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CHEAP and GOOD

HUSBAND

FOR ſſ

The well-Ordering of all Beaſts and Fowls,
and for the general Cure of their Diſcaſes.
Containing the Natures,Breeding, Choice, Aſe, Feeding and

Curing of the Diſeaſes of all manner of Catrel,as Horſe, Oxe,Cow,
Sheep, Goats, Swine and tame Contes. :

Shewing further the whole Art of Riding Great Horſes,with
the breaking and orcering of them,and the Dycting of the Running,
Hunting andAmblingHocrſe,and the manner how to uſe them in their
Teavel.

Alſo, approved Rules for the Cramming)}and fatting all forts
of Poultry and Fowls,both tame and wild, &c. And divers good 'ang
well approved Medicines,for the Cure of' all the Diſeaſes in Hawks.of
what kind ſoever. :

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Together- with the Uſe and Profit of Bees, the manner of.

Fiſh-Ponds, and the taking of all ſorts of' Fiſh.
Gathered together for the general Good and Profit of the

Common-wealth,by cxaCt and aflured Experience from Engliſh pra-
Ctices , both certain, eafie and cheap; differing from all former and
forraignExperiments,which either agreed not with ourClime,or were
too hard to come by,or over-coſtly, and to little purpoſe ; all which
herein are avoided. Newly Cortected and Enlarged with many Ex-
cellent Additions. | ;

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TheEpiſtle Dedicatory.
formerly publiſhed,as nam:ly of the Horſe enly,with whoſe
Nature an1Ulſe T have been exerciſed and acquainted from
my Childhood,and Thopewithout boalt, weed not weld to 4-
nyin this Kingdom: Tet 1n this Hork, Thopz your Lord-
 ſhip, and all other Princely mantainers of that worthy and
{erviceable Beaſt, ſhall find, 7 have found out , and herein
explained, a nearer aud more eafic conrſeFor his preſerva-
tion and bealth,than hath hitherto been founs or prattiſed
by any but my ſelf only: whatſoever it is, in alb. humble-
.neſs T offer it as a ſucrifice of my Love and Service to your
Honour , and will ever whilſt 7 have breath fo be

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TO THE
Courteous R E A D E K

J HERE is no Artiſt, or_man of Indu-
ſtry (courteous and gentle Reader)-
which mixeth Judgmenr with his
Experience,but finderh in the traveF
of his Labours better and nearer
courſes to make perfeX the beauty:
of his work,thanwere at firſt preſented to the eye of
his knowledge : for the Mind being pre-occupied, and
buſied with a virtuous ſearch, is ever ready to catch
hold of whatſoever can adorn or illuftrate the Excel-
lency of the thing, in. which it is imployed; and
hence it hapneth, that my {elf, baving ſeriouſly be-
ſtowed many years to fad out thetruth of thele know-
ledges , of which I have treated in this Book, have.
now found'out the infallible way of curing all diſcaſes
in Cattle ; which is by many degrees more certain,
more eaſie, leſs difficult ,, and without all manner of
coſt and extraordinary charges , than ever hath been
publiſhed by any home-born or forreign praQicer.
Wherein (friendly Reader) thou ſhalt find that my.
whole drift is to help the needful in his meft want and.
extremity. For having many times in my journeying) .
ſeen poor and rich-mens Cartle fall ſuddenly ſick;
ſome travelling by the way , ſome drawing in the

Plaugh or Draught , and ſome upon orher. Imploy-
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-.ments ; I havealſobeheld thoſeCattel or Horſes dye,

   

   

' &re they could be broughteither to a Smith, or other
places where they might receive Cure : Nay, if with
-much' pains they have been brought to the place of
Cure,yet have I ſeen Smiths ſo unprovided of Apothe.
_ caries-Simples, that for want of a matter of ſix pence
2 Beaſt hath dyed worth manyAngels.To prevent this
I have found out thoſe certain and approved Cures ,
-wherein if .every good Horfe-lover, or Husbandman,
will but acquaint his knowledg with a few Herbs, or
_ common-Weeds, he ſhall be ſure in every Field, Pa-
| ſture, Meadow, 'or Lane-furrows z nay almoft by eve-
y high-way-ſide, or blind Ditch, to find that which
ſhall preſerve and keep his Horſe from all ſuddain ex-
tremities.  If thou ſhalt find benefit, think mine hours
not ill waſted ; if thon ſhalt not have occaſion toap-
prove them,, yetgive them thy gentle_paſſage to.0-
thers, and think me, as Jam, _

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this Book.

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Uri-pigmentum, or Orpment ,, isa yellow hard ſubſtance to
| be bought atthe Apothecaries.

Ariſtolochia-longa, otherwiſe called red Hadder , is an Herb
growing almoſt in every Field.

Aritolochia-rotunda, is the Herb called Calingale.

Agrimony Or Egrimony, is an uſual and known Herb.

Ameas, Comim royal, is an Herb of ſome called Bulwort, Bi-
ſhops-weed, or Herb-William.

Aniſe, is that Herb which bears Aniſe-ſeeds.

Aver, of ſome called D:1, is an Herb like Fennel, only the
ſeeds are broad like Ornge-ſeed.

Agnus- Caſtus , of ſome called Twleſain, is an herb with red-
diſh leaves, and finewy, like Plantane.

Epyptiacum, is a Reddiſh Vnguent, to be bought at the Apo-
thecaries, and is ſoveraign for Fiflaes,

Hſſaferida, a ſtinking ſtrong Gum, to be bought at the Apo-
thecaries.

Adraces, or Adarces, is that Salt which is ingendred on the
Marſhes, by the violence of the Suns heat afterthe tide is gone
away.

Aſterion, is an herb growing amonegſt ſtones, as on walls, or
ſuch like; it appeareth by night , it hath yellow flowers Ilike
Fox gloves, and the leaves are round and blewiſh.

Aloes, is a bitter Gum, to be bought at the Apothecaries.

: Eteu, or Beets, is an Herbwith long broad leavesindented,
and grows in h:dge-rows.
Bole- ArmenickJis a red hard earthly ſubſtance, to be bought at

the Apothecaries, and is of a cold and binding nature.,
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Broomwm isan Herb with brown coloured leaves, and bear--
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Reſſes are of two kinds, Water-creſſes and Land- Creſſes : they'
have broad ſmooth leaves , and the ficſt grows 1n moiſt
places,the lateriin Gardens OT by high-ways,
Comin, ſee Ameos.
Carthamut is 2n Herb in taſte like Saffron,and is called baſtard-
S.ct ffron., or Mock, Saffron. :
" Calamint, isan ordinary Herb, and groweth by Ditches ſides,
by high- Wſzys, and ſometimesin Gardens. M
Coriider is an Herb which beareth around little ſeed.
Chzvesare a ſmall round Herb growing in Gardens,like little
young Onigns,or Scallions,not abov ea week old.

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Dlctpeſite a foveraign powder made of five c<qual ſimples, as
Bay berries, lwry Ariſtolochia-rutunda, Myrrhe and Genti-
anamay be bought of the Apothecary.
Betoryis anHerb called Pepper-wort or Horfi- Raaiſhand grows
in.many open fields.
Dragon is 2n Herb common in every Garden.

chdmpane is an Herb of ſome called Zor/e-helm,and grOWS
almolt in every-field, and every Garden.
Eye-bright is an Herb common in every Meadow.

Enaſigreekls an Herb which hath a long flender trailing ſtalk ,
F hollow within,and ſown in Gardens,but eaſieſt to be had at
the Apothecaries.

Fernſmund isan Herb of ſome called Watey Fern, hath a trian-
gular ſtalk,and is like Polypody,and it grows in Bogs and hollow
grounds

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GAlmgale, ſee Arzſtalac]am-rolt;mda

Or/e-mint is anHerb that grows by water ſides,and is called

H Water-mint,or Brook—mznt- : 7
-Helm ſee licam ane.

Ho(ſe R n, Houſe-

 
AT able of hard woras.

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Honſe-leck, is a weed whichgrows: upon the tops of -houſes

that are thatchr , and are like unto a-inall Hartichoke.

Hearb Rebert, hath leaves like Hearb Benner, and imall flow-
ers of purple colour., and grows in moſt common fields and
Gardens. 1
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IV ory is the ſhaving of the Elephanrs tooth, or the old/Z4rts or

Stags horn, being the ſmooth white thereotf. :

K
AKNot- Graſs isalong round weed, with little round ſmooth
leaves,and the ſtalks very knotty and rongh,winding and
wreathing one ſeam into another very confuſedly,.and groweth
for themoſt part invery moiſt places.-
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LEttnce is acommon fallet in every Garden.
Lollium is that weed which we call Cockel, and groweth a-
moneſt the corn inevery field. ſſ
Liverwort, is a common Herb in every garden.

Ayth is a Weed that grows among corn,andis called of
A fome Hogs-fennel. e”

Myrrhe, is a Gum to be bought at the Apothecaries.

Man-drake is an Herb which grows in gardens , and beareth

certain yellow Apples, from whence the Apothecariesſſdraw 6

ſoveraign Oil for broken bones.

N Epe ſee Calamint.

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ORiganum is an Herb called Wild- Marjoram, and grows both
in open Fields,or in low Copſes. '

Orifice is the mouth, hole: or open paſſage- of any wound. or

ulcer. ſi ; ſi

Opoponax® Drug uſual to be bought at the Apothecaries. -

Itch of Burgundy is Roſen, and the blacker the better.
P Plantane is'a fat leaf:and finewy ,/ growing cloſe to-the
ground,and it is called Whay-bred leaf. ; z
Plial:roralis anHerb that groweth both in fields and gardens,
and is beſt when it flowreth. " 2 Patchs

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ing of Shoo-makers ſhreads.

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Unnque-folio , of ſome called Cinque-foite, is that Herb-
which is called Five-leaved-Graſs. :

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Ed-Oaker, is a hard redſtone, which we call Raddle, Orel;
Marking-ſtone. '

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Elendine, or Tetterwort , is a Weed growing in the bottom

 of Hedges, which being broke, a yellow juice will drop
and run out of jt. ' N

Shermit, is an Herb with many ſmall leaves, and grows moſt
in Gardens. :

 Stubwort, is an Herbwhich grows in woody places, and is

called Woed-forrel.

Sengurs Dragonts, isa hard red Gumto be boughtat the Apo-
thecaries. ;

Sperma Cati, is the ſeed of the /hale, excellent for inward
bruiſes, and to.be bought at the Apothecaries.

Sronecrop, is a green Weed growing on the tops of walls:

Sal-armoniack,, is a Drug to be bought at the Apothecaries.

-Tn/filagini:, is that Weed which we call Celrs-foor. ſſ
Triapharmacon, 3 compoſition made of three ſimples ,
and to be bought av the Apothecaries.
Turnmerick, is a yellow Simple : of ſtrong ſavour., to be
bought at the Apothecaries. - ;

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Verdz;greece, is a green fatty Gum drawn from Copper ; and
ſi is to be bought at the Apothecaries. ]

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Ood-roſe, or Wild Eglantine, is that ſmall thin flower
V which grows upon Briars in Woods or Hedges.
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\/ Arrow, is an Herb called the Water ielet, and grows in
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Book 1. ;
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SARLIIDT®
P SBECESD
THE GENERAL CURE AND ORDER-
ing of all Horſes: As alſo the whole Art of Riding great
Horſes ; with the breeding, breaking, and ordering
of them : Together with the manner how to
uſe the Running, Hunting, and Ambling
Horſe., before, in, and after their
Travel.

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CHAP. I.

Of the Horſe 3n general., his choice for every ſeveral Uſe, his Or-
dering, Diet , and beſt preſervation for health , both in Travel ,
aud in Reſt.

Hefull copeand purpoſe of this work,is in few,plain
and moſt undoubted true words to ſhew the Cure of
all manner of diſeaſes belonging toall manner of ne-
: ceſſary Cattle, nouriſhed and preſerved for the uſe of
man wakingby way ofdemonſtration.ſo caſieand plaina paſlage
to the underſtanding and accompliſhment of the ſame,that nor
the ſimpleſt which hath privilege tobe eſteemed noldiot;nor the-
pooreſt, if he can make two ſhillings, but ſhall both underſtand
how to profit himſelf by the Book, and at the cheapeſt rate pur-
chaſe all the receiptsand ſimples declared in the wholeVolume.
For in ſober truth this Book is fit for every Gentleman, Huſ-
bandman,and good mans pocket, being a memory which a man
carrying about him , will when he is called to account, give a ”
man full fatisfaction, whether it be in the Field, in the Town, .
or any other place where a man is moſt unprovided.
And now foraſmuch 2s the Horſe of all Creatures is the no-
bleſt, ſtrongeſt, and apteſt todo a man the beſt and worthieſt as of
ſervices both in-Peace- and War,, I thik it.not amiſs fi{)fl: th/ ”
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begin with him.  Therefore of bis nature in general : he is

valiant, ſtrong, and 'nimble » 2nd above all other beaſts moſt
2pt and able to indure the extreameſt labours , the meiſt qua-
lity of his compoſition being ſich , thac neither extream hear
dorh dry up his ſtreogth, nor the violence of cold, freeze. the
warm temper of his moving ipirits ;, but that where there
is any temperate government, there he withſtandeth all
eltects of ſickneſs;, with an uncontroated. conftancy. He is

_ moit gentle and loving to the Man, apt to be taught and not

The choice of
Horſzs, and
their thapes

Colours of
Horſes.

forgecful when an impreſſion is- fixeq in his brain. He is
watchfal above all other beaſts, and will indure his labour with
the moſt empty ſtomach ; he is naturally given to much clean-
linels , is of an excellent ſcenr, and offended with nothing ſo
much as evil fayours.

Now for the choice of the beſtHorſe, it is divers, accord-
ing to the uſe for which you will employ him. - if therefore
you would have a Horſe for the Warrs, you ſhall chnſe bim
that is Of; agood tall ſtature, .with a.comly lean head, an out
{welling forchead, a large ſparklingeye, the white whereof
18 covered with the,eyebrows, and not at all diſcerned, or jf at
all, yet the leaſt is beſt; a ſinall thin'ear ſhort and pricking
if- it be long;, well carried and ever moving, it is tolerable;
bur if dull or hanging, moſthateful : a deep neck, large creſt
broad breſt, bending ribs., broad and ſtreight chine, round
and full butrock,: with- his backle-bones hid, a tayle high and
broad, ſeton neither too thick - nor toothin; for too much
hair ſhews loath , and too little toomuch choller and- heat - 4
full ſwelling thigh, a broad, flat, and lean leg, ſhort paſtern*d

#rongjoynted, and hollow bones, of which the long is beſt, if

they be not wier*d, and the broad ronnd the worft.

The beſt conlours arc brown-bay, Daple-gray, Roan, bright-
bay, Black,”with'a white near foot behind , white far foot bez
tore, white rache, or white ſtar, Cheſnut or Sorrel, with any

- of thoſe marks, or Dunwith a black Iiſt: And of theſe Hor=

Horſes for a--
P:inces Seaf,

ſes, for the Wars, theCourſer of Naples is accounted the beſt
then the 4/main, the Sardinian,” or the French,

If you would chuſe a Horſe for 5 Prigces Seat, any ſupream

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Magiſtrate; of forany great Lady of State,or 'Woman''o:
nence,  you ſhall chuſe him that is of the- fineſt ſhape , 52 veir
rein,who naturally bears his head in the beſt place, without tHe
help of the mans hand 3-thar-is of nimbleſt and: cake pace,

gentle to get.upos,bold without making afirights, and moſt 1a-

miliar and quiet in the company of '-other Horles ; his- colour

would eyer be milk-white, with red frains,” or without, or elſe

fair daple gray with white Mane,and white Tayle: And of theſe

the Ezliſh is beſt, thanthe Hungarian, the Sweathland, the Po-

land,the Iriſh. -

Ifyon willchſea Horſe only for travel,ever the better ſhape tyorſes for
the better hope, eſpecially look that his head belean,eyes fivel- Travel,
ling outward,his neck well riſen, his chine well riſen,his joynts
very ſtroug;but abovye all his paſterns ſhort and ſtraight , with-
out bending| in his going, and exceeding hollow. and tougn
hoofs : lethimbe of a temperate nature,neither toofurious,nor
too. dull,willing'to go without forcing, and-not defirous torun
when there is-no occaſion.

_-If you would chuſe a Horſe for hunting lethis ſhape in gene- y4,,tas
ral be trong, and well knit together. making equal proportions, Horſes.”
for as unequal -ſhapes, ſhew weakneſs,ſo.equal members aſlure
ſtrength-and indurance; _ Yourunequal ſhapes are a great head

to a little neck,a big body-to a thinbuttock,alarge limb toa lit-

tle foot,or any of theſe: contraries,or where:any. member ſuites

not with the whole proportion of the body., or with any limb \
next adjoyning. Above alllet your hunting Horſe have a large,

lean head,wide noſtrils, open chauld, a-big weaſand , and-the
windpipe ſtraight, looſe,well-covered;and not bent in thepride

of his Reining : The Engliſh Horſe,baſtardized with any of the

former Races firſt ſpoke of,is of: all the beſt.

If you chuſea Horſe for running, let him have all the fineſt Running
ſhape that may be,but above all things,let him be-nimble,quick Horſes,
and fiery, apt to fly with the leaſt motion  long ſhapes are luife-
rable, for though they: ſhew weakneſs, yet- they aſſure ſadden
ſpeed. And the beſt Horſe for this ule.is the Arabian;Barbary,
or his baſtard,Jennets are good,but the Turks are.better.

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Coach- Horſe,

Pack-Horſes,

The general Cure of all Cattle. Book 1

If you wilichuſe a Horfe for the Coach, whichis called the
fivifc draught, let his ſhape be tall, broad, and 'well furniſht,
not grols with much fleſh, but with the bigneſs of his bones ,
eſpecially look if he have a ſtrong neck, a broad breaſt, a large
chine, ſound clean limbs, and tough hooves-: and for this pur-
poſe, your large Engliſh Geldings are beſt:, your Flemiſh
Mares next , and your ſtrong Ston'd Horſes tolerable, Fle-

'wiſn or Friſons.

If you will chuſea Horſe for Portage, that is for the Pack or

_ Hampers, chuſe him that is exceeding ſtrong of Body. and

Cart-Horſes.

Limbs, but not tall, with a broad back, out ribs, full ſhoul-
ders and thick withers ; forif he be thin in that part, you ſhall
hardly keep his back from galling : be ſare that he 'take a
ſtrong ſtride with his feet, for their pace being neither trot
nor amble , but only a foot. pace, he which takes the largeſt
ſtrides goes at the moſt eaſe, and rids his ground faſteſt.
Laſtly, if you will chuſe a Horfefor the Cart or Plough,
which is the flow draught,chuſe him of themoſt ordinary height,

for Horſes in the Cart unequally ſorted , never draw at cafe ,

'Of Mares,

but the tall hangup the low Horſe. Let them be of good ſtrong
portion, big breaſted, large bodied, and ftrong limb'd, by na-
ture rather inclined to cravethe whip, then to draw'more than
is needful. And for this purpoſe Mares are moſt profitable; for
belides the effeting of your work, they yearly bring forth in-
creaſe: therefore if you furniſh your draught with Mares to
breed,obſerve in any wiſe, to have them fair fore-handed,that is
good neck,breaſt,and ſhoulders,for the reſt it isnot ſo regardful,
only let her body be large;for the bigger room a Foal hath in the
dams belly, thefairerare his members. And above all things
obſerve never to put your draught beaſts to the Saddle, for
that alters their pace, and hurts them in their labours:

Now for the ordering of theſe ſeveral Horſes : firſt for the
Horſe for ſervice , during the time of his teaching , which is
out of the Wars, you fhall keep him high and luftily ; his food,
no Straw but goog Hay, his provender clean dry Oats, or two
parts Oats, and* one part Beans, or Peaſe , well dried and
hard, thequantity of half apeckatwatering, morning, noon,
and eyeningis ſufficient. :

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In his daysof reſt, you ſhall drefs him berwixt five and fix it -
the murning,water betwixt ſeven and eight. and feed from nine
till after ele+en. In the afternoon, you ſhall dreſs betwixt three
and four,water betwixt four and five, and give provender till
ſix, then litter at eightzand give food for all nighr. The night be-
fore he is ridden,you ſhallat nine of the clock at night rakeaway
his hay from him , ar four of the clock in the morning give him
2 handful or two of Oats,which being eaten, turii him upon his
Snaffle,rtd all his body and legs over with dry cloths, then ſad-
dle him,and make him fit for his exerciſe. Soon as/ he is call*d
for to be ridden , waſh his bit in fair water, and pur it into his
mouth with all other things neceſſary,draw up his girths.and ſee
that no buckles hurthim; then lead him forth,and as foon as he
harh been ridden.,all ſweating as he is,lead him into the ſtable;&
firſt rub himquickly over withdry wiſps,then take of his Sadle,
and having rub*d him allover with dry cloths, put on his hou-
fing-cloth, then ſet on the Saddle again, and girt it : then lead
him forth,and walk him up and down ia gentle manner an hour
or more,till he be cold.then fet him up, and after two or toree
hoars f-ſting., turn him tohis meat; then in theafternoon,curb,
rub and dreis himgihen water him, and order him as is afore-
fid. .
For ordering of the Horſe for a Prince, or great Ladies ſeat , Ordering of
let it ke in his tyme of reft like unto the Horſe for Service ; and m his R ſi?gſſs fſi?r X
time of labour like the travelling borſe, as ſhall be ſhewed mnſtantly : ON
only becauſe he ts ro be more chotcely kept, 1 mean in the beautiful-
leſt manner , His coit lying ſmooth and ſhining ,, and his whole bedy
without any ſiamn or ill-favouredneſs ;, you ſhall ever when he hath
been ridden,and cometh in much ſweating , preſently have hin
into theStable, and firſt rub him down wirh cleanwiſps, then
taking offhis Saddle,with a Sword-blade whoſe edpe is rebated;
you ſhall ſtroak his neck and body clean over, leaving no ſweat
nor filth that can be gotten out ; thez cloath him np,and ſet onthe
Saddle,and walk him forth as aforeſaid. After, order anddiet him
as you do other travelling Horſes : dry Oats is his beſt Proven- ſſ
der if he be fat and full, aiid Oatsand Beans if hebepoor, or Ordering of
ſubject to looſe his fleſh quickly. travelliogher-

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hay in the Winter, and the ſveeteſt grafs in Summer, His Pro- -
vender will be dry Oats, Beans, Peale or bread,according to his
ſtomach; in the time of reſt, balf a peck ar a watering 1s ſuffi-
cient; in the time of his labour as much as he will ear with a
good ſtomach. When you travel, water him two honrs before
you ride, then rub, dreſs, and laſtly feed: then bridle up, and
Jethim ſtand an hour betore you take his back,. Travel mode-
rately in the morning till his wind be rackr,and.his limbs warm-
ed., then after do as your affairs require. Be ſure at.night. to
water your horſe two miles before vau come to your journeys
end, then _the warmer ycu- bring him to his Inn, the beiter:
walk not, nor waſh not at all, the one doth-beger colds, the 0-
ther foundring in the feet or body.: but ſer him up warm, wetl
ſtopt, and ſoundly rubbed with clean litter.Give no meat whillt
the outward parts of your horſe are hot or wet with lweat, as
theear-roots,'the flanks, the neck, or under his chaps : bur be-
ing'dry, rub and feed him according tothe goodnels of his ſto-
mach.' Change of food begetteth a ſtomach,fodoth the waihing
of the tongue or noſtrils.with vinegar, wine and ſait, or warm
urine. Stop not. your horſes forefeet with Cows dung , till he'
be ſufficiently cold, and that the blood and humours which were
diſperſed, be ſettled into their proper places.  Look well to
his back, that the ſaddle hurt not , tothe girtes that they gall
not,. and to-his ſhooes that.they be large, faſt and caſie.

For the ordering of your Hunting-Horſe, let himin the time
of his reſt have all the quietnefs that may be, much litter, much
meat; and much dreſſings.water ever by him, and leave him-to
fleep as long as he pleaſeth. Keep him to dung rather ſoft than
hard, and look that jt be wellcoulered, and bright, for darkneſs -
fhews greaſe, and redneſsinward heating. After exerciſes, Jet
maſhes of ſeet mault be his uſual ſcourings; and ler bread of
clean beans., or beans and wheat equal mixt ,: be his be{t food,
and beans and oats the moſt ordigary.

For the ordering of your running Horſe,let him have no-more

zuaning horſes meat than to ſuffice narure, drink one in four and twenty, hours,

and drefling every.day once at Noononly. Let him have much
ancderate exerciſe,asMorning and EveningAirings,or the fetch-
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Let him ftand darkand warm , have many cloaths, and much
litter, being wheat ſtraw only. If he be very fat.ſcour oft ; if of
reaſonable ſtate, ſcoar ſeldom; if lean , then ſcour but with a
ſweer maſh only. Be ſare your horſe be empty before he courſe.
and let his food be the fineſt, lighteſt, and quickeſt of digeſti-
on that may be:the ſweats are more wholeſom that are given a-
broad,and the cooling moſt natural which is given before he
come into the Stable.Keep his limbs with cool oyntments.and by
. No means let any hot ſpices come into his body. If he grow dry
inwatdly, waſh*d meat is very wholeſom.If be grow looſe, then

ive him ſtraw in more abundance. Burning of ſweet perfume
in the ſtale is wholeſom,and any thing you either doabout your
horſe,or give unto your horſe,the more neat,cleanly, and ſweet
it is, the better it nouriſheth. :

For ordering the Coach horſe, let him have good dreſling Ordering of
twice aday, Hay and Provender his belly full, and Litter e- Coach-horſes.
ncugh to tumble-on,and he cannot chuſe but proſper.Lethim.be
waikt and waſht after travel,for by reaſon of their many occaſi-
ons to ftand {till,theymuſt be inur*d to all hardneſs,though it be
much unwholeſom. Their beſt food is {weet Hay,and well dryed
Beans andOats,or Bean-bread.Look well to the ſtrength of their
ſhoos.and the galling of their harneſs.Keep their Jegs clean, e{-
pecizily about the hinder feet-locks , and when they are in the
hovfe, let themſtand warm cloathed. :

For the ordering of the Pack-horſe, or the Cart-horſe, they oering of
need no waſhing, walking,or hours of faſting ; only dreſs them the Pack and
well, lookto their ſhooes and backs, and then fill their bellies , Cart-borſe.
and they will do their labour. The beſt food is ſweet Hay,Chaff,
or Peaſe,or Oat-hulls and Peaſe,or chopt Straw-and Peaſe mixt
together, once a week to give them warmGrains and Salt,is not
amiſs, for their labour will prevent the breeding of worms., or
ſuch like miſchiefs.

Now forthe general preſervation of horſes health, it is good por the pre-
whilſt a horſe is in yourh and ſtrength to let him blood twice in ſervation of
the year,that is,beginning of the Spring,& beginning of theFall, all Horſes,
when you may beſt afford him a weeks reſt. Afer you have Tet
him blood,two Cays after give him a comfortable drench, as 2
ſpoonfuls of Dzapente,or ſuch like,whichis called, Zorſe- 2rhri-

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date, in a quart of ſtrong Ale. Uſe oft ta perfume his head with-
Frankincenſe, and in the heat of Summer uſe oft to ſwim him,

Let a fat Horſe drink oft,and a little at ovice, and a lean Horſe
whenſoever he hath appetite. Aach rubbing is camfortable,and.
cheareth every member.Re fure to let your Horſe eat graſs once:
in a year, for that cooleth the blood, fcours away grofs humory,
and gives great ſtrength and nouriſhmentto the bady.. If not-
withſtanding all theſe principles your Horſe falk into fickneſs

and diſeaſe , then look into the Chaprers following, and you

ſhall find the trueſt, beſt approved, and the moſt familiar medi-

- cines forall mannor of Infirmities, that ever. were known. or
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- F Aving ſpoken ſomething already of Horſes, it now follows:
H we fay ſomething of the commendable exerciſe of riding
great Horſes, which in the very aCtion it {elf ipeaketh Gentle-
man,to all that are performers or doers of the ſame. And though
our EngliſhGentry from a ſloath in their induſtry, aim for the
moſt part at no, more $kill than the riding of a_ridden and per-
fect horſe, which is,but only. the ſerting forth of another mans
vertue, and thereby. making themſelves.richer in diſcourſe than.
. attion : yet our Englith Husbandman,or good-man,whom I ſeek
The pleaſure to make exat.and perfect in all things, ſhall not only recreate
of riding. himſelf by riding the Zorſes whom the other men_ have made
perfe&t;but ſhall by his own prattice bring his Horſe, from utter
ignorance. to the beſt skill thatcan-be defired in his motions :.
wherein he ſhall find a twofold pleaſure, the one an excellent
contentment to his mind , that he can. perform ſo worthy an,
aCtion, without the chargeable aſſiſtance of others,and the other
ahealthfal ſupport to his body.3 when by ſych recreatio?_ his
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ſpirits and inward faculties are revived and inflamed.
But now me thinks, I hear ſome fay, that I have utterly taken TheRiders A-

away the tune of this ſtring,l have ſtricken fo oft upon it, and pology-

that indeed there can be no delight where thereis no variation:

and that ſurely 1 cannot vary any more upon this plain Song,but

the world would find diſcord either in this, or my former deſ-

cants. But let them not deceive themſelves, for my Building

ſtandeth on a firm Rock,and I know both ſhall be worthily juſti-

fiable « only this I muſt informall men, that in times paſt, long

ſince, when our firſt Rules of Horſemanſhip were given unto us,

our Maſters were not ſo skilful in the abilities of Horſe-perfoz-

mances a$we are, but meaſur?d them by the proportions of their

own weaker natures.and thence became fo tcomuch tender over

them, that they reſpeCted neither the greatneſs of theirown 1a-

bours,nor the length of time before they arrived to their defires

ſo in the end they might aſpire to their wiſhes with fafety and

full atisfaction; whence it comes to paſs,that in thoſe times,and

even now in theſe,chiefly among thoſe which are meerly Riders,

and no Keepers, there is no leſs time allowed to the making of

2 perfect Horſe than two years; when we know. and my felf

from Experience can juſtifie the ſame , that if the Rider can

Keep as well as Ride, that is,give as well directions-for the pre-

ſervationof a Horfes health, and the avoidance of Sorances and

fickneſs, as put in praCtife artfully, every violence to be uſed in.

his Leſſons, he may very well make up a perfe&t Horſe in three

months, fit either for pleaſure or batteh, which is the full ſcope

and end of this Treatiſe : wherein I would not bave any man

expect either new. Rules, or contradiftion of any already fet

down by men of practice and knowledy in theart, but only a

ſtraigtning or drawing of ther:together into. a mach narrower

compal<s, giving fatisfaction to our defires, and finiſhing up our

work with ſpeed,which before was almoſt loſt or neglected with

the length of our labours , as you-ſhall fully perceive by. this.

diſcourſe which followeth.

-  Firſt then,to ſpeak of the taming of 2young Colt, which is as The taming of
it were the prefaceor introduCtion to the art of Riding; you ſhall-a young Colt.

after he hath been in the houſe a week or a fortnighr, and is fa-

miliar with the man, and will withal patiently indure -cur--

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rying,combing, rubbing,clawing and handling in every partand
menber of his body,without any ſhew of rebellion or knaviſh-

- neſs, which you ſhall compaſs by all gentle and eafe means, do-

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ing nothing about him ſuddenly or raſhly, but with leiſure and
moderation. Then you ſhall offer him a Saddle,which zou ſhall
ſet in the manger before him,that he may ſmeil co it, and look
upon if,& you ſhall ginglethe girths and ſtirrops about his ears
to make him careleſsof the noiſe.then with all gentleneſs after
you haverubb'd his fides therewithal,you ſhall ſet it on his back,
and gird it gently on, and then place his Crooper with all eaſe,
r7hich done, you ſhall take a ſeet watring trench waſhd,; and
a2nointed with honey and falt,and put itinto his mouth, placing
it to hang directly about his tuſh, and as it were a little leaning
thereupon : this you ſhall do in the merning as ſoon as you have

_ dreſt him, and then thus ſadled and bridled, you ſhall lead him
. forth,and water him in.your hand abroad : then bringing him in,

and after he hath ſtood a little reined vpon his trench an hour
or more, take away the bridle and faddle, and let him goto his
meat till the evenning : then lead him forth as before with the
faddle to the water ; then when he is ſet up gently, take of
off his ſaddie and cheriſh him, and then dreſfs him, and cloath
him up for all night. - : - ,

The next day ſaddle and bridle_him as before faid, ard put
on him aſtrong muſrole of writhen Iron,or a ſharp Cavezanand
Martingal,which you ſhall buckle at ſuch length, that he may no
more butr feel it when he jerketh up his head, and then lead him '
forth into ſome new plowed field, or ſoft ground;and there af-
ter you have made him trot a good ſpace about in your band.and
thereby taken away from him all his wantonneſs and knaviſh di-
ſtractions,you ſhall offer your foot tothe ſtirrop; at which if he
ſhew any diftaſte either in body or countenance, you ſhall then
courſe him about again, then offer again, and with leiſure riſe-
balf way up, and go down again ; at which if _heſhrink, correc&
him as before, burt if he take it patiently, then cheriſhhim. and
{o mount into the Sadle,whichdone,after cheriſhing light down
again, and give him bread or graſs to eat : then look that your
Girths be well girted and ſtreight,that theCrooperbe ſtrong and.
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without inward or outward offence,that your ſtirrops be fit,and
generally all things,without offence either to your: felfor to the
beaſt,and then as before, mountr his back, feat your {If juſt and
even in theSaddle,make the reins of your Bridle of equal length
carry your rod without offence to kis eye 1n your right hand,
£1e. point either directly upright,or thwarted towards your lefc
ſhoulder: then having cheriſht him, let the. Groom which be-
fore led him, having his hand on the Chafthalter, lead him for-
ward a dozen or twenty paces, then gently ſtraining your hand,
with the help of the Foot-man make him ſtand ſtill, then che-
riſh him,and lead him forward again,and do this five or-ſix times
one after another, till by continual uſe you make him of your
own accord (without the Footmans help) by giving your body,
and thruſting your Legs forward, go forward 3 whichas ſoon
as he doth, you ſhall ſtay him,and cheriſh him, and then ſitting
on his back,let your foot-man lead him home, and bring him to
the block , whereafter you have cheriſht him, - you ſhall gent-
Iy alight, and cauſe him to be ſet up,and well dreſt, and meat-
ed. The next day you ſhall bring him forth as before, and in all
points, take his back.,as aforeſaid,and ſo by the help- of the foot-
- man, trot fore-right half a mile at the leaſt;then let the foot-
man lay offhis hanJ, and walk by him, till you have of your (&lf
trotted him forth another halfmik,then cheriſh him.and make
the foot-man givehim ſome graſs or bread to eat, and then tak-
inga large compals,trot him home, and bring him to the block
as before, and there alight, and fo ſet him up.

The third day let your foot-man light upon f{ome fair Jade ,
and then bringing your Colt to the Block , take his back gent-
ly. andafter you have cheriſht him;the ocher riding before you,
follow him forth-right a mile,ever andanon at theend of twen-
ty or thirty ſcore ſtopping the Colt gently,cheriſhing him, and
making him yield,and go back aſtep or two, and then putting
him forward 2gain, till he be ſo perfect,that with the leaſt mo-
tion he will go forward,ſtop &retire,which will be effected in 2
days more,in which ſpace if he chance at any time to ſtrikeor re-
bel.you ſhall ;make him wiich rides before you ,. take the ſpare
Reyn,and lead him forward, whilſt you give him two or three
good laſhz$under the belly,and then being in his way, take the

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ſpare reyn to your ſelf again:and thus you ſhall do,till al faults

e amended: then you ſhall ſpare your Horſeman 0i Guide,az.d
only by your ſelf for three or four days more, trot him every
morning and afternoon, at ieaſt a mile or two forward , uſing
him only to ſtop or retire , and bringing him home a contrary
way to that you went forth , tili he be1o perfect and willing,
that he will take his way,how cr in what manner your ſelf plea-
ſeth, ever obſerving to mountand diimount at the block on-
ly, except ſome ſpecial occafion confſtrain you to the contra-
ry. | ſi

This you may very well bring to paſs the firſt week of the
Horſes riding. '

As ſoon as you ſee your Horſe will receive youto his back,
trot fore-right, ſtop and retire, and do all this with great patt-
ence and obedience; yo" ſhall then call into your mind the three
main points of a Horſemans knowledg , which are helps , cor-
reftions and cheriſhings.And for helps,they confiſt in thele:firſt
the voice, which ſoundeth ſharply and cheerfully , crying, vi2;
how,hey,and ſach like,adds a ſpirit and livelineſs tothe Horſe,6&
ltends a great helpto all his motions ; then .the bridle, which
reſtrained, or at liberty, helps him how todo, and ſhews which
way to do.

Then the Rod, which being only ſhewed,is a help to direR;
being only moved, helps the quickneſs and nimbleneſs of the
motion ; a2d being gently toucht withal, helps the lofrineſs of
a Horſes ſalts and leaps,and makes him as it were gather all his
ſrength into one point.; and laſtly, the calves of the legs', ſtir-
rop-Leathers and Stirrops,wbich moved by the horſes fide,helps
vm to the nimblenefs, ſviftneſs and readineſs in turning. Some
totheſe helps add the help of the Spur, chiefly in high faltsor
boundings,but it muſt be done in a juſt and true time , and with
fuch gentle bitterneſs, that the Horſe may underſtand it for a
help,of elfe he will rake diſtaſte,and finding it favour like cor-
rection,inftead of bettering his doings do with morediforders
as to fpraul with his forefeert in advancing,to yerk out with one

- Of Correet;. Or both his hinder feet in the corveit or bonnding, ſhaking ofhis
ons,and which head,and ſuch like,as will appearin practiſe,

they be.

Now of Corre1ons, the moſt principal is the Spur , which
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muſt/not at any time be given triflingly or itchingly,but ſonnd-
ly and ſharply.,as offt as juſt occafion ſhall require : then the Rod
which upon diſorder.,ſloth or miſcarriage of the members, muſt
be given alſo ſoundly ; then the voice which being delivered
ſharply and roughly , as þa villarn, carridro, diablo,and ſuch like
threatnings terrifieth the Horſz,and maketh him afraid to diſo-
bey : And laſtly.the Bridle which now and then ftricken with a
hard check in his mouth,reformeth in any vices and diſtempera-
tures of his Head ; yer this laſt muſt bedone ſeldom, andwith
great diſcretion ; for to make a Cuſtom thereof,is the ready way
to ſpoyl a Horſes Mouth.

Now of Cheriſhings,there are generally in uſe but three, as
firſt the voice, which being delivered ſmoothly and lovingly,
as crying voll a fo boy, there boy there, and ſuch like,” gives the
Horſe both cheerfulneſs of Spirit, and a knowledg that he hath
done weli,then the hand by clapping him gently on theNeck or
Butrock,or giving him Graſs,or other Food to eat;after he hath
pleaſed you; and laſtly the bigend of the Rod, by rubbing him
therewith upon the withers or main , which is very pleaſing and
delightful to the Horſe.

Now after theſe ordinary and uſual helps, correQions, and
cheriſhings., you ſhall have reſpectto the Muſrole or Cavezen
& Martingale,wbich carry in them all the three former both ſe-
veral and unite,for it is firſt an eſpecial help and guide to eve-
ry well diſpoſed Horſe,: for ſetting of his headiin a true place,
forming of his Rein,and making him appear comely and pgallant
in the Eyes of the beholders ; then it isa ſharp correction when
a Horſe yerketh out his Noſe,or difordereth his head any way ,
or ſtriveth to plunge or run away with his Rider : And laſtly,it
is a great cheriſhing unto the Beaſt,when he yieldeth his Head
to-your hand , by ſhrinking from his Face,- and ſoleaving any
more to torment him,but when he offendeth; whence it comes
that more from this than any thing elſe, the Horſe firſt gaineth

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the knowledg of his Maſters Will,and is defirous to perform it: -

therefore you ſhall be very careful to the placing of this upon
the Horſe; as firſtthat it hang ſomewhat low,, and reſt upon
the tender Griſſel of the Horſes Nole;zwhereby corrections may
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and not ſtraight, whereby the Horfe may feel, upon the yeild-
ing in of his Head how the offence goeth from him; and ſo know
thar only his own diforder is his own puniſhment: Laſtly, he
ſhall be careful to note how he winne h the Horles HeaJ, and
thoſe degrees to draw his Martingale ſtraiter and ſtraiter; ſo as
the Horie may ever have a gentle feeling of the ſame, and no
more;' till his Head and Rein be brought to that perfeCtion
that-you deſfire, and then there to ſtay, and keep the Marringale
conſtantly in that place only, which you ſhall perform in thoſe
few dayes whbich you trot your Horſe forth-right, being before
you bring him to any Leflon, more then the-knowledge of your
{elf and how to receive you to his back, and trot forth obedient-
ly with you.

When your Horſe is brought unto ſome certainty of Rein,
willtrot forth-right with you at your pleaſure,& by your former
exerciſe therein is brought to breath and delight in his travell,
mhich -will grow and increaſe upon him, as you grow and increaſe
in your labeur, then you ſhall bring him to the treading forth of
the larg Rings in this' manner ; Firſt, *f be be of beavy and lug-
giſh nature; ard floathfull and dull, ard allbeit he have flirength and
ſufficiency of body, yet you find him ſlovenly and unapt, then you ſhall
trot him in ſome new plcwed Field, ſoft and deep : But if he be of
quick, and of a fiery Spirit, apt, nimble and ready to learn, then you
fhall trot him in ſome ſandy or gravelly place, where :s ſtrong and
firm foot hold ; and there you (hall mark out 4 Spacious large Ring,
at leaſt threeſcore or fourſcore paces in compaſs, and having walk-
ed him fix or ſeven times about the ſame on your right hand,you
ſhall then by a little ſtraitening of your right Rein, and laying
the Calf of your left Leg to his fide,making a half Circle with-
in your Ring upon your right hand,down to the center or mid-
point thereof,and then by ſtraitning of your left Reina little,&
laying;the Calf of your right Leg to his ſide, making another
half circle to your left hand from the center to the outmoſt
verge, which two half circles contrary turned, will makea per-
fet RomansS. within the Ring : then keeping your firſt large
circumference,walk your Horſe about on your left hand,as oft
as you did on your right, and then change within your Ring as
youdid before toyour right hand again, and then trot him firſt

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on the right hand, then on-the left, \fo long as you ſhall think
convenient,and although our ancient Maſters in this Art bave
preſcribed. unto us certain numbers/ of Ring turns , and how
oft it is meet to go about, on either hand., as if all Horſes were
of one even ability ; yet Iwould wiſh you negle-t thoſe Rules,
and only to practiſe your Horſe in this Leſſon, according to-his
ſtrength of his Body,ſomtimes applying him therein an hour ,
ſometimes two,and ſometimes three, moreor leis according to
your diſcretion; for the ſpace of time can neither bring weari-
neſs nor tyring ; and for your change of hands, you ſhall do it as
oft as ſhall ſeem beſt toyour {elf, being ever very careful to give
him the moſt exerciſe, and that hand on which heis ever moſt
vawilling to go.; and in this Leſſon be careful alſo that he do ir
cheerfully, luſtily,nimbly, quickning and inflaming his Spirits
by all means poſlible, and when you find that he will troc his
large Rings perfeCtly, which will queſtionle(s be. inleſs than a
weeks ſpace, being wellapplyed therein, for you muſt not fore-
flow any morning except the Sabbath, hardly anyafrernoon al-
fſo,if you find him Joathful and heavy, for there 15 no greater
hinderance than the Riders too much tenderneſs , nor no grea-
ter furtherance than a continual moderate exercifſe. There-
fore as 1 ſaid when he will trot his Rings well, then in the ſame
manner,and with the ſame changes, you ſhall make him galiop
the ſame Rings , which he ſhall do alſo. with great dexterity. ,
Lghtneſfs, and much nimbleneſs,. without loſing the lealt part
or grace of his beſt Rein: Nay, ſo careful you ſhall be thereof
that in his galloping , you ſhall as it were gather his Body ro-
gether , and make his Rein rather better than it was, and make
him take up his Feet ſo truly and loftly , that not any, Eye may
ſee or perceive a falſhood in his ſtroke, but that his inward Feer
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directly , that his gallop may appear as the beſt grace ofall his

motions; neither ſhall you enter him into this Lefſon- raſhly
and haſtily,but ſoberly.and with diſcretion,making him firſt gal-
lop aquarter of the Ring,then half,then three parts , and laſtly
the whole Ring; neither fhall you force him into his Ring with
violence or the ſharpaeſs of Spurs, but with Spirit and Mettal,
making him by the lightneſs and cheerfulneſs of your ownBody,

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paſs of his own accord into his gallop, and efpecially in his
changes, where you may let him feel your Leg, and ſhew him
your Rod on the contrary fide : and herein is to be noted, that
continually thoſe changes ( in as much as they are made in a
much ſtraighter compaſs) mult be done everwith great quick-
ne-and more ſtirring nimbleneſs then intire Leſſons.

Now for the helps neceſſary in theſe large Ring-turns; they *
conſift generally in the Yo:ce, Rod, Calves of your Leggs, and the
Briale ;, In the Yoice by quickning him up, and reviving his Spr-
rirs when he growes floathful, withtheſe words, How hey, or via:
In the Red by ſhewing it him on the contrary fide, or laying it
on the contrary ſhoulder, and ſometimes by ſhaking it over his
Head,which is a kind of threatening.,cheifly when you makeyour
changes. In theCalves of yourLegs,when you Clap them hard to
the contrary ſide to which he turneth, or ſpringing and jerking
your Legs forward, hard upon your Stirrop leathers,which will
quicken him and make'him gather up his limbs better than the
{pur by many degrees: And laftly, in the Bridle, by drawing it in
a little ſtraiter, and holding it with fome more conſtancy, when
you pur any of your former helps in uſe, or do any thing with
more Life or courage for that maketh him draw his Limbs to-
gether, and fo ſtraiten his Rings withgracely comlineſs.

For the corrections in theſe large Rings, they bedivers ; as
namely, the Bridle, the ſpur, and the Rod, and ſomtimes the
voice,yet that but ſeldome; for the Bridle you ſhall corre& your
Horſ therewith ifhe carry his Head or Chaps awry, making as
it were Mouths and ill fayoured countenances, giving now
and then a little check in the Moeth, and awaking him from
ſuch forgetfal paſſions, or now and thendrawing the trench to
and fro 1n his Mouth, which will reform the errour; then the
Spur which muſt be laid ſharp and hard to his ſides, when you
find your helps will do no good, but that his ſloath rather more
and more increaſeth, or when he preſſeth and hangeth hard
upon your hand or loofeth the rouch of his rein, or ſach like vi-
ces ; fortheRod, when you find that he negleCteth the ſhewing
or ſhaking of it, or when he diſordereth any of his hinder parts
and will not gather them up comely together, then you ſhall
therewith give him a ſound laſh or two under the Belly, or over
the contrary Shoulder, and to any of theſe former Corrections

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you ſhall ever accompany the threatning of your voice, when
the fauit is too much foul,, and no otherwiſe , becaulſe there
ſhould be everentire love betwixt the Horſe and the Horſe-man
which continually chiding will either take away or at leaſt root
out the apprehenſion thereof. '
Now for your Cheriſhings, they are thoſe which 1 formerly cyeriſhibgs
* ſpake of; only they muſt be uſed at no time but when yourHorie in his Ring-
doth well , and hath pleaſed your mind, bothwith his cunning turns.
and traQtableneſs - although the time for the ſame be when te
hath finiſhed his Leſſons, yet there is a ſecret pleaſingand cheri-
ſhing of a Horſe with the Bridle,which muſt be exerciſed 1n the
doing of his Leſſons, and that is the ſweetning of his mouth by
alittle ceaſing of your Bridle hand, and gently drawing it up
back again; letting it come and go with ſuch unperceiving mo-
tion, that none but the beaſt may know it. :
When your Horſe.can trot and gallop your large Rings with O* Fopping
all perfetneſs, whichwith good induſtry will be perfected in zzgſſ_gomb
leſs than a fortnights exerciſe, you ſhall then proceed to make *
him ſtop fair,comely,and without danger, which you ſhall do in
this manner: Firſt, as ſoon as you have taken his back,. cheriſh
him, put him gently forward, and bring him into a ſwift tror: -
after you have trotted him forty or threeſcore yards forward,
you ſhall by drawing in your Bridle hand ſtraitly and ſuddenly,
make- him gather his hinder Legs and fore-Legs together ,
and ſo inan inſtant ſtand ſtill, which as ſoon as he doth,im-
mediately you ſhall eaſe your hand a little , yet not ſo much as
may give him liberty to preſs forward, but rather to yield
backward, which if you find he doth , you ſhall give him more
liberty, and cheriſh him,and then having pauſed a while , draw
in your Bridle-hand ,, and make him go back two or three pa-
ces, at which if he ſtrike, inſtantly ezſe your hand, and
draw itup again, letting him come and gotill be yield and go
backward , which (for the moſt part) all Horſes at the firſt
will do: but if it bethat your Horfe rebel and. will not go
back with this gentle admonition., you ſhall then cauſe a Fcot-
man ſtanding by to put him back with his hand,andin this mo-
tion, you ſhall cheriſh him, that he may underſtand what your
will is. And thus every time 1 ou make him ſtop, you ſhall make
hin retire back, till in one ſpace of time you have made Both
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Leſſons perfect: and this praCtiſe you ſhall uſe both till you
come to your large Rings.andat everytime that you finiſh your
Lellon,or give the Horſe breath or eafe, whereby you ſhallper-
ceive that your Horſe ſhall learn to rrot and pallop the large
Rings, to ſtop and retire back all in one ſpace of time , be-
caule you ſee {ncceſſively they follow one another, and are to
be done (though three) but as one entiie LeſſOn,

Now for the helps in theſe Leſſons., the beſt for ſtopping is
the chojceofground,as by making your Horſe ever co ſtop down
the ſloap of ſome hill, or deſcending ground , whereby he may
be compelled to couch his hinder loyns the berter, and ſo make
him ſtop moſt comely, and to obſerve that the ground be firm
and hard, without danger of fliding, leſt the Horſe finding ſuch
an imperfection grow fearful, and ſo refuſe to doyour will ont
of his own danger. In retiring you ſhall' help him with your
Rod, by putting it before his Breſt, or ſhaking it before his
Knees, to make him remove his Feet more quick and nimbly.

For Corredtions in ſtopping, it muſt ſometimes be done by
your {e1t; as with the even ſtroake of your Spurs,when in his ſtop
he difordered his Head, or with any onefingle Spur, when he
caſteth out his hinder loyns, and will not ſtop right in an even
line z and ſomtimes it muſt be done-by another by-ſtander,
where he refuſeth to ſtop at all,who ſtanding at the place of
{top,as foon as you draw up your hand.ſhall with hisRod threat-
en the Horſeand make him not dare to preſs forward, or if he
do preſs forward, -to make him retire ſiviftly back ſo much
ground ashe gained, both your ſelf and the by-ſtander, rating
him with your voices extreamly : for correttions in retiring,
they are theeyen ſtrokes of both your Spurs, when he ſticks or
preſſes upon- your hand , and will not yield back; and alſo
yourRod ſtruck-ſharply on his Knees and Breaſt, and Rod of
a by-ſtander ſtruck upon his Breaft, Knees and Face » when his
itubbornneſs is too violent.

But for his cheriſhings, they be all formerly ſpoke of, when
your will 15 comely and obediently performed,beſides the addi-
tion of ſome other, asa preſent eaſing of your Bridle hand,
and the ſuffering and cheriſhing of the by-ſtander., and {o offer-
ing him to ſtand and recover breatha good ſpace after.

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When yourHorſe can ſtopand retire well,which may bedone Of adrancing
in the ſame ſpace that you teach him his large Ring curns, for Þ*fore.
it is as it were three Leſſons learn?d in one; you ſhall thenteach
him to advance before when he ſtoppeth, which is very comely
and graceful to the beholders; and you ſhall do it in this man-
ner : After you have ſtopped your horſe, 'without giving your
hand any ealſe you ſhall lav the Calves of both your Legs hard to
his ſides,and add thereto the noiſe of the ſhaking of your Rod,
and your voice,by crying »p, #p, which will atfirſt. (peradver-
ture) butalittle amaze him , becauſe he underſtandeth nox
your meaning : Therefore you ſhall pur him forward again,an
doas before,and that with a little more ſtrength, continuing
the practiſe of the ſame till you perceive he taketh one Foot
from the earth,then cheriſh him a littlez and ſo to the Leſſons
again, till he taketh up both his Legs from the ground , which
when he doth,orderly or diforderly,yet cheriſh him exceeding-
1y, that he may come to the knowledg of your meaning,without
-which all your lahour is loſt; then to your former prattice a-
gain, tillyou bave brought him to that PerfeQtneſs, that he
will with all readineſs advance as oft as you will give him the
Calves of yourLegs to his ſides,be it leſs or more times together,
this done, you ſhall look to the ordetly and comlineſs of his
advancing : As firſt,that he takeup his Legs both even together,
and bend bim inward towards his Body; then that he advance
not too high (for fear of coming over upon you) but conch his
hinder loyns cloſe to the ground; then that he ſprauleth not ,
nor paweth with his feet forward ; and laſtly that he advance
not for his own pleaſure , but when you command him by your
own direCt and orderly motjons, for the contrary is a foul fault
in Horſemanſhip. ;

For helps in this Leſſon, they are rhe Calves of your Legs, the Heips,
ſhaking of your Rod over his Head,and your voice, as is before
faid, and the deſcenc of ſome hanging ground,which will make
his hinder loyns couch the berter.

The CorreCtions are according to the nature of offences, as cgrrections.
the even ſtroke of your Spurs,or a good laſh with yourRod when
you ſee, he fixeth hisFeec to the ground, and ſtyubbornly applies
himfelf to diſobey you , 'or will take up his Feet.one after ano-

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ther, and not both together.If he do advance too high,fo as he

is ready to.come over upon you, 0r if he ſpraule or paw forth
with his feet, you ſhall not then only give him both your ſpurs
hard together, but alſo a good jerk or two with your Rod be-
tweel his ears;but if he advance when you would not have him,
you ſhall then in the ſame inſtant jzrke him over both the knees
with your Rod, and if he advanceagain, jerke him again, not
ceaſing till he fix his feet to the ground, or go backwatd , and
then cheriſh him.

For particulars cheriſhing in tiis Leſſon, they are no other
than thoſe former ſpoak of,onely they muſt bedone with a more
ready watchfulneſs, in the very inſtant and moment. of time, in
which he performeth anything well, that the Horſe may under-
ſtand why, and wherefore he receiveth ſuch contentment, and
thereby be incouraged to continue in his goodnels, and be more
ready to apprehend his riders pleaſure. .

For the uſe ofadvanceing, it is twofold ; as namely to giye a
grace to h1s other Leſſons, and to bring his body to nimbleneſs :
yet for the moſt part it is onely us*d at the ſtop;where when you
have finiſt'd any Leſſon, if then concluding with the ſtop, you
make him advance, once, twice, or thrice, it will be both a grace
to the Beaſt, and ſhew much art in the Horſman : alſo jit maketh
a Horſe apt and ready to turn well, and making him truſt to his
hinder Legs, whereby. his fore-parts may be directed and 20-
verned at the Horſmans pleaſure.

Next to advancing , you ſhall teach your Horſe to 'yerk
behind, in this manner : when at any time you have made bim
ſtop, you ſhall preſently with your Rod givehim a good jerk un-
der the Belly near to his flank, which though at the ficſt he
appreheud not , yet by a continval and conſtant uſe thereof
you ſhallinthe endbring him toyerk out his hinder Legs;at the
firſt doing whereof, you ſhall cheriſh him, for that is the onely
language by which he knoweth he doth your will, and then ha-
ving pawſed alittle,}make him todoit again, increaſing itevery
day, and doubling kis doings, till he be ſo ready, that when you
pleaſe togive the jerk, he will then give the yerk, and then you
ſhall look to.the comelineſs of his doings that is to ſay, that he
yerk not not out his hinder Legs, till his fore-leg be above the
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ground.then that he yerk not oneLeg farther out than the other,
but both even together z then that he yerk not too high, and
laſtly, that he yerk not one Leg out whilſt the other is on the
ground , all which are errors of great groſneſs.' Therefore to
nake the Horſe more perfett in this Leſſon, it ſhall be good to
teach him to yerk out behind, when he ſtandeth in the ſtable, by
jerking him on the buttocks with your Rod, and not ceaſing to
moleſt him till he raiſe up his rump above theground, and then
tocheriſh him, and fo to apply him without any eaſe and reſt,
till he doth your will ; then when he is perfect to put the ſame
in practiſe when you are in the field on his back;by turning your
Rpd inyour hand to his Buttock-ward, and touching him there-
with, to make him yerk as aforeſaid.
For the helps, they are the conſbant ſtaying of his mouth on Helps:
the Bridle, the ſtroak of your Rod under his belly, or the gen-
tle touching him upon the Rump with the ſame.
The corrections are only theeven ſtroak of your Spurs,when Corre&ions,
either he refuſeth to yerk, or yerketh out diforderly, or out of
malice ; or the ſingle Spur on that fide on which he yerketh out
moſt diſorderly, and laſtly, a reſtleſs holding of himto the Leſ-
ſon, not giving him any reſt or eaſe, till he doth in that man-
ner which you can wiſh; :
Thea for his cheriſhings, they are all thoſe formerly men- Cheriſhiogs.
tioned, being beftowed upon him in the very inſtant of his
well doing. : A
When your Horſe' is perfect in the Leſſons formerly ſpoke Of Turnings.
of,and underſtandeth thehelps and correQtions belonging to the
fame, you ſhall then teach him to turn readily on both hands,
by ſtraiting his large Rings, and bringing them into a muchleſs
compaſs, and although among Horſemen, and in the Art of
Horſemanſhip, there are divers and ſundry turns, ſome high and
lofty, asfthe turn upon the Corvet, Gapriole; or on bounds, ſome
cloſe and near the ground, as the turn Tarra, Tarra, orthoſewe
Call Carragolo,Serpeigiare, and ſuch like z and fome ſwiftand fly-
ing, as the 1:cavellere Chambetta, and ſuch like, yet fith they all
13&0111— but'to one end, which is to bring an Horſe to an exact
ſwiftneſs and readineſs in rurning, I will in as briefand plain
manneras I can,ſhew you how to compaſs the ſame. Firſt, there-
fore,you ſhall make ont aR'mg,g)me three or four yards in com\;
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paſs and in the fame, with all gentleneſs a while , walk your
Horſe, ſuffering him to gothe ſame at his own pleaſure,zathering
his head up by little and little, and making him take pleaſure
in the fame, till you find that be taketh knowledg of the Ring ,
and will with all willingneſs make about the ſame,-coveting ra-
ther to ſtraiten it then inlarge it; which perceived you ſhall then
carry your Bridle-hand conſtant , and ſomewhat ſtrait, yet the
ontmoſt Rein ever ſomewhat more ſtrait than the inmoſt, make-
ing the Horſe rather look from the Ring than into the Ring ,
and the calf of your leg (as occaſion ſhall ſerve-)ſomewhat near
to the outward fide of the Horſe, and then you ſhall rrot him
3bour the Rng firſt 0n the one ſideand thenon the other, make- "
ing your changes within that ſtraitRing,as you aid before with-
in the large Ring. .

In this fort without ceafing, you- ſhall exercife your
Horſe a full hour together ; then ſtop him make him advance
twice or thrice together, then retire in an even line and ſo ſtand
{fill a pretty while and cheriſh him ; -then when he hath taken
freſh breath to him again, and do as before , continually labour-
ing by raiſing vp his Bridle-hand, and thruſting forward your
Legsand Body.to dring his trot toallthe ſ wiftneſs and loftineſs
that may be, and your changes to do them ſo readily and round-
Iy as'may'be, alſo making him to lap his outmoſt Leg ſomuch
over his inmoſt Leg,thathe may cover it more thana footover,
and thus you ſhall exerciſe him a whole forenoon at leaſt »week
together,only doing his formerLeſſons but once over inamorn-
ing and ng more, & 1n this praCtiſe you teach him perfectly three
Lefſons together, thatis the turn,Terra,Terra, theſncavalere and
theChamblettarthe turn Terra,7erra, in the ourmoſt circle of the
ſtrait Ring, and the Incavalere and Chamblerra'in the changes.,
wherein he is forced to lap one'leg over another, or elſe to lifr
up the inmoſt leg from the ground , while he brings the out=-
moſt over it;and ſurely in thisRing and theſe changes confiſteth
the main art of turning,and the chiefeſt glory both of the Horſe
and the Horſeman : and therefore it is meet for every Rider to
think his Leſſon- not perfeCtly learnt , and therefore continu-
ally to pradtiſe his Horſe in the ſame, making him not-onely
tread and trot theſe narrowRings.but alſo gallop them, & from

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gallopping them to paſs them about in ground-falts, asby take-
ing up his Fore-legs from the-ground both together, -and bring-
ing his hinder feer into their place, and fo paſling the Ring a-
bour once, or twice, or thrice at your pleaſure, or as off as the
Horfes ſtrength and courage willallow: and this is the true turn,,
called Terra,Terra, and of greateſt requeſt with Horſemen, and
likewiſe with Souldiers; and this mill every Horſe naturally and'
eaſily.be brought unto, onely by a continual trotting and. gallopping
of theſe narrow Rings. Thus you ſee the perfettneſs of .your large
Rings, brings your Horſe to an eaſie uſe of the ſtrait Rings ;, andthe
eaſie knowledge of the flrait Rings brings a Horſe to' the perfeftion
of turning, which is the grand and main ſumm of this Art;, a
ſtopping begetsretiring, and retiring advancing. Thusevery Leſſon
as it were 4 chain, 1s linkt one to another. ;

The helps belonging to turning , are all whatſoever are for- Helps.
merly ſpoken of becauſc it is a Leſſon, which befides that it con-
raincth in it ſelf all other Leſſons, ſo it muſt be done with more cou-
rage, Art, and rimbleneſs, than any Artwhatſocver ;, and there-
fore the Horſe had-need of all aſliſtance that can poſlibly be gi-
ven him.

The corrections are the Spurs given on the outmoſt ſide when Corre&tions.
the Horſe ſticks, and is harder to-come about on the one fide
than on the other,and the Rod ſtricken hard on the outmolt fide
of theoffending member,as alſoa continval labour,, when the
Horſe ſhews either unwillingneſs or difobedience touching the
unnimbleneſs of his turning, when he beats one leg againſt ano-
ther, or treads one foot upon another,the raps.and hurts he doth
himſelf, are ſufficient corrections , and will both make him
know. his fault, and amend it: . -

For his Cheriſhings, . they are alſo'the' former already ſpoken Cheriſhings,
of, yet to be uſed (if poſſibly) with greater earneſineſs, in aswuch as
this Leſſon being moſt cunning would for the performance thereof ever
receive the moſt comfort.

Your Horſe being brought to this perfeftion , that he will
perfectly tread his large Rings ſtop, retire,advance before, yerk
behind, and turn readily on-either hand, you ſhall then take'a-
way his Muſrole and Trence, and inſtead thereof put upon his
Head a gentle Cavezai, or two joynts and three Pieces, With a

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chap-band underneath, which you ſhall buckle etoſe, but not
ftreight,and be ſure that the Cavezan lye upon the tendcer griffe!
of the Horſes Noſe, fomewhat near to the upper part of his No-
ſrils, then to the chap-band you ſhall faſten che Martingale,and
faſtly to the rings on each fide the Cavezan you ſhall faſten Jong
divided reins,more than a yardand a balf ja length a piece,then
into his mouth you ſhall put a ſieet ſmooth Cannon bit, with a
plain watering chain, the cheek being of a large ſize, ſo it may
arma little above the point of his ſhoulder; and the kirble ſhall
be thick, round and large, hanging looſely upon his neither lip,
and inticing the Horſe with his lip to play w'th the ſame. Thus
armed you ſhall take his back, and caſting the left rein of your
cavezan overthe horſes right ſhoulder,you ſhall bear it with your
thum, with the reins of the bit in your left hand; and the right
reins of the cayezan you ſhall caſt over the Horſes left ſhoulder,
and bear it with your Rod in your right hand, and ſo trot him
forth the firſt morning outright a mile or two in the high way,
making himonly feel and grow acquainted with the bit,and on-
Iy making him now and then ſtop and:retire, and gathering
up his head in a due place,, and faſhioning his rein with all the
beauty and comlineſs that may be; which done, the next day
yeu ſhall bring him to his large Rings , and as was before ſhew-
ed, there make himperfeC with the bit as you did with the ſhaf-
fle, firſt in trotting, then in galloping of the ſame, then make
him ſop, retire, advance, yerk behind , and come upon their
hand with a great deal more perfeCtneſs, and more grace than
was formerly done with the trench , which is an eaſie labour, in
as much asthe bit is as much better command, and'brings more
.comelineſs to the Horſes motions , isalſo a greater help,a ſhar-
per correCtion, and cheriſher of more comfort than any before
aſed. And thus in the firſt month you may make any Horfe per-
fect upon the trene in the Leflons before ſpoke of, o in the ſe-
cond month you may make the ſame Leſſons z great deal more
perfect upon the bit , and ſo preſume in two months tohave a
perfeCt ground Horſe,fit either for Souldier orScholar;that hath
any good rules of Hozſeman-ſhip in him.

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ſpeak a little further thereof, and ſhew you the pratiſe of theſe
preſent times,for the beſt accompliſhment of the ſame, without
ſtirring up evil motions in the Horſe, whence Reſtivenels , and
other vile errors do grow ; for it iscertain', that every Horie
naturally deſiceth neither offence nor to offend ; but the raſh-dif-
cretions of ignorant Horſemen, which will compel a Horſeto do
before he know what, or how to do, is the begetting of thoſe
evils whichare hardly or eyer reclaimed;fora Horſe is like an ill
brought up boy , who having learnt drunkenneſ$ in his youth ,
will hardly be ſober in his age , and having once got a knaviſh
quality, though hebe neyerſo much puniſhed for the ſame, will
yet now and then ſhew that the remembrance is not utterly ex-
tinguiſhed; and for as much as in this Leſſon of ſtrait turns,there
is ſo much curious hardneſs that a horſe is moſt ſubjeCt to re-.
bel, and learn many evils thereby, therefore to prevent all thoſe
evils, you ſhall cauſe a fmooth ſtrong Poſttobe well ramm?d,and
fixed in the earth in the midſt of the ſtrait Ring, at the very
point and center thereof,then cauſing a Foot-man'to-ſtand at the
Poſt, you ſhall give him the rightrein of your Cavezan, which
you ſhall make him hold about the Poſt, and ſo walk or trot
your horſe about the ſame on your right hand as long as you
pleaſe; then tzking up theright Rein,, give him up the lefc
Rein, and do as much upon the left hand , and thus change from
hand tobþand,; as ofr as you ſhall think convenient, till you have
brought your horſe to the abſolute perfeCtion of every turn ,
the Poſt being ſuch a guid and bound unto the hot ſe, that al-
beitthe horſeman were of him ſelf utterly ignorant, yet-it is im-
po\ſibl\g the horfe ſhould either diforder-or diſobey the Riders
purpoſe.

When your horſe can thus perfettly for every ſeveral turn Of managing;
etther ſtrait, or open with his bit, you ſhall then teach him to
manage, which-is the only poſture for the uſe of the Sword on
horſeback ,, and- you ſhall doit in this manner. Firſt; cauſe
fome by-ſtander to prick up in the earthtwo riding Rods,about
twenty or forty yards or more, as youthink good, diſtant one
from the other; then walk your horſe in a ſtrait turn ar Ring
about the firſt on your right hand, and ſo paſling hinrin an e-
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down the even forrow, till/you come to. the firſt Rod, and there
making him(as it were) ſtop, and advance with out any pauſe or
intermiſſion of time.; thruſt him forward again, beat the turn
Terra, Terra, about on your right hand, then gallop forth-right
to the other Rod, and in the/ſame manner' beat the Turn about
on your left hand ; and thus do as oft. as you ſhall think it con-
, venient for your own practice, and-the Horſes ſtrength.
Diverſities of Now of theſe manages, our antient Maſters in Horſemanſhip
Manages, have made divers kinds as manage with reſt, and manage with-
out- reſt, manage with fingle turns and- manage with double
turns,, which indeed doth rather breed confuſion, than under-
ſtanding in either-the Horſe or Horſeman : Therefore for your
better knowledge, I will reduce them-only but to two kinds,that
is manage open and manage cloſe: your open manage, is that
which 1 ſhewed you before, when you turn Terra, Terra, which
is the moſt open of all ſtrait turns : and your cloſe Manage, is
when you turnuponthe 1ncavalere, or Chambetta, which are the
cloſeſt of all turns, and may be done as before I ſhewed in a fly-
ing manner,even npon one foot;which althoughit be artful, yet
it 1s not ſoglorious and ſafe for the Souldiers praQtice; only,this
you may be moſt aſſured of, that when a Horſe can manage upon
both theſe turns, he may manage without more inſtruction up-
on any other tura whatſoevyer.
OftheCareer- When your Horlſe is perfect in the manapes before faid, you
may then paſs.a Career at your pleaſure, which is to run your
Horfe forth-right at his full ſpeed, and then making him ſtop
quickly,ſuddenly.firm and cloſe on his Buttock : in which Lef-
{on there needeth little inſtructions, but only ſome few obſer-
vations, as firſt, that you make not your Career too long, where-
by the Horſe may be weakned z/ ;or too- ſhort ,, .whereby his
true wind and courage may be undiſcoyered , '|but-competent
and indifferent., as about four or fiveſcore yards at the moſt :
then that you ſtart him gently without a fright: and laſtly, that
you firſt give him a little warning with your Bridle-hand , and
then ſtophim firmly and ſtrongly ; which-place of ſtop,if it bea
little bending downwards,itis a great deal the better. And thus
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fection of a Horſe for ſervice in the Wars, which/any painful
man may bring his Horſe well unto, in leſs than three months:
however our Antients in former times have been blind, and in
the ſame practice have waſted two years, ere they brought it to
perfection. — |

Now foraſmuch as to the Art of Riding belongeth divers o- Horſes for
ther Salts and Leaps,right pleaſant and curjous to-behold ; and pleaſure.
thovgh not generallyuled in the Wars ,-yet not utterly uſeleſs
for the ſame ; and ſith they are many times-very needful for the
hegith of mansBody, 1 will by no means-abridg our Engliſh-
Husband-man of; the ſame,but proceed-:to/the Zeflons, which
are meet for Horſes of pleaſure., of 'which the firſt is to make
a Horſe bound aloft with all his four feer from the pround, and
you ſhall do it inthis manner. -When- you. have trotted' your ©Ff bounding
Horſe forth-right a dozen or twenty yards., you ſhall ſtop him, aloft.
and when he hath advanced once'or twice , you'ſhall a little
ſtraiten your Bridle-hand,and then-give! him'the-even ſtroke of
both;your Spurs together hard,which at firſt will but only quic-
kenandamaze him, -butdoing it again and again, it: will breed
other thoughtsin him, and he being of ſpirit and metal(as it is
loſt labour tooffterto teach.a Jade ſuch motions)he will preſent-
ly gather vp hisbody; andeither riſe little or. much from the
ground,,and preſently cheriſhhim,-and after ſome reſt ; offer
him the like again,-and thus dotill:you haye :made! him bound
twice or'thrice.,.then make much of him, :and doi''no more for
that day ;.the next day renew his Leſſon again , and double his
exerciſe, increaſing ſo day/by day,, till he come tothat perfe&t-
Zleſs, that he will bound whenſoever your Spurs ſtallcommand

When, your Horſe can bound perfettly;:then yon ſhalb teich:oftheCorvet
him-the 'Corvet/in this maner: you ſhall at the-corner where'
two walls. joyne together, 2little hollow the;ground: a 'Horles:
length or ,more, and then; place aſmooth ſtrong Poſtiby the
fide of the hollowneſs of a -horſes-length-likewiſe trom thewall;/
then over againſt the Poſt faſten an Iron-ring in'the walls this”
done, ride;, your Horſe, into the-hollowplace;andifaſtetvone&of!
the Reyns, of the Cavezanunto'the Ring;-2nd the otherabour:
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adyance, by the help of your Calves of your legs only twice or
thrice together ; then let him ſtand ſtill and cteriſh h im, then
make him to advance again at leaſt a dozen times together, then
reſt, and after advance twenty or forty times together, dayly.in-
creaſing his advancings as he grows perfect herein , titl you
perceive that he hath got ſuch a habit therein that he will by no
means preſs forward, but keeping his ground certain, advance
both before and behind of an equal height, and keep one juſt
and certain time with the motions of your Legs, neither doin
flower nor faſter, but all after one manner and leafure . but 1
you find that he doth not raiſe his hinder parts higu enough,
then you ſhall cauſe a Footman to ſtand by you, and as you make
him advance before,ſo the Footman by jerking him gently upon
his hinder fillets with his Rod to raiſe up his hinder parts allo ;
this will bring your Horſe in few dayes to a perfeCct and brave
Corvet,ſo that after you may do it in any place where you pleaſe
without the help either of wall or poſt, or other by-ſtander.

Of the Gallop * When your Horſe is made perfect in the Coryet, and that he
Gefiard. will do it readily and comely, you ſhall at the end of every third
.or fourth advancing give bim the ſtroak of your Spurs, and
make him bound aloft , then put him to his Corvet again as be-
fore, and then make him bound again; and thus at theend of
every third advancing, ſee you make him bound for thelength
of a Tilt-bar, or an ordinary managing furrow,according to the
Horles ſtrength, and this is called the Ga/lop galliard, which if it
be taughta Horſe along by the fide of fome wall or ſmooth Pale,
it is ſo much the better , anda great deal fewer diforders will
Tiſe and trouble the Rider.
Ofthe Capri. Thenext Leſſon you ſhall teach your Horſe after the Gallop
ole. galliard jsthe Capriale or Goats-leap, which is the ſame man-
ner of motion which theCorvet is, only it is to be done forward,
and much ground gained in the Salt, and the Horſe is toraiſe his
hinder parts as high, or rather higher'then his fore-parts, and to
keep rather a ſwifter than ſlower time in doing of it; therefore
when you teach your Horfe to do it, you ſhall bring him into
ſome hollow furrow , where the ground is a little deſending,,
and turning his Head to the deſcent , put him into the Corvet
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legs to raiſe'up his fore parts, in the ſame inſtant jerk your leg
violently forward againe, that he may not ſtick, but carry his
hinder lees after his fore legs, and let ſome- skitfal foot-man
ſtanding by your ſide, jerk the horſe over the fillets with his rod
and make him raiſe up his hinder parts; and thus do withour
ceaſing till he perform your will nimbly and cunningly and then
forget not to cheriſh him;and give him all comforc poſlible. And
this leſſon and the other which confiſt of violent and quick faults
or leaps,would ever be practiſed the firſt in the morning whileſt
a Horſe is freſh and luſfty, for to put him to them after his fire-
edge is taken away, will-but bring him to a loathing of his in-
%cttruction,or at beſt to do them but flovenly heavily, and unwil-
lingly.

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though it be very labourſome to the body, which is to make 2
Horle go ide long of which hand ſoever theRider is diſpoſed,
and is very neceſlary in the wars, becauſe it is the avoiding of
any blow .coming from the Enemy. This motion when you
intend to teach your Horfe, you ſhall draw up yonr bridle hand
ſomewhat ſtrait, axd if you determine to have him. go aſide to
your right hand, lay your left Rein cloſe ro hisneck, and the
calve of your left leg cloſe to his ſide, and as you did in the
Incavalere, making him lap or put his left leg over his 'right
then turning your Rod back ward, and jerking him gently on
the lefr hinger thigh, make him bring his hinder parts to the
Right ſide alſo, and ſtand inan even line as at the firſt, then
make him remove his fore parts more than before, fo that he
may ſtand, as it were croſs over the even line, andthen make
him bring his binder parts afrec,and ſtard in an even line again;
and thus do, tiltby long praCtiſe he will move his fore parts and
hinder parts both together, and go ſide long as far as you
pleaſe, then cheriſh him, and if you will bave him go towards
your left hand, do as you did before, uſingallyour helps and
correCctions on the right fide only. And thus much Ithink is
ſufficient tohave ſpoke touching all the ſeveral Leiſons meet to
be taught to any Horſe whatſoever,whether he be for {ervice or
for pleafure,and which being performed artificially,carcfullyand
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perfect, the rather fith no man can Snd out any invention, or
each any other motion toa Horſe , which may be goodand
comely,buryou ſhall cafily perceive, that they ace received from
{cme one of thele already rehearſed.
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2 Prince, not ob{erve the liberty of your own will; but the ſtate of the
perſon before whom you Ride, and the grace ofthe horſe which
youride; and therefore being come into the riding plece, you
jhall chuſe your ground, fo that the Perſon defore whom you
are to.ride may ſtand in the midſt thereof, fo as he may well be-
ko d both the paſſage of the Horſe to him and from him:then be-
ing feated ina comely order,, and every ornament about you
handſome and decenr. you ſhel} put your Horſe gently forth in;
t0a comelytrot, and being come againſt the Perion of ſtate,bow
your body down to thecreſt of your Horſe, then raifing your
ſelf apain,paſs half a ſcore yards beyond him, and there marking
out 2 zarrop Ring, thruſt your Horſe into a gentle gallop, and
give him two or three managing turns, in as ſhort ground as
may be, to ſhew his nimbleneſs and readineſſe : then upon the
laſt turn, his face being toward the great perſon, ſtop him come-
ly and cloſe,and make him to advance twice or thrice;then hay-
ing taken breath, put him into a galop galliard, and fo pals a-
longthe length of the even furrow with that ſalt, making him to
Of the Carz- do it alſo round about the Ring; then his face being towards the
g9lo, Prince, ſtop him and give him treſh breath, thenthruſt him into
the Capriole, now and then making him yerk out behind, yet
ſo as it may be perceived it is your will, and not the Horfes ma-
licez and having gone about the Ring with that ſalt, and his face
brought to look upon the Prixce, ſtop him again and give him
breath:then drawing nearerto the Prince,you ſhall beat the turn
Terra Terra, firſt in apretty large compals, then by ſmall de-
grees ſtraitning it a little and a little,draw it to the very center
where you way give two or three cloſe flying turns, and then
changing your hands undo all that you did before, till you
come to the Rings firſt iargeneſs, then the Horſes face being di-
rect upon the Prince ſtop him, and put him into a corvet, and in
that motion hold him a pretty ſpace, making him to do it firſt
in an even line, firſt to the righthand,then to the-left,now bai—lk
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ward, then forward again : and thus having performed every -
motion orderly and comely,bow down your body to the Prince,
and {o depart. | ,

But..it you intend to Ride only for Recreation,then you ſhall 79 ride for
mark what Leſſon your Horſe is moſt impertfedt in, and wich that recreation.
leſſon you ſhall ever when you ride both begin and end; afrer it
you ſhall fall to thoſe leſſons which are to your felf moſt diffi-
cult.and by the praCtice of them bring your ſelf to a perfeCtneſs,
then conſequently to all other leſſons,repeating(as it wereJeve-
ry one over more or leſs,leſt want of uſe breed forgetfulneſs,and
forgetfulneſs utter ignorance ;but if your Recreation in Ridiag
betyed toany. ſpecial rules of health, and that your praftice
therein proceed more from the Commandment of yourPhyſitian
than your pleaſure,then 1 would wiſh you inthe morning firſt to
begin with a ſtirring, or rough Leſlon, as the gallop galliard,
bounding, or ſuch like, which baving a little ſtirred your blood,
and made it warm, you ſhall then calm it again witha gentle
manzge, or the galloping of large Rins; then to ſtir your ſpi-
rits again, to bring the ſtone down, or procure appetite, paſs
into the 62priole or corver and then to make quiet thoſe moy-
ed parts, {et the turn called Terra, Terra, the [ncavalere, and
ſuch like. And thus one while ſtirring your blood, and another
while moderately allaying ſuch Rirring, you ſhall give your bo-
dy that due and proper cxerciſe whichis moſt fit for health and
long life.Many other wayes this Recreation may be uſed for the _
good ofa mans body, which becauſe particular infirmities muſt
give particular rules how and when to uſe it, I will at this time
ſpeak no further thereof, but refer the exerciſe totheir own plea-
ſures which ſhall practice the ſame, and to the:good they ſhall
find in the parCtice.

CH AP. Il.
Of the breeding all ſorts of Horſes fit for the Hubandmans uſe.
He minds of men being ſwayed with many various moti-!
ons, take delight ſometime to be recreated rather with

contempſlative delight, then with aCtive pleaſures, and there is
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ſtrong reaſon therefore, becauſe difability of body, or affairs of
the Kingdome or common weaith, may take a man from thoſe
preoccupations., which otherwile might ftir him'to more la-
borious exercile; and of theſe contemplative Recreations, I can
prefer none before that Gentlemanly and beneficial delight of
breeding creatures meet for the uſe of man, and the good of the
Common-wealth, wherein he jiveth: and of theſe breedings [
cannot efteem any {v excellenr, as the breeding of Horſes , both.
for the pleature we gain thereby in our own particular ſeſ\ſi_ce :
and alfo for our ftcength , defence , and tillage of the King-

dom.

The breeding He therefore that ſiteth-his recreation to the breeding ofhox-

ef Horſes:

Grounds to
breed on..

ſes,mult ſirſt have reſpeft unto the ground whereon he liveth os
injoyeth ; forevery ground is not meet to breed on but ſome
to0 good,, ſome too bad : ſome too good ,, becauſe they. may be
exhauited toa more beneficial commodity , Horſes having a
world of caſualties attending on them , and wany years before
zhe trueprofir doth ariſe : and ſome too bad, becaute the extream
batrenneſs of the fame will deny competent nouriſhment to
the thing bred, and-ſo to the loſs of time and profit adde morta-
lity. '

The grounds then meet to breed horſes on , woild neither be
extream. fruitful , nor extream barren_, but of an indifferent
mixture, yield rather a ſhort ſweet burthen, thena long, rich
and fruitful, it would rather lye high than low, but howloever
firm and hard under the toot; it would: be full of Mole hills, un-
even treadings, hills, and much craggineſs, to bring Colts to
nimbleneſs of foot, it would have good ſtore of freſh waters,/an
open ſharp air, and ſome convenient covert; and this ground. is
beſk, if it be ſeveral and incloſd,yet may be bred upon,though
it be oprn, and in common, only ſome more carefulneſs tobe
looked for, a little before, and in time of Foaling. Nay, the
grounds which are neither ſeveral-nor common, are very good
alſo to breed on, and thoſe be your teathering grounds, which
we call particular grounds;for though they be proper common=
Iy'to one man,yet they are not divided nor caten otherwiſe than
at the owners pleaſure :*And theſe teathering grounds are as
good as any grounds for the fuſt nonriſhing of a Foal, if thgy

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be amongft Corn-grounds or any, grain except peaſe-only.

O
S 1 S 7 34 2 Tivilio {

If you have much ground to brezd on, you ſhall divide it'jm- i1von of
1 £ Qas

4
to many paitures, the leaſt and barrenneſt for your Stalionto # 2
run wita your Mares 1n, thoſe which have leaſt dangerof waters

are for your Mares to foal in.the fruicfulleſt and of beſt growth,

for your Mares to give milk in ; and the moſt ſpacious and un-

eveneſt to bring up your Colts in, after they are weaned.

For the choice of a good Stallion,, and which is beſt for our Chotceofgcat-
Kingdoam, opinion ſwayeth fo far, thata man canhardly give lions, znd
well received Directions, yet ſurely if men will beTuled by the Fhichare detts
truth of experience , the beſt Stallion to beget horſes for the
Wars-1s the Conrſer, the Fenner,' or the Tarks ;, the beſt for
courſing and running is the Brbary ; the beſt for bunting'is the
Bſtard Conrſer begot of the Englih ; the beſt for the Coach' is
the Flemiſh, the beſtfor travel or burthen is the Engliſh,andthe
beſt for-eaſe is the /-;/h-hopby. ſſ

For the choice of ares; you ſhall greatly re ſpect their ſhapes Choice-of
and mettals, eſpecially that they be beautifully fore-handed,for Mares.
they give much goodneſs to their Foals : and for their Kindes,,
any of the Races before ſpoken of is very good, or any of them
mixt with our true Engliſh Rices, as Baſtard-conrſer, IMare, Bas.
tard-Fennet, Baſtard-Turk, Barbary, &C. -

The beft time to put your Stallion and Mares together is in When to pit
the middle of Aarch, if you have any graſs,as you ſhoutd have them together
great care for that purpole, and one foal falting in March, is
worth two falling in 2ay, becauſe he poſſeſſeth, as it were, two
_ winters ina year, and is thereby ſo hardned, that nothing can
(almoſt) after impair him, and the beſt time to take your Horſe
from the Mares again, is at/the endof April,or middle of 2ay,
inwhich you ſhall note, that from the middle of 74arch,till the
midfſt of 37ay, you may at any time put your Stallionsto your
Mares, and a months continuance is ever ſufficient : provided-
ever, as near as you can, that you put them together in the n-
creaſe of the Moon - For Foals got in the wane are'not account-:
ed ſtrong or healthful.

For-coyering of Mares, itis to be done two waies, out of Ofcoveriag;:
hand,or in hand; out ofhand.as when the Horſe and Mares run Mares.

_ together abroad, as-is beforeſaid; or tyrnedlooſe into ſome
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empty barn for three nights one after another, which is the ſureſt
and the fafeſt way fora Mares hoiding ; or in hand, early ina
morning, and lateat an evening two or three daies together ,
when you bring the Horſe to the Mare,and make him cover hec
onceor twiceata time holding him faſt in your hand, and when
the act is done, lead him back to the {table; and inthis at you
ſhall ever obſerve, as ſoon as the Horſe cometh from her back
preſently to caſt a pail of coid water on her hinder parts, orelle
tockaſe her ſwiſtly, up and down, for fear, by ſtanding itill ſhe
calt out the ſeed, which is very ordinary.

To know whether your Mare hold to the Horſe or no, there

-be divers waies, of which the beſt is by offering -her the Horſe
-aZain at the next encreaſe of the Moon, which if ſhe willingly

recetve, itisaſign ſhe held not before; bur if ſhe refuſe, then it
is molt certain ſhe is ſped., or if you powre a ſpoonſul of cold
vinegar into her ear, if ſhe ſhake only her head, it isa ſign ſhe
holds; but if ſhe ſhake head, body and all then truly ir is a fign
that ſhe doth not hold:: Laſtly, if after ſhe is covered, you ſee her
ſcour, her coat grow ſmoorh and ſhining; and that ſhe doth (as
1 were) renew and increaſe in liking it isa fign ſhe holds, but if
ihe hoid at a ſtay withont any amendment, then offer the Horſe
again for ſhe is not ſervyed.

To make your Mares conceive moſt male Foals, you ſhall be
ſure to keep your Stallion proud, aud your Mare poor, that his
luſt maſtering hers,he may only be predominant and chief in the
a&tion : many other rules fancy deviſeth, but they err in} their
ends, andTI would by no means have this diſcourſe capable of any
uncertainty. \

-If you have any advantage given you by friendſhip, or other-
wiſe whereby you may have a Mare at the preſent very well co-
vered, only yours is not yet ready for the horie, you ſhall in this
caſe to proyoke luſt incer,give her to drink good ſtore of clari-
fied hony, and new milk mixt together; and then with a buſh of
nettles all to nettle her privy parts, and then immediately offer
her to the Horſe. ; : '

To keep your Mares from barrenneſs,and to make them ever
apt to conceive foals, you ſhall by no means feed roo extream
fas but keep them in a middle Rate of body by moderalt)c la-

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bour. for the' lerner they are whenthey cometo rake Horſethe
much better they will concerve.

After your Mares have been covered,and that you perceive IÞ auj-g.f
them the marks cfconceiving,you ſhailjet them reſt three-weeks ares wite
or a month, rhat the ſubſtance may knit, the? after, modeiatly covering,
]1abour or travel them;till you ſeerhem ſpring,and then curn theny
abroad, and ler themrun till they foal ;. for to houſe them atrer
is dangerouns and unwholeſome.

If your Mare be hard of foaling, or will not cleane alter ſhe
hath foaled, you ſhall rake a pint of runing water, wheretn Ahelplir
good ftore of fennel hath been boyled, and as much ſtrong, oid Mai
ſweet wine, with a fourth part of the beſt Salles oyl, and having /9*%*8-
mixt them well together, being but luke-warm, pour it into ner
naltrils, and_then hold and ſtop rthem cloſe,tbat ſhe may ftrain
her whole body, and it will preſently give her eale.

As ſoon as your Mare hath foal'd,you ſhall remove her into the
beſt graſs you have, which is freſh and unſoild, to make her Zſ P.
milk ſpring ; and if it be early in the year, you ſhall have a care ſſſſ:ſif}ſi; =
that there be good ſhelter inthe fame, and therelet her nouriſh
her foal moſt part of the ſummer following. .

As touching the weaning of foals, though ſome ufe to wean
them at Xichaclmas, or Martlemas, following ; out ofa fuppoli- ,r..:.e we
tion that the winter milk is not good or wholfome, yet they pu, *
are much deceived z ' and if you can by any convenient means,
(faveing greater lofſes) let your foales run with their Dams the
whole year, even til} they foal again ; for it will keep the
foal better in health, in more luſt, and leaſt ſubjeCQ to rtender-
neſs. /

When you intend to wean your foals, you ſhall take them C
from their Þamsover-night, and drive them into ſome emty Z;(ZTYZ};*
houſe, where they may reſt ; and the Marks be free from their ing,
noiſes, then on the morning following give toevery foal faſting
a branch or two of Savenanointed or ro[d in butter,' and then
haveing faſted two hours after, give him a little meat, as graſs

- hay or garbadge of Corn, with ſome clear water,. . and dothis
three dayestogether; then ſeeing that they baveforgotten their
Dams, geld ſuch Colt foals, as you intend to make geldings of
and after their {wellings are pait,put them ynto your orher(f:olx;ct

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foals into a paſture pfovided for them by rhem(elves, and your

Filly foals into another by themſelves : which Paſtures may

either be high woods, Commons, or ſuch like ſpacious peeces

Zlf ground, where they may run till they be ready for the Sad-
e. - —

Now, albeit I proportion unto you this manner of gelding of

_ Foals, yerwould have you know that the beſt and fafeſt way

to geld them is,if it may be under the Dam when they ſuck, as
at nine, Or at ſifteen dayes ofape, if the ſtones appear, or elſe ſo
foon as you can by any means perceive them fall down into the
Cod, for then there will be no danger of ſwelling,or other miſ-

cliets, which commonly attend the a&tion. And thus much
'touching the breeding of Horſes,and the obſeryationsdue to the

fame.through all the courſes and paſſages thereof, as hath been
found by ancient praftiſe and experience.as appears 1n my Ma-

. fter piece.

CHAP:IV.
'Of Hor ſes for travel, and how to make thits amble.

He Husbandman, whoſe occupation in the general affairs of

the Common-wealth, as fome to the merket, ſome to the

City, and ſome to the ſeats of Juſtice, muſt necefſarily be im-

ployed almoſt in continval travel ; and therefore it is meet that
he be provided ever of a good and eaſje travelling horſe.

The marks of The marks whereby he ſhall chuſe a good travelling horſe, are
a good travel- theſe,he ſhallbeofa good colour and ſhape,lean headed & round

ling Hotſe,

To makea
Horſe amble.

foreheaded, a full eye, open noſtril, wide jawed, looſe thropled
deep neckt, thin creſted, broad breaſt, flat chjnn'd, out ribb?d.
cleanlimb*d, ſhort joynted,ſtrong hoofed;well mettePd,neither
fiery forcraving, ftrong in every memiber, and cafie tomount
and get up upon ;; he fhall follow with bailing, and ftand ſtill
when he is reſtrained. - "

'Now foraſmuch as there area world of good horſes which are
not eafie, and'a world of eafie horſes which are not good, you
ſhall by theſe directions following, inake any Horſe amble what
ſoever: fifſt;then you ſhall underſtand that prattice hath made
dlyers menbeheve that divers waies they can make a horſckz)a]m

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amble,as by gagging them in the mouths,by toiling them in deep Divers -
earth, by the help of ſhoos,” by gatloping and ryring, or ſuch of Ambling,
like,all which are illand imperfect ;,. yet the troth is,there is but
one certain and true way to compals 'it, and that'is tro make a
Rtrong Garth- web.flat and well quilted withcotten, four paſterns
for the ſmalls of his fore-legs, under his knees, and for the imalls
of his hinder-legs ſomewhat below the ſeavin-joynts - to theſe
paſterns yon ſhall fix ſtrong ſtraps of Leather, with gocd Iron
Buckles to make ſhorteror longerat pleaſure,and having placed
them about his fore-legs, you ſhall take rwo ſeveral round ropes
of anceaſietwiſt, made with ſtrong loops at either end, and not
above eight handfuls in length,and theſe.the horſe ſtanding to 2
true proportion, you ſhall faſten to the four ſtraps of leather,to
wit, one of them to his near fore-leg, and his near hinder-leg,
and the other to his far fore-leg, and his far hinder-leg, which
iscalled amongft horſemen, Trammelling, with theſe you ſhall Of Trammei-
let him walk in ſome incloſed piece of ground, till he can fo ling,
perfectly go in the ſame,that when at any time you offer tochaſe
him, you may ſee him amble fwiſtly and truly, then you ſhall
take his back and ride him with the ſame Trammels at leaſt three
or four times a day till you find thathe is ſo perfe&t, thatno way
can be ſo rough and uneven, as to compel him to alter his ſtroke
or gounnimbly. This done, you may firſt take away one Tram-
mel, then after, the other , and only wreath abour under his
fore-feet locks thick and heavy, great Roles of Hay, or Straw- Of Whiſping.
ropes, and fo ride him with the ſame a good ſpace after, . for
it will make him amble eafie, then cut them away, and ride and
exerciſe him without any thing but the ordinary help of the
bridles, and there is no doubt but he will keep his pace to your
full contentment and pleaſure. :

Now during this time of your teaching, ifyour horſe ſtrike not
a large ftroak, and over-reach enough, then you ſhall make the
Trammel the ftraiter ; butif he over-reach too much, then you
ſhall give it more liberty : and herein you ſhall find, thatan inch
ſtraitning, or an inch enlarging,will add or abate at leaſt half a
foot, an whole foot and direct ſtroak,” And thus much touching
the teaching of any horſe to amble”, of what nature or quality
foever he be, or how unapt or untoward ſoeyer to le:ra.

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CHADP. V.

Of the ordering and dieting of the Hunting Horſe.

Ome tove hunting for the exerciſe of their own bodies ſome
S for the Chaſe the hunt,, ſome for the running of che Hounds,
and ſome for the training of their horſes, whereby they may-lind
the;excellency of their goodneſs and indurance. To him there-
fore which placeth his delight in the goodneſs of his Horſe, 1
would wiſh him to order and diet him, and he ſhall moſt afſu-
redly.come to the true knowledg of the beſt worthwhich is with- -
in him. And it in theſe Rules which I now ſhew, I beleſs curi-
ous than-formerly I have been, let no man wonder thereat, but -
know that time (whichis the Mother of experience) doth inour
Jabours ſhew us. more new and more nearer wayes to our ends ,
than at firſt we conceived. And though when I firſt praQti-
fedThis Art, I &new not how to bring a very fat Horſe from 17-
chaelmas till Chrif#mas, to ſhew his.utmoſt perfection, Iknow
now in two months (though never ſofoul) how to make him for
any wager, daring now boldly to advyenture on that, at which
before I thought almoſt preſent death to offer ; thus doth obſer-
vation and labour find out thedarkeſt ſecrets in Art.

To begin then withthe firſt ordering of a Hunting-horſe,you '
ſhall know , that the beſt time to take. him from graſs is abour.
Bartholomew-tide, they being fair, dry, and pleafanr, and as ſoon
as: he istaken _up., to let him ſtand all that night in_any waſte
houſe to empty his body, the next day Stable him, and give him
Wheat-Straw 1if you pleaſe,but no longer in any wiſe;for though
'the old rule is totake up horſes bellies with ſtraw, yet it ftrait-
neth the Guts,heats the Liver.and hurteth the Wind : therefore
let only-moderateexerciſe, as riding him forth to water morn-
ing and evening , and other ayrings do_ what you expect ſtraw
ſhould; and for his food let it be hay that is ſweet though rough,
and either old, or at leaſt well ſweat in the Mow.

Cloathing the After his belly is.emptied, you. ſhall cloath him ficſt with a

Horſe,

' ingle cloath, whilſt the heat indureth, and after with more, as.
you ſhall ſee occaſion require, and when you begin to cloath the
Horlſe,then you ſhall dreſs,curry, and rub him alſo. Now for as
much as it is a rule with ignorant Horſemen, that if they h%ve

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but the name of keeping a Hunting-hoiſe they will with all care

(without any reaſon) lay many cloaths upon him, as.if it werea

ſpecial Phyſick,, you ſhall know they aremuch deceived there- |

in, and may fooner do hurt than good with multiplicity of
cloaths ; therefore to cloath a Horſe right, cloath according to
the weather ., and the temper of his body,, and thus if you ſee
your Horſe be ſleighr, ſmooth and well colered, then cloath him
emperately, as with a ſingle cloath of canvale or Sack-cloath at
the moſt ;and if then as the year grows colder, you find his hair
riſe or ſtair about his neck; flancks, or outward parts, then you
ſhall add a woollen cloath, or more if need require, till his hair
fall ſmooth again , holding it for your rule , That aroughcoat
ſhews want of cloath, and a ſmooth coat cloathing enough, yet
if your horſe have been cleanſed , taken exerciſe ſufficient, and
hath not much glut within him, if then you find that in the nighr
he ſweateth in his cloaths, then it is a ſign he is over fed ;. but
ifhe ve foul inwardly,or heth no ſweat formerly and now ſweats
coming to good feeding, then you ſhall augment rather than di-
miniſh any cloathing for his foulneſs but then breaketh out, and
being/ evacuated he will come to dryneſs of body again, and ſo
continue all the year after ; and ſurely for an ordinary-propor-
tion of cloaths, 1 hold a Canvaſle cloath, and.a cloath of Houſe-
wives wocllen to be at full fufficient for a Hunting-Horlſe.

A Hunting-horſe would be dreft in his dayes of reſf, twice a
day,that is,before he go-to his morning watering, and before he
gotohis evening watering, For the manner of his dreſſing after
he is nncloathed, you ſhall firſt curry him from the tips of the
ear to the ſetling, on of his tail, all his whole body moſt intirely
over withan Iron comb, his leggs under the knees and cambrels
only excepted ; then you. ſhall, duſt him, then curry him again
all over-with a round Bruſh of briſtles, then duſt him the fecond
time, then rub all the looſe bairs away-with your hands wet in
clean water, and ſo rub till the horſe be as dry asart the firſt,then
Tub all his body and limbs over with a hair cloath . Laſtly, rub
him over him with a fine white linnen-Ruber, then pick his-eys,
noſtrils, ſheath, -cods, tuell; and feet vyery clean, and ſo cloath
him, and ſtop him round with wiſps, if you water within the

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houſe ; otherwiſe ſaddle him after his body is wrapt-about in a
Wollen cloath, and fo ride him forth to the Water.
Of Wf*ctf_ſiflg The beft water for a hunting-horſe,is either a rumning River,
Z:ſſ:ctſſſ untios gr a clear Spring, remote from the Stable a mile, or a mile and
s a half at mo£t, and near unto ſome plane piece} of ground,
where you may ſcope and gallopafter he hath drunk; and as ſoon
35 you bring your horſeto the waterzlet him take his full draught
without trouble or interruption : then gallop and ſcope him up
and down a little, and ſo bringhim to the water again, and ler
him drink whathe pleafe, and then gallop him again: and thus
do, tillyoufind he will drink no more : then baving ſcop'd him
alittle , walk him with all gentleneſs home, and there cloath
him up, ſtop him round with great ſofc. wiſps, and fo let him
ſtand an hour ypon his bridle and then feed him.

Of feeding TFo ſyeak firſt for che food for hunting horſes, the moſt ordi-
bhe Heotl 48: Wnp is zo0d ſireet ſound Oats, either throughly dryed withage,
EFICs orelſe on the Kiln;or in the Sun;and if your horſe be either low

of fleſh, or not of perfect ſtomack, if to two parts of thoſe Oats
you add a third part of clean old Beans,it ſhall be very good and
whotſome, and if your horſe be in diet for a Match, and have
toft his ſtomach, if then you cauſe the Beans to be ſpelted upon
a Miln, and fo mixt with Oats, it will recover him. The next
food which is fomewhat ſtronger and betcer,is Bread thus made z
take two Buſhel of good clean Beans, and one buſhe! of Wheat,
, and grind them together ; then through a fine Range boult”
'ont the quantity of two pecks of pere mcel , and bake it 10 two:
or three loaves by it ſelf, and the reſt ſift through a Meal-fteve;
and knead it with water and good ſtore of Barm, and ſo Bake
it in greatloves, and with the courſer bread feed your horfe
in vis reſt,, and with the finer againſt the days of fore labours.
Now for the hours of his feeding it ſhall be in the morning after
his coming from water, an hour after high-noon, after his com-
ing from his evening-water, andat nine or ten of the clock at,
nighr upon the days of his reſt; but upon the days of his exer-
ciſe two hours after he'is throughly cold inwardly and out-
wardly,and tien afcer according as before mentioned. Lait'y for.
the proportion of food, youſhall keep no certain quantity, bſiz.ztdac-
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cording to the horſes ſlomach that is to {ay z you ſhall feed him by

alittle at once., ſo long as he cats with a good appctite ; but when

he begins to trifls or fumble with his meat then to give him 10 more.

Now for his Hay, you ſhall ſee that ic be dry, thort, uplandiſh

hay ; and fo. it b2 ſweer, reſpe& not how courſe or rough it is

ſith it is more to ſcour his Teeth,and cool his Stomach, then for

nouriſhment expeRed from it. ; _
Touching the horſes exerciſe, which #s only in the following of The exerciſe

the bounds, you ſhall be ſure to train him afrer thoſe which are LE WOTes

moſt fwift and ſpeedy ; for fo you ſhall know the truth, and pot

he deceived in your opinion.. Touching 'the dayes, ztſhall be

ewice @ week.at leaſt, but moſt commonly thrice. As for the quan-

tity of his exerciſle, it muſt be according to his foalneſs or clean«

nels : forif he be very foul, you muſt then exerciſe moderately to

bre:k his greaſe : if half foul, balfclean, then ſomewhat more to

melt bisgreaſe . and if altogether clean, then you may take what

you pleaſe of him (provided, that you do nothing to diſcourage

his ſpirits, to abate his mettle, or to lame his limbs) and after

every days exerciſe, be aſſured either to give him the jame

night, or the next day following , ſomthing by way of fcouring

otherwiſe to take away the Greaſe formerly melted, by means

whereof. you ſhall beever ſure to keep your horſe in all good

health and perfeCtion. ;
Fhe beſt and moſt excellent way to ſcour or purge your Theſcouring

horſe from all greaſe, glutor filthine(s within his body , which 9fthe Horte,

is.a ſecret hitherto was never either ſufficiently taugihtt, or per-

fe Hly learned, isto-take Anifeeds three ounces, of Cum-+

minſeeds fix drames,, Carrhamus a dram and half, of Fenu-

greek-ſeeds one ounce two drams, of Brimſtone one ounce and.

a half,beat all theſe to.a'ſine powder, and fearſe them ; then take

of Saller-oyl1 a.pint and two ounces, of honey a pint and half ,

and of white-wine four pints, tnen with as much fine white

mea} as will. ſaffice, make all into a.itrong {tiff paſt, and knead

and.work-it well.; this paſt keep ina clean cloarh, for it will laſt

long, and after your horſe hath been hunted, a:d is ar night, or.

inthe morning.excexding thirſty, take a ball thereofas big as a.

mans fiſt, and waſh aod diffolve it in a gallon or two of cold wa=

ter,and it will make the. water look white like milk ; then offer.

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it the horſe to drink in the dark, leaft the colour diſpleaſe him:
if he drink it,then feed him,but if he refaſe to'drink it,yet care
not,but let him faſt without drinktill he take it,which aſſuredly
'he will do in twice or thrice offering; and afcer once he hath ta-
ken it,be then afſured he will forſake any other drink for it z of
this drink your Horſe can never take too much,nor to oft if he
have exerciſe,or otherwile it feeds too ſore. For all inward in-
firmities whatſoever it is a preſent remedy; therefore I would
not wiſh any horſeman of vertue at any time to be without it ;
and being once made, it will laſt three or four months at leaft.
After your horſe hath beenexerciſed with hunting, running
train-ſets,or otherwiſe, you ſhall ever coe] him well inthe field
before you bring him home z but being come to the ftable you
ſhall neither waſh nor walk, but inſtancly houſe him, give him
ſtore of freſh litter and rub him therewith,and with dry cloaths,
till there be not a wet hair abour him, then cloath him with his
ordinary cloaths,and wiſp bim round : then caſt another ſpare
cloath over him, which you may abate at your pleaſure, and fo
let him ſtand till it be time to- feed him. And thus you may
keep any hunting horſe either for match or otherwiſe, in as
200d ſtate and ſtrength as any horſeman in this Nation, though
he exceed you far both in Reputation and experience.

ETAP.ME
Of che ordering and djetirg of the Runing Horſe.

IF any husbandman have his mind taken up only with the de-

light of Running-horſes, which is a noble ſport, and tough

not of ſo long indurance, yet'equal with any before ſpoken of,

he ſhall for the bettering of his knowledg give to his memory

Zheſe few Rules followiag, by which he ſhall rightly order and
iet him. -

Firſt, for his taking up from grals (for there for order fake
we mult firſt begin ) it ſhall be at the ſame time of the year, and
after the ſame manner that you took up your hunting horſe, and
cill you have enſeamed him, hardned his fleſh,, taken away his
inward Greaſe, and brought himto a good perfectneſs of wind,
you ſhall cloath him, dreſs him, water him, feed him, exerciſe

him,

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him, parge him, and order him sfrer labour, inall points, and
in all things 2s you did your hunting Horſe. Of cloathing

When he is thus clean of body and wind , you ſhall then Tay him,
on ſome more cloaths than you did on your hunting-Horſe, to
purge his body a little the more, and to make him the more apt
to ſweat and evacuate humours as they ſhall grow : the ordinary
quaatity whereof would be a warm narrow Tollen cloath, about
his body on either ſidehis heart, then a fair vhite ſheet, a wol-
len cloath about it, and a canvaſe cloath or; wo aboveit , and
before his breaſt a woollen cloath at lealt two Jouble: he would
continually ſtand upon clean litter , and hzve his ſtable very
dark, and- perfamed wich Juniper , when as the ftrength of
his dung ſhall annov ir.

For his drefling, it ſhall be in all points done as you did to OfF drefling
your hunting Horſe , only to dreſs him once a day is ſufficient, bim,
and that ever in the afternoon : but for rubhing his limbs or bo-
dy with dry cloaths or wiſps., you ſhall do as often as you
come into the Stable, provided that youturn but his Cloaths up,
but not take them from his body.

You ſhall water your running Horſe as you watered your hun- Of watering
ting Horſe, ard give him the ſame exerciſe after it, only you Mm
ſhall not brinz him into the Stable of at leaſt an hour and more
afcer he is watered. - :

The beſt food for your running Horſe, is either good ſweet Of feeding
Oats well dryed,ſunned and beaten,or bread made of two parts m ;
wheat and but one part beans, and boulted and ſifted, and knod-
den, as was before ſhewed, only if you add to your better ſort
of bread the whites of twenty or thirty Eggs, and with the barm,
alittle Ale alſo, it will be much the better z for you ſhall not
reſpett how little water you uſe at all. The hours you feed in,
and the quantity of the food ſhall be the fame, and in rhe ſame
manner as was mentioned before for the hunting Horſe,yet with
theſe obſervations, that if your Horſe be very lean, ſickly, and
have a weakly ſtomach, that then you may as before ſhewed ,.
give him with his Oats a few ſpelted beans,or elſe waſh his Qats
in ſtrong Aleor Bear, orin the whites ofa couple of Eggs. .

Touching his exerciſe, it conſiſteth in two kinds, the oneay- Ofhisexerciſe
ring.,the other courſing; ayring,is a moderate and gentle exectr}fiſe by ayring,

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which you ſhall uſe morning and evening, by riding or leading
your horſe a-foot-pace (but riding is beter and lefs in danger of
cold)in the morning after his water up to the Hills, and 1n the

.evening after his water by the River-fide,by the ſpace of an hour

or two together ; and before you lead him forth to air, you ſhall
be ture to give him a rere-egg broken into his moutli as ſoon as
bis Bridle 1s.put on , for it will increaſe wind - and this ayring
you ſhall by no means forbear, but upon his days of purging or

 Tweating,or when it much caineth,for then to ayr is unwholfom.

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Aegain,if your horfe be very fat, you ſhall aic before Sur-rife,and
after Sun-ſet : but if he be lean, then you ſhall let him have all

_the ſtrength and comfort of the $Sun you can deviſe; andduring

this ayring , you ſhall be ſure that your horſe be cloathed very
warm, eſpecially before the breaſt,, and oneach fide the heart,
for cold to a runnivg horſe is mortal.

You ſhall courſe your horſe according to his ſrength and abi-
lity of body,that is to ſay, twice a week thrice, or as oft as you
ſee cauſe, and you ſhall courſe him ſometimes in his cloaths to
make him ſweat and conſume his greaſe, and that muſt be done

moderately and gently : and ſometime without his cloath,to in+

creaſe wind.and that ſhall be done ſharply and ſwiftly : you ſhall
by keeping your horſe faſting the night before, be ſure that his
body be empty before he do courſe, to wath his tongye and no-

Ffrils with vinegar, or to piſs in his mouth ere you take his back,
is very - wholſome : you ſhall lead him in your hand well and

warm clothed to the courſe , and their uncloath him, and rub
his limbs well, then haviog courſt him, after a little breath ta-
king, cloath him again, and ſo ride him home, there rub him
throughly, and let him ſtand till he be fully cold ; which per-
ceived, let his firſt meat you give him be a handful or two of
the cars of Pollard Wheat; then after, his ordinary food as
aforeſaid. .

There 1s alfo another exerciſe for your runing horſe, which
i5,{weats in his cloaths,either abroad or in the houſe. For ſweats
in his cloaths abroad , they are thoſe which are taken upon the
courſe, and are formerly ſpoke of, that they muſt be given bya
moderate galloping, no man running, and as ſoon as your horſe
hath paſt over his courſe ,, and is in a high ſweat, you ſhſz;ll illl-

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inſtantly.have him home, and there lay more cloths upon him,
and keep him ſtirring till he have ſivear ſo in the Stable an hour
or Mmore, then abate his cloaths by little and little, till he be per-
feCtly cooled anddryed; whichyou muſt further by rubbing him
continually with dry cloaths,and by layingdry cloaths on and ta-
king the wert away : but for Sweats in his cloaths, without any
exerciſe abroad, you ſhall give themeither when ithe weather is
{o much unſeaſonable, that you cannot go forth, or when your
horſe is ſo much in danger of lameneſs, that youdare not ffrain
him; and you ſhall do ir thus. Firſt take a Blanket folded and
warmed very hot, and wrap it about his body, then over it-lay
two or three more;and wiſp that round, themover then as many
cover-lids, and pinthem faſt and cloſe ; then make the horſe ſtir
vpand down the Stable till he begin to {weat, then lay on more
cloaths, and as the ſweat tricketh down/his face;ſo-rub. it away
with.dry cloathstill he have ſweat ſufficiently; then (as before is
ſhewed)abate the cloaths by little and little,and xub him.in eve-
Ty,Part, till he be.as dry as at firſt.
Affter every-courſe or ſweat,you ſhall cour-or purg.your horſe Ofſcouring
in-the ſame manner,-andwith :the ſame medicine that you did him.
your Hunting-horſe; for it is the beſt that can by.art be invented
being both, a\Purge.and.a Reſtorative, cleanſingand comforting
all-the;parts ofahorſe?s/body.: butif you thinkit purgeth-not
enough, then you ſhall take twenty Raiſins of the Sun, the ſtones
Pickt out,and ten-Figs ſlitin the midſt, boyl themin-a,pottle of
fair runing water,till it come to be thick,then mix it with pow-
der.of Licoras, Anniſeeds, and Sugar- candy, tillit come.to a
ſtiff paſt, then makepretty round : balls .thereof, and roul them
uP In butter, and give your horſe three or four of them the next
morning after his {iveat or courſe, and ride him an hour aſter,and
then ſet him up warm. :
After your horſe hath-been courſt or {weat, and is as before Ordering af-
faid cold and dry,yon ſhall thenunbridle him,give him ſome few *<* *Xerciſe.
wheat-ears ,-and then/at.an hour.or two after give hima very
{weet waſh, then ſome-bread after, then at'his due /hour dreſs
him, and give him'when you find him-thirſty: ſome ccold. water,
with a ball of your Leaven diſlolved in it,and fo let:him:ſRand
till you feed/bim-for all night . ,
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General Ru'es Courſe not your horſe ſore for at leaſt four or five dayes be-
ſi;ſ - runing fore you run your match, lelt the ſoreneſs ob his limbs abate him
C of his ſpeed.
: Fxcept your horſe be a very foul feeder muzzle him not above
two or three nights before his match, and the night before his
bloudy courſes. _ *
Give your horſe as well his gentle courſes,as his ſharp courſes
upon the Race he muſt run, that he may as well find comfort as
diſpleaſure thereon.
1n rraining your Horſe obſerve not the number of the miles
butthe labour fit for your horſe. :

Be ſure upon theMatch-day that your horſe be empty.and that
he take his reſt untroubled,till you prepare to lead him forth.

Shooe your horſe ever a day before you run him,that the pain
of the hammers knocks may be out of his feer.

Saddle your horſe on the Race-day in the Stable before you
Jead him forth, and fix both the Pannel and the Girths to his
back and ſides with Shoo-makers wax, to prevent all dangers.

Lead your horſe to his courſe with all genrleneſs,andgive him
leave to ſmell to other horſes dung, that thereby he may be en-
ticed to ſtale and empty his body as he goes:

Whenyou come to the place where you muſt ſtart,firſt rub'his
limbs well, then uncloath him, then take his back, and the word
given, ſtart him with all gentleneſs and quietneſs that may be,
leſt doing any thing raſhly you happen-to choak him in his own
wind, -

And thusmuch for the ordering and dieting of the Running
horſe, and'the particularities belonging to the ſame.

.CHAP. VIL
The ordering of the Travelling Horſe.

General Rutes NTOw for our Husbandmans T ravelling Horſe, which is to
foratravelling carry him in his Journeys, and about his buſineſs in'the
Herſe. Country, he ſhall firſt feed him with the beſt ſweet hay,dry oats

or dry beans and oats mixt together : in Bis travel he ſhall-feed
- him according to his ſtomach, more or leſs, and in hisreſt at a
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certain proportion as half a Peck at each wztering, is utterly
ſufficienc. ſſ | |
If you travel, feed your horſe carly, that he may take his reſt
ſoon. :
_  Intravel, by no means waſh nor walk your horſe, but be ſure
to rub him clean.

Water him a mile before you cometo your Inn, or more, as
ſhall lye in your journey ; or if you' fail thereof, forbear it till_
next morning ; for water hath often done hurt, want of water
never did any. : O

'Let your horſe neither eat nor drink when he is extream hot
for both are unwholſome:

Whenthe dayes are extream hot, labour your horſe morning
andevening, and forbear high-noon.

_ Takenoryour Saddle off ſuddenly, but at leifure, and laying
On the cloath, lay on the Saddle again till he be cold.

Litter your horſe deep, andin the days of his reſt let it alfo
lye under him. ; : :

Drelſs your horlſe twice a day when he reſts,and once when he
travels. ' |

If the horſe be ſtoned let him go to the' ſoyl, and be purged
with graſs in 2ay; a* monthstime is long enough, and that
grafs which grows in Orchards under Trees 1s belſt. ;

Let him blood Spring and Fall, for they are the beft times to
prevent ſickneſles, , :

In your journeying light at every ſteep hill, for it is a great
refreſhing and-comefort to your horſe.

Before you ſleep every night in your journey ſee all your
horſes feet ſtopt with Oxe-dung, for it taketh away the heat of
travel and ſurbating. |

Many other neceſlary Rules there are,but {o depending upon
theſe already ſhewed, that who ſo keepeth them ſhall not be ig-
norant ofany of the reſt ; for they differ more in name than na-

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CHAP. VIIi.

How' to cuve aliigeneral inmard ſichneſſes in horſes, which tronvle the
whole boay, of Fevers of all ſerts Plagues, Infeions,
ard ſnch like.

Sfckneſſes in genral are of two kinds;one offending the whole
; 3 body the other a pecalar member : the firſt: hiddenand nor
viſible,theother apparent andknown by his outward demonſtra-
tion. Of the firft then, which oFend the whole body, are Fe-
yers of all forts, as the Quotidian, the Tertian;the Quartan,the
Continual, the Hittique, the Fevers in Antum, in Summer,.0r
in Wanter, the Fever by- Surfeit, Fever Peſtilent, Fever Ac-
eidental, or the general Plague, they are-all known: by theſe
ſigns, much trembling, panting, and ſweating, a ſullen counte-
nance that was wont.to- be cheerful, hot breath, faintneſsin la-
bour, decay of ſtomach, and coſtiveneſs.in the body ;, any,on all
of all which whenyou perceive,fic{t let the horſe blood,and after
give him this drink. Take of Selardine roots leavesand all a good
handful, as much Wormwood, andas much Rew, waſh them well
and then bruiſe them ina Mortar which done,. boyl them.in a

- quart.of Ale well, then ſtrain them,and add to the liquor half a

pound of ſeet Butter, then: being but Iyke-warm give itthe
horſe to todrink, or half an ounce.of Diapente, ina pint of Mul-
kadine.

CHAP. IX.

Of the Head-ach, Frenzy, or Staggers.

HE figns to know theſe Diſeaſes, which indeed areall of

**  one nature, and work all one effett of mortality, are hang-
ing down of the head, watry eyes, rage, and reeling. And the
Cure is'to' let the horſe blood in the neck three mornings toge-
ther,and every morning to take a'great quantity, then after each
morning blood-letting,to give the horſe this drink. Take a quart
of Ale.and boyl it with a big white bread cruſt,then take it from
the fire, and diſſolve three or four ſpoonfuls of honey in it, then
luke-warm give it the horſe to drink,and cover his temples over
with a plaiſter of Pitch, and keep his head exceeding warm, let
his meat he little,and his Stable dark:but to give him the former
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quantity of Diapence, either in Muskadine or Honey-water is the
beſt Cure.
CH-AP.X.
: Of the Slecping Ev3l,
THe Sleeping Evil or Letharge in horſes proceeds from cold
flegmy. moi%k bumors,whbich bind up thevital parts,& makes
themdull and heavy. The figns/are-continual fleeping, or deſire
thereunto. The Cure is, to keep him much waking, and twice
in one week to give himas much ſeet Soap) in nature ofa Pill
as 2 Ducks egg, & then after give himto drink alittle new milk Tae Cure.
and honey, which is the only cure at the firſt for this diſeaſe.But
to be certain, 1 Pray look in my Mafter piece,and there you ſhall
find the infirmity more, largely. difcourſed of, this being but a
general cure.of all Cattel: and not particularly bandled of hor-
tes, 25 that is.
CHAP-AL
Of che Falling Ewil, Planet-ſtrook, Night- Mare,
: or Palſie,
*Hovgh thelſe diſeaſes have ſeveral faces, and look as though:
-*  there were much differance between them, yet they are 1n:
nature all one, and proceed all from-one offence, which is only
cold flegmatick humors,ingendred about the Brain, and benum-
ming the Senſes, weakning the members, ſometime. cauſing a
horſe to falldown; and thea it. is called the Falling Evil ; .fome
times weakning but one member only, then it is called Planer-
ſtrook, ſometimes oppreſſing a.horſes ſtomach, and making, him
ſweat in his ſleep, and then it is called the Night-Mare; and
ſometimes ſpoyling an efpecial member by ſome ſtrange contra-
Ction, and then it is called a-Palſie. The Cure for any of theſe
infirmities, is to give the Horſe this purging Pill. Take of Tar The Cure,
three ſyoonfuls,of ſweet butter the like quantity,beat them well
together with the powder of Lycoras , Arniſceds, and Sugar-
Carndy, till it be like paſte, then make it into three round balls
and put into each ball two or three cloves of Garlick,& ſo give
them-unto the horſe ; obſerving to warm him both before and-
afcer,and keep him faſting two or three hours likewiſe,both be-
fore and after.
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Of the general Cramp, or Convulſions of Sinews.

CRamps are taken to be the contraction or drawing together
of the finews of any one member ; but Convulſions are
when the wholebody, from the ſetting on of the head to the ex-
treameſt parts are generally contracted aad ſtiffied. The Cure
of eitheris, firſt to chafe and rub the member contracted with
Vinegar and common Oyl,and then to wrap it all over with wet
Hay, orrotten Litter, or el{e with wet woollen cloaths, either
of which is a preſent remedy. :

CHAP. XIIL. -
Of any Cough or Cold whatſcever,well or dry, for aty Conſump-
: troz or putrifation of the Lungs mhatſoever.
Cald is got by unnatural heats, and too ſudden coolings,
" and theſe Colds ingender Coughs,and thoſe Coughs putri-

- faction or rottenneſs of the Lungs. The Cure therefore for them

2ll in'general, is to take 2 handful or two of the white & greeniſh
Moſs which grows upon a Oak-pole,or any old Oak-wood, and
boyl it in a quart of Milk till it be thick, and being cold turned
to a Jelly, then ſtrain it, and give it the horſe luke-warmevery
morning till his Cough end ; or elſe take threequarters of an
ounce of the Conſerve of Elicampane, and diſſolve itin a pint of

' Sack,and luke-warm give it the horſe faſting; then ride him at-

ter ir, and ſet him up warm, feed as at ordinary times; thus do
three mornings together.” | -

"CHAD. XIV.

Of the running Glaunders, or the mourning of the Coine.

TAke of Auripigmentom two drams, of Tuſſlaginis made into
J powderas much, then mix them together with 'Turpen- '

 tine till they be like paſte,and making thereof /1trle Cakes, dry -

them before the fire; then taking a chaffing-diſh of coals,and Jay-
ing one or two of the cakes thereon,cover them with a Tunnel,

and then the ſmoak riſiag,put the tunnel into the horſes noſtrilsh,
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and let the ſmoak go up into his head: which done, ride the
horſe till he ſweat. Do thus once every morning before he. be
watered, till the running at his noſtrils. ceaſe, and the. kerneis
under his chaps wear away. * |

CHAP. XV.
Of Hide bound, or conſumption of the fieſh;

Ide-bound, or conſumprion of the fleſh, proceeds from un '
H reaſonable travel, diſorderly diet, and many ſurfeits, It is
known by a generaldiſlike and leanneſs over the who!e body

 and by the ſtickingof the skin cloſe to the body, inſuch ſort thar __
it will not riſe from the body. The Cure is,firit to let the horſe T9e C7e-
bloud, and then give him to drink three or four mornings toge-
ther a quart of new. milk; with two ſpoonfuls of honey, and one
ounce of London Treacle: then let his food be either ſodden Bar-
ly, warm Grains-and Salt, or Bezns ſpelted in a Mill, his drink
Maſhes. , Fr:is
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Of the Breaſt-pain, or any other ſickneſs proceeding fromthe heart,
as the Anticor, and {nch like. _
"Heſe Diſcaſes proceed from too rank feeding, 2nd much fat
" neſs; the ſignsare a faultring in his fore-legs, a diſablenels
_ to bow down his neck, and a trembling over all his body. The
-Cure is,to let him blood,and give himthree mornings together The Cure. .
_ two ſpoonfuls of D;apexre in a quart of Aleor Beer, for it alone D 20T
putteth away all infeCtion from the hearrt. |
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ſi Of tyred Horſes.
F your Horſe be tyred either in Journying or any Hunting-
match, your beſt help for him isto give him warm Urine to
Qrink z and letting him blood in the mouth to ſuffer him to lick
up and ſwallow the ſame. Thenif you can come where any
Nettles are, to rub his mouth, and ſheath well therewith : then
gently .to ride him untill you come to your reſting place, where
ſet him up very warm, and before you go to bed give him fix
{poonfuls of Aque vite.to drink, and as much. Provender.ashe
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willeat. The next morning rub his legs with Sheeps-fooc-dy—lſi,
and it bring freſh nimbleneneſunto his finews.

CH AP. XVIIL.

Of &:ſeaſes 3n the Stomach, as Surfeits, loathing of Meat or
Drink,, or ſuch like.
IF your Horſe with the glut of Provender,or eating raw food,
& bave given ſuch offence to his ſtomach that he caſtethup all he
eateth or drinketh, you ſhall firſt give him a comfortable drench
as Diapente, orT reaphamicon in Ale or Beer ; and then keeping
him faſting let him-haveno food but what he eateth out of your
hand, which would be bread well bak?d and old, and after every
two or three bitsa lock of ſeet Hay : and his Drink would be
Onely new milk till his ſtomach have gotten ſtrength, .and in a
bag you ſhall commonly thang at hisnoſe ſowr brown Bread
ſteep'd in Vinegar, at which'hemuſt ever ſmell, andhisſtomach
will quickly come again to his firſt ſtrength.
CHADP. XIX.
Of Foundring in the Body.

Foſiundringin the body is of Surfeits the mortalleſt and ſooneſt
T 'gorten : it proceedeth from intemperate riding a horſe when
he is fat, and then ſuddenly ſuffering him to take cold ; then
waſhing a fat horſe, there is nothing ſooner bringeth this Infir-
mity. The'ſigns arefadneſs of countenanee, ftaring hair, ſtiff-
neſs of limbs, and loſs of belly. And the Core is only-to give him
wholfom ſtrong meat, as bread of clean beans, and warm drink
and for two or three morningstogether a quart of Ale brewed
with Pepper and Cinnamon, and-an 'ounce of London Treacle.

CHAP. XMX.
Of the Hungry Evdl.

ſſ T'He bungry Evil,is an unnatural andover-haſty greedineſs in

ahorſeto deyour his meat faſter thanhe can chew it, and.is
only known'by his greedy ſnatching at his meat, asif he would

devour it whole. The Cure is to.give him to drink Milk and
-wheat-meal mixt'together by aquart ata time,and to-feed him

withprovender by a little and little till he forfake it.

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CH A P, XXI. 91 ,1
Of the diſcaſes of the Liver,as Inflammations, Obſtruftions, and
Conſumptions.

HeLiver, which is the veſſel of blood, is ſubj:& to many

Ciſcaſes, according to the diſtemperature of the blood,and y
the figns toknow it,is a ſtinking breath, and a mutual looking! 17 Cure.
towards his body.  And the Cure is to take Ari//olochia longa, |
and boyl it inrunning water, till the half part be conſi umed,and
let the horſe.drink continually thereof, and-it will cure all evils
about the Liver, or any inward conduits of blood.

CHAP. XXII,
Of the diſeaſes of the Gall, and eſpecsally of the Yellows.

FRom the overflowing of the Gall,or rather want of the Gall,

which is the veſſel of Choler, ſpring many mortal difeaſes,

eſpecially the yellows,which is an extream faint mortal ticknels,

if it be not prevented betime: the ſigns are- yellowneſs of the

eyes and skin, and chiefly underneath his upper lip next unto ;
hisfore-teeth,a ſuddain and faint falling down by the high-way, Th< Cure |
or in the Stable, and univerſal ſweat over all the body. . The

cure Is, firſt to let the horſe blood in the neck in the mouth and

under the eyes; then take two pennyworth of Saffron, which

being dryed,and made into fine powder,mixt with {weet butter,

and in manner of a Pill give it in balls to the horſe three morn-

ings together: let his drink be warm,and his hay ſprinkled with -

water. A quart of a ſtrong decodtion of Seadine helps it alſo.

CHAP. XXII..
. Of the ſickneſ's of the Spleen.
PHeSpleen,which is the veſſel ofMelancholly,when itis over-
charged therewith, grows painful, hard and great, in ſach
ſort, that ſometimes it is vifible.. The figns to know- it, is much
groaning, haſty teeding, and a continual looking to' hisleft fide_The Cure.

onely. The cure is Egrymony, and. boyl a good quantity- of-it
in the water which the horſe ſhall drink; and chopping the
| "*I  leaves

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Jeaves ſmall;, mix them'very well with ſweet Zfay-butrer, and
give the horſe two or three good round balls thereof,inthe man
ner-of Pill.s

GHAP-XXIV.
Of the Dropſie, or.evil habit of the baay.

T'He Dropfie'is that evil habit of the body, which ingendred
-by-ſurfeits and-unreaſonable labour, alrereth the coloursand
\ complexions of horſes, andchangeth the hairs 1n Fich an unna-
tyralſort; that a'man ſhall not know the beaſt, with which he
The Care, © hath been moſt familiar. Fhe Cure 1s, to-take athandful ortwo
: of Wormwood, and boyling itin Ale or Beer, a quart or better,
give it the horſe to drink Iuke-warm, morning and evening, and
let him, only drink his-water at.noon-time of theday.

CH AP.XXV.
Of the Chollick, Belly-ach and Belly-bound.

THe Chollick or Belly-ake is a fretting, gnawing, or ſwelling
- of the Belly,or great bag,proceeding from windy humors, or
rom eating of-green corn, or pulfe,hot grains without falt or la-
bour, or bread dow-bak*'d. And Belly-bound, is when a horſe
The Cure, Ccannot-dung. The Cure of the Chollick or Belly-ake is, to take
good ſtore oftheherb Dz#,and boyl it in the water you give your
horſe to-drink : but if he cannot dung, then you ſhall boyl in his
water good-ſtore of the herb called Fenngreeky .and it will make
him looſe without danger of hucting. ſi

CHAP. XXVL.
Of the Laxe or Blooady Flux.

THe Laxe,or Bloody flux, is an unnatural looſneſs in a.horſes
body,which not being ſtayed;will for want of other excre-
The Cure. ment, make a-horſe void blood only.. The:Cure is, takea hand-
| ful of the herb Shepherds-purſe, and boyl it in aquartof ſtrong
Ale, and when it is luke-warm, take the. ſeeds of the herb
Weoodroſe ſtawpt, and put it thereio, and give it the horſe to

drink.
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CHAP. XXVIE.
Of the falling of the Fundarent.

T His cometh through miſlike and weakneſs, and the Cure is,
' take Town-Creſſes, and having dryed them to powder, with
your hand put up the- Fundamenr, and then ſtrew the powder
thereon; after it, lay a little honey thereon,and then ſtrew more The Cure.
of the powder,mixt with the powder of Cuzmy, and ithelpeti.

; CHAP. XXVIIL.
Of Bots and Worms of all.ſorts.

He Bots and/gnawings of Worms is a grievous pain,and the
f ſigns toknow them, is the horſes oft beating his belly, and
tumbling and wallowing on the ground, with much deſire to The Cures
lye on' his back. The Cureis, take the leaves chopt of the herb
Saven; and mix'it with honey and butter.and make two or three
balls thereof; make the horſe ſwallow them doivn, and.it will
help him.

CH AP. XXIX.
Of the pain inthe kitineys, pain-piſs, or the' Stone,

'ALL theſedifſeafes ſpring from'one ground, which is only gra-

yel and hard matter parhered together'in the Kidneys, and
ſaſtopping'the condifits of Urine. The- ſigns are only that the
horſe.will oftenſtrainto piſs but cannot. The cure is to-take a The Cure,
handfal of Maider-harr, and ſteep it aH nightin aquart of ſtrong
Ale, andgjive it the horſe to drink every morning till hebe well:
this will break any-ſtone whatſoever inahorſe.

CHAP. XXX:
/ Of the Strangullion. ct

1His is a ſoreneſs in the borſes yard;anda'hot burning ſmart-

. .ing when he piſſeth :..the ſigns are, he will piſs ofr, yer bat _
adroportwoat once. _The eureis, to boyl in the'water which The.Cure.
he drinketh, good ſtore of the herb 24ayth, or Higgs-Fennel,

_ andit will curehim, : | -
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Of piſſing Bloed.
ſſ'ſig'ſictſſHis cometh with: over-travelling a Horſe,: or travelling a
A Horſefoce inthe winter when he goeth: to..graſs.; The
cure 1s, take Ariftolochia longa a handful,. and boylit inaquagt
of Ale,. and give it to the horſe drink luke-warm, and give him
al ioreſt, i4s _
CH AP. XXXII.
Of the Celt-euil mattering of the yara,f,l} ng of the yard,”
ſhedding the ſeed,
LL theſe evils proceed from much luft ina horſe; and the
cureis, the powder of the Herb:Avsr, and the leavesof
Zetiny ;; ſramp them with White-wine to a moiſt Salve, and-an-
noint the ſore therewith, and it will-heal *H jmperfeCtionin the
yard: byt ifthe horſe ſhed his'ſeed,then beiit Venice Turpentine
and Sugar together, and give him every morning a.good round
ball thereof, untill the flux ſtay.
CHAP.-XXRAlII |
Of the particulay diſeaſes.in Iares, barrenneſs, conſumption,rage
of lave.caffing Foals, hardneſs to foal, and hiw to; + 7
maks a A1are caſt her Foal.

F you'll have your Mace barren, let good ſtore of the herb 47-
Inm' caſtas be:boyled in the water ſhe drinketh. If you'would
have her fruitful, then'boyl good ſtore of Iforherwort in the was
ter which ſhe:drinketh. : Ifſhe looſe her belly, which ſheweth a
conſumption of -the womb, you ſhall then-give her a quart of
Brine to drink, A44worr being boyled therein. If your Mare
through pride of keeping/ grow into' extream luſt, fo that ſhe
will negleCt her food through the. yiolence of her fleſhly appe-
tite, as it is often ſeen amongft them, you ſhall houſe her for two
or three dayes, andgive hzrevery morning a ball of butter and
Azgns caſtus chopttogether. If you would have a Mare tocaſta
Foal, takea handful of Dirtany, and boyl itin a quart of Ale
and it will deliver her [preſently. H ſhe-Cannor Foal, take the
herb Hor/emint.and cither dry it or ſtamp it, and take the podw-

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der or the juice, and mix it with ftrongAle,and give it the Mare,
and it will help her.If yourMare from former bruifings or ſtrokes
be apt tocaſt her Foals, as many are, you ſhall keep her at graſs
very warm, and once 1n a week, give her a good warm malh of
driak, this ſecrerly kniteeth beyond expectation.

CHAP. XXRIV.

Of drinking Venom, as Horſe-leaches, Hens-dung, or
ſuch lke. ſi

 

I-F\Your'Horſe have drunk Horſe-leaches, Hens-dung, feathers,
or ſuch like venemous thing, which,you ſhall 'know by his
panting, ſwelling, or ſcouring, you ſhall take the Hierb Sop-7 h5-
file, and drying it, beat it into powder, and put three {ponfuls.
thereof into a quart of Ale and;giye it the-horſe to drink. :
_ CHAP. XXAXV.. « |
Of Suppoſitories, Clyſters, and Purgations.

IF'YWY horſe by ſicknels, ſtrict diet.or too; yehement. travel *
grow.dry and coſtive.in his body, as it is ordinary, : the eaſicft
means:inextremity. to. help him, is to_ give.him;a Suppolitory :
the beſt of which is, to take a.candle of four inthe pound, and
. cut off five inches at the bigger end, and thruſting it_up a.good
way with your hand, into his fundament, preſently <lap down'
his tail, and hold it hard to.hisTuel a quarter of an, hour, or
halfan hour., and then give him leave to dung : . but if this. be
not ſtrong enovgh, then you ſhall give him a Clyſter, and that is
take four handfuls of the herb. 47/e, and: boyl.it.in. a pottle
of running water till balf be.conſumed, then- take the Deco-
£tion, and mix it with 2 pintof Sallet-oyl, and a pretty quan=-
tity: of Salt;& with- Clyſter-pipe give-it-at his Tuel-But/if this -
be too weak, then give hima purgation thus, Take twenty.Rai-
ſins of the Sun withtoutftones, and.cen Figs flit, boy! them in a
pottle ofruning watertill it come.to a_Jelly ; then, mix-it withs
the powder of Lycoris, Anniſeeds.andSugar-candy,tillit be like
Paſte - then make it into round balls, and roul it in ſweet biitter,,
and ſo giyeit. to the horſe,to thequantity of three Heþ-eggz M

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CHAP. XXXVI,
Of Neeſing and Frictions.

Here be other two excellent helps for ſick horſes; as Fricti-

ons and Neeſings, the firſt to comfort the outward parts of

the body, when the vital powers are aſtoniſhcd : the other to

purge the head when it is ſtopt with phlegm,co!d or other thick

humors. And of Frictions, the beſt is Vinegar and Patch-greaſe

melted together,and very hot chafed into the horſes body againſt

the hair. And to make a horſe neeſe,there is nothing better than

to take aBunch of Pellitory of Spain,and binding it noto a ftick,

thruft it up'a horſes noſtrils,and ic will make himneeſe without
hurt or violence.

CHAP. XXXVI.

Of diſeaſes in the eyes, as watry eyes, blood-ſhatten eyes, dim eyes.,
AAoon-eyes, ſtroke in the eye, wart 1n the eye, inflammation 1n
che eye, Pearl, Pin, Web, or Haw.

" Nto the eye belongeth 'many diſcaſes, all which have their
.true figns in their names, and as touching that which is
watry, blood-ſhotten, dim, moon, ftricken or inflamed, they
have all one cure.  The cure is, take Wormwood, and beat it in
2 Mortar with the gall of a Bull, ſtrain it, and annoint the hor-
ſes eyes therewith, and it is an approved remedy. But forthe
Wart, Pearl, or Pin or Web, which are evils grown in, and up-
on the eye to take them off, take the juice of the herb Betin,and
waſh his eyes therewith, and it will wear the ſpots away. For
the Haw every Smith cancot it out. |
; CHAP., XXXVIIL
Of the Impoſthum 3n the ear, Pole-cv1il, Fiſtula, ſwelling aſter
blood-letting, any;gall d back, Canker 5n the Withers, Sifaſt,
Wens, Navel, or any hollow Ulcer. -

T Heſe Diſcaſes are ſo apparent and common, that they need
** no further deſcription but their names, and the moſt certain
cure is to take clay of a Mud or Lome-wall , without Lime, the'
ſtrawsand all,and boyling it in tropgVinegar,applyit plaiſte;rſ-
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wiſe to the ſore,and it will of its own nature ſearch to the bot-
tom and heal it; provided, that if you ſee.any dead or proud
fleſh ariſe, that then you either eat or cut it way.

CHA P. XXXIX.
Of the Yives.

'Or the Yives,which is an infl2mmation of the kernels betwen
the chap and the neck of the horſe ;, take Pepper one penny-
wotrh, of Swines-greaſe _one ſpoodiful, the juice of a handfull of
Rew, Vinegar two ſpoonfuls, mix fhem together, and then put
it equally into beth the horſes cars, and then tye themup with
two flat laces, then ſhake the ears, that the -medicine may go
down,, which done, let the horſe blood \in the neck, andin the
temple-veins, and-it 18 a certain cure. |

CHAP. XL.

Of the Strangle, or any Boyl, Botch, or other Tmpoſibume
whatſoever:
LL theſe diſeaſes are of one nature, being only hard Byles
or impoſthumes gathered together by evil humours, either
between the chaps,or elſe where on the body. The cure is, take The Cure.
Southernwood,and dry it to powder,and with Barly-meal and the*
yelk of an Egg make it into a'Salve, and lay it to the lmpoſt.
hume, and it will ripen it, break it, and heal ir.
CHAP. LL.-
Of the Canker in the Naſe, or any ather part of the body.
TO heal any Canker in what part fſoever it be, take the-
juice of Plantane, asmuch Yinegar, and the ſame weight of
the powderof Alow, and with it anoint the fore twice or thrice
a day, and it will kill it and cure it. 1
CHAP. XLIE ;
Of Ranching of Blood whether it be at the Neſe, or proceed
from any wound.
F your horſe bleed violently at the noſe,and it will not be ſtzid,,
then you ſhall take Berony,and ſtamp itina Mortar with' Bay=.
falt or other white Salt, and itop jt into the horſes nole, or ap-
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ply to the wound, and it will ſtanchit, but if you be ſuddenly
taken ; as riding by the high-way, or otherwiſe, and cannor get
this herb, you ſhall cake any wollen cloath, or any Felt-hac and
with a knife ſcrape a fineLint from it, and apply it to the bleed-

ing place, and it will ſtanch it preſently..

CHAP. XLIE

Of the diſeaſes in the mouth, as bloody Rifts, Ligs, Lampas,
-Camery, Inflammation, Tongue-hurt, or the Barbs.

IF you find any infirmity in your horſes'month, as the bloody

rifts,which are chaps or rifts in the palare of the horſes mouth;
the ligs, which are little puſtles or bladders. wichin the horſes
lips : the Lampaſs,which is an excretion of fleſh above the teeth:
the Camery,which is little warts'in the roof of the mouth : in-
flammations, which are Bliſters : Barbs, which are two little
paps under the tongue,or any hurt on the tongue by bit or other-
wiſe, you ſhall take the leaves of Wormwood, and the leaves of
Shzrtwit,and beat them in a Mortar with alittle honey,and with
it annoint theſores, and it will heal them. As for the Lampaſs,
they muſt be burnt away, which the ignoranteſt Smith can eafily

do.
CHAP. XLIV.
Of pain in the Teeth or looſe Teeth.

"Or any pain in the Teeth, take Betony and ſeeth it in Ale or
}'* Venegartill a half part be conſumed, and waſh all the gums
therewith: -but if they he looſe, then only rub them with the
leaves of Elicawpare,or Horſe-chelmafter they have been let blood,

and it will faſten them.

CHADP. XLV..
Of the Crick in the Neck, _
FOr the Crick in the Neck, you ſhall firſ cafe it with the Fri-

Ction before ſpecified,and thenanointand bath it with Sope

dVi boyled togerther.
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CHAP. &LVI. -
Of the falling in the Creſt, mangineſs of the Main, oy

? ſhedding of the hair.
'A L1 theſe diſeaſes proceed from poverty, miſlike, or over-
riding; and the beſt cure of the falling of theCreft, is blood
letting, and proud keeping, with ſtore of meat; for ſtrength 8
fatneſs ever will raiſe up the Creſt; but if the main be mangy you
ſhall anoint it with butter, and Brimſtone, and if the hair fall
away, then take Southernwood and burn it to- aſhes, then take
thole aſhes,and mixing them with common oyl,anoint the place K
}herewith, and it will bring hair -preſently, ſmooth,thick, and 78
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CHADP. XLVIL

Of pain in the Withers.
AHorſes Withers are ſubje& to_many griefs and ſwellings

- Awhich proceed from cold humors, ſometimes from evil fad-
dles, therefore ifat any time you ſke any ſivelling about them,
you ſhall take the herb Hearts-tongue and boyl it with the oy1
of Roſes, and very hot apply it to the ſore, and it will aſſivage
It, or elſe break it and heal it. _ it
CHAP. XLVII. | :
Of fwaying the Back,or weakneſs in the Back, Þ|
THeſe two infirmitiesare dangerous, and may be eaſed, but -

never abſolutely cured: therefore where you find them,take

Colewort and boyl them in oy1, and mixing them with a little
Bean meal charge the Back, and it will ſtrengthen it.

CHAP. XLIX.

Of Tich 3n the tayl,or of the gineral Scab and Mangineſſe,

: or of the Farcy ; :
Þ©r any of theſe diſeaſes,take freſh greaſe,and yellow Arfnick
mix taem together, and where the Manginefs or Itch is,
there rub4t hard in, theſore being made raw : But if it be for
Farcy, then with a Knife ſlit all the Knets, both hard and ſoft,&
then rub jn the Medicine : which done, tye up the Horſe,foas he
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maynot come to bite himſelf, and then afcer he hath ſtood two
or three hours, take old-pifs and falt boy1?d together, provided
alwayes that you firſt let him blood, and take good ſtore from
him, and alſo give him every morning a ſtrong ſcouring or a
{trong purge, both which are ſhewed before. |

CHAP.L. :

Of any haſiſting which cometh by ſirain, or ſtroakeither before
or bebind from the ſhoulders or hips,
down to the hoof.

Here be many infirmities which make a horſe halt,as pinch-
- 4 ing the ſhoulder,wrenchin the ſhoulder,wrench in the ne-
ther joynts, ſplatting the ſhoulder,ſhoulder pight, ſtrains in the
joynts, and ſuch like, all which fince they happen by one acci-
dent, as namely, by the violence of ſome {lip or ſtrain, they may
be cured þby one Medicine, and itis thus : Aſter you have found
where the griefis,as you may do by griping ard pinching every
ſeveral member, then where he moſt complaineth, there is his
moſt grief. You ſhall take (if the ſtrain be new) Vinegar,Bole-
armenick,the whites of Eggs and Bean-flower,and having beaten
them to a perfett falve, lay them very hor to the ſore place, and
it will cure it; but if the ſtrain be old,then takeVinegarand But-
ter,and melting them together with Wheat bran,make it into a
pultis, and lay it to the ſore as hot as may be, and it will with-
out doubt take away the grief. ,

CHAP. LL
_Of Foundriag inthe Feet.

F foundring there be two ſorts,a dry and a wet - the dry
foundring is incurable ; the wet is thus to be helpt:. Firſt,
parea!! the foals of his feer fo thin, that you may ſee thequick
then let him blood atevery toe, and let chem bleed well, then
ſtop the vein with Tallow and Roſen, and having tackt bollow
ſhooes on his feet, ſtop them with Bran, Tarre and Tallow, as
boyling bot as may be,and renew it once in two days,for a week
together, then exerciſe him much, and his ſeet will come to their
true uſe and nimbleneſs. * '

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CHAP.LII. .
Of the Splent, Crab, Bone-ſpaven, or any kyobby of bony
excreſſion or Ring-bone. f
A Splent isa bony excreſſion under theKnee or the fore-legg,
'the Curb is the like behind the hinder hough, the Spaven
is the like on the inſide of the hinder hough, and the Ring-bone
is the like on the cronet of the hoof. And the cure is, firſt npon
the top of the excreſſion, make a flit with your knite the length
of a Barly-corn, ora little more, and then with a fine cornet
raiſe the skin from the bone, and haying made it hollow, the
compaſs of the excreſſion, and no more ; take alittle lint, and
dip it into the Oyl of Or5ganmm, and thruſt it into the whole and
cover the knob, and ſo let it abidetill you ſee it rot, and that
nature caſteth out both the medicine and the core. As for the
Ring-bone you ſhall need to ſcarrifie and annoit it with the oyl
only. : |
CHAP. LIII.

Cf the Malander , Selander, Pain-ſcratchs ,, Mellet, Mules,
Crown-ſcabs, and ſuch like.

Or any of theſe Sorances, you ſhall take Verdigreaſe and ſoft
greaſe, and grinding them together to an Oyntment, put
it in a Box by it ſelf; then take Wax,Hogs-greaſe, and Turpen-
tine, of each alike, and being melted together, put a {alveinto
another Bcx : then when you come todrelſs the fore; afteryou
have taken off the ſcab and made it raw,you ſhall annointit with
your green ſalve of Yerdigreaſeand freſh greaſe only for two or
three days ; it is a ſharp ſalve, and will knit the cankerous hu-
mor : then when you ſee the ſore look fair, you ſhall take two
parts of the yeow falve, and one part of the green {alve, and
mixing them together,anoint the ſore therewith till. it bewhole,
making it ſtronger or weaker as you ſhall find occaſion.

CHAP. LIV.
Of an upper Attaint, or nether Attaint, or atly hurt by
over-reaching.
Heſfe attaints or ſtrokes or cuts by over-reaching either on

the back finew of the fore-leg,on the heels or nether joynts
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andmay be ſafely healed by the ſame former medicine and means
which healeth the Malander or Selander, in the former Chapter -
only for your over-reaches,you ſhall before you apply your ſalve
lay the ſore plain and open, without hollowneſs, and waſh it
with beer and falt, or vinegar and falt.

CHAP.EV.

Of the infirmties of hoof's, as falſe quarters, looſe hoof's, caſting
haof's, hoof bound, hoof running, hoof brittle, hcof hurt hoof
ſeft hoof bard,or generall to preſerve hoof's.
'Z*He hoof is ſubiect to many -miſeries : as firſt to falſe quar-
= ters, which comethby pricking, and muſt be helpt by good
ſhooing, where the ſhooe maſt bear an every- part of the foot,
but upon the falſe quarters only. If the hoof be looſe, anoint
it with pitch of Bur2undy, and it will knit 'it: if it be clean
caſt off, then pitch of Burguray and tallow melted together, will
bring anewzif it bedound or ſtrained,it muſt be very well open-
ed at the heels, the ſoal kept moiſt,and the cronet anointed with
the fat of Bacon and Tar. Ifthe fruſh of the feet run with ſtink-
inz matter, it muſt be ſtopt with Soot, Turpentine, and Bole-
armenick mixt together : if it be brittle or broken, then anoint
it with Pitchand Linſeed Qyl, molten to a ſoft falve; if it be ſoft
then ſtop it with Sope.and the aſhes of a burnt- Felt mixt toge-
ther; ifthe hoofs be hard, lay hot burning Cinders upon them
and then ſtop them with Tow and Tallow - and generally for
the preſerving of all good hoofs, anoint them daily with the
firard or rind of fat Bacon. ſi

CHAP. LV.

Of the blood-ſpaver, or hough-bouy, or any other unuatural |
ſwelling, from what cauſe ſoever it proceedeth.

THeſe two ſorances, or puſtules or ſoft round ſwellings, the
firſt on the infide of the hinder, hough, and the other on the
very huckle on the hough behind,they are ſofc and very fore;and
the Cureis, firſt to take up the vein above, and let it bleed only
from below, then having knit it laſt with two ſhoo-makers ends
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ſeed and bruiſe it ina Morter, then mixit with Cow-dung and
heat it in a frying-pan, and ſo apply it to the ſwelling.only,and
if it break and run, then heal it with a plaiſter of pitch, and the
horſe ſhall neyer be. troubled with Spaven_more:. but. if _the
ſ#elling come by ſtrain or bruiſe, then take patch-greaſe, .and
melting it, anoint the ſore therewith, holding ahort Icon near it
to ſink in the greafe, then fold a linnen cloath about it, and it
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CHADP. LVII.
 Of Wind-galls.

THeſe are little blebs, or ſoft ſyellings on each ſide the Fet-

lock, procured- by much-travell on hard and ſtony wayes, The Cure.
The Cure is to prick them and:to let outthe Jelly; and then
dry up the-fore with a plaiſter of pitch.

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Of Enterfairing or Sþack— gall,or anygallings.

ENterfairing is hewing one legge on another,and ſtriking off \
the skinne,it proceedeth from weakneſle or ſtraitneſſe of the
horſes pace; and Shackle-gall is any gall underneath the Fetlock: 91
The cure is, to anoint them with Turpentine and Verdigreaſe TheCure; }
mixt together, or Turpentine alone, if it rankle not too much.

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Hurts os the Cronet, as the Quitter-bone, or Matlong.

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T'He Quitter-bone is a hollow Ulcer on the top of the cronet,
® andſoisthe Matlong, and the Cure is; Firſt, to taint it The Cure.. -
with Verdigreaſe untillyou have eaten out the core, and made
the wound very clean ; then you ſhall heal it up with the ſame
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"Of Wonrids in the foot, as gravelling, pricking. figgs:
; " retait of cloying.
IF your horſe have any wound in his foot, by what miſchance
ſoever, you ſhall firſt ſearch it, and ſee that it be clear of any
Dayl, point, or other ſplint to 2nnoy it,, then waſh it very well
with white Wine and Salt,and after taint it with the Oyntment
called eZgyprracum, and then lay hot upon the taint with Flax-
burds,Turpentine,Oyland Wax mingled together, and anoint all
the top of the hoof and cronet with Bole-armenick and Vinegar :
do this once a day untill the fore'be whole.

CHAP.-EXI.

ſi Todraw out a Stub,or Thorn.
"T Ake the herb Dittany, and bruiſe it in a Mortar with Black,
®" Soap, and lay it to theſore, and it will-draw out the ſplent
1ron, thorn, or ſtub. | ct,

CHAP. LXIL
Of the Aubury, or Tetter. . |
He Anbury is abloody Wart on any partof the Horſes bo-
*dy and rhe Tetter is a Cancerous Ulcer like it: Thecure
of both is with a hot iron to: ſear theone plain to the! body
andto ſcarrifie theother ; then take the juyce of Plantare ,, and
mix it with YVinegar, Honey, and the powder of Allom, and with
it anoint the ſoretill itbe whole.

CHAP.. LX1lL
Of the Cords or Stringhalt.
His is an unnatural bending of the ſinews., which, imper-
fection, a horſe bringeth into the world with him ;, and
therefore it is certain it is incurable, and not painful, but only
an eye-ſore, yet the beſt way to keep it from worſe inconvent-
ence, is to bathe his limbs in the decoCtion of Coleworts.

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F CHAP. LXIV. ſſ- '

Of Spur-galling, or fretting the skin, and hair.
FOr this there 1s nothing better than piſs and falt, withwhich
walh the ſore daily. , |
CHHP, LXV.
Of healing any old Sore or Wound.
Reſh Butter, and theherb Ameos, chopt and beaten together
kL toa falve will heal any wound or anyold fore,

CHAP.LXVI,
: Of Simews heing cut. eas'
F the Horſes finews be cut, take the |Ieaves of; wild Nepor
Woodbine, and beating them in a mortar with Afay butter, ap-
ply it to the fore, and it will knit the finews.

CHAP. LXVIE.
Of eating away any dead jleſh. ſi
Ake Stubwort, and lay it inared dock leaf, and roaſt itin Ty, cyre;.
the hot. Cinders, and lay it tothe ſore, and it will eat away 7
any dead fleſh. So will Verdigreaſe, burnt Allom, or Lime.

CHAP. LXVIIE.
—— "Of Knotsinthe Foynts.
Atch-greaſe apylyed as before ſhewed for. ſwellings, will
P take away any hard Knots in the fleſh, or upon the ſinews.

ct CHAP. LXIX,
Of venomous Wounas, as biting with a mad Dog, tuske of Bores.
Serpents or ſuch like /
'Or any of theſe morral or venemous Wounds, take Yarrow,
Calamint,and the grains of Wheat, and beat chem in a mors
ter with water of Sourhernwood,and make it into a falve:and lay
it to the ſore, and it will heal ir fafely.

CHAP. LXX.
Of Lice or .Nits. -
THis filthineſs of vermine is bred in a Horſe through unnatu- ſi
ral diflike and poverty : The Cure is, take the juyce of Beers The Cure.
and Sraveſzcre beaten together, and with it anoint the Horſes
Body over, and it will make him clean, : >
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' Of defending a Horſe from Flyes.
TAke thejuyce of Pellitory of Spazn, and mixing it withmilk
- hgnomt the Horſes Belly therewith, and no Flies will treu-
e him. :

 CHADP. LXXIE.
Of Broken Bones,or Bonts out of joynt..

' Fter you have placed the Bones in their true places,take the
L£ A Feroſmund, and beat it itt a mortar with the Oyl of. Swal-
-lows, and anvint all the' members ; then ſpleat it, and roul it
4up, and in fifteen dayes the Bones will knit and be ftrong.

_ CHAP. EXXIIL.
. . Of drying up fores when they be almoſt whole.
 ' A Llomhurit, unflak'd Lime, the aſhes of an old ſhooe-ſole
burnt,or Oyſter-ſhels burnt z any of theſe ſimply by them
felves, will dry up any ſore, though never ſo moilt.

. CHAP. LXXIV.
A moſt famous Receit to make a Horſe that is lean, and full of
* inward ſickneſs ſound and fat in fourtcen dayes baving
becn often approved of. -
P Ake of Wheat meal fix pound, Anniſeeds two ounces, Cum-
min ſeed fix drams, Carthamus one dram anda half, Fenu-
grcek ſeeds ofe ounce and two drams, Brimſtone one ounce and
a half, Sallet oy1 one. pint, Honey one pound anda haltf, White
Wine four pints; this muſt be made into paſte, the hard {imples
being pounded into power, and finely ſearſt, and then kneadced
together and ſo made into ballsas big as a mans fiſt, then every
watering conſume one of thoſe balis into his cold water which
he drinkethfor niotning andevening for fifteen dayes together
and if atthe !irft he be dainty to drink the water, yet care not
but let him' faſt till he driok it, andafter he begins to take 1t, be
wiall dcink it with great grecdinels.

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How to make a white Star. |
Lit the Horſes Fore-head the length of your Star, and then
raiſe the Skin up with a cronet, and put in a plate of Lead
as big as the Star, and let it remain ſo two or three dayes toge-
ther,and thenler it out and preſs down the Skin with your hand,
that Hair will fall away, and white wili comein the place :
'or to ſcald his face or Skin with a ſfowr Apple roaſted, will
bring white Hair- But to make a black Star or a Red Star in a
Horſes Fore-head, I refer it for you to lookand approve of my
Maſter-Pitce, which belongeth only to that, for tobe exactly dif-
courſed of, that being only a.general cure of all Cattle.

The end of the Horſe.

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Of "the Bull,, Cow, Calf or Oxe, their ſnape and breed, uſe,
choice, and preſervation.

F \Oras much as the Male of all Creatures are the prin-
H cipal in the breed and generations of things , and
" thatthe Fruit which iſſueth from their Seed participat-

ſſ eth moſt with their ontward ſhapes, and inward-qua-
lities, I think fitteſt inthis place, where I intend to treat of
Horned Cattle and Neat, to ſpeak firft of the choice of a fair
Bull ,” being the breeders' principalleſt Inſtrument' of ' pro-
fit. You ſhall underſtand then, . that of ovr Engliſh ' Cat-
tel, (for 1 will not ſpeak of thoſe* in 7raly, andother For-
rain Countries, ” as other Anthors do', and forget .mine
own) the beſt are bred in York ſhire, Darby-ſhire, Lantaſhere,
Sraffora-fhire', Tincoln-ſhire, !oi:flcr- frire , and Somerſet ſhure ,
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thoſe that were bred in YTork-ſhire , Darby-ſhire , Lancaſhire
and Srafford-ſhire , are generally all black of colour, and
they whoſe blackneſs is pureſt , and their Hairs like vel-
vet, white with black tips; they are of ſtatly ſhape,big, round &
well buckled together in every member, ſhort joynted and moſt
comely to.the Eye ſo that they are eſteemed excellent in'the
Market : thoſe in Lincoln-ſhire are for the moſt part Pyde, with

_ more white then the otker colours,their horns little and crook-

ed, of bodies excecding tall, long/and large,leanand thin thigh-
ed, ſ{trong hoved, not apt to forbate, and are indeed fitteſt to

Ofnot mixing labour and draught, thoſe in Somerſer-ſhire and Gloceſter-ſhire ,
aTd making of are generally of a blood red colour, in all ſhapes like unto thoſe

Faces.

The ſhape of
the Bull,

The uſe of
Bulls.

in Lincaln-ſhire, and fitteſt for their uſes. Now to mix arace of
theſe and the black ones together is not good, for their ſhapes ,
and colours are ſo contrary, that their iſſues are very uncomely:
therefore l would wiſh all men to make their breeds,cither ſim-
ply from one and the ſame kind, or elſe to mix York-ſhire with
Stafford-ſhire, with Lanca-ſhire or Darby-ſhire, with one of the
black races, and ſo likewiſe Lzzcolr-ſhire with Somer/et-ſhire, or

Semer ſet-ſhire with Gloceſter-ſhire. |
Now for the ſhapes of your Bull : he ſhould be of a ſharpand
quick countenance, his horns the larger the better, his Neck fle-
ſhy,his belly long and large, his fore-head broad and curled, his
eyes black and large, his ears rough within, and hairlike Velver
his Muzzel large and broad at the upper Lip. but narrow and
ſmall at the neather, his Noſtrils crooked within, yet wide and
open, his dew-lap extending from his neather Lip down to his
fore-booths large fide,thin and hairy, hisbreaſt rough and big,
his Shoulders large,broad and deep; his ribs broad and wide,his
back ſtraight and flat , even to the ſetting on of his tayle, which
would ſtand high, his huckle bones round and fair appearing ,
making his butrocks ſquare, his thighs round, his Legs ſtrait and
ſhort joynted, his Knees round and big, his-hoofs or claws long
and_ hollow, his tayl long and buſh-haired, his Pifle round and
alſo well haired.TheſeBulls as they are for breed,ſo they are ex-
cellently good for the draught, only they naturally draw better
fingly, like horſes,then in the yoke,likeOxen.the reaſon as I ſup-
poſe being,becauſe they can hardly be macht inan equalmanner.
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Now for the Cow : you ſhall chuſe her of the ſame Country Of the Cow,
with your Bull, and as near as may be of one colour, only her 2ndber thape,
bag or udder-would ever be white, with four teats and no more
her belly would be round and large, her forehead broad and
ſmo(?th,and all other parts ſuch as are defore ſhewed in the male
kind.

The uſe of the Cow is two fold, either for the Dairy or for Of ber Uſe.
breed : the Red Cow giveth the beſt milk, and the black Cow
bringeth forth the goodlieſt Calf. The young Cow is the beſt
for breed,yet the indifferent old are not to be refuſed That Cow
which giveth milk longeſt is beſt for both Purpoſes, for ſhe which
giveth milk not long,but becomes dry,looſeth halfher Profit, and
is leſsfit for teeming: for commonly they are ſubject to feed,and
that ſtraineth the Womb or Matrix.

Now for the calyes ; there are two ways of breeding them,the Of Calves,
one to letthem run with their Dams all the year, which is beſt, 22d their nou-
and maketh the goodlieſt beaſt; the other to take them from SHTn:
their Dams , after their firſt ſucking, and ſo bring them up upon
the finger, with flotten milk, the cold only being taken away and
no more ; for to give a young Calf hot milk,is preſent death, or
very dangerous. If your Calf be calved in five days after the
change;which is called the Prizve,do not rear it,for moſt aſſured-
ly it will have the Sturdy, therefore preſerve it only for theBut-
cher ; alſo when you preſerve thoſe male calves, which ſhall be Z
Bulls, then geld the reſt for Oxen,and the younger they are gelt Obſervations.
the better ; the beſt time for rearing of Calves is from 1Mechael-
m1as till Candlemas. A Calf would be nouriſhed with milk
twelve weeks, only a fortnight before you wean it from milk ,
let the milk be mixt with water. After your Calf hath drunk
one moneth,you ſhall take the fineſt, ſweereſt and ſofteſt hay you
can get, and putting little wiſps into cloven ſticks , place them
ſoas the Calf may come to them and learn toeat Hay.After our
Ladies day, when the weather is fair, you may turn your Calves
to graſs, but by no means let it be rank, but ſhort and ſweet, ſo
that he may get it with ſome labour.

Now of the Oxe ; you ſhall underſtand that the larger arethe Of the Oxe
beſt and moſt profitable,both for draught or feeding, for he is/the andhis Uſe.
ſtrongeſt ro_ indure labour, and beſtLable to contain both fleſh ;

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the Bull, ogly his Face would be ſmooth, :and his Belly deepet
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nolt. familier with the Man. Inmatching your Oxen forthe
yoke, Jec them be_near; as may: þe, 2of-one heijpght, 'Spiritand -
ſtrength, forthe ſtronger will ever wrong the weaker, and the
duller will 1yjure him char-is of free Spirit, exceptthe driver be
carefull ro keep the dull-Oxe to his Jabour 3 Oxen for the yoke
would by 80 means be put beyond their-ordinary pace : for vio-
lence intravet heats them,heat breeds ſurfeits, and ſurfeitsthoſe
Gilcaies which makes themunapt to feed or for any other-uſe
of goodneſs. Your cxe forthe Yoke will labour well with Bar-
ley-ſtraw or Peale-ſtraw, and for blend fodder, which is Hay
aud ſtraw mixed cogether, he will defire no better fecding.

: Now, for:your Oxetofecd, he would as muchasmightbe.,
be ever luſty and young of years; 'or if old ,/ yer healthful and
undruiſed,which you ſhall know by a gocd taile, and a good Py-
zel, for if the Hair of one or both be loſt;then he is a waſter,and
he,will be Jong in feeding. If you do ſee the Oxe doth lick him-
felf all over, it isa good fign that heis market-able and well
fed, for itſhews ſoundneſs, andthat the Beaſt raketh a joy in
himſelf :yet whilſt hedothſolick bimſelf he feedethnor, for his
own pride hindreth him, and therefore the Hutbandman will
lay the Oxes,own dung: upon- his hide, which will make him
leavye licking and fall to his Food. Now if you go to chuſe a
fat Beaſt youſhall handle his-hindmoſt Rib, and if itbe ſoft and
looſle like down, then it ſhews thOxe is outwardly well fed; fo
doth ſoft huckle- bones, and a big natch roundand knotry :if his
Cod be big and full, - it fhews he.1s well tallowed;and fo doth the
crop behind the. Shoulders , if it bea Cow, then handle her Na-
vil, and if that be big, round and ſoft, turely ſhe is well tallowed..
Many other oblervations there are, but they be ſo well known ,
and common in every mans uſe, that they need' no curious de -
monſtration. | e:

Now for the preſervation.of theſe Cattel in good and perfett”
health, it ſhall be meet that for the youngand luſty &indeed ge-
nerally forall ſorts,except Calves, to1-t them'blood twice in the
year, namely the Spring and Fall, the Moon being in any olf the

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lower, figns,. and al{o:to.give them-todrink-of the pxck of
Olſiws, mzxed Wi th a head of Garlick, bruiſed therein; and-for
your Calves, he only careful that they go not too ſoo1 nto grals,
24 finall d 3zeris to be feared, 'Now notwithſtanding; all a
-;;zzz'efſſ-ſiſſ els, Beaſts dayly.do getinficmities, and-often fall
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Of the Fever in Cattle.
Affle are moſt ſiſi..);:ſſr -unto a Feyer,, and it cometh either

from ſasfeit of þlood, being.raw and owſtyz.or from Flux .
of cokd humors ifgendred by cold. keeping - thefignsare trem-
bling, heavy eyes, a foaming mouth, and 1 much groaning - and
the cure is., you ſuall let him. blood , and thin 7'gnve thim to drmkpz The Cure.
rffimrr of Ale, in which is boyled, ,!hree on four Roats of Plantane ,
and' two ſpeoafuls of thebeſf London Trerſiclct 5 fflad let brs H.z:_y be
fþ mk{ed wih Wfftcr. .

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Of any inward fiekneſs' in Cattle;

Or any inward ſickneſs;or, droopmg 4n Cattle : take 2.quart-
F, of ftropg Ale, and boyl it with a handful of Wormwood,
and balf a bandful of Rue;. then ſtram it 3 and:add'to! it-two
ſpoonful of the juyce of Garhck and as much of the juyce of -
Houſleek, and as much Loxdon T; reacle, and gwe it the Beaſt to .
drink bemg no more but luke- Warm.

CHAP. IV.
Of . the Difeaſe mm the Head,.1as the Stardy of! 7\11%
Turnith g-evil, 57 73
His difeaſe of 'the Sturdy is known by a continual turnmct - ſi
about of the Bealt in one place ; and the cure is tocaſt the The Cure; -
Beaſt, and having made feer faſt, to flitthe upper part of 'his;
forehead croſs-wile: about four mches each'way,then turning
up the Skinand laying the Skull bare,cuta piece-out of the Sknll/
. two inches {quareor more z then lookſſ,and next unto the panivle'
of the Brain, you ſhall ee 2 bladder lye full of waterand bkſſdſſa
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which you ſhall yery ſig'ently take out, and throw away ; then a-

Noint the place with warm freſh Butter, turn down the Skins :

and with a needle and a little Red filk, ftich it cloſe together ;
then lay on a hot Plaiſter of Oyl, Turpentine, Wax, and a little
Roſin melted rogether with Flax-hurds, and fo folding warm
woollen cloath about the head, let the bealſt riſe, and o remain
three or four daysere you dreſs it again,and then heal it up like
another wound, only obſerve in this cure, by no means touch

the brain, for that is mortal, and then the hel Þ is both common,
and moft eaſfie.
CHAP. 'V.

Of Diſeaſes in the eyes of Cattle, as the Haw, a Stroak_ Inflam-
mation, Veeping, or the Pinn or Webb.

ſiFOr any general ſoreneſs in the eyeſis of Cattle, take the wa-

ter of Eye-bright , mixt with juyce of Honſleck., and waſh
them therewith, and it will recover them : but if a Haw breed
herein then you ſhall cur it out , which every ſimple Smith can
do. But fora Stroak, Inflammation, Pinor Web,which breeds

excreſions upon the eyes; take a new laid Egge, and put out -

balf the white : then fill it up with Salt, and a little Ginger,
and roaſt it extream hard in hot Cinders : which done, beat it
to powder ſhell and all ; bur before you roaſt it, wrap it in a
wetcloath, and put of this powder into the beaſts eye, and it
will heal and cvreit.

CHAP. VI.

Of Diſeaſes in the mouth, as Barhs under the Tongue, blain
onthe Tongue , Teeth luoſe, or Tongue venomed.

Hoſe Barbs, 'or paps whichgrow under the tongues of Cat-

T tle, and being inflameddo hinder them from feeding, you
ſhall with a keen pair of Sheers cut away cloſe by the fleſh, and
if they bleed much, (as they will do if they berank) you ſhall
then with a red hot bodkin ſear them, and drop on the top of
the ſeared places a drop or two of Roſin and butter mixt toge-
ther z but 1f they bleed not, then only rub them with Sage and
Salt, and they will heal; Now for the Blain on the tongue,, of
ſome called the Tinlain, it is a Bliſter which groweth at the
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roots of the rongue, and cometh through heat of che ſtomeci

and much chafing, and is ofr very mortal, for it will rile fo ſud-
denly and fobig thar it will ſtop the wind of the Beaſt, The
Cure is, to thruft your hand into the mouth of the Beaſt, and
drawing out his tongue, with your nayl to break the bliſter, and
then to waſh the fore place with ſtrong brineor Sage, Salt, and
water : if you find more bliſters then one, 'break themall; and
waſh them,and it isa prefent cure. Now for looſe teeth,you ſhall
Tet the Beaſt blood in his gums , and under his tayl, then waſh
his chaps with Sage and Woodbine leaves, boyled in brine:laſtly,
if the tongue be Venomed, which you ſhall know by the unna-
tural ſwelling thereof, you ſhall take Plantane, and boyling it
with vinegar and Salt, waſh the tongue therewith, and it will
Cure it.
: CHAP. VI.
Of diſeafes 3n the Neck,, as being galled, bruiſed, ſwoln, out of
oint, or having the Cloſh.

IF any Oxes neck be galled, bruiſed or ſwoln with the yoke:

take the leaves of round Ariftolochia, and beating them in a
Morter with Tallow or freſh Greaſe,anoint the'ſore place there-
with, and it will not onlyheale it, butany ftrain in the Neck,
even if the bone bea little diſordered. Now forthe Cloſh or
Clowſe which cauſeth a Beaſt to pill and looſe the hair from his
Neck, and is bred by drawing in wet and rainy weather, - you
ſhall take the aſhes ofan old burnt ſhoo, and ſtrew it upon the
Neck, - and then rub it over with Tallow and Turpentine mixt

together.
CHAP. VUL.
Of the Peſtilence, Gargil or Meorrain in Beaſts.

 

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occafions; as from rankneſs of blood,or feeding,from cor-
ruption of the air, intemperatneſs of the weathet, inundation
of floods,or the infeCtion of other Cattel; much might be faid of
the violence and mortality thereof, whick hath utterly unfarn
ſhed whole Countries. But to go to cure, you ſhall give to all your
Cattel, as well the found as the ſick, this Medicine which never failed
#o preſerve as many as have taken it . Take of old Urine a.quart,
and mix it with a handful of Hens dung diſſolved therein, and

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CHAP. 1X.
. Of the miſuiking or leanneſs of Beaſts.

F your Bealt fall into any unnatural miſſice or leanneſs,
£ which you ſhall know by the diſcolouring of his Hair : You
| ſhall 'then cauſe him firſt to be ler bloud and after rake finect
Butter and beat it in.a mortar, with a lictle 14 and the ſha-
ving of Jvory, and being kepr faſting make him ſwallow down
two or three Balls thereof; and-if it be in the winter, feed him

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CHAP.: x.
Of the diſeaſe in the Guts, as Flux Coftroneſs,
Cholick, and ſuch Ihs |

.JF your Beaft be troubled: with any ſore laxe or bloody-Flux,'
*you ſhall take a\handful of the ſeeds of Wooa-Roſe, and bing

dryed ard beaten to powder, brew it with a quart of ſtrong Ale
_ and give it the Beaſt to drink.” But if he betoo dry or coſtive in

his body, then you ſhallcake a handful of F enugreek, and boyl it
n a quart of Ale,and give him to drink ; but for any cholick or

belly-.ch or gnawing of the Guts, boyl'in the water which he

drinketh good ſtore of Oy1, and it will help him.

CHAP. XI.
: OfPiffZrſig of Blood. ; .
F your Beaſt piſs Blood, which cometh'either of over-labour-
ing or of hard and ſower feeding, you ſhall take Shepherds-
purſe, and boyl it in a quart of red wine, and then ftrain it, and
put to it alittle Cmamor, and {o give it the Beaſt to drink.

 

CHAP. XIF.
Of dropping Noſtrils, or cold in the Head.
_FF your Beaſts Noſtrils run continnally, which is a fign of cold
* inthe Head, you ſhall take Purter and Brimſtone and mixing
them together, anoint two Goote feathers therewith, and thruſt
them up intothenoſtrils of-the Beaſt, and uſe thus to do every.
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Of any ſmelling in a Beaſt whatſoever,

JF your Beaſthave any outward ſwelling,Bath-it with Oyl and
Vinegar exceeding hot.and it will aſſwage it: but ifthe ſwel-
ling be inward, then boyl1 round Arifolochiain his water.

_ CH AP. XIV. ſſ
> Of the Wormin the T ayle.
THere is a Worm which will breed in the tayl of a Beaſt, and ,
*® dothnot only keep him from feeding, but alſo cateth away *< Cure,
the hair of the tay] and disfiguteth theBeaſr.The cure is,to waſh
_ the tayl in ſtrong Zye made of Urine and A wood- aſtes and
that will kill the Worm, and alſo heal and dry up the {ore.

CHADP.XV. .

, Of any Conigh or ſhortneſs of breath in Cattel.
IF your Beaſt betroubled with the Cough or ſhortneſs of
breath you ſhall giye him to drink divers mornings together
a ſpoonful or two of Tarr, diſlolved in a quart of newy milk,
_ anda head of Garlick clean pilPd andbruiſed.

CHAP. XVI.

Of any Tmpoſthume, Bile or Botch in a Beaſt.

F your Beaſt be troubled with-any Impoſthume, Bile or Batch,
| ___ yon ſhall take Lilly-roots and boyl them in milk till they be
| ſoft, ſothat you may make'them like Pap : then being very hot
| clapthem to the ſore, and then when it comes tohe ſoft, open it
with a'hot iron, andlet out the filth, then heal it up with Tarr,
Turpentine and Oyl mixt to together. ;

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Off diſeaſes in the Sinews, as weakgeſs, ſtifſneſs cr ſoreveſs.
JF you find by the unnimble going of your Beaſt, that his.Si-

news are-weak, ſhrunk or tender : Take 24allews and Chick-
| weeaand boyl theminthe Dregs of Ale or in Vinegar.ard being
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_ very hot, lay it to the offended member, and it will comfort the
finews.
| , CHAP. XVIIE
Of t he general Seab, particular Scab, Itch or Scurff in Cattel.

LF your Beaſt be tronbled with ſome few Scabs here and there
on his body, you ſhall rub- them. off; and anoint the place
with black Sope and Tarr,mixt rogether,and it will heal them.
But if the Scab beuniverſal over the body, and the Scabs mixt
with a dry Scurf,then you ſhall firſt let the Beaſt blood, afrer
rub off the Scabs and Scurf till the Skin bleed, then waſhit with
o1d Urine and green Copperas,together andafter the bathing is
dry, anoint.the body with Bores greaſe and Brimſtone mingled
together. 8
CHAP. XIX.
Of the hide-bound, or dry skin in Cattel.

THis grief cometh of over-much labour and evil keeping,and
aboveall other Beaſts your Lincoln-(hzre Oxen are ſubject
unto it,theſfignsarea diſcoloured and hard Skin,with much lean-
The Cure, Nels : the cure is, to let him blood, and to give him to drink a
quart of good ſtrong Ale brewed with Mirrh,and the powder of
Bay-berries,or for want of Berries the Bay-tree leaves ;and then
keep him warm & feed him with Hay that isa litcle mow-burnt
and only looketh red, but is not duſtyor mouldy, for that will

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cet him an appetite to drink, and drinking will looſen his Skin.

CHAP. XX.
Of the diſeaſesinthe Tungs, e peciallythe Lung-grown.

ſſTHe Lungs of a Beaſt are wuch ſubjzct to ſicknelſs, as may
appear by much panting, and ſhortneſs of breath, the ſigns
beinga continual coughing, but that which is before preſcribed
for the Cough will cure all theſe,on!y fora Beaſtwhich is Lung-
grown, or hath his Lungs grown t0 his ſide-, which cometh
through ſome extreme drought taken in the Summer ſeaſon,
and is known by the Cough hoarſe, or hollow coughing,you ſhall
take a pint of Tanners ouze, and MIx It with 2 pint of new milk(i
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and one ounce of brown. Sugar Candy, ai:d- give it the Beaſt to
drink,this iath been found a prelent cure;or to givehim a ball as
big as a mans hiſt of Tar and Butter mixt together, is very cer-
tain cure. ſi

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Of biting with a Mad Dog, or any other venomotts Beafs.

IF your Beaſt,be bitten with a mad Dog,or any other venemous

Beaſt, you ſhall take 7antaze,and beat it in a Mortar with
Bole-armenick.Sanguis Draconis, Barley meal, and the whites of
*Eggs.and plaiſter-wile lay it to the ſore,renewingit once in four-
teen hours.

CHAP. XXII.
Of the falliſing duwn of the Palate of a Beaſts month.

Abour and drought will makethe Palate of aBeaſts mouth to

. fall down,which you ſhall know by a certain hollow chang-
ing in his mouth when he would eat.alſo by his fighing and a de-
ſire to cat but cannot. The ordinary cure is, you ſhall caſt the
Beaſt, and withyour hand thruſt it up; then let him blood in
the palare, and anoint it with Honey, and Salt; and then put
him to graſs, for he may cat no dry meat.

CHAP. XXIII.
Of any grief or painin the hoof of a Beaſt,and of the Fole,

'Ake Mugwort, and beat itin a Mortar with hard Taiow, and
apply iTto the hoof of the Beaſt, and it will take away any
grief whatſover. Bur if he be troubled with that dilcaſe, which
1s called the Foxle, and comes moſt commonly by treading ina
mansordure, it breedeth ſoreneſs & ſwelling between the cloves
you ſhall for the cure caſt the Beaſt,and with a Hay rope rub him
ſohard between the ſame that you may make him bleed, then
anoint the Place with Tarr, Turpentine, and Kirchin-fee, mixt to-
zether ; and keep him out of the dirt, and he will ſoon be whole.
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CH AP. XXIV.
Of bruſings in general, 01 what part of the body ſoever they be,
TAke Brooklime the leſs, and fry it with Tallow, and fo hot
lay it to the bruiſe,andit will either expel it,orelſe ripen ir,
break it, and heal it, as hath be often approved.

CHAP./'XXV,
Of ſwallowing down Hens-Aung, or any poyſonous thing.

& F your Beaft have ſwallowed dowa Hens-dung Horſe-leeches,

orany other poyſonous thing,you ſhall take a pint of ſtrong
Vinegar, and haltſo much Oyl: or ſweet Butter, and two ſpoon
fulls of Londea-Treacle; and mixing them together on the fire
give lt the Beaſt warm to drink, and it will gure him.

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Of killing Lace or Tickss.
BEa\'cs that are bred in Woods under dropping of Trees,or in
barren and unwholeſome places are moſt/ ſubje& to'Lice,

Tickes, and other Vermine. The cure whereofis to anoint their
body with freſh Greaſe, Pepper, Staveſaker and Quickſilyer
beaten together uatill the Quickfilver beſlain

CHAP.XXVLIL
Of the Dewboln, or general Garg1l.

HOwſoever ſome ofour Enzliſk Writers are opinioned, this
Dewoln or general Gargil, is a poyſonous and violent

Grelling, begioning ar the neather part of che Dewlap, and if it

be not prevented.the fwelling will afcend upward co theThroat
of the Beaft, and it is incuradle : therefore for the preſerva-
tion of your Beaſt, as foon as you ſee the ſwelling appear, caft
the Beaft and flit the ſwelled place of the Dewlap, at lealt four
inches' 31 lengti; then take a handful or two of Speare-zraſs,
or Knet<grafs and thruſting itinto the wound, ftitch it ap cloſe
then anoint If with Butter and $2/t, and fo let it rotand wear g-
way of it ſelf: if you perceive that his body be fwelld which is

a fign that the poyſon is diſperſed inwardly, then it ſhall bſſcctl
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© good to give him aquart 'of Ale and Rue boyPd together, and
ſo to chafe him up down well, hoth before and after.
CHAP. XXVIL.
Of loſe of the Cad.

ABeaſt will many times through careleſheſs jn chewing,

loſe his Cud and then mourn and leave to ecat : The cer-
tain curewhereof is to take a little ſower: Leaver and Salt, and
beating it in a mortar with mans Uri7e and Lome,make a;pretty
big ball and force him to ſwallow it down, and it will recover

his Cud. .
CHAP.,XXIX. ſi _
Of killing of all ſorts of Worms, cicher in the Oxe, Cow or Calfe.
THere is nothing killeth Wormsin the bodies of Cattel ſooner
then Saviachopt; ſmall, and beaten with ſweet Butter, and
ſopiven in round balls, to the Beaſt; nor any thing maketh
them void them ſo ſoonas fieet Wort andalittle black Sope
mixt together, and given.the Beaſt to drink. - |
CHAP.XXX.
Of the vomiting of Blood. ſi
THis diſeaſe cometh of the rankneſs of blood got in Fruit-
ful Paſtuxes afrer hard keeping, inſomuch that you ſhall fee
the blood flow from their mouths. The cure is, firſt to let the
-Beaſt blood, and then give to drink Bole-armenick,and Ale mixt

together.
CHAP. XXXI.
Of the Gout in Cattel.
I F your Reaſt be troubled with' Gout, which you ſhall know
F by the ſudden (veliing of his joynts, and falling again, you
thall take Galingal,and boyl it in the dregs of Ale andſweet But-
zer, and Pultis-wile lay it fo the offeaded member..
CHAP. XXXII. '
Of Milting of a Beaſf
Mllting is when a BeaTt 7:1i oft fall,and ofcariſe, as he is at
his labour, and cazaor indureto ftand any while together
it proceeds from foine {troke or braiſe,eicher by cudgil or orher
blunt weapoa: And che cure js, notto raiſe him ſuddenly,butro
%i\(e lÞim Ale,and iome ſtone P:rob mixt very well together to
rink,

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, Of provoking a Beali topiſs.
TF your Beaſt cannct piſs, {teep S-allage, or the roots of Rad-
* 4ſh ina quart of Aleand give ithim todrink, and itpreſently

helpeth.
CHAP. XXXIV.
Of over-flowing of the Gall, in Beaſts.
| ſſ:I"He,over- flowing of the Gall, is ever known by the yellow- _
42 neſs of the Skin, and the eyes of the Beaſt : And the cure is,
togivehim a quart of Milk, Saffron andTurmerick mixt topether_
' todrink after he hath been let blood, and fo dothree mornings

together. "
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"Of a Beaſt that is goared, either with Stake, or the horn of an-
ther Beaſt.
X TAke Turpentine and Oyle, and heat them or the Coals, and
then taint the wound therewith, and it will heal it.
CH AP. XXXVL.

; - Of a Cow that 15 withered.

: THis diſeaſe is; when a Cow after her calving cannot caſt her

® cleaning,andtherefore trocompel herto caſt it.you ſhall rake

the juyce of Berony, 1iugmort and Mallows, of each three ſpoon-

fuls.and mix it witha quart of Ale.and giveit the Beaſtto drink-

and alſo give herto eat ſcorched Barley, and it will force her to
ayoid her burthien ſiddenly. :

CHAP. XXXVIE.
Of drawing out ftubsor Thorns.
Ake black Snails and black' Sope, and beat them to a falve,

and apply them to the fore, and it willdraw the grief to be
APParent. INES

CHAP. XXXVHL.
__ Of purging of Cattel. :
*"'FHSL*C isnothing dorh purgea Beaſtſo naturally,as the green
weedy graſs which groweth in Orchards under trees, nor
anyMedicine doth purge them better than Tarr, Burter, and S4-
£ar Cdy mixt tegether,andgiven in balls as big as anHens Egg.

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CHAP.XXXIX,
Of bring ſh-ew-run or ſhrew-bitten _
' Shrew Mouſe, which 1s a Moule with ſhort uneven legs,and”
A along head like a'Swines, is veriomous, and ifit bite a
Beaſt the ſore will ſwell and rankle,and put the Beaſt in danger-
bur 3f itonly run over. a Beaſt; .it feebleth his hinder. parts, and
maketh bim unable to go: The curethen for being ſhrew-bitten
5s the ſame which is formerly ſhewed for the biting of other ve-
nomous Beaſts; But if he be {trew-run, . you ſhall.only draw him,
under, or beat him with a bramble, which groweth at both ends.
in the Furrowsof Corn lands. 3
CHAP. XL.
Of faimneſsin Labour. * ſſ
F” your Beaſt in his Labour,aud heat of the day chance to faint
- you ſhall looſe him, and drivehim to the running ſtream' to
drink, and then givehim two or three Oſpines full of parct'd
Barley to cat, and he will labour freſh again. *
__CHAP.XLI
Of breeding Milk in a Cow

F your Cow after her Calving cannot let down; her Milk; you ;

Þ| chall give her a quart of ſtrong Poſſet-Ale, mixed with Anni-
ſeeds and Coliander-ſced:,eaten to powder to drink every morn-

ing, andit will nor only make her Milk ſpring, but alfo increaſe.

it wonderfully. .
CHAP. XKLIE
Of Bones out of joynt, or boyes broken.

F any Beaſt have a bone broken, miſplaced, after you have ſet
it right,and in bis true place,you ſhall wrap a plaiſter about it-
made of Burgunay, Pitch, Tallow and Linſeed-oyl, and then ſplent
it, and let it remain unbound 15 days,and it will domuch good..

CHAP. XLII.
/ Of the Rot in the Beaſts.

IF your Beaſt be ſubjeC&t ro rottenneſs, which you may know
by his leannefs, miſlike, and continually ſcouring behind, you
ſhall take Bay-berries, beaten to powder, Mirrh, Ivy-teaves, E-
der-leaves and Feather-few.a good lnump of dry Clay, and Bay-
faſt, mix theſe together in ſtrong Urine, and being warm, gi.*ſie
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the Beaſt halfa pint thereof to drink, and it will knit and pre-
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Of the Pantas.

HePantasis a very faint diſeaſe,and maketha Beaſt to ſweat,
* ſhake, and pant much. The cure s, togive him Ale and
Urine mixt together, a little ſoot and a little earning to drink
two or three mornings before you labour him. .

CHAP. XLV.
Of all manner of Wounds in Beaſts.

ocure any Wounds in beaſlts, given by edge tools, or other-
": wiſe, where theSkin is broke ; take Hogs-preaſe Tarr, Tur-
Pentine and Wax, of each a like quantity, aad aquarter ſo much
Verdigreafe, and meltthem altogether jnto one falve, and apply
it to the Wound, by ſpreading it upon a Cloath, and ic will heal
it witkout any rank or dead fleſh.

The end of the Bull, Oxe, Cow and Calfe, &c.

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Of Sheep in gencral, their uſe, choice,. ſhape and preſervation.

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& Oecnter into-anylong diſcourſe of praiſe or profit of ſheep,

or to ſhew my.reading by relation.of the Sheep of other
Countries, were frivolus;becauſe I am to'write-much ina

- very litcle Paper,and 1 ſpeak only to my Country-men,the Eng-
Uſh, who defice tolearn and know their own profit. Know then

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that whoſcerer will ſtock himſelf with good Sheep,” muſt look
into the natureof the ſoile in which he liveth : for Sheep accor-
dingto the earth and air in which they live, do alter their na-
ture and properties, the barren Sheep becoming_ gocd in good
loiles, and the good Sheep barren in evil ſoils. If then you de-
fire *to have Sheep of a curious fine ſtaple of wooll.,, from
whence 'you may draw a. thread as fine as filk, you ſhall ſee
ſuch in Herefordſhire, about Lempſter ſide, and other ſpecial
parts of that. Countyz 1n that part of Worcefterſhire joyning upon
Shropſkire, and many ſuch like places - yetthioſe ſheep, are ve-
ry little of bone, black faced, and bear avery little burthen.
The Sheep upon Corſal hills are of better bone,.ſhape, and bur-
then,bur their ſtaple is courſer & deeper. The Sheepin that part
of orceſi erſhire, which joyneth on Warwickſhire, and many parts
of WWarwickſhire, all Lexceſterſhire , Buckinghamſhire , and part
of Northamptonſhire, and that part of Notinghamſhire which is
exempt from the forreſt of Sherwood, beareth a large boned ſheep
of the beſt ſhape,, and deepeſt ſtaple, chiefly if they be Paſture-
Sheep,yet is their wool courſec than that of Corſal, Lincolnſhire,
eſpecially in the ſalt Marſhes have the Largeſt Sheep,but nort the
beſt wool,for their legs and bellies are long and naked,ard their
ſtaple is courſer than any other. .The Sheep in Yorkſhire; and {o
Northward, are of a reaſonable big bone, but of a ſtaple rough
and hairy, and the Welſh Sheep are ofall the worſt, for they are
both little and of worte ſtaple, andindeed are praiſed only in
the diſh, for they are the ſweeteſt Mutton.

Ifnow., knowing the natures and properties of the Sheep of :
every Country, you go about to ſtock your ground, be ſureto Of thechoice
bring your Sheep from a worſe ſoilto a better, and-not from a vf Sheep.
better to a worſe, The Lear,which is the earthon which a Sheep
lyeth,and.giveth him his colour,is much to be reſpected:the red Of the Lear.
Lear is held the beſt; the duskiſh, inclining to alittle redneſs,
is tolerable ; but chewhite or dirty Lear is ſtark navght. In the -
choice therefore of your Sheep.,chule the biggeſt boned,with the
beſt wooll;; the ſtaple being ſoft, greafie, well curled, and cloſe

.together, ſothat a man ſhall have much ado to part it with his

fingers. Theſe Sheep beſides the bearing of the beſt burthrn, are

alwayes the beſt Butchers ware,and go ſooncſt away in the Mar-
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ket. Therefore in the choice of ſheep for your breed, have a prin-
ctpal reſpect to your Rams, for they ever mar or make a flock:
let them as neer as you can have.theſe properties or ſhapes. Firſt,
The ſhape ofa large of body-in every general part, with a long body, and a
Sheep. large belly, his forehead would be broad, round and well riſfing,
acheerful large eye,ſtrait ſhort noſtrils,and a very ſmall muzzel,
by no means any horns,for the dodder ſheep is the beſt breeder;
and his iſſue never dangereth the Dam inyeaning.as the horned
ſheep do: beſides, thoſe ſheep which have no horns, are of ſuch.
ftrength of head, they have off been ſeen to kill thoſe ſheep
which have the largeſthorns,and beſt wrinkled, A Sheep would
have a large upright neck, fomewhat bending like the neck of a
horſe, a very broad back, round buttocks, a thick tail, and ſhort
joynted legs, ſmall, clean and nimble, his woollwould be thick
and deep,covering his belly all over;alſo his face,and even to his
noſtrils, and downward to his very knees and hinder houghs:
Andrthus according to the ſhape,propertie,and ſoil from whence
you chooſe your Rams, chooſe the reſt of your flock alo.
The beft time for your Ewes to bring forth their young ones
When Emes js, if they be paſture fheep about the latter end of April, and fo
g;ffi:dbmg untill the beginning of F«re, but if they be field-ſheep, then
D from the beginning of Fanrary till the end of March, that their
Lambs may be ſtrong and able before 27ayday, to follow their
Dams over the rough Fallow-lands, and water-furrows, which
weak Lambs are not able to do : and although you yean thus
early in the Winter, when there is no graſs ſpringing, and the
ſharpneſs of the weather alſo be dangerous,yet the husbandman
muſt provide ſhelter and ſweet fodder, and the Shepherd with
. great vigilance be ſtirred at all hours,topreventevils,for the rea-
{ons before ſhewed, and though the Ewe at the firſt be ſcant of
Milk, yet as the warm weather increaſeth, and the graſs begin-
neth to ſpring, ſo will her milk ſpring alſo.
Ordering of Now for your Lambs - about Michaelmaſs you ſhall ſeparate
Lambs. the male from the female; and having choſen out the worthieſt,
which you mean to keep for Rams, put them afide, and then
eneld the reſt, which every orderly Shepherd can do ſufficient-
ly., for there, is no danger in guelding young Lambs. The firſt
year a male Lamb is called a Weather-hog, and a female Laml(zl
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an Ewe-hog : the ſecond year the male is a Weather, and the

female a Theafe, and then ſhe may be put tothe Ram : but
if you let her go over that year alfo, then ſhe is adcuble Theafe
and will both her ſelf be the goodlier ſheep, and alſo bring forth
the goodlier Lamb ; whence it comes, that the beſt Sheep-ma-
ſters, make more account of double Theafe, than of any other
breeder. : 7

You ſhall obſerve, never to ſhear your Lambs till they be full
hogs-: you ſhall ever waſh three days before you ſhear- the beſt
time of ſhearing is from 7mme to Augnſt. Ewes are ever good
breeders from three years old till their mouths break. if you
would have-your Ewes bring forth male Lambs, note when the
North-wind bloweth, and driving your flock againſt the wind
let your Rams ride as they go, and this will make the Ewes to
conceive male Lambs. Solikewiſe, if you would have female
Lambs,put your Rams to the Ewes when the'wind bloweth out
of the South. :

Now torthe general preſeryation ofſheep,feed them as much
as you can upon high grounds, which are dry and fruitfn}, the
graſs ſweet yet ſo ſhort that it muſt be got with much labour ;
but if you muſt perforce feed 'upon Tow and moiſt grounds
which are infections,. you ſhall not bring your Sheep: from the
Fold, (for I now ſpeak tothe honeſt Engliſh hnsbandman)until
the'Sun beriſen.and that the beams begin'todrawthe-dew from
the earth; then having let them forth, drive them to their place
of Feed, and there with your dog chaſe them up and down till
they be weary, and thenlet them either feed or take their reſt;
which they pleaſe. Thischaſing firſt, beateth away Mill-dews,
and all-other dews from the earth, as alfo thoſe webs, kells;and
flakes, which lying/on the earth and aSheep licking| them up,
do breed rottenneſs. Alſothis chaſing ſtirreth up that natural
heat ina Sheep, which drinketh up, and waſteth the abundance
of moiſture, whichelſe would- turn'to rottenneſs. Beſides, a
Sheep being,thus chaſed and wearied, will fall to hisfood-more
dehberately,and not withſuch greedineſs,as otherwife hewould,
and alfomake choice of that meat which isrhe beſt for hishealth:
Ifa Shepherd once in.a month, or alwayes when he hath/occa-
fien to band!e his Sheep, rub. theic mouths with Bay-falt, it

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isan excellent preſervation againf{t all'manner of ficknefs, and
very comfortable for aSheep alſo,for a Sheep will very well live
and abate of his fleſh,by rubbing bis mouth once a day with Bay-
falt only. Now foraſmuci as notwithſtanding theſe principles,a-
Sheep fallethinto many infirmities, hereafter followeth the ſe-
veral cures of all manner of diſeaſes.

CHAP. IL.
The ſurns to kaow a ſoun4 ſhzep, and an unſound ſheep.
FF a Sheep be ſound and perfeCt, his eye will be bright and
cheerful, cheWaire pure without ſpot, and the ſtrings red,his
gums alſo will be red, his teeth white and even, his skin on his
brisket will be red,and ſo will each fide betwixt his body and his
ſhoulder where wool grows not. his skin in_general will be looſe
his wool faſt, his breath long, and his feet not hot, but if he be
unſound, then theſe ſigns will have contrary faces ; his eyes will
be heavy,pale,and ſpotted, his breaſt and gums white, his teeth
yellow and foul, his wool when it is pulled will eafily part from
his body; and when he is dead open him, and you ſhall fine his
belly full of water,his fat yellow, his liver putrified,and his fleſh
moiſt and wateriſh.
: CHAP.1HI.
Of fickneſs in general,or the Feaver among ſt Sheep.
CHange of paſture is a great cure for ſick Sheep; yet if you
>Þ/Afindany more particularly troubledthan the reſt,take Pu/iol-
Roal, and ftamping it, mix the juice with water and vinegar,

_ the quantity of halta pint, and giveit the Sheep with a horn

luke-warmzand by no means let the Sheep be much chafed. Alfo
in theſe fickneſſes the Shepherd muſt have agreat care fo note
fromwhence thediſeaſe groweth:ifit proceed from cold,then to
drive his ſheep to-ſkeiter; if from heat,then to .ced them in ſha-
dy cool places.
CHAP.IV.
Of the general Scab or Itch in Sheep.

T'{-—Ie general ſcab/oritch in Sheep, is of all diſeaſes the moſt

common among them , -proceeding from rainy and wet
weather,: which falling upon their skins, if they happen to be
chafd or heated after,they preſently break forth into the ſcabs
which you ſhall know. by a white filchy ſcurf ſticking upon _

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their skins. And the moſt uſual medicine for the ſame, which all
Shepherds uſe, is to anoint the place with Tar.and Greaſe mixt
together ;, bur if upon the firſt appearance of the itch you ſteep
Puliol-Royal.in water, and walh the skin therewhith, it will pre-
ſerve them from running into the {cab..
CHAREY:;
Of kelling 71aggots in Sheep.
F a Sheep be troubled with Maggots,, you ſhall take Goo/e-
greaſe, Tar, and Brim/one, and mixt them together on.the
fire; and then anoint the place therewith, and it will Kill the
Maggots. :
CHAP. VI.
Of the R:id Water.

; He Red water 1s a poyſonous diſcaſe in Sheep, offending

T the heart, and is indeed as the Peſtilence amongſt other
cattel,therefore when you find any:of yourSheep infetted there-
with, you ſhall firſt let him blood in the-foot between the claws,
 and alſo under the tail , and then lay to the fore places Rew or
Wormmwood beaten with Bay-ſalt, and it helpeth.

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Of Lung-ſick, or any Cough or Cold.

lF your Sheep be troubled with any ſickneſs in his. Lungs,

which you ſhall know by his coughing and ſhortreſs of breath
you ſhall take Fufſilago or Colts-foot and Lang-wort and ſtamping;
them,ſtrain the juice intoalitrle honey and water,and give it the
Sheep to drink.

CHAP. VII.
Of the Worm-in the Claw of the Sheep, or any other part.

T His Worm breedeth commonly before, between the Claws
of the foot, but whereſoeyer it breedeth it is knownby the

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head,which is like a tuft ofhair, and will ſtick forth in a bunch. The Cure..

Fhe cure is to flit the foor, and draw out the worm with
out breaking it,and then anoint the place with Tar and Tallow
mixt together, for Tar ſimply of it ſelf will draw too much.
CHAP.IX. f
Of the Wild-fire in Sheep.
"His diſeaſe, which 1s called the wild-fire,is a very infe&tjous
ſickneſs, and will indanger the whole flock, but howſoever
, _ incurable:

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incurable 1t is held, yet is certain, that if you take Cye-vile,
and ſtamping it with old Ale, make a falve thereof, and anoint
the fore therewith,it will kill the fire,and ſet the Sheep ſafe: and
though ſome for thisdiſcaſe bury the firſt infeCted Sheep alive,
with his heels upward,before the Sheep-coat door, yet this medi-
Cine hath ever been more effeCual.

CHAP.X.
Of the difeaſe of the Gall, as Choller, Faundice, and ſuch like.

T Heſe diſeaſes are known by the yellowneſs of the Sheeps
sSkin: andthe cureis, to take' Plantane and Letruce, and
ſtamping them together, mix their juice with vinegar, and givye
balf a pint toa Sheepto drink.

: CHAP. XI.
Of the tough flegm, or ſtopping in Sheep.

F your Sheep be ſtopt in the head, breaft or weaſand,. either
with tough flegm , or other cold humors, which you ſhall
know by the running of the noſtcils ; then rakethe powder of
Puliol-royal, and\ mixing it with clarified hony,. diffolve-it i
warme water, the.quantity of half a pint, and give itthe Sheep

todrink;and it will looſen the.flegm.

CHHP. XIE
Of bones broken in Sheep, or bones out of joynt.

IF your Sheep.chance to: break a leg,, or have any other bone

miſplaced, you ſhall after you have ſet it traight and-righe
again, firſt bath it with Oyl and Wine,, and then dipping a
cloath in_ molten-Parchgreaſe, roul it about, and ſpint it as occa-
fion ſhall ſerve,, and fo let it remain nine. days,, and dreſs.it. a-

-gain, and at the. end of the next nine. dayesthe Sheep will be

able to.go. :
CH-A P.: XIH.

Of any fickneſs tn-Lambs.
TF your: Lambibe fick, you' ſhall give it: Zares milh, or Goats-
milk., or the own Dams: milk and water todrink, and keep
very'warm. CHAP.

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CHAP. XIV.
Of the Sturdy ,turning-evil, or Zorefougd.

T Heſe diſeaſes proceed from rankneſs of blood, which offen-
deth the brain,and other inward parts.The cure thenisto :
let the Sheep blood in the eye-veins,temple-veins, and through Tle Cure,
the noſtrils, then to rub the place with young Nettles bruiſed.

CHADP. XV.
Of diſeaſes 3n the eyes, as the Haw, dinmeſs, or any ſoreneſs

IF your Sheep have any imperfection inhis eyes, you ſhall drop
the juice of Sc/anane into them and itis a preſent help.

CHAP. XVI.
Of water m a Sheeps belly.

IF a Sheep have water in his belly between the outward fleſh

and therim, then you may ſafely adventure to let it forth by.
making a little hole through the fleſh, and puting in a quill 3
but if it be between the rim andthe bag, thenit is incurable,for -
you may by no means cut the rim-aſunder. When the water is .
let forth, you ſhall ſtitchup the hole, and'anoint it with Tarr
and Butter mixt together - this water if-it remain in the body,
will rot the ſheep.

CHAP. XVIE
Of the Tag?d or Belt in Sheep:
A Sheep is faid to be Tag?d or Belt, when by a continual
A ſquirt running out of his ordure, he berayeth his tayle in -
ſuch wite, that through the hear of the dung it ſcaldeth and
breedeth the ſcab therein. The'cure is, with a pair ofſheers to *
cut away the tags, and lay the ſore bare and raw, and then to The Cure../

throw earth dryed upon it, and after that Tarr and Gooſe-
greaſe mixt together.
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CHAP. XVII..
Of the Pox in Sheep, _
THe Pox in_Sheep are ſmall red pimples like Purples riſing
___on the $kin, and they are infectious. The cureis, to take
Roſemary , and boil the leaves in Vinegar , and bath the
ſores therewith,andit will heal them. Change of paſture is good

i}or tgis diſeaſe, and you ſhall alfo ſeparate the'ſick from the
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CHAP. XIX.
Of-the Wood-Emil, or Cramp,

His diſeaſe is weakneſs or ſtraitning of the finews got by
Tcold and ſurfeits.-. it is very.mortal, and will run rhrough a
whole flock. The cure,is to take,Cinkforl,or Five-leavd-graſs,and
boil in Wine, and give the Sheep a pint thereof to drink, and
keep him warm, and chafe his legs with oy1 and vinegar.

CHAP. XS. -

Of making an Ewe to love her own Lamb, or any
: other Ewes Lamb.

lF an: Ewe grow unnatural, and  will -not. take  her Lamb
after ſhe hath yeaned it, you.ſhall take a little of the.Clean of
the Ewe, which -is the bed in- which. the; Lamb. lay, and force
the Ewe:to eat it. or at leaſt chew.it in her mouth, and- ſhe will

fall tolove it naturally. Butif an Ewe have caſt -her.-Lamb;and

you would have her take toanother Ewes Lamb, you {hall take

the Lamb which is dead,and with it rub anddaubthe live Lamb

all over, and fo put it to. the Ewe, and ſhe will take as.natu-

rally to it, as if it were her own.

CHAP.XXl.
ſi Of licking up Poyſen,

TF aSheep chance to lick up any poyſon, you ſhall perceive it
by.a ſudden fwelling and reelingof the Sheep, And the cure 15,
2s ſoon as.you ſeeat ſtagger, to open, the mouth, and you ſhall
find one.or more bliſters upon. the . tongues root, you ſhall pre
ſenrly break them with your fingers,and rub them witn earth or
Sage,-and then pils into the Sheeps mouth, and It will do well.
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Of Lambs yeaned ſick,

IF a Lamb.be, yeaned ſick and weak, the Shephears ſhall fold it
\uP 11 his cloak, blow into the mouth of it, and then drawing
the Dams dugs, ſquirt milk. into the mouth of it.
CHAP. XXIII.
Of making an Ewe tobe caſily delivered.

IE an Ewe can hardly bring forth or yean her Lamb, you ſhall
take Bel/amint or Horſemint , and put either the juice or pow-
der of it into alittle ſtrong Ale; and give it the Ewe todrink ,
and ſhe will yean preſently. - - . |
, CH AP. XXIV.
' Of Teeth looſe.

F aSheeps teeth be looſe, Iet him blood in his Gums and un-
der his tail, and then rub his teeth with Earth, Salt, and Sage
CH AP: XXV- |
Of increaſing milk,in Ewes. |
Othing increaſeth milk in Ewes more than change of pa-
N ſture and feeding : driving them one while unto the hills ,
another while to the vallies; and where the graſs is ſweeteſt and
ſhort, andthe ſheep eateth with beſt aptite, there ſeeyou con-
tinue longek:for touching, giving themFstches, Dsl, Anniſceds,
lz_ſi;nd ſuch like,this change ofground will make Milk fpring much
etter. |
CHAP. XXVL
OFfthe ftaggers, or leaf ſikneſs in Lambs, or_ eider Sheep.
"He : Staggers is ingendred in ſheep by ſorfeiting on Oak-
leaves, haythorn leaves, or fuch like, which Lambs arevery

apt unto:-it. is-cold corrupt blood, or flegm, gathered together

about. the-brain : indeed itis ſuddenly mortal: The beſt cureis,
to take Aſſaſ#tida, diſſolved in warm water, and put the quantity
of halfa ſpoonful into each ear of the ſheep or Lamb, and itis a
preſent remedy. - '
CH AP. XXVIL
| Of Worms in the Guts of Sheep or Lambs. ;
S Heep' are as. ſubje&t to worms in their guts or ſtomachs as
J any other cattsl whatſoever, which you ſhall know by beat-
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ting their bellies with their feet, and looking continually at
their beilies. The cure is, to take the leaves of Cortander, and to-
fiamp them.and:-then mixing the juice thereof with with honey,
to give the 12 eptodrink; and thenchaſe him a little, and keep
him two or three hours faſting.
CHAP. XXVIIE
Of the loſs of the Crud.
Hat which helpeth the loſs of the Crud in Ox or Cow the,
ſame is a preſent remedy for ſheep, and is ſpoke of before
ina former chapter. S
CHAP. XXIX.

Of faving ſheep from the Rot,
His diſeaſe ofRotrennels 1s the cruelleſt of alf other amongſt
Sheep, and extendeth his violence over all the flock : Nay
over Town-ſhips and Countries; and thovgh it be held of moſt
men incurable, yet good Government, and this Receipt Iſhall
deliver you, will not only.prevent it,but preſerve your Sheep
fafe : Therefore, as ſoon as you perceive that any of your Sheep
are tainted, you ſhall take Adyaces ; which isa certain falt, ga-
thered from the falt Marſhes, in the heat of Summer, when the
tide is going- away, and leaving certain drops of falt water on:
the Grafs, when the violent hear of the Sun turns itto ſalt ; and
to ſpeak briefly, all Salt made by the violence of the Sun only,
is: taken for ;4draces, of which there is infinite ſtore in Spain.
with this Adraces rub the mouths of all your ſheep once aweek,
and you ſhall neyer need to fearthe rotting ofthem, for it hath
been well tried, andasI imagine; the experiment is found out
from) this very gronud:; It is a rule and well known at this day
1n Zinceln-ſhire and inKent, that upon. the ſalt Marſhes, ſheep
did never dye of the rot:no other reaſon being known therefore,
but the licking up ofthat ſalt,and withour doubt.jt is moſt infal-
lible and moſt eaſie.
CHAP. XXX:
A few Precepts for the Shepherd.
FT is meet that very good and careful Shepherds know what
food is good for Sheep, what hurtful: tharfollowing the one,
and eſchewing the other, he may eyer keep his Cattel inhgolocg
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health. The graſs that is moſt wholſome for ſheep, is that which
hath growing in it good ftore of Mdel/ilor, Claver, Seif-heal, Cin-
quefoil, Broom, Pimperncl, and white Henhane.

The graſs which is unwholtome for ſheep, is that which hath
growing amongſt it , Spare wort , Penny-wort or Penny-grafs ,
and any weeds which grow ſrominundation or over-flows of
water; likewiſe Knot graſs is not- good, or mild-wed. grafs.
Ofall Rots the hunger Rot is the worſt, for it doth putrifie the
fleſh and Skin, and this moſt incident to field/Sheep, for to pa-
ſture Sheep it never hapneth. The next Rot is the pelt Rot,
which cometh by great ſtore of Rain, immediatly after a
Sheep is new ſhorn, which mildewing the skin, corupteth the
body ;-and this alſo is moſt incident tofield Sheep, which want
ſhelter.

There be little white Snails- which a Sheep will lick up, and
they will ſoon Rot him.

There will grow nupon Ewes teats little dry ſcabs, which will
ſtop their milk,when the Lambs ſuck , the Shepheard muſt haye
a care to pull them away.

A Sheep will have a bladder of water under his chin ſome-
times whichtheShepheard muſt be careful tolet outand lance,or
the Sheep will not proſper. :

It is not good  to ſhear Sheep before Midfummer, for the
more he ſweateth in his wooll, the better- and more kind-
ly lt iSb

If you will know the age of your Sheep, look in his mouth ;
and when he is one ſhear , he will have two broad teeth
afore : when he is two ſhear, he will haye four broad teeth
afore : when he is three., he will have fix; and when he
is four ſhear, he will have eight: and. after thoſe years his
mouth- will begin to break : For touching that Rule of the'
evenneſs and unevenneſs of the Mouth, it is uncertain, and
faileth ypon many occaſions.

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CHAP. I.

Of Goats andof t heir Natures

£10g Goats are not of any general uſe in our kinedome,
but only nouriſhed inſome wild and barren places,where
cattleof better profitcan hardly be maintained, as inthe
L# mountainousparts of Wales,in the barreneſt parts ofCoru-
wal and Devonſhire, on Malorn hills, and ſfome few about the
Peak; I will not ſtand upon any large diſcourſe, but as breifly
The Natere ®3 1 can, give you the natures and cures.” You ſhall then know,
of Goars, Tbat the Goat is a beaſt of a hor, ſtrong andluſty conſtitution;e-
ſpecially.in theact of generation ; that they exceed all other cat=
tle ; delight tolive in mountains that be high,craggy., and full of
buſhes, btiers, andother Wood, they will feed in any plain pa-
ſtures,but their ſpecial delighr is in brouſing uponTrees they are
ſo' nimble of foot that they will go in places of greateſt danger.
The profit which comesfrom them is their milk; whichis an ex-
cellent reſtorative;and theirKids whichare anexcellentVeniſon:
They are in other countries, as in Spair, the iands of Azores,
and the /Iſlands:ofi the Cararzes; preſerved for the chaſe'and for
hunting., as we- preſerve our Dear both Red and Fallow, and
make excellent paſtime. = ; ſſ
For the 'ſhape of the Goat: he would have a larg body, and
14is ſhape, well haired, great legs, upright joints, not bending, aneck plain
and ſhort, a head fmalt and flender,large horns, and bending, z
beg-eye, and a long beard, and his colour white, black,or pide:
Some do uſe to ſhear them, to make rough mantlesof : but it is
not ſo with us in Exglard. The ſhe Goat would havelarge teats
and a big udder, hanging ears, aud no horns, as they have in
many places. TCTR
Th- orderiog Theſe Goats would be. kept in ſimall flocks, or herds, as not
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*bove ahundred ina herd : Asthey muft in the heat of Summer
Paye much ſhade, ſo.i9 the winter likwife much ſhelter : for they
C3n neither endure extremity of heat nor cold, eſpecially; the vi-
. oſence of winter, - for that will make the ſhe Goat caſt her Kid ;
or bring it forth untimley. Theſe loyeMaſt well,but yert you mult
give them other food to mix with it. The beſt time to-letthe
Male and female go together,is abour the begining of December.
If you houſe yourGoats in the winter, let chem have noLitter to
lye on,but the floor. paned,or gravelled;for otherwiſe their own
heat will anoy them -they muſt alſo be kept very cleanly, for
they can endureno filthy- ſavors. For the young Kids, youthall
inall parts'order them as/you do your Lambs. P

; Now for their preſervation; if they be ſuffered to go and chuſe
their own-food;they: are to themſelves {o good Phyſicians, that
they will ſeldome or never be troubled withany inward fick-
neſs; only unnatural exceſs of their luſt maketh them grow
ſoon old, and foboth paſt uſ&and profit. For thoſe particular
diſeaſes which accidentally fall upon- them : here followerhtlie
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Of the Peftilence in Goats, or any.inward and.hidden ſickneſs.

] F you perceive* your Goats do droop, or look with ſoollen or

- fad countenances, it is anaſlured fign of fickneſs; but if they The Cure
foam or lather at the mouth, then it is afign of the peſtilence.
The cure is, firft to ſeperate them ffom the ſound, then to-let
themblood,and give them the Buds and leaves of Celandine, with

ruſhes and reeds to.eat; and it is a preſent remedy. AT

- GHADP. Il
Of the Dropſies in Goats,

GOats are very much ſubject unto the dropfie, through their

excels of drinking water, theſign whereof is a great inflam-

mation and-heat inthe' $skin -: the cure is'to feeth Wormwood in The
water: and ;Salt, and givea-pint thereof to'a Goart to drink di-
vers mornings;-for to flitand let out the waterunderthe ſhoul-
der; is not ſo certain and fafe a cure.. -
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CHAP. IVv.
Of ſtepping the Teats.

T Herewill ingender in the teats of Goats, a certain tough
hard flegm, which will ſtop the milk from ifſuing : which
The Cure, to cure, you ſhall with your finger and your thumb pull it away,
and then anoint the place with hony, and the Goats milk mixs
together.
ſi CHAP.YV.
Of Goats that cannat Kid.
G Oats above all other cattle, are troubled with hardneſs in
A Kidding, by reaſon that if they-be chaſed or hunted their
Kids will turn in their bellies: the remedy then to preſerve them
from that danger, is to keep;themguiet and untroubled, until
they have Kidded.
CHAP, VI.

Of the T etter, or ary Scab i1 Goats,

TO heal any Tetter, or dry ſcab in Goats, take Black ſoap ,
Tar, Hogs-greaſe, and Brimſtone, mix them well together
and anoint the ſores therewith, and it will heal them,
_ CHAP. VII.
Of Gueldsng Kids in the Swmmer ſeaſon.

I Ids beingGelt in the Summer ſeaſon,as thoſe which are late

kidded muſt neceſlarily be ; the fiye will be ſo bufie with
the ſore, that with their blowings they willbreed fuch ſtore of
Maggotsin the wound, that it will endanger their lives : to de-
fend them then from ſuch annoyance of the flye, you ſhalltake
Soot, Tar, and thick Cream, and mix them well together, and
anoint the wound therewith, andit will both heal it and keep

the fiye away. \CHAP. VIlI

Of the Itch in Goats.

F your Goats be troubled with any Itch, ſo that they cannot
I feed for clawing or biting themſelves, -you ſhall waſh their
skins with o1d Chamber-lye, and green Copper as well boyted
together, and it will kill the Inch. - —=p

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CHAP. IX.
Of the Tuel ftopping in Goats.

Oats, when they are ſucking on their dams; or when they
are new Kidded, will commonly have a great lax or {quirt,
{o that the ordure which.cometh from them, ifit be not well
cleanſed and taken from rhem,it will with their own naturslheat
ſo bake and dry, that itwill ſtop the Fuels, ſo that they can-
not dung, which if it be nor holpen, the Kid will dye. The cure
isro cleanſe the place.and open the Tuel, and then put into it
an Inch or thereabout of ſmall Candles end dipt.in hony,and-

then' anoint all the Tuel with Capons-greaſe.

CHAP. X. -
Of the Staggers, or reeling evil in Goats.

1 F your Goats be troubled with the Staggers or Reeling evil »
which is a diſeaſe bred in them by the violent heat of the'Sun,
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give the goat half a pintthereof to drink : orelſe take Zouſe-leck...

and Dragons, of each alike : ſo grounds of Ale with'a little new
Afik : ſtamp the herbs, and then mingle them together, then
Put- thereto a few geves groſly beaten, and then boyl it again ,.
then cool it and give the ſ{ick Goat three or four ſpoonfuls there-
of to drink, and it will cureher. Now for any other infirmities
which ſhall happen unto Goats, you may cure them with the

ſame medicines: which you cure ſheep, for their natures do not
much differ. .

The end of the Goat,
SLSSKACLIISTR SSGSSSLARNES
. Of Swane.
CHAP. I.

Of all manner of Swine, their natures,uſe ſhapes,and preſervation:

Lthough Swine are accounted troubleſome,noyſome,
unruly- & greatly ravenous,as indeed their natures are
not much differing from ſuch qualities; yet the utility

. and profitofthem, will cafily wipe off theſe offencf:_es
or

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for to ſpeak truly of the. Swine; he is the husbandmans beſt-
Scavenger, and Huswives moſt wholiome fink ; for his food
and living is by that which will elſe rot in the yard, make it
beaſtly and breed no good manure, or being caſf down the or-
dinary fink in the houſe breeds noylome ſinells, coruption, and
infeCttion; for from the Huſbandman he taketh pulie,chaffbarn
duſt,mans ordure.garbage and the weeds of his yard : and from
the huswife her draff, ſwillings, whey, waſhing of tubs, and ſuch
like, with which he will live and keepa good ſtate of body, ve-
ry tufficiently ; and though he is accounted good inno place but
the. diſh-only yet there is ſo loyly and ſo wholſome, thatall
other faulrs may be-born with ; he is by nature greedy, given

'much to root up grounds and tear down fences;he is very leche-

Tous and in that adt tedious and bruitiſh - he is ſubject to much
anger, and the fight of the Boars are exceeding mortal.they can
by no means indure ſtorms,winds, or foul weather, they are ex-
cellentobſervers of their own homes : and exceeding great loy-
ers one of another : ſo thar the will dye upon any beaſt that of-
tendeth their fellows.

Now touching the choiſe of Swine, you ſhall underſtand that
no Country in England breedeth naturally better Swine one
than another : but if any have preheminence, then I muſt prefert
Leiceſter-ſhire,and ſome parts of Vorthampron ſhire and clay coun-
tries bordering on Leccefter ſhire;and the reaſon] take to be,their
great multiplicity. of grain; eſpecially Beans and pulſe. For the
Maſt Countries though they are good feeders,they are no large
breeders, whence it comes that your wildSwine is ever your leaſt
ſwine, but your ſwecteſt Bacon, Bur if the Race and keeping be
alike, -the proportion and goodnels will be alike: therefore in
the choiſe of your Swine, cheifly the Boars and Sows which you
breed off, let them be long andlarge of body, deepſided, and
deepbellied, thick thighs,  and ſhort legs, for though the long-
legged ſwine appear a goodly.Beaſt, yet he but.couſeneth the eye
and is not fo profitable to the Butcher, high claws, thick neck, a
ſhort, and ſtrong groin, . anda-good thick cchine well ſet with
ſtroog briftles : thecolour 1 beſt whichisall ofone peecce, as all
white, or all ſanded the pideare the worſt and moſt apt to take
meazels; the black is tolerable, but our Kingdome through the
coldneſs breedeth them {eldome. The

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The ufe and profit of Swine is only {as the Husbandman faich) The uſe and
for theroof, which is bacon;for the ſpit,which is pork, ſowſe,and Profit of -
pudding ; and for breed, whichis their pigs only. To have too 2*'=c-

many Sowes in a'yard isnot good, for their increaſe and bring-
ing forthis ſo great that they will for want of food eat one a-
nother.A Sow will bring forth Pigs three times a year,namely,ar
the end of every ten weeks, and the number is great which they
will bring forth : for I have known one Sow have twenty Pigs
at one litter ;, twelve, fourteen, and fixteen are very common ;
yet a Sow can bring up no more Pigsthan ſhe hath Teats, there-
_ fore look how many ſhe hath, and ſo many Pigs preſerve of the
beſt,the reſt caſt away,or put to other Sows which want,yet give
ſuck. A Sow will bring Pigs from one year old till ſhe be ſe-
ven yearsold.. The Pigs which you rear.after you have choſen
the beſt for Boars or Sows to breed on, peld the reſt both male
and females: the males will make goodly Hogs,which are excel-
lent Bacon or Pork z and the females which are called Splayd-
gvelts, willdothe like, and breed a great deal more greaſe in
their bodies , whence it comes, ' that the Husbandman eſteems
one ſplayd-guelt before two hogs. Young Shots,which areSwine
of three quarters, 'or but one year old, ace the daintieſt pork.
Now for the preſervation ofSwine,it is contained in their go-
vernment and food and is #ll that belongeth to that office of the
Swine-herd. The orderlieſt fecding of Swine is(when you keep
them but in good ſtate of body, and not ſeek ro fat them) inthe
morning early when you unſtie them,to give them draff,pulſe,or
other garbage,with ſwilling in their troughs,and when they have
caten it, to drive 'themto the field, where they may graze and
root for their food : and of Grounds the ſoft mariſh and moo--
riſh grounds are the beſt,where they may gert the roots of Sedge,
Reeds, Ruſhes,” Knot-graſs,. and ſuch like, which'is wholſome
for Swine, or the fallow or tythe:field, where they may root at
pleaſure,and by killing the Weeds bring profit to the Earth,and
at the fall of the leaf it is good to drive them to Hedges,where
they may get Haws, Hips; Stloes, Crabs, or ſuch frait; which is
alſo very/wholſom : and'the poor ſort will gather their fruits,
and keep them. ſafe tofeed their Swine with' all the Winter.
Whenevening cometh, you ſhall drive/your Swine home z and
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then flling their tronghs withdraff and ſwillings, let them fill
their bellies, and/rhewſtierhemup, fo ſhall you keepthem from
doing other hurts andinjuries. - if once ina fortnight you mix
with your fwillings ſome Radle or red Qaker, it wilkpreſerve
them wonderfully from mezzles, andalh inward.infe2 ions, and:
thus. nuch for the:general-diſcoufſe of Swine; now Þ will pro-
ceed to their particular-infirmities, and other buſineſles.
CHAP. W.
" Of the Feaver or any haden ſickgeſs in Swine.
THere is no Beaſt maketh bisſicknels ſo apparent as theSwine;
for when he findeth any grief or diſtemperarure in his body,
he preſently droopeth, forſakeshis mear,: and willnot eat till he
find himfſelf/ ina perfect recovery: therefore when yow-ſhall ſo
TheCure.. gnd him toforfake-his meat, you: ſhall firſt let him blood under..
his tail,and under his ears/; andifthey breed not freſhly enongh,
you ſhall-beat them:with a ſmall ſtick,, and that will bring forth
the blood; then-wrap about-the wounds the bark of a young O-
fier , and then keep him- warm , and give him-to drink warm
ſxillings,- well mixt with Barley-meal, and red Oaker.
CHAP. 1IE.
Of the Murren, Peſtilerice,, or Cather 1n Smine.
T-Heſe diſcaſes-being all of one nature,are very. muchincident
&: inSwine;and ſpring from many grounds;as from corruption
inblood,ingendred by the eating of rotten fruit,or too muchBut-
chers garbage,;and many times by eating too rank graſs,wherein
is much Hemlock,; their particular ſigns are moiſt eyes,and their
TheCare. Þ<ads born.on cach ſide; but their general knowledg is their
D * faſtingand mortality. The Qure isto give them in warmWaſh
Hens| dung,: and boyled Liverwort, with a little Red Oaker.

CHADP. IV..
Of the Gall in Swne.
SWine will have an overflowing of the Gall, becauſe Choler is
muchpowerful in them,  which-you ſhall know by.a-ſvelling
which willriſe under theirjaws. and the cure is,. to ſtamp'iGall-
Tors or Saffron, and mivit with honey and water z anc}t then
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ſtraining it, give it the Swine todrink by a Pint at a time.
CHAP. V.
Of the Meaxzles in Swine.

Hisdiſeaſe of all other is moſt common in-Swine, and with
eaſe helped, as thus : you ſhall take the oldeſt Urine you
can get and mix it with red Oaker till itbe thick'; and about the
quantity of an Ale-quart, then mix it with a Gallon of warm
ſweet Whey , and give it the Swine to drink after he hath been
kept all night faſting. '
: FrAP. VL

Of Impoſthumes in any part of a Swine.

SWine will have Impoſthumes in any part of their bodies, as
under their throats,their cars,bellies,and oft upon their ſides.
The Cure is,if they be ſoft.to lance them,and let out the matter,
and then heal them with Tar and Butter; but if they be not ſoft
then let the Swine bloud under the tongue,and ruball his mouth,
chaps,and groin,with wheat-meal and falt, and the Impoſthume

will go «Way.
CHAP. VII.
Of YVomiting in Smne.

Iſſ.F your Swine do yomit and caſt up his meat, you ſhall givehim
ſpelted Beans to eat ; and they will ſtrengthen his ſtowach.

CHAP. VIIE. .
Of leanneſs, miſlike, Scurf, and mangineſs 1n Smine.

T Heſe diſeaſes proceed from corruption of blood.,ingendred
by Iying wet in theirSties, having filthy rotten lirzer,or much
ſcarcity of meat.The Cure is, firſt to let the Swine blood under
the tail, then to take a Wool-card, and to comb offall the ſcurfe
and filth from the Swines back , even till his skin bleed - Then
take Tarre,, Hops-greaſe and Brimſtone , and mixing them well
together, anoint the Swine therewith, then let the Stye bemen-
ded, his Litter be ſiveet., and give him good warm food, and
the Swine will be fat and ſound very ſuddenly,

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| SWine are much ſubje&t to this diſeaſe in the Summer-time,

and you ſhall knowit by their continual fleeping and neglet-
ing to eat theijr meat. The cure is, to houſe them up, and keep
them faſting twenty four hours, then in the morning when hun-
ger pincherh them , ro give them to drink water,, in which is
ftampt good ſtore of Stoze-crop , which as ſoon as they have
drunk they will vomic and caſt, and that is a preſent remedy.

CHAP.X.
Of painn the Mhlt.

Wineare oft troubled with pain in their Milts , or Spleens,
which proceedeth from the eating of Maſt , when they are
firſt put thereunto,through their over greedy eating thereof,and
is known by a reeling, going of one ſide. Thecure is, to.give
them the juyce of Wormwood ina little honied water,todrink,

and it will aſſiwvage the pain.

CHAP. XI.
Of the unnaturalneſs of Sows.

MAnY Sows do prove ſo unnatural, that they willdeyour
their Pigs when they have farrowed them,which ſpringeth
from an unnatural greedineſs in them z which to help, you muſt
watch her when ſhe farroweth, and take away the Pigs as they
fall, then take the wreckling, or worſt Pig, and anoint it all 0-
ver with the juice of Seoe-crop, and fo give it the Sow again;and
if ſhe devovr it , it will make her caſt and vomit ſo extreamly ,
that the pain of her Surfeit will make her loath to dothe like a-

-gain.  But of all Cures, the beſt for ſuch an unnatural Beaſl, is

to feed her well, and then kill her.

_CHADP. XII,
Of the Laxe or Flux in Hogs.

Or the Laxe or Flux in Swine , you ſhall give them Verjuice
and milk mixt:togerher to drink, and then feed them with
food, as ſpelted Beans, Acorns, or Acorn-husks.' This is alſo
excellent and approved'for young Pigs and Shots, when they
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CHAP.XI.

Of the lugging of Swine with Dogs,
IF yourSwine be extreamly lugged and bitten with dogs,to pre-
vent the rankling, and impoſthumation of the Sore, you ſhall

anoint it with vinegar,ſope,and tallow mixt together,and it will
cure the ſame.

CHAP. X[V.

Of the Pox in Swine,

*He Pox is a filthy and infeCtious diſeaſe-in Swine , proceed-

* ing from corrupt blood, ingendered by poverty, wet lying
lowſineſs,and ſuchlike, and the Swine can never proſper which
bath them. The cure-is,to give them firſt to drink two ſpoonfuls TheCure:
'of Lenden-Treacle, in a pint of honied water, which will expel the
infettion outwardly, then to anoint the ſores with Brimſtore and
Boars-greaſe mixt together, and ſo ſeparate the ſick from the
ſound. |
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Of k/lling Magots in the Ear's or other parts of Swine,

] F Maggots ſhall breed in theEars of yourSwine,which havebeen

lugged with dogs for want ofgood lookingunto.as often ichap-

deneth;you ſhall rake either the ſweeteſt Wort you can get,orelle

honey,and anoint theSores therewith,and theMaggots preſently
will fall off and dye.

: | CHAP. XVI.

Of feeding Swine execeding fat, either for Bacon or for Lard.

Dlvers men according to the nature of diversQountries,have The feeding,

divers ways in feeding of their Swine, as thoſe which live of Swine in
: Woed Coun:

near unto Woods and places where ſtore of Maſlt is, turn their ,.

Swine into Maſt for fix or eight weeks , and then having got
fleſh and fatneſs on their backs do bring them home ,' and put
themup in Sties, and then feed them for ten days or a fortnight
after with old dry peaſe, given them off in the day , a little at
once, with Water as much as they will drink : for this will har-
'den the fleſh and fat, ſo that itwill not conſume when it comes
tZ boyling; this manner of feeding is good,and not to be diflik-
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The feeding Now the feedingof Swine in Champion Countries, which are
cf Swineia far from Woods,is in this manner; Firſt you ſhall ſtic up thoſe
Champion  'Swine which you intend to feed, and let them not come out of
Countiit5 -the ſame until they be fed, but have their food and water brought
'unto them. Now the firft-two days you ſhall give them nothing,
the third day you ſhall early in the morning give them a pretty
-quantity of dry Peaſe or Beans;; at noon you ſhall give them as
much more, at four of the Clock as much more, and when you
g£o to bed as much more, but all that day no water, The next
day you ſhall feed them again at rhe fame hours, and ſet water
by them, that they may drink at their own pleaſure, and twice
or thrice a week, as your proviſion will ferve you, it is good to
fill their bellies with fveer Whey, Butter-Milk, or warm Waſh,
but by no means ſcant the proportion of their Peaſe; and by thus
doing you fhall feed a ſwine fat enough for the flaughter in
four or five weeks.

Of feeding at There be other Husbandmen in Champion Countries, as in
mhe Reck, ALicefterſmire, and ſuch like, that put their Swine to Peaſe Reeks,
or Stacks ſet in the field near unto water-furrows or rundles, ſo
that they may let the water into the Stack-yard, and then morn-
ing and evening cut a cutting of the Stack or Reek, and ſpread
the Reaps among the Swine. This manner offeceding is beſt for
{ſmall Porkets , and will fatthem very reaſonable in three weeks
or a month. If you feed Sheep amongſt your Porks, itis very
good, and daily by many pradtiſed z, for by that means you
ſhall nct loſe any of your grain ; for what your Sheep cannot

gather up, your Porkets will.
Now for ſuchaslive inor near about greatCities orTowns,as
Of feedivg, of 7 ,24n,Tork., or ſuch like, and have neither great ſtore of Maſt,
Swine 12 02 nor great ſtore of grain ; yet they have a manner of feeding as
Cjſie%_ good, and ſomewhat more {peedier than any of .the other,only
the Bacon is not ſo ſweet or toothſom, and thus it is. They ſtie
up their fatlings,as is before {aid,and then take Chandlersgrains
which is the dregs and offall of rendred Tallow, . as hard skins,
kels, and fleſhy lumps, which will notmelt together with other
courle skins of the;Yallow, Suet or Kitchin-fee, and mixing it
4n warmMaſh,giveit to theSwine to-cat three or four times inthe
day. and it will ſuddenly puff him up with fatneſs, then beſtowf

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of every Swinea buſhel of dry Peaſe to-barden his fleſh;and you
may kill them at your pleafure. The only danger of this ſood
5s, It will at firſt ſometimes make Swine {cour, eſpecially young
PigSit they cat it.: but as ſoon as you perceive (uch a fault,give
unto your clder Swine,milk and, Verjuice, and to your ſucking
Pigs Verjuice only. ' _

Now laſtly,the beſt feedingof a Swine for Lard,or a Boar for Of feegin
Brawn, is to feed them the firſt week with Barly ſodden- tHl it HogsforLard,
break and ſod in ſuch quantity thar ig may' ever be given ſweet ; or Boars fox
then afterto feed them with raw mault from the floor, before it Brawn.
be dryed.ill they be fat enough : and then for a week-after, to
give them dry Peaſe or Beans to: harden their ficſh.. Let their
drink be the waſhing of Hogſheads, and Ale-barrels, of ſweet
Whey,. and let them have ſtorethereof, This manner of feed-
ing breeds the Whiteſt , fatteſt, and beſt fleſh that may be, as
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The. end of the Swine of all forts.

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CHADP. I

Of the tame-rich Coney, his nature, choice, profit, and
Preſervation.

; LL forts of Conies-may as well be kept tame as'wild, and The nattre of:
.do above all other beaſts delight in impriſonment and ſo- *Þ* Coney+
litarineſs, which proceedeth fromithe ſtrengthof melancholy in

their nature, being creatures ſo much participatin g of theearth,

that their delight is tolive in holes,rocks,& other dark caverns:

They are violently hot in the act of generation; and perform it'

with ſuch yigor and excels, that they ſwoon and lye in trances 3 '

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good ſpace after the deed is done. The males are given to much
cruelty,and would kill the young Rabbets if he would come.to
them : whence it proceedeth, that the females after they have
kindled, hidetheir young ones, and cloſe up the holes, fo that
the Buck-cony may not find them.The female or Doe-conies are
wonderful intheir incceaſe , and bring forth young ones every
moneth : therefore when you keep them tame in Boxes, you muſt
obſerve to watch them, and as {oon as they have kindled, to put
them to the Buck., or otherwiſe they will mourn, and hardly
bring up their young ones. .
Of Boxes for The Boxes in which you ſhall keep your tame Contes, would
tame Conies be maid of thin Wainſcot boards,ſome two foot ſquare,and one
foot high'; and that ſquare muſt be divided into two rooms, a
greater room with open Windows of Wire, through which the
Coney may feed ; and a leſſer room without light, ia which the
Coney may lodge and kindle,” and before them both atroughin
which you may put meat,. and other neceſlaries for the Coney,
and thus you may make Box upon Box in divers ſtories,keeping
your Bucks by themſelves, and your Does by themſelyes, except
it be ſuch does as have not bred , and then you may let a Buck
lodge with them; alſo when your Doe hath kindled one Neſt,
and then kindleth another, you ſhall cake the firſt from her and
put them together in a ſeveral Bex amongſt Rabbetrs of their
ownape ,. provided thet the Box be not peſtered but that they
haveeaſe and liberty.
Of the choice Now for the choice-of thefe tame rich Conies you ſhall not as
ofrich Conie*. jn other cattle look to their-ſhape, but to their richneſs; only
' ele&t yourBucksby the largeſt and goodlieſiConies you can get :
and for the richneſs of the skin, that is accounted the richeſt,
which hath the equalleſt mixture of black and white hair toge-
ther, yet the black rather ſhadowing the white, than white any
thing at all over-maſtering the'black,for a biack skin witha few
filver hairs is much' richer thana white $stkin with a few black
hairs: but as Iſaid before, to/have them equally or indifferently
mixt-is:the. beſt of all other.”/[The Fur would be thick, deep,
{mooth;and ſhiaing;andablack coat withour filver hairs,though:
it be not reckoned a richcoat,' yet it is to be.preferred before a
white, a pyed, ayeilow, a dun, or gray.

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Now for the profit of the rich Conies, (for unleſs they did
far away and many deegrees exceed the profit of all other conies
they were not worth the charg which muſt be beſtowed upon
them) it is this ; Firſt, every one of the rich conies which are kil-
led in ſeafon as from Martilmas untill after Candlemas, is worth
any five other Comies, for they are ofbody much fatter and lar-
ger, and when another skin is worth two pence or three pence
at the moſt,they are worth two ſhillings,or two ſhillings and fix-
pence. Again, the increaſe oftner, and bring forth more Rab-
bets at one kindling then any. wild Cony doth : they are ever
readyat hand for the diſh, Winter and Summer, without charge
of Nets, Ferrets or other Engine, and give their bodies gratis ,-
for their skins will ever pay their Maſters charge witha moſt
large intereſt.

Now for the feeding and preſervation of theſe rich Conies, it Of thſiz]ſſeed
is nothing ſo coſtly or rroubleſome as many bave imagined, and (25CPre:
as ſome 1gnorant in the skill of keeping them, have made the cgnies, -
World think : for the beſt food you can feed a Cony with , is
the ſweeteſt, ſhorteſt, ſofteſt, and beſt hay you can ger, ofwhich
one load will ſerve two hundred couples a-year, and out of the
ſtock oftwo hundred you may ſpend in your houſe two hundred
and ſell in the market two-hundred more, yet maintain the
ſtock good,to anſier every ordinary caſualty. This hay in little
cloven ſticks might with eaſe reach it and pull it out of the fame
yet ſo as they may not ſcatter nor waſte any. In the Troughs
under their boxes, you fhall put ſeet Oats and their water, and
this ſhould be your ordinary-and conſtant food wherewith you
ſhall feed your Conies, for all other ſhould be uſed but phyſical-
ly, as for the preſervation of their health, as thus you ſhall do
twice orthrice in a fortnight for the cooling of their bodies,give
them Greens,, asMallows, Claver grafs, Sower-docks, blades of
Corn; Cabbage or: Colwort leaves, and ſuch like, all which cool-
eth and nouriſheth exceedingly : ſome uſe to give them ſome-
times fveet grains, but that muſt be uſed ſeldom, for nothing
ſooner rotteth a Cony. - ;

You muſt alſfo have great care that when you cut any graſs
for them that are weeds, that there grow no young Hemlock
amoneſt it,forthough they will eat it with great greedineſs,yet it

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The general Cure and Book 2;
is a preſent poy{on, and Kkills ſuddainly, you mult alſo haye an
eſpecial care every day to make their boxes ſweet and clean, for
the ſtrong ſavour of their ordure and Þ1i5 is {o violent, that it -
will both anoy themſelves, and thoſe which-ſhall be frequent a-
moneſt them.

Now for the infirmities which are incident- unto them, they
are but two; The firſt is rottenneſs, which:cometh by giving
them too much green meat. or gathering their greens and giving
it them with the dew on:therefore let them have it but ſeldome,
and then the dryneſs of the Hay will ever drink up the moiſture ,
knit them and keep.them ſound without danger.

The next is a certain rage of madneſs, ingendred by corrupt '
blood, ſpringing from therankneſs of their keeping ; and you
fhall know it by their wallowingand tumbling with their heels

upward, and leaping in. their boxes, The Cure is, to give them

Harethiſtle to eat and it will heal them.: And thus much of the
tame rich Conney, and his properties.

The ed of the foure- footed Beaſts.

TSSSSSASIATS SANN SRNTY

The Second Book.

 

Of Poultrey.

CHAPD. I.

Comtaining ordering, fatting, cramming, and caring of all infir-
mities of Paultry, s Cocks, Hens Chickens, Capons, Geeſe, Tur-
kies, Pheſants., Patridges, Quails, Houſe-Doves, and all ſorts of
Foml what ſoever. And firſt of the Dung-bill Cock,, Hen, Chicker,
and Capon. ;

" Ome 1{mall things hath been written of this nature before

but ſo drawn from the Opinions of ald writers,as Itailans,

French, Dutchfand ſuchlike, that it hath no coherence or

congruity with the practice and experienceof Engliſh Cuſhlz)mtsſi
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both theirRules andClimes being {o different from ours,thatex-
cept we were to live intheirCountries,the Rules whichare prin-
ted are uſeleſs.and to no purpoſe. Tolet paſs then the opinion
of ſtrangers,& come to our own home-bred knowledge which is
{6 mixed withall profitable experiments, that it needeth not the
help of other Nations ſo much, as men would make us beleive.

You ſhall underſtand that theDunghill Cock (for the fighting
Cock deſerveth a much larger and particular difcourſe) is a foul
of all other Birds the moſt manlieſt, ſtatly, and majeftical very
tame and familliar with the man, and naturally inclined to live :
and proſper in habitable houſes : he is hot and ſtrong in the a&t Zgctffish:*:?
of gcntieration, and will ſerve ten/ Hens ſufficiently , and ſome jhe Cocfi,
twelve and thirteen : he delighteth in open and liberal plains ,
where he may lead forth his Hens into green paſtures and under
hedges, where they may warm and bath themſelves in the Sun ;
for to be pend up in walled places? or in paved Courts is moſt
vnnaturalunto them, neither will they proſper therein.

Now of the choiſe and ſhape of the Dunghill Cock, he would
be of large and well ſized body.long from the head to theRump,
and thick in the garth ; his neck would be long,looſe, and curi-
ouſly bending it and his body together, being ſtrair and high up
eretted, as theFaulcon and other birds of prey are;his comb,wat-
tles and throat would be large, of great compaſs,ragged, &yery
Scarlet red, his eyes round and great, the colour anſvering the
colour of his plume or male, as prey with grey.red with red. or
yellow with yellow , his bill will be crooked, ſharp and ſtrongly
{et on to his head, the colour being ſujtable with the colour of
feathers on his head, his main or neck feathers' would be very
long, bright, and ſhining, covering from his headto his ſhoul-
ders,his legs ftrait and of a ſtrong beam, with large long ſpurs
ſharp andalittle bending, and the colour black,yellow or brow-
nifh, his claws ſhort, ſtrong, and well wrinckled,his tayl long &
covering hisbody very clo%ly, and for the general colour of the
Dunghtl] Cock it would be red, for thatis medicinal, and oft
uſed_in cvlliffs and reſtoratives. This Cock ſhould be valiant
within his own'walk, and if-he be 2 little Knaviſh, he is ſo much
the better, he would be oft crowing and buſie in ſcratching the
earth to lind out worms andother food for his Hens.

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Now for the Hen, if ſhe be a good one, ſhe ſhovld not differ
much from the nature of the Cock, bur be vallant vigilantand
taborious both for her ſelf and her Chickens. In ſhape the big-
gelt and largeſt are the beſt, every- proportion anfwering thole
before deſcribed of the Cock, only inf{tead of her comb ſhe
{honld have upon her crown a high thick tuft of feathers : tohave
many and ſtrong claws is good, but to want hinder claws is bet-
rer for they oft break-the eggs, and ſuch Hens ſomertimes proye
unnatural, it is not good to chooſe a crowing Hen, for they are
neither good breeders nor good layers. If you chooſe Hens to fit,
chooſ#e the elder, for they be conſtant, and will ſirout their times,
and if you will choſe Hens to lay, chooſe the youngelt; for they
are luſty.and proune to the a&t of engendring;but for neither pur-
poſe choole a fat Hen,for if you ſet her ſhe will forſake her neſt,
and ifyou keep her to.lay, ſhe will lay ber eggs withourt ſhells.
Beſides, a fat Hen will waxe ſloathful.,and neither delight in the
one,nor in the other A of nature ; ſuch Hens then arefitteſt
for the diſh than the Hen-hoſue.

The beſt time to ſet Hens to have the beſt, largeſt, and moſt
kindly Chickens, is in Febraary, in the increaſe of the Moon, ſo
that ſhe may hatch or diſcloſe her Chickens in the increaſe of
the next new Moon, being in March , for one brood of March
Chickens is worth three broods of any other : you may ſet Hens
from @4arch till Ofober, and have good Chickens, but not after
by any means,for the Winter isa great enemy to their breeding.
A Hen doth fit twenty one dayes juſt, and then hatcheth; but
Pez-hens, Torkies,Geeſe,Ducks,and otherWater fowl fit thirty:

- ſ>that if you ſet. yourHen as you may do upon any of their Egs,

you mult ſet her upon them nine dayes before youſet them upon
her own. A hen will cover nineteen eggs well, and that is the
moſt in true rule,ſhe ſhould cover,but upon what number ſoever
you ſet her, let it be odd, for the eggs will lye round,cloſe and

- Ineven proportion together; it is good when you lay your eggs

firſt under your Hens, to mark the upper ſide of them, and then
:0. watch the Hen toſee if ſhe buſie her ſelf to turn them from
the one fide to the other,. which if you find ſhe doth not, then
when ſhe riſeth from her eggs to feed or bath her ſelf, youmuſt

ſupply that office,andjturn every egg it ſelf,and eſteem your he:z_
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of ſo muchthe lefs reckning for the uſe of the breeding - be iure
that the Eggs which you lay under her,be new and !ſſcuzz((ſi}, which

you may know by their heavineſs, fulnes, and clearneſs, if-you
-hold them up betwixt the Sun and your eye fight ; you mult by

no means at any time raiſe your Hen from her neſt, for that will

make her uttecly forfake it.

Now for helping a Hen to batch her eggs, or doing that which Choyce of

ſhould be her office, itis unneceſlary, and ſhall be much hetter Eges.

to be forborn then any way uſed , or to make doubt of bringing

forth , or to think the Hen fiteth too long, as many.curijous
Houſe-wifes do, if you be ſure you ſer herupon ſound Eggs, is as -
frivolous : but if you {et her upon unſound Eggs, then blame

your ſelf both of the lofs and injury done unto the Hen in her

loſs of labour.

A Hen will bea good fitter from the ſecond year of her laying
to the fifth, but hardly any longer; you ſhall obſerve ever when
your Hen riſeth from her neſt, to havemeat and water ready for
her, leſt ſtraying too far to leek her food, ſhelet her eggs coo!
too much, which is very hurtful, in her abſence you thall ſtir
up the ftraw of herneſt, and make it ſofc and hanfome, and lay
the Eggs in order as ſhe left them : do not in theeleftion of your
Egge choole thoſe which are monſtrons great, for they many
time have- two yelks; and though ſome write, That ſuch Eggs
will bring out two Chickings, yet they are deceived ; for if they
bring forth twothey are commonly moſtabportive & monſtrous:
to perfume the neſt with brimſtone is good, but with Roſmary
much better. To ſet Hens in the winter time in Stows or Ovens
is of no uſe with us in Ezgland, and though they may by that

- means bring forth, yet will the Chickens be never good nor pro-
| fitable, but like the planting of Lemons and Pomgranate-trees :
the fruits will come a great deal ſhort of the charges, When
yourHen at any time isabſent from her neſt,you muſt have great
careto ſece that the Cock come not to fit upon the Eggs, ( as he
will offer to do) he will indanger to break them , and make
her love her neſt worſe.

As ſoon as your Chickens be hatcht,if anybe weaker then the Mick
other,you ſhall rap them in wool, and let them have the ayr of Of, Chickenk
the fire,and it will ſtrengthen them ; to perfume them with alic-

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the Roſemary is very wholſome alſo; and thus you may 11 a heve
keep the firſt hatchtChickens till the reft be diſcloſed;(for Chic-
kens would have no meat for two dayes) and ſeme ſhells being
harder than other, they will take ſo much diſtatice of time in -
pening;yet unleſs the Chickens be weak,or theHen rude.jt is not
amils tolet them alone under her, for ſhe will nouriſh them moſt
kindly:after two dayes is paſt,the firſt meat you give them ſhould
be very ſmall Oatmeal, ſome dry, and ſome ſteept in milk, or
elſe- fine wheat bread crums, and afrer they have got ſtrength,
then Gurds, Cheeſe parings, white bread cruft ſoaked in Milk
or Drink, Barly meal, or wheat bread ſcalded, or any ſuch like
{oft meat that is ſmall, and will eafily be devided. It is good to
keepChickens one fortnight in the hovſe,and after to ſuffer them
to go abroad with the Hen to werm, for that is very wholſome
to.chop green chives amongſt your Chickens meat,will preſerve
themfrom the Rye and other diſeaſes in the head; neither muſt
you at any time let your chickens want water, for if they be for-
ced to drink in puddle,it will breed the Pip : alfo to feed upon
Tars, Darnel, or Chockle,js very dangerous for younp chickens.
Offeeding You may by theſe foods aforeſaid, feed chickens very fat un-
andcram- - der their dams : but if you will have fat crammed chickens, you
ing Chickens ſhall coop thety up when the Dam forfaketh them, and the beſt
crams for thetn is wheat-meale and milk made ifito dough, and
then the crams ſteeped in milk;and fo thruſt down their throats:
but in any caſe let the crams be ſmall,and well wet for choaking;
fourteen dayes will feed a Chicken ſufficiently : ard thus much

briefly for your breed. ſi
Now becauſeeggs of themſelvesarea ſingular profit you ſhall
Ofpreſerv- underſtand,that the beſtway topreſerve or keep them long,is,as
ing Eggs. fſome think to lay them in'good ſtraw, and cover them cloſe :
but that. is too cold, and befides will make them muſty : others
will lay them in bran, but that is too hot, and will make them
putrifie z arid others will lay them in 1alt, but that makes them
waſte and diminiſh-the beſt way then to keep them moſt lweet,
moſt ſound, and moſt full, is only to keep them in a heap ofold

Malt, cloſe'and/ well covered all over.

Of gatheriny Youſhall-gather your eggs up once a day and.leave in the neſt
Eggss but the neſt egg, atd nomore ; atd that would ever be in fche
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afternoon, when you have ſeen every Hen come from her neſt
feverally : ſome Hens will by their cackling tell you when they
have laid, but. ſome will lay mute ;, therefore you mul let your
own eye be your inſtrutter,

Now touching the Capon, which is the gueit Cock chicken , Of the Capon
you ſhall nnderſtand, that the beft time to carve or gueld is as when tocarve
ſoon as the Dam hath left them, if the ftones be come down, or kim. '
elſe as ſoon as they begin to crow : for the art of carving it ſelf,
it is both eaſie and common, ard much ſeoner to be learned by
keing one caryed then by any demonſrations in writing,

Theſe Czpons are of two ules : the one istolead Chickings ,
'Ducklings, young Turkies, Pea-hens, Phelants and Patrdiges, A Capon to
which he will do altogether , both naturally and kindly, and leadChickens
through largneſs of his body, will brocd or cover caſily thirty or
five and thirty;he will lead them forth ſo ſafely,and defend them
againſtRits orBuzzards,more andbetter then theHen:and there-
fore the way to make him to take unto them is, with a fine ſmall
briax or eHe ſharp nettles at night to beat and ſting all his breſt
and neather Parts, and then in the dark to feat the Chickens un-
der him; whoſe warmth taketh away his ſmart ; he will fall much
inlove with them, and whenſoever he proveth nokind, you muſt
ſting or beat bim again , and this will make him never forkake

them. _

The other uſe of Capons is; to feed for the diſh ;as either at H
the Barn door, with craps ofcorn, and the chavings of pulſe, or Zgſſf]ffiſiſig "
elſe in pens in the honſe, by cramming them, which:is the moſt C-*\Pffllſiiſig ;
dainty : the beſt way then to cram a Capon, (ſetting all ſtrange
inventions apart ) is to take Barley meal reaſonably ſifted and
mixed with new milk, make it into a good ſtiff dough ; then
make it into long crams, biggeſt in the midſt, and ſmall at both
ends, and then wetting them in Tnke-warm milk, give the Ca-
pon a full gorge thereof three times a day,morning, noon and
night, and he will in a fortnight or three weeks;he as fat as any
man need to eat. |

As for mixing their crams with ſweet wort, Hogs-greaſe, 6r
Sallet oyl, they are by experience found to breed loath in the
Birds, and niot to feed at all : only keep. this obſervation, not to
give your Capon new meat until the firſt beput oyer. Andif

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you find your Capon ſomething hard of digeſtion, then you ſhall
ſift your meal finer, for the finer your meal is, the ſooner it will
Pats through their bodies. And thus much for the Capon. Now
for their infirmities, they follow in order. :

, CHAP. Il.
- Of the Pip un the Poultry,

T He Pip is awhite thin ſcale, growing on the tip of the
tongue, and will make Poultry that they cannor feed, it is
caſie to be diſerned, and proceedeth generally from drinking
puddle water, from want of water, or from eating filthy meart.
The cure is to pull off the ſcale with your nayl, and then rub the

tongue with falt. -
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Of the Roup in Poultry. ,

He Roup is a filthy byle or ſwelling on the Rump of poul-

try, and will corrupt the whole body. It is ordinarily known

by the ſtaring and turning backward of the feathers : The Cure
is, to pull away the feathers, and open the ſore, to thruſt out the
core, and then waſh the place with falt water, or withbrine ,
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_ CHAP.Iv.
Of the Flux in Poultry.
He Flux in Poultry cometh with eating too much moyſt
meat. The Cure is, to give them peaſe bran ſcalded, and
it will ſtay them. : -
CHAP.V. :

: Of ſtopping in the Belly. _
Topping in the Bellies of Poultry, is contrary to the Flux,ſfo
that they cannot -mute : therefore ,you ſhould anoint their

Vents., and then give_them either ſmall bits of bread, or corn

ſteepti nmans Urine.
CHAP. VI.
Of Lice in Poultry,

7 F yourPoultry be much troubled with Lice, as it isa common
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.iz{ſctiſirmity, prb—gge:(ſſſiſſſſgſſm corrupt food, or want of bathing
in fand, aſhes, or ſuci like : you ſhall take Pepper ſmall bea-
ten, and mixing it with warm water, waſh your Poultry there-
in, and it will kill all ſorts of vermine. |
CHAP. VII.
Of ſtzaging with venomons Worms.
F your Poultry be ſtung with any venemous thing, as you may
perceive by their lowring and fſwelling, you ſhall then anoint
them with Rue and Butter mixt together, and it helpeth.
CHAP. VIIL.
Of ſore Eyes in Poultry.
IF your Poultry have ſore cyes, you ſhall take a leaf or two of
Ground-Ivy , and chawing it well in your mouth , ſuck out
the juice and fpit into the fore eye, 'and it will moſt aſſuredly
heal it, as it hath been often tryed.
CHAP. IX.
Of Hens that Crow.
F your Hens crow, which is an ill ſign and nnnatural, you ſhall
pull their wings, and give them to eateither Barley ſchorched,
or ſmall Wheat; and keep them cloſe from other Poultry.
CHAP. X.
Of Hens that eat their Eggs.

F your Hen will eat her Eggs, you ſhall only lay for her Neſt-

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CHAP. XL.
: Of keeping a Hers from ſitting.

IF you would not have your Hen ſit, you, ſhall bath her oft in
cold water, and thruſt a ſmall feather through her noſtrils.
CHAP. XII.

Of making Hens lay ſoon and often.

IF you feed your Hens often with toaſts- taken out of Ale ,

with Barley boyled, or ſpelted fitches , they will lay ſoon,
oft,and all the winter. ' _
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CHAP. XUI.
Of making Hens lean.
Ecauſe fat Hens commonly either lay their Eggs without
B ſhels, or ar the beſt hand lay very ſmall Eggs;to keep them
"Jean, and in good plith for laying, you ſhall mix both their mear
and water withthe powder of Tile-ſheards,Chalk,or elſe Tares,
twice or thrice a week. , :
CHAP. X[V.
Of the Crow tredder.

iF your Hen be trodden with a Carrion- Crow, or Rook, as oft

they are, it is mortal and incurable, and you ſhall know ir by
the ſtaring up of her feathers, and hanging of her wings,there
is no way with her then but preſently to kill hec.

CHAP. XV.
Of the Hen-houſe and'ſutuation.

Ow foraſmuch as no Poultry can be kept either in health
N or fafety abroad, but muſt of force be houſed, you ſhall
underſtand, that your Hen-houſe would be large and ſpacious, -
with ſomewhat a high roof, the walls ſtrong, both to keep out
thievesand vermine, the windows upon the Sun-rifing, ſtrong- -
ly lathed, and cloſe ſhuts inward, round about the infide of the
walls. Upon the ground would be built large Pens of three foot
high for Geeſe,Ducks;& great fowl to ſit in.Near to the eavings
of the houſe would be long Pearches, reaching from one ſide of
the houſe to the other, on. which ſhould ſit your Cocks,. Hens,
Capon, and Turkies, each on ſeveral Pearches, as they are dif-
poſed : at another fide of the houſe,in that part which is darkeſt
over the ground-pens, would be fixed Hampers full of ſtraw for
Neſts, in which your Hens ſhall lay their Eggs,but when they fit
to bring forth Chickens, then let them fit on the ground, for 0-
therwiſe it is dangerous:let there be pins ſtricken into the wall,
fo that your Poultry may climb to their pearches with eaſe : let
the floor by no means be paved, but of earth ſmooth and eaſie ;
let the ſmaller fowl have a hole at one end of thehouſe made to
come in and out at when they pleaſe, or elſe they will ſeek
rooſt in other places ; and for the greater Fowl the door may be
opened evening and morning. This houſe ſhould be pl_ached

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either near ſome Kitching,Brew-houſe,or elſe ſome Kiln, where |
it may have air of the fire, and be perſumed with ſmoak, which

to Pullen is delightful and wholeſome. And thus much of the

Cock, Hen, Capon, and Chicken.

CHAP. XVI.
Of Geeſe, their nature, chaice, and how to breed them.

GEeſc are a fowl of great profit many ways,as firſt for food,
next for their feathers, and laſtly for their greaſe. They are
held of Husbandmen to be fowl of two lives, becauſe they live
both on land and water ; and therefore all men muſt underſtand
that except he kave either Ponds or Stream , he can never keep
Geelſe well. They arefo watchful and carefulover themſelves,
that they will prevent moſt dangers. Graſs alſo they muſt neceſ-
farily bave, and the worſt, and that which is the moſt uſeleſs is
the beſt, asthat which is mooriſh, rooten, and unſavory for cat-
tle. To good graſs they are a great enemy. for their dung and
treading will putrifie it, and make it then barren.

Now for the choice of Geeſe, the largeſt is the beſt, and the The ctoice of
co:our would be white or gray, all of one pair, for pideare not Geeſe.
ſo profitable, andblack are worſe. Your Gander would be kna-
viſh and hardy, for he will defend the Gollings the better.

Now for the laying of Eggs, a Gooſe beginneth to lay in the Of laying
Spring, and ſhe that layeth earlieſt is ever the beſt Gooſe, for ſhe Eggsand

' may havea ſecond hatch. Geeſe will lay twelve, and ſome ſix- fitting.
teen Eges. ſome will lay more.,but it is ſeldom, and they cannot
beall well covered: You ſhall know when your Gooſe will lay,
by her carrying ftraw up and down in her mouth, and ſcattering
it abroad : and you ſhall know when ſhe will fit, by her conti-
nuing on the neſt till after ſhe bath laid. You muſt ſet a Gooſe
upon her own Eggs,for ſhe will hardly or unkindly fir on ancther
Gooſes Eggs.as ſome imagine,but it is not ever certain: you ſhall
in her ſtraw when you ſet her,, mix Nettle roots, for it is good
for the Goſlings : thirty days is the full time that a Gooſe ſitteth,
but if the weather be fair and warm;ſhe will batch three or four
days ſooner : eyer when the GRooſe riſeth from the Neſt, ſi)l*ou

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The ordering ſhall give her meat, as Skeg-Oats,,and Bran fcalded, and give
fingee ber leave to bath in the water , after ſhe hath hatcat her Got-
tinzs, you inall keep them in the heuſe ten or twelve days, and

feed them with Curds, fcalded Chippings, or Barly-meal in milk
knedden and broken;alfſo ground Maalt is exceeding good,or a-

ny Bran that is ſcalded in water, milk,or tappings of drink. Affter

they have 2ot a little ſtrength, you may let them go abroad with

a Keeper five or ſix hours in 2 day,and let the dam at her leiſure

intice them irto the wate;;then bring them in,and put them up,

and thus o:der them.,till they be able to defend themſclves from

Ofgreen- vVermin.  Aftera Golling 1s A month or ſix weeks old, you may

gceſeandtheir put it up to feed for a Green Gooſe, and it will be perfetiy fed

Fathng-. in another month following - and to feed them, there is no-
meat better then Skeg-Oats boyled, and given plenty thereof
thrice aday, Morning, Noon, and Night, with gocd-ſtore of
milk, or milk and water mixt together to-drink:

OfttieGarder _ Now you ſhall underſtand, one Gander will ſerve well five
Geeſe, andto have not above forty Geeſfe ina flock is belt;, for
to have more is both hurtful and troubleſome.

Fatting of el- Now for the fatting of elder Geefe,which are thoſe whichare

der Geeſe. five or fix moaths o1d,you ſhall underſtand, that afrer they have
been in the ſtubble-fields,and during the time of Harvelt got in-
to good Reſh,you ſhall then chooſe out ſuch Geeſt'as you would
feed,and put them in ſeveral pens which are cloſe anddark,and
there feed them thrice a day with good ſtore of Oats, or ſpelted
Beans, and give them to drink, water and Barly-meal mixt to-
gether, which muſt evermore ſtand before them; this will in
three weeks feed a Gooſe {o fat as is needful.

Of gathering  Now laſtly, for the gathering of a Gooſes feathers, you ſhall

Geeſefea- - underſtand;that howſoever ſome Writers adviſe you fora need-

thers. — Ilefs profit to pull your Geeſe twicea year, Aarch and fugn/ :
yet certainly it is very naughtand ill; for firſt, by diſabling rhe
Aight of the Gooſe, you make her ſubject to the cruelty of the
Fox, and other ravenous beaſts , and by uncloathing her in
Winter you ftrike that cold into her body which kills her very
ſaddenly : therefors it is beſt to ſtay till moulting time, or till
you kill her, and then you may imploy all her feathers at your

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For the diſcaſe and infirmities.in Geeſt, /the moſt and. worit Or the Gargil

they are ſubject unto,. is the &args7, which i5 2 mortal or dead- 3 Geele.

ly ſtopping of-the head. And the Ordinary and Certail Cure is, Ts Cure

to take rhree or four cloves of Garlick, and beating them ina

mortar with ſweet butter, make little long balls thereof, and

  

give two or three of them' to.the Gooſe feſting, and then ſhut
her vp for two hours after. .
CHAP. XVH.

Of Turkies, their nature, uſe, increaſe, and breeding.

Urkies, howſcever by ſome Writers they are held devour-
ers of Corn, ſtrayers abroad, ever puling for meat,and ma-

ny ſach like feigned troubles, as-if they were utterly unprofi-
table, yet its certain, they are moſt delicate either in Paſt, or
from the Spit.and being fat,far exceeding any other houſe- fowl
- what ſcever: nay, theyare kept with more caſe and leſscoſt,for

they will take more pains for their food than any other bird,on-

ly they are enemies to a Garden, and from thence muſt everbe
kept. They whea they are young are very tender to bring up,both
becauſe they are-of a ſtraying nature themſelves, and the Dams
are ſo negligent,that whilſt ſhe.hath one following her,ſhe never
reſpecteth the reſt,therefore they muſt have a vigilant Keeper to
attend them , till they can ſhift for themſelves, and then they -
will flock together, and ſeldom be parted. Till you fat them,
you need not care for food for them : They love to rooſt .in
trees, or other.high places, - .

Now for your choice of ſuch as you would breed on, your Of the choize

Turky-Cock would not be aboye two years old at moſh, be ſure of the Turky.
that he be loying to the Chickens ; and for your Hen , ſhe will 9
lay till ſhe be five years old and upward. Your Turky-Cock
would be a Bird large, ſtout, proud, and Majeſtical;, for when
he walketh deje&ed, he is never a good Treader.

- The Turky-ben,if ſhe be not prevented, will lay her Eggs 1 Ofthe Turky-.
ſecret places, tferefore youmuſt watch her,and bring her to her Hen, her *
Hen-houſe;and there compel her tolay. - They begin to lay in litting,

_ March, and will ſitin Aprilz and eleven Eggs, or thirteen, is the

moſt they ſhould cover. They hatch ever between five and twen-
ty and thirty days. When they have batcht their broods,be ſure
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to keep up theChicks warm,for the leaſt cold k;#s them,and feed

themeither with Curds or green freſh Cheeſe cut in ſmall pieces.
Lettheir drink be new 24#k, or Milkand Water: you muſt be
careful to feed them oft;for the turky-hen will not, like the houle-
hen,call her chickens to feed them. When your Chicks have got
ſtrength,you ſhall feed them abroad in ſome cloſe walled Graſs-
plat, where they cannot ſtray,or elſeever beat charge ofa Keep-
er. The dew.is moſt hurtful unto them,therefore you muſt houſe
them at night,and let them abroad after Sun-riſe in theMorning.

Nomw for the fatting of Turkies, ſodden Barly is excelext, or
ſoddenOatsfor the firſt fortnight,and then for another fortnight
cram them in all forts as you cram your Capon, and they wsll be
fat beyond meaſure.Now for their infirmities,when they are at li-
berty,they are To good Phyſicians for themſelves,that they will ne-
ver trouble their Owners,but being coopt up,you muſt cure them
as is before deſcribed for Pullez.Their Eggs are exceeding whot-

 fome to eat, and reſtore nature decayed wonderfully,

CHAP. XVIIL
Of the Duck, and ſuch water-fowls.

He tame;Duck is an *exceeding neceſſary fowl for the Huſ-

bandmans yard,for ſhe asketh no charge in keeping, but liv-
eth of Corn loſt, or other things of leſs profit. She is once in a
year a very great layer of Eggs : and when ſhe ſitteth, ſhe craves
both attendance and feeding ; for being reſtrained from ſeeking
her food, ſhe muſt be kelped with a little barley, or other over-
chaving'of Corn,ſfuch as elſe you would give unto Swine : as for
her ſitting, hatching, and feeding of her Ducklipgs, it is in all
Points to be obſerved in ſuch manner as you did before with the
Gooſe, only after they areabroad they will ſhift better for their
food than Goſlings will. For the fatting of Ducks or Duck-
lings, you may do it in'three weeks , by giving them any kind
of Pulſe or Grain, and good ſtore of water.

If you will preſerve Wild-Ducks, you muſt wall in a little
piece of ground,in which is ſome little Pond or Spring, and co-
verthe top of it all over witha ſtrong net.The Pond mult be ſet
with many tufts of Oziers, and haye many ſecret holes, and

creeks,
Book 2. Ordering ef Poultry.

creeks, for that will make them delight and feed thongh impri-
foned. The Wild-duck when ſhe layeth, will ſteal fromthe
Drake and hide her neſt, for he elſe will ſuck the Eggs. When ſhe
hath batchr, ſhe is moſt careful to nouriſh them, and needeth
no attendance more than meat, which would be given freſh twice
a day, as ſcalded Bran, Oats or Fitches. The Houſe-hen will
hatch Wild-ducks Eggs, and the meat will be much better, yet.
every time thej go into the water, they are in danger of the

Kite, becauſe the hen cannot guard them. In the ſame man- :

ner as you nouriſh Wild-ducks,, fo you may nouriſh- Teils,
Widgens, Sheldrakes or green Plovers.

CH AP. .XIX
Of Swans and their feeding.

TO ſpeak of the breeding of Swans is needleſs, becauſethey

can better order themſelves in that buſineſs than any man
can direct them, only where they build their neſts, you ſhall ſuf-
fer them to remain undiſturbed , and it will be ſufficient: bur
for the feedirg them fat for the diſh, you ſhall feed your Cyg-
nets in all ſorts as you feed your Geeſe,and they will be through
fat in ſeyen or eight weeks, either coopt in the houſe, or elſe
walking abroad in ſome private Court; but if you would have
them fat in ſhorter ſpace, then you ſhall feed them in ſome Pond,
hedged or paled in for that purpoſe, having alittle dry ground
left, where they may fit and prune themſelves, and you may
place rwo Troughs, one full of Barly and Water, and theother
full of old dried Mault , on which they may feed at their plea-
ſure; and thus doing they will be fafin leſs than four weeks ;
for by this means a Swan keepeth himſelf neat and clean, who
being a much defiled Bird, liveth in dry places fſo uncleanly,
that they cannot proſper, unleſs their attender sbe diligent to
dreſs and trim their walks every hour:

_ CHAP. XX.:
Of Peacocks and Peahens, their increaſe and ordering.

TEacocks, howſoever our old writers are pleaſed to deceive
themſelyes in their prailes, are bixds more todelight the eye
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by looking on them, than for a particular profit ; the beſt com-
-modiry arifing from them, being the cleanſing and keeping of
the Yard from venomous things, as Toads, Newts, and ſuch
like, which their daily food : whence it comes, that their fleſh
is very unwholſom, and uſed in great Banquets more for the
rareneſs. than the nouriſhment, for it is moſt certain,, roaſt a
Peacock or Peahen never fodry, then ſet it up, and look on it
the next day, aidand it will be bloud-raw,as if it had not been
xoaſted at all.

The Peahen loves to lay her Eggs abroad in buſhes and hed- .
ges,where the Cock may not find them,for if he doyhe will break
them;therefore as ſoon as ſhe begins to lay,ſeparateher from the
Cock, and houſe her till ſhe have brought forth her young, and
that the cronet of feathers begin to riſe at their foreheads, and
then turn them abroad, and the Cock will love them , but not
before. A Peahen firs juſt thirty days, andin her fitting any
Grain with water, is good food enough. Before your Chickens
go abroad,you ſhall feed them with freſh green Cheeſe, and Bar-
ly meal,with water; but after they go abroad the Dam will pro-
vide for them. The beſt time to ſeta Peahen is,at the beginning
of the Moon, and if you ſet Hen-eggs amoneſt her eggs, ſhe will
nouriſh both equally.: the Pea-chickens ate very tender , and
the leaſt cotd doth kill them, therefore you muſt have a care to
keep them warm, and not to let them go abroad but when the
Sun ſhineth. Now for the feeding of them, it is a labour vou
may well ſave, for if they.go in a place where there is any corn
ftirring, they will have part, and being meat which is ſeldom or
neyer caten, it mattereth,notſo much for their fatning.

CHAP. XXI.
Of the Tame Pidgeen of rough: footed.

THe tzme rough-footed Pidgeon differs not much from the
wild Pidgeon, only they are ſomewhat bigger, and more
familiar,aptto be tame, they commonly bringnot forth above

onepair of Pidgeonsat a time, and thoſe which are the leaſt of
body.are ever the beſt Breeders,they mnſt have their roomsand

boxes made clean once a week, for they delight much in neatſ-ſi
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neſs; and if the walls be outwardly whited or painted,they love
it the better,for they delight much in fair building. - T hey will
bring foith their young ones once amoneth, if they be well fed,
and after they be well pair*d, they will never be divided. The
Cock is a very loving and natural bird both to his Hen andthe
young ones, and will fit the Eggs while the Hen feedeth, as the
Hen fits while he feedeth - hewill alfofeed the young with as
much painfulneſs as the Dam doth, and is beſt pleaſed when he
is brooding them. Theſe kind of Pidgeons you ſhall feed with
white Peaſe, Tares,and gocd ſtore of clean water. In the room
where they lodge you ſhall ever have a falt Cat for them to pick
on, -and that which is gathered from Salt-petre is the beſt - alſo
they would have good ſtore of dry Sand,Gravel, and Pebble,to
bath and clenſe themſelves withall, and above all things great
care taken, that no vermine,or other birds come into their boxes
eſpecially Sterlings.and ſuch like, which are great Egg-ſuckers,
And thus much ofthe tame Pidgeon.
CHAP. XXII.
Of nouriſhing ard fatting of Hearns, Puets, Gulls, and Bitterns.

Earns are nouriſhed for two cauſes; either for Princes

fports to make train for the entring their Hawks,or elſe to
furniſh on the table at great Feaſts:the manner of bringing them
upwith the leaſt charge.is to take them out of their neſts before
they can fly and putthem into alarge bigh Barn, where there is
many high and croſs beams for them to pearch on : then to have
on the floor divers {quare boards with rings in them & between
every board which would be two yards ſpuare,to lace roundſhal-
low tuds full of water; then tothe boards you ſhall tie great gob-
bets of Dogs fleſh cut from the bones according to the number
which you feed:andbe ſure to keep the houſe ſweet,and ſhift the
water oft only the houſemuſt be made ſo,that it may rain in now
and then,in which the Hearn will take much delight. But if you
feed her for the diſh, then you ſhall feed them with Livers, and
the intrails of Beaſts, and fſuch like,curt in great gobbets; & this
manner of feeding will alfo feed either Gull,Puet,or Bittern,but
the Bitten 1s ever beſt to be fed by the hand, becauſe whken you
have fed him, you muſt tye hiis beak together,or he will caſt up
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CHA P. XXlII.
Of feeding the Partridze, Pheaſant, aud Qual.

Heſe three are the moſt daintieſt of all birds,6&for the Phea-

ſant orPartidge,you may feed them both in one room where
you may have little boxes where they may run and-hide them-
ſelves in divers corners of the room; then in the midſt you ſhall
have three Wheat-ſheaves, two with their ears upward,and one
with theears downward, and near unto them ſhallow tubs with
water,that the fowl may peck Wheat out of the ears, & drink at
their pleaſures,and by this manner of feedingyou ſhall havethem
as fat as is poſlible, Asfor your Quails, the beſt feeding them is
in long flat ſhallow boxes,cach box able to hold two orthree do-
zen, the foremoſt ſide being ſet with round pins ſo thick that the
Quail do no more but put out her head ; then before that open
ſide ſhall tand one trough fullof ſmall chilter-wheat, another
with water, and thus in one fortnight or three weeks you ſhall
have them! exceeding fat-

CH AP. XXIV.
Of Godwits, Knots,Gray plover,or Curlews.

Or to feed any of theſe fowls,which are efteemed of all other
F the daintieſt and deareſt,fine chilter-wheat, and water given
them thrice a day, Morning , Noon, and Night , willdo it very
effectually ; but if you intend to have them extraordinary and
crammed fowl , then you ſhall take the fineſt dreſt wheat-meal
and mixing it with milk, make it into paſt,and ever as you knead
it ſprinkle into it the grains of ſmall chilter-wheat, till the paſte
be fully mixt therewith : then make litrle ſmall crams thereof,
and dipping them in water give toevery fow! according to his
bigneſs, and that his Gorge be well filled; do thus as oft as you
ſhall find their Gorges empty, and in one fortnight they will be
fed beyond meaſure, and with thefe crams you may feed any
fowl of what kind or nature ſoever.

; CHAP. XXV.
Of feeding Black:birds Thruſhes, Felfars,or aiy ſmall.
_ Birds whatſorver.
T Ofecd theſe birds,being taken old and wild,it is good to have
ſome of their kinds tame to mix among them,and then put-
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ting them into great cages of three or fouryards {quare,co have -
divers troughs placed tkerein,ſome filled with Haws,ſome with
Hempſeed,and ſome with water,that the tame teaching the wild

to eat, and the wild finding ſuch change and alteration of food,

they will in twelve or fourteen dayes grows exceeding fat,- and

fit for the uſe of the Kitchin. | |

The end of the Poultry.

LISACKSHSS A GESSS SA E D D S.
Of Hawks.

CHAP. 1

Of the general Curesfor all. Diſeaſes and Tifirmities in Hawks,
whether they be ſhort-winged,, Hawks or long-winged
Hamwks:, and fir(t of Caſtings,

Awksare divided into two kinds, that is to ſay, ſhort
winged Hawks, as the Goſhawk and her Tercel, the. -
M Sfrarrow-hawk and her Musket, and ſuch like,  whoſe
wings are ſhorter than their trains,and do belong tothe Oftrin-
ger; ard long-winged Hawks, as the Faulcon: gentle and her
Tercel,the Gerfaulcon and Jerking,the Lanner,Merlin, Hobby,
and divers others.  Now foraſmuch as their infirmities for the
molt part proceed from the indifcretion of their Govenours, _if.
they fly them out of ſeaſon before they he inſeamed, and have.
the fat glut, and filthineſs of their bedies.ſcoured and cleanſed-
ont; I think it not amiſs firſt to. ſpeak of Hawks caſtings ;-
which are the naturalleſt and gentleſt purges or-ſcourings a
Hawk can take, and dcoth the leaſt offend the vital parts.;
Therefore you ſhall know, that all: Oſtringers do eſteem plu-
mage, ard the ſoft feathers of ſmall Birds, with ſome; part of
the skin to be the' beſt caſting a ſhort-winged Hawk .can take;
and for thepurging of the head, to make her tire much upon
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ſheeps Rumps.,the fat cut away, and the hones well-covered with
partly.But for long-winged-Hawks,the beſt caſting is fine Flan-
nel., cut into ſquare pieces ofan inch and half ſquare,and all to-
be jagg'd.,and ſo given with a little bit of meat.By theſe caſtings
you. ſhall know the ſoundneſs and unſoundneſs of your Hawk:
for whenſhe hathcaſt,you ſhall take up the caſting,which will be
like a hard round pellet, ſomewhat long, and preſs it between
your fingers, and if you find nothing but clear water come from
it,then itisa ſign your Hawk is well and luſty;ifthere come from
it a yellowiſh filthy matter,or if it ſtink, itis a ſign of rottenneſs
anddiſcaſe; but if it be greazy or ſlimy on the one fide, then it
is aſign the Hawk is full of greaſe inwardly, which is not broken
ncr difſolved ; and then you-ſhall givehera ſcouring, which is a
muci ſtronger purgation;and of ſcouring the gentleſt,next caſt-
ing, isto take four or fivepellets of the yellow root of Selladine
well cleanſed from filth , being as big as great peaſe, and give
them out of the water early in the morning when the Hawk is
faſting,and it will cleanſe her mightily.

If you take the-pellets of Selladine, and give them out of the
Oyl of Rofes, or out of the ſyrup of Roſes,it is a moſt excellent
fcouring alſo,only it will for an hour or two make the Hawk
ſomewhat ſickiſh. If you give your Hawk a little Aloes Cicatrine,
as much asa bean wrapt up in her meat, itis a moſt foveraign
ſcouring, and doth not only avoid greaſe, but alſo. killeth all
forts of Worms whatſoever.

[f your Hawk by over-flying,or too ſoon flying,be heated and
inflamed in her body, as they are much ſubjeCt thereunto, you
ſhall then to cool their bodies give them ſtones : Theſe ſtones
are very fine white pibbles, lying inthe Sands of gravelly Rivers,
the: bigneſs whereof.you may chooſe according to the bigneſs
of your Hawk.as ſome no bigger than a Bean, and thoſe be for
Merlins or Hobbies;, ſome as big as two Beans and they are for
Faulcons gentle,Lannere,and fuch like.: and ſome much bigger
than they, which are for Gerfaulcons, or ſuch like: And theſe
ſtones if they be full of creſts.and welts,they are the better, for
rougheſt ſtone is the beſt,fo it be ſmooth and not greetty. And
you ſhall underſtand, that ſtones are moſt proper - for long-
wing'd Hayks, and the number which you ſhall-give at the moſt

muſt
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muſt never exced fifceen,for ſcyen is a good number, ſoisnine or

eleven, according as you find the Hawks heat more or leſs, and
theſe ſtones muſtever be given out of fair water, being before
very well pickt and trimm?d of all dirtand filthineſs. And thus
much of Hawks caſtings, ſcourings, andſtones.

CHAP.1I.
Of Inmpoſthumes 1n Hawks.

If your Hawk haveany Impoſthume rifing from her, which is

apparent to be ſcen, you ſhall take ſweet raiſins, and boyl
them in Wine, and then cruſhing them, lay them warm to the
ſore, and it will both ripen and heal it: only it ſhall be goodto
ſcour your Hawk very well inwardly., for that will abate the
flux ofall evil humours. :

CHAP. II.
Of all ſorts of ſore eyes. :
FO: any ſore eye, there is nothing better than to take the juice
of Ground-Ivy, and dropit into the Eye. But ifany Web be
grown before you uſe this medicine, then you ſhall take Ginger

' finely ſearſt, and blow it into the eye,and it will break the Web,

then uſe the juice of Ivy, and it will wear it away.
CHAP. IV.

Of the Pantas in Hamks.
He Pantas is a ſtopping, or ſhortneſs of wind in Hawks, and
and the cure is to give the ſcouring of Selladine.and the oyl
of Roſes, and then to waſh her meat in the decoCtion of Colss-
foor, and it will help her. ?
CHAP.V.
Of caſting the Gorge.
THis is when a Hawk, either through meat which ſhe cannot
digeſt, or through ſurfeir in feeding, caſteth up the meat
which ſhe hath eaten, which is moſt dangerous.  And the only
way to cure her, is to keep her faſting, and to feed her witha
very little at once of warm blogdy meat, as not above half a
Sparrow at atime, and be ſure never to feed her again till ſhe
have indured the firſt.
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CHAP. VL.
' ' Of all forts of Worms, or Fylanders 1n Hawks.

- Ormsor Fylanders, which area kind of Worms in
V Hawks,are either inward, or outward; inward as in the
guts or intrails; or outward, as any joynt or member : if they
be inward, the ſcouring of Aloes is excellent to kill them; but
ifthey be outward, then you fhall bath the place with the juice
of the herÞb «4-zcos mixt with Honey, |

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Of all ſwelling in Hawks feet, and of the pin 11 the foot.
FOr the pin in the ſole ofthe Hawks foot, or for any ſwelling
upon the foct, whether it be ſoft or hard, there is not any
thing more ſoveraign, than to bath it m Parch-greaſe molten,and
applied to, exceding hot; and then to fold a fine Cambrick rag
dipt inthe ſame greaſe about the fore.

CHAP. VILI.
: Of the breaking of a Pounce. EEET

THis is a very dangerous hurt in Hawks, eſpecially in Ger-

Faulcons, for if you break or xive herPounce, or but coap it
ſo ſhort that ſhe bleed, though it be verylittle,yet it will indanger
her life: thecure therefore is,preſently upon the hurt.witha hot
Wier to ſear it,till the blood ſtannch, and then-to drop about-it
pitch of Burgundy and wax mixt together,or for want thereof,a
little hard Merchants wax, and that will both heal it, and make
the Pounce grow.

CHAP. IX.
_'Of Bones briken or out of joynt.

F your Hawk have any bone broken cr mifplaced, you ſhall af-
]ſſ:eſ you have ſet it, bathe it. with the oyl of Xandrakeand
Swallows, mixt together, ard then {plent it, and_in nine _dayes,
1t will be knt, arnd have gotten ftrength. -

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CHAPAK,
Of inward bruiſings in Hewhs.
1F your Mawk either by ſtooping amongſt Trees, or by the Eg-
counter of ſome; fowl, get any inward bruiſe, which you ſhall
know by the blackneſs or bloodineſs of their mutes, you ſhall
then anoint her: meat every time you feed her with Sperma Ce-
7s, till her mutes be clear again, and let her meat be warm and

bloody.
CHAP.RX].
Of killing of Lice.

Fyour Hawk be troubled with Lice, which is a general infirmi-
ty, and apparent, for you ſhall fee them creep all over on the
outſide of her feathers if ſhe ſtand but in the air of the fire. You -
ſhall bath her all over in warm warter and pepper ſmall beaten,
but be ſure that the water he not too hot, for that is dangerous,

neither that it touch her eyes.

CHAP. XII.
Of the Rye in Hawhs

T His difeaſe of the Rye in Hawks proceedeth from two cau-
ſes; the one jis cold and pozein the head, the other is foul
and moſt uncleanly feeding, the Faulconer being negligent to-
ſeek and clenſe his Hawks beak and nares, but ſuffering the
blood andfil thineſs of meat to ſtick and cleave thereunto,for in-
deed the infirmity is nothin gelſe bur a ſtopping up of the nares:
by means whereof the Hawk not being able to caſt & avoid the
corruption of her head.it turns to putrifa&tion,andin ſhort ſpacc
kills the Hawk : and this diſeaſe is great deal more incident to-
ſhort-winged .Hawks than to long. The figns whereofare appa-
rent by-the ſtopping of the nares. The cure is to let your Hawk
tyre much upon ſinewy and bony meat, as the rumps of Mutton
(the fat being taken away) or the pinions of the wings of fowl,.
either being well lap ina good handful of Parſly, andforcing
her to ſtrain hard in the teariag of the ſame,andwirh much dili-
gence to cleanſe and waſh her beak clean with water after her-
feeding, elpecially if her meat were warm-and bloody. :
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CHAP. XIII.
Of the Frounce.

THe Frounce isa cankerous Ulcer ina Hawks mouth, got

by over-flying, or other inflammation proceding from the
inward parts; foul and unclean food is alſo a great ingen-
derer ofthis diſeaſe. The ſigns are ſoreneſe in the Hawks mouth
which fore will be furr*d and cover*d over with white ſcurf, or
ſuch like filthineſs ; alſo if the Ulcer be deep and ill, the Hawk
will wind and turn her head awry, making her head ſtand up
right;and the cure isto take Allom,and having beating it to fine
powder, mixt it with-ſtrong Wine-vinegar, till it befomewhat
thick, and then waſh and rub theſore therewith till-it be raw,
and that the ſcurf be clean taken awry. - Then take the juice-of
Lollim, and the juice of Radſb, and mixing it with Salt, anoint
the ſore therewith, and in few days it will cure it.

CHADP. XIV.
Of the Rheum.

T HeRhume is a continual running or dropping at the Hawks
nares, proceeding from a general cold, orelſe from over-
flying, and then a ſudden cold taken thereupon , it ſtoppeth the
head, and breeds much corruption therein, and the ſigns are the
dropping beforeſaid, and a general heavineſs, and ſometimesa
ſwelling of the head. The cure is, to take the juice of Beets, and
{quirt it oft into the Hawks nares. Then when you feed her,
waſh her meat in the juice of Broomwort, and it will quickly
purge, and ſet her ſound.
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_ Of the Fornicas in Hawhs.

H2-Fornicas in Hawks, is a hard horn growing upon the
T back of a Hawk, ingendred by a poyſonous and cankerous
Worm, which fretting the skin and tender yellowWelt betweeu
the head and the beak, occafioneth that hard horn or excretion
to grow or oftend the the bird : theſien is the apparent ſight of
the Forn, and the cure is, to tzke alittle of a Bull”s gall, and
beating it with Aloes,anoint theHawks beak therewith morning

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an evenin$ and it will in'a very few dayes take the horn away.
CHAP. XVI.

Of the Fiſtula in Hawks.

He Fiſtulain hawks is 4 cankerous, hollow Ulcer in any part

of a Hawks body, as it is in mens, beaſts, or any other crea-
ture : the ſigns are a continval mattering or running of the ſore,
and a thin ſharp Wa\aer like Lie, which as it falls from the ſame., -
will fret the ſound parts as it goeth. The cure is, withafine ſmall The Cure,
wiar little ſtronger then a Verginal wiar, and wrapt clofe about
with a ſoft ſleaved filk;and the point blunt and fofr,to fearch the
hollowneſs and crookedneſs of the Ulcer,which the pliantneſs of
the wiarwill eafily do ; and then having found out the bottom
thereof draw forth the wiar, and according to the bigneſs of
the Orifice make a tent of fine lint being wet, which may like-
wiſe bend as the wiar did, and being within a very little as long
as the Uicer is deep ; for to tent it the full length is ill, and will
rather increaſe then diminiſh the Fiſtula, and therefore ever as
the Fiſtula heals you muſt take the Tent ſhorter and ſhorter. But
to the purpoſe; when you have made your Tent fit,you ſhall firſt
take ftrong Allom-water z and with a ſmall Syringe ſquirt the
ſore three or four times therewith, for that will cleanſe, dry, and
ſcour every hollowneſs in the Ulcer.: then take the Tent' anda-
noint it with the juyce of the herb Roberr,Vinegar,and Alom mixt
together, and it will dry up the Sore.- / ;

CHAP. XVIL

4E.1 Of the Privy Evil in Hawks. : .- Did!

He privy Evil in Hawks is a ſecret heart-ſickneſs, procure
either by overflowing.corrupt food.cold,or other diſorderly
keeping ;but moſt eſpecially for want of Stones or caſting'in the »
due ſeaſon : the ſigns are heavineſs of head and countenanc,evil
enduing of her meat,and fowl black mutings.The cure is;to take
morning and evening a good peice of warmfheeps heart;and
ſteeping it " either 1n new Aſſts milk 'or new Goats milk, or
for want of both, the new milk of a red Cow, with the ſame to

feed your Hawk, till you ſee her ſtrength and luſt recovered.'
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CH HP, XVIIE.
OF monnds in Hawks.

H Awks,by the croſ$ incounters of fowls.,eſpecially theHeron
by ſtooping amongſt buſhes, thorns, trees, and by divers
{uch accidents, do many times catch ſores, and moſt grieyous
wounds, the figns whereof are the outward apearance of the
{ame. And the Cure. is,if they belong and deep, and in place that

* you may. conveniently, firſt to ſtitch them up., and-thento taint

them up with a little ordinary Balſamum, andit.is a preſent re-
medy.. but if it-be in ſuch a place as you cannot come to ftitch it
uP, you ſhall then only take a little Lint, and dip it in the juice
of the herb called 2ou/-ear, and apply it to the fore, and it will
in ſhort ſpace heal it. But if itbe 18 ſuch a place as you can by
no meansbind any thing thereunto, you. ſhall then only anoint
or bath the place with the aforelaid juice, and it will healand
dry up the ſame ina very ſhort time.The juice of the green herb
called with us, Engliſh Tobacco, will likewiſe do the ſame : for
it hath a very ſpeedy courſe in healing and cleanſing,as hath been
approved by divers ofthe beſt Eaulconers in this Kingdom, and

other nations.: ;
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Of the Apoplexy or Failing Evil in Hawks.

THe Apoplexy.or falling evil in Hawkes, is a'certain Vertigo
or dizzineſs in the brain, proceeding from the oppreſlion of
cold humours, which\do. for a certain ſpace numb, and as it
were mortifie the ſenſes. The ſigns are a-fudden turning up the
hawks head.and falling from her pearch without bating,but only
with -ageneral trembling over all the body;and lying ſo,as it were
in a trance A little ſpace, ſhe preſently recovereth, and riſcth up
again-but is ſick and heavy many hours after. The cure therefore
is, to-gather the herb Aferioz when the Moon is in.the wain,and
in-the ſign/5rgo,and.taking the juice thereof to waſh your hawks
meat therein, and to. feed ber, and it hath been foynd a moſt ſo-

veraign medicine,.
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CHAP. KX.

Of the purging of Hawhs:
Here is nothing more needful to hawks then purgation,and
cleanſings., for they are much ſubject to fat and foulneſs of
body inwardly, and their exerciſe being much and violent if
there be neglect, and that their Glut be not taken away, it will
breed fickneſs and death; therefore it isthe part of every skilful
Faulkconer, to underſtand how and when to purge his Hawk,
which is generally ever before ſhe be brought toflying, and the
moſt- uſual ſeaſon for the ſame is before the begining of
Autum, for commonly  knowing Gentlemen will not fly at
the Patridge, till cornbe from the ground ; and if he preparefor
the River early, he will likwiſe begin with that ſeaſon : the beſt
purgation then that you can give your hawk, is Alors Cicatriie
wrapt up in warm meat the quanty of a French-peaſe, and ſo
given the Hawk to eat eyer the next morning after ſhe hath
flown at any train, or taken other exerciſe whereby ſhe may
break or difolve the Greaſe within her. 2
CHAP. XXI.
Of ehe purging of Hawks.
ſſ I F your Hawk cannot mute, as it isa common infirmity which
happeneth unto them, you ſhall take the Lean of pork, being
newly kilPd, whilſt itis warm, to the quantity of two walonts;
and lapping a little 4/oes therein,give it the Hawk to cat, and it
will preſently help-her. There be diversgood Faulconersin this
.caſe whichwill take the roots of Celardine, and having cleanſed
itand cut it it into little ſquare pieces as big as Peaſe, ſteep it in
the oylofRoſes, and ſo make the Hawk ſwallow doyn three or
four of them, and ſurethis is very good and wholſom, only it
will make the Hawk exceeding ſick for two or three hours after.
Neither muſt the Hawk be in any weak Itate of body when this
later inedicine'is given her. Alfo, you mwſt obſerve'to keep yout
hawk at thoſe timesexceeding warm;and'much on 'your filt, and
to ieed her moſt with warm birds, left otherwyſe you clang and
d—rly UP LEremrails too much, which is both dangerous attd/mor-
t2l. };

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The aſſured ſign to kgow whena Hawkis ſick,

T_TJ Awks are generally of ſucha ſtout, ſtrong, and unyeilding

nature, that they will many times cover and conceal their
ſickneſſes {o long, till they be grown to that extremity, tha' 0
help. of Phyſick or other tnowledge can avail for their ſafety.
for when the countenance or decay of tomach, which are the or-
dinary outward faces of infirmities, appear, then commonlyis
the diſcaſe paſt remedy. Therefore to prevent that evil and to
know fickneſs whilſt it may be'cured, you ſhall take your Hawk,
2nd turning up her Train, if you ſee that her Tuel or fundament
eicher ſwelleth, or looketh-red, or if her eyes orears likewiſe be
of a fiery complettion, it is a moſt infallibleſign that the Hawk
is fick, and much out of temper.

_ _CHAP. XXUE.

Of the Fever 1n Hawks.

H Awks are much ſubject to Feavers as any creatures what-
” Afoever.and for the moſt part they proceed from overflying
or other extraordinary heats, mixt with ſudden colds, given
themby the negligence of unskilful keepers. And the cureis, to
ſet her in a coo! place upon a pearch,wrapt abour in her cloaths,
and feed her oft with a little at a time of chickens fleſh ſteeped
in water; wherein hath been ſoaked Cucumdber-feeds. But if you

- find by the ſtoping of her ears or head,thar ſhe is offended more

with cold than heat, then you ſhall ſet her in a warm place, and
feed her with the bloody fleſh of pidgeons, waſht either in white-
wine, or in water, wherein hath been boyled either Sage, Marjo-

rom, or Camomil.
CHAP. XXIV.

To help a Hawkthat cannot digeſt her meat.

I F. your Hawk be hard of digeſtion, and neirher can turn it

over,nor empty her pannel,which is very ofren ſeen,you ſhall

then take the heart of a Frog, and thruſt it down into her

throat,and pull it back again by a thread faſtened thereuntoonce

or twice ſuddenly,and it will make her cait her Gorge preſently
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CHAP..XXV.
Of the Gout 1n Hawks. : -
; HAwks,eſpecial]y thoſe which are free and ſtrong ſtrikers.are \

” 4 infinitely fubjeCt to the Gont,which s a ſwelling, knotting, The Cure.
and contraCting of a Hawks feet. The cure therect js, to take
two or three drops of blood from her thigh-Vein, a liutle ab<ve
her knee, and then anoint the feet with the juyce of the herb
Hollihock, and let her Pearch beanointed alfo with tallow, and

the juyce of that herb mixt together. Now if this diſcaſe(2s oft
'#t-hapneth) be ina Hawks wing, then you ſhall take two or three.
drops of blood front the Vein under her wing, and then anoinc
the Pinions and infide thereof with Unguentum de Alihea, made
very warm, which you may buy of every Apothecary.
- CHAP. XXVI. ;
' Of the ſtaunching of Blood., _

'T is aknown experience amoneſt the beſt Faulconers, that if
I the Gerfaulcon ſhall but loſe two or three drops of blood itis
mortal and the Hawk will dye ſuddenly afcer; which to prevent,
if the blood proceed from any Pounce, which is moſt ordinary,
then upon the inſtant hurt you ſhall take a little hard Merchants
Wax, and drop'it upon the fore, and it will preſently ſtopir; if it
be upon any other part of the Hawks body, you ſhall clap there-
unto a little of the foft down of a Hare,and it will immediatelv ow

ſtanchit; without theſe two things a good Faulconer ſhould
never £o, for theyare to be uſed in a moment. And thus much of
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Of Bees.

; CHAP. 1.
Of the nature, ordering, and preſeruation of Bees.
OF all the' creatures which are behoveful for the vie of The nature of
man, there isnothing more neceſlary , wholſome, or Bees.
more profitable than the Bee; nor any leſs troubleſome ,
or leſs chargeable. To ſpeak firſt, of the nature of Bees, it is

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a creature gentle, loving and familiar about the man,which hath
the ordering of them, ſo he comes' neat, ſiveet and cleanly in a-
mongſt them,otherwiſe if he have ſtrong and il} ſmelling ſavors
about him, they are curſt and malicious, and will ſting ſpitful-
iy, they are cxceeding induſtrious and much given to labour ,
they have a Kind of government amongſt themlzlves, as it were
a well ordered common-wealth; every one obeying and follow-
ing their.King or Commander, whoſe voice (if you lay your ear
to the hive) you ſhall diſtinguiſh from the reſt, being louder and
greater, and beating with a more ſolemn meaſure. They delight
to. live among the {weeteſt herbs, and flowers, that may be ,
eſpecially Fennel, and wall Gilly-flowers, and therefore their
beſt dwellingsare inGardens; and in theſe Gardens,or neare ad-
joyning thereto, would be divers fruit trees growing , cheifly
Plum-trees, or Peach-trees; in which when they caſt, they may
knit, without takingany far flight,or wandering to find out their
reſt. this Garden alfo would be well fenced , that noSwine nor
other Cattle may come therein, as well for overthrowing their
Hives,as alſofor offendingthem with their ill favours. They are
allſo.very tender, and may by no meansindure any cold; where-
fore you muſt have a great reſpect to have their houſes exceeding
warm;cloſe,and tight, both to-keep out the froſt and ſnow,as alſo
the wet and rain ; which if it once enter into the Hive, it isa
preſent deftruſtion.

To ſpeak then of the Bee-hive, you ſhall know there bedivers
opinions touching the ſame-,, according to the cuſtoms and na-
tures of Countries ; for the champion countries, where there
is very little ſtoreof woods,, they make their Hives of long Rye
Straw, the rouls being ſowed together with Briers; and theſe
Hives are large aad deep, and even. proportioned like a Sugar-
loafe, and crosbared within, with flat ſplints of wood, both a-
bove and under the midſt part, In other Champion Countries
where they went Rye ſtraw they make them of Wheat ſtraw, as

- in the weſt Countries, andtheſe hives-are of a large'compaſls, but
yery low. and flat which is naught., for a hiveis betterfor his
largneſs, and keepeth out therain beft when itisſharpeft. In the
wood countries they make them;of cloven hazels,w*trzPd about
with broad fplints of Afh, andi6formed, as beſore 1faid, likea
Sugar-loaf. And

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And thele hives are of all other the belt, ſo they be large and
{ſmooth within, forthe Straw-bive is ſubje& to breed Mice, aid
nothing deſtroyeth Bees ſooner then rhey, yet you mulſt be go-
verned by your ability, and ſuch things as the Soil ffords.

Now: for the Wood-hive which is the beſt,you ſhallthus trim gey l
and prepare it for your Bees : you ſhall firſt make a ſtiffmorter ming ofcos
of Lime and Cows dung mixed together; and then having crois Hire,
barred the Hive within, daub the out-fide of the Hive with the
mortex at leaft three inches thick, down cloſe unto the ſtone; ſo
that the leaſt Airmaynot come in : then take a Rye ſheaf, or
Wheat-ſheaf or two thar is balted, and not thraſhed, and chu-
ſing out the longeft ſtraws, bind the ears together inonelump,
put it over the Hive, and ſo as it were thacth it all over, and fix.
it cloſe tothe Hive with an old hoop, and this will keep the Hive
inwardly as warm as may be; alfo, before you lodge any Bee in
your Hive, 'you ſhall perfume ut with Funiper, and 13 it all within
with Fermel, Hyſſop, and Time- flowers, and alſs the Stuoe upon which
the Hive ſball jtand.

Now for the placing of your Hive,you ſhall takethree long The placing,
thick ſtakes,cut ſmooth & plainupon the heads,& and drive them, ®f Hives.
intothe earth triangular-wiſe, ſo that they may be about two foot
above the ground : they lay over them a broad ſmooth paying foxe
which- may extend every way over the ſtakgs above half a foor . and:
3jpon” the ſtone ſet your Hive, being leſs in compaſs then the ſtone by
more then ſix Tnches every way ; and ſee the dore of your Hive ftand
direfly upon the  rifing of the morning Sun, inclining a little unto
the Southward : and be ſure t0-have your Hives well ſheltercd from-
the North-minds, and penerally from all tempeſtions weather : for-
which purpoſe if you have Sheads to draw over them in the winter.,

78 14 fo much the better. And you ſhall place your Hives in orderly.
rews one before another, keeping clean allies between them every way,,
fo as you may walk and view each by it ſelf ſeucrally. ct

Now for the caſting of your Bees, it is earlier or later inthe.
year, according to the ſtrength and goodneſs of the Stock,or the
warmth of the weather. The uſual time for caſting,is from the
begining of Aay till middle of Fwly ; and in all that time
you muſt have a vigilant eye, or elſe fome ſ{eryant to watch their

riling, leſt they fly away, and knit in ſome obſcure plſiac; far
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from your knowledge : yet if you pleaſe , you may kyow nhich
Hives are: ready. to caſt a night before they do caſt, by ia i;.g your
ear after the Sun-ſet to the Hive, ans if you hear the 51,1/'er- Bee
above 4ll the reſt, 1n a higher and more ſolemn nate, cor : y0u ſee
them lhe forth upon the ſtone, and cannot get 1n,0the Hive, then be
ſure, that the ſtock will caſt within few hours after.

As ſoon as. you can petceive the Swarm to riſe, and are got
up into the air, (which will commonly be 11 the hetght and hoat of
the S#1 ).you ſhall take a, Braſs Baſoz, Pan, or Candle;: ck,, and
make a tinkling  noiſe there-upon,: for they are ſo delighed
with Muſick, that by the ſound thereof they will preſently knit
vpon ſome branch or bough of a Tree. _ Then when they are all
upon one cluſter, you ſhall take a new ſweet Hive well dreſt, and
rubed with Honey and Fennel,and ſhake them all into the Hive
then having ſpread a fair ſheet upon the ground, .ſet the Hive
thereon and cover all clean ovyer cloſe with the.ſheet, and ſo
let it ſtand cill after San-ſet; at which time the Bees being gathe-
red uptothe top of the hive(as their-nature is)you ſhall ſet them
upon the ſtone having rub?d jt withFennel ; and then, daub-it
cloſe round about with lime and dung mixt together, and only
leave them a door-or two to iſſue out and in art.. There be.ſome
ſtocks which will caſt twice or. thrice, and four times in a'yearz
bur it is not good for it will weaken the ſtock too much ; there-
fore to keep your ſtocks in ſtrength and goodnels, it is not good
to ſuffer any to caſt above twice at the moſt. ;

Aegain, you ſhall with pieces of Brick, or other ſmooth ſtones,
raiſethe ſtock in the night, three.or. four inches above the ſtone,
and then daub it cloſe again, and the Bees finding houſe-room
will fall co work within, and not caſt at all ; and then will their
ſtocks be worth two others. and in the ſame manner. if you had
the year before any ſmall frarms, which' are likely to.caff this
year,. or if you have any early {warms this year, which arelike-
ly. to caſt _at the latter end,of the year - both which are often
found tobe the deſtru<tion of the ſkocks : in either of theſe ca-
ſes you ſhall inlarge the bive, as it js before faid; by raiſing it up
from the ſtone, and it will not only keep them from caſting, but
make the ſtock better, and of much more profit ; for that hive
which is of the moſt weight, is of the belſt price.

: Now

COEEEIE Dn iole aa l el i P ie ln D ior Ee " WOs E Þ5 T
Book 2. Ordering of Bees. IAL

Ncw when you bave markt out thoſe old Stocks, which you
intend to ſell (for the oldeſt 35 fittefi for that purpoſe) you ſhall
know, that the beſt time to take them is at Michaelmas, before
any Froſts hinder their labour: and you ſhall take them ever from
the ſtone inthe dark of the night when the air is cold, andeither
drown them in water.or {mother them with Fusbals; for to chaſe
them from their Hives, as ſome do. is naught, becauſe ali fach
Bees as ate thus frighted from their Hives, do turn Robbers,and
ſpoil ether Stocks, becauſe that time of the year will not ſuffer
them to 1zbour, and get their own livings.

Now if you have any weak Swarms, which coming late in the
year cannot gather ſufficient of Winter-proviſion ; in this caſe
you ſhall feed ſuch ſtocks by dayly ſinearing the ſtone before the
Place of their going in and out, withHoney and Roſe-water mixt
together,and {o you ſhall continue to do all the {trength of win-
ter,till the warmth of the Spring, and the Sun-ſhine bring forth
ſtore of flowers for them to labour on. You ſhall continually
look that no Mice, and ſuch like vermine breed about the Hives
for they are poyſonous, and will make Bees forſake their Hives,

Now laſtly,if any of your ſtocks happen to dye in the Winter,
(as amongſt many ſome muſt quail[)) you ſhall not by any means
ſtir the ſtock.but let it remain till the Spring,that when you ſee
your Bees begin to grow buſie, then take up the dead ſtock, and
trim it. clean from all filth, but by no means ſtir or cruſh any of
the Combs, thendaſh the Combs, and beſprinkle them, and be-
fmear all the inſideof the Hivewith Honey, Roſe-water,and the
juice of Fennel mixt together,and daub alſotheſtone therewith,
Alfo then ſet down the Hive again,and daub it as if it had never
been ſtirred.and be well aſſured, that the firſt Swarm which ſhall
Tiſe, either of your own,or ofany neighbours of yours within the
compals of a mile,if will knit in no place but within that Hive
and ſuch a ſtock will be worth' five others, becauſe they fin
halftheir work finiſked at their firſt entrance into the Hive, and
this bath been many times approved by thoſe of the moſt appro-
ve'dſt experience. And thus much touching the Bee and his

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142: Of Fiſh, aad Fiſh-pozds, Book'z
A Platform for Ponds, which the Printer hath added to this enſuing
diſcourſe, for the better ſatisfaFion and delight of ſuch as having
a converent Plat of ground for the ſume purpoſe., lhall be deſirons to
make any Ponds for 1h: increaſe and ſtore of Fiſh.

 

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2 Of Fiſhing ingeneral-; ard firſt of the makirg of the.
: - Fiſh-Pornd.
Oraſmuch as great Rivers do generally belong either to
the King, or the paiticular Lordsof ſeyeral Mannors, and
: that it-is only the Fiſh-pond which belorgeth to private!
perſons, 1 will as a thing moſt belonging to the 'gneral pro-;
fir, here treat. of Fiſh-ponds. And firſt touching the making of!
"them, you ſhall underſtand, that the Grounds moſt fit tobe caſt!
into Fiſh ponds, are thoſe which are either mariſhy boggy, - or
' full ofSprings, and indeed moſt unfit either for grazing, orany
other ule of better profit.And of theſe grounds,that which is full
of clear Springs will yield the beſt water; that which js mariſhy;
will feed Fiſh, and that which is boggy will defend the Fiſh from!
being ſtolen. : ct
Having then ſuch a piece of waſt Ground, andbeing deter-
mined tocaſt it into a Fiſh-pond, you ſhall firſt by ſmall tren-
ches draw zll the fprings or moiſt veins into, one place,and ſo
drain the reſt ofthe Ground,and then having markt ont that part
which you mean to make the bead of your pond,which although
it be the loweſt part in the true leve] of the Ground, yet you ſhall
: make it the higheſt in the eye; you ſhall firſt cut. the trench of
your flocd-gate,ſoasthe water may havea ſwift fall, when you
mean at any time to let it out; and then on cach fide of the
trenchdrive in great ſtakes of fix foot in lengtb, andfix inches
ſquare,of Qak, Aſh, or Elm, but Elm isthe beſt, and theſe you
muſt drive jn rowes within four foot one of another,at leaſt four
- foot into the carth, as broad and as far cffeach ſide the Flood-
' U2 gate

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gate as-you intend the head of your Poad ſhill go, then begin
rodig your Pond of ſuchtompaſs as your ground will conveni-
ently give leave, and allche Excth you dig ou: of the Pond you
ſhall carry and through amongſt the ſtakes,and with ſtrong ram-
mers ram the Earth hard betweea then till you have covered all

- the ſlakes; then drive in as miny: more new ſtikes beſides the

heads of the firſt, and then ramme more Earth over and ab>ve
them alſo - and thus do wirk (takes above ſtakes till you have
brought the head-ſides to ſach a convenient heigh: as is fitting
And inall this work havea ſpecialcare that yoa mike the ialide
of your banks {o ſmooth,evea,and ſtroaz, that no current of the
water may wear the-Earth from the ſtakes.

You ſhalldig your Fiſh-pand not aboye eight foot deep, and
ſoas it may carcy not above ſix foot water,

You ſhall pave all the b>ttom and banks of the Pond with
large ſods of Flot-grafs, which natu-ally grows ander wacer, for
It isa great feeder of fiſh:an1 you ſhall lay them very cloſe 0C-
ther, and pin them down faſt wich ſimall ſtakes and windings.
You ſhall upon one ſide of the Pond, ia the bo:tom, ſtike faſ
divers Bavens or Faggots of Braſh-wood,whecein your Fuh ſhall
caſt their Spawn, forthat will defend it from deſtruttion and at
anotner place you ſhall lay Sods upon Sods, with the graſls ftdes
togetier, 1n the bottom of the Pond, for that will nouriſh and
breed Eels : and if you ſtick ſharp ſtakes likewile by evecy ſide
ofthe Pond, that will keep Theeves from robbing them. Waen
you have thus made your Ponds, and havelet inthe water,you
ſhall then ſtore them, Carp,Bream, and Teach, by themſelves :
and Pike, Pearch, 'Eele, and Tench by themlyes : for the
Tench being thz FiſhesPhyſician is ſeldom dzvouredi:: alſb in all
Ponds you ſhall put go2d toce ofRoch,Dice,Loch,an1 Mznew;
for they are both food for the greaterFilh:s,and alfo not uncom-
ly in aty good mans Diſh.

You ſhall alfo toevecy Milter put three Spawners,and ſom?
pat five,and in three years the increaſe will b2 great, bu: in five
hardly to bz deſtroyed. Ant thus mach for Ponds, and their ſto-
rings, .

CHAP,

1 LN FCT P D el l JT TA JETNS I0 I  E EIrn L O  R  Pj
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CHADP. l.
Of the taking of all ſoris of Fiſh, with Nets, or otherwiſe.

F you will take Fiſh with little or no trouble, youthall take

of Sal Armoniack.a quarter of an ounce, of young Chives, and
as much of a Calves Kell, aad beat them in a mortar ancill it
beall one ſubſtancs, and then make Pellets thereof, and caſt
theminto any coraer of the Poad, and it will draw thither. all
the Carp, Bream, Cheven, or Barbel, chat are within the water;
then caſt your Shove-net beyond them,and you-ſhall take choice
at your plerſure, If you will take Rach,Dace, or-aay ſmall kind
of fiſh, take Wine-lees, and mix it with Oyl, and hangit in a
Chimn&y-corner till it be dry or look black ; and then putting
it into the water,. they will come ſo abundantly to it, that you
may take them with your hand:1If you will take Trout; or Grai-
ling take two poundof Wheat-bran-ha!f,ſo much of whit Peaſe,
& mixing them with ſtrong brine,bear it till it come toa perfect
Paſt : then put pellets thereof into any corner oſthe water, and
they will reſort thither,ſo.as you may caſt your Net about them
at your pleaſure. But if you will take either Pearch or Pike,you
ſhall take ſome ofa Beaſts'Liver, black Snails, yellow Butter-
flies, Hogs blood, and-Opoponax, beat them alrogether,and ha-

" ving made a Paſt thereof, Pur it into the water, and be aſſured

that as many as are within forty paces thereof- will preſently
come thither,and you may take them at your pleaſure,

Laſtly, if you take either two drams of Cock-ſtones or twice
ſo much of the Kernels of Pine-apple tree burat, and beat them
well together, and makeround balls thereof,and put it into the

water either freſh or fait,any Szlmon or great Fiſh will preſent-

ly reſort thither;-you may take them either with Net,or other-
wiſe. l .

Alfoit is a moſt approved Experiment, That if you take bot-
tles made of Hay, and green Oziers, or Willow mixt together,
and fiak themdoyn in the mid?ſt of your Pogd or by the bank-
fides, and folet them reſt tw3 or three dayes, having a Cord
ſo faſtned unto them, thatyou miy twitch them up on Land
at your pleaſure: bzlieve it, all the good Ezls which ace in

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the Pord will ccme unto thoſe bottles, and you ſhall take them
: moſt abundantly: & if you pleaſe to bait thoſe Bottles by bind-
: ing up Sheeps-guts, or other garbage of Beaſts within them,the
Eels will come ſooner, and you may draw them oftner.and with
better aſſurance,There be other wayes beſides thoſe to take Eets
as with Weels, with the Eel-ſpear, or with bobbing' for them
with great Worms; but they are fo generally known and praQti-
1ed, and ſo much inferiour to this already ſhewed, that I hold it
a needleſs and vain labour to trouble your earswith the repeti-
tions of the ſame; and the rather, fith in this workI have labou-
red only todeclare the fecrets of every knowledpge, and not to
run into any large circumſtance thoſe: things which are 'moſt
common and familar to all men. - And thus much of Fiſh and
- Fiſh-ponds, and their general knowledge. Now as touching the
Angle, and the Secrets thereto belonging, you ſhall find it at
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'Of the Horſe.

-OFthe Frſe mgctm*ml P+.L-

Natwreof Horſes: 2
Choice of Hyrſes, and their flzſſzPes
1.

Colours of Horſfes iÞ.

Horſes for a Princes ſeat 3

Horſes for travel - iÞ.

Hunting horſes iÞ.

Running horſes iD.
© Coach Horſes :

" Pack Horſes - ib.
Cart Horſes iÞ.
Ordering Horſes for ſerſſuzce 5
Of Mares ib.

Ordering horſes for a Princes
ſeat. iÞ.

Om'ermſſ ofſi twwedmg horſes ib.

Ord-rmſig of Hunting horſes 6

Ordering of Running horſes iÞ.

Ordering of Coach horſes 7

Orderine 20 of the Pack,, - or Cart-
horſes ib

*Tmepfe/'ew 109 of horfes

Of riding in general

His firſt Bſzck{ng
Fhre main points of Harſe-

mſſm kill _ : -
Of helps, and what they be ib
Of. correftions , and which they

be ib.
Of cheriſhings - 13
Of : the Muſtolſe and Martingale:
- iÞ,

4 Of trflmmg the lſſzrge rings 14
Choice of grounds 1Þ.

Of gallopng large rings I5
Heips in the large ring-turns 16

Correftions in the ring-turns. » ib.
Cheriſhings 1n the ring-turns 17
Of ſioppmſſ and gamſſ back; : 1Þ.

Helps 18:
Correttons. iÞ.
Cheriſhings iD.
Of: advancing brffare | 15
Helps iÞ.
CorreGtions iÞs

b. | Caersſhings 20
3 | The aſe of aduancing. - , ids

]mveſſf '&& zzſe of tlM Recreation| Of yerking behind ib.

The plcaſure of riding
The Authors A}mlaw

- T'he taming of a young Colt:

His _ſſſctd wg and jrmſm(ſ.

P.n I

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RB ee eIN R e6 uw- 4

10: Hezpct 27
9 | Corre(tions 1z
. | Cheriſhings. - 1.

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The Tabie.
Helps 23
Correftions iÞ.
Cheriſhings ib.
' Of the Turning-Poſt 24
Of managing 25
Drver ſittes of manages 26
Of the Career. ib.
Horſes for pleaſure 27
Of bounding aloft iÞ.
Of the Corvet iÞ.
Of the Gallop Galliard 28
Of the Capriolle 29
Of going aſide iÞ.
Of riding before a Prince 3O
OFf the Caragolo ib.

To ride for Recreation 31
Of breeding of all ſorts of Hor-
ſes fit for the Husbandmans uſe
iÞ.

Grounds to breed on 32
 Drwijion of Grounds .33
' Chonee of the Stallion ib

Choice of Mares

Whem to put thew together
Of covering Mares

To knowif a Mare hold
To concetve Male-Foals
To provoke Luſt
To keep Mares

from barrmneſſi
iÞ.
Oraering Mares after covering
' 8: 1.
A help for Mares in Foaling 35
Ordering Mares after Foaling
_ iÞ. |
iÞ.
3Þ.

Wea\zſſninſſg of Foals
Ordering after Weaning
Gelding of Colts

Of Horſes fortravel,and how to |

make them amble ::
The matks of a good travelling -

Horſe iÞ=8;
To make a Horſe amble jb.
Divers ways of Ambling 27
Of travelling _ iÞ.
Of wiſping ib.
Helps in Ambling ib.

The ordering and aieting of the

Hunting- Horſe 38
Taking up the Hunting horſe iÞ.
Cloathing the Hunting-horſe 1b.
Dreſſing the Hunting-horſe 39
Of watring and feeding the Hun-

ting-horſe 7 40
The exerciſe of the Horſe 42
The ſcouring of the Horſe ib.

Ordering of a Horſe after exer-
ciſe. e- -

Of ordering, dicting, taking up,
cloathing, dreſſing, watering ,
and feeding the Running-
Horſe 42

Of his exerciſe by airing and

courſing 45
of Sweats iÞ.
of ſconring him IN
Ordering after exerciſe ib.

General Rulccttſſ for 4 Running

Horſe 46
General Rules for a Traveling
Horſe * 47
How to cure all inward ſickneſſes
48
Of the Head-ach , Frenzie or
Staggers : =- 4Þ..-
Of the ſleeping Evil - 49
Of the falling Evil,, Planet-

ſtrack.
| The. Table.
firnck, Night-ware 5 or Palſre.| ſhedaing of ſeed. 56
: - tb.|Of the particular difeaſes of
Of the general cramp, or convul-| MMares, as barrenueſs, con-
fron of ſinews 50| ſumpiton, rage of lave, caſting
Of any cold or coligh, wet or iy,| foals, hatdneſsto foal, 'and to
or for  any conſumption or pu-| make a Marecaſf her foal ijb-.
frif attion of the Lungs what-|Of drinking venome, &c. 57

foever. ſſ ib. |OF ſuppoſitories , Cliſters, and
Of the runting Glaunders, or| purgation ib.
mourning of the chines ib. |Of Neeſmgs and Friftions 55
Of, .b4de-bound, or conſumption|Of all the diſeaſes.in the eyes 1þ.
_of the fleſh :5.1|Of the Impoſthume inthe ear, Pole-
Of the' breaſt pain, or any ſick-| evil, Fiftlua, ſwelling after
neſs of the heart. ib.| blood:letring, any_gald back,,
Of tyred Horſes. ib.| Canker, fit-faft, Wens, Navil-
Of diſeaſes of the lomach, as\gall, &c. ib;
ſurfeits, loathing\of meat, or | Of the Vives - 59
drink LTT 52|Of the Strangle, Bile, Botch or
Foindring in'the bidy' ib.) Jmpoſthume «.
The burgry evil. ib.| Of the Canker in the Noſe ,. or
Diſeaſes in the Liver, ©c. 553| . any other part ib.
Of the Yellows' and diſeaſes of | Of ſtanching blood in anypart
the Gall ; IÞ. - ib.
Of the ſickneſs of the Spleen ib. |Of the diſeaſes in the. minth,  as
Of- the Dropfie', or evil habit'of | blbod rifts, Fugs, 'Lampas, Ca-
the budy 54] mery, Imflammation , tonguie
Of the Chollick;, Belly-ake, of.| hurt, or the Barbs 60
Belly\buund' ib-|Of pain in the teeth , or lodſe

_ Of the Larx or Bloody-Flux ib.| teeth ib.

Of" ehe falling of the'Fundament | Of the crickjn the neck, - Cm
\ 55 Of the falling of the Creſt, man-
Of' Bots atia Worms of all forts | gineſs in the main, or ſneddrig

| ib. | _ding of hair. G1&

Of pain in the Kidneys,, pain to| Of pain #n the withers ib
pifs,  atid'Stone* ib. 1 Of ſwaying the back', or weak-
Of 'the Strangultion ib,|, zeſs in the back ' 08:
Of piſſmg bluod® ib.|Of the itch 9" the 'tayl, /Zctl{)ct, :
ih.5

Of"rhe Colt-evil , mattering of | mangineſs, farcy-
the yard , falling of the yard, X

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Of any halting whatſoever, &c.| pricking, fig, rerait, or cloymg
G1

Of Foundring in the feet 62 |To draw out 4 /Zub or thorn ib.
Of the ſplent, curb, bone-ſpaven,|Of any Ambury or Tetter ib.
or any kzov, of bofly crare]]' on|Of the cards or ſtring-halt  ib,

or ring-bone 63 |Of ſpar-galling, &c. .67
Of- the Mallander , Sellander ,|To heal any foreor wound ib.
Pains, Scratches, Mallat ,|Of ſinews cut * ib.
Mules, Crown-feab, &c. ib.|Of eating away dead fleſh ib.
Of any upper attaint or neather,| Of knots #n joynts: :
or any over-reaching ib.| Of venemous wounds,&c, ibÞ..
Of all the infirmities of , m, or| Of Lice or Nits ib:

about the hoofs, &c. ib.| To defend a horſe from flies -
Of the blood-ſpaven, hough, bony| Of bones brol(gn, or_out of ja_ynt
or any other unnatural. ſwel- | ſſ
ling ib.|Of drying or :Lnnmg ſhres whm
Of Wind-gals ib.| rhey are almoſt whole ib.-
Of enterfearing, ſhackle-gall,&c.\ A woſt famons Receipt to make
ib.] a horſe that 5s lean, & thatss: -
Hurts on the Cronet , as Quil-| full of inward ſickneſs, ſound

. ter-boue or Matlong ib.] andfat, #n fourteen days _ ib.
Of wounads in the foot ,. zrm[lmg To maks awhite ftar .69

Of the Bull, Calf, 'Cow or Oxe..
OF the Bull, Cow,, Calf, or To preſerve Cattel in healch ib«

Ore, Cfj"c : Of the Feaver in Cattel 73
The Countries for breed g Of any inward ſi ckyeſs ib.
Of net mixing,, and mzxmghf the diſeaſes m the. head, as
breeds ib.| the fturdy, &c. ib2
The ſhape of the Bull ib. 'Of all the dzſt:qſe: in the eyes of
The uſe of the Bull iÞ. ' Cattel, &c.
The ſhape of the Cow ib. |Of ds/i*afis m the Mouth, as
The uſe of the Cow 71 \ Barbs. Bleans, &c. 74

Of Calves, and their murzfl;mg 'Of aiſeaſes in the Neck, as be-

| Ib. | mg galled, bruiſed, ſwoln,cloſh
Oſervatiovs for Calves ib. | ; ;

73
Of the Oxe and his uſe iÞb. Of the Peſtilence ,. Gargil or
Of the Oxes food for labour 52-| Murrain. ib.
Oxento feed for the Butcher 1. Oof

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' Of miſlthing, or lmm:fcſt 76| ſoahl, &e. ib.
Of dzſt :J;_ es ;n the Guts, as finx, | Of all kind of bruiſing 8

coſtiveneſs

Of piſſing blood iÞ.

Of droppmg noſtrzl:, or any cold

IÞ.
Of all manner of ſwellings 97
Of the Worminthe tayl. iÞ.

Of any Congh or _[hormc_/}' of

breat

Of any Impofihnm, Bileor Boch
i

Of diſeaſes in the ſmems', as

weakreſs , ſtiffnefſe or ]brencff&

Of the general ſcab, partzcular
ſeab or ſcurf _
Of the hide-bound , or dry skm
iÞ.

Of asſeaſes in the lungs, as lung-
grown, &'c
Of the biting with a mad dog, or
other venomons be ;

' Of the falling dawn of the palate

 

ib.| Of ſwallowing hens-dung, or ary

81'

poyſor iD,
Of kelting Lice or Tick, ib.
Of the dew-bowle 1Þ,
Of. the loſs of the Cud
Of the killing of all ſom of worms

ib,

b.| Yemiting blood iÞ.
Of the Gout - ib.
Of the milting ib,
Of provoking 4 Beaſt topiſs 82
Of the overflowing of the gall ibÞ,
b. | Of a Beaſt that is goared ib.

Of .the Cow that is whethered ib.

78 | Of arawing out of thorns, or

bs ib.

Of purging Cattle ib.

Of being ſhrew-run 83

ib. | Of faintneſs _ub.
Of breeding milkin a Cow ib.

79/| Of bones out of joynt or broken /ib,

Of the rot-in beaſls -  jÞ.

 

ib.| Of the Pantas 84

Of any pain in the hoof as the| Of all manner of wounds ib *
| : Of Sheep.
OF Sheep, their uſe, chaice,| and an munfound - 88

ſhape aud preſervation  85|Of ſickneſs in ſheep, as the fm-
Of the ſtaple of wool Ib.|  ver, &c.
'Of the Lear of Sheep ib.|Of the general Seab ib.
The ſhape of Sheep 86|Of kilkng Mag gots 89
When Ews ſhould brmg forth ib |Of the Red-water ib.

Ordering of . Lambs
Needful Obſervations
The preſervation of Sheep
The ſions to l{row a found ( ſl/em

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ib.\OF Lung-ſick., or any Coigh Zvſi

Cold

ib.|Of the worm 3n the claw., or in

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— any other patt. ib. {Of making and, Ewe love her on
- Of wildfire " ib.| Lamb, o any other Emes
Of the diſeaſes of the gall, as| Lamb ; ib.
"'Choller, Fanndice, &e. go|Of licking up poyſon ib,
Of the tough. flegi , or ſeppings Of Lamhs, yeaned ſuk, 93
ſiſi Dn - 1Þ, Of making an Ewe to be eaſily,de-
Of the bones brokeen , er. out, of | livered, | ib,
" Foynt ,. tb, |Of Teethlooſe ib,
Of any [ichneſs in Lambs iÞ. Of increaſing milk iÞ,
Of the fturdy turning; evil.,, or| Of the Staggers, or leaf-fich-
" more found. - 91 nefſs ——IÞ,
' Off all diſcaſes in the eyes in gene. | Of all forts of Worms iÞ.

"ral i'bct | Of the loſs of the.cud: 92.
Of water in a Sheeps belly ib_, ; Of ſaving ſheepfrom the rot iÞ.
Of the tag*d or belt Sheep ib.| 4 few Precepts for the Sheepherd:

Of the Pox in Sheep 92 iÞ,

Of the Wood-evil or cramp ibÞ. . :
Of. Goats.

F Goats and their natures 'Of flopping the Teats: 93:

_ 96 .Of Goats that cannot Kid ib.

The ſhape of Goats 1b. Of the Tetter, or dry Seab ibÞ.

The ordering of Goats ib. Of: gelding Kids ib.

Of any inward. ſickneſs ,. as th:Of the Itch in Goats 99

Peſtilencs, &c. ” 97 Of the Tuel ſtopping ib.

Of the Dropſie ib.lOf the Staggers: ib;

Of. Swine.

ſſ Of all manner of Swine ogg| tarrhe ibid.

The nature of. Swine 1b.|OF the Gall in Swine ib.

Of the choice and ſhape of Swine|Of the Meazles 103

ſi ib.| 0f the Impaſthumes-in any part

Of- the uſe aud profit of Swine . ib-

101|Of Vomiteng ib.

Of the Feaver, -0r any hidden\Of leanneſs, miſlikg , ſcurf or

- ſickneſs in Swine Io2| mangineſs  iÞ.

Of HMaurrain, Peſizlence, or Ca- of.

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Of the ſteepmg Ewil 104 Of Feeding Swine iztbſir for Ba-
Of the pain in the Milt ib. | con, or Lard ib.
Unnaturalneſs in Swive " i$|Of feding Smwint m Wood-
Of the Laxe or Flux ib.| Conntrics 106
Of the Lugging of Swine wirh | Of feeaing at the Reek, ib.

 
 

 

Dogs: 'Of feeding Swine in or about
Of the Pox in Swine -1b. þ great Cities.. iÞ.
Of kdzng Maggots in any part |O ſi;cteed ng Hers for Lard, ot

ibid. |*. Bores for Brain - i

| Of Conies.. |
Fſi tame Comes in general| Comes 10g
108 Of the feedmg and P'rc/i*rvamn
T he nature of the Cony- of Comes-.. ib.
Of boxes for tame Conies 1b Of the rot amongſt Contes: 110

Of thc vhozce and profit of rich|Of mom'neſ: in-Conies. _. ib.

 

' &' Tableof the-Second Book..
Of Poultry:.

.F the Dunghil Crck; Hen,|Of the Capon, andwhen wmr-ucſi
Chick., and Capon,' 111} him

70'112: | Of the Capont to lead C*heskgm—
Of the Dunghil Cock 1b ib..
Of the  chorce. and ſhape of 'the Of feeding and" cramming Ca-'

Cock, ib.}. pons ib..
Of 'the Hen, her choice & ſhape| Of the Pip inPoultry 116:

ibid. |Of* the roup , ib..
Of ſerrins Hens © '1121Of. the Flusx iÞ..”
Of the choiceof Eggs- 'ib.|Of Popping in the belly iÞ..
Of Chickens 114|Of. lice in Ponultry ib:
Of feeding and: cramming Chz;- Of ftinging with venemons Worms

ke_/zs 117
Of /preſeruing Eggs. ib.|Of all ſore Eyes. ib..
Off gathering Eggs- - 115 Of Hens woigh crow. ihe- -

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Of Hens which eat their Eggs ib/ 'Of making Hens'lean ſſſi_ſſ—ſi?}

 

 

Of keeping a Hen from ſitting ib. Of the Crow-trodden ib. \
Of makmg Hens lay ſoon and aft Of tht Hm houſe funation
:1ÞDs lbldo
Of Geeſe. ſſ
F the Gooſe in m-mt tmg ib.
4 - 11 lOf Ganders ib.

:Of the choice of Geeſe iÞ. FOf' fatting of elder Geeſe ib.
Of laying Eggs, and ſitting 1Þ. eOf gatbmnctg of Geeſe feathers
*Of the ordering of Goſtings 120 ib.

Of green Geeſe, and thar fat- Of the gargil in Geeſe - ib.

 

Of Turkies.
OF Turkzes inpeneral 121 lOf the Turkey- Hen, and her ſ Ft-
Of the chasce of the 'Iur-l Fne
key-Cock lOf the feedmg of Turkeys. 122

 

 

Of Water- foul, and others.]

F the tame Duck, _122 Of nouriſhing and fatting Hems,

Of Wild Ducks, and their|  Puets, Guls , and thterns.
ordering IÞ. 125
Of Swans, and. their  feeding| Of . feeding Par:rzdge, Pheaſant,
123| and Quail 126

Of Pea-Cucks  and .Pea-Hens , Of Godmits, Knats, Gray-Plo-
ibid.\| ; ver or Curlew iÞ.

Of the tame Pzgeon, or rough-\Of black Herns, Thru]hes, Fe}l)—

 

 

footed 124|| fares
of Hawks.
F Hamks in general of all | Ipoſt humes in Hawhs * 129
kinds _ 127|Of ſhre eyes in Hawks" * th\.

. Of ſcowrings iÞ.| of
 

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Of the Pantm |
- Of caſt?ſſg the:Gorge ©

ders. -

lb Of the privy- e'uzl ' _ 133

: fib. | Of all [orts'of 'wonnds. - 194.

Of all forts of  worms or Pzlan Of. the Apoplexy, or fallmg evil.
iÞ.

Of all ſwe[lmg in Hamk: feet 1b Of the purging of Hzwl@ 135

 

- Of the Bee-hive
Of the trimming of the hive 139
Of the.placing of hives

Of the breaking of 4 Nowunce -ib,|Of: a Hawk,:that canngt mite.
Of bones broke,or out of j ]oynt "iÞ.  ID..
- Of all imard bruiſungs. ) 131, The 4]fi4red/i ſogns to kz_zow when a-
Of kelling Lice ib.| Hawkzs fick, 139

Of the Rie. | _ _ . Ib-] Of the Feaver m Hawhs  ib.
Of the Frounge 1:32|Of helping a Hawk_ tbat Cannor
Of the Rheuns:” » ib:| aigeſt - 5
Of the Fornicas: ib.| Of the Gout in Hawks © 17
Of the Fiſtula 133 Of the ftanching of blood. ib.

_ . Of Bees.

OF Bees in general 0 1384 adering the ſwarms ,. Þ-
Of the nature of Bees ib. |Of. ſetting hives. - 140

ib.}Of the preſervation- of , weak_

ſtocks

ib. | 4z excellent Secret- cmccmmg

 

 

Of” the caſting of Bees, and or- Bees - I4E,
Of Fiſhing.

A Platform for. Fiſh-ponds., |Off the' taking of all. ſorts of.

142| *Fiſh with Nets, or other-

_ Of Filhing ingeneral 143] Wiſe 144

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The Diviſion of the Titles treated *
| of inthele Books,

Ixſt of the. Zorſe, his Nature, Diſcaſes, and Cures; with
F the whole Art of riding, and ordering all ſorts of Horſes,
from fol. 1. to:90., - .. » - | :

2. Of the Bull,. Coaw, Calf,, or Oxe, their breeding, feeding,
" andcuring, from fel. 70 to 38.
-3. Of Sheep, their choice, uſe, ſhape, infirmities and preſerva-
tion, from fol. 83 to 96. -
4. Of Goats, their nature ſhape, ordering and curing, from
fol. 96 to 100- |
" Of Swine, their-choice, breeding, curing, and feedirg, ini ei-
” ther Champion, or Wood Countries, from fol. 100-to 107-
6.. Of tame Cones, from fol. 107, to 11 - ON
7 Of Poultry, their ordering,, fatting, cramming, and curing;
- all the diſcaſes to them incident,, from fol.. 111 to-128;
8$. Of- Hawks, either ſhott-winged , or long-winged ;; the ge-
neral Cures for their diſcaſes and-infirmities, from fo!. 123.
.to 138. ſſ :
9. Of Zees, their ordering, profit, and preſervation, from
fol. 138. tq 142-. R ;
10. Of*Fiſhing, and/making Fiſh-Pords, from'fol. 142. to the
end! ſi

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