriers is»,t0 c* 1 |
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\Vg ^weetMilk, of Honey a quartern, and give it him Iuke-
aid f' 1 " wa^ n*m UP anc^ ^own f°r tn^ ^Pace °f an n9Ur after,
jw i° *ct "im reft for that day, with as little Meat and Drink as day f: and by no means fufferhim to lye down. Then the next ^Uch* ^e ^or^e is ^'"8» ta'<e of ^ue a handfoll, °f Savin as
a litr] V*"^ k"n8 well ftarapr, put thereunto a little Brimftone, and topetL c °f aChimney beaten into fine powder,put a!I thefe things the r er'n a quart of worr,ornew Ale,and there let them lye in fteep 'nd ■ °^Zn houror two ; then drain it hard through a fair cloath, hi^ 1VC '* CncHorfe to drinke luke-warm,then Bridle him, and walk otj ti r°ad thefpaceofan hour, then fee him up, and let him (land " ^Bitttyo or three hours after, and then give him a little Hay. |
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bj ff.-** throat, and fare it is pafling good, efpecially if a little Sak
tliet rX5d with them: and this muft be done three Mornings toge- 3ftCt a"''ig, keeping the Horfe from Drinking three or four hours atCt)' Others ufe to take three Ounces of the Roots of Caphers, be- or {j^11*1 half fo much Vinegar, and put it down the Horfes throat: dtj,,. a pint of Milk, and a fpoonfull of Sope given the Horfe to Otije : or Brimfloneand Mdk given to drink, all very foveraign. fo fty| } ufc to bind about the Snaffle or bit,mans Dung new made,and q ,e 0'°i therewith.
arid b VS "ke of Gentian, Aloes, and Savin, of each half an Ounce, ta]cc tCw tnem together with Honey and flrong Ale* Others ufe to ^ttth ^ a 1uarc °fco^ fwect Wort. Others take Savin and :h0ptCNvvorr, or elfe Worm-wood, and the tops of Broom fmall Hot( *and mix it with the Horfes Provender. Others ufe to give the ife to r? drink hike- warm, Elder- berries fodden in Milk. Others ind ^ e tr»e Horfe w_ith his Provender, his own Hair chopt fmall, \{tn 'i*1 with Bay-Salt. Others put hot Embers in Water, and ittie / y ^rain "> and 8've n the Horfe to drink. Ochers make iDg,^01111^ Balls of Honey, and the fine powder of Chalk, and put- *ke ^ 'n-Co Ale, make rne Horfe fwaliow them. Others ufe to 'feeic ^C*a^y f°r tne l°ng Worms, a half-penny worth of Fenu- ay-b'err '^e^s a quarter of a pound, a half-penny worth of
jtijnt ^VSmacn Licoras, and as much Turmenck, and ä little
j oi "nmftone,bear them into powder,put them into a quart
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or Ale, and give it the Horfe bfting lu e-warm to drink : thenR1 ^
him an hour after,, then fet him up warm four and twenty hour* 13» ter. Ochers ufe, e(pecially for the Tiuncheons, to take two fp°° full of the powder of Worm wood, finely fearft, and put it in a pl ■ of good Malmfey, and after it is brewed a wh;le, let it ftand * (oak all night, and then give it the Horte in the morning •falt",| then keep him without meat or drink four hours after. Others ^ vco give the Horfe to drink, two fpoonfall of Worm feed, and much Brimftone, as powder of Savin, with a quart of MalmfeyA j or Beer. Ochers ufe to ta- e as much black Sopeasa Wjlnut, a ^ as much Brimftone beaten to powder, and a head or two ofGarl«^ pill'dand bruifed, and put into a quart of good Ale, and give it ^ Horfeluke-warmto drink. j This Medicine may alfo be admin fh ed to a Mare great with r°l"
if ihe be troubled with the Bots or other Worms, fo that £ black Sope be left out, for it is a Violent purger, and ,fl£( kill the Foal in che Mares belly} yec fcr mine own parr, I ne\ give any inward Phyfical Medicines to a Mare great with F0^ |
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grea-cenfs of the Worm-veins under her Lips, then prefently ' A nothing but let her Blocd in the Roof or Palate of her Mauth, ä£$) make her eather own Blood ; for that I know will both kill wor^ and help mcfl inward Maladies. But leaving Mares with Poa*» [0 us return again unto Horfcs. There be other Farriers which u> y take a handful! of new Hens-dung, and a quart of ftale Ale,and & ,, them well together } then take a handfull of Bay Salt, and puC/r{« Eggs to it, and having mixt them all well together, give it the &'{ ä$ to drink. Oners ufe to take half a penny-worth of Saffron, a" ^ much Allum, and mix them with a pint of Milk, and give Jj J Horfe to drink : or clfe give him green Willoiv, and green *• {0 to car. Ochers ufe (and trunk it the beft of all other Medicin£S/ A take the Guts of a young Hen or Pigeon, and roul it in a little 0 ^, Sope, then is Bay Salt, and fo force it down ihe Horfes throat- .^5 thers ufe (efpeciail», for the Truncheons) to let the Horfe drink &J clung, Mnu,Sage, and Rhue, with Beer or Ale,and to let him ^ c(i in the Noftrils. Tocordude, except you fee the Horfe vcO''^c gained,you (hall need co give him nothing but Rcztn anb Bri,T11 jjtt. |
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' t t0Sether, and blended wich his Provender, having care that yoa
T^n'e,c Fafting, and long before the Horfe do Drink. tak ' y»an^ as the chief of all Medicines for all manner of Worms, ==-i it as. mucn Precipitate as will lye on a filver two-pence, and work |
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Of the pdn in a Herfes Kidneys.
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Unto the Liver or Spleen of a Horfe, doalfo belong unco the
ötieys, as Inflammations, Obftru6tions, A pofthumes, and Ulcers ;
^truly, in opening of Horfes, I have found the Kidney fomecimej
t k"ed, which I imputed to fome matter of inflammation : I have
Kewife found much Gravel,which was only throughO'oflruitions;
* I havefeen the Kidneys as black as in!c, which could not come
j. !t"out an U'cerous Apoftumacion. Buc forafrnuch as a Horfe is a aU, whocannot tell the manner of his pain, norwefo heedfullas
• ^might have been, to obferve the Symptom of every grief, weare. j»°rc'd to conclude all under one Name, which is the pain in the „ ncvs, gotten either by fome great ftrain in Leading, or by fome ^burthen Bearing. i. *hefignsare) the Harfe will goRölingand Sraggering behind,
Viii ncw'llbe blackifli and thick, and his Stones (if he have any) th n^^1run'c up into his Body ; if he have not, you (hall perceive i. heath of his yard to be- drawn backward, and the great-Win
W'll'rilrunnem up the fide of his Thigh, called the Kidney-vein, of ! k ar>d beat continually. The Cure, according to the opinion q'i Angenc Parriers, is, fit ft to bathe his Back and Loins with ca* u-lnt' anQ Nitrum, warmed together, and after he is bached, to r ^'ni'w"h warm Cloaths, and let him ftand in Litter up B'H' rv ^' tnen S'ven'm co drink wafer wherein hath been fodden ' ^«nnel, Anmieeds, Smallage, Parfley, Spikenard, Myrrh, and Caffia,
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Caffia, or as many as you can conveniently get of ihefc fimp'cs. Th*
next Morning fafting, give him to drink a quart of Ews milk, or fo*' want thereof, half fo much Sallet-Oyl,and Deers fuet molten tog** ther: or if you can get it, the Root of'Daffodil! boyled in Wine» and let his Provender be dried Oats j and in his Diet keep him at bout ten daies, and he will Recover. CHAP. LXXXIIL
Of the Difeaf es belonging to the Bladder or Vrfoe, and
firflofthe Strangury. According to the determinate opinion of al! the beft and An-
tienteft Horfe-Leaches, the Bladder of a Horfe is fubjeft to three dangerous D)feafes,asfji ft, theSrrangury, or Strangwllion; the fecond, the Pain- pifs, and the third the Stone, or Piffuppnft. No* for the fuft, which is the Strangury, or Stiangullion, it is, when the Horfe is provoked to ftale often, and avoidcth nothing but a feW drops j it commeth without doubt, either by the heat-and fharpnefs of Urine, caufed either by great Travail, or bv fharp and hot Meat* and drinks, or elfe by the Exulceration of theBladder, or by means offome Apofthume in the Liver and Kidneys, which Apofthum' being broken, the matter reforteth down into the Bladder, and wid* the fharpnefs thereof caufeth a continual provocation of pilling. Th6 figns are (as I faid before) a continual defire to pifs. yet avoiding no* thingbutafewdrops, and thofe with fuch pain, that he .will whisk» wry, and beat his Tail as he piffeth. The Cure whereof is,to bathe the Horfes hinder Loins with warn1
water, and then take Bread and Bay-berries, and temper diem to* gether with May Butter, and give him two or three Balls ther'o* down his throat three daies together. Others ufe, (and I have ever found it the beft) to take a quart °*
new Milk,and a quartern of Sugar,and btewing them well together give it the Horfe to drink fix Mornings together, ob(ervingtok*eP the Horfe from all fharp meats, as Mow burnt Hay, Bran, and in<;'1 Ike. |
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Of the Pain-pifi, or Ptjfmg vtlthpain. Wis Difeafe of Pain-pifs, is, when a Horfe cannot pifs.bttt with
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f0'nefs of the Bladder, and the Cold intemperance thereof; and
0oDCtlmCS tnrough c'ie abundance of Flegm and grofs Humours, Nm8 ^e tttc^oi c^e Bidder.. The figns whereof are, the Horfe Va j e.tcn himfelf out as thoughhe would ftale, and thruft out his f,js5alittle, and with the pain clap his Tail betwixt his thighs to a o j y > a"d having flood fo a good while, in the end he will ftale s°°d quantity.
tc !JeCure whereof, according to the opinion of fome Farriers, is, *^3.. the '^ iuyceo^ Leeks, fweetWine, and OyJ, and mingling Up m r°g«her,,to pour it intohis right Noftril, and walk him a little ^ed"1 down uPon u:; or e^e to Rive him to drink Smallage Uf » °r elfe the Root's of wild Fennel fodden with Wine. Others ljjsj!0 Put fine (harp Onions clean pill'd, and a little bruifed, into Lj^dament, and then to chafe him immediatly upon it, either *he f P ^)m* or RUHnmg him in a Mans hand: or elfe to take intoCraping, of the inward parts of the Horfes own Hoofs, beaten jsJo«P°wder, and mingled with Wine, and pour it into his right Horr ' an(* £hen Ride him upon it. Others ufe to lead the Wone'° Sheep coats, or Sheep-pens, where great ftore of Sheep are |
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Of the Stone, or Pifs-fupprefi in a Horfe.
THc Stone, or PHs-mppreft in a Horfe, is, when a Horfe would
fainftale, but cannot at all, and therefore may well be call«» the fupprefTmn of the Urine. Ic proceedcth according to the opii»' ons of mv Matters, the eld Farriers, fometiraes from the weakod . of the Bladder, when the water Conduit is flopped with groft H^ mouri, or with matter defending from the Liver, or from fotf? laflammacion or hard Knobs growing at the mouth of the Conduw or for that the finews of che Bladder are numbed, To as the Bladd^ is without feeling: or it may comeby keeping a Ho, fc ,n Long Tr*' vail, and not fuffruig himtoftale; but moft commonly and otc» iccommethfromObftruaionsintheKidneyj, where, by the caul aforefaid, a certain Red Gravel being bred, and falling down ii» the Conduits, by mixture of Flegm and other grofs Humour.?, thereVbrought to be a hard Stone, and ftoppeth the paflage of the V rine.For the figns there needeth no more but this,that he would ra». pifs, but cannot. L The Cure, according to the opinion of the moft antienttft v*
riers, is, ftift to draw out his yard, and bathe it well with xvW, Wine, and pick it, and fcour it well, left it be flopped with dirt «A fihhinefs; then put a little Oylof Camomillinto his yard wi'^ wax Candle, and a bruifed Clove of Garlick : but if that will A force him to ftale,then take of Parfley two handfull,ofCoriander% handfull,ftamp them and ftrain them with a quart of white W»1^ diffolve therein one Ounce of Cake Sope,and giveitluke- warm *j the horfe to drink ;and fee that you keep him as warm as may b«,» Jec him drink no cold water for the fpace of five or fix dayes,«?^^ you would have him to ftale, let it either be on good plenty of ft' ß or upon the grafs, or in a fheep coat. Others (and thofe of che 0 efteem for Horfedeach-craft at this day) ufe only to give whiteW (f, Cake-fope, and Butter very well mixt together, and let the & Drink it warm. [,£0 Others ufe to anrioint the Horfes belly fiift with warm water, (e
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a»3j 'n fr. m'xt together and made warm, andfo hold a hoc Iron
better ^^ whilft it is annointing, that the Oynrment may the ter fQ e^er the Skin : Buc I hold this Medicine tobemuchbet- ■Stou/, Sftangury, or any other pain in the Belly, than for the t^Hi 5y*t it is approved good for all. Others ufe to take a pint of Of te p ne or Ale, and mix it with a little Garlick, and the whites of red o ^s,and §ive " tne Horfe to drink : or elfe give him the juyce brujf 5*°k-worrs mixt with white wine, or the Root of Alexanders Vjnc d> and fodden in Wine to drink, and wafhhis yard wich or Q^r* Others ufe to take either Worm wood, Southern-wood, of tLa '"gale, or Mallows, or Pimpernell, fome of thefe, or any one drink » ^*mPt and ftra'ned5 a"d give it the Horfe with Ale to fejj ," Others ufe ro take a pint of white Wine, half a pint of Burr- of tj ^ten very fmall, two Ounces of Parfley feed, half a handful »nd y °P. half an Ounce of black Sope, mix them all well together, WWjrm " and give ic the Horfe to drink : orelfe take un- fee b«in s> a"d ftamp them fmall, and Sope, Milk, and Butter, and a ^ °lixt together, give it the Horfe to drink. Others ufe to take ta^Ut|,leg> and a handfullof Parfly-feed,beat them to powder, then Aleas,tlucn Butter, and mix them all together in a quart of ftrong SeeJandgive it the Horfe lake-warm to drink: orelfe take the Q, °* Smallage, Patfly, Saxafrace, the Roots of Philupendula,, like r^ "^one Kirnels, Grummell-feeds, and Broom feeds, of each a a pi ^u*ntity, beat them into fine powder, and give it the Horfe with j2c 0r a quart of white Wine,
'nd a^eit, thefe Medicines before rehearfed,are daily in practice, iw'Pptoved very foveraign, yet for mine own part, I have found >t inC tn°rc fovera»gn tru«» c^is: "Take a cluart of ftrong Alc'and Put "iP ^aft° 3 P°tc'e Poc » n ta'ceas many Kecn Ra<u1^ ^°°lh c'ca« fton>■* being flit through and bruifed, as will .fill up the pot; thsn f PPln8the pot very clofe that no Air miy come in, let it fo ftand intr a"? tWenry hours, then ftrain the A e and the Roots very hard dti° I n Vefle!» an<* 8ive ic tne Horfe faft'n8 in tne. Morning to -J, : then Ride him a little up and down,and fo fet him up warm, ve« ^atch him> and you (hall fee him ßale. Thisyou muft do di- crs filings toseth«. |
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Of a Horfe that fifeth Blood.
There is nothing more certain, than that a Horfe many times w'1
pifs Blood inftead of Urine, the caufe (as the moft anrief Farriers fuppofe ) proceeding from fome one of thefe Grounder either ovei much Labour, or too heavy a Burthen, efpecialJy wh«1 the Horfe is fat: for by eitherof them the Horfe may come to brc» ' fome vein in hisBidy, and then you fhall fee clear Blood come oOh andnoUrineatall ; but if the Blood be mixt with Urine, tb^. ^^ they fuppofe it commeth from the Kidneys, having fome raggf^ «? Stt ne therein, which through great Travel doth fret the veins of en Kidneys, sndmakethem bleed, through which as the Urine pal' feth, it taketh the Blood away with it alfo ; but for my own ?***[. lhave not found any greater caufe for the pifflng of Blood then # takingupofa Horfe from Grafs in the ftrength of Winter, (*' about C hr ftmas) and prefently, without a dayes reft in the Stabw to thruft him into a long and weary Journey: from this cau 'c, have feen many Horfes after two or three dayes Journeyi to PL- Blood in moft griivcus manner. The figns are needleis. T* Cure according to the opinion of the antient Farriers, is this: Fi*'.' let the, Horfe blood in the palat of the mouth, to convert the Bl^0 i the contrary way ; then take of Tragagant which hath been fte£peg in white Wine, half an Ounce, of Poppy feed, one dram and0* fcrupfe, andofStoraxasmuch, and twelve pine apple Kirnels J ^ all thefe things be beaten and mingled well together, and g'v£^y Horfe thereof every Morning the fpa.ee of feven dayes; the quant' i ofa Wall-nut, Wufedinaquartof fweet Wine. Other latter F3 j ji:rsufetolet the Horfe blood in the Neck, and boyl that 13'°° with Wheat, and withi the powder of dried Pomegranat pills; l\ ftrain it, ,and give it him three or four mornings together to Pf) 0f and let him by no means Travil thereupon : or elfe give hi(fl m husked Beans boyled with busks of Acorns beaten fmall, and f?r together. Others ufe to m k. him a Drink with the Roots of" ^ fodilrri igled with Whe ttWer, and Summaeh fodden l°n^(e Water, and fo to be given to the Horfe with fweet Wine; °re,0 |
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Unt0 ,. "^ drink of Goats milfc and Sallet-Oyl, (training there-
of rVKt\e Frumenty: or elfe to give him fodden Beans and hjQ LCt'n Wine, each of thefe are of like force and goodne's. fcCtL . e^e be others which ufe for this Difeafe to take Barley, and t(ie 'nt"eiuy« of Gum- folly, and give him the Barly to ear, and rii(Jj^cc t0 drink: or elfe take the powder of Licorasand An- Caft iS r°ule<1 up in Honey, and make round Balis thereof, and b?ft °Wl1 tr|e Horfes throat two or three of them: Laftly, and the SalL 'a L'coras, Annifeeds, and Garlick bruifed together wiih eS-_ W<w y* a"d Honey, and give it in a quart of new Mlk to the C^"-* laß ,t0 drink, it is very foveragin alfo $ and thefe two Medicines barfed, are exceeding good alfo for any Cold or Glandrs. CHAP. LXXXVII..
Of the Colt Evil. I ^.e Colt Evil by the mod antient Farriers, efpecially the I*a{-
anjft'ans, whofe hot Country affordeth the Beafts of more Hoc ftanj- nB Natures than ouis doth, is thought to be a continual pr0 nS Erection, together with an unnatural Swelling of the Yard, Sin« ng either from fomewind, filling the Arteries and hollow Pfo ^i'0r ^'Pes or" c^e Yard', or elfe through the abundance of Seed, HavV° by the natural heat of the Horfe ; but our Farriers, who te«h n0t ^een £ba^ experience, becaufe our Horfes are of a Colder 'haf ' ky> it is only a Swelling of die fheath of the Yard, and of pro .^arF°f the Belly about the Yard, together with the Cod alfo, te^^.'"* from corrupt feed, which commeth out of the Yard, and Wre ^"'»R within the fheath, there putr.fieth: And this judgment th,t 'ld by Expennce to be m>ft true. Now you fhallunderstand, Wa e'd'ngs as well us H rfes are fubjetSt theieunto, becaufe they •p, natQral Heat to exp. II feed any further,
j. "e "^nsare only the oat« ard Swelling of the Sheath and Cod, Ink °"C 0t'ler: and the beftCure is,firft to wafh the fheath clean with cj0*^a.rrhVinegar,then draw out the yard and wafh it alfo; which inro^r t'le Hoi fe twice every day, that is,Morning and Evening, fro °me ^eeP Running water up to the Belly, toffing him to and » t0 allay the heat of his Members till the (welling bevanifhed, R 1 and
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to bathe his Cods and Yard with the juyce of Houfe-lick, or *'.j the water wherein Kinholm hath been Cod. Now thisCoh"e will fometimes flop the Horfes Urine that he cannot pifs: then y° fhall take new Ale, and a litrle black Sope, and give it the Horle drink. Others ufe to wafh the Horfes Cods and Sheath a ith P 1 ter and Vinegar made warm. Others ufe to wafh his Yard i Cods with the juyce of Hemlock, orelfe take Bean-flower,V:r>££>.fj and Bole-Armonick, and mixing them together, 1 y it Plaißef^ to his Sheath and Cods. Others make him a plaifter of wine I»' j Houfe lick, and Bran mixt together, and laid to his Sheath a Cods: but if the firft Receipt will ferve, I would not wifh y°u ufe any other Medicine, CHAP. LXXXVIlI.
Of the Matttring of tbs Yard. THis Difeafeofthe Mattering of the Yard, is feldome ften ^
amongft the hot Races or Breeds of Horfes, as the Jennet» cf Barbary, and (uchlike; and it happeneth ever at Covering t'"1?^' when the Horfe and Mare both being too hot, do burn themfelv«5' -, which means there iffueth forth of the Horfes yard much filthy °?ä, ter; The figns are the falling down of the matter, and a fwe*'A at the end of the Yard, and the Horfe can by no means draw up 0[ yard, orcover it within his fheath. The Cure is, to take a p'"1^, white-Wine, and boyl therein a quartern of Roch-allom, aßd^[j5 a large Serringe or fquirt, fquirt in three or fourfquirtfnll io£° (0 yard one after another, and be fure that your fquirt go home v\. the bottom, that the Liquor or Lotion may fcoure the ^°?-L matter away; this do five or fix times every day till the rWe whole. |
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Of the fktiilng of the Seed. P**e fhedding of the Seed, or the falling a\vay of the Sperm in
A- Horfes,is none other than that which we call in men the Run- ab ^cbe Reins: itcommeth, as our old Farriers fay, either by a ."dance, and ranknefs of Seed, or by the weaknefsof the Stones» A L ^" Veffels,not abje to retain the Seed untill it be digefted and Cef .d ; but truly for mine own part, I think it commeth oftner j P^cially amongft our Englifh, Horfes) by fome great ftra in in j,'Ping, or by teaching a Horfe to Bound, and making him bound Q^°Ye the compafs of his Natural ftrength. The figns are only the "jading of hi« Seed, whicn wil1 beWh"e, Thin^ asdWatrifli. jj e Cure, according to theantient Experiments, is, firft to Ride the °r'e into fome cold water up to the Belly,in fomuch that his Stones w?y ^covered with water, which done.bathe his Fundament with ^1 ate* and OyI,then cover him exceeding warm, and give him every p*V to drink Red Wine, and Hoggs Dung, rill the Flux of his feed ofß* but latter Experience hath found this Receipt better. Take p Red Wineaquart, and put therein a little Acatium, the juyceof .'amain, and a little Maftick, and give it him to drink ; and then k'«ie all his Back with Red Wine, and Oyl of Rofes mixt together; .It other Farriers take Venice, Turpentine?and being wafhr, beat ^ell with half fo much Sugar, and.then make round Balls as big s WjWus, and give the Horfe five every Morning till the flux ftay. CHAP. XL.
Of the falling down of the lord!
P "-C falling down or the Yard, is when a Horfe hath no ßrengfri
b* t0 draw up his Yard within the fheath, but lets it hang down Aid ^'S ^eS8$ ^' favouredly: it commeth (as our beft Farriers forn »^ eurier through the weaknefs of the Member, by means of bv fC °^Uti°n m cRe Mufcles and Sinews,ferving the fame, caufed yi0Ql>e great ftrain or ftnpe on the Back; or elk through'extreme |
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Wearinefs and Tyring. The fign is only the apparent hanging do*"
of the Mernber j and the Cure is, (according to fome opinions) ^ wafh the Horfes yard in Salt water fmm the Sea, or for want thereof» with Water and Salt j but if that will noc prevail, then prick all we outrrioft skin of his yard with a fharpNsedle, 'but yet as flightly aS may be, and not deep ; and then wafh all the pricks with ftrofß ■Vinegar, and this will not only make him draw up his yard a^a'lj but alfo if at any time his Fundament chance to faH» this Cure *|'f put it up again. There be other Farriers which for this Difeafe *** put into the pipe of the Horf:s yard,Honey and Salt hcyled rogethf» and made Liqu'd, or elfe a quick flye, or $ gtain oi Frankincetrfe, °* a Owe of Gsrlick dean pitt'd and brutfed, and bathe his Back wid1 0>l,Wine, and Nitre made wa*m and mingled together. But thebeft Cure,accordingtööurEnglifh prafticc,is,firft)towa'r'
all the yard with «bite-Wine warmed, and then annoint itw"" Oyl of Rofes and Honey mixt together, and fo put it up into the fheath, and with -a litc'e Bolfter of Canvafe keep it from fall^S down, and drefs him thus once in four and "rwcnty hours, unti l',e be recovered, and in any Cafe let his Back bt kept as warm as is p0'' fible, both withCIoath and a charge of Plafter made of Bole-Arm0' nick, Eggs, Wheat flower, Sanguis Draconis, Turpentine, »^ Vinegary or ehe lay next his Back a wet-Sack, or wet ay, an«!* dry Cloth over it, and that will keep his Back exceeding vvai m. CHAP. XCI.
Of the Dlfeafcs incident to Uttires, and frft of the larrenneft
of the Womb. THe only Difeafe incident to the Womb of a Mare, (as far f°rC
asourFarrersare Experienced) is Barrenness which mayPr ceedfrom diverscanfes,as through the untemperatenefs of the Ma[fl \ being either too hot and fiery, or too cold and mo .ft, or too dry '■> ^ elfe too fhort,or too narrow,or having theNeck thereof turne-d a^c or by means offomeObftruäion,or Stopping in.the Matrixjbr if1 r^ the Mareis too fat or rooleanyand divtis other fuchlike caufes-v'j the Cure thereof, according ro the old Farriers, is, totake3;£°\, handfull of Leeks,and (lamp them in morter with four or five ^?°°(Js |
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the n • nc> t^ien Put tnereunto twelve flyes", called Cantharides,
fer n "«in, them all together wich a fufficient quantity of water to Jn 1 ^are therewith two days together, by pouring the fame en, " r Nature with a Clifter-pipe made for the purpofe, and at the cov 1 '^«dayes next following,oflfer the horfe unto her chat Should w.i knr' a"d after fhe is covered) wafhher Nature twice together v-old water.
^ "ere be others which ure to take of Nicrum, of Sparrows Dang, tti-i Urpc« ine, cfeach a like quantity well wrought togecher,and jj e a Suppofuory, and put that into her Nature, and it will catffe 0p ■ ?:h to defire the Horfe, and alfo to conceive. There be foms ^ P'H'on, that it is good to put a Nettle into the Horfes mouth Wa ' u^ com ner« Of au which, let only Experience be your CH'A P. XCII.
Of the Ptßiknt Consumption in \JMares.
is a certain; PeftilentConfumpcion incident to Mares when
,a 'hey are with Foal, proceedingfrom cold Flegm, gathered by jfjj °§8y Food in the Winter-feafon, which defending from the pin Ilcysj doth opprefs the Matrix,and makes the Mare confume and pQe away, fo that, if (he b« not hoi pen, (he will want ftrength to of aI .r ^oa^ The figns are, f uddain Leannefs, and a drooping Tu P'r'r» with much difhke of Meat, a continual defire to be laid. q eCure is,to pour into her Noftnls three pints of Fiili brine,called > gr tUlne, three or four Mornings together, and if the grief be very hf}h then take five pints, and it wilLmake her vent all Flegm at |
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A D!SreP°"cd byfomc.-of our EngÜiTi Farriers, that Mares being
Blood°^Y a"d high kept, will at the Spring of cr;e year, when their
"egins to wax warm, if they chance, when they go to the
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water, to fee their own ihadows therein, that prefently they w»1
fall into an extreme Love therewith, and from that Love into facy a hot Rage,that they will forget eicher toEat or drink,and never cea'* Running about the pafture, gazing ftrangely, and looking oft aboUc and behind them. The Cure of this Folly, is, prefently to lead t"e Mare to the Water» and there to let her fee her felf as before, and dj6 fecond fight will utterly extinguifli the memory of the firft, and'" take away her Folly. CHAP. XCIV.
- OfUWares which c*fttb:ir Foals.
THe occafion why Mares caft their Foals, that is, to Foal the'*
either before their times, or dead) are very many, asftrai«15' ftrokes, intemperate Riding, rafliings, hard Wintrings, or too grc*{ Fatnefs, and fach like. Now yon (hall uuderftand, that this abone* ment, or untimely cafting of a Foal, is moft dangerous to the Life °. a Mare: For nature being, as it were, detained from her true af(' perfect cuftom, which is the prefervation of Health, cannot ch^j but give way to the contrary, which is Death and Mortality, »^ the Body and Pores being fet open to the air, before it be ablel0 defend the Cold, cannot choofebut be fuffocated with unwholefo1^ Vapourr. If »hereforc you have a Mare at any time which d"* caft her Foal, and withall falleth fick upon thefame, youfhallp?*' fently take her into the Hpufe, and fet her up very warm, then $, her two fpoonfull of the powder of Diapehte wellbrewdinapj?^ of Muskadine, and feed her with fweet Hay, and warm MaflieS» ^ at leaft a week after. CHAP. XCV.
Of Charts that are hard of Foaling. IF it happen by any mifchance, or otherwise, that the pafiageS J
other conduits, which lead from the Matrix, be fo ftraigh1*1 jt that the Mare cannot Foal,and fo be in danger of her Life: ^'lijs lhallbegood ihat you help her by holding and flopping her N°* :cJj |
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Paff'^ U hand in gentle m inner, chu her Brfeath rnayaqrt nave
fon 'e'anc^ 1ne w''l F°a^ w'cn a Sreat ^ea' c'ie m°re ea(e,and much n *r i and fure the pain isn<Hhing,becaufea MarealwayesFoaietft Ca ndlllg. Now if at any time when your Mare hath Foaled, Hie n°t void her Secu^dme. v hich is the skin wherein the Foal is
o0 5 1 »!H that naturalmaipicr as fhe ought, you flb-ill then takea half ■ ^ or tw0 °^ ^ennc'' anc* k°yl 'c m waccr: then take the 3 ^'nt °^ that> and an0c^er ^If Pint of °'d W'nc> and put fir,ret0 a fourth part 01 Oyl, and mingle them all together over the O'31^ being bur lukewarm, pour it into the Mares N ft lis, and ar "^Noftrilsclofewnh your hand, to keep it in a pretty while r> and noqueftion but fhe will void her Secundme prefently.
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Of making a (JMare to caß her Foal.
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at any time you would have ymr Mire to caft her Foai, as Wo u^'nB prefent occafion to ufe her, or in that the Foal is not
ty rt*üly eriough begot, you fhall take a bottfe of new Milk, and bov! u^sot ^av'n c^°Ptan^ bruifed,and putting them together, . yl;hem till one half be confumed ; thenftrain it very hard, and g0e"L'he Mare luke-warm to drink, hen prefen:ly Gallop her a tKiH ^ace' tnen ^et ^er UP' ^° r^us r wn M 'rnings, and before the
Jjjjl toe-mil havecaft het Foal, Others ufe with taeir hand to Mcrl ^<a' 'n c^e Ma,fS belly,but it is dangerous, and the former U l(-'«e is more fuffkienr. And thusmuch of the infirmities of £s* Now let us retui n again to Horfes and Mares in general. CHAP. XCVII.
Of the Drinking of Horfe- leaches by Horfes.
X L* r^e at any time drink down Horfe-leaches, theywillfuck
^OWt^s,Bl°od and Kill him. The figns are, the Horfe will hang fallf i^1^ to cne gr.und, and abundance of filthy ftaver will Ptef X°T mouth, and fometimes fome Blood alfo. The Cure is, ' J10 give him a pint of Sallet-Oyl to drink, and that will S mane
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make them fall away, and kill them. But thebtft is, togiveh"*1
half an Ounce of Diapence brewed in a pint of good ftrong Beer °r Air. CHAP. XCVIII.
OfSrvthwing down Hens dung> or any VentmQtts thing whatfoevrf'.
IF a Horfe chance to fwallow down any Hens dung with his Htf'
it will free his Guts, and make him to avoid much filthy matte - at his Fundament. The Cure whereof? is, to take a pintofW»1?' half a pint of Honey, and twofpoonfjHlsof Smallage feed brui^j and mixing them well together, to give it the Horfe to drink, a" then to Walk him well upon the fame that he may empty his Bel'/' But if the Horfe chance to lick up any other Venemous thing, ie Neut, or fuch lick, which you fhall know by the inftant fwelling? his body, and the trembling of all his members; then the Cure l5> ruft to put him into a fweat, either by Cloaths or Exercife ; the«1' let him blood in the Palateof the mouth, and look how much p bleedethjfo much let him fwallow down hot: or elfe give him flr0|,| Wine and Salt mixt together: or elfe take the Root, and Leaves,8" 1 fruit of Briony, which being burnt to allies, give che Hörfe a g°° fpoonm.ll thereof, with a pint of fweet Wine to drink. Now for mine own part, I have everufed to takea pint of Sal'^
OyU and two fpoonfull of Sugar-Caady beaten to powder, af^• muchofthepowderDiapente,and brewing them together,give ic ,c , Horfetodrink: or for wantof Diapente, fomuch of thefh^'l'v either of Ivory, or an old Stags horn, efpecially the tips ther£ burnr, C.H.A P. XCIX.
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rn.üft- ,ler>a'teratiou, nor the benefit of nature and kindly heat,then
Gtor U °k e c't^ier ^e taken away by Purgation,Clifter,or Suppo- in [I, o w f°r as much asa Horfe is troubled with many Difeafes tyhj 1 s> a"d that nothing can puige the gut with that gentlenefs t0r- a^uPpofitory doth,I will here fiift begin tofpeakofSunpofi- hüm11 r^a"d then, that a Horfe being forfeited, and full of evil
fit0 01?rs needing to be purged, itisbeftfirft to give him a Suppo- ftcm , ft if you fhould come to apply a Clifter,the great Guc being able w"hdry, hard,and ho: excrements, the Medicine being noc aCc ° ^ork beyond it, lofe both labour and vertue; fo that I make °rid nt a Suppofitory ii but onely a preparariveco a Glifter? and but tHe t0 cleanfe and make loofe the great Gut, which commeih to Flee ■' ~^ne gent^e Snppofitory then» and that which purgeth Hi '" C^e ^£ft manner, is, to take a fquare piece of cake fope, or ron' jnew Caftle fope, about five or fix inches long, and (having ic fo»all ^ " ^e not a^ove cnree inches about in the midft, and a little Sail Cf at eac^ cnc^ t^ian 'n c^e mi^' r'len anno'nt k over with 1^ ef'Pyl, and fo with your hand thruft it up more than a full fpan hold • ^UQdament: then fuddenly clap his tay 1 to his tuell, and tioft nard and clofe more thanhalf an.hour, in which fpace the y0 Part of the Suppofitory will be wafted, then gently takeaway ne r "and, and let him void the Suppofitory at his pleafure. The t0 'l pPpofitory to this, and which purgeth Cholcr abundantly, is, tfo Savin ftampt fmall, Staves akerandfalt, and boyl them in th; ,ey fi'lit be thick, thenjtake and knead it, androulic of a pretty mjn i°ng r°ul, as before you were taught for the hard fope, and IvU er it at his tuell. The next to this, and that which purgeth a lit*] °ty> 1S> to take a keen Onion, and pilling off the skin, jag it I?Un ,e Crofs-wife with your knife,and fo thruft it up into the Horfes torv a?-Cat- Thereis, befides thefeSuppofitoiies,ons othei Suppofi- corn W ^ *s't0 ta^c a cluart of Honey, and boyl it on the fire till it Jcffe e '? De thick like a Salve, then povvr it forth upon a Table, and ftiff f J'kea piece of doughuhen when it begins to harden,orgrow har,^35" will do when it begins to cool) thenroulitup under your adrni''1^ I?a^ce K m l^e ^orm of aSuppofitory,as is before fhewed,& fiUt of 1Z ia c^e ame manner-ThisSuppofitory is good to purge the any foul Humour,and therewithall is comfortable to the body. S 2 Now
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Nl>w you rrmffalfo underftand, that as thefe Suppofitories ar,
prepararve before Gliftus, fo they are likewifeto beuied fimpty °( rhemielvcs, where che ficknefs of the Horfe carrieth no greac danf^J For upon every flight occafion, or fmall drinels, which is to be d) folved with the moftgentle Medicine,to adminiftera Gtifter, ^Vj to bring the Horfes body to fuch an intemperate loofenefs, as woU' prove much worfe than the former contrary drinefs.Therefore* I v?1' every carefull Furrier ( becaufe the body of a Horfe would not" tampered withajl too much byphyfick)fiift,in the cafeofcoftivene'5' or inflammation of the inward parts, to approve a Sappofitory '• namelv, the ruft prefcribed and naked like a mans fift, or e'fe Ii*e roul orquanrity ofRoch-Al!ome,or elfe four inches of a greattalw Candle or Percher of four in the poundjwhich if it work effectual';' and keep the Horfes body foluble, then to proceed no further ; "^ in cafe it do not, but thai the offenfive matter ftill breedeth and£|1 creafeth, then to adminfkr a. Glifter ; and where that faileth1 takeaway the offence, to adminifler a Purgation. Now by the vw' you are to take with you this general rule, and never to fail in & performance, which is, never to adminifter either Suppofitory ^ Glider, but fit ft immediately before yoa give it, to Rake your Hof ™ which Raking, is in this manner. Fn ft, you fhall annoim all v"1! hand and arm over either with Sailer Oyl, fweet Butter, orfre't Gieafe, and then thruftitinto the Horfes Fundament, and dra.voVl5 all the Dung, Flegm, and filthy matter that you can feel, eve" highnpasthe great bag: Which done, then either adminifter )yfl Suppofitory orGIifter, which you pleafe, at your leifure; arid ^ •any cafe, w hilft the Horfe is thus in Phyfick, keep him exceed1* warm. CH A P. G.
Of Cjlifttrs, and th:ir Ufes.
THe natures and properties of G! fters are divers, and the'cY.c
it is necefiary that every carefull Farrier learn to know to & end they fet ve, and of whac Drugs or Simples they ought co b* c~ ^ pounded ■ For every Glrfter is to be made according to the ^ , 0f Now of Gliftersjfome are to eafe gntfs, and to allay the friar$rtc ue |
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theie'° Jeal Ulcers. Thefe Gl.fters by deanfing the'Guts, refrefh Qrork! D ^3rCS' ant* PrcPare c'le way be fori for every inward and
0f fV^ ui'ga:ion. Therefore, whenfoever a Hoi fc,through grofnefs or juUim°Urs) corruption of Blood, or abundance of Flegm, CtHer, fitv i, c.h°Iy, 's brought unto that evil habit of body, that of necef» B0. e muft be purged, and that efpecially his pain is in his Guts and a r ^y°u fhall then, as before I faid (hiving made a probation of <]c .^fitory) fiift of all adm:n;fter a Glifter, left by Purging fud- hiin, *lm any Purgarion or Potion, you ftir up a multitude of evil be; ou™» which finding no paffage downward ( becaufe the Guts peti" topped with Wind and Dregs) doftrike upward, andfo v 3ps put the Horfe into much greater danger. lKe uW *or l'ie c0111?0^"011 of Glfters, yriu lhall underftand; that
q " °C made of four things; that is, of Decoclions, ofDruggs, of f J » °i fuch like undluous matter, as Butter, or foft Greafe, and' cqa 1 y °f divers Salts, to provo'e the venue Expulfive. A De- fy,..1011 is the bioadr of cerain Herbs and Sir,iples boy led together in> 0p.Cr> üntill the third part be confumed. Now fometimes for wane 0t ^n Decoctions, you may if you pleafe, ufe iorne fat Beef-broth^ f0 e breath of a Sheeps head, or fuch like, or M\!k, or Whay5 or ^, ^ch like liquor, mingled fometimes either with Honey, or in . ugai", according to the quality of the Difeafe ; the Gliftcr be« 5 e>ther Lenitive, that is to fay, eafing of pain : or GIutinative3 ty,- ■ 's3 joyning of things Together : or elfe Abftei five, which is, Ot &lnSaway, or cleanfing of filthy matter. Now of this Deco&ion, - ' clean ftrained,you fhill never take above three many times but a quart; into which you (hall; . ireneedfnll, exceeding noc at the mofi, above of-|t0r ^°ur ounces, accordingas the Simples be more orle(sviolent.?- Sa| e ^yl you lhall never ufein a Glifter above half a pint, and of 4(j "0r above three or foure Drams. You fhall alfo continually Qr..ln'0cr your Glider luke-warm, either with I'ome long Horn,-, t}aj,1r^e Ghfter pipe made for the purpofe, and fixed to the largefi hzQ j you caii Set 5 and this Glifter-pipe is of all the beft,and doth the p jab°nr. When you do admmifter a Glifter, you Jhail fet o odes hinder parts fomewhac higher then (he foreparts, and 1 you (hall put the Glifter-pipe in ac "his Tuel into his Funds*
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Fundament up to the head, and having the confechon within cl'
Bladder, wring it with a very good ftrength into his body» ^ ghfter would be adminiftered to a horfe when he is rather empty th3! full paunched, whether it be in the fore noon or after-noon. N°* for the retaining or holding of the Glifter in the Horfesbody, tbrC* quarters of an hour is fuffkienr, of what quality foever it be. N°\ you are to note by the way, thatasfoon as the Glitter isadminiftfc^ unto the Horfes body, you muft chaw out the Pipe wich all the g^ tlenefs that may be, and fuddenly clap histayl to hisTuel, and r*|U hold it with your hand,without any moving or ftirring of the Hof'' till the Medicine hath his full time of working. .. Now to come unto particular Gliders, that you may know wh'c
Glfter it for which purpofe j the firft is, take of the pulp of Co'0' quintida, half an ounce, of Dragantium three quarters of an oufc' of Centuary and of Worm-wood, of each half a handfull,.of Calf reuroa quarter of an ounce,boylchem in three pints of water,thenD ing ftrained you (hall diflolve therein of Gerologundinum tnf ounces» of Salt three quarters of an Ounce, and of Oy I Olive h*'* pine, and foluke-warmadminifterit Ghfter-wife, as hath been &' fore expreffed : this Glifter is exceeding Soveraign for the Peftde,lC in Horfes, or for any Fever of what nature foever. |
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nifter it: this is of all Glifters the mod gentleft-. and as the fof^f Ghfter is abfterfive or deanfing, (o this is lenitive and a great eafcr °, pain; it is raoft Soveraign for a Horft that is taken, orthachathf ^ contraction or Gonvulfion, and generally for any Coftivenel* ,J\j, Horfe whatfoever, proceeding from inward forfeit or ficknefsjasffjL thefurfeitby Provender, foundringin the body» and fuchlikc- j^ next is, to take of Salt water, or clean Brine a quart, and di^t therein a pretty quantity of Sope, and then luke-warm admi«1' ef$ it: this G ifter is very good for theCholick, or any other "^-y of the Guts or Belly. And thus from thefe three Glifters yoü ^c compound many Glifters; but in mine opinion, if you ufe no & than them onely, they will be fully fufficient. |
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Of Purgations, and their ZJfes. u ur^nS°fHorfes is ever by oneof thefetwo waycs, either
ft'uftv ' PiHs, or byPotiort: Pills are any folid and fubfhntial afc . J^d together in one body, and being made into round ball-, t|je jY* down the Horfes Throat. And aPocionis, when yoa give 1>0 ,°rfeany liquid Purging matter to drink,whether it be Purging Guff diffolvedin W.ne or Ale, or that it be any other liquid a1dR vowf°r^^5» they onely Purge and make clean the Head t "fain, bringing Flegm and other grofs Humours down into the Ofj. ^ents: And Potions cleanfe the Stomach, Guts, and every in ?r lnward Member. Now the Art of the true carefull Farrier is, cöm ^ °^ c^c Simples, whereof ihefe Pills or Potions are to be tended, and in aptly, or artificially applying the fame Fuft Py ' l' is necdfull that every good Farrier ( before he go about to \vl ^his Horfe) know with what ill humour a Hoi fe is oppreft, as theK *.^ proceed from Choler, Flegm, or Melancholy, and where Pu Utnours domoft abound $ and then what S mples are beft to t5t^e tr>ofe humours, and with what property, quality, and tempe- rs ent tney be indued; forfome Simples are moft Violent, and a»a- C0(teens toftrong Poyfons,as Scamony, or Coloquintida : fome Qair are gentle, and.rather nourifhing than Medicinal, as Mann», viol ' ^^ay, Prunes, ancl &* like : and fome are neither too ar,^?!» «or too gentle, but of a mean, asRubarb, Agan'ck, Sene,. w<th u * ^°^v c^c an"ent Far"ers did ufe to Purge their Horfes C0w "^ pulp of Coloquintida, fometimes with the Roots of wild miXt libers, and fometimes with the Broath of a fodden Whelp praA-^h Nitrum, and fuchlike,butat this day they are not of our rnju06' and therefore I wifh him, that for his experience, ftill to fit^i a tryal of ftrong Medicines, or know the working of every ptoo/' ^n'ch is a moft praife worthy Ambition,) firft tomakehis in» tSQUp°n Jades,who(e lofs he refpetfech not,and fo by that work- Bur entI:ire on better Horfes.
pttf c° "turn to my purpofe, the Farrier who goeth about to 8 a "otfe by Purgation, muH confider the nature of the Horfes
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Dsiealt, and the ft ength of the H >rle, and with ch. m y n rhe«^
ture, ftrength, and quantiry of the Medicine : he muft alio c°° ,* der the Clunace under which the Horfe is bred, the time of the DjJ' eafe, the time of the Year, and the time of the Day. For as«jj Difeafes and the Humours which caufe the Dfeafe, arefundry» lc they muft be avoided by iundry Medicines» handry waycs col11' pounded, according js experience fr^m a continual practice fb* inftruclryou: wherein you are to obferve and note, that weaifid licstc, and tender Horfesare not tobe purged with that Violent' which ftrong, ftubbom,and fturdy Horfes are, and therefore in ^c cafes, the quality and quantity is to be looked unto of every Sim0'*! TheClimateJstobereipec"ted, as whether it be hot or cold $ afl*» the time of the Difeafe : For fome Difeafes muft be purged aic" beginning, as Fevers, Peftilence, Yellows, Staggers, and all V<o'ej inward Difeafes, and fome not till thevwater be throughly digcfte<7 as Colds, Strangles, and Apoftumations Now albeit rl-ieiicknel proceeds from cold Humours, yet you muft not admin fter as*1?! Simples in Summeras in Winter; nor in the contrary cafe, fo c^ things in Winter as in Summer, whereby you fee the time and & fealon of die year is to be refpeclted. Then touching refpedt off" day, you are to obferve, that day to be beft that is moft temper*1^! fith too much heat maketh a Horle faint, and too much coldd^jj hinder (he Medicine from woiking, A little regard is tobe had1 the Wind and Weather; for a moift day with a South-Wind» - to be preferred before a North-wind with a dry day. Now the b' hour of receiving any kind of Potion, is ever in the morning, afttf $ hath fafted from meat and drink all the nighc before. Äs (ooQ your Horfe haih received any Pill or Potion, let him be walk«" gently Ridden up and down one hour at the leaft, and then fec lIy and iuffered to ftand on the Bit two hours after, well littered "^ cloathed,andftoppe I ; but if you perceive that he beginneth to ?f°^,( lick or ill (asm li c mmonly Horfes will ) then yon .liall fojL h mto lye down, arid av foon ashisficknefs is paft, youfhall0 ^ him 10 drink a Mafh of Mile and water luke-warm : ^°at ay other meat keep him lading till his Medicine have »° wo,knS- . . 44S
Now to come to particular receipts and Medicines themfelvWi^
fhail eafily undei ftand, thac although the ancient Farriers do &. „j
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jn c*° xads, that isto (ay, Pdlsaud Purgations, yec I dinde them
are L ?' t'lat *s c0 ^y Scourings, Pills, and Purgations. Scourings p. *Me wholefome, natural, and gentle purging Medicines, which ftonnS "p no great Flux of humours, do onely keep the body clean W* • ^ cv*'s as wou^ ar'^e anc' 8row> being every way as whole- Par 5-ln ^ca^tn zsln ficknefs, and may moft properly be termed Pre- c: tlvfs, or preparers of the body to entertain more ftronger Medi- jt ■ s' Tofpeak then firft of the mod gentleft and natural fcouring, ar,j°ncIy Grafs being given to a Horfe only fifteen day es together, q I10 more, for after that it fatteth and not fcoureth., Next unco b alsisSorrage, which is only the blades ef green Corn, as Wheat, Jrfc'Parley, and fuch like, being given feven dayes and no more. 5j Xt is green Thiftles, being cut up, and given the Horfe to thj ^ fpace of five dayes and to more. And the laft of gto natl»e it the Mafh, made in this manner: take a peck of aLU"d Malt, and put it into a Pail, then take a Gallon and the °^ Water boyling hot from the fire, and put it into the Malt, tj»n with a ftaff, mafh and ftir them together at leaft half an hour, w tafting the Water you feel it as fweet as Honey, then being luke- clclrn1, Sive it die Horfe to drink. All thefe fcourings do only but «^-s anV\k die Guts, and cool the Body, adding comforts to the fpirics, itil? lnSenQring ftrength,only the Mafh is to be ufed after labourer ii^i^ of drink in the time of any great ficknefs. Scourings of a |
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crn(trV 3r>d let them dry leafurely till they be fo hard that you may fton m int0 powder, then take as much ofthe powder of Brim- half astnci,e is powder of Box,and mix themtogether,and amongft Worf * of Oats mix a handfull of this powder, and give it the Wiall°Cat' k°tn *^e Scourings are to be ufed [after labour, c- ^>r y when the Horfe hathfweat much,
willi lwo Scourings work upon no matter, but what nature is kin l\?ti)5xPcl5 they Purge the Stomach, Head, andlntrails, they ftton a °^ W°rms, and dry up Flegm. Scourings ofthe L v nature are to take of SallctOyl half apinr,and of new Milk
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warm: orelfetake a pint of Muskadine, andhalf a pintofSa' £
Oyl, and being mixt together, give it the Hörfeto drink : Or eJ* half a pint of Oyl, and a pint of Sack nvxt together and given d1' Horfe to drink luke-warm. Thefefcouringscleanfe the Head, Body, and Guts ofaIlFlegtr»of
molten Greafe, which any violent labour hath diffolved : they aje exceeding good for any manner of cold, or ftoppings in the Wifl0^ pipes, and if you add unto them good ftore of Sugar-Candy, ic *' j preferve and keep the Horfe from ficknefs« Now for Pills., you fb8' very plainly underftar.d, that the 6tft and eafieft are thefe, either t° take twenty Cloves of Garlick clean pild and bruifed, then a quaf' ter of a pound of fweet Butter, and fo roul up the Garlick in four0* five balls or Pellets, as big as two Walnuts a piece ; and fo taking out the Horfes tongue, thruft them down his Throat one after afl°* ther: orelfe to take a quarter of a pound of Butter, and as tau* red Saunders; beat them well together in a morter, and then rn8*6 it into four or five balls,and put them down the hörfes Throat. P1''5 of fome-what ftrong nature, are to take a handfull of Rdfem8f? leaves, and chopping them fmall, mix them with a quarter op pound of fweet Butter, and then making it into round balls, g^j them unto the Horfe: Orelfe take round pieces of raw Melons,**1'' thvuftthem down the Horfes Throat: Or elfe to take five Gre^' Figs, and put them down the Horfes Throat. j «=• The ftrorigeft Pill is this: take.of Lard two pound, laid in W*[£C
two houis, then take nothing but a quarter of a pound cfthe d^f fat thereof, and ftamp it in a Mortar, and thereto put of Liquoriß1' of Armifeeds, andof Fenugreek, of each beaten into powder-°/V Ounce and ahalf.of Aloes likewife in powder one Ounce,of Ag«*1^ half an ounce, knead all thefe together like a Pafte, and make the*-. of four or five balls, and give it the Horfe. The laft recited P'N \ lingular good for the dry Caugh, and all the other Pills are moft ** vcraign for all infirmities of the head,which grow either from Fl$\p Melancholy, or any other cold or moift caufe whatfoever. N&. ( for Purgations, which are the ftrongeftcleanfers of the body, t,M thefe: take two Ouncesof Myrrhj and mix it with a pint of Vy )5 and it will purge all ficknefs which proceedeth of Choler: the'!1» . whereof are, his belly willfwell, be very hot, and he can ri^L^ dang no&brea,k wind; T?ke a pint of Wine and Beat a tV^jM-- |
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an ~ln> ar»d add to it a quarter of an ounce of Brimftotie, and half
War Unceo^ Myrrh beaten to powder, and give it che Horfe, Iuke- cho] ' in^lt wiU purge all inward Difeafes proceeding of Me'an- p[ J' Two fpoonfuls of the powder Diapente, given wich,half a. Talc twines greafe, purgeth all Difeafes proceeding of Flegm. 0^ as Biuch black Sope as a Walnut, a quart of new milk, and a, it ter°fa pint ofSallet-0yls and give it the Horfe lukewarm, and •j-^UrRech all cold infirmities, but maketh the Horfe exceeding fiele. a„jC*"eGutsofaTenchor Barbel,being cut into little fmalt pieces, |
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difli er»Purgetn an^ killeth all manner of Worms. Take of Ra-
?ai ^°°ts one ounce, of the root called Panax, and of Scamony, of 0f. "alf an ounce, beat all thefe together, and boy I them in a quart M , neV> then give the Horfe two fpoonfuls of this in a quart of ^ mke-warrn to Drink, and it will purge all grof*Hürnprs, from ^ce proceedeth either the falling evil, or any Difeafe of the bi ain.
yQ.^eand.boyl Elicampane-roots-in-milk, ciU*l»y befeft, thrac SaJi'^'y bruife them to pap, and thenacldjii|therepc'h'alf:ä.pinLof anjet'C>yl}gi¥eit the Horfe to drink lake-warrhvand thisw/ill pnrge 0f ;c'eanfe any kind of Glaunders. Take of fC^eec' Sopea quarter an. P°utid, and make it into three: balls, apd give them to the horfe, jU0ftlt will purge, all evil humours whatsoever, both' vi<>lenjiy*i ini l{ abundantly.
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fer ^e fee font rare fcourlng for any k>rfe,ftck^or founir andefpecially
*ning er banting horfes, who[e greife mußwcefffflily be molten.
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av, ^her of running or hunting Horfes, confiftcth in the taking
rjeti^ !*°tn the Horfe his grpfs glut and fat, which not only offen- Wiarf C V'Ca* Parts» but alfo ftqppeth up the, conduits and Veffelsof ?rcif ' an<*thatit cannot any way be done, ^ut by fcouring after ex- ^a ef .y°üfhall underftand, that the beft of altfcourings, which kuherto been approved, is this, which I will here let down : TV You
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You fhali cake twenty Raifins of the Sun, and pick out the ft0'1 "j
and ten'figgs, which you ihallflitin che midft round-wife, >&], them in a pottle of running water till the water beconfumed, i(l t thickned: then rake the powder of Licoras, Annifeeds, and SuS? candy finely feartft, and mix it with the Raifins and Figgs, ftarnp' - and working them tot-ether till it be brought to a ftiff pafte, tH making round balls thereof of a pretty bigaefs, roul aiad cover ch£'■ all over withXweec Butter, and give fo many of them unto che hof ^ as y ou (hall think meet for his ftreng..h; provided that the day " <t fore, you muft give yourHorfe fuch exercifeas wiil be fure to&c his.greafe., and chat immediately before y ou'give him rhis'Medicl11! ,you alfo waim-hirh throughly, that theh'umors being again &ift upVthe MediciiirmaY work more eftecl:uaSly. . CHAP. CIII.
Of 1$etz,ine or Fumigation, ami the Vfl tkmtif, rtf^Heri isyecalfo another maimer «of Purging^ a Horfe, $£
jL efpecially his Head, and that if,'by forcing him to neeZe° fnort violently at hisNofe, calling forth -ail filthy and grofs m^ ' which otherwife"will otfend and opprefs the brain j and this nö^ is wroughs fometimc$ by fumes or fmoaks, fomecimes by Pow^eA' and fef^etimes by Oyls',' the fharpflefs of which, tickling the tW* , and quick parts of the Head, do com pell this fnorting and'fieez.111^ Surely there is no Purgation more wholefome, for as it cleanfetb a ffparateth grofsmaiter,fo it comfortech and maketh ftrong the ^r^g, Novtocomeunto particular medicines which do procure this <s\& ^ they be thefe : frjuirt into a Horfes Nöftvils either Mans ^r J which is old,rt5r the Urine of'an Ox which ha>th had nitich itftja]0, it will force a Horfe to neeze, and is moft wholefome for any jfty tidian Fever. Take the powder of Gamdraganc, 'Eufens, an« ^ mask Rofcs well mixt together, and blow it with a Quill )S^°^t Horfes Noftrils, and it is good either againft the Fever in S0?^ or Winter. Take warrri Vinegar and [quin" it intevhis N'ofliy^. it is comfortable againfirthe'Feyer which cömethby'ra-wÖigeft'^cl Take Garlick {talks la handfull, being broke into little pieces»•
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«hat al!d ^oal£'h"ld th£ Chafing-difh under the Horfes Noftrils, fo
eel] fume may afcend up into his head: and thisismoftcx- bu nt,3Sa'nft inc Head ach. Take feathers and Brimftone, and blo° on a Chafing-difh and Coals under the Horta Nofe: cr tL w *^pper and Perithre beaten to Powder up into his Noftrils, ei-
tjj r°'borh ch;-fea"re moft excellent againft the deeping evil. Take j ,P°wder of Mother-won, and blow it up into a Horfes Noftril?, a lc is good againft the falling evil. x Take twoGoofe feathers? ^1 y^ted over wichOyl de Bay,and tbruft them upand down in the forU Noftrils: or elfe take Sage, Penyrial, and Whear, Long Wo l ° tor.er'vei' a"d pat into a Bag as hot as may be, which Bag fay ^£ io c^e ^aftned t0 die Horfes head, that all the fmoak and j ^r thereof may afcend up into his Noftrils: Or take a Clone j, Vnted wuhSope or Oylde Bay» and rub it up and down his "rilsflj high as may be. Any of all thefe, or all thefe together L ^°ft excellent againft any cold,poze, or other obftru<5tionsin the a ?' Take Orpiment and Sulphur, and burn them on the Coals and " unt*er tne Dorfes Nofe: or take Oyl de Bay, Euforbium tL *hite Ellebore, and anointing two feathers therewith, thruft- nEtn «p into the Horfes Noftrils: both thefe are good againft the l??uers.
l fake'0f the ftalks of Briony, or wild Vine, two hand fulls, and' j-Ullethembecwixt two ftonesjand being fo bruifed, put them incoa > ^nenbag,and faften theBag fo to the Hcrles Head,that the few may
a J?P into his Noftrils without touching the herb with his mouth r- "d chis is excellent againft the mourning of theChinc,or any inward
g ^h.Take of Rofemary,ofNard,3nd of Sage,dried and beaten into i e Y°wder,ofeacha like weight, and with a Qui! blow chem up ■ V °t'Ve horfesNoftnls: or taleethe powder of whitePepper,or of Salt ^ Ucr' or of Ins lliric3,qr black Eleboris,and blow them with a Quil ^Pinto the HorfesNoftrils: or take Linnen chopr,dipt in theDr'egs of tlj ,and fetting it on fire, then fuddenly put it out again, and lee ^ '°}oak afcend up into the Horfes Noftrils; or fquirt into his ter ^S Arid°l°cma3 mixc with Wine, or Salt Niter mixt with wa- be» °r Sa^c anc* R-oci'1 All°m mixt with Wine; or take ground Ivy
j at.e.n fovall, and thruft up into his Nofe■•: or Bayberrks beaten > O , » and burnt on the Coals under the Horfes Nofe :■ or a- •°al of fire puc j^nt0 a junlp 0f wet Hay,making a fmothering fmoak,
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and held under the Horfes Nofe. Any of thefe are moft excelled
againft any Difeafe of the head,efpecially Staggers^olds^Glaundef5» Strangle, and fuch like. - |3a Yet all thefe have their feveral ;inpcrfe<9ibiis:the beft Fumes thel\ of all ethers whatfoever, is, to take the beft Olibanum, Storax, ifi Benjamine, and bruifing them grofly together, burn them und« ^ Horfes Nofe. CHAP. CIV.
t.Of Friükns and: Bathe s^ and of tbir feveral ZJfes.
FRiclions or Bathes, are a certain rubbing, annointing, or bath)f,|
of a Horfes Body all over, efpecially againft the hair, becatf*: the Medicine may fink in fo much the better, with comfortable 3fl Soveragin Unguents, whofe vertues do loofen the skin, chear up & , inward fpirits, and fpread a lively heat and feeling over the why. body : And ofFriäions, both according to the opinion of theo*" Farriers and alfo of the beft of this prefent age, thefe are the moft $°'r |
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der,of each one ounce and a haIf,togecher with one old dry Nut,b£j them,and mingle them well together.-Then being (trained and m^ lukewarm, if it be in the Summer time, and that the Sun ljhjn&OT' take the Horfe abroad: But if otherwife, keep him in the Sta^' and heating a bar of Iron exceeding hot,hold it over, and on each »'"( the Horfe, and with the Oyntment rub and chafe the Horfe all"1!, againft the hair» untill the horfe begin to fweat • then CloatM * Horfe very waim, and let him ftand. This Friction is excelled £ gainft all Winter Fevers, or any inward ficknefs that commed1 j Cold. TakeofblacK Elleborus two or three handfulls, and ^°h itin a fufficient quantity of ftrong Vinegar, and with that rub J*1 chafeallthe Horfes Head and Body quite over once or twice a ^ and it ismeft excellent againft Frenzie, Madnefs,or any Drynefo Scalinefsoftheskin. i u, ■g^L» Take Oyl dc Bay, or DiaKhea, and anoynt all the Horfes 8°.f
all over therewith, holding a Pan of Coals, or a hot bar of Iron ■" f the Oyntment, to make it fink in} or elfe make him a Ba^e..g M*0
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g "lng water, wherein is bc'yled Rue,Wormwdod^'Sage,Juniper,
^ay-kaves, and Hyfop, and bathe all his body therewith : Either jy"efe are moft Soveraign for the mourning of the Chine, or any ha ' fe °f tne Llver' Eun&s> or sPIeen- Take Wtnc ancl °y'» an^
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a faftly, take of Mallows, of Sage, of each two or threehandfulls,
till l R°fe-cake, boyl them together in water, then being boyled Sail Water be all confumed, add a good quantity of Butter, or K Oyl> and mixing them together, bathe all'the Horfes four §gs therewith, and all the parts of his Body alfo: and there is tt ^{"g more Soveraign for a Horfe that hath been tyred or over YVc'?ed. To let blood, and with that Blood, and Oy-1," and tj °cgar, prefently to anoynt his Borly, helps moft forts of irhfiräii«. C H A P. CV.
Gtntral'Drtnchts or tMedicines for aB the inward Difeafes
or forfeits In Horfes. I ^ere is no Medicine more Soverain for all Di'feafes which breed «^3
t,|i in a Hörfes body, then to take half an ounce of the Powder Q0j ? Diapente, and brew it either with a pine of Sack, if it be for hw ' °r Muskadine, if it be for heart ficknfes, andfo give it the m0 c.t0 drink fading in the morning: and do this at leaft three r]ronings together, efpecially when the hbrfe biginneth firft to Hoof" "*% next to this, is, to take of Selladine two handfulls, both. |
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c|a • ^ four ounces of Diapente, and mix it with four ounces of
there c ^oneyi and keep it in a clofe Glafs,. and give half an ounce
?s ii w«ha pint of fweet Wine to the horfe to drink, and it is an
»cnt Drench. Take of Liquorifh an ounce,of Annifeeds,Cum'in-
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feeds, Elicampane Roots, of each half an ounce, of Turmeric;: art1
Bayes, of each a quarter of an ounce, of Long Pepper and Fenug1"^*> of each two drams, beatthefe fmall arid (earce them, and putfi^ f poonfuls thereof into a quart of Ale warned, with a little Butter °r Oyl, and it is verySoverain for any Difeafe coming of cold cauie*' Take a quart of good Ale or Wine, a raw Egg beaten and ming'^ with twelve Scruples of quick Sulphur, and four Scruples of My*/1 made into powder,and give it the horfe to drink,it is a good Drend* The powder of Brimftone mixt with fweet Wine, is a good Dren^ alfo. The Root of the Sea Onion, the Roots of Popler, called«^ Greek Rhammos,mingled with common Salt,given in water,keep^ the Horfe Long in health. Take fine powder of Fenugreek, ai»** bruifeit, feethit in water till it wax thick, add a pound of (Vei[ Butter, an ounce of Linfeed Oyl, and as much of the Oyl of Nuts i mingle them well together, and give it the horfe in three or foli dayes to drink, by a pretty quantity at a time. Selladine fimply of' felf, or Rue fimply of it felf, boy led in Beer or Ale, and as m^ Brimftone as a Wall-nut, is an excellent Drench for any long tak^1 furfeit. Garlick and Houfleek beaten together in a Mortar, and thtfj boyled in Beer or Ale from a Pottle to a Quart, then mixt wic7 Liquorifh, Annifeeds, and Sugar-Candy, and a pretty quantity \ Sallet Oyl, is an excellent Drench for any inward ficknefswhich d°l proceed from hot caufes, as is the Frenzie, the Anticor, and fuch Ii* And thus much of general Drenches, and their ufes. CHAP. CVI.
Her» to make the fonder called Dhpente.
'His word Diapente is as much as to fay, Compofition of*1 c
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""fifmoHs''Receipt, which is loth a fmgul&r Drench and fing»! or
Oynmtntf called of the liaiktlt AccufHm, r Ake of Euforbium half an ounce» of Caftorcnm one ounce, of
au.,Adraces half a quarter of a pound, Bdclium half an ounce, oü '^aquarter,of Pepper a quarter of a pou'nd,Fo* Greafehalf an ^ "cc>PpoponaXone ounce,Lacerpitium three quarters-of an ounce, ba, niacumhalfa quarter of a pound,Pidgeons Dung asmuch,Gal- tV, Uln half an ounce, Nitrum one ounce one quarter, Spuma Nicri pe Ce Quarters of an ounce, Ladanum a full quarter of a pound, CaÜ fn> and Bay-berries, of each three q-arters of an ounce, ^ ^'dum two ounces,Seed of Ruehalfa quarter of a pound,Seed of lt^nUs Caftus one Ounce, Parfley half an ounce, dried Roots of, PofTVr°r Flower-de-Luce, one ounce one quarter, Hyfop and Car- te!, p^naum a quarters of a pound, Oyl of Flower de- Luce a quar- uJj [ Pound,andhalf aquarter,Oyl de Bay as much.Oylof Spick- 3 Po three quarter» of a pound, Oleum Cyprinum three quarters of hjjp^and half a quarter, theoldeft Oyl Olive one pound and a tCt '' "«ch a quarter of a pound and two ounces, Turpentine a quar- tj,t°\a pound, melt every one of thefe that will melt, feverally by P'fs K ' anc*tnen mmS'e tnem toget^er w"n c'ie rc^ °^tne S.im~
Wl en lnt0 fi°e Powder: and after that they have been a little He**! °n c^e me> "^ K °^' anc* ^rain ic 'nt0 a ^a'r Veffel. a"d
yiy Soever you will give your Horfeany thereof, give it him with and f' 0r f01" or five Cpoonfulls with a pint of Sack or Muskadine:
ten it *icn l°ng keeping it waxeth any thing ft) ft" or hard, then fof-
■ji . uu the Oyl of Ciprefs, fo that it may be good and chick.
it in t»SM>nfeclion is both a Medicine and an Oyntment, if you put
difcu e ^°rfes Nv ftrils, it will draw out all noyfome humours, and
it He /^"'sheadof all grief: if you anoynthis body therewith,
Bock!C ^ Convulfions, Colds, and Drinefs, or Withering of the
Wcatj atvdifyou bathe his Limbs therewith, it drivethaway all
ciiretLe.Sand tiring 5 and'ifyou give it him with wine to drink, ic
**l kind of inward Maladies.
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Hör» to m»k? the Oyl ef Ott',. TAke of Milk two Gallons, and warming it on the fire, Pj*
thereto acjuarter of a pound of burnt Allom,which will.m3* it run of Curds,, then take out the Curd andcaft it away; tW Ü ain the Wh?y dirough a coarfe Clöath in a clean Veffel: t"c! take a quarter of a Peck of clean husked Oats that were never driefJ' and put them in the Whay, and fetthem on the firs till theO}j; burft, andbefofc; then take them off, and put them into a OP' lender that is full of holes, fo that the Whay may go gently fi° them without any preffing ( for you rauft keep the Oatsasmoift* niaybe :) this done, put the Oats in a frying Pan, and fee them P'L the fire,ftirring them continually, till you fee the Vapour or fa10' of them not afcend upwards, but as it were run about the Pan, ^ fuddenly take them off, and putting them into a prefs, prefs th^ roof} exceedingly, and look what commerh from them, is only1 Oylofchem, which you mufl; favein aclofe glafs. Now theref^ other more artificial and curious wayes to diftill and extract1" Oyl, buc this of all other is the moft eafieft and fureft* for e^!; mean capacity. This Oyl of Oats is of ail Medicinesand Simp' whatfoever, the mofl excellent and Soverain foraHorfes Body» i being extracted from the moft natural, wholelom, and beft»0?. which doth belong unto a Horfes Body. This Oyl being giveO > four or five fpoonfulls at a time in a pint of fweet Wine, or a <$>■*. of ftrong Ale,and fome of the whay powred into the horfes Nöß'!^ doth Cure die Glaunders before all other Medicines. It is 3 ^ (given in the fame manner) the beft of all Purgations; for is puf!5e. e away all thofe Venemous and filthy Humours, which feedeth ( moft incurable Farcy whatfoever. And for mine own part, asl° f as I can conveniently come by this Oyl of Oats, fo long will I $u in any Medicine whatfoever, ufe any Öylor Undtuous mattet f|? jj- it only: I having found by experience, that it is the Soverain ° Simples pf that kind, whatfoever they be» |
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fW«'» brief Obfervationt to be gbferved at home and abrsxd,
rvbilß the Horfe is in health. fervations now following, are gathered from the mt ft
fnrt,n ?Xaft Principles, and unfalüble grounds of all ih: beft and ^J aPproved Horf- men, either of this Kingdom, or of any other Pj°J|w«hin Chriftendom.
^altri n> f°r die general feeding of your Horfe when he is in fiEa »you fhall ftedhim with Straw, Hay, Oats, fine little Wheat, i(ea ' °'rley, Bread made of Beans, Peafe, or Fitches» or any other » }"*t fwels not in theHorfesbody,
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the u^0l,f travel feed your Horfe betimes for all night, that thereby
•ji °rfe may fooner take his reft.
0r»e -c Quantity of Provender which you dial! give your Horfe at hati^»- fhall be as much as you can hold in the palm of both your b *f fix times, or three pints by meafure.
^itch C ^ad wmch is made of clean Beans, clean Peafe, or clean 1.3 kedeth exceedingly.
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^the, your Horfes mouth with Salt and Wine, will ma! ehim lQt l aid drink with a much better appetite.
hotj ^t Horfe neither eat when he is hot, nor drink when he is Lab r presently after his travel.
hot 0 °Ur your horfe moderately,when the weather is either extreme Colrjs CXtrerne cold, that fo you may avoid extreme heats,oi fudden ■j»*
dried V not y°ur Horfe too late.that your own eye may fee him well Ne've"^ We^fef* ber°rc y°u take y°ur own rt^'
I ? Ca^e your Saddle from your Horfes baa fuddenly.
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LctyourHc;{slyecl«manddry, keep your Stable fweet, »et
twine lye neer it, nor let any ■ pullen come within it. Let your Horfe be ever tied with two Rei":. t
Let the light of your Stable be ever towards South and NortM
fo as the North Windows may in theWjnter be fhut dole at plea>ut ' and opened in the Summer to give frefh air. [4 Ride your Hoi fe oft a little en ftony wayes, thathemay the D
ter feel his feet, and harden his Hoofs. ^ Have ever near your Stable fome clofe plain Green,that your n°
being let loofe, he may oft tumble -himielf thereon. .jj Let your Horfes bedbeoffoft fweet Straw, fomewhatabove
knees, of which, Wheat ßraw üthebeft: for though Barleyf1'^ be the fofceft, yet a Horfe will covet to eat it, and it is unwhoU'0 • and Wheat- flraw is not unwholefom to ear, yet it is hard to IV |, pen : as for Oat ftraw it is the beftin the Superlative, for it is"° wholefomtoeat, and fofc to lie upon. ^ Cuiry or drefsyour Horfe twice a day, that is,before water» ä .
whenheiscurried, rub him with ycur hand, and with a Rub^ his hesd would be rubbed with a Wet-cloath, and his Cods ^V ckan with a Diydoath: his Fore-top, his Main, and his■» ^ would be often wet with a wetMain-ccmb,2nd ever where the hot ha;r isthinncft, there curry the gentleft. a Let the plailnchers of ycur (table lyeeven, and Level, thaO' ,
Horfe may ftand at his eafe, and not prove lame by too mud1 prefling his hinder parts. . .^ Let not any Mud-wall be within your horfesreach,for he w>*'
rurally covet to eat it, and nothing is more unwholefom. ,,) Give your Horfe plenty ofGarb^gefwhich is chopt Wheat-"r
both with his Prover/dcr^and without. .Jo Let your Hay bottles be very little, and tied very hard : *
your Horfe (hall eat with the beft ftomach, and make leaft wa" V To fprinkle water upon your Hay, is meft wholfom, and to 'Po0d kleFenugreek upon yourProvender,isas Soverain: thefiift15» for the Wind, the latter for Worms. uiO Give your Horfe daily exercife, forthat gets the beft (torn*
his meat. . , j^' Purge your Horfe once a year with Grafs, or with green ° ^
of Corn, called Forrage, for fifteen dayes together} yetbef"* .$ j
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" "° Weans let him have any Provender.
f„„ ^orfe after travel hath ever more blood than any beaft what-
soever l Yr«n Grafs or Forrage cleanfeth the blood, encreafeth ftrength,
anH ^feafes, avoideth Melancholy, helpeth the Horfes growth,
a niaketh the skin fmooth : whilft the Horfe is at foyl, by no
E.L"S'et him take cold.
1 j* "e Northern manwatereth two hours before he rideth at the
*> then lets the Horfe eat a little Hay, then gives Provender, buc
t\A n,Uc^> and bridleth the horfe up a quarter of an hour before he
„■ n = At night he watereth two miles before he taketh his Lod-
Rn§» then rideth eafily ; he neither walketh his horfe, nor ftuffeth
1 Tt)> nor loofeth any Girt, but only rubbeth him very clean> and fo
0pS^mbite upon his Bridle half an hour after, with good ftore of
v ^r under him; then he gives the Horfe Hay, and after Pro-
tLn^r) before he goeth to water again, (yet but a little) thenfeeth
jJeftnorfe throughly well drefled and rubbed, well Littered, and
^ Efficiently meated.
a ,r"ere be others which walk after labour, then rub well, Littereth
nd unbridleth : both which be good, fo that the one have not too
lftcn- Walking, nor the other too cold a Stable. Bat howfoever,fluff
•0ty°ur Horfe backwards, but betwixt his. foreleggs, and formoft
^ft: for backward fluffing is perilous,left drawing'his yard when he
■j.Nd ftale,he draw backen his ("heath any of theLitter that ftophim."
{a-^Northern man'sufeagreeth with the French principles, which
^.lt"'-ufe no othe,. walking than your felf on your horf-back,by riding
ft "I gently till you comc at your Inn, and fo make him cold, then
bod* littEr under him»rub his LeS§s>his Be*ty'an(^ every Part of h*s
„j y .MU till he be dry, then unbridle him, rub his head well, and Qj'Chlm-Hay; flack no Girt till it be night, that the Windows be
c ll.c > fuffcr the Horfe to drink but a little at once, to avoid fudden
a °lin3 of the Stomach, or driving thehorfeinto a lhaking Fever :
nC niSntmb and curry well, and feed according to the Horfes
l0tnach.
?tlT^Sood Farriers ride gently till the Horfes finews be chafed;
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gtatheat, and they hold the (landing water the Ixft; after water f°r
a Mi'e they ride foftly till his water be warmed in his Belly, and be fore they come to their Inn they do not water, nor of an hour aft£f they have unbridled: then they Cloath well, and give Pro\ endo haying a care that their horfes (land not in the Wind) and that they" have been rubbed dry and clean. Now all thefe principles afe &' ceedinggood,yet I would wi(h every traveller tolearahow his hoi's haih been ufed, and that cuftom (if it be not too much againft re*' fori) dill to follow. If you come late to your Inn, and that your journey be great an"
earned, 10 that your Horfe will not.eat till he have drank, and yet 's hot notwitftanding, then let his drink be Milk given in the dark» left che whitnelsmake him refufe ic: this is both Cordialand pk3' {ant: if you cannot get Milk enough, then mingle Milk with wattf luke-warm, for no drink would be given a horfe hotter. If your Horfe either by labour or any forfeits be brought low/eafl»
and weak, you (hallgive bim Mares Milk to drink many dayes to' gedier, and it will make him ft rong. It is not good to wafh your Horfe, efpecially if he be either hot ot
very fat : otherwife you may wafh his Leggs above his knees, ^ that in no cafe you wafh his Belly, and that you ride him a goo^ round pace after his wafhing, then by no means walk him, butfet him up and drefs him : The purer the water is wherein you wa^1 your Horfe, the more wholeforne it is, fo that it be not too extre^ cold. The bed hours to water your Horfe in, (when he lives at reft) l5
betwixt feven and eight in the morning, and four or five in thec' vening. When you travel, at every deep Hill light, both to refrefh y6&
Horfe and your felf. Let a fat or hot Horfe have his water at four times, andnot'"
much as he will drink at once ; give him Provender twice at nig^' and but once in the morning : let his Cloath neither be too hot, fj° -with Straw too much (luffed : when he eateth good Hay, let 1»''^ have Ie(s Provender than when he eateth Straw: give his Meat "/ little at once to avoid glutting of him, and let him (land two h"^ every day without meat» ^ Rubbjng much, hard, and well, doth profit, preierve, and ^°cp
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n8> a Horfe doth take much delight, and ic doth better than much
^ifat. ■» lo feed with Barley (according to the ooinion of the antienc
an,lans) Ingendrethgoodb!ood, encreafeth ftrength and courage, t ? ^aintaineth health ;butwith us here in England, we find Oats e much better feeding,
j *" the Dogg»dayes ic is not wholefome to ride your Horfe ofc in ^ater to allay his natural hear,
^ .|"e'Ma{f.erseyetofee his Horfe well curried, and with the hand p ' rubbed, and well meated, and the Stable fweet and clean kept, 'ei'Veth health, and wonderfully feedeth the horfe.
ft 'Tarife and pick the folesand bottoms of your Horfesfeet oft,and' v "them well with OxDüng, anoynt his hoofs with frefh Greafe, j« or Turpentine.
f^üch reft is the Mother and the Nurfe of many Difeafes.
^ ^'nen you ride, look often to your Saddle, and your Horfes °Cs; and you<fhall find much more eafe in journey.
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cejj c Greek Horfe (which we call the Turky Horfe) isamoftex-
themt e' {W1^y bold, well headed, call, and ftrong • many of' -p. White, fome Bay ,fome Sorrel, and fome Black.
-p,e Arabian Horfe is moft fwifr, and moft beautiful!.
Cou °r^e °f Africa, which we call the Barbary horfe, is of good' nfe ^8^ fWifc, and nimble, and therefore both the Turky horfe, and
atin ^e ufed with all lenity and gentleaefs, and not with be- ttl
•j., pJ^eland Horfe is fiery, yet the worftof any».
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The Spanilh Jenctis good, fwifc, and light.
The Neapolitan Courfei: for allufesismoft excellent and beauf
full. And the Englifh Horfe is beft both for great burthens or L°"S
travel. . Obferve to win your Horfe by patienee and gentUne.fs, "J^
never be angry or mad with your horfe, if he be of great met«' '• only the dull horfe muft with rauch beating be quiekned and£fl' flamed. Anoint your Bit when you put it firft into your Horfes moutty
with honey, and the Powder of Liquorifh, or elfe with honey a"!* Salt: and at no time put any Bit or Snaffle into your Horfes mou1*1 before you have wafht it. Never take your Horfes back before you have the Bridle Re»11*
faft in your hands j and when you walk down any Hill,by no me»"* drive your horfe loofe before you. .t If your Horfe have a long back,let him have a large Saddle, and l
he have a low back, let the Saddle have a high fear, andifhisbaC* be fhort, let the Boulfters ftand the neerer and clofer together. . If your Horfe be dull, you muft f pur him foundly, and after fac
fpurring, rub his fides with Salr. G H A P. CXI.
Certain general Ohfervatiom concerning Mares.
N length and height, a Mare groweth till fhe be five years old»311
a Horfe till he be fix. ^ When a Mare is paft two years old fhe may be covered, btt['
beft-time, s afttrfouryear old. a Common Mares may bring Foals every year, but let your te
Marcs b;i;ig but every fecondyear, efpecially if they bring P° Colts. After covering by no means travel your Mares. . .0
To get Horfe Colts, cover before the full of the Moon, and vV J
the fign is a Female: and to get Mare Coles cover after the full» 1
in the Malefigns: for note it, there be twelve figns, fix Mae,
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th ° ,ma^e a Mare ftand to her Horfing, fet her by the horfe wo or
co ^ i'es> that he may much defire, and be acquainted before he rea/ '" After bring them out, and let him ferve her, and have p V a pail of water, which, when the horfe fhriukedrfrom her, aj^L^Pon the ridge of the Mares back : theo fet them fo farafunder anH aut(^ei3ne may not hear the other: Do this three mornings, ter ^j eevcr»Jngs together, then let her not come ncer the horfe af- 6 ' c'"l '"he be knit, left the defire of him again, make her to fhooc -ihat which fhe kept before;
„0 ° know whether your Mare be with Foal about Ciirifrma', or n ' Po\vr a little Waterjnto her ear, and if fhe only fhake her head, j. ls (hen with Foal, but if fhe fhake both head and body alio, £he •ÜJJfithFoat
brf n You wcan yoar Foals, fake them from the Mares four daves f0 0rethc fall of the Moon, and after the Foals have fo remained tlj ' Jrd twenty hours, let them again fuck till they wax very full. en r:rnove diem for altogether, and the next morning give every ye l"ree flips of Savcn, and fo after let them have till they be three JSo!d,all plenty of meat abroad, rather than in the Stable.
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thj C tneend of fix moneths,by no means chafe yourMafes; or then -j, afe in quickning,and may eafily be made to call their Foals.
efp .e Wall» eye either in Mare or Horfe, doth never fee perfectly-! a1? V when there is any Snow on the ground.
j "^»regocth with Foal eleven monethsand tendayes.
{>, Cty°Ur Maiebecf a mean ftature, large, and broad,and of good ^m anc' tne Stallion of like fiiape, butfomewhat taller ^ and an J** ^eir Natures r,hus: Put unto the hot Horfe the cool Mare, in, v ° v. ^oc ^are l^e coc' Hor^e : an<^ *et your §rounds where-
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Certtin fpccUl Notes to U ehferved h the \u)hg ofaMrfc.
_ TTIrft, mark his colour and his fhspe.that is to fay,a comely <&
Or* J? proportioned head, with an our looking eye, gaod wel If , fhoulders, and a thick large breaft, broad brawn, large and ^ flatLeggs, fhort Paftcrns, and little feet: for long Pafterns lh weaknefs, and broad feet fhew dulnefs; feci ifhe have no QUod between his Chaps, no Splents, Curb nor Spaven.look he be not l*g fickorbroken-winded: put your hand before his Eyes, to knoW he fee well. Look into his month for his age: if hebe paft eight ye old, feel all down iheftruntof his Tayl with yourhand, and it) feel .hat it be fmooth, then the horfe is not very old.but if it have a»l rough knobs towards the end, buy him not, for his good day es» paft. Let him run at the Halters end, for if he be lame (having ^ liberty) he would favour that Leg which is amifs,»nd not lean uP iclf he «mop the white of his Eye.or lay his Ear to hisNeck w» jf -he is ridden, he is a füllen Jade, and fullof naughty qualities: when you üir him in the Stable, he ftare and look back upon T with a ftout Countenance, it is a token of a good ftomach in Jitf» , and great aptnefs to be taught: if he ftir the end of his Tay 1 ** paffcth out, and is'ridden, and yet doth not wisk it, it fhewetn ' his pace is unperfea: be fore to fee him turn as fhort as may be, j,,,, you may know whether he be fwayed in the back or no : the mic^ ftature is the beft, and.the fhort knit Horfe is the ftrongeft. Wall Eye ever feeth the worft. ,Jfi The Horfe that is of nature Gentle, fwift, light, nimble, ot J
pace, ane good colour, ftrongfeet, good Loy ns, fpeedy in eating, y good at h.s Provender, is ever the beft for ufe,and the readieft f bc in the Market at all times. See if the hair in the fpurring pi* white, for it arguethflownefsand fpur-galling. bc„ The Horfe that will paw and beat the ground with his foot* j,
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G'ntrd notes concerning feme Simples alreaA'j fp»ken of. /V ^ manner of Marrows or Piths, of what kind foever they be*,
from ima^ ^c ^ePc ky thcmfclves in a dry cool place, and prefervcd Orfi ^'c^ or unclcannefs, and from the annoyance either of wind yfe> andfo they, will laß fully out a whole year.
p0°a frail keep no Syrrups, nor fweet Electuaries, nor Pills, nor fcm ~c"> nor Gonferves of Flowers, nor any Oyntments, Suets, or of p . ers)above one whole year,on!y bitter Lle6taaries,orConferve; ^Uors Roots, will laft fully out two years.
tfa& Oyls, fome will laft long, fome muft be new made: Öyls ex- - q d out of Wood or Metalfywill laft long..
3tirj at'ler ^00ts m Autumn> buc ta'ce thefmall fpn'gs from themy, J^ske them clean and dry.
in , ry imall Roots in the fhade and Wind, and great Roots either «he cC ^ind and Sun.or by the fire: lay them in a dry place towards 3jj .^th, and they w 11 keep Ipng, provided that neither Sun nor. q Ur* injure nor hurt them,
the Cr a^ manner °f Hetbs when they do mod flouvifh, and dry th/V" «heChade, except they be very moift and apt to putnfie ; ^'aft for the moft part a whole yearv
bnt tller Seeds and Fruits when they be fully ripe j they alfo laft p0*1« whole year,
dri l Crthe Rind or Bark of any Simple when theH:rbinlpes ? tn-e«i, and they will laft many years.
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jgj All Cures Chirurgical,
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^ Such Infirmities as being only outward, crave
the Life of Chirurgery, and are called in Horfleech-Craft, HORSES SORANCES.
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U Cures Chirurgical, or fuch Infirmities as,
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CHAP. I.
^"t proportion of meafure is required In every member of a
w;fl fhapen Horfe. ^Orafmuch as the great fubftance of this Art of Chirur-
gery, or fecond part of Horf-leach-craft, applied only unto outward infirmities, confifteth of Inei- fions, Cauterizings,Corrodings.. and Difmembrings, aswellas of Comfortings, Incarnatirr, Cleanfing, trne f0 Conglutinating, and binding up Members in rhcir trtte a j*1' and that all joyntly together, go but about to make a
the Kx ^eU»formed Body: I think it meeteftthat I begin with °^*M/ ii^0P°rtion and meafure which is requited in every Member dingu '"aped Horfe, that the careful Farrier thereby underftan* or Wrtat^' anc^m w^at fafhion every Lineament /liould be placed, throuok^0P°r"on and quantity they do contain,he may at no time 'gaorance either difmember or difgrace the fame : ■ as I have
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have many times feen fimple Farriers do, when contrary to a» ^.
and Rule, they have cutin'funder themain Cords, SinewV Tendons, by which a horfes Limbs are governed. p^ To begin ihen, you fhallunderfhnd, that, according, tothe .
fcription of the moft antient and worthy Farriers: *ere-ar ^ Ho.fes Palate of his mouth twelve bars or degrees like flep«» ^ above another, ftanding (when his mouth is turned upwards; ^ a pair of ftajisr his tongue-would be halb foot long, his uppe 5 fix inches, and his neatrier lip five inches long ; each ofhis J^j would be ten inches long, his head from his Eyes down-warö c twelve inches Ion«,-his Ears fire kichet long, the circuit or comp „ his Eye four inches about, hisNeck from the nape of his Head u' the Withers would be feven hand fulls, from theWithers to the H ^ twelve handfuUs, and from the Fillets to the fettingon of the Tay x handfuUs: The Length of the fhoulder would be twelve inches, { the Length of his Shank ExffocKes, the Length of his hinder Pl would be twelve inches, and his Cambrel fiveincbes,andthe L«jy of the whole Body from the head to the Tayl would be afthui«L inches. Now as horfes are bigger or letter, fe thefe meaiures «t . exceed, or are lefs; neither do I confidently build upon thefe: i « quantities of the antient Farriers, becaufe, I having my felt meaiü many horfes, I never yet could find any certainty in the proportj j
only, this is the moft certaineft rule that ever I could find, that» what quantity is between the Nape of the, Horfes Neck, and the termoftpartof the Withers, there muft ever be twice fo much t tween the Withers and the fettingon of the Tail; and.look ,. .{ quantity is between the top of the ("houlder-blade, or top o» ^ Withers, to the Elbow c£ the Horfe, it muft be.twice fo much t» j( the Elbow to the fetting on of tr e Hoof: And look how much j, from the top of the Htpto the ftifling place, it muft be twice fo »' j from the ftifling place to the fetting on of the hinder hoof: *j this is the certaineft rule that ever I could find for a Henries tjy proportion. And therefore'for your better Eatüfaftion, behold J Piflure that is now here placed, which is the Anatomy of a «y perfect horfe, with lines drawn from every member, directing5^ (hewing all.the outward Dffeafes or Soianees belonging to ah" body, Cl#
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CHAP. II.
Qfthe Veins lelonging to a TJorfe%ani ho» mmy there ie*
IT «is mod neceffary, that every good careful Farrier know all th£
principle Veins in a Horfes body, efpccially thofe which in the time of need, or in ficknefs a^e to be opened: And therefore to l»£"-. gin> you fhall know thatfrom theLiver> which is the Fountain c* blood, both in Man and Beaft, doth arife one main great Conduit or large Vein, which afcending into the body, doch divide ic felrc into thus many (everal branches, or leffer Rivers. Firft, within the Palate of his mouth, above the firft and third bars, are two notable Veins, which the beft Farriers do touch and ftrike when the Horfe bah any Difeafein hisHead, Brain, or Stomach: Hehathalfo other two which defcend down from the lower parts of his Eyes uncO his Noftnls, and are ever opened for any grief in the Eyes •' He hath two others which are above his Eyes, and run crefs the Temples ot his head, and are called the Temple Veins, which are likewife ope-, ncd for all manner of cold Diieafes in the head j he hath alfo two great main Veins running along each fide of the Wind-pipe, ever» tromtheuppermoft joyntof his nether chap down to the Breafti which are called the Neck Veins, and are thofe which are ordinarily opened for any Difeafe whatfoever* He hath then two Veins which arife upwards from between his fore Legs to the top of his breaft.afld are called the BreafteveinSj and they are opened when the hotfe hath any Fever, or is fick at the heart. He hath other two which like-" wife afcend from between the fore Legs, but do not mount fo hig" as the Breaft*veins, but reft upon the formoft bough of the fore-leg» and they be called the Plat-veins, and they be opened either for foufl" dring, or other grief in the Limbs. He hath other two Veins which run down from the Elbow of the fore fhoulder, down all along tbc infide of the fore-legs, and are called the fhank Veins, which afe opened for Spknts, Mal'ander, or fueh like» He hath then foil* Veins whkh run along the fetlocks of the horfe, and are called che fhakle-veins, which albeit, they are butinaall> yet they aremaoy times opened for ftifihefs in the Joynts,or for tyring: then he had1 four Veins about the Ctoncts in his hQofs,and m called the Cronec |
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tL nf> and are opened for foundring in the Feet, or for Ring- bones:
•j. nhe hath four Veins within his four Hoofs, running about his tin S' anc^ are ca^c^ tne Toe-veins, and are only opened for found- ^3 °r frettizing in the Feet: he hath then two main great Veins toh ^efcend down from his ftones alongft the infide of his Thighs 0t> ls Cambrel, and are called the Kidney.veins, which are onely lvk^L orDifeafesin the Kidneys: He'iaththen two other Veins öf tU c!e^C£nc' ^rom aDOve tne binder Cambrel, all alongft the infide yV ^e »iader Legs down to the Feet locks,and are called the Spaven- t^ns> which are opened for the blood fpaven only: He hath then *einr in his Flanks, which are called the Flank-veins, and are
in k- ^or any Srie^'n tne Reias or Fillets: he hath then two veins a. ls hinder Hanches called the Hanch-veins, and are opened for L^banner of Confumption of the fle(h, or fuch like: Then he th ftWo Veins which run alongft his fide, even from the Elbow of 'ore-leg unto the flank, and are called the Spur-veins, and are
y ned for foundring or Spur-galling. Laftly, he hath one fingle tL'j?ln his Tayl, which is called the Tayl-vein, and is opened for boH ec*dingof the hair oY any manginefs. So there is in a Horfes tk ^ principal Veins, which uponoccafionmuft be opened, juft 4 'yfeven, as you may perceive by this Figure, which is the true y. atomy ofall the principal Veins and others within a horfes body ; ve:Cre y°u are to undcrftand,that the Letter A fheweth the Temple» ^'^ the Eye-veins, C the Palat-veins, D the Neck-veins, E the vej a^"veins, F.the Plat-veins, q the Shank-veins, H the Cronet- ^s>^ the Hoof-veins, K the Spur- veins, L the Kidney- veins, pf, tr>e Spaven-veins, ^ the Flank-veins, O the Hanch-veins, *<n if. ^a>^ vems» Q*n& R the Fet-lock-veins. Now for the other b0j ^hreds, cr Veins, which as it were, over-fpread the whole v0lJ» hecaufe nature will allow no part or Member.to be empty or y °* blood, they be alfo veins, derived from the other main grea t citjns' yet of no efficacy or force, but fuch asupon any neceffary in- ot^l^ayvery well becutafunder without any flux of blood, or b^ . j"nger: but for the other Mafter veins, they may not be cut n With grcat petj,]# An(j tjjUS much for Veins, which are the in- ***««» «f hear.
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Of the Sinews in 4 Herfa Bodyl
TOuching the Sinews within a Horfes Body, you fhall uo^et"
ftand, that from the Brain,,which is the principal Fountain?* WelMpring of Sinews whatfoever, there is derived one great rt)al£ Sinew or Tendon, which paffing through the hollownefs of theN0-^ and Back bone, doth extend it felf even to the nethermoft Joyf ° the Horfes ftrunt: From his main Sinew is derived two fmall Br»"' ches, which paffing through certain holes in the top of the Hof'eS skull, rundown alongft the horfes Cheeks, even to the point of ^f Noftnls % Then hath he two other branches, which paffing throng"1 certain holes in his nether Chap, knit that and the upper cogethtf» and fo run down by his great Teeth, and meet juft below his neth£f Lip: then hath he twenty eight frmllThreds, which runns*^" through fo many fmall holes in the feven bonesof his Neck, kr>'c them faff, together: So likewife to Knit all his Chine even to tK very nether end of his Strunt faft together, the number wher£° is infinite, and uncertain: Then hath he two main great Sine«"*? which extending themfelves over both the Spade-bones, are divido into many branch??, and run down into the Fore-legs, even inco ^ Coffins of the Hoofs,and Knit every Joynt faft and fubftantially^' gether: then hath he two other rrnin Sinews, which cortf'1^ through two holes to the great Columel or flat, bones of the Hip5°> Huckle, do extend themfelves (being divided into many bancb^ down both the hinder Legs, even within theCoffinsof the hoofal^ & bind all thefe feveral Joynts faft &•-ftrongly together. Now laU^ you (hall underftand,chat from the fettingon of theTsorfesneckvi1'^ the flat Columel or Huckle bone,doth extend.one great broad SineV of three inches broad, being of ore only thick and fmooth fubfta^fj without any oneThred or Branch derived from it, which not <?>'.' holdeth together the fhoulder-blades, but alfo cove:eth all the ho*'' Chine quite over,and thisof the common F< Triers'« called Pax-W3*' So that a Horfe hath in all of train end principal Sinews, f'0^ whence a World of other Sinews are derived, juft thirty eight» iS ym may more plainly perceive by-the Picture aforegoing, u hich isfl |
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perfect Anatomy of all the Sinews within a horfes body, and«10
they are divided. CHAP. IV.
Of the ntimltr, ana fitttatim of Bones in a Horfes Body.
FIrff, you fhallunderftand, that every Horfe or Ox, hath in "'j
whole Body, juft one hundred and feventy fcveral bones, aP no more: that is to fay, in the upper part of his head two bo^' from the Pore head to the Nofetwo bones, his nether Jawsc^ bones, of fore Teeth Twelve, ofTufhes four, of Grinders tweflt' four, from the Nape of the Neck to the points of the Spade boflf' feven ; from the Spade bones to the Huckle bones, eight; from1*1 Huckle bones to the end of the Tail, feven : Then is there the gfe3 broad hinder bone, which hath twelve Seams or Joyntsinit; t»e i is there the two Spadebones, and from thence to theForcelsorC*113 bones, other two bones called the Marrow bones, and from thence t the ürft joynt above the Legs other two bones, and from thence <■ the knees, two called the Thigh bones, and from thence to J" Patterns other two called the fhank bones, and from thence do«"1' ward into the hoofs be in all 16 little bones. Then there is a gfe\ bone in the Horfes Breaft, whereunto arefaftned %6 Ribs great & fmall,and to tbtColume! behind be two bones.amd from the Molj( to the Joynts other two bones j and alfo two bones towards l\ Ribs, from the bending of the Hoof unto the Leg, are two (&\, bones» and from the Legs to the two focils of the Leg other two lict,j bone?, and from the Patterns into the Hopf, fixteen little bones J * which, and their feveral fituations you fhall more plainly behoUM this Picture, which is the moft perfect Anatomy of the bones °*' Horfe, being fimply compounded together, ,thac canibe by ^ aaonßration. |
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C H A P. V.
" How, and'wben a' H«rfe (hmld be let blood, the end wbireaf,
andihi fgns of the necejfity. THe antient Farriers, and thofc of thefe prefent timeSjareatg^
difference touching the letting of a Horfe blood: Forfo1? would have him let blood four nmes in the year; that is to fay» ' the Spring, in the Summer, in Autumn,and in the Winter. O^ would only have him let blood three times in the year: nafflwj in May, when he is turned to Grafs, oecaufe the blood then j^ ginneth to encreafr. Secondly, n September, that blood if it be i? flamed, may then evacuate and breath forth. And thirdly» ' December, to let go the grofs and knotty blood which is bred by '*j bour or carelefs keeping. Others would have a horfe to be let blo° but'once in the year : namely,in the beginning of May only, WP£ he is to be put to Grafs, alleging this reafon, that if the Horfe bef»0 '- lee blood in the Spring, the new blood being mixt with the old c°£ •nipt blood, will be apt tobe inflamed and fo draw upon thefio*1 fome grievous (icknefs, and this reafon is excellent good. Otn. would have the Horfe to be let blood in the Vein hot above onc£/, ayear; namely, at the beginning of May : but in the Palate of fjj mouth they would haye him let blood at leaft once every mone^ alleging that it will clear the fight, comfort the brain, and give Hi1: good appetite to his meat: but to conclude, there is not any of the opinions but are found and good, fo the Horfe be young and •* ftrength, his blood increafing ; but if he be old, and his bloodin^ Ebb, then you cannot let blood too feldome. Now that it is ft1e young horfe fhould be let blood, is proved by the daily experien^. the Polander Horfes, who being at liberty (out of natural inftinc^^ themfclves) fail not once a year to let themfelves blood,; yet web3 i divers of our beft Farriers, who would not have a Horfe let bl°0^ before there be urgent neceffity, left the ufe of letting blood br-i*1? c Horfe to an evil cuftom, and draw on ficknefs unexpected; 0 with that opinion I cannot agree, becaufe I hold it more vertii£ prevent a danger before it come, than to drive it away being p^11^ Nowthac ofc lectins sf blood breedethin a Horfe weaknefs» *\ |
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^aketh the blood to refort to the inward carts, cloying che Heart
:nd lotrails, and making the outward parts fat and unweldly,thcie S no queftion but that the letting a horfe blood twice in the year, ?:amely, at beginning of Miy, and the end of December, (at which v mes°nly I would have a Horfe let blood and no othe«|.fhould be
:>nted oft, 1 fee no reafon. Now for Stallions, the aWnt F«r-
Cts would by no means have them let blood, becaufe fay they the
U>gof Maresis as great an «pence of blood ai may be,affirming
tat,0n= ounce of Seed doth countervail five ounces or blood, and
{?» I am of that opinion too : but whereas they hktwife adv.fe
,| "J0 «leans to let Geldings blood, becaufe theofs of their (tones ,s
C'ofs of their natural heat; to that I am much contrary, becaufe I
k C found it by continual experience, that Geldings do « oft dye
>*H the Corruption and abundance of blood as H.rfes; Nay
fMA, inasmuch as they want the helps whtch
rH have for Purging their bloods from unc eanneis. Now in
k '«ting of Horfes blood, every careful Farrier is fiift to refpeft the
2** under which the horfe is bred, know.ng that thole Horfcs
3S *t bred in cold Countreys, have ever more blood than thofe
Jc« are bred in thehot ■ then he tnaft "fder *c time of the
> Which Would ever be the Spring, or the fail of the Leaf, b o:h
ft ^es being moft temperate, neither exceeding i« heat nor in
ld« Ne« he muft regard the time of the day, which would ever
S themorningf.11ng, foitbc not at the Horfes waking from
S but adeäftganhougr'or two after ; then he muft look unto the
C.e of the Moon, that the fign be not in that part of the body where
h !n*«deth to let blood. Nexthe muft look to the Horfesage, if
, beyoun» and not come to his growth, it will hinder his waxing;
£* *ÄÄZ23 decfepitnefs, hisblood had more «cd
C ^ '"is office of letting blood, there you (hall neither refpea
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rmovingof the infiimity. Now thefignsto know if a Horle i ^
in need tobe let blood are thefe: his Eyes will look red, a'1 j,, Veins will (well more than ordinary :- alfo he will have a ^.. itch abo .it his Main and his T.ayl, and ftill be continually f«b «j them V and femetimes will Hied fome of his hair alfo: he wi'» n ^ and then pal about the Roots of his Ears, or in thofe'places where i head- ftali of the Bridle lies: hisUrine will be red and high colo^f and his dung will be black and hard : alfo if he hath red iofla { mations, or little babbles on his back, or doth not digeft his n1 well, it is a figrs the Horfe would be let blood : or if he have any L parent fign er yellownefs in the whites of his Eyes, or in the in'1 j. of his Lips, either upper or nether, it is a fign he would be let bio for after any of thefe iigns doth rnoft commonly follow fome o&j,j other grievous ficknefs, which to prevent is the true Art of ask'1 j Farrier. Now it is meet that when you intend to let a Horfe bK[■ (having leafure to do the fame) that you fuffer him tobe thinly °; y ed a day cr two before he be let blood, to the end that his body;0" j be quiet, and not troubled with digtftion. Now for the manflct letting a horfe blood, you fhall as near as you can, let him ftafld pon even ground,and if it be the Nec';-vein which you would l"1 0 you fhall take a long fmallCord withanoofe, and puttingoVet the horfes Neck, as clofe to the fetting on «f the fhoulder as you & there draw it as ftraight as is poffible, and then faften it with a ir. ning knot, and prefently you fhall fee the Veins to appear as b1?^, a mans little finger, even from the nether Chap down to the Ne ^ Now you are to obferve that the place where you are to ftrike f Vein in, is, even within three fingers or four fingers at the m0', ^ the nether Chap : as thus j if your Horfehave a Long, fine, c S) Neck andskin, then you may ftrike the Vein withinthree fifl£ ^ or lefsof the Chap, (fith the higher is ever the better) but if he'1 [j a fhort chub Neck, with a thick skin, and many wreaths ort0 ti ab..ru the fetting on öf his Chaps, then you fhall ftrike the Vf^'ug leaft four fingers from the Chap, left thofe wreaths together wi[ )0c thicknefsof the skin, do fo defend the Vein that your Fleim^3"1 Jc reach it. When you have thus raifed the Vein up, you fha^fl to one to ftand on the contrary fide of the Horfe, and with his nl • |i thruft the Vein forth hard againft you: then you (hall eithtfv. lC|i a wet Spungtyor with a little fpiccle, wet the part of the vein^ .0a |
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of nS5r into the Horfes mouth, and tickling him in the roof thcre-
blö^3^ him chaw and move his Chaps, for chat wiu force the it j, t0 ^P'n forth ; now the blood which you take from the horfe, as c nery neceiTary that you fave in divers Vtflels, for divers caufcs: 3nj h maty.oumay fee when all the corrupt blood is come forth, bein at"hen the colour thereof is grown pure, and fo remained! that^c°ld> that then you fuffer the Horfe to bleed no more ; or elfe *U°ca fave ic t0 batne tnc Horfes body therewith, which ismoft with ume ' orcu~etomake a Medicine therewithal! by mingling tWcre ■ blooc* Vine8ar anc5 °yh and fo bathe che Horfes body £at .Wlth, efpecially that place which was lee blood. For che ancient Vett *rs hold an opinion, that it is endued with a certain natural fj0t% and power to comfort the weak and feeble Members of a ^h hi j^ t0 ^ry Up al^eV'^ ^umours* Now as foon as your liorfe
lHt v Sufficiently, you fhall Let loofe the Cord, and immediately Vej e\" «-ill flop ; then with that Cord you fhall ftroak down the theu |uß over the Orifice twice or thrice, which will both clofe up H0tfole3 and alfo turn the courfe of the blood: this done, fee the 3fietCaP in the Stable, and let him ftand fäfting two or three hours thi„j?nt* tncn ^zer dyet him according as in your difcretion you fhall «VjtL meetJ tnat is to fay, if he be a fick Horfe, then like a fick horfc ^ f good Provender and warm Mafhts: buc if he be a found hj e» then like a found Horfe, eicher turn him to Grafs, or keep . »n the Stable after his ancient cuftom.
v5; °wifyou would let your Horfe blood either in the Temple« of^^heEyeveins.you fhall then Cord him hard about the midft noc ^ ^eck,and not near his fhoulders, having a care that you touch ^einsT^'P'^'3nd f°throttle him •' f°r " will make both thefe in the R m°ft aPParentIy- If y°u ^tend to let the Horfe blood Von ft, ,r.caft-veins,or Plat- veins,of fome called che fore Thigh-veins, of tn r* then Cord him behind the flioulders, clofe to the Elbows tw0y • c> and over-thwarc his Withers, and chac will make thefe veinsCa& 1''1CW* Now you (^a11 un^er^ancl>that net any of chefe
blood k fPoJcenof, as about the Head or the Breaft, muft be let
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our common Smiths) for it is moft beaftly and butcherly, a11"a t
full of much danger by ftriking through the Vein, ( if he be n skilfull "•) but you fkall with a fine (harp Lancet open the Vein>eV in fuch fort as yoafee a skilfull Chirurgeon openthe Vein in a ^^ Arm. Now for the Letting a Horfe blood in the Palatof the m011/' you fhallbuc only with a fharp pointed Knife, prick the rWeb tween the fecond and third bar, as deep as a Barley Corn is ^oth and he will bleed fufficiently: a« for all other Veins in a Horfes Bod"c whatfoeyer, which are to be opened, you ("hall underftand, ^ ,, whenfoever it is needful that they bleed, that then they muft be &* up, and not Corded at all. Now touching the taking up of V6"1' and the manner how to do it. you fhallread more at Large in partlC lar Chapters towards the end of this book. CHAP. VI*
Ofotttw ard Sorrances what they are, and ofcertain general
Obftrvatkns in the Cure of them. OUtward Sorrances, according to my meaning in this place» *.i
taken two mannerof wayes, that is to fay, either it isäfl^ fUte and compofition of the body, which is to be difcerned eithef^ ihe fhape, number, quantity, or fight of the Member evil aft"^ and DiXcafecl : or elfe it is the looming and divifion of any m"!j/ which as it may chance diverfly, fo it hath divers names accordi"^' For if fuch a divifion or loofing be in the Bone, then it iscall^ f Fraclure: If it be in any flefhly part, then ic is called a Wound»■ an Ulcer: If it be in the Veins,thena Rupture: if in the Sin^j then a Convulfion or Cramp ; and if it be in. the Skin, then >' called an Excoriation: and of all thefc (everally I intend to tre*c '( the following Chapter?. Now for as much as in this general ^ gt Chirurgery, or Sorrances, there are certain general Obfervatio*15.' £ Caveats to be held inviolate^I will, before I proeeedany farther»?1 you a little talk: thereof. ^ Firft, you fhall therefore undcrfland, that it is the- duty of ^
good Parrier, never to burn or Cauterize with hot Jron,or wi&°{' nor to make any incifion with knife, where there be either W'' Smewsjor Jpyms,but either'fomewhat Iowcr»or fomewhat high£t'' |
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entt You lhall never apply to any joynt or Sinewy parr, eiiher
^°'algar, Arfnick, Mercury, Subl.i mate, nor any fuch violent Cor- js . f*j It is ever better to Launce with a hot Iton than a cold, that
'lc ls better to Cauterize than to incite.
^ ff%i Blood doth ever produce white and thick matter, Choler a "'h thin matter, but not much, falc Flegm, great abundance of Jterj and Melancholy many dry Scabs. £ **'«», When you Let blood, you muft take but the fourth part r0ni a Coltjwhich you take from a grown Horfe. r //f», You muft never Let blood, except ic be either to divert c^nefs,and preferve health, or torefrefhandcool the blood, or elfe "lrninifh blood, or to Purge bad humours. m ,%> Inall Impoftumes or fwelling^ores,- called Tumors, you uftobferve the four times of the ficknefs, thatistofay, the begin- ^nB of the grief, the increafe of the grief, the perfection and ftate of eR*ief$ andlaftly,the declination and ending of the grief.. *'*», In the beginning of every fuch fwelling Apcftumes(if you
at,n°t quite deftroy them)ufe reptrcuffive Medicines, if they be nos
jfar fome pn'ncipal part of the body ;. butthennot, for fear of in-
a%ring life; and in augmentation, ufe mollifying Medicines,
J), fappling to ripe them 5 and when they are ripe, Launch them,
!^ ^t them out, ordrythemup, and in the declination of the-m,
c ^anfing and healing Medicines.
to•/''*, AlKwellings are either hardorfoft, the hard commonly " Corrode, the-foft will continue Long. * tttn*, If y0u thruftyour finger upon any fwelling upon a Hoi fes'
SMhenifit prefemly rife again, and fill, then is the hurt new and .^overabk, but if the dent do remain and continue ftill behind, then
LS")ehurt old, and cometh of coldhumours, and asksgreat Art in .fcnty When Sores begin to matter, then they heal, butifchepu-
ri«ftion be great, then beware they rot not inwardly. • /tem> All Cauterizing or Burning with hot Irons,ftraineth things
?rged, driethupwhat is too much moiftened, difToiveth things
pwe,red together orhardned, dtaweth back things which are dif- aak uand nclPethold Gncfs-- for it ripeneth, diifolvech, and lWKet» them to run and iffue forth matter, |
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Item, You mud fometimes burn under the Sore, to divert Hü'
mours,and fometimes above, to defend and withhold humour?. Itcmj It is ever better to burn with Copper than wich Iron, be*
caule Iron is of a malignant namre,,Steel of an indifferent vertue b£' twixtboth. Item, All aclual burnings is to burn with inftiuments, and pa'
tential burning is to burn with Medicines, as are Cauftieks ao*»
* Cerrofives. .
Item, If you ufeto blow Powders into a H^rfes eyes, it wi'1
make him blind.
Item, By no means take up aay Veins in the forelegs, unlefs g*iil
extremity compel you : for there is nothing that will fooner mak* a Horfe fttff and lame. Many other obfervations there are, whi^ becaufe they are not fo general as thefe be, and that I (hall have oC' cafion to fpeak of them in other particular Chapters, I think i: h#J meet to omit them, and the rather, becaufe I would not be tedious« CHAP. VII.
Of the Difeafes in the Eyes, andfirß of the weeping and
Wintering eye, THe Eyes of a Horfe are fubjeft to many infirmities,as firft to K
Rhumatick, or watry, then to be blood- fhotten, to be dim0 fight, to have the Pin and Web) the Haw, the Wart in the Eye, t^c Inflammation of the Eyes, the Canker in the Eye, or a ftroak in ^ Eye: of all which, fome come of inward caufes, as «f humours re' forting to the Eyes • and fome of outward caufes, as Heat, Cold, ° elfe by feme (tripe or blow. ,i And firft to begin with the Rhumatick, or watry Eye, you fa*
undeiftand, that, according to the opinion of the antient Farrier5' * doth proceed many times from the Flux of Humours diftdlingfr0 , the Brain, and fometimes from the anguifh of fomeblow or ftripet u eeived. The fignsare, a continual watering of the Eye, and a &°u holding of the Lidds together, accompanied fometimes with a bc. fwelling. The cure, according to the opinion of fome Farriers» . to take of Bolearmonick, of Terra figillata, and of Sanguis Draco"^ öf each a like quantity ^ make them into Powder,and then add ^ |
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Crnasmuchofthe white of an Egg and Vincgar,as will make them
to°i! : 3n^ t'rlen *Prea^ " Pkifter- w'fe »pon a Cloath, and lay it
, c"e HorfesTcmples of his Head above his Eyes: and do*this three
jj ^Uosether. Others ufe to lettheHorfe blood in the Veinsun-
r his EyC5. then t0 wafh t]ie Ey. tw;ce 0r t|ujce in the day with
p ^ Wine, and then to blow into the fore Eye with a Quill» the
tj°w"er of Tartar, Salgemma, and Cuttle bone, of each likequan- j^: or elfe take the yolk of an Egg roa fled hard, and mix there- r 'i" the Powder of Comen, and bind it hot to the Eye, and fo let ir , j* night more. Other Farriers ufe to take of Pitch and Roz.cn, r ( °f Maflick a like quantity, melt them together: Then with a j*1'? flick, having a Clout hound to the end.thereo^and dipt there- ,anoyntthe Temple-veins on both fides a Handful! above the Eyes,
a toad as a twelve pence, and then clap unto it immediately a few xC-cJ'sof like colour to the Horfe, holding them dofe to his head J1'" yout hand, untill they flick faft to his head,then let him blood ^. ^°th hisEye- veins, if both Eyes be fore, and then wafh his Eyes uh whiteWine,
jj.y'hersufe only to take a pretty quantity of life Honey, and to »nn VC n in wmte W'ne> anc'ro wa^ tne Horfes Eye therewith : i d fure if it proceed from any blow,it is Medicine fufficicnt enough; UlfC ^n Procee<l from any Rhume, or inward caufes',Then you fha'l k'H 8round Ivy beaten in a Morter, and mixt with Wax, and fo Wj,. to the Eyes like a Plaifter, or elfe boyl Worm-wood in white * ,ltle> and wafh the Horfes Eyes therewith : alfo to fpurt Beer or ^ ,e.uow and then into the Horfes Eyes, will clear the fight paffing CHAP. VIII.
J '*« Blocd-fiottenEye, proceeding from any eaafe-»halfotwr,
FH Of any Blood-fhotten Eye,proceeding from anycaufe whatfo-
tH<> evcr. either outward or inward, you fhafl take (according«) a'Hl°Prni0n °ftne m°ft antient Farriers)ofRofe-water,of Malmfey, y ^ Fennel water, of each three fpoonfulls, of Tutty as much as QQ n eafilytake up between your Thumb and your Finger, of v«s a dozen beaten into fine Powder, mingle them well together, ancl
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and being luke-warm, or cold, if you pleafe, wafh the inward Pa|_
of the Eye with a feather dipt th?rcin twice a day untill the Eye well: br inflead thereof, wafh die Eye either with the whiteof a^ Egg, or with the jnyce of Selladlnc. ©elvers nfe to take the top5 ° Hawthorns, and boyling them in white Wine, wafh the Eye thcr^ with. Ocher Farriers take a Dram of Synoper, andasmuchl" Honey, as much of Wheat-flower, mix them with fair running^* ter, fo they may be liquid and thin, then feech them with a very f° fire till they be thick like an Oymment, and therewith annoynt£'1 £^3 But the bcfl receipt that ever I found for this grief, is, to take d1*
Whites of two Eggs, and beat it till it come to an Oyl, thenpuctö it two fpoonfulls of Rofe-waccr, and three fpoonfulls of the jnyc? of Houfleek, mix them well together, then dip therein little rou"^ Plegants or flat Cakes of foft tow, as big as a Horfes Eye, andW them upon the Horfes Eye, renuingthemasofc as they grovv harw and in a day or two it will make the Horfes Eye found again. |
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OfDimnefs of fight, or bllndntft.
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areftretched beyond their powers, or by the violence of great laboUr'
or by the fupporting of a great burthen beyond the Horfes ability^ by fome blow or wound : any of thefe are mortal enemies to ' .1 Eyes or Sight, The fign is the apparent want of fight, and an & ' affected colour of the Eye. Now for the Cure, it is thus: Öa3 If the fight be gone, and yet the ball of the Eye be found, t^1* you fhall take, according to the opinion of fome Farriers, a pf^J quantity of May Butter,with as much Rofemary,and a little yel^ Rozen with a like quantity of Selladine, thenftamp themandj1^ them with the May Butter, then ftrain it and keep it in a clofe ^° ("for it is a Jewel for fore Eyes) and anoynt your Horfes Eyes cbcjL with at leaft twice a day ; it is alfo good to heal any wound. , thei Farriers do nfe to let the Horfe blood in the Eye-veins,and lK$ wafh his Eyes wich red Rofe* water. Ochers ufe to take the Gall °\t |
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tyjj ^«pand beat it, and ftrain it, then to walli the Eyes there-
mo *: others nfe to burn the Horfe under the Eye that the ill Hu- x\.rLttlay diftil forth» and then toannoint his Eyes either with Witi ?trow °f a Sheeps (hank, and Rofe-water mixt together, or elfe V/J e inyceof ground ivy. Orher Farriers ufe to take a Mould- to ^'"d lapping her all over in Clay, burn her to allies, and then t0 a^e °f that Powder and blow into the Hoi fcs Eyes. Others ufe H b k 3n emPcy Egg-fhcll, and fill it with bay Salt, then burn it till Tue k'ack : Then add to it of burnt Allom the quantity of your •Vj^» beat them together to fine Powder, then mix fomeof this k^\ T vv"h frefli Batter, and wipe it into the Horfes Eye with a rj0 .er> then clap the white of an Egg dipt in Flax, over hisEyes: d»«, ! 0nce a day for a feven-night , and after but once in two OtuSs This is moft excellent for any film, andalfofor a Pearl. bl0 ufe t0 takc two dry Ti'lc-ftones,and rub them together, and toA1^ Powder of «with a Quil into the Horfes Eyes four daycs CHAP. X.
^fi r<ire approved (.Medicine for any defperate hlhdnefs in a Horfey
^«dlng from any Rbumatick.c*»{e> S»ftilTt Strain, Stroal^ vrfucb likt' PAkeof Vermilion, Betony, and lavender, and beat them iH a
t)5, Morter with the beft Venice Turpentine, till they come to a L1 Salve like Pafte: then make it into Cakes or Troches,each as p0 ac* »s a Groat, and dry them: then lay one or two of them u- Tun * Chafing-difh and Coals: And then covering »hem with a thisn?c'» let your Hotle receive thefmoak up into hisNofttüs, and h\i fU ^ornmg ar>d Evening: and every time you thus Fume him, bfjg. a|l alio walli hiseyes inwardly,either with the water of Eye- Qt°ht fimply, or with the water of Eye-bright, and the juyce of tKis Und !vy mixt together. ^ow * nave known many do miftake rn^^ndlvy, andfuppofe that the Ivy which is common, and ^ouT8 on the ground to be Ground Ivy, but it is not fo : for by ry Jvy is a Weed which commonly grows in bottoms of Hedges, ltc» fides, in good big tufts, it hath a little round rough leaf,and A a is
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is jagged on the edges, and of ail Simples none is more Söveraiiy
theeyec. C H A P. XL
ArKjihx moß excellent and dffrsved receit for any defperatl
bliadnefs in a thrfe or any'beäfi wbulj'never. TAke the (hells of half a dozen Eggs, and cteanfe away thei«"1 ^
film from diem fo clean as may be, then lay thofe (hells " , tween two clean Tyles, and fo lay them in hot glowing Embers,al1 cover them a!l ovcr,and on every(ide,arid fo let them lye a good fpJf< tsll the (hells be all dried, then take them up, and beat the frd1 tofine powder,then lea'rce it through aLaun to fine duff,then wi^ 1 Goofe quill .blow this, powder into the Horfes eye that is offend with Pin, Web, Film, or any thicknefs or'foulhefs> snd it is certain Cure, and this do morning, noon, and night. But if it be for any watered or inflamed eye,forany Bruife, Strip j.
Lunatick,or defccnding humours,.then ta'.e a fpoonfulland a h? of fine fearced powder of white Sugar-Candy, and mix it with1*1 former powder of (hells: then wiih as much May Batter, (if 1°.f cangetic) or for want thereof the befl fweet Butter without S3'' work all into a gentle Solve, and therewith anoynt the Horfes «1 morning, noon, and night, font, cltanfech, purgech, comiortetV" cooledi. CHAP. XII.
Of the T?tätU Pin, Weh, or ahyfpqt in a Horfes Sye. The Peavl.the Pin,the Web,cr any unnatural fpor, or thick *' e
over a Horfes Eye, proceedeih, for the moll part, froW'^j ftroak received : Yet the Pearl, which is a little round, thic^, ^ fly fpot like a Pearl,grosving on the.iight of the Horfes Eye,comes 0" äj times from natural caufes,and evert from defcent of Syte&ndUi. \$ Ihaveofcen found by experience.The'fign is,theapparent fight 0'. c infirmity, and the Cure according to the opinion of the moft a0?1)e, Kamers,is,to take fix Leaves of ground Ivy,and a branch of Sel^Ld |
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and bra u ~ ' ' ~ ' .'-' ' N ■-----
Hillc m a Sorter, .with a fpoanfullor twoof Womiuis
into ' *nd then (train it through a clean Linnen Gloath, and put it
at a • Glafs, and then drop of it as much into the Hcrfes Eye bed ' «-will fill half a H»fel -nut-fhel; and it is the fitceft to
^aVe°necat "'g^t only. Do this thrice at the leaft, and for three tri5r pa^er keep the Horfe as much as may be from any light. O Q0 *^»ers ufe to annoynt the Horfes Eyes with the Marrow of «Ife "anks> and Deers Shanks and Rofe.water mixt together, or gt0 C°wafhhis Eyes with the juyce of the Berries and Leaves of his P *vy> or otner ^y m'xt with white Wine; and to blow into ' PQvJCsthe Powder of black flint, or of Land Oyfters : but that any aermuftbe madefo exceeding fine, asby Art.of fearcing can or p ays be broughtto pafs: And for the taking away of any Film tjCre*l'U there is no Medicine more Soverain. There be other Fap- ay ^"ich ufe to take the lean of a Gammon of Bacon, and dry it, thtf, , e°f make a Powder, and blow it into the Horfes Eye. O- it j,. u'e to take white Ginger made into very fine Powder,and blow tir, °tD-e Horfes Eyes J yet before you.do fo, if the Web have con- %e •any ^ong tim?>w rhallnot beamifsjfirft to annoynt the Horfes the p^ Papons greafe. Others ufe to blow into the Horfes Eye, dty.^der of Elder Leaves dry ed,orelfe the Powder of mansDung ^on : or the Powder ef a gray Whet- ftone mixt with the Oyl of. an b^» a«d put into the Horfes Eye : others ufe to take the yalk of t^oj/^S with Salt burnt and beaten to Powder, and blow into the. totarS%e: Or elfe the Powder of the Cuttle-bone. Others ufe fy,i ^either Elder Leaves dryed, or Mans Dung dryed, and mix it t^ rje Powder of the fhell or bone of theCrab fifh.and blow it into d,,]|?^esEye. Others take Tutte beaten to Powder., and with a 0 k irJuftuPon the Pear1'
than erParriersufetotake(andfureitisnot inferiour, but better ä Uöpj^X Medicine whatfoever) a good quantity of white Salt, and^"^ t'o j 8 ^ round up in a wet Cloath, put it into the fire, and burn it find • ^oal - then tajcing it forth and breaking it open you fhall tht ln f"e midft thereof a white Coar as big as a Bean, or Bigger : litde Jl- out c^at Coar,and beat it to Powder, and mis with ir.a °f that ve ^'ne> l^P a^ccr it "ath ftcod a while, take thethickeft th\ lr.- eth "?n the bottom, and put it into the Horfes eye, and with ■ 111 Wafk his eye, do thus once a day till the Pearl be ccnfumed. A a z Others
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O.hers ufe to take the j ayce of Rue, and put it into the Horte y..
or tKe to make a hole in an Egg, and put forth all that is with)11 and fill the Shell with Pepper, and dofing it in an earthen poC> »j it into a hot burning Oven till it be quite hot, then take it forth»3 (ff beat the Pepper to powder, and blow thereof into the Horfes*) f Others ufc to take of Pummiftonc, of Tartarum, and SalgemJ113 % each like weight, and being beaten into very fine powder, to b'0*^ little of that into the Horfes eye^ continuing fo to do till the tfc.( well. Oihers ufc only to blow the powder of Sondevoire into Horfes eye, affirming that it alone hath fufficient force and ver«*' {( break any Pearl or Web in a veryfhort fpace, without any °f ^ compofition : but finely I have found the powder of Flint,aflO powder of white Salt burnt, to be muchftrongir. C H A P. XIII.
A mofi excellent and Infallible Cure for any Pin, Web> Pcarh
erfpot in a Htrfes Eye. Up *TpAke an Eggend makea hole in the top,put outhalf the wh'^J
X then fill up the empty place with Salt and Ginger finely ^'(0 together, then roaft the Egg extreme hard, fo as you may beat»c „ fine powder, having formerly lapt ir in awetGloath» then mof'11^' and evening, after you have wafht the Horfes eye with the )a1CM ground Ivy, or Eye-bright water, you fhall blow of this p0^ thet ein, and it is a certain remedy. CHAP. XIV.
Of the Hak in a Horfes £yt. THe Haw is aGriftle growing betwixt the nether eye-Id '" t (hc
eye, and it covereth fome times, more than the one half0 j£< eye. It proceeds of grofs and tough Flegmy humours, whi^ ^ fcending down from the Head, and knitting together, do in i"e ^ grow to a Horn or hard GrifUe. The figns thereof are a sVi $' of the eye, and an unwilling opening of the nether lid,befides '•' ^jt parent fhew of the Haw jt felf,if with yourjhumb you do put &0 frt |
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"e nether lid of the Horfes eye. The Cure is, take a Needle and a
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a j . tnc" mruit your i>ccoie tnrougacnecuge or tneniw,
r. ^ ^vith the Thred draw it out, foas you may lap ic about your nnoerj then fatten the Thred abouf your little finger, to hold it con- j a.ntly, and then with a very fharp knife cue crofs thcGriftle of the f «de next the Horfes Eye, and fo feparating the skin and the far, j0111 the Griftle, cut the Griftle quite out; then cutting your thred s ^avvthcm clean out, both of the Eye-lids, and out of the Haw : , n Wafh all the H >rfes Eye either with Ale, Beer, or white wine, r^ Pluck away all the long hairs from about the Horfes Eyes, being Ufte *o leave no blood within the Horfes Eye. And in this manner f ^Ure you muft obferve, that by no means you cut away too much
&, tne wafh or fat by the H iw, or any part of the black that growech s?.°Ut the end of the Haw, for that will make the Horfe blear-eyed. "^rebe o;her Farriars which ufe after they have cut out the Haw,
5?'«noint the Eye fix dayes after with Sallet Oyl, the Marrow of hcep3fhanks and Salt mixt together.
, 0 hers do take the juyce of ground Ivy ftampt in a Mortcr, with e^p
w'j'^yapf Ivy berries, and mix them either with water or white ^'ne, andfo Plaifter-wife lay it to the Horfes Eye, renewing it ^°rning and evening, and it will eat away the Haw. Others ufe S"«r the Haw is cut away, to lay to the Eye a Plaifter of Camomill *jd of Honey beaten together; and of all which is fufficient enough.' fj0vvyou are to note by the way, that the Horfe which hath one a% commonly hath two, for they continually go together.
CHAP. XV.
Of MuQB-Eyti, or Lm*tit\-Eyes. THe Moon-eyes, orLunatickeyes, are of alt fore eyes the mod
dangerous and noyfome, and do proceed from hot humours, 5JCending from the head, and ftirred up by the extremity of over- lng> or compelling a Horfe to do more than nature will give him ' leave:
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leave : as I have feen a flothfuU and heavy Horfe brought to "C
Moon-eyed by the folly of hisRider, who would force him to ft311 and Trotjcontrary to the vigour of his fpirit: Solikewifelhave kcti delicate metal'd Horfes brought to be Moon-eyed,when the Rioef would not temper the freenefs of their natures» but have given the(tl leave to run into all violence. Now they be called Moon-eyes, ®e' caufe if the Farrier do obferve them, he fhall perceive that at fo1"6 times of the Moon the Horfe will fee very prettily, and at fort* times of the Moon he will fee nodiing at all. Now the figns ^tXii are, when the Horfes eyes are at the beft, they will look yellowi»*5 and dim, and when they are at the worft, they will look red, fietf' and angry. , The Cure is, to lay all over the Temples of the Horfes head, #|
plaifter of pitch, Rozen, and Maftick, mentioned in the Chapter ° watry eyes: then under each of his eyes with a fharp knife make flit of an inch long about four fingers beneath his eyes, and ac !eafta(l inch wide of the eye Veins; then with a Cornet loofen the skin K bout the breadth of a Groat, andthmft therein a round piece f- Xcatheras broad as a two pence with a hole in themidft, to keep Rj hole open: and look to it once a day, that the matter may not P flopped, but continually run the fpace of ten dayes; then take fR Leather out, and heal the Wound with a little flax dipt in &$ Salve. Take of Turpentine, of Honey, and of Wax, of eacha!^ quantity, and boylthem together, which being a little warmed,^1' be liquid to ferve your purpofe j and take notaway the plaift^ which are upon his Temples untill of themfelves they fall awaV which being fain, then with a fmall hot drawing Iron make a Sfl in the midft of each Templeevein, where the plaifters did lye, whi^ Star would have a hole in the midft, made with the button V& end of your hot drawing Iron in this fort ffi" Now there be other Farriers, which inftead of the flits under &
eye, and the pieces of Leather, which is a plain Rowel, only do tak a fmall blunt hot Iron, and about an inch and an half beneath i? nether lid,to burn feme five holes all of a row, according to the co^' pafsofthe Horfes eye, and to burn thofe holes even unto the boP*' and then once a day to anoynt them with fxefh Greafe, orW^ Butter. |
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Of the Canker in the Eye.
A Ranker in the Eye cometh of a rank and corrupt blood, de-
brecj ^nding from the Head into the Eye, where itcongealeth and HicC Wovm in manner as it were the head of a Pi fm ire,, ^0f, 8r°tvcth in the nether end of the Horfes Eye next to his
WL-^^d : it procecdeth many times into the Griftle of the Note, a^j*",1 af it chance to eat through, it will then pafs into thehead,. f0ttle kiH the horfe. The figns hereof are, you fhall lee red Pimples, thep^ea.c anc^ ''omc 'm*^> both within and without the eye, upon c0r ^'iids, and alfo the eye it felf will look red, and be full of very tjL ^Pc matter. The Cure, according to the antient Farriers, is, to QQCas much burnt Allomasan Hazel Nut, and as much of green gfj^fas, and bake them both together upon a Tile ftone,and then of r. "'em into Powder, and put thereto a quarterof a fpoonfull tlle 0rieyj and mix them all together, and then with a Clout dipt an .e.lns rub the fore till it bleed : and do thus feven dayes together,, Ca ^>H1 Cure the Canker. There be other Farriers which for this Vein i" a Horfes eye, will fiift let the Horfe blood in the Neck: of, °* tn--e fame fide the fore Eye is, and take away to che quantity pe P°tt1eof blood : then take of Roch-Allom, and of green Cop- th^'.of jachhalfa pound, of white Copperas oneounce,and boy! lW n) -ee pinrs °f mnninS Water, umill the half be confumed ; Wg'3^ it from the fire, and once a day wafh his Eye with this cjeJr> being made luke-warm, with a fine Linnen Cloath, and £vP! e eye therewith, fo as it may look raw, and do this till the Kbe whole.
CHAP. XVII,
For a Stripe or blow tifon a Horfes Eye,
X Wi/r^e ^a^catcn anV ^r'Pe or ^ow uPon ms %e> zuhtv with
B0jfe ,'P? Rod, Cudgel, or any fuch like mifchance5 or by one
öltingof another when they cither play or fight: Then for
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the Cure, thereof (if you take it when it is new done) you (hall011^
blow into his eye either the Powder of Sandevoirc, or the fine P°s < derof white Salt, after the Eye hath been wafht with a little Be£f' bntif the eye be more (ore, and have conciiued longer, theny°_ fliall take a (mall Loaf of Bread, and pull out all the Cmms; t"c. fill the Loaf full of burning Coils, untill it be well bur"e? within, then take oft'that Cruft and put it in white Wine, an"3.j ter it is well (baked lay it to the fore, then täkeSope-water and coj. warn mixt together, and wa(h all the Eye-brows therewith, a«1»1^ for all that it go not away, then you (hall let him blood on the T^ plc-veins; andifhedo ruborchafe his eye, you (hall lethim b'o<^ on the Veins under his Eyes, and wa(h his eyes with cold Sof water j but if his Eyes do chance to look red with the blow, thf you (hall lay un'othem aPlaifterof red Lead and Sallet-Oyl bea'e. well together. O.hersufe to take the juyce of PUntain, ftampt a°? mixt with white Wine, and fo laid to the fore Eye. Others ufe bo/ for this Difeafe, or any other fore eye, to damp ftrong Nettles w>* a little Beer, and then draining it to fquirt thereof into the Ho***, eye, twice or thrice together: then to put of the fine Powder ^Ä Sandcvoire a little into his Eyes, and then becarefull to keep y1 Horfes Eye from Wind or Cold : but if you mud needs ride hitf' then put a Woollen Cloath before the Horfes Eye ; alfo it is not aflij' to let him Hood on his Eye-veins, and then twice dreffing will ° fufficien'. £9 Others Farriers ufe firft to annoy nt the fere eye three dayes tof thcr with Hens or Capons greafe, to mollifie it J then take a little W Honey, and warming it, wipe it into the Horfes Eye with a featbcf' Others take the juyce of Plantain mixt with Honey, or elfe the jaf of Time mixt with Honey, and put it into the Eye. Others u(et take the afhes of an old (hooe-fole burnt in an Oven, and put it i"1. the Horfes Eye ; or elfe the Powder of a gray Whetftoneblowni11^ the fore eye ; both are fpeedy remedies. Others ufe to take the jiV^ ofSmallage, and of Fennel, and mixing them with the white of* Egg, put it into the Horfes Eye once a day till the eye be whole. |
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F«r a Wart In tht Eye.
A Wart in a HorfesEye, isaflefhy excrefcion, or a flefliy knot
gyj.. Rowing either upon the Eye, orupon the edge or infideof che tyf '^i it proceedeth from a thick Flegm, which defcendeth to the o^yy means that the Horfe is too much kept in a dark Stable with- &o i- : a"d this infirmity will make a Horfes eye eonfume and O e* The Cure is,to take Roch Allom, and burn it on a Tile- anjCy.and then put as much white Copperas thereunto not burnt» rL jp'nd them to Powder, then lay fome of that Powder ;'uft upon fUto j* °^tnc Wart, and do this once a day till the Wart be con- ned*Way. CHAP. XIX.
For an Inflammthn in a Horfes Eyel «H yfes may diverfly have Inflammations in the Eyes j as by
Of C hR% ftanding in the Stable,with foul feeding and no exercife, li^y Moats falling into his eyes, or by ranknefs of Blood, and fuch Jye>' *"y of which will breed an Inflammation or forencfs in the W • e fig«s are itching and rubbing of the Eycs,and a little fwel- hi^j'hfome loathnefstoopen theEye-lids.The Cure is,firftto let ^«n t ^ uPon tne Temple-veins, and upon the Eye-veins, and t«t bl ° J*^1 "is Eycs in Milk and Honcy m»xt together. Others af- ^patj0o"*Ictting,will wafti the Horfes Eyes with Honey and Aloes %olv"jm'xt together : And others will wafh his Eyes with Aloes ^katc in white Wine, any of which is approved tobe moftex- t0t any fore Eye. |
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Of the Pole-evil. THe Pole evil is a great fwelling inflammation, or Apcflumein
die nape of the Horfes neck, juft between his ear, towards his nain> and proceedeth fometimes from the Horfes ftrugghng or t, vi»R in his halter, efpecially if the halter be of hard new wound 2CmP 5 fometimes it proceedeth from evil humours gathered toge* ?cr in that place, or elfe from fome ftripc or .blow gtven to the Horfe 7 f°me rude Keeper, Carter, or Man of little difcretion; forthat fatl being the weakeft and tendercft part about the head, IS; the ; nfft ofFended and grieved with Sorances The fignsof diisdifeafe '"»Pparent fwelling between the Horfes ears, and oneach fidehis % which in continuance of time, W1ll break of its own accord, py5tdo'hever rot more inwardly than outwardly, from whence ,t ?0ttleS that this difeafe is mere commonly called of our common and 5n°rant Farriers, the Fiftula in the neck, than the Pole^evil; and
^«rüthic is an Ulcer fo hollow and fo crocked, andfofulloffharp J^er, like unto like, that it diffcreth verv lisde from a F>ftula,and ! of »11 Impoftumes, except the Fiftula ft fetf* the hardeft to ^e! therefore I would wifh every carefull Farrier to take this cure
£h»nd fo foon as is poffible, that is to fay, before it break, if it may * ^°w fot the general cure (according to the opinion of the antient
>ie«)itisthus: Fitft, ific be not broken, npeir wuhaplaifter I Hogs greafe, laid untoitfohot as may be, and makeab,ggen for [Sole of his head to keep it from could, which biggen would > two holes open, faas his ears may ftand out, and renew the JUl^r every day once uatill that break, keeping the fort placets ^ as may be; and if that you fee it will not break fo foon as TU *^ldriveir, then look where it is foftcft.and rnoft rneeteft to S°Pened, take around hot Iron or a Copper Iron (for that« the ,'tCet) as big as amans little finger, and (harp at the Point,made like S Vow head, and then about two inches beneath the foft place, Z*b it in aeood deepnefs upwards, foasthe point of your Cau- tCtl^8 Iron may come out at the ripeft place, to the uuem that the 3 Bb z matter |
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which would alwayes be kept open : And therefore ten! it W^11 , tent of flax dipt in hogs greafe warm, and lay alfo a plaiftcr hogs greafe upon the fame, renewing it every day once for the *F of four daies, which is done chiefly to kill the heat of the fire * jj* i at the four dayes end, take of Turpentine half a pound, clean w»»ke in nine fundry waters, and after that throughly dryed, by thruft"Jj' out the water with a flice on the difhes fide ; then put thereto' two yolks of eggs, and a little Saffron, and mingle them well tog' ther. That done, fearch the depth of the hole, either with a quiK^ a probe, and make a tent of a peice of dry fpunge never wet, lb 1°*? as it may near reach the bottom, and fo big as it may fill thewoU-I,(:* and annoint the tent with the afore-faid oyntmenr, andthruft' into the wound either with that quill, or elfe by winding it up w*. your finger and thumb by little and little, until you have thruft * home, and then lay on the plaifter of hogs greafe made luke-watf11' renewing it every day once until it be whole: but if the {weih11? ceafe, then you need not ufe the plaifter, but only to tent it ,• afl, as the matter decreafeth, fo make your tent every day leffer and W fer, until the wound be perfectly cured. ., Now if this difeafe of the Pole-evil have broken of it own ft':'
and by neglecting looking unto, have continued fo long thac ic Jf turned toaFiftula, which you fhall know both by the great a"!; crooked hollownefs inwardly, and by a fharp thin water \vhic" would iffue out there outwardly, then you fhall take (according'? the opinion of the Farriers) of unflakt Lime, andof Arfnick»" each like quantity, beat them together into very fine powder, ft thereto of the juyce of Garlick, of Onions, and of Wall-worr» °\ each a like quantity, and of Holly as much as all the reft, b0? them upon a foft fire, and ftir them all well together until they as thick as an Oyntmcntj then wafh the fore with very ftr0,. Vinegar, and fill the hole full of the afore-{aid Oyntment, byd't ping a tent therein twice a day \ then lay a plaifter of Hogs gf<* upontheTenttomakeit keep in, and ufe this until the Hor^ whole. Other Farriers ufe to take Orpiment, unflackt lime, and^£f
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lty>boyl them and ftir them well together,untilI chey be very thick,
^5n make thereof fmall rouls, and put them into the hollow place of '"e farneforrance. Now you are to note, that both thefe and the laft f^cited fahre before this, are only to kill the rankerous and fharp Rumour which brings the fore unto a Fiftula, which as foon as you "av« killed^ which you fhall know by the matter which will be ^Hite and chick, then you fhall heal up the fore either with the pow- ,r°f Savin, or the powder of honey and lime baked together, or e'Hy anno'inting it withtarr and fallet oyl, or frefh hogs greafe ?'*t together. There be other Farriers which for this forrance do ?rft open the fore with a hot Iron, and then take red lead and black ?Pe> and mixing them well with water till it be good and thick, tent tlle Horfe therewith till he be whole, others ufeto take a quart of water, half a pound ofrochallom, Ur penny-worth of Mercury, a quarter of a pound of Verdigreafe, *M mixing them well together, wafh the horfes fore with this water ^« begin to dry up, and then heal it with the powders before j^ed. See further in the new; Additions for the FjftuTa> mar- HtrutfO-,. CHAP. XXII.
■4 true and certain approved Cure for Any Pole-evil ithatfcver.
T?ItftfhaveoffthehairfromthefwelIing,theHlayonaplaifterof dp 3J
A, black Shoo-makers Wax, fpread upon white Allom'd leather, , kt it lye till it have ripened and broke the Impoftume: then j e a pint of Wine vinegar, and when it is -boy ling hot, mix with v* *s «mch day lome with the ftraws and all in it, as will bring the f2*8** unto a thick poultefs, then apply this as hot as the horfe can v,u 1 i[io the fore, and renew it oneeaday till the impoftume be w«°Ie, |
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Of a Hotfe that is Lave- eard, and hox» to help hint. FOr a Horfe to be Lave-eard, is as foul a difgrace and as much "*'
fortuity tohisbeauty, as-towant the true proportion andvl'. of any outward member whatfoever. It proceedeth from a nattf* infirmity, and is ingendred even from the fufl conception, and*1 though few of our Farriers either have endeavoared themfelves, ° know how to help it j yet there is nothing more cert»in thantb* in this (ort it may be cured. Firft, take your horfes ears, and p^. them in fuch manner as you would have them (land, and then \vjttl two little boards, or pieces of Trenchers three fingers broad, hatfi'1* long firings knit unto them, bind the ears fo fall in the places wh6f they ftand, that by no means or motion they may ftir, then betW* the head and the root of the ear, you fhall fee a great deal of tvoft wrinkled skin, which with your finger and your thump you A1* pull up, and then with a very (harp pair of Sizers you fhall clipaW*! . all the empty skin clofe by the head: then with a needle and *ed
you fhall flitch the two fides of the skin clofe together, and tb^? with a falvemade of Turpentine, Deers fixer, and Honey, ofeaC. li e quantity melted together, and made into an oyntmenr, h** up the (ore j which done, takeaway the fplents which held up^' ears, and you fhall fee within a fhort time that his ears will keep &i fame place ftill as you fet them, without any alteration: A^
this you fhall ever find to be as certain and true, as the healing &
j cut finger.
CHAP. XXIV.
Of the Vivet w hard Kiruels htweett the Chaps and the Njck:
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THeVives are certain great Kirnels which grow from the roo*
the Horfes ears, down to the lower part of his nether jaw» ^ tween the chap and the neck, they are in proportion, long, nart^, and round, and are natural things, proper and due to every H<* j but when cither through rankncfs of blood,or abundance of corf^j |
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ij'tottrsrefonine to that place.they begin tobe inflamed, then they
7"CorneVeryfoufSorrances and Impoflumations moft dangerous: - cy are inwardly very full of little white fait Kirnles.and they breed
G*ac Pain in the Horfes throat. This d.feafe as far forth as I can 5nd by any demonftration, is the difeafe which in men we call the >nanfie or Qiinzie, and not as fome of che old Farriers fuppofe, r Sttanele,for^hat hath no coherence with the infirmity. For the Mgns of che difeafe,there needs fmall repetition,infom'ach as the grief ^PParent to the eye i and the cure, according to the opinion of heoldeft Farriers, is thus; If you fee the Kirnels beg,„ to rankle Jewell, you (hall take the Horfes ear, and laying it down along«. Seek of theHorfe, atthevery end or tip of the car, cut a hole Vghthe skin of the neck, the length of an Almond orbetcer; Sfind then with a crooked Wire, pkkour all thofcKirnels which yoa S inflamed • Which done, fill the ho e full or Salt: then about ,he <nd of three dayes, you 0»U find the fore begin to matter • then l^itei her with bark water,or with the juyce of age : then take ? «onev, offweet Butter, and of Tar, or each balfafpoonfull, 3nd melt'them together,and as foon as you have wafht the fore clean, f.Ut into it of thisoyntment the quantity of a bean, andfo drefs the 0rfe once a dav until it be whole. . .
fJhere be others of our moft ancient.Eng] A Facers, which for.
,h,,s Sorran e ufe firft to draw the fore r.ght down in the midft with *** l" romX root of theear, to far asthe tip of che ear will ^.beingpXd down,and under the root aga.ndraw two ftnkes J eaeh fidedike an Arrow head in this form: ^^ **> the midft of the firft Lj«,launce them • J^
?lch a Launcet,and taking hold of the kirneh _ ^
^apai^ffinethin Pinfons, pull them fo fer forwards as you
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cafe beware, during this cure, you touch not the Kirnels withy011'
bare finger, for fear of venoming the place, which is very apt if* Fifiula to breed in. Now there be other Eng! ifh Farriers, wh'J ufe either to ripen che fore by laying to a pla.fter of hot hogs gre* or a plaifler of Barley meal mixt with three ounces of Raifons, i° well together in ftrongWine; or elfe they cut out the Kirn Now whether you cut them out, burn them out, or rot them oU» (of all which I hold rotting the beft, ) you fliall ever fill the b°» with nettles and fait being chopt and mixt together, or elfe ten' > with tents dipt in water and mixt with faletoyl and fait. OcW ufe to burn them downwards with a hot iron in the middcil, tro« the ear to the Taw bone, drawing two crofs ftroaks, and then lau« . itinthemiddeft, and pluck out the Kirnels, and fill the hole w# bay Salt, and the crops of ncttls well chopt and mixt together: ° elfe put only Salt into the hole, and take the crops of nettles we chopt and mixt with bay Salt, and twofpoonfulU ftrong vinegar and ftrain it, and put in cither ear a fpoonful thereof, and put fort» black wool after it, and fo bind up his ears. Others ufe to ripen them, either by laying to the fore wet hay, °
wet horfe litter: And as foon as they are ripe, ( which you to» ' know by the foftnefs) to launchthe «kin, and take out the: Kirne» and thin fill the hole with the powder of honey and unflaked W» mixt together, and burnt upon a Tile- flone. Others ufe like*»» after the Kirnels are ripened and taken out, to take of Agronomy Honey, and Violet leaves, of each like quantity, and ftampingi**' well together, to plaifter the fore therewith, till it be whofc Oct»' ufe after the Kirnels are taken out, to wafh the fore with Coppery Water, and then to tent the hole with flax dipt in the white ot. Egg, and after to heal it with Wax, Turpentine, and Hogsgt6 molten well together. |
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p.ore rare and certain approved (Medicine, rthicb will cure the
lVe,i without either burnings meltingt rotting^ or any fitch violent "lenity. I **e a peny-worth of Pepper beaten to fine powder, of Swines *^3
tWof ßfeafeone fpoonfül, the juyce of a handful of Rue, of vinegar i0ti P°°nful, mix them all well together, and put it equally into tHeth e Dorfes ears, and tye them up with two firings, or ehe ftitch <W t0Sether: Then ("hake the ears that the Medicine may fink nj^ards: Which done, you fhall let the Horfe blood in the ;Ve*n, and in the temple-veins. And this cure is infallible. CHAP. XXVI.
•dnotkir cure for the Vives^ mofi certain and approved.
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jln any of the former receipts you can find either difficulty or thc?°ubt, then to make certain and fpeedy Work: firft, (have off \ aitfrom the fwtld place, and then clap upon it aplaifterof ^ &l **keri Wax, and remove it not till the fore break» then renew PUifter and it will both heal and dry it. CHAP. XXVIL
Of the Strangle. ^ t Strangle (howfaever our old Farriers make a long dif-
bnc c°Urfc thereof) is not (as they fuppofe) a kind of Quinzy, Ch0i .^an inflammation of the throat, proceeding from forne Tht0 rick or bloody fluxion, which comes out of the branches of the «Haii0l Veins into thofe parts, and there breedeth fome hot inflam- t»kCn"f. ^eingftirred up either by fome great Winter cold, or cold - Wotfe* CCr ^abour J If is a great and a hard fwelling between the His tht °et^er chaps, upon the roots of che Horfes tongue, and about 0,r> which fwdling, if it be not prevented, will flop the horfes C c wind-
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windpipe, and fo ftrangle or choak him: from which effect, ^
none other, the name of this difeafe took his derivation. The"Pjf of this dileafe, befides the apparent fign thereof, and the pa P feeling of the fame» is, the Horles temples of his head will be hoW' and his tongue will hangout of his mouth, his head and eyes «"'^ fwoln, and the paffage of his throat foftspt, that he can neithe*c nor drink,and hisbteath will be exceeding fhorr. The cure th<jr ( according to the moft antient Farriers, is, with a round fmalj I Iron to thruft a hole through the skin on both fides the weffand>» *j then after it beginneth to matter, to mix batter, Tanners water,8 ^ Sale together, and every day annoynt the fore therewith till »Srf whole. Others of the ancient Farriers ufe firfi to bathe the Bo» mouth and tongue with hot water, and then annoynt the fore P1 J with the gall of a Bull,that done,give him this drink. Take ot Qyltwo pounds, of old Wine a quart, nine Figs, and ninelAj heads well ftißiped and brayed together, and after you have boy thefe a while,beforeyou ftrain them,put unto them a little Ni» J Alexandrinum, and give him a quart of this every morning *flf evening. Alfo you may if you will, let him blood in the Pal3' ^ the mouth, and pour wine and oyl into his Noftrtls, and al'°Lf, him to drink the decoftion ofFjgsand Nitrum fodden tog£Ct\,( orelfetoannoint his throat within with Nitre, Oyl, and B0"1.^ orelfewith honey and hogs dung mixt together. Other F^jce ufe to rowel the horfe under the thtoar,and to draw the Rowel r* J or thrice a day, annointing it withfrcfh butter, and keeping hi5 ^ warm. Other of our later and better experienced Farriers, u^jr (if his years will permit him) to let the Horfe blood in the N ^, vein.then to lay to the forethis ripening pkifter : Take of Ma^jl Linfeed, Rue, Sraalage and ground Ivy, of each like quantity» ,jc thefe together in the grounds of Beer : then put to it fome Ol ^\i Bay, and a little Dia Althea, then take it off the fire, and ma^ld aplaifter, and lay it to the fore, fuffering the horfe to drink fi° tjll water: after the fore is broken, lay branfteeptin Wineunc0'^ it be whole. , Others ufe to cut the kirnels out between the >u tu and then to wslh the (ore with butter and beer, giving theh° 0f 4rink new milk and garlick, and thej'uyce of the leaves of B»r^|[il> in winter the bark of Birch, or elfetoanoynt it with tar and o?^ it be whole* Now, for mineown parr.the beft eure that ever >' tf fcr the Strangle, was this., |
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>thefW£lling, burn it fo long till you can fee the skin be burnt }l0»grf, fo that you may as it were raSfe it from the flefh , t.iae **TW\>. (tall lay unto ic either wet hay,or wee horfe litter, and that S^ipenit, and make it break : chen lay a placer unto it only of Smakers Wax, and that will both draw and heal it. Now if n ?W inward, and will not break outward, and fo avoideth only at h^ofe,then you (hall twice or thnce every day, perfume his head b Urning under his noftrilS>either Frankincenfe or Maftickor elfe Hend up into the Horfes head: or elfe to blow the powder of
SK ** a quill into his note £ and fo note that whoever %cth the Vivcs, cureth the Strangle alfo. CHAP. XXVIII.
Of the CankifMs Vlcer in the Nofe.
YHat which wecall the Cankerous Ulc« in the Nofe, Isonly .
* frtTinfhumour, eating and confurmng the flefh, and \K italf rkw within, and not being hoben »<™ wdle« Sueh tncGriftleof thenofe. It commeth of corrupt blood, or *Ä Wten^riendred by meansof fomeextreme cold. ^e Gens are *! horfe will oft bleed at the nofe, and all the flefh
^HinEofe will beraw,and filthy (linkingfavours, and matter "'tome out at the nofe. . ^ c„r- «.Tate of
Sf C to, out hU head robe holde» op »'* » dreoehmg
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do thus ©nee a day untill the Horfc be whole. Other ^itx^toit if they fee this Canker to be of great heat, and burning in the with exceeding great pain, then you fhall take the jnyce of Putu* Le'tice, and Nightfhade, of each like quantity, and mix tfl .^ together, and wafh the fore with a fine cloth dipt therein, of fquirt it up into his ncftrils, and it will allay tl cheat. , j Others take of Hyffope,Sage, andRue, ofeachagoodhand*
and feeth them in urine and water to the third part of them: ctl j ftrain them out, and put in a little white Copperas, Honey» ' ^ Aquavi a*,and (o either wafh or fquirt the place with it; then W*1 the Canker is killed, make this water to heal it: Take of Rib-^1^ Beitony, and Dailies, of each a handful: then feeth them we»1 Wine and Water,and wafh the fore three or four times a day ^ A with untill it be whole. Others ufe alfo to take Chryftal, ' -{ beiting it into fine powder, to ftrow it upon the Canker, arid will kill it. CHAP. XXIX.
Of Bleeding a the Ttyfe. MAny horfes, (efpecially young horfes) are oft fubjeÄ to tH'j
bleeding at the Nofe, which I imagine proccedeth eifHc. ifrom the much abundance of blood, or that the vein which etidel in that place is either broken, fretted or opened. It is opened maf1' times by means that blood aboundeth too much,or that it is too fi".' ortoofupple, and fo pierceth through the vein.. Again> itniay^, broken by fome violent ftrain, cur, or blow j Andlaftly, itmayr. fretted and gnawn through by the fharpnefs of the blood,or ^ l fome other evil humour contained therein. The cure is, accord"1? to the ancient Farriers, totakethejuyeeof the roots of Nettles, fftt fquirt it up into the horfes noftrils, and lay upon the nape 0^ j, horfes neck a wad of Hay dipt in cold water, and when it w^g warm, take it offyand lay on a cold one.. Other Farriers ufe toli. ^ a pint of red Wine» and put therein a quartern of Bole-arm0"'j beaten into fine powder,and being madeluke-warm,to pour the °. :s half thereof che firft day into his Noftrjl that bleedech, cauiwj |
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ead to be holden up, fo as the Wine may not fall out» and the next
ay to give him the other half.
- Others ufeto let theHorfe bloodon thebreaft-vein,on the fame ^ethat he bleedeth, at feveral times : then take of Frankincenfeone
°.11Cf> of Aloes half an ounce, and beat them into fine powder, and
|!ngle them throughly with the whites of. three Eggs until it be as fi!!c't as honey, and with (oft Hares hair thruft it up into his noftrils, j'"ng the hole full of Äihes, Dung, or Hogs dung, or Horfes Un8 mixt wich Chalk and Vinegar..
. Now for mine own part, when none of thefe will remedy or help, e£"T
',s 'U ha/e failed me at fome times, ) then I have ufed this, take ^faiallwhip-coanls, and with^diem ganer him exceeding hard 0l« fome ten or twelve inches above his knees of his fore-legs,
9tl^ juft beneath his elbows, and then keep the nape of his neck as l0^ as may be, with moift cloaths, or wet hay, and it will ftawqch 'm prefently,
CHAP. XXX.
Of the bloody rifts, or chop in the palat of the Horfes mmth.
pHefe Chops, Clefts, or Rifts, in the palat of a Horfes mouth,
."*■ do proceed ( as fome Farriers fuppole,) from the eating of.- v°U8HHay, full of of whins, thift es, or other prickling fluff, pro- Lnficr full of fharp feed, which by continual pricking and fretting;
ce arrows of the mouth, docaufe them to rankle, (well, and breed ?rt«pt blood and ftirtking matter, and without (peedy prevention,
alplcer will turn to the fouleft Canker.
j! The Cure thereof is, (according to the opinion of the ancient
triers) to wa(h the (ore places 'very clean with Salt and Vinegar
til3tt together, then to anoynt it with Honey and Allom mixt toge- ,
Cr* Other Farriers ufe (efpecially if the palat be much fwelled> )
° Prick the roof of the mouth with a hot Iron j. that the humours
^y 'flue out abundantly,and then to anoynt the place with Honey nd Onions boy led together, till they be whole.
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Of the Giggs or Bladders in a Horfes mouth.
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T Hefe Giggs, Bladders, or Flaps in a Horfesmouth, are"'
foft fwellings, or rather puftules with black heads, gr°wl°Ly the infide of the Horfes lips, nest under his great jaw-teech : i will fomctimesbc as great as a Wal- nut,and are fo paintul unto n that they make him let his meat fall out of his mouth, or at *■ keep it in his mouth unchawed, whereby the Horfe can in no w ^ profper : they do proceed either of eating too much grais, naughty rough pricking Hay or Provender, they are molt *PP f rently to be felt: and the Cureis, ( according to the opinion the oldeft and moftexpe"cn^d Farriers) firftto «wout Horfes tongue of the one fide' of his mouth, and then take a l>ai and flit the fwellings the length of a Date, and then wuh a 11 pick out all the Kirnels like Wheat corns very clean : then ta« yolk of an Egg, and as much fait as will temper it thick like leav ^ then make it into little Balls, and thruft into every hole, and not to do fo once a day untill it be whole. f(l Other Farriers ufe after they havß flit them with an inen»
Knife, and thruft out the corruption, only to wafh the fore pi» either with Vinegar and fait, or dfc with Allom water. Ü' ufe with a fmallhotlronto burn the fwellings,and then waUi j», with Beer and Salt, or Ale and Salt, and it will heal them, rj tQ that you may prevent this Difeafe before it come, it fhallbe goo pull out the Horfes tongue often, and to wafh it with Wine, v and Ale, and fo {hall no BUftcrs breed thereon, nor any ° Difeafe. CHAP. XXXII.
Of the Lampaft. ,
THe Lampafs is a fwellingor growing up of the flefh, .^^e
over-groweth the upper teeth, which ate the fhear« 0- upper chap, and fo hindreth the Horfc from eating. They ° ^ |
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led from, abundance of blood, reforting to the fi ft Furrow or bar
. c"e mouth, I mean that which is next to the upper*forc»teeth ; ic i^oftapparent tobefeen, and therefore needech no other fignr. he cure is, (according to the cuftom of the oldeft Farriers, ) firft ^3
Jm a Lancet to lee him blood in divers places of the fwefliag'ftefh : Cn take an Iron made at one end broad and thin, and turned up
(TOjj according to this Figure, and hearing it red hot, burn out all
N r-J that fuperfluous t weld flefh which overgrows the fore-teeth,
and then annoynt the fore place with frefh butter untilit be
j whole. Othei sufe after it is burnt oir, only to rub the fore
i place with Salt only, or wafh it with Salt and Vinegar till it
e vvhole. Others ufe to take a hooked Knife made very fharp and
etX hot, and therewith cut the fwoln places in two parts, crofs ^*'nft the teeth; but if they be a little fwcld, then cut but the ^.lrd rank frctn the teeth, and fo let him bleed well t then rub it *uh- a little Salt, and the Horfe will be well: but if you find after- ^fds that either through too much burning, or outing, or through e eating of toocoarfe meat, that the wound doth not heal, but
Her
rankle, then you fhall take a Saucer full of honey, and
w«lve pepper-corns, and bray them together in a morter, and tcm-
jCtthem up with Vinegar, and boyl thema while, and then once. &
*y annoint the fore therewith till it be whole»
CHAP. XXXIII.
Of the Camety, er Fromct, | He Camery, or Frounce in Horfes, are fmall Pimples, or wart*:
f > in the midft of the palat of the mouth above, and they are • I ?nd fore, they will alfo f-ometimes breed both in his Tongue and ,n "» Lips:' it proceedeth fometimes from the eating of frozen ffih* Or by drawing frozen daft widv the grafs into their mouths : °?et<trus by eatingofmoifthay, that Ratsor other Vermine have tK P°n> and fometimesby licking up of venom. Thefignsa«-, ( apparent feeing of the pimples,, or whelks, and a forfaking of his ü°^> both dirough the forenefs of them, and through the Jf'ourinefsand ranknefsof the food that he hath eaten before.
^ Cure (according to the opinion of the oldeft Farriers); is.
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firft to let him blood in the two greateft veins under his rongue,a"0
then wafh all the fore places with vinegar and Salt: Then get «J Horfe new bread, which is not hot, and give it him to eat, and t"1 Horfe will do well enough. But take heed you give but a fm*' quantity of fuch bread for fear of Surfeit, which is both apt an" dangerous. , , *, Others ufe with a hot Iron to burn the pimples on the head, an<J
then wafh them with Wine and Salt, or Ale and Salt untill they bleed, and they will foon heal. Other Farriers ufe to take outPij tongue, and to pricK the veins thereof in feven or eight places, and likewife under his upper Lip alio, and let him bleed well: tb«» rub every fore place with Salt well: then the next day wa.li all tftj fore places with white Wine warm, or elfe with ftrong vinegar, and rub it again with Salt; then for two or three dayes let the Hon6 drink no cold water, and he will do well. |
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blifters, from whence will run a very hot and fharp lye, which vir'*'
fret and corrode, or rot the fiefh wherefoever itgoeth. The fig"5 are, the apparent fight of the fore, bcfidesthefor£akingofhismeatf becaufe he cannot f wallow it down, but lets it lye half chewed^' tween his jaws, andiometimes when he hath chewed his meat, »* will thruft it out of his mouth again, and his breath will favour vetf ftrongly, chiefily when he is faffing. r-|y Thisdifeafeproceedeth ofteft from fome unnatural heat cofli"^ ^^ from the ftomach, and fometimes from the venom of filthy food. The Cure is fas the oldcft Farriers inftruä us) to take of hW° half a pound, of Honey a quarterof a pint, of Collumbine leaf £ of Sage, of each a handful, boyl all thefe together 19 three pin1* . running Water, untill one pint be confumed, and vvafh all the»° places therewith, fo as they may bleed, and do thus; once every ** \ until! it be whole. Oiher Farriers ufe firft to caft the Horfe, ' fi with a roling pin to open his mouth, then with a crooked*'' t |
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otoI lbout wirhTow or Flax, to take out alltheftinking grafs,
t0t] er_ ^ac thac Jyeth in his jaws, arid under the root: of his Wine £." tne" when you havecleanfed it thu«, you fhall heat ftrong iuf lnegar fame what warm, and then with the fame Iron wrapt tilJtL > a°d diptin wine Vinegar, ycu fhall wafh all the fore places tiegj ey °'eed : then wafh all his tongue and lips with the fame Vi- witL' and fo let him rife: and then feed him at leaft feven dayes »Ml art« Mailies and hot grains: but in no wife with anv hay, rj^illfoon be whole.
dr5 cher Farriers ufe to take of the juyce of Daffodil-roots feven of ..s» of juyce of Hounds-tongue as much, of Vinegar as much, ^*U|c °ne ounce : m'x tne^e we^ together, and wafh the
of 0 ^ 'herewith once a day until it be whole. Others ufe to take ^Ui Vln> of Bay-fair, and of Rue, of each like quantity, and fctf P tnem together with as much Barrows greafe, and annoinc the ^owu s 'herewith until the Canker be killed, which you may tyat °y the whicenefs, and then healing it up only with Aliom i){g lersufe fuft to wafh the Canker till it bleed with warm Vi-
Potyj1 t0 take a good quantity of Allom beaten into very fine tyv«er» and to mix it with ftrong Vinegar til! it be as chick as a \s ' then to annoint all the fore places therewith, and do not fail ^0 do twice or thrice a day until the Canker be whole.
\t °w f°r mine own parr, the beft Cure that ever I found for this c^| ty^ a,Ke, is, to take of Ginger and of Allom, of each like quanti- thej^de into very fine powder: then with ftrong Vinegar to mix HaVe t0Sether till they be very thick like a Sslve, then when you Vi, Waftit the Canker c?ean, either with Allom water, or with the rpr» annoint it with thisSalve, and in twice or thrice drefling, -*nker will be killed, and after it will heal (peedily. CHAP. XXXV.
Of heat in the month ani Up of a Horfe,
j[ ^5 «»natural and violent heat which afcendethup from the
bllt - lt°mach into the ruouch, doth not alwayes breed a Canker,
ctnecimcS only heateth and infhmech the mouth and lips,
D d making
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making them only (well and burn, fo as the Horte can ta £0°^
■in his food, but through the grief refufeth Ins meat. l»e ft thereof is, firft to turn up his upper hp, or that which u ^ {welled, and with a Lancet jag it lightly, fo that it may bleed» t then wafliboth that and all his mouth and tongue with V»» and Salt. CHAP. XXXVI.
Of the Tongue being hurt with the bit, or olhermje.
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IF the tongue of a Horfe be either hurt, cut, or galled by iD^A
cident or mifchance whatfoever, the beft Cure is (as the oW ) Farriers fuppofe) to take of Englifh honey, and of fait Lard». ( each like quantity, a little unfleckt Lime, and a little of the p0'^ of Pepper: boyl them-on a foft fire» and ftir them well togct,1J| till they be thick like unto an Oyntment: then wafh the W°a,L with white Wine warmed: after that, annoinc the wound with' faid oyntment twice a day, and by no means let the Horfe^ any bit till he be whole. j. Other Farriers nfefiift to wafh the fore with Allom water, a'{,
then to take the leaves of a black bramble, and to chop them ^"u therfmall with a little Lards that done, to bind itwithal'y clour? makingit round like a ball: Then having dipped the r^ end in honey, to rub the tongue therewith once a day until >£ whole. CHAP. XXXVII.
Of the Buries or Paffes underneath a Horfes tongm. THe Barbe» are two little paps which naturally dogrow^jf
every Horfes tongue whatfoever, in the nether jaws: 1 t,, at any time they (hoot out, and grow into an extraordinary le uey prby the over- flow of humours become tobe inflamed, thcP.1 uf are a Sorrance, and with the extremity of their painy they P,1" iO, the Hprfe from feeding. The cure of them is, both accordi"1^ the opinion of the ancient and late Farriers, abfolutely to clip l\f |
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?Waywitha pair of fhearsclofe to the jaw, and then to wafh the
,ltCeith(* with water and fait, or elfe with Tartar and ftrong, vy. ^»»mixc together, or elfe with vinegar and fait. Any of all Whl^ will heal them. C H A P. XXXVIII.
OftbepMhtnafferfftttttb, ofmlfsteeth, mi jaw-teeth. A Horte may have painin his teeth through divers occafions,
A as paniy by the defcent of grofs humours from the head down >he teed/and gums, which is very proper to Colts and young S*> and plainly to be feen by the ranknefs and fwclling of the IU*» and alio he may have pain in his teeth by having two extra- ^inry tee h, called the Woolfs teeth, which be two little teeth hinein the upper jaws, next unto the great grinding teeth, t^h t "o p inful J the Horte, that he cannot indure to chaw Se u forced either to let it fall out of his mouth, or elfe ° S ftü half chewed. Again, a Horfe: will have a great pin
""»it tec:* when his upper jaw-teeth be fa far grown, as they >£^dÄ jaJ-teefh; and therewith aUo be ojharp, ?^r natural weaknefs, the Hortes teeth grow loofc and fore ,n
hi* Or grind his food. Now for the feveral Cures or thete nnr- ^offfifagi with fine Chalk and ftrong Vinegar
QtaÄFarriersufe after they have fo wafted the gums,
Iu0ftCUpo them the powder of Pomegranate Pills, and tocover tW J\u P°" . , "j. .L.„l<r,fternf P tch. Rozen, andMa- |
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Horfes head tobe tyed ftp.high to fome poft or rafcer, anp rce
mouth to be opened with äcoard fo wide, that you may eafiy #j every pare thereof: Then take an infhument of Iron, made ifl, t - points like un:o a Carpenters Gouge, and with your left hand the edge of the tool at the foot of the Woolfs teeth, on the out'1, of the jaw, turning the hollow fide of the tool downwards, hoi"1 your hand fleadily, fo as the tool may not flip not fwerve from [ aforefaid teeth : Then, having a mallet in your right hand, ft'1. upon the head of the too! a good ftroak wherewith you may lo®' c the tooth, and make it bend inward, then {training the midft °i your tool upon the Horfes nether jaw, wrinch the tooth out^'c with the infide or hollow fide of the tool, and thruft it clean 0^° his head $ Which done, ferve chd"other Woolfs teeth ontheotP£ fide in like manner, and then fill up the empty holes with '* finely brayed. i r^a Odier ancient Farriers ufe, (and I have in mine experience foüt
it the better practice) only when the Horfe is either tyed upor^l' andhismouth opened, to take a very fharp file, and to file l\ wolfs teeth fo fmooth as is poffible, and then wafh his t»('llS with a little Allom water. Nowifthe upper jaw- teeth over'h^, the nether j uv-teeth, and fo cut the infide of the mouth as is afofC. faid, then you fhall take your former tool or gouge, and with y^f, Mallet ftnke and pare all thoie teeth fhorter by little and little & grees? running alongft them even from the firft unto the tyl turning the hollow fide of your tool towards the teeth, byv»'"!i, means you fhall not cut theinfidesof the Horfes Checks:- thentf,c. your file, file them all fmooth without any raggednefs, and tP-rt wafh the Horfes mouth with Vinegar and Salt. Laftly, ifthe P*1, do proceed from the loofenefs of the teeth, then the Cure is, 3, cording to the opinion oftheancient Farriers, firft tocaft theki0 |i and prick all his Gums over with a Lancet, making them bleed ^^ then rub them all over with Sage and Salt, and it will fatten tnC again. .j Others ufe to let the Horfe Blood in the vein under the ^
next the Rump, and then to rub all his Gums with Sage, tf^\k give him in his provender, the tender crops of black briers: °r.erfl wafh all his mouth with Honey, Sage, and Salt beaten toget*Y and by no means let the Horfe eat any moift meat, for cold, ^A |
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>.< --i.il- .»..1. i.i_ .,,_.. —...... .,-...-........,„. , ,—. Ill Ulllll- \,^f I" T™WIWMMWM
loof 7^ ^cedin§ ln tn£ Winter, only breedeth this difeafe of
tA l, m tne ceecn> anc* " *s °fa^ otaer> m°ft proper to the Sor-
""orfes. CHAP. XXXIX.
J fiferfes in the neck, and Withers , and firfi of the crick in
PHe Crick in the neck ot' the Horfe, is, when he cannot turn
.A his neck any way, but holds it ftiU right forth, in forouch p'atn<: cannot bo\« down his head to take up his meat from the °.0llnd, but with exceeding great pain; and fuvely it is a kind of °jn'U!fion of the finews, which proceedeth from cold caufes, of
we have fpokenvery fuffictently before, it alfo proceedeth „betimes from over-heavy burthens that be laid upon a, Horfcs i"0ülders,or by over-much drying up of the finews of the neck.The -^e thereof, according to the opinion of the ancient Farriers, is, / *"■ to thruft a (harp hot Iron through the flefh of the neck in fivs -Cvctal places, every one diftant from the other three inches, (buc C any cafe beware of touching any finew) then rowel all the afore- ^ places either with Horfe hair, flax, or hemp, for the fpace of tCen dayes, and annoynt the rowels with Hogs greafe, and the
Jck will foon be reftored. Others ufe if the crick caufeth the P *?rfe to hold his neck ftraight forward, which (heweth that both, J^es are equally perplexed, to take a hot drawing Iron, and draw ,/^orfe from the root of the ear, on both fides the neck, from the t '^ft of the fame, evendown the bread;,, aftrawdeep, foasboth t^s may meet on the breaft : then make a hole through the skin of ^ore-head, hardunderthe fore-top, and thruflin acornetup- artl betwixt the skin and the flefh, a handful deep : then either
i^na Goofe feather doubled in the midft, and anbyntedwith j |s§reafe^ orelfearowel of either Horn or Leather, withahole tLtaemiddeft: any of which will keep the hole opea, to the intent 0jc Matter may ifl'ue forth: And this you (hall keep open the fpace c, te« dayes, but every day during the time, the hole muft be anfed once, and the feather or rowel alfo cleanfed, and frefh an-
ynted, and put in again: and once a day let him (land upon the .
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bit an hour or two, or elfe be ridden abroad two or three mil£S> ■
fuch aa one as 'will beat the Horfes head, and make him bring ^ in : but if the crick be luch that it maketh the Horfe to hold hisl1^ awry upon the one fide, which (heweth that but one fide of the ne is troubled, then you (hall not draw the Horfe with an hot ^°afL both fides of the necki but only on the contrary fide, as thus: If bend his head towards the right fide, then to draw him,asisaf°r.s faid, only on the left fide, and to ufe the reft of the Cures* above faid, and if neceffity do require, you may fplent the Ho*1 neck alfo ftraight with ftrong fplents of wood. , I have Cured this Crick in the neck only by bathing the Ho*1
neck in the oy 1 of Peter,or the oyl of Spike very hot, and then ro!i°f> it all up in wet Hay, or rotten Licter, and keeping the Horfe exce^' ing warm,withouc ufingany burning,wounding,or other violence |
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Griftle, and fpongious like a skin full of fofc Warts; and fometiirjf
yellow like unto rufty Bacon, with fome white grains among"' Now of Wens, fome are great, and fome befmall, alfo fome»f5 very painful, and fome not painful at all. They proceed, as (°^" imagine,of naughty,grofs, and flegmatick humors, binding toget"1^ in fome fick part of the body. And others fay, they proceed fr°., taking of cold,or from drinking of waters that be miß exereme co™' but I fay,that albeit, they may proceed fromthefecaufes,yet moftg£ nerally they proceed from fome pinching,bruifing,biting,ripping0 galling,either of girths>halcer,coller, or any other thing whatfoevef- The cercain'ft Cure thereof is this , take of Mallows, $$' and red Nettles, of each one handful: boyl them in running w*1^ and put thereunto a little butter and honey, and when the herb* { fofc take them our, and all to bruife them, and put thereunt" Oyl de Bay two ounces, and of Hogs greafe two ounces, andw*f them together over the fire, mixing them well together : thatd^' plaifter ic upon a piece of Leather, fo big as the Wen, and lay *}u |
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r £ as the Horfe can endure it, renewing it every day infuc/}
j_ Ct"C fpace of eight dayes, and if you perceive it will come to no j a"> then launce it from the midft of the Wen downward, fo . e,eP that the matter in the bottom may be difcovered and let out : "lch done, heal it up with this Salve: Take of Turpentine a quar- v'u? andwafh it nine times in fair water, then put thereunto the y°'k of an EgS> anf5 a little Englifh Saffron beaten into powder, and ^c a tent or role of flax, and dip it in that oyntmenc, and lay it tl^efore, renewing the fame every day once or twice, until the !** be cured.
•, Others ufe in this cafe, with a hot Iron co burn and fear away all «=^1 q foperfluous flefh, and then to heal up the fore either with the j yitrnent laft rehearfed, or elfewidi the powder of Honey and ,me rnixt together; and diis manner of Cure is by much the |
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Of [welling in the ntc\ after llood> let ting.
tHe fweliing of a Horfes neck after blood-letting may come,
through divers occafions, as namely, by ftrikmg through the vC!n> fo as fome of the blood being gotten betwixt the flefh and the «{!n it there corrodeth and turneth to animpoffume, or elfe by 'king the vein wich arufly fleagm, whereby the vein rankleth»' ? bV fome cold windftriking fuddenly into the hole, or laftly, y offering the Horfe too foon to thtuft down his head , and ^»fe 0r feecj? whereby humours reforting to that place, breeds 0Atcat Impoftumation: The Cure is, according to the opinion .'°<He Farriers, to take Hemlock and ftamp ir, and then to , llJS|e it with Sheeps dung and wine Vinegar, and io making , P«iftcr thereof to lay it to the fweliing, renewing it once a !p Ur>til it be whole. Other Farriers ufe flrft to annoinc the [ace with the Oyl of Camomile warmed, and then to lay upon ci a ^'ttle hay wet in cold water , and bind it about with a '?atll> renewing it every day for the fpace of a week, to fee et^er it will grow to a bead , or elfe vanifh away : if it &t°w to a head, you may then Iaunee it, and thruft out the mauer s
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matter: then heal it up by tenting it »vith flax dipt in Turpen-
tine and Hogs greafe molten together, drefling it once a day u°c^ it be whole. CHAP. XLII.
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thickeft, part thereof, till it come all to one thinncfs, then hoW ^
the Horte ftillfaft bound, to coverall the place with great.W^ fuls of Swines dung prepared fcr the purpofe,and hold it to the ^ place an hour together, until the blood be ftaoched : Then \& u Horfearife, and lead him into the Stable, tying him in f«cn m that he may neither rub his neck nor lye down: then the l^j then at the end of.thefe two dayes you fhall. bathe the fore |c%
with a fine Linntn doath, dipt in warm Urine, and then o('a the fore , again throw more burnt Allom upon it, and lL, annoint all about the out-fide of the edges of the fore with ^ guentum Album Camphoratum, more than an inch broad '• A you (hall drefs him every day once on that fide of che0^ which did fall: then for the contrary fide you fhall dra^. ,|| main thereon, and plat it in many plats: which done, yo*lu to thofe plats with thongs of Leather, faften a cudgel of * $ and a half long : then to the middeft of that cudgel you fhall P^ a piece ofXead with a hole in it, of fuch weight as will P0^irjC Creft up even, and hold it in his right place: then fhall yott'j!,), his Creft on that fide the weight hangs with a hot drawing ^r, even from the top of the Creft, down to the point of the fho'jLii making divers ftroaks one an inch and an half from another: *2 fhall ypu lay upon the burnt places a plaifter of Pitch, T'r> ^ Rozen, molten together» and fo let the weight hang till all cP' J places be healed, and there is no queftion but the Creft wiM1 both upright and ftrongly. CHAP. XLIV.
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*hcn on the other fide t*'0^ ^"™ ft f shoo.makers
5t«he skin with your ha"d» and^X°of the wound,, and.with
Nlaid one againtt another at the edge or *5J^t upward Vh fplintsto ftay theskin, that n may ^g*^J Ju thc <*downward, tof^/H^SJ dLwith We s',i„ which you had ^^^Z, m divers places, «cedle and (ome red filk, fetch the sho t g* f ^ ft «d to keep the skin from breakmg, ß«* *e «^ HJ and
5pther.lL, thenannointthe (ore wrf^tp» > ^JJ Nmolten together, and the places which you ^ ^ ^ J* Iron, with peece-greafe made warm. f ^ a„day till all be whole,,, and have great care j v
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Of the M^linef, in a Borfes Main,
T. t u;A;«in the Main of a Horfe, and maketh
He Mangmefswhich« m t^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ rf him fhed his hair, P/ot ,{ of mbbing where a mangy JSJ, poverty, or loufinets, or in thfi Mam **k hPath rubbed oreKec^fremg > ipptent rubbing
J^int of good dietfinfr The g ^ ^ ^ . th St1?'"8 1 tt£°ft(h S skin, befides the ftedd.-g.nd
f,,?s f«ttmg both the He* an d- M the opinion of SLngcaway° J'^v TfihVkthra,blood on the Neck-vein,
^ofouroldParr,ers),s, foftl*> then with a hot Iron as £?Ctic awa? *U the ft &E oe place even from the one end to
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and now and then wath it wid% firong Lye and black Sope d'*
gether. /{ |^a Other good Farriers fot this Manginefa only take of frefh grea
one pound, of Q^ickfilver half an ounce, of Brimftone one o\Wc,' of Rape oyl half a pint, mingle them together, and ftir them cof)\ ( nually in a pot with a flice, until the Quick-fiiver be fo wrotfS { with the reft, as you (hall perceive no Quick-filver therein t c |j done, take a blunt Knife, or an old Horfe-comb, and fcratch a ^ the mangy places therewith until it be raw and bloody, and d1* flip anoint it with this oyutment in the Sun-fhine, if it may be, to1 (
intent the oyntment may fink in, or elfe hold before it cither a i1 fire pan, or a hot bar of Iron, to make the oyntment melt into f" flefh, and if you fee that within three dayes after thus of annointing him he leave not rubbing, then mark in what p'3.| he rubbcth, and drefs that place again, and queftionlcfs it ^ ferve. CHAP. XLVI.
0/ the (bedding of hak in the Main. HAir, for the raoft part (heddcth or falleth from the Main °' *
Horfe, by reafon of certain little Worms which eat and & the roots of the hair afunder. The cute whereof if, firft, to annoint* ^ Main and Creft with black fope, and then to make a ftrong^ cither of running water and Afh-afhes, or elfe of Urine and A1? afhes, and with that to wafh the Main all over, and it wi'.Ih" him. CHAP. XLVir.
Of the fain And grief in a, Horfe t Wither a BOch to a Horfes Withers,and alfo to his back,do happen &**%
infirmities and Sorrances, fome proceeding from in*'r caufes, as of the cormprion of humours, and fometiraes of °u i ward caufes, as through the galling, pinching, and wringi^L fome naughty Saddle, or fome heavy burthen laid on the Hoi\ |
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°ack, or fuch like: And of thefegriefsfornebefrmll, andfomebe
§reat : Thefmall areonly fuperficial Blifters^welhng?-, Light gall'., °r bruifings, and are cafily cured ; but the great are thofe which P',Crce to the very bone, and be raoft dangerous, efpecially if they be n,gh to the back bone. Then to fpeak firfi of the fmaller gallmgs, ^hcnfoever you (nail fee any fwellings to arife, either about your yorfes Withers, or any other part of his back, the Cut eis ("accor- ding to the ooinion of fome of the old Farriers) fiift of all if the P'ace be much fw.oln and fettered, then to pierce it with a (harp ,0c Iron in many pars on both fides of the neck, and then put into l"e fame tents of Linnen cloath, dipt in warm Sallet Oyl, and then 8*fer to dry and heal it up with the powder of Honey and Lime mixt Vcher. Others ufe to take Butter and Salt, and to bcyl them together
""til they be black, then to pour it hot on thefwelling: and chen to take warm Horfe-dung, and lay it on the fore back untill it be dreffing it once a day.
, Others (efpecially thebeft of the ancient Farriers) ufe as foon as V^yfee any fwelhng to arife, to bind unto it a littfe hot Horfe- ^ng, to fee if that will atfwage it \ which if it will not, then to ptick it round about the fwelling with a Fleim, Knife, or Lancet, ^t not too deep, but fo as it may pierce the skin, and make the :Iood iffue forth: that done, take of Mallows, or Smallage, 7*0 or three handfulls, and boylthemin running water until they b*fo (oft as pap : then ftrain the water foftly from it, and bruife ^c herbs in a treen difh, putting thereunto a little Hoggs greafe, or ?*fe Salet oyl, or Sheeps fucr, or any other frefh greafe: boyl them Nftir them together, nor frying them hard, but as they be foft and j Pplc- and then with a clout lay it warm upon the fore, renewing J every day once until the fwelling be gone, for it will either drive j a*ay or bring it to an head, which lightly chanceth not in theie t^aU fwellings, except fomc Griftle or bone be perifhed. Others of |
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b an Egg beaten together, and fpread it on a linnen cloath, which
^"Jglaid unto the (welling two or three dayes, and not removed
111 bring ü to an head, and whea you come to take it off, psllit
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away fo foftly as you can poffible, and where you fee the corruptit"1
gathered in a head together, then in the loweft place thereof, . pi«ce ic upward with a ("harp Iron fomewhat hot» that the matter or cor- ruption may come our, and forget not to annoinr the fare pUc every day once with frefh Butter and Hoggs greafe until it "e whole. Others of our later Farriers ufe, when they fee anydwelling, owl
to lay wet hay unto it, for that will either drive it away, orbringJt unto a head, and then when ic is broken, you fhall lay upon it * plaifterof Wine lees, renewing it as often as it grows dry, and » your Lees be too thin, you may thicken them with Wheat-flower '• or if you like noc this medicine, then you may make a plaiftero* thick Barm, as great as the fore, and renew it once a day until tbe fwelling be affwaged : but if you fee that any corruption be k»'c rsgether, then you fhall Lance it in the nethermoft part, and let out the matter: then wafh the fore either with Urine, Ale, or Beer» made fcaldinghot, then dry up all the moyfture from the fore el* ther with a linneu doath, or with a fpunge : then cover all the for* over with burnt Allem beaten to powder:: And thus drefs thj Horfe once a day until the flefh be- grown up fo high as yau would have it, then fhall you drefs the fore but once in two or three day^' But if you fee ic skinneth but flowly, then may youannoynt ibe edge of the fore all about after ic hath been wafhed as aforefaid, wit« Unguentum Album, for that will make the skin to come faft : buc if you do perceive that by dreiTing it too feldome there doth beg1*? to grow any proud flefh, then fhall you take a dram of Mercary^fl'j mingle it with an ounce of Unguentum Album, andannoynt*' the fore places therewith once in two dayes: this will correct t«1 proud flefh, and caufe it to skin and heal fuddenljv Others ufe for the abating of thele fwellings, to boyl MalloWS1'1
thegroundsof Ale, and to dapithetco thefwclling: and if l , f welling -dobreak, wafh it with pifs, and pour hot molten B0'1*, upon it. Others ufe to fhave away the hair, and then to lay *tX> hot unto it a handful of Leeks ftampt and mixt with Boars greak» <J, clfe to take a turf of earth burned red, and laid to as hot as the H<>.r' can fuffer-it.. Others ufe to take nettles beaten to pieces» and #! , with hot Urine, and fo lay it on hot, and then fet on the k^jj and then if after two otthree dayes dreffing the fwelling break,,«» |
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't out: then take a pound of frefh greafe, and a pound of Salet by!, 'bree ounces of white Wax, oue once of Turpentine, and three "rams of Verdigreafe, melt all thefe together,and tent the fore there- with till it be whole: for this will both eat away the ifl flefh, and lncarnate good. Others take green Cole-worts and (lamp them in 'Wines greafe, and then lay itplaifter-wife on the fore, and it will 'ffwageit, efpeciallyif you ride the Horfe a little ro make the me- dicine enter in. Now if there be no great fwelling, but.only the skin chafed off, then you fhall wafh the raw place with Water and Sale, or elfe with warm Wine, andfprinkleuponitthe powder of Honey and Lime : or elfe the powder of Myrrh, or the powder of "Ürnt filk, or felt, or cloath, or of any old poft. Ocher Farriersufe when only theskin is galled off.to takea fpoon*
ful of thick Cream, and to put as much Chimney foot into ic as will 'Hake it thick like an oyntment, and then to lay it upon the fore, ar»d queftionlcfs ic will heal itprefently if the wound be not very deeps CHAP. XLVIII.
Ofanyg,Mbac\or Wlthrs how great fceverthefwiülng or
inflammation be, IF the fwelling, pinch, wringing, or gall, either upon the Withers, «up
or any pare or the back of a Horfe be extraordinary great, and •*«Uch inflamed, fo that there is now no apparent hope that it can be S°t away without much A poftumation: Then the Cure, according t0 the opinion of the ancicnteft Farriers, is* to take Barm, and mix !t with fo much Soot of a Chimney,and make it fo thick therewith, ^at it (hall feem like Tarr, and with that make a plaifter, and lay it *° the fore place, renewing it twice a day, and it will very fuddenly both draw and heal it perfe&ly. Others ufe to take a handful of bay Salt, and a handful of great
*nd fmall Oar-meal, and put a quantity of old ftale Urine thereto, ,nd ftir them all together, and temper it like pap or pafte, and then ^ke round balls thereof, then throw them in a fire,and make them **dhot, then take them forth and beat them to fine powder, and then
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then ftrow of thac powder all over the fore, foofcas you fhall &
any part thereof bare, and it will heal it. Other Farriers ufe '* rhey fee the fwelling to be any thing grear,firft to draw round about rhe fwelling with a hoc Iron, and then crofshim with the fame Iron, in manner of this figure : then take a round hodron,having a fharp point, andthruftic up inro the fwelling on each fide upwards towards the point of the withers, or top of the back, to the intent that the matter may ifTue downwards at both the holes: that done, tent both the holes fitft wirha tent dipt in Hoggs greafeto kill the fire, andalf<? annoint all the burnt places therewith, continuing fo to do until the fwelling be aflwaged, renewing the tent every day once until the fiery matter, be fallen away i then tent him again with wafhed Tut" pencine, mingled with the yolks, of three or four Eggs and Safrofl» renewing the tent every day once until it be whole. |3»- ßutif for all this the fwelling do not go away, then it is a fign or feme inward impoftumation, and then it (hall be good that you ljficeir,and let out the corruption : then take of honey half a pint,ot Verdigreafe two ounces beaten to powder, and mix it together with Honey, then boyl them in a pot until they look red,then being luke- warm, make either a tent or a pIaifter,iccording as the wound fhaU «quire,, lenewing the fame every day once until ic be whole. But the fore may be io vehement, that for want of looking to in time, »* it be on the Withers, it will pierce downwards betwixt both thc fhoulders, even into the body, which is moft dangerous and ver/ mortal: therefore whenfoever you fhall fear any fuch holiownefr» youfhali tent the hole wnhcheSalve lafttnentioned,andthruft aft«*' h a good piece of dry f punge, as wel/ to keep the hole open, as alfo to fuck out the corruption, and this you fhall renew once a day untJ' the fore be whole. Others of our late Farr:ersufe to take Butter, Vinegar, and bay
Salt, and melting them together, lay it to the fore warm until »£ break, then ftrow upon it either Soor, or the powder of Clay Wall; butif ic be muchftftred, then take a pottle of verjuyce, two peny worth of grten Copperas, and boyl it unco a pint and a half ith«* waft and fearch the holiownefs therewith, then fill the hole wit»* jed Lead, and fo let it remain three dayes untouched, then wafh £ wJ(p
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ther Cvery 0ther day wa(h »» with tnat Water, and lay red Lead rtjej^°.n> and it will heal the foreft back whatfoever. Now all thefe 'tiy 1Cl,ncs a'ready rehearfed are fuffcient enough for the healing of ^ts • C^ ^ac^ whatfoever;yet forafmuch as divers Farriers hold dl- 'nH°^In'ons» and think what they know to be only beft approved, t(n ln afmuch as you fhall not be ignorant of any mans skil or yJ^^dge, which beareth any ground ofreafon in it; I will repeat t|w a Catalogue of other medicines, which afiuredly are all good in J kinds and you may ufe them as occafion (hall be adminiftred.
Ilto^ft then know, that the powder of Brier leaves will dry and tiQ uPanygaird back. Alfo Rye flower, the white of an Egg, l)jciCy> Barley draw burnt, and Soor, will dry up, and heal a fore t^ : Thcpowderof Honey and unflecktL'me will skin any gall: ^Powder of wild Cow-cumbers dryed in an Oven, will heal" LjS^jj provided the fore be firft wafhed with Vinegar. Onions <llf ,5(* in Water, and laid hot to a fwoln Horfes back, will affwagc fc^ filing: and the yolk of an Egg, Salt, and Vinegar beaten to- tot?pr) will heal it when it is broken, provided that yon wafh the \ w"n ^e» wherein Rofemary hath been fod. The Soot or p^'of a brafs pot, the powder of the bone of a Crab-fifh, or the ^cjf r °f Oyfter-fhels, any of thefe will dry and skin a gali'd lA^andbcfidesit^min needeth no more medicines) for this "^2
ltd ™fe, take hay and boyl it in ftrong Urine, and lay it to the f «el- v'8«, and it will either affwage it, or bring it to a head, the« V,Ceit, and let out the matter, then flop the whole with Rozen, M' and frefh grcafe molten together; but if you find my dead, Steto8r°w within the fore, then eat it out either with Verdigreafe. %j t0 powder, and ftrowed thereon, orelfe with Mercury cal« Nllrlfl'^ °* *°me Precipitate» being likewife flowed on the f cfo«> > an(* w^cn the P'01^ A£& »s gone, yoii may dry up tkHj cn'y with the Powder °f Roten, and nothing elfe. Sec ^SK0f. (his difeafe in the new Addition for the Fjftula marked |
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Of a Canker in the Withers of a Horfe. IF a Horfe after he hath been violently wrung upon the Wi<■ ^
be fuffered to go unlooked to,and that the fore breaketh upw ß( through its own violence, yet the great fubftance of the matt u corruption defending and rotting ftill downward, it cannot y but breed to a Cankerous and vile Ulcer, as dangerous as » ^ Fiftula, which you ftiall know by thefe figns: Firft, the matte« .^ iffueth from the fore, will be fharp, hot, and watnfh, lye rre< ^ the hair away whereit runneth down, and about the hole oft» ),{ will be a kind of fpongious proud, dead flefh, which floppe1 (, paffage of the grofs matter. Now the Cure of this cankerous ^ is, according to the opinion of the old Farriers, to'take a KztoUJt cut open the hole of the Ulcer, fo that you may fee into t"e J, lownefs; then cut out all the dead flefh till you ccme to &e(y «I then take a quart of old ftale Urine, and put thereto a hanfl» J Salt: then boyl it well on the fire, then having cleanfed the W £, iher with a cloath, or a wifp of Hay, wafh ic well with the Wj then take the yolks of four Eggs, and a peny-worth ofVerdig'yo and a fpoonful of flower, and make a plaifter thereof, andW the fore, drefling h:'m in this fort once a day until it be whole-■ f Others of our ancient and latter Farriers ufe to take of the I ^J! geft Beer a pint, put into it a quarter of a pound of Allom, a° ^' a handful of Sage, feeth it to the one half, then take out eK,^' leaves and with the reft drefs the Horfe once a day,and it W any cankerous fore in that part whatsoever. |
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^theStickfafl, orSllftflihornti or hard bonesgrowing under the
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^Hcfeftickfaftj, fitfafts, or horns that grow in a Horfes skin
if under the Saddle, is a certain dead s km like a hard piece of ft*er, growing faft in the flefh: it commeth of fdrne old bruife, S^nofuTpoftumating, the skin falleth dead, and fticketh hard Ifaft tö the flefh. ,... _ , , , ^
.„The cure is, take either a (harp crooked inftmment made for the -fiJ
CJPofe,or elfe a long nail with the point turned invyard,and catching J'don the edge of the dead skin,or horn,which wil dap or rife from Jfcttnd skin, and with a fharp knife cat away all the dead hard CSm the found flefh : and if when it is cut out, the hoUownef* ]Newhat deep, then you (hall heal it up by pouring hot molten \> . ". r» J mnrn\ns>. then when the flefh is made 0er into it evening and morning, tnen wm JT-
S dry and skin it either with the powder of Honey and Lime,
i H Soot and Bream mixt together. Others nfc. firft to annoint it^iefc-faft or hard skin with frefh butter or Hoggs greafe, until Nolhfied and made fofr'fo aSy°U m3y C I"' tu °T
fiW and then wafh the wound either with »»«"£*« Q White Wine, and then dry it up wuh the powder of Oylter. sjorofBole-armonick. CHAP. IX
Of Wenns or kfloh growing about the Sddlaklrts.
T^e Wenns or knobs which grow about the Saddle skirts, do-
of, «loft commonly grow betwixt two Ribs, and do ever proceed t ^ bruife"Tnd the cure is, firft to moUific them by annomung C.twice or thrice a day with Hoggs greafe for more-than a week «H Sandfomecinics to bathe them with hot Wine lees: but if Clt fPace " will come to no head, then lance it from.the middle Oard» and tent it, with wafhed Turpentine, yolks of Eggs, US»fron mingled as well together as u before fkewed, renewing Ff t lhc
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Of the Navel-gab
He Navel-gall is,when a Horfe at any time is bruifed oa} I m
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Navel, whence ittakeththe name : it commeth either by. fp (Mi
©f the Saddle behind, or for lack of ftuffing, or by means o>'■ } Crupper buckle fitting down in. that place,, or through fom*/l g3 Weight or knobs lyingdire6Uy bchindthe Saddle : of all brUi'1. f on the back» it is the tnoft vile and dangerous,and you fhall ?ctCMi it by the puffed up andfpungy flefh, looking like old rotten*-'»^, about the mouth of the fore. The cure thereof is, according p Kjfc of the ancient Farriers,, firft to cut away all the dead or proudi" j,. even to the bone, then barn a hole four inches lower then theNa-^„ gall, andpuc a Rowelof Horfe hair through it: then take thep -t der of Oyfter-fhells, orof any.old fhooe-fole burnt, and ft1^ v« on the fore , and ever as it waxeth moift j put on more P° dcr- . •*&
Other Farriers for the Navel-gall, do rake the whiteof <»0 yy
wheat-flower» honey, muftard, and fope, of each like quantity' x
mixing them together, make a plaifter thereof, and after the ^
flefh is taken out, and the.fore wafht with Ale» Butter, and U .^
then lay on the plaifter: and if the proud flefh begin to grow'*i'< <t}
then the powder of an old burnt fhooe, or Nerve oyl,or VeraJg^ 0f
will kill it, and the powder of Oyfter fhels will skin it. ^ a(i<J
the ancient Farriers ufe, after they have cut out all the Rotte«1 ^
dead flefh, to take the white of an Egg and Salt beaten toge»1?*» £e
lay chat plaifter-wife.to the fore upon a little Tow, renewing'1- ^ a
a day, the f pace-.of two dayes; then take of Honey a quarts ^yl
pint, and of Verdigreafe one ounce beaten into powder, an, uejpf?
them together in a pot, ftirring it Hill unfil it look Red, and ^
luke-warm, make a plaifter wich tow, and clap it to the w^r(n
wafhing and cleanfing well the Wound firft with a little ^ t
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"inegar or white Wine, continuing fo to do once a day until it be-
gin to heal and to skin; then dry it up with fprinkling thereon this powder following: Take of honey a quartern, and as much of aufleckt Lime as will thicken the honey, and make it like a part, 'id in a fire-pan over the Fire, ftrrrit ftill until it be hard baked» fo asit may.be beaten into powder: but ever before you throw- on the Powder, wafh the wound fitft with warm Vinegar, continuing fo to Qo until it be perfectly skinned. Others ufe to heal this gall by 'lying on the fore, a plaifter.of Chimney foot and barm mixt io?e- ^her, or elfe mix nettle feeds and Sale* oyl together, and annoint the 'ore therewith. There be others which ufe only to wafh the fore with warm
Urine and Salt, and then to annoint the place with frefh greafe and C"Ö1 kit mixt together, or elfe to take of Bettony, powder of Brimftone, clibor, pitch, and old greafe, of each like quantity, and (lamp them together, and when you have wafhed the fore with old Urine, then aHno-int it with this oyntment until it be whole. See alfo for this difeafein the new Additionsfor the Fiftula,thus marked f^a- CHAP. LUT.
Of the fwaying in the lack. AHorfe is {aid to be fwayd in the back, when either by too >
great a burthen, orby fomeflip, ftiain, or over-hafty and ^raight turning, he hath taken an extreme Wrinch in the lower Part of his back below his' fhort Ribs, and diredly between his «?Uets: the figns whereof are a continual reeling and rouling of the Horfes hinder partsin his going, and alfo he will falter many times, '"d fWay fometimes backward?, and fometitnes fide-long, and be (ady to fall even to the ground, befides, the Horfe being laid, will ^ith a great deal of difficulty rife up again. The cure, according to the opinion of the old Italian Farriers, ir,.
!?*ake of the fat of the fruit of the Pine-tree two ounces, of, ^libanum three ounces, of Rozen four ounces, of Pitch four ounces, ?t Bokarmonick one ounce, and of Sanguis Draconishalf an ounce:. »^corporate all thefe well together, and lay it plaifterwifeall over the, *«ins of die Horfes back hot taking it by any means away until it. 411 £ff. Others |
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Others of our own Farriers ul'e firft to cover the Horfes j&ack wit»
a fheeps skin comming hot from the Skeeps back, laying' «he ^Cl\{e fide next to his back, and then lay a warm houffing clöath upon tn fame, to keep his back as hot as may be, and fo let it continue un» it begin to fmell; then take the old skin away, and apply a ne^ unto it, continuing fo to do the fpace of three weeks, and it & amend not with this, then draw his back with ahot Iron right out on both fides of the ridge of his back, from the pitch of the buttocK» unto a handful within the faddle: and then again ever-thwart)
acceding to this figure» and let
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be deep, and burned no more
than that every one may look
yellow: then lay upon the
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take of pitch one pound, of Ro-
zen half a pound , of Bole-
armonkk half a pound made into powder, and half a pint of Tarrc»
arid boyl a1! thefe together in a pot, and ftirittill everything be
moken and throughly mingled together, then being luke-wartf»
daub all the burning therewith very thick, and thereupon clap a*
many flocks of the Horfes colour as you can make to abide on, and
remove it not before it fall away of it felf: and if it be in Summ«*
you may turn the Horfe to giaff.
CHAP. LIV.
Of [fecial weaknefs in the back.
ACcording to the opinion of our oldcft Farriers, (though my
felf have taken little notice of the infirmity) there is anothe* kind of weaknefs belonging to a Horfes back, which they call the fretting, or biting of the Reins, which do proceed from abunda'»<* of humours reforting to that place, whereby all the hinder parts<£ the Horfe de lofe their feeling and ftrength, and fuch a Horfe fall«" down to thcground : yea, and ihe humours many times referring to the heart, dofuffocate the fame, and in two or three hours o? cauie
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caufethe Horfe to dye. The cure, according to the opinion, is,
«fft to let the Horfe blood abundantly in the neck vein, and to draw his back with a hot Iron, in fuch fort, as is declared in the la ft Chapter,and then to make him fwim a pretty while in fome River j then Rowel him upon the haunches near unto the huckle bones,and lhen to ann»int the fore place with Hoggs greafe, and three leaved Grafs damped together, until he be whole. CHAP. LV.
Of the j"nf tiling of the Cods or Stones.
THis kind of fwelling or inflammation of the Cods commech *
either by fome wound received, or by the ftmging, or elfe biting of fome venemous beaft, or elfe by fome great drain either in funning or leaping, or by the biting of one Horfe with another. The cure is, according to the opinion of the moft ancient Italian Farriers, fii ft tobathe the Cod with water, wherein hath been fod- den the roots of wild Cowcumbers and Salt, and then to annoint it ^^^ . ^ithanoyntmentmadeof Oyl, Goats greafe, and the white of an &"* Egg, or elfe to bathe the Cod in warm Water, Nitrum,and Vinegar singled together, and alfo to be annointed with an oyntmet made °f Chalk, or of Potters earth, Ox-dung, Comin, Water and Vinegar singled together: or elfe to be annointed with the juyce °f the Herb called Nighi-fhape, /or vrith the juyce of Hemlock, which grows on Dunghils: and if need require, to let him blood on the flank-veins. But our latter Farriers, who hold 'hat this Difeafe commeth oftefi: after fome ficknefs, orfurfeitwith c°-ld, being a fign of amendment from that ficknefs, do cure it in 'his fort 5 take of Bean-flower, Wheat-meal, Comin, and Hog^s freafe, of each like quantity, and making a plaifter thereof, fpread ic 'M over the Horfes cods and fto>nes. Others boyl Groundfel in *^ine Vinegar, and fo bath the Horfes cods therewith: or elfe take j* quart of good Ale-wort, and let it on the fire with crumms of hrown Bread ftrongly leavened, and better than a handful of Com- t^'n made into powder : then with Bean-flower make a plaifter of them all, and apply it to the grief as hot as can be fuftered: or if this fte*P notjtake Cows dung, and feeth it in milk, and lay it upon the fweU -
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fwelling as hot as may be, and it will affwage it. Bat if this
inflammation proceed from ranknefs of Seed, which yon fhall fee by the much moid fliminefs of his yard, then you fhall fitftmakehim cover a mare, then keep him without Provender, and let him blocd above the great Vein, which is betweenhis Lips, and lay thereto hard Eggs beaten in his own Dung, and makeaplaifterofthefame» and lay it tohisCods,and once a day wafh his Cods with cold water» Other ancient Farriers ufe to let the Horfe blood in his flank-
veiss, and then take of oyl of Rofes and of Vinegar, of each half 3 pint, of Bole-armonickhalfa quartern beaten to powder, mix the«1 together in a Cruze, and being luke-warun annoint the Cods there- with, withtwo or three feathers bound together: and the next day ride hfm into the water, fo as his Cods may be within the water» giving him a turn or two therein j and fo return fair and foftly horflC unto the ftable: and when the Horfe is dry, annoint him again as before,and do this every day until the Horfe be who'e. Now there be other Farriers, which hold that this Difeafe may
come by means of evil humours and corrupt blood, which reform unto the Cods, and theo the Cure is, to cover all the Cods over with a charge made of Bole-armoniek and Vinegar wrought together renewing it every day once until the fwelling go away, or that it break of it felfj and if it break, then to tent it with Mel Rofaturflj and make him a breech of Canvafe to keep it in, renewing the tent every day once until it be perfectly well, CHAP. LVI.
Ofimerdhgy $r lnrßlngy er the rttpture in Hofful THis Rupture, as our old Farriers call iry this incording or bur*
ftnefs in Horfes, is, when the rim or thin film which holdeth the guts up in a Horfes body is broken, fo that the guts fall down el" ther into the Cods of the Horfe, or into the Horfes flank, aslhave ftendivers; Now thisburftnefs commeth either by fomeftripe ot blow of another Horfe, or elfe by fomeftrain in leaping over a Heafi or a Ditch, or by teaching a Horfe to bound when he is too y°un^' or when a horfe goreth himfelf upon fome pole or ftake, or t>y forcing a Hoffe when he is full to run beyond his ftrength, or »y flopping
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JPp'ng a Horfe too fuddainly upon naughty and hollow ground^
0 Cr«by the ftradling and flipping of his hinder feet, may ftretch $» the rim.
rhe figns t0 know this Sorrance before it be apparent tc^e Eye,
,je' the Horfe will forfake his meat, and (land fhoaring or leaning ^'yes on that fide that he is hurt, and on that fide, if you fearch lj '^ Your hand, betwixt the ftone and the thigh, upward to the hj y»and fomewhat above theftone, youfhall find the gut it fe!f U8"id hard in the feeling: Whereas on the other fide you fhall **'«0 fuchthing. (I ,|*°w for the Cure, although for mine own part I both do and
(Q^verholdituncurabte, as long as a Hsrfe is a beaft without rea- J)°». yet for your (atisfaction I will not ftick to repeat what the beft go .,ers» and my felf have pra&ifed, in as much as it worketh much A though no abfolute Cure.
toI"15 cure then is, to bring the Horfe into fome houfe or place jy0*1 hath over head a ftrong baulk or beam going over-thwart, Jj fttow that place thick with draw, then put on four ftrong to *Ctns wich four rings on his feet, and fallen one end of a long rope |
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fj£* fte may lye flat on hisbac, with his leggs upward without •no! n8 > tnen bathe his ftones well with warm water and butter ix t?«i together, and the ftones being fomewhat warm and well cl /• ^d, raife them up from the body with both your hands, being L ^ by the fingers clofe together, and holding the ftones in your L^si0 (uch manner,work <Wn the gut into the body of the horfe, latticing it downwards continually with your two thumbs, one Vnr*ng immediatly after another, until you perceive thatiideof it,t ™ne to be fo fmall as the other: and fo having returned the guc '«n ■ r'gnt place, take a lift of two fingers broad, throughly Wnted with frefh Butter, andtyehis ftones both together with Vou c» fo nigh the body as maybe, yet not over hard, but {o as % P1^ Puc your fing6' between: that done, take the Horfe lU^'y down, and lead him gently into the ftable, where he muft % *arm, and not be ftirred for the f pace of three Weeks: but 8et not the next day, after you have placed his gut in his true G g placea
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place, to nnloofen the Lift and take it away, and as well at that rU* '
as every day once or twice after, to caft a difh or two of cold «'at upintohiscodf, and that will make him to fhrink up his ftJfie5g and thereby reftrain the Gut from falling down j and at thedlf, weeks end, to make your Cure fo much the furer, it were not affl1 to geld theftone on that fide away, fo fhall he hardly be burft"1 (i gain on that fide: and during the cure, let him not eacmuchj " dunk much, and let his drink be alwaies warm. CHAP. LVir.
Of the botch in the groins of a Horfe. -
IT is the opinion of the beft Horfe-leaches, that if a grofstf° \
which is full of humours, be fuddenly and violently labotf'* ' that then the humours will reforc into the weakeft parr, and ^.j gather togther and breed a botch, and especially in the hinder f! betwixt the Thighs, no t far from the Cods. The figns are, the I>' ^ der Leggs will be all fwoln, fpecially from the Cambrels or b"° upward, and if you feel with your hand, you fhall find a T j knob or fwelling, andif it be round and hard, it will gathef(C head. r( The cure according to the general practice, is, firft, to rip'fi
s-j^ with this plaifter, take of Wheat-flower, of Turpentine, M j. Honey of each like quantity, ftirring it together to make a ßitfP},y ifttr, and with a cloath lay it to the fore, renewing it once every i until it break or wax foft: and thenlaunceit, fo as the matter ^ run downward, then tent it with Turpentine and Hogs g^u molten together, renewing k every day once, until itbeptf* whole. |
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* mfi certain and approved Cure for the Vtltb inth Groins, or an,
Impoftumation. A S foon as you perceive the fwelling to appear Jay upon it a plai-
ft. ftet of Shooe-makers Waxfpread upon Albm Leather, and Nye until the foregrowfoft: thenopen it with a Lancet, or let Sak of k f If: when the filth is come out, wafh the fore very J? »ith (bong Allom water, then tent it with the oyntmentcal- 5(1 ^gyptiacum till it be whole. CHAP. LIX.
^ the Itch, Scab, or<M*kWs '»*&™/, ^generalfalling of
the bain ttOrfes, throughthecorruptionofblood, orthefulnefsof rank
SI fccdng, or through over-heating and labouring, or by the "Hon of other Horfes, do many times get the general fcap, itch, Sneers in the tail, 'and fometimes in the TW^Og*** % doubled with the Truncheon-worms in theft *"*?«£ f^ich will make them rub theif tails, and fret the hair, yet aretree S from mange and fcurf. Wherefore if then you on y rake the dp J^fewTch your hand, annoint it with fope, and pull out the ^ ^o»~. • yJi 11 u tYip Horfe to leave his rubbing : but if you
*ms, yöu (hallcaufe the: Hottn | fome ^ f^ve the hair tofhed ^"Sharo through fome little
lV°una ardthen wa(hit with very (bong lye afterand£*
A^ both kill the Worms, and fcoure out the fcurf: but if much oi •to...-,. -*"i tneworu ,____ eonunuallywet |
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J? °ne by one, then you fhall wafh att his tail with Aqua-form,
tftfong water made in this fort. Takeof Green Copperasand
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of AUom, of each ene pound, cf white Copperasa quartern» ö°'
»11 thefe together in three quart« of running water, in a very "J? »e earthen pot, until the oneralf beconfumeds and then with aJ|C.£ of this Water being made luka warm, wafh his tail with a " ^ clout or flax bound to theendof a ftick, continuing fo to do etf day once till it be whole. But if as I (aid before, through th£c, ruption of, blcod', food, or labour, this fcab, itch , or mang11!? fpread univerfaily into many parts of the tail, you fhallthe»'1*' wife, wafh it witlvthe fame ftrong water until it be whole. G H A P. LX.
Of the general Scab, tJManghefs, or Ltproße} over the whole F$'
T He general Manginefs or Leprofie, which runneth all overc
Horfesbody, is a cankered filthy, fcutf which covereth \ fame, proceeding from abundance of melancholy corrupt blood» }., gendred by infection or unwholefome food, or elfe by indifcreet ** hour. The figns whereof are,, the Horfe will-be all mangy, arid'' vered over with a white filthy feurf* full of fcabs, and raw pi»1? ,, bout the neck and flancks, and ill-favoured to look on, and rub^'< fcratching,and biting: Of all Difeafes there is none more infect0"' nor will more certainly kill a Horfe if it be not prevented. . 0 Now the cure, according to theopinion of skilful Farricrs,is,fr^ 0
let the Horfe. blood in the on: fide of the neck-vein, and withinl. ^ dayes after on the other fideof the neck,&:within two daye;afcerC ßi in the flanck veins,and laftof allin the vein under the taihche«1^. -Ja all the fore places with Salt-brine, & rubbing them hard with a *\ti of ftraw hard twifted.fo as they may bleed well,and be all i**1*^ done,annoint the places with thisoyntment,take of quick-filver >t ounce, of Hoggs greafe one pound, of Brimftone beaten intop°*Lr> a quartern, of Rapeoyl a pint, mingle thefe things well tQ^\^ until the Quick- filver be throughly incorporated with the reft». f jt having annointed all the raw places with this Oyntmenr, ^oiti to fink into the flefh, by holding and waving up and dc^v" (j,c it, a hot broad bar of Iron, and then touch him no more agj" j,6 {pace of two or three dayes: during which time, if you feecW >I rubbeth ftilliu apy place, then rub that place again with Ljrfe |
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Jiorfe-comb, or a hair cloath, to make it Raw, and annoint it with
*reft» Oyntmenr. But if all this will not help, then with a hoc ~ °n round and blunt at the point, (o big as a mans little finger, bum aU the mangy places, making round holes, palling only through the s£In> and no further: for which intent it fhall be needful to pull. tlle skin firft from the flefh with your left hand, holding it ftill ""til you have thruft the hot Iron through it, and let every hole be \ ? h*n one from another, and if need be you may annoint thofe; h.°les with a little Sope> and let the Horfe be very tbin Dyeted, du? *lnR thiscuring time. . .Now for mine own part, I do utterly diflikethis burning, for,
jf is a foul manner of cure, and breedeth much Eye- fore in the P°rfe, and therefore otherof oar latter Farriers ufe forthis; Di- k'fe, after the Horfe is let blood in the neck-vein, to take a-good, ^antity of frefh greafe, and mix it well with the powder of Chalk,» 5^n put thereto a good quantity of the powders of Brimftone andi ^icampane Roots,and ftir them all well together,. and take a pretty ^anrityof Quick-filver, and kill it with your falling fpittle, or, Sa'et O.yl, and mix it with all the reft very well together, and fo« 'nnoint all the fore places about the Horfe with this oyrumenr. O- ^ers ufe to take of Lamp oyl,the fine powder.of Brimftone, of black ?°pe»ofTar, of Hoggs greafe, and the foot of a Chimney, of each ,lJte quantity, and then mixthem all well together, by boyling them °n the fire, and then annoint all the fore places therewith, ashotas {he Horfe can indure er fufrer ic, alwayes provided that the Horfe be '(t blood before.you ufe the oyncment. Others ufe after the Horfe is let blood, to take of oyl de bay a
Pound, and of Qjjick-filver one ounce, and mixing them together, ttever leave ftirring thereof, till the Qmck-filver be killed and in- c®rPorated with the Oyl, then annoint alLthe fore places therewith», lCr you have made them raw by rubbing them.
, Ocher Farriers ufe firft to let the Horfe blood, then to wafh all, J^fore places within twodayes after with water wherein young, ,t0°m, or the herb of Arfrnart hath been well fodden, and foully-;
c"0ptand mixt with a little Soot, and rub him well until the fore P^ces bleed j thentakea pound of black Sope, a pottle of keen Mu- *™rd, four penny-wor-th of Brimftone-made-into powder, three.. penny.Wortn 0f Quick'filv«, well killed with ftefh gtea&, two, |
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penny-worthof Verdrgreafe, a quarter of a pine of greafe, ftjr a
thefe togecher in a VefTel till the greafe and other things be moltefl with labour, and without fire, and therewithall annoint all th fore places, and with once annointing, and twice waiting, this^1* cure him. Other Farriers ufe, if the Horfe be young, to let him blocd ofl
both fides the neck, and then to cut the skin down themiddeftf* his fore-head two fingers in length, then with a cornet open the ski" an inch wide en both fides the flit, and put therein thin fiices of t»e green root of Elicam pane, or Angelica, which is better: folettheU1 remain under the skin till the matter rot, then erufhit forth afte/ two or three dayes, and in twelve dayes the roots will fallout as 'jj healeth/and this will cure the Mange,provided that you annoint *'J the fore places with the powder of Brimftone, Verdigreafe, and oy Olive, mixt upon a fire very well together. Others ufe after blood- letting, to rowel the Horfe under the neck, that the evilhumourj may iffue forth, then to rub all his body quite over with an hard hair cloath, -or an old curry comb, until the Horfe bleedeth: aft** that take of Sulphur, Salt, and Tartar, of each alike quantity, beac them and temper them with very flrong Vinegar, and as mud* common Oyl, and therewith annoint all the fore places: or elfe takc very flrong Wine Vinegar, the Urine of a Boy under twelve years 0* age, and the juyce of hemlock, mix them together, and wafh thc Horfe therewithall. Ocher Farriers ufe after blood-letting, to annoint the Horfe witj1
one of thefe Oyntments, the (ore having been before rubbed till »c bleed, either with Brimftone, Oyl, Vinegar, Salt, Soot, Swine** dung, and unflcckt Lime, of each like quantity, well mixt and boy'' ed together ; or elfe with brine Water fod with nettles, or elfe w*** Vinegar, Allom, and Salt- niter boy led together, or elfe wafh the i°fe with Beef-broath, then boyl Pepper beaten to powder> Verdigr£a'e' and Chervel in frefh greafe, and annoint the Horfe all over th«c' with, holding a Chaffing-difh and coals, or a hot bar of Iron to h)S body, to make the oyntment fink in. ^_ Laftly, an(] as g00d as any of the reft, after the Horfe hath be«" *-»» let blood, take an old curry-comb, or a wool card, and rubefy fore place about the Horfe till it bleed-, then take of theoldeft ?*£ you can get, a pottle, and of green Copperas three quarters'0* pouflJ'
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P°und, mix and ftir them well together, then fet them on. the fire,
and boyl them a while, then as hot as the horfe can fuffer it wafh W with the fame: after hiswafhing is a little dried, take of oyl °ne ounce and ahalf,of Quick, filver two ounces, of white Elleborus °ne ounce,, with a good quantity of Swines greafe, mingle all thefe weil together,' till no part of the Quick-fiber can befeen, and then «nnoint the horfe all therewith : and if the fitft time do not cure Him, the fecondwill moftatfuredly, provided, that during the rime.: of cure you keep the horfe with a very thin diet. C H A P. LXT.
Tw meß excellent and approved (Jltedicinet, {effect t)'theUtter)
for the fonlefi Uttangeor Lepvofie that cm pojßbly hap fen to any Horfe. TAke Hoggs greafe, Bay-fair, Worm-wood, and Rüe,of each
a pretty quantity, ftamp them together well in a morter, and , when ic is brought to one entire falve, flop it hard into the Horfes Ears, then either bind them up, or Hitch them together, that the Medicine may not fall out: and do thus three or four day es toge- ther, and it will not only cure the Mangy, but any foul Farcy what- soever. The fecond Medicine, and moftaflured for the Mangy, is, to
take frefh greafe, and yellow or white Arfnick, and mix them very well together till it come to a pale yellow falve, then your horfe ha- ving been let blood, and all the fcurf taken away, either with an old currycomb, orfuchlike hard thing, fo «the fore places may lye - ^w, then annoint them all over with this oyntment, andleyhe Horfe ftandfo tied, that hemay by no means touch arty part othis oody with his mouth, and when he hath flood thus two or three Vrs, then take otd Urine warmed, and wafh away all the °yntraetk, and then give the Horfe his meat: thus drefs the Horfe twice or thrke at the mo ft, and it is fumcxent for any Mange whatlo- - |
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Hs» to k>tm when A IJorfe halteth before, and Invhrt part'Mt^J
**• THere is nothing more neceffary for any mans understanding»
that (hall have occafion at any timeto ufeahorfe, cfpccially for the skilful Farrier,than to know the reafon why a horfe halceth» and where the grief remaineth, as wellbecaufe thofc griefs lye rnoft concealed, as alio becaufe our Kingdome is fo very fulof fubtil u*»" eonfcionable Horfe-courfers, that they are Careful moft to conceal that which may fooneft cozen their Neighbours: you fliall knotf then that no Horfe halteth before, but his grief rnuft oe either in hi* Öioulders, in his leggs, or in hie feet: if it be in his (hoolders,it mu" either be on the top of his (houlder-blades, which we call the wither5» or at the bottom of the (houlder-blade joyning to the marrow-bofle> which is the fore-pitch of thebreaft, or in ihe elbow of the Horfo which /oyns the nether end of the marrow-bone and the leg to* gether. Now for the general knowledge whether the grief be in tHÄ
fhoulder or no, look if the horfe do net lift up his leg, but traile1^ it upon the ground, then it is in the (houlder, and is a new hurt: '* he caft his leg more out in his going than the other, and that alm°i* with an unbended knee, then it is alfo in the (houlder, and it is & old hurt: if you take him be the head-flail of the bridle, and tufl1 himasfliort as you can poflible of both hands, if then you fee Hu* when he is turned on the lame fide, to favour his legg veryrnU"1 (as he cannot chufe but do) then alfo his grief is in his (houlder * °' if when a horfe ßandethjn the (table, heflretcheth out his i°xC' legg, andfetteth it moreforward than the other, it is partly a ßgö the grief is in the (houlder, but not abfolutely. . Now when you know generally that the grief or pain is i«1 f
fhoulder,therj you (halllearn to know in what part of the fliould**» as thus: if the Horfe halteth more when the Rider is upon his ba^ than when he is off, then the grief is in the top of the Withers: \ when with your hand you gripe and handle him upo» the top the flioulder blades, you find that he (hrinketh much» and °8e*cl0 |
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(k. -tc at y°u> ( not having any galled back before, for that may
?<M,VC ^0U) c^cn a^ure^'y cbe grief is on the Withers. If the horfe jt .vtl1 bowing unto the ground, and tread hii fteps very thick, then fpS,afign the grief is in hisbreaft, between the nether part of the if jv" bone, and the upper part of the marrow-bone, and therefore |jj uh your thumb you prefs him hard in that part, you (hall fee T^htink, and be ready to fall down.
c Now if when you take his Elbow in your hand betwixt your f0§Crand your thumb, and gripe it, the Horfe prefently taketh his \^ from the ground and lifts up his Legg, offering therewithall to 5 °r fnap at you, then the grief is only in the Elbow.
lhWW ^C^e & whereof a Hoife halteth be in his Leg, it is either ^,|s Knee, in his Shank, or elfe in the paftorn joynt: If it be either (L 's knee or paftorn joynt, he will not bow them in his going like Le?dier, but will go very ftiflfely upon them: If the pain or grief ty.,n the Shank, then ic is by means of fome Splent, Screw , Undgal, or fuch apparent grief, mod apparent to be be- t(J^°wif the grief of his halting be in his foot, then it is either in
l\ pr°net, in the Heil, in the Toe, in the quarters, or in the fole of V??c i *f " ^e *n theCronet, either the grief will be apparent, L^'ube broken or fwoln fome manner of way, or elfelaying your hc 1 upon the Cronet it will burn arid glow exceedingly, and then ^'thgotfome (train of the joynt within the hoof: ifitbeinche tfC^> as by over-reach, or otherwife then it is to be feen, and he will (^altogether uponthctoe: ifuponanyof the quarters, which tl, ° ^ underftood from the middle-hoof to the heel, then going on Pledge of a bank or Hilly ground, he will halt more than on the O ground, and by the Horfes commirig towards you, and going ^ you upon fuch edge or bank, yeu fhall perceive whether his L be in the inward quarter or outward quarter: Alfo he may WL*P°n his quarters by the prickingof a Nail, and then you fliall ier "PaJrofpinfonsnipthe head of every Nail and his Hoof toge- ^ail r"^ w^ere be <omplaineth there draw the Nail, and if the %i ' t'lcn t^icre *s ^1S Pam* ^e ^^ *n t^ie toe' wn'c^1S kl-
kis °r ncver feen, then he will tread altogether upon his heel': if ot nr"-f be in the Sole of his Foot, as by the treading upon fome nail
ub> otby furbayting, or fuch like, then he will hale all after one
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{ort, upon any ground whatfoever, unkfs it be upen the fton«» a
then he will halt the moft. (. ^ Now tobe furein what part of the foot the grief is, it (ha"
good, firft to make him go upon the plain ground, and then v? . a hard and ftony way,and after upon a Banky ground,and byia L£ careful notes, and careful handling him, you (hall eafily iee of * member hchaltetb,, |
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IF a Horfe halt behind, his grief of neceflity muft either be i*1 ^
hipp, ( of fome called the huckle bone ) or in the ftiff, j" m Hough, in the Hamm, in the Legg, in the nether joynt, »£ v Paftorn, or in the Foot. If he halt in the hipp of any new P * the Horfe will go fide-long, and not follow fo well with tha'^.u* as with the other,neither will he be able to turn upon that fid^Li out much favouringof his Legg: But if it be any old hurt, l ß the fore hip will fhrink, and be lower then the other, and it i* * fcen when he goeth up a hill, or upon the edge of fome bank, J [0 the worft Legg may go on the higher fide, for then he will ^ u much the more, becaufe it is very painful ünto him to go fo un«?eflJf wrinching his Legg; if the grief be in the ftiff, then the Horfe i".^ going will caft the ftiff joynt outward, and the bone on the Jf" ^ will be fome what bigger than the other, neither can he any &.# than toueh the ground with his toe : if his grief be in his hoof, l A it is by means of fome Spaven, which is apparent both to be fee0 Qft felt, or elfe of fome fttain or blow, and then the fwelling wil* $ evidently appear: And the like is to be laid of th& Hamm, fijig may be feen the Sellander, or fuch like apparent Sorrance, caU 0t theHojrfe to halt s. If the grief be either in the Legg, paßo'."'^ Foot, you fhall find it by fuch figns as have been taught y°a J<1 former Chapter, |
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KTOw for as much as there are feme Horfes which through long
^N «ftand[running at Grafs, will wear outtheworft of their Kfo^ ha" when they come to be but gently Ridden, they will *»* £ hiring, and through a natural awe they bear unto the ^/^Sfthehisonthdr backs, goasif they were as found !»^ght be, yet be truly of themfelvcs very unperfca: *" this cafe, S to keep your felf from couzening, and to difcover the moft hid. S inSv, you A*"! firft taHc che Ho^e ?Ut / *! 1 k" p
^ftHnrandUngonetomnhU«in Salterfrnarkhowhefets down his Leggs, for if any be imper
^ ten that hewill favour: butifatfufthe go upright and fa-
S no LetdS-ke his back and rid e him;•wWe^dW ng
^downagrode, then light from his back, ^dfcthm.ftnd^
)n hour then as before, let him be run in a mans hand, at the halcers
Vh without anv man on his back : and believe it is a moft cer-
M favour that Limb which is moft pained or grieved : ror by iM»
tUl«on1v.are many badHorfe-courfcrsdifcovered. V f u TnI,,Mof a hotcaufe, then the Horfehalteth moft
J if the grief proceed ot aj» c u , ^ ^ T^n he traveUeth or is chared, dw. v , h d
J* he halceth moft when he iscold, and leaft * hen ne is not
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CHAP. LXV,
Of the grief anifinchlvglntht fiouldir*
THe grief or pinching of the Hörfes (rioulder, commeth Clt/,
by labouring and {training the Horfe too young, or by cl\ carriage of too great burthens. It is to be known by the narrow«16 of the breaft, and by the confumption of the fleflr of the ftioulujr| in fo much that the fore part of the fliöulder-bone will ftick out»" be much higher then the fle(h>and if it be of any longer continual^ ' he will be very hollow upon the Brifket towards the fore-boo1*!' and he will go wider beneath at the feet than at the. knees. "1? cure thereof, according to the opinion of fome Farriers» is, to t#aK aflitofan inch long, with a fliarp-. knife, upon both fides, ani"^ under the {lK>ulder-bone,,and blowing the skin well from the fl* with a Swans quill, both of the one and the other fhoulder, even rl to the top of the Withers, and ftroakingthe Wind up equally #'! your hand into both the ftioulders, and then when they are fa"' ftick the Windy places with a Haz.el ftick over all the fnou!^' then loofening the skin from the fle(h again, Rowel both the fli* either with tampins of Hörfehair, or with round pieces of the ^t per Leather of an old fhooc, with a hole in the middeft, wrtkn'' called a French Rowel, for the matter to ifTue forth at, and letc j tampins be atleaft two hand fulls long in the skin, and thejroU^ Rowel atleaft three inches broad, and being fo put as they may W plain and flat within the cut, then once a day you. (hall tur«11\ Rowels into the skin, and thruft out the matter: butif the*10 grow fo ftraight that the matter cannot eafily,come out, with a ^fl, knife you (hall enlarge it, then put a pair of Paftorns on his K"L leggs, and fo let him ftand fifteen dayes, at the end whereof Wa • him a broad, and try how hegoeth, and if he doth not go to y0* liking, then continue him in the famernanner other fifteen d*yf > and he will go found. s But our beft Farriers ufe, after they have Rowdled the Ho*/|> .
is aforefaid, then to lay this charge or plaifter all over his wi[ber. ftioulders, and breaft : take of Pitch and Rozen, of each a p0"" '$ of Tarr half a pint, boylallthefe together in a pot, and w^** |
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J"d of jc, and dip it into the charge, and cover or daub all the »Wider therewith: that done, clap flocks of the cok ur of the "°rfe (or as near as you can get it) upon the charge, and every 0ther day make your Rowels clean, and put them in again, con- ning thus to do the fpace of fifteen day es j then take out the *Wels, and heal up the wounds with two tents of flax dipt iu. ^pentine and Hoggs greafe molten together, renewing the fame !?cry«lay once until the Wounds be whole, but let the charge lye "ill until it fall away of it felf; and if you let theHorferun atgrafs Ml he have had a froft or two, there is no queftion bathe will be a freat deal the founder. . There be other Farriers which ufe to Rowel the Horfe, as is afore-
a'd, yet crofs-wife, that is, one over thwart the other, then draw all the fhoulder over with a hot drawing Iron in the comlieft wife j[0Ucan, making many fcratehes down his fhoulders, then annoint Sh diem and the Rowels once a day with fweet Butter, and walk 1,6 Horfe up and down evening and morning, that the humours ^»y flow to the fore places, and iflue forth, and with your hands ^>cc a day at the Ieaft, thruft out the matter: this cure is hkewifc 6 °e continud the fpace of fifteen dayes, and then the hoife will be ; ^Me: yet for mine own part, in fo much as the cure is foul, I do , ^rauchaffeclit.. C H A P. LXVX
Of the Wnnch in the (hwldtrl ,
"l^He Wrench or ftrain in the fhoulder, commeth of fome dan-,
»•*- gerous flipping or Aiding, either in the Stable or abroad, orof.
t?°*uddain flopping, when a Horfe gallops, or by falls, either on-
e planks, or on flippery ground, or by too fuddain turning on "füre ground, or by going too rafhly out of fome door, or by the . r°ak of another Horfe, you fhall perceive it by his trailing his Legg
^ the ground dofe after him. .The cure is, to let him blood upotuhe plaftvcin, and take away
e Quantity of three pints of blood, which blood you muft fave in Pot>and put thereunto, firft of ftrwig Vinegar a quart, and half» doze«.,
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dozen broken Eggs, (hells and all, and fomuch Wheat-flow«|aS
will thicken all the Liquor; that done, put thereunto of Bol«* armonick beaten into fine powder a pound, ofSaaguis Draconic two ounces, and mingle them together fo as theflowr may net be ' perceived, and if it be too ftiff, you may add a little more Vinegar» then with your hand daub all the fhoulder from the main down" ward,and betwixt the fore-bowels all againft the hair,and let not the Horfe depart out ofthat place until the charge be furely faftned uflt* the skin j that done, carry him into theftable, and tye him up t0 the rack, and (uffer him not to lye down all the day, and give hi01 a little meatjdyeting him very moderately the fpace of fifteen day«J> during which time he may not ftir out of his place, but only to tyc down; and every day once refrefh the fhoulder point with thj* charge, laying ft ill new upon the old ; and at the fifteen dayes end; lead him abroad to fee how he goeth, &if he be fomewhat amended» then let him reft without travelling the fpace of one moneth, art» that will bring his fhoulder to perfection: Bat if he mend nothing at alf, for all thfs that is done, then you (hall rowel him, as is befofj fhewed in the former Chapter, juft upon the fhoulder point, apf* fo keep him rowelled the fpace of fifteen dayes, not forgetting to ft'r the rowel,and deanfe the Wound each other day,and then walk hi"1 up and down fair and fofrly, and turn hiraalwayes on the contra*/ fide to the fore: And when he goeth upright pull out the row**»' and heal up the Wound with TurpCntine and Hoggs greafe mokefl j-9 together, as is before faid. . *"*-=* But if all this will not ferve, then it fhall be very requifite »^
needful to draw him Chequer-wife with a hot Iron, over all t»1 fhoulder point, andalfo to make him to draw a Plough every "aH two or three hours at the lead, to fettle his joynts, for thefp8ce ^ three weeks or a moneth: and if any thing will help, thefe tvfo}3* remedies will feth<m found. , Now there be other Farriers which for this grief, firft le£ 5jV
Horfe blood in the breaft-vein, and then rowel him from the ncf» part of the fpade bone down to the point of the fhoulder, * t(i done, you fhall fet a parten fhooe upon the found foot, and fotU the Horfe to grafs for the fpace of a moneth, not forgetting every ther day to fliir and remove the rowels* and fo thruft out the mitCCe^ Then as foon as you fee him go found, you fhall take off his Pfrt^ |
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•hooe , and pull out the Rowels, and then Jet him ran ftill at
graft, t{\\ ne have tAfea a frofl or CWOj and no doubt but he will c°otinue found. C'H A P. LXVII,
Of the Wrench in the nether joynt. THis wrench commeth by treading his foot in fome hole, or in
fome rough or ftony way.The figns whereof are chiefly thefe j £e Horfe will halt, and the top of his back upon the points of his Mulder will be fwoln, and fomewhat hard to handle*
, The cure is, take ofblackSope half a pound, and having made ic *tL3
^°t in a pan, take a handful or two of Tow, and dip ic into the
*°pe, then lay it very hot over all the Horfes Withers, then clap a
P'aifter of Wax, Turpentine, and Hoggs greafe molten together over
lf> then cover it with two or three warm cloaths,and keep the joynts
*s warm as may be s thus let him ftand twenty four hours ere you ,
*jtCls him again, and continue this manner of drefllng for fifteen
^'ycs, and the Horfe will go foundly.
* Now there be other ancient Farriers, that inftead of this black
°pe will take Wine Lees, and Wheat-flower mingled together,and
taking a plaifter thereof, lay it very hot to the grieved place, and (o *cOewit once a day until the Horfe go found. CHAP. LXVIII.
OfffUithg the {hwUer> or offliwJder torn» ■
PHef plaiting of the fhoulder, is, w/hen by fome dangerous flip •■
jr- orflide,eitheruponthefide of fome bank, or upon the plaun- 1 Crs> the Horfe hath his fhoulder parted from his breaft, and fo j*vesanopenclifr, not in the skin, bur. fa the flefh and film next 1 e skin, whereby the Horfe halceth, and is not able to go j it is to Jj-en by the trailing of his leg after him in going.
1. *«e cure whereof is thus 5 firft put a pair of ftraight paftorns on iftore-feet, keeping him ftill in the ftable without difquieting of
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de Bay half a pound, of frefh butter half a pound ; melt all theic
things together in an earthen pot, and annoint the grieved f »aC, therewith, and alfo round about the infideof the (houlder; äßö within two or three dayes after, both that place and all the (hould^ will fwell, then cither prick him with a Lancet or fleam in all tne fwell ing places, or elfe with a fharp hot Iron, and then annointJt ftill with the oyntment before faid; but if you fee it will not g" a' way, but fwell ft ill, and gather to a head, thenlaunce it where the fwelling doth gather mod, and is fofteft under the finger, and th««1 tent it with flax dipt in Turpentine, and Hoggs greafe molten toge' ther, as is before (hewed, renewing that tent twice a day till theiof" • ranee be whole. CHAP. LXIX.
Of the (boulder fight. THe fhoulder pight is, when a Horfe by reäfon of fomc great föH»
rufh or (train, hath the point of his (houlder thruft out o* joynt, which is eafie to "be feen, in that the point of the fore fliouWer willftiek out much further than the other, and the Horfe will h^1 down right. The cure whereof, as the eld Faitiers hold it, is, fi>ß to make him f wim in a deep water, up and down a dozen turns, fot that will make the joync return into his true place, then make ttf° tough pins of Afhen-woodas big as yonr little finger, being (harp %i the points, each one five inches long; that done, flit the skin al1 inch above the point, and an inch beneath the point of the fhoulo6!,' and thruft in one of thefe pins from above down-ward, fo as bot"; the ends may equally ftick with the skin j and if the pin of &00 will not eafily pafs through, you may make its way firft with *fl Iron pi» j that done, make other two holes crofs to the firft h°J*s' ib as the other pin may crofs the firft pin right in the midft» w£" right crofs,.and the firft pin would be fomewhat flat in themioft» the intent that the other being rouad may pafs the better wit»? ^ flop, and clofe the juftcr together; then take a piece of a little*'1 , fofijewhat bigger than a Whip-cord, and at one end make a l°°r which being put over one of the pins ends, wind the reft of theL1^ good and ftraighc about the pins ends, fo as it may lye betwixt * |
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'<kl s ar>d the skin, andfaften the laft end wich a pack-needle
arid * Pack-thread unto the reft of rhecord, fo as it may not dtp ; VltL ° dQ u ell, both the pinns and the cord would be firft annointed kiuj ai1:t'e Hoggs greafe ; thenbring him into theftabie, andlec "Hk e *Paceo^ nine dayes; and let him lye down-as little as \i e» and put a Pattern on the fore Legg, fo as it may be bound HjU? L°rt^unt0 tne ^oot °f tne manger, t0 keep that Legg alwayes 5ttK . ftandeth in the ftable, more forward than the other, and \le 'jjne diyes end take out the pinns and annoinc the fore place ^^''ctle Dialthea, or with Hoggs greafe, and then turn him to llUjj ' Other of our late Farriers ufe,firft to lay good ftore of ftraw V r ^e horfe, and then put a pairofftrongPaftornson his fore- ttp » and another on his hinder, then having thrown him tyjj his back, to hang him up by the Leggs from the ground, \ tw° Ropes drawn over fome beam or bulk, which will put the Wnc° his true place again ; then having lee him down again fair %x cty> loofe the fore Paftorn of the found Legg, and with a cord We you let him rife, tye the fame Legg to the foot of the manger, \ °*c as in his rifing he fhall be forced to hold his Legg before v 'Vm ^ear °^ Puttu18 n's fhoulder out of joynr, and let him (land S 11 tne fpace of three dayes; and prefently when he is up, \ ' the point of his fhoulder with a hot drawing Iron chequer- \' 5n?l'f°ot fquareat the leaft, and let every ftroke be no mors H'cji 1 inch diftant one from another: and having burned him %' C^arge a^ tnc^e turned places, and all the reft of his fhoulder \ L*tcn» R°zen> anc* Tar molten together, and laid on fome- fy8 hot with a cloathtyedtoafticksend; then clap flocks of the ^°Ut of the Horfe upon it,then charge him again over the flocks, Sn k^e e ^ayes ent* *°°k ^s ^ooc'anc* puc a Pair °^ Pa^orns
* th r ^ecr» an(* let mm neither lye down nor ftir out of the ftable
\J 'Pace of fifteen or twenty dayes: then may you lead him N ,y,' anc* fee whether he go well or no, and if he be not perfeel, \*V then give him as much more reft, and that will recover |
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^ general and certah Cure for any defperate aid curdle ßrA>
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andBiook-lime, equally, mixt together, then put to 5«?^0vc,r much of the oldeft and ftrongeft Urine that can be got, as w»| ^ the herbs all over, then cover the pot clofesand keep it in fome ^ place.. o'^l
Now when you have occafion to ufe it, take an earthen» Wlfi,
and put thereinto both of the Urine and the herbs, fo much »*,['
be convenient for the grief,and boylit well,then if it be for*"* $
der firain, you {hall take an old Boot and cut off the foot, th* Mt
may draw it over the Horfes foot, and above his knee almoftc ^
Elbow of his fhoulder, keeping the nather part of the boot 3s .s;
about hisLegg as may be, but the upper part wide and fy*cLfa
into this boot thruft all your mixture as hot as theHor{ecanUi%<l
andtay^k-faftand dofe about the fhoulder, efpecially befo*6^
behind, then drawing up the upper part of the boot, fo faftc" „j£
the mane of the Horfe, that it may notfhpdown, and thus**"' jf
a day till the grief depart, for this Medicine isfo violent).^
there be any foul matter that muü come forth, it will bring ^ jj *
head, ripen, break and heal it, if there be no fuch thing, ^,S'
fhort time it v/iU draw away die offending humours, and g,v
lent eafc.
C H A P. LXXI.
Qf. the fa tiling vf the fore-Leggs after great lafoW'
HOr-fes notiHuchufedtotrav.il, will after great labour'*' ^j|l
pon their fore-Leggs, becaufe heat and violent £%cCu0o(' taufe humours to refortdowninto the Leggs, efpecially if *t,c« ^Jjjic ies fhall be inwardly fat 5 for the indifcreet labour will &cl inward greafe, and make it dekend down into the Leggs. .^ J The Curey according t0 the practice of fome Farriers, ih to?0xifi^ |
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jl°undof Nerve oyl, a pound of black Sope, and half a pound of
ft°ars greafe molten, and boyl them all well together, and then L?1" it and let it cool, then annoint your Horfes Le ggs. therewith, . «ft*nude luke-warm again, and then keep his Leggs clean from j,.7" Other Farriers ufeto bathe his Leggs in Butter and Beer, or fa V'»?gar and Butter, (ome withSheeps-foot oyl,(ome with Neaw L°toy', fome with Train-oyl, and fome with Pifs and Salt-peter t?lcd together, of all which, Pifs and Salt-peter is the Peft; and af- Ja"y fuch bathing, you mufti oule up the Horfes Leggs with hay Jeswetin cold water, even from the Paftorn to the knee, bat in $ Me not too ftraighr, for fear of doing hurt, fo let tum ftand "finu»Hy when he refteth. of V°w other Farriers fomewhat more curious, ulefor the [welling e=p
JthcL this bath j take of Mallows three hand fulls, a Rofe- of e«of Sage one handful.boyl them together in a famcient quantity tNer,and when the Mallows be foft, put in half a pound of But- A and half a pint of Salet-oyl, and then being fomewhat warm, f3th<: fwelling therewith everyday once, the fpace of three or >dayes. and if the fwelling will not go away with this, then C Wine- Lees and Cummin, and boyl them together, and put Onto a little Wheat-flower, and charge all the fwellmg there- to» and walk him often; and if all will notferve, then take up („Veat vein above the knee on theinfide, fuffenng him noc A bW from above, but all from beneath: and it will take away HtUing. CHAP. LXXII.
Of a Her je that isfomdrcd in his feet.
A Horfe is fVd to be foundred of his feet, when he hath fuch a
j , numbnels, and pricking or tingling wuhin his Ws, that , > neither fence nor feeling of his feet, but is in all refpe* like wSth« by harder crooked utringhath both his ftetafleep f« Ä11|0 duering which palT.on we know we can neither well go c! ?a«d ; and even lo it fareth with a Horfe in this cafe, for th» ^ of the blood being flopped, thofe Obftruftions caufe this **««• it commcih meft commonly when a Horfe is very far, j j a and
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and hath his greafe molten within him, and then fuddainly c°° ^
by taking his Saddle off too foon, or by (landing ftil in the celd ftirred,or elfe by letting him ftand in fome {hallow water little rug than his feet-Jock. e/> A Horfe alfo may be found[red by wearing ftraight and u"<-
fhooes, efpecially in the Summer feafon, when a Horfe travelled pon rhe hard ground. -,/j The figns to know it, is, the Horfe goeth crouching, and dr9^ \
ali his four feet within the compafsalmoft of a peck, and wi^ fo fearfully 3S though he flood upon needles. Jf Now you Tnall underftand, that a Horfe will fometimes ^eL|l
foundred of his fore-feet, and not of his hinder, which you „J know in that the Horfe will tread only upon his hinder &*'£$ not on his fo; e feet, and go as though his buttocks would toUd* ground; and fometimes he will be foundred upon his hindefy, and not upon his fpre-feet,and that you fhall perceive by hisfc*r u> hefs to fet his feet to the ground, being alfo fo weak behind, "f ^ will.ftand quivering and quaking, and cover alwayes to lye o^os and fometimes he will be foundred o£ all his four feet, tl'e whereof were fit ft declared. .> Now for as much as thrCures be all of one and the felf fart>e „t
ture,an.d what cureth the firft,cüreth alfo the reft, I will joy" l\- jiltoegther,. with this advife, thac if you find the Horfe to ^c^f(c dred on the fore-feet only, then to apply }K>ur Medicine catfcp.c0f parts onlyy if on the hinder feet, then to the hinder parts; ^cjpf all four feet, then to lay your Medicine to all the feveral part* ° body, as fhall be prefendy declared. M To eome then to the Cures, (according to the opinion of a ^mp
Knight well experienced in this Difeafe) if your Horfe be fa**? ^o of all his four feet, you fhall caufe him tobe let blood on nlS9lfd bread veins of his two fore-Leggs, {omewhat above his knee5,fls <tf you fhall let him blood on his two fpur-veins, and on the vC\ tjj« his two hinder feet a little above the hoof, between the hoof3" J^t paftorn : you (hall let thefe veins bleed well, to the quan^'V ^<J quart or three pints, which blood you muft lave in fome V«»6 ' foi ftirit with a. (lick to keep it from clearing: and when ithaj -M as above-faid, putic all into one veffel, then flop the wounds. 0<J fgme Hprfe'-dung, or forrte earth, and make a charge with th« >jj |
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m this fore : take as much Wheat-meal, Bran and all, as will make
the blood fomewhat thick,and put it into die bloodjtake eight or ten Eggs, and break them alfo into the blood, fhells and all j, rake a pint of flrong Vinegar, and a quantity of Bole- armonick brayd, and Put them into the blood alfo ; which done, you fhall ftir them all together ; then fhall you with your hand lay the faid charge all along upon the reins of the Horfes back, upon his buttocks and down his fhoulders: wfkn you have laid on this charge chus, you fhall take fWo long Linnen raggs dipped in the fame charge, with which fo dipped, you fhall garter theHorfe above the knees of his fore-Leggs fomewhat hard, and likewife with two other like raggs fo dipped, you fhall garter him hard above both his- hinder hoofs alfo : that done, caufe him to be walked upon the hardeft ground you can find for the fpace of two or three hours: if he be loath to go, as commonly he will be, letonefollow him and beat him with a flick or a wand to force him to go; then after his walking Let him be fot up andtyed to the rack, that he lye not down, and there let him wft two or three hours; which done, let him be walked again two °r three hours mere as afore-faid, then fet him up, and let him feed, and when you give him drink» which you may do within two or-. three hours after his feeding, let,it be a warm mafh ofMa'tand Water, then let him feed a littleafter it, then ride him a little ; and if you let him Hand an hour or two in a pool or {landing water up to the belly, and one upon his back, ic is good alfo, and afcer that tide him again a little : then let him be fet up welldrefied and co- vered, an fo by little and little ride him a day or two, and then you, "lay boldly journey him, for it is Riding that bringeth rhe Horfe to the perfeflnefs of his feet, and you fhall find your Horfe as found as Cv«r he war* Now during this cure, you are to take thefe Qbfervaxions into
your memory. Firflr, you fhall not need to remove or Air the Horfes fhooes;:
*"-en you m uft after twenty four hours rub.off the charge, from the "orfesback. htta, You fhall take away his garters after twelve hours, and rub
his knees and houghs with your hand, and with wifps,. to take away me numbnefs- ^fw,IfyoucanjiotgejtWheat-meaI,yoa may take Oaten-meal..
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Item, If he will not bleed in che veins before named, then you
may take your blood from the neck-vein. Laßly, If you take the Horfein hand to cure within twenty four
hours after he is foundred, he will be found again within twenty four hours after j if he go lenger , che cure will be longer i» doing. Now the ancient Farriers of this Kingdone, and amongft the
Italians, differ not much in their practice from this already re- hearfed, only into the charge they add of Sanguis Draconis half a quartern, and as much Bean-flower as Wheat- flower, and of Tur- pentinehalfa pound J then if they did fee that within four days the :Horfe did not recover,then they did know that the hurtful humours did only lye in the Horfesfeer, and there you fhall fearch his feet with your butterifs, paring all the foles of his feet fo thinn, that you may fee the water iffue through thefole: that done, let him blood at the toes, and let him bleed well; then flop the vein with Tur- pentine and Hoggs greafe molten together, and laid upon a little flax, and then tack on his fhooes, and cram the place where you did let him blood hard with tow, to the intent it maybeiurely ftoptj then fill all the foles of his feet with Hoggs greafe and Bran boyled or fryed together fo hot as is poffible, and upon that flopping clap a piece of Leather, and two er-ofs fpiints, to keep in the flopping » and immediately after this take two Eggs, and beat them in adifh» < and put thereunto as much Bole-armonick and Bean-flour as wil* thicken the fame, and mix them well together, and make there0'' two plaifters, fuchasraay clofe each foot round about fomewhat** bove the Cronet, and bind it faft with a lift or a rowler, that it mrf not fall away nor be removed for the fpace of two dayes, but let*Pe foles of his feet be deanfed and new flopped every day once, and the Cronets to be removed every two dayes until the Horfe be found.» during which time, let him reft unwalked for fear of loofning J"5 hoofs: but if you fee that he begin to amend, you may walk hu*1 fair and foftly once a day upon fome foft ground to exerci^ "\ "Leggs and feet, and let him not eat much, nor drink cold watet > but if his foundring break out above the Hoof, which you u>* perceive by the loofenefs of the Coffin above by the Cronet, the when you pate thel'ole youmtift take all the fore-part of the'0 clean awav, leaving the heels whok, to the intent the humours rrtfy |
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have the freeer paffage down-ward, and then ftopp him, and drels
"im about the Croner, as is before {afd. Now if the-Horfe during l"is Cure chance to fall fick, or grow fo dry in his body that he can- lot dung, then you (hall firft rake him, and after give him a glifter °f Mallows, threehandfulls boyld r'n water from a pottle to a quart: then after it is ftrained, put to it half a pound of Butter, and a quar- ter of a pint of' Salet oyl, and fo adminifter it, then when the Horfe hath emptied his Belly, give him this comfortabje drink. Take of Malmfey a quarr, and put thereunto a little Cinamon, Mace and Pepper beaten into fine powder, and of Oyl a quarter of a pint, and give the Horfe to drink of that luke-warm ; that done, let him be Walked up and down a good while together if he be able to go, if »ot, then tye him up to the rack, and let him be hanged with canvas and ropes, fo as he may ftand upon the ground with his feet, for the Ms he lyeth down the better; but thefe extremities do feldome happen. Naw there be other Farriers, which, for the foundring of a Horfe, only take Verdigreafe, Turpentine, Salet-oyl, and Hoggs greafe, of each like quantity, of Wax one ounce; boy 1 all together, and fo dip flax or tow in it: then having pared his feet thinn, and jft him blood on the toes, flop all his feet With that Oyntment very "ot: or elfe they take the roots of Nettles,snd Hemlock, wLh elder« Peels, of each a handful, and boyl them tender in Boars greafe, or Hogg? greafe, fo let him blood in the middeft of the foot on the toe.. Vein, thenbatheand chafe hisjoync and Legg therewith all about from his knee unto the fetlock, and then clap it to , and bind a cloath fail to it as hot as you can. So ufe this once a day till k be well. Noxv for mine own part, although there is not any of thefe for-
^«r recited practices but are. found perfectly good in their kinds, y^ I have not found any fo abfolute either for old or new founders, *s this which I (hall rehearfe. Firft, you (hall with a very (harp «rawing-]<nife, draw every pai t of the foles of the Horfes feet fo 'hinnasis pofftble, even till you fee the very water and blood ifluing *orth, and being fure to draw or pate every part alike, which can hji'dly tc dorre with a butterifs: then at the very (harp end of the **ufh bi1 the Hörfes foot you (hall fee the veinlye, then with your Knifed end life up the hoof and let the vein bleed, (which as long as 9'aho'd open the hoof will fpin a great way forth) when it hath bled
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bkd better than a pint, you (hall dote the hoof, and fa flop the
vein: then tack on his foot a hollow fhooe made for that purpofe-' that done, clap a little tow dipt in Hoggs grea£e and Turpentine u- pon the vein very hard : then take two or three hard Eggs roafted, and comming burning hot out of the fire, and buift them in the fole of the Horfes foot: then pour upon them Hoggs greafe, Turpentine, and Tarr boyling hot, and as much flax dipt therein as will fill up the hollow fhooe, then lay on a piece of leather to keep all the reft in,and fpknt it fure: and in this manner drefs his four feet, if all be foundred, othenyife no more than are foundred ; and thus you (hall drefs the Horfe three times in one fort-night, and without any further trouble, you fhall be fure to have the Horfe is found as ever he was. Now if the Horfe be foundred through the ftraiting of a fhooe,
which in truth is not a founder, but a frettizing, which is a degree kfsthan foundring, then you (hall for that forrance, fiift takeoff his fhooe, and let him blood on the toes, then flopping the place with biuifed Sage, tack onJiis fhooe again, and flop it with Hoggs greafe and bran boyled together, as hot as is poflibk.} and to this twice in one fortnight, and it will help him. CHAP. LXXIII.
Of the fplent as well on the fafide if the kpeejasof any other part of
the legg. ASpknt is to the outward feeling a very griftle, or rather a hard
bone, fometimes as big as a hazel nut, fometimes as big as * Wall-nut, according to the age thereof, growing upon the iafide oi the fore Legg, between the knee and the upper Paftornjoynt, and fometimes juft underneath, and dofe unto the knee, which isofall other the moft dangerous fpknt, and doth the fooneft make a Ho rfe lame: itcomtneth by travelling a Horfe too young, or by over- g-3 prefhng him with heavy burthens, whereby the tender finews of his ;t~33 Legg are offended, Now for the knowledge thereof, it is eafie be- caufe it is apparent unto the Eye, and moft palpable tobe felt. The Cure, according to the opinion of the ancknt Farriers, is, to take an Onion, and picking out the core, put into it half a fpoonful o |
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^ Pey> and a quarter of a fpoonful of unflackt Lime, and.four peny-
e 'JShtof Verdigreafe ; thenclofing up the Onion, roaftitinhot j. bers until itbefoft: thenbruifeit in a morter, and as hot as the L.8 can fuffer it, lay it to the fplent, and it will rake ic away ; fin any cafe cut no skin. Other of the ancient Farriers ufe firft
. *afnthe fplent with warm water, and then to Ihave off che hair, , u lightly to fcarrifie or prick the skin with che point of a Razor, , *s the blood may iflue forth: then take of Cantharides half a Poonfulj and of Euforbium as much, beaten into fine powder, and '"gle them together with a fpoonful of Oyl de Bay, and then
^u them in a little pan, ftirring them welltogther, fo as they may v J.b°yl over, and being fo boyling hoc, take two or three feathers, j,aannoint all the fore places therewith : that done, letnotthe <o l ■ r fr°m tne P^ace wr,cre you fo drefs him for an hour aftert 'M 'ntent ne fliake not off the Oyntment: then carry him fair jj.Q lofcly into the Stable, and tye him fo as he may noc reach with 'head beneath the manger: for otherwife he will covet to bite
h ay ["C fmarting and pricking Medicine, which if it fhould touch JLipps would quickly fetch off the skin i and alfo let himftand (0 "lout Litter all that day and night: the next day annoint the j e place with frefh Butter, continuing fo to do every day once for (.e (pace of nine dayes t for this will allay the heat of the Medi- j,p a«d caufe both that and the cruft of the fplent to fall away of |t e"« There be other Farriers which ufe with a fine hot drawing °1 to burn the forrance down in the midft, the full length of the
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R be done when the fplent is very young.
,|Others ufe to flit the Sorrancc with a Knife the whole Length of k*'Plent, and then with a Cornet to open the flit, and lay the to eJJc bare, then to make about the wound a Coffin of clay all open 'it l P' then take Boars greafe made fcaldinghot, and pour ic l,e° ^e wound until the clay Coffin be full, then let it reft until the wC ^e c<?^ : a^tcr t*lat 'ct t'ie ^or^e r^e> an<* tms w"n once
V w^ ta'ce tne fpknt c^an away without a°y blemifh or eye-
* Others nie to beat the fplent with a flick, and t© bruifeit well,
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ter you have beaten and prickt the fplenr, take out the core & '^
Onion, and fill it with bay Salt, then roaft it foft, and lay <c y°. [0 the {plent, and inftead of the Onion, you may if you will Din ue a hard roaftedEgg, being fire-hot. Others Farriers ufe to"11 -^ skin the Length of the fplenr, then to dip a little piece of Lifl°£ ut warm Wine, and fprinkle Verdigreafe thereon, and fo Iayitt0, . flir, renewing it once a day until the fplent be gone. Others f' . {have,ofTthe hair,, and to rub the fplent twice a day with Tafl" v g hard, until the fplent be gone; but this fplent mud be veryyoUfj and tender: forfaftingfpitileisasgoodasTar. Odier FarrUri\ 0 to take a black Snail and flit her, and put in Bay-falt, and lay' p the fplent being opened^ renewing it once a day until the fple*V ^ gone : then let the vein above the knee be taken up, and lee ic^.., |
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from below, left it feed the fplent aga;n. Others ufe if the y%
he upon the knee to burn it, as is before faid } then take ^j°^f wood, Smallage, Pcllitory of the wall, and Brarik-Utfine &cfi withSvvines greafe, and lay it to the burnings, provided that ^e she hair be fhaved otf, and if the fplent be below the knee, th's js good alfo, and much the fafer. J Y** Now after all thefe former recited practices, you fhall und«*10$
^"^ that the mcftcleanlieft way to take away a fplenr, is, firft,afce]'^ have caft your Horfe, with a Hazel ftick of a pretty poifeafld ^ nefs, gently to beat the fplent at the firft> and then by degrees* ^ . harder and harder, till the fplent grow foft in every parf» # tjje0 with the point of your Launcet let out all the blood and wate* J ^ take a brickbat , and having laid it on the fire, when >c ,J j£1ic> ceedinghot, fold it in ared Cloathj and therewith rub the^J, and fmooth it upon the top till you have dried away the.», J and that no more moifture cometh out j then take of P^Jrfl Rozen , and Maftick, ofeach a like quantity, melt ^^J^'- (together, and being very hot lay it over and all about tnj!^t»c then clap flox of the colour of the Horfes Legg upon it, and ^fl ;c reft upon the fplent until it fall away of itfelf: anitf« *J0K fallen away, you perceive that any part of the/pleat rem ^} |
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M, which hardly will be if it be orderly beaten j then you ftail
H that remainder as you did the other before, and thefplent will bt perfeaiv cured. Now for the fnreft and moft certaineft way to __ offa fplent u is thus: With the point of a fharp knife.cmke a flit of ^* V than a Barley com Length, juft upon the top in the midft of
"* fplent, and let it be fo de«p chat you may be hire that the bone f thefpknt is bare, then put into that flic with the point of your Sfc, as much Mercury Sublimat as the quarter of an Hazel nut Wand within three or four dayes.it will fo have eaten the fplent, Vitwill fall out ofitfelf; then you fhall heal up the foreeither H frefh Buttermolten, or with a plaifter of Hogs greafe, and Vpentine mingled and melted together; only in thiscute you Nft beware , that you tie the Horfe fo, as for four and twenty Ws he may not touch che fore place with his mouth. Now in Vlufion, I am to give you this final! precept, to bear ever in your •»ind, tha is both for the healing of this, and for all other humours Vfoever. You muft firft ftay the falling down of the new hu- Srs to the place troubled,« by binding plaifters, as Puch3Rozen, Seated Lead, Oyl, Bole.armomck, and fuch like j then to J> our matter which is there gathered with drawing fimples, as V Wntine,andfuchlike: andlaftly, to dry up the rel.cks
H d ying powders, as Honey and Lime, Oyfter-fhels.Soot, and Slike; andalfo you muft know, that all Spl.nts, Spavens, or ^obs, muft either betaken away at the beginning or afcer the ruli Cf the Moon. CHAP. LXXIV.
*** «pproved mi certain my to take ***J any Sf lint mthmt hewing
«ny hair. ÄSK^« hot as theHorfecan fuffer.r
0r J would not have you feald) after youhave rubbed and chaft j* ^refüonXp this unto it,and bind it bft on,and in two or three
teOingsit willconfumeaway the fplmt. ., Kk » , Ali0»
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Alfo, it morning and evening you rub the fplinc with theoy
Origanum, it will cake it away. CHAP. LXXT.
Of the Screw, or thorow Splint,
Although divers of our Farriers do difringuifh and m*" tf
difference betwixt a Screw and a Splint, faying, that the U is ever of the out-fide of the Legg, as the fplint is of the infidej L it is moft certain, that the difeafe and infirmity is all one, and ^ as well be call'd a fplint on the out-fide of the Legg, as a ip',IJt ß theinfide of the Legg; and this fplint on the out-fide is cvcr}|1($ dangerous. Now a Horfe many times will have both thefefp at one time, and upon one Legg, nay, I have feen them fo Jul* L pofite one to the other, that one would have thought they had f? , through the Horfes Legg ; whence it hath come to pafs, that"1 ^ foolifh Farriers being of that mind, have intitled them a d*0', fplinc, and I have feen my felf,fome well reputed Farriers, tha£ j( virig the care brought unto them, have refufed the fame, fy1.^ was a thorow fplint, and therefore moft incurable s but theopl"? j is moft abfurd and ridiculous: for the fhin-bone being hollow* ?.t full of pith and marrow, there can nothing grow through ic> .^ it muft confound the marrow, and then the bone cannot hold» y muft prefently break in funder, efpecially,when fuch a weak 'Pf^ fubftance as a fplint is, mall poffefs the whole ftrength of the ^ aitf for the cure : as the fplint and it are all one, fo they have all o^-^i and what helpeth the flrft, with moreeafe helpeth the Latter, muph as it is not full fo dangerous, nor fo near the main fine^5, G H A P. LXXVI.
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"orfe go ftiffat his fitft fetting forth, and halt much. It doth pro- ce£u either from the corruption of blood» or from negligent keeping, ^«en the Horfe wanteth clean dreffing: for you fhall know that Jörne Horfes naturally are given to have long hair from the top to the b°usht of the kneednow to the fetlock, and that hair in the bought °r the knee is oft apt to curl; whereby thofe Horfes, if they be not ve- "7 carefully and clean kept, are much fubjeftto this difeafe. . Nowfor the cure, according to the opinion of the old Farriers, it ,s thus. Take a barreld herring out of the pickle with a fofc row,and tw° fpoonful of black Sope, and fo much Allomj beat all thefeina ttiorter well together, and then lay it to the fore, renewing it once a ^ay for three dayes, and it will'kill the Mailänder, provided alwayes tnat before you lay any thing unto a Mallander,you ever pull off the ^ry fcabs firft, and leave no hair growing within the fore. Other Carriers ufe to take a pairing of a Cheefe, and toaßing it very hot, annoint it with Honey, and lo lay it hot to the Mallander, and re- newing it once a day till the Mailanderbe whole: or elfc beat Henns Q«ng and Gilli-flowers well together, and lay it to the fore till it be whole. Other Farriers ufe after they have wafhed the fore clean with
warm water,and fhaved offthe hair and the feabbs,to take a fpoonful °fr Sope, and as much Lime j mingle them together that it may be »ike pafte,then fpread as much on a clout as will cover the fore, and D,nd it faft on with a lift^renewing it every day once the fpace of two 0r three dayesjand at the three dayes end take away the plaifte*,and annoint the fore with Oyl of Rofes made lake- warm, and that will •ftch away feurf or crufty asker, bred by means of the burning Plai- *jer i which fcurf being takenawayj wafh the fore-place wellevery °ay once with his own ftale, or elfe with mans urine, and then im, mediatly ftrow upon it the powder of burnt Oy fter-fhels,continuing «> to do every day once undl it be whole. , Others of our latter Farriers ufe to take a quart of water,
half a pint of Oyl, and as much Flower as will thicken it with «thing j then lay that hot to the fore twice a day , for four
"ayes together j then take Maftick, Frankincerie beaten to fine Powder, Quick- filver, killed either in the juyce of Lemons, or *» ikong Vinegar, of each an cnacc j then of Liturgy half a» ouace?i
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ounce, of Cerufs ten ounces; and as much of Swines greafe clarified I
incorporate and mingle all thefe together with Vinegar and Oy)» and lay it to the fore until the Mallander be killed; then heal tf up as is fore- (hewed. Others ufe after they have wafhed it and fhaved it, to rub it with Pifs and Sope until it be raw ; then lay*0 it Nerve-Oyl, Hony, and ftrong Muftard, until it whole. Och"? ufe to take Sulphur, Vitriol, Sal-nitre, Sal-gem, mixed with Oy' be Bay, and to rub the Mallander well therewith. Now to con" dude, you fhall underftand, thatfome Horfes will have two Mal* •landers upon one Leg, one above anothcr,and fometimes one a lictU above the inward bending of the Knee, and another a little belotf theinward bending of the Knee, but thecureisall alike, and as yotf drefs one, fo you may drefs two or three. "Now for mine own part, I have not found any thing better fot*
"Mailänder, than after the fore iscleanfed, to take the ordure or dung of a man, and annoint the fore therewith, and it will kill it and hea» it. CHAP. LXXVII.
Of an Vpper-attaint) or Ovtr-ruch upon the Back-fine» of the fort*
leg, fometfhat ab&ve, the Pafiora joynt*
THis which wc call an Upper-attaint, is nothing elfe but a pai«1'
ful fwelling of the Matter-finew,or Back- finew of the Shank' bone, by reafon that the Horfe doth fometimes over«reacjJ and ftrike that finew with the Toe of his hinder foot, an« thereby caufeth the Horfe to halt much. Now the figns are bo1*1 the fwelling and the halting; and the' cure , according to (o&c of the old( Farriers, is, to drefs the fore place with a plaifte£ made of Wine lees and Wheat flower laid hot to, or elfe to take Q» black Sope and Boars greafe, of each like quantity fcalding ho£' make a Plaifter of Sear-cloath thereof, and clap it all about the l°x place; or elfe if the fwelling by nofalve will diffolve, take * »f\ thin hot drawing Iron, and draw his Leg all downward with " hair in many fmall ftrikes from the one end of the fwelling *°c other, and make the ftrikes very thick together, and fomewhat deep» then anoint his burning for two or three dayes with black Sope»a ^ |
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*° tarn the Horfe to grafs; but if he will not run ar grafs, then every
Cay give him fome moderate exercifc; but this burning I fancy not 'touch, for it is foul,& albeit it take away the fwelling,yet the feames ?' the burningjwhen they are cured, will keep the member big, as if 'twere ftillfweld. Now other of the ancient Farriers ufe firftto ^afh the Leg with warm water, then to fhave oft the hair asfar as *"£ fwelling goech, then to fcarifie the fore place with the point of a ^£or, that the blood may iflue forth ; . then take of Cantharides and ^uforbium of each half an ounce, mingle them together with half a Quartern of Sope,.and with a flice fpread forae of ihisOyntmentQ- Vcr all the fore, fuffering him to reft there where you diefshimfor °ne half hour after ; and then you may carry him into the Stable, 'id there let him ftind without litter, and fo tyed as be may nor, *°Uch the fore with his mouth, and then the n«xt day ufe him in 'he fame manner again; then the third day anoint the place with »fefh butter, continuing fo to do the fpace of nine dayes, and at the 'Une dayes end make him this bath, Take of Mallows three hand- ^s, aRofecake, ofSage an handful, boyl them together in a fuf- "cient quantity of water, and when the Mallows befoft, put in half 'pound of Butter, and half a pint of Salletoyl j,and then being ■ ;0mewhat warm, wafh the fore place therewith every day once till■( 't be whole; Others ufe to cleave a Chicken or a Pigeon, and to c'ap it hot to the fwelling, and it will abate it ; or elfe take Dialthea,. Agripa and oyl, and mixing it together, lay it to the fwelling. Ci- thers ufe to take of Frankincenfe, of Rozen, of Tar, of Euforbiurru,. °f Turpentine and Fenugreek, of each a quarter of an ounce, of Suet .. °ne ounce, of Oyl an ounce, of Wax three ounces, .and three quir- - ^«■of an ounce of Myrrh, mix and melt them all together, and; ^aifter-wifelay.ittothe fore place till it be whole 5 or elfe take for l"'s forrance, three quarters of an ounce of Sanguis Draconis, an , °Unce of Bole-armony, as much Oyl,three ounces of Maffick, and as ^»ch Suet, and as much Swines greafe, the whites of half a dozen of ^ggs, melt and mix them, together, and lay them together, and lay n to the fwelling, and it will take it away j then make the fhooes of his hinder feet fhorter than the horns of his toes by a quarter of *n '«eh, and let the horn hang over uncut away, and make the fore«. ^oe no, longer than his heel, but rather fhorter,, CHAPL
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An excellent affvn/ed (^Medicine for any Sinervfirain whatfoe'vsr>
Gr» 'TpAkeof Vinegar a pint, the whites of three or four Eggs, and *s
. JL much Bole- armonick, and Bean-flower», as will bring it to» thick falve over the fire $ then when it is very hot, lay it Plaißef,' wife upon the ftrain , and round about the Leg, and do t"lS not only till the grief be gone, but alfotill the fwelling betake" away. |
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eafie to be felt, and may come as well by fome wrinch orftrain, *' by an over-reach» and it will makeaHorfe hair much; the fig"? are, the neather joynt towards the Feet-lock will be very hot, a»'* fomewhat fweld, and the little fofr bleb will eafily be felt. (. The aire, after the opinion of the old Farriers, is, take a fm**1
cord, and rowl him fomewhat ftrait from the Knee to the neath^ joynt, and then in the Paftorn, between the hoof and the joy^ witha fleam ftrike him in the midft of his fwelling, andletout1'' matter; then take the white of an Egg, and beat it with a ÜtC r Salt, and then dipping flax therein, lay it unto all the fwelling, '?« then unrowel his Leg, and renew the falve twice a day until theg^j/j be gone. But in any cafe let him not be laboured or ridden wh»11 he is in curing. |
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i^ keththe toe of his hinder fhooe into the heel, juft: upon the \vj|.n8 on of the hoof, and this over-reach, if it be not looked unto, \^t and rankle fo much inward , that it will endanger the V^hoof, and you fhall commonly fee by the cut, theskinhang '!> (! ft ^ot^es neel» and '*w*^ ma^e a Horle halt, Now the cure
L r>t to cut away the skin,and alfo the hoof, and^he flefh,till you W^adethe fore even and plain without any hollownefs; then dip .'t very well with Beer and Salt, then bind unto it a little flax ttt) lr| the white of an Egge, mingled with a little Bole armony, M|j^n8 it eirery day once the (pace of three or four dayes, and that h<alit. C H A P. LXXXI.
Of the Mellet m the Heel.
<\ Mellet is a dry Scab that groweth upon the heel, fometimes
*>L through the corruption of blood, and fometimes for want \ 'n rubbing and dreffing, when he is wetfetup; itappeareth ^* dry chap without anymoifture, and it will be fometimes as $tt°n both heels as on one. The cure, according to the praaice fN *d Farriers>is»t0 ta^e ^ a Pince °^ ^oney» anc*a qaa»er of
No e ^lack SoPe> and m^x them together;. then put thereto \ b c Spoonful of Vinegar, and as much Allome unburnt as a HCt 6Se> and two fpoonful of Rye Flower ; mix them all well to- 'ItL* a"d then take it away, and wafh all his Leg and foot with 1% c* °r°ath, and then rope his Leg all the day with wet Hay- St a"d ne will be found ; provided alwayes,that before you drefs |
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Of falfe Quarters. A Falfe Quarter is a rift or open back-feam, fometimes1" jf,
out-fide, but moft often in the infideof the hoof, D!fläf' the infide is ever the weaker parr, which fides are ever called tL (, rers, whence this forrance taketh this name, and is called a falle °>0 ter, as much as to fay, a fick and unfound Quarter; fotitis* j(c were a piece fet unto the hoof, and the Hoof not all of one >. . piece as it ought to be. It commeth many times by evil ^°l\^ and evil paring, and fornedmes by pricking the Horfe, andfuc^ J huris. The figns to know it, are, the Horfe will halt mud1» .jj the rift will bleed, and when the fhooe is off, the whole fo^8^ apparent to be feen. The cure, according to the ancient $i( |jjf is, to take off the fhooe, and cut away fo much of the fhooe0".!' fide where the forrance is, as the fhooe being immediatly ?^c°^ gain, all the whole rift may be uncovered j then open the wlstf' a drawer, and fill all the rift with a Rowel of Tow dipt in ^ pentine, Wax and Sheep-Suet molcen together, renewing ic^ day once till it be whole 5 and the rift being doled in the top» %* him betwixt the Hair and the Hoofe with a hot Iron over1^' that place, to theintent that the Hoofe may fhoot all whole ^0 ward ; and when the Horfe goeth upright, ride him either ^^rf other (hooe than this, or elfewithfuch a fhooe as m:y bear Jj1 (y part but only upon the falfequarter until the Hoöf behardn^.' £[0' thersufetoannointit once a day with Sheep-Suet and Oyl01' gether, and that will clofe the rift. ^{0 r-^ Others ufe to cut away the old corrupt Hoof, and then ta«e ^
^^ whites of Eggs,the powder of Incenfe, of unflackt Lime, oi^ ^ ofVerdigreafe, and of Salt,of each three ounces; mi*^""f Irf together, then dip in as much hurds as will cover the Fore-«00 -^, it on, and then about it lay Swines greafe an incn '^ti andlikewife below it alfo : bind this on in fuch fort tn4t,J-c tfi'j remainunftitred a fortnight, then renew it fo again, anül^c^ mike perfeft his Hoof. But ifthere be any corrupt matter g« ^ within the falfe quarter, and thereby cauieth the Herfe to haK> ^ |
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%! • ^ Wy°ur finger upon it, and if the Horfe fhrink therear,
(. ^H is ripe ; then open it with a drawing knife, and lee out the tL ttef, then lay on Horfe dung, Oyl, Sale, and Vinegar mist toge- w^laifter-wife, and that will heal it, and make the Hoof good j 1 however, you muft have care in fhooing him till his H )ofs be t(Wd, as is before fhewed you. CHAP. LXXXIII.
Of a Horfe that is hipptdy er hurl in thihipt, A Hovfe is faid to be hipped, when either by (train, Mow, or
}t > other accident,the hip bone is removed out of his right place. t^ls a forrance as hard to be cured as any whatfoever; for if it be tj. [aken even at the firft inftant, there will grow within the pot of m buckle bone, fuch a thick hard (ubftance, that ic will leave no LCe for the bone, and then it is utterly uncurable. The figns to ^v the forrance are, the Horfe will halt much, and go fide-long, l^ ^Ul trailihis Leggs a little after him ; the fore hipp alfo will be L^r than the other, and the fl'efh will fall away on the fide of tji^ttock. TRccureis, according to the beft Farriers, if you änen'm in good time, fit ft to cafthim on his back, and then having jkt0n8Paftorn onhisgrieved Leg, with a rope draw that Leggup- w.c» .ar>d with your hands on each fide his. thigh-bone, guidejt/ch- t0 "y into the pot: that done,lec him down gently, and fo fufförhim |
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^Vp all his hipp and back with Pitch and Ro'zeh molten together, Ik l'id on wärmend then fome ftox of his own colour to be clapped Rnth-e fame,and fo turn the Horfe tografs untilhego upright. _^
tL Utif the Horfe be not hipped, but only hurt in the hipp, and fcH3
'M nsw'y> then firft take of Oyl de Bay, of Dialthea, of Nerve oyl, (tjt -Df Ssvines greafe, of each half a pound j melc them all togther, tl, '"8 them continually until they bethrougly mingled together j 0t,Ce annoint the fore place therewith againft the hair, every day ^ Ü n! *Pace °^a f0rtn'gnt» anc^ ma'ce c^e oyntrn£nc nn^ well into
Va • > W holding a hotbarrof Iron over the place annointed,
trie lng your hand to and fro until the oyntment be entred into
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thing amended, then flit a hole downward jn his skin aß illCl ru
ncath the hip bone, making the hole fo wide, a? you niay^j thruftin a rowel with your finger; and then with a cornet a' quil blow the skin from the fleili above the bone, and round a ^ the fame,(o broad as the rowel may lye flat and plain within the s arid the flefh : and this rowel will be made of foft Calves ke3t. f,r with a hole in the midft, and a thread tied untoit,to pulitout w ^ you would deanfe it, or the hole ; and if the rowel be roled a" ■., with flax faft tyed oh, and anointed with the oyntment under ^ ten, it will draw fo much the more. J Now you rhuft thruft in your rowel ruft double, arid then fpfe t
it abroad with your finger: that done, rent it with a good-k31 tent of Hax dipt in a little Turpentine and Hoggs greafemolren1 , gether and made warm, and cleanie the hole and the rowel & J day once • andalfo renew the tent for the {pace of a fortnight, ä } before you drefs him, caufe him every day to be led up and do^., ,. foot pace a quarter of an hour, to make the humours come do*^, and at- the fortnights end pull out the rowel, arid heal'up the W<^ with the fame ,falve? making the tent every day leiffer and 1"! , untilit be whole : arid'fo'foörl'as it is whole, with a hot dra^' -. Iron draw crofs lines of eight or nine inches long right over the ^ bone, fo as the rowelled place may be in the very midft thereof, i fl burn him no deeper but as the skin may look yellow; and $v charge;a!l that .place, and over ail his buttocks withthis chaC Tajcepf, Pitch one pound ,'of Roz:n half a pound , and of j half, i' pint, bo'yl them, together, and then being good ' ^ warm,,' fpread it on with a clout tyed in a riven ftick, and c ,&( dap on a few flox of the Horfes colour, and if it be in Summe» ^ the Hoffe run tografs a while, for the more he trävelleth at hiS ° will, the better it is for him. |
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Of Stifling, and hurts in ths flifle. T'Hat Horfeis faid to be ftifled, when the ftifling bone, which is.
a little bone of two inches in length, lying between the nether '^d of the thigh-bone, and the upper end of the great hough-bone ^ the hinder Legg, is by any ftrain, ftroak, flip, or fuch like, thruft ^t of his right place; but if the ftifling bone be not removed nor Wened, and yet the Horfe halteth by means of fome grief in that Pjäte, then we fay the Horfe is hurt in the ftifle, and not ft;fled. *he fignsarethefe; Ifthe horfe be ftifled, the ftifle- bone will ftiefc- 0l*t more of the one fide than of the other, and it is apparent to the f^ and in his halting he will no more but touch the ground with hl* toe. .The cure, according to the opinion of the old Farriers, is, to
f^uft two round pinscrofs the ftifling bone, through the skin, in Uch fort' as you were taught for the fhonlder pighr, but the pins ■ °uld not be any thing near fo big, nor fo long, becaufe the ftifling 10"e is not fo broad as the fhoulder : and {landing in the ftable, /Jhimhavea paftorn and a ring upon his fore Legg, and thereunto aften a cord, which cord muft go about his neck, and let it be fo ^ch ftrained, asitmay bring his fore Leg more forward than the Dther to keep the bone from flarting out: Buc this cure is foul and; tr©ublefome} wherefore other Farriers of better experience, ufe only ^ fee a patten-fhooe upon his found foot, and fo turn him abroad, nache may be compelled to tread upon his lame foot: and that ^_ fining of it will in a day or two makehim asfound as ever he was, «P ■
3n^ put the ftifling-bone into his true place »gain. But if you can- ?0t readily get a patten-fhooe, then,you fhall take either a plain '^fingk, or any other broad binding web that will go three or four j."1»« about the HorfesLeg, and with it you fhall garter up theHor- ?s found Leg three fingers above his Hamm, even upon his miin
r*9tfinew, fo ftraightas yourfelf and another man can draw it : j ^ then turn the Horfe abroad where he may go up and down, and w e»ght and forty hours the Horfe will be found as ever he as: then take off the garter, and juj? the place that was gartered
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up with frefh butter, for it will be much (welled.
Now if this mifchance of ßifling happen unto yourHorfe i"
your travail, and that your occafions wJU not fuffer you to ftay i°r I anyofthefe Cures, then you fhalltake yourHorfe either to forne
deep Pond, of deep River that hath eafie going in and out, afld
there fwimnf him up and down a dozen turns: which done, y°j* may after travil him at your pleafure: for the marc he is laboured» thefounder he will go. Now if your Horfe be not ftifled, but only i hurt in the flifle, either wirh fome ftripe or fome drain, then the
bone will not ftand out, yet perhaps the place will be much fweio«
The cure, according to the opinion of the old Farriers, is, to make a little flit in his skin, a handful below the fore place, and then with aquil blow all the skin from the flefh upwards, and then with your hand prefs out the wind again, and then thrufl in a rowel o* Horfe-hair from the fiift flit to the upper part of theftifle bone ' this done, take a pottle of old pifs and boylic to a quart, and deanf6 it well i then take a handful of Mallows, and half a pint of Sal«c oyl, and add them to the pifs, and then boyl them well together-« then bath all the fore place therewith every day once the fpace Qt fe-ven or eight day es, and let him not ftir out of the (liable during the cure, and in twenty one dayes he will be found. Other Farriers ufe only to take a pound of Bole-armony, a quart
of red wine Vinegar> fix Eggs beaten, fhels and all, two penny- worth of Englifli honey, and as much Venice Turpentine, onequar* of flower, and one good handful of Bay falt| put all thefe in a pott and incorporate them well togetherjthen keep them clofe one nighr» and the next day annoint the fore place with fome of it ; and thiJ5 dreffing it once a day the fpace of nine dayes, it will make the Hc*'e ioufld. CHAP. LXXXV.
Of the bone Sp4ven% or dry Spaven.
THe bone Spaven, or dry Spaven, is a great hard knob as big 3*
a Walnut, growing in the infide of the hoof, hard under ch« joynt, near unto the maßer-vein ; it groweth at the ruft like a ten- der griftle, and by procefs of time, it commeth to be a hard bofl«» |
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times by nature or defcenr, as when either the Sire or Dam of the Horfe have had the fame difeafe; andfometimes (which ismoft generally) itcommeth when a Horfe is Laboured too young; for a Horfe in that part of his hinder Legg hath fmall bones knit all To- gether upon one dufter, which being preffed before they be na- turally hardned, cannot chufe but thruft forth thefe unnatural ex- crefcions. Other whiles ir prcceedeth from extreme labour and heat, diflolving humours which do defcend through the Mafter- vein, continually feeding that place with evil Nutriment, and caufes the place to fwell, which f welling in continuance of time becommeth fo hard as a bone, and therefore is called the bone Spaven. The fignsare the apparent fight of the forrance ; and truly for mine own parr, I amofthemind of other Farriers, that it is very hard abfo- lutely to cure it, yet that the eye-fore may be taken away, and the haUing much eafed, is not hard, for I have done it many times. Then to proceed to the cure thereof, according to the opinion of the old Farriers, is thus: Firft flit the skin juft over the head of the Spaven or Excrefcion, and open it with a Cornet, and in any cafe have a care that you touch not the mafter-vein, but put ic I$ry? then with your Lancet lay the Spaven all bare, then with a ßne Chizel about a quarter of an inch broad, or a little more, firike off the dead of the Spaven, to the quantity of a quarter of an Almond, or according to the bignefs of the Spaven: then take two penny- Waight of Verdigreafe beaten to fine powder, and two penny- ^aight of Nerve-oyl, and beat ihem all well together: then laying Wie of it upon fine Linr, lay it upon the Spann; then lay dry W betwixt the medicine and the vein, that the medicine may noc toUch the vein; then lay a plaifter of Pitch, Rozen, Turpentine, 8n4 Hoggs greafe molten together, all over the hough, both to com- ^ttthejoynt, and to keep in the medicine.. And thus drefs him lhe fpaceof three dayes, and it will cleanfe away the Spaven even- t0 the bottom j at the end «f three dayes you fhall wafh away the c°trofite and the matter, either with Tanners water, or with Vine- S^fj and lay no more of that Salve thereto for hurting the bone; then make a plaifter of Diaculum, and lay it upon a Linnen cloath and lay that plaifter unto the Spaven, renewing it every day once for the fpace of .fe¥en dayes, and it will heaL him up,. Otheri
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Others of the old Farriers ufe, firft to wafh the Spaven with
warm water, and ("have off the hair fo farr as the Spaven extendeth, and then fcarifie the place and make it bleed: then take of Can" tharides one dozcn,md of Euforbium half a fpoonful; beat the«1 into powder, and boy 1 them together with a little Oyl de bay, lay this boyling hot upon the fore, and let all his tail be tied up from wiping away the medicine; and then within half an hour after fet him up in the ft able, and tye him (o as he may not lye down all that night, for fear of rubbing off the medicine; and the next day annojat it with frefh Butter» continuing thus to do every day once the fpace of five or fix dayes; and when the hair is grown again, draw the fore place with an hot Iron in this fort,juft upon theSpaven! then take another hot Iron like a bodkin,fomewhat bowing at the point, and thruft it iit at the neather end of the middle line, and fo upward betwixt the skin and the flefh, an inch and an half, and then tent it with a little Hoggs greafe and Turpentine molten together, and made warm, renewing it every day once the fpace of nine dayes • pro- vided that full immediatly after his burning, you take up the mafter-vein, fuffering him to bleed a little from above, then with a red filk tye the upper end of the vein, and leave the neather endo* pen, to the intent that he may bleed from beneath until it ceafe of if felf j and this will diminifh the Spaven» but not take it clean »- way. Now there be other Farriers which ufe after they have burnt it in
manner afore-faid, and taken up the mafter-vein, to annointit with frefh Butter, till the burning begin to fcale ; and then take of Sage and Nettles, of each a handful, and boyl them with four handful of Mallows in fair water, and then put thereto a little Butter, an« with that bath him every day once for three or four dayes till the turning be whole, and let him not wet his feet during tne cure. Others ufe to prick the Spaven with a^Larp pointed knife» the"
take a piece of a candle, and lay a piece of brown paper upon it»and with an hot Iron melt the tallow, and after aonoint it with Butter. Others ufe fitft to prick the Spaven well,then to lay upon it for three or four dayes together, every day mans-dung: after that, lay to »^ Galbanum till the fore-matter and rhume, and the humour corn f forth •
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(Vi11: then wadi it with Urine , and laftly, heal it up with
hairatl(* ^oney boykd together, for that will bring on the «H<]?w t0 conclude, that which I have ever found to be the fureft
Hi1'I• c'eane^ waY t0 tz^e tne bene Spaven quite away,if it be u'ed N c cre"on andcare» 's co take °^ VngHtntum lApößolorum, tdt °jwhite Mercury, of each a like quantity, but of Mercury ra- v lhc more ; mix them well together: then after you have caft to'Horfe, make a flit juft the length of theSpaven, fa that you V no.c tne mafter' vein • c^en °Pe"ing it»and laying all the Spaven »pi» ^ith a fharp rnftrument fcale the Spaven a little; then make (pt{ &>nt of lint juft fo big as the excrefcion or bone Spaven is: then typing fome of the Salve thereon, lay it upon the Spaven; then O ^y lint defend all other parts of the member, efpecially the Ltet'Vein, from the corrofive: then lay the plar'fter of Pitch, l)jjitnj Turpentine and Hoggs greafe before fpoken, round about \ °i&^ a ^° 'ct ^m re^ an(^ twcnty hoars: then take a»
%']' that medicine, and fcaling the bone a little, if you find the
ti5f 7>ve have not gone deep enough, then drefs it in the fame man- \[^ fecondtime, and that will be altogether fufficient: then 'ity °' Turpentine, ofDeersfuer, and of Wax, of each a likequan- mix and melt them well together, then drefs the fore place '(L^'th being warmed, and line or tow dipt therein, and within SJ °* two you (hall fee the whole cruft of the fpaven come clean \h then may you with the fame Salve, heal up the wound j and *^| O'th never failed me in any praaicei Alfo underftand \^»tfoever takethaway the Splint, taketh away the Spaven |
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Of the blood Spaven, net Spaven, or through Sp4vm, J He blood Spaven, wet Spaven, or through Spaven, (for all is
N f^ d»feafe)isa fofc dwelling growing on both fides the hoof,
fvt(>iu!aStll0U8 it went through the hoof, whereby it is called
W • S.Pavei> i but, for the moft part the (welling on the infidc
'e«is fed continually of the Matter vein) is greater than the
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ling on the out-fide. It proceedeth from a more flexible and nj^
humour, and not fo vifcous and flimy as the other Spaven ^j and therefore thisjnever waxeth hard, nor gröweth to a b°nC*cot therefore it is a much eafiercure than the other. The fig"sC jtj$, are like the other the apparent fight thereof; and for the cure,r;jfft according to the opinion of the old Farriers, in this manner: -ft wafh the Spaven with warm water, and then drefs si^> Cantharides and Euforbium, in fuch fort as was at large jy ed in the former Chapter} only you (hall not boyl them» b$* • mix them together, and drefs the (ore therewith two dayes toße' ^ then annoint it with Butter, and after burn it with a hot l*0'1^ without and within, in manner ar is fliewed alfo in the y M Chapter; butyoufhall by no means tent it: then imtn^'^J you fball take up the mafter-vein, and let it bleed» as was W^j before ; and then for the fpace of nine dayes, annoint him cvef?V( once with Butter, until the burning begin to fcale, and then vV ^ with this bath: Take of Mallows three handfnlls, of S>6,J handful, and as much of red Nettles; boyl them in \vitei u$ they be £oft, then put thereto a little ftefh Butter,and bathe the?^ everyday once for the fpace of three or four dayes, and*»11 burning be whole, let the Horfe come in no wet. mi Other Farriers ufe, after they have flnved'offthe hair>an^: „J
uj> the veinf to take of Muftard-feed, öf the great Mallow tcfl*' )i of Ox-dung, of each a like quantity, and as much ftrong Vi«,e^> will mix them together like a Salve, then beat them all well 1°%^ $ and make thereof a foft plaifter, or elfe an oyntment, sndM 0 pon the Spaven j change it evening and morning, and bi"*1 ^ fuch fort to the forrance with forrie piece of cloath,that it may fl ^ off or be removed ; and when the Spaven is elean gone, k.?-.^ the place a plaifter of Pitch very hot, and take it not off, tu»0' $? away of its own accord. Oiher Farriers ufe unto this f°rfl,£ dieine to add Oyl debay, Turpentine, and Bole-armony- . Mtf And other Farriers ufe but only to take up the vein, k^y. i^ and below the Spaven, and differing it to bleed wellj in /jt^ «P the vein, and annoint it with Butter tillit.be whole, an0 cOHfumetheSpaveri» £f#
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"HfiraretmAweU apfraved t^ledieinet whkh »III take way mj
*lotd fpaven tvhatfnever. A ^cer you have taken up the vein, knit it faft above, and then
fn|j ettt it ia funder,you (hall take of Lynfeed two or three handÜ <k' "id bmife it well in a morcer, then mix it with new Cow- V{Jj>and putting it in a frying pan, heat it well upon the fire, and tijj j k* aPP^ 'xt t0 tne $Paven» renewing it morning and evening it,} "ring the Spaven like a byle to «mpoftumacion, and to break (oj, e° 'fter it hath runn a day or two, you (hail only apply to the *plaifler of Pitch, till-it be whole. CHAP. LXXXVHI.
Of the Seiender. r"c Seilender is a cetain kind of dry (cab, growing in the very
»U-f °cnt of the ham of the hinder Leg; and it extendeth out into (L v°Ured chaps orchincks, which if it be not prevented byme- toL^-i* will fret in funderthe finewsof the hoof: It is in all \tS unt0 * Mallander, and it proceedeth from the (elf like Q^ esj and requireth the felf fame cures j therefore look into the ^m!* °^ C^c Ma^8n^crj and whatfoever you find there, that will th« Mailänder, the fame w ill alfo cure the Seilender. CHAP. LXXXIX.
Of the Hough Ponny» y "e Hough Bonny is a round fwelling like a Paris ball, growing
Kt^ a1?0« the very tip or elbow of the hoof, and commeth ever of *l»i„n,r'Pc or bruife; but efpecially when he beateth his hoof either ^ll q t"e P°ft which ftandeth behind him,at the neathcr end of his H^kr a8ainft the bar which doth divide him from another Horfe, \[e ^any Ramiflj Jades will do, when they feek to ftrike at the which ftandeth next them, Mm a Nov? |
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Farriers, take a round Iroafomewhat {harp at the end, like3 8 j, big bodkin, and let it be fomewhat bending at the point; then ^ ding the fore with your left hand, pulling it fomewhat frofn-ff1 y news, pierce it with the Iron, being fit ft made red hot, thtu»10»^ beneath in the bottom, and fo upward into the-jelly, to the111. « that the fame jelly may iffue downward out of the hole: and "^L, tfcruft out all the jelly, tent the hole with a tent of flax dipt i« * ut pentine and Hogs greafe molten together; and alfo annoifl11 * out-fide with Hogs greafe made warm, renewing it every day°^( until the hole be ready to clofe up, making the tent every day "ljj and lefl'er until ic be whole. Now for my own part, both & ^ j-3 forrance, or any other bruife in this part, I have found this cufe'.{, ^^" thebeft: Firft, either with rotten litter or hay boy led in old $ g |
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ther,to riperf the fwelling, and bring it to putrifaclion,or elfe t°.0l'ftfi
the/welling away, but if it come to a head, then tolaunce it' flflll( Joweft part of the foftnefs, with a thin hot Iron, and fo to I£t J the matter: then to tent it with Turpentine, Deers fuef> .p Wax, of each a like quantity molten together, laying a P^alf of the fame Salve over it, to hold in the tent until it be pff" well. CHAP. XC.
Of the Cttrbi A Curb is a long fwelling a little beneath the Elbow of rheAfi,
of the great finew behind, hard above the top of the »°e which caufeth the Horfe to bale after a little labour : for the &m his finew is ftrained, thegreateris his pain, and the more he \^ reft, the leffer is his grief; it commeth as the Spavens come, ei ef from defcent, or from great burthens when the Horfe is y°a(i°^ elfe from feme ftrainor wrench. The figns are the apPafCflt/t)ä^ thereof j and the cure according to the old Farriers, is firft to <J off the hair, then prick it with a fleam in three or four places» . (ox three or jfoui dayes together, lay wuoit twice a day mans Q ^(ß |
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then lay Galbanum to it Iikewife twice a day until itror, and that
j"C matter doth ilTue forth j then wafh it with Urine: and Iafth/,. "fal k up with Honey and Oyl boyled together, renewing the fame twice a day till the Curb be gone ; and in any cafe let all your Sal- ves be applied warm and new made, and if you make an iffue toith a hot Iron in the bottom of the Curb, it will not do a^ mifs. Others ufe to take a very hot Iron.and hold it as nigh the fore as
tnay be, but not touching it: then when it is warm, vent it in fix °rfeven places: then take a fpoonful of Salt, half a fpoonful of Nerve-oyl,and a penny-weight of Verdigreafe, and the white of an £gg; mix thefe well together, and dipping flax in the fame lay it to the Curb, and this in few dreffings will take it away. Other farriers ufe to chafe and rub ehe Curb well with their hands ! then take red Walt-wort leaves, and Burrage, and braying them . Well together, lay it to the Curb, renewing it once a day for a feven- night together. Others ufe to flit the Curb all the length, then take a piece of Linnen cloath, and wet it in. wine made warm: then ftrow Verdigreafe thereupon, and bind it to the fore, renewing it once a day until the Curb be gone. Others of the ancient Farriers take of Wine lees a pint, of Cummin half an ounce, and as much Wheat-flower as will thicken it, and ftir them well together ; and being made warm, charge the fore place therewith, renewing it e- very day once the fpace of three or four dayes,and when the fwelling is almoft gone,, then draw it with a hot Iron made very thin, in this fort, and cover the burning with pitch and Rozen i* molten together* and layed on good and warm, and clap J hereon fome flox of the Horfes color, or fo nigh as may be yp gotten, and remove them not until they fall away of them- selves j and for the fpace of nine dayes let the Horfe reft, and come in no wet< Now there be other Farriers which to this laft recited Salve» will add Tar, and it is not amifs, only it will not ftick fo well. , Now for mine own part, I have ever found this praise the
P«ft, with a broad incle to bind the hoof ftrait a little about the
*^d '• then with a fmooth hazel ftick to beat, rub, audchafVthe <~urb 5 then with a fleamjfirike it as deep as.youcan in two or three places
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places of the Curb : then thruft out the corrupt blood ; and after
upon the point of your knife, put into every hole as deep as you can thruft it, the quantity of two Barly corns of white Mercury, and fo let the Horfe reft four and twenty hours after; then after, only an* noint the fore place with hot molten Butter till it be whole, once« day at the leaft. And Iikewife here underftand, that whatfoever cureth the fplint or Spaven, that eurethtne Curbalfo. I C H A P. XCI.
Of the pains.
vHe Pains is a certain ulcerous fcab growing in the Paftornsof a
Horfe, betwixt the fetlock and the heel, full of fretting matterifh water, and commeth only for want of good rubbing and clean dreffing, after the Horfe hath been journeyed in the Winter wayes, by means whereof the fand and durt remaining in the hair, fretteth the skin and flefli, and fo breedeth to a fcab; and therefore your Frifonds, and Flanders Horfes and Mares, which are now io much in ufe with us for the Coach, are the fooneft troubled With this Difeafe, if the Keeper be not much the more careful. The fign* hereof are, his Legs, will be fwoln and hot* the fcab will be pa- lpable to befelr, and the water will iffrie out ef the fcab ; which water is fo hot and fretting, that it will fcald off the hair, and breed v-^fcabs where itgoeth. The cure, according to the ancient Farriers» is: Take of Turpentine, Hogs greafe, Honey and black Sopc, of each a like quatity, and having molten them upon a foft fire, take ic off, and put in a little Bole-armony, finely beaten into powder» then work all thefe things well together with a flick in your righc hand and a difh of Wheat-flower by you, that with your left hand . you may put it in by a little at once, till you have made it thick like an Oyntinentor foft Salve: then fpread it upon a Linnen cloath* as big as the fore, having firft cut away the hair, and made the fr>rC ' •raw, apply t0 the falve, and drefs him thus once a day until it he whole. This medicine is well approved to cure all forts of pain Scratches,
Mouldy heels, or any other skirvy fcalls whatfoever, that may breed in Horfes Legs or heels, whether they come by means of evil hu- 3 meurs»
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ttioars, or for lack of good dreffingor clean keeping, whether they
be mattery and filthy runing fores, orelfe dry fcabs. Others of " the old Farriers ufe for this forrance to take a pint of red Wine lees, and a handful of Wheat-bran, a faucer full of Honey, and half a pound of the powder of powdred Beef burnt, and as much of Bark duft,and half a pound of Allom,and a quarter of a pound of Swines greafe,and half a handful of Vervine.beat all thefe together in a Mor- ter, and then fry them over the fire, and make a hot plaifier thereof, »ndlay it to the fore as hot as the horfe canfufferk, letting it abide there the fpace of three dayes, and in once or twice thus dreffing him, it will make him found j yetfomehold, if you do with a hot draw- ing Iron fear the great vein over-thwart, a handful above the fet-. lock,and then take afpoonfulofTar,a fpoonfulof butter,and a fpoon- ful of honey,and warming them well cogether,annoint the vein there» with every day till the cure be perfected, and it is much available. Other Farriers ufe, firft to wafh all the Horfes paftorns with But-
ter and Beer well warmed together, and then his Leg being fome- whatdryed, dip away all the hair that doth annoy the fore: then take of Turpentine, of Hogs greafe, and of Honey, of each like quantity j mingle them well together in a pot, and put thereunto a. little Bole-armony, the yolks of two Eggs, and as much Wheat- flower as will thicken the things afore-faid, and Lo by long working ir,make it like a plaifter ; then fpread it upon the Linnen cloath, and lap it round abont the Horfes paftorn, and bind it faft on with at towler, renewing it once a day till the Horfe be whole; and in no wife let the Horfe come in any wet during the cure. Oxhers ufe» firft to chafe the fore place with a hay-rope, or with a hair cloath, till it either bleed or be raw j then take a little ftrong Muftard, Beane-fiower, and frefh greafe, with a little Fenugreek ; then mix all together in a difli, and make thereof a Salve, and therewith ao- nointthe fore, until it leave mattering : then take Honey, the white of an Egg, and frefh Butter; mix them together, andan- noiht the fore place therewith until it be whole.' Others ufe only fo bathe the fore with Beef broath, and theri for four or five dayes after, to annoint it with Sope, or elfe firft to plunge his feet in fcal- ding water twice or thrice: and then bathe the fore in fcalding water: then have ready a hard rofted Egg, cleave it in the middft, and lapp it to as hot as jrbu can, and let it iye bound allnight; ufe |
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|^3 this once or twice , and you may adventure to ride hinW
Others ufe to take Pepper, Gailick ftampt, Colworts, and old
Hogs greafe, of each like quantity, then beat them in amortertiu they be come to a Salve, and fo lay it to the fore, renewing it once* day till it be whole. Others ufe fitft to takeup the fhackle-veins on both fides, !»'
IS5» take the foftrow of a red herring, and muftard, and black fope,and when they are well beaten together, boyl them in Vinegar till they come to a Salve, and apply it t& the fore ; this will cure the pains» albeit you do not take up the fhackle veins. If you cannot readil/ get this Salve, you may take Butter and Honey molten together, and it will help them, orelfetakeapoundofHogsgreafe, a penny-worth of Verdigreafe, two ounces of muftard, half a pound of Oyl de bay» a quarter of a pound of Nerve oyl, half a pound of Honey, half* pound of Englifh wax, one ounce of Arinick, two ounces of red ^ Lead, and half a pint of Vinegar; boyl all thefe together and m^e an oyntment of it: then having dipt and made the fore all bare, apply the medicine thereunto very hot, and, renew it once a day un- til it be whole. Others ufe to takeflve ounces of Orpiment, five or Tartar, one of Verdigreafe, half an ounce of Sulphur, as much o» Vitriol made into powder, the/uyceof four Citrons, thewhites,oJ two Eggs, with three ounces of S»let oyl j let all thefe be very we» beaten together, and applyed once a day to the fore, and it will n°c o»ly heal this difeafe, but any fait humour whatsoever. MWc with foftgreafe, Vinegar, Honey, Orpiment, and Arfnick i but|cC Arfnick be the leaft, and it will cure this difeafe, fo will alfo whits Wax, Turpentine and Camphora mixt together. Others ufe l® take an hundred black Snails in the moneth of May, flit them, a0Cl pat them in a bag with a pint of Bay fair, then hang them ovCC the fire, with a Veffel fet under to receive what drops from then"» and keep it in a clofe glafs: then annoint the fore erery day th«c" with, and it will heal thisforrance. Others take Honey and Vine' gar, of each alike quantity, a little Oyl, and fuetof a He-goafj ° each alike, alfo boyl them with a fofc fire and ftir it well: wh.£. it waxeth red, add of Verdigreafe and Vitriol, of each like qua«»1* made into powder, ftirring it till it be red and thick: tnen,kf'g? warm, annoint the fore place therewith once a day after it hath oc wafhed with warm water: and this not only helps the pains, ,^ |
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Auo green Copperas and Roch albm, of each half a pound, and
, handful of Bay-(alt boy led in a gallon of running water, will e«>l it j or elfe unto it add a pint of Honey, and boyl it over again, M it will be the better ; then when you have anointed the fore herewith, rub it with the powder of Glafs, Muftard and Vinegar ^'xed together, and afterward skin it with Cream, and the inner lnde of Elder beaten to a falve, which muft be applied to the fort ^iceadayattheleaft. C H A P. XCir.
Of the Mules or Kihe-JJtels. T^Hefe Mules, or Kybed heels, are certain dry fcabs or chaps
/*• breeding behind upon the heels of a Horfe, and fo a little in- ;*rd even tothe Fetlock, in long chaps and chinks; it proceeded! 'wr from corruption of blood, or from being bred in wet marrifh *<mnds, or elf- from unclean and negligent keeping, in fuch man- £ as the Pains are bred ; thisforrance will make.the Horfe'sLeg to Ml much, efpecially in the Winter, and abour the Spring time,and * Jill go ftifly, and halt much. j Now for the cure, you fhallunderftand, that whatfoever healeth
^ Pains, the fame will in like fort heal chofeKy bed heels ; yet for *6re particularity, you fhall know, that the old Farriers did ufe j(yhis forrance, if they took it at the beginning, but onelyto anoint n*or two or three dayes with Sope, and then after to wafh it with , ng Urine» or Beef-broth till it were whole; but if it were of f*y long continuance, then firft to cut away the hair, and lay the ,weopen and plain; then take two ounces of uriflaked Lime, one j^ce of Sope, and the white of an Egg, or elfe an ounce of unflacked J*e» and as much Salt,and three ounces of Soot, and mingling them li.hftrong Vinegar, anoint the fore therewith, and it will heal and 'them. Farriers ufe to calcinate Tarter, and diffolve it to water;
'id1 u°ngea^ " '^c ^a'c» an<* m'ns'e xc w'tn Sope like an oyntment,
lktll'n drefs the fore therewith, and this will in eight and forty
Uts heal any Mules, Pains, or Scratches whatfoever. If you take
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the juyce of the leaves and roots of Elder, it is very good to dry *P
any of thefe evil humours. CHAP. XCIIt
of wiUgAüs:
THe Wind-gall is a littleBleb or Bladder ful of corrupt )e^^f,
like the white of an Egg growing on each fideof the Mal**^. finew cf the Leg, hard above the Paftorn.. Now of, them fome tfl be big, and fome will be little,and there will be fometimes more th* one or two of a dufter, and they are fo painful, elpecially in & Summer feafon, when the Weather ij hot, and the Wayesha* * that the Horfe is not able to travel,, bnthalteth down-right j &' proceed commonly fromextreme labour in the Summer time up0 hard Wayes, whereby the humours being diffolved> do flow andf + fort into the hollow places about the nesther joynts, which arefl101 beaten and feebled with travel, and there are congealed and covet■ with a thin skin like, a bladder j they are moft apparent to be fc and felr.. ,m Of* The cure thereof, according to the old Farriers, is to take a Krj^
and open it in the length of a Bean, piercing no further inro it tn' through the skin of the bladder, and then thruft OUt the jelly,Wn>: { aslfaid before, will be like the white of an Egg; then take & yolk of an Egg, and as much Oyl de Bay as a good Nur, and mi1" \ them together, make a Plaifter thereof, and by it to the (ore, a u in two orthreedayesit will heal it. Others of the old Farriers df it with Euforbiumand Cancharides, in fuch fort as is fhewc" .«, the taking away of the fplent; but if that will not ferve, diefljjf a hot drawing Iron to draw the Windegall in this fott: J4fc*^\ then to open the middle Line with a Launcer, the length of a B*M and thruft out the jelly ; then lay Pirch and Rozen molren toge*"L Upon if, and then a few flox, and that will take it clean away. ^ thtr Farriersufe to take up the Marter-veins on the infide°* t Legs, and fuße»him only to bleed from below : Then having Pj uptheVtin, cover all his Leg over with a Plaifter of Wine-lees a Wheat flower mingled together, androwl it with a longroVW
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Others ufe to open the skin and put out the jelly; then raJcea
fP°onfulofOyldeBay, a fpoonful of Turpentine, a penny-worth of Verdigreafe, the white of an Egg, and a quarter of an ounce of ,?<JLead, boyl them together till it come toafalvej then lay ic to ^ Wind-gal, and it will cure it j orelfe, after you have let out ttlc jelly, take Rozen, Sheeps Suet, and Brimftone, of each alike, and **»elc them together, and lay that upon the Wind-gall, fo it be not !°o hot, and it will cure it. Others take the roots of Cummin, and b?at them well with a little Salt, and lay that to the Wind-gall; or ^ anoint them with the juice of Onions or Leek-blades, and that cap Ml allay them, or dfc ground-ivy and Worm-wood with the roots H in Wine, and laid to the Wind-gall, will take them away. O- ^K of our later experienced Farriers, take an ounce of white Wax, ^ ounce of Rozen, two ounces of raw Honey, three ounces of SMnesgreafe, twoouncesof Oyl of the yolks of Eggs, five ounces of Oyl de Bay; mix all thefe well together, and ftrain them ; then J^them into the Wind-gall.by holding a hot bar of Iron agamft the Vment, and it will take the Wind-gall away. Now for the Hing of the Oyl of the yolks of Eggs, it «thus: Firft, feeththe ^gshard, then ftamp them, and feeththemin an earthen pot with 1 foft fire, and fo ftrain them. Now this medicine will not only ?lthe Wind-gall, but «he Ringbone aUo, it is very good for the Sing of the Wind-gall, and for making the med.cine tc.workthe Ser, to let the Horfe ftand in a c Ad running ftream an hour MOT- 'S ™d evening. The fcum of the four Salts fod in mans Urine, ^ laid to the Wind-gall,will take it away. ;, There be others which take a pottle of Vinegar, a pound of Or- ient, a quarter of a pound of Galles, and as much of the herb Sapot then every day therewith bathe: the Wind-gall, and in
S weeksit witt dry themclean upj it will alfo take away a Curb, l* » Spaven or a ring bone, if you take them at the breeding. O- SÄS.S of Sevabyl and Brimftone, of each hke quan. > andSththem in mans Urine, and ft.rthem^ "^ ?^ put in the quantity of a Walnut of Sope, to keep the hair from ^i„goffi then bathe the Wind-gall with ^ hot,thnce together
>°i«g it well in j then anoint it above with Nerve-Oyl, and Oyl ^%, and makeit, by holding to it a hot Bar of Iron, or a hoe N n a r»e. •
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Fire-pan, to fink into the flefh, and in three day es it will dry up a '
Wind-gal. _ . y £Ü==> Now for mine own part, thebeft Medicine I have found ifl™
practice for thisSorrance, and theeafieft, is, with a fine Lance[ . open the Wind-gall, making the hole ho bigger than that the )e ' may come forth', then having thruft it clean forth, lap a wo H wet doath upon it, and with a Taylers hot pr.efli.ng Iron, nib uf0fi the doath tillyou have made the eloath fuck in all the moyfta £ from the Wind-gal, and that the Wind-gall is dry ; then take ° |
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Pitch, of Rozen, and of Maftick, of eachlike quantity, andbe>p|
very hot, daub it all over the Wind-gal'; then clap good ftore flex of the colour of the He rfe upon it, and fo let the Horte reft ot& at grafs till the Playfter fall offby its own accord, and be fure $ Wind-gall will begone. u Now I would give you this for a Rule, that by no meanesyou11
to a Wind gal, either Arfnick or Refalgar; for commonly y1 ( the Windr gall will come again; neither muft you burn much, A] make any great incifion : For any of thefe will turn the foft I115 fiance of the Wmd-gall to hardnefs,and then the Horfe will be \$ without cure. CHAP. XCIV.
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either by fome wrench in the Stable, when the Planche*5'., broken under him, or by treading awry upon fomeftone, °ru|Le fome Cartrut, as he travellethby the way. The figns where0*, thefe j Thcjoync will be fwoln and fore, and the Horfe will h*/ |
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Other Farriers rake of Dialthea half a pound, and as much nerve
cy'> mingle them well together, and anoint the fore place therewith, ^afing it well with both your hands, that the Oyntment may enter !ni continuing fo to do every day once until the Oyntment be all 'Pent, and let the Horfe reft ; but if this will not prevail, then they ^ill ufe camharides, as in cafe of the fplint j but I do not hold that .?üre convenient, becaufe it will make a double grief. Therefore I "fcd rather you fhould take Pompilion, Nerve Oyl and black Sope, 6f each alike, and heat them hot en the fire, and then anoint the fore Hace therewith, and it will make the Horfc found. C H A P. XCV.
*fl remedy any manner of halting thai comitb by Strain, Stroafry er-
any other accident. jVTO'V fbrafmuehas halciflg'isfiich a general Sorrante drnpngfi
>\l- Horfes, that not any mäntbarisMäflerof a Horfe, -but even ^.His fmalleft travel, is atonetime or other vexed with the fame, I 1' 1 here before I do proceed any further, fet you down certain gene- <a' Receits fele&ed and culled out of the private practice and ex- wimentsofthe bed Farriers in Chriftendome, of which I may give "c bolder teftimohy, becaufe I have made practice of their ver- If then your Horfe have taken any half, either by -ftifnefs of
Sews, Strain, Wrench, Stroak, or any other accident, if the grief yh his Leg, you fhalltake Smallage, Oxe-eje, and Sheeps fueti P^ach a like quantity, chop them all together, -and boyl it in mans Mfine, and bathe all the Leg therewith j therewith Hay »fop« wee- i1 c°ld water, rowl up his teg, and he will be able to travel the next y. {^ [f you feeth a pound of bja'c'k Sope in a quart of ftrong Ale tillir
J?0* like Tar, and anoint the teg therewith, it will fupple the ^^Mnd bring them to their truecourfe. If you waflvhis Limbs ^'^he ground* of Beer or Ale made warm, and then rope them P with Haytfdpes *** >n the" fame, it will recover a (frain. If you eacLQfttle flower of tinfeed» of Turpentine, audl^fe-honey* of n alike, and boyltkmwith'"white Wine until they-'be thick like |
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unto an Oyntment; then fpread it on a cloath, and lay it to the
grief, and it will take away any ache or pain in the fincws; u»K wife a Plaifter of Wine lees and Wheat flower, or a Plaifte* °* black Sope and Boars greafe will do the like. , If you mix Nerve Oyl,Oyl de Bay, and Aquavit* together» »*£
Or» warm it, and chafe kin, and upon, and about the ftrain, it w'1 take the anguifh quite away. Ifthegriefbe in the fhoulder, or tbc hinder Leg, then burn him upon the veryjoynt, by taking up wc skin wirh a pair of pinions, and thruft the skin through with a h° Iron over-thwart; and if this cure him not, then his pain is ^/ twixt the thin skin and the bone, which muft then be towelled. * the grief be in the fhoulder, or in the hip, or elfe*where,then let h^ blood, and laving the blood, mix therewith the powder of Frafl' kincenfe, and anoint the Horfe with the fame. If the grief be ofl'55 inthefinews, then take the Plaifter called Sologliatium, made0' Gum-dragant, new Wax, Pitch and Turpentine mixed together, ° elfe take the yolks of two Eggs, an ounce of Frankincenie, ano., little bran, and beat them well together, and lay it to the pain. * the grief do proceed from a hot caufe, then let the Horfe blood, sty with that blood mix. Vinegar and Qyl, and anoint him, andch»»' ■ir weU. But if it proceed from a cold caufe, then let him bleed* little, and with Figs foaked a day in warm water, andasrnf1' Muftard-feed, make a Plaifter, and lay it to the grief. Ifitco«1'6 either by any rufti or ftripe, let the Horfe blood, and with th*> blood mingle ftrong Vinegar, Eggs,; (hells and all, three ounces °. Sanguis iracmit^ four of Bole-armony, and five of Wheat meal, »0 • $aub it all over the fore place. If the grief be in the fhoulder, i#T the skin broken, take Galls of Soria punned, and mingle them Vf*j? Honey, and lay it to the fore. If his pain come from the ö'^f of his joynts, cake a pound of black Sope, and boyl it in a quaf1-, fi Ale till it be thick, and it will comfort thcioynts. If the joyntS if fwelledj.then take Rozen, Pitch, Turpentine, and Sanguis 1>raeSLt molten together, and lay it to the fwelling warm, and it will«' c take away the fwellingy or elfe ripen it and make it run. If yolJ i ^ of the Oyl0f Camomile, Oylof Dill, Butterand Agrippa,.° u^lf a like quantity:^ elfe make aPlaiftei; qf an ounce off urpcntifto fl)l an, ounce of, Yerdigreafe, andthj: marrow of Horfe with warm water, wherein Rofernary |
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j^ill eafeany pain whatfoever. If the Horfespain be in his fliouf-
?Cr> fiift with a Lancet prick the skin through between the fpade „°ne and the marrow bone ; then putting in a quil, blow the skin r°m the flefh, even all about; then thrufting out the wind with J^Ur hand, put in a Rowel; then take a potle of ftale Urine, feeth -tvvith a pound of Butter, and as much Swines greafe, and a hand- .**' of Mallows, a handful of Tanfie, a handful of Vervin,ahand- ^lof red Nettles, a handful of Southernwoods, and a handful of j*lrn leaves,then beat them all well together,and fo anoint his fhoul- 2* therewith, and let him not go forth of the ftable for feven dayey. r his grief be in any nether joynt, then take a handful of Laurel ijves, and of Primrofe leaves, of ground-Ivy, of Crow-foot, of ^allows, of red Fennel,, and of fine Hay, of each of them feveral as *juch • feeth them well together, and then let them (land fourteen . ayes, then bathe the joynt once a day, and bind on the herbs unto Ilfourdayes together; then after chafe into the joynt frcfh greafe j>d ©yl mixed together, and it will cafe all his pain; Now to con- 'Ude, ifanyjoynt or member about a Horfebe by any flux of hu- mours fwelled and grown out of fhape,whereby the Horfe goeth ftiff M halteth; then to diffolve thofe humours, take Wormwood, ^8f> Rofemaryv, the Bark of the Elm tree, and of a Pine, together v1^ Lin-feed, and boyling thefe together make a Bathe or Pultust J|Crc°f> and lay it to the fick member, and it will diflblve the hu- JpUts ; and fo likewise will Figs being ftaroped with Salt, and apr
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CHAP. XCVI.
**' Rare and Well-off roved (JftiedicineSy which will curt any man*
ntr of Strainer S-nclling whatfoever, be it bard or foft, by what «ccidentfoevy it (hall com. P the Srain be newly taken, youfhall then take Vinegar of the
J: j £fta pint, and of fweet Butter better than a quarter of a pound» ■ ^ melt them over the fire % then with fine Wheat bran, make it is ^^kus upon the fire, and lay it as hot to the ßvain as the Horfe tyj . t0 indure it without fcalding; and do thus morning and niDg till the ftrain be affwaged. But if the ftrain be of longer |
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continuance, then take Mallows, and Chick-weed, andboyl the»1
cither in the grounds ofAle or of ftrongUriue,and lay them very hot to the (train, Laftly, if your ftrain, by length of time, or evil Me" dicines, be grown, in mens imaginations, paft cure, thefinewsa*1" (welling being bony, hard and knotted ; then you (hall take peece greafe which ismade of Shoo-makers flnreds, and melting it on tW fire, anoint and bathe the drain therewith very hot,not only chafing it exceedingly with your hand, but alto holding a hot bar ofltf*0 »gainft it to make the Ointment fink in ; then take a fine Linfl^j rowler , and rowl up the Leg gently j do thus once a day, a"" ir will take away the greateft and moft defperate ftrain th*1 may be, C H A P. XCVII.
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• \Ano\her certain approved Cttre for any Strain whatfoever. *X"Ake Boars greafe,BoIearmonick,blackSope and NerveOyW5
X each a like quantity, boyl them well together, andthenapPy it hot to the grief, rubbing and chafing it in exceedingly, and a»'0 heating it in very well, either with a hotbrcik-bat, a hotFiff (hovel, or a hoc Bar of Iron. And thus do once a day till the pa'*1 deparc. chap, xcvnr.
Of. Enter fearing»
ENterfeaing is eidier when a horfe through a natural ftraicne'5'
his pace, or through evil and too broad fhooing, goeth (o fli, e row behind with his hinder feet, that he heweth the one againftc i other upon the infide of his Legs, even with the Paftorn joyot} a . by means of this hewing there groweth hard mattery fcabs,which fo fore, that they many times make the Horfe to halt much» ^ figns are the ftraitnefs of his going, and the apparentnefs of the Now the Cure confifteth as much in prevention as in falvc • „ the prevention, which is, to keep a Horfe from hewing one ^S^g another, it confifteth only in the Office of the Smith,and the xa& ef |
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J his hinder fhooes, whereby he may go wider, and not touch : Of
hich we fhall fpeak more at Large when we intreat of paring and /tooing of each feveral foot. For the falve, which is to cure the Urc being once received, ic is thus : You fhall take of May butter Y you can get it) or elfe frefh greafe, ot frefti butter, with a quan- •1(y of Rozen, and as much Nerve Oyl} then fry them all together 11 a pan, and then let it ftand till it be cold, and put it in a pot, and Pit to it a little Cow dung; and then Plaifterwife apply this unto .be fore, renewing it once a day, and it will not only heal this fore, ^talfoany prick by a nail whatfoever. CHAP. XCIX".
v the Shackle'gall-, or Gall in the Ptflorn, either ly Shackle or
Lock. P a Horfe be galled in thePaftorn.on the Heel, or upon the Cor-
p- net, either with Shackle or lock, as it many times happens in the Miarnpain Countries, where the Farmers ufe much to teather their I*°»fes j then for fuch a fore you fhall take Honey and Verdigreafe, ."a boyl them together till the one half be c^nfiimed, and that it ^kred; then after it is a little cooled, you fhall anoint the fore j *ce therewith twice a day, and then ftrow upon it a little chopc •• °x to keep on the falve. This is excellent for any gall whatfoever, ^d chiefly for thefcratches. C H A P. C-
Of hurts in the Legst which come by cafling in the Halter•',
! J^He hurts which a Horfe getteth by being caft in the halter, are
0J* many, and proceed from divers accidents, as when the reins
the Coller are fo long and will not run to and fro, that the Horfe
^.ts °ne or both his fore Legs or hind Legs over them, and then
j^uh ftrugling, woundeth and galleth them much ; or elfe when a
jj having a defire to fcratch his ear with his hinder foot, rubbing
° and fro, in the end fafteneth his foot either in the coller, or the
as> and the« the more he ftriyeth to loofen it, the more he galleth
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and woundethit, even fometime's to the very bone. Nowf°rt f
cure, according to the opinion of the old Farriers, it is thus, Take oyl olive one ounce, of Turpentine two or three ounces, melttne together over the fire, and then put thereunto a little wax, and V° king them all well together, lay it plaifter-wife unto the fore,refleV" ing it once a day until it be whole. Now there be other Farrl j which only anoint the fore with the whites of Eggs and Sallet' > mixed together; and then when the fore cometh to a fcab, anoipt with butter being molten until it look browni , ^ Now for mine own parr, the cure which I principally wy t
thisforrance, is, to take of wax,of Turpentine, and of Hogsgrea^' each one ounce, and having mingled and molten them well togtf'1 \ put them into a pot; then take an ounce of Verdigreafe beate" powder, and an ounce of Hogs greafe, and mix them very well £°*{ ther, and put that into another pot 5 then when you drefs the i°j take of the firft falve two parts, and of the latter a third part, *u, mixing them well together in the palm of your hand, anoint al'1 fore place therewith, doing thus once a day till it be whole» CHAP. CI.
Of the Scratcbet) CreFa»cbes, or Rats-payl,
THe Scratches, Crepanches, or Rats tayls, being all but ofl«.^'t
ranee, are long, fcabby, and dry chaps or rifts, growing f'^e tip and down, and overthwart on the hinder Legs, juft fro1" ^ Fetlock unto the end of the Curb ; and as the Pains areundeff.. Fetlock, fo the Scratches are above the Fetlock, and do proceed &l\6 from dry melancholy humours ingendred by outward filch, oiff[$ by fuming of the Horfes dung, lying either near or under hito- * . jignsare both the apparent fight and the eafie-feeling of *c' ,m befides the ftareing dividing,and curling of the hair, as alfo &*1 0f- forrance will ftink much. The cure is, according to the opi'J10^, the old Farriers, to take any of thofe former Medicines wh3«°e ^ which are already recited, either for the Pains or Mules, färfk* your more particular underftanding, you fhallknow, thefc M« ^ eines are raoft proper for this forrance. Firft, you fhall fliavea^ ^ the hair, and make the fore raw 5 th«n take of Turpentine 0» 4 |
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S^nd, of Honey half a pint, of Hogs greafe half a quartern, and
.ree yolks of Eggs, and of Bole-armony a quartern beaten into pow- er> of Bean flower half a pint j mix all thefe well together, and "Jake a falve thereof, and then with your finger anoint all the fore
Places therewith, and let the Horfe come in no wet during the
%e.
. Other Farriers ufe ( and fure it is the better practice ) firft after g3
/*cyhave fhaved away the hair, and laid the fore raw, to wafh it
ycU with old Urine very warm,then take black Sope, Muftard, and
'"fgar, of each a like quantity, and mix therewith fome of an Oxe
?" > then ftir them well together, and chafe and rub the place
^ewith, and bind thereto a cloath, io ufe it once a day till it be
.Me; then after anoint it with Neats-foot Oyl tofupple the
'"ews again. Others ufe to take the fineft hay, and burn it to
. ^es upon a fair board, then mix it with Neats-foot Oyl, and make
falve thereof j then all tomb the fores until they bleed, and then
j °'lt them with the faid falve, and rope his Legs, and keep them
j0n» wet. Others ufe after they have wafhed the {ore with old
jpe> then to take a quantity of ftrong Muftard,Vinegar,gray-Sope,
tiarr°ws greafe and fome Quick-filver j mix them together, and
e^with anoint the fore. eg-j
u Other Farriers take a quantity of unflacked Lime, half fo much *"*
K5ckSope, andfo muchof ftrong Vinegar as fhall fuffice to make ic *5 an Oyntment 5 then the hair being cut away, and the fore ^fhed with Urine, lay to this Oyntment, renewing it not the fpace tWo day es, and it will kill the forrance ; then wafh the place once tj twice with warm Wine ; then after heal it with Turpentine and , &s greafe molten together $ and in no wife let the Horfe come in ^V wer. Others ufe after they have wafhed the fore place with K^ltle> and dipt away the hair, and made the wound raw, to ti^e Butter and Tar, of each alike, and boyling them toge- c^anoint all the fore place therewith every day till it be whole. ^^
^Others take of Honey and Verdigreafe of each alike, and boyl ">* t^ together until half be confurned, and then anoint the fore tts^r • oncc a W un"* "^ wn°k* Others of our latter Farri- 'nrT eitner to (have off the hair, 01 fcald it off with Orpiment y Unflecked Lime boyled in ftrong lye ; then wafh it with warm Sgar or whiteWine>then when it is dry anoint it with thisOynt- O 0 % mens»
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ment. Take of Orpiment one ounce, of Verdigreafe three ouflc >
of Soot five ounces, a little unfleckt Lime, and of Honey one p°u° ' mingle them all well together upon afofc fire,and being made hke* oytumenr, ufe it as atorefaid once a day to the fore; or e^c[*vj Honey, Sope, Verdigreafe, unfleckt Lime and Vinegar, and °°>^ them wich Allom, Galles, and Mail, till it come to a plaifter, 3°£[ then apply it unto the fore; or elfe boyi Salet oyl, with a little >u and fope, then skim it and take it from the fire; then add an on"r of Quick-filver refolved, two ounces of Verdigreafe, three ounce5 unfleckt Lime, and one ounce of white Wax : when all thefca well mixt together, and made into a Salve, then apply it onee ad*' unto the fore, until it be whole. , Other Farriers ufe after they have fhaved the place, to boyl V^1
gar and the skin of Lard or Bacon together;, and apply that to& fore three dayes together ; then take Lard, molten Litargy, Wi ftick, Verdigreafe and Soot mingled together, with Goats milk,'11, lay it to, renewingit once a dayuntilthe fore be healed. Thefcf, ping of a panns bottom mixt with the inner pils of Elder, areal good for the fcratches ; or new mans dung applyed for five da?e' and after anoint the fore with oyl and fope mixc together. Othi(, take of unfleckt Lime, the powder of Glafs, and of Verdigreafe, °. each one an ounce j of Orpiment an ounce, of Oyl and of fr£/! greafe, of each four ounces; mix all thefe well together, and a?rt it to the fore until it be whole : If you take black fnails and b* roots and beat them together, it will alfo help this forrance. Oty - Farriers take an ounce of Sope, two ounces of unfleckt Lime», allf,c much Lye,orftrong Vinegar as will temper it, and fo drefs th6'0^ until it be whole. Others take Fenugreek and beat ir, three Qt&t>\ cut in pieces, half a pound of Sheepsfuetj, new Sheeps dung; ^ \ all thefe in the grounds of good Ale, and then bathe the Horfe tHe"jfiC
with as hot as may be: then rope him up with hay ropes, and *° him.ftand three dayes, then bathe him fo again. , VJ rip». Ochers take Hogs greafe, Sope, Brimftone, Soot, and Honey»^,
them and lay. them to cool, you may alfo add Verdigreafe j btf \^ fore you, Jay on this oyntmenr, fcrape the fcabs off, and uaake tn bleed,, and rub them with Sope, Mößard, and Vinegar mixctoS - ther. Cti0
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%A tnofi entail* and approved cure for the Scratches:
AFteryou have cut away the hair, rub off the fcabs, and wafh
the lores with old Urine, Allomand Sale mixt together, and aPplyed as hot as the Horfe can naffer it; Then take the taps and fender buds of Elder, and the green brier Berries, and boyl them '«a potle of new wort, and put thereto good ftore of Allom, and ^jth this hot, wafh the Horfes Leg onee, twice, or thirce a day, and 11 is a certain cure. CHAP. CIIL
Of the Ring hite.
tHe Ringbone is a forrance, which appeareth above upon the"
Cronetof the hoof, being a certain hard griftje growing fome- tlrnes roundabout the fame, It proceedeth as feme Farriers hold! ?pi«ion, either from fome blow of another Horfe, or by (hiking the •Dorfesfoot againftfome ftub orftone, orfuch like accident%. But torely I hold that it alfo proceedeth from fome imperfection in na- ture, for as much as I have feen many foals foaled with Ringbones 0t> their feet j Thefe Ring bones do breed a vifcousand fiimy hu- ^OQr, which reforting to the bones that are of their own nature cold a"d dry, waxethhard, and cleaveth to fome bone, and loin procefs °* time becommeth a ben«. The figns of the forrance are, theap- P'^nt fight of the forrance, being higher than any part of thecroner,' "e ftaring of the hair, and halting of the Horfe. Thecare,according to ancienc Farriers, is, firftto fcarifie the skin .°ve the Ring bone with a Lancet; then take a great Önyon- and P'ck out the core; then put into it Verdigresfe and unfleekt Lime," /^n cover the hole, and roaft tfie Onyon fofr, then bruife it in a potter, and fo very hot lay it to the ring bone: dp thus four dayes ^gcther, and it will cure it. Others of the old Farriers ufe firft to fe ' ^c - *°rrance with warm water, and (have away the hair: then •anfic«lightly with the point of a Razor, fo as the blood may iffue forth i ,
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forth: then drefs it with Cantharides and Euforbium, in fuch f°rt
ashathbeen taughtforthe fplent, ufinghim, and curing him aftrt the fame manner j but when the hair beginneth to grow again, the*1 draw the fore place with a hot drawing Iron in ftraight lines, fr*"0' the Paftorn down to the coffin of the hoof, in this manner: and let the edge of the drawing Iron be as thick as the back of * 1 meat knife, andburnhim no deeper than that thesk'fj
may look yellow: that done, cover the burning wit"1
Pitch and Rozen molten together, and clap thereon fl0* of'the Horfes own colour, and about three clayes aftC» lay again fome of the laft mentioned Plaifter, and alfo new flox-i>' pon the old, and there let them remain till they fall away of therrt* felves. Others ufe to (have off the hair, and to fcarifie the fore widj a Lancet till it bleed : then ftrew upon it the powder of Tarter, an» Salt, of each alike mixt together, and bind it ftraight: thenafcf1' anoint it with frefh greafe, or elfe foften the Ring bone with the ski^ of old Bacon, the fat being fcraped off, that you may fee through thc skin, and laid to after it is fhaven and made bleed, after launce if> and let out thg Ring bone. Ochers ufe to launce the skin with* Razer, then opening the skin with a Cronet, prick the Ring bot\(f Laftly, ftrew upon it the powder of Vitriol, and bind it on fo as >' may not ftirfot nine dayesj then thruft out the matter which is dif' iolved- Laftly, wafh it wich Salt, wich Urine and Vinegar mi*c tpgethe^. Other Farriers do ufe after they have fhavedit, to unto it a; plaifter made of Bran and Honey» with the young !eav£ of' Worm-wood, Pcllitory, and Brank-urfine mingled with Swi»^J greafe, and beaten together, and boyled, and ufed as hot as the ho*'e can fuffer it. This medicine will not only cure the Ring bone, ^US any other fwelling whatfoever. Alfo a plaifter of the leaves °* Smallage being beaten to pieces, is not only good for this forra«ce' but for any wind-gall alfo. To waGh a Ring bone continually ^'^ ftrong Vinegar will abate it: or elfe to fhave away the hair»,an |
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^ay ; alwayes provided that you keep the Horfe from any wet du*
*lng his cure» CHAP. CIV.
Of hurts on the Cronet yhy oroffing one foot upon another, IF your Horfe by croffing one foot upon another, chance to wound
or hurt the Cronet of his hoof, you fhall then, according to the °pinionof the old Farriers, firft wafh it well with white Wine, or ^ith warm Urine, and then lay unto it the white of an Egg mixc toith Chimney foot and fait; and that if it be renewed once a day, ^ill in two or three day es dry up the fore. Other Farriers ufe firft 10 pare or cut away the hoof, that it touch not the hurt, and keep it jlean from filth by wafhing it with Urine: then feeth two Eggs hard, and take off the (hells, then prefs them with your hand long, 'id firft roaft one hot, and tye it to hard j when that is cold, Ufe the other: after make a plaifter of foot, Salt and Oyl boyled together, and lay it to the fore, renewing it once a day until it be. *Hole. CHAP. CV.
Vtf muß certain mA off roved erne for my hnrt upon the Cronet ythat\
foevtr. tAkeof Sope and Salt ofeach alike quantity, and mix them tp-*l3i
gether like a pafte, then having cut out the over-reach or hurt, *nd laid it plain, firft wafh it with Urine and Salt, or Beer and fait, 3l)d wich a cloath dry it, then bind on the mixt Sope and Salt, not dewing it in 24. hours, and thus do (if the wound be great) for \PX 4» day es together: Then having drawn out all the venom (as l«is Salve will quickly do) then take a fpoonful or two of Tram oyl, 'M as much Cerufe, which we call white Lead,, and mixit toge- tfler to a thick Salve : then fpread that upon the fore morning and ^«ning till it be whole, which will be effe&ed fuddainty : for no« , hlI»g doth dry up fooner, nor is more kindly and natural for the Ceding o£.a new hoof.
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about the corners of the hoof, and is a cankerous and painiwj
forrance, it cometh oft times by means that the Horfe hath been bre« in a fenny marifh ground, where the cold (Inking coirupt humou* j up to his feet, ingendreth this forrance, which is em more painfu* in the Winter than in the Summer. The figns are, the hairs of th{ Cronetwill be very thin and flaring like briflles, and the CroitftJ will be alwayes mattering and run on water. Now the cure, »c'( cording to the opinion of many Farriers, is, to take the skin <£ Bacon, and lay thereon foot and fait beaten together, mingled wi^ greafe or fuet> wax, and Pitch molten together, and if the fleö1 chance to grow proud, eat it away either with Verdigreafe beaten'" powder, or with the fcrapings of a Harts horn, or an Ox horn m^e into fine powder. . Op Other Farriers ufe to take of Sope, and of Hogs greafe, ofeä<^
half a pound, of Bole-armony a little, of Turpentine a quarter«1' mix them well together, and make a plaifler, and bind it faft on, *6' ne wing it every day once until k leave running; and thcnw»* it with ftrong Vinegar being luke-warm, every day once until tjj' fore be clean dryed up, and let the Horfe come in no wet until yV forrance be whole. Others ufe only to bathe ic continually ^ 1 old ftale fod with Salt, and that will dry up the humour tSi heal it. CHAP. CVII.
Of ike QulHer-hne]
*He Quitter-bone is a hard round fwelling' upon the Cf" ^
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'fiftieth by the cloying or pricking of fomenail driven by an igno*
j nt Smith, the anguifh whereof loofenech the Griftle, and i'o bree- ch evil humours, whereof the Quitter-bone fpringeth: the figns e> the Horfe will halt much, and the (welling is apparentto the *e» Which in four or five dayes commeth to a head, and will break iuC *ith matter at a little deep hole like a Fiftula ; and furely then j ls Quitter- bone, there is no outward Sorrance whacfoever more J?ngerous to a Horfe. The cure thereof, according to the opinion tr°Rie of the ancient Farriers, is, firft to cut the hoof to the quick, ■ cn fccth a Snake or an Adder till the flefri part from the bone, and {«vohen asan unguent; then anoint the fore place therewith very f 3ftti even to the bottom, and during the cure, keep the foot clean q0^ any filth; for this both drieth and killeth the Quitter-bone. 1 ^r of the old Farriers, fii ft burn about the Quitter-bone with a "ipi j0tWiin manner of a half Circle, and then with the fame Iron k **■ another right through the midft thereof in this |jtt: then take of Arfnick the /"p\ quantity of a Bean
tL5'ten into fine powder, and 111 put k into the Hble, 9 f^fting it down to the bottom with a quil, bi j^°P t^ie mout^ °ftne h°k w"n a ^ct'e tcnv> an(l
c "d it f0 faft witjj a cloath and a rowler, that the Horfe may not
H ^ »t it with his mouth, and fo let it reft for that day; and the
jj^day, if you fee that the fore looketh black within, then it is a
j*" that the Arfnick did work well ; then to allay the burning of
J.tent the hole with flax dipt in Hogsgreafe, and Turpentine
\^°Iten together, and cover the tent with a Plaifter of Pitch, Rozen,
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y0 ll you have gotten out the core, which the Arfnick did eat ^ then
Of1* ßiall fee whether the loofe griftle in the bottom be uncovered Vn?t: and if it be not uncovered, then feel with your finger, or the a.quil whether you be nigh it or not; and if you be, then raife 5 p ?riWe witha little crooked inftrument>and pullit clean out with 'CftD^ma^ n'PP£rs> or rau^ets ma^e. ^or tne purpofe : that done,
w*" again with a full tent, dipt in the aforefaid oyntment, to tL a|e the anguifh of the laft drefllng, and ftop it hard to the intent He ^0k may not ^rm^ togther or dofe up: and the next day °Ut the cent, and tent it anew with Honey and Verdigteafe P p boykd
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boykd together till they look red, renewing it every day once uoi>^
it be whole, keeping alwayes the month of the fore as open asy , may, to the intent that it heal not up too faft, and let not the H°r come in any wet, nor travel until he be perfectly whole. ^,1.. Farriers ufe to cut the hoof open to the quick; then take G® j ««w, Sagaptnttm, pitch of Greece, Olibanum, Maffick, Oyl a , white Wax, of each one ounce, with half a pound of Sheeps & j melt them upon a foi t fire, and incorporate them well together» ä therewith drefs the fore place until it be whole. Ochers ufe ** the fore is opened, to put in fait of Tartar, and when it hath c*1 /f away the Quitter-bone, to heal it up with Honey and VerdigfC flf boy led as aforefaid. Others take of Goats dung two ounces» r, Sheeps tallow three ounces, and as much ftrong Vinegar as wilf' fice to boyl them well in, and then therewith to drefs ths Qi}lCt bone until it be clean whole. CHAP. CVIII.
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fides of the heel. Itcommeth as I faid, by means of little ft* tl Clones getting between the hoof, or calking or fponge of the u1" m which by continual labour and travel of the Horfe, doth eat tht°M the hoof into the quick of the foot; and the rather, if the v°. $ heels be foft and weak, or that the fhooe do lye flat to his foot» the gravel being gotten in it, cannot get out again. jf The figns whereof are thefe, the Horfe will halt much, ^.c°t\fi
to go moft on his toe to favour his heel, and the fofter the way ,$»o0 more is the Horfes eafe. Now for the cure, according to the^re, Farriers, it is thus; fiift pare the hoof till you may fee the then take an ounce of Virgin wax, and a quarter of an ounce 0* r(f zen, and a quarter of Deers fuer, and half an ounce of Boars g' (0, and beat them all well together in a morter, and then melt the»1^ ^ gether on the fire ; that done, dip good ftore of flax therein» a« ^ flop up the fore clofe and hard, and then you may travel the n ^ |
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Whither you pleafe; and do thus once a day until the foot be
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he whole, and («fir the fiorfe to come in no wet until u be healed. Cyoumft underftand, that if a graveling be not well ftopt to kcepÖie flrfi, it W1U rife higher than the hoof, .jdfopuc ^Farrier to much more pain, both in bolftnng it, and abating thenwaS it well with Beer and Salt; then me t into it Tallow
CI and Pitch : then covering it hard and dofc with flax, fee on ffi"again, and do thus once a day. Others ufe after they have cleanfed he fore, to lay hurds into it, beingd.pt m the whites of C th n after heal it with Salt beaten fmall and mist with ftrong Vineg r or with the powder of Galles, Salt and Tartar mm togX; which alfo is gooo for any cloying or pricking. CHAP. CK.
Of [ttrbating. SUrbating is a continual beating of the hoof agafnft the ground,
and itcommethfometimesbymeansof evilfhooing, lying too ana ltcoim long bare-foot j and fometimes by the -s are flat footed, the Cofhns whereof are weak and tender ana
Jfo thofe which have weak heel, The figns of the g» f a e the Horfe will halt much, and go creeping and ftiff, as it he were nait ^•fKre accordiog to the opinion of the old Farriers, is, to roaft
«heir feat? to burft them in theHorfes feet, ^ then pour hobo^
ling Sallet oyl alfo amongft them,and fo flop the fhooe up dox with Pp i
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a piece of leather, andtwocrofs fplentsof wood, and do tbustnri
in one fortnight, and it will help him.'. e Other of the ancient Farriers take off the Horfesfhooes, and P3
him as little as may be; and if the fhooes be not eafie, that is to iayj long, large, and hollow enough, then make them fo, and tack tn£ on again with four or five nails: that done,ftop his feet with H°£. greafe and bran boyled together fo hot as may be, and alfo coV^a the coffin round about with the fame, binding all in together w^ft doath, and a lift faftned about the joynt, renewing, it every ^ once until it be found ; and give the Horfe during, the cOfe' warm water to drink, and let him ftsnd dry, and not have rrU^ travail* j-^ Now if your Horfe furbait in your travel, if every night y0^ £^3 flop his feet well with Cows dung, or with Cows dung and Vi^i gar, it will make him endure out his journey ; or Cows dung3*1 new laid Eggs beaten together,,. C H A P. CX.
Of the prickle in the file of the Foot, either by treading en a nalt'i *
my other fiarp thinge; IF a Horfe in his travel chance to tread either on a flub, nail,thoI',,/
or any other ("harp thing whatfoever, by means whereof M >s prickt in the fole of the foor, the Rider fhall perceive the fantf V the fuddain faulting of the Horfe, who will inftantly ftand ft1 and lift up his foot, as defiring help : And if it chance at any ow? time, then the halting of the Horfe, and the diligent fearching 0* careful Farrier muft find out the mifchief. Now the Cure, according to the opinion of the ancient Farri^'
is, firft to pull off the fhooe, and pare the foot, and with a-drawi^ -knife uncover the hole, making the mouth fo broad as a twope"^' then tack on the fhooe again j that done, doftit by pouring 'iat0^i hole Turpentine and Hogs greafe molten together, and lay fome "* or tow upon it ; and then flop all the Horfes foot with Cowsduflg» and fo covering it with a piece of leather, fplint it with two c(0 flicks? fo as the flopping may abide in, renewing it every day ofl iwiul it be whole, and let the horfe tread in no wer. „, ,M |
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Now ycu muft be very careful in the curing of this forrance ; For
Jnt be not healed from the bottom , befides, that it is dangerous to tr*e life of the horfe, it is alfo a great hazard that the fore will break °ut at the top of the hoof, and fo loofen the hoof round about, and )erhaps make it to fa'l clean away; but if you fee that it begin to breakout above, then make a greater iflue beneath, by. opening the 1ole wider, and taking more of the fole away, thac the flefh may "ave the more liberty: then take of Bole-armony half a quartern, 8*»d of Bean-flower as much, and two Eggs: beat them* and mingle |nem well Together, and make a plaifter thereof upon tow, and lay 'c round about the Croner, bind it faft on, and fo let it remain the 'pace of two daycs, and then renew it again, not failing fo to do e- Very two dayes until you fee it wax hard and firm above: for this P'aifter being reftriclive, will force the humours to refort alwayes downward ; which humours muft be drawn out with Turpentine 'id Hogs greafeas before, until it leave mattering, and then dry ic ^P with burnt Allom beaten into powder, and ftrewed upon the '°re,, with a little flax laid again upon that, continuing fo to do c- Very day once until it be hardned; and let not the Horfe come in *ny Wet until it be whole. Other Farriers ufe to tent the fore with Tallow, Tar, and Tur* e3-
Pontine being molten together, and anoint all the coffin and cronec j?f the hoof with Bole-armony and Vinegar beaten together, till the 'ore be whole, efpecially if the thing which did prick the Horfe was v5nemous or rufty. CHAP, CXI.
*o draw out either Stub, Thorn, or Iren, either out of the foot, or any
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jf wherewith your Horfe is wounded, begotten fo deep into the c'h»that you cannot get hold upon it to pull it out; then according ? tr»e opinion of the old Farriers, (if you find that albeit it be too j. eP> yet it is not much too deep} you fhall take a good quantity of tog]* .SoPe> and ,ay lt t0 tne forc f°r a wholc night, and it will keu to appear, foas you may pull it out with a pair of nippess t |
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but if it lye very deep, then you may open the place with a Lancet»
and thrufting in your mu'lets or nippers,, pull it out by ftrengtiVl0 afterwards heal up the wound as was before taught in the la'' Chapter. Other Farriers fay, that the rootsof Reeds being ßampt and mI5f
withHoney, will draw out any ftubornail: fowill alfo blacK fnails, being ftampt and wrought with frefh Butter. Now if "e place be much fwoln, then it is^ good to mollifie it with a pl3ißcj made of Worm-wood, Parietory, Bears foot., Hogs greafe, and honey well boyled and mixc together, which will affwage any nel fwelliagthat commeth by ftripe, or otherwise. Now when y01* have gotten out that which you fought for, then you fhall pour i^0 the woundfcaldingoylof Olive; when that is cold, pour into ,f as hot Turpentine ; when that is cold, ftrewonthe powder of Su'.' phur, and then bolder his foot or the fore with hards, and keep1 from all wet and filthinefs. CHAP. CXII.
Of the Fig. IF a Horfe having received any hurt, as is before faid, either w
ftub, great nail, thorn, bone, fplent or ftone, either in the fo'5* cr any other part of the foot, and be not well drefled, and perfe# \ cured, there will grow in that place a certain fuperfluous pie<je flefh like unto a fig, full of little white grains, as you fee are"11 fig. The cure whereof, according to the opinion of the ande Farriers, is, fiift with a hot Iron to cut the fig clean away, and k£ j| the flefh down with Turpentine, Hogs greafe, and a little ^ ,£ molten together, and laid on with a little tow, flopping the V0 hard that the flefh rife nor, renewing it once a day until the io& whole. j5 Now other of our latter Farriers ufe after they have, ssbefot
faid, cut away the fig, then to take the crops of young N£t.c fi and chopping them very fmall, lay them upon a doath juft as b'S% a Fig 5 then take the powder of Verdigreafe, and ßrewit tninU^y the chopc Nettles, an d fo binde it to the fore, renewing it once a^ until the hoof have covered the fore,and this is a mofi citt^n^u^. |
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ARetrait is, when a Horfe by the ill government of the Smith,
is pricked in the foot with fome ill driven nail» yet in fuch le*r, that it is immediately ef pied, and the nail drawn back again ; aid although it proceedeth ofteft from the negligence of the Smith, j^t it may alfo come by reafon of the weaknefs of the nail, and the ^°uotvnefs of rhe fhank : for when the nail is a little too weak, the Point many times bendeth awry into the quick, when it fhould go flght forth j and when it is hollow, it fhivcrcrh in the driving into l^o parts, whereof one part razeth the quick in pulling our, or elfe Perhaps breaketh afunder, and fo remaineth ftill behind. And tnis kind of pricking is the worft of all other, becaufe it will rankle ^otft, in as much as the flaw cankereth, and remaineth ftiU in the *°ot. The fignshereof are; Fiift, the apparent fhrinking and fugling of tke Horfe, (o foon as the qu;ck is touched j and next his J^Uch halting : Laftly, you fhall fearch his foot with a Hammer, by Rocking on the clench of every nail: for when you knock upon that nail where the grief is, the horfe will ilirinkup his foot j and if •hat will notf:rve, then grope the hoof with a pare of pinions round about until you have found the place grieved. Now the cure, ac- c°rdingC0 the opinion of theantieut Farriers, is, ruft to pull off the ^°oe, and then open the place grieved, either with a Butterifs, or £ith a drawing Knife, fo that you may perceive either by feeling or, *eeing, whether there be any piece of nail or not y. if there be, then. PuU it dean out: After take of Nettles half a handful, and bruife v^Oi in a Mortar, and put thereto a fpoonfu I of red Vinegar, and a iPoonful of black Sope, and two ounces of Boars greafe, or the fat of '^t Bacon, and Bray all thefc well together, and flop well the hole of y1* fore with this, and then tack on the (hooe again, and you may fafely adventure to travel him. Other Farriers ufe> after they have opened the fore, to flop the hole with Turpentine, Wax, and Sheeps p« molten together, and fo poured hot into the hole; and then j*y a little Tow upon it, and clap on the fho'oe again, renewing it "frus once every day until it be whole j during which time , the Horfe.
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fort, though it be but a prick,without any piece of nay 1 remaining J and if for lack of looking to in time, this Retrait caufesthe horfe to break out, then you (liall cure it either with a reftriclive Plaifter ot Bole-armony, Bean-flower and Eggs,mentioned in the 78 Chapter» or, eile with chopped Nettles and Verdigreafe fpokenof in the W* Chapter. Now there be many Farriers, which not only for this Retrait, but
for any prick.in the Horfes foot, ufe after they have laid open the •wound) to take of Turpentine one ounce, of Tar one ounce,of pice rj one ounce, of Beef fuet one ounce, and one head of Garlick, boy» them all together, and lay them to it fo hot as may be fuffered: and if it chance to break out above the hoof, then apply alfo the faro6 Medicine unto it, and it will cure it. , C H A P. CXIV.
Of Cloying. Ak H°rk "**"*to be c,°yed with a NayI,or pricked with a nayl»
jL\. when the whole Nayl is ftricken into the quick of the foot» and fo remaineth ftill in the fame, and is clinched as other Nayls be* by means whereof the horfe haiteth extremely. Now this grief>s known by fearching the grieved place with a hammer or Pinfons, aS sf3» is before (aid. Now for the cure, according to the opinion of th$ old Farriers, it is thus; If the horfe halt immediately, then pull °$ his fhooe, and open the hole until it begin to bleed, and then ft0? the hole with Turpentine, Wax, and Sheeps fuet molten together and poured in very hot, renewing it once a day until it be who'e' and let the Horfe tread in no wet, and Jcc his fhooe be tacked.0* again as foon as he is drtff. Others ufe only to pour into the h°'c hot folding Butter, and that will heal it, or elfe to burn then0'* with another Nayl, and that will heal it. O eher Farriers ufe, a>te they have opened well thefore,to take half a pound of Frankince*»'6' a pound of Rozen,a pound of Pitch of Greece, half a pound of bl»c* Pitch, a pound of new wax, a pound of Goats greafe, half a povJ« ofVamiih» half a pound of Turpentine, two ounces of Oyl Oh* ' and melt them all together, and lay this to the hoof Plaifler-W'j |
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Nit will not only heal any prick whatfoever, butalfo any cracks,
■^nks or clifcs in the hoof howfoever they breed j provided that you ■c the horfe tread in no wet during the cure: Bat if the fore "ancc to break out on the top of the hoof, then you fhall take two ,r three yolks of Eggs, whites and all beaten together, and add n Creunto an ounce of Bole-armony, and as much Bean or Wheat» ?0vveras will thicken the fame ; then make a Plaifter thereof two ?.nS5rs broad, and as longas will go round about on the top of the ^ffes hoof, bind it faft on with a rowler, and renew it once a day • ""«»I it be whole. . Other Farriers ufe, after they have fearched and laid open the
j>°Undt to put into it hurds dipped in the white of an Egg, then n°P the hole with Salt beaten very fmall, min gled with Vervine and <t°ng vinegar, and cover it with flax dipped in ftrong Vinegar ; (! *lfe holding up the Horfes foot, pour into the wound hot fcalding jW Olive ; and when that is cold pour in hot Turpentine, and lJ*1 being cold ftrew upon it the powder of Sulphur, then lay en the ?'fter of flox, then fhooe him, and keep him from treading in any Others ufe to takeTallow, the powder of Sulphur, Mallows, and
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ytc it. f0 Other Farriers ufe to take off the fhooe, and having opened the ji" trough that melt in greafe with a hot Iron : then tack on the
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General Oh fervations for the Feet and Hoofs of a Harfei
FOrafmuch as the Feet and Hoofs of a Horfe are the only I»1/"11'
ments of labour, and that, afmall grief in that part deptiv£5< man of the benifir. and ufe of the reft; I think it not amifs bcfor6 fpeak of the particular difeafesof the Hoofs, to (hew you fome gefl t ral notes and obfervations which you (hall obferve for the benefc ihefeer. Know then, thatfirftit is meet, that you let your (b°°■ before be rather fliort than too long, wkh ftrong Spanges, btfc cawkins,and your nails, to have fpecial good heads. Let your fliooes behind have nocawkin on the out-fide; but i'1^
enter-fear, let the cawkin be on the infide, to make him caftoutL ward, and let the infide ofthat fide inward have a welt an i"^ deep, or be twice as thick as the out- fide : but if all this help ** his enter-fearing, then bring him unto an Amble; but if he will11 amble, burn him with a hot Iron between the Legs, that the v$' nefs thereof may make him go wide behind, which is an ordil1'" practice amongft the Italians and Frenchmen. , t. Let your fliooes be made of Iron that will not break, of wb] .
our Englifli is the beft, the Spanifli next, and the Dansk worft. ^ them alfo be light, yet fo, as they may be able to bear the bur£^ of the Horfe, being broader at the toes, than at the cawJcJJ>s fpungts. Let your cawkins be fliort, and blunt at the points,, and 1°
fpunges long and thick. ^ Let your fliooe be ful as ftrait as the horn of the hoof, fofaf a$tufi
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Let your cawkins fit a ftraws breadth behind the corner of the
°"in» and let your nail head enter into the fhooe, efpecially on the "'fide, and by all means hollow your fliooe fo little as poffible you 1. ^are very little or nothing at all from the heel of a horfe : yet open
ls «eels as Efficiently as may be, becaufe ever the heel muft be thick,
n!jthe toe thin.
««fair wayes pare the fole this, but uiFro(t,or ftony wayes, pare
s*|Jtleasmaybe;
: ^o conclude, when the hoof is higher on the out-fide than on the
i p c» >c will make a horfe enter-fear, and when it is higher on the 1jlcfe, it will make a Horfe ßraddle, fo that a fair fmooth table is of * rrtoft convenient. After travel, ever (lop the infide of the hoof
j'di Cows dung, and rub the cut-fide and the Cronet with the f^td of fat Bacon : for that will keep a tough, fmooth, and a j^ndhoof. As your nails have ftrong heads, fo let them have thin *^3 ^nks, for that will beft prevent hurting, and keep the fhooe dofe %* the hoof. CHAP. CXVL
Qfloofening the Hoof, and bor» to make the Hoofs gmv,
A Hoof isfaid to be lo'ofened when there is a diffolution or pari
ting of the horn or Coffin of che hoof from the flefh, at the tCt*ing on of the Cronet. Now if this diffolution or ''parting bt. r^nd about the Croner, then it proceedeth by meanes "of force vr - tindring ; but if it be but in part, then it proceedeth from fomfe jJ,Ulfh, caufed either by the pricking of fome channel nail, or other L11 Piercing the fole, or quarters of the foot, or by (ome Quitter- c nej retrait, gravelling, or cloying, or fuch like accident. The jSis of t^e difeafe be thefe: When it is loofened by foundring, p?n it will break fir ft, and the diffolution will appear on the fore- cq»C °^ ^e Cronet, right againft the toe, becaufe the humour doth pt-e^.aWayes to defcend towards the toe j but if it proceed from *b0 8' gtavellingf or fuch like, thtnthe hoof will loofen round q ^ equally, even at the firft; but when it proceeds from fome ^Kter-bonc, or hurt upon thecronet, then the Hoof will break Clq * right
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right about the place chat is offended, and moft commonly Willg
no further. _ . Now the cure, according to the opinion of the ancient Farriers» »
of what caufe foever the loofening proceed, firft, to be fure to ope the hoof in the fole of the foot, fo as the humour may have free pa' fagc downward j and then to bind about the top of it, the reftri#'*' plaifter fpoken of in the feventy eighth Chapter, and in the 1J7' Chapter, and in fuch fort as is there written, and then heal if^ with Turpentine and Hogs greafe molten together. Others ofl , ancient Farriers take three fpoonful of Tar, and a quarter of a poi" of Rozen, and half a handful ofTanfie, and half a handful of R11 \ and half a handful of red Mintf, and half an handful of Souih^!' wood, and bray all thefe together in a mortcr: then add ha'L pound of Butter, and a penny-worth of Virgins wax j then & , rhem all together over the fire, until it come to a thick plaifter ( fafve : then fpread feme of it upon a cloath, and lay it to the 1° renewing it once a day forfeven dayes, and it will heal it. . ■. Others ufe to take the brains of a Swine, or a Pig, asd to flop **,
hoof very well therewith three dayes together, renewing it twicc thrice a day, and it will grow faft, and endure as well, or rather^ ter than ever it did. Oher Farriers ufe to cue out the fole bel° \ Letting it bleed well; after flop it with hurd&diptin the whites" Eggs: eye this to For twenty four hours, then wafh it with Q'° , Vinegar warm? after fill it with Tarter and Salt, of each a like q1^1!, tity, Jet that remain in two dayes $ then anoint it with the o) j mem made of Olibanum, Maffick, pitch of Greece; of each alike, ä u a little Sanguis Draconis, and of new Wax and Sheeps fuet as tt^.(( as of the firft, and melt and boyl them very well together, ?°" jf th;s oyntmenc be applyed once a day till the fore be whole. ^ uC |
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anoinc iac new uuui wmi lucr, oyi, ana wax, orescnaiiKc v-j.^
together, to make it grow; orelfewith pitch of Greece, M«*'. , Oiibannm, Sanguis Tlraconis, and Galburnum, of each alike, be molten with, fuet: for this will make the new Hoof to gf alfo. p5 £^, So will alfo new Wax, Honey, Oyi, Swines greafe, and Sh^
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Sanguis Dracouis, and Frankincenfe, and incorporate them altoge-
ther, for nothing fooner than this will make ekher new or old hoofs grow. Others ufe to take ShelSnails, and ftamp them, and lay them twice a day to the fore : and it will either faften the old hoof, °r quickly bring forth a new. Now there be other Farriers, which nrft fill the fore with Turpentine, and afcer ir bach lain twenty four «ours, then wafh the fore with Urine and Copperas water, then fill >t either with Verdigreafe, or with Sheeps tallow, pitch and Rozen ooyled together j in which, having dipt hurds,lay it to the fore very hot twice a day till it be whole. chap, cxvir.
Of cafiing the Hoof.
THe calling of the hoof, isj when the whole coffin thereof falleth ,
clean away from the fooc; which comcth of all the former : taufes rehearfed in the laft Chapter, and is fo apparent to the eye, 'hat it needeth none other figns. Now for the cure, it is thus; take °f Turpentine one pound, of Tar half a pint, of unwrought Wax, half a pound, of Sheeps fuethalf a pound, and of Salet oyl half a pint; boyl all thefe things together, and ftir them continually Until they be througly mixc together ; then make a boot of Leather, \vitha ftrong foleflt for the horfesfoot,tob? laced fail: about the paf- torn ; then drefs his foot with the Salve afore-faid laid upon flax °t tow, and bolfter and flop his foot with foft flax, fo as the boot •nay grieve him no manner of wayes, renewing it every day once ^ntilthe new hoof come : then as the hoof beginneth to harden, ^ it grow either thick, crumpled, or out of order, with a fine Rape, ^3 ; *"* keep it fmooth, and plain, until the hoof be perfecl, and then Put him to gral's, that there it may take a kindly hardning and } toüghnefs. __ |
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Of the Hoof-bouni.
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THe Hoof-bound is nothing elfe but a fhrinicingin of the whole
hoof in the upper part thereof, andat thdieels, making thc skin to flare above the hoof, and to grow over the fame. It pro* ceedeth from keeping the Horfes hoofs too dry in the (table, or frooj ftraight fhooing, or from forae unnatural heat after foundring j an? the fignsof the difeafe are, that the Horfe will halt much, and hi* hoofs will be hot; and if you knock upon them with an Hamrrrtf» they will found hollow like an empty botle j and if both his feet b« not hoof- bound, then the fore foot will ever be the leffer : and y<"* fhall alfo underftand, that this difeafe of fome Farriers is called* dry foundring. Now for the cure thereof, according to the opinio^ of che ancient Farriers, it is thus: Take a pound of the fward °\ Bacon, and a quarter of a pound of white Sope, and a handfulG* Balm, and a handful of Bay leaves, and four or five branches & Rue, and ftamp them well together ; and then fryjdhem, and \*1 them about the cronet of the hoof very hot, fuffering it fo t° abide the fpace of five or fix day es, and the* renew ft", but in no cafe let him tread in any wet place, and this will help him. . Others of the'ancient Farriers ufe, firft to pull off his fhooes, ^
to fhooe him with half moon fhooes, called Lunets, or Lunet, y*e fhape whereof youfhall fee in another place ; thenrafe both ^ quarters of the hoof with a drawing knife, from the cronet unto lK loh of the foot, fo deep that you may fee the dew come forth: afl if you-make two Rafes on each fide, it fhall be io much the bet(C(' and inlarge the hoof the more .j that done, anoint all the hoof*/ bove, next unto the cronet, roundabout, with the oyntmentde'^1 bed before in the laft Chapter of cafting the hoof, continuingJ°c do every day once untilhe begin toamend; and let,himberidoe upon fome foft ground an hour or two every day once for the ip of a moneth; and if he go not well at the moneths end, then ta off the halrfhooes, and pare all the folcs, fmthesand all fo'^ that you may fee the dew come forth, and tack on a whole fh°° £ |
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nd flop all the foot within with Hogs greafe and bran molcen to^
ifrher, and laid very hot to the foot, renewing it every day once tnefpaceof ninedayes, to the intent the fole may rife j but if this jyill do no good, then take away the fole clean, and clap on a whole l^ooe, anh ftopthe foot with Nettles and Salt brayed together jyec **op it not too hard, to the intent the fole may have liberty to rife ■ 'nd let this be renewed every day once till the fole be grown again • *»d let him be fhod with Lunets, and fo fent to grafs. Other barriers uleonlyto raze the hoof from the Cronet to the verge of ^e hoof in four or five places, and rub it twice or thrice a day with' ialt,and that will open the hoof. Others ufe only to open the horfe. acceding much at the heels once a week, and to fhooe him with very '"ide openfhooes, and then for a month or two to draw him in feme Carr, that, being forced to fet his foot hard to the ground he •nay thereby firetch forth and widen his hoof. Now to prevent lnis Sorrance, it is good to anoint his hoofs with Neats=fooE yyl, or Turpentine, and to flop them underneath with Cows- <!«ng. G H A P. CXIX.
Of the running) er rotte» Frnfh. THe Frufh, which of fome is called the Frog of the foot, is the
tendered part of the hoof toward the heel, and is fafhioned {jke a forked Arrow head, being only that part of the foot which pwiers cut forth, when they fay they cut forth the fole of the horfes °or. Now in this Frufli breedeth many times a rottennefsorcor- proceeding of humours, which come out of the Legs, by. ^hich the Leg is kept clean from Wind-galls, and all other tumours 0|" fwellings, by means that the humours have pafiage that ways r°£withftanding the mifchief of this Sorrance is greater than the , Cnefif, becaufe it maketh the Horfes foot fo weak and tender, that „c is not able to tiead upon any hard ground. The fignsof the orranceare, theHorfe will halt much when he travelieth either u- f°n loofe ftony ground, or upon ftiftdirty wayes, and goeth ever c« upon green fwarth ; but above all, hehalteth raoft when the Pailage of the humour is flopped with any gravel gathered into the Frufh>,
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Frufh, and not being flayed or flopped, it will continually run,an"
flink fo extremely, that a man can hardly endure the fcent of it * befides in forne places it will look raw. Now the Cure, according to the opinion of the an den? Farrier5»
is thus; Firft, takeoff the (hooe, and pare away all the corrupt places, and make them raw, fo as you may fee the Water iflueout of the raw places; then tack on the fhooe again, being firft mao^ wide and, large enough; that done, take of Soot one handful, °* Saltasmuch ; bruife them well together in a difh, and put ther«? the Whites of three Eggs, and temper them all together; and wiw* a little Tow dipped therein flop all thefoot,and efpecially the Frufh» and fplent it in fo as it may not fall out, renewing it once a day the fpace of {even dayes, and certainly it will cure him. Now during the cure, the Horfe muft reft, and come in no wet; and at the feve" dayes end leave flopping him, and ride him abroad, and alwayeS when he cometh in, let his fore foot be clean wafhed; for there is fl°, greater enemy unto the Sorrance than gravel and dirt. Other «j our latter Farriers only take off the fhooe, and pare him well, an» keep the fore clean both from dirt and his own dung, by wafhinglC three or four times a day with Urine, and that only will cure hi* as well as any medicine. CHAP. CXX.
t/iit approved and certain Cure for the running andretten Fruß* AFter the foot iscleanfed, take a quart of old Urine, and boy.
it with a quarter of a pound of Allom beaten to powder, *" keep it in a clofe veffel by it felf; then take a good handful or t#0 of green Nettles ftrong and Keen, and fpread them on fome Pfete °, other Veffel, and dry them either before the fire, or in an Oven *»* ter houfhold bread is drawn, then crufh and bruife them into a vw fine powder; then look what quantity of powder there is, and &* the like quantity of Pepper beaten to as fine powder, and mix t»e both very well together, then keep this powder in a clofe Gally-P or Bladder. Now, when you have occafioa to ufe it, firft wafh the fore p^j
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J?üred, after dry them well by drawing through them a fine Rag
t. Lawn, Cambnck, or fine old Linnen, and ftrow or pounce of je Powder upon them, fo much as may cover all the fores, and thus °ever after travel, as once a day in the time of reft. CHAP. CXXI.
©f Evil Hoofs.
kJOrfes partly through a natural inclination, partly through
jf--*- the ftoninefs of the Soil wherein they are bred, and partly nr°Ugh mifchance -or ill government, will have ill-favoured and 'üghty hoofs, as either wrinkled or crumpled, or elfe mowlded
pWry, or uich like ; all which needs no figns, becaufe of the apparent ^thereof: Then to amend them, thebeft cure is, with a fine trPe file to fmooth the wrinkles away, and to anoint the cronet of ^ehoofwith a fat fward of Bacon rubbed in foot; then lee the °ffeftand for at Ieaft a fortnight upon his own dung, whereon
.^ fhallcaft good ftorc of water, only remove awy the dung every
jJShtj and then prefently after the change of the Mbon, fhooethe l °*ic with ftrong fhooes, keeping the fjle of the foot by paring, fo llow as you can poffible, and it will fhape his hoof to your
CHAP. CXXII.
Of Brittle Hoofs:
I a Horfe either through the heat of his own nature, or in that
?H j °ath been either heated on his feet by labour, or foundred ,1^ «vil cured, fhall happen to have his Hoofs fo brittle and fhort, ty*,ttn-ey will hardly bear a fhooe: The figns whereof are, the hoof 0 l be white and crumbling: Then the beft cure, according to the ^"lon of the beft Farners, is, to take Ox dung and Vinegar, and it l ln8 them very well together, warm them on the fire, and fo bind on 1 \I under and above round about the Horfes foor, and then lace of tn1SL°oc °f ftf0ng Leather, as is afore-faid in the Chap.er of cafting "•« hoof. Other Farriers ufe to let the Horfe ftand upon his own R * dung)
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dung, and anoint all the upper part of his hoof with the fat or *>
con fod and mixt with Turpentine : And this you rauftdo cV •> day once till you fee:his hoofs come to forne toughnefs. u Othejs ufe to take Turpentine, Hogsgreafe, and Honey, of «a ,
alike •,. melt them w ell together, and being warm anoint all the ho therewith: then dip tow therein, and fold it all about the "°/.^ foot both under and above j and then put on his boot; dreis*11 once a day, and once in two day es let him ftand four hours v.'ltn° his boot, that his hoof may grow as well hard as tough. |
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ail thefe together to a thick oyntment and therewith anoint allc Horfes hoofs. Others ufe to boyl Beans till they burfti and»1 temper them with Honey, and therewith anoint all the hoofs •' elfe wafh all the Hoofs with warm Vinegar, and then iti0ie, them with Hore-hound, Worm-wood, and Greafe molten'0*' ther" • u otfi
Other Farriers take, of Qlihanttnjy and new Wax, of eac» t
ounce, ofDialthea and Turpentine, of each three ounces, °^ :fl
four ounces, of old Oyl fix ounces, and or Sheeps fuet and ^30t':flJ
of each a pound ; boyl them all well together, and therewith an° • |j
the hoofs twice a day. Other Furriers ufe to anoint his hoofs v
Turpentine, Hogs gi eafe,and Honey warmed and molten toget
of each a like quantity; then pare the foot well, and u»>e
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^Others ufe to take chalk and white lead mingled together, orei/e oe-i
"krk duftand honey mixt together, and being heated in z pofner, a^d laid hot on the bate flefh, is moft excellent to make any Hoof Rf°w : To conclude, if a Horfe ftand upon his own dung, (being Vfry well watered) fo he do not lye in it, it is moft foverain for the P^ferving of the hoofs. C H A P. CXXIV.
For any hurt upon the Hoofs,
|P your Horfe fhall receive any hurt upon his hoofs, either out»
■*■ wardly, or inwardly, »seither by any falfe treading, orcroffing ne foot ugon another, or by any bruifc either uponcogleftone^ftinr,
0t'fuch like, then for the cure thereof, ycu fhal fi ft ftop the hoof ^«h Honey and Vinegar mixt together, for the fpace of three dayes ?l (he leaft; and then afterward with the leaves of Tamarisk well °rüifed and beaten together, until the hoof be found again, w Other Farriers ufe only to flop the hoof with Sheeps greafc and "°tfe dung mixt together, renewing it once a day until it be ^-| CHAP. CXXV.
Horn to fof ten Hoofs.
tHe Hoofs of Horfes will by long and dry (landing upon dry
plaunchers, grow fo hard, that they wi 1 not be pared, nor [Utbyany Butterife: Befides, they will fotake from the Horfe the e.nfe and feeling of his feet, that the Hotte will go very ftiff and un- 'jnbly : Wherefore, when you fhall perceive any fuch defect, an'ch is beft known by offering to pare the hoof, then prefently you j1*" take an ounce of Sope, two ounces of unfleckt Lime, with as |
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How to harden Hoofs. AS dry (landing, and dry keeping doth harden the hoofst0'
much» fo wet and m^ift keeping, as continual going in M«'' rifh grounds, or continual (landingcitlfer upon durt, or the Ho*1 ^ own dung, or too hot (loppings will make a Horfes hoofs too lo»1» in fo much that the Horfe through the tendernefs thereof,will neitn<- be able to go, nor bear any fhooe, which you fhall perceive by rtl foftand cafie cutting'of the hoof. The manner then to haroe , and cure them, is, according to the opinion of the ancient Farrtfr' ruft to burn an old fhooefole, then feeth it well in Vinegar, a1.. therewith bathe the Horfes hoofs at the lead twice a day,*and it ^' harden them, e Other skilful Farriers ufe to take of the powder of Galls, °,
Bran, and of Salt, of each a handful; boyl thefe well in a pottle0 llrong Vinegar, and therewith bathe che hoofs, and in a fhort fpa<" it will harden thenr. CHAP. CXXVII.
Of the Malt-long of the Hoof. THe Malt-long, cr as fome Farriers call ir, the Malt-worm»,s
cankerous Sorrance above the Hoof, juft upon the Cron£f> which will break out into knobs and branches, and out of thefalll will run a watrifh fharp lye or humour,which will venom the w"0 foot; as for the figns, they are the apparent light of the SofaoC' and the continual running out of the thin water. Now the Ca\' according to the opinion of the ancient Farriers, is, if it be iD,| Summer time, to take black Snails, and Bur-Roots, and bea"0» them well togecher? lay them unto the fore, and renew them oaCtl 24', hours. Butif it be in the Winter, then take the fa-aping*0* Pans bottom, or of a Cauldron, and put i hereto a handful ox E inner green bark or pilsofthe Elder-tree; and having beaten tr»e^ well together in a morcer, lay it unto the fore, and renew; it o& |
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"oney, of each a like quantity, ftamp them very well together, then atl°int his rongue with a little thereof, and then lay fome to his Paftorns,and that will cure the Sorrance. ... *
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How to skin any fore foot,
tHere is nothing better to skin any fore foot of what accident or
Sorrance foever it proceed, than to take Turpentine fimply of 'felf, and therewith every day to anoint the forefoot, audit will "ot only gather skin but hoof alfo, if it be in a p?ace where any fuch. "eed requireth. Alfo white Lead, and Train oyl beaten together, W'U do the like. C H A P. CXXIX.
Of gomded er fmTn Legt. THe gourge, orgotirded Legs, is an ill forrance, being a grievous,.
fwelling in the nether part of the Legs> proceeding either from ,. "e melting of the greafe by immodrate labour, and then wanting ^herewith to avoyd that greafe out in excrements, it falleth down !"to the limbs, and there breedeth this fwelling; or elfe whenahorfe ?s Exceedingly heated, and then without care fet up,and taketh cold, ' ltl fo much that the blood falleth down into his Legs and there con- ?e»leth, and maketh his Legs to {well. To conclude, they do fome- |
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a The figns are, the. Horfes Legs will ever be moft fwoln when he
J^deth ftill in the houfe, and leaftwben he is in travel, efpecially
"e travel in much water : and the fwelling moft commonly is ac-
{ ^Panied with fome fmall fcabs,andin the end it will break out in- £ the batches. The cure, according to the opinion of the ancient ^ncrs, is, to draw hifn with a hot Iron a handful above the knee,,
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and then rope his Legs with a (oft rope of hay wet in cold Wat"'»
and lee it fo remain a day and a night, and it will take away all t"j /welling- Other Farriers take two pound of Nerve oyl, two pound of black S-^pe, a pound of Boars greafe, and melt and boyl all chefe well together : then drain ir, and fo let it cool } then when yoa have any need, anoint and chafe yourHorfcs Legs therewith, and to make it fink in the better, anoint him fuft with Nerve oyl, and holdahot Iron agabft his Legs to make it melt, then ufe the other oyntmtnt in the fame manner, which done, keep his Legs clean fro"1 duft by lapping a linnen rowler about them. Others of our latter Farriers ufe to take up the veins beneath tbj
■ ÜJa3 knee, and let him bleed well: then knit the vein both above and below, and then anoint his Legs with this oyntment: Take °j Frankincenfe, Roz.cn, and freih greafe, of each a like quantity, an» having boy led them well together, then ftrain ir,and ufe it once a da/ as you (hall have occafion, and it will heal any Gourge whatfoever 5 only for the taking up of the veins, youmayif you will forbear »fi fith, if it he not done with great cunning, it will make the Horfe &$ ever after. See fui ther in themew Addition«, for any ftrain in genc' ral noted thus |3» . CHAP. CXXX,
t/imofi certain and approved Cnre for any Surded or [weld Legt, ft
what accident foever. FIrft with a Fleam prick the fwtld parts» then take a pint0*
Wine lees, an ounce of Cornin- feeds, and a handful or moffi of Wheat-flower, and boyl them till they be thick, then apply t'1,s pultus very hot to che fweld part, and renew it but once in z^.houf5' and if this in two or three dayes draw it to an head, then launce>r» and heal it either with a Plaifter of Shoo-makers Wax, or elfe «r,c the yolk of an Egg, Wheat-flower and Honey beaten together to ' Salve. But if it do not draw to any head, and yet the {welling continue
then take of Pitch a quarter of a pound, and as much Virgins ^a£ of Rozen half a pound, of the juyce of Hyffop half an ounce, ofy^ Umm half an ounce ,of Mynhfecondary half a pound, of Bde^0 |
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half an ounce, of the drops of Storaxhalf an ounce, boylall thefc t0R&ther in an Earthen pot, and after it is cooled, take of Bitumen «a!f a pound, of Armoniack an ounce and a half, and of Coftus as J&ach, beat thefe into fine powder, and then incorporate them with Mother, and'boyl them all over again: which done, pour che ^'hole mixture into cold Water, and then rowl it into feveral roles, Plaifter-wife; after fpread this plaifter upon Cheeps, Leather, and foM it about the fweld member, and this will both aflwageir, and Sive much ftrength to the finews. You foallby no means remove '"is plaifter fo long as it will flick on. This plaifter is wonderful foverain, and of fiogularufe, for the
Horfethat is continually kept therewith, Imean, that hath if applied to his Limbs ever when he commeth from travel, he (hall never be troubled with fweld Legs, nor" yet ever put out Wind-. Now, if you will neither goto this coft, nor endure this trouble j &~* ■
Vet would have your Horfecured of this infirmity, then know,there ls not any thing better, or more approved, "than continually both be- fore and after Travel, and in the Houfe many times in the day, to lave and wafli your Horfes Legs, or other (weld parts, with the col- dcft and cleared fountain Water that you can get, and fometimes let tne Horfe ftand in fome cold running ftream the fpace of a quarter of 'n hour or more, up to the Knees and Cambrels, but in «a?/ cafe no further.- This Medicine how poor foever it look, is of much vertue, and-
taough I write of cold Water, yet is the operation hot and fiery : Qflly this you muft take to your Remembrance, that this appli- ^n appertains not to impoftumations, but unto ftrains, and fwelc.- ft8s, and bruifes> which are without much -anguiftu |
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Of the Farcj, er Fafkims. THe Farcy, ( of our ignorant Smiths called the Fafhions) is of
all outward Sorrances the vileft, the moft payfonous, i'1" feftiou?, and the moft dangerous, (being any wjiit neglected) °" otherwise the moft eafie, and with the lcaft coft or trouble to be helped. It is a kind of creeping Ulcer, growingin knots, everfo'* lowing alongft fome one vein or other, and fometimes alongft divef* or fundry Veins, according to the ftrength of the infection. J* proceedeth fometimes from corrupt blood ingendred in the body» fometimes from outward wounds or hurts received by cankerous of poyfonousinftruments, as rufty Spurs, rufty Forks, biting of Dog5 or Horfes, biting of Ticks, Hogs-lice, orfuchlikej fometimes b? the rubbing of Swine againft the Legs of the Horfe, or by lying i" the litter where Swine have lain, or by enter-fearing, or hewin? one Leg upon another ; but generally it proceeded from an eV' habit of the body, being furfeited by diforderly and unruly Travel» whereby the blood being heated, the greafe melted, and fudd^ cold taken, there groweth fuchobftruclions in the blo®d, andfu^ putrifaclion in the body, that k can no way evacuate or avoid, b& by thefeftnali Knots, Puftuley, crll'cers, which are fo infedtio^ that as many Horfes as do gnawer gnapnpon the Horfe infe#c^ will within one moneth have the fame difeafe: or if the Horfe if»e' $ed, do bite any other, he will infeel him alfo; and this infect011 without prefent Cure is mortal, and will kill any Horfe: therefoj^' whenfoever you have any Horfe troubled with this Sorrance, '£ that you feparate him from other Horfes to prevent the da0* g«. ' . c
Now for the figns, they are the appearance and palpable feeling °
the Knots, which knots are never but accompanied with gerat f*£ lings and rancklings, running along as the veinsrun, and djV1~'fg tbemfelves as the branches of the vein divide, the number of t knots multiplying and increafing until the body be univerfally c vered over, or elfe that the member (if it be in a member) be uttet y • deformed and mis-fhajxen. «jow |
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*ow the cure, ( according to ihe opinion of the ancient Far-
mers) is, firft let him blood on the neck vein, and on both his fpur vtins, then give the Horfe this drink: Take a gallon of water, and P^t into it a good handful of Rue, and a pound of Hemp^ feed, both ,Clr>g firft bruifed in a morter, then boyl them in water nil the one ^lfbeconfumed, and give the Horfe this to drink in the morning 'afting being cold,for divers mornings together,and it will cure him. Others of the ancient Farriers ufe firft to let the Horfe bood in {hat vein where the Sorrance firft rifeth, as nigh the fore place as ^ay be, and let him bleed well: then fire Or cauterize every Knot 0t>e by one, taking the knot in your left hand, and pulling it fo hard *s you can from his body, to the intent you may the better pierce the *not with the round blunt hot Iron, ofthebignefe of a mans fore- finger, without doing the body any hurt, and let the matter out, laying none unburned being little or much •' That done, anoint c'ery knot fo burned with Hogs greafe warmed every day once until l"e cores be ready to fall j and in the mean time, prepare a good Quantity of old Urine, and when you fee the cores ready to fall, *"en boyl the Urine, and put therein a little Copperas and Sale aJid a few ftrong Nettles, and with that water being warm wafh out 3'1 the cores, and all the corruption : that done, fi!l every hole im- mediately with the powder of unfieckt Lime, continuing thus to do every day once until the holes be clofed up; and if any be more *anke than others, fill thofe with Verdigreafe; and during this cUre, let the Horfe be thinly dyeted, that is to fay, with ftraw and ^ater only, unlefs it be now and then to give him a loaf of bread, °r a little other Provender: for the lower be is kept in flelh, the fooner he will heal j and in any wife let his neck either be yoaked V1 an old bottomlefs pail,or elfe fplented with ßaves in fach fort, that ,ermy not come to lick any of his fores, and the lefsrefthe hath, "e better will be his amendment. Now there be other latter Far- !lers> which for the Sorrance take a good quantity of Miftieto, L7ney and black Sope, and boyl them very well in old Urine, and sing very warm, wafh your Horfe all over therewith, every day 'j5e for the fpace of five or fixdayes, and it will help it. Others . lc to cut the Horfe two inches long down the fore-head, and open 1,1 the micift thereof on both fides two inches, and put thereto 3 attlpin made of the inner rind of Elder bark which is green, and |
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look thar it lye crofs the cue 5 for fo it will deffroy all the venemous
humour in his body, and it will heal him very perfectly, having', been very oft approved. Ohersufe to take a very fharp bodkm» andto thruft it crofs-wife through the nether part of the Horte* nofe, even through the (mall griftle, fo that he may bleed well', °r elfe to let him blood in the neck-vein, then feci the knots, and aJ many asarefoft,Launcethem,and let them run, then take ftrong Iye» Lime, and Allom, and mixing them well togeth<r, bathe all the fore therewith, and it will cure him. era,, Others take a (harp lance Knife, and in the top of the Horfesforc head fomewhat above his eyes, make a long flit even unto his skul J then with a blunt inftmment for that purpofe, loofe the fkfh frofl1 the fcalp a good compafs, then take carrot roots cut into little thi" round pieces, and put them between the skin and the skul, or,, fa' want of carrot roots, you may take red Dock roots, and fee that tW be a little beaten or.bruifed before you put them in, and once a daf fee that you thruft out the matter, but by no means thruft out th* roots: but if the roots do not flay in, then with a needle and fil* ftich the wound together that it may hold in. the Medicine; the" onccaday anoint the wound with frefh Butter: This is held a ve''5f certain cure for the Farcy, for look how this wound made thus (h*'* roc, waft, and grow found, fo (hall the Sorrance break, dry op' and be healed j only the fault of this cure, is, that it will & fomewhat long in healing, and is a foul eye-fore, until it & whole. Now there be other Farriers, which, after the putting in of root5»
as is afore- faid, ufe to burn all the fore place round about with a h°c Iron; and then with another blunt hot Iron as big as a mans fin* ger, to burn the fores in the midft till the white matter come ford1» then with a pair of pinfons pluck out the knots: this done, anoinE all the fore places with Sope, and then drefs him no more the fyiCe of four or fivedayes, in, which time you muft prepare agoodqu*"* tity of ftrong pifs, with the which you muft wafh him every day» t0e pifs being firft made fcalding hot, and rub the fores well untilthef begin to bleed ; then having dryed all the fore places, throw on m6 powder of unflcckt Lime, or of burnt Allom, which will heal better than Lime. Now if you fee that in any of the fores tbrough-neg»; gent d.rcfiing there rifcth proud fkfh fo high, that you cannot corr« |
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it fufficientfy with the aforefaid powder, then you may burn any
fach place fo fore or forer as you did at the firft, and drefs it as be- fore. Now there be other Farriers, which, when they feethe Farcy to have been old and long gone, and that ic is fo far entred into one Member or other, that the member is disfigured, they will then firft purge the Horfe with fome ftrong purgation, of which you may find choice in a Chapter before written, and then under his belly, put in one rowel either of hair or Leather ; or on the pitch of his (houl- derofhis grieved Leg (if it be before) orelfeon theftfling place, if his grief be behind, put in another Rowel, and fo keep thoie two places, together with the iffuc inJiis fore-head open, until the cure be finifhed j then with another hot Iron burn all his Leg clown with long ftrikes, even from the body to the hoof, not above an inch one ftrike from another, the edge of the Iron being not above a ftraws breadth, and draw your ftroak everdownward with the hair, and burn him no deeper than that the skin may look brown. Now, when by this practice you have cured the difeafe, if then the Mem-- bet be unfashionable, or by fwellings out of all form, then you fhall lay unto the member a plaifter made of Wine lees, and Wheat- flower, and Rowl it with a wollen Rowler, renewing it once in twenty four hours, till the member be affwsged, and this practice will heal any great fwell'd Leg, if it be applied and continued with patience j but if by former dreffings, burnings,manglings or cuttings offome ignorant Farriers, there beany extraordinary, hard, or horny fubftance grown about the member, which the plaifter afore-faid Will not refolve, then you (hall take of Virgins Wax half a pound, of Mirrh one pound? of raifins a pound, of (jalhanum half a pound, of Coftus fix ounces, of Armoniack fix ounces, of Swines greafetwo P°Und ; put your Swines greafe firft into an earthen pot,and having P'aced it in a broad cauldron full of water, then make a fofc fire un- der it, to the end that your water may boy 1; and when you do per- ceive your Swines greafe is almoft melted, then fhall you put in all lhe other fimples, except the Coftus, and when they are all molten, *hich will ask five or fix hours boyling at the leaft, then your Coftus, which is a white root, being beaten into fine powder, you fhall add to,the afore-faid things after it is taken from the fire, and ^corporate them all very well together, then make a plaifter there- of upon a piece of Sheeps leather, fomewhat bigger than the fore, S f % and
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and this Plaifter without renewing will fervefor at the leaft thif/"
dayes, with a very little refreshing, only you muft once a day wK it ort, and rub his Leg very well for fear it itch, which may catf» theHsrfe to bear, and ftamp with his foot, and Co rather increa'e than decreafe thefweUing; and you muft regard, that you do n^ Rowlhim toofhait, far that is moft hurtful. It (hall not be attii's now and then to ride him into the water, and walk him an hoU* after, then bringing him into the Stable, rub his Leg well ; the" warm his Plaifter over a Chafing-difh and coals, and fo lay it t0 again : and this practice in two or three moneths will tak* away any deformity of fwelling, be the Member never fo vfi' eomly. y Now there be other Farriers, which for this Farcy, If it be bwc
young, and efpecial'y if it be about the head or face of a Horfc» will take only of i/tquav\t& two fpoonfulls, of the juyce of Garlic* two fpoonfuls.and of the juyce of Rew, or herb of Grace, two fpoofl' "fuls; mix them welltogether, then take plegants or round balls o» flax, and fteep them therein,and then flop them hard into thehorfe* ears j then take a needle and thred and flitch the tips of his t\f° ears together, by means whereof he cannot fhake out the Medici"e» and ufe the Horfe thus three feveral morningstogether, and it \v$ kill the Farcy, as hath been oft proved. |
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Horfesears, and fo either flitch them together, or with a bro*" inekle bind them up , renewing it once in fourteen hour$ for. three or four dreflings, and it will heal any reafqnab'e Farcy. Others ufe to anoint all the fores either with Tanfey,and Ver juyc*
boy led together,oreIfe with Boars greafe very hot, and that will ki" it. Oihersuferirft to wafh the feres with old Urine, then take the powder of Glafs, Brimftone and Hogs greafe well ftamped a°j* beaten together, then opening, or flitting the knots, anoint them all therewith, and it will cure them immediatly. Other Farriers nie to let the Horfe blood, if ic beat the beginning of the difeafe, or ell« not; and then to burn all the knots as is aforefaid, and then to he*1 the burnings with Tar, Oyl and Honey mixt together, and give hi* with a pint of Malmfey, two or three fpoonful of the powdei r r Pia peine? |
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;apente : or elfe give him four ounces of the powder of Wall-
et, or Danswort, wirha pinr anda half of Malmfey three dayes °Hf ther : after that take an ounce of Aloes, one once of Centuai y, °"eour.ce of Opoponax, beatthem all into fine powder, and give ^«n him to drin k in a pinr and half of Malmfey warmed, wherein ,le roots of the afore-faid herb called Wall-wort, or Dan-wort, ,ave been fodden : ufe to Ride him oft until he fweat, and when p Difeafe is killed, tarn him to grafs: for running in the open air s very wholefome. ^ There be others, which take black Sope, Arfnick, unflcekt Lime, e=^j
.Ctdigreale, and Red Lead, work all thefe well together, and ope- 'ng theKnots,drefs them therewith til! you fee them begin to dry up J1*! dye. Others open the knots with a hot Iron, and then take black ,°pe, and great Bay Salt beaten together, and half fo much as of "em, of Verdigreafe, and boyl the Verdigreafe with frefh greafe, ."d then take a faucerfulof Muftard, and „put them all together,and rels the fores therewith^ • There be others that take three ounces of Quick-filver, and put
>'ntö a bladder, with two fpoonful of the ./uycc of Oranges or ^ons, and fhake them together to cool the Quick-fiber: then 0ake half a pound of frefh Hogs greafe, and of Verdigreafe an th CC ' Puta^ cnefe in a trend difh, and work them well together: ,Cn anoint the knots with this Oyntment till they rot: then lee ^rn out with a fharp Knife, and anoinr them ftill, and put into his ^Hhe juyceofRagweed, and the fores will dry üp. This Medi- Cl,le is very well approved. Others take black Sope, Muftard made ^ Wine Vinegar, and red Lead ; mix all thefe togecher,and anoint ^ vein all along, holding a hot Iron'clofe to the fore, to make the r\^trrient ftrike in, and do thus once a day until the fores dry up. t|;C .r Farriers take of the juyce of hemlock a good quantity, and 9 PP'ng tow therein, flop his ears therewith, then open all the knots j, d thruft in Salt. Laftly, give him to drink fweet wort mixt with j n«el and Treacle, O her Farriers take the butter Bur, and be- 18 dryed and beaten to powder, ftrew it upon the knots after they far! Cen °Pene^> an<^tnert give him two or three fpoonful of the j."16 powder with a pint of Malmfey to drink, and ic will cure the t0 cy J anditisalfo exceeding good for all manner of Ulcers; the ■tl« ftrong infmell, and bitter in tifte. Others
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Others take Sulphur, Orpimenr, unfleckt Lime, and mixing f JJ'
: together, put it into the Knots, and it will kill che Farcy : ^ done, anoint him with Bole-armony made into powder, and inf! porated with ftrong Vinegar, the juyce of Houfleek, and of W"11, Leeks, andSolarro. Other Farriers after they have let the tf°f blood, willboyl in Vinegar, Bean-flower and Swines greafe, wc add a pretty quantity of oyl, and then ftrain if, then add one P.9 of Aloe«, and two of Brimftone, and boyl it a little: then be1."» warm, anoint all the {ore places therewith, or elfe anoint them c**11 a day with the juyce of Smallage, and the yolks of Eggs beaten{ gether. There be other Farriers which take two ounces of Oyl de b*r
eneof Eftforbium, and two ounces of Artnick, and mixing th£ together, anoint the fores therewith, and it will kill the F*w' Now after all thefe many Receipts, of which not any but hath bet approved tobe very good, yet thefe two which I will now rehe*f'' I have ever found to be the mod excellent for any manner of F»f' whatfoever, whether it be,as our fimple Smiths term it, a dry ■Ftf^j a wet or watry Farcy, or a running Farcy, all being indted but o * Farcy, and proceeding from one eaufe ; only fome Morfes not J* ving fuch flux of humours in them as others have, the Knots wil' c unwilling to break, and then they fay it is a dry Farcy: othe^ the contrary part will break as fall as the Knots arife, and run &ft matter, and then they call it a watery Farcy: Others will fpr£*d \ many parts of the body, yet not break, but as it were o1? g betwixt the skin and the flefh, but that they call a runn,pg Farcy. * Now all thefe are but one Farcy, and have but one certain C? j
tp3= which is this. Firft, with diligent heed mark upon what PrnlC!, </ vein of the Horfes body the Knots do arife, and note how" <£; fpread and run, then if the Farcy be divided into fundry branch^ according as the vein doth divide, you fhall take the laftk°ot { every branch, which for the moft part will be hard, and notc0' to rottennefs; and then flit them, and fill them with y°ur ^nJ point ful of white Mercury : then thole which you find to be rott let the matter forth, and anoint them with black Sope and Mercn^ mixt together: then within a day or two you fhall fee thpfe wn^j you drefs wich Mercury fimple, to have their cores fall out j ^e |
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,e reft which you drefs with black Sope, will dry up : then anoint
nf«i all with frefh Butter molten till they be whole. Now if you
P'fceive any new knots to arife, theqyou fhall drefs them like-wife
Uh Mercury fimple, as was faid before, and not leave any uncured.
^°\v if the Farcy be not very contagious, but as it were newly be-
^n> then if you only take black Sope and Mercury, as before faid, nd anointing your finger and your thumb therewith, do but nip
nd bruife every knot, and within two or three dayes after they will
, rV up and heal. But if the Farcy be foul and defperate,that is to ft) either univerfally fpread over the body, or fo gotten into any """nb or Member, that the Limb is deformed) and hath loft his pro- Wttion, fothat t man can neither judge which way the veins run, °f in what part the knots are moft venemous, becaufe that healing
"t, two new ones will arife ;
In this fame cafe, you fhall fii ft give your Horfe a firong fcouring
J Purgation, according to the ftrength of his body, of all which, a ™U of Mufkadine, or a quart of ftrong Ale, with half a pint of the jW of Oats, is the moft foverain : then fhall you take a penny- °rdiofTar, and two good handfuls of Pigeons dung, and twelve
Pcnnycworch of white Mercury; mix all thefe very well together, M make them into afalve : then with a^Oiiee daub it all over the °*e place, leaving no part of the Member uncovered j then heating
,°8r of Iron Red hot, hold it fo near that it may dry the Salve upon J1* fore: then lay more frefh falve on, and dry in like manner, and ?l£t it reft until it fall off, and it will kill any Farcy whatfocver, at Sefirft or fecond dreffing. There be others which will;flop the ^n°ts with the powder of Verdigreafe and of Arfnick mixt together, ,r elfe wafh the fores with Aquafortis^ but they are neither fo good s tn« other before rehearfed.
C H A P. CXXXII.
Of the Cancer in any fart of the body.
A Canker is a poyfonous creeping Ulcer, fretting and gnawing«
the fiefh a great breadth, whofe beginning is knotty, not 3^"} tinlike to the Farcy, and fpreadeth it felf into divers places 5 »^ing exukerated, gathcrcth together at the length into one Wound.
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Wound or filthy fore, from whence there runnech a chin fharp}J '
which galleth off the skin wherefoever it goes.and fo both incrtai^ the Ulcer, and maketh it more incurable. Ic proceedeth from Me* lancholy and filthy blood, ingendred eicher by ranknefsof k'eepin£| or elfe by too exsreme poverty ;and if this naughty blood be mixt W^ fharp and Salt humours, then it caufech more painful and griev°|j exulceratior. It alfo may proceed from fome loathfome Wou^» which is neither clean kept nor well dreft, but in fuch fort, that tn corrupt matter thereof poyfoneth the other clean parts of the boor For figns of theSorrance, there needeth no more but the defcriptJ^ already mentioned. And for the cure, according to the opinio*1,0 the ancient Farriers, it is, fnft to let the Horfe blood in thofe vC11^ which are next the fore, and make him bleed well; then take Allem half a pound, of green Copperas as much, of white Copp^, one quartern, and ä good handful of Salt, boy I all thefe things''■. gether in fair running water, from a pottle to a quart: and ^ water being warm, wafh the fore therewith with a clout, and ^ fprinkle thereon the powder of unfleckt Lime, continuing fo to 6 every day once the fpace of fifteen dayes j and if you fee that t Lime do nocmortifie the rank fltfh, and keep it from fprcad'f.| any further, then take of Sope halfapound, of Qjiick-filverl1*' an ounce, and beat them together in a pot until the Quick-filvet" fo well mingled with the Sope, as you can percieve no Quick■$ j in it; and with an Iron flice or fplatter, after that you have w^; j, the fore with the ftrqng Water afore-faid, cover the Wound w'f thisoyntmentjContinuing thus to do every day once until theCa11 leavefpreadingabroad. And if it leave fpreading, and thaty ( fee the rank flefh is well mortified,and that the edges begin to gat ^ a skin, then after the wafhingdrefsit with Lime, as before». c00 tinunig fo to do until it be whole; and in the dreffing, (^et y, filth that comes ouc of the fore to remain upon any whole p'a<:e ^ bout, but wipe it clean away, or elfe wafh ic away with w* s water : and let the Horfe during this cure, be as thinly ^^ve* maybe, and throughly exercifed. Now if this cankerous U happen to be in the tail of a Horfe, as ic is often feen, and wnicn y ^ fhall perceive as well by the falling away of the hairs, as alio by^ wound, then you fhall ma'ke a bolfter of foft cloath or fpung^ ^ wet ic withrViiegar boih within a»)d without, and fo bind J [(, |
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*°the fore • and alwayes when it waxes dry, you muft wee it a-
?iln ; do thus twice or thrice a day, if it be done oftner it is better: '° 'Kail you continue for three or four dayes, and then heal it up as y°u heal an ordinary wound ; that is, with Hogs greafe and Tur- pentine molten together, or fuch like. There be other-Farriers, ^hich for the Canker on the body, do take an ounce of the juyce of ^ffootof Affedely, three ounces of unfleckt Lime, two ounces of 9rPiment, or Arfnkk, put this in an earthen Veffel clofe ftopr, and Clther boylorbake itinan oven till it come to a powder; thenfiift ^afh the fore with ftrong Vinegar, and after ftrew this powder thereon. Others ufe to take Garlick, and beat it in a morter with twines greafe till it come to a Salve, and then having wafht the fore Either with Vinegar, Allom water, Copperas water, ®r old Urine, 3noint it once or i w'ce a day with it till it be whole. Other Farriers take the herb Mullen, and bruife it, and mix it with Salt and Ver- ^'greafe, anddrefs the fore therewith morning and evening for the 'Pace of three or four day«, then ufe the fame falve again as^ long withoutVerdigreafe,then laftly ufe the herb alone :but if at any time you fee it do begin to Wax raw,then begin again as is afore- faidjand CVer before you anoint it, -wafh it firft with Vinegar and greafe mixt together. Others take Savin, Bay-fair, and Rewftampt with Bar- • *°ws greafe, and anoint the fore therewith, and when the ill hu- i^oursare kild, (which you fhall know by the whitenefs) then heal lc With Tar, Oyl, and Honey mixt together. Laftly, (and which I hold the beft) take Vinegar, Ginger, and c5~|
^lom, and mix them together till they come to a Salve, and with ic '"oint the fore, and it will both kill the Poyfon, and heal the Ulcer. CHAP. CXXXIII.
Of the Ftfiula.
AFiftula is a deep > hollow, crooked, mattering Ulcer, and for
the moft part,commonly a great deal ftraighter at the mouth a" at the bottom, being ingendred in fome wound, bmife, lore, ]r ^-ir>ker, not throughly healed. The figns to know it are, thehol- ^nefs of the fore defending downward from the Orifice, and the T t thinnefs :
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thinnefs of the matter which iffueth from the fame ; befides, t"
crookednefs which you fhall find in the Ulcer, when you fcarC if»
Now forthecure,according ro the opinion of the ancient Farf|cr5'
it is thus: Fitftftarch the bottom thereof with a Goofe or Swa"s quill, or with a (mall Rod well covered with a fine Linnen cloath 5 and having found the bottom thereof, cut it fo large with a K^°rl that the matter may have free paffage downwards; but take hee^ in launcing it, that you cut not any mafter finew, or main tendon • then having ftanched the blood either with Swines dung, or"1^ like, take of good Honey a pint, of Verdigreafe one ounce, an" boyl them well together upon a foft fire three quarters of anhoUf» then having cleanfed the fore by tying a tent of flax or fine Linn^ cloath to the point of your quill, with a thread draw it foftly inc the Wound: then cut ofTyour quill or feather fo long that you ow rake good hold in the nether end of the tent, which then (hall co& out at the bottom of your fore : then dip another tent in the afo^' faid Salve, and then with a needle and thred make faff your tefl to your firft clout, at the upper end thereof; then draw out yoj* fitft tent downward, fo iTiall you draw your tent with the Med1' cine eafiiy into the Wound, and your tuft tent will have cleanfe. the fore very clean; and if the matter do abound much, then ,c fhall be good to drefs him twice a day: but you muft not drefs hi1*! with this Medicine no more butoneday, and afterward you fh»l[ drefs him with this Medicine following: take of Turpentine, °. Swines greafe, of Honey,and Sheeps fuet, of each a like quantity »a*1., melt them eogecher, and make a falve thereof, wherewith you Ö1' drefs your fore four dayes, for one day that you drefs him with tP former Medicine made of Honey and Verdigreafe, and takehee> that you make your'tent of very foft Linnen cloath, and fineflf" and let not ycur tent be too big after the firft and fecond ti"1 dreffing, but prefently after the firft dreffing you moft c<?e. the fore place, and round about the fame, with this Pultus &c following. ^j Fitft, take two Gallons of fair Water, and having boiled an
fcum'd it fo long till you have perfectly cleanfed it of all cormPtlCjcC then cake two or three handfulsof Mallows, and as much °^-?je leaves, and two or three of Oat-meal, and having boyledal »* c |
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'We things well in your former prepared Water, you fhall add
hereto of Hcgs-wort, and frefh Batter, of each a pound: then ^a!l you let it boyl fo long till it become'thick, likepafte or pap, 'nd then apply it hot to the fore, and take heed that in opening this ^fe you lei not any air ftrike into it: And on the other fide,that you keep it not too hot: And if this Fiftula be in the Horfes Withers, Vou muß take heed that you tye his head to the rack, fo as he may Either lye down,nor put his head lower than his manger: for if you [üffer him to feed on the ground when he hath any grievous fore in "is Withers, it (hall hardly be poffible ever to cure him; but if you Perceive the "Wound to heal apace, and that it matter but a little, 'hen fhall it be enough to drefs him once a day: and alfo it fhall be Rood, to take great heed, that you make not your tent too big, and kethat you ufe your Pultus till it be perfectly cured. Now there k* other of the ancient Farriers, which ufe for this cure, firft to *Wh the depth of the Fiftula either with a quil, or with fomeo- <ta inftrumentof Lead, which may be bow'd every way ■ for ^nlefs you find the bottom of it, it will be very hard to care; and having found the bottom, if it be in füch a place as you may boldly cUtand make the way open with a Lancet or Razor, then make a flic ''ght againft the bottom, fo wide, that you may thruft in your fin- ger to feel whether there be any bone or ehe gnftle perifhed, or fP°ngy, or loofe flefh, which muft be gotten out ; and then tent i| ^ith a tent of flax dipped in this Oyntment : Takeof Mirrh, of Aloes, and of Sarcocolla,of each one ounce, of good Honey fix ounces, 8"dof Verdigreafe two ounces, •nd-melta.H thefeon a gentle fire, **»d make them into a Salve ; then being luke-warm, drefsthe tent herewith, andbolfter the tent with a bolder of flax, and if it be in ^h a place as the tent cannot conveniently be kept in with a band, ">en faften on each fide the hole two ends of a fhooe-makersthred r'§htoverthebolfter,to keep in the tenr,which ends may hangfthere as Solaces to tye and untyeat yourpleafure, renewing the tent every *J*V once until the foreleave matteting,and then make the tent every ^y lefferaßd leffer until it be whole: for you fhall iihdeiftand, l"at this Salve doth purge this fiftula of putrifaßion, incarnateth 'nd breedeth flefh.conglutinateth and eateth away all naughty f[c(h. I^ow when you have done as afore-(aid, then you fhall clofe it up by fprinkling thereon a little unfleckt Lime ; but if the fiftula be T t a in
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in {ucha place, as you can neither cut againft the bottom, nor tf
the fame, then there is no remedy, but every time youdrefsir» c° tpour into it either through fome quil, or by fome fmallfquirt or W ringe, fome ftrong white Copperas water, or fome Allom water, & that it may go down to the bottom, and dry up the filthy matte*» and this you muft do twice a day at leaft until it be whole. N° there be of our latter Farriers, which ufe this cure, after they hav fearcht the Fiftula to the bottom, to take a pottle of white V^"1 Vinegar, of Camphire half an ounce, of Mercury precipitate half*1! ounce, of green Treacle threeounces, of Red Sage an handful* ° Yarrow and Rib-wort of each an handful, of Honey half a p»°f' of Boars greafehalf a pint, boyl all thefe together till a quart j5 confumed, and with this you fhall wafh and cleanfe the WouO"' then to heal up the fame, you fhall take oyl of Rofes, Virgins W4^ and Rozen, of each a like a quantity, of Turpentine five ounces, ° the gum of Ivy and Deers fuetasmuch, boyl thefe together ufll# a Salve, and then drefs the fore therewith until it be whole, doW ving ever, both in this cure, and all the reft, that a* foonasyouh*^ put in your Tent, to clap a plaifler over it of Pitch, Rozcn9 H*&c u Turpentine and Hogs greafe molten together, which will b"' Comfort the Wound by taking away evil humours, and alfo keepJ the tent from falling out. Now if the Fiftula be in or about ^j headoftheHorfe, then you fhall take the juyceof Houflick, *fi: dip therein a lock of Wool,, and put it into the Horfes ears, afld' will ftay the inflammation j but if it be exukerated and broke^ then you fhall cut away all the rotten and falfe flefh, and then b»* it well with the grounds of Ale made warm, and then wipe y1 blood clean away: then take Butter, Rozen,. and Erankince*1'* little, and boyl them all together, and boy ling hot pour it ir>f^c. tf wound, and then clap oiUheplaifter, do thus once a dayl^ ue Horfe be whole. Now if there bfrajiy inflammation behind'^, Horfes ears, or that it grow to any impoftumation in that place» «y ypu fhall boyl the roots of Mallows in water till they wax tend« th«n bru#e them, and ftrain out the. water clean, and beißg war apply k to the fore, and it will heal it, j There be other ancient and skilful Farriers, which for the genet^
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•Jpon the fiift (welling, and it will keep the Fiftula that it fhalf not
^eedj but if it breed, then you fhall Launce it in thenetberny ft Part, and put into it as much Mercury Sttblimatttm as a peafe, being firft abated with Salet oyl, and laid on with a feather j after thart *»ke of Verdigreafe four penny worth, of Vitriol a halfpenny- worth, of Red Lead three penny-worth, beat thefe together, and «very day wafh the wound with Copperas water, made with Copperas and Elder leaves in Summer.and with the inner green bark 'n Winter; after the wafhingtake thepowdtr, and put it on the 'ore, and after it drop on a little Oyl. Ochers Farriers take the outermoft green fhels of Wal-nuts, and
Put them in a Tub, ftf owing three or four handfuls of bay fait upon them, Come in the bottom, fome in the midft, and fome on the top, »nd fo keep them all the year ; and when you will ufe them, take 9 pint of them, a little bay Salt, and half a quarter of a pound ei black Sope, with half a fpoonful of May Butter, ( and for wane thereof* other Butter) and mixand incorporate them together} and «hen fpread it on the fore, or tent the fore therewith ; but two hours before you lay it on, anoint the place with ^»/«-Turpentine, and do thus till the fiftula be whole.
Others Farriers take UngutnMm ^£gyptiacttm, which is made of
Honey, a pint, Vinegar half a pint, Allom a quarter ot a pound, 'nd Verdigreafe one ounce and a half; and feeth them all together till they be thick, and of a tauny colour 5 this is called O&mtUcMmi »nd to makeit the ftrongeft way, is, to put in of Mercury Stibltma* **m one ounce made into powder, and of Arfnick two fcruplss, and boyl it together j with either of thefe, efpecially the ftrongeft, drefs any Fiftula,Canker, or foul old Ulcer whatfoever,and it will kill it; and the weaker of thefe, which wanteth the Mercury and the . ■^J-fnick, may be applied to the Fiftula in the mouth ofaHorle» Other Farriers take of Sahllmatum made into powder one ounce, the ■fiidftof wellLeavened bread flack baked threeounccs, of Nenin Kn drams, mingle them together v ith a little Rofe water, and make «ms thereof, and dry them upon a Tile, and at your pleafure tent yom fiftula therewith, and it will afluredly toll it. Others take ftrong Lye, Hcney, Roch- Allom, and Mercury? and feeth them to- other, and fquirt it into a Fiftula, and it will kill it at the bottom, and when you mean to dry up a Fiftula, take red Wine, Goats |
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dung, and Bean«flowcr, and fceth them together and apply k to the
Fiftula, and it will dry it up. . Now if you intend to fink down the fwelling of a Fiflula, firft °*
all fear it with a drawing Iron in this proportion »J* > and then take Rofin, Sheepsfuet, and Brimftone, and boyl them together, and W it upon a Fiftula very hot with a cloath, and it will fink down_t»e fwelling. It is alfo moftexcellent to takeaway a Wind-galJ, if,c be laid on after the Wind-gall is prickt, but not too hot» but vctf reafonable, and it will keep it alfo very clean. There be other Farriers, which for a fiftula take Verdigre*^'
Batter and Salt melted together, and-pour itfcalding hot into thc fore; and ufe this till all the flefh look red; then tent it with Vet' digreafe, burnt Allom, Wheat-flower, and the yolks of Eggs wejf beaten and mingled together: t aft of all, skin it with Barm aw<* Soot mixt together. C H A P. CXXXIV.
t/l rare and true approved Medicine to cure my Fifittla, or hollo*
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any Lime in it, but by no means do not pick out the chopt ftr»*5 or hay that is in the lome, but boyl them all together till it cotrtf j^ a Salve; then being reafonable hot, fpread it over all the ^e\\ place, and over every part which you fhall feel hard : and you ß1' thus do twice a day, and it will not only ripen and break the boll? Ulcer, but alfo fearch it to the bottom and heal it. This medial cureth any fore back whttfoever, how grievonfly foever, either g'*' or bruifed. |
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Of the Amlary.
AN Ambory is a great fpungy Wart full of blood, which may
grow upon any part of che Horfes body, chiefly about the fye-brows, Noftrils, or privy parts, and it hath a root like unto a £°cks ftone. Now the cure, according to the opinion of the ancient Carriers, is, fiifttotye it about with a thred or hair fo hard as you c,r>pullir, and the thred will eat in by little and little, in fuch fore 'swithin fevenor eight dayes it will fall away of it felf j and if ic e foflar, that you can bind nothingabout ir, then take it away with ' Qiarp hot Iron, cutting it round about, and fo deep as you leave ''one of the root behind, and then dry it up with the powder of 'Crdigreafe, but if it grow in fuch a finewy place as it cannot be c°nvemently cut away with a hot Iron, then it is good to eac ouc 'he core with the powder' of Refalgcr, or Mercury, and then to flop '"e hole with flax dipt in the white of an Egg, for a day or two : j^d laftly, to dry it up with the powder of unfleckt Lime, and fjoney, as is before taught. Other Farriers, in flead of tying the W arc with a thred, do tye it with fome Horfe hair: and ^ac is a great deal the better, and will rot it offfooner, and. 'after. CHAP. CXXXVI.
Of the Cords.
^He Cords is a certam firing, which cometh from the fliackle-
j**» vein to the Griflle in the Nofe, and between the Lip, the jCngch of an Almond; or there be two firings like threads, which Q a°ove the knee, betwixt the knee and the body, and goe like a .pH cord through the body to the noftrils, making a Horfe to Umble much, and fometimes to fall alio; and it is a difeafe very
Uff** 'Indent to many young Horfes. The figns are, an apparent ^'ttgoing,' and much (tumbling, without any outward or vifible °r*ance j th? Cure is, according to the opinion of our ancient Far-
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nets, to take the end of a crooked Harts horn that it fharp, P^,1
under the cords, and twine it ten or twelve times about, till"1 Horfe be conftrained to lift vp his foot; then cut the cord i(\xo<^r* and put a little Sale into the itfue, or cut it fii ft at the Knee, &if\ at the end of his Nofe, and £o draw it upward a fpan length, aJ' cut that off. Other Farriers let the Horfe blood in the vein thatde' fcendeth intheinfide of the Leg, bythebrcaft, and takeaway8 leaft a pottle of blood, and after (even dayes wafh him with B«»" broth, and it will heal him. . Other Farriers tale Muftard, ^««iM, and Salet oyI,<afld
boyl them on the coals, and make a plaifter, and bind it to the plaC that is grieved, and it will help. O.hers take the grounds of Ale, and being made warm, bathe'1.1
Legs therewith, and then rope them up with wet hay ropes, and1 will make the Horfe perfectly found. CHAP. CXXXVI1.
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©f the String bait.
THe firing halt, of fome called the Mary hinchcho, is a fudda111
twitching up of thz Horfes hinder Legs, as if he did tread 0* pon needles, and were not able to indure his feet upon thegroufl^j the figns whereof be an apparent ill-favoured manner of halting,«*0'* vifible to the eye. And the cure is, to take up the middle vein 8 bove the thigh, and underneath the fame, then under the faid *& there lies a firing, which firing muft be cut away: and the anoint him with Butter and.Salt, and he will both do well, andß weif« CHAP. CXXXVIII.
Of a Hcrft that is Spttr-gaä'd; IF a ^Horfe by the indifcretion of an Evil Rider, be Spu^
galiV, which is a difeafe moft plain both to be felc and f«en * then the cure is , either to bathe it with Urine and Sale 0»»^ together j or with Water and Salt, or with warm Vinegar» fe |
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tIfe bind unto the place the crops of leaves of Nettles ftamped j and
a°y of thefe will cure him. CHAP. CXXXIX.
Of Wwnds in general.
X^TOands, according to the opinion of all Farriers, isa folutioni
Vy divifion, or parting of the whole: for if there be no fuch Nation, or divifion, then it is rather called a bruife than a Wound ; '!>d therefore, Wound» are moft commonly made with fharp or Forcing Weapons,and brnifes with blunt weapons :notuichftanding, ^ by fuch blunt weapons any part of the whole be evidently broken, '"«n it is to be called a Wound, as well as the other, and thefe Nmdsdo proceed from fome ftroak, prick, or violent accident. H)ty 0f Wounds, fome be hollow, and fome be deep and hollow : ^gain, fome Woundschance in flefliy parts, and fome in bony and ''"ewy places; and thofe which chance is the flefhy parts, though (hey be very deep, yet they be not fo dangerous as the others, and jWore I will fpeak firft of the moft dangerous. If then a Harfe have a wound newly made, either in his head, or in any other place ^ichis fulloffinews, bones or griftles, then, according to the o- P'lion of the moft ancient Farriers, you fhall firft wafti the Wound *el| with white Wine warmed, and keep it ever whilft you are in ^fling it, covered with cloaths wet in warm white Wine : that ^°ne, you fhall fearch the bottom of the wound with a probe or ^»ll'inftrument of Steel made for the purpofe, (uffering the wound *? take as little wind or air as you can poflible: then having found ?c depth, flop the holedofe with a clout until your falve be ready : he« take of Turpentine, Mtlrofatttm oyl of Roles, of each a quai- >> and a little unwrought Wax, and melt them together, ftirnng ^e°» continually that they may be well mingled together ; and if /e Wound be a cut, make a handfome rowl or round plegant of T tow, folong and fo big as may fill the bottom of the Wound, ^"ich f0r the moft part is not fo wide as the mouth of the wound : th!« make another rowl or plegant fomewhat bigger to fill up the kftof the wound, even to the hard mouth, and let both thele rowls e'nointed with the oyntment afore-faid, made luke-warm; only V v this
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this you muft ever obferve, that if the wound be long and large, t
.then it i*beft,if you can conveniently, to flitch the wound toget with a fine needle and a Gimfon (ilk : for that will make i( J|C. thefooner, and make theskarlefs. But if the hurt be like a j10 made with fome prick, then make a fliff tent either of tow or l1,ir' fuch a one as may reach the bottom, anointed with the afore-'1, Oyntrhent, and bolfter-the fame with a little tow : and over boj this and the other,or any wound whatfoever,-as foon as your *cVfjl pleganrs or tents are put in, you fhall clap a flicking plaifter ma , of Pitch, Rozen, Maftick, and Turpentine melted together, as^aL been before taught, both to keep in your falve, and to comfortcP fore. Now if the mouth of the wound be not wide enough, '° the matter may eafily run forth, if it be in fuch a place as you nW doit without hurting any finew, then give it a pretty flit fromtP, mouth downward, that the matter may have the freer paflage, äj1 in any wife have an efpecial regard that the tent may be continua' I ikeprin by one means or other, and alio that it may not be drovvfl , within the wound, but by tying fome thread about the upper & thereof, fo kept, that it may be teken out at pleafure. Now if l hole be deep, and in fuch a place as you may not cut it, thenm3" your tent full as big as the hole, of a dry fpunge that was n£v.£ v er, fo long that it may reach the bottom j and the tent being nvj4. fomewhstfoll, with continual turning and wryingofir, youib3 eafily get it down, and then drefs the wound with this twice a &&, deanfing the Wound every time with a little white-wine luke-waf*!' for the fpunge anointed with the Oyntmentafore-faid, will b^ draw and fuck up all the filthly matter, and make it fo fair wit*1' as is poffible, and asit beginneth tohcal, fo make your tent e" g day leffer and leffer, until it be ready to clofe up, and never \(i tenting it fo long as it will receivea tent, be it never fo fhort '• , i hafty healing of Wounds breedeth Fiftulaes, which properly be °\ fores; and therefore muft be healed like Fiftulaes' Now ifc jj wound proceed from any ancient impoftumation, theny°u^lJfl take two or three great Onions, »nd taking out the cores, put ^ei*' a little Bay Salt, and a little whole Saffron, and fo roaft them i»^ hot Embers: then plaifter-wife lay them all hot on the wound, r^ newing it once a day till the wound be healed. Now if the uPp skin of the wound be putrified, and you would have it away, til^Q |
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a*e a plaifter of Cows dung !'od in mil.k, and clap ic to for four
^d twenty hour?, and it-will leave nothing vdo about the wound. lhers ufe generally for any cure whatfoever, to take a quarter of a
a Pound of Butter, of Tar and black Sope, of each half as much,
,1(»a little Turpentine j boylall but the Sope together, then when
'°u take it off the fire, put in the Sope,and with this oyntmcnt drefs
a,1y cut, and it will heal ir.
. Oiher Farriers ufe only to take Hogs greafe and Venice Turpen-
!ne> and to melt them together, and it will heal any Wound, O- Jet Farriers take eight drams of Turpentine, four drams of new irgins wax ; melc them in a pewter vefiel, and ftir them well to-
other, and when they are well melted and mixed, take them from ^e fire, and by and by whikft they be hot, pour into them half a P'nt of white Wine, then after they be cold, throw away the Wine, ?"d anoint your hands with Oyl of Rofes, and work the Wax and turpentine well togther, afcer that put them into the pewter veffel aJftin, then put to them half an ounce of the gum of Firr.tree, and '"fee drams ofthejuyce of Bettony, then fceth them well together Vil the j'uy'ce of Bettony be wafted, then put to it three drams of Romans milk, or the milk of a red Cow,and (eeth them once again ""til the milk be wafted ; and then put it in a clofe pot or glafs, *J*d with this drefs any wound whatsoever, and it will heal ir. O- tr*ersufeto take Rofemary, and dry it in the fliadow, and beat it to lWder,then wafh the wound with Vinegar,or the Urine of a child. 4r>d ftiew thereon the aforefaid powder, & it will heal an indifferent ^oand. . Other Farriers take Worm-wood, Marjoram, Pimpernel, Ca-
i>rnint, Olibannmy beat them all into fine powder, then take Wax '«d Barrows greafe, and boyl them on a foft fire until they be as lhlck asan Oyntment or Salve, with this drefs any wound and it ^'1 heal it. Others ufe to take the tops of Nettles, Butter, and • a^> and heating them well in a morter till they come to a Salve.and ».will dry and heal a Wound. Now the powder of Honey and i^1«, or Turpentine fimply. of it felf, willdryup and skin any e=-| /^tind. Take Turpentine, Honey, Hogs greafe^ Wax and Sheeps- ret of each alike 5 melt them well together to a Salve, and they w ill e*l any wound. Now if a Horfe be goared upon a ftake, then
y°U (Kali cafthim, and pour into the wound Butter fcalding hor,
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and fo let him lye till it be gone down into the bottom; and d
thus once a day till the wound be whole. If you defire to J«CCP..# wound open, put into it the powder of green Copperas, and itvVJ ■ do it ; but if yon intend to heal it fpeedily, then Wheat-flower ifi. Honey well beaten together to a Salve will do it, drefling the wou<1 once a day therewith. |
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Of a hmt vtlth an tAnm, IF a Horfe be (hot or hurt with an Arrow, tent the hole om
with Hogs greafe and Turpentine molten together, and renew' once a day until the wound be whole. CHAP. CXLT.
Of the healing of any old fore or Vleer.
OLd Ulcers orfcres are of three kinds, the firfttfeep, holH
and crooked, and they be called Fiftulaes; the fecond bto*^ and Shallow, but much fpreading and increaiing, and they be cal^ Cankers j and the laft broad, deep, black about the fides and Wl> torn, yet not much increasing, although not at all healing, andfkc\ be called old fores or Ulcers: They proceed either from fome $f-A brnife^ wound, orimpoftume, which is either venomed or abuf^V healing by contrary falves j or through the flux and abundant j humours flowing down to thofe parts, through the negligent ' moft unskilful Farrier. The figns arc, the long contin1,8flC of the fore, the thinnefs of the matter which, ifTueth z^* and the blacknefs of the fore, which is ever full of iwita' |
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£Iow for the cure, according to the opinion of the mod ^clCfl,
Farriers, it is thus: Firft cleanfe the fore well with white V\f»»*» I . . 1 /-> II. r- - • •.- • . __«II Ifl »
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[Vs m cafe of wo"nd.«, and renew it once a day, and it will
«leal it. Q-her Farriers take Lime, and tough Horfe dung, and mix it
Ve«7 well together with Pepper, and the white of an Igg, and Jay ic fo the fore, renewing it once a day till the Ulcer be cured. Other Farriers ftrew upon the fore the powder of Galls, and that
fcill dry it up. Others fcald it once a day with hot oyl Olive, and that will
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*A mo ft certain and approved Cure for the healing efany eld Vleer
whatfoevtr. TAke Maftick, Frankincenfe, Cloves, green Copperas, and
Brimftone, of each a like quantity,of Myrrhe double fo much as of any one of the other 5 beat all to powder, then burn it on a • Chafing-difh and coals, but let it not flame: then as the fmoak arifcth, take a good handful of Lint, or fine hurds, and hold it over the fmoak, fo that it may receive all the perfume thereof into it, then' when it is throughly well perfumed, pu« the Lint or hurds into a very clofe box, and fo keep it. Now when you have occafion to ufe it, firft wafH the fore with"
Urine or Vinegar made warm, then dry it s and Jaftly, lay on fome °f this Lint or hurds j and thus do twice a day, and it is a fpeedy •nd.moft infallible cure. CHAP. CXLIII.
Of brtilfingt or fmUingi.
ALL bruifings and fwellings come unto a Horfe, either by ac-
cident, or by fome blow, rufh, pinch, or outward venoming; °reife naturally, as through the flux of Blood, or through the abundance of Wind. Thefignsare, the lightly appearance in what P'ace or member foever they be: And the fitft, which are thofe which
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which come by accident, are properly called bruifings, or (welling* ■
and the other, if they do rot or corrode, and fo turn to matcer, are called im poftumes. r Now for the general Cure of any bruife or fwelling, according
to the opinion of the ancient Farriers, it is thus: Take ofdry PitCf>> of Gum, of each an ounce, of (jManum, of Lime, of each four on* ces, of Bitumen two ounces» of Wax three ounces, melt and boy' them very well together, then anoint the fore place therewith ones a day, and it will heal ir. But if the fwelling proceed only fron* fome bruife or rufb, then yoa (hall take two pints or Verjuyce, one pint of Barm, and putting a little fine Hay thereto, boy I them very well together, then bind the hsy to the fwelling very hot, and afce/ pour on the Liquor; do thus three or four dayes together, and *c will take away the fwelling. Other, Farriers take the tops of Worm- wood, Pellitory of the
Wall, Branck Urfine, beat them well together with S wines greafe» then feeththem ; then add a pretty quantity of Honey, Linfeed- Oylj and Wheat meal; then ßir it over the fire tillall again be fod' den together, then lay it to the fwelling, and renew it once a day til* the fwelling be gone. Other Farriers ufe firft to prick the fwelling with a fleam, then
take of Wine-lees a pint, as much Wheat-flower as will thicken to
and an Ounce of Cemin j boyl them together, and lay this fome.'
what warm unto it, renewing it every day once until the fwelling e*!
ther depart or elfe come toa head, which if it do nor, then launceif>
and heal it according to a wound. -
^^ Other Farriers take of Rozen, of Turpentine, and of Honey, °*
«* each half a pound, diflolve them at the fire, thenftrain them, an"
addofMirrh, Sororcol, and the flower of Fenugreek, and of L«*1'
feed, of each an ounce j tncorpqraie them altogether, and thenrn»^e
it thick like a Salve with the meal of Lupins, and lay it to the f#ei-
f ling, and it will affwage iu
Other Farriers take of (jalbanum^nd of Cerufe,of each an oüaCCl
of Oyl two ounces, and of Wax three ounces, mix them together o* ver a foft fire, and when they are brought to a Salve, then lay »J afl' to the fwelling, and it will affwage. 1^ If you take only rotten Litter, or Hay boyled in ftrong Ur»1 ' and apply it daily unto any fwelling, it will take it »«^ |
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Now if the fwelling be upon the Legs, and come by any
•train, Then you (hall take of Nerve oyl one pound , of black S°peone pound, of Boars greafe half a pound ; melc and boyl them aH well togecher, then ftiain ir, and lee it cool ; then when occaiion ^i veth, anoint and chafe your Horfes Legs therewith, holding a hoc Iron near thereunto, to make the Oyntment enter in che better ; •ben rope up his Legs, and keep them clean fromduft or dure: Buc if the fwelling be upon any part of the back or body, then cake of Honey and Tallow of each alike, and boyl them together, then fpreaditon a cloathandlay it on the fwoln place, and let ic there ftick till ic fall away of ic felf« Now if the (welling proceed from ' a"y windy caufe, and fo appear only in the Horfes belly, then you liall cake a iharp pointed Knife or Bodkin, and arm it fo with fome flay thacit go not too deep for piercing his guts: then ftrikehim therewith through the skin into his body before the hollow place of His Haunch böne, half a foot beneath the back bone, and the Wind ^ill come out thereat; then if you put a hollow quil therein, or forrie father to keep ic open a while, the wind will avoid the better, chen ^cal it up again. It is alfo very good to Rake the Horfe, and tp Ride him up and
down a little: but if the fwelling be under the Horfes jaws, or about any part of his head, then you (hall take his own dung hot as foon ; 'she makes ir, and with a cloath bind it faff, thereto, renewing ic (wice, a day till the fwelling be gonr. See further in the new ad" ditions for the Fiftula, marked thus f3* • C H A P. CXLIV.
Oftmpoßumes, andfirft how to ripenthem.
IMpoftumes are a gathering or knitting together of many and
moft corrupt humorus in any part or member of the body, faking that part to fwell extremely, and growing into fuch violent ln9ammation, that in the end they rot and break out into foul,mat- tcry, and running fores j they commonly proceed either from cor- ^ption of food, or corruption of blood; they are at the firft ap^ parance, very hard, and very fore; which hardnefs is the principal '8" that they will rot. And of thefe impoftumes, fome be hot im«
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impoftumes,and fome be cold; yet for as much as every impoftu1"
muft firft be ripened, and brought to matter before it can be healeo» we will firft (peak ofthe ripening of them. If therefore you womd ripenany Impoftume, (according to the opinion of the ancient Far" ricrs:) You (hall take of Sanguis Dracsnü, of gum Arabic^ ° new Wax, of Maftick, of Pitch of Greece, oflncenfe, and of T«r* pentine, of each a like quantity, and melting them together, aß" draining them, make a plaifter thereof, and lay it to the impoftun12 without renewing : and it will both ripen, break, and heal aß/ impoftume. * Other Farriers take Swines greafe, red wax, and the flower ot
Euftriium, and mixing them on the fire well together, lay it to tb« impoftume, and it will do the like. Other Farriers take of Hotiey,and of Wheat-meal, of each a 1&6
quantity, and either boyl it in the Decoction of Mallows, or elfe m'" it with the yolk of an Egg, and it will ripen, break, and heal; yet Jc muft be renewed once a day. Other Farriers take Barley meal, and boyl it with Wine any
Pigeons dung, and fo lay it to the Impoftume plaifter-wife, and,c will ripen exceedingly. Other Farriers take a handful or two of Sorrel, and lapping''
in a Dock Leaf, roaft it in the hot Embers as you would a wardef»
and then lay it to the Impoftume as hot as may be well indure^'
-renewing it once a day; andit will ripen, break, and heal it. ^
Plaifter of Shoo-makers Wax will dothe like alfo. -
Other ancient Farriers take Mallow roots, and Lilly roots, a"?
then bruife them, and put thereto Hogs greafe and Linfeed en&y. and plaifter-wife lay it to the Impoftume, and it will ripen it, br** it, and heal it perfectly. See further in the new Additions for'*1 Fiftula, noted thus [ |
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Of cold Impeflumtt. IP the impoftume do proceed from any cold Caufes.as thofc which
rife after cold taking, or when a Horfe is at graf« in the Winter fc»fon, then you fhall take the herb called Balm, and ftamp it and ^ogs grcafe well together, and fo Plaifter-wife apply it to the fore, 'nd it will heal it t or elfe when the impoftume is ripe, open it in ^cloweft part with a hot Iron, thenwafh it with warm Urine • ?fter that anoint it with Tar and Oyl well mixt together; and •f you make your incifion in the manner of a half Moon, it is the better. Other Farriers take white Mints, and feeth them in Wine, Oyf ,
^le, and Butter, and fo lay it hot to, and it will heal it. Other Farriers take Cuckoo-fpit, and ftamp it with old greafe,and
to apply it, and it will heal ir. Other Farriers take a handful of Rue, and ftamp it well with the «^J
Volks of Eggs and Honey, and then apply it plaifter-wife, and it "ill heal any cold im poftume. chap; cxLvr.
Of hot Impofiumts.
IF the impoftume proceed from any hot caufes, as from the ex-
tremity of travel, the parching of the Sun, or the inflammation °* the blood, then according to the opinion of the ancient Farriers, y°ü fhall take Liver-wort,and ftamp it, and mix it with the grounds pA.Ie, Hogs greafe, and bruifed Mallows, and then apply it to the ■°re> and it will ripen, break, and heal it: But if you would not "•vcthc fwelling to break, then take the grounds of Ale, or Beer, „_^ '"d having boyled Mallows therein, bathe the fore place therewith, &-* 'nd it will drive the fwelling away. Other Farriers take either Let- ls-feed, or Poppy- feed, and mix it with oyl of red Rofes, and lay it 0 the fore plaifter-wife, efpeciaily at the beginning of the fwelling, *vait Will take it clean away. X x CHAP.
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awd the fleih, like a Knotted Farcy, and will not break, r-jj The cure thereof, according to the opinion of the ancient and ufi" ^■^ derftanding Farriers, is, tomakeaftrong Lye with old Urine, A^1.' aflics, and green Copperas, and bathe the knots therewith,, and »J will kill and heal them. Some other Farriers take * Snake, afld cut off the head and the tail, and caft them away, the reft cut ir>t0 fmall pieces, and roaft them on a fpit, then take the greafe that drop' pech from them, and being hot anoint the Sorrance therewith, a«1" it will heal it in a fhort time: but look that you touch no part of c»1? Horfe therewith, fave only the Sorrance, for it will poyfon afl" venom. CHAP. CXLVIII.
Ofßnemtbat are cut f priced, er brut fei.
IF a Horfe by the mifchance of fome Wound, fhall have any of»"
finews either cut, prick'd, or fore bruifed, then if there be ß e Convulfion of the finews, you fhall, according to the opinio»1? the moft ancient Farriers, take Tar, and Bean-flower, and a l>ct OylofRofes, and mixing them together, lay ic hot unto the p'3^ ' and if it do not prefent good, take Worms and Salec oyl fryeot0 gether, or elfe the oyntment of Worms, which you may bay of&a> Ap thecary, and applying either of them, they knit the finew**g'J"' if they be not clean afunder. But if there be a Convulfion» CJJ^ _— with a pair of fheaisyou muft cut the finew in pieces, and tj» ^-^takeRozen, and Turpentine, Pitch, and Sanguis Draco»** l melting them together, clap ic fomewhat hot unto the fore» c , take flax and put upon ir, for that will cleanfe and defend it» * _ than this Medicine there is none better for any.fwoln joynt * ^ foever. |
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Now if the joynt be not much fweld, but only that the (inews are
deeding ftifT, through the great bruifings, then you (hall take of black Sope a pound, and feeth it in a quart of ftrong Ale till it wax 'hick like Tar; then referve itt and when you fhallfee caufe, ufe {o anoint the finews and joynts therewith, and it will fupple them, »«dftretchthemforth, although they be never £o much forunk, at •lath been approved. CHAP. CXLIX.
©ffretting the Belly with the fore girths. IF when you faddle and gird your Horfe, the girths be either
knotty or crumpled, and therewithal! drawn too ftraight, they will not only gall and wound the Horfe under the belly very much, tut they will alfo flop the blood which is in the principal veins, cal- led the plat.veins, infuch fort, as they will occafion moft extreme »nd hard fwellings. . . The cure whereof, is, according to the general opinion, totale
of Oyl de Bay, and Oyl of Balm twoounces, of Pitch two ounces, of Tar two ounces, and one ounce of Rozen \ mingle them well to- gether.and then anoint the Horfesfore bowels therewith; then take either flox, or chopt flax, and clap u pon it, and fo let it abide until it fall away of it (elf, and it will furely cure him. Other Farriers ufe to take Vinegar and Sope, and beat them well
together, and ftir it with a ftick or doath, and then all to rub and Waft the galled place therewith, and do thus at leaft twice a day, and it will dry it up in two or three dayes at the moft j but if the «ailing be about any part of theHorfes neck, then you (hall take the Wes of Briony, (called the Hedge-vine) and ftamp them, and «nix them with Wine, and then plaifter-wife lay it to the fore, and il will heal iu |
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BLifters are certain waterifli holfow blebs, which do arife be»
twixt the skin and the flefli, proceeding either from flight bur ningj, fcaldings, or chafings, and they be very ful of thin matter. The cure thereof, according to the opinion of the mod general Fat' ners, is, firft in the Sun to fret them till they bleed j then take*« roots of Ivy, and ftamping them in a morter, mix them with *J much Tar, Brimftone, and Allom, till they come to a Salve • an» then drefs the blifler therewith, and it will heal ir. CHAP. CLL
To Uke Amy *B manner of Bones, Knoh, or «ny fuperflmta ftß.
"\T7Hen a Hörfe hath any bone growing upon any parted
u u rry' ™orethan natural, or when he hath arwLumDsof
bunchesof fupejAuousflefo, othcrwife than of right SbeEtf his true proportion j then fuch bones, knots or bunch*, are "lied Excrefaons, proceeding from tough and flegmatick fubft nces ft* red up other by moft fore bmifes, imperfeft healed Wound 'or^ •heruavghty pwri&aion oftheblood, being moft apparent'tod* eye, and moft palpable to the hand. ™ Now for the Cure, ( according to tHe general opinion of the »oft
ancient Farriers,) you fliall firft ufe Corrofive medicines, after dr^' lag Medicines, and laftly drying medicines,; or more particular^ thus you fhall cure them : firft with an incifion Knife fcSc *« Excrefcions then apply Sulphur and Bitumen, or Coliuin"^ burnt and fifted and when it hath eaten the Excrefcion awT the« heal it up with drying Salves, as powder of Honey, and Lime, * Bokvarmony, or fuch like. Other Farriers ufe afterVytve n> the Excrefcion to bleed well, then to take two ounces of the afhes of Vins, and as much unfleckt Lime mixt with fix ounces of ftrong lyf» firft Grained, then fod till half be confumed, and fo brought to * ferm iubltancej then keep« in a glafs in a dry place, and apply * |
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to the Excrefcion till ithaveeaten it away, and then heal it up as is
More faid. Other Farriers ufe to take a pound of ftrong Lye, and *°pe, and a quarter of a pound of Vitriol Rcmane, one ounce of Sal-armoniack, and as much Roch AUohi, andboyl them together tontil they be very thick, and then with that Oyntment eat away 'heExcrcfcion, Others ufe to take of EgjpUcttm the ftrongeft kind, »nd lay it on the Excrefcion with a Cotten three or four times, and *t will take it clean away : This medicine is moft excellent for any 0>lint, and of no fmall importance, if itbeufedagainftanyFiftula j for it will fink it, although it were in the Crown. CHAP. CLII-
jErew to tat away any fuperflwtta or deadfieß. IF when your Horfe hath any Wound, Ulcer, and other fore, you ■•
fhall perceive that there groweth therein dead flefh., which dead flcfh you fhall know partly by the infenfibility thereof, and partly ^thatitisafpungy, hellow, naughty flefh, nocfubftantialasthe ^Ue flefh is, and either of a blackifJb, or an high red Colour j then l( fhall be meet that you feek all means poflible how to confume and {>taway that fuperfluous and naughty flefh, becaufe the fore that is peftered therewith, neither can nor will ever heal, till ic be cleanfed °f the fame: Therefore, according to the opinion of the moft an" c>ent Farriers, The beft means to eat it away, is, to boyl frefh greafe '«d Verdigreafe,of each alike quantity together,and either to tent or lifter the fore therewith, until the dead flefh be confumed. , Other Farriers take either the fcrapings of Harts-horn, or Ox- **°»n,and mixing them with old Sope, drefsthe fore therewith, and u *vill eat away dead flefh. .Other Farriers take Sfongia Marina, or Sea*fponge, and there-
with drefs the fore, and it will do the like. OcherlParriers ufe the Ponder of Rifagallo, ©rRifagre, but it is a great deal too ftrong a better. Others ufe Litergy, or Lime in lye, but they are like wife VctY violent and ftrong eaters. Others ufe to take either White or black Elcborus, Ink, quick-
ujphur, Orpiment, Litergy, Vitriol, unfleckLime, R®ch-
^Uotn, Galls, Soot, or the afheS of Avellan, -of each half
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an ounce, and they will confume dead flefh j likewife Qu!ck-filvC!j
extinct, and Verdigreafe, of each an ounce made into powder, wiu dothelike: thejuyce of Borage, of Scabious, ofFumitary, ando* a Dock, of each half an ounces a little old Oyl and Vinegar boy» with a (oft fire, put to it Tar, and it will likewife eat away any dc*" flefh. There be other Farriers which take Cantharides, Ox dung, and
Vinegar, and mix them well together, and lay it to the fore, andic will fetch away the dead flefli. Others ufe firft to pounce the fore with a Razcr, then anoint it withgreafe, and ftrew upon it a pretty quantity of Orpiment. Other Farriesufe in Read of Rifagallo, to take the powder of Verdigreafe and Orpimenr, of each an ounce» °* unfleckt Lime and Tartar, of each two ounces; mix them together» and therewith drefsthe fore, after you have wafht it well with ftrofll? Vinegar j and if you pleafe, you may add thereunto Vitriol and Allom, for they are both confumers of dead flefli. Other Farrietj take the powder of Tartar and Mans dung burnt with Salt, and - then beaten into powder, and ftrewed on the fore; or elfe take Sal'» unfleckt Lime, and Oyfter- fhcls, and beat them in a morter wit*1 ArongLye, or old Urine, till it be like a pafte : then bake it in*? Oven, and after beat it to a powder, and ftrew it on the fore, and'c will eat away the dead flefh. Other Farriers ufe firft to wafh the fore with Ale,wherein Nettle
feeds have been fodden, and then ftrew upon« the powder of V#' digreafe. -*a Now to conclude, you mud ever obferve, that before you ufe an/ *-&" of thefe medicines, you do fhave away the hair, that it be no i«11' pediment to the Salve; alfo when you have drcft it once,and fee &*1 there is no asker raifed, then you (hall drefs it with feme mollffyjf,£ or healing Salve till the asker come away, and then drefs it with yoWj eating Salve again: and thus 60 until you behold that all the &»<* flefh be eonfumed, and that there is nothing but perfect and i°^a flefh, and then heal it up as in cafe of Woundjt Alfo Preeip»t*cC -ft? Ample of it felf will eat away any dead At(h. |
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CHAP. CLlII.
For Knott injoynts, Hardnefir, Cramps, or any Inflammation:*
THerc do grow in joynts three forts of fwellings: namely, a
hotfwelling, a hard fwelling, and afofrfwelling; all which Voumay eafily diftingafh by your feeling 5 and they do proceed. either from abundance of grofs humours ingendred by foul keeping, °f elfe by accident, as from forne Wound, Ru-li, or Strain. The >ure whereof, according to the opinion of the moft ancient Farriers, js> to beat the powder called Diapente, together with Oyl, till it be •ike an Oyntment, and then apply it once a. day to the grief, 'nd it will take it away , efpecially if it be a Grarap, or an Inflammation. |
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.together, and therewith drcfs the fore place, and it will help Others of ourold and latter Farriers take half'a pound of greaff,
three fcruples of Muftard, and the like of Bay Salt, mix thefe with Vinegar, and apply it to the grief. Others ufc to take a plaifter of ^gs, and the roots of fern and rocket, or mingle them,wich Gxeafe *nd Vinegar, and apply it to the grief. Other Farriers ufe to take In« 1*. _ . .. -n ri*-......L*l '_____l-_rri_ *» _ .
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P°^d?rof Frankincenfeas much as of any of the other, and incor- porate them with Sheeps fuet, and apply it to the grief, and it will _'pther Farriers take dry Pitch; pitch of Griecey of each one part,
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tf^l"!num< an(l of Lime, of each four partes, of Bittfmen two parts,
. Wax three parts; meh them all together, andanoint the place iüv!e7rith,vcryhör> anditwillcake away the grief, and peradven*
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chap. cliv.
How to cure any Wound, mdt with the foot ofGnn-fowder*
According to the opinion of the mod ancicns Farriers, y°°
fhall firft with a probe; or long inftrument, fearch whethe* the Bullet remain within the flelli or no ; and if you find that »f doth, then with another inftrument for the purpofe, you (hall taKj it forth if it be poffible ; if otherwife, let it remain : for in the en" nature it felf will wear it out of its own accord, without any grief0' impediment j becaufe Lead will not corrode or canker: Thent0 kill the fire, you iliall take a little Varnifh, and thruft it into the wound with a feather, anointing it within even unto the bortorfl: Then flop the mouth of the wound with a little foft flax dipped i" Varnifh alfoj then charge all the fwoln place with this charge1 Take of Bole-armony a quartern, of Linked beaten into powdC> , half a pound, of Bean-flower as much, and three or four Eggs, ihelj
and all, and of Turpentine a quartern, and a quart of Vinegar, afl<* mingle them well together over the fire, and being fomewhac warrfl» charge all the fore place with part thereof, and immediately clap' cloath or piece of Lether upon it, to keep the wound from the co\& air, continuing both to anoint the hole within with Varniih, afl^ alio to charge the fwelling without, the fpace of four or five dayei: Then at the fivedayes end, leave anointing of it, and tent it with3 tent reaching to the bottom of the Wound, and dipped in Turpe°' tine and Hogs greafe molten together, remewing it everyday off6 or twice until the fire be throughly killed, which you (hall perc«v^ by the mattering of the wound, and by falling of the fwellingA : For as long as the fire hath the upper hand, no thick matter w'1
iffue forth, but only a thin yellowilli water, neither will the fw«!' ling slTwage; and then take of Turpentine walked in nine fever*1 waters, half a pound, and put thereunto three yolks of Eggs, and * little Saffron, and teniMt with this oyntmcnt, renewing it every ®V once until the Wound be whole. But if the (hot have gone quit through the wound, then you fhall take a few Weavers Linnf" thrums, made very Knotty, and dipping them firft in Varru'^j draw them clean through the wound) turning them up and doWn ' |
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"e Wound at leaft twice orthrice a day, and charging the wound
n cither fide upon the fwoln places, with che charge afore- fai<f, "til you perceive chat the fire is killed; then clap on a comfortable Jaifter upon one of the holes, and cent che other with a cent in che ,*'ve» made of wafhc Turpentine, Eggs, and Saffron, as is before "d. Other Farriers ufe only to kill the fire wichoyi of Cream, and ^ter to heal the wound up with Turpentine, Wax, and Hogsgreafe ^Iten together. . Orher Farriers kill the fire with Snow Water, and charge the
*cld place with Cream and Barm beaten together, and then heal =fT| y the Wound by dipping the tent in the yolk of an Egg, Honey, 'ffron well beaten and mixt together. CHAP. CLV.
Of burning with Lime-, or any otherfiery thing. ACcording to the opinion'of the ancient Farriers, you fhall firft
wafh the (ore round about, and in every part very clean with ^a«n Urine ; then kill the fire, by anointing the place with oyl jind Water beaten together, dreffing him fo every day until the fore e all raw, and then anoint it with Hogsgreafe, and ftrew thereu- pon the powder of unfleckt Lime, dreffing him thus every day once ^»tilhebewhole. eS-*
Other Farriers ufe firft to wafh and cleinfe the fore with Salec ^"^
^yl only warmed, then to kill the fire with Cream and Oyl beaten to&ther, and when it is raw, then to fpread upon it Cream and Soot ^'xt together; andlaftly, to ftrew upon ic the powder of Honey *nd Lime, until it be perfectly skinned. CHAP. CLVI.
Of the hiting with a mad Dog. |F yourHorfe at any time be bitten with a mad Dog, the venom
j* Orwhofe teeth will not only drive him into an extreme torment,
5* it will alfo infect and inflame his blood, in fuch fort, that
^Horfe will be indangeredto dye mad. The cure thereof, ac-
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cordingtothe opinion of the ancient Farriers, is, to take of G°ili
dung, of flefh that hath lain long in Salt, and of the herb EbulüJ generally called Danwort, of each half a pound, and forty Wal- nuts ; flamp all thefe together, and lay part thereof to the i°xC> and it will fuck out the venem, and heal up the wound • bur up01* the firft dreffing, you fhall give the Horfe Wine and Treacle rr)i*c together to drink. There be other Farriers, whfch firft give the Horfe Sack and Salej
Oyl to drink, then with a hot Iron cauterize and burn the fore ; &® laftly, heal up the wound with the falve firft recited. Other Farriers firft give the Horfe two or three fpoonful of $
Powder of Diapente to drink in a pint of Muskadine j then ^
a live Pidgeon, and cleaving her in the midft, lay it hot to ^
_— Wound, and it will draw out the venom j then heal the fore vify
*-^° Turpentine and Hogsgreafe well molten together. The leaves0
Ariftoloch bruifed will take away the poyfon.
CHAP. CLVII.
Of hunt ~\>y the ttuks ofa Bo Ar.
IF a Horfe be ftricken with the tusks of a boar, you fhall then tak*'
Copperas or Vitriol, and the Powder of a Dogs head being b&. ned, after the tongue hath been pulled out, and caft away, »"{j mixing them together, apply it once a day tothefore, andic^'11 cure it: Yet before you drefs it, firft wafh the fore very well, eicheir with Vinegar, or with white Wine, or Urine. CHAP. CLVIII.
To bed the biting or flinging of Serpents, or any ventmow U4
Whatfotvtr. IF your Horfe be either bitten or ftung, either with a Serpent, ot
any other venemonsbeaft, which you fhall eafily know by che iuddain fwell,;ng either of the body or member; then you fhall firft chafe him up and down until hefweat, and then let him blood & the roof of the mouth; and laftly, take a young Cock or a Pidge^j /
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?d cleaving it inthemidft, clap it hot to the Wound, and then
6,ve the Horfe white Wine and Salt to drink. Other Farriers take good quantity of the herb called Sanicula, (lamp it, and temper ic
.°gether with the milk of a Cow, till it be all of one colour, and give '[the Horfe to drink, and it will heal him. Other Farriers clap to l^fore Hogs dung, or Ox dung, or Henbane bruifed, or elfe the ^es of Reeds; then give him to drink Mug-wort, 01great Tanfie, 'nd Wine and Camomil ftampt together: Or elfe give him Wine Jt>d Oleum R&fattim mixt together. ft Other Farriers make a Plaifter of Onions, Honey, and Salt, e^
"*mpt and mingled together, and lay that to the (ore place, and &-* l^e theHorfe Wine and Treacle to drink, or eile white Pepper; *uie, and Time, mixt with Wine. Ocher Farriers take Aphodillus, ***ßuU Regia, ftamp with old wine, and lay to the fore : for it is ^oft foveragia good. CHAP. CLIX.
Of Lice or Vermin^ and hm U kill them* tHe Lice orVermin which breed upon a Horfe,be like unto geefe
Lice, but fomewhat bigger, and do breed mod commonly a- j^Ut the Ears, Neck, Mane, Tail, and generally over the whole i?°dyj they do proceed from poverty, or feeding in Woods, where ^Kes are continually dropping upon them: The figns are, the Horfc ^iU be alwayes rubbing and fcratching, and albeit, he eat much ^»t, yet he will notprofper: And with this continual rubbing: he ^1 fret and wear away all his Mane and Tail, and you fhallalfo P^ceive the Lice, when the Sun doth fhme, running on the tops of .hehairs. The cure according to the opinion of the ancient Farriers, is> to take of Sope one pound, and Quick-filver half an ounce, mix "id beat them together well, until the Quick-filver be kild,and then 5n°int the Horfe all over therewith, and it will confume the Lice tofcntly.' , Other Farriers take Staves=aker and Sope, and mixing them toge-
Jjer> anoint the Horfe all over therewith. Others take unripe
^ulberries, and their roots or ftalks, andfeeth them in ftrong Urine,
ndthen wafihthe Horfe therewith, after that anoint all his body
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over with Sangnü Draconü, the juyce of Leeks, Salt,-Pitch, Oyl
and Swines greafe, very well mixt together. . r. |3=> Others ufe to chafe all his body over with Quick-filver, and i°
greafe mixt together, till the Quick-filver be kild, and in two ° three dreffingsthe Lice will be confumed. C H A P. CLX.
Host to five Uorfes from the flinging of flut in Summer.
IF you will faveyour Horfe in the Summer time from thefting"1»
or biting of flies, which is very troublefome unto them, th^ you (hall anoint all the Horfes body over either with oyl and IM berries mingled together, or elfe bind unto the head-ftal of his C"' lar, a fpunge dipped in ftrong Vinegar: Some ufe to fprinkle tn ftable With water wherein herb of Grace hath been laid to ftecp} ° elfe to perfume the ftable-with the fmoke of Ivy or Calaminf, ö ^_ with Guhe burned in a pan of coals.
£ap- But the fureft way of all, both in the ftable and abroad, is» l.
make two good wifpsofRue, and therewithal! to rub the Hofl. body all over, and no flye will light upon him, or touch him,as h»[P been often approved. CHAP. CLXI.
Of hones hing brekju, or mt ofjaynU
OUr common Englifh Farriers are very far to feek in thisctff/
becaufe they do neither perfectly acquaint themfelves w»f the members of a Horfe,nor have fo much invention in this extremity» to make a Horfe, being an unreafonable creature, tofuffer Iikc a '^ afonable petfon; and alfo in that the old traditions in Horfc-ka' craft affirm, that all fractures abote the Knee are incurable j and dtfpairing, they ceafe to make practice. But they ar* -™uCrf deceived : for neither the fi aiture above the Knee, not the "a£tu. fi below the Knee, is more incurable in a Horfe than in man, » c Farrier can icll how to keep the Horfe from ftrugling or torrnen" & the member grisved. -ac |
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If therefore your Horfe have any bone broken, which is moft eifie
to be difcerned by the deprivation of the ufe ofthat member, and as cafle to be felt by the feparation of the bones, the one part being nigher than the other, bcfides the roughnefs and inequality of the place grieved: you fhall then for the Cure thereof, Fit ft take a ftrong double Canvas, which fliall be as broad as from the Horfes fore-fhoulder to the flank ; and fhall have another double Canvas, which ("hall come from between the Horfes fore-booths up to the top of the withers, where meeting with the reft of the Canvas, and having exceeding ftrong loops, to which ftrong ropes muft be faftned, you fhall by main force fling up the Horfe from the ground, fo as his feet may no more but touch'the ground: And if it be a fore Leg that is broken, then you fhall raife him a little higher before than behind: If a hinder Leg, then a little higher behind than before, fo that the Horfe may reft moft upon the Members moft found. When your Horfe is thus flung, then you fhali put the bones into the right place j which done, wrap it elofe »bout with unwafhed Wool newly pulled irom the Sheeps back1, binding itfafttothe Leg with a fmooth Linnen rolerfoaked be- fore in Oyl and Vinegar mingled together, and look that your Holer lye as fmooth and plain as may be; and upon that a- gain, lay more Wool dipt in Oyl and Vinegar, and then fplint it with three broad, fmooth, and ftrong fplints, binding them.■.-. faft a» both ends with a thong, and in any cafe let the Horfes Legs be kept out very ftraight, the fpace of forty dayes, and let not the bones be loofened, above thrice in twenty dayes, «nlefs it fhrink, and fo require to be new dreft and bound »gain j but fail not every day once to pour on the fore place, ■ through the fplints, Oyl and Vinegar mingled together: And at the forty dayes end , if you perceive that the broken place be fowdred together again with tome hard Knobor Griftle, then Ioofe the bonds, and eafe the Canvafe, fo as the Horfe may tr«ad more firmly upon his fore foot, which when he doth,you (hall Wen him altogecher, and let him go up and down fair and gently, tifing from hence forth to anoint the fore place either with foft Rfeafe, or elfe with one of thefe Plaifters, or Oyntments : Take of Spuma argentl^ of Vinegar , of j each one pound, of Salec Oyl half a pound, or Armoniack, and of Turpentine, of |
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each three ounces, of Wax, and of Rozen, of each two ounces, °*
Bitumen, of Pitch, and of Verdigreafe, of each half a pound, boyl the Vinegar, Oyl and Spttma argenti together, until it Wax thick-' then put thereunto the Pitch,which being molten, take the pot from the fire, and put in the Bitumen, without ftirring at all, and that • being alfo molten, putin then all the reft, fetthe pot again to the " fire, and let them boyl all together, until they be all united in one •' that done, ftrain it, and make it in Plaifter form» and ufe it as oc- cafion (hall ferve. Other ancient and well experienced Farriers, take of liquid Pitch
fP^>one pound, of Wax two ounces, of the pureft and fineft part or Frankincenfe one ounce, of t/fmonhcum four ounces, of dry Rozer» and of Gdhanum of each one ounce, of Vinegar two pints j boyl firftthe Vinegar and Pitch together, then put in the ^imonittcttf» diffolved firft in Vinegar, and after that the aforefaid Drugs; and after they have boyled all' together, and be united in one, ftraifl it, and make it into a Plaifter, and ufe it according ft« oc cafion. * Other Farriers take of old Salet oyl a quart, and put thereunto
of Hogs greafe, of Spttma Nitri, of each one pound, and let them boyl together until it begin to blub above: then take it from the fire, and, when you ufe any of the Oyntment, let it be very hot, and well chafed inj and then one of the two former Plaifters folded above it, and it is moft foverain and comfortale for any bone that J* broken. CHAP. CLXII.
Of horns out of jojnt.
IF a Horfe have any of his bones out of the joynt, as either bjs
Knee, his fhoulder, his paftorn, or fuch like, which you (hi" perceive both by the uncomlinefs of the joynt, and alfo feel by the hollownefs of the member that is difplaced: Then your readied Cure, is, to caft the Horfe on his back, a«d putting four ftrong paftornson his feet, draw him upfoas his back miy"01"0^ ^c couch the ground ,- then draw the grieved Leg higher than the reit» till the poife and weight of his body have made the joynt tofboot >nt0
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into its right place again ; which you {hall know when it doth, by
afuddain and great crack which the joynt will give when it falleth into the true place j then with all gentlenefs loofs the Horfe, and kt him rife: And then anoint all the grieved place, either with the •aft oyntment rehearfed in the laft Chapter, or elfe with the oyl of Mandrake, or the oyl of Swallows; both which are of moftforaein vertue. CHAP. CLXIII.
To dry up hptmttrs, or tohinit hing aßritthe, or binding charges. TAke of Vuguentum Tripharmacum, made of Litergy, Vinegar,
and old Oyl, boyled till they be thick, only take as much oyl as of both the others, and it will flop and ftay the flux of any hu- mours. If you take ftrongiye, it is a great drier, and a binder of hu-
mours. Diffolvein Vinegar, Rozen, Aflfalto, and Myrrhe, of each an
°Unce, of red Wax half an ounce, and of Armoniaek half an ounce, mingle them well together in the boyling 5 for this Salve drieth Wonderfully, bindeth all loofe members, and comforteth all parts that are weakned. Take of Lard two pound, and when it is fbdden, ftrainitwith
tfiree ounces of Cerufe, and as much Ällom melted, and it both drieth and bindeth exceedingly. Dry figs beaten with Allom, Muftard, and Vinegar, do dry
3°Undantly. Oyl or foft greafe beaten to a Salve with Vitriol, Galls, and
Allom, and the powder of Pomegranats, Salt and Vinegar,both dry *nd bind fumciently. . Sopeand unfleckt Lime mixt together, drieth perfectly after any
l,)cifion. yerdigreafe, Orpiment, Sal-armoniack, and the powder of Colo-
^«tida, of each alike, made into a Plaifter, with Milk or Wax, ar«th and bindeth? The greafe of Snakes roafted, the head and tail being cut away, is
a great drier. To
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To conclude, the bark of a Willow tree burnt to allies, isa great
drier,and binder, as any fimple whatsoever, CHAP. CLXIV.
tApUifler to dry upfuperflmut m ifittre, and to bind parti loofenti* TAke of Bitumen one pound, of thepureftpartofFrankincenfc
three ounces, of Bdelitu» Arahieum one ounce, ofDeersfuet one pound, of Populeum one ounce, of Gdbamm one ounce, of the drops of Storax one ounce, of Common Wax one pound, of Refin Cabial half a pound, Vifctts ltalkm one ounce and a half, of Apoximaone ounce, of the juyce of Hyffop one ounce, of the drop* of Armoniack one ounce, of Pitch half a pound: let all thefe be well and perfectly molten, diffolved, and incorporated together ac- cording to Art, and then make a plaifter thereof. CHAP. CLXV.
^Another plaifler to dry up any falling, wind-gull, [plenty or bladder St
in or about the jojnts. TAke of Virgins Wax half a pound, of Rozen one pound and *
quarter, of Galbanum one ounce and an half, of Bitumen haU a pound.of Myrrhe fecundaryone pound, of Armoniack three oüP ces, of Coftus three ounces: boyl all thefe things together in ** earthen pot, laving the armoniack and Coftus, which being ftf" ground like fine Flower, muft be added unto the other things, ^lCt that they have been boyled and cooled, and thea boyled all together again, and well ftirred, fo as they may be incorporated together,*«1^ made all one fubftance, and then applying as occafion fhall bc adminiftred. |
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tAke of Worm-wood, Sage, Rofemary, and the bark of an
Elm, or of a Pine, of each a good quantity, and boyl them in jW with a good quantity of Linfeed; and making a bathe thereof, athe the grieved parr, and it will diffolve any humours that are Sphered or bound together. ,, A pound of figs ftampt with Salt till they come to a perfect fa/ve,
Qiflolvech all manner of humours, by opening the pores, and giving 'krge paflage. CHAP. CLXVH.
Hot» to mollifie any hardnefj.
tAke of Linfeed pun'd, and of Fenugreek, of each four ounces,
of Pitch and Rozen, of each three ounces, of the flowers of ^°fes two ounces, Pitch of (jrttce three ounces; boyl them togc- ^r» then add three ounces of Turpentine, fix ounces of Honey, and httlc Oyl: and then applying this falve, it will moUifie and foftcn ^f hard fubftance. , Malvavifco well fod, and ftampt with Oleum Rofatum, being laid
•tot to any hardnefs will make it foft. Boyl Branck urfine, and Mallows together, and beat them with
^yl and Lard, and they will foftcn much. Malvavifco, Cole-worts, Branck urfine, herb of the wall, and old
l^afe pUnded,doth mollifie very much. The oyl of Cyprefs,both mollifiech and healeth.
^Wheat-meal, Honey, Pelitory, Branck urfine, and the leaves of an°um"WOod bei"8 bc"en withSwines gr«fe» and laid hot unto
an n rc* tumour> ^oth ^ddenly mollifie it, and ispafling good for y «ripe alfo. Qreafe, Muftard-feed, and Comin boyled together, doth mollifie
ytnucfo o *ke of Sope half an ounce, of unfleckt Lime an ounce, and mix
. emwcll with ftrongLye, and it wÜl mollifie eve« thehardeft
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i The juyceof the Leaves and roots of Elder, or a plaifter m*oe
thereof, doth dry up andmollifie humours marveloufly, , So doth the juyce of the tops of Cyprefs, and dry Figs, macerate"
in Vinegar, and flrained, of each three ounces: And if you ado i0. it of Salt-niter one ounce, of arrnoniack half an ounce, of Aloes*"' Opoponax a little, and make ir into an Oyntmenr, itwillmoll'" any hardnefs very fufficjently. , Mallows, Nettles, Mercorclla, and the roots of Cowcumbers>all
old Turpentine, being beaten together with old greafe, will moll1'1 any hardnefs fpeedily.
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To harden any foftnifs. THe foleof an old fhoce burnt, and fodden in Vinegar, ""!
harden hoofs," and fo will alio the powder of Galls boyle with Bran and Sa!t in ftrong Vinegar, The powder of Honey and Lime, or the Powder of Oyfter-fl^ '
orthe powder of a burnt felt,' or thick Cream and Soot mixt cog" ther, will harden any fore whatfoever. CHAP. CLXIX. 0
To Congluttnaie,
IRts I Sirica beaten and fifted, mingled with Pepper, Honey, C&'
rants, and given the Horfe to drink with Wine and oyl, helpet and corigfutinateth any inward rupture or burftnefs whatfoever. Draganr, Saffron, the fruit of the pine, with the yolks of Egg*'
given likewife to dnnk with WineandoyI, doth alfo cOflgluti»13^ any inward member or vein broken» Incenfe, Maftick, and cute, doth the like alfo. Poligano (od »"
Wine, and given to drink is good alfo. The roots and feeds of Afparagus fod in'water, andpvent0t
Horfe ; then 'after for three dayes give him Batter and Qpopooa* with Honey and Myrrhe, and ic will conglutinate any intf»rd Ulcer or Rupture whatfoever. .„
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TAke oyl of Olives, S wines greafe clarified, the greafe of a young
Fox, Turpe'ritihej afem; and white Wäxrfeechthem all tos>e- thct till they bemoft throughly incorporated together.and with this Oymment dtcfs any foal fore whatfoever, and it will mundifie and cleanfe it moft fufficiently. C HAP. CLXXI.
Of Rtßc'tflmmedicines,er fmhat drivehac^hummrs. "D tEpercuffive medicines, or fuch as drive evil humours back, are
tX commonly called amongft Farriers, «$«*» *jj« «' feSatiS and are to % ufed about every great Wound or Ulcer, left the flux of humours flowing to the weak part, both confound the medicines, and breed moredangerous Exulcerauons. Now of thefe Repcr'curtfvc medicines thefe are the beft, either Vinegar, Salt, and Bole-armoniack beaten together, andfpread roundabout the fore, Qr elfe white Lead and Salkt oyl beaten alfo together, or red Lead »nd Salkt oyl, or elfe Vnguentttm Album C*mfhor*tfim, and fuch like.
CHAP. CLXXII.
Of burning Comfofimns. BUrning Competitions are forthe moft part Corrofives,of which
we (hall have.occafion to fpeak more at large in a Chapter tol- Win» • vet for as much as feme are of better temper than others, you fha'll here underftand, that of all burning compofinons, the ttnthft- j, vnguentum Apofiolorum, next to .u is Vttdigreai« and Hogsgrcafe beaten together 5 next to it is Palpitate, and Turpen- tine mixttogether: next to it is arfnick allayed with any oyl, cr healing falve: Next to it is Mercury fublimate, tikewne allayed with Zz 2 lome
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fome cooling (alve: And the wotft is Lime and Sope, or Lime an
ftrong Lye beaten together, for they will corrode and mortifie tn founded part or member whatfoever. CHAP. CLXXIU.
For all manner of hurts ahut an Horfe whatfoever.
TAke an ounce of Oyl, two ounces of Turpentine, and alit»c
Wax, mingle them at die^re: this will heal any Wound ct Gall, and keep it clean from filth, water, and durt. Take Vinegar and Honey, and boyl it together, when it is cold»
add the Powder of Verdigreafe, Copperas and ßrafs burnt, miog'j them well together: this will take away all ill and dead flefh, ai*** deanfe and heal any old Ulcer. Take Wax, Pitch, Swines greafe, and Turpentine, and n1'*
them well together: this will heal any bone, fpel, or any other ftub« Take houfe Snails, and feeth them in Butter, and they will dra^
out any Thorn or Nail, being oft renewed. So will alfo the roots °r Reeds being bruifed and applied. The roots of an Elder beaten to powder, and boyled with HoneV'
is good for any old fore whatfoever. Take Salt, Butter, and Honey, or white Wax, Turpentine, a*1"*
oyl Rofatttm, of each likequantity, with twiceasmuch Bean-floWef asofany of the other: mix it very well together, and make it irrt0 Salve, and it will heal any fore, either old or new whatfoever. Take Wax, Turpentine, and Deers fuet, or the Marrow of '
S.*ag, and mix them well together, and it will heal any Wound £ any Impoftume whatfoever: fo will alfo Wax, Oyl, Mafti<£» Frankincenfe, and Sheeps fuetj well molten together: or <^e Powder of Maflick, Frankincenfe, and Aloes, mixt and moU£tt well together. . The whites of Eggs beaten with Oleum fo/<««w,and Salt, and V?
laid upon flax hurds, healeth any Wound that is not in any princ»' pal par t where the Mufdes are. If you willpurifie, cleanfe, and heal any old fore, take thr
pints ofweil clarified Honey, and boylit with one pint ofVineg'j and one of Verdigreafe, and fo apply it; or elfe take of MafticM |
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"erdigrcafe, of each half an ounce, of Prankincenfe one ounce, of
new Wax four ounces, of Turpentine fix ounces, and of Hogsgreafe two pound: boyl and incorporate all.thefc together, and then apply it to the fore place, and it will both cleanfe, purifie, and heal. Chick-weed, Groundfel, Graife, and ftale Urine , very well
ooyled together, will heal any galling or hurts by halter» or other Occident, or any {train, or ftripe, or fwelling, which cometh by any fuehlikemifchance. Take of new Milk three quarts, a good handful of Plantain, Ietit
boyl till a pint be conformd : then add three ounces of Allom made into Powder, and one ounce and an half of white Sugar-candy,made likewife into Powder • then let itboyl a little, nil it have a hard curd, then drain it: with this warm, bathe any old Ulcer, then dry it, and lay on fome Vngumtwn Bafilicon; this deanfeth, drieth, ftrengthneth, and killeth the itch, and healeth the fouleft Ulcer either in man or beaft that may be. Alto, if you take of milk: ' quart, of Allom in Powder two ounces, of Vinegar a fpoonful j when.the milk doth feeth, put in the Allom and Vinegar, then take off the card, and ufe the reft, and it will likewife dry up and heal any foul old fore whatsoever. CHAP. CLXXIV.
Hmtomahe the powder ofHoney and Lime. TAke fuch a quantity of unfleckt Lime as you fhall think fit,
beat it into very fine powder : then take fo much Honey as {hall fumce to mingle« together, and make it into a very ftiffpafte, '«the form of a thick Cake or Loaf: then put the fame Cake or J-oaf into a hot Oven, or a burning fire, till it be baked, or burnt Slowing red: then take it forth, and when it is cold, beat it into Ve*y fine Powder, and then ufe it as occafion fhall ferve. It, drieth, healeth, and skinneth any fore whatfoever very marve- •oilfly.
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The erier of taking up of Veins , and wherefore it is good,
FIrft, before we fpeak of the order of taking up of Veins, y°u
fhall underftand, that all Veins, except the Neckeveins, the Eye-veins, the Breaft-veins,Palat-veins, and the Spur-veins, are to be taken up, and not ftriken with the fleam : partly beeaufe they are fo little and thin, that if you ftrike them, you fhall either in* danger the ftriking thorough them; or partly becaufe'they are \o near adjoyning to Arteries and Sinews,that if in ftriking you fhould hit and prick either Artery or Sinew, it were a prefent laming of the Horfe, as I have oftentimesfeen and noted in the practice of maoV ignorant Smiths. Now touching the order of taking up of a vein, i' is thus. Firft, you (hall caft your Horfe either upon fome foft ground»
grafs, fome dunghil that is not very moyft, or in fome light (omc Houfe, upon good ftore of fweet fträw ; then when the Horfc i* thus caft, you fhall look for the vein which you intend to take up» and if it be either fo fmall, or lye fo deep, that you can hardly per- ceive it: Then you fhall with warm Water, rub, chafe, andba.-he all that part where the vein Jyeth'; then take z narrow fik garter, and a handful or two above the vein, (if it be of any of the Horfe* Legs) garter the member very ftraightj but if it be a vein to be taken up on the body or breaft, then with a good furfingle either clofe behind the hinder point of the fhoulder, or within a handfu* of the place, where you mean to take up the vein, gird him very ftraighr, and prefentlyyou fhall fee the vein to arife; then mark that part of the skin which covereth the vein, and with your finge* and your thumb, pull it fomewhat afide from the vein, and then with a very fine incifion Knife flit the skin dean through, withouc touching the vein, and in any wife cut no deeper than through the skin, and that long wife too, infuch fort as the vein goeth,yct noc above an inch at the moil in length ; that done, remove your finger and your thumb, and the skin will return again into his place, right oyer .the vein as it wai before, in fo much, that but opening the orifice, or flit, you fhall fee the vein lye blew, and bare before your eyes ;
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ey«; then take a fine fmooth Cronec,made either of the Browantlcr
of a Stag, or of an old Buck, andthruft it underneath the vein, and 'ift it up a pretty diftance, ( that is to fay, half the thicknefs of the Cronet) above the skin ; that done, you fhall then loofe either the Garter or the Surfingle, for they are but only helps for you to find out the vein ; and when the vein doth appear, have a fpecial care 'hat you touch not the finews. Now when you have thus taken your vein upon your Croner,
you fhall then cither put a red filk thrid, dipt in Oyl of Butter, or elfe a fmall Shooe makers thrid, underneath the vein alfo, fomewhat higher than the Cronet, which filk or thrid muft ferve to knit the vein when time requires; then the Cronet ftanding ftill as before, with your Knife flit the top of the Vein long wife, the length of a Barly corn, that it may bleed: then flopping the nether part of your vein with the filk, or the thred fuffer it to bleed from above j then with your filk or thred re moved above, knit it faft with a fure knot above the flit, fuffering ir only to bleed from beneath, and having bled there alfo fuflicienrly, then knit up the vein beneath the flit with a fure knot, then fill the hole of the vein with Salt, and heal up the Wound of the skin with Turpentine and Hogs greafe molten together, or elfe with a little frefh Butter, laid on with a little flax or fofc tow is fufficient. Novv the vertue which redounds from this taking up of veins:
firft, it is very neceffary, and doth eafe all griefs, ftrains, and ftiffnefs of the Limbs: for the taking up of the plat- veins eafeth all painsin the breaft, and griefs in the cheft j the taking up of the fore-thigh veins eafeth Farcies, and fwellings of the Legs: the taking up of the ftiackle veins before, helpeth Gourding, Quitter-bones, and the Celling of the joynts, fcabs and fcratches: the making up of the hin- der hough veins, helpeth Spavens of both kinds, moft efpecially, any Farcy in thofe parts, and generally all fwellings or impoftumes ; the taking up of the paftorn veins behind) helpeth fwellings about the Cronet, or nether joynts, pains, Mules, and all manner of Kibed \ heels, befides fundry other fuch like difeafes. |
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CHAP. CLXXVI.
OfCanKriuingt or giving the fire, the kjndt and fifes. THe giving of fire, which amongft thebeft Farriers is called
Cauterizing, and amongft the fimpler burning, fearing, ot bliftring, is, (according to the general opinion of all the moftafl" cient Farrier«, the chiefeft Remedy^ and as it were the Iaft refuge of all Difeafes incident to any Horfes body, whether they be Natural or Accidental: for the Violence of fire feparating and digefting all manner of humours into a thin air, and loofe body, cleaofethafld avoideth ihofe groflhefles which are the material caufes of all Putri* faction and Ulceration. Now of Cauterization, there be two kinds» theoneof them Actual, which is that which is done by the hand» and with the Inftmment, that is to fay, of the hot Iron of what fafhion foever; the other Potential, which is done by the applying of a Medicine, whofe nature is either Corrofive, Putrifa&ive, ot Caufticlc. Now the fitft of thefe, which is the Cauterize a$ua1,isprincipally
to be ufed when there is any apcftumacion in any finew, part, Ot member, or amongft any ofthemoft principal Veins: alfo whefl you (hall difmember or cut away any/oynt, or make any incifion» where there is fear of any flux ot bleod, or whereyou ihallfind ei* ther the skin or Mufcles (hrunk or ftraightned j and in many fu^ like cafes. The Cauterizing potential is to be ufed in old cankered UlcefS»
Wens, or any (pungy excrefcions, either of flefh or bone whatfo" ever, of whole natures and properties you (hall read more hereaft« in a following Chapter. CHAP. CLXXVII.
Of the Cauterize aft**!, asd the form ofinfirttnunts.
AN aclual Cautery, according to the opinion of the moftafl'
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the fame, andalfo ftanch the blood; only you muft have a careful
fegard, that in the handüng of your Iron you touch neither Sinews, Tendons, Cords nor Ligaments, Uft you do utterly difable the mem- ber, or breed Cramps or Convulflons; except it be when you dif- fiember or cut away any joynt: As when you do make Curtals, geld Horfes, or fuch like: and then your Cautery is to be ufed only 'to fear the Veins, Sinews, and Ligaments, till fuch time that you are Perfectly affured that all Flax of blood is flopped whatfo- «ver. Now again,the aclual Cautery bindeth together parts loofened, it •
doth attenuate things blown, and puffed up, it drieth up fuperfluous •noifture, it both loofeneth, difperfeth, and divideth evil matter ga- thered into knots, it affwagech old griefs, it re6tifieth thofe parts of the body that are corrupted by any manner of way, reducingthem to their firft perfect eftate, and fuftereth no abundance of evil hu- mours to grow or increafe: For the skin being feparated, and ope- ned with the hoc Iron, all putrifa<5tion whatfeever through the Vertue of the fire, is firft digefted and ripened, and then fo difl'olved, diat the matter doth lflue out abundantly at the holes, whereby the grieved or fickned member is now healed, and eafed of all pain and grief; yea, and infomuch that the holes being once clofed, and clofe •hut up, the place is ftronger and better knit together, and covered With a tougher and harder skin than ever it was before; only the gteateft bkmilh that can anyway be found in Cautery is, that it Commonly leaveth a great skar, which is many times an eye fore more than is tolerable: and therefore, the ufe of Cauterizing is only to be preferred but in defperate cafes of great extremity : for albeit »t work foul, yet I am perfwaded it is moft certain, and it works •MHure.' '
Now as touching the inftruments wherewnh you muft Cauterize,
their fubftance and proportion, you fhall underftand, that the moft cUrious Farriers do prefer either Gold or Silver to be the belt mecal t° make them of, in that few or ho evil accidents do follow where 'hey burn: Butthewifeft, beft, and moft skilful Farriers, take Popper tobe fufficient enough, and a metal without anylawful Cxception ; yet where Copper Inftrnmentscannotbehad, there you may with commendations enough ufe fuch inftruments asaremade °f Iron, and find your work nothing at all hindrcd. A a a Now
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Now for the fafhion, or proportion of your Inftruments,or Iroiis»
they are to be only referred to the (ore or place grieved, wherewith you are to meddle, according to the diverficy whereof your Inlfl*' mencs are to be made of divers*fafhions; as fome are to be made Knife-wife, either with thin edges, or broad edges; and they °e called drawing Knives? or fearingKnivef,becaufc they are principally.' imployedin the drawing of ftraight lines, fhallow, or deep, a*1" fomctimes in circular or divers fquares: fome are made like ftraight» and fome like crooked Bodkins» and they are imployed either ifl flefh'y Excrefci.ons, to caufe Exulcerations, or elfe in Impoftumes, & open fmall paffages for the matter i fome are made like hooks °r fickles, and they are to be ufed where the Wound is crooked, for &e burning out of dead flefh, or fuch like hidden evils, which canOot be reacht by any ftraight inftruments: Others are made eithej with great Buttons» or little Buttons at the end, and they are u^" to open Impoftumes, or elfe to burn into the found flefh, whCe you intend to make any new fore or iffue for the drawing or k«e' ping back of other evil humours. And in making of thefe Irons,thc Farriers own judegment is to be of great value, becaufe he muft £J' ther increafe or diminifh them according to the manner of the pla<^ grieved j and be füre that he ever make them fie for his rigbc purpofe. Now for "the ufe of thefe Inftruments, there are two principal
things to be regarded : Firft, the heating of the Iron, and next, the true temper, or bearing of the Farriers hand. Touching the heating of the Iron, you fhallunderftand, that the
back of the Iron muft never be fo hoc as the edge, that is to fay, y°a muft never make the back of the Iron red hot, for fear that thereby it yield too much heat,and confequently breed inflammation: ther6' fore, whenfoever you fee the back of your Iron as hot as the edge»yoU /hall a little cool it with water. Now for the temper, of bearing of your hand, you fhall under-
ftand, that the more evenly, and light it is done, fo much the better kisdonej and herein is to be considered, thefinenefs orthicknejS ef the Horfcs skin, which you fhallknow moftcemmonly by hrf ha-ir: for if it be fhort, and fine, then the skin is thin : if it belong and rough, thenishis skin thick and boy fterous. Now the skin that is fine, muft be Cauterized or feared with *
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Very light hand, in as much as the skin is fo Toon pierced through,
andthethick skin wiih a heavy hand, and both of them with fach a fernpered hand,that the skin muff no more but look yellow: where- lnyou fhall ever find, that the fine skin will foener look yellow ^an the thick skin, themain reafon being, becaufe the thicknefs a,1d roughnefs of the hair of the thick skin doth cool and choaic the heat of the Iron, in fo much, that if it be not hid to with a more heavy hand, and the Inftrument fo much the more and the ofcner Seated, it cannot work that eft'eft which in Art it ihould do. Now youfhallalfoobferve, that in drawing of any Line or other
Cauterize, whatfoever, that you ever draw with the hair, andnever 'gainft the hair, whether the Lines be (hort, long, deep, fhallow, ftraight, crooked, or over-thwart, according as the grief doth Squire. _■ Now to conclude, youaretoobfervein Cauterizings, thefefew
Precepts: Firft, that you do not give fire to any finewy place, ex- Cept there be fome apparent fwelling, orelfe impoftumation. Se- c°ndly, thatyougive not fire to any bone that is broken, or out of J°ynt, for fear of breeding a general weaknefs in the whole member. thirdly, never to give the fire fo deep, or fuffer your hand to be fo heavy, that you may mifhape, or deform the Horfe, either by un- "eceilary figures, or uncomely Skars. Fourthly, not to be too rafli °r haff y in giving fire, as if every cure were to be wrought by that Practice only, (as I know fome very well reputed Farriers hold o- P'nion) buc only to attempt all other good means before,and when aU hope elfeisdtfperate, then to make the fire your laft refuge, 58 an extremity that muft prevail when all other practices da Perifk Laftly, I would not have you, like thofefoohfh Farriers, which
^now nothingjUtterly to contemn arid negleft it, as if ic were ufelefs, ut with all moderation snd Judicious difcretion to apply it in fit ^e and place, fo the poor Horfe may gain eafe, your lelf good deputation, and the owner profit: which is moft certain, as long as Vou are governed by wifdom. |
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CHAP. CLXXVlir.
Of Cauterize by Medicine^ which is Caateriajt Potential.
THe potential Cauterize, or fearing of the flefh by Medicine-
is, (as 1 faid before) when the medicines are eitherCorrofive> Putrifacf ive, or Cauftick : Corrofive, as when they do corrode, rot» gnaw, and fret the flefh: Putiifadtive, when they do corrupt the complexion of the member, and do induce a main Skar like dead flefh, caufing infinite pain, in fuch fort, that they are often accorO" panied with Ferers and mortality, and therefore arc not to be sd' miniftred, but to ftrong bodies, and in very ftrong difeafes; afl" Cauftick, which isasmuch to fay as burning, when the operation iJ fo ftronp, that k inclineth, and cometh nearcft to the nature of 6fe> and fo burneth and confumeth whattoever it toucheth. Now thefe Potential Cauterizes do exceed and excel one anoth^
by certain degrees, as thus : the Corrofives are weaker than tfle Putrifadtives, and the PutrifaQives are weaker than theCauftickS' the Corrofives work upon the upper part in the foft flefh, the Putf faötivesin the depth of che hard flefh,and theCauftickshavepow^ co break skin found or unfound, both in hard and foft flefh,and tha£ very deeply alfo. Now of Corrofives fome be fimple, and fome be compound : t'1
finiple Corrofives are Roch allorri, burnt or unburnt, the SpuO^ of the Sea fomewhat burnt, Lime, red Curral, and the powdef? Mercury, the (Savings of an Ox or Harts-horn, Precipitate, Vet°K gteafc, and fuch like. The compound Corrofives are,black Sope,^, Lime, VhguentumApoßolorttmy andVngttentum Egyptiacam, ifl Vngmntum Caraccm, and many fuch lick : and thefeare to be^f plied unto Sores, Ulcers, or Exerefcions, after they are Corroded. The PutrifacStives are Arfnick,either white or yellow, Refalg3f»
ot any Medicine compounded with any of them; befides, Safl daracha, Chryfocolla, and Aconitum. Now if you would haveyöurPucrifaitive medicines to becanltiv i
that is, breeding a greac Skar, and hot in che fourth degree : the" they are unfleckt Lime,and the burned dregs of wine j and thefe af to be ufed to Carbuncles, Cankers, and Amburies» _., e |
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The Cauftick medicines are thofc which are made of flrong Lye,
called CttpHetlttm, orMagiftra, of Vitriole Romane, Sa I-nicer, Aqtiar fortis, Apium, Cantharides, Ciclamine, onions, ftrong Garlick, Me■ '"nacardium, the ftonesor grains of Briony,and many fuch like. Now in concJufion,I would wifh every diligent Farrier, feldome
°r never to ufe either Arfnick,Refalgar,or Mercury fublimar.e.iimply °f themfelves, but rather to allay them (if the fuftance whereon they are to work be very great) with Vngumlum Apofiohrum j but if it *>e very little, then with Hogs greafe, Turpentine, or fuch like. And thus much for this potential Cauterizing, and the proper ufes. CHAP. CLXXIX.
Of the Romlling of Horfef, and the ufe thereof*
THe Rowelling of Horfcs, is, amongftour ignorant and fimple
Smiths, the moll ordinary and general practice of all other ^hatfoever, infomuch that not aay Difeafe can almoft be found a- "ouc a Horfe, either how flight or great foever it be, but prefencly Without any reafon or fenfe therefore, they will Rowel him for the «roe j whereby they not only put the Horfe to a needlefs torment, out alfo bring down ( now and then ) fuch a flux of naughty hu- roours, that they lame the Horfe, which otherwife would be per- fectly found. But it is not my Theam to difpute of thefe ignorances; °nly this I muft fay of Rowelling, it is a practice as nectffary and commendable for the good eftate of a Horfes Limbs, and Body, as - any medicine whatsoever, fo it be applied in his due time, and in his *^e place: otherwife on the contrary part, it is contrary to all S°odnefs. The helps which are got by Rowelling, are thefe, it feparareth
at»d diffolveth all evil humours, which either through Natural or Unnatural corruptions are gathered and knit together in any one P'ace, hindring the office of any member, or deforming the body by a°y fuperfluity or evil fubftance j it Ioofeneth thofe parts which are bound, and bindeth thofe parts that are Weakned j it Bweth ftrcngth unto lick joynts, and comforteth wharfoever is °PprtiTed with any cold flegm, or hot cholerick fubftance: «ie general ufe of Rowelling , is either for inward ftrains» efpecially
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efpecially about the fhoulders or hips, or elfe for great hard fv> #*
liiigSjwhich will not be mollified or corroded by any outward medi* cine, which is either Plaifter or Unguent, for you fhall under* ftand, that when a Horfe receiveth any ftrain or bruife, either ifl x the upper joyntsof his Shoulders, or his hips, which joyntsdoflOf ftand one upon another, as the lower joynts do, but they go one into another, as the one end of the Marrow-bone into the p*ot of th* Spade-bone, and the other end into the pot of the Elbow, which & a double bone : New as I fay, when a bruife is received in thet" parts, if by prefent application of hot and comfortable medicine5» the grief be not taken away, then eft foons there gathers betwee«1 the pot and the bone, a certain bruifed jelly, which continually of- fending the tender Griftle which covers the end of every boitf» makes the Horfe to halt vehemently : and then is this corrupt mat* ter not to be taken away by any outward medicine, but by Rowel' ling only : and as I fpeak of the fhoulder, fo I fpeak of the hips» alfo, where the upper thigh-bone goeth into the pot of the camiel' bone, and there breeds the like infirmity. Now for the manner of Rowelling, it is in this fort: Firft, when you have found out the certain place of the Horfes grief, as whether n be on the fore-Pitch of the flioulder, on the hinder Elbew, or on the Hip, then yoU (Ball ( having caft the Horfe upon fome Dung hil, or (oft ground ) make a little flit more than a good handful below the place of his grief through the skin, and no more, fo bigasyou may wellrhruft in a Swans quill into the fame: then with your Cronet raife th* skin a little from the flefh, and then put in your quill, and blow" all the skin from the flefh upward, even to the top, and »11 over the flioulder : then flopping the hole with your finger and your thumb» take a fmall H3zel ftick,and all to beat the blown place all over}afl° then with your hand fpread the Wind into every parr, and after l£t it go : then take a tampin of Horfe hair twouncl together, or which is better, of red Sarcinet, half the bignefs of a mans little finger, and above a foot or fixteen inches in length, putting it into your Rowel* /ing needle, which would be at the leaft feven or eight inches long» thruft it inatthe fitfthole, andfo putting it upward, draw it out again at leaft fix inches above ; and then, if you pleafe, you may puc in another above that: and then rye the two ends of the tampins or rowels together, and move and draw them to and fro in the ski?» |
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in any wife not forgetting, both before you put them in, and every
day after they are in, to anoint them well with But,ter, Hogs grcafe, OrOyldeBay. Now there be other Farriers, which in that they are opiniated, «E-3
that thefe long rowels, or tampins of hair or filk, do make both a ^^"^ double fore, and a great fear, therefore they make their rowels of 'ound pieces of ftiff Leather, fuchasis the upper part of an o'd fhooe, with a round hole in the middeft, ac- ^-^ cording to this from: and then doubling it when they (Oj put it in,as foon at it is within,to fpread it,and lay it flat ^—' between the flefh and the skin, and fo as the hole of the Rowel may anf wer juft with the hole that is made in the horfes skin; and then once in two or three dayes to cleanfe the Rowel, and to anoint it, and (0 put it in again. Odier Farriers doufeto make che Rowel of Lanthorn-horn,'in
the fame fafhion as is made of Leather, and in like fort to ufe it. But for mine own part, I have ufed them all, and truly in my practice find not any better than other: only the Leather or the horn >s fomewhat moredean'y, and lefs offen five to the Eye, yet they ask tfiuch more attendance. Now if you do Rowel your Horfefor any (welling, then you
Oiall ever put in your long Rowel the fame way that the veins run, and feldome or never crofe-wife, and the more you blow the skin for a (welling, fo much the better it is: for the wind is it which only , occafioneth putrifa-ftion, and makes thefe feftted humours to dif- f°!ve,and diftil down from the fecrct hollows of the joynts,into thofe °pen places, where it falleth away in matter, andfo theBeaft ber cotnes cured. CHAP. CLXXX.
Hm fe geld Hcrfej or Cokt.
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Moon. For the age, if it be a Colt, you may geld him at nine dayes "jtd, ojefifteen, if hisftonesbe comedown: for tofpeak the truth, tlle fooner that you geld hin», it is fo rauch the better, both for his growth,
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- growth, fhape, and courage: albeit, {omehold opinion, that at
two years old fhouW be the fooncft, but they.ate miftaken,and their reafons are weak therein. Now if it be aHorfethat you would geld, then there is no fpeech
to be made of his age : for it is withoutany queftion, that a perfect Farrier may geld a Horfe without danger St any age whatfoever, being careful in the cure. Now for the feafon of the year, the beft is in the Spring, between
April and May, or in the beginning of June at the fartheft, or elfe about the fall of the Leaf, which is the later end of Sep' tember. Now for the ftate of the Moon, the fitteft time is ever when the
Moon is in the Wane: as touching the manner of Gelding, it is in this fort, whether it be a Foal, Colt, or Horfe: Firft, you fhallcaft him either upon ftraw, or upon fomedunghil: then taking the ftone between your foremoft finger, and your great finger, you fhall with a very fine incifion Knife flit the Cod, fo that you may" prefs the ftone forth, and no more : Then with a pair of ftnall Nippers,-made either of Steel, Box-wood, or Brafil, being very fmooth, and clap the ftringsof the ßone between them, very neat unto the fetting on of the ftone, and prefs them fohard, that thetC maybe no flux of blood: then with a thin drawing Cauterizing Iron made red hot, fear away the ftone j then take a hard Plaiftef made of Roz.cn, Wax, and wafht Turpentine, well molten together» and with your hot Iron melt it upon the head of the firings: the«1 fear the firings, and then melt more of the Salve, till fuch time a* •yoiihave laid a good thincknefs of thefalveupon the firings: The" loofethe Nippers, and as you did fo with that ftone, fo do with tn other alfo : Then fill the two flits of the Cod with white Salt, an'J anoint all the outfide of the Cod, and all over the Horfes belly *a . thighs with Hogs greafe clean rendered, and fo let him rife: &tt keep him in either fome very warm ftable, or othervvife in ^°m very waim pafture, where he may walk up and down» t0 there is nothing better for a Horfe in this cafe, than moder»1 exereife. . Now if after his gelding you do perceive that his Cod and ^c^
dothfwell in any extraordinary fafhion, then you fhall chafe &> up and down> and make him trot an hour in a day, an^,C/*!0 |
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footi recover him, and make him found without any impedi-
ment. CHAP. CtXXXI.
Of the m*\lng of Curtals-, er cM'mg efef the tdls ef Harfts. THe Curtailing of Horfes is-ufed in no Nation whatfoever, fo
much asinthisKingdomofours, by reafon of much Carriage, ?nd heavy burthens which our Horfes continually are exacifed and itrtployed withall, andtheracher, fith, we are ftvongly opinionated, lW the taking away of thofe joynts doth make the Horfes chine 0rback a great dealftronger, and more able to fupport a burthen, 's in truth it doth , and we daily find it by continual expe- rience. Now for the manner of Curtailing of Hjrfes, it is in this fort:
£irft, you fhall with your finger and your thumb, grope till you find the third joynt from the fetting on of the Horfes tail j and having found it, raife up all die hair, and turn it backward : then ^king a very fmallftrong Cord, wrap it about that joynt, and pull 't both with your own ftrength and another mans, fo ftraight as you Ca« poflible pull it: then wrap it about again, and draw it as ftraight 6r ftraighter again : and thus do three or four times about the tail, With all the poflible ftraightnefs that may be ; and then make faft the ends of the cord: then take a piece of Wood, whofe end is fmooth *nd even, of juft height with the ftrunt of the Horfes rail, and fetting " between the Horfes hinder Legs, (after you have tramelled all his *°tir Legs,in fuch fort that he can no ways ftir) then lay his tail there- in, and taking a mainftrong fharp Knife made for the purpofe, ^ the edge thereof fo near as you can guefs it, between the fourth *nd fifth joynt, and then with a great Smiths Hammer ftnking u- P°n the back of the Knife, cut the tail afunder: then if you fee any "lood to iffue forth, you fhall know that the cord is not ftraighc enough, and therefore you muft draw it ftraighter, but if ^ blood follow, then it is well bound: This done, you ^^ •hall take a red hot burning Iron, made round after this ^3 *j^hion, of the full compafs of the flefh of the Horfes tail, | 'hat the bone of the tail may go through the hole, and with B b b it
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it you fh all fear the flefh, rill you,have mortified it j and in the
{earing, youfliall plainly fee the ends of the veins ftart out like pap" heads; but youfhallftill continue fearing them, until you fee all to be moft fmooth, plain, and hard, fo chat the blood cannot break through the burning:•• then may you boldly unloofe the Cord, and after two or three d3yes, that you perceive the fore begin to rot, yo1* ftiall not mifs to anoint ic with frefh Butter, or elfe with Hogsgreaf* and Turpentine, until it be whole. CHAP. CEXXXIL
To make a white Star in my fart of a Horfe.
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to the opinion of the moft ancient Farriers, take a Tile ftone, an»
^l3 after you have burned it, beat it into fine Powder: then take Lilly
Roots, Dafie Roots, White brier Roots, of each a like quantity, and having dryed tfum, beat them alfo into fine Powder, and mix them with the ruft: then with a Razor fhave that part of your Horfc where you would have your Star: and then with this Powder rub ic fo vehemently, that you fcarce leave any skin on ; then take * good quantity of Honey. fuckleflowers,and a like quantity of Hcney» and the water wherein a Mod hath been fodden, and then diftü them into a water, and with that wate'r wafh the fore place the fpa<-'e of three dayes together, and keep the Wind from ir, and you th*$ prefently fee the white hairs to grow j for this Receipt hath been oi' ren very well approved. gga There be other Farriers, which take a Crab, and roaft it, and
being fiery hot, bind it to chat part which you would havewhitf» and it will fcald away the old hair, and the next hair thatgrovveth will be white. Chher Farriers ufe, after they have fhaved the place, to take the juyce of fharp Onions, or Leei s, and to bathe che place very much therewith: then to take Barley bread, as fire hot as it cometh from the Oven, and clap it to the fhaven place, (offering it tp lye fo till it be cold j and then after anoint ic with Honey, anfl the White hair will come. Other Farriers ufe co anoint the (haven place wich the greafe of a Mouldy-warp fodden, and chat will bring tb£
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lbe white hairs. Other Farriers ufe after they have fhaved it, toru6
'be place well with Salt, and then twice every day for a fortnight, ro walh it with the broth wherein a Mouldy-warp and forae Swines greafe hath been fodden. Ocher "Farriers ufe to boyl a Mouldy-warp in Salt water for three
dayes together, or clfe in ftrong Lye, and ever as one Liquor con- fumeth, to fupply it with another; then with this Deration being ^arm, anoint the fhaved place, and it will bring white hairs fud- denly. Other Farriers take the Gall of a Goat, and rub the fhaved place therewith, and it will bring white hairsalfo. Other Farriers take Sheepsmilk, and boyl it, and in that wet a
Linnen cloath, and being very hot lay it to, renewing it until you ftiay rub cfT the hair with your finger; thisdone, apply the milk to «twice a dayluke-warm, till the hair do come again, which with- out all queftion will be white. Other Farriers take the Roots of Wild Cowcumbers, and twice
as much Nitrnm mingled with Oy 1 and Honey, or elfe add to your Cowcumbers Sal-nitmm beaten, and Honey, and anoint the fhaven place therewith, and it will bring white hairs. Other Farriers ufe to take a piece of a Brick-bat, and with it
gently to rub and chafe the place, till by the continuance thereof, you have rubbed away both the hair and the skin, fo broad äs you would have the Star, iind'then after to anoint it with Honey, until the hair come again : Orelferoroaft aColewort ftalk like a War- den, or an Egg, untilit be ftone hard ; and then as they come hot 0«t©fthefire, toclapeither of them to the Horfes fore-head, andit W'U fcald off the hair,then to anoint it with Honey tillthe hair came *gain. Now to conclude, and to fhew youthemoft perfe&and abfolute "iD
cj*periment, which I have ever found tobe moft infallible, and it is ^us; You fhall take a very fine, fl^arp, long Bodkin, made for the 3fr»e purpofe, and thruft it up betwixt the skin and the bone up- ^a*ds, fo long as you would have the Star; and in thruftingit up, J0**- fhall hollow the skin from the bone, the bignefs that you would have the Star: this done, you fhall take a piece of Lead, made in the c[J*e fhape of your Bodkin, and drawing out the Bodkin, thruft in lhe Lead into the fame holes; then you fhall thruft the Bodkin ^ofs-wife the forehead underneath the Lerd; and then thrufting Bbb 2 in
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{in fach another piece of Lead, you fhall fee it
in the Horfes face to prefent this figure ; which being done, you fhall take a very ßrong pack-threadi, and putting it under- neath all the four ends of the Leads, and drawing it with all ftraightnefs, you fhall gather all the hollow skin together on a purfe,. folding the pack-thread oft and oft. about, and ftill ftraighter and ftraighter, fo that you fhall fee it then to prefent unto y*bu this figure : this done, you fhall let it reft at lcaft the fpace of eight and forty hours, in |
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unloofe the pack-thread, and draw forth the leaden pins, and wi"]
your hand dofe the hollow skin to the Fore-headliard^again j a»*1 fhortly after you fhall fee the hair to fall a- way, and the next hair which cometh will be white ; and this experiment is moft in- fallible. Now there be fome other Farriers, which
will not put in pins , nor ufe any pack- thread, but only will flit the forehead, and open the skin on both fides, and then put in either a Horn or a plate of Lead as big as the Star, and fo let it remain till the skin Rot: Then take out the Horn or Lead, and^noint the place with Honey, and the water of Mal- lows fod, and it will bring white hair: And « furely this experiment alfo is moft infallible j but it maketh a (oa ' fore, and isfomewhat long in bringing his vertue to efteö.
Again, I have feen a white Star alfo made by taking the guts of*
-Hen, or Pullet, and clapping them hot as they come out of the belly to the Horfes face, having in readinefs fome hollow round thinf? made for the fame purpofe, to keep the guts together upon the-honc face.. |
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CHAP. CLXXXIII.
Hour to make i Uack^ Star, or white hair black. IF at anytime you would have a defire to make upon a white
Horfe a black Scar, you (hall take a fcrupleof Ink, and four fcruples of the wood or Oliander beaten to Powder; incorporate this in as much Sheeps fuet as will well fufficie, and then anoint the place therewith, and it will no doubt make any white hair black. Other old Farriers take the DecocStion of Fern Roots, and Sage
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To make a red Star in a Horfesfact. IF you defire to make in your Horfes face, or any other part, a
Red Star> you fhall take o£ &s4<]#a-fortu one ounce,of ^Aquavita a penny-worth, of Silver to the value of eighteen pence; put them intoaglafs) and heat them well therein, and then anoint the place very well therewith, and it will immediately turn the hair to be of a perfect red colour, only it will endure no longer than till the cafting of the hair: and therefore, at every fuch time ycu muft renew the hair again, if yo» will have the Star to eon» tinue. |
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Hon» to make hair to comevery.foon, very thicks *ni very Ung. ** TF you would have hair to come very foon in any bare place, or to
Jl grow thick where it is thin, or long where it is (hort, you fhall take ( according to the opinion of the moft ancient Farriers) the Urine of a young Boy, and with it at flrft wafh the place : after that, take Lye made of unfleckt Lime, Cerufe, and litergy, and with it wafh the hair oft, and ic will make it come foon j long» and thick. Other Farriers ufe to wafh the place with Water wherein the
Roots of Althsea have been fod: then after dry it gently with your
hand, and it will increafe hair much. Other Farriers ofe to wafh
the place with Oyl mingled with the afhes of Nut-fhels burnt, or
elfe Snail-fhds burnt, and it will increafe hair alfc. Other Farriers
take Agrimony punded with Goats milk, and with it anoint the
place, or elfe Oyl wherein a Mouldiwarp hath been boyled, and
anoint the place with either of them, and it will increafe hair very
much. Other Farriers take the dung of Goats, AHom, Honey, and
the blood of a Swine: mingle them all together, and ftir them till
they be ready to boyl, and being hot, rub the bare place therewith.
Other ancient Farriers take Nettle-feed bruifed wich Honey, water
and Salt, and then rub the place therewith. Other Farriers take
the Root of a white Lilly beaten and fod in Oyl, and anoint the
place therewith. Others take the juyce of a long Onion, or elfe the
juyce of Radifhes, and anoint the place therewith. Othe< s tike Tar»
Oyl Olive, and Honey boyled together, and with it anoint the bare
place. Others take the Soot of a Cauldron mixed with Honey and
(Oyl, and anoint the place therewith.
There be other aiicient Farriers which ufe thir$ and it is the beft
of all, they take green WaUnut fhels, and burn them to Powder, and then mix it with Honey, Oyl, and Wine, and anoint the place therewith, and it will increafe hair wonderfully, a°d very foon. |
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T» make hair fmooth, fiick^ and foft. IF you will make your Horfej Coat to be fmooth, flick, fofr, and
fhining, you fhatf with fufficient ftore of cloath keep him warm at the heart, for the lead inward cold will make the hair flare : then you fhall make him fweat oft; for that wiU raife up the duft and filth, which makes his coat foul and hard : then you fhall, when the Horfe is in his greateft fweat, with an old Sword blade turning the edge towards his hair, fcrape, or as it were curry away all the white foam, fweat, and filcb, which /hall beraifed up, and that will lay his coat even, and make it fmooth: Andlaftly, you fhall when you let him blood, rub him all over with his own blood, and fo lee it remain two or three dayes, and then curry and drefs him well, and »his will make his coat fhine like glafs. CHAP. CLXXXVII.
Hbf» to ta\t of hair in any part of a Horfe,, IF you will at any time take off the hair from any part of a Horfe,
you fhall diffolve in water ( according to the opinion of the meft ancient Farriers) eight ounces of unfieckt Lime,: and then ho y lit till a quarter be contained, then add to itanounceof Orpi- |*>enr, and then lay a Plaifter thereof to any part of the Horfe, and »t will in very few hours bring all the hair away. There be other ancient Fans:« which boyl in runing water, Ruft
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Hm to cafi and over- throw et Horfe.
WHenfoever you intend to caft or over-throw your Horfe,afte*
you have brought him into a convenient place: as namely, either upon fome green fwarth, or upon fome Dung-hill, or in fome Barn upon good ftore of foft ftraw, you (hall take and double a long rope, and caft a knot a yard from the bought; then put the bought about his neck, and the double rope betwixt his fore-Legs, and about his hinder paftorns, underneath his fetlock, then put the endscf the rope under the bought of his neck, and draw them quickly,and they will overthrow him,then make the ends faft, and hold down his head, under which alwayes you muft be fure to have good ftore of ftraw. Now if you would at any time, either brand your Horfe on the buftoek, or do any thing about his hinder Legs, that he may not ftrike, take up his contrary fore Leg, and when you do brand your Horfe, fee that the Iron be Red hot, and that the hair be both feared quite away, and the flefh fcorched in every place before you let him go, and (o you {hall be furc to lofe no labour. CHAP. CLXXXIX.
Her» to knew the age of a Horfe.
THe age of every Horfe is known, either by his teeth, by his
hoofs,or by his tail. It is known by his teeth; at two years old he changeth thefottt' fore-moft teeth in his head, at three years old he changed1 the teeth next unto them, and leaveth no more apparent foal* teeth but two of each fide, above and below: at four years old he changeth the teeth next unto them, and leaveth no more foals teeth but one on each fide, both above and below ; at five years old hc hith never a foals tooth before, but then he changeth his tufhes oj> each fide : at fix years old he putteth up his tufhs, near about whicp you fhall fee apparently growing a little circle of new and young flefh t befides,the tufll willbe white, fmall, fhort, andfharp: *l
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'even years old, the two out-moft teeth of his neather chap en both
''des will be hollow, with a little black fpeckin them: And at e'ght years old, then all his teeth will be full, fmooth, and plain, 'he black fpeck being clean gone, and his tufhes will be fomewhac Mlow, without any circles of young flefh: At nine years old, his *°re-moft teeth will be very long, bread, yellow, and foul, and his Jiffies will be blunt: At ten years old, in the infide of His upper Midies will be ho holes at all to be felt with your fingers end, which '»11 that age you fhall ever moft perfectly feel; befides, the Temples °f his head will begin tobe hollow and crooked: At eleven years of 'ge his teeth will be exceeding long, very yellow, black, and foul, °nly he will cut even, and his teeth will ftand directly oppofite one 'Rainft another ; at twelve years old his teeth will be long, yellow» black, and foul, but then his upper teeth will over-reach and hang °ver his neather teeth; at thirteen years his tufhes will be worn cWe to his chap, if he be a much ridden Hotfe, other wife they will "e black, foul, and long like the fangs of a Boar. If a Horfes hoofs be rugged, and as it were {earned, one feam over
Mother ; if they be dry, full, and crufty, it is a fignof a very old 5ge; as on the contrary part> a fmooth, moift, hollow, and well funding hoof is a fign of young years. If you take your Horfe with your finger and your thumb, by
'he ftern of the tail, clofe at the fetting on by his Buctock,and feeling 'here hard ; if you feel betwixt your finger and your thumb of each fide his tail, a j'oynt ftick out more than any other joy nt, by the hignefs of a hazel Nut, then you may prefume, the Horfe is under 'en years old, but if his joynts be all plain, and no fuch thing to be *"'» then he is above ten, and at leaft thirteen. If a Horfes eyes be '<jUnd, full, and ftarting from his head, if the pits over his eyes be *j"ed, fmooth, and even with his Temples, and wrincles either a- "°ut his brow, or under his eyes, then the Horfe is young: if other- ^ife you fee the contrary Chara&ers, it is a fign of old age. If you tjkeup a Horfes skin on any part of his body, betwixt your finger *nd your thumb, and pluck it from the flcfh j then letting it go a- p11»» if it fuddainly return to the place from whence it came, and be "jtooth and plain without wrincle, then the Horfe is young, and full y ftrength j but if being pulled up he ftand, and not return to his "finer place, then be aflared he is very old,and exceedingly wafted. C c c Laftly,
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Laftly, if a Horfe that is of any dark Colour, fh a 11 grow grip»
only about his Eyr-brows, or underneath his mane, it is then anlfl" fallible fign of moft extreme old age: And thus much touching a Horfes age. CHAP. CXC.
How to make an old Horfe feem young.
TAke a fmall crooked Iron, no bigger than a Wheat Corn, afl<*
having made it red hot, burn a little black hole in the tops"» the two outmoft teeth of each fide the neatherchap before, nextt" the tufhes, and then with an Aul blade prickit, and make the fhel» fine and thin; then with a fharpfcrapinglron, maJce all hiSfteeth white and clean : this done, take a fine Lancet,. and above the hoi' lows of the'Horfes eyes which are fhrunkdown, makea little hole only but through the skin, and then railing it up, put in a quil that is very fmall, as the quil of a Raven, or fuch like: and then blotf the skin full of wind, till all the hollownefs be filled up, and then take out the quil, and lay your finger a little while on the hole, and the wind will ftay in,and the Horfes countenance will be asif he were but fix years old at the moft. chap. excr.
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wollen cloath, and rye it faftin many folds about the midftof your Horfes tongue, and believe it, as long as the tongue isfo tyed, io long the Horfe can by no means neigh, or make any excraordmay noife with his voice, as hath been often tried and approved of. |
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foft (have him the breadth of a faueer on both fides, juft in the
Wring place, on both fides the vein, then with a Launcet make fix »flues, or fmall orifices on both fides; then raifing the skin from the fofli, you (hall put into the holes'a pretty quantity of burnt Salt, which willmakethe fore to rankle. In this fort you (hall keep it three dayes, and by no means ride the
Horfe: the third day being ended, you (hall fee a Child on his back *ithfrmfs. and make him fpur the Horfe in thefore place; which <W, you' fhall wa(h the place with Pifs, Salt, and Nettles fodden Well together, and this will make his fides fmart fo extremely, that ta will never abide the fpur after. Now yoa (hall let him ftand after his waflung three dayes more,
a«d then takehalf a pintof Honey, and with it anoint his fides once a day till they be whole. Alfo rub his fides with the powder of glais, Jt>d it will do the like. CHAP. CXCHI.
Ho» to mttkf * Horfe that tires, or is nßf, tegeformrd.
IF your Horfe. (as it is the common nature of Jades) through
the naughtineft of his nature, ordulnefsof fpmr, be either fo r<ftifl\ or fo tyred, that he will not go forward a foot, but ftandeth flock drill: You fhall then make a runing fuickle of a good f,hallcord, and put ic about his Cods and Stones, in fach fort that lc may not flip : then you fhall draw the reft of the cord between *e girths and the Horfes body, and bringing it up juft between ^e Horfes fore-Legs, be fure to hold the end of the cord in your ha*idas you fit in the Saddle, then ride the Horfe forward, and ^henhe feeginneth to grow reftiff, or toftandftill, then pluck the c°fd, and ■'cramp'him<. by the Stones, and you fhall fee thac im- Ccc 2 mediately
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mediately he will go forward: And in this fame manner you fha'*
ufe him for at Ieaft a fortnight together, and it will clean take away that evil quality. CHAP. CXCIV.
Other mofi excellent and afproved rvajes to preferve a fferfe fr<0
tyring, never difclefed till now* IF your Horfe either through violence cf Labour, diftemperata«'6
of Body, or naughtinefs of Nature, happen to tyre under yoU» or travel not with that fpirit you defire, then when you come to a baiting place alight, and fee up your Horfe warm, but do not walk him: then after he hath been well rubbed, take a quart of ftroflg Ale, and put thereto half an sunce of the fine fearft powder of EÜ' campane, and brew them together, then give it the Horfe with 8» horn j which done, tye his head to the rack, for you need not car^ for Provender till night, at which time Provender him well, and i" the morning give him Oars or Bread, or both in plentiful manner» and being ready to take his back, give him the former quantity oj Ale and Elicampane as afore-faid, and doubdefs you fhall finO him to travel with great courage and fpirit, as hath been ap' proved. Ai/o if you take a bunch of Penny-royal, and tye it to the, mouth
of your bit or fnaffle, you fhall find is very comfortable, and it wäW caufeyour Horfe to travel luftily. Again, if you take of the btft Tobacco, and dry it in the Sun in *
glafsclofeftopt, then pundit very fmall, and mix it with an equ*j quantity of the Cockle-fhels, then with the Oylof Dil, and theiOr of Cloves, make the Powder into a pafte, then make pretty round balls thereof as big as Wal-nuts, and dry them in the fhadow in the Dog day es, then keep them clofein Gaily pot, and give them as pil*5 in the time of neceffity j that is to fay, a ball at a time, whenfoevcf your Horfe fhall fail in travel: And this doth not only help tyring» but alfo takes away any cold whatsoever. LafHy, if your Horfe notwithstanding for all this, do happen ac
S3»anv time co tVre> then prefently take off his Saddle, and with the
herb Arfmart rub his back all over very hard, then laying Atim**1
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alfo under the Saddle, fo ride him gently at the firft, and if there
beany life in him, it will make him go, as it hath been made proof of. CHAP. CXCV.
How to make a Harfe to fallow his Maßer, and find him 0ftt} and
chaBenge him amongfi never fo many people. IF yon will have your Horfe to have fuch a violent love towards
you, that he fhali not only follow you up and down, but alfo labour to find you out, and own you as foon as he hath found you : you fhall then take a pound ofOat-meal,and put thereto a quarter of a pound of Honey, and half a pound of Lunarce, and then make a Cake thereof, and put it in your bofome next unto your naked skin: then run or labour your felf up and down until you fwear, then ruball your fweat upon your Cake ^ this done, keep your Horfe fafting a day and a night, and then give him the Cake to eat, which as foon as he hath eaten, you fhall turn him Ioofe, and he will not only moft eagerly follow you, but alfo hunt and feek you out when- he hath loft, or doth mifs you }. and though you be environed with never fo many, yet he will find you out, and know you ; and you • fiiall not fail, but every time that he comech unto you, you fhall fpec in his mouth, and anoint his tongue with your fpittlc : And thus doing, he will never forfake you. CHAP. CXCVI.
The nature and [pedal qualities «faß the Simples that arefpoken of la '■>
thit whole Wor\y fet down in the manner of Alphabet. A
ABrotanttm, which weeall inEnglifh Southern-wort, is hot and
dry ia the third Degree, and openeth the pipes of the body, and is good for fhort wind. Abfintklum, which we call Worm-wood, is hot in the firft
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i/fcrte, which we call Vinegar, efpecially if it be of"Wine, i*~
cold and piercing, to wit, cold in thefirft, and dry in the third Degree. tAgaricum, is hot in the firft, ind dry in the fecond Degree: it
s expelleth humours, purgeth all flegm and choler, and is good for the Liver and Kidneys. Allium, which we call Gärlick, is hot and dry in the fourth
Degree it draweth, openeth, and expelleth all evil humours. Agrecum, which we call Crefies, is hot and dry in the fourth
Degree: it burneth, draweth, and refolveth, and is exceeding good for Scurf, or wild Scabs, or for the Lungs. Agripa, is a knownUnguent that is good againft all tumours.
^illom, called commonly Roch- Allom,is hot and dry in the third
Degree, and is good for cankers. Alder, or Elder-tree, is hot and dry, it purgeth choler and flegm,
and healeth woundf. AUoes, is hot in the firft,and dry in the third Degree : it eteanfeth
and diflolveth,and alfo comforteth the vital parts. Ahhea, which we call white Mallows,is hot and dry : itloofeneth
and fcattereth humours, warmeth and moiftnerh very much. Almonds are hot and moift in the firft Degree : provoke Urine,
and are very good for the Lungs or Liver. Amhrofia, which we call Wood-fage, reprefTeth,driveih back,and
bindech humours, Ammonucum is hot in the third, and dry in the fecond Degree:
itfoftneth, and diffolvethhumours. Amtttm, which we call Dili* is hot in the third, and dry in
the fecond Degree: it ripenech crude Humours, and expelleth hear. tyinnifeedi are hot and dry in the third Degree : expel cold,
diffolve humours, and provoke Urine. Antimonium, or Stibium, is cold and dry, it bindeth,mundin"«h,
and purgeth. Affio, which we call SmalUgt, or Parfley, k hot in the firft» and
dry in the fecortd Degree: itripenerh,deanfeth, openeth, and pro- voketh Urine. Ariflolochia, which we call Birth.mrt, or Hart-wort, is hot, and
deanieth: but if it be Rotunia, dien it is fo much ftronger,being hot and
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and dry in the fourth Degree : it draweth and purgeth thin water
ahdflegm, and is good to open the Lungs; k is good againft all manner of poyfon whatfoever, or biting of any venemous Beafts. ' Armoniacl^boihdrieth,cooleth, foftenth,anddraweth. Artemifia, which we call great Tanfy, or Mug-wort, is hot in the
fecond, and dry in the third Degree.- it is very good for Worms, and fwellings in the finews. 3 tArfnicI^ of both kinds, is hot in the third, and dry in the n*rft
Degree: it bindeth, eateth, and frettech, being a very ftrorig Corrofive* AJfgfetida is a gum that is hot in the third, and dry in the nVft
Degree : it cleanfeth evil humours. Afph/ilium is a pitch that is mixt with Bitttmen: it is hot arid dry,
and comforteth any (welling. AffmteoisVot in the firfi,and dry in the fecond Degree: it clean-
feth and drieth, and is good for to comfort the ftomack. AjfnugU, which we call the (oft or frefli greafe, is hot arid moid
j'nth fh-ff Degree : It mollifiech, ripeneth, and healeth any wound, impoftume, or Ulcer. Avena, which we call commonly Oats, are naturally dry: they
do dry, bind, cleanfe, and comfort all the inward parts>andare the only principal fimples which do naturally agree with thecotnpofi- tion of a Horfes body ; and therefore the Oyl or the quiffteifence of them is the only abfolute and,perfect medicine that can beatimi- niftred for any inward ficknefs, as experience-will approve andmake perfca. Avelane, which we call the afhesof Nut-fhels burntj axe hot and
dry, and do skin or ftop the flux of matter. B
Bayherries, are vehemently hot and dry, and are good for alt
manner of rhumes, or fhortnefs of wind, efpecially for any difeafeinrhe Lungs: they are good againft Poyfons.Confumptions, frort Breath, flegm, hardnefs of hearing, help tyring, Cramps, ^urvy,. the Stone, ftoppings of the Liver, cure the Yellows and Bälfannm is hot and dry in'the fecond Degree: itcleanfeth,
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Bdellium is a gum that is hot and dry ■ it foftneth, and draweth
away moifture, and is excellent againft all hard fwellings whatso- ever. Bertonicum or Bettonicum, which we call Dog-ftone, or Kegwort,
is hot and dry in the firft Degree: it purgeth, and cleanfeth all evil kumours. Biaeca is cold and dry in the fecond Degree : it clofeth things
opened, it foftenshardnefs, filleth places empty, and doth extenuate all excretions. Bittole, which we call Beets, is cold and moift, and cleanfeth
Ulcers» Bitumen is a kind of Brimftone, or fatnefs from the fea, it is hot
and dry in the fecond Degree, and is comfortable againft any Swelling, Bottiro is hot in the firft, and moift in the fecond Degree, and it
ripeneth impoftumcs. Bole-armonia is a certain earth which is cold and dry, which bin«
deth and driveth back evil humours, and is alfo an excellent Defen- fative againft fluxes of blood. Braneurfi» is a wonderful great foftener and mollifier.
Brajfica,which wecallCole-worts,isvery dry,ic doth conglutinate
Wounds, is healeth Ulcers and Tumours, it holdeth the feed, and killeth evilfcumours. Brotano, which is the fame that Abrttamm is, look there.
Brufcoy which we call Butchers Broom, or kneeholm, is hotii»
the fecond Degree, and dry in the firft, in'provokes Urine. Briony, of thefe there are two kinds, the White and Black, but
the white is more effe&ual; the root of it is hot and dry in the fe*
cond Degree : it cleanfeth and ripeneth, and is good for all old
Difeafes, it älfo drieth, draweth, and raollifieth all manner o»
fhardnefs,
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CAUfonU or CohfonU, 'doth incarnate Ulcers, and doth con-
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dry in die third Degree, doch refolve rumeurs, and dpawethä^y
«umours, Calcinatfiva, which wc call unfieekt L;me, is hot and dry in the
fourth degree, it adufteth, drieth and eorrodech» Camomla,, which we call Camomile, ishot and dry in the firft
degree : it molhrieth and diffclveth all griefs, and is good cfpeciaily •or che Liver. C*medros> which we call Germander, is hot and dry in the third
degree \ and is good againft all moift colds. Camphora, is a kind of a Gum which is cold and dry in the
»fed degree j it preferveth the body from putrifa&ion and bindeth amours. C.anabü, which we call Hemp, is hot, the (eed whereof driveth a-
Way extraordinary colds: it ripeneth and dilTcJveth humour« and ftiollifieth and drieth inflammations Cinamon is hot and dry in the third degree j and is comfortable in
*H inward fickneffes. Cann/tj which we call Reeds, efpecially the hedge Reed, draweth.
°Ut pricks, if you lay the Roots to with the knobs. Cantbarides are certain fly es, wh:ch are hot and dry in the third
degree; they will raife buffers in the found parts. Capillivenere, which we call maidens hair, is dry, and bindeth
'°ofe humours. Cardimeniam is hot, it extenuatcth humours, and being mixt with
Vinegar killethfcabs. Clevis are hot and dry in the third degree, and are very comfor-
taMe to the inward parts. C«rrowaiet are hot and dry in the third degree, it helpeth Wind,
aRd cleanfeth evil humours. CaJfM is hot and moift in the firft degree, it expelleth Wind, dif-
iolveth humours,and purgeth the ftomack ofchokr and fjegm. ' Cafioreum is hoc and dry, and purgeth much. Cabbage is hot in the firft, and dry in the fecond degree, it clean,-
'Cch and ripeneth humours. Ceuere, which we call Afhes, are hot and dry in the fourth de-
*>rcc, and cleanfeth mightily. Cent»riat which we call Wild rnning Bettony , fmelling like
Witrjoram, ishot and dry in the third degree; k bindfth wounds, D d d and
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and conglurinateth, and is good for difeafed Livers, for the WorrnSf
old Sores and Wounds, and is commonly called Centuary. Cepe, which we call Onions, is hot in the fourth degree : it dot«1
cleanfe corruptions, and ripensfwellings. Cervilh hot and dry, and bindeth much.
Ctrufah a white Oyntment made of oyl and white Lead,it isco'"
and dry in the fecond degree: and for the eftecls it hath all tho'J which Braccha hacfn Ctrecallo: fee SerecocoSo. .
CbelMoMHm which we call SeUdine, is hot and dry in the thi<;,
degree j it cleanfech a]I putrifac~tive humours, and is excellent again' inward ficknefles, efpecially yellows or jaundies. , Cicala, which we call Hemlock, is cold in the fourth degree, 'c
nummeth and aftonietb. Cicma, which we call Succory, is cold and dry ie the firft degi'cfJ
and bindeth much.. Comin is hot in the third degree, and dry in the fecond i it m°»
Meth and ripeneth. fipößo, which is Leeks, or as we call them, chives, (ccCepe.
Cinxbar, or Sanguis draconis,ot all we call it Vermiliont\s a certi,(>
metal drawn from quick Su1phur,andC^ickiilver,itdrieth,healed1; incarnateth, bindeth and comforteth Ulcers. Cito or Cifio, is dry in the fecond degree,and bindeth much.
Citrons, or Cltf)ronsyMt cold and mojß in the fecond degree, chef
do cleanfe and pierce. _ . Celleq;nintidtt,ii hoc and dry in the third degree, and mundiftf1
°n!y* • ■ u 's-
Colcfoniti,whk\\ we commonly call Earth-pitch,or Greek pitch)1
hot and dry in the third degree: it conglucinateth and gathered^0*
gether. See Pect Grace.
Cocumeri, fee Csscttmiri. .
Confolida, which we call Comphry, is cold : it conglutinateth z^
bindeth, and is good againft Ruptures. Cofiro, or Cojfo, being bitter, is hot, and healeth Ulcers.
Coftus, is hoc in the third degree, and dry in the fecond Degree '
and it raifeth up worms, and is that which we call Herb Mary, °( the root of sAngeUco. , Corno di*ccrvo,\vhkh we call Harts-horn,isdry,y«ii ftrcngrlme'
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Crocum, which we call Saffron, is hoc in the fecond, and dry in
the ruftdegree: itbindeth, comfoneth, and refolveth impciW, ftiej. * Cucnmcrl ftfo*ggi,\$\\ot and dry in the third degree: it diilolveth
loftneth, and purgeth flegm. Cucumeri tlatcrium, is cold and moift in the fecond degree • it
deanfeth much, and is made of the;'uyce of Wild Cowcumbcrs. D
D^tes are hot and moift in the fecond degree: they dö refolve,
and difperfe things knie together. Diacatbelico» purgeth all offenfive humours which offend the body whatfocver. Diaphinkonfix DUphenicontfmgztix Wind exceedingly,and com
Jorccth all griefs of the belly which are begot by crude humours" ipnnging from Chohcks, or fuch like pains. Dialtea or Dialtbea, is an oyntment made ©f Holy hox, or Sea
fallow; it warmeth and moiftneth. Dragonmrt is hot and dry, and bindeth much.
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EBMlh. which we call Elder, is hot and dry in the third decree .
itdneth, and dnveth out Water, andexpelleth ChoW, a thin flegm: fee Samlttchus. F uetn Uioler and Edera terreßrü, which we call ground Ivy, fee Hedtra.
EUtriam, fee Cucumeri.
EUeborot which we call necfing powder, of it are two kinds the
^hne and black ; it is hot and dry in the third degree ■ Erica, which we call Rocket, and of which the wild is the beft - jhejeeds thereof are hot and dry, and expdleth Urine, Worms and anfÄWhich,iS "r h,£rb Iike fP?n8> is hotin *c fourth degree
Su exceedingly, and of fome is called Woolfs f«/f««*is; aguiB that is hot in the fourth degree: irdricth
Pörgeth, ckanfetb, and exulcerateth much. 8 h» Dd(1 2 , Excrnßon
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Excrufion is that which we call Oxicrttitn, is a certain compo^"
tion or mixture made of Aceto and water,and is good to allay fwcl* lings and tumours. F
FAba> which we call a Bean, is cold and dry, and it cleanfech»
and diflolveth very much. Farina which we call Bran, is hot and dry in the firft Degree, and
diflolveth very much. Fern is dry and binding, but the root is hot and cleanfing, an»
killeth Worms. FeBi, which we call Gall, is hoc and dry, and it deanfeth and
mundifieth. Ferugo, which we call the ruft of Iron, is hot and dry in the k'
cond Degree, it comforteth and reftraineth evil humours. Ficiaridit which we call dry figs, are hot and dry in the fecond
Degree : they ripen tumours, foften and confume hardnefs,and arc good for purfivenefs, coughs, and Difcafes of the Loungs. Filomontane, which we call a Dodder, being a thing that cleaved1
to herbs, winding about them like threds j itopeneth che Liver and Milt, and purgeth all flegm and choler. Tilomh is a compofition, which will aftonifli or benumb any part
or member. Fennel is hot in she third, and dry in the firft Degree ; it doth
diffolveall msnner of grofs humours, and is good for the Liver of Lung?. FuJigOy which we call Soot, is hot and dry, and it driech marvC-
loufly, and fo doth all foots whatfoever, G
GAlanga-, which we call Galingalf, is hot and dry in the third
Degree: it eafech the ftomack of all griefs which proceed from cold caufes: it ftrengthneth the brain,and comforteth the fenfes. Galbanum is hot in the third Degree, and dry in the fecond : it
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Gaffa, which wc call Ga'ls, or a light fruit of Okes, are hot and
piercing. Gatrißlata, which we call herb Bennct, is hot and dry in the fc-
cond Degree. tf Garofoti, which we call Cloves, are hor and dry in the third
Degree, and are very comfortable for inward ficknefs. . . Ginger is hct, and is excellent to preferve heat in the inward
parts. Genifla or Ginefira, which we call Broom, is hot and dry in the
third Degree: it killcth Worm?, and fcoureth much. gentian, efpecially the Root, is hot in the third, and dry in the1
fecond Degree : it c'oth extenuate, parge, and deanfe all evil hu- mours, and ic is good for the Liver and ftomack, and for Wounds and fores.
Gitlio, which we call Lillie-s, ioftneth finews, and are good for wounds and fores.
Gramen, which is any manner of grain or puue, is cold and dry,
except Wheat, and that is temperately hoc and moift: they do in- carnate and mundifie. j a Qr*(fo, which is any manner, of fat, is hot and moift and doth
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Helxlne, which we call Pellitory of the wall, cleanfeth and
bindeth, and is good for any old cough, or for any inflam- mations. Hyffoife, which we call Hyflop, there is both wild, and that
of the Garden, but the Garden is the beft ; ic is hot and dry in the third Degree : it cleanfeth and warmeth, it is good for inflam- mations of the Lungs, old Coughs, Pozes, Rhymes, and fhort Wind. , ,
Htrdeum, which we call Barley, is cold 9f><* dry in the firft
Degree, and it mundifieth and cooleth. jA, Inetnte,
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JNcenfe, which we call Frankincenfe, it drieth andincarnateth:
fee Olibanum. Iperican, which we call Saint Johru wort, expelleth moifture, and
healeth burnings. IriosTlorentia, which we calIF!ower-de luee,efpecialfy the root'!
it wai meth, ripeneth, and cleanfeth, and is good for the cough, and is hot and dry in the third degree. Iride Illyiea: (eeHelplne,
Irii is a root that is hot and dry : it cleanfeth and ripeneth, and
is good againft colds, and purgech Ulcerr. lafquiani, which we call Hembane, is cold in the foutth degree :
it aftonieth and benumbeth. Iunifer is hot and dry in the third degree; the berries aregocd
for the Stomack, Lun^s, Liver, and Kidneys j cureth all cough«, gripings, and Windinefs of the Belly, and provoketh Urine; is good againft all Venom , the infection of the Plague, and kills Worms. L
Llgttjlum, which we call Lovage, is hot and dry in the third de-
gree : it expelleth Wind, efpecial-ly the Seed and root. Lapathum, which we call a Dock, is cold and moift , and it mollified5. Lattri, which we call Laurel, or Bayes, are hot and dry,arfd they
e'eanfe and mundifie. Lenlifco is a gum that is like Maftick s, it ts cry in thefecond
Degree, and moderately bindeth: it is bitter in tafie, and ever green. Limfoy which we call flax or Line, the feed thereof is h stand
x dry, and it ripeneth and mollifieth tumour. Lee is riot and dry in the fourth Degree: it is veiy aduftive,
cleanfing and piercing. Litbargirk, of which there are two kinds, the one of che colour
of Gold, the other of Silver: it is very dry, it bindeth, foftneth, in- carnateth,
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carnateth, cooleth, and dofeth up 5 and of thefe two, that which is
like Gold is the bell, Lolihm, which we call Cockle, is hot and dry in the third degree,
and dilTolveth mach. Lumach\ which we call Houfe=fnaiIs without fhels, do con-
gluunate very much. If
MAlva is cold and moift, it ftoppeth, foftnetb, and mitigateth
pain. Malv-avtfctu is very dry, it foftneth, loofeneth, and micigatetb».
O-WWe is dry in the third Degree,without heat,and only bindethj.
Manna is of equal temper, hot and dry, itopeneth, mollifieih,
and incarnateth. MarUton cr Afartialon, is a hot unguent againft all cold hu-
mours: it helpeth the grief of finews, purgeth cold watry matters, and ripeneth tumours. fJHarrohio-, which we call Hore-hound, of which there are two
kinds, the whire and the black; but the white is the better: it is hot in the fecond, and dry in the third Degree: it helpeth ob- ftru&ions in the Liver, openeth and purgeth, and is good againfti colds or for fores- Maflick^ is hot in the ruft» and dry in the fecond Degree t it
draweth and drieth,b.indeth and foftnech,andisgood againft coM. Meduüa, which we call Marrow, of what kind foever, is cold
and moift, and mollifieth Ulcers; now che beft Marrow isthat of a Hart, or old Stagg,the next that of a Calf,the next that of a Sheep,, andthelaft that ofaGoar. , Mely which we commonly call Honey, ishot and dry in thefe-
eond Degree; it ckanfech the ftomack and eatrails, ftoppeth hu- mours, and incaraateth Woundr. Mtlifii, which we call Balm, is hot in the fe'cond,;and dry in the
fiift Degree ; it cleanfeth and conglutinatech. t^fentha, which we call Mints, is hot in the third, and dry in
the fecond Degree, of which the wild Mint is the beft: it killcch Worms, it bindeth, it diffolyeth, and is gootlj.br the ftomack, or a cold Liver. - Minis*
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Mlnito, which we call red Lead, is cold and dry, and good a-
gainft fuellings. Myrrhe or Myrrha, is a foverainGum ; it is hot and dry in the
fecondDegree; itconglucinaceth, bindeth, anddeanfeth wounds, is good againft all colds, killeth worms, and helpeth the purfick : for chough ic doth cleanfe much, yet ic doth not exafperate che Arceries; alfo ic doth incarnte. Morcofita or Marcafita, is hot and dry, ic comforted), bindeth»
and melteth humours. Msrtilia is che fruit of che Myrcil cree, it is dry in the third De-
gree, ic doch bind good, and loofen evil humours. Mercas, which we call the Mulbery, che unripe is cold and dry
in the fecond Degree : che bark, but chiefly the root, is hoc and dryinrfie third Degree; it doth cleanfe, purge and bind, theroot theteof killeth Worms, and the gum thereof doth loofen, and the juyce of the berry doth heal cankers, or fore mouths. N
NArctjJiradix, which we call the Root of a white Daffodil, or
elfe Prim-rofepearlefs, isdry, ic cleanfech and diawdh, and healeth wounds. V^rdi radix, which we call Setwall, is hot in the firft, and dry
in the fecond Degree j it bindeth and Spica Nardi provokech Urine. NmflMiHm is hot and dry in che fourth Degree: it burnech, it
drawech and melteth, and killeth Worms; fee %/fgretHm> which we call Crcffes. NigiHa, which we call Git, is hot and dry in the third Degree.'
it ftayeth Wind, killeth Worms, and loofenech, yec to give too great aquancity is dangerous. Nitrum is of the fame nature that Salt-peter is, and it mundiffech
exceedingly. O
OLibanum is a gum, it is hot and dry in the fecond Degree j it
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Oil ef Olivet is of a very temperate nature, and chasgeth his qua-
lities according to the nature of the Simples which are mixc with him. Opittm'\% cold and dry in the fourth degree, and is a Liquor
made of Poppy dried and mixc with Saffron, it doth aftonißi and provoke fleep. Opoponax is a Gum that is hot in the third, and dry in the fecond
degree .-it foftneth and ftayedx humors j it is good againft all Colds. See Papax/er, (Jalbanamt Bdellium or SAgapenmm. Orpimento is a kind of Metal, of which the artificial is called
Arfenick, it is hot in the third degree, and dry in the fecond: it bindeth, corrodech, burneth and fretteth, and is a Corrofive, Origong, which we call wild Marjoram or Peniroyal, is hot and
dry in the third degree j it takech away ftoppings, and is good for Coughs. Orobm, which we call Fitches are hot in the fiift and dry in the
fecond degree : they do open and cleanfe. Oriz-o, which we call Barley, is cold and dry in the flifr, degree:
k ripenethand cleanfech. Ortica, which we call Nettles, are hot and dry: the^y are biting
and wholfom for the Lungs, or for Sores. Ova, which we call Eggs, the white iscoId> and the yolk is hot,
and doth incarnate. P
PAmctA is that Herb whofe fruit we call Opspona».
Panico is a grain which we call Panick, it is cold and dry, and bindeth. Papaver, which we call Poppy, the Seeds thereof are white* and
hot in the fourth degree. See Opium. Pfißimcbe, which we call Parfnips, are hot and do proyokc
Urine. Peee, which we commonly call Pitch, is hot and dry in the fe-
cond degree, dräweth, drieth and ripeneth. Pecc Uynida, which we call Tar, is hot and dry in the fecond de-
gree, is good againft Colds, or evil humors gathered together in the breaft, and drawech wounds. Bee Pec e
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Pece Raßna, which we call Rofin, or Pitch oSGreect, it drawC'"»
hcalech and incarnateth. Pect R*fina & liq»Ua% which we call Turpentine, it doth draW
skin, incarnate and conglutinate things together. Pepper .is hoc and dry in the fourth degree, it is both attra-
ctive and mundificative, and good for all Difeafcs of the Breaft °r Peaches are cold and moift in the fecond degree : they bind and
ftir up Worms. . . Pttafces, which we call Butter-bur, is dry in the third ofc'
gree. ,v *
Petrolium is a certain Oil made of Salt-peter and Bitumen, '*
is hot and diy.in the fecond Degree : it heal-ch wounds and corn'
' forteth weak members. . X
Petrofilliam, which we call Parfley, cr Stone-Parfley, is, anö
especially his Seed, hot, and dry in the third degree : itftayswind, openeth, and provoketh Urine. Philonium, of which there are two kinds, Philonium Romanttt»
and Philonium Perßcum are excellent Compofitions, and mod com- fortable after the lofs of bloud. Polegono, which we call Knot- grafs, is cold in the fecond degree,,
and keepech back humors. _
PUntags, which we call Plantain, is cold and dry, in the third
degree: it comforteth, drieth, bindeth and incarnateth wounds. Porri, which we call Leeks, Scallions or Onions, are hot and
dry, and do extenuate Obftrudions, and raife and loofen all evil humors in the Body. ., Pmt or Pmttm, is hot in the fecond degree, and is good for a»1
cold watrilh Stomachs. , ^legitim, which we call Peniroial, is hot and dry in the thi*«
degree: it doth vehemently dry in moiftüre, warmeth, ripenetD» and is good for the Lungs. See Origono. aa- Punicum Malum, which we call Pomegranate, is cold and dry s
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RAfam or Rdpb/shMiy which we call Radifti, is hot in the third
and dry in the fecond degree: they comfort and are good for old Colds j but efpecially they provoke Urine. Refina, which we call Rofin, is hoc and dry in the fecond degree •
it fbppeth, lbftneth,cleanfeth, drawethand purgeth wounds,and is good againft cold caufes. Refalgar, {tzRißgtll*.
Rogoretio or Rigolith, which we call Licoras, is temperate in hear,
and moiftneth, and ripeneth, and is good for heat in the Stomach or Liver, and profitable againft wounds. Rifigalk is a composition of Sulphur, Orpiment, and unflecvct
Lime ; and is a moft ftrongCorrofive. Rof* flot, which we cal Rofe-leaves, or Rofe-cakes, are dry and
binding- Rtthea, which we call Madder, is dry: it cotaforteth and incar-
nateth, the root thereof provoketh Urine and is good for the yel- lows. Ruherh or Rubarb is hot and dry in the fecond degree: it pur-
geth choler and flegm, and putteth away flopping. Rttta, which we call Rue or Herb of grace, is hot and dry in the
third degree: but the wild Rue in the fourth degree, and there- fore exulcerateth : the Garden-Rue digefteth, and mightily com- forteth, all inward inflammations it ripeneth, and drieth, and ex- pelleth wind. |
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third degree : it openeth, diflolveth, drieth mightily, and is tnoft fovereign againft worms. Sac An is hot and moift, and is very comfortable.
Sagapenum, fee Serafino. Sfgina or Saggina or Sergo, of fome called Pmictim Iniicum, is
crily hot and dry. Sale, which we call Salt, is hot and dry in the fecond degree;
*«d it cleanfeth, E e c 2 SalamorAf
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SaUmora, which we call Brine, or Water and Sale, is of the
fame nature that Salt is. Sal-atmonuck^ is hot and dry in the fourth degree : and it clean'
Sake, which we call Sallows or Willows; it bindeth and drie"1
vehemently. , Salgemma, is a kind of Salt which is hot and dry : itcleanfeth and
mundifieth. , Salnitro, .fome ufe for this Salt-peter, it is hot and dry» a°d
evaporatech: it comforteth Sinews and taketh away tyring0* wearinefs. Salvia, which we call Sage, is hot and dry in the fecond degree j.
ic deanfeth and bindeth, is good for Wounds, or Exulceration ° the Longs. _ Sambuem, which we call Elder-tree or Wall-wort, that is u*
Elder-tree, is hot in the fecond degree, and dry in the firft: ic dr1' eth, digefteth, and conglutinateth. . Sandolo, which we call Sanders, are cold and dry in the fecond
degree, and drive back humors. Sundolo Rejfo or Sandsh Bianca, which we call red Sand or whi^
Sand, are hoc and dry, and bring on skin. Smgtiü drtciü, fee Cinder : yet fome take it for the red Dock
or red Parience, buticisnot fc. S.<?pone,whkhwe call Sope, is hot: it draweth,mollin*eth,driet'1'
cleanfeth and purgeth. Saffifrigia, which we call Saxifrage, is hot, dry, and binding*.
ScMofo, which we call Scallions, is hot and dry in the feed1
degree j they do regenerate, and are good for fcabs, for the Lung5' ©r for the forenefs in the breaft. Seamonicum, which is the juice of a root, is hot in the third d^
gree: itdigtflech and purgeth choler, but muft never be given in' wardly, unlefs it be corrected. ScarUla, which we call Endive, is cold and dry, and bindlnf'v
Soreoeslla, is a Gum of the kind of Euforhltim, it is hot and dry
in the fecond degree: it cleanfech, incarnatech, and comfortetf Wounds. Sea Onions, is hot in the fecond, and dry in the firft degree: ^
ripeneth and expelleth humors, ic hindreth putrefaction, and ?»*' /eryeth health. Semol*> |
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Semola, which we call yong Cole worts, are hot and dry in the
fitft degree. Simper vive, which we call Houflcek, and fome call Stone-crop,
is cold in the third and dry- in the fecond degree: it is good for burnings or fretcings» or for inflammations of Ulcers; it drivech back humors,- cooleth and bindeth. Sev adelet is hot in the fecond, and dry in the firft degree: it
cleanfeth and openeth. Strrfioo, is a Gum of Ferula, it is hot in the third» find dry
in the fecond degree: it mollifieth, loofenetb, and is good for Colds. SerpiBo, which we call wild running Betony or Time, fmelling
like Marjoram, is hot and dry in the third degree. Sinapi, which we call Muffard, is hot and dry in the fourth
degree; it draweth and refolveth, and is good for Scurfs or wild. Scabs. Solatro, which we call Night - fhade, is cold in the third de-
8rce«
Sulphur vWe , which we call Brimftone» is hot and dry in
the third degree: it draweth , difperfeth humors, and killeth
worms.
Speltay which we call Beer-Barley, is a grain Ids than Wheat,
and fhorter than Rye, bat not fo black, is cool and cleaning. Sparaciy: which we call Afparagus, is without any manifeft heat
or cold, and only cleanfech. Spiga or Spie*j which we call Lavender, is hocin the firft, and
dry in the fecond degree : it cleanfeth, and is good for the head, efpecially the conferve, which is very comfortable. Squille, is that which we call the Sea-Onion : fee Sea-Onion*
Stecados, which we call French Lavender, is hot and dry.
Sttrax or Stirax, is a fweet Gum, which is hot and dry; it
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TArtaro, which we call Tartar, is the excrements of Wine,
which ftick to the Vetfel: ic is hot and dry in the third de- gree, and only cleanfeth. Tartaruch, which we call Snarls with (hells, are of the fame
nature that Snails without fhells are., Taffo barlarojfo, which we call Yew, is of nature poifon.
Turpentine is hot in the fecond, and dry in the firft degree .• it
draweth, cleanfech, skinneth andcomforteth. Tbymum, which we call Time, is hot and dry in th: third de-
gree, and expelleth flegm. Thttrü Lacrime, which we call Frankincenfe, is hot in the k-
cond, and dry in the fit ft degree. See Olibanum. , ThurU cortex, is dry in the fecond degree, and bindeth. Thurit fncculis is hot and dry in the third degree.
Tith)malü> which we call Spurge or Milk-Thiftle, is hot and
dry in the fourth degree: it cleanfcth and puYgeih flegm and cho- ler, and is good for old fores or fiftuli**. Trifora mign* is a certain Compofition which will provoke
{weat, helpech grief in the Stomach, and taketh away all cold Rhenms. Tutiaprapdrata is a certain Mineral that is cold in thj fiift, and
dry in the fecond degree, and is very good for fore Eyes. V
VEratro, feEllebor.
Verbena, which we call Vervin, is hot and dry: it comfor» tethand mundificth. yerieramey which we call Verdigreafe, is hot and dry in the
third degree, and is a Corrofive that eateth away dead flefh. Vermiy which we call Worms, do conglutinate and comfort
finews. Verce is hot and dry : See Brafica.
Vitro, which we call GUIs, is hot in the firft and dry in the
lecond, and it e'eanferh, Vinacee*,
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Vin?cce&, which we call the Kernels of Grapes, aredvy.
VirgaPußorü, which we call Wild TafTtl, is cold in the third,
and dry in the fi;fr degree •' it comforteth and bindeth. Vifehw% which we call Lime, is hot in the fourth Decree; it
driethand skinncth, but being mixed with any liquid fluff, it burnetii, and is Corrofive. VitalU or Vitit a!kay which we call Briony, is hot, chiefly the
root: it cleanfeth and killeth fcabs: itdrieth, it draweth, moll-, fleth and dilfolveth. VUelli, which we call the yolks of any Eggs, are hot, and do
ftrengthen and incarnate. Vitriol, which we call Copperas, is of two-kinds, chat is, VHfU»
Urn Romanum^hkh we call green Copperas, and Vilriolum album, which we call white Copperas, they both are hot and dry, bnc the white is much the ftrongcr; they take away fcurfs, and kill fcabs. VitrioUCahanthum, is reckoned amongft Metals, and is a kind
of inky earth : it driethand fretteth. Vitriol a herb*, is an herb that groweth on che WaH, and is taken
forPellitoryof the Wall. SeeHelxin. Vrtica, which we call Nettles, are hot and dry, and flop and:;
cleanfe humors, and are good for fores. Z
ZEferano, which we call Saffron, is hot in the firft, and dry in
the fecond Degree : it comforteth and expelleth all inward Poifon, and inearnateth Woundf. Zehultu, fee Zlxiphe.
Zetttonico, which we call Worm-feed, is hot and dry.
Ztnz.trat which we call Ginger, is of the nature of Pepper, and
hath theftrengthof long Pepper; it maintaineth natural hear, and is good for cold ftomaehs. ZlzAyhe taketh away Coughs,and helpeth the fhortnefs of Brea th
Zuccbe, which we call Gourds, are cold and moift in the fecond
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Certain Principles tombing SIMPLES.
YOu fhall underftand, that touching Simples, fome are only
to eafe pain, as Lin-{eed, Camomü, fofc Greafe, Suet of all fores, or any other Oil that is hot in the firft degree j and whenfo- ever any of thefe Simples are compounded with their like, the Me- dicine is called Anodyna or Lynogs. There are other Simples which are aftonying, benumbing or
'bringing afleep, asOpium, Mandrake, Poppy, Hemlock, and fuch like, which are grofs and cold in the fourth degree ; and whenfo- ever any of thefe Simplesare compounded with their like, then the Medicine is amongft Leaches, called rfr{arcotica. The third fort of Simples are fuch as incarnate or breed flefh,
as Frankincenfe, Flour, Saffron, Yolks of Eggs, arid fuch like, which are hot in the fecond degree j and whenfoever any of thefe Simplesare compounded with their likt, then the Medicine is cal- led Sarcotica. The fourth fort of Simples are corroding, fretting or burning, as
Arfnick, Rifagallo, Mercury, Lime, and fuch like, which are hot in the fourth degree • and whenfoever they are applied fimple or compound, then the Medicine is called Corrofive. The fifth fort of Simples are thofe which be called mollifying»
and are four in number : that is, green Mallow», white Mallows, Violets, and Brank-urfin. The laft fort of Simples are thofe which are called Cordials, and
are three in number; that is to fay, Violets and Buglofs of both kinds« And thus much touching the nature, ufe, property arid ope-
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CHAP. CXCVIII.
Of Weights ad Meafuresy and hoi» to kriow them by their Chartert. ALbeit I have in this work fet down your Weights and Mea-
fures in fuch plain Englifh, that every one may underftand them; yet forafmuch as the more curious do fet down many excel- lent Receits under obfcure Characters, I think it good here to ac- quaint you with them all, thai when you find any fuch, you may not be ignorant in the undecftanding of them. Know then that the leaft of all weights is a grain, which is the
weight either of a Barley-corn, or of a Pepper-corn, and his Cha- racter is G. or Gr. Slliqua is four grains, and his Character is f.
An Englifh half-peny is five grains, and his Character is oh.
A Scruple is ten grains, and his Character is Q.
A Dram is three Scruples, or the eighth part of an ounce, and
his Characleris 5- A Roman Penny is the fame that a Dram is, and his Character
is «*V An Ounce is the twelfth part of a pound, which is twenty four
fcruples,and four hundred and eighty prains,and his'Chara&er is §. The Character of half an ounce is f5.
A Pound in medicinal Receits is twelve ounces, and his Cha-
racter is ife. The Handful is fix Ounces and a half, and his Character is M,
The Character of as much as you can hold betwixc your Fin-
gers is Be". The Charader for a drop is Gut.
The Character for three drops is Gut. iij.
Ifcß is halfa Pound.
§ |5 is half an Ounce.
5 (5 is half a Dram.
9 ß is half a Scruple.
§ j ß is an Ounce and a half.
Ml ß is a Handful and a half.
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i/ina or «w, is alike, or of each alike. And chusmuch touching Weights,and their true Characters.
C H A P. CXC1X.
The Farrltrs Infirumentt expottnded^ith their Names and Propertied THe Figure i. fheweth the Hammer, which driveth in the nail-
Figure 2. the Pincers which breaketh oft, clincheth and draw* cch the nail. 3. The Bucterif,which pareth and openeth rhe Foor,
4. The Rafp or Rape, which maketh fmooth the Hoof.
5. The Cutting Knife, which taketh away the fupcrfluous Hoo».
6. The Fleam,, with which he letteth bloud in the Neck, or J"
the grofs places where the vein is grear. 7. The Farriers Laneec which operieth fmall veins and thrickV'
where a Stroak may not be ufed. 8. The Incilion-Knife, to open Impoftumes and to cut away
fuperfluous Flefh. $• The Cronet to rake up Veins.
"10. The drawing cauterizing Iron to open and Separate the flefh
either found or impofturhed. 11. The round button cauterizing Iron to boar holes in the skin
andTwelled places. 12. The Mullets to cleanfe Wounds.'
J?. The Barnacles to pinch an Horfe by the nofe or ears, to
make him endure pain patiently. 14. The Needle to flitch up Wound*.
15. The Probe tofearch and find out the depth of Woundf.- „
Andthusyou have aIfull Explanation of all the needful Inftr«- ments belonging to the skilful Farrier.
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Courteom Reader*
Aving now with infinite Labour and Ioduftry
perfected and finifhed this my Masti r- Pi e c e for the Cure of Horfes and Mares, wherein the Phyfical part of Horfemanfhip concerning thofe manifold inward Difeafes which are incident to Horfes is clearly difcovered, and the Chirurgkal part concerning outward Accidents , is plainly opened and defcribed ^ and having for the more abfolute Advancement of Horfemanfhip, and to-give fa-, tisfaction therein, made a particular Speculation and run through every Part, Vein, Bone, Sinew and Artery of the Horfes-Body, demonfttating not only their Number, and Place by Figure, but alfo confidering their Difarfe- ctions and Difeafes which do thereunto belong ; and ha- ving alfo with much pain (as a Work of this difficult nature requireth) brought it to a full period, not only giving you a few terms of Art concerning Horfemanfhip,. but making an Anatomy from head to foot of all the In- tegral parts of a Horfe, with their Difeafes inward and outward, and their Phyfical and Chirurgical Cures ex- actly prefcribed and fet down,, and have given you ocu- lar Demonstrations of the whole Fabrick of the Horfes Body. So that as in a Mip you may behold every fmall Parr, River, Creek or Stream running up and down* within the Superficies of the Earth \ fo 1 have likewife made and drawn divers Pictures, fetting oat all the parts. |
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"and parcels of a Horfes Body, and that they may be
plainly fcen and confidered, I have moft lively delineated and figur'd out every Part and Vein in the Horfe, where to find it from head to foot. 1 have alfo Anatomized the Horfe in every Bone, that you may perceive their Conjunction, and how they are joyned, and thereby judge of their Dislocations, and putting oat of tl-eir pla- ces? and alJ this you (hall at one view behold in the feveral Parts and Figures wliich you fhall find in this Book. Therefore, I would advife all Gentlemen, and others,
who being of a generous fpirir, cannot chufe but delight and take wonderfuj pleafure in Horfes, to confider, that for want of Care and Experience many ex;ellent Horfes falling into flight and common Difeafes, have either ut- terly perifhed, orelfe been lamed and fpoiled; it will be therefore a Study worthy the though« of a generous Spirit, to know how to accommodate and apply Cures and Medieines to the outward and inward Difeafes of" Horfes, in regard that a Horfe is a Beaft whofe praifes cannot be fumcieritly declared. The Horfe is commodious for common ufe, as plea-
fing Tillage, and tranfporting of Carriages and Burthens, and alfo for mens continual occafions and daily Journeys» In time of Peace, when Princes did ufe to recreate them- felves with Hunting Deer and other wild Beafts, Horfe5 were always had in high eftimation and honour; and thofe that would out-run the Wind, and made the bed fpeed after the Chafe were moft efteemed, To that there could be no pleafure inhuming, if they had not Horfes to carry them after their Game ; and what a brave fight it is to feerin a field an hundred or more hunting Horfes riding and running this way or that way after the time
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rous Deer, or fearful Hare ? Therefore the Horfe, as he
was made for indubious Labour, fo he is fit to main- tain and procure the Pleafures and Delights of a Prince, or *ny Nobleman. And moreover in War, the Courage and Service of a
Horfe is daily now feen, and too well known ; he will3. as if he were animated by the found of Drums and Trum- pets, prefently rufh into the Battel, and take delight to charge the Enemy ; he is all fire, and full of Metal and. Fury. And thus we fee that a Horfe is not only conve- nient for daily occafions of the Husbandman, of Travel- lers, and divers others, but in Princes Courts he is high- ly efteemed for Hunting, for Races, and other Pafttmes fe and alfo in the Wars, his daily Service is■■ fufficiently known, being a Beaft of a magnanimous and undaunted^ courage, fo that the Horfe is naturally made for Profic andPleafiire; for Labour and Delight •, for Peace and; War; for Hunting, for Triumphs, and all gallant occa- fions. It is pitty then that a brave Horfe, well limb'd and;
fpirited, falling (ick of any inward Difeafe,' or outward accidental Infirmity, as Sprains, Diflocation of Bones,, Spavins, and hundreds more, fliould be fpoiled, in fuf- fering the Difeafe to grow on him until it be incurable,, or in applying Remedies unfit for the Malady -, whereby many a Horfe becomes maimed, and for want of Cure utterly difabled for any Service. Therefore my advice and counfel is, (äs I faid before)
that if any Gentlemen whatfoevcr, fhall have their Hor- fes either by outward accident-, as Sprains, pricking in- the Feet,and the like 5 or inward Surfeits,Glanders,Colds and Heats by intemperate and extraordinary Riding fall fick j or becoj»e through the aforefaid Infirmities any way*
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ways difabled for Service, they fhould not depend up»n
their own Experience«or Judgment, but fhould wifely confidcr with themfelves., and confult with the Farrier» reafoning together, and comparing their Opinions con* cerning the Caufes and Cures of fuch Difeafes as are i°" cident to their Horfes^ that foby this means,by the heig"f of Difcourfe and Reafon, they may come to a certain ao** infallible knowledge of the Horfes Difeafes and Infirm1' ties, and having diligently fearched out the Caufes there- of, they may know likewife to cure the fame ; for yo^ fliall meet with many illiterate Farriers, who are not Book-learned, and therefore have no more knowledge than Horfes themfelves, but are fubjed through their lg' norance to run into many grofs Errors, fothat throüg" their NegHgence and aforeiaid Ignorance, miftaking the caufes and cures of Difeafes, and in one word moft gro[s* ly, for it is good to have experience both in the Theories and Praclickpart of any Art or Science. For another (tomy knowledge) many good Horfes do
continually remain lame and unfit for Service, or elfe do utterly pcrifh for want of understanding their Difcafe? and the particular Cures thereof. Therefore as wife Phyficians do confult together when they meet with * fick Patient, fo I advife both Gentlemen and Farriers l<? compare their Judgments together, whereby the Be*" may be faved, the Gentlemen and Farriers gain Credit» and their Experience and knowledge in the many Difeaß5 *>f Horfes be much bettered. Moreover, for the Readers greater benefit, all Simple5
and Compounds good for Horfes are Alphabetically here placed , and the Conditions of them whether hot ot cold, with their Names and Qualities are defcribed. AJ' fo what Ounces, Drams and Scruples are to be givenl0 K any
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anyDrinkt If Gentlemen be unaetjuaipted with thefc
things, let them confer with the Farriers, and fo confirm their Judgments by Dtfcourfet And fo, courteous Rea- der, I have left you my beft Work thus accomplifhed, and thus perfected, that I know, in all the points belong- ing to the Cure of Horfes it will give full fatisfa&ion, if ehe Reader folI®w the Advice of this Poftfcripc. |
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FIRST BOOK,
C ON T A I N I N G
All Cures Physical.
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— «... ~—^ jj ^ compoßtion ofHorfes bodies I
2 Of Elements a
3 Of Temperaments «?
4 0/ Humours j
. $OfCMeml/ers p 6 Of Powers I0
7 OfAft'ms or operations I x
% Of Spirits it p Of things natural 2 , iq Of complexions x- 11 Of Irnvurd ficknefes 1 ~ I a 0/ ^jpw ofßckneffes 20 t$ Of ObfervotUns inPhyfick}ng 24 140/ £>r/»e /?»rf exertmntt 2 £ 15 Of Fevers a8
16 7"& £*Qti4im 3 x
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17 The Tertian 32
18 fhe Quartan 3*
J 9 The continual 3? 20 The Heti^ue 3 J
21 The Autumn Fever J4
2 z 7£? Summer Fevtr 3 J 2 3 T£e ^/»f «■ F< o;r ■ 3 5 2<\ Fever by furfeit {6 15 Fever ptfiihnt 37 26 Of the plague • 32
27 few»' accidental J£
K^c a S One general approved cure for ail Fevers 40 2 9 DifeafeiinthebtAd 4O
3o Of Head ach 4 j $lOf Frenz-ie 41 32O/ thiflseping evil 4? 3 I A Horfe taken 44
i^Of the Staggers 45 35 Of the falling-evil 47
36 Of the Night -mare A<Z
IjOfthePaf/le J0 380/ the general cramp - j 3 9 0///6f <ro/d - . 13» 40 //ob» to take away any cold 54 dp 41 7"fo befi of all medicins for the cold: ' 5 J 42 Of Hide bound A 41 Of the Glanders 57 44 TWo certain cures for the Glanders 6l
45 Of the mourning of the Chine <J2
£^46 A certain approved medicine for the mmrning of the Chine 64
47 Of the cough Cr fa
48 Of the wet cough, ^
49 Of the dry cough , $7
^P *° 7>'w aPPr°z'tt cures for any cold cough 70
l_5= 51 T^e £<># 0/ medicines for any dry coueh 71
]\2 Of broke» Lungs ■ 7!'
13 Of rotten Lungs i2
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91 Barrentfs of Mares I 26
92 Confumptionin Mares 127
93 R«g* of love in Mares J 2.7
94 Of cafling effoals 128
91 Of hardnefs in foaling , 12S 5>6 Of making iß/tares cafl their foals 12p 9 7 Drinking of Horfe-leaches 119 98 Eating of Hens dung 130 P9 O/ fhe Sufpoßtary 130 loo Of GHflers . 13 J tol Of Purgations 13 3 I3=» 1 °2 ^» excellent and approved figuring 13 P 103 O/needing or fumes 140
104 Offrißions and bathes 142
105 General drenches J43
I cd 7o «tfjfce Diapeute I44 107 A famous Drench and ointment » 4 S
108 ö/*& ejf/ o/fctf/ 146
tQ9 Brief observations) &c, 147 110 Principles in foals and horfe s 151 Jit Ohfervations in mares 153 112 Ohfervations in buying a horfe 154 i*3 Notes concerning fome principles 155 |
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THE
TABLE
OF THE
SECOND BOOK,
CONTAINING
All Cures Chirurgical.
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Chapter,
Proportions ofmtmltrs
2 Of the Veins 2 The Anatomy of zx ins
3 Oftheßnem
3 The Anatomy of ftnews-
4 Of all (he Bsnes
4 The Anatomy of Bones
5 Of letting blood
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162 164; 165 166
167 168
172 174. . 175
176 ,&. 177
178 I78 180
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7 Of wee fing eyes
8 Ofblood-(hotteneyts-
9 Dimnefs of fight
Y%> !0 A certain and approved Medicine for any tlminefs
|3=» 11 Another to the fame (feci 12 Pearl, pin, or Web
13 An infallible care for any fin, pearl, or Weh
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lAfQftheHavt - \gttgHi*ht<l& - ' 180
15O/'(^Mooneyes igi
16 Canker in the eye jgj
j 7 Strip in the eye 183
1$ Wart in the eye igj
19 Inflammation in the eye 1 g^
20 Impoßtme in the eye 186
2i The pole evil 187 |
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22^ r<*rf <?«</ certain cure for the polc-svil 189
23 0/ leaved ears 190
z^Of the vives 190
|^3 25^ r*«re d»</ certain\apprsved Cure for the vives 191
13» 26 Another excellent cure for the viva 193
ij Of the ßr angle 193
28 Canker in the wife 19 J &9 Bleeding at the nofe, 196
30 £/<w*fy rZ/>* 197
31 TheGigges 198
3* Of tloeLampjfs 198 33 Of the C amerce 199 l^ Canker in the mouth 200 35 Heat in the mouth 201
36 The tongue fori aoa
37 Of the Barbes 202
3 8 /'d/fl /» f/5f f«fÄ, «?W öf Wo/f« ffeth 203
39 Crick in the neck 20 j -40 Ift mm /» /£* wf k, 20Ö
41 Swelling after bloodletting 207
.42 To flaneh blood 208
43 Failing of the creß 209
£l|» 44 ^ certain approved way to raife the crefi 21.0
45 CManginefs in the Main 21J
46 Of Redding the hair 212
AT Grief i» the withers 212 4 8 >f/»> ^rffff 4 k*f fc 215
50 Oftheßi-faß £ 2^9
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Sitfennslelowtbejaddlt H9
5 » Navil-gaft » *Q
5 3 Swaying of the back 2 a r
S^Wtukpefslntheback. 22» <$$ Swelling of the cods 323 56 Of burftnefs, or [wording 224 ^n Botchinthegroin **<S r^a 58 >4 certain approved cure for the hub 2 27 59 y/cÄw the tail 227 6 0 0/ the general fcab 228
F%, 61 Two mofi excellent and approved cures far the fcabs 231 6z Of hahingbtfore 232 6} Of halting behind 234 64 Of hidden grief 235
65 Of griefs in the (boulder 236
66 »W« A J» fbe (htttlder 237
67 fFriw:* in the nether joynt 259
68 ,?;/*»/»£ f*e /&**/*»■ 239
G9 Shoulder-pight ; 240 pt^o yi «r***» c«rf/er 4»> de ff crate firain in thefhoulder^&c.z 42 71 SweUing in the fore leggs 242
72 fomdring in the feet 243
7i Of the fplatt 248 |3„ 74 ^« «#r«wy 4M* «rt-d» *are for^any fplent 25 r 75 Of the Sere» 252
76 Of the Mattender 252
77 of *» HPPer MM»* ■. r „ . 2*4
t^. 78 An approved medicine for any finev-ßmn 256 79 A neather attaint 256
80 An over-reach on the htel 257
ZiTbemeäet 257 82 Falfe quarters 25§ %l An Horfe kipped 2jp %+OJFflifling 261 8* Bone fpaven z6z 86 Blood-fp^ven 26S tla, 87 /fa approved cure for any blood-haven wbtifotvcr 267 ^ . ff H'hh 88 Of |
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88 Ofthe S< Binder lb"
%g,Of the hough-bone 2%
90 Of the Curb VT
91 Of the paints W
92 The Mi*kt P?
93 Of Wind galls ?T*
9$ Strain in the paßorn 27 p % To help any halting 27' •CI» 96 Threenre end Approved Medicines to eure myßraincr fxve&ing whatfoever 379
t^=> 97 another approved cure for any firain 200
98 Of enter}"earing 28°
99 The ft a ckle-gall 2%*
100 Cafling in the halter 28 *
101 The Jcratches 28*
Op toz A certain and approved cure for the fcratches 2°> 101 Of the Ring bone 2^ X.04 Hurts on the cremt 2^7 E3» i°5 d certain approved cure for any hurten the Cronet 2»7 \ 06 The crownfcab 2?° 107 The Quitter- Bon« 2%%
108 Of gravelling) 7.9?
109 Of furbating a*1
110 Prick, in the [ale , 29*
1 a I to dram cut a ßttb 19$ 1X2 The Fig 29* I.I-3 ex/ £f/ra/* 2?5 liqOf cloying - 2?° 115 Obfervations for the hoofs- JP* lid Loofening the hoof 29P U j Cafling the hoof . 3G-r n% Of hoof bound 10? I:i9 7"& running Fru(h 3oi & x*o An approved anicer tain curt for the running Frftfi 3°$ 121 Of evil hoofs 3°J
122 Of brittlehooff 3°l
123 7e prc/frw A»// 3 °
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24 Hurts on the Hoofs 3°7
25 To [often Hoofs ibid.
%6 To harden Hoofs ßoi 27 Of thetMatlong »bid.
28 To skin a fore Foot .3°9
*9 Of gourded Legs *^ic*. 3» I ? o ^ wo/? orMfo*»<* approved Curt for gourded Legs 3 ** 31 OftheFarcy 312 3« Of the Canker ll9 33 OftheFifiula »I EIp 134 ^r4T* <jm<* approved Cstrt for any Fifittla 3*6
IS Of the AmbHry } 27
36 0/ ffo Cor<fc »bid.
37 Of the String-halt 3*8
38 Of Spur-gall »b*d.
3P Of Wounds in general 329 40 Hurts with Arrows 33* .41 Of healing old Seres »bid.
I3=» '42 -^ «rtafo *»<* approved Cwefot any old Sore 333
43 Of Bruißngs or Swellings ibid.
44 Of Impofiumes 335
4? Of cold Impofiumes 337 46 Of hot Impofiumes ibid.
47 Of the Tetter 3 38
48 Of Sinews cut, &c. ibid.
4P Of Fretting with the Girths 339 50 Of-Bliftert .34°
51 To *<?^f «w^y Bo»?;, &c. ibid,
52 To eat dead Flefi> 341
5-3-O/ Knots in Joints -- 343 54 Womds made with Gun-powdtr 344
55 Of turning with Lime 345
56 Biting of a mad'Dug ibid.
57 //«m Vf/*ä ^ 5iwrr 7"^i 345
58 T/w Stinging of Serpents ibid.
^p Of Li« 347 »Co Defence from Fiics 348
Hhh 2 161 O/
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1.5 i Of Bones ho^n *+"
162 Bones out of joint f'
j 53 T0 (^ry »/> Humors ? J
154 To <fry #/> fuperfl<*om Mdflme ^j
165 To dry any Swelling »*«j
166 To difolve Humors P]
167 To moHißeHordnefs. ibid'
16 8 r« yw &/?»«# : gn 4
i5<? 7e cong/uliaate ibid'
170 7b mundifie %tf
171 RepercufßveMtdlims ibid'
t7» Of burning Compofitions ibid» 17^ /or *# manner of Hurts *'' $$6 r74 Ton der of Honey and L\mi \\-A-\ 557 *7<i Thetakingupef Veins 35B 175 Of Cauterizing %6o I77 Cauterizing aüual ibid, J78 Cauterizing potential $64 179 Of Revelling 36] \%Q To geld Horfe s * 5^7 181 7« «<f^ Curtals a^
182 7b ««£? <* »tof if/^r 370
15j To w<*^ 4 blacky Star 373 184 To make a red Star ibid' j .8 j 7e /w*frf #<?/> w «»«? veryfoon 37-4 186 To make Hair fmooth and fine 57 J 18 7 Ab» f 0 f<7^ 0^ //*/r /» rf/Djy /><«?•£ 0/ <* Horfe ibid-
188 #b»> fo caß and overthrow a Horfe 375 l%9 Hot» to knw the Age of a Horfe ibid, ipo How to mike an old Horfe feem young 378 I£j How to make that a Horfe (hall not neigh, neither in company, or when he Stridden ibid.
191 How to m ike * Horfe exceeding quicksand nimble of the Spur ffy 19 ? How to make a Horfe that tires, or is reßiff, to go forward ibid.
|3=> '94 Other muß excellent and approved ways to preferve an Horfe from tiring, never difchfed till now $%o
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195 Hon to mtkt a Tforfe tofohvt his CMsfier, and to find him o»h
and challenge him among nev^ rfo mm) people 38t
ip6 The Nature and fpecial Qualities of all the Simples that are fpa-
ken of in thü whole fPork^, fet down in ths mmntr of Alphabet
ibid.
197 Certain Principles touching Simples 350
198 Of Weights and Meafurety and how to kpon them by their C ha-
ratters 351 199 The Farriers Jnßrttments expounded, with their Names and
Properties 353 |
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