And first for diseases in the head of a Horse .

HEADACHE , which sometime commeth of collerick humours bred in the braine , or of some extreme heate , or by some stroke , or such like , the signe of all such infirmities . The Horse will bee heavie , hang downe his head , and his eyes will be swolne dim and waterish .

Remedies for the same .

Squise the iuyce of ground-Ivie into his nose thriles it is good , or burn the blades of Garlick and Frankensence in a Chafindish , and hold the horse nose over it that the smoke may goe into the same , this will purge his head marveilously , and doe this so often as yee shall thinke needfull , or let him blood in the pallate of his mouth if the signe be not there , or neesing powder and pepper brayed together and blowne into his nose with a quill is also very good .

For watering of a Horses eyes ,

Which may come to a young Horse by eating over-dry and hard meats .

The remedies .

Let him blood on his temple vaine , or on the vaine under his eye , or on the necke which aswageth the humours of the whole body , and if it have continued long , then wash it with the iuyce of planteine , but if it come of a stroke , then make a cake or a ball of pimpernell and swines dung , dry it in an oven ●ill it will bee powder , and put of that powder in the horse eye , for ●he hawe , or as it is commonly ●alled the hoakes , I need not write , very man almost can cure the same .

For a Peable in a Horse eye .

Take Tuty a Pothecary hath it bray it and blow it into he ●horse eye , this T●ty 〈…〉 stone and if you cannot have it , then take white copperous and use it in the same manner .

For the Lampas .

Sometimes I use to draw out the Lampas with a crochet or crooked Iron made red hot that it doth not bleed after , and then with a lance● lets it bleed , and to heale the sore againe take a little honie , a little peper , temper them with a quantitie of vinegar , boyle them together a little space on the fire , and therewith annoint the sore three or four dayes together , or to let him blood with a fleame or a knifes point on both sides of his mouth , but beware lest yee cut the veine which comes right downe the pallate of his mouth , for so hee may bleed to death , and if ye feare he shall bleed too much , give him a little malte to eate very small ground .

There is a malady in a Horse mouth that will hinder him to eate his meate .

There bee little small or round swellings in the mouth and lips of a horse , which will make him let his meate fall out of his mouth as though hee had the Lampas , clip them away with a paire of Cissers , and rub the places with a little salt .

A malady in a Horse belly much like the botts , I call it Tronches , ye may know the evill by these tokens , he will ye downe often , and offer to welter or tumble , hee will offer to gnaw and bite at his sides ; he will strike ahis belly with his hinder feete , and his sides will flacke and beate sore , and in a short time it will pierce thorow his maw , then hee shall bee in great danger to die , but to helpe him at the first .

Take out the guts of a young Pullet , make your horse head bee holden up and put them into his throte while they bee warme , and make him swallow them downe ; doe thus three mornings together , and let him neither eate nor drinke after for the space of foure or five houres .

Or take a peck of Rie , steepe it in water a day and a night , then take it forth and lay it on a dry earthen floore as much as yee can from the winde , and let it come or burgion there as malt , then dry it in an oven or on a Kilne , and when it is dry give thereof to your horse two handfulls for his first meale in a morning and thus doe five or sixe mornings one after another .

Helpes for the sinewes if they bee either pricked or cut asunder .

If a sinew be pricked , take these hot things , meat , oyle , swines grace , honie , of each alike , putting thereto powder of Vares , make a plaister of all together , and lay it to the sinew , dresse it so every day till it be whole , and if the flesh be piersed or cut , th●● boyle beane meale and barly me●●e in wine , with a quantity of honie , till it be plaister thick and lay that on the sore .

Another yet for the same , which takes away all aking of sinewes brused or pricked .

Take crops of walwort mallow leaves , of each two handfull , of lily roots a handfull , stampe them well altogether , and boyle them on the fire in a quantity of hony till they bee thick like a plaister , and lay to the sore twice on the day reasonable hot . But if a sinew be cut overtwart , so as it is not likely to grow together againe , then take groundwormes , the greater the better , stamp them with a little hony , then warme it a little in a pan , and with a cloth bind it to the cutting every day , or every second day once , till it be whole , and let not the sinews that are pricked or cut , be wet with any thing but the medicines , if yee can avoid it .

Of the enchafing of a Horse neck , or other place of him , which may come by heat of blood after great travell , which by rubbing against a wall , or a tree will cause scabs rise in his neck , among the haire , sometime on the saddle place , to helpe this .

Take unquenched Lime a quantity , such like of beanes ashes , or of beane straw , then take old pisse , set it on the fire till it boyle , and skime it cleane , and while it is hot , put into it your lime and ashes , mingle them well together , let them stand so , till the next day , then take the cleare into another vessell , and every day once , wash the malady with a quantity thereof made hot .

When an horse halteth to know whether the harme be in the shoulder , knee , or in his foot , and to helpe him .

If the harme bee in his foot , hee will forbeare to tread straight , but even upon the point of his foot , and he will beare it farre from him , and make semblance as though hee would fall often , he will make like signes , and if the grievance be either in his knee or shoulder , then ' its doubtfull to be incurable , unlesse it come by a stroke or a fall , yee may use softning oyntments , but they will doe no great good . Some will feare them where they thinke the disease to be , which is contrary to nature , for that the disease commeth of drinesse : But if it happen in the shoulder by reason of some stroke or fall , or bruising otherwise : then make a bathe for it on this manner following : Take of Ribwort , some call it ribgrasse , 5. or 6. handfull , of Bay-leaves , Peny-riall , Hysope , Crowfoot , Oke-leaves , and red Fenel , of every one a handful , boile all these hearbs in faire water a good space , and twice in a day wash the malady with a pint of this water made hot for the space of five or six dayes together , and afterward anoint and rub well into it this subsequent unction , which is made in manner as here is set downe , ten handfull of the leaves of Pelitory , Bay-leaves , and oke-leaves , of either five handfull , of Sage-leaves foure handfull , stamp all these hearbs very small , boile them then a good space , and with a soft fire , in a gallon of butter , and a quart of neat-oyle : then straine all thorow a canvas bag or cloth , and keepe it then as ye can conveniently , either in a box , or whatsoever , and if ye have of this oyntment in store , yee need never to use Oyle de bay , Nerve-oyle , nor any other that can bee named . And if a horse foot bee hurt with a stub , or pricked with a naile in shooing , then search it well with thy instrument for that purpose , then put a little tallow , or rather Turpentine in the hole , cover it with his owne dung , and set on a shoo , but so as ye may take it off againe at your pleasure , to dresse the foot as need shall require .

And if a horse halt through tendernesse of his hoofe , or breaking away thereof , thus hee may be holpen , and his hoofe made to grow againe . Take 2. ounces of Roson , as much of sheepes tallow , halfe an ounce of frankensence , and halfe an ounce of virgin wax , halfe an ounce of swines greace , or more or lesse of every one as yee shall thinke good , melt them altogether and keepe it for thine use , and when thou shalt use any thereof heat it , or turpentine and swines greace boild together is very good for this purpose , the salve must bee rubbed on his foot under and above , especially at the top of his hoofe under the haire these are excellent remedies for this matter .

For Windgales .

Every man knowes of what fashion they bee , and they are commonly on good horses leggs , rather than on bad ones , and worse to sight then otherwise : but to cure them yee shall take a quantitie of vinegar , a pottle , or as you please , if so much , then must ye have thereto two pound of armement , halfe a pound of galles , and halfe a pound of moleine leaves , stampe them , or bray them small , and temper them altogether with the vineger , put all in an earthen pot , stop it well and close , and with the same liquor wash the windgales every day five or six times , for the space of three or foure daies together ; that done , lap his legge above and beneath the gales , then chafe or rub them with your hand , which will make them rise full , that yee may see them the better , then strike your fleame into them as deep as ye dare for piercing the sinewes , thrust the matter well out of them with your finger , and have ready a hot Iron blunt at the point , and therwith seare the holes which yee make , and every day after wash them with the liquor aforesaid , and it will soon be whole .

For the Stranglion :

Take the barke of an Elme tree which growes upon some water banke , if you can get such , take away the outside thereof as Tanners clense their barke , chop it into smal pieces , put it then into an earthen pot with well-water , let it stand so 2. or 3. daies , in which time much of the water will be sunke into the barke , fill up the pot then again with water , there will be two parts of barke , and the third part water , or rather 3. parts barke and the fourth water : boile these well together the space of halfe an houre , which done set it from the fire and let it coole , then straine it thorow a cloth and looke how much liquor remaines , put thereto so much of swines greace , heat them then a little on the fire that they may be well blended , and every day powre a gille of this same into his nose-thriles till a gallon of liquor be spent , when yee doe it cause your horse head to bee holden up , or take 8. or 10 handfuls of walwort , stamp it very smal , then menge it with butter cleane clarified , you must have a pottle of butter , put all in a vessell or pot , and let it stand so the space of 6 or 7. dayes , then set it on a softe fier and boile it , putting therein a pint or a quart of wine , and let it boyle the space of a quarter of an hower , then streeme it through a canvas bagg or cloath , and every day put some of this licour into his nose-thriles till all be spent . Or make 10. or 12. balles of May butter and Radish rootes well stamped together , and make him swallow 2 or three of those balles every day , and if ye wet them a little in honie they shall be the better , cause his head to be holden or tied up , that they may goe downe his throate .

Costifenes how it may be engendred and to helpe its .

It may come with eating overmuch drie meates , or for want of water in convenient times , or of cold taken after travell . The horse that is so will forbeare his meate , he will thrust out his head and hang it far from him , and his bellie will be stiffe and hard . To helpe him hereof , take the rootes of Walwort or rather the out side or rinds of the rootes , and of the rinds of the midle pith of Elder , of each of these a handfull , boile them in three pints of water till one pint be wasted , then strein it thorow a cloath , make his head be bound or holden up , and power the Liquor into him milke warme , then cover him very warme with cloathes , and within an hower or two , he will donge and so after that , more and more . Or stampe onions and butter together , and make pellits thereof , so long as a mans finger , put three or foure of them in at the horse fundament , then walke him or ride him forth the space of an houre or two after , & this wil helpe him without faile . If a horse may not pisse well .

Take the roote of gladine that beares the yeolow flower , of walwort crops , of egremony , of chervel of each a handful , boile them in water , streine it thorow a cloath , give him a quart therof at once milke warme ride him in the fields a good trot the space of halfe an houre , set him up in the stable , cover him warme , & a while after he will stale , cause him to be rubbed well under the bellie with a wispe , especially about the Share , & within a day after let him blood on the great vaine of his thigh .

For to helpe the Ring-bone .

Take eysel , armement , & a quantitie of verdgrece boile them in a little swines greece , rub this well , and often , in the disease . Or take an ounce of vertigrece and an ounce of frankensence a quantitie of bores grece , make a plaister , and lay it on the ring-bone , but if you launce the skinne a little it is better , not deepe for feare of hurting sinewes .

For the Malanders .

Rub them with honie , take a shive of cheese tost it well at the fier , and bind it to the soare as hot as ye thinke he is able to endure it , Or rub them with a wispe , or a hard cloath till the blood come , annoint them then with a little fat bacon , then lay on powder of Brimstone , and hold a hot iron to it so neare as conveniently you can to make it cleave on , that done , have a plaister readie to tie about the sore compounded of a quantitie of garlike , henes donge , the gall of a swine if ye can get it , and musterd , and new this plaster as ye see it to be needfull .

For craches , or as some call them scratches .

Clip away the haire as neare as ye can , then stampe hens donge and goose donge together , with a quantitie of May butter make it hot , and so lap it on the sore , or mingle lime , honie , and salt together & lay them hot on the disease .

For the Paines , and how to cure them .

Take a sponefull or two of honie a quantitie of soote of a chimnie , a handfull of nettles , in winter the rootes , stampe them altogether , make plaisters thereof and lay them hot on the sore do so every day , or binde unto it copost of a man , immediately as he hath left it at the stoole Or take a sponefull of utrament powdered 2 yolkes of eges , 2 whole leekes or more or lesse of these as neede requireth , stampe them altogether with a quantitie of swins grese & honie , & lay them to the malady , & when ye se it begin to heale anoint it with sheepes tallow .

For a disease called chawdpisse which is hot pisse a burning or scalding heat of his water which when he staleth will be red , almost like blood .

To helpe him , make him drinke every day for the space of 4 or 6 dayes , a gallon of whey in a darke place and if he be loath to take it , let him be kept from other water or liquor till he be very desirous of drinke . Or take 6 handfulls of pentafilon , some cal it five leased grasse wash it cleane , stamp it small , put it in a pot with a pottle of well water cover it close and let it stand so a day and a night , the next day set it on the fier make it boyle till the one halfe or more be wasted then streine it thorow a cloath , and either let him drinke this liquor , or power it into him with a horne three or foure mornings , and it will helpe him .

How to heale a Curbe

First clip the heare cleane away , then garse the place with a rasour or sharpe knife , but not too deepe for feare of cutting the sinewes , and cut it even downe the leg then stroke the blood out with your hand or with a small rod , that don , rub it every day with a little sope & salt or annoint it with honie wormewood and swines grece mingled , and do this twise on a day .

For the Glanders .

Take 3 or 4 penny worth of oyle debaie , asmuch of popilion , three halfe pennie worth of oyle olive or , more or lesse of all these as neede is , boile them altogether a while on the fier and therewith annoint the soare . Or take Leckes and sheepe snet boile them together and make meanes to binde them to the soare with a cloth .

For a Tanite .

Shave the haire away with a raisour till blood spring out , take then a cocke or other pullet cleave him right by the backe not cleane thorough into two peeces , and while he is warme , binde him to the horse leg guts and all , let him remaine so two dayes and two nights , and when ye take him away , wash the place with warme water , and when the leg is drye , then lay on it a plaister made of bacon & wheate flower and let that lye on two dayes , or winde his leg with asmal corde and it will make the veine rise full under his fetlocke . Let him blood there , strike not your sleame too deepe for hurting the sinewes , and when it hath bled well binde unto it the white of an egg .

For the Botts .

Take asmuch blacke sope as a walnut or as a good crabe a sponefull of the powder of sencreke , a sponefull of the blacke ermnies a quantiti of brimstone , and a little salt , mingle all these in ale and give him to drinke , and thereupon ride him forth a quarter of an hower , and let him not drinke after till night , or nor till next morning if ye give him this medicine late on the day .

For a horse that is broken winded .

Let him blood in the nose with an awle if the signe be not ther , then take a penny worth of long peper , asmuch of graines of Mace as much of round peper asmuch , mingle all these in a pint of red wine and so much of old ale give him this to drinke foure mornings , let him have nooe other drinke till mid day then give him a gallon of water lewe warme , and a handfull or two of ground Malte pu● therein , wrap his legs those dayes up to his bodie , and cover him warme , and maost his hay with water for these foure dayes .

If a Horse be gawled or hurt on his backe with a Saddle .

Wash the soare well with old pisse , then strow upon on it brayed rosen , and when you see it begin to heale , make a plaister with honie , flower and an egge , & lay that upon it , or the powder of honie and lime burned together , will cure that or any other sore .

A good remedy for the scab .

Wash the horse with old pisse or Lie , then take a quantitie of quicke-silver , Brimstone , spanish , soape , vertigrece , and swines grece , boyle altogether , and rub them all over his bodie , rub hard and chafe the salve into his skin ,

If a horse be hurt or brused so as he pisseth blood .

Seeth Barlie in the Iuse of Comfrey , give him the barlie to eate , and the Iuse to drinke .

For a horse that is surbayte .

Take virgin wax , Rosen , pich , and sheepes tallow , boyle them and make plasters , and them about the foote or feete that are surbaite .

To take dead flesh out of a wound or any sore .

Put compost or excrementes of a man into an earthen pot , dry it in a hot oven till it will powder , lay thereof in the sore , then mingle an eg with salt , and lay that on the sore with a cloath or flax , and wash it every day with pisse , or boile vertegreece and sheepes tallow together , it will doe the same , or honie and lime burnt together , the powder thereof is good , for it will both eat away the dead flesh , and heale the sore , but at every dressing , you must wash the wound with pisse .

For a splint .

Take a great onion , make it hollow , put into it a quantitie of lime vertigreece , and lavander seedes , then rost it till it be soft , launce the splint , lay the same to it warme , and and it will cure it .

If a horse yard or cods be hurt with a stroake , so that they swell .

Take two or three handfulls of smallage , or more if you list , stampe it in a morter or other things , wring out the Iuice into some vessell , get as much red wine lies if it be possible , else of other wine , mingle them well together , and there withall wash his yard & cods three or foure times a day it is excellent for that purpose .

Here is an end of Cures , and medicines , I could and might have set downe many more medicines , but these already set downe have I found best in use , and they will not faile .